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Hello and welcome to the
Middletown Baptist Church podcast,

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where we are proclaiming the
truth to the world.

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My name is Pastor Josh, and I
want to thank you for listening to

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this podcast.

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I hope that this podcast can
be a blessing to you and strengthen

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you in the word of God.

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Now come along, let's look
into the Bible and see what God has

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for us here today.

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And here this morning, we're
going to go ahead and look at a sermon

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entitled the Perfect Father.

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The Perfect Father.

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Now, today is a day where
we're honoring fathers within our

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church and we're honoring
father figures within the church.

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And it is so important that we
have godly leaders, men that are

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willing to stand up for the
truth of God in their homes and their

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workplaces, within the church,
in our communities.

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But we know that even though
that we're honoring people this morning,

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honoring fathers, honoring
men, there really shouldn't be any

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man, father, husband that we
are supposed to worship, right?

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There's one father that we are
to worship, and that is the Heavenly

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Father, right?

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The one who knew no sin, the
one who gave us the gift of life,

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the one who extends forgiveness.

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And so this morning, you know what?

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I could be a good dad.

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I even got a tumbler, a coffee
cup that says world's greatest dad.

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But.

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And to my children, I hope
that's true.

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But at the end of the day, I
don't deserve worship.

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Why is that?

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Why do I not want my children
to worship me?

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Why do I want other people to
not worship me?

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Because I am not worthy of worship.

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And the reason being is
because I'm flawed, I'm sinful, I'm

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limited.

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I'm not able to love completely.

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But the Bible says that there
is one that is worthy of our worship.

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There is one who is perfect.

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There is one who loves
completely, and that is our Heavenly

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Father.

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First John, chapter three,
verse one, tells us something amazing

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here.

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And, and, and it's easy in our
Christian culture to glaze over,

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to look over this amazing
truth that we're about to see here

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in First John, chapter three.

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And I want to set a stage for
your fort you here this morning because

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as fathers that are here
today, grandfathers that are here

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today, men that are called to
be Christian leaders, we can look

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at Jesus, we can look at our
Heavenly Father as an example for

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the way that we are to live
our lives.

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So I want us to learn from
that here this morning.

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But I also want to understand
here that as a man, I am flawed.

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And, and.

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And I need someone to help me
in Every aspect of my life.

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So, yes, I want to strive to
be like the Lord.

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I want to strive with every
possible fiber in my body and in

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the power of the Spirit to
obey Christ the best that I can.

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But when I fall short, I have
an advocate.

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I have someone that's going to
help me.

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I have someone who's going to
lift me up and push me forward in

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my life.

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But for some of you that are
in the room, you might say, I didn't

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get an example of a good dad
in my home.

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The truth is, the Bible says
that God the Father is a loving Father

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who loves the fatherless.

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And so everyone here today can
experience the love of a father in

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the love of the Lord here today.

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And we sing that song, how
deep the Father's love for us.

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How vast beyond all measure.

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And so I want you to see what
that type of love looks like.

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In First John, chapter three,
verse one, it says, behold.

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That word behold means take
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Take notice of.

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Behold what manner of love the
Father has bestowed upon us.

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Take note of what kind of love
God has given us.

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That we.

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Now who's we?

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That.

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That's us.

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That's.

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That's a person who is a sinner.

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That's a person who has fallen
short, but a person who has trusted

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in God in faith that we should
become be called the sons of God.

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Behold what manner of love the
Father has bestowed upon us that

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we should be called the sons
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What he's saying here is this.

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Take note of the fact of how
amazing it is that God would love

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us, that God would extend
grace to us, and that we can be called

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children of God.

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It's a blessing.

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It's an honor.

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It's an amazing thing to know
that we no longer are so stuck in

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our sin.

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We are no longer given over to
the things of this world.

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We are no longer children of
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We are now children of God.

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And the Bible says that is a
type of love that is indescribable.

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That is a type of love that is infinite.

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We can go on to look at other
passages talking about God's love,

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but one that most of you know
is John 3:16.

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For God so loved the world.

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Now we can insert our name
into that blank.

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Right?

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Right.

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For God so loved Josh that he
gave his only begotten Son.

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That's the way that God
demonstrated his love.

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That he gave his only begotten
Son, Jesus, that whosoever believeth

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in him.

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Right.

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Whoever trusts in Jesus.

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Whoever trusts in the way the
truth and the life.

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They no longer have to know death.

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They no longer have to perish
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But the Bible says that they
can know everlasting life.

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That is what it means to be a
child of God.

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Not just that we get earthly benefits.

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Not that just we go to church.

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Not.

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Not that we can come to God
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But it's the fact that we can
know him and have a personal relationship

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with him and that we can be
children of God and have the benefits

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of being children of God and
knowing that we have eternal life

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extended to us something that
we did not deserve.

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That's grace.

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That's mercy.

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And so we know that God loved us.

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Behold what manner of love the
Father has given unto us, bestowed

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upon us that we should be
called the sons of God.

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But then what is that love?

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That love is the fact that he
sacrificed for us.

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Romans 5:8 says that God
commended or demonstrated his love

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towards us in that while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for

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us.

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That is the picture of God's love.

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That is the demonstration of
God's love.

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And so here this morning, I
want to take you to a passage of

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Scripture that explains to us
more about the character of God,

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more about who he is and, and
what he has done for us.

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And that is Psalm 103.

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If you have your Bibles this
morning, turn to Psalm 103.

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This is going to be our main text.

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I wanted to paint the picture
of God's love.

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I wanted to paint a picture of
why we as believers should be worshiping

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him with everything that we
have because of the love that he

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has demonstrated to us.

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He is the only one that is
worthy of worship here this morning.

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The only way that I can be the
person that I'm called to be is because

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of his love, because of his
grace, because of his forgiveness.

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And here in Psalm 103, we see
the psalmist David giving us a challenge

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to worship God.

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And then he gives us all of
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God.

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And ultimately here this
morning, we as believers have many

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reasons to worship God.

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And we're going to look at
them here this morning.

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But ultimately it's wrapped up
in his love for us.

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And his love is demonstrated
in many different ways.

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And that's what I want us to
look at here this morning.

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That word worship really just
means giving praise to, giving honor

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to completely giving over to
someone else, humbling ourselves

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before someone else.

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And so the Bible says that he
is worthy of our worship.

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Psalm 103 he says this Bless
the Lord, O my soul and all that

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is within me.

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Bless his holy name.

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Right here we see the psalmist
explaining the depth of worship that

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God deserves.

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That that phrase there, bless
the Lord.

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It's not about giving
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us.

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That that Hebrew word there,
bless, means to worship.

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And, and what David is saying
here is he says, worship the Lord,

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O my soul.

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He.

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He's looking into his own life.

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He's going into his deepest
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And he says, I want that part
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I don't want to just go
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I want to be real in my
worship to my Father.

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In Hebrew literature, we see
repetition, and when we see repetition,

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we see emphasis.

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Anytime you see something
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about emphasis.

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And so he says, bless the
Lord, O my soul and all that is within

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me.

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Bless his holy name.

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And so what David is
essentially doing here is he's calling

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to his soul to worship God.

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It was.

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It was like David was looking
into his life and he understood that

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he was not where he needed to be.

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He.

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And he needed to give God more.

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Now, the truth of the matter
is, is this morning, none of us can

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give God enough, right?

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If you look at what he has
done for us and you look at who we

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are, we could spend 247 for
all of our lives worshiping him.

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And that would still not
equate the type of love and sacrifice

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that he gave to us.

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But all of us need to
understand that there is something

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more that we need to give Him.

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It's not just about Sunday morning.

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It's not just about doing my
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It's about my soul, my heart,
my everything being given over to

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Him.

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And that's what he says there
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And all that is within me.

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Romans chapter 12 says for us
to give our bodies as a living sacrifice,

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wholly acceptable unto the
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God wants everything.

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He doesn't just want you when
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He doesn't just want you when
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He wants all of our worship.

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The Bible says that whether
therefore ye eat or drink or.

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Or whatsoever you do, do all
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What does that mean?

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That means this worship is not
confined to an hour or an hour and

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a half on Sunday morning.

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Worship is our life.

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Our lives should be worshiping
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Everything that we do should
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And so the truth of the matter
is, is that there's things in our

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life that we do that, that we
find people to say in our lives,

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hey, that's a good job.

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Instead of saying, you know
what you, yeah, that was all about

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me.

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I'm a good person, I'm pretty skilled.

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No, it's Lord.

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The Lord gave me this, the
Lord gave me this opportunity.

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And so what David is
recognizing is this.

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He owes God everything.

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This is all of my worship to you.

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David understood that true
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It was, it was inward, it
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Sometimes we go to church
services and we see people and you

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know, the, the, the more I
externally show my worship, the more

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I'm worshiping.

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And sometimes internal worship
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worship.

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That's wonderful, that's beautiful.

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And that's something that is
completely acceptable with worshiping

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the Lord.

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But what I will say is that
sometimes we can inwardly be shut

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off and outwardly trying to
show emotions and therefore say,

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hey, I worship.

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Today I sang the song.

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Didn't I sing?

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I sang.

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Well, we all know that singing
the words, whether they're in tune

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or not, that doesn't mean that
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comes from the heart.

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Go back to the very beginning
when, when there was this young guy

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that comes to Jesus and tries
to tempt him.

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He says, hey, what's the
greatest commandment?

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And Jesus says, to love the
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soul, mind and strength, everything.

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So God wants our heart.

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And so what David is saying
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character of God, the holiness
of God, the, the love of God, he

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says, I have to worship him
with everything that I am, with my

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heart, with my soul.

