WEBVTT 00:00:00.900 --> 00:00:05.299 We can turn back to where we read in Isaiah chapter 55. 00:00:06.640 --> 00:00:09.620 ! We're going to look at the beginning of this chapter. 00:00:10.359 --> 00:00:12.660 ! Isaiah 55, reading at verse 1. 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:16.679 Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. 00:00:17.219 --> 00:00:20.940 And he who has no money, come, buy and eat. 00:00:20.940 --> 00:00:26.940 Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price, and so on. 00:00:26.940 --> 00:00:35.560 When you sit at a meal, maybe it's at home or if you're eating out, 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:40.740 one of the things that often takes place is you examine what's on the table. 00:00:41.480 --> 00:00:46.180 If you're eating at home, you'll make sure that everything that was prepared is out on the table. 00:00:46.500 --> 00:00:50.680 It's amazing how often it happens where after the meal is done, 00:00:50.780 --> 00:00:54.939 you find a dish in the oven that had been completely forgotten about. 00:00:54.939 --> 00:01:01.299 Or if you're eating out for a meal, a waiter will come round and ask you, 00:01:01.739 --> 00:01:03.399 have you got everything that you need? 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:07.140 They make sure that everything that you've got is there to hand. 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:13.519 Well, in a few weeks' time, on the weekend of the 15th of February, 00:01:14.079 --> 00:01:18.359 we'll be coming to sit at a meal here in the church. 00:01:18.359 --> 00:01:27.579 And a table will be prepared, and everything that we need will be ready at the table. 00:01:28.539 --> 00:01:32.579 And yet, when you look at this meal as we come to the Lord's Supper, 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:36.000 you think to yourself, well, is that it? 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:42.120 It looks so little, just wine and bread on a table. 00:01:42.120 --> 00:01:46.340 It doesn't look enough for us to live by, 00:01:46.939 --> 00:01:51.320 and yet there is everything that we need there. 00:01:51.420 --> 00:01:53.660 The table is prepared. 00:01:54.100 --> 00:01:55.920 There's no need for anybody to come round, 00:01:56.020 --> 00:01:58.040 and do you need anything else? 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:01.900 It's all there prepared for us. 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:05.960 It's the symbols that we see that matter. 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:09.019 The wine and what it represents. 00:02:09.539 --> 00:02:12.739 The blood of Jesus Christ shed at the cross. 00:02:13.359 --> 00:02:18.199 And the bread showing us the body that was given for us. 00:02:19.099 --> 00:02:21.240 It is all there. 00:02:22.379 --> 00:02:25.419 And yet, maybe we think so little of it. 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:28.799 We don't think about it, maybe, as we should. 00:02:29.379 --> 00:02:30.639 What do these things mean? 00:02:30.759 --> 00:02:31.840 What does it matter? 00:02:32.419 --> 00:02:35.079 Or there can be a fear about it. 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:40.340 We think of ourselves and maybe our unworthiness to come 00:02:40.340 --> 00:02:42.280 and sit at the Lord's table, 00:02:42.360 --> 00:02:44.840 that I'm not good enough to be there. 00:02:46.100 --> 00:02:48.780 But what we have to look at is not ourselves, 00:02:49.520 --> 00:02:53.939 but to the Lord and to what he has done for us. 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:57.280 Because the Lord's Supper is a remembrance. 00:02:58.600 --> 00:03:01.240 When we gather for a meal at home or in a restaurant, 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:05.480 we often talk about maybe a variety of different things. 00:03:06.120 --> 00:03:07.980 There is chat going on. 00:03:08.080 --> 00:03:10.379 We can cover a lot of different subjects. 00:03:10.580 --> 00:03:13.000 But the Lord's Supper is only about one thing. 00:03:14.100 --> 00:03:15.460 And it's often in silence. 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:19.240 We do it in remembrance of him. 00:03:20.219 --> 00:03:25.780 Where our focus is on what the Lord Jesus Christ has done for us at the cross. 00:03:25.780 --> 00:03:28.640 How he came to give his life. 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:34.300 How what we see promised throughout the scriptures is fulfilled in him. 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:38.659 And so we are invited. 00:03:40.099 --> 00:03:42.780 We are invited to this meal. 00:03:43.819 --> 00:03:48.439 And that's what we're going to think about as we look at Isaiah chapter 55. 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:54.240 There is this great invitation that we are given at the beginning of this chapter. 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:57.659 An invitation to a meal, to a feast. 00:03:58.819 --> 00:04:03.439 And we're going to look at it and look at it just in light of where we find it in the book of Isaiah. 00:04:04.379 --> 00:04:06.419 As you look at Isaiah 55, 00:04:06.939 --> 00:04:11.120 all you have to do is just step back two chapters to Isaiah 53. 00:04:11.840 --> 00:04:17.819 And we see how there Isaiah is talking about the very reason why our meal is going to take place. 00:04:17.819 --> 00:04:23.439 It's a prophecy of the Lord Jesus Christ and what he would suffer on the cross. 00:04:24.439 --> 00:04:27.779 In Isaiah 53, verse 5, for example, there we read, 00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:31.159 But he was wounded for our transgressions. 00:04:31.240 --> 00:04:33.240 He was crushed for our iniquities. 00:04:33.300 --> 00:04:37.420 Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace. 00:04:37.939 --> 00:04:40.319 And with his stripes we are healed. 00:04:40.899 --> 00:04:43.060 All we like sheep have gone astray. 00:04:43.180 --> 00:04:46.159 We have turned everyone to his own way. 00:04:46.160 --> 00:04:50.040 And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 00:04:50.700 --> 00:04:57.100 So there Isaiah was prophesying the word of God of what was going to take place at the cross. 00:04:57.180 --> 00:04:58.440 How he was wounded. 00:04:58.640 --> 00:04:59.760 How he was bruised. 00:04:59.860 --> 00:05:00.880 How he was crushed. 00:05:01.620 --> 00:05:05.160 The chastisement that brought us peace was upon him. 00:05:06.280 --> 00:05:07.980 He did all of this. 00:05:08.120 --> 00:05:09.180 We have gone astray. 