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Hebrews 10:22b · Providence Baptist Church - Sermons

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Have you ever had, I'm sure you have, just one of those mornings?
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I'm having, or have had, been having one of those mornings this morning.
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I kind of foolishly, last night, in order to stay up a bit later and study a bit more for this morning,
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drank Mountain Dew, thinking that'll help get my brain going.
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But I'm fairly worthless mentally after dinner.
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So all it really did is kept me up late.
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And I have a wife who's 20 weeks pregnant and needs her sleep.
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And so I sent her off to bed and I took my place on the couch last night and went to bed about midnight.
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Woke up at about 5.30 this morning and discovered that our puppy had made quite a mess of herself and our laundry room.
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So this morning I had to put a puppy in a bathtub and scrub lovely things off of her.
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My son is quite sick this morning.
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I have a 16-month-old at home, kind of wheezing and coughing and just has a nasty, nasty thing going on.
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I sort of threw on clothes this morning, in case you didn't notice.
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And I'll point out that I'm wearing Argyle socks with my plaid shirt.
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Because they were the socks in these shoes from the last time I wore them.
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It's been quite a morning for me.
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But I can say it is a privilege to be here with you this morning.
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I love being with God's people.
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And with all that going on and the chaos of this morning,
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it is so good to get to be here with you guys this morning.
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God has done a great work amongst us, calling together His church.
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And there is evidence of that in this room.
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So it's really, really good to be here.
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And I hope you feel the same.
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We're preaching a bit of time here,
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kind of on both the vision of Christ Family Church and how that plays itself out.
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And I mentioned last week the vision statement of our church,
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that Christ Family Church exists to experience, proclaim, and display the supremacy of Jesus Christ in all things.
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But how?
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How is it that we put wheels on that car?
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How is it that that engine drives us down the road?
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And we like to use a little analogy to kind of talk about the ministry of our church.
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And we use a tree both to talk about the life of our church and our Christian lives as individuals.
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When we talk about roots, branches, and fruit.
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The roots being that depth that we have, our knowledge of the Word of God,
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our theological database, so to speak.
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And we want to be both individuals and a group of people that put our roots down very deep.
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We want to suck out of the Word of God everything that there is for us in it
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because we believe the Word of God is inspired.
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That it is sufficient for our Christian living.
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And that all we need is found within it.
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I joked around with the guys last week that I think that God is probably thrifty enough
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that if all the words in this book were not inspired,
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He would have left some of them out so we could cut down on our printing costs as we produced it.
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I think every word in it is valuable for us, whether you always feel that or not.
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The branches are our exaltation of Christ, our proclamation of Him,
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the prayers that we lift up to Him, the songs that we sing together,
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and then the fruit is the fruit of love.
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Both to the church, the things that we do together to love on each other,
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and then our fruit to the world, our service and our evangelism to the world.
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So that's kind of our neat little analogy we like to use.
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And as I told you last week in my preparation, I was led to Hebrews chapter 10,
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and I found contained within it this analogy, but not in quite as neat a form.
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So we're just going to preach through Hebrews chapter 10, verse 19 through 25.
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So let's read that together, and then we'll pray.
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Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
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by the new and living way that He opened for us through the curtain, that is, through His flesh.
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And since we have a great priest over the house of God,
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let us draw near with a true heart and full assurance of faith,
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with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience,
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and our bodies washed with pure water.
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Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,
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for He who promised is faithful.
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Let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,
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not neglecting to meet together as is the habit of some,
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but encouraging one another, and all the more, as you see today, drawing near.
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Let's pray together.
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Father, you are a good, loving God,
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and you have displayed this in the most magnificent way in the work of Christ
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and in the redemption of your church.
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We thank you for that this morning.
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We thank you for your word,
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and I pray, Father, this morning that my preparation or lack of,
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and your word and your spirit will collide this morning,
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that you will give us ears to hear and understand
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not only what the text means,
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but what the text means for us,
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for our lives.
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You'll bring conviction on us as a church and as individuals.
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Pray, Father, that you will have your way with us this morning.
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We pray this in Christ's name.
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Amen.
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Alright, so last week,
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we kind of narrowed in.
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We focused in on the beginning of verse 22,
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but to lead up to that,
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we've been granted access now to God.
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19 through 21,
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because of the work of Christ,
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we've been given access to God.
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And then we're given three exhortations in the text,
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and they're all preceded by a little phrase,
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let us.
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So you see that, let us, let us, let us,
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which is where we're at.
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And last week, we began,
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the very beginning of verse 22,
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with a little phrase,
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let us draw near.
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To talk about Christian worship,
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when I say that carefully,
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hear me very carefully,
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we all worship all the time.
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Everything you do is an act of worship.
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What it is you worship
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is to be determined,
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but I'm talking about specifically Christian worship.
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I'm not talking about when you
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worship your car wrongly,
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or a relationship you may have,
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or how much money you have in the bank account.
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That's not what I'm discussing.
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I'm talking about Christian worship,
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and particularly corporate Christian worship,
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which is not just the singing of songs,
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certainly includes the singing of songs,
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but it's everything that we do together as believers.
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That's why we call this a worship service,
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which also includes the preaching of God's word.
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This is an act of worship.
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The listening to the preaching of God's word,
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the prayers we pray together,
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taking of the Lord's supper together,
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are all acts of worship.
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And so that's what verse 22 really addresses.
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And as I told you last week,
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that beginning phrase,
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let us draw near,
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is actually one word in the original,
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which I told you was proser kamai,
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and I was actually corrected.
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That's the root of the word,
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and I'm not even going to try to pronounce the actual word,
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but the root of the word is proser kamai,
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and we pulled out of that phrase
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three things we should learn,
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three things we should know as Christians
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about proper Christian worship.
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There's a lot of heat without light out there
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in the world around the idea of worship.
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Worship battles in churches,
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and many churches have split over this,
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primarily music.
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Some have accommodated all the crowds
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in order not to lose anybody.
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A large local church on their website
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advertises their services this way.
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They have three.
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A traditional blend of praise and worship.
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An inspiring and vibrant contemporary worship experience.
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Contemporary acoustic worship.
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Take your pick.
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Which one of these best suits you
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and your personality and your preference?
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Unfortunately, these preferences
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are primarily, almost always,
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predicated on opinion.
