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The God Who Excels - 9/27/26 - Meadows Baptist Church - Pastor Charlie Branch · Meadows Baptist Church Podcast

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  Welcome to the podcast of Meadows
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  Baptist Church of Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. We're so glad you joined us
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  today. If you enjoy today's message, be
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  sure to subscribe, follow, and share
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  with your friends. Now, let's join
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  Pastor Charlie Branch with a word from
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  God.
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  Psalm division number eight. And I do
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  appreciate you being in the house of the
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  Lord. Are you glad you're saved this
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  morning?
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  >> Amen. Verse number one, the Bible said,
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  David said, "Oh Lord, our Lord, how
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  excellent is thy name in all the earth.
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  Who has set thy glory above the heavens?
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  Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
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  hast thou ordained strength because of
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  thine enemies, that thou mightest steal
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  the enemy and the avenger. When I
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  consider thy heavens, the work of thy
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  fingers, the moon and the stars, which
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  thou hast ordained, what is man that
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  thou art mindful of him, and the son of
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  man that thou visitest him? Thou has
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  made him a little lower than the angels,
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  and has crowned him with glory and
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  honor. Thou madeest him to have dominion
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  over the works of thy hands. Thou hast
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  put all things under his feet, all sheep
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  and oxmen, yay, and the beast of the
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  field, the fowl of the air, and the fish
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  of the sea, and whatsoever passeth
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  through the paths of the seas. In verse
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  9, the psalmist exclaims, "Oh Lord, our
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  Lord, how excellent is thy name in all
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  the earth." Father, thank you so much
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  for the privilege to be in the house of
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  God today. And Lord, in my heart this
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  morning, I have a desire to express,
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  Lord, what the psalmist expressed when
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  he recorded these words. But Lord, I
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  feel, God, as though my fleshly body
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  will not allow me, God, to express the
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  splendor and the glory, God, of the
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  words that have been pinned, Lord, in
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  this text. But God, I ask you, Lord, for
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  just a little while, God, that you would
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  hide me behind the cross. And I pray,
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  God, that you'd clothe me in my call and
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  give me uncction and liberty this
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  morning to preach in demonstration of
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  the spirit with power. And God, I pray
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  more than anything, God, that we would
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  not see me. Lord, that we would not see
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  anybody or anything else. But God, I
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  pray, Lord, that we would see you this
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  morning. And God, I pray, Lord, for that
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  lost sinner that they'd see themselves
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  today. And God, as they behold
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  themselves in their sinstricken state,
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  Father, I pray that they would look up
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  and see the Savior that died for them so
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  that they could be saved and be saved
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  today. God, I ask you, Lord, please
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  grant it in this service. Get all glory
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  to yourself for what you do. will thank
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  you, but we'll praise you most of all
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  for who you are. We ask it in Jesus'
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  name. Amen. You can be seated. Thank you
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  so much for standing this morning. Psalm
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  division number eight. Here is a psalm
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  of David. I love the little headings
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  here in this uh the book of Psalms.
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  Particularly these headings sometimes
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  will shed light upon the psalm. Many of
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  them uh in the book of Psalms are
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  labeled in many different ways. There
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  are some written by Asaf. Psalms
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  specifically we think of most of the
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  time we think of Psalm 78. That song of
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  Asaf that was written to the children of
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  Israel who had fallen into sin. And I
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  look at this text this morning. Of
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  course, most of the psalms were written
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  by David. Some by Moses, some by Asaf,
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  and some maybe have even been written by
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  Solomon. But David, the writer of our
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  psalm this morning, it is mentioned in
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  verse number one or just before that
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  that it is said to the chief musician
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  upon Gideith, a psalm of David. Now,
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  there's a lot of conjecture this morning
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  about what this psalm is actually
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  referring to. Um, some say that this
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  mentions Goliath the Gitite here in the
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  text that gith is referring to him. Some
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  say that that gith refers to an
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  instrument that was played and that this
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  psalm would be read or sung while that
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  gith instrument was played. But I do
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  believe this morning that when we look
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  at the text, we'll discover the heart of
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  the psalm that's behind this verse. And
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  I think many times it is expressed to
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  us, we desire to see the situation for
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  which the psalm was written in. But I
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  want to say this. This psalm this
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  morning expresses to us truths about God
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  that do not matter to what situation
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  they are applied. They are just true
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  about his character and his nature. And
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  I think some of us sometimes if we would
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  look be look above and look beyond the
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  situation in our life, we would see an
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  everpresent and ever ready and an ever
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  able to help God far beyond our
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  situation. Amen. And I don't know about
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  you, but that helps me to know this
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  morning that God has got it all under
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  control. And I want to lay just a few
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  things on your heart. By way of
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  introduction, I'm preaching on this
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  thought this morning. The God that
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  excels. The God that excels. Notice what
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  your Bible said in verse number one of
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  Psalm number eight. David says, "Oh
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  Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy
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  name in all the earth." And in in
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  refrain the end of the chapter in verse
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  number nine he repeats himself and one
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  writer said this in verse number one the
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  psalmist is presenting to us the the
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  facts of God's excellence in the text
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  and that he is going to be presenting it
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  for proof to be applied to it. And then
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  in verse number nine he is not
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  presenting it but he is proclaiming it
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  in light of the proof that has been
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  given. And this chapter is a proof text
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  to describe the excellence of our God.
