I know he's the only one who
can. But I want to talk about worship today. I want to talk
about worship. That woman, our Lord, went by
this one place to get this one woman. But I want to talk about God's
to be worshipped and how He's to be worshipped. You know, worship
is a vital, vital subject. and should be important to all
of us. You know, when our Lord was tempted of the devil, 40
days and 40 nights in the desert, Satan took him up into a high
pinnacle and showed him the world and said, now, I'll give you
all of this if you'll worship me, fall down before me. Our Lord answered, thou shalt
worship the Lord thy God, and him only, him only shalt thou
worship, him only. And we have on our sign, you
know, we have worship service, worship service. And I tell you,
it's necessary for our heart and our life spiritually and
temporally. If you miss the spiritual worship,
then it'll affect your temporal life. And if you're blessed by
spiritual worship, then your temporal life will have some
enjoyment in it too, some comfort. And this is something that we
can know too little about, but one thing about it, we cannot
know more than enough of it. And our Lord here is having a
conversation with a woman, and she is having a conversation
about true worship, and the true worship of the true and living
God, And that's what she said, the woman saith unto him, sir,
I perceive thou a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in this
mountain, and you say that in Jerusalem is the place where
men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her, woman,
believe me, the hour comes when you shall neither in this mountain,
not even over Jerusalem, worship the father. You worship you know
not what. We know what we worship, for
salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and that's
what our Lord said, and right now is, when the true worshipers
shall worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeketh
such to worship Him. God is spirit, and they that
worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth. Well, let's
talk about worship. Let's talk about worship. You
know, worship is not the easiest thing that we do because we got
this old flesh to deal with, this old body to deal with. But
I tell you what, it's not. I tell you what, it's not. It's
not in a place. People think they gotta go somewhere
and be at a particular place before they can worship. Our
Lord said, neither in this mountain. To her, the place to worship
was, you gotta climb this mountain, up on this mountain up here.
So she had to make an effort to get there, up on this mountain.
And the Lord said, oh, you're not going to worship in this
mountain anymore. But that's not in a place. It's
not in a place. And he said, yet not even than
other folks say, well, it was in Jerusalem. And people came,
the Jews came from all over the world, and all those feasts would
happen. They'd come, and they'd all go to these feasts. Remember
that Ethiopian eunuch? He went up to Jerusalem to worship
at the feast. With 1,500 miles to go to Jerusalem,
because he said, that's the place y'all to go. And our Lord said,
it's not in this mountain, it's not gonna be at Jerusalem. Not
in a place, a place whatsoever. And it certainly is not in a
building. It's not in a building. And you know, that's why for
a lot of places they call them chapels. But here's the thing
about it, it's not in a building. You know the disciples one time,
they come out of the temple. Solomon's Temple, and they come
out of that temple, and there's a big old beautiful long ornate
thing and his disciples said, Lord, look at all these stones.
Look at this big beautiful building. You know what our master said?
Said, these stones are gonna come down. There's no beauty
in them. There's no salvation in them.
There's no salvation in this temple. All these stones are
coming down. They're all coming down. And
I'll tell you something else that's not here. It's not ceremonies
and rituals. People like ceremonies, they
like rituals, they like robes, they like certain singers to
sing in big ceremonies and rituals. But our Lord said, where did
Isaiah prophesy of you? He said, you honor me with your
lips. But your heart, your heart is
far from me. You draw mine to me with your
lips. You got a lot to talk about in religion. And you got a lot
to say about your relationship. You got a lot to say about God.
You got a lot to say about Jesus. You got a lot to say. But he
said, your heart, your heart is far from me. And I tell you
what, you do teach. You do teach, but you don't teach
about me. You got nothing to say about
me. About my glory, my power, my majesty, my person, my rights,
my authority, my salvation. You got a lot to say about Everything
but me and you teach, but you know what you're teaching you're
teaching doctrines Doctrines to make men do what you want
them to do What you want them to do and so that's what they're
talking about here And it's not in things that you can see touch
taste or handle It's not in altars not in candles not in music And
it's not done with the mouth. A man worships God in one place. Right here. Right here. And it's not with the hands either.
