1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:29,980 Thank you. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:59,980 Thank you. 3 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:29,980 Thank you. 4 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:59,980 I'll see you next time. 5 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:29,980 Thank you. 6 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:59,980 Thank you. 7 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:29,980 Thank you. 8 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:46,340 Good morning. 9 00:12:46,340 --> 00:12:54,300 We are so glad and grateful to be able to share together this morning. 10 00:12:54,300 --> 00:13:00,660 we want to welcome you. If you're here with us or if you're watching online on this snowy morning, 11 00:13:00,660 --> 00:13:08,220 we are so thankful that you are able to be with us. A couple of announcements. One is we have 12 00:13:08,220 --> 00:13:16,560 coffee and water and snacks on the back table. You're welcome to help yourself to those. Also 13 00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:21,320 on the back table, there are some bulletins, some sermon handouts, and a little chart. 14 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:28,040 It's been an interesting week in my attempt to make our bulletin a little more user-friendly. 15 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:34,520 Anyway, we got something done, so it looks a little differently than it normally does, 16 00:13:34,520 --> 00:13:36,820 and we'll add some more as we go through. 17 00:13:36,820 --> 00:13:41,460 But if you want to follow along with our service, it's right there as well, 18 00:13:41,460 --> 00:13:43,440 and there is a sermon outline as well. 19 00:13:43,440 --> 00:13:46,360 Additionally, we probably won't reference this in the sermon, 20 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:52,680 but there's a section that talks about the focus and the way the Sermon on the Mount is constructed. 21 00:13:52,800 --> 00:13:55,080 with the Lord's Prayer, being at the very center. 22 00:13:55,080 --> 00:14:00,140 So there is kind of a chart that illustrates that that we put together for this week. 23 00:14:00,140 --> 00:14:03,020 Also, there are communion elements in the back. 24 00:14:03,020 --> 00:14:06,780 If you would like to celebrate communion with us, 25 00:14:06,780 --> 00:14:12,420 this is a meal for those who are Christians, whose hope is in Christ. 26 00:14:12,420 --> 00:14:16,660 And so if you would like to partake with us as a Christian, 27 00:14:16,660 --> 00:14:20,260 those elements are in the back table as you come in. 28 00:14:20,260 --> 00:14:22,400 We also have Children's Church this morning. 29 00:14:22,660 --> 00:14:26,420 and the kids will be dismissed after communion. 30 00:14:26,420 --> 00:14:31,880 So I'm going to go ahead and pray, and then we'll dive into it. 31 00:14:31,880 --> 00:14:35,540 I don't know what that's. 32 00:14:35,540 --> 00:14:41,780 Try not to wiggle that. 33 00:14:41,780 --> 00:14:45,360 Let's go ahead and have a word of prayer. 34 00:14:45,360 --> 00:14:49,500 Father in heaven, we thank you for all the good that you have done for us. 35 00:14:50,220 --> 00:14:57,700 We thank you for our brothers and sisters in Christ this morning as we gather. 36 00:14:57,700 --> 00:15:00,680 We thank you for how you encourage us and strengthen us. 37 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:08,520 I ask that as we gather for worship, as we read Scripture together, as we sing, as we confess sin, 38 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:14,080 as we rejoice in the hope that we have and the forgiveness we have in Christ, 39 00:15:14,180 --> 00:15:21,860 as we gather to the table, as we open your word, as the kids learn and read and study together in 40 00:15:21,860 --> 00:15:27,540 their classes, we just ask that you would be at work in our lives this morning. It's in Jesus' name 41 00:15:27,540 --> 00:15:35,640 we pray. Amen. So leading up to this morning, we kept hearing that we were getting a whole bunch 42 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:40,580 of snow, and I would say that a few weeks ago that probably would have felt like a bigger deal, 43 00:15:41,140 --> 00:15:45,660 But as I was driving through Winchester and everybody's panicking at the grocery store, 44 00:15:45,660 --> 00:15:51,900 one of the things that happened with our snowstorm a few weeks ago is it kind of puts things into perspective. 45 00:15:51,900 --> 00:15:57,560 We've seen something that was greater, and so we sort of measure everything else by that. 46 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:04,980 And so this morning, one of our goals and our purposes as we gather for worship is we want to put things into perspective. 47 00:16:04,980 --> 00:16:07,980 We want to see God in His glory and His love. 48 00:16:08,420 --> 00:16:11,140 we'll see that he is a father to us. 49 00:16:11,140 --> 00:16:15,380 And this doesn't make our struggles or our difficulties disappear, 50 00:16:15,380 --> 00:16:20,920 but it does change the scale of all of these things. 51 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:24,880 They begin to look different as we have seen something bigger. 52 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:27,880 And so part of the purpose of us gathering for worship 53 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:32,280 is to see God in his glory and in his greatness 54 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:38,280 and reorient ourselves and see who he truly is. 55 00:16:38,320 --> 00:16:40,000 So we're going to start this morning. 56 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,100 We're going to read from the 34th Psalm, and we're going to do it a little bit differently. 57 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:52,840 I'm going to read the first three verses, and then we will pick up together as a group in verses 4, 5, 6, and 7. 58 00:16:52,840 --> 00:16:55,920 So if you would be standing for the reading of God's Word. 59 00:16:55,920 --> 00:17:04,200 All right, the psalmist says in 34, 60 00:17:04,200 --> 00:17:06,080 For I will bless the Lord at all times. 61 00:17:06,080 --> 00:17:09,460 His praise shall continually be in my mouth. 62 00:17:09,460 --> 00:17:12,580 My soul makes its boast in the Lord. 63 00:17:12,580 --> 00:17:14,380 Let the humble hear and be glad. 64 00:17:14,380 --> 00:17:19,360 Oh, magnify the Lord with me and let us exalt his name together. 65 00:17:19,360 --> 00:17:20,920 Let's do that together. 66 00:17:20,920 --> 00:17:24,900 I sought the Lord and he answered me 67 00:17:24,900 --> 00:17:28,660 and delivered me from all my fears. 68 00:17:28,660 --> 00:17:32,040 Those who look to him are radiant 69 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,760 and their faces shall never be ashamed. 70 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:40,400 This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him 71 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:44,040 and saved him out of all of his troubles. 72 00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:49,440 The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear him 73 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:51,260 and delivers them. 74 00:17:51,260 --> 00:17:53,420 This is the word of the Lord. 75 00:17:53,420 --> 00:17:55,940 We're going to start by singing this morning, 76 00:17:55,940 --> 00:17:56,860 This is Our God. 77 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:13,280 Remember those walls that we called sin and shame? 78 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:18,940 They were like prisons that we couldn't escape 79 00:18:18,940 --> 00:18:23,740 But he came and he died and he rose 80 00:18:23,740 --> 00:18:26,540 Those walls are rubble now 81 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:37,040 Remember those giants we call death and grave? 82 00:18:37,040 --> 00:18:42,040 They were like mountains that stood in our way 83 00:18:42,040 --> 00:18:47,040 He came and He died and He rose 84 00:18:47,040 --> 00:18:50,040 Those giants are dying now 85 00:18:50,040 --> 00:19:00,040 This is our God, this is who He is, He loves us 86 00:19:00,040 --> 00:19:06,020 This is our God, this is what He does, He saves us 87 00:19:06,020 --> 00:19:11,920 He bore the cross, beat the grave, let heaven and earth proclaim 88 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:15,520 This is our God, King Jesus 89 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:20,680 Remember that fear that took our breath away 90 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:26,420 Faith so weak that we could barely pray 91 00:19:26,420 --> 00:19:31,240 But He heard every word, every whisper 92 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:37,800 Now those altars in the wilderness 93 00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:44,240 Tell the story of His faithfulness 94 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,080 Never once did He fail 95 00:19:47,080 --> 00:19:50,920 And He never will 96 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:56,240 This is our God, this is who He is 97 00:19:56,420 --> 00:19:58,680 He loves us 98 00:19:58,680 --> 00:20:02,080 This is our God, this is what He does 99 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,640 He saves us 100 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:07,840 He bore the cross, feed the grave 101 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:10,400 Let heaven and earth proclaim 102 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,080 This is our God, King Jesus 103 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:19,660 This is our God, this is who He is 104 00:20:19,660 --> 00:20:22,140 He loves us 105 00:20:22,140 --> 00:20:25,500 This is our God, this is what He does 106 00:20:25,500 --> 00:20:27,980 He saves us 107 00:20:27,980 --> 00:20:31,240 He bore the cross, beat the grave 108 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:33,820 Let heaven and earth proclaim 109 00:20:33,820 --> 00:20:37,460 This is our God, King Jesus 110 00:20:37,460 --> 00:20:43,080 He bore the cross, beat the grave 111 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,520 Let heaven and earth proclaim 112 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:49,160 This is our God, King Jesus 113 00:20:55,500 --> 00:21:15,140 I believe in Christ 114 00:21:15,140 --> 00:21:18,440 risen from the dead 115 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:21,880 He now reigns victorious 116 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:25,380 His kingdom knows no end 117 00:21:25,380 --> 00:21:32,380 Through His resurrection, death has lost its hope. 118 00:21:32,380 --> 00:21:40,380 I know on that final day, I'll rise as Jesus grows. 