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(Derek) Welcome to Hope Sabbath School,
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an in-depth, interactive study
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of the Word of God.
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We're making our way through The Psalms,
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a collection of inspired Scripture songs,
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today, Longing for God in Zion.
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What does that mean?
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I know I long to be closer to God,
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for my heart to be steadfast in Him.
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We'll talk about Longing for God in Zion
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today on Hope Sabbath School,
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and we're glad you joined us.
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Good to see you again, team.
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Can you wave to everybody?
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People all around the world, 200 countries
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joining us for Hope Sabbath School.
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Let's see who's joining us remotely.
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Sabina, great to have you with us again.
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And, Gleny, good to have you with us,
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Gleny; we're glad you're here.
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And, Tricia Lee, good to see you.
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I love Tricia Lee's double-handed wave.
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It's like we're really excited
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to study the Word of God together.
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And we're glad that you're with us, too.
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And I know you can't wave back
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to us right now, but you can write to us
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at sshope@hopetv.org.
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You can tell us how you're blessed
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through a study of the Word of God.
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Well, I want to just thank those
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who have written to us recently,
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sharing with us how God's blessed you.
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And here are a couple of notes.
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Ruth writes to us
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from the beautiful country of Kenya,
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and she says, "I appreciate
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the committed Hope Sabbath School class
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where the Word of God is studied
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and analyzed in a way we can understand.
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You make it clear
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that God loves us all..."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "...and is calling us,
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regardless of who we are,
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where we come from, to believe,
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repent in Jesus' name."
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Yes, that's it, Ruth.
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Thanks for writing to us from Kenya,
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and God loves all
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of His children, doesn't He?
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Here's a note from Joe in California
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in the United States of America.
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I like this note; Joe says,
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"Great program, decent people,
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learning about the Bible
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and Christian religion
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in a calm, fun way
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instead of those television preachers
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who scream and demand money or else.
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One of the best religious shows
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on television, Hope Sabbath School."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "Keep up the great work."
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Well, Joe, we'd like to meet you.
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You tell it like it is; I can tell that.
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We're glad you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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And by the way, we want
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to always be pointing people
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to Jesus, right, and we don't
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have to scream to do that.
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Here's a hand-written note
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from a donor in Pennsylvania
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in the United States, and the donor
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writes and says, "I don't know
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what I'd do without Hope Channel,
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and Hope Sabbath School is my favorite.
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But some of the other programs
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are great, too, like "Wake Up
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with Hope" in the morning
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and "Story Encounters," and that's great.
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And I'm 85 years old,
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so I'm pretty much confined
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to my place of living,
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but God has kept my body
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in fairly good working order;
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I'm blessed that way.
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Take care, love you all,"
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and a donation of 120 dollars to bless
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the global evangelistic media ministry
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of Hope Sabbath School.
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Thank you, donor from Pennsylvania.
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You know who you are,
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and that's a very cute picture
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at the bottom of your note
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of a puppy dog (probably doesn't
belong to you),
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but thank you for being part
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of our Hope Sabbath School family.
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One last note, from Helen
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in the Philippines; we have a lot
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of Hope Sabbath School members
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in the Philippines.
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And Helen writes and says, "I love to see
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the host and everyone willing and eager
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to share their understanding
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of the Word of God."
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Sometimes, I have to tell you, Helen,
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there are like 10 hands raised
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at the same time; it can be challenging,
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but we want it to be - what's the word?
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(Derek, Team) Interactive.
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(Derek) That's how it should be.
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"I hope to listen to messages
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from the Bible every week
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and to be forever connected
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to God's Holy Word."
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) "I know I have my shortcomings,
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but I know, like everyone else,
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we will be renewed by His Word
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and steadfast in the faith.
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I pray that this ministry
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will continue to grow
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and inspire others to seek the Lord
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and trust His Word. Amen."
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(Team) Amen!
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(Derek) Well, Amen, Helen.
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We agree with you, and we thank you
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for writing to us.
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You know we have a special gift,
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I want to just remind you,
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a collection of Scripture songs
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that my wife has put to music,
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Trilogy Scripture Songs from the Psalms.
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It's a unique collection just for you
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during this series on The Psalms
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including our theme song.
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And you can go to our website,
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hopetv.org/hopess and click
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on the Free Gift tab
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and download that collection,
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and you can share it with other people.
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Bless them by sharing
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the Scripture songs with them, too.
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Now, one of them
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is the theme song from Psalm 105.
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We're not going to sing it just yet,
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so just hold on; I heard
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some of you starting to sing.
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But Psalm 105 begins with the words,
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"Oh, give thanks to the Lord,"
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and I'm going to share something
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very interesting with you today.
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One our team today, well, that's her name,
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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord."
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And she's from a country and speaks
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a mother tongue that many
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of you have never heard.
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So, please, camera, scan the team here.
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Can you do that?
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And try to guess who it is.
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Let's see, and the name is,
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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord,"
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and the answer is, well, wave if it's you.
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It's Tendi; alright,
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let's zero in the camera on Tendi,
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because Tendi, well, tell us
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how you got your name.
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And then I want you to read for us
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that Psalm 105, the first three verses
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in your mother tongue,
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which I understand is Kalanga.
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How did you get the name
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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord,"
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Tendani in your mother tongue?
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(Tendi) Thank you, Pastor Derek.
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My parents gave me my name
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because I came two months early.
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I was a premature baby, and my mom
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was on bedrest for the remainder
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of her pregnancy.
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And I weighed 1.6 kilograms,
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and I was 30 centimeters long.
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So, they were just giving thanks to God
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because I survived.
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You see, a year before, my mom
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had lost a baby, and now I came,
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and she was scared whether or not
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I would survive, but I did,
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even though I came two months early.
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(Derek) And for those who don't know,
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30 centimeters, Tendi,
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that's not very long, right?
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But here you were,
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a little precious bundle, and so they
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gave you the name Tendani, which means?
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(Tendi) "Oh, Give Thanks."
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(Derek) And could you read
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in your mother tongue
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those three verses, maybe,
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the first three verses of the Psalm
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that begins with your name?
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(Tendi) And I'll be reading
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from the [Kalanga Bible, Psalm 105:1-3:]:
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(Derek) I understood some of that!
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"Yahweh," I heard the name of the Lord.
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You know, as Tendi was reading that,
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I just thought, isn't it amazing,
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God is going to call people
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from every nation, kindred, tongue,
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Tendi, we're glad you're part
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of our Hope Sabbath School team.
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And I don't want to ask
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the rest of the group to sing in Kalanga
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because that would be complicated.
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We're going to sing in English
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a song which bears your name,
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"Oh, Give Thanks to the Lord."
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Let's sing it together.
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♪ music ♪
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(Derek) Let's call upon His name just now.
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Father in Heaven, as we
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are studying Your Word today,
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Longing for God in Zion, I pray
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that there would grow within our hearts
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a deeper and yet deeper longing
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for intimacy with You.
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You've loved us with an everlasting love,
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and You invite us to spend eternity
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in a growing love relationship with You.
