WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.780 You can turn back with me now to the book of Psalms, where we read in Psalm 105. 00:00:06.400 --> 00:00:07.000 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.799 Because today we're thinking of coming back to church. 00:00:34.539 --> 00:00:39.939 We could think about it and coming back to church maybe after a long time away or having never been, 00:00:40.500 --> 00:00:47.939 or even having been here maybe just last week, just coming back to church in that sense of coming to worship. 00:00:49.000 --> 00:00:51.400 Maybe you're here out of curiosity. 00:00:51.579 --> 00:00:55.600 Maybe you're tuning in online as well just because you're curious. 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:56.820 What do we say? 00:00:57.359 --> 00:00:58.320 What do we read? 00:00:58.700 --> 00:00:59.640 How do we worship? 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:01.399 What's it all about? 00:01:01.500 --> 00:01:04.540 We can come for so many different reasons. 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:10.680 But as we come today and in that sense of worship, I want to ask you a question. 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:16.159 Do you think you have a relationship with God? 00:01:16.900 --> 00:01:20.700 Do you think you have a relationship with God? 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:25.120 And what kind of relationship is it? 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:27.819 Perhaps you think, I don't. 00:01:27.819 --> 00:01:30.159 I've got no relationship with God. 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:33.679 Or perhaps you think, my relationship feels very close. 00:01:33.759 --> 00:01:37.739 Because there can be a whole host of ways about answering that question. 00:01:37.819 --> 00:01:39.399 We can think it's a warm relationship. 00:01:39.400 --> 00:01:41.740 It's a cold relationship. 00:01:41.740 --> 00:01:45.760 A close relationship or a distant relationship. 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:48.920 Or an on and off kind of relationship. 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:56.040 There's so many ways that we can look at describing a relationship, even when it comes to thinking about God. 00:01:56.040 --> 00:01:59.680 But how does God describe it for us? 00:01:59.680 --> 00:02:04.200 How does God describe our relationship with Him? 00:02:04.200 --> 00:02:08.680 Because every one of us has a relationship with God. 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:11.520 Because He is our Maker. 00:02:12.260 --> 00:02:14.680 God has made us in His image. 00:02:14.680 --> 00:02:18.840 So how do you describe your relationship with God? 00:02:18.960 --> 00:02:21.319 That verse that we just sang, the last verse. 00:02:22.540 --> 00:02:26.840 When we come into worship, this is the kind of relationship we should be longing for. 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:31.060 That on the beauty of the Lord I constantly may gaze. 00:02:31.539 --> 00:02:35.039 And in His house may seek to know direction in His ways. 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.379 That's a wonderful way to come to worship. 00:02:38.580 --> 00:02:43.159 Gazing on the beauty of the Lord and seeking direction in His ways. 00:02:43.259 --> 00:02:47.360 But it's not how we maybe all came in here today. 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:52.259 But how do we see God describing His relationship with us? 00:02:52.259 --> 00:02:56.859 We see it if you read throughout the whole of this psalm, Psalm 105. 00:02:57.620 --> 00:03:02.399 God describes His relationship with His people in a special way. 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:04.479 He uses a word that's important for us. 00:03:04.799 --> 00:03:06.479 He describes it as a covenant. 00:03:06.819 --> 00:03:11.259 And that's what this psalm is describing so much for us. 00:03:11.340 --> 00:03:11.979 We haven't read it. 00:03:12.139 --> 00:03:12.959 We only read it at the beginning. 00:03:13.060 --> 00:03:15.879 But as you go through it, you see it uses that word. 00:03:15.979 --> 00:03:18.819 In verse 8, He remembers His covenant forever. 00:03:18.819 --> 00:03:22.039 It's about relationship and a covenant. 00:03:22.259 --> 00:03:23.299 Covenant relationship. 00:03:23.959 --> 00:03:26.599 What is a covenant relationship? 00:03:27.340 --> 00:03:29.620 Well, in some ways we could look at it like this. 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:36.560 It's two parties who are pledging an obedience, an allegiance to one another. 00:03:37.379 --> 00:03:39.060 Obedience to one another. 00:03:39.139 --> 00:03:42.699 We can look at it in a sense of the things that we know in this world. 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:45.560 Say, for example, a phone contract. 00:03:46.060 --> 00:03:49.180 Many of you, I'm sure, will have a phone contract. 00:03:49.180 --> 00:03:52.840 You enter into a service with a company. 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:54.719 They give you a service. 00:03:54.840 --> 00:03:58.540 They give you a line, a number, access to it. 00:03:58.640 --> 00:04:00.780 And you pay for that. 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.060 But it can come to an end. 00:04:04.460 --> 00:04:08.640 If you fail to pay, that service ends. 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:10.100 That's a contract. 00:04:10.580 --> 00:04:13.060 But a covenant goes further. 00:04:13.060 --> 00:04:18.680 And especially when we think of God being in relationship with His people in that way of covenant. 00:04:19.139 --> 00:04:26.759 Where we have failed on our part so often to be faithful to God, to worship Him aright. 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:32.040 And yet we could say that God keeps that line open for us. 00:04:32.720 --> 00:04:35.540 For His people to come back to Him. 00:04:35.540 --> 00:04:40.260 And that's what we see throughout this psalm. 00:04:40.379 --> 00:04:42.800 Indeed, what we see throughout Scripture. 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:47.040 When you go back to the very beginning of the Bible, to the book of Genesis, 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:54.460 you see God there going into a covenant, a relationship with His first people, Adam and Eve. 00:04:55.120 --> 00:05:00.320 Where He promised to be faithful to them if they were obedient to Him. 00:05:00.400 --> 00:05:02.780 But they broke their promise. 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:04.020 They broke that covenant. 