Class 5 from this series was used in GCT Episode 338.<\/p>\n
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\nChristchurch Ecclesia in New
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\nThe theme for Brother Louis’s
\nclasses this week is the House <\/p>\n
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\nof Asaph, Family of Faith and
\nMasters. <\/p>\n
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\nOf music today’s.
\nClass is entitled The Spirit of <\/p>\n
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\nthe House of Asaph, Brother
\nRoger. <\/p>\n
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\nWell, thank you, brother
\nChairman, and good morning, my <\/p>\n
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\ndear brothers and sisters.
\nIn our opening study yesterday, <\/p>\n
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\nwe looked at the story of the
\nfounding of the House of Asaph <\/p>\n
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\nand that moment of time when
\nAsaph was appointed by David <\/p>\n
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\nthat he might lead the
\nresponsibility for matters of <\/p>\n
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\nworship in Israel.
\nAnd you’ll remember in the first<\/p>\n
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\nof Chronicles chapter 16, we
\nread of that special Psalm that <\/p>\n
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\nwas delivered to the House of
\nAsaph, that they might lead the <\/p>\n
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\nchildren of Israel in praise to
\nthe Heavenly Father. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd you’ll remember also that we
\nsuggested yesterday that there <\/p>\n
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\nwere five key things, five key
\nprinciples by which this family <\/p>\n
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\ngoverned their music of praise
\nto the Father. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, unfortunately, in our study
\nyesterday, we didn’t have time <\/p>\n
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\nto look at the first of those.
\nSo I’m going to take the first <\/p>\n
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\nfew moments this morning just to
\ntake you through that first of <\/p>\n
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\nthose five key principles.
\nAnd that idea was that their <\/p>\n
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\nsinging always focused on the
\nsupremacy of God. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ll remember we made
\nreference to that in our closing<\/p>\n
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\nremarks yesterday.
\nNow look, I’d like you to come <\/p>\n
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\nback to the first of Chronicles
\n16 and just to see again the <\/p>\n
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\nspirit of this idea in the great
\nPsalm that was given to this <\/p>\n
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\nfamily.
\nFirst of Chronicles 16 and <\/p>\n
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\nreading from verse 8.
\nNow I’m just going to read the <\/p>\n
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\nPsalm to you.
\nAnd as we read the Psalm, I want<\/p>\n
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\nyou just to to capture this idea
\nthat that the whole thing is <\/p>\n
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\nfocused on the Father and not on
\nman. <\/p>\n
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\nSo first of Chronicles 16 and
\nverse 8. <\/p>\n
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\nGive thanks unto Yahweh, call
\nupon His name, make known that <\/p>\n
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\nHis deeds among the people sing
\nunto Him, sing psalms unto Him. <\/p>\n
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\nTalk ye of all His wondrous
\nworks, glory ye in His holy <\/p>\n
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\nname.
\nLet the heart of them rejoice <\/p>\n
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\nthat seek Yahweh, seek Yahweh
\nand His strength. <\/p>\n
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\nSeek His face continually.
\nRemember His marvellous works <\/p>\n
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\nthat He hath done His wonders,
\nand the judgments of His mouth. <\/p>\n
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\nOh, ye seed of Israel, His
\nservant, He children of Jacob, <\/p>\n
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\nHis chosen ones, He is Yahweh,
\nour God. <\/p>\n
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\nHis judgments are in all the
\nearth. <\/p>\n
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\nBe mindful always of His
\ncovenant, the Word which He <\/p>\n
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\ncommanded to 1000 generations,
\neven of the covenant which He <\/p>\n
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\nmade with Abram, and of His oath
\nunto Isaac, and hath confirmed <\/p>\n
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\nthe same to Jacob for a law, and
\nto Israel for an everlasting <\/p>\n
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\ncovenant.
\nSaying unto thee, Will I give <\/p>\n
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\nthe land of Canaan the lot of
\nyour inheritance, when ye were <\/p>\n
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\nbut few, even a few, and
\nstrangers in it. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd when they went from 1 nation
\nto nation, from one Kingdom to <\/p>\n
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\nanother people, he suffered no
\nman to do them wrong. <\/p>\n
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\nYeah, He reproved kings for
\ntheir sakes, saying, Touch not <\/p>\n
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\nmine anointed, and do my
\nprophets no harm. <\/p>\n
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\nSing unto Yahweh all the earth,
\nshow forth from day-to-day His <\/p>\n
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\nsalvation.
\nDeclare His glory among the <\/p>\n
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\nheathen, His marvellous works
\namong all nations. <\/p>\n
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\nFor great is Yahweh, and greatly
\nto be praised. <\/p>\n
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\nHe also is to be feared above
\nall gods, for all the gods of <\/p>\n
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\nthe people are idols.
\nBut Yahweh. <\/p>\n
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\nMay the heavens, glory and
\nhonour are in His presence. <\/p>\n
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\nStrength and gladness are in His
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\nGive unto Yahweh, ye kindreds of
\nthe people. <\/p>\n
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\nGive unto Yahweh glory and
\nstrength. <\/p>\n
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\nGive unto Yahweh the glory Jew
\nunto His name. <\/p>\n
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\nBring an offering and come
\nbefore him. <\/p>\n
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\nWorship Yahweh in the beauty of
\nholiness. <\/p>\n
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\nFear before Him all the earth.
\nThe earth also shall be stable. <\/p>\n
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\nLet it be not moved.
\nLet the heavens be glad, and let<\/p>\n
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\nthe earth rejoice.
\nAnd let men say, among the <\/p>\n
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\nnations, Yahweh reigneth.
\nLet the sea roar, and the <\/p>\n
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\nfullness thereof.
\nLet the fields rejoice, and all <\/p>\n
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\nthat is therein.
\nThen shall the trees of the <\/p>\n
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\nwoods sing out at the presence
\nof Yahweh, because He cometh to <\/p>\n
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\njudge the earth.
\nOh, give thanks unto Yahweh, for<\/p>\n
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\nHe is good for His mercy
\nendureth forever. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd say, Ye save us, O God of
\nour salvation, and gather us <\/p>\n
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\ntogether, and deliver us from
\nthe heathen, that we may give <\/p>\n
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\nthanks to Thy holy name and
\nglory in thy praise. <\/p>\n
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\nBlessed be Yahweh Elohim of
\nIsrael forever and ever. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd all the people said, Amen.
\nNow you know, brothers and <\/p>\n
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\nsisters, when you really think
\nabout that son, where is man in <\/p>\n
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\nthese words?
\nHe’s not there. <\/p>\n
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\nThe absolute focus of this Sam
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\nof God in all things.
\nYou know, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nwe live in a world of rampant
\nhumanism. <\/p>\n
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\nWe live in a world that tells us
\nevery day that it’s what we <\/p>\n
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\nthink, what we feel, what we
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\nWhat’s in it for #1 And the
\nwhole focus of this Psalm of <\/p>\n
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\nthe, of the family of Asaph was
\nthat the world does not revolve <\/p>\n
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\naround man, but around Almighty
\nGod and His purpose. <\/p>\n
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\nNow you see, we say that we
\nunderstand the principle of God <\/p>\n
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\nmanifestation, that we
\nunderstand the the idea of the <\/p>\n
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\nsupremacy of God, but we live in
\nan age, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nthat denies this principle day
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\nunderstand this principle, I <\/p>\n
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\nsaying before where it has been
\nsaid, and justly so, that the <\/p>\n
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\nBible class.
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\nits prayers.
\nNow let me give you just one <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles 16 and in this Psalm.<\/p>\n
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\nThat’s absolutely vital in terms
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\nthe supremacy of the Father.
\nHave a look at verse 35. <\/p>\n
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\nIn verse 35 of of this
\nparticular Psalm, it says, and <\/p>\n
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\nsay, Ye, O save us, save us, O
\nGod of our salvation, and gather<\/p>\n
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\nus together and deliver us from
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\nthanks to thy holy name.
\nNow you see, that little word is<\/p>\n
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\nso desperately important in that
\nPsalm because those who truly <\/p>\n
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\nunderstand the principle of God
\nmanifestation will never pray <\/p>\n
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\nthe fatal prayer of
\nunconditional deliverance. <\/p>\n
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\nThe basis of the prayer here is
\nnot that they should be saved, <\/p>\n
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\nnot that they should be
\ndelivered, but that they should <\/p>\n
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\nbe saved so that they might give
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\nThat’s a proper understanding of
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\nNow you see, this particular
\nfamily understood that <\/p>\n
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\nWe haven’t got time to look at <\/p>\n
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\ntheir psalms, but you’ll find
\nthat they understood that <\/p>\n
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\nprinciple.
\nI think that that we, we ought <\/p>\n
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\nto apply the so that rule to our
\nprayers. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, have you ever heard of
\nexpressions like this in our <\/p>\n
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\nprayers?
\nWe desire to be there in the <\/p>\n
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\nKingdom and Father, we, we pray
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\nplace in that glorious day.
\nSo that and we pray that they <\/p>\n
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\nwill bless us with the strength
\nand the joy of immortality. <\/p>\n
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\nSo that you see, brothers and
\nsisters, you know what I’m <\/p>\n
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\nI’m not saying that we have to <\/p>\n
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\neven use that word every time.
\nAnd yet if you listen to the <\/p>\n
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\nprayers, you’ll find that so
\noften we pray for things that we<\/p>\n
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\nwant and that we desire from the
\nFather that He should give us <\/p>\n
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\nthose things.
\nBut that little word that is <\/p>\n
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\nnever there.
\nAnd the reason why we should <\/p>\n
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\npray for the Kingdom is so that
\nwe might praise Him in that day.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd the reason why we should
\npray for immortality is so that <\/p>\n
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\nwe can serve Him without the
\nwearying of our powers. <\/p>\n
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\nThat’s understanding the
\nsupremacy of God. <\/p>\n
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\nNow in our hymns of worship,
\nthis has to be one of the key <\/p>\n
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\nthings that we therefore take up
\nthat our songs of praise ought <\/p>\n
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\nto truly celebrate our our
\nunderstanding of that principle <\/p>\n
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\nthat the truth revolves around
\nthe Father and the greatness of <\/p>\n
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\nhis purpose.
\nNow in the time that we have <\/p>\n
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\nleft to us this morning, we’re
\ngoing to look just briefly at at<\/p>\n
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\nthe story of the Psalms of the
\nHouse of Asaph. <\/p>\n
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\nWe haven’t got time to
\ninvestigate these in detail, but<\/p>\n
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\nwe do hope to look at at one or
\ntwo principles that may be <\/p>\n
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\nhelpful in the development of
\nour story over the course of <\/p>\n
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\nthis coming week.
\nDo you know that there are 12 <\/p>\n
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\nPsalms in the book of Psalms
\nthat are attributed to Asaph? <\/p>\n
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\nOne of them is in Book 2, which
\nis Psalm 50, and all the others,<\/p>\n
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\nwhich is Psalm 73 to 83, are
\nfound in Book 3. <\/p>\n
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\nPerhaps because there are 12
\nPsalms attributed to Asaph, we <\/p>\n
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\nmight conclude that they are
\nrepresentative of all Israel. <\/p>\n
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\nBut the interesting thing about
\nthe Psalms of Asaph are this, <\/p>\n
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\nthat when we come to look at
\ntheir composition, well, I think<\/p>\n
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\nwe we draw several conclusions.
\nThe first is this, that the <\/p>\n
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\nPsalms attributed to the House
\nof Asaph may certainly have been<\/p>\n
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\nwritten by Asaph by himself, but
\non the other hand they may have <\/p>\n
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\nbeen written by successive
\ngenerations of the same house. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the reason why we say that
\nis this, that when we look at <\/p>\n
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\nthose Psalms in greater detail,
\nyou’ll find that they appear to <\/p>\n
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\nspend many centuries of time.
\nThey refer to several great <\/p>\n
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\nepochs in the history of the
\nnation. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, if those psalms were
\nwritten by Asaph in his own day,<\/p>\n
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\nyet reach forward to other
\nperiods that as yet lay in the <\/p>\n
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\nfuture, those psalms would not
\nhave had great relevance in the <\/p>\n
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\nday of Asaph himself.
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\nmystery and a puzzle. <\/p>\n
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\nOne of the things about these
\nPsalms is this, that the very <\/p>\n
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\nwriting of these psalms echoes
\nthe language and the incident of<\/p>\n
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\nhistorical events down through
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\nThe language is fresh and
\nurgent, as if it is written by <\/p>\n
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\nsomeone who was really there at
\nthat moment of crisis in the <\/p>\n
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\nhistory of the nation.
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\nis this, that of all the times
\nthat we believe the Psalms of <\/p>\n
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\nAsaph refer to, we have on each
\noccasion an historical reference<\/p>\n
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\nto tell us that why at that very
\nmoment of time in the history of<\/p>\n
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\nthe nation, the House of Asaph
\nwas spiritually active amongst <\/p>\n
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\nthe children of Israel.
\nNow by the way, don’t forget <\/p>\n
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\nyou’re going to get a summary of
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\nof the Bible school.
\nSo if you’re worried about <\/p>\n
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\nkeeping up with these as I turn
\nthem off, please do not fear. <\/p>\n
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\nYou’ll see them all at the end.
\nIf you wish to have a copy, let <\/p>\n
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\nme give you an illustration of
\nwhat I mean. <\/p>\n
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\nNow take for example, the 78th
\nPsalm. <\/p>\n
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\nI believe that the 78th Psalm
\nwas probably written at the time<\/p>\n
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\nof Rehoboam.
\nNow let’s just take, we’re just <\/p>\n
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\ngoing to take this particular
\none as an illustration. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd, and because we haven’t got
\nmuch time, I’m just going to <\/p>\n
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\ndraw a couple of things to your
\nattention out of several Psalms.<\/p>\n
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\nWell, here’s the first one,
\nPsalm 78. <\/p>\n
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\nNow a couple of interesting
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\nYou notice this.
\nWe’re told in this Psalm that <\/p>\n
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\nthere is considerable judgement
\nagainst the children of Ephraim.<\/p>\n
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\nAnd notice verse 9, verse 8 for
\nconnection, that they might not <\/p>\n
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\nbe as their fathers, a stubborn
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\ngeneration that set not their
\nheart aright, and whose spirit <\/p>\n
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\nwas not steadfast with God.
\nThe children of Ephraim, being <\/p>\n
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\narmed and carrying bows, turned
\nback in the day of battle. <\/p>\n
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\nThey kept not the covenant of
\nGod, and refused to walk in His <\/p>\n
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\nlaw.
\nNow over the page you notice <\/p>\n
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\nthis in the 67th verse at the
\nend of the Psalm. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says there.
\nMoreover, he refused the <\/p>\n
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\nTabernacle of Joseph and chose
\nnot the tribe of Ephraim, but <\/p>\n
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\nchose the tribe of Judah, the
\nMount Zion, which he loved. <\/p>\n
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\nSo the first interesting thing
\nto note about Psalm 78 is that <\/p>\n
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\nthere is comment upon the the
\nunfaithfulness of the tribe of <\/p>\n
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\nEphraim.
\nAnd the second strange thing <\/p>\n
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\nabout the Psalm which appears to
\nrelate the history of the nation<\/p>\n
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\nis that it stops abruptly in the
\nin the 70th verse with reference<\/p>\n
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\nof the ascension of David to the
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\nAnd at that point the stop in
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\nthe story of Israel.
\nNow where would be the <\/p>\n
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\nappropriate circumstance for the
\nwriting of a Psalm that <\/p>\n
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\ncelebrates two things that
\nfirstly says to Israel David is <\/p>\n
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\nthe chosen man and Judah is the
\nchosen tribe to be ruler over <\/p>\n
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\nthe nation.
\nAnd the second thing is that <\/p>\n
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\nZion is the chosen place, not
\nthe tribe of Ephraim, not the <\/p>\n
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\ncapital of Ephraim, and not the
\nking of Ephraim. <\/p>\n
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\nYou see, I think that the moment
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\nwas when the Kingdom had divided
\nand the 10 tribes to the north, <\/p>\n
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\nwho cumulatively were known as
\nEphraim, had separated from <\/p>\n
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\nJudah and from the House of
\nDavid and has established a <\/p>\n
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\nrival Kingdom to the north.
\nAnd I think that it brought <\/p>\n
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\nforth this Psalm as a warning to
\nthe 10 tribes that they ought <\/p>\n
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\nnot to forget that David and
\nJudah and Zion was God’s proper <\/p>\n
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\nchoice.
\nNow if that’s so, then it may be<\/p>\n
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\nthat Psalm 78 was not composed
\nby Asaph himself, because there <\/p>\n
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\nis every chance that Asaph may
\nhave been, in fact probably was <\/p>\n
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\ndead by that time.
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\nhe could have been alive.
\nWell, yes, but have a look at <\/p>\n
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\nthis one.
\nIf you come to the 83rd Psalm, <\/p>\n
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\nwe have a very famous Psalm
\nabout the the enemies of Israel <\/p>\n
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\nassembled in their confederated
\nstrength against the nation. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd I just want to show you one
\ncircumstance out of Psalm 83 <\/p>\n
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\nbecause we haven’t got time to
\ndwell on these. <\/p>\n
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\nBut you know, there’s just one
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\nFirstly it says in verse five
\nthat there was a great <\/p>\n
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\nconfederacy and then it proceeds
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\nwere assembled together.
\nIn verse 6 it says there were <\/p>\n
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\nthere was the Edomites and the
\nIshmaelites and the Moabites and<\/p>\n
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\nso on and so forth.
\nBut when we come down to the end<\/p>\n
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\nof verse 8, it says it
\nsummarizes it as follows. <\/p>\n
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\nIt says these all have Holpen,
\nthe children of Lot. <\/p>\n
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\nSo who were the leaders of this
\nparticular campaign against <\/p>\n
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\nIsrael in the 83rd Psalm?
\nAnd the answer is the children <\/p>\n
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\nof Lot and a great confederacy
\nwith them. <\/p>\n
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\nNow who were the children of
\nLot, Moab and Amon? <\/p>\n
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\nOnly those two Moab and Amon.
\nNow come back to the to the <\/p>\n
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\nhistorical record.
\nBecause you see in the Second of<\/p>\n
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\nChronicles chapter 20, we’re
\ntold this in the time of <\/p>\n
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\nJehoshaphat.
\nI think this is the very moment <\/p>\n
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\nwhen this Psalm was composed.
\nAnd God willing in our study <\/p>\n
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\ntomorrow morning we may have
\noccasion to to look at this in a<\/p>\n
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\nlittle further detail.
\nBut it says in the Second of <\/p>\n
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\nChronicles chapter 20 and verse
\none, it came to pass after this <\/p>\n
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\nalso that the children of Moab
\nand the children of Ammon. <\/p>\n
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\nNow who’s that?
\nWhy, that’s the children of Lot,<\/p>\n
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\nisn’t it?
\nAnd with them other beside came <\/p>\n
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\nagainst Jehoshaphat to battle.
\nIn verse 2 it says there was a <\/p>\n
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\ngreat multitude.
\nIn verse 12 it says there was a <\/p>\n
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\ngreat company.
\nIn verse 15 it says there was a <\/p>\n
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\ngreat multitude, but the
\nleadership of the confederacy <\/p>\n
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\nwas Aman and Moab.
\nYou see this answers exactly to <\/p>\n
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\nthe story of Psalm 83, the
\nchildren of Lot and the great <\/p>\n
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\nconfederacy of enemies with them
\nwho came against Israel on this <\/p>\n
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\noccasion.
\nDo you think Asaph was still <\/p>\n
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\nalive in the days of
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\nI think not, and yet it says of
\nPsalm 83 at the head of the <\/p>\n
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\nPsalm that it was a Psalm of
\nAsaph. <\/p>\n
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\nHow so?
\nCome and have a look at this <\/p>\n
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\none.
\nIn Psalm 76 we’re told in the <\/p>\n
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\nfirst verse in Judah is God
\nknown? <\/p>\n
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\nHis name is great in Israel.
\nIn Salem also is his Tabernacle <\/p>\n
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\nand his dwelling place in Zion.
\nThere break he the arrows of the<\/p>\n
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\nbow, the shield, and the sword,
\nand the battle. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd then the fifth verse says,
\nThe stout heart are despoiled. <\/p>\n
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\nThey have slept their sleep, and
\nnone of the men of might have <\/p>\n
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\nfound their hands.
\nAt thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, <\/p>\n
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\nboth the chariot and the horse
\nare cast into a dead sleep. <\/p>\n
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\nNow where was it, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n
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\nOr when was it that a great
\nbattle was waged outside the <\/p>\n
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\ncity of Jerusalem, where God
\nbreak the arrow and the bow and <\/p>\n
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\nthe shield and the sword and the
\nbattle, so that both the chariot<\/p>\n
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\nand the man of the chariot were
\ncast into a dead sleep? <\/p>\n
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\nAnd the answer is, why the time
\nof Hezekiah when the watchers <\/p>\n
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\nwent out, and on the morning
\nthey saw the whole host of the <\/p>\n
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\nAssyrians strewed across the
\nplain outside, and as the record<\/p>\n
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\nsays, behold, the 185,000 of
\nthem were all dead corpses, and <\/p>\n
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\nthey were all in the sleep of
\ndeath, of which Psalm 76 refers.<\/p>\n
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\nSome of you may know that over
\nthe head of Psalm 76 in the <\/p>\n
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\nSeptuagint translation are these
\nwords it says with reference to <\/p>\n
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\nthe Assyrian.
\nSo Psalm 76 is a Psalm that <\/p>\n
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\ncelebrates the miraculous
\noverthrow of the host of <\/p>\n
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\nSennacherib in the days of
\nHezekiah. <\/p>\n
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\nBut it’s described as a Psalm of
\nAsaph. <\/p>\n
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\nWas Asaph still alive?
\nI think not. <\/p>\n
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\nCome and have a look at this
\none. <\/p>\n
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\nThe 81st Psalm has a couple of
\nstrange features about it that <\/p>\n
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\nare worth study.
\nTwo of the great features about <\/p>\n
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\nthe 81st Psalm of these that
\nthere are a number of references<\/p>\n
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\nthat take us back to the book of
\nthe Law, and in particular not <\/p>\n
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\njust to the book of the Law, but
\nto Deuteronomy over and over <\/p>\n
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\nagain.
\nPsalm 81 has a number of <\/p>\n
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\nallusions to the book of
\nDeuteronomy. <\/p>\n
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\nNow, not only are there
\nallusions to the book of <\/p>\n
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\nDeuteronomy, but there are
\nclearly allusions to a special <\/p>\n
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\nfeast day that Psalm 81
\ncelebrates, because we’re told <\/p>\n
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\nin the third verse it says blow
\nup the trumpet in the new moon. <\/p>\n
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\nIn the time appointed on our
\nsolemn feast day, You know, <\/p>\n
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\nthere were two feast days, two
\nspecial feasts of God that began<\/p>\n
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\non the new moon, the Feast of
\nPassover and the Feast of <\/p>\n
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\nTabernacles.
\nBut I think that of those two, <\/p>\n
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\nthe indications of Psalm 81, if
\nyou read verses 5 and six and <\/p>\n
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\nseven, it is clearly telling us
\nthat the feast that the Psalm <\/p>\n
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\nhas in mind is the feast of
\nPassover. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd we won’t go into the to the
\nto the teaching of the Psalm. <\/p>\n
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\nIt’s a it’s a wonderful lament
\nfor things that might have been <\/p>\n
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\nif only the nation had listened
\nto Almighty God. <\/p>\n
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\nBut I ask you this one simple
\nquestion, brothers and sisters, <\/p>\n
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\nwhat king was famous for these
\ntwo notable incidents in his <\/p>\n
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\nlife?
\nOne, the discovery and the <\/p>\n
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\nreading of the book of the Law.
\nAnd two, celebration of a <\/p>\n
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\nspecial feast of Passover to
\nbring the nation back into <\/p>\n
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\ncovenant with their God.
\nWhy, that’s good King Josiah, <\/p>\n
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\nisn’t it?
\nOf Judah. <\/p>\n
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\nAnd yet Psalm 81 is a Psalm of
\nAsaph. <\/p>\n
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\nCome and have a look at this
\none. <\/p>\n
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\nIn Psalm 74, we’re told this
\nconcerning the circumstances of <\/p>\n
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\nthis particular sun says in the
\nseventh verse, They have cast <\/p>\n
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\nfire into Thy sanctuary.
\nThey have defiled by casting <\/p>\n
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\ndown the dwelling place of Thy
\nname to the ground. <\/p>\n
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\nWhen Sennacherib came against
\nJerusalem in the days of <\/p>\n
335
\n00:24:53,160 –> 00:24:56,040
\nHezekiah, did he, did he burn
\nthe sanctuary with fire? <\/p>\n
336
\n00:24:58,480 –> 00:25:02,400
\nThe answer is no, he didn’t.
\nIn fact, there appears to be <\/p>\n
337
\n00:25:02,400 –> 00:25:06,400
\nonly one reference to 1 occasion
\nhistorically where the sanctuary<\/p>\n
338
\n00:25:06,400 –> 00:25:09,080
\nwas ever burned with fire, and
\nthat’s in the Second of Kings <\/p>\n
339
\n00:25:09,080 –> 00:25:11,600
\nchapter 25.
\nYou might like to come and have <\/p>\n
340
\n00:25:11,600 –> 00:25:13,920
\na look at that.
\nIn the Second of Kings chapter <\/p>\n
341
\n00:25:13,920 –> 00:25:17,840
\n25, we’re told this in the
\neighth verse. <\/p>\n
342
\n00:25:30,880 –> 00:25:33,680
\nSecond of Kings chapter 25 and
\nverse 8. <\/p>\n
343
\n00:25:34,720 –> 00:25:39,040
\nAnd in the 5th month, on the 7th
\nday of the month, which is the <\/p>\n
344
\n00:25:39,040 –> 00:25:41,680
\n19th year of King
\nNebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon,<\/p>\n
345
\n00:25:42,640 –> 00:25:46,440
\ncame Nebuzar Aden, captain of
\nthe guard, a servant of the king<\/p>\n
346
\n00:25:46,440 –> 00:25:51,840
\nof Babylon, unto Jerusalem.
\nAnd he burnt the House of the <\/p>\n
347
\n00:25:51,840 –> 00:25:58,320
\nLord, and the King’s house, and
\nall the houses of Jerusalem, and<\/p>\n
348
\n00:25:58,320 –> 00:26:02,120
\nevery great man’s house burnt he
\nwith fire. <\/p>\n
349
\n00:26:04,280 –> 00:26:09,840
\nAnd I think that Psalm 74 is
\ncommemorating the day of that <\/p>\n
350
\n00:26:09,840 –> 00:26:13,560
\nmost tragic overthrow of the
\nsanctuary of God by the burning <\/p>\n
351
\n00:26:13,560 –> 00:26:17,080
\nof fire that can only take us to
\nthe time of the Babylonian <\/p>\n
352
\n00:26:17,080 –> 00:26:21,240
\ncaptivity and and beyond.
\nAnd this Psalm, Psalm 74, is a <\/p>\n
353
\n00:26:21,240 –> 00:26:25,200
\nlamentation of those faithful of
\nIsrael who had seen the <\/p>\n
354
\n00:26:25,200 –> 00:26:28,840
\ndesecration of the temple by the
\nBabylonian in that day. <\/p>\n
355
\n00:26:28,840 –> 00:26:32,160
\nIt takes us into the very realm
\nand time of the captivity. <\/p>\n
356
\n00:26:34,680 –> 00:26:37,320
\nBut Psalm 74 is described as a
\nPsalm of Asaph. <\/p>\n
357
\n00:26:40,560 –> 00:26:42,000
\nNow you see what we’re
\nsuggesting. <\/p>\n
358
\n00:26:43,760 –> 00:26:46,920
\nWhat we believe is that when we
\nhave a description in the book <\/p>\n
359
\n00:26:46,920 –> 00:26:52,680
\nof Psalms of the Psalms of
\nAsaph, that these psalms were <\/p>\n
360
\n00:26:52,680 –> 00:26:59,000
\nactually composed by successive
\ngenerations of the same family. <\/p>\n
361
\n00:26:59,600 –> 00:27:04,920
\nThese are the Psalms of the
\nHouse of Asaph, but Asaph was <\/p>\n
362
\n00:27:04,920 –> 00:27:09,120
\ntheir family name.
\nAnd so down through the history <\/p>\n
363
\n00:27:09,120 –> 00:27:13,840
\nof the nation, on successive
\noccasions, these Psalms were <\/p>\n
364
\n00:27:13,840 –> 00:27:17,840
\nbrought into being by the very
\ncircumstances and extremities of<\/p>\n
365
\n00:27:17,840 –> 00:27:20,880
\nthe time into which the nation
\nfound themselves. <\/p>\n
366
\n00:27:21,040 –> 00:27:24,040
\nAnd at that moment of time,
\nwhenever it might be, one of the<\/p>\n
367
\n00:27:24,040 –> 00:27:27,040
\nsons of Asaph stood up and gave
\nforth a Psalm. <\/p>\n
368
\n00:27:28,200 –> 00:27:30,600
\nNow let me tell you something
\ninteresting in terms of why we <\/p>\n
369
\n00:27:30,600 –> 00:27:33,200
\nthink that that is so.
\nDo you know this, That if we <\/p>\n
370
\n00:27:33,200 –> 00:27:37,400
\ncome to the time of Rehoboam, or
\nto the time of Jehoshaphat, or <\/p>\n
371
\n00:27:37,400 –> 00:27:41,600
\nto the time of Hezekiah, or to
\nthe time of Josiah, or to the <\/p>\n
372
\n00:27:41,600 –> 00:27:46,680
\ntime of Ezra and Nehemiah, on
\neach of those major epochs in <\/p>\n
373
\n00:27:46,680 –> 00:27:50,440
\nthe history of the nation we
\nwill find an historical <\/p>\n
374
\n00:27:50,600 –> 00:27:56,000
\nreference that tells us why the
\nHouse of Asaph was spiritually <\/p>\n
375
\n00:27:56,000 –> 00:28:01,440
\nactive at that very moment in
\nthe history of the nation. <\/p>\n
376
\n00:28:02,840 –> 00:28:06,680
\nAlmost, you see, as if we’re
\nbeing given a clue that these <\/p>\n
377
\n00:28:06,680 –> 00:28:10,800
\nindeed were the Psalms of a
\nfamily faithful in their <\/p>\n
378
\n00:28:10,800 –> 00:28:13,600
\nsuccessive generations.
\nDo you remember that yesterday, <\/p>\n
379
\n00:28:13,600 –> 00:28:16,520
\nbrothers and sisters, we
\nsuggested that this family was <\/p>\n
380
\n00:28:16,520 –> 00:28:20,000
\nthe most remarkable family that
\nIsrael ever saw in their <\/p>\n
381
\n00:28:20,000 –> 00:28:22,200
\nhistory?
\nI think that this is one of the <\/p>\n
382
\n00:28:22,200 –> 00:28:25,120
\nreasons why we can justly say
\nthat this is so. <\/p>\n
383
\n00:28:25,320 –> 00:28:28,840
\nYou think of the implication of
\nthese Psalms. <\/p>\n
384
\n00:28:29,680 –> 00:28:33,320
\nYou see, God revealed His word,
\ndid He not, to many faithful men<\/p>\n
385
\n00:28:33,320 –> 00:28:37,760
\ndown through time.
\nBut if this be true about the <\/p>\n
386
\n00:28:37,760 –> 00:28:42,440
\nwriting of these sounds, then
\nwhat we’re being told is that <\/p>\n
387
\n00:28:42,440 –> 00:28:49,560
\nAlmighty God was pleased to
\ngrant successive revelations of <\/p>\n
388
\n00:28:49,560 –> 00:28:55,840
\nHis mind to the same family down
\nthrough time. <\/p>\n
389
\n00:28:58,040 –> 00:28:59,960
\nWhat must that family have been
\nlike? <\/p>\n
390
\n00:29:01,360 –> 00:29:06,440
\nThat God was pleased to reveal
\nhimself over and over again to a<\/p>\n
391
\n00:29:06,440 –> 00:29:13,040
\nfather, to a son, to a grandson,
\nto to a great, great grandson. <\/p>\n
392
\n00:29:13,040 –> 00:29:17,040
\nWhat unique relationship did
\nthis family have to Almighty <\/p>\n
393
\n00:29:17,040 –> 00:29:18,880
\nGod?
\nBrothers and sisters, they were <\/p>\n
394
\n00:29:19,120 –> 00:29:22,000
\nlike this in the history of the
\nnation. <\/p>\n
395
\n00:29:22,280 –> 00:29:25,880
\nAnd what those Psalms will
\nreveal to us is that that family<\/p>\n
396
\n00:29:25,880 –> 00:29:29,680
\nhad the same spirit and the same
\nattitude through many <\/p>\n
397
\n00:29:29,680 –> 00:29:33,840
\ngenerations.
\nSo what was their spirit? <\/p>\n
398
\n00:29:36,240 –> 00:29:39,880
\nWell, it was related to the idea
\nof the ark, of God’s presence <\/p>\n
399
\n00:29:39,960 –> 00:29:43,320
\namongst his people.
\nThat’s what David had asked them<\/p>\n
400
\n00:29:43,320 –> 00:29:45,440
\nto celebrate.
\nRemember in the first of <\/p>\n
401
\n00:29:45,440 –> 00:29:49,280
\nChronicles 16, he asked them to
\nstand before the ark and to <\/p>\n
402
\n00:29:49,280 –> 00:29:51,600
\ncelebrate the presence of that
\nark in Israel. <\/p>\n
403
\n00:29:51,600 –> 00:29:53,080
\nWell, let me show you what
\nhappened. <\/p>\n
404
\n00:29:53,400 –> 00:29:57,160
\nIf you come to the first of
\nChronicles and the 6th chapter, <\/p>\n
405
\n00:29:57,520 –> 00:30:02,600
\nwe’re told this in terms of of
\nthe circumstances of this family<\/p>\n
406
\n00:30:02,760 –> 00:30:05,800
\nimmediately after David had
\nappointed them. <\/p>\n
407
\n00:30:16,920 –> 00:30:21,080
\nIn the first of Chronicles
\nchapter 6 and reading from verse<\/p>\n
408
\n00:30:21,080 –> 00:30:27,120
\n31 says, And these are they whom
\nDavid said over the service of <\/p>\n
409
\n00:30:27,120 –> 00:30:36,400
\nsong in the House of Yahweh.
\nAfter that the ark had rest and <\/p>\n
410
\n00:30:36,400 –> 00:30:38,720
\nthey ministered before the
\ndwelling place of the Tabernacle<\/p>\n
411
\n00:30:38,720 –> 00:30:46,920
\nof the congregation with singing
\nuntil Solomon had built the <\/p>\n
412
\n00:30:46,920 –> 00:30:52,440
\nHouse of Yahweh in Jerusalem and
\nthen they waited on their office<\/p>\n
413
\n00:30:52,440 –> 00:30:55,720
\naccording to their order.
\nDo you know what that verse is <\/p>\n
414
\n00:30:55,720 –> 00:30:57,040
\ntelling us, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n
415
\n00:30:58,080 –> 00:31:00,960
\nFirstly, this.
\nYou see, when David came to <\/p>\n
416
\n00:31:00,960 –> 00:31:03,360
\nJerusalem, he brought the Ark of
\nGod to Zion. <\/p>\n
417
\n00:31:03,680 –> 00:31:07,000
\nDoes anyone know how long David
\nreigned in Jerusalem? <\/p>\n
418
\n00:31:07,000 –> 00:31:12,960
\nNot in Hebron, but in Jerusalem?
\nAnyone know 33 years, Absolutely<\/p>\n
419
\n00:31:12,960 –> 00:31:14,680
\ncorrect.
\nDo you know how many years it <\/p>\n
420
\n00:31:14,680 –> 00:31:18,720
\ntook before Solomon completed
\nthe temple from the beginning of<\/p>\n
421
\n00:31:18,720 –> 00:31:23,200
\nhis reign?
\n11 years we’re told in the first<\/p>\n
422
\n00:31:23,200 –> 00:31:28,120
\nof Kings chapter 6 and verse 38.
\nNow even if we deduct the first <\/p>\n
423
\n00:31:28,240 –> 00:31:33,200
\n3 or 4 years for the reign of
\nDavid before he managed to bring<\/p>\n
424
\n00:31:33,200 –> 00:31:37,680
\nthe ark of God to Zion, what we
\ncan say from the first of <\/p>\n
425
\n00:31:37,680 –> 00:31:43,240
\nChronicles 6 and verses 31 and
\n32 is this, that David left the <\/p>\n
426
\n00:31:43,240 –> 00:31:47,480
\nHouse of Asaph in front of the
\nark, and there they remained <\/p>\n
427
\n00:31:48,000 –> 00:31:53,320
\nuntil Solomon had built the
\nhouse, and then they waited in <\/p>\n
428
\n00:31:53,320 –> 00:31:56,040
\ntheir successive orders.
\nYou see, I believe that that <\/p>\n
429
\n00:31:56,040 –> 00:32:00,560
\nverse is telling us that the
\nHouse of Asaph sang alone before<\/p>\n
430
\n00:32:00,560 –> 00:32:07,440
\nthe ark for 40 years.
\nFor 40 years this family sang <\/p>\n
431
\n00:32:07,440 –> 00:32:10,720
\nall by themselves before the ark
\nof God’s presence. <\/p>\n
432
\n00:32:10,960 –> 00:32:13,560
\nAnd I can tell you, brothers and
\nsisters, that during that time <\/p>\n
433
\n00:32:13,800 –> 00:32:19,840
\nthey thought long and hard about
\nwhat it really represented, and <\/p>\n
434
\n00:32:19,840 –> 00:32:22,480
\nthey had a crucial leap in their
\nunderstanding. <\/p>\n
435
\n00:32:22,680 –> 00:32:26,600
\nThey understood, brothers and
\nsisters, that the Ark was only <\/p>\n
436
\n00:32:26,600 –> 00:32:30,520
\nthe physical token of a
\nprinciple, that the Ark <\/p>\n
437
\n00:32:30,520 –> 00:32:35,640
\nsymbolized an idea that here
\nbetween the Caribbean was the <\/p>\n
438
\n00:32:35,640 –> 00:32:39,200
\nmanifestation of the divine
\npresence, but that the Father’s <\/p>\n
439
\n00:32:39,200 –> 00:32:43,200
\nphysical being was in the
\nheavens and this family, the <\/p>\n
440
\n00:32:43,200 –> 00:32:46,160
\nHouse of Asaph.
\nThey came to understand the <\/p>\n
441
\n00:32:46,160 –> 00:32:52,040
\nparadox of the Ark, and the
\nparadox was theirs. <\/p>\n
442
\n00:32:54,000 –> 00:32:58,640
\nThis family learned that it was
\npossible to physically approach <\/p>\n
443
\n00:32:59,040 –> 00:33:05,640
\nthe symbol of God’s presence and
\nyet not find him spiritually, <\/p>\n
444
\n00:33:09,040 –> 00:33:13,560
\nbut that the converse also was
\ntrue, that they could <\/p>\n
445
\n00:33:13,560 –> 00:33:19,720
\nspiritually enter into the very
\npresence of God and yet <\/p>\n
446
\n00:33:19,720 –> 00:33:25,120
\nphysically be unable to approach
\nthe one who dwelled in heaven <\/p>\n
447
\n00:33:25,120 –> 00:33:29,600
\nabove.
\nAnd even though they sang before<\/p>\n
448
\n00:33:29,600 –> 00:33:34,280
\nthe ark, which of course they
\nnever saw, they learned, <\/p>\n
449
\n00:33:34,280 –> 00:33:36,640
\nbrothers and sisters, that
\nwhether they were with the ark <\/p>\n
450
\n00:33:36,640 –> 00:33:39,640
\nor whether they were separated
\nfrom it, that they were so <\/p>\n
451
\n00:33:39,640 –> 00:33:44,680
\nimbued with the majesty of God
\nas to live constantly in His <\/p>\n
452
\n00:33:44,680 –> 00:33:48,960
\npresence.
\nThey learned the secret of how <\/p>\n
453
\n00:33:48,960 –> 00:33:53,520
\nto draw near to God in their
\nmusic of praise. <\/p>\n
454
\n00:33:56,560 –> 00:33:59,080
\nAnd our music, brothers and
\nsisters, whatever it is that we <\/p>\n
455
\n00:33:59,080 –> 00:34:06,320
\nsing to Almighty God must help
\nus to enter into the presence of<\/p>\n
456
\n00:34:06,320 –> 00:34:10,000
\nGod.
\nAnd that was the secret that <\/p>\n
457
\n00:34:10,159 –> 00:34:12,639
\nthis family had in fact
\ndiscovered. <\/p>\n
458
\n00:34:13,920 –> 00:34:18,440
\nAnd so the key, the key to this
\nidea was that the catalyst to <\/p>\n
459
\n00:34:18,440 –> 00:34:22,320
\ndrawing near to God was the
\nprinciple of spiritual thought, <\/p>\n
460
\n00:34:22,320 –> 00:34:24,520
\nnot emotion, but spiritual
\nthought. <\/p>\n
461
\n00:34:24,760 –> 00:34:27,920
\nTheir music was based upon
\ndivine principle. <\/p>\n
462
\n00:34:27,920 –> 00:34:32,440
\nSo here’s the second of the of
\nthe great themes of the music of<\/p>\n
463
\n00:34:32,440 –> 00:34:36,440
\nthe of the House of Asaph, which
\nis to do with the idea of the <\/p>\n
464
\n00:34:36,480 –> 00:34:41,840
\npreeminence of principle.
\nThe songs of the House of Asaph <\/p>\n
465
\n00:34:42,040 –> 00:34:47,040
\nreveal the genius of Hebrew
\npoetry, which lies in its rhythm<\/p>\n
466
\n00:34:47,040 –> 00:34:51,880
\nof ideas rather than in in the
\nrhythm of words or sounds. <\/p>\n
467
\n00:34:52,520 –> 00:34:55,320
\nAnd although we haven’t got time
\nto look at it now, the whole of <\/p>\n
468
\n00:34:55,360 –> 00:34:59,560
\nof that Psalm and the first of
\nChronicles 16 is a declaration <\/p>\n
469
\n00:34:59,560 –> 00:35:01,520
\nof divine principle.
\nOh, and you know what the <\/p>\n
470
\n00:35:01,520 –> 00:35:04,200
\nkeyword is in the first of
\nChronicles 16. <\/p>\n
471
\n00:35:04,200 –> 00:35:05,360
\nJust come and have a look at
\nthis. <\/p>\n
472
\n00:35:05,560 –> 00:35:08,080
\nHere’s the keyword.
\nYou see in in the whole Psalm <\/p>\n
473
\n00:35:08,320 –> 00:35:10,680
\nthat they used to sing before
\nGod. <\/p>\n
474
\n00:35:12,200 –> 00:35:15,600
\nIt’s in verse 11.
\nSeek the Lord and his strength, <\/p>\n
475
\n00:35:15,600 –> 00:35:18,320
\nseek his face.
\nYou see the word face in the <\/p>\n
476
\n00:35:18,320 –> 00:35:20,360
\nfirst of Chronicles 16, verse
\n11. <\/p>\n
477
\n00:35:20,360 –> 00:35:23,720
\nIt’s the word panim.
\nNow some of you may know that <\/p>\n
478
\n00:35:23,720 –> 00:35:28,000
\nthe word parnim literally means
\nthe presence of God. <\/p>\n
479
\n00:35:28,760 –> 00:35:30,600
\nYou see, this is what the act
\nwas all about. <\/p>\n
480
\n00:35:31,440 –> 00:35:34,240
\nIt was the presence of God
\namongst his people. <\/p>\n
481
\n00:35:34,400 –> 00:35:38,600
\nWell, there’s there’s that word
\nin the first of Chronicles 16. <\/p>\n
482
\n00:35:38,760 –> 00:35:42,080
\nNow it’s in verse 11.
\nSeek his parnim. <\/p>\n
483
\n00:35:42,560 –> 00:35:47,400
\nIt’s in verse 27.
\nGlory and honor are in His <\/p>\n
484
\n00:35:47,720 –> 00:35:51,000
\nparnim.
\nIt’s in verse 29. <\/p>\n
485
\n00:35:51,240 –> 00:35:57,080
\nBring an offering and come into
\nhis Panin, the words before him.<\/p>\n
486
\n00:35:57,560 –> 00:36:03,560
\nIt’s in verse 30, fear in his
\nparnim, in His presence before <\/p>\n
487
\n00:36:03,560 –> 00:36:07,040
\nhim.
\nIt’s in verse 33, the trees of <\/p>\n
488
\n00:36:07,040 –> 00:36:11,440
\nthe woods will sing out at the
\npresence, the parnim of Yahweh. <\/p>\n
489
\n00:36:11,600 –> 00:36:13,600
\nSee, this is the keyword of
\ntheir Psalm. <\/p>\n
490
\n00:36:13,840 –> 00:36:18,480
\nThis Psalm celebrated the truth
\nof the presence of God amongst <\/p>\n
491
\n00:36:18,480 –> 00:36:22,240
\nHis people, and this family
\nunderstood that principle more <\/p>\n
492
\n00:36:22,240 –> 00:36:26,920
\nthan any other family.
\nNow, you see, this is important <\/p>\n
493
\n00:36:26,920 –> 00:36:30,800
\nin terms of our own songs of
\nworship, you see, because when <\/p>\n
494
\n00:36:30,800 –> 00:36:34,600
\nwe compare therefore, the
\nbiblical basis of songs of <\/p>\n
495
\n00:36:34,600 –> 00:36:39,400
\nworship, the songs that the
\nHouse of Asaph sang, and we look<\/p>\n
496
\n00:36:39,400 –> 00:36:43,480
\nat modern scriptural music or
\nmodern religious music, modern <\/p>\n
497
\n00:36:43,480 –> 00:36:47,240
\nChristian music, we find in fact
\nthat there is a very great <\/p>\n
498
\n00:36:47,240 –> 00:36:51,800
\ndifference between the two.
\nYou see, the biblical idea of <\/p>\n
499
\n00:36:51,800 –> 00:36:56,320
\nworship is where the emphasis
\nfalls on the words, not the <\/p>\n
500
\n00:36:56,320 –> 00:37:00,040
\nmusic.
\nThe thoughts and ideas expressed<\/p>\n
501
\n00:37:00,040 –> 00:37:02,920
\nare crucial.
\nThe music is an adjunct, but <\/p>\n
502
\n00:37:02,920 –> 00:37:07,160
\nonly an adjunct to infuse the
\nwords with feeling and power. <\/p>\n
503
\n00:37:07,880 –> 00:37:11,160
\nThe emphasis of the words, in
\nturn, falls on the noblest <\/p>\n
504
\n00:37:11,160 –> 00:37:15,000
\nideals and deepest truths found
\nin the Holy Writ. <\/p>\n
505
\n00:37:15,880 –> 00:37:19,920
\nWhere thought and sound thus
\ncombine, the effect is the quick<\/p>\n
506
\n00:37:19,920 –> 00:37:23,800
\nand heart and mind to the
\nexhilaration of the true worship<\/p>\n
507
\n00:37:23,800 –> 00:37:26,480
\nof the Deity.
\nIt’s spiritual principle, <\/p>\n
508
\n00:37:26,480 –> 00:37:29,920
\nbrothers and sisters, that will
\ncause us to come into the <\/p>\n
509
\n00:37:29,920 –> 00:37:37,000
\npresence of God in our singing.
\nBut modern gospel music is <\/p>\n
510
\n00:37:37,000 –> 00:37:40,360
\nfundamentally a corruption of
\nthis principle. <\/p>\n
511
\n00:37:41,520 –> 00:37:47,120
\nHere the emphasis falls on the
\nmusic and not the words. <\/p>\n
512
\n00:37:48,400 –> 00:37:54,960
\nThat being so, the essential
\nelements are melody, rhythm and <\/p>\n
513
\n00:37:54,960 –> 00:38:00,040
\nbeat, whilst the words become
\nsubservient to the music itself.<\/p>\n
514
\n00:38:01,360 –> 00:38:03,640
\nFeeling is a matter of heart,
\nnot mind. <\/p>\n
515
\n00:38:04,280 –> 00:38:07,840
\nThe words themselves, whilst not
\nnecessarily untrue, are often <\/p>\n
516
\n00:38:07,840 –> 00:38:13,520
\nshallow, repetitious, banal, and
\ndisturbingly empty of hearty and<\/p>\n
517
\n00:38:13,520 –> 00:38:17,320
\nvigorous declaration of
\ndoctrines which form the very <\/p>\n
518
\n00:38:17,320 –> 00:38:21,320
\nfoundation of our love for God.
\nWe don’t need, brothers and <\/p>\n
519
\n00:38:21,320 –> 00:38:26,960
\nsisters, the music of the
\nchurches, because they don’t <\/p>\n
520
\n00:38:26,960 –> 00:38:31,640
\nknow the secret of the House of
\nAsaph, that it is spiritual <\/p>\n
521
\n00:38:31,640 –> 00:38:35,320
\nthought that brings us into the
\npresence of the Father and not <\/p>\n
522
\n00:38:35,320 –> 00:38:38,680
\nmerely the beating of emotional
\nhearts unrelated to an <\/p>\n
523
\n00:38:38,680 –> 00:38:41,280
\nappreciation of divine
\nprinciples. <\/p>\n
524
\n00:38:41,400 –> 00:38:44,240
\nThat’s not the heritage that we
\nought to be following. <\/p>\n
525
\n00:38:44,520 –> 00:38:47,840
\nSome of you may have seen this
\narticle before, but it’s an <\/p>\n
526
\n00:38:47,840 –> 00:38:51,400
\nintensely interesting one if I
\ncan just but find it. <\/p>\n
527
\n00:38:54,200 –> 00:38:58,440
\nIt’s an article written by a
\nprofessor of university here in <\/p>\n
528
\n00:38:58,440 –> 00:39:02,640
\nKentucky about 3 or 4 years ago,
\nand he said this. <\/p>\n
529
\n00:39:03,760 –> 00:39:05,880
\nSo this is a non
\nChristadelphian. <\/p>\n
530
\n00:39:07,200 –> 00:39:11,600
\nHe said hymnody was an important
\npart of Christadelphianism from <\/p>\n
531
\n00:39:11,600 –> 00:39:14,440
\nits very beginning, and along
\nwith the journal the <\/p>\n
532
\n00:39:14,440 –> 00:39:18,120
\nChristadelphian gave independent
\necclesias a broader fellowship. <\/p>\n
533
\n00:39:18,600 –> 00:39:22,240
\nHymns reflected the essential
\ndoctrines and principles of <\/p>\n
534
\n00:39:22,240 –> 00:39:24,880
\ntheir faith.
\nThese principles were anti <\/p>\n
535
\n00:39:24,920 –> 00:39:27,560
\ntrinitarianism.
\nThey also believed that God <\/p>\n
536
\n00:39:27,560 –> 00:39:30,480
\nwould establish his Kingdom on
\nearth through the return of <\/p>\n
537
\n00:39:30,480 –> 00:39:34,280
\nJesus to reign 1000 years in
\nJerusalem. <\/p>\n
538
\n00:39:35,560 –> 00:39:39,240
\nConsidering the scope of hymnic
\nliterature by Christadelphians, <\/p>\n
539
\n00:39:39,480 –> 00:39:44,320
\nwe might conclude that few
\nbranches of Christianity can <\/p>\n
540
\n00:39:44,320 –> 00:39:48,240
\nclaim such a close relationship
\nbetween hymn writing and their <\/p>\n
541
\n00:39:48,240 –> 00:39:51,480
\nown religious development.
\nSuch a high percentage of <\/p>\n
542
\n00:39:51,480 –> 00:39:55,120
\nhymnists in their membership.
\nAs the hymns become better <\/p>\n
543
\n00:39:55,120 –> 00:39:59,320
\nknown, this close relationship
\nwill reveal that the heritage <\/p>\n
544
\n00:39:59,560 –> 00:40:03,840
\nand faith of Christadelphians
\nhas been enhanced through a <\/p>\n
545
\n00:40:03,840 –> 00:40:08,520
\nstrong emphasis on hymnody from
\ntheir beginnings to the present <\/p>\n
546
\n00:40:08,520 –> 00:40:11,360
\nday.
\nDo you know what that article <\/p>\n
547
\n00:40:11,360 –> 00:40:12,760
\nwas saying, brothers and
\nsisters? <\/p>\n
548
\n00:40:14,320 –> 00:40:17,560
\nIt’s saying that the hymns that
\nwe sing from our Christadelphian<\/p>\n
549
\n00:40:17,560 –> 00:40:22,280
\nhymn book express the truths we
\nbelieve and the doctrines we <\/p>\n
550
\n00:40:22,280 –> 00:40:26,920
\nunderstand, and that that those
\nhymns have helped us to preserve<\/p>\n
551
\n00:40:27,120 –> 00:40:29,480
\nthe heritage of the faith that
\nwe have. <\/p>\n
552
\n00:40:31,200 –> 00:40:34,600
\nWe ought to treasure that.
\nWe ought to never underestimate <\/p>\n
553
\n00:40:34,680 –> 00:40:38,720
\nthe power and the majesty of
\nthose hymns to help us enter <\/p>\n
554
\n00:40:38,720 –> 00:40:42,040
\ninto the presence of God.
\nAnd we ought to be wary of <\/p>\n
555
\n00:40:42,200 –> 00:40:46,680
\nmodern gospel music which does
\nnot illustrate those principles <\/p>\n
556
\n00:40:46,680 –> 00:40:49,840
\nof the truth.
\nJust by way of illustration. <\/p>\n
557
\n00:40:50,040 –> 00:40:53,240
\nLet me give you one of those by
\nway of conclusion. <\/p>\n
558
\n00:40:55,600 –> 00:40:59,200
\nThis is a modern hymn on the
\natonement to modern Christian <\/p>\n
559
\n00:40:59,200 –> 00:41:03,440
\npeace.
\nSee my Jesus on the cross, the <\/p>\n
560
\n00:41:03,440 –> 00:41:07,680
\npeople crying, looking on a man
\nwho’d think that such a tragedy.<\/p>\n
561
\n00:41:07,680 –> 00:41:11,200
\nBut what the world could not see
\nis that when they nailed them to<\/p>\n
562
\n00:41:11,200 –> 00:41:16,400
\nthat tree, it broke the chains
\nof sin and set me free. <\/p>\n
563
\n00:41:17,280 –> 00:41:23,640
\nLove grew where the blood fell.
\nFlowers of hope sprang up for <\/p>\n
564
\n00:41:23,640 –> 00:41:26,640
\nmen in misery.
\nLet me tell you, sin died when <\/p>\n
565
\n00:41:26,640 –> 00:41:30,200
\nthe blood fell.
\nOh, I’m so glad His precious <\/p>\n
566
\n00:41:30,200 –> 00:41:33,920
\nblood covers me.
\nThorns of violence, thorns of <\/p>\n
567
\n00:41:33,920 –> 00:41:36,840
\nhate were growing wildly.
\nAnd through the pain that sin <\/p>\n
568
\n00:41:36,840 –> 00:41:39,360
\nhad caused, you know, it was so
\nvery plain to see. <\/p>\n
569
\n00:41:39,360 –> 00:41:42,840
\nBut when the blood came
\nstreaming down the cross, when <\/p>\n
570
\n00:41:42,840 –> 00:41:47,880
\nmy Savior bled and died, it
\nbroke the chains of sin, and he <\/p>\n
571
\n00:41:48,480 –> 00:41:52,520
\nset me free.
\nLove grew. <\/p>\n
572
\n00:41:53,320 –> 00:41:58,360
\nWhen the blood fell, those
\nflowers of hope sprang up for <\/p>\n
573
\n00:41:58,360 –> 00:42:01,760
\nmen in misery.
\nOh, sin died when the blood <\/p>\n
574
\n00:42:01,760 –> 00:42:05,160
\nfell.
\nOh, I’m so glad His precious <\/p>\n
575
\n00:42:05,160 –> 00:42:10,480
\nblood covers me now.
\nLet me tell you just a couple of<\/p>\n
576
\n00:42:10,600 –> 00:42:13,360
\ninteresting statistics about
\nthat particular piece. <\/p>\n
577
\n00:42:14,760 –> 00:42:16,400
\nThis is a hymn about the
\nAtonement. <\/p>\n
578
\n00:42:17,840 –> 00:42:22,800
\nGuess how many times God has
\nmentioned in the hymn answer? <\/p>\n
579
\n00:42:23,600 –> 00:42:27,880
\nNever.
\nGuess how many times the Lord <\/p>\n
580
\n00:42:27,880 –> 00:42:29,960
\nJesus Christ is mentioned in the
\nhymn? <\/p>\n
581
\n00:42:29,960 –> 00:42:31,840
\nAnswer?
\n6 times. <\/p>\n
582
\n00:42:33,280 –> 00:42:38,080
\nGuess how many times I’m
\nmentioned in the hymn? <\/p>\n
583
\n00:42:39,000 –> 00:42:43,360
\nWhy 9 times?
\nAfter all, we should get our <\/p>\n
584
\n00:42:43,360 –> 00:42:48,640
\npriorities right, And the whole
\nfocus of this hymn is what <\/p>\n
585
\n00:42:48,640 –> 00:42:52,360
\nChrist can do for me, that he
\nset me free. <\/p>\n
586
\n00:42:52,360 –> 00:42:55,400
\nOh, I’m so glad what’s been done
\nfor me. <\/p>\n
587
\n00:42:55,600 –> 00:42:59,720
\nHe paid the price and I’m free.
\nThat’s the doctrine of <\/p>\n
588
\n00:42:59,720 –> 00:43:05,720
\nsubstitution, isn’t it?
\nYou know what’s really sad about<\/p>\n
589
\n00:43:05,720 –> 00:43:10,520
\nthat, Brothers and sisters?
\nThat’s on a Christadelphian CD. <\/p>\n
590
\n00:43:13,720 –> 00:43:15,640
\nThat’s not the heritage of the
\nHouse of Asaph. <\/p>\n
591
\n00:43:17,720 –> 00:43:20,040
\nThat’s not divine principle
\ntaking us into the presence of <\/p>\n
592
\n00:43:20,040 –> 00:43:24,400
\nthe Father.
\nWe won’t draw near to God with <\/p>\n
593
\n00:43:24,400 –> 00:43:29,400
\nhymns that are very emotional
\nbut lack the substance of divine<\/p>\n
594
\n00:43:29,400 –> 00:43:34,320
\ntruth.
\nNow compare that with this peace<\/p>\n
595
\n00:43:34,320 –> 00:43:38,480
\nthat we know and love and sing
\nheartily all around the <\/p>\n
596
\n00:43:38,480 –> 00:43:41,880
\necclesial world, and just look
\nat the difference. <\/p>\n
597
\n00:43:44,160 –> 00:43:51,040
\nWe praise the heavenly Father,
\nwe thank the Lord, that still <\/p>\n
598
\n00:43:51,320 –> 00:43:56,480
\nthe word of Thy salvation works
\nout Thy sovereign will. <\/p>\n
599
\n00:43:56,480 –> 00:44:00,480
\nOr where’s the emphasis of this
\nhymn but on the majesty of the <\/p>\n
600
\n00:44:00,480 –> 00:44:02,960
\npurpose of the Father being
\nfulfilled. <\/p>\n
601
\n00:44:03,200 –> 00:44:06,520
\nA hymn, brothers and sisters,
\nthat saturated in its successive<\/p>\n
602
\n00:44:06,520 –> 00:44:08,880
\nverses with scriptural
\nillusions. <\/p>\n
603
\n00:44:09,520 –> 00:44:12,840
\nVerse one tells us that the
\nsovereign majesty of God’s <\/p>\n
604
\n00:44:12,840 –> 00:44:16,800
\npurpose has touched us, that we
\nmight manifest in both now and <\/p>\n
605
\n00:44:16,800 –> 00:44:20,200
\nin the age to come.
\nVerse 2 says we need to practice<\/p>\n
606
\n00:44:20,200 –> 00:44:23,400
\nthe positive and negative
\naspects of the atonement in our <\/p>\n
607
\n00:44:23,400 –> 00:44:26,840
\nown lives, death to the flesh
\nand life to the spirit. <\/p>\n
608
\n00:44:27,120 –> 00:44:30,400
\nVerse 3 says that the
\nrepresentative nature of our <\/p>\n
609
\n00:44:30,400 –> 00:44:34,520
\nLord’s offering means that we
\nmust identify with him fully to <\/p>\n
610
\n00:44:34,520 –> 00:44:38,600
\nshare in the victory issue.
\nHere is a hymn that celebrates <\/p>\n
611
\n00:44:38,600 –> 00:44:41,040
\nwhat we really we believe about
\nthe atonement. <\/p>\n
612
\n00:44:41,280 –> 00:44:45,120
\nNo other Christian Church
\nunderstands the atonement as we <\/p>\n
613
\n00:44:45,120 –> 00:44:46,840
\ndo.
\nBrothers and sisters, why would <\/p>\n
614
\n00:44:46,840 –> 00:44:49,960
\nwe want the hymns of the
\nchurches to celebrate this? <\/p>\n
615
\n00:44:51,040 –> 00:44:54,120
\nWe have our own.
\nWho wrote that hymn? <\/p>\n
616
\n00:44:54,120 –> 00:45:00,800
\nBy the way, Brother Charles
\nLadson is expressive of the <\/p>\n
617
\n00:45:00,800 –> 00:45:06,200
\ntruth.
\nAnd when I sing that hymn, I <\/p>\n
618
\n00:45:06,200 –> 00:45:11,080
\ncome into the presence of God.
\nNow this family, brothers and <\/p>\n
619
\n00:45:11,080 –> 00:45:13,920
\nsisters, brothers and sisters,
\nunderstood that secret. <\/p>\n
620
\n00:45:14,920 –> 00:45:19,080
\nAnd God willing, in our
\nsubsequent studies, we will try <\/p>\n
621
\n00:45:19,080 –> 00:45:23,880
\nto understand how they imparted
\nthat secret to their family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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