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It's very rare that you have these conversations with people,
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and they ever go to the scriptures at all.
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So I asked the question last week,
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who gets the final say?
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Who gets to determine how it is
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that we worship together?
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Is it us?
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Certainly not.
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It's God.
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The scriptures give us a lot of latitude about style.
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It's not that there is a particular style,
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a particular inspired liturgy that we must follow.
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But there are some particular,
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there are some things to do
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that are proper.
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It scares me that it's possible
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for us to worship the right God wrongly.
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That it's possible for us to even believe
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by what we're talking about this morning
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that we're doing it properly
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and be doing it wrongly.
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Matthew 15, 8 and 9,
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Jesus said,
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This people honors me with their lips,
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but their heart is far from me.
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In vain do they worship me.
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This is valuable for us.
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We pulled three points out last week.
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I'm going to repeat them for you,
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and we're going to move on
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and finish verse 22 this morning
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with the following three.
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So six points total
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if you're taking notes this morning.
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Point number one,
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Christian worship is
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corporate in emphasis.
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Let us draw near.
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Our hearts, our bodies.
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You can see this plural form
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running through the entire text.
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It's corporate in emphasis
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because God's character
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culminates in the work of Christ.
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I said this morning,
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You are the greatest thing
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that God has done.
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It's crazy, isn't it?
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We are a mess, aren't we?
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The action that's going on
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in your Christian life,
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the culmination of God's work,
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what is being accomplished in you
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because of Christ,
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it's incredible.
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The church,
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in all its disaster,
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is a great view of God's glory.
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So Christian worship
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is corporate in emphasis.
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Any expression of Christianity
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devoid of the church
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is totally foreign
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to the pages of Scripture.
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You remember last week
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the analogies were given,
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the metaphors
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that were a body made of parts,
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a household
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of family members,
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a temple
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built of living stones.
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We're not meant
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to exist apart from each other,
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but to coexist
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as a community
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of Christians.
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Psalm 22,
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the psalmist writes,
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I will tell of your name
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to my brothers
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in the midst
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of the congregation.
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I will praise you.
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The second point
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was Christian worship is
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frequent in occurrence.
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That term,
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that original Greek term
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was present and active,
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both that we should
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be drawing near to God
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both now
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and continually.
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Forever.
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Enjoy Him forever.
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The New Testament
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does not command
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a particular frequency.
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I think asking
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how often
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should we meet together
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is really the wrong question.
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I think we ought to
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want to meet together
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all the time.
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Christian worship is,
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number three,
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thoroughly preoccupied
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with God.
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Thoroughly preoccupied
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with God.
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It's His approval
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that we seek.
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His applause.
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Our worship services
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are for Him.
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Brothers,
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we need to be careful
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that we don't become
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worshipers of ourselves
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when we come into this place
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looking to meet
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our needs.
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We're here to worship God.
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We're the beneficiaries
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of what happens
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as a result.
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So when you leave here
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this morning,
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you ought not to ask,
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what did I get out
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of this morning?
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But was God pleased
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with my participation?
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So number one,
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corporate an emphasis.
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Two,
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frequent an occurrence.
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Three,
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thoroughly preoccupied
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with God.
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This brings us
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to our new point.
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Number four,
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Christian worship
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includes all
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of our being.
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Includes all
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of our being.
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We get this from
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this little phrase
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with a true heart.
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Let us draw near
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with a true heart.
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Christianity
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is a religion
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of the heart.
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And you ask,
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well,
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then what is the heart?
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Are we talking about
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the muscle that pumps
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blood throughout my body?
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Absolutely not.
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That's not what Scripture
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means when it refers
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to the heart.
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The heart is the
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center of who we are,
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the place where
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our personality
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and emotions lie.
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Essentially,
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the whole
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of our interior life.
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God is not
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primarily concerned
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with our outward actions.
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Do they matter?
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Are some of them
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prescribed?
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Yes.
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But He's not
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primarily concerned
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with our outward actions.
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As we've said,
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you can do all
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the right things
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wrongly.
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He's primarily
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concerned
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with
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our hearts.
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We all tend to know,
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we're all kind of
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Christianized
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in this culture.
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Don't we?
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A lot of Christianity
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around us.
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And you kind of
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know the scene.
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How many friends
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do you even have
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that went through
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all the motions
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before they actually
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were Christians?
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Before they actually
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had regenerate hearts?
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They went through
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all the actions.
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We know exactly
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what we're supposed
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to do.
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We follow every cue
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to a T.
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When the crescendo
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comes in the song,
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right,
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what happens?
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Close your eyes.
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Raise your hands.
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It's the right moment
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to do that type of thing.
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If it's not,
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you always sing
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standing up.
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We always sit
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for preaching.
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We know when.
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We know.
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And it feels awkward
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if nobody tells you
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what to do.
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You're like,
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I'm not sure.
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I think we're supposed
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to stand right now,
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but I'm not really sure.
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I can't even listen
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to the first verse
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of this song
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because I'm just not sure
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if I should stand up
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or sit down.
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It's very frustrating to me.
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We can do the right things
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with the wrong heart.
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It frightens me a lot.
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A lot.
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Turn to Isaiah chapter 1.
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See what God has to say
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about this.
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Isaiah chapter 1.
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We'll read 11 through 16
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to you.
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It's God speaking.
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What to me
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is the multitude
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of your sacrifices,
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says the Lord.
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I have had enough
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of burnt offerings,
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of rams,
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and the fat
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of well-fed beef.
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I do not delight
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in the blood of bulls
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or of lambs
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or of goats.
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Let's pause here.
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These were prescribed things.
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These were things
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that God had asked
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Israel to do.
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But he's saying,
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I'm sick of them.
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I have grown weary
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of these things.
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Verse 12.
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When you come to appear
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before me,
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who has required of you
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this trampling of my courts?
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Bring no more vain offerings.
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Incense is an abomination to me.
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New moon and Sabbath
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and the calling of convocations.
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I cannot endure iniquity
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and solemn assembly.
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Your new moons
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and your appointed feasts
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my soul hates.
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They have become
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a burden to me.
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I am weary
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of bearing them.
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When you spread out
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your hands,
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I will hide my eyes
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from you.
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Even though you make
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many prayers,
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I will not listen.
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Your hands
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are full of blood.
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Wash yourselves.