00:05:04.019 --> 00:05:05.159 They were unfaithful. 00:05:05.279 --> 00:05:07.519 But God is still faithful. 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:15.519 And the rest of the Bible, as someone puts it, it shows God repairing that broken relationship. 00:05:16.620 --> 00:05:19.539 And in this psalm, we see a bit of that. 00:05:19.979 --> 00:05:23.579 Where God is reminding us of His promises to us. 00:05:23.939 --> 00:05:25.879 He remembers His covenant forever. 00:05:26.139 --> 00:05:29.399 He remembers His side of the agreement forever. 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:37.419 And at the beginning of the psalm, what we're seeing is God calling a people into that relationship once again. 00:05:37.719 --> 00:05:40.479 Calling them back to Himself. 00:05:42.339 --> 00:05:48.620 God's Word asks of us, how is our relationship with Him? 00:05:48.620 --> 00:05:53.060 Like what we see with Jesus and the rich young ruler. 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:56.160 When He comes to Him, Jesus is challenging him. 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:57.680 What is important? 00:05:58.100 --> 00:05:59.500 What is your priority? 00:06:00.139 --> 00:06:03.360 Will you come and follow me or will you go away? 00:06:03.360 --> 00:06:07.319 And what happens is He goes away sorrowful. 00:06:07.860 --> 00:06:08.379 Why? 00:06:08.540 --> 00:06:10.199 Because there's something wrong. 00:06:10.699 --> 00:06:12.980 There's something more important. 00:06:13.139 --> 00:06:15.819 His life is not what it should be. 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:19.040 He knows it, but He still can't find the answer. 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:21.920 In fact, He's walking away from the answer. 00:06:21.920 --> 00:06:28.920 His life is what we would say inside out, upside down, just all over the place. 00:06:30.960 --> 00:06:32.140 There's something wrong. 00:06:32.980 --> 00:06:35.580 And that's so often what we see in our lives. 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:37.400 There's something missing. 00:06:38.180 --> 00:06:39.980 There's something wrong. 00:06:40.939 --> 00:06:43.700 Have you ever put on an item of clothes inside out? 00:06:44.840 --> 00:06:47.860 Maybe you did it this morning and maybe you're sitting here this morning. 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:50.720 And you know you've got something on and it's inside out. 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:52.840 But initially it can seem to be okay. 00:06:53.240 --> 00:06:54.600 A pair of socks or whatever. 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:56.000 It's okay. 00:06:56.080 --> 00:06:56.920 I'll get away with it. 00:06:56.960 --> 00:07:00.060 But the longer you've got it on, it's becoming more and more uncomfortable. 00:07:00.320 --> 00:07:02.660 It's just not sitting right. 00:07:04.420 --> 00:07:06.280 That's what life is like sometimes. 00:07:06.460 --> 00:07:08.340 We're away from God. 00:07:08.920 --> 00:07:10.960 Our life is inside out. 00:07:11.460 --> 00:07:13.380 It can seem fine initially. 00:07:13.500 --> 00:07:15.480 It can be okay for a time. 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:19.520 But the longer it's going on, the more uncomfortable it's becoming. 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:22.319 There's just something not right. 00:07:22.519 --> 00:07:25.339 There's something that needs to change. 00:07:26.060 --> 00:07:28.339 The rich young ruler had that. 00:07:28.979 --> 00:07:30.500 He knew there was something missing. 00:07:30.620 --> 00:07:31.979 He knew there was something wrong. 00:07:32.579 --> 00:07:34.359 But it didn't change. 00:07:35.699 --> 00:07:37.620 But what about you today? 00:07:38.740 --> 00:07:41.079 Do you know that there's something missing? 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:43.000 Something that's just not right? 00:07:43.000 --> 00:07:45.000 Do you know what it is? 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:48.420 Well, it's what the Word of God speaks about. 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:51.920 That we can find in Jesus. 00:07:52.079 --> 00:07:54.439 And that's what we're going to consider this morning. 00:07:55.160 --> 00:07:57.360 How we can come near to God. 00:07:57.980 --> 00:08:00.699 And how our relationship with Him can be restored. 00:08:01.420 --> 00:08:04.779 How we can see the things that are not right or sitting comfortably. 00:08:04.779 --> 00:08:09.919 And come and see the wonder of the love of God for us. 00:08:10.199 --> 00:08:12.039 And what He has done for us. 00:08:12.099 --> 00:08:14.419 How we come back to Him. 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:17.899 And so there's three things in these verses. 00:08:18.059 --> 00:08:20.659 Verse 1 to 5 of this psalm. 00:08:20.660 --> 00:08:25.200 We see that we are to praise Him. 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:27.480 That we are to seek Him. 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:29.600 And that we are to remember Him. 00:08:29.939 --> 00:08:30.600 Praise Him. 00:08:31.260 --> 00:08:31.840 Seek Him. 00:08:32.660 --> 00:08:33.560 And remember Him. 00:08:33.580 --> 00:08:35.120 This is how we are to come back. 00:08:35.560 --> 00:08:37.940 And have our relationship restored. 00:08:38.300 --> 00:08:39.420 Or enhanced. 00:08:39.779 --> 00:08:40.840 Or built up. 00:08:41.139 --> 00:08:42.360 In so many different ways. 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:46.139 Coming back to God just makes us realize what's uncomfortable. 00:08:46.379 --> 00:08:47.080 What's wrong. 00:08:47.660 --> 00:08:49.759 And where we need to be right again. 00:08:49.759 --> 00:08:54.919 So the first thing is we see the opening verses speak about praising Him. 00:08:55.679 --> 00:08:59.620 The opening verses lead us into that sense of worship. 00:09:00.220 --> 00:09:02.639 And it leads on from the end of Psalm 104. 00:09:03.059 --> 00:09:06.319 You can just see the last words of Psalm 104. 00:09:06.620 --> 00:09:08.279 Bless the Lord, O my soul. 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:09.799 Praise the Lord. 00:09:09.860 --> 00:09:11.720 It's that sense of hallelujah. 00:09:12.259 --> 00:09:13.779 That's the way that psalm ends. 00:09:14.179 --> 00:09:16.179 Praise the Lord is hallelujah. 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:17.659 Praise the Lord. 00:09:17.659 --> 00:09:19.939 And then you come into Psalm 105. 00:09:20.240 --> 00:09:21.939 And that sense of hallelujah. 