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The Greatest Love Song

Sephania 3:17

By Gabe Fluhrer

Em i go sit daun, sapos yu take Bibles bilong yu na go wantaim mi go long buk bilong Sephania. I stap long Testament Kula. Sapos yu no save lukim, no worry. I buk liklik. I stap long pes 790 sapos yu use Bible bilong pew; 7-9-0. Na mipela go long verse 17 bilong kapitol 3 bilong buk bilong Sephania. Bifo mipela hear Word bilong God, laik mipela go long Hem long praea.

Even long taim bilong ol age, God bilong mipela, Yu promis long mipela ol manmeri bilong Yu, Yu go show Yu save, i tambu, na no change love. Sapos mipela stand long door bilong ol wods mipela no hear long nait, mipela praea sapos ol wods i go insait long hea bilong mipela, ol wods i go change mipela lukim Yu na wail, na Spirit Hol i go alive long mipela sapos mipela lukim Jisu. Na mipela praea long nem bilong Hem. Amen.

Sephania 3, verse 17. I Word bilong God, hol, inspire, na therefore no fal.

“God i stap long middail bilong yu, wanpela strong man i go save; i go glad long yu wantaim gladness; i go stilim yu long love bilong Hem; i go singim yu wantaim sing sing i go strong.”

Gras i go dry, flawoa i go daun, tasol Word bilong God i stap oltaim.

I tambu bilong yia go, musical bilong Broadway we i gat bik nem, em i go long The Light in the Piazza, we i tokim storie long wan man – mi mas getim nem i go we – Fabrizio Naccarelli, we i Italia man we i salim tie, na i fallim laip long Clara Johnson, we i Amerik woman we i go long Italia long holidei. Na i gat wan scene long musical we i singim laip song we i go long “Say it Somehow.” Na crescendo bilong laip song, ol i no save expressim ol yet long wod, ol i jus singim wod, “Ah!” Na i joifol na i eksultant na ol i rejus long narapela long olsem. Na i gat wan rit yu long New York Times we i go long Stephen Holden, we i bik man long theater kritik, na titel bilong kritik i tokim ol – “Laip Song we i tok we wod i no save.” “Laip Song we i tok we wod i no save.”

The Barrier Between God na Yumi

Na, yu lukim, taim we kam long chapter 3 bilong Zephaniah long nait, mipela i stap long dispela same kondision olsem dispela tupela man i laikim narapela long song. I gat barrier bilong tokples long God na long mipela. Em i holim na mipela i no holim. Olsem barrier bilong tokples i gat long man bilong Italia na man bilong Amerika, barrier bilong tokples i gat long mipela. Na yet mipela kam long wanpela vers bilong Bible long nait we i save karim titel bilong revyu bilong The New York Times – “Love Songs we i tok we words i no wok.” Zephaniah. Dispela buk i save sumarim up olsem. First chapter tupela, i universal judgment. Na then i gat wanpela turning point we God i start long tok about universal wok bilong salvation we i wokim long olgeta tribe, nation, na tongue. Na buk i kamap long dispela vers we i lukim – chapter 3 vers 17. Wanpela komentator i kolim olsem, "The John 3:16 bilong Old Testament." I olmos too much long kisim. Mipela i nid long kam long en long fear na trembling. I so good. I so overwhelming. I gat wods, no wods we save tok but mipela i go try long dispela nait. Na main point i simple. Long Krist, God i wantaim mipela long rejus long mipela. Long Krist, God i wantaim mipela long rejus long mipela. Na dispela i go long tupela heading – God wantaim mipela na God antap long mipela. God wantaim mipela na God antap long mipela.

God Wantaim Mipela

Lukim gen The Lord your God is in your midst; a mighty one who will save. Long taim bilong ol manmeri lus, mipela i no save long God, mipela i no save long mipela yet, mipela i no save long disin creation i stap arround mipela, mipela i no save long ol narapela manmeri. Alienation em i wailait bilong ol manmeri lus. Na yet, olsem, olsem, Bible i storium long God i save long ol manmeri i no save long Hem. Em i go long stil long ol manmeri, nogut, nogut, olsem long ol manmeri i no save long Hem; nogut tumas ol manmeri i lus. Na olsem, song bilong luv God i stat long em i go long stil long mipela, long em i laik long kisim ol manmeri lus i kam bek long Hem. Dat i no wailait. Mipela i ken search long ol narapela religion bilong ol manmeri, na taim mipela i doim, mipela i ken redim Sigmund Freud. Em i Freud, aftar ol, em i man i statim ol psikolodji moden, em i tok olsem bilif long God i olsem wish fulfillment. Mipela i no save long ol bik luv bilong mipela long God i no exist. Problem bilong Freud, na bilong ol narapela religion, na bilong ol narapela lukstil bilong ol manmeri, em i olsem: none of us would dream up a God like this, friends. Mipela i no wailait. Apart long ol Skripta, i no narapela God olsem long wailait, na mipela i no wailait. I too gut, long wanpela sen.