00:05:09.320 --> 00:05:11.980 We have all turned to our own way. 00:05:11.980 --> 00:05:16.720 And yet when you come into chapter 54 and chapter 55, 00:05:17.120 --> 00:05:21.340 What you see is the Lord's gracious way towards his people. 00:05:22.600 --> 00:05:23.439 Invitations. 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:30.400 Assurances in chapter 54 of the Lord's eternal covenant of peace. 00:05:30.520 --> 00:05:35.480 That he is one who seeks to bring that peace to his people. 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:42.379 A peace that brought peace in verse 5 there of Isaiah 53. 00:05:42.980 --> 00:05:47.960 And then in Isaiah 55 there is this great invitation. 00:05:48.520 --> 00:05:50.460 Ho, it says in other translations, 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:55.680 Listen, come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters. 00:05:56.520 --> 00:05:58.680 So there is this great invitation. 00:05:59.000 --> 00:06:01.680 The question is, will you come? 00:06:03.140 --> 00:06:04.000 Will you come? 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:08.519 And so we are going to look at this passage under three headings. 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:11.819 The first thing we see is the setting. 00:06:12.300 --> 00:06:14.779 The kind of setting these words speak about. 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:18.500 Then we see the offer that is given. 00:06:19.639 --> 00:06:23.540 And then we see finally the price that is mentioned. 00:06:23.759 --> 00:06:28.120 These are three things that when we are thinking of having a meal together, 00:06:28.259 --> 00:06:31.060 We often think about where are we going to go? 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:31.819 What setting? 00:06:31.819 --> 00:06:33.959 What place are we going to go to? 00:06:34.040 --> 00:06:34.579 The offer. 00:06:34.920 --> 00:06:36.439 What are we going to have? 00:06:37.079 --> 00:06:40.800 And what is often the case is, well, how much is it going to cost? 00:06:42.259 --> 00:06:44.620 That's what Isaiah is speaking about here. 00:06:44.680 --> 00:06:47.600 So the first thing we see is the setting. 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:51.500 Isaiah's role as a prophet, 00:06:51.939 --> 00:06:54.879 As with every prophet we read of in the Old Testament, 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:57.579 Was never an easy role. 00:06:57.579 --> 00:07:01.199 The prophet was often met with opposition. 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:05.240 He was bringing God's word to the people, 00:07:05.500 --> 00:07:09.539 But the people were so often rejecting it and rejecting God. 00:07:09.540 --> 00:07:12.319 And we see it again and again. 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:15.960 And Isaiah is no different. 00:07:16.080 --> 00:07:19.220 When you read from the beginning of Isaiah through to chapter 40, 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:22.040 What you find is the prophet giving warning. 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:25.520 You think everything is okay, he's saying, 00:07:25.520 --> 00:07:28.020 But disaster is coming upon us. 00:07:28.080 --> 00:07:29.900 Invasion is coming upon us. 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:33.160 Captivity is coming our way, but they were not listening. 00:07:33.160 --> 00:07:36.520 But then from Isaiah 40 onwards, 00:07:37.160 --> 00:07:39.380 You see that that has come upon them. 00:07:40.480 --> 00:07:44.820 But yet there is still God speaking to them. 00:07:45.200 --> 00:07:48.720 God calling a people back to himself. 00:07:48.720 --> 00:07:54.660 But this call, as you see, is in the midst of other calls. 00:07:55.420 --> 00:07:58.840 Many other calls going on. 00:07:59.840 --> 00:08:03.460 And that's what the setting of Isaiah is here. 00:08:04.180 --> 00:08:06.520 The imagery of Isaiah 55, 00:08:07.340 --> 00:08:08.340 When we're seeing this, 00:08:08.400 --> 00:08:11.600 This ho, as it says in other translations, 00:08:11.780 --> 00:08:14.360 Or come, and come is often repeated. 00:08:14.620 --> 00:08:15.960 Hear, listen. 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:20.299 Listen, the setting here for Isaiah would be one like a marketplace. 00:08:21.599 --> 00:08:25.739 When Isaiah is just one voice shouting out to the people 00:08:25.739 --> 00:08:30.120 In the midst of lots of other voices calling for their attention. 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:34.699 Everyone knows what we need. 00:08:35.220 --> 00:08:38.439 That's not the reality of the world in which we live in. 00:08:38.460 --> 00:08:40.939 That's what a marketplace is like. 00:08:41.579 --> 00:08:44.419 Everyone is calling for your attention. 00:08:44.419 --> 00:08:48.719 I don't know if you've ever been to a large marketplace. 00:08:49.740 --> 00:08:52.339 Remember when I was in college in Glasgow, 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:54.039 My late teens. 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:56.939 Going along, was in the Nautical College, 00:08:57.059 --> 00:08:58.899 Which wasn't far from the Barrowlands. 00:08:59.500 --> 00:09:03.319 Going along there one Saturday to the market that was the Barrowlands. 00:09:03.459 --> 00:09:05.860 And it was something to behold when you're seeing 00:09:05.860 --> 00:09:09.379 All of these people just calling for your attention. 00:09:09.519 --> 00:09:11.259 All the great bargains they've got. 00:09:11.259 --> 00:09:13.980 Everything that you need to make your life better. 00:09:14.419 --> 00:09:16.719 They're calling out for your attention. 00:09:17.219 --> 00:09:19.399 And it's just one voice after another. 00:09:20.019 --> 00:09:24.479 This is the kind of setting that Isaiah is talking about here. 00:09:25.339 --> 00:09:30.059 He is just one voice in the midst of many other voices 00:09:30.059 --> 00:09:34.399 That are calling out for the people's attention. 00:09:34.399 --> 00:09:39.279 That's the setting of our own lives as well. 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:42.980 Everybody knows what we need. 00:09:43.860 --> 00:09:45.639 But do you know what you need? 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:48.019 Have you thought about, 00:09:48.519 --> 00:09:50.100 What do I really need in life? 00:09:50.819 --> 00:09:52.720 What is important? 00:09:53.919 --> 00:09:57.620 Where will my peace, my joy ultimately be found? 00:09:57.620 --> 00:10:03.179 Is it in all of these voices that are calling for my attention from the world? 