{"id":517,"date":"2022-08-28T17:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T17:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/206-gary-cousens-inspirational-reading\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T01:19:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T01:19:15","slug":"206-gary-cousens-inspirational-reading","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/goodchristadelphiantalks.com\/index.php\/podcast\/206-gary-cousens-inspirational-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"206: Gary Cousens – Inspirational Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week we are listening to the last class called “Inspirational Reading” that was givenby Brother Gary Cousens (Ontario) in 2018 at the Midwest Bible School (USA).<\/p>\n

We hope this strengthens your Faith and brightens your day!<\/p>\n

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\nWelcome to Good Burger selfie
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\nnow let’s talk more about this
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\nHello everyone.
\nMy name is Mike Livermore. <\/p>\n

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\nI’m a disciple of Christ from
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\nhere with another talk from the
\nMidwest Bible School. <\/p>\n

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\nOur Yesterday comes from the
\nMidwest, Bible School in the <\/p>\n

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\nyear. 2018, one of the speakers
\nthis year was Gary cousins from <\/p>\n

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\nOntario.
\nAnd this talk was the afternoon <\/p>\n

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\naddress on the first Sunday of
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\nAnd the subject of this talk was
\na premise that I had never <\/p>\n

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\nconsidered it was so humbling
\nand years later, I frequently <\/p>\n

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\ncome back to our remembrance of
\nthis class when I found myself <\/p>\n

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\ngetting a bit apathetic and
\nneglecting the topic of this <\/p>\n

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\nclass.
\nGas, which was to consider how <\/p>\n

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\nwell we read the Bible and the
\nwhole premise Gary begins with <\/p>\n

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\nas how, you know, as Believers
\nof Christ. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, we describe ourselves
\nas Bible students, reading the <\/p>\n

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\nBible is Central to our faith.
\nYou know, faith comes by hearing<\/p>\n

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\nand hearing by the word of God.
\nAnd so we place reading as this <\/p>\n

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\nCentral pillar of who we are, as
\nBelievers as people of Faith as <\/p>\n

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\nBible students, but yet we
\nreally neglect public. <\/p>\n

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\nEating and reading and groups.
\nWe just kind of thing would be <\/p>\n

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\njust kind of do to get done to
\nget to the next thing. <\/p>\n

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\nAnybody can read you have
\nchildren reading, we develop our<\/p>\n

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\npublic speaking skills and our
\nmusic skills are praised talents<\/p>\n

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\nbut yet we don’t develop
\nreading. <\/p>\n

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\nWe just kind of neglect it and
\nit’s just something we do at the<\/p>\n

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\nbeginning to get it done.
\nAnd this whole class challenge <\/p>\n

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\nthat that practice and made me
\nthink you’re in a very humbling <\/p>\n

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\nway.
\nLike this, this needs to be a <\/p>\n

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\nresource.
\nWe should focus more. <\/p>\n

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\nMore on reading.
\nAnd so Gary, I think it’s up to <\/p>\n

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\nclass up so well very humbling
\nand Luke chapter 4, when Jesus <\/p>\n

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\nin the synagogue shows up and
\nreads the Old Testament in the <\/p>\n

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\nsynagogue’s hearing and the
\nresponse of the crowd after a <\/p>\n

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\nreading.
\nWas this that all Who Bore <\/p>\n

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\nwitness marveled at the gracious
\nWords which proceeded out of his<\/p>\n

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\nmouth that’s after a reading
\nlike how often again is reading <\/p>\n

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\nJust, you do it and you forget
\nabout it. <\/p>\n

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\nBut these people marveled at the
\nreading by Jesus and the central<\/p>\n

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\npart of the class really comes
\nfrom Nehemiah chapter 8, and all<\/p>\n

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\nof the various practical,
\ntakeaways from when Ezra read <\/p>\n

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\nthe law, and that chapter.
\nAnd I’ll just highlight one one.<\/p>\n

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\nLess that really struck me from
\nthis chapter, we’re right before<\/p>\n

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\nthe reading as your opens, the
\nbook in verse 5, the reading <\/p>\n

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\ntakes begins in verses 7 and 8.
\nBut in verse 6 right before Or <\/p>\n

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\nthat the people answer.
\nAmen, amen. <\/p>\n

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\nWhile lifting up their hands,
\nthey bow their heads and they <\/p>\n

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\nworship, right?
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\nabout, to be Reds, is an
\ninteresting example of where <\/p>\n

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\nreading is a form of worship
\nthat just as they would have <\/p>\n

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\ndone the same thing for for
\npraise music for a prayer, the <\/p>\n

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\nlifting up of their hands.
\nThey did it for a reading and <\/p>\n

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\nwhere? <\/p>\n

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\nthe I asked or whatever reading
\ncould be a form of worship if we<\/p>\n

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\ntreated it as such and then in
\nthe final third of the class, <\/p>\n

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\nGary kind of brings all of the
\nlessons and all of the points <\/p>\n

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\nfrom DMI and other scriptural
\nexamples. <\/p>\n

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\nHe has this whole a very helpful
\ntake away action item list and <\/p>\n

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\nthe whole final third of the
\nclass is really practical <\/p>\n

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\ndiscussion on how his family’s
\nindividuals in the cleavages. <\/p>\n

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\nWe can make reading more
\npowerful. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’s got a couple of really
\ninteresting examples, one of, <\/p>\n

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\nwhen he’s at the somerville’s
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\nGary also has an example from a
\nwork conference. <\/p>\n

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\nHe attended where there were
\nprofessional teachers for how to<\/p>\n

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\nread effectively.
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\nMark I think was the real <\/p>\n

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\nhighlight of the class for me.
\nWhere Gary has this whole slide <\/p>\n

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\nof what ifs, we ask questions
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\nthe box ideas, can we get more
\ncreative and introduce some <\/p>\n

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\nthings are the readings to kind
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\nthem more effective?
\nAnd the one that I think is so <\/p>\n

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\nspot-on, was how he says, why
\ndon’t we just have a very brief <\/p>\n

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\none sentence introduction?
\nBut for every reading an <\/p>\n

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\nintroductions, like that can be
\nso powerful in this year at <\/p>\n

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\nbible school in 2022.
\nGary’s son been cousins. <\/p>\n

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\nHe did this for one of the
\nreadings from Samuel and it <\/p>\n

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\ntotally set up the whole chapter
\nin my mind. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd I really helped me get more
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\nSo I just love that idea.
\nThis class you might think What <\/p>\n

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\nis this class is a class about
\nBible reading. <\/p>\n

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\nIf this sounds pretty dull but
\ntrust me, this class will make <\/p>\n

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\nyou rethink the whole premise of
\nhow we treat readings. <\/p>\n

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\nIt’ll make you value them more.
\nYou’ll think of some any ideas <\/p>\n

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\nof ways to improve its a whole
\nclass on changing how we think <\/p>\n

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\nabout readings to really value
\nthem as a resource and not just <\/p>\n

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\nas something that you just kind
\nof do and throw them away and <\/p>\n

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\nmove on, it was a real wake-up
\ncall of a class. <\/p>\n

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\nWhen they often go back to in my
\nmind, when I get a little <\/p>\n

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\napathetic about Bible reading.
\nSo let’s turn it over. <\/p>\n

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\nNow to gear you for this class
\non inspirational reading. <\/p>\n

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\nWell good afternoon, friends and
\nyoung people and Brethren and <\/p>\n

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\nsisters.
\nAs you know this week we’re <\/p>\n

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\ngoing to be considering the book
\nof Nehemiah and so when they <\/p>\n

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\nasked me to do an introductory
\naddress, I thought what better <\/p>\n

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\nconsideration than to look at
\nNehemiah. <\/p>\n

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\nGreat.
\nAnd since we’re going to be <\/p>\n

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\nreading the word of God
\nthroughout the week, talk about <\/p>\n

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\nhow we actually do that and how
\nwe read the word and what we <\/p>\n

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\nportray by reading the word of
\nGod. <\/p>\n

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\nYou know, we claim to be a
\npeople of the book and I think <\/p>\n

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\nrightly so we have a tradition
\nthat goes back over 100 Years of<\/p>\n

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\nreading the Bible within our
\ncommunity every day. <\/p>\n

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\nWe read the bible, let our
\nSunday morning Memorial <\/p>\n

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\nServices.
\nRoutinely we read do public <\/p>\n

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\nreading of the Bible at most of
\nour addresses, whether it be <\/p>\n

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\nBible class or lectures or
\nwhatever. <\/p>\n

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\nBut sometimes our public reading
\nbecomes more of a tradition and <\/p>\n

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\nmore of a custom.
\nPerhaps than the experience. <\/p>\n

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\nThat scripture says, the reading
\nthe public reading of the word <\/p>\n

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\nis meant to be the public.
\nReading of the word is meant to <\/p>\n

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\nbe.
\nThe focal, point is meant to be <\/p>\n

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\ninspirational.
\nIt’s meant to capture the <\/p>\n

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\nemotions of what the inspired
\nword is meant to portray. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd when you think of us as a
\ncommunity, we don’t really spend<\/p>\n

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\na lot of time.
\nDo we training and developing <\/p>\n

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\npublic readers of the word of
\nGod? <\/p>\n

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\nyou know, anyone can read But we
\nelect preside, errs, exhort errs<\/p>\n

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\nand lecturers, are either
\nelected or chosen by the ABS. <\/p>\n

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\nWe appoint a sunday-school
\nsuperintendent, we do all of <\/p>\n

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\nthat, but anyone could read And
\nwhat does that say? <\/p>\n

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\nWhat does that imply?
\nWe don’t as a community, provide<\/p>\n

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\nreally any guidelines.
\nWe don’t provide any practice or<\/p>\n

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\ntraining for those who publicly
\nread the word of God. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd we really have very few if
\nany expectations for those that <\/p>\n

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\nare publicly reading the word of
\nGod and yet a proper and an <\/p>\n

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\nappropriate reading of the word
\ncan make it live. <\/p>\n

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\nIt can appeal to our emotions
\nand can be inspirational and it <\/p>\n

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\ncan be an impetus for change in
\nthe lives of the listeners. <\/p>\n

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\nIf it’s done.
\nWell, I’d like to share with you<\/p>\n

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\na quotation from.
\nThis is actually from the <\/p>\n

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\nBozeman Bible School a few years
\nago that we were at and brother <\/p>\n

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\nTerry Houghton was giving an
\nevening program and he this is a<\/p>\n

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\nquote from his evening program.
\nIt says is it a privilege that <\/p>\n

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\nwe have this book?
\nIt is a privilege that we can <\/p>\n

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\nread from it.
\nWe are the medium by which God’s<\/p>\n

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\nword is communicated without us
\nto lift the words off the page. <\/p>\n

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\nThe Bible would be just like any
\nother book. <\/p>\n

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\nSits on our bookshelf at home.
\nWe need to lift the words off <\/p>\n

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\nthe page.
\nHe said and make them live. <\/p>\n

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\nWe need to lift the words off
\nthe page and make them live. <\/p>\n

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\nI’d like to suggest that that
\nbecome our challenge for this <\/p>\n

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\nweek at bible school.
\nThis week at bible school, I’d <\/p>\n

