Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 338.<\/p>\n
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\nBrother Rodger Lewis of the
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\nZealand.
\nThe theme for Brother Louis’s <\/p>\n
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\nclasses this week is the House
\nof Asaph, Family of Faith and <\/p>\n
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\nMasters of Music.
\nToday’s class is entitled The <\/p>\n
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\nSecret of the House of Asaph
\nBrother Louis. <\/p>\n
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\nThank you again brother
\nChairman, and my dear brothers <\/p>\n
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\nand sisters in the Lord Jesus
\nChrist. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, as they say, all stories
\nhave an end. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so this morning we also come
\nto the end of the story <\/p>\n
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\nconcerning the House of Asaph
\nand their remarkable <\/p>\n
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\ncontribution to the spiritual
\nfibre and strength of the nation<\/p>\n
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\nof Israel for such a long period
\nof time in their history. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ll remember that our
\nprevious study left the sons of <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph on that barren hill of
\nMariah, singing with all their <\/p>\n
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\nheart over a few stones that had
\nbeen laid in that place. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd although there was no temple
\nthere, just the beginnings of a <\/p>\n
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\nnew order of things, they still
\nsang with the same fervour as <\/p>\n
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\ntheir family had sung so long
\nbefore at the dedication of <\/p>\n
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\nSolomon’s magnificent temple in
\nthe earlier days. <\/p>\n
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\nThey knew their courses, they
\nknew their words, they knew <\/p>\n
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\ntheir instruments, they knew
\ntheir songs. <\/p>\n
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\nThe year was BC 535, and this
\nwas some 85 years after Josiah’s<\/p>\n
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\ngreat Passover, but 460 years
\nafter David had first given to <\/p>\n
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\nthe family the great Psalm that
\nthey would sing all the days of <\/p>\n
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\ntheir life in the first of
\nChronicles and chapter 16. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you’ll remember, therefore,
\nthat in that study we learned to<\/p>\n
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\nappreciate the virtue of
\nconstancy that this family stood<\/p>\n
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\nfor, that they truly believed
\nthat because of the truths they <\/p>\n
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\nsang were eternal things, that
\nthere was no change ever needed <\/p>\n
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\nto them.
\nAnd so they used the same <\/p>\n
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\ninstruments to sing the same
\nwords to the same tune from the <\/p>\n
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\nsame hymn book for over 500
\nyears. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, brothers and sisters, this
\nmorning we come to the next <\/p>\n
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\nstage of the story of this
\nfamily. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that stage is found for us
\nin Nehemiah chapter 12. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the book of Nehemiah.
\nYou’ll recall that in the days <\/p>\n
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\nof Nehemiah, he successfully
\nbuilt the walls all around the <\/p>\n
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\ncity of Jerusalem that the city
\nmight be protected. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re told that at the time
\nof the accomplishment of that <\/p>\n
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\nbuilding that there was a great
\ncelebration upon the walls <\/p>\n
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\nthemselves.
\nAnd this is what we’re told in <\/p>\n
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\nNehemiah chapter 12 and verse
\n27, it says. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, and at the dedication of
\nthe wall of Jerusalem, they <\/p>\n
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\nsought the Levites out of all
\ntheir places to bring them to <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem, to keep the
\ndedication with gladness, both <\/p>\n
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\nwith thanksgivings and singing,
\nwith cymbals, with psalteries <\/p>\n
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\nand with halves.
\nSo you see, only the sacred <\/p>\n
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\ninstruments were used.
\nThey’ve never been changed, had <\/p>\n
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\nthey?
\nBrothers and sisters, these are <\/p>\n
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\nthe same things that were
\nordained as the instruments of <\/p>\n
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\nGod from the very days of David.
\nThere’s no other instruments <\/p>\n
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\nhave ever been added to the
\nmatters of worship in Israel’s <\/p>\n
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\nhistory from the time of David
\nto this time, Now in the days of<\/p>\n
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\nNehemiah, the singers are still
\nthere, but the instruments are <\/p>\n
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\nunchanged.
\nAnd verse 28 says, And the sons <\/p>\n
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\nof the singers gather themselves
\ntogether both out of the plain <\/p>\n
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\ncountry round about Jerusalem,
\nand from the villages of <\/p>\n
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\nNatopathy, and also from the
\nHouse of Gulgal, and out of the <\/p>\n
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\nfields of Gieba and Esmaleth.
\nFor, and we oughtn’t to be <\/p>\n
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\nsurprised at this, for the
\nsingers had builded them <\/p>\n
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\nvillages round about Jerusalem.
\nWell, we wouldn’t be surprised <\/p>\n
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\nthat that would be brothers and
\nsisters, that of all the place <\/p>\n
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\nin the land where the singers
\nwould want to live and where <\/p>\n
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\nthey would want to build their
\nvillages. <\/p>\n
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\nThey wanted to be clustered
\naround Jerusalem, the centre of <\/p>\n
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\nGod’s presence in Israel, the
\nplace where the ark would be <\/p>\n
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\nkept.
\nThat was always the heart and <\/p>\n
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\nsoul of this particular family.
\nSo out of the villages they now <\/p>\n
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\ncome that they might celebrate
\nthe dedication of the wall of <\/p>\n
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\nJerusalem.
\nAnd, and we’re told this in the <\/p>\n
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\n35th verse.
\nIt says in certain of the <\/p>\n
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\npriest’s sons with trumpets,
\nnamely Zechariah the son of <\/p>\n
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\nJonathan, the son of Semei, the
\nson of Matani, the son of <\/p>\n
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\nMilkei, the son of Zecher the
\nson of Asaph and his brethren <\/p>\n
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\nShemaya and Azrael and Millili
\nand Gilali and Mai and Nathaniel<\/p>\n
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\nand Judah and Hamani with the
\nmusical instruments of David the<\/p>\n
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\nman of God and Ezra described.
\nSo here is a descendant of <\/p>\n
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\nDavid, sorry, descendant of
\nAsaph, now found again leading <\/p>\n
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\nthe matters of worship even in
\nthe days of Nehemiah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd with him and with his
\nbrethren are those musical <\/p>\n
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\ninstruments.
\nAnd you see how they’re <\/p>\n
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\ndescribed in this verse, the
\nmusical instruments of David the<\/p>\n
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\nman of God.
\nAnd, and I think we can probably<\/p>\n
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\nreasonably assume that the force
\nof this expression is that they <\/p>\n
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\nare the very same instruments
\nthat the House of Asaph had <\/p>\n
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\npreserved these very instruments
\nall during the Babylonian <\/p>\n
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\ncaptivity.
\nAnd it’s those ancient <\/p>\n
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\ninstruments that have now been
\nbrought back to be used in the <\/p>\n
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\nsongs of worship here at the
\ndedication of the wall. <\/p>\n
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\nThe very ones that David himself
\nhad made, by the way, I think <\/p>\n
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\nthey were made under divine
\ninspiration. <\/p>\n
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\nI think that just as David
\nreceived the pattern of all the <\/p>\n
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\nthings that would go into the
\ntemple service, that amongst the<\/p>\n
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\npatterns that David received by
\nby by inspiration was the <\/p>\n
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\npattern of the instruments
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n
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\nSo once they’ve been made by
\nDavid, this house treasured them<\/p>\n
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\nfor all time.
\nAnd now here they are again <\/p>\n
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\nbeing played on the wall.
\nYou know, it would really pluck <\/p>\n
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\nat your heartstrings, wouldn’t
\nit, brothers and sisters, to be <\/p>\n
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\nstanding on that wall on that
\nday with that family and to hear<\/p>\n
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\nthose instruments being sung
\nagain, being played again. <\/p>\n
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\nWe’re told that in verse 40, the
\ntwo companies of them that stood<\/p>\n
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\ngave thanks in the House of God.
\nAnd verse 42 says the singers <\/p>\n
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\nsang loud.
\nAnd so they always had brothers <\/p>\n
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\nand sisters, because they sang
\nfrom the bottom of their hearts,<\/p>\n
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\nthis family.
\nAnd verse 45 says. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd both the singers and the
\nporters kept the ward of their <\/p>\n
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\nGod and the ward of
\npurification, according to the <\/p>\n
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\ncommandment of David and of
\nSolomon his son. <\/p>\n
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\nFor in the days of David and
\nAsaph of old, there was a chief <\/p>\n
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\nof the singers, and there were
\nsongs of praise and Thanksgiving<\/p>\n
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\nunto God.
