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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise. We're singing in Psalm 50 in the

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 Scottish Psalter, the first version of the Psalm. Psalm 50, the first version of the Psalm, page 276

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 of the Psalm books. We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 5, and the tune is Carlisle.

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 The mighty God the Lord hath spoken and did call, the earth from rising of the sun to where he hath

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 his fall, from out of Sion Hill which of excellency and beauty, the perfection is, God shined gloriously.

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 We'll sing verse 1 to 5 to God's praise.

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 The mighty God the Lord hath spoken and did call,

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 the earth from rising of the sun to where he hath his fall.

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 From out of Sion Hill which of excellency and beauty, the perfection is, God shined gloriously.

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 Our God shall surely come, his silence shall not be.

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 Now the world hath from the side.

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 Well, remain, Lord, has a great einenembroscopy God sl mater.

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 Before him fire shall put straight stars, shall undabilir,勝手 only 그러네.

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 J extract them not be.

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 unto the heavens clear

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 he from above shall call

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 and to the earth like wise

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 that he may judge his people all

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 Together let my sins

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 unto the other be

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 those that thy sacrifice

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 have made

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 are God well and with me

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 Let's come to God in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our gracious Father in heaven,

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 we come to worship

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 and praise your name this night

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 that you are a gracious

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 and a loving and a kind God.

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 We thank you for every reminder

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 as we sing from your word

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 and as we come and approach it

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 with holy reverence and holy fear.

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 We recognize to whom we are coming.

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 We are coming to the Lord God of hosts,

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 the maker, the creator of all things,

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 the one who sustains and keeps

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 the whole of the universe

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 and all of your creation.

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 For your word reminds us that it is in you

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 that we live, move and have our being.

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 All things are from you and for you.

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 We praise your name, Lord,

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 that you remember us,

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 that the mighty God, the Lord,

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 has spoken and did call.

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 And we thank you that you continue

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 to call us as your people,

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 that you continue to speak to us

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 and to call us to come

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 and to find refuge,

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 to find strength,

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 to find comfort with you,

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 to find that peace

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 that passes all understanding.

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 We live in a world that

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 there is so little peace around us

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 and even so often

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 there's little peace within us.

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 Maybe even this evening

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 we come with troubled hearts.

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 We come with so many things

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 going on in our lives

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 and all around us, Lord,

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 and we can so easily be distracted.

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 We can so easily feel

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 a sense of despair and despondency.

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 But help us, Lord,

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 that as we survey

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 the world in which we live,

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 as we examine ourselves

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 and even our own hearts,

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 that you would enable us

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 to lift our eyes

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 and to see the glory of God

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 and to see the person

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 of Jesus Christ,

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 the Lord who was lifted up,

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 the Lord who bore our sins,

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 the Lord whose death we come

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 to remember even in this weekend.

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 Prepare our hearts, we pray, Lord.

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 We know how unclean we are so often,

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 but may you cleanse us.

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 May you forgive our sins

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 as we come confessing them anew.

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 We do indeed fall short

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 of your glory so often.

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 We sin, O Lord,

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 and maybe we ask pardon so often,

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 but then return to the sins

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 of our hearts.

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 But help us, Lord,

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 not just to regret our sins,

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 but to truly repent

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 and to turn to you,

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 the one, the only one,

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 who is able to forgive our sins.

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 And may we come and turn to you

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 even anew this evening.

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 Turn and look unto Jesus

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 and feeling out unworthiness,

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 but seeing his beauty,

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 his glory.

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 The one who came into this world

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 to seek and to save

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 that which was lost.

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 And we thank you, Lord,

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 that even as we have wandered

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 away from you,

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 as we have all like sheep

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 gone astray,

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 as the word says,

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 that you sent the shepherd,

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 Lord Jesus Christ,

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 to gather his people

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 to himself.

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 And we thank you that

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 you remind us,

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 even in the psalm that we sung,

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 that we are to come

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 to gather together

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 as your saints,

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 to be gathered unto you.

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 Those who have sacrificed

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 have made a covenant with me.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that we come seeking

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 to know that blessing

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 of relationship with you,

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 the relationship,

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 the covenant

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 that you have shown to us,

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 how you have kept

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 your every promise,

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 how it is all secure

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 through Jesus Christ,

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 your Son.

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 In him there is the yea

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 and the amen of all things.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 that you will make us

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 a willing people,

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 that you will encourage us

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 in our hearts,

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 that you will build us up

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 in our faith,

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 that you will strengthen us,

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 Lord.

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 Those who have professed faith,

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 maybe over many years,

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 that you will give

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 great encouragement,

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 that you will remind them,

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 Lord,

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 that you know,

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 as the journey goes on,

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 we can feel so weary in it,

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 but that you renew

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 our strength day by day.

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 And may we be thankful,

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 Lord,

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 for every blessing

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 and privilege

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 that has been ours

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 and is ours

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 and will be ours

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 through Christ.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that your faithfulness

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 is so precious,

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 your faithfulness towards us,

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 your covenant blessings

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 new each day.

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 We give thanks, Lord,

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 that you are the one

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 who remembers us.

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 And in our weakness,

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 Lord,

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 you are our strength.

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 And we know in this world

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 we will go through

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 times of trouble,

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 but we thank you

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 that Jesus said

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 to take heart,

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 to be of good courage,

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 for he has overcome

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 the world.

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 So help us to go on

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 in the strength of the Lord

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 as your people

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 to worship

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 and to serve you

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 with all our hearts

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 and to know the blessing

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 of the communion sacrament,

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 to know the blessing

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 of coming together

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 to remember the Lord's death,

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 to come and gather

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 as your saints

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 and to do so

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 loving one another,

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 praying for one another,

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 encouraging one another.

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 May your spirit be upon us

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 and to be with us,

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 to guard us in peace,

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 the peace of Christ.

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 Remember those, Lord,

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 even here in our midst

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 this evening

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 who may be there

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 longing and desire

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 is to come

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 to the Lord's table.

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 We know, Lord,

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 the challenges

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 that that presents,

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 how active the devil

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 will be

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 in discouraging

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 and distracting,

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 how unworthy

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 we are made

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 to feel in these times.

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 But, Lord,

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 may you help

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 those in that situation here

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 to know Christ with them,

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 to know his peace,

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 to know what it is

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 to look to him.

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 Yes, we are unworthy,

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 but we look to Christ,

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 the Lamb of God.

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 Worthy is the Lamb

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 who was slain.

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 And so we pray

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 for every one of us

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 here this evening

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 to fix our eyes on Jesus

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 and to give glory

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 and praise to him.

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 May you bless your word

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 to us this evening

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 and over these days.

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 We thank you

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 that it is a living word,

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 a powerful and active word.

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 And we pray

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 that you will use it

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 to your glory,

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 that you will bless us

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 by it, Lord,

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 and build up your people,

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 not just here,

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 but even in our homes

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 as people tune in online,

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 those who are unable

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 to be with us,

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 those who would love

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 to be here.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that the word reaches out,

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 that they are part

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 of our fellowship,

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 the communion of saints,

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 and that as they hear

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 your word

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 and as they watch on,

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 may they know

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 the touch of your spirit,

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 the blessing of your peace also.

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 May you bless us together

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 as a people,

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 bless us as a town

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 and as islands

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 and even as a nation now,

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 Lord,

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 that we would see

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 your spirit come in power,

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 that we would see,

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 oh Lord,

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 your hand upon us for good

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 when we are in disarray

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 and turning away

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 from you,

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 Lord.

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 May you come

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 and speak a powerful

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 word into our midst,

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 that we would see

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 a people turning to you,

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 a people ruling over us

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 by your word

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 and by your spirit.

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 Remember those who need you

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 in particular ways as well.

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 We remember those

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 who are unwell,

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 those who are in hospital,

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 those who are grieving

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 the loss of loved ones.

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 Lord,

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 we know so often

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 that we can feel alone

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 in these things,

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 but we thank you

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 for a praying people.

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 We thank you

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 for the unity in Christ

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 and the power of prayer

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 and surround those

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 who need you

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 in particular ways.

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 Oh Lord,

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 that you will comfort

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 and draw near to each.

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 We do thank you,

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 Lord,

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 for your church

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 far and wide.

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 We thank you

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 that you have your people,

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 your saints

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 throughout the world,

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 that you have your church

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 in all corners,

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 a persecuted church

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 a growing church,

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 a church

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 with its foundation

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 in Christ Jesus

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 and therefore

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 a church

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 and a people

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 with that assurance

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 that the gates of hell

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 will never prevail

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 against it.

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 So we thank you

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 that your kingdom

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 comes in power

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 and we pray,

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 Lord,

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 that you will bless

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 your word

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 to all ends

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 of the earth

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 and you will minister

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 to us

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 and that you will guide us

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 and help us

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 to be a faithful people,

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 trusting

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 and praying always

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 and looking unto you.

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 May you continue

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 with us

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 then this evening hour

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 and go before us

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 into this night

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 and into the morrow

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 as well,

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 Lord.

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 Take care of us,

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 guide us

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 and keep us.

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 Bless us,

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 we pray,

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 and we ask all

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 with the forgiveness

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 of our sins.

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 In Jesus'

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 precious name,

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's further sing

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 to God's praise.

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 We're singing in Psalm 4

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 in the Sing Psalms.

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 Psalm 4 in the Sing Psalms.

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 It's on page 4.

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 We're singing from verse 3,

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 verse 3 down to the end

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 of the psalm.

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 Psalm 4 in the Sing Psalms

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 at verse 3.

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 Know that the Lord

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 has set apart

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 the godly as his own.

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 The Lord will hear me

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 when I call

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 and my request

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 make known.

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 We'll sing from verse 3 to 8,

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 the tune is Earshire.

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 We sing to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Let's sing to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Know that the Lord

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 has set apart

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 the godly as his own.

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 The Lord will hear me

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 when I call

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 And thy request may go

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 In anger do not pay God's law

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 Consider and be still

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 Present a righteous sacrifice

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 And wait upon his will

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 For who can show us any good

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 I hear so many say

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 O Lord, shine on us with your light

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 Show us your face, I pray

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 You filled my heart with bitter joy

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 The mother's sake of fire

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 As they rejoice at harvest time

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 When pain and wine abound

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 I will lie down and sleep in these

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 My heart will rest secure

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 For you alone, O gracious Lord

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 Will keep me safe and sure

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 Let's turn to read in God's word

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 In the Old Testament

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 We're going to read in the prophecy of Isaiah

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 Isaiah chapter 6

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 We can read the whole of this chapter together

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 Isaiah chapter 6

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 Isaiah chapter 6

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 From the beginning

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 In the year that King Uzziah died

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 I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne

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 High and lifted up

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 And the train of his robe filled the temple

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 Above him stood the seraphim

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 Each had six wings

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 With two he covered his face

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 With two he covered his feet

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 And with two he flew

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 And one called to another and said

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 Holy, holy, holy

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 Is the Lord of hosts

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 The whole earth is full of his glory

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 And the foundations of the thresholds

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 Shook at the voice of him who called

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 And the house was filled with smoke

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 And I said, woe is me

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 For I am lost

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 For I am a man of unclean lips

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 And I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips

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 For my eyes have seen the King

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 The Lord of hosts

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 Then one of the seraphim flew to me

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 Having in his hand

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 Having in his hand a burning coal

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 That he had taken with tongs

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 From the altar

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 And he touched my mouth

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 And said

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 Behold, this has touched your lips

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 Your guilt is taken away

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 And your sin atoned for

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 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying

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 Whom shall I send

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 And who will go for us

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 Then I said

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 Here am I

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 Send me

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 And he said

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 Go

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 And say to this people

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 Keep on hearing

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 But do not understand

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 Keep on seeing

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 But do not perceive

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 Make the heart of this people dull

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 And their ears heavy

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 And blind their eyes

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 Lest they see with their eyes

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 And hear with their ears

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 And understand with their hearts

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 And turn

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 And be healed

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 Then I said

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 How long, O Lord?