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\nlike to suggest that we focus on
\nhow we read the word. <\/p>\n

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\nChallenge ourselves.
\nWhen we read the word publicly <\/p>\n

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\nto as brother, Terry says, to
\nlift those words off the page <\/p>\n

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\nand to make them live.
\nAnd I believe that Nehemiah <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 8 teaches us how to do
\nthat. <\/p>\n

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\nI’d actually like to begin turn
\nif you will back to Deuteronomy <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 17.
\nDeuteronomy chapter 17 talks <\/p>\n

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\nabout the reading of a king
\nDeuteronomy chapter 17 will all <\/p>\n

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\nbe familiar with this passage.
\nIt says there in verse 18, it <\/p>\n

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\nsays and it shall be when he
\nsitteth upon the throne of his <\/p>\n

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\nkingdom that he shall write him
\na copy of this law. <\/p>\n

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\nSo when a king sits on the
\nthrone, what’s he to do? <\/p>\n

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\nOne of the first things is Write
\nhim a copy of this law in a book<\/p>\n

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\nout of that which is before the
\npriests and the Levites. <\/p>\n

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\nVerse 19 and it shall be with
\nhim and he shall read therein <\/p>\n

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\nall the days of his life every
\nsingle day, he’s to read from <\/p>\n

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\nthat book.
\nAnd why what’s the purpose in <\/p>\n

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\nhis reading that he may learn to
\nfear the lord, his God to keep <\/p>\n

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\nall the words of this law and
\nthese statutes and to do them In<\/p>\n

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\norder that his heart be not
\nlifted up above his Brethren, <\/p>\n

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\nthat he turned, not aside from
\nthe commitment to the right <\/p>\n

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\nhand, or to the left.
\nAnd to the end that he may <\/p>\n

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\nprolong his days in his kingdom,
\nhe his chin and his children in <\/p>\n

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\nthe midst of Israel.
\nAnd so the King was to do three <\/p>\n

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\nthings.
\nWasn’t he He was to write him a <\/p>\n

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\ncopy of the book.
\nHe was to read that book every <\/p>\n

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\nday and what’s the third thing?
\nThis is the thing that we often <\/p>\n

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\nmiss the third thing is that
\nthat book was to be with him. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was to keep it by his side
\nday by day. <\/p>\n

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\nThere was to be a copy of the
\nword. <\/p>\n

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\nHe was to write it out.
\nHe was to keep it with him and <\/p>\n

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\nhe was to read it every day and
\nthat would be his guide for <\/p>\n

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\nlife.
\nNot him personally in his <\/p>\n

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\nfamily, not just for him
\npersonally and his family, but <\/p>\n

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\nfor the nation, What other book
\ncan have that profound effect? <\/p>\n

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\nUpon the character of a king.
\nDeuteronomy chapter 31. <\/p>\n

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\nIt wasn’t just the king, That
\nwas supposed to read the book of<\/p>\n

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\nthe law.
\nAnd Deuteronomy chapter 1, verse<\/p>\n

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\nTerry’s.
\nChapter 31 here we have Moses. <\/p>\n

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\nInstructing the people
\nDeuteronomy chapter 31, and <\/p>\n

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\nverse 10 says, and Moses
\ncommanded them saying, and <\/p>\n

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\nhere’s the Commandment of Moses.
\nEvery seven years. <\/p>\n

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\nWhat were they to do verse 11,
\nwhen all Israel is come to <\/p>\n

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\nappear before the Lord thy God
\nin the place, which he shall <\/p>\n

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\nchoose.
\nThou shalt read. <\/p>\n

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\nThou shalt read this law before
\nall Israel in their hearing. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd who was there gather?
\nThe people together, men, women <\/p>\n

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\nchildren and strangers, everyone
\nthat’s within your Gates, that <\/p>\n

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\nmay hear.
\nAnd that may learn. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd that may fear the lord, your
\nGod and observe to do all the <\/p>\n

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\nwords of this law.
\nAnd so every seven years is the <\/p>\n

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\nGathering of the whole nation
\nand the whole nation together. <\/p>\n

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\nRead the word of God.
\nThey all didn’t have their own <\/p>\n

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\npersonal copies, did they?
\nThere was probably only a few <\/p>\n

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\ncopies and so every seven years
\nthey would gather together as a <\/p>\n

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\nnation and they would read the
\nword of God and that practice <\/p>\n

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\nwas to spend generation after
\ngeneration after generation. <\/p>\n

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\nBut it was important.
\nTurn if you will to 2nd Kings <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 22 and second Kings,
\nchapter 22 is pertinent. <\/p>\n

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\nI believe to the book of
\nNehemiah and Nehemiah is <\/p>\n

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\ninstitution here in Nehemiah
\nchapter, 8 of the reading of the<\/p>\n

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\nword, 2nd Kings chapter 22 verse
\n1. <\/p>\n

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\nWe have the record their of
\nJosiah right. <\/p>\n

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\nJosiah was eight years old when
\nhe began to Reign so it’s the <\/p>\n

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\nrecord of Josiah.
\nVerse 8, it says, and hilkiah <\/p>\n

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\nthe high priest said unto
\nChafin, the Scribe I have found <\/p>\n

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\nthe book of the law in the house
\nof the Lord and hilkiah gave the<\/p>\n

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\nbook to Chafin and he read it.
\nSkip down to verse 10 and <\/p>\n

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\nChafin.
\nThe Scribe showed the Kings <\/p>\n

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\nsaying hilkiah, the priests have
\ndelivered me a book And Shaffer <\/p>\n

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\nit.
\nRead it before the king. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd it came to pass when the
\nking had heard the words of the <\/p>\n

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\nbook of the law that he rent his
\nclothes. <\/p>\n

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\nThe book of the law had been
\nlost. <\/p>\n

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\nIt have been shelved.
\nIt had been put away. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd now it had been
\nrediscovered. <\/p>\n

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\nSo now, what is Josiah supposed
\nto do is rediscovered? <\/p>\n

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\nThis book of the law, what does
\nhe do? <\/p>\n

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\nTurn over to Second Kings,
\nchapter 23, here we see what <\/p>\n

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\nJosiah decides to do.
\nIt says verse 1 and the King <\/p>\n

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\nsent and they gathered unto him,
\nall the Elders of Judah and of <\/p>\n

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\nJerusalem.
\nAnd the King went up into the <\/p>\n

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\nhouse of the Lord and all the
\nmen of Judah and all the <\/p>\n

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\ninhabitants of Jerusalem with
\nhim, and the priests, and the <\/p>\n

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\nprophets, and all the people
\nboth small and great similar to <\/p>\n

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\nwhat we just Right in
\nDeuteronomy 31, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

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\nHe gathers, all the people
\ntogether both small and great <\/p>\n

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\nprophets.
\nPriests, gathers them all <\/p>\n

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\ntogether and then what does he
\ndo to see appoint, somebody to <\/p>\n

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\nread the book in front of all,
\nthe people know who reads the <\/p>\n

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\nbook verse 1, or sorry in verse
\n2 and he that is Josiah read in <\/p>\n

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\nthe ears, all the words of the
\nbook of the Covenant, which was <\/p>\n

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\nfound in the house of the Lord
\nand so Josiah gathers them all <\/p>\n

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\ntogether and Josiah stands up
\nand reads the book. <\/p>\n

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\nBook of the law as the king.
\nAnd not only does he read the <\/p>\n

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\nbook in verse 2?
\nWhat happens in verse 3 and the <\/p>\n

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\nKing stood by a pillar and made
\na covenant before the Lord, to <\/p>\n

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\nwalk after the Lord, and to keep
\nhis Commandments. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd his testimonies and his
\nstatutes, with all their heart, <\/p>\n

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\nand all their soul, to perform
\nthe words of this Covenant that <\/p>\n

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\nwere written in this book and
\nall the people stood to the <\/p>\n

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\nCovenant, Well, what did
\nNehemiah do? <\/p>\n

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\nNehemiah had Ezra the Scribe,
\nread the book of the law and <\/p>\n

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\nthen what it is or what did
\nNehemiah do to follow that up? <\/p>\n

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\nHe follows the pattern of Josiah
\ndoesn’t, it doesn’t he in <\/p>\n

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\nchapter 9 and in chapter 10?
\nAll the people in nehemiah’s, <\/p>\n

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\nday, stood to a covenant and
\nthey made a covenant and they <\/p>\n

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\nsealed.
\nThe Covenant before their God <\/p>\n

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\nNehemiah was following the
\npattern of Josiah here in second<\/p>\n

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\nKings.
\nChapter 23. <\/p>\n

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\nLet’s look at our master in,
\nLuke chapter 4. <\/p>\n

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\nHere we have the Lord Jesus
\nChrist himself. <\/p>\n

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\nIn Luke chapter 4 coming into
\nthe synagogue, verse 16 and he <\/p>\n

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\ncame to Nazareth where he had
\nbeen brought up. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd as his custom was, he went
\ninto the synagogue on the <\/p>\n

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\nSabbath day and stood up for to
\nread. <\/p>\n

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\nAnd so that was a custom in the
\nfirst century. <\/p>\n

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\nWasn’t it that they went into
\nthe synagogue and they read and <\/p>\n

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\nChrist.
\nEndorse has that custom of <\/p>\n

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\nreading the law.
\nThere was delivered unto him, <\/p>\n

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\nthe book of the prophet Isaiah,
\nand when he had opened the book,<\/p>\n

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\nhe found the place where it was
\nwritten. <\/p>\n

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\nThe spirit of the Lord is upon
\nme because he hath anointed me <\/p>\n

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\nto preach the gospel to the
\npoor, he has sent me to heal the<\/p>\n

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\nbrokenhearted to preach
\nDeliverance, to the captives, <\/p>\n

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\nand recovering of sight to the
\nblind to set at Liberty, them <\/p>\n

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\nthat were bruised to preach the
\nacceptable year of the Lord, and<\/p>\n

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\nthen he closed the book.
\nAnd he gives it back to the <\/p>\n

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\nminister and sits down.
\nThe eyes of all of them that <\/p>\n

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\nwere in the synagogue were
\nfastened on him and he began to <\/p>\n

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\nsay unto them.
\nThis day is the scripture <\/p>\n

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\nfulfilled in your ears and all
\nbear him. <\/p>\n

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\nWitness and wondered at the
\ngracious Words, which proceeded <\/p>\n

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\nout of his mouth, How do you
\nthink the master read this <\/p>\n

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\npassage?
\nDo you think he practiced it? <\/p>\n

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\nHe probably had it memorized.
\nDo you think he read it with <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:02,900 –> 00:19:05,400
\nemotion and with emphasis?
\nAbsolutely? <\/p>\n

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\nHe read it with feeling and
\npassion in so much that without <\/p>\n

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\nexplanation.
\nThere was no doubt who that <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:12,200 –> 00:19:18,900
\npassage was referring to and the
\npeople were able to connect the <\/p>\n

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\nworks that they had witnessed to
\nthe passage that he had read, <\/p>\n

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\nwhich demonstrates his sincerity
\nand his integrity That’s how the<\/p>\n

