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At this moment, we're going to have

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our sermon that's kind of based

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a bit around the catechism

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off of the 1689 London Confession.

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It is for our children and 
for our young people,

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but we have heard a lot from our adults

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saying I think I 
understand a lot of things

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through these sermons that 
I've never understood before.

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Before we get there,

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again, I want to teach you.

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You're probably right now,

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if you were singing with all your heart

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right now - this song -

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you're reeling.

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Your head is so full

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and I hope your heart is

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that you're literally almost,

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wow, I don't know if I can take anymore.

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What is that?

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You could sing choruses,

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and there are some wonderful choruses -

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we're not against choruses -

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but you could sing some choruses

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that are out there

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for an hour and a half

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and they would not wear out your mind.

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Why? They're really not saying anything.

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My mother used to call it 7/11 music.

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You sing 7 words 11 times.

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And here, what were you doing?

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It was almost like when you're 
reading Scripture, isn't it?

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I mean, it's like drinking 
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There's so much truth.

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Now, here's something 
that I want you to see.

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We do live in a certain culture.

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And it's important to recognize that.

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At the same time, we must not succumb

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to our culture.

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At the risk of offending you,

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I want you to know we are

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something of a superficial 
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And we like superficial

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and sometimes trivial things.

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But I think it's the 
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to help us turn from that.

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It's not that we should always sing a song

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with this much in it.

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My mind can't handle it.

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And again, I do love many

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of the beautiful choruses 
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We need to learn to sing them.

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But what I want you to see

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is that worship should be substantial.

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It is didactic.

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That means it is a means of teaching.

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The purpose of worship 
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and Colossians - one of the purposes -

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is to teach or communicate truth.

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Do you see that?

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Well, there was a lot of truth here.

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And one last thing about worship.

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Isn't it amazing -

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and there's nothing wrong with instruments

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and beautiful music;

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I can really rejoice in that -

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but isn't it amazing

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that if we had come in here today

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with a lot of beautiful instruments,

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with a beautiful rhythm and sound

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and all sorts of things,

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maybe some of you would have been filled

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with a lot of emotion and passion.

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Now, there's not necessarily 
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but here's what I want you to recognize.

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We want emotion and we want passion,

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and it can come through instruments.

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That's fine.

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But first of all, I want 
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If the emotion and the passion

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does not come through 
the magnificent truth

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that you're hearing,

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something's wrong.

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Now, I don't want to throw the baby out

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with the bathwater,

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and I don't want to reject 
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but I think we need to 
mature in this, don't we.

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We truly do need to mature.

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Now, if any of you need something

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of what we call the family catechism,

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just raise your hand. Anybody?

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Okay, there's one back there.

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Could you take that over there for us?

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Here's a young man here 
who also needs one.

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We've been studying a very 
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and it is this:

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What is the chief end of man?

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Okay, listen to me all you 
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What is the reason why you were made?

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That's very important.

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Why did God make you?

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Remember the story I told you?

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If you walk up and you see a man

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standing out on the sidewalk in the rain

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and you ask him,

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"Sir, why are you standing 
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And he looks at you and says,

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"Well, it's because... 
well, I work out here.

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I watch the traffic.

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I do things for the government."

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You'd go, "Okay, well, I 
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why you are standing 
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But if you walk up to 
that person and say,

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"Sir, why are you 
standing in the rain?"

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And he says, "I don't know."

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You walk away thinking 
that man's not very smart.

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Well, do you know if you 
walk up to most people,

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even people who are very driven,

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they go to the university,

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they work at jobs very hard,

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but if you ask them, "why are you alive?"

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do you realize that most people would say,

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"I really don't know."

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Well, why are we alive?

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We are alive for the glory of God.

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Now, I want to explain just really quickly

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what we're talking about.

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It's this.

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We live for His purposes and for His joy;

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for His good pleasure.

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We live in a sense -

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now this sounds kind 
of childish, but that's okay,

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we live to make Him happy.