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  And I notice here in the text, you see
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  number one in verse number one, the
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  eternal God. And you say, "What do you
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  mean?" Well, you notice that little
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  statement there in verse one, "Oh Lord,
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  our Lord." And you notice there that
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  first Lord is capitalized. All four
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  letters. You see that capital L, capital
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  O, capital R, capital D. And you know
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  this morning, if you've been around here
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  for any amount of time, that name is the
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  word Jehovah. Amen. The self-existent or
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  the eternal one. And he is referring to
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  the God of heaven. Amen. And I want to
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  say this. If something is to be eternal,
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  Jesus, the eternal God, Jesus represents
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  God manifest in the flesh. And this
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  eternal Lord that is mentioned in the
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  text, David is crying out to him here in
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  the text of his eternality. And I want
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  to say this, when you address God, you
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  are to reress him in such a way that
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  honors who he is. Amen. And that ought
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  to be the first response in our prayers.
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  Not to make a request, but it is to
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  honor and to revere the name of God.
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  Amen. And so the psalmist says, "Oh Lord
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  our Lord." Then he not only speaks of
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  the eternality of God, but he also
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  speaks of the excellence of God in verse
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  number one. He said, "Oh Lord, our Lord,
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  how excellent is thy name." And of
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  course he is referring to that name,
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  speaking of the character or the
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  reputation of God here in the text. And
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  what is he saying about that? Well, he's
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  saying he's excellent. Amen. And you
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  say, "What does that mean?" Well, to
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  simply put it this way this morning,
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  that word excellent has the root word to
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  excel in it. Amen. And that word to
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  excel means to go beyond or to be above
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  or to be better than. Amen. And so when
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  he says, "Oh Lord, how excellent is thy
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  name," he is simply saying that his name
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  is beyond, that his name is above and
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  that his name's better than any other
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  name. Amen. I'm reminded of what Peter
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  told that Sanhedrin council in the book
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  of Acts 4 and verse number 12. He said,
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  "For there's none other name under
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  heaven given among men whereby you must
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  be saved." Amen. And I want to say this
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  this morning. There's no name like the
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  name of our God. Amen. He is exalted. He
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  is lifted high. And his name is
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  EXCELLENT. AND IT EXCELS FAR BEYOND ANY
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  OTHER. AMEN. Aren't you thankful for the
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  excellence of our God? I notice not only
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  the eternality of God and the excellence
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  here in the text of God, but I notice
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  the entirety in this verse. And you say,
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  "What do you mean?" Well, the psalmist
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  says, "How excellent is thy name."
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  Notice this. In all the earth,
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  >> you say, "Preacher, what do you mean?"
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  Well, I think this statement here in the
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  text is revealing something that
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  creation declares the glory of God.
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  Amen. I'm reminded of what the psalmist
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  said in Psalm number 19. He said, "The
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  heavens declare the glory of God, and
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  the firmament showeth his hund
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  handiwork. Day and day utterth
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  knowledge, night and night showeth
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  speak." What I'm saying is the earth
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  declares the glory of God. The mountains
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  and the trees and the rocks and the
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  bees, amen, and the seas and the oceans,
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  the fish, and all the animals, ALL OF
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  NATURE CRIES OUT THAT HIS NAME is
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  excellent, far above all else. And you
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  say, "What is that?" Well, I'd say it's
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  not only a an illustration in the text,
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  but it's also prophetic cuz you
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  understand there's coming a day when
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  everything that is, everything that has
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  been, and everything that will be will
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  all bow at the feet of Jesus. And every
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  knee will bow, and every tongue will
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  confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the
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  glory of God the Father. And
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  prophetically speaking, he said, "How
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  excellent is thy name in all the earth."
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  I'm saying there's coming today. It may
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  not be today. AND ALL THE WHOLE EARTH
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  does not bow to his glory. Matter of
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  fact, majority of the earth bows to a
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  man named Allah. But I want to say this
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  to you this morning. Allah is dead.
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  Amen. And beyond WHAT OTHER PEOPLE MAY
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  SAY, BUDDHA'S DEAD. AMEN. All them other
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  gods are dead. But I want to say this.
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  He's alive and well this morning. And
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  the psalmist says, "How excellent is thy
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  name in all the earth." Amen. And it is
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  the entirety of all the earth. And I
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  want to say this. I'm looking forward to
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  that day when everything that is will
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  cry out to him and worship and honor
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  him. But I notice not only in the text
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  the entirety of his praise, but I also
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  see the extent of his glory. In verse
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  number one, look what he says. He says,
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  "Oh Lord, our Lord, how excellent is thy
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  name in all the earth who had set thy
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  glory," notice this, "bove
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  the heavens." You know what he's saying?
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  He says Jehovah, that self-existent one,
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  that one that was never created. Oh, but
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  he's the creator. Amen.
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  >> He was never created. He never came into
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  existence, nor will he ever cease to be.
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  Amen. But I want to say this. He set his
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  glory. You know what that is? He set his
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  position, his dwelling place. You
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  understand? He established his throne
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  and the highest place. Amen. You say,
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  "Preacher, where is that?" Well, that's
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  in the heavens. Amen. Jesus, God the
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  Father, established his dwelling place,
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  his position far above all else. And
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  there's been many a man tried to lift
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  themselves up there. Them men over there
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  in the book of Genesis when they tried
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  to build the tower of Babel, they
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  decided that they would build a tower
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  that reached under heaven. What were
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  they doing? Trying to reach to where God
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  is. But aren't you thankful God? They
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  never reach where he is on their own.