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David understood that worship
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It had to be offered
completely and as often as possible.

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He says, everything within me,
Praise God.

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And so it's setting our heart
to the truth of God, it's setting

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our heart to the love of God,
it's setting our heart to the word

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of God.

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And so many times we praise
God in a half hearted manner.

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Maybe we even are praising God
through the midst of a difficulty

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and instead of looking to him,
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And what the Bible says is
that no, it's total focus on giving

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honor and praise and humbling
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And so I think that this is a
beautiful thing to see that he says,

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bless the Lord, O my soul and
all that is within me.

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Bless his holy name.

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Verse 2, repetition.

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Bless the Lord, O my soul.

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And so there's that repetition.

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What is that Repetition,
that's emphasis.

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He says, lord, I worship you
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Meaning the reason why he can
go back to that spirit of worship

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is he goes back to understand
all the things that God has given

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him.

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And so if you could summarize
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it's this.

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He's contemplating about who
God is in his character and what

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he has done for him.

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If there's times in your life
where you're tempted not to worship,

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if you're tempted not to have
that heart of worship, go back to

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think about all those things
that God has blessed you with in

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your life.

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Go back to those blessings
that you can.

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And you could talk about that
happened years and years ago, or

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that it's happening right now
in your life.

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But the greatest benefit that
he has given all of us is our salvation.

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Folks, we have a reason to
worship here this morning.

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If we're singing Behold Our
God and we can't find anything in

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us to worship him about,
folks, that's.

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That's a problem.

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The truth of the matter is, is
that God has given us that idea of

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love and of grace.

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And he said, you know what?

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You're now in my family.

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Romans chapter 8 says that he
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spirit of adoption.

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And the beauty of that picture
in Romans chapter eight is that when

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he adopts us into his family,
he adopts us with full benefits.

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Back at that time frame when a
child was adopted, they did not get

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to receive all the benefits of
being that child of that father until

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they became an adult.

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And what the Bible says in
this case is that when we're accepted

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into the family of God, when
we're adopted into the family of

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God, we are given at that very
moment all the benefits of being

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his child.

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And so what does David do here?

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He says, forget not all of his benefits.

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Forget not all the things that
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And I think that's a challenge
for all of us to go back and understand

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the goodness of God in our
life ultimately found in salvation.

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And so those benefits are
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We cannot forget about them.

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We cannot get our mind set on
the things of this world and thinking

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that those are better than
what he has blessed us with.

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The truth is that many times
in our life we worship other things.

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Our heart is pulled to other areas.

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Our heart is pulled to things
that bring us pleasure.

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Our heart is pulled to things
that bring us security.

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Our heart is pulled to things
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And what happens is our
worship that is supposed to be as

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we are designed to be,
completely to him is stolen away.

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God has designed us to be
worshipful creatures.

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He has designed us to be
people of faith.

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He has designed us to have a
need to praise people.

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You know what the truth is, is
that our world has turned.

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Why do you think superhero
movies are so popular?

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Because we are designed to
root for the hero.

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We're designed to worship something.

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Why do people follow sports
teams as if it is religion?

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Because they're designed to
have some type of identity.

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They're designed to want to
worship someone and lift somebody

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up.

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And that's the way that God
has designed us.

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But in our flesh, we take it
away and we steal that love that

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should be directed to the
Father and give it to something else.

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Romans chapter one says that
that's worshiping the creation instead

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of the Creator.

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There's nothing wrong with sports.

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There's nothing wrong with.

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But the truth is, is that when
we attribute the love and honor to

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those people or those things
instead of to God, we are stealing

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away worship.

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It's similar to within a marriage.

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God has designed me as a
husband to love my wife completely,

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100%.

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But when a husband leaves the
love of that marriage and goes to

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something else, whether it be
in action or in thought, he is stealing

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the love away from the wife
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It's the same thing with God.

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God deserves our love and our
worship, but we turn other directions.

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So now he's going to go
through verse three.

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He's going to go through verse
three, and he's going to start explaining

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all these beautiful things
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Look at verse three.

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He says, who forgiveth all
thine iniquities?

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He's a forgiver.

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Part of God's character is
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Folks, we don't deserve his forgiveness.

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We don't deserve what he has
given us in his grace in everlasting

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life.

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We deserve.

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As the Bible says, the wages
of sin is death.

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So it says here that he has
forgiven all thine iniquities.

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Not just part of it, not, not
just a segment, but the whole thing.

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He has forgiven all thine iniquities.

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He's a forgiver.

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As.

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As a.

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As a father, as earthly father.

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I need to learn how to forgive.

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I.

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I need to learn how to
properly deal with sins that are

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committed against me.

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And the perfect example is how
the Lord forgives Us, Verse three,

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it says here, who healeth all
thy diseases, He's a healer.

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He.

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He is the great physician.

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And we're not just talking
about physical healing, we're also

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talking about spiritual
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He is the one who comes into
our life and heals us from all of

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our ailments.

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He is the one who is the protector.

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He is the one who provides for us.

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And we're going to see that
there in verse four, who redeemeth

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thy life from destruction,
He's a rescuer.

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That word redeem essentially
means to rescue, to pull away from

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something else.

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And so he's redeeming us, he's
buying us back from the destruction

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that we have chosen.

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We chose that path.

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We chose the life of sin, we
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But because of our trust in
him and because of his love for us,

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he rescues us.

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I don't know if any of you had
an experience in your life when you

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were going in a very dangerous
place, and maybe your father physically

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rescued you or, or rescued you
in the sense of getting your mind

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right on the things of God.

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I know there's plenty of times
in my life my dad saved my life in

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more ways than one.

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And the truth of the matter
is, is that God, our heavenly Father,

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rescues us from that life of destruction.

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And so He's a redeemer, He's a restorer.

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Going on there in verse four,
it says, who crown of thee with loving

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kindness and tender mercies.

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That idea of loving kindness
is just truthfully the type of love

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that is unconditional, that
type of love that is sacrificial,

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it's type of love that we're
supposed to have for other believers,

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that sacrificial love that
he's willing to do things even when

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we don't deserve it.

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He extends his tender mercies
to us, so he's merciful.

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These are all reasons why we
must worship Him.

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He redeems us, he restores us,
he extends love to us.

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And part of God's greatness
extends beyond.

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I would say it's beyond just
sparing us from destruction, right?

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He doesn't just save us and
say, okay, now you're on your own,

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now you're living the life you
want to live.

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No, what does he say here?

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It says that not only does he
save us from sin, save us from disease,

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save us from destruction, but
now he is giving us blessing on top

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of that and giving us things
that we don't deserve.

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And so he crowns us with
grace, he crowns us with mercy.

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He Crowns us with love.

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And he says, okay, you're my
child, now go represent me.

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We study this in Second Corinthians.

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The idea of being an
ambassador for Christ, as.

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As a child of the King, we are
representing him.

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And sometimes we see that as a.

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A difficulty, but really, it's
an honor to be able to represent

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the Savior, to be able to say,
I'm on the team of the Lord.

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I am on his side.

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I am representing Him.

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And so he talks here about his
love and his tender mercies.

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We could sit and talk about
his love all day, but I want to see

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verse number five, because I
think that this is very, very important

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for us to understand.

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Says, who satisfieth thy mouth
with good things?

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Now, this isn't just talking
about food, even though it would

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fall under that category.

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This speaks of the sufficiency
of God being the provider for us.

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The Lord is enough.

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He gives us everything that we need.

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And again, going back to
worship, what do we do?

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We think that we need more.

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We go elsewhere to get our substance.

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We go elsewhere to find sufficiency.

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And what we can see here is
that this loving Father, our Heavenly

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Father, he gives us everything
that we need.

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He satisfies our mouths with
good things.

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That's talking about knowing
that he is enough.

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The Bible says even in the New
Testament, that there is sufficiency

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in Christ, There is
sufficiency in His Word.

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We don't need other things.

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We don't need to worship other things.

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But so often we think that,
hey, you know what?

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I like the things that God
gives me, but I want to add to that.

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I want to have more somewhere else.

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And for me, it was fear of
missing out.

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Growing up.

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I grew up in a Christian home,
though our home wasn't perfect, though.

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The truth of the matter is, is
that we did go to church.

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But there was times in my life
that I felt like, hey, you know what?

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I'm missing out because my
friends get to do this, my friends

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get to go here, and they look
like they're having a great time.

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And so one of the reasons that.

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That I believe that I pulled
away from some of the things of God

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earlier on in my life was
because I felt like I was missing

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something and that I needed
that and that was going to give me

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some kind of substantial fulfilling.

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But at the end of the day,
when there were times where I did

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turn to those things, the
realization that I had, and maybe

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00:21:49,670 --> 00:21:52,670
some of you have had the same
realization that none of that satisfies

486
00:21:53,710 --> 00:21:57,200
you cannot get enough There
will never be something from this

487
00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:59,960
world that completely
satisfies us the way that the things

488
00:21:59,960 --> 00:22:01,160
of God satisfies us.

489
00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:04,600
I can tell you there's times
in my life that I can look around

490
00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,480
and if I'm looking through the
world's lens, I can say, well, you

491
00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:08,840
know what?

492
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:10,920
I could have that.

493
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:13,880
I want this, I want to have
this better car, I want to have this

494
00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:14,520
better house.

495
00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:16,440
I want to have this better salary.

496
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:19,080
And at the end of the day,
those things can pull us away.

497
00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,160
But then when we look at,
through the lens of the Gospel, when

498
00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,920
we look through the lens of
Scripture and we see that everything

499
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:29,360
that God ever has for us is
going to be enough, it's going to

500
00:22:29,360 --> 00:22:30,680
be substantial.

