those two things together, God's being for himself and for us that I suggested last night was,

God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in him.

And I said that that has two implications.

One is that God is as committed to pursuing and upholding your satisfaction in him as he is in pursuing the glory of his name, which is an awesome commitment.

That God is as committed to pursuing your joy in him as he is committed to upholding the honor and the glory of his name.

And the second implication was that it is your duty to pursue your joy in God to the fullest, and that it is

sin if you are indifferent to whether you are satisfied in God.

Now to show me the path of life in thy presence

is fullness of joy and at thy right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Psalm 1611.

To be indifferent to that truth and to say that it doesn't matter and that you ought not to make it your life's passion to pursue that fullness of joy and those pleasures at God's right hand is sin.

Those were the two implications from last night.

I want to illustrate that with my wife and me because I find that to state it

theologically is one thing to see it fleshed out in a concrete illustration is another and sometimes helps lights to go on for people.

I've been married this December 21, 28 years. Suppose on December 21st I go home and instead of just opening the

door and walking in saying hello as I usually do I I ring the doorbell and Noel my wife comes to the

door looks sort of funny at me as to why I rang the doorbell and and I pull out 20

red roses from behind my back or 28, let's say 28, and I say,

happy anniversary, Noel. And she says, oh Johnny, they're beautiful why so much and I say it's my duty as a

husband I read the book this is way husbands are supposed to do it, and I am fulfilling the commitment I made to do things you're supposed to do when you're married, and so I'm doing my duty.

She would not be impressed by that answer.

And you, chorthol, because you're uneasy with that answer.

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