119 00:21:40,380 --> 00:21:47,380 On that day, we will see You shining brighter than the sun. 120 00:21:47,380 --> 00:21:54,380 On that day, we will love You as we lift our voices one. 121 00:21:54,380 --> 00:22:01,420 Till that day, we will praise you for your never-ending grace. 122 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:07,800 And we will keep on singing on that glorious day. 123 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:20,000 What a blessed hope, thrown out tired and warm. 124 00:22:21,060 --> 00:22:26,920 We will spend eternity around our sayest thorns. 125 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:33,760 Though we grieve our losses, we grieve not in vain. 126 00:22:33,760 --> 00:22:40,740 For we know our crown of glory is beyond the grave. 127 00:22:40,740 --> 00:22:47,480 On that day, we will see you shining brighter than the sun. 128 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:54,300 On that day, we will know you as we lift our voices one. 129 00:22:54,300 --> 00:23:01,460 Till that day, we will praise you for your never-ending grace. 130 00:23:01,460 --> 00:23:07,820 And we will keep on singing on that glorious day. 131 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:25,180 Hallelujah, what a day it will be 132 00:23:25,180 --> 00:23:32,020 For at home with you my joy is going to be 133 00:23:32,020 --> 00:23:38,660 As I know you through your arms open wide 134 00:23:38,660 --> 00:23:45,700 I will see my father who is waiting for me 135 00:23:45,700 --> 00:23:53,180 Hallelujah, the higher day it will be 136 00:23:53,180 --> 00:23:59,240 For at home with you my joy is complete 137 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:06,100 As I run into your arms open wide 138 00:24:06,100 --> 00:24:07,900 I will sing 139 00:24:07,900 --> 00:24:13,100 My Father who is waiting for me 140 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:20,120 My Father who is waiting for me 141 00:24:20,120 --> 00:24:25,560 On that day, we will see you 142 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:28,700 Shining brighter than this sun 143 00:24:28,700 --> 00:24:32,420 On that day, we will know you 144 00:24:32,420 --> 00:24:35,460 As we lift our voices one 145 00:24:35,460 --> 00:24:39,460 Till that day, we will praise you 146 00:24:39,460 --> 00:24:42,620 For your never-ending grace 147 00:24:42,620 --> 00:24:49,200 And we will keep on singing on that glorious day 148 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:56,100 On that day, we will see you shining brighter than the sun 149 00:24:56,100 --> 00:25:02,100 On that day, we will know you as we lift our hearts 150 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:10,100 One till that day, we will praise you for your never-ending grace 151 00:25:10,100 --> 00:25:16,440 And we will keep on singing on that glorious day 152 00:25:16,440 --> 00:25:23,280 And we will keep on singing on that glorious day 153 00:25:40,100 --> 00:25:52,060 We want to come together before we sing in just a moment of both confession and of assurance. 154 00:25:52,060 --> 00:26:00,220 Confessing our sins together before God and finding assurance in the forgiveness of Christ, 155 00:26:00,220 --> 00:26:06,200 which leads us to our celebration around the table this morning. 156 00:26:07,400 --> 00:26:11,900 And so confession isn't necessarily about bringing a list of all of our failures, 157 00:26:11,900 --> 00:26:14,780 but it's about turning back to God, 158 00:26:14,780 --> 00:26:19,000 to stop pretending that we've got it all figured out and all put together 159 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,560 and that we're doing well on our own. 160 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,240 So this morning, as we confess our sins together, 161 00:26:24,240 --> 00:26:30,360 I'd like us to read together from Luke chapter 15, beginning in verse 18. 162 00:26:30,360 --> 00:26:32,180 So if you would read together with me. 163 00:26:32,900 --> 00:26:38,440 I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, 164 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:43,280 Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 165 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:47,300 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. 166 00:26:47,300 --> 00:26:51,040 Treat me as one of your hired servants. 167 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:59,000 And he arose and came to his father. 168 00:26:59,660 --> 00:27:10,060 But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him, felt compassion, and ran, and embraced him, and kissed him. 169 00:27:10,060 --> 00:27:13,400 Let me read to you from 1 John chapter 3. 170 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,080 See what kind of love the Father has given to us. 171 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:21,060 That we should be called children of God, and so we are. 172 00:27:21,060 --> 00:27:26,540 The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. 173 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:31,800 We're going to go ahead and sing When I Survey the Wondrous Cross. 174 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:12,920 A wondrous cross, on which the Prince of glory died. 175 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:22,920 My richest gain I count. 176 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:32,520 And pour contempt on all of my pride. 177 00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:51,360 Forbid, Lord, that I should boast. 178 00:28:51,360 --> 00:29:00,520 Saving the death of Christ my God 179 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:10,180 All the vain things that show me most 180 00:29:10,180 --> 00:29:20,600 I sacrifice them through His blood 181 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:50,580 We'll be right back. 182 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:57,420 Innocent love and sorrow 183 00:29:57,420 --> 00:30:08,360 Earth does come close so rich and close 184 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:50,580 We'll be right back. 185 00:30:50,600 --> 00:31:06,040 Amazing, so divine, demands my soul, and I, I, my all. 186 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:18,300 C.S. Lewis once wrote a very short, just a couple pages long essay. 187 00:31:19,060 --> 00:31:21,820 It was entitled, Three Kinds of Men. 188 00:31:21,820 --> 00:31:25,000 He said there's three kinds of men in this world. 189 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,740 The first lives simply for themselves. 190 00:31:27,740 --> 00:31:32,180 They treat the world and everything in it as raw material 191 00:31:32,180 --> 00:31:35,300 to sort of shape and to use for their own pleasure. 192 00:31:35,300 --> 00:31:39,380 And all of life is entirely self-directed. 193 00:31:39,380 --> 00:31:44,980 There's no reference point to life besides what do I want and how do I get it. 194 00:31:45,840 --> 00:31:53,940 The second kind of person that C.S. Lewis speaks of is those that acknowledge there is some kind of claim on them, 195 00:31:53,940 --> 00:31:57,040 whether that's God or conscience or duty. 196 00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:01,380 And knowing that there's a claim, they seek to try to honor it. 197 00:32:01,380 --> 00:32:04,620 But C.S. Lewis, when he describes them, he says that they're like taxpayers. 198 00:32:04,620 --> 00:32:11,540 They want to pay what's required and hope that there is enough left over to live on. 199 00:32:11,620 --> 00:32:13,940 And he said, to use a military illustration, 200 00:32:13,940 --> 00:32:19,560 there's a difference between life on parade and life off parade. 201 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:25,580 That they give God a portion and they try to get by with the rest. 202 00:32:25,580 --> 00:32:28,820 And he will say this very specifically. 203 00:32:28,820 --> 00:32:34,000 They are always and necessarily unhappy. 204 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:39,200 The tax, the moral conscience levies never quite leaves enough to live on. 205 00:32:39,900 --> 00:32:47,400 They either feel guilt because they haven't paid enough or emptiness because they have. 206 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:54,420 And then he describes a third kind who, like Paul say, to live is Christ. 207 00:32:54,420 --> 00:32:58,300 And this third kind of person has stopped negotiating. 208 00:32:58,300 --> 00:33:05,480 C.S. Lewis says their old self has been turned around, reconditioned, and made into a new thing. 209 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:11,880 The will of Christ no longer limits their will, but it is their will. 210 00:33:11,880 --> 00:33:17,420 And here's why this matters this morning as we come to the table. 