00:09:22.139 --> 00:09:23.079 Praise the Lord. 00:09:23.719 --> 00:09:27.779 Continues as we come to see the wonders of what God has done. 00:09:27.899 --> 00:09:28.339 And it says, 00:09:28.439 --> 00:09:30.279 Oh, give thanks to the Lord. 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:31.559 Call upon His name. 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.240 Make known His deeds among the people. 00:09:34.500 --> 00:09:35.259 Sing to Him. 00:09:35.399 --> 00:09:37.439 Sing praises to Him. 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:39.720 There's a sense of worship. 00:09:39.720 --> 00:09:40.960 Thanks giving. 00:09:41.460 --> 00:09:42.140 Praise. 00:09:43.500 --> 00:09:45.260 Make known His deeds. 00:09:46.140 --> 00:09:48.440 Sing praises to His name. 00:09:49.460 --> 00:09:52.140 Another word for praise there is confess. 00:09:53.040 --> 00:09:53.780 Confess. 00:09:53.860 --> 00:09:59.160 It's about recognizing who God is and what He has done. 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:07.299 We cannot worship God right if we don't see Him for who He is and all that He has done. 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:09.719 Because without Him, we are nothing. 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.059 Without Him, we can do nothing. 00:10:13.059 --> 00:10:17.000 And that's what the people in this psalm were being reminded about. 00:10:17.439 --> 00:10:22.299 They're looking to their past experience where God has been so faithful to them. 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:26.279 And they're being reminded, apart from God, you could do none of it. 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:31.519 It is all of the wondrous works of God that has done it. 00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:37.720 But as you look at your own relationship with God, or whatever you think of your relationship with God, 00:10:38.159 --> 00:10:39.819 do you see that? 00:10:40.620 --> 00:10:47.259 That He is the one who has made you, created you, keeps you, sustains you? 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:52.679 When you look at this psalm and the people the psalm was speaking about, 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:59.199 it's looking back to the Exodus, to the children of Israel being taken out of Egypt into the Promised Land, 00:10:59.519 --> 00:11:04.719 delivered, provided for, kept, saved, all of these things. 00:11:05.319 --> 00:11:11.739 And now the psalm is saying it's time to acknowledge that, to see God for who He is. 00:11:12.159 --> 00:11:18.000 And as we come to worship, that should be our desire, to see God for who He is. 00:11:18.599 --> 00:11:22.059 To acknowledge ourselves, we can do nothing apart from Him. 00:11:22.059 --> 00:11:26.039 Like Paul in the book of Acts, Acts 17, verse 28 says, 00:11:26.159 --> 00:11:29.879 In Him we live, move, and have our being. 00:11:30.899 --> 00:11:33.359 Everything depends on Him. 00:11:34.379 --> 00:11:36.859 But we're a little like the rich young ruler, aren't we? 00:11:36.919 --> 00:11:38.139 Perhaps that's you today. 00:11:38.579 --> 00:11:45.179 You're living your life in your own way, by your own thoughts, wisdom, ideas, all of these things. 00:11:45.179 --> 00:11:49.259 But as you come back to God, as you come back to God's Word, 00:11:49.359 --> 00:11:53.500 you see it is none of us, nothing of what we do. 00:11:54.659 --> 00:12:00.359 From Genesis, where we see the earth was made and everything in it by God, 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:06.139 to the book of Revelation, where you see that a new heaven and a new earth will be made by Him. 00:12:06.139 --> 00:12:11.340 And everywhere in between, you see God's relationship with His people, 00:12:11.439 --> 00:12:14.500 that it's Him who gives everything. 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:20.600 All that we need for life and for eternity is found in Him. 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:23.539 Look at the rich young man. 00:12:23.620 --> 00:12:25.580 What brought him to Jesus? 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:30.200 It was something that he was lacking. 00:12:30.200 --> 00:12:36.000 What must I do to have eternal life? 00:12:36.900 --> 00:12:38.800 There was something missing. 00:12:39.780 --> 00:12:43.720 But did he come with a sense of confessing God, 00:12:43.879 --> 00:12:47.120 confessing Jesus as the one who is able to do it? 00:12:47.640 --> 00:12:49.560 Did he come in dependence on Him? 00:12:49.620 --> 00:12:50.520 No, he comes saying, 00:12:50.520 --> 00:12:52.440 What must I do? 00:12:55.480 --> 00:12:59.800 What must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:13:00.200 --> 00:13:03.720 And that's maybe your attitude today as well. 00:13:04.700 --> 00:13:10.160 Because it's your natural condition, it's my natural condition as well. 00:13:10.460 --> 00:13:18.660 To have that kind of attitude where I will sort it, I will do it, I will manage fine by myself. 00:13:19.480 --> 00:13:21.120 But we can't. 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:23.180 We can't. 00:13:23.900 --> 00:13:24.840 You can't. 00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:26.500 I can't. 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:29.240 And that's what this psalm is making clear. 00:13:29.240 --> 00:13:31.379 Confess the Lord. 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:36.659 Show your dependence on Him because that is what the Scripture says. 00:13:37.840 --> 00:13:40.700 I'm sure many of you have heard of Ian Wright. 00:13:41.620 --> 00:13:47.379 He was a footballer back in the 80s and 90s, a very good footballer, a very successful footballer. 00:13:47.379 --> 00:13:49.860 Now he's a pundit on television. 00:13:50.799 --> 00:13:54.519 He retired in 2000 from football at the age of 36. 00:13:54.519 --> 00:14:05.199 And then five years later, there's an interview that he had where he went back to one of his old grounds with Arsenal playing, sitting in the stand. 00:14:05.200 --> 00:14:08.480 And this man comes up behind him. 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:11.660 And he turns round and sees this man. 00:14:12.500 --> 00:14:14.000 And he's just overwhelmed. 00:14:14.160 --> 00:14:19.840 It's this old PE teacher from nearly probably about 25 years previous. 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:22.600 And he's just overcome by it all. 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:28.800 Because here he sees the man who brought him into football, who started to teach him the ways of football. 