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This is the middle segment of a three-part series, and the only recorded teaching from Week 6. The fullness of God was pleased to dwell in Christ, and the fullness of Christ now dwells in his church.

A song from the first two weeks in response to the heart of those teachings.

Ben teaches about the purpose of God in the earth through his church.

A review of night 3, we go over the various relationships that we must be given to within the church.

Following the pattern of God's design for the Church.

An overview of worship in the grand scheme of God's purpose in the earth. Mankind was created, in large part, for the purpose of worshiping God. God has placed in everyone a way to properly response to his presence, and this is called worship. Problems arise when this response gets directed at other things, resulting in idolatry. True worship involves approaching God saying, "Lord if you will," rather than "Lord, did we not..."

Every worship "experience" should result in a commissioning to do God's will. The greatest scriptural encounters with God result in the mightiest works in the Kingdom of God. We are called to live lives of worship, where everything that we do is flavored with a heart of worship.

In the life of David, we get a portrait of a true worshiper, a man "after God's heart." In this teaching, we look at the very dark period in the nation of Israel during the transition from Judges to Kings to set a context for our study of David's life as a worshiper. We look at the story of Hannah and the call of Samuel, the treatment of the Ark of the Covenant by both Israel and the pagan nations, and the reasons for Saul's rejection.

Here we focus on young David, being taken from his place in as a shepherd and anointed by Samuel, to his defeat of Goliath. The faith David had to oppose Goliath is something we should all seek, and is cultivated by contantly renewing our minds by the truth of who God is. Miracles are a matter of course for those who know the LORD of hosts. 

David in exile. David was a man who knew how to take refuge in God, and "strengthen himself in the LORD." In this teaching we walk through David's time of persecution, and the corresponding Psalms that reflect his response to difficult and trying circumstances. In every instance, he finds his strength "in the shadow of God's wings."

King David. David revives the nation of Israel by placing worship back at the center where it belongs. For the first time in Israel's history, the Levites are appointed to continually sing while ministering before the Ark. The result is that God looks at David and makes a covenant with his house, and the Kingdom expands.

A sermon on the genre of Psalms, focusing on Psalm 100, which is a hymn. The purpose of this Psalm is to call people to worship and remind them of why God is deserving of worship. The relation between the genre of the Psalm and the content of the Psalm is focused on.

Ben Hughes gives a sermon on Psalm 119 and explains that the Psalm explains how to get into the word of God.

A sermon on Psalm 45, the marriage Psalm. Ben encourages us to be like John and have our joy be complete when the groom is with the bride. Parallels are drawn between Psalm 45, Song of Solomon, and the marriage feast in Revelation.

 A sermon on Psalm 16 in which Ben and the importance of taking refuge in God and realizing that you have no good apart from him.  

 The first part in a series on the gospel. Ben talks about how the Kingdom is different from what the Jews were expecting, the nature of the kingdom, and how it was Christ on the cross that brought the Kingdom. The primary text is Matt. 13.

 Ben talks about Mark 1:15 and how the gospel was proclaimed by Jesus and John the Baptist.  It was not a message centered around personal salvation, but that the  Kingdom of God was at hand.  This was significant because it means that now is the time to repent and believe.