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+[0.00 --> 1.00]  finns
+[1.00 --> 3.00]  de
+[3.00 --> 4.00]  t
+[4.00 --> 10.00]  d
+[13.06 --> 15.06]  n
+[23.06 --> 25.06]  improving
+[25.06 --> 26.44]  c
+[26.56 --> 28.56]  ana
+[28.56 --> 53.04]  Courtney.
+[53.04 --> 53.08]  Courtney.
+[54.92 --> 57.20]  Linda is doing the call to worship.
+[57.20 --> 59.94]  I am doing the confession and assurance.
+[60.94 --> 62.34]  And Pete is doing the prayer.
+[67.24 --> 70.66]  And Pete is doing the prayer.
+[71.22 --> 72.18]  Perfect.
+[72.18 --> 72.70]  Thank you.
+[87.20 --> 102.08]  Thank you.
+[102.08 --> 132.06]  Thank you.
+[132.08 --> 162.06]  Thank you.
+[162.08 --> 192.06]  Thank you.
+[192.08 --> 194.08]  Thank you.
+[222.08 --> 224.08]  Thank you.
+[224.08 --> 226.08]  Thank you.
+[226.08 --> 228.08]  Thank you.
+[228.08 --> 230.08]  Thank you.
+[230.08 --> 232.08]  Thank you.
+[232.08 --> 234.08]  Thank you.
+[234.08 --> 236.08]  Thank you.
+[236.08 --> 238.08]  Thank you.
+[238.08 --> 242.08]  Thank you.
+[242.08 --> 244.08]  Thank you.
+[244.08 --> 246.08]  Thank you.
+[247.08 --> 256.08]  Thank you.
+[256.08 --> 258.08]  Thank you.
+[258.08 --> 262.28]  in the presence of my King.
+[263.32 --> 268.52]  Oh, you're the only one I ever need.
+[269.98 --> 274.88]  Your majesty is all I want to see.
+[274.88 --> 280.88]  Oh, all I want is you.
+[282.72 --> 287.20]  Yes, all I want is you.
+[288.08 --> 293.44]  Oh, I'm so long, demon-faced,
+[293.44 --> 296.68]  before the Lord in this place.
+[297.10 --> 302.12]  You're the source of my strength, Yahweh.
+[303.44 --> 306.38]  Forever home in your house,
+[306.64 --> 309.68]  I'm standing on holy ground,
+[309.98 --> 314.74]  where all I want has been found, Yahweh.
+[318.08 --> 319.62]  Oh, you're the only one,
+[319.62 --> 321.42]  I owe you all right now .
+[321.42 --> 324.08]  Cute great nice vengeance.
+[331.18 --> 341.42]  Partジesteuos.
+[341.42 --> 371.40]  Thank you.
+[371.42 --> 401.40]  Thank you.
+[401.42 --> 403.42]  Thank you.
+[431.42 --> 433.42]  Thank you.
+[461.42 --> 463.42]  Thank you.
+[463.42 --> 464.42]  Emma.
+[464.42 --> 465.42]  Emma.
+[465.42 --> 467.42]  Say hey or something.
+[467.42 --> 469.42]  Oh.
+[469.42 --> 477.42]  I can't wait.
+[477.42 --> 479.42]  I can't wait.
+[479.42 --> 485.42]  I can't wait.
+[485.42 --> 487.42]  Oh
+[515.42 --> 517.42]  Oh
+[545.42 --> 547.42]  Oh
+[575.42 --> 577.42]  Oh
+[605.42 --> 607.42]  Oh
+[635.42 --> 637.42]  Oh
+[637.42 --> 639.42]  Oh
+[639.42 --> 641.42]  Oh
+[641.42 --> 643.42]  I will rejoice
+[643.42 --> 651.42]  You're bound to me
+[651.42 --> 653.42]  Your promises
+[653.42 --> 657.42]  Have fallen in pleasant places
+[657.42 --> 659.42]  My beautiful
+[659.42 --> 661.42]  Inheritance
+[661.42 --> 663.66]  My treasure is found
+[663.66 --> 664.76]  In Jesus
+[664.76 --> 672.34]  Your galleries, your promises have fallen in pleasant places.
+[673.04 --> 679.78]  My beautiful inheritance, my treasure is found in Jesus.
+[680.66 --> 687.30]  Your galleries, your promises have fallen in pleasant places.
+[687.30 --> 694.74]  My beautiful inheritance, my treasure is found in Jesus.
+[694.76 --> 724.74]  My beautiful inheritance, my treasure is found in Jesus.
+[724.76 --> 754.74]  My beautiful inheritance, my treasure is found in Jesus.
+[754.74 --> 757.74]  In this I will rejoice.
+[761.74 --> 764.74]  In this I will rejoice.
+[764.74 --> 766.74]  In this I will rejoice.
+[766.74 --> 767.74]  In this I will rejoice.
+[767.74 --> 771.74]  In this I will rejoice.
+[771.74 --> 778.74]  In this I will rejoice.
+[778.74 --> 781.74]  In this I will rejoice.
+[781.74 --> 782.74]  I will rejoice.
+[782.74 --> 783.74]  In this I will rejoice.
+[783.74 --> 784.62]  Good morning, everyone.
+[785.10 --> 785.78]  Good morning.
+[786.30 --> 789.34]  Welcome to Langley, Emanuel CRC this morning.
+[789.44 --> 791.88]  My name is Kevin Lover and I am the youth pastor here.
+[792.26 --> 794.68]  And it's so good to see you here this morning.
+[795.36 --> 798.10]  Today we've got an exciting day ahead of us.
+[798.18 --> 802.20]  We have another baptism happening in our church today, the baptism of little Ava Rose.
+[802.34 --> 807.06]  And so if you're visiting and are here for that purpose, extra greetings to you today.
+[807.52 --> 812.02]  And if you're a visitor here just joining us, checking us out for the first time, we
+[812.02 --> 812.72]  welcome you as well.
+[812.72 --> 813.90]  Please stick around after the service.
+[814.00 --> 815.78]  We'll have some coffee and refreshments afterwards.
+[816.04 --> 820.18]  And if you're interested in connecting with myself or Pastor Chris or one of the other
+[820.18 --> 824.24]  staff here, there should be some cards in the back of the seats there you can fill out or
+[824.24 --> 826.86]  you can come and find us at the Connect booth after the service.
+[827.64 --> 829.30]  A few announcements this morning.
+[829.64 --> 834.84]  In February, we are participating once again in an event called Coldest Night of the Year.
+[835.26 --> 838.90]  There's going to be some more information coming out later this week in the bulletin and then
+[838.90 --> 840.26]  also next Sunday as well.
+[840.26 --> 845.74]  But essentially on February 24th, we will be joining a whole host of people from Langley
+[845.74 --> 847.90]  and going for a walk together.
+[848.16 --> 854.64]  And before that, raising money for the Gateway of Hope, which is a shelter for those who are
+[854.64 --> 858.26]  unhoused in the area and in need of help.
+[858.36 --> 862.54]  And so if that's something that you are interested in joining, please do consider doing that.
+[862.60 --> 865.24]  More information is going to be coming out, like I said, in the bulletin this week.
+[865.24 --> 870.44]  Or you can talk to me or my wife Nikki, who's not here today, or one of the staff here at
+[870.44 --> 871.02]  the church as well.
+[871.06 --> 874.96]  We'd love to see a team of you join us for that walk on February 24th.
+[875.66 --> 880.56]  Next week, Saturday, we are participating in leading a worship service at Sunridge Gardens
+[880.56 --> 881.42]  just up the hill.
+[881.50 --> 885.68]  It's a really great time to join together with some of the senior members who live there in
+[885.68 --> 887.20]  our church, but also as a church community.
+[887.52 --> 889.44]  If you're interested in coming to that, please do join us.
+[889.48 --> 892.02]  That'll be Saturday, this coming Saturday at 2 p.m.
+[892.02 --> 894.16]  And then finally, some ministry things.
+[894.60 --> 898.00]  Youth, we have HCBC today, but it is at an unusual time.
+[898.08 --> 900.12]  We are going to meet right after the service this morning.
+[900.22 --> 902.00]  We will run that from noon until 1.
+[902.42 --> 904.12]  So I have a little snack lunch for you.
+[904.54 --> 908.98]  We will manage just fine, and we will do HCBC today from noon until 1.
+[909.26 --> 913.56]  And we're doing it at that time because tonight, all of the church, you're all enjoyed it, to
+[913.56 --> 917.64]  join us for a worship service tonight here at 6 p.m.
+[917.64 --> 922.14]  as we participate in an event we are calling Worship Through the Decades.
+[922.56 --> 925.26]  And so it'll be an evening of worship starting at 6 p.m.
+[925.26 --> 926.36]  Please come join us for that.
+[926.78 --> 927.94]  Invite your friends, invite your neighbors.
+[928.04 --> 928.96]  It should be a lovely time.
+[929.42 --> 932.92]  And finally, if you look around and you're asking yourself, where are some of the boys?
+[933.56 --> 937.04]  Cadet Sunday is happening today at Living Hope CRC in Abbotsford.
+[937.12 --> 942.48]  And so that's where a number of our cadet leaders and our young cadets are at today as well.
+[942.92 --> 945.72]  So that is the run-through of the announcements today.
+[945.72 --> 950.20]  I am now going to invite up Pastor Chris, and he is going to lead us in God's opening blessing.
+[953.90 --> 955.56]  Good morning, everyone.
+[959.26 --> 966.62]  So later on in our sermon, I'm going to invite some voluntary participation on your behalf.
+[966.86 --> 968.64]  So just remember that.
+[968.90 --> 971.46]  Do better than what you just did when I said good morning.
+[972.36 --> 973.14]  Good morning.
+[973.50 --> 973.90]  Good morning.
+[974.34 --> 975.12]  Thank you.
+[975.12 --> 976.32]  Welcome to worship.
+[976.64 --> 978.64]  We are excited to gather and worship our God.
+[978.72 --> 985.48]  And so I'm going to invite you to stand if you are able to receive God's greeting, because he is in this place.
+[985.64 --> 990.44]  Our worship is centered around him, and he invites us to himself.
+[990.84 --> 992.84]  And so we receive his greeting.
+[992.96 --> 994.98]  Receive the greeting of our God.
+[994.98 --> 999.14]  Grace, mercy, and peace to you.
+[999.14 --> 1006.50]  From God our Father, from the Lord Jesus Christ, his Son, and our Savior, through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit.
+[1007.50 --> 1008.02]  Amen.
+[1008.02 --> 1009.74]  Let's worship God this morning.
+[1009.74 --> 1009.82]  Amen.
+[1009.82 --> 1010.34]  Let's worship God this morning.
+[1010.34 --> 1017.92]  From Psalm 19, we hear,
+[1017.92 --> 1020.28]  The heavens declare the glory of God.
+[1020.28 --> 1023.06]  The skies proclaim the works of his hands.
+[1023.52 --> 1025.72]  Day after day they pour forth speech.
+[1025.88 --> 1027.84]  Night after night they reveal knowledge.
+[1028.44 --> 1029.48]  They have no speech.
+[1029.62 --> 1030.62]  They use no words.
+[1031.02 --> 1032.48]  No sound is heard from them.
+[1032.66 --> 1035.54]  Yet their voice goes out into all the earth.
+[1035.66 --> 1037.48]  Their words to the ends of the world.
+[1037.48 --> 1042.38]  May our voices now join all creation as we declare the glory of God.
+[1042.38 --> 1043.38]  Amen.
+[1067.48 --> 1072.44]  How great, how awesome is he.
+[1073.10 --> 1075.34]  Together we sing.
+[1078.22 --> 1080.66]  Everyone sing.
+[1083.34 --> 1087.64]  Holy is the Lord, God Almighty.
+[1089.04 --> 1092.88]  The earth is filled with its glory.
+[1093.54 --> 1097.46]  Holy is the Lord, God Almighty.
+[1097.48 --> 1102.90]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1102.90 --> 1107.88]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1107.88 --> 1118.60]  We stand and lift up our hands
+[1118.60 --> 1123.12]  For the joy of the Lord is our strength
+[1123.12 --> 1129.08]  We bow down and worship Him now
+[1129.08 --> 1133.12]  How great, how awesome is He
+[1133.12 --> 1135.90]  Together we sing
+[1135.90 --> 1142.50]  Everyone sing
+[1142.50 --> 1147.84]  Holy is the Lord, the God Almighty
+[1147.84 --> 1152.90]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1152.90 --> 1157.86]  Holy is the Lord, the God Almighty
+[1157.86 --> 1162.86]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1162.86 --> 1167.86]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1167.86 --> 1171.82]  It's rising up
+[1171.82 --> 1177.82]  All around is the anthem of the Lord's renown
+[1177.82 --> 1181.78]  It's rising up
+[1181.78 --> 1189.74]  All around is the anthem of the Lord's renown
+[1189.74 --> 1194.70]  Together we sing
+[1194.70 --> 1199.66]  Everyone sing
+[1199.66 --> 1204.66]  Holy is the Lord, the God Almighty
+[1204.66 --> 1209.66]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1209.66 --> 1214.66]  Holy is the Lord, the God Almighty
+[1214.66 --> 1219.62]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1219.62 --> 1224.62]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1224.62 --> 1230.58]  Holy is the Lord, the God Almighty
+[1230.58 --> 1232.58]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1232.58 --> 1234.58]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1234.58 --> 1244.54]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1244.54 --> 1246.54]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1246.54 --> 1248.54]  The earth is filled with His glory
+[1248.54 --> 1252.50]  Lord of all creation
+[1252.50 --> 1258.46]  Of water, earth and earth
+[1258.46 --> 1272.42]  And sky
+[1272.42 --> 1286.38]  Heavens are your tattered and gold
+[1286.38 --> 1292.38]  Heavens are your tattered and gold
+[1292.38 --> 1310.34]  Glory to the Lord, the Lord Almighty
+[1310.34 --> 1313.00]  He plends Your majesty
+[1313.00 --> 1320.34]  You are holy, holy
+[1320.34 --> 1325.56]  Lord of heaven and earth
+[1325.56 --> 1332.34]  Lord of heaven and earth
+[1332.34 --> 1337.56]  Early in the morning
+[1337.56 --> 1344.14]  I will celebrate the light
+[1344.14 --> 1349.34]  When I stumble in the darkness
+[1349.34 --> 1356.34]  I will call You day by night
+[1356.34 --> 1360.84]  God of waters beyond our galaxy
+[1360.84 --> 1368.12]  You are holy, holy
+[1368.12 --> 1372.72]  You live earth to cleanse Your majesty
+[1372.72 --> 1380.06]  You are holy, holy
+[1380.06 --> 1385.08]  Lord of heaven and earth
+[1385.08 --> 1391.36]  Lord of heaven and earth
+[1391.36 --> 1394.90]  Hallelujah
+[1394.90 --> 1399.36]  To the Lord of heaven and earth
+[1399.36 --> 1400.96]  Hallelujah
+[1400.96 --> 1405.56]  To the Lord of heaven and earth
+[1405.56 --> 1407.36]  Hallelujah
+[1407.36 --> 1413.64]  Lord of heaven and earth
+[1413.64 --> 1419.24]  You are holy, holy
+[1419.24 --> 1421.24]  Holy, holy
+[1421.24 --> 1422.24]  Holy
+[1422.24 --> 1425.52]  The mercy of God and earth
+[1425.52 --> 1431.12]  You are holy, holy
+[1431.12 --> 1433.12]  Holy
+[1433.12 --> 1438.52]  Lord of heaven and earth
+[1438.52 --> 1440.52]  Lord of heaven and earth
+[1440.52 --> 1444.52]  Lord of heaven and earth
+[1444.52 --> 1451.80]  Our confession this morning comes from Psalm 19
+[1451.80 --> 1453.08]  Where it says
+[1453.08 --> 1455.76]  The law of the Lord is perfect
+[1455.76 --> 1457.84]  Refreshing the soul
+[1457.84 --> 1460.98]  The statutes of the Lord are trustworthy
+[1460.98 --> 1463.06]  Making wise the simple
+[1463.06 --> 1466.34]  The precepts of the Lord are right
+[1466.34 --> 1468.04]  Giving joy to the heart
+[1468.04 --> 1471.12]  The commands of the Lord are radiant
+[1471.12 --> 1473.30]  Giving light to the eyes
+[1473.30 --> 1475.78]  The fear of the Lord is pure
+[1475.78 --> 1477.06]  Enduring forever
+[1477.06 --> 1479.86]  The decrees of the Lord are firm
+[1479.86 --> 1482.14]  And all of them are righteous
+[1482.14 --> 1484.92]  They are more precious than gold
+[1484.92 --> 1487.68]  More than much more pure gold
+[1487.68 --> 1489.76]  They are sweeter than honey
+[1489.76 --> 1491.54]  Than honey from the honeycomb
+[1491.54 --> 1494.62]  By them your servant is warned
+[1494.62 --> 1497.54]  In keeping them there is great reward
+[1497.54 --> 1500.86]  But who can discern their own errors
+[1500.86 --> 1503.24]  Forgive my hidden faults
+[1503.24 --> 1506.90]  Keep your servant also from willful sins
+[1506.90 --> 1509.24]  May they not rule over me
+[1509.24 --> 1511.48]  Then I will be blameless
+[1511.48 --> 1513.94]  Innocent of great transgression
+[1513.94 --> 1516.80]  May these words of my mouth
+[1516.80 --> 1518.78]  And this meditation of my heart
+[1518.78 --> 1520.78]  Be pleasing in your sight
+[1520.78 --> 1523.56]  Lord, my rock and my redeemer
+[1527.54 --> 1535.80]  Innocent of great transgression
+[1535.80 --> 1537.04]  There are manynelows
+[1537.04 --> 1538.36]  The 몸 is Sek都是
+[1538.36 --> 1540.80]  That he is 젊은한zen
+[1540.80 --> 1555.90]  May he deox
+[1555.90 --> 1558.86]  We could ever sing
+[1558.86 --> 1563.32]  Worthy of all the praise
+[1563.32 --> 1565.40]  We could ever bring
+[1565.40 --> 1569.96]  Worthy of every wealth
+[1569.96 --> 1571.68]  We could ever bring
+[1571.68 --> 1573.76]  We bid for you
+[1573.76 --> 1583.74]  Jesus, be the brother
+[1583.74 --> 1585.64]  Every other knee
+[1585.64 --> 1590.58]  Jesus, be the only one
+[1590.58 --> 1592.70]  We could ever sing
+[1592.70 --> 1597.36]  Worthy of every wealth
+[1597.36 --> 1599.08]  We could ever bring
+[1599.08 --> 1601.26]  We bid for you
+[1601.26 --> 1604.80]  We bid for you
+[1604.80 --> 1612.16]  Holy, there is no one like you
+[1612.16 --> 1615.48]  There is none beside you
+[1615.48 --> 1620.14]  Open up my eyes in wonder
+[1620.14 --> 1622.20]  And show me
+[1622.20 --> 1625.50]  Who you are and fill me
+[1625.50 --> 1628.64]  With your heart and beating
+[1628.64 --> 1633.30]  Give it in love to those around me
+[1633.30 --> 1641.96]  Jesus, the name of the Lord
+[1641.96 --> 1653.80]  Jesus, the name above every other name
+[1653.80 --> 1660.52]  Jesus, the only one we could ever sing
+[1660.52 --> 1660.86]  We could ever sing
+[1660.86 --> 1665.18]  Worthy of every wealth
+[1665.18 --> 1666.64]  We could ever bring
+[1666.64 --> 1668.96]  We bid for you
+[1668.96 --> 1671.86]  We bid for you
+[1671.86 --> 1679.52]  Holy, there is no one like you
+[1679.52 --> 1682.92]  There is none beside you
+[1682.92 --> 1683.52]  Holy, there is no one like you
+[1683.52 --> 1685.02]  There is none beside you
+[1685.02 --> 1693.68]  Who you are and fill me
+[1693.68 --> 1696.04]  With your heart and beating
+[1696.04 --> 1701.56]  Give your love to those around me
+[1701.56 --> 1706.22]  And I will build my life
+[1706.22 --> 1731.12]  I will build my life
+[1731.12 --> 1732.12]  Upon your love
+[1732.12 --> 1734.28]  Upon your love
+[1734.28 --> 1738.84]  It is a Lord's foundation
+[1738.84 --> 1739.84]  And I will build my life
+[1739.84 --> 1743.50]  And I will build my life
+[1743.50 --> 1744.12]  And I will build my life
+[1744.12 --> 1746.56]  In you alone
+[1746.56 --> 1752.26]  And I will not be shaken
+[1752.26 --> 1755.72]  And I will build my life
+[1755.72 --> 1759.98]  Upon your love
+[1759.98 --> 1777.98]  There is none beside you
+[1777.98 --> 1789.58]  Open up my eyes
+[1789.58 --> 1790.58]  Give your love
+[1790.58 --> 1791.24]  In you alone
+[1791.24 --> 1793.24]  And show me
+[1793.24 --> 1794.86]  Who you are
+[1794.86 --> 1796.52]  And fill me
+[1796.52 --> 1799.44]  With your heart and beating
+[1799.44 --> 1805.00]  Give your love to those around me
+[1805.00 --> 1816.96]  Father, forgive our hidden faults
+[1816.96 --> 1821.34]  And keep us from willfully sinning against you
+[1821.34 --> 1825.52]  May the words of our mouth
+[1825.52 --> 1828.46]  And the meditations of our heart
+[1828.46 --> 1829.98]  Be pleasing to you, Lord
+[1829.98 --> 1831.88]  My rock and my redeemer
+[1831.88 --> 1832.84]  Amen
+[1832.84 --> 1833.38]  Amen
+[1833.38 --> 1845.86]  Amen
+[1845.86 --> 1875.84]  Great is thy faithfulness, O God,
+[1875.84 --> 1877.46]  my Father.
