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 These are some of the bulletin items I want to highlight, but I just want to give thanks to God as well.

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 This weekend, as we give thanks for new members in our congregation, we're delighted to welcome five new members, three by certificate and two by profession.

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 We welcome Flo McKenzie and Marian Donna Graham by transfer certificate.

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 And also we welcome Anne Galbraith and Roddy Murray, who have made profession of faith.

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 So we rejoice in the Lord's goodness to us and pray God's blessing on them and on us all as we come, giving thanks to God and praising his name.

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 We're going to begin our worship this morning by singing to God's praise.

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 We're singing in Psalm 93, the Sing Psalms version, page 1, 2, 3 of the psalm books.

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 Psalm 93, we'll sing the whole of this psalm, the tune is Stroudwater.

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 The Lord is king, his throne endures, majestic in his height.

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 The Lord is roved in majesty and armed with strength and might.

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 The world is founded firm and sure, removed it cannot be.

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 Your throne is strong and you are God from all eternity.

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 We'll sing the whole of this psalm to God's praise.

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 The Lord is king, his throne endures, majestic in his height.

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 The Lord is holy, his throne endures, majestic in his height.

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 The Lord is holy, his throne endures, majestic in his height.

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 The world is holy, his throne endures, majestic in his height.

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 The Lord is holy, his throne endures, voyque, his throne endures, voyque, his throne endures,

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 voyque, his throne endures, voyque, his throne endures,

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 voyque, his throne endures, voyque, his throne endures,

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 voyque, his throne endures, voyque, his throne endures,

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 voyque, his throne endures, voyque, his throne endures,

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 voyque, his throne endures, voyque, his throne endures,

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 voyque, his throne endures, voyque, his throne endures,

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 voyque, his throne endures,

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 They lifted up their voice, the seas uplifted up their wings, and made a mighty noise.

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 The Lord enthroned on high is strong, for powerful is He, and thunder all the oceans waves,

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 or ravers of the sea.

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 Your royal statutes are firm, and changing is to word.

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 And holiness adorn to us, for endless days, O Lord.

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 Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer. Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 We thank you for that great assurance that that gives to us, that there is nothing and no one that can overwhelm you,

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 that you are the one who is armed with strength and might.

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 You are the one who has founded the earth firm and sure in all of its foundations,

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 that you are the one who rules over all things.

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 And we thank you that today we come in that great confidence, that great hope, that as you are our God, you are over us in all things.

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 You are the one who keeps us. You are the one who sustains us.

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 You are the one who blesses us day by day.

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 And may you fill us with thankfulness this day as we come to praise you, as we come to give thanks and remembrance of you for all that you have done for us through your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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 We are so thankful that we come in his name today, that we come under his banner, that we come under his word, the truth that is firm and stands from generation to generation, the truth and the word that is unchanging and unchangeable.

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 And though we live in a world that ever changes, that though as we even examine ourselves, Lord, and see the changes in our lives, as we see the days, the weeks, the months, even the years passing by,

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 as we think even of coming into the last month of this year, we see how quickly our days go past.

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 And yet we thank you for your great faithfulness, that you are the God who was there for Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

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 The one who led his people through the wilderness years, the one who protected and kept in all the different battles and all the different situations, reminding the people, I am God and there is no other.

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 We thank you for the way that we see the prophets of old speaking of the wonders of your grace.

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 The prophet Isaiah reminding us of the servant who would come and the one who would be pierced for our transgressions.

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 The one who was despised and rejected and yet the one who showed such great love towards all his people.

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 The one who came to endure the cross, despising its shame, the shame of the cross that we so often just cannot enter into.

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 The curse that there is in the one who was hung on a tree.

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 And the curse that our Saviour bore as he there carried the cross.

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 As he went to Golgotha, the place of the skull.

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 As he was crucified between two criminals.

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 As he was spat upon and mocked.

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 As there was darkness over all the earth, even in the middle of the day.

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 But as he cried out, it is finished.

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 We thank you, Lord, that as we look to the cross.

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 There we see the one who came for all his people.

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 And that even as we are gathered here today, may we be in that number of those who are being saved.

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 As you call and speak to us anew this day, Lord, we pray that your word and your spirit will be with us.

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 And that the sacrament that we take part in will be a witness to us all.

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 A reminder to us that there on the cross, our Lord gave his life.

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 His body broken, his blood shed.

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 That we might have life through him.

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 And so we thank you, Lord, that life is in your hands.

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 And that our lives are in your hands.

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 And you are the one who calls us by your spirit, by your voice, to remember you.

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 And we pray that you will help us as we partake.

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 Whether it's by sitting at the table.

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 Whether it's by looking on.

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 Or whether we're tuning in online today.

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 That all that we do would give glory and praise to your name.

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 And we do thank you for our people here.

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 We thank you for your people.

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 For they are yours.

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 You have named them.

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 You have called them.

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 And we thank you, even as your word reminds us, that you have prayed over us.

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 And that today we gather in that way.

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 Seeking your blessing on us individually and collectively.

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 Thankful for everyone who is here.

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 We are thankful for the courage and the grace that you give to us.

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 To come before you as a holy God.

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 And to profess you as our Lord.

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 And as our God.

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 And we thank you that you have your people here.

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 Who are sitting at the Lord's table for the first time.

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 We do thank you for both Anne and Roddy.

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 And we thank you for the profession of their faith.

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 We've seen over many years in their lives.

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 And yet making it public today.

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 And we pray that they will be blessed today.

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 As we are all seeking that blessing over us.

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 To know your peace with us.

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 To know the blessing that is Christ in us.

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 The hope of glory.

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 And so we do pray for them.

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 As we pray for new members coming by certificate as well.

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 We remember Flo and Mary and Donna.

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 Thankful for their witness to you over the years.

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 And thankful for their faithfulness to you.

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 And may you encourage them and strengthen them also.

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 And may you encourage us all here Lord.

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 As we look back over many years.

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 We thank you for your faithfulness to us.

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 We remember those who for today will be a time of mixed emotions.

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 When there is sadness in the midst of it.

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 When they think of some who are maybe not at the table this time.

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 We thank you Lord that those who you have called home have a greater table to sit at.

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 In the presence of the Lord.

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 Rejoicing with him.

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 And we do pray for those who remember in that way Lord.

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 That you will comfort and uphold.

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 And we know too Lord that as we look ahead.

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 There is so much uncertainty in all our lives.

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 In all our days we do not know what an hour or a moment might bring.

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 But we pray Lord that you will lead us.

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 That you will be our shepherd.

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 That you will be our strength.

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 That you will uphold us Lord day by day.

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 And that you will be pleased oh Lord to call others to yourself.

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 To come and bear witness to you as their Lord.

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 And as their God.

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 We do pray your blessing on our young folks as well.

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 As they are in the Sunday school and tweenies and Bible class.

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 We thank you for each one of them.

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 And we thank you for the word that they hear today.

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 And the sacrament that they will witness to.

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 That all of these things would bear fruit in them.

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 That in the years ahead they too would come.

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 And profess you as their Lord.

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 And as their God.

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 Remember your church this day.

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 We pray that you will bless the preaching of your word.

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 As it goes out to all ends of the earth.

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 We thank you that your word is mighty and powerful.

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 That is able to save.

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 And we pray that today Lord you will speak very powerfully.

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 To our communities.

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 To our islands.

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 To our nation.

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 And to all the world.

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 Remind us Lord of who you are.

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 Remind us of the wonder of your grace.

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 Remind us of the power that you have to judge.

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 That you are God who will not be mocked in any way or place or time.

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 By any people.

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 And we just pray Lord that you will humble us before you.

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 That you will speak mercy in times of need.

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 That even in the midst of your wrath as we hear in your word.

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 That you would remember mercy.

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 And be gracious towards us as a people.

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 Be gracious towards our land.

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 That you would have mercy upon us.

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 Upon our leaders.

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 Upon our royal family.

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 Upon all who are positions of authority Lord.

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 May they realize that they are accountable to you.

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 As the ultimate authority.

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 As the one who is king.

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 And Lord of all.

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 And we do pray Lord that you will grant wisdom.

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 And grace to those in power over us.

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 Especially as we have prayed last evening.

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 For the decisions taken on Friday.

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 Regarding the assisted suicide bill.

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 And we just pray Lord that you will turn us away from it.

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 That you will bring an intervention into the midst of it Lord.

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 That we would see the wisdom of your word.

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 And of your truth.

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 We pray Lord your help.

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 And your grace towards us.

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 And we thank you Lord that you are the author of life.

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 That you are the one who brings new life.

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 Who brings new birth.

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 Who brings salvation into our midst as well.

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 And we thank you that you use many means.

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 Even in the days of fear and worry.

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 We thank you that we see your power.

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 And that we see how you are able to convict and to convert.

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 And we pray Lord that in these days we live in.

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 That you would indeed do a mighty work.

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 Throughout all nations of the world.

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 We do remember your people far and wide.

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 Your persecuted church.

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 Those who suffer for your name in many different ways and places.

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 Oh Lord that you would remember them.

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 Be with them Lord.

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 Uphold them and strengthen them.

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 We do ask your blessing on us now.

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 As we continue in our worship.

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 That you would hear our praise.

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 That you would guide our thoughts.

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 That you would take away the many distractions that we come with so often Lord.

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 And that we would be able to see Jesus.

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 That we would be able to be still in your presence.

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 To know that you are God.

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 That you are with us.

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 That we would come to see the one who was condemned.

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 And yet the one who loved his people.

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 And the one who is king and Lord of all.

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 Help us Lord.

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 Then guide us.

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 Be with us.

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 Strengthen us in all our duties.

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 All who lead in praise.

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 All who help in the serving of the Lord's Supper.

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 And all who partake.

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 And all who watch on us.

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 Well Lord.

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 May your spirit be with us.

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 To give us your peace.

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 That peace that passes all understanding.

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 We come aware of our sin this day Lord.

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 We come seeing it even as we look to the cross.

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 For the very reason that Jesus was hung on a tree.

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 Was for the sins of the world.

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 And we thank you that we can know that great forgiveness.

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 As we confess our sins anew.

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 That you would be with us Lord.

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 That you would pardon us in all of these things.

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 Bless us now.

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 Continue with us.

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 And watch over us we pray.

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 In the precious name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

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 For his sake and glory.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to turn and read God's word together.

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 Now we're reading in the Gospel of Luke.

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 Reading in the Gospel of Luke chapter 23.

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 And we're reading from verse 26.

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 Down to verse 50.

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 So we're taking up our reading from where we were last evening.