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:31.879 And he realized just how much he owed to this man. 00:14:31.980 --> 00:14:36.480 And one of the saddest things was when he said, I thought you were dead. 00:14:37.480 --> 00:14:39.580 He'd heard that this teacher had passed away. 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:40.620 He thought he was dead. 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.220 And here he is before him. 00:14:42.220 --> 00:14:47.460 And he's just overwhelmed with emotion for everything that he had done for him. 00:14:47.460 --> 00:14:49.800 He had had a successful career. 00:14:49.920 --> 00:14:53.700 But here he was saying how much he owed to this man. 00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:58.300 Without whose help he would not have made it into football. 00:14:59.900 --> 00:15:07.480 Well, when we appear and see who God is, should we not be just as overwhelmed and even more? 00:15:08.379 --> 00:15:11.639 When we hear it is in him we live, move, and have our being. 00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:14.820 Do you acknowledge him in that way? 00:15:14.820 --> 00:15:17.780 Do you understand him in that way? 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:20.860 Do you realize that you need him in that way? 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.460 Apart from him you can do nothing. 00:15:24.560 --> 00:15:31.420 So this psalm is saying praise him, confess him, acknowledge him, in coming back to him. 00:15:31.520 --> 00:15:32.860 That is what we are to do. 00:15:33.280 --> 00:15:36.480 We can do nothing apart from him. 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:39.980 So we acknowledge him. 00:15:40.259 --> 00:15:45.920 And then that leads us to the second point that we see here where we are to seek him. 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.759 To seek him. 00:15:48.000 --> 00:15:51.139 We see this in verse 3 and verse 4. 00:15:51.139 --> 00:15:52.940 Glory in his holy name. 00:15:53.060 --> 00:15:56.460 Let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:58.700 Seek the Lord and his strength. 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:01.940 Seek his presence continually. 00:16:01.940 --> 00:16:07.900 This psalm very much is one that reminds us that God is sovereign as you read through it. 00:16:08.000 --> 00:16:11.380 God is in control of everything. 00:16:12.040 --> 00:16:14.280 We can do nothing apart from him. 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:19.480 But it is also a psalm as we see in the opening verses, and if you read on to the end, 00:16:19.900 --> 00:16:23.160 that shows that we have a responsibility as well. 00:16:23.159 --> 00:16:28.759 We have a responsibility as well, because there are many imperatives here for us. 00:16:28.839 --> 00:16:30.100 Things that we are to do. 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:32.139 Give thanks to him as one. 00:16:32.579 --> 00:16:33.579 Call upon his name. 00:16:33.719 --> 00:16:34.199 Make known. 00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:36.399 These are all things that we are to do. 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.059 And then you see in verse 3 and 4 that repeated phrase, 00:16:40.459 --> 00:16:41.779 Seek the Lord. 00:16:42.279 --> 00:16:43.740 Seek the Lord. 00:16:44.339 --> 00:16:45.199 Seek his strength. 00:16:45.439 --> 00:16:47.079 Seek his presence continually. 00:16:47.600 --> 00:16:49.439 It's so important. 00:16:49.440 --> 00:16:59.360 What the psalm is getting at here is acknowledging our dependence on him by seeking after him at all times. 00:16:59.560 --> 00:17:05.160 Not just once now and again, but continually going on in that way. 00:17:05.320 --> 00:17:06.160 Looking to him. 00:17:06.680 --> 00:17:08.019 Trusting in him. 00:17:11.759 --> 00:17:13.600 Why do you seek God? 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:20.399 You could say, well, it's only because God gives me that desire. 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:23.619 Because God is the only one who can do it. 00:17:24.699 --> 00:17:28.399 But when he puts that desire into your heart, it moves you. 00:17:29.219 --> 00:17:33.079 It moves you to seek him all the more. 00:17:34.459 --> 00:17:37.259 You seek him because you realize you need him. 00:17:38.039 --> 00:17:43.039 You seek him because you realize that you are lost without him. 00:17:43.599 --> 00:17:48.199 The rich young man had a need to seek Jesus. 00:17:49.399 --> 00:17:50.639 He recognized it. 00:17:50.679 --> 00:17:54.439 He said, what must I do to inherit eternal life? 00:17:54.480 --> 00:17:57.219 He was seeking after eternal life. 00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:59.859 But what was his motive in seeking? 00:17:59.980 --> 00:18:02.839 And what is your motive in coming here today? 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:06.480 Are you coming in obedience? 00:18:06.480 --> 00:18:12.740 Or are you coming in a sense of performance in mind? 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:16.819 Are you coming because you wanted to? 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:19.200 Or just to please someone? 00:18:20.200 --> 00:18:22.819 What is bringing you here today? 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:26.440 What was bringing the rich young ruler to Jesus? 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:28.880 Something that he saw missing. 00:18:29.059 --> 00:18:31.539 Something that he thought he needed in his life. 00:18:31.620 --> 00:18:33.860 But it was all about him. 00:18:34.160 --> 00:18:38.559 Somebody said this about the difference between obedience and performance. 00:18:38.740 --> 00:18:39.460 They put it like this. 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:42.519 Obedience is seeking God with your whole heart. 00:18:43.519 --> 00:18:49.340 Performance is having a quiet time because you'll feel guilty if you don't. 00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:55.339 Obedience is finding ways to let the word of God dwell in you richly. 00:18:56.339 --> 00:19:02.639 Performance is quickly scanning a passage so you can check it off your Bible reading list. 00:19:03.839 --> 00:19:08.439 Obedience is following God's prompting to start a small study group. 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:16.199 Performance is reluctance to let anyone else lead the group because they might not do it as well as you would. 00:19:16.200 --> 00:19:19.960 What is your motivation in what you are doing? 00:19:20.140 --> 00:19:21.340 Why are you doing it? 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:22.960 That's what's behind it. 