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 We can turn back to our reading in the book of Revelation, chapter 21.

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! We can read again at verse 3.

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! Verse 3 to verse 5 will be our main focus this evening.

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 Revelation 21 at verse 3.

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 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,

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 Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man.

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 He will dwell with them, and they will be his people.

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 And God himself will be with them as their God.

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 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more.

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 Neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain any more,

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 for the former things have passed away.

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 And he who was seated on the throne said,

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 Behold, I am making all things new.

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 Also he said, Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true.

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 Are you someone who browses property websites when you see a house for sale?

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 Looking at it and thinking, I wonder what it's like.

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 Perhaps you've seen a house advertised for sale as you've been driving past,

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 and you want to know a bit more about it.

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 How big's the garden out the back?

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 What's it like inside?

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 Maybe especially if you know the people who were living in it.

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 You're wondering about it.

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 And especially maybe, how much?

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 How much is it being sold for?

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 Why do we do that?

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 Curiosity?

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 Or maybe we're just nosy.

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 We just like to know what that place is like.

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 How much it's being sold for.

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 Maybe you are interested in buying it.

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 Maybe you want to show an interest in it that way.

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 But very often it's just a case of, I just want to see what it's like.

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 I've done it myself.

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 I'm sure many of you have as well.

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 But what about when it comes to inquiring about our eternal home,

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 our eternal dwelling?

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 Have you looked into that?

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 Have you had any thoughts of what kind of place it is?

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 What it will be like?

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 Will it be worth going there?

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 How do I get there?

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 How much does it cost?

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 Because here in the book of Revelation,

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 we find for us an insight into what that place will be like.

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 We see who will be there.

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 We see a little of what it will be like.

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 What kind of place it will be.

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 And it will be our eternal home.

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 Our everlasting home.

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 And how interested are we in that compared to the homes in which we have in this world?

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 You could say it's described in two main ways for us.

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 As we look at the forever home, as we could call it.

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 Two different ways we could describe it.

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 Not in terms of what it looks like,

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 but more who will be there.

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 And especially as we look at it this evening,

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 we see is God the one that we are looking for?

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 Because our everlasting home will be one of two different kinds.

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 A place with God

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 or a place without God.

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 That's the way it's described.

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 It's described in this chapter itself as well.

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 A place with God

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 or a place without God.

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 As we're looking at it this evening,

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 we want to think about it in that way of a place with God.

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 God's presence is a wonderful thing.

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 And it's to have that promise.

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 We have that promise so often through Scripture

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 that God will be with his people.

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 That he is with us always.

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 But how much do we look for that presence?

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 How much do we long for that presence?

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 How much do we always want to know God with us?

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 Well, if we do.

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 If we have God as our hope and God as our trust,

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 putting our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 we have this hope that at the end of the day,

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 we will be with him forever.

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 As Psalm 23 says,

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 For in God's house forevermore

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 my dwelling place shall be.

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 When you consider God's presence,

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 God's promises in that way of being with his people

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 in the Old and in the New Testament,

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 very often as you look at them,

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 there's a sense of there's more to come.

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 There's more ahead for us.

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 And here in the book of Revelation,

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 we are given an insight into what that more is.

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 Because as you look through the Old and the New Testament,

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 you find that where he is with his people,

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 there is sin,

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 there is falling away from God,

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 there is chaos,

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 there is destruction,

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 there are all of these things that spoil that relationship with God.

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 But we are thankful that there is more to come.

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 The finale,

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 if you like.

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 And yet,

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 as we look at it here in Revelation,

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 it still really is incomplete to us,

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 because John,

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 who wrote this,

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 couldn't even describe it in a way

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 that we could fully understand and appreciate.

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 He was trying to describe the things that he was seeing

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 as you read on into the latter part of the chapter,

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 the walls,

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 the gates,

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 all of these things,

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 they're described with precious jewels and pearls and gold

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 and all of these things.

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 It's remarkable how it's described.

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 And yet we can't fully appreciate it.

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 Neither could John himself.

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 But what we have is an insight into a place we should long to be,

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 and a place that we are looking at

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 with eyes of faith through Jesus Christ.

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 So we have that hope.

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 The book of Revelation as a whole is

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 maybe sometimes a difficult book to follow.

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 It has many visions and symbolisms

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 that are often difficult for us to understand.

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 And sometimes we can just maybe shy away from it.

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 We can just turn away from it.

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 But too many people see it as almost just fiction.

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 Make-believe.

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 It's just made up.

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 Like a movie that has a far-off land

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 that just isn't real.

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 Yet that's not what it is at all.

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 As one author describes it,

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 we are not carried into some never-never land of fancy,

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 but into the ever-ever land

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 of God's eternal values

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 and judgments.

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 An ever-ever land.

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 And Revelation chapter 21

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 is a very familiar chapter maybe to many of you.

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 It's a very comforting passage of Scripture.

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 You very often hear it read at funerals,

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 especially funerals of believers,

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 because there are great comforting words

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 in this chapter.

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 And yet despite maybe a familiarity with it,

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 there's just a sense of awe

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 because it's indescribable.

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 What is heaven going to be like?

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 We don't fully appreciate.

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 We don't fully understand.

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 If we could even have an insight

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 into the greatest palace in this world,

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 if we were to have a walk around,

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 even if you went around Buckingham Palace,

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 for example,

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 it would be nothing compared to this.

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 It would be nothing compared to what God has prepared

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 for his people.

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 And so John is giving us a little insight.

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 And he's giving it,

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 as he often does,

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 as the Scriptures often do,

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 in the midst of comfort,

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 but also warning.

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 We are told this will be a place of rejoicing

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 for the Lord's people

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 with the presence of God there.

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 But it comes in the midst of warning,

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 just like it does so often in Scripture.

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 For example, in Isaiah,

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 the book of Isaiah,

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 you have great warnings

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 throughout the book of Isaiah.

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 They are going to be taken into captivity.

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 There is disaster coming upon them.

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 But in the midst,

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 you have comforting verses as well,

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 verses of hope.

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 So in the midst of Isaiah warning the people,

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 there's also comfort,

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 as he says in Isaiah 35, verse 10,

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 the ransomed of the Lord shall return

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 and come to Sion with singing.

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 Everlasting joy shall be upon them,

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 upon their heads.

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 They shall obtain gladness and joy,

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 and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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 Very similar to the words

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 that we have in verse 4 here.

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 So Isaiah is writing in the midst of warning.

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 Great words of comfort.

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 And the same could be said

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 for this book of Revelation as well.

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 We have these great comforting words

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 in chapter 21,

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 but they follow chapter 20, verse 13,

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 where it says there,

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 in verse 13,

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 And the sea gave up their dead who were in it.

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 Death and Hades gave up their dead who were in them.

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 And they were judged,

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 each one of them,

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 according to what they had done.

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 This warning,

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 this warning of judgment

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 into the deeds that they have done.

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 But for those who are a people of faith then,

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 that's what brings us then into chapter 21.

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 This great hope

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 of an everlasting place

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 with God.

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 A place we will see under three headings.

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 A place that God dwells.

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 A place that God dispels.

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 And a place that God seals.

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 A place that God dwells first.

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 We often have that question.

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 We hear it's a question asked,

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 whether it's young or old,

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 doesn't matter what age we are.

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 What kind of place will heaven be?

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 Where is heaven?

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 We don't know all the answers.

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 We don't know everything for sure.

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 But in verse 3 to 5,

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 we are given some insight into that question.

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 And verse 3 reminds us

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 that it's a place that God

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 will dwell with his people.

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 He is going to be ever present

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 in this new Jerusalem.

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 Verse 3 says,

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 There is a sense of belonging together,

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 of being together.

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 A place where God will dwell

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 ever with his people.

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 And what he announces here

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 in Revelation 21

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 has very much Old Testament language

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 behind it as well.

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 The fulfillment of it.

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 Because often through the Old Testament

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 you see that phrase,

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 I will be their God

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 and they will be my people.

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 It's repeated a number of times

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 throughout the Old Testament.

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 Genesis 17, verse 8,

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 I will give us an everlasting possession

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 to you and your descendants after you

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 and I will be their God.

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 Jeremiah 32, verse 38,

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 They will be my people

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 and I will be their God.

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 It's that constant refrain

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 that as a people are faithful

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 towards God,

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 they will be his people.

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 He will be their God.

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 There is this relationship

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 that is right and that is good.

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 But in these ones,

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 it never lasts.

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 There's no lasting peace.

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 It comes so often to an end

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 because of the disobedience

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 of the people.

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 They reject him,

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 they turn away from him

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 and then the pattern begins again.

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 But what Revelation is showing us

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 is a day is coming

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 when those patterns will stop

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 and that God will dwell

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 with his people forever.

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 And there's reminders of that

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 in the Old Testament as well.

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 Ezekiel has a great reminder to us

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 a number of times in Ezekiel.