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I pray by the Holy Spirit that You
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would guide our study today.
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And we thank You
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in the name of Jesus. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) Well, I love that theme song.
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I know my wife has composed
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about 200 Scripture songs,
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but I just like that one.
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Do you know I'm waking up
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singing that song now, which means
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I've been singing it through the night,
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hopefully not too loud,
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but it's a wonderful thing to give thanks
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to the Lord, isn't it?
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) One of the things
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I want to give thanks to the Lord for,
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as we begin our study, is that God
wants us
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to be in relationship with Him.
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So let's look at some testimonies
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of various psalmists who speak
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about a longing for a devoted heart.
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And I'm going to ask Gleny
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if you would begin our study today,
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one of our remote team members,
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in Psalm 84, and, Gleny, if you could read
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the first four verses of this psalm
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of the sons of Korah.
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(Gleny) And I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
and it says:
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(Derek) So, I want to ask you,
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I'm thinking when Gleny was reading,
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did any of you sing that, part of that,
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in a choir when you were growing up?
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That's kind of a famous psalm, isn't it?
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It's been put to a choral piece.
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Well, let's keep reading because this is
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the sons of Korah composing.
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And, Tricia Lee, if you could continue
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reading for us in this Scripture song
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of the sons of Korah, verses 5
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through 9 of Psalm 84.
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(Tricia Lee) Reading from the New
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(Derek) And if it stopped there,
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we'd say it's an amazing Scripture song,
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but, Sabina, I'm going to ask you
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to read the last three verses,
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verses 10 through 12.
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This is actually one
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of my favorite psalms, and how do
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the sons of Korah end this Scripture song
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in Psalm 84, verses 10 to 12?
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(Sabina) So, I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version,
and it says:
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(Derek) "O Lord of hosts, blessed
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is the man," blessed is the woman,
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blessed is the boy or girl,
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"who trusts in You."
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As you heard the sons of Korah -
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and by the way, remember
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that their ancestor died in a rebellion,
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but we don't have to stay
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like our ancestors, right?
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We can be made new by the power of God.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) They're composing Scripture songs.
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What resonates with your heart
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in this Scripture song? Puia?
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(Puia) I see a longing
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to be in the sanctuary
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or in the temple of God
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just praising God.
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I think that's the theme that I see here.
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(Derek) Alright, anybody else.
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Anything that connects with your heart?
Yes, Pedro.
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(Pedro) "I'd rather be a doorkeeper
in God's house
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than to be with the wicked."
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(Derek) Yeah, just like, "Give me
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basic operation," you know,
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I'll be a doorkeeper "than dwell
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in the tents of wickedness," right?
Tricia Lee.
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(Tricia Lee) I love in verse 6 it mentions
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the Valley of Baca, which can
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also be translated the "Valley
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of Weeping," but it says that God
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turns it into a spring.
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And so, I like to think of that
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as a spring of joy or even a spring
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of blessing, that God can take our pain,
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our sorrow, our dark periods,
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and take us from weeping
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to a spring of blessings.
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He can turn our situations around.
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(Derek) Beautiful, let's go to Psalm 63.
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There are several of the psalmists
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who express a longing for God,
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and in Psalm 63, we find
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another testimony, and I believe
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this is a psalm of David, right?
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And it's interesting, Gladys,
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if you could take us and look
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at the first four verses,
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that he's writing this in the wilderness
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of Judah, which means he's
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probably running from King Saul, right?
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But in the midst of that, let's see
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the commitment he makes in Psalm 63:1-4.
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(Gladys) And I'm reading
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from the New International Version,
and it says:
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(Derek) Do you see the earnestness
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there in the psalmist?
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Kylynda, if you could keep reading
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verses 6 through 8, still in Psalm 63,
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a psalm of David.
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(Kylynda) I'll read
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from the New King James Version, verse 6:
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(Derek) "Come close to me," I mean,
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if God's right hand, and, Pedro,
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you often talk about the imagery
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of the Psalms, right, so you say
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maybe this isn't literal, but speaking
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about that kind of proximity,
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what does it tell us?
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The intimacy of God, right?
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He's an immanent God; He's not far away
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if His right hand is supporting us.
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But probably one of the best known psalms
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that speaks about a longing for God,
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Geoffrey, if you could go...
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This is probably one
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that many people could sing,
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different musical arrangements,
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Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2.
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Let's see, again the sons of Korah,
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how they describe a longing for God.
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And Gladys has already started singing,
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but if you could read it for us.
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(Geoffrey) 142?
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(Derek) Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2.
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(Geoffrey) Oh, Psalm 42.
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(Derek) 42, verses 1 and 2.
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And this is another psalm
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of the sons of Korah, yearning for God
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in the midst of distresses.
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Psalm 42, verses 1 and 2.
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(Geoffrey) Okay, I'll be reading
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from the English Standard Version:
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(Derek) And one last, and then I'm going
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to give you the chance to share,
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one last reference, Psalm 143,
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verses 6 through 8, and, Samantha,
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if you'd read that
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for us, please, Psalm 143:6-8.
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We're getting a common theme,
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not just one of the psalmists
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but different authors of the Psalms.
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How does your Bible read
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in Psalm 143, verses 6 to 8?
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(Samantha) I'll read
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from the New King James Version:
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(Derek) So, I want to ask a question:
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what are your thoughts
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about such an earnest longing for God?
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What are your thoughts, anybody?
Yes, Gleny.
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(Gleny) I'm sure many of you
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have experienced this, but when you
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care for someone or you generally enjoy
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someone's companionship or company,
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it doesn't matter where you are
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or what you are doing.
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It can be the most menial task
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or even the strangest mission,
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but just having them around
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is such a pleasure.
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So, in all of this you can see David
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and the sons of Korah and everyone
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explaining that same amount
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of appreciation they have
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for the company of God.
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(Derek) So, I appreciate you sharing that.
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I have a confession to make.
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While Gleny was saying that,
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I was thinking about when I'm separated
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from my wife and coming back
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to be with her, even if we're
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washing dishes or doing something,
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I forget what word Gleny used,
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but something kind of menial, you know,
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but just being together.
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Yes, I love that image:
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I stretch out my hands to you. Samantha.
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(Samantha) For me, it's
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like an S.O.S. call, just to depict
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our dire dependence on God.
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It's like when Peter, when he was sinking,
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all he had time to say
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was, "Lord, save me."
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So that's how I get that...
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(Derek) Okay, it's an S.O.S., but it's
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actually something that he wanted
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to do every day, right, "cause me
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to hear Your lovingkindness."
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We have 17 hands raised right now,
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but this is an important topic.
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I'm trying to get to everyone.
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Short responses, yeah, how do you relate
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to that deep longing?
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(Gladys) I like that verse in Psalm 42
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about the deer, so I went online,
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and I researched what does it mean
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when a deer pants for the water.
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And it means when a mother,
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the mother deer, when she has a baby,
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she cannot move because she has
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the baby close to her.
