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What is a benediction? Is it a little perfunctory ceremony that helps everybody know it’s time to find your purse and get ready to leave? No. I’d like to show you tonight that the benediction is the meaning of your whole life.
If you understand the benediction, when it’s said to you, your whole life should flash before your eyes. A benediction is a blessing.
So let’s look at 1) what God’s blessing is, 2) how it comes, and 3) how it reshapes your life.
This sermon was preached by Dr. Timothy Keller at Redeemer Presbyterian Church on September 14, 2008. Series: Liturgy: What we do in Worship. Scripture: Numbers 6:22-27.
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