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Make yourselves clean.
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Let's stop there.
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Christianity is a religion
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of the heart.
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These are all things
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that have an ass
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of Israel to do.
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And God says,
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they have become
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a burden to me.
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Is our worship together
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a burden to God?
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I hope not.
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I hope not.
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Recall Simon the magician
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in Acts chapter 8
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went to Peter
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and tried to purchase
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the Holy Spirit
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from him.
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He already was a bit
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of a miracle worker
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himself.
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And he saw this
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spirit and dwelling
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of Christians
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and they were
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healing people
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and he said,
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ah, it's a better power
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than I have now.
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I'd like it.
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And he tried to purchase it
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and Peter's response
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to him was,
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you have neither part
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nor lot in this matter
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for your heart
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is not right
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before God.
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So I'll say to you again,
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Christianity
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is a religion
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of the heart.
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John Chrysostom said,
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find the door
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to your heart
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and you will discover
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it is the door
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to the kingdom of God.
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In Deuteronomy 4.29
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God says,
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from there you will
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seek the Lord your God
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and you will find him
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if you search after him
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with all your heart.
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It's not all about
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the outward appearance.
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Those things matter.
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But I'm just afraid
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that we lose sight
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of what really matters.
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It comes about
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the outward appearance
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and not about
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our hearts.
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Many Christians
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put on airs
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on Sunday morning.
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I'm thankful
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that we're not a church
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where I feel
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pressured to wear a suit
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to preach in.
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I know I look pitiful
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this morning.
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That outward appearance
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is so important
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to so many of us.
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What did Jesus call
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the Pharisees
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as they acted like that?
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Whitewashed tombs.
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Isn't that language?
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That strong language?
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You were like
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whitewashed tombs
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is what he said to them.
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Somebody has
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on the outside
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made you look
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very nice.
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They have come along
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and painted you up
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clean and white.
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Tomb carved into the rock.
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But inside
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you were full
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of dead people's bones.
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What's on the outside
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is nothing
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like what's on the inside.
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Christianity
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is a religion
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of the heart.
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The Psalms are
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filled
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with language
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of the heart.
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Where the outworking
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of a heart
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worshipping God
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rightly
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is joy.
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I don't have time
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this morning
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to take you on
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a survey
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through the Psalms.
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But I would invite you
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to read them
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looking for those
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types of things.
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The outward working
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of a heart
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worshipping God
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properly
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is joy.
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Joy that expresses
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itself
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visibly.
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We're Baptists.
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We tend to express
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ourselves
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visibly
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too often
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in our
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meetings together.
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Do we?
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There's
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dancing
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in the Psalms.
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There's
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standing
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and lifting
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of hands.
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There's
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kneeling.
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There's lying
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prostrate
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on the ground.
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There's actual
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physical
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action
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that comes
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out of
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proper hearts.
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C.S. Lewis
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said that in the Psalms
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God is set
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on display
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as the
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all-satisfying
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object.
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Psalm 1611
20:07
David wrote
20:07
In your presence
20:09
there is fullness
20:10
of joy.
20:11
At your right hand
20:12
are pleasures
20:13
forevermore.
20:15
In Psalm 33
20:16
1
20:16
the psalmist
20:17
says
20:17
Shout for joy
20:18
in the Lord
20:19
O you righteous.
20:21
Praise
20:22
befits
20:23
the upright.
20:25
The upright
20:26
ought to praise
20:27
God
20:27
is what he's saying.
20:28
Those who are
20:29
righteous
20:30
because of
20:31
Christ
20:31
will praise
20:33
God's name
20:34
joyfully.
20:37
Joy is an
20:37
expressive
20:38
thing.
20:39
Is it not?
20:40
Some of you people
20:41
look dead
20:41
when you sing
20:42
songs.
20:45
It's expressive.
20:46
It's easy to look
20:47
at somebody and say
20:47
they have no joy
20:49
in their heart.
20:50
Isn't it?
20:51
People would say
20:52
that of us
20:53
when we're
20:54
praising our God.
20:55
2 Samuel
21:00
chapter 6
21:01
I think
21:02
displays this
21:02
rather well.
21:04
If you recall
21:05
the story
21:05
David
21:06
is now
21:07
king
21:07
his issues
21:08
with Saul
21:09
have been
21:09
laid to rest
21:10
at this point
21:11
and he
21:12
decides to
21:12
bring the
21:13
Ark of the
21:13
Covenant
21:13
back
21:14
to Jerusalem.
21:16
It's been
21:17
living
21:18
the Ark
21:18
has
21:18
at the
21:19
house
21:19
of Abinadab
21:20
and then
21:20
there's
21:21
this little
21:21
transport
21:22
that goes
21:22
on
21:22
if you
21:23
recall
21:23
and
21:23
there's
21:24
a little
21:24
stumble
21:25
as they're
21:25
carrying
21:25
the Ark
21:26
and one
21:27
of the
21:27
bears
21:28
of the Ark
21:28
reaches out
21:29
and touches
21:29
it to catch
21:30
it and
21:30
God gets
21:31
upset at him
21:31
and kills
21:32
him and so
21:33
David says
21:33
maybe we
21:34
shouldn't bring
21:35
that thing
21:35
home just
21:36
yet.
21:37
And so
21:37
it then
21:38
lives at the
21:39
house of
21:39
Obed-Adam
21:40
for three
21:41
months and
21:42
God blesses
21:43
him richly
21:44
for housing
21:44
it there
21:44
and so
21:45
David decides
21:46
okay let's
21:47
bring it on
21:48
to Jerusalem
21:48
now.
