WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:09.200 We join together in the worship of God by singing to his praise in Psalm 25 of the Scottish Psalter version. 00:00:10.960 --> 00:00:16.839 Psalm 25, find that in the blue book on page 231. 00:00:24.359 --> 00:00:28.359 We'll sing there from verse mark 4 down to verse mark 10. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:47.079 A psalm that speaks of the individual, the psalmist himself, and we can also likewise echo what he says in our call for help as we gather to worship his name. 00:00:47.079 --> 00:00:57.299 Show me thy ways, O Lord, thy paths, O teach thou me, and do thou lead me in thy truth, that in it my teacher be. 00:00:57.299 --> 00:01:08.920 For thou art God that dost, to me salvation send, and I upon thee all the day expecting to attend. 00:01:09.000 --> 00:01:17.759 We'll sing Psalm 25 from verse mark 4 down to the end of verse mark 10 there, when we'll stand to sing. 00:01:17.760 --> 00:01:20.020 Show me thy ways, O Lord. 00:01:20.019 --> 00:01:20.200 Amen. 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:27.039 Show me thy ways, O Lord. 00:01:27.539 --> 00:01:34.000 Thy paths, O teach thou me, 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:49.000 And do thou lead me in thy truth, that in my teacher be. 00:01:49.000 --> 00:02:18.979 For thou art God that dost, to me salvation send, and I upon thee all the day expecting you. 00:02:18.979 --> 00:02:20.979 Thy tender mercy, O Lord. 00:02:20.979 --> 00:02:25.979 Thy tender mercy, O Lord. 00:02:25.979 --> 00:02:29.979 Thy tender mercy, O Lord. 00:02:29.979 --> 00:02:36.979 I pray thee to remember, 00:02:36.979 --> 00:02:52.979 And thy loving kindness is for thee, I'll be noble forever. 00:02:52.979 --> 00:02:54.979 My sins and faults of truth, 00:02:54.979 --> 00:03:02.979 My sins and faults of truth, 00:03:02.979 --> 00:03:08.979 Do thou, O Lord, forget, 00:03:08.979 --> 00:03:10.979 After thy mercy, O Lord. 00:03:10.979 --> 00:03:26.979 After thy mercy, think on me, And for thy goodness claim. 00:03:26.979 --> 00:03:42.979 God good and how bright is The way he'll sin and show, 00:03:42.979 --> 00:03:44.979 God good and how bright is The way he'll sin and show, 00:03:44.979 --> 00:03:54.979 The way he'll sin and show, 00:03:54.979 --> 00:03:58.979 The way he'll sin and show, The way he'll sin and show, 00:03:58.979 --> 00:04:16.159 The whole mass of the Lord are truth and mercy sure 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:32.120 To those that do his covenant keep and testimonies due 00:04:32.120 --> 00:04:39.860 May we join together in prayer. Let us pray. 00:04:39.860 --> 00:04:46.840 Our Father in heaven, it is to you this day that we come 00:04:46.840 --> 00:04:52.319 And it is to you that we give thanks. You are one that does not leave us. 00:04:52.900 --> 00:04:57.860 You are one who is that loving fatherly figure whom we can call to 00:04:57.860 --> 00:05:03.139 And in the distress of our souls you hear our cry 00:05:03.139 --> 00:05:08.780 And when we don't know the path to walk upon you show us the way 00:05:08.779 --> 00:05:12.759 So as we come and draw near to you 00:05:12.759 --> 00:05:15.959 Individually and as a gathered people 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:19.139 May we know the blessing of being here 00:05:19.139 --> 00:05:23.299 And may you pour down by the power of your spirit 00:05:23.299 --> 00:05:26.379 The riches known in Christ Jesus 00:05:26.379 --> 00:05:30.679 And how we can be forgiven of our sins 00:05:30.679 --> 00:05:34.599 And that we may walk following his example 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:37.580 A sure path to walk upon 00:05:37.580 --> 00:05:41.340 And we pray for each that is gathered here 00:05:41.340 --> 00:05:43.939 From the youngest to the oldest 00:05:43.939 --> 00:05:47.320 We pray for the young that will go through next door 00:05:47.320 --> 00:05:49.980 We pray for those who will be leading them 00:05:49.980 --> 00:05:53.720 Bless them as they gather together likewise 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:59.720 That they in their young lives may understand and grasp 00:05:59.720 --> 00:06:03.780 The wonder and glory and beauty 00:06:03.780 --> 00:06:07.280 Of the man Jesus that died on the cross for them 00:06:07.280 --> 00:06:12.260 And following him and his ways, his word and his paths 00:06:12.260 --> 00:06:17.180 Will lead them upon sure ground and level ways 00:06:17.180 --> 00:06:21.259 And though it may be difficult as we grow older 00:06:21.259 --> 00:06:24.759 And it is difficult to hold fast 00:06:24.759 --> 00:06:28.860 To the confession that we make in Christ Jesus 00:06:28.860 --> 00:06:33.519 You are there to uphold us and sustain us 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:38.120 And so it is in that place we come 00:06:38.120 --> 00:06:42.420 Looking for your upholding grace and guidance 00:06:42.420 --> 00:06:44.680 As we gather together 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:48.379 To offer our worship to you 00:06:48.379 --> 00:06:52.319 May it be acceptable and pleasing in your eyes 00:06:52.319 --> 00:06:55.920 And may you bless us as we gather in your name 00:06:55.920 --> 00:06:58.319 So be with us we pray 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:02.660 Watch over us and guide us at hearts and minds 00:07:02.660 --> 00:07:05.540 In this short time that we meet together 00:07:05.540 --> 00:07:09.400 Asking the forgiveness and confession of our sins 00:07:09.399 --> 00:07:12.739 In Jesus Christ's name, Amen 00:07:12.739 --> 00:07:17.739 Just like to say a short word to the young ones 00:07:17.739 --> 00:07:19.560 That are here gathered with us 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:23.279 Before you go through and those who will stay with us 00:07:23.279 --> 00:07:27.779 On Friday I was at a wedding at the castle 00:07:27.779 --> 00:07:30.659 And we were standing outside 00:07:30.659 --> 00:07:32.120 Myself and Fiona 00:07:32.120 --> 00:07:34.259 We were waiting for 00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:36.399 I think it was the bridesmaids to come out 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:39.259 She was always waiting for the bridesmaids to get ready 00:07:39.259 --> 00:07:42.480 And I was driving them 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:43.719 Just to make that clear 00:07:43.719 --> 00:07:45.680 And you were standing outside 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:48.819 And Fiona looked up 00:07:48.819 --> 00:07:49.159 And she said 00:07:49.159 --> 00:07:50.699 I've never noticed that before 00:07:50.699 --> 00:07:52.839 Above the front door of the castle 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:56.000 I wonder does anyone know 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:57.819 What is written 00:07:57.819 --> 00:07:59.899 There's three words written 00:07:59.899 --> 00:08:00.899 Above the door 00:08:00.899 --> 00:08:02.659 The main door of the castle 00:08:02.659 --> 00:08:06.060 Does any young ones know what it is? 00:08:07.259 --> 00:08:08.639 I've seen any hands go up 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:10.060 I didn't know 00:08:10.060 --> 00:08:13.560 But when you look above the main porch of the castle 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:15.360 It is there written 00:08:15.360 --> 00:08:16.819 In the sandstone 00:08:16.819 --> 00:08:19.719 It is heart and hand 00:08:19.719 --> 00:08:21.120 That's what's written 00:08:21.120 --> 00:08:22.319 Heart and hand 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:25.219 It turns out 00:08:25.219 --> 00:08:27.560 That's the motto of James Matheson 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:29.579 The Adams 00:08:29.579 --> 00:08:32.199 Don't understand what it means entirely 00:08:32.199 --> 00:08:33.700 That's what he had 00:08:33.700 --> 00:08:35.179 Heart and hand 00:08:35.179 --> 00:08:37.199 And when you think about that 00:08:37.199 --> 00:08:39.719 Heart and hand 00:08:39.719 --> 00:08:43.039 We love things with our heart 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:45.279 And we do things with our hands 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:49.019 And the things that we love with our heart 00:08:49.019 --> 00:08:50.899 Are the things that we do 00:08:50.899 --> 00:08:53.399 We love playing football 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:54.799 And that's what we do 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:56.539 We use our feet 00:08:56.539 --> 00:08:58.939 Don't use our hands for football 00:08:58.940 --> 00:09:00.840 If you're playing games 00:09:00.840 --> 00:09:02.420 You might love playing different games 00:09:02.420 --> 00:09:04.180 And that's what you do 00:09:04.180 --> 00:09:05.300 You use your hands 00:09:05.300 --> 00:09:07.140 To play different games 00:09:07.140 --> 00:09:10.220 But you're standing there 00:09:10.220 --> 00:09:10.780 And you think 00:09:10.780 --> 00:09:12.400 Well 00:09:12.400 --> 00:09:13.360 I wonder 00:09:13.360 --> 00:09:14.800 Why that man 00:09:14.800 --> 00:09:16.240 Put that there 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:18.720 He built that great castle 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:19.480 And he put 00:09:19.480 --> 00:09:20.920 Heart and hand 00:09:20.920 --> 00:09:23.040 Above the front door 00:09:23.040 --> 00:09:24.860 I was thinking 00:09:24.860 --> 00:09:26.240 Well it's usually kings 00:09:26.240 --> 00:09:27.560 That live in castles 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:29.559 It wasn't a king that lived in that castle 00:09:29.559 --> 00:09:31.899 But usually it is kings 00:09:31.899 --> 00:09:33.079 That live in castles 00:09:33.079 --> 00:09:38.579 And the greatest king that ever lived 00:09:38.579 --> 00:09:41.899 Had a heart and hand 00:09:41.899 --> 00:09:42.819 To do 00:09:42.819 --> 00:09:45.299 And his heart 00:09:45.299 --> 00:09:47.699 And great love 00:09:47.699 --> 00:09:48.879 That he had 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:50.799 Was for his people 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:53.519 And that great love 00:09:53.519 --> 00:09:54.839 And that great heart 00:09:54.839 --> 00:09:56.339 That he had for his people 00:09:56.340 --> 00:09:58.180 Meant that he came 00:09:58.180 --> 00:09:59.139 And he did 00:09:59.139 --> 00:10:00.840 Something great 00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:02.580 For all of the people 00:10:02.580 --> 00:10:03.940 That he had 00:10:03.940 --> 00:10:05.420 A love for 00:10:05.420 --> 00:10:08.560 And what Christ's 00:10:08.560 --> 00:10:09.860 Greatest love 00:10:09.860 --> 00:10:11.440 And the greatest display 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:12.940 Of his heart 00:10:12.940 --> 00:10:14.920 Towards the people 00:10:14.920 --> 00:10:15.639 That he loved 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:16.720 Was that he died 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:17.899 On the cross 00:10:17.899 --> 00:10:20.019 Jesus 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:21.500 Our king 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:23.620 Has a heart 00:10:23.620 --> 00:10:23.639 Has a heart 00:10:23.639 --> 00:10:25.200 Of love 00:10:25.200 --> 00:10:26.840 And that he 00:10:26.840 --> 00:10:28.379 Brought himself 00:10:28.379 --> 00:10:30.120 To do 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.639 The greatest 00:10:31.639 --> 00:10:32.919 Display 00:10:32.919 --> 00:10:33.679 Of love 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:34.840 That any man 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:35.539 Can do 00:10:35.539 --> 00:10:37.559 John 15 00:10:37.559 --> 00:10:38.539 Is a verse 00:10:38.539 --> 00:10:39.259 That says 00:10:39.259 --> 00:10:41.899 No greater love 00:10:41.899 --> 00:10:42.919 Has anyone 00:10:42.919 --> 00:10:44.120 That he would 00:10:44.120 --> 00:10:45.600 Die for them 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:46.759 Or give his life 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:47.139 For them 00:10:47.139 --> 00:10:48.699 Jesus 00:10:48.699 --> 00:10:49.679 Is a man 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:50.779 That has 00:10:50.779 --> 00:10:51.740 That great 00:10:51.740 --> 00:10:52.460 Love 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:54.179 For each of us 00:10:54.179 --> 00:10:56.059 Every single one of us 00:10:56.059 --> 00:10:57.480 And he is 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:58.259 Our king 00:10:58.259 --> 00:10:59.720 And he 00:10:59.720 --> 00:11:00.659 Has a heart 00:11:00.659 --> 00:11:01.379 And hand 00:11:01.379 --> 00:11:02.699 To do 00:11:02.699 --> 00:11:04.199 Abundantly 00:11:04.199 --> 00:11:04.939 Good 00:11:04.939 --> 00:11:05.799 And loving 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:06.439 Things 00:11:06.439 --> 00:11:07.519 For us 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:09.379 