The opening exhortation by Bro. Matthew Blewett from the same Idyllwild Bible School was used in GCT Episode 308.<\/p>\n
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\nMy third period teachers Brother
\nMatthew Blewett. <\/p>\n
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\nHis general topic is Heaven and
\nearth. <\/p>\n
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\nToday’s topic is whole worship.
\nChris won’t relax until the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst slide has moved on, but
\nwe’ll leave that where it is. <\/p>\n
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\nGood morning everyone.
\nIt’s amazing to be with you here<\/p>\n
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\non this Thursday morning after
\nthe big volleyball day. <\/p>\n
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\nI remember being here 17 years
\nago. <\/p>\n
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\nIt must have been the heyday of
\nthe singles that long ago where <\/p>\n
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\nthey always won.
\nI was up with the youth earlier <\/p>\n
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\nand using spiritual patterns
\nI’ve given them. <\/p>\n
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\nA secret from spiritual patterns
\nis how they can actually beat <\/p>\n
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\npowerful married men next year.
\nSo ladies, if you are married to<\/p>\n
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\none of those powerful married
\nmen, expect a a bit of money <\/p>\n
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\ncoming your way next year.
\nAnd I, I, I hope we’ll hear that<\/p>\n
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\nthere’s a singles victory.
\nSo it’s really great to be back <\/p>\n
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\ntogether again.
\nAnd we’re in part four. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re on the, the home stretch.
\nAnd as I’ve said to you, this <\/p>\n
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\nhas been quite a difficult
\nseries for me to put together <\/p>\n
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\nwith these ideas and concepts
\nand to try and sort of frame <\/p>\n
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\nlanguage and bring you along.
\nAnd I, and I’m hoping that as we<\/p>\n
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\nrepeat things and, and I’m able
\nto frame particularly this lens <\/p>\n
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\nof heaven and earth, you’re able
\nto stay with me on that journey <\/p>\n
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\nand, and be able to see this
\nrepeating pattern all over the <\/p>\n
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\nplace.
\nLike I’ve been seeing it both in<\/p>\n
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\nscripture and in, in pragmatic
\nways in, in everyday living. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd one of the problems when
\nyou’re trying to do this for the<\/p>\n
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\nfirst time and pack it all
\ntogether and you know, you’re on<\/p>\n
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\nthe homeward stretch because
\nyou’ve only got 2 sessions left.<\/p>\n
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\nYou start to get to that stage
\nwhere you’ve got to take out the<\/p>\n
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\nthe scalpel and start slicing
\nthings out and removing them, <\/p>\n
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\nwhich is always very sad because
\nyou might have spent a bit of <\/p>\n
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\ntime thinking, oh, that’s
\nsomething that’s so amazing. <\/p>\n
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\nBut anyway, you wouldn’t have
\nnoticed. <\/p>\n
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\nSo we’re doing some cutting now,
\nbut we’re going to try and share<\/p>\n
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\nwhat we think will help be
\nhelpful. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, the focus that I keep
\nwanting to get back to. <\/p>\n
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\nYeah, there’s there’s a theory
\nand there’s a framework. <\/p>\n
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\nBut ultimately, as John, always
\nI think back, yes, yeah. <\/p>\n
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\nAs John, John always emphasises
\nat the end of every one of his <\/p>\n
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\nsessions, you know, we can have
\nall of these interesting <\/p>\n
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\nconnections and ideas and
\nframeworks, but really it has to<\/p>\n
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\ncome back to something that we
\ncan learn and take away and <\/p>\n
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\npragmatically put into practice.
\nSo for me, it’s this idea of, of<\/p>\n
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\nbeing activated, of
\nunderstanding that really when <\/p>\n
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\nwe, we understand that the
\npattern is heaven and earth, <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s, it’s asking us to activate
\nourselves in all aspects of <\/p>\n
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\nworship and everyday living.
\nAnd that’s something which has <\/p>\n
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\nbeen really helpful for me
\nbecause I’m trying to get this, <\/p>\n
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\nthis new way of seeing things.
\nI don’t want to miss opportunity<\/p>\n
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\nto see and experience heaven
\nwherever possible. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, and we were sort of talking
\na lot about that at the end of <\/p>\n
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\nour session together yesterday.
\nWe were talking about the way in<\/p>\n
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\nwhich we can be better at
\nactivating our worship symbols. <\/p>\n
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\nWe spoke about singing, we spoke
\nabout the breaking of bread. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I, I suggested three things.
\nI suggested that we needed to be<\/p>\n
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\nintentional.
\nAnd I want to repeat that. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what I mean by that is that,
\nyou know, as you’re <\/p>\n
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\nparticipating in any symbolic
\npractice or, or, or using <\/p>\n
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\nsomething like the red and wine,
\nthat you’re thinking about the <\/p>\n
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\ntwo aspects of what’s going on
\nhere through the heaven and <\/p>\n
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\nearth lens.
\nThat you’re as as activated and <\/p>\n
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\nsensitised to the physical and
\nat the same time to the <\/p>\n
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\nheavenly.
\nAnd that’s what being present <\/p>\n
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\nreally requires you to do, to be
\nin that moment, to try and have <\/p>\n
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\nthe best experience you can have
\nin that moment. <\/p>\n
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\nWe were just chatting earlier
\nabout singing music, and it’s <\/p>\n
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\nanother great example of
\nsomething that has value in and <\/p>\n
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\nof itself.
\nWe don’t necessarily sing a <\/p>\n
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\nworship song because we think
\nwe’re going to be learning some <\/p>\n
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\nlessons to put into practice
\nlater. <\/p>\n
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\nThat could be a benefit as well.
\nBut we worship because it has <\/p>\n
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\nvalue in our relationship with
\nGod in and of itself. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s another example of
\nthat. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then the third was this idea
\nof being curious. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, a part of this, the
\nprinciples of patterns is that <\/p>\n
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\nit’s important we, we understand<\/p>\n
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\nthe basics of the pattern, the
\nsimple element, but, but the <\/p>\n
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\npatterns teach us that there’s
\nsurprise on the edges. <\/p>\n
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\nA lot of people have come and,
\nand, and, and, and chatted to me<\/p>\n
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\na bit about these fractals and
\nthey’re saying they’re starting <\/p>\n
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\nto see fractals everywhere.
\nThat’s great, you know, so long <\/p>\n
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\nas you don’t end up in a
\nhypnosis trance. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the beauty is that there’s
\nthis beauty, there’s, there’s <\/p>\n
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\nthe, the overall pattern, but
\nit’s, it’s the beauty. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s, and if you’re curious, you
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\nbut it’s a little bit different.
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\nlike both when we’re connecting
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\nheavenly connections. <\/p>\n
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\ndifferent thing am I am I <\/p>\n
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\nWhat different insight is there?<\/p>\n
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\nAnd that’s what it means really
\nto, to, to, to be activated, to <\/p>\n
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\ndisciples who just go through <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s interesting and there’s a <\/p>\n
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\nlot of terminology that we as a
\ncommunity no longer use, but we <\/p>\n
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\nwere talking about the way in
\nwhich we can view the, the, the,<\/p>\n
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\nplaces and even the objects. <\/p>\n
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\nWe were talking about breaking
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\nIn fact, other practices as <\/p>\n
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\nI, I didn’t mention this <\/p>\n
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\nyesterday, but you know, it’s
\nalso interesting as a community.<\/p>\n
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\nWe there, there, there are other
\npractices that were definitely <\/p>\n
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\nNew Testament practices that
\nwe’ve just decided of no value. <\/p>\n
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\nI’m not sure when last you
\npracticed washing of feet in <\/p>\n
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\nyour ecclesia.
\nI’m not sure when last you <\/p>\n
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\npracticed anointing with oil
\nwith prayer, right. <\/p>\n
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\nSo now looking at this through
\nthe heaven and earth lens, you <\/p>\n
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\ncan begin to see where the value
\nmay be in some of these <\/p>\n
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\npractices that certainly
\ncontinued into the into the <\/p>\n
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\nearly church.
\nIt’s interesting when we look at<\/p>\n
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\nthe Exodus record and we know
\nthat all the symbols that were <\/p>\n
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\nput in place and we’re going to
\nspend some time actually <\/p>\n
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\nfocusing on the Tabernacle
\nbecause it’s, it’s an amazing <\/p>\n
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\npattern.