501
00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,920
In verse 5 there, it talks
about the satisfaction of God being

502
00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:35,600
the provider.

503
00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:36,840
He is a provider for us.

504
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:39,200
A good, a good father is a provider.

505
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:39,720
We know that.

506
00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:44,880
I know that in my life I will
do anything that I possibly can to

507
00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:45,880
provide for my family.

508
00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:48,200
I don't care what that is.

509
00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:51,330
I'm willing to do whatever
within, within reason.

510
00:22:51,330 --> 00:22:54,330
Okay, within, within, within
the grounds of being a believer and

511
00:22:54,330 --> 00:22:55,210
following the word of God.

512
00:22:55,210 --> 00:22:55,490
Right.

513
00:22:55,490 --> 00:22:58,610
Well, what I mean by that is
that sometimes we as Christians can

514
00:22:58,610 --> 00:23:02,570
forget about the fact that God
has called us to be so committed

515
00:23:02,570 --> 00:23:03,010
to Him.

516
00:23:03,250 --> 00:23:03,570
Why?

517
00:23:03,570 --> 00:23:05,330
Because he's completely
committed to us.

518
00:23:05,410 --> 00:23:08,730
I, I, I'm, I'm an earthly
father that has many flaws, but I

519
00:23:08,730 --> 00:23:11,010
will do anything that I
possibly can to keep my children

520
00:23:11,410 --> 00:23:14,330
satisfied in, in the concept
of the things that they need.

521
00:23:14,330 --> 00:23:17,270
Food, clothing, shelter, all
of that.

522
00:23:18,070 --> 00:23:21,990
And if I as an earthly father
have that same desire, think about

523
00:23:21,990 --> 00:23:24,790
how much more a heavenly
father who is perfect in every way,

524
00:23:24,790 --> 00:23:28,750
wants to provide for his
children not in the things that we

525
00:23:28,750 --> 00:23:30,390
want, but in the things that
we need.

526
00:23:30,870 --> 00:23:34,790
There's a lot of things that
my kids want, but I know that they

527
00:23:34,790 --> 00:23:35,350
don't need it.

528
00:23:35,350 --> 00:23:38,070
So me being a loving father
actually holds them back from having

529
00:23:38,070 --> 00:23:38,630
those things.

530
00:23:39,030 --> 00:23:41,990
And so the truth is, is that
God doesn't provide our wants.

531
00:23:42,460 --> 00:23:43,980
He provides our needs.

532
00:23:44,780 --> 00:23:46,540
Some, some commentators say it
this way.

533
00:23:46,540 --> 00:23:49,340
He provides our, our needs,
not our greeds.

534
00:23:49,660 --> 00:23:52,420
And I think that's important
to understand as well, because sometimes

535
00:23:52,420 --> 00:23:55,340
people feel like, you know
what, if I become a Christian, God's

536
00:23:55,340 --> 00:23:57,500
going to give me everything
that I've ever wanted in my life.

537
00:23:57,740 --> 00:24:00,460
And there's actually people
that preach that if you have enough

538
00:24:00,460 --> 00:24:03,620
faith and if you pray just
right, God will say yes to everything

539
00:24:03,620 --> 00:24:04,300
that you ask.

540
00:24:05,180 --> 00:24:08,740
But we also know that there
are times in Scripture very clearly

541
00:24:08,740 --> 00:24:13,130
where there's examples of
godly people hearing, no, that's

542
00:24:13,130 --> 00:24:14,370
not what you need right now.

543
00:24:14,370 --> 00:24:15,490
I have a better plan.

544
00:24:15,970 --> 00:24:18,650
And so it's ultimately
submitting ourselves under the will

545
00:24:18,650 --> 00:24:20,970
of God and saying, lord, I
know that you have what's best for

546
00:24:20,970 --> 00:24:21,250
me.

547
00:24:21,330 --> 00:24:24,330
Then he says at the end of
verse 5, so that thy youth is renewed

548
00:24:24,330 --> 00:24:25,090
like the eagles.

549
00:24:27,010 --> 00:24:31,210
It would be easy to just gloss
over that, but what does that mean?

550
00:24:31,210 --> 00:24:32,050
It means this.

551
00:24:33,170 --> 00:24:37,500
As God satisfies us with good
things, with, with his will, with

552
00:24:37,500 --> 00:24:41,180
his way, with his love, we are renewed.

553
00:24:41,500 --> 00:24:44,460
And the example here is we are
renewed like eagles.

554
00:24:45,260 --> 00:24:46,540
And the idea that I.

555
00:24:46,540 --> 00:24:51,100
I take from this is that as we
are filled with what God has given

556
00:24:51,100 --> 00:24:53,420
us in our life, when we're
taking of the bread of life, when

557
00:24:53,420 --> 00:24:56,580
we're experiencing the living
water, when we're in the Word of

558
00:24:56,580 --> 00:25:00,300
God, we're able to be renewed
and revived in our spirit to worship

559
00:25:00,300 --> 00:25:01,660
him and serve him even more.

560
00:25:02,390 --> 00:25:05,030
There's gonna be times in our
life where we are tempted to drift.

561
00:25:05,030 --> 00:25:07,790
There's gonna be times in our
life where we're tempted to take

562
00:25:07,790 --> 00:25:09,590
a step back, we're tempted to
take a break.

563
00:25:09,670 --> 00:25:13,310
And the Bible says that when
we understand the satisfaction and

564
00:25:13,310 --> 00:25:16,710
the sufficiency of Christ,
we're able to be renewed in our spirit,

565
00:25:16,790 --> 00:25:18,790
we're able to be revived in
our heart.

566
00:25:19,110 --> 00:25:22,790
And sometimes we feel like
revival can only happen through an

567
00:25:22,790 --> 00:25:24,310
external source.

568
00:25:24,550 --> 00:25:27,430
Like we need to have someone
come in and yell at us for a week,

569
00:25:27,430 --> 00:25:28,790
and then now we can have revival.

570
00:25:29,300 --> 00:25:29,700
Okay.

571
00:25:29,700 --> 00:25:32,100
The truth is, is that
sometimes that does stir the hearts

572
00:25:32,100 --> 00:25:36,020
of people, but it's the heart
of man that comes to a place of revival.

573
00:25:36,580 --> 00:25:39,340
I could sit here all day and
try to explain to you how wonderful

574
00:25:39,340 --> 00:25:40,420
it is to follow Christ.

575
00:25:40,500 --> 00:25:44,220
But it's until you as an
individual come to the place in your

576
00:25:44,220 --> 00:25:47,020
life where you realize how
important it is to follow Christ.

577
00:25:47,020 --> 00:25:50,780
And it's a heart change, it's
an internal change that is manifested

578
00:25:50,780 --> 00:25:51,700
on the external.

579
00:25:52,180 --> 00:25:54,020
And so here he says there's renewal.

580
00:25:54,100 --> 00:25:56,700
There's renewal in
understanding the benefits of God,

581
00:25:56,700 --> 00:26:03,100
so this satisfaction becomes
the source of strength and energy

582
00:26:03,420 --> 00:26:04,620
for God's people.

583
00:26:05,660 --> 00:26:08,900
I want you to understand that
if there's times in your life when

584
00:26:08,900 --> 00:26:12,860
you're feeling worn out, when
you're feeling like as as Galatians

585
00:26:12,860 --> 00:26:17,420
chapter 6 says, getting weary
and well doing, I would encourage

586
00:26:17,420 --> 00:26:22,140
you to go back to the source
of who God is and what he has done

587
00:26:22,140 --> 00:26:22,500
for you.

588
00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:23,660
Go back to what you know.

589
00:26:24,690 --> 00:26:28,130
This is the type of
satisfaction that sources our strength

590
00:26:28,130 --> 00:26:30,370
and our empowerment in the truth.

591
00:26:31,650 --> 00:26:35,010
And so, you know, the matter
that I think that many of us fall

592
00:26:35,010 --> 00:26:37,890
into in our lives is that we
feel like there's something else

593
00:26:38,130 --> 00:26:38,530
better.

594
00:26:39,010 --> 00:26:41,330
But what David is telling us
here is that there's nothing more

595
00:26:41,330 --> 00:26:43,730
satisfying than walking in the
will of the Lord.

596
00:26:44,530 --> 00:26:46,370
Look at verse number six with me.

597
00:26:46,610 --> 00:26:51,780
The Lord executeth
righteousness and judgment for all

598
00:26:51,780 --> 00:26:52,940
that are oppressed.

599
00:26:53,820 --> 00:26:57,420
This speaks to the Lord's
righteousness and his holiness and

600
00:26:57,420 --> 00:26:59,820
the fact that he can judge
because he is holy.

601
00:26:59,820 --> 00:27:01,340
We talked about this last week.

602
00:27:01,660 --> 00:27:05,500
The truth is, is that man's
judgment many times is flawed.

603
00:27:05,500 --> 00:27:09,860
And therefore, when we judge,
when we enact our indignation upon

604
00:27:09,860 --> 00:27:12,460
people, it's done in an
egotistical, prideful way.

605
00:27:12,460 --> 00:27:15,740
But when God enacts justice
upon people, it's always in righteousness.

606
00:27:15,740 --> 00:27:18,900
Therefore, he's free to do
what he is called to do, and that

607
00:27:18,900 --> 00:27:21,650
is to judge those that are wicked.

608
00:27:22,050 --> 00:27:25,890
And so God brings
righteousness and justice to this

609
00:27:25,890 --> 00:27:27,770
world, and we should be
thankful for that.