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  Amen. But he reached down where they was
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  and destroyed their work. And let me say
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  this, every leader that's risen and
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  fallen since the beginning of time has
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  tried to exalt theirel above God. But
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  let me say this, the best they've got is
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  control of most of the earth. But I want
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  to say this, he controls all the earth,
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  but he also controls all the heavens.
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  Amen. And I want to say this this
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  morning, our God excels. Amen.
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  >> He excels. He excels in every way. He
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  excels in power. You say, "What do you
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  mean? Nobody's got the power he has.
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  Nobody can do what he does. Nobody's
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  done what he did. Amen. I'm saying he
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  excels in power. I'm saying this
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  morning, write these down, he excels not
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  only in power, but he excels in purity.
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  Amen. I'm saying when you look at Jesus,
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  and let's just be real this morning,
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  there's an angel. There's angels in
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  heaven right now that their entire job
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  is to fly about the throne and to behold
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  God. They're seated on his throne. And
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  day and night they cease not to cry,
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  "Holy, holy, holy Lord God Almighty,
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  which was and is and is to come." I'm
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  saying when they behold him, they see
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  nothing but perfection. They see no
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  mistakes. They see no blemishes. And
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  when we think about God, he excels in
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  his power. But let me say this, he
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  excels in his purity. There's nobody
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  like him. Amen.
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  >> I want to say this. He excels in his
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  presence. That's right.
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  >> There's nobody and nor will there ever
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  be anybody or anything that's
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  everywhere. But God's everywhere.
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  >> You said, "What do you mean? I thought
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  the devil's everywhere." No, he's not
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  omnipresent. He's just got his minions
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  scattered about the earth. Amen. But I
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  want to tell you this. There's not a
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  place
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  said it this way. He said, "If I send up
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  on the wings of the morning," he said,
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  "if I make my bed in hell." He said,
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  "Behold, thou art there."
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  >> I want to tell you this morning, sinner,
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  there's not a place you can go where
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  God's not there. Right.
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  >> He excels this morning. Many other
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  things I could say about it, but I want
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  to give you what the psalmist says about
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  him this morning. Our God that excels. I
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  see four things in this text that the
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  psalmist illustrates in this text
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  revealing to us the excellence of our
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  God. And I find it interesting what he
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  begins with in this chapter. I want you
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  to notice first of all, our God excels.
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  It is described number one by the mouth
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  of children. Look what the Bible said in
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  verse number two. He says, "Out of the
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  mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou
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  ordained strength because of thine
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  enemies that thou mightest steal the
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  enemy and the avenger." You say, "What
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  do you mean, preacher?" Well, the
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  psalmist begins, he tells us there in
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  the text that, "Oh Lord, how Lord, how
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  excellent is thy name in all the earth,
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  who has set thy glory above the
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  heavens." Look what he says. Out of the
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  mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou
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  ordained strength. I'm talking about a
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  holy one. I'm talking about a high one.
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  I'm talking about one who has more power
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  than all. But look where he begins to
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  declare his glory. He declares it in the
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  children.
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  >> You see the mouth of the children
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  express his glory. You say, "How is
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  that?" Well, it's their praise. Look
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  what the Bible says. Out of the mouth of
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  babes and sucklings hast thou ordained
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  what? Strength. You know what that word
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  strength literally trans translates to?
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  It translates to praise or to adoration.
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  And I'm reminded of the Bible. Matthew
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  chapter number 21, Jesus quotes these
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  verses. Remember what Jesus said. He
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  said in one place on the children's
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  sake, he said, "Suffer the little
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  children to come unto me." He said, "For
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  such as be that they are the kingdom of
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  God." And this is what he said. He said,
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  "Except you receive the kingdom of God
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  as a little child." He says, "Ye shall
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  no wise enter therein." And we know that
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  that faith that is applied in our life,
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  we come to him just as humble as a
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  little child. Amen. And we receive it
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  simply. Amen. And when I think about the
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  praise of these children, turn with me
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  to Matthew chapter number 21. I want you
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  to listen to what Jesus says. And this
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  is a direct quotation of this text.
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  Matter of fact, you'll find this chapter
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  is quoted some uh over 10 times in the
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  New Testament. I want you to listen to
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  what Jesus says. The Pharisees were
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  rebuking him. The scribes were confu uh
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  con condemning him. And the Bible said
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  in verse number 12, Jesus went to the
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  temple, cast out all them that sold and
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  bought. He turned over the tables of the
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  money chambers. Verse 13, he says, "My
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  house shall be called a house of
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  prayer." Verse 14, the blind and lame
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  came to him in the temple and he healed
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  them. I want to say this, the Pharisees
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  didn't like him healing. But I want to
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  tell you this, they really didn't like
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  what happens in verse 15. Listen to what
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  the Bible said. And when the chief
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  priests and scribes saw that the
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  wonderful things that he did and the
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  children crying in the temple and saying
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  hosana to the son of David, they were
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  sore displeased. Listen to verse 16. And
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  they said unto him, "Hearest thou what
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  these say?" And Jesus saith unto them,
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  "Yay, have you never read, out of the
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  mouth of babes and sucklings." Notice
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  this. Thou hast perfected what?
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  >> Praise. Look at that. Verse 17. And he
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  left them and went out of the city into
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  Bethany, and he lodged there. I'm saying
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  Jesus described to them the fullness of
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  praise. I want to say this. There'll
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  never be any more true praise than the
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  praise that comes off of the lips of a
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  child who realizes that they've been
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  saved by the grace of God. You say,
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  "What do you mean?" Well, I'm saying
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  they don't have all the things of life
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  to hinder them. All they know is that
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  they were a sinner and that now they've
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  been saved by the grace of God. I
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  remember those days when I was seven or
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  eight years old, right after I got
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  saved. I remember how I used to hear
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  those hymns sung and the tears begin to
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  well up in my eyes and I just began TO
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  PRAISE HIM. WHY WAS THAT? BECAUSE THERE
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  WAS NOTHING SEPARATING me from him.
