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Musical Worship · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Well, good morning, if you will, please.
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Take out your copy of God's Word and turn to two places.
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!
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We're going to spend our time considering musical worship.
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We're going to do that for three reasons.
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First, the men who lead our music attended a conference this week,
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which was actually every man on the stage this morning was at that conference together.
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It just has me thinking a lot about how we sing together.
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I'd like to spend, this is reason number two,
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I'd like to spend a bit more time with Romans 13, verses 11 through 14.
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And thirdly, we periodically preach sermons like this morning's,
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not to defend how we conduct ourselves when we gather,
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but to equip you to understand.
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Don't simply assume you know why we do what we do
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and why we do what we do the way that we do what we do.
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What's underneath that?
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Why is it that we do the things that we do
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and do them the way that we do them?
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It's important to know this.
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Be equipped.
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Share it with others.
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Help people to wrap their minds around what we do.
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Don't just see it as a preference.
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The last time we considered musical worship was about four years ago,
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and we have gained new members since then, praise God.
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So this topic seems due some attention.
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So, if you've not been around for very long,
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we do these sermons from time to time
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that I call the Why We Do What We Do
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and Why We Do What We Do the Way We Do What We Do sermons,
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which is a lot of Ws.
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So, today, specifically, our music together.
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When we gather together as a church,
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why do we engage in musical worship
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and why do we engage in musical worship the way that we do?
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I want to begin with an aside
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concerning our language, concerning music.
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In recent decades, for most of our lives,
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the music sung in church has been often referred to as worship,
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and the individual leading the music as the worship leader.
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Music, rightly sung in our church gatherings,
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or otherwise, certainly is worship.
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But it is not the totality of worship,
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and the individual leading the music is certainly leading us in worship,
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but not in the totality of worship.
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To call our singing together worship
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and the individual leading the music as the worship leader,
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and to not use this term in other spheres,
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suggests that our worship of God is reduced
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to a bit of time during a service on Sunday morning
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and implies the exclusion of our prayers
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and scripture reading,
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ordinance administering,
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and preaching.
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So, everything we do when we gather together as a church
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ought to be rightly taken up an act of worship.
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So, we want to be careful about this.
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We want to reject that kind of language.
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So, Paul stated in Romans 12, verse 1,
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And we were there not too long ago.
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I appeal to you, therefore, brothers,
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by the mercies of God,
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to present your bodies as a living sacrifice,
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holy and acceptable to God,
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which is your spiritual worship.
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And we talked about how that word body
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means your being, your whole self.
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So, God means for all of ourselves,
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all of our lives,
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to be committed to His praise.
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So, we will never call the music here worship
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or the individual leading the music
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the worship leader
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at the exclusion of using that term elsewhere
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because it is confusing.
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I encourage you to toe this line.
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Some will say,
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well, you know what I mean
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when being corrected on the matter,
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but the problem is that words have meaning.
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They actually mean things, believe it or not.
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And you cannot be so cavalier
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with your use of words
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because my response will simply be,
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I don't know what you mean.
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The words you're using don't make sense
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the way you're using them.
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This is why we will speak
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in terms of musical worship.
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There you go.
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We're using the word worship, right?
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But we're qualifying what we mean.
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We're talking about musical worship
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and why we will call
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whoever is leading our music
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our music leader.
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The subject of musical worship in churches
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has been a highly contested one
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in my lifetime.
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These conflicts are often called
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the worship wars.
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Isn't that a tragic title?
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And they've revolved particularly
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around the debate
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between contemporary
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and traditional music.
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Much heat
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with very little light
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in these conflicts.
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The current solution
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has seemed to be
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for small churches
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to work to serve
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a particular demographic
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and for larger churches
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to cater to every demographic
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with multiple services.
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None of this
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is good for your faith
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or for the community
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of faith.
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It is not proper
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for a church
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to serve
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preference
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over purpose
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in the way
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that we gather.
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Is it okay
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to have preferences?
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Of course it is.
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It's okay to like
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particular types
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of music.
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But that's not
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why we arrange music
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the way
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that we do.
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It's serving
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a purpose.
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It is not
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healthy to meet
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felt needs
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at the expense
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of real needs.
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To promulgate
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consumerism
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in the worship
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of our God.
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I don't really care
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if you like our music
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if you're here
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and you're learning
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truth
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in the process
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of our singing.
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But oh,
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praise God,
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if you do like the music,
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I think that's good
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for you.
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In the very early days
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of our church,
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Wes,
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one of our founding elders
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and our music leader
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for the first nine years
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of our existence
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and myself
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were equally frustrated
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with the conflict
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we saw on this matter
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and desired to lead
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our small gathering
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well.
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I mean a tiny group
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of people
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to sing well
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together.
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I'm so glad
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for the good input
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we received
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from those
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faithful Christians.
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Praise be to God
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that he led us
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to the doctrine
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of the sufficiency
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of Scripture,
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believing that it
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contained within it
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everything we needed
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to guide the church
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and that he granted us
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grace to seek
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his wisdom
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from his word
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on that very matter.
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All a measure of grace.
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A miracle
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that we didn't just
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trend off
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into some
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happening thing
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that was going on.
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We very recently
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bought a fogger,
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hear me clearly,
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a fogger
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for the building
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so that we could
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fog cleaning supplies
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and help keep
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things tidy around here
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especially when we have
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these waves of sickness
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that come through
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the church building
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and I chuckle with Sam
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that our church
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finally has a fog machine.
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We have arrived.
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All right.
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So Colossians chapter 3
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and verse 16
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and Ephesians chapter 5
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verse 18 and 19.
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I'll begin in Colossians.
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Before I read,
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let me remind you,
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beloved,
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that this is God's word
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to us written
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for his glory
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and our good.
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And so we would all
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do well to listen to it
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in order to believe
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its promises
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and obey its commands.
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Paul writes,
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let the word of Christ
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dwell in you richly,
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teaching and admonishing
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one another
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in all wisdom,
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singing psalms
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and hymns
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and spiritual songs
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with thankfulness
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in your hearts
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to God.