+[1878.40 --> 1885.44]  There is no shadow of turning with thee.
+[1886.08 --> 1891.58]  Thou changest strong, but thou crushest safe,
+[1891.58 --> 1893.08]  fail not.
+[1893.48 --> 1900.00]  And thou hast seen, thou forever wilt be.
+[1900.00 --> 1908.00]  Great is thy faithfulness, great is thy faithfulness.
+[1908.38 --> 1914.48]  Morning by morning new mercies I see.
+[1914.48 --> 1922.02]  All I have needed thy hand hath provided.
+[1923.12 --> 1929.48]  Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto thee.
+[1929.48 --> 1939.66]  Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
+[1939.66 --> 1946.78]  sun, moon, and stars in their courses above.
+[1947.18 --> 1953.72]  Joy with all nature in manifold witness,
+[1953.72 --> 1961.72]  To thy great faithfulness mercy hath come.
+[1961.72 --> 1969.18]  Great is thy faithfulness, great is thy faithfulness.
+[1969.28 --> 1975.72]  Morning by morning new mercies I see.
+[1975.72 --> 1982.72]  All I have needed thy hand hath provided.
+[1982.72 --> 1990.72]  Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto thee.
+[1990.72 --> 1991.72]  Lord, unto thee.
+[1991.72 --> 1992.72]  Amen.
+[1992.72 --> 2000.72]  Pardon for sin and a peace that endureth.
+[2000.72 --> 2008.18]  Thy own dear presence to cheer and to guide.
+[2008.18 --> 2015.22]  Strength for today and bright hope for tomorrow.
+[2015.22 --> 2022.22]  Blessings all mine with ten thousand mercies I see.
+[2022.22 --> 2030.22]  Great is thy faithfulness, great is thy faithfulness.
+[2030.22 --> 2031.22]  Great is thy faithfulness.
+[2031.22 --> 2037.22]  Morning by morning new mercies I see.
+[2037.22 --> 2044.22]  All I have needed thy hand hath provided.
+[2044.22 --> 2052.22]  Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto thee.
+[2052.22 --> 2056.22]  Great is thy faithfulness, Lord, unto thee.
+[2056.22 --> 2058.22]  Thank you, Jesus.
+[2058.22 --> 2060.22]  Amen.
+[2060.22 --> 2062.22]  Amen.
+[2062.22 --> 2063.22]  Amen.
+[2063.22 --> 2064.22]  Amen.
+[2064.22 --> 2065.22]  Amen.
+[2065.22 --> 2066.22]  Amen.
+[2066.22 --> 2067.22]  Amen.
+[2067.22 --> 2074.22]  This morning, as part of our worship, we get to administer and participate in the
+[2074.22 --> 2078.22]  sacrament of baptism for one of our little children.
+[2078.22 --> 2084.22]  Now, as we come to the sacrament of baptism, let me be clear, we do not believe that the
+[2084.22 --> 2089.22]  water itself cleanses from sin.
+[2089.22 --> 2095.22]  Rather, what we're saying here is that this water symbolizes for us Jesus' life, death,
+[2095.22 --> 2100.92]  and resurrection and the promise of forgiveness by that life death and
+[2100.92 --> 2110.64]  resurrection. This child, Ava, is born with a sinful nature into sin and still
+[2110.64 --> 2116.52]  the promises of God are offered to her for forgiveness and new life by the Holy
+[2116.52 --> 2124.56]  Spirit. So we baptize infants not out of superstition or because we like cute
+[2124.56 --> 2130.10]  babies, we baptize them because they are covenant children and therefore ought to
+[2130.10 --> 2136.28]  be baptized. This idea of covenant is rooted in God's promise to Abraham and
+[2136.28 --> 2143.94]  sealed in the sign of circumcision and in baptism now our triune God seals the
+[2143.94 --> 2150.32]  promise of our adoption as his children making for us a new identity in Jesus
+[2150.32 --> 2156.90]  Christ. And so we baptize in obedience to Christ's command in line with the history
+[2156.90 --> 2162.18]  of the Christian church and the teaching of the Bible throughout God's redemptive
+[2162.18 --> 2168.62]  work from creation until the day Jesus Christ returns. Baptism signifies for us
+[2168.62 --> 2175.22]  the inclusion into the covenant community and symbolizes the cleansing of sin. We
+[2175.22 --> 2180.26]  pray this morning that Ava embraces her covenant privileges, that she will
+[2180.26 --> 2186.04]  acknowledge her Lord all the days of her life, and that we will be used of God to
+[2186.04 --> 2191.46]  grow that faith in her. Dave and Sheila, I'm going to invite you guys up to the front
+[2191.46 --> 2210.92]  with Dawson and Ava. In presenting Ava for baptism, I have two questions that I'm going to ask you,
+[2211.08 --> 2217.42]  and these are the same questions that have been asked of generations of Christians before. Likely,
+[2217.42 --> 2224.12]  your parents were asked these same questions when you both were baptized. Do you believe that your
+[2224.12 --> 2229.54]  children, though sinful by nature, are received by God in Christ as members of his covenant and
+[2229.54 --> 2236.62]  therefore ought to be baptized? And second, do you promise in reliance on the Holy Spirit and with the
+[2236.62 --> 2243.10]  help of the Christian community to do all in your power to instruct Ava and all your children in the
+[2243.10 --> 2249.12]  Christian faith and to lead them by your example into the life of Christian discipleship? Dave and
+[2249.12 --> 2257.96]  Sheila, what is your answer? Amen. We do with God's help. We all need God's help. Our Lord Jesus said,
+[2258.10 --> 2263.04]  let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as
+[2263.04 --> 2268.58]  these. And so as is our practice, if you are a young child here or young at heart, you're invited to
+[2268.58 --> 2274.70]  come up and just have a seat here on the floor so you can see firsthand and close what is happening
+[2274.70 --> 2284.50]  over here. Awesome. Malachi, why don't you just lean right in here and maybe you'll get in the splash
+[2284.50 --> 2294.40]  zone. So in just a moment, guys, we're going to take this water and pour it over Ava's head. And just
+[2294.40 --> 2300.96]  like many of you probably had a shower or a bath last night in order to come to church, this water
+[2300.96 --> 2309.40]  symbolizes for us how Jesus' blood washes us and makes us clean. This water is one of the ways that
+[2309.40 --> 2317.44]  Jesus writes his name on our foreheads as his covenant children. And so we mark that together in worship.
+[2317.44 --> 2330.76]  Ava Rose Skipper, I baptize you in the name of the Father, in the name of the Son,
+[2332.60 --> 2335.62]  and the name of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
+[2335.62 --> 2335.82]  Amen.
+[2335.82 --> 2335.90]  Amen.
+[2346.10 --> 2349.18]  Water was a little colder this morning than it has been in the past.
+[2352.94 --> 2359.24]  As we have participated and witnessed God's action towards us in the sacrament, we now have an
+[2359.24 --> 2367.68]  opportunity to respond to that action of God by also offering a promise on behalf of you representing
+[2367.68 --> 2373.58]  the church family everywhere. And so I'm going to invite you, congregation, to stand. I will ask you
+[2373.58 --> 2382.52]  a question and then invite you to respond with the phrase, we do with God's help. And so do you,
+[2382.52 --> 2387.28]  church family here at Langley, Emanuel, and friends and family who have come in support,
+[2387.28 --> 2393.64]  do you promise to love and encourage and support Dave and Sheila, Dawson, and now Ava,
+[2394.20 --> 2400.52]  by welcoming them into our church family, by teaching the gospel of God's love, and by being
+[2400.52 --> 2405.88]  an example of Christian faith and character, and by giving in strong support of God's family
+[2405.88 --> 2409.42]  in fellowship, prayer, and service? What is your answer?
+[2410.06 --> 2411.70]  We do with God's help.
+[2412.22 --> 2414.66]  Amen. Amen. You may have a seat.
+[2417.28 --> 2423.94]  Amen. I invite you to take advantage of that promise offered to you this morning. May I
+[2423.94 --> 2426.22]  take her for a little walk? Yeah.
+[2429.06 --> 2430.18]  Hi, sweet pea.
+[2432.64 --> 2434.18]  Hey, I know.
+[2436.88 --> 2442.36]  We got to hang out already on Tuesday when Sheila was here for coffee break, so she knows me.
+[2442.36 --> 2452.68]  Today, in baptism, we mark the beginning of what we hope to be a journey of faithful response
+[2452.68 --> 2461.00]  for Ava. And yet, we know that all of us fall short of God's design and God's plan, and so may
+[2461.00 --> 2469.32]  you be a community of grace and encouragement, a community that fosters faith in her as she looks to
+[2469.32 --> 2476.74]  you for help and for strength and for growth. Today begins a journey for her that we hope will
+[2476.74 --> 2483.86]  culminate in seeing her stand in front of us in however many years the Lord takes to work this in her,
+[2484.60 --> 2493.14]  that she then proclaims her faith for herself. She takes advantage of the promise spoken over her today
+[2493.14 --> 2502.10]  and makes that promise her own. But she cannot do that alone. None of us can do that alone. We journey
+[2502.10 --> 2511.58]  in covenant community together. And so even as I stand here with her, you also hold her in faith.
+[2512.54 --> 2519.30]  And so receive the charge and the call of God and remember her in your prayers so that we can
+[2519.30 --> 2526.18]  celebrate the goodness of God together. Amen? Amen. We're going to stand and sing
+[2526.18 --> 2529.92]  together. Good, good Father.
+[2536.70 --> 2543.02]  Before we stand and sing, we do have a gift to mark this occasion. And so Eric Hubert has a certificate
+[2543.02 --> 2548.68]  and a little book for Ava. Encourage you to read that with her and to remind her of what took place
+[2548.68 --> 2553.40]  on this day together. God bless. Let's stand together.
+[2553.40 --> 2553.46]  Amen.
+[2553.46 --> 2553.50]  Amen.
+[2553.50 --> 2553.54]  Amen.
+[2553.54 --> 2555.54]  Amen.
+[2555.54 --> 2557.54]  Amen.
+[2557.54 --> 2558.06]  Amen.
+[2558.06 --> 2558.54]  Amen.
+[2558.54 --> 2559.54]  Amen.
+[2559.54 --> 2560.54]  Amen.
+[2560.54 --> 2561.54]  Amen.
+[2561.54 --> 2562.54]  Amen.
+[2562.54 --> 2563.54]  Amen.
+[2563.54 --> 2564.54]  Amen.
+[2564.54 --> 2565.54]  Amen.
+[2565.54 --> 2566.54]  Amen.
+[2566.54 --> 2567.54]  Amen.
+[2567.54 --> 2568.54]  Amen.
+[2568.54 --> 2569.54]  Amen.
+[2569.54 --> 2570.54]  Amen.
+[2570.54 --> 2570.58]  Amen.
+[2573.02 --> 2574.28]  Amen.
+[2574.28 --> 2584.50]  Ever heard a thousand stories I want, they paint your life, and I have heard a tender
+[2584.50 --> 2596.18]  razor of love, in the dead of my head tonight, I tell thee that you will see me not
+[2596.18 --> 2598.18]  I'm never alone.
+[2600.00 --> 2603.58]  The good, good mother, it's who you are.
+[2604.22 --> 2605.74]  It's who you are.
+[2606.44 --> 2608.18]  It's who you are.
+[2608.54 --> 2610.36]  And I love you.
+[2610.88 --> 2612.14]  It's who I am.
+[2612.80 --> 2614.30]  It's who I am.
+[2614.96 --> 2617.46]  It's who I am.
+[2620.10 --> 2626.10]  I have seen many searching for answers.
+[2626.18 --> 2634.18]  Far and wide when I know we're all searching for answers.
+[2635.14 --> 2644.18]  Only you know my ways to know just what we need before we say a word.
+[2645.70 --> 2648.30]  It's who you are.
+[2648.94 --> 2650.38]  It's who you are.
+[2651.06 --> 2652.18]  It's who you are.
+[2652.18 --> 2654.18]  It's who you are.
+[2654.18 --> 2656.18]  It's who you are.
+[2656.18 --> 2658.18]  It's who you are.
+[2658.18 --> 2660.18]  It's who I am.
+[2660.18 --> 2662.18]  It's who I am.
+[2662.18 --> 2664.18]  It's who I am.
+[2664.18 --> 2666.18]  It's who you are.
+[2666.18 --> 2668.18]  It's who you are.
+[2668.18 --> 2670.18]  It's who you are.
+[2670.18 --> 2675.78]  Wow
+[2683.30 --> 2683.78]  you are
+[2683.78 --> 2713.76]  You are perfect in all of your ways, you are.
+[2713.78 --> 2721.82]  Love so undeniable, I can hardly speak.
+[2722.42 --> 2732.66]  Peace so unexplainable, I can hardly think that you call me.
+[2732.66 --> 2736.86]  Be first, you as you call me.
+[2737.24 --> 2740.98]  Be first, you as you call me.
+[2741.34 --> 2744.10]  Be first, you into love.
+[2744.54 --> 2748.22]  Love, love, love, good, good Father.
+[2748.70 --> 2750.00]  It's who you are.
+[2750.50 --> 2751.92]  It's who you are.
+[2752.62 --> 2753.66]  It's who you are.
+[2753.66 --> 2763.52]  Help, love, love, love, love, love.
+[2763.52 --> 2764.44]  Love, love, love, good Father.
+[2765.20 --> 2766.62]  It's who you are.
+[2766.62 --> 2768.60]  It's who you are.
+[2769.22 --> 2770.96]  It's who you are.
+[2771.34 --> 2771.94]  Help, love, love, love, love, love, love.
+[2771.94 --> 2775.34]  Love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
+[2775.34 --> 2778.20]  Love, love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
+[2778.20 --> 2780.20]  Who I am.
+[2799.20 --> 2801.20]  Good morning.
+[2801.20 --> 2813.20]  As some of you are more know, Marlene Bilinga is her official last Sunday at Emanuel Church Family.
+[2813.20 --> 2818.20]  And I was asked to speak a few words about Marlene.
+[2818.20 --> 2825.20]  And I wanted to start with Matthew 25 verse 35 and that's where my story starts.
+[2825.20 --> 2828.20]  And her story starts.
+[2828.20 --> 2832.20]  Matthew 25 verse 35 says,
+[2832.20 --> 2836.20]  I was a stranger and you invited me in.
+[2838.20 --> 2842.20]  So together with my husband Bert and our family,
+[2842.20 --> 2852.20]  we've known Marlene and her family and this church family, Emmanuel, our loving church family,
+[2852.20 --> 2854.20]  for more than 25 years.
+[2854.20 --> 2860.20]  But years ago, in the early 90s, when our four kids were little,
+[2860.20 --> 2870.20]  I met Marlene as a friendly neighbor, down the street, with her four little blonde boys in tow,
+[2870.20 --> 2874.20]  at our local outdoor swimming pool.
+[2874.20 --> 2880.20]  Who knew that a few years later, we as family would meet again, Marlene,
+[2880.20 --> 2890.20]  now as the official friendly face of welcome to our Langley Christian School community.
+[2890.20 --> 2900.20]  I will never forget how she prayed with me on the phone, making us feel welcome as strangers.
+[2900.20 --> 2906.20]  As we became colleagues and our children attended school together and we did life together,
+[2906.20 --> 2908.20]  at home and at school and at church,
+[2908.20 --> 2916.20]  Marlene continued to model hospitality to strangers, to new students in her job,
+[2916.20 --> 2920.20]  as coordinator of international students.
+[2920.20 --> 2928.20]  She administered, she organized, she fostered connecting with the other.
+[2928.20 --> 2934.20]  She planned conferences and for students and teachers alike.
+[2934.20 --> 2938.20]  She planned meals together and special events.
+[2938.20 --> 2944.20]  She was also Mrs. Bailinka, Mrs. Mom at the office.
+[2944.20 --> 2950.20]  She was a shoulder to cry on, but above all, a listening ear,
+[2950.20 --> 2962.20]  especially to all the students who came from Korea, China, Japan, Macau, Burma, Cuba, over the years.
+[2962.20 --> 2972.20]  In other words, she was a presence, a compassionate presence, a home base for those far from home.
+[2972.20 --> 2980.20]  Throughout all the chapters of life together, as family and as church family,
+[2980.20 --> 2990.20]  through springtime joys and winter sorrows, floods and fires and loss,
+[2990.20 --> 2996.20]  being in the choir singing together, being in the choir singing together and being still together.
+[2996.20 --> 3004.20]  Marlene has shown to be an example of being a steadfast student of God's word
+[3004.20 --> 3014.20]  and wanted to share God's story of redemption.
+[3014.20 --> 3024.20]  In her compassionate way and care of welfare for others, she also worked for the Society of Christian Schools
+[3024.20 --> 3030.20]  and has been involved in bringing refugees to a new world here.
+[3030.20 --> 3040.20]  And she's been involved in coffee break and listening to others in need and responding and caring.
+[3040.20 --> 3046.20]  To sum up in the words of another fellow friend and church member,
+[3046.20 --> 3054.20]  Marlene has contributed a pleasant, caring attitude to Emmanuel.
+[3054.20 --> 3060.20]  She is quick to listen, quick to understand, and quick to empathize.
+[3060.20 --> 3068.20]  We will all miss her faithful, cheery presence as she moves back home to Vernon.
+[3068.20 --> 3076.20]  And like I said to her this morning, you will now have two homes because you can always feel at home here.
+[3076.20 --> 3086.20]  And I just wanted to end with another psalm, one that our family always has used when we depart on a journey.
+[3086.20 --> 3090.20]  It's Psalm 121.
+[3090.20 --> 3096.20]  I lift up my eyes to the hills, whether the hills are here or in Vernon.
+[3096.20 --> 3100.20]  Where does our help come from?
+[3100.20 --> 3104.20]  Our help comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth.
+[3104.20 --> 3107.20]  He will watch over your life, Marlene.
+[3107.20 --> 3112.20]  He will watch over your coming and your going from now and evermore.
+[3112.20 --> 3114.20]  Thank you.
+[3116.20 --> 3118.20]  Thank you.
+[3118.20 --> 3120.20]  Thank you.
+[3125.20 --> 3127.20]  Marlene, we would like to pray for you.
+[3127.20 --> 3130.20]  Is it too much to ask for you to come to the front?
+[3130.20 --> 3132.20]  No, it's not too much?
+[3132.20 --> 3133.20]  Would you come to the front?
+[3133.20 --> 3139.20]  I'm going to ask if you would like, if you have supported Marlene as an elder or a pastor,
+[3139.20 --> 3142.20]  if you have walked a journey of faith with her, if you would also come up to the front
+[3142.20 --> 3146.20]  and we can surround her in the laying on of hands in prayer as well.
