Psalm 27 is a familiar psalm. We've looked at the whole psalm
many times. I remember Gabe preached from
it not too long ago. And we have quoted and alluded
to verse 4 so very many times because it is such an important and wonderful verse.
But we're going to dwell there tonight. Verse 4, look at it
with me. One thing have I desired of the Lord, and that will I
seek after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all
the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to
inquire in his temple. One thing David wrote this. David,
a man after God's own heart, said this from his heart. Remember
Psalm 45? My heart is indicting a good
matter. I'm talking about the king. And
his heart, a man after God's own heart, he had a heart for
God. God gave him, shed abroad the
love of God, love for God, love for His Son in David's heart. So David said, one thing have
I desired. And the word desired means asked. One thing I ask of the Lord.
You think the Lord will honor this desire above all else? Above all else He'll honor that
one thing. Our Lord, of whom David wrote when He walked this
earth, He said to Martha, I remember Martha was so careful and troubled
about many things, necessary things, but things that could
wait, because the Lord was speaking. He said, Martha, Martha, thou
art careful and troubled about many things, but one thing is
needful. All else can wait. He said, Mary
hath chosen that good heart, and it will not be taken from
her. That is, to sit and listen to and behold the beauty of the
Lord Jesus Christ. To inquire. To hear Him and speak
to Him and ask Him things. One thing is needful. One thing is needful. And David
said, that's what I'm going to seek after. You know, whatever
a person gives himself to, I mean, really says, I'm going
after that. They'll generally get it, won't
they? People who give themselves to the pursuit of money, you
can get rich if you give yourself to it. People who give themselves
to the pursuit of a talent, like music or whatever, you can get
good at it. Maybe make a little money at
it. Maybe get popular. People who pursue political offices,
fame, You can get good at it. You can get elected to something. None of that is needful, no. After you've gained the whole
world, our Lord said, and if you lose your soul, you've lost
it all. Because all of that will be lost,
won't it? Lost. Paul said this. He said, Oh, that I might win Christ and
be found in Him. He said, I forget those things
are behind, and this one thing I do, one thing I do, I press
toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in
Christ Jesus. It's a pressing matter with me,
Paul said, and that's what I'm going after. And David said,
that's who I'm after. And I've asked the Lord to grant
me that desire. And the Lord will grant that
to everyone. There's some sacrifice involved. Do you reckon that
Mary had some responsibility? Do you reckon Mary had some things
to do? Of course she did. Everyone does. But she dropped it. She dropped
it all. Because this was the one thing.
One thing have I desired and that will I seek after. When
the Lord talks about seeking, He says, seek and you shall find.
It's not a one time thing. It's not a fleeting thing. It's
not a temporary thing and then you find it and then you go on
to other things. Oh no. This is a continual thing. Seek.
That's a continual, I'm not an English grammar expert, but it's
an active verb. Seek. Ask. Paul said pray without ceasing.
Our Lord said that. Knock. Keep knocking. Every day. Every day. Keep seeking. Seek ye first. First. The kingdom of God and
His righteousness. That implies that the kingdom
is a person. If you get the person, you get
everything he has. All these things will be added
to you. Seek ye first. And so David said, This one thing
will I seek after. And down in verse 8, you remember,
the Lord said to him, Seek ye my face. And so my heart said
unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek. Someone once said, One good action
is better than a thousand good intentions. David said, this
one thing have I desired, and that's what I'm doing. That's
what I want to do. It's not just a desire. There's some men who came to
the Lord one time, and the Lord said to them, what seek ye? What are you after? They said,
Master, where do you dwell? He said, come and see. Obviously, he entertained them.
Oh, my. David wanted to go into the Lord's
house. He wanted to be in the Lord's house. These three things
are really one desire. Look at it again, verse 4. One
thing have I desired that will I seek after, but he names three
things. But they're found in one. He said, that I may dwell
in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. The house
of the Lord is his church. That's his church. Our Lord said
that. He said, My house shall be called a house of prayer.
Except the Lord build the house. They labor in vain that build
it. It's called a holy temple, a habitation of God. The house
of the Lord. The church is the household of
the Lord. Remember this? Whose house are
we? if we hold fast the confidence
and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end. Remember that?