\nAnd you see, I think what verse <\/p>\n
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\n46 is telling us is that just as
\nthere was a chief musician in <\/p>\n
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\nthe days of David, who was of
\ncourse, ASAP himself, so now <\/p>\n
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\neven in the days of Nehemiah,
\njust as there was in the days of<\/p>\n
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\nold, there was still a chief of
\nthe singers and songs of Oh, and<\/p>\n
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\nby the way, did you notice the
\ntwo keywords there in verse 46? <\/p>\n
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\nAgain, songs of praise and
\nThanksgiving, those two keywords<\/p>\n
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\nfrom the first of Chronicles
\nchapter 16. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here they are.
\nYou see, there’s no change to <\/p>\n
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\nthe spirit of this house.
\nMarvelous. <\/p>\n
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\nThey had always sung before the
\nark of God, and here they are <\/p>\n
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\nstill singing with the same
\nfervour in the days of Nehemiah.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd you want to know what’s
\nreally interesting about this <\/p>\n
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\nverse?
\nIn Nehemiah chapter 12, there is<\/p>\n
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\nno ark.
\nBrothers and sisters, the Ark of<\/p>\n
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\nGod is gone, there is no priest
\nwith Urim and Thummim, there is <\/p>\n
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\nno Shekinah glory.
\nAnd do you think that that <\/p>\n
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\nchanged the fervency of this
\nhouse in terms of their songs? <\/p>\n
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\nNot one bit.
\nYou see, they had long since <\/p>\n
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\ntranscended the idea of the
\nphysical arc, and they drew <\/p>\n
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\nclose to God in song, even
\nthough the token of His presence<\/p>\n
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\nnow was no longer there, They
\nstill sang the same songs, and <\/p>\n
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\nthey still came into the
\npresence of the Father when they<\/p>\n
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\nsang those songs, even though
\nthe ark of His presence has now <\/p>\n
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\ndisappeared for good.
\nFrom the record of Israel, do <\/p>\n
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\nyou know that this episode in
\nNehemiah chapter 12 occurs in BC<\/p>\n
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\n445?
\nThat’s 90 years after Ezra <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 3 and the laying of the
\nfoundation of the Temple. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is about another 3
\ngenerations of this family after<\/p>\n
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\nthe days of Ezra 3 when they
\nsang to to to celebrate the <\/p>\n
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\nlaying of those stones on Mount
\nMoriah. <\/p>\n
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\nWill this family never ever give
\nup? <\/p>\n
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\nThey were truly brothers and
\nsisters, weren’t they, in in <\/p>\n
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\nevery respect, as we have seen,
\na family of faith. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were there in the days of
\nDavid when he first set the ark <\/p>\n
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\nin Zion and commanded this
\nfamily that they should sing to <\/p>\n
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\ncelebrate the real significance
\nof that ark in the presence of <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael.
\nThey were there at the time of <\/p>\n
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\nthe great celebration, the great
\ndedication of the temple in the <\/p>\n
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\ndays of Solomon.
\nAnd you remember that so <\/p>\n
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\nwondrous was the singing of the
\nHouse of Asaph on that occasion,<\/p>\n
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\nthat it was the songs of the
\nsingers that drew down the glory<\/p>\n
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\nof the divine presence, so that
\nthe glory of God fill the house.<\/p>\n
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\nThey were there in the days of
\nJehoshaphat marching at the head<\/p>\n
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\nof the army, and singing was
\nsuch fervor that Almighty God <\/p>\n
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\nacted on their behalf.
\nAnd a wondrous victory was won <\/p>\n
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\nthat day on behalf of the
\nnation, so that their enemies <\/p>\n
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\nwere destroyed.
\nYet not a man in Israel was <\/p>\n
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\nlost.
\nThey were there at the time of <\/p>\n
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\nthe revival of Jehoyada, when he
\nsat Joas, the boy king upon the <\/p>\n
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\nthrone of David, and launched a
\nspecial reformation in Israel, <\/p>\n
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\nin Judah.
\nAnd at that time the sons of <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph, the leaders of the
\nsingers, were present to witness<\/p>\n
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\nthat coronation and to sing
\ntheir praises. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were there when Hezekiah
\nlaunched his revival in the <\/p>\n
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\nnation, and when in the space of
\njust two weeks, he he brought <\/p>\n
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\nthem all together and asked them
\nto sing perfectly in that great <\/p>\n
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\ncelebration of the Second of
\nChronicles, chapter 29. <\/p>\n
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\nThey were there when Josiah
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\nthe Levites to bring the ark
\nback and to put it into the <\/p>\n
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\nTemple, into the House of of God
\nfrom whence they had spirited <\/p>\n
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\naway.
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\nThey were there in the time of
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\nfoundation of a new temple, as
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\nof Zion and sang their songs to
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\nThey’re here in the days of
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\nIs there ever a family like <\/p>\n
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\nfaith in every sense of the
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\nThere is no family, brothers and
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\nI believe that compares with the
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\nAnd not only were they a family
\nof faith, but as we’ve seen in <\/p>\n
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\nthe course of these studies,
\nthey were truly masters of music<\/p>\n
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\nin Israel, not simply because of
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\nbecause of the five key things
\nthat they held as the benchmark <\/p>\n
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\nof their singing and from which
\nthey never deviated. <\/p>\n
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\nBecause they constantly
\ncelebrated the supremacy of God,<\/p>\n
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\nthey made sure that all their
\nmusic had the had the <\/p>\n
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\nappropriate solemnity of
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\nThey constantly maintained the
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\nthat they sang.
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\nendeavour in all of their their
\nmusic. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they established the virtue
\nof constancy in Israel like no <\/p>\n
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\nother family, as they sang the
\nsame hymns with unswerving <\/p>\n
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\ndevotion.
\nAnd those five key principles <\/p>\n
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\nthat they established, if we
\ncould only use those as the <\/p>\n
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\nbenchmark for our songs of
\nworship to the Father, then I <\/p>\n
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\nbelieve, brothers and sisters,
\nthat whatever music we might <\/p>\n
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\nchoose, as long as it messes up
\nto these five key principles, <\/p>\n
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\nthen we will have a basis for
\nacceptable worship and song to <\/p>\n
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\nthe Father even in our own day
\nand generation. <\/p>\n
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\nHow thankful we can be to this
\nfamily that even though we have <\/p>\n
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\nnever received one single note
\nof what they sang, we know their<\/p>\n
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\nspirit, we know their mind, we
\nknow their attitude. <\/p>\n
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\nNow their appointment in the
\ndays of David was approximately <\/p>\n
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\n995 BC.
\nBy the time we get to Nehemiah <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 12, we’ve come to 445 BC
\nand therefore we’ve traced this <\/p>\n
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\none family from the first of
\nChronicles 16 to Nehemiah <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 12, and we’ve covered
\n550 years of continuous history <\/p>\n
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\nwith just one family.
\nDo you know that in the year <\/p>\n
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\n14181 AD in Spain, the
\nInquisition was renewed under a <\/p>\n
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\nvillainous man known as
\nTorquemada around about that <\/p>\n
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\nsame time?
\nIn fact, in the year 14185 in <\/p>\n
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\nEngland was the great Battle of
\nBosworth and Henry the 7th <\/p>\n
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\ndefeated Richard the third
\nRichard Plantagenet and as a <\/p>\n
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\nresult of that battle he founded
\nthe House of Tudor that would <\/p>\n
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\nbecome famous in English
\nhistory. <\/p>\n
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\nJust before that, in the year
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\nof Louis the 11th had come to an
\nend, and Charles the 8th <\/p>\n
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\nascended the throne and began
\nhis his Italian wars. <\/p>\n
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\nIn 14148 AD in Denmark,
\nChristian the First was elected <\/p>\n
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\nand he became the Dukes, the
\nDuke of both Schleswig and <\/p>\n
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\nHolstein, and thereby united 2
\nof the greatest Danish Dutchies <\/p>\n
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\ntogether.
\nIn the year 1440 AD in Germany, <\/p>\n
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\nFrederick the Third became
\nRegent and he was the man who <\/p>\n
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\nwould lay the foundations for
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\nfamily.