211 00:33:17,420 --> 00:33:24,000 If we come to the table as this first kind, seeking to shape and turn everything, 212 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:27,560 to serve ourselves and to meet all of our desires, 213 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:34,620 what we find is that Jesus does not let us do that, 214 00:33:35,660 --> 00:33:38,420 But he does have something to say to us. 215 00:33:38,420 --> 00:33:42,680 That the emptiness that we feel is not a malfunction, 216 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:46,760 but it is an invitation to come and see something more. 217 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:51,920 And this meal has something to say to the second kind of man. 218 00:33:51,920 --> 00:33:54,540 Those of us maybe who are tired. 219 00:33:54,540 --> 00:33:56,960 Maybe you're tired of negotiating. 220 00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:58,620 Tired of guilt. 221 00:33:58,620 --> 00:34:02,280 Tired of never getting the balance right. 222 00:34:02,280 --> 00:34:03,680 C.S. Lewis says this. 223 00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,240 The way forward isn't more effort. 224 00:34:05,660 --> 00:34:11,100 The price of Christ is something, in a way, much easier than moral effort. 225 00:34:11,100 --> 00:34:13,500 It is to want Him. 226 00:34:13,500 --> 00:34:19,300 And so for some, this table is an invitation to know Christ more deeply, 227 00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:21,360 to want Him more fully. 228 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:26,400 You see, this is a table where wanting and desire is welcome. 229 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:28,700 It's where the tired and the empty are received. 230 00:34:28,700 --> 00:34:31,020 Not because we figured it out, 231 00:34:31,020 --> 00:34:37,260 but just as we read the father runs toward those who've turned home 232 00:34:37,260 --> 00:34:45,180 and so we come to the table not as those who have paid enough but one who knows the ones who know the 233 00:34:45,180 --> 00:34:51,860 one who has paid it all for while we are still weak at the right time Christ died for the ungodly 234 00:34:51,860 --> 00:34:57,400 for one will scarcely die for a righteous person though perhaps for a good person one would dare 235 00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:05,640 even to die, but God shows his love for us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 236 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:12,680 Since therefore we have been justified by his blood, how much more shall we now be saved from 237 00:35:12,680 --> 00:35:20,120 him, saved by him from the wrath of God? For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God 238 00:35:20,120 --> 00:35:24,580 by the death of his Son, how much more that we are reconciled, now that we are reconciled, 239 00:35:24,580 --> 00:35:26,560 shall we be saved by his life. 240 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:30,220 More than that, we also rejoice in God 241 00:35:30,220 --> 00:35:31,780 through our Lord Jesus Christ, 242 00:35:31,780 --> 00:35:35,320 through whom we have now received reconciliation. 243 00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:39,700 Father, as we come to this table, 244 00:35:39,700 --> 00:35:45,040 we ask that you would help us to see 245 00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:48,340 that you are our hope and our strength, 246 00:35:48,340 --> 00:35:51,460 that it is through your Son and his sacrifice 247 00:35:51,460 --> 00:35:57,780 that we have forgiveness of sins and peace with you 248 00:35:57,780 --> 00:36:02,960 that there is a future for your people to look forward to 249 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:07,560 may you nourish us in the depths of our soul 250 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:11,540 may you convict us of our pride and of our sin 251 00:36:11,540 --> 00:36:14,940 may you restore us 252 00:36:14,940 --> 00:36:20,240 may you help us as we seek to live for your glory in this world 253 00:36:20,240 --> 00:36:22,420 and we would do so not in our own strength 254 00:36:22,420 --> 00:36:24,580 but through the strength that you give us 255 00:36:24,580 --> 00:36:26,640 through your spirit and in the power of the gospel. 256 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,780 I ask that you bless this bread, 257 00:36:29,780 --> 00:36:31,620 you bless this cup, 258 00:36:31,620 --> 00:36:34,780 may we proclaim your son until he comes again. 259 00:36:34,780 --> 00:36:37,780 We're going to partake and then as we finish 260 00:36:37,780 --> 00:36:39,640 we'll share as we did last week 261 00:36:39,640 --> 00:36:42,700 in just a short time of meditation with music. 262 00:36:42,700 --> 00:36:45,780 So let's partake of the body of Jesus 263 00:36:45,780 --> 00:36:48,080 and of what he has done for us. 264 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:54,500 and in the same way, let's partake of the cup, 265 00:36:54,500 --> 00:36:56,860 his blood of the new covenant given for us. 266 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:34,280 And so with thankfulness and faith we rise to respond 267 00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:45,160 And to remember our call to follow with the steps of rest 268 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:50,800 As His body here on earth 269 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:57,880 As we share in His suffering 270 00:37:57,880 --> 00:38:03,620 We proclaim Christ will come 271 00:38:03,620 --> 00:38:07,680 And learn His joy 272 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:11,860 In the face of heaven 273 00:38:11,860 --> 00:38:16,860 Around the table of the King 274 00:38:16,860 --> 00:38:23,860 Around the table of the King 275 00:38:41,860 --> 00:39:11,840 Thank you. 276 00:39:11,860 --> 00:39:41,840 Thank you. 277 00:39:41,860 --> 00:40:11,840 Thank you. 278 00:52:41,860 --> 00:52:52,240 Before we move into Matthew chapter 6 in the Lord's Prayer, 279 00:52:52,240 --> 00:52:59,680 we want to, I don't know if I added it, did I add you've already won somewhere in the slides, Derek? 280 00:52:59,680 --> 00:53:02,140 You've already won? 281 00:53:02,140 --> 00:53:08,000 Okay, I added it to the computer, not to the slide. 282 00:53:08,040 --> 00:53:15,000 So we're going to go ahead and we're going to just dive directly into Matthew chapter 6. 283 00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:20,580 So let me get everything set here and we will go. 284 00:53:38,040 --> 00:53:59,800 I recently was listening to a preacher, and it wasn't about the Sermon on the Mount or 285 00:53:59,800 --> 00:54:04,840 the Lord's Prayer or any of those things, and he seemed pretty against preachers giving 286 00:54:04,840 --> 00:54:12,200 disclaimers before they preached. But I think in this case, it might be a little bit necessary. 287 00:54:12,200 --> 00:54:23,120 As we come to this prayer, there is so much here. It's almost, it's just an abundance of wealth. 288 00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:26,840 There's a lot of things we could talk about in terms of the structure of the prayer. 289 00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:31,580 There's questions we could ask about the text, the long ending of the Lord's Prayer, 290 00:54:31,660 --> 00:54:36,600 the short ending of the Lord's Prayer. We could talk about the contrast that Jesus draws between 291 00:54:36,600 --> 00:54:42,880 the Pharisees and the pagans and the prayer that he instructs his people in. We could dive deeper 292 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:47,860 into forgiveness. In fact, Jesus views it so important that after he is done praying, he comes 293 00:54:47,860 --> 00:54:52,540 back and teaches us a little bit more about forgiveness. There are about a million different 294 00:54:52,540 --> 00:55:00,320 ways in which we could go through and move through this prayer. And the reality is, 295 00:55:00,500 --> 00:55:05,280 I really want to follow every single one of those. 296 00:55:05,280 --> 00:55:08,220 However, that's the disclaimer. 297 00:55:08,220 --> 00:55:09,920 However, this morning what we're going to do 298 00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:13,880 is we're going to try to focus very specifically 299 00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:16,020 just on the Lord's Prayer. 300 00:55:16,020 --> 00:55:18,660 Not going to bring in a lot of the contrast, 301 00:55:18,660 --> 00:55:21,460 not going to bring in the larger context, 302 00:55:21,460 --> 00:55:22,500 except a little bit. 303 00:55:22,500 --> 00:55:26,380 But I primarily want you to see two things in this prayer. 304 00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:32,980 I want you to see a glorious picture of who God is, first of all. 305 00:55:32,980 --> 00:55:39,240 And secondly, I want you to see His gracious provision in the lives of His people. 306 00:55:39,240 --> 00:55:44,620 So there's a lot we could say, but we're going to try to stay focused on those two things. 307 00:55:44,620 --> 00:55:47,020 Let's go ahead and have a word of prayer. 308 00:55:47,020 --> 00:55:48,780 Father in heaven, help us this morning. 309 00:55:48,780 --> 00:55:54,080 Your word is so rich and full and deep. 310 00:55:55,240 --> 00:56:01,120 And it's the sword that protects us and it's the sword that cuts into the depths of our heart. 311 00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:10,400 It's your word that creates in us new hearts, that transforms broken people, that calls us to repentance. 312 00:56:10,400 --> 00:56:15,820 And there is so much wonder in this text. 313 00:56:15,820 --> 00:56:19,700 It's easy for us not to know where to look first. 314 00:56:19,700 --> 00:56:24,640 So I ask that you would focus us on your goodness this morning. 315 00:56:25,240 --> 00:56:35,180 that you would sustain us by your grace and your spirit be working in us and on us and through us. 316 00:56:35,180 --> 00:56:42,760 May we see your glory and may we proclaim it to the world. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 317 00:56:42,760 --> 00:56:51,940 So one of the projects that my grandma, Grandma Nelson, my mom's mom, undertook in her life 318 00:56:51,940 --> 00:57:01,620 was she crocheted an afghan for all of her kids, all of her kids, and I think almost all or all 319 00:57:01,620 --> 00:57:08,160 of her spouses. And so I think it was like 28 or 29 total blankets she crocheted. Now this is in 320 00:57:08,160 --> 00:57:14,400 addition to the two years before she made everybody quilts for their beds as well. And so the way it 321 00:57:14,400 --> 00:57:21,080 worked in my experience was she asked me what colors I liked and I gave her the colors I liked 322 00:57:21,080 --> 00:57:25,140 and she said what pattern do you like and she would give me the pattern and then she would go to 323 00:57:25,140 --> 00:57:32,400 like Joanne's like rest in peace or in our case Ben Franklin like also rest in peace and she would 324 00:57:32,400 --> 00:57:38,240 get some skeins of yarn and then she would sit down with this little crochet hook and somehow 325 00:57:38,240 --> 00:57:45,780 over the next several weeks she would take that yarn and that hook and those individual just wads 326 00:57:45,780 --> 00:57:54,540 of yarn would turn into this remarkable pattern, right? With the colors interwoven and in the right 327 00:57:54,540 --> 00:58:02,700 places and in the right times and made us a blanket out of that yarn. And it was remarkable 328 00:58:02,700 --> 00:58:09,520 and it was amazing. I want you to keep that picture in your head this morning as we move through the 329 00:58:09,520 --> 00:58:15,480 Lord's Prayer. So one of the things that I want us to make sure we understand is that we will not 330 00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:24,100 underestimate the Lord's Prayer. Just like my grandma Nelson took that yarn and turned it into 331 00:58:24,100 --> 00:58:30,040 something filled with beauty and emotion, because she wasn't just pouring her craft into it, she was 332 00:58:30,040 --> 00:58:38,640 pouring her love for her grandkids and her kids, and for her kids-in-law as she crocheted Jesus. 333 00:58:40,000 --> 00:58:44,280 As he teaches us to pray in this prayer, he's doing the same thing. 334 00:58:44,280 --> 00:58:50,560 Not with physical yarn, but as we look through all six petitions in this prayer, 335 00:58:50,560 --> 00:58:53,680 one of the things that happens is that every single one of these, 336 00:58:53,680 --> 00:58:56,360 and it's so remarkable and it's so amazing, 337 00:58:56,360 --> 00:59:00,260 is that it ties all the way back through the Old Testament Scriptures. 338 00:59:00,260 --> 00:59:07,920 And Jesus takes all of these wonderful strands of promise and of command 339 00:59:07,920 --> 00:59:10,800 and of example and of worship, 340 00:59:10,800 --> 00:59:12,700 and he takes them and he ties them together, 341 00:59:12,700 --> 00:59:14,620 not just into some kind of knot, 342 00:59:14,620 --> 00:59:17,940 but he crafts them together into something wonderful 343 00:59:17,940 --> 00:59:22,920 that attracts us as we move forward in service to him. 344 00:59:22,920 --> 00:59:27,200 All of these pieces lead us forward 345 00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:30,660 in wonder and strength and in the grace of God. 346 00:59:30,660 --> 00:59:34,360 This prayer is threads woven together 347 00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:37,920 into a wondrous tapestry for God's people. 348 00:59:37,920 --> 00:59:42,180 And I want to make sure you don't underestimate the importance of the Lord's Prayer. 349 00:59:42,180 --> 00:59:46,000 This prayer is at the center of the Sermon on the Mount. 350 00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:48,480 The literary term for this is chiasm. 351 00:59:48,480 --> 00:59:52,140 It comes from the Greek word key, which is like an X, 352 00:59:52,140 --> 00:59:56,980 and you sort of picture it as arrows, one arrow pointing down, one arrow pointing up, 353 00:59:56,980 --> 00:59:59,440 and the text sort of mirrors each other. 354 00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:03,740 I think for probably most of us it might be a little easier to think of this 355 01:00:03,740 --> 01:00:07,980 as a mountain. In fact, I've got a little chart in the back you can grab if you didn't get one 356 01:00:07,980 --> 01:00:14,780 already. On the front side, you see it leading up to the point, on the back side leading down, 357 01:00:14,780 --> 01:00:20,080 and if you were to fold that in half, what you would find not just that there's an up and a down 358 01:00:20,080 --> 01:00:26,780 to this sermon, but the up and the down match each other and are symmetrical to each other as we go 359 01:00:26,780 --> 01:00:32,640 up and down. And at the center of the point of this, there are three things, right? How to give 360 01:00:32,640 --> 01:00:38,320 in terms of almsgiving, how to pray, and how to fast, and in the middle of that is prayer. 361 01:00:38,320 --> 01:00:43,160 So the Lord's Prayer isn't just sort of in the middle section of the text, the Lord's Prayer 362 01:00:43,160 --> 01:00:51,680 is the middle of the entirety of the Sermon on the Mount. And it's easy for us, I think, 363 01:00:51,680 --> 01:00:55,480 to know a lot of facts about the Lord's Prayer. We can talk about the structure. 364 01:00:57,280 --> 01:01:03,240 We can talk about the six petitions that Jesus calls to us to make. 365 01:01:03,240 --> 01:01:05,960 We can see it as a checklist, right? 366 01:01:05,960 --> 01:01:08,420 I've hallowed God's name. 367 01:01:08,420 --> 01:01:11,000 I've prayed for the kingdom to come. 368 01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:13,880 I've prayed for his will. 369 01:01:13,880 --> 01:01:15,340 I've prayed for my daily bread. 370 01:01:15,340 --> 01:01:16,920 I'm eating toast right now. 371 01:01:16,920 --> 01:01:17,900 The prayer's been answered. 372 01:01:17,900 --> 01:01:20,240 I've prayed for forgiveness, 373 01:01:20,240 --> 01:01:22,700 and I've prayed for God to lead me away from temptation. 374 01:01:22,700 --> 01:01:25,120 Sort of check and check. 375 01:01:26,160 --> 01:01:34,680 And I'm a fact person, and my instinct is sort of take all these petitions and list them out 376 01:01:34,680 --> 01:01:41,080 and seek to understand every detail, and that is not a bad instinct. However, I think it misses 377 01:01:41,080 --> 01:01:48,200 the wonder of what we have here. It certainly contributes to the wonder of what we have here, 378 01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:54,940 but I think we need to see it as a whole, rather than just a list of six petitions that have been 379 01:01:54,940 --> 01:02:00,800 thrown together. And the reality is I've spent the last several weeks thinking and praying and 380 01:02:00,800 --> 01:02:06,120 studying about the Lord's Prayer. One of the things that I've realized is I know a lot of facts 381 01:02:06,120 --> 01:02:12,400 about the Lord's Prayer. But what I've missed is the wonder of how it is woven together through 382 01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:18,020 all of Scripture. And not just bringing them together, but expanding them and making them 383 01:02:18,020 --> 01:02:23,020 beautiful. So for example, and we'll see this in a minute, Jesus begins the prayer with our Father. 384 01:02:23,020 --> 01:02:28,300 And if you go back to the Old Testament, God is listed as father over and over and over again. 385 01:02:28,300 --> 01:02:34,000 But so frequently, it's listed as the head, the ruler. 386 01:02:34,000 --> 01:02:36,660 Fatherhood is a picture of who God is. 387 01:02:36,660 --> 01:02:40,660 And then we come to the Lord's Prayer, and Jesus takes all of those Old Testament pictures of father 388 01:02:40,660 --> 01:02:44,580 and goes, not just a father, but your father. 389 01:02:44,580 --> 01:02:51,600 And then Jesus will address my fears and my struggles and my heartbreak. 390 01:02:53,020 --> 01:02:54,400 Help me to let go of resentment. 391 01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:59,700 This prayer is more than just something to simply memorize. 392 01:02:59,700 --> 01:03:03,920 And to repeat, this is something that is wonderful. 393 01:03:03,920 --> 01:03:06,780 And I don't want you to underestimate the wonder of the Lord's Prayer. 394 01:03:06,780 --> 01:03:11,260 I want you to see the picture that this prayer paints of our God. 395 01:03:11,260 --> 01:03:18,480 This is a wonderful and glorious picture that leads us into gracious provision. 396 01:03:18,480 --> 01:03:22,000 It leads us to our first two sections this morning. 397 01:03:23,020 --> 01:03:28,220 I want us to see this glorious picture of the Lord's Prayer. 398 01:03:28,220 --> 01:03:33,660 Probably every single one of us knows how this prayer starts, right? 399 01:03:33,660 --> 01:03:37,600 So if I was to say fill in the blank hour, right? 400 01:03:37,600 --> 01:03:39,340 We could probably do it with the whole thing. 401 01:03:39,340 --> 01:03:41,460 Who aren't in, yeah, right? 402 01:03:41,460 --> 01:03:44,920 Hallowed be your, like, we go through the whole thing, right? 403 01:03:44,920 --> 01:03:47,660 We know the facts of this prayer. 404 01:03:47,660 --> 01:03:56,820 And one of the things that happens is that it's easy for us sometimes to just read through what we've already read. 405 01:03:56,820 --> 01:04:04,320 When we hear these words, Our Father, what we're seeing is a new relationship for us with God. 406 01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:10,820 Do you know Jesus' most used term for the first person of the Trinity? 407 01:04:10,820 --> 01:04:12,100 It is Father. 408 01:04:12,100 --> 01:04:15,220 180 plus times in the Gospels. 