Whose house are we? I want to dwell in God's house. I want to be a part of God's
house. Don't you? I love, David said,
I love thy habitation, the habitation of thy house, thy dwelling place.
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts. That's where
I want to dwell. That's where I want to stay all
the days of my life. I don't believe he's just talking
about eternity. That goes without saying, that
if we're going to be there, we're going to be there for eternity.
I know he's talking about now, all the days of this present
life. As much as life within me and every opportunity I want
to dwell with, I want to be where God is and where His people are.
Because that's where the joy of the Lord is found. That's
where the peace of the Lord is found. That's where all things are found. The house of the Lord. I want
to dwell there. My old dog, I'm still talking
about him, but it's alright. My old dog loved me more than
life itself. And his lifelong desire was to
be in the big house. Every now and then, just get
in the big house. Why? Because that's where I was. That's
where I was. Oh, sure, he loved the air conditioning. But he loved me. And if I wasn't
in there, he didn't want to stay there. And that's why David wanted to
be in God's house. A man's house, let me say a few
things about a man's house. The church is called God's house.
That's where a man dwells. That's where he'll be found.
That's where that man will be found. That's where you'll hear
him. That's where you'll meet with
him. That's where you'll speak to him and be spoken to him by. That's where God dwells in the
church. You tell me, does he not Do you not see Him more clearly,
hear His voice more plainly, see His glory more often when
you're in the midst of God's people in His house? There are
times in private that we get a glimpse, don't we? But it's
nothing like this. It's always been the case. As
I said Sunday, the Lord never took one disciple aside and said,
now I'm going to tell you something I haven't told you about. Never.
Never. It was always two or three, like
Peter, James and John. Usually it was more than that.
Usually it was whoever wanted to hear about it. A man's house
is where he's seen. A man's house is where he entertains
his friends and family. It's where he tells his innermost
thoughts, his secrets. A man will reveal his secrets
to his friends in his house. The house of the Lord. David
said, that's where I want to be. The secret of the Lord is within
that period. The man's house is a place he
cherishes. It's a place that he protects.
It's a place he provides for. It's a place of safety. It's
a refuge. If he's a man, he's going to
protect it. This is God's house. Church.
A good place to be. A place of safety. This is a
city of refuge where Christ is. A haven, an oasis in the desert. David said, I want to dwell where
God is. I want to be where God's people
are. I want to be where God speaks. I want to be where God is seen,
where the Lord reveals Himself, where He protects His people
and provides and feeds His people. That's where I want to dwell
from all my days. And you know, when David wrote
this, he was in exile, like Psalm 84. He was on the run from Absalom
when he wrote this psalm. And he didn't ask for safety. He didn't ask for peace from
his enemies or that sort of thing per se. He didn't ask for some
comforts. He said, this is one thing that
I want, and I want to dwell in the house of the Lord. Why, David? What's in there? Look at it. He said, to behold
the beauty of the Lord. and to inquire in his temple,
to behold the beauty of the Lord and to ask and be heard. Now, this is only for those who
dwell in the house. Only those who dwell in the house
will see his beauty. It's not for strangers. It's
not for part-time visitors. This is for dwellers. They are
only going to see those that pass by. It's nothing to them. Those who merely visit, come
and go, see no beauty that they should desire. But those whom
the Lord causes to come and stay and behold His beauty, they're
going to behold it more and more, more and more. If we only come here to hear
the preacher, hear a good sermon, that's what we'll hear. That's
what we'll hear. And we'll go away no better.
There was a couple who went one time to hear the illustrious
and famous Charles Ferguson. That's what they said. And they
went, and they heard him, and they were disappointed. Someone asked them later, And
they were talking about being disappointed. And they said,
why did you go there? And they said, well, we went
to see and hear Mr. Spurgeon. And the person said,
well, you got your wish. But if we come to behold the
beauty of the Lord, we'll see him. Perhaps the vessel will
be bypassed. You'll get your wish. What would
you have? As a companion, Psalm 37, many
of you know it well, the very same verse, verse 4, says, Delight
thyself also in the Lord, and he shall give thee the desires
of your heart. David's desire, and I believe mine, and yours,
is to behold the beauty of the Lord. Now, as I looked at this
and thought about this, I've got more and more. Who can describe the beauty of
our Lord? Who is sufficient for this? I'd love for one of you men to
take over right now. But I feel like that servant of Abraham. You remember Abraham sent his
servant, an older man, to find a bride for his son Isaac, his
only begotten, well-beloved son Isaac, who was a wonderful, beautiful
man, and sent his servant down to find a bride for his son and
to describe his son in such a way that she would want to follow
him. Oh, he thought, oh, who am I? I can't do that. We'll give it a shot, though.