\nIt’s an amazing framework for us<\/p>\n
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\nto understand worship and what
\nI’ve termed whole worship. <\/p>\n
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\nHow do we enter worship as
\nactivated as we can? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Tabernacle was that it
\nwas a, it was a way that God put<\/p>\n
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\nin place together with a whole
\nbunch of very sensual symbols <\/p>\n
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\nthat was intended to take the
\nworshipper through a whole <\/p>\n
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\nexperience.
\nLove the Lord your God with all <\/p>\n
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\nyour mind, heart and soul.
\nSo when that Tabernacle was <\/p>\n
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\npoint we’d be making, you know, <\/p>\n
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\nwe spoke about, gold, bronze, <\/p>\n
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\nall the elements were made by
\nthese, these Craftsman. <\/p>\n
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\nBut you know, they remained
\nobjects. <\/p>\n
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\nThey, they, they just things
\nbecause as we said, they only <\/p>\n
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\nbecome symbols when they are
\nconnected to the heavenly. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so in order to, to
\ndemonstrate that idea, what did <\/p>\n
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\nGod make the priest do?
\nHe said, I want you to get some <\/p>\n
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\noil.
\nYou see, this is an echo back to<\/p>\n
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\nstone that looked like it was <\/p>\n
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\njust another stone until he
\nrealized this was a place where <\/p>\n
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\nheaven and earth could meet and
\nand take that oil. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I want you to go anoint.
\nAnd it’s actually amazing when <\/p>\n
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\nyou read the the record, this is
\njust a short verse that I’ve got<\/p>\n
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\nhere.
\nAnoint every single part of that<\/p>\n
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\nTabernacle.
\nAnd once you’ve anointed it, it <\/p>\n
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\nwill become holy.
\nSo what’s the principle? <\/p>\n
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\nThe principle is this something
\nthat is anointed with oil, with <\/p>\n
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\nthe spirit, with heaven, earth
\nanointed with heaven becomes <\/p>\n
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\nholy.
\nAnd that’s a really, really <\/p>\n
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\namazing way for us to look at at
\nat that word and how we think <\/p>\n
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\nabout it.
\nSo for example, we’ve mentioned <\/p>\n
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\nthere are holy things, things
\nthat we know are specifically <\/p>\n
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\nused in our worship because they
\nare intended to connect us with <\/p>\n
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\nheaven.
\nThere are also holy places. <\/p>\n
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\nYou might say, well, I don’t
\nfeel so comfortable about that, <\/p>\n
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\nbut it’s true.
\nWhen we decide to to go to our <\/p>\n
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\nchurch hall, it’s not holy all
\nthe time. <\/p>\n
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\nBut when we come into that hall
\nand we decide at this point in <\/p>\n
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\ntime, we’re going to spend the
\nnext hour and a half and we’re <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to dedicate that time to
\nconnecting with heaven. <\/p>\n
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\nWhy do we always start with a
\nprayer? <\/p>\n
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\nI mean, it’s like one of these
\nrituals. <\/p>\n
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\nWe do always start the meeting
\nwith the prayer. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s going on with the prayer?
\nWell, it’s our way of anointing <\/p>\n
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\nthat time.
\nWe’re anointing this as a holy <\/p>\n
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\ntime in which we are going to be
\nconnecting with heaven. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the same is really true of
\nplaces. <\/p>\n
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\nSo now we’re anointing that
\nplace and it can be any place <\/p>\n
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\nthat if we look at a place, a
\ncertain place, and we decide <\/p>\n
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\nthis place I want to use to
\ndedicate to my connection with <\/p>\n
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\nheaven, well, it becomes a holy
\nplace if we’re prepared to look <\/p>\n
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\nat it through those eyes.
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\nNow, it does require you to have<\/p>\n
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\nopen eyes and to be curious.
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\nthis story here is really a cool
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\nWe know it so well from, from
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\nBut I don’t know if you’ve,
\nyou’ve looked at the detail of <\/p>\n
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\nwhat goes on when Moses
\nencounters the burning Bush. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know often, well for me at
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\nopportunities where heaven and
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\nNow I want to suggest to you
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\nExodus chapter 3, because it’s
\nworth seeing this, you know, one<\/p>\n
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\nwe, we know so well so that when<\/p>\n
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\nwe don’t concentrate because we <\/p>\n
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\nBut look at the detail here.
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\ntending the flock, he’s got
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\nsometimes we do see a bit of a
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\nNow, of course, because we read
\nit like that, we think, oh, he <\/p>\n
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\nalready sees an Angel of the
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\nSo he looked and, behold, the
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\nnotices this Bush is on fire.
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\nBut it doesn’t go out.
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\nHad some other people walk past
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\nconnected to heaven because he
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\ncaught to him from the midst of
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\nis in that place and therefore
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\ntrying to see that connection
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\na moment to join heaven and
\nearth and to experience the real<\/p>\n
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\npresence of our God in the Lord
\nJesus Christ. <\/p>\n
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\nI love this.
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\nthis beautiful verse from the
\nwell known poet Elizabeth <\/p>\n
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\nBarrett Browning.
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\nevery common Bush of fire with
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\nAnd that’s really what we have
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\npast some of the palm trees,
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\nSo we’re going to now move on. <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, Jesus in the way that <\/p>\n
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\nHe walked around a world that <\/p>\n
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\nEverything he saw, the sheep and<\/p>\n
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\nthe sun and the trees and the
\nfruit and the, and the what else<\/p>\n
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\nand the grapes. <\/p>\n
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\nI did a list.
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\na heavenly context. <\/p>\n
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\npicture here is kudos to Chechi <\/p>\n
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\nI said, here are all the things <\/p>\n
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\nlived in. <\/p>\n
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\nresult, often when he was <\/p>\n
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\nYou know, because he was just <\/p>\n
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\nseparated for him.
\nThat’s the way he viewed the <\/p>\n
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\nworld.
\nHe said to them, destroy this <\/p>\n
337
\n00:17:59,880 –> 00:18:02,080
\ntemple and in three days I will
\nraise it up again. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:18:02,080 –> 00:18:04,360
\nThey said, what?
\nHow’s he going to raise up this <\/p>\n
339
\n00:18:04,360 –> 00:18:07,360
\ntemple that took all these years
\nfor for Herod and the guys to <\/p>\n
340
\n00:18:07,360 –> 00:18:08,640
\nbuild?
\nNo, he was Speaking of the <\/p>\n
341
\n00:18:08,640 –> 00:18:11,200
\ntemple of his body.
\nSo he was at another level all <\/p>\n
342
\n00:18:11,200 –> 00:18:13,960
\nthe time.
\nAnd so that’s why we find Jesus <\/p>\n
343
\n00:18:14,200 –> 00:18:20,120
\neven engaging, speaking to the
\nwater and to the wind and to the<\/p>\n
344
\n00:18:20,120 –> 00:18:24,320
\ntrees and being able to to
\nunderstand that they were a <\/p>\n
345
\n00:18:24,320 –> 00:18:26,960
\nconnection to heaven at all
\ntimes. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:18:27,200 –> 00:18:30,880
\nSo it’s an encouragement for us
\nwhen we go out into nature, <\/p>\n
347
\n00:18:30,880 –> 00:18:33,520
\nwhich I’m also hoping you will
\ndo a lot of that. <\/p>\n
348
\n00:18:33,560 –> 00:18:37,280
\nYou’re always looking for those
\nactivation opportunities, those <\/p>\n
349
\n00:18:37,280 –> 00:18:39,920
\nmoments for heaven and earth to
\nconnect. <\/p>\n
350
\n00:18:41,640 –> 00:18:45,400
\nSo that brings us then, as I
\nsaid, to this topic of worship. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:18:46,360 –> 00:18:49,480
\nAnd you know, it’s something we
\nwe talk a lot about because <\/p>\n
352
\n00:18:49,480 –> 00:18:53,320
\nthat’s what we tend to do.
\nWe come to worship God, we <\/p>\n
353
\n00:18:53,320 –> 00:18:56,560
\nworship collectively, and we
\nworship privately. <\/p>\n
354
\n00:18:56,840 –> 00:18:59,880
\nSo what do I mean by worship?