So when you go to the castle 00:11:09.379 --> 00:11:10.019 Next time 00:11:10.019 --> 00:11:11.240 Above the porch 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:12.860 Look right up 00:11:12.860 --> 00:11:13.899 It's right above 00:11:13.899 --> 00:11:14.600 On the wall 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:15.139 High up 00:11:15.139 --> 00:11:16.620 It's his heart 00:11:16.620 --> 00:11:18.040 And hand 00:11:18.040 --> 00:11:19.580 And remember 00:11:19.580 --> 00:11:20.740 The heart 00:11:20.740 --> 00:11:21.980 That Jesus Christ 00:11:21.980 --> 00:11:23.100 Has for you 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:24.820 And what he 00:11:24.820 --> 00:11:25.460 Did 00:11:25.460 --> 00:11:27.180 Because of that 00:11:27.180 --> 00:11:27.899 Great love 00:11:27.899 --> 00:11:28.720 That he has 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:30.240 May that be 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:30.940 Blessed to you 00:11:30.940 --> 00:11:31.620 Let us say 00:11:31.620 --> 00:11:32.960 The Lord's prayer 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:33.620 Together 00:11:33.620 --> 00:11:35.800 Our Father 00:11:35.800 --> 00:11:37.519 Which art in heaven 00:11:37.519 --> 00:11:38.840 Hallowed 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:39.920 Be thy name 00:11:39.920 --> 00:11:41.399 Thy kingdom 00:11:41.399 --> 00:11:42.120 Come 00:11:42.120 --> 00:11:43.820 Thy will be done 00:11:43.820 --> 00:11:44.300 On earth 00:11:44.299 --> 00:11:45.859 As it is in heaven 00:11:45.859 --> 00:11:47.839 Give us this day 00:11:47.839 --> 00:11:49.039 Our daily bread 00:11:49.039 --> 00:11:50.500 And forgive us 00:11:50.500 --> 00:11:51.259 Our debts 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:52.579 As we forgive 00:11:52.579 --> 00:11:53.399 Our debtors 00:11:53.399 --> 00:11:54.859 And lead us not 00:11:54.859 --> 00:11:55.919 Into temptation 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:57.439 But deliver us 00:11:57.439 --> 00:11:58.139 From evil 00:11:58.139 --> 00:11:59.379 For thine 00:11:59.379 --> 00:12:00.219 Is your kingdom 00:12:00.219 --> 00:12:01.240 The power 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:02.240 And the glory 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:03.279 Forever 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:04.279 Amen 00:12:04.279 --> 00:12:07.099 Well thank you all 00:12:07.099 --> 00:12:07.679 For listening 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:09.579 Now we'll continue 00:12:09.579 --> 00:12:10.659 In our praise 00:12:10.659 --> 00:12:11.279 Of God 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:12.379 By singing 00:12:12.379 --> 00:12:13.120 In Psalm 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:15.019 145 00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:16.879 Of the Scottish 00:12:16.879 --> 00:12:17.659 Psalter version 00:12:17.659 --> 00:12:18.120 Again 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:21.319 Psalm 145 00:12:21.319 --> 00:12:22.459 The first version 00:12:22.459 --> 00:12:23.759 You'll find that 00:12:23.759 --> 00:12:25.120 On page 442 00:12:25.120 --> 00:12:27.139 Of the blue book 00:12:27.139 --> 00:12:30.240 Page 442 00:12:30.240 --> 00:12:32.259 At the very bottom 00:12:32.259 --> 00:12:33.079 Of that page 00:12:33.079 --> 00:12:34.179 Verse mark 8 00:12:34.179 --> 00:12:38.779 Psalm 145 00:12:38.779 --> 00:12:40.039 Verse mark 8 00:12:40.039 --> 00:12:43.279 The Lord is very gracious 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:44.360 In whom 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:45.579 Compassions flow 00:12:45.579 --> 00:12:46.939 In mercy 00:12:46.939 --> 00:12:48.339 He is very great 00:12:48.339 --> 00:12:49.719 And is to anger 00:12:49.719 --> 00:12:50.159 Slow 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:51.639 The Lord 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:52.259 Jehovah 00:12:52.259 --> 00:12:53.219 Unto all 00:12:53.219 --> 00:12:54.059 His goodness 00:12:54.059 --> 00:12:55.000 Doth declare 00:12:55.000 --> 00:12:56.779 And over all 00:12:56.779 --> 00:12:57.759 His other works 00:12:57.759 --> 00:12:58.719 His tender 00:12:58.719 --> 00:13:00.360 Mercies are 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:02.000 We'll sing 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:03.240 Down to verse 00:13:03.240 --> 00:13:04.740 Mark 14 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:06.340 Thy kingdom 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:07.300 Shall forever 00:13:07.300 --> 00:13:07.940 Stand 00:13:07.940 --> 00:13:09.080 Thy reign 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:09.879 Through ages 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:10.320 All 00:13:10.320 --> 00:13:11.560 God raises 00:13:11.560 --> 00:13:12.659 All that are 00:13:12.659 --> 00:13:13.259 Bowed down 00:13:13.259 --> 00:13:14.820 And upholdeth 00:13:14.820 --> 00:13:16.539 All that fall 00:13:16.539 --> 00:13:17.820 We'll sing 00:13:17.820 --> 00:13:18.539 These verses 00:13:18.539 --> 00:13:19.440 To God's praise 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:20.519 From verse mark 8 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:22.039 Down to verse mark 14 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:23.680 We'll stand to sing 00:13:23.680 --> 00:13:24.680 The Lord 00:13:24.680 --> 00:13:25.759 Is very gracious 00:13:25.759 --> 00:13:26.399 In whom 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.700 Compassions flow 00:13:27.700 --> 00:13:31.660 The Lord 00:13:31.660 --> 00:13:37.500 Is very gracious 00:13:37.500 --> 00:13:41.379 In him 00:13:41.379 --> 00:13:46.340 All Compassions flow 00:13:46.340 --> 00:13:49.379 In mercy 00:13:49.379 --> 00:13:55.379 Is very great 00:13:55.379 --> 00:14:01.179 And is to honor 00:14:01.179 --> 00:14:03.179 His love 00:14:03.179 --> 00:14:06.179 The Lord 00:14:06.179 --> 00:14:08.179 Behold 00:14:08.179 --> 00:14:09.179 The Lord 00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:10.179 Jehovah 00:14:10.179 --> 00:14:13.179 Unto all 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:17.179 His goodness 00:14:17.179 --> 00:14:21.179 I'll declare 00:14:21.179 --> 00:14:26.979 And over all 00:14:26.979 --> 00:14:30.979 His other words 00:14:30.979 --> 00:14:35.139 His tender 00:14:35.139 --> 00:14:38.979 Mercies are 00:14:38.979 --> 00:14:42.979 The all 00:14:42.979 --> 00:14:45.979 Thy works 00:14:45.980 --> 00:14:48.779 Shall praise 00:14:48.779 --> 00:14:49.779 O Lord 00:14:49.779 --> 00:14:55.100 And in thy 00:14:55.100 --> 00:14:55.779 Saints 00:14:55.779 --> 00:14:57.779 Shall bless 00:14:57.779 --> 00:15:01.779 They shall 00:15:01.779 --> 00:15:05.779 Thy kingdom's 00:15:05.779 --> 00:15:08.779 Glory show 00:15:08.779 --> 00:15:11.779 Thy power 00:15:11.779 --> 00:15:13.579 Thy speech 00:15:13.579 --> 00:15:19.579 To make 00:15:19.579 --> 00:15:20.579 To make 00:15:20.579 --> 00:15:21.579 The sons 00:15:21.579 --> 00:15:23.579 Of men 00:15:23.579 --> 00:15:27.579 To know 00:15:27.579 --> 00:15:30.579 His acts 00:15:30.579 --> 00:15:34.579 All nightly 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:38.379 And all 00:15:38.379 --> 00:15:41.379 His kingdom 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:42.379 And all 00:15:42.379 --> 00:15:43.379 His kingdom 00:15:43.379 --> 00:15:44.379 Excellent 00:15:44.379 --> 00:15:47.379 And all 00:15:47.379 --> 00:15:49.379 His majesty 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:55.379 Thy kingdom 00:15:55.379 --> 00:15:57.379 Shall 00:15:57.379 --> 00:15:58.179 Johns 00:15:58.179 --> 00:15:58.879 beaten 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:14.179 John 00:16:14.179 --> 00:16:15.179 Try 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:16.179 Wake 00:16:16.179 --> 00:16:16.279 language 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.179 Hung 00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:21.179 wieder 00:16:21.179 --> 00:16:28.579 upon earth all, upon. 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:37.379 We'll turn now to the Word of God, 00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:39.519 and if we could turn to the Gospel of Matthew. 00:16:41.379 --> 00:16:43.739 Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13. 00:16:47.099 --> 00:16:50.240 And we'll read there from verse Mark 25. 00:16:51.179 --> 00:16:57.000 The Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13. 00:16:58.059 --> 00:17:01.879 I'm reading from verse 25 down to the end of that chapter. 00:17:03.719 --> 00:17:07.419 A passage that sets before us a number of parables 00:17:07.419 --> 00:17:10.159 that speak about the kingdom of God. 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:13.159 May we hear God's Word. 00:17:14.299 --> 00:17:15.179 Verse 24. 00:17:17.099 --> 00:17:19.779 He put another parable before them, saying, 00:17:19.779 --> 00:17:23.119 The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man 00:17:23.119 --> 00:17:25.779 who sowed good seed in his field. 00:17:26.500 --> 00:17:28.139 But while his men were sleeping, 00:17:28.279 --> 00:17:31.259 the enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat 00:17:31.259 --> 00:17:32.379 and went away. 00:17:33.180 --> 00:17:35.440 So when the plants came up and bore grain, 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:37.319 then the weeds appeared also. 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:39.579 And the servants of the master of the house 00:17:39.579 --> 00:17:40.740 came and said to him, 00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:44.119 Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.779 How then does it have weeds? 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:47.460 He said to them, 00:17:47.619 --> 00:17:48.799 An enemy has done this. 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:50.779 So the servants said to him, 00:17:51.420 --> 00:17:53.639 Then do you want us to go and gather them? 00:17:54.139 --> 00:17:54.920 But he said, No, 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:56.819 lest in gathering the weeds 00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:58.660 you root up the wheat along with them. 00:17:59.379 --> 00:18:01.660 Let both grow together until the harvest. 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:04.119 And at harvest time I will tell the reapers, 00:18:04.359 --> 00:18:05.639 Gather the weeds first 00:18:05.639 --> 00:18:08.200 and bind them in bundles to be burned. 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:10.940 But gather the wheat into my barn. 00:18:10.940 --> 00:18:14.240 He put another parable before them saying, 00:18:14.960 --> 00:18:18.059 The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed 00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:20.640 that a man took and sowed in his field. 00:18:21.100 --> 00:18:22.880 It is the smallest of all seeds, 00:18:23.059 --> 00:18:24.740 but when it has grown it is larger 00:18:24.740 --> 00:18:26.440 than all the garden plants 00:18:26.440 --> 00:18:27.960 and becomes a tree 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:29.960 so that the birds of the air 00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:32.259 come and make nests in its branches. 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:34.840 He told them another parable, 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:37.220 The kingdom of heaven is like leaven 00:18:37.220 --> 00:18:39.080 that a woman took and hid 00:18:39.079 --> 00:18:40.799 in three measures of flour 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:42.460 until it was all eleven. 00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:45.359 All these things Jesus said 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:46.679 to the crowds in parables. 00:18:47.199 --> 00:18:49.019 Indeed, he said nothing to them 00:18:49.019 --> 00:18:49.859 without a parable. 00:18:50.419 --> 00:18:51.559 This was to fulfill 00:18:51.559 --> 00:18:53.000 what was spoken by the prophet. 00:18:53.639 --> 00:18:55.619 I will open my mouth in parables. 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:57.460 I will utter what has been hidden 00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:59.480 since the foundation of the world. 00:19:00.859 --> 00:19:02.059 Then he left the crowds 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:03.259 and went into the house. 00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:05.819 And his disciples came with him saying, 00:19:06.419 --> 00:19:07.939 Explain to us the parable 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.360 of the weeds of the field. 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.960 He answered, 00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:13.440 The one who sows good seed 00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:14.559 is the son of man. 00:19:15.120 --> 00:19:16.340 The field is the world 00:19:16.340 --> 00:19:17.180 and the good seed 00:19:17.180 --> 00:19:18.779 is the children of the kingdom. 