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 Last evening we were looking at Jesus before Pilate.

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 And the crowd as they cried out crucify him.

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 And he was released by Pilate.

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 Into the will of the people as it says in verse 25.

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 And yet we know it was the will of God.

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 And so we read at verse 26 of chapter 23.

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 And as they led him away.

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 They seized one Simon of Cyrene.

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 Who was coming in from the country.

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 And laid on him the cross.

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 To carry it behind Jesus.

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 And there followed him a great multitude of the people.

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 And of women who were mourning and lamenting for him.

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 But turning to them Jesus said.

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 Daughters of Jerusalem.

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 Do not weep for me.

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 But weep for yourselves and for your children.

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 For behold the days are coming.

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 When they will say.

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 Blessed are the barren.

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 And the wombs that never bore.

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 And the breasts that never nourished.

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 Then they will begin to say to the mountains.

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 Fall on us.

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 And to the hills.

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 Cover us.

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 For if they do these things.

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 When the wood is green.

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 What will happen?

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 When it is dry.

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 To others who were criminals.

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 Were led away to be put to death with him.

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 And when they came to the place that is called the skull.

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 There they crucified him.

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 And the criminals.

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 One on his right.

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 And one on his left.

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 And Jesus said.

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 Father.

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 Forgive them.

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 For they know not what they do.

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 And they cast lots to divide his garments.

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 And the people stood by.

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 Watching.

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 But the rulers scoffed at him.

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 Saying.

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 He saved others.

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 Let him save himself.

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 If he is the Christ of God.

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 His chosen one.

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 The soldiers also mocked him.

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 Coming up and offering him sour wine.

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 And saying.

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 If you are the king of the Jews.

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 Save yourself.

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 There was also an inscription over him.

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 This is the king of the Jews.

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 One of the criminals who were hanged.

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 Railed at him.

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 Saying.

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 Are you not the Christ?

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 Save yourself and us.

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 But the other rebuked him.

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 Saying.

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 Do you not fear God?

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 Since you are under the same sentence of condemnation.

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 And we indeed justly.

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 For we are receiving the due reward of our deeds.

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 But this man has done nothing wrong.

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 And he said.

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 Jesus.

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 Remember me when you come into your kingdom.

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 And he said to him.

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 Truly I say to you.

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 Today you will be with me in paradise.

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 It was now about the sixth hour.

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 And there was darkness over the whole land.

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 Until the ninth hour.

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 While the sun's light failed.

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 And the curtain of the temple.

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 Was torn in two.

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 Then Jesus.

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 Calling out with a loud voice.

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 Said.

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 Father.

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 Into your hands.

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 I commit my spirit.

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 And having said this.

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 He breathed his last.

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 Now.

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 When the centurion.

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 Saw.

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 What had taken place.

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 He praised God.

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 Saying.

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 Certainly.

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 This man.

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 Was innocent.

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 And all the crowds.

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 And all the crowds.

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 That had assembled.

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 For this spectacle.

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 When they saw.

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 What had taken place.

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 Returned home.

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 Beating their breasts.

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 And all his acquaintance.

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 And the woman.

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 Who had followed him.

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 From Galilee.

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 Stood at a distance.

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 Watching.

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 These things.

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 And so on.

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 May God bless that.

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 Reading.

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 Of his word.

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 Before we come.

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 To consider this passage.

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 Together.

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 We're going to sing.

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 Again.

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 The singing is in Gaelic.

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 And you'll find the words.

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 On the bulletin sheet.

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 On the front of the bulletin sheet.

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 We're singing.

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 Two verses in Gaelic.

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 From Psalm 103.

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 O manim bianich.

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 Usinish.

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 An je.

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 Yehoff amor.

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 Mollekach nie.

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 An hilfstai hyam.

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 An am newe.

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 Mariskor.

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 O manim bianich.

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 Feen an is.

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 Yehoff amort.

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 O ye.

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 Na jichainich.

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 Nicioliken.

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 Iyonich.

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 Uht.

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 In three.

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 O thou my soul.

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 Bless God the Lord.

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 And all that in me is.

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 Bestirred up his holy name.

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 To magnify and bless.

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 Bless O my soul.

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 The Lord thy God.

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 And not forgetful be.

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 Of all his gracious benefits.

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 He hath bestowed on thee.

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 We'll sing two verses in Gaelic.

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 And we remain seated.

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 For this singing.

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 singing.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Chosen One.

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 You never heard of this man called Karl Lutz.

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 He was a Swiss diplomat.

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 And he grew up in the days of the First World War and also the Second World War.

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 And he was a diplomat who used that position in order to save many people.

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 Many Jews in Hungary especially lived because of him.

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 Because of the authority that he had, he was able to write protective letters, as they were called, that gave protection to Jewish Hungarians.

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 And they were able to live a free life even in the midst of Nazi occupation because they had this letter of protection.

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 And many escaped from Hungary as well and lived in other parts of the world.

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 And it's estimated that perhaps 60,000 Jews were saved because of this.

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 It's a remarkable story and yet a story that so little, so few people know about.

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 And in Switzerland, in Bern, there's actually a street named after him, the Karl Lutz Path.

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 And yet, in a story that was written about him recently when people were looking into this story, they were in Switzerland, in Bern, and they were asking people around that area where the street was,

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 what do you know about Karl Lutz?

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 And the reply was, who?

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 They knew nothing about him.

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 How easy it is to forget.

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 And yet, if you were one of those who were saved because of the letter that he was able to give, your life depended on that.

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 Many were saved because of him.

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 And you think, well, surely they would remember.

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 But even then, I'm sure many, maybe over the years, forgot or maybe unaware of just how they had been saved and protected.

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 And it's not the same true for us.

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 Even as we gather here today.

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 The name Karl Lutz doesn't mean much to us, perhaps.

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 But what about the name of Jesus Christ?

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 What does that mean to us today?

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 Last night, we were looking at Jesus before Pilate.

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 And the question we were thinking of was the question that Pilate had before Jesus.

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 We saw that in verse 3 of this chapter.

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 Pilate asked him, are you the king of the Jews?

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 And the question there for us today is, is that who he is?

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 For us, is he king or is he not?

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 Whose voice prevails in the midst of our own lives today?

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 Whose voice are we following today?

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 And today we come before Jesus again.

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 We appear before him here as we have in his word.

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 And here we are looking at a place that is so often forgotten by many today.

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 A place that the world has kind of moved on from.

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 And yet a place where something great was done for God's people.

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 The place called Calvary.

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 The place called Golgotha.

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 Which means skull and which we see here.

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 The place of the skull.

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 In verse 33.

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 The place called the skull.

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 That is where Jesus was taken.

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 That is where he went.

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 To save his people from their sins.

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 And here we see the pierced saviour.

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 And yet is it a little like Carlot's today where we might see and ask who?

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 Or why?

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 Or do we see Jesus as the one who gave his life?

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 And not just gave his life, but gave his life for you and for me.

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 That we might live.

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 And do we remember him?

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 In that way.

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 As often the case, and as we touched on last night.

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 When you're looking at the crucifixion of Jesus.

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 So much of it goes back to the Old Testament as well.

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 Last night we saw how the crowd was calling out.

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 Crucify him.

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 Crucify him.

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 Away with him.

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 Give to us Barabbas.

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 They were crying out these words.

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 And there was mocking.

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 And there was rejection.

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 And when you go back to Isaiah 53.

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 It speaks of that.

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 He was rejected.

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 Despised.

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 And rejected.

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 And rejected.

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 But it also says in Isaiah that he was wounded or pierced.

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 It could be translated as well.

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 Pierced for our transgressions.

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 He was crushed for our iniquities.

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 And this is what we come to remember today.

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 The one who was pierced for our transgressions.

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 The one who we see the crowd bade for that he might be crucified.

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 And here they seem to see their will being done.

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 And yet it was the will of God.

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 The will of God that he might be put to death on the cross.

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 Who is he?

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 Who is he to you today?

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 Do you come to remember all that he has done for our sin?

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 Which is a hymn called Who is he in yonder stall?

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 And part of it goes on to reflect on the life of Jesus in so many different ways.

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 And when it comes to the point of Jesus' death.

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 It says who is he?

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 Low at midnight who is he?

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 Praised in dark Gethsemane.

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 Who is he on yonder three?

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 Dies in grief and agony.

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 Tis the Lord, O wondrous story.

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 Tis the Lord, the King of glory.

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 At his feet we humbly fall.

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 Crown him, crown him Lord of all.

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 Who is he?

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 Who is he on yonder three?

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 He is the one who was pierced for our transgressions.

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 And we come to remember him.

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 The son of God who came to take away the sin of the world.

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 And we want to do so by looking on the pierced saviour.

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 And see who he is and what he did.

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 And there are three things from the verses that we've read there.

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 Verse 33 to verse 35.

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 That I want us to take with us as we come.

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 And come to remember what the Lord has done.

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 And the first thing we see here is the one who was pierced on our transgressions.

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 He was condemned.

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 He was condemned.

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 The second thing we see is he was concerned.

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 And then the third thing we see is he was chosen.

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 He was condemned.

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 He was concerned.

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 And he was chosen.

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 So the first thing we see here is he was condemned.

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 The crowd as we were looking at last evening.

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 They cried out.

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 They cried out so much.

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 Rejecting this man.

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 Putting him away and saying crucify him.

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 Crucify him.

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 It wasn't just take him away from us.

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 It wasn't just remove him from this place.

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 Put him somewhere else.

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 It was condemn him.

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 Put him to death.

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 We want nothing of this man.

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 He is a threat to us.

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 Put him to death.

00:33:11.140 --> 00:33:14.400
 And so in verse 26 as we began our reading here.

00:33:14.980 --> 00:33:17.059
 What we see is they led him away.

00:33:17.980 --> 00:33:19.380
 They led him away.

00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.440
 They took him away.

00:33:21.980 --> 00:33:25.720
 And they brought him to the place called the skull.

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:27.460
 They led him away.

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:29.819
 With two other criminals.

00:33:30.819 --> 00:33:32.279
 They were led away.

00:33:32.620 --> 00:33:34.400
 And it says in verse 32.

00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:37.079
 To be put to death with him.

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:41.380
 And when they came to the place that is called the skull.

00:33:42.000 --> 00:33:44.500
 There they crucified him.

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:48.680
 The very thing that the crowd had cried out for.

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:52.759
 They see it as their will being done.

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:56.180
 They see it as they are victorious.

00:33:57.220 --> 00:33:58.779
 But what is the cross?