+[3146.20 --> 3163.20]  If you would like to, where you're seated, also hold out a hand as a sign of the Spirit flowing through you into Marlene,
+[3163.20 --> 3179.20]  and blessing her on this journey ahead, I invite you to do so as well.
+[3179.20 --> 3183.20]  Let's pray together.
+[3183.20 --> 3189.20]  Holy God, this morning we are amazed at your covenant faithfulness to us.
+[3189.20 --> 3202.20]  We see it in little Ava's baptism, and we see it in the testimony of faithfulness in Marlene's life and her commitment to this church family.
+[3202.20 --> 3208.20]  We pray now your blessing upon Marlene.
+[3208.20 --> 3214.20]  We pray that as she goes to Vernon and plants deep roots in community there,
+[3214.20 --> 3218.20]  alongside deep roots she already has planted with family,
+[3218.20 --> 3222.20]  we pray, Lord God, that you would bless her and keep her.
+[3222.20 --> 3229.20]  That you would continue to make your face to shine upon her and be gracious to her.
+[3229.20 --> 3237.20]  That you, Lord God, would turn your face toward her and in all things give her your peace.
+[3237.20 --> 3242.20]  We pray this blessing in the name of Jesus Christ alone.
+[3242.20 --> 3243.20]  Amen.
+[3243.20 --> 3245.20]  Amen.
+[3257.20 --> 3258.20]  Good morning.
+[3258.20 --> 3262.20]  Good morning, everyone.
+[3262.20 --> 3264.20]  I'm representing the deacons here.
+[3264.20 --> 3268.20]  I'm not a deacon, but Lene asked me to speak to the collection for this morning.
+[3268.20 --> 3272.20]  That was very touching, Marlene.
+[3272.20 --> 3276.20]  Marlene is on the Refugee Committee.
+[3276.20 --> 3278.20]  The collection today is for the Refugee Committee.
+[3278.20 --> 3284.20]  I want to, yesterday, a couple, two things happened.
+[3284.20 --> 3290.20]  One is, 13 years ago our pastor, Bill Verstate, passed away.
+[3290.20 --> 3297.20]  And the reason I'm bringing this up this morning is, Bill was with Life Water Canada.
+[3297.20 --> 3303.20]  He also had a, had a, felt a mission and a calling for doing something more than just the church.
+[3303.20 --> 3311.20]  And so he was involved in, in doing a work of bringing water to communities that didn't have water.
+[3311.20 --> 3319.20]  Um, yesterday also was, um, remembrance, world remembrance for the Holocaust day.
+[3319.20 --> 3337.20]  And, um, the reason I'm, I'm bringing that up is, uh, obviously Israel's in, in Palestine, the Palestinians are in, in, uh, maybe I should say Hamas, are, um, in huge conflict right now.
+[3337.20 --> 3347.20]  But, before and during the Second World War, over six million Jews were, um, were killed and murdered.
+[3347.20 --> 3359.20]  And, um, the reason I raise this is, even in Canada, there was a boatload of Jewish people who would come here to try to escape the, uh, what was going on in Germany.
+[3359.20 --> 3362.20]  And, and our country turned them back.
+[3362.20 --> 3372.20]  And, uh, so I think we're very sensitive, uh, and I noticed in this church too, we've been sensitive to anything that has to do with social justice.
+[3372.20 --> 3380.20]  And that's why since, uh, 2015, we've supported the refugee sponsorship program in our church.
+[3380.20 --> 3387.20]  And, uh, I feel, I feel very, very, I feel very, very humbled by that, by that.
+[3387.20 --> 3388.20]  But I also feel very, very good.
+[3388.20 --> 3391.20]  Because that's an important aspect of our church's ministry.
+[3391.20 --> 3394.20]  Currently, we are sponsoring a family.
+[3394.20 --> 3400.20]  We, um, there's a, they're in southern Lebanon at the moment.
+[3400.20 --> 3404.20]  And if you follow the news carefully, the Hezbollah is there.
+[3404.20 --> 3410.20]  And the Hezbollah are related to the Hamas, whose basic mission is to destroy Israel.
+[3410.20 --> 3422.20]  They, which has meant all kinds of disruption, which means there's a lot of people looking for asylum, that are looking to get out of countries where there's this persecution.
+[3422.20 --> 3426.20]  And so, in all, one small way, we can be a part of that.
+[3426.20 --> 3429.20]  So, we're asking you to continue to support it.
+[3429.20 --> 3433.20]  We have already 30,000 in the bank, over 30,000 in the bank.
+[3433.20 --> 3438.20]  We need, the government now expects us to have enough to bring in a family.
+[3438.20 --> 3441.20]  So, slowly but surely, it's adding up.
+[3441.20 --> 3443.20]  And we want to thank you for your faithfulness.
+[3443.20 --> 3456.20]  Sometimes this gets confused with the Dean of Nicolai, who's our classes representative in the Lower Mainland, or British Columbia, who works with, uh, connection with World Renew.
+[3456.20 --> 3458.20]  And World Renew Refugee Sponsorship.
+[3458.20 --> 3461.20]  But this one is specific to our church.
+[3461.20 --> 3463.20]  Thank you very much.
+[3463.20 --> 3488.20]  Thank you very much.
+[3488.20 --> 3516.20]  Thank you very much.
+[3518.20 --> 3546.20]  Oh Martine, thank you very much.
+[3546.20 --> 3551.10]  I'm destined for you.
+[3555.10 --> 3564.02]  And I'm lost without you.
+[3576.20 --> 3606.18]  I'm lost without you.
+[3606.20 --> 3636.18]  I'm lost without you.
+[3636.20 --> 3646.20]  And I'm destined for you.
+[3646.20 --> 3658.20]  And I'm lost without you.
+[3658.20 --> 3672.20]  And I'm destined for you.
+[3672.20 --> 3686.20]  And I'm lost without you.
+[3686.20 --> 3702.20]  You are the air I breathe.
+[3702.20 --> 3710.20]  You are the air I breathe.
+[3710.20 --> 3725.20]  I would love to invite all of the kids to come up to the front.
+[3725.36 --> 3727.80]  Come and join me up here if you will.
+[3727.80 --> 3732.80]  Here you all come.
+[3734.20 --> 3734.94]  Here you all.
+[3734.96 --> 3736.06]  He's a little shy though.
+[3737.26 --> 3740.62]  Now, welcome up here.
+[3740.62 --> 3743.76]  I see mostly familiar faces.
+[3744.00 --> 3745.24]  Some new faces.
+[3745.62 --> 3748.68]  I have a friend that usually joins me up here.
+[3749.02 --> 3751.02]  For you who have come up before, who is that?
+[3751.62 --> 3752.26]  Hank.
+[3752.62 --> 3754.12]  He's my dog friend.
+[3754.22 --> 3755.50]  But he's a little bit shy.
+[3756.10 --> 3759.44]  So can you all say good morning, Hank?
+[3759.90 --> 3761.62]  Good morning, Hank.
+[3761.62 --> 3763.62]  Hi, everyone.
+[3763.62 --> 3764.32]  Hi, everyone.
+[3765.82 --> 3767.16]  How are you?
+[3768.58 --> 3769.26]  Good.
+[3769.68 --> 3770.74]  Hank, how was France?
+[3771.06 --> 3771.66]  Great.
+[3772.48 --> 3776.16]  I went to France over Christmas break, apparently.
+[3777.16 --> 3778.42]  And was it fun?
+[3778.64 --> 3779.06]  Mm-hmm.
+[3779.68 --> 3781.02]  Did you learn a new language?
+[3781.66 --> 3782.08]  Yep.
+[3782.58 --> 3783.60]  What was that language?
+[3784.28 --> 3784.80]  French.
+[3785.34 --> 3786.52]  Can you give us an example?
+[3787.32 --> 3789.94]  Je m'appelle Hank.
+[3790.90 --> 3792.20]  Pretty good, Hank.
+[3792.42 --> 3793.16]  Anything else?
+[3793.76 --> 3794.16]  Mm-mm.
+[3794.66 --> 3795.00]  Oh, no?
+[3795.08 --> 3795.52]  Why not?
+[3795.92 --> 3798.06]  It was hard to talk without you there.
+[3798.28 --> 3798.50]  Oh.
+[3799.58 --> 3800.96]  I guess that makes sense.
+[3802.08 --> 3805.78]  We are going to talk about something called...
+[3805.78 --> 3808.52]  It's a big word, and I want to see if you kids know what it means.
+[3809.14 --> 3809.40]  All right?
+[3809.40 --> 3812.36]  We're going to talk about identity today.
+[3812.78 --> 3813.70]  What's identity?
+[3814.22 --> 3815.52]  What does identity mean?
+[3816.06 --> 3816.76]  Anybody know?
+[3816.88 --> 3817.80]  It's a big word.
+[3818.80 --> 3819.58]  Hank, do you know?
+[3819.84 --> 3820.24]  Oh, yeah?
+[3821.36 --> 3825.24]  Identity means that anything that you...
+[3825.24 --> 3829.86]  That's right.
+[3829.86 --> 3831.86]  So, like, identity is who...
+[3832.52 --> 3833.52]  Do you want to try Malachi?
+[3837.16 --> 3838.90]  You don't think Hank learned how to...
+[3838.90 --> 3840.00]  How did you get to France?
+[3840.94 --> 3841.30]  Airports.
+[3841.62 --> 3843.32]  They're a beautiful thing.
+[3845.90 --> 3846.26]  Identity.
+[3846.54 --> 3847.68]  Do you know what identity means?
+[3849.94 --> 3851.18]  You went on a plane, too.
+[3851.36 --> 3851.90]  Me, too.
+[3852.06 --> 3854.04]  It was a long flight, let me tell you.
+[3855.62 --> 3856.80]  Oh, that is exciting.
+[3857.36 --> 3859.92]  We're going to circle back to planes when we get to the back room.
+[3859.98 --> 3863.14]  But identity means who we are.
+[3863.14 --> 3866.46]  So it's kind of like who God created you to be, right?
+[3866.58 --> 3869.36]  So, Hank, I've got a question for you.
+[3869.56 --> 3870.46]  Who are you?
+[3870.92 --> 3872.62]  I am Hank the Hound.
+[3873.16 --> 3875.14]  And how do you spell Hank?
+[3875.34 --> 3876.80]  I don't know.
+[3877.46 --> 3880.36]  So, what are some things you love, Hank?
+[3880.60 --> 3882.28]  I love sticks.
+[3882.68 --> 3884.12]  I love bacon.
+[3884.12 --> 3887.42]  I love chasing things.
+[3887.80 --> 3889.50]  And is there anything maybe you don't like?
+[3889.66 --> 3890.18]  Cats!
+[3890.44 --> 3892.80]  I don't like cats.
+[3893.34 --> 3895.06]  I kind of forgot about that, hey?
+[3895.38 --> 3895.76]  Mm-hmm.
+[3896.52 --> 3898.98]  So, what we're going to learn about, though,
+[3899.08 --> 3901.56]  is sometimes we think of our identities,
+[3901.70 --> 3903.64]  we think about things we like or we love,
+[3903.72 --> 3904.84]  like Hank just did, right?
+[3905.08 --> 3905.30]  Yeah?
+[3905.80 --> 3906.32]  Do you have a question?
+[3906.32 --> 3911.08]  Oh, yeah?
+[3911.80 --> 3912.36]  That's fun.
+[3914.32 --> 3915.32]  We're playing outside?
+[3916.12 --> 3917.68]  Well, we're going to talk about all of those things
+[3917.68 --> 3919.12]  that we love to do in a second.
+[3919.40 --> 3921.04]  But what we're going to learn is that
+[3921.04 --> 3923.20]  sometimes we look at our identity
+[3923.20 --> 3924.26]  and we ask ourselves,
+[3924.36 --> 3926.28]  what are things we like or who we are?
+[3926.70 --> 3928.82]  But do you know what God sees
+[3928.82 --> 3930.30]  when he sees us in heaven?
+[3931.62 --> 3933.30]  He sees us for who we are,
+[3933.30 --> 3936.90]  but he also sees us through the lens
+[3936.90 --> 3938.38]  or through the eyes of Jesus.
+[3938.92 --> 3940.90]  He sees Jesus when he sees us.
+[3941.00 --> 3941.90]  And so we're going to learn that
+[3941.90 --> 3944.34]  the more we know and learn about Jesus,
+[3944.66 --> 3946.12]  the more we get to know about
+[3946.12 --> 3948.44]  who we actually are inside as well.
+[3948.52 --> 3949.36]  Does that sound pretty good?
+[3949.90 --> 3951.36]  So we're going to talk about that in the back, okay?
+[3951.48 --> 3952.08]  Sound good, Hank?
+[3952.32 --> 3952.64]  Yep!
+[3953.28 --> 3954.88]  All right, so we're going to pray
+[3954.88 --> 3956.68]  and then we're going to do the kid's blessing
+[3956.68 --> 3957.92]  and then we'll go to the back room, okay?
+[3958.02 --> 3958.32]  Are you ready?
+[3958.40 --> 3960.84]  Let's bow our heads and fold our hands
+[3960.84 --> 3961.30]  and let's pray.
+[3961.38 --> 3962.48]  Dear God, we thank you for this day.
+[3962.48 --> 3964.14]  Thank you that we could be in church today
+[3964.14 --> 3965.42]  and that we could learn more
+[3965.42 --> 3967.14]  about who you created us to be.
+[3967.54 --> 3968.62]  Will you be with us today
+[3968.62 --> 3969.80]  as we learn more about that
+[3969.80 --> 3971.54]  and be with the grownups as they stay here
+[3971.54 --> 3973.08]  and learn more about you as well?
+[3973.26 --> 3974.24]  We pray this in your name.
+[3974.68 --> 3974.98]  Amen.
+[3975.68 --> 3976.70]  All right, let's stand up
+[3976.70 --> 3979.08]  and in a second we're going to say together,
+[3979.50 --> 3981.14]  the Lord be with you, okay?
+[3981.26 --> 3983.36]  And then the church is going to say that back to us
+[3983.36 --> 3985.12]  and the boys are going to stay here the whole time.
+[3985.18 --> 3985.64]  Right, boys?
+[3986.02 --> 3986.68]  Here we go.
+[3987.06 --> 3988.22]  We're going to say it at the same time.
+[3988.66 --> 3989.52]  One, two, three.
+[3989.52 --> 3992.04]  The Lord be with you.
+[3992.04 --> 3993.92]  And also to be with you.
+[3994.02 --> 3995.12]  All right, let's head to the back.
+[3995.12 --> 4017.74]  I get to follow that every time.
+[4017.74 --> 4020.66]  My name is Paul.
+[4020.80 --> 4021.50]  I'm an elder here
+[4021.50 --> 4027.58]  and I was asked to give up a little bit of an update
+[4027.58 --> 4030.00]  on our past full council meeting,
+[4030.16 --> 4032.90]  which was this week, this past week.
+[4034.04 --> 4035.78]  A couple of things from that meeting
+[4035.78 --> 4037.84]  that I wanted to let you know about.
+[4037.84 --> 4041.76]  Pastor Chris walked us through,
+[4042.40 --> 4046.14]  it was called By the Numbers,
+[4046.26 --> 4047.26]  Emmanuel By the Numbers.
+[4047.62 --> 4051.10]  So, and that sounds kind of dry for some people.
+[4051.22 --> 4052.18]  Some people love numbers,
+[4052.36 --> 4055.46]  but what it meant was,
+[4056.02 --> 4061.22]  and what we saw through the past year
+[4061.22 --> 4063.62]  that God has been super gracious
+[4063.62 --> 4065.48]  and faithful to this community.
+[4067.04 --> 4070.00]  Many people joined us as a community.
+[4070.90 --> 4072.10]  There were baptisms.
+[4073.44 --> 4075.60]  Our family came together
+[4075.60 --> 4078.28]  when Sybisir passed away,
+[4079.10 --> 4082.16]  but there's an engagement here
+[4082.16 --> 4084.70]  that is obvious by those numbers.
+[4084.70 --> 4088.24]  Another thing we talked about
+[4088.24 --> 4090.84]  was that classes is going to be coming up
+[4090.84 --> 4095.30]  and some people volunteered to attend that
+[4095.30 --> 4097.50]  and be our representatives there.
+[4098.66 --> 4100.56]  Classes Southwest, British Columbia.
+[4102.54 --> 4106.36]  And something that is going to be coming up
+[4106.36 --> 4110.34]  is nominations for new elders and deacons.
+[4110.34 --> 4112.90]  The terms will,
+[4113.42 --> 4117.82]  a number of people from the council
+[4117.82 --> 4122.08]  will be coming to a close for them
+[4122.08 --> 4124.40]  this time later on this spring.
+[4125.10 --> 4126.98]  So we're going to have a process.
+[4128.00 --> 4129.74]  A number of those will be asked
+[4129.74 --> 4131.50]  to actually extend their term
+[4131.50 --> 4134.70]  because we ended up with a little bit of a lag
+[4134.70 --> 4135.90]  because of COVID.
+[4136.92 --> 4139.16]  So some will be extending their terms,
+[4139.16 --> 4142.78]  but we'll be looking for two elders
+[4142.78 --> 4144.30]  and one deacon.
+[4145.30 --> 4147.78]  So please pray and consider
+[4147.78 --> 4150.76]  putting your name forward for that.
+[4152.70 --> 4155.18]  And I think that's it.
+[4156.30 --> 4157.06]  Thank you.
+[4169.16 --> 4181.68]  I'm Eric Hubertz, an elder here at Emmanuel.
+[4182.14 --> 4184.10]  I'll be leading you in our church family prayer.
+[4185.98 --> 4186.84]  Praise the Lord.
+[4187.50 --> 4189.86]  How good it is to sing praises to our God.
+[4190.30 --> 4192.20]  How pleasant and fitting to praise Him.
+[4193.74 --> 4195.20]  Reflecting in this past week
+[4195.20 --> 4197.76]  about all of life's chapters.
+[4198.08 --> 4200.08]  It's comforting knowing the church family
+[4200.08 --> 4200.80]  here at Emmanuel
+[4200.80 --> 4203.88]  has been here since supporting on life's journeys.
+[4204.50 --> 4205.56]  This last week,
+[4206.28 --> 4210.18]  we celebrated the baptisms of Jane.
+[4212.82 --> 4214.60]  Jane and this week,
+[4214.68 --> 4216.64]  it was Ava Rose Skipper today
+[4216.64 --> 4217.68]  for their baptism.
+[4217.68 --> 4220.62]  And just help all of us members
+[4220.62 --> 4222.02]  of the congregation here
+[4222.02 --> 4223.22]  be support to each other
+[4223.22 --> 4225.14]  on these journeys at different stages.
+[4226.14 --> 4227.14]  I know at this time,
+[4227.72 --> 4228.64]  there are many students
+[4228.64 --> 4230.70]  that are having to make some big decisions
+[4230.70 --> 4232.26]  in what's next,
+[4232.40 --> 4234.16]  whether that's from elementary school
+[4234.16 --> 4234.86]  to high school
+[4234.86 --> 4236.10]  or high school to university
+[4236.10 --> 4238.28]  or university on.
+[4238.40 --> 4239.48]  Where do I go to school?
+[4239.66 --> 4240.52]  Where do I move?
+[4240.76 --> 4241.66]  Where do I work?
+[4241.92 --> 4243.30]  Can I find work?
+[4243.30 --> 4245.28]  We trust in you, Lord,
+[4245.40 --> 4246.30]  that you will continue
+[4246.30 --> 4247.54]  to guide us on this journey.
+[4248.62 --> 4249.20]  This week,
+[4249.30 --> 4250.82]  we launched our new podcast,
+[4251.82 --> 4252.76]  NorthX.
+[4253.28 --> 4255.26]  Bless Pastor Chris, Kevin, and Joss
+[4255.26 --> 4257.06]  in this new podcast
+[4257.06 --> 4258.74]  where faith meets real life
+[4258.74 --> 4260.70]  one conversation at a time.
+[4262.14 --> 4263.34]  In these last few months,
+[4263.46 --> 4265.66]  we've had to deal with many deaths
+[4265.66 --> 4267.32]  within our extended congregation
+[4267.32 --> 4267.96]  and family.