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\nword is to be read.
\nTurn if you will. <\/p>\n

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\nOne more passage actually going
\nto look at two more passages <\/p>\n

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\nbefore we go to need my eight
\nActs chapter 13. <\/p>\n

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\n00:19:45,400 –> 00:19:48,300
\nActs chapter 13.
\nI have acts 15 verse 21 at the <\/p>\n

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\ntop of the screen there, that’s
\njust establishes. <\/p>\n

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\nOr reinforces the custom.
\nThat was adopted of reading, the<\/p>\n

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\nword of God, but if you go to
\nActs chapter 13 here we have the<\/p>\n

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\nexample of Paul.
\nActs chapter 13 and verse 14 <\/p>\n

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\nsays, but when they departed
\nfrom purga, they came to Antioch<\/p>\n

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\nin pisidia and went into the
\nsynagogue on the Sabbath day and<\/p>\n

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\nsat down.
\nAnd after the reading of the law<\/p>\n

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\nand the prophets, the rulers of
\nthe synagogue sent unto them <\/p>\n

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\nsaying, amen, and brother.
\nAnd if you have any word of <\/p>\n

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\nexhortation for the people say
\non. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here’s Paul similar to the
\nmaster attending the synagogue <\/p>\n

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\nand they’re doing the reading
\nright there. <\/p>\n

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\nReading the law in the
\nsynagogue. <\/p>\n

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\nSo here, it’s endorsed by Paul
\nand Paul’s invited to say a few <\/p>\n

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\nwords, Something peculiar Paul
\nsays here in his speech. notice <\/p>\n

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\nwhen the master read, that he
\nestablishes a pattern that those<\/p>\n

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\nwho were able to read were also
\nable to provide exposition Paul <\/p>\n

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\nwas one of those here as well.
\nRight after the reading was <\/p>\n

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\ndone, he was able to provide
\nexposition Look at verse 27. <\/p>\n

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\nThis is what happens when those
\nwho read don’t are not able to <\/p>\n

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\nprovide Exposition verse 27 for
\nthey that dwell at Jerusalem and<\/p>\n

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\ntheir rulers because they knew
\nhim not nor yet the voices of <\/p>\n

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\nthe prophets which are read
\nevery Sabbath day. <\/p>\n

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\nThey have fulfilled them.
\nIn condemning him. <\/p>\n

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\nSometimes we’re like that,
\naren’t we? <\/p>\n

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\nThey were there when the
\nscriptures were read, they were <\/p>\n

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\nprobably very faithful attenders
\nto the synagogue every week to <\/p>\n

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\nread the word of the law.
\nThey heard every word. but if <\/p>\n

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\nyou ever finished a reading, And
\nnot being able to remember what <\/p>\n

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\nyou read.
\nThat’s the situation here. <\/p>\n

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\nNot only could they not
\nremember, they didn’t want to <\/p>\n

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\n00:22:14,200 –> 00:22:18,900
\nremember, did they And so we’re
\nnot paying attention to the <\/p>\n

330
\n00:22:18,900 –> 00:22:22,200
\nreading and the exposition they
\nwere actually fulfilling <\/p>\n

331
\n00:22:22,200 –> 00:22:29,000
\nscripture.
\nWe don’t really want to be in <\/p>\n

332
\n00:22:29,000 –> 00:22:33,100
\nthat situation.
\nWhat we want to do is in 1st <\/p>\n

333
\n00:22:33,100 –> 00:22:36,000
\nTimothy chapter 4, if you turn
\nthe first Timothy chapter 4, <\/p>\n

334
\n00:22:36,700 –> 00:22:40,000
\nfinal passage before we go to
\nNehemiah chapter 8, First <\/p>\n

335
\n00:22:40,000 –> 00:22:44,600
\nTimothy 4:13, very simple
\nphrase. <\/p>\n

336
\n00:22:47,900 –> 00:22:53,700
\nIt says till I come give
\nattendance to reading till I <\/p>\n

337
\n00:22:53,700 –> 00:22:58,400
\ncome give attendance to reading.
\nSo in the English that would <\/p>\n

338
\n00:22:58,400 –> 00:23:01,200
\nsimply mean, make sure that
\nyou’re there, make sure Sure, <\/p>\n

339
\n00:23:01,200 –> 00:23:06,000
\nthat you’re filling a seat.
\nThat’s what we would Define <\/p>\n

340
\n00:23:06,000 –> 00:23:09,100
\nattendance is, but when we go to
\nthe Greek, the Greek means to <\/p>\n

341
\n00:23:09,100 –> 00:23:12,600
\nhold the Mind towards to pay
\nattention to, to be cautious <\/p>\n

342
\n00:23:12,600 –> 00:23:16,900
\nabout to apply yourself one too.
\nAnd so, when the word of God is <\/p>\n

343
\n00:23:16,900 –> 00:23:21,600
\nread till the Lord, Jesus
\nChrist, comes, we are to elevate<\/p>\n

344
\n00:23:21,600 –> 00:23:24,200
\nour minds in the reading of the
\nword and in the giving of <\/p>\n

345
\n00:23:24,200 –> 00:23:27,400
\nexhortation, and in the
\ndiscussion and the presentations<\/p>\n

346
\n00:23:27,400 –> 00:23:31,200
\nof Doctrine, it’s lifting up our
\nminds to a higher level. <\/p>\n

347
\n00:23:31,400 –> 00:23:33,400
\nThat’s what that word attendance
\nmeans. <\/p>\n

348
\n00:23:38,300 –> 00:23:43,000
\nWe should never read the word of
\nGod and not be able to remember <\/p>\n

349
\n00:23:43,400 –> 00:23:50,700
\nwhat we’ve read.
\nWe have a great example. <\/p>\n

350
\n00:23:50,700 –> 00:23:56,500
\nDon’t we in Nehemiah chapter 8
\nof how to read with emotion. <\/p>\n

351
\n00:23:58,100 –> 00:24:01,800
\nSo, let’s go to Nehemiah chapter
\n8 and begin there in verse 1. <\/p>\n

352
\n00:24:03,200 –> 00:24:06,500
\nNehemiah chapter 8 and verse 1.
\nIt says, and all the people <\/p>\n

353
\n00:24:06,800 –> 00:24:12,000
\ngathered themselves together as
\none man into the street, that <\/p>\n

354
\n00:24:12,000 –> 00:24:15,300
\nwas before the water gate.
\nNow notice what it says there, <\/p>\n

355
\n00:24:15,300 –> 00:24:18,600
\nit says they’re all the people
\ngathered themselves together. <\/p>\n

356
\n00:24:18,900 –> 00:24:21,100
\nThis was not an Edict of
\nNehemiah. <\/p>\n

357
\n00:24:21,400 –> 00:24:26,300
\nIt was not an Edict of Ezra,
\nit’s all the people Gathering <\/p>\n

358
\n00:24:26,300 –> 00:24:29,700
\nthemselves together, it’s them
\nthemselves. <\/p>\n

359
\n00:24:29,700 –> 00:24:34,400
\nBeing self-motivated
\nself-directed To gather together<\/p>\n

360
\n00:24:34,400 –> 00:24:37,200
\nand they probably went to Ezra
\nNehemiah and said this is what <\/p>\n

361
\n00:24:37,200 –> 00:24:43,800
\nwe want to do.
\nIt’s initiated by the Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

362
\n00:24:44,300 –> 00:24:47,700
\nThey voluntarily gathered for a
\nreading of the word of God. <\/p>\n

363
\n00:24:50,700 –> 00:24:54,300
\nAnd so they were prepared to
\nreceive the reading and they <\/p>\n

364
\n00:24:54,300 –> 00:24:57,200
\nwere willing to be changed by
\nit. <\/p>\n

365
\n00:24:58,900 –> 00:25:01,500
\nAnd notice there.
\nIt says they gathered together <\/p>\n

366
\n00:25:01,600 –> 00:25:06,900
\nas one man.
\nThey gathered together as one <\/p>\n

367
\n00:25:06,900 –> 00:25:09,900
\nman which speaks to their their
\nUnity of mind. <\/p>\n

368
\n00:25:12,800 –> 00:25:16,100
\nThere was a common understanding
\nand there was a common <\/p>\n

369
\n00:25:16,100 –> 00:25:18,700
\nreceptivity to the word amongst
\nthem. <\/p>\n

370
\n00:25:21,600 –> 00:25:24,300
\nAnd that’s a challenge for us
\nand ecclesial life, isn’t it? <\/p>\n

371
\n00:25:24,300 –> 00:25:27,700
\nIdeally that’s what occlusal
\nlife is all about, common <\/p>\n

372
\n00:25:27,700 –> 00:25:30,900
\nunderstanding, common
\nreceptivity to the word of God <\/p>\n

373
\n00:25:30,900 –> 00:25:34,700
\nand the two of those working
\ntogether to direct the Ecclesia.<\/p>\n

374
\n00:25:34,700 –> 00:25:36,200
\nRight?
\nThat’s that’s what ecclesial <\/p>\n

375
\n00:25:36,200 –> 00:25:41,400
\nlife is all about.
\nAchieving a state of Oneness of <\/p>\n

376
\n00:25:41,400 –> 00:25:44,400
\nmind.
\nAnd that’s a challenge for us <\/p>\n

377
\n00:25:44,400 –> 00:25:47,500
\nbecause the Ecclesia is made up
\nof many different personalities <\/p>\n

378
\n00:25:47,500 –> 00:25:50,800
\nand personality types.
\nAnd we’ve got to come together <\/p>\n

379
\n00:25:50,800 –> 00:25:53,500
\nas in a collision.
\nWe’ve got to work together to <\/p>\n

380
\n00:25:53,500 –> 00:25:56,200
\ndevelop that Oneness, that Unity
\nof mind. <\/p>\n

381
\n00:25:56,400 –> 00:25:59,500
\nSo that when we read the word of
\nGod, we’re reading, it is one <\/p>\n

382
\n00:26:05,400 –> 00:26:08,400
\nand that’s a tough thing.
\nIn a collision. <\/p>\n

383
\n00:26:15,500 –> 00:26:18,700
\nIt’s Ezra that stands up and
\ndoes the reading. <\/p>\n

384
\n00:26:18,700 –> 00:26:23,600
\nAnd notice here, when we read
\nthese two verses in Nehemiah <\/p>\n

385
\n00:26:23,600 –> 00:26:27,200
\nchapter 8 that Ezra is given two
\ntitles in verse 1. <\/p>\n

386
\n00:26:27,200 –> 00:26:31,900
\nIt says, and they spake unto
\nEzra, The Scribe to bring the <\/p>\n

387
\n00:26:31,900 –> 00:26:34,700
\nbook of the law of Moses which
\nthe Lord had commanded Israel <\/p>\n

388
\n00:26:34,700 –> 00:26:38,200
\nverse 2 and Ezra.
\nThe priest brought the law <\/p>\n

389
\n00:26:38,200 –> 00:26:40,600
\nbefore the congregation, both of
\nmen and women. <\/p>\n

390
\n00:26:40,600 –> 00:26:43,900
\nAnd so Ezra here is given two
\ntitles. <\/p>\n

