WEBVTT 00:00:00.340 --> 00:00:06.379 We'll begin our worship by singing in God's praise in Psalm 100 of the Scottish Psalter. 00:00:07.860 --> 00:00:14.120 Psalm 100, Scottish Psalter, we'll find that on page 362 of the Blue Book. 00:00:15.820 --> 00:00:21.460 Psalm it is well known to many of us. It's good to sing these well-known psalms when the children are in with us. 00:00:22.219 --> 00:00:27.260 All people on earth do dwell. Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 00:00:27.260 --> 00:00:32.800 Himself with mirth this praise foretell. Come ye before him and rejoice. 00:00:32.939 --> 00:00:39.320 I call to all people to come and lift their voices cheerfully in praise of God. 00:00:39.420 --> 00:00:43.840 So let us do that together. We'll stand to sing All People That On Earth Do Dwell. 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:55.380 All people that on earth do dwell. 00:00:55.380 --> 00:01:04.799 Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice. 00:01:05.340 --> 00:01:13.379 In sight with mirth his praise foretell. 00:01:13.379 --> 00:01:23.379 Come ye before him and rejoice. 00:01:23.379 --> 00:01:33.379 Know that the Lord is God indeed. 00:01:33.379 --> 00:01:43.239 With thy thy raided he did us make. 00:01:43.239 --> 00:01:52.579 We are his flock he doth us feed. 00:01:53.239 --> 00:02:03.099 And for his sheep he doth us take. 00:02:03.099 --> 00:02:13.060 O enter then his gate with praise. 00:02:13.060 --> 00:02:22.099 Approach with joy his courts unto. 00:02:22.099 --> 00:02:32.099 Praise Lord and bless his name always. 00:02:32.099 --> 00:02:42.099 For it is seemly so to do. 00:02:42.099 --> 00:02:52.099 For why the Lord our God is good. 00:02:52.099 --> 00:03:01.099 His mercy is forever sure. 00:03:01.099 --> 00:03:11.099 His truth at all times firmly stood. 00:03:11.099 --> 00:03:21.099 And shall from age to age ensue. 00:03:21.099 --> 00:03:29.479 Let us now say a short prayer before the children go into Sunday school. 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:31.259 Let us bow our heads in prayer. 00:03:31.259 --> 00:03:37.259 Our heavenly Father as we come to you this day. 00:03:37.259 --> 00:03:41.259 On your day that has been set aside for your worship. 00:03:41.259 --> 00:03:44.259 We pray that as we gather here. 00:03:44.259 --> 00:03:45.259 We pray that as we gather here. 00:03:45.259 --> 00:03:48.259 All from different places in the town. 00:03:48.259 --> 00:03:51.259 All from different places even across our nation. 00:03:51.259 --> 00:03:53.259 That you would be pleased to bless us. 00:03:53.259 --> 00:03:55.259 And as we open up your Bible. 00:03:55.259 --> 00:03:57.259 That it would speak to us. 00:03:57.259 --> 00:03:58.259 And speak to our hearts. 00:03:58.259 --> 00:04:00.259 And speak to our souls. 00:04:00.259 --> 00:04:02.259 And we pray we speak to the youngest. 00:04:02.259 --> 00:04:03.259 And speak to the oldest. 00:04:03.259 --> 00:04:06.259 Speak to those who are watching online. 00:04:06.259 --> 00:04:11.259 And we just pray that you would be. 00:04:11.259 --> 00:04:13.259 With the young ones in their lives. 00:04:13.259 --> 00:04:16.259 And we would set for them a foundation. 00:04:16.259 --> 00:04:18.259 Built on the word of God. 00:04:18.259 --> 00:04:23.259 That as they gather next door. 00:04:23.259 --> 00:04:26.259 That your spirit would also be with them. 00:04:26.259 --> 00:04:29.259 Speaking likewise to their minds and to their hearts. 00:04:29.259 --> 00:04:33.259 And turning their focus towards Jesus Christ. 00:04:33.259 --> 00:04:36.259 And all that he has done for us. 00:04:36.259 --> 00:04:38.259 Jesus was that man. 00:04:38.259 --> 00:04:40.259 That went to the cross at Calvary. 00:04:40.259 --> 00:04:42.259 And died for us. 00:04:42.259 --> 00:04:44.259 Because we have sinned before God. 00:04:44.259 --> 00:04:48.259 And in order that we may enter God's presence. 00:04:48.259 --> 00:04:51.259 We need our sins to be cleansed from us. 00:04:51.259 --> 00:04:53.259 And our sins to be paid for. 00:04:53.259 --> 00:04:55.259 And only can that be done. 00:04:55.259 --> 00:04:59.259 Through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. 00:04:59.259 --> 00:05:01.259 The lamb that was slain by God. 00:05:01.259 --> 00:05:02.259 God. 00:05:02.259 --> 00:05:06.259 So we pray that we would understand this truth in our hearts. 00:05:06.259 --> 00:05:08.259 And lift our eyes in wonder. 00:05:08.259 --> 00:05:10.259 That Jesus loves us. 00:05:10.259 --> 00:05:12.259 And cares for us. 00:05:12.259 --> 00:05:15.259 We pray that you would bless the teachers. 00:05:15.259 --> 00:05:17.259 As they lead the children. 00:05:17.259 --> 00:05:21.259 That they would be able to explain the word clearly to them. 00:05:21.259 --> 00:05:22.259 We are mindful of them. 00:05:22.259 --> 00:05:25.259 That this is the last Sunday that they will gather together. 00:05:25.259 --> 00:05:28.259 We pray for them in their time of holiday. 00:05:28.259 --> 00:05:30.259 As they take rest from school. 00:05:30.259 --> 00:05:33.259 We pray that they would have an enjoyable time together. 00:05:33.259 --> 00:05:36.259 And just ask that you would be over us. 00:05:36.259 --> 00:05:39.259 In our worship of you this day. 00:05:40.259 --> 00:05:43.259 Forgive us our sins we ask in Jesus name. 00:05:43.259 --> 00:05:44.259 Amen. 00:05:45.259 --> 00:05:48.259 I just want to say a little word to the boys and girls. 00:05:48.259 --> 00:05:51.259 Before they depart into Sunday school. 00:05:51.259 --> 00:05:54.259 There is a building in Kuala Lumpa. 00:05:54.259 --> 00:05:59.259 It is called the Petronas Twin Towers. 00:05:59.259 --> 00:06:01.259 And it is two huge huge buildings. 00:06:01.259 --> 00:06:04.259 That stand identically beside each other. 00:06:04.259 --> 00:06:06.259 Two massive skyscrapers. 00:06:06.259 --> 00:06:11.259 An interesting thing about these two buildings. 00:06:11.259 --> 00:06:17.259 Is that they have the deepest foundations of any building in the world. 00:06:17.259 --> 00:06:23.259 These two buildings have foundations that are 400 foot deep. 00:06:23.259 --> 00:06:25.259 Now that is hard to understand. 00:06:25.259 --> 00:06:27.259 What is 400 foot? 00:06:27.259 --> 00:06:29.259 To understand how deep they are. 00:06:29.259 --> 00:06:33.259 It is about the length of the ferry. 00:06:33.259 --> 00:06:36.259 The ferry boat that you go on. 00:06:36.259 --> 00:06:38.259 That is how long that is. 00:06:38.259 --> 00:06:40.259 If you were to turn that on its side. 00:06:40.259 --> 00:06:41.259 And put it in the ground. 00:06:41.259 --> 00:06:45.259 That is how deep the deepest foundations in the world are. 00:06:45.259 --> 00:06:48.259 The Petronas Twin Towers. 00:06:49.259 --> 00:06:52.259 And they had to build foundations that were so deep. 00:06:52.259 --> 00:06:55.259 Because it was built on black cotton soil. 00:06:55.259 --> 00:06:59.259 And they say that when water gets into the soil. 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:00.259 It swells up. 00:07:00.259 --> 00:07:02.259 And when it dries out. 00:07:02.259 --> 00:07:03.259 It shrinks. 00:07:03.259 --> 00:07:06.259 So this ground is changing all the time. 00:07:06.259 --> 00:07:09.259 It is not good to build buildings. 00:07:09.259 --> 00:07:11.259 On anything that moves. 00:07:12.259 --> 00:07:14.259 But there is a lesson there. 00:07:15.259 --> 00:07:17.259 For us and our lives. 00:07:18.259 --> 00:07:23.259 That we do not set about to build our lives on anything that changes. 00:07:23.259 --> 00:07:26.259 The whole world is changing around us. 00:07:26.259 --> 00:07:28.259 Everything is changing. 00:07:28.259 --> 00:07:29.259 We are changing. 00:07:29.259 --> 00:07:30.259 We are changing. 00:07:30.259 --> 00:07:31.259 We are growing up. 00:07:31.259 --> 00:07:32.259 We are getting bigger. 00:07:32.259 --> 00:07:35.259 But it is good. 00:07:35.259 --> 00:07:39.259 To trust in something that doesn't change. 00:07:39.259 --> 00:07:43.259 And to base our lives on something that doesn't change. 00:07:44.259 --> 00:07:46.259 And who doesn't change? 00:07:46.259 --> 00:07:48.259 That is God that doesn't change. 00:07:48.259 --> 00:07:50.259 God is the same. 00:07:50.259 --> 00:07:55.259 For I the Lord do not change. 00:07:55.259 --> 00:07:57.259 It says in the Bible. 00:07:57.259 --> 00:08:00.259 And we can build our lives. 00:08:00.259 --> 00:08:04.259 And have our foundations on God. 00:08:04.259 --> 00:08:10.259 And Jesus Christ who is the same yesterday, today and forever. 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:12.259 And we can build our lives on something that is solid. 00:08:12.259 --> 00:08:22.259 And in this world the only thing that is sure and solid. 