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So she makes this sound
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when she longs for the water
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that she cannot reach.
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And that's exactly how, that desperation
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that God wants us to have for Him...
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(Derek) That's a new insight to me.
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(Gladys) Yeah, that it's
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just like a need, that He wants us
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to be like the part that moves
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the whole body towards Him.
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(Derek) Kylynda.
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(Kylynda) Earnest longing is intentional.
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It's not dictated by the circumstance
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or even the feeling.
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You know, David is running away;
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it's not a great circumstance.
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Psalm 42, the psalmist is depressed,
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in Psalm 143, the psalmist is anxious,
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so it's intentional.
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(Derek) It's intentional and it's
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not dependent on the circumstance,
as you're saying.
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So, I want to give someone else
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who's raised their hand,
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but answer another question
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because we've got to move on.
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So, I see Sabina waving to me,
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and I see another hand raised,
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but, Sabina, help me with this.
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And I don't know the answer
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that you will give, but who has
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modeled for you, someone who has
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an earnest longing for God?
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Many of us may not have grown up
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with someone like that very close to us.
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Where did you find someone
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that really modeled that for you,
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and you said, "I'm catching a glimpse
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of what that looks like," what we've
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been reading about in the Psalms?
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(Sabina) Derek, I'm thinking
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of some experiences I had in my church
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back in Brazil, I know,
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from my teenage years
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up until I was 26, 27.
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I was very involved in a ministry
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that involved worship and creative arts.
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And I had lots of children
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that were part of it.
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And for me, it was always very inspiring
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to see the way that they
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were experiencing God, in that they
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would also be able to express
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in their praise, in their art,
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in their poetry, the ways
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in which they saw God work in their lives.
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So, for me, even though they were
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younger than I, in some ways that was
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modeling to me some sort
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of pure longing to God
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that marked my life.
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(Derek) Isn't that beautiful?
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Little boys and girls become mentors.
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Jesus said we have
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to become like the little children,
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but just that earnest longing for God.
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Someone else, who really modeled
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that for you? Yes, Puia.
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(Puia) Pastor Derek, I would say one
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of the people who have modeled
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a good example for me is you, actually,
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having worked with you
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inside and outside of the studio.
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I really appreciate
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the life that you live.
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(Derek) Well, I'm desperate for God,
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and we all know where
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we would be without Him, right?
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So, "As the deer pants," new insight,
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"Hhuh, hhuh," for the water,
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so pants my soul for you, O God."
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So, I have a question for you:
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Is this deep longing for God
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something that can be developed?
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You used the word intentional, Kylynda.
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Or, is it a gift from God?
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You say, wait, that kind of intimacy...
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What's the answer?
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What do you think, Pedro?
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(Pedro) Looking toward society today,
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humanity searches for God,
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and unfortunately many of them
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seek God in things
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instead of His presence.
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So I think God has put in our hearts
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the desire for Him.
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(Derek) So, that would be
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a gift, then, wouldn't it?
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But, Kylynda, let me come back
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to the word intentional, because I think
548
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Pedro makes a really good point,
549
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that we're, like, dead
550
00:25:37,137 --> 00:25:38,361
in trespasses and sin,
551
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so God calls us as a gift?
552
00:25:40,870 --> 00:25:42,982
Where does our intentionality come in?
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(Kylynda) It's both.
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As Pedro mentioned, it's a gift
555
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from God in that initial spark,
556
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and we read in Psalm 84, they said
557
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the person is blessed "whose heart
558
00:25:52,668 --> 00:25:54,473
is set on pilgrimage."
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So, there has to be...you know,
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God is desiring towards us,
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and then we have to accept that
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and seek His face as well.
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(Derek) I wish we could stay here longer,
564
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but I'm going to have to ask us
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to move to Psalm 122,
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because part of longing for God
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back in the time of the children of Israel
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was going up to the house of the Lord.
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And we want to look at that,
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but then we want to ask ourselves
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what does that mean for us today?
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So, Tendi, if you could take us there
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in Psalm 122 and read
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the first nine verses,
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I want you to notice what emotions
576
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the worshipers experience as they're
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going up to the house of the Lord.
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(Tendi) And I'll be reading
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from the English Standard Version,
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Psalm 122, verses 1 to 9,
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"A Song of Ascents. Of David," verse 1:
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(Derek) So, they're going up, by the way,
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literally because Jerusalem's
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at about 2,500-feet elevation,
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so Mount Zion is mount, right,
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so going up and they're rejoicing.
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What is it about the house of the Lord
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that is so precious
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to the believers, anybody?
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Yes, it's not just a nice building, right,
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like, go on a tour and see
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00:28:19,511 --> 00:28:20,840
the nice construction.
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It was very impressive
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until it was destroyed, but what was it,
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Puia, about the house of the Lord
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that made it so special?
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(Puia) I believe the presence of God
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was the main thing that attracted them.
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And everything that the Israelites did
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around the sanctuary, or their lives
601
00:28:40,861 --> 00:28:43,122
in the bigger picture, revolves
602
00:28:43,122 --> 00:28:46,662
around the sanctuary service.
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00:28:46,662 --> 00:28:50,120
So I believe David is glad, as he said,
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"I was glad when they said, 'Let us go
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to the house of God,'" because there you
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00:28:54,198 --> 00:28:56,670
can experience the presence of God.
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00:28:56,670 --> 00:28:59,559
(Derek) Before they even built a temple,
608
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where did the presence
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00:29:00,981 --> 00:29:03,401
of the Lord dwell, do you remember?
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(Gladys) In the sanctuary.
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00:29:04,649 --> 00:29:07,117
(Derek) In the tabernacle, right?
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00:29:07,117 --> 00:29:10,496
And how did the Lord reveal His presence?
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00:29:10,496 --> 00:29:11,762
Sabina, do you remember?
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How did the Lord reveal His presence
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00:29:14,341 --> 00:29:17,260
even when it was a tent or a tabernacle
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00:29:17,260 --> 00:29:19,330
in the wilderness?
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(Sabina) Yes, there was special furniture
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00:29:21,728 --> 00:29:23,006
and rituals that had been
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around the sanctuary, so definitely one
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of the places where the Bible says
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that He was revealing or expressing
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00:29:28,695 --> 00:29:30,384
His presence was in the Ark
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of the Covenant where, for instance,
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the Law of God was kept.
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But I think for them, the rejoicing also
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of going to Zion or going to the temple
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when it was built, I believe,
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was also involved with the opportunity
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they had to partake
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in the sacrificial system that God
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had implemented as a reminder
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of His forgiveness.
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So, for us it is now pointing to Jesus,
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but I imagine back in their day also
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it was a memorial of the availability
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of pardon from God, that God was willing
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00:30:07,275 --> 00:30:09,548
to forgive and renew
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00:30:09,548 --> 00:30:11,617
their relationship with Him.
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(Derek) So, I just want to focus
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here first, you mentioned the furniture,
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but between the cherubim
642
00:30:19,692 --> 00:30:23,616
in the most holy place of the tabernacle,
643
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what was it called, John, do you remember?