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 And he said

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 Until the cities lie waste

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 Without inhabitant

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 And houses without people

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 And the land is a desolate waste

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 And the Lord removes people far away

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 And the forsaken places are many

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 In the midst of the land

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 And though a tenth remain in it

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 It will be burned again

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 Like a terebinth or an oak

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 Whose stump remains when it is felled

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 The holy seed is its stump

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 Amen

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 And may God bless

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 That reading from his word

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 Before we turn back to that passage

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 We'll again sing to God's praise

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 This time in Psalm 37

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 In the Scottish Psalter

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 Psalm 37

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 At the beginning of the psalm

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 On page 252

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 We're going to sing

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 From verse 1 to verse 6

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 For evildoers

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 Fret thou not

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 Thyself unquietly

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 Nor do thou envy

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 Bear to those

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 That work iniquity

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 For even like unto the grass

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 Soon be cut down

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 Shall they

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 Like the green

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 And tender herb

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 They wither

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 Shall away

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 Then the psalmist

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 Goes on to say

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 Set thou

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 Thy trust

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 Upon the Lord

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 And be thou doing good

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 And so thou

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 In the land

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 Shalt dwell

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 And verily

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 Have food

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 And so on

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 We'll sing from verse 1

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 To verse 6

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 And the tune is

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 Grafenberg

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 And we sing

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 To God's praise

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 For evil

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 Do worship

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 The love

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 Thy self

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 Unquietly

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 Nor do

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 The love

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 In me

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 Bear to those

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 That work

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 Iniquity

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 Born

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 Even like

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 Unto the grass

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 Soon be

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 God

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 Thou

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 Shall they

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 Unlike

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 The green

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 Of tender herb

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 They wither

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 Shall

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 Shall

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 Thou

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 Wain

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 Set

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 Thou

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 My

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 Trust

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 Upon

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 The Lord

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 And be

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 Thou

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 Doing

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 Good

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 And so

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 Thou

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 In the land

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 Shalt

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 Well

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 And

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 Better

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 Be

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 Comfort

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 Delight

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 Thou

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 Self

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 In

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 God

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 He'll

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 Give

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 Thy

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 Hearts

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 Beside

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 To

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 Thee

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 Thy

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 Way

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 Father

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 And

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 thine

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 Unto

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 The

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 Light

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 Whe

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 Shall

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 Thy

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 Righteous

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こ

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 test

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 Plain

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 And he thy judgment shall bring forth like noontide of the day.

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 We can turn back now to a reading in Prophecy of Isaiah, reading in chapter 6.

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 In Isaiah chapter 6, we're going to look at verse 1 to verse 8 together this evening.

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 We'll just read again in verse 1.

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 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up.

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 Amen.

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 This evening as we come, we come to prepare our hearts and we examine ourselves as we prepare to take the Lord's Supper together.

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 Part of that examination is looking around us and we see all that's going on.

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 But more importantly, we look at ourselves and look within.

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 And we ask, well, what do we see within ourselves?

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 As we look at this passage together this evening, what we find is the Lord bringing Isaiah to his knees.

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 Bringing him to look around and see what's happening to the nation around him.

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 And then looking within himself and seeing what's going on in his own heart.

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 But then the focus changes.

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 And that's the main thing about preparing ourselves.

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 To take the Lord's Supper.

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 We look around what's going on around ourselves.

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 We look at ourselves and we look within ourselves and we feel this sense of unworthiness.

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 But as we prepare, we want to see that our focus is then turned away from ourselves to someone else.

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 We look to the Lord.

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 Have you ever taken part in a survey?

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 I'm sure the majority of you here this evening have taken part of a survey of one kind or another.

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 And one of them is perhaps the survey that you've had to do in the last year that the results are now coming out for.

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 And that survey is the national census that is taken every 10 years.

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 In that survey, people answer a number of different questions.

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 They look at the national statistics for all sorts of things.

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 Age profiles, working status, education, ethnicity, and faith.

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 And the results of this census have started to come out even in this past week.

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 And it always makes the main headlines, and especially the results when it comes to faith.

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 Some people get very excited about these results.

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 And even in this past week, there's been much gloating among many.

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 Again, seeing, as it were, a decline in the Christian faith.

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 The statistics are showing that there is a decline in the number of people who are putting themselves down as Christian on the survey.

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 To the delight of so many.

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 Taking great pride in this, that we're now saying that we're no longer a Christian nation.

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 And the decline, if you like, has been there in terms of the census for a long period of time.

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 If you look from 1930 through to the last one in 2010,

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 there was a reduction of about 50% of those who are professing to be Christian.

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 And now it's below 50% who are saying that they are of the Christian faith for the first time.

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 But what we have to remember with these kinds of surveys,

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 that we don't lose heart in them.

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 For they don't tell us everything.

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 People may delight in some of these results that are coming out.

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 But we weep.

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 We weep at a nation that's turning away from God.

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 But we weep in a way that we remember the one who is high and sovereign and lifted up.

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 If you're selling or buying a house, it has to have a survey done.

00:27:27.299 --> 00:27:31.000
 But very often the surveyor isn't able to tell you everything.

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 Because there are parts that are hidden.

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 Or parts that they cannot get access to.

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 So the survey isn't complete in that sense.

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 There's the hidden things behind it.

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 And as we think of our national census that's been taken,

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 there are things that are hidden from the eyes of those who are gloating.

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 And they are the things that we see.

00:27:54.420 --> 00:27:58.000
 Isaiah in his own survey here in Isaiah chapter 6,

00:27:58.420 --> 00:28:01.640
 coming to realize what is important for a nation.

00:28:01.640 --> 00:28:08.160
 When he surveys the situation of the land, the nation that he is living in,

00:28:08.580 --> 00:28:11.620
 when he surveys what's happening all around him,

00:28:12.560 --> 00:28:14.300
 and where he is in it all,

00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:19.020
 he comes to realize what's important.

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:23.460
 In many ways, in Isaiah's days, like in our own day,

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.500
 things may seem bleak.

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 There may be so many things that would discourage us

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 for our nation and for our people.

00:28:33.619 --> 00:28:37.079
 But what Isaiah finds, and what we are to see as well,

00:28:37.139 --> 00:28:38.779
 is in the sorrow of our situation,

00:28:39.299 --> 00:28:42.200
 we're not just to look on the surface of things.

00:28:43.180 --> 00:28:46.680
 We're to think of our survey going down much deeper.

00:28:46.680 --> 00:28:50.779
 Something else and something greater.

00:28:51.820 --> 00:28:55.580
 It reveals much about the situation that Isaiah's in,

00:28:55.940 --> 00:28:57.500
 reveals much about himself,

00:28:58.180 --> 00:29:00.740
 but it reminds him of God.

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 And so as we examine ourselves tonight,

00:29:04.620 --> 00:29:07.000
 as we think about all that's going on around us,

00:29:07.440 --> 00:29:09.060
 as we think of our own hearts,

00:29:09.700 --> 00:29:12.019
 what we want to see is what Isaiah saw.

00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:15.580
 The Lord sitting upon the throne.

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:20.500
 The one who is overruling in all things.

00:29:21.799 --> 00:29:23.639
 And our survey, as we see here,

00:29:23.699 --> 00:29:26.899
 is going to take us to see five different things.

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 Five different things that Isaiah sees or knows

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 in this situation.

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 And if you like, it's a step-by-step,

00:29:36.939 --> 00:29:39.000
 turning away from just looking around

00:29:39.000 --> 00:29:42.660
 to coming to fix his eyes on the Lord.

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 And that's what I want us all to do this evening together as well.

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 To look around us,

00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:50.279
 to look within us,

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:53.240
 but ultimately to look to the Lord.

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 And to see and remind ourselves

00:29:55.779 --> 00:29:59.039
 that the Lord is still lifted up,

00:29:59.259 --> 00:30:00.940
 high on the throne,

00:30:01.599 --> 00:30:02.259
 and ruling,

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 and that we are to trust in him.

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 The first thing we see here in Isaiah's survey

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 is the ache,

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 the pain that there is.

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 The opening words tell us in this chapter,

00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:20.379
 in the year that King Uzziah died.

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 What's the significance of this?

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 Is there any significance in these opening words,

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 you might ask?

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 Well, it is significant.

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 And it tells us the situation

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 of which Isaiah is surveying.

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:39.519
 The situation in which he is looking around.

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 Normally, as you read through the scriptures,

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:45.720
 you find that when a king passes away,

00:30:46.280 --> 00:30:49.120
 what's mentioned is the length of his reign.

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 So normally this would have said,

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 in the 52nd year of King Uzziah,

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 but it doesn't say that here.

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 It says, in the year that King Uzziah died.

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 There's something going on here,

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 something important.

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 And what the Lord is showing Isaiah is

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 that Uzziah, who had reigned for 52 years,

00:31:13.820 --> 00:31:16.920
 reigned over a time of prosperity for the people,

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:20.440
 a time of much material blessing for the people,

00:31:20.440 --> 00:31:23.580
 a time of much progress for the people,

00:31:24.400 --> 00:31:28.140
 but now we are seeing it's a time of great pain for the people.

00:31:29.259 --> 00:31:31.320
 There's an ache in this nation.

00:31:32.000 --> 00:31:34.380
 There's a pain in this nation.

00:31:35.220 --> 00:31:38.880
 A lot has changed with the passing of Uzziah.

00:31:38.880 --> 00:31:44.519
 The year that King Uzziah died was significant.

00:31:45.800 --> 00:31:47.280
 It disturbed the nation,

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:50.200
 disturbed Isaiah himself.

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:52.460
 As he opens this chapter,

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 we see that it's in the year that King Uzziah died.

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 It's that signaled the end of a time of great prosperity,

00:32:02.860 --> 00:32:07.120
 a time of great consistency within the nation.

00:32:07.119 --> 00:32:09.779
 But was it all good?

00:32:10.579 --> 00:32:11.939
 Was it all healthy?

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 Well, all you have to do is read the opening five chapters of Isaiah,

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 and you see it was not.

00:32:19.439 --> 00:32:21.319
 There was much material blessing.

00:32:21.979 --> 00:32:23.939
 There was much prosperity in the land,

00:32:24.339 --> 00:32:26.099
 but it all was not well.

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.919
 There was woe.

00:32:28.439 --> 00:32:29.299
 There was pain.

00:32:29.859 --> 00:32:32.239
 There was wickedness going on all around them.

00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:33.700
 Bit by bit,

00:32:34.059 --> 00:32:36.660
 they were turning away from the Lord.

00:32:37.559 --> 00:32:40.839
 There was judgment coming upon the people.

00:32:41.700 --> 00:32:43.480
 And that's made clear for us,

00:32:43.880 --> 00:32:47.819
 as Isaiah has given his commission later on in this chapter.

00:32:48.740 --> 00:32:52.299
 It is going to get worse before it gets better.

00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:57.700
 And that's so often the case in a time of prosperity and blessing

00:32:57.700 --> 00:33:01.480
 in that one sense where everything's going well for a people,

00:33:02.360 --> 00:33:05.240
 and yet the people forget the Lord.

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 And what can we say about our own day?

00:33:09.920 --> 00:33:13.640
 What can we say as we describe our own day in which we live?

00:33:13.740 --> 00:33:17.580
 It's so very similar to the year in which King Uzziah died.

00:33:18.500 --> 00:33:19.819
 When we think about this year,

00:33:19.880 --> 00:33:24.240
 as we come to the end of what has been a momentous year in so many ways,

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:29.259
 we come to the end of the year in which Queen Elizabeth II died.

00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:32.900
 Having reigned for so long over our nation,

00:33:33.720 --> 00:33:36.359
 having seen so much blessing over our land,

00:33:36.680 --> 00:33:39.380
 it comes now to a time of great uncertainty.

00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:43.960
 As we see our world in which we live and the chaos all around us,

00:33:44.279 --> 00:33:47.039
 in a year in which war has broken out in the Ukraine

00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:48.779
 between them and the Russians,

00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:52.880
 and so much instability in the world in which we're living in,

00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:56.740
 so much fear and anxiety all around the world,

00:33:57.220 --> 00:34:02.160
 in a year in which COVID has still been so prevalent in all our lives,

00:34:02.820 --> 00:34:07.060
 in a year of so much uncertainty in the financial sense,

00:34:07.120 --> 00:34:11.440
 in a year of so many pressures bearing down upon our people,

00:34:12.360 --> 00:34:15.099
 what do we say about this year?