Em i God i Singim

So long long time, mipela save, mipela i go meetim God we i no wailim olsem mipela i expectim. Na dispela i go kamap long narapela taim, long narapela minit, long wanem mipela i go meetim God we i singsing. Tasol, long taim we i no yet go long narapela stin, ol ekspert i agree – na long musika, husat i ol ekspert? Mi think mipela ol i ekspert long wanem sense. Tasol, ol ekspert we i save findim metric long measureim ol stin i agree, “Unchained Melody” long Righteous Brothers i olsem biggest love song. I tambu song. Na i stat long slow, na i go we i kamap long dis strong crescendo. Na i olsem Bible i toktok. Mipela i kam long right before crescendo long God i love song. I stat long Garden, long taim we God i kam long mipela i first parents, na i provide atonement long ol, na i cover ol long skin long animal, na long narapela taim long Testament i Old, God i singsing dis wan divine love song, na i clear long narapela poin, na i no clear long narapela poin. Na i kamap long crescendo, long taim we sky i brokim open long Bethlehem, na angels i singsing, “Glory to God long highest, na long earth, peace long man!” I kamap long crescendo long Krais.

Em i tambu olsem. God i tokim yumi olsem. I say, “Lord God bilong yu i stap long midst bilong yu; i man i strong long pait” – yumi save translatim. I gat piksa bilong pait. Yumi no save long save bilong yumi olsem pait, tasol long taim Jesus i get baptisim, till de i hangim long krus, i gat pait. I paitim Satan long ples wail, na I paitim Satan long krus. Na long ol step bilong we, i gat pait long sik, long no save, long dai, long ol manis bilong hel na ol efek bilong sin, long wanem God i kam long yumi, i God i kam save yumi. Na I God i pait long bai bilong I. Mi just lainim dis wik – no surprise, i happen long ol summer – olsem tri bilong top faif grasin movie i superhero movie. Yumi laikim olgeta. Yumi no ken get enuf bilong olgeta. Na no just long hia, raun long wail. Ol superhero movie bilong yumi yumi mekim na yumi sendim ol over wail, ol i top grasin movie. Waim yumi laikim ol superhero storie olsem? Mi think olsem, yumi ol no save long inside, yumi no ken save yumi yet, na yumi laikim long kisave. Mi think olsem, ol i top grasin movie oltaim. Yumi no ken save yumi yet, na yumi laikim long kisave. Na wanem God i tokim yumi long prophet bilong I nau, i olsem, “I gat man i strong i kam, i pait long yu, i save yu, i beter long ol superhero storie yumi save dream. Na I save kisave yu. Na olsem long requirement, yu ken save olsem yu no ken save yumi yet. Olsem na God i stat long yumi. Ultimate superhero i kam – Jesus. Olsem God i stap long yumi.

God Ova Yumi

Na i go be honest, tru honest wantaim yu, taim I bin study long dis na prea na struggle wantaim teks, mi no save go bek long em. Mi bin read komentri, mi bin search na listen long nar sermon na read nar sermon na mi bin kamap long komfot long findim se mi no stap alon. Bikos next verse i tambu. Dis i God i kontrolim umi. Luk wantaim mi long verse 17. “[BVR 017] He will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.” Nau mi save human i gat olsem. Mi save yumi bin feelim jo. Yumi bin so happy yumi bin kraim long jo, ol yumi I think. Bat nau yumi kam long God i doim olsem. Na dat’s we olsem everything i go long nar stil. Dat’s we yumi no save even wat i do. Yumi no save even giamanim emoshen long feelim dis bikos i so mind-blowing. I so narlik long yumi deleday eksperiens wantaim God long tingim Him i rejoice long umi.