00:19:19.620 --> 00:19:21.080 The weeds are the sons 00:19:21.080 --> 00:19:22.059 of the evil one 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:24.360 and the enemy who sowed them 00:19:24.360 --> 00:19:24.900 is the devil. 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:27.960 The harvest is the clothes of the age 00:19:27.960 --> 00:19:29.519 and the reapers are the angels. 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:31.759 Just as the weeds are gathered 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:32.880 and burned with fire, 00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:35.320 so it will be at the close of the age. 00:19:35.319 --> 00:19:36.960 The son of man 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:38.159 will send his angels 00:19:38.159 --> 00:19:39.539 and they will gather 00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.740 out of his kingdom 00:19:40.740 --> 00:19:42.700 all causes of sin 00:19:42.700 --> 00:19:44.399 and all lawbreakers 00:19:44.399 --> 00:19:45.460 and throw them 00:19:45.460 --> 00:19:46.679 into the fiery furnace. 00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.859 In that place 00:19:48.859 --> 00:19:50.000 there will be weeping 00:19:50.000 --> 00:19:51.460 and gnashing of teeth. 00:19:52.399 --> 00:19:53.759 Then the righteous 00:19:53.759 --> 00:19:55.679 will shine like the sun 00:19:55.679 --> 00:19:58.059 in the kingdom of their father. 00:19:58.740 --> 00:20:00.039 He who has ears, 00:20:00.439 --> 00:20:01.059 let him hear. 00:20:01.059 --> 00:20:03.419 The kingdom of heaven 00:20:03.419 --> 00:20:04.919 is like treasure 00:20:04.919 --> 00:20:06.139 hidden in a field 00:20:06.139 --> 00:20:07.700 which a man found 00:20:07.700 --> 00:20:08.440 and covered up. 00:20:09.220 --> 00:20:10.539 Then in his joy 00:20:10.539 --> 00:20:11.859 he goes and sells 00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.960 all that he has 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:14.279 and buys in that field. 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:15.799 Again, 00:20:16.500 --> 00:20:17.579 the kingdom of heaven 00:20:17.579 --> 00:20:18.480 is like a merchant 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:20.639 in search of fine pearls 00:20:20.639 --> 00:20:22.879 who on finding one pearl 00:20:22.879 --> 00:20:23.759 of great value 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:25.339 went and sold 00:20:25.339 --> 00:20:26.339 all that he had 00:20:26.339 --> 00:20:27.319 and bought it. 00:20:27.319 --> 00:20:28.859 Again, 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.599 the kingdom of heaven 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.579 is like a net 00:20:31.579 --> 00:20:32.700 that was thrown 00:20:32.700 --> 00:20:33.519 into the sea 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.579 and gathered fish 00:20:34.579 --> 00:20:35.579 of every kind. 00:20:36.200 --> 00:20:37.079 When it was full 00:20:37.079 --> 00:20:38.419 men drew it ashore 00:20:38.419 --> 00:20:39.259 and sat down 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.319 and sorted the good 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:41.220 into containers 00:20:41.220 --> 00:20:43.220 but threw away the bad. 00:20:43.819 --> 00:20:44.839 So it will be 00:20:44.839 --> 00:20:46.139 at the close of the age. 00:20:46.659 --> 00:20:48.240 The angels will come out 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.879 and separate the evil 00:20:49.879 --> 00:20:50.720 from the righteous 00:20:50.720 --> 00:20:52.139 and throw them 00:20:52.139 --> 00:20:53.500 into the fiery furnace. 00:20:54.099 --> 00:20:54.980 In that place 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:56.059 there will be weeping 00:20:56.059 --> 00:20:57.539 and gnashing of teeth. 00:20:59.059 --> 00:21:00.059 Have you understood 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:01.099 all these things? 00:21:01.779 --> 00:21:02.700 They said to him, 00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:03.039 Yes. 00:21:03.899 --> 00:21:04.819 And he said to them, 00:21:04.899 --> 00:21:05.200 Therefore, 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:06.299 every scribe 00:21:06.299 --> 00:21:07.000 who has been trained 00:21:07.000 --> 00:21:08.220 for the kingdom of heaven 00:21:08.220 --> 00:21:09.139 is like a master 00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:09.839 of a house 00:21:09.839 --> 00:21:11.179 who brings out 00:21:11.179 --> 00:21:11.940 of his treasure 00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.720 what is new 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:13.559 and what is old. 00:21:14.460 --> 00:21:15.139 And when Jesus 00:21:15.139 --> 00:21:16.519 had finished these parables 00:21:16.519 --> 00:21:17.799 he went away from there 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:19.980 and coming to his hometown 00:21:19.980 --> 00:21:21.039 he taught them 00:21:21.039 --> 00:21:21.839 in their synagogue 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:24.079 so that they were astonished 00:21:24.079 --> 00:21:24.599 and said, 00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:26.159 Where did this man 00:21:26.159 --> 00:21:26.919 get his wisdom 00:21:26.919 --> 00:21:28.299 and these mighty works? 00:21:29.219 --> 00:21:30.039 Is not this 00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:31.139 the carpenter's son? 00:21:31.719 --> 00:21:32.500 Is not this 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.939 mother called Mary? 00:21:34.359 --> 00:21:35.039 And are not 00:21:35.039 --> 00:21:35.639 his brothers 00:21:35.639 --> 00:21:36.699 James and Joseph 00:21:36.699 --> 00:21:37.959 and Simon and Judas? 00:21:38.619 --> 00:21:39.659 And are not 00:21:39.659 --> 00:21:41.019 all his sisters with us? 00:21:41.980 --> 00:21:42.740 Where then 00:21:42.740 --> 00:21:43.439 did this man 00:21:43.439 --> 00:21:44.659 get all these things? 00:21:45.219 --> 00:21:45.919 And they took 00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:46.759 offence at him 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:48.819 but Jesus said to them, 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:49.959 A prophet 00:21:49.959 --> 00:21:51.719 is not without honour 00:21:51.719 --> 00:21:53.199 except in his hometown 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:55.220 and in his own household. 00:21:56.080 --> 00:21:56.920 And he did not 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:59.120 do many mighty works there 00:21:59.120 --> 00:22:02.120 because of their unbelief. 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:03.759 Amen. 00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:05.740 May the reading of God's word 00:22:05.740 --> 00:22:06.819 speak to us 00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:08.759 and be blessed to us. 00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.600 May we draw again 00:22:10.600 --> 00:22:12.100 to God in prayer. 00:22:12.660 --> 00:22:13.380 Let us pray. 00:22:13.380 --> 00:22:20.180 Our Father in heaven, 00:22:21.080 --> 00:22:21.960 we give thanks 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.740 for the words 00:22:22.740 --> 00:22:23.880 that we have read 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:25.900 and words 00:22:25.900 --> 00:22:26.560 that portray 00:22:26.560 --> 00:22:27.260 the beauty 00:22:27.260 --> 00:22:28.280 of your kingdom 00:22:28.280 --> 00:22:28.900 of heaven, 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:31.260 the riches of it, 00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:32.500 the outworking of it, 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.020 but also 00:22:34.020 --> 00:22:35.320 set before us 00:22:35.320 --> 00:22:36.540 a stark warning 00:22:36.540 --> 00:22:38.380 that there will be 00:22:38.380 --> 00:22:39.140 a separation 00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:40.720 of the kingdoms 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:42.420 and that 00:22:42.420 --> 00:22:43.640 there is a place 00:22:43.640 --> 00:22:45.700 where we fear 00:22:45.700 --> 00:22:47.000 and tremble at. 00:22:48.100 --> 00:22:48.579 And Lord, 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:49.339 we pray 00:22:49.339 --> 00:22:50.720 that we would hear 00:22:50.720 --> 00:22:51.620 and understand 00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:52.579 these things 00:22:52.579 --> 00:22:53.240 this morning. 00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:55.279 That you would speak 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:56.019 to the heart 00:22:56.019 --> 00:22:56.740 of everyone 00:22:56.740 --> 00:22:57.860 that is gathered here 00:22:57.860 --> 00:22:58.440 and everyone 00:22:58.440 --> 00:23:00.100 that is listening online. 00:23:00.860 --> 00:23:01.660 That your word 00:23:01.660 --> 00:23:02.920 would go with power 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:05.059 and a great effect 00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:06.680 convincing 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.640 and converting 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:08.860 souls that lie 00:23:08.860 --> 00:23:09.440 in sin 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:11.320 to see the folly 00:23:11.320 --> 00:23:12.220 of their ways 00:23:12.220 --> 00:23:13.740 and how 00:23:13.740 --> 00:23:16.200 futile and vain 00:23:16.200 --> 00:23:16.759 the things 00:23:16.759 --> 00:23:17.759 of the world are 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.200 and the things 00:23:19.200 --> 00:23:20.160 which our heart, 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:20.960 if we are honest, 00:23:21.620 --> 00:23:22.680 hold on to. 00:23:23.500 --> 00:23:24.539 But we are inclined 00:23:24.539 --> 00:23:25.799 to seek after 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.539 the riches 00:23:26.539 --> 00:23:27.539 of this world. 00:23:28.240 --> 00:23:29.160 We are inclined 00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:30.019 to love them. 00:23:30.820 --> 00:23:31.620 We are inclined 00:23:31.620 --> 00:23:32.700 to set our hands 00:23:32.700 --> 00:23:33.340 upon them. 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:35.059 But Lord, 00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:36.680 set us apart 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:37.460 this morning 00:23:37.460 --> 00:23:39.460 as your people. 00:23:40.620 --> 00:23:41.160 People 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:42.180 adhere 00:23:42.180 --> 00:23:42.880 of the 00:23:42.880 --> 00:23:43.420 measurable 00:23:43.420 --> 00:23:44.100 riches 00:23:44.100 --> 00:23:45.480 of Christ Jesus 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:47.120 and what 00:23:47.120 --> 00:23:48.039 the kingdom 00:23:48.039 --> 00:23:49.079 that is prepared 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:49.720 for those 00:23:49.720 --> 00:23:50.340 that believe 00:23:50.340 --> 00:23:51.039 in him. 00:23:52.120 --> 00:23:53.180 We pray 00:23:53.180 --> 00:23:54.120 and thank you 00:23:54.120 --> 00:23:55.779 for what you 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.259 have done 00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:56.840 for us. 00:23:57.980 --> 00:23:58.660 Things that are 00:23:58.660 --> 00:23:59.500 inconceivable 00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:01.799 in our minds 00:24:01.799 --> 00:24:02.799 and understanding 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:04.440 yet such 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:05.279 is revealed 00:24:05.279 --> 00:24:06.700 so that we 00:24:06.700 --> 00:24:07.319 are not 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:09.059 ignorant 00:24:09.059 --> 00:24:10.339 of it. 00:24:11.240 --> 00:24:11.819 That we 00:24:11.819 --> 00:24:12.379 may set 00:24:12.379 --> 00:24:13.259 our hearts 00:24:13.259 --> 00:24:14.980 towards you 00:24:14.980 --> 00:24:16.299 and draw 00:24:16.299 --> 00:24:17.559 near to you 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:18.079 and hold 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:18.639 fast 00:24:18.639 --> 00:24:19.579 to you 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:21.460 confessing 00:24:21.460 --> 00:24:23.879 our trust 00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.519 and belief 00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.639 in all 00:24:25.639 --> 00:24:26.259 that Christ 00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.819 has done 00:24:26.819 --> 00:24:27.500 for us. 00:24:28.799 --> 00:24:29.259 And it is 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.799 nothing of 00:24:29.799 --> 00:24:30.319 ourselves 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:30.799 that we 00:24:30.799 --> 00:24:31.180 bring 00:24:31.180 --> 00:24:33.659 but it is 00:24:33.659 --> 00:24:34.099 to the 00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.619 glory of 00:24:34.619 --> 00:24:35.059 God 00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:36.539 and that 00:24:36.539 --> 00:24:38.139 we glorify 00:24:38.139 --> 00:24:38.819 God 00:24:38.819 --> 00:24:39.819 as we 00:24:39.819 --> 00:24:40.259 come 00:24:40.259 --> 00:24:40.980 and worship 00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.740 you. 00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:43.339 May your 00:24:43.339 --> 00:24:43.799 spirit 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.720 be active 00:24:44.720 --> 00:24:45.799 amongst us 00:24:45.799 --> 00:24:47.019 as the wind 00:24:47.019 --> 00:24:47.879 that pathes 00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:49.019 over the land 00:24:49.019 --> 00:24:50.419 and we see 00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.119 the trees 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.599 blow. 00:24:52.259 --> 00:24:52.759 May it 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.500 have the 00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:54.339 effect in our 00:24:54.339 --> 00:24:54.919 hearts 00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:55.720 that sways 00:24:55.720 --> 00:24:56.839 us towards 00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:58.240 you and 00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:59.159 inclines us 00:24:59.159 --> 00:24:59.720 in your 00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.339 direction 00:25:00.339 --> 00:25:01.899 and paths 00:25:01.899 --> 00:25:02.480 that should be 00:25:02.480 --> 00:25:03.099 followed that 00:25:03.099 --> 00:25:03.619 are sure 00:25:03.619 --> 00:25:04.299 and steady. 