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 Ezekiel 37, verse 27, 28,

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 this is looking more

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 to that eternal nature

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 of God dwelling.

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 My dwelling place will be with them.

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 I will be their God

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 and they will be my people.

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 Then the nations will know

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 that I, the Lord,

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 make Israel holy

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 when my sanctuary is among them forever.

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 So he is reminding them

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 there will be an eternal dwelling.

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 And Ezekiel 48, 35,

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 the last verse of that book

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 of that vision says,

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 and the name of the city

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 from that time on will be,

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 the Lord is there.

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 If you were at the prayer meeting

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 on Wednesday evening,

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 you will remember that verse,

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 I hope.

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 The Lord is there,

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 Jehovah Shammah.

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 Shammah.

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 That's what it means.

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 One of the names of the Lord

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 that we looked at.

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 The Lord is there.

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 God will dwell with his people.

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 It's an eternal dwelling.

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 It's not something temporary,

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 which is what we have in this world

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 and what we have always had.

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 As you go through the scriptures,

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 whether you're looking

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 at the children of Israel

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 in the wilderness roaming around,

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 in their tents at times,

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 then cities being made,

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 villages and towns.

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 We think of our own island,

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 how homes have changed

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 over the year from huts

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 and small, just stone-built homes

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 to black houses,

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 to modern homes that we live in now.

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 Accommodation,

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 places we live is always evolving,

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 always changing.

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 And yet nothing that we have here

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 is permanent.

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 They are always only temporary.

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 And what we have here

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 is not just a renovation of something,

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 it's a new build,

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 a new heaven and a new earth

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 made perfect by God.

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 A place Abraham in the Old Testament

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 was looking towards,

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 as Hebrews says,

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 Hebrews 11 verse 10,

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 for he was looking forward

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 to the city that has foundations,

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 whose designer and builder is God.

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 God dwelling with his people.

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 A prepared place,

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 as Jesus describes it in John 14.

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 Let not your hearts be troubled.

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 Great comfort in these words as well.

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 Believe in God,

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 believe also in me.

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 In my Father's house

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 are many rooms.

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 If it were not so,

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 would I have told you

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 that I go to prepare a place for you?

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 Prepared by the Lord himself.

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 And if I go and prepare a place for you,

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 I will come again

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 and will take you to myself,

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 that where I am,

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 you may be also.

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 It's a place the Lord desires

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 his people to be forever.

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 It is a place that God will dwell

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 with his people.

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 Some of you maybe have visited,

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 the privilege of maybe visiting St. Kilda,

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 a place I would love to go one day.

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 Maybe you've seen images

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 of what it was in the past

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 if you've not been able to visit it.

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 Fascinating place,

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 a place where people lived

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 in what must have been

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 very difficult conditions at times.

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 And yet when you see it,

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 whether you've been there

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 or when you see the images of it,

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 you see it was once a community,

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 once a village,

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 once a place that people,

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 families dwelled together.

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 But it changed.

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 Times changed.

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 It's no more like that.

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 There's people go out there

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 to work now.

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 But it's very different

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 to what it was.

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 Same as we look around our island,

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 we see homes.

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 We even find places

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 where villages used to be

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 but are no more.

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 And yet they've all got a history

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 and yet the people

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 are no longer there.

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 But is God there?

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 Yes, he's still there.

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 He's still wherever his people are.

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 Times change.

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 People change.

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 Places change.

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 But God doesn't.

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 And what God has

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 is a prepared place

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 for his people.

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 A place that he will dwell

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 with his people.

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 Is that the place

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 that we are looking for?

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 Is that the place

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 that we are longing for?

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 When our attention,

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 our thoughts

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 are so often caught up

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 in the things

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 that we have in this world,

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 let's remember

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 that there is another place

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 to come.

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 A place of God's making.

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 A place where God will dwell.

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 And where he longs to dwell

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 with his people.

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 When you think of how Jesus

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 has gone to prepare a place.

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 We know that he went

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 to prepare a place

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 as we were remembering

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 last Lord's Day

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 through giving.

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 Through paying.

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 We could never

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 afford this home.

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 Not just because of

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 the way it's described

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 and all its jewels

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 and gold

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 and pearls

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 and all of these things.

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 We could never afford them.

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 But more than that,

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 we could never afford it

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 in what Jesus

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 has done for us.

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 But he goes

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 to prepare

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 a place.

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 So God dwells

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 in this place.

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 But we see also,

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 secondly,

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 God dispels here as well

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 in verse 4.

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 He will wipe away

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 every tear

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 from their eyes

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 and death

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 shall be no more.

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 Neither

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 shall there be mourning

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 nor crying

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 nor pain anymore

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 for the former things

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 have passed away.

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 God

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 dispels.

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 what does God

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 dwelling with his people

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 mean?

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 We have God

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 with us here.

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 But while we are

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 in this earth,

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 there's a sense

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 of

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 an incompleteness.

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 not in the sense

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 that God

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 doesn't care

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 for us.

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 He does.

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 But an incompleteness

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 because we are

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 still sinners.

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 We are still

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 in a fallen world.

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 And because of that,

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 we are a suffering

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 people.

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 But as we put

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 our trust in God,

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 we know that he is

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 concerned for us.

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 That he has a love

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 towards us.

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 And that is

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 God's desire

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 is for us

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 to know

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 his comfort.

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 But there is

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 still

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 suffering.

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 We don't need

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 reminded about

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 that much

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 because

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 we all know it.

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 We all go through it.

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 We're reminded

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 in different ways

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 throughout this world.

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 And yet God

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 still has his people

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 of concern

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 for others.

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 You may have heard

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 of the dwelling

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 places in Uganda

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 an organization

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 I'm sure many of you

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 are familiar with.

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 Looking out for

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 street children

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 in the cities of Uganda

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 like Kampala.

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 And when you look

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 at the work

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 that they do

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 among orphans,

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 children who are

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 abandoned

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 and out on the street,

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 they are trying

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 to give them

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 a better life

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 and help them

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 in their pain,

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 in their sorrow,

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 in their loss.

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 And they are trying

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 to dispel

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 that idea

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 that they cannot

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 be helped.

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 The idea

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 that their lives

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 are just going

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 to be always

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 full of pain.

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 And they have

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 behind it,

00:20:01.579 --> 00:20:02.519
 behind their work

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 is the scriptures,

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 the word of God.

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 Their text

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 is taken

00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:08.900
 from Isaiah,

00:20:09.019 --> 00:20:09.860
 Isaiah 58,

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 verse 12.

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 And your ancient

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 ruins shall be rebuilt.

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 You shall raise up

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 the foundations

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 of many generations.

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 You shall be called

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 the repairer

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 of the breach,

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 the restorer

00:20:20.759 --> 00:20:21.599
 of streets

00:20:21.599 --> 00:20:22.919
 to dwell in.

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 Restoration

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 is behind it.

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 And their motto

00:20:26.919 --> 00:20:28.419
 is until every child

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 has a chest

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 to rest his head

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 on and a place

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 to call home.

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 That's their longing.

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 And yet the reality

00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:38.339
 is that that's not

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 always what happens.

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 Tears,

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 sorrow,

00:20:43.919 --> 00:20:44.399
 death,

00:20:45.139 --> 00:20:45.559
 mourning,

00:20:46.199 --> 00:20:46.699
 crying,

00:20:46.700 --> 00:20:48.400
 all these things

00:20:48.400 --> 00:20:49.259
 still happen.

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 There is still

00:20:51.140 --> 00:20:51.900
 that sorrow

00:20:51.900 --> 00:20:53.080
 and sadness.

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 And the reality

00:20:53.880 --> 00:20:54.600
 is not just

00:20:54.600 --> 00:20:55.819
 for the children

00:20:55.819 --> 00:20:56.980
 of Kampala.

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 It's for people

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 far and wide.

00:21:00.799 --> 00:21:01.360
 Have you read

00:21:01.360 --> 00:21:03.640
 the bulletin sheet

00:21:03.640 --> 00:21:04.319
 today for the

00:21:04.319 --> 00:21:05.559
 Lewis Christian Conference?

00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:06.180
 The speaker

00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:07.279
 who's going to be there,

00:21:08.059 --> 00:21:09.900
 Reverend Dr. Robert Smith.

00:21:11.460 --> 00:21:12.340
 Paragraph there

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 says this,

00:21:13.220 --> 00:21:13.799
 Dr. Smith

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 has faced

00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.080
 extraordinary

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 family tragedies.

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 After losing

00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.039
 his first wife

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 to lupus,

00:21:20.399 --> 00:21:21.159
 he subsequently

00:21:21.159 --> 00:21:22.460
 lost two of his sons.

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 His oldest son

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 died of cancer

00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:26.240
 and another son

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 was murdered

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 during a gang attack

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 at the supermarket

00:21:29.519 --> 00:21:30.500
 where he was working

00:21:30.500 --> 00:21:31.220
 that evening.

