I want to read to you from the 11th chapter of the book of Romans.

And then I want to spend a few minutes with you to review a theme,

relay to truth, and renew a song. Let me say it again.

Renew a theme, related truth, renew a song. And as we review the theme, the theme is Watershed Worship, which this being the third week, we continue

and will conclude this series.

I want to relate a truth that I frankly feel a little uneasy with not because I don't believe

it obviously but because you're always at risk especially with people who would be

relatively new which perhaps it may be most helpful too, but it could be a little perplexing.

Because it has to do with the truth of the relationship between the spiritual realm and the physical realm.

And the physical realm is so, you know,

consonant, immediate to our lives right now,

that oftentimes faith becomes something that is just entirely internalized rather

than recognizing that the invisible realm is real. As a matter of fact the

invisible realm is more real than the physical realm, which is certainly real.

I mean, this is a real world, and it's an important world, but it's a temporal one.

This one will pass away. This whole creation, the universe, was spoken into being

from out of what we call the invisible realm, which in the invisible realm is in a sense far more tangible and durable because it will last forever and this one may go on for a long time and has been around for a long time, but it is not a forever world.

And so the fact that this one came out of that one by the Declaration of Almighty God and

bringing all things into being, says something about the relative relationship.

And making the connect sometimes is difficult for people, and worship is a point of connect.

As a matter of fact, we made a connect with spiritual reality when we took of the Lord's

table a few moments ago because we took two little elements, a piece of bread, and we took a little cup of juice. little

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