409 01:04:15,220 --> 01:04:20,980 and we hear it so much it becomes so familiar we often don't even think about it right in the same 410 01:04:20,980 --> 01:04:26,160 way that i don't think about water or electricity i i turn the tap or i flip on the switch and it 411 01:04:26,160 --> 01:04:32,960 just sort of happens we hear this word father and we do the same kind of thing i want you to first 412 01:04:32,960 --> 01:04:38,740 of all understand this is not a general universally applied term for God although father in terms of 413 01:04:38,740 --> 01:04:45,360 God can certainly be used in this way, right? The father of all things, right? When Jesus uses it, 414 01:04:45,360 --> 01:04:53,140 this is a specific usage reserved for those who know the son. When Jesus says, our father, he's 415 01:04:53,140 --> 01:04:59,740 not talking about the whole, he's talking about those who know and recognize the son. In fact, 416 01:04:59,740 --> 01:05:08,140 in John 8, 42, he makes that contrast exceedingly clear. So we might say, we've heard these words, 417 01:05:08,220 --> 01:05:13,520 our Father. It's common, it's simple, it's elementary. Why does it matter? Throughout most 418 01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:18,160 of the Old Testament, this picture of God as Father was to illustrate or to teach His people. 419 01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:25,380 God's fatherhood, not in all cases, but in the majority, was seen as sort of corporate headship. 420 01:05:25,380 --> 01:05:31,660 He's the authority, He's the creator, He's the author of life. Yes, He can have compassion, 421 01:05:31,660 --> 01:05:37,300 but by and large, He is an authority figure, and it was the biggest way to see the Father. 422 01:05:37,300 --> 01:05:44,100 And Jesus takes this, and he adds one word, our Father. 423 01:05:44,100 --> 01:05:50,880 One of the things that this would have done to those who heard Jesus, 424 01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:55,940 especially those religious leaders, is it would have scandalized them. 425 01:05:55,940 --> 01:06:01,920 How dare you refer to God as your Father? 426 01:06:01,920 --> 01:06:10,380 in doing so Jesus is announcing a new relationship right not a father not a picture of father but 427 01:06:10,380 --> 01:06:17,360 your father and in the first words of this prayer we see a closeness 428 01:06:17,360 --> 01:06:25,200 that we are called and welcomed into the second thing we see these words hallowed be your name 429 01:06:25,200 --> 01:06:31,320 and you might just think like i have for so long right what does this mean right what does it mean 430 01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:36,860 to hallow. How can I hallow? Well, if you move through Scripture, the word here, hallow, it's the 431 01:06:36,860 --> 01:06:42,080 same word that's used throughout the New Testament as sanctify. And you might say, well, that's really 432 01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:48,380 not that much better, which sanctify is a way to say to make holy. And you're like, well, I've heard 433 01:06:48,380 --> 01:06:57,100 that word before, but how does that help me? To make holy, to be sanctified, to hallow means to set 434 01:06:57,100 --> 01:07:04,780 apart. We think about it if you've ever been to a cemetery where there are war veterans buried, 435 01:07:04,780 --> 01:07:11,260 right? It's referred to as what kind of ground? Hallowed ground, right? It's set apart in honor 436 01:07:11,260 --> 01:07:19,380 and in reverence. Maybe a more common way of thinking about holy or hallowed or set apart 437 01:07:19,380 --> 01:07:26,960 in sort of a humorous way when our kids acquire candy, whether that's Christmas, 438 01:07:26,960 --> 01:07:35,720 Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, right? They go through their candy and there's someone in our 439 01:07:35,720 --> 01:07:43,840 house who really likes a very famous combination of chocolate and peanut butter. And so our kids, 440 01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:51,800 knowingness, what they do is they separate out all of their Reese's eggs, Reese's pieces, Reese's cups, 441 01:07:51,800 --> 01:07:59,740 Reese's Christmas trees, Reese's eggs, right? And what we do is we declare those holy to the mom, 442 01:07:59,740 --> 01:08:07,320 right? And we put them in the freezer. And those are set apart in a place of honor for her. 443 01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:12,500 And so when we hear this, to hallow God's name, to see it as holy, 444 01:08:12,500 --> 01:08:15,440 what does that mean in regards to God's name? 445 01:08:15,440 --> 01:08:17,600 First of all, this is a petition. 446 01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:21,000 It's asking for something. 447 01:08:21,000 --> 01:08:24,480 But it's also directing us to a reality. 448 01:08:24,480 --> 01:08:27,700 When we say that God's name is hallowed, 449 01:08:27,700 --> 01:08:31,080 what we mean is that God is set apart from everything 450 01:08:31,080 --> 01:08:34,980 in power and greatness and in glory and in majesty 451 01:08:34,980 --> 01:08:37,320 and in wonder and in awe. 452 01:08:38,280 --> 01:08:41,780 If you read from Isaiah 6, and you hear this picture. 453 01:08:41,780 --> 01:08:48,260 In that year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, 454 01:08:48,260 --> 01:08:51,560 high and lifted up, and the train of his robe filled the temple. 455 01:08:51,560 --> 01:08:55,540 And above him stood the seraphim, which had six wings, 456 01:08:55,540 --> 01:08:58,580 and with two he covered his face, and two he covered his feet, 457 01:08:58,580 --> 01:09:01,020 two he flew, and he called to one another and said, 458 01:09:01,020 --> 01:09:05,040 Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts. 459 01:09:05,040 --> 01:09:07,760 The whole earth is full of his glory. 460 01:09:09,240 --> 01:09:11,040 So in a sense, talking about God's name 461 01:09:11,040 --> 01:09:13,020 is a declaration of what's already true, 462 01:09:13,020 --> 01:09:16,540 that God is set apart in glory and wonder 463 01:09:16,540 --> 01:09:19,180 and in righteousness and in His eternal nature 464 01:09:19,180 --> 01:09:23,940 and is all-powerful knowing and doing in all things. 465 01:09:23,940 --> 01:09:27,240 But it's not a declaration in this prayer, 466 01:09:27,240 --> 01:09:28,120 hallowed be Your name. 467 01:09:28,120 --> 01:09:29,420 It's a request. 468 01:09:29,420 --> 01:09:32,560 And it's a request in two directions. 469 01:09:32,560 --> 01:09:36,180 One, for our world, and secondly, for our lives. 470 01:09:36,180 --> 01:09:43,180 another way of saying it is this is a request for out there and in here that in our world may your 471 01:09:43,180 --> 01:09:51,920 name be holy set apart and lift it up because in the glory of God we find our good that for the 472 01:09:51,920 --> 01:09:57,560 world this reality we started this morning with Psalm 34 and we read through verse 7 verse 8 says 473 01:09:57,560 --> 01:10:04,520 this taste and see that the Lord is good and in part when we pray and we request that God would 474 01:10:04,520 --> 01:10:10,440 hallow his name what we are saying to him is is let the world see and taste that you are good 475 01:10:10,440 --> 01:10:18,680 but it's not just out there it's in here it's a picture brought in from the entirety of the old 476 01:10:18,680 --> 01:10:24,940 testament this desire for a new heart is he writes about this there's coming a day where your heart 477 01:10:24,940 --> 01:10:30,580 of stone will be taken in a heart of flesh given and that we would see this glory and be transformed 478 01:10:30,580 --> 01:10:36,100 by it you see this is a prayer that our hearts would be transformed from seeking ourselves 479 01:10:36,100 --> 01:10:41,020 that God would transform us Jesus just finished talking about two kinds of prayer he's talking 480 01:10:41,020 --> 01:10:45,100 about the kind of prayer that is self-serving in pride and the part that is self-serving 481 01:10:45,100 --> 01:10:50,460 in seeking to manipulate God and he starts this prayer by saying first of all you have a heavenly 482 01:10:50,460 --> 01:10:57,040 father secondly your first request is that God would be glorified in the depths of your life 483 01:10:57,040 --> 01:10:58,600 that instead of glorifying yourself 484 01:10:58,600 --> 01:11:00,280 and seeking what you can gain, 485 01:11:00,280 --> 01:11:02,360 that you would see God's glory 486 01:11:02,360 --> 01:11:03,800 and be transformed. 487 01:11:03,800 --> 01:11:07,040 It's not just a description of God's name, right? 488 01:11:07,040 --> 01:11:08,780 This is a prayer of the heart 489 01:11:08,780 --> 01:11:10,180 that we would see His greatness. 490 01:11:10,180 --> 01:11:13,240 So if you're keeping track, right, 491 01:11:13,240 --> 01:11:14,220 it's a new relationship, 492 01:11:14,220 --> 01:11:15,400 it's a new desire, 493 01:11:15,400 --> 01:11:18,580 and now we're going to see a new authority. 494 01:11:18,580 --> 01:11:21,380 Your kingdom come. 495 01:11:21,380 --> 01:11:25,860 We just read, but I'll remind you, 496 01:11:26,320 --> 01:11:30,980 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, 497 01:11:30,980 --> 01:11:34,020 and the train of his robe filled the temple. 498 01:11:34,020 --> 01:11:38,680 Right, the picture of authority and kingship. 499 01:11:38,680 --> 01:11:42,760 And the response to seeing the glory of God is to be moved to worship. 500 01:11:42,760 --> 01:11:47,100 And if you think about this, in terms of this prayer, we have just said, 501 01:11:47,100 --> 01:11:52,900 Our Father, this relationship, whose name is above every name, 502 01:11:53,160 --> 01:11:56,480 And transform my heart to desire your glory. 503 01:11:56,480 --> 01:12:00,480 And now we find out that our father is also a king. 504 01:12:00,480 --> 01:12:05,240 And he renews and he transforms hearts and he has a kingdom. 505 01:12:05,240 --> 01:12:12,320 And our king reigns with authority and in the same way that hallowed moves into sanctifying, 506 01:12:12,320 --> 01:12:14,200 which moves into making holy, right? 507 01:12:14,200 --> 01:12:17,200 And his name both outward and inward, right? 508 01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:20,200 This prayer is for that same authority, both outward and inward. 509 01:12:21,740 --> 01:12:27,340 That God's authority, the King, would reign in our world and in our lives. 