00:33:59.860 --> 00:34:01.380
 What does Calvary mean?

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:06.840
 What does the place of the skull mean for you, for us all together here today?

00:34:06.839 --> 00:34:10.219
 Is it the place where the will of man was done?

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:14.039
 Where they were victorious in putting Jesus to death?

00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:17.299
 Or is it the place that we look to?

00:34:17.880 --> 00:34:20.679
 Where he died that we might live?

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:28.079
 In our world today, the cross, it's lost its impact in so many ways.

00:34:29.379 --> 00:34:44.339
 Even as we sit very comfortably together here today, in the warmth of this place, as we look on to the elements before us, everything is very nice and calm and peaceful.

00:34:44.340 --> 00:35:03.039
 And yet when we go back to the days of Jesus, and when we think of Jesus being led away outside the city walls of Jerusalem to the place called the skull, what kind of time was it?

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:06.559
 It wasn't a time of sitting comfortably.

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:08.860
 It wasn't a time of peace.

00:35:09.260 --> 00:35:12.559
 It wasn't a time when everything was well all around.

00:35:12.559 --> 00:35:15.840
 It was a time of trouble.

00:35:16.940 --> 00:35:22.219
 A time of voices crying out, of voices shouting, voices mocking.

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:26.840
 And how do we see it today?

00:35:26.920 --> 00:35:29.840
 What does the cross mean to us today?

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:38.480
 Well, it depends on how you see the one who hung on it, and the one who was pierced for our transgressions.

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:53.420
 If you were there in the day when Jesus was being led out of Jerusalem and led to Golgotha, if you were part of that crowd, it would be a crowd that was used to seeing criminals being led out in this way.

00:35:53.420 --> 00:36:01.400
 And if you were part of the crowd who was seeing someone carrying a cross through the streets, it only meant one thing.

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:04.559
 That person was going to die.

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:11.400
 They were being led away to be crucified, to be put to death.

00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:22.260
 And here we see in verse 26 that one called Simon of Cyrene was coming in from the country, and they laid on him the cross to carry it behind Jesus.

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:27.820
 But we know that before that, that Jesus himself had carried his cross.

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:39.960
 Because we read in the Gospel of John, in chapter 19, verse 16, the same account there, but it just gives us a little bit other details as well.

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.460
 It says,

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:54.720
 So he, that's Pilate, delivered him over to be crucified, and they took Jesus, and he went out bearing his own cross to the place called the place of the skull, which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

00:36:54.760 --> 00:36:56.700
 And there they crucified him.

00:36:56.699 --> 00:37:00.219
 And so Jesus had carried his own cross.

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:02.099
 He had been beaten.

00:37:02.599 --> 00:37:03.579
 He had been mocked.

00:37:03.599 --> 00:37:04.699
 He had been spat on.

00:37:04.779 --> 00:37:07.099
 And here he was carrying his cross.

00:37:08.039 --> 00:37:10.279
 They all knew what that meant.

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:13.719
 He was going to death.

00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:16.359
 He was going to die.

00:37:18.079 --> 00:37:19.079
 But why?

00:37:19.939 --> 00:37:22.639
 Was it just for the will of the crowd?

00:37:23.699 --> 00:37:26.039
 No, it was for the will of God.

00:37:26.699 --> 00:37:31.039
 The will of God for you and me today to be able to sit here in this peace.

00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:33.539
 And to be able to look at the cross.

00:37:34.219 --> 00:37:36.500
 And see the one who was pierced.

00:37:36.980 --> 00:37:40.419
 The one who came to pay a debt that he didn't owe.

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:43.679
 Because we owed a debt that we could never pay.

00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:46.279
 He was led out.

00:37:46.799 --> 00:37:47.980
 He was condemned.

00:37:47.980 --> 00:37:50.860
 He was put to death.

00:37:52.940 --> 00:37:57.420
 Carlitz was instrumental in saving tens of thousands of people.

00:37:58.280 --> 00:38:00.219
 And yet people say, today who?

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:03.960
 Well, Jesus came and was condemned.

00:38:04.139 --> 00:38:07.960
 He came to give his life as a ransom for many.

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:10.159
 And do you say who?

00:38:11.340 --> 00:38:13.320
 Or do you say why?

00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:16.179
 Or do you say, wow?

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:19.340
 He was condemned.

00:38:20.159 --> 00:38:21.400
 He was led away.

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:23.000
 He was crucified.

00:38:23.840 --> 00:38:27.579
 He died for your sins and mine.

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:32.579
 And he was crucified with two criminals.

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:38.960
 In verse 32, two other criminals were with him and were put to death with him.

00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:45.860
 And there they crucified him and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left.

00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:52.740
 And again, we have a reminder here to us of today that there are two sides.

00:38:54.160 --> 00:38:56.519
 One criminal just mocked him.

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.400
 He mocked him.

00:38:58.920 --> 00:39:03.480
 If you are the Christ, save yourself and us.

00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:05.200
 He mocked him.

00:39:06.400 --> 00:39:11.039
 But the other, the other it says in verse 40, the other rebuked him saying,

00:39:11.039 --> 00:39:17.000
 Do you not fear God since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:23.059
 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds.

00:39:23.400 --> 00:39:25.860
 But this man has done nothing wrong.

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:29.340
 This man has done nothing wrong.

00:39:30.539 --> 00:39:33.659
 He recognizes the condemnation that he was due.

00:39:35.019 --> 00:39:39.000
 And do we recognize the condemnation that we are due?

00:39:39.000 --> 00:39:41.699
 Because the wages of sin is death.

00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:45.760
 And do we realize the condemnation that we are under?

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:51.679
 And yet we realize too the one who was condemned.

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:55.619
 The one who was condemned in our place.

00:39:55.739 --> 00:39:58.739
 The one who was innocent but went in our place.

00:39:58.840 --> 00:40:02.360
 The one who was pierced for our transgressions.

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:06.500
 Man of sorrows speaks of it in this way.

00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:08.619
 Bearing shame and scoffing rude.

00:40:09.099 --> 00:40:12.159
 In my place condemned he stood.

00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:14.719
 Sealed my pardon with his blood.

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:15.800
 Hallelujah.

00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:17.619
 What a savior.

00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:22.400
 In my place condemned he stood.

00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:24.340
 He was led away.

00:40:25.139 --> 00:40:26.579
 Condemned to death.

00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:30.099
 Do you see the one who was pierced?

00:40:30.900 --> 00:40:32.639
 Condemned for you.

00:40:32.639 --> 00:40:33.239
 Condemned for you.

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:38.400
 The second thing we see here though is the one who was concerned.

00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:42.079
 And we see that in verse 34.

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:48.279
 And Jesus said, Father, forgive them for they know not what they do.

00:40:49.159 --> 00:40:51.059
 Why did Jesus die?

00:40:51.779 --> 00:40:56.139
 Why did God allow this as the way for our salvation?

00:40:56.139 --> 00:40:59.759
 Well, again, you can go back to Isaiah 53.

00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:02.920
 And it gives us an insight into why.

00:41:03.460 --> 00:41:07.000
 Because it says in chapter 53, verse 6,

00:41:07.119 --> 00:41:09.599
 All we like sheep have gone astray.

00:41:09.699 --> 00:41:12.579
 We have turned everyone to his own way.

00:41:13.139 --> 00:41:16.839
 And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

00:41:17.460 --> 00:41:20.059
 We all like sheep have gone astray.

00:41:20.139 --> 00:41:22.460
 We have all turned away from God.

00:41:22.739 --> 00:41:24.879
 We've all turned away from the cross.

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:28.039
 We've turned away from the place of salvation and mercy.

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:30.440
 And we've all gone our own way.

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:36.860
 And yet even in the midst of that, the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

00:41:38.519 --> 00:41:42.140
 The concern of the Lord for his people.

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.820
 The writer wrote,

00:41:45.099 --> 00:41:47.400
 Jehovah St. Kenya, the Lord our righteousness.

00:41:47.619 --> 00:41:48.599
 And he speaks there of,

00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:51.880
 I once was a stranger to grace and to God.

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:55.139
 I knew not my danger and felt not my load.

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:58.659
 Though friends spoke in rapture of Christ on the tree.

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:02.500
 Jehovah St. Kenya was nothing to me.

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:04.779
 Haven't we all been there?

00:42:05.599 --> 00:42:07.940
 Jehovah St. Kenya, the Lord our righteousness.

00:42:08.159 --> 00:42:09.000
 But it was nothing.

00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:11.219
 It was nothing to me.

00:42:11.219 --> 00:42:17.839
 And yet you see the love of God as you go through his word in Romans 5 verse 8.

00:42:18.379 --> 00:42:20.659
 But God shows his love for us.

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:25.539
 And that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

00:42:26.779 --> 00:42:28.779
 He was condemned for us.

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:33.620
 Even while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

00:42:35.660 --> 00:42:42.540
 Isn't it amazing to think of the concern the Lord had for you and for me while we were still strangers to him?

00:42:43.360 --> 00:42:47.800
 While we were still wandering in this world as sheep who have gone astray?

00:42:49.460 --> 00:42:53.060
 And yet for our sins, he was condemned.

00:42:53.059 --> 00:42:58.639
 While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:01.960
 And you see that concern here.

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:04.579
 Even as he is hanging, pierced on the tree,

00:43:05.539 --> 00:43:06.799
 where he cries out,

00:43:07.179 --> 00:43:11.000
 Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.

00:43:11.739 --> 00:43:13.860
 And even as he's crying out these words,

00:43:13.960 --> 00:43:14.739
 what do you see?

00:43:15.259 --> 00:43:18.239
 The soldiers who were there around the cross,

00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:21.139
 they cast lots to divide his garments.

00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:25.279
 Surely, they've got better things to do

00:43:25.279 --> 00:43:28.279
 when they're seeing this man hanging on the tree.

00:43:28.799 --> 00:43:30.480
 He's saying, Father, forgive them.

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:32.299
 They know not what they do.

00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:38.319
 Did they not see who it was?

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:41.619
 Did they not look and wonder,

00:43:42.139 --> 00:43:43.900
 who is he on yonder tree?

00:43:45.279 --> 00:43:46.319
 It is the Lord.

00:43:46.900 --> 00:43:48.039
 It is the Lord.

00:43:48.759 --> 00:43:49.859
 But they couldn't see it,

00:43:49.920 --> 00:43:50.779
 and neither could we.

00:43:51.139 --> 00:43:54.559
 Apart from the grace of God that opens our eyes to see.