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  >> But you know what happens as life comes
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  along? What happens? We tend to get a
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  lot of baggage, don't we? And our voices
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  get softer until eventually we become
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  silent. But Jesus says, the psalmist
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  says in this text, he says, "In the
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  mouth of babes, he has perfected
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  praise." Notice that he has given his
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  praise to the children. You know what
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  we'll be doing throughout all eternity
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  as children? and we'll be worshiping
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  him.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> We'll do nothing else. You say, "What is
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  that?" Well, we won't have to work.
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  There won't be the responsibility of
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  adulthood, but it'll forever be one big
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  worship service.
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  >> So much I could say, but I need to move.
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  Notice not only the praise out of the
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  mouth of children. But notice the
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  prevention from the mouth of children.
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  In verse two, out of the mouth of babes
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  and sucklings hast thou ordained
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  strength. Notice the next word. Because
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  because of what? Thine enemies. that
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  thou mightest steal the enemy and the
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  avenger. You know what the Bible's
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  telling us right here? The psalmist says
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  it is the praise of the children that
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  prevents the conflict from the enemy. It
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  is them lifting up their voice in
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  exaltation unto God. Just like those
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  young children in the temple when they
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  were saying hosana in the highest of
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  Jesus, you know what it was doing? It
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  was convicting them Pharisees. Amen.
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  They should have been worshiping him,
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  but instead they were trying to condemn
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  him. But you know what the Bible tells
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  us? that the enemy is condemned by the
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  praise of children. You say, "Preacher,
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  I need an example of that." Let me say
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  it this way. The Bible says that they
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  overcame him. The blood in in
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  Revelation, all right? That they
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  overcame him, that's the Antichrist, by
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  the blood of the lamb and by the word of
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  their testimony. And they love not their
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  lives even unto the death. You know what
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  that was representing? Was representing
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  the testimony of the children of God.
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  You say, "What is it, preacher?" Well,
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  let's just give you another verse right
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  here. You see, the whole entire creation
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  is waiting for the moment when the
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  children of God, the glory that's in
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  them will be revealed. And it is their
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  praise that will be revealed. Notice
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  Romans chapter number eight and verse
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  number 19 or verse number 18. Paul said
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  this. Let's look verse 17. I love this
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  text. And if children, then heirs, heirs
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  of God and joint hes with Christ. If so
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  be that we suffer with him that we may
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  be also glorified together. For I reckon
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  that the sufferings of this present time
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  are do not to be compare worthy to be
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  compared with a glory which shall be
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  revealed in us. Verse 19, for the
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  earnest expectation of the creature
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  waitth for the manifestation of what? Of
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  the sons of God. You see, there's coming
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  a day when the children are going to
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  exalt him. Amen. God's children are
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  going to glorify him. And you know
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  what's going to happen in that moment
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  when the sons of God are glorifying the
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  lamb of God. In that very same time, the
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  lion of Judah is going to take out the
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  enemies. And it'll be the praise that
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  comp compels Christ to destroy the
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  enemies. AND ONE OF THESE DAYS, our
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  glory IS GOING TO BRING ABOUT OUR GOOD.
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  AMEN. I'm saying deliverance will come.
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  God said it this way. David said it in
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  Psalm number eight. You've perfected
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  praise. YOU HAVE ORDAINED strength
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  because of the enemies. You want to know
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  how to defeat the enemy in your life?
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  Just praise him.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. You want to know how to defeat the
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  the the battle of the mind in your life.
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  The enemy TRYING TO DESTROY YOUR MIND
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  AND your family, I'll tell you how to do
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  it. You just glorify him.
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  >> Oh, lift up your hands in the sanctuary
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  and bless the Lord. Oh, you people of
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  the Lord. Oh, give thanks UNTO THE LORD
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  FOR HE IS GOOD. For his mercy endureth
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  forever. I'M SAYING WE'RE being grateful
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  unto him and sing unto him AND BLESS HIS
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  NAME BECAUSE HE'S WORTHY. THAT'S WHAT
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  DEFEATS THE ENEMY. AMEN. And this is our
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  God that excelle. It's seen in the mouth
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  of children.
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  Well, I'm thankful to be a child of God.
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  Amen.
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  >> Notice not only it's seen in the mouth
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  of children. I want to see this. Second
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  of all, it's seen in the making of
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  creation. In the text, verse three, the
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  psalmist says, "When I consider thy
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  heavens, the work of thy fingers, the
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  moon and the stars, which thou hast
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  ordained," look what he says in verse
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  number six. Thou madeest him to have
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  dominion over the works of all thy
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  hands. Thou has put all things under his
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  feet, all sheep and oxen. Yay, and the
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  beast of the field, the foul of the air,
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  and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever
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  passeth through the paths of the sea.