\nThere could be many, many <\/p>\n
355
\n00:18:59,880 –> 00:19:02,920
\ndefinitions of worship, but for
\nthe sake of this particular <\/p>\n
356
\n00:19:03,040 –> 00:19:08,000
\ndiscussion, I want to say that
\nworship is the time that we take<\/p>\n
357
\n00:19:08,000 –> 00:19:11,560
\nout of our everyday life,
\nwhether it be in private or <\/p>\n
358
\n00:19:11,560 –> 00:19:15,200
\ntogether in public, in
\ncommunity, to specifically <\/p>\n
359
\n00:19:15,360 –> 00:19:20,200
\ndedicate to focusing on our
\nFather and the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
360
\n00:19:20,200 –> 00:19:22,560
\nChrist.
\nSo that’s, that’s what it is. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:19:22,560 –> 00:19:26,160
\nThat’s the definition of worship
\nthat’s distinguished from what <\/p>\n
362
\n00:19:26,160 –> 00:19:28,160
\nwe’re doing every single part of
\nour our day. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:19:28,160 –> 00:19:31,200
\nNow before someone comes and
\ntells me this, because it’s very<\/p>\n
364
\n00:19:31,200 –> 00:19:34,640
\ntrue, we can be meeting God and
\nwe should be looking for God in <\/p>\n
365
\n00:19:34,640 –> 00:19:38,360
\nevery part of our life, but we
\nknow it’s important still to set<\/p>\n
366
\n00:19:38,360 –> 00:19:41,640
\nit aside times of worship.
\nSo hopefully in your personal <\/p>\n
367
\n00:19:41,640 –> 00:19:45,640
\nlife you’ve set routines and
\ntimes where you know you can <\/p>\n
368
\n00:19:45,640 –> 00:19:49,080
\nworship, whether it be a time to
\npray, a time to read and <\/p>\n
369
\n00:19:49,080 –> 00:19:52,560
\nconsider God’s word, a time to
\nmeditate, and that’s private <\/p>\n
370
\n00:19:52,560 –> 00:19:54,840
\nworship.
\nAnd then you also have time when<\/p>\n
371
\n00:19:54,840 –> 00:19:57,960
\nyou gather together with your
\necclesia Sunday morning, you <\/p>\n
372
\n00:19:57,960 –> 00:20:01,000
\ndedicate an hour and a half and
\nyou are there to worship. <\/p>\n
373
\n00:20:01,960 –> 00:20:05,840
\nSo what’s going on when we
\nactually come to worship? <\/p>\n
374
\n00:20:06,400 –> 00:20:11,680
\nWhat is the purpose of worship?
\nWell, it’s interesting because <\/p>\n
375
\n00:20:12,000 –> 00:20:15,960
\nyou know, when I have given some
\ntalks on on this particular <\/p>\n
376
\n00:20:15,960 –> 00:20:21,840
\ntopic, obviously the emphasis on
\nmaybe being more active in the <\/p>\n
377
\n00:20:21,840 –> 00:20:26,000
\nuse of symbols and the emphasis
\non the earth and the pragmatic <\/p>\n
378
\n00:20:26,000 –> 00:20:28,680
\nand concrete touching, people
\nget a bit concerned and they <\/p>\n
379
\n00:20:28,680 –> 00:20:30,520
\nsay, well, you know, we’ve got
\nto be very careful. <\/p>\n
380
\n00:20:30,520 –> 00:20:33,960
\nYeah, because one thing’s for
\nsure, like we’re not saved by <\/p>\n
381
\n00:20:33,960 –> 00:20:37,960
\nanything we do and by any
\nphysical object or symbol. <\/p>\n
382
\n00:20:38,680 –> 00:20:41,080
\nAnd that’s a very important
\nprinciple to get right straight <\/p>\n
383
\n00:20:41,080 –> 00:20:43,080
\naway.
\nSo I want to, I want to get that<\/p>\n
384
\n00:20:43,080 –> 00:20:45,320
\nright because I think it’s
\nimportant when we think about <\/p>\n
385
\n00:20:45,320 –> 00:20:49,320
\nworship, because I think the
\npractice of worship and how we <\/p>\n
386
\n00:20:49,320 –> 00:20:52,920
\nparticipate in worship is really
\nimportant, but I don’t think <\/p>\n
387
\n00:20:52,920 –> 00:20:56,800
\nit’s important to save us.
\nSo let’s deal with that. <\/p>\n
388
\n00:20:56,960 –> 00:20:59,160
\nBut I’m going to go fast because
\nI’m sure you don’t need me to <\/p>\n
389
\n00:20:59,160 –> 00:21:01,880
\ntell you this.
\nEphesians 2, verse eight. <\/p>\n
390
\n00:21:02,040 –> 00:21:04,920
\nFor by grace you have been saved
\nthrough faith and that not of <\/p>\n
391
\n00:21:04,920 –> 00:21:06,480
\nyourselves.
\nIt is the gift of God. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:21:06,760 –> 00:21:09,680
\nI told you that 17 years ago and
\nmany people have told you that <\/p>\n
393
\n00:21:09,920 –> 00:21:14,240
\nthere is nothing any one of us
\ncan do that will save us. <\/p>\n
394
\n00:21:14,640 –> 00:21:17,240
\nNothing.
\nSo that needs to be clear. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:21:17,680 –> 00:21:21,800
\nAnd that is only through the
\ngift of God, the grace of God <\/p>\n
396
\n00:21:21,800 –> 00:21:25,000
\nprovided by the atoning
\nsacrifice of the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
397
\n00:21:25,000 –> 00:21:27,680
\nChrist and His work and our life
\nthat’s done. <\/p>\n
398
\n00:21:27,880 –> 00:21:30,760
\nWe are saved.
\nWe are saved. <\/p>\n
399
\n00:21:31,360 –> 00:21:35,320
\nAnd here’s the thing, and John
\nalluded it to this in the Romans<\/p>\n
400
\n00:21:35,320 –> 00:21:38,680
\n6 passage.
\nThe question is, how do we <\/p>\n
401
\n00:21:38,680 –> 00:21:42,040
\nrespond to that?
\nWhat is our response? <\/p>\n
402
\n00:21:42,240 –> 00:21:45,880
\nSo it’s this idea that there is
\na ladder that has been laid <\/p>\n
403
\n00:21:45,880 –> 00:21:47,560
\ndown.
\nIt was not there before. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:21:47,760 –> 00:21:50,440
\nWe couldn’t move from the bottom
\nof the mountain to the top. <\/p>\n
405
\n00:21:51,040 –> 00:21:55,120
\nBut the way has been opened.
\nYour sin is no longer an <\/p>\n
406
\n00:21:55,120 –> 00:21:57,240
\nimpediment.
\nYou have been saved. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:21:57,240 –> 00:22:01,760
\nWhat will you do now?
\nWill you sit back and say, well <\/p>\n
408
\n00:22:01,760 –> 00:22:05,280
\nthat’s great, that’s done, I’ll
\nmove on to something else now? <\/p>\n
409
\n00:22:05,280 –> 00:22:08,720
\nOr will you say I want to rush
\nup to the top of the mountain? <\/p>\n
410
\n00:22:09,560 –> 00:22:14,000
\nI want to move forward with love
\nin response to this gift that <\/p>\n
411
\n00:22:14,000 –> 00:22:16,560
\nI’ve received.
\nI want to develop the most <\/p>\n
412
\n00:22:16,560 –> 00:22:20,320
\nbeautiful and loving
\nrelationship that I can with my <\/p>\n
413
\n00:22:20,320 –> 00:22:23,280
\nFather and the Lord Jesus Christ
\nbecause there’s nothing in the <\/p>\n
414
\n00:22:23,280 –> 00:22:26,360
\nway.
\nThe only thing that’s left in <\/p>\n
415
\n00:22:26,360 –> 00:22:30,000
\nthe way is myself.
\nAnd I want to get up to the top <\/p>\n
416
\n00:22:30,000 –> 00:22:33,440
\nof the mountain.
\nI want to join earth and heaven <\/p>\n
417
\n00:22:33,600 –> 00:22:37,040
\nas fast as I can.
\nAnd I put it to you. <\/p>\n
418
\n00:22:37,880 –> 00:22:41,920
\nThat is the purpose of worship.