510 01:12:27,340 --> 01:12:32,440 With the big picture of worship and power, 511 01:12:32,440 --> 01:12:39,020 but consider how deeply practical this call for the authority of God to reign in my life really is. 512 01:12:39,020 --> 01:12:43,500 There are so many things that compete for authority in my life. 513 01:12:43,500 --> 01:12:46,800 Things that direct my path and my actions. 514 01:12:46,800 --> 01:12:48,260 Sometimes it's things we need. 515 01:12:48,260 --> 01:12:51,440 We say, well, I've got to do this or everything's going to fall apart. 516 01:12:51,740 --> 01:12:53,820 Sometimes it's things that we want. 517 01:12:53,820 --> 01:12:58,040 Sometimes it's people telling us what we need to be pursuing. 518 01:12:58,040 --> 01:13:02,780 And we live in a world of voices that compete to tell us where to go. 519 01:13:02,780 --> 01:13:06,940 And this second petition of the Lord's Prayer. 520 01:13:06,940 --> 01:13:08,940 We know He's a Father. 521 01:13:08,940 --> 01:13:10,860 It's the first declared facts. 522 01:13:10,860 --> 01:13:13,880 The first petition has changed the desires of my heart. 523 01:13:13,880 --> 01:13:21,360 The second petition is this, that you would cause me to follow you and live under your authority. 524 01:13:21,740 --> 01:13:25,040 rather than all of the things that compete for this, 525 01:13:25,040 --> 01:13:27,960 that God would reorder our hearts to follow the right one. 526 01:13:27,960 --> 01:13:31,420 And if you're keeping track, right, that's a new relationship, 527 01:13:31,420 --> 01:13:34,420 a new desire, a new authority, and now a new obedience, 528 01:13:34,420 --> 01:13:37,180 just simply this, your will be done. 529 01:13:37,180 --> 01:13:39,600 Right, and it gives God's people a new mission. 530 01:13:39,600 --> 01:13:43,520 Not just to hear, but to put into practice 531 01:13:43,520 --> 01:13:46,340 that you would help me to know you, 532 01:13:46,340 --> 01:13:49,500 to be transformed in my desires, to live under your authority, 533 01:13:49,660 --> 01:13:53,500 and now to go and put that into practice, a new obedience. 534 01:13:53,500 --> 01:13:58,040 It should be our prayer that the authority of our Father the King 535 01:13:58,040 --> 01:14:01,440 would be put into practice in our lives and in how we live, 536 01:14:01,440 --> 01:14:04,080 on earth as it is in heaven. 537 01:14:04,080 --> 01:14:06,300 I want you to see the glory of this prayer, 538 01:14:06,300 --> 01:14:11,340 that your Father, that your heart with its desires is transformed. 539 01:14:11,340 --> 01:14:14,120 You're a child of the King under a new authority, 540 01:14:14,400 --> 01:14:17,860 And the prayer here is that our desire 541 01:14:17,860 --> 01:14:21,460 would become our defining direction. 542 01:14:21,460 --> 01:14:27,220 We want to see that our desires, 543 01:14:27,220 --> 01:14:28,860 these first petitions, 544 01:14:28,860 --> 01:14:30,780 become the direction of our life. 545 01:14:30,780 --> 01:14:34,360 And if we really begin to understand that, 546 01:14:34,360 --> 01:14:37,320 and it is so hard with the competing voices 547 01:14:37,320 --> 01:14:38,860 and the struggles and the worries of life 548 01:14:38,860 --> 01:14:41,280 to see God in His glory 549 01:14:41,280 --> 01:14:43,640 because we're listening to so many other things. 550 01:14:43,840 --> 01:14:48,260 but when we truly see it, right, it's like giving kids caffeine, right, they can't sit still. 551 01:14:48,260 --> 01:14:54,500 The Valentine's party for the homeschool kids, and the lady who made the tea made it all caffeinated, 552 01:14:54,500 --> 01:14:59,460 so you got like 30 kids, like running around, powering through tea, bouncing off the walls. 553 01:14:59,460 --> 01:15:07,020 If we, as Christians, truly see who God is, our relationship with him, have been transformed by him, 554 01:15:07,020 --> 01:15:11,560 live under his authority, we're going to get to this point where your will be done, right, 555 01:15:11,580 --> 01:15:13,380 It's like we can't sit still anymore. 556 01:15:13,380 --> 01:15:17,280 And maybe if we are sitting still, 557 01:15:17,280 --> 01:15:19,340 it means we haven't seen him as we should. 558 01:15:19,340 --> 01:15:22,260 And so in this prayer, 559 01:15:22,260 --> 01:15:24,460 we see this beautiful tapestry woven together. 560 01:15:24,460 --> 01:15:27,500 Old Testament promises, prophecies, examples, commands, 561 01:15:27,500 --> 01:15:30,720 united in this glorious picture of God 562 01:15:30,720 --> 01:15:33,380 designed to stir our hearts into action, 563 01:15:33,380 --> 01:15:35,480 to glorify, to surrender, and to get to work. 564 01:15:35,480 --> 01:15:37,040 And here's the problem. 565 01:15:37,040 --> 01:15:40,680 It's a big thing, and we're not. 566 01:15:41,580 --> 01:15:46,180 It's one thing to talk here about extolling God's glory and it's another tomorrow morning 567 01:15:46,180 --> 01:15:52,520 when I haven't had coffee and I'm cold and I'm running behind and everything's terrible 568 01:15:52,520 --> 01:15:56,340 and my friend Gary comes into church and he's being really annoying, right? 569 01:15:56,340 --> 01:15:58,220 That's one thing to glorify God. 570 01:15:58,220 --> 01:16:04,120 Here, what happens when the rubber meets the road? 571 01:16:04,120 --> 01:16:11,480 It's one thing to say, look at the authority of the Father, another to set aside my own desires. 572 01:16:11,580 --> 01:16:16,760 especially when those desires are my comfort or my perceived survival and there's a mission here 573 01:16:16,760 --> 01:16:22,000 that's far too big for me and so here's the second part of this prayer that brings us to wonder 574 01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:29,740 our struggle it's one thing to see this and it's another to know it and then it's another to live 575 01:16:29,740 --> 01:16:37,580 it out and Jesus doesn't just give us a glorious picture he gives us a gracious reality so remember 576 01:16:37,580 --> 01:16:41,600 we began with my saintly grandmother crocheting a bunch of blankets into something beautiful. 577 01:16:41,600 --> 01:16:46,280 She did so not so we would put them on the wall, right? She gave them to us so we would use them, 578 01:16:46,280 --> 01:16:50,740 right? She wanted to see her kids and her grandkids be warmed by the blankets that she made, 579 01:16:50,740 --> 01:16:56,440 and in the same way that this prayer expresses God's glory, draws us to worship, calls us to 580 01:16:56,440 --> 01:17:01,460 obedience, it also equips us for the task. It's not meant to be hung on the wall of our lives, 581 01:17:01,460 --> 01:17:06,080 it's meant to be put to use. And then here's where we also begin to get into trouble. I'm 582 01:17:06,080 --> 01:17:13,200 somebody who likes new projects. New projects excite me, and I have an unbridled enthusiasm 583 01:17:13,200 --> 01:17:22,980 for them. You can ask my wife. However, I never see any of the problems. I never see 584 01:17:22,980 --> 01:17:29,000 any of the problems. I never see the cost. I never see the cost of time or the cost to 585 01:17:29,000 --> 01:17:34,260 the marriage. I don't know if you ever watched the original British Top Gear, but there's 586 01:17:34,260 --> 01:17:39,280 a phrase they use. For example, they're getting ready to drive across to Africa in $2,500 cars 587 01:17:39,280 --> 01:17:44,740 they bought online from the UK they've never seen before. And their response is, how hard can it be? 588 01:17:44,740 --> 01:17:49,640 Right? That's me. You give me something new, and I'm just like, let's go. Let's do it. Let's, 589 01:17:49,640 --> 01:17:56,960 hey, we got a project house. Let's do it. And four trips to Lowe's, and I'm hiding in the car 590 01:17:56,960 --> 01:18:02,820 for my fifth trip, eating secret Chick-fil-A, going, please don't make me go back in there. 591 01:18:02,820 --> 01:18:10,260 right what starts as excitement very quickly turns into discouragement it doesn't take long 592 01:18:10,260 --> 01:18:17,040 for that vision to crash it's more than i thought it would be in here with this vision of glory 593 01:18:17,040 --> 01:18:21,920 Jesus knows that and he goes let me feed you let me forgive you let me guide you that he comes to 594 01:18:21,920 --> 01:18:28,340 rescue us in the midst of our brokenness or maybe you're more when it comes to things like this like 595 01:18:28,340 --> 01:18:36,000 eeyore right just discouraged from the beginning oh it's my birthday oh it's raining right you maybe 596 01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:42,340 see all the problems and of choice you aren't discouraged by struggle because you've expected 597 01:18:42,340 --> 01:18:45,260 it and it's a struggle and you're already discouraged before you even get to it right 598 01:18:45,260 --> 01:18:50,800 it's like the quote from the movie armageddon the best thing about being smart is or the worst thing 599 01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:54,160 about being smart is you always know what's going to happen next is right everything falls apart 600 01:18:54,160 --> 01:18:59,700 right? And maybe that's your personality. And you hear about the Lord's Prayer, and you hear this 601 01:18:59,700 --> 01:19:05,440 picture of the glory of God, and what it's called you to do, and you go, I don't know how that's 602 01:19:05,440 --> 01:19:12,640 even possible. Jesus knows, and he says, I know it's hard. So you must depend on me to feed you, 603 01:19:12,640 --> 01:19:18,320 to forgive you, to lead you. And so for some of us, what we need is rescue. For others, you need 604 01:19:18,320 --> 01:19:23,600 to be turned in reliance. And maybe you aren't overexcited, or maybe you aren't discouraged. 