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  This, you see, the making of creation,
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  it established that our God excels. You
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  see, there's never been another God
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  that's made anything. There's never been
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  a man. There's never been an invention
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  that's made or produced anything. But
• 20:59
  you see, everything that is, God's the
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  maker of it. Amen. We might have refined
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  something that he built in the
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  beginning. But I want to say this. It
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  was made out of a substance that he
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  produced. Amen. You say, "What are you
• 21:10
  saying, preacher?" I'm saying he is the
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  one that is the creator alone. Nobody
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  else has ever made anything. Man might
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  invent something out of God's creation,
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  but God won't man the way that God made
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  it. The Bible says that in Genesis
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  chapter number one and verse number one,
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  in the beginning, God made the heavens
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  and the earth. Amen. He stepped out on
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  nothing. the old preacher said and
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  formed everything. Amen. By the word of
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  his mouth, he had changed the IMAGE OF
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  WHAT EMPTINESS WAS. HALLELUJAH. In verse
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  number three, notice what he says. You
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  see, the mouth of his children speaks of
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  his excellence, but the making of
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  creation speaks of his excellence.
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  Number one, in that it's simple. You
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  say, "What do you mean?" Notice verse
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  three. When I consider thy heavens, are
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  you listening? When I consider thy
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  heavens, what's that next phrase? the
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  work of thy fingers. Now, I don't know
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  about y'all, but we live in a day and
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  time where everything's touch
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  technology.
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  It's just finger tip movement to get
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  things done. Amen. It's just finger
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  touch. It's it's it's quick as one
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  button and instant pot. Amen. We got the
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  Instant Pot. We got the microwave.
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  Somebody say, "Thank God for that."
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  Amen. Some of y'all would starve to
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  death. Amen. Cuz your wife can't cook.
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  Amen. Amen. Got to get y'all's attention
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  somehow or another. Amen. And some of
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  you still didn't hear that. So, Amen.
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  But anyway, what I'm saying is is we
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  live in the day of finger touch
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  technology. When Steve Jobs revealed the
• 22:41
  iPhone, it was the most groundbreaking
• 22:43
  thing that's ever been made in history.
• 22:44
  And you know what? It was all formed off
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  of
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  fingertip connection. Look what the
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  Bible says. Verse number three. when I
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  consider thy heavens the work of thy
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  fingers. You see, God didn't even have
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  to stretch his arm to make the heavens.
• 23:05
  You say, "What is that?" I'm saying
• 23:06
  that's the simple power
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  >> of our creator.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> He didn't even have to move his arm. The
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  heavens were made.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> I'm saying God, you think about the
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  power. I said he excels in power. the
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  creation, the fact that something so
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  complex, the universe is the most
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  complex thing known to man in this day
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  and time. And the Bible says that he
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  made the heavens with his fingers.
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  The Bible says that he measured out the
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  waters of the earth and the hollow of
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  his hand and he made them out with a
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  span. And I'm saying his creation, the
• 23:39
  making of creation, sowed the simplicity
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  to God. It was nothing. Oh friend, do
• 23:44
  you think about the fact that the maker
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  of all, Amen. He just made it all in
• 23:48
  just one moment by the word of his
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  mouth. Amen.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> What a savior. The making of creation,
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  the simplicity that's seen when I
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  consider thy heaven, the work of thy
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  fingers. But then there's the
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  establishment in verse three. The moon
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  and the stars which thou hast ordained.
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  You know what that means? It means
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  they're established.
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  You know what he did? He put them in
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  place. And you know what? Nobody's ever
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  going to move them.
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  You've heard me say this before at the
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  church. Colossians 1 tells us that
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  Christ, for him, through him are all
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  things. By him all things consist. Word
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  consist means held together. They came
• 24:29
  to be, but now they're held together.
• 24:31
  The reason those stars and the moon and
• 24:34
  the sun and all of that's just hanging
• 24:35
  in the sky is because God put it there.
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  But he didn't just put it there. He's
• 24:38
  holding it there. He set a place for
• 24:41
  them. And I want to tell you, regardless
• 24:43
  of what the evolutionist and the ones
• 24:45
  who believe in global warming say, I'm
• 24:47
  going to tell you this. Those those seas
• 24:49
  are never going to go farther than God's
• 24:51
  lying in the sand.
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  >> You say, "Preacher, we we see that it's
• 24:57
  rising." Well, I'm just going to tell
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  you, for the last 7,000 years, you
• 25:00
  understand the earth ain't never flooded
• 25:02
  since Noah's day.
• 25:04
  >> And God said it wouldn't never flood
• 25:05
  again. And you know what? There's enough
• 25:08
  water on this world. The Bible says in
• 25:10
  the tallest mountain, it was enough for
• 25:11
  the water to exceed over 20 feet over
• 25:13
  the tallest mountain. Now, I want to
• 25:15
  just say this to you. Now, I'm not
• 25:16
  trying to get into all this, but this is
• 25:18
  what I'm trying to tell you. There's
• 25:19
  enough water on this earth to flood the
• 25:21
  earth so deeply that nobody could ever
• 25:23
  survive. In the clouds and under the
• 25:26
  ground, what I'm saying is God's got a
• 25:28
  span, but they only come so far. That's
• 25:31
  right.
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  >> People are worried, you know, them
• 25:33
  flidians are worried to death that their
• 25:34
  their state's going to flood. I hope it
• 25:37
  don't flood. all the common sense people
• 25:38
  will leave our country.
• 25:43
  I got to get y'all to wake up somehow or
• 25:45
  another. But what I'm saying is it'll
• 25:47
  never go farther than God lets it go.
• 25:50
  You say, "How do you see that?" Well, it
• 25:51
  says, "Thou hast ordained them." It
• 25:53
  doesn't mean that God just made them,
• 25:54
  but he has a place for them. You know
• 25:56
  what that tells me about you? God didn't
• 25:59
  just make you, but he has a place for
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  you.