\nYou know, we may come to worship<\/p>\n
419
\n00:22:41,920 –> 00:22:45,360
\nand in, in, in the process of
\nworship, we give thanks to God. <\/p>\n
420
\n00:22:45,360 –> 00:22:48,960
\nWe sing praises.
\nWe, we, we, we, we worship his <\/p>\n
421
\n00:22:48,960 –> 00:22:50,200
\nname.
\nWe give all to him. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:22:50,200 –> 00:22:52,480
\nWe glorify him.
\nAnd these are all important <\/p>\n
423
\n00:22:52,480 –> 00:22:55,840
\nparts of worship.
\nWe learn lessons from the Bible <\/p>\n
424
\n00:22:55,840 –> 00:22:58,400
\nin worship, but why do we do all
\nof that? <\/p>\n
425
\n00:22:59,120 –> 00:23:01,360
\nWhat what?
\nWhat are all of those components<\/p>\n
426
\n00:23:01,360 –> 00:23:06,800
\nbuilding towards the deepening
\nof our relationship with our <\/p>\n
427
\n00:23:06,800 –> 00:23:10,520
\nFather and the Lord Jesus
\nChrist, which is what faith is. <\/p>\n
428
\n00:23:10,920 –> 00:23:14,640
\nThat’s why the word that still
\nappears in Ephesians 2 is faith.<\/p>\n
429
\n00:23:16,520 –> 00:23:20,400
\nWe come to any worship session
\nwith the objective that when we <\/p>\n
430
\n00:23:20,400 –> 00:23:25,800
\nleave, in some way we have
\ndeepened our relationship with <\/p>\n
431
\n00:23:25,800 –> 00:23:29,560
\nthe living Father and his Son,
\nthe Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:23:29,840 –> 00:23:33,640
\nThat is the main purpose of why
\nwe gather together. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:23:33,640 –> 00:23:36,560
\nAnd so I think it’s quite
\nimportant to understand that. <\/p>\n
434
\n00:23:36,560 –> 00:23:42,080
\nAnd The thing is this, you know,
\nwe are, we are saved together. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:23:43,400 –> 00:23:46,160
\nIt’s it’s a concept that I, I, I
\nthink we’d be influenced by <\/p>\n
436
\n00:23:46,160 –> 00:23:49,800
\nactually as a community, because
\na lot of mainstream Christianity<\/p>\n
437
\n00:23:50,040 –> 00:23:53,560
\nfocuses on personal salvation.
\nOur salvation is not guaranteed <\/p>\n
438
\n00:23:53,560 –> 00:23:55,520
\nto us as individuals.
\nThe salvation. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:23:55,800 –> 00:23:57,840
\nNo, no, we’re saved because we
\nbelong. <\/p>\n
440
\n00:23:58,080 –> 00:24:00,880
\nYou know, this Galatians 3, we
\nare at the seed of Abraham. <\/p>\n
441
\n00:24:00,880 –> 00:24:04,000
\nThat’s why we say, and in fact
\nthat principle patterns was <\/p>\n
442
\n00:24:04,080 –> 00:24:05,480
\nthroughout the whole Old
\nTestament. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:24:06,000 –> 00:24:08,360
\nYou were saved because you were
\npart of the nation of Israel. <\/p>\n
444
\n00:24:08,560 –> 00:24:11,360
\nYou got out of the promise, out
\nof Egypt because you together <\/p>\n
445
\n00:24:11,360 –> 00:24:14,200
\nwe’re all participating in the
\nPassover meal and you all came <\/p>\n
446
\n00:24:14,200 –> 00:24:16,200
\nout together.
\nYou got through the Red Sea, you<\/p>\n
447
\n00:24:16,200 –> 00:24:18,840
\nwere all taken together, you
\ncame to the promised land. <\/p>\n
448
\n00:24:18,840 –> 00:24:20,440
\nYou all crossed over the Jordan
\ntogether. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:24:20,800 –> 00:24:26,280
\nWe are saved because we belong.
\nIt is a collective thing. <\/p>\n
450
\n00:24:26,840 –> 00:24:31,360
\nBut here’s the thing, we have to
\ncontinue to belong. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:24:32,360 –> 00:24:39,400
\nJesus says this in John.
\nJesus said remain in me as I <\/p>\n
452
\n00:24:39,400 –> 00:24:42,800
\nalso remain in you.
\nNo bronze can bear fruit by <\/p>\n
453
\n00:24:42,800 –> 00:24:44,680
\nitself.
\nIt must remain in the vine. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:24:44,880 –> 00:24:48,520
\nNeither can you bear fruit
\nunless you remain in me. <\/p>\n
455
\n00:24:49,360 –> 00:24:51,760
\nSo here’s here’s here’s what’s
\nhappening. <\/p>\n
456
\n00:24:52,680 –> 00:24:57,200
\nThe way has been opened.
\nSalvation is for us as a part of<\/p>\n
457
\n00:24:57,200 –> 00:25:01,720
\nthe Commonwealth of Israel, but
\nwe have to remain connected to <\/p>\n
458
\n00:25:01,720 –> 00:25:03,680
\nJesus.
\nAnd how do we do that? <\/p>\n
459
\n00:25:04,440 –> 00:25:09,320
\nWe grow the deepest possible
\nroots that we can into His root.<\/p>\n
460
\n00:25:09,960 –> 00:25:14,280
\nWe bind ourselves with them as
\ndeeply as possible so that we <\/p>\n
461
\n00:25:14,280 –> 00:25:17,760
\ncannot and will not be broken
\noff, because that’s the only <\/p>\n
462
\n00:25:17,760 –> 00:25:19,720
\nway.
\nThen ultimately, there is a <\/p>\n
463
\n00:25:19,720 –> 00:25:23,440
\nconnection between the practice
\nof our worship and the practice <\/p>\n
464
\n00:25:23,440 –> 00:25:25,440
\nof our everyday living and
\nsalvation. <\/p>\n
465
\n00:25:26,000 –> 00:25:29,640
\nBecause if we don’t belong to
\nHim, we will not be a part of <\/p>\n
466
\n00:25:29,640 –> 00:25:32,320
\nthose who are saved at the time
\nof the end. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:25:33,080 –> 00:25:37,360
\nIn Romans 8, where where Paul is
\nis coming to that crescendo when<\/p>\n
468
\n00:25:37,360 –> 00:25:41,520
\nhe talks about the, the, the
\nabsolute strength of that <\/p>\n
469
\n00:25:41,520 –> 00:25:46,400
\nconnection between the Father
\nand us through the love of Jesus<\/p>\n
470
\n00:25:46,400 –> 00:25:49,280
\nChrist.
\nHe says I am persuaded that <\/p>\n
471
\n00:25:49,280 –> 00:25:52,280
\nneither death nor life, nor
\nangels, nor principalities, nor <\/p>\n
472
\n00:25:52,280 –> 00:25:55,280
\npowers, nor things present, nor
\nthings to come, nor heart nor <\/p>\n
473
\n00:25:55,280 –> 00:26:00,320
\ndepth, nor any other created
\nthing shall be able to separate <\/p>\n
474
\n00:26:00,320 –> 00:26:03,000
\nus from the love of God, which
\nis in Christ Jesus our Lord. <\/p>\n
475
\n00:26:03,000 –> 00:26:06,920
\nIn other words, he says, you
\nknow that that that relationship<\/p>\n
476
\n00:26:06,920 –> 00:26:10,360
\nyou seek for that bonding with
\nJesus, that’s going to make sure<\/p>\n
477
\n00:26:10,360 –> 00:26:13,320
\nyou’re a part of his community
\nthat are saved. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:26:13,800 –> 00:26:17,480
\nYou don’t need to be concerned
\nbecause nothing out there in <\/p>\n
479
\n00:26:17,480 –> 00:26:21,200
\nthat world can separate you.
\nNot not principalities, not <\/p>\n
480
\n00:26:21,200 –> 00:26:27,520
\npowers, not even death.
\nBut He does leave out one <\/p>\n
481
\n00:26:27,720 –> 00:26:31,520
\nimportant potential, and that’s
\nourselves. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:26:32,680 –> 00:26:34,120
\nThat’s what’s missing from
\nRomans 8. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:26:34,120 –> 00:26:39,040
\nAnd that’s why we are always to
\nbe focused on rushing as close <\/p>\n
484
\n00:26:39,040 –> 00:26:42,520
\nas we can to Him on the
\nmotivation of love to get close <\/p>\n
485
\n00:26:42,520 –> 00:26:44,520
\nto our God.