00:10:03.340 --> 00:10:05.700 Or is it in this voice of God? 00:10:06.560 --> 00:10:10.080 A voice that is speaking as we hear it here today. 00:10:10.539 --> 00:10:13.000 Calling for our attention. 00:10:14.179 --> 00:10:15.679 Who are we listening to? 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:17.740 What are we listening to? 00:10:17.740 --> 00:10:21.799 There was a story of a rich businessman 00:10:21.799 --> 00:10:25.200 Who was walking down by a harbour one day. 00:10:26.600 --> 00:10:30.680 Some fishing boats had come in after being out early fishing 00:10:30.680 --> 00:10:32.700 And had landed their catch. 00:10:33.779 --> 00:10:36.399 And as this businessman was walking around 00:10:36.399 --> 00:10:40.240 He saw one fisherman just sitting lazily on his boat. 00:10:40.940 --> 00:10:43.960 And he decided to ask him a few questions. 00:10:44.039 --> 00:10:44.340 And he said, 00:10:44.340 --> 00:10:46.420 Why aren't you still out fishing? 00:10:47.639 --> 00:10:49.280 And the fisherman replied, 00:10:49.420 --> 00:10:51.560 Well because I've caught enough for the day. 00:10:51.620 --> 00:10:52.259 I was out early. 00:10:52.840 --> 00:10:54.759 Caught and landed my catch. 00:10:54.820 --> 00:10:56.340 I got enough for the day. 00:10:57.259 --> 00:10:58.500 And so the businessman asked him, 00:10:58.560 --> 00:11:01.639 Well why don't you catch more fish than you need? 00:11:02.940 --> 00:11:04.280 And the fisherman replied by saying, 00:11:04.360 --> 00:11:06.320 Well what am I going to do with them? 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:07.800 Well he said, 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:10.160 You could sell them and make more money. 00:11:10.820 --> 00:11:12.340 And as you make more money 00:11:12.340 --> 00:11:13.820 You could get a better boat. 00:11:13.820 --> 00:11:15.379 You could go out further, 00:11:15.520 --> 00:11:16.760 Catch more fish. 00:11:17.500 --> 00:11:19.440 You could then buy better equipment 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:21.680 That would help you catch even more fish 00:11:21.680 --> 00:11:23.460 And make even more money. 00:11:24.340 --> 00:11:25.480 And as you make more money 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:27.480 You could buy a fleet of boats. 00:11:29.460 --> 00:11:31.040 And then the fisherman asked him and said, 00:11:31.280 --> 00:11:32.620 Then what would I do? 00:11:33.920 --> 00:11:34.440 Well he said, 00:11:34.500 --> 00:11:36.860 Then you could sit down and enjoy life. 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:39.220 To which the fisherman replied, 00:11:39.340 --> 00:11:41.420 Well what do you think I'm doing now? 00:11:41.419 --> 00:11:45.939 Perspective is so often the key. 00:11:46.599 --> 00:11:48.120 What do we need in life? 00:11:48.159 --> 00:11:51.259 When the voices are all clamoring in our minds 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:52.659 To say this is what you need. 00:11:52.899 --> 00:11:53.679 That's what you need. 00:11:53.799 --> 00:11:55.259 This is what you've got to do. 00:11:56.299 --> 00:11:58.699 Are we seeking just more and more and more? 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:01.419 Or are we thinking to ourselves, 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:04.539 Am I fulfilled in life right now? 00:12:04.539 --> 00:12:08.559 Do I have that peace with God? 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:10.599 Not the peace of just being, 00:12:11.000 --> 00:12:11.399 As it were, 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:12.939 Lazily sitting around. 00:12:13.740 --> 00:12:15.439 But the peace of knowing 00:12:15.439 --> 00:12:18.120 That the Lord is my refuge. 00:12:18.579 --> 00:12:20.980 The Lord is my redeemer. 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:23.899 Because the voices of this world 00:12:23.899 --> 00:12:25.200 Clamor for us 00:12:25.200 --> 00:12:27.960 To seek our rest and our peace 00:12:27.960 --> 00:12:29.159 In everything else 00:12:29.159 --> 00:12:30.840 Apart from God. 00:12:31.800 --> 00:12:33.180 We spend our time 00:12:33.180 --> 00:12:34.680 Making money 00:12:34.680 --> 00:12:35.820 And all of these things. 00:12:36.519 --> 00:12:37.840 And this is what Isaiah 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:39.879 Is speaking about here 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:40.940 In verse 2 you see, 00:12:41.039 --> 00:12:42.480 Why do you spend your money 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:43.840 For that which is not bread 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:44.639 And your labor 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:47.740 For that which does not satisfy? 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:50.180 Why are you purchasing 00:12:50.180 --> 00:12:51.600 The things that don't matter? 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:52.899 The things that aren't 00:12:52.899 --> 00:12:55.259 Really important in this life. 00:12:55.379 --> 00:12:56.340 They are not the things 00:12:56.340 --> 00:12:58.240 That are going to give you satisfaction. 00:12:58.940 --> 00:12:59.879 They are not the things 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:01.539 That are going to give you peace. 00:13:02.440 --> 00:13:03.840 Or your pursuits. 00:13:04.080 --> 00:13:04.940 Why do you labor? 00:13:05.799 --> 00:13:06.840 Why do you work? 00:13:07.220 --> 00:13:09.539 For that which does not satisfy. 00:13:10.000 --> 00:13:12.019 When you keep going after everything 00:13:12.019 --> 00:13:13.519 Thinking this is what is going 00:13:13.519 --> 00:13:15.100 To give me peace. 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:17.080 This is what is going to give me satisfaction. 00:13:17.740 --> 00:13:19.500 But we are always just chasing 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:21.759 After the wrong thing. 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:25.100 Do you know that God knows 00:13:25.100 --> 00:13:26.200 Your heart 00:13:26.200 --> 00:13:28.379 Better than you know it yourself. 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.919 And that is why God 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:32.440 Speaks to this day. 00:13:32.560 --> 00:13:34.240 God didn't abandon his people 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:35.539 In Isaiah's day 00:13:35.539 --> 00:13:38.000 And he has not abandoned us today either. 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:40.960 He is still speaking to us. 00:13:41.019 --> 00:13:42.419 And he knows exactly 00:13:42.419 --> 00:13:43.779 What you need. 