21:50
In
21:51
verse 14
21:52
says
21:53
and David
21:53
danced
21:54
before the
21:55
Lord
21:55
with all
21:56
his might
21:56
danced
21:58
before the
21:58
Lord
21:58
with all
21:59
his might
22:00
and you
22:01
recall that
22:02
David was
22:02
married to
22:03
Michal
22:04
which was
22:04
Saul's
22:05
daughter
22:05
and she
22:06
saw him
22:07
from the
22:08
window
22:08
and the text
22:09
says that she
22:10
despised him
22:11
with all her
22:12
heart
22:12
because she
22:14
felt that he
22:14
was disgracing
22:15
himself
22:16
I didn't
22:17
mention that he
22:18
was pretty much
22:19
dancing in his
22:19
underwear
22:20
but danced
22:22
with all
22:23
his might
22:23
and she
22:25
confronts
22:26
him
22:26
and if
22:27
you'll
22:27
allow me
22:27
a paraphrase
22:28
his response
22:30
to her
22:30
is she
22:31
says to
22:31
him
22:31
you have
22:32
disgraced
22:33
your position
22:34
you were
22:35
the king
22:36
of Israel
22:36
and you're
22:37
dancing in
22:38
your underwear
22:38
in front of
22:38
the ark
22:39
it's disgraceful
22:40
and his
22:41
response to
22:42
her
22:42
in my
22:43
own
22:43
paraphrase
22:44
form
22:44
is
22:45
I was
22:46
holding
22:46
back
22:47
you thought
22:49
that was
22:49
disgraceful
22:50
I was
22:50
holding
22:50
back
22:51
I will
22:52
become
22:53
even more
22:54
foolish
22:54
if it means
22:55
that my
22:55
God will
22:56
receive more
22:57
glory
22:57
you ought to
23:00
be joyful
23:01
in this
23:02
place
23:02
expressive
23:04
as a result
23:05
why
23:05
because our
23:07
God deserves
23:08
it
23:08
I don't
23:11
really care
23:11
how you
23:11
feel
23:12
you want to
23:14
dance a little
23:15
bit
23:15
or raise
23:15
your hands
23:15
and you
23:16
think that's
23:16
embarrassing
23:17
to you
23:17
what have you
23:20
become
23:20
a worshipper
23:21
of you
23:21
not a worshipper
23:23
of our
23:23
God
23:24
do you
23:26
realize
23:27
what God
23:28
has done
23:28
for us
23:29
we take
23:31
our sins
23:32
so
23:32
lightly
23:33
most of
23:35
us
23:35
probably
23:36
grew up
23:37
as fairly
23:37
moral
23:38
people
23:39
probably
23:39
in Christian
23:40
homes
23:40
and haven't
23:41
done anything
23:42
really
23:43
big
23:44
in our
23:45
own
23:45
eyes
23:46
big
23:47
sin
23:47
kind
23:47
of
23:48
things
23:48
any
23:50
sin
23:50
is a
23:51
great
23:52
affront
23:52
to God
23:53
anything
23:54
you have
23:55
done
23:55
you are
23:57
an
23:57
enemy
23:58
of God
23:59
before
23:59
Christ
24:00
set
24:01
entirely
24:01
against
24:02
him
24:02
your
24:02
sin
24:02
is
24:03
great
24:03
it
24:03
does
24:03
not
24:03
matter
24:04
what
24:04
you
24:04
think
24:04
of
24:05
it
24:05
God
24:06
says
24:06
your
24:07
sin
24:07
is
24:07
great
24:08
and
24:08
as
24:08
such
24:09
we
24:09
have
24:09
a
24:09
great
24:10
savior
24:11
there's
24:13
joy
24:13
joy
24:14
in
24:14
that
24:15
David
24:16
danced
24:17
for a
24:17
reason
24:17
he was
24:18
celebrating
24:18
all
24:19
that God
24:20
had done
24:20
for him
24:21
and for
24:21
the people
24:21
of Israel
24:22
so
24:26
Christianity
24:26
is a
24:27
religion
24:27
of the
24:27
heart
24:28
the way
24:29
to the
24:30
heart
24:30
is
24:32
through
24:32
the head
24:32
the way
24:34
to the
24:34
heart
24:35
is to
24:36
the head
24:36
Psalm
24:37
51
24:37
David
24:38
wrote
24:39
behold
24:39
you
24:40
delight
24:40
in
24:40
truth
24:41
in
24:42
the
24:42
inward
24:42
being
24:42
and
24:43
you
24:43
teach
24:43
me
24:43
wisdom
24:44
in
24:45
the
24:45
secret
24:45
heart
24:46
one of
24:47
my
24:47
favorite
24:48
preachers
24:49
Arturo
24:50
Azuria
24:50
I call
24:51
him
24:51
Pastor
24:52
Art
24:52
to keep
24:52
it
24:52
simple
24:53
said
24:54
God
24:54
does
24:55
not
24:55
desire
24:56
empty
24:57
headed
24:57
emotionalism
24:58
neither
24:59
does
24:59
he
24:59
desire
25:00
empty
25:00
hearted
25:01
intellectualism
25:02
there's
25:03
a
25:03
balance
25:04
there
25:04
proper
25:05
Christian
25:05
worship
25:06
is a
25:06
marriage
25:07
of the
25:08
two
25:08
so as
25:11
I say
25:11
to you
25:11
our
25:12
time
25:13
together
25:13
our
25:13
worship
25:14
together
25:15
ought to
25:15
be
25:16
expressive
25:16
in
25:17
joy
25:17
it ought
25:18
to be
25:18
expressive
25:19
for a
25:20
reason
25:20
not just
25:22
because
25:22
we're
25:23
crazy
25:23
and we
25:24
have
25:24
an
25:24
experience
25:25
but as
25:27
it's
25:27
rooted
25:27
in
25:28
truth
25:29
the
25:31
value
25:31
of our
25:32