610
00:27:27,770 --> 00:27:28,890
We're thankful for his holiness.

611
00:27:28,890 --> 00:27:33,610
I believe that God's holiness
is his defining attributes because

612
00:27:33,610 --> 00:27:36,450
his holiness ties together
every other element.

613
00:27:36,690 --> 00:27:39,890
Now, now we could say his love
is his defining attribute.

614
00:27:39,970 --> 00:27:43,810
But if he's loving without
holiness, he's like everybody else.

615
00:27:43,810 --> 00:27:46,130
All of us to some degree, love
someone or something.

616
00:27:47,100 --> 00:27:50,700
But the holiness of God makes
that love perfect in every way.

617
00:27:50,860 --> 00:27:52,300
It's never a selfish love.

618
00:27:52,620 --> 00:27:54,860
It's never a love that is
looking for return.

619
00:27:55,100 --> 00:27:56,500
It's that holy love.

620
00:27:56,500 --> 00:27:59,580
And so when we look at God's
righteousness, we're looking at that

621
00:27:59,580 --> 00:28:03,820
defining attribute of him who
ties everything else in together.

622
00:28:04,220 --> 00:28:08,220
His forgiveness would not be
just unless he was completely righteous.

623
00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:12,140
His judgment would not be just
unless it was completely righteous.

624
00:28:12,710 --> 00:28:18,270
And so here in this case, we
see that David recognizes God's judgment.

625
00:28:18,270 --> 00:28:18,710
God.

626
00:28:18,950 --> 00:28:22,670
God and his righteous holiness
is able to enact that justice.

627
00:28:22,670 --> 00:28:24,230
And so we should be thankful
for that.

628
00:28:25,590 --> 00:28:29,430
And we see in verse number
seven, he made known his ways unto

629
00:28:29,430 --> 00:28:31,750
Moses, his acts unto the
children of Israel.

630
00:28:32,310 --> 00:28:36,230
Another aspect, I believe, of
God's greatness is his revelation

631
00:28:36,310 --> 00:28:37,270
to his people.

632
00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:39,520
God could.

633
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:43,360
He could have every right to
be content with just keeping Himself

634
00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,120
separated from us.

635
00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:48,960
He could sit above us, watch
us, direct us.

636
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,040
But the truth is, is that in
God's character, He wants to have

637
00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:55,360
a real relationship with his children.

638
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,000
And therefore he reveals
Himself to us.

639
00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:00,560
Now we know how he revealed
himself to Moses.

640
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:03,440
We know how he revealed
Himself to the children of Israel.

641
00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,520
But how does he reveal Himself
to us today?

642
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:06,360
Well, there.

643
00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:07,400
There's a few different ways.

644
00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:11,680
But ultimately the revelation
of God to His people is His Word.

645
00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:14,480
And we know that this is the
way that God speaks to us.

646
00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:17,160
This is the way that God wants
us to understand Him.

647
00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:21,360
And so therefore we don't
define who God is by what we feel

648
00:29:21,360 --> 00:29:22,320
or what we're told.

649
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,840
We understand who God is
through His Word.

650
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,520
Now he also speaks to us
through the Holy Spirit.

651
00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:31,960
Conviction, comfort, circumstances.

652
00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,000
He speaks to us in that regard
as well.

653
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,360
And the Holy Spirit never
contradicts His Word.

654
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,960
And so therefore, as the Holy
Spirit guides, we check with the

655
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,760
Word and we're able to move
forward in understanding that we

656
00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:46,320
are understanding God and His
goodness and his greatness, and ultimately

657
00:29:46,320 --> 00:29:48,720
how we are a child of the King.

658
00:29:48,720 --> 00:29:52,560
And so another aspect of I
believe God's goodness to us is that

659
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:54,040
he reveals Himself to us.

660
00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,890
He wants to make known his
ways, his acts to to us.

661
00:29:58,210 --> 00:30:02,770
Moving forward here going on
to verse number eight, the Lord is

662
00:30:02,770 --> 00:30:04,370
merciful and gracious.

663
00:30:04,450 --> 00:30:08,890
Elements of who God is is that
he's willing and ready to forgive.

664
00:30:08,890 --> 00:30:11,930
And in that forgiveness we
find his grace and we find his mercy.

665
00:30:11,930 --> 00:30:15,090
And therefore then we turn and
look at other people and we give

666
00:30:15,090 --> 00:30:16,930
them mercy and grace as well.

667
00:30:17,010 --> 00:30:18,810
But there's other aspects to
the Lord here.

668
00:30:18,810 --> 00:30:19,810
Slow to anger.

669
00:30:20,370 --> 00:30:21,250
He's patient.

670
00:30:23,180 --> 00:30:26,060
How many of us, as dads,
struggle with that one?

671
00:30:26,060 --> 00:30:27,100
Slow to anger.

672
00:30:27,580 --> 00:30:30,020
Truth is, is that if we're
trying to follow the example of the

673
00:30:30,020 --> 00:30:31,900
Lord, we are slow to anger.

674
00:30:32,300 --> 00:30:34,980
We don't come to a place in
our life, we're immediately going

675
00:30:34,980 --> 00:30:36,460
to bring down the hammer.

676
00:30:36,620 --> 00:30:40,140
God is gracious and he's
patient and plenteous in mercy.

677
00:30:40,460 --> 00:30:44,300
He will not always chide, he
will not always, in this case, judge

678
00:30:44,300 --> 00:30:45,060
and condemn.

679
00:30:45,060 --> 00:30:47,580
Neither will he keep his anger forever.

680
00:30:48,790 --> 00:30:51,750
This is continuously talking
about God's love for us and his patience

681
00:30:51,750 --> 00:30:52,070
with us.

682
00:30:52,070 --> 00:30:53,190
God's long suffering.

683
00:30:53,910 --> 00:30:56,390
It's a really interesting word
to think about long suffering, because

684
00:30:56,630 --> 00:31:00,430
when sometimes we think of the
word patience, we think of someone

685
00:31:00,430 --> 00:31:03,790
who's just sitting there,
maybe twiddling their thumbs or sticking

686
00:31:03,790 --> 00:31:06,030
their fingers in the ear, and
they're just like, okay, I gotta

687
00:31:06,030 --> 00:31:07,830
get patient and I just gotta
get through this.

688
00:31:08,070 --> 00:31:11,190
But that's not ultimately what
biblical patience really is.

689
00:31:11,350 --> 00:31:13,590
Biblical patience is tied to endurance.

690
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:18,000
Biblical patience is tied to
actually, believe it or not, the

691
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,000
Bible says to run the race
with patience.

692
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:23,520
Now if I'm using the world's
definition of patience, I'm going

693
00:31:23,520 --> 00:31:27,680
to sit at the starting line
and just go, well, I'm just going

694
00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:29,120
to be patient and this race
will be over.

695
00:31:29,120 --> 00:31:33,040
Soon, no patience in the
context of Scripture is endurance,

696
00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,960
moving forward with what God
has called us to do, and standing

697
00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:38,360
fast in the truth that he has
called us to live in.

698
00:31:38,360 --> 00:31:40,000
So the Lord is patient.

699
00:31:40,510 --> 00:31:40,870
And as.

700
00:31:40,870 --> 00:31:43,590
As fathers were called to be
patient, as Christians, we're called

701
00:31:43,590 --> 00:31:44,270
to be patient.

702
00:31:44,830 --> 00:31:45,590
Verse number 10.

703
00:31:45,590 --> 00:31:48,190
He hath not dealt with us
after our sins, meaning this.

704
00:31:48,590 --> 00:31:48,870
He.

705
00:31:48,870 --> 00:31:52,350
He hasn't really given us what
we deserve in our sins, nor rewarded

706
00:31:52,350 --> 00:31:53,630
us according to our iniquities.

707
00:31:54,350 --> 00:31:57,510
For as the heaven is high
above the earth, so great is his

708
00:31:57,510 --> 00:31:59,070
mercy toward them that fear him.

709
00:31:59,150 --> 00:32:01,270
Again, there's this
repetition, but he's essentially

710
00:32:01,270 --> 00:32:02,590
saying, as high as heaven is.

711
00:32:02,750 --> 00:32:05,550
And again, we don't know how
far that is, but let's just say it's

712
00:32:05,550 --> 00:32:06,030
infinite.

713
00:32:06,430 --> 00:32:09,630
So great is his mercy toward
them that fear him, those that come

714
00:32:09,630 --> 00:32:11,870
to him in humility and respect
and faith.

715
00:32:12,030 --> 00:32:13,950
God is infinite in his mercy.

716
00:32:14,430 --> 00:32:16,630
And of course, the famous
verse Here is verse 12.

717
00:32:16,630 --> 00:32:20,470
As far as the east is from the
west, so far hath he removed our

718
00:32:20,470 --> 00:32:21,710
transgressions from us.

719
00:32:22,510 --> 00:32:26,310
Now, again, we don't know how
much David understood the concept

720
00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:30,110
of the globe and distances and
things of that nature, but we understand

721
00:32:30,110 --> 00:32:32,110
what this concept really is
all about.

722
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:34,960
We don't know how to measure
as far as the east is from the West.

723
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:38,840
Therefore, we can't define and
describe the type of forgiveness

724
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:39,400
that God has.

725
00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:40,920
He removes it from our life.

726
00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,360
It's no longer on our account.

727
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:45,960
The Bible talks about how our
transgressions are blotted out.

728
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,280
And the idea is, is that
they're basically wiped off of our

729
00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:49,560
record.

730
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,000
And that's the beauty of God's grace.

731
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:53,720
That's the beauty of his forgiveness.