We're talking about Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but these three
are one, and these three, in them, in Christ, is the fullness
of the Godhead bodily. So this is who we're going to
dwell on mostly, the Lord Jesus Christ. He's the only one we
will ever truly see and behold. His faith. The only one. He's
the one with whom we have to do. He's the one whom God has
made us sinners, the bride of, the Lord Jesus Christ, to fall
in love with Him. Oh, the beauty of the Father
and the Holy Spirit, but the Son. We're going to talk about
His beauty. We'll talk about His person,
His work, His glory. Now, the Scripture says the heavens
declare His glory. The firmament showeth His handiwork.
Day unto day others speak. Night unto night knowledge. There
is no language or speech where this voice is not heard. God's
creative beauty. Christ was there. Christ said,
I was with Him in the beginning. Without Him was not anything
made that was made. Jesus Christ is God our Creator. And you can behold something
of His beauty in creation. Someone who created such a beautiful
work as this heavens and the firmament must himself be glorious. And he is. And he is. And that
declares something of the beauty of his persons. But only, as
we're saying, those that are in his house, not outside, but
in his house, see his true beauty. Which is Him. Which is Him. His beauty. Like the priests
of old. And He hath made us kings and
princes. But the priests of old were the only ones who could
go in the court, the inner court, and they saw what other people
didn't see. Right? The candlestick, the table
of showbread, and that glorious temple. No one saw that but the
priest. And neither does anyone else outside the house see anything
of the beauty and the glory of the person of Christ. People
may be taken up with God's creation, but they don't know Him. You
know, there are worshippers of creation rather than the Creator.
People have worshipped the sun, the moon, the stars for years
and don't worship the One who made them. He is fairer than
all those things. The bright and morning star. The Lord Jesus Christ. The beauty
of this person is only seen by his people in his house. There
was an old preacher years ago. Well, he wasn't a preacher at
all. He wasn't a preacher. His name was Richard Baker. And he
was a knight in English court. Sir Richard Baker. Spurgeon loved
this man. Quoted him often. And he spent
the last ten years of his life in prison, debtor's prison. He
became surety for three of his relatives. He married a woman
and she had three poor relatives and he became their surety. Well,
they plunged him into debt. And when he was 66 years old,
they came and seized all of his worldly belongings. And he spent
the last 10 years in prison and he died in prison for assuming
the debts of those he loved. That's a Christ-like man, isn't
it? His friends and wife and people
said he never murmured or complained one time. But he said this, and
he wrote, Many wonderful books. Never preached a sermon, but
he wrote these wonderful books. And he said, and I quote him,
he said, the beauty of the Lord Himself, once seen, can never
take your eyes off of Him. He said, the beauty of our Lord,
the more it's seen, the more you want to see. He said, the
beauty of our Lord is only seen with special eyes, whom the eyes
of men can't see, Nor can angels tell. He said the beauty of the
Lord is only for those that dwell in His house, who keep coming,
who keep seeing, who keep beholding the beauty of the Lord. The beauty
of the Lord. No doubts our Lord is beautiful
in His person. When God created man in His own
image, when God created the man and the woman, Adam and Eve,
Man and woman, both beautiful in their gender. Man and all his manhood. Woman
and all her womanhood. And yet he called them both man. The Lord Jesus Christ said, let
us create man in our image. They were created in the image
of the Son of God. Now, Adam was the most beautiful
man to ever live. Eve, the most beautiful woman
to ever live. Put them together, and they're still not as beautiful
as the Lord Jesus. Now, I'm talking about things
too wonderful for me. But it's true. He's more beautiful
in His actual person than any creature. And our eyes are going
to behold Him someday in all His beauty. In all His beauty. And yet, he's the only one in heaven who
has blemishes. The only one in heaven whose
body is scarred. And that's what endears him more
to us than anything about his person. Scars on his hand, head,
side. My, my, my. The altogether lovely
Son of God. No doubt He's beautiful in His
person. But Psalm 96. Turn over there. Psalm 96. Here's
what David said about His beauty. Psalm 96. And David spoke often
of the beauty of the Lord. And Lord, help us to see that. And David wrote in the Psalms,
if he was not inquiring of the Lord or praying, writing about
His beauty. Psalm 96, verses 3 through 9,
read these, "...declare His glory among the heathen, His wonders
among all people. For the Lord is great and greatly
to be praised. He is to be feared above all
God. For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the Lord
made the heavens. Honor and majesty are before
Him. Strength and beauty are in His
sanctuary." Give unto the Lord, O ye kindreds of the people,
give unto the Lord glory and strength." Or a scribe, that
is. Glory and strength. Give unto the Lord the glory
due unto His name. Bring an offering. Come into
His court. Oh, worship the Lord in the beauty
of holiness. Fear before Him. I've always misread that. Let's not talk about our holiness.