00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.199
 Tragedy,

00:21:33.839 --> 00:21:34.299
 sorrow,

00:21:34.899 --> 00:21:36.059
 grief that many of us

00:21:36.059 --> 00:21:37.199
 have never experienced

00:21:37.199 --> 00:21:38.199
 to that extent.

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 And yet here

00:21:39.899 --> 00:21:40.519
 he is coming

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 to minister,

00:21:42.139 --> 00:21:42.839
 to preach

00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:44.079
 the gospel.

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 Because it says

00:21:46.339 --> 00:21:46.879
 there as well,

00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:47.439
 Dr. Smith

00:21:47.439 --> 00:21:48.579
 has spoken publicly

00:21:48.579 --> 00:21:49.619
 about his grueling

00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.819
 spiritual journey

00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:52.359
 of processing

00:21:52.359 --> 00:21:53.139
 this murder,

00:21:53.319 --> 00:21:53.699
 noting

00:21:53.699 --> 00:21:54.960
 that he ultimately

00:21:54.960 --> 00:21:56.019
 chose to extend

00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:56.679
 forgiveness

00:21:56.679 --> 00:21:57.859
 to the young man

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 who shot

00:21:59.000 --> 00:21:59.659
 his son.

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 Grace

00:22:00.819 --> 00:22:02.159
 in the midst

00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:03.599
 of grief.

00:22:04.599 --> 00:22:05.480
 God gives us

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:06.000
 grace

00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:07.539
 in this world

00:22:07.539 --> 00:22:08.539
 as we go on.

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 But he gives us

00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:10.759
 grace

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:12.159
 preparing us

00:22:12.160 --> 00:22:13.000
 as his children

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 for a place

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 of rest.

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 A place

00:22:17.180 --> 00:22:17.600
 where he'd

00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:18.300
 dispel

00:22:18.300 --> 00:22:19.540
 all of these

00:22:19.540 --> 00:22:20.560
 things as described

00:22:20.560 --> 00:22:21.220
 for us

00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:22.120
 in verse 4.

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 It's a wonderful

00:22:23.620 --> 00:22:24.000
 verse.

00:22:24.100 --> 00:22:24.920
 He will wipe

00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:26.320
 away every tear

00:22:26.320 --> 00:22:27.840
 from their eyes.

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 There's that

00:22:28.440 --> 00:22:30.120
 personal nature

00:22:30.120 --> 00:22:30.680
 to it.

00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:31.140
 He,

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.200
 not a servant,

00:22:33.560 --> 00:22:34.840
 not somebody else,

00:22:35.440 --> 00:22:36.880
 he will wipe

00:22:36.880 --> 00:22:38.500
 away every tear

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.340
 from their eyes.

00:22:39.339 --> 00:22:40.500
 death

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.819
 shall be

00:22:41.819 --> 00:22:42.519
 no more.

00:22:43.399 --> 00:22:43.740
 Neither

00:22:43.740 --> 00:22:44.419
 shall there be

00:22:44.419 --> 00:22:44.899
 mourning

00:22:44.899 --> 00:22:46.159
 nor crying

00:22:46.159 --> 00:22:47.079
 nor pain

00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.919
 anymore.

00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:49.000
 All of these

00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:49.500
 things

00:22:49.500 --> 00:22:51.159
 that cause

00:22:51.159 --> 00:22:52.099
 us grief

00:22:52.099 --> 00:22:52.980
 and hardship

00:22:52.980 --> 00:22:53.779
 and sorrow

00:22:53.779 --> 00:22:55.159
 so often

00:22:55.159 --> 00:22:56.699
 dispelled.

00:22:58.279 --> 00:22:58.959
 Dispelled

00:22:58.959 --> 00:22:59.980
 by him.

00:23:01.299 --> 00:23:02.039
 Maybe you're

00:23:02.039 --> 00:23:02.539
 here tonight

00:23:02.539 --> 00:23:03.259
 as a believer

00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:05.299
 and you still

00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:06.000
 have a great

00:23:06.000 --> 00:23:06.899
 sense of this,

00:23:07.179 --> 00:23:07.859
 the burden

00:23:07.859 --> 00:23:09.319
 of this world

00:23:09.319 --> 00:23:10.039
 upon you.

00:23:10.219 --> 00:23:10.539
 Sin,

00:23:11.959 --> 00:23:12.419
 grief,

00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:14.679
 disappointment.

00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.839
 All of these

00:23:16.839 --> 00:23:17.119
 things,

00:23:17.219 --> 00:23:17.799
 because we live

00:23:17.799 --> 00:23:18.399
 in a fallen

00:23:18.399 --> 00:23:18.779
 world,

00:23:18.879 --> 00:23:19.539
 can still

00:23:19.539 --> 00:23:20.899
 linger with us

00:23:20.899 --> 00:23:21.219
 and it can

00:23:21.219 --> 00:23:21.699
 leave us

00:23:21.699 --> 00:23:22.279
 anxious.

00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.219
 Does it

00:23:24.219 --> 00:23:24.979
 worry how

00:23:24.979 --> 00:23:26.500
 you feel

00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.879
 or how it

00:23:27.879 --> 00:23:28.599
 affects you

00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.379
 on a day-to-day

00:23:29.379 --> 00:23:29.879
 basis?

00:23:30.039 --> 00:23:30.759
 Your relationship

00:23:30.759 --> 00:23:31.479
 with the Lord?

00:23:31.959 --> 00:23:32.659
 Maybe your

00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.199
 relationship

00:23:33.199 --> 00:23:34.000
 with others?

00:23:35.679 --> 00:23:35.919
 Well,

00:23:35.920 --> 00:23:36.620
 you can come

00:23:36.620 --> 00:23:37.720
 to God's

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.279
 word and

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:38.880
 find here

00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.660
 comfort.

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.400
 Comfort

00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:42.539
 that all

00:23:42.539 --> 00:23:42.980
 of these

00:23:42.980 --> 00:23:43.440
 things

00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:44.300
 will be

00:23:44.300 --> 00:23:44.620
 dealt

00:23:44.620 --> 00:23:45.460
 with by

00:23:45.460 --> 00:23:47.160
 him.

00:23:47.840 --> 00:23:48.300
 He

00:23:48.300 --> 00:23:49.440
 will wipe

00:23:49.440 --> 00:23:49.980
 away every

00:23:49.980 --> 00:23:50.480
 tear.

00:23:50.960 --> 00:23:51.340
 He

00:23:51.340 --> 00:23:52.759
 will dispel

00:23:52.759 --> 00:23:53.220
 death.

00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:53.560
 It shall

00:23:53.560 --> 00:23:54.460
 be no more.

00:23:54.980 --> 00:23:55.420
 No more

00:23:55.420 --> 00:23:55.920
 mourning,

00:23:56.480 --> 00:23:57.019
 crying,

00:23:57.500 --> 00:23:57.960
 pain.

00:23:58.340 --> 00:23:58.880
 All these

00:23:58.880 --> 00:23:59.900
 former things

00:23:59.900 --> 00:24:01.060
 have passed

00:24:01.060 --> 00:24:01.740
 away.

00:24:03.259 --> 00:24:04.120
 Maybe you're

00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.980
 seeking here

00:24:04.980 --> 00:24:05.680
 this evening.

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:06.759
 You don't

00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:07.539
 believe in

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:07.940
 God,

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.220
 but you'd

00:24:09.220 --> 00:24:10.400
 love comfort.

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:12.019
 You'd love

00:24:12.019 --> 00:24:12.819
 a sense of

00:24:12.819 --> 00:24:13.480
 there's better

00:24:13.480 --> 00:24:14.680
 in this life

00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:15.079
 and there's

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:16.120
 better to

00:24:16.120 --> 00:24:16.599
 come.

00:24:17.339 --> 00:24:17.579
 Well,

00:24:17.640 --> 00:24:18.240
 where is it

00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:18.700
 found?

00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:20.360
 It is found

00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:20.880
 in the Lord

00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:22.039
 Jesus Christ,

00:24:22.740 --> 00:24:23.700
 the one

00:24:23.700 --> 00:24:24.819
 who prepares

00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:26.019
 a place

00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.460
 for his

00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:27.000
 people.

00:24:28.079 --> 00:24:28.539
 And you

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.200
 can come.

00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:30.299
 You can

00:24:30.299 --> 00:24:31.099
 all come.

00:24:31.940 --> 00:24:32.579
 Believer,

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.019
 non-believer,

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.700
 seeker,

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.620
 wherever you

00:24:35.620 --> 00:24:36.220
 are this

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.559
 evening,

00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.220
 you can

00:24:37.220 --> 00:24:38.180
 come to

00:24:38.180 --> 00:24:38.819
 these words

00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.080
 and you

00:24:39.080 --> 00:24:39.539
 can find

00:24:39.539 --> 00:24:40.880
 comfort in

00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:41.559
 these words

00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:42.100
 because they

00:24:42.100 --> 00:24:42.700
 are great

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:43.279
 words.