worship
25:32
can be
25:33
filtered
25:34
by the
25:35
truth
25:35
that
25:35
supports
25:35
it
25:36
we're
25:37
going to
25:37
talk about
25:37
this
25:37
more
25:38
next
25:38
week
25:39
the
25:40
value
25:40
of our
25:40
Christian
25:41
worship
25:41
the
25:42
legitimacy
25:42
of it
25:43
can be
25:45
measured
25:45
by the
25:46
truth
25:46
that
25:47
spawns
25:48
it
25:48
that
25:49
creates
25:50
it
25:50
that's
25:52
why we
25:52
preached
25:52
you
25:53
expositionally
25:53
that is
25:54
why it's
25:54
my great
25:55
burden
25:55
to just
25:56
teach you
25:57
what the
25:57
text
25:57
says
25:58
I believe
25:59
that's
26:00
enough
26:00
I'm
26:01
fairly
26:02
young
26:02
I don't
26:03
have
26:03
lots
26:04
of
26:04
life
26:04
experience
26:05
to share
26:05
with you
26:05
anyway
26:06
but even
26:07
if I
26:07
did
26:07
I don't
26:08
really
26:08
think
26:09
you need
26:09
to know
26:10
about
26:10
my
26:12
steps
26:12
to
26:12
success
26:13
I don't
26:16
think
26:16
how I
26:17
arrange
26:18
my
26:18
finances
26:18
are all
26:19
that
26:19
important
26:19
to you
26:20
as a
26:21
people
26:21
the
26:22
three
26:22
steps
26:23
to
26:23
having
26:24
a
26:24
healthier
26:24
marriage
26:25
of my
26:26
life
26:26
but what
26:28
the Bible
26:29
says on
26:30
those
26:30
topics
26:30
is
26:30
incredibly
26:31
important
26:31
to you
26:32
what
26:33
God
26:33
has
26:33
already
26:34
pinned
26:35
for us
26:35
is what
26:37
matters
26:37
most
26:38
and anything
26:39
I say
26:39
that's not
26:40
just an
26:40
explanation
26:41
just a
26:41
clearer
26:42
view
26:43
of what
26:43
these
26:44
words
26:45
are
26:45
teaching
26:45
us
26:45
is
26:46
totally
26:46
erroneous
26:47
you gotta
26:47
just dismiss
26:48
it
26:48
and forget
26:48
about it
26:49
altogether
26:49
John
26:52
chapter 4
26:53
Jesus
26:53
says that
26:54
God
26:54
is seeking
26:54
those
26:55
who
26:55
will
26:55
worship
26:55
him
26:56
in
26:57
spirit
26:57
and
26:58
in
26:59
truth
26:59
spirit
26:59
being
27:00
our
27:00
spirits
27:01
brought
27:01
into a
27:03
right
27:03
relationship
27:03
into life
27:04
by the
27:05
Holy Spirit
27:06
and in
27:07
truth
27:07
which is
27:07
who
27:08
Jesus
27:09
Christ
27:10
God's
27:10
expression
27:10
of himself
27:11
through the
27:12
work
27:12
of Jesus
27:13
Christ
27:13
so we
27:13
get in
27:14
this
27:14
text
27:14
both
27:15
the
27:15
whom
27:16
and
27:16
the
27:17
how
27:17
of
27:18
Christian
27:19
worship
27:19
so we
27:20
are
27:20
directed
27:21
by the
27:22
text
27:22
to draw
27:22
near
27:23
to God
27:23
who
27:24
has
27:24
revealed
27:24
himself
27:25
in
27:25
Jesus
27:25
Christ
27:26
with
27:26
hearts
27:27
that
27:28
are
27:28
engaged
27:28
God
27:31
wants
27:32
all of
27:33
us
27:33
a full
27:34
head
27:35
and a
27:36
warm
27:36
heart
27:36
let us
27:38
draw near
27:39
with a
27:39
true
27:40
heart
27:40
another
27:40
way
27:41
of
27:41
saying
27:42
this
27:43
some
27:43
of your
27:44
translations
27:44
may say
27:45
with a
27:45
sincere
27:46
heart
27:47
word
27:49
sincere
27:49
is a
27:50
very
27:50
interesting
27:50
word
27:50
again
27:51
with
27:52
the
27:52
guys
27:53
last
27:53
week
27:53
and
27:53
we
27:54
actually
27:54
talked
27:54
about
27:54
this
27:55
term
27:55
out of
27:56
first
27:56
timothy
27:56
the
27:58
english
27:59
word
27:59
sincere
27:59
comes
28:00
from
28:00
two
28:01
latin
28:01
words
28:02
sine
28:04
sera
28:04
it's
28:06
interesting
28:06
to know
28:07
the story
28:07
behind
28:08
these
28:09
words
28:09
and how
28:09
it is
28:10
that
28:10
they
28:10
got
28:10
put
28:11
together
28:11
and
28:11
i
28:11
actually
28:12
added
28:12
a bit
28:13
to my
28:13
knowledge
28:13
this
28:14
week
28:14
in
28:16
roman
28:16
times
28:17
when a
28:17
pot
28:17
was
28:17
created
28:18
if you've
28:19
ever been
28:19
in pottery
28:20
class
28:20
you know
28:20
that when
28:21
you put
28:21
the pot
28:21
in the
28:22
kiln
28:22
to be
28:23
fired
28:23
there's
28:23
a chance
28:24
that it'll
28:24
crack
28:25
i don't
28:25
know if
28:26
you've
28:26
experienced
28:26
that but
28:27
i took
28:27
some art
28:27
classes
28:27
in high
28:28
school
28:28
and was
28:29
very
28:30
distraught
28:30
that i
28:30
had to
28:30
redo
28:31
some
28:31
of my
28:31
projects
28:31
because
28:32
pots
28:33
cracked
28:33
well
28:33
in this
28:34
time
28:34
in order
28:35
to continue
28:36
to use
28:36
these pots
28:36
they would
28:37
fill
28:37
those
28:38