Let's talk about His. Worship the Lord for the beauty
of His holiness. This is the first thing, and
really everything is found under there. I hope I can bring this
out. Well, I won't. Isaiah saw the
Lord. Remember that in Isaiah 6? High
and lifted up. His train filled the temple.
He said the chariots with six wings, two that covered their
face, two that covered their feet, and the two that didn't
fly. And they said one thing, didn't they? What did they say?
Holy. Holy. Holy is the Lord God of
hope. The whole earth is full of His
glory. Now, holiness. Holiness is much
more than morality. Holiness is much more than merely
being without sin. It means purity. We can't describe purity. We
can't describe purity. Holy, the word means set apart. Listen to Hebrews 7. Listen,
listen to it. He is holy, harmless, undefiled,
separate from sinners. He's not like sinners in any
way. He's a friend of sinners. This
man received a sinner. He came into the world to save
sinners. He's numbered with sinners. He's nothing like them. Not in
any way. He's holy. Let me try to bring
this out. Holy. You see, sin, sin and all
that that means makes man ugly. Ugly. Sin is what makes us ugly. It makes us, gives us an ugly
countenance. gives us ugly speech, gives us
ugly actions and reactions. Sin in everything gives us ugly
desires and thoughts. Sin is what makes us ugly. Sin in us. This is why the Lord said in
Isaiah 1, He said, from the sole of our feet to the crown of our
head, there's nothing in there but wounds and burns. No sound
of sin. or at the opposite of that, is
holy. From the sole of His feet, the
crown of His head, nothing ugly. In His thoughts, in His speech, no ugly thoughts
toward anybody in any way. He said, I know my thoughts toward
you. Man has nothing but thoughts of rebellion against God. Good
thoughts, pure thoughts, just thoughts. From the sole of his feet, from
his walk, to his talk, to his speech, to his thoughts, to his
actions, and if I may say, reaction, although God doesn't react, but
He did, I mean, to show us, all together, Not like us. David one time when Nathan was
telling him what all the Lord told David through Nathan what
all He was going to do for him, David said, is this the way of
man? David said, I've never heard
the like. Nobody's like that. Nobody's like that. That's a
good description of holiness. And nobody like it. Heart. Mind. Pure heart, pure
heart. Mind, sound mind, thoughts of
love, peace, goodness, speech. It says grace poured from His
lip. What does it say about man? His throat is an open sepulchre. God is taking His hand off of
man, isn't it? And so it's spewing out filth,
isn't it? Poison of ass from the lip that
never came from His Now, not an idle word, not a word
of gossip, not an evil word. Grace. Truth. That's holiness. His walk. I love that story in the Holy
War when Emmanuel came and rescued all of them. And he was walking
down the middle of the street to set up his throne in the middle
of town in the hearth. He says, the people were so thankful. And the people were so smitten
with him. His beauty. So they all got in
behind him and tried to put their steps in his step. They loved
the way he walked. His feet always walked. Toward
helping other people. Toward saving people. Toward
glorifying His law. Always on a mission of mercy.