00:25:05.679 --> 00:25:05.919 Lord, 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.699 we pray 00:25:06.699 --> 00:25:08.659 that your 00:25:08.659 --> 00:25:09.480 spirit would 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:09.959 come with 00:25:09.959 --> 00:25:10.799 power today 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:11.980 in the 00:25:11.980 --> 00:25:12.740 gatherings of 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.419 your people 00:25:13.419 --> 00:25:14.139 and across 00:25:14.139 --> 00:25:14.859 our nation 00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:16.019 and the 00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.419 proclamation 00:25:16.419 --> 00:25:17.579 of your word 00:25:17.579 --> 00:25:18.039 may be 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:18.599 faithful 00:25:18.599 --> 00:25:19.659 by your 00:25:19.659 --> 00:25:20.259 servants 00:25:20.259 --> 00:25:21.779 to reveal 00:25:21.779 --> 00:25:22.899 treasures of 00:25:22.899 --> 00:25:23.480 old and 00:25:23.480 --> 00:25:24.220 treasures that 00:25:24.220 --> 00:25:24.659 are new 00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:26.700 and reveal 00:25:26.700 --> 00:25:27.420 the kingdom 00:25:27.420 --> 00:25:28.120 of heaven 00:25:28.120 --> 00:25:28.940 that has 00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.660 been prepared 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:30.240 for the 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.660 people. 00:25:31.800 --> 00:25:32.480 May we 00:25:32.480 --> 00:25:34.100 seek after 00:25:34.100 --> 00:25:35.800 this kingdom 00:25:35.800 --> 00:25:36.759 the riches 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.400 of it 00:25:37.400 --> 00:25:38.740 to be a 00:25:38.740 --> 00:25:39.340 part of 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00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:02.000 to him 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:04.680 we pray 00:26:04.680 --> 00:26:05.700 that the 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.220 beauty of 00:26:06.220 --> 00:26:06.579 Christ 00:26:06.579 --> 00:26:06.920 would be 00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.400 revealed 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:08.420 across our 00:26:08.420 --> 00:26:08.819 nation 00:26:08.819 --> 00:26:10.620 and that 00:26:10.620 --> 00:26:11.059 we as a 00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:11.539 nation 00:26:11.539 --> 00:26:13.079 would not 00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.599 leave 00:26:13.599 --> 00:26:14.680 this great 00:26:14.680 --> 00:26:15.120 treasure 00:26:15.120 --> 00:26:15.819 forgotten 00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:17.660 but that 00:26:17.660 --> 00:26:18.279 we would 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:19.299 uplift it 00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.000 and elevate 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:21.160 it and 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.759 share in 00:26:21.759 --> 00:26:22.319 its riches 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:24.299 those that 00:26:24.299 --> 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00:30:46.259 --> 00:30:46.920 singing in 00:30:46.920 --> 00:30:47.820 psalm 84 00:30:47.820 --> 00:30:50.240 find out on 00:30:50.240 --> 00:30:51.480 page 338 00:30:51.480 --> 00:30:53.380 of the 00:30:53.380 --> 00:30:53.900 blue book 00:30:53.900 --> 00:30:58.240 sing from 00:30:58.240 --> 00:30:58.660 the beginning 00:30:58.660 --> 00:30:59.100 of that 00:30:59.100 --> 00:30:59.560 psalm 00:30:59.560 --> 00:31:00.019 scottish 00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:00.360 psalter 00:31:00.360 --> 00:31:00.880 version 00:31:00.880 --> 00:31:05.200 familiar 00:31:05.200 --> 00:31:05.800 words to 00:31:05.800 --> 00:31:06.120 us 00:31:06.120 --> 00:31:07.820 how lovely 00:31:07.820 --> 00:31:08.300 is thy 00:31:08.300 --> 00:31:08.600 dwelling 00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:09.140 place 00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.780 o lord 00:31:09.780 --> 00:31:10.340 of hosts 00:31:10.340 --> 00:31:11.160 to me 00:31:11.160 --> 00:31:11.960 the 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:12.640 tabernacles 00:31:12.640 --> 00:31:13.140 of thy 00:31:13.140 --> 00:31:13.680 grace 00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:15.380 how pleasant 00:31:15.380 --> 00:31:16.259 lord they 00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:16.640 be 00:31:16.640 --> 00:31:17.860 we'll sing 00:31:17.860 --> 00:31:18.540 from verse 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:18.879 and if we 00:31:18.879 --> 00:31:19.539 could just 00:31:19.539 --> 00:31:20.299 sing down 00:31:20.299 --> 00:31:21.279 to the 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.940 3b 00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.720 the end 00:31:24.720 --> 00:31:25.460 of 3b 00:31:25.460 --> 00:31:26.379 even 00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.960 thine own 00:31:26.960 --> 00:31:27.299 altar 00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.000 where she 00:31:28.000 --> 00:31:28.519 is safe 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.279 a young 00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.599 one's 00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:30.119 forth may 00:31:30.119 --> 00:31:30.500 bring 00:31:30.500 --> 00:31:31.680 o thou 00:31:31.680 --> 00:31:32.460 almighty 00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:33.039 lord of 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:33.519 hosts 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:34.720 who art 00:31:34.720 --> 00:31:35.440 my god 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:36.159 and king 00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.460 will just 00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:36.960 sing down 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:37.360 to that 00:31:37.360 --> 00:31:37.680 verse 00:31:37.680 --> 00:31:37.900 there 00:31:37.900 --> 00:31:38.660 3b 00:31:38.660 --> 00:31:39.779 let us 00:31:39.779 --> 00:31:40.600 praise god 00:31:40.600 --> 00:31:41.140 and stand 00:31:41.140 --> 00:31:41.680 and sing 00:31:41.680 --> 00:31:42.020 this 00:31:42.020 --> 00:31:42.420 together 00:31:42.420 --> 00:31:43.180 how lovely 00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.000 is thy 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:44.300 dwelling 00:31:44.300 --> 00:31:44.800 place 00:31:44.800 --> 00:31:47.900 how lovely 00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:50.120 is thy 00:31:50.120 --> 00:31:51.160 dwelling 00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:52.740 place 00:31:52.740 --> 00:31:55.040 o lord 00:31:55.040 --> 00:31:56.920 of hosts 00:31:56.920 --> 00:31:59.500 to me 00:31:59.500 --> 00:32:01.120 the 00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:03.960 tabernacles 00:32:03.960 --> 00:32:06.720 of thy 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.620 grace 00:32:07.620 --> 00:32:08.920 how 00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:10.040 blessed 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:11.859 lord 00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:13.859 may be 00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:16.519 my 00:32:16.519 --> 00:32:17.720 thirst 00:32:17.720 --> 00:32:18.720 is 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.519 so 00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:20.799 long 00:32:20.799 --> 00:32:21.859 dim 00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.779 and 00:32:22.779 --> 00:32:23.500 he 00:32:23.500 --> 00:32:24.859 gave 00:32:24.859 --> 00:32:25.859 his 00:32:25.859 --> 00:32:26.819 thy 00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.740 court 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.859 scurge 00:32:28.859 --> 00:32:30.519 my 00:32:30.519 --> 00:32:32.519 very 00:32:32.519 --> 00:32:34.519 heart 00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.920 and 00:32:35.920 --> 00:32:36.519 flesh 00:32:37.039 --> 00:32:37.519 triumph 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:39.900 some 00:32:39.900 --> 00:32:42.339 yang 00:32:42.339 --> 00:32:53.480 h 00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:59.420 and 00:32:59.420 --> 00:33:17.680 The soul who also for herself hath purchased in Thine rest. 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:33.299 In Thine own altar, where she's saved, Thy young ones for favoring. 00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:48.680 O Thou Almighty, Lord of hosts, who art my God and King. 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:57.720 If you turn back with me to the passage that we read together in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 13. 00:33:57.720 --> 00:34:10.000 And here in this passage is set before us images that explain and show forth the kingdom of heaven. 00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:15.639 And we don't have time to dwell on the whole passage or every image that is set here. 00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:25.360 So what I would like to do is take the smaller of these images and set aside the parable of the weeds, 00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:27.820 if it is titled such in your Bible. 00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:30.519 We'll take the mustard seeds and the leaven. 00:34:31.720 --> 00:34:33.460 We'll take the treasure and the pearl. 00:34:33.539 --> 00:34:35.200 And we'll take the parable of the net. 00:34:35.720 --> 00:34:44.460 And we'll put these together, these five short Bible similes that show us what the kingdom of heaven is like. 00:34:46.160 --> 00:34:50.680 And now if you are there listening to Jesus speaking these words, 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:57.899 I'm sure we'd all be excited to hear what he was going to say when he said the kingdom of heaven is like. 00:34:59.960 --> 00:35:03.299 But we're not presented for the image as we might expect. 00:35:04.279 --> 00:35:06.159 He does not describe a place. 00:35:07.419 --> 00:35:11.099 When we describe for someone as some place as like, 00:35:11.359 --> 00:35:14.399 if you were to describe this church, you'd say, well, it's full. 00:35:14.400 --> 00:35:15.680 It's got wooden pews. 00:35:15.780 --> 00:35:17.440 It's got a red carpet. 00:35:18.200 --> 00:35:20.740 It's got blue walls and a pink ceiling. 00:35:21.860 --> 00:35:25.440 And you may not quite have the image that is before you. 00:35:27.579 --> 00:35:32.320 But the images that is presented by Christ here, they're kind of obscure. 00:35:33.000 --> 00:35:36.860 They don't tell us really what the kingdom of heaven is like as a place. 