+[4268.70 --> 4270.06]  Please continue to support
+[4270.06 --> 4271.24]  those who need comfort.
+[4271.24 --> 4272.64]  This week,
+[4272.74 --> 4273.78]  we learned about the death
+[4273.78 --> 4275.42]  of Mary Jones' dad,
+[4276.18 --> 4277.84]  Arnie Dela Cruz.
+[4278.46 --> 4280.54]  Comfort the family at this time.
+[4282.24 --> 4284.14]  Our merciful Father in heaven,
+[4284.30 --> 4285.34]  we thank you that we are,
+[4286.18 --> 4287.44]  you've provided our faithful
+[4287.44 --> 4288.46]  and gifted people
+[4288.46 --> 4289.82]  to serve here at Emmanuel,
+[4290.22 --> 4291.26]  elders and deacons,
+[4291.70 --> 4294.50]  to continue to fulfill them
+[4294.50 --> 4295.58]  with wisdom
+[4295.58 --> 4297.42]  and grant them the strength
+[4297.42 --> 4298.54]  that makes them faithful
+[4298.54 --> 4301.46]  workers in your vineyard.
+[4302.38 --> 4303.38]  May you bless us
+[4303.38 --> 4304.82]  as we go through the week
+[4304.82 --> 4306.00]  and ground us
+[4306.00 --> 4307.16]  and root us in your word.
+[4307.54 --> 4308.26]  In Jesus' name,
+[4308.64 --> 4309.02]  we pray.
+[4309.46 --> 4309.68]  Amen.
+[4309.68 --> 4309.80]  Amen.
+[4309.80 --> 4327.64]  I'm going to invite you
+[4327.64 --> 4329.52]  to turn in your Bible
+[4329.52 --> 4330.74]  or turn on your Bible,
+[4330.86 --> 4331.82]  whatever the case may be.
+[4332.16 --> 4333.02]  We're going to continue
+[4333.02 --> 4334.96]  looking at the letter
+[4334.96 --> 4335.74]  to the Romans.
+[4335.74 --> 4339.12]  We are going to finish
+[4339.12 --> 4339.98]  this morning
+[4339.98 --> 4341.70]  the really dense section
+[4341.70 --> 4344.58]  of chapters 9 through 11
+[4344.58 --> 4348.12]  with a text about worship
+[4348.12 --> 4350.12]  and a text of worship
+[4350.12 --> 4351.88]  in Romans 11,
+[4352.08 --> 4354.12]  verse 33 to 36.
+[4356.40 --> 4357.84]  It will be on the screen
+[4357.84 --> 4359.38]  behind me the first time through
+[4359.38 --> 4360.46]  and I encourage you
+[4360.46 --> 4361.46]  to keep it in front of you
+[4361.46 --> 4362.14]  as we go.
+[4362.14 --> 4365.42]  This is the word of the Lord.
+[4366.52 --> 4368.48]  Oh, the depth of the riches
+[4368.48 --> 4369.50]  of the wisdom
+[4369.50 --> 4371.32]  and knowledge of God.
+[4371.94 --> 4373.36]  How unsearchable
+[4373.36 --> 4374.50]  His judgments
+[4374.50 --> 4375.64]  and His paths
+[4375.64 --> 4377.12]  beyond tracing out.
+[4378.08 --> 4379.20]  Who has known
+[4379.20 --> 4380.48]  the mind of the Lord
+[4380.48 --> 4381.66]  or who has been
+[4381.66 --> 4382.36]  His counselor?
+[4383.28 --> 4385.42]  Who has ever given to God
+[4385.42 --> 4387.22]  that God should repay them?
+[4388.32 --> 4389.38]  For from Him
+[4389.38 --> 4390.80]  and through Him
+[4390.80 --> 4392.44]  and for Him
+[4392.44 --> 4394.30]  are all things.
+[4394.46 --> 4394.98]  To Him
+[4394.98 --> 4397.08]  be the glory forever.
+[4397.90 --> 4398.26]  Amen.
+[4399.42 --> 4400.76]  This is the word of the Lord.
+[4400.76 --> 4401.86]  Thank you.
+[4406.06 --> 4407.44]  Sometime
+[4407.44 --> 4408.62]  in the
+[4408.62 --> 4410.82]  Enlightenment period,
+[4412.08 --> 4412.78]  and so that's
+[4412.78 --> 4413.56]  the sort of
+[4413.56 --> 4415.02]  late 16th
+[4415.02 --> 4417.14]  to mid 18th century,
+[4417.72 --> 4419.06]  sometime there
+[4419.06 --> 4421.30]  people began
+[4421.30 --> 4422.84]  thinking about
+[4422.84 --> 4423.72]  the world
+[4423.72 --> 4426.58]  with increasing
+[4426.58 --> 4427.62]  distance
+[4427.62 --> 4429.68]  to the Bible
+[4429.68 --> 4430.88]  or to how
+[4430.88 --> 4432.58]  they had thought
+[4432.58 --> 4433.26]  previously
+[4433.26 --> 4434.46]  using the Bible
+[4434.46 --> 4435.46]  in the world.
+[4436.28 --> 4437.82]  At the same time,
+[4438.22 --> 4439.42]  areas like
+[4439.42 --> 4440.62]  natural sciences
+[4440.62 --> 4442.28]  explode
+[4442.28 --> 4443.42]  and develop
+[4443.42 --> 4445.52]  even if
+[4445.52 --> 4446.28]  that explosion
+[4446.28 --> 4447.02]  comes from
+[4447.02 --> 4447.80]  many scientists
+[4447.80 --> 4448.34]  who were
+[4448.34 --> 4448.88]  themselves
+[4448.88 --> 4449.92]  largely Christian
+[4449.92 --> 4450.62]  trying to
+[4450.62 --> 4451.12]  understand the
+[4451.12 --> 4451.94]  world that
+[4451.94 --> 4453.06]  they find
+[4453.06 --> 4453.68]  themselves in.
+[4454.72 --> 4455.56]  The reason I
+[4455.56 --> 4456.58]  introduce in this
+[4456.58 --> 4457.46]  way is because
+[4457.46 --> 4458.34]  a term
+[4458.34 --> 4459.48]  started being
+[4459.48 --> 4460.68]  used for
+[4460.68 --> 4461.30]  humans,
+[4461.46 --> 4462.04]  for people,
+[4462.04 --> 4463.30]  during this time.
+[4463.92 --> 4465.12]  As far as I could
+[4465.12 --> 4465.86]  tell in my
+[4465.86 --> 4466.84]  quick research,
+[4467.02 --> 4467.88]  the first usage
+[4467.88 --> 4468.62]  of this term
+[4468.62 --> 4469.06]  is from
+[4469.06 --> 4470.42]  1774
+[4470.42 --> 4471.62]  by Lord
+[4471.62 --> 4472.40]  Mondobo,
+[4472.80 --> 4473.94]  who was a judge
+[4473.94 --> 4474.76]  and a philosopher.
+[4474.76 --> 4475.64]  And the term
+[4475.64 --> 4476.30]  is
+[4476.30 --> 4477.68]  homo sapien.
+[4479.22 --> 4480.54]  Homo sapien
+[4480.54 --> 4482.56]  literally means
+[4482.56 --> 4483.62]  in Latin
+[4483.62 --> 4486.06]  creature
+[4486.06 --> 4487.14]  or human
+[4487.14 --> 4488.20]  wise
+[4488.20 --> 4489.14]  or wise
+[4489.14 --> 4489.68]  human
+[4489.68 --> 4491.02]  or thinking
+[4491.02 --> 4492.10]  person.
+[4492.64 --> 4493.50]  The idea
+[4493.50 --> 4494.30]  is that
+[4494.30 --> 4494.66]  what's
+[4494.66 --> 4495.36]  separating
+[4495.36 --> 4496.30]  humanity
+[4496.30 --> 4497.54]  from the
+[4497.54 --> 4498.22]  genus
+[4498.22 --> 4499.34]  of homo
+[4499.34 --> 4500.88]  is our
+[4500.88 --> 4501.50]  ability
+[4501.50 --> 4502.60]  to think,
+[4503.14 --> 4504.18]  to cognate.
+[4506.02 --> 4506.74]  Descartes,
+[4506.98 --> 4507.48]  famously,
+[4507.98 --> 4508.84]  some hundred
+[4508.84 --> 4509.58]  years before
+[4509.58 --> 4510.08]  the term
+[4510.08 --> 4510.80]  homo sapien
+[4510.80 --> 4511.30]  is used,
+[4511.70 --> 4512.00]  says,
+[4512.20 --> 4512.82]  cogito
+[4512.82 --> 4513.82]  ergo sum.
+[4514.70 --> 4515.28]  In fact,
+[4515.42 --> 4515.92]  in French,
+[4516.46 --> 4517.00]  je pense,
+[4517.22 --> 4517.92]  donc je suis.
+[4517.92 --> 4519.36]  I think,
+[4519.80 --> 4520.34]  therefore I
+[4520.34 --> 4520.68]  am.
+[4521.86 --> 4522.34]  And that
+[4522.34 --> 4522.98]  way of
+[4522.98 --> 4523.68]  understanding
+[4523.68 --> 4524.08]  what it
+[4524.08 --> 4524.58]  means to
+[4524.58 --> 4525.30]  be human
+[4525.30 --> 4526.16]  sort of
+[4526.16 --> 4527.38]  sets the
+[4527.38 --> 4529.12]  agenda
+[4529.12 --> 4530.20]  for
+[4530.20 --> 4531.22]  anthropology,
+[4531.58 --> 4532.12]  for thoughts
+[4532.12 --> 4532.88]  about being
+[4532.88 --> 4533.34]  human,
+[4533.66 --> 4534.52]  for the
+[4534.52 --> 4534.94]  next
+[4534.94 --> 4535.90]  centuries
+[4535.90 --> 4537.86]  and continues
+[4537.86 --> 4538.26]  in many
+[4538.26 --> 4538.72]  respects
+[4538.72 --> 4539.56]  to today.
+[4541.64 --> 4541.90]  Now,
+[4541.98 --> 4542.80]  more recently,
+[4543.22 --> 4544.08]  a Christian
+[4544.08 --> 4544.86]  philosopher
+[4544.86 --> 4546.10]  by the
+[4546.10 --> 4546.64]  name of
+[4546.64 --> 4547.24]  James K.
+[4547.30 --> 4547.44]  A.
+[4547.50 --> 4547.80]  Smith
+[4547.80 --> 4549.76]  challenges
+[4549.76 --> 4550.58]  the
+[4550.58 --> 4551.28]  fundamental
+[4551.28 --> 4551.90]  assumption
+[4551.90 --> 4552.64]  that
+[4552.64 --> 4553.62]  humans
+[4553.62 --> 4554.12]  are
+[4554.12 --> 4554.92]  primarily
+[4554.92 --> 4555.82]  thinking
+[4555.82 --> 4556.54]  creatures,
+[4556.68 --> 4557.04]  or that's
+[4557.04 --> 4557.88]  what defines
+[4557.88 --> 4558.60]  who we
+[4558.60 --> 4558.80]  are.
+[4559.10 --> 4559.48]  Instead,
+[4560.16 --> 4561.04]  Jamie Smith
+[4561.04 --> 4562.04]  says that
+[4562.04 --> 4562.94]  humans are
+[4562.94 --> 4564.16]  desiring
+[4564.16 --> 4565.54]  creatures.
+[4567.42 --> 4568.18]  Right?
+[4568.26 --> 4568.50]  That we
+[4568.50 --> 4568.96]  are
+[4568.96 --> 4570.72]  creatures
+[4570.72 --> 4572.06]  who love
+[4572.06 --> 4573.00]  first.
+[4573.98 --> 4574.16]  And so
+[4574.16 --> 4574.48]  there's a
+[4574.48 --> 4575.18]  contrast,
+[4575.34 --> 4575.60]  right,
+[4575.76 --> 4576.88]  that's going
+[4576.88 --> 4577.46]  on here
+[4577.46 --> 4577.94]  between
+[4577.94 --> 4579.20]  our human
+[4579.20 --> 4579.66]  people,
+[4579.86 --> 4580.36]  primarily
+[4580.36 --> 4581.58]  what Smith
+[4581.58 --> 4582.36]  characterizes
+[4582.36 --> 4583.04]  as a brain
+[4583.04 --> 4583.76]  on a stick,
+[4584.20 --> 4585.14]  or are you
+[4585.14 --> 4585.68]  a heart
+[4585.68 --> 4586.90]  with a soul?
+[4587.78 --> 4588.52]  Smith writes,
+[4588.62 --> 4589.30]  and you can
+[4589.30 --> 4589.64]  see it,
+[4589.64 --> 4590.76]  we are what
+[4590.76 --> 4591.50]  we love,
+[4591.64 --> 4592.22]  and our love
+[4592.22 --> 4592.92]  is shaped,
+[4593.34 --> 4593.92]  primed,
+[4593.98 --> 4594.58]  and aimed
+[4594.58 --> 4595.54]  by liturgical
+[4595.54 --> 4596.56]  practices that
+[4596.56 --> 4597.22]  take hold of
+[4597.22 --> 4598.28]  our gut and
+[4598.28 --> 4598.88]  aim our
+[4598.88 --> 4599.58]  heart to
+[4599.58 --> 4600.36]  certain ends.
+[4601.96 --> 4602.26]  And so
+[4602.26 --> 4603.72]  to speak
+[4603.72 --> 4604.78]  like Descartes,
+[4605.28 --> 4607.82]  ammo ergo sum,
+[4608.24 --> 4609.02]  I love,
+[4609.32 --> 4610.64]  therefore I am.
+[4611.64 --> 4612.20]  Now this
+[4612.20 --> 4612.60]  morning,
+[4613.32 --> 4614.50]  with credit to
+[4614.50 --> 4616.20]  Jamie Smith and
+[4616.20 --> 4617.06]  to the tradition
+[4617.06 --> 4618.36]  of Descartes,
+[4618.46 --> 4619.66]  I would like to
+[4619.66 --> 4620.64]  take those two
+[4620.64 --> 4621.26]  things,
+[4621.32 --> 4622.60]  I think and I
+[4622.60 --> 4623.02]  love,
+[4623.02 --> 4623.90]  therefore I am,
+[4623.98 --> 4624.78]  and put them
+[4624.78 --> 4625.88]  together into
+[4625.88 --> 4626.58]  what I think is
+[4626.58 --> 4627.24]  more accurate
+[4627.24 --> 4630.08]  and a more
+[4630.08 --> 4631.66]  faithful understanding
+[4631.66 --> 4632.38]  of what it means
+[4632.38 --> 4633.00]  to be human.
+[4633.76 --> 4634.52]  To that end,
+[4634.62 --> 4635.54]  I think we can
+[4635.54 --> 4636.08]  say,
+[4636.56 --> 4638.64]  adoro ergo sum,
+[4639.40 --> 4640.54]  I worship,
+[4641.34 --> 4643.04]  therefore I am.
+[4643.04 --> 4644.86]  I am.
+[4644.86 --> 4644.98]  I am going to
+[4644.98 --> 4645.94]  suggest to you
+[4645.94 --> 4647.16]  that humans
+[4647.16 --> 4648.88]  are first
+[4648.88 --> 4649.84]  and foremost
+[4649.84 --> 4651.00]  worshipping
+[4651.00 --> 4652.16]  creatures.
+[4653.78 --> 4654.12]  And yes,
+[4654.20 --> 4654.58]  this is an
+[4654.58 --> 4655.26]  aspect of what
+[4655.26 --> 4656.00]  Smith talks about
+[4656.00 --> 4656.74]  his desiring,
+[4657.18 --> 4657.84]  but it is also
+[4657.84 --> 4658.84]  an aspect of
+[4658.84 --> 4659.84]  our thinking
+[4659.84 --> 4660.68]  and our reflection.
+[4661.90 --> 4662.02]  Right?
+[4662.10 --> 4662.78]  This isn't a
+[4662.78 --> 4663.42]  question of
+[4663.42 --> 4664.24]  whether or not
+[4664.24 --> 4664.88]  we worship,
+[4665.68 --> 4666.44]  but who
+[4666.44 --> 4667.78]  or what
+[4667.78 --> 4668.36]  and in what
+[4668.36 --> 4669.56]  way do we
+[4669.56 --> 4669.82]  worship.
+[4670.68 --> 4670.90]  Now,
+[4671.12 --> 4671.94]  let us make sure
+[4671.94 --> 4672.26]  we are on the
+[4672.26 --> 4672.88]  same page
+[4672.88 --> 4673.70]  and we will
+[4673.70 --> 4674.34]  define some
+[4674.34 --> 4675.14]  terms for a
+[4675.14 --> 4675.38]  moment.
+[4676.12 --> 4677.16]  Simply put,
+[4677.90 --> 4679.60]  worship is
+[4679.60 --> 4681.08]  acknowledging the
+[4681.08 --> 4682.58]  supreme worth
+[4682.58 --> 4684.38]  or value of
+[4684.38 --> 4685.52]  something in
+[4685.52 --> 4686.18]  our lives.
+[4686.82 --> 4687.94]  Worship is the
+[4687.94 --> 4688.78]  thing that you
+[4688.78 --> 4690.48]  pursue at the
+[4690.48 --> 4691.34]  expense of
+[4691.34 --> 4692.10]  other things.
+[4693.58 --> 4693.90]  Or,
+[4694.00 --> 4694.44]  even more
+[4694.44 --> 4694.84]  simply,
+[4695.08 --> 4696.12]  and you can
+[4696.12 --> 4697.78]  quantitatively
+[4697.78 --> 4698.50]  check this for
+[4698.50 --> 4699.18]  your own life,
+[4699.40 --> 4701.40]  worship is where
+[4701.40 --> 4702.32]  your attention
+[4702.32 --> 4703.32]  goes.
+[4704.96 --> 4705.16]  So,
+[4705.22 --> 4705.46]  what do you
+[4705.46 --> 4705.92]  spend your
+[4705.92 --> 4706.92]  time reflecting
+[4706.92 --> 4708.06]  on or doing?
+[4708.16 --> 4708.68]  What we give
+[4708.68 --> 4709.56]  our attention
+[4709.56 --> 4712.02]  to is what
+[4712.02 --> 4712.56]  we worship
+[4712.56 --> 4713.40]  or reveals
+[4713.40 --> 4714.58]  what we
+[4714.58 --> 4714.86]  worship.
+[4716.22 --> 4717.30]  And so,
+[4717.50 --> 4718.42]  it is the
+[4718.42 --> 4720.30]  thinking and
+[4720.30 --> 4720.92]  the loving
+[4720.92 --> 4721.90]  that come
+[4721.90 --> 4723.54]  together in
+[4723.54 --> 4724.10]  our worship,
+[4724.70 --> 4725.06]  in our
+[4725.06 --> 4725.60]  worshiping.
+[4726.24 --> 4726.92]  And I think
+[4726.92 --> 4728.20]  that since the
+[4728.20 --> 4729.20]  thinking and the
+[4729.20 --> 4729.92]  loving come
+[4729.92 --> 4731.34]  together in
+[4731.34 --> 4732.22]  our worship
+[4732.22 --> 4732.90]  and in this
+[4732.90 --> 4733.88]  act of worship
+[4733.88 --> 4735.32]  and worshiping,
+[4735.66 --> 4737.12]  I want to say
+[4737.12 --> 4737.86]  that that is
+[4737.86 --> 4740.20]  fundamental to
+[4740.20 --> 4741.38]  our anthropology,
+[4741.70 --> 4742.14]  to what it
+[4742.14 --> 4743.16]  means to be
+[4743.16 --> 4743.90]  human.
+[4744.78 --> 4745.80]  The kinds of
+[4745.80 --> 4746.38]  things that we
+[4746.38 --> 4747.44]  think about and
+[4747.44 --> 4748.38]  the kinds of
+[4748.38 --> 4749.48]  things or the
+[4749.48 --> 4750.52]  people or the
+[4750.52 --> 4751.48]  beings who we
+[4751.48 --> 4752.92]  love matters.