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And in Ephesians 5
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verse 18 and 19,
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and do not get drunk
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with wine
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for that is debauchery,
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but be filled
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with the Spirit,
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addressing one another
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in psalms and hymns
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and spiritual songs,
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singing and making melody
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to the Lord
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with your heart.
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So why do we sing together
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when we gather?
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The Bible commands it
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for God's glory
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and our good.
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Psalm 33 and verse 3
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says,
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sing to him
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a new song.
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Play skillfully
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on the strings
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with loud shouts.
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Psalm 47 and verse 6,
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sing praises to God,
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sing praises.
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Sing praises to our King,
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sing praises.
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These are songs themselves
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written for congregational singing.
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The Bible contains
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over 400 references
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to singing
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and 50 direct commands
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to sing.
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The longest book
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of the Bible
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by verse count,
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the Psalms,
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is a book of songs.
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We have the example
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of Jesus
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in Matthew chapter 26
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and verse 30.
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This is before his betrayal
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when they had sung
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a hymn.
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They went out
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to the Mount of Olives.
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And we have the example
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of heaven
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in the book
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of Revelation.
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Besides the book
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of Psalms,
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you know the book
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in the Bible
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that has the second
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most songs in it?
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It's the book
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of Revelation.
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We get to peer
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into heaven
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and see what the music
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looks like there.
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And there John records
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Revelation 15
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verse 2 and 3,
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And I saw what appeared
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to be a sea of glass
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mingled with fire
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and also those
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who had conquered
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the beast and its image
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and the number
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of its name,
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standing by the sea
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of glass with harps
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of God in their hands.
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And they sing
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the song of Moses,
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the servant of God,
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and the song
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of the Lamb,
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saying,
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Great and amazing
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are your deeds,
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O Lord God,
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the Almighty,
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just and true
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are your ways,
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O King of the nations.
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And the example
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of Paul and Silas
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in the Philippian jail
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are not arguing
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that they were a church,
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but gathered Christians
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thrown in jail.
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We see about midnight,
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Acts 16 and verse 25,
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Paul and Silas
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were praying
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and singing hymns
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to God.
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James says in James 5
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and verse 13,
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Is anyone cheerful?
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Let him sing praise.
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John Calvin once said,
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Wherever faith is lively,
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holy rejoicing will follow.
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So, we should sing
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when we are gathered.
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Praise God that we do.
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What are we to sing?
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We're to sing psalms
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and hymns
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and spiritual songs.
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Psalms are those
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found in the book of Psalms.
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We should sing
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from God's song book.
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And we probably do this
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more than you realize.
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We may need to actually
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help you with that
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from time to time.
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A wonderful example of that
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is the song
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from the rising of the sun.
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We should sing hymns.
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Hymns are not just the songs
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found in a hymn.
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No, we could misunderstand this
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to be sure.
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You might think hymns
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are all those found
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in that book
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that we put on your chairs.
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And spiritual songs
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are the ones
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that are in the bulletin.
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No, not so.
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Hymns are songs
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to or about God
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and what He has done.
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To or about God
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and what He has done.
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An understanding
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of an early Christological hymn,
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a lot of commentators think
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it's because of the structure
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of the Greek language,
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is found in Colossians 1,
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verse 15 through 20.
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If you'd like to turn there
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and look at it,
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you may be familiar with this.
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We actually sing this
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set to a modern tune.
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He, Jesus Christ,
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is the image
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of the invisible God,
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the firstborn of all creation.
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For by Him
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all things were created
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in heaven and on earth,
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visible and invisible,
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whether thrones
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or dominions
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or rulers or authorities.
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All things were created
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through Him
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and for Him.
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And He is before all things
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and in Him
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all things hold together.
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And He is the head
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of the body,
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the church.
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He is the beginning,
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the firstborn from the dead,
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that in everything
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He might be preeminent.
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For in Him
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all the fullness of God
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was pleased to dwell
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and through Him
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to reconcile to Himself
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all things,
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whether on earth
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or in heaven,
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making peace
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by the blood of His cross.
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Man, I would have loved
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to have been
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in a first century church
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and sang that with them.
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I'm glad I get to be with you
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and sing that with you.
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So, all God word, right?
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To or about God
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and what He has accomplished.
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Other examples.
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How great thou art
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or holy, holy, holy.
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So, psalms and hymns
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were also to sing
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spiritual songs,
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which most agree,
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there's a little ambiguity here,
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but most agree
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that these are songs
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to or about us.
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So, we might sing to each other
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or about us
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in relation to God
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and what He has done.
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Two examples
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would be Amazing Grace
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and It Is Well.
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Some ones you may be
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familiar there with.
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So, we are instructed,
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right,
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to sing all kinds
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of songs.
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Humans are wired
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to give and receive
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through song.
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Musicians have been
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wildly popular
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for good
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and for bad
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throughout history.
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Every movement,
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every uprising,
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every cultural expression
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has its music.
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We are musical beings.
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Everyone will tap their foot
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or bob their head
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to something.
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Something will move you
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in that way.
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Singing in the church
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should engage
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our minds,
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but it also
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connects
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to our affections.
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So, when we sing,
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when we are gathered,
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it is our hope
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that our feelings
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catch up to the truth
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we believe.
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Right?
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It's good
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for us to
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feel
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the truth.
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Jonathan Edwards
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once wrote
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in his work
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Religious Affections,
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the duty of singing
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praises to God
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seems to be appointed
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wholly to excite
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and express
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religious affections.
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No other reason
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can be assigned
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why we should
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express ourselves
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to God in verse
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rather than in prose
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and do it with music,
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but only that such
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is our nature
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and frame
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that these things
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have a tendency
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to move
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our affections.
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My translation of that
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is just,
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we're musical beings.
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God seems to have
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wired us up this way
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and when we can
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combine His truth
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with good instrumentation.
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Right?
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Our feelings
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can catch up
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to the truth.
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So, we should sing
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when we gather together
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as a church.
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So, why do we do it
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the way that we do it?
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There's a lot of churches
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this morning
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that have sung songs
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in various ways.