00:08:22.259 --> 00:08:23.420 pure and solid, 00:08:24.120 --> 00:08:27.579 is the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ 00:08:27.579 --> 00:08:29.560 given to us from God. 00:08:30.819 --> 00:08:33.019 So I want you all to trust in that 00:08:33.019 --> 00:08:35.779 and to build your lives upon that. 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:41.120 Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:43.159 May that be blessed to you. 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:45.279 We'll say the Lord's Prayer together. 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.620 Our Father, which art in heaven, 00:08:50.299 --> 00:08:51.600 hallowed be thy name, 00:08:52.259 --> 00:08:53.600 thy kingdom come, 00:08:54.179 --> 00:08:57.439 thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:08:58.039 --> 00:09:00.639 Give us this day our daily bread 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:05.059 and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:07.899 And lead us not into temptation, 00:09:08.480 --> 00:09:10.279 but deliver us from evil. 00:09:10.279 --> 00:09:12.220 For thine is the kingdom, 00:09:12.779 --> 00:09:15.460 the power and the glory forever. 00:09:16.059 --> 00:09:16.600 Amen. 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:19.439 Thank you for listening. 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:22.520 We'll continue in praise to God 00:09:22.520 --> 00:09:27.500 by singing in Psalm 125 of the Blue Book, 00:09:27.700 --> 00:09:29.420 page 419. 00:09:30.780 --> 00:09:34.040 Psalm 125 in the Scottish Psalter, 00:09:34.540 --> 00:09:37.840 page 419. 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:41.720 And we'll sing the whole of this psalm. 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:46.340 They in the Lord that firmly trust 00:09:46.340 --> 00:09:48.259 shall be like Zion Hill, 00:09:48.779 --> 00:09:50.860 which at no time can be removed, 00:09:50.940 --> 00:09:52.360 but standeth ever still. 00:09:53.060 --> 00:09:54.580 As round about Jerusalem, 00:09:54.820 --> 00:09:56.800 the mountains stand always. 00:09:57.680 --> 00:09:59.639 The Lord, his folk, 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:00.860 doth compass so 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:03.519 from henceforth and foray. 00:10:04.000 --> 00:10:06.440 We'll stand and we'll sing this psalm together 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:09.779 of one that speaks about placing our confidence in God. 00:10:09.779 --> 00:10:12.939 They in the Lord that firmly trust. 00:10:13.120 --> 00:10:14.860 We'll stand and sing this together. 00:10:14.860 --> 00:10:15.860 Amen. 00:10:15.860 --> 00:10:16.860 Amen. 00:10:16.860 --> 00:10:17.860 Amen. 00:10:17.860 --> 00:10:27.019 They in the Lord that firmly trust 00:10:27.019 --> 00:10:33.820 shall be like Zion Hill, 00:10:33.820 --> 00:10:41.820 which at no time can be removed, 00:10:41.820 --> 00:10:48.820 but standeth ever still. 00:10:48.820 --> 00:10:57.820 As bright above Jerusalem, 00:10:57.820 --> 00:11:04.820 the mountains stand always. 00:11:04.820 --> 00:11:10.160 The Lord, his folk, 00:11:10.160 --> 00:11:10.180 the Lord, his folk, 00:11:10.520 --> 00:11:13.820 doth compass so 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:20.820 from henceforth and foray. 00:11:22.820 --> 00:11:26.720 For ailments brought 00:11:26.720 --> 00:11:28.720 upon the Lord, 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:37.720 upon the lot of just men shall not lie. 00:11:37.720 --> 00:11:47.220 Lest righteous men stretch forth their hands 00:11:47.220 --> 00:11:49.220 unto the Lord, 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:53.220 unto iniquity. 00:11:53.220 --> 00:11:59.500 To thy, to all, 00:11:59.500 --> 00:12:03.220 those that be good, 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:09.220 thy goodness, Lord, impart. 00:12:09.220 --> 00:12:11.220 And do thy good, 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:28.220 to those that are upright within their heart. 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:37.220 But as for such as turn aside, 00:12:37.220 --> 00:12:43.220 after their crooked way, 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:53.220 God shall lead forth with wicked men. 00:12:53.220 --> 00:13:00.220 On Israel peace shall stay. 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:01.220 Amen. 00:13:01.220 --> 00:13:02.220 Amen. 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:03.220 Amen. 00:13:03.220 --> 00:13:04.220 Amen. 00:13:04.220 --> 00:13:05.220 Amen. 00:13:05.220 --> 00:13:07.220 We turn now to our Bible. 00:13:07.220 --> 00:13:09.220 We'll turn to the Gospel of Luke. 00:13:09.220 --> 00:13:11.220 And we'll read from chapter 6. 00:13:11.220 --> 00:13:17.220 Gospel of Luke, chapter 6. 00:13:17.220 --> 00:13:19.220 And we'll read from verse Mark 17 00:13:19.220 --> 00:13:20.220 to the end of the chapter. 00:13:20.220 --> 00:13:21.220 Amen. 00:13:21.220 --> 00:13:23.220 Amen. 00:13:23.220 --> 00:13:24.220 Amen. 00:13:24.220 --> 00:13:25.220 Amen. 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:26.220 Amen. 00:13:26.220 --> 00:13:27.220 Amen. 00:13:27.220 --> 00:13:28.220 Amen. 00:13:28.220 --> 00:13:29.220 Amen. 00:13:29.220 --> 00:13:30.220 Amen. 00:13:30.220 --> 00:13:31.220 Indeed. 00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:33.220 Yes. 00:13:33.220 --> 00:13:35.220 Amen. 00:13:35.220 --> 00:13:36.220 Amen. 00:13:36.220 --> 00:13:37.220 Amen. 00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:38.220 Amen. 00:13:38.220 --> 00:13:39.220 Amen. 00:13:39.220 --> 00:13:42.220 Thank you very much. 00:13:42.220 --> 00:13:43.220 Amen. 00:13:43.220 --> 00:13:44.220 Amen. 00:13:44.220 --> 00:13:45.220 Amen. 00:13:46.220 --> 00:13:47.220 Amen. 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:48.220 Amen. 00:13:48.220 --> 00:13:49.580 Amen. 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:50.220 Amen. 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:54.519 Amen. 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:55.220 Jesus. 00:13:55.220 --> 00:13:56.220 Amen. 00:13:56.220 --> 00:14:02.540 Judea and Jerusalem and the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of 00:14:02.540 --> 00:14:08.300 their diseases, and those who were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. And all the crowd sought 00:14:08.300 --> 00:14:14.759 to touch him, for the power came out from him and healed them all. And he lifted up his eyes from 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:21.519 the disciples and said, Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God. Blessed are 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:28.100 you who are hungry now, for you shall be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you shall laugh. 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:35.340 Blessed are you when people hate you and when they exclude you and revile you and spurn your name as 00:14:35.340 --> 00:14:43.860 evil on account of the Son of Man. Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, for behold your reward is 00:14:43.860 --> 00:14:51.059 great in heaven, for so their fathers did to the prophets. But woe to you who are rich, for you have 00:14:51.059 --> 00:14:57.599 received your consolation. Woe to you who are full now, for you shall be hungry. Woe to you who laugh 00:14:57.599 --> 00:15:04.519 now, for you shall mourn and weep. Woe to you when all people speak well of you, for so their fathers did 00:15:04.519 --> 00:15:13.500 to the false prophets. But I say to you who hear, love your enemies. Do good to those who hate you. 00:15:14.059 --> 00:15:20.779 Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, 00:15:20.779 --> 00:15:27.439 offer the other also. And from one who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. 00:15:28.199 --> 00:15:34.059 Give to everyone who begs from you, and from the one who takes away your goods, do not demand them 00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:41.480 back. As you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. If you love those who love you, 00:15:41.740 --> 00:15:49.179 what benefit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those 00:15:49.179 --> 00:15:56.979 who do good to you, what benefit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to those 00:15:56.979 --> 00:16:03.839 from whom you expect to receive, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners to get back 00:16:03.839 --> 00:16:12.439 the same amount. But love your enemies and do good and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:21.160 will be great. And you will be sons of the Most High. For he is kind to the ungrateful and the evil. 00:16:21.860 --> 00:16:30.900 Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful. Judge not, and do not be judged. Condemn not, and you will not 00:16:30.900 --> 00:16:38.060 be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, 00:16:38.059 --> 00:16:45.919 pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use, 00:16:45.959 --> 00:16:52.899 it will be measured back to you. And he also told them a parable. Can a blind man lead a blind man? 00:16:53.759 --> 00:17:00.359 Will they not both fall into a pit? A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone, when he is 00:17:00.359 --> 00:17:06.619 fully trained, will be like his teacher. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, 00:17:06.619 --> 00:17:11.439 but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:17.479 brother, let me take out the speck that is in your eye, when you yourself do not see the log that is 00:17:17.479 --> 00:17:23.799 in your own eye? You hypocrite. First take out the log of your own eye, and then you will be able to 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:32.299 clearly take out the speck that is in your brother's eye. For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a 00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:39.159 bad tree bear good fruit. For each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from 00:17:39.159 --> 00:17:45.180 thorn bushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of his good treasure of 00:17:45.180 --> 00:17:51.299 his heart produces good, and the evil person out of the evil treasure produces evil. For out of the 00:17:51.299 --> 00:17:59.879 abundance of his heart, his mouth speaks. Why do you call me Lord, Lord, and do not do what I tell you? 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:07.820 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them, I will show you what he is like. 00:18:08.620 --> 00:18:15.900 He is like a man building a house who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock, and when a flood 00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:23.360 arose, the stream broke against the house, and it could not shake it, because it had been well built. 00:18:23.359 --> 00:18:30.699 But the one who hears and does not do them is like the man who built a house on the ground without 00:18:30.699 --> 00:18:37.919 foundation. When the stream broke against it, immediately it fell, and the ruin of that house 00:18:37.919 --> 00:18:47.899 was great. May the reading of God's word be blessed to us. Let us give our minds to God and turn our 00:18:47.900 --> 00:19:01.019 attention to him in prayer. Let us pray. Our Father in heaven, when we read these words, we see how it 00:19:01.019 --> 00:19:08.720 contradicts the lives that we live, and it is a challenge to us, and it speaks of people that are 00:19:08.720 --> 00:19:18.059 not familiar with this world. It describes people that do not live as we expect people to live, 00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:24.779 that we love the people that hate us, that we give to people that take things from us, 00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:35.660 that we forgive people that revile against us. Lord, give us the heart of Jesus Christ, 00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:44.700 that we would be people to do what the word of God asks of us to do. And Lord, as we come to you in 00:19:44.700 --> 00:19:51.500 prayer, we ask that this word be opened up to our minds, our bodies, and our souls, and that it would 00:19:51.500 --> 00:20:00.259 speak to us from the power of your Spirit, that we acknowledge at whom we pray to and call upon as the 00:20:00.259 --> 00:20:10.019 creator of all things, and the creator of our being. And it is a marvelous and wondrous thing that you desire 00:20:10.019 --> 00:20:18.900 to hear your people pray, that we can call upon you in prayer, and that you are one who does not cast 00:20:18.900 --> 00:20:30.280 from your ear, but hears them, and grants us grace to our existence, Lord. We pray that we would turn our 00:20:30.280 --> 00:20:37.620 minds towards you, that our eyes would be focused upon you to see the beauty of Jesus Christ, and the 00:20:37.620 --> 00:20:46.840 wondrous grace and love that he has shown to us in his coming and dying, and ascending, and his promise to 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:59.399 come again and unite his people to him. Lord, unblock our ears, we pray, to hear it, that it would go into 00:20:59.399 --> 00:21:07.399 the depths of our hearts and souls, that it would convict and convert us, that it would encourage us to go on, 00:21:08.439 --> 00:21:16.599 that we would be uplifted and encouraged to be confident and trusting in your word, trusting in the works of 00:21:16.599 --> 00:21:27.159 Christ. For as we spoke of the uncertainty of this world, and the changes of it, we are told to embrace it by the world. 00:21:28.279 --> 00:21:36.199 But we know that it does us no good. As we take all things into consideration, what can the world offer us? 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:47.720 You are one that offers us peace and comfort. You are one that is worthy to build upon. 00:21:49.080 --> 00:21:57.559 So Lord, help us to see that and understand that. Help us to be wise as we come and consider your word today. 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:07.480 We pray, Lord, for those who are over us, our king and those in government. We ask that you would make them wise also, 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:14.839 wise to your word. They would not lean on their own understanding, but trust in the Lord in every way. 00:22:15.879 --> 00:22:24.200 Lord, we pray for them as we are asked to do, and remember them prayerfully to guide us as a nation, 00:22:24.200 --> 00:22:30.840 but ultimately to guide us back to your word and turn us back to yourselves. We thank you for those 00:22:30.840 --> 00:22:35.880 in our churches that lead us. We thank you for the ministers that are over us in this congregation. 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:39.799 We pray that you would encourage and be a strength to them. 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:49.080 As they preach to us and fulfill their duties in their office, that we would be blessed and likewise 00:22:49.079 --> 00:22:56.839 them also and their families. Lord, we remember the children. We pray for them as they come to 00:22:57.399 --> 00:23:04.359 conclude their term in school. We pray for those that will be attending camps. We pray for the camps 00:23:04.359 --> 00:23:10.359 as they begin. We pray for the leaders and the anxieties and worries that they have in looking after 00:23:10.359 --> 00:23:15.559 the children for the children for a week. We pray that you would encourage them and strengthen them. 00:23:16.279 --> 00:23:22.679 We ask that the children would be blessed as they gather together. They would see that having a life 00:23:22.679 --> 00:23:33.559 in the Christian life is a full life and not one of regulations and worries and restriction. 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:42.200 But that it is life to the full, a life of peace, a life of enjoyment, a fulfilling of the purpose of 00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:49.000 our existence, the chief end of man and enjoying God. Lord, we pray for our children, that they would 00:23:49.000 --> 00:23:55.000 come to trust in the Lord Jesus Christ. We pray for the holiday club and through the summer. We pray for 00:23:55.000 --> 00:24:01.879 the preparations of that also. And it would likewise be a blessing to those who hear. We remember the elderly 00:24:01.880 --> 00:24:08.760 amongst us. Remember those who are laid aside. Remember those who are watching online and unable to attend 00:24:08.760 --> 00:24:15.000 in person. We pray for them and ask that your word would be a blessing to their soul also as they hear it 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:21.960 and give their mind to it. As they read it in their own private devotions. We pray for those who are laid 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:31.000 aside in hospital, those who are awaiting operations with anxiety. We pray that you would give them peace 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:39.799 and pray that they would again turn their minds towards your word and find assurances in it. 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:51.960 But we remember also those who mourn. We remember those who have lost husbands and wives, those who have lost 00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:57.559 fathers and fathers and fathers. We pray for them. We pray for them. We pray for those who have lost sons 00:24:57.559 --> 00:25:05.960 and daughters and how difficult it is to understand your ways. But Lord, we ask that you would be their 00:25:05.960 --> 00:25:13.079 comfort and guide in these difficult days and the changes that appear to them and in their lives. 