00:43:55.319 --> 00:43:58.739
 Apart from the grace of God that begins to work in us,

00:43:58.799 --> 00:44:00.239
 and we see the one who cried,

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:01.599
 Father, forgive them,

00:44:01.940 --> 00:44:03.500
 for they know not what we do.

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:06.199
 So as we wandered away in our sin,

00:44:06.279 --> 00:44:07.980
 as we were lost in this world,

00:44:08.500 --> 00:44:10.259
 but yet his grace came,

00:44:11.259 --> 00:44:12.679
 his love towards us,

00:44:12.759 --> 00:44:14.139
 called us to himself.

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:17.279
 The voice of the Lord prevailed for us,

00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:20.300
 and we heard him saying,

00:44:20.300 --> 00:44:20.780
 come,

00:44:20.780 --> 00:44:22.760
 come to me,

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:25.500
 all you who labor and are heavy laden,

00:44:25.700 --> 00:44:27.580
 and I will give you rest.

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:32.760
 It's great concern that we would come to him.

00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:36.440
 Father, forgive them,

00:44:36.940 --> 00:44:38.460
 for they know not what they do.

00:44:38.540 --> 00:44:41.880
 He is praying over his people here.

00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:43.460
 And even as we,

00:44:43.900 --> 00:44:44.480
 in our sin,

00:44:44.599 --> 00:44:45.860
 crucify him today,

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:49.480
 and still he prays over us.

00:44:50.200 --> 00:44:52.680
 So we are reminded in John 17,

00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:55.099
 where the Lord prays for his people,

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:58.059
 that they might be one as we are one,

00:44:58.900 --> 00:45:01.740
 that they would know the blessing of God.

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:03.099
 And again,

00:45:03.219 --> 00:45:05.159
 you can go back to Isaiah 53,

00:45:05.519 --> 00:45:09.379
 and see this fulfillment of Isaiah 53 here,

00:45:09.919 --> 00:45:10.959
 as he prays,

00:45:11.259 --> 00:45:12.459
 Father, forgive them.

00:45:12.959 --> 00:45:15.279
 Because in verse 12 of Isaiah 53,

00:45:15.379 --> 00:45:15.679
 it says,

00:45:15.779 --> 00:45:17.619
 he poured out his soul to death,

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:20.199
 and was numbered with the transgressors,

00:45:20.719 --> 00:45:22.779
 yet he bore the sin of many,

00:45:22.779 --> 00:45:26.779
 and makes intercession for the transgressors.

00:45:27.759 --> 00:45:30.779
 He prays over the transgressors.

00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:32.599
 He prays,

00:45:32.779 --> 00:45:34.479
 Father, forgive them,

00:45:34.899 --> 00:45:36.399
 for they know not what they do.

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:38.419
 If you remember the last communion,

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:41.079
 when we had Reverend Mordor Campbell here with us,

00:45:41.139 --> 00:45:43.719
 he touched on that from John 17,

00:45:43.879 --> 00:45:46.299
 how the Lord prayed over his people,

00:45:46.359 --> 00:45:48.179
 how he prays over us.

00:45:48.259 --> 00:45:49.679
 And has that stuck with you

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:52.079
 since the last time we sat at the Lord's table?

00:45:52.979 --> 00:45:54.839
 The Lord, in his grace,

00:45:55.359 --> 00:45:56.219
 in his concern,

00:45:56.339 --> 00:45:57.979
 is praying over you.

00:45:58.859 --> 00:45:59.719
 Protect them.

00:46:00.139 --> 00:46:00.739
 Keep them.

00:46:00.739 --> 00:46:01.839
 Be with them.

00:46:02.179 --> 00:46:02.819
 Guide them.

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:03.879
 Shepherd them.

00:46:04.159 --> 00:46:06.759
 All of these prayers of the Lord for his people.

00:46:06.859 --> 00:46:10.319
 That we are here because he was condemned for us.

00:46:10.659 --> 00:46:14.679
 That we are here because of his concern for us.

00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:17.839
 Even though they shouted,

00:46:18.059 --> 00:46:18.799
 crucify him,

00:46:19.139 --> 00:46:19.779
 crucify him,

00:46:19.779 --> 00:46:21.239
 and their voice seemed to prevail,

00:46:21.639 --> 00:46:22.139
 he cries,

00:46:22.299 --> 00:46:22.639
 Father,

00:46:22.759 --> 00:46:23.500
 forgive them.

00:46:23.839 --> 00:46:26.359
 Because they don't know what they are doing.

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:29.160
 Forgiveness is a powerful thing.

00:46:30.620 --> 00:46:34.140
 And as you come in faith to sit at the Lord's table,

00:46:34.240 --> 00:46:35.680
 it's not in your own strength.

00:46:36.240 --> 00:46:39.500
 It's not because you're able to cleanse your own sins away.

00:46:40.180 --> 00:46:42.200
 You come in dependence on him,

00:46:42.460 --> 00:46:44.500
 in the forgiveness that he gives,

00:46:45.099 --> 00:46:46.720
 in the grace that he gives,

00:46:46.720 --> 00:46:51.559
 to come and remember him in all that he has done for us.

00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:53.920
 John Stott,

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:54.519
 in his book,

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:56.900
 The Contemporary Christian,

00:46:57.360 --> 00:46:59.000
 he speaks of a woman called

00:46:59.000 --> 00:47:01.019
 Marganita Slaski,

00:47:01.059 --> 00:47:02.500
 I think is how you pronounce it.

00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:04.900
 And she was a very famous woman

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:06.079
 back in the 80s.

00:47:06.599 --> 00:47:07.500
 And before that,

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:09.059
 she was an author,

00:47:09.179 --> 00:47:10.539
 but she was also an atheist.

00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:12.840
 A very outspoken atheist.

00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:17.420
 But John Stott says that not long before she died,

00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:18.660
 in 1988,

00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:22.980
 there was a moment of surprising candor,

00:47:23.120 --> 00:47:24.000
 he calls it,

00:47:24.300 --> 00:47:25.079
 in television,

00:47:25.680 --> 00:47:26.900
 when she was speaking.

00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:29.200
 And she was speaking about Christians.

00:47:29.460 --> 00:47:30.280
 And she said this,

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:33.100
 What I envy most about you Christians

00:47:33.100 --> 00:47:34.480
 is your forgiveness.

00:47:35.640 --> 00:47:38.440
 I have nobody to forgive me.

00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:40.620
 And isn't that sad?

00:47:40.619 --> 00:47:42.000
 Where she feels,

00:47:42.179 --> 00:47:44.400
 I have no one to forgive me.

00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:46.239
 And yet,

00:47:46.480 --> 00:47:47.659
 where do we go,

00:47:48.019 --> 00:47:49.139
 but to the cross?

00:47:50.139 --> 00:47:51.539
 Where we see the one who says,

00:47:51.659 --> 00:47:51.960
 Father,

00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:52.900
 forgive them.

00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:54.159
 Forgive them,

00:47:54.219 --> 00:47:55.639
 for they know not what they do.

00:47:56.619 --> 00:47:57.719
 And he calls us,

00:47:57.880 --> 00:47:58.759
 to come.

00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:00.159
 When you think of,

00:48:00.339 --> 00:48:02.359
 the life of the apostle Paul,

00:48:03.319 --> 00:48:04.440
 and he speaks about,

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:06.819
 the wonder of the grace of God.

00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:08.500
 And he speaks about,

00:48:08.639 --> 00:48:09.759
 in such a powerful way,

00:48:09.760 --> 00:48:10.620
 because he knows,

00:48:10.980 --> 00:48:12.200
 the power of his grace.

00:48:12.900 --> 00:48:13.920
 And apart from him,

00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:15.180
 he was lost.

00:48:16.440 --> 00:48:18.500
 But writing to the church of Galatia,

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:19.320
 Galatia,

00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:19.960
 he says,

00:48:20.520 --> 00:48:22.620
 I have been crucified with Christ.

00:48:23.140 --> 00:48:25.200
 It is no longer I who live,

00:48:25.640 --> 00:48:27.540
 but Christ who lives in me.

00:48:28.220 --> 00:48:30.100
 And the life I now live in the flesh,

00:48:30.200 --> 00:48:31.320
 I live by faith,

00:48:31.860 --> 00:48:33.100
 in the Son of God,

00:48:33.100 --> 00:48:34.100
 who loved me,

00:48:34.099 --> 00:48:36.880
 and gave himself for me.

00:48:37.019 --> 00:48:38.099
 Galatians 2,

00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:39.839
 verse 20.

00:48:41.839 --> 00:48:43.339
 The life I now live,

00:48:43.500 --> 00:48:44.599
 I live by faith,

00:48:44.679 --> 00:48:45.759
 in the Son of God,

00:48:45.819 --> 00:48:46.599
 who loved me,

00:48:46.940 --> 00:48:49.199
 and gave himself for me.

00:48:49.900 --> 00:48:50.759
 Do you live,

00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:52.519
 in the light of the cross?

00:48:53.380 --> 00:48:54.239
 Do you live,

00:48:54.639 --> 00:48:56.279
 in the concern of the Lord,

00:48:56.380 --> 00:48:56.880
 who has said,

00:48:57.039 --> 00:48:57.360
 Father,

00:48:57.519 --> 00:48:58.219
 forgive them,

00:48:58.579 --> 00:49:00.119
 for they know not what they do.

00:49:00.119 --> 00:49:02.779
 Are we crucified with Christ,

00:49:03.039 --> 00:49:03.799
 in this way,

00:49:04.059 --> 00:49:05.559
 that your life is his?

00:49:06.420 --> 00:49:08.139
 You have given your life to him.

00:49:09.059 --> 00:49:10.819
 Christ is living in you.

00:49:12.279 --> 00:49:13.559
 Christ is with you,

00:49:14.279 --> 00:49:15.779
 and living by faith.

00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:18.199
 Faith in the one,

00:49:18.400 --> 00:49:19.639
 who loved me,

00:49:20.299 --> 00:49:22.739
 and gave himself for me.

00:49:24.219 --> 00:49:25.539
 Do you see the one,

00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:26.659
 who was pierced,

00:49:27.460 --> 00:49:29.659
 and his concern for you?

00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:32.039
 His love for you.

00:49:33.799 --> 00:49:35.779
 The third thing we see here,

00:49:36.500 --> 00:49:38.219
 is he was chosen.

00:49:39.059 --> 00:49:41.400
 And we see that in verse 35.

00:49:42.079 --> 00:49:44.639
 And the people stood by watching.

