Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 338.<\/p>\n
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\nOur our second speaker this
\nmorning is Brother Roger Lewis <\/p>\n
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\nfrom the Christchurch Ecclesia,
\nNew Zealand. <\/p>\n
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\nThe theme for Brother Lewis’s
\nclass this week is the House of <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph, Family of Faith, Master
\nof Music. <\/p>\n
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\nToday’s class is entitled The
\nSpirit of the House of Asaph, <\/p>\n
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\nBrother Lewis.
\nThank you, brother Chairman, and<\/p>\n
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\ngood morning, brothers and
\nsisters. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ll recall that in our study
\nyesterday we left the House of <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph alone in front of the Ark
\nof God, where for 40 years they <\/p>\n
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\nboth sang before the Ark and
\npondered its significance. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you’ll remember how they
\nmade that crucial leap of <\/p>\n
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\nunderstanding so that they
\nlearned the lesson. <\/p>\n
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\nThey learned the secret of what
\nit was, what it really did mean <\/p>\n
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\nto enter into the presence of
\nGod in their worship of the <\/p>\n
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\nFather.
\nNow, it’s in these years, these <\/p>\n
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\n40 years that they were by
\nthemselves that we believe that <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph collaborated with David in
\nestablishing the whole system of<\/p>\n
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\ntemple worship that was going to
\nfollow from the days of Solomon <\/p>\n
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\nonwards with the completion,
\nwith the with the complete <\/p>\n
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\nbuilding of the temple itself.
\nAnd in fact, what happened is <\/p>\n
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\nthat Asaph and David got
\ntogether and they formed the <\/p>\n
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\nprinciples by which the temple
\nworship would be organized. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd that system of temple
\nworship was based upon what we <\/p>\n
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\nhave come to know as the 24
\ncourses. <\/p>\n
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\nThe whole process, the whole
\nsystem of temple worship was <\/p>\n
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\nbased upon 24 orders.
\nSo here, firstly, in the first <\/p>\n
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\nof Chronicles chapter 23, we’re
\ntold that there were Levites to <\/p>\n
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\noversee the work of the House of
\nthe Lord and there were 24,000 <\/p>\n
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\nLevites that were divided into
\ngeneral courses that that work <\/p>\n
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\nof the House of God might be
\nfulfilled. <\/p>\n
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\nBut we’re told in the next
\nchapter, in the first of <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles 24, that the priests
\nwho would execute the priestly <\/p>\n
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\noffice in the sanctuary were
\ndivided into 24 courses. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the next chapter, in chapter
\n25, we’re told, however, that <\/p>\n
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\nalso there would be 20-4 courses
\nof singers who would give thanks<\/p>\n
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\nand praise in the sanctuary.
\nIn the next chapter and chapter <\/p>\n
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\n26, we’re told that there would
\nbe 20-4 courses of gatekeepers <\/p>\n
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\nwho would guard the holiness of
\nthe sanctuary. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd in the next chapter, in the
\nfirst of Chronicles, chapter 27,<\/p>\n
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\nwe’re told that there would be
\ncaptains to serve the king on <\/p>\n
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\nall matters of business, 12 men,
\none for each month of the year, <\/p>\n
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\nand each of those captains would
\ncommand 24,000 who would serve <\/p>\n
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\nunder them.
\nSo that the whole system of <\/p>\n
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\nworship here that was now
\norganized by David in <\/p>\n
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\ncollaboration with Asaph, and
\nthere was a matching together of<\/p>\n
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\nthe court of the priests and the
\ncourses of the singers who <\/p>\n
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\ncooperated together week by week
\nin the temple services. <\/p>\n
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\nSo as the priests burned the
\nincense so that the incense <\/p>\n
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\nmight ascend to the Father, so
\nalso at that very same moment of<\/p>\n
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\ntime the singers sang their
\npraises, and the prayers of the <\/p>\n
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\npriests and the praises of the
\nsingers ascended heavenwards <\/p>\n
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\ntogether to God as the courses
\ncooperated together in these <\/p>\n
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\nmatters of worship.
\nSo now it’s all been organised, <\/p>\n
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\nyou see.
\nAnd if we come to the Second of <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles Chapter 5, we come to
\nthat moment of time now where <\/p>\n
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\nthe celebration of the
\ncompletion of the temple is <\/p>\n
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\nmarked by this marvelous moment
\nof worship and celebration in <\/p>\n
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\nthe nation, that they might
\ncommemorate the greatness of <\/p>\n
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\nwhat they had done on that day.
\nIn the Second of Chronicles <\/p>\n
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\nChapter 5, we have in fact the
\nstory of the day that the ark of<\/p>\n
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\nGod was taken, not to Zion
\nthere, but taken into the temple<\/p>\n
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\nthat Solomon had now built for
\nit. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we’re told in the 11th verse
\nof the Second of Chronicles <\/p>\n
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\nchapter 5, it came to pass when
\nthe priests were come out of the<\/p>\n
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\nholy place for says the record,
\nfor all the priests that were <\/p>\n
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\npresent were sanctified and did
\nnot then wait by course. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, I think what we’re
\nbeing told in the 11th verse is <\/p>\n
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\nthat on the occasion of this
\ngreat day of celebration, all 24<\/p>\n
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\ncourses of priests were involved
\ntogether, not just the course <\/p>\n
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\nset down for that week.
\nThey were all there on that day,<\/p>\n
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\nsays the Second of Chronicles
\nchapter 5 and verse 11. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as with the priests, so with
\nthe singers, because the 12th <\/p>\n
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\nverse tells us also the Levites,
\nwhich were the singers, all of <\/p>\n
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\nthem, and I think the force of
\nthat phrase, all of them. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd verse 12 tells us that just
\nas the 24 courses of priests <\/p>\n
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\nwere present, verse 11, so, so
\non this day all 24 courses of <\/p>\n
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\nsingers were present.
\nThis was such a special moment. <\/p>\n
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\nThis was so important an event
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\nthat they all came together on
\nthat particular day. <\/p>\n
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\nOf course, you realize what that
\nmeant in reality. <\/p>\n
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\nWhat it really meant on the 12th
\nverse was that on this occasion <\/p>\n
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\nthe sons of Heman and Jaduthan
\nnow joined the House of Asaph. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that together now for the
\nfirst time in 40 years, all <\/p>\n
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\nthree branches of the singers of
\nthe House of Levi came together <\/p>\n
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\non this day when the Ark of God
\nwas brought into the temple. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you know that we’re told in
\nthe First of Chronicles chapter <\/p>\n
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\n23 and verse five that there
\nwere actually 4000 singers <\/p>\n
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\ndedicated for the temple
\nworship? <\/p>\n
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\nFirst of Chronicles chapter 23,
\nverse 5 tells us that were 4000 <\/p>\n
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\nsingers.
\nI think they were all there this<\/p>\n
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\nday, brothers and sisters, every
\none of them. <\/p>\n
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\nCan you imagine what this choir
\nwould have looked like on the <\/p>\n
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\noccasion of this celebration?
\nNow you know Asaph may or may <\/p>\n
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\nnot have been there.
\nYou notice what verse 12 says. <\/p>\n
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\nIt doesn’t say that Asaph was
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\nIt says all of them of Asaph.