732
00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:56,760
That's the beauty of the
salvation that we find in Him.

733
00:32:58,290 --> 00:33:04,210
Let's look at verse number 13
says, like a father pitieth his children,

734
00:33:05,330 --> 00:33:07,410
so the Lord pitieth them that
fear Him.

735
00:33:08,130 --> 00:33:11,330
Now, that word pity sometimes
in our culture can kind of be used

736
00:33:11,330 --> 00:33:14,890
as the concept of kind of like
looking at someone and feeling sorry

737
00:33:14,890 --> 00:33:15,210
for them.

738
00:33:15,210 --> 00:33:16,610
And that's exactly what this is.

739
00:33:16,930 --> 00:33:19,730
Sometimes it has a negative
connotation in our society today.

740
00:33:19,730 --> 00:33:21,810
But really you could see it
this way.

741
00:33:21,810 --> 00:33:23,890
It's the Lord giving us compassion.

742
00:33:24,370 --> 00:33:27,730
It's the Lord understanding
that we are broken, but yet having

743
00:33:27,730 --> 00:33:29,810
concern for us in the midst of
our failures.

744
00:33:30,530 --> 00:33:33,090
And just as I look at my
children and see their limitations,

745
00:33:33,410 --> 00:33:35,530
so God looks at us and
understands our limitations.

746
00:33:35,530 --> 00:33:36,530
Look at the next verse.

747
00:33:36,610 --> 00:33:38,770
It says, for he knoweth our frame.

748
00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:40,050
He knows how we're made.

749
00:33:42,770 --> 00:33:44,610
He remembereth that we are dust.

750
00:33:46,290 --> 00:33:49,730
And so the idea here is that
God understands our limitations.

751
00:33:51,220 --> 00:33:52,140
Now this is not so.

752
00:33:52,140 --> 00:33:54,780
This is a very easy place that
we could drift on and we could say,

753
00:33:54,780 --> 00:33:57,220
well, God knows that you're a
sinner, so just keep on sinning.

754
00:33:57,220 --> 00:33:58,420
That's not what he's saying here.

755
00:33:58,900 --> 00:34:02,220
It's not condoning the fact
that we are just mere humans and

756
00:34:02,220 --> 00:34:03,700
therefore all we can do is sin.

757
00:34:03,780 --> 00:34:06,700
No, the Bible clearly tells us
that we are called to live a righteous

758
00:34:06,700 --> 00:34:07,380
and holy life.

759
00:34:07,540 --> 00:34:09,380
We are not excused for our sin.

760
00:34:09,380 --> 00:34:13,300
But what we do see here is
that God knows us and he loves us.

761
00:34:13,380 --> 00:34:16,900
And he takes in mind, as the
Bible says very clearly here, who

762
00:34:16,900 --> 00:34:18,220
we are and how we were made.

763
00:34:18,620 --> 00:34:20,460
And therefore that's why he
has grace.

764
00:34:20,460 --> 00:34:22,140
That's why he's extended compassion.

765
00:34:22,220 --> 00:34:23,980
You want to see this pictured
in Jesus?

766
00:34:23,980 --> 00:34:25,420
Look at Matthew, chapter 9.

767
00:34:25,580 --> 00:34:29,020
Jesus looks out into the
masses and he sees all of these people

768
00:34:29,260 --> 00:34:32,300
and he sees their brokenness
and he sees their lostness.

769
00:34:32,380 --> 00:34:36,580
And it says not that he's
angry at them, that he wants to condemn

770
00:34:36,580 --> 00:34:36,860
them.

771
00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:39,860
Jesus's heart there when he
sees these people without a shepherd,

772
00:34:39,860 --> 00:34:43,930
is that the Bible says that he
is moved with compassion.

773
00:34:45,290 --> 00:34:48,930
It literally means that, that
his stomach was aching for these

774
00:34:48,930 --> 00:34:49,290
people.

775
00:34:49,850 --> 00:34:51,370
And the idea here is this.

776
00:34:51,450 --> 00:34:54,010
God is first and foremost
compassionate and gracious.

777
00:34:54,010 --> 00:34:57,650
Though he is just and holy, he
has a desire for us to know him and

778
00:34:57,650 --> 00:34:59,530
therefore extending his grace
to us.

779
00:34:59,850 --> 00:35:02,970
And so as a father pitieth his
children, as a father has compassion

780
00:35:02,970 --> 00:35:06,690
on his children, so the Lord
has compassion on them that fear

781
00:35:06,690 --> 00:35:09,010
him, for them that come to him
in faith.

782
00:35:09,010 --> 00:35:10,540
The Lord Lord has compassion
on us.

783
00:35:11,180 --> 00:35:13,700
And I hope that we can
understand that compassion and we're

784
00:35:13,700 --> 00:35:16,540
able to demonstrate that
compassion to those around us.

785
00:35:17,180 --> 00:35:22,060
Folks, if God has compassion
with me in all of my failures, in

786
00:35:22,060 --> 00:35:26,300
all of my inadequacies, I
should be able to have compassion

787
00:35:26,300 --> 00:35:29,260
for those around me and their
failures and their inadequacies.

788
00:35:30,060 --> 00:35:31,820
And I want to take you to a
passage of scripture.

789
00:35:31,820 --> 00:35:35,590
Most of you know this passage
of scripture, but I want to quote

790
00:35:35,590 --> 00:35:39,950
it here because I think that
it is perfectly aligned with the

791
00:35:39,950 --> 00:35:41,470
understanding of having compassion.

792
00:35:41,470 --> 00:35:44,950
That's in Ephesians, chapter
4, the very last verse in Ephesians

793
00:35:44,950 --> 00:35:45,670
chapter 4.

794
00:35:46,550 --> 00:35:49,510
It speaks of how we can be
kind to others.

795
00:35:49,670 --> 00:35:53,870
And the way that the Lord
enacts His love towards us is that

796
00:35:53,870 --> 00:35:58,710
he extends, as the Bible says,
tender mercies, his loving kindness.

797
00:35:59,590 --> 00:36:02,950
And I believe that as God is
the example for us, so we are to

798
00:36:02,950 --> 00:36:03,910
understand and.

799
00:36:03,980 --> 00:36:05,380
And we are to apply in our lives.

800
00:36:05,380 --> 00:36:07,420
And so Ephesians 4:32.

801
00:36:08,060 --> 00:36:10,900
When I start to read this,
most of you will be able to quote

802
00:36:10,900 --> 00:36:14,140
it and be kind one to another.

803
00:36:14,300 --> 00:36:18,460
Tenderhearted, tenderhearted,
forgiving one another.

804
00:36:18,540 --> 00:36:21,900
Why, even as God, for Christ's
sake, hath forgiven you.

805
00:36:22,860 --> 00:36:25,660
It's the same principle of
understanding God's love.

806
00:36:25,820 --> 00:36:27,100
I show God's love.

807
00:36:28,140 --> 00:36:29,740
I understand God's forgiveness.

808
00:36:30,450 --> 00:36:31,610
I show God's forgiveness.

809
00:36:31,610 --> 00:36:34,450
When you understand God's
patience, I show God's patience.

810
00:36:35,410 --> 00:36:37,690
The truth of the matter is
that there are people in this world

811
00:36:37,690 --> 00:36:41,210
that don't deserve our
patience, our love, our grace, our

812
00:36:41,210 --> 00:36:41,810
forgiveness.

813
00:36:42,050 --> 00:36:45,370
But neither do we in the
concept of God enacting those things

814
00:36:45,370 --> 00:36:45,810
to us.

815
00:36:45,970 --> 00:36:47,170
So what I would say is this.

816
00:36:47,250 --> 00:36:51,170
Anytime you are tempted in
your life, whether it be within the

817
00:36:51,170 --> 00:36:54,530
context of the family, the
context of the church, the context

818
00:36:54,530 --> 00:36:57,730
of this world, anytime we're
tempted to give something what we

819
00:36:57,730 --> 00:37:01,570
think they deserve, go back to
understand what Christ has done for

820
00:37:01,570 --> 00:37:01,850
us.

821
00:37:02,490 --> 00:37:05,650
Understand his grace,
Understand that he didn't get even

822
00:37:05,650 --> 00:37:06,170
with us.

823
00:37:06,170 --> 00:37:07,810
Understand that he's patient.

824
00:37:07,810 --> 00:37:09,170
Understand that he loves us.

825
00:37:09,170 --> 00:37:11,090
Understand that he has compassion.

826
00:37:11,090 --> 00:37:13,210
Compassion is having empathy
for somebody.

827
00:37:13,690 --> 00:37:15,690
It's hurting with people that
are hurting.

828
00:37:16,570 --> 00:37:18,570
It's weeping with people that
are weeping.

829
00:37:18,810 --> 00:37:21,890
It's seeing that their problem
is real to them and coming to them

830
00:37:21,890 --> 00:37:23,500
and trying to show them that
Jesus is.

831
00:37:23,570 --> 00:37:24,770
Is the answer to that problem.

832
00:37:25,330 --> 00:37:27,090
You know, I've used this
example before.

833
00:37:27,170 --> 00:37:29,850
I've looked at people's lives,
and I know I'm probably the only

834
00:37:29,850 --> 00:37:32,530
one that's ever done this, but
I've looked at other people's lives,

835
00:37:32,530 --> 00:37:35,170
and I looked at their problems
and I said, wow, their problems are

836
00:37:35,170 --> 00:37:37,250
nothing compared to my problems.

837
00:37:37,730 --> 00:37:40,490
So it's hard for me to have
compassion upon someone who doesn't

838
00:37:40,490 --> 00:37:41,170
have the same.