cracks
28:38
with
28:39
wax
28:39
so
28:41
this
28:41
vessel
28:41
that was
28:42
created
28:42
for use
28:42
would
28:42
have
28:43
a flaw
28:43
in it
28:43
and they
28:44
would
28:44
just
28:44
fill
28:44
it up
28:45
with
28:45
wax
28:45
because
28:45
it
28:45
would
28:45
still
28:46
hold
28:46
liquid
28:47
that way
28:48
if a
28:50
pot
28:50
was a
28:50
perfect
28:51
pot
28:51
a pot
28:51
that
28:51
didn't
28:52
have
28:52
any
28:52
cracks
28:52
in it
28:52
it
28:53
was
28:53
stamped
28:53
on
28:53
the
28:54
bottom
28:54
sine
28:55
sera
28:55
which
28:56
meant
28:56
literally
28:57
the
28:57
terms
28:58
mean
28:58
without
28:58
wax
28:59
a
29:01
perfect
29:03
object
29:04
a perfect
29:05
vessel
29:06
a
29:06
complete
29:07
heart
29:08
is what's
29:09
being said
29:09
here
29:10
all
29:11
of who
29:12
we are
29:12
sine
29:13
sera
29:13
to add
29:15
to that
29:15
I
29:15
got on a
29:16
site that
29:17
was debating
29:17
the origin
29:18
of the
29:18
term
29:19
I think
29:21
they were
29:21
wrong on
29:21
both
29:21
accounts
29:22
I think
29:22
that the
29:22
pot
29:22
thing
29:23
is
29:23
perfectly
29:23
fine
29:23
but
29:24
they
29:24
also
29:25
said
29:25
that
29:25
those
29:27
who
29:27
sculpted
29:27
in
29:27
marble
29:28
would
29:28
often
29:29
fill
29:29
the
29:29
cracks
29:30
the
29:30
mistakes
29:31
they
29:31
had
29:31
made
29:31
with
29:32
wax
29:32
and so
29:33
then
29:33
the
29:34
marble
29:34
statue
29:34
as it
29:35
was
29:35
put
29:35
outside
29:35
would
29:36
have
29:37
flaws
29:37
as the
29:37
hot
29:38
sun
29:38
began
29:38
to melt
29:39
the wax
29:39
out of
29:40
that
29:41
statue
29:41
and also
29:43
they
29:43
postulated
29:44
that
29:45
some
29:45
brick
29:46
added to
29:47
the brick
29:47
was wax
29:48
what happens
29:49
to a brick
29:50
as the wax
29:50
melts on a
29:51
building
29:51
the building
29:52
loses some
29:53
of its
29:53
structure
29:54
so pick
29:56
whichever one
29:56
you like
29:56
I like the
29:57
pot one
29:57
the best
29:57
that's the
29:59
origin of
29:59
that term
30:00
so a
30:02
perfect
30:02
heart
30:03
a
30:03
complete
30:04
heart
30:05
Psalm
30:07
9
30:07
1
30:07
kind of
30:08
marries
30:09
these
30:09
together
30:09
as we
30:10
conclude
30:11
point 4
30:11
Psalmist
30:13
writes
30:13
I will
30:14
give
30:14
thanks to
30:14
the
30:14
Lord
30:14
with
30:15
my
30:15
whole
30:16
heart
30:16
I will
30:17
recount
30:17
all
30:18
of your
30:19
wonderful
30:19
deeds
30:20
heart
30:22
and truth
30:22
combined
30:24
in one
30:24
so let us
30:25
draw near
30:25
with a
30:26
true
30:26
heart
30:27
number
30:28
five
30:28
Christian
30:29
worship
30:30
is
30:30
characterized
30:30
by
30:31
confidence
30:33
let us
30:34
draw near
30:34
with a
30:35
true
30:35
heart
30:35
in
30:36
full
30:36
assurance
30:37
of
30:38
faith
30:39
full
30:40
assurance
30:40
of
30:41
faith
30:42
I'll
30:42
draw your
30:42
attention
30:43
back to
30:43
Hebrews
30:44
chapter 10
30:45
verse 19
30:46
where he
30:47
says
30:47
therefore
30:47
brothers
30:47
since we
30:48
have
30:48
confidence
30:49
to enter
30:50
the holy
30:51
places
30:51
in either
30:53
the
30:54
tabernacle
30:55
or the
30:55
temple
30:56
depending on
30:56
where we
30:56
are
30:56
in history
30:57
there was
30:57
a place
30:58
called
30:58
the
30:58
holy
30:59
of
30:59
holies
30:59
and it
31:00
was
31:00
divided
31:00
by a
31:01
great
31:01
curtain
31:03
a veil
31:04
and one
31:05
time a
31:05
year
31:06
through
31:07
great
31:08
amounts
31:08
of
31:08
ceremony
31:09
one
31:09
man
31:10
was able
31:11
to enter
31:11
into
31:12
the
31:12
holy
31:12
of
31:12
holies
31:12
into
31:13
the
31:13
presence
31:13
of
31:14
God
31:15
and I
31:15
explained
31:15
to you
31:16
last
31:16
week
31:16
that
31:17
this
31:17
man
31:17
would
31:18
have
31:18
sewn
31:18
bells
31:19
into
31:19
his
31:19
robes
31:20
and
31:20
tied
31:20
a
31:21
rope
31:21
around
31:21
his
31:21
ankle
31:22
just
31:22
in
31:22
case
31:23
he
31:23
messed
31:24
something
31:24
up
31:24
if they
31:25
stopped
31:25
hearing him
31:26
move
31:26
inside
31:26
probably
31:27
meant
31:28
that
31:28
God
31:28
had
31:28
struck
31:28
him
31:29
dead
31:29
and
31:30
they
31:30
could
31:30
drag
31:30
him
31:30
out
31:31
of
31:31
the
31:32
holy
31:32
of
31:32
holies
31:32
even
31:34
the
31:34
great
31:34
high
31:35
priest
31:35
did
31:36
not
31:36
enter
31:36
into
31:37
the
31:37
presence
31:37
of
31:38
God
31:38
with
31:39
confidence
31:40
!