00:49:45.679 --> 00:49:47.299
 But the ruler scoffed at him,

00:49:47.460 --> 00:49:47.659
 saying,

00:49:47.739 --> 00:49:48.659
 He saved others,

00:49:48.759 --> 00:49:50.099
 let him save himself,

00:49:50.799 --> 00:49:53.199
 if he is the Christ of God,

00:49:53.819 --> 00:49:55.739
 his chosen one.

00:49:56.380 --> 00:49:56.799
 If.

00:49:56.800 --> 00:50:01.420
 If he is the Christ of God,

00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:03.640
 his chosen one.

00:50:05.180 --> 00:50:07.000
 In the midst of the mocking,

00:50:07.280 --> 00:50:08.560
 of the rulers here,

00:50:08.640 --> 00:50:10.100
 we see a great truth.

00:50:11.300 --> 00:50:13.060
 He is the Christ.

00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:17.019
 It's not if he is the Christ.

00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:19.480
 He is the Christ.

00:50:20.160 --> 00:50:22.380
 He is the Christ of God.

00:50:22.980 --> 00:50:25.580
 He is his chosen one.

00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:28.460
 Even if they don't believe it,

00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:31.059
 this is the one that we look to today.

00:50:31.539 --> 00:50:34.500
 The one who was pierced for our transgressions.

00:50:35.079 --> 00:50:37.039
 He is the Christ of God.

00:50:37.699 --> 00:50:39.579
 He is the chosen one.

00:50:40.940 --> 00:50:43.039
 The voice of the crowd may have prevailed.

00:50:43.159 --> 00:50:45.819
 The leaders may have seemed to get their desire.

00:50:46.819 --> 00:50:48.639
 And the rejection and the mocking,

00:50:49.059 --> 00:50:50.759
 it may have been intense.

00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:54.460
 The suffering beyond anything that we could imagine.

00:50:55.540 --> 00:50:58.500
 What he suffered as he hung on the tree.

00:51:00.400 --> 00:51:02.560
 But he wants us to understand

00:51:02.560 --> 00:51:05.600
 that as we look at the cross,

00:51:06.140 --> 00:51:09.200
 what we see is not the will of man prevailing,

00:51:09.600 --> 00:51:11.300
 but the will of God.

00:51:11.300 --> 00:51:15.800
 The will of God for the salvation of his people.

00:51:16.680 --> 00:51:18.640
 Jesus is not on the cross

00:51:18.640 --> 00:51:22.760
 because God's plan had suddenly stopped working.

00:51:23.960 --> 00:51:25.360
 Jesus is not on the cross

00:51:25.360 --> 00:51:29.120
 because something that God hadn't foreseen,

00:51:29.660 --> 00:51:31.580
 that things have gone out of control

00:51:31.580 --> 00:51:34.039
 or gone beyond his control.

00:51:34.039 --> 00:51:38.279
 He is there because it is the only way

00:51:38.279 --> 00:51:40.699
 for the salvation of his people.

00:51:42.400 --> 00:51:45.000
 The wages of sin is death.

00:51:46.420 --> 00:51:48.599
 And Christ died that death.

00:51:50.400 --> 00:51:54.559
 The gift of God is life through him.

00:51:56.159 --> 00:51:59.500
 So who is this hanging on the tree?

00:52:00.259 --> 00:52:02.960
 It is the one that John the Baptist speaks of

00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:03.599
 when he says,

00:52:04.059 --> 00:52:05.760
 Behold the Lamb of God

00:52:05.760 --> 00:52:08.260
 who takes away the sin of the world.

00:52:08.960 --> 00:52:10.720
 It's the one who the Old Testament

00:52:10.720 --> 00:52:12.519
 was pointing towards

00:52:12.519 --> 00:52:15.539
 every time they had the feast of the Passover.

00:52:16.619 --> 00:52:18.300
 The Lamb who would take away

00:52:18.300 --> 00:52:19.900
 the sin of the world.

00:52:19.980 --> 00:52:22.500
 It's the one who Peter confessed

00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:24.519
 when people were asking,

00:52:25.099 --> 00:52:25.960
 and Jesus asked them,

00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:28.079
 Who do you say that I am?

00:52:28.880 --> 00:52:29.780
 And Peter said,

00:52:29.780 --> 00:52:31.680
 You are the Christ,

00:52:32.040 --> 00:52:34.160
 the Son of the living God.

00:52:35.460 --> 00:52:37.540
 You are the Messiah.

00:52:38.100 --> 00:52:39.740
 You are the chosen one.

00:52:40.880 --> 00:52:42.940
 So who is it that we remember today?

00:52:43.640 --> 00:52:45.840
 We remember Jesus Christ.

00:52:46.500 --> 00:52:49.180
 We remember the Son of God,

00:52:49.660 --> 00:52:51.080
 the chosen one,

00:52:51.760 --> 00:52:53.380
 the one who was sent.

00:52:53.380 --> 00:52:58.200
 That wonderful passage in John 3.16

00:52:58.200 --> 00:53:01.480
 reminds us of the one who was sent.

00:53:02.660 --> 00:53:05.320
 For God so loved the world

00:53:05.320 --> 00:53:07.840
 that he gave his only Son

00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:10.000
 that whoever believes in him

00:53:10.000 --> 00:53:10.940
 should not perish

00:53:10.940 --> 00:53:13.900
 but have eternal life.

00:53:14.760 --> 00:53:15.960
 But it goes on.

00:53:16.700 --> 00:53:18.720
 For God did not send his Son

00:53:18.720 --> 00:53:21.119
 into the world to condemn the world,

00:53:21.119 --> 00:53:23.299
 but in order that the world

00:53:23.299 --> 00:53:25.359
 might be saved through him.

00:53:26.339 --> 00:53:28.359
 Whoever believes in him

00:53:28.359 --> 00:53:30.099
 is not condemned.

00:53:30.859 --> 00:53:32.880
 But whoever does not believe

00:53:32.880 --> 00:53:34.739
 is condemned already

00:53:34.739 --> 00:53:36.859
 because he has not believed

00:53:36.859 --> 00:53:40.259
 in the name of the only Son of God.

00:53:41.619 --> 00:53:43.859
 Who is it that was pierced

00:53:43.859 --> 00:53:45.699
 for our transgressions?

00:53:46.480 --> 00:53:47.739
 It is the Christ,

00:53:48.359 --> 00:53:50.359
 the Son of God,

00:53:50.360 --> 00:53:52.300
 his only Son,

00:53:53.360 --> 00:53:55.000
 and the one who he sent

00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:56.579
 into this world.

00:53:57.420 --> 00:53:59.019
 That we would not be condemned,

00:54:00.220 --> 00:54:01.360
 that we would be saved,

00:54:02.300 --> 00:54:03.220
 not perish,

00:54:03.940 --> 00:54:07.280
 but have everlasting life.

00:54:08.680 --> 00:54:09.519
 And so today,

00:54:09.920 --> 00:54:11.800
 as we look to the cross,

00:54:12.640 --> 00:54:13.559
 what do we see?

00:54:14.320 --> 00:54:17.640
 We see the Messiah has won.

00:54:17.639 --> 00:54:19.639
 He is victorious.

00:54:19.639 --> 00:54:20.500
 He is victorious.

00:54:21.179 --> 00:54:22.359
 Not the people,

00:54:22.900 --> 00:54:24.359
 not the ones who cried,

00:54:24.500 --> 00:54:25.299
 crucify him,

00:54:25.639 --> 00:54:26.359
 condemn him,

00:54:27.259 --> 00:54:28.859
 but the one who went there,

00:54:29.859 --> 00:54:31.579
 condemned for his people,

00:54:32.259 --> 00:54:34.139
 crucified for our sins,

00:54:34.940 --> 00:54:35.940
 and yet concerned,

00:54:36.819 --> 00:54:38.579
 concerned for his people,

00:54:38.980 --> 00:54:40.179
 that we might know

00:54:40.179 --> 00:54:42.139
 forgiveness in him.

00:54:42.139 --> 00:54:44.639
 But we also see

00:54:44.639 --> 00:54:47.440
 the one who was chosen,

00:54:48.519 --> 00:54:49.480
 the only one

00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:50.379
 who could take away

00:54:50.379 --> 00:54:52.420
 the sin of this world,

00:54:52.639 --> 00:54:54.000
 the Christ,

00:54:54.639 --> 00:54:55.440
 the Messiah,

00:54:56.179 --> 00:54:58.500
 the chosen one of God.

00:54:59.559 --> 00:55:00.460
 Who is he

00:55:00.460 --> 00:55:01.859
 on yonder tree,

00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:03.559
 dies in grief and agony?

00:55:04.779 --> 00:55:05.759
 Tis the Lord,

00:55:06.099 --> 00:55:07.420
 O wondrous story,

00:55:07.420 --> 00:55:08.420
 Tis the Lord,

00:55:08.539 --> 00:55:10.139
 the King of glory,

00:55:10.659 --> 00:55:11.559
 at his feet

00:55:11.559 --> 00:55:12.760
 we humbly fall,

00:55:13.300 --> 00:55:13.860
 crown him,

00:55:14.380 --> 00:55:15.400
 crown him Lord

00:55:15.400 --> 00:55:16.639
 of all.

00:55:17.740 --> 00:55:18.460
 Do you see

00:55:18.460 --> 00:55:19.480
 the one

00:55:19.480 --> 00:55:20.519
 who was pierced,

00:55:21.139 --> 00:55:21.920
 the Christ,

00:55:22.780 --> 00:55:23.400
 the Messiah?

00:55:25.000 --> 00:55:26.280
 Carl Lutz's name

00:55:26.280 --> 00:55:27.260
 may have been

00:55:27.260 --> 00:55:28.539
 forgotten by many,

00:55:29.159 --> 00:55:30.519
 but when we recognize

00:55:30.519 --> 00:55:31.139
 the one

00:55:31.139 --> 00:55:32.200
 who was pierced

00:55:32.200 --> 00:55:33.420
 for our transgressions,

00:55:34.059 --> 00:55:34.519
 the one

00:55:34.519 --> 00:55:35.900
 who was condemned

00:55:35.900 --> 00:55:37.599
 for our sins,

00:55:37.920 --> 00:55:39.180
 the one who was concerned

00:55:39.180 --> 00:55:40.820
 for our salvation,

00:55:41.420 --> 00:55:41.940
 and the one

00:55:41.940 --> 00:55:43.400
 who is the chosen one

00:55:43.400 --> 00:55:44.539
 of God?

00:55:45.820 --> 00:55:47.059
 Do we remember?