00:24:44.740 --> 00:24:45.080
 They are

00:24:45.080 --> 00:24:45.660
 wonderful

00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:46.340
 words.

00:24:47.420 --> 00:24:47.700
 They are

00:24:47.700 --> 00:24:48.180
 God

00:24:48.180 --> 00:24:49.279
 speaking.

00:24:50.480 --> 00:24:50.700
 And you

00:24:50.700 --> 00:24:51.200
 see here

00:24:51.200 --> 00:24:51.500
 he is

00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.019
 speaking

00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.900
 with a

00:24:52.900 --> 00:24:53.720
 loud voice

00:24:53.720 --> 00:24:54.080
 as it

00:24:54.080 --> 00:24:54.660
 says in

00:24:54.660 --> 00:24:55.220
 verse 3.

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.240
 I heard

00:24:56.240 --> 00:24:57.779
 a loud

00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.500
 voice from

00:24:58.500 --> 00:24:59.120
 the throne

00:24:59.120 --> 00:25:00.140
 saying,

00:25:00.580 --> 00:25:01.500
 God

00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:03.180
 is speaking

00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.600
 here.

00:25:04.920 --> 00:25:05.720
 God is

00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:06.500
 speaking to

00:25:06.500 --> 00:25:06.880
 us.

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:08.539
 He is

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:08.900
 the one

00:25:08.900 --> 00:25:09.160
 who has

00:25:09.160 --> 00:25:09.759
 all of

00:25:09.759 --> 00:25:10.000
 these

00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:10.519
 things

00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:11.360
 in his

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:11.740
 hands.

00:25:11.960 --> 00:25:12.360
 He is

00:25:12.360 --> 00:25:12.680
 the one

00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:13.200
 who says

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:13.960
 he will

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:14.460
 dwell.

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.180
 He is

00:25:15.180 --> 00:25:15.500
 the one

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:16.000
 who says

00:25:16.000 --> 00:25:16.340
 he will

00:25:16.340 --> 00:25:17.039
 dispel.

00:25:18.539 --> 00:25:19.060
 All of

00:25:19.060 --> 00:25:19.840
 these things

00:25:19.840 --> 00:25:20.700
 are in

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.440
 his hands.

00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:23.039
 And so

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.380
 we can

00:25:23.380 --> 00:25:24.180
 look to

00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:24.380
 him.

00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:25.340
 We can

00:25:25.340 --> 00:25:25.720
 put our

00:25:25.720 --> 00:25:26.340
 trust

00:25:26.340 --> 00:25:27.759
 in him.

00:25:27.759 --> 00:25:30.819
 The third

00:25:30.819 --> 00:25:31.359
 and final

00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.879
 thing we

00:25:31.879 --> 00:25:32.440
 see here

00:25:32.440 --> 00:25:32.799
 is that

00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:33.240
 God

00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:34.259
 seals.

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.619
 God's

00:25:36.619 --> 00:25:37.039
 seal is

00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:37.500
 on all

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:37.960
 of this.

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.299
 In

00:25:38.299 --> 00:25:39.039
 verse 5.

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.259
 And he

00:25:40.259 --> 00:25:40.539
 who was

00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:41.119
 seated on

00:25:41.119 --> 00:25:41.559
 the throne

00:25:41.559 --> 00:25:41.960
 said,

00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:42.559
 Behold,

00:25:42.779 --> 00:25:43.299
 I am

00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.940
 making all

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.799
 things new.

00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:46.160
 Also he

00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:46.480
 said,

00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:46.900
 Write

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:48.000
 this down

00:25:48.000 --> 00:25:48.519
 for these

00:25:48.519 --> 00:25:49.900
 words are

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:50.819
 trustworthy

00:25:50.819 --> 00:25:52.920
 and true.

00:25:52.920 --> 00:25:55.400
 This

00:25:55.400 --> 00:25:55.980
 comes back

00:25:55.980 --> 00:25:56.300
 to the

00:25:56.300 --> 00:25:56.700
 fact that

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.000
 this is

00:25:57.000 --> 00:25:59.080
 not a

00:25:59.080 --> 00:25:59.740
 fairy tale.

00:25:59.880 --> 00:26:00.120
 This is

00:26:00.120 --> 00:26:00.820
 not never

00:26:00.820 --> 00:26:01.600
 never land.

00:26:02.120 --> 00:26:02.860
 This is

00:26:02.860 --> 00:26:03.560
 the ever

00:26:03.560 --> 00:26:04.380
 ever land

00:26:04.380 --> 00:26:05.039
 of God.

00:26:05.920 --> 00:26:06.240
 These

00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:06.960
 words are

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:07.820
 trustworthy

00:26:07.820 --> 00:26:09.560
 and these

00:26:09.560 --> 00:26:10.940
 words are

00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:11.460
 true.

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.340
 God's

00:26:13.340 --> 00:26:14.800
 seal is

00:26:14.800 --> 00:26:15.360
 on it.

00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:17.100
 It is

00:26:17.100 --> 00:26:17.700
 the word

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:18.660
 that comes

00:26:18.660 --> 00:26:19.140
 from the

00:26:19.140 --> 00:26:19.580
 throne.

00:26:20.700 --> 00:26:21.279
 A loud

00:26:21.279 --> 00:26:22.600
 voice from

00:26:22.599 --> 00:26:23.259
 the throne

00:26:23.259 --> 00:26:23.939
 saying,

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.359
 This is

00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:26.039
 a royal

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.819
 seal.

00:26:27.919 --> 00:26:28.319
 It is

00:26:28.319 --> 00:26:28.639
 the one

00:26:28.639 --> 00:26:29.219
 who sits

00:26:29.219 --> 00:26:29.599
 on the

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:29.959
 throne

00:26:29.959 --> 00:26:30.679
 that

00:26:30.679 --> 00:26:31.199
 delivers

00:26:31.199 --> 00:26:31.859
 these

00:26:31.859 --> 00:26:32.500
 words.

00:26:33.199 --> 00:26:33.519
 They

00:26:33.519 --> 00:26:33.740
 are

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.399
 trustworthy

00:26:34.399 --> 00:26:35.879
 and they

00:26:35.879 --> 00:26:36.039
 are

00:26:36.039 --> 00:26:36.639
 true.

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:38.919
 In

00:26:38.919 --> 00:26:39.459
 Corinthians

00:26:39.459 --> 00:26:40.079
 Paul

00:26:40.079 --> 00:26:41.079
 speaks

00:26:41.079 --> 00:26:41.539
 about

00:26:41.539 --> 00:26:43.159
 having

00:26:43.159 --> 00:26:43.480
 been

00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.299
 purchased

00:26:44.299 --> 00:26:45.219
 through

00:26:45.219 --> 00:26:45.719
 Jesus

00:26:45.719 --> 00:26:46.539
 Christ.

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.419
 2

00:26:48.419 --> 00:26:48.859
 Corinthians

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.279
 1

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.579
 verse

00:26:49.579 --> 00:26:50.039
 21.

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:50.339
 Now

00:26:50.339 --> 00:26:50.539
 it is

00:26:50.539 --> 00:26:50.939
 God

00:26:50.939 --> 00:26:51.159
 who

00:26:51.159 --> 00:26:51.519
 makes

00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.219
 both

00:26:52.220 --> 00:26:52.600
 us

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:52.799
 and

00:26:52.799 --> 00:26:53.039
 you

00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:53.380
 stand

00:26:53.380 --> 00:26:53.779
 firm

00:26:53.779 --> 00:26:54.039
 in

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.420
 Christ.

00:26:54.600 --> 00:26:54.720
 He

00:26:54.720 --> 00:26:55.220
 anointed

00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:55.779
 us,

00:26:56.460 --> 00:26:56.720
 set

00:26:56.720 --> 00:26:57.000
 his

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.579
 seal

00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:58.019
 of

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:58.600
 ownership

00:26:58.600 --> 00:26:59.299
 on us

00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:00.059
 and put

00:27:00.059 --> 00:27:00.279
 his

00:27:00.279 --> 00:27:00.660
 spirit

00:27:00.660 --> 00:27:01.100
 in our

00:27:01.100 --> 00:27:01.519
 hearts

00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:03.420
 as a

00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:03.960
 deposit

00:27:03.960 --> 00:27:05.140
 guaranteeing

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:06.259
 what is

00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:07.160
 to come.

00:27:07.579 --> 00:27:07.720
 He

00:27:07.720 --> 00:27:08.460
 has set

00:27:08.460 --> 00:27:08.819
 his

00:27:08.819 --> 00:27:09.400
 seal

00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:10.160
 on

00:27:10.160 --> 00:27:10.360
 his

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:10.860
 people.

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.100
 When

00:27:12.100 --> 00:27:12.339
 you are

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.819
 trusting

00:27:12.819 --> 00:27:13.220
 in him

00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:13.759
 he

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.299
 owns

00:27:14.299 --> 00:27:14.600
 you.

