 Yes. Yeah, let's get started. So we were looking before the break at the parallels between Lucifer and Adam. Adam was created to be the guardian, the ruler of the earth, and Lucifer was created to be the guardian of the Holy Mount of God, and Lucifer was clothed, adorned in precious stones, and he was blameless in the same way Adam was clothed in the very glory of God, and he too was created holy. So they both were people of great status, and then this is what Satan did with himself, and now he wants to drag down Adam and Eve also to the same level as him. So if someone could read out for us, Ezekiel chapter 28 verses 16 to 18, please. 28, 16 to 18. Ezekiel chapter 28 verse 16 to 18. Through your widespread trade, you were filled with violence and dissonance, so I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I expelled you, O God, and share you. From among the fairy stones, your heart became proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of your splendor. I threw you to the earth and made a spectacle of you before kings, by your ministry. That should be enough. So we see that here in all of these verses, there is still a kind of parallel being drawn between the king of Tyre and Lucifer. So there are portions where it talks about the trade of the king of Tyre and all of that, but then you have other portions which are directly referring to Satan himself. Here it's talking about how Satan was driven in disgrace from the mount of God in the same way that Adam and Eve were driven out of the garden in disgrace. So it says, I expelled you, Garden Chirab, from among the fairy stones, and of course Adam and Eve were expelled from the garden, and it says regarding Lucifer, you corrupted your wisdom. Okay, so he was very, very wise woman. In fact, what did we see the wording earlier? Here in verse 12, I think, yeah, verse 12, he was full of wisdom and perfect in beauty, but now he has corrupted his wisdom due to his pride in his splendor and his beauty. So he has corrupted his wisdom, and so now he wants to do the same thing to Adam and Eve, and so he brings this temptation before them. This is one couple who has always kept their eyes on the Lord. They have been completely dependent on the Lord. They know nothing. Whatever God says, they just simply accept it as little children, they submit to that, they obey Him and follow Him, and they are just carefree because they just simply do whatever God asks them to do. So their eyes are completely focused always on Him. But now Satan is making the offer and says, your eyes will be opened, something else will happen. Then you will know good and evil. You will have the knowledge of good and evil is what he says. And so when they choose that to accept that lie and when they eat of the fruit, their eyes are opened and they receive this knowledge of good and evil. And what is the first result of that? They discover this independence which they now have where they can make their own decisions about what is good and evil. What is that done? It has stripped them of the holiness of God. It has completely stripped them of the glory of God. They are just now left naked, helpless, nothing. I mean, they were rulers. They were clothed in glory. They had everything. And they were wise. Adam had the wisdom to correctly name all of creation. That was their status. And now that they have chosen to have their eyes opened and they no longer want to keep their eyes on God. Now they want to have their eyes open and they want to make their own decisions independently. And the first thing they understand is that it has stripped them of their dependence of God. It has stripped them of the glory that was theirs through Him. Now they have nothing. Now they are on their own and they are naked. And all they can do is take a pathetic bunch of leaves and try to cover themselves. I mean, it's like so, such a low, you know, being brought down so low. And I think Satan just rejoiced at that moment because, you know, kind of must have brought, you know, some kind of satisfaction to his evil heart that now these humans also have been reduced to his pathetic condition. So that's what they did to themselves. And one thing they realize is that humans, you know, they realize that this knowledge of good and evil, even though now they possess it on their own independently, they are not able to handle it correctly at all. I mean, yes, they may have the knowledge of good and evil now in their hands, but, you know, it says in Jonah chapter 4 verse 11 talking about the sinful people of Nineveh, it says, those 120,000 people, they don't even, they cannot even tell their right hand from their left. What did the knowledge of good and evil do for them? Nothing. If you try to function independently of God, you really are nothing. You really can do nothing. And so we were never meant to be independent. We were always meant, we were created to be dependent on Him, to be connected to Him, to abide in Him. And when we do that, His glory, His provision, His blessing, you know, flows into us and we are empowered to be all that we are meant to be. So now, after all this horrible mistake which Adam and Eve did, we have now been restored back to our, you know, earlier position. We've been given back what Adam had. I know all of it is not yet fulfilled. Partially, we have stepped into that. We will completely get that, you know, in the New Jerusalem when God restores all of mankind. Because right now, creation is still under the curse and we still see death and decay and all of that. So yes, I know that we are, it's not, we are not fully restored yet. Positionally, we are fully restored, of course. But when it comes to at a practical