God i Rejoice long Yu

Na, yu nois hemi yusim olsem tok same long yelim we stadi las wik long vers 14 to 16 we he i sayim we doim olsem long God? Na, he turn na i say, "Nogat, God i komandim yumi long rejɔis, long jɔy long Hine, long krai na singim na fulap long jɔy long Hine, hia i place we everything i change. He i say nogat, God i sayim yumi doim olsem, prophet i say, "God i doim olsem long yu." Rejɔisin. Stop rait de. Yu na mi no, wantaim litel enkarajmen, olsem bad yumi stap long taim we yumi honest. Nogat? Yumi no yumi sinful tru. God i givim yumi mercii olsem we yumi ken handle, he i soim yumi olsem, bat yumi no olsem bad yumi stap long taim we yumi honest wantaim yumi yet. Na yumi kam long wan vers olsem. Na lukim we dis i sit. I rait hia long en bilong buk we God i sayim long pipul bilong Hine, "Yu i luvim mi. Yu i go aftar narapla god. Mi i rainim daun long jadjmen long yu na ol man." Na yumi go long dis – long God rejɔisin long sinful, idolatrous, brokin, fallen, God-haiting pipul olsem yu na mi.

Em i go beter. “Yu no wokim yu long love bilong Yu.” Dat i go gut, olsem i go, tasol, wanpela moa literal translation i stap olsem. I no God i wokim samting long yumi long stori; i God i wokim samting long yumi. Yumi inap translation olsem. “Yu no wokim stil long yu long love bilong Yu.” Olsem, dispela prophet i wokim. Dispela i, nap, stanim. God i glad na stret, “Yes!” long yu. Na tok, stopim na, olsem yumi wokim, sapos yumi putim olsem, taim yumi lukim man i love. Wanpela stori i kamap long mi i tu. Callie na mi i had long distance relationship. Yumi start dating long freshman year bilong em long Carolina, mi second-junior year! Na taim relationship i start, mi graduatim bifo em, gut long ol mama na papa bilong mi. Na mi i draiv i go daun – mi inap draivim i go blindfolded nau – long Greenville, 385, i go I-26 i go long Columbia. Na taim mi i draiv i bak, up 26, mi i thinkim em – olsem em i beaotiful; olsem mi i love em. Mi no inap wait til mi i spendim olgeta laif bilong mi wantem. Na yumi i gat first pikin, na yu no how dat i go sapos yu i parent. First pikin i kamap na yu i gat ol kainkain emocen, tasol i gat taim yu i sitim na holdim pikin na lukim i slip na yu i stil. Na love bilong yu long dat pikin – i no wail yu i putim long wod, a? Yu i stil lukim fulnes bilong emocen, fulnes bilong love na gladness i yu i gat long dat pikin. Na God i say, “Dat i olsem mi i stap long yu. Dat i olsem mi i feelim long yu.”

Na, mi save, na mi no wail wantim board members bilong RTS i no worry. Mi save wanem i tambu bilong yumi i say. I tambu i say “God i no save long pasin.” Na olsem, yumi wail wailim, olsem i tambu i mekim? Olsem, i tambu i save, God i no wailim long ol samting. I save ol samting i kam. I tambu i no save, God i no save long ol kain olsem, sapos yumi wail wailim, i tambu i no wail long yumi. Long wanem, yumi read ol man i raitim Westminster Confession of Faith, ol i save long God i tambu, i pasin, i laikim long ol manmeri bilong en. Na yumi save long dispela poin, “Tru? Yu save, God?” En i say, “Yes!”

God i Singim Loud

Na en i go we i tambu long las part bilong dispela wers. Yumi go long i no wail wailim long i tambu long i no wail long yumi long i no wail wailim long yumi long i no wail wailim long yumi long i tambu long yumi. Stepmak. Yu luk? Olsem yumi no wail wailim long yumi wail wailim God olsem? Yu wail wailim long olgeta long graun. Yu no wail wailim long God i singim; God i singim i save yumi. Olgeta bikpela bilong ol poetry bilong yumi long ol laip song bilong yumi long olsem yumi wail wailim long yumi wail wailim long olsem yumi no wail wailim long yumi, i no wail wailim long yumi long yumi kam long dispela wers, na yumi mitim God i kam long ol manmeri olsem yumi long i singim! Loud! Long yumi wail wailim long yumi! Kain yumi no wail wailim? Olsem dispela holly, triune Creator – Papa, Pikinini, na Spirit i Holim – i bin i tambu, laikim narapela long olsem ol manmeri bilong Trinity i no wail wailim narapela. Na dispela, long en i tambu, i misteri yumi no wail wailim long yumi. Dispela God i singim!