00:25:13.079 --> 00:25:18.599 That they would turn to set their feet upon the rock. That is Jesus Christ. 00:25:20.199 --> 00:25:25.000 We just ask that you would be with us, we pray. And as we turn our minds to your word, 00:25:25.000 --> 00:25:32.679 that your spirit enable us to understand it. Speak to our hearts and our souls and our minds, we ask. 00:25:32.680 --> 00:25:34.799 In Jesus' name, Amen. 00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:40.039 We'll sing again before we turn to God's Word. 00:25:40.820 --> 00:25:45.100 Psalm 53 of the Sing Psalms version. 00:25:46.060 --> 00:25:48.039 That's on page 70 of the Blue Book. 00:25:50.560 --> 00:25:55.400 Psalm 53, Sing Psalms, page 70. 00:25:56.080 --> 00:25:58.940 Again, we'll sing from the beginning of that psalm. 00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:05.320 Down to verse Mark 5, just the first verse of verse Mark 5. 00:26:06.900 --> 00:26:10.539 The fool speaks in his heart, there is no God, he says. 00:26:11.140 --> 00:26:15.480 They are corrupt, their deeds are vile, none walk in godly ways. 00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:20.880 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the human race to see if any understand, 00:26:21.580 --> 00:26:24.559 if any seeks God's face. 00:26:25.120 --> 00:26:28.820 Down to verse, but see that evil crowd. 00:26:29.440 --> 00:26:33.720 They are struck down with dread, although they thought within their hearts 00:26:33.720 --> 00:26:36.160 they would have ease instead. 00:26:36.740 --> 00:26:42.420 The psalmist mourning that the people in this world reject God 00:26:42.420 --> 00:26:48.539 and say that there is no God, and expecting in this life a life of ease. 00:26:49.700 --> 00:26:52.720 So let us stand together and sing these words. 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:56.279 The fool speaks in his heart, there is no God, he says. 00:26:58.940 --> 00:27:14.940 The fool speaks in his heart, there is no God, he says. 00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:32.700 They are corrupt, their deeds are vile, none walk in godly ways. 00:27:32.700 --> 00:27:49.940 The Lord looks down from heaven upon the human race, 00:27:49.940 --> 00:28:08.240 to see if any understand, if any seek God's face. 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:09.240 God, he says. 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:10.240 They are corrupt, their deeds are vile, none walk in godly ways. 00:28:10.240 --> 00:28:11.240 They are corrupt, their deeds are vile, none walk in godly ways. 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:15.240 So let us know now that He says. 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:18.160 must every notice of exclusivity, this is the winner of God is God. 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:19.240 God is changing. 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:22.240 Go to heaven about He is the winner of God. 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:25.200 He knows about ye doing the same over. 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:45.420 Not one of them does any good, no, not a single one. 00:28:45.420 --> 00:29:03.420 Well sinners never learn, my people that devoured, 00:29:03.420 --> 00:29:23.420 had said they were consuming bread, they never seek the Lord. 00:29:23.420 --> 00:29:41.420 But see that evil kind, they are stuck down with rent. 00:29:41.420 --> 00:29:59.420 Although they thought within their hearts they would have peace and said. 00:29:59.420 --> 00:30:00.420 Amen. 00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:37.259 Over the next few weeks I hope to look at some of these Bible similes that appear. 00:30:37.860 --> 00:30:43.600 Similes that say like a or describe something as being as a. 00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:53.120 Things that make a comparison and use imagery to vividly illustrate a point. 00:30:53.119 --> 00:31:02.039 And in this passage here we have this image of the two builders being like something. 00:31:02.899 --> 00:31:09.039 There's one who built his house on the rock and there's other who built without a foundation. 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:13.859 And often this story is one that we read of in children's Bibles. 00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:16.039 It's often one that is taught in Sunday school. 00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:19.719 Because it is such an image that is easily relatable to us. 00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:25.039 Jesus used these images so that people could relate to his teaching. 00:31:25.779 --> 00:31:28.319 And it's likewise similar for us today. 00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:36.380 And you will notice that we have our like a there at the end of verse 47. 00:31:36.819 --> 00:31:39.160 I will show you what he is like. 00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:41.660 It goes in there to verse 48. 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:46.100 He is like the man building a house, the wise man. 00:31:46.099 --> 00:31:50.699 And then it also speaks of the one who built his house without a foundation. 00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:55.219 And he is like something as well in verse 49. 00:31:59.079 --> 00:32:04.319 Jesus is addressing those who are hearing his word. 00:32:05.919 --> 00:32:07.779 To put it into practice. 00:32:08.659 --> 00:32:10.159 To live by it. 00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:12.000 To trust in it. 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:15.940 What is Jesus comparing these two builders to? 00:32:16.900 --> 00:32:17.819 Well we have it there. 00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:19.099 At the beginning. 00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:25.980 Why do you call me Lord, Lord and do not do what I tell you? 00:32:26.980 --> 00:32:31.720 Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them. 00:32:32.420 --> 00:32:34.640 I will show you what he is like. 00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:37.839 This is what the two builders are like. 00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:42.019 The one who hears God's word and does it. 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:48.559 And that's when this illustration becomes more than a children's illustration. 00:32:49.259 --> 00:32:53.659 This illustration is very fitting for all of us. 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:58.199 But before we really look at this passage. 00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:04.059 The context of it highlights further importance of what Jesus is saying in this image. 00:33:04.059 --> 00:33:08.159 This image appears twice in the Bible. 00:33:09.179 --> 00:33:13.299 And both times it serves as a conclusion to Jesus' words. 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:18.139 It serves as a conclusion to Jesus' own sermons. 00:33:19.159 --> 00:33:22.259 The first instance we have here is in this chapter. 00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:26.500 And this is a sermon that is called the Sermon on the Plain. 00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:32.679 We read off in verse 17 that he came down and stood on a level place when we began our reading. 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:39.299 And the other time it appears is in the other well-known sermon, the Sermon on the Mount in chapter 7. 00:33:41.220 --> 00:33:47.160 Both these sermons, Christ addresses Christian conduct and Christian living, Christian behaviour. 00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:50.940 And there are similarities between the two. 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:54.060 And some people would say that it is the same sermon. 00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:57.319 But they are different as well. 00:33:57.440 --> 00:34:04.579 So it is hard to say that it is not Jesus' teaching at a different time using similar words. 