Thanks so much for coming back this morning. I felt so thankful when I was done last night that we were able to spend those minutes together,

reveling in the connection between the person of Christ, his infinitely

valuable person and the atoning work of Christ and and how those are the roots of his

demandings and how that enables us to obey in some measure

to the glory of God. I just felt so deeply helped by the Lord

with us. So I'm going to pause and ask him to do that again. So let's pray. Father, I believe

you came last night in a really precious way. At least I enjoyed your presence with your people and I want to enjoy it again

now I have with Pat and the team singing that when you complete a work it is completely done just like

Jesus said it is finished and we want to be there, we want to revel there, and we want it to so drench us

that we hardly even have to think about changing, because we're changed.

We want these miracles to happen

that we're gonna be talking about in your demands.

And so would you come and mercy?

Protect us from the evil one.

Fill us with your spirit.

May Christ stand by us. may we be faithful to the word of God, and may our lives be built up

in faith, and may darkness flee and light shine and joy abound and hope increase and

clarity for vision and guidance in life be given. I ask in Jesus' name, amen.

So our overarching question as we talk about what Jesus demands from the world is how this piece of the great

Commission teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

So that's why all these hundreds of commands were gathered together,

teaching them to observe them, not just parrot them, but do them when they are as

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