\nYou’re probably thinking now why<\/p>\n
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\nare we listening to history
\naround about 14150 AD? <\/p>\n
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\nThe answer is, of course, well,
\nthat’s how far back in our time <\/p>\n
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\nwe would have to go to begin the
\nHouse of Asaph and take it <\/p>\n
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\nthrough to our time.
\nNow, from 14150 AD, this family <\/p>\n
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\nwas faithful through to our
\ntime. <\/p>\n
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\nCan you imagine that?
\nCan you imagine any family that <\/p>\n
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\ncould have been faithful for
\nthat long, for that many years, <\/p>\n
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\nfor that many centuries?
\nWell, this one was, you know, in<\/p>\n
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\nthe Book of Maccabees, there’s
\nan interesting reference to the <\/p>\n
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\ndays of Judas Maccabees, and
\nthat refers to one of the great <\/p>\n
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\nbattles that he fought on on
\nbehalf of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course, we know that that the
\nBook of Maccabees are apocryphal<\/p>\n
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\nbooks, and although we don’t
\ntake them as part of the <\/p>\n
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\ninspired record of Scripture,
\nthere’s nothing to say that they<\/p>\n
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\nare in any way inadequate as
\nhistorical records, just as we <\/p>\n
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\nwould take Josephus as an
\nhistorical record. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, in the Book of Maccabees
\nwe have the story of one of the <\/p>\n
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\ngreat battles, and I just draw
\nyour attention to some <\/p>\n
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\ninteresting words in this
\nparticular record. <\/p>\n
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\nMight look at the bottom piece
\nfirst. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says on the five and 20th day
\nof the ninth month, they rose up<\/p>\n
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\nthe times in the morning and
\noffered sacrifice according to <\/p>\n
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\nthe law upon the new altar, and
\nthey burnt, burnt offerings <\/p>\n
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\nwhich they’d made according to
\nthe time and according to the <\/p>\n
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\nday wherein the heathen had
\ndefiled that in the same. <\/p>\n
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\nWas it dedicated with songs and
\nharps and lutes and cymbals? <\/p>\n
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\nThen all the people fell upon
\ntheir faces, worshipping and <\/p>\n
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\npraising the God of heaven who
\nhad given them good success. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re told that in the days
\nof Judas Maccabees there was an <\/p>\n
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\noutpouring of praise to the
\nFather. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the particular instruments
\nthat were used were, why, harps <\/p>\n
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\nand lutes, which are psalteries
\nand cymbals. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd they’re the very, they are
\nthe very instruments that were <\/p>\n
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\nknown from the days of David as
\nbelonging to that system of <\/p>\n
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\nthings that the House of Asaph
\nstood for. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in this same reference in
\nthe book of Maccabees, we’re <\/p>\n
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\ntold this, it says, then Judas
\nreturned to spoil the tents <\/p>\n
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\nwherein they got much riches,
\nand they went home, and they <\/p>\n
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\nsang a song of Thanksgiving.
\nAnd this is what they sang. <\/p>\n
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\nThey praised the Lord of heaven
\nbecause he is good, because his <\/p>\n
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\nmercy endureth forever.
\nNow I wonder who might have led <\/p>\n
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\nthat song of singing brothers
\nand sisters, in the days of <\/p>\n
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\nJudas Maccabeus?
\nWhat we do know, of course, is <\/p>\n
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\nthat those words are the ancient
\nfamily Psalm of the House of <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph.
\nNow, I don’t know, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, we can’t say with
\nabsolute certainty. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat we do know is that on that
\nday, someone sang that song in <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael with the right
\ninstruments. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat’s interesting is that that
\nis BC 160. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s 285 years after Nehemiah
\nchapter 12. <\/p>\n
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\nWe just don’t know exactly how
\nlong this family may have gone <\/p>\n
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\non for.
\nBut what we do know is that this<\/p>\n
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\nfamily had obviously discovered
\ncertain principles for their <\/p>\n
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\nlife and for their family life
\nthat was so unique and so <\/p>\n
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\nspecial as to cause them to to
\nmaintain their spirit of faith <\/p>\n
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\nbefore God for such a remarkable
\nperiod of time. <\/p>\n
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\nSo I suppose really that the
\nburden of our study this morning<\/p>\n
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\nthen is to say, well.
\nHaving looked at them for the <\/p>\n
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\nlast few days, what was the
\nsecret? <\/p>\n
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\nSo how did they do this?
\nBecause if we could just unlock <\/p>\n
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\nthe secret of this family, then
\nwe might discover a secret that <\/p>\n
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\nwe could translate into
\nbuildings. <\/p>\n
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\nSuch tremendous families for the
\ntruth today. <\/p>\n
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\nSo what was it that this family
\nknew that others didn’t know, or<\/p>\n
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\nthat we’ve never understood?
\nWell, here’s the secret, then, <\/p>\n
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\nof the House of Asaph.
\nLet’s take it a step at a time. <\/p>\n
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\nI think the first thing was that
\nthis family was thoroughly <\/p>\n
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\nimbued with the Spirit of God
\nmanifestation. <\/p>\n
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\nThey really understood that
\nprinciple. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s what the first of
\nChronicles 16 had taught them. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the central issue of the
\ntruth. <\/p>\n
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\nThis is the core purpose of any
\necclesia, of any family, of any <\/p>\n
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\nindividual.
\nRemember the So that test for <\/p>\n
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\nour prayers.
\nWhatever we pray for is it <\/p>\n
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\ncouched in accordance with the
\nidea that it might be so that <\/p>\n
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\nthe Father’s purpose may be
\nadvanced in whatever we have <\/p>\n
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\nprayed for.
\nNow you know what’s interesting <\/p>\n
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\nabout the doctrine of God
\nmanifestation. <\/p>\n
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\nHow do we teach this doctrine to
\nour children? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the answer is that we don’t
\nteach it by what we say, we <\/p>\n
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\nteach it by what we do.
\nOur children, unfortunately, for<\/p>\n
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\nbetter or for worse, will copy
\nwhat we do, not what we say. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd if we want our children to
\nbe passionately convinced as to <\/p>\n
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\nthe truth and the wonder and the
\nbeauty of God manifestation as <\/p>\n
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\nthe central issue of of the
\ntruth itself, then they will <\/p>\n
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\nlearn that from our lives,
\nbrothers and sisters. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that’s our responsibility as
\nparents is to teach this in what<\/p>\n
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\nwe do.
\nI think the second thing about <\/p>\n
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\nthis family was that they were
\ndeeply conscious of the majesty <\/p>\n
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\nof the divine presence.
\nAll their lives they’d lived in <\/p>\n
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\nthe sense of being with God, and
\nin God’s presence. <\/p>\n
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\nThey’d learned to ascend into
\nthe presence of God wherever <\/p>\n
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\nthey were.
\nYou see, I think that this <\/p>\n
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\nfamily had learned the
\nprinciples of focus and <\/p>\n
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\nconcentration and that our
\nsinging needs to to to capture <\/p>\n
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\nthat same spirit.
\nAnd you can tell, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, when a hymn is being
\nsung in the ecclesia where the <\/p>\n
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\npeople are really focused on the
\nwords, whether they’re <\/p>\n
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\nconcentrating on what they are
\nsinging to the Father as an <\/p>\n
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\noffering of praise and
\nThanksgiving. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, this family had learnt how
\nto do that. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen they sang, they were so
\nfocused that they felt as if <\/p>\n
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\nthey’d come into the presence of
\nGod himself. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s something we need to work
\nat, it’s something we need to <\/p>\n
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\ndevelop.
\nWe need to unlock the power of <\/p>\n
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\nour hymns by discovering their
\nscriptural background. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think that one of the very
\nbest things that Eccleses can do<\/p>\n
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\nis to spend time in that area.
\nOne of the things that we’ve <\/p>\n
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\ndone in our meeting from time to
\ntime is that after Bible class <\/p>\n
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\nwe will deal with a hymn that is
\nnew as far as the Eccleses <\/p>\n
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\nconcerned, which we’ve never
\nsung. <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:34,400 –> 00:23:38,360
\nAnd there will be plenty of
\nopportunity for this, if, God <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:38,360 –> 00:23:41,480
\nwilling, the new hymn book is
\nlaunched in due course, <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:41,560 –> 00:23:43,800
\naccording to the schedule that
\nit’s currently running on. <\/p>\n
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\nThere will be lots of hymns to
\nlearn, but I think that a very <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:46,320 –> 00:23:49,760
\ngood way of learning those hymns
\nis to have a brother who first <\/p>\n
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\nwill set aside 10 minutes of
\ntime to thrill the ecclesia with<\/p>\n
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\nthe scriptural background to
\nthat hymn that makes it come <\/p>\n
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\nalive.