00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:13.739 Either way, he concludes his sermon by presenting the images of the tree bearing good fruit, 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:15.599 which we heard about last week. 00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:20.139 He is presenting those who make a profession and call out, Lord, Lord. 00:34:21.099 --> 00:34:30.279 And he presents the two builders who build on different foundations as those who respond to the word of God. 00:34:32.039 --> 00:34:37.839 And the specifics we think of, we have it in our mind as one being wise, the other as foolish. 00:34:37.840 --> 00:34:42.180 That comes from the Matthews version of this image. 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:47.100 And it also tells us that the fool built his house on the sand. 00:34:48.579 --> 00:34:52.660 The sand is a non-foundation we have in the passage before us. 00:34:54.039 --> 00:35:00.280 But this is Jesus' parting words to the people that have gathered to listen to him. 00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:02.140 That's why they are so important. 00:35:02.240 --> 00:35:03.900 That's why this image is so important. 00:35:03.900 --> 00:35:05.700 It's the last thing Jesus says to them. 00:35:06.099 --> 00:35:14.300 Of all the things that he said, and we briefly saw how what he spoke to them and taught them was contradictory to what we think. 00:35:15.260 --> 00:35:17.700 This is the last image he leaves them with. 00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:25.280 And he asks for a personal response to the words that he has taught them. 00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:31.539 He is saying to them before you go, what are you going to do with the words that you have heard? 00:35:31.539 --> 00:35:34.360 How do you understand these words? 00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:38.340 What is your response to my words? 00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:44.300 As you consider how you walk, how you talk, how you behave in this life. 00:35:45.900 --> 00:35:49.880 And it is likewise for us today as we sit under his word. 00:35:50.579 --> 00:35:54.099 We ask ourselves how do we respond to it? 00:35:55.059 --> 00:35:57.920 And all that Christ says to us from the Gospels. 00:35:57.920 --> 00:36:03.059 And in considering these two builders, we have foundational differences. 00:36:05.340 --> 00:36:08.740 And it is more than the foundations of which they build on. 00:36:09.519 --> 00:36:13.760 The difference is there is one who does, and there is one who does not. 00:36:15.840 --> 00:36:21.079 These differences of the foundation are below the surface. 00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:26.340 Often the one who does, does things in a way that are unseen. 00:36:28.099 --> 00:36:29.840 Likewise, the one who does not. 00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:32.340 His actions go unseen by others. 00:36:33.340 --> 00:36:41.960 But either way, these men both realize something in the storm or in the flood that comes. 00:36:42.279 --> 00:36:44.980 So let us consider first the one who does. 00:36:45.400 --> 00:36:48.500 And then we'll briefly look at the one who does not. 00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:51.139 Verse 47. 00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.179 Verse 47. 00:36:52.139 --> 00:37:00.880 Everyone who comes to me and hears my word and does them, I will show you what he is like. 00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:11.079 He is like the man building a house who dug deep and laid foundation on the rock. 00:37:11.079 --> 00:37:17.539 And when the flood arose, the steam broke against that house and could not shake it. 00:37:19.340 --> 00:37:21.219 Both men heard the same words. 00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:28.079 Both men were presented, everyone was presented with the same message as Jesus spoke to the people. 00:37:28.719 --> 00:37:30.759 But he knows they'll have a different response. 00:37:31.719 --> 00:37:35.079 And here we have the wise man's response. 00:37:35.219 --> 00:37:36.159 The one who does. 00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:37.139 His response. 00:37:37.139 --> 00:37:40.779 And essentially his response is one of obedience. 00:37:42.359 --> 00:37:45.539 He was a man who was moved by the words of Christ. 00:37:46.539 --> 00:37:50.199 And before he builds, it says that he dug deep. 00:37:51.139 --> 00:37:53.039 It was a work of labor. 00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:54.039 He was a man who was living in the world. 00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:56.960 He was looking for something solid. 00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:04.380 Sifting out of all that was not required to build his house and life upon. 00:38:04.559 --> 00:38:07.679 And disposing of that rubbish soil. 00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:11.199 He is looking for something solid. 00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:16.420 He is a man that is looking for something that is immovable to place his life on. 00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:20.739 He is a man that is looking for certainty and stability in his life. 00:38:20.739 --> 00:38:27.139 He is looking for somewhere worthy to build his home upon. 00:38:28.959 --> 00:38:33.559 And his digging, really, it's an exercise of his faith in God's word. 00:38:34.419 --> 00:38:39.099 He has been told there is a rock in which you can build your life on. 00:38:39.099 --> 00:38:43.420 And it is there to be found if you will seek it out. 00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:47.559 And he is a man who puts his mind to it. 00:38:48.279 --> 00:38:50.360 To search out this truth. 00:38:51.219 --> 00:38:53.019 He is a man who does not give up. 00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:59.179 He is a man that is digging in his heart, in his soul and in God's word. 00:38:59.179 --> 00:39:05.819 And you can imagine the picture of the man digging a foundation. 00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:08.500 And the fool coming along. 00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:10.879 The other man coming along and asking him, 00:39:10.940 --> 00:39:13.159 Why are you bothering to do these things? 00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:17.719 You do not need to worry yourself with finding the rock. 00:39:18.960 --> 00:39:20.039 There is no need. 00:39:20.139 --> 00:39:21.799 You can build your house on the ground. 00:39:21.940 --> 00:39:23.519 It is sufficient to build on. 00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:28.159 But the wise man turns to the fool. 00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:31.780 And he says to him, 00:39:32.639 --> 00:39:36.380 But did you not hear the words that Christ spoke? 00:39:37.920 --> 00:39:39.639 The weather is going to change. 00:39:40.659 --> 00:39:42.420 The storm is going to come. 00:39:43.320 --> 00:39:46.340 Did you not listen to Christ's words? 00:39:46.340 --> 00:39:53.539 The one who does is a man who takes God's word seriously. 00:39:55.079 --> 00:39:58.820 He removes the necessary soil in his life. 00:39:59.620 --> 00:40:02.840 That is a distraction to building on solid ground. 00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:08.700 He labors to find foundations in God's word. 00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:12.680 And all that laboring is toil and effort. 00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:15.820 To be obedient to that word. 00:40:16.340 --> 00:40:19.980 To be someone who does what has been asked often. 00:40:20.880 --> 00:40:21.800 To love his enemy. 00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:24.539 Not to judge one another. 00:40:25.740 --> 00:40:26.800 And beyond that, 00:40:27.700 --> 00:40:30.059 To uphold all the commands of God. 00:40:30.980 --> 00:40:32.519 To keep the Sabbath day. 00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:34.420 To honour his father and mother. 00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:36.059 We could go on. 00:40:36.780 --> 00:40:38.579 All these things require effort. 00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:43.100 They are not things that come with ease in our lives. 00:40:44.039 --> 00:40:46.160 They are things that take our time. 00:40:46.720 --> 00:40:49.260 They are things that cost us. 00:40:51.120 --> 00:40:53.519 They are things that we must persevere in. 00:40:54.300 --> 00:40:55.519 They are difficult things. 00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:57.160 As digging the foundations. 00:40:57.159 --> 00:40:57.539 But the one who does. 00:40:57.539 --> 00:41:00.239 But the one who does. 00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:01.539 Puts his faith in them. 00:41:02.539 --> 00:41:04.019 And does them with a love. 00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:05.719 And a diligent heart. 