00:55:48.500 --> 00:55:50.079
 Do we remember him

00:55:50.079 --> 00:55:52.320
 as we look to the cross

00:55:52.320 --> 00:55:53.960
 and as we come

00:55:53.960 --> 00:55:55.380
 to take

00:55:55.380 --> 00:55:56.599
 the bread

00:55:56.599 --> 00:55:57.760
 and the wine

00:55:57.760 --> 00:55:59.840
 and the comfort

00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:01.039
 and peace

00:56:01.039 --> 00:56:02.300
 that we enjoy today?

00:56:03.240 --> 00:56:04.099
 We look back

00:56:04.099 --> 00:56:05.059
 to a time

00:56:05.059 --> 00:56:05.880
 of darkness,

00:56:05.900 --> 00:56:07.740
 a time of sorrow,

00:56:08.539 --> 00:56:09.559
 a time when Jesus

00:56:09.559 --> 00:56:10.619
 was led out

00:56:10.619 --> 00:56:12.220
 to be crucified,

00:56:12.500 --> 00:56:13.280
 to be condemned,

00:56:13.960 --> 00:56:15.500
 but to show his love

00:56:15.500 --> 00:56:17.220
 as the chosen

00:56:17.220 --> 00:56:18.619
 Son of God

00:56:18.619 --> 00:56:19.700
 who came

00:56:19.700 --> 00:56:20.500
 to take away

00:56:20.500 --> 00:56:21.700
 the sin

00:56:21.700 --> 00:56:23.039
 of the world.

00:56:23.680 --> 00:56:24.340
 Let us pray.

00:56:26.720 --> 00:56:28.340
 Our Father in heaven,

00:56:28.539 --> 00:56:29.280
 we thank you

00:56:29.280 --> 00:56:30.300
 that your word

00:56:30.300 --> 00:56:31.059
 is powerful,

00:56:31.700 --> 00:56:33.039
 that it reminds us

00:56:33.039 --> 00:56:34.019
 of our sin,

00:56:34.019 --> 00:56:36.079
 and yet the great cost

00:56:36.079 --> 00:56:36.780
 of our sin,

00:56:36.860 --> 00:56:37.119
 notice,

00:56:37.280 --> 00:56:38.099
 was that Christ,

00:56:38.259 --> 00:56:39.300
 the chosen one,

00:56:39.759 --> 00:56:40.679
 would be condemned

00:56:40.679 --> 00:56:41.639
 for our sin,

00:56:42.059 --> 00:56:43.940
 and yet in his condemnation,

00:56:44.539 --> 00:56:45.400
 still to have

00:56:45.400 --> 00:56:46.340
 that concern,

00:56:46.860 --> 00:56:47.539
 that love

00:56:47.539 --> 00:56:48.539
 for which he came,

00:56:48.619 --> 00:56:49.099
 that love

00:56:49.099 --> 00:56:50.159
 for his people,

00:56:50.679 --> 00:56:51.280
 that he would say,

00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:51.679
 Father,

00:56:51.840 --> 00:56:52.559
 forgive them,

00:56:52.900 --> 00:56:53.500
 for they know

00:56:53.500 --> 00:56:54.719
 not what they do.

00:56:54.719 --> 00:56:55.839
 and so,

00:56:55.959 --> 00:56:56.099
 Lord,

00:56:56.159 --> 00:56:57.000
 we pray today

00:56:57.000 --> 00:56:58.399
 as we come before you

00:56:58.399 --> 00:57:00.179
 that you will still us

00:57:00.179 --> 00:57:01.199
 in your presence,

00:57:01.679 --> 00:57:02.959
 that you will help us

00:57:02.959 --> 00:57:03.579
 to know

00:57:03.579 --> 00:57:05.179
 that you are King

00:57:05.179 --> 00:57:06.659
 and Lord of all,

00:57:07.179 --> 00:57:07.799
 and that you would be

00:57:07.799 --> 00:57:08.500
 our King

00:57:08.500 --> 00:57:09.919
 and our Lord.

00:57:10.480 --> 00:57:11.099
 Bless us,

00:57:11.159 --> 00:57:11.519
 we pray,

00:57:11.559 --> 00:57:12.699
 and continue with us

00:57:12.699 --> 00:57:14.639
 as we ask all these things

00:57:14.639 --> 00:57:15.699
 in Jesus'

00:57:15.899 --> 00:57:16.639
 precious name.

00:57:17.299 --> 00:57:17.619
 Amen.

00:57:17.619 --> 00:57:18.619
 Well,

00:57:22.759 --> 00:57:23.639
 as we come

00:57:23.639 --> 00:57:25.719
 to the Lord's table,

00:57:26.559 --> 00:57:27.719
 as we come

00:57:27.719 --> 00:57:29.599
 to remember him,

00:57:31.059 --> 00:57:32.519
 we come

00:57:32.519 --> 00:57:34.559
 because we hear

00:57:34.559 --> 00:57:35.219
 the voice

00:57:35.219 --> 00:57:36.319
 of the Lord.

00:57:37.039 --> 00:57:38.639
 The voice of the Lord

00:57:38.639 --> 00:57:40.599
 calls his people.

00:57:41.859 --> 00:57:42.420
 As we were thinking

00:57:42.420 --> 00:57:43.119
 last evening

00:57:43.119 --> 00:57:44.420
 of all the different voices

00:57:44.420 --> 00:57:45.400
 that so often

00:57:45.400 --> 00:57:47.420
 prevail in this world,

00:57:47.619 --> 00:57:49.219
 there are so many things

00:57:49.219 --> 00:57:49.900
 that draw

00:57:49.900 --> 00:57:51.480
 our attention away,

00:57:52.519 --> 00:57:53.940
 but today we come

00:57:53.940 --> 00:57:55.480
 to be still

00:57:55.480 --> 00:57:56.699
 before him,

00:57:57.039 --> 00:57:58.599
 to hear the voice

00:57:58.599 --> 00:57:59.239
 of the one

00:57:59.239 --> 00:57:59.719
 who says,

00:57:59.900 --> 00:58:00.199
 come,

00:58:00.900 --> 00:58:01.819
 the one who calls

00:58:01.819 --> 00:58:02.440
 his sheep

00:58:02.440 --> 00:58:03.819
 and his sheep

00:58:03.819 --> 00:58:04.819
 follow him.

00:58:05.639 --> 00:58:06.699
 We praise God

00:58:06.699 --> 00:58:07.460
 that though we were

00:58:07.460 --> 00:58:08.119
 like sheep

00:58:08.119 --> 00:58:09.699
 who have gone astray,

00:58:10.259 --> 00:58:11.400
 we had all turned

00:58:11.400 --> 00:58:12.639
 each to our own way,

00:58:13.559 --> 00:58:14.659
 but that he came

00:58:14.659 --> 00:58:16.539
 and bore our sin,

00:58:16.539 --> 00:58:18.500
 that the chastisement

00:58:18.500 --> 00:58:20.179
 was upon him.

00:58:21.059 --> 00:58:22.139
 And so we come

00:58:22.139 --> 00:58:23.800
 to remember him

00:58:23.800 --> 00:58:25.440
 and give thanks

00:58:25.440 --> 00:58:26.059
 to him

00:58:26.059 --> 00:58:28.199
 because of his love

00:58:28.199 --> 00:58:29.099
 for us.

00:58:29.759 --> 00:58:30.920
 We love him

00:58:30.920 --> 00:58:32.699
 and we do this

00:58:32.699 --> 00:58:34.000
 in remembrance

00:58:34.000 --> 00:58:35.300
 of him.

00:58:36.279 --> 00:58:37.980
 We're going to sing

00:58:37.980 --> 00:58:38.739
 as we come

00:58:38.739 --> 00:58:40.219
 to the Lord's table.

00:58:40.279 --> 00:58:40.920
 We're going to sing

00:58:40.920 --> 00:58:42.440
 in Psalm 118

00:58:42.440 --> 00:58:44.840
 in the Scottish Psalter,

00:58:45.440 --> 00:58:46.960
 page 398

00:58:46.960 --> 00:58:48.880
 of the psalm books.

00:58:52.840 --> 00:58:54.039
 We're going to sing

00:58:54.039 --> 00:58:55.539
 from verse 15

00:58:55.539 --> 00:58:57.760
 down to about

00:58:57.760 --> 00:58:58.840
 verse 23.

00:58:58.840 --> 00:59:00.820
 In dwellings

00:59:00.820 --> 00:59:01.740
 of the righteous

00:59:01.740 --> 00:59:02.420
 is heard

00:59:02.420 --> 00:59:02.960
 the melody

00:59:02.960 --> 00:59:04.240
 of joy and health.

00:59:04.360 --> 00:59:05.519
 The Lord's right hand

00:59:05.519 --> 00:59:07.099
 doth ever valiantly.

00:59:07.340 --> 00:59:08.019
 The right hand

00:59:08.019 --> 00:59:09.200
 of the mighty Lord

00:59:09.200 --> 00:59:09.880
 exalted

00:59:09.880 --> 00:59:11.360
 is on high.

00:59:11.800 --> 00:59:12.599
 The right hand

00:59:12.599 --> 00:59:13.880
 of the mighty Lord

00:59:13.880 --> 00:59:15.820
 doth ever valiantly.

00:59:16.019 --> 00:59:16.360
 We'll sing

00:59:16.360 --> 00:59:17.460
 from verse 15

00:59:17.460 --> 00:59:19.140
 to God's praise.

00:59:19.140 --> 00:59:19.420
 Amen.

00:59:19.420 --> 00:59:19.519
 Amen.

00:59:19.519 --> 00:59:28.420
 and dwellings

00:59:28.420 --> 00:59:31.860
 of the righteous

00:59:31.860 --> 00:59:35.759
 is heard

00:59:35.759 --> 00:59:39.039
 the melody

00:59:39.039 --> 00:59:44.880
 of joy and health

00:59:44.880 --> 00:59:48.780
 the Lord's right hand

00:59:48.780 --> 00:59:49.780
 and the right hand

00:59:49.780 --> 00:59:51.780
 of the mighty Lord

00:59:51.780 --> 00:59:53.780
 exalted

00:59:53.780 --> 00:59:55.780
 is on high.

00:59:55.780 --> 01:00:00.000
 The right hand

01:00:00.000 --> 01:00:05.019
 of the mighty Lord

01:00:05.019 --> 01:00:07.780
 exalted

01:00:07.780 --> 01:00:12.000
 is on high.

01:00:12.000 --> 01:00:15.960
 The right hand

01:00:15.960 --> 01:00:18.960
 of the mighty Lord

01:00:18.960 --> 01:00:20.780
 of the mighty Lord

01:00:20.780 --> 01:00:26.199
 doth ever valiantly.