\nAnd then you learn it. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I think by that means we
\nrevive the power of our hymns, <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:07,120 –> 00:24:09,640
\nincluding by the way, many
\nsplendid old ones that maybe <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:09,640 –> 00:24:12,840
\nwe’ve never really investigated
\nto the depths of what we should <\/p>\n
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\ndo.
\nYou see, this family understood <\/p>\n
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\nthis principle.
\nThey were deeply committed to <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:18,000 –> 00:24:21,160
\nthe standard of excellence of
\nendeavour. <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:21,320 –> 00:24:25,400
\nThey practiced under the
\nwatchful eye of Father Asaph. <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:25,640 –> 00:24:28,400
\nAnd remember this, brothers and
\nsisters, that that the spirit of<\/p>\n
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\nendeavour isn’t just the singing
\nour hymns of praise. <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:31,720 –> 00:24:34,400
\nIt’s the whole attitude of of
\nhow we live our life and the <\/p>\n
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\ntruth.
\nIt relates to everything we do <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:36,800 –> 00:24:40,520
\nin ecclesial life and in family
\nlife that whatever we do, we <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:40,520 –> 00:24:42,880
\nshould do to the very best of
\nour ability. <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:43,160 –> 00:24:46,920
\nNow the Father knows our varying
\nlevels of ability. <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:47,800 –> 00:24:51,000
\nThe Father knows that some of us
\nwill bring forth thirtyfold, and<\/p>\n
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\nsome 60 and some 100.
\nWe need not worry about the fact<\/p>\n
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\nthat our abilities may vary.
\nWhat the Father does want from <\/p>\n
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\n00:24:58,120 –> 00:25:01,680
\nus, though, is that spirits,
\nthat spirit of excellence, of <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:01,680 –> 00:25:05,160
\nendeavour, to at least the
\ncapability that we have in the <\/p>\n
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\ntruth.
\nWell, this family knew that they<\/p>\n
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\n00:25:08,080 –> 00:25:10,480
\npracticed that spirit of
\nendeavour every day. <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:10,720 –> 00:25:13,840
\nOnly the very best was good
\nenough for them. <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:14,080 –> 00:25:20,040
\nAs their offering of praise to
\nthe Father, this family was <\/p>\n
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\ninvolved in the principle of
\nthanks and praise to God every <\/p>\n
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\nsingle day of their lives.
\nThey were, they were involved in<\/p>\n
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\nthis, as the Scriptures tell us.
\nIn fact, I’ve got another <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:32,680 –> 00:25:35,600
\noverhead here that just sort of
\nsays that there was a whole <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:35,680 –> 00:25:39,440
\nseries of passages here that
\ntell us this daily involvement <\/p>\n
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\nof the House of Asaph.
\nIn the first of Chronicles 16 <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:43,080 –> 00:25:47,360
\nand verse 37, it says so he left
\nthere Asaph and his brethren to <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:47,360 –> 00:25:52,640
\nminister before the ark
\ncontinually as every day’s work <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:52,760 –> 00:25:56,680
\nrequired.
\nAnd again in Nehemiah Chapter <\/p>\n
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\n00:25:56,680 –> 00:26:01,040
\n11, verses 22 and 23, we’re told
\nof the sons of Asaph. <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:01,040 –> 00:26:03,960
\nThe singers were over the
\nbusiness of the House of God, <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:04,280 –> 00:26:06,680
\nfor it was the King’s
\ncommandment concerning them that<\/p>\n
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\n00:26:06,680 –> 00:26:12,280
\na certain portion should be for
\nthe singers due every day. <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:13,840 –> 00:26:16,440
\nAnd if we were to ask, Well, why
\nwas it that that the portion <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:16,440 –> 00:26:18,840
\nshould be due every day?
\nIt was because, because this <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:18,840 –> 00:26:23,160
\nfamily had responsibilities
\nevery day to to sing before the <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:23,160 –> 00:26:25,760
\nfather.
\nIn the first of Chronicles 9 and<\/p>\n
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\n00:26:25,760 –> 00:26:29,600
\nverse 33, it says, And these are
\nthe singers, chief of the <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:29,600 –> 00:26:32,560
\nfathers of the Levites, who
\nremaining in the chambers were <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:32,560 –> 00:26:37,480
\nfree, for they were employed in
\nthat work, that is, the work of <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:37,480 –> 00:26:44,720
\nsinging day and night.
\nAnd the first of Chronicles 23 <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:44,920 –> 00:26:50,240
\nverses 27 to 30 says, For by the
\nlast words of David, the Levites<\/p>\n
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\n00:26:50,240 –> 00:26:53,400
\nwere numbered from 20 years old
\nand above because their office <\/p>\n
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\n00:26:53,400 –> 00:26:59,000
\nwas to stand every morning to
\nthank and praise the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\n00:27:00,240 –> 00:27:04,880
\nAnd likewise it Even so every
\nmorning and every night did this<\/p>\n
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\n00:27:04,880 –> 00:27:08,440
\nfamily sing their praise to
\nAlmighty God on behalf of the <\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:08,440 –> 00:27:09,560
\nnation?
\nCertainly. <\/p>\n
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\n00:27:09,760 –> 00:27:12,560
\nAnd yet of course, it was an
\nexpression of their own <\/p>\n
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\n00:27:12,560 –> 00:27:16,360
\nconviction concerning those
\nmatters of praise to the Father.<\/p>\n
402
\n00:27:16,360 –> 00:27:20,160
\nSo they were involved in the
\nprinciple of thanks and praise <\/p>\n
403
\n00:27:20,400 –> 00:27:26,080
\nevery day of their life.
\nNow that’s a good thing to think<\/p>\n
404
\n00:27:26,080 –> 00:27:29,280
\nabout, isn’t it?
\nYou know, we say that we ought <\/p>\n
405
\n00:27:29,280 –> 00:27:33,880
\nto to give daily prayer, daily
\nprayer a focus in our lives and,<\/p>\n
406
\n00:27:33,920 –> 00:27:36,840
\nand as families we endeavour to
\nhave daily readings. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:27:37,680 –> 00:27:40,640
\nSo, so maybe a good idea at the
\ntime of our daily readings is to<\/p>\n
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\n00:27:40,640 –> 00:27:43,600
\nhave a daily hymn together.
\nImagine every family of the <\/p>\n
409
\n00:27:43,600 –> 00:27:47,200
\necclesia at night time having a
\nhymn with their family as they <\/p>\n
410
\n00:27:47,200 –> 00:27:51,040
\ndid the daily readings, so that
\nevery day they have learned the <\/p>\n
411
\n00:27:51,040 –> 00:27:55,680
\nspirit of singing to God, of
\nsinging praise to the Father, so<\/p>\n
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\n00:27:55,680 –> 00:27:57,960
\nmuch so that it’s become a daily
\nhabit in life. <\/p>\n
413
\n00:27:58,080 –> 00:27:59,240
\nWell, that’s what this family
\ndid. <\/p>\n
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\n00:27:59,880 –> 00:28:03,320
\nAnd I’m sure that that was part
\nof a secret to this family’s <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:03,320 –> 00:28:07,880
\nfaithfulness is that every day
\nthey sang those songs, every day<\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:08,320 –> 00:28:11,240
\nthey understood those
\nprinciples. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:28:13,680 –> 00:28:19,560
\nYou see, this family were
\ninfluenced by godly music to the<\/p>\n
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\n00:28:19,560 –> 00:28:27,800
\nheights of spiritual exaltation.
\nSee, not only did this family <\/p>\n
419
\n00:28:27,800 –> 00:28:34,320
\nsing the songs of praise every
\nday, brothers and sisters, but <\/p>\n
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\n00:28:34,320 –> 00:28:36,160
\nthis family didn’t know any
\nother music. <\/p>\n
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\n00:28:38,920 –> 00:28:42,960
\nThey knew nothing else but the
\nsongs of the Lord. <\/p>\n
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\n00:28:46,040 –> 00:28:53,240
\nYou know, we should never, ever
\nunderestimate the power of <\/p>\n
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\n00:28:53,240 –> 00:29:01,360
\nmusic.