00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:08.960 Because he knows what he can find at the end of it. 00:41:09.759 --> 00:41:12.699 He has a heart to do the things of God. 00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:18.179 He is a man who hears the word of God. 00:41:18.179 --> 00:41:19.839 And takes it seriously. 00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:25.039 What do we do with the word of God when we hear it? 00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:29.259 How many times have we sat here and heard the word of God? 00:41:30.019 --> 00:41:31.500 And done nothing with it? 00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:34.619 Do we regularly come to church? 00:41:34.619 --> 00:41:36.719 Do we regularly watch online? 00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:41.800 What is your response to the word of God? 00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:44.260 You are not responding to me. 00:41:45.219 --> 00:41:47.880 You are responding to Christ and his word. 00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:54.280 He asks you to place your faith in this word. 00:41:54.840 --> 00:41:57.760 And to exercise faith in this word. 00:41:58.400 --> 00:42:00.340 And to do what is asked of us. 00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:03.119 It requires us to dig. 00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:07.079 It requires us to sift at hearts. 00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:09.920 It requires us to dig in his word. 00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:13.780 So that we know that in this world. 00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:16.880 We cannot find any confidence to place our life on. 00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:21.039 But realize that in this word and in this Christ. 00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:25.659 We have confidence to build our lives upon. 00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:27.300 And trust in this man. 00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:30.780 The man who died for you. 00:42:31.599 --> 00:42:34.460 And the man who promises you eternal life. 00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:37.240 If you place your faith in him. 00:42:37.680 --> 00:42:39.099 And listen to his words. 00:42:39.920 --> 00:42:44.360 And I know these foundations are largely personal to each of us. 00:42:45.579 --> 00:42:53.320 It is in a sense the groundwork of the Holy Spirit's personal and effective application in our souls. 00:42:55.019 --> 00:42:57.099 But I must ask of you. 00:42:58.720 --> 00:43:02.000 Does the word of God persuade you to trust in this rock? 00:43:02.880 --> 00:43:05.659 Does it persuade you to trust in Christ? 00:43:05.659 --> 00:43:10.179 Do you know that there is no better foundation for your life? 00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:14.559 Because when you place your life on this rock. 00:43:15.759 --> 00:43:18.539 It gives you a reassurance in your heart. 00:43:18.539 --> 00:43:23.539 This rock is a place of confidence. 00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:27.099 And it is a place where you can have confidence in your life. 00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:28.980 When everything around you is changing. 00:43:30.259 --> 00:43:34.099 It is a rock and a place that gives you peace. 00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:38.480 In all the uncertainties that come to your door. 00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:44.159 Because there is a storm coming. 00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:51.719 And there is a flood that will threaten our house. 00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:56.839 And you will notice that both men face the same flood. 00:43:58.039 --> 00:44:00.359 Both houses were tested. 00:44:01.559 --> 00:44:06.119 Neither of men were especially protected from the trials and tribulations. 00:44:07.279 --> 00:44:12.279 Neither is a Christian protected from the trials and tribulations in this world. 00:44:12.280 --> 00:44:15.820 And we are all afflicted in different ways. 00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:19.380 But which one remains standing? 00:44:20.620 --> 00:44:22.580 Which one remains unshaken? 00:44:23.580 --> 00:44:24.780 Maybe you have seen this. 00:44:24.900 --> 00:44:26.240 Maybe you know it to be true. 00:44:27.500 --> 00:44:32.540 You have watched someone who has exercised their faith in Christ. 00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:36.280 Be strong in such a strange way. 00:44:36.960 --> 00:44:38.740 In such a difficult time. 00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:41.800 In such a fierce storm of their life. 00:44:43.160 --> 00:44:44.340 That you ask yourselves. 00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:46.480 Wow. 00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:49.080 They don't even seem to be shaken. 00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:53.160 Have you asked yourself why? 00:44:54.019 --> 00:44:56.820 It is because they are standing on the rock. 00:44:58.200 --> 00:45:03.220 Those floods can be compared to the tribulations of our lives. 00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:07.100 The trials and fears and doubts that we experience. 00:45:08.220 --> 00:45:10.180 All afflicted in different ways. 00:45:10.179 --> 00:45:14.779 But we must ask where is our security when we are tested. 00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:21.240 Can I stand when affliction and trials and tribulations come to my door? 00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:25.780 Can I stand greater than these things? 00:45:26.260 --> 00:45:28.720 Can I stand God's judgment? 00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:30.900 On his day of judgment? 00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:37.200 Will I stand when death comes to my door? 00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:39.960 You see the wise man. 00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:41.399 The man who does. 00:45:41.839 --> 00:45:45.279 He asks that question of himself and in his heart. 00:45:46.399 --> 00:45:50.460 The wise man understands that there is storms coming. 00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:54.920 And there is a great storm and a great flood that is coming. 00:45:55.980 --> 00:45:57.500 That will threaten his house. 00:45:58.240 --> 00:46:00.480 And will wash away the other man's house. 00:46:00.940 --> 00:46:02.820 Who does not trust in the word of God. 00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:08.880 The wise man does something about it. 00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:10.019 Doesn't he? 00:46:10.019 --> 00:46:12.940 Ask yourself. 00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:16.820 Will you stand in the tribulations of this life? 00:46:17.699 --> 00:46:21.659 Will you stand when death comes to you? 00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:25.719 Will you stand at the judgment of God? 00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:29.840 He is one who will stand. 00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:34.199 Because his foundation has been built on the word of God. 00:46:34.199 --> 00:46:36.819 He has exercised faith in it. 00:46:37.299 --> 00:46:38.379 Trusted in it. 00:46:38.899 --> 00:46:41.879 And stands and shaken upon it. 00:46:42.539 --> 00:46:44.719 He is the man who does. 00:46:45.539 --> 00:46:47.239 The words of God. 00:46:48.319 --> 00:46:50.739 What about the man who does not? 00:46:52.480 --> 00:46:56.219 We must remember that this is how Christ finished his sermon. 00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:02.439 But the one who hears and does not do them. 00:47:02.440 --> 00:47:07.440 It is like the man who built a house on the ground without a foundation. 00:47:08.460 --> 00:47:10.220 When the stream broke against it. 00:47:10.360 --> 00:47:11.440 Immediately fell. 00:47:11.960 --> 00:47:14.039 And the ruin of that house was great. 00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:16.400 What was his response? 00:47:16.940 --> 00:47:18.220 To the word of God. 00:47:19.119 --> 00:47:21.019 Well it was not to listen to it. 00:47:22.760 --> 00:47:25.920 He did not question himself about it. 00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:28.679 He did not think of eternity. 00:47:28.679 --> 00:47:33.159 He let go in one ear and out the other. 00:47:34.919 --> 00:47:42.699 But this man as Matthew describes him as the fool who built his house on the sand without a foundation. 