644
00:30:25,761 --> 00:30:30,489
The visible presence of God, the glory
of God was called the...?
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(John) Shekinah Glory.
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(Derek) The Shekinah Glory.
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00:30:32,858 --> 00:30:35,113
And by the way, the glory of God,
648
00:30:35,113 --> 00:30:37,195
while no one could look upon that,
649
00:30:37,195 --> 00:30:39,212
there was a curtain there, right,
650
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but it was undoubtedly visible,
651
00:30:43,672 --> 00:30:46,784
though covered, the glory of God.
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00:30:46,784 --> 00:30:49,408
When they built the temple, how was
653
00:30:49,408 --> 00:30:51,671
the glory of God revealed in the temple,
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Solomon's temple, do you remember?
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(Gladys) Glory of the Lord filled
the temple with smoke.
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(Derek) At the dedication, the glory
of the Lord
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00:30:58,202 --> 00:30:59,949
filled the temple.
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00:30:59,949 --> 00:31:03,304
Interestingly, the temple was destroyed,
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rebuilt, and then refurbished by Herod,
660
00:31:06,413 --> 00:31:08,599
but never is there an account of the glory
661
00:31:08,599 --> 00:31:10,550
of the Lord filling that temple.
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00:31:10,550 --> 00:31:13,397
When did the glory of the Lord
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fill the temple that we call the temple
664
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in the time of Herod?
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(Derek, Team) When Jesus came in.
666
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(Derek) The glory of the Lord
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filled the temple.
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Now, we don't have the temple today.
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We don't have a tabernacle
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in the wilderness,
671
00:31:28,466 --> 00:31:30,103
so we don't have a place where you
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00:31:30,103 --> 00:31:31,125
can say, "Why are you
673
00:31:31,125 --> 00:31:32,342
looking so happy, Tendi?"
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"Well, I'm going to the house
of the Lord."
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Well, I'd be happy; I'd see
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the very visible presence
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00:31:37,174 --> 00:31:38,841
of the glory of God.
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So, help me, Tricia Lee, if you would,
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where is the house
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of the Lord for us today?
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Is it a geographic location?
682
00:31:49,673 --> 00:31:51,025
Is it an experience?
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00:31:51,025 --> 00:31:52,967
What do you think, so that you can
684
00:31:52,967 --> 00:31:56,200
say to me, "Derek, I'm glad when they
685
00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,444
tell me, 'Let's go to the house
of the Lord.'"?
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What would you say?
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(Tricia Lee) I'd say it's both,
688
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because we know that the Father,
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00:32:03,570 --> 00:32:06,462
whom we have not met as yet,
690
00:32:06,462 --> 00:32:09,546
dwells in the throne room in Heaven,
691
00:32:09,546 --> 00:32:11,896
but through the power of the Holy Spirit,
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00:32:11,896 --> 00:32:13,512
God can dwell in our hearts.
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00:32:13,512 --> 00:32:15,827
And so, we're also told in Scripture
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that, "Know ye not that ye are
695
00:32:17,689 --> 00:32:20,486
the temple of God," and so the Holy Spirit
696
00:32:20,486 --> 00:32:24,150
can live in us as we accept Jesus,
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00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:26,505
and we get that "down payment,"
if you would,
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00:32:26,505 --> 00:32:27,947
through the Holy Spirit.
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00:32:27,947 --> 00:32:30,868
And we can be living temples
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00:32:30,868 --> 00:32:33,795
for His glory, so I say it's both.
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00:32:33,795 --> 00:32:37,810
(Derek) Tricia Lee, you made my head spin,
702
00:32:37,810 --> 00:32:40,233
because I've never thought of that,
703
00:32:40,233 --> 00:32:43,552
but if God dwells in my heart,
704
00:32:43,552 --> 00:32:45,135
Christ makes His home with me -
705
00:32:45,135 --> 00:32:46,954
He says, "We will come to you
706
00:32:46,954 --> 00:32:48,792
by the Holy Spirit" - that means
707
00:32:48,792 --> 00:32:51,800
when I spend time with the One
708
00:32:51,800 --> 00:32:53,907
who dwells with me,
709
00:32:53,907 --> 00:32:56,347
I am in the house of the Lord.
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00:32:56,347 --> 00:32:58,742
Whew, that made my head spin. Pedro.
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00:32:58,742 --> 00:33:00,215
(Pedro) We've been looking here
712
00:33:00,215 --> 00:33:03,196
to the house of God as not only telling us
713
00:33:03,196 --> 00:33:05,224
that we long for Him, but He also longs
714
00:33:05,224 --> 00:33:07,950
for us, to be with us.
715
00:33:07,950 --> 00:33:09,619
And we see here, through the symbol
716
00:33:09,619 --> 00:33:11,819
of the tabernacle, God longed
717
00:33:11,819 --> 00:33:14,949
to be with us, and through the Holy Spirit
718
00:33:14,949 --> 00:33:16,690
He longs for us to be with Him
719
00:33:16,690 --> 00:33:18,559
and also be together
720
00:33:18,559 --> 00:33:21,064
as we preach the gospel.
721
00:33:21,064 --> 00:33:22,907
That's why the Holy Spirit
722
00:33:22,907 --> 00:33:23,916
is being given to us,
723
00:33:23,916 --> 00:33:27,281
so we can finish the work through Him,
724
00:33:27,281 --> 00:33:29,407
and we can be with Him forever.
725
00:33:29,407 --> 00:33:31,657
(Derek) Okay, I see Gleny, I see
726
00:33:31,657 --> 00:33:33,576
your hand raised, and Sabina, too.
727
00:33:33,576 --> 00:33:35,172
Let me just ask a question,
728
00:33:35,172 --> 00:33:38,890
can a church where we go to worship
729
00:33:38,890 --> 00:33:41,525
each week be the house of the Lord for us?
730
00:33:41,525 --> 00:33:44,052
(Team) Yes.
731
00:33:44,052 --> 00:33:46,736
(Derek) But not automatically, right?
732
00:33:46,736 --> 00:33:48,052
But it could be,
733
00:33:48,052 --> 00:33:49,339
if we're meeting God there.
734
00:33:49,339 --> 00:33:50,931
I see many hands raised.
735
00:33:50,931 --> 00:33:53,304
I'm going to go to Gleny and Sabina first
736
00:33:53,304 --> 00:33:54,914
and then come back to the studio.
737
00:33:54,914 --> 00:33:58,997
Gleny, talk to me about where the house
738
00:33:58,997 --> 00:34:02,165
of the Lord is for us today.