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.539
 He

00:27:16.539 --> 00:27:16.700
 has

00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.220
 ownership

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.940
 over you

00:27:17.940 --> 00:27:18.120
 and he

00:27:18.120 --> 00:27:18.400
 has put

00:27:18.400 --> 00:27:18.579
 a

00:27:18.579 --> 00:27:18.980
 spirit

00:27:18.980 --> 00:27:19.440
 in your

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:19.799
 heart

00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:20.539
 as a

00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:21.180
 deposit

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:22.639
 guaranteeing

00:27:22.639 --> 00:27:22.940
 what is

00:27:22.940 --> 00:27:23.539
 to come

00:27:23.539 --> 00:27:23.919
 which is

00:27:23.919 --> 00:27:24.319
 what we

00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:24.519
 have

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.000
 here.

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:26.899
 These

00:27:26.899 --> 00:27:27.399
 words

00:27:27.399 --> 00:27:27.619
 are

00:27:27.619 --> 00:27:28.279
 trustworthy

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:28.740
 and

00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.099
 true.

00:27:29.960 --> 00:27:30.220
 God

00:27:30.220 --> 00:27:30.440
 will

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:30.899
 dwell

00:27:30.899 --> 00:27:31.139
 with

00:27:31.139 --> 00:27:31.339
 his

00:27:31.339 --> 00:27:31.779
 people.

00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:32.559
 God

00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:32.759
 will

00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:33.460
 dispel

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:33.740
 all

00:27:33.740 --> 00:27:33.899
 of

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.139
 these

00:27:34.139 --> 00:27:34.599
 things

00:27:34.599 --> 00:27:35.419
 because

00:27:35.419 --> 00:27:35.960
 his

00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.480
 seal

00:27:36.480 --> 00:27:37.279
 is

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:37.599
 on

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:37.899
 it.

00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.500
 You

00:27:39.500 --> 00:27:39.960
 maybe

00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:40.200
 have

00:27:40.200 --> 00:27:40.559
 heard

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.919
 of the

00:27:40.919 --> 00:27:41.299
 royal

00:27:41.299 --> 00:27:41.899
 seal

00:27:41.899 --> 00:27:42.740
 of

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:43.359
 approval.

00:27:43.359 --> 00:27:45.259
 If you

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:45.599
 look it

00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:45.980
 up you

00:27:45.980 --> 00:27:46.399
 find

00:27:46.400 --> 00:27:47.519
 it's

00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:47.920
 a

00:27:47.920 --> 00:27:48.259
 royal

00:27:48.259 --> 00:27:48.660
 seal

00:27:48.660 --> 00:27:48.940
 that's

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.180
 given

00:27:49.180 --> 00:27:49.519
 to

00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:50.259
 suppliers

00:27:50.259 --> 00:27:50.600
 to

00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:50.780
 the

00:27:50.780 --> 00:27:51.040
 royal

00:27:51.040 --> 00:27:51.560
 family

00:27:51.560 --> 00:27:51.840
 very

00:27:51.840 --> 00:27:52.100
 often

00:27:52.100 --> 00:27:52.420
 these

00:27:52.420 --> 00:27:52.780
 days.

00:27:53.440 --> 00:27:53.580
 From

00:27:53.580 --> 00:27:54.340
 chemists

00:27:54.340 --> 00:27:54.660
 to

00:27:54.660 --> 00:27:55.200
 chocolate

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.740
 companies

00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:55.960
 to

00:27:55.960 --> 00:27:56.560
 cars

00:27:56.560 --> 00:27:56.840
 to

00:27:56.840 --> 00:27:57.460
 clothing

00:27:57.460 --> 00:27:58.320
 they

00:27:58.320 --> 00:27:58.640
 grant

00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:58.860
 the

00:27:58.860 --> 00:27:59.220
 royal

00:27:59.220 --> 00:27:59.759
 seal

00:27:59.759 --> 00:28:00.540
 of

00:28:00.540 --> 00:28:01.160
 approval.

00:28:03.300 --> 00:28:03.560
 Well

00:28:03.560 --> 00:28:03.759
 here

00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:04.000
 we

00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:04.440
 have

00:28:04.440 --> 00:28:05.560
 as a

00:28:05.560 --> 00:28:05.980
 people

00:28:05.980 --> 00:28:06.180
 we

00:28:06.180 --> 00:28:06.320
 are

00:28:06.320 --> 00:28:06.720
 told

00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:06.960
 that

00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.720
 God

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.660
 from

00:28:08.660 --> 00:28:08.840
 his

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.080
 throne

00:28:09.080 --> 00:28:09.320
 in

00:28:09.320 --> 00:28:09.700
 heaven

00:28:09.700 --> 00:28:10.400
 puts

00:28:10.400 --> 00:28:10.640
 his

00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.000
 royal

00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:11.580
 seal

00:28:11.580 --> 00:28:12.320
 on

00:28:12.320 --> 00:28:12.700
 his

00:28:12.700 --> 00:28:13.320
 people.

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:15.839
 Again

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.039
 in

00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.519
 Corinthians

00:28:16.519 --> 00:28:17.000
 Paul

00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:17.579
 describes

00:28:17.579 --> 00:28:17.740
 it

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:17.839
 in

00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:18.019
 this

00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.200
 way

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.339
 for

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.460
 it

00:28:18.460 --> 00:28:18.559
 is

00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:18.740
 not

00:28:18.740 --> 00:28:18.919
 the

00:28:18.919 --> 00:28:19.139
 one

00:28:19.139 --> 00:28:19.299
 who

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.960
 commends

00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.839
 himself

00:28:20.839 --> 00:28:21.059
 who

00:28:21.059 --> 00:28:21.200
 is

00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:21.619
 approved

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:22.339
 but

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.500
 the

00:28:22.500 --> 00:28:22.740
 one

00:28:22.740 --> 00:28:22.919
 whom

00:28:22.919 --> 00:28:23.119
 the

00:28:23.119 --> 00:28:23.539
 Lord

00:28:23.539 --> 00:28:24.619
 commends.

00:28:27.039 --> 00:28:27.559
 The

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:27.799
 one

00:28:27.799 --> 00:28:27.980
 whom

00:28:27.980 --> 00:28:28.179
 the

00:28:28.179 --> 00:28:28.639
 Lord

00:28:28.639 --> 00:28:29.879
 commends.

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.099
 We

00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:30.240
 are

00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:31.039
 approved

00:28:31.039 --> 00:28:32.519
 by

00:28:32.519 --> 00:28:33.039
 God.

00:28:34.599 --> 00:28:34.939
 So

00:28:34.939 --> 00:28:35.179
 if you

00:28:35.179 --> 00:28:35.539
 put your

00:28:35.539 --> 00:28:36.179
 trust

00:28:36.179 --> 00:28:37.259
 in

00:28:37.259 --> 00:28:37.779
 him

00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.539
 you

00:28:38.539 --> 00:28:38.720
 are

00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.480
 approved.

00:28:39.480 --> 00:28:43.180
 Do

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:43.319
 you

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.700
 want

00:28:43.700 --> 00:28:44.039
 to

00:28:44.039 --> 00:28:44.360
 be

00:28:44.360 --> 00:28:45.500
 in

00:28:45.500 --> 00:28:45.779
 this

00:28:45.779 --> 00:28:46.240
 place?

00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:47.779
 Do

00:28:47.779 --> 00:28:47.960
 you

00:28:47.960 --> 00:28:48.360
 long

00:28:48.360 --> 00:28:49.000
 to

00:28:49.000 --> 00:28:49.220
 be

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.440
 in

00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:49.700
 this

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.200
 place?

00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:52.160
 Because

00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:52.440
 it is

00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:53.059
 a place

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:54.420
 that we

00:28:54.420 --> 00:28:54.880
 can dwell

00:28:54.880 --> 00:28:55.720
 eternally

00:28:55.720 --> 00:28:56.299
 with

00:28:56.299 --> 00:28:56.740
 God.

00:28:57.900 --> 00:28:58.180
 Remember

00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.319
 the

00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:58.920
 alternative

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.400
 is

00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:00.360
 without

00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:00.860
 God.

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.400
 But

00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.660
 here

00:29:02.660 --> 00:29:02.860
 we

00:29:02.860 --> 00:29:03.299
 have

00:29:03.299 --> 00:29:04.259
 with

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:04.740
 God.

00:29:05.660 --> 00:29:06.180
 The

00:29:06.180 --> 00:29:06.539
 words

00:29:06.539 --> 00:29:06.759
 of

00:29:06.759 --> 00:29:07.279
 Jesus

00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.920
 as he

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:08.240
 says

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.519
 well

00:29:08.519 --> 00:29:08.799
 done

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.059
 good

00:29:09.059 --> 00:29:09.259
 and

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.679
 faithful

00:29:09.679 --> 00:29:10.240
 servant.