00:34:15.200 --> 00:34:18.320
 There's so much worry, so much anxiety.

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:22.760
 There is an ache in so many people's lives,

00:34:22.860 --> 00:34:24.360
 in so many people's hearts.

00:34:25.380 --> 00:34:26.720
 It's a time of change,

00:34:27.140 --> 00:34:30.720
 and a time of change is always a time of great uncertainty,

00:34:31.260 --> 00:34:33.740
 but it's a time to survey.

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:37.140
 As we come to the end of this year,

00:34:37.200 --> 00:34:38.780
 as we come even to this weekend,

00:34:39.340 --> 00:34:41.880
 as we come to the Lord's Supper,

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:43.100
 God willing, tomorrow,

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:45.779
 it's a time when we look around,

00:34:46.500 --> 00:34:48.299
 when we see all that's going on around us,

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:51.759
 we see all the hurt and the ache and the pain that there is,

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:54.900
 but are we just looking at it on the surface,

00:34:55.460 --> 00:34:58.059
 or are we looking deeper?

00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:03.059
 Well, Isaiah was looking beyond that.

00:35:03.860 --> 00:35:06.099
 There was an ache.

00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:09.659
 There was so much pain going on around him.

00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:12.099
 In the year that King Uzziah died,

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:14.099
 it was a significant year.

00:35:14.960 --> 00:35:19.719
 But what it leads to is a greater vision of what is important.

00:35:20.739 --> 00:35:22.360
 And for ourselves this evening,

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:24.119
 the ache that we know,

00:35:24.219 --> 00:35:27.380
 the pain that we see in ourselves or all around us,

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:29.779
 it should take us to look and see

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:32.900
 what is truly important in life.

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:35.559
 Well, what did Isaiah see?

00:35:36.099 --> 00:35:37.480
 And what are we to see?

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:41.019
 The second thing we see here is the aura.

00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:44.679
 It's so often spoken about

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:47.980
 that people have this great aura about them.

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:50.099
 There's just something about certain people.

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.799
 They describe this aura that's around them.

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:57.159
 But there's no greater aura than what we see in the Lord.

00:35:58.000 --> 00:36:00.860
 And that is what Isaiah came to see.

00:36:01.400 --> 00:36:03.659
 In the year that King Uzziah died,

00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.980
 what did he see?

00:36:04.980 --> 00:36:09.519
 He saw the Lord sitting upon a throne,

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:11.740
 high and lifted up.

00:36:12.800 --> 00:36:14.900
 He saw a greater king.

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:18.260
 He saw one who would rule forever.

00:36:19.059 --> 00:36:22.820
 One whose reign was going to go on and on.

00:36:22.940 --> 00:36:26.440
 One who is described as the holy seed

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:29.440
 is its stamp at the end of this chapter.

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:32.519
 Our Lord will reign eternal.

00:36:33.139 --> 00:36:35.559
 Our Lord will reign forever.

00:36:36.659 --> 00:36:39.200
 Earthly kings and queens will come and go.

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:41.119
 We will come and go.

00:36:41.800 --> 00:36:44.599
 But the Lord will reign forever.

00:36:44.599 --> 00:36:49.339
 And what he saw was the Lord sitting upon a throne,

00:36:49.339 --> 00:36:51.299
 high and lifted up.

00:36:51.300 --> 00:36:54.260
 So in the midst of the pain of Isaiah's death

00:36:54.260 --> 00:36:57.460
 and the doubts about what the future may hold now,

00:36:57.840 --> 00:37:00.920
 there is this great reminder that the Lord is sovereign

00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:04.260
 and ruling over all things.

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:09.700
 Isaiah is reminded who is really in control

00:37:09.699 --> 00:37:12.779
 and his need to focus on him.

00:37:12.779 --> 00:37:17.319
 The survey takes him to see the times of turmoil

00:37:17.319 --> 00:37:20.239
 and the times of trouble that are going on around them

00:37:20.239 --> 00:37:21.719
 as just seeing the surface.

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:28.000
 But now to come and see that the one who's sovereign is the Lord,

00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:32.179
 that underneath are the everlasting arms of God,

00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:37.079
 the one who has promised through covenant mercy to his people,

00:37:37.739 --> 00:37:39.000
 that he will be with them,

00:37:39.400 --> 00:37:40.800
 that he will uphold them.

00:37:41.539 --> 00:37:44.159
 And what does he see of the Lord?

00:37:44.860 --> 00:37:47.900
 Well, we see so much of what he's looking at here.

00:37:48.300 --> 00:37:50.900
 He comes to see so many things about God.

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:53.440
 First of all, he sees his position.

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:56.440
 He sees where he is.

00:37:56.440 --> 00:38:01.139
 He's high and lifted up, sitting upon a throne.

00:38:01.760 --> 00:38:04.840
 He is the Lord in all his glory.

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:09.720
 Isaiah and all the people have been so focused on King Uzziah,

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:14.440
 giving praise to him for all the prosperity that they had.

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:16.500
 But now he is gone.

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:18.700
 Now he is taken away.

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:20.940
 And when life seems to fall apart

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:23.420
 and everything seems to be going wrong,

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:26.079
 where does his focus come?

00:38:26.599 --> 00:38:28.940
 It comes on the Lord who is sovereign,

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:32.259
 the one who is high and lifted up.

00:38:34.319 --> 00:38:36.440
 Where do our eyes go today?

00:38:37.079 --> 00:38:38.900
 Where do our eyes go tonight?

00:38:39.239 --> 00:38:41.159
 As we look around us, as we feel anxious,

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:42.380
 as we feel troubled,

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:45.779
 do we see the Lord lifted up?

00:38:45.780 --> 00:38:51.540
 Even as we think of how it speaks here of the Lord God lifted up,

00:38:51.600 --> 00:38:52.560
 sitting on his throne,

00:38:52.940 --> 00:38:54.980
 we remember the Lord Jesus,

00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:58.200
 the one who was lifted up,

00:38:58.700 --> 00:38:59.760
 not on a throne,

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:01.420
 but on a cross.

00:39:02.160 --> 00:39:03.660
 The one who was lifted up

00:39:03.659 --> 00:39:06.539
 and that all who would look to him would find mercy,

00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:08.179
 would find forgiveness,

00:39:08.359 --> 00:39:09.379
 would find peace.

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:13.679
 We come to look at the Lord who came down for us,

00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:15.859
 who came down for his people.

00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:17.739
 We see him lifted up,

00:39:18.399 --> 00:39:20.739
 but one who then ascended up on high

00:39:20.739 --> 00:39:23.019
 and who sits on the throne

00:39:23.019 --> 00:39:25.059
 at the right hand of God the Father.

00:39:27.299 --> 00:39:28.919
 We have a great God

00:39:28.919 --> 00:39:30.439
 and a great King.

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:33.500
 And what did he see of God here?

00:39:33.859 --> 00:39:34.939
 He was high and lifted up,

00:39:34.940 --> 00:39:38.280
 but he also saw that this was a holy God.

00:39:39.159 --> 00:39:40.519
 He was a holy God,

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:41.679
 as it goes on to say,

00:39:42.139 --> 00:39:43.740
 around him with a seraphim.

00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:45.599
 And they were calling out,

00:39:46.059 --> 00:39:47.659
 Holy, holy, holy

00:39:47.659 --> 00:39:49.539
 is the Lord of hosts.

00:39:50.000 --> 00:39:52.900
 The whole earth is full of his glory.

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:55.940
 He is a holy God.

00:39:58.280 --> 00:40:00.039
 When we think of that too,

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:02.700
 how unworthy we are

00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:04.559
 even to come into his presence.

00:40:04.940 --> 00:40:07.320
 This is a holy God.

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:09.599
 But Isaiah comes to learn

00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:13.000
 that it's not about a king in Uzziah

00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:13.679
 who can help.

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:15.940
 It's not about himself, Isaiah,

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:17.720
 who can help in this situation.

00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:20.960
 But it's about this holy God.

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:24.119
 Uzziah might have done much good

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:24.980
 for the nation,

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:28.800
 but there is no good apart from God.

00:40:29.460 --> 00:40:30.760
 And God is holy.

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:33.400
 He is deserving of all praise.

00:40:33.400 --> 00:40:35.820
 He deserves all glory

00:40:35.820 --> 00:40:37.639
 from us as his people.

00:40:38.740 --> 00:40:40.700
 And when you think about yourself tonight,

00:40:40.860 --> 00:40:43.400
 when all your life is stripped bare,

00:40:43.860 --> 00:40:44.960
 what do you have?

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:47.440
 What do you look to?

00:40:47.559 --> 00:40:48.519
 Who do you look to

00:40:48.519 --> 00:40:51.200
 to find help and comfort and blessing?

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:55.039
 Sometimes we need everything else stripped away.

00:40:55.579 --> 00:40:57.579
 Just like this nation of God,

00:40:57.939 --> 00:41:00.359
 this people was having everything stripped away.

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.480
 They were going to be taken into exile.

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:04.159
 They were going to suffer,

00:41:04.299 --> 00:41:05.199
 but they needed that.

00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:08.839
 So they might come to see the glory of God,

00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:10.639
 the only one who could help.

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:15.159
 And so where is our focus this night?

00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:18.940
 Are we giving glory to God,

00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:22.539
 the one who is holy, holy, holy?

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:28.079
 I say I seize the holiness of God.

00:41:29.379 --> 00:41:32.000
 But then he also sees something else as well.

00:41:32.679 --> 00:41:35.759
 He saw the presence of God.

00:41:35.760 --> 00:41:39.020
 The whole earth is full of his glory,

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:40.240
 they were saying.

00:41:41.040 --> 00:41:43.380
 And the foundations and the threshold shook

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:45.480
 at the voice of him who called,

00:41:45.560 --> 00:41:48.060
 and the house was filled with smoke.

00:41:48.160 --> 00:41:52.020
 The presence of God was there in a powerful way.

00:41:53.320 --> 00:41:55.940
 I say, Isaiah may be gone,

00:41:55.940 --> 00:41:59.200
 but God, the Lord, is reminding them

00:41:59.200 --> 00:42:01.220
 that he is there for them.

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:03.559
 And that's so often the reminder

00:42:03.559 --> 00:42:05.860
 that we have throughout Scripture.

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:09.380
 We see and remember the truth

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:12.360
 that God promises to be with his people.

00:42:13.360 --> 00:42:14.820
 That as we call on him,

00:42:15.200 --> 00:42:16.760
 he hears our cry.

00:42:17.980 --> 00:42:19.860
 As we, in our desperation,

00:42:19.860 --> 00:42:23.559
 as we see our great needs in this world,

00:42:23.559 --> 00:42:25.420
 if we call on him,

00:42:25.900 --> 00:42:26.739
 he is there.

00:42:29.639 --> 00:42:31.699
 If we trust in him,

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:33.719
 we are never alone.

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:36.840
 And maybe you're anxious this evening.

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:39.199
 Is the Lord with me?

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:41.400
 Can I really know him?

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:44.059
 Well, the promise of his word is

00:42:44.059 --> 00:42:46.440
 that he will be with you always.

00:42:47.699 --> 00:42:49.119
 That is his promise.

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:52.900
 The presence of God is with his people.

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:57.619
 Isaiah, he saw the Lord.

00:42:57.739 --> 00:43:00.239
 He saw the aura, the glory of God.

00:43:00.779 --> 00:43:03.039
 And that is what we are to see ourselves.

00:43:04.739 --> 00:43:07.579
 The third thing that we see

00:43:07.579 --> 00:43:09.199
 as Isaiah surveys here

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:10.659
 is an awareness.

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:14.179
 An awareness within himself.

00:43:15.139 --> 00:43:16.420
 So he's been looking around.

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:17.820
 He's been looking at the nation.

00:43:17.960 --> 00:43:19.239
 He's been looking at the people.

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:21.259
 Everything that's going on around them.

00:43:21.260 --> 00:43:24.300
 But now he begins to look at himself.

00:43:26.140 --> 00:43:28.600
 And how did he respond in this circumstance?

00:43:29.020 --> 00:43:31.420
 As he saw the glory of God,

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:33.940
 what happened to Isaiah

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:37.420
 and the death of Isaiah, the king,

00:43:38.020 --> 00:43:40.480
 and all this being taken away from the people?

