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 Well, seeking the Lord's help, please turn with me back to the passage we read in the Old Testament, in the Book of Psalms, and in Psalm 83.

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 And for our text and for our thoughts, we shall consider verse 3.

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 Psalm 83, verse 3, where it says,

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 They lay crafty plans against your people. They consult together against your treasured ones.

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 Thinking especially about those words at the end, your treasured ones.

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 Psalm 83, most people would agree, is a little red psalm.

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 It's not as well known as the other psalms that we find in the Psalter.

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 Its neighboring psalms, Psalm 84 and Psalm 82, are quite well known.

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 Psalm 84, for its familiarity,

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 How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts to me, etc.

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 And Psalm 82, because it is quoted by our Lord Jesus Christ in the New Testament,

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 where he is affirming his divinity, where he is defending it.

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 But then, sandwiched in between these two psalms is this little red psalm, Psalm 83.

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 But this psalm, although it is little red by many,

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 it does have a special interest of its own.

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 It is actually the completion of Asaph's collection of psalms.

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 In the title of this psalm, we read that it was a psalm of Asaph.

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 Now Asaph, much like David, was a skilled musician.

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 He was one of the men responsible for ministering with song

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 before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting

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 until Solomon built the temple in Jerusalem.

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 He was responsible for writing 12 of the psalms that we find today in the Psalter.

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 Psalm 50 and Psalm 73 to 83 here.

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 The children of Israel were commanded to sing praises to the Lord

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 with the words of David and of Asaph the seer in 2 Chronicles 29.

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 He was indeed a very important figure.

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 And Psalm 83 was the completion, the climax of the psalms that he wrote.

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 This psalm also, as we mentioned before we sung it,

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 happens to be an imprecatory psalm.

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 Those psalms which many people don't like to read or to sing

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 because in it the psalmist is asking God to judge

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 or even to curse his enemies.

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 Why is this the climax or culmination of Asaph's collection of psalms?

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 Well, friends, could it be because this will also be our own end also?

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 For it is appointed for men to once die

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 and after that comes the judgment

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 where we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ

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 and give an account for everything that we have done, good or bad.

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 Perhaps this is what Asaph is showing us here

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 with the culmination of this collection of psalms.

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 But what is it that we find in this psalm itself?

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 Well, in this psalm, the enemies of God are pursuing the people of God.

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 The enemies are saying in verse 4

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 that they are going to wipe out the people of God.

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 In verse 12, they say that they are going to take possession of them.

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 This is the background as we come into this psalm.

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 And Asaph begins in verse 1

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 by asking God not to ignore what is happening

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 but for him to look down

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 and to act against the enemies of the people of God.

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 Now, the enemies of the people of God

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 are described as the enemies of God themselves.

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 As we see in verse 2

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 where it says,

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 For behold, your enemies,

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 God's enemies.

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 Now, the enemies are listed in verse 7, 8, and 9

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 where we read of 10 nations that are spoken of.

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 And commentators are unsure

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 if this is speaking about a particular time in Israel's history

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 or whether it's referring to their entire history collectively.

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 Those who think it's referring to a specific time

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 believe it's speaking about the victory won

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 during Jehoshaphat's time in 2 Chronicles 20.

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 But we're unsure what time exactly it may be referring to.

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 The psalmist, after listing the enemies of God,

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 he then looks back

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 and he looks back to times

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 where God delivered his people from the enemies.

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 In verse 9 and 10,

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 the psalmist's mind is drawn back to the Canaanites

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 with Tabora and Barak

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 with the help of Jael also

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 where God used them

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 to destroy the enemies of God.

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 And then in verse 11 and 12,

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 he's brought to that of the Midianites

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 where Gideon this time,

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 where the Lord through Gideon

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 brought deliverance for the people of Israel.

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 He's remembering what God did in times past.

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 And as one writer said,

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 recalling these events,

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 these events of God delivering his people,

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 gave Asaph fresh boldness

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 to ask something similar

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 in this dire situation.

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 The psalm concludes with Asaph

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 asking God that all the enemies of God

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 may know that the Lord,

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 Yahweh, Jehovah,

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 is the most high over all the earth.

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 The psalmist takes comfort in knowing

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 that God will judge his enemies

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 and deliver his enemies

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 and deliver his people, sorry.

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 And the reason he knows

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 that God will deliver his people

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 lies in the fact that he knows

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 that the people of God

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 are God's treasured hidden ones.

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 Take a look again at our text in verse 3

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 at the end of that

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 where we read that

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 we, the people of God,

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 are said to be your treasured ones.

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 God's treasured ones.

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 In the Psalter

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 and in the authorised version,

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 it says thy hidden ones.

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 In the New King James,

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 it says your sheltered ones.

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 In the NIV,

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 it says those you cherish.

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 They are all trying to convey

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 what this word means.

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 You see,

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 in the Hebrew,

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 it's actually only one word.

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 It's the word

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 tzafan.

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 And what this word essentially means

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 is how we,

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 the people of God,

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 are tucked away

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 and hidden away by God,

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 as it were,

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 as his most prized possession,

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 his most treasured possession.

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 I wonder if you've ever toured

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 around a football stadium before.

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 As you enter into their trophy room,

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 you can see all the trophies

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 that they've won in their history.

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 But you know,

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 don't you,

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 that these trophies

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 aren't the real trophies themselves.

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 They're just a replica.

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 However,

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 if a team has recently won a trophy,

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 where they actually have possession

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 of the real thing itself,

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 oftentimes it's locked in a cabinet.

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 And people are often even

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 prevented to not even touch it.

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 Well,

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 similarly,

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 that is how we are described

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 here.

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 As God's

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 treasured,

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 hidden

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 ones.

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 Locked away

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 and prevented

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 from being touched

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 by anyone

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 else.

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 We are said to be

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 God's treasured,

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 hidden ones.

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 But what more

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 do these three words

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 in English

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 and one word

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 in Hebrew

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 tell us?

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 Well,

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 with the time

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 we have remaining,

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 using Strong's definition,

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 I want us to consider

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 three definitions

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 that we find this word

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 to safan,

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 to mean.

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 Firstly,

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 as God's

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 treasured,

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 hidden ones,

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 we are

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 reserved.

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 Reserved.

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 And what I mean by that

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 is that we are reserved

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 in Christ

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 from all eternity.

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 Just like a parking space

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 might be reserved

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 for a very special person,

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 we are reserved

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 in a very

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 special

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 person.

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 The Lord

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 Jesus

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 Christ.

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 Before the wheels

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 of time

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 were set

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 in motion,

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 in eternity

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 past,

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 God chose us

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 in Christ.

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 And he chose us

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 not based on any

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 foreseen faith

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 or foreseen

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 merit.

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 It's not as though

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 God looked into

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 the future

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 and see who would be

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 good enough

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 and then he chose

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 them.

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 No,

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 friends.

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 He chose a people

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 simply out of his

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 mere good pleasure.

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 as the confession

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 of faith

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 tells us,

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 those of mankind

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 that are

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 predestinated

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 unto life,

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 God,

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 before the

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 foundation of the

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 world was laid

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 according to his

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 eternal and

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 immutable purpose

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 and the secret

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 counsel and good

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 pleasure of his

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 will,

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 have chosen

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 in Christ

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 unto everlasting

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 glory

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 out of his mere

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 free grace

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 and love

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 without any

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 foresight

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 of faith

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 or good works

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 or perseverance

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 in either of them

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 or of any other

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 thing in the

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 creature

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 as conditions

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 or causes

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 moving him

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 thereunto

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 and all to the

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 praise of his

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 glorious grace.

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 We are reserved

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 in Christ,

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 being chosen

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 in Christ

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 according to the

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 secret counsel

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 of his will.

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 This is one

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 aspect of what

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 it means to be

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 one of those

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 who are treasured

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 by God,

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 his treasured

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 hidden ones.

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 And friends,

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 this doctrine

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 of election,

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 yes it can be

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 hard for our

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 heads to wrap

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 around it,

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 but this doctrine

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 was revealed

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 to be a comfort

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 to the church.

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 You'll remember

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 how St. Paul

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 encourages the

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 churches in

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 Ephesus in his

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 first chapter

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 to the Ephesians.

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 He gives God

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 the glory for

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 the Trinitarian

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 work of salvation.

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 He speaks of

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 how the Father

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 chose us,

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 the Son

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 purchased us

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 and the Spirit

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 seals us.

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 I remember

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 hearing one

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 speaker

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 speaking of

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 that chapter

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 about the

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 ABCs

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 of our

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 salvation.

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 How we are

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 A,

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 adopted,

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 B,

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 blessed,

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 C,

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 chosen.

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 How the Spirit

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 has been given

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 to us as a

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 deposit.

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 Deposit.

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 How we have

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 received E,

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 every spiritual

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 blessing in the

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 heavenly places.

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 How we are

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 F,

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 forgiven.

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 How we have

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 received G,

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 grace upon

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 grace.

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 And the list

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 goes on.

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 It's a very

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 comforting chapter

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 to the church.

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 The doctrine

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 of election

00:12:06.679 --> 00:12:07.699
 is comforting

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 because it

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 truly shows us

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 that salvation

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 belongs unto

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 the Lord.

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 It deprives us

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 of any glory

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 or any honour

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 or any praise

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 and instead

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 gives all glory,

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 honour and praise

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 to the most

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 high God.

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 It shows us

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 that he is

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 truly sovereign.

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 And this

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 doctrine,

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 it actually

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 also gives us

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 confidence

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 in our

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 evangelism.

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 Lots of

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 people ask,

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 if election

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 is true,

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 why bother

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 evangelise?

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 What's the

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 point?

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 If God

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 has reserved

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 a people

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 in Christ,

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 they'll come

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 no matter

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 what.

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 Well,

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 friends,

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 it's actually

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 the case

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 that we

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 evangelise

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 because

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 of

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 election.

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 If it

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 was left

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 to the

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 freedom

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 of our

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 own

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 wills,

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 we who

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 are dead

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 in our

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 sins,

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 we who

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 are God

00:13:05.419 --> 00:13:05.860
 haters,

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 what's the

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 point of

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 evangelism?

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 We have

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 no care

00:13:11.039 --> 00:13:11.740
 for God

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 naturally.

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 Our God

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 is a God

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 who accomplishes

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 his purposes

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 through means,

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 through instruments,

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 even through

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 sinful human

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 beings.

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 And as faith

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 comes by

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 hearing,

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 and hearing

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 by the

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 word of

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 Christ,

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 God is

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 pleased,

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 even through

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 the foolishness

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 of preaching,

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 to bring souls

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 from darkness

00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:36.419
 into his

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 most marvellous

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 light.

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 Oh,

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 dear friends,

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 keep praying

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 for those

00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:45.539
 family members

00:13:45.539 --> 00:13:46.299
 that are still

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 strangers to

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 grace and

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 to God.

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 Keep praying

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 for those

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 friends

00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:53.139
 who

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 might appear

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 that they

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 want nothing

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 to do with

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 the things

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 of God.

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 Keep praying

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 for those

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 who are

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 God

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 haters,

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 because our

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 God is

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 able to

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 turn even

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 the murderous

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 heart of

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 Saul to

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 come to

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 know him

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 in an

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 instant.

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 Our God

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 is able

00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:14.259
 to change

00:14:14.259 --> 00:14:15.240
 hearts.

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 No matter

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 how far

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 your loved

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 one may

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 be,

00:14:19.000 --> 00:14:19.419
 in this

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 day of

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 mercy,

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 they are

00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:22.459
 never too

00:14:22.459 --> 00:14:23.019
 far for

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 the

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 almighty,

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 all

00:14:24.219 --> 00:14:24.879
 powerful,

00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:25.839
 God to

00:14:25.839 --> 00:14:26.620
 work in

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 them.

00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.419
 The Lord

00:14:29.419 --> 00:14:30.179
 can intervene,

00:14:30.179 --> 00:14:31.739
 for salvation

00:14:31.739 --> 00:14:32.219
 belongs,

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 as we've

00:14:32.559 --> 00:14:32.859
 mentioned,

00:14:33.179 --> 00:14:33.679
 not unto

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 us,

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 but to

00:14:35.039 --> 00:14:35.500
 the Lord.

00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.479
 Not unto

00:14:37.479 --> 00:14:37.739
 us,

00:14:37.839 --> 00:14:38.059
 Lord,

00:14:38.179 --> 00:14:38.719
 not to

00:14:38.719 --> 00:14:38.959
 us,

00:14:39.019 --> 00:14:39.500
 but do

00:14:39.500 --> 00:14:40.639
 thou glory

00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:41.399
 take unto

00:14:41.399 --> 00:14:42.059
 thy name,

00:14:42.500 --> 00:14:42.979
 even for

00:14:42.979 --> 00:14:43.579
 thy truth

00:14:43.579 --> 00:14:44.179
 and for

00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:45.459
 thy mercy's

00:14:45.459 --> 00:14:46.259
 sake,

00:14:46.899 --> 00:14:48.019
 says the

00:14:48.019 --> 00:14:48.479
 psalmist.

00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:51.200
 God has

00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:51.820
 reserved a

00:14:51.820 --> 00:14:52.779
 people in

00:14:52.779 --> 00:14:53.560
 Christ.