00:29:10.759 --> 00:29:10.859
 You

00:29:10.859 --> 00:29:10.960
 have

00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.119
 been

00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:11.559
 faithful

00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:11.839
 over

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:11.980
 a

00:29:11.980 --> 00:29:12.139
 little

00:29:12.139 --> 00:29:12.319
 I

00:29:12.319 --> 00:29:12.460
 will

00:29:12.460 --> 00:29:12.879
 set

00:29:12.879 --> 00:29:13.039
 you

00:29:13.039 --> 00:29:13.220
 over

00:29:13.220 --> 00:29:13.500
 much.

00:29:13.940 --> 00:29:14.259
 Enter

00:29:14.259 --> 00:29:14.599
 into

00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:14.839
 the

00:29:14.839 --> 00:29:15.259
 joy

00:29:15.259 --> 00:29:15.440
 of

00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:15.599
 your

00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:16.000
 master.

00:29:16.099 --> 00:29:16.339
 That's

00:29:16.339 --> 00:29:16.519
 the

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:17.000
 words

00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:17.500
 of

00:29:17.500 --> 00:29:17.919
 entering

00:29:17.919 --> 00:29:18.279
 into

00:29:18.279 --> 00:29:18.539
 his

00:29:18.539 --> 00:29:19.000
 kingdom,

00:29:19.579 --> 00:29:19.899
 into

00:29:19.899 --> 00:29:20.359
 heaven,

00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:20.980
 into

00:29:20.980 --> 00:29:21.259
 his

00:29:21.259 --> 00:29:21.839
 glory

00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:23.179
 forevermore.

00:29:25.460 --> 00:29:26.159
 We

00:29:26.159 --> 00:29:26.319
 can

00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:26.500
 be

00:29:26.500 --> 00:29:27.039
 nosy

00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.980
 as to

00:29:27.980 --> 00:29:28.139
 what

00:29:28.139 --> 00:29:28.399
 other

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:29.079
 people's

00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.419
 homes

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:29.940
 look

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.279
 like.

00:29:30.960 --> 00:29:31.319
 We

00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:31.480
 can

00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:31.659
 look

00:29:31.659 --> 00:29:31.839
 them

00:29:31.839 --> 00:29:32.019
 up

00:29:32.019 --> 00:29:32.539
 online

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:32.779
 and

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.159
 see

00:29:33.159 --> 00:29:33.960
 what's

00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:34.379
 around

00:29:34.379 --> 00:29:34.639
 them,

00:29:34.720 --> 00:29:34.960
 what's

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.500
 inside

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.819
 them,

00:29:36.139 --> 00:29:36.480
 what's

00:29:36.480 --> 00:29:36.639
 the

00:29:36.639 --> 00:29:37.179
 price.

00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:39.880
 But are

00:29:39.880 --> 00:29:40.000
 you

00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.180
 as

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.480
 keen

00:29:40.480 --> 00:29:40.740
 to

00:29:40.740 --> 00:29:41.000
 find

00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:41.220
 out

00:29:41.220 --> 00:29:41.480
 about

00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:41.799
 this

00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:42.180
 place?

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.340
 To

00:29:43.340 --> 00:29:43.620
 know

00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.420
 more

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:44.640
 of

00:29:44.640 --> 00:29:44.940
 this

00:29:44.940 --> 00:29:45.500
 place?

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.660
 To

00:29:46.660 --> 00:29:47.039
 realize

00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:47.299
 the

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.740
 hope

00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.279
 that

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:48.480
 there

00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:48.840
 is

00:29:48.840 --> 00:29:49.080
 in

00:29:49.080 --> 00:29:49.360
 this

00:29:49.360 --> 00:29:49.860
 place?

00:29:50.380 --> 00:29:50.920
 When

00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:51.140
 you go

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.580
 back to

00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:51.720
 the

00:29:51.720 --> 00:29:52.140
 beginning

00:29:52.140 --> 00:29:53.240
 of the

00:29:53.240 --> 00:29:53.600
 book of

00:29:53.600 --> 00:29:54.160
 Revelation

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:54.720
 chapter

00:29:54.720 --> 00:29:55.299
 3,

00:29:56.600 --> 00:29:57.160
 there's a

00:29:57.160 --> 00:29:57.480
 verse

00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:57.980
 there that

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.180
 says,

00:29:58.279 --> 00:29:58.539
 behold,

00:29:58.860 --> 00:29:59.440
 I stand

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.700
 at the

00:29:59.700 --> 00:30:00.180
 door and

00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:00.620
 knock.

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:02.379
 So God

00:30:02.379 --> 00:30:03.099
 is standing

00:30:03.099 --> 00:30:03.359
 on the

00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:03.939
 outside of

00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.199
 your

00:30:04.199 --> 00:30:04.559
 home,

00:30:05.199 --> 00:30:05.579
 knocking,

00:30:05.959 --> 00:30:06.239
 wanting

00:30:06.239 --> 00:30:06.759
 to come

00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:06.979
 in.

00:30:07.719 --> 00:30:08.219
 If anyone

00:30:08.219 --> 00:30:08.839
 hears my

00:30:08.839 --> 00:30:09.319
 voice and

00:30:09.319 --> 00:30:09.899
 opens the

00:30:09.899 --> 00:30:10.099
 door,

00:30:10.479 --> 00:30:10.859
 I will

00:30:10.859 --> 00:30:11.319
 come in

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.679
 to him

00:30:11.679 --> 00:30:12.039
 and eat

00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.439
 with him

00:30:12.439 --> 00:30:12.979
 and he

00:30:12.979 --> 00:30:14.000
 with me.

00:30:14.939 --> 00:30:15.299
 It's almost

00:30:15.299 --> 00:30:15.659
 like that

00:30:15.659 --> 00:30:16.219
 sense of

00:30:16.219 --> 00:30:16.819
 God wants

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.519
 to see

00:30:17.519 --> 00:30:18.479
 where we

00:30:18.479 --> 00:30:18.879
 live,

00:30:19.739 --> 00:30:20.679
 where we're

00:30:20.679 --> 00:30:21.079
 at,

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.000
 and he

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:22.419
 wants to

00:30:22.419 --> 00:30:23.019
 dwell with

00:30:23.019 --> 00:30:23.799
 us here.

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:26.379
 But then

00:30:26.379 --> 00:30:26.659
 as you

00:30:26.659 --> 00:30:27.079
 come to

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:27.359
 this

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.959
 passage,

00:30:28.579 --> 00:30:28.959
 it's as

00:30:28.959 --> 00:30:29.279
 if he's

00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:29.500
 saying,

00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:29.899
 now,

00:30:29.900 --> 00:30:31.160
 come and

00:30:31.160 --> 00:30:31.580
 see where

00:30:31.580 --> 00:30:32.100
 I live,

00:30:33.180 --> 00:30:33.680
 come and

00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.080
 see where

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.720
 I dwell,

00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:36.200
 and come

00:30:36.200 --> 00:30:36.740
 and join

00:30:36.740 --> 00:30:38.160
 me here.

00:30:39.440 --> 00:30:40.300
 So that's

00:30:40.300 --> 00:30:40.840
 the way we

00:30:40.840 --> 00:30:41.519
 see life.

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:43.220
 He knocks

00:30:43.220 --> 00:30:44.220
 at our

00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:44.640
 door and

00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.019
 wants to

00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.300
 come in

00:30:45.300 --> 00:30:45.740
 and dwell

00:30:45.740 --> 00:30:46.200
 with us

00:30:46.200 --> 00:30:46.620
 here,

00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:47.780
 that we

00:30:47.780 --> 00:30:48.160
 might have

00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.140
 that relationship

00:30:49.140 --> 00:30:49.860
 with him,

00:30:50.420 --> 00:30:50.880
 that he

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.519
 might see

00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:52.820
 our homes.

00:30:54.780 --> 00:30:55.420
 But he

00:30:55.420 --> 00:30:55.960
 longs for

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:56.519
 us then

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.720
 eventually

00:30:57.720 --> 00:30:58.500
 to come

00:30:58.500 --> 00:30:59.820
 and abide

00:30:59.819 --> 00:31:00.639
 with him,

00:31:01.379 --> 00:31:02.279
 to dwell

00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:02.939
 with him

00:31:02.939 --> 00:31:04.099
 in his

00:31:04.099 --> 00:31:04.480
 home,

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:05.399
 in the

00:31:05.399 --> 00:31:05.879
 place that

00:31:05.879 --> 00:31:06.279
 he has

00:31:06.279 --> 00:31:06.639
 made,

00:31:07.079 --> 00:31:07.659
 the place

00:31:07.659 --> 00:31:08.359
 that he

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:09.000
 has

00:31:09.000 --> 00:31:09.740
 prepared.

00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:11.079
 What

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.059
 compares

00:31:12.059 --> 00:31:14.339
 our home

00:31:14.339 --> 00:31:14.899
 here

00:31:14.899 --> 00:31:16.000
 or what

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:16.419
 he has

00:31:16.419 --> 00:31:16.839
 done

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:18.079
 for us?