\nAnd that’s what I believe <\/p>\n
486
\n00:26:44,640 –> 00:26:47,320
\nworship is all about.
\nAnd when we come to the <\/p>\n
487
\n00:26:47,320 –> 00:26:50,320
\nframework for worship, which I
\nbelieve is beautifully given to <\/p>\n
488
\n00:26:50,320 –> 00:26:54,680
\nus both in pattern and also
\nlessons of symbol in the <\/p>\n
489
\n00:26:54,680 –> 00:26:58,480
\nTabernacle, we are told in
\nHebrew eight, it was a copy of <\/p>\n
490
\n00:26:58,480 –> 00:27:01,360
\nthe divine pattern.
\nSo, so by looking at this <\/p>\n
491
\n00:27:01,360 –> 00:27:04,840
\nTabernacle, we can maybe see
\nwhat are some of the practices <\/p>\n
492
\n00:27:05,120 –> 00:27:07,880
\nthat could help us to deepen
\nthat relationship. <\/p>\n
493
\n00:27:07,880 –> 00:27:10,400
\nEvery time we come to worship
\ntogether on a Sunday morning, <\/p>\n
494
\n00:27:10,640 –> 00:27:13,200
\nwhat what kind of things might
\nwe be thinking about? <\/p>\n
495
\n00:27:13,200 –> 00:27:17,280
\nWhat kind of process, what kind
\nof symbols might help us in <\/p>\n
496
\n00:27:17,280 –> 00:27:20,720
\ndeveloping that relationship?
\nWhen we’re privately <\/p>\n
497
\n00:27:20,720 –> 00:27:23,840
\nworshipping, when we decide just
\nto kneel on our on our knees <\/p>\n
498
\n00:27:23,840 –> 00:27:27,880
\nnext to our bed, What what kind
\nof mindset, what pattern have we<\/p>\n
499
\n00:27:27,880 –> 00:27:30,280
\nbeen taught that would be the
\nway of worship? <\/p>\n
500
\n00:27:31,040 –> 00:27:34,200
\nNow we know that the Tabernacle
\nwas always associated with <\/p>\n
501
\n00:27:34,200 –> 00:27:35,480
\nworship.
\nPsalm 132. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:27:35,720 –> 00:27:39,800
\nLet us go into his Tabernacle.
\nLet us worship at his footstool.<\/p>\n
503
\n00:27:40,920 –> 00:27:43,800
\nJeremiah says, stand in the gate
\nof the Lord’s house and proclaim<\/p>\n
504
\n00:27:43,800 –> 00:27:45,880
\nthere the word.
\nHear the word of the Lord, all <\/p>\n
505
\n00:27:45,880 –> 00:27:49,400
\nof you of Judah who end in at
\nhis gates to worship the Lord. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:27:49,680 –> 00:27:52,440
\nSo let’s just take the rest of
\nthe time we have remaining to <\/p>\n
507
\n00:27:52,440 –> 00:27:57,400
\nthink about worship in the, the,
\nthe, the template of the <\/p>\n
508
\n00:27:57,400 –> 00:27:58,880
\nTabernacle.
\nAnd I want to try and show you <\/p>\n
509
\n00:27:58,880 –> 00:28:02,440
\nthat there’s a beautiful little
\ntemplate that’s easy to remember<\/p>\n
510
\n00:28:02,440 –> 00:28:06,960
\nthat’s associated with worship
\nfrom the Tabernacle now. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:28:08,280 –> 00:28:11,680
\nOh, before I do that, this is
\njust a stunning verse, stunning <\/p>\n
512
\n00:28:11,680 –> 00:28:15,240
\npassage to emphasize the purpose
\nof worship. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:28:15,240 –> 00:28:19,160
\nIt says but God, Ephesians 2
\nverse four, who is rich in <\/p>\n
514
\n00:28:19,160 –> 00:28:21,160
\nmercy, right?
\nWe’ve been saved. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:28:21,160 –> 00:28:24,240
\nHe’s given us his grace because
\nof his great love which he has <\/p>\n
516
\n00:28:24,240 –> 00:28:29,560
\nloved us even when we were dead
\nin trespasses, made us alive <\/p>\n
517
\n00:28:29,560 –> 00:28:31,240
\ntogether with Christ.
\nPresent tense. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:28:31,400 –> 00:28:34,600
\nBy grace you have been saved.
\nIn case you didn’t get it, look <\/p>\n
519
\n00:28:34,600 –> 00:28:39,080
\nat what the response is and
\nraised us up together and made <\/p>\n
520
\n00:28:39,080 –> 00:28:41,800
\nus sit together in heavenly
\nplaces in Christ Jesus. <\/p>\n
521
\n00:28:42,160 –> 00:28:46,120
\nHaving cleared the way we are
\nraised to a new life. <\/p>\n
522
\n00:28:46,120 –> 00:28:48,160
\nWe are a new creation.
\nWhat are we going to do? <\/p>\n
523
\n00:28:48,880 –> 00:28:52,440
\nDoes the new one who is raised
\njust fall backwards or does he <\/p>\n
524
\n00:28:52,440 –> 00:28:56,040
\nrush up to heavenly places?
\nWe’re trying to move towards the<\/p>\n
525
\n00:28:56,040 –> 00:28:59,320
\nconnection to heaven and that’s,
\nthat’s what I believe Ephesians <\/p>\n
526
\n00:28:59,320 –> 00:29:03,840
\n2 is beautifully summarizing.
\nSo that that idea is what is <\/p>\n
527
\n00:29:03,840 –> 00:29:07,720
\nsummarized in the pattern of
\nworship that is repeated <\/p>\n
528
\n00:29:07,720 –> 00:29:10,800
\nthroughout the Word of God.
\nI’m giving you 3 little tips of <\/p>\n
529
\n00:29:10,800 –> 00:29:13,680
\nit, but many of you will know
\nthe same pattern is there in <\/p>\n
530
\n00:29:13,680 –> 00:29:16,000
\nRevelation where John goes
\nthrough the door of heaven. <\/p>\n
531
\n00:29:16,280 –> 00:29:20,480
\nBut, but obviously we’ve spoken
\nabout the connection, which now <\/p>\n
532
\n00:29:20,480 –> 00:29:22,920
\nrepresents linking heaven and
\nearth together of Jacob’s <\/p>\n
533
\n00:29:22,920 –> 00:29:25,120
\nladder.
\nBut I want you to focus for a <\/p>\n
534
\n00:29:25,120 –> 00:29:26,960
\nmoment on the idea of the
\nmountain. <\/p>\n
535
\n00:29:27,080 –> 00:29:30,040
\nI’ve really suggested to you
\nthat the physical shape of the <\/p>\n
536
\n00:29:30,040 –> 00:29:34,000
\nmountain is a beautiful symbol
\nof this idea of heaven and earth<\/p>\n
537
\n00:29:34,000 –> 00:29:38,320
\nand the way that they connect.
\nBut actually this played itself <\/p>\n
538
\n00:29:38,320 –> 00:29:41,920
\nat, as we know when the children
\nof Israel came through the Red <\/p>\n
539
\n00:29:41,920 –> 00:29:45,000
\nSea and God wanted to make
\ncovenant with him. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:29:45,240 –> 00:29:48,120
\nWhen God said, look, this is
\ndefinitely happening. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:29:48,560 –> 00:29:52,960
\nWe are going to one day meet in
\nthe ultimate macrocosm of the <\/p>\n
542
\n00:29:52,960 –> 00:29:55,200
\nplan that I put in place in
\nGenesis one verse one. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:29:55,600 –> 00:29:59,480
\nAnd guess where it was?
\nIt was in the same place where <\/p>\n
544
\n00:29:59,480 –> 00:30:03,840
\nMoses had seen the burning Bush.