+[4754.24 --> 4754.82]  And so,
+[4754.90 --> 4755.24]  of course,
+[4755.30 --> 4756.34]  it's important for
+[4756.34 --> 4757.28]  us to reflect on
+[4757.28 --> 4758.42]  that and to
+[4758.42 --> 4759.08]  spend some time
+[4759.08 --> 4760.00]  thinking about
+[4760.00 --> 4760.62]  what shapes
+[4760.62 --> 4762.08]  those loves
+[4762.08 --> 4763.08]  and practices
+[4763.08 --> 4764.16]  and worship.
+[4765.06 --> 4765.98]  Our worship
+[4765.98 --> 4767.08]  shapes our
+[4767.08 --> 4768.18]  practices and
+[4768.18 --> 4769.14]  so our practices
+[4769.14 --> 4770.64]  in turn shape
+[4770.64 --> 4771.26]  our lives.
+[4772.48 --> 4772.96]  That's just
+[4772.96 --> 4773.48]  another way of
+[4773.48 --> 4774.12]  saying what we
+[4774.12 --> 4775.04]  do impacts
+[4775.04 --> 4775.58]  who we are.
+[4776.52 --> 4777.14]  What we
+[4777.14 --> 4777.74]  worship,
+[4778.10 --> 4778.70]  therefore,
+[4778.88 --> 4780.62]  determines who
+[4780.62 --> 4781.04]  we are.
+[4782.38 --> 4782.68]  Now,
+[4782.72 --> 4783.32]  given this
+[4783.32 --> 4784.32]  clear truth,
+[4784.38 --> 4785.14]  I think it's
+[4785.14 --> 4786.08]  really important
+[4786.08 --> 4787.60]  to reflect on
+[4787.60 --> 4788.32]  the kinds of
+[4788.32 --> 4789.02]  things that
+[4789.02 --> 4790.14]  cause us to
+[4790.14 --> 4790.54]  worship,
+[4790.68 --> 4791.20]  the kinds of
+[4791.20 --> 4791.96]  things that
+[4791.96 --> 4793.10]  shape our
+[4793.10 --> 4794.08]  worshiping.
+[4794.76 --> 4795.66]  In the Bible
+[4795.66 --> 4796.14]  text this
+[4796.14 --> 4796.44]  morning,
+[4797.16 --> 4798.38]  Paul gives
+[4798.38 --> 4799.12]  us what I
+[4799.12 --> 4799.86]  believe to be
+[4799.86 --> 4800.64]  an excellent
+[4800.64 --> 4801.88]  example of
+[4801.88 --> 4803.10]  how good
+[4803.10 --> 4803.94]  theology,
+[4804.92 --> 4806.04]  and theology
+[4806.04 --> 4807.46]  is good ideas
+[4807.46 --> 4808.18]  and doctrines
+[4808.18 --> 4808.86]  about who God
+[4808.86 --> 4809.18]  is,
+[4809.34 --> 4809.84]  that good
+[4809.84 --> 4810.56]  theology
+[4810.56 --> 4811.62]  naturally
+[4811.62 --> 4813.02]  turns into
+[4813.02 --> 4813.84]  praise.
+[4813.84 --> 4817.66]  let me put
+[4817.66 --> 4818.00]  it together
+[4818.00 --> 4818.50]  another way.
+[4821.24 --> 4821.84]  Superficial
+[4821.84 --> 4822.92]  ideas about
+[4822.92 --> 4824.54]  God will
+[4824.54 --> 4825.08]  lead to
+[4825.08 --> 4825.64]  superficial
+[4825.64 --> 4826.54]  worship of
+[4826.54 --> 4826.84]  God.
+[4828.66 --> 4829.24]  Think of it
+[4829.24 --> 4829.78]  by analogy.
+[4830.12 --> 4830.48]  The more
+[4830.48 --> 4831.00]  you know
+[4831.00 --> 4831.48]  someone,
+[4831.66 --> 4831.94]  the more
+[4831.94 --> 4832.42]  you know
+[4832.42 --> 4832.82]  about
+[4832.82 --> 4833.32]  someone,
+[4833.46 --> 4834.00]  the deeper
+[4834.00 --> 4834.98]  your affections
+[4834.98 --> 4835.62]  for them
+[4835.62 --> 4836.14]  can be.
+[4837.56 --> 4838.28]  In our
+[4838.28 --> 4838.64]  series,
+[4838.78 --> 4839.08]  through the
+[4839.08 --> 4839.52]  book of
+[4839.52 --> 4839.92]  Romans,
+[4840.08 --> 4840.56]  Paul has
+[4840.56 --> 4841.00]  just spent
+[4841.00 --> 4841.40]  the last
+[4841.40 --> 4842.28]  three chapters
+[4842.28 --> 4844.58]  digging deep
+[4844.58 --> 4845.44]  into the
+[4845.44 --> 4845.94]  sovereignty
+[4845.94 --> 4846.62]  of God,
+[4846.74 --> 4847.38]  digging deep
+[4847.38 --> 4847.86]  into the
+[4847.86 --> 4848.30]  hope and
+[4848.30 --> 4848.86]  the promise
+[4848.86 --> 4849.66]  of salvation,
+[4850.16 --> 4850.82]  digging deep
+[4850.82 --> 4851.40]  into the
+[4851.40 --> 4852.00]  complexities
+[4852.00 --> 4852.66]  and the
+[4852.66 --> 4853.10]  mysteries
+[4853.10 --> 4854.24]  of election,
+[4854.78 --> 4855.40]  digging deep
+[4855.40 --> 4856.02]  into the
+[4856.02 --> 4856.90]  unsearchable
+[4856.90 --> 4858.26]  and unfathomable
+[4858.26 --> 4859.38]  beyond tracing
+[4859.38 --> 4860.36]  out ways
+[4860.36 --> 4860.90]  of God.
+[4860.98 --> 4861.30]  And now
+[4861.30 --> 4861.86]  he comes
+[4861.86 --> 4862.20]  to the
+[4862.20 --> 4862.86]  point at
+[4862.86 --> 4863.20]  the end
+[4863.20 --> 4863.54]  of all
+[4863.54 --> 4864.02]  that deep
+[4864.02 --> 4864.28]  digging,
+[4864.78 --> 4865.84]  and he
+[4865.84 --> 4866.94]  can't help
+[4866.94 --> 4868.20]  but worship.
+[4868.20 --> 4870.32]  good
+[4870.32 --> 4871.04]  theology
+[4871.04 --> 4872.04]  leads
+[4872.04 --> 4872.64]  to
+[4872.64 --> 4873.86]  doxology.
+[4875.48 --> 4876.14]  Doxology
+[4876.14 --> 4876.86]  is the
+[4876.86 --> 4877.44]  word we
+[4877.44 --> 4877.92]  use in
+[4877.92 --> 4878.36]  the church
+[4878.36 --> 4879.22]  that means
+[4879.22 --> 4880.70]  speaking glory
+[4880.70 --> 4881.22]  or a
+[4881.22 --> 4881.96]  word of
+[4881.96 --> 4882.48]  glory.
+[4882.66 --> 4882.84]  It's a
+[4882.84 --> 4883.14]  combination
+[4883.14 --> 4883.84]  of two
+[4883.84 --> 4884.20]  Greek
+[4884.20 --> 4884.60]  words,
+[4885.06 --> 4885.42]  doxa,
+[4885.58 --> 4885.88]  which means
+[4885.88 --> 4886.38]  praise or
+[4886.38 --> 4886.70]  glory,
+[4886.86 --> 4887.42]  and logos,
+[4887.70 --> 4888.00]  which means
+[4888.00 --> 4888.52]  word or
+[4888.52 --> 4889.04]  to speak.
+[4889.62 --> 4890.26]  Doxology.
+[4890.68 --> 4891.40]  Doxology
+[4891.40 --> 4892.04]  then is an
+[4892.04 --> 4892.90]  expression of
+[4892.90 --> 4894.02]  praise to
+[4894.02 --> 4894.54]  God.
+[4894.64 --> 4894.92]  It's a
+[4894.92 --> 4895.52]  confession
+[4895.52 --> 4897.28]  of adoration.
+[4898.20 --> 4899.68]  If you've
+[4899.68 --> 4900.18]  been around
+[4900.18 --> 4901.62]  churches,
+[4901.90 --> 4902.34]  and especially
+[4902.34 --> 4902.94]  our church
+[4902.94 --> 4903.44]  tradition,
+[4903.74 --> 4904.70]  for a while,
+[4904.82 --> 4905.16]  you might
+[4905.16 --> 4906.00]  know that
+[4906.00 --> 4906.66]  sometimes at
+[4906.66 --> 4906.96]  the end
+[4906.96 --> 4907.40]  of worship
+[4907.40 --> 4907.94]  we sing
+[4907.94 --> 4908.38]  a song
+[4908.38 --> 4908.66]  that's
+[4908.66 --> 4909.02]  called
+[4909.02 --> 4909.28]  the
+[4909.28 --> 4910.02]  doxology,
+[4910.54 --> 4910.68]  right?
+[4910.80 --> 4911.10]  Praise
+[4911.10 --> 4911.48]  God
+[4911.48 --> 4912.04]  from whom
+[4912.04 --> 4912.74]  all blessings
+[4912.74 --> 4913.14]  flow.
+[4913.32 --> 4913.62]  Praise
+[4913.62 --> 4913.94]  him,
+[4914.02 --> 4914.54]  all creatures
+[4914.54 --> 4915.12]  here below.
+[4917.92 --> 4918.42]  And so
+[4918.42 --> 4920.10]  using this
+[4920.10 --> 4922.02]  text from
+[4922.02 --> 4922.82]  Romans 11,
+[4923.60 --> 4924.76]  these four
+[4924.76 --> 4925.48]  verses here,
+[4925.88 --> 4926.48]  I would
+[4926.48 --> 4927.28]  like for
+[4927.28 --> 4927.88]  us to
+[4927.88 --> 4928.56]  spend the
+[4928.56 --> 4928.80]  rest of
+[4928.80 --> 4929.32]  our time
+[4929.32 --> 4930.30]  outlining
+[4930.30 --> 4931.02]  some of
+[4931.02 --> 4931.78]  the things,
+[4931.90 --> 4932.14]  some of
+[4932.14 --> 4932.76]  the ideas,
+[4932.88 --> 4933.14]  or some
+[4933.14 --> 4933.38]  of the
+[4933.38 --> 4933.92]  structures
+[4933.92 --> 4935.50]  that ought
+[4935.50 --> 4936.08]  to be
+[4936.08 --> 4936.68]  included
+[4936.68 --> 4938.80]  in our
+[4938.80 --> 4939.48]  approach
+[4939.48 --> 4940.04]  to
+[4940.04 --> 4940.58]  right
+[4940.58 --> 4941.56]  worship.
+[4943.14 --> 4943.50]  Okay,
+[4943.54 --> 4943.80]  now this
+[4943.80 --> 4944.04]  isn't
+[4944.04 --> 4944.54]  comprehensive,
+[4945.12 --> 4945.52]  there will
+[4945.52 --> 4945.84]  be things
+[4945.84 --> 4946.04]  that we
+[4946.04 --> 4946.38]  don't touch
+[4946.38 --> 4946.92]  upon today,
+[4947.10 --> 4947.70]  but at
+[4947.70 --> 4948.46]  least these
+[4948.46 --> 4949.40]  four things
+[4949.40 --> 4950.42]  need to
+[4950.42 --> 4951.28]  shape part
+[4951.28 --> 4952.04]  of our
+[4952.04 --> 4952.90]  understanding
+[4952.90 --> 4953.84]  of worship.
+[4954.02 --> 4954.64]  And then,
+[4954.82 --> 4955.30]  based on
+[4955.30 --> 4955.56]  that,
+[4955.62 --> 4955.94]  I want us
+[4955.94 --> 4956.54]  to recognize
+[4956.54 --> 4957.18]  that if
+[4957.18 --> 4957.72]  we are
+[4957.72 --> 4958.76]  worshiping
+[4958.76 --> 4959.66]  creatures,
+[4960.40 --> 4961.30]  right worship
+[4961.30 --> 4962.86]  means living
+[4962.86 --> 4963.66]  in line
+[4963.66 --> 4964.78]  with our
+[4964.78 --> 4965.52]  purpose.
+[4966.80 --> 4967.34]  And so
+[4967.34 --> 4968.80]  getting worship
+[4968.80 --> 4969.60]  right and
+[4969.60 --> 4970.66]  rightly oriented
+[4970.66 --> 4971.20]  or rightly
+[4971.20 --> 4971.66]  directed,
+[4971.92 --> 4972.70]  rightly weighted,
+[4973.20 --> 4973.96]  that means
+[4973.96 --> 4975.00]  getting our
+[4975.00 --> 4975.72]  humanity
+[4975.72 --> 4976.78]  right.
+[4978.06 --> 4978.62]  And so
+[4978.62 --> 4979.16]  this is all
+[4979.16 --> 4980.18]  actually about
+[4980.18 --> 4981.10]  understanding
+[4981.10 --> 4981.70]  who you
+[4981.70 --> 4982.26]  are
+[4982.26 --> 4983.94]  in light
+[4983.94 --> 4984.82]  of our
+[4984.82 --> 4985.36]  understanding
+[4985.36 --> 4985.80]  of who
+[4985.80 --> 4986.20]  God
+[4986.20 --> 4987.04]  is.
+[4988.36 --> 4988.60]  In fact,
+[4988.72 --> 4989.30]  Irenaeus
+[4989.30 --> 4990.32]  is a
+[4990.32 --> 4990.82]  church father
+[4990.82 --> 4991.20]  from the
+[4991.20 --> 4991.86]  early second
+[4991.86 --> 4992.44]  century
+[4992.44 --> 4993.38]  of the
+[4993.38 --> 4993.70]  Christian
+[4993.70 --> 4994.12]  church,
+[4994.14 --> 4994.46]  and he
+[4994.46 --> 4994.92]  says,
+[4995.40 --> 4996.46]  rather plainly,
+[4996.56 --> 4997.12]  the glory
+[4997.12 --> 4997.86]  of God
+[4997.86 --> 4998.48]  is the
+[4998.48 --> 4999.38]  human being
+[4999.38 --> 5000.00]  fully
+[5000.00 --> 5000.88]  alive.
+[5002.16 --> 5002.90]  Part of
+[5002.90 --> 5003.24]  what that
+[5003.24 --> 5003.76]  means is
+[5003.76 --> 5004.08]  that for
+[5004.08 --> 5004.56]  us to
+[5004.56 --> 5005.12]  be fully
+[5005.12 --> 5005.56]  human,
+[5005.76 --> 5006.04]  fully
+[5006.04 --> 5006.64]  alive,
+[5006.82 --> 5007.50]  it means
+[5007.50 --> 5007.86]  we need
+[5007.86 --> 5008.38]  to rightly
+[5008.38 --> 5009.18]  encounter
+[5009.18 --> 5010.50]  and engage
+[5010.50 --> 5011.84]  and glorify
+[5011.84 --> 5012.52]  God.
+[5014.24 --> 5014.56]  And so
+[5014.56 --> 5015.02]  as we look
+[5015.02 --> 5015.32]  at what
+[5015.32 --> 5016.30]  Paul says
+[5016.30 --> 5016.48]  here,
+[5016.56 --> 5016.78]  we will
+[5016.78 --> 5017.28]  make four
+[5017.28 --> 5017.76]  points.
+[5017.84 --> 5018.26]  The first
+[5018.26 --> 5019.12]  point to
+[5019.12 --> 5020.50]  make is
+[5020.50 --> 5021.56]  that right
+[5021.56 --> 5022.68]  worship is
+[5022.68 --> 5024.16]  exalting in
+[5024.16 --> 5024.92]  who God
+[5024.92 --> 5025.76]  is and
+[5025.76 --> 5026.52]  what God
+[5026.52 --> 5027.08]  does.
+[5028.06 --> 5028.76]  Verse 33
+[5028.76 --> 5029.26]  says,
+[5029.98 --> 5030.18]  Oh,
+[5030.30 --> 5030.96]  the depths
+[5030.96 --> 5031.44]  of the
+[5031.44 --> 5032.12]  riches of
+[5032.12 --> 5032.64]  the wisdom
+[5032.64 --> 5033.20]  and the
+[5033.20 --> 5034.18]  knowledge of
+[5034.18 --> 5034.50]  God.
+[5035.60 --> 5035.82]  Now,
+[5036.16 --> 5037.28]  if you
+[5037.28 --> 5037.74]  have
+[5037.74 --> 5039.04]  the eyes
+[5039.04 --> 5039.52]  to see
+[5039.52 --> 5039.92]  and to
+[5039.92 --> 5040.30]  remember
+[5040.30 --> 5041.00]  this long
+[5041.00 --> 5041.28]  journey
+[5041.28 --> 5041.76]  that we've
+[5041.76 --> 5042.30]  been on,
+[5042.42 --> 5043.04]  this is
+[5043.04 --> 5043.64]  not new
+[5043.64 --> 5044.42]  language for
+[5044.42 --> 5044.74]  Paul.
+[5045.72 --> 5046.28]  In the
+[5046.28 --> 5046.80]  beginning of
+[5046.80 --> 5047.10]  the letter,
+[5047.20 --> 5047.74]  already in
+[5047.74 --> 5048.52]  chapter 2,
+[5049.02 --> 5049.68]  Paul says,
+[5049.86 --> 5050.18]  Do you
+[5050.18 --> 5050.94]  show contempt
+[5050.94 --> 5051.48]  for the
+[5051.48 --> 5052.30]  riches of
+[5052.30 --> 5053.14]  his kindness,
+[5053.68 --> 5054.34]  forbearance,
+[5054.48 --> 5055.06]  and patience?
+[5055.86 --> 5056.32]  Throughout,
+[5056.52 --> 5056.96]  Paul's
+[5056.96 --> 5057.58]  theology
+[5057.58 --> 5058.72]  reveals the
+[5058.72 --> 5059.08]  riches,
+[5059.38 --> 5060.48]  the magnitude,
+[5060.88 --> 5061.60]  the abundance
+[5061.60 --> 5062.52]  of God's
+[5062.52 --> 5063.06]  kindness,
+[5063.72 --> 5064.48]  and his
+[5064.48 --> 5065.36]  forbearance.
+[5065.78 --> 5066.42]  That's a
+[5066.42 --> 5067.48]  fancy word
+[5067.48 --> 5067.88]  for his
+[5067.88 --> 5068.54]  waiting in
+[5068.54 --> 5068.90]  mercy,
+[5069.10 --> 5069.38]  his
+[5069.38 --> 5070.16]  forbearance,
+[5070.24 --> 5070.84]  and his
+[5070.84 --> 5071.62]  patience.
+[5073.00 --> 5073.58]  Paul uses
+[5073.58 --> 5074.26]  this same
+[5074.26 --> 5075.26]  language of
+[5075.26 --> 5076.06]  riches in
+[5076.06 --> 5076.80]  chapter 9,
+[5076.90 --> 5077.68]  in verse 23.
+[5078.68 --> 5079.14]  He says,
+[5079.28 --> 5080.00]  What if God
+[5080.00 --> 5080.72]  did this
+[5080.72 --> 5081.24]  to make
+[5081.24 --> 5081.98]  the riches
+[5081.98 --> 5082.82]  of his
+[5082.82 --> 5083.94]  glory known
+[5083.94 --> 5084.44]  to the
+[5084.44 --> 5084.98]  objects
+[5084.98 --> 5085.74]  of his
+[5085.74 --> 5086.10]  mercy?