839
00:37:41,490 --> 00:37:43,570
What I would consider the same struggle.

840
00:37:43,890 --> 00:37:47,450
I remember going back when I
was teaching, we had teachers appreciation

841
00:37:47,450 --> 00:37:49,770
last week, and it made me
reflect a little bit on my.

842
00:37:49,770 --> 00:37:50,690
My teaching years.

843
00:37:51,210 --> 00:37:53,570
And I remember being there
with middle schoolers and high schoolers.

844
00:37:53,570 --> 00:37:56,850
And some of you will
understand this, back when these

845
00:37:56,850 --> 00:37:59,930
kids would date, they would
date for like, two months, okay?

846
00:37:59,930 --> 00:38:01,650
They would never really go out
on a date.

847
00:38:01,650 --> 00:38:03,410
They would just sit at school
and they would talk to each other

848
00:38:03,410 --> 00:38:04,410
and smile at each other.

849
00:38:04,650 --> 00:38:06,890
And then he broke up with me.

850
00:38:06,890 --> 00:38:08,210
And there's this girl crying
in class.

851
00:38:08,210 --> 00:38:10,770
And we were going to get
married, and they're like ninth grade,

852
00:38:10,770 --> 00:38:12,410
and they've only been dating
for like, two weeks.

853
00:38:12,570 --> 00:38:16,010
And I would sit there and, you
know, my.

854
00:38:16,900 --> 00:38:18,340
My flesh or whatever you Want
to call?

855
00:38:18,340 --> 00:38:19,780
It was like, get over it.

856
00:38:19,780 --> 00:38:20,340
Come on.

857
00:38:20,980 --> 00:38:22,020
This means nothing.

858
00:38:22,180 --> 00:38:25,620
But at the end of the day, for
them, in that moment, that was a

859
00:38:25,620 --> 00:38:27,140
hurt, that was a deep cut.

860
00:38:27,940 --> 00:38:31,020
And so as Christians, what we
are called to do is when we see someone

861
00:38:31,020 --> 00:38:34,580
that maybe in our mind doesn't
have as deep of a struggle as we

862
00:38:34,580 --> 00:38:37,940
have, it's still find them in
that moment and come to them and

863
00:38:37,940 --> 00:38:40,140
encourage them and give them
that compassion.

864
00:38:40,140 --> 00:38:41,700
Because that's what the Lord
does, right?

865
00:38:42,350 --> 00:38:44,270
Think about when the Lord
looks at our problems.

866
00:38:44,830 --> 00:38:45,550
So, oh, you.

867
00:38:45,550 --> 00:38:53,950
You know, and God, as for man,
his days are as grass.

868
00:38:54,430 --> 00:39:00,830
For man, his days are as
grass, limited, short.

869
00:39:01,710 --> 00:39:04,270
As a flower of the field, so
he flourisheth.

870
00:39:04,750 --> 00:39:08,550
There might be a time of
growth, for the wind passeth over

871
00:39:08,550 --> 00:39:13,450
it and it is gone, and the
place thereof shall know it no more.

872
00:39:14,250 --> 00:39:17,890
So the Bible tells us here
that though we feel like our lives

873
00:39:17,890 --> 00:39:21,330
are long and our lives are
substantial, really in the grand

874
00:39:21,330 --> 00:39:23,930
scheme of eternity, our lives
are, Are, are short.

875
00:39:25,530 --> 00:39:29,290
But then we see the contrast
between man and the Lord.

876
00:39:29,690 --> 00:39:35,290
But the mercy of the Lord is
from everlasting to everlasting upon

877
00:39:35,290 --> 00:39:38,930
them that fear him and his
righteousness unto children's children.

878
00:39:40,850 --> 00:39:42,370
And so the idea here is this.

879
00:39:43,250 --> 00:39:43,610
In.

880
00:39:43,610 --> 00:39:47,370
In our lives that we're living
and the things that we worship and

881
00:39:47,370 --> 00:39:49,610
the things that we spend time
on, our.

882
00:39:49,610 --> 00:39:52,450
Our lives are short, our lives
are limited.

883
00:39:53,730 --> 00:39:57,570
But in the context of our
relationship with God, we know that

884
00:39:57,570 --> 00:40:00,690
his mercy is from everlasting
to everlasting.

885
00:40:00,690 --> 00:40:01,570
He is eternal.

886
00:40:01,570 --> 00:40:02,570
His love is eternal.

887
00:40:02,570 --> 00:40:04,500
His forgiveness is eternal.

888
00:40:04,900 --> 00:40:08,900
All the more reason why we
need to invest now into the things

889
00:40:09,700 --> 00:40:12,220
of eternity and not into the
things of this earth.

890
00:40:12,220 --> 00:40:14,336
Why would I worship something
that's going to pass away in 70,

891
00:40:14,424 --> 00:40:15,620
80, 90 years?

892
00:40:17,140 --> 00:40:20,180
So some of us will worship
things that don't mean anything next

893
00:40:20,180 --> 00:40:20,500
year.

894
00:40:21,540 --> 00:40:25,300
And, and the concept of
worship comes to this idea of who

895
00:40:25,460 --> 00:40:30,460
really is worthy of our
worship, what object is truly worthy

896
00:40:30,460 --> 00:40:31,380
of our worship?

897
00:40:31,580 --> 00:40:33,100
And it really comes down to this.

898
00:40:33,180 --> 00:40:36,980
The only object that is worthy
of worship, the only thing that we

899
00:40:36,980 --> 00:40:39,900
should put our faith in is the Lord.

900
00:40:39,900 --> 00:40:41,300
That's the only thing.

901
00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:44,660
Because the Bible says that
all of us are created to have faith

902
00:40:44,660 --> 00:40:45,100
in something.

903
00:40:45,100 --> 00:40:47,860
But when we put our faith in
things that fail, when we put our

904
00:40:47,860 --> 00:40:50,900
faith in things that will
waste away, the Bible says that we

905
00:40:50,900 --> 00:40:53,820
are putting our treasures in
things that will rust away.

906
00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:56,940
And the Bible speaks of that
in the Book of Matthew.

907
00:40:57,350 --> 00:41:01,150
We put our treasures in things
that moth and rust, corrupt and that

908
00:41:01,150 --> 00:41:03,190
will pass away, that could be
stolen away.

909
00:41:03,510 --> 00:41:05,870
But the things of God can
never be stolen away.

910
00:41:05,870 --> 00:41:07,270
They cannot be eroded away.

911
00:41:07,430 --> 00:41:08,950
They cannot be taken from us.

912
00:41:09,030 --> 00:41:11,830
Ultimately, the relationship
that we have with God is forever.

913
00:41:11,910 --> 00:41:14,270
The forgiveness that we have
in God is forever.

914
00:41:14,270 --> 00:41:17,030
And therefore, what we do is
we worship him for that.

915
00:41:17,750 --> 00:41:20,550
Some of us worship him for the
gifts that he gives us only.

916
00:41:21,270 --> 00:41:25,460
So, for example, well, I'll
worship God today if I get what I

917
00:41:25,460 --> 00:41:25,740
want.

918
00:41:26,940 --> 00:41:31,660
I will worship God today if I
feel like everything's going my way.

919
00:41:32,300 --> 00:41:35,740
But at the end of the day,
that's superficial worship.

920
00:41:36,060 --> 00:41:40,699
That's worship based in who I
am, based in what I get.

921
00:41:41,500 --> 00:41:47,620
But true depth in worship is,
Lord, whatever happens to me, I worship

922
00:41:47,620 --> 00:41:49,740
you for who you are and what
you have done.

923
00:41:50,950 --> 00:41:55,110
And what has happened in our
society today because we are such

924
00:41:55,110 --> 00:41:58,750
a humanistic society and it's
been this way for a very, very long

925
00:41:58,750 --> 00:42:02,550
time, is that worship becomes
all about us.

926
00:42:04,870 --> 00:42:08,190
And just forgive me this
morning if I step a little bit too

927
00:42:08,190 --> 00:42:10,150
far into your comfort zone.

928
00:42:10,230 --> 00:42:14,630
But many songs that are
considered to be worship speak specifically

929
00:42:14,630 --> 00:42:17,190
just about the person who is
the one singing.

930
00:42:18,210 --> 00:42:20,170
And my worship is not
worshiping me.

931
00:42:20,170 --> 00:42:21,810
My worship is about worshiping Him.

932
00:42:21,810 --> 00:42:24,450
Now, there's things that I can
say that God has done through me

933
00:42:24,450 --> 00:42:25,970
and changed in my life.

934
00:42:25,970 --> 00:42:30,930
But if the focus in my worship
is me, if the spotlight is me only,

935
00:42:31,410 --> 00:42:32,850
that's not true worship.

936
00:42:32,930 --> 00:42:35,210
Well, it is worship, but it's
not worshiping the one who should

937
00:42:35,210 --> 00:42:35,970
be worshiped.

938
00:42:36,450 --> 00:42:39,690
And so we have to really dig
deep into the concept of what is

939
00:42:39,690 --> 00:42:40,690
meaningful worship.

940
00:42:40,770 --> 00:42:43,090
I worship only on Sunday
mornings when I come in.

941
00:42:43,470 --> 00:42:44,830
No, I worship in the car.

942
00:42:44,910 --> 00:42:45,510
I worship.

943
00:42:45,510 --> 00:42:46,110
You know, any.

944
00:42:46,110 --> 00:42:48,910
Any of us can worship in any place.

945
00:42:49,470 --> 00:42:50,750
Doesn't have to be in this building.

946
00:42:50,750 --> 00:42:52,670
This is where we corporately worship.