32:10
I
32:11
have
32:11
no
32:11
Levitical
32:12
line
32:12
I
32:13
can
32:13
guarantee
32:13
you
32:14
I
32:14
am
32:14
a
32:14
tent
32:15
of
32:15
a
32:16
man
32:16
that
32:16
these
32:17
high
32:17
priests
32:17
were
32:17
and
32:19
I
32:19
have
32:19
confident
32:20
access
32:21
not
32:22
just
32:23
access
32:23
but
32:23
confident
32:24
access
32:25
to
32:25
approach
32:26
God
32:26
there
32:27
was
32:27
lots
32:28
of
32:28
blood
32:28
shed
32:29
throughout
32:29
the
32:29
Old
32:30
Testament
32:30
but
32:32
none
32:33
of
32:33
it
32:33
granted
32:34
access
32:34
to
32:34
God
32:35
to
32:35
the
32:35
individual
32:35
if you
32:36
look
32:37
back
32:37
Hebrews
32:37
chapter
32:38
9
32:38
verse
32:38
22
32:39
writer
32:41
says
32:41
indeed
32:41
under
32:42
the
32:42
law
32:42
almost
32:42
everything
32:43
is
32:43
purified
32:43
with
32:44
blood
32:44
and
32:45
without
32:45
the
32:45
shedding
32:45
of
32:46
blood
32:46
there
32:46
is
32:46
no
32:47
forgiveness
32:47
of
32:47
sins
32:47
so
32:48
the
32:48
law
32:49
made
32:49
some
32:51
allowance
32:52
for
32:52
sin
32:52
but
32:53
blood
32:53
must
32:53
be
32:54
shed
32:54
in
32:54
order
32:54
to
32:55
forgive
32:56
it
32:56
but
32:57
the
32:57
bloodshed
32:57
of
32:58
animals
32:58
didn't
32:58
give
32:59
us
32:59
access
32:59
to
33:00
God
33:00
Hebrews
33:02
chapter
33:03
10
33:03
verse
33:04
3
33:04
he
33:04
elaborates
33:05
on
33:05
that
33:05
and
33:05
he
33:05
says
33:05
but
33:06
in
33:06
these
33:06
sacrifices
33:06
there
33:07
is
33:07
a
33:08
reminder
33:08
of
33:08
sins
33:09
every
33:09
year
33:10
for
33:11
it
33:11
is
33:11
impossible
33:11
for
33:11
the
33:12
blood
33:12
of
33:12
bulls
33:12
and
33:12
goats
33:13
to
33:13
take
33:14
away
33:14
sins
33:14
so
33:16
the
33:17
sacrifice
33:17
actually
33:18
only
33:18
kept
33:19
them
33:19
mindful
33:20
of
33:21
their
33:21
sin
33:21
now
33:25
we
33:25
get to
33:25
enter
33:26
with
33:26
boldness
33:26
and
33:26
why
33:27
because
33:28
of
33:28
the
33:28
blood
33:29
of
33:30
Christ
33:30
Hebrews
33:31
4
33:31
16
33:32
says
33:32
let us
33:33
then
33:33
with
33:33
confidence
33:34
draw
33:35
near
33:35
to
33:35
the
33:35
throne
33:35
of
33:36
grace
33:36
that
33:36
we
33:36
may
33:36
receive
33:37
mercy
33:37
and
33:38
find
33:38
grace
33:39
to
33:39
help
33:39
in
33:40
time
33:40
of
33:40
need
33:40
what
33:41
do
33:41
we
33:41
get
33:41
when
33:42
we
33:42
draw
33:42
near
33:43
what
33:43
is
33:44
it
33:44
that
33:44
we're
33:44
going
33:44
in
33:44
for
33:45
mercy
33:46
and
33:47
grace
33:48
not
33:48
justice
33:49
but
33:51
they
33:51
think
33:51
God
33:52
is a
33:52
just
33:52
God
33:52
he
33:52
absolutely
33:53
is
33:53
what
33:53
has
33:53
happened
33:54
to
33:54
God's
33:55
justice
33:55
on
33:56
our
33:56
behalf
33:57
given
33:58
to
33:58
Christ
33:59
Jesus
34:02
Christ
34:02
bore
34:02
the
34:03
wrath
34:03
of
34:03
God
34:03
for
34:04
us
34:04
the
34:05
due
34:06
penalty
34:06
of
34:06
our
34:06
sin
34:07
in
34:10
verse
34:10
20
34:10
you'll
34:11
see that
34:12
we now
34:12
have a
34:13
new and
34:14
living way
34:14
a confidence
34:15
to enter into the holy places
34:17
by the blood of Jesus
34:19
by the new
34:19
and living way
34:21
and this term new
34:22
is really
34:23
rich
34:24
not the typical
34:26
Greek term used
34:27
for new
34:27
throughout the New Testament
34:29
it's kind of an abnormal
34:31
one
34:31
kind of a rare
34:32
term
34:33
used
34:34
I'm not going to try to pronounce it
34:36
this morning
34:37
it's one of those mornings
34:38
right
34:39
the word means
34:42
freshly
34:43
as in
34:46
freshly
34:47
slaughtered
34:48
not the typical
34:49
simple
34:50
new
34:51
but through a
34:52
freshly
34:53
slaughtered
34:55
and living
34:56
way
34:57
that sacrifice
35:00
has been made
35:01
once and for all
35:02
and it's still
35:04
that new
35:05
and living way
35:06
it's as if
35:08
that perfect sacrifice
35:10
has been made
35:11
right now
35:12
in this moment
35:13
and now I can confidently
35:14
enter in
35:15
to the presence of God
35:16
and approach him
35:16
for mercy
35:17
and grace
35:18
because
35:18
of this new
35:20
and living
35:21
way
35:22
this sacrifice
35:23
that has been made
35:24
on my behalf
35:25
that was a perfect sacrifice
35:26
isn't that rich
35:29
Saturday morning
35:32
I woke up to another mess
35:34
with the dog
35:35
yes
35:35
you heard me right
35:36
another mess
35:37
with the dog
35:37
it was a bit more tragic
35:39
I'll spare you the details of it
35:41
but my very brave wife
35:43
ventured in
35:44
in her socks
35:45
and
35:46
and did quite a bit of cleaning
35:48
and after the fact
35:50
as her last
35:51
mode of escape
35:53
she
35:53
took off her socks
35:54
inside out
35:55
and tossed them
35:56
on the outside
35:57
of the laundry room door
35:58
where
35:59
my son
36:00
came and proceeded
36:00
to go and pick one up
36:01
and as a
36:04
father noticing this
36:05
I freaked
36:06
probably overreacted a bit
36:08
and yelled at him
36:09
did like
36:10
the game
36:10
no
36:11
and
36:12
he dropped the sock
36:14
and
36:15
stuck his little lip out
36:16
and began to tear up
36:17
and
36:18
all at once
36:21
in this
36:22
little moment
36:22
I
36:23
as I'm
36:24
mulling over this text
36:25
in my head
36:26
I thought about
36:27
the wrath of God
36:28
he didn't really know
36:30
what he was doing
36:30
obviously
36:31
but
36:31
but if that were me
36:32
the sins
36:34
the things I've
36:34
committed against God
36:35
his wrath
36:36
I mean
36:36
it was an overreaction
36:38
and
36:39
poor little guy
36:40
ran away from me
36:40
but I squatted down
36:41
and I opened up my arms
36:42
and I said
36:43
Cain
36:43
come here
36:44
and it was so cute
36:45
he turned around
36:46
a little pouty
36:47
and held out his arms
36:48
like this
36:48
and ran
36:49
back to me
36:51
and
36:52
and just
36:52
in a culmination
36:54
of all those ideas
36:55
I thought
36:55
that's the kind of
36:56
confidence we have
36:57
isn't it
36:58
to cry to God
36:59
Abba Father
37:00
Daddy
37:00
we can run
37:02
into his arms
37:04
in that way
37:04
kind of
37:06
a neat little thing
37:07
and it reminded me of
37:08
the story of the prodigal son
37:10
in Luke chapter 15
37:11
much in the same way
37:13
you see
37:14
this son
37:15
who has
37:16
who has
37:16
really said
37:18
for all intents and purposes
37:20
to his father
37:20
I want my inheritance now
37:22
which means
37:23
I wish you were dead
37:24
I would prefer
37:26
to go
37:27
squander
37:28
that inheritance
37:29
than you be alive
37:31
and he left
37:32
with his money
37:33
you don't see the father
37:35
closed off
37:38
inside
37:39
you see him
37:41
standing out
37:42
and looking
37:42
because we know
37:43
that he sees the son
37:44
coming from a long way off
37:46
he was attentive
37:49
he was waiting
37:50
for his return
37:51
and the son
37:53