00:14:54.420 --> 00:14:54.960
 So then

00:14:54.960 --> 00:14:55.340
 the question

00:14:55.340 --> 00:14:55.820
 arises,

00:14:56.539 --> 00:14:56.940
 how can

00:14:56.940 --> 00:14:57.740
 we make

00:14:57.740 --> 00:14:58.460
 sure,

00:14:58.800 --> 00:14:59.139
 how can

00:14:59.139 --> 00:14:59.620
 we know

00:14:59.620 --> 00:15:00.960
 our calling

00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:01.899
 and our

00:15:01.899 --> 00:15:02.519
 election?

00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:03.639
 How can

00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:03.920
 we know

00:15:03.920 --> 00:15:04.240
 that we

00:15:04.240 --> 00:15:04.639
 are the

00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:05.779
 people of

00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:06.720
 God?

00:15:08.019 --> 00:15:08.300
 Well,

00:15:08.360 --> 00:15:08.920
 John Calvin

00:15:08.920 --> 00:15:09.560
 spoke about

00:15:09.560 --> 00:15:10.159
 how Christ

00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:10.879
 was like

00:15:10.879 --> 00:15:11.620
 a mirror

00:15:11.620 --> 00:15:12.360
 that we

00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:13.000
 look into

00:15:13.000 --> 00:15:13.680
 to make

00:15:13.680 --> 00:15:14.539
 our election

00:15:14.539 --> 00:15:15.420
 sure.

00:15:16.580 --> 00:15:17.539
 We know

00:15:17.539 --> 00:15:17.980
 we are

00:15:17.980 --> 00:15:18.460
 elect

00:15:18.460 --> 00:15:19.420
 by looking

00:15:19.420 --> 00:15:19.960
 to the

00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:20.540
 elect

00:15:20.540 --> 00:15:21.160
 one

00:15:21.160 --> 00:15:22.120
 of God,

00:15:22.480 --> 00:15:23.420
 the Lord

00:15:23.420 --> 00:15:24.040
 Jesus

00:15:24.040 --> 00:15:25.100
 Christ.

00:15:25.620 --> 00:15:26.100
 We see

00:15:26.100 --> 00:15:26.639
 our election

00:15:26.639 --> 00:15:27.700
 in him.

00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:35.139
 Look to

00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:35.460
 him,

00:15:35.800 --> 00:15:36.160
 friends,

00:15:36.800 --> 00:15:37.100
 tonight.

00:15:37.300 --> 00:15:37.560
 Look to

00:15:37.560 --> 00:15:37.960
 the Lord

00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:38.360
 Jesus

00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:39.040
 Christ.

00:15:40.740 --> 00:15:41.420
 Isaiah

00:15:41.420 --> 00:15:41.800
 writes,

00:15:41.940 --> 00:15:42.860
 look unto

00:15:42.860 --> 00:15:43.660
 me,

00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:44.300
 all ye

00:15:44.300 --> 00:15:44.800
 ends of

00:15:44.800 --> 00:15:45.259
 the earth

00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:45.820
 and be

00:15:45.820 --> 00:15:46.519
 ye saved

00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:47.500
 for I

00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.139
 am God

00:15:48.139 --> 00:15:48.799
 and there

00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:49.299
 is none

00:15:49.299 --> 00:15:50.340
 else.

00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:52.779
 There is

00:15:52.779 --> 00:15:53.199
 none else

00:15:53.199 --> 00:15:53.659
 we can go

00:15:53.659 --> 00:15:53.799
 to,

00:15:53.899 --> 00:15:54.179
 friends.

00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:55.100
 There is

00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:55.500
 none else

00:15:55.500 --> 00:15:55.759
 where we

00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.139
 can find

00:15:56.139 --> 00:15:56.480
 hope.

00:15:57.519 --> 00:15:57.879
 We can

00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:58.360
 be certain

00:15:58.360 --> 00:15:58.659
 that we

00:15:58.659 --> 00:15:59.220
 are safe

00:15:59.220 --> 00:15:59.799
 in the

00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:00.240
 arms of

00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:00.519
 Christ

00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:01.080
 for all

00:16:01.080 --> 00:16:01.480
 time

00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:02.360
 because this

00:16:02.360 --> 00:16:03.220
 reservation,

00:16:03.220 --> 00:16:03.899
 this being

00:16:03.899 --> 00:16:04.699
 chosen in

00:16:04.699 --> 00:16:05.139
 Christ,

00:16:05.360 --> 00:16:05.779
 happened in

00:16:05.779 --> 00:16:06.259
 eternity

00:16:06.259 --> 00:16:06.980
 before the

00:16:06.980 --> 00:16:07.179
 very

00:16:07.179 --> 00:16:07.740
 foundations

00:16:07.740 --> 00:16:08.120
 of the

00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.460
 world

00:16:08.460 --> 00:16:09.379
 were laid.

00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:10.059
 God

00:16:10.059 --> 00:16:10.580
 chose us

00:16:10.580 --> 00:16:11.059
 in

00:16:11.059 --> 00:16:11.860
 Christ.

00:16:11.860 --> 00:16:11.919
 Christ.

00:16:13.139 --> 00:16:13.800
 But

00:16:13.800 --> 00:16:14.120
 however,

00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:14.960
 just as

00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:15.399
 we find

00:16:15.399 --> 00:16:16.220
 in this

00:16:16.220 --> 00:16:16.860
 psalm,

00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:17.320
 we have

00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:17.840
 enemies

00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:18.580
 and we

00:16:18.580 --> 00:16:18.879
 have an

00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:19.200
 enemy

00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:20.460
 looking to

00:16:20.460 --> 00:16:21.139
 take possession

00:16:21.139 --> 00:16:21.639
 of us

00:16:21.639 --> 00:16:22.039
 and looking

00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:22.940
 to wipe

00:16:22.940 --> 00:16:23.639
 us

00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:24.320
 out.

00:16:27.180 --> 00:16:28.180
 We have

00:16:28.180 --> 00:16:29.019
 him who

00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:29.480
 prowls

00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.039
 around like

00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:30.980
 a roaring

00:16:30.980 --> 00:16:31.879
 lion seeking

00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:32.259
 whom he

00:16:32.259 --> 00:16:32.820
 may devour.

00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.600
 Those false

00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:35.200
 Christs,

00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:35.940
 those false

00:16:35.940 --> 00:16:36.440
 prophets

00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:37.680
 looking to

00:16:37.680 --> 00:16:38.320
 deceive,

00:16:38.659 --> 00:16:39.100
 if it were

00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:39.539
 possible,

00:16:39.539 --> 00:16:40.459
 even the

00:16:40.459 --> 00:16:41.759
 elect of

00:16:41.759 --> 00:16:42.159
 God.

00:16:45.259 --> 00:16:45.939
 Satan

00:16:45.939 --> 00:16:46.539
 hates

00:16:46.539 --> 00:16:47.399
 that which

00:16:47.399 --> 00:16:48.259
 belongs to

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:49.120
 God and

00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:49.639
 he especially

00:16:49.639 --> 00:16:50.779
 hates God's

00:16:50.779 --> 00:16:51.799
 most prized

00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.679
 possession.

00:16:54.019 --> 00:16:54.639
 He tries

00:16:54.639 --> 00:16:55.759
 to find

00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:56.279
 them

00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:58.339
 and so

00:16:58.339 --> 00:16:58.740
 as he's

00:16:58.740 --> 00:16:59.480
 looking for

00:16:59.480 --> 00:16:59.699
 them,

00:16:59.899 --> 00:17:00.339
 he's looking

00:17:00.339 --> 00:17:00.679
 to take

00:17:00.679 --> 00:17:01.419
 possession of

00:17:01.419 --> 00:17:01.839
 them and

00:17:01.839 --> 00:17:02.159
 he's looking

00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:03.159
 to destroy

00:17:03.159 --> 00:17:03.539
 them.

00:17:04.879 --> 00:17:05.119
 And so

00:17:05.119 --> 00:17:05.779
 as he tries

00:17:05.779 --> 00:17:06.539
 to find

00:17:06.539 --> 00:17:07.740
 these chosen

00:17:07.740 --> 00:17:08.859
 hidden ones

00:17:08.859 --> 00:17:09.359
 of God,

00:17:09.359 --> 00:17:09.879
 he cannot

00:17:09.879 --> 00:17:10.379
 go far

00:17:10.379 --> 00:17:11.379
 back into

00:17:11.379 --> 00:17:12.199
 the councils

00:17:12.199 --> 00:17:13.299
 of eternity

00:17:13.299 --> 00:17:13.879
 because he

00:17:13.879 --> 00:17:14.479
 is a creature

00:17:14.479 --> 00:17:15.079
 made in

00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:15.459
 time.

00:17:17.579 --> 00:17:17.819
 And so

00:17:17.819 --> 00:17:18.319
 as he's

00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:19.019
 looking for

00:17:19.019 --> 00:17:19.759
 these hidden

00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:20.879
 ones of

00:17:20.879 --> 00:17:21.359
 God,

00:17:22.979 --> 00:17:23.679
 he tempts

00:17:23.679 --> 00:17:24.279
 mankind to

00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:24.539
 sin.

00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.539
 He tries

00:17:26.539 --> 00:17:26.899
 to find

00:17:26.899 --> 00:17:27.519
 if there's

00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:27.939
 a secret

00:17:27.939 --> 00:17:28.339
 in them.

00:17:29.639 --> 00:17:30.259
 He tempts

00:17:30.259 --> 00:17:30.939
 mankind to

00:17:30.939 --> 00:17:31.699
 sin and

00:17:31.699 --> 00:17:32.219
 he influences

00:17:32.219 --> 00:17:32.859
 them to

00:17:32.859 --> 00:17:33.639
 go against

00:17:33.639 --> 00:17:34.119
 God.

00:17:34.119 --> 00:17:34.159
 God,

00:17:34.959 --> 00:17:38.379
 in his

00:17:38.379 --> 00:17:39.219
 searching of

00:17:39.219 --> 00:17:39.599
 the hidden

00:17:39.599 --> 00:17:40.059
 ones of

00:17:40.059 --> 00:17:40.339
 God,

00:17:40.339 --> 00:17:40.939
 he knows

00:17:40.939 --> 00:17:41.659
 that he

00:17:41.659 --> 00:17:42.939
 cannot find

00:17:42.939 --> 00:17:44.119
 where God

00:17:44.119 --> 00:17:44.539
 has hidden

00:17:44.539 --> 00:17:44.799
 them.

00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:46.000
 And so

00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.759
 he thinks

00:17:46.759 --> 00:17:47.339
 in himself,

00:17:47.719 --> 00:17:48.199
 if I

00:17:48.199 --> 00:17:48.879
 but tempt

00:17:48.879 --> 00:17:49.319
 them to

00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:50.279
 sin against

00:17:50.279 --> 00:17:50.779
 God,

00:17:51.019 --> 00:17:51.399
 to make

00:17:51.399 --> 00:17:52.199
 them God

00:17:52.199 --> 00:17:52.799
 haters,

00:17:53.459 --> 00:17:53.839
 to make

00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:54.459
 them filthy

00:17:54.459 --> 00:17:55.359
 in sin

00:17:55.359 --> 00:17:56.179
 and misery,

00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:57.319
 to make

00:17:57.319 --> 00:17:58.000
 them deserving

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.399
 of his

00:17:58.399 --> 00:17:59.099
 eternal

00:17:59.099 --> 00:18:00.119
 wrath,

00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:02.579
 then surely,

00:18:03.379 --> 00:18:04.379
 surely God

00:18:04.379 --> 00:18:05.339
 would cancel

00:18:05.339 --> 00:18:06.019
 his reservation

00:18:06.019 --> 00:18:06.479
 of them.

00:18:08.439 --> 00:18:09.279
 Surely they

00:18:09.279 --> 00:18:09.659
 would no

00:18:09.659 --> 00:18:10.339
 longer be

00:18:10.339 --> 00:18:10.959
 his most

00:18:10.959 --> 00:18:11.639
 prized

00:18:11.639 --> 00:18:12.319
 possession.

00:18:14.479 --> 00:18:15.319
 Surely they

00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:15.759
 would no

00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:16.479
 longer be

00:18:16.479 --> 00:18:18.079
 his treasured

00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:18.539
 hidden

00:18:18.539 --> 00:18:19.439
 ones.

00:18:20.899 --> 00:18:21.459
 Surely I

00:18:21.459 --> 00:18:21.899
 will take

00:18:21.899 --> 00:18:23.019
 possession of

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.599
 what God

00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:24.419
 says are

00:18:24.419 --> 00:18:24.839
 his.

00:18:28.779 --> 00:18:29.399
 Well,

00:18:29.439 --> 00:18:29.819
 does God

00:18:29.819 --> 00:18:30.399
 cancel his

00:18:30.399 --> 00:18:30.839
 reservation

00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.119
 then?

00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:33.099
 The enemy

00:18:33.099 --> 00:18:33.779
 managed to

00:18:33.779 --> 00:18:34.740
 tempt mankind

00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:35.559
 into sin.

00:18:37.200 --> 00:18:37.859
 Did he

00:18:37.859 --> 00:18:38.460
 take possession

00:18:38.460 --> 00:18:38.839
 of them?