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:46.699 But what is your heart saying 00:13:46.699 --> 00:13:47.839 To God? 00:13:48.799 --> 00:13:50.279 What is your reaction 00:13:50.279 --> 00:13:52.519 To God's word? 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:56.539 When you make phone calls 00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:59.659 Phoning a big company 00:13:59.659 --> 00:14:00.519 For example 00:14:00.519 --> 00:14:03.139 When you start the phone call 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:04.039 They will often say 00:14:04.039 --> 00:14:05.519 Your calls are monitored 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:07.379 Recorded for training 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:08.899 And monitoring purposes. 00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:11.459 I always thought 00:14:11.459 --> 00:14:13.299 This was just a nonsense. 00:14:13.860 --> 00:14:15.079 Who is going to monitor 00:14:15.079 --> 00:14:17.000 All of these calls 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:18.019 That are coming in 00:14:18.019 --> 00:14:18.939 Until this week 00:14:18.939 --> 00:14:20.379 I had to phone 00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:21.459 One of these companies 00:14:21.459 --> 00:14:22.379 And explain 00:14:22.379 --> 00:14:24.120 That something was wrong 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:24.879 With an agreement 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:25.659 That I had made. 00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:27.340 And they said 00:14:27.340 --> 00:14:29.039 Well leave it with us 00:14:29.039 --> 00:14:30.100 And we will go back 00:14:30.100 --> 00:14:31.639 And listen to your call 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:32.220 Which was about 00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:33.379 Six weeks ago. 00:14:34.340 --> 00:14:34.840 And I thought 00:14:34.840 --> 00:14:36.039 There is no way 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:37.059 That they are going 00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:38.019 To have this recorded 00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:39.240 But I got a phone call 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:40.019 A few days later 00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.320 Saying 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:42.200 We have listened to the call 00:14:42.200 --> 00:14:44.139 We have heard what was said 00:14:44.139 --> 00:14:44.799 And you are right 00:14:44.799 --> 00:14:45.620 You did not get 00:14:45.620 --> 00:14:46.399 What was agreed 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:47.720 And we will amend that 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:49.620 And I thought to myself 00:14:49.620 --> 00:14:51.620 How many calls 00:14:51.620 --> 00:14:52.460 Do they get? 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:53.379 And they were able 00:14:53.379 --> 00:14:53.919 To go back 00:14:53.919 --> 00:14:55.399 And find my one call 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:56.139 Listen to it 00:14:56.139 --> 00:14:57.639 And change it. 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:00.399 But when we think 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:01.600 Of God like that 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:02.139 We think well 00:15:02.139 --> 00:15:03.779 He knows everything 00:15:03.779 --> 00:15:06.399 He knows every thought 00:15:06.399 --> 00:15:08.120 Every conversation 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:09.899 Everything that has come to mind 00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:11.980 No matter how long ago it was 00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:13.639 Maybe you were a child 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:14.340 And you were thinking 00:15:14.340 --> 00:15:15.980 I love the Lord 00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:17.200 And I just want to come 00:15:17.200 --> 00:15:20.000 And profess my faith in Him 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.800 But now you are thinking 00:15:20.800 --> 00:15:23.259 Oh I have gone so far away 00:15:23.259 --> 00:15:24.080 I can't 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:27.060 God knows your heart 00:15:27.060 --> 00:15:28.660 And maybe God today 00:15:28.660 --> 00:15:29.720 Is speaking to you 00:15:29.720 --> 00:15:31.060 In that very situation 00:15:31.059 --> 00:15:32.399 And reminding you 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:33.179 That that heart 00:15:33.179 --> 00:15:35.359 Is still not so far away 00:15:35.359 --> 00:15:35.819 From God 00:15:35.819 --> 00:15:37.179 That He cannot speak 00:15:37.179 --> 00:15:39.119 That He is speaking 00:15:39.119 --> 00:15:40.279 To you 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:42.879 Everything that we do 00:15:42.879 --> 00:15:44.000 And say is monitored 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:44.799 By God 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:46.000 He knows 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:48.039 But the key is 00:15:48.039 --> 00:15:49.379 He knows your heart today 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:51.179 And as I say 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:52.379 I am speaking to the people 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:52.659 Here 00:15:52.659 --> 00:15:53.819 He is speaking to their heart 00:15:53.819 --> 00:15:54.259 To see 00:15:54.259 --> 00:15:56.099 Where is your heart lying 00:15:56.099 --> 00:15:57.579 In all of these voices 00:15:57.579 --> 00:15:58.939 That are calling to you 00:15:58.939 --> 00:15:59.679 What are you doing 00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:00.739 With them 00:16:00.739 --> 00:16:02.359 Well the second thing 00:16:02.359 --> 00:16:03.059 We see here 00:16:03.059 --> 00:16:04.459 Is the offer 00:16:04.459 --> 00:16:06.379 The offer that is 00:16:06.379 --> 00:16:07.120 Is made 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:07.639 And I say 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:08.859 Here is something 00:16:08.859 --> 00:16:10.779 You must have 00:16:10.779 --> 00:16:13.639 Come everyone who thirsts 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:15.259 Come to the waters 00:16:15.259 --> 00:16:16.899 And he who has no money 00:16:16.899 --> 00:16:19.319 Come buy and eat 00:16:19.319 --> 