00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.240
 There is

00:31:20.240 --> 00:31:20.859
 nothing that

00:31:20.859 --> 00:31:21.619
 will compare

00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.500
 to this

00:31:22.500 --> 00:31:22.779
 place,

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.359
 this place

00:31:23.359 --> 00:31:24.059
 that John

00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:25.059
 couldn't even

00:31:25.059 --> 00:31:25.679
 put into

00:31:25.679 --> 00:31:26.359
 words.

00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:28.259
 what we

00:31:28.259 --> 00:31:28.719
 need this

00:31:28.719 --> 00:31:29.159
 evening is

00:31:29.159 --> 00:31:29.619
 as Kenny

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.099
 was saying

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.459
 to us

00:31:30.459 --> 00:31:30.979
 this morning

00:31:30.979 --> 00:31:31.259
 in the

00:31:31.259 --> 00:31:31.659
 children's

00:31:31.659 --> 00:31:32.019
 address,

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:33.359
 help us

00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:34.019
 see,

00:31:35.179 --> 00:31:35.919
 help us

00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.859
 understand

00:31:36.859 --> 00:31:38.379
 our need

00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:39.439
 of this

00:31:39.439 --> 00:31:40.119
 place.

00:31:42.119 --> 00:31:43.000
 Help us

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:44.000
 understand the

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.039
 way to

00:31:45.039 --> 00:31:45.959
 this place

00:31:45.959 --> 00:31:47.679
 that is

00:31:47.679 --> 00:31:48.599
 through faith

00:31:48.599 --> 00:31:49.319
 in the

00:31:49.319 --> 00:31:50.079
 Lord Jesus

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.819
 Christ,

00:31:50.819 --> 00:31:52.720
 that as

00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:52.980
 you put

00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:53.779
 your trust

00:31:53.779 --> 00:31:54.579
 in him,

00:31:55.159 --> 00:31:55.579
 you can

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.779
 dwell in

00:31:56.779 --> 00:31:57.439
 this place

00:31:57.439 --> 00:31:58.179
 secure

00:31:58.179 --> 00:31:59.439
 forevermore

00:31:59.439 --> 00:31:59.939
 as Psalm

00:31:59.939 --> 00:32:00.539
 23

00:32:00.539 --> 00:32:01.659
 describes.

00:32:03.200 --> 00:32:03.679
 I think

00:32:03.679 --> 00:32:03.859
 I have

00:32:03.859 --> 00:32:04.519
 used this

00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:05.439
 before,

00:32:05.599 --> 00:32:06.179
 words of

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:07.039
 Richard Baxter,

00:32:07.159 --> 00:32:07.700
 but I love

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.419
 just the way

00:32:08.419 --> 00:32:09.659
 they tie in

00:32:09.659 --> 00:32:09.960
 with the

00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.759
 whole theme

00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:11.919
 of heaven.

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.159
 And I will

00:32:13.159 --> 00:32:13.480
 leave you

00:32:13.480 --> 00:32:13.899
 with them

00:32:13.899 --> 00:32:15.179
 again this

00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.759
 evening as

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.159
 we think

00:32:16.159 --> 00:32:16.599
 of how

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.119
 God

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:17.980
 dwells,

00:32:18.740 --> 00:32:19.439
 how God

00:32:19.439 --> 00:32:20.319
 dispels,

00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.720
 and how

00:32:20.720 --> 00:32:21.200
 God

00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:21.960
 seals

00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:23.220
 all of

00:32:23.220 --> 00:32:23.500
 these

00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.000
 things.

00:32:24.179 --> 00:32:24.500
 Richard

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.000
 Baxter

00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:25.779
 once said,

00:32:26.339 --> 00:32:26.759
 Christ

00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:27.439
 leads me

00:32:27.439 --> 00:32:28.019
 through no

00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:29.000
 darker rooms

00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:29.899
 than he

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.500
 went through

00:32:30.500 --> 00:32:31.119
 before.

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.299
 He that

00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.099
 unto God's

00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.480
 kingdom

00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:34.439
 comes must

00:32:34.439 --> 00:32:35.779
 enter by

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:36.599
 this door.

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.639
 Come,

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:38.319
 Lord,

00:32:38.439 --> 00:32:39.559
 when grace

00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:40.399
 hath made

00:32:40.399 --> 00:32:40.919
 me meet,

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:41.639
 thy blessed

00:32:41.639 --> 00:32:42.799
 face to see.

00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.939
 For if thy

00:32:43.939 --> 00:32:44.579
 work on

00:32:44.579 --> 00:32:45.119
 earth be

00:32:45.119 --> 00:32:45.539
 sweet,

00:32:46.039 --> 00:32:46.639
 what will

00:32:46.639 --> 00:32:47.399
 thy glory

00:32:47.399 --> 00:32:47.759
 be?

00:32:48.539 --> 00:32:49.039
 Then I

00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.599
 shall end

00:32:49.599 --> 00:32:50.199
 my sad

00:32:50.199 --> 00:32:50.799
 complaints

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.379
 and weary

00:32:51.379 --> 00:32:52.000
 sinful

00:32:52.000 --> 00:32:52.599
 days,

00:32:53.219 --> 00:32:53.779
 and join

00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.259
 with the

00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:54.899
 triumphant

00:32:54.899 --> 00:32:55.619
 saints that

00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.699
 sing my

00:32:56.699 --> 00:32:57.480
 Saviour's

00:32:57.480 --> 00:32:58.019
 praise.

00:32:58.899 --> 00:32:59.599
 My knowledge

00:32:59.599 --> 00:33:00.159
 of that

00:33:00.159 --> 00:33:00.899
 life is

00:33:00.899 --> 00:33:01.359
 small,

00:33:01.959 --> 00:33:02.339
 the eye

00:33:02.339 --> 00:33:02.980
 of faith

00:33:02.980 --> 00:33:03.559
 is dim,

00:33:04.179 --> 00:33:04.599
 but tis

00:33:04.599 --> 00:33:05.199
 enough that

00:33:05.199 --> 00:33:06.079
 Christ knows

00:33:06.079 --> 00:33:06.539
 all,

00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:07.839
 and I

00:33:07.839 --> 00:33:08.579
 shall be

00:33:08.579 --> 00:33:09.799
 with him.

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:13.579
 is that

00:33:13.579 --> 00:33:14.039
 what you

00:33:14.039 --> 00:33:14.579
 want?

00:33:16.039 --> 00:33:16.339
 Our

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:16.879
 eyes of

00:33:16.879 --> 00:33:17.339
 faith

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:18.899
 are small,

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.519
 our eyes

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:20.200
 of faith

00:33:20.200 --> 00:33:20.839
 are dim,

00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.619
 but surely

00:33:22.619 --> 00:33:23.339
 it is enough

00:33:23.339 --> 00:33:24.139
 that Christ

00:33:24.139 --> 00:33:25.759
 knows all.

00:33:26.980 --> 00:33:27.359
 Do you

00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:28.299
 want to

00:33:28.299 --> 00:33:29.759
 be with

00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:30.059
 him?

00:33:32.180 --> 00:33:33.059
 Don't just

00:33:33.059 --> 00:33:33.919
 be curious

00:33:33.919 --> 00:33:35.599
 about this

00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:36.059
 house.

00:33:36.059 --> 00:33:37.899
 this house

00:33:37.899 --> 00:33:39.179
 is yours

00:33:39.179 --> 00:33:40.779
 if you

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:41.240
 put your

00:33:41.240 --> 00:33:42.819
 trust in

00:33:42.819 --> 00:33:43.240
 the Lord

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:43.659
 Jesus

00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:44.319
 Christ.

00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:46.879
 May you

00:33:46.879 --> 00:33:48.539
 know the

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:49.079
 way to

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:50.379
 him and

00:33:50.379 --> 00:33:50.899
 his dwelling

00:33:50.899 --> 00:33:51.899
 place with

00:33:51.899 --> 00:33:52.519
 you now,

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:53.879
 but that

00:33:53.879 --> 00:33:54.440
 hope

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:55.819
 forevermore.

00:33:56.500 --> 00:33:56.940
 Let us

00:33:56.940 --> 00:33:57.220
 pray.

00:33:57.220 --> 00:34:00.500
 Lord,

00:34:00.579 --> 00:34:00.740
 our

00:34:00.740 --> 00:34:01.200
 gracious

00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:01.819
 God,

00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.740
 we can

00:34:02.740 --> 00:34:03.120
 echo

00:34:03.120 --> 00:34:04.100
 with the

00:34:04.100 --> 00:34:04.799
 words of

00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:05.160
 Richard

00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:05.640
 Baxter

00:34:05.640 --> 00:34:06.579
 that our

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.039
 knowledge

00:34:07.039 --> 00:34:08.059
 of that

00:34:08.059 --> 00:34:08.780
 life is

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.260
 small,

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.079
 our eyes

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.740
 of faith

00:34:10.740 --> 00:34:11.240
 are dim,

00:34:12.139 --> 00:34:12.639
 but help

00:34:12.639 --> 00:34:13.000
 us to

00:34:13.000 --> 00:34:13.559
 know that

00:34:13.559 --> 00:34:14.800
 in Christ

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:15.800
 who knows

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.340
 all we

00:34:16.340 --> 00:34:17.000
 have enough

00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:18.159
 and that

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:18.460
 we would

00:34:18.460 --> 00:34:19.059
 have that

00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:20.139
 hope to

00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:20.599
 be with

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:20.940
 him.