00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:48.339 He is not the fool that says there is no God that we sung about. 00:47:48.340 --> 00:47:55.460 This man is a fool who actually proclaims to know God. 00:47:56.260 --> 00:47:58.420 Why do you call me Lord, Lord? 00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:59.519 He says at the beginning. 00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:08.620 The repetition of Lord, Lord emphasizes that this man knew the Lord in a personal way. 00:48:09.140 --> 00:48:10.420 It's a personal call. 00:48:10.519 --> 00:48:12.800 It's an intimate way to address someone. 00:48:12.800 --> 00:48:20.620 And if he's not going to listen to the words of the one in whom he professes in, 00:48:21.840 --> 00:48:24.240 you've got to ask yourself, well who is the greater fool? 00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:29.760 The one who knows something about God and doesn't do the things of God? 00:48:32.080 --> 00:48:36.800 The one who has heard that there is a storm coming but does not do anything about it? 00:48:36.800 --> 00:48:40.940 Or the one who just blatantly says there is no God? 00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:47.940 How do you respond to the word of God? 00:48:49.820 --> 00:48:53.039 The man who does not do does not dig. 00:48:54.720 --> 00:48:58.380 And he says that he does not dig because he doesn't need to dig. 00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:00.820 Digging is costly. 00:49:01.039 --> 00:49:03.560 Digging is doing things that he does not want to do. 00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:08.460 He's altering the plan to suit himself. 00:49:08.759 --> 00:49:10.679 He's living his life the way he wants to. 00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:13.719 But he's still calling out to God. 00:49:15.380 --> 00:49:19.000 He's still thinking that God will save him. 00:49:19.099 --> 00:49:20.340 God is a God of love. 00:49:22.000 --> 00:49:23.820 He's at ease with God. 00:49:25.539 --> 00:49:28.380 There's no cost to following God. 00:49:29.239 --> 00:49:32.320 He's not exercising faith in the word of God. 00:49:33.559 --> 00:49:37.840 He's casual to the word of God. 00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:43.079 And maybe it sounds good. 00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:45.159 Maybe it sounds healthy. 00:49:45.679 --> 00:49:47.820 When he calls out, Lord, Lord. 00:49:49.799 --> 00:49:52.059 They both built houses, these men. 00:49:53.460 --> 00:49:56.880 And on their appearances, things look the same. 00:49:56.880 --> 00:50:01.659 If you have the image of the two houses before you, 00:50:01.659 --> 00:50:05.480 there's a vast difference in them. 00:50:05.799 --> 00:50:06.659 There's a huge difference. 00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:07.980 There's a world of difference in them. 00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:18.759 The man who does not is like a tree that is bearing no good fruit, 00:50:19.379 --> 00:50:22.399 but he is telling everyone that his fruit is good. 00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:26.920 And you're looking at the tree and you're thinking, 00:50:27.300 --> 00:50:29.460 that's a foolish tree. 00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:33.260 His tree, his fruit is bad. 00:50:33.820 --> 00:50:35.059 How does he not see it? 00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:38.139 But he's proclaiming that his fruit is good. 00:50:39.780 --> 00:50:40.980 You would say it's a fruit. 00:50:41.340 --> 00:50:42.500 I would say such a thing. 00:50:42.500 --> 00:50:50.659 Christ says of the one that professes, Lord, Lord, 00:50:50.659 --> 00:50:54.320 that his words have no meaning to it, 00:50:55.320 --> 00:50:57.280 who does not do the words of God, 00:50:57.820 --> 00:51:00.460 who does not live his life according to the word of God, 00:51:00.539 --> 00:51:02.500 who does not exercise faith in God, 00:51:03.440 --> 00:51:06.920 but still wants the benefits of trusting in God. 00:51:07.920 --> 00:51:09.019 His building is worthless. 00:51:09.980 --> 00:51:11.139 His words are worthless. 00:51:11.139 --> 00:51:13.339 His building will fall. 00:51:14.379 --> 00:51:16.059 And in trials and tribulations, 00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:19.759 the stream will knock the house down. 00:51:21.000 --> 00:51:23.039 And he will have to rebuild it again. 00:51:23.819 --> 00:51:25.779 He will have to make repairs to it, 00:51:26.359 --> 00:51:28.199 unlike the one that trusts in God. 00:51:28.259 --> 00:51:30.859 His life is battered. 00:51:32.279 --> 00:51:35.500 And his life is almost like this tiring existence 00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:38.440 of trying to upkeep his house. 00:51:38.440 --> 00:51:44.039 The prophets spoke in such a way in the Old Testament. 00:51:45.179 --> 00:51:48.000 They said that they would plant seeds and they would not harvest. 00:51:48.539 --> 00:51:51.119 They would eat, but they would not have enough. 00:51:51.360 --> 00:51:51.980 They would drink. 00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:53.119 They would never have their fill. 00:51:53.220 --> 00:51:55.320 You would clothe yourselves and no one would be warm. 00:51:56.360 --> 00:51:59.099 All their wages, they would be put into a bag of holes. 00:51:59.099 --> 00:52:09.119 It's a tireless existence to upkeep our house to look good. 00:52:09.119 --> 00:52:15.079 It is the fool who builds a house that falls. 00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:23.179 When the flood came, it fell immediately. 00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:25.980 And the ruin of that house was great. 00:52:27.119 --> 00:52:32.619 Both builders realized the truth of the word of God upon testing. 00:52:32.619 --> 00:52:39.779 And you know, the tribulations of our lives can sometimes be the very thing that turns us to the rock. 00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:44.179 When we realize that, well, my house will fall. 00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:46.699 My house has no strength to it. 00:52:46.759 --> 00:52:52.019 And it is better to learn this in the lessons of life than in the eternity of hell. 00:52:52.019 --> 00:53:03.719 The afflictions and pains that we see in this life remind us that the ground can be so immediately swiped from beneath our feet. 00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:06.219 It can happen so quickly. 00:53:06.400 --> 00:53:07.739 It can happen immediately. 00:53:07.940 --> 00:53:10.559 In the blink of an eye, the flood can come. 00:53:12.139 --> 00:53:13.360 Our lives are fragile. 00:53:13.659 --> 00:53:14.739 Our lives are uncertain. 00:53:15.739 --> 00:53:17.880 Our lives are full of worries and doubts. 00:53:19.659 --> 00:53:21.079 If we build it ourselves. 00:53:22.019 --> 00:53:33.920 Christ asks us, essentially, to humble ourselves on all that we have built. 00:53:35.860 --> 00:53:38.639 We love the things that we have achieved in this life. 00:53:40.519 --> 00:53:45.019 And God does not ask us when he comes to us to underpin all our achievements. 00:53:47.699 --> 00:53:50.519 When we realize the foundation is not sufficient. 00:53:50.519 --> 00:53:54.759 He does not ask us to underpin all that we have done. 00:53:56.759 --> 00:53:59.599 He says that you must be born again. 00:54:00.259 --> 00:54:01.579 You must have a new building. 00:54:02.239 --> 00:54:03.759 Start from the bottom up. 00:54:03.760 --> 00:54:09.000 Because your house is to be a work of God. 00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:10.740 Not a work of your own hands. 00:54:10.860 --> 00:54:16.500 Your life in Christ is to be someone that is rooted on this rock. 00:54:16.500 --> 00:54:23.900 And every part of this house is to say to those who see it and those who come to it. 00:54:24.739 --> 00:54:28.059 That it is grounded on the rock of Christ. 00:54:28.880 --> 00:54:32.159 And it has a security in the rock of Christ. 00:54:32.239 --> 00:54:35.480 Every part of it is to echo the words of God. 00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:39.860 One house stood. 00:54:39.860 --> 00:54:42.360 One house fell. 00:54:43.559 --> 00:54:46.000 What is your response to the word of God? 00:54:46.000 --> 00:54:49.719 What will be the result when you are tested? 00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:56.019 Now I am sure there are many here and many listening online. 00:54:56.839 --> 00:55:01.079 Who have started building upon the solid rock of Christ and his word. 00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:03.939 And you have sifted your heart. 