00:16:20.859 Come buy wine and milk 00:16:20.859 --> 00:16:21.539 Without money 00:16:21.539 --> 00:16:23.059 And without price 00:16:23.059 --> 00:16:23.799 He is saying 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:25.199 Everything that you need 00:16:25.199 --> 00:16:26.759 Is here for you 00:16:26.759 --> 00:16:29.019 Come and receive it 00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:30.899 Every human 00:16:30.899 --> 00:16:32.279 In this world 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:33.539 Has a common need 00:16:33.539 --> 00:16:34.879 And that is 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:36.340 A thirst 00:16:36.340 --> 00:16:37.120 That needs 00:16:37.120 --> 00:16:38.700 To be quenched 00:16:38.700 --> 00:16:41.519 It's a physical thirst 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.240 So often 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:43.080 That we have 00:16:43.080 --> 00:16:44.379 You know what it's like 00:16:44.379 --> 00:16:45.200 When you're getting thirsty 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:45.899 You just need 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:46.720 To get a drink 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:47.700 A drink of water 00:16:47.700 --> 00:16:48.539 To quench 00:16:48.539 --> 00:16:49.980 That thirst 00:16:49.980 --> 00:16:51.940 But here I see 00:16:51.940 --> 00:16:52.680 I was talking about 00:16:52.680 --> 00:16:54.200 A spiritual thirst 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:55.920 A thirst 00:16:55.920 --> 00:16:56.879 For the things 00:16:56.879 --> 00:16:58.200 Of God 00:16:58.200 --> 00:17:00.580 And our thirst 00:17:00.580 --> 00:17:01.379 In this world 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.480 Is so often 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.920 Just like those voices 00:17:03.920 --> 00:17:05.420 Calling to us 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.759 They are there 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:07.940 To seek to quench 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:08.799 That thirst 00:17:08.799 --> 00:17:10.779 But the more 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.359 We just listen 00:17:11.359 --> 00:17:11.980 To the world 00:17:11.980 --> 00:17:13.220 And everything 00:17:13.220 --> 00:17:13.720 That's going on 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:14.399 Around us 00:17:14.399 --> 00:17:15.519 That thirst 00:17:15.519 --> 00:17:16.579 Isn't going 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:17.460 Away 00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.240 That thirst 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:18.980 Is never 00:17:18.980 --> 00:17:20.099 Satisfied 00:17:20.099 --> 00:17:23.000 But God 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:23.480 Is saying 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:23.720 Here 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:24.819 Here is something 00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:26.319 That can quench 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:27.059 Your thirst 00:17:27.059 --> 00:17:28.019 Here is something 00:17:28.019 --> 00:17:29.899 That can satisfy 00:17:29.899 --> 00:17:30.379 You 00:17:30.379 --> 00:17:32.980 Because in the midst 00:17:32.980 --> 00:17:34.399 Of everything else 00:17:34.399 --> 00:17:35.019 Clamoring 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:36.619 For our attention 00:17:36.619 --> 00:17:39.059 When God speaks 00:17:39.059 --> 00:17:40.939 He gives us 00:17:40.939 --> 00:17:41.979 A different kind 00:17:41.979 --> 00:17:42.639 Of thirst 00:17:42.639 --> 00:17:44.519 When God works 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:45.359 By his spirit 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:45.979 In our heart 00:17:45.979 --> 00:17:46.539 He gives us 00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:47.719 A new desire 00:17:47.719 --> 00:17:48.639 For something else 00:17:48.639 --> 00:17:49.519 Something better 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:51.839 And we realise 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:52.379 That there is 00:17:52.379 --> 00:17:53.739 Something missing 00:17:53.739 --> 00:17:56.079 There is something 00:17:56.079 --> 00:17:56.699 Lacking 00:17:56.699 --> 00:17:57.919 In our lives 00:17:57.919 --> 00:17:58.699 That nothing 00:17:58.699 --> 00:17:59.979 In this world 00:17:59.979 --> 00:18:00.899 Can satisfy 00:18:00.899 --> 00:18:02.899 All of these voices 00:18:02.899 --> 00:18:03.639 That we've been 00:18:03.639 --> 00:18:04.239 Listening to 00:18:04.239 --> 00:18:05.139 All the time 00:18:05.139 --> 00:18:06.599 Are thirst 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.699 Is still there 00:18:07.699 --> 00:18:10.659 But Isaiah is saying 00:18:10.659 --> 00:18:11.459 You've tried 00:18:11.459 --> 00:18:12.259 All these things 00:18:12.259 --> 00:18:12.779 Come 00:18:12.779 --> 00:18:14.379 Come 00:18:14.379 --> 00:18:15.939 To the waters 00:18:15.939 --> 00:18:17.619 Come 00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:18.679 To what can 00:18:18.679 --> 00:18:19.179 Truly 00:18:19.179 --> 00:18:20.719 Satisfy you 00:18:20.719 --> 00:18:22.559 A desire 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:23.219 Grows 00:18:23.219 --> 00:18:23.819 Within us 00:18:23.819 --> 00:18:24.719 When the Lord 00:18:24.719 --> 00:18:25.319 Is working 00:18:25.319 --> 00:18:26.240 In our hearts 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:27.500 And we begin 00:18:27.500 --> 00:18:28.159 To realise 00:18:28.159 --> 00:18:29.639 That it is only 00:18:29.639 --> 00:18:30.919 Through him 00:18:30.919 --> 00:18:31.719 That this thirst 00:18:31.719 --> 00:18:32.819 Can be satisfied 00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:34.740 We have this 00:18:34.740 --> 00:18:36.160 This movement 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:36.960 As it is called 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:38.380 This quiet revival 00:18:38.380 --> 00:18:39.099 That people are 00:18:39.099 --> 00:18:39.799 Talking about 00:18:39.799 --> 00:18:41.299 Around our nation 00:18:41.299 --> 00:18:43.099 Where many people 00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:44.359 Are coming back 00:18:44.359 --> 00:18:45.180 To church 00:18:45.180 --> 00:18:46.920 Many people 00:18:46.920 --> 00:18:47.740 Are enquiring 00:18:47.740 --> 00:18:49.299 About the Christian 00:18:49.299 --> 00:18:49.980 Faith 