\nAnd now he’s back with everyone <\/p>\n
545
\n00:30:04,560 –> 00:30:07,960
\nbecause God saves collectively
\nand he’s got the whole nation <\/p>\n
546
\n00:30:08,520 –> 00:30:10,920
\nand and and and they are called
\nto come together. <\/p>\n
547
\n00:30:10,920 –> 00:30:13,840
\nAnd before they come together,
\nbefore they even got close to <\/p>\n
548
\n00:30:13,840 –> 00:30:16,120
\nthe mountain, Moses goes to
\nthem. <\/p>\n
549
\n00:30:16,120 –> 00:30:18,840
\nAnd this is the first, first
\npart of worship you need to <\/p>\n
550
\n00:30:18,840 –> 00:30:21,760
\nremember.
\nAnd he says, get ready, prepare.<\/p>\n
551
\n00:30:22,520 –> 00:30:24,640
\nWe are going to Mount Sinai to
\nworship. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:30:25,080 –> 00:30:28,720
\nSo the first principle of
\nworship in the way of worship is<\/p>\n
553
\n00:30:28,800 –> 00:30:32,720
\npreparation.
\nIf you want to have an effective<\/p>\n
554
\n00:30:33,120 –> 00:30:36,360
\njourney from earth to heaven, be
\nprepared. <\/p>\n
555
\n00:30:36,360 –> 00:30:39,560
\nAnd I’m going to leave you to
\nthink about this in terms of <\/p>\n
556
\n00:30:39,560 –> 00:30:42,720
\nyour coming to a Sunday morning
\nand how much preparation you put<\/p>\n
557
\n00:30:42,720 –> 00:30:46,480
\nin and what you might do.
\nBut that’s true in that example <\/p>\n
558
\n00:30:46,480 –> 00:30:49,400
\nand many, many other examples we
\nhave when we go to worship. <\/p>\n
559
\n00:30:49,560 –> 00:30:52,440
\nAre we prepared?
\nSecondly, and of course, that <\/p>\n
560
\n00:30:52,440 –> 00:30:55,360
\nlinks to intentionality.
\nSecondly, once they had <\/p>\n
561
\n00:30:55,360 –> 00:30:58,600
\nprepared, they came, all of them
\nto the foot of the mountain. <\/p>\n
562
\n00:30:59,240 –> 00:31:02,520
\nAnd I haven’t been at at
\nJohnny’s talks, but my wife <\/p>\n
563
\n00:31:02,520 –> 00:31:05,240
\ngives me some snippets and she
\nsays he spoke about that <\/p>\n
564
\n00:31:05,240 –> 00:31:07,040
\nmountain being on fire like a
\nburning Bush. <\/p>\n
565
\n00:31:07,240 –> 00:31:09,480
\nAnd absolutely there was no
\ndoubt. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:31:09,560 –> 00:31:12,320
\nRemember we said one of the
\netymologies of heaven is the <\/p>\n
567
\n00:31:12,320 –> 00:31:14,880
\nplace of fire and water.
\nSo they come and they see this <\/p>\n
568
\n00:31:14,880 –> 00:31:17,320
\nmountain on fire.
\nBecause one of the reasons <\/p>\n
569
\n00:31:17,320 –> 00:31:21,040
\nthat’s happening is because God
\nwill start with saying we need <\/p>\n
570
\n00:31:21,040 –> 00:31:22,920
\nto understand the difference
\nbetween heaven and earth. <\/p>\n
571
\n00:31:23,280 –> 00:31:26,080
\nWe need to get perspective here,
\nall right? <\/p>\n
572
\n00:31:26,280 –> 00:31:29,240
\nThis is the infinite Creator,
\nand we are the dust of the <\/p>\n
573
\n00:31:29,240 –> 00:31:31,760
\nearth.
\nAnd so they see that, they see <\/p>\n
574
\n00:31:31,760 –> 00:31:34,120
\nthat fire and they see that
\nmountain and they hear the <\/p>\n
575
\n00:31:34,120 –> 00:31:37,160
\nThunder and they say, no, no,
\nno, no, we’ll just stay here at <\/p>\n
576
\n00:31:37,160 –> 00:31:40,680
\nthe bottom of the mountain.
\nAnd so you have the 1st all of <\/p>\n
577
\n00:31:40,680 –> 00:31:42,840
\nthe nation are at the bottom of
\nthe mountain. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:31:43,880 –> 00:31:47,000
\nAnd then what happens is God
\nsays, well, you know, I need to <\/p>\n
579
\n00:31:47,000 –> 00:31:49,960
\nmeet you.
\nSo why don’t you get about 70 <\/p>\n
580
\n00:31:49,960 –> 00:31:52,760
\nelders and get them together and
\ncome up further. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:31:53,320 –> 00:31:56,240
\nAnd so Moses then gets them and
\nI’m, I’m, I’m just for the sake <\/p>\n
582
\n00:31:56,240 –> 00:31:59,080
\nof time, you, you, you will, you
\nwill believe me that it says <\/p>\n
583
\n00:31:59,080 –> 00:32:00,880
\nthis.
\nSo the first parts in Exodus 19,<\/p>\n
584
\n00:32:00,880 –> 00:32:03,760
\nif you are taking notes, verses
\n17 to 23. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:32:04,440 –> 00:32:08,960
\nAnd then the second part is in
\nExodus 24, nine to 11, Moses, <\/p>\n
586
\n00:32:09,360 –> 00:32:13,640
\nAaron, Naidab and Abayu and the
\n70 hours and they go up a bit <\/p>\n
587
\n00:32:13,640 –> 00:32:15,400
\nfurther.
\nAnd you know what? <\/p>\n
588
\n00:32:15,400 –> 00:32:17,160
\nThey have the most incredible
\nvision. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:32:18,040 –> 00:32:22,080
\nThey, they actually see this,
\nthis, this, this sapphire stone <\/p>\n
590
\n00:32:22,480 –> 00:32:24,600
\nand, and they see this, this
\nkind of throne. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:32:24,600 –> 00:32:27,320
\nIt’s very similar vision to, to
\nthe one that John sees. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:32:28,200 –> 00:32:31,200
\nAnd they eat and they drink with
\nGod. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:32:32,480 –> 00:32:35,760
\nHe provides for them because
\nthat we were talking about in in<\/p>\n
594
\n00:32:35,760 –> 00:32:40,640
\nJohn’s session hospitality.
\nHe hosts them for a meal on the <\/p>\n
595
\n00:32:40,640 –> 00:32:44,440
\nslopes of Mount Sinai, but it’s
\nnot done yet. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:32:45,200 –> 00:32:48,920
\nMoses then says to God then says
\nto Moses, now you, I want you to<\/p>\n
597
\n00:32:48,920 –> 00:32:52,680
\ncome up to the top.
\nAnd Moses goes all the way to <\/p>\n
598
\n00:32:52,680 –> 00:32:55,960
\nthe top of the mountain.
\nAnd then God has for him the <\/p>\n
599
\n00:32:55,960 –> 00:32:59,160
\nWord, the word that is now
\ncontained in the 10 <\/p>\n
600
\n00:32:59,160 –> 00:33:02,480
\ncommandments, which becomes a
\nsymbol of the covenant of the <\/p>\n
601
\n00:33:02,480 –> 00:33:06,040
\njoining of heaven and earth.
\nAnd he says, here is where we <\/p>\n
602
\n00:33:06,040 –> 00:33:09,160
\nwill meet.
\nNow you don’t need me to tell <\/p>\n
603
\n00:33:09,160 –> 00:33:11,240
\nyou this because you are well
\ntaught in the Scripture. <\/p>\n
604
\n00:33:11,360 –> 00:33:15,080
\nThat is the pattern upon which
\nthe Tabernacle was now built. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:33:15,840 –> 00:33:17,920
\nThey couldn’t move a mountain
\naround, so they took the <\/p>\n
606
\n00:33:17,920 –> 00:33:22,080
\nmountain and they squashed it.
\nAnd that is the pattern of the <\/p>\n
607
\n00:33:22,080 –> 00:33:24,800
\nTabernacle.
\nSo outside of the Tabernacle, <\/p>\n
608
\n00:33:25,000 –> 00:33:27,920
\nwell, there was everybody.
\nIn fact, outside of the <\/p>\n
609
\n00:33:27,920 –> 00:33:31,200
\nTabernacle there are clean and
\nunclean people, everybody going <\/p>\n
610
\n00:33:31,200 –> 00:33:34,680
\nabout doing their business.