00:55:05.059 --> 00:55:07.159 And you are digging in the word of God. 00:55:08.379 --> 00:55:10.359 And you have started the foundations. 00:55:10.360 --> 00:55:16.640 The groundwork of the spirit is at work in your heart. 00:55:18.320 --> 00:55:20.099 And it is unseen by me. 00:55:21.780 --> 00:55:24.000 But grow and keep growing. 00:55:24.500 --> 00:55:26.059 Keep exercising faith. 00:55:26.200 --> 00:55:29.700 And keep doing what God has asked of us. 00:55:30.340 --> 00:55:32.760 That we will be people that grow in obedience. 00:55:33.140 --> 00:55:34.880 As we hear his words. 00:55:35.840 --> 00:55:38.340 And that we build lives that cannot be shaken. 00:55:38.340 --> 00:55:42.680 But as you who have started building. 00:55:43.700 --> 00:55:46.620 There will be a time where you must break the surface. 00:55:47.360 --> 00:55:49.539 There is a time when people must see. 00:55:50.220 --> 00:55:52.640 The house that you are building. 00:55:53.880 --> 00:55:57.539 It is time as you lay every block in your life. 00:55:58.620 --> 00:56:00.880 That they echo the words of Christ. 00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:02.880 And they speak of God. 00:56:04.000 --> 00:56:05.780 And as you trust in Christ. 00:56:05.780 --> 00:56:09.840 You will be encouraged to say to others. 00:56:10.360 --> 00:56:12.500 As for me and my house. 00:56:12.840 --> 00:56:14.940 We will serve the Lord. 00:56:16.800 --> 00:56:18.700 That is what your house is to be. 00:56:18.840 --> 00:56:20.500 That is what our lives are to be. 00:56:21.420 --> 00:56:23.940 And in trusting and serving the Lord. 00:56:25.060 --> 00:56:26.300 We will be secure. 00:56:26.300 --> 00:56:32.760 Shortly afterwards we will move into the hall. 00:56:33.720 --> 00:56:35.480 To the Sunday school prize game. 00:56:36.680 --> 00:56:39.080 And this is what we desire for the youth. 00:56:40.120 --> 00:56:44.720 That they would likewise understand the foundation for their lives. 00:56:44.719 --> 00:56:51.239 And place their trust and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:56:51.239 --> 00:56:56.539 That we would teach them about the security of the foundation. 00:56:57.239 --> 00:56:58.699 In obeying God's word. 00:56:59.439 --> 00:57:02.500 And trusting in the man that has died for them. 00:57:02.500 --> 00:57:10.079 They that in the Lord that firmly trust shall be like Zion Hill. 00:57:10.619 --> 00:57:13.159 Which at no time can be removed. 00:57:13.659 --> 00:57:15.360 That standeth ever still. 00:57:16.960 --> 00:57:19.360 The difference between these two builders. 00:57:19.360 --> 00:57:25.539 Christ is saying it is the one who does. 00:57:26.440 --> 00:57:28.599 Believes and trusts in his word. 00:57:29.900 --> 00:57:33.720 The other man is essentially building on his own words. 00:57:35.079 --> 00:57:36.440 He is building his own life. 00:57:36.760 --> 00:57:38.099 He is building his own house. 00:57:38.500 --> 00:57:39.740 Without foundations. 00:57:39.960 --> 00:57:41.340 He is doing it the way he wants. 00:57:42.680 --> 00:57:44.720 And not the way it has been asked of. 00:57:47.300 --> 00:57:48.400 What are we building? 00:57:49.360 --> 00:57:52.160 Foundationally. 00:57:52.660 --> 00:57:54.960 There is a huge difference between the two. 00:57:55.920 --> 00:57:58.380 There is a world of difference between each one. 00:57:59.380 --> 00:58:00.860 And the world of difference. 00:58:01.579 --> 00:58:02.480 Isn't a word. 00:58:03.840 --> 00:58:06.340 That is foundationally. 00:58:07.019 --> 00:58:09.039 A word of difference. 00:58:10.180 --> 00:58:13.320 How do you respond to the word of God? 00:58:14.280 --> 00:58:17.440 What is the result of your life? 00:58:19.360 --> 00:58:20.519 How will you fear? 00:58:20.519 --> 00:58:20.599 How will you fear? 00:58:20.599 --> 00:58:20.700 How will you fear? 00:58:20.700 --> 00:58:20.720 How will you fear? 00:58:20.720 --> 00:58:22.900 When the flood comes? 00:58:23.900 --> 00:58:26.599 That is how Christ finished his sermon. 00:58:28.039 --> 00:58:31.420 And likewise I'll finish it without saying anymore. 00:58:32.079 --> 00:58:35.340 That we would give our attention to his words. 00:58:35.660 --> 00:58:38.420 And put our trust in them. 00:58:38.980 --> 00:58:41.180 As a rock for our lives. 00:58:41.840 --> 00:58:44.480 May that and these thoughts be blessed to us. 00:58:44.480 --> 00:58:47.039 We'll conclude by singing. 00:58:48.219 --> 00:58:50.119 In Psalm 127. 00:58:51.159 --> 00:58:53.019 In the Scottish Psalter version. 00:58:54.219 --> 00:58:57.380 You'll find that on page 420 of the Blue Book. 00:58:57.380 --> 00:59:01.380 Psalm 127. 00:59:01.380 --> 00:59:05.280 Accept the Lord to build a house. 00:59:06.019 --> 00:59:08.039 The builders lose their pain. 00:59:09.119 --> 00:59:11.039 Accept the Lord the city keep. 00:59:11.460 --> 00:59:12.980 The watchmen watch in vain. 00:59:14.119 --> 00:59:16.579 Tis vain for you to rise betimes. 00:59:16.720 --> 00:59:18.579 Or late from rest to keep. 00:59:19.300 --> 00:59:20.760 To feed on sorrow's bread. 00:59:20.760 --> 00:59:24.280 So gives he his beloved sleep. 00:59:25.240 --> 00:59:27.900 For low children are God's heritage. 00:59:28.460 --> 00:59:30.460 The womb's fruit his reward. 00:59:31.320 --> 00:59:36.060 The sons of youth as arrows are for strong men's hands prepared. 00:59:36.840 --> 00:59:40.340 O happy is the man that hath his quiver filled with those. 00:59:41.000 --> 00:59:46.000 They unashamed in the gate shall speak unto their foes. 00:59:46.000 --> 00:59:52.380 This psalm speaks of the vain one who builds without trusting in the Lord. 00:59:53.199 --> 00:59:56.019 And building without the Lord. 00:59:56.559 --> 00:59:59.599 But also to bring up our children. 01:00:00.480 --> 01:00:02.320 To trust in that foundation. 01:00:03.380 --> 01:00:06.360 And that they too would be people that would stand firm. 01:00:07.300 --> 01:00:10.340 Unashamed when they speak with their foes. 01:00:11.000 --> 01:00:13.500 So we'll stand to sing this psalm together. 01:00:13.500 --> 01:00:15.780 Accept the Lord to build a house. 01:00:16.360 --> 01:00:17.679 The builders lose their pain. 01:00:20.260 --> 01:00:27.980 Accept the Lord to build the house. 01:00:28.420 --> 01:00:35.119 The builders lose their pain. 01:00:35.119 --> 01:00:40.119 Accept the Lord to build the house. 01:00:40.119 --> 01:00:40.739 As a calm and river. 01:00:41.059 --> 01:00:42.980 The builders lose their pain. 01:00:42.980 --> 01:00:44.539 What are the signs that can matter? 01:00:44.539 --> 01:00:45.619 It may no longer and not again. 01:00:45.759 --> 01:00:47.980 But in the land of the rest. 01:00:47.980 --> 01:00:48.500 The�� linear means two thousand dollars. 01:00:48.500 --> 01:00:50.159 The poor, support of an angel. 01:00:50.159 --> 01:00:51.960 Watchmen, watchmen, watch, and men. 01:00:52.039 --> 01:01:02.019 To spend for you, to rise betimes. 01:01:02.019 --> 01:01:09.300 Are laid from rest to keep 01:01:09.300 --> 01:01:16.420 To feed on sorrows bread 01:01:16.420 --> 01:01:24.820 So gives ye heads, beloveds, 01:01:24.820 --> 01:01:36.380 O children are God's heritage, 01:01:36.380 --> 01:01:44.140 The womb's fruit is reward, 01:01:44.140 --> 01:01:53.420 The sons of youth as adults are, 01:01:53.420 --> 01:02:02.420 For strong men's hands prepared. 01:02:02.420 --> 01:02:11.420 O happy is the man that hath 01:02:11.420 --> 01:02:18.420 His quiver filled with those 01:02:18.420 --> 01:02:27.420 The young Hashem, the king, 01:02:27.420 --> 01:02:36.420 Shall speak unto their foes. 01:02:36.420 --> 01:02:39.420 I'll conclude with a short prayer. 01:02:39.420 --> 01:02:41.420 Our Father in heaven, we ask you 01:02:41.420 --> 01:02:43.420 That you would speak to us, 01:02:43.420 --> 01:02:45.420 And that we would be people that would 01:02:45.420 --> 01:02:47.420 Give our minds to your word, and hear it, 01:02:47.420 --> 01:02:50.420 And be doers of it, exercising faith in you, 01:02:50.420 --> 01:02:53.420 That our children are a blessing to us, 01:02:53.420 --> 01:02:55.420 And that our children may be ones that would 01:02:55.420 --> 01:02:59.420 Speak of Christ with confidence and assurity, 01:02:59.420 --> 01:03:02.420 That we also would learn from them, 01:03:02.420 --> 01:03:05.420 And that we would place our trust in God, 01:03:05.420 --> 01:03:08.420 That he is the rock of our salvation, 01:03:08.420 --> 01:03:11.420 And one that does not change. 01:03:11.420 --> 01:03:13.420 We thank you for all that you are, 01:03:13.420 --> 01:03:15.420 And all that you have given us. 01:03:15.420 --> 01:03:17.420 Pray this to be blessed to us. 01:03:17.420 --> 01:03:18.420 We thank you. 01:03:18.420 --> 01:03:20.420 In Jesus name. 01:03:20.420 --> 01:03:22.420 Amen. 01:03:22.420 --> 01:03:23.420 Amen.