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  >> Amen.
• 26:02
  >> He has a purpose for you. Listen to what
• 26:04
  your Bible says. All right? And this is
• 26:05
  where I'm getting to. All right? and I'm
• 26:06
  trying to get done. I know there's
• 26:08
  things going on this morning. Stay with
• 26:10
  me. All right. There's there his he he
• 26:12
  he excels in the mouth of his children.
• 26:14
  He excels in the making of creation, but
• 26:17
  he excels this morning. The psalmist
• 26:19
  says, in his mindful consideration of
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  man. Look what the Bible says in the
• 26:25
  text. When I consider thy heavens, the
• 26:27
  work of thy fingers, the moon and the
• 26:29
  stars which thou ordained, notice that
• 26:31
  colon. Verse four. What is man?
• 26:35
  Who are we that thou art mindful of us
• 26:39
  and the son of man that thou visitest
• 26:41
  him? David said he excels in the mouth
• 26:44
  of the children. He excels in the making
• 26:46
  of creation. But he excels in the FACT
• 26:48
  THAT EVEN THOUGH HE DOES ALL OF THAT, he
• 26:52
  still got time to think of us. You see
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  that word mindful there in verse number
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  four. It says, "What is man that thou
• 26:59
  art mindful?" You know what that word
• 27:01
  mindful means? It means to care.
• 27:05
  David said, "Who am I that you would
• 27:08
  care about me?"
• 27:11
  What is he comparing that to? The
• 27:12
  vastness of the universe. Look at it
• 27:14
  again. Verse three. When I consider thy
• 27:17
  heavens, the work of thy fingers, the
• 27:19
  moon and the stars with thou ordained,
• 27:21
  Lord, it was so easy to you to do all
• 27:23
  that. Why would you even care about me
• 27:25
  when I fail and fumble and flop around?
• 27:28
  I'm saying friend, he is expressing to
• 27:31
  the world. David in the text is telling
• 27:34
  us here he says why would God care about
• 27:36
  us? But I'm thankful in spite of the
• 27:39
  fact that we don't understand why he
• 27:41
  would care. Aren't you thankful he did?
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Because notice what happens in verse
• 27:45
  four. What is man that thou art mindful
• 27:47
  of him? Listen to this. And the son of
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  man that thou visitest him. You see, not
• 27:53
  only did he care, but he cared enough to
• 27:55
  come. That's right.
• 27:56
  >> Say, what do you mean? What says that
• 27:57
  thou visitest him? You know what that
• 27:59
  word visit means? It means to show up.
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  >> Means to be near. It means there's a
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  closeness. You think about this. You
• 28:06
  say, "Preacher, what does that express?"
• 28:08
  Well, I'm going to give you my last
• 28:09
  point. We'll be done here in just a
• 28:10
  minute.
• 28:12
  But expresses to us that in order for a
• 28:14
  holy God to get close to a sinful man,
• 28:16
  there had to be a whole lot done. And
• 28:19
  this is what I think about this verse
• 28:21
  when I when I think about what David is
• 28:23
  saying. What is man that thou art
• 28:24
  mindful of him and the son of man that
• 28:26
  thou visitest him? This text always
• 28:28
  comes to my mind. Put it in your margin.
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  Jeremiah chapter number 29. I want you
• 28:32
  to listen to what he says. Jeremiah 29,
• 28:35
  one of my favorite verses in all of
• 28:36
  scripture. Jeremiah 29 and verse number
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  11. God tells the nation of Israel after
• 28:44
  they sinned against him, they've
• 28:45
  listened to the prophets that prophesied
• 28:47
  against him falsely. He says in verse
• 28:49
  number 11, he says,"For I know the
• 28:51
  thoughts that I think toward you, sayeth
• 28:53
  the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of
• 28:55
  evil, to give you an expected end." You
• 28:58
  say, "Preacher, what does that mean?"
• 29:00
  Well, he said, "I've got a future for
• 29:01
  you in mind." You know what? It marvels
• 29:04
  me to think that God has a plan for my
• 29:06
  life. But you know what? He doesn't only
• 29:08
  have a plan for my life here, but he has
• 29:10
  a plan for my future.
• 29:12
  >> And the thing is, the God that made all
• 29:14
  of this, why would he even care about
• 29:16
  our existence?
• 29:18
  I marvel at the fact that God would take
• 29:20
  time not just to care but you understand
• 29:23
  in order for him to come to us there was
• 29:25
  somebody that had to come before him and
• 29:27
  his name was Jesus. Amen. And when Jesus
• 29:30
  came before HIM HE CAME BEFORE HIM. And
• 29:32
  Paul said this to the Corinthian church
• 29:34
  to wit that God was in Christ. Second
• 29:36
  Corinthians 5 to wit that God was in
• 29:38
  Christ reconciling the world unto
• 29:40
  himself. You see, God could never get
• 29:43
  close to G close to us until Jesus came
• 29:46
  until redemption was bought and
• 29:48
  purchased. And I'll say this and I'm
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  done this morning. I'm saying it was the
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  mouth of his children that expresses his
• 29:54
  excellence. It is the making of creation
• 29:56
  that des declares his excellence. It is
• 29:59
  HIS MINDFUL CONSIDERATION. WHAT is man
• 30:02
  that thou art mindful of him? But I want
• 30:04
  to say this more than anything else. The
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  thing that declares his excellence is
• 30:08
  the man that is expressed in this
• 30:10
  chapter. You say, "What do you mean?"