00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:40.539
 Did he

00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:41.059
 wipe out

00:18:41.059 --> 00:18:41.639
 the people

00:18:41.639 --> 00:18:42.759
 of God,

00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:44.179
 those who

00:18:44.179 --> 00:18:45.240
 are reserved

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.039
 in

00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:47.099
 Christ?

00:18:49.859 --> 00:18:50.460
 No,

00:18:50.539 --> 00:18:50.799
 brethren.

00:18:51.899 --> 00:18:52.359
 We,

00:18:52.519 --> 00:18:53.000
 as God's

00:18:53.000 --> 00:18:53.480
 treasured

00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:54.019
 hidden ones,

00:18:54.339 --> 00:18:54.819
 are not

00:18:54.819 --> 00:18:55.599
 only reserved

00:18:55.599 --> 00:18:56.359
 in Christ,

00:18:56.899 --> 00:18:57.700
 but secondly,

00:18:58.379 --> 00:18:58.839
 we are

00:18:58.839 --> 00:18:59.579
 hidden

00:18:59.579 --> 00:19:00.740
 by a

00:19:00.740 --> 00:19:01.079
 covering.

00:19:02.759 --> 00:19:02.919
 To

00:19:02.919 --> 00:19:03.399
 saphan

00:19:03.399 --> 00:19:04.579
 also means

00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.000
 that we

00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:05.779
 are hidden

00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:07.619
 by a

00:19:07.619 --> 00:19:07.939
 covering.

00:19:09.439 --> 00:19:10.319
 As those

00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:10.579
 who are

00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:10.980
 God's

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.659
 treasured

00:19:11.659 --> 00:19:11.919
 ones,

00:19:12.000 --> 00:19:12.500
 as God's

00:19:12.500 --> 00:19:12.919
 hidden

00:19:12.919 --> 00:19:13.379
 ones,

00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:14.879
 we are

00:19:14.879 --> 00:19:15.199
 hidden,

00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:16.519
 as it

00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:16.720
 were,

00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.279
 in the

00:19:17.279 --> 00:19:17.819
 side of

00:19:17.819 --> 00:19:18.779
 Christ's

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.259
 pierced

00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.859
 side.

00:19:21.000 --> 00:19:21.819
 Just as

00:19:21.819 --> 00:19:22.339
 Adam's

00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:23.339
 bride came

00:19:23.339 --> 00:19:24.079
 from his

00:19:24.079 --> 00:19:24.659
 side,

00:19:24.660 --> 00:19:25.640
 so to

00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:26.320
 we,

00:19:27.100 --> 00:19:27.440
 the

00:19:27.440 --> 00:19:27.980
 church

00:19:27.980 --> 00:19:28.960
 of God,

00:19:29.040 --> 00:19:29.660
 as God's

00:19:29.660 --> 00:19:30.240
 treasured

00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:30.519
 hidden

00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:30.980
 ones,

00:19:31.400 --> 00:19:31.980
 we find

00:19:31.980 --> 00:19:32.540
 ourselves

00:19:32.540 --> 00:19:32.900
 hidden

00:19:32.900 --> 00:19:33.500
 in

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:34.080
 Christ's

00:19:34.080 --> 00:19:34.519
 side,

00:19:34.860 --> 00:19:35.180
 as

00:19:35.180 --> 00:19:36.060
 blood and

00:19:36.060 --> 00:19:36.759
 water pour

00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:37.300
 forth,

00:19:37.880 --> 00:19:38.240
 covering

00:19:38.240 --> 00:19:39.019
 them.

00:19:40.300 --> 00:19:41.300
 Even after

00:19:41.300 --> 00:19:41.940
 we sinned

00:19:41.940 --> 00:19:42.340
 against the

00:19:42.340 --> 00:19:42.779
 Most High

00:19:42.779 --> 00:19:43.240
 God,

00:19:43.980 --> 00:19:44.580
 after we

00:19:44.580 --> 00:19:45.040
 essentially

00:19:45.040 --> 00:19:46.000
 spat in

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.700
 his face,

00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:47.500
 wanting

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.420
 nothing to

00:19:48.420 --> 00:19:48.779
 do with

00:19:48.779 --> 00:19:48.960
 him,

00:19:49.580 --> 00:19:50.140
 after through

00:19:50.140 --> 00:19:50.720
 the temptation

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.100
 of the

00:19:51.100 --> 00:19:51.340
 enemy,

00:19:51.339 --> 00:19:51.839
 we were

00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:52.500
 polluted

00:19:52.500 --> 00:19:53.439
 and covered

00:19:53.439 --> 00:19:54.459
 with sin,

00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:55.720
 having no

00:19:55.720 --> 00:19:56.720
 good within

00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.699
 ourselves,

00:19:58.119 --> 00:19:58.619
 being so

00:19:58.619 --> 00:19:59.679
 unlovable,

00:20:00.019 --> 00:20:00.699
 he continued

00:20:00.699 --> 00:20:01.480
 to love

00:20:01.480 --> 00:20:01.859
 us.

00:20:04.039 --> 00:20:04.720
 He

00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:05.220
 continued

00:20:05.220 --> 00:20:06.419
 to love

00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:06.759
 us with

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.619
 that everlasting

00:20:07.619 --> 00:20:08.279
 love,

00:20:09.139 --> 00:20:09.439
 and he

00:20:09.439 --> 00:20:10.079
 continued to

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.679
 value us

00:20:10.679 --> 00:20:11.059
 as his

00:20:11.059 --> 00:20:12.279
 most prized

00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:13.099
 possession.

00:20:14.319 --> 00:20:15.139
 He was

00:20:15.139 --> 00:20:15.639
 not letting

00:20:15.639 --> 00:20:16.119
 the enemy

00:20:16.119 --> 00:20:16.759
 have his

00:20:16.759 --> 00:20:17.639
 most prized

00:20:17.639 --> 00:20:18.619
 possession.

00:20:21.339 --> 00:20:21.759
 He was

00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:22.259
 not letting

00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.659
 the enemy

00:20:22.659 --> 00:20:23.259
 have those

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.519
 who are

00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:24.059
 reserved

00:20:24.059 --> 00:20:24.919
 in

00:20:24.919 --> 00:20:26.099
 Christ.

00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.099
 He would

00:20:28.099 --> 00:20:28.399
 not,

00:20:28.500 --> 00:20:28.859
 and he

00:20:28.859 --> 00:20:29.359
 could not

00:20:29.359 --> 00:20:29.899
 let them

00:20:29.899 --> 00:20:30.220
 go.

00:20:31.179 --> 00:20:31.480
 And so

00:20:31.480 --> 00:20:31.839
 again,

00:20:32.099 --> 00:20:32.519
 in the

00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:33.279
 councils of

00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:34.000
 eternity,

00:20:34.619 --> 00:20:35.059
 the most

00:20:35.059 --> 00:20:35.740
 holy trinity,

00:20:36.439 --> 00:20:36.819
 the three

00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:37.419
 persons within

00:20:37.419 --> 00:20:38.720
 the Godhead,

00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.619
 they make a

00:20:39.619 --> 00:20:39.980
 covenant,

00:20:40.299 --> 00:20:41.220
 one with

00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:42.039
 another,

00:20:42.959 --> 00:20:43.480
 with their

00:20:43.480 --> 00:20:44.079
 perfect,

00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:44.839
 united

00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:45.759
 will.

00:20:46.519 --> 00:20:46.899
 And as

00:20:46.899 --> 00:20:47.339
 the Father

00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:48.220
 reserved a

00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:49.240
 people in

00:20:49.240 --> 00:20:49.839
 Christ,

00:20:50.299 --> 00:20:50.599
 Christ

00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:51.319
 agreed,

00:20:51.339 --> 00:20:51.659
 to

00:20:51.659 --> 00:20:52.199
 willingly

00:20:52.199 --> 00:20:52.899
 redeem

00:20:52.899 --> 00:20:53.240
 them.

00:20:55.159 --> 00:20:56.099
 The people

00:20:56.099 --> 00:20:56.679
 of God,

00:20:57.279 --> 00:20:57.919
 he willingly

00:20:57.919 --> 00:20:58.859
 agreed to

00:20:58.859 --> 00:20:59.419
 redeem them

00:20:59.419 --> 00:21:00.059
 through his

00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.679
 life,

00:21:01.159 --> 00:21:01.480
 through his

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:01.899
 death,

00:21:02.339 --> 00:21:02.639
 through his

00:21:02.639 --> 00:21:03.000
 burial,

00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:03.599
 and through

00:21:03.599 --> 00:21:03.980
 his

00:21:03.980 --> 00:21:04.639
 resurrection

00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:06.259
 and ascension

00:21:06.259 --> 00:21:07.279
 up on

00:21:07.279 --> 00:21:07.559
 high.

00:21:09.059 --> 00:21:09.740
 As those

00:21:09.740 --> 00:21:09.959
 who are

00:21:09.959 --> 00:21:10.319
 God's

00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:10.759
 treasured

00:21:10.759 --> 00:21:11.339
 hidden ones,

00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:12.399
 we who

00:21:12.399 --> 00:21:13.119
 had fallen

00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:13.619
 from the

00:21:13.619 --> 00:21:15.359
 estate in

00:21:15.359 --> 00:21:15.779
 which we

00:21:15.779 --> 00:21:16.819
 were created,

00:21:17.099 --> 00:21:17.619
 we see that

00:21:17.619 --> 00:21:18.419
 the Son of

00:21:18.419 --> 00:21:18.859
 God would

00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.740
 not let us

00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.059
 go.

00:21:20.059 --> 00:21:20.819
 God

00:21:20.819 --> 00:21:20.740
 and so

00:21:20.740 --> 00:21:21.579
 he embodies

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.319
 human flesh,

00:21:22.759 --> 00:21:23.399
 he becomes

00:21:23.399 --> 00:21:23.899
 a man,

00:21:24.500 --> 00:21:24.940
 and he

00:21:24.940 --> 00:21:25.919
 gives his

00:21:25.919 --> 00:21:26.539
 own life

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.119
 as a ransom

00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:27.740
 for many.

00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:30.279
 As the

00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:30.700
 Son of

00:21:30.700 --> 00:21:31.720
 God gives

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.359
 his own

00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:32.619
 life,

00:21:32.720 --> 00:21:33.279
 we see that

00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:33.899
 the demands

00:21:33.899 --> 00:21:34.819
 of justice

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:36.079
 has been

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:36.480
 met.

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.799
 Through the

00:21:38.799 --> 00:21:39.700
 temptation of

00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:40.200
 the evil

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.539
 one,

00:21:40.919 --> 00:21:41.339
 we who

00:21:41.339 --> 00:21:41.599
 sinned

00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:42.259
 against God

00:21:42.259 --> 00:21:43.139
 have an

00:21:43.139 --> 00:21:43.799
 infinite price

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.200
 to pay

00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:45.039
 because we

00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.340
 sinned

00:21:45.340 --> 00:21:45.819
 against an

00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:46.319
 infinitely

00:21:46.319 --> 00:21:47.039
 holy

00:21:47.039 --> 00:21:47.880
 God.

00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:49.519
 And we

00:21:49.519 --> 00:21:50.059
 cannot pay

00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:50.819
 that price.

00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:52.039
 That's why

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.380
 hell is

00:21:52.380 --> 00:21:52.900
 eternal,

00:21:53.580 --> 00:21:54.380
 because we

00:21:54.380 --> 00:21:55.160
 cannot pay

00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:56.059
 an infinite

00:21:56.059 --> 00:21:56.840
 price that

00:21:56.840 --> 00:21:57.240
 we owe.

00:21:58.819 --> 00:22:00.039
 But Christ,

00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.960
 friends,

00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:02.860
 he who is

00:22:02.860 --> 00:22:03.680
 of himself

00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.200
 of infinite

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:04.680
 value,

00:22:04.860 --> 00:22:05.380
 because he

00:22:05.380 --> 00:22:06.200
 himself is

00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.900
 divine,

00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:08.160
 took that

00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:08.700
 punishment

00:22:08.700 --> 00:22:10.140
 upon himself.

00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:11.580
 An infinite

00:22:11.580 --> 00:22:12.900
 price paid

00:22:12.900 --> 00:22:13.840
 by an infinite

00:22:13.840 --> 00:22:14.820
 person.

00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:17.060
 He met

00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:17.740
 the demands

00:22:17.740 --> 00:22:18.120
 that was

00:22:18.120 --> 00:22:18.720
 due to us

00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:20.000
 in himself.

00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.120
 He took

00:22:21.120 --> 00:22:21.980
 our punishment,

00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:23.060
 that curse

00:22:23.060 --> 00:22:24.019
 that was ours,

00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:24.500
 he took

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:25.140
 upon himself.

00:22:26.960 --> 00:22:27.900
 That hell

00:22:27.900 --> 00:22:28.920
 that awaited

00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.460
 us for our

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.220
 many sins,

00:22:30.600 --> 00:22:31.280
 he poured

00:22:31.280 --> 00:22:32.060
 upon himself

00:22:32.060 --> 00:22:32.700
 willingly

00:22:32.700 --> 00:22:34.140
 for his

00:22:34.140 --> 00:22:35.019
 most prized

00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:36.060
 possession.