Those feet, paths of righteousness. Always. Always. His face. How can a man describe his countenance? He can't. He can't. But you take,
and we've said this before, you take the sweetest countenance,
the most pleasant smile of any human being you've ever known, the sweetest voice, put them
all together, multiply it ten thousand times, that's the Lord
Jesus Christ. It's countenance. You know, the
church is likened unto the moon in the Scriptures. The Lord is
the sun and the church reflects that light. And we do see something of Christ
in God's people, don't we? Lord, let Thy beauty be upon
me. That's what David said. And it is. And we see a transformation
come over people who were ugly with sin, and the Lord transforms
them into one of His children. And we see a beautiful countenance,
don't we? Well, multiply that, if that
can be done. But the Lord is beautiful in
His mercy. Now we're talking about his beauty.
This is what those that dwell in his house are all sinners.
And this is what makes him most lovely to us of all. It's his
mercy. He's altogether full of mercy. Higher than the heavens. Higher
than the heavens. No one's ever seen someone quite
this merciful. You're not going to pardon him,
are you? Oh, yeah. Not that cheap. He showed that,
didn't he, with that thief on the cross. How merciful is it?
Watch this. This is the most worthless human
being to ever walk the planet. I'm going to spare him. Oh, isn't
that lovely? I wouldn't do that. For a good
man, some might die. For a righteous man, some might. God commended His love toward
us while we were yet sinners. Christ died for us. His mercy. His love. having loved his own." Who were
they? Like Israel, though. We've been
reading about them, and they were an unlovely bunch. And I love what the Queen of
Sheba said to Solomon. This applies more to Christ than
Solomon. She said, because the Lord loved Israel, He made you
king. To love them. Because there are
people only the Lord could love. Beautiful in His love and His
grace. Grace means giving. None so giving. None will ever be so giving as
our Lord. He giveth and giveth and giveth
more grace. And upbraideth not. What did
you do with what I gave you? I blew it. Here's some more. Beautiful in His grace. He gave
Himself a ransom. He gave Himself. Assurity. Talking about debtors' prison.
Talking about somebody that put Him... He who was rich. This
is giving. None has done this like the Lord.
He who was rich. Rich? How rich? I hadn't seen. Rich beyond description. Beyond our imagination. For our sake, He came forth.
That's grace in Him. Beautiful in His grace. No greater
in love. He loved the unlovely. He loved
those who did not requite that love, did not return it until
later. None more loving. Forbearance.
The Lord was beautiful in His forbearance. That means covereth.
Love covereth. A multitude. A multitude. He covers them all. He covered
them all, Kelly. Forbearing? How long must I bear
with you? I reckon all my life, Lord. So
be it. He's a sheriff. Having loved
his own, loved him to the end. Beautiful in his goodness. He's a good man. Everything about
him. Beautiful in his kindness. Beautiful
in his long suffering. Beautiful in his forbearance.
Beautiful in his forgiveness. Beautiful in his speech. An old
man spoke like this man. Beautiful in his wisdom. Beautiful
in his righteousness. Beautiful in his... Beautiful.
All together loving. And I can't go any further. Look at the next thing it says
in Psalm 27. It says, I want to behold the
beauty of the Lord and inquire into His temple. inquire in his
temple. And David did. David asked often,
why, Lord? Didn't he? Why? Why do the wicked prosper? Didn't he? Over and over and
over again. The Lord doesn't mind his people asking those
questions. He won't give an account of himself to unbelievers out
there. He doesn't explain himself to people that demand an answer
of him. No, sir. The Pharisees were constantly
demanding things of him, weren't they? He wouldn't answer them.
But his disciples, he'd take them off the side. He'd say,
now I'm going to tell you. And they'd ask him, wouldn't
they? Why? And David was perplexed. Why? Lord, why has evil come
upon your people? Father, wicked prosper. Why is
this happening to me? Every one of God's children has
asked that at one time. Why is this happening? I don't
understand. Job asked that through the whole
book. We inquire. Where are you going
to inquire? Where are you going to find answers? In his temple. That's where his Word is preached.
His Word is written. Why, Lord? The disciples... When? Lord, when? When are you coming? When is the end of the world?
They asked him that. Matthew 24. When? When will these things
be? Questions like that. When did
I start? When? There's nothing wrong with asking
the Lord questions. Inquire of the Lord. That's what
David... Hey, I've got eight minutes. Nothing wrong with that. You allow your children to ask
you anything? Come to you with anything? It's
not impudence, as long as they come and respect and please it.