Em i go long mosque na askim, “Telim mi long god bilong yu. Em i sing?” “Nogut, nogut, dispela i no go we.” Orait, em i go long temple bilong Hindu. “Yu god i sing?” “Nogut.” Em i go long alta bilong postmodernism na tok, “Gim mi god bilong yu, chance. Em i sing?” “Nogut.” Yuniverse i ful long san na nois, tasol i no save long narapela. I tambu long dispela o long singing! Dat i desin bilong mipela olgeta long nait. Deaf, dumb, mute, idolatrous gods o God i sing. Yu no wail long yumi a? Yumi tok Gospel i no just true, tasol i go we long olgeta. I kapim yumi. I tok long need bilong yumi long yumi heart na long olgeta emoshen we yumi ken feel. I no just true; i go we.

Yumi Sing Bikos long Man bilong Sorrow

Tasol yumi no ken forgetim yumi wail long yumi get singing. I bikos yumi followim Wan i kol Man bilong Sorrow. I bikos taim Jesus i go long cross, i no more joy na gladness. I no more, “Dis i Pikinini bilong Mi i me likim.” Ol bata we i bin fightim olsem yumi strong Hero, i kam long dat poin long cross taim Jesus’ krai i meetim olsem holy, majestic, just, silent bilong Papa i. I gat silent tasol yumi ken get singing. I no wail we yumi ken get long singing God unless yumi go through long screaming Savior we i suffer long silent long yumi place. Dat i wail yumi get singing God. Na i bikos God i love, love, i sendim Pikinini i krai, i holim pes i go we i rausim Wrath bilong i long en. Bikos apin Good Friday, i no save long love song i reachim narapela stansa we i go on forever. Na dat i wail yumi livim long nau. Dat i wail God i singim long yumi.

Em i tambu long ol samting? Mi thinkim ol reason bilong yumi hard long dispela verse. Olsem long taim, taim yumi thinkim long God i love, yumi inap se, "Yeah, tasol no good long mi." Yu ever feel olsem? "No good long mi. I go long ol narapela man i joy, tasol no long mi." No wailim wata. Dispela i long context bilong God i tok long Juda, "Mi go kolim ol man long olgeta ples. Long dispela case, no tasol long yu, Juda. I go long ol man long ol tribe, ol nation, na ol tok." Olsem, yu might se, "Tasol yu no save wanem mi bin do. Yu no save how mi thinkim. Yu no save even wanem mi thinkim nau!" God i se, "Yu bin do wanem samting i no worse long ol man i bin do kontinu kontinu kontinu kontinu? Was my grace enuf long olgeta? " Was dispela promis i mekim long context bilong ol man i bin lusim God, brukim ol law bilong en, ran away long en, hate en, kros long en, worshipim ol stil image, na kaikai long en temple long ol stil god? Olsem, i gat grace long yu na mi. No mater wanem yu bin do. I love i bikpas long sin bilong yu. Ol yu nid i nothing. Ol yu nid i save yu no save save yu yet.

God i klos long Krais

“Tasol, God i seem longwe long mi.” Dat i hard wan. Mi save wanem dat i feel olsem. Mi no laik long mi stay long dispela ples. Mi no laik long mi go long ol motion tasol long mi pikim Bible. Yeah, dat i olsem long ol prea man. Yeah, sometime long Sunday moning. Feel longwe long God. Tasol wat yumi mas kam bek long dispela verse kontinu kontinu na ol verse bifo – En i stap long mipela. En i klos long mipela long Krais. Na distance bilong en i no forever bikos ol impulse bilong dispela singim God i go long ol man i bruk olsem mipela, long ol man i sinful olsem mipela. En i no save longwe. Longpela Incarnation i soim mipela dat. God i kam man long Jesus i soim mipela dat En i no save longwe.

Na, olsem, em i go we go long ston? Yumi go long ston we Jesus i tok long John 15, long verse 9. “Yu stay long lov bilong Mi.” Olsem, em i mekim? Jesus i tokim yumi. “Sapos yu laikim mi, yu go long ol komandmen bilong mi.” Na dat i save scare yumi. Except verse 11 i finisim olsem. “Ol wods we mi i tokim yumi, olsem dat mi i go long yumi na yumi i go long ful bilong yumi.” Na, olsem, em i – “stay, go long komandmen bilong Mi, na yu go long jo!” Olsem, em i go we go long tok we Zephaniah i tokim yumi? Olsem yumi i stay long lov bilong God? Olsem yumi i eksperience? Jesus i tok, yumi i putim long praxis olsem em i tokim yumi. Tasol – na dat i krusyal – yumi i mas remember olsem, yumi i no change lov bilong God long yumi. Yes, em i lesin yumi i go long kapasin bilong enjoyim. Sapos mi i findim mi i distan long God, mi i save, long somtim, wan bilong ol bikpela problem, mi i go long sin; mi i do wantaim mi i laik. Lov bilong em i no change. Kapasin bilong mi i enjoyim i change.