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Well, if you look again
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at Colossians 3.16
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and Ephesians 5.18 and 19,
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they show us
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that our singing together
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is the result
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of the Spirit of Christ
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dwelling within us.
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There's a striking parallel
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between the two texts.
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They both have Paul
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as their author,
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which allows
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for an incredible connection
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to be drawn from them.
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So, again, notice,
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he says,
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Colossians 3.16,
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Let the Word of Christ
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dwell in you richly.
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Take up residence.
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Inhabit.
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Let the Word of Christ
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dwell in you richly.
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Teaching and admonishing
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one another
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in all wisdom.
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Singing psalms and hymns
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and spiritual songs
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with thankfulness
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in your hearts
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to God.
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And then,
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Ephesians 5.18 and 19,
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he says,
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there's a warning here,
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a prohibition.
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Do not get drunk with wine,
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for that is debauchery.
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But,
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be filled
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with the Spirit,
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addressing one another
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in psalms and hymns
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and spiritual songs
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and making melody
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to the Lord
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with your heart.
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You see how closely parallel
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these two passages are.
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And I think what Paul means
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to communicate to us
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is that to be filled
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with the Spirit
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is to let the Word of Christ
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dwell in you richly.
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To have the truth
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take up residence,
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to inhabit you richly,
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in abundant.
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Let the Word of Christ
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fill you.
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Read it.
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Meditate on it.
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Memorize it.
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And song is useful to us
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in this way.
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I don't find myself
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particularly musical.
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If you ask me off the cuff
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to tell you my favorite song,
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I would draw a blank.
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It wouldn't be helpful to me.
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But there are times
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in my life
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that I'm thinking about
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a particular thing,
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I'm feeling something deeply,
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and God uses
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good songs,
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right?
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Scripture-rich songs
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by the power of the Spirit
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to bring truth
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to my mind.
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I'm so grateful
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for years of singing
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good songs
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that get embedded
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inside there.
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often,
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because I'm not
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a musically inclined person,
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I have to actually
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go look at the lyrics,
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and then I use that
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to drive me
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to the text itself.
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It's one of the reasons
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that you hold
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hymnals in your hands.
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We think it's good
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for you to see
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the words
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in their totality,
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to buy a copy of it
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and have it at home.
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Keep it on your desk,
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on your kitchen counter.
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Take that bulletin
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home with you
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that you'd have
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those lyrics
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of those songs
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that aren't contained
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in that particular
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hymnal,
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that you would be able
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to let the Word of Christ
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fill you
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and song being a tool
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to serve to that end.
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In case
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this connection
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between Colossians
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and Ephesians
19:44
is just too vague for you,
19:46
if you're saying,
19:46
I don't know if you can do
19:47
what you just did,
19:49
a couple of other places.
19:52
Romans 8.5
19:53
Those who live
19:54
according to the flesh
19:55
set their minds
19:57
on the things
19:58
of the flesh.
20:00
But those who live
20:00
according to the Spirit
20:01
set their minds
20:03
on the things
20:04
of the Spirit.
20:06
To be filled
20:06
with the Spirit
20:07
is to do what?
20:07
To set our minds
20:08
on the things
20:08
of the Spirit,
20:11
which is
20:12
the truth
20:13
about Christ.
20:16
Proper worship
20:17
of God
20:18
is Spirit-filled
20:19
worship of God,
20:21
which is
20:22
mindful
20:24
worship
20:25
of God.
20:27
I mentioned to you
20:28
some weeks ago
20:29
when we were on
20:30
sabbatical,
20:30
and as a teaching
20:31
opportunity for our boys,
20:32
we took them
20:33
to a rather large
20:34
attractional
20:35
prosperity
20:37
megachurch
20:38
in our area.
20:40
And the music
20:42
was well done.
20:44
I mean,
20:44
the production value
20:45
was very high.
20:48
But I was left
20:49
the entire time
20:50
going,
20:51
why?
20:51
And what?
20:52
Like,
20:53
we're supposed to be
20:54
praising God right now,
20:55
but you've given me
20:56
nothing of any substance,
20:58
and I wanted to cry out,
21:00
right?
21:01
My heart is weak.
21:03
Tell me some truth
21:05
that I can praise God for.
21:07
Perhaps I walked in
21:08
forgetting
21:09
all of the glorious
21:10
truths
21:11
of God
21:12
in Christ
21:13
to me.
21:14
Give me something
21:15
to hang on to
21:16
that would move me
21:18
to praise.
21:20
And it was
21:20
paltry
21:22
and shallow,
21:23
thin,
21:25
not untrue,
21:27
but just nothing
21:28
of substance
21:29
found there.
21:32
We want to have
21:33
mindful
21:35
worship.
21:36
Our singing together
21:37
must be that.
21:39
It must be mindful,
21:41
and
21:41
it should be
21:43
affectionate.
21:44
again,
21:46
Colossians 3.16,
21:48
teaching and
21:48
admonishing one another
21:50
in all
21:51
wisdom,
21:53
addressing one another
21:54
in these
21:55
psalms and hymns
21:56
and spiritual
21:57
songs.
21:59
John Owens
22:00
once said,
22:01
we must not allow
22:01
ourselves to be
22:02
satisfied with
22:03
vague ideas
22:04
of the love
22:05
of Christ,
22:06
which present
22:07
nothing of His glory
22:09
to our minds.
22:10
hearts.
22:11
You don't need to
22:12
hear about a
22:13
sloppy,
22:14
wet kiss
22:14
of God's love.
22:15
It doesn't serve
22:16
you at all.
22:18
You need to be
22:18
reminded of
22:19
Christ's
22:20
sacrificial death
22:21
on your behalf.
22:23
That's something
22:23
that you can hang
22:25
on to.
22:27
Paul writes in
22:28
1 Corinthians 14,
22:29
verse 15,
22:30
I will sing praise
22:32
with my spirit,
22:33
but I will sing
22:34
with my mind
22:36
also.