+[5087.68 --> 5088.48]  If the
+[5088.48 --> 5089.30]  question of
+[5089.30 --> 5090.28]  right worship
+[5090.28 --> 5091.70]  centers around
+[5091.70 --> 5092.24]  the right
+[5092.24 --> 5093.10]  object of
+[5093.10 --> 5093.46]  worship,
+[5093.78 --> 5094.38]  we must
+[5094.38 --> 5095.02]  recognize,
+[5095.22 --> 5095.38]  therefore,
+[5095.38 --> 5095.80]  that it
+[5095.80 --> 5096.88]  is God
+[5096.88 --> 5097.48]  who is
+[5097.48 --> 5098.30]  rich in
+[5098.30 --> 5099.14]  glory,
+[5099.82 --> 5100.22]  and that
+[5100.22 --> 5100.58]  it means
+[5100.58 --> 5100.94]  that it
+[5100.94 --> 5101.48]  is God
+[5101.48 --> 5101.92]  who is
+[5101.92 --> 5102.74]  rich in
+[5102.74 --> 5103.50]  worthiness
+[5103.50 --> 5103.94]  to be
+[5103.94 --> 5104.44]  praised,
+[5104.78 --> 5105.44]  who is
+[5105.44 --> 5106.24]  the most
+[5106.24 --> 5106.74]  holy,
+[5106.94 --> 5107.36]  the most
+[5107.36 --> 5107.78]  righteous,
+[5107.98 --> 5108.56]  true light
+[5108.56 --> 5109.48]  of true
+[5109.48 --> 5109.82]  light.
+[5111.40 --> 5112.00]  And then
+[5112.00 --> 5112.54]  Paul continues
+[5112.54 --> 5112.88]  in the
+[5112.88 --> 5114.42]  same chapter,
+[5115.06 --> 5115.96]  Paul uses
+[5115.96 --> 5116.40]  the language
+[5116.40 --> 5116.82]  of riches
+[5116.82 --> 5117.26]  again,
+[5117.58 --> 5118.12]  talking about
+[5118.12 --> 5118.80]  the Gentiles
+[5118.80 --> 5119.10]  and the
+[5119.10 --> 5119.56]  Israelites
+[5119.56 --> 5120.84]  being saved
+[5120.84 --> 5121.16]  by the
+[5121.16 --> 5121.58]  mercy of
+[5121.58 --> 5121.82]  God.
+[5121.90 --> 5122.16]  In verse
+[5122.16 --> 5122.44]  11,
+[5122.52 --> 5122.86]  he says,
+[5123.38 --> 5123.86]  if their
+[5123.86 --> 5124.62]  transgression
+[5124.62 --> 5125.68]  means riches
+[5125.68 --> 5126.20]  for the
+[5126.20 --> 5127.20]  world and
+[5127.20 --> 5127.74]  their loss
+[5127.74 --> 5128.32]  means riches
+[5128.32 --> 5128.68]  for the
+[5128.68 --> 5129.18]  Gentiles,
+[5129.28 --> 5129.72]  how much
+[5129.72 --> 5130.56]  greater riches
+[5130.56 --> 5131.12]  will their
+[5131.12 --> 5132.16]  full inclusion
+[5132.16 --> 5132.96]  bring?
+[5133.84 --> 5134.50]  The point
+[5134.50 --> 5135.18]  here that
+[5135.18 --> 5136.00]  brings Paul
+[5136.00 --> 5136.70]  to worship
+[5136.70 --> 5137.34]  is the
+[5137.34 --> 5138.50]  riches of
+[5138.50 --> 5139.30]  the magnitude
+[5139.30 --> 5139.98]  of God's
+[5139.98 --> 5140.58]  plan for
+[5140.58 --> 5141.58]  redemption,
+[5141.82 --> 5142.46]  for salvation.
+[5143.42 --> 5143.64]  And it
+[5143.64 --> 5144.42]  makes him
+[5144.42 --> 5145.22]  worthy of
+[5145.22 --> 5145.58]  praise,
+[5145.68 --> 5146.20]  makes God
+[5146.20 --> 5146.88]  worthy of
+[5146.88 --> 5147.14]  praise.
+[5147.58 --> 5148.72]  The scope
+[5148.72 --> 5149.32]  of God's
+[5149.32 --> 5149.76]  mercy,
+[5149.88 --> 5150.30]  the scope
+[5150.30 --> 5150.78]  of God's
+[5150.78 --> 5151.22]  redemption,
+[5151.60 --> 5152.66]  it is so
+[5152.66 --> 5154.24]  massive and
+[5154.24 --> 5155.54]  the majesty
+[5155.54 --> 5156.20]  of it just
+[5156.20 --> 5157.52]  makes Paul
+[5157.52 --> 5158.38]  sing.
+[5159.70 --> 5160.14]  He sings
+[5160.14 --> 5160.64]  about who
+[5160.64 --> 5161.40]  God is.
+[5162.68 --> 5163.28]  The depths
+[5163.28 --> 5163.74]  of the
+[5163.74 --> 5164.20]  riches of
+[5164.20 --> 5164.68]  God make
+[5164.68 --> 5165.20]  him worthy
+[5165.20 --> 5165.82]  of our
+[5165.82 --> 5166.20]  praise.
+[5166.40 --> 5167.02]  The depths
+[5167.02 --> 5167.46]  of the
+[5167.46 --> 5167.92]  riches of
+[5167.92 --> 5168.52]  the wisdom
+[5168.52 --> 5169.14]  of God,
+[5169.24 --> 5170.42]  his omniscience
+[5170.42 --> 5170.98]  make him
+[5170.98 --> 5171.74]  worthy of
+[5171.74 --> 5172.18]  praise.
+[5173.64 --> 5174.64]  It's his
+[5174.64 --> 5175.90]  wisdom and
+[5175.90 --> 5176.64]  his knowledge,
+[5176.94 --> 5177.74]  his omniscience
+[5177.74 --> 5178.48]  that in part
+[5178.48 --> 5179.42]  make God
+[5179.42 --> 5179.82]  God.
+[5180.30 --> 5180.98]  They're
+[5180.98 --> 5181.70]  characteristics
+[5181.70 --> 5182.68]  of his
+[5182.68 --> 5183.84]  Godness.
+[5186.52 --> 5187.48]  What we
+[5187.48 --> 5187.78]  begin to
+[5187.78 --> 5188.36]  see is
+[5188.36 --> 5189.74]  that right
+[5189.74 --> 5190.74]  doxology,
+[5191.72 --> 5192.36]  right worship,
+[5192.88 --> 5193.70]  requires
+[5193.70 --> 5195.58]  right theology.
+[5196.58 --> 5197.12]  Worship
+[5197.12 --> 5198.42]  exalts in
+[5198.42 --> 5199.12]  who God
+[5199.12 --> 5199.96]  is and
+[5199.96 --> 5200.58]  what God
+[5200.58 --> 5201.42]  does,
+[5201.52 --> 5201.74]  but it
+[5201.74 --> 5202.68]  is only
+[5202.68 --> 5203.22]  God's
+[5203.22 --> 5203.78]  revelation
+[5203.78 --> 5204.62]  of himself
+[5204.62 --> 5205.22]  then that
+[5205.22 --> 5205.90]  can inform
+[5205.90 --> 5206.84]  our worship
+[5206.84 --> 5207.62]  of God's
+[5207.62 --> 5208.08]  self.
+[5208.08 --> 5208.90]  right?
+[5208.94 --> 5209.20]  If we
+[5209.20 --> 5210.18]  begin to
+[5210.18 --> 5210.62]  substitute
+[5210.62 --> 5211.32]  personal
+[5211.32 --> 5212.04]  experience
+[5212.04 --> 5212.38]  in the
+[5212.38 --> 5212.80]  place of
+[5212.80 --> 5212.90]  an
+[5212.90 --> 5213.44]  experience
+[5213.44 --> 5214.08]  of God,
+[5214.72 --> 5215.76]  we miss
+[5215.76 --> 5216.34]  and are
+[5216.34 --> 5216.70]  missing
+[5216.70 --> 5217.58]  true worship
+[5217.58 --> 5218.86]  and therefore,
+[5219.32 --> 5219.80]  in line with
+[5219.80 --> 5220.48]  my thesis
+[5220.48 --> 5220.94]  for you this
+[5220.94 --> 5221.22]  morning,
+[5221.64 --> 5221.92]  we are
+[5221.92 --> 5222.28]  missing
+[5222.28 --> 5223.12]  our true
+[5223.12 --> 5223.78]  humanity.
+[5225.46 --> 5225.74]  Worship
+[5225.74 --> 5226.90]  is exalting
+[5226.90 --> 5227.34]  in who
+[5227.34 --> 5228.02]  God is
+[5228.02 --> 5228.66]  and what
+[5228.66 --> 5229.10]  God
+[5229.10 --> 5229.88]  has
+[5229.88 --> 5230.50]  done.
+[5230.50 --> 5231.50]  God
+[5231.50 --> 5232.26]  is
+[5232.26 --> 5232.58]  the second
+[5232.58 --> 5232.98]  thing to
+[5232.98 --> 5234.32]  see from
+[5234.32 --> 5234.84]  Paul's
+[5234.84 --> 5235.56]  doxology
+[5235.56 --> 5237.52]  is that
+[5237.52 --> 5238.44]  right worship
+[5238.44 --> 5240.32]  will involve,
+[5240.48 --> 5241.10]  necessarily
+[5241.10 --> 5241.98]  involves,
+[5242.54 --> 5243.06]  mystery.
+[5244.14 --> 5244.40]  At the
+[5244.40 --> 5245.18]  second part
+[5245.18 --> 5245.58]  of verse
+[5245.58 --> 5246.08]  33,
+[5246.72 --> 5247.16]  Paul says
+[5247.16 --> 5248.54]  how unsearchable
+[5248.54 --> 5249.36]  his judgments
+[5249.36 --> 5250.16]  and his
+[5250.16 --> 5251.30]  path beyond
+[5251.30 --> 5252.44]  tracing out.
+[5253.80 --> 5254.44]  The reality
+[5254.44 --> 5254.74]  here,
+[5254.78 --> 5254.94]  right,
+[5255.00 --> 5255.62]  is that if
+[5255.62 --> 5256.12]  we are
+[5256.12 --> 5256.82]  worshiping
+[5256.82 --> 5257.30]  the true
+[5257.30 --> 5258.16]  God as
+[5258.16 --> 5258.58]  he is
+[5258.58 --> 5259.26]  revealed in
+[5259.26 --> 5259.74]  the Bible,
+[5259.74 --> 5260.78]  that also
+[5260.78 --> 5261.56]  means there
+[5261.56 --> 5262.58]  will necessarily
+[5262.58 --> 5263.60]  be things
+[5263.60 --> 5264.36]  about God
+[5264.36 --> 5265.04]  that we
+[5265.04 --> 5265.50]  cannot
+[5265.50 --> 5266.96]  or do
+[5266.96 --> 5267.68]  not and
+[5267.68 --> 5268.56]  will never
+[5268.56 --> 5269.30]  comprehend.
+[5274.28 --> 5275.26]  If the
+[5275.26 --> 5275.88]  God you
+[5275.88 --> 5276.44]  worship
+[5276.44 --> 5277.56]  makes sense
+[5277.56 --> 5278.02]  to you,
+[5278.98 --> 5279.58]  he is not
+[5279.58 --> 5279.88]  God.
+[5282.06 --> 5282.30]  Now,
+[5283.30 --> 5284.14]  God wants
+[5284.14 --> 5284.84]  to be known
+[5284.84 --> 5285.50]  and he wants
+[5285.50 --> 5285.92]  to make
+[5285.92 --> 5286.72]  himself known
+[5286.72 --> 5287.10]  and so
+[5287.10 --> 5287.90]  what is
+[5287.90 --> 5288.78]  necessary to
+[5288.78 --> 5289.20]  be known
+[5289.20 --> 5289.66]  about God
+[5289.66 --> 5290.18]  can be
+[5290.18 --> 5290.82]  known about
+[5290.82 --> 5291.04]  him.
+[5292.14 --> 5292.88]  But don't
+[5292.88 --> 5293.44]  mistake what
+[5293.44 --> 5294.08]  is necessary
+[5294.08 --> 5294.64]  to be known
+[5294.64 --> 5295.12]  about God
+[5295.12 --> 5295.44]  for the
+[5295.44 --> 5296.40]  whole of
+[5296.40 --> 5296.78]  who God
+[5296.78 --> 5297.08]  is.
+[5300.40 --> 5300.88]  Now,
+[5300.92 --> 5301.24]  this means
+[5301.24 --> 5302.60]  a couple
+[5302.60 --> 5302.96]  things.
+[5305.56 --> 5306.28]  But most
+[5306.28 --> 5306.74]  importantly,
+[5307.14 --> 5307.54]  perhaps,
+[5308.58 --> 5309.52]  it means
+[5309.52 --> 5311.10]  that
+[5311.10 --> 5313.46]  it is
+[5313.46 --> 5314.38]  unreasonable
+[5314.38 --> 5315.70]  God is
+[5315.70 --> 5316.16]  for me
+[5316.16 --> 5316.90]  to have
+[5316.90 --> 5316.92]  to have
+[5316.92 --> 5316.94]  to have
+[5316.94 --> 5318.66]  an expectation
+[5318.66 --> 5319.64]  that everything
+[5319.64 --> 5320.56]  God does
+[5320.56 --> 5321.20]  or everything
+[5321.20 --> 5322.38]  God will
+[5322.38 --> 5323.12]  do will
+[5323.12 --> 5323.76]  make sense
+[5323.76 --> 5324.22]  to me,
+[5325.16 --> 5325.82]  will make
+[5325.82 --> 5326.56]  sense to my
+[5326.56 --> 5327.26]  experience,
+[5327.26 --> 5327.84]  or will make
+[5327.84 --> 5328.40]  sense to my
+[5328.40 --> 5328.72]  brain.
+[5330.80 --> 5331.70]  Some of us
+[5331.70 --> 5332.96]  have been so
+[5332.96 --> 5333.80]  angry with
+[5333.80 --> 5334.56]  God because
+[5334.56 --> 5335.16]  it doesn't make
+[5335.16 --> 5336.10]  sense what
+[5336.10 --> 5336.70]  he is doing
+[5336.70 --> 5337.36]  or what he is
+[5337.36 --> 5337.98]  not doing
+[5337.98 --> 5338.94]  that we've just
+[5338.94 --> 5339.76]  denied his
+[5339.76 --> 5340.52]  existence as a
+[5340.52 --> 5340.78]  result.
+[5340.78 --> 5341.10]  But that
+[5341.10 --> 5341.74]  rests on the
+[5341.74 --> 5342.72]  idea that
+[5342.72 --> 5343.34]  whatever God
+[5343.34 --> 5344.08]  does has to
+[5344.08 --> 5344.50]  make sense
+[5344.50 --> 5344.86]  to me.
+[5345.94 --> 5346.60]  But that's
+[5346.60 --> 5347.06]  not the God
+[5347.06 --> 5347.54]  of the Bible.
+[5348.70 --> 5349.68]  It can't be
+[5349.68 --> 5350.92]  that simple.
+[5352.50 --> 5353.10]  And in fact,
+[5353.62 --> 5354.90]  if we read
+[5354.90 --> 5355.56]  the Bible from
+[5355.56 --> 5355.96]  beginning to
+[5355.96 --> 5356.40]  end, you
+[5356.40 --> 5356.80]  have people
+[5356.80 --> 5357.52]  like Job,
+[5358.36 --> 5358.76]  right, who
+[5358.76 --> 5359.38]  tried to
+[5359.38 --> 5359.84]  think that
+[5359.84 --> 5360.18]  way.
+[5361.00 --> 5361.40]  And if you
+[5361.40 --> 5361.64]  know the
+[5361.64 --> 5362.28]  end of Job,
+[5362.98 --> 5363.86]  sure changed.
+[5364.38 --> 5364.60]  You have
+[5364.60 --> 5365.02]  people like
+[5365.02 --> 5366.12]  Habakkuk or
+[5366.12 --> 5367.32]  Ezekiel who
+[5367.32 --> 5368.46]  were overwhelmed
+[5368.46 --> 5369.58]  by the mystery
+[5369.58 --> 5370.52]  of this
+[5370.52 --> 5371.28]  amazing God.
+[5371.32 --> 5371.68]  Or you have
+[5371.68 --> 5372.10]  people like
+[5372.10 --> 5372.54]  Mary,
+[5372.90 --> 5373.58]  blessed Mary,
+[5373.82 --> 5374.12]  when the
+[5374.12 --> 5374.76]  angel came to
+[5374.76 --> 5375.22]  her and said
+[5375.22 --> 5375.68]  this is going
+[5375.68 --> 5375.96]  on, she
+[5375.96 --> 5376.50]  said, how
+[5376.50 --> 5377.30]  can this
+[5377.30 --> 5377.94]  be?
+[5379.46 --> 5380.42]  There will
+[5380.42 --> 5381.50]  be a
+[5381.50 --> 5382.70]  mystery in
+[5382.70 --> 5383.48]  our experience
+[5383.48 --> 5384.28]  of God and
+[5384.28 --> 5385.26]  so there must
+[5385.26 --> 5386.68]  be a mystery
+[5386.68 --> 5387.86]  in our theology.
+[5388.00 --> 5388.34]  There must be
+[5388.34 --> 5389.50]  room for the
+[5389.50 --> 5390.06]  mystery, for
+[5390.06 --> 5391.02]  the unknown.
+[5391.78 --> 5392.12]  And in fact,
+[5392.54 --> 5393.30]  we participated
+[5393.30 --> 5394.48]  in some of
+[5394.48 --> 5395.08]  that mystery
+[5395.08 --> 5395.72]  this morning
+[5395.72 --> 5396.46]  in baptism.
+[5397.60 --> 5397.72]  Right?
+[5397.82 --> 5398.80]  Precisely how
+[5398.80 --> 5399.64]  a sacrament
+[5399.64 --> 5400.96]  is used by
+[5400.96 --> 5401.52]  God as a
+[5401.52 --> 5401.96]  means of
+[5401.96 --> 5402.84]  grace, whether
+[5402.84 --> 5403.52]  it's baptism
+[5403.52 --> 5404.28]  in the water
+[5404.28 --> 5405.28]  calling this
+[5405.28 --> 5406.30]  child, beautiful
+[5406.30 --> 5407.24]  Ava, into a
+[5407.24 --> 5408.04]  covenant relationship
+[5408.04 --> 5408.88]  with God, or
+[5408.88 --> 5409.76]  whether next week
+[5409.76 --> 5410.34]  when we come to
+[5410.34 --> 5411.06]  the Lord's table
+[5411.06 --> 5412.08]  it's the mystery
+[5412.08 --> 5412.70]  of how the
+[5412.70 --> 5413.70]  bread and the
+[5413.70 --> 5414.46]  juice become
+[5414.46 --> 5415.32]  for us the
+[5415.32 --> 5416.30]  real spiritual
+[5416.30 --> 5417.20]  presence of the
+[5417.20 --> 5417.90]  body and blood
+[5417.90 --> 5418.42]  of Jesus.
+[5418.80 --> 5420.04]  These mysteries
+[5420.04 --> 5421.12]  are necessary
+[5421.12 --> 5422.98]  for us to
+[5422.98 --> 5423.84]  engage and be
+[5423.84 --> 5425.52]  engaged by God.
+[5425.52 --> 5425.54]  God.
+[5428.24 --> 5428.94]  And here's
+[5428.94 --> 5429.28]  what I want
+[5429.28 --> 5429.78]  you to hear
+[5429.78 --> 5431.80]  because even
+[5431.80 --> 5432.48]  as confusing
+[5432.48 --> 5432.86]  and as
+[5432.86 --> 5433.58]  difficult and
+[5433.58 --> 5435.46]  as obfuscating
+[5435.46 --> 5436.04]  as the
+[5436.04 --> 5436.76]  mysteries of
+[5436.76 --> 5437.26]  God are,
+[5437.34 --> 5437.96]  and I use
+[5437.96 --> 5438.26]  that word
+[5438.26 --> 5438.74]  intentionally
+[5438.74 --> 5439.62]  because the
+[5439.62 --> 5440.40]  word obfuscate
+[5440.40 --> 5440.86]  means to
+[5440.86 --> 5441.44]  confuse and
+[5441.44 --> 5441.84]  whenever you
+[5441.84 --> 5442.32]  hear it you're
+[5442.32 --> 5442.92]  confused about
+[5442.92 --> 5443.36]  what the word
+[5443.36 --> 5443.74]  means.