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And you know what?

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When we do that, we're happy.

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Do you know why?

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Because He teaches us how to live

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in a way that glorifies Him,

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but it's also a way that brings

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the most pleasure to us.

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Now another thing that I want you to see

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is how can we develop this attitude

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of wanting to live for God?

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There's only one way.

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That is to know more about Him.

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Have you ever seen maybe

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a little boy or a little girl

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and you thought to yourself,

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man, I want to be their friend?

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But then you got to know them,

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and you thought to yourself,

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I don't want to be their friend.

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I mean, they're not very nice.

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They're very selfish. They're ugly.

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They're mean.

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And so you walk away from them.

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But then there's other little children,

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maybe a boy or a girl,

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and you walk up to them

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and you think I would 
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And then you get to know them

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and they're wonderful!

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And so you say to yourself,

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I would like to get to know them more.

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I would like to be with them more.

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And the more you know about them,

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the more you like them,

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the more you want to be with them,

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the more you want to do things with them.

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I know you've experienced this before.

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That's the same way.

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I know we use all these big words,

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but that's the same 
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when we talk about God.

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You see, the more you know Him

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through His Word;

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the more you know Him

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through just walking with Him

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and seeing what He does,

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the more you'll want to be with Him

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if He's changed your heart.

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If He's changed your heart

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and you truly are a Christian,

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then the more you hear about Him,

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the more you want to be with Him

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and the more you want to serve Him.

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Now what are the proper ways;

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how should we live before God?

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Well, first of all, we've already studied

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that God deserves our love.

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We should love Him.

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And love has to do with emotions.

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Don't let anybody kid you.

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It has to do with just, oh, I love Him!

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You get up in the morning and you say,

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I love Him.

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But you need to understand

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that the emotions are not always there.

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Sometimes you get up in the morning
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But still, you can show your love for Him

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by doing what? By keeping 
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By doing what He says.

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Some of you young guys out there,

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you boys, you're fighters.

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You like to fight.

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I know my two boys - 
they just love to fight.

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Well, why don't you fight?

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Fight to love God.

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You get up in the morning and you say

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you know I really don't 
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but I'm going to fight.

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I'm going to get into His Word.

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I'm going to study.

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I'm going to obey His commandments.

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I'm going to fight.

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Now, another thing is that 
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Listen, young children,

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you do not treat adults

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like you treat each other.

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You should respect each other,

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but when adults walk into the room,

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you do not talk to an adult

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like you would talk to 
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You show them respect.

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One of the good things that you can do

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is when an adult walks in the room

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and you're playing with a friend of yours,

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you should stop playing 
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And ask them maybe,

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how can I help you?

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It might even be good to stand up

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and say, "Sir, can I help you?"

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You want to treat adults

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and especially your parents with respect.

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But if that's the case,

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then how much more should you respect God

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and honor God.

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Do you see that?

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We don't tell jokes here about God.

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We don't giggle and laugh about God

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in an irreverent way.

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When we talk about God,

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we have a seriousness - a joy -

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but a seriousness, why?

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We're talking about the One 
Who sent His Son to die for us!

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We must show Him respect. We must.

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So, we also reverence Him,

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but also we worship Him.

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You realize what I've 
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He deserves our worship.

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We ought to worship Him.

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We ought to be worshiping all the time.

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And one of the reasons 
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worshiping on Sunday morning

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is because you don't worship 
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You don't need to be with 
someone else to worship God.

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You just worship Him!

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Just worship Him.

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Okay, and then also He deserves

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our gratitude and our thanksgiving.

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Brother Shannon was moved in his heart

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because he was thinking about,

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my, look at what I deserve!

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I don't deserve anything good.

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I deserve to go to hell.

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I fail all the time.

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But look at what God's done for me!

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He's died for me.

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He sent His Son for me.

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Oh my, I must have gratitude.

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I must have thanksgiving.

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If God didn't give you any other blessing

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the rest of your life, 
you should still worship Him

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because He's given us His Son.