00:18:49.980 --> 00:18:50.940 Why 00:18:50.940 --> 00:18:53.400 Because through 00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:53.960 Everything 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:54.940 They are not 00:18:54.940 --> 00:18:55.480 Getting their 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:56.000 Thirst 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.740 Quenched 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:58.460 There is still 00:18:58.460 --> 00:18:59.420 Something 00:18:59.420 --> 00:19:00.240 Missing 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:02.339 And so 00:19:02.339 --> 00:19:03.700 It is the same 00:19:03.700 --> 00:19:04.339 With us 00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:04.980 When we are 00:19:04.980 --> 00:19:05.819 Without Christ 00:19:05.819 --> 00:19:07.059 There is always 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:07.579 Going to be 00:19:07.579 --> 00:19:08.240 Something 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:09.420 Missing 00:19:09.420 --> 00:19:11.519 But here 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:12.279 Is the offer 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:14.240 Here is something 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:15.559 That you must 00:19:15.559 --> 00:19:16.140 Hear 00:19:16.140 --> 00:19:17.799 Throughout 00:19:17.799 --> 00:19:18.799 These verses 00:19:18.799 --> 00:19:20.159 A phrase 00:19:20.159 --> 00:19:20.819 Is repeated 00:19:20.819 --> 00:19:21.359 That is really 00:19:21.359 --> 00:19:22.319 Saying the same 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:22.599 Thing 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:22.899 It is about 00:19:22.899 --> 00:19:23.539 Listening 00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:24.639 Like I said 00:19:24.639 --> 00:19:24.899 Earlier 00:19:24.899 --> 00:19:25.559 That word 00:19:25.559 --> 00:19:26.119 Come 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:26.720 At the very 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.399 First word 00:19:27.399 --> 00:19:28.059 Of the chapter 00:19:28.059 --> 00:19:29.139 It is often 00:19:29.139 --> 00:19:29.599 Translated 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:30.259 Ho 00:19:30.259 --> 00:19:31.720 It is just 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:32.480 This word 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:34.319 Grabbing 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.720 For your 00:19:34.720 --> 00:19:35.279 Attention 00:19:35.279 --> 00:19:36.960 Seeking 00:19:36.960 --> 00:19:37.680 Your attention 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:38.500 And so 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:38.940 Isaiah 00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:39.639 Goes on 00:19:39.639 --> 00:19:40.539 And he speaks 00:19:40.539 --> 00:19:40.839 About 00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.839 Listen 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:42.680 Diligently 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:43.359 Hear 00:19:43.359 --> 00:19:44.059 He uses 00:19:44.059 --> 00:19:45.299 All these words 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.039 Incline 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.759 Your ear 00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:48.140 It is all 00:19:48.140 --> 00:19:48.440 About 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:49.180 Listen 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:49.759 Listen 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:50.339 Listen 00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:51.660 And what 00:19:51.660 --> 00:19:51.900 Are you 00:19:51.900 --> 00:19:52.319 Listening 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:52.799 To 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:53.779 You think 00:19:53.779 --> 00:19:54.299 About going 00:19:54.299 --> 00:19:54.940 Out 00:19:54.940 --> 00:19:55.400 Eating 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:56.660 In cities 00:19:56.660 --> 00:19:57.519 In our 00:19:57.519 --> 00:19:58.039 Own nation 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.799 Or in other 00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.519 Parts of the 00:19:59.519 --> 00:19:59.779 World 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.220 Very often 00:20:00.220 --> 00:20:00.819 There is people 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.379 Out on the 00:20:01.379 --> 00:20:01.720 Street 00:20:01.720 --> 00:20:02.259 They are all 00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:03.339 Calling again 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.579 For your 00:20:03.579 --> 00:20:03.920 Attention 00:20:03.920 --> 00:20:04.359 Come 00:20:04.359 --> 00:20:05.099 Come to 00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:05.779 This restaurant 00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:06.480 Come try 00:20:06.480 --> 00:20:07.160 This food 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:09.359 Everybody says 00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:09.779 They have got 00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:10.440 The best 00:20:10.440 --> 00:20:12.500 Well here I 00:20:12.500 --> 00:20:12.960 Say in the 00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.619 Midst of all 00:20:13.619 --> 00:20:14.079 These other 00:20:14.079 --> 00:20:14.420 Voices 00:20:14.420 --> 00:20:14.859 They are saying 00:20:14.859 --> 00:20:15.339 Come 00:20:15.339 --> 00:20:16.559 Come and see 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:17.139 What I have 00:20:17.139 --> 00:20:17.619 On offer 00:20:17.619 --> 00:20:18.500 Come to 00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.079 The water 00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:20.220 Come without 00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.539 Money 00:20:20.539 --> 00:20:21.079 Come without 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.619 Price 00:20:21.619 --> 00:20:22.480 Buy wine 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.039 And milk 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:24.099 Without money 00:20:24.099 --> 00:20:24.519 And without 00:20:24.519 --> 00:20:25.179 Price 00:20:25.179 --> 00:20:28.299 Do you have 00:20:28.299 --> 00:20:29.019 That thirst 00:20:29.019 --> 00:20:29.839 In your soul 00:20:29.839 --> 00:20:30.240 Today 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:32.359 