605 01:19:23,600 --> 01:19:28,720 you just simply say I can handle it no matter what it is I've got this I know it won't be easy 606 01:19:28,720 --> 01:19:33,120 but I'm strong and I'm prepared and I'm ready sometimes I'm like this too right Brandon you 607 01:19:33,120 --> 01:19:37,600 need help moving that washer up the stairs like nope I got it no help needed right as you're 608 01:19:37,600 --> 01:19:44,520 collapsing under the weight of what is going on around you there comes a point where we come to 609 01:19:44,520 --> 01:19:50,420 the end of ourselves and realize that we do not in fact have it and Jesus knows and he says I'm 610 01:19:50,420 --> 01:19:55,440 here, let me show you a better way, and he calls us to repentance. So in the midst of the enthusiasm 611 01:19:55,440 --> 01:20:03,340 that these first three petitions bring to us, these next three petitions are going to remind us that 612 01:20:03,340 --> 01:20:10,340 God comes to rescue. He comes to call us to reliance and call us to repentance. Let me just 613 01:20:10,340 --> 01:20:15,380 show you briefly the gracious provision that's found in the heart of this text. First of all, 614 01:20:15,380 --> 01:20:21,660 he says this, right? Give us this day our daily bread. In Exodus 16, God's people are very hungry, 615 01:20:21,660 --> 01:20:26,280 and maybe not just hungry, but we have a term for it now, it's hangry. In verse 3, 616 01:20:26,280 --> 01:20:34,240 they literally say to God, you brought us out here to kill us with hunger, right? If you've 617 01:20:34,240 --> 01:20:38,440 ever met somebody who gets real angry when they're hungry, right? You recognize what's 618 01:20:38,440 --> 01:20:44,400 happening here, and listen to how God responds. And the Lord said to Moses, behold, I'm about to 619 01:20:44,400 --> 01:20:49,740 rain bread from heaven for you. And the people shall go out and gather a day's portion every day 620 01:20:49,740 --> 01:20:54,140 that I may test them whether or not they will walk in my law or not. And so here's God's people. 621 01:20:54,140 --> 01:20:59,060 They're tired and they're hungry and they're complaining. But underneath all of that is the 622 01:20:59,060 --> 01:21:03,320 fear that we can't keep going like we've been going. I'm going to die in the wilderness because 623 01:21:03,320 --> 01:21:09,540 there's not enough here to sustain us. And the reality is that's a struggle, isn't it? Our father 624 01:21:09,540 --> 01:21:15,120 has called us and he's transformed our desire and he's called us to live under new authority and not 625 01:21:15,120 --> 01:21:19,740 just know this, but to live it out. And here we are in what seems like the wilderness and we're 626 01:21:19,740 --> 01:21:26,020 going, I'm hungry and I don't know if I can keep doing this. And what does Jesus say? Give us this 627 01:21:26,020 --> 01:21:32,700 day our daily bread, calling us right back to the book of Exodus. Think about how God provides in 628 01:21:32,700 --> 01:21:39,860 exodus he provides graciously first of all this is not their first exaggerated complaining incident 629 01:21:39,860 --> 01:21:46,420 in the wilderness the second way he provides and this is hard for us is a day at a time 630 01:21:46,420 --> 01:21:52,120 with the exception of friday into saturday where they could gather enough manna for the second day 631 01:21:52,120 --> 01:21:58,740 it was a day at a time you got what you needed for that day and his mercies were new 632 01:21:58,740 --> 01:22:06,400 every morning. In this petition, give us this day our daily bread, right? There is a promise of 633 01:22:06,400 --> 01:22:13,200 gracious nourishment for our hungry souls, but there's also a call for ongoing dependence, right? 634 01:22:13,200 --> 01:22:20,320 Where does my help come from? It comes from the Lord, the maker of heaven and earth. 635 01:22:20,320 --> 01:22:26,280 God's not simply providing, he's teaching, encouraging us, and reminding us of his provision. 636 01:22:26,580 --> 01:22:29,500 The second thing he says is this, forgive us our debt. 637 01:22:29,500 --> 01:22:38,320 So the year of Jubilee in Israel was like a Sabbath year after seven sets of years. 638 01:22:38,320 --> 01:22:39,400 So it was the 50th year. 639 01:22:39,400 --> 01:22:42,580 You have seven years, which is one set, seven more. 640 01:22:42,580 --> 01:22:46,560 You have 49 years, and on the 50th year, you have a Sabbath of years. 641 01:22:46,560 --> 01:22:50,320 It was a time of redemption and forgiveness. 642 01:22:50,320 --> 01:22:54,040 You were released from indebtedness, from bondage. 643 01:22:54,120 --> 01:22:55,700 Prisoners and captives were set free. 644 01:22:55,700 --> 01:22:58,940 Property returned to its original owners. 645 01:22:58,940 --> 01:23:01,500 At the heart of this is redemption and forgiveness. 646 01:23:01,500 --> 01:23:03,820 For God's people, it was a new start, 647 01:23:03,820 --> 01:23:06,280 released from the burdens of life and restored. 648 01:23:06,280 --> 01:23:08,440 And in this petition, 649 01:23:08,440 --> 01:23:11,860 there is a promise of forgiveness and restoration 650 01:23:11,860 --> 01:23:13,460 and renewal for our souls 651 01:23:13,460 --> 01:23:16,760 and a reminder that this is an ongoing part of the Christian life. 652 01:23:16,760 --> 01:23:19,520 Forgive as we are forgiven. 653 01:23:22,260 --> 01:23:25,140 Do you hear the call that's being answered here? 654 01:23:25,140 --> 01:23:27,020 You see, we live in a place 655 01:23:27,020 --> 01:23:28,460 where we have to qualify for everything. 656 01:23:28,460 --> 01:23:31,360 In the honor of the hockey game this morning, 657 01:23:31,360 --> 01:23:33,560 last night we watched the movie Miracle, 658 01:23:33,560 --> 01:23:36,360 which is, I guess, a more modern version 659 01:23:36,360 --> 01:23:38,060 of the Miracle on Ice, 660 01:23:38,060 --> 01:23:40,300 going back to the 1980 Winter Games. 661 01:23:40,300 --> 01:23:41,540 One of the things that stood out to me 662 01:23:41,540 --> 01:23:42,840 is they have all these young men 663 01:23:42,840 --> 01:23:45,520 who are amazing, excellent hockey players. 664 01:23:45,520 --> 01:23:48,200 And they're all trying their hardest 665 01:23:48,200 --> 01:23:50,920 for a coach that seemingly can't be satisfied 666 01:23:50,920 --> 01:23:51,800 and they're all improving 667 01:23:51,800 --> 01:23:57,320 and teamwork's coming together, but the problem is, right, you only have 20 spots for the Olympic 668 01:23:57,320 --> 01:24:03,620 team, and so the first five or six or seven that got cut, it wasn't a big deal, but you got that 669 01:24:03,620 --> 01:24:10,200 difference between 20 and 21, and it's a guy you've watched, grown in his relationships and in his 670 01:24:10,200 --> 01:24:15,800 development, and he's worked so hard, and he gets held in, and it's like, sorry, you've got to go. 671 01:24:16,920 --> 01:24:22,780 Don't we kind of live so many times in constant fear of being that person? 672 01:24:22,780 --> 01:24:24,800 The one who says, you didn't make it. 673 01:24:24,800 --> 01:24:26,240 Yeah, you tried your hardest. 674 01:24:26,240 --> 01:24:27,500 You grew greatly. 675 01:24:27,500 --> 01:24:31,260 You did everything I asked of you, but it just wasn't enough. 676 01:24:31,260 --> 01:24:34,700 You see, we live in a world where we have to qualify. 677 01:24:34,700 --> 01:24:39,280 And some of us, this is our fear. 678 01:24:39,280 --> 01:24:43,460 No matter how good or strong, am I good enough or strong enough? 679 01:24:43,460 --> 01:24:45,300 And here's the reality. 680 01:24:45,300 --> 01:24:46,560 God's brutally honest. 681 01:24:46,920 --> 01:24:48,360 He says, you're not good enough. 682 01:24:48,360 --> 01:24:54,100 But there is forgiveness and restoration and renewal 683 01:24:54,100 --> 01:24:55,840 and a regular rhythm of life. 684 01:24:55,840 --> 01:24:58,520 But more than that, it's an overflowing practice. 685 01:24:58,520 --> 01:25:00,900 And so to the heart that is sitting there going, 686 01:25:00,900 --> 01:25:02,320 I don't know if I'm good enough, 687 01:25:02,320 --> 01:25:06,080 Jesus says, see the forgiveness of God. 688 01:25:06,080 --> 01:25:10,600 That you don't qualify, but because of what Jesus will do, 689 01:25:10,600 --> 01:25:12,100 He will qualify you. 690 01:25:15,320 --> 01:25:18,020 And because of that, your heart can be free from resentment. 691 01:25:18,020 --> 01:25:19,440 That's a whole other sermon. We'll get there. 692 01:25:19,440 --> 01:25:23,860 Third thing he says is, lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 693 01:25:23,860 --> 01:25:26,220 We don't get lost much anymore. 694 01:25:26,220 --> 01:25:31,180 My phone will give me directions anywhere I need to go, but I have been lost, and it was terrible. 695 01:25:31,180 --> 01:25:36,660 In college, when I was supply preaching, the way they would give you your supply preaching assignment was in your mailbox. 696 01:25:36,660 --> 01:25:42,800 On a Friday, you get like a little quarter sleep of paper with a church name and a time that you were supposed to be there 697 01:25:42,800 --> 01:25:44,680 and some really poorly written directions. 698 01:25:45,280 --> 01:25:49,900 and there were so many times I found myself going, 699 01:25:49,900 --> 01:25:52,360 well, there's a road J in this county, 700 01:25:52,360 --> 01:25:54,480 and there's a road J in this next county, 701 01:25:54,480 --> 01:25:57,840 and the only thing for 50 miles in any direction is farms, 702 01:25:57,840 --> 01:26:01,340 and no idea where to go. 703 01:26:01,340 --> 01:26:08,000 You see, this petition is a reminder that God directs us 704 01:26:08,000 --> 01:26:10,540 in the middle of the wilderness while it's seen that we're lost. 705 01:26:10,540 --> 01:26:12,760 It's not just direction. 706 01:26:12,760 --> 01:26:14,840 Notice that it's an acknowledgment there's danger, 707 01:26:14,940 --> 01:26:16,380 that we are opposed and tempted, 708 01:26:16,380 --> 01:26:18,080 it's not just asking, 709 01:26:18,080 --> 01:26:20,320 it's submitting to the leading of God, 710 01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:22,020 that I don't know the way. 711 01:26:22,020 --> 01:26:24,660 But there is one who does, 712 01:26:24,660 --> 01:26:26,160 whether that is by green pastures, 713 01:26:26,160 --> 01:26:26,960 still waters, 714 01:26:26,960 --> 01:26:29,120 or through the valley of the shadow of death. 