\nBecause you see this is now 40 <\/p>\n
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\nyears on from the first of
\nChronicles chapter 16. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, depending on how old Asaph
\nwas when David selected him, he <\/p>\n
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\nmight now be dead, he might be
\nvery old. <\/p>\n
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\nSo whether he was there or not
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\nwe’re not sure.
\nBut what we do know is that the <\/p>\n
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\nHouse of Asafa there, and in
\nfact you’ll notice that they <\/p>\n
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\nmentioned first verse 12, says
\nalso the Levites, which were <\/p>\n
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\nsingers, all of them of Asaph,
\nof Heman, of Judithan. <\/p>\n
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\nSo who comes first?
\nWhy the House of Asaph? <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, the fact that they sang
\nbefore the Ark for 40 years on <\/p>\n
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\ntheir own gives them now the
\nprimacy among the singers. <\/p>\n
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\nThe others join with the House
\nof Asaph, but it’s the House of <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph that are going to lead the
\npraise. <\/p>\n
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\nSo here we have the assembled
\nchoir, all robed in white linen,<\/p>\n
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\nstanding with their backs to the
\naltar facing the entry of the <\/p>\n
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\ntemple. 4000 singers and 120
\ntrumpeters, all with their eyes <\/p>\n
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\nriveted on one particular spot.
\nAnd the spot they were looking <\/p>\n
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\nat, brothers and sisters, was
\nthe gap between the two pillars,<\/p>\n
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\nJakin and Boaz.
\nThey had their backs to the <\/p>\n
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\naltar, but their eyes fixed on
\nthe doorway into the temple. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the chief musician was
\nthere, ready to lift his hand so<\/p>\n
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\nthat the entire choir might
\nbreak out into praise and <\/p>\n
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\ncelebration.
\nAnd what they were waiting for <\/p>\n
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\nwas the moment when they saw the
\npriests who had borne the ark <\/p>\n
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\ninto the Most Holy Place come
\nback out of that door, and the <\/p>\n
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\nmoment they saw the priests
\ncoming back out of the door to <\/p>\n
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\nsignify that the ark was now in
\nthe holy place. <\/p>\n
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\nThen the choir would begin their
\nsong of praise. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd so verse 13 tells us it came
\neven to pass, as the trumpeters <\/p>\n
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\nand singers were as one to make
\none sound to be heard in <\/p>\n
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\npraising and thanking Yahweh.
\nOh, now by the way, you should <\/p>\n
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\ntake a note of those two words.
\nDo you realize that those two <\/p>\n
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\nwords come from the first of
\nChronicles 16 to praise and to <\/p>\n
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\nthank.
\nYou see back in the first of <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles 16 and verse 5, it
\nsays that David appointed <\/p>\n
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\ncertain of the Levites to
\nminister before the ark of <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh to thank and to praise
\nthe Lord God of Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd those two words become
\nkeywords for this particular <\/p>\n
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\nfamily.
\nThey would constantly be <\/p>\n
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\ninvolved in matters of thanks
\nand praise. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd by the way, I think those
\ntwo words are different and they<\/p>\n
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\nbetoken different ideas.
\nThankfulness and praise are not <\/p>\n
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\nthe same thing.
\nSo here’s these same 2 keywords <\/p>\n
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\nagain.
\nThey are in the in the second of<\/p>\n
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\nChronicles chapter 5 and verse
\n13. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you see what it says verse
\n13. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when they lifted up their
\nvoice with trumpets and symbols <\/p>\n
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\nand instruments of music, they
\npraised Yahweh, saying, for He <\/p>\n
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\nis good, for his mercy endureth
\nforever. <\/p>\n
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\nNow where do those words come
\nfrom? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the margin is absolutely
\ncorrect. <\/p>\n
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\nThe margin says they come from.
\nWhy? <\/p>\n
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\nThe first of Chronicles chapter
\n16 and verse 34. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see these words come from
\nthe family Psalm of the House of<\/p>\n
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\nAsaph, which they’ve already
\nbeen singing for the last 40 <\/p>\n
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\nyears.
\nThis is their Psalm that they <\/p>\n
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\nsang on this day when the ark of
\nGod came into the temple. <\/p>\n
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\nThey thanked God for He is good,
\nfor his mercy endureth forever. <\/p>\n
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\nThe House of Asaph knew those
\nwords, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nback to front and inside out.
\nThey’d been singing them for a <\/p>\n
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\ngeneration of time already.
\nAnd you know, every little word <\/p>\n
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\nin the Bible’s important.
\nJust have a look at this verse <\/p>\n
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\n13.
\nWell, a couple of things. <\/p>\n
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\nDo you notice that part ways
\nthrough verse 11 that we’ve got <\/p>\n
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\nbrackets in the text?
\nYou notice that it says came to <\/p>\n
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\npass when the priests would come
\nout of the holy place and then <\/p>\n
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\nit starts a set of brackets and
\nthose brackets don’t finish <\/p>\n
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\nuntil the end of verse 12.
\nSo firstly, just note those <\/p>\n
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\nbrackets.
\nAnd now have a look at a keyword<\/p>\n
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\nin verse 13.
\nIt’s about halfway down the <\/p>\n
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\nverse.
\nIt says they made one sound to <\/p>\n
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\nbe heard in praising and
\nthanking the Lord, and when they<\/p>\n
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\nthe verse, it says that then the
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\nNow come back and have a look at
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\nIt came to pass when the priests
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\nDo you know what that verse is
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\nAnd when the singers sang,
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\nin this verse that God sealed
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\nthe flashing majesty of the
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\nAnd God was indeed enthroned
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\nand bowed before His Majesty as
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\ntemple On this occasion.
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\nhere to the time of Jehoshaphat.
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\nand chapter 20, in the Second of
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\nto Jehoshaphat, who’s the next
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\nare as follows, that the Second
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\nWell, what happens in the Second
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\nWe’re told in the first verse,
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\nverse before the congregation in
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\nprayer on behalf of the nation.
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\nking stood up and opened his
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\nout of the mouth of this king
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\nand sisters of the House of
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\nNow let’s just see what
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\nWe’re told in the sixth verse.
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\nof our fathers, art not thou God
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\nover all the kingdoms of the
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\nthat none is able to withstand
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\nArt not thou our God, who didst
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\nthis land before thy people
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\nseed of Abraham thy friend
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\nand have built thee a sanctuary
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\nSaying, If when evil cometh upon
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\npestilence, or famine, we stand
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\npresence, for thy name is in
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\nour affliction, then thou wilt
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\nYou See here is a man, brothers
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\nsupremacy of God.
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\nprayer of Jehoshaphat,
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\nthe majesty and the supremacy of
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\nHe claims to be standing there <\/p>\n
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\nin the very presence of God as
\nhe pleads for the divine help. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you see, he does the right
\nthing, does Jehoshaphat, because<\/p>\n
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\nlook what he says in the 11th
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\nBehold, I say, how they reward
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\npossession, which thou hast
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\nTo inherit, O our God, wilt thou
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\nFor we have no might against
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\nagainst us.
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\nour eyes are upon thee.
\nAnd so you see what Jehoshaphat <\/p>\n
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\ndoes here is he pleads the help
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\nthy people, this is thy name.
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\nOh, God?