947
00:42:52,750 --> 00:42:55,790
This is where we come once,
twice, sometimes three times a week.

948
00:42:55,790 --> 00:42:57,150
And we worship together.

949
00:42:57,150 --> 00:42:59,349
But that doesn't mean that
this is the only place that we are

950
00:42:59,349 --> 00:43:00,350
supposed to worship.

951
00:43:00,670 --> 00:43:02,910
We are supposed to worship in
everything that we do.

952
00:43:03,390 --> 00:43:04,070
You ever heard that?

953
00:43:04,070 --> 00:43:05,110
You ever think about that verse?

954
00:43:05,110 --> 00:43:08,150
Whether therefore you eat or
drink or whatsoever you do, do all

955
00:43:08,150 --> 00:43:11,340
the glory of God means that
the way that I eat, the way that

956
00:43:11,340 --> 00:43:13,420
I drink, the way that I
interact with people, the way that

957
00:43:13,420 --> 00:43:17,140
I work, the way that I love,
the way that I parent, the way everything

958
00:43:17,220 --> 00:43:18,900
can be worshipful to the Lord.

959
00:43:19,220 --> 00:43:20,900
And so I say all that to say this.

960
00:43:21,060 --> 00:43:24,740
Let's really inspect our lives
in the way that we worship.

961
00:43:25,380 --> 00:43:26,820
Some people worship through music.

962
00:43:26,820 --> 00:43:29,060
That is a fantastic way to worship.

963
00:43:29,620 --> 00:43:30,980
But again, what's the focus?

964
00:43:30,980 --> 00:43:32,260
Is it me or is it Him?

965
00:43:32,420 --> 00:43:34,500
Some people worship through
what they do in service.

966
00:43:34,970 --> 00:43:37,290
But is the service for me or
for Him?

967
00:43:37,690 --> 00:43:39,210
Some people worship through
their giving.

968
00:43:39,930 --> 00:43:42,450
All really important ways of worship.

969
00:43:42,450 --> 00:43:44,890
What is the giving for me or
for Him?

970
00:43:45,690 --> 00:43:46,930
And the list goes on and on.

971
00:43:46,930 --> 00:43:49,850
And we can worship God in
every way, or we can worship ourselves.

972
00:43:49,850 --> 00:43:53,290
And so what David is saying
here is, he is the heavenly Father

973
00:43:53,450 --> 00:43:56,970
who is perfect, the only
Father worthy of worship.

974
00:43:57,610 --> 00:44:00,650
And so the true question here
this morning is this, who are we

975
00:44:01,000 --> 00:44:01,800
going to serve?

976
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:04,040
Who are we going to worship?

977
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:05,880
Who are we going to lift up?

978
00:44:06,200 --> 00:44:09,320
Who are we going to take to a
place in our life to say, you know

979
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:09,560
what?

980
00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:12,360
He is the one that I am
committed to.

981
00:44:12,520 --> 00:44:16,280
Bless the Lord, oh my soul and
all that is within me.

982
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:18,200
Bless his holy name.

983
00:44:18,840 --> 00:44:21,280
And I think that's something
that we all have to come to in our

984
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:25,960
lives to understand when it
comes to this idea of love and of

985
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,120
worship and of sacrifice.

986
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:32,400
Ultimately, we can lay up our
treasures for the here and now, or

987
00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:33,760
we can lay up our treasures in heaven.

988
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:34,920
I'm going to leave it with this.

989
00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:38,720
In Matthew, chapter 6, verse
19, it says, Lay not up for yourselves

990
00:44:38,720 --> 00:44:43,079
treasures upon earth where
moth and rust doth corrupt, and where

991
00:44:43,079 --> 00:44:44,680
thieves break through and steal.

992
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:48,240
But lay up for yourselves
treasures in heaven where neither

993
00:44:48,240 --> 00:44:51,800
moth nor rust doth corrupt,
and where thieves do not break through

994
00:44:51,800 --> 00:44:52,520
nor steal.

995
00:44:52,940 --> 00:44:57,820
For where your treasure is,
there will your heart be also.

996
00:44:58,620 --> 00:45:00,060
What's your treasure this morning?

997
00:45:01,500 --> 00:45:06,860
I love my dad, my earthly
father, with all of my heart.

998
00:45:07,820 --> 00:45:09,660
He wasn't my best friend
growing up.

999
00:45:09,820 --> 00:45:10,780
He was my dad.

1000
00:45:11,420 --> 00:45:15,460
When I grew up and became a
dad myself, he eventually became

1001
00:45:15,460 --> 00:45:16,140
my best friend.

1002
00:45:16,860 --> 00:45:18,940
And I love my dad with everything.

1003
00:45:19,870 --> 00:45:20,270
I understand.

1004
00:45:20,670 --> 00:45:21,110
He's.

1005
00:45:21,110 --> 00:45:21,910
He's flawed.

1006
00:45:21,910 --> 00:45:24,550
There was a time in my life
where I thought he was completely

1007
00:45:24,550 --> 00:45:24,830
perfect.

1008
00:45:24,830 --> 00:45:26,270
I thought he was the strongest
guy in the world.

1009
00:45:26,270 --> 00:45:27,790
I thought my dad could fix anything.

1010
00:45:28,190 --> 00:45:30,710
And I went through that weird
stage where, like, there was a time

1011
00:45:30,710 --> 00:45:32,190
in my life where I thought my
dad was perfect.

1012
00:45:32,190 --> 00:45:34,270
There was a time in my life
where I thought my dad knew nothing.

1013
00:45:34,270 --> 00:45:36,470
And then there was a time in
my life where I thought my dad knew

1014
00:45:36,470 --> 00:45:37,150
pretty much everything.

1015
00:45:37,150 --> 00:45:38,830
And he's taught me a lot as a father.

1016
00:45:40,110 --> 00:45:40,710
And if.

1017
00:45:40,710 --> 00:45:43,350
If I can understand that
relationship and I can understand

1018
00:45:43,350 --> 00:45:44,430
my love for him and my.

1019
00:45:44,430 --> 00:45:47,630
And the sacrifice that I have
for him, I treasure that relationship,

1020
00:45:48,210 --> 00:45:51,250
and I invest into that
relationship the way I invest into

1021
00:45:51,250 --> 00:45:51,450
that.

1022
00:45:51,450 --> 00:45:52,730
I'm going to be honest with
you guys this morning.

1023
00:45:52,730 --> 00:45:55,090
The way I invest in the
relationship with my Father is.

1024
00:45:55,090 --> 00:45:55,730
I call him.

1025
00:45:55,890 --> 00:45:57,010
I don't get to see Him.

1026
00:45:57,170 --> 00:46:00,170
Some of you that have your
fathers living and they're here around

1027
00:46:00,170 --> 00:46:01,810
you, take advantage of that.

1028
00:46:02,290 --> 00:46:04,370
The truth is, is the way I
communicate with my dad, the way

1029
00:46:04,370 --> 00:46:06,490
I invest in my relationship
with my dad, for the most part, is

1030
00:46:06,490 --> 00:46:10,090
I call him and I talk to him
and I read his texts and I send him

1031
00:46:10,090 --> 00:46:13,810
pictures and we talk about
things in life and we spend time

1032
00:46:13,810 --> 00:46:14,210
together.

1033
00:46:15,100 --> 00:46:18,140
And the reason why we do that
is because we treasure that relationship.

1034
00:46:19,740 --> 00:46:21,340
It's the same thing with our
Heavenly Father.

1035
00:46:21,340 --> 00:46:23,780
If we treasure that
relationship with him, we will do

1036
00:46:23,780 --> 00:46:26,180
the things that he has called
us to do.

1037
00:46:26,180 --> 00:46:29,140
The Bible says if we love him,
we will keep his commandments, we

1038
00:46:29,140 --> 00:46:33,060
will obey him, we will spend
time with him, we will read his word,

1039
00:46:33,060 --> 00:46:34,780
we will talk to him in prayer.

1040
00:46:34,940 --> 00:46:37,220
We will spend time with those
that he loves.

1041
00:46:37,220 --> 00:46:38,900
That's the church, right?

1042
00:46:38,900 --> 00:46:40,220
Jesus died for the church.

1043
00:46:40,770 --> 00:46:41,730
He loves the church.

1044
00:46:41,730 --> 00:46:43,770
And so therefore we love the church.

1045
00:46:43,770 --> 00:46:47,410
And so all in all, what we can
see here in this passage is that

1046
00:46:47,730 --> 00:46:50,610
the heart is set on the things
that we treasure.

1047
00:46:51,250 --> 00:46:53,570
Our life will be set on the
things that we treasure.

1048
00:46:53,570 --> 00:46:56,290
The worship that we have will
be set on the things that we treasure.

1049
00:46:56,449 --> 00:47:01,450
And so do we treasure who God
is in his character and what he has

1050
00:47:01,450 --> 00:47:02,130
done for us.

1051
00:47:02,530 --> 00:47:04,610
If we do, that worship will be different.

1052
00:47:05,730 --> 00:47:09,250
And so here this morning, if
you are seeking that love of a Father,

1053
00:47:09,250 --> 00:47:13,650
if you're seeking that love
that never fails, come to Him.

1054
00:47:14,130 --> 00:47:16,890
Either come to him in
salvation or come to him in repentance

1055
00:47:16,890 --> 00:47:18,450
and turn your life over to Him.

1056
00:47:19,170 --> 00:47:21,290
The truth is, is that there
might be some people in this room

1057
00:47:21,290 --> 00:47:24,650
that have not trusted in Jesus
as a personal savior.

