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 We're going to begin by singing to God's praise in Psalm 33. It's not from verse 18,

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 as marked on the bulletin sheets, from verse 15. And we'll sing from verse 15

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 down to the end of the psalm. Page 246 of the psalm books, Psalm 33 at verse 15.

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 He forms their hearts alike and all their doings he observes.

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 Great host saves not a king much strength, no mighty man preserves.

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 Then from verse 19 there, from death to free their soul and dearth,

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 life unto them to yield. Our soul doth wait upon the Lord. He is our help and shield.

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 We'll sing from verse 15 down to the end of the psalm and the tune is Irish.

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 He forms their hearts alike and all their doings he observes.

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 Great host save not a king, but strength no mighty man preserves.

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 And hordes for preservation is a deceitful thing.

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 And by the greatness of his strength can no deliverance bring.

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 Behold on those that do him fear, the Lord doth set his eye.

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 Heave those who on his mercy do, with confidence rely.

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 Heave those who on his mercy do, with confidence rely.

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 From death to free their soul and dearth, life unto them to yield.

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 Our soul doth wait upon the Lord. He is our help and shield.

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 His heart is a god's sin.

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 If there is a burden being soMan çaigneur near me.

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 As we do hope in thee.

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 Let's join our hearts together in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, we come before you this night

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 thankful for every opportunity we have to call upon your name,

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 to praise your name and to give thanks to you

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 as our Lord and as our God.

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 And to come even as the psalmist from the psalm we've sung,

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 waiting upon you.

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 As he said, our soul doth wait upon the Lord.

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 He is our help and shield.

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 Help us to come with these words in mind,

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 recognizing who you are,

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 that you are indeed our help and our shield,

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 the one who preserves us, the one who keeps us.

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 For the psalm warns us too

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 that there is no preservation in a horse, as it is put.

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 For there the psalmist is thinking of putting their trust in the armies

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 and the strength of armies,

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 that they might find protection in that way.

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 But ultimately, they knew and we know

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 that our only protection, our only salvation,

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 is through the Lord as our God.

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 And so we pray, Lord, this evening that as we come,

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 we will come acknowledging you as that Lord,

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 the Lord of our lives,

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 the Lord of our hearts,

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 the Lord of all that we seek to do.

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 For apart from you, Lord, we can do nothing.

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 And so help us to come

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 and worship you in that way,

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 to put our trust in you,

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 that our hearts may be joyful,

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 that we might know your mercy upon us

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 as we put our hope in you.

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 And Lord, we pray for your word to be blessed to us,

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 that all that we hear would speak to us

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 of the wonder of your salvation

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 and your love and your grace towards us,

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 of the challenge to obedience to you,

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 and that your spirit would work in all our hearts

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 to build us up in our faith,

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 to help us to trust you more,

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 even to come and know you for the first time,

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 to know that joy of salvation,

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 to know what it is to have our hearts opened

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 and to receive you in that way,

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 to understand you,

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 to understand your word,

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 to understand your grace and your love,

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 to understand all that it means for our lives just now

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 and all that it means for eternity

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 that's before us all as well.

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 So help us, Lord,

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 that your spirit would be with us

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 to prompt us in that way,

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 to know you and to understand you as you are.

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 And we thank you, Lord,

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 that your word is powerful to that end,

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 that your word is the word of truth

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 and the word of life,

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 the word that sets us free.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that as your word is proclaimed here

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 and around us in so many different places

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 in our communities,

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 in our island,

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 our nation and the world,

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 in the many different languages

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 it's proclaimed in.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that it goes out with your power

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 and your spirit

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 and that that is a word

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 that is able to convince people

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 of who you are,

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 to convict in their hearts

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 and to convert them to you.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 for your spirit to move around us

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 and among us

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 and bring life to those who are dead,

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 bring life to those who are lost in this world,

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 not realizing the eternity before them.

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 But, Lord,

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 we pray for your salvation,

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 your saving power,

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 the light of your salvation,

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 to go out

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 and bring that light of hope.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 that today and each day

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 that you allow your word

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 to be among us, Lord,

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 for we do not know

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 the number of our days,

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 we do not know

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 when the Lord will return.

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 But we pray that until he does,

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 your voice will be heard

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 and that you will save many people.

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 And we know, Lord,

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 that we live in a world

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 that is full of so many challenges,

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 so many difficulties,

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 so many trials.

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 We know around us, Lord,

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 so many who are going through them

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 in different ways.

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 Even ourselves, Lord,

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 although on the outside

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 things may seem calm and right,

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 we know that within, Lord,

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 and even in our own hearts

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 there can be troubles

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 that are maybe only known unto you.

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 And we thank you that that is so,

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 that you are the one

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 who is able to calm our souls

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 and to calm our hearts.

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 You are the one who is able to,

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 as we heard this morning,

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 to call us to come

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 and put our trust in you,

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 that you are the one

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 who reaches down your hand to us

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 when we feel that we are

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 sinking under the waves

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 and that you are able

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 to lift us up

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 and to give us that security

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 to take us into

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 that secure place with you.

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 And so, Lord,

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 we pray that you will help

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 each of us

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 to know that security

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 and to know that hope

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 and that that hope

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 would be known

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 among many around us.

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 We pray for those

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 in particular needs

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 just now, Lord,

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 thankful for the power

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 of prayer,

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 thankful for the way

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 that you hear our prayers

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 and that you are able

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 to answer

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 and so often in ways

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 that go beyond

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 our understanding

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 and beyond

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 what we ask

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 or imagine,

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 as Paul says

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 in Ephesians.

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 We thank you

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 that you help us

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 to marvel at the way

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 that you remind us

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 of the power

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 that you have,

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 that you remind us,

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 Lord,

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 that you are able

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 to do abundantly

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 more than we ask

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 or imagine.