00:35:37.619 --> 00:35:40.920 It's not John's revelations that we have before us. 00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:47.059 And yet it is an interesting point that we ask, well, why has he not explained it like that? 00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:49.500 Why has he not explained the kingdom of heaven as a place? 00:35:50.240 --> 00:35:52.000 It seems like there's more to it. 00:35:53.720 --> 00:35:58.599 Does he mean, well, what does he mean when he speaks of the kingdom of heaven? 00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:03.680 Initially we think, well, it's heaven in the heavenly realm. 00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:07.280 But is it that or is it something else? 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:14.920 Funnily enough, when you read through these things, we get very little of what heaven is like as a place. 00:36:15.660 --> 00:36:19.220 And we actually hear more of what hell is like as a place. 00:36:21.260 --> 00:36:24.519 But as we look at these few parables and we put them together, 00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:30.000 we must primarily keep in mind that they are all representing the kingdom of heaven. 00:36:30.000 --> 00:36:44.460 What does a kingdom consist of in its most basic form? 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:51.019 Well, usually you have a king or a royal seat, a leader as such. 00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:56.039 And the kingdom is of a certain territory, a certain area. 00:36:57.579 --> 00:37:05.280 It is a place where the king sets out certain rules, certain ways in which the people are to live. 00:37:06.259 --> 00:37:08.460 But the essence of the kingdom really is the people. 00:37:09.300 --> 00:37:12.039 The people are the strength of the kingdom. 00:37:12.300 --> 00:37:19.119 The people who abide by the rules of the king are the completing of the kingdom. 00:37:19.119 --> 00:37:26.219 The kingdom of heaven has Christ as its king. 00:37:27.659 --> 00:37:32.199 And these parables reveal the outworking of that kingdom. 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:37.659 And the coming of that kingdom, as we pray together in the Lord's Prayer. 00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:39.119 Thy kingdom come. 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:45.460 The kingdom of heaven, then, is there not a descriptive sense of what the place is like. 00:37:45.460 --> 00:37:56.360 But how this kingdom is outworked and the privileges that contribute to the gathering of the people of this kingdom. 00:37:57.119 --> 00:38:02.740 That great effect that the gospel has upon the people. 00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:13.699 And the spiritual outworking of that effect of the people that are set aside to be gathered into the kingdom of heaven. 00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:16.460 By the work of the gospel. 00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:20.099 And the effectual application of that Holy Spirit. 00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:25.039 You see, the kingdom of heaven, it has a king. 00:38:25.460 --> 00:38:26.379 We said that. 00:38:26.419 --> 00:38:27.219 It has king. 00:38:27.379 --> 00:38:28.379 Christ is its king. 00:38:29.480 --> 00:38:31.839 It has a kingly order. 00:38:32.399 --> 00:38:36.599 And means by which the king sets out for the people to live by. 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:38.899 We have that in the word of God. 00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:48.380 And there is a place set aside that the king has set aside for the people. 00:38:48.539 --> 00:38:50.539 All these things are in place already. 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:59.440 It is just the people that need to be gathered into the kingdom of heaven. 00:38:59.440 --> 00:39:05.599 All those who are Christ's are the kings. 00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:10.059 The Christian is a son of the king. 00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:14.500 And a partaker of that kingdom of heaven. 00:39:15.380 --> 00:39:19.480 Each of us are receivers of the kingdom of heaven. 00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:23.280 If we believe and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:26.800 And it is hard to get our head around these things. 00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:28.260 And hard to grasp these things. 00:39:28.860 --> 00:39:30.700 But we have before us these images. 00:39:31.000 --> 00:39:33.040 That likens it to something else. 00:39:33.140 --> 00:39:35.200 That aids our understanding of it. 00:39:36.380 --> 00:39:38.140 And we'll fittingly pair them together. 00:39:38.480 --> 00:39:39.600 Although we have five. 00:39:40.000 --> 00:39:41.880 The last one, the parable of the net. 00:39:42.040 --> 00:39:43.720 There are really two divisions in it. 00:39:44.560 --> 00:39:46.000 A parable of the mustard seed. 00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:47.100 And the leaven. 00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:48.380 Can be paired together. 00:39:48.380 --> 00:39:51.220 To give us a title of two sizes. 00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:55.599 And the following images of the treasure and the pearl. 00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:57.440 Sets before us two treasures. 00:39:58.260 --> 00:40:00.440 And finally the parable of the net. 00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:03.500 Sets before us two gatherings. 00:40:03.640 --> 00:40:05.340 Or two separations that are made. 00:40:06.160 --> 00:40:07.940 So we have here set before us. 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:09.000 As the kingdom of heaven. 00:40:09.780 --> 00:40:10.940 Two sizes. 00:40:11.660 --> 00:40:12.420 Two treasures. 00:40:13.160 --> 00:40:14.800 And two gatherings. 00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:16.840 So we begin with the two sizes. 00:40:16.840 --> 00:40:17.680 We look at the grain. 00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:20.140 The grain of mustard seed. 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:21.119 And the leaven. 00:40:22.700 --> 00:40:24.340 If you look at that section there. 00:40:24.420 --> 00:40:25.340 From verse 31. 00:40:26.160 --> 00:40:28.820 These two pictures present a great contrast. 00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:30.660 And a great impact. 00:40:30.860 --> 00:40:32.260 That this kingdom will make. 00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:35.059 The mustard seed was a fairly small seed. 00:40:35.099 --> 00:40:36.300 About one or two millimeters. 00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:38.420 And it would grow into this tree. 00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:41.300 That I believe would grow to three or four meters. 00:40:42.660 --> 00:40:44.500 As the small quantity of leaven. 00:40:44.500 --> 00:40:46.039 That we worked into the dough. 00:40:46.680 --> 00:40:47.599 Would have the significance. 00:40:47.599 --> 00:40:49.639 Of impacting the whole amount. 00:40:49.639 --> 00:40:51.539 And change and convert. 00:40:52.159 --> 00:40:54.019 The dough in its entirety. 00:40:55.019 --> 00:40:55.500 The seed. 00:40:55.920 --> 00:40:57.019 In the first instance. 00:40:57.219 --> 00:40:58.659 Is so small and insignificant. 00:40:58.659 --> 00:40:59.980 That it could be dismissed. 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.380 As invaluable. 00:41:02.119 --> 00:41:03.199 If you did not know. 00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.380 What it was. 00:41:05.380 --> 00:41:07.360 Something that could be easily rejected. 00:41:08.360 --> 00:41:09.179 But the seed. 00:41:09.659 --> 00:41:10.659 In its nature. 00:41:11.279 --> 00:41:11.920 Is something. 00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.960 That grows. 00:41:13.779 --> 00:41:14.360 As is. 00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:15.260 The kingdom. 00:41:15.260 --> 00:41:16.320 The kingdom of heaven. 00:41:19.320 --> 00:41:20.400 And it becomes. 00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:21.340 The greatest. 00:41:21.780 --> 00:41:22.720 Within the whole. 00:41:23.099 --> 00:41:23.440 Garden. 00:41:23.920 --> 00:41:25.039 The kingdom of heaven. 00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:27.200 Becomes the greatest kingdom. 00:41:27.559 --> 00:41:28.880 That we could know. 00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:31.300 And becomes that safe refuge. 00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:33.019 Where the birds of the air. 00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.680 Take home. 00:41:34.840 --> 00:41:35.599 In its branches. 00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:36.980 As we sung. 00:41:37.200 --> 00:41:38.500 There in Psalm 40. 00:41:38.500 --> 00:41:39.180 Of the bird. 00:41:39.180 --> 00:41:40.240 That rests. 00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:41.079 In the security. 00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:42.279 Of the dwelling place. 00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:43.159 Of the kingdom. 00:41:44.299 --> 00:41:45.440 Such is the kingdom. 00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.119 Of heaven. 00:41:47.239 --> 00:41:48.940 In some man's eyes. 00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:50.259 That it is so small. 00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:51.039 And insignificant. 00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:53.480 The person of Christ. 00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:55.360 The word of God. 00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:56.900 So despised. 00:41:57.019 --> 00:41:57.539 By many. 00:41:57.779 --> 00:41:58.380 And rejected. 00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:59.920 As being worthless. 00:42:00.819 --> 00:42:02.559 And has been trampled upon. 00:42:02.719 --> 00:42:03.719 Throughout the ages. 00:42:04.860 --> 00:42:05.400 And yet. 00:42:06.259 --> 00:42:07.340 The seed of the gospel. 00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:08.920 Is a seed. 00:42:08.920 --> 00:42:10.760 Which by its nature. 00:42:11.340 --> 00:42:11.720 Grows. 00:42:13.240 --> 00:42:14.559 Many have viewed it. 00:42:14.680 --> 00:42:15.500 As insignificant. 00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:17.579 Even those. 00:42:17.760 --> 00:42:18.740 In whom that seed. 00:42:18.880 --> 00:42:19.800 Has been planted. 00:42:21.099 --> 00:42:21.840 And the growth. 00:42:22.680 --> 00:42:23.760 That comes with. 00:42:24.539 --> 00:42:25.260 The strength. 00:42:25.619 --> 00:42:26.539 Of that kinder. 00:42:28.000 --> 00:42:29.000 What is weak. 00:42:29.680 --> 00:42:30.559 Before men. 00:42:31.300 --> 00:42:31.980 Is strong. 00:42:33.260 --> 00:42:34.760 And some of the most unlikely. 00:42:35.400 --> 00:42:35.800 Seeds. 00:42:36.440 --> 00:42:37.420 Have sprouted. 00:42:37.420 --> 00:42:38.539 In lives. 00:42:39.420 --> 00:42:40.180 The gospel. 00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:41.280 Has taken root. 00:42:42.000 --> 00:42:42.619 The kingdom. 00:42:42.619 --> 00:42:43.700 Of heaven. 00:42:44.180 --> 00:42:45.079 Has welcomed. 00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:46.480 The most. 00:42:47.200 --> 00:42:47.840 Surprising. 00:42:48.200 --> 00:42:48.559 People. 00:42:48.740 --> 00:42:49.480 In our eyes. 00:42:52.059 --> 00:42:53.280 But they are great. 00:42:53.380 --> 00:42:54.260 In God's eyes. 00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:57.340 And also. 00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:58.039 When we speak. 00:42:58.099 --> 00:42:58.720 Of Christ. 00:42:59.760 --> 00:43:00.720 He was a stone. 00:43:00.800 --> 00:43:01.500 That was rejected. 00:43:01.800 --> 00:43:02.159 By men. 00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.820 But he has become. 00:43:03.980 --> 00:43:04.980 The corner stone. 00:43:04.980 --> 00:43:07.039 Christ. 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.240 Christ. 00:43:07.679 --> 00:43:08.960 When he lived. 00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:11.360 Was seen as such an insignificant. 00:43:11.360 --> 00:43:12.159 Man. 00:43:14.039 --> 00:43:15.539 Such an insignificant. 00:43:16.260 --> 00:43:16.519 Seed. 00:43:17.199 --> 00:43:18.780 But from that. 00:43:19.039 --> 00:43:19.340 Seed. 00:43:20.619 --> 00:43:21.960 And the apostles. 00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:23.159 The few. 00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:24.000 The little. 00:43:24.820 --> 00:43:25.480 The weak. 00:43:25.940 --> 00:43:26.760 That went out. 00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:28.719 A great kingdom. 00:43:29.260 --> 00:43:30.019 Has come. 00:43:30.940 --> 00:43:32.019 A great kingdom. 00:43:32.019 --> 00:43:32.860 That is secure. 00:43:32.860 --> 00:43:34.820 A great kingdom. 00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.740 That we ourselves. 