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\nYou see, he was a man who
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\nsupremacy of God, who came
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\nthen, given the spirit of
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\nrecord of this chapter goes on
\nto tell us in the 14th verse. <\/p>\n
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\nThen upon Jehoshel the son of
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\nson of Jehiel the son of
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\nOf the sons of Asaph came the
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\nof the congregation.
\nAnd you see, we believe that <\/p>\n
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\nJehaziel, the man of this verse,
\nthe man of the sons of Asaph, <\/p>\n
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\nwas moved by the spirit of the
\nprayer of Jehoshaphat, which <\/p>\n
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\ncaptured the very spirit of the
\nHouse of Asaph. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the Spirit of God moved
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\nAnd he stood up and encouraged
\nthe nation with the assurance of<\/p>\n
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\ndivine victory.
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\nHe says at the end in verse 17,
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\nSet yourselves, stand ye still <\/p>\n
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\nand see the salvation of of
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\nJerusalem.
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\nTomorrow go out against them,
\nfor Yahweh will be with you. <\/p>\n
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\nman of Asaph on behalf of all
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\nAnd Jehotophat bowed his head
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\nall Judah and the inhabitants of
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\npresence of God, worshipping
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\nSo here now was a marvellous
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\nJehoshaphat in this particular
\ntime of crisis. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, we’re told that this is
\nwhat happened. <\/p>\n
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\nVerse 20.
\nThey rose early in the morning <\/p>\n
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\nand went forth into the
\nwilderness of Toccoa. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd as they went forth,
\nJehoshaphat stood and said, Here<\/p>\n
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\nwe, O Judah and the inhabitants
\nof Jerusalem, believe in Yahweh <\/p>\n
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\nyour God, and socially be
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\nand socially prosper.
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\nthe people, he appointed singers
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\nNow in the Authorized Version,
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\nverse 21 that he he appointed
\nthe singers after he had <\/p>\n
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\nconsulted with the people.
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\nlook at another couple of
\ntranslations, that is not so. <\/p>\n
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\nI think the decision of verse 21
\nwas Jehoshaphat’s alone, <\/p>\n
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\nRotherham says.
\nAnd when he had given counsel <\/p>\n
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\nunto the people, he appointed
\nsuch as should sing unto Yahweh <\/p>\n
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\nor the Jerusalem Bible, which
\nsays, then having held a <\/p>\n
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\nconference with the people, he
\nset the can, the cantors of <\/p>\n
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\nYahweh in sacred vestments at
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\nSo you see, I think Jehoshaphat
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\nof the army.
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\nfor the king to do.
\nWhen you think of it, fancy <\/p>\n
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\nsending a choir at the front of
\nan army? <\/p>\n
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\nWhat an amazing thing to do.
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\nwarfare.
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\npeople, he appointed singers <\/p>\n
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\nunto Yahweh that should praise
\nthe beauty of holiness as they <\/p>\n
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\nwent out before the army.
\nAnd this is what they sang. <\/p>\n
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\nThey said they sang.
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\nendureth forever.
\nOh, now where do those words <\/p>\n
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\n00:23:43,760 –> 00:23:45,320
\ncome from?
\nBrothers and sisters? <\/p>\n
336
\n00:23:45,600 –> 00:23:48,160
\nWhy?
\nSurprise, surprise, they come <\/p>\n
337
\n00:23:48,160 –> 00:23:52,600
\nfrom the first of Chronicles
\nchapter 16 and verse 34. <\/p>\n
338
\n00:23:52,680 –> 00:23:56,120
\nSo guess who might have been the
\nsingers on that occasion who <\/p>\n
339
\n00:23:56,120 –> 00:23:59,000
\nwent forth at the head of the
\narmy, but the House of Asaph, <\/p>\n
340
\n00:23:59,160 –> 00:24:02,400
\nwho told them to sing those
\nwords on that day? <\/p>\n
341
\n00:24:02,400 –> 00:24:06,360
\nBrothers and sisters, these were
\nthe the words of the family <\/p>\n
342
\n00:24:06,360 –> 00:24:09,440
\nPsalm of the House of Asaph.
\nAnd they went forth. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:24:09,640 –> 00:24:13,840
\nThey marched forth with absolute
\nconviction that the presence of <\/p>\n
344
\n00:24:13,840 –> 00:24:17,000
\nGod was with them.
\nIt was as if they bore the ark <\/p>\n
345
\n00:24:17,000 –> 00:24:20,520
\nin their midst as they went
\nforth on this occasion. <\/p>\n
346
\n00:24:21,320 –> 00:24:23,600
\nAnd I’ll tell you how
\nappropriate it was if you just <\/p>\n
347
\n00:24:23,600 –> 00:24:26,000
\nhold your hands there and come
\nback to the first of Chronicles <\/p>\n
348
\n00:24:26,000 –> 00:24:29,480
\n16.
\nJust see how marvelously <\/p>\n
349
\n00:24:29,480 –> 00:24:33,840
\nappropriate it was that they
\nshould sing their family song on<\/p>\n
350
\n00:24:33,840 –> 00:24:36,880
\nthis occasion as they went at
\nthe front of the army. <\/p>\n
351
\n00:24:38,080 –> 00:24:42,560
\nWe’re told this first of
\nChronicles 16 and reading from <\/p>\n
352
\n00:24:42,560 –> 00:24:45,720
\nverse 34, which is what they
\nwere singing. <\/p>\n
353
\n00:24:46,640 –> 00:24:52,080
\nOh, give thanks unto Yahweh, for
\nHe is good for his mercy <\/p>\n
354
\n00:24:52,080 –> 00:24:59,280
\nendureth forever, and say, ye
\nsave us, oh God of our <\/p>\n
355
\n00:24:59,280 –> 00:25:06,200
\nsalvation, and gather us
\ntogether and deliver us from the<\/p>\n
356
\n00:25:06,200 –> 00:25:10,880
\nheathen.
\nKnow that we may give thanks to <\/p>\n
357
\n00:25:10,880 –> 00:25:14,680
\nThy holy name.
\nOh, what a Psalm they should <\/p>\n
358
\n00:25:14,680 –> 00:25:17,560
\nsing as they went forth in front
\nof the army on this occasion. <\/p>\n
359
\n00:25:17,600 –> 00:25:20,160
\nDo you know what happened in the
\nSecond of Chronicles chapter 20?<\/p>\n
360
\n00:25:20,160 –> 00:25:21,400
\nBrothers and sisters, come and
\nhave a look. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:25:21,400 –> 00:25:23,960
\nIt’s absolutely remarkable.
\nThis is what actually happened <\/p>\n
362
\n00:25:24,360 –> 00:25:26,440
\nin the Second of Chronicles
\nchapter 20. <\/p>\n
363
\n00:25:26,440 –> 00:25:28,880
\nWe’re told this.
\nWe’re told that they marched <\/p>\n
364
\n00:25:28,880 –> 00:25:32,760
\nforth with the singers at the
\nfront, and the verse 24 says, <\/p>\n
365
\n00:25:33,040 –> 00:25:36,640
\nAnd when Judah came toward the
\nwatchtower in the wilderness, <\/p>\n
366
\n00:25:37,280 –> 00:25:41,520
\nthey looked under the multitude,
\nand behold, they were dead <\/p>\n
367
\n00:25:41,520 –> 00:25:45,320
\nbodies.