Why? Lord, why? Psalm 73. He went into the sanctuary, God's
house, where the Word of God was being read and the people
of God were fasting. And he understood. The Lord made
some things clear to him. He said, I understood. Why? Their
end. The end of all the wicked. They
get this world, but then it ends. What do we get? He's our everlasting portion,
and that never ends. He's without end. We ask questions
like that. Why does evil happen? Well, Isaiah 45, verse 7 tells
us that. I, the Lord, create peace. I make evil. That is, all those
things that come upon us that we think are evil. Proverbs 16.4,
of which very few people have ever read, I'm sure, says, "...the
Lord hath made all things for himself, even the wicked, for
the day of evil." We come into God's house and we find out that
God is working all things according to His purpose. He had a purpose
before the world began. wrote it all down and purposed
it all, and everything, even sin, the devil, everything is
fulfilling his purpose. That's right. I love what Thomas
Watson said one time, one of my favorite old men, writers,
preachers, Thomas Watson. He said, hath a hand in the action
where the sin is, but no hand in the sin of the action. God hath a hand, that He is working,
that He is moving His hand in the action where the sin is. Nothing can happen. Nobody can
do anything, be it the devil. unless God Almighty allows. God
had the hand in the action where the sin is, but no hand in the
sin of the action. God does not tempt or can't even
tempt. There's a kind of a cute illustration
Spurgeon gave one time. He said these boys were going
to play a practical joke on this woman that they knew was a devout
believer. They would hear her pray and
through her window, This was years ago. No screens on the
windows. This poor woman, a worshiper,
a believer, would pray often, like Daniel of old. And these
rowdies, these roughnecks would hear her praying. And one day
she was asking the Lord for some food, to provide her some food.
And these boys thought, we'll play a trick on her. So they
went and got some food and laid it on the window sill while she
was praying. Well, she finished her prayer
and there it was. And then she started thanking
the Lord. Thank you, Lord, for sending the bread. Thank you.
And those boys popped up and said, silly woman, God didn't
send that. We did. She said, well, the devil
may have brought it, but God sent it. I like that. I loved Spurgeon one time, he
said, the devil sweats at the task of every blow of his hammer
upon the people of God is conforming them to his image. That's not
what I meant to do. God is God. He's working all
things according to his purpose. And that predestined purpose
for us is to conform us to the image of his altogether lovely
Son. And he works in mysterious ways. And we don't know all the
ins and outs of them. But just know this, this is all
you need to know. He's working it. He's doing it. Then they asked him, when, Lord?
Well, the Lord doesn't leave us in the dark. When? When shall these things be? Many,
many verses of Scripture which we've looked into together in
the house of the Lord, such as Matthew 24. We've gone through
that several times. The Lord said, as in the days
of Noah, so shall the coming of the Son of Man be at a time
when you think not. Second, Peter 3. In the last days, when they say,
where is the promise of His coming? Scoffers, mockers. Things continue
like they ought. Everything is just fine. We don't
believe in that stuff. 1 Timothy 4, where He says they'll
turn away their ears from the truth. 1 Timothy 4, where it
says there will be a falling away from the faith, a departure
from the faith. 2 Timothy 3, where it talks about
perilous times and gives those descriptions of now. These are
the very last of the last day. How do you know? The Lord told
us. He made it very plain to us. The day and the hour knows
no man, but the seasons, yes. He's at the door. He's not left
us in the dark. And we're waiting, and we're
seeing His hand everywhere. And these things are only revealed
in God's house, to inquire into His temple. And the beauty of
the Lord. See, the Lord, if men aren't
taken up, if people aren't taken up with the second coming of
Christ, you have no interest in His first coming. People talk about the second
coming of Christ who don't know the Christ who came the first
time and don't know why He came and aren't interested in such
great salvation. Not God's people. Not God's people. And really, we're more taken
up with Him Himself than these things. Places all over advertise
Bible studies. They're going to look at the
Revelations. That's wrong. But that's what
they're going to look at, and it draws people. Well, those
that aren't preaching the gospel don't have a clue about prophecy,
about the Revelation. They don't know what Genesis
1 says. They sure don't know what Revelation 22 says. But you do. Those who love His
beauty, desire it, inquire into His temple, and He gives us answers.
So one thing if I desire to the Lord, and that's what I seek
after, that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days
of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in
His temple. Is that your desire? Then God
will grant it. Okay, stand with me.