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:39.780
 Oh,

00:22:39.820 --> 00:22:40.259
 dear brethren,

00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.259
 as God

00:22:42.259 --> 00:22:42.819
 treasured

00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:43.359
 hidden ones,

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.160
 we are

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:44.720
 hidden by

00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.240
 a covering

00:22:45.240 --> 00:22:46.539
 of his

00:22:46.539 --> 00:22:46.879
 blood.

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.859
 It's like

00:22:48.859 --> 00:22:49.619
 the Passover

00:22:49.619 --> 00:22:50.240
 as we see

00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:51.140
 in the Old

00:22:51.140 --> 00:22:51.900
 Testament.

00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:54.599
 It's what

00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:54.960
 the Passover

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.640
 lamb was

00:22:55.640 --> 00:22:56.180
 looking ahead

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.460
 to,

00:22:56.599 --> 00:22:57.059
 what he was

00:22:57.059 --> 00:22:57.859
 pointing to.

00:22:58.359 --> 00:22:58.799
 When the

00:22:58.799 --> 00:22:59.480
 angel of the

00:22:59.480 --> 00:23:00.339
 Lord was

00:23:00.339 --> 00:23:00.920
 sent to

00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:01.859
 bring death

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.619
 upon the

00:23:02.619 --> 00:23:03.559
 firstborn of

00:23:03.559 --> 00:23:04.279
 all those

00:23:04.279 --> 00:23:04.859
 who were in

00:23:04.859 --> 00:23:05.319
 Egypt,

00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:06.339
 he would

00:23:06.339 --> 00:23:07.779
 pass by

00:23:07.779 --> 00:23:08.680
 and not

00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:09.379
 kill anyone

00:23:09.379 --> 00:23:09.660
 in the

00:23:09.660 --> 00:23:10.900
 house which

00:23:10.900 --> 00:23:11.519
 had the

00:23:11.519 --> 00:23:12.620
 blood on

00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.660
 the door,

00:23:14.259 --> 00:23:14.880
 those homes

00:23:14.880 --> 00:23:15.259
 that were

00:23:15.259 --> 00:23:16.400
 covered by

00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.420
 the blood.

00:23:19.180 --> 00:23:19.620
 And you

00:23:19.620 --> 00:23:19.740
 know,

00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:19.980
 friends,

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:21.200
 in that

00:23:21.200 --> 00:23:21.700
 time,

00:23:22.019 --> 00:23:22.340
 I'm sure

00:23:22.340 --> 00:23:22.700
 many of

00:23:22.700 --> 00:23:23.280
 the Israelites

00:23:23.280 --> 00:23:24.800
 probably had

00:23:24.800 --> 00:23:25.860
 weak faith.

00:23:26.820 --> 00:23:27.320
 Many of

00:23:27.320 --> 00:23:27.759
 them probably

00:23:27.759 --> 00:23:28.580
 struggled with

00:23:28.580 --> 00:23:29.820
 many sins.

00:23:30.660 --> 00:23:31.100
 But we

00:23:31.100 --> 00:23:31.540
 find that

00:23:31.540 --> 00:23:32.220
 the reason

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:32.660
 why the

00:23:32.660 --> 00:23:33.080
 angel of

00:23:33.080 --> 00:23:33.460
 the Lord

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:34.080
 doesn't

00:23:34.080 --> 00:23:34.620
 smite them

00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.200
 is not

00:23:35.200 --> 00:23:35.960
 because they

00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:36.180
 had a

00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.400
 great,

00:23:36.560 --> 00:23:37.140
 bold faith.

00:23:37.780 --> 00:23:38.240
 It's not

00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:38.780
 because they

00:23:38.780 --> 00:23:39.160
 were seen

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.480
 to be

00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:40.060
 sinless,

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.840
 but it

00:23:40.840 --> 00:23:41.259
 is only

00:23:41.259 --> 00:23:41.980
 because there

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.600
 was blood

00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:43.519
 on the

00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:43.800
 door.

00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:45.519
 Friends,

00:23:45.560 --> 00:23:45.800
 we are

00:23:45.800 --> 00:23:46.140
 forgiven,

00:23:46.300 --> 00:23:46.680
 not for

00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:47.320
 any efforts

00:23:47.320 --> 00:23:47.740
 we make

00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:48.100
 on our

00:23:48.100 --> 00:23:48.360
 own,

00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:49.580
 not for

00:23:49.580 --> 00:23:50.519
 any great

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.120
 acts of

00:23:51.120 --> 00:23:51.519
 faith,

00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:52.440
 but only

00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:53.000
 by the

00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:53.820
 blood of

00:23:53.820 --> 00:23:54.360
 Jesus

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:55.140
 Christ are

00:23:55.140 --> 00:23:55.860
 we covered

00:23:55.860 --> 00:23:57.259
 in the

00:23:57.259 --> 00:23:58.740
 sight of

00:23:58.740 --> 00:23:59.140
 God.

00:24:00.820 --> 00:24:01.420
 As the

00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:01.620
 late

00:24:01.620 --> 00:24:02.080
 Jonathan

00:24:02.080 --> 00:24:02.700
 Edwards

00:24:02.700 --> 00:24:03.460
 said,

00:24:04.200 --> 00:24:05.080
 you contribute

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:06.519
 nothing to

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.360
 your salvation

00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:08.839
 except the

00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:09.740
 sin that

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:10.740
 made it

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.259
 necessary.

00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:13.479
 Nothing

00:24:13.479 --> 00:24:14.919
 except the

00:24:14.919 --> 00:24:15.939
 sin that

00:24:15.939 --> 00:24:16.979
 made it

00:24:16.979 --> 00:24:17.500
 necessary.

00:24:18.479 --> 00:24:19.039
 By his

00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.519
 blood,

00:24:19.819 --> 00:24:20.359
 through the

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:20.659
 blood of

00:24:20.659 --> 00:24:21.079
 the Son,

00:24:21.339 --> 00:24:21.879
 we find

00:24:21.879 --> 00:24:22.379
 forgiveness.

00:24:23.399 --> 00:24:24.039
 We find

00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:24.740
 ourselves

00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.879
 under the

00:24:25.879 --> 00:24:26.339
 shadow of

00:24:26.339 --> 00:24:26.799
 his wing,

00:24:27.259 --> 00:24:27.719
 hidden from

00:24:27.719 --> 00:24:28.500
 any harm

00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:28.839
 that may

00:24:28.839 --> 00:24:29.639
 befall us.

00:24:30.859 --> 00:24:31.259
 If we

00:24:31.259 --> 00:24:32.000
 continued to

00:24:32.000 --> 00:24:32.599
 sing our

00:24:32.599 --> 00:24:33.199
 opening

00:24:33.199 --> 00:24:33.779
 psalm,

00:24:34.119 --> 00:24:34.479
 we would

00:24:34.479 --> 00:24:34.839
 have sung

00:24:34.839 --> 00:24:35.240
 there,

00:24:35.819 --> 00:24:36.459
 no ill,

00:24:36.460 --> 00:24:38.480
 that no

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.539
 plague shall

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:39.960
 near thy

00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:40.240
 dwelling

00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.600
 come,

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.480
 no ill

00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:42.200
 shall thee

00:24:42.200 --> 00:24:42.640
 befall,

00:24:42.860 --> 00:24:43.259
 for thee

00:24:43.259 --> 00:24:43.940
 to keep

00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.860
 in all

00:24:44.860 --> 00:24:45.539
 thy ways

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.100
 his angels

00:24:46.100 --> 00:24:46.700
 charge,

00:24:47.079 --> 00:24:48.140
 he shall.

00:24:48.980 --> 00:24:49.319
 Hidden

00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:50.680
 from all

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.240
 harm,

00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:52.039
 forgiven

00:24:52.039 --> 00:24:53.100
 and covered

00:24:53.100 --> 00:24:55.059
 by his

00:24:55.059 --> 00:24:56.019
 blood.

00:24:56.740 --> 00:24:57.460
 We are

00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:58.100
 cleansed and

00:24:58.100 --> 00:24:59.000
 covered by

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.559
 his blood.

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.380
 We are

00:25:00.380 --> 00:25:01.120
 also cleansed

00:25:01.120 --> 00:25:02.680
 with water,

00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:03.559
 I mentioned

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.140
 at the start,

00:25:04.140 --> 00:25:05.880
 how we

00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:06.280
 are hidden

00:25:06.280 --> 00:25:06.600
 as it

00:25:06.600 --> 00:25:07.000
 were in

00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.380
 Christ's

00:25:07.380 --> 00:25:07.680
 side,

00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:08.220
 where both

00:25:08.220 --> 00:25:08.980
 blood and

00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.180
 water poured

00:25:10.180 --> 00:25:10.520
 out.

00:25:10.840 --> 00:25:11.640
 This water

00:25:11.640 --> 00:25:12.840
 can show

00:25:12.840 --> 00:25:13.700
 us the

00:25:13.700 --> 00:25:14.300
 water which

00:25:14.300 --> 00:25:15.040
 Christ said

00:25:15.040 --> 00:25:15.680
 when he

00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:15.860
 said,

00:25:16.040 --> 00:25:16.560
 whoever drinks

00:25:16.560 --> 00:25:17.220
 of that

00:25:17.220 --> 00:25:17.820
 water,

00:25:18.660 --> 00:25:19.160
 I will

00:25:19.160 --> 00:25:19.759
 give him,

00:25:20.500 --> 00:25:20.780
 sorry,

00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.360
 whoever drinks

00:25:21.360 --> 00:25:21.620
 of the

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.000
 water that

00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.380
 I will

00:25:22.380 --> 00:25:22.800
 give him

00:25:22.800 --> 00:25:23.580
 will become

00:25:23.580 --> 00:25:23.980
 in him

00:25:23.980 --> 00:25:24.420
 a spring

00:25:24.420 --> 00:25:24.920
 of water

00:25:24.920 --> 00:25:25.500
 welling up

00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:26.140
 to eternal

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:27.140
 life.

00:25:29.140 --> 00:25:29.880
 In Christ

00:25:29.880 --> 00:25:30.440
 we have

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.100
 new life,

00:25:31.700 --> 00:25:32.100
 we are

00:25:32.100 --> 00:25:32.560
 given a

00:25:32.560 --> 00:25:34.000
 new identity,

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:36.000
 and oh

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.340
 how much

00:25:36.340 --> 00:25:36.680
 the world

00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:37.100
 today,

00:25:37.780 --> 00:25:38.400
 in a world

00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:38.960
 filled with

00:25:38.960 --> 00:25:40.120
 such confusion

00:25:40.120 --> 00:25:41.120
 and such

00:25:41.120 --> 00:25:41.700
 lies,

00:25:42.300 --> 00:25:42.620
 struggles

00:25:42.620 --> 00:25:43.100
 with

00:25:43.100 --> 00:25:44.200
 identity.

00:25:46.020 --> 00:25:46.620
 Beloved

00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:47.200
 of God,

00:25:47.280 --> 00:25:48.220
 as God's

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:49.220
 treasured

00:25:49.220 --> 00:25:49.780
 ones,

00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:50.960
 our identity

00:25:50.960 --> 00:25:52.140
 is in

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.640
 Christ.

00:25:53.780 --> 00:25:54.380
 Our identity

00:25:54.380 --> 00:25:54.940
 is not in

00:25:54.940 --> 00:25:55.500
 ourselves.

00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.759
 When we

00:25:57.759 --> 00:25:58.120
 come to

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.340
 faith,

00:25:58.460 --> 00:25:58.960
 our past

00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.759
 self is

00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.420
 dead.

00:26:02.280 --> 00:26:02.820
 Our sins

00:26:02.820 --> 00:26:03.160
 do not

00:26:03.160 --> 00:26:04.120
 define us.

00:26:04.140 --> 00:26:05.060
 we are

00:26:05.060 --> 00:26:05.280
 a new

00:26:05.280 --> 00:26:05.759
 creature,

00:26:06.380 --> 00:26:06.780
 a new

00:26:06.780 --> 00:26:07.940
 creation.

00:26:09.420 --> 00:26:09.640
 Is that

00:26:09.640 --> 00:26:09.940
 not what

00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.400
 St. Paul

00:26:10.400 --> 00:26:10.880
 said in

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.280
 our New

00:26:11.280 --> 00:26:11.600
 Testament

00:26:11.600 --> 00:26:12.020
 reading,

00:26:12.780 --> 00:26:13.259
 in Colossians

00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:13.960
 chapter 3,

00:26:14.920 --> 00:26:15.259
 but we

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:15.860
 read there,

00:26:16.360 --> 00:26:16.800
 for you

00:26:16.800 --> 00:26:17.640
 have died

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.520
 and your

00:26:18.520 --> 00:26:19.060
 life is

00:26:19.060 --> 00:26:19.680
 hidden with

00:26:19.680 --> 00:26:20.259
 Christ

00:26:20.259 --> 00:26:21.360
 in God.

00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:23.340
 Our old

00:26:23.340 --> 00:26:23.780
 selves have

00:26:23.780 --> 00:26:24.259
 died.