\nBut then some people realized <\/p>\n
611
\n00:33:34,880 –> 00:33:37,640
\nthat they wanted to connect with
\nheaven and what would they do? <\/p>\n
612
\n00:33:37,640 –> 00:33:40,200
\nWould they just arrive and walk
\ninto the courtyard on someday? <\/p>\n
613
\n00:33:40,200 –> 00:33:42,880
\nNo, they would say, I’m going to
\ngo tomorrow to the Tabernacle. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:33:42,880 –> 00:33:44,440
\nI’m going to go in two or three
\ndays time. <\/p>\n
615
\n00:33:44,600 –> 00:33:48,040
\nAnd they prepared.
\nThere were a number of things <\/p>\n
616
\n00:33:48,040 –> 00:33:49,400
\nthat you needed to do to
\nprepare. <\/p>\n
617
\n00:33:49,600 –> 00:33:52,560
\nYou should think of abstaining
\nfrom certain activities. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:33:53,040 –> 00:33:56,320
\nYou should think of fasting.
\nYou should think of preparing <\/p>\n
619
\n00:33:56,320 –> 00:33:59,160
\nand offering.
\nYou should wash and you should <\/p>\n
620
\n00:33:59,160 –> 00:34:02,320
\nput on some different clothing.
\nYou make of that, of what you <\/p>\n
621
\n00:34:02,320 –> 00:34:05,200
\nwill, But you should do that.
\nYou should be intentional about <\/p>\n
622
\n00:34:05,200 –> 00:34:08,719
\nthe fact that tomorrow, in two
\ndays time, you’re going to try <\/p>\n
623
\n00:34:08,880 –> 00:34:11,360
\nand meet God.
\nYou’re trying to move up the <\/p>\n
624
\n00:34:11,360 –> 00:34:14,199
\nmountain.
\nAnd so when you were ready and <\/p>\n
625
\n00:34:14,199 –> 00:34:16,920
\nyou had prepared, you then came
\ninto the outer court. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:34:17,320 –> 00:34:19,400
\nAnd what did you discover when
\nyou walked through the outer <\/p>\n
627
\n00:34:19,400 –> 00:34:20,840
\ncourt?
\nWell, I’ve got this most <\/p>\n
628
\n00:34:20,840 –> 00:34:25,159
\nbeautiful picture story that I’d
\nwritten, which is part of the <\/p>\n
629
\n00:34:25,159 –> 00:34:28,840
\npot we cut out which, which
\ntries to describe that journey <\/p>\n
630
\n00:34:29,080 –> 00:34:31,239
\nbecause it’s a sensory journey
\nthat they went through. <\/p>\n
631
\n00:34:31,239 –> 00:34:35,600
\nBut anyway, you get into this
\ncourtyard and all of the people <\/p>\n
632
\n00:34:35,600 –> 00:34:38,679
\ncould go into the courtyard.
\nIt’s, it’s, it’s, it’s the whole<\/p>\n
633
\n00:34:38,679 –> 00:34:40,080
\nnation.
\nIt’s the people at the bottom of<\/p>\n
634
\n00:34:40,080 –> 00:34:42,360
\nthe mountain.
\nAnd of course there’s fire. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:34:42,480 –> 00:34:43,960
\nYou know, when you walked
\nthrough the Tabernacle, it’s <\/p>\n
636
\n00:34:43,960 –> 00:34:46,360
\nquite confronting.
\nAs you walked in, there was the <\/p>\n
637
\n00:34:46,360 –> 00:34:49,520
\naltar of bird offering bronze
\nand the sun would have been <\/p>\n
638
\n00:34:49,520 –> 00:34:51,080
\nshining on it would have like
\nyou would have needed <\/p>\n
639
\n00:34:51,080 –> 00:34:52,440
\nsunglasses.
\nYou wouldn’t have had in those <\/p>\n
640
\n00:34:52,440 –> 00:34:54,360
\ndays.
\nAnd the fire of the, of the <\/p>\n
641
\n00:34:54,360 –> 00:34:57,440
\naltar was going smoke.
\nIt’s, it’s, it’s, it’s in your <\/p>\n
642
\n00:34:57,440 –> 00:34:59,560
\nface.
\nIt’s, it’s this idea, first of <\/p>\n
643
\n00:34:59,560 –> 00:35:02,800
\nall, that that this is the God
\nwho is to be awed. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:35:03,920 –> 00:35:06,560
\nHe is the God that we praise as
\ninfinite. <\/p>\n
645
\n00:35:07,720 –> 00:35:10,920
\nBut in the same way we’re being
\ntaught, it’s the place of <\/p>\n
646
\n00:35:10,920 –> 00:35:14,880
\noffering, it’s the place of
\nsacrifice, it’s the place of <\/p>\n
647
\n00:35:14,880 –> 00:35:19,320
\nhumility, it’s the place where
\nwe empty ourselves so that we <\/p>\n
648
\n00:35:19,320 –> 00:35:22,240
\ncan be redeemed.
\nAnd the redemption is actually <\/p>\n
649
\n00:35:22,240 –> 00:35:25,280
\nhappening in that out of court
\nchart for everybody. <\/p>\n
650
\n00:35:26,920 –> 00:35:31,320
\nAnd then of course, once you had
\nbeen through the altar of burnt <\/p>\n
651
\n00:35:31,320 –> 00:35:34,320
\noffering where you have the
\nrefining of the fire, and <\/p>\n
652
\n00:35:34,320 –> 00:35:37,400
\nthrough the Laver where you have
\nthe purification of the water, <\/p>\n
653
\n00:35:37,880 –> 00:35:42,400
\nechoes, fire, water refining,
\nboth happening in the outer <\/p>\n
654
\n00:35:42,400 –> 00:35:45,440
\ncourt, you now have the
\nopportunity to move into the <\/p>\n
655
\n00:35:45,440 –> 00:35:49,520
\nholy place.
\nSo we’ve gone from prepared to <\/p>\n
656
\n00:35:49,600 –> 00:35:53,480
\noffering and humility.
\nSecond part of worship, empty <\/p>\n
657
\n00:35:53,480 –> 00:35:56,600
\nyourself.
\nMake yourself ready to receive <\/p>\n
658
\n00:35:57,000 –> 00:36:00,000
\ninto the holy place.
\nWhat’s going on in the holy <\/p>\n
659
\n00:36:00,000 –> 00:36:01,560
\nplace?
\nWell, what happened on the <\/p>\n
660
\n00:36:01,560 –> 00:36:05,000
\nslopes of the mountain?
\nLess people, less people. <\/p>\n
661
\n00:36:05,920 –> 00:36:07,520
\nAnd they’ve been provided for by
\nGod. <\/p>\n
662
\n00:36:08,600 –> 00:36:11,240
\nHe’s he’s got the lamp
\nflickering away. <\/p>\n
663
\n00:36:11,600 –> 00:36:14,840
\nHe’s got the table ready.
\nDinner is ready. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:36:15,160 –> 00:36:19,160
\nLet’s eat and drink together.
\nLet me provide for you. <\/p>\n
665
\n00:36:19,560 –> 00:36:22,720
\nIt’s the place of provision.
\nIt’s the place, the next phase <\/p>\n
666
\n00:36:22,720 –> 00:36:26,520
\nof worship, where we, having
\nemptied ourselves, can receive, <\/p>\n
667
\n00:36:27,400 –> 00:36:33,680
\nwe can receive him in.
\nAnd then finally, finally, you <\/p>\n
668
\n00:36:33,680 –> 00:36:40,240
\nmove from the holy place to the
\nholy of holies, through the veil<\/p>\n
669
\n00:36:40,760 –> 00:36:46,600
\ninto this incredibly intimate
\nspace where meeting takes place,<\/p>\n
670
\n00:36:47,120 –> 00:36:50,960
\nwhere this this experience that
\nis beyond words, where the <\/p>\n
671
\n00:36:50,960 –> 00:36:57,000
\nrelationship is unbreakable, is
\nforged, where heaven and earth <\/p>\n
672
\n00:36:57,520 –> 00:37:00,400
\nare meeting in their strongest
\npossible form. <\/p>\n
673
\n00:37:00,800 –> 00:37:04,520
\nAnd it is an ascension up the
\nmountain is exactly what we’re <\/p>\n
674
\n00:37:04,520 –> 00:37:08,600
\nhaving demonstrated for us so
\nbeautifully in the Tabernacle. <\/p>\n
675
\n00:37:08,600 –> 00:37:11,440
\nAnd I know with you knowing all
\nof your symbols and your <\/p>\n
676
\n00:37:11,440 –> 00:37:14,560
\nTabernacles, your mind should be
\nracing off at all the way the <\/p>\n
677
\n00:37:14,560 –> 00:37:16,880
\nrest of the detail of the
\nsymbols, we’re just establishing<\/p>\n
678
\n00:37:17,080 –> 00:37:21,520
\nthe essential central pattern.