01:00:26.199 --> 01:00:30.960
 I shall not die

01:00:30.960 --> 01:00:35.380
 but live and shall

01:00:35.380 --> 01:00:37.960
 the works of God

01:00:37.960 --> 01:00:39.960
 discover the works

01:00:39.960 --> 01:00:43.079
 of God is

01:00:43.079 --> 01:00:44.760
 from her.

01:00:45.260 --> 01:00:47.539
 The Lord

01:00:47.539 --> 01:00:49.400
 taught me

01:00:49.400 --> 01:00:50.720
 just

01:00:50.720 --> 01:00:53.559
 I said so.

01:00:53.559 --> 01:00:55.559
 A dog

01:00:56.079 --> 01:00:57.559
 to death

01:00:58.280 --> 01:00:59.639
 in her

01:00:59.639 --> 01:01:01.139
 Lord.

01:01:01.820 --> 01:01:03.559
 O set

01:01:04.059 --> 01:01:05.559
 ye open

01:01:06.320 --> 01:01:07.559
 unto

01:01:08.559 --> 01:01:09.559
 me

01:01:09.960 --> 01:01:11.960
 the gifts

01:01:12.519 --> 01:01:15.960
 of righteousness

01:01:15.960 --> 01:01:17.960
 then

01:01:18.780 --> 01:01:19.960
 will

01:01:19.960 --> 01:01:21.960
 I enter

01:01:21.960 --> 01:01:23.960
 into

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 them

01:01:25.780 --> 01:01:27.960
 and I

01:01:28.360 --> 01:01:29.960
 the Lord

01:01:30.480 --> 01:01:31.960
 will bless.

01:01:34.039 --> 01:01:33.960
 This

01:01:35.119 --> 01:01:35.960
 is

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 the gifts

01:01:37.960 --> 01:01:39.960
 of God

01:01:39.960 --> 01:01:42.199
 by it

01:01:42.199 --> 01:01:43.960
 the trust

01:01:44.679 --> 01:01:44.960
 shall

01:01:44.960 --> 01:01:45.960
 enter

01:01:45.960 --> 01:01:47.960
 him

01:01:47.960 --> 01:01:49.960
 he

01:01:49.960 --> 01:01:50.960
 will

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 my

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 praise

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 for

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 the

01:01:54.960 --> 01:01:55.960
 he

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 hurts

01:01:56.960 --> 01:01:57.960
 and

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 pass

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 my

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 my

01:02:00.960 --> 01:02:01.960
 safety

01:02:01.960 --> 01:02:01.960


01:02:01.960 --> 01:02:02.960
 my

01:02:02.960 --> 01:02:02.960


01:02:02.960 --> 01:02:03.960
 be!

01:02:05.960 --> 01:02:06.960
 God's

01:02:06.960 --> 01:02:07.960
 soul

01:02:07.960 --> 01:02:07.960


01:02:07.960 --> 01:02:09.960
 made

01:02:09.960 --> 01:02:09.960


01:02:09.960 --> 01:02:11.960
 for

01:02:11.960 --> 01:02:11.960


01:02:11.960 --> 01:02:13.960
 soul

01:02:13.960 --> 01:02:13.960


01:02:13.960 --> 01:02:14.960
 with

01:02:14.960 --> 01:02:15.960
 children

01:02:15.960 --> 01:02:17.960
 in

01:02:17.960 --> 01:02:18.960
 his

01:02:18.960 --> 01:02:19.960
 eyes

01:02:19.960 --> 01:02:19.960


01:02:19.960 --> 01:02:21.960
 This

01:02:21.960 --> 01:02:22.960
 is

01:02:22.960 --> 01:02:23.960
 the

01:02:23.960 --> 01:02:25.960
 doing

01:02:25.960 --> 01:02:26.960
 of

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 the

01:02:27.960 --> 01:02:28.960
 Lord

01:02:28.960 --> 01:02:29.960
 and

01:02:29.960 --> 01:02:30.960
 one

01:02:30.960 --> 01:02:31.960
 must

01:02:31.960 --> 01:02:32.960
 must

01:02:32.960 --> 01:02:33.960
 take

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 eyes

01:02:35.960 --> 01:02:37.960
 before

01:02:37.960 --> 01:02:45.019
 before

01:02:45.019 --> 01:02:45.519
 we read

01:02:45.519 --> 01:02:45.019
 our

01:02:45.019 --> 01:02:46.119
 warrant

01:02:46.119 --> 01:02:46.900
 for the

01:02:46.900 --> 01:02:47.440
 Lord's

01:02:47.440 --> 01:02:47.699
 Supper

01:02:47.699 --> 01:02:48.119
 which we

01:02:48.119 --> 01:02:48.619
 find in

01:02:48.619 --> 01:02:49.559
 1 Corinthians

01:02:49.559 --> 01:02:50.240
 11

01:02:50.240 --> 01:02:51.019
 I just

01:02:51.019 --> 01:02:51.559
 want it again

01:02:51.559 --> 01:02:52.420
 to remind us

01:02:52.420 --> 01:02:52.780
 as we

01:02:52.780 --> 01:02:53.199
 come

01:02:53.199 --> 01:02:54.679
 to partake

01:02:54.679 --> 01:02:54.940
 in the

01:02:54.940 --> 01:02:55.420
 Lord's

01:02:55.420 --> 01:02:55.619
 Supper

01:02:55.619 --> 01:02:55.940
 what we

01:02:55.940 --> 01:02:56.119
 have

01:02:56.119 --> 01:02:56.800
 before us

01:02:56.800 --> 01:02:57.320
 the bread

01:02:57.320 --> 01:02:58.059
 and the

01:02:58.059 --> 01:02:58.340
 wine

01:02:58.340 --> 01:02:58.519
 the

01:02:58.519 --> 01:02:58.980
 reminders

01:02:58.980 --> 01:02:59.420
 that they

01:02:59.420 --> 01:02:59.880
 are to

01:02:59.880 --> 01:03:00.159
 us

01:03:00.159 --> 01:03:01.139
 that we

01:03:01.139 --> 01:03:01.380
 are to

01:03:01.380 --> 01:03:01.800
 remember

01:03:01.800 --> 01:03:02.039
 the

01:03:02.039 --> 01:03:02.460
 Lord's

01:03:02.460 --> 01:03:02.820
 death

01:03:02.820 --> 01:03:03.699
 until

01:03:03.699 --> 01:03:03.900
 he

01:03:03.900 --> 01:03:11.460
 comes. It's a powerful reminder to us of the way the Lord transforms our lives, the way he brings us

01:03:11.460 --> 01:03:17.820
 from darkness into light, and the way that we are able to give praise to him alone,

01:03:18.180 --> 01:03:28.340
 because all glory is due to him. You're all, I'm sure, familiar with John Newton. He was a writer

01:03:28.340 --> 01:03:36.340
 who wrote many different hymns, one being Amazing Grace, and his life was a testimony to that grace.

01:03:36.340 --> 01:03:44.180
 He was brought from that sheep who was away from the Lord with no thought of God, to one night being

01:03:44.180 --> 01:03:53.340
 brought to see the wonder of that grace. And he looked to the cross, and he saw the one who was

01:03:53.340 --> 01:04:00.340
 pierced for his transgressions. And he wrote so much, and I just want to share something else that

01:04:00.340 --> 01:04:05.980
 John Newton wrote. And when we think of the cross, this speaks powerfully of that.

01:04:07.420 --> 01:04:16.120
 In evil long I took delight, and awed by shame or fear, till a new object struck my sight and stopped

01:04:16.119 --> 01:04:25.059
 my wild career. I saw one hanging on a tree in agonies and blood, who fixed his languid eyes on me,

01:04:25.539 --> 01:04:34.920
 as near his cross I stood. Sure never till my latest breath can I forget that look. It seemed to charge

01:04:34.920 --> 01:04:43.420
 me with his death, though not a word he spoke. My conscience felt and owned the guilt, and plunged me

01:04:43.420 --> 01:04:53.980
 in despair. I saw my sins his blood had spilled, and helped to nail him there. Alas, I knew not what I did,

01:04:53.980 --> 01:05:03.780
 but now my tears are vain. Where shall my trembling soul be hid? For I the Lord have slain. A second look

01:05:03.780 --> 01:05:12.639
 he gave, which said, I freely all forgive. This blood is for thy ransom paid. I die that thou mayst live.

01:05:13.420 --> 01:05:21.119
 Thus, while his death my sin displays, in all its blackest hue, such is the mystery of grace,

01:05:21.639 --> 01:05:29.320
 it seals my pardon too. With pleasing grief and mournful joy, my spirit now is filled,

01:05:29.980 --> 01:05:35.980
 that I should such a life destroy, yet live by him I killed.

01:05:35.980 --> 01:05:47.099
 The amazing grace of God that brings us from that place where we had no thought of Christ,

01:05:47.820 --> 01:05:58.980
 no thought of the one who hung on a tree, and yet the mercy that he has showed. And we live by him.

01:05:58.980 --> 01:06:09.119
 Well, as we come to remember the Lord's death, we want to hear the words of 1 Corinthians, which remind us

01:06:09.119 --> 01:06:11.900
 of the institution of the Lord's Supper.

01:06:12.760 --> 01:06:19.199
 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was

01:06:19.199 --> 01:06:26.679
 betrayed took bread. And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, this is my body which is for you.

01:06:26.679 --> 01:06:34.199
 Do this in remembrance of me. In the same way also he took the cup after supper, saying,

01:06:34.679 --> 01:06:41.859
 this cup is a new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me.

01:06:42.639 --> 01:06:50.960
 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

01:06:50.960 --> 01:06:57.240
 For as the Lord gave thanks, we too will just bow our heads in a word of thanks.

01:07:00.320 --> 01:07:06.860
 Our gracious Father in heaven, we give thanks to you that you humble us in your presence,

01:07:07.659 --> 01:07:12.599
 that you bring us to see that we are dependent upon you for all things,

01:07:12.599 --> 01:07:20.059
 that there is nothing in our hands that we can bring to you, but simply to cling to your cross.

01:07:20.860 --> 01:07:27.440
 And we thank you for the way that we are able to look there and see the one who was pierced for us,

01:07:28.239 --> 01:07:33.500
 to see the one who was condemned and yet concerned, and yet the one who was chosen,

01:07:33.500 --> 01:07:43.440
 the one who bore our sins, the one who we had no thought of until we were brought by your grace and bought by your blood,

01:07:44.079 --> 01:07:48.800
 that we might be able to proclaim him as our Lord and as our God.