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:25.559 Why are you seeking the Lord? 00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:29.819 Well, the rich young man, he was seeking it. 00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:32.299 It was a performance seeking. 00:19:33.340 --> 00:19:38.920 He had so much in life, but he'd heard of this eternal life and he wanted that as well. 00:19:39.220 --> 00:19:41.180 But it was on his terms. 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:44.319 I'll do it my way. 00:19:44.319 --> 00:19:49.059 If it means giving everything else up, you can forget it. 00:19:49.099 --> 00:19:50.599 That's basically what he said. 00:19:50.939 --> 00:19:51.720 I have riches. 00:19:51.859 --> 00:19:52.419 I have wealth. 00:19:52.679 --> 00:19:54.099 I cannot give that up. 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:57.960 Eternal life is not more important than that. 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:01.919 So it was all about performance and nothing about obedience. 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:06.039 We are to come in obedience. 00:20:07.500 --> 00:20:11.960 Think about how the scriptures talk about seeking God. 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:15.579 In Jeremiah 29 verse 13, 00:20:15.579 --> 00:20:20.840 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. 00:20:21.460 --> 00:20:22.759 All your heart. 00:20:23.500 --> 00:20:26.000 Is that how the rich young man came? 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.819 Well, no. 00:20:28.100 --> 00:20:31.039 Because his heart was focused on his wealth. 00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:34.019 That is where his heart was drawn to. 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:37.859 And what about you? 00:20:39.639 --> 00:20:41.920 What brings you to seek God? 00:20:42.000 --> 00:20:45.420 Have you come to seek God with all your heart? 00:20:46.000 --> 00:20:48.900 Because you know it's the greatest thing that you need. 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:53.339 Or are you still just fixated on the things of this world? 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:56.859 Where God is just to be an addition into your life. 00:20:56.859 --> 00:21:00.439 And you'll carry on with everything else that you want as well. 00:21:01.479 --> 00:21:03.599 Performance or obedience. 00:21:05.219 --> 00:21:08.759 Obedience is seeking God with your whole heart. 00:21:09.559 --> 00:21:11.179 That's what Jeremiah says. 00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:15.379 And you have another verse like Matthew 6 verse 33. 00:21:16.259 --> 00:21:18.899 Seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness. 00:21:19.119 --> 00:21:22.059 And all these things will be added unto you. 00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:24.299 You see there it's about relationship. 00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:28.960 What is the most important thing in your life? 00:21:30.119 --> 00:21:33.159 Is it to seek first the kingdom of God? 00:21:33.419 --> 00:21:35.039 And then realize everything else. 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:36.980 Not just to be added to you. 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:39.159 But you'll have a perspective of things. 00:21:39.359 --> 00:21:42.279 Of what's important and what's not. 00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:47.659 That relationship where we know that there's something missing. 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:49.220 And the rich young man did. 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:52.500 Perhaps you do today as well. 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:54.900 Because as Blair Pascal once put. 00:21:55.019 --> 00:21:58.839 There is a God shaped vacuum in the heart of each man. 00:21:59.140 --> 00:22:02.940 Which cannot be satisfied by any created thing. 00:22:03.380 --> 00:22:08.400 But only by God the creator made known through Jesus Christ. 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:12.140 We are inside out. 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:13.319 Uncomfortable. 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:16.880 Until that void is filled. 00:22:16.880 --> 00:22:21.400 Our relationship with God is wrong. 00:22:22.340 --> 00:22:27.860 Until we find that heart that is coming in obedience to him. 00:22:28.660 --> 00:22:32.480 There will always be a piece missing until we seek him. 00:22:34.040 --> 00:22:38.460 Then there's a thought here as well of seeking him that alludes to a warning. 00:22:39.780 --> 00:22:41.280 Seek the Lord and his strength. 00:22:41.480 --> 00:22:43.680 Seek his presence continually. 00:22:43.680 --> 00:22:48.779 We go to a verse like Isaiah 55 verse 6. 00:22:48.940 --> 00:22:52.480 Which says seek the Lord while he may be found. 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:55.620 Call upon him while he is near. 00:22:56.660 --> 00:23:00.400 Because there is a sense of this passing opportunity. 00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:03.180 For the rich young man we don't know. 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:05.940 If he got another opportunity to come to Jesus. 00:23:06.080 --> 00:23:08.019 If he got an opportunity to say actually. 00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:12.220 I have to leave all my wealth behind and come and follow you. 00:23:12.299 --> 00:23:13.480 We don't hear of it. 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:15.779 And that's a warning to us. 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.740 Our opportunity is now. 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:21.680 While he may be found. 00:23:22.440 --> 00:23:24.240 While he is near. 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:28.920 That is the urgency of seeking the Lord. 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.420 Seek the Lord. 00:23:32.059 --> 00:23:33.160 His strength. 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:35.019 Seek his presence continually. 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.779 Continually. 00:23:36.480 --> 00:23:37.259 He is there. 00:23:37.879 --> 00:23:40.960 He is longing for our relationship to be restored. 00:23:42.160 --> 00:23:43.180 He is faithful. 00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:46.480 We are the ones who are so often unfaithful. 00:23:46.920 --> 00:23:49.759 And he calls us back to himself. 00:23:50.980 --> 00:23:52.779 Will you seek him? 00:23:54.039 --> 00:23:55.980 Will you seek him while he is near? 00:23:56.879 --> 00:23:59.839 Will you seek him while he can be called upon? 00:23:59.839 --> 00:24:00.720 The line is open. 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:03.059 The line is open with God. 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.740 His covenant. 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:06.099 His side of the covenant. 00:24:06.299 --> 00:24:06.980 He is keeping. 00:24:09.399 --> 00:24:11.059 But the line will go dead. 00:24:11.559 --> 00:24:12.059 One day. 00:24:13.659 --> 00:24:14.679 And he is saying. 00:24:14.859 --> 00:24:15.399 Seek him. 00:24:15.879 --> 00:24:17.599 While he may be found. 00:24:18.659 --> 00:24:19.839 So we are to seek. 00:24:20.519 --> 00:24:22.339 The third thing we see here. 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:23.619 Is remember. 00:24:24.500 --> 00:24:26.459 We see that in verse 5. 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:29.880 Remember the wondrous works that he has done. 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:30.579 His miracles. 00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:33.240 And the judgments he uttered. 00:24:33.279 --> 00:24:35.019 The warnings he uttered. 00:24:35.100 --> 00:24:37.400 Remember all of these things. 00:24:37.500 --> 00:24:38.759 His wondrous works. 00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:39.500 His miracles. 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:41.000 His warnings. 00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.799 His judgments. 00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:48.319 So going from inside out to the right way round brings a sense of comfort. 00:24:49.259 --> 00:24:51.360 Things make sense once again. 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:54.479 And that is through when we come to see God. 00:24:54.759 --> 00:24:56.000 To confess who he is. 00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:56.779 To seek him. 00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.059 With all his heart. 00:24:58.159 --> 00:25:00.359 And then we can remember him. 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:01.819 Through. 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:04.219 And how we come to worship. 00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.439 Is that we must come. 00:25:05.879 --> 00:25:06.659 In obedience. 00:25:07.519 --> 00:25:08.039 To him. 00:25:09.399 --> 00:25:10.659 We are to remember. 00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:12.959 Not just for just now. 00:25:13.819 --> 00:25:15.039 But for always. 00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.899 Every day of our lives. 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:19.219 We are to go on remembering. 00:25:19.219 --> 00:25:21.019 The wondrous works. 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:23.059 The word of God. 00:25:23.179 --> 00:25:24.539 Always before us. 00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.759 Guiding us. 00:25:25.879 --> 00:25:26.899 Showing us the way. 00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:30.939 Remembering is such an important part. 00:25:31.159 --> 00:25:32.159 Of our lives. 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.459 In so many different ways. 00:25:33.559 --> 00:25:35.219 Last Sunday we were gathered here. 00:25:35.659 --> 00:25:37.199 Remembering the Lord's death. 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.299 Until he comes. 00:25:39.459 --> 00:25:41.199 And in life we have so many things. 00:25:41.299 --> 00:25:41.879 We remember. 00:25:42.419 --> 00:25:42.979 Anniversaries. 00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:43.719 And birthdays. 00:25:43.899 --> 00:25:44.539 We remember. 00:25:44.939 --> 00:25:45.579 These things. 00:25:45.719 --> 00:25:46.819 Joyous times. 00:25:47.819 --> 00:25:49.319 We remember too. 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.199 Sad times. 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:52.100 Remembrance of loss. 00:25:52.100 --> 00:25:53.200 And grief. 00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:55.380 That cut us deep into our hearts. 00:25:56.319 --> 00:25:57.920 There are so many different things. 00:25:58.420 --> 00:25:59.059 That we remember. 00:25:59.160 --> 00:26:00.140 And the word of God. 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:01.720 Describes our lives. 00:26:01.920 --> 00:26:03.100 So often in that way. 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:04.840 With all the different challenges. 00:26:06.400 --> 00:26:07.920 The ups and downs. 00:26:08.380 --> 00:26:09.200 The psalmists. 00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:12.240 Are so often describing that for us. 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:13.559 The struggles in life. 00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:15.400 The joys in life. 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:17.240 But like Psalm 105. 00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:21.820 There's reminders of the constant faithfulness of God. 00:26:23.120 --> 00:26:24.560 That he is with us. 00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:27.960 Remember the wondrous works that he has done. 00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:29.780 Remember the miracles. 00:26:30.380 --> 00:26:32.860 Remember the judgments he has uttered. 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:36.400 All these things should stay with us. 00:26:36.400 --> 00:26:39.200 The rest of the psalm. 00:26:39.460 --> 00:26:41.259 It goes on reminding us. 00:26:41.360 --> 00:26:42.980 Of what God has done. 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.720 It says. 00:26:44.720 --> 00:26:45.740 This is what I did. 00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.740 This is what I did. 00:26:46.880 --> 00:26:47.900 This is what I did. 00:26:48.000 --> 00:26:49.040 It's ongoing. 00:26:50.000 --> 00:26:51.300 It's so important. 00:26:53.080 --> 00:26:55.060 But when you look at the rich young man. 00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:57.320 All he could remember. 00:26:57.780 --> 00:27:00.019 Was the riches that he had. 00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:04.319 That's what he counted as greatest. 00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.720 In his life. 00:27:05.839 --> 00:27:07.819 Not what the Lord had done. 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:10.180 And he had obviously heard. 00:27:10.559 --> 00:27:12.879 Of who the Lord Jesus was. 00:27:13.579 --> 00:27:15.039 Because he came to him. 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:16.920 Seeing him as a good teacher. 00:27:17.720 --> 00:27:19.559 Seeing him as the one who had. 00:27:20.160 --> 00:27:22.279 Authority over eternal life. 00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:24.440 So he had heard. 00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:26.119 But yet. 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:28.059 Coming looking was not enough. 00:27:28.059 --> 00:27:31.179 Because he went away sorrowful. 00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:34.759 He just remembered the good things. 00:27:34.759 --> 00:27:35.639 That he had. 00:27:36.779 --> 00:27:37.740 But instead. 00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.859 He was to remember. 00:27:39.359 --> 00:27:40.819 What was done for him. 00:27:40.859 --> 00:27:41.700 And so are we. 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:43.139 So are you. 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:44.339 So am I to remember. 00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:46.059 The works of the Lord. 00:27:46.179 --> 00:27:47.099 What he has done. 00:27:47.460 --> 00:27:48.099 For us. 00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:49.279 And there are so many. 00:27:50.299 --> 00:27:51.059 Thy wonders. 00:27:51.419 --> 00:27:52.220 Are so many. 00:27:52.319 --> 00:27:53.039 The psalmist. 00:27:53.539 --> 00:27:54.639 Often says. 00:27:56.139 --> 00:27:57.679 And do you remember today. 00:27:58.059 --> 00:28:00.059 What God has done for you. 00:28:01.299 --> 00:28:02.559 Do you remember today. 00:28:02.559 --> 00:28:03.500 That you are actually. 00:28:03.819 --> 00:28:05.759 In relationship with him. 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.539 Sin. 00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:09.139 Makes us forget. 00:28:10.419 --> 00:28:11.659 Sin makes us believe. 00:28:12.099 --> 00:28:13.279 There is no God. 00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.899 And I'm not accountable to him. 00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:16.799 It doesn't matter. 00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.419 At the end. 00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.460 Of the day. 00:28:19.619 --> 00:28:21.440 But the word of God says. 00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.399 Confess him. 00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:24.740 See that you are dependent upon him. 00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.759 Seek him. 00:28:25.759 --> 00:28:27.579 While you have opportunity. 00:28:28.180 --> 00:28:28.680 And it says. 00:28:28.839 --> 00:28:29.759 Remember him. 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:32.539 Remember what he has done. 00:28:33.240 --> 00:28:34.379 Remember his miracles. 00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.059 Remember. 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.660 His warnings. 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:40.240 He is to be remembered. 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:42.440 In all of these things. 00:28:45.180 --> 00:28:46.359 Coming back. 00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.680 To church. 00:28:48.460 --> 00:28:50.339 It's not about performance. 00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:52.519 It's not about seeing. 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:52.519 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:53.579 Greater numbers. 00:28:53.579 --> 00:28:54.939 In church. 00:28:55.819 --> 00:28:57.079 It's not about making. 00:28:57.079 --> 00:28:58.199 Somebody happy. 00:28:58.419 --> 00:29:00.139 By accepting an invitation. 00:29:00.139 --> 00:29:01.379 To please them. 00:29:02.740 --> 00:29:04.740 It's about coming to see. 00:29:05.159 --> 00:29:06.259 The wonders. 00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:08.159 Of who our God is. 00:29:08.699 --> 00:29:09.919 Of the relationship. 00:29:09.919 --> 00:29:11.619 That he has with us. 00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:13.500 And the relationship. 00:29:13.500 --> 00:29:14.980 That he calls us. 00:29:15.199 --> 00:29:16.779 Into with him. 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:19.559 That we might gaze. 00:29:19.559 --> 00:29:20.819 On the beauty. 00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.059 Of the Lord. 00:29:23.099 --> 00:29:24.480 The rich young man. 00:29:24.660 --> 00:29:25.039 Came. 00:29:26.379 --> 00:29:27.740 He sought something. 00:29:28.720 --> 00:29:29.680 He went away. 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:30.559 Empty. 00:29:31.139 --> 00:29:33.059 Because his focus remained. 00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:35.180 On the things of this world. 00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.539 Today. 00:29:36.859 --> 00:29:37.859 You've come. 00:29:39.579 --> 00:29:40.819 How will you go away? 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:43.759 Will you go away. 00:29:43.759 --> 00:29:45.180 With no thought. 00:29:45.180 --> 00:29:46.119 Of eternity. 00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:48.140 Or the eternal life. 00:29:48.299 --> 00:29:49.339 That he has to offer. 00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.379 Because there's too many. 00:29:51.559 --> 00:29:52.279 Important things. 00:29:52.359 --> 00:29:52.920 In this world. 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:53.980 For you to deal with. 00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.299 Too many things. 00:29:55.299 --> 00:29:56.059 You want to do. 00:29:56.180 --> 00:29:56.460 Yet. 00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:00.420 Don't go away like that. 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.259 Because you'll still. 00:30:01.400 --> 00:30:02.119 Be sorrowful. 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:03.900 Your life. 00:30:04.000 --> 00:30:05.319 Will still be inside out. 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.819 Everything. 00:30:06.000 --> 00:30:07.299 Will still be uncomfortable. 00:30:07.900 --> 00:30:08.740 There'll be something. 00:30:08.859 --> 00:30:09.259 Missing. 00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:11.079 That cannot be filled. 00:30:11.180 --> 00:30:12.200 Until you come. 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.140 And find. 00:30:13.140 --> 00:30:14.340 What Jesus is. 00:30:14.400 --> 00:30:15.160 A saviour. 