\nSo you see what happened is that<\/p>\n
368
\n00:25:45,320 –> 00:25:47,560
\nthe whole army marched forth
\nwith the choir. <\/p>\n
369
\n00:25:47,560 –> 00:25:50,200
\nAt the start.
\nThe choir began to sing, and the<\/p>\n
370
\n00:25:50,200 –> 00:25:53,760
\nHouse of Asaph marched along,
\nand they sang their songs, and <\/p>\n
371
\n00:25:53,760 –> 00:25:56,240
\nthey sang all the way till they
\ncame to the battleground. <\/p>\n
372
\n00:25:56,320 –> 00:25:58,680
\nAnd when they came to the
\nbattleground, the choir stopped,<\/p>\n
373
\n00:25:58,800 –> 00:26:00,840
\nthey looked out, and everyone
\nwas already dead. <\/p>\n
374
\n00:26:02,200 –> 00:26:06,560
\nWhat sort of music is this that
\nvanquishes an army? <\/p>\n
375
\n00:26:07,920 –> 00:26:10,720
\nAnd you see, you notice again
\nthe force of the word in verse <\/p>\n
376
\n00:26:10,720 –> 00:26:18,280
\n22, it says, and when they began
\nto sing that at that time Yahweh<\/p>\n
377
\n00:26:18,280 –> 00:26:21,880
\nset the ambushments.
\nSo you see, when their spirit <\/p>\n
378
\n00:26:21,880 –> 00:26:25,600
\nwas right, God moved on their
\nbehalf. <\/p>\n
379
\n00:26:26,440 –> 00:26:29,040
\nOr you’ve never seen a choir
\nlike this one, brothers and <\/p>\n
380
\n00:26:29,040 –> 00:26:32,120
\nsisters, singing this particular
\nsong on this day. <\/p>\n
381
\n00:26:32,120 –> 00:26:35,240
\nAnd you know that at that
\nparticular time we believe that <\/p>\n
382
\n00:26:35,640 –> 00:26:38,120
\none of the Psalms of the House
\nof Asaph was written. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:26:38,120 –> 00:26:41,400
\nNow just hold your hand in the
\nsecond of Chronicles 20 and come<\/p>\n
384
\n00:26:41,400 –> 00:26:44,080
\nand have a look at again at
\nPsalm 83. <\/p>\n
385
\n00:26:44,080 –> 00:26:47,600
\nBecause you see, this Psalm of
\nthe House of Asaph, we believe, <\/p>\n
386
\n00:26:47,800 –> 00:26:50,440
\nwas written at this very moment
\nof time. <\/p>\n
387
\n00:26:51,560 –> 00:26:54,960
\nAnd I wanted to show you how
\nmarvellously the prayer of the <\/p>\n
388
\n00:26:54,960 –> 00:27:00,520
\nHouse of Asaph was answered on
\nthis occasion in Psalm 83, which<\/p>\n
389
\n00:27:00,520 –> 00:27:04,000
\nwe’ve already briefly looked at
\na Psalm that was written to <\/p>\n
390
\n00:27:04,000 –> 00:27:08,000
\ncommemorate that time when the
\nchildren of Lot gathered <\/p>\n
391
\n00:27:08,000 –> 00:27:11,640
\ntogether a confederate
\nconfederacy against Israel. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:27:12,000 –> 00:27:17,640
\nLook at the Prayer of the of the
\nHouse of Asaph, Psalm 83 and <\/p>\n
393
\n00:27:17,720 –> 00:27:23,600
\nreading verse 15.
\nSo persecute them with thy <\/p>\n
394
\n00:27:23,600 –> 00:27:27,320
\nTempest, and make them afraid
\nwith thy storm. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:27:28,640 –> 00:27:36,920
\nFill their faces with shame, so
\nthat they may seek thy name. <\/p>\n
396
\n00:27:37,600 –> 00:27:42,640
\nO Yahweh, let them be confounded
\nand troubled forever. <\/p>\n
397
\n00:27:42,760 –> 00:27:49,880
\nYeah, let them be put to shame
\nand perish, so that men may know<\/p>\n
398
\n00:27:50,040 –> 00:27:55,920
\nthat Thou whose name alone is
\nYahweh at the the Most High over<\/p>\n
399
\n00:27:55,960 –> 00:27:58,760
\nall the earth.
\nYou see the spirit of the of the<\/p>\n
400
\n00:27:58,760 –> 00:28:01,760
\nsons of Asaph, brothers and
\nsisters, they pray not for the <\/p>\n
401
\n00:28:01,760 –> 00:28:04,840
\ndeliverance of the nation
\nmerely, but that in the <\/p>\n
402
\n00:28:04,840 –> 00:28:08,640
\ndeliverance of the nation all
\nthose about might know that <\/p>\n
403
\n00:28:08,640 –> 00:28:12,520
\nYahweh He is God and that He is
\nthe Most High over all the <\/p>\n
404
\n00:28:12,520 –> 00:28:14,240
\nearth.
\nRemember the spirit of our <\/p>\n
405
\n00:28:14,240 –> 00:28:18,680
\nprayers that if we truly
\nunderstand God manifestation, we<\/p>\n
406
\n00:28:18,680 –> 00:28:22,160
\nwill pray not the things for
\nourselves, but that whatever <\/p>\n
407
\n00:28:22,160 –> 00:28:26,040
\nmight happen to us should be for
\nthe furtherance of the divine <\/p>\n
408
\n00:28:26,040 –> 00:28:28,400
\npurpose.
\nThis family knew that principle.<\/p>\n
409
\n00:28:28,440 –> 00:28:33,280
\nThat’s how they prayed.
\nNow hold your hand in Psalm 83 <\/p>\n
410
\n00:28:33,280 –> 00:28:36,480
\nand come back to the Second of
\nChronicles 20 and just see how <\/p>\n
411
\n00:28:36,480 –> 00:28:40,280
\nmarvellously that prayer was
\nanswered on this occasion, <\/p>\n
412
\n00:28:40,440 –> 00:28:44,240
\nbecause we’re told this in the
\n27th verse of the Second of <\/p>\n
413
\n00:28:44,240 –> 00:28:49,360
\nChronicles 20.
\nThen they returned every man of <\/p>\n
414
\n00:28:49,360 –> 00:28:53,320
\nJudah and Jerusalem and
\nJehoshaphat in the forefront of <\/p>\n
415
\n00:28:53,320 –> 00:28:57,760
\nthem to go again to Jerusalem
\nwith joy, for Yahweh had made <\/p>\n
416
\n00:28:57,760 –> 00:29:00,040
\nthem to rejoice over their
\nenemies. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:29:00,760 –> 00:29:05,000
\nThey came to Jerusalem with
\nsultries and harps and trumpets <\/p>\n
418
\n00:29:06,000 –> 00:29:08,160
\nunto the House of God.
\nOh, I think the singers were <\/p>\n
419
\n00:29:08,160 –> 00:29:10,040
\nsinging again.