391
\n00:26:43,900 –> 00:26:48,100
\nHe’s given the title of Scribe.
\nAnd he’s given a title of a <\/p>\n

392
\n00:26:48,100 –> 00:26:51,300
\npriest.
\nWhy. <\/p>\n

393
\n00:26:51,300 –> 00:27:01,600
\nSo, The title of the Scribe
\nspeaks to the preparation that <\/p>\n

394
\n00:27:01,600 –> 00:27:05,700
\nwent into the reading of the
\nword of God, and the title of <\/p>\n

395
\n00:27:05,700 –> 00:27:09,600
\npriest speaks to the message
\nthat was delivered turn. <\/p>\n

396
\n00:27:09,600 –> 00:27:13,900
\nIf you will to Ezra chapter 7
\nand Ezra chapter 7, we read <\/p>\n

397
\n00:27:13,900 –> 00:27:18,400
\nthere of the preparation that
\nEzra made as a scribe. <\/p>\n

398
\n00:27:19,100 –> 00:27:28,300
\nEzra chapter 7 we’re going to
\nread there at verse Verse 6. <\/p>\n

399
\n00:27:29,100 –> 00:27:33,400
\nThis Ezra went up from Babylon
\nand he was a ready, scribe in <\/p>\n

400
\n00:27:33,400 –> 00:27:37,300
\nthe law of Moses, which the god
\nof Israel had given. <\/p>\n

401
\n00:27:38,600 –> 00:27:42,700
\nSo he was a ready, scribe.
\nAnd then verse 10 says, for Ezra<\/p>\n

402
\n00:27:42,700 –> 00:27:46,600
\nhad prepared, his heart, to seek
\nthe law of the Lord and to do it<\/p>\n

403
\n00:27:46,900 –> 00:27:50,500
\nand to teach in Israel, Statute
\nin judgments. <\/p>\n

404
\n00:27:51,400 –> 00:27:58,600
\nAnd so Ezra was a ready, scribe
\nhe I heard his heart to do. <\/p>\n

405
\n00:27:58,600 –> 00:28:02,000
\nAnd to teach the word of God,
\nthat’s the role of the Scribe, <\/p>\n

406
\n00:28:02,200 –> 00:28:04,300
\nright?
\nThat’s the preparation. <\/p>\n

407
\n00:28:04,400 –> 00:28:08,300
\nThat’s the being able to give
\nExposition on the reading, <\/p>\n

408
\n00:28:08,400 –> 00:28:11,000
\nright?
\nThat’s the role of the Scribe. <\/p>\n

409
\n00:28:14,200 –> 00:28:18,900
\nTurn to Malachi chapter 2 in
\nverse 7 in Malachi chapter 2 and<\/p>\n

410
\n00:28:18,900 –> 00:28:21,000
\nverse 7.
\nIt talks about the role of the <\/p>\n

411
\n00:28:21,000 –> 00:28:23,300
\npriest.
\nMalachi chapter 2. <\/p>\n

412
\n00:28:23,300 –> 00:28:27,800
\nAnd verse 7 says, for the priest
\nlips should keep knowledge and <\/p>\n

413
\n00:28:27,800 –> 00:28:32,200
\nthey should seek the law at his
\nmouth for, he is the messenger <\/p>\n

414
\n00:28:32,200 –> 00:28:35,300
\nof the Lord of hosts.
\nAnd so, that’s the delivery of <\/p>\n

415
\n00:28:35,300 –> 00:28:38,600
\nthe message, right?
\nAs the priest, he becomes the <\/p>\n

416
\n00:28:38,600 –> 00:28:42,700
\nmessenger of the Lord of hosts,
\nbut there’s two components to a <\/p>\n

417
\n00:28:42,700 –> 00:28:45,100
\nproper reading.
\nOf the word of God, isn’t there?<\/p>\n

418
\n00:28:45,300 –> 00:28:48,100
\nThere’s the work of the Scribe
\nand there’s the work of the <\/p>\n

419
\n00:28:48,100 –> 00:28:51,900
\npriest.
\nAnd those two components are <\/p>\n

420
\n00:28:51,900 –> 00:28:54,600
\nnecessary.
\nWe’ve got to be able to if we’re<\/p>\n

421
\n00:28:54,600 –> 00:28:58,600
\ngoing to do and read the word of
\nGod properly we have to be able <\/p>\n

422
\n00:28:58,600 –> 00:29:03,200
\nto give the exposition We’ve got
\nto be a scribe. <\/p>\n

423
\n00:29:04,500 –> 00:29:08,400
\nAnd the messenger of the word of
\nGod as we deliver it to the <\/p>\n

424
\n00:29:08,400 –> 00:29:12,600
\ncongregation which is in the
\nSeptuagint, the word Ecclesia. <\/p>\n

425
\n00:29:15,100 –> 00:29:19,600
\nAnd so in Nehemiah chapter 8 and
\nverse 2, who is the audience <\/p>\n

426
\n00:29:20,200 –> 00:29:23,200
\nNehemiah chapter 8 and verse 2,
\nhere’s the audience. <\/p>\n

427
\n00:29:23,200 –> 00:29:25,000
\nRight?
\nHe reads before the <\/p>\n

428
\n00:29:25,000 –> 00:29:28,500
\ncongregation, both of men and
\nwomen and all that could hear <\/p>\n

429
\n00:29:28,500 –> 00:29:31,500
\nwith understanding on the first
\nday of the seventh month. <\/p>\n

430
\n00:29:31,800 –> 00:29:35,300
\nSo the whole nation was gathered
\nthere, the whole congregation <\/p>\n

431
\n00:29:35,300 –> 00:29:38,200
\nall the people men women
\nchildren, they’re all there. <\/p>\n

432
\n00:29:41,800 –> 00:29:43,600
\nAll the could hear with
\nunderstanding. <\/p>\n

433
\n00:29:45,900 –> 00:29:49,400
\nTurn if you will to Isaiah
\nchapter 28 I think Isaiah <\/p>\n

434
\n00:29:49,400 –> 00:29:52,200
\nchapter 28 is a key passage.
\nThe context is slightly <\/p>\n

435
\n00:29:52,200 –> 00:29:55,700
\ndifferent than Nehemiah chapter
\n8 but in Isaiah chapter 28 we <\/p>\n

436
\n00:29:55,700 –> 00:30:02,100
\nget An indication of the purpose
\nof repetitive, reading of the <\/p>\n

437
\n00:30:02,100 –> 00:30:04,000
\nword of God.
\nAnd that’s why everyone was <\/p>\n

438
\n00:30:04,000 –> 00:30:07,300
\nthere from Men, Women children
\nand all the strangers. <\/p>\n

439
\n00:30:07,300 –> 00:30:10,000
\nThose that had understanding and
\ndifferent levels of <\/p>\n

440
\n00:30:10,000 –> 00:30:13,100
\nunderstanding, all those and
\ndown to all those, that were <\/p>\n

441
\n00:30:13,100 –> 00:30:15,900
\nfirst being introduced to the
\nlaw of Moses. <\/p>\n

442
\n00:30:16,200 –> 00:30:20,700
\nWhy do we read the word of God?
\nRepetitively, Isaiah chapter 28 <\/p>\n

443
\n00:30:20,700 –> 00:30:23,000
\nand verse 9.
\nWhom Shall he? <\/p>\n

444
\n00:30:23,000 –> 00:30:26,700
\nTeach knowledge and Whom Shall
\nhe make to understand Doctrine <\/p>\n

445
\n00:30:27,100 –> 00:30:29,000
\nthem?
\nAre weaned from the milk and <\/p>\n

446
\n00:30:29,000 –> 00:30:32,100
\ndrawn.
\nFrom the breast for precept, <\/p>\n

447
\n00:30:32,100 –> 00:30:37,400
\nmust be upon precept, precept
\nupon precept, line, upon line <\/p>\n

448
\n00:30:37,500 –> 00:30:40,800
\nline, upon line here, a little
\nand there a little. <\/p>\n

449
\n00:30:41,700 –> 00:30:45,400
\nThat’s how the word of God is
\nmeant to be read so that every <\/p>\n

450
\n00:30:45,400 –> 00:30:48,900
\ntime we read a passage, we build
\nupon the time that we read it <\/p>\n

451
\n00:30:48,900 –> 00:30:54,400
\nbefore. and we come to a passage
\nthat we read many times with a <\/p>\n

452
\n00:30:54,408 –> 00:30:57,500
\ncertain understanding and when
\nwe read it again, we noticed <\/p>\n

453
\n00:30:57,500 –> 00:31:00,900
\nsomething different and so we
\nbuild on that knowledge that we <\/p>\n

454
\n00:31:00,900 –> 00:31:08,000
\nhave and that pattern starts at
\na very young age and goes <\/p>\n

455
\n00:31:08,000 –> 00:31:13,600
\nthroughout our lifetime precept
\nupon precept, line upon line <\/p>\n

456
\n00:31:13,800 –> 00:31:17,900
\nhere, a little and there a
\nlittle building and <\/p>\n

457
\n00:31:17,900 –> 00:31:23,100
\nunderstanding through the
\nreading of the word of God. and <\/p>\n

458
\n00:31:23,100 –> 00:31:29,000
\nso, in Nehemiah chapter 8, and
\nverse 3, where do they gather He<\/p>\n

459
\n00:31:29,000 –> 00:31:33,500
\nread there in before the street
\nthat was before the water gate <\/p>\n

460
\n00:31:33,500 –> 00:31:37,800
\nfrom the morning until midday
\nthe word Street, actually in the<\/p>\n

461
\n00:31:37,800 –> 00:31:41,700
\nHebrew means an open Square.
\nSo in front of the Watergate and<\/p>\n

462
\n00:31:41,700 –> 00:31:44,100
\nthere you see it on the map on
\nthe overhead in front of the <\/p>\n

463
\n00:31:44,100 –> 00:31:47,500
\nWatergate.
\nThere was an open Square and <\/p>\n

464
\n00:31:47,500 –> 00:31:51,600
\ninto this open Square would have
\nfiled all of the people of <\/p>\n

465
\n00:31:51,600 –> 00:31:53,700
\nJerusalem.
\nIn the surrounding cities. <\/p>\n

466
\n00:31:53,700 –> 00:31:57,500
\nAll, who had contributed to the
\nbuilding of the wall and the <\/p>\n

467
\n00:31:57,500 –> 00:32:01,400
\nre-establishment of Of the
\npopulation back in Jerusalem and<\/p>\n

468
\n00:32:01,400 –> 00:32:03,700
\nthey would have all gathered
\ninto that square and they would <\/p>\n

469
\n00:32:03,700 –> 00:32:06,400
\nhave all filed in, and they
\nwould have sat down in the <\/p>\n

470
\n00:32:06,400 –> 00:32:10,300
\nSquare to listen to the reading
\nof Nehemiah who was ours, the <\/p>\n

471
\n00:32:10,300 –> 00:32:13,200
\nreading of Ezra, who was up on a
\nwooden pulpit. <\/p>\n

472
\n00:32:18,700 –> 00:32:24,900
\nAnd how long did they read?
\nFrom morning until midday. <\/p>\n