00:43:40.600 --> 00:43:41.940
 Isaiah became aware

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:44.760
 that he had been relying on his earthly king.

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:48.040
 But the people had been trusting in Isaiah

00:43:48.040 --> 00:43:52.400
 instead of relying on the heavenly king.

00:43:53.100 --> 00:43:55.000
 Instead of relying on the Lord

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:57.280
 who is high and lifted up.

00:43:57.980 --> 00:43:59.520
 And now what he realizes is

00:43:59.520 --> 00:44:01.520
 is he has seen the glory of the Lord

00:44:01.520 --> 00:44:03.580
 as the error of his way.

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:06.980
 And look at what it makes him say

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:07.940
 in verse 5.

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:09.819
 And I said,

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:12.340
 Woe is me

00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:14.119
 for I am lost.

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:17.219
 I am a man of unclean lips

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:18.840
 and I dwell in the midst

00:44:18.840 --> 00:44:20.460
 of a people of unclean lips.

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:21.299
 From my eyes

00:44:21.299 --> 00:44:22.699
 I've seen the king,

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.679
 the lord of hosts.

00:44:26.139 --> 00:44:27.920
 The more he sees the king,

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:29.000
 the lord of hosts,

00:44:29.119 --> 00:44:30.119
 the more he realizes

00:44:30.119 --> 00:44:32.019
 how lost he is.

00:44:32.019 --> 00:44:35.480
 Oh, that we would see that ourselves.

00:44:36.759 --> 00:44:38.159
 That we would recognize

00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:40.500
 those words of Isaiah for ourselves.

00:44:40.780 --> 00:44:41.699
 Woe is me

00:44:41.699 --> 00:44:43.320
 for I am lost.

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:44.860
 There is a realization,

00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:46.599
 there is a recognition here

00:44:46.599 --> 00:44:48.460
 that apart from God

00:44:48.460 --> 00:44:50.340
 we are as good as dead.

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:54.739
 We fall short of his glory.

00:44:55.719 --> 00:44:57.420
 Isaiah and so many of the people

00:44:57.420 --> 00:44:58.539
 with him in that day

00:44:58.539 --> 00:45:00.480
 would have thought all is well.

00:45:00.480 --> 00:45:02.659
 We have a good king in Isaiah.

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:04.340
 We have a great prosperity

00:45:04.340 --> 00:45:05.320
 in our land.

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:07.039
 All is going well.

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:08.400
 But underneath

00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:10.059
 there is something

00:45:10.059 --> 00:45:11.300
 seriously wrong.

00:45:12.699 --> 00:45:14.860
 And it's only when we see God

00:45:14.860 --> 00:45:16.659
 that we begin to realize

00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:19.420
 no matter how good our life is

00:45:19.420 --> 00:45:20.599
 apart from God

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.980
 there is nothing there

00:45:21.980 --> 00:45:23.440
 at the end of the day for us.

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:25.980
 We are as good as dead.

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:29.139
 And when Isaiah sees

00:45:29.139 --> 00:45:30.719
 the glory of God

00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:31.880
 all he can say is

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:33.300
 woe is me

00:45:33.300 --> 00:45:35.420
 for I am lost.

00:45:37.099 --> 00:45:39.500
 Have you come to that point yourself?

00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:41.940
 You begin to see

00:45:41.940 --> 00:45:43.760
 the wonder of God

00:45:43.760 --> 00:45:45.579
 the glory of God

00:45:45.579 --> 00:45:46.900
 and the passion of Christ.

00:45:47.699 --> 00:45:49.059
 And is it making you say

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:50.619
 woe is me

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:53.440
 I am as good as lost.

00:45:54.079 --> 00:45:55.119
 I am not worthy

00:45:55.119 --> 00:45:56.279
 of the least

00:45:56.279 --> 00:45:57.400
 of these mercies.

00:45:58.039 --> 00:45:59.380
 The glory of God

00:45:59.380 --> 00:46:00.759
 just stops us

00:46:00.759 --> 00:46:01.799
 in our tracks.

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:05.779
 It's never a nice time of year

00:46:05.779 --> 00:46:06.219
 just now

00:46:06.219 --> 00:46:07.199
 to be out driving

00:46:07.199 --> 00:46:09.079
 when the late afternoon

00:46:09.079 --> 00:46:09.920
 when it's starting

00:46:09.920 --> 00:46:10.739
 to get dark

00:46:10.739 --> 00:46:11.679
 or into the evening.

00:46:12.759 --> 00:46:13.779
 Especially when you're driving

00:46:13.779 --> 00:46:15.000
 and there's another car

00:46:15.000 --> 00:46:16.339
 coming towards you.

00:46:16.900 --> 00:46:18.199
 And it can be so dazzling.

00:46:18.299 --> 00:46:19.380
 The lights of the other car

00:46:19.380 --> 00:46:20.380
 can be so bright.

00:46:20.780 --> 00:46:22.019
 You almost have to slow down

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:23.340
 to a stop sometimes

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:23.980
 because it's just

00:46:23.980 --> 00:46:25.559
 putting you into a blindness.

00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:26.400
 You can't see

00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:27.200
 where you're going.

00:46:28.880 --> 00:46:30.340
 Well the glory of God

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:31.780
 is just that to us.

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:34.140
 It stops us

00:46:34.140 --> 00:46:35.260
 in our tracks.

00:46:38.039 --> 00:46:39.360
 The glory of God

00:46:39.360 --> 00:46:40.720
 is a powerful thing.

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:43.559
 And when Isaiah sees it

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:46.440
 he's there in the temple.

00:46:47.180 --> 00:46:48.800
 He sees the glory of God.

00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:50.599
 And it just stops.

00:46:52.000 --> 00:46:52.400
 Woe

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:53.640
 is me.

00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:55.900
 The closer we come

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:56.559
 to God

00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:58.160
 the more we hear

00:46:58.160 --> 00:46:59.119
 of this Christ

00:46:59.119 --> 00:46:59.760
 who died

00:46:59.760 --> 00:47:00.800
 for our sins.

00:47:01.579 --> 00:47:02.840
 The more we see

00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:04.180
 that it was our sins

00:47:04.180 --> 00:47:05.660
 that put him there.

00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:07.840
 The more we see

00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:08.840
 woe is me.

00:47:09.840 --> 00:47:10.820
 For I am lost.

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:13.680
 So Isaiah was coming

00:47:13.680 --> 00:47:15.140
 to see that.

00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:16.920
 And our conclusion

00:47:16.920 --> 00:47:18.440
 may be that

00:47:18.440 --> 00:47:19.900
 very same conclusion

00:47:19.900 --> 00:47:20.679
 as Isaiah

00:47:20.679 --> 00:47:22.139
 that we

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:23.339
 are lost.

00:47:25.420 --> 00:47:26.619
 And that's where

00:47:26.619 --> 00:47:27.279
 our survey

00:47:27.279 --> 00:47:28.059
 or examination

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:29.239
 will take us.

00:47:29.699 --> 00:47:30.819
 We feel

00:47:30.819 --> 00:47:31.739
 lost.

00:47:32.879 --> 00:47:34.359
 But we remember

00:47:34.359 --> 00:47:35.819
 the shepherd

00:47:35.819 --> 00:47:36.460
 who came

00:47:36.460 --> 00:47:37.339
 to seek

00:47:37.339 --> 00:47:37.879
 the lost.

00:47:38.699 --> 00:47:39.980
 The good shepherd

00:47:39.980 --> 00:47:41.079
 who came

00:47:41.079 --> 00:47:42.519
 even for that one sheep

00:47:42.519 --> 00:47:43.619
 who was still missing.

00:47:43.619 --> 00:47:44.880
 He came

00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:45.739
 to bring

00:47:45.739 --> 00:47:46.779
 that sheep in.

00:47:48.559 --> 00:47:49.739
 And so as we move on

00:47:49.739 --> 00:47:50.539
 the fourth thing

00:47:50.539 --> 00:47:51.480
 that we see here

00:47:51.480 --> 00:47:52.619
 is the assurance

00:47:53.139 --> 00:47:54.579
 that Isaiah

00:47:54.579 --> 00:47:55.179
 has given.

00:47:58.079 --> 00:47:59.259
 The assurance

00:47:59.259 --> 00:48:01.279
 in God's word

00:48:01.279 --> 00:48:02.359
 that when we draw near

00:48:02.359 --> 00:48:02.900
 to him

00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:04.639
 he will draw near

00:48:04.639 --> 00:48:05.440
 to us.

00:48:07.380 --> 00:48:07.900
 Isaiah

00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:08.699
 feels

00:48:08.699 --> 00:48:09.719
 lost.

00:48:10.139 --> 00:48:10.920
 He is a man

00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:12.780
 of unclean lips

00:48:12.780 --> 00:48:13.539
 when he sees

00:48:13.539 --> 00:48:14.019
 the king

00:48:14.019 --> 00:48:15.039
 the lord of hosts.

00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:16.440
 Then in verse 6

00:48:16.440 --> 00:48:17.320
 it goes on to say

00:48:17.320 --> 00:48:18.519
 then one of the seraphim

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:19.420
 flew to me

00:48:19.420 --> 00:48:20.920
 having in his hand

00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:21.940
 a burning coal

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:23.119
 they had taken

00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:24.079
 with tongs

00:48:24.079 --> 00:48:26.159
 from the altar

00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:27.659
 and he touched

00:48:27.659 --> 00:48:28.980
 my mouth

00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:30.139
 and said

00:48:30.139 --> 00:48:30.740
 behold

00:48:30.740 --> 00:48:32.159
 this has touched

00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:32.840
 your lips

00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:34.380
 your guilt

00:48:34.380 --> 00:48:36.000
 is taken away

00:48:36.000 --> 00:48:37.659
 and your sin

00:48:37.659 --> 00:48:39.119
 atoned for.

00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:41.440
 There is this great

00:48:41.440 --> 00:48:42.859
 assurance

00:48:42.859 --> 00:48:44.159
 to Isaiah.

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:47.079
 There is this great

00:48:47.079 --> 00:48:47.799
 assurance

00:48:47.799 --> 00:48:49.579
 that as we see

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:50.279
 our sin

00:48:50.279 --> 00:48:51.199
 and as we repent

00:48:51.199 --> 00:48:51.980
 of our sin

00:48:51.980 --> 00:48:53.359
 as we come

00:48:53.359 --> 00:48:54.739
 to the sacrifice

00:48:54.739 --> 00:48:55.619
 of the Lord

00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:56.759
 Jesus Christ

00:48:56.759 --> 00:48:57.679
 that there

00:48:57.679 --> 00:48:58.940
 we find the place

00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:59.880
 where our sin

00:48:59.880 --> 00:49:00.960
 our guilt

00:49:00.960 --> 00:49:02.079
 is taken away

00:49:02.079 --> 00:49:02.940
 and our sin

00:49:02.940 --> 00:49:04.420
 atoned for

00:49:04.420 --> 00:49:05.699
 at the cross

00:49:05.699 --> 00:49:07.480
 of Jesus Christ.

00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:07.619
 Christ.

00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:14.199
 In John chapter 6

00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:15.900
 Jesus says

00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:16.440
 all

00:49:16.440 --> 00:49:17.519
 that the father

00:49:17.519 --> 00:49:18.340
 gives me

00:49:18.340 --> 00:49:19.539
 will come to me

00:49:19.539 --> 00:49:20.579
 and whoever

00:49:20.579 --> 00:49:22.000
 comes to me

00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:23.440
 I will never

00:49:23.440 --> 00:49:24.960
 cast out.

00:49:26.079 --> 00:49:27.519
 So if you come

00:49:27.519 --> 00:49:28.679
 you have that

00:49:28.679 --> 00:49:29.280
 promise

00:49:29.280 --> 00:49:30.380
 you have that

00:49:30.380 --> 00:49:31.059
 assurance

00:49:31.059 --> 00:49:32.920
 he will never

00:49:32.920 --> 00:49:34.360
 cast you out.