\nBut the curiosity of all the the<\/p>\n
679
\n00:37:21,560 –> 00:37:25,320
\nadded extras are there as they
\nwere drawing the worshiper in. <\/p>\n
680
\n00:37:25,440 –> 00:37:28,040
\nHave you noticed something?
\nAnd I think this is really <\/p>\n
681
\n00:37:28,040 –> 00:37:33,240
\nimportant that that on this
\njourney for worship, we know <\/p>\n
682
\n00:37:33,240 –> 00:37:36,000
\nthat the one lesson that’s been
\ntaught is that everybody could <\/p>\n
683
\n00:37:36,000 –> 00:37:38,360
\nbe in the courtyard.
\nLess people could be in the holy<\/p>\n
684
\n00:37:38,360 –> 00:37:40,120
\nplace.
\nOnly the half priest could be in<\/p>\n
685
\n00:37:40,120 –> 00:37:41,640
\nthe holy of holies one day a
\nyear. <\/p>\n
686
\n00:37:42,440 –> 00:37:45,120
\nAnd we know that the first
\nlesson of that, obviously is the<\/p>\n
687
\n00:37:45,120 –> 00:37:47,880
\nfact that Jesus has opened it
\nall. <\/p>\n
688
\n00:37:48,240 –> 00:37:50,520
\nHe’s opened the way.
\nI just love the idea that the <\/p>\n
689
\n00:37:50,520 –> 00:37:53,880
\n1st, the 1st curtains open, the
\nsecond curtains open and he’s <\/p>\n
690
\n00:37:53,880 –> 00:37:56,960
\ntorn from top to bottom, top to
\nbottom, the bail. <\/p>\n
691
\n00:37:57,040 –> 00:38:00,640
\nAnd that’s what Hebrew says.
\nIt says we, we brothers and <\/p>\n
692
\n00:38:00,640 –> 00:38:04,000
\nsisters, have confidence to
\nenter the holy place by the <\/p>\n
693
\n00:38:04,000 –> 00:38:07,760
\nblood of Christ, by the new and
\nliving way that he opened for us<\/p>\n
694
\n00:38:07,760 –> 00:38:09,520
\nthrough the curtain, that is
\nthrough his flesh. <\/p>\n
695
\n00:38:09,520 –> 00:38:11,640
\nWe can just go rushing all the
\nway in. <\/p>\n
696
\n00:38:12,160 –> 00:38:14,200
\nBut here’s the thing.
\nSo, so, so that’s what’s <\/p>\n
697
\n00:38:14,200 –> 00:38:16,000
\nhappened.
\nWe don’t have the limitations of<\/p>\n
698
\n00:38:16,160 –> 00:38:19,320
\neverybody, the priests and just
\nthe the high priest. <\/p>\n
699
\n00:38:19,320 –> 00:38:22,040
\nBut you know, that pattern was
\nalso teaching this. <\/p>\n
700
\n00:38:23,440 –> 00:38:26,640
\nSalvation is something, as I’ve
\nsaid, that is collective <\/p>\n
701
\n00:38:27,680 –> 00:38:31,240
\nrelationship with God.
\nFaith is individual. <\/p>\n
702
\n00:38:32,360 –> 00:38:36,240
\nLet me say that again.
\nSalvation is something that is <\/p>\n
703
\n00:38:36,240 –> 00:38:39,080
\ncollective.
\nWe are saved by being a seed of <\/p>\n
704
\n00:38:39,080 –> 00:38:41,720
\nAbraham, a member of the
\nCommonwealth of Israel. <\/p>\n
705
\n00:38:42,800 –> 00:38:45,080
\nFaith and relationship are
\npersonal. <\/p>\n
706
\n00:38:45,960 –> 00:38:51,080
\nOur journey to the Holy of
\nHolies ends up being you and <\/p>\n
707
\n00:38:51,080 –> 00:38:55,360
\nyour God, you and your Father,
\nyou and the Lord Jesus Christ. <\/p>\n
708
\n00:38:56,160 –> 00:39:01,680
\nWorship ultimately is personal.
\nThe practice of worship, the <\/p>\n
709
\n00:39:01,680 –> 00:39:05,080
\nsymbols that you might find
\nuseful, they’re about you and <\/p>\n
710
\n00:39:05,080 –> 00:39:07,760
\nthey’re about what will be
\nuseful for you to grow and <\/p>\n
711
\n00:39:07,760 –> 00:39:11,120
\ndevelop your relationship.
\nAnd that’s a very important <\/p>\n
712
\n00:39:11,400 –> 00:39:15,120
\nlesson that’s been taught to us
\nin the framework of the spaces <\/p>\n
713
\n00:39:15,320 –> 00:39:18,000
\nof the Tabernacle.
\nSo there it is, I’m afraid. <\/p>\n
714
\n00:39:18,000 –> 00:39:19,920
\nIt’s written from right to left.
\nWe say. <\/p>\n
715
\n00:39:19,920 –> 00:39:21,720
\nWhy do the Hebrews write from
\nright to left? <\/p>\n
716
\n00:39:21,920 –> 00:39:26,240
\nWell, because their worship was
\noriented, as we know, from east <\/p>\n
717
\n00:39:26,240 –> 00:39:27,240
\nto West.
\nWhy was that? <\/p>\n
718
\n00:39:27,240 –> 00:39:30,320
\nWell, we heaven and earth
\npeople, now we know the sun <\/p>\n
719
\n00:39:30,320 –> 00:39:34,200
\nrising first in the east and
\nmoving through to the West, the <\/p>\n
720
\n00:39:34,200 –> 00:39:36,920
\n1st heaven and earth kissing to
\nthe latter heaven and earth <\/p>\n
721
\n00:39:36,920 –> 00:39:38,520
\nkissing.
\nAnd so as you go into the <\/p>\n
722
\n00:39:38,520 –> 00:39:41,920
\nTabernacle, that sun is lighting
\nyour way at your back the whole <\/p>\n
723
\n00:39:41,920 –> 00:39:47,880
\nway as you move from east to
\nWest, prepare, offer, empty, <\/p>\n
724
\n00:39:48,040 –> 00:39:53,360
\nrefine, receive meat.
\nYou might want to think about <\/p>\n
725
\n00:39:53,360 –> 00:39:55,240
\nthat framework and be
\nintentional. <\/p>\n
726
\n00:39:55,640 –> 00:39:58,760
\nWhen you go on a Sunday morning
\nand you go through whatever it <\/p>\n
727
\n00:39:58,760 –> 00:40:01,760
\nis your particularly at cliches
\nroutine is. <\/p>\n
728
\n00:40:01,840 –> 00:40:03,920
\nAnd maybe you might want to look
\nat that routine and where you <\/p>\n
729
\n00:40:03,920 –> 00:40:07,760
\ngot it from and see whether in
\nfact it has this pattern, this <\/p>\n
730
\n00:40:07,760 –> 00:40:11,360
\nessential pattern as it’s
\ncalled, not that. <\/p>\n
731
\n00:40:11,680 –> 00:40:14,320
\nDoing it right will save you.
\nYou see, we don’t have to have <\/p>\n
732
\n00:40:14,320 –> 00:40:16,760
\nthat discussion.
\nNot that having any specific <\/p>\n
733
\n00:40:16,760 –> 00:40:22,080
\nsymbol will save you, but that
\nit will enhance your ability to <\/p>\n
734
\n00:40:22,080 –> 00:40:25,600
\ndevelop relationship with the
\nFather and the Lord Jesus <\/p>\n
735
\n00:40:25,600 –> 00:40:28,640
\nChrist.
\nAnd that is where I think we’ll <\/p>\n
736
\n00:40:28,640 –> 00:40:29,800
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