22:38
And Jesus says
22:39
in John 4,
22:40
verse 23,
22:41
but the hour is
22:42
coming and is
22:42
now here when
22:43
the true
22:43
worshippers
22:44
will worship
22:44
the Father
22:45
in spirit
22:46
and truth.
22:49
For the
22:49
Father is seeking
22:50
such people
22:51
to worship
22:52
Him.
22:55
So in brief,
22:55
I've answered
22:56
the question,
22:56
like,
22:56
why do we sing
22:57
when we get
22:57
together?
22:58
We're commanded
22:59
to do so.
23:01
Why do we do
23:02
it the way
23:03
that we do it?
23:06
Because of all
23:07
of this,
23:07
the mindful
23:08
need of our
23:10
worship,
23:11
we use three
23:12
parameters in
23:13
considering the
23:15
songs that we
23:15
sing together.
23:18
And as an
23:18
aside,
23:19
I just want to
23:19
tell you how
23:19
grateful I am
23:20
for the men
23:21
that work hard
23:21
at doing this
23:22
for us.
23:23
They're volunteers
23:24
and they put in
23:25
the time
23:26
and I'm
23:27
grateful for
23:27
them.
23:28
Three
23:28
parameters.
23:30
And I'm
23:30
just by grace
23:31
from day
23:32
one.
23:34
Number one,
23:35
truth.
23:37
The songs
23:37
that we sing
23:38
should be
23:39
true.
23:41
So that
23:41
question is
23:41
asked,
23:42
is the
23:43
song
23:43
true?
23:44
Does it
23:45
contain
23:45
within it
23:46
any
23:46
error?
23:49
So,
23:50
I'll give you
23:50
an example
23:50
of a song
23:51
that we do
23:52
not sing,
23:53
Reckless
23:54
Love
23:54
by Corey
23:56
Asbury.
23:57
Here's a
23:58
little lyric
23:58
for you.
23:59
This is the
23:59
chorus,
24:00
I think.
24:01
Oh,
24:01
the overwhelming,
24:03
never-ending,
24:05
reckless love
24:06
of God.
24:07
Oh,
24:07
it chases me
24:08
down,
24:09
fights till
24:09
I'm found,
24:10
leaves the
24:11
99.
24:12
I couldn't
24:13
earn it,
24:14
and I don't
24:15
deserve it.
24:15
Still,
24:17
you give
24:17
yourself away.
24:18
Oh,
24:18
the overwhelming,
24:19
never-ending,
24:21
reckless love
24:21
of God.
24:23
Yeah.
24:24
For some
24:24
reason,
24:25
I included
24:25
that in
24:25
the lyric.
24:27
Now,
24:29
so much
24:30
is right,
24:30
so much
24:31
is true
24:31
in that
24:32
chorus.
24:33
A lot
24:33
of that
24:33
is true.
24:35
But God's
24:36
love is
24:36
not reckless,
24:37
which means
24:38
aimless.
24:40
Right?
24:40
John Piper
24:41
wrote this
24:42
little wonderful
24:42
article defending
24:43
Corey Asbury
24:44
and saying,
24:44
I don't think
24:45
he means what
24:46
the word
24:46
actually means
24:47
by that.
24:48
And then
24:48
Corey responded,
24:49
no,
24:49
that's what
24:49
I mean.
24:49
no purposeful,
24:54
right?
24:55
Oh,
24:55
the overwhelming,
24:56
never-ending,
24:57
purposeful love
24:58
of God,
24:59
right?
25:00
That chases me
25:01
down,
25:01
fights till I'm
25:02
found,
25:02
leaves the 99.
25:04
So,
25:05
we're not
25:05
going to sing
25:06
a song.
25:07
That's just
25:07
not true.
25:08
That's not
25:09
true.
25:12
So,
25:12
is it true?
25:13
Is it as
25:14
precise
25:15
as it should
25:16
be?
25:17
Sometimes
25:18
there are
25:18
songs that
25:19
we say,
25:19
I mean,
25:20
I think we
25:20
know what
25:21
they mean.
25:22
I think
25:22
that we're
25:24
on the
25:24
same page.
25:26
And I'll
25:27
use an
25:27
example of
25:28
a song
25:28
that's found
25:29
in your
25:29
hymnal,
25:30
How Deep
25:30
the Father's
25:31
Love for
25:31
Us.
25:32
So,
25:33
if you
25:34
know the
25:34
song very
25:35
well,
25:35
you know
25:36
that we
25:36
changed
25:37
a small
25:37
part of
25:38
that song.
25:38
And I
25:39
don't
25:39
think
25:40
that what
25:42
they wrote
25:42
was wrong,
25:43
but maybe
25:44
a little
25:44
misleading,
25:45
so maybe
25:45
not as
25:46
precise
25:47
as it
25:48
might have
25:49
been.
25:50
So,
25:50
in How Deep
25:51
the Father's
25:51
Love for
25:52
Us,
25:53
we sing,
25:54
It was
25:54
His love
25:56
that held
25:56
Him there.
25:58
It was
25:59
written,
25:59
It was
26:00
my sin
26:01
that held
26:02
Him there.
26:03
So,
26:04
when we first
26:04
started singing
26:05
this song,
26:05
it just rubbed
26:06
me wrong,
26:07
and so I
26:08
raised the
26:08
question to
26:09
Wes,
26:09
who was again
26:10
leading music
26:10
at the time,
26:11
and I just
26:11
said,
26:11
do you
26:12
think
26:12
that's
26:12
the best
26:13
way to
26:14
communicate
26:15
that?
26:15
And what
26:15
was in
26:15
my mind
26:16
was John
26:16
10 and
26:17
verse 18,
26:18
where Jesus
26:18
says,
26:18
No one
26:18
takes my
26:19
life from
26:19
me,
26:19
but I
26:20
lay it
26:20
down of
26:21
my own
26:22
accord.
26:22
Now,
26:23
saying our
26:23
sin is
26:23
what held
26:24
Him there
26:24
is not
26:24
suggesting
26:25
that we
26:26
had the
26:27
power to
26:28
take
26:28
Christ's
26:29
life.