01:07:49.559 --> 01:07:56.179
 And so we thank you for all that is before us, for the bread and the wine and for all that they represent,

01:07:56.179 --> 01:08:01.960
 that the broken body and the shed blood, and as we come to partake in them,

01:08:02.480 --> 01:08:13.199
 we do so in remembrance of him, that we would not forget the great cost of the one who was led away for our sins,

01:08:13.960 --> 01:08:20.800
 led away to be crucified, to be hung among the criminals, the one who was innocent,

01:08:21.519 --> 01:08:24.639
 and yet for our sake bore our sins.

01:08:24.640 --> 01:08:31.640
 So Lord, help us that we would be encouraged and strengthened by this sacrament,

01:08:31.780 --> 01:08:35.440
 whether we are taking part in it or whether we are looking on,

01:08:36.220 --> 01:08:38.660
 that it would speak powerfully to us,

01:08:39.380 --> 01:08:43.440
 that we remember you in all your mercy, all your grace,

01:08:44.180 --> 01:08:47.960
 and that there is forgiveness for all who will come to you,

01:08:48.460 --> 01:08:50.280
 and who will put their faith in you.

01:08:50.279 --> 01:08:53.000
 And so may you build us up in our faith,

01:08:53.319 --> 01:08:54.960
 and strengthen us for it,

01:08:55.439 --> 01:08:56.759
 as we ask all things,

01:08:57.219 --> 01:08:58.340
 in Jesus' name.

01:08:59.019 --> 01:08:59.359
 Amen.

01:09:01.759 --> 01:09:03.559
 Well, as we read there,

01:09:03.639 --> 01:09:05.739
 on the night the Lord Jesus was betrayed,

01:09:06.279 --> 01:09:06.920
 he took bread,

01:09:06.979 --> 01:09:08.179
 and when he had given thanks,

01:09:08.659 --> 01:09:09.219
 he said,

01:09:09.380 --> 01:09:10.279
 this is my body,

01:09:10.859 --> 01:09:12.659
 which is given for you.

01:09:12.659 --> 01:09:22.439
 And they tie into what we have in the last verse that we read this morning,

01:09:22.659 --> 01:09:25.099
 in Luke 23, verse 49.

01:09:26.579 --> 01:09:30.399
 All the acquaintances and the woman who had followed him from Galilee

01:09:30.399 --> 01:09:31.699
 stood at a distance,

01:09:32.399 --> 01:09:34.099
 watching these things.

01:09:34.100 --> 01:09:39.020
 Sometimes we feel like we're at a distance to certain things going on,

01:09:39.079 --> 01:09:40.740
 even if we're sitting at the Lord's table.

01:09:41.320 --> 01:09:44.780
 But maybe especially if we're sitting behind the Lord's table,

01:09:44.840 --> 01:09:46.500
 if we haven't taken part,

01:09:46.600 --> 01:09:49.920
 there's maybe a certain element of distance between us.

01:09:50.860 --> 01:09:53.800
 But just because these people were at a distance from the cross

01:09:53.800 --> 01:09:56.600
 didn't mean that their hearts weren't there with the Lord.

01:09:57.440 --> 01:09:59.480
 These were people who loved the Lord,

01:09:59.479 --> 01:10:02.799
 and then later on as we find them in chapter 24,

01:10:03.479 --> 01:10:05.779
 they are gathered together with the Lord.

01:10:06.759 --> 01:10:07.639
 And that is our prayer,

01:10:08.500 --> 01:10:10.039
 that we would see more coming

01:10:10.039 --> 01:10:13.039
 to love the Lord with all their hearts,

01:10:13.879 --> 01:10:15.839
 and to love him by showing that

01:10:15.839 --> 01:10:17.959
 and taking the Lord's supper.

01:10:19.059 --> 01:10:20.739
 And the words of Psalm 17,

01:10:20.979 --> 01:10:22.519
 in verse 6 to 8,

01:10:23.099 --> 01:10:25.819
 remind us of how we come to the Lord.

01:10:25.899 --> 01:10:27.739
 We come calling upon him.

01:10:27.739 --> 01:10:30.659
 Our dependence is on him.

01:10:32.159 --> 01:10:33.599
 Psalm 17, verse 6,

01:10:33.659 --> 01:10:34.719
 I call upon you,

01:10:35.079 --> 01:10:36.819
 for you will answer me, O God.

01:10:37.420 --> 01:10:38.899
 Incline your ear to me,

01:10:39.039 --> 01:10:40.019
 hear my words.

01:10:40.739 --> 01:10:43.099
 Wondrously show your steadfast love,

01:10:43.659 --> 01:10:45.960
 O Savior of those who seek refuge

01:10:45.960 --> 01:10:48.719
 from their adversaries at your right hand.

01:10:49.319 --> 01:10:51.500
 Keep me as the apple of your eye,

01:10:52.079 --> 01:10:55.279
 hide me in the shadow of your wings.

01:10:55.279 --> 01:10:59.399
 They have beautiful words in this Psalm.

01:10:59.939 --> 01:11:02.340
 But they remind us of three things

01:11:02.340 --> 01:11:03.559
 as we rise from the table,

01:11:03.619 --> 01:11:05.000
 as we go from here today.

01:11:05.659 --> 01:11:08.059
 That we will go not at a distance from the Lord,

01:11:08.500 --> 01:11:10.139
 but coming closer to him,

01:11:10.679 --> 01:11:13.279
 and depending on him each day of our lives.

01:11:14.380 --> 01:11:15.800
 And the three things are this,

01:11:16.579 --> 01:11:17.920
 that he hears us.

01:11:19.039 --> 01:11:19.739
 The Psalmist says,

01:11:19.739 --> 01:11:20.819
 I call upon you,

01:11:20.899 --> 01:11:21.840
 for you will answer.

01:11:22.899 --> 01:11:24.159
 The Lord hears.

01:11:25.099 --> 01:11:26.260
 And so day by day,

01:11:26.800 --> 01:11:29.500
 we go on calling on the Lord,

01:11:29.639 --> 01:11:31.099
 speaking to the Lord,

01:11:31.199 --> 01:11:34.500
 knowing that he hears and listens to us.

01:11:35.500 --> 01:11:38.340
 We also see here that he loves us.

01:11:38.340 --> 01:11:42.520
 Wondrously show your steadfast love,

01:11:43.060 --> 01:11:45.300
 O Savior of those who seek refuge

01:11:45.300 --> 01:11:48.360
 from their adversaries at your right hand.

01:11:49.140 --> 01:11:51.779
 As we come in dependence on him,

01:11:52.319 --> 01:11:54.680
 we are reminded of his steadfast love,

01:11:55.220 --> 01:11:56.640
 that he loves his people,

01:11:57.300 --> 01:11:58.159
 and that we are to come

01:11:58.159 --> 01:12:01.520
 and take refuge at his right hand,

01:12:01.619 --> 01:12:03.539
 to take refuge with him.

01:12:03.539 --> 01:12:05.399
 And then the third thing

01:12:05.399 --> 01:12:07.899
 that these verses reminds us of,

01:12:08.560 --> 01:12:09.519
 he keeps us.

01:12:10.319 --> 01:12:12.019
 So as we go from here,

01:12:12.539 --> 01:12:13.600
 he keeps us.

01:12:14.460 --> 01:12:16.539
 Keep me as the apple of your eye.

01:12:17.159 --> 01:12:20.500
 Hide me in the shadow of your wings.

01:12:21.579 --> 01:12:23.260
 He is the one who keeps us.

01:12:23.880 --> 01:12:25.420
 So day by day as we go on,

01:12:25.500 --> 01:12:27.239
 we leave this place today.

01:12:27.319 --> 01:12:28.220
 We don't go alone.

01:12:29.079 --> 01:12:31.319
 We go as part of God's people,

01:12:31.920 --> 01:12:33.399
 but we go with him.

01:12:33.539 --> 01:12:34.800
 As our Lord.

01:12:35.420 --> 01:12:38.100
 He keeps us as the apple of his eye,

01:12:38.880 --> 01:12:42.819
 and he hides us in the shadow of his wings.

01:12:43.720 --> 01:12:46.920
 So may the Lord draw us ever closer to himself.

01:12:47.500 --> 01:12:49.579
 We would not be at a distance to him,

01:12:50.180 --> 01:12:53.079
 but be near to him and know he hears us,

01:12:53.579 --> 01:12:56.260
 he loves us, and he keeps us.

01:12:57.680 --> 01:12:59.979
 Well, we're going to conclude by singing

01:12:59.979 --> 01:13:02.239
 in the psalm, Psalm 72.

01:13:02.239 --> 01:13:02.419
 Psalm 72.

01:13:07.859 --> 01:13:09.979
 In the Scottish Psalter version,

01:13:10.159 --> 01:13:11.299
 Psalm 72.

01:13:13.500 --> 01:13:15.799
 In the last three stanzas,

01:13:16.359 --> 01:13:18.099
 verse 17 to the end,

01:13:18.100 --> 01:13:19.920
 his name forever shall endure,

01:13:20.440 --> 01:13:22.140
 last like the sun it shall,

01:13:22.680 --> 01:13:24.240
 and shall be blessed in him,

01:13:24.320 --> 01:13:27.840
 and blessed all nations shall him call.

01:13:27.920 --> 01:13:30.920
 We'll sing verse 17 to the end of the psalm.

01:13:31.020 --> 01:13:33.280
 We stand to sing to God's praise.

01:13:33.279 --> 01:13:46.500
 His name forever shall endure,

01:13:46.500 --> 01:13:53.000
 as like the sun it shall,

01:13:53.000 --> 01:14:00.340
 and shall be blessed in him,

01:14:00.340 --> 01:14:09.760
 and blessed all nations shall him call.

01:14:09.760 --> 01:14:18.980
 The Lord our God,

01:14:18.980 --> 01:14:24.760
 the God of Israel,

01:14:24.760 --> 01:14:40.659
 On He alone the wondrous works, in glory God excel.

01:14:40.659 --> 01:14:56.819
 And blessed be His glorious name to all eternity.

01:14:56.819 --> 01:15:08.859
 The whole earth may this glory fill. Amen.

01:15:12.059 --> 01:15:14.159
 So let it be.

01:15:16.019 --> 01:15:18.880
 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my right.

01:15:18.960 --> 01:15:20.460
 We'll close the benediction.

01:15:20.460 --> 01:15:26.960
 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

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 rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen.