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Nehemiah chapter 8, verses 5 and 6.

And Ezra opened the book in the sight of all the people,

for he was above all the people, and as they opened it, all the people stood.

And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God, and all the people answered, amen, amen,

lifting up their hands. And they bowed their heads and worshipped the Lord with their faces to the

ground. What a scene. Like one of my favorite scenes, I think in all of the Bible, as Ezra stands up in front of the people of God,

so the walls have been rebuilt around Jerusalem, and he stands up in front of God's people

and opens the Word of God.

All he does is open it in the side of everybody. And as soon

as he opens, he hasn't said a thing, all the people stand up. And Ezra starts blessing,

praising, worshiping the Lord, the great God, and all the people start shouting, amen, amen.

They're lifting up their hands.

And then they bowed their heads and worship the Lord with their faces to the ground.

Do you see the scene in your mind?

All Ezra did was open the word of God.

And it elicited praise and worship and shouting, amen, and people bowing down, getting on their faces on the ground in awe of the great God who has given us His Word.

Like, do we revere God's word like this?

In our lives, in our churches, you think about all these things, people standing up,

lifting up their hands, shouting, maybe bowing down with our faces to the ground.

What do we normally associate those kinds of responses to?

Musical worship, right?

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