00:43:35.740 --> 00:43:36.340 Have come. 00:43:36.460 --> 00:43:37.320 To rest in. 00:43:38.900 --> 00:43:39.920 That seed. 00:43:40.700 --> 00:43:41.320 That was. 00:43:41.620 --> 00:43:42.019 Ready. 00:43:43.240 --> 00:43:43.800 Christ. 00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:45.280 That people. 00:43:45.420 --> 00:43:45.780 Were ready. 00:43:45.880 --> 00:43:47.200 To throw on the rubbish heap. 00:43:47.579 --> 00:43:48.480 When he was crucified. 00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:50.400 Two men. 00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.360 Took that. 00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.160 Body. 00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:55.380 And it's as if. 00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:56.300 They planted it. 00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.700 That seed. 00:43:58.760 --> 00:43:59.320 And that. 00:43:59.640 --> 00:43:59.960 Seed. 00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:02.740 The most amazing. 00:44:03.260 --> 00:44:04.000 And greatest. 00:44:04.280 --> 00:44:04.740 Of all. 00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.179 Seeds. 00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:06.400 That could ever be planted. 00:44:07.199 --> 00:44:08.000 That kingdom. 00:44:08.360 --> 00:44:09.079 That has come. 00:44:09.260 --> 00:44:09.500 From. 00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:10.480 Christ. 00:44:11.720 --> 00:44:12.000 Also. 00:44:12.240 --> 00:44:12.980 Despised. 00:44:13.099 --> 00:44:13.559 By men. 00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.920 Has become. 00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:15.480 The greatest. 00:44:15.740 --> 00:44:16.220 Of all. 00:44:16.380 --> 00:44:17.059 Kingdoms. 00:44:18.280 --> 00:44:18.760 Likewise. 00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:19.300 The leaven. 00:44:20.440 --> 00:44:21.280 The woman. 00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:22.059 Took her leaven. 00:44:22.579 --> 00:44:23.300 And hides it. 00:44:23.340 --> 00:44:24.240 In great quantity. 00:44:24.240 --> 00:44:24.840 Of flour. 00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.320 And dough. 00:44:25.860 --> 00:44:26.920 Until the whole. 00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.480 Mixture. 00:44:28.740 --> 00:44:29.380 Is leavened. 00:44:29.380 --> 00:44:30.740 And the quantity. 00:44:30.740 --> 00:44:31.240 Is said. 00:44:31.420 --> 00:44:31.940 To be here. 00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:32.780 Enough bread. 00:44:33.079 --> 00:44:33.920 To feed. 00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:35.180 A hundred people. 00:44:36.019 --> 00:44:36.940 The three measure. 00:44:37.840 --> 00:44:38.680 It's an abundant. 00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:39.400 Amount. 00:44:39.480 --> 00:44:40.000 Of dough. 00:44:40.720 --> 00:44:41.940 And the sour dough. 00:44:42.059 --> 00:44:42.559 The leaven. 00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:43.360 I believe. 00:44:43.680 --> 00:44:44.320 They would keep. 00:44:44.579 --> 00:44:45.640 Keep it aside. 00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:46.360 And they would tear. 00:44:46.420 --> 00:44:46.980 A bit of it. 00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:47.760 And mix it in. 00:44:47.840 --> 00:44:48.340 With the dough. 00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:49.400 I'm not. 00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:50.119 A hundred percent. 00:44:50.119 --> 00:44:50.820 Sure on it. 00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:51.980 But they would mix it in. 00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:52.380 With the dough. 00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:52.860 And thus. 00:44:53.160 --> 00:44:54.559 That fermented flour. 00:44:55.640 --> 00:44:56.720 Would work. 00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.640 Silently. 00:44:58.119 --> 00:44:59.320 Throughout the whole dough. 00:44:59.380 --> 00:45:01.140 Changing it into. 00:45:01.420 --> 00:45:01.900 A dough. 00:45:02.059 --> 00:45:02.860 That would rise. 00:45:02.940 --> 00:45:03.700 Into bread. 00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.500 When baked. 00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.599 It gives us. 00:45:07.680 --> 00:45:08.039 An image. 00:45:08.039 --> 00:45:08.800 Of something. 00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:10.119 Silent. 00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:11.740 Working. 00:45:12.059 --> 00:45:13.240 Underneath the skin. 00:45:13.820 --> 00:45:14.599 An unstoppable. 00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:15.360 Food. 00:45:16.740 --> 00:45:17.599 That converts. 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:20.680 The whole mixture. 00:45:22.559 --> 00:45:24.140 The kingdom of God. 00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:25.500 Works in such a way. 00:45:25.740 --> 00:45:26.500 To grow. 00:45:26.860 --> 00:45:27.460 To change. 00:45:27.460 --> 00:45:28.260 In size. 00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:30.320 To gather. 00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:31.300 The people. 00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:34.079 To draw them in. 00:45:35.019 --> 00:45:35.840 And change. 00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:37.400 And even. 00:45:37.559 --> 00:45:38.119 To change. 00:45:38.220 --> 00:45:38.980 Ourselves. 00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:41.199 The dough. 00:45:41.679 --> 00:45:42.639 The fleaven. 00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:43.079 That is. 00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:44.039 Mixed in. 00:45:44.159 --> 00:45:45.079 With our heart. 00:45:47.019 --> 00:45:48.079 Changes us. 00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:48.559 Slowly. 00:45:49.699 --> 00:45:50.820 And works. 00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:51.679 Within us. 00:45:52.139 --> 00:45:53.079 That kingdom. 00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:57.340 To filter. 00:45:57.340 --> 00:45:57.840 Into. 00:45:57.840 --> 00:45:57.920 Into. 00:45:57.920 --> 00:45:58.519 Every. 00:45:58.519 --> 00:45:58.599 Every. 00:45:58.599 --> 00:45:59.440 Extremity. 00:45:59.440 --> 00:46:00.500 Of our lives. 00:46:01.819 --> 00:46:02.980 That we may. 00:46:03.039 --> 00:46:03.619 Reflect. 00:46:04.239 --> 00:46:04.619 His. 00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:05.319 Glory. 00:46:07.840 --> 00:46:08.719 It is. 00:46:08.799 --> 00:46:09.719 In each of us. 00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:10.819 But. 00:46:10.980 --> 00:46:11.659 Who is it. 00:46:11.759 --> 00:46:12.460 That needs. 00:46:12.860 --> 00:46:13.179 That. 00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:14.440 Into. 00:46:14.719 --> 00:46:15.400 Our hearts. 00:46:16.299 --> 00:46:16.819 It's as if. 00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:17.980 Christ's hands. 00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:19.420 Are needing it. 00:46:19.799 --> 00:46:20.299 Into. 00:46:20.300 --> 00:46:21.019 Our being. 00:46:21.600 --> 00:46:22.320 And into. 00:46:22.320 --> 00:46:23.019 The church. 00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:24.080 You could extend. 00:46:24.080 --> 00:46:24.440 That. 00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:24.460 That. 00:46:24.460 --> 00:46:24.480 That. 00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:24.500 That. 00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:24.519 That. 00:46:24.519 --> 00:46:25.360 That. 00:46:25.360 --> 00:46:25.880 From ourselves. 00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:26.860 Into the church. 00:46:27.640 --> 00:46:28.340 And the strength. 00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:28.780 Of that. 00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:29.320 Kingdom. 00:46:30.220 --> 00:46:31.360 Has been mixed in. 00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:32.320 And needed in. 00:46:34.160 --> 00:46:35.100 And the needing. 00:46:35.260 --> 00:46:35.560 May. 00:46:35.940 --> 00:46:36.800 Unsettle us. 00:46:37.220 --> 00:46:38.080 In our lives. 00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:39.620 The uncertainty. 00:46:39.620 --> 00:46:40.560 Of our lives. 00:46:41.960 --> 00:46:42.760 As Christ. 00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.519 Outworks. 00:46:43.600 --> 00:46:44.200 That kingdom. 00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:44.620 In it. 00:46:44.740 --> 00:46:45.200 We're left. 00:46:45.300 --> 00:46:45.940 Confused. 00:46:46.160 --> 00:46:46.380 Of. 00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:48.180 Why. 00:46:48.180 --> 00:46:48.619 He does. 00:46:48.619 --> 00:46:49.380 Such a thing. 00:46:50.240 --> 00:46:50.680 And why. 00:46:50.780 --> 00:46:51.500 He outworks it. 00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:52.300 In such a manner. 00:46:53.619 --> 00:46:54.559 But it is so. 00:46:55.460 --> 00:46:56.260 That the whole. 00:46:56.340 --> 00:46:56.860 Of us. 00:46:57.320 --> 00:46:58.000 And the whole. 00:46:58.059 --> 00:46:58.800 Of the church. 00:46:59.180 --> 00:47:00.079 Will be affected. 00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:01.420 By the strength. 00:47:01.440 --> 00:47:02.400 Of that kingdom. 00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:04.740 He changes. 00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:06.019 Our whole being. 00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:08.140 He knows best. 00:47:08.440 --> 00:47:09.320 He is the loving. 00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:09.900 Father. 00:47:10.780 --> 00:47:12.079 And we have comfort. 00:47:12.220 --> 00:47:13.140 In the uncertainties. 00:47:13.140 --> 00:47:13.820 Of life. 00:47:14.260 --> 00:47:14.900 And the things. 00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:15.660 That turn us. 00:47:15.659 --> 00:47:16.440 Upside down. 00:47:17.119 --> 00:47:18.279 That it is the hands. 00:47:18.460 --> 00:47:19.059 Of God. 00:47:19.819 --> 00:47:20.699 That are doing it. 00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:22.779 And it will. 00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:23.379 Come. 00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:25.000 To be the greatest. 00:47:25.339 --> 00:47:26.279 Of all things. 00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:27.759 So let us turn. 00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:28.539 To the two. 00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:29.279 Treasures. 00:47:29.699 --> 00:47:30.940 From verse 44. 00:47:31.219 --> 00:47:32.199 To 46. 00:47:33.000 --> 00:47:33.980 We have two treasures. 00:47:34.099 --> 00:47:35.000 Set before us there. 00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:37.619 Treasures that are of immense value. 00:47:38.359 --> 00:47:38.679 Treasures. 00:47:38.679 --> 00:47:39.940 That have been found. 00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:41.319 And sought out. 00:47:42.339 --> 00:47:43.420 The man who dug. 00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:44.460 The field. 00:47:44.460 --> 00:47:46.820 Seems to give the impression. 00:47:46.980 --> 00:47:48.240 That he stumbles across it. 00:47:49.500 --> 00:47:50.440 So it was common then. 00:47:50.500 --> 00:47:51.440 To bury your treasure. 00:47:51.880 --> 00:47:52.720 There was no banks. 00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:53.940 To store your valuables. 00:47:54.420 --> 00:47:55.340 And it has become. 00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:56.460 A forgotten treasure. 00:47:56.559 --> 00:47:57.699 By the one who buried it. 00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:00.740 The man who dug. 00:48:01.619 --> 00:48:02.820 Seems to be surprised. 00:48:02.920 --> 00:48:03.740 By its find. 00:48:04.780 --> 00:48:06.440 And what a find. 00:48:06.440 --> 00:48:08.579 He instantly. 00:48:08.579 --> 00:48:09.380 He recognizes. 00:48:09.380 --> 00:48:10.300 The value. 00:48:10.300 --> 00:48:11.400 Of this treasure. 00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:12.720 He knows. 00:48:12.920 --> 00:48:13.780 What it is. 00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:14.980 And so. 00:48:14.980 --> 00:48:16.000 Sets himself. 00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:17.260 To sell everything. 00:48:17.260 --> 00:48:18.019 That he has. 00:48:18.079 --> 00:48:19.360 In order to gain it. 00:48:20.480 --> 00:48:22.119 And only by the purchase. 00:48:22.119 --> 00:48:22.940 Of the field. 00:48:22.940 --> 00:48:23.900 Can he attain. 00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:24.860 The treasure. 00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:26.780 And say that the treasure. 