00:49:34.360 --> 00:49:36.380
 yes you feel

00:49:36.380 --> 00:49:37.620
 woe is me

00:49:37.620 --> 00:49:38.680
 yes you feel

00:49:38.680 --> 00:49:40.000
 I am lost

00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:42.099
 but as you

00:49:42.099 --> 00:49:42.680
 trust

00:49:42.680 --> 00:49:44.320
 in the sacrifice

00:49:44.320 --> 00:49:45.320
 that Christ

00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:45.960
 has made

00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:46.420
 as you put

00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:47.120
 your trust

00:49:47.120 --> 00:49:47.660
 in him

00:49:47.660 --> 00:49:49.280
 your sin

00:49:49.280 --> 00:49:50.620
 is atoned

00:49:50.620 --> 00:49:51.019
 for

00:49:51.019 --> 00:49:51.880
 your guilt

00:49:51.880 --> 00:49:53.059
 is taken

00:49:53.059 --> 00:49:53.500
 away

00:49:53.500 --> 00:49:55.380
 through faith

00:49:55.380 --> 00:49:56.559
 in the Lord

00:49:56.559 --> 00:49:57.780
 Jesus Christ.

00:49:59.980 --> 00:50:00.420
 Isaiah

00:50:00.420 --> 00:50:01.380
 found that

00:50:01.380 --> 00:50:01.880
 as he came

00:50:01.880 --> 00:50:02.840
 near to God

00:50:02.840 --> 00:50:04.019
 God was a

00:50:04.019 --> 00:50:05.280
 God of glory

00:50:05.280 --> 00:50:06.840
 that he was

00:50:06.840 --> 00:50:08.180
 lost and unclean

00:50:08.180 --> 00:50:09.980
 but that God

00:50:09.980 --> 00:50:10.760
 was able

00:50:10.760 --> 00:50:11.600
 to save

00:50:11.600 --> 00:50:13.460
 and that's

00:50:13.460 --> 00:50:14.140
 what we have

00:50:14.140 --> 00:50:15.519
 in the sacrament

00:50:15.519 --> 00:50:16.500
 of the Lord's

00:50:16.500 --> 00:50:16.780
 supper.