00:34:21.619 --> 00:34:22.099
 Lord,

00:34:22.220 --> 00:34:22.900
 we thank

00:34:22.900 --> 00:34:23.179
 you that

00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:23.599
 your word

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.460
 reminds us

00:34:24.460 --> 00:34:25.480
 that although

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:25.840
 there are

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:26.900
 many struggles

00:34:26.900 --> 00:34:27.579
 in this

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.000
 world,

00:34:28.660 --> 00:34:29.099
 though there

00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:29.519
 are many

00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:30.460
 times of

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:31.280
 mourning and

00:34:31.280 --> 00:34:31.680
 grief,

00:34:32.460 --> 00:34:32.980
 that it is

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:33.680
 also a

00:34:33.680 --> 00:34:35.019
 world that

00:34:35.019 --> 00:34:35.680
 is passing

00:34:35.680 --> 00:34:36.139
 by,

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.160
 but a

00:34:37.160 --> 00:34:37.740
 world that

00:34:37.740 --> 00:34:38.079
 you are

00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:39.240
 showing us

00:34:39.240 --> 00:34:40.220
 that is

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:40.900
 better to

00:34:40.900 --> 00:34:41.340
 come,

00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:42.320
 that is

00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.760
 greater

00:34:42.760 --> 00:34:43.300
 ahead,

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:43.740
 a new

00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.820
 heaven and

00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.180
 a new

00:34:45.180 --> 00:34:46.220
 earth prepared

00:34:46.220 --> 00:34:46.940
 for all

00:34:46.940 --> 00:34:47.760
 your people,

00:34:48.240 --> 00:34:48.820
 a place

00:34:48.820 --> 00:34:49.139
 where you

00:34:49.139 --> 00:34:49.840
 will dwell

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.820
 with each

00:34:50.820 --> 00:34:51.139
 of your

00:34:51.139 --> 00:34:51.619
 people

00:34:51.619 --> 00:34:52.519
 forevermore.

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.380
 Lord,

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:53.840
 give us

00:34:53.840 --> 00:34:54.940
 eyes to

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.420
 see,

00:34:55.980 --> 00:34:56.380
 as we

00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:56.920
 ask all

00:34:56.920 --> 00:34:57.500
 in Jesus

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:57.960
 name.

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:58.920
 Amen.

00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:04.940
 We're

00:35:04.940 --> 00:35:05.320
 going to

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:06.140
 conclude by

00:35:06.140 --> 00:35:07.000
 singing to

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:07.420
 God's

00:35:07.420 --> 00:35:08.059
 praise in

00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:09.599
 Psalm 73a,

00:35:10.660 --> 00:35:11.059
 the Sing

00:35:11.059 --> 00:35:11.519
 Psalms

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:11.880
 version,

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:13.460
 Psalm 73a.

00:35:14.200 --> 00:35:14.760
 We'll

00:35:14.760 --> 00:35:15.200
 sing from

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:16.260
 verse 23

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:17.119
 down to

00:35:17.119 --> 00:35:17.539
 the end

00:35:17.539 --> 00:35:17.880
 of the

00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:18.280
 psalm.

00:35:18.280 --> 00:35:29.019
 Psalm 73a,

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.640
 at verse

00:35:29.640 --> 00:35:30.440
 23.

00:35:34.220 --> 00:35:35.060
 Yet I

00:35:35.060 --> 00:35:35.720
 remain with

00:35:35.720 --> 00:35:36.660
 you continually,

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:37.260
 by my

00:35:37.260 --> 00:35:37.960
 right hand

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:38.500
 you hold

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:38.940
 me as

00:35:38.940 --> 00:35:39.640
 my guide,

00:35:40.120 --> 00:35:40.560
 you lead

00:35:40.560 --> 00:35:40.960
 me with

00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.180
 your

00:35:41.180 --> 00:35:42.019
 counsel to

00:35:42.019 --> 00:35:42.560
 the end,

00:35:43.180 --> 00:35:43.620
 and take

00:35:43.620 --> 00:35:44.300
 me into

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:46.100
 glory to

00:35:46.100 --> 00:35:46.500
 abide.

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:47.940
 Psalm 73a,

00:35:47.940 --> 00:35:48.880
 verse 23,

00:35:49.159 --> 00:35:49.920
 to the end

00:35:49.920 --> 00:35:50.199
 of the

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:50.539
 psalm.

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:50.840
 Psalm 73a,

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.840
 verse 23,

00:35:52.840 --> 00:35:53.960
 to the end

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.039
 psalm.

00:35:51.039 --> 00:35:51.880
 Psalm 73a,

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:53.000
 verse 23,

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.000


00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.880
 verse 23,

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.880
 verse 23,

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.880
 verse 23,

00:35:55.880 --> 00:35:58.679
 yet I

00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:00.880
 remain with

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:04.880
 you continually,

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:09.099
 by my

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:11.019
 right hand

00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:13.259
 you hold

00:36:13.259 --> 00:36:14.699
 me as

00:36:14.699 --> 00:36:16.960
 my guide,

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:19.400
 you lead

00:36:19.400 --> 00:36:21.300
 me with

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:22.760
 your

00:36:22.760 --> 00:36:23.960
 counsel

00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:24.920
 to

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.740
 the

00:36:25.740 --> 00:36:27.059
 end,

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:29.800
 and take

00:36:29.800 --> 00:36:31.340
 me into

00:36:31.340 --> 00:36:34.099
 glory to

00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:35.519
 my

00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.300
 life.

00:36:37.300 --> 00:36:39.380
 In

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:40.500
 heaven

00:36:40.500 --> 00:36:42.059
 room,

00:36:42.400 --> 00:36:44.500
 how I

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.159
 and

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:45.800
 you

00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:47.800
 alone,

00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:49.840
 on

00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:50.539
 earth

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.039
 there

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:52.440
 is no

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:54.539
 one else

00:36:54.539 --> 00:36:55.940
 whom I

00:36:55.940 --> 00:36:57.980
 adore.

00:36:57.980 --> 00:36:58.980
 Oh,

00:36:58.980 --> 00:36:59.980
 oh,

00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.440
 my

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.480
 heart,

00:37:02.800 --> 00:37:04.099
 make

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.880
 heal

00:37:04.880 --> 00:37:05.500
 and

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.179
 pleasure

00:37:06.179 --> 00:37:07.980
 me.

00:37:08.619 --> 00:37:09.460
 God

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.840
 is

00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:11.460
 my

00:37:11.460 --> 00:37:12.199
 strength

00:37:12.199 --> 00:37:12.840
 and

00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.280
 for

00:37:13.280 --> 00:37:14.240
 shall

00:37:14.240 --> 00:37:15.740
 ever

00:37:15.740 --> 00:37:17.380
 go.

00:37:19.200 --> 00:37:20.780
 Those

00:37:20.780 --> 00:37:21.380
 who

00:37:21.380 --> 00:37:22.180
 are

00:37:22.180 --> 00:37:23.200
 far

00:37:23.200 --> 00:37:24.800
 from

00:37:24.800 --> 00:37:25.519
 you

00:37:25.519 --> 00:37:26.320
 will

00:37:26.320 --> 00:37:26.980
 be

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.680
 God

00:37:27.680 --> 00:37:28.860
 down,

00:37:29.460 --> 00:37:30.380
 all

00:37:30.380 --> 00:37:31.720
 those

00:37:31.720 --> 00:37:32.220
 who

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:33.280
 are

00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:35.380
 unflictful

00:37:36.059 --> 00:37:36.800
 you

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:38.640
 destroy,

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.380
 all

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:41.820
 that I

00:37:41.820 --> 00:37:41.940
 know

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:43.480
 near,

00:37:43.800 --> 00:37:45.119
 and

00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:46.700
 sheltered

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 heart.

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 I

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 will

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 be

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 so

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 Lord,

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 I

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 will

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 revive

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 with

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 joy.

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 after

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 the

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 benediction,

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 I'll

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 go to

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 the

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 door to

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 my

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 right.

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 We'll

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 close with

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 the

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 benediction.

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 Now may

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 grace,

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 mercy,

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 and

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 peace

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 from

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 God,

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 Father,

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 Son,

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 and

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 Holy

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 Spirit

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 rest

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 upon

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 and

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 abide

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 with

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 you

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 all

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 now

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 and

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 forever

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 more.

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 Amen.

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