00:26:25.300 --> 00:26:25.780
 Those sins

00:26:25.780 --> 00:26:26.640
 which severed

00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:27.140
 our communion

00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.960
 with God

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:28.480
 have now

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:29.259
 been hidden

00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:30.160
 and thrown

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.900
 into the

00:26:30.900 --> 00:26:31.400
 sea of

00:26:31.400 --> 00:26:32.300
 his forgetfulness,

00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:32.299


00:26:32.299 --> 00:26:33.539
 has

00:26:33.539 --> 00:26:34.659
 given us.

00:26:34.659 --> 00:26:35.359
 He

00:26:35.359 --> 00:26:36.480
 has

00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.240
 been

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.599
!

00:26:37.599 --> 00:26:38.480
 He

00:26:38.480 --> 00:26:39.440
 has

00:26:39.440 --> 00:26:39.940
 removed

00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:42.480
 in his

00:26:42.480 --> 00:26:42.799
 love

00:26:42.799 --> 00:26:44.599
 all our

00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:45.519
 iniquity.

00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:47.639
 All our

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.139
 iniquity,

00:26:48.299 --> 00:26:49.240
 brothers and

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.740
 sisters,

00:26:50.279 --> 00:26:50.680
 those very

00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.579
 regrettable

00:26:51.579 --> 00:26:52.659
 sins of

00:26:52.659 --> 00:26:53.259
 our youth

00:26:53.259 --> 00:26:54.159
 and of our

00:26:54.159 --> 00:26:54.759
 past,

00:26:55.180 --> 00:26:55.500
 God has

00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:56.000
 removed in

00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:56.480
 his love.

00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:56.519
 love.

00:26:58.120 --> 00:26:58.460
 Those

00:26:58.460 --> 00:26:59.279
 present

00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.039
 darling

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.740
 sins

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.559
 that we

00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:02.000
 struggle

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.599
 with today,

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:03.799
 God has

00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:04.220
 removed in

00:27:04.220 --> 00:27:04.700
 his love.

00:27:05.740 --> 00:27:06.680
 Those sins

00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:07.039
 that we

00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:07.779
 shall commit

00:27:07.779 --> 00:27:08.279
 in the

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:08.660
 future,

00:27:09.220 --> 00:27:09.480
 for there

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:09.880
 is none

00:27:09.880 --> 00:27:10.440
 that sins

00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:10.799
 not,

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:11.740
 God has

00:27:11.740 --> 00:27:12.259
 removed

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.440
 in his

00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:13.880
 love

00:27:13.880 --> 00:27:15.460
 for God's

00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.460
 treasured

00:27:16.460 --> 00:27:16.940
 hidden

00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:18.200
 ones.

00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.140
 In

00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:20.640
 Christ we

00:27:20.640 --> 00:27:21.620
 have a

00:27:21.620 --> 00:27:22.059
 covering,

00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.860
 and if we

00:27:23.860 --> 00:27:24.259
 have been

00:27:24.259 --> 00:27:24.660
 covered,

00:27:24.900 --> 00:27:25.279
 friends,

00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:26.460
 by he

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.859
 who is

00:27:26.859 --> 00:27:27.460
 the light

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:28.019
 of the

00:27:28.019 --> 00:27:28.480
 world,

00:27:29.139 --> 00:27:29.500
 should we

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.160
 not also

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:31.000
 let our

00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:31.539
 light so

00:27:31.539 --> 00:27:32.180
 shine before

00:27:32.180 --> 00:27:32.660
 men,

00:27:33.339 --> 00:27:33.799
 that others

00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:34.299
 may see

00:27:34.299 --> 00:27:34.759
 your good

00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.220
 works,

00:27:35.680 --> 00:27:36.539
 and glorify

00:27:36.539 --> 00:27:37.200
 your Father

00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:38.119
 who is

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.920
 in heaven.

00:27:40.259 --> 00:27:41.019
 Let our

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.599
 light shine

00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:41.940
 in our

00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.399
 homes,

00:27:43.099 --> 00:27:43.559
 in our

00:27:43.559 --> 00:27:44.240
 workplaces,

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.079
 in our

00:27:45.079 --> 00:27:45.639
 communities,

00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.700
 that they

00:27:46.700 --> 00:27:47.119
 may see

00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:47.639
 our good

00:27:47.639 --> 00:27:48.099
 works,

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.680
 good works

00:27:48.680 --> 00:27:48.980
 that we

00:27:48.980 --> 00:27:49.599
 do not

00:27:49.599 --> 00:27:50.039
 to get

00:27:50.039 --> 00:27:50.460
 saved,

00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:51.460
 but because

00:27:51.460 --> 00:27:52.279
 we are

00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:52.879
 saved,

00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:53.399
 and that

00:27:53.399 --> 00:27:53.759
 they might

00:27:53.759 --> 00:27:54.319
 see him

00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:54.720
 who is

00:27:54.720 --> 00:27:55.259
 the light

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:55.759
 of the

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.140
 world,

00:27:56.559 --> 00:27:56.740
 oh,

00:27:56.779 --> 00:27:56.980
 that they

00:27:56.980 --> 00:27:57.420
 would see

00:27:57.420 --> 00:27:57.660
 him,

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:57.900
 and that

00:27:57.900 --> 00:27:58.099
 they would

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.519
 honour,

00:27:58.819 --> 00:27:59.539
 and praise

00:27:59.539 --> 00:27:59.740
 him,

00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:00.240
 for he

00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.740
 is worthy

00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.299
 of all

00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:01.740
 glory,

00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.160
 honour,

00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:02.799
 and praise,

00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.220
 friends.

00:28:04.859 --> 00:28:05.379
 We,

00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.839
 as God's

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.720
 treasured

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.559
 hidden ones,

00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.500
 friends,

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.319
 should we

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.740
 not be

00:28:10.740 --> 00:28:11.460
 encouraged,

00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.960
 and motivated,

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.019
 to serve,

00:28:14.859 --> 00:28:15.299
 and to

00:28:15.299 --> 00:28:15.759
 live,

00:28:16.420 --> 00:28:17.220
 for him,

00:28:17.619 --> 00:28:18.019
 who is our

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.500
 great,

00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:19.220
 sovereign

00:28:19.220 --> 00:28:19.720
 Lord,

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.640
 and who

00:28:20.640 --> 00:28:20.859
 has done

00:28:20.859 --> 00:28:21.319
 all things

00:28:21.319 --> 00:28:22.160
 necessary for

00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:22.519
 our

00:28:22.519 --> 00:28:23.619
 salvation.

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:28.019
 we have

00:28:28.019 --> 00:28:28.180
 been

00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.700
 reserved

00:28:28.700 --> 00:28:28.980
 in

00:28:28.980 --> 00:28:29.500
 Christ,

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.660
 chosen

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:30.900
 in

00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:31.099
 him

00:28:31.099 --> 00:28:31.319
 before

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.480
 the

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:31.900
 foundation

00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.339
 of

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.579
 the

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:32.920
 world.

00:28:33.700 --> 00:28:33.960
 We

00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:34.079
 have

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.220
 been

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.579
 hidden

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:35.240
 by a

00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:35.539
 covering

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:35.759
 of

00:28:35.759 --> 00:28:35.900
 his

00:28:35.900 --> 00:28:36.279
 blood.

00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:37.960
 And

00:28:37.960 --> 00:28:38.279
 lastly,

00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:38.819
 friends,

00:28:39.200 --> 00:28:39.859
 very briefly,

00:28:40.640 --> 00:28:41.359
 moving on to a

00:28:41.359 --> 00:28:42.019
 third and

00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.960
 final heading,

00:28:43.759 --> 00:28:44.200
 we are

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:44.960
 protected.

00:28:47.059 --> 00:28:47.299
 To

00:28:47.299 --> 00:28:48.000
 Safan also

00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.960
 means we

00:28:48.960 --> 00:28:49.200
 are

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.059
 protected.

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:51.919
 You know,

00:28:51.980 --> 00:28:52.440
 this word,

00:28:52.579 --> 00:28:53.039
 Safan,

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:53.779
 is the

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.279
 same word

00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:54.819
 used for

00:28:54.819 --> 00:28:55.740
 when Moses'

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:57.099
 family hid

00:28:57.099 --> 00:28:57.319
 him.

00:28:58.720 --> 00:28:59.179
 They hid

00:28:59.179 --> 00:28:59.599
 him because

00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.179
 the Pharaoh

00:29:00.179 --> 00:29:00.639
 saw that

00:29:00.639 --> 00:29:01.159
 the Israelites

00:29:01.159 --> 00:29:02.099
 were growing

00:29:02.099 --> 00:29:02.960
 in might

00:29:02.960 --> 00:29:03.759
 and in

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.099
 number.

00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:04.940
 And so

00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.359
 the Pharaoh

00:29:05.359 --> 00:29:05.899
 made a

00:29:05.899 --> 00:29:06.319
 decree.

00:29:06.899 --> 00:29:07.220
 He made

00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:07.559
 a decree

00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:08.419
 that all

00:29:08.419 --> 00:29:09.299
 the baby

00:29:09.299 --> 00:29:09.960
 boys of

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.339
 Israel

00:29:10.339 --> 00:29:10.899
 should be

00:29:10.899 --> 00:29:11.220
 murdered.

00:29:12.659 --> 00:29:13.220
 But

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.579
 Moses'

00:29:13.799 --> 00:29:14.200
 family

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:15.039
 chose

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.539
 rather to

00:29:15.539 --> 00:29:16.179
 serve God

00:29:16.179 --> 00:29:16.879
 than men,

00:29:17.399 --> 00:29:18.119
 and they

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.480
 hid him.

00:29:20.059 --> 00:29:24.099
 they hid

00:29:24.099 --> 00:29:24.440
 him to

00:29:24.440 --> 00:29:24.940
 try and

00:29:24.940 --> 00:29:25.399
 stop

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:26.639
 the

00:29:26.639 --> 00:29:27.099
 Pharaohs

00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:27.359
 from

00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:28.139
 killing

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.419
 them.

00:29:29.500 --> 00:29:29.720
 And

00:29:29.720 --> 00:29:29.980
 this

00:29:29.980 --> 00:29:30.419
 same

00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:30.919
 Moses,

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.779
 who was

00:29:31.779 --> 00:29:32.159
 hidden

00:29:32.159 --> 00:29:33.419
 by his

00:29:33.419 --> 00:29:34.019
 parents,

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:35.899
 he was

00:29:35.899 --> 00:29:36.339
 one who

00:29:36.339 --> 00:29:36.940
 could not

00:29:36.940 --> 00:29:37.599
 be overcome

00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.259
 by the

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:38.679
 Egyptians,

00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.240
 but rather

00:29:40.240 --> 00:29:40.679
 he was the

00:29:40.679 --> 00:29:41.039
 one who

00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:42.139
 led the

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.799
 children of

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.700
 Israel out

00:29:43.700 --> 00:29:44.200
 of Egypt,

00:29:44.799 --> 00:29:45.259
 out of the

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:45.679
 land of

00:29:45.679 --> 00:29:46.500
 bondage,

00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:47.419
 and even

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:47.980
 through the

00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:48.579
 Red Sea.

00:29:50.059 --> 00:29:50.859
 he was

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.399
 one who

00:29:51.399 --> 00:29:51.759
 brought

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:53.399
 them out

00:29:53.399 --> 00:29:54.899
 of bondage,

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.519
 out of

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.599
 slavery.

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.480
 Just as

00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.059
 Moses was

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:02.000
 protected from

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.819
 being murdered

00:30:02.819 --> 00:30:03.319
 by the

00:30:03.319 --> 00:30:03.940
 evil one,

00:30:04.960 --> 00:30:05.539
 so we

00:30:05.539 --> 00:30:06.099
 too in

00:30:06.099 --> 00:30:06.559
 Christ,

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.480
 as God's

00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:08.099
 treasured

00:30:08.099 --> 00:30:08.899
 hidden ones,

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.559
 are protected

00:30:10.559 --> 00:30:11.440
 from leaving

00:30:11.440 --> 00:30:12.159
 Christ.

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:14.960
 Or perhaps

00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:15.440
 I should say

00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:15.839
 that we are

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.899
 protected from

00:30:16.899 --> 00:30:18.099
 Christ leaving

00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.839
 us,

00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.519
 because it

00:30:20.519 --> 00:30:20.899
 is him

00:30:20.899 --> 00:30:21.839
 who works

00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:22.639
 in us.

00:30:23.959 --> 00:30:24.439
 This is

00:30:24.439 --> 00:30:24.839
 often a

00:30:24.839 --> 00:30:25.199
 worry that

00:30:25.199 --> 00:30:25.719
 some people

00:30:25.719 --> 00:30:26.119
 have.

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.379
 In fact,

00:30:27.419 --> 00:30:27.699
 there are

00:30:27.699 --> 00:30:28.579
 some those,

00:30:28.679 --> 00:30:29.079
 perhaps they

00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:29.519
 may be here

00:30:29.519 --> 00:30:29.939
 tonight,

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.980
 that don't

00:30:31.980 --> 00:30:32.339
 want to

00:30:32.339 --> 00:30:32.879
 profess their

00:30:32.879 --> 00:30:34.359
 faith in

00:30:34.359 --> 00:30:34.839
 the fear

00:30:34.839 --> 00:30:35.980
 that in

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:36.379
 the future

00:30:36.379 --> 00:30:36.679
 they might

00:30:36.679 --> 00:30:37.159
 fall away.