473
\n00:32:25,900 –> 00:32:28,400
\nIf you look at your margin in
\nthe Hebrew, the word morning <\/p>\n

474
\n00:32:28,400 –> 00:32:31,200
\nmeans the it actually means
\nlight. <\/p>\n

475
\n00:32:31,700 –> 00:32:37,000
\nSo from the light of the morning
\nuntil midday Anywhere from three<\/p>\n

476
\n00:32:37,000 –> 00:32:39,100
\nto six hours.
\nThey were gathered there in <\/p>\n

477
\n00:32:39,100 –> 00:32:43,200
\nthat, open Square reading and
\nlistening to the reading of the <\/p>\n

478
\n00:32:43,200 –> 00:32:45,700
\nword of God.
\nAnd it says there in verse 3, <\/p>\n

479
\n00:32:45,700 –> 00:32:48,600
\nthat all the ears of the people
\nwere attentive. <\/p>\n

480
\n00:32:50,100 –> 00:32:53,900
\nNobody was having their Sunday
\nafternoon nap as the law was <\/p>\n

481
\n00:32:53,900 –> 00:32:57,600
\nbeing read by Ezra in that open
\nSquare. <\/p>\n

482
\n00:32:59,400 –> 00:33:01,700
\nWe’re not going to look at all
\nthe passages on the left, but <\/p>\n

483
\n00:33:01,700 –> 00:33:05,200
\nwhat they establish was that,
\nwe’re what they establish is <\/p>\n

484
\n00:33:05,200 –> 00:33:08,100
\nthat when we read the word of
\nGod, we can’t read it with <\/p>\n

485
\n00:33:08,100 –> 00:33:11,000
\nselective hearing.
\nWe can’t read the word of God, <\/p>\n

486
\n00:33:11,100 –> 00:33:17,500
\nand only hear the things that we
\nwant to hear. and think that <\/p>\n

487
\n00:33:17,500 –> 00:33:22,800
\nwe’ve properly read the word,
\nWe’ve got to read the whole word<\/p>\n

488
\n00:33:22,800 –> 00:33:28,500
\nof God, and we’ve got to as
\nJames 1:21 says, we’ve got to <\/p>\n

489
\n00:33:28,500 –> 00:33:32,400
\nreceive with meekness the
\nengrafted word, which means we <\/p>\n

490
\n00:33:32,400 –> 00:33:35,400
\nneed to allow it to changes
\nchange us for the better. <\/p>\n

491
\n00:33:37,700 –> 00:33:40,300
\nIsaiah 66 and verse 22.
\nThis man will. <\/p>\n

492
\n00:33:40,300 –> 00:33:45,500
\nI look him that his poor of
\ncontrite spirit and trembles at <\/p>\n

493
\n00:33:45,500 –> 00:33:47,500
\nmy word.
\nThat’s what being attentive <\/p>\n

494
\n00:33:47,500 –> 00:33:56,900
\nmeans, isn’t it?
\nand so, when he opened the word,<\/p>\n

495
\n00:34:00,600 –> 00:34:08,300
\nAll the people stood up.
\nDemonstrated their reverence. <\/p>\n

496
\n00:34:09,800 –> 00:34:15,000
\nDemonstrated their humility.
\nDemonstrated the respect, and <\/p>\n

497
\n00:34:15,000 –> 00:34:19,900
\nthe fear and the emotion that
\nthey felt for the reading of the<\/p>\n

498
\n00:34:19,900 –> 00:34:24,500
\nword.
\nAnd all those things led to <\/p>\n

499
\n00:34:24,500 –> 00:34:29,300
\ntheir mental preparedness, and
\nthe receptivity of their frame <\/p>\n

500
\n00:34:29,300 –> 00:34:33,100
\nof mind to receive the message
\nthat was being given. <\/p>\n

501
\n00:34:35,199 –> 00:34:40,100
\nIt was an outward.
\nNatural expression of their <\/p>\n

502
\n00:34:40,100 –> 00:34:45,100
\nmental preparedness to read the
\nword of God. <\/p>\n

503
\n00:34:51,600 –> 00:34:58,700
\nAnd Ezra begins with prayer.
\nIn verse 6 of Nehemiah chapter <\/p>\n

504
\n00:34:58,700 –> 00:35:01,100
\n8, it says Ezra blessed the
\nLord. <\/p>\n

505
\n00:35:02,100 –> 00:35:04,000
\nThe word blessed is actually a
\nHebrew word. <\/p>\n

506
\n00:35:04,000 –> 00:35:06,400
\nIt means to bend the knee to
\nkneel down. <\/p>\n

507
\n00:35:06,700 –> 00:35:10,500
\nAnd so we actually kneels down
\nas he’s on that wooden pulpit in<\/p>\n

508
\n00:35:10,500 –> 00:35:14,200
\nfront of all the people and he
\nprostrates himself to his father<\/p>\n

509
\n00:35:14,200 –> 00:35:17,600
\nin Heaven and he begins with the
\nword of prayer. <\/p>\n

510
\n00:35:17,900 –> 00:35:21,300
\nAnd all the people repeat the
\nphrase at the end, all men and <\/p>\n

511
\n00:35:21,300 –> 00:35:24,800
\nall men, and they all lifted up
\ntheir hands and their faces were<\/p>\n

512
\n00:35:24,800 –> 00:35:31,500
\non the ground.
\nWhat incredible expression that <\/p>\n

513
\n00:35:31,500 –> 00:35:36,100
\nis, isn’t it?
\nReading of the word of God, <\/p>\n

514
\n00:35:36,100 –> 00:35:38,300
\nshould always be preceded by
\nprayer. <\/p>\n

515
\n00:35:39,900 –> 00:35:43,500
\nAnd the reading itself should be
\ntreated as a form of worship in <\/p>\n

516
\n00:35:43,500 –> 00:35:47,200
\nand of itself.
\nWe should be able to say all men<\/p>\n

517
\n00:35:47,200 –> 00:35:50,800
\nand we need to position
\nourselves reverently so that we <\/p>\n

518
\n00:35:50,800 –> 00:35:54,200
\ncan receive that word.
\nAnd so now that he had approach <\/p>\n

519
\n00:35:54,200 –> 00:35:57,500
\nGod In Prayer now that they were
\nin the right frame of mind and <\/p>\n

520
\n00:35:57,500 –> 00:35:59,900
\nthey’d ask God’s blessing on the
\nreading. <\/p>\n

521
\n00:36:00,100 –> 00:36:04,600
\nHow did they read in verse 7 of
\nNehemiah chapter 8? <\/p>\n

522
\n00:36:04,600 –> 00:36:10,100
\nIt says there.
\nAnd Joshua ban, I share a by a <\/p>\n

523
\n00:36:10,100 –> 00:36:15,000
\nJamin, a cub Sabbath II.
\nHad a jamaa CIA khalida, Azariah<\/p>\n

524
\n00:36:15,000 –> 00:36:19,500
\nJoseph bad, Heenan pelea, and
\nthe Levites caused, the people <\/p>\n

525
\n00:36:19,500 –> 00:36:22,200
\nto understand the law, and the
\npeople stood in their place. <\/p>\n

526
\n00:36:22,600 –> 00:36:26,500
\nSo they read in the book of The
\nLaw of God, distinctly, excuse <\/p>\n

527
\n00:36:26,500 –> 00:36:30,400
\nme, distinctly and gave the
\nsense and cause them to <\/p>\n

528
\n00:36:30,400 –> 00:36:36,200
\nunderstand the reading.
\nSo they read, distinctly They <\/p>\n

529
\n00:36:36,200 –> 00:36:40,300
\ngave the sense and they caused
\nthe people to understand the <\/p>\n

530
\n00:36:40,308 –> 00:36:45,000
\nword distinctly, actually, in
\nthe RSV says, clearly they read <\/p>\n

531
\n00:36:45,000 –> 00:36:51,300
\nthe word clearly, they gave the
\nproper pronunciation. they read <\/p>\n

532
\n00:36:51,300 –> 00:36:55,700
\nit at the proper Pace, they read
\nit with the right inflection, <\/p>\n

533
\n00:36:55,800 –> 00:36:59,800
\nthey read it with the right
\nenunciation, the right diction <\/p>\n

534
\n00:36:59,900 –> 00:37:03,200
\nand they paused at the right
\nplaces when they read the word <\/p>\n

535
\n00:37:03,200 –> 00:37:08,900
\nof God, they read it clearly and
\ndistinctly They were able to <\/p>\n

536
\n00:37:08,900 –> 00:37:12,500
\ngive the sense the RSV says and
\ntranslates that with <\/p>\n

537
\n00:37:12,500 –> 00:37:16,400
\ninterpretation or within sight.
\nAnd so they were able to provide<\/p>\n

538
\n00:37:16,400 –> 00:37:18,800
\ncontext.
\nThey were able to provide how <\/p>\n

539
\n00:37:18,800 –> 00:37:22,200
\nthat word was to be applied and
\nthey caused the people to <\/p>\n

540
\n00:37:22,200 –> 00:37:25,700
\nunderstand and I think it’s
\nnoteworthy here that it says <\/p>\n

541
\n00:37:26,100 –> 00:37:29,000
\nthey cause them to understand
\nthe reading in verse 8. <\/p>\n

542
\n00:37:29,000 –> 00:37:32,600
\nBut at the end of verse 7 it
\nsays the people stood in their <\/p>\n

543
\n00:37:32,600 –> 00:37:39,400
\nplace.
\nThe people stood in their place.<\/p>\n

544
\n00:37:41,800 –> 00:37:45,500
\nLike you to turn if you will to
\nSecond Chronicles chapter 17. <\/p>\n

545
\n00:37:46,400 –> 00:37:48,500
\nIf you turn to Second,
\nChronicles chapter 17. <\/p>\n

546
\n00:37:48,500 –> 00:37:53,200
\nI’d like to suggest that
\nNehemiah is using a pattern that<\/p>\n

547
\n00:37:53,200 –> 00:37:59,100
\nwas established by Jehoshaphat
\nin second Chronicles, chapter 17<\/p>\n

548
\n00:37:59,200 –> 00:38:07,100
\nReading there at verses 7 to 9.
\nWe have Josh at taking over the <\/p>\n

549
\n00:38:07,100 –> 00:38:13,500
\nkingdom, and he’s got to educate
\nthe people in the law. <\/p>\n

550
\n00:38:13,600 –> 00:38:16,700
\nSo, in second chronicles, I’m
\nsorry, I’m in first Chronicles. <\/p>\n

551
\n00:38:16,700 –> 00:38:22,300
\nSecond, Chronicles, chapter 17,
\nAnd verse 8. <\/p>\n

552
\n00:38:22,300 –> 00:38:25,900
\nIt says so verse 1.
\nJosh fed his son reigned in his <\/p>\n

553
\n00:38:25,900 –> 00:38:28,000
\nstead and strengthen himself
\nagainst Israel. <\/p>\n

554
\n00:38:28,000 –> 00:38:32,700
\nSo we have Josh at raining in
\nverse 1 and then we come down to<\/p>\n

555
\n00:38:32,700 –> 00:38:37,900
\nverse 8, it says verse 7 also in
\nthe third year of his Reign, he <\/p>\n