1058
00:47:24,650 --> 00:47:27,730
Today is the day the Bible
says you cannot find the Father unless

1059
00:47:27,730 --> 00:47:28,770
you come through the Son.

1060
00:47:29,170 --> 00:47:31,890
Jesus says, I am the way, I am
the truth, I am the life.

1061
00:47:31,890 --> 00:47:33,730
No man cometh unto the Father
but by me.

1062
00:47:33,810 --> 00:47:36,890
So if you want to know that
love of a father, come to Jesus here

1063
00:47:36,890 --> 00:47:39,090
this morning and trust in him
as your personal savior.

1064
00:47:40,050 --> 00:47:42,770
But for some of us that have
trusted in Jesus as our personal

1065
00:47:42,770 --> 00:47:45,810
savior, we might not be
experiencing that love.

1066
00:47:45,810 --> 00:47:47,490
We might not be understanding
that love.

1067
00:47:47,490 --> 00:47:50,530
We might not be mirroring that
love to other people around us.

1068
00:47:51,170 --> 00:47:52,450
What do we need to do?

1069
00:47:52,450 --> 00:47:54,850
We need to set our hearts on
the things above.

1070
00:47:55,169 --> 00:47:58,170
We need to set our affections
on the things above, not on the things

1071
00:47:58,170 --> 00:47:58,850
of this earth.

1072
00:47:59,010 --> 00:48:00,850
Sometimes it just takes a wake
up call.

1073
00:48:01,010 --> 00:48:02,450
Sometimes it's like, hey, you
know what?

1074
00:48:02,450 --> 00:48:05,330
This thing that I'm struggling
with Right now doesn't matter in

1075
00:48:05,330 --> 00:48:06,530
the grand scheme of eternity.

1076
00:48:07,240 --> 00:48:14,280
I can tell you the time and
the place that I realized that certain

1077
00:48:14,280 --> 00:48:15,160
things don't matter.

1078
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:17,600
And for the sake of time, I
won't go there.

1079
00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:20,600
But it had to do with Silas
and his birth and some of the struggles

1080
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:21,320
that happened there.

1081
00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:25,200
And the reality for me in that
moment was I am worrying about a

1082
00:48:25,200 --> 00:48:28,440
lot of things in my life that
don't matter in the grand scheme

1083
00:48:28,440 --> 00:48:29,160
of eternity.

1084
00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:33,240
And so for us, sometimes it
takes a wake up call.

1085
00:48:33,240 --> 00:48:34,000
Hopefully it doesn't.

1086
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:36,280
Hopefully it just takes the
word of God to show us that some

1087
00:48:36,280 --> 00:48:38,880
of the things that we're
spending so much time on, so much

1088
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:42,400
worship in, that that in and
of itself means nothing in the grand

1089
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:43,160
scheme of everything.

1090
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:46,920
And so the greatest thing that
we can do is love the Lord with everything

1091
00:48:47,000 --> 00:48:49,920
and then to pass on to the
next generation how to do that as

1092
00:48:49,920 --> 00:48:50,200
well.

1093
00:48:50,680 --> 00:48:54,760
If there's anything I can
leave to my children, it's the beauty

1094
00:48:54,840 --> 00:48:59,280
of knowing God and loving him
and walking with him and walking

1095
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:00,200
in the will of God.

1096
00:49:01,090 --> 00:49:02,850
There's a lot of lessons I
want to teach my kids.

1097
00:49:03,170 --> 00:49:04,770
Some of you dads, have you
ever said this?

1098
00:49:04,770 --> 00:49:06,210
This is why we can't have nice things?

1099
00:49:07,490 --> 00:49:10,050
My kids, probably in my
funeral, that's they're going to

1100
00:49:10,050 --> 00:49:12,690
say, dad always said, this is
why we can't have nice things.

1101
00:49:12,690 --> 00:49:14,050
Okay, I'm working on that.

1102
00:49:14,050 --> 00:49:15,570
I want to be remembered by.

1103
00:49:15,570 --> 00:49:16,850
Hey, his love for Christ.

1104
00:49:17,410 --> 00:49:19,970
He showed us what it meant to
have a real relationship with him.

1105
00:49:20,690 --> 00:49:21,730
And so what do our.

1106
00:49:22,450 --> 00:49:25,010
This goes directly to dads out
there, grandfathers.

1107
00:49:25,810 --> 00:49:27,410
What do our kids know us by?

1108
00:49:28,090 --> 00:49:32,530
Do they know us by the things
that mean nothing for eternity, or

1109
00:49:32,530 --> 00:49:35,530
do they know us by the things
that matter for eternity in a relationship

1110
00:49:35,530 --> 00:49:36,010
with Christ?

1111
00:49:36,170 --> 00:49:39,690
And that's extended to all of
us, not just dads, moms, ladies,

1112
00:49:40,170 --> 00:49:44,490
men that are just not
biological fathers, but spiritual

1113
00:49:44,490 --> 00:49:45,050
fathers.

1114
00:49:45,290 --> 00:49:46,610
What do people know us by?

1115
00:49:46,610 --> 00:49:47,610
What's our testimony?

1116
00:49:49,210 --> 00:49:51,770
I hope that our testimony is
that we're pointing people to Christ

1117
00:49:53,140 --> 00:49:53,700
here this morning.

1118
00:49:53,700 --> 00:49:55,540
Let's worship him with all
that we are.

1119
00:49:55,700 --> 00:49:56,860
I'm going to ask if you're
able to.

1120
00:49:56,860 --> 00:49:57,860
To stand with me.

1121
00:49:57,860 --> 00:49:59,060
Every head bowed, every eye closed.

1122
00:49:59,060 --> 00:50:02,940
We're going to have a time of
reflection here this morning in this

1123
00:50:02,940 --> 00:50:03,420
invitation.

1124
00:50:03,420 --> 00:50:06,500
All I want to do is just kind
of point out the obvious.

1125
00:50:06,660 --> 00:50:09,179
We have a loving heavenly
Father who has done everything for

1126
00:50:09,179 --> 00:50:09,460
us.

1127
00:50:11,540 --> 00:50:15,220
Dads, have I been the type of
father that's talked about there

1128
00:50:15,220 --> 00:50:16,460
in Psalm 103?

1129
00:50:16,460 --> 00:50:17,220
Am I patient?

1130
00:50:17,220 --> 00:50:20,260
Am I loving Am I, am I pay?

1131
00:50:21,540 --> 00:50:24,220
Providing all those lists of
things that.

1132
00:50:24,220 --> 00:50:25,620
That God has done for us.

1133
00:50:26,980 --> 00:50:29,820
But Christian out there,
maybe, maybe it's this.

1134
00:50:29,820 --> 00:50:32,500
Maybe, maybe you're struggling
with this concept of worship.

1135
00:50:32,980 --> 00:50:33,900
What is worship?

1136
00:50:33,900 --> 00:50:34,820
Am I worshiping?

1137
00:50:35,540 --> 00:50:38,460
It's not something that can be
fabricated or manifested just by

1138
00:50:38,460 --> 00:50:40,660
our outward actions, but it's
an inward thing.

1139
00:50:41,460 --> 00:50:41,860
Why?

1140
00:50:41,940 --> 00:50:43,780
Why, why don't I want to worship?

1141
00:50:43,780 --> 00:50:46,850
Why can't I understand these
things and understand the love of

1142
00:50:46,850 --> 00:50:50,770
Christ, get deeper into it,
understand the greatness of who he

1143
00:50:50,770 --> 00:50:51,050
is.

1144
00:50:51,210 --> 00:50:53,810
But if you don't know Jesus as
your personal Savior this morning,

1145
00:50:53,810 --> 00:50:56,210
come forward and we can show
you in the word of God what it means

1146
00:50:56,210 --> 00:50:59,610
to know him and understand his
love and understand his forgiveness.

1147
00:50:59,850 --> 00:51:01,970
Lord, I pray that you be in
this time of invitation, working

1148
00:51:01,970 --> 00:51:02,730
hearts and lives.

1149
00:51:03,690 --> 00:51:07,450
We ask that you be with us
here this morning as fathers, specifically

1150
00:51:07,690 --> 00:51:09,730
to lead our families in the
truth of God.

1151
00:51:09,730 --> 00:51:12,240
To lead our families and the
love of Christ.

1152
00:51:12,240 --> 00:51:14,400
To love our spouses as God has
called us.

1153
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:17,960
To love, to be the example to
the best of our ability for the cause

1154
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:18,840
of the kingdom.

1155
00:51:18,920 --> 00:51:19,600
So we thank you.

1156
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:20,000
We love you.

1157
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:20,920
In Jesus name, amen.

1158
00:51:20,920 --> 00:51:22,920
As the music plays, follow as
the Lord leads here this morning.

1159
00:52:37,590 --> 00:52:40,070
Thank you again for listening
to the Middletown Baptist Church

1160
00:52:40,070 --> 00:52:40,710
podcast.

1161
00:52:40,870 --> 00:52:42,350
I hope that this sermon has been.

1162
00:52:42,350 --> 00:52:43,270
A blessing for you.

1163
00:52:43,910 --> 00:52:46,190
If you would like to find out
more information about our church

1164
00:52:46,190 --> 00:52:49,670
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1165
00:52:49,990 --> 00:52:52,550
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1166
00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:57,840
You can also email me directly
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1167
00:52:57,840 --> 00:52:58,240
Com.

1168
00:52:58,640 --> 00:53:02,160
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1169
00:53:02,160 --> 00:53:04,960
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1170
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:06,560
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1171
00:53:06,800 --> 00:53:07,520
God bless.

1172
00:53:07,760 --> 00:53:09,040
Have a wonderful day.