00:30:39.500 --> 00:30:39.879
 They're

00:30:39.879 --> 00:30:40.639
 scared that

00:30:40.639 --> 00:30:41.619
 they might

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:42.299
 bring shame

00:30:42.299 --> 00:30:42.719
 upon the

00:30:42.719 --> 00:30:43.319
 name of

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:43.819
 Christ,

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:45.399
 and so

00:30:45.399 --> 00:30:46.539
 they refuse

00:30:46.539 --> 00:30:47.519
 to profess

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:48.579
 faith.

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.759
 Oh,

00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:52.179
 friends,

00:30:52.500 --> 00:30:53.019
 we do not

00:30:53.019 --> 00:30:53.659
 persevere in

00:30:53.659 --> 00:30:54.099
 the faith

00:30:54.099 --> 00:30:55.019
 because of

00:30:55.019 --> 00:30:55.339
 our own

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:56.279
 efforts or

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.659
 because of

00:30:56.659 --> 00:30:57.480
 anything we

00:30:57.480 --> 00:30:57.799
 do.

00:30:58.799 --> 00:30:59.259
 We only

00:30:59.259 --> 00:30:59.819
 preserve in

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.179
 the faith

00:31:00.179 --> 00:31:00.779
 because he

00:31:00.779 --> 00:31:01.299
 which began

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:01.879
 a good work

00:31:01.879 --> 00:31:02.399
 in us

00:31:02.399 --> 00:31:03.119
 will bring

00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:03.720
 it to

00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.619
 completion.

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:06.700
 He

00:31:06.700 --> 00:31:07.419
 produces

00:31:07.419 --> 00:31:08.039
 in us,

00:31:08.179 --> 00:31:09.419
 he performs

00:31:09.419 --> 00:31:10.299
 in us,

00:31:10.500 --> 00:31:11.339
 he works

00:31:11.339 --> 00:31:12.619
 in us.

00:31:13.819 --> 00:31:15.559
 it is

00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:16.119
 Christ who

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.419
 said,

00:31:17.099 --> 00:31:17.619
 I give

00:31:17.619 --> 00:31:18.159
 them eternal

00:31:18.159 --> 00:31:18.799
 life and

00:31:18.799 --> 00:31:19.119
 they will

00:31:19.119 --> 00:31:19.899
 never perish

00:31:19.899 --> 00:31:20.980
 and no one

00:31:20.980 --> 00:31:21.480
 will snatch

00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:21.939
 them out of

00:31:21.939 --> 00:31:22.579
 my hand,

00:31:23.240 --> 00:31:23.720
 no one.

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.639
 My Father

00:31:24.639 --> 00:31:24.919
 who has

00:31:24.919 --> 00:31:25.500
 given them

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:26.480
 to me is

00:31:26.480 --> 00:31:26.960
 greater than

00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.839
 all and

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:28.259
 no one is

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.659
 able to

00:31:28.659 --> 00:31:29.319
 snatch them

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:29.919
 out of

00:31:29.919 --> 00:31:30.759
 the Father's

00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:31.519
 hand.

00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:32.859
 But we

00:31:32.859 --> 00:31:33.500
 are secure

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.200
 in the

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.779
 hands of

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:36.019
 Christ and

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.839
 of the

00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:37.179
 Father.

00:31:37.740 --> 00:31:38.059
 There is

00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:38.439
 none who

00:31:38.439 --> 00:31:38.899
 is able to

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.460
 snatch us

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:39.919
 out,

00:31:40.059 --> 00:31:40.339
 friends.

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:41.519
 As one

00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:42.139
 writer of

00:31:42.139 --> 00:31:42.599
 old said,

00:31:42.939 --> 00:31:43.259
 we are

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:43.900
 secure,

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.200
 not because

00:31:45.200 --> 00:31:45.879
 we hold

00:31:45.879 --> 00:31:46.519
 tightly to

00:31:46.519 --> 00:31:46.879
 Jesus,

00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:47.720
 but because

00:31:47.720 --> 00:31:48.519
 he holds

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:49.220
 tightly to

00:31:49.220 --> 00:31:49.619
 us.

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.819
 He who

00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:53.319
 called you

00:31:53.319 --> 00:31:53.900
 is faithful

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.379
 friends.

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.059
 He will

00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:56.480
 lead you

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:56.879
 by the

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:58.079
 hand until

00:31:58.079 --> 00:31:58.700
 in Zion

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.440
 you appear

00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:00.119
 before the

00:32:00.119 --> 00:32:01.480
 Lord at

00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:01.920
 length.

00:32:03.799 --> 00:32:04.200
 As well

00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:04.460
 as

00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:05.220
 saphan

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:05.599
 being the

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.099
 word used

00:32:06.099 --> 00:32:06.519
 for how

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.599
 Moses was

00:32:07.599 --> 00:32:07.839
 hidden.

00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.480
 It's also

00:32:09.480 --> 00:32:09.779
 the same

00:32:09.779 --> 00:32:10.299
 word used

00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:11.299
 for when

00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:11.980
 the prostitute

00:32:11.980 --> 00:32:12.619
 Rahab

00:32:12.619 --> 00:32:14.180
 hid the

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.659
 spies.

00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.720
 She hid

00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.279
 them and

00:32:17.279 --> 00:32:17.819
 their lives

00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.879
 were preserved.

00:32:19.960 --> 00:32:20.200
 And then

00:32:20.200 --> 00:32:20.539
 the children

00:32:20.539 --> 00:32:20.960
 of Israel

00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:21.399
 eventually

00:32:21.399 --> 00:32:21.919
 went on

00:32:21.919 --> 00:32:22.940
 to conquer

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:23.720
 and enter

00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:24.159
 into the

00:32:24.159 --> 00:32:24.899
 promised land,

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:25.500
 bringing

00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.980
 Rahab and

00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:27.339
 all who

00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:27.919
 were found

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.740
 in her

00:32:28.740 --> 00:32:29.200
 household

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.359
 with them.

00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.379
 In like

00:32:33.379 --> 00:32:34.019
 manner then,

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.240
 we as

00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:35.599
 God's

00:32:35.599 --> 00:32:36.000
 treasured

00:32:36.000 --> 00:32:36.359
 ones,

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.619
 as we

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:38.279
 journey this

00:32:38.279 --> 00:32:39.000
 wilderness of

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.440
 life,

00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:40.539
 going from

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:41.440
 strength

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.480
 to strength

00:32:42.480 --> 00:32:43.400
 until we

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:43.819
 reach the

00:32:43.819 --> 00:32:44.440
 promised land

00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:45.400
 of glory.

00:32:45.880 --> 00:32:46.099
 We are

00:32:46.099 --> 00:32:46.779
 protected from

00:32:46.779 --> 00:32:47.500
 the Lord,

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.460
 from the

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.240
 enemies who

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:49.740
 seek for

00:32:49.740 --> 00:32:50.400
 our eternal

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:51.500
 life.

00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.660
 Christ has

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.160
 conquered all

00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:54.579
 the enemies,

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:55.099
 friends,

00:32:55.900 --> 00:32:56.539
 even death

00:32:56.539 --> 00:32:57.079
 itself.

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.119
 O death,

00:33:00.339 --> 00:33:00.700
 where is

00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:01.319
 thy sting?

00:33:02.660 --> 00:33:03.660
 O grave,

00:33:03.940 --> 00:33:04.279
 where is

00:33:04.279 --> 00:33:04.819
 thy victory?

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:07.740
 Thanks be

00:33:07.740 --> 00:33:08.440
 to God,

00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.460
 which

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.039
 giveth us

00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:10.579
 the victory

00:33:10.579 --> 00:33:11.680
 through our

00:33:11.680 --> 00:33:12.839
 Lord Jesus

00:33:12.839 --> 00:33:14.039
 Christ,

00:33:14.700 --> 00:33:15.120
 says the

00:33:15.120 --> 00:33:15.779
 Apostle Paul.

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.220
 In Christ,

00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:18.559
 friends,

00:33:18.660 --> 00:33:19.140
 we are

00:33:19.140 --> 00:33:19.880
 protected.

00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:20.420
 The

00:33:20.420 --> 00:33:21.120
 Pharaohs,

00:33:21.180 --> 00:33:21.720
 they cannot

00:33:21.720 --> 00:33:22.380
 take us

00:33:22.380 --> 00:33:22.859
 away.

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:23.640
 The Lord

00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:24.160
 provides a

00:33:24.160 --> 00:33:24.500
 way for

00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.079
 us out

00:33:25.079 --> 00:33:25.559
 of Egypt,

00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:25.980
 the land

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.779
 of bondage,

00:33:26.960 --> 00:33:27.279
 and he

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:28.099
 also provides

00:33:28.099 --> 00:33:28.660
 a way for

00:33:28.660 --> 00:33:29.220
 us through

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.620
 the waters

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.180
 of judgment.

00:33:31.259 --> 00:33:31.440
 You'll

00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:31.900
 remember as

00:33:31.900 --> 00:33:32.259
 the children

00:33:32.259 --> 00:33:32.900
 of Israel

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:34.200
 were exiting

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:34.900
 the land

00:33:34.900 --> 00:33:35.559
 of Egypt,

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:36.380
 how the

00:33:36.380 --> 00:33:36.779
 Egyptians

00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:37.460
 followed

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:37.660
 them,

00:33:37.759 --> 00:33:38.420
 they pursued

00:33:38.420 --> 00:33:38.720
 them,

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.139
 they were

00:33:39.139 --> 00:33:39.420
 going to

00:33:39.420 --> 00:33:40.099
 take possession

00:33:40.099 --> 00:33:40.460
 of them,

00:33:40.639 --> 00:33:40.920
 they were

00:33:40.920 --> 00:33:41.259
 going to

00:33:41.259 --> 00:33:41.799
 destroy

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:42.139
 them,

00:33:42.339 --> 00:33:42.740
 but the

00:33:42.740 --> 00:33:42.920
 Lord

00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:43.519
 provided a

00:33:43.519 --> 00:33:43.899
 way for

00:33:43.899 --> 00:33:44.420
 the Israelites

00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.099
 to walk

00:33:45.099 --> 00:33:45.480
 through the

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:46.000
 Red Sea.

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.099
 And what

00:33:47.099 --> 00:33:47.519
 happened to

00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:48.240
 the Egyptians,

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:48.660
 friends?

00:33:48.839 --> 00:33:49.440
 What happened

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:50.000
 to the

00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:50.519
 Pharaohs?

00:33:50.639 --> 00:33:51.180
 What happened

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.700
 to the

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.319
 enemies of

00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:52.740
 God?

00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:53.379
 Well,

00:33:53.440 --> 00:33:53.819
 the waters

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:54.500
 closed in

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.440
 and they

00:33:55.440 --> 00:33:55.940
 perished.

00:33:56.859 --> 00:33:57.299
 They were

00:33:57.299 --> 00:33:58.279
 consumed by

00:33:58.279 --> 00:33:58.899
 the waters

00:33:58.899 --> 00:33:59.879
 of God's

00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.440
 judgment,

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.099
 but not

00:34:02.099 --> 00:34:03.139
 his people,

00:34:03.279 --> 00:34:03.539
 friends,

00:34:03.819 --> 00:34:04.799
 not his

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:06.019
 treasured

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.480
 ones.

00:34:07.480 --> 00:34:08.420
 As God's

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:09.300
 hidden ones,

00:34:09.440 --> 00:34:09.840
 he also

00:34:09.840 --> 00:34:10.380
 provides a

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:10.699
 way for

00:34:10.699 --> 00:34:11.019
 us to

00:34:11.019 --> 00:34:11.579
 enter into

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.320
 the promised

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:12.840
 land,

00:34:13.320 --> 00:34:13.739
 since he

00:34:13.739 --> 00:34:14.199
 has conquered

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:15.099
 over all

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:15.360
 of his

00:34:15.360 --> 00:34:15.659
 enemies.

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:16.860
 He has

00:34:16.860 --> 00:34:17.400
 nobody else

00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:17.940
 to face.

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:19.820
 He has

00:34:19.820 --> 00:34:20.460
 faced them

00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:20.900
 all and

00:34:20.900 --> 00:34:21.139
 he has

00:34:21.139 --> 00:34:21.480
 conquered

00:34:21.480 --> 00:34:22.079
 them all,

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:22.719
 and so he

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:23.059
 will lead

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.820
 us to

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.779
 the promised

00:34:24.779 --> 00:34:25.779
 land.

00:34:25.780 --> 00:34:31.060
 God's

00:34:31.060 --> 00:34:31.420
 God's

00:34:31.420 --> 00:34:31.760
 people,

00:34:32.760 --> 00:34:33.360
 his

00:34:33.360 --> 00:34:33.760
 treasured

00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:34.100
 ones,

00:34:34.420 --> 00:34:34.580
 his

00:34:34.580 --> 00:34:35.140
 hidden

00:34:35.140 --> 00:34:35.480
 ones,

00:34:35.560 --> 00:34:35.700
 his

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:35.960
 most

00:34:35.960 --> 00:34:37.540
 prized

00:34:37.540 --> 00:34:38.500
 possession.