\nYou see, here’s the musical <\/p>\n
420
\n00:29:10,040 –> 00:29:11,880
\ninstruments and and he were the
\nsingers. <\/p>\n
421
\n00:29:11,880 –> 00:29:15,400
\nThey sang on the way home, just
\nas they sang on the way out. <\/p>\n
422
\n00:29:15,560 –> 00:29:21,720
\nAnd verse 29 says, and the fear
\nof God was on all the kingdoms <\/p>\n
423
\n00:29:21,720 –> 00:29:26,360
\nof those countries when they
\nheard that Yahweh fought against<\/p>\n
424
\n00:29:26,360 –> 00:29:28,920
\nthe enemies of Israel.
\nAnd the prayer of the House of <\/p>\n
425
\n00:29:28,920 –> 00:29:32,400
\nAsaph had been, Let them be
\nconfounded, that men may know <\/p>\n
426
\n00:29:32,560 –> 00:29:36,040
\nthat thou, whose name art
\nYahweh, are the most High over <\/p>\n
427
\n00:29:36,040 –> 00:29:39,120
\nall the earth.
\nAnd when the sons of Asaph voice<\/p>\n
428
\n00:29:39,200 –> 00:29:42,760
\nin the prayer of Psalm 83 that
\nday, brothers and sisters, I <\/p>\n
429
\n00:29:42,760 –> 00:29:45,800
\nthink that Psalm was brought
\nforth on that very day. <\/p>\n
430
\n00:29:46,000 –> 00:29:51,040
\nGod mightily answered them, and
\nthey won a signal victory over <\/p>\n
431
\n00:29:51,040 –> 00:29:55,000
\ntheir enemies by the power of
\nthe singers. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:29:55,640 –> 00:29:59,520
\nMarvelous, marvelous lesson that
\nit was. <\/p>\n
433
\n00:30:00,480 –> 00:30:03,200
\nNow you’ll remember, brothers
\nand sisters, that at the start <\/p>\n
434
\n00:30:03,200 –> 00:30:07,080
\nof these sessions we made the
\npoint that there were five key <\/p>\n
435
\n00:30:07,080 –> 00:30:11,360
\nthings that the House of Asaph
\nlooked at in terms of their <\/p>\n
436
\n00:30:11,360 –> 00:30:14,440
\nmusic of praise.
\nAnd you’ll remember that we’ve <\/p>\n
437
\n00:30:14,440 –> 00:30:17,400
\nalready looked at this one, the
\nmatter of the fact that their <\/p>\n
438
\n00:30:17,400 –> 00:30:20,480
\nhymns focused on the supremacy
\nof God. <\/p>\n
439
\n00:30:21,560 –> 00:30:24,560
\nAnd we’ve also looked at this
\none here, which is the fact that<\/p>\n
440
\n00:30:24,560 –> 00:30:29,080
\ntheir hymns focused also on the
\npre eminence of principle, that <\/p>\n
441
\n00:30:29,080 –> 00:30:33,760
\ntheir music was not based on
\nemotion so much as intellect, <\/p>\n
442
\n00:30:33,960 –> 00:30:38,960
\nwhich then became a motive.
\nWell, let’s look. <\/p>\n
443
\n00:30:39,040 –> 00:30:41,960
\nWe’re going to look this morning
\nby way of summary at this one <\/p>\n
444
\n00:30:41,960 –> 00:30:46,560
\nhere, which is the principle of
\nsolemnity of worship, that the <\/p>\n
445
\n00:30:46,560 –> 00:30:50,560
\nmusic of the House of Asaph
\nshowed a reverence for the <\/p>\n
446
\n00:30:50,560 –> 00:30:55,880
\ndivine majesty and therefore for
\nthe solemnity that ought to be <\/p>\n
447
\n00:30:55,880 –> 00:30:59,720
\npresent in our songs of worship.
\nYou know, if you come back to <\/p>\n
448
\n00:30:59,720 –> 00:31:03,880
\nthe Second of Chronicles Chapter
\n7, which takes us back to that <\/p>\n
449
\n00:31:03,880 –> 00:31:08,160
\nday when they when they sang
\nthat song at the time that the <\/p>\n
450
\n00:31:08,440 –> 00:31:10,720
\nark of God was brought into the
\nHouse of God. <\/p>\n
451
\n00:31:10,720 –> 00:31:13,800
\nJust look at the spirit of of
\nwhat the nation felt like on <\/p>\n
452
\n00:31:13,800 –> 00:31:17,360
\nthat day in the Second of
\nChronicles Chapter 7. <\/p>\n
453
\n00:31:17,760 –> 00:31:20,520
\nWe’re told this in verses one to
\nthree. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:31:21,920 –> 00:31:26,240
\nNow when Solomon had made an end
\nof praying, the fire came down <\/p>\n
455
\n00:31:26,240 –> 00:31:29,280
\nfrom heaven and consumed the
\nburnt offering and the sacrifice<\/p>\n
456
\n00:31:29,640 –> 00:31:32,440
\nand the glory of Yahweh filled
\nthe house. <\/p>\n
457
\n00:31:33,000 –> 00:31:36,320
\nAnd the priests could not enter
\ninto the House of Yahweh, <\/p>\n
458
\n00:31:36,880 –> 00:31:41,880
\nbecause the glory of Yahweh had
\nfilled Yahweh’s house. <\/p>\n
459
\n00:31:42,960 –> 00:31:47,360
\nAnd when all the children of
\nIsrael saw now the fire came <\/p>\n
460
\n00:31:47,360 –> 00:31:52,000
\ndown, and the glory of Yahweh
\nupon the house, they bowed <\/p>\n
461
\n00:31:52,000 –> 00:31:55,720
\nthemselves with their faces to
\nthe ground upon the pavement, <\/p>\n
462
\n00:31:55,960 –> 00:32:00,600
\nand worshipped and praised
\nYahweh, saying, Why? <\/p>\n
463
\n00:32:00,880 –> 00:32:05,520
\nFor He is good, for His mercy
\nendure forever. <\/p>\n
464
\n00:32:07,720 –> 00:32:10,280
\nNow do you think that on that
\nday, brothers and sisters, when <\/p>\n
465
\n00:32:10,280 –> 00:32:13,200
\nthey sang their songs and they
\nsaw that glory filling the <\/p>\n
466
\n00:32:13,200 –> 00:32:18,400
\nhouse, that they would have been
\nanything other than highly <\/p>\n
467
\n00:32:18,920 –> 00:32:27,200
\nreverential in their songs?
\nIn the Second of Chronicles <\/p>\n
468
\n00:32:27,200 –> 00:32:32,640
\nchapter 29, we’re told these
\nwords in the 30th verse in the <\/p>\n
469
\n00:32:32,640 –> 00:32:41,640
\ndays of Hezekiah.
\nSecond of Chronicles 29, verse <\/p>\n
470
\n00:32:41,640 –> 00:32:43,760
\n30.
\nMoreover, Hezekiah the king and <\/p>\n
471
\n00:32:43,760 –> 00:32:47,200
\nthe Princess commanded the
\nLevites to sing praise unto <\/p>\n
472
\n00:32:47,200 –> 00:32:51,200
\nYahweh with the words of David
\nand of Asaph the seer, and they <\/p>\n
473
\n00:32:51,200 –> 00:32:56,480
\nsang praises with gladness, and
\nthey bowed their heads and <\/p>\n
474
\n00:32:56,480 –> 00:32:58,440
\nworshipped.