26:30
It's not
26:30
running in
26:30
direct
26:31
contradiction
26:31
to that,
26:33
but perhaps
26:34
could confuse
26:35
somebody when
26:36
they take
26:37
up John
26:37
10,
26:38
18.
26:39
So,
26:39
we just
26:39
thought,
26:40
perhaps we
26:41
should
26:41
replace
26:41
that
26:42
small
26:42
phrase.
26:43
And so
26:43
we did.
26:44
It was
26:44
His love
26:46
that held
26:47
Him there.
26:49
Now,
26:49
it's in our
26:49
hymnal.
26:50
If we sang
26:50
it that way,
26:51
that'd be
26:51
fine.
26:52
If you
26:52
went home
26:52
and listened
26:53
to it
26:53
that way,
26:53
you're
26:54
probably
26:54
not going
26:54
to find
26:54
a recording
26:55
that has
26:56
It was
26:56
His love
26:56
that held
26:57
Him there.
26:57
We're not
26:57
worried
26:58
about that,
27:00
but we
27:00
want to be
27:01
as precise
27:01
as we
27:01
possibly
27:02
can be.
27:04
The third
27:05
in the
27:05
thought of
27:06
truth is
27:06
the song
27:07
tied to
27:09
any false
27:09
teaching
27:10
movements.
27:12
There are
27:12
some beautiful
27:13
songs that
27:14
express the
27:16
truth,
27:16
but are so
27:18
tied to a
27:18
particular church
27:19
or teaching
27:20
that we do
27:21
not sing them
27:21
because we
27:22
don't want to
27:22
give tacit
27:24
approval of
27:25
false teachers.
27:27
We want to be
27:27
careful that we
27:28
don't connect
27:29
you into a
27:30
world of music
27:31
that's tied to
27:32
teaching that
27:34
could lead you
27:35
astray.
27:35
so we
27:36
don't sing
27:36
songs as
27:37
an example
27:37
from
27:38
Elevation
27:39
Worship,
27:40
Hillsong
27:41
United,
27:42
Bethel
27:43
Music.
27:44
We don't
27:44
and we
27:45
will not
27:46
do so
27:47
because we
27:47
don't want
27:48
you to
27:48
get out
27:49
there and
27:50
find yourself
27:51
confused.
27:52
So,
27:53
that's the
27:53
first parameter,
27:54
truth.
27:54
Second
27:55
parameter is
27:55
depth.
27:58
Does a
27:58
song merely
27:59
skip a
27:59
stone off
28:00
the surface
28:01
of the
28:01
truth or
28:02
does it
28:02
sink deep
28:04
into it?
28:05
Does a
28:06
song teach
28:06
us something
28:07
about God
28:08
and His
28:08
work?
28:09
Is a
28:10
song
28:10
content
28:11
rich?
28:12
Can we
28:12
take hold
28:13
of it?
28:15
So,
28:15
we sing
28:16
wordy
28:16
songs.
28:17
We have
28:18
limited time
28:19
together in
28:20
congregational
28:21
gathering.
28:23
So,
28:24
we don't
28:24
want to
28:24
waste a
28:25
moment of
28:26
it.
28:26
We want
28:26
it to
28:27
all be
28:27
packed
28:28
full of
28:29
goodness.
28:31
I grew
28:32
up now
28:32
having
28:33
sung lots
28:34
of hymns
28:35
in my
28:36
adult life.
28:37
I grew
28:37
up in
28:38
a Southern
28:39
Baptist
28:39
tradition
28:39
that often
28:41
skipped
28:42
the verses
28:43
that were
28:43
about
28:44
sanctification.
28:45
They started
28:46
with salvation,
28:47
they ended
28:47
with glorification,
28:48
wonderful things
28:49
to sing
28:49
about,
28:50
but they
28:50
left no
28:52
music for
28:52
me to
28:53
think about
28:53
how I
28:54
live my
28:54
Christian
28:54
life in
28:55
between
28:56
those two
28:57
states.
28:58
I'm so
28:59
glad for
29:00
verses
29:00
2,
29:01
3,
29:01
and 4.
29:02
good and
29:04
rich for
29:05
today and
29:06
to carry
29:06
with me
29:07
throughout
29:08
my week.
29:09
Our time
29:10
is limited,
29:11
so let's
29:12
not waste
29:13
any of
29:14
it.
29:15
True
29:15
and deep
29:17
and lastly
29:18
our parameter
29:18
is singable.
29:20
Singability
29:21
is a song
29:23
congregational.
29:26
We're
29:26
commanded to
29:27
teach and
29:28
admonish
29:28
each other
29:28
in all
29:29
wisdom
29:29
addressing
29:30
one another.
29:32
It means
29:33
we need
29:34
to be
29:34
able to
29:35
sing
29:35
the song.
29:36
We need
29:36
to be
29:37
able to
29:37
sing it
29:37
to one
29:38
another.
29:39
Does it
29:39
have a
29:39
recognizable
29:40
rhythm
29:41
and a
29:42
range
29:42
designed
29:43
for the
29:43
average
29:44
human?
29:46
Our
29:46
musicians
29:47
work at
29:47
picking keys
29:48
very carefully.
29:50
I'm grateful
29:50
again for
29:51
Wes,
29:52
who had a
29:53
much higher
29:53
range than
29:54
was comfortable
29:54
for most
29:55
people,
29:55
and he
29:57
let me
29:57
be the
29:58
average
29:58
human
29:59
and say
30:00
to him
30:00
still too
30:01
high,
30:02
still too
30:03
high.
30:03
I think
30:03
the first
30:04
year we
30:04
were at
30:05
church,
30:05
he had to
30:06
step songs
30:06
down so
30:07
that I
30:08
could sing
30:08
them.
30:10
And I
30:10
can remember
30:10
in those
30:10
early days
30:11
my wife
30:12
Sam coming
30:13
to me and
30:13
saying,
30:14
a lot of
30:15
these songs
30:15
are too
30:16
low for
30:16
the women,
30:17
they're hard
30:17
for us
30:17
to sing,
30:18
and my
30:18
response to
30:19
her was,
30:19
do you
30:19
want the
30:20
men to
30:20
lead,
30:21
even in
30:21
music?