• 30:12
  Well, this chapter reveals to us a
• 30:14
  manifestation of the very Christ
• 30:16
  himself. You say, "What do you mean?"
• 30:18
  Well, notice verse four. What is man
• 30:20
  that thou art mindful of him, and the
• 30:22
  son of man that thou vist him? For thou
• 30:24
  has made him a little lower than the
• 30:26
  angels, and has crowned him with glory
• 30:27
  and honor. Notice verse six. Thou
• 30:29
  madeest him to have dominion over the
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  works of thy hands. Notice this now.
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  Thou has put all things under his feet.
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  Now, scholars have argued over this text
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  to whether or not it applies directly to
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  Christ or whether it applies to just
• 30:48
  mere mankind. I think you can see both
• 30:51
  images in this text. But I want to say
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  this, the writer of Hebrews said this
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  was Jesus. And I want you to listen to
• 30:58
  what he says. Hebrews chapter number
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  two.
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  You see, the excellence of our God is
• 31:04
  described the greatest way by the
• 31:06
  manifestation of Christ. Hebrews chapter
• 31:08
  1 says that he is the express image.
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  Verse three, who being the brightness of
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  his glory and the express image of his
• 31:16
  person and upholding all things by the
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  word of his power when he had by himself
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  purged our sin, sat down on the right
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  hand of the majesty on high. Listen to
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  what he says in chapter number two. He
• 31:27
  quotes Psalm number eight verse number
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  six. He said, "But one in a certain
• 31:31
  place testified, saying, what is man
• 31:33
  that thou art mindful of him? or the son
• 31:36
  of man that thou vistest him. Thou
• 31:37
  madeest him a little lower than the
• 31:39
  angels. Thou crownest him with glory and
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  honor and did set him over the works of
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  thy hands. Thou put all things in
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  subjection under his feet. For in that
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  he put all in subjection under him. He
• 31:50
  left nothing that is not put under him.
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  But now we see not yet all things put
• 31:54
  under him. Listen to verse nine. But we
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  see Jesus who was made a little lower
• 31:59
  than the angels for the suffering of
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  death, crowned with glory and honor that
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  he by the grace of God should taste
• 32:04
  death for every man. For it became him
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  for whom all all things and by whom are
• 32:10
  all things in bringing many sons unto
• 32:13
  glory to make the captain of their
• 32:15
  salvation perfect through suffering. If
• 32:17
  you can't shout on anything, you ought
• 32:18
  to shout on those verses. Amen. I'm
• 32:21
  saying the thing that makes God excel
• 32:23
  more than anything else, the reason his
• 32:25
  name is great in all the earth, the
• 32:27
  reason one of these days every knee is
• 32:29
  going TO BOW AND EVERY TONGUE'S going to
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  confess is because on a hill far away
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  some 2,000 years ago, JESUS CAME AND
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  DIED ON A CROSS FOR MY SIN AND FOR YOUR
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  SIN. AND IT IS THE MANIFESTATION OF
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  CHRIST TO THIS WORLD THAT LETS US KNOW,
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  FRIEND, THAT HE EXCELS FAR ABOVE, FAR
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  BEYOND ALL THAT'S EVER BEEN OR EVER WILL
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  BE AFTER HIM. HALLELUJAH. BLESS HIS
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  NAME. THANK GOD. THE GRACE OF GOD CAN
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  STILL SAVE ANY SINNER AND EVERY SINNER
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  THAT'LL CALL ON HIM BY FAITH. You say,
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  "Preacher, what are you saying?" I'm
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  saying the manifestation of Christ in
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  chapter number eight reveals to us that
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  redemption come to where we are. He said
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  in verse four, HE SAID, "WHAT IS man
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  that thou art mindful of him? And the
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  son of man that thou vistest him." Do
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  you realize in Bethlehem there was a
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  little baby boy born TO A LITTLE VIRGIN
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  GIRL NAMED MARY AND THAT WAS GOD
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  EMMANUEL. GOD WITH US. AMEN. HE CAME AND
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  VISITED US. AND THANK GOD SINCE THAT
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  BABY CAME AND SINCE THE SAVIOR DIED,
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  REDEMPTION HAS COME TO WHERE YOU AND I
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  ARE. AND NOT ONLY REDEMPTION AND
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  INCARNATION IN THE TEXT. THANK GOD THERE
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  IS COMING A day and right now he is
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  exalted. AMEN. AND VERSE FIVE, FOR THOU
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  HAS MADE HIM a little lower than the
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  angels. Notice this. And has crowned
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  him.
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  He's crowned.
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  You know, I hear people talk all the
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  time, "Man, I'm looking forward to
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  getting my crown."
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  >> I'll tell you something. You ain't going
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  to have it long enough. You're just
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  going to have it long enough just to
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  throw it back at his feet. And I want to
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  say this, our crowns at his feet don't
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  mean nothing.
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  >> I'll tell you what crown means
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  something. It's the crown that God the
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  Father put on him.
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  >> Amen.
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  >> Amen. He's the chief of our salvation.
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  I'M SAYING HE'S OUR GREAT PRIEST AND GOD
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  HAS HIGHLY EXALTED HIM. Do you realize
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  THAT WE'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING to exalt
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  him? We've never done ONE THING TO
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  CHANGE his position. We can praise him
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  for who he is, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE HIM
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  ANY HIGHER. ARE YOU GETTING WHAT I'M
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  SAYING? WE CAN LIFT HIM UP, but he's the
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  highest. Amen. We can give HIM GLORY,
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  BUT HE HAS ALL GLORY. AMEN. WE PRAISE
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  HIM NOT BECAUSE OF WHAT HE CAN BE, BUT
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  JUST BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS. He needs
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  nothing from us. Amen.