\nYou know that when it says in <\/p>\n
475
\n00:32:58,440 –> 00:33:02,160
\nthe second of Chronicles 29 and
\nverse 30 that they bowed their <\/p>\n
476
\n00:33:02,160 –> 00:33:06,240
\nheads, I think that’s a
\nreference to the singers, that <\/p>\n
477
\n00:33:06,240 –> 00:33:11,680
\nthey sang their songs and bowed
\ntheir heads. <\/p>\n
478
\n00:33:12,080 –> 00:33:16,200
\nYou see, they were so overcome
\nwith the thought of ascribing <\/p>\n
479
\n00:33:16,200 –> 00:33:20,040
\npraise to the Deity that they
\nthey bowed their heads in the <\/p>\n
480
\n00:33:20,040 –> 00:33:23,040
\nvery moment of offering praise
\nto the Father. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:33:23,200 –> 00:33:26,920
\nThey were in awe of the majesty
\nof the God that they worshipped.<\/p>\n
482
\n00:33:28,720 –> 00:33:32,680
\nYou know, brothers and sisters,
\nparticular music was different <\/p>\n
483
\n00:33:32,760 –> 00:33:36,640
\nto sacred music in biblical
\ntimes. <\/p>\n
484
\n00:33:38,040 –> 00:33:42,160
\nThe sacred instruments that
\nDavid used and that he organized<\/p>\n
485
\n00:33:42,160 –> 00:33:46,720
\nfor this system of temple
\nworship were different to other <\/p>\n
486
\n00:33:46,720 –> 00:33:49,920
\ninstruments.
\nThey were separated out, they <\/p>\n
487
\n00:33:49,920 –> 00:33:54,560
\nbecame special and unique, and
\nthey were only found in the <\/p>\n
488
\n00:33:54,560 –> 00:33:58,320
\nsystem of temple worship.
\nThere were only four instruments<\/p>\n
489
\n00:33:58,480 –> 00:34:03,040
\nthat were used in the temple
\norder of song, and the four <\/p>\n
490
\n00:34:03,040 –> 00:34:09,480
\ninstruments used were the
\nsymbol, the sultry, the harp, <\/p>\n
491
\n00:34:10,600 –> 00:34:13,560
\nand the trumpet.
\nThey’re the only four <\/p>\n
492
\n00:34:13,560 –> 00:34:17,560
\ninstruments that were associated
\nwith the whole system of temple <\/p>\n
493
\n00:34:17,560 –> 00:34:22,480
\nsong and temple praise, Almost
\nas if David made these to be <\/p>\n
494
\n00:34:22,480 –> 00:34:25,159
\nspecial and different
\ninstruments that were now <\/p>\n
495
\n00:34:25,159 –> 00:34:29,880
\nassociated with sacred music as
\nopposed to other forms of music.<\/p>\n
496
\n00:34:29,880 –> 00:34:32,960
\nOf course, the Bible tells us of
\na number of other musical <\/p>\n
497
\n00:34:32,960 –> 00:34:36,960
\ninstruments, doesn’t it?
\nThe Bible mentions the dulcimer <\/p>\n
498
\n00:34:37,040 –> 00:34:40,320
\nand the timbrel and the sack
\nputts and the drum and the <\/p>\n
499
\n00:34:40,320 –> 00:34:44,440
\ntablets and the cornets and the
\npipe and the organ and the vile.<\/p>\n
500
\n00:34:44,440 –> 00:34:47,880
\nThere’s a few other musical
\ninstruments, but none of those <\/p>\n
501
\n00:34:48,000 –> 00:34:51,080
\nwere used in the temple system
\nof things. <\/p>\n
502
\n00:34:51,920 –> 00:34:54,280
\nThere has been a suggestion
\nmade, and I think it’s quite a <\/p>\n
503
\n00:34:54,280 –> 00:34:58,960
\ngood one, is that perhaps these
\nwere withheld because of their <\/p>\n
504
\n00:34:58,960 –> 00:35:03,600
\nassociations with Pagan music,
\nbecause these were the <\/p>\n
505
\n00:35:03,600 –> 00:35:06,640
\ninstruments used by the
\nsurrounding nations in their <\/p>\n
506
\n00:35:06,640 –> 00:35:10,120
\nheathen worship, that they were
\nnot to be used or associated <\/p>\n
507
\n00:35:10,320 –> 00:35:12,120
\nwith the music of the worship of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
508
\n00:35:12,240 –> 00:35:15,160
\nSo they never found in the
\ntemple system of things. <\/p>\n
509
\n00:35:16,640 –> 00:35:20,800
\nBut the instruments that were
\nused were holy and spiritual, <\/p>\n
510
\n00:35:23,520 –> 00:35:26,680
\nand so they were obviously
\nappropriate to convey the range <\/p>\n
511
\n00:35:26,800 –> 00:35:30,360
\nof emotions that are needed in
\nour songs of praise to the <\/p>\n
512
\n00:35:30,360 –> 00:35:33,960
\nFather.
\nAnd our singing brothers and <\/p>\n
513
\n00:35:33,960 –> 00:35:37,200
\nsisters does have a whole range
\nof things that we might wish to <\/p>\n
514
\n00:35:37,200 –> 00:35:42,760
\nconvey.
\nMajesty, mercy, grandeur, <\/p>\n
515
\n00:35:43,680 –> 00:35:53,680
\ngoodness, dignity, pathos,
\ncontentment, peace, sadness, <\/p>\n
516
\n00:35:54,720 –> 00:36:07,080
\nlove, sternness, joy, happiness,
\nreverence, compassion, sorrow, <\/p>\n
517
\n00:36:08,760 –> 00:36:12,720
\nThanksgiving.
\nThe tremendous range of emotions<\/p>\n
518
\n00:36:12,720 –> 00:36:15,800
\nisn’t there that is to be
\ncaptured in our own songs of <\/p>\n
519
\n00:36:15,800 –> 00:36:19,120
\nworship and praise, just as it
\nwas in Israel of the past. <\/p>\n
520
\n00:36:19,280 –> 00:36:22,120
\nBut the key to this, brothers
\nand sisters, is that that the <\/p>\n
521
\n00:36:22,120 –> 00:36:26,720
\nmusic that we use and the songs
\nof praise that we have, although<\/p>\n
522
\n00:36:26,720 –> 00:36:29,720
\nthey convey all of those
\nemotions and lift them up to the<\/p>\n
523
\n00:36:29,720 –> 00:36:31,880
\nfather.
\nHere’s the key lesson for <\/p>\n
524
\n00:36:31,880 –> 00:36:34,080
\ntoday’s session and today’s
\nstudy. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:36:34,440 –> 00:36:37,240
\nThe story is this.
\nThe lesson is this, that we can <\/p>\n
526
\n00:36:37,240 –> 00:36:48,240
\nbe solemn and yet joyful, that
\none can exalt with praise but <\/p>\n
527
\n00:36:48,240 –> 00:36:52,240
\nstill be reverent.
\nAnd you see, I think that the <\/p>\n
528
\n00:36:52,240 –> 00:36:57,440
\nHouse of Asaph always had a
\nsense of dignity and reverence <\/p>\n
529
\n00:36:57,560 –> 00:36:59,760
\nas they went about their songs
\nof praise. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:36:59,760 –> 00:37:03,880
\nThey bowed their heads and
\nprostrated themselves before <\/p>\n
531
\n00:37:03,880 –> 00:37:07,440
\nAlmighty God.