715 01:26:29,120 --> 01:26:31,760 He is the one who restores my soul, 716 01:26:31,760 --> 01:26:33,640 who walks beside me, 717 01:26:33,640 --> 01:26:34,600 his rod and his staff, 718 01:26:34,600 --> 01:26:36,100 they comfort me. 719 01:26:36,100 --> 01:26:38,600 And I shall fear no evil, 720 01:26:38,600 --> 01:26:41,480 because he is with me. 721 01:26:42,780 --> 01:26:46,220 Our natural response 722 01:26:46,220 --> 01:26:51,920 and the human response to the reality of the glory of God 723 01:26:51,920 --> 01:26:56,400 I think is the same as Isaiah's in Isaiah chapter 6. 724 01:26:56,400 --> 01:26:59,180 Isaiah answers simply this, 725 01:26:59,180 --> 01:27:00,360 Woe is me. 726 01:27:00,360 --> 01:27:04,940 And God takes him and changes him 727 01:27:04,940 --> 01:27:06,900 and sends him out on mission. 728 01:27:06,900 --> 01:27:10,300 And if we come to the Sermon on the Mount 729 01:27:10,300 --> 01:27:12,640 and the answer to us is woe is me, 730 01:27:12,780 --> 01:27:14,680 there's a deeper righteousness, 731 01:27:14,680 --> 01:27:18,020 there's an opposition to God's people, 732 01:27:18,020 --> 01:27:20,740 there's struggle, there's conflict, 733 01:27:20,740 --> 01:27:22,960 and we look at the Christian life 734 01:27:22,960 --> 01:27:24,980 and our answer is, woe is me. 735 01:27:24,980 --> 01:27:26,920 Jesus answers with this reality 736 01:27:26,920 --> 01:27:28,880 that God is the one who nourishes, 737 01:27:28,880 --> 01:27:30,900 that God forgives, that God leads 738 01:27:30,900 --> 01:27:32,960 in His gracious provision. 739 01:27:32,960 --> 01:27:35,240 I want you to understand 740 01:27:35,240 --> 01:27:39,840 that this picture of the glorious reality of God 741 01:27:39,840 --> 01:27:44,000 and the gracious provision that he has provided for us. 742 01:27:44,000 --> 01:27:48,200 This blanket that's been woven together 743 01:27:48,200 --> 01:27:50,620 is not just beautiful, it's for us. 744 01:27:50,620 --> 01:27:54,320 And so in the midst of our enthusiasm 745 01:27:54,320 --> 01:27:55,840 and discouragement and pride, 746 01:27:55,840 --> 01:28:00,440 these three petitions remind us 747 01:28:00,440 --> 01:28:03,060 that God rescues us, we just talked about, 748 01:28:03,060 --> 01:28:06,140 calls us to reliance and repentance. 749 01:28:06,140 --> 01:28:09,000 I want you to understand as you see 750 01:28:09,000 --> 01:28:18,140 the glory of God but he's also the one who rescues who is reliable and who leads you and saves you 751 01:28:18,140 --> 01:28:23,000 and he's going to say one of the things that you need to learn is to put your trust 752 01:28:23,000 --> 01:28:31,880 on the rock know the God who feeds the sparrows makes the flowers grow and i think for all of us 753 01:28:31,880 --> 01:28:37,660 there's a part in here that calls us to repentance and our self-reliance and our self-glorification 754 01:28:37,660 --> 01:28:39,480 and seeking our own desires, 755 01:28:39,480 --> 01:28:43,920 that this prayer isn't just glorious and gracious, 756 01:28:43,920 --> 01:28:49,020 but it's a stop to look to evaluate 757 01:28:49,020 --> 01:28:50,760 where it is we stand in relationship 758 01:28:50,760 --> 01:28:53,000 to our Heavenly Father. 759 01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:54,620 Let's pray. 760 01:28:54,620 --> 01:28:56,300 Father in Heaven, 761 01:28:56,300 --> 01:28:59,580 Your glory and Your goodness, 762 01:28:59,580 --> 01:29:02,720 we thank You for the words of this prayer. 763 01:29:02,720 --> 01:29:07,260 Help us to see the gracious reality 764 01:29:07,260 --> 01:29:14,420 of who you are, and to live boldly in the gracious provision. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 765 01:29:14,420 --> 01:29:20,980 One of the things we would remind you as we consider our lives and our repentance and our 766 01:29:20,980 --> 01:29:27,280 discouragement and our encouragement is that if there is ever a time that you feel the need to 767 01:29:27,280 --> 01:29:32,320 respond, that you are more than welcome to do that during this time, you're welcome to come talk to 768 01:29:32,320 --> 01:29:36,720 me at any time. Welcome to talk to someone else in the church. You're welcome to, we'd love to pray 769 01:29:36,720 --> 01:29:43,660 for you, pray with you, to teach you more deeply, help you in whatever need that you might have. 770 01:29:43,660 --> 01:29:49,660 So we're going to stand and we're going to sing about God's glory. So we're going to do that. 771 01:30:06,720 --> 01:30:25,140 I have seen my Father's glory revealed in Jesus Christ, and the more that I behold Him, the more He satisfies when I gaze upon His view. 772 01:30:25,140 --> 01:30:35,080 As I should, then my eyes are lifted upward for His glory and my will. 773 01:30:36,720 --> 01:30:47,140 There is hope in every trial, for I can trust the Lord. 774 01:30:47,140 --> 01:30:54,120 He will turn my heart towards Him, and help me bear the thorn. 775 01:30:54,120 --> 01:31:01,360 So in faith I follow Jesus, on the road I understand. 776 01:31:01,360 --> 01:31:09,280 For I know He is working, for His glory am I good. 777 01:31:09,280 --> 01:31:27,400 To our God be the glory, to our God be praise, He alone, the name above all names. 778 01:31:27,400 --> 01:31:36,240 I will boast ever only in the Lord my name 779 01:31:36,240 --> 01:31:41,000 Oh, His glory is my good 780 01:31:41,000 --> 01:31:49,460 See the open arms of Jesus 781 01:31:49,460 --> 01:31:52,460 Upon the cross that day 782 01:31:52,460 --> 01:31:56,460 What they understood as weakness 783 01:31:56,460 --> 01:32:00,160 Deserve every praise 784 01:32:00,160 --> 01:32:04,060 For the charge that was against me 785 01:32:04,060 --> 01:32:06,980 It was handed to them 786 01:32:06,980 --> 01:32:08,480 Yes, I know 787 01:32:08,480 --> 01:32:11,040 You're safe 788 01:32:11,040 --> 01:32:12,680 You're safe 789 01:32:12,680 --> 01:32:14,540 Yeah, my God 790 01:32:14,540 --> 01:32:19,160 To our God be the glory 791 01:32:19,160 --> 01:32:22,600 To our God be praise 792 01:32:22,600 --> 01:32:24,340 He alone 793 01:32:24,340 --> 01:32:28,720 The name above all names 794 01:32:28,720 --> 01:32:36,740 I will boast ever only in the Lord my God 795 01:32:36,740 --> 01:32:42,800 For I know His glory is my good 796 01:32:54,340 --> 01:33:01,060 Would I gladly be made nothing, that Christ would be made more? 797 01:33:01,060 --> 01:33:12,800 Would I seek the only King, that far out and more I will stand before my Father? 798 01:33:12,800 --> 01:33:23,480 Where the faithful saints have stood, and with joy my heart shall praise Him for His glory and my good. 799 01:33:24,000 --> 01:33:30,720 And with joy my heart shall praise him for his glory and my good. 800 01:33:30,720 --> 01:33:48,760 To our God be the glory, to our God be the grace, he alone, the name above all names. 801 01:33:50,020 --> 01:34:02,200 I will boast Him, my God, for I know His glory is my good. 802 01:34:02,200 --> 01:34:16,420 To our God be the glory, to our God be grace, be alone, the name above always. 803 01:34:17,500 --> 01:34:24,460 I will boast ever only in the Lord my God. 804 01:34:24,460 --> 01:34:30,260 For I know His glory is my good. 805 01:34:30,260 --> 01:34:37,160 Yes, I know His glory is my good. 806 01:34:47,500 --> 01:34:53,620 We are so thankful that you are here with us this morning. 807 01:34:53,620 --> 01:34:59,460 Just a reminder, we'll be back here Wednesday night, 6 p.m. for our Wednesday night Bible study, 808 01:34:59,460 --> 01:35:02,000 and then back here again next Sunday. 809 01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:06,060 I guess it's a leap Sunday, so this only happens every four years. 810 01:35:06,060 --> 01:35:10,460 So we are excited to come and continue on in the Sermon on the Mount. 811 01:35:10,460 --> 01:35:13,400 We're going to go ahead and have a word of prayer. 812 01:35:13,400 --> 01:35:17,000 I'm going to read from Hebrews chapter 4, and we'll sing the doxology. 813 01:35:17,160 --> 01:35:27,700 be dismissed. Father in heaven, may we seek your glory to proclaim your name and your goodness 814 01:35:27,700 --> 01:35:34,000 and your greatness, not just to the world, but to our wandering hearts. May you help us 815 01:35:34,000 --> 01:35:43,520 to see your authority and your plan and your work in our lives. May you nourish us, 816 01:35:44,520 --> 01:35:48,380 May you forgive us, and you lead us through this life. 817 01:35:48,380 --> 01:35:51,120 It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen. 818 01:35:51,120 --> 01:35:54,360 Hebrews chapter 4 says, 819 01:35:54,360 --> 01:36:03,220 Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God. 820 01:36:03,220 --> 01:36:10,380 Let us hold fast to our confession, for we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, 821 01:36:10,380 --> 01:36:15,200 but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. 822 01:36:15,200 --> 01:36:18,700 So let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace 823 01:36:18,700 --> 01:36:23,000 that we may receive mercy and to find grace to help in the time of need. 824 01:36:23,000 --> 01:36:26,280 And so, as you go through this week, 825 01:36:26,280 --> 01:36:29,940 I want you to remember that you have a great high priest 826 01:36:29,940 --> 01:36:32,500 who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God. 827 01:36:32,500 --> 01:36:35,860 And when you're weary and when you're pressured and when you're uncertain, 828 01:36:35,860 --> 01:36:38,520 may you hold fast to your confession. 829 01:36:39,520 --> 01:36:42,620 When you feel weak, may you not hide, but may you draw near, 830 01:36:42,620 --> 01:36:46,600 knowing that you are not reaching for a distant throne, 831 01:36:46,600 --> 01:36:48,880 but for the throne of grace. 832 01:36:48,880 --> 01:36:51,500 And there at that throne of grace, 833 01:36:51,500 --> 01:36:56,080 you will receive mercy for your sins and grace to help in your time of need. 834 01:36:56,080 --> 01:36:59,960 So go and come. Christ goes with us. Amen. 835 01:37:09,520 --> 01:37:16,540 Praise God from whom all blessings flow 836 01:37:16,540 --> 01:37:21,620 Praise Him all creatures here below 837 01:37:21,620 --> 01:37:27,500 Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts 838 01:37:27,500 --> 01:37:32,380 Praise the Father and Holy Ghost 839 01:37:39,520 --> 01:37:49,080 Thank you.