level, that will happen, I mean, on that, you know, at that time when God begins the next phase of eternity. So right now, of course, we already have the status positionally and who are we still positionally? Revelation chapter 1 verse 6, if someone could read out. Revelation 1 verse 6. Revelation chapter 1 verse 6. And has made us to be a kingdom and priest to serve his God and Father to him. Be glory and power forever and ever. So what have we now become? It says that we have become the Greek word Basileia and we have become priests. That word Basileia literally means kingdom and royal power. So now we are people with royal power, you know, operating his kingdom. So in that sense, we are kings and we are priests and now we are once more serving God the way Adam was meant to be serving God. Now we are once more in that position of serving God. And that is why, you know, Jesus says to the people who are kind of showing an interest in believing in him. Now they're kind of beginning to believe his words. And this is what Jesus says to them. John chapter 8 verses 31 to 36 is maybe we could just look at John chapter 8 verses 31 to 32. Yeah, if someone could read out John 8, 31 to 32, please. Jews who had believed him. Jesus said, if you hold to my teaching, you are really my disciples. Then you will know the truth and the truth will set you free. Okay, so to these Jews who have now started to believe him, he says to them, you know, you need to continue abiding in my word. He says, because if you abide in my word, then you will continue to get to know more and more of the truth. And the more and more you step into the truth, the more and more you will be set free. The more and more you'll get back to the status that you may, you know, you were actually meant to have. So it is so important to abide in my word. And then if we could also read out verses 34 to 36. John 8, 34 to 36. John 8 was 34 to 36. Jesus replied, I tell you the truth. Everyone who sins is a slave to sin. Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the son sets you free, you will be free indeed. I know you are Abraham's descendant, yet you are ready to kill me because you have no room for my word. All right, yeah, yeah. So over here, you know, Jesus is saying that as long as you are, you know, don't abide in me, you will continue being slaves of sin. You see, independently on our own, we can never be what God has planned for us. For that complete dependence is needed. We need to abide in him. As we are abiding in him, we get to know his truth and we choose to believe that it is truth and we choose to hold on to it, submit to it, obey it. So even as we are doing that, the son sets us free. The son of God, he begins to set us free completely so that we are no longer under the control of sin and slaves to it. So we choose to believe in the word of God that it is 100% truth and we choose to abide in it, even if it seems difficult. We choose to do that because even as we are doing that, our mind gets renewed. It starts absorbing the truth of God and it starts functioning the way a child of God should be functioning. So you see, it's so important to abide. Only when you're abiding, your mind starts getting renewed. You start knowing the truth and even as your mind gets renewed, you know, the son of God is just able to set you free. So it's all interconnected and it all comes down to you believing that the word is truth, 100% truth and abiding in it and as you do that, you once again start becoming a king. You once again start, you know, having a dominion. So you are no longer a helpless slave but over all the circumstances and situations that come into your life, you're able to once more have victory and you're able to serve God as his priest and honor him in the beauty of holiness. So it is so vital to believe in the truth of God's word. Ephesians 4, 20 to 23 also makes a very important statement regarding this. Ephesians 4, 20 to 23 please. Ephesians chapter 4 verse 20 to 23, you however did not come to know Christ that way. Surely you heard of him and were thought in him in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. You were thought with regard to your former way of life to put off your old self which is being corrupted by its disciple desires to be made new in the attitude of your minds. Verse 24. Verse 24 and to put on the new self created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. Okay, so he says over here to these efficient believers, you have been taught in accordance with the truth that is in Jesus. Okay, so because you choose to believe that what Jesus has said is true, on a daily basis you need to put off the old self because that old self was in fact crucified. It was crucified and dumped. Now you don't have to bring it back from the dead and put it on. It would be such a pathetic, it would be such a foolish thing to do. So you don't have to again bring back that dead body and wear it on a daily basis because now you are a new creation. So put off your old self and start putting on your new self, you are a new creation. So start putting on that newness of you and follow this truth, abide in this truth, submit to this truth and this is what he says in Ephesians 4, 24. Put on the new self created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness. So even as you choose to no longer bring back that dead crucified self and put on that dead body all over again, instead of doing that being so foolish as to do that, rather believe in the truth, abide in the truth of Jesus' words and even as you submit and abide in those words, you will start becoming once more like God, that righteousness of God and that holiness of God will begin to clothe you, adorn you and you will walk in the beauty of God's holiness. So these things will happen to us. So we can independently never be like God. We are meant to be dependent being. We are meant to abide in Him. And so it says in Revelation 3, 4 to 5, I think this is important. If someone could read out Revelation 3, 4 to 5 please. Revelation 3 verse 4 to 5. Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me dressed in white for their worthy. He who overcomes will like them. Be dressed in white. I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life but will acknowledge his name before my father and his angels. So these white garments are not just going to be given away to anyone who just turns up. It says there are some people who have chosen to identify with me. So they are choosing, even in their difficult circumstances, in Sardis, they are still choosing to live in a way that is holy. They are not defiling the garments. So obviously this is all symbolic language. It's not talking about you walking in the mud and splashing your clothes. No, it's talking in a symbolic manner. So by keeping themselves holy, they are not defiling their garments. These are the people who have chosen to abide in Him in spite of the temptations of the world, in spite of the pressure which the world is exerting on them, in spite of the persecutions and the ridicule that they are facing. In spite of all of that, they are choosing to abide in Him. They are choosing to hold on to the truth because they know that if they hold on to the truth, then God will indeed reward them one day. And He says that such people, they are going to wear white garments on that day and they will walk with me in white. So if we refuse to abide and be dependent on Him and we say, I'm going to be independent and I'm going to do my own thing, you're going to be like Adam and Eve in that garden and they were stripped naked and they could see how shamed their position was. So on our own, we can have no dignity. On our own, we are nothing. When you're dependent on Him, when you abide in Him, His Holiness is imparted to you. He will grant you those white garments. He will clothe you in His Holiness and righteousness. Because on that day, you can't exactly take your designer, wear and stand over there in front of God's throne with those. You will be clothed in whatever He is giving you. And if you're not clothed in what He is giving you, you're going to be just standing there, exposed naked. I don't mean that physically. Maybe physically, maybe metaphorically, I have no clue how things are going to work on that day, on Judgment Day. But there's sheer humiliation of just standing there in your own strength. It's going to be so pathetic. You're going to be so naked, so exposed. But if you have chosen to abide in Him, you will be clothed in His Holiness and you will be a glorious sight to behold on that day. So it's all our choice, whether we are going to hold on to the truth of God's word, hold on to the truth of these things which are being revealed to us and take them seriously and stay in Him and abide in Him and enjoy the benefits of that. Because when we abide in Him, that is when the nature of God is going to be produced in us. That fruit is going to be produced. That is when we are going to become into the likeness of Christ. You can't say, I want to not be connected to God. I don't want to abide in the wine. That fruit of the nature of God is not going to be formed in you. You're not going to become into the likeness of Christ. So then on that day, what are you going to be clothed in? So these are extremely serious matters. These are matters of life and death. These are matters of eternity and damnation. Extremely serious things. So this is not something to be taken lightly. And so Galatians 3, 27, Paul is reminding his audience about who they are and what they are clothed in. Galatians 3, 27, if someone could read out. Galatians 3, 27, for all of you who were baptized into Christ, have clothed yourselves with Christ. I mean, we were baptized into Christ. We placed our faith in Him. We are now literally clothed in Christ. So please, you know, it's like as if he's saying, please let's abide in Christ. We are clothed in Him. If you choose not to abide in Christ and you want to give up that you're clothing, what are you left with? I mean, there is nothing but shame and humiliation. So he says, you were baptized into Christ because you chose to believe. Now hold on to that. Continue being clothed in Christ. Let Him be your covering. Let Him be your righteousness. Let Him be your glory. So these are all things that he's pressing upon their hearts and so then he goes on, you know, there are so many passages which urges to stay clothed in Christ. You know, so, you know, we have Hebrews 12 versus 10 to 11, which talk about discipline and it says over there in Hebrews 12, 10 to 11, God disciplines us for our good in order that we may share in His holiness. Why is He disciplining us? Because He wants to share His holiness with us and so it says in verse 11 over there, you know, Hebrews 12, 11, no discipline seems pleasant at the time because it's a painful thing. No, so very frankly it says here no discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. So abiding in the wine is going to be painful, very, very painful, but it will produce a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. So because we have that hope, because we believe in that truth, we choose to hold on, we choose to abide, we choose to be disciplined and that is why in the same way, in Matthew 5, 29 to 30, Matthew 5, 29 to 30, it says if your right eye is causing you to