\nThere was nothing familiar in <\/p>\n
532
\n00:37:07,440 –> 00:37:12,000
\nwhat they did.
\nNow, this is a benchmark for us <\/p>\n
533
\n00:37:12,000 –> 00:37:16,120
\nto test ourselves against in
\nterms of the music that we might<\/p>\n
534
\n00:37:16,120 –> 00:37:19,680
\nhave.
\nHere’s another example of of a <\/p>\n
535
\n00:37:19,680 –> 00:37:23,600
\npiece of music that it’s
\nactually a piece of Christian <\/p>\n
536
\n00:37:23,600 –> 00:37:26,040
\nmusic again.
\nAnd it’s on the subject of the <\/p>\n
537
\n00:37:26,040 –> 00:37:30,120
\natonement.
\nAnd you can almost tell without <\/p>\n
538
\n00:37:30,120 –> 00:37:33,120
\nme telling you anything about
\nthe music, what the music might <\/p>\n
539
\n00:37:33,120 –> 00:37:35,640
\nbe like.
\nJust read the words. <\/p>\n
540
\n00:37:36,720 –> 00:37:38,720
\nOh, happy day.
\nOh, happy day. <\/p>\n
541
\n00:37:38,800 –> 00:37:44,000
\nYeah.
\nWhen Jesus was when Jesus was, <\/p>\n
542
\n00:37:44,000 –> 00:37:47,400
\nwhen Jesus was wash my sins
\naway. <\/p>\n
543
\n00:37:47,400 –> 00:37:50,280
\nOh, happy day La La La La, La La
\nLa La. <\/p>\n
544
\n00:37:51,920 –> 00:37:54,160
\nHe taught me how to walk to
\nfight and pray. <\/p>\n
545
\n00:37:54,160 –> 00:37:55,960
\nHe taught me how to live.
\nYes he did. <\/p>\n
546
\n00:37:55,960 –> 00:38:01,080
\nOh yeah, every day.
\nAnd somehow you just know, <\/p>\n
547
\n00:38:01,080 –> 00:38:03,960
\nbrothers and sisters, before
\nyou’ve even heard that piece, <\/p>\n
548
\n00:38:06,760 –> 00:38:12,000
\nthat there is something not very
\ndignified about it for the God <\/p>\n
549
\n00:38:12,840 –> 00:38:17,600
\nand we worship.
\nWhen you come to the music of <\/p>\n
550
\n00:38:17,600 –> 00:38:19,800
\nthe truth, brothers and sisters,
\nyou’ll find that there are two <\/p>\n
551
\n00:38:19,800 –> 00:38:22,480
\nthings about them.
\nFirstly is that the music of the<\/p>\n
552
\n00:38:22,480 –> 00:38:26,520
\ntruth seems to have a strong
\nconnection with Scripture, just <\/p>\n
553
\n00:38:26,520 –> 00:38:31,520
\nin case you hadn’t noticed.
\nAnd one of the most marvellous <\/p>\n
554
\n00:38:31,520 –> 00:38:34,080
\nthings about our hymn book and
\nthe hymns that we sing is that <\/p>\n
555
\n00:38:34,240 –> 00:38:37,040
\nwhen we sing, we ought to think,
\noh, that’s the first of Timothy.<\/p>\n
556
\n00:38:37,040 –> 00:38:40,200
\nAll this is Psalm 89.
\nAll this is Psalm 96. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:38:40,360 –> 00:38:42,880
\nAnd all of these Scriptural
\nthoughts come flooding into our <\/p>\n
558
\n00:38:42,880 –> 00:38:46,760
\nmind because the very best of
\nour hymns capture all sorts of <\/p>\n
559
\n00:38:46,760 –> 00:38:49,200
\nspiritual ideas from the Word of
\nGod. <\/p>\n
560
\n00:38:49,400 –> 00:38:53,040
\nAnd when to that, when to those
\nspiritual thoughts we add the <\/p>\n
561
\n00:38:53,040 –> 00:38:56,080
\nappropriate music that is
\ndignified and solemn? <\/p>\n
562
\n00:38:56,240 –> 00:39:00,840
\nI feel my heart exalted with
\npraise and I feel joyful, but <\/p>\n
563
\n00:39:00,840 –> 00:39:04,480
\nnever at the expense of
\nreverence for God. <\/p>\n
564
\n00:39:07,400 –> 00:39:10,440
\nAnd somehow we’ve, we’ve got to
\nfind a balance here, don’t we, <\/p>\n
565
\n00:39:10,440 –> 00:39:14,560
\nin terms of, of that which we
\nshould aspire to in our songs of<\/p>\n
566
\n00:39:14,560 –> 00:39:18,720
\npraise and songs of worship.
\nSo here are some tests then <\/p>\n
567
\n00:39:18,880 –> 00:39:21,960
\nconcerning the matter of the
\nsolemnity of worship. <\/p>\n
568
\n00:39:22,080 –> 00:39:25,360
\nHere’s two or three questions
\nthat we might ask that will help<\/p>\n
569
\n00:39:25,360 –> 00:39:28,760
\nus to test music that we might
\nthink about using. <\/p>\n
570
\n00:39:29,000 –> 00:39:33,520
\nHere’s the first question.
\nIs the focus of the piece on the<\/p>\n
571
\n00:39:33,520 –> 00:39:40,320
\nmusic or the words?
\nThat’s the first question. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:39:41,880 –> 00:39:49,160
\nIf the focus is on the music,
\nthen the trend is bad is the <\/p>\n
573
\n00:39:49,160 –> 00:39:53,320
\nsecond question.
\nAre the thoughts consistent with<\/p>\n
574
\n00:39:53,320 –> 00:39:59,480
\nour understanding of the truth?
\nDoes it preserve our heritage of<\/p>\n
575
\n00:39:59,480 –> 00:40:06,760
\nthe faith?
\nIf it doesn’t, then we should <\/p>\n
576
\n00:40:06,760 –> 00:40:12,720
\nbeware.
\nThe third question is, does the <\/p>\n
577
\n00:40:12,720 –> 00:40:17,600
\nmusic really help to lift the
\nwords to their proper heights, <\/p>\n
578
\n00:40:20,360 –> 00:40:28,120
\nor does the music begin to
\nundermine the truth of the <\/p>\n
579
\n00:40:28,120 –> 00:40:36,160
\nwords?
\nIs the music modelled on modern <\/p>\n
580
\n00:40:36,160 –> 00:40:40,960
\nsecular sound or modern secular
\nrhythms? <\/p>\n
581
\n00:40:42,640 –> 00:40:47,080
\nIf it is, then we should
\nprobably avoid it because David <\/p>\n
582
\n00:40:47,080 –> 00:40:50,280
\nput difference between sacred
\nand secular music and said <\/p>\n
583
\n00:40:50,280 –> 00:40:54,520
\nthey’re not the same.
\nWe don’t want the same sounds, <\/p>\n
584
\n00:40:55,800 –> 00:41:00,000
\ndon’t want the same rhythms,
\ndon’t want the same <\/p>\n
585
\n00:41:00,000 –> 00:41:04,080
\nassociations.