739
00:34:02,165 --> 00:34:03,809
(Gleny) I was just about to give
740
00:34:03,809 --> 00:34:06,630
a comment on that, too, where God
741
00:34:06,630 --> 00:34:08,915
is seen in our midst whenever there is
742
00:34:08,915 --> 00:34:10,835
a congregation of believers,
743
00:34:10,835 --> 00:34:13,932
like in Matthew 18, verse 20, it says:
744
00:34:20,327 --> 00:34:22,012
Not just gathering for no reason,
745
00:34:22,012 --> 00:34:23,841
but when we are like-minded,
746
00:34:23,841 --> 00:34:26,954
and you see that in the book of Acts, too,
747
00:34:26,954 --> 00:34:31,081
when people laid their differences aside,
748
00:34:31,081 --> 00:34:33,896
and came together and had
749
00:34:33,896 --> 00:34:35,485
the Holy Spirit work with them,
750
00:34:35,485 --> 00:34:39,237
you can see God was in their midst.
751
00:34:39,237 --> 00:34:40,907
(Derek) That's a powerful thought.
752
00:34:40,907 --> 00:34:44,172
It suggests that the house of the Lord
753
00:34:44,172 --> 00:34:46,828
doesn't have to be a physical building.
754
00:34:46,828 --> 00:34:48,747
It can be when the Lord is in our midst.
755
00:34:48,747 --> 00:34:50,816
Sabina, you want to add to that?
756
00:34:50,816 --> 00:34:51,632
Where's the house
757
00:34:51,632 --> 00:34:54,402
of the Lord for us today?
758
00:34:54,402 --> 00:34:56,629
(Sabina) Yes, what I want to add is that I
759
00:34:56,629 --> 00:34:58,408
just think it's so beautiful that God
760
00:34:58,408 --> 00:34:59,983
makes sure not to attach that
761
00:34:59,983 --> 00:35:02,327
necessarily to a geographic place
762
00:35:02,327 --> 00:35:04,146
or a time or a country,
763
00:35:04,146 --> 00:35:05,854
so that it's accessible
764
00:35:05,854 --> 00:35:09,291
to any person in any time.
765
00:35:09,291 --> 00:35:11,601
Even our church buildings
766
00:35:11,601 --> 00:35:13,056
that we treasure, and they are
767
00:35:13,056 --> 00:35:14,967
important also, the places for gathering
768
00:35:14,967 --> 00:35:17,182
where we can invite people together,
769
00:35:17,182 --> 00:35:19,048
they unfortunately can become,
770
00:35:19,048 --> 00:35:21,090
just like Jesus mentioned back in the day
771
00:35:21,090 --> 00:35:22,946
about their temple, "a den of robbers,"
772
00:35:22,946 --> 00:35:24,570
right, like a place where there is
773
00:35:24,570 --> 00:35:26,457
no glory or presence of God,
774
00:35:26,457 --> 00:35:28,920
if we are not personally seeking God
775
00:35:28,920 --> 00:35:31,485
in the true temple that is ourselves.
776
00:35:31,485 --> 00:35:34,578
So, even those places where we gather,
777
00:35:34,578 --> 00:35:37,482
it's important that we primarily develop
778
00:35:37,482 --> 00:35:39,291
that personal relationship with Jesus,
779
00:35:39,291 --> 00:35:41,346
then we come to share about it,
780
00:35:41,346 --> 00:35:43,344
because just being in a building
781
00:35:43,344 --> 00:35:44,714
in the name of God
782
00:35:44,714 --> 00:35:46,468
doesn't really grant that He is
783
00:35:46,468 --> 00:35:48,849
willing to be there - well, He is willing,
784
00:35:48,849 --> 00:35:51,016
but that He will be there
785
00:35:51,016 --> 00:35:53,125
if we don't allow it.
786
00:35:53,125 --> 00:35:54,657
(Derek) So, there's so much more
787
00:35:54,657 --> 00:35:56,370
we could share about this,
788
00:35:56,370 --> 00:35:58,186
but certainly we would agree
789
00:35:58,186 --> 00:36:00,388
that when we come into God's presence,
790
00:36:00,388 --> 00:36:02,432
whether it's personal worship
791
00:36:02,432 --> 00:36:04,682
with the Spirit dwelling in our hearts
792
00:36:04,682 --> 00:36:06,717
or in a group of two or three,
793
00:36:06,717 --> 00:36:08,682
that we can experience joy when we come
794
00:36:08,682 --> 00:36:10,205
to the house of the Lord, right?
795
00:36:10,205 --> 00:36:11,621
Absolutely we can.
796
00:36:11,621 --> 00:36:14,533
But there is also in the Psalms
797
00:36:14,533 --> 00:36:17,694
a reference to the significance
798
00:36:17,694 --> 00:36:20,979
of a specific geographic location.
799
00:36:20,979 --> 00:36:24,347
And I want to just take a moment to look
800
00:36:24,347 --> 00:36:28,782
at Mount Zion and what the significance
801
00:36:28,782 --> 00:36:33,426
of Mount Zion is in salvation history.
802
00:36:33,426 --> 00:36:35,455
So, Geoffrey, if you could take us
803
00:36:35,455 --> 00:36:38,911
to Psalm 87 and read
804
00:36:38,911 --> 00:36:40,099
the first three verses,
805
00:36:40,099 --> 00:36:41,187
we're going to look
806
00:36:41,187 --> 00:36:43,924
at four psalms together that speak
807
00:36:43,924 --> 00:36:45,953
about the significance
808
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of Jerusalem and Mount Zion.
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(Geoffrey) Okay, I'll be reading
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from the English Standard Version:
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(Derek) And if, John, you could read
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following that in Psalm 48, verses 1 to 3.
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00:37:12,199 --> 00:37:14,695
Hear the theme, "Glorious things of you
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are spoken, Zion, city of our God."
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What is it about that location?
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(John) I'm reading
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from the English Standard Version,
it reads:
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00:37:44,505 --> 00:37:48,485
(Derek) Alright, what about Psalm 46,
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00:37:48,485 --> 00:37:49,769
Kylynda, if you could read
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the first seven verses of Psalm 46.
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Now, there are lots of thoughts here,
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00:37:54,502 --> 00:37:57,313
but we're listening for the significance
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00:37:57,313 --> 00:38:01,649
of this location, Mount Zion.
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(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
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00:38:51,194 --> 00:38:52,784
(Derek) And one last passage,
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Pedro, if you could read
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Psalm 125, verses 1 and 2.
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(Pedro) I'll be reading
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from the New King James Version.
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00:39:01,851 --> 00:39:03,737
Psalm 125, verse 1, says:
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(Derek) So, we're up there
832
00:39:22,417 --> 00:39:26,772
in the mountains, and there is Mount Zion.
833
00:39:26,772 --> 00:39:28,263
There's more significance
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00:39:28,263 --> 00:39:29,202
than just that it's
835
00:39:29,202 --> 00:39:31,295
the capital city, right?
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I mean, it is the capital up there;
837
00:39:33,089 --> 00:39:34,817
Jerusalem is there, right?
838
00:39:34,817 --> 00:39:37,631
But there's something more significant
839
00:39:37,631 --> 00:39:41,609
about that geographic location.
840
00:39:41,609 --> 00:39:44,344
Somebody do a scan
841
00:39:44,344 --> 00:39:47,078
of the Book of Beginnings;
842
00:39:47,078 --> 00:39:49,377
it's called Genesis.