Have you been 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:32.839 One of these 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:33.419 Ones who has 00:20:33.419 --> 00:20:34.019 Been trying 00:20:34.019 --> 00:20:35.019 To fulfill 00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.700 Everything in 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.059 This by 00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:36.599 Listening to 00:20:36.599 --> 00:20:37.119 This world 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.679 This is going 00:20:37.679 --> 00:20:38.700 To quench 00:20:38.700 --> 00:20:39.259 That thirst 00:20:39.259 --> 00:20:40.039 Finally I am 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:40.440 Going to have 00:20:40.440 --> 00:20:40.799 Peace 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:41.779 And it is 00:20:41.779 --> 00:20:42.440 Still not 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:42.799 There 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:45.659 Well the 00:20:45.659 --> 00:20:46.039 Lord 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:46.960 Speaks 00:20:46.960 --> 00:20:47.480 To us 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:47.799 All 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:48.940 And he 00:20:48.940 --> 00:20:49.139 Asks 00:20:49.139 --> 00:20:49.539 Well what 00:20:49.539 --> 00:20:50.319 Is important 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:51.980 What is 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.740 Your priority 00:20:52.740 --> 00:20:53.799 He says 00:20:53.799 --> 00:20:54.299 Here is 00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.839 Water 00:20:54.839 --> 00:20:56.039 Here is 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:56.259 What 00:20:56.259 --> 00:20:57.059 Gives 00:20:57.059 --> 00:20:57.599 Life 00:20:57.599 --> 00:20:58.359 To us 00:20:58.359 --> 00:20:59.500 Here is 00:20:59.500 --> 00:21:00.059 Wine 00:21:00.059 --> 00:21:00.819 Here is 00:21:00.819 --> 00:21:01.240 Milk 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:01.680 Here is 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:02.440 Everything 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:02.759 That we 00:21:02.759 --> 00:21:03.019 Need 00:21:03.019 --> 00:21:03.960 For life 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.379 To the 00:21:04.379 --> 00:21:04.720 Full 00:21:04.720 --> 00:21:05.500 When you 00:21:05.500 --> 00:21:05.759 Think of 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:06.339 These three 00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.879 Things 00:21:06.879 --> 00:21:07.740 Water 00:21:07.740 --> 00:21:09.220 And bread 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.519 They were 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.019 Often just 00:21:10.019 --> 00:21:10.659 The staple 00:21:10.659 --> 00:21:11.379 Things for 00:21:11.380 --> 00:21:12.220 Everybody to 00:21:12.220 --> 00:21:12.520 Have 00:21:12.520 --> 00:21:13.460 Wine 00:21:13.460 --> 00:21:14.060 And milk 00:21:14.060 --> 00:21:14.840 They were 00:21:14.840 --> 00:21:15.760 Extravagant 00:21:15.760 --> 00:21:17.560 But yet 00:21:17.560 --> 00:21:18.340 Here he is 00:21:18.340 --> 00:21:18.720 Saying you 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.040 Can have 00:21:19.040 --> 00:21:19.480 All of 00:21:19.480 --> 00:21:19.720 These 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.220 Things 00:21:20.220 --> 00:21:21.380 It is 00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:21.960 All there 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:22.620 For you 00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:24.820 He offers 00:21:24.820 --> 00:21:25.560 Us all 00:21:25.560 --> 00:21:26.320 That we 00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:26.660 Need 00:21:26.660 --> 00:21:28.600 And that 00:21:28.600 --> 00:21:29.160 Is true 00:21:29.160 --> 00:21:30.040 Today 00:21:30.040 --> 00:21:31.040 As well 00:21:31.040 --> 00:21:32.580 The offer 00:21:32.580 --> 00:21:33.480 Of salvation 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.100 In Jesus 00:21:34.100 --> 00:21:34.640 Christ 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:34.960 Is like 00:21:34.960 --> 00:21:35.220 What we 00:21:35.220 --> 00:21:35.520 Have 00:21:35.520 --> 00:21:36.420 In the 00:21:36.420 --> 00:21:36.900 Offer 00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.200 Here 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.700 Come 00:21:37.700 --> 00:21:38.560 To the 00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:38.980 Waters 00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.500 Come 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.400 By wine 00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:41.519 And milk 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:42.519 Everything 00:21:42.519 --> 00:21:42.860 That was 00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.540 Essential 00:21:43.540 --> 00:21:45.220 Water 00:21:45.220 --> 00:21:46.480 In the 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.200 Scriptures 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.780 Is often 00:21:47.780 --> 00:21:48.620 Either seen 00:21:48.620 --> 00:21:48.960 As the 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:49.400 Life 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:50.220 Giving 00:21:50.220 --> 00:21:50.920 Spirit 00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:52.040 Of God 00:21:52.040 --> 00:21:53.240 Wine 00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:53.880 Is seen 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:54.320 As something 00:21:54.320 --> 00:21:54.800 That gives 00:21:54.800 --> 00:21:55.500 Joy 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:57.240 And milk 00:21:57.240 --> 00:21:57.800 Is often 00:21:57.800 --> 00:21:58.700 Described as 00:21:58.700 --> 00:21:59.680 What we need 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:00.500 To sustain 00:22:00.500 --> 00:22:00.880 Is often 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:01.519 Described as 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:02.140 The word 00:22:02.140 --> 00:22:02.740 Of God 00:22:02.740 --> 00:22:03.840 So here 00:22:03.840 --> 00:22:04.140 We are 00:22:04.140 --> 00:22:04.620 Saying that 00:22:04.620 --> 00:22:05.180 Everything 00:22:05.180 --> 00:22:05.500 That we 00:22:05.500 --> 00:22:05.840 Need 00:22:05.840 --> 00:22:06.780 Is found 00:22:06.780 --> 00:22:07.240 Here 