30:22
She said,
30:23
oh yeah,
30:23
that's okay,
30:24
then this is the
30:24
key,
30:24
we've got to
30:25
be right
30:25
here,
30:25
this is the
30:26
pocket where
30:27
these men
30:28
are going to
30:29
be able
30:29
to sing.
30:32
So,
30:32
can we,
30:33
can we sing
30:34
the song
30:34
together is
30:35
an important
30:35
question to
30:37
ask.
30:38
Can it be
30:38
played well
30:39
by our
30:40
musicians,
30:41
right?
30:41
Is the
30:42
instrumentation
30:42
too complicated?
30:44
And style
30:44
is not the
30:45
question here
30:45
at all.
30:47
We do music
30:48
the way we
30:48
do music
30:49
because the
30:49
Lord's given
30:50
us these
30:50
musicians and
30:51
it's the
30:51
way they
30:51
like to
30:51
play.
30:53
That's the
30:53
extent of it.
30:54
We've never
30:54
had a
30:54
single
30:55
style
30:56
meeting.
30:57
If we
30:57
had a
30:59
little old
30:59
lady and
31:00
an organ
31:01
and I
31:03
had to
31:03
sing,
31:04
that's the
31:04
way we
31:04
would do
31:05
music.
31:06
Praise God,
31:07
that is not
31:08
the way it's
31:08
happening.
31:11
I have
31:12
talked about
31:12
this on
31:13
numerous
31:13
occasions and
31:14
I would
31:14
often threaten,
31:15
you know,
31:16
if we don't
31:16
have musicians,
31:17
you've got me.
31:18
So,
31:18
praise God
31:18
for our
31:19
musicians.
31:20
And during
31:21
the pandemic,
31:22
there was a
31:22
Sunday that
31:23
none of our
31:24
musicians were
31:24
available,
31:25
either sick
31:26
or out of
31:26
town.
31:26
And I
31:27
mean none.
31:27
We looked.
31:29
And you
31:30
know what we
31:30
did?
31:31
I led music.
31:32
We sang three
31:33
songs,
31:34
acapella,
31:35
and I did it.
31:35
I turned the
31:36
mic on,
31:36
I turned it
31:37
back off again,
31:37
I got it started
31:38
and I turned it
31:39
back off again,
31:40
and we were
31:41
done.
31:42
But you know
31:42
that traditionally
31:44
throughout the
31:44
history of the
31:45
church,
31:45
the person who
31:46
most often led
31:47
to music was,
31:49
the pastor got
31:51
up and sang.
31:51
And I'm sure
31:52
they didn't all
31:53
sing incredibly
31:53
well.
31:55
We're not
31:56
concerned about
31:57
how we play
31:57
music.
31:58
We want to
31:58
try to match
31:59
the instrumentation
32:00
up to the
32:01
truth that you
32:01
would get your
32:02
feelings caught
32:03
up to it.
32:05
The guys are
32:05
very thoughtful
32:06
about the way
32:07
they try to do
32:07
arrangements to
32:08
that very end.
32:11
We keep the
32:12
lights on,
32:13
you might notice.
32:14
I think it's
32:14
good to look
32:14
around and see
32:15
each other
32:15
singing.
32:16
We try to
32:17
keep the
32:17
volume at a
32:18
place where
32:18
you can hear
32:19
those folks
32:20
around you
32:20
singing songs
32:22
because we're
32:22
trying to
32:23
fulfill this
32:23
commandment to
32:25
teach and
32:25
admonish one
32:26
another and
32:27
address each
32:27
other,
32:28
psalms and
32:29
hymns and
32:30
spiritual songs.
32:32
So let me
32:33
just briefly
32:33
walk you
32:34
through two
32:35
songs,
32:36
two songs that
32:36
we sing often
32:38
together and
32:39
just show you
32:40
the truth that's
32:41
contained within
32:43
them.
32:44
Had I planned
32:45
this way in
32:45
advance,
32:45
they'd be songs
32:46
we're singing
32:46
this morning,
32:47
but I
32:47
didn't,
32:48
so they're
32:48
not.
32:49
But maybe
32:50
you'll enjoy
32:50
hearing these
32:51
lyrics all
32:52
the same.
32:53
The first
32:54
is a
32:55
modern song
32:56
called
32:57
Come Behold
32:57
the Wondrous
32:58
Mystery.
32:59
If you want
33:00
to see these
33:00
lyrics,
33:01
you can find
33:01
it in your
33:01
hymnal.
33:03
It's hymn
33:03
number 184.
33:04
of interest to
33:11
you,
33:11
one of the
33:12
mats that
33:13
helped write
33:13
this song
33:14
is local.
33:15
He's from
33:15
Gainesville.
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Verse 1
33:20
says,
33:20
Come behold
33:21
the wondrous
33:22
mystery in the
33:23
dawning of
33:24
the King.
33:25
He, the
33:26
theme of
33:26
heaven's
33:27
praises,
33:27
robed in
33:28
frail humanity.
33:31
In our
33:31
longing, in
33:32
our darkness,
33:33
now the
33:34
light of
33:34
life has
33:35
come.
33:36
Look to
33:37
Christ who
33:38
condescended,
33:39
took on
33:40
flesh to
33:41
ransom us.
33:42
So we see the
33:43
incarnation of
33:43
Christ in this
33:44
text.
33:45
John 1,
33:46
verses 1-5.
33:47
In the
33:47
beginning was
33:47
the Word,
33:48
and the
33:48
Word was
33:48
with God,
33:49
and the
33:49
Word was
33:50
God.
33:50
He was in
33:51
the beginning
33:51
with God,
33:52
all things
33:52
were made
33:53
through him,
33:53
and without
33:54
him was
33:54
not anything
33:54
made that
33:56
was made.
33:57
In him
33:57
was life,
33:58
and the
33:58
life was
33:59
the light
33:59
of men.
34:00
The light
34:01
shines in
34:01
the darkness,
34:03
and the
34:03
darkness has
34:04
not overcome
34:05
it.