stumble, gouge it out and throw it away. Again, you know, it's a symbolic language and it's being used over here because it's bringing out the seriousness of what is being stated, you know, so if your right eye is causing you to stumble, you know, better for you to just pluck it out and throw it away because at least then your soul will be saved and you will be able to stand before the judgment of, you know, throne of God, secure in him. So it is something so important and so in the same way, symbolically if you're meant to, you know, pluck out your right eye, at a physical level, what are the things that you would need to pluck out? You know, if your eye is causing you to sin, then maybe you should just cut off, cancel off that, you know, your subscription to all those online entertainment channels because you know, again and again if you're being drawn into the wrong things, where's the point in having those, you know, online channels, cancel your subscription, cut them off. If you're again and again being, you know, led by your friends into doing wrong sinful things, cut them off. So at a symbolic level, you're supposed to be, you know, pulling out your eye, but at a physical level, you know, you're commanded to treat your body as a holy temple of God. So at a physical level, you would not be plucking out your eye and it would not really not do you much good because the sin which is there in your unrenewed mind, the sin which is inhabiting your body is still going to be there anyway. So plucking out your eye is not going to be doing you much good, but it's symbolic language being used over here to bring out the seriousness of what is expected. So if something is, you know, hindering you and pulling you back into sin, cut it off. It's going to be a painful amputation. I mean, for some cancelling there, you know, online entertainment channels is going to be like, it's going to feel like death because I mean, that's what they look to for their entertainment. But if that is leading you to sin, cut it off, you know, because this is a matter of life and death. This is a matter of eternity. It's a matter of, you know, either having to stand before the judgment thrown of God, naked and shamed or being clothed, you know, in the righteousness, white garments of God and, you know, being covered. I mean, these are serious issues. This is our future that we are talking about. So these are very, very serious matters. And therefore we choose to consecrate ourselves and walk blameless. And this is what Isaiah 57, 15 says, if someone could read out Isaiah 57 verse 15. Isaiah chapter 57 verse 15. So this is what the high and lofty one says, he who lives forever, whose name is holy. I live in a high and holy place, but also with him who's contrite and lowly in spirit to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contract. Yeah, it's so beautiful. The Lord says, you know, I dwell in the high and holy place. He's a God of holiness and he lives at a very high level. But he says, I also live with those who are contrite and humble and I will revive their spirit. You know, he says, to revive the spirit of the humble to revive the heart of the contrite ones. All this amputation is going to be very, very painful. But he says when someone is willing to humble themselves to that extent, where they are willing to cut off those things which are holding them back and where they're willing to show the reverence to me and removing all those contaminants which are contaminating their body and spirit and when they're honoring me in that way he says, even though I'm someone so high and I live in a high and holy place I will make my dwelling with these people, with these humble people who are willing to go to the extent of, you know, gouging out those things and throwing them away which are standing in the way and even though it is so painful they are doing it because they want to honor me, because they believe in my truth. They believe that one day they will indeed be rewarded for it because they have trusted me to that extent, I will make my dwelling with them not to crush them he says, but to revive their spirit but to revive their heart so we will be strengthened by the Lord we will not be left crushed and miserable you know, so God is there for us he will help us, but from our side we would need to humble ourselves we would need to amputate those things which are against him we would need to abide in him we would need to be, you know, consciously keep that connection strong by a daily cleansing so these are responsibilities that have been placed on our shoulders because then we can you know, regain what Adam lost through Jesus Christ we can now regain all that, you know that was lost by our original father human father, yeah Adam, so this one other aspect that we would need to look at which is involved in this whole abiding process and this whole humbling process one very, very, very important aspect of this whole abiding 1 Thessalonians chapter 3 verses 12 and 13 if someone could read out 1 Thessalonians 3 12 to 13 please 1 Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 12 to 13 May the Lord make your love increase and overflow for each other and for everyone else just as ours does for you may he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy in the presence of our God and Father when our Lord Jesus comes with all his holy ones okay, so one very important aspect of abiding of humbling it's this whole thing about you know, increasing in love towards one another how we relate to each other how we choose to live in love towards one another not an easy thing very, very difficult people are not easy to put up with people are the ones who