00:48:26.980 --> 00:48:27.639 Is hers. 00:48:27.639 --> 00:48:31.379 Of everything. 00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:32.299 That he gave. 00:48:33.319 --> 00:48:34.480 It is incomparable. 00:48:34.980 --> 00:48:35.900 To the treasure. 00:48:36.059 --> 00:48:36.940 That is set before. 00:48:38.259 --> 00:48:39.759 Such is the kingdom of heaven. 00:48:41.159 --> 00:48:42.539 He is full of joy. 00:48:42.539 --> 00:48:43.379 At his find. 00:48:47.000 --> 00:48:48.839 And by the eternal providence. 00:48:48.839 --> 00:48:49.440 Of God. 00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:50.440 Some stumble. 00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:51.099 Across it. 00:48:51.319 --> 00:48:52.159 By surprise. 00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:53.859 The power of the gospel. 00:48:54.000 --> 00:48:54.980 Is revealed to men. 00:48:54.980 --> 00:48:55.460 And women. 00:48:55.460 --> 00:48:56.460 By surprise. 00:48:56.460 --> 00:48:57.000 Surprise. 00:48:58.380 --> 00:48:59.420 And they realize it. 00:48:59.480 --> 00:49:00.119 And they grasp it. 00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:00.500 And they say. 00:49:00.559 --> 00:49:02.220 How was I not told this before? 00:49:05.039 --> 00:49:06.500 And they become receivers. 00:49:06.760 --> 00:49:08.179 Of the greatest riches. 00:49:08.179 --> 00:49:08.960 And treasures. 00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:09.760 That they have. 00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:10.340 In knowledge. 00:49:10.480 --> 00:49:11.079 Righteousness. 00:49:11.159 --> 00:49:11.559 Wisdom. 00:49:11.699 --> 00:49:12.039 Peace. 00:49:12.420 --> 00:49:13.159 And joy. 00:49:14.679 --> 00:49:16.059 The gospel is. 00:49:16.639 --> 00:49:17.340 The revealed. 00:49:17.860 --> 00:49:18.300 Spiritual. 00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:19.320 Treasure. 00:49:20.800 --> 00:49:21.420 And people. 00:49:21.820 --> 00:49:22.519 Who see it. 00:49:22.659 --> 00:49:23.380 And know it. 00:49:23.699 --> 00:49:24.940 And understand it. 00:49:26.019 --> 00:49:26.440 Are possessed. 00:49:26.460 --> 00:49:26.800 The treasures. 00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:28.039 Of great things. 00:49:29.280 --> 00:49:29.720 Supposing. 00:49:29.720 --> 00:49:30.500 They forsake. 00:49:30.500 --> 00:49:32.320 All other treasures. 00:49:32.320 --> 00:49:33.019 That they have. 00:49:35.039 --> 00:49:35.519 Some. 00:49:36.039 --> 00:49:36.699 It is true. 00:49:38.059 --> 00:49:39.480 It is revealed to them. 00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:41.099 And it is a surprise. 00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:41.500 To them. 00:49:41.599 --> 00:49:42.179 That the gospel. 00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:43.139 Is such. 00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:45.760 But to others. 00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:46.760 They seek it out. 00:49:46.840 --> 00:49:47.400 With diligence. 00:49:48.460 --> 00:49:49.320 And it is much like. 00:49:49.380 --> 00:49:49.760 The man. 00:49:50.000 --> 00:49:50.539 The pearl. 00:49:50.720 --> 00:49:51.240 The merchant. 00:49:51.780 --> 00:49:52.599 Who found. 00:49:52.740 --> 00:49:53.500 That pearl. 00:49:54.500 --> 00:49:55.340 He worked. 00:49:55.340 --> 00:49:55.980 With pearls. 00:49:55.980 --> 00:49:56.320 He knew. 00:49:56.320 --> 00:49:56.920 The value. 00:49:56.920 --> 00:49:57.740 Of the pearls. 00:49:58.480 --> 00:49:59.220 He had a treasure. 00:50:00.400 --> 00:50:01.240 He knew. 00:50:01.600 --> 00:50:02.059 The treasure. 00:50:02.260 --> 00:50:02.500 Of them. 00:50:04.300 --> 00:50:05.360 But there comes. 00:50:05.500 --> 00:50:05.920 To him. 00:50:06.720 --> 00:50:07.200 One. 00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:08.039 Immeasurable. 00:50:08.640 --> 00:50:09.079 One. 00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:09.680 Greater. 00:50:11.280 --> 00:50:11.840 One. 00:50:12.780 --> 00:50:13.720 That he forsakes. 00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:15.019 All other pearls. 00:50:15.220 --> 00:50:15.680 In order. 00:50:15.880 --> 00:50:16.460 To gain it. 00:50:17.840 --> 00:50:18.480 And I suppose. 00:50:18.600 --> 00:50:19.100 We could say. 00:50:19.220 --> 00:50:19.780 That it is like. 00:50:19.860 --> 00:50:20.240 The man. 00:50:20.940 --> 00:50:21.320 Who wants. 00:50:21.320 --> 00:50:21.820 To live. 00:50:21.820 --> 00:50:21.840 To live. 00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:22.460 His life. 00:50:22.460 --> 00:50:22.820 Well. 00:50:23.880 --> 00:50:24.840 And has a multiple. 00:50:24.840 --> 00:50:25.880 Of good qualities. 00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:26.880 And good pearls. 00:50:26.880 --> 00:50:27.600 In his life. 00:50:28.500 --> 00:50:29.420 And while they may be. 00:50:29.420 --> 00:50:30.480 Admired by others. 00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:32.039 And all that he has done. 00:50:32.140 --> 00:50:33.220 And all that he has gained. 00:50:33.300 --> 00:50:34.500 And all that he has worked for. 00:50:35.160 --> 00:50:36.380 He is always dealing. 00:50:36.460 --> 00:50:37.360 Back and forth. 00:50:37.360 --> 00:50:38.240 With these qualities. 00:50:38.240 --> 00:50:39.740 To find his satisfaction. 00:50:40.220 --> 00:50:41.400 But never quite. 00:50:41.600 --> 00:50:42.120 Gains it. 00:50:44.300 --> 00:50:44.780 Until. 00:50:45.120 --> 00:50:46.380 He understands. 00:50:46.580 --> 00:50:47.059 The gospel. 00:50:47.760 --> 00:50:48.740 Until the kingdom. 00:50:48.739 --> 00:50:49.299 Of heaven. 00:50:49.399 --> 00:50:50.559 Is set before him. 00:50:50.979 --> 00:50:52.619 And then all his desires. 00:50:53.179 --> 00:50:53.799 Are met. 00:50:54.299 --> 00:50:55.119 In this kingdom. 00:50:55.679 --> 00:50:56.219 Are met. 00:50:56.279 --> 00:50:57.199 In Christ Jesus. 00:50:57.379 --> 00:50:57.979 Like the man. 00:50:58.099 --> 00:50:58.899 That we found. 00:50:58.979 --> 00:51:00.319 This great pearl. 00:51:01.879 --> 00:51:02.959 Casts aside. 00:51:03.059 --> 00:51:04.179 All other treasures. 00:51:04.719 --> 00:51:05.559 As worthless. 00:51:06.339 --> 00:51:07.039 To invest. 00:51:07.379 --> 00:51:08.839 In this one pearl. 00:51:09.339 --> 00:51:10.019 And in this. 00:51:10.139 --> 00:51:11.099 He invests. 00:51:11.099 --> 00:51:12.159 This is the great treasure. 00:51:12.299 --> 00:51:13.339 Set before him. 00:51:14.000 --> 00:51:14.859 He knows. 00:51:14.859 --> 00:51:15.419 It's value. 00:51:16.399 --> 00:51:16.859 He understands. 00:51:17.659 --> 00:51:18.159 What is set. 00:51:18.159 --> 00:51:18.679 Before. 00:51:19.679 --> 00:51:20.199 He knows. 00:51:20.279 --> 00:51:21.420 There's no other pearl. 00:51:22.039 --> 00:51:23.139 Like the kingdom. 00:51:23.739 --> 00:51:24.139 Of heaven. 00:51:24.920 --> 00:51:25.519 Do we. 00:51:25.879 --> 00:51:26.779 Understand that. 00:51:27.940 --> 00:51:28.679 Do we. 00:51:28.879 --> 00:51:29.539 Have our. 00:51:29.759 --> 00:51:30.279 Desires. 00:51:30.839 --> 00:51:31.719 Satisfied. 00:51:32.839 --> 00:51:33.519 Like what is set. 00:51:33.599 --> 00:51:34.199 Before us. 00:51:34.279 --> 00:51:34.819 In the kingdom. 00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:35.460 Of heaven. 00:51:36.420 --> 00:51:36.920 The man. 00:51:37.019 --> 00:51:37.619 Would have secured. 00:51:37.719 --> 00:51:38.420 His inheritance. 00:51:39.899 --> 00:51:40.739 Selling all. 00:51:40.819 --> 00:51:41.460 That he had. 00:51:41.960 --> 00:51:43.159 And placed it all. 00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:43.899 In this pearl. 00:51:44.799 --> 00:51:45.359 Are we. 00:51:45.659 --> 00:51:46.440 Such people. 00:51:46.440 --> 00:51:47.400 That forsake. 00:51:47.400 --> 00:51:48.220 All worldly. 00:51:48.220 --> 00:51:49.079 Inheritances. 00:51:49.920 --> 00:51:51.019 To receive. 00:51:51.019 --> 00:51:51.579 The kingdom. 00:51:51.579 --> 00:51:52.200 Of God. 00:51:53.460 --> 00:51:54.539 What would it mean. 00:51:54.539 --> 00:51:55.119 For you. 00:51:55.860 --> 00:51:56.579 To set. 00:51:57.159 --> 00:51:58.400 To sell everything. 00:51:59.400 --> 00:52:00.280 To gain. 00:52:00.960 --> 00:52:01.400 Christ. 00:52:02.320 --> 00:52:03.380 If you added up. 00:52:03.599 --> 00:52:04.119 The treasures. 00:52:04.659 --> 00:52:05.320 And accumulation. 00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:06.340 Of your life. 00:52:07.340 --> 00:52:08.400 What value. 00:52:08.400 --> 00:52:09.280 Does it come to. 00:52:10.280 --> 00:52:11.440 Is it enough. 00:52:12.960 --> 00:52:14.079 To sell. 00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:18.340 To forsake. 00:52:18.340 --> 00:52:18.819 The riches. 00:52:18.819 --> 00:52:19.619 Of this world. 00:52:20.259 --> 00:52:20.880 To receive. 00:52:21.039 --> 00:52:21.519 The heavenly. 00:52:22.059 --> 00:52:22.360 Kingdom. 00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:26.059 Does the kingdom. 00:52:26.059 --> 00:52:26.739 Of heaven. 00:52:27.219 --> 00:52:28.099 Have such a value. 00:52:28.319 --> 00:52:28.739 To you. 00:52:29.219 --> 00:52:30.299 More than these things. 00:52:31.239 --> 00:52:31.980 And it's not really. 00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:32.639 As to us. 00:52:32.980 --> 00:52:33.840 To sell everything. 00:52:34.319 --> 00:52:35.000 That we have. 00:52:36.179 --> 00:52:36.719 In measure. 00:52:37.219 --> 00:52:37.799 In measure. 00:52:38.219 --> 00:52:38.940 I suppose. 00:52:39.279 --> 00:52:40.000 It does. 00:52:41.139 --> 00:52:41.840 But not. 00:52:42.340 --> 00:52:42.819 Entirely. 00:52:42.920 --> 00:52:43.319 Everything. 00:52:44.079 --> 00:52:44.599 Physically. 00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:45.400 Materially. 00:52:46.420 --> 00:52:47.599 It asks for that heart. 00:52:48.519 --> 00:52:49.579 Of first place. 00:52:50.799 --> 00:52:51.840 And that if we have. 00:52:52.119 --> 00:52:52.940 That heart. 00:52:53.279 --> 00:52:54.400 That forsakes all other. 00:52:55.079 --> 00:52:55.639 Loves. 00:52:55.980 --> 00:52:56.579 And treasures. 00:52:56.860 --> 00:52:57.579 That our heart. 00:52:57.719 --> 00:52:58.960 Inclines itself to. 00:52:59.079 --> 00:52:59.659 In this world. 00:53:01.440 --> 00:53:03.000 And we place our hearts. 00:53:03.000 --> 00:53:03.719 And our lives. 00:53:03.799 --> 00:53:04.480 Entirely. 00:53:05.400 --> 00:53:06.400 Upon what is set. 00:53:06.440 --> 00:53:07.119 Before you. 00:53:07.199 --> 00:53:08.360 In the kingdom of heaven. 00:53:09.099 --> 00:53:09.940 What Christ. 00:53:10.099 --> 00:53:10.679 Has done. 00:53:10.900 --> 00:53:11.360 For you. 00:53:11.360 --> 00:53:14.900 It is that image. 00:53:14.900 --> 00:53:15.620 Of the heart. 00:53:15.740 --> 00:53:16.440 And the hand. 00:53:17.240 --> 00:53:17.860 That I said. 00:53:17.940 --> 00:53:18.519 To the kids. 00:53:19.740 --> 00:53:20.420 That at heart. 00:53:21.680 --> 00:53:22.200 Knows. 00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:23.019 And understands. 00:53:23.019 --> 00:53:23.720 This love. 00:53:24.880 --> 00:53:25.400 Forsaking. 00:53:25.480 --> 00:53:26.440 All other loves. 00:53:27.059 --> 00:53:27.780 And the resulting. 00:53:28.039 --> 00:53:28.280 Thing. 00:53:28.380 --> 00:53:29.019 Is that at hand. 00:53:29.079 --> 00:53:29.880 Is set to do. 00:53:30.800 --> 00:53:31.720 And react. 00:53:32.120 --> 00:53:33.059 To how that. 00:53:33.160 --> 00:53:33.460 Love. 00:53:33.559 --> 00:53:34.099 Is implanted. 00:53:34.099 --> 00:53:34.900 In our hearts. 00:53:34.900 --> 00:53:37.619 So the man here. 00:53:39.019 --> 00:53:40.059 Who knows. 00:53:40.139 --> 00:53:40.559 And loves. 00:53:40.639 --> 00:53:41.340 This pearl. 00:53:42.320 --> 00:53:43.200 Forsakes all. 00:53:44.280 --> 00:53:44.820 To gain. 00:53:45.240 --> 00:53:46.000 What he has. 00:53:47.800 --> 00:53:49.200 The two treasures. 00:53:50.840 --> 00:53:51.960 Let us look at the two. 00:53:52.220 --> 00:53:52.800 Gatherings. 00:53:52.960 --> 00:53:53.539 Very briefly. 00:53:54.599 --> 00:53:55.380 In the night. 00:53:56.000 --> 00:53:57.380 The parable of the night. 00:53:58.460 --> 00:53:59.400 Sets before us. 00:53:59.440 --> 00:54:00.019 A kingdom. 00:54:00.019 --> 00:54:00.860 That gathers. 00:54:01.820 --> 00:54:02.400 A kingdom. 00:54:03.320 --> 00:54:04.440 That sifts. 00:54:05.019 --> 00:54:06.019 All that is good. 00:54:06.099 --> 00:54:07.139 And all that is bad. 00:54:08.159 --> 00:54:08.940 And it is. 00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:10.000 A simple picture. 00:54:10.720 --> 00:54:11.480 Maybe simpler. 00:54:11.820 --> 00:54:12.619 And more common. 00:54:12.780 --> 00:54:13.539 To many of you. 00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:14.800 Who are fishermen. 00:54:16.039 --> 00:54:16.860 You keep. 00:54:16.980 --> 00:54:17.700 What is worth. 00:54:18.220 --> 00:54:19.079 And you throw away. 00:54:19.159 --> 00:54:19.780 What is worthless. 00:54:20.900 --> 00:54:21.860 And it is compared. 00:54:22.139 --> 00:54:22.700 To the gathering. 00:54:22.700 --> 00:54:23.460 Of the church. 