\nYou see, one of the problems, <\/p>\n
586
\n00:41:04,080 –> 00:41:06,680
\nbrothers and sisters, is that I
\ncan’t tell you exactly where the<\/p>\n
587
\n00:41:06,680 –> 00:41:10,080
\nline or the limit is because,
\nyou know, even the same piece <\/p>\n
588
\n00:41:10,080 –> 00:41:13,440
\ncan be sung in different ways
\ndepending on the attitude of the<\/p>\n
589
\n00:41:13,440 –> 00:41:17,280
\nsinger.
\nPerhaps if I give you an <\/p>\n
590
\n00:41:17,280 –> 00:41:24,200
\nexample, if you’ll spare me.
\nSo I apologize for this <\/p>\n
591
\n00:41:24,200 –> 00:41:28,400
\nrendition and I’m not going to
\nuse the words. <\/p>\n
592
\n00:41:28,400 –> 00:41:30,120
\nI’m simply going to use the
\nsounds. <\/p>\n
593
\n00:41:30,120 –> 00:41:33,520
\nBut I, I, I hope that most of
\nyou will be familiar with this <\/p>\n
594
\n00:41:33,520 –> 00:41:35,440
\npiece.
\nYou see, you can sing a piece in<\/p>\n
595
\n00:41:35,440 –> 00:41:52,680
\ntwo different ways,
\nyou know, Or we could sing. <\/p>\n
596
\n00:42:01,880 –> 00:42:08,480
\nAnd all of a sudden it’s a
\ndifferent piece. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:42:08,920 –> 00:42:12,600
\nSo you see, even the same piece
\ncan sound different depending <\/p>\n
598
\n00:42:12,600 –> 00:42:14,720
\non, well, what’s our attitude
\nhere? <\/p>\n
599
\n00:42:14,760 –> 00:42:19,240
\nWhat’s our spirit?
\nBut you see, the principle is <\/p>\n
600
\n00:42:19,240 –> 00:42:23,720
\nthis, that we want to avoid that
\nwhich is frivolous or foolish. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:42:24,280 –> 00:42:27,840
\nWe want to avoid that which is
\nfamiliar or casual. <\/p>\n
602
\n00:42:28,280 –> 00:42:31,760
\nWe want to avoid that which is
\nflippant or showy. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:42:31,880 –> 00:42:35,480
\nYou know, in modern Christian
\nmusic, brothers and sisters, God<\/p>\n
604
\n00:42:35,640 –> 00:42:42,200
\nis the bloke next door and
\nChrist is our boyfriend. <\/p>\n
605
\n00:42:43,080 –> 00:42:46,760
\nThat’s what it sounds like.
\nThat’s not the God whom we <\/p>\n
606
\n00:42:46,760 –> 00:42:51,720
\nworship, brothers and sisters,
\nand it’s not the God whom the <\/p>\n
607
\n00:42:51,720 –> 00:42:57,440
\nHouse of Asaph worshipped.
\nSo here’s the golden Rule as <\/p>\n
608
\n00:42:57,440 –> 00:43:00,880
\nbest as I can give it, without
\nbeing able to give you anything <\/p>\n
609
\n00:43:00,880 –> 00:43:04,120
\nmore definitive.
\nI think the Golden rule is <\/p>\n
610
\n00:43:04,120 –> 00:43:11,840
\nsimply this.
\nAs the beat increases, reverence<\/p>\n
611
\n00:43:12,080 –> 00:43:17,680
\ndeclines.
\nSomewhere on a line of <\/p>\n
612
\n00:43:17,680 –> 00:43:25,400
\ncontinuum, those two things will
\ncrossover and all of a sudden a <\/p>\n
613
\n00:43:25,400 –> 00:43:29,560
\npiece won’t be right.
\nYou must judge for yourself. <\/p>\n
614
\n00:43:31,400 –> 00:43:34,520
\nBut I think that when the House
\nof Asaph sang their song on that<\/p>\n
615
\n00:43:34,520 –> 00:43:37,800
\nday when the temple was open to
\nreceive the ark of God’s <\/p>\n
616
\n00:43:37,800 –> 00:43:41,720
\npresence and the glory of God
\nfilled the house, that they <\/p>\n
617
\n00:43:41,720 –> 00:43:44,240
\nwould have not, they wouldn’t
\nhave dreamed of doing anything <\/p>\n
618
\n00:43:44,240 –> 00:43:49,160
\nother than singing with the
\ngreatest of solemnity before <\/p>\n
619
\n00:43:49,160 –> 00:43:51,600
\nAlmighty God on that day.
\nSo, so here it is. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:43:51,600 –> 00:43:54,000
\nLet’s just take our closing
\nsummary. <\/p>\n
621
\n00:43:54,920 –> 00:43:58,800
\nAfter the first disastrous
\nattempt to convey the ark to <\/p>\n
622
\n00:43:58,800 –> 00:44:03,840
\nJerusalem, all Israel knew the
\npower of Him that dwelleth <\/p>\n
623
\n00:44:03,840 –> 00:44:07,760
\nbetween the Caribbean.
\nBy the flashing forth of the <\/p>\n
624
\n00:44:07,760 –> 00:44:11,760
\ndivine majesty and judgment,
\nYahweh signified that mere <\/p>\n
625
\n00:44:11,760 –> 00:44:15,520
\nfeeling and enthusiasm in music
\nwere not enough. <\/p>\n
626
\n00:44:16,960 –> 00:44:22,080
\nDivine principles must be upheld
\nand the majesty of of His <\/p>\n
627
\n00:44:22,080 –> 00:44:26,840
\nHoliness honored.
\nEven the splendor of the Divine <\/p>\n
628
\n00:44:26,840 –> 00:44:31,120
\nglory in approval was such an
\nawe inspiring sight that the <\/p>\n
629
\n00:44:31,120 –> 00:44:34,680
\nentire congregation were
\nprostrated to the ground in <\/p>\n
630
\n00:44:34,680 –> 00:44:37,600
\nhumility.
\nLikewise, the singers themselves<\/p>\n
631
\n00:44:37,760 –> 00:44:41,360
\nsang praises with the greatest
\nreverence, worshipping with <\/p>\n
632
\n00:44:41,360 –> 00:44:47,320
\nbowed heads.
\nThe House of Asaph stood in awe <\/p>\n
633
\n00:44:47,320 –> 00:44:51,200
\nof the Divine Presence.
\nThat which was familiar or <\/p>\n
634
\n00:44:51,200 –> 00:44:56,240
\ncasual, flippant or catchy, was
\nto be assumed. <\/p>\n
635
\n00:44:57,120 –> 00:45:02,280
\nTheir music, however joyful, was
\nnever at the expense of the <\/p>\n
636
\n00:45:02,280 –> 00:45:10,880
\nreverence, solemnity, and
\ndignity appropriate in praising <\/p>\n
637
\n00:45:10,880 –> 00:45:15,600
\nGod.
\nIn the words of Psalm 99, <\/p>\n
638
\n00:45:15,640 –> 00:45:21,240
\nbrothers and sisters and verse
\none, that this is the God who <\/p>\n
639
\n00:45:21,240 –> 00:45:24,640
\nreigneth, who dwelleth between
\nthe Caribbean. <\/p>\n
640
\n00:45:25,960 –> 00:45:29,080
\nLet all the earth fear before
\nhim.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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