bring us greatest joy, you know, if you ever noticed it's almost the people who bring the greatest joy but it's also people who can really make life a struggle so how we treat those people oh my God takes it so seriously because here we are talking about his children and daughters and he for him each person is very precious now you may look at on a certain person as a pain in the neck but for God that person is extremely precious so be very careful in the way you you know behave with different people in the in the decisions that you take towards them against them be very cautious are you doing it in line with the will of God or are you just acting out of you know your own convenience and maybe out of your own ego because if we are not you know increasing in love and causing our love to overflow towards each other like it says over here you know then we will not be walking in holiness because he says over here may he strengthen your hearts so that you will be blameless and holy you will be blameless and holy if you know you are increasing in your love you are overflowing with love towards each other it's something that happens on a daily basis where you choose to walk in holiness this is what most of our Christian life is about because it's all about people right so how we treat them how we relate to them the words that we speak to them the decisions that we take regarding them you know whether to harm them or whether to bless them whether to tear them down or whether to build them up and God is watching and God takes it very seriously when you're touching even one child of God so this is something that we need to be very careful about this is an important part of our biding in him so are you willing to stand on the truth of God's word accept his word as being 100% true and so you are going to be doing a lot of you know painful things to be loving towards that person it's going to take a lot of sacrifice but you choose to believe that God in his time will bless you for that reward you for that he will help you to do that and so you choose to believe in the truth of his word rather than all the lies which Satan is feeding into your ears and saying this person doesn't deserve it so you don't really after all that the person has done you can treat them the way you want and Satan is feeding all of these lies but do you choose to hold on to the truth of God's word and say no I choose to hold on to what God is saying and so I will treat this person in this way only I will be holy in my attitude towards them and the decisions that I take towards them if when you stand for God in that manner then you will indeed be blameless and holy and God himself will strengthen your heart he will help you you cannot do this on your own in fact none of these things can ever be done independently on our own but even as we abide in him when he sees that we are walking in step with him he will empower us to walk by his power by the power of his Holy Spirit he will do that for us so this is one very important aspect of our abiding that we need to be conscious of moving on to some of the important things that I mentioned in chapter 6 which talks about the beauty of holiness so we will just very quickly try to look at some of those things so these would be things which are there in your notes in chapter 6 let's maybe begin by looking at 1 Chronicles chapter 16 verse 29 1 Chronicles 16 29 please if you could have someone read out give to the Lord the glory due his name bring an offering and come before him or worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness it is not enough to just bring him an offering how are you bringing that offering to him you need to bring it in the beauty of holiness are you clothed in the beauty of holiness over here the word that is being used over there that's the word hadar the word for beauty the Hebrew word for beauty that is being used over here hadar basically is the glory that is possessed by that particular person so when you are talking about the beauty of God's holiness the hadar of God's holiness you are basically talking about the glory that he possesses so here when it's talking about human beings you know walking in the hadar of holiness it's talking about people who are coming covered in that glory they are choosing to live holy lives and so God's glory is resting upon them and so they come in that beauty and make their offerings so if they are coming with their offerings in a sinful condition there is no beauty in that and your offerings would not be acceptable actually you know because you are bringing your offerings with unclean hands with an unclean heart and there is no repentance so that's the whole point the point is are you repentant are you sensitive to him when he corrects are you willing to say yes Lord I am wrong and are you willing to submit and correct yourself as long as that repentant attitude is there oh that's more than enough so here I am not talking about perfection because we are all going to be failing in this or that because we are still learning but if you have a very repentant attitude where you are willing to quickly as soon as the Lord convicts you if you are willing to correct yourself and if you have that humble attitude then you really are clothed in this beauty of holiness you possess this glory of God and you are walking in that you are covered in that so whatever offerings you are bringing before him you are bringing it in the beauty of holiness and you will be acceptable this is another aspect to this whole beauty of holiness this is another term that is used you know another Hebrew term so if someone could read out Sam 90 was 17 90 is 17 90 right 90 yes 90 Sam chapter 