+[5445.58 --> 5446.40]  These things
+[5446.40 --> 5447.30]  are necessary
+[5447.30 --> 5448.24]  for our
+[5448.24 --> 5449.46]  worship to
+[5449.46 --> 5450.78]  be genuine,
+[5450.96 --> 5451.64]  both genuine
+[5451.64 --> 5452.32]  in the sense
+[5452.32 --> 5453.08]  of the
+[5453.08 --> 5453.76]  worshiping of
+[5453.76 --> 5454.26]  the one true
+[5454.26 --> 5454.98]  God, but also
+[5454.98 --> 5455.70]  genuine in the
+[5455.70 --> 5456.60]  sense of this
+[5456.60 --> 5457.34]  is me, all
+[5457.34 --> 5458.22]  of who I am,
+[5458.58 --> 5459.32]  questions and
+[5459.32 --> 5460.16]  doubts and
+[5460.16 --> 5461.40]  struggles alike
+[5461.40 --> 5462.36]  in the presence
+[5462.36 --> 5463.52]  of this God
+[5463.52 --> 5463.90]  is.
+[5464.16 --> 5464.88]  Because there is
+[5464.88 --> 5465.74]  mystery in God
+[5465.74 --> 5466.56]  that means we
+[5466.56 --> 5467.24]  can bring our
+[5467.24 --> 5468.36]  doubts and our
+[5468.36 --> 5469.34]  things unknown
+[5469.34 --> 5470.68]  and the things
+[5470.68 --> 5471.84]  unknown of our
+[5471.84 --> 5472.72]  lives and of our
+[5472.72 --> 5473.84]  stories into the
+[5473.84 --> 5475.06]  relationship that
+[5475.06 --> 5475.90]  we have with God,
+[5475.98 --> 5476.60]  into the very
+[5476.60 --> 5478.10]  worship of who
+[5478.10 --> 5479.08]  God is.
+[5479.56 --> 5480.52]  Having doubts
+[5480.52 --> 5481.80]  and being amazed
+[5481.80 --> 5482.46]  at the mysteries
+[5482.46 --> 5483.74]  of faith is not
+[5483.76 --> 5484.76]  a weak faith,
+[5484.88 --> 5485.70]  it is an act
+[5485.70 --> 5486.58]  of faith.
+[5487.74 --> 5488.66]  The journey of
+[5488.66 --> 5489.26]  faith for the
+[5489.26 --> 5490.22]  Christian and
+[5490.22 --> 5491.52]  of discipleship is
+[5491.52 --> 5492.32]  faith-seeking
+[5492.32 --> 5493.68]  understanding, yes
+[5493.68 --> 5494.94]  and amen, but it
+[5494.94 --> 5496.76]  is also faith-seeking
+[5496.76 --> 5497.40]  humility.
+[5498.66 --> 5499.92]  It is a faith-seeking
+[5499.92 --> 5500.88]  a right recognition
+[5500.88 --> 5501.82]  of who God is
+[5501.82 --> 5502.68]  and what that means
+[5502.68 --> 5503.40]  for my willingness
+[5503.40 --> 5504.70]  to accept and
+[5504.70 --> 5505.88]  to worship in the
+[5505.88 --> 5506.48]  midst of those
+[5506.48 --> 5507.14]  things that I do
+[5507.14 --> 5508.78]  not know, in the
+[5508.78 --> 5509.22]  midst of those
+[5509.22 --> 5509.68]  things that I
+[5509.68 --> 5510.60]  cannot understand.
+[5510.60 --> 5511.60]  faith-seeking
+[5511.60 --> 5513.84]  and let me be
+[5513.84 --> 5515.64]  really clear about
+[5515.64 --> 5516.12]  this then.
+[5517.22 --> 5519.66]  Far from rejecting
+[5519.66 --> 5521.42]  your doubts, far
+[5521.42 --> 5523.56]  from ignoring your
+[5523.56 --> 5524.78]  doubts, far from
+[5524.78 --> 5525.96]  trying to bury them
+[5525.96 --> 5527.46]  deep within us and
+[5527.46 --> 5528.68]  not being a place
+[5528.68 --> 5529.42]  here where we can
+[5529.42 --> 5530.22]  talk about them and
+[5530.22 --> 5531.44]  engage them and hold
+[5531.44 --> 5532.24]  them up and ask
+[5532.24 --> 5533.46]  questions and bring
+[5533.46 --> 5534.22]  them into the light,
+[5534.54 --> 5535.72]  far from that, right
+[5535.72 --> 5537.46]  worship is precisely
+[5537.46 --> 5538.82]  the place to bring
+[5538.82 --> 5539.36]  your doubts.
+[5540.52 --> 5541.22]  Right worship is
+[5541.22 --> 5542.30]  precisely the place
+[5542.30 --> 5543.86]  to enter into the
+[5543.86 --> 5546.12]  things unknown as
+[5546.12 --> 5546.92]  we're met by God
+[5546.92 --> 5547.56]  here.
+[5548.52 --> 5549.58]  In fact, this moves
+[5549.58 --> 5550.54]  us right into the
+[5550.54 --> 5551.74]  third thing to see
+[5551.74 --> 5553.24]  from Paul's doxology
+[5553.24 --> 5555.44]  that helps us inform
+[5555.44 --> 5556.90]  our worship together.
+[5557.60 --> 5559.72]  Paul himself brings
+[5559.72 --> 5560.54]  his questions.
+[5561.54 --> 5562.64]  You notice in verse
+[5562.64 --> 5564.80]  34 and 35 he's
+[5564.80 --> 5565.46]  asking questions.
+[5566.28 --> 5567.12]  Who has known the
+[5567.12 --> 5568.00]  mind of the Lord or
+[5568.00 --> 5568.94]  who has been his
+[5568.94 --> 5569.36]  counselor?
+[5569.86 --> 5570.78]  Who has ever given
+[5570.78 --> 5571.82]  to God that God
+[5571.82 --> 5572.64]  should repay them?
+[5573.44 --> 5574.10]  If you have
+[5574.10 --> 5575.36]  questions, bring them
+[5575.36 --> 5577.76]  to worship because
+[5577.76 --> 5579.22]  we are thinking
+[5579.22 --> 5579.76]  creatures.
+[5580.32 --> 5580.94]  We will have
+[5580.94 --> 5581.44]  questions.
+[5581.58 --> 5582.30]  We will have
+[5582.30 --> 5583.00]  doubts.
+[5583.44 --> 5585.28]  In fact, I
+[5585.28 --> 5586.36]  mentioned Descartes
+[5586.36 --> 5587.40]  earlier, his famous
+[5587.40 --> 5588.64]  line, cogito ergo
+[5588.64 --> 5588.92]  sum.
+[5589.78 --> 5591.22]  Later in life, in a
+[5591.22 --> 5592.86]  posthumously published
+[5592.86 --> 5594.14]  essay that he wrote,
+[5594.46 --> 5596.12]  he actually expands that
+[5596.12 --> 5597.48]  idea and he says,
+[5597.86 --> 5599.50]  I doubt, therefore I
+[5599.50 --> 5601.84]  think, and so I am.
+[5603.38 --> 5604.66]  Ask your questions.
+[5605.52 --> 5606.36]  Have your doubts.
+[5606.80 --> 5607.90]  Wrestle with them and
+[5607.90 --> 5609.92]  bring them into the
+[5609.92 --> 5611.90]  place where God is.
+[5612.52 --> 5613.86]  Having doubts, asking
+[5613.86 --> 5615.40]  questions is part of what
+[5615.40 --> 5617.00]  it means to be human.
+[5618.00 --> 5619.98]  And so it also needs to
+[5619.98 --> 5621.48]  be part of what it means
+[5621.48 --> 5623.62]  to encounter God in
+[5623.62 --> 5624.44]  worship.
+[5625.82 --> 5626.94]  Now it's also worth
+[5626.94 --> 5628.50]  noting that these two
+[5628.50 --> 5629.52]  questions that Paul
+[5629.52 --> 5631.32]  asks are quotes from
+[5631.32 --> 5632.60]  Old Testament passages.
+[5633.46 --> 5634.90]  The first question in
+[5634.90 --> 5636.32]  verse 34 is a quote
+[5636.32 --> 5637.78]  from Isaiah 40 verse
+[5637.78 --> 5641.88]  13 from the Greek
+[5641.88 --> 5643.12]  translation of the Old
+[5643.12 --> 5644.00]  Testament and then the
+[5644.00 --> 5645.70]  next one is from Job
+[5645.70 --> 5647.48]  41 verse 11.
+[5647.48 --> 5650.32]  Now these questions
+[5650.32 --> 5652.12]  themselves are an
+[5652.12 --> 5654.06]  exalting of who God
+[5654.06 --> 5654.48]  is.
+[5655.82 --> 5656.60]  So hold those two
+[5656.60 --> 5657.08]  things together.
+[5657.26 --> 5658.94]  Questions are welcome
+[5658.94 --> 5660.28]  and are necessary in the
+[5660.28 --> 5661.08]  life of the believer,
+[5661.38 --> 5663.06]  but our questions must
+[5663.06 --> 5664.94]  also be brought under
+[5664.94 --> 5667.26]  the perspective of
+[5667.26 --> 5668.40]  God's word.
+[5669.58 --> 5671.10]  Paul uses scripture to
+[5671.10 --> 5672.10]  speak his questions,
+[5672.30 --> 5672.86]  but then he also
+[5672.86 --> 5674.90]  submits his questions to
+[5674.90 --> 5676.26]  the rule of scripture.
+[5676.26 --> 5678.76]  And so in our worship
+[5678.76 --> 5680.30]  we submit ourselves to
+[5680.30 --> 5681.22]  the rule of scripture.
+[5681.34 --> 5682.68]  That's why the preached
+[5682.68 --> 5683.96]  word is in many
+[5683.96 --> 5685.18]  respects the culmination
+[5685.18 --> 5686.02]  of our worship
+[5686.02 --> 5687.12]  experiences together.
+[5687.58 --> 5688.74]  Not because I'm any
+[5688.74 --> 5689.60]  good at this job,
+[5690.42 --> 5691.84]  but because God is
+[5691.84 --> 5693.18]  good and he is
+[5693.18 --> 5694.60]  faithful and he has
+[5694.60 --> 5695.66]  revealed himself in
+[5695.66 --> 5697.02]  this way to us.
+[5697.54 --> 5698.40]  This is where God
+[5698.40 --> 5699.86]  speaks to our hearts
+[5699.86 --> 5700.72]  and to our minds.
+[5700.84 --> 5701.66]  This is where in
+[5701.66 --> 5703.22]  chapter 12 we will see
+[5703.22 --> 5704.26]  he does the transforming
+[5704.82 --> 5706.24]  of our minds by the
+[5706.24 --> 5708.24]  renewing and work
+[5708.24 --> 5709.22]  of the Holy Spirit.
+[5709.38 --> 5710.96]  This is what shapes
+[5710.96 --> 5712.28]  our spiritual acts
+[5712.28 --> 5713.26]  of worship as we
+[5713.26 --> 5714.24]  leave this place
+[5714.24 --> 5715.08]  together.
+[5716.76 --> 5718.12]  Which then brings us
+[5718.12 --> 5719.46]  to the fourth thing
+[5719.46 --> 5722.10]  in this doxology
+[5722.10 --> 5723.54]  of Paul that informs
+[5723.54 --> 5725.14]  our worship.
+[5727.66 --> 5729.72]  Doxology requires
+[5729.72 --> 5731.54]  humble submission
+[5731.54 --> 5733.06]  salvation before the
+[5733.06 --> 5734.22]  throne of God.
+[5735.28 --> 5736.20]  Verse 36.
+[5737.20 --> 5737.82]  Paul says,
+[5738.36 --> 5739.12]  For from him
+[5739.12 --> 5740.10]  and through him
+[5740.10 --> 5741.28]  and for him
+[5741.28 --> 5743.24]  are all things.
+[5744.68 --> 5745.58]  So where does
+[5745.58 --> 5746.38]  everything come from?
+[5747.00 --> 5747.78]  It comes from him,
+[5748.08 --> 5748.32]  God.
+[5748.88 --> 5749.92]  How does everything
+[5749.92 --> 5750.58]  come to be?
+[5751.00 --> 5751.58]  Through him,
+[5751.90 --> 5752.18]  God.
+[5752.66 --> 5753.50]  Why does everything
+[5753.50 --> 5753.84]  exist?
+[5753.96 --> 5754.70]  Who is it for?
+[5754.92 --> 5755.70]  It's for him,
+[5756.08 --> 5756.40]  God.
+[5756.40 --> 5756.48]  God.
+[5757.48 --> 5758.46]  And so really
+[5758.46 --> 5759.04]  practically,
+[5760.48 --> 5765.42]  if it has become
+[5765.42 --> 5767.94]  commonplace for you
+[5767.94 --> 5769.24]  after worship
+[5769.24 --> 5770.36]  to say something
+[5770.36 --> 5770.78]  like,
+[5771.38 --> 5772.50]  I didn't get anything
+[5772.50 --> 5773.54]  out of worship today
+[5773.54 --> 5774.94]  or I didn't get
+[5774.94 --> 5775.76]  anything out of the
+[5775.76 --> 5776.50]  service today,
+[5776.86 --> 5777.82]  I want to challenge
+[5777.82 --> 5779.38]  you with Paul's call
+[5779.38 --> 5780.24]  to humble submission.
+[5780.60 --> 5781.70]  And I want to reframe
+[5781.70 --> 5782.64]  the question for you.
+[5783.60 --> 5784.52]  Instead of saying,
+[5784.66 --> 5785.30]  I didn't get anything
+[5785.30 --> 5785.80]  out of worship,
+[5785.94 --> 5786.78]  I want you to ask,
+[5786.96 --> 5788.42]  what did I give to God
+[5788.42 --> 5789.22]  during worship?
+[5791.48 --> 5792.92]  What did I give to God
+[5792.92 --> 5793.86]  when the fellowship
+[5793.86 --> 5794.64]  of the saints
+[5794.64 --> 5795.52]  gathered together,
+[5795.62 --> 5796.54]  when the body of Jesus
+[5796.54 --> 5797.48]  Christ came together?
+[5797.64 --> 5799.06]  What did I bring to him?
+[5803.78 --> 5804.54]  And I don't think
+[5804.54 --> 5805.54]  it's too strong to say,
+[5805.80 --> 5807.42]  if you reframe
+[5807.42 --> 5808.38]  that question
+[5808.38 --> 5810.02]  and if you shape
+[5810.02 --> 5810.82]  your entrance
+[5810.82 --> 5811.98]  into this sanctuary
+[5811.98 --> 5813.20]  as you come through
+[5813.20 --> 5813.72]  those doors
+[5813.72 --> 5814.48]  every morning,
+[5814.76 --> 5815.34]  every Sunday
+[5815.34 --> 5815.76]  by saying,
+[5815.86 --> 5816.76]  what can I bring to you
+[5816.76 --> 5817.44]  in worship today,
+[5817.52 --> 5817.74]  God?
+[5818.84 --> 5820.00]  I can promise
+[5820.00 --> 5821.22]  that will begin
+[5821.22 --> 5822.42]  to work in you
+[5822.42 --> 5823.72]  and that will change
+[5823.72 --> 5824.82]  what you get
+[5824.82 --> 5825.74]  out of worship.
+[5827.10 --> 5828.14]  Because you have
+[5828.14 --> 5829.28]  changed your posture
+[5829.28 --> 5830.48]  in entering into
+[5830.48 --> 5830.98]  this place
+[5830.98 --> 5831.34]  and saying,
+[5831.54 --> 5832.12]  it is about
+[5832.12 --> 5833.06]  who God is
+[5833.06 --> 5834.24]  and exalting him
+[5834.24 --> 5835.08]  and so I am going
+[5835.08 --> 5836.02]  to give myself
+[5836.02 --> 5837.02]  to him.
+[5839.82 --> 5840.30]  Worship,
+[5840.56 --> 5840.80]  right?
+[5840.80 --> 5842.34]  Worship gives you
+[5842.34 --> 5843.32]  a right perspective
+[5843.32 --> 5844.12]  on God
+[5844.12 --> 5845.46]  which then in turn
+[5845.46 --> 5846.46]  gives you a right
+[5846.46 --> 5847.66]  perspective on yourself.
+[5848.84 --> 5850.04]  That's why the glory
+[5850.04 --> 5851.10]  of God is the human
+[5851.10 --> 5852.16]  being fully alive.
+[5852.30 --> 5853.04]  That's why the
+[5853.04 --> 5853.90]  Westminster Shorter
+[5853.90 --> 5854.96]  Catechism puts it
+[5854.96 --> 5856.20]  in this way.
+[5856.32 --> 5857.32]  It asks the question,
+[5857.44 --> 5858.36]  what is the chief
+[5858.36 --> 5860.20]  end of every person?
+[5861.50 --> 5862.30]  And the answer is
+[5862.30 --> 5863.74]  to glorify God
+[5863.74 --> 5865.38]  and enjoy him
+[5865.38 --> 5866.56]  forever.
+[5866.56 --> 5866.66]  forever.
+[5870.30 --> 5870.82]  Now,
+[5871.22 --> 5873.12]  we would miss
+[5873.12 --> 5874.76]  the majesty
+[5874.76 --> 5876.86]  of this humble
+[5876.86 --> 5877.52]  submission.
+[5878.60 --> 5879.52]  We would miss
+[5879.52 --> 5880.20]  the majesty
+[5880.20 --> 5881.32]  of who this God
+[5881.32 --> 5882.48]  is if we did
+[5882.48 --> 5883.76]  not also notice
+[5883.76 --> 5884.92]  that what Paul
+[5884.92 --> 5885.44]  says here,
+[5885.54 --> 5886.10]  for from him
+[5886.10 --> 5886.64]  and through him
+[5886.64 --> 5887.26]  and for him
+[5887.26 --> 5888.00]  are all things,
+[5888.06 --> 5888.94]  to him be the glory
+[5888.94 --> 5889.40]  forever.
+[5889.80 --> 5890.78]  What Paul says here
+[5890.78 --> 5893.16]  sounds to my ear
+[5893.16 --> 5895.38]  so much like
+[5895.38 --> 5896.24]  what Paul writes
+[5896.24 --> 5897.38]  in Colossians 1.
+[5898.04 --> 5898.92]  Colossians 1,
+[5899.00 --> 5900.06]  16 and 17,
+[5900.66 --> 5901.32]  Paul says,
+[5901.84 --> 5903.06]  now of Jesus
+[5903.06 --> 5904.94]  all things
+[5904.94 --> 5905.88]  have been created
+[5905.88 --> 5906.72]  through him
+[5906.72 --> 5908.02]  and for him.
+[5908.10 --> 5908.86]  He is before
+[5908.86 --> 5909.58]  all things
+[5909.58 --> 5910.54]  and in him
+[5910.54 --> 5911.52]  all things
+[5911.52 --> 5912.72]  hold together.
+[5913.92 --> 5914.96]  That text in Colossians
+[5914.96 --> 5915.80]  is about Jesus
+[5915.80 --> 5917.10]  and yet you see
+[5917.10 --> 5918.24]  how remarkably
+[5918.24 --> 5920.04]  similar it is
+[5920.04 --> 5920.58]  to what Paul
+[5920.58 --> 5921.16]  says here.
+[5921.76 --> 5922.74]  And in Colossians,
+[5923.16 --> 5924.14]  Paul goes through
+[5924.14 --> 5925.12]  this amazing
+[5925.12 --> 5926.36]  Christ hymn
+[5926.36 --> 5927.52]  exalting Jesus
+[5927.52 --> 5928.20]  saying that
+[5928.20 --> 5929.60]  he is the image
+[5929.60 --> 5931.28]  of the invisible God
+[5931.28 --> 5931.76]  saying that
+[5931.76 --> 5932.96]  God chose to have
+[5932.96 --> 5933.56]  the fullness
+[5933.56 --> 5934.62]  of who he is
+[5934.62 --> 5936.32]  dwell in Jesus
+[5936.32 --> 5937.32]  that in all things
+[5937.32 --> 5938.54]  Christ might have
+[5938.54 --> 5939.16]  the supremacy.
+[5940.16 --> 5940.82]  And so when we
+[5940.82 --> 5941.86]  gather in this place
+[5941.86 --> 5942.72]  and we talk about
+[5942.72 --> 5943.50]  what does it mean
+[5943.50 --> 5944.42]  to be fully human,
+[5944.78 --> 5945.54]  fully alive,
+[5945.86 --> 5946.98]  we must look to Jesus.