843
00:39:49,377 --> 00:39:51,381
We don't have to read the whole story,
844
00:39:51,381 --> 00:39:55,044
but a patriarch, what was his name...?
845
00:39:55,044 --> 00:39:55,784
(Team) Abraham.
846
00:39:55,784 --> 00:39:58,778
(Derek) ...Abraham, first called Abram,
847
00:39:58,778 --> 00:40:02,454
but after having a son is called Abraham,
848
00:40:02,454 --> 00:40:07,370
is told to go to a specific location.
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Somebody tell me the story.
850
00:40:09,757 --> 00:40:11,467
Alright, Gladys, tell us the story.
851
00:40:11,467 --> 00:40:13,030
By the way, if people would like
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00:40:13,030 --> 00:40:17,087
to read it, it's there in Genesis 22.
853
00:40:17,087 --> 00:40:19,573
But Abraham is told to go
854
00:40:19,573 --> 00:40:21,843
to a specific location,
855
00:40:21,843 --> 00:40:23,603
and what is he told to do?
856
00:40:23,603 --> 00:40:26,722
(Gladys) Well, God promised to give him
857
00:40:26,722 --> 00:40:30,437
a son, and after the son is born,
858
00:40:30,437 --> 00:40:33,924
God tells him, "Go to Mount Moriah
859
00:40:33,924 --> 00:40:36,621
and sacrifice him there for Me."
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00:40:36,621 --> 00:40:38,274
And Abraham believed in God,
861
00:40:38,274 --> 00:40:39,374
even though this was
862
00:40:39,374 --> 00:40:41,221
this child of the promise,
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and he went to Mount Moriah
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00:40:42,548 --> 00:40:44,487
to follow what God said.
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00:40:44,487 --> 00:40:46,371
And God delivered him.
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00:40:46,371 --> 00:40:49,150
God tested him, and he proved faithful,
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00:40:49,150 --> 00:40:52,013
and God provided for Himself a sacrifice.
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00:40:52,013 --> 00:40:53,787
(Derek) And if you've read the story,
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00:40:53,787 --> 00:40:55,556
and I want to encourage you if you're
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00:40:55,556 --> 00:40:57,329
hearing this story for the first time
871
00:40:57,329 --> 00:40:58,920
to read in Genesis 22,
872
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:02,141
what evidences were there, anyone,
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00:41:02,141 --> 00:41:05,124
that he was trusting God,
874
00:41:05,124 --> 00:41:07,038
because this sounds like something
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00:41:07,038 --> 00:41:09,457
God would not ask him to do, right?
876
00:41:09,457 --> 00:41:11,288
But that was something the pagans did;
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00:41:11,288 --> 00:41:14,504
they sacrificed their sons and daughters.
878
00:41:14,504 --> 00:41:16,620
He asked him to be willing
879
00:41:16,620 --> 00:41:18,387
to lay everything down.
880
00:41:18,387 --> 00:41:19,863
But can you remember the story,
881
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any evidences of faith, John?
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00:41:22,458 --> 00:41:24,972
(John) In verse 5, Abraham talks
883
00:41:24,972 --> 00:41:28,387
to his servants and he says:
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00:41:33,271 --> 00:41:34,413
(Derek) I like my Bible,
885
00:41:34,413 --> 00:41:37,443
it says, "We will return," we will return.
886
00:41:37,443 --> 00:41:38,586
There was another place,
887
00:41:38,586 --> 00:41:39,669
they're walking along;
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00:41:39,669 --> 00:41:43,332
Puia, do you remember, and Isaac says,
889
00:41:43,332 --> 00:41:45,081
"Wait a minute, father,"
890
00:41:45,081 --> 00:41:46,630
that's a paraphrase, right?
891
00:41:46,630 --> 00:41:50,864
"Wait a minute, father, we've got
the wood and the fire..."
892
00:41:50,864 --> 00:41:52,964
(Team) "Where is the sacrifice, the lamb?"
893
00:41:52,964 --> 00:41:55,109
(Derek) "Where's the sacrifice, father?"
894
00:41:55,109 --> 00:41:56,474
And, Puia, do you remember,
895
00:41:56,474 --> 00:41:58,585
just from memory, the story?
896
00:41:58,585 --> 00:42:01,621
How does Abraham respond to his son?
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(Puia) I believe he said,
898
00:42:02,831 --> 00:42:05,117
"The Lord will provide."
899
00:42:05,117 --> 00:42:06,181
(Derek) "The Lord will
900
00:42:06,181 --> 00:42:07,712
provide a sacrifice,"
901
00:42:07,712 --> 00:42:09,608
so here's this word of faith.
902
00:42:09,608 --> 00:42:12,717
Now, by the way, in the book of Hebrews,
903
00:42:12,717 --> 00:42:16,082
it says he believed that if necessary
904
00:42:16,082 --> 00:42:17,438
God would raise his son
905
00:42:17,438 --> 00:42:19,287
from the dead, right?
906
00:42:19,287 --> 00:42:21,588
So they get to the mountain,
907
00:42:21,588 --> 00:42:23,147
and it's the mountain "that you
908
00:42:23,147 --> 00:42:26,951
will be shown," but it is Mount Moriah.
909
00:42:26,951 --> 00:42:28,987
Now, some scholars argue, is Mount Moriah
910
00:42:28,987 --> 00:42:30,488
and Mount Zion the same,
911
00:42:30,488 --> 00:42:32,754
or they're right in the same vicinity;
912
00:42:32,754 --> 00:42:34,371
it's right in the same cluster
913
00:42:34,371 --> 00:42:36,992
right there; it's that location.
914
00:42:36,992 --> 00:42:39,619
Somebody tell me what happens
915
00:42:39,619 --> 00:42:44,325
when he raises the knife - he's willing.
916
00:42:44,325 --> 00:42:45,975
(Samantha) The Angel called out...
917
00:42:45,975 --> 00:42:47,849
(Derek) Samantha, tell me what happens.
918
00:42:47,849 --> 00:42:49,168
He raises the knife
919
00:42:49,168 --> 00:42:51,335
to sacrifice his son Isaac...?
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00:42:51,335 --> 00:42:52,798
(Samantha) Verses 11 [and 12]:
921
00:43:02,736 --> 00:43:04,056
(Derek) I imagine him using
922
00:43:04,056 --> 00:43:05,984
my favorite Hebrew word...
923
00:43:05,984 --> 00:43:07,206
I don't know if they were
924
00:43:07,206 --> 00:43:08,486
speaking Hebrew back then,
925
00:43:08,486 --> 00:43:09,960
I think they were, "Hallelujah,
926
00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:12,646
praise the name of Yahweh."
927
00:43:12,646 --> 00:43:16,340
He was willing to lay everything down
928
00:43:16,340 --> 00:43:19,187
because the Lord asked him to, right?
929
00:43:19,187 --> 00:43:22,800
That mountain is where, as Samantha
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00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:28,868
just read, it was told,
"The Lord will..."?