90 was 17 May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us establish the work of our hands for us yes establish the work of our hands so here rather than using the word beauty in our English in the NIV translation it says let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us but in Hebrew the actual literal word it is talking about another aspect of beauty hadar was one word for beauty now this is a different word for beauty and it is the word noam ok so this is let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us as in his delight rests upon us his favor rests upon us so when we when we choose to walk in the holiness of God and he shares his glory with us so that we are sharing in the hadar of God in that beauty in that glorious beauty of his holiness even as we are walking in that when we choose to do all our works in that manner then God will God's favor rests upon us so that beauty in that sense his delight rests upon us and we are acceptable and also another aspect of this word noam I know this beauty it's a beauty which not only just rests upon us it is also a beauty that gets reflected as in people who see us they see the beauty of what we are doing and they praise God for it so maybe one simple example of that would be Matthew chapter 5 verse 16 if someone could read out Matthew 5 verse 16 Matthew chapter 5 verse 16 in the same way let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven so it talks about how you let your light so shine before men so in a way I mean drawing a parallel you could say what is this light which is shining that's basically the glory of God right I mean you are walking in holiness you are choosing to do what God wants you to do so that light is shining out through you his glory is shining out through you because you are honoring him you are walking in holiness so that light is shining through you and it expresses itself basically through good works so this good works which you are doing you know it causes God's no arm his favor to just rest upon you he delights in you but it's also something which people see because his delight is resting upon you this beauty is resting upon you people see that you are beautiful and they think and and they don't just restrict themselves to saying you know oh you are a beautiful person they also see from where the beauty has come they recognize that it is the beauty of God which is resting upon you and so they glorify the Father in heaven they say oh my God is using this person to bring so much goodness into our lives this person the hands of the work of their hands is blessing us and so they say Father thank you thank you for this person thank you for using this person in this way it is such a blessing to us and they glorify the Father so what happens in the process the glory goes back to him so it's all interconnected so we can't exactly like you know put hadar and no arm and all into watertight compartments they are all interconnected so even as we choose to walk in holiness his glory is there you know clothing us and his light rests upon us that beauty God's beauty rests upon us and people see that and when people see the beauty of God in us they praise him and they say thank you for sending this person to do these things for us so it's a lifestyle that we choose to live in a way that honors God so maybe just another few verses that we can you know quickly run through even as we have around 10 minutes left Psalm 65 verse 4 if someone could read out Psalm 65 verse 4 Psalm chapter 65 verse 4 blessed are those you choose and bring near to live in your courts we are filled with the good things of your house and of your holy temple now these are people that God has chosen and declared as acceptable so only they are in fact allowed to come before his throne so you may have a whole lot of people you know coming into the church but the ones who are actually coming into his presence are the ones whom he has specifically chosen he has hand picked them why because they have chosen to abide in him so you know when he comes into God's presence in the sense God is open to receive whoever comes to him and so if they have that repentant open receptive attitude in the heart then even as they try to reach out to God, God will reach out to them so some people who come into the church may be believers some may be unbelievers but if that person has an open heart a receptive heart a heart that is willing to know submit so if you have such a heart then even as you are reaching out to God God reaches out to you but the point being made over here is that so you see only such people are allowed to approach him at the spiritual realm at the physical realm of course everyone comes and occupies the seats everyone is standing over there in God's presence but the ones who actually gain personal access to him it's all those people who are standing over there with open hearts receptive hearts they are willing to receive they are willing to hear, they are willing to be corrected their ego there is something inside them that is hungry so they may in fact be an unbeliever who knows nothing about Christianity knows nothing about the bible but they are standing over there and there is this openness this is hunger this is longing to know God even though they may not even realize that's the longing which is crying out deep inside such people even as they are reaching out God will reach out to them because such people they are chosen by God and He chooses them to approach him they are acceptable so when we are in God's presence it is good of course to rejoice to celebrate to sing and to dance and all of that but it is important to recognize that this is a privilege