00:50:17.460 --> 00:50:18.620
 We remember

00:50:18.620 --> 00:50:19.360
 what he has

00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:19.720
 done

00:50:19.720 --> 00:50:21.039
 what we could

00:50:21.039 --> 00:50:21.720
 never and

00:50:21.720 --> 00:50:22.720
 cannot ever

00:50:22.720 --> 00:50:23.820
 do ourselves

00:50:23.820 --> 00:50:25.840
 he gave

00:50:25.840 --> 00:50:26.700
 his body

00:50:26.700 --> 00:50:27.800
 he shed

00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:28.680
 his blood

00:50:28.680 --> 00:50:29.920
 so we might

00:50:29.920 --> 00:50:30.380
 have that

00:50:30.380 --> 00:50:31.039
 assurance

00:50:31.039 --> 00:50:31.600
 that through

00:50:31.599 --> 00:50:32.639
 faith in him

00:50:32.639 --> 00:50:33.719
 our sin

00:50:33.719 --> 00:50:35.059
 is atoned

00:50:35.059 --> 00:50:35.920
 for

00:50:35.920 --> 00:50:37.259
 so we

00:50:37.259 --> 00:50:37.819
 examine

00:50:37.819 --> 00:50:38.500
 ourselves

00:50:38.500 --> 00:50:39.739
 to that

00:50:39.739 --> 00:50:40.819
 end as well

00:50:40.819 --> 00:50:42.079
 thanks to

00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:43.199
 God

00:50:43.199 --> 00:50:44.199
 that the Lord

00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:44.699
 does not

00:50:44.699 --> 00:50:45.779
 just point

00:50:45.779 --> 00:50:46.500
 out our

00:50:46.500 --> 00:50:47.179
 sins

00:50:47.179 --> 00:50:48.239
 and say

00:50:48.239 --> 00:50:48.699
 look

00:50:48.699 --> 00:50:49.659
 at all

00:50:49.659 --> 00:50:50.279
 the things

00:50:50.279 --> 00:50:50.659
 that you

00:50:50.659 --> 00:50:50.980
 have done

00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:51.339
 wrong

00:50:51.339 --> 00:50:52.339
 that's what

00:50:52.339 --> 00:50:52.880
 we'll do

00:50:52.880 --> 00:50:54.460
 we'll examine

00:50:54.460 --> 00:50:55.099
 ourselves

00:50:55.099 --> 00:50:55.539
 and say

00:50:55.539 --> 00:50:56.659
 how could I

00:50:56.659 --> 00:50:57.920
 possibly come

00:50:57.920 --> 00:50:58.719
 before this

00:50:58.719 --> 00:51:00.000
 holy God

00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:01.000
 this God

00:51:01.000 --> 00:51:01.579
 of glory

00:51:01.579 --> 00:51:02.219
 how could I

00:51:02.219 --> 00:51:03.619
 possibly come

00:51:03.619 --> 00:51:04.319
 and sit at

00:51:04.319 --> 00:51:04.919
 the Lord's

00:51:04.919 --> 00:51:05.359
 table

00:51:05.359 --> 00:51:07.079
 we don't

00:51:07.079 --> 00:51:08.079
 come through

00:51:08.079 --> 00:51:08.719
 what we have

00:51:08.719 --> 00:51:09.099
 done

00:51:09.099 --> 00:51:10.759
 we come

00:51:10.759 --> 00:51:11.199
 through what

00:51:11.199 --> 00:51:11.500
 has been

00:51:11.500 --> 00:51:12.219
 done for

00:51:12.219 --> 00:51:12.559
 us

00:51:12.559 --> 00:51:14.039
 through the

00:51:14.039 --> 00:51:14.639
 cleansing

00:51:14.639 --> 00:51:15.259
 blood

00:51:15.259 --> 00:51:16.359
 of Christ

00:51:16.359 --> 00:51:17.299
 our sins

00:51:17.299 --> 00:51:18.500
 are atoned

00:51:18.500 --> 00:51:19.000
 for

00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:19.879
 with the

00:51:19.879 --> 00:51:20.279
 precious

00:51:20.279 --> 00:51:20.919
 blood

00:51:20.919 --> 00:51:22.179
 of Christ

00:51:22.179 --> 00:51:24.239
 so what

00:51:24.239 --> 00:51:24.719
 you see

00:51:24.719 --> 00:51:25.119
 is

00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:26.079
 he is

00:51:26.079 --> 00:51:26.819
 beholding

00:51:26.820 --> 00:51:27.480
 the glory

00:51:27.480 --> 00:51:28.160
 of God

00:51:28.160 --> 00:51:29.280
 and the

00:51:29.280 --> 00:51:29.820
 more he

00:51:29.820 --> 00:51:30.920
 is beholding

00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:31.420
 the glory

00:51:31.420 --> 00:51:32.039
 of God

00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:32.940
 the more

00:51:32.940 --> 00:51:33.660
 he sees

00:51:33.660 --> 00:51:34.420
 the wonder

00:51:34.420 --> 00:51:35.420
 of sin

00:51:35.420 --> 00:51:36.039
 atoned

00:51:36.039 --> 00:51:36.460
 for

00:51:36.460 --> 00:51:37.580
 the more

00:51:37.580 --> 00:51:37.960
 he sees

00:51:37.960 --> 00:51:38.580
 the wonder

00:51:38.580 --> 00:51:39.700
 of the

00:51:39.700 --> 00:51:40.260
 grace

00:51:40.260 --> 00:51:41.480
 of God

00:51:41.480 --> 00:51:42.680
 and for

00:51:42.680 --> 00:51:43.380
 us today

00:51:43.380 --> 00:51:44.160
 we behold

00:51:44.160 --> 00:51:45.100
 this glory

00:51:45.100 --> 00:51:45.960
 in the

00:51:45.960 --> 00:51:46.400
 portion

00:51:46.400 --> 00:51:47.240
 of Christ

00:51:47.240 --> 00:51:48.920
 we come

00:51:48.920 --> 00:51:50.240
 through

00:51:50.240 --> 00:51:50.940
 faith

00:51:50.940 --> 00:51:52.080
 in him

00:51:52.080 --> 00:51:53.280
 so him

00:51:53.280 --> 00:51:53.580
 writer

00:51:53.580 --> 00:51:54.160
 says

00:51:54.160 --> 00:51:55.120
 when I

00:51:55.120 --> 00:51:55.700
 survey

00:51:55.699 --> 00:51:56.639
 the wondrous

00:51:56.639 --> 00:51:57.079
 cross

00:51:57.079 --> 00:51:57.599
 on which

00:51:57.599 --> 00:51:58.579
 the prince

00:51:58.579 --> 00:51:59.359
 of glory

00:51:59.359 --> 00:51:59.919
 died

00:51:59.919 --> 00:52:01.139
 my riches

00:52:01.139 --> 00:52:01.599
 gain

00:52:01.599 --> 00:52:02.239
 I count

00:52:02.239 --> 00:52:03.139
 but lost

00:52:03.139 --> 00:52:03.899
 loss

00:52:03.899 --> 00:52:04.399
 and poor

00:52:04.399 --> 00:52:05.179
 contempt

00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:06.179
 on all

00:52:06.179 --> 00:52:07.019
 my pride

00:52:07.019 --> 00:52:08.219
 forbidden

00:52:08.219 --> 00:52:08.679
 Lord

00:52:08.679 --> 00:52:09.119
 that I

00:52:09.119 --> 00:52:09.859
 should boast

00:52:09.859 --> 00:52:10.739
 save in

00:52:10.739 --> 00:52:11.279
 the death

00:52:11.279 --> 00:52:12.039
 of Christ

00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:12.859
 my God

00:52:12.859 --> 00:52:14.619
 all the vain

00:52:14.619 --> 00:52:15.339
 things that

00:52:15.339 --> 00:52:15.859
 char me

00:52:15.859 --> 00:52:16.259
 most

00:52:16.259 --> 00:52:17.599
 I sacrifice

00:52:17.599 --> 00:52:18.199
 them

00:52:18.199 --> 00:52:18.599
 through

00:52:18.599 --> 00:52:19.460
 his blood

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:20.859
 where the

00:52:20.859 --> 00:52:21.759
 whole world

00:52:21.759 --> 00:52:22.319
 the realm

00:52:22.319 --> 00:52:22.899
 of nature

00:52:22.899 --> 00:52:23.359
 mine

00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:24.720
 that were

00:52:24.720 --> 00:52:25.420
 a present

00:52:25.420 --> 00:52:26.740
 far too

00:52:26.740 --> 00:52:27.320
 small

00:52:27.320 --> 00:52:28.700
 love

00:52:28.700 --> 00:52:29.700
 so amazing

00:52:29.700 --> 00:52:31.079
 so divine

00:52:31.079 --> 00:52:31.780
 demands

00:52:31.780 --> 00:52:32.680
 my soul

00:52:32.680 --> 00:52:34.059
 my life

00:52:34.059 --> 00:52:35.440
 my all

00:52:35.440 --> 00:52:39.280
 the assurance

00:52:39.280 --> 00:52:40.740
 that God

00:52:40.740 --> 00:52:41.320
 gives

00:52:41.320 --> 00:52:41.940
 that when we

00:52:41.940 --> 00:52:42.680
 come through

00:52:42.680 --> 00:52:43.180
 faith

00:52:43.180 --> 00:52:44.280
 our sins

00:52:44.280 --> 00:52:45.120
 are forgiven

00:52:45.120 --> 00:52:46.519
 it makes a

00:52:46.519 --> 00:52:47.000
 demand

00:52:47.000 --> 00:52:47.820
 of us

00:52:47.820 --> 00:52:49.579
 demands

00:52:49.579 --> 00:52:50.820
 our life

00:52:50.820 --> 00:52:52.620
 demands

00:52:52.620 --> 00:52:54.080
 our all

00:52:54.080 --> 00:52:56.220
 and so the

00:52:56.220 --> 00:52:56.800
 final thing

00:52:56.800 --> 00:52:57.320
 that we see

00:52:57.320 --> 00:52:57.840
 here is

00:52:57.840 --> 00:52:58.660
 that through

00:52:58.660 --> 00:52:59.620
 this assurance

00:52:59.620 --> 00:53:00.480
 that Isaiah

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:01.080
 is given

00:53:01.080 --> 00:53:01.920
 we see

00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:02.440
 finally

00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:03.800
 the availability

00:53:03.800 --> 00:53:06.360
 in verse

00:53:06.360 --> 00:53:07.160
 8 it says

00:53:07.160 --> 00:53:07.860
 I heard the

00:53:07.860 --> 00:53:08.460
 voice of the

00:53:08.460 --> 00:53:09.260
 Lord saying

00:53:09.260 --> 00:53:10.280
 whom shall

00:53:10.280 --> 00:53:11.080
 I send

00:53:11.080 --> 00:53:12.080
 and who

00:53:12.080 --> 00:53:12.600
 will go

00:53:12.600 --> 00:53:13.260
 for us

00:53:13.260 --> 00:53:13.740
 then I

00:53:13.740 --> 00:53:14.120
 said

00:53:14.120 --> 00:53:15.220
 here am

00:53:15.220 --> 00:53:15.580
 I

00:53:15.580 --> 00:53:16.940
 send

00:53:16.940 --> 00:53:17.559
 me

00:53:17.559 --> 00:53:20.179
 what a

00:53:20.179 --> 00:53:20.779
 transformation

00:53:20.779 --> 00:53:21.679
 has taken

00:53:21.679 --> 00:53:22.320
 place

00:53:22.320 --> 00:53:23.860
 woe is

00:53:23.860 --> 00:53:24.259
 me

00:53:24.259 --> 00:53:25.019
 for I

00:53:25.019 --> 00:53:25.679
 am lost

00:53:25.679 --> 00:53:27.039
 but now

00:53:27.039 --> 00:53:27.440
 through the

00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:28.000
 assurance

00:53:28.000 --> 00:53:28.779
 that God

00:53:28.779 --> 00:53:29.320
 gives

00:53:29.320 --> 00:53:30.059
 and a

00:53:30.059 --> 00:53:30.360
 greater

00:53:30.360 --> 00:53:30.840
 vision

00:53:30.840 --> 00:53:31.440
 of God

00:53:31.440 --> 00:53:32.239
 inspires

00:53:32.239 --> 00:53:32.880
 him

00:53:32.880 --> 00:53:33.940
 that whatever

00:53:33.940 --> 00:53:34.659
 he will do

00:53:34.659 --> 00:53:35.259
 he will do

00:53:35.259 --> 00:53:35.639
 it for

00:53:35.639 --> 00:53:36.099
 God

00:53:36.099 --> 00:53:38.500
 and that

00:53:38.500 --> 00:53:38.900
 is the

00:53:38.900 --> 00:53:39.460
 challenge

00:53:39.460 --> 00:53:40.579
 to ourselves

00:53:40.579 --> 00:53:41.360
 this evening

00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:42.420
 as we

00:53:42.420 --> 00:53:43.000
 examine

00:53:43.000 --> 00:53:44.019
 ourselves

00:53:44.019 --> 00:53:45.039
 do we

00:53:45.039 --> 00:53:45.799
 put ourselves

00:53:45.800 --> 00:53:46.460
 into the

00:53:46.460 --> 00:53:47.080
 hands of

00:53:47.080 --> 00:53:47.440
 God

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:48.019
 and say

00:53:48.019 --> 00:53:49.120
 here

00:53:49.120 --> 00:53:50.220
 am I

00:53:50.220 --> 00:53:52.620
 yes

00:53:52.620 --> 00:53:53.580
 I'm a

00:53:53.580 --> 00:53:53.860
 sinner

00:53:53.860 --> 00:53:55.320
 yes

00:53:55.320 --> 00:53:55.700
 I'm

00:53:55.700 --> 00:53:56.320
 unworthy

00:53:56.320 --> 00:53:57.900
 but here

00:53:57.900 --> 00:53:58.460
 am I

00:53:58.460 --> 00:53:59.660
 Lord

00:53:59.660 --> 00:54:00.320
 send

00:54:00.320 --> 00:54:00.660
 me

00:54:00.660 --> 00:54:01.860
 Lord

00:54:01.860 --> 00:54:03.039
 use

00:54:03.039 --> 00:54:03.420
 me

00:54:03.420 --> 00:54:05.240
 as Isaiah

00:54:05.240 --> 00:54:06.000
 realizes

00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:07.080
 that he

00:54:07.080 --> 00:54:07.920
 is redeemed

00:54:07.920 --> 00:54:09.500
 he also

00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:10.180
 realizes

00:54:10.180 --> 00:54:11.320
 he is

00:54:11.320 --> 00:54:11.720
 ready

00:54:11.720 --> 00:54:14.019
 do you

00:54:14.019 --> 00:54:16.239
 do you

00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:16.840