00:54:24.119 --> 00:54:24.920 And to the gathering. 00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:26.159 Of eternity. 00:54:26.980 --> 00:54:27.760 And the judgment. 00:54:28.179 --> 00:54:28.639 Ultimately. 00:54:28.639 --> 00:54:29.360 Of all men. 00:54:30.740 --> 00:54:31.280 The good. 00:54:31.760 --> 00:54:32.360 Are safe. 00:54:32.900 --> 00:54:33.539 And the evil. 00:54:33.659 --> 00:54:34.420 Are cast aside. 00:54:35.320 --> 00:54:36.480 And it really needs. 00:54:36.480 --> 00:54:38.159 Little of my explanation. 00:54:39.000 --> 00:54:40.240 To set before you. 00:54:40.360 --> 00:54:41.039 What the kingdom. 00:54:41.039 --> 00:54:42.220 Of heaven means. 00:54:43.539 --> 00:54:44.360 There are. 00:54:44.579 --> 00:54:45.360 Two gatherings. 00:54:46.460 --> 00:54:47.780 In this parable. 00:54:48.599 --> 00:54:49.639 You can see. 00:54:49.780 --> 00:54:50.659 That like a net. 00:54:50.780 --> 00:54:51.760 It was thrown out. 00:54:51.820 --> 00:54:52.500 Into the sea. 00:54:52.619 --> 00:54:53.099 And gathered. 00:54:53.220 --> 00:54:53.700 The fish. 00:54:53.780 --> 00:54:54.760 Of every kind. 00:54:55.579 --> 00:54:56.619 And while it was full. 00:54:56.720 --> 00:54:57.940 The men drew it ashore. 00:54:58.460 --> 00:54:59.420 And sat down. 00:54:59.500 --> 00:55:00.220 And sorted it. 00:55:00.280 --> 00:55:01.059 Into containers. 00:55:01.740 --> 00:55:02.579 But threw away. 00:55:02.579 --> 00:55:03.279 The bad. 00:55:03.420 --> 00:55:04.539 There is first. 00:55:04.639 --> 00:55:05.139 The gathering. 00:55:05.139 --> 00:55:06.519 Of all that was in the sea. 00:55:07.599 --> 00:55:08.360 And then. 00:55:08.699 --> 00:55:09.460 The gathering. 00:55:09.460 --> 00:55:10.360 Of the good. 00:55:11.900 --> 00:55:12.559 Likewise. 00:55:12.779 --> 00:55:13.799 There are separations. 00:55:14.059 --> 00:55:15.159 Equally represented. 00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:16.440 By each. 00:55:18.519 --> 00:55:19.400 The first. 00:55:19.619 --> 00:55:20.019 The net. 00:55:20.079 --> 00:55:20.799 Into the sea. 00:55:21.559 --> 00:55:22.420 It's like the gathering. 00:55:22.420 --> 00:55:23.139 Of the. 00:55:23.500 --> 00:55:24.819 People of God. 00:55:25.559 --> 00:55:26.239 The gathering. 00:55:26.460 --> 00:55:27.159 Of this worldly. 00:55:27.460 --> 00:55:27.739 Church. 00:55:27.739 --> 00:55:27.819 Church. 00:55:29.659 --> 00:55:30.519 And it is. 00:55:30.699 --> 00:55:31.119 The kingdom. 00:55:32.439 --> 00:55:33.500 The king's. 00:55:33.839 --> 00:55:34.199 Call. 00:55:35.279 --> 00:55:36.099 To everyone. 00:55:36.779 --> 00:55:37.119 Today. 00:55:39.039 --> 00:55:39.639 Christ's. 00:55:39.639 --> 00:55:40.039 Call. 00:55:40.239 --> 00:55:41.079 To each of us. 00:55:41.879 --> 00:55:42.639 To come. 00:55:43.500 --> 00:55:44.059 Into. 00:55:44.559 --> 00:55:44.979 The body. 00:55:45.139 --> 00:55:45.859 Of the church. 00:55:47.479 --> 00:55:48.799 To understand. 00:55:49.719 --> 00:55:50.299 And to gain. 00:55:50.399 --> 00:55:51.039 Understanding. 00:55:51.559 --> 00:55:52.000 To grow. 00:55:52.179 --> 00:55:52.619 In wisdom. 00:55:52.759 --> 00:55:53.119 Knowledge. 00:55:53.339 --> 00:55:53.859 Righteousness. 00:55:53.979 --> 00:55:54.299 Peace. 00:55:54.399 --> 00:55:54.859 And joy. 00:55:54.860 --> 00:55:58.680 But there is a second. 00:55:59.220 --> 00:55:59.620 That. 00:55:59.740 --> 00:56:00.500 That gathering. 00:56:00.740 --> 00:56:01.220 Is made of. 00:56:01.420 --> 00:56:01.840 So many. 00:56:02.200 --> 00:56:02.599 Varied. 00:56:03.460 --> 00:56:03.920 Fish. 00:56:04.360 --> 00:56:04.760 Varied. 00:56:04.960 --> 00:56:05.300 People. 00:56:06.800 --> 00:56:07.620 And there are such. 00:56:07.820 --> 00:56:08.500 Amongst it. 00:56:08.820 --> 00:56:09.480 That have used. 00:56:09.720 --> 00:56:10.160 The church. 00:56:10.300 --> 00:56:10.880 For their own. 00:56:11.960 --> 00:56:12.440 Satisfactions. 00:56:12.780 --> 00:56:13.519 And gratifying. 00:56:13.640 --> 00:56:14.140 The evils. 00:56:14.260 --> 00:56:15.000 Of their hearts. 00:56:15.440 --> 00:56:16.120 Though they are. 00:56:16.200 --> 00:56:16.880 Within the body. 00:56:18.039 --> 00:56:18.960 But they will be. 00:56:19.140 --> 00:56:19.700 Separated. 00:56:20.220 --> 00:56:20.640 The good. 00:56:20.720 --> 00:56:21.280 Will be gathered. 00:56:22.059 --> 00:56:22.579 The evil. 00:56:22.740 --> 00:56:23.180 Will be gathered. 00:56:23.300 --> 00:56:23.599 Together. 00:56:23.599 --> 00:56:25.440 And it is the divine hands. 00:56:25.519 --> 00:56:26.179 That will sift. 00:56:26.179 --> 00:56:26.699 Such. 00:56:27.440 --> 00:56:28.139 The good. 00:56:28.380 --> 00:56:29.000 And the bad. 00:56:29.699 --> 00:56:30.420 To bring. 00:56:30.860 --> 00:56:31.819 Into completion. 00:56:32.779 --> 00:56:33.400 The kingdom. 00:56:34.019 --> 00:56:34.539 Of heaven. 00:56:35.440 --> 00:56:36.339 To gather. 00:56:36.839 --> 00:56:37.420 The people. 00:56:38.219 --> 00:56:39.179 That has been outworked. 00:56:40.559 --> 00:56:41.299 And ultimately. 00:56:41.500 --> 00:56:42.179 These divine hands. 00:56:44.000 --> 00:56:44.380 At the. 00:56:44.679 --> 00:56:45.980 Close of time. 00:56:46.719 --> 00:56:47.559 Will gather. 00:56:47.839 --> 00:56:48.420 The kingdom. 00:56:48.599 --> 00:56:49.119 Of heaven. 00:56:49.319 --> 00:56:49.659 Together. 00:56:51.219 --> 00:56:52.380 May your kingdom. 00:56:52.380 --> 00:56:53.320 Come. 00:56:57.000 --> 00:56:57.780 The kingdom. 00:56:57.780 --> 00:56:58.360 Of heaven. 00:56:58.360 --> 00:56:59.400 Is set. 00:56:59.519 --> 00:57:00.260 Before you. 00:57:00.840 --> 00:57:01.200 Today. 00:57:03.200 --> 00:57:04.039 Do not. 00:57:04.140 --> 00:57:04.880 Despise it. 00:57:07.039 --> 00:57:07.840 It is. 00:57:07.920 --> 00:57:08.380 Within it. 00:57:09.500 --> 00:57:10.360 The greatest. 00:57:10.519 --> 00:57:10.860 Hope. 00:57:11.099 --> 00:57:11.820 That you can have. 00:57:12.900 --> 00:57:13.480 And the greatest. 00:57:13.720 --> 00:57:14.079 Treasure. 00:57:14.360 --> 00:57:15.119 That you could know. 00:57:16.240 --> 00:57:16.760 And the greatest. 00:57:17.079 --> 00:57:17.559 Security. 00:57:18.200 --> 00:57:19.119 For your life. 00:57:19.119 --> 00:57:22.460 Have you received. 00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:23.619 This kingdom. 00:57:23.779 --> 00:57:25.179 Are you part of this kingdom. 00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:27.400 Have you understood. 00:57:27.719 --> 00:57:28.719 What has been set. 00:57:28.819 --> 00:57:29.500 Before you. 00:57:30.659 --> 00:57:31.319 Do you see. 00:57:31.500 --> 00:57:32.139 The value. 00:57:32.799 --> 00:57:33.579 Of the kingdom. 00:57:33.739 --> 00:57:34.299 Of heaven. 00:57:36.299 --> 00:57:37.179 It is. 00:57:37.400 --> 00:57:38.299 To ask ourselves. 00:57:38.299 --> 00:57:39.099 To whom. 00:57:39.679 --> 00:57:40.579 Will we be gathered. 00:57:41.579 --> 00:57:42.619 To where. 00:57:43.239 --> 00:57:44.420 Shall we be gathered. 00:57:44.420 --> 00:57:46.400 From what. 00:57:47.039 --> 00:57:47.980 Shall we be separated. 00:57:47.980 --> 00:57:48.460 From. 00:57:51.740 --> 00:57:53.400 Are we with the Lord's people. 00:57:54.680 --> 00:57:56.019 Are we in the Lord's place. 00:57:57.480 --> 00:57:59.019 In the Lord's ways. 00:57:59.740 --> 00:58:00.960 And under the Lord's command. 00:58:02.440 --> 00:58:03.920 The kingdom of heaven. 00:58:04.920 --> 00:58:06.079 Is at work. 00:58:06.940 --> 00:58:07.619 Today. 00:58:08.200 --> 00:58:09.599 To gather its citizens. 00:58:09.599 --> 00:58:13.539 The small. 00:58:13.759 --> 00:58:14.319 And the weak. 00:58:14.799 --> 00:58:15.579 Shall be great. 00:58:17.000 --> 00:58:18.259 The kingdom of heaven. 00:58:18.400 --> 00:58:19.079 The forgotten. 00:58:19.839 --> 00:58:20.360 Treasure. 00:58:22.259 --> 00:58:22.739 Becomes. 00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:23.259 The greatest. 00:58:23.259 --> 00:58:23.319 The greatest. 00:58:23.319 --> 00:58:23.339 The greatest. 00:58:23.339 --> 00:58:23.420 The greatest. 00:58:23.420 --> 00:58:23.839 The greatest. 00:58:24.460 --> 00:58:25.819 To those who know it. 00:58:26.360 --> 00:58:27.539 And to those who find it. 00:58:29.239 --> 00:58:30.559 And as they find it. 00:58:30.619 --> 00:58:31.099 They receive. 00:58:31.219 --> 00:58:31.639 The greatest. 00:58:32.000 --> 00:58:32.299 Joy. 00:58:32.440 --> 00:58:32.960 In Christ. 00:58:33.139 --> 00:58:33.500 Jesus. 00:58:35.059 --> 00:58:35.860 The kingdom. 00:58:36.059 --> 00:58:36.579 Of heaven. 00:58:37.739 --> 00:58:38.619 It's a kingdom. 00:58:38.860 --> 00:58:39.339 That gathers. 00:58:39.340 --> 00:58:40.260 And separates. 00:58:42.340 --> 00:58:43.539 Under the divine. 00:58:43.539 --> 00:58:44.180 Authority. 00:58:45.360 --> 00:58:46.440 To whom. 00:58:47.360 --> 00:58:48.180 Are we gathered. 00:58:49.059 --> 00:58:50.160 Pray these thoughts. 00:58:50.380 --> 00:58:51.280 Be blessed to us. 00:58:51.740 --> 00:58:52.500 This morning. 00:58:54.079 --> 00:58:55.059 We'll conclude. 00:58:55.200 --> 00:58:56.220 In praise of God. 00:58:56.340 --> 00:58:56.480 By. 00:58:57.460 --> 00:58:59.260 Singing in Psalm 72. 00:59:01.840 --> 00:59:02.860 Scottish Psalter. 00:59:02.940 --> 00:59:03.600 Version again. 00:59:06.120 --> 00:59:07.440 Page 314. 00:59:07.440 --> 00:59:12.539 Concluding words of Psalm 72. 00:59:12.539 --> 00:59:15.340 Page 314. 00:59:15.700 --> 00:59:16.539 Midway through. 00:59:17.200 --> 00:59:18.119 Verse 16. 00:59:19.400 --> 00:59:20.760 Familiar words again. 00:59:20.760 --> 00:59:24.520 And the blessing of the kingdom. 00:59:24.520 --> 00:59:25.300 That'll come. 00:59:25.300 --> 00:59:26.940 The city shall be flourishing. 00:59:27.140 --> 00:59:28.440 Her citizens abound. 00:59:29.020 --> 00:59:30.880 A number shall like to the grass. 00:59:30.980 --> 00:59:32.280 That grows upon the ground. 00:59:32.860 --> 00:59:34.480 His name forever shall endure. 00:59:34.580 --> 00:59:36.000 Last like the sun it shall. 00:59:36.100 --> 00:59:37.460 And shall be blessed in him. 00:59:37.540 --> 00:59:38.020 And blessed. 00:59:38.640 --> 00:59:40.400 All nason shall him call. 00:59:40.960 --> 00:59:42.520 Now blessed be the Lord our God. 00:59:42.580 --> 00:59:43.520 The God of Israel. 00:59:43.519 --> 00:59:46.199 For he alone does wondrous works. 00:59:46.280 --> 00:59:47.759 In glory that excel. 00:59:48.480 --> 00:59:50.440 And blessed be his glorious name. 00:59:50.539 --> 00:59:51.460 To all eternity. 00:59:52.099 --> 00:59:54.139 The whole earth let his glory fill. 00:59:54.539 --> 00:59:54.860 Amen. 00:59:55.139 --> 00:59:55.860 So let it be. 00:59:56.239 --> 00:59:57.159 Let us stand together. 00:59:57.259 --> 00:59:58.199 And sing these words. 00:59:58.320 --> 00:59:59.780 The city shall be flourishing. 00:59:59.780 --> 01:00:19.180 Our citizens abound. 01:00:19.179 --> 01:00:29.239 In number shall lie to the grass. 01:00:29.239 --> 01:00:37.960 That grows upon the ground. 01:00:37.960 --> 01:00:47.960 It's him forever shall endure. 01:00:47.960 --> 01:00:56.420 Thus like the sun it shall. 01:00:56.420 --> 01:01:02.039 Men shall be blessed. 01:01:02.039 --> 01:01:06.800 In heaven and blessed. 01:01:06.800 --> 01:01:14.800 All nations shall be born. 01:01:14.800 --> 01:01:26.400 Now blessed be the Lord our God. 01:01:26.400 --> 01:01:32.800 And God of Israel. 01:01:32.800 --> 01:01:44.620 For he alone does wondrous works. 01:01:44.800 --> 01:01:51.260 In glory that excel. 01:01:51.260 --> 01:02:04.320 And blessed be his glorious name. 01:02:04.320 --> 01:02:10.400 To all eternity. 01:02:10.400 --> 01:02:22.180 The whole earth let his glory fill. 01:02:22.860 --> 01:02:23.820 Amen. 01:02:23.820 --> 01:02:23.900 Amen. 01:02:23.900 --> 01:02:28.860 So let it be. 01:02:31.860 --> 01:02:33.340 Close with a word of prayer. 01:02:34.139 --> 01:02:39.200 Our Father in heaven, help us to understand these things that we have set our mind to this morning. 01:02:39.199 --> 01:02:42.859 And as we part, we pray your blessing upon us. 01:02:42.859 --> 01:02:45.659 That we may be received into the kingdom of heaven. 01:02:45.659 --> 01:02:50.699 And know through Christ Jesus the security of such a blessing. 01:02:50.699 --> 01:02:54.099 And the immeasurable riches of such a place. 01:02:54.659 --> 01:02:57.799 May we set our hearts upon you. 01:02:57.800 --> 01:03:01.260 And be changed to our heart. 01:03:01.260 --> 01:03:07.000 And the love of Christ Jesus that dwells within the believer. 01:03:07.660 --> 01:03:09.400 Be with us as we part. 01:03:10.080 --> 01:03:11.820 Go forth and go with us. 01:03:13.260 --> 01:03:15.660 Be with us in the service in the evening. 01:03:16.180 --> 01:03:17.260 We ask God willing. 01:03:17.740 --> 01:03:18.420 In Jesus name. 01:03:18.780 --> 01:03:19.079 Amen. 01:03:19.940 --> 01:03:20.300 Amen. 01:03:20.300 --> 01:03:21.099 Amen. 01:03:21.139 --> 01:03:21.700 Amen. 01:03:21.720 --> 01:03:21.960 Amen. 01:03:22.360 --> 01:03:22.820 Amen. 01:03:26.200 --> 01:03:27.200 Amen. 01:03:27.200 --> 01:03:40.119 Look when you see them. 01:03:44.180 --> 01:03:44.659 Good. 01:03:44.760 --> 01:03:46.240 I think the love's Dennling. 01:03:46.280 --> 01:03:48.380 Amen.