that is being given and it is a solemn privilege so in a lot of churches we have singing and dancing and jumping and shouting and whistling and all of that now are you doing all of this in an attitude of worship to honor him or are you just simply giving expression to your human nature if that is all you are doing just because you are the kind who likes to dance and you are dancing that's fine as long as you are doing it in holiness it is coming out of that attitude of reverence and enjoyment of God you are just enjoying God enjoying His presence and so you jump and you dance and you are connected to Him in what you are doing so whatever you would do do it honorably on the other hand if it is just you functioning out of your fleshly nature you would just be doing it to satisfy your own self because it makes you feel good and there is a chance that you may end up expressing it in a sinful manner so kind of let us be aware of this even as we worship in our churches that He chooses who will approach Him He chooses who can come into His presence so it is a solemn thing so when we are worshiping Him like it says in your notes it should not just be human fleshly revelry rather it should be reverence and so you don't need to really worry about that if you are a person who is walking in God and you are connected to Him and you have this desire to honor Him automatically be careful in the way you are expressing your reverence you may jump and shout and dance real crazy but you are doing it really to honor Him so you would be careful to see that you are not portraying yourself in a way which would disgrace the name of God so that would automatically be the case so you don't have to worry too much about that I guess this is more of a point for those who just do it for the feel goodness the good feel it gives you so they whistle because you know whistling is something that's fun to do they jump and they clap just because it just makes them feel nice in their flesh so for such people maybe they need to watch out a little bit and be careful about how they are doing it because they may get carried away no harm in being expressive and exuberant personality type it's who you are but if you are not very connected to God if you are not really abiding in Him it's a chance that you may end up expressing yourself in the wrong way for all the wrong reasons just kind of watch out better to be cautious about these things because you are coming into the presence of a holy God it's talking about how this is his holy temple so when you want to dwell in his courts be a little careful about these things because he not only looks at the outward expression but he also looks at the inside the heart with what kind of a heart are you doing these external acts of worship so that's just something to watch out for something to be a little careful about we will we will maybe conclude with another two verses so if someone could read out Psalm 110 verses 1 to 3 Psalm 110 verses 1 to 3 Psalm chapter 110 verse 1 to 3 oh my, am I still connected? okay my connection is kind of bad so here it talks about how you know in the millennium in the millennial kingdom so it's talking about how in the millennial kingdom his people God's people they will be arrayed in holy slender they will be like this dew early morning dew which is so fresh and so pure and so clean and so full of you know vitality it says that God's proofs will be like that they will be arrayed in holy splendor so if we choose to abide in God and our connection to him is very strong we will be like this dew very fresh very pure very vital that is how we will be so we will be arrayed in that kind of a holy splendor okay so then of course you know I mean like it says over there in the previous verse in verse 1 it says sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet so it's the Lord Jesus Christ who will make the enemies his footstool but then we are involved in that process we are partnering with him in subduing the enemy and so we will be able to do it because we are like that fresh morning dew we are full of vitality and life and we will be able to subdue the enemy on behalf of the Lord Jesus Christ of course he ultimately does it through us but we partner with him in achieving that so holiness causes us to walk in victory it helps us to walk in victory so maybe we can just close with that thought a few more verses we covered almost everything in your two chapters but then you could just quickly go through it again in your notes because there were some portions which we could not touch upon just a few one or two so let's just close with the word of prayer because we are like out of time let's pray Lord we just thank you so much for all the things that we could learn today Lord we want to abide in you we truly do believe that your word is the truth it is 100% truth and if we can hold on to it and depend on it rather than listening to the lies which satan keeps feeding us in our mind we know then we will be able to walk in victory so help us a lot help us to do that help us a lot to allow ourselves to be sanctified by your word by accepting that it is true and by holding on to it no matter what so we pray that you Lord would empower us to amputate whatever is contaminating us help us a lot to discipline ourselves even though discipline is so painful Lord you guide us you strengthen us to do these things because then we can be like the dew of the early morning and we can be vital and strong and fresh and pure and be able to subdue the enemy under our feet help us a lot to to actually walk into these things in our everyday lives thank you Lord in Jesus name amen amen thank you so much thank you thank you