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.040
 And as

00:34:41.040 --> 00:34:42.260
 the enemy

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:43.880
 has been

00:34:43.880 --> 00:34:44.360
 trying to

00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:45.200
 find these

00:34:45.200 --> 00:34:46.080
 hidden ones

00:34:46.080 --> 00:34:47.560
 of God,

00:34:48.519 --> 00:34:48.960
 he saw

00:34:48.960 --> 00:34:49.720
 that he

00:34:49.720 --> 00:34:50.260
 could not

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.740
 find them.

00:34:50.739 --> 00:34:52.439
 he

00:34:52.439 --> 00:34:52.679
 couldn't

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.179
 find where

00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.399
 they were

00:34:53.399 --> 00:34:53.679
 hidden.

00:34:55.639 --> 00:34:56.159
 And then

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.679
 he began

00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:58.779
 to try

00:34:58.779 --> 00:34:59.379
 through his

00:34:59.379 --> 00:35:00.099
 temptations

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.599
 and flew

00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:00.779
 his

00:35:00.779 --> 00:35:01.339
 influences

00:35:01.339 --> 00:35:02.439
 to cause

00:35:02.439 --> 00:35:03.199
 these people

00:35:03.199 --> 00:35:03.859
 to no

00:35:03.859 --> 00:35:04.439
 longer be

00:35:04.439 --> 00:35:04.859
 God's

00:35:04.859 --> 00:35:05.059
 most

00:35:05.059 --> 00:35:06.179
 treasured

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.739
 possession,

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.639
 his

00:35:07.639 --> 00:35:07.819
 most

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.319
 prized

00:35:08.319 --> 00:35:09.339
 possession,

00:35:10.219 --> 00:35:11.639
 to instead

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.779
 be his

00:35:12.779 --> 00:35:13.000
 own

00:35:13.000 --> 00:35:13.379
 possession,

00:35:13.480 --> 00:35:13.919
 the enemy's

00:35:13.919 --> 00:35:14.299
 possession.

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.519
 But he

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:15.919
 could not,

00:35:16.019 --> 00:35:16.299
 friends.

00:35:18.019 --> 00:35:18.480
 And he

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:18.919
 continues

00:35:18.919 --> 00:35:19.359
 today,

00:35:20.599 --> 00:35:21.159
 trying to

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:21.919
 cause doubt

00:35:21.919 --> 00:35:23.699
 and deception

00:35:23.699 --> 00:35:24.960
 to deceive

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:25.460
 even the

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.919
 elect,

00:35:28.279 --> 00:35:29.039
 trying to

00:35:29.039 --> 00:35:29.739
 prevent them

00:35:29.739 --> 00:35:30.439
 from getting

00:35:30.439 --> 00:35:31.239
 into glory.

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:32.579
 But friends,

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:32.960
 he cannot.

00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:35.039
 Our salvation

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:35.759
 is secure

00:35:35.759 --> 00:35:37.579
 in Christ.

00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:37.980
 We have

00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:38.960
 been reserved,

00:35:39.859 --> 00:35:40.199
 we have

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.799
 been covered,

00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:42.599
 and we

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.299
 were and

00:35:43.299 --> 00:35:43.919
 we are

00:35:43.919 --> 00:35:44.759
 protected

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:46.000
 from any

00:35:46.000 --> 00:35:46.899
 harm that

00:35:46.899 --> 00:35:47.439
 may prevent

00:35:47.439 --> 00:35:48.259
 us from

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:48.679
 entering

00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:50.359
 into glory.

00:35:52.139 --> 00:35:52.819
 We are

00:35:52.819 --> 00:35:53.319
 God's hidden

00:35:53.319 --> 00:35:53.619
 ones,

00:35:53.759 --> 00:35:54.359
 God's

00:35:54.359 --> 00:35:55.679
 treasured

00:35:55.679 --> 00:35:56.159
 ones.

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.659
 As we

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.159
 close tonight,

00:35:59.259 --> 00:35:59.539
 friends,

00:36:00.299 --> 00:36:01.159
 I want to

00:36:01.159 --> 00:36:01.599
 ask you a

00:36:01.599 --> 00:36:01.980
 question.

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.039
 question,

00:36:03.579 --> 00:36:04.059
 how does

00:36:04.059 --> 00:36:04.780
 God view

00:36:04.780 --> 00:36:05.519
 you?

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:08.119
 How does

00:36:08.119 --> 00:36:09.360
 God view

00:36:09.360 --> 00:36:10.119
 you?

00:36:10.820 --> 00:36:11.219
 We are

00:36:11.219 --> 00:36:11.659
 often asked

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.260
 the question,

00:36:12.699 --> 00:36:13.320
 what do you

00:36:13.320 --> 00:36:13.719
 think about

00:36:13.719 --> 00:36:14.119
 God?

00:36:14.539 --> 00:36:15.240
 Or what do

00:36:15.240 --> 00:36:15.659
 you think

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:16.539
 about Jesus

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.639
 Christ?

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:19.659
 But how is

00:36:19.659 --> 00:36:20.320
 it that the

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.260
 Lord views

00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:21.800
 you?

00:36:23.380 --> 00:36:24.240
 Can you say

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:24.800
 with one of

00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:25.099
 old,

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.800
 I am my

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.219
 beloved,

00:36:27.219 --> 00:36:27.419
 it,

00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.619
 and my

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.059
 beloved

00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:30.259
 is mine?

00:36:31.779 --> 00:36:32.399
 Can you

00:36:32.399 --> 00:36:32.699
 say that

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:33.500
 despite your

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.279
 many

00:36:34.279 --> 00:36:35.299
 shortcomings,

00:36:36.099 --> 00:36:36.599
 despite your

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.399
 inability to

00:36:37.399 --> 00:36:38.399
 do any

00:36:38.399 --> 00:36:39.139
 good,

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.539
 despite your

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.759
 utter pollution

00:36:41.759 --> 00:36:43.399
 in sin

00:36:43.399 --> 00:36:44.099
 and in

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.459
 misery,

00:36:45.359 --> 00:36:45.639
 that you

00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:46.799
 are God's

00:36:46.799 --> 00:36:47.599
 treasured,

00:36:48.179 --> 00:36:48.559
 hidden

00:36:48.559 --> 00:36:49.639
 one.

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:51.659
 One he has

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.279
 reserved,

00:36:52.919 --> 00:36:53.659
 one he has

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:54.079
 covered,

00:36:54.079 --> 00:36:55.400
 and one

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.759
 he protects.

00:36:58.759 --> 00:36:59.239
 You can

00:36:59.239 --> 00:36:59.400
 know,

00:36:59.500 --> 00:36:59.860
 friends,

00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:01.179
 you can

00:37:01.179 --> 00:37:01.480
 know you

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:01.980
 have eternal

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.559
 life by

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:03.440
 believing on

00:37:03.440 --> 00:37:03.900
 the name

00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.519
 of the

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.539
 Son of

00:37:05.539 --> 00:37:05.900
 God.

00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:08.739
 You can

00:37:08.739 --> 00:37:09.319
 be in awe

00:37:09.319 --> 00:37:10.059
 and wonder

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.599
 at his

00:37:10.599 --> 00:37:11.039
 marvelous

00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:11.699
 grace,

00:37:12.940 --> 00:37:13.779
 grace which

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.400
 brought us

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.099
 from darkness

00:37:15.099 --> 00:37:15.659
 into his

00:37:15.659 --> 00:37:16.679
 most marvelous

00:37:16.679 --> 00:37:17.719
 light.

00:37:19.519 --> 00:37:20.179
 How could

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.579
 we not

00:37:20.579 --> 00:37:21.159
 but turn

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.480
 to him,

00:37:21.599 --> 00:37:21.860
 friends?

00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:23.739
 How shall

00:37:23.739 --> 00:37:24.299
 we escape

00:37:24.299 --> 00:37:24.639
 if we

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.039
 neglect

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.679
 so great

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.319
 a salvation?

00:37:28.299 --> 00:37:29.019
 God has

00:37:29.019 --> 00:37:29.359
 revealed

00:37:29.359 --> 00:37:29.819
 through his

00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:30.419
 word that

00:37:30.419 --> 00:37:31.399
 Christ has

00:37:31.399 --> 00:37:32.099
 done everything

00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:32.919
 necessary for

00:37:32.919 --> 00:37:33.259
 us.

00:37:34.899 --> 00:37:35.579
 Christ is

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:35.939
 enough.

00:37:39.039 --> 00:37:39.739
 May the

00:37:39.739 --> 00:37:40.059
 Lord be

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:40.559
 pleased to

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:41.739
 show these

00:37:41.739 --> 00:37:43.339
 truths to

00:37:43.339 --> 00:37:43.659
 you.

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:45.759
 I may be

00:37:45.759 --> 00:37:46.239
 pleased to

00:37:46.239 --> 00:37:46.739
 bless our

00:37:46.739 --> 00:37:47.399
 meditations.

00:37:48.239 --> 00:37:48.479
 Amen.

00:37:50.099 --> 00:37:50.799
 Let us

00:37:50.799 --> 00:37:51.459
 conclude by

00:37:51.459 --> 00:37:52.099
 singing to

00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.379
 God's

00:37:52.379 --> 00:37:52.699
 praise.

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:54.539
 In

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:54.819
 Sing

00:37:54.819 --> 00:37:55.339
 Psalms

00:37:55.339 --> 00:37:55.899
 and in

00:37:55.899 --> 00:37:57.019
 Psalm 31.

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.519
 This is on

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:02.959
 page 37

00:38:02.959 --> 00:38:03.719
 of the

00:38:03.719 --> 00:38:03.899
 blue

00:38:03.899 --> 00:38:04.179
 psalm

00:38:04.179 --> 00:38:04.439
 books.

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.799
 Psalm 31

00:38:06.799 --> 00:38:07.439
 we shall

00:38:07.439 --> 00:38:07.919
 sing from

00:38:07.919 --> 00:38:08.759
 verse 19

00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:10.259
 to the

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:10.839
 verse 24

00:38:10.839 --> 00:38:11.179
 to the

00:38:11.179 --> 00:38:11.500
 end.

00:38:13.899 --> 00:38:14.779
 The tune

00:38:14.779 --> 00:38:15.399
 is rocking

00:38:15.399 --> 00:38:15.659
 him.

00:38:15.659 --> 00:38:21.659
 psalm.

00:38:21.659 --> 00:38:21.359
 In this

00:38:21.359 --> 00:38:21.659
 psalm,

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:22.940
 the

00:38:22.940 --> 00:38:23.379
 psalmist

00:38:23.379 --> 00:38:23.719
 after

00:38:23.719 --> 00:38:24.179
 acknowledging

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:24.699
 God's

00:38:24.699 --> 00:38:25.000
 goodness

00:38:25.000 --> 00:38:25.359
 to

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:25.859
 himself

00:38:25.859 --> 00:38:26.920
 and to

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.599
 others,

00:38:27.940 --> 00:38:28.179
 he

00:38:28.179 --> 00:38:28.679
 encourages

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.379
 himself

00:38:29.379 --> 00:38:30.179
 and others

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:31.319
 to firmly

00:38:31.319 --> 00:38:32.619
 trust in

00:38:32.619 --> 00:38:33.059
 the Lord.

00:38:34.339 --> 00:38:34.839
 And that

00:38:34.839 --> 00:38:35.279
 is indeed

00:38:35.279 --> 00:38:36.199
 what we

00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:36.739
 are to do

00:38:36.739 --> 00:38:37.059
 also.

00:38:37.879 --> 00:38:38.359
 We all

00:38:38.359 --> 00:38:38.639
 have a

00:38:38.639 --> 00:38:39.239
 duty here

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:39.699
 tonight

00:38:39.699 --> 00:38:41.119
 as you

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:42.099
 hear the

00:38:42.099 --> 00:38:42.440
 word of

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.320
 God to

00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:44.019
 trust in

00:38:44.019 --> 00:38:44.440
 the Lord.

00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:45.400
 We shall

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:45.800
 sing from

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.460
 verse 19.

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 Your

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:47.500
 goodness,

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.300
 Lord,

00:38:48.380 --> 00:38:49.000
 is very

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.519
 great,

00:38:49.940 --> 00:38:50.519
 prepared for

00:38:50.519 --> 00:38:50.960
 those who

00:38:50.960 --> 00:38:51.519
 fear your

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.800
 name.

00:38:52.340 --> 00:38:52.780
 You show

00:38:52.780 --> 00:38:53.260
 your goodness

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:53.980
 openly to

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.659
 all who

00:38:54.659 --> 00:38:55.420
 your protection

00:38:55.420 --> 00:38:55.940
 claim.

00:38:56.320 --> 00:38:57.000
 Your presence

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:58.019
 hides and

00:38:58.019 --> 00:38:59.099
 shelters them

00:38:59.099 --> 00:39:00.260
 from those

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:01.240
 who plot to

00:39:01.240 --> 00:39:01.780
 take their

00:39:01.780 --> 00:39:02.639
 life, as we

00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:03.240
 considered in

00:39:03.240 --> 00:39:03.619
 the sermon.