34:06
We also see
34:06
the purpose
34:07
of his
34:07
incarnation in
34:08
verse 1.
34:09
Luke 19
34:10
and verse 10,
34:10
For the Son of
34:11
Man came to
34:12
seek and to
34:14
save the
34:15
lost.
34:17
Verse 2,
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Come behold
34:18
the wondrous
34:19
mystery,
34:20
he the
34:20
perfect Son
34:21
of Man,
34:22
in his
34:23
living,
34:24
in his
34:24
suffering,
34:25
never trace
34:26
nor stain
34:27
of sin.
34:28
See the
34:28
true and
34:29
better Adam
34:29
come to
34:30
save the
34:31
hell-bound
34:31
man,
34:32
Christ the
34:33
great and
34:34
sure fulfillment
34:34
of the
34:35
law.
34:35
In him
34:36
we stand.
34:38
We see
34:39
his active
34:40
obedience in
34:41
this verse,
34:42
his keeping
34:42
of the law
34:43
on our
34:43
behalf.
34:44
We also
34:44
see his
34:45
passive
34:46
suffering,
34:48
his death
34:48
on the
34:48
cross,
34:49
paying the
34:49
penalty for
34:50
our sin.
34:51
2 Corinthians
34:51
5,
34:52
verse 21,
34:53
For our
34:53
sake he
34:54
made him
34:54
to be
34:54
sin who
34:55
knew no
34:55
sin that
34:56
in him
34:56
we might
34:57
become the
34:58
righteousness
34:58
of God.
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Romans 5,
35:01
verse 17,
35:02
For if
35:02
because of
35:03
one man's
35:04
trespass,
35:04
death
35:04
reigned
35:05
through that
35:05
one man,
35:06
much more
35:07
will those
35:07
who receive
35:08
the abundance
35:08
of grace
35:09
and the
35:09
free gift
35:10
of righteousness
35:10
reign in
35:11
life
35:12
through the
35:12
one man,
35:13
Jesus Christ.
35:16
Verse 3
35:17
goes on to
35:18
talk about
35:18
the passive
35:20
obedience of
35:20
Christ.
35:21
Come behold,
35:21
the tree,
35:25
in the stead
35:26
of ruined
35:26
sinners,
35:27
hangs the
35:27
lamb in
35:28
victory.
35:29
See the
35:30
price of our
35:30
redemption,
35:31
see the
35:31
Father's plan
35:32
unfold,
35:34
bringing many
35:34
sons to
35:35
glory,
35:35
atonement of
35:36
Christ.
35:37
1 Corinthians
35:38
15,
35:38
13,
35:39
For I
35:39
deliver to
35:39
you as a
35:40
first importance
35:41
what I
35:42
also received,
35:42
that Christ
35:43
died for
35:44
our sins,
35:45
in accordance
35:45
with the
35:47
scriptures.
35:48
Verse 4,
35:49
Come behold
35:50
the wondrous
35:50
mystery,
35:51
slain by
35:51
death,
35:52
the God
35:52
of life,
35:53
but no
35:54
grave could
35:54
e'er
35:55
restrain
35:55
him.
35:55
Praise
35:56
the Lord,
35:56
he is
35:57
alive.
35:59
What a
35:59
foretaste
36:00
of deliverance,
36:00
how unwavering
36:02
our hope,
36:03
Christ in
36:03
power
36:04
resurrected,
36:05
as we
36:06
will be
36:06
when he
36:07
comes.
36:08
What a
36:08
foretaste
36:09
of deliverance,
36:10
how unwavering
36:11
our hope,
36:13
Christ in
36:13
power
36:14
resurrected,
36:15
as we
36:16
will be
36:16
when he
36:17
comes.
36:19
So there
36:19
we see the
36:19
resurrection
36:20
of Christ,
36:21
1 Corinthians
36:21
15,
36:22
4,
36:22
he was
36:23
buried,
36:23
that he
36:23
was raised
36:24
on the
36:24
third day
36:25
in accord
36:26
with the
36:27
scriptures.
36:28
Glorification
36:28
of the
36:28
saints,
36:29
Colossians
36:29
3,
36:30
4,
36:30
when Christ
36:31
who is
36:31
your life
36:32
appears,
36:32
then you
36:33
will also
36:33
appear
36:34
with him
36:35
in glory.
36:37
You
36:38
cannot
36:38
leave
36:39
on a
36:40
Sunday
36:40
morning
36:40
that we
36:41
have
36:41
sung
36:41
this
36:42
song
36:43
and
36:43
say
36:43
that
36:43
you
36:44
weren't
36:44
fed
36:44
the
36:45
truth
36:45
of
36:45
God.
36:46
If you
36:47
do,
36:48
you
36:48
are
36:48
tuned
36:49
out.
36:51
Look at
36:52
it,
36:53
take it
36:53
up,
36:54
read it,
36:55
sing it
36:56
with joy,
36:57
right?
36:57
We've
36:58
seen the
36:58
incarnation
36:59
and the
37:00
purpose of
37:00
that
37:00
incarnation,
37:01
the
37:01
active and
37:02
passive
37:02
suffering
37:02
of
37:03
Christ,
37:03
substitutionary
37:04
atonement,
37:05
the
37:05
resurrection
37:05
and our
37:06
glorification
37:07
in those
37:09
four verses,
37:10
which takes
37:10
us four
37:12
minutes to
37:13
sing together,
37:14
packed full
37:15
of things to
37:16
hang on to
37:17
this week.
37:20
Second one
37:21
in closing,
37:24
great is thy
37:24
faithfulness.
37:26
This is
37:26
hymn 86.
37:29
Verse one,
37:31
great is
37:32
thy
37:32
of turning
37:33
with thee.
37:35
Thou
37:35
changest
37:36
not,
37:37
thy
37:37
compassions
37:39
they
37:39
fail
37:40
not.
37:41
As
37:41
thou
37:41
hast
37:42
been,
37:43
thou
37:43
forever
37:44
will
37:45
be.
37:47
I
37:47
need to
37:48
hear this
37:48
truth this
37:49
morning.