00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.540 For his people. 00:30:17.780 --> 00:30:18.759 So he says. 00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.320 Come. 00:30:20.700 --> 00:30:21.340 Confess. 00:30:21.340 --> 00:30:22.620 Who he is. 00:30:23.600 --> 00:30:24.060 Seek. 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.160 After him. 00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:27.200 Remember him. 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.460 And go away. 00:30:29.000 --> 00:30:30.060 Not sorrowful. 00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.640 But rejoicing. 00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:33.200 That rejoicing. 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.620 That it speaks of. 00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.400 In verse 3. 00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:36.740 Glory in his name. 00:30:36.860 --> 00:30:37.540 Let the hearts. 00:30:37.580 --> 00:30:38.220 Of those. 00:30:38.620 --> 00:30:39.460 Who seek. 00:30:39.640 --> 00:30:40.240 The Lord. 00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:41.740 Rejoice. 00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.140 Rejoice. 00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:44.160 Rejoice. 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.240 Rejoice. 00:30:45.039 --> 00:30:46.220 The rich young man. 00:30:46.380 --> 00:30:46.720 Went away. 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:47.539 Sorrowful. 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.279 It was all about. 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:50.240 Performance. 00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:51.680 Come. 00:30:52.319 --> 00:30:53.160 In obedience. 00:30:54.279 --> 00:30:54.799 Return. 00:30:55.299 --> 00:30:56.120 To the God. 00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:57.400 Who is calling you. 00:30:58.079 --> 00:30:58.519 Glory. 00:30:59.059 --> 00:30:59.980 In his name. 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:01.819 And may your heart. 00:31:01.920 --> 00:31:02.640 Rejoice. 00:31:03.299 --> 00:31:04.519 As you seek him. 00:31:05.059 --> 00:31:05.759 Let us pray. 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:10.519 Lord our gracious God. 00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:11.319 We thank you. 00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.119 For your word. 00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:12.700 We thank you. 00:31:12.700 --> 00:31:14.039 For the call it gives. 00:31:14.799 --> 00:31:15.680 The call it gave. 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.980 To that rich young ruler. 00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:18.180 Who had heard about. 00:31:18.859 --> 00:31:19.180 Jesus. 00:31:19.460 --> 00:31:21.160 And the offer of eternal life. 00:31:21.259 --> 00:31:22.359 And yet could not leave. 00:31:22.859 --> 00:31:24.019 The things of this world. 00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:24.859 Behind. 00:31:25.180 --> 00:31:26.420 Because he had great wealth. 00:31:26.920 --> 00:31:28.339 And went away sorrowful. 00:31:28.420 --> 00:31:29.319 Let us Lord. 00:31:29.400 --> 00:31:30.339 Be able to leave. 00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:31.059 All. 00:31:31.440 --> 00:31:32.559 Everything behind. 00:31:32.559 --> 00:31:34.940 Let us leave all that we have. 00:31:35.559 --> 00:31:36.059 And come. 00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:37.399 And follow him. 00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.980 And that we rejoice. 00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:40.279 In seeking him. 00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.700 That we rejoice. 00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:43.059 In knowing him. 00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.339 And the wonders. 00:31:44.579 --> 00:31:45.339 That he has done. 00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.980 For us. 00:31:46.460 --> 00:31:47.559 So hear us Lord. 00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.639 Go before us. 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.099 Forgive our sins. 00:31:50.179 --> 00:31:51.019 As we ask it all. 00:31:51.099 --> 00:31:51.960 In Jesus name. 00:31:52.419 --> 00:31:52.819 Amen. 00:31:57.700 --> 00:31:58.759 We're going to. 00:31:59.059 --> 00:32:00.079 Conclude by singing. 00:32:00.240 --> 00:32:01.019 To God's praise. 00:32:01.119 --> 00:32:02.039 In Psalm 40. 00:32:02.039 --> 00:32:03.519 The Singed Psalms Version. 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.259 Page 52. 00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:08.159 Of the Psalm books. 00:32:08.299 --> 00:32:09.039 Psalm 40. 00:32:09.159 --> 00:32:10.480 The last two verses. 00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:14.539 Verse 16 and 17. 00:32:14.680 --> 00:32:15.819 But let all those. 00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:17.420 Who seek your face. 00:32:17.579 --> 00:32:18.279 Be joyful. 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.220 In you. 00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:20.240 All their days. 00:32:20.359 --> 00:32:21.059 Let those. 00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.319 Who love salvation. 00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:22.899 Say. 00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.099 Exalted. 00:32:24.659 --> 00:32:25.559 Be the Lord. 00:32:25.920 --> 00:32:26.480 Always. 00:32:26.639 --> 00:32:27.119 The tune is. 00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:27.740 Rockingham. 00:32:27.819 --> 00:32:29.240 We'll sing these two verses. 00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.700 To God's praise. 00:32:30.700 --> 00:33:00.700 may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may may 00:33:00.700 --> 00:33:09.460 Exalted be the Lord always. 00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:18.360 Yet I am pure and in great need. 00:33:18.819 --> 00:33:26.940 Lord, think on me, I humbly pray. 00:33:26.940 --> 00:33:37.000 You are my Saviour and my help. 00:33:37.500 --> 00:33:45.279 Come, O my God, do not delay. 00:33:47.519 --> 00:33:49.740 After the benediction, I'll go to the main door. 00:33:50.220 --> 00:33:51.400 We'll close with the benediction. 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:56.860 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, 00:33:57.100 --> 00:34:00.779 rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. 00:34:01.220 --> 00:34:01.640 Amen.