\nSo I say to parents, parents, if<\/p>\n
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\n00:29:01,360 –> 00:29:08,960
\nyou want to keep your children
\nin the truth, guard their tastes<\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:09,440 –> 00:29:14,400
\nin music.
\nSome of you may have heard this.<\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:14,400 –> 00:29:17,160
\nI’ve mentioned it to a couple of
\nfamilies, but in the House of <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:17,160 –> 00:29:24,040
\nLewis, every child age of 13 has
\nreceived ACD player in their <\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:24,200 –> 00:29:28,040
\nbedroom.
\nThey received that as a result <\/p>\n
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\n00:29:28,040 –> 00:29:31,840
\nof the love and the kindness and
\nthe overflowing generosity of <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:31,840 –> 00:29:38,400
\ntheir father.
\nThere’s only one catch. <\/p>\n
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\n00:29:40,640 –> 00:29:47,760
\nFather chooses all the C DS in
\nthe home and naughty else is <\/p>\n
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\n00:29:47,760 –> 00:29:51,960
\nallowed.
\nAnd we did that, brothers and <\/p>\n
433
\n00:29:51,960 –> 00:29:56,600
\nsisters, because we wanted,
\nfirst of all, to establish our <\/p>\n
434
\n00:29:56,600 –> 00:30:00,160
\nchildren’s taste in music from
\nthe very earliest stage, to give<\/p>\n
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\n00:30:00,160 –> 00:30:02,720
\nthem that which we considered to
\nbe according to the standard of <\/p>\n
436
\n00:30:02,720 –> 00:30:04,480
\nexcellence.
\nNow, by the way, there’s a whole<\/p>\n
437
\n00:30:04,480 –> 00:30:08,400
\nrange of secular music, and I
\nperfectly appreciate that tastes<\/p>\n
438
\n00:30:08,400 –> 00:30:10,520
\ndiffer.
\nYou might be surprised at the <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:10,520 –> 00:30:14,680
\nrange of music you would hear
\neven in the House of Lewis, but <\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:14,680 –> 00:30:18,160
\nthe point is that we want to be
\nable to control that process. <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:18,360 –> 00:30:21,680
\nAnd of greatest importance of
\nall is this, that what we didn’t<\/p>\n
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\n00:30:21,680 –> 00:30:25,440
\nwant was any music or any
\nsinging or any songs in our <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:25,440 –> 00:30:30,240
\nhouse that might subvert or
\nundermine or be detrimental to <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:30,240 –> 00:30:31,920
\nthe godly atmosphere of our
\nhome. <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:31,920 –> 00:30:35,640
\nBecause we want our home to be a
\nsanctuary for spiritual things. <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:35,800 –> 00:30:39,160
\nAnd we won’t have any music in
\nour house that in any way will <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:39,160 –> 00:30:42,960
\ncut across that principle.
\nAnd we also want the music of <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:42,960 –> 00:30:46,600
\nour home to be compatible with
\nthe music of the truth. <\/p>\n
449
\n00:30:46,920 –> 00:30:49,680
\nWe never wanted our children to
\nlearn music and to develop a <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:49,680 –> 00:30:53,720
\ntaste for music or the sort of
\nmusic that would cause them to <\/p>\n
451
\n00:30:53,720 –> 00:30:57,640
\nhave a distaste for the hymns of
\nSunday morning. <\/p>\n
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\n00:30:58,480 –> 00:31:01,520
\nThat whatever music we have in
\nthe home that is as thoroughly <\/p>\n
453
\n00:31:01,520 –> 00:31:05,040
\ncompatible with the music we
\nsing to the Father, so that they<\/p>\n
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\n00:31:05,040 –> 00:31:08,320
\nfind both are harmonious
\ntogether and they never develop <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:08,320 –> 00:31:11,400
\na distaste or a dislike of the
\nhymns that we sing. <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:14,680 –> 00:31:20,240
\nSo if you don’t know what your
\nchildren are listening to, then <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:20,240 –> 00:31:25,280
\nyou better find out because
\nmusic is one of the greatest <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:25,280 –> 00:31:31,400
\npowers for either spiritual good
\nor for spiritual evil. <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:34,560 –> 00:31:36,720
\nYou know, in some places, in
\nfact, probably in quite a few <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:36,720 –> 00:31:39,280
\nplaces, I’ve had it happen
\nmyself, not in this country, but<\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:39,480 –> 00:31:42,520
\nin another place.
\nI I was taken after the memorial<\/p>\n
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\n00:31:42,520 –> 00:31:46,360
\nmeeting to to be taken to a
\nbrother and sister’s place for <\/p>\n
463
\n00:31:46,360 –> 00:31:51,680
\nthe afternoon meal.
\nAnd I was driven there by a <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:51,680 –> 00:31:54,640
\nyoung brother.
\nYou see, after the meeting, we <\/p>\n
465
\n00:31:54,640 –> 00:31:57,400
\nhopped into the cab.
\nNo sooner had the ignition <\/p>\n
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\n00:31:57,400 –> 00:32:06,720
\nturned on and one was assailed
\nby a monstrous beat and even <\/p>\n
467
\n00:32:06,720 –> 00:32:11,480
\nmore monstrous lyrics which
\npounded us to death all the <\/p>\n
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\n00:32:11,480 –> 00:32:14,600
\nroute to this family’s place
\nwhere we were going to have <\/p>\n
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\n00:32:14,600 –> 00:32:15,720
\nlunch.
\nAnd the young brother was <\/p>\n
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\n00:32:15,720 –> 00:32:17,120
\noblivious, in fact, of what had
\nhappened. <\/p>\n
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\n00:32:17,120 –> 00:32:21,440
\nBut what I can tell you is this,
\nin less than 5 minutes, any <\/p>\n
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\n00:32:21,440 –> 00:32:25,080
\nspiritual benefit from that
\nmeeting was utterly wiped out. <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:27,600 –> 00:32:30,520
\nI wonder how many cars drive
\naway from ecclesial meetings <\/p>\n
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\n00:32:31,640 –> 00:32:36,520
\nwith that sort of music playing.
\nYou know, they’ve done some <\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:36,520 –> 00:32:39,920
\nstudies which have showed, I
\nthink with reasonable <\/p>\n
476
\n00:32:40,680 –> 00:32:44,680
\nmathematical certainty, that the
\nmusic that you develop a taste <\/p>\n
477
\n00:32:44,680 –> 00:32:51,960
\nfor during the years 15 to 25
\nwill continue to have the <\/p>\n
478
\n00:32:51,960 –> 00:32:57,760
\ngreatest emotional effect on you
\nfor the rest of your life. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:32:59,360 –> 00:33:04,080
\nYou will never escape the pull
\nof that music if you play it. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:33:04,920 –> 00:33:06,800
\nCourse, you don’t have to play
\nit later on, but if you do, <\/p>\n
481
\n00:33:06,920 –> 00:33:10,160
\nyou’ll immediately feel the
\npulling of your emotions towards<\/p>\n
482
\n00:33:10,160 –> 00:33:13,680
\nthat music.
\nWhatever you develop a taste for<\/p>\n
483
\n00:33:13,800 –> 00:33:17,960
\nin those years of life will
\naffect you the greatest. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:33:17,960 –> 00:33:21,520
\nNow, that’s not to say that you
\ncan’t develop new tastes, not to<\/p>\n
485
\n00:33:21,520 –> 00:33:24,240
\nsay that you can’t develop new
\nmusical tastes, because I <\/p>\n
486
\n00:33:24,240 –> 00:33:27,440
\nbelieve that you can with
\ncourage and with commitment. <\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:27,600 –> 00:33:30,240
\nBut we need to appreciate,
\ntherefore, the power of what <\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:30,240 –> 00:33:32,760
\nwe’re doing with and for our
\nchildren, that those are the <\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:32,760 –> 00:33:35,880
\nvital years.
\nIf they develop a taste for the <\/p>\n
490
\n00:33:35,880 –> 00:33:39,960
\nright things, then they will
\nhave that taste for the rest of <\/p>\n
491
\n00:33:39,960 –> 00:33:44,120
\ntheir life.