Na Jesus i tok, “Sapos yu harim olsem mi i tokim yumi,” na sapos yumi i readim ol verse olsem, wanem God i askim yumi long do sapos em i tok, “Go long komandmen bilong Mi. Obey Mi”? Em i tok olsem long krusim yumi? O em i tok, “Mi laikim yumi enuf long bringim yumi klosap na tokim yumi olsem yumi i stay klosap, long no wantim yumi i go we long Mi.” Olsem, em i olsem, “Stay klosap long mi. Wokabaut long mi olsem. No go we long rot. Mi i holim yu long arm bilong mi,” olsem. Yu no save no wantim long obey God we i sing? Olsem i no God we i harsh, distan deity we i givim ol arbitreri rul na tok, “Go yu na do olsem long earnim favor bilong mi!” God we i sing i tok, “Stay klosap. Kam long Mi.” Yumi i do dat long obeyim. Dat i wanpela we.

Na i tambu, mipela no wailim long tok bilong giaman long God. Mipela no wailim long tok bilong giaman long God. Dat i affectim mipela. Dispela wan em i wan long ol bigin plan bilong Satan. Em i laik mipela i lukim God long narapela kain, olsem long Sephania 3:17. Em i laik mipela i no wailim God we i silent. Em i laik mipela i wailim God we i distan. Em i no laik mipela i wailim God we i singsing. Mipela no wailim; mipela no buyim. Letim dispela wod i koret mipela. Mipela kam bek long dispela promis, na bek, na bek. Na yu go long, “Yu, mi no feelim! Mi laik feelim, tasol mi no!” Sapos yu laikim, dat i long sababu em i givim yu dat laik. No giv up long dat. No giv up long dat. Keep kam bek long en, na prea long en, “God, letim mi eksperiensim moa long Yu nof love. Letim mi no Yu beter.” Na wet long en. Wet long em i timing. Em i bringim yu klos. David i say, “Mi wet long Lord,” Psalm 40 Em i go long mipela olsem. Em i hearim mipela krai. Na yu say, “Yu, no hypocritical long diswan when mi no feelim?” Nogat! Dat i olsem essence bilong faith, frens. I go long en when yu no feelim. Dat no hypocrisy; dat i faith! Faith i say, “Mi no feel long distance i no final wod. Mi faith long God we i singsing na laikim mi long Krais i no final wod.”

Mi bin go back long South Carolina long stat long June blong mi papa retirement. I tambu 80, na nobi surprise long retirement party bilong, i annonsim i go kisim nar job! Olsem na mi papa wark! Tasol long taim i annonsim retirement, few days lida, paket i kam long pos. Na long mi opim paket, mi lukim bubble wrap, na bifo mi even remove bubble wrap, mi no wail i bin. I bin fotograf. I wan long mi moa prized possessions. I fotograf bilong mi papa long ofis bilong i, olsem long mi noa. I pikcha bilong mi long mi stil yang, probabli long age bilong Dorothy. Mi papa bin kolij profesel, na i bin long somo pait, i bin dean bilong i dipatmen, na ol i hirem nifela fakulti memba, na ol i mekim pait. Na i tok i go, mi, long nobi surprise, i kisim ekstra kukis. Na wan long papa i putim han long mi na i kraim long mi. Na dat i no somethin i no wail long mi papa sun! Na mi do, wail i noa, eni tu-i-a ol wail. Mi ran go long mi papa, na wan man i gat kamera, na i katchim pikcha bilong mi, wail i ran, wail i kraim, wail mi papa i holim mi long han, na i smail, biksmail. Na long mi stil yang, dat pikcha i tokim mi, “Yu papa i luvim yu. Nupela wail yu do, nupela wail yu go we, i rejus long luvim yu.”

Na wail God i do long yumi long nait, i givim yumi pikcha i tokim yumi, “Mi luvim mi piknini, na mi rejus long ol.” Na i olsem long Bible tasol, yumi noa God, na i olsem pikcha bilong God, i no wail olsem. Yumi prai.

Father, mip lais singsing long moning long tok bilong narapela man i no save long tok, i no strong. Na mi feelim olsem long nau, Lord. Plis, plis, no larim bikpela, splenda, gloria bilong dispela vers i go long narapela man, nogat long eksplenesen bilong mi. O Lord, opim ai bilong mip long gloria bilong Yu no love, no limit bilong en, no kost bilong en, no bikpela bilong en. Larim en senisim mip, mip prea. Long nem bilong Jisas, amen.