37:50
The
37:51
immutability
37:51
of God
37:52
is
37:52
unchangeable
37:53
character.
37:54
He says
37:55
in Malachi
37:55
3,
37:56
6,
37:56
for I
37:56
the
37:57
Lord
37:57
do not
37:57
change.
37:58
Therefore
37:58
you,
38:00
O
38:00
children
38:00
of
38:01
Jacob,
38:01
are
38:02
not
38:02
consumed.
38:05
And the
38:05
steadfast
38:06
love
38:06
of God.
38:07
1 Chronicles
38:08
16 and
38:09
verse 34,
38:10
O give
38:10
thanks to
38:11
the Lord
38:12
for he
38:12
is good,
38:14
for his
38:14
steadfast
38:15
love
38:16
endures
38:16
forever.
38:20
And then
38:20
the chorus,
38:22
great is
38:22
thy
38:23
faithfulness,
38:25
great is
38:26
thy
38:27
faithfulness,
38:29
morning
38:30
by
38:31
morning
38:31
new
38:32
mercies
38:34
I
38:34
see.
38:36
All
38:37
I
38:37
have
38:38
needed
38:39
thy
38:40
hand
38:40
hath
38:41
provided.
38:44
Great
38:44
is
38:45
thy
38:46
faithfulness,
38:48
Lord
38:49
unto
38:50
me.
38:52
I had
38:52
no intention
38:53
of singing
38:53
that.
38:54
And then
38:55
I started
38:55
and went,
38:56
oh man,
38:56
now I
38:56
gotta finish.
38:59
Don't we
39:00
need to hear
39:00
this?
39:01
Don't we
39:01
need to hear
39:01
about the
39:02
new morning
39:02
mercies of
39:03
God?
39:03
Lamentations
39:03
3, 22
39:04
and 23.
39:05
The steadfast
39:06
love of the
39:06
Lord never
39:06
ceases.
39:07
His mercies
39:08
never come
39:08
to an end.
39:09
They are
39:10
new every
39:10
morning.
39:12
Great is
39:12
your
39:13
faithfulness.
39:14
And God's
39:15
provision,
39:16
Philippians
39:16
4, 19,
39:17
and my
39:17
God's will
39:18
supply every
39:19
need of
39:19
yours according
39:20
to his riches
39:21
and glory in
39:22
Christ Jesus.
39:24
verse 2.
39:28
Summer and
39:28
winter and
39:29
springtime and
39:31
harvest, sun,
39:33
moon, and
39:33
stars in
39:33
their courses
39:34
above.
39:36
Join with
39:37
all nature
39:38
in manifold
39:39
witness to
39:41
thy great
39:41
faithfulness,
39:42
mercy, and
39:44
love.
39:45
Witness of
39:46
creation we
39:47
see in this
39:47
verse.
39:48
Isaiah 6,
39:49
3.
39:50
One called
39:51
to another,
39:52
talking about
39:52
the creation,
39:53
holy, holy,
39:54
holy is the
39:55
Lord of
39:56
hosts.
39:56
The whole
39:57
earth is
39:58
full of
39:59
his glory.
40:00
So maybe
40:00
you have a
40:01
difficult time
40:02
seeing it
40:02
this morning
40:03
in your
40:03
own life,
40:04
but look
40:05
out there.
40:07
The creation
40:08
witnesses to
40:09
this great
40:10
truth that
40:11
God is
40:13
faithful.
40:16
Verse 3.
40:17
Pardon for
40:17
sin and a
40:19
peace that
40:19
endureth.
40:21
Thine own
40:21
dear presence
40:22
to cheer
40:23
and to
40:23
guide.
40:25
Strength for
40:26
today and
40:26
bright hope
40:27
for tomorrow.
40:29
Blessings all
40:29
mine with
40:31
ten thousand
40:32
beside.
40:33
We see
40:33
justification,
40:35
Romans 8,
40:36
1.
40:36
No condemnation
40:37
for those who
40:38
are in Christ
40:39
Jesus.
40:39
Sanctification,
40:40
Philippians 1,
40:41
6.
40:41
And I'm sure
40:42
of this,
40:42
that he who
40:43
began a good
40:43
work in you
40:44
will bring it
40:44
to completion
40:46
at the day
40:47
of Jesus
40:47
Christ.
40:47
And glorification,
40:49
Ephesians 1,
40:50
11 through
40:51
12.
40:52
In him we
40:52
have obtained
40:53
an inheritance,
40:54
having predestined
40:55
according to the
40:55
purpose of him
40:56
who works all
40:56
things according to
40:58
the counsel of
40:59
his will,
41:00
so that we who
41:01
are the first to
41:01
hope in Christ
41:02
might be to the
41:03
praise of his
41:05
glory.
41:05
In one verse,
41:07
four lines,
41:07
justification,
41:08
sanctification,
41:09
glorification,
41:10
things to hang
41:12
on to,
41:12
and maybe you'll
41:14
join me this
41:15
time.
41:16
Great is thy
41:17
faithfulness.
41:18
Thank you.
41:19
Great is thy
41:21
faithfulness.
41:23
Morning by
41:25
morning,
41:26
new mercies
41:28
I see.
41:30
All I have
41:33
needed,
41:35
thy hand
41:36
hath provided.
41:40
Great is thy
41:42
faithfulness,
41:44
Lord unto
41:47
me.
41:50
Amen.
41:51
It's why we
41:52
sing together,
41:53
and it's why we
41:54
sing together
41:55
the way that we
41:57
sing together.
41:59
Truth,
42:00
depth,
42:02
singability,
42:03
all for the
42:03
glory of God
42:04
and for the
42:05
good of his
42:06
people.
42:07
Let us be a
42:08
people who
42:09
sing to one
42:10
another as we're
42:11
commanded to do,
42:12
and know why
42:13
we sing to one
42:14
another,
42:15
and who know
42:17
what and how
42:19
we should sing
42:20
to one another,
42:21
because our God
42:22
is worthy of
42:23
this praise.
42:25
Let's pray
42:25
together.