\nThis family never knew any other<\/p>\n
492
\n00:33:44,120 –> 00:33:49,600
\nsort of music and the songs of
\nZion, and I’m absolutely sure <\/p>\n
493
\n00:33:49,800 –> 00:33:52,040
\nthat it was one of the secrets
\nto their family. <\/p>\n
494
\n00:33:52,400 –> 00:33:56,040
\nThey were diligent in
\ninculcating these principles <\/p>\n
495
\n00:33:56,240 –> 00:33:58,200
\ninto the next generation.
\nNow come and have a look at <\/p>\n
496
\n00:33:58,200 –> 00:34:01,560
\nPsalm 78.
\nNow Psalm 78 is one of the <\/p>\n
497
\n00:34:01,560 –> 00:34:05,640
\npsalms of the House of Asaph,
\nand there’s a keyword in this <\/p>\n
498
\n00:34:05,640 –> 00:34:07,680
\nPsalm that we ought to just have
\na look at. <\/p>\n
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\n00:34:15,790 –> 00:34:21,710
\nIn the 78th Psalm, it says in
\nverse one, give ear, O my people<\/p>\n
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\n00:34:21,710 –> 00:34:25,190
\nto my law, incline your ears to
\nthe words of my mouth. <\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:26,199 –> 00:34:27,600
\nI will open my mouth in a
\nparable. <\/p>\n
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\n00:34:27,600 –> 00:34:30,520
\nI will have the dark sayings of
\nold which we’ve heard and known <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:30,520 –> 00:34:33,639
\nand our fathers have told us,
\noh, now you see that word told <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:33,639 –> 00:34:41,320
\nus in verse 3 of Psalm 78.
\nThat word means to inscribe, to <\/p>\n
505
\n00:34:41,320 –> 00:34:47,400
\nmark, to record, to recount, and
\nto celebrate. <\/p>\n
506
\n00:34:47,400 –> 00:34:53,040
\nIt’s a very wonderful word in
\nthe Hebrew to inscribe, to mark,<\/p>\n
507
\n00:34:53,239 –> 00:34:57,480
\nto record, to, to recount, and
\nto celebrate. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:34:57,640 –> 00:34:59,720
\nAnd so now this is a Psalm of
\nAsaph, mind you. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:35:00,000 –> 00:35:03,000
\nSo you see what these, what the
\nsons of Asaph that composed the <\/p>\n
510
\n00:35:03,000 –> 00:35:06,200
\nPsalm said is that the things
\nthat we’ve heard and known were <\/p>\n
511
\n00:35:06,200 –> 00:35:11,080
\nrecounted to us, inscribed upon
\nour hearts and minds, marked <\/p>\n
512
\n00:35:11,080 –> 00:35:16,960
\nwithin us by our fathers.
\nThey told us these things. <\/p>\n
513
\n00:35:17,520 –> 00:35:21,360
\nNow look at those four.
\nAnd we will not hide them from <\/p>\n
514
\n00:35:21,360 –> 00:35:27,720
\ntheir children, showing to the
\ngeneration to come the praises <\/p>\n
515
\n00:35:27,720 –> 00:35:29,800
\nof Yahweh.
\nOh, now you see the word showing<\/p>\n
516
\n00:35:29,960 –> 00:35:33,520
\nin verse 4.
\nThat’s the very same word <\/p>\n
517
\n00:35:33,840 –> 00:35:38,200
\ntranslated, told us in verse 3.
\nIt’s the same word. <\/p>\n
518
\n00:35:39,760 –> 00:35:43,520
\nSo they heard it from their
\nfathers, and they in turn will <\/p>\n
519
\n00:35:43,520 –> 00:35:45,560
\npass it on to the generation to
\ncome. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:35:45,760 –> 00:35:49,400
\nAnd then verse 6 says that the
\ngeneration to come might know <\/p>\n
521
\n00:35:49,400 –> 00:35:52,920
\nthem, even the children which
\nshall be born who should arise <\/p>\n
522
\n00:35:54,160 –> 00:35:56,920
\nand declare them to their
\nchildren. <\/p>\n
523
\n00:35:57,040 –> 00:36:00,400
\nThat’s the third generation.
\nAnd you see that word declare in<\/p>\n
524
\n00:36:00,400 –> 00:36:01,280
\nverse 6.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
525
\n00:36:01,280 –> 00:36:06,240
\nThat’s the same word translated,
\ntold in verse 3 and showing in <\/p>\n
526
\n00:36:06,240 –> 00:36:08,480
\nverse 4.
\nSo you see, this is what this <\/p>\n
527
\n00:36:08,480 –> 00:36:12,880
\nfamily did is every generation
\nof this family sat down and they<\/p>\n
528
\n00:36:12,880 –> 00:36:16,520
\ninscribed on the heart of their
\nchildren the principles that <\/p>\n
529
\n00:36:16,520 –> 00:36:19,160
\ntheir family stood for.
\nThey said these are the core <\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:19,160 –> 00:36:22,720
\nvalues of our family.
\nWe praise the Father, we live in<\/p>\n
531
\n00:36:22,720 –> 00:36:25,720
\nGod’s presence, we believe,
\nbelieve in the supremacy of God,<\/p>\n
532
\n00:36:25,800 –> 00:36:28,960
\nwe sing concerning Him.
\nWe stand for the principle of <\/p>\n
533
\n00:36:28,960 –> 00:36:31,520
\nexcellence.
\nWe never deviate from eternal <\/p>\n
534
\n00:36:31,520 –> 00:36:33,760
\ntruths.
\nAnd they inscribed that upon the<\/p>\n
535
\n00:36:33,760 –> 00:36:36,640
\nhearts of their children.
\nAnd those children grew up and <\/p>\n
536
\n00:36:36,640 –> 00:36:38,760
\ninscribed it on the hearts of
\ntheir children. <\/p>\n
537
\n00:36:38,880 –> 00:36:42,920
\nAnd those children grew up and
\nthey inscribed it on the hearts <\/p>\n
538
\n00:36:43,160 –> 00:36:46,640
\nof their children.
\nAnd that’s what this family did <\/p>\n
539
\n00:36:46,720 –> 00:36:48,400
\nthrough their several
\ngenerations. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:36:48,400 –> 00:36:50,640
\nThey were diligent.
\nThey never missed a beat, <\/p>\n
541
\n00:36:50,640 –> 00:36:54,600
\nbrothers and sisters, in writing
\nthose principles onto the hearts<\/p>\n
542
\n00:36:54,720 –> 00:36:56,800
\nof the generation to come.
\nNot in this family. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:36:58,640 –> 00:37:01,880
\nThey did that as a, as a, as a
\nstandard of the family that they<\/p>\n
544
\n00:37:01,880 –> 00:37:04,280
\nwould inculcate those
\nprinciples. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:04,600 –> 00:37:09,040
\nAnd they were faithful in
\nmaintaining their standards with<\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:09,080 –> 00:37:13,480
\nunswerving devotion, as we have
\nseen in these particular <\/p>\n
547
\n00:37:13,480 –> 00:37:16,000
\nstudies.
\nThey never deviated, did they? <\/p>\n
548
\n00:37:16,200 –> 00:37:21,040
\nTremendous constancy and
\ntremendous consistency, this <\/p>\n
549
\n00:37:21,040 –> 00:37:24,000
\nfamily in the things that they
\nstood for. <\/p>\n
550
\n00:37:25,720 –> 00:37:28,240
\nIf we could only have that same
\nspirit, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
551
\n00:37:28,240 –> 00:37:31,560
\nI’m I’m sure that we would start
\nto capture the secret of this <\/p>\n
552
\n00:37:31,560 –> 00:37:34,280
\nfamily.
\nAnd certainly as far as music is<\/p>\n
553
\n00:37:34,280 –> 00:37:35,840
\nconcerned, we face that
\nchallenge. <\/p>\n
554
\n00:37:35,840 –> 00:37:40,040
\nI believe throughout all of the
\necclesial world that there has <\/p>\n
555
\n00:37:40,040 –> 00:37:43,560
\nbeen a little bit of a shift
\ntowards new music from other <\/p>\n
556
\n00:37:43,560 –> 00:37:48,520
\nsources, and much of that music
\nis not consistent with our faith<\/p>\n
557
\n00:37:48,760 –> 00:37:51,160
\nand not consistent with our
\nheritage. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:37:51,360 –> 00:37:54,840
\nWe need to treasure the music
\nwhich has bound our brotherhood <\/p>\n
559
\n00:37:54,840 –> 00:37:57,000
\ntogether for a long period of
\ntime. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:37:57,720 –> 00:38:00,520
\nWe need to understand it and we
\nneed to treasure it because <\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:00,640 –> 00:38:04,120
\nyou’d never catch catch the
\nHouse of Asaph singing anything <\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:04,120 –> 00:38:07,960
\nthat wasn’t absolutely
\nconsistent with the spirit of of<\/p>\n
563
\n00:38:07,960 –> 00:38:14,840
\ntheir particular family.
\nNow come and have a look at <\/p>\n
564
\n00:38:14,840 –> 00:38:30,560
\nPsalm 68.
\nIn Psalm 68, we’re told that in <\/p>\n
565
\n00:38:30,560 –> 00:38:35,760
\nthe age to come, well, this is
\nwhat it says, verse 24. <\/p>\n
566
\n00:38:36,720 –> 00:38:41,280
\nThey have seen thy goings, O
\nGod, even the goings of my God, <\/p>\n
567
\n00:38:41,440 –> 00:38:47,880
\nmy King to the sanctuary.
\nThe singers went before the <\/p>\n
568
\n00:38:47,880 –> 00:38:49,880
\nplayers on instruments, followed
\nafter. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:38:50,640 –> 00:38:53,480
\nAmong them were the damsels
\nplaying with timbrels. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:38:54,160 –> 00:38:57,920
\nBless ye God in the
\ncongregations, even Yahweh from <\/p>\n
571
\n00:38:57,920 –> 00:39:03,080
\nthe fountain of Israel.
\nSo in the age to come, says <\/p>\n
572
\n00:39:03,080 –> 00:39:06,440
\nPsalm 68, there’s going to be
\nsingers again, and instruments <\/p>\n
573
\n00:39:06,440 –> 00:39:09,640
\nand choirs.
\nOf course, we’re not told in <\/p>\n
574
\n00:39:09,640 –> 00:39:13,960
\nPsalm 68 whether the singers
\nhere are mortal singers or <\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:14,680 –> 00:39:22,120
\nimmortal singers.
\nBut I think in Psalm 87 we’re <\/p>\n
576
\n00:39:22,120 –> 00:39:26,440
\ntold that at least there will be
\nimmortal singers. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:39:26,520 –> 00:39:29,640
\nBecause if you come and have a
\nlook at the 87th Psalm, we’re <\/p>\n
578
\n00:39:29,640 –> 00:39:34,360
\ntold this in Psalm 87 and verse
\none. <\/p>\n
579
\n00:39:35,640 –> 00:39:39,160
\nHis foundation is in the holy
\nmountains for Yahweh loveth the <\/p>\n
580
\n00:39:39,160 –> 00:39:42,480
\ngates of Zion more than all the
\ndwellings of Jacob. <\/p>\n
581
\n00:39:42,480 –> 00:39:46,200
\nGlorious things are spoken of
\nthe O city of God. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:39:46,200 –> 00:39:48,960
\nOh, by the way, did you notice
\nthat that’s the line for him <\/p>\n
583
\n00:39:50,240 –> 00:39:54,240
\nmost glorious things are spoken
\nJerusalem are the did you know <\/p>\n
584
\n00:39:54,240 –> 00:39:56,520
\nthat that came from Psalm 87 to
\nverse three. <\/p>\n
585
\n00:39:56,520 –> 00:39:58,480
\nIf you didn’t, by the way, you
\nshould get your pencil out and <\/p>\n
586
\n00:39:58,640 –> 00:40:00,120
\nput that in your hymn book
\nafterwards. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:40:00,120 –> 00:40:04,120
\nBut it says in this hymn I’ll
\nmake mention verse 4 of Rahab <\/p>\n
588
\n00:40:04,120 –> 00:40:05,480
\nand Babylon to them that know
\nme. <\/p>\n
589
\n00:40:05,480 –> 00:40:07,720
\nBehold Felicity, your entire
\nwith Ethiopia. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:40:07,960 –> 00:40:11,240
\nThis man was born there.
\nAnd of Zion it shall be said <\/p>\n
591
\n00:40:11,240 –> 00:40:14,840
\nthis and that man was born in
\nher, and the highest himself <\/p>\n
592
\n00:40:15,080 –> 00:40:17,560
\nshall establish her.
\nYou see in the Kingdom age they <\/p>\n
593
\n00:40:17,560 –> 00:40:21,040
\nwill be brought together, men
\nand women from all parts of the <\/p>\n
594
\n00:40:21,080 –> 00:40:24,720
\nearth, from all nations of the
\nearth, but they’re all counted <\/p>\n
595
\n00:40:24,720 –> 00:40:29,600
\nas descendants of Zion.
\nVerse 5 and verse 6 says Yahweh <\/p>\n
596
\n00:40:29,600 –> 00:40:33,040
\nshall count when he writeth up
\nthe people, that this one, <\/p>\n
597
\n00:40:33,120 –> 00:40:37,520
\neveryone who’s who’s granted
\neternal life was born there in <\/p>\n
598
\n00:40:37,520 –> 00:40:39,960
\nJerusalem.
\nAnd then verse 7 suddenly says <\/p>\n
599
\n00:40:41,360 –> 00:40:46,600
\nas well, the singers as the
\nplayers on instruments shall be <\/p>\n
600
\n00:40:46,600 –> 00:40:51,160
\nthere.
\nAll my springs or sources of <\/p>\n
601
\n00:40:51,160 –> 00:40:54,960
\nsatisfaction are in thee.
\nSo in a sound that celebrates <\/p>\n
602
\n00:40:55,120 –> 00:40:58,400
\nthe bringing together of the
\nimmortal Saints from all parts <\/p>\n
603
\n00:40:58,400 –> 00:41:01,320
\nof the earth, it says there’s
\ngoing to be singers there and <\/p>\n
604
\n00:41:01,320 –> 00:41:04,200
\nthe players on instruments.
\nYou see, I like to think <\/p>\n
605
\n00:41:04,200 –> 00:41:06,200
\nbrothers and sisters, and I
\nthink there’s good scriptural <\/p>\n
606
\n00:41:06,200 –> 00:41:09,480
\nevidence for this, that in the
\nKingdom age there will be an <\/p>\n
607
\n00:41:09,520 –> 00:41:13,120
\nimmortal choir.
\nSometimes people have often <\/p>\n
608
\n00:41:13,120 –> 00:41:14,840
\nwondered, well, what am I going
\nto do in the Kingdom? <\/p>\n
609
\n00:41:14,840 –> 00:41:20,720
\nWell, here’s a job to sing in
\nthe choir under David and under <\/p>\n
610
\n00:41:20,720 –> 00:41:23,720
\nAsaph.
\nWe’re told in Ezekiel chapter 40<\/p>\n
611
\n00:41:24,520 –> 00:41:27,080
\nthat there will be chambers for
\nthe singers. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:41:29,320 –> 00:41:32,600
\nSo I think personally that in
\nthe age to come there will be <\/p>\n
613
\n00:41:32,760 –> 00:41:37,920
\nboth an immortal choir and there
\nwill be a mortal choir of <\/p>\n
614
\n00:41:37,920 –> 00:41:41,680
\nLevites which also shall sing.
\nAnd if there’s going to be a <\/p>\n
615
\n00:41:41,680 –> 00:41:46,480
\nmortal choir of Levites that
\nshould sing, of whom might they <\/p>\n
616
\n00:41:46,480 –> 00:41:51,760
\nbe composed, and what family
\nmight be brought forth again to <\/p>\n
617
\n00:41:51,760 –> 00:41:56,160
\nsing such songs?
\nBut the House of Asaph. <\/p>\n
618
\n00:41:58,600 –> 00:41:59,840
\nNow would you like to see a
\nproof for that? <\/p>\n
619
\n00:42:01,200 –> 00:42:03,920
\nWell, I think we have one, you
\nsee, because if you come to the <\/p>\n
620
\n00:42:03,920 –> 00:42:08,240
\nprophecy of Jeremiah, I think
\nthat here in Jeremiah we have at<\/p>\n
621
\n00:42:08,240 –> 00:42:12,000
\nleast a clue that perhaps in the
\nage to come there will be a <\/p>\n
622
\n00:42:12,000 –> 00:42:16,640
\nreconstituted House of Asaph,
\nwho once again will sing their <\/p>\n
623
\n00:42:16,640 –> 00:42:20,120
\nsongs in the age to come.