 realize

00:54:16.840 --> 00:54:17.320
 that through

00:54:17.320 --> 00:54:17.940
 faith

00:54:17.940 --> 00:54:18.940
 you are

00:54:18.940 --> 00:54:19.400
 redeemed

00:54:19.400 --> 00:54:21.219
 and therefore

00:54:21.219 --> 00:54:21.619
 you are

00:54:21.619 --> 00:54:21.940
 ready

00:54:21.940 --> 00:54:23.460
 you are

00:54:23.460 --> 00:54:23.980
 ready to

00:54:23.980 --> 00:54:24.400
 come

00:54:24.400 --> 00:54:25.119
 to the

00:54:25.119 --> 00:54:25.539
 Lord's

00:54:25.539 --> 00:54:25.900
 table

00:54:25.900 --> 00:54:27.119
 you are

00:54:27.119 --> 00:54:27.500
 ready to

00:54:27.500 --> 00:54:27.900
 come

00:54:27.900 --> 00:54:28.599
 to be

00:54:28.599 --> 00:54:29.159
 used

00:54:29.159 --> 00:54:29.860
 by God

00:54:29.860 --> 00:54:30.199
 to be

00:54:30.199 --> 00:54:30.739
 sent

00:54:30.739 --> 00:54:32.079
 by God

00:54:32.079 --> 00:54:32.960
 to whatever

00:54:32.960 --> 00:54:33.559
 ends

00:54:33.559 --> 00:54:34.079
 he has

00:54:34.079 --> 00:54:34.699
 prepared

00:54:34.699 --> 00:54:35.400
 for you

00:54:35.400 --> 00:54:36.940
 to make

00:54:36.940 --> 00:54:37.619
 yourself

00:54:37.619 --> 00:54:38.719
 available

00:54:38.719 --> 00:54:40.019
 to put

00:54:40.019 --> 00:54:40.619
 yourself

00:54:40.619 --> 00:54:41.559
 into

00:54:41.559 --> 00:54:42.119
 his

00:54:42.119 --> 00:54:42.739
 hands

00:54:42.739 --> 00:54:44.019
 the hands

00:54:44.019 --> 00:54:44.500
 of this

00:54:44.500 --> 00:54:44.979
 God

00:54:44.979 --> 00:54:45.599
 the Lord

00:54:45.599 --> 00:54:46.259
 of hosts

00:54:46.259 --> 00:54:47.319
 high and

00:54:47.319 --> 00:54:48.119
 lifted up

00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:49.259
 the one

00:54:49.259 --> 00:54:50.179
 who is

00:54:50.179 --> 00:54:50.579
 able

00:54:50.579 --> 00:54:52.159
 Isaiah

00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:52.899
 realizes

00:54:52.899 --> 00:54:53.359
 this

00:54:53.359 --> 00:54:53.699
 and he

00:54:53.699 --> 00:54:54.059
 says

00:54:54.059 --> 00:54:55.099
 here am

00:54:55.099 --> 00:54:55.459
 I

00:54:55.459 --> 00:54:56.579
 send

00:54:56.579 --> 00:54:57.139
 me

00:54:57.139 --> 00:54:59.719
 what a

00:54:59.719 --> 00:55:00.179
 brilliant

00:55:00.179 --> 00:55:01.699
 transformation

00:55:01.699 --> 00:55:04.199
 are you

00:55:04.199 --> 00:55:04.779
 trusting

00:55:04.779 --> 00:55:05.259
 and making

00:55:05.259 --> 00:55:05.899
 yourself

00:55:05.899 --> 00:55:07.099
 available

00:55:07.099 --> 00:55:08.859
 are you

00:55:08.859 --> 00:55:09.439
 coming

00:55:09.439 --> 00:55:10.539
 in faith

00:55:10.539 --> 00:55:11.000
 to the

00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:11.500
 table of

00:55:11.500 --> 00:55:11.980
 the Lord

00:55:11.980 --> 00:55:13.019
 trusting

00:55:13.019 --> 00:55:13.739
 in him

00:55:13.739 --> 00:55:14.559
 who has

00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:15.179
 prepared

00:55:15.179 --> 00:55:15.820
 it for

00:55:15.820 --> 00:55:16.119
 you

00:55:16.119 --> 00:55:18.079
 the one

00:55:18.079 --> 00:55:18.800
 who says

00:55:18.800 --> 00:55:19.579
 there is

00:55:19.579 --> 00:55:20.219
 a place

00:55:20.219 --> 00:55:21.039
 for you

00:55:21.039 --> 00:55:22.900
 his word

00:55:22.900 --> 00:55:24.420
 may sear

00:55:24.420 --> 00:55:25.420
 your heart

00:55:25.420 --> 00:55:27.079
 but may

00:55:27.079 --> 00:55:27.579
 touch

00:55:27.579 --> 00:55:28.360
 your lips

00:55:28.360 --> 00:55:29.860
 and may

00:55:29.860 --> 00:55:30.880
 you see

00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:31.400
 that though

00:55:31.400 --> 00:55:31.800
 you are

00:55:31.800 --> 00:55:32.900
 still saying

00:55:32.900 --> 00:55:33.300
 what I say

00:55:33.300 --> 00:55:33.880
 a woe

00:55:33.880 --> 00:55:34.460
 is me

00:55:34.460 --> 00:55:36.599
 may your

00:55:36.599 --> 00:55:37.320
 lips be

00:55:37.320 --> 00:55:37.739
 touched

00:55:37.739 --> 00:55:39.239
 by Christ

00:55:39.239 --> 00:55:40.299
 that you

00:55:40.299 --> 00:55:41.019
 may profess

00:55:41.019 --> 00:55:41.419
 him

00:55:41.419 --> 00:55:43.219
 there is

00:55:43.219 --> 00:55:43.679
 a story

00:55:43.679 --> 00:55:44.319
 told

00:55:44.319 --> 00:55:46.099
 it was

00:55:46.099 --> 00:55:46.439
 late

00:55:46.439 --> 00:55:47.719
 in 1903

00:55:47.719 --> 00:55:49.219
 and there

00:55:49.219 --> 00:55:49.439
 was a

00:55:49.439 --> 00:55:49.919
 pastor

00:55:49.919 --> 00:55:51.279
 in West

00:55:51.279 --> 00:55:51.939
 Wales

00:55:51.939 --> 00:55:53.339
 who had

00:55:53.339 --> 00:55:53.539
 been

00:55:53.539 --> 00:55:54.179
 ministering

00:55:54.179 --> 00:55:54.500
 for a

00:55:54.500 --> 00:55:55.000
 number of

00:55:55.000 --> 00:55:55.439
 years

00:55:55.439 --> 00:55:55.819
 there

00:55:55.819 --> 00:55:56.739
 and he

00:55:56.739 --> 00:55:56.899
 was

00:55:56.899 --> 00:55:57.459
 growing

00:55:57.459 --> 00:55:58.579
 weary

00:55:58.579 --> 00:55:59.500
 and grieved

00:55:59.500 --> 00:56:00.139
 by the

00:56:00.139 --> 00:56:00.899
 worldiness

00:56:00.899 --> 00:56:01.339
 of the

00:56:01.339 --> 00:56:01.559
 young

00:56:01.559 --> 00:56:02.159
 people

00:56:02.159 --> 00:56:03.259
 in that

00:56:03.259 --> 00:56:03.719
 village

00:56:03.719 --> 00:56:05.019
 and how

00:56:05.019 --> 00:56:05.299
 little

00:56:05.299 --> 00:56:05.919
 devotion

00:56:05.919 --> 00:56:06.559
 they had

00:56:06.559 --> 00:56:07.319
 to the

00:56:07.319 --> 00:56:07.619
 Lord

00:56:07.619 --> 00:56:08.099
 Jesus

00:56:08.099 --> 00:56:09.779
 he was

00:56:09.779 --> 00:56:10.359
 concerned

00:56:10.359 --> 00:56:11.239
 and troubled

00:56:11.239 --> 00:56:12.000
 for them

00:56:12.000 --> 00:56:13.099
 and as

00:56:13.099 --> 00:56:13.719
 his burden

00:56:13.719 --> 00:56:14.179
 grew

00:56:14.179 --> 00:56:15.559
 he arranged

00:56:15.559 --> 00:56:16.139
 for a

00:56:16.139 --> 00:56:16.639
 special

00:56:16.639 --> 00:56:17.439
 two day

00:56:17.439 --> 00:56:17.819
 youth

00:56:17.819 --> 00:56:18.259
 meeting

00:56:18.259 --> 00:56:19.279
 to take

00:56:19.279 --> 00:56:19.659
 place

00:56:19.659 --> 00:56:20.279
 over the

00:56:20.279 --> 00:56:20.919
 new year

00:56:20.919 --> 00:56:22.359
 many of

00:56:22.359 --> 00:56:22.679
 the young

00:56:22.679 --> 00:56:23.239
 people

00:56:23.239 --> 00:56:24.419
 were invited

00:56:24.419 --> 00:56:25.059
 and messages

00:56:25.059 --> 00:56:25.779
 were preached

00:56:25.779 --> 00:56:26.419
 that spoke

00:56:26.419 --> 00:56:26.759
 to the

00:56:26.759 --> 00:56:27.119
 hearts

00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:28.019
 of many

00:56:28.019 --> 00:56:28.439
 of these

00:56:28.439 --> 00:56:28.739
 young

00:56:28.739 --> 00:56:29.259
 people

00:56:29.259 --> 00:56:30.739
 the word

00:56:30.739 --> 00:56:31.299
 of God

00:56:31.299 --> 00:56:32.119
 was powerful

00:56:32.119 --> 00:56:33.359
 and it

00:56:33.359 --> 00:56:33.739
 made a

00:56:33.739 --> 00:56:34.039
 deep

00:56:34.039 --> 00:56:34.639
 impression

00:56:34.639 --> 00:56:35.159
 on them

00:56:35.159 --> 00:56:37.019
 and especially

00:56:37.019 --> 00:56:37.659
 on one

00:56:37.659 --> 00:56:38.019
 young

00:56:38.019 --> 00:56:38.400
 girl

00:56:38.400 --> 00:56:39.859
 a teenage

00:56:39.859 --> 00:56:40.339
 girl

00:56:40.339 --> 00:56:41.139
 named

00:56:41.139 --> 00:56:41.679
 Flory

00:56:41.679 --> 00:56:42.000
 Evans

00:56:42.000 --> 00:56:44.639
 she was

00:56:44.639 --> 00:56:45.019
 maybe in

00:56:45.019 --> 00:56:45.460
 her late

00:56:45.460 --> 00:56:45.920
 teens

00:56:45.920 --> 00:56:46.400
 at this

00:56:46.400 --> 00:56:46.679
 point

00:56:46.679 --> 00:56:46.980
 but she

00:56:46.980 --> 00:56:47.139
 was

00:56:47.139 --> 00:56:47.819
 challenged

00:56:47.819 --> 00:56:48.839
 by what

00:56:48.839 --> 00:56:49.519
 she heard

00:56:49.519 --> 00:56:50.480
 troubled

00:56:50.480 --> 00:56:51.119
 by what

00:56:51.119 --> 00:56:51.639
 she heard

00:56:51.639 --> 00:56:52.659
 so just

00:56:52.659 --> 00:56:53.039
 a few

00:56:53.039 --> 00:56:53.319
 weeks

00:56:53.319 --> 00:56:53.759
 after

00:56:53.759 --> 00:56:54.039
 this

00:56:54.039 --> 00:56:54.440
 event

00:56:54.440 --> 00:56:55.299
 she was

00:56:55.299 --> 00:56:55.539
 so

00:56:55.539 --> 00:56:56.079
 troubled

00:56:56.079 --> 00:56:56.440
 in her

00:56:56.440 --> 00:56:56.739
 heart

00:56:56.739 --> 00:56:57.099
 she was

00:56:57.099 --> 00:56:57.719
 grieving

00:56:57.719 --> 00:56:58.839
 over her

00:56:58.839 --> 00:56:59.219
 life

00:56:59.219 --> 00:56:59.519
 that she

00:56:59.519 --> 00:57:00.099
 came to

00:57:00.099 --> 00:57:00.460
 speak

00:57:00.460 --> 00:57:00.819
 to the

00:57:00.819 --> 00:57:01.219
 pastor

00:57:01.219 --> 00:57:01.559
 one

00:57:01.559 --> 00:57:01.900
 evening

00:57:01.900 --> 00:57:03.579
 she

00:57:03.579 --> 00:57:04.059
 shared

00:57:04.059 --> 00:57:04.280
 how

00:57:04.280 --> 00:57:04.720
 troubled

00:57:04.720 --> 00:57:04.980
 she

00:57:04.980 --> 00:57:05.400
 was

00:57:05.400 --> 00:57:06.019
 and she

00:57:06.019 --> 00:57:06.539
 realized

00:57:06.539 --> 00:57:06.800
 she

00:57:06.800 --> 00:57:07.139
 couldn't

00:57:07.139 --> 00:57:07.660
 rescue

00:57:07.660 --> 00:57:08.420
 herself

00:57:08.420 --> 00:57:10.780
 but what

00:57:10.780 --> 00:57:11.340
 happened

00:57:11.340 --> 00:57:12.300
 in her

00:57:12.300 --> 00:57:12.720
 life

00:57:12.720 --> 00:57:13.440
 was this

00:57:13.440 --> 00:57:15.200
 she came

00:57:15.200 --> 00:57:15.519
 to the

00:57:15.519 --> 00:57:16.139
 conclusion

00:57:16.139 --> 00:57:16.579
 that she

00:57:16.579 --> 00:57:16.900
 knew

00:57:16.900 --> 00:57:18.220
 I cannot

00:57:18.220 --> 00:57:18.920
 go on

00:57:18.920 --> 00:57:20.039
 like this

00:57:20.039 --> 00:57:21.840
 and the

00:57:21.840 --> 00:57:22.260
 pastor

00:57:22.260 --> 00:57:22.800
 asked

00:57:22.800 --> 00:57:23.139
 young

00:57:23.139 --> 00:57:23.660
 Flory

00:57:23.660 --> 00:57:25.099
 he said

00:57:25.099 --> 00:57:25.660
 to her

00:57:25.660 --> 00:57:26.519
 can you

00:57:26.519 --> 00:57:27.059
 say

00:57:27.059 --> 00:57:28.059
 my

00:57:28.059 --> 00:57:28.740
 Lord

00:57:28.740 --> 00:57:29.880
 of the

00:57:29.880 --> 00:57:30.160
 Lord

00:57:30.160 --> 00:57:30.660
 Jesus

00:57:30.660 --> 00:57:31.360
 Christ

00:57:31.360 --> 00:57:33.440
 she

00:57:33.440 --> 00:57:33.820
 couldn't

00:57:33.820 --> 00:57:34.320
 answer

00:57:34.320 --> 00:57:35.980
 but she

00:57:35.980 --> 00:57:36.460
 was left

00:57:36.460 --> 00:57:37.220
 pondering

00:57:37.220 --> 00:57:38.039
 this

00:57:38.039 --> 00:57:38.760
 question

00:57:38.760 --> 00:57:40.880
 soon after

00:57:40.880 --> 00:57:41.880
 she was

00:57:41.880 --> 00:57:42.480
 converted

00:57:42.480 --> 00:57:43.120
 she gave

00:57:43.120 --> 00:57:43.720
 her heart

00:57:43.720 --> 00:57:44.519
 to the

00:57:44.519 --> 00:57:44.780
 Lord

00:57:44.780 --> 00:57:45.260
 Jesus

00:57:45.260 --> 00:57:45.960
 Christ

00:57:45.960 --> 00:57:47.800
 and now

00:57:47.800 --> 00:57:48.160
 she was

00:57:48.160 --> 00:57:48.599
 wanting to

00:57:48.599 --> 00:57:49.260
 be obedient

00:57:49.260 --> 00:57:50.120
 to him

00:57:50.120 --> 00:57:52.059
 but her

00:57:52.059 --> 00:57:52.740
 heart was

00:57:52.740 --> 00:57:53.559
 so troubled

00:57:53.559 --> 00:57:54.400
 by her

00:57:54.400 --> 00:57:54.720
 own

00:57:54.720 --> 00:57:55.260