931
00:43:28,868 --> 00:43:30,233
(Derek, Team) "...provide."
932
00:43:30,233 --> 00:43:31,826
(Derek) Do you know what that is,
933
00:43:31,826 --> 00:43:33,617
anybody, in Hebrew?
934
00:43:33,617 --> 00:43:36,054
(Team) Jehovah Jireh.
935
00:43:36,054 --> 00:43:37,790
(Derek) Yeah, Yahweh Yireh
936
00:43:37,790 --> 00:43:41,216
or Jehovah Jireh, "The Lord Will Provide."
937
00:43:41,216 --> 00:43:44,567
That was pointing forward to what event
938
00:43:44,567 --> 00:43:47,960
that would happen on the same mountain?!
939
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:50,238
(Team) Crucifixion of Jesus.
940
00:43:50,238 --> 00:43:51,843
(Derek) The crucifixion of Jesus.
941
00:43:51,843 --> 00:43:55,277
Let's go to the story, and, John, if you
942
00:43:55,277 --> 00:43:56,649
could begin reading.
943
00:43:56,649 --> 00:43:58,579
We'll have several of you read.
944
00:43:58,579 --> 00:44:00,100
And we could take Matthew, Mark,
945
00:44:00,100 --> 00:44:01,538
Luke or John, but we're going
946
00:44:01,538 --> 00:44:05,421
to the Gospel of Mark, chapter 15,
947
00:44:05,421 --> 00:44:08,810
and I want you to think with me.
948
00:44:08,810 --> 00:44:11,626
We're talking here about Longing
949
00:44:11,626 --> 00:44:15,010
for God in Zion, and I'm thinking,
950
00:44:15,010 --> 00:44:18,588
as we read this, of the admonition,
951
00:44:18,588 --> 00:44:20,187
"It would be good for us to spend
952
00:44:20,187 --> 00:44:22,211
a thoughtful hour each day
953
00:44:22,211 --> 00:44:23,960
contemplating the life of Christ,
954
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:27,494
especially the closing scenes."
955
00:44:27,494 --> 00:44:28,851
So, we're going to read some
956
00:44:28,851 --> 00:44:30,729
of the closing scenes.
957
00:44:30,729 --> 00:44:34,493
We ought to then say, "Oh, I'm
958
00:44:34,493 --> 00:44:35,908
looking to Mount Zion.
959
00:44:35,908 --> 00:44:39,161
I'm looking to the place where God will,
960
00:44:39,161 --> 00:44:42,636
now God has, provided," right?
961
00:44:42,636 --> 00:44:45,483
Let's start in Mark, chapter 15,
962
00:44:45,483 --> 00:44:47,954
verses 16 through 20, John.
963
00:44:47,954 --> 00:44:50,430
(John) Mark 15, verses 16 to 20,
964
00:44:50,430 --> 00:44:52,827
in the English Standard Version reads:
965
00:45:32,339 --> 00:45:33,901
(Derek) Tricia Lee, if you could
966
00:45:33,901 --> 00:45:37,489
follow on for us in verses 21 to 26.
967
00:45:37,489 --> 00:45:41,235
My heart is already saying, "Oh, God,
968
00:45:41,235 --> 00:45:44,723
what Jesus suffered for us."
969
00:45:44,723 --> 00:45:47,209
Let's read on in the story, if you'd read
970
00:45:47,209 --> 00:45:52,305
for us verses 21 to 26 of Mark 15.
971
00:45:52,305 --> 00:45:55,071
(Tricia Lee) Reading from the New
King James Version:
972
00:46:41,830 --> 00:46:43,501
(Derek) So, here is an amazing part
973
00:46:43,501 --> 00:46:47,297
of the story, a man named Simon comes.
974
00:46:47,297 --> 00:46:48,949
And by the way, did you notice
975
00:46:48,949 --> 00:46:51,667
it tells us his two sons' names?
976
00:46:51,667 --> 00:46:52,843
Why would it tell us
977
00:46:52,843 --> 00:46:54,094
the names of his two sons?
978
00:46:54,094 --> 00:46:57,290
Why does it even tell us his name?
979
00:46:57,290 --> 00:46:59,557
Except, on that mountain his life
980
00:46:59,557 --> 00:47:02,613
was transformed, and he became
981
00:47:02,613 --> 00:47:04,936
a follower of Jesus.
982
00:47:04,936 --> 00:47:06,464
Something amazing happening
983
00:47:06,464 --> 00:47:07,946
on the mountain.
984
00:47:07,946 --> 00:47:11,247
I'm going to ask Sabina if you'd continue
985
00:47:11,247 --> 00:47:14,097
reading - this is sacred space for us -
986
00:47:14,097 --> 00:47:16,347
verses 27 to 32.
987
00:47:16,347 --> 00:47:18,496
This is the mountain where it
988
00:47:18,496 --> 00:47:21,297
was prophesied 2,000 years earlier,
989
00:47:21,297 --> 00:47:23,476
"The Lord will provide."
990
00:47:23,476 --> 00:47:27,841
This is the mountain where the temple
991
00:47:27,841 --> 00:47:32,545
once stood, and they looked to Mount Zion.
992
00:47:32,545 --> 00:47:33,740
Now, we're on Mount Zion,
993
00:47:33,740 --> 00:47:38,863
and what do we hear in verses 27 to 32?
994
00:47:38,863 --> 00:47:40,033
(Sabina) I'll be reading
995
00:47:40,033 --> 00:47:42,491
from the New King James Version,
and it says:
996
00:48:30,925 --> 00:48:32,737
(Derek) We talked about that one thief
997
00:48:32,737 --> 00:48:34,167
who said, "Lord, remember me,"
998
00:48:34,167 --> 00:48:36,488
but at first it says even the thieves,
999
00:48:36,488 --> 00:48:38,457
both of them, reviled Him.
1000
00:48:38,457 --> 00:48:40,707
Tendi, could you read the last portion
1001
00:48:40,707 --> 00:48:42,747
of our reading from Mark 15,
1002
00:48:42,747 --> 00:48:46,091
verses 33 to 39?
1003
00:48:46,091 --> 00:48:47,387
(Tendi) And I'll be reading
1004
00:48:47,387 --> 00:48:51,850
from the English Standard Version,
Mark 15:33-39:
1005
00:50:09,027 --> 00:50:12,178
(Derek) It happened on the mountain,
1006
00:50:12,178 --> 00:50:14,910
the mountain where, 2,000 years earlier,
1007
00:50:14,910 --> 00:50:16,208
the promise had been given,
1008
00:50:16,208 --> 00:50:18,436
"The Lord will provide."
1009
00:50:18,436 --> 00:50:19,510
But what else happened
1010
00:50:19,510 --> 00:50:20,894
on the mountain, Puia,
1011
00:50:20,894 --> 00:50:23,744
besides the sacrifice to take away
1012
00:50:23,744 --> 00:50:25,459
the sins of the world, that all
1013
00:50:25,459 --> 00:50:27,827
who believe in Him might not perish
1014
00:50:27,827 --> 00:50:29,292
but have everlasting life?