+[5947.88 --> 5948.56]  When we gather
+[5948.56 --> 5949.10]  in this place
+[5949.10 --> 5949.66]  and we talk about
+[5949.66 --> 5950.24]  what does it mean
+[5950.24 --> 5951.32]  to worship God,
+[5951.50 --> 5952.60]  we must look to Jesus.
+[5952.74 --> 5953.76]  who is God
+[5953.76 --> 5954.36]  and made himself
+[5954.36 --> 5955.32]  known to us,
+[5955.54 --> 5956.40]  made himself visible
+[5956.40 --> 5956.94]  to us.
+[5957.06 --> 5957.80]  When we gather
+[5957.80 --> 5958.66]  in this place
+[5958.66 --> 5959.72]  to worship God
+[5959.72 --> 5960.66]  and to wrestle
+[5960.66 --> 5962.04]  with our humanity,
+[5962.04 --> 5963.22]  we must see
+[5963.22 --> 5963.98]  the humility
+[5963.98 --> 5965.00]  of God himself
+[5965.00 --> 5965.48]  in Jesus
+[5965.48 --> 5967.20]  who took on
+[5967.20 --> 5967.74]  the form
+[5967.74 --> 5968.56]  of a slave
+[5968.56 --> 5969.96]  and being found
+[5969.96 --> 5971.54]  in human likeness
+[5971.54 --> 5972.44]  became obedient
+[5972.44 --> 5973.52]  unto death,
+[5973.64 --> 5974.42]  even death
+[5974.42 --> 5975.52]  on the cross.
+[5976.12 --> 5976.42]  You see,
+[5976.52 --> 5977.42]  this is who
+[5977.42 --> 5978.28]  God is.
+[5978.28 --> 5979.06]  This is what
+[5979.06 --> 5979.94]  God has done.
+[5980.04 --> 5980.74]  This is why
+[5980.74 --> 5981.92]  we exalt in him
+[5981.92 --> 5982.86]  because Jesus,
+[5983.28 --> 5983.96]  God himself,
+[5984.12 --> 5985.04]  came into this world
+[5985.04 --> 5985.94]  and lived the life
+[5985.94 --> 5986.94]  I should have lived
+[5986.94 --> 5987.90]  and died the death
+[5987.90 --> 5989.06]  that I deserve.
+[5989.20 --> 5990.34]  And so now
+[5990.34 --> 5991.48]  I see the truth
+[5991.48 --> 5992.50]  of who I am
+[5992.50 --> 5994.10]  revealed in the truth
+[5994.10 --> 5995.84]  of who Jesus is
+[5995.84 --> 5997.64]  and so I will
+[5997.64 --> 5999.08]  praise him.
+[5999.08 --> 6002.52]  worship is about
+[6002.52 --> 6003.52]  Jesus.
+[6007.22 --> 6008.46]  And then the last word.
+[6009.88 --> 6010.90]  The last word.
+[6011.06 --> 6011.90]  To him be the glory
+[6011.90 --> 6012.38]  forever.
+[6013.72 --> 6014.10]  Amen.
+[6015.38 --> 6015.76]  Amen.
+[6016.66 --> 6017.40]  Now let me be
+[6017.40 --> 6018.80]  real quick on this.
+[6018.96 --> 6020.64]  Amen is a word
+[6020.64 --> 6021.46]  that means
+[6021.46 --> 6022.02]  trustworthy
+[6022.02 --> 6023.30]  or true.
+[6024.62 --> 6025.18]  Colloquially,
+[6025.60 --> 6026.90]  it's like when you
+[6026.90 --> 6027.74]  or your friends
+[6027.74 --> 6028.48]  say something
+[6028.48 --> 6029.48]  that you agree with
+[6029.48 --> 6030.08]  or that you think
+[6030.08 --> 6030.64]  is important
+[6030.64 --> 6031.72]  and if you're
+[6031.72 --> 6032.30]  a millennial
+[6032.30 --> 6032.78]  you might have
+[6032.78 --> 6033.22]  said something
+[6033.22 --> 6033.86]  like truth.
+[6035.08 --> 6035.92]  If you're
+[6035.92 --> 6036.84]  younger than
+[6036.84 --> 6037.34]  a millennial
+[6037.34 --> 6037.86]  you might say
+[6037.86 --> 6038.38]  something like
+[6038.38 --> 6038.84]  facts.
+[6041.28 --> 6042.22]  In the Jewish
+[6042.22 --> 6043.24]  synagogue tradition
+[6043.24 --> 6045.28]  then carried over
+[6045.28 --> 6046.36]  into early Christianity
+[6046.36 --> 6047.62]  when someone
+[6047.62 --> 6048.78]  finished reading
+[6048.78 --> 6050.16]  or giving a discourse
+[6050.16 --> 6051.36]  or had offered
+[6051.36 --> 6052.26]  a powerful prayer
+[6052.26 --> 6052.90]  to God
+[6052.90 --> 6054.10]  the other people
+[6054.10 --> 6054.92]  in the assembly
+[6054.92 --> 6055.94]  would respond
+[6055.94 --> 6056.76]  by saying
+[6056.76 --> 6057.22]  amen.
+[6057.74 --> 6058.66]  And the idea
+[6058.66 --> 6059.34]  there is that
+[6059.34 --> 6059.80]  it takes
+[6059.80 --> 6060.40]  what was just
+[6060.40 --> 6060.76]  said
+[6060.76 --> 6061.42]  and it makes
+[6061.42 --> 6062.20]  it your own.
+[6063.18 --> 6063.82]  So when you
+[6063.82 --> 6064.58]  say amen
+[6064.58 --> 6065.48]  it takes the
+[6065.48 --> 6065.98]  truth
+[6065.98 --> 6067.32]  that I am
+[6067.32 --> 6067.70]  saying
+[6067.70 --> 6068.24]  or that the
+[6068.24 --> 6068.82]  speaker is
+[6068.82 --> 6069.20]  saying
+[6069.20 --> 6069.72]  and it
+[6069.72 --> 6070.56]  proclaims it
+[6070.56 --> 6071.10]  for yourself
+[6071.10 --> 6071.84]  saying yes
+[6071.84 --> 6073.12]  this is mine.
+[6073.90 --> 6074.68]  It's like you
+[6074.68 --> 6075.34]  saying yes
+[6075.34 --> 6075.80]  Lord
+[6075.80 --> 6077.18]  this is
+[6077.18 --> 6077.64]  true
+[6077.64 --> 6078.28]  make it
+[6078.28 --> 6078.82]  so
+[6078.82 --> 6079.64]  for me.
+[6082.26 --> 6083.26]  You got it.
+[6084.40 --> 6085.12]  Remember at the
+[6085.12 --> 6085.52]  beginning of the
+[6085.52 --> 6086.12]  service I said
+[6086.12 --> 6086.80]  at some point
+[6086.80 --> 6087.20]  you will have
+[6087.20 --> 6087.64]  a voluntary
+[6087.64 --> 6088.20]  participation.
+[6088.80 --> 6089.56]  This is your
+[6089.56 --> 6090.46]  perhaps less than
+[6090.46 --> 6091.40]  voluntary participation
+[6091.40 --> 6091.92]  point.
+[6093.78 --> 6094.08]  Worship
+[6094.08 --> 6095.38]  exalts God.
+[6095.48 --> 6095.64]  Amen?
+[6097.26 --> 6098.54]  Worship celebrates
+[6098.54 --> 6099.18]  the mystery
+[6099.18 --> 6099.86]  and has room
+[6099.86 --> 6100.60]  for your doubts.
+[6102.06 --> 6103.26]  Worship invites
+[6103.26 --> 6103.96]  your questions
+[6103.96 --> 6104.86]  and calls you
+[6104.86 --> 6105.70]  to submit them
+[6105.70 --> 6106.36]  to the scriptures.
+[6108.46 --> 6109.24]  That's a harder
+[6109.24 --> 6109.80]  one isn't it?
+[6109.80 --> 6111.92]  And worship
+[6111.92 --> 6113.20]  requires humble
+[6113.20 --> 6113.84]  submission
+[6113.84 --> 6115.86]  seeing yourself
+[6115.86 --> 6116.58]  as you truly
+[6116.58 --> 6117.58]  are before God.
+[6118.76 --> 6119.74]  And worship
+[6119.74 --> 6120.66]  says that we
+[6120.66 --> 6121.10]  will hear
+[6121.10 --> 6122.06]  these truths
+[6122.06 --> 6123.24]  of God
+[6123.24 --> 6123.88]  and we
+[6123.88 --> 6124.78]  will say
+[6124.78 --> 6125.82]  amen.
+[6126.28 --> 6126.98]  Let's pray
+[6126.98 --> 6127.34]  together.
+[6132.72 --> 6133.44]  Amen
+[6133.44 --> 6135.08]  and amen.
+[6135.08 --> 6137.20]  God you
+[6137.20 --> 6138.10]  are good.
+[6138.22 --> 6138.72]  Who you
+[6138.72 --> 6140.00]  are is
+[6140.00 --> 6140.74]  amazing
+[6140.74 --> 6142.14]  to us
+[6142.14 --> 6142.46]  and so
+[6142.46 --> 6143.44]  we exalt
+[6143.44 --> 6145.06]  your name.
+[6146.94 --> 6147.42]  Who you
+[6147.42 --> 6147.88]  are
+[6147.88 --> 6149.36]  well known
+[6149.36 --> 6150.00]  to us
+[6150.00 --> 6151.90]  in necessary
+[6151.90 --> 6152.58]  and small
+[6152.58 --> 6152.96]  measure
+[6152.96 --> 6153.98]  is ultimately
+[6153.98 --> 6155.02]  unfathomable
+[6155.02 --> 6155.60]  and so
+[6155.60 --> 6155.96]  we
+[6155.96 --> 6156.86]  worship
+[6156.86 --> 6157.62]  you.
+[6159.48 --> 6160.40]  Who you
+[6160.40 --> 6161.44]  are invites
+[6161.44 --> 6162.54]  our doubts
+[6162.54 --> 6163.58]  calls for
+[6163.58 --> 6164.96]  our questions
+[6164.96 --> 6165.88]  and we
+[6165.88 --> 6166.78]  shape our
+[6166.78 --> 6167.20]  worship
+[6167.20 --> 6167.84]  through
+[6167.84 --> 6168.56]  them
+[6168.56 --> 6169.28]  seeking
+[6169.28 --> 6170.26]  you.
+[6174.02 --> 6174.76]  And who
+[6174.76 --> 6175.20]  you are
+[6175.20 --> 6175.70]  requires
+[6175.70 --> 6176.32]  our
+[6176.32 --> 6176.92]  submission
+[6176.92 --> 6178.10]  to you.
+[6178.72 --> 6179.16]  And so
+[6179.16 --> 6179.64]  we submit
+[6179.64 --> 6180.14]  our hearts
+[6180.14 --> 6180.72]  this morning
+[6180.72 --> 6182.24]  asking that
+[6182.24 --> 6182.48]  you would
+[6182.48 --> 6183.00]  hear our
+[6183.00 --> 6183.34]  prayers
+[6183.34 --> 6183.60]  that you
+[6183.60 --> 6183.88]  would hear
+[6183.88 --> 6184.42]  the cry
+[6184.42 --> 6184.84]  of our
+[6184.84 --> 6185.14]  souls
+[6185.14 --> 6185.44]  that you
+[6185.44 --> 6185.90]  would hear
+[6185.90 --> 6186.86]  our worship
+[6186.86 --> 6187.76]  from lament
+[6187.76 --> 6188.84]  and question
+[6188.84 --> 6189.90]  to praise
+[6189.90 --> 6190.78]  and thanksgiving
+[6190.78 --> 6191.06]  that you
+[6191.06 --> 6191.38]  would hear
+[6191.38 --> 6191.80]  it all.
+[6192.54 --> 6193.50]  And that
+[6193.50 --> 6193.92]  in this
+[6193.92 --> 6194.32]  time
+[6194.32 --> 6194.82]  we would
+[6194.82 --> 6195.58]  see most
+[6195.58 --> 6196.00]  clearly
+[6196.00 --> 6196.40]  what it
+[6196.40 --> 6196.78]  means to
+[6196.78 --> 6197.22]  be fully
+[6197.22 --> 6197.64]  human
+[6197.64 --> 6198.80]  fully alive
+[6198.80 --> 6199.18]  as we
+[6199.18 --> 6199.80]  look to
+[6199.80 --> 6200.14]  our
+[6200.14 --> 6200.54]  Lord
+[6200.54 --> 6200.92]  Jesus
+[6200.92 --> 6201.42]  Christ.
+[6201.94 --> 6202.46]  In his
+[6202.46 --> 6202.92]  name we
+[6202.92 --> 6203.20]  pray.
+[6203.98 --> 6204.42]  Amen.
+[6211.42 --> 6212.20]  Let's all
+[6212.20 --> 6212.92]  stand and
+[6212.92 --> 6213.82]  join together
+[6213.82 --> 6214.10]  in our
+[6214.10 --> 6214.34]  voices.
+[6222.54 --> 6242.00]  who else
+[6242.00 --> 6243.08]  commands all
+[6243.08 --> 6244.02]  the hosts
+[6244.02 --> 6245.18]  of heaven
+[6245.18 --> 6247.30]  who else
+[6247.30 --> 6248.04]  could make
+[6248.04 --> 6248.84]  everything
+[6248.84 --> 6250.54]  round down
+[6250.54 --> 6252.64]  who else
+[6252.64 --> 6252.90]  who
+[6252.90 --> 6253.40]  whispers
+[6253.40 --> 6254.00]  and
+[6254.00 --> 6254.68]  darkness
+[6254.68 --> 6255.74]  jumbled
+[6255.74 --> 6258.26]  only a
+[6258.26 --> 6259.00]  holy
+[6259.00 --> 6260.92]  God
+[6260.92 --> 6268.96]  come and
+[6268.96 --> 6269.34]  need
+[6269.34 --> 6270.76]  minute
+[6270.76 --> 6274.46]  thy
+[6274.46 --> 6274.92]   ån
+[6274.92 --> 6281.92]  majesty rules with justice only a holy God
+[6281.92 --> 6293.10]  come and behold him the one and the only
+[6293.10 --> 6301.10]  cry of sing holy forever a holy God
+[6301.10 --> 6305.90]  come and worship the holy God
+[6305.90 --> 6327.70]  now the glory consumes like fire
+[6327.70 --> 6332.50]  what other power can raise my debt
+[6332.50 --> 6338.50]  what other name in the kingdom we bear
+[6338.50 --> 6343.50]  holy and holy God
+[6343.50 --> 6352.50]  come and behold him the one and the only
+[6352.50 --> 6361.30]  cry of sing holy forever a holy God
+[6361.30 --> 6365.30]  come and worship the holy God
+[6365.30 --> 6373.30]  come and behold him the one and the only
+[6373.30 --> 6381.30]  cry of sing holy forever a holy God
+[6381.30 --> 6386.10]  come and worship the holy God
+[6386.10 --> 6396.90]  who else could rescue me from my feet
+[6396.90 --> 6404.90]  who else could offer his only son
+[6404.90 --> 6409.70]  who else could rescue me from my feet
+[6409.70 --> 6415.70]  who else could offer his only son
+[6415.70 --> 6419.70]  who else could rise me to call him father
+[6419.70 --> 6424.50]  come and behold him the one and the only
+[6424.50 --> 6430.50]  cry of sing holy forever a holy God
+[6430.50 --> 6438.50]  come and behold him the one and the only
+[6438.50 --> 6442.50]  cry of sing holy forever a holy God
+[6442.50 --> 6453.30]  come and worship the holy God
+[6453.30 --> 6459.30]  come and behold him the one and the only
+[6459.30 --> 6465.30]  cry of sing holy forever a holy God
+[6465.30 --> 6471.60]  Holy God, come and worship the Holy God.
+[6479.60 --> 6488.38]  Before our final song and before we receive God's blessing, please go with a couple invitations.
+[6488.38 --> 6497.40]  First of all, if you would like to have prayer or be prayed over or with, there will be someone who comes up to the front here after service.
+[6497.52 --> 6499.60]  They will have a name tag on with a yellow square.
+[6499.96 --> 6502.82]  They would love to meet you and pray with you there.
+[6503.40 --> 6508.52]  As well, go with an invitation to stick around following our worship for a time of fellowship together.
+[6508.68 --> 6513.74]  There should be some refreshments available, although the last time I said that I was proved wrong.
+[6513.74 --> 6516.48]  So whatever happens back there is all grace.
+[6516.48 --> 6524.34]  And please do stick around, take opportunity to congratulate Dave and Sheila as well.
+[6524.66 --> 6530.24]  And then the last invitation, remember we are gathering again to continue our worship.
+[6530.90 --> 6535.72]  To worship our good God tonight at 6 p.m. for worship through the decades.
+[6535.88 --> 6540.50]  And so join us as we continue singing praises to our God together.
+[6541.22 --> 6542.96]  Receive the blessing of God.
+[6542.96 --> 6546.38]  God, go before you to lead you.
+[6546.94 --> 6548.90]  God, go behind you to protect you.
+[6549.24 --> 6551.30]  God, go beneath you to support you.
+[6551.64 --> 6553.96]  God, go beside you to befriend you.
+[6554.70 --> 6556.46]  Do not be afraid.
+[6556.92 --> 6558.82]  Let the blessing of God come upon you today.
+[6558.98 --> 6565.28]  Do not be afraid, but go in peace to love and serve the Lord.
+[6565.28 --> 6566.84]  Amen.
+[6566.84 --> 6567.04]  Amen.
+[6567.04 --> 6567.08]  Amen.
+[6572.96 --> 6573.76]  Amen.
+[6573.76 --> 6574.04]  Amen.
+[6581.82 --> 6582.06]  Amen.
+[6582.28 --> 6582.42]  Amen.
+[6582.92 --> 6585.60]  Amen.
+[6585.60 --> 6587.68]  See you next week.
+[6587.68 --> 6591.72]  Am Soxtashi.
+[6591.74 --> 6596.04]  Amen.
+[6596.14 --> 6597.36]  Amen.
+[6597.36 --> 6600.46]  We'll gather the nations before you.
+[6601.04 --> 6607.36]  And the eyes of all men will be fixed on the land as who was crucified.
+[6608.88 --> 6616.08]  With wisdom and mercy and justice you'll reign at your Father's side.
+[6616.08 --> 6623.60]  And the angels will our tail of the land.
+[6623.60 --> 6629.72]  Who was saved for the world's rolling crown.
+[6631.66 --> 6638.88]  And the earth will reply, who shall win?
+[6639.36 --> 6644.00]  As the King of all kings and the Lord of all kings.
+[6644.00 --> 6655.50]  There's a shield in our hand and a sword at our side.
+[6655.72 --> 6659.34]  There's a fire in our spirits that cannot be denied.
+[6659.34 --> 6663.40]  As the Father has told us for thee to have high.
+[6663.64 --> 6666.66]  For the nations who gathered before you.
+[6666.66 --> 6673.90]  And the ears of all men be to hear of the Lamb who was crucified.
+[6675.12 --> 6682.32]  Who descended to heaven, who was raised up to him at his Father's side.
+[6682.32 --> 6688.78]  And the angels of God, hail the Lamb.
+[6690.78 --> 6696.12]  Who was saved for the world's rolling crown.
+[6698.12 --> 6703.78]  And the earth will reply, who shall win?
+[6703.78 --> 6710.10]  As the King of all kings and the Lord of all kings.
+[6710.24 --> 6714.84]  And the angels of God, hail the Lamb.
+[6714.84 --> 6723.84]  Who was saved for the world's rolling crown.
+[6723.84 --> 6731.24]  And the earth will reply, who shall win.
+[6731.24 --> 6737.70]  As the King of all kings and the Lord of all kings.
+[6737.70 --> 6742.70]  As the King of all kings and the Lord of all kings.
+[6742.70 --> 6749.72]  And the Lord of all kings.
+[6749.94 --> 6750.40]  And the Lord of all kings.
+[6750.58 --> 6750.86]  Who hang on the hand, who shall win.
+[6750.86 --> 6752.86]  Amen.
+[6780.86 --> 6782.86]  Amen.
+[6810.86 --> 6812.86]  Amen.