 nature

00:57:55.260 --> 00:57:55.599
 she was

00:57:55.599 --> 00:57:56.019
 such a

00:57:56.019 --> 00:57:56.400
 shy

00:57:56.400 --> 00:57:56.900
 girl

00:57:56.900 --> 00:57:57.119
 she

00:57:57.119 --> 00:57:57.380
 just

00:57:57.380 --> 00:57:58.200
 couldn't

00:57:58.200 --> 00:57:58.720
 speak

00:57:58.720 --> 00:57:59.059
 out

00:57:59.059 --> 00:57:59.440
 for the

00:57:59.440 --> 00:57:59.820
 Lord

00:57:59.820 --> 00:58:01.599
 but one

00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:02.019
 Sunday

00:58:02.019 --> 00:58:02.360
 evening

00:58:02.360 --> 00:58:03.000
 in February

00:58:03.000 --> 00:58:04.440
 she heard

00:58:04.440 --> 00:58:04.980
 the minister

00:58:04.980 --> 00:58:05.800
 ask an

00:58:05.800 --> 00:58:06.380
 assembled

00:58:06.380 --> 00:58:07.000
 crowd of

00:58:07.000 --> 00:58:07.420
 the youth

00:58:07.420 --> 00:58:08.619
 what Jesus

00:58:08.619 --> 00:58:09.519
 meant to

00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:09.800
 them

00:58:09.800 --> 00:58:12.099
 he was

00:58:12.099 --> 00:58:12.740
 looking around

00:58:12.740 --> 00:58:13.280
 the room

00:58:13.280 --> 00:58:13.680
 for an

00:58:13.680 --> 00:58:13.960
 answer

00:58:13.960 --> 00:58:14.500
 not just

00:58:14.500 --> 00:58:14.780
 in a

00:58:14.780 --> 00:58:15.240
 general

00:58:15.240 --> 00:58:15.840
 sense

00:58:15.840 --> 00:58:16.900
 but to

00:58:16.900 --> 00:58:17.760
 actually hear

00:58:17.760 --> 00:58:18.480
 what Jesus

00:58:18.480 --> 00:58:19.000
 meant

00:58:19.000 --> 00:58:19.720
 to them

00:58:19.720 --> 00:58:21.780
 he asked

00:58:21.780 --> 00:58:22.340
 what does

00:58:22.340 --> 00:58:22.960
 Jesus

00:58:22.960 --> 00:58:24.340
 mean to

00:58:24.340 --> 00:58:24.800
 you

00:58:24.800 --> 00:58:26.300
 there was

00:58:26.300 --> 00:58:27.079
 silence

00:58:27.079 --> 00:58:28.200
 in the room

00:58:28.200 --> 00:58:28.920
 no one

00:58:28.920 --> 00:58:30.100
 was speaking

00:58:30.100 --> 00:58:32.140
 then after

00:58:32.140 --> 00:58:32.559
 a minute

00:58:32.559 --> 00:58:33.160
 or so

00:58:33.160 --> 00:58:33.640
 Flory

00:58:33.640 --> 00:58:34.180
 stood

00:58:34.180 --> 00:58:34.820
 to answer

00:58:34.820 --> 00:58:36.039
 and she

00:58:36.039 --> 00:58:36.280
 said

00:58:36.280 --> 00:58:37.180
 I love

00:58:37.180 --> 00:58:38.180
 the Lord

00:58:38.180 --> 00:58:38.680
 Jesus

00:58:38.680 --> 00:58:39.640
 with all

00:58:39.640 --> 00:58:40.460
 my heart

00:58:40.460 --> 00:58:42.200
 and as

00:58:42.200 --> 00:58:43.059
 she spoke

00:58:43.059 --> 00:58:44.039
 those words

00:58:44.039 --> 00:58:45.519
 the spirit

00:58:45.519 --> 00:58:46.160
 of God

00:58:46.160 --> 00:58:46.720
 moved

00:58:46.720 --> 00:58:47.180
 in that

00:58:47.180 --> 00:58:47.700
 place

00:58:47.700 --> 00:58:49.300
 and those

00:58:49.300 --> 00:58:49.900
 who heard

00:58:49.900 --> 00:58:50.400
 her saying

00:58:50.400 --> 00:58:50.880
 it began

00:58:50.880 --> 00:58:52.120
 to understand

00:58:52.120 --> 00:58:52.840
 the love

00:58:52.840 --> 00:58:53.519
 of Christ

00:58:53.519 --> 00:58:53.880
 that had

00:58:53.880 --> 00:58:54.240
 touched

00:58:54.240 --> 00:58:54.880
 this young

00:58:54.880 --> 00:58:55.300
 girl's

00:58:55.300 --> 00:58:55.760
 heart

00:58:55.760 --> 00:58:57.619
 and there

00:58:57.619 --> 00:58:57.820
 was a

00:58:57.820 --> 00:58:58.059
 great

00:58:58.059 --> 00:58:58.559
 movement

00:58:58.559 --> 00:58:59.480
 of the

00:58:59.480 --> 00:59:00.019
 spirit

00:59:00.019 --> 00:59:01.740
 in Wales

00:59:01.740 --> 00:59:03.019
 in 1904

00:59:03.019 --> 00:59:04.240
 this was

00:59:04.240 --> 00:59:04.760
 the beginning

00:59:04.760 --> 00:59:05.460
 of a mighty

00:59:05.460 --> 00:59:06.099
 revival

00:59:06.099 --> 00:59:06.680
 the Welsh

00:59:06.680 --> 00:59:07.260
 revival

00:59:07.260 --> 00:59:08.920
 of 1904

00:59:08.920 --> 00:59:09.920
 1905

00:59:09.920 --> 00:59:12.500
 a young

00:59:12.500 --> 00:59:12.840
 girl

00:59:12.840 --> 00:59:13.380
 a shy

00:59:13.380 --> 00:59:13.860
 girl

00:59:13.860 --> 00:59:15.019
 stood

00:59:15.019 --> 00:59:15.340
 on the

00:59:15.340 --> 00:59:15.660
 side

00:59:15.660 --> 00:59:15.960
 of the

00:59:15.960 --> 00:59:16.260
 Lord

00:59:16.260 --> 00:59:16.700
 and said

00:59:16.700 --> 00:59:17.320
 I love

00:59:17.320 --> 00:59:17.940
 the Lord

00:59:17.940 --> 00:59:19.140
 with all

00:59:19.140 --> 00:59:19.920
 my heart

00:59:19.920 --> 00:59:23.260
 can we

00:59:23.260 --> 00:59:23.980
 say that

00:59:23.980 --> 00:59:26.019
 in a year

00:59:26.019 --> 00:59:26.460
 when so

00:59:26.460 --> 00:59:26.820
 much

00:59:26.820 --> 00:59:27.860
 has changed

00:59:27.860 --> 00:59:29.139
 when so

00:59:29.139 --> 00:59:29.619
 much is

00:59:29.619 --> 00:59:30.159
 going on

00:59:30.159 --> 00:59:31.039
 around us

00:59:31.039 --> 00:59:31.960
 may we

00:59:31.960 --> 00:59:32.480
 see the

00:59:32.480 --> 00:59:32.840
 Lord

00:59:32.840 --> 00:59:33.420
 high

00:59:33.420 --> 00:59:34.760
 and lifted

00:59:34.760 --> 00:59:35.119
 up

00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:35.639
 ruling

00:59:35.639 --> 00:59:37.000
 over all

00:59:37.000 --> 00:59:37.820
 our woes

00:59:37.820 --> 00:59:39.400
 and see a

00:59:39.400 --> 00:59:39.860
 gracious

00:59:39.860 --> 00:59:40.659
 saviour

00:59:40.659 --> 00:59:41.460
 who has

00:59:41.460 --> 00:59:41.960
 come

00:59:41.960 --> 00:59:43.579
 to save

00:59:43.579 --> 00:59:44.019
 us

00:59:44.019 --> 00:59:44.780
 and that we

00:59:44.780 --> 00:59:45.360
 would come

00:59:45.360 --> 00:59:46.579
 and worship

00:59:46.579 --> 00:59:47.059
 him

00:59:47.059 --> 00:59:50.800
 can you

00:59:50.800 --> 00:59:51.280
 say

00:59:51.280 --> 00:59:52.320
 my

00:59:52.320 --> 00:59:52.900
 Lord

00:59:52.900 --> 00:59:54.079
 of the

00:59:54.079 --> 00:59:54.380
 Lord

00:59:54.380 --> 00:59:54.800
 Jesus

00:59:54.800 --> 00:59:55.480
 Christ

00:59:55.480 --> 00:59:57.039
 can you

00:59:57.039 --> 00:59:57.400
 say

00:59:57.400 --> 00:59:58.900
 I love

00:59:58.900 --> 00:59:59.800
 the Lord

00:59:59.800 --> 01:00:01.039
 with all

01:00:01.039 --> 01:00:01.900
 my heart

01:00:01.900 --> 01:00:03.780
 then your

01:00:03.780 --> 01:00:04.340
 sins

01:00:04.340 --> 01:00:05.480
 are forgiven

01:00:05.480 --> 01:00:07.360
 your sins

01:00:07.360 --> 01:00:08.700
 are atoned

01:00:08.700 --> 01:00:09.220
 for

01:00:09.220 --> 01:00:10.820
 because

01:00:10.820 --> 01:00:11.680
 through faith

01:00:11.680 --> 01:00:12.280
 in him

01:00:12.280 --> 01:00:14.120
 he does

01:00:14.120 --> 01:00:14.599
 that

01:00:14.599 --> 01:00:15.900
 for you

01:00:15.900 --> 01:00:18.400
 that love

01:00:18.400 --> 01:00:20.119
 demands

01:00:20.119 --> 01:00:21.259
 our all

01:00:21.259 --> 01:00:23.139
 it demands

01:00:23.139 --> 01:00:24.559
 a response

01:00:24.559 --> 01:00:25.719
 and the

01:00:25.719 --> 01:00:26.059
 greatest

01:00:26.059 --> 01:00:26.719
 response

01:00:26.719 --> 01:00:27.139
 we can

01:00:27.139 --> 01:00:27.579
 give

01:00:27.579 --> 01:00:28.819
 is to

01:00:28.819 --> 01:00:29.279
 come

01:00:29.279 --> 01:00:30.460
 and do

01:00:30.460 --> 01:00:30.980
 this

01:00:30.980 --> 01:00:32.239
 in remembrance

01:00:32.239 --> 01:00:33.000
 of him

01:00:33.000 --> 01:00:35.139
 we examine

01:00:35.139 --> 01:00:35.759
 ourselves

01:00:35.759 --> 01:00:36.460
 we feel

01:00:36.460 --> 01:00:37.019
 unworthy

01:00:37.019 --> 01:00:38.460
 we feel

01:00:38.460 --> 01:00:39.380
 woe is me

01:00:39.380 --> 01:00:40.619
 for I am a

01:00:40.619 --> 01:00:40.980
 man of

01:00:40.980 --> 01:00:41.559
 unclean

01:00:41.559 --> 01:00:42.000
 lips

01:00:42.000 --> 01:00:43.500
 but we

01:00:43.500 --> 01:00:44.000
 lift our

01:00:44.000 --> 01:00:44.440
 eyes

01:00:44.440 --> 01:00:44.840
 to the

01:00:44.840 --> 01:00:45.220
 Lord

01:00:45.220 --> 01:00:46.320
 the one

01:00:46.320 --> 01:00:46.960
 who rules

01:00:46.960 --> 01:00:47.619
 on high

01:00:47.619 --> 01:00:48.940
 we fix

01:00:48.940 --> 01:00:49.539
 our eyes

01:00:49.539 --> 01:00:50.220
 on Jesus

01:00:50.220 --> 01:00:51.619
 the one

01:00:51.619 --> 01:00:52.119
 who was

01:00:52.119 --> 01:00:53.000
 lifted up

01:00:53.000 --> 01:00:54.179
 may we

01:00:54.179 --> 01:00:54.840
 see him

01:00:54.840 --> 01:00:56.019
 in all

01:00:56.019 --> 01:00:56.740
 his glory

01:00:56.740 --> 01:00:57.980
 and see

01:00:57.980 --> 01:00:58.659
 ourselves

01:00:58.659 --> 01:00:59.360
 unworthy

01:00:59.360 --> 01:00:59.840
 as we

01:00:59.840 --> 01:01:00.240
 are

01:01:00.240 --> 01:01:01.400
 but to be

01:01:01.400 --> 01:01:01.780
 able to

01:01:01.780 --> 01:01:02.300
 say I

01:01:02.300 --> 01:01:02.900
 love the

01:01:02.900 --> 01:01:03.280
 Lord

01:01:03.280 --> 01:01:04.420
 with all

01:01:04.420 --> 01:01:05.200
 my heart

01:01:05.200 --> 01:01:06.200
 let us

01:01:06.200 --> 01:01:06.460
 pray

01:01:06.460 --> 01:01:07.119
 Herrn

01:01:07.119 --> 01:01:08.579
 Lord

01:01:08.579 --> 01:01:17.720
 help us

01:01:17.720 --> 01:01:20.840
 please

01:01:20.840 --> 01:01:23.880
 help us

01:01:23.880 --> 01:01:30.980
 lives. Help us, Lord, that we may be able to profess the Lord as my Lord and to say I love

01:01:30.980 --> 01:01:39.700
 the Lord with all my heart. Lord, help us and strengthen us for it as we ask it in Jesus' name. Amen.

01:01:43.519 --> 01:01:48.820
 We're going to conclude by singing to God's praise in Psalm 116.

01:01:48.820 --> 01:01:58.019
 Psalm 116. We're singing from verse 11 down to the end of the psalm.

01:01:58.980 --> 01:02:05.460
 I said when I was in my haste that all men liars be. What shall I render to the Lord for all his

01:02:05.460 --> 01:02:13.080
 gifts to me? I love salvation. Take the cup on God's name will I call. I'll pay my vows now to

01:02:13.079 --> 01:02:20.860
 the Lord before his people all. We sing from verse 11 to 19 to God's praise and the tune is rest.

01:02:20.860 --> 01:02:50.840
 I said when I was in my haste that all men liars be. What shall I render to the Lord for all his

01:02:50.840 --> 01:03:18.059
 gifts to me? I love salvation. Take the cup on God's name will I call. I'll pay my vows now to the Lord.

01:03:18.059 --> 01:03:25.059
 The Lord before his people all.

01:03:25.059 --> 01:03:27.059
 The Lord before his people all.

01:03:27.059 --> 01:03:33.059
 The Lord in God's sight is his sin's death.

01:03:33.059 --> 01:03:40.059
 .

01:03:40.059 --> 01:03:42.059
 .

01:03:42.059 --> 01:03:46.059
 .

01:03:46.059 --> 01:03:52.059
 .

01:03:52.059 --> 01:03:54.059
 .

01:03:54.059 --> 01:03:55.059
 .

01:03:55.059 --> 01:03:56.059
 .

01:03:56.059 --> 01:03:57.059
 .

01:03:57.059 --> 01:03:58.059
 .

01:03:58.059 --> 01:04:11.779
 And all things I to thee will give, and on God's name will call.

01:04:11.779 --> 01:04:27.659
 I'll pay my arms now to the Lord, before his people all.

01:04:28.059 --> 01:04:51.440
 Within the courts of God's own hearts, within the midst of thee, O city of Jerusalem,

01:04:51.440 --> 01:04:58.960
 Father, praise to the Lord, dear thee.

01:05:00.960 --> 01:05:03.500
 After the benediction, I'll go to the main door.

01:05:04.720 --> 01:05:10.980
 Now may grace, mercy, and peace from God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit rest upon,

01:05:10.980 --> 01:05:13.980
 and abide with us all now and forevermore.

01:05:14.980 --> 01:05:15.340
 Amen.