didn't think
37:54
he had the right
37:55
to approach the father
37:57
but what do we see
37:57
the father do
37:58
he girds up
37:59
his loins
38:00
and he runs
38:01
to meet the son
38:03
that would have been
38:06
an atrociously
38:07
humiliating thing
38:08
for a man
38:09
of his stature
38:10
to do
38:10
men with money
38:12
did not run
38:13
men who could afford
38:15
golden rings
38:16
and fine robes
38:17
and fattened calves
38:17
did not run
38:18
people ran for them
38:20
but not this father
38:23
he pulls up
38:24
his robes
38:25
and he runs
38:26
to meet the son
38:28
and he invites him
38:29
back
38:30
into the home
38:31
that is such
38:32
a beautiful picture
38:33
of the confidence
38:34
with which we can
38:35
approach God
38:36
because of Christ
38:38
so beloved
38:39
we do not
38:40
come to our king
38:42
sheepishly
38:43
but we come to
38:45
worship him together
38:46
confidently
38:47
it doesn't matter
38:48
what you did this week
38:49
you are God's son
38:52
you come together
38:53
with this church
38:54
and confidently
38:55
worship him
38:55
number six
38:58
and closely tied
38:59
Christian worship
39:01
is
39:01
preceded by purification
39:04
the writer of Hebrews
39:07
means for us
39:08
to understand
39:09
that because of this
39:12
all the others
39:13
can be proper
39:13
it's preceded
39:15
by purification
39:16
look at the last part
39:18
of verse 22
39:19
let us draw near
39:21
with true heart
39:25
and full assurance
39:26
of faith
39:26
with our hearts
39:27
sprinkled clean
39:28
from the evil conscience
39:30
and our bodies
39:31
washed
39:32
with pure water
39:33
now both of these phrases
39:35
are hearts sprinkled clean
39:36
from an evil conscience
39:38
and our bodies
39:38
washed with pure water
39:39
are references
39:40
to some of that
39:42
ceremonial purification
39:43
that I
39:44
mentioned earlier
39:46
our hearts
39:48
speak well clean
39:49
from an evil conscience
39:50
look at Hebrews chapter 9
39:52
11 through 14
39:54
the writer says
39:56
but when Christ
39:57
appeared as a high priest
39:58
of the good things
39:59
that have come
39:59
then through the greater
40:01
and more perfect tent
40:02
not made with hands
40:03
that is not of this creation
40:05
he entered once for all
40:07
into the holy places
40:08
not by means of the blood
40:09
of goats and calves
40:10
but by means of his own blood
40:12
thus securing
40:13
an eternal redemption
40:14
for if the blood
40:16
of goats and bulls
40:17
and the sprinkling
40:18
of defiled persons
40:19
with the ashes
40:20
of a heifer
40:20
sanctify
40:21
for the purification
40:22
of the flesh
40:23
how much more
40:24
would the blood
40:24
of Christ
40:25
who through the eternal
40:26
spirit
40:27
offered himself
40:27
without blemish
40:28
to God
40:28
purify our conscience
40:30
from dead works
40:31
to serve the living God
40:33
what is he talking about
40:34
all this sprinkling
40:36
and heifer
40:37
purify the flesh
40:38
in those last two verses
40:39
he's referencing
40:41
Numbers chapter 19
40:43
where there's instructions
40:45
given to a person
40:47
who touched a dead body
40:49
so in some way
40:50
was involved
40:51
in embalming
40:52
or had a relative
40:53
who had died
40:54
somebody who had touched
40:55
a dead body
40:55
was considered unclean
40:57
and couldn't
40:58
go to the temple
40:59
as a result
41:00
and there was a process
41:01
by which
41:02
they were purified
41:03
there was ashes
41:05
mixed with blood
41:06
and they were sprinkled
41:06
with that
41:07
and then
41:08
a number of days later
41:09
they would be purified
41:11
that's what he's referencing
41:12
there
41:13
so if that
41:15
was for the purification
41:17
of the flesh
41:18
how much more
41:19
would the blood
41:20
of Christ
41:20
our great high priest
41:22
who through eternal spirit
41:24
offered himself
41:25
without blemish
41:26
to God
41:26
purify our conscience
41:27
from dead works
41:29
the second phrase
41:31
our bodies washed
41:33
with pure water
41:34
Ezekiel 36
41:36
25-26
41:38
God writes
41:39
I will sprinkle
41:40
clean water
41:40
on you
41:41
and you shall be
41:43
clean from all
41:44
your uncleanliness
41:45
and from all
41:46
your idols
41:46
I will cleanse you
41:47
and I will give you
41:48
a new heart
41:49
and a new spirit
41:50
I will put within you
41:51
and I will remove
41:52
the heart of stone
41:53
from your flesh
41:54
and give you
41:54
a heart of flesh
41:56
if you are not
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a regenerate Christian
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you cannot worship
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God rightly
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it is impossible
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if Christianity
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is a religion
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of the heart
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and you're not a Christian
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you have a heart of stone
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it does not matter
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if you go through
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all the motions
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properly
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it doesn't matter
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if you look
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like a Christian
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it's a matter of the heart
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so Christian worship
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is corporate emphasis
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frequent occurrence
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thoroughly preoccupied
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with God
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includes all
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of our being
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characterized by confidence
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and preceded by purification
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and it's my prayer
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and we'll pray in a moment
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to descend
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that Christ's Family Church
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is a church
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that worships God
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together
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rightly