\nThe marvelous thought to think <\/p>\n
624
\n00:42:20,120 –> 00:42:23,520
\nthat that might be so.
\nAlthough of course, the immortal<\/p>\n
625
\n00:42:23,520 –> 00:42:26,640
\nchoir will be none other than
\nthe spiritual descendants of <\/p>\n
626
\n00:42:26,640 –> 00:42:30,960
\nAsaph, and Christ will be the
\nchief conductor under whose, <\/p>\n
627
\n00:42:31,240 –> 00:42:35,320
\nunder whose hands we shall sing
\nin that choir in the age to <\/p>\n
628
\n00:42:35,320 –> 00:42:39,480
\ncome.
\nIn Jeremiah chapter 33, we read <\/p>\n
629
\n00:42:39,480 –> 00:42:50,120
\nthese words in verse 7, Jeremiah
\n33, verse 7, and I will cause <\/p>\n
630
\n00:42:50,120 –> 00:42:53,600
\nthe captivity of Judah and the
\ncaptivity of Israel to return, <\/p>\n
631
\n00:42:53,600 –> 00:42:55,680
\nand will build them as at the
\nfirst. <\/p>\n
632
\n00:42:56,000 –> 00:42:59,200
\nNow of course, these words after
\nthem, the prophecy of Jeremiah <\/p>\n
633
\n00:42:59,240 –> 00:43:02,480
\nhad their first fulfillment in
\nthe return from Babylon. <\/p>\n
634
\n00:43:03,560 –> 00:43:06,880
\nBut the real fulfillment, the
\ngreater fulfillment of Jeremiah <\/p>\n
635
\n00:43:06,880 –> 00:43:11,040
\nwill come in the age to come,
\nwhen finally all Israel shall be<\/p>\n
636
\n00:43:11,040 –> 00:43:13,960
\ngathered out of the nations, and
\nshall be brought back to the <\/p>\n
637
\n00:43:13,960 –> 00:43:18,080
\nland of promise.
\nAnd verse 9 says, It shall be to<\/p>\n
638
\n00:43:18,080 –> 00:43:21,520
\nme a name of joy, a praise and
\nan honour before all the nations<\/p>\n
639
\n00:43:21,520 –> 00:43:23,800
\nof the earth, which shall hear
\nall the good that I shall do <\/p>\n
640
\n00:43:23,800 –> 00:43:27,800
\nthem, and they shall fear and
\ntremble for the goodness and for<\/p>\n
641
\n00:43:27,800 –> 00:43:30,120
\nthe prosperity that I procure
\nunto it. <\/p>\n
642
\n00:43:31,200 –> 00:43:38,480
\nThus saith Yahweh again, there
\nshall be heard in this place <\/p>\n
643
\n00:43:38,920 –> 00:43:41,960
\nwhich ye say shall be desolate
\nwithout man and without beast. <\/p>\n
644
\n00:43:42,680 –> 00:43:46,720
\nEven in the cities of Judah and
\nin the streets of Jerusalem that<\/p>\n
645
\n00:43:46,720 –> 00:43:51,960
\nare desolate without man, and
\nwithout inhabitant and without <\/p>\n
646
\n00:43:51,960 –> 00:43:58,240
\nbeast, there shall be heard the
\nvoice of joy, and the voice of <\/p>\n
647
\n00:43:58,240 –> 00:44:02,280
\ngladness, and the voice of the
\nBridegroom, and the voice of the<\/p>\n
648
\n00:44:02,280 –> 00:44:05,840
\nBride.
\nAnd why? <\/p>\n
649
\n00:44:07,000 –> 00:44:16,360
\nThe voice of them that shall say
\npraise Yahweh of armies for <\/p>\n
650
\n00:44:16,360 –> 00:44:23,760
\nYahweh is good, for His mercy
\nendureth forever, and of them <\/p>\n
651
\n00:44:23,760 –> 00:44:29,240
\nthat shall bring the sacrifice
\nof praise into the House of the <\/p>\n
652
\n00:44:29,240 –> 00:44:32,040
\nLord.
\nAll that’s the first of <\/p>\n
653
\n00:44:32,040 –> 00:44:36,240
\nChronicles chapter 16 all over
\nagain. <\/p>\n
654
\n00:44:36,400 –> 00:44:42,040
\nThe family Psalm of the House of
\nAsaph and Jeremiah 33 says that <\/p>\n
655
\n00:44:42,040 –> 00:44:47,360
\nthat song and that Psalm will be
\nheard again in the temple in the<\/p>\n
656
\n00:44:47,360 –> 00:44:51,080
\nKingdom age when all Israel has
\ngathered back to the land. <\/p>\n
657
\n00:44:51,720 –> 00:44:54,200
\nAnd who should sing that song,
\nbrothers and sisters, about the <\/p>\n
658
\n00:44:54,200 –> 00:44:57,600
\nHouse of Asaph again?
\nHow appropriate it would be that<\/p>\n
659
\n00:44:57,600 –> 00:45:01,400
\nif there were to be any mortal
\nsingers, any mortal choir, that <\/p>\n
660
\n00:45:01,400 –> 00:45:04,800
\nit be this house.
\nI like to think that it will be <\/p>\n
661
\n00:45:04,800 –> 00:45:09,720
\nso.
\nSo how do we become part of the <\/p>\n
662
\n00:45:09,720 –> 00:45:13,520
\nimmortal choir?
\nWell, we’ve got to learn the <\/p>\n
663
\n00:45:13,520 –> 00:45:14,880
\nsecret of this family.
\nSo. <\/p>\n
664
\n00:45:14,880 –> 00:45:17,240
\nSo by the way, you see, people
\ntend to look at this and they <\/p>\n
665
\n00:45:17,240 –> 00:45:20,440
\nsay, well, that’s not really
\nsuch a very big secret. <\/p>\n
666
\n00:45:20,440 –> 00:45:26,480
\nYou know, we know about God
\nmanifestation, we understand <\/p>\n
667
\n00:45:26,480 –> 00:45:30,560
\nabout the spirit of endeavour,
\nwe know about singing godly <\/p>\n
668
\n00:45:30,560 –> 00:45:33,800
\nmusic and about daily praise.
\nWe know about teaching our <\/p>\n
669
\n00:45:33,800 –> 00:45:37,480
\nchildren.
\nWhat’s so special about this? <\/p>\n
670
\n00:45:37,640 –> 00:45:40,480
\nThat it is a secret that belongs
\nto the House of Asaph. <\/p>\n
671
\n00:45:40,720 –> 00:45:44,160
\nOh no, that’s not the secret,
\nbrothers and sisters, that there<\/p>\n
672
\n00:45:44,160 –> 00:45:47,680
\nis not the secret.
\nYou ought to know what the <\/p>\n
673
\n00:45:47,680 –> 00:45:55,360
\nsecret is.
\nThe secret is that this family <\/p>\n
674
\n00:45:55,360 –> 00:46:00,760
\nactually did those things.
\nOther families talked about it, <\/p>\n
675
\n00:46:02,880 –> 00:46:08,040
\nbut they never did it.
\nThe secret of this family was <\/p>\n
676
\n00:46:09,360 –> 00:46:12,520
\nthat they really did it.
\nBrothers and sisters, every one <\/p>\n
677
\n00:46:12,520 –> 00:46:14,960
\nof these things, they really did
\nthem. <\/p>\n
678
\n00:46:17,440 –> 00:46:22,120
\nAnd if we can just capture the
\nspirit of this house by taking <\/p>\n
679
\n00:46:22,120 –> 00:46:26,760
\nup those lessons and living them
\nin our families, then might it <\/p>\n
680
\n00:46:26,760 –> 00:46:29,520
\nbe that we might build families
\nthat shall last for the truth <\/p>\n
681
\n00:46:29,520 –> 00:46:32,920
\nfor hundreds of years.
\nWe pray that it might not be so <\/p>\n
682
\n00:46:32,920 –> 00:46:37,880
\nbecause of the coming of our
\nLord, but that until we see His <\/p>\n
683
\n00:46:37,880 –> 00:46:42,800
\nreturn, and for whatever time
\nhas been left unto us, let us <\/p>\n
684
\n00:46:42,800 –> 00:46:48,800
\ntake up the spirit of this house
\nand learn their secret, so that <\/p>\n
685
\n00:46:48,800 –> 00:46:54,760
\ntheir story shall not have been
\ntold in vain.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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