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  >> I'm saying he excels because there's
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  nobody that even comes close.
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  >> He's exalted.
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  I want to say this. all that is,
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  all that was, and all that shall be. In
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  verse number six, the Bible says, "Thou
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  madest him to have dominion over the
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  works of thy hands. Thou hast put all
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  things
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  under his feet."
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  This text declares to us not only the
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  glorification of Christ,
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  but that all the world
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  is subject to him.
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  You see, it doesn't matter what I say
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  about you. It doesn't matter what you
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  think about you. But I'll tell you what
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  matters. It matters what he says
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  >> about you.
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  You say, "Preacher, what does that come
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  down to?" Well, everything's under his
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  feet and all's in subjection to him. But
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  you know, the Bible says this, Romans 5,
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  "Therefore, being justified by faith, we
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  have peace with God." And you know what
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  that tells us? That word justified means
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  to be lifted.
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  John said it this way. 1 John 3, he
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  said, "Beloved, if it does not appear
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  what we shall be," he said, "But we know
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  that when he shall appear,
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  >> we shall be like him."
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  >> Amen.
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  >> You see, we belong under his feet
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  >> in judgment.
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  >> We deserve to be trampled on and cast
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  into hell.
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  But because of redemption,
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  because I've been redeemed, but I've
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  been justified by faith. Therefore,
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  being justified by faith, we have peace
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  with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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  And so, what are we now? Romans 8 says,
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  we are heirs and joint hes with Jesus.
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  Adrian Rogers said it this way. Nobody's
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  ever said it better. The son of God
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  became a son of men that we, the sons of
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  men, might become sons of God.
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  And that is the reason why he's the God
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  that excelth. As we all stand, every
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  heads bowed and every eyes closed.
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  Know it's been a difficult service this
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  morning. Maybe you're here this morning.
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  You're a sinner. You're lost without
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  God. I don't want to take this time for
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  granted. I want to ask you, if you died
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  right now, do you know that you'd go to
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  heaven?
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  If you took your last breath in the next
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  15 seconds, where would you be? Say,
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  "Preacher, I don't know. Well, if I if I
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  was you, I'd get that settled.
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  If I was you, I'd get that taken care
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  of."
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  Cuz you really don't know how much time
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  you got.
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  You really don't.
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  And the truth is, this God that excelth
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  has took time to come by where you're at
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  today because he's mindful of you.
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  He knows where you're at. He knows what
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  you're going through. And he doesn't
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  want you to die without him.
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  If you're lost, would you come? Maybe
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  maybe you saved day. Maybe you're
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  discouraged. Let me just tell you, he
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  excels.
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  People let you down. People mess
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  everything up. You ever noticed that
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  people just mess everything up. But you
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  know what you going to find out?
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  He does all things well.
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  All things
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  perfectly well.
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  And it encouraged me to know that my
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  life's in the hands of such a God.
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  Father,
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  I thank you for this day. Thank you for
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  this time. Thank you for this truth.
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  These altars are open if some need to
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  come. Lord, I pray God that you would
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  help us today.
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  Cleanse us of sin.
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  Lord, when we look at you,
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  God, we see that you do excel in every
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  way, just as the psalmist said. But
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  Lord, when we look at you, we see in
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  ourselves
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  so many shortcomings and failures,
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  God, so much that's missing the mark.
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  Lord, I ask you humbly today, God, that
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  you would help us to
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  look in that mirror.
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  And God, as you point out the flaws,
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  God, I pray you'd help us to lay them at
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  your feet that we may be more like thee.
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  God, I pray for the needs that are here
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  today. you know every heart and life.
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  God, I pray you'd have your way.
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  Lord, I'm asking you that you would help
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  your servant this morning.
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  God, I pray for those that should have
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  been here today.
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  Lord, I pray God for whatever need
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  they've got. Lord, I pray God you deal
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  with their heart.
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  God, I pray for those Lord that wish
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  they could have been here today. God,
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  that you would comfort them and help
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  them.
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  Lord, I thank you for our faithful
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  people, Lord, that love you, that are at
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  home, that would love to be here. God, I
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  pray you'd add a special blessing to
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  them today. God, I pray you'd help them
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  to remember, Lord, that you are a God
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  that excels.
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  You're excellent above all else, and we
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  praise you for that today.
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  And God, I ask you, Lord, in this
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  invitation, Lord, I don't know what
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  needs a present,
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  but God, I know that there's hearts that
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  need help this morning. I pray they
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  wouldn't leave this place today without
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  getting it.
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  And Lord, I ask you God today, Father,
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  that you'd have your way in every heart
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  and life. For what you do, we'll thank
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  you for it because we ask it in Jesus'
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  name.
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  She's still playing. That's just another
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  moment of time.
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  >> Thank you for joining our service today.
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  We'd love it if you'd join us in person
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  the next time you are able at Meadows
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  Baptist Church. Our physical address is
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  2988 Stewart Road in Walnut Cove, North
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  Carolina. Our service times are Sunday
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  school at 10:00 a.m., Sunday morning
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  worship at 11:00 a.m., Sunday evening
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  worship at 6:00 p.m., and Wednesday
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  evening Bible study at 700 p.m. For more
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  information, visit us at
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  meadowsbaptisturch.com.
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  Thanks again for tuning in.