1015
00:50:29,292 --> 00:50:31,167
What else happened on the mountain?
1016
00:50:31,167 --> 00:50:32,615
(Puia) That was also the place
1017
00:50:32,615 --> 00:50:34,304
where He was resurrected.
1018
00:50:34,304 --> 00:50:36,217
He was resurrected on the third day.
1019
00:50:36,217 --> 00:50:38,028
He came back to life.
1020
00:50:38,028 --> 00:50:39,711
(Derek) Let's go to Luke 23, if you
1021
00:50:39,711 --> 00:50:41,303
could read the last verses
1022
00:50:41,303 --> 00:50:43,615
of chapter 23 for us.
1023
00:50:43,615 --> 00:50:46,766
And then I'm going to ask Gladys if you'd
1024
00:50:46,766 --> 00:50:49,899
read the first verses of chapter 24.
1025
00:50:49,899 --> 00:50:51,001
We could read from many
1026
00:50:51,001 --> 00:50:52,566
of the Gospel writers,
1027
00:50:52,566 --> 00:50:57,233
but Luke 23, verses 50 to 56.
1028
00:50:57,233 --> 00:50:58,482
(Puia) And I'll be reading
1029
00:50:58,482 --> 00:51:00,180
from the New King James Version:
1030
00:51:49,910 --> 00:51:51,913
(Derek) But the story is not over, Gladys.
1031
00:51:51,913 --> 00:51:52,871
If you could pick up
1032
00:51:52,871 --> 00:51:57,863
in chapter 24, verses 1
1033
00:51:57,863 --> 00:52:01,994
through, let's see, maybe 1 through 8?
1034
00:52:01,994 --> 00:52:04,898
And just remember, this is also happening
1035
00:52:04,898 --> 00:52:06,905
on the mountain where it was prophesied,
1036
00:52:06,905 --> 00:52:08,727
"The Lord will provide."
1037
00:52:08,727 --> 00:52:09,790
(Gladys) I am reading
1038
00:52:09,790 --> 00:52:12,113
from the New International Version,
and it says:
1039
00:53:04,358 --> 00:53:06,414
(Derek) So, on the mountain,
1040
00:53:06,414 --> 00:53:08,524
God provided through the death
1041
00:53:08,524 --> 00:53:10,138
and resurrection of Jesus.
1042
00:53:10,138 --> 00:53:13,110
So, let me ask you, as Christians, and I'm
1043
00:53:13,110 --> 00:53:15,507
going to ask Gleny a question here,
1044
00:53:15,507 --> 00:53:18,865
as a follower of Jesus, we don't look
1045
00:53:18,865 --> 00:53:20,994
to a temple on a mountain.
1046
00:53:20,994 --> 00:53:24,360
What does it mean to us as Christians
1047
00:53:24,360 --> 00:53:26,684
to look to Mount Zion?
1048
00:53:26,684 --> 00:53:28,421
(Gleny) I would assume that it means
1049
00:53:28,421 --> 00:53:32,642
to see how God has provided in the past
1050
00:53:32,642 --> 00:53:34,714
and provided for redemption
1051
00:53:34,714 --> 00:53:37,164
and to see that He is able to do
1052
00:53:37,164 --> 00:53:39,588
the same for us even today.
1053
00:53:39,588 --> 00:53:41,252
(Derek) Okay, anybody else?
1054
00:53:41,252 --> 00:53:44,011
Kylynda, to look to Mount Zion?
1055
00:53:44,011 --> 00:53:45,621
(Kylynda) The psalmists found joy
1056
00:53:45,621 --> 00:53:47,294
going to Mount Zion.
1057
00:53:47,294 --> 00:53:49,998
These people went from perplexion
1058
00:53:49,998 --> 00:53:51,971
to joy as they gathered.
1059
00:53:51,971 --> 00:53:54,978
As we look to Heaven, you know, the future
1060
00:53:54,978 --> 00:53:57,949
where we will one day be next to God,
1061
00:53:57,949 --> 00:53:58,881
and there will be
1062
00:53:58,881 --> 00:54:01,061
absolutely no separation,
1063
00:54:01,061 --> 00:54:02,824
we will also have joy.
1064
00:54:02,824 --> 00:54:04,822
(Derek) And that's kind of
looking forward,
1065
00:54:04,822 --> 00:54:05,657
and that's good;
1066
00:54:05,657 --> 00:54:07,835
we want to look to the New Zion,
1067
00:54:07,835 --> 00:54:10,044
or New Jerusalem, but, Sabina,
1068
00:54:10,044 --> 00:54:14,212
by faith, looking, keeping my eyes
1069
00:54:14,212 --> 00:54:15,789
fixed on Mount Zion,
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00:54:15,789 --> 00:54:18,562
what do you think that means?
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(Sabina) For me, it means looking
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to victory, you know, as we journey
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through this life, as we walk
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into the eternal Zion,
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like in the heavenly dwelling
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of God for eternity.
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I, in the meantime, just look
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to the sacrifice and resurrection of Jesus
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that took place on this Mount Zion,
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and I'm reminded that Jesus wins,
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you know, like He won it.
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I just need to stay by Him,
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and that's all good.
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(Derek) Isn't there a Bible text
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that says, "Fixing our eyes..."?
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(Derek, Team) "...on Jesus, the author...
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(Team) "...and finisher..."
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(Derek) "...and perfecter," or finisher
"of our faith."
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To keep our eyes fixed on Mount Zion
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is to say God provided all that we need
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through Jesus, and I'm going
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to keep my attention focused there.
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But Kylynda is right, there is
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also a New Jerusalem.
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There is, if you will, a New Zion,
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the mountain of God,
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and that is portrayed...and, Kylynda,
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maybe as we close our study,
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you can read from Revelation,
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chapter 21, verses 1 to 4,
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and let's talk about that.
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Because of what happened
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on Mount Zion 2,000 years ago,
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we have assurance of a blessed hope.
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Read to us Revelation 21:1-4.
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(Kylynda) From the New King James Version:
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(Derek) Praise God.
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I want to speak to our Hope Sabbath School
family,
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and I just want to say, that blessed hope
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happens because of what happened
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through Jesus on Mount Zion.
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It happens because of what was
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promised through Abraham,
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that the Lord will provide.
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And I want to encourage you to look
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to what God has done
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through Jesus, for you, so that you
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can have the blessed hope
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of being in that New Jerusalem
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and spending eternity
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with a God who loves you
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with an immeasurable and unfailing love.
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Let's pray together.
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Father in Heaven, thank You
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for what Jesus accomplished on Mount Zion.
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Thank You for the blessed hope
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we have in Him even today.
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In Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
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(Team) Amen.
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(Derek) I want to encourage you,
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dear friend, if you've never accepted
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what Jesus accomplished for you,
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the Lord has provided, trust Him today.
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Say, "Lord, will You save me,
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so that I can have that blessed hope
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of eternity with You."
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And then don't keep it to yourself.
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Go out and share that good news
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with those around you.
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