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 And so,

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 we thank you,

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 Lord,

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 for prayers heard

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 and answered

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 and we pray,

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 Lord,

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 that whatever your answer

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 is,

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 whatever your will

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 is for us,

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 that we will always

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 be content with that

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 and that that would

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 be our prayer.

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 And so,

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 hear our prayers,

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 Lord,

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 for those around us,

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 for those who are

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 unwell at this time,

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 for those who are

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 mourning at this time,

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 for those who

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 go through so many

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 different challenges,

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 Lord,

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 we pray for you

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 to surround them,

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 to uphold them,

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 to strengthen them.

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 Remember those who

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 struggle with addictions

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 at this time as well,

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 Lord,

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 we know so much

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 of our community

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 is bound up

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 in that way,

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 so much of it

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 is perhaps hidden

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 from us at times

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 and yet it's around us

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 in so many different ways.

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 And we pray,

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 Lord,

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 that in the silence

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 and the hiddenness

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 of it,

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 that in your knowledge

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 Lord,

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 that you will

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 draw near to

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 all who need you

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 in these ways

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 and help them,

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 Lord,

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 give them hope,

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 give them security,

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 give them the knowledge

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 of your grace

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 and your love,

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 give them to know,

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 Lord,

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 of the joy

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 that is found in you

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 and not in anything else

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 that this world offers.

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 And so we pray,

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 Lord,

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 for your help

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 to break these bonds.

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 We pray for your church,

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 we thank you

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 for a week

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 of General Assembly

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 in Edinburgh

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 for our denomination

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 and we pray

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 that your blessing

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 will follow it

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 upon all that was done

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 and upon all that

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 goes on going forward

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 from here as well,

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 that your hand

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 will be upon us

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 for good,

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 to lead us,

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 to guide us,

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 to help us

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 in all our different needs,

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 that ministries

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 will go on,

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 Lord,

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 throughout our nation

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 and throughout the world,

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 that there will be

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 a sense of your blessing

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 and your building

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 your church

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 in these days.

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 And we thank you,

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 Lord,

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 that there are

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 so many encouragements

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 from different places

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 around the world

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 as well as our own nation.

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 We are reminded

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 that you are the one

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 who builds this church

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 and that there is nothing

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 that will overwhelm it

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 or overcome it.

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 And we pray,

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 Lord,

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 for a day of your power,

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 a day of your salvation

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 in our midst.

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 We pray too,

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 Lord,

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 for our communities

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 at this time,

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 Lord,

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 we think of

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 the needs that we have,

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 Lord,

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 we think of

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 our homes

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 and our families

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 and our ignorance

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 of you

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 in so many ways.

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 Lord,

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 even as your people,

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 even as your church,

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 we can be blind

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 to what you call us to,

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 what you call us to be,

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 what you ask of us,

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 Lord,

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 and all of these things

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 we can go on

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 in our own wisdom.

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 But help us,

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 Lord,

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 to look not to

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 our own wisdom

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 but to yours.

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 To recognize,

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 Lord,

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 that as a people

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 that we are here

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 but for a time.

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 And we pray,

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 Lord,

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 that to have that spirit

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 of Esther

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 when we hear these words

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 for such a time as this.

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 And we pray,

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 Lord,

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 that you would remind us

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 that that is our providence

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 just now.

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 For such a time as this,

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 Lord,

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 you have placed us here.

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 You have given us opportunities.

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 You have given us moments.

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 You have given us

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 so many different blessings

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 and kindnesses.

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 And help us,

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 Lord,

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 not to take them for granted

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 but to use every good

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 and perfect gift

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 that you have given to us.

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 Whether they be

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 as a collective people

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 or individually,

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 help us,

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 Lord,

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 not to bury our talents

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 but to use them wisely

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 and to use them richly

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 for your glory.

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 That your blessing

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 may be upon us.

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 That we might know

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 your favour upon us

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 as a people.

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 So, Lord,

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 hear our prayers,

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 we ask,

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 and remember us

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 in all of these things

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 and help us

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 even this evening

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 as we prepare ourselves

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 and look ahead

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 to the week before us

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 and especially

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 to a communion weekend

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 to seek your blessing upon us,

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 to seek your good

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 in our midst,

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 to seek encouragement,

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 Lord,

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 to seek

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 that our hearts

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 will be built up

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 and strengthened

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 in our faith

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 for those

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 who have professed Christ

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 that they will know

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 once more

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 that overwhelming power

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 of what Jesus

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 has done for us.

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 That we will not

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 grow weary of it,

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 that we will not

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 lose our sense

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 of awe

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 and amazement

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 and wonder

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 of the one

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 who gave us life

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 for us,

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 that we might know

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 life through him.

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 Lord,

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 for some we might cry,

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 restore to us

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 salvation's joy.

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 And we pray,

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 Lord,

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 for others to come,

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 to come and put

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 their trust in you,

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 to come and know you

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 in that way,

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 to come and know,

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 Lord,

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 your saving power

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 and to know the blessing

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 that there is

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 in obedience

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 to your command.

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 And so we ask,

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 oh Lord,

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 that you will go before us,

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 that you will bless us

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 by your word

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 and by your spirit

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 in all that we do

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 and all that we see.

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 As we come,

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 we come confessing

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 our sins before you,

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 knowing,

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 Lord,

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 that you alone

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 are able to forgive,

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 but you,

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 Lord,

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 are able to do

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 so much

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 that we

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 so often forget,

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 that you have

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 paid the ultimate price,

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 that our sins

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 are forgiven

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 through the blood

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 of Jesus

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 who gave his life

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 for us.

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 So hear our prayers,

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 Lord,

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 and continue with us

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 as we ask it all

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 in his precious name

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 and for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's praise God again

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 by singing

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 in Psalm 25,

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 the first version

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 of the Psalm

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 in page 231,

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 the Scottish Psalter version.

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 Psalm 25,

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 we'll sing from verse 1

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 to verse 6

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 in Tunes Surich.

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 To thee I lift my soul,

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 O Lord,

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 I trust in thee.

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 My God,

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 let me not be ashamed,

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 nor foes triumph

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 over me.

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 We'll sing from verse 1

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 to verse 6

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 to God's praise.

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 to thee I lift my soul,

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 O Lord,

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 I trust in thee.

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 My God,

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 let me not be ashamed,

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 nor foes triumph

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 for me.

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 Let none that wait

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 on thee

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 be put to shame

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 at all,

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 but those that without

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 cause transgress,

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 let shame upon them fall.

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 Show me thy ways,

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 O Lord,

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 thy paths,

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 O teach thy me,

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 and do thy lead me

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 in thy truth,

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 therein my teacher be.

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 For thou art God

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 that does,

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 to me salvation send,

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 and lie upon thee

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 all the day,

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 expecting to attend.

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 thy death,

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 thy death,

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 thy mercy,

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 Lord,

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 I pray thee to remember,

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 and loving kindnesses

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 for thee have been

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 all for forever.

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 God.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to read together

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 God's word

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 in the book of Acts,

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 in Acts chapter 5.

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 We're going to take up

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 our reading at verse 12.

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 Acts chapter 5,

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 reading from verse 12,

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 and we read down

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 to verse 32.

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 Now many signs

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 and wonders

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 were regularly done

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 among the people

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 by the hands

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 of the apostles,

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 and they were all together

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 in Solomon's portico.

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 None of the rest

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 dared join them,

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 but the people

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 held them in high esteem.

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 And more than ever,

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 believers were added

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 to the Lord,

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 multitudes of both men

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 and women,

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 so that they even

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 carried out their sick

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 into the streets

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 and laid them

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 on cots and mats.

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 And as Peter came by,

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 at least his shadow

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 might fall on some of them.

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 The people also gathered

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 from the towns

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 round Jerusalem,

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 bringing the sick

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 and those afflicted

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 with unclean spirits,

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 and they were all healed.

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 But the high priest

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 rose up,

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 and all who were with him,

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 that is,

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 the party of the Sadducees,

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 and filled with jealousy,

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 they arrested the apostles

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 and put them

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 in the public prison.

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 But during the night,

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 an angel of the Lord

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 opened the prison

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 and doors

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 and brought them out

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 and said,

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 Go and stand

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 in the temple

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 and speak to the people

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 all the words

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 of this life.

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 And when they heard this,

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 they entered the temple

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 at daybreak

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 and began to teach.

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 Now when the high priest

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 came and those

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 who were with them,

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 they called together

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 the council

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 and all the senate

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 of Israel

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 and sent to the prison

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 to have them brought.

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 But when the officers

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 came,

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 they did not find them

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 in the prison,

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 so they returned

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 and reported.

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 We found the prison

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 securely locked

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 and the guards

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 standing at the doors,

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 but when we opened them,

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 we found no one inside.

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 Now when the captain

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 of the temple

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 and the chief priests

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 heard these words,

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 they were greatly

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 perplexed about them,

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 wondering what this

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 would come to.

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 And someone came

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 and told them,

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 Look, the men

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 whom you put in prison

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 are standing in the temple

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 and teaching the people.

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 And then the captain

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 with the officers

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 went and brought them,

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 but not by force,

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 for they were afraid

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 of being stoned

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 by the people.

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 And when they had brought them,

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 they set them

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 before the council.

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 The high priest

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 questioned them,

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 saying,

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 We strictly charged you

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 not to teach

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 in this name,

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 yet here you have

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 filled Jerusalem

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 with your teaching

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 and you intend

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 to bring this man's

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 blood upon us.

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 But Peter and the apostles

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 answered,

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 We must obey God

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 rather than men.

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 The God of our fathers

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 raised Jesus,

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 whom you killed

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 by hanging him

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 on a tree.

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 God exalted him

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 at his right hand

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 as leader and saviour

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 to give repentance

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 to Israel

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 and forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 And we are witnesses

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 to these things.

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 And so is the Holy Spirit

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 whom God has given

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 to those

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 who obey him.

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 And so on.

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 And may God bless

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 that reading

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 from his word.

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 Before we turn back

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 to look at this passage,

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 we'll sing from

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 Psalm 48a

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 in the Sing Psalms version.

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 Psalm 48a

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 on page 63

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 of the psalm books.

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 We'll sing from

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 verse 4 down to

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 verse 11.

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 When kings joined

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 forces to attack

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 as one,

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 they marched ahead.

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 They saw her

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 and they were amazed.

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 They all in terror

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 fled.

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 Like women giving birth

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 in pain,

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 they trembled in dismay.

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 You wrecked them

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 like a merchant fleet

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 by tempest

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 blown away.

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 As we have heard,

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 so we have seen.

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 God's city

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 will endure.

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 The Lord Almighty

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 evermore

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 his city

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 keeps secure.

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 We'll sing from

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 verse 4 down

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 to verse 11.

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 And the tune is

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 Paisley.

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 Paisley.

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 When kings joined

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 forces to attack,

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 as long they marched

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 ahead.

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 They saw her and they were amazed.

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 They all in terror

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 fled.

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 Like women giving birth

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 in pain,

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 they trembled in dismay.

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 You wrecked them

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 like a merchant fleet

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 by tempest

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 blown away.

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 As we have fled,

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 so have we seen.

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 God's city

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 will endure.

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 The Lord Almighty

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 evermore

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 has set

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 deep

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 keeps

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 secure.

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 we

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 contemplate

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 your steadfast

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 love

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 within

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 your

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 hearts,

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 O God.

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 For

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 like

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 your name

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 your grace

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 extends

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 through

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 all

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 the

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 air

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 abroad.

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 Lord.

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 All that

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 you do

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 is righteous,

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 Lord,

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 Mount Zion's

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 joyous

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 great.

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 And

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 Judah's

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 towns

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 rejoice

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 as they

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 your

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 judgments

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 celebrate.

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 we can

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 turn back

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 to our

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 reading in

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 the book

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 of Acts

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 chapter 5.

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 We're looking

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 at this section

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 that we read.

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 We'll just

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 read again

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 at verse

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 29.

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 But Peter

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 and the

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 apostles

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 answered,

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 we must

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 obey

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 God

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 rather than

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 men.

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 The God

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 of our

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 fathers

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 raised

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 Jesus,

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 whom you

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 killed

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 by hanging

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 him on

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 a tree.

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 God

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 exalted

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 him at

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 his right

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 hand

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 as leader

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 and saviour

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 to give

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 repentance

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 to Israel

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 and forgiveness

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 of sins.

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 And we are

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 witnesses to

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 these things.

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 And so is

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 the Holy

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 Spirit whom

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 God has

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 given to

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 those who

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 obey

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 him.

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 We must

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 obey

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 God

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 rather

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 than

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 men.

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 men.

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 When you

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 think back

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 in your

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 life,

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 what's

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 your

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 earliest

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 memory?

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 What's

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 the first

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 thing that

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 you can

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 remember as

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 you think

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 back?

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 I'm sure

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 the more

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 you think

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 about it,

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 the more

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 different

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 things might

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 come back

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 to you.

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 And sometimes

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 it's hard

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 to distinguish

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 just what

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 was the

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 earliest

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 memory,

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 because there

00:25:19.139 --> 00:25:19.319
 would be a

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 number of

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 different

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 memories that

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 kind of

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 merge

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 together.

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 But how

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 many of

00:25:23.899 --> 00:25:24.619
 these memories

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 involve

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 people,

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 and especially

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 how many

00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.779
 of these

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 involve

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 people

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 telling you

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 what you

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 should or

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 what you

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 shouldn't

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 do.

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 It might

00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:37.120
 be the

00:25:37.120 --> 00:25:37.640
 memories of

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 your parents,

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 it might

00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.140
 be the

00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:41.019
 memories of

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.880
 a school

00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.400
 teacher,

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 it might

00:25:43.440 --> 00:25:43.759
 be the

00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.400
 memories of

00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:45.000
 a minister

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.460
 or a

00:25:45.460 --> 00:25:45.720
 Sunday

00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:46.039
 school

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.519
 teacher,

00:25:46.900 --> 00:25:47.299
 but the

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:47.680
 message

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:47.960
 that they've

00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:48.360
 been giving

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 you is to

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:50.120
 do something

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:51.299
 or not

00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:51.759
 to do

00:25:51.759 --> 00:25:52.299
 something.

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 And very

00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:54.180
 often it's

00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:54.740
 in light of

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:55.120
 you having

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:55.480
 done

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.360
 the opposite

00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:56.740
 of what

00:25:56.740 --> 00:25:57.099
 was being

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.120
 asked of

00:25:58.120 --> 00:25:58.400
 you.

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 And these

00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.440
 memories

00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:01.599
 stand out

00:26:01.599 --> 00:26:02.059
 because very

00:26:02.059 --> 00:26:02.599
 often they

00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:03.500
 instill in

00:26:03.500 --> 00:26:03.900
 you maybe

00:26:03.900 --> 00:26:04.579
 a sense

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.640
 of fear.

00:26:06.420 --> 00:26:06.680
 There can

00:26:06.680 --> 00:26:07.200
 be a sense

00:26:07.200 --> 00:26:07.660
 of fear

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:08.099
 that you've

00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:09.339
 let somebody

00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:09.839
 down or

00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:10.160
 that you've

00:26:10.160 --> 00:26:10.559
 done

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.660
 something

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:12.299
 wrong.

00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.180
 And letting

00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:15.140
 someone down

00:26:15.140 --> 00:26:15.980
 is often

00:26:15.980 --> 00:26:16.500
 something that

00:26:16.500 --> 00:26:17.240
 just stays

00:26:17.240 --> 00:26:18.160
 with us.

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:20.000
 But when we

00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.680
 think about

00:26:20.680 --> 00:26:21.900
 God and

00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.160
 what he

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:23.420
 wants of

00:26:23.420 --> 00:26:24.000
 us,

00:26:24.380 --> 00:26:24.640
 you think

00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.079
 of maybe a

00:26:25.079 --> 00:26:25.799
 minister or

00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.379
 a sermon

00:26:26.379 --> 00:26:26.720
 you've

00:26:26.720 --> 00:26:27.799
 heard and

00:26:27.799 --> 00:26:28.879
 it's stuck

00:26:28.879 --> 00:26:29.460
 with you

00:26:29.460 --> 00:26:29.879
 for a

00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:30.279
 reason.

00:26:31.079 --> 00:26:31.559
 Because the

00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.079
 minister was

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:32.819
 saying something

00:26:32.819 --> 00:26:33.099
 that just

00:26:33.099 --> 00:26:33.980
 really resonated

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.759
 with you.

00:26:35.619 --> 00:26:36.019
 And it's

00:26:36.019 --> 00:26:36.439
 still maybe

00:26:36.439 --> 00:26:37.319
 lingering there

00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:37.639
 in your

00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.659
 mind just

00:26:38.659 --> 00:26:38.899
 now.

00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:39.179
 It still

00:26:39.179 --> 00:26:39.879
 comes back

00:26:39.879 --> 00:26:40.199
 to you

00:26:40.199 --> 00:26:40.639
 often and

00:26:40.639 --> 00:26:40.799
 you're

00:26:40.799 --> 00:26:42.019
 thinking what

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.639
 that minister

00:26:42.639 --> 00:26:43.240
 said, what

00:26:43.240 --> 00:26:43.779
 that message

00:26:43.779 --> 00:26:44.220
 was saying,

00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:44.519
 what the

00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:45.039
 Lord was

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:46.039
 saying was

00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:46.720
 powerful.

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.799
 And God

00:26:48.799 --> 00:26:49.879
 speaks to

00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.619
 us in

00:26:50.619 --> 00:26:51.319
 different ways

00:26:51.319 --> 00:26:51.819
 like that,

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:52.500
 in ways that

00:26:52.500 --> 00:26:53.240
 can often

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:54.000
 remain with

00:26:54.000 --> 00:26:54.839
 us all

00:26:54.839 --> 00:26:55.579
 our days.

00:26:56.420 --> 00:26:57.059
 A word

00:26:57.059 --> 00:26:58.180
 from the

00:26:58.180 --> 00:26:58.740
 Lord that

00:26:58.740 --> 00:26:59.500
 sticks with

00:26:59.500 --> 00:26:59.680
 us.

00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:00.220
 And it's a

00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:00.640
 word from

00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:01.000
 the Lord

00:27:01.000 --> 00:27:01.440
 that so

00:27:01.440 --> 00:27:01.920
 often is

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.500
 calling us

00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.299
 to obedience

00:27:03.299 --> 00:27:04.839
 to him,

00:27:05.599 --> 00:27:06.380
 to listen

00:27:06.380 --> 00:27:07.059
 to him.

00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:07.299
 When we

00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:07.640
 think of

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.799
 parents or

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.859
 teachers or

00:27:09.859 --> 00:27:10.940
 Sunday school

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:11.640
 teachers, they

00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:12.619
 wanted what

00:27:12.619 --> 00:27:13.900
 was best for

00:27:13.900 --> 00:27:14.259
 us.

00:27:14.980 --> 00:27:15.420
 They wanted

00:27:15.420 --> 00:27:16.680
 us to be

00:27:16.680 --> 00:27:17.680
 obedient to

00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.119
 what they were

00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:18.779
 saying because

00:27:18.779 --> 00:27:19.339
 they knew it

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.039
 was for our

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:20.519
 good.

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:22.240
 And God

00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:23.000
 ultimately is

00:27:23.000 --> 00:27:23.480
 the one who

00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:23.859
 knows what

00:27:23.859 --> 00:27:25.299
 is best for

00:27:25.299 --> 00:27:25.680
 us.

00:27:26.159 --> 00:27:26.659
 And that's

00:27:26.659 --> 00:27:27.019
 why his

00:27:27.019 --> 00:27:28.539
 word calls

00:27:28.539 --> 00:27:29.559
 us to

00:27:29.559 --> 00:27:30.119
 obedience.

00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.019
 And as you

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.579
 look through

00:27:32.579 --> 00:27:33.319
 the book of

00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:35.059
 Acts, you

00:27:35.059 --> 00:27:35.779
 find it's

00:27:35.779 --> 00:27:37.019
 full of so

00:27:37.019 --> 00:27:38.379
 many ups and

00:27:38.379 --> 00:27:39.379
 downs, the

00:27:39.379 --> 00:27:40.220
 acts of the

00:27:40.220 --> 00:27:41.019
 apostles, the

00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.920
 things that

00:27:41.920 --> 00:27:42.579
 they were doing

00:27:42.579 --> 00:27:44.059
 as the Lord

00:27:44.059 --> 00:27:45.240
 had gone to

00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:45.779
 be with the

00:27:45.779 --> 00:27:46.279
 Father, and

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:46.940
 as the church

00:27:46.940 --> 00:27:47.720
 was in its

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.579
 infancy, as

00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.220
 its church

00:27:49.220 --> 00:27:49.799
 was just

00:27:49.799 --> 00:27:50.919
 small in

00:27:50.919 --> 00:27:51.359
 number as

00:27:51.359 --> 00:27:51.740
 you see at

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.200
 the beginning

00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:52.839
 of Acts, and

00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:53.819
 then expanding

00:27:53.819 --> 00:27:55.099
 and growing as

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.539
 it went out

00:27:55.539 --> 00:27:56.259
 from Jerusalem

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.919
 and to all

00:27:56.919 --> 00:27:58.099
 the ends of

00:27:58.099 --> 00:27:58.500
 the earth.

00:27:58.559 --> 00:27:58.980
 You see the

00:27:58.980 --> 00:28:00.220
 amazing ways

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.039
 that the

00:28:01.039 --> 00:28:01.639
 Lord was

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:03.000
 working, and

00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:03.680
 all the time

00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:04.619
 God calling

00:28:04.619 --> 00:28:05.359
 his people

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:06.079
 and a

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:07.399
 people to

00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:07.980
 obedience.

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.039
 And what

00:28:09.039 --> 00:28:09.579
 you find as

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.000
 you go through

00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:10.519
 the book of

00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.700
 Acts is that

00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.539
 obedience to

00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:13.919
 God, yes,

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.480
 it can lead

00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:14.940
 you to a

00:28:14.940 --> 00:28:15.700
 place of

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.680
 quiet and

00:28:16.680 --> 00:28:17.519
 calm and

00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:19.740
 joy, but

00:28:19.740 --> 00:28:20.259
 there's also

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.660
 so many

00:28:20.660 --> 00:28:21.240
 times when

00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.019
 obedience to

00:28:22.019 --> 00:28:23.140
 God takes

00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.700
 you into a

00:28:23.700 --> 00:28:24.720
 place that's

00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:26.480
 uncomfortable, a

00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:27.519
 place that you

00:28:27.519 --> 00:28:28.120
 maybe didn't

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:29.400
 expect to find

00:28:29.400 --> 00:28:30.839
 yourself, but a

00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:31.480
 place where the

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.960
 Lord reminds you

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.740
 that he wants

00:28:33.740 --> 00:28:35.019
 what is good

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:35.920
 for you.

00:28:36.940 --> 00:28:37.380
 We don't

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.460
 always understand

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:39.620
 maybe parents

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:40.240
 who are telling

00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:40.720
 us what they

00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.859
 know is good

00:28:41.859 --> 00:28:42.120
 for us.

00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:42.460
 We don't

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:43.420
 understand or

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:43.960
 see it at the

00:28:43.960 --> 00:28:45.079
 time, and it's

00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:45.519
 only when we

00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:46.259
 look back.

00:28:47.140 --> 00:28:47.559
 Well, in the

00:28:47.559 --> 00:28:48.180
 same way, we

00:28:48.180 --> 00:28:49.039
 think of what

00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:50.059
 God says to

00:28:50.059 --> 00:28:50.259
 us.

00:28:50.339 --> 00:28:50.619
 We don't

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.619
 understand at

00:28:51.619 --> 00:28:52.079
 times, we

00:28:52.079 --> 00:28:52.740
 don't see it

00:28:52.740 --> 00:28:53.779
 for ourselves

00:28:53.779 --> 00:28:54.599
 until ultimately

00:28:54.599 --> 00:28:55.480
 we look back

00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.799
 or see God

00:28:56.799 --> 00:28:58.140
 does know

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.640
 best.

00:28:59.700 --> 00:29:00.140
 And so he

00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:01.180
 is calling

00:29:01.180 --> 00:29:02.259
 us to

00:29:02.259 --> 00:29:03.180
 obedience,

00:29:03.879 --> 00:29:04.839
 because obedience

00:29:04.839 --> 00:29:06.440
 is the way

00:29:06.440 --> 00:29:07.779
 to God's

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.460
 peace.

00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:09.259
 And that's

00:29:09.259 --> 00:29:09.619
 what we see

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:10.379
 with Peter and

00:29:10.379 --> 00:29:11.279
 the apostles as

00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:11.819
 they answered

00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.839
 there in

00:29:12.839 --> 00:29:14.059
 verse 29.

00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:15.179
 in all the

00:29:15.179 --> 00:29:16.019
 troubles and

00:29:16.019 --> 00:29:16.720
 trials of

00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:17.460
 prison and

00:29:17.460 --> 00:29:18.419
 persecution that

00:29:18.419 --> 00:29:19.079
 they were facing

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:19.960
 up to here,

00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:21.039
 what was their

00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.679
 response?

00:29:21.859 --> 00:29:23.240
 We must obey

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:25.240
 God rather

00:29:25.240 --> 00:29:26.559
 than men.

00:29:27.279 --> 00:29:27.879
 Those who

00:29:27.879 --> 00:29:28.359
 are telling

00:29:28.359 --> 00:29:29.339
 them to be

00:29:29.339 --> 00:29:30.379
 quiet, not

00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:31.099
 to proclaim

00:29:31.099 --> 00:29:31.940
 the Lord

00:29:31.940 --> 00:29:32.839
 Jesus, not

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:33.619
 to show him

00:29:33.619 --> 00:29:35.659
 publicly, they

00:29:35.659 --> 00:29:36.619
 must obey

00:29:36.619 --> 00:29:38.339
 God rather

00:29:38.339 --> 00:29:39.700
 than men.

00:29:40.899 --> 00:29:41.679
 So obedience

00:29:41.679 --> 00:29:42.279
 as you go

00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:42.700
 through the

00:29:42.700 --> 00:29:44.039
 book of Acts,

00:29:44.059 --> 00:29:45.599
 is challenged.

00:29:46.019 --> 00:29:46.359
 And it's

00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:47.019
 challenged in

00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:47.659
 two different

00:29:47.659 --> 00:29:47.960
 ways.

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.839
 It's challenged

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:50.299
 in are we

00:29:50.299 --> 00:29:51.319
 being obedient

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:52.220
 to God

00:29:52.220 --> 00:29:52.859
 ourselves?

00:29:53.679 --> 00:29:54.259
 And it's

00:29:54.259 --> 00:29:55.159
 also challenged

00:29:55.159 --> 00:29:55.700
 when you see

00:29:55.700 --> 00:29:56.799
 the persecution

00:29:56.799 --> 00:29:57.779
 that arises.

00:29:58.419 --> 00:29:58.980
 Will you go

00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.919
 on in

00:29:59.919 --> 00:30:01.259
 obedience even

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.980
 when the way

00:30:01.980 --> 00:30:03.379
 is difficult?

00:30:04.659 --> 00:30:05.519
 John Calvin

00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.379
 once said,

00:30:07.379 --> 00:30:07.819
 we must

00:30:07.819 --> 00:30:08.879
 realize that

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:10.000
 God is

00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:10.740
 longing to

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:11.720
 shower blessings

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.480
 on his

00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:13.159
 church.

00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.539
 but he

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:16.220
 still allows

00:30:16.220 --> 00:30:16.819
 it to be

00:30:16.819 --> 00:30:17.859
 harassed by

00:30:17.859 --> 00:30:18.700
 the ungodly.

00:30:19.240 --> 00:30:20.179
 So we must

00:30:20.179 --> 00:30:20.759
 be ready

00:30:20.759 --> 00:30:21.980
 to battle.

00:30:23.179 --> 00:30:23.599
 Do you

00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:24.599
 feel harassed

00:30:25.539 --> 00:30:26.279
 today?

00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:28.919
 Remember,

00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.359
 that's how

00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:30.339
 Jesus often

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:31.599
 saw the

00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:32.460
 people around

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:32.720
 them.

00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.240
 In the

00:30:33.240 --> 00:30:33.740
 Gospel of

00:30:33.740 --> 00:30:34.319
 Matthew, he

00:30:34.319 --> 00:30:35.440
 speaks of the

00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.500
 crowds that he

00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:37.059
 saw around

00:30:37.059 --> 00:30:37.379
 them as

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.579
 harassed and

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:39.279
 helpless, like

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:40.480
 sheep without

00:30:40.480 --> 00:30:41.319
 a shepherd.

00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:42.759
 are you

00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:43.279
 feeling

00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:44.579
 harassed

00:30:44.579 --> 00:30:45.079
 today?

00:30:45.579 --> 00:30:46.039
 Are you

00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:46.679
 feeling that

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.480
 your obedience

00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:48.059
 is being

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.859
 pulled one

00:30:48.859 --> 00:30:49.980
 minute towards

00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:50.519
 God but

00:30:50.519 --> 00:30:51.259
 then tasted

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.659
 in a way

00:30:51.659 --> 00:30:51.919
 you think,

00:30:52.000 --> 00:30:52.639
 well, I

00:30:52.639 --> 00:30:53.399
 can't go on

00:30:53.399 --> 00:30:53.899
 like that,

00:30:53.919 --> 00:30:54.119
 and then

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.379
 you're being

00:30:54.379 --> 00:30:55.679
 pulled in a

00:30:55.679 --> 00:30:56.159
 different

00:30:56.159 --> 00:30:56.939
 direction.

00:30:58.939 --> 00:30:59.639
 And especially

00:30:59.639 --> 00:31:00.379
 as we think

00:31:00.379 --> 00:31:01.519
 of this week

00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:02.220
 ahead of us

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.579
 and as we

00:31:02.579 --> 00:31:03.859
 approach another

00:31:03.859 --> 00:31:04.579
 time of

00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:05.480
 communion in

00:31:05.480 --> 00:31:06.000
 our midst,

00:31:06.559 --> 00:31:07.559
 it's often a

00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:08.259
 time when that

00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:09.480
 harassed feeling

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.720
 can fall upon

00:31:10.720 --> 00:31:11.220
 us.

00:31:12.160 --> 00:31:12.799
 We haven't

00:31:12.799 --> 00:31:13.519
 been obedient

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:14.220
 as we should

00:31:14.220 --> 00:31:14.620
 have been.

00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.680
 We haven't

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.700
 done as we

00:31:16.700 --> 00:31:17.079
 should have

00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:17.400
 done, and we

00:31:17.400 --> 00:31:18.319
 can feel harassed,

00:31:18.339 --> 00:31:18.940
 we can feel

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.880
 in the midst

00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:20.740
 of a battle,

00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:23.559
 but we are

00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.140
 coming to

00:31:24.140 --> 00:31:25.539
 remember the

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:26.759
 Lord's death.

00:31:27.500 --> 00:31:27.900
 We are

00:31:27.900 --> 00:31:29.079
 coming to

00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:29.900
 remember, as

00:31:29.900 --> 00:31:30.640
 we read here

00:31:30.640 --> 00:31:31.079
 in the book

00:31:31.079 --> 00:31:31.640
 of Acts,

00:31:32.319 --> 00:31:33.440
 the one who

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:34.079
 the God of

00:31:34.079 --> 00:31:34.759
 our fathers

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:36.160
 raised Jesus

00:31:36.160 --> 00:31:36.620
 whom you

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.299
 killed by

00:31:37.299 --> 00:31:37.920
 hanging on a

00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:38.180
 tree.

00:31:38.620 --> 00:31:38.819
 God

00:31:38.819 --> 00:31:39.460
 exalted

00:31:39.460 --> 00:31:40.419
 him at

00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:40.899
 his right

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.919
 hand as

00:31:41.919 --> 00:31:42.899
 leader and

00:31:42.899 --> 00:31:43.679
 saviour to

00:31:43.679 --> 00:31:44.399
 give repentance

00:31:44.399 --> 00:31:45.159
 to Israel

00:31:45.159 --> 00:31:46.200
 and forgiveness

00:31:46.200 --> 00:31:46.939
 of sins.

00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:47.480
 So as we

00:31:47.480 --> 00:31:48.819
 feel harassed

00:31:48.819 --> 00:31:49.399
 and helpless,

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:49.899
 we have a

00:31:49.899 --> 00:31:50.519
 place to

00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:51.799
 look, and

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.339
 one to

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:52.779
 look to,

00:31:52.839 --> 00:31:53.259
 our leader

00:31:53.259 --> 00:31:54.200
 and our

00:31:54.200 --> 00:31:54.939
 saviour,

00:31:55.700 --> 00:31:56.159
 the Lord

00:31:56.159 --> 00:31:56.639
 Jesus

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.679
 Christ.

00:31:59.099 --> 00:31:59.819
 In his

00:31:59.819 --> 00:32:00.879
 obedience,

00:32:01.619 --> 00:32:02.079
 in going

00:32:02.079 --> 00:32:02.519
 to the

00:32:02.519 --> 00:32:03.059
 cross,

00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:03.939
 we see the

00:32:03.939 --> 00:32:04.379
 ultimate

00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:05.599
 obedience,

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.399
 and we

00:32:07.399 --> 00:32:08.460
 ask ourselves,

00:32:08.819 --> 00:32:09.679
 are we

00:32:09.679 --> 00:32:11.319
 obedient to

00:32:11.319 --> 00:32:11.700
 him?

00:32:12.639 --> 00:32:13.019
 Are we

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.740
 being obedient

00:32:13.740 --> 00:32:14.279
 even in the

00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:15.500
 midst of all

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.279
 that harassment

00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:17.179
 that comes

00:32:17.179 --> 00:32:18.220
 our way?

00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:20.059
 Obedience that

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:20.740
 will ultimately

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:22.399
 lead to peace

00:32:22.399 --> 00:32:23.519
 with him.

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:25.200
 And so we

00:32:25.200 --> 00:32:25.579
 want to just

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.319
 think about this

00:32:26.319 --> 00:32:27.879
 obedience as we

00:32:27.879 --> 00:32:29.200
 see it before us

00:32:29.200 --> 00:32:30.099
 this evening in

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.899
 this section.

00:32:32.019 --> 00:32:32.720
 And the first

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.039
 thing we're going

00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:33.919
 to think of is

00:32:33.919 --> 00:32:35.419
 there is blessing

00:32:35.419 --> 00:32:36.480
 that follows

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:37.480
 obedience.

00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:37.660
 obedience.

00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:38.360
 It's maybe a

00:32:38.360 --> 00:32:39.620
 phrase you've

00:32:39.620 --> 00:32:40.059
 heard,

00:32:40.779 --> 00:32:42.140
 blessing follows

00:32:42.140 --> 00:32:43.400
 obedience.

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.660
 But what is

00:32:45.660 --> 00:32:46.620
 blessing?

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.180
 The blessing

00:32:48.180 --> 00:32:48.640
 that follows

00:32:48.640 --> 00:32:49.480
 obedience isn't

00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:50.240
 always everything

00:32:50.240 --> 00:32:51.240
 going swimmingly

00:32:51.240 --> 00:32:51.519
 and everything

00:32:51.519 --> 00:32:52.120
 going straight

00:32:52.120 --> 00:32:52.640
 forward,

00:32:53.200 --> 00:32:54.039
 but it's a

00:32:54.039 --> 00:32:54.860
 blessing and the

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.579
 comfort and the

00:32:55.579 --> 00:32:57.279
 assurance that

00:32:57.279 --> 00:32:57.960
 you're right

00:32:57.960 --> 00:32:59.079
 with God,

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.779
 that you are

00:33:00.779 --> 00:33:01.500
 doing as

00:33:01.500 --> 00:33:02.900
 Peter says

00:33:02.900 --> 00:33:03.160
 here,

00:33:03.220 --> 00:33:04.500
 we must obey

00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:06.220
 God rather

00:33:06.220 --> 00:33:07.119
 than men.

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:08.059
 Whatever the

00:33:08.059 --> 00:33:09.299
 consequences are,

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.980
 we must obey

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:12.579
 God rather

00:33:12.579 --> 00:33:14.039
 than men.

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.799
 And when we

00:33:16.799 --> 00:33:17.220
 look at this

00:33:17.220 --> 00:33:17.700
 section, we

00:33:17.700 --> 00:33:18.240
 didn't read at

00:33:18.240 --> 00:33:18.839
 the beginning

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.960
 of chapter 5,

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.680
 but what we're

00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.279
 reading of is

00:33:21.279 --> 00:33:21.960
 in light of

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:23.380
 what comes at

00:33:23.380 --> 00:33:23.940
 the beginning

00:33:23.940 --> 00:33:24.859
 of chapter 5,

00:33:24.980 --> 00:33:25.279
 which is

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:26.140
 Ananias and

00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:27.660
 Sapphira and

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:29.200
 their disobedience

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.079
 to God.

00:33:30.140 --> 00:33:30.660
 And if you read

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.160
 through it when

00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:31.660
 you go home,

00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:32.900
 you'll see that

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:33.580
 for yourselves,

00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:34.519
 but Ananias and

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.060
 Sapphira,

00:33:35.560 --> 00:33:36.040
 they were

00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:37.360
 disobedient to

00:33:37.360 --> 00:33:37.840
 God.

00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:39.320
 They kept

00:33:39.320 --> 00:33:39.920
 back for

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.380
 themselves,

00:33:40.540 --> 00:33:41.120
 it says in

00:33:41.120 --> 00:33:41.600
 verse 2,

00:33:41.720 --> 00:33:42.360
 some of the

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:43.980
 proceeds and

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:44.600
 brought only

00:33:44.600 --> 00:33:45.440
 part of it and

00:33:45.440 --> 00:33:46.000
 laid it at the

00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:46.840
 apostles' feet.

00:33:46.920 --> 00:33:47.740
 They had sold

00:33:47.740 --> 00:33:48.519
 a piece of

00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:50.080
 land and what

00:33:50.080 --> 00:33:50.480
 they were going

00:33:50.480 --> 00:33:51.140
 to give to

00:33:51.140 --> 00:33:51.800
 the Lord's

00:33:51.800 --> 00:33:52.400
 cause, they

00:33:52.400 --> 00:33:53.940
 held back for

00:33:53.940 --> 00:33:54.620
 themselves.

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.380
 And look at

00:33:57.380 --> 00:33:58.040
 what happens as

00:33:58.040 --> 00:33:58.660
 you read through

00:33:58.660 --> 00:33:59.460
 it, both of

00:33:59.460 --> 00:34:00.860
 them died

00:34:00.860 --> 00:34:02.540
 almost instantly.

00:34:02.900 --> 00:34:05.720
 within moments

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.519
 of having been

00:34:06.519 --> 00:34:07.340
 called out,

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:08.900
 they both died

00:34:08