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His Son!

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Now, it goes on, He deserves our trust.

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Our trust.

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(incomplete thought)

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Elijah, let's say I walk up to you

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and I say, "Elijah, if you mow my yard,

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I'm going to pay you ten dollars."

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And then you go, "Okay."

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But then you don't mow my yard.

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And I say, "Elijah, why 
didn't you mow my yard?

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I promised to give you ten dollars."

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And you said, "Well, I really 
didn't think I could trust you.

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I was thinking, well, I'll mow his yard,

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but he won't pay me ten dollars."

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Do you realize how 
offensive that is to me?

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He's saying I'm a liar.

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He's saying that I'm not trustworthy.

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He's saying I won't do what I say.

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Do you see? That's offensive.

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That hurt me when he said that about me.

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He doesn't trust me.

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Alright, I want you to 
look at faith that way.

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God says He will do these things.

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He says if you believe in His Son,

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He will give you eternal life.

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Do you see that? He will!

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He said you call upon 
the name of the Lord,

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He will save you.

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The ones who trust in Him 
will not be disappointed.

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You see, He's got all these promises,

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but when you don't believe it,

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what you're saying is: God's a liar.

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God doesn't tell the truth.

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I want to tell you something.

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I can stand here as an 
older man with Joshua

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and so many other people 
down through history

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and many of the adults here,

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and I can testify to you,

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not one word God has ever 
spoken has ever failed.

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He's fulfilled every promise.

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How many parents here today

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can raise their hand and say

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God's Word has never failed me one time?

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Keep your hands up.

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Just the parents.

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Now children, you too, all the adults,

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I want you to raise your hands.

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Now children, look around.

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Look at all these people

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who have lived a long, 
long, long, long time.

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And they say God has 
never failed them one time.

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Now put your hands down.

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Do you see that?

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He's never failed, so 
we ought to trust Him.

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And then, finally, to close this out.

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He deserves our obedience.

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Jesus talked one time about one son.

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His father came up to him and said,

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"son, do this."

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And he said, "I will do it."

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And then he walked away and didn't do it.

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But another son, he walked up to him

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and said, "son, do this,"

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and the son said, 
"no, I'm not going to do it."

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But then the son was 
convicted in his heart.

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He realized in his heart he was wrong

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and he went ahead and did it.

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You can talk, talk, talk, talk, talk.

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Listen to me, kids.

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You can talk, talk, talk, talk...

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The world is full of talkers.

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Even in Pilgrim's Progress

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which I hope you all will 
read with your parents,

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there's Talkative.

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He just talks and talks and talks

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about how obedient he ought to be

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and this and that,

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but he never obeys.

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Don't be that way.

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Remember what we read in James?

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Don't talk too much.

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Just obey His commandments.

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Alright. I hope this has 
been a blessing to you.

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And I pray - I pray

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that you will come to believe in Jesus.

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And I beg you, children, I beg you,

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listen to me.

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If you're sitting there 
and you're thinking

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I don't know if I'm saved,

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go to your parents.

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And parents if they come to you 
and they don't have questions,

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come to me.

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Come to somebody here.

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Alright? Little children, listen to me.

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If you want to be saved, you can be saved.

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You can.

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Believe on the Lord Jesus 
Christ and you'll be saved.

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And little children, realize this,

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this is the most important thing.

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There's nothing more important.

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There's nothing more important

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than believing in Jesus.

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There's not.

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Alright, let me pray.

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Father, I pray for everyone 
who's heard this,

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oh God, that by the Spirit of God,

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they would be converted;

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that their sins would be made known

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and they would see everything clearly

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as it truly is

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and that they would trust in Christ;

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that they would seek the Lord

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until You let them find You, Lord.

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Lord, I praise You that no one 
comes to You and is cast out;

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that no one truly seeks 
You that will not find You.

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Oh Father, bless this service.

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Bless Your people.

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In Jesus' name, Amen.

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