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:09.620 The Lord 00:22:09.620 --> 00:22:10.059 Has given 00:22:10.059 --> 00:22:10.279 Us 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:10.500 His 00:22:10.500 --> 00:22:11.160 Spirit 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:12.440 He has 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:12.839 Given us 00:22:12.839 --> 00:22:13.460 That joy 00:22:13.460 --> 00:22:13.779 That is 00:22:13.779 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There 00:24:21.380 --> 00:24:21.640 Is a 00:24:21.640 --> 00:24:22.120 Price 00:24:22.120 --> 00:24:22.340 That 00:24:22.340 --> 00:24:22.500 Was 00:24:22.500 --> 00:24:23.100 Paid 00:24:23.100 --> 00:24:24.460 Well of 00:24:24.460 --> 00:24:24.840 Course 00:24:24.840 --> 00:24:25.100 There 00:24:25.100 --> 00:24:25.460 Is 00:24:25.460 --> 00:24:26.740 Because 00:24:26.740 --> 00:24:27.019 That's 00:24:27.019 --> 00:24:27.279 What the 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:27.759 Lord's 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.019 Supper 00:24:28.019 --> 00:24:28.539 Is all 00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:28.880 About 00:24:28.880 --> 00:24:29.200 It's 00:24:29.200 --> 00:24:29.440 Do 00:24:29.440 --> 00:24:29.840 This 00:24:29.840 --> 00:24:30.880 In 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:31.580 Remembrance 00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.379 Of me 00:24:32.380 --> 00:25:02.380 00:25:02.380 --> 00:25:32.380 00:25:32.380 --> 00:25:42.660 all. Jesus paid it all. All to him I owe. Sin had left a crimson stain. He washed it white as snow. 00:25:43.420 --> 00:25:57.200 Jesus paid it all. The price has been paid. Is the Lord working in your heart? In all the voices 00:25:57.200 --> 00:26:05.319 that are going on around us, is his voice being heard in your heart? He is saying, come. 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:17.480 He is saying, come. Will you? There was a mission going on many years ago on New Year's Day, 00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:25.180 1886. The mission was to take place in a hall. Before the mission was to start, they were 00:26:25.180 --> 00:26:33.240 out on the streets, a group singing some psalms and hymns and a message being given. And after 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:38.580 they had finished singing the last song and a message had been given, they started to make 00:26:38.580 --> 00:26:45.620 their way back to the hall. Some people had been listening in the passing, but one young 00:26:45.620 --> 00:26:53.060 woman had listened to the man speak the gospel. And as they were walking back, this woman came 00:26:53.059 --> 00:26:59.299 up behind the man and called out to him. And she said, I heard you addressing the open 00:26:59.299 --> 00:27:06.259 air meeting just now. And this is what she said, do you think, sir, that Jesus could save 00:27:06.259 --> 00:27:17.859 a sinner like me? Is that your question today? Do you think Jesus could save a sinner like me? 00:27:17.859 --> 00:27:28.899 Well, the answer is, of course he can. And that's what this invitation is for. It's not for the perfect. 00:27:29.740 --> 00:27:37.099 It's not for those who have everything sorted. It is for sinners such as we are, that we might 00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:50.339 come and see a Savior who has paid the price. Jesus paid it all. All to him I owe. Will you come? 00:27:51.059 --> 00:27:51.939 Let us pray. 00:27:55.219 --> 00:28:01.899 Lord, our gracious God, we do thank you that in Christ Jesus we have one who has done all for his 00:28:01.900 --> 00:28:08.480 people. Nothing is left short. There is nothing that we can give that would make any difference, 00:28:08.620 --> 00:28:16.700 but just to see the price is paid and the offer is there before us. So, Lord, may your word bless our 00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:22.960 hearts today. May it speak to us. May it challenge us. May it direct us to the one who came to save 00:28:22.960 --> 00:28:30.100 sinners such as we are. And as we even think now of preparing for another communion season, as we think 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:37.179 of preparing to come to do this in remembrance of him, may our hearts be stirred up not to look at 00:28:37.179 --> 00:28:44.939 ourselves, but to look on him who was pierced for our transgressions. Hear our prayers and go before us. 00:28:44.939 --> 00:28:47.959 We ask all in his precious name. Amen. 00:28:47.960 --> 00:29:02.420 We'll conclude by singing to God's praise in Psalm 67. Sing Psalm's version. Psalm 67. 00:29:05.420 --> 00:29:10.600 We'll sing the whole of this Psalm. Page 84 of the Psalm books. 00:29:10.599 --> 00:29:17.219 God be merciful and bless us. Shine upon us with your face, that the earth may know your actions and all 00:29:17.219 --> 00:29:22.799 lands your saving grace. We'll stand to sing the whole of this Psalm to God's praise. 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:52.779 God be merciful and bless us. Shine upon us with your face, that the earth may know your actions and all 00:29:52.779 --> 00:30:15.779 and all lands your saving grace. O God, may the peoples praise you. May all peoples sing your praise. 00:30:15.779 --> 00:30:44.019 For you judge the nations justly, ruling over every race. May they sing with joy and gladness. May they all 00:30:44.019 --> 00:31:11.519 rejoice as one. O God, may the peoples praise you. As they all unite in song. Then the land will yield its harvest. 00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:35.519 God will pour his gifts abroad. God, our God, will surely bless us. All the earth will fear our God. 00:31:35.519 --> 00:31:40.680 After the benediction, I'll go to the main door. We'll close with the benediction. 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:51.440 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. Amen. 00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:07.519 Amen. 00:32:35.519 --> 00:32:37.519 Amen. 00:33:05.519 --> 00:33:07.519 Amen. 00:33:35.519 --> 00:33:37.519 Amen. 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:07.519 Amen. 00:34:35.519 --> 00:34:37.519 Amen. 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.519 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.519 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.519 00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:37.920 Amen. 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:34:37.920 00:34:37.920 --> 00:35:07.900 Thank you.