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.619
 And in

00:39:04.619 --> 00:39:05.279
 your tent

00:39:05.279 --> 00:39:05.880
 you keep

00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:06.659
 them safe

00:39:06.659 --> 00:39:07.839
 from evil

00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:08.559
 tongues that

00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:09.119
 stir up

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.639
 strife.

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.480
 The Lord

00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.239
 be praised

00:39:11.239 --> 00:39:12.159
 because he

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.779
 showed the

00:39:12.779 --> 00:39:13.299
 wonder of

00:39:13.299 --> 00:39:13.659
 his love

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.019
 to me

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:15.079
 when in

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.519
 a city

00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:15.900
 I was

00:39:15.900 --> 00:39:16.380
 trapped,

00:39:16.839 --> 00:39:17.159
 surrounded

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:17.940
 by the

00:39:17.940 --> 00:39:18.259
 enemy.

00:39:18.779 --> 00:39:19.159
 In my

00:39:19.159 --> 00:39:19.739
 alarm I

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:20.199
 rashly

00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:20.859
 said that

00:39:20.859 --> 00:39:21.119
 I was

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:21.440
 hidden

00:39:21.440 --> 00:39:21.920
 from your

00:39:21.920 --> 00:39:22.319
 eyes.

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.940
 But when

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.400
 I called

00:39:24.400 --> 00:39:24.739
 to you

00:39:24.739 --> 00:39:25.239
 for help

00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:26.359
 in grace

00:39:26.359 --> 00:39:27.519
 you listened

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:28.079
 to my

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.500
 cries.

00:39:28.819 --> 00:39:29.400
 O love

00:39:29.400 --> 00:39:29.920
 the Lord

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.599
 all you

00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:31.259
 his saints,

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.259
 the faithful

00:39:32.259 --> 00:39:32.719
 will be

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.279
 kept by

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:33.740
 God,

00:39:34.160 --> 00:39:34.660
 but he

00:39:34.660 --> 00:39:35.000
 will give

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.680
 the proud

00:39:35.680 --> 00:39:35.980
 their

00:39:35.980 --> 00:39:36.320
 true.

00:39:37.180 --> 00:39:37.880
 Be strong,

00:39:38.620 --> 00:39:39.320
 take heart,

00:39:39.960 --> 00:39:40.960
 hope in

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.460
 the Lord.

00:39:42.120 --> 00:39:42.400
 And that

00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:42.740
 is indeed

00:39:42.740 --> 00:39:43.100
 what we

00:39:43.100 --> 00:39:43.380
 are to

00:39:43.380 --> 00:39:43.540
 do,

00:39:43.620 --> 00:39:43.920
 friends.

00:39:44.380 --> 00:39:45.019
 Be strong,

00:39:45.560 --> 00:39:46.140
 take heart,

00:39:46.640 --> 00:39:47.400
 hope in

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.800
 the Lord.

00:39:48.220 --> 00:39:48.560
 We shall

00:39:48.560 --> 00:39:48.920
 stand with

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.320
 Abel as

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:49.580
 we sing

00:39:49.580 --> 00:39:49.760
 these

00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:50.200
 verses of

00:39:50.200 --> 00:39:50.800
 Psalm 31

00:39:50.800 --> 00:39:51.580
 19 to

00:39:51.580 --> 00:39:51.900
 the end

00:39:51.900 --> 00:39:52.360
 to God's

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:52.620
 praise.

00:40:03.280 --> 00:40:04.820
 God's

00:40:04.820 --> 00:40:05.280
 praise.

00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:07.040
 Prepare for

00:40:07.040 --> 00:40:09.080
 those who

00:40:09.080 --> 00:40:11.660
 hear your

00:40:11.660 --> 00:40:13.320
 name,

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:15.280
 to show

00:40:15.280 --> 00:40:18.420
 your goodness

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:21.460
 openly,

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:25.100
 to honor

00:40:25.100 --> 00:40:29.560
 your protection

00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:32.019
 name.

00:40:32.019 --> 00:40:33.259
 Good

00:40:33.259 --> 00:40:35.019
 presence

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:37.019
 hides

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.900
 such

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:39.019
 shelters

00:40:39.019 --> 00:40:41.219
 men,

00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:42.400
 from

00:40:42.400 --> 00:40:44.739
 those who

00:40:44.739 --> 00:40:45.900
 fought

00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:48.440
 to take

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:49.239
 their

00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:50.779
 life,

00:40:50.779 --> 00:40:52.779
 and in

00:40:52.779 --> 00:40:54.299
 your

00:40:54.299 --> 00:40:55.539
 hand

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.279
 you

00:40:56.279 --> 00:40:57.500
 gave

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.800
 them

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.980
 safe,

00:41:00.300 --> 00:41:01.119
 from

00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:02.659
 evil

00:41:02.659 --> 00:41:04.380
 times

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:05.440
 that

00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:07.059
 stir

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:07.840
 us

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:09.380
 try.

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:10.840
 Our

00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:12.380
 Lord

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:13.119
 be

00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:14.500
 praised

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.619
 because

00:41:15.619 --> 00:41:17.519
 he

00:41:17.519 --> 00:41:18.840
 showed

00:41:18.840 --> 00:41:20.000
 the

00:41:20.000 --> 00:41:21.679
 wonder

00:41:21.679 --> 00:41:23.579
 of

00:41:23.579 --> 00:41:24.539
 his

00:41:24.539 --> 00:41:26.039
 love

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:26.579
 to

00:41:26.579 --> 00:41:28.039
 me.

00:41:28.799 --> 00:41:29.840
 When

00:41:29.840 --> 00:41:31.340
 in

00:41:31.340 --> 00:41:32.119
 a

00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:33.759
 city

00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:35.719
 I

00:41:35.719 --> 00:41:36.659
 was

00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:37.880
 not

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:39.380
 surrounded

00:41:39.380 --> 00:41:42.460
 by

00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:43.460
 the

00:41:43.460 --> 00:41:45.380
 enemy,

00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:48.539
 and

00:41:48.539 --> 00:41:50.039
 I

00:41:50.039 --> 00:41:51.380
 alone

00:41:51.380 --> 00:41:53.019
 I

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.599
 must

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:55.340
 be

00:41:55.340 --> 00:41:56.640
 said

00:41:56.640 --> 00:41:57.760
 that

00:41:57.760 --> 00:41:59.260
 I

00:41:59.260 --> 00:42:00.119
 was

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:01.640
 hidden

00:42:01.640 --> 00:42:03.760
 from

00:42:03.760 --> 00:42:04.619
 your

00:42:04.619 --> 00:42:06.340
 eyes,

00:42:06.760 --> 00:42:07.559
 but

00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:08.380
 when

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:09.840
 I

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:11.019
 call

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.840
 to

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:13.000
 you

00:42:13.000 --> 00:42:14.480
 for

00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:15.559
 help,

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.640
 in

00:42:16.640 --> 00:42:17.340
 grace

00:42:18.119 --> 00:42:18.840
 you

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:20.300
 listen

00:42:20.300 --> 00:42:21.300
 to

00:42:21.300 --> 00:42:22.800
 my

00:42:22.800 --> 00:42:24.800
 kind.

00:42:24.800 --> 00:42:26.800
 O

00:42:26.800 --> 00:42:27.800
 love

00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:28.800
 the

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:29.800
 Lord,

00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:30.800
 all

00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:31.800
 you

00:42:31.800 --> 00:42:32.800
 best

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:33.800
 saints,

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:35.800
 the

00:42:35.800 --> 00:42:36.800
 faithful

00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:38.800
 wealth

00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:39.800
 he

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:40.800
 kept

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:41.800
 by

00:42:41.800 --> 00:42:42.800
 God,

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:44.800
 but

00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.800
 he

00:42:45.800 --> 00:42:46.800
 will

00:42:46.800 --> 00:42:47.800
 give

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:49.640
 a

00:42:49.640 --> 00:42:50.760
 brother

00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:51.220
 who

00:42:51.220 --> 00:42:52.000
 dares

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.980
 you,

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:54.120
 his

00:42:54.120 --> 00:42:55.560
 strong

00:42:55.560 --> 00:42:56.340
 take

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:57.480
 heart,

00:42:57.940 --> 00:42:58.960
 open

00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:00.180
 in

00:43:00.180 --> 00:43:01.000
 the

00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:02.140
 Lord.

00:43:03.140 --> 00:43:03.780
 Let us

00:43:03.780 --> 00:43:04.100
 conclude

00:43:04.100 --> 00:43:04.340
 with a

00:43:04.340 --> 00:43:04.640
 word of

00:43:04.640 --> 00:43:04.860
 prayer.

00:43:06.660 --> 00:43:06.900
 Our

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:07.280
 gracious

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:07.700
 Father,

00:43:07.800 --> 00:43:08.060
 we give

00:43:08.060 --> 00:43:08.580
 thanks

00:43:08.580 --> 00:43:09.519
 that

00:43:09.519 --> 00:43:10.400
 thou

00:43:10.400 --> 00:43:10.740
 indeed

00:43:10.740 --> 00:43:11.160
 has

00:43:11.160 --> 00:43:11.440
 a

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:11.640
 most

00:43:11.640 --> 00:43:12.120
 prized

00:43:12.120 --> 00:43:12.620
 possession,

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:13.760
 and we

00:43:13.760 --> 00:43:13.880
 give

00:43:13.880 --> 00:43:14.300
 thanks

00:43:14.300 --> 00:43:15.039
 that thou

00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:15.180
 has

00:43:15.180 --> 00:43:15.340
 been

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:15.760
 pleased

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.060
 to

00:43:16.060 --> 00:43:16.840
 reserve

00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:17.200
 us,

00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:17.480
 to

00:43:17.480 --> 00:43:17.759
 cover

00:43:17.759 --> 00:43:18.079
 us,

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:18.419
 and to

00:43:18.419 --> 00:43:18.859
 protect

00:43:18.859 --> 00:43:19.219
 us.

00:43:19.919 --> 00:43:20.139
 And so

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:20.559
 help us

00:43:20.559 --> 00:43:20.939
 then,

00:43:21.059 --> 00:43:21.379
 as we

00:43:21.379 --> 00:43:21.519
 have

00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:21.799
 just

00:43:21.799 --> 00:43:22.239
 sung,

00:43:23.099 --> 00:43:23.719
 to

00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:24.279
 be

00:43:24.279 --> 00:43:24.779
 strong,

00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:25.279
 to

00:43:25.279 --> 00:43:25.559
 take

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:25.939
 heart,

00:43:26.439 --> 00:43:26.819
 and to

00:43:26.819 --> 00:43:27.159
 hope

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:27.779
 in

00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:27.899
 the

00:43:27.899 --> 00:43:28.299
 Lord.

00:43:28.659 --> 00:43:28.859
 To

00:43:28.859 --> 00:43:29.099
 hope

00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:29.359
 in

00:43:29.359 --> 00:43:29.639
 thee,

00:43:30.219 --> 00:43:30.399
 for

00:43:30.399 --> 00:43:30.539
 there

00:43:30.539 --> 00:43:30.679
 is

00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:31.119
 plenteous

00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:31.619
 redemption,

00:43:32.239 --> 00:43:32.500
 ever

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:33.079
 found in

00:43:33.079 --> 00:43:33.619
 him whom

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:33.839
 thou

00:43:33.839 --> 00:43:34.079
 hast

00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:34.439
 given,

00:43:35.079 --> 00:43:35.500
 to be

00:43:35.500 --> 00:43:35.899
 our

00:43:35.899 --> 00:43:36.559
 surety.

00:43:37.259 --> 00:43:37.559
 And so

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:37.699
 be

00:43:37.699 --> 00:43:38.059
 pleased to

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:38.539
 bless our

00:43:38.539 --> 00:43:39.139
 meditations

00:43:39.139 --> 00:43:39.519
 here

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:40.059
 tonight,

00:43:40.219 --> 00:43:40.460
 be

00:43:40.460 --> 00:43:40.980
 pleased to

00:43:40.980 --> 00:43:41.000
!

00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:48.139
 go

00:43:48.139 --> 00:43:48.500
 forth

00:43:48.500 --> 00:43:48.699
 with

00:43:48.699 --> 00:43:48.859
 thy

00:43:48.859 --> 00:43:49.259
 blessing

00:43:49.259 --> 00:43:49.539
 with

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:49.839
 us,

00:43:50.439 --> 00:43:51.399
 going

00:43:51.399 --> 00:43:51.699
 before

00:43:51.699 --> 00:43:52.019
 us

00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:52.179
 in

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.279
 the

00:43:52.279 --> 00:43:52.439
 week

00:43:52.439 --> 00:43:52.639
 that

00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:52.899
 lies

00:43:52.899 --> 00:43:53.319
 ahead,

00:43:53.759 --> 00:43:54.219
 and be

00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:54.779
 pleased to

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:57.079
 forgive anything that was said amiss,

00:43:57.359 --> 00:43:58.980
 and take us to our homes in safety,

00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:00.879
 and all this we ask in Christ's name,

00:44:00.939 --> 00:44:01.679
 and for his sake,

00:44:02.059 --> 00:44:02.299
 Amen.

00:44:17.199 --> 00:44:39.379
 Thank you.