556
\n00:38:37,900 –> 00:38:41,100
\nsent to his Prince’s even to
\nbeen hail and to Obadiah into <\/p>\n

557
\n00:38:41,100 –> 00:38:45,300
\nZakaria and to Nathaniel and to
\nMickey Ayah to teach in the <\/p>\n

558
\n00:38:45,300 –> 00:38:49,200
\ncities of Judah.
\nAnd with them, he sent Levites <\/p>\n

559
\n00:38:49,200 –> 00:38:51,700
\neven shimmy enough.
\nIs zebediah. <\/p>\n

560
\n00:38:51,700 –> 00:38:57,300
\nA Sahel Shamira moth jounin,
\nadonijah to bide, You Toby <\/p>\n

561
\n00:38:57,300 –> 00:39:01,300
\nadonijah and the Levites and
\nwith them Elijah Muhammad and <\/p>\n

562
\n00:39:01,300 –> 00:39:05,900
\njehoram the priests and they
\ntaught in Judah and had the book<\/p>\n

563
\n00:39:05,900 –> 00:39:08,900
\nof The Law of the Lord with them
\nand went about through all the <\/p>\n

564
\n00:39:08,900 –> 00:39:10,600
\ncities of Judah and taught the
\npeople. <\/p>\n

565
\n00:39:11,000 –> 00:39:13,100
\nWell, doesn’t Nehemiah do the
\nsame thing. <\/p>\n

566
\n00:39:13,100 –> 00:39:17,700
\nHe assembles a group of Thirteen
\nbrethren in verse 7, right? <\/p>\n

567
\n00:39:17,900 –> 00:39:24,100
\nAnd he adds to those 13 brethren
\nA group of Levites that educated<\/p>\n

568
\n00:39:24,100 –> 00:39:27,100
\nthe people.
\nAnd it’s when it says, the <\/p>\n

569
\n00:39:27,100 –> 00:39:30,100
\npeople Stood Still, I’d like to
\nsuggest that what that implies <\/p>\n

570
\n00:39:30,100 –> 00:39:33,900
\nis like these people that
\njehoshaphat’s sent out and went <\/p>\n

571
\n00:39:33,900 –> 00:39:36,600
\nfrom City to City.
\nThose people in Nehemiah, <\/p>\n

572
\n00:39:36,600 –> 00:39:40,300
\nchapter 8, actually worked their
\nway through the group that we’re<\/p>\n

573
\n00:39:40,300 –> 00:39:43,200
\nin that square by the Watergate
\nwork their way. <\/p>\n

574
\n00:39:43,200 –> 00:39:48,700
\nAnd provided Exposition in small
\ngroups to the people of Israel <\/p>\n

575
\n00:39:48,800 –> 00:39:53,300
\nas they stood in their place.
\nSo that after the reading was <\/p>\n

576
\n00:39:53,300 –> 00:39:56,500
\ndone, there was no doubt about
\nwhat the interpretation was and <\/p>\n

577
\n00:39:56,500 –> 00:40:02,200
\nhow it was to be applied.
\nAnd I’d like to suggest that <\/p>\n

578
\n00:40:02,200 –> 00:40:05,900
\nNehemiah follows that same
\npattern that Jehoshaphat said <\/p>\n

579
\n00:40:05,900 –> 00:40:10,700
\nout and second Chronicles,
\nchapter 17 in microcosm there on<\/p>\n

580
\n00:40:10,700 –> 00:40:16,700
\nthis day when the word is red.
\nSo they caused the people to <\/p>\n

581
\n00:40:16,700 –> 00:40:25,100
\nunderstand So then what happens?
\nThat’s day one right in Nehemiah<\/p>\n

582
\n00:40:25,100 –> 00:40:31,500
\nchapter 7 notice there.
\nIt’s on at the end of chapter 7 <\/p>\n

583
\n00:40:31,500 –> 00:40:35,400
\nin Nehemiah in the last verse
\nwe’re in the seventh month of <\/p>\n

584
\n00:40:35,400 –> 00:40:38,400
\nthe year.
\nAnd in verse 2, the reading took<\/p>\n

585
\n00:40:38,400 –> 00:40:42,000
\nplace on the first day of that
\nseventh month. <\/p>\n

586
\n00:40:42,600 –> 00:40:46,300
\nAnd then what happens the
\nfollowing day we have on verse <\/p>\n

587
\n00:40:46,300 –> 00:40:50,200
\nin verse 13, right?
\nAnd on the Second day were <\/p>\n

588
\n00:40:50,200 –> 00:40:53,000
\ngathered together, the chief of
\nthe fathers of all the people, <\/p>\n

589
\n00:40:53,200 –> 00:40:57,100
\nthe priests the Levites on to
\nEzra The Scribe even to <\/p>\n

590
\n00:40:57,100 –> 00:41:01,000
\nunderstand the words of the law.
\nSo this is where the teaching <\/p>\n

591
\n00:41:01,000 –> 00:41:05,800
\ncomes into play, right?
\nOn the second day, we’re <\/p>\n

592
\n00:41:05,800 –> 00:41:09,200
\ngathered together.
\nThis group of those who were to <\/p>\n

593
\n00:41:09,200 –> 00:41:13,300
\ngo out and teach others.
\nLook at your margin there. <\/p>\n

594
\n00:41:13,300 –> 00:41:16,200
\nIf you have a King James version
\nlike an Oxford King James, look <\/p>\n

595
\n00:41:16,200 –> 00:41:20,600
\nat your margin.
\nThey went that they might <\/p>\n

596
\n00:41:20,600 –> 00:41:24,900
\ninstruct in the words of the
\nlaw, there’s a marginal <\/p>\n

597
\n00:41:24,900 –> 00:41:27,700
\nreference to verse 13, for
\nunderstanding. <\/p>\n

598
\n00:41:27,700 –> 00:41:31,300
\nThe Words of the law, they were
\ntaught that they might instruct <\/p>\n

599
\n00:41:31,300 –> 00:41:33,100
\nothers.
\nSo this was a teaching of the <\/p>\n

600
\n00:41:33,100 –> 00:41:35,900
\nteachers, right?
\nTeaching the teachers training <\/p>\n

601
\n00:41:35,900 –> 00:41:42,500
\nthe trainers, And so, they spend
\nthe second day. <\/p>\n

602
\n00:41:44,100 –> 00:41:49,000
\nGathering together, all the
\nleaders of the nation of Israel <\/p>\n

603
\n00:41:49,300 –> 00:41:54,200
\nof the population of Jerusalem,
\nand they train those who were to<\/p>\n

604
\n00:41:54,200 –> 00:41:59,400
\ntrain others.
\nThey were training them in how <\/p>\n

605
\n00:41:59,400 –> 00:42:02,000
\nto read the law and how to
\ninterpret the law so that they <\/p>\n

606
\n00:42:02,000 –> 00:42:05,400
\ncould found so that they could
\npass that on to others. <\/p>\n

607
\n00:42:05,700 –> 00:42:07,700
\nAnd as they were training them,
\nthey found that. <\/p>\n

608
\n00:42:07,700 –> 00:42:09,100
\nWell, you know what?
\nIn the seventh month? <\/p>\n

609
\n00:42:09,100 –> 00:42:13,200
\nWe’re supposed to dwell and
\nbooze And so that, you know what<\/p>\n

610
\n00:42:13,200 –> 00:42:15,700
\nthey say, they say that would be
\na great thing for the children <\/p>\n

611
\n00:42:15,700 –> 00:42:17,800
\nof Israel to do right now,
\nright? <\/p>\n

612
\n00:42:18,000 –> 00:42:19,700
\nThey had just finished the
\nreading. <\/p>\n

613
\n00:42:20,000 –> 00:42:24,000
\nThere was this emotional high,
\nthey had built the wall and what<\/p>\n

614
\n00:42:24,000 –> 00:42:28,000
\na way to reinforce the reading
\nof the law by having them to <\/p>\n

615
\n00:42:28,000 –> 00:42:29,900
\ndwell in booths.
\nAnd so that’s what they do. <\/p>\n

616
\n00:42:30,700 –> 00:42:36,200
\nGreat experiential learning They
\ncelebrated the Feast of the <\/p>\n

617
\n00:42:36,200 –> 00:42:39,700
\nTabernacles and they kept that
\nFeast seven days. <\/p>\n

618
\n00:42:39,900 –> 00:42:42,200
\nAnd on the eighth day, there was
\na solemn assembly. <\/p>\n

619
\n00:42:42,500 –> 00:42:50,000
\nAccording unto the manor, And
\nso, when we look at all of those<\/p>\n

620
\n00:42:50,000 –> 00:42:53,200
\npassages in Nehemiah chapter 8,
\nand all the principles that are <\/p>\n

621
\n00:42:53,200 –> 00:42:56,700
\nbrought out in reading of the
\nword, how do we summarize them? <\/p>\n

622
\n00:42:58,000 –> 00:43:01,900
\nWhat does that look like?
\nHow do we read like Ezra? <\/p>\n

623
\n00:43:03,700 –> 00:43:06,900
\nWell, here’s all the things that
\nwe have talked about and have <\/p>\n

624
\n00:43:06,900 –> 00:43:09,400
\nbeen established in Nehemiah
\nchapter 8. <\/p>\n

625
\n00:43:10,600 –> 00:43:12,300
\nThese are all the things that we
\nneed to do. <\/p>\n

626
\n00:43:12,300 –> 00:43:14,900
\nIf we’re going to read like
\nEzra, we need to capture an <\/p>\n

627
\n00:43:14,908 –> 00:43:17,600
\nExpress, the emotion of the
\nword, so that those who have <\/p>\n

628
\n00:43:17,600 –> 00:43:19,900
\nprepared themselves will be
\nmoved by it. <\/p>\n

629
\n00:43:21,800 –> 00:43:24,000
\nWe need repeated reinforcement,
\nright? <\/p>\n

630
\n00:43:24,000 –> 00:43:28,700
\nLittle upon little Building over
\ntime our understanding of the <\/p>\n

631
\n00:43:28,700 –> 00:43:31,900
\nword and its ability to change
\nus and that natural progression <\/p>\n

632
\n00:43:31,900 –> 00:43:35,300
\nand understanding are reading.
\nShould always be preceded by <\/p>\n

633
\n00:43:35,300 –> 00:43:38,600
\nprayer are reading itself.
\nShould be treated as a form of <\/p>\n

634
\n00:43:38,600 –> 00:43:40,800
\nworship.
\nWe should be able to say, all <\/p>\n

635
\n00:43:40,800 –> 00:43:43,400
\nmen, we need to position
\nourselves reverently. <\/p>\n

636
\n00:43:43,400 –> 00:43:45,900
\nWe need to approach the word
\nwith proper. <\/p>\n

637
\n00:43:45,900 –> 00:43:49,500
\nReverence we need mental
\npreparation for instruction. <\/p>\n

638
\n00:43:49,500 –> 00:43:54,000
\nWe need to as readers capture
\nthe emotion and understanding, <\/p>\n

639
\n00:43:54,000 –> 00:43:57,200
\nand we need to be able to impart
\nit to The audience and then we <\/p>\n

640
\n00:43:57,200 –> 00:44:00,500
\nneed to be able to reinforce it
\nwith Exposition if we’re going <\/p>\n

641
\n00:44:00,500 –> 00:44:03,900
\nto read the passage properly and
\nas a community and as a cliche, <\/p>\n

642
\n00:44:03,900 –> 00:44:06,400
\nas we need to train and train
\nthe trainers. <\/p>\n

643
\n00:44:08,600 –> 00:44:11,500
\nAnd then, we need to reinforce
\nthe reading in a practical way. <\/p>\n

644
\n00:44:13,900 –> 00:44:16,100
\nYou know, we’re really good
\nabout reinforcing the reading in<\/p>\n

645
\n00:44:16,100 –> 00:44:18,000
\na practical way, with our
\nchildren, aren’t we? <\/p>\n

646
\n00:44:18,500 –> 00:44:20,500
\nWe do that all the time.
\nThe way we teach them at Sunday,<\/p>\n

647
\n00:44:20,500 –> 00:44:23,300
\nschool, and that sort of thing,
\nbut we rarely do it amongst <\/p>\n

648
\n00:44:23,300 –> 00:44:26,300
\nourselves.
\nYou know, it doesn’t have to be <\/p>\n

649
\n00:44:26,300 –> 00:44:28,500
\ncomplicated.
\nI remember, you know, and this <\/p>\n

650
\n00:44:28,500 –> 00:44:31,100
\nwas years ago, this when Amy and
\nI were first married and we were<\/p>\n

651
\n00:44:31,100 –> 00:44:33,200
\nat Ken Somerville.
\nSo I was doing the readings one <\/p>\n

652
\n00:44:33,200 –> 00:44:42,000
\nnight and we were reading from
\nThe Book of Esther. <\/p>\n

653
\n00:44:43,100 –> 00:44:46,800
\nAnd we are reading the passage
\nabout Heyman and Mordecai. <\/p>\n

654
\n00:44:47,600 –> 00:44:52,700
\nAnd so Ken says, okay, everyone
\nevery time we read the word <\/p>\n

655
\n00:44:52,700 –> 00:44:56,600
\nHeyman, everybody says boo and
\nevery time we read the word <\/p>\n

656
\n00:44:56,600 –> 00:44:59,800
\nMordecai, everybody, go, ye and
\nso we did that. <\/p>\n

657
\n00:44:59,800 –> 00:45:01,400
\nAnd I thought, well, that’s kind
\nof odd. <\/p>\n

658
\n00:45:01,700 –> 00:45:04,100
\nBut you know, what?
\nOnce you get into it, it really <\/p>\n

659
\n00:45:04,100 –> 00:45:07,000
\nbrings the passage of live in a
\nsmall things like that. <\/p>\n

660
\n00:45:07,000 –> 00:45:10,300
\nThat reinforce the reading in a
\npractical way. <\/p>\n

661
\n00:45:12,300 –> 00:45:15,100
\nAnd so when you take all that
\ntogether, how do we apply that <\/p>\n

662
\n00:45:15,100 –> 00:45:18,800
\nin the Ecclesia?
\nHow do we make that happen at <\/p>\n

663
\n00:45:18,800 –> 00:45:25,800
\nhome in our closure?
\nWe’ll have a what if slide? <\/p>\n

664
\n00:45:28,600 –> 00:45:31,600
\nWhat if?
\nWe stop treating. <\/p>\n

665
\n00:45:32,200 –> 00:45:37,500
\nScriptural reading is only
\npreliminary to an exposition. <\/p>\n

666
\n00:45:39,800 –> 00:45:44,800
\nWhat if we provided training
\nprogram for readers? <\/p>\n

667
\n00:45:48,300 –> 00:45:50,700
\nWhat if we had a designated
\ngroup of readers in the <\/p>\n

668
\n00:45:50,700 –> 00:45:52,800
\nEcclesia?
\nThat doesn’t mean that, you <\/p>\n

669
\n00:45:52,808 –> 00:45:55,000
\nknow, there’s going to be some
\nexcluded from Reading. <\/p>\n

670
\n00:45:55,200 –> 00:45:57,200
\nIt’s just that we have a
\ndesignated group in the <\/p>\n

671
\n00:45:57,200 –> 00:46:00,000
\nEcclesia.
\nThat if you want to read from <\/p>\n

672
\n00:46:00,000 –> 00:46:02,800
\nthe platform, you must go
\nthrough a training program. <\/p>\n

673
\n00:46:03,800 –> 00:46:07,600
\nA new brother had to be a
\ntrained reader for a year before<\/p>\n

674
\n00:46:07,600 –> 00:46:12,500
\nbeing put on the platform.
\nWhat if that was the case, If we<\/p>\n

675
\n00:46:12,500 –> 00:46:16,300
\ntaught our new Brethren to
\nproperly, read the word of God, <\/p>\n

676
\n00:46:16,300 –> 00:46:19,600
\nhow much better presenters?
\nWould they be when they got to <\/p>\n

677
\n00:46:19,600 –> 00:46:26,400
\nthe platform?
\nWhat if the reader provided a <\/p>\n

678
\n00:46:26,500 –> 00:46:29,500
\nbrief statement to introduce the
\nreading? <\/p>\n

679
\n00:46:29,500 –> 00:46:32,600
\nA simple sentence, capturing the
\nessence of the reading and I’ll <\/p>\n

680
\n00:46:32,600 –> 00:46:35,000
\ngive you an example turn to
\nNehemiah chapter 3. <\/p>\n

681
\n00:46:36,200 –> 00:46:40,100
\nWe’re going to be looking at
\nNehemiah chapter 3, this week <\/p>\n

682
\n00:46:40,100 –> 00:46:43,000
\nobviously.
\nBut when you read when you look <\/p>\n

683
\n00:46:43,000 –> 00:46:45,600
\nat Nehemiah chapter 3 and you
\nknow you’re doing the readings <\/p>\n

684
\n00:46:45,600 –> 00:46:49,700
\nor whatever your look at you go
\nman, it’s just a bunch of names,<\/p>\n

685
\n00:46:50,300 –> 00:46:53,900
\nright?
\nWell, what if I said that <\/p>\n

686
\n00:46:54,300 –> 00:46:58,400
\nNehemiah chapter 3 was a record,
\nyou know, and I’m doing the <\/p>\n

687
\n00:46:58,408 –> 00:46:59,900
\nreading and I’m doing it from
\nthe platform. <\/p>\n

688
\n00:46:59,900 –> 00:47:03,100
\nAnd I said, you know, we’re
\nreading from Nehemiah chapter 3,<\/p>\n

689
\n00:47:03,100 –> 00:47:06,200
\na record of the diversity of
\npeople and occupations that <\/p>\n

690
\n00:47:06,200 –> 00:47:08,200
\nbuilt the wall and that’s all I
\nsaid. <\/p>\n

691
\n00:47:08,200 –> 00:47:11,000
\nI’m not giving an exposition of
\nthe reading, but I’m telling you<\/p>\n

692
\n00:47:11,000 –> 00:47:13,600
\nthat this is a chapter about the
\ndiversity of people and <\/p>\n

693
\n00:47:13,600 –> 00:47:16,300
\noccupations that helped to build
\nthe wall. <\/p>\n

694
\n00:47:16,300 –> 00:47:18,100
\nNow, when you do the reading,
\nwhat are you going to do? <\/p>\n

695
\n00:47:19,700 –> 00:47:21,500
\nYou’re going to go through and
\nyou’re going to notice although <\/p>\n

696
\n00:47:21,500 –> 00:47:26,100
\nthere’s a pasta carius, there’s
\nMerchants there’s Goldsmith’s, <\/p>\n

697
\n00:47:26,500 –> 00:47:29,100
\nthere’s men, there’s women,
\nthere’s children. <\/p>\n

698
\n00:47:30,600 –> 00:47:33,500
\nThere’s rulers.
\nThere’s Kings all helping to <\/p>\n

699
\n00:47:33,500 –> 00:47:35,900
\nbuild the wall and all of a
\nsudden that becomes an <\/p>\n

700
\n00:47:35,900 –> 00:47:44,600
\nexhortation in itself.
\nWhat if we broke tradition and <\/p>\n

701
\n00:47:44,600 –> 00:47:47,500
\nbecame a little bit creative in
\nour reading? <\/p>\n

702
\n00:47:47,800 –> 00:47:51,800
\nWhat if we used proxemics?
\nIt’s a big word. <\/p>\n

703
\n00:47:51,800 –> 00:47:54,500
\nI didn’t know what it was when I
\nfirst read that word, so I had <\/p>\n

704
\n00:47:54,500 –> 00:47:58,100
\nto look it up but proxemics is
\nthe use of spatial relations for<\/p>\n

705
\n00:47:58,300 –> 00:48:00,000
\ncommunication.
\nSo, give me an example. <\/p>\n

706
\n00:48:00,000 –> 00:48:04,500
\nWhat if You know, we’re reading
\nthe passage the voice of one <\/p>\n

707
\n00:48:04,500 –> 00:48:07,400
\ncrying in the wilderness.
\nWhat if we read that passage <\/p>\n

708
\n00:48:07,400 –> 00:48:09,900
\nfrom the back of the hall?
\nInstead of from the platform? <\/p>\n

709
\n00:48:10,500 –> 00:48:12,200
\nWhat kind of impact would that
\nhave? <\/p>\n

710
\n00:48:13,700 –> 00:48:16,700
\nThat’s the use of proof
\nproxemics, what if there was two<\/p>\n

711
\n00:48:16,700 –> 00:48:19,700
\nreaders, what if they read four
\ndifferent characters in the <\/p>\n

712
\n00:48:19,700 –> 00:48:23,800
\nreading?
\nWhat if the reader repeated a <\/p>\n

713
\n00:48:23,800 –> 00:48:26,700
\nphrase, you know, that breaks
\ninto the thinking of those in <\/p>\n

714
\n00:48:26,707 –> 00:48:29,300
\nthe audience, right?
\nWhat if you read a verse twice <\/p>\n

715
\n00:48:29,300 –> 00:48:32,700
\nbecause it maybe was the theme
\nof the chapter, all of a sudden,<\/p>\n

716
\n00:48:32,700 –> 00:48:35,100
\nthe pattern of reading is
\nchanged and you’re forced to <\/p>\n

717
\n00:48:35,100 –> 00:48:37,700
\nrefocus on to the reading.
\nWell, why did he read that <\/p>\n

718
\n00:48:37,700 –> 00:48:42,600
\ntwice?
\nthere’s little things that we <\/p>\n

719
\n00:48:42,600 –> 00:48:46,300
\ncan do to engage the listeners,
\nwhen we read the word of God, <\/p>\n

720
\n00:48:46,500 –> 00:48:49,600
\nwhat if we meet at mandatory,
\nthat our reader be chosen ahead <\/p>\n

721
\n00:48:49,600 –> 00:48:53,800
\nof time, Instead of on the spur
\nof the moment so that they could<\/p>\n

722
\n00:48:53,800 –> 00:49:01,000
\nproperly prepare.
\nThe challenge of publicly <\/p>\n