Martin Luther was a monk. German monk. And you know what
he would do to himself? He would beat himself. Beat himself. With and to blood and things
would come out. He'd abuse his body. He'd crawl
on his hands and knees thinking that these things were going
to make him acceptable to God. Make him acceptable to God. And
then he found out who God really is, and it changed his whole
concept of life and everything about him. But what is worship? What is worship? Our Lord says,
the hour cometh and there is with the true worshippers. How
can we know we're true worshippers? How can we know what worship
is? There's only one way, and that's
by this blessing book. Oh, it's the only way in the
world. I know first thing you gotta do, you got to have a knowledge
of God. Ain't that what our Lord Jesus
Christ said? He said, when the hour is coming,
and now is when the true worship shall worship the Father. And
then he said in verse 24, God is spirit. God is spirit. He don't have a body like you.
And they that worship him must worship him in spirit and truth.
God is. I want you to look over here
now, keep John 4, and look in Acts 17 with me. Look in Acts
17. You know, God is Spirit. God is Spirit. Therefore, He's not like us.
We're flesh. We're flesh and blood and bones.
God is Spirit. Oh, it's not like us at all. And look what he said here in
verse 22, John Acts chapter 7, 22. Then Paul stood in the midst
of Mars Hill and said, ye men of Athens, I perceive that in
all things you are too superstitious, in everything you're just too
religious, is what he said. For as I pass by and behold your
devotions, or gods that you worship, it says in the margin, I found
an altar with this inscription, to the unknown God. Whom therefore
ye ignorantly worship him declare unto you. And this is what he
said about God. God is spirit, this is what he
said about him. God that maketh the world, that's the first thing
I want you to know. God that maketh the world, and everything
in that world, seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth,
now listen to this. He does not dwell in temples
made with hands, And listen to this, neither is
worshiped with men's hands, as though he needed anything. What
does God need? He needs anything. Seeing that
he's the one that gives the life, he's the one that gives the breath,
and he gives all things. Oh my, so that's what he said. So it's not God is spirit. He's not, He don't dwell in buildings
made with hands. He's not worshiped with the hands
of either. And when we talk about God is
spirit, we gotta know who God is before you truly worship Him.
And we use the word omni, omni, omni. God is omnipotent. You know what that means? He
got all power. And heaven and earth, all power. And God is omnipresent. If he's
spirit omnipresent, that means there's no place you can go where
God is not. You can go into the depth of
the ocean, you can go to the height of the heavens, you can
go to moon, stars, or anywhere else you want to go. Any place
you go in all these galaxies in this universe, any place you
go in the sea, dark, light, wherever it is, China, Africa, wherever,
you can't go anywhere where God's not. God is everywhere. And I tell you, then he's omniscient.
That means he's got all the wisdom. He knows everything. That's what
this woman said. I perceive you're a prophet.
She said, this man told me all things that ever I did. And I'm
the one that he know why she did it. He's omniscient. He knows
what you was gonna do before you was ever born. He knows how
you're going to act. He knows what your personality
is going to be like. He knows what you say, what you
do, where you'd be, and how you'd be, and where you'd do it at. That's the God. You've got to
know that God. Not this weak-kneed, flimsy excuse
for a God. No, no. I tell you, God is light,
and there's no darkness in Him at all. God is ever-living. We're never dying. God is sovereign,
absolutely so, and controls everything in this world. Huh? There's nothing happens that
God does not will to happen. I'm telling you that. Whether it's good news, bad news,
or whatever news it is, it's God. It's God. And men will worship truly when
they know who God is. That's why our Lord said this,
you don't have a clue what you worship. That's what he told
that woman. You don't know what you worship. You don't know. Men will worship when they know
who God is. Be still. Be still and know that
I am God. Now you keep John, you know Ecclesiastes. Ecclesiastes is right before
the book of Proverbs. Right before the book of Proverbs.
You got Isaiah, Son of Solomon, then Ecclesiastes. I want you
to look in Ecclesiastes 5. You know when we talk about God,
He says, The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worship
shall worship God. God is Spirit. God's the Father. And look what it said here in
Ecclesiastes 5.1. Keep thy foot when thou goest
to the house of God. Don't come rushing in. Don't
come rushing in here and said, Lord, boy, I said, man, I'm doing
God a good favor today. And he says this, when you go,
you'll be more ready to hear Be more ready to listen than
to give a sacrifice of fools, than to come in there and start
telling all that you've done, and all if you've accomplished,
and all the work you've done, and all the sacrifices you've
made, and how wonderful it is that you're so dedicated and
committed. And this what it said, for they consider not that they
do evil. And then listen to this one,
be not rash with your mouth. No, don't be too quick with your
mouth. And let not your heart be hasty
to utter anything before God. Be very careful of what you say
before God, about God, and in the presence of God. Listen to
this. For God is in heaven, and you're where at? You're on this
earth. So when you're in the presence of God, let your words
be few. Let them be few. God must be
worshipped in truth. I'm telling you, He can't be
worshipped by lies. I know that for a fact, because
I believed a lie one time, and I did not worship God. And I
tell you, He can't be worshipped by lies, and He can't be worshipped
by telling lies about Him. Abraham, when the God of glory
appeared unto our father Abraham, when he dwelt in Mesopotamia,
the scripture says, when God appeared to him, he went out.
Where'd he go? He didn't know. He just went
out. He said, no, that's not where
he goes. And you know, when God appeared to him, he said, Abraham,
He said, I've made a covenant with you. You're gonna be the
father of many nations. You know what Abraham did? God
talked with him. He said he talked with him. And
the only person that ever talks with anybody, God ever talked
with anybody about, is through his son, the Lord Jesus Christ.
That makes it plain as day. But anyway, it says this. He
said, and Abraham fell on his face and worshiped. Fell on his
face and worshiped. And I tell you what, when you
find out who he is, they'll learn something of themselves. Ain't
that what he said? Isaiah said, woe is me. I'm undone. I dwell among an unclean people.
Job, when he saw the Lord, he said, when God finally made him
understand what a worm he was, he said, oh, I abhor myself.
I actually abhor myself. And Jacob, when he saw him, he
said, oh, this is the very presence of God. And so when he talks
about true worship, he's talking about worship from the heart
and by the spirit, and both are necessary to worship. Proverbs said, my son, give me
your heart. Give me your heart. Just give
me your heart. If he's got your heart, he's
got you. Ain't that right? And he said also in another place,
He said, trust God with all your heart, and don't you lean to
your own understanding. Don't do that. We can't worship God in flesh.
We can't worship God by flesh. And we certainly can't claim any merit, can't
claim any works, we can't claim anything by our mouths. You know, this is what they call
claimant theology. There's these preachers that
claim it. And they say, if you want something,
take a picture of it or whatever it is you want, put it on the
refrigerator and claim it! If you want salvation for your
husband or your wife or something, claim it! And it'll happen. Well, I can claim to be a... People claim now to... You know, it's ridiculous some
of the things that people claim to be. Whatever they say they
are, that's what you got to call them. They say they're a dog
and they're actually a human being. Say, but I want to be
recognized as a dog. Well, I recognize you as a dog.
I don't care. You're a dog anyway, whether
you know it or not. Ain't that right? But oh my,
it's like that Pharisee. He stood and he made all kinds
of claims. He said, oh, I'm not like other
men. I'm not like this old publican over here. I'm not like that
old sorry publican, and here's all his sin. He said, oh, I'm
worthy. I pay tithes of everything that
I possess. I fast twice in the week, and
I keep the law. I've never done anything wrong. And I tell you what, he claimed
everything he claimed was a lie. And there's a fellow over here
that didn't claim to be nothing. He just said, oh God, be merciful
to me. And God saved that man. And he
went down to his house justified. That other man's been in hell
for all these centuries. You can claim anything if you
want to. But oh, to worship from the heart is to worship with
the whole being. With your mind, your will, your
affections, your spirit. What it is is communion with
God. Being filled with awe and the
wonder and the humility and the thankfulness and the reverence
due God Almighty Himself. Oh my. And I'll tell you something
about every true worshiper. Every true worshiper, that's
what he called them. Those who are true worshipers
worship the Father and Spirit in truth. Every true worship
has private worship as well as public worship. Every believer
has moments alone with God. There are times when you're not
even expecting it, and you'll begin to contemplate God, and
think about God, and consider God, and be praying to God, and
next thing you know, your heart is so touched, it brings tears
to your eyes because you see God in His clothes. Oh my. And to worship publicly and to
not worship privately is just being a hypocrite. But that's
why our Lord said, enter into your closet. Private worship is not for men
to see, not for men to hear about. That private worship is something
between us and God himself. Nobody else supposed to hear
it, nobody else supposed to see it. Huh? And someone who's always
telling about their private devotion, they're suspect. They really
are. They're suspect. Talking about
private devotion. Oh my. It's the heart. It's the heart worshiping Christ
for who He is. Oh, who is He? He's this wonderful
Savior, this wondrous, glorious God-man. This blessed person
of compassion and mercy and love and pity. Oh my. And I tell you, it's drawing
near. Worship Him who is drawing near. Oh God, Lord, let me come
near to you through you, Lord, through your blessed Son. Worship
is bowing to Him in reverence, bowing to Him in awe. It's intimate,
intimate and true communion with God in secret prayer. And it's obeying His word. Oh,
coming out of a love, heart love, and a fear of Him to dishonor
Him. Oh, and I'll tell you something
else about the Lord Jesus. He's necessary to worship. Look
what He said here in verse 25. 26 here in John 5, 4. The woman saith unto him, I know
that Messiah cometh which is called Christ. When he has come, listen to this,
he gonna tell us all things. Our Lord said unto her, I that
speak unto thee am. I that speak unto thee am. You
know, if you're going to worship the
Father, you've got to come to me. This woman would have went
on worshiping what she knew not, had not the Lord Jesus Christ
come to where she was. Had the Lord Jesus Christ not
revealed to her who she is. had the Lord Jesus Christ not
told her where she can get what she needs. Oh, this woman had
not the Lord Jesus come and after hearing him and seeing him, look
at what she did in verse 28. The woman then left her water
pot. She went there to get water in the midday. She forgot all
about water. She forgot about the dishes being
dirty. She forgot about the water to drink. She forgot about the
water to bathe in. She forgot the water. And she went her way into the
city and said to the man, come see a man. Which told me all things
that ever I did. And you all know me, so you know
the things that I am and the things that I did, so you know
what, if he told me everything that I did, I ain't told you
half of what I am. And then, oh my. Come see a man. Oh yes, Lord, here we come. We're
coming to see you, we're coming to see you. Oh my. But I tell
you, God's not to be worshiped apart from the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus to us. You know,
in the Old Testament, you know, they had a tabernacle. Christ
is our tabernacle. In the Old Testament, in the
tabernacle, they had an altar. Christ is our altar. They had
a sacrifice. Christ's our sacrifice. The Old
Testament prophet had prophets. Christ is our prophet. And that's what I'm telling you.
He is our prophet. He is our prophet to teach us
about God. That's what prophets were sent
to do. Tell people what God said. Christ
came into this world to say, I'm speaking for my Father. What
I've heard from Him, what He sent me to say, I'm saying everything
He sent me to say. And if you wanna know Him, I
gotta be the one to tell you about Him. You won't know Him.
Nobody knows who the Father is except me. And nobody knows who
the Son is but the Father, and He to Whomsoever He revealed
Him. He's the only one can reveal
the person of God, the mind of God, and God's will to save us. You know when he was on the mass
road with those disciples, the scripture said, he opened their
understanding. Of what? The scriptures. The
scriptures. And I tell you, he'll tell us
all things. What's he told you? What's he told you? Has he told
you about yourself? What's he told you about you?
I know he's not told you what your mama says about you. I know
he's not told you what your wife says about you. I know he's not
told you what your children say about you. What has he told you
about yourself? Huh? Oh my, did not only see
our prophet, but he's our priest. You had to have a priest under
the Old Testament economy. You had to have a priest and
offer a sacrifice. And he was the only one that
could come into the presence of God. Well, Christ as our great
high priest is passed into the heavens, sitting at the right
hand of God. And so we've got a priest, and
our priest offers a sacrifice. What was the sacrifice? It was
himself. He offered himself without spot
and blemish to God Almighty, and he put away sin by that sacrifice. Now we come to God through and
by Him because of His sacrifice. He shed the blood. He put away
sin. He provided the righteousness.
He alone is our only plea as to why we or our worship should
ever be accepted. Huh? It's because of Him. We come unto God by Him. By Him. Everywhere in Scripture God is
only approached through Christ. Whether it's in a type, whether
it's in a picture, whatever it is, God was only
approached through the Lord Jesus Christ. And that's why the Lord
said, come unto me. And you know, I'll tell you,
we've gathered here this morning in his name, We've gathered here
this morning in His name. In His name. Our Lord said, wherever
two or three are gathered together in my name. And here's the thing
about it. The place has nothing to do with
it. He says, wherever, wherever. And the number has nothing to
do with it. He said, wherever two or three. A fellow called
Henry one time, and this man told me this. He said, I called
Henry one time. A fellow told me here this recently. He said,
I called Henry one time. How many people would it take
to get together for you to come out here and preach to us? He
said, me and you. Me and you. He said, that's all
it takes, just me and you. So the number has nothing to
do with it. He said, wherever two, two, that's all it takes. Being Christ makes two. And one other person makes me
and Christ three. And then you put three people
together that's worshiping Christ and talking about Him and rejoicing
in Him, you've got four people worshiping. Huh? And here we are all together. Oh my. And you know, when sinners
gather, in His name to worship, and that's what we're here for,
is to worship Him. First thing we do is when we
come in here, Lord, to you God be the glory. Lord, you get all
the glory. Oh, you get the glory in the
preaching, you get the glory in the praying, get the glory
in the singing, get the glory of our lips, get the glory from
our hearts. Oh Lord, you get the glory. Whether
we're teaching, preaching, praying, or praise, whether we're giving
or living, our chief concern must be His glory. And oh my,
we covet His presence. And we must seek His glory. Here's
another thing when we gather in His name. You know what else
we seek? We seek His mercy. Lord, we're
here. We didn't bring any sacrifices.
I'd always said, I don't want your sacrifices. I don't want
you. I show mercy. I want mercy. I
don't want your sacrifices. And so when we come to worship
him, we come seeking mercy. Mercy. Oh, I will not have sacrifice,
but I'll have mercy. Not seeking justice. I read a
little article yesterday about a king of France. This woman
came before him and she was on her face before him. Give me
justice, give me justice, give me justice. And he told her,
he said, stand up on your feet. He said, justice is what I owe
you. Justice is what I owe you. If
you want to seek anything, why don't you seek mercy? Why don't
you seek mercy? People say, I'll tell you, I
want God to deal justly with me. Well, the only place He can
deal justly with you is in the Lord Jesus Christ. And He dealt justly with me in
Christ as if there was no grace, and He gives me grace as if there
was no justice. Huh? Oh, I tell you what, I don't
want, you know, seek His mercy, not justice, not recognition,
not wages. I come for God to pay me. I come
for God to bless me for what I've done. If you want God to
pay you, I tell you what, He will. You'll get your wages one
of these days. And oh, I come here to get my
reward. No, no. I come here with empty hands.
You know, there's people that sit around with begging bowls.
All over India, all over Mexico, all over China, those places
where people are so poor, they have begging bowls. They have
a bowl, they beg. Well, I tell you what, I ain't
got a bowl, but I got a heart, and I got a soul, and I got a
mind, and I got a will, and I got a heart, and I got affections. And I want all of them. God,
give me mercy for a whole me. Oh my. Oh, and then when we come
to worship Him, seek His righteousness. Why do we come seek His righteousness?
Because we don't have one. We don't have one of our own.
Paul had one. And he said, I count my righteousness
but done. And I count his righteousness
to be everything. Oh my. Jeremiah says, the Lord Jehovah's
akin you, Christ our righteousness. And I tell you what, there's
three, four accepts in the scripture. Accept a man, be born again.
Accept you, repent. Accept you, be converted. And
then our Lord said, accept your righteousness, exceed the righteousness
of these Pharisees and scribes who make righteousness to be
their acceptance with God. Except you got a better one than
that, you ain't got no hope. And our Lord came and he brought
us a righteousness. Christ is the end of the law. the consummation of the law as
a covenant, as a curse, as a commandment, Christ is the end of the law
for righteousness. Who's he righteousness for? Them
that believe. Oh, I believe, Lord. Oh, my. And if we would truly, truly
worship God in Christ, if we would truly, truly worship God
in Christ, When we gather to worship, don't
forget who and what we are. A sinner. A sinner. Oh, we'll
save sinners, yes. Redeem sinners, yes. But a sinner. Christ came to do what? To save
sinners. Oh, what nice hope that gives
me. able to save sinners. And that's one thing I know I
am. My conscience tells me, my mind tells me, my deeds tell
me, and God tells me. Thank God He came. Oh, bless
God He came. But what did He come to do? To
save sinners. Uh-huh. Oh my. And I'd tell you something else
if we were truly worship God in Christ. We have to, and I
believe every one of us would do this, to know God. We justify
God in His holiness and justice and dealing in this world and
everybody in it. Remember how He deals with my
children, my grandchildren, with my home, me, or anybody else
in this world, my brothers and sisters, my dad or my mother. Whatever He does, He's right. Whatever He does is right. You say, well, I don't think
God ought to do that. Whatever He does is right. If He comes and touches you with
an awful disease, and comes and strikes you with
something, and He does it, you'll have to say, God is right, and
He's just to do what He does with me. I ain't got nothing
that He didn't give me, and I ain't gonna ever have anything He didn't
give me. Huh? That's what Abraham said, Lord.
He said, whatever the Lord does is right. And you know what he's
fixin' to do? He's fixin' to go down to Sodom
and Gomorrah and destroy Sodom and Gomorrah and all cities and
places. And he's going to kill everybody in it. And you know what Abraham said?
You're right to go down there and kill all them people. You're
right to go down there and destroy that whole city. You're right
to go down there and kill them people. You're right to cause
that flood to come. You're right. And I tell you
what, if we truly worship God in spirit, never, never come
seeking anything but grace and mercy. Like old Bartimaeus said
begging, He said, oh Jesus come. He said, what will you want from
me? I want mercy. Be merciful to
me. It's like that woman brought
her daughter and said, oh Lord, be merciful to me. Show me mercy. Show me mercy. And let me say
this in closing. And I hope I'm in the right attitude,
I really do. If your attitude about worship
Your attitude about worship tells a lot about the state of your
soul. The state of your soul. If a
person can and does willingly and habitually absent themselves
from public worship, one of two things is wrong. Did you hear
what I said? People who habitually habitually
absent themselves from public worship. One of two things is
true. They're either spiritually sick,
they're in a spiritually sick condition, and sickness will
cause you to lose your appetite. Cause you to lose your appetite.
And me and a man was talking about it this week. The more
you miss, the easier it is to miss. Until you get embarrassed
to even come. You get ashamed. You say, well,
if I go in there, they're going to draw a bunch of attention
to me. No, no, I won't draw any attention to you. But I tell you what, they're
either spiritually sick, and people can get spiritually sick.
They really can get spiritually sick. There's people that they get
spiritually sick, they get depressed and things. They think the only
thing I can do is stay home. I'm too depressed to go. But
you know what's the best thing for your depression? Come hear
the gospel. That'll pick you up quicker than
anything. That'll change you. How many times have people come
in here and say, boy, I almost stayed home tonight, but I sure
am glad I didn't. Because the Lord bless you. And here's the second thing.
Either they're spiritually sick, and I should say providentially
hindered. There's people that are actually physically sick,
providentially hindered. I should say that. But they're
either spiritually sick, or they're lost. People who habitually absence
themselves, either they're spiritually sick, providentially hindered,
or they're lost. The true child of God, the true
child, that's what he called them, true worshipers. The true
child of God finds public and private worship absolutely necessary. It does something for him that
nothing else in this world ever does. Now ain't that right? Ain't that right? Don't worship in this mountain.
Don't go to Jerusalem. You know where God's worshiped
at? In Christ. In Christ. Our Father, oh our God, in the
precious name, that name, that name, that name, what's in a
name, in your name, everything. In your name, Lord, everything.
Salvation, righteousness, justification, forgiveness, acceptance, holiness,
righteousness, our sanctification, everything we need, Lord, your
name has it all. Your name means everything. And
Lord, it's in your name that we've gathered here this morning.
Thank you for meeting with us, and I pray that you took our
mind off this world just for a little while, and we were allowed
in our hearts to worship you. God bless these dear saints.
And Lord, open hearts here. Open hearts to the Lord Jesus
Christ. Open hearts and minds. You open
the understanding of those disciples on the Emmaus Road and all your
disciples when you got them together. Lord, open understandings that
they may know you. We ask these things in Christ's
name. Amen. Number one in the hymn book. Let's stand together. Number
one, oh, worship the king. O worship the King, all glorious
above, and gratefully sing his power and his love. Pavillioned and splendid and
bedded with praise, O tell of His might, O sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space, His chariots of
wrath the deep thunderclouds form, And dark is His path on
the wings of the storm. My bountiful care, what time
can recite? It breathes in the air, it shines
in the light. It streams from the hills, it
descends to the sea. and sweetly distils in the dew
and the rain. Frail children of God, In Thee do we trust, nor find
Thee to fail. Thy mercies, Thou tender, Thou
firm to be. Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer,
and Friend.