723
\n00:49:01,000 –> 00:49:10,800
\nreading the word of God is this?
\nThe first thing is and this is <\/p>\n

724
\n00:49:11,000 –> 00:49:15,300
\nyou know Common Sense we think
\nthree to four times faster than <\/p>\n

725
\n00:49:15,300 –> 00:49:20,200
\nwe speak so the listeners will
\nalways be a few steps ahead of <\/p>\n

726
\n00:49:20,200 –> 00:49:23,700
\nthe words coming out of the
\nreaders mouth. <\/p>\n

727
\n00:49:25,100 –> 00:49:27,200
\nSo the reader needs to
\nunderstand that, right? <\/p>\n

728
\n00:49:27,300 –> 00:49:30,000
\nThe reader needs to understand
\nthat when I’m reading the <\/p>\n

729
\n00:49:30,000 –> 00:49:32,700
\npassage those that are sitting
\nin the audience, or three or <\/p>\n

730
\n00:49:32,700 –> 00:49:35,300
\nfour steps ahead of where I’m
\nat, and I’ve got to bring them <\/p>\n

731
\n00:49:35,300 –> 00:49:38,200
\nback and re-engage them into the
\nwords that I’m reading. <\/p>\n

732
\n00:49:39,700 –> 00:49:42,800
\nListening is more about paying
\nattention to the at the thought <\/p>\n

733
\n00:49:42,800 –> 00:49:46,000
\nlevel as opposed to the word
\nlevel, when we’re listening, we <\/p>\n

734
\n00:49:46,000 –> 00:49:50,200
\ndon’t necessarily listen to
\nevery single word when we <\/p>\n

735
\n00:49:50,200 –> 00:49:52,800
\nlisten, we listen to the main
\nidea. <\/p>\n

736
\n00:49:52,800 –> 00:49:57,900
\nAnd then we filter it through
\nour thinking process and that <\/p>\n

737
\n00:49:57,900 –> 00:50:00,800
\nthinking process in the filters
\nwe use are different for <\/p>\n

738
\n00:50:00,800 –> 00:50:03,500
\neverybody in the room.
\nIt’s based on our demographics <\/p>\n

739
\n00:50:03,500 –> 00:50:06,600
\nin our background and where we
\ncome from and our familiarity <\/p>\n

740
\n00:50:06,600 –> 00:50:13,100
\nwith the passage And the readers
\njob is to use the written word <\/p>\n

741
\n00:50:13,100 –> 00:50:17,100
\nto focus and capture the
\nthoughts of the audience and <\/p>\n

742
\n00:50:17,100 –> 00:50:20,200
\nkeep them on the passage that is
\nbefore them. <\/p>\n

743
\n00:50:20,200 –> 00:50:26,300
\nThat’s the job of the reader.
\nThe public reader You know, it’s<\/p>\n

744
\n00:50:26,300 –> 00:50:33,400
\ninteresting about 25 years ago.
\nI went on a one-week course on <\/p>\n

745
\n00:50:33,400 –> 00:50:36,200
\npublic speaking.
\nI was sent on the course by the <\/p>\n

746
\n00:50:36,200 –> 00:50:39,900
\ncompany that I worked for and it
\nwas an excellent course but the <\/p>\n

747
\n00:50:39,900 –> 00:50:43,700
\nway they started the course over
\nthe five days was the first day <\/p>\n

748
\n00:50:44,200 –> 00:50:48,500
\nthey taught you how to read
\npublicly That’s how they entry <\/p>\n

749
\n00:50:48,500 –> 00:50:50,800
\ngets, you come, I guess it gets.
\nYou comfortable in front of an <\/p>\n

750
\n00:50:50,800 –> 00:50:55,900
\naudience and it teaches you how
\nto enunciate and how to control <\/p>\n

751
\n00:50:55,900 –> 00:51:00,200
\nyour pace.
\nAnd what they taught you was <\/p>\n

752
\n00:51:00,200 –> 00:51:03,200
\nthat when you’re reading a
\npassage and obviously they <\/p>\n

753
\n00:51:03,200 –> 00:51:05,300
\nweren’t biblical passages.
\nWe were reading, they were <\/p>\n

754
\n00:51:05,900 –> 00:51:09,700
\npassages that they had Chosen
\nand given to us to read when <\/p>\n

755
\n00:51:09,700 –> 00:51:12,600
\nyou’re reading a passage, they
\nsaid you need to read it at <\/p>\n

756
\n00:51:12,600 –> 00:51:16,700
\nleast six times.
\nThe first six time, you focus on<\/p>\n

757
\n00:51:16,700 –> 00:51:18,800
\npronunciation.
\nYou focus, you go through and <\/p>\n

758
\n00:51:18,800 –> 00:51:22,100
\nyou focus on on all the words
\nthat you don’t know how to <\/p>\n

759
\n00:51:22,100 –> 00:51:24,600
\npronounce properly and you learn
\nhow to pronounce them. <\/p>\n

760
\n00:51:24,800 –> 00:51:28,800
\nYou read it the second time and
\nyou look for punctuation and <\/p>\n

761
\n00:51:28,800 –> 00:51:32,400
\nlearn how to read with
\npunctuation. <\/p>\n

762
\n00:51:32,400 –> 00:51:34,900
\nAnd I never knew this before,
\nbut I’ve never forgotten it. <\/p>\n

763
\n00:51:35,100 –> 00:51:38,100
\nThat you hesitated a comma, you
\npause it, a semicolon. <\/p>\n

764
\n00:51:38,800 –> 00:51:42,300
\nYou do a full stop at a period
\nor a colon and you raise your <\/p>\n

765
\n00:51:42,300 –> 00:51:45,700
\nvoice and stop fully.
\nA question mark, you raise your <\/p>\n

766
\n00:51:45,700 –> 00:51:48,400
\nvoice at the end of that
\nsentence and stop fully at a <\/p>\n

767
\n00:51:48,408 –> 00:51:50,900
\nquestion mark.
\nAnd if you go through a passage <\/p>\n

768
\n00:51:50,900 –> 00:51:53,300
\nin read it, and just try to
\npractice that, it’s really <\/p>\n

769
\n00:51:53,300 –> 00:51:57,300
\ndifficult.
\nAnd then you read it. <\/p>\n

770
\n00:51:57,300 –> 00:52:00,800
\nThe third time to understand
\nwhat the theme of that passage <\/p>\n

771
\n00:52:00,800 –> 00:52:03,000
\nis, what is it trying to
\nportray? <\/p>\n

772
\n00:52:03,100 –> 00:52:05,400
\nWhat’s the message?
\nWhat’s, the reason for writing <\/p>\n

773
\n00:52:05,400 –> 00:52:09,100
\nthat passage, you read it, the
\nfourth time to try and capture <\/p>\n

774
\n00:52:09,100 –> 00:52:12,600
\nthe emotion and the way you
\nexpress the emotion of the pack <\/p>\n

775
\n00:52:12,600 –> 00:52:17,000
\nof the passage is by either
\nspeeding up or slowing down or <\/p>\n

776
\n00:52:17,000 –> 00:52:23,900
\nraising or lowering your voice.
\nOr sometimes just by pausing and<\/p>\n

777
\n00:52:23,900 –> 00:52:26,300
\nhaving an extended period of
\nSilence. <\/p>\n

778
\n00:52:29,000 –> 00:52:30,800
\nThe fifth time you read it out
\nloud. <\/p>\n

779
\n00:52:31,500 –> 00:52:34,100
\nAnd the purpose is that you need
\nto anticipate, what words are <\/p>\n

780
\n00:52:34,100 –> 00:52:36,100
\ncoming.
\nBecause during the reading, you <\/p>\n

781
\n00:52:36,100 –> 00:52:38,800
\nneed to be able to read in such
\na way that you can have contact <\/p>\n

782
\n00:52:38,800 –> 00:52:41,200
\nwith your audience, eye contact
\nwith your audience. <\/p>\n

783
\n00:52:42,800 –> 00:52:47,800
\nAnd then the sixth time is you
\nread it out loud to others and <\/p>\n

784
\n00:52:48,100 –> 00:52:51,300
\nyou seek the feedback from them
\nbefore you read it publicly. <\/p>\n

785
\n00:52:56,100 –> 00:53:00,100
\nWhat if we did that?
\nAs public readers of the word of<\/p>\n

786
\n00:53:00,100 –> 00:53:03,500
\nGod, every time we were asked to
\nread. <\/p>\n

787
\n00:53:04,100 –> 00:53:07,200
\nAnd then when you get to the
\ndelivery, they teach you how to <\/p>\n

788
\n00:53:07,200 –> 00:53:09,700
\nbreathe.
\nTake time to breathe speak <\/p>\n

789
\n00:53:09,700 –> 00:53:13,000
\nslowly.
\nClearly loudly stand erect, open<\/p>\n

790
\n00:53:13,000 –> 00:53:17,100
\nyour Airway project your voice
\nand before your delivery, ask <\/p>\n

791
\n00:53:17,100 –> 00:53:19,900
\nsomeone to provide you feedback
\nsomeone in the audience picked, <\/p>\n

792
\n00:53:19,900 –> 00:53:22,900
\nwho it is, give them a piece of
\npaper and say I want your <\/p>\n

793
\n00:53:22,900 –> 00:53:29,400
\nfeedback.
\nWhat if we did all that in <\/p>\n

794
\n00:53:29,400 –> 00:53:33,800
\npreparation to read the word of
\nGod from the platform? <\/p>\n

795
\n00:53:39,400 –> 00:53:47,100
\nTill I come.
\nGive attendance to reading. hold<\/p>\n

796
\n00:53:47,400 –> 00:53:52,500
\nyour minds on the word of God
\nelevate, your thinking until I <\/p>\n

797
\n00:53:52,500 –> 00:54:00,700
\ncome and that requires practice.
\nand so, I’d like to propose a <\/p>\n

798
\n00:54:00,700 –> 00:54:05,500
\nchallenge.
\nThat this week, we practice our <\/p>\n

799
\n00:54:05,500 –> 00:54:10,800
\npublic reading and listening.
\nOf the word of God. <\/p>\n

800
\n00:54:12,600 –> 00:54:16,900
\nThat we try and capture the
\ninspired intent that we try and <\/p>\n

801
\n00:54:16,900 –> 00:54:22,000
\ncapture the inspired emotion and
\nthe excitement of the word that <\/p>\n

802
\n00:54:22,000 –> 00:54:25,700
\nwe show passion that we be
\ncreative in our reading. <\/p>\n

803
\n00:54:27,300 –> 00:54:30,600
\nSo that we might lift the words
\noff the page. <\/p>\n

804
\n00:54:31,800 –> 00:54:48,100
\nAnd make them live.
\nThank you for listening to the <\/p>\n

805
\n00:54:48,100 –> 00:54:49,900
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806
\n00:54:50,600 –> 00:54:52,600
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\n00:54:53,100 –> 00:54:55,400
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\n00:55:17,908 –> 00:55:20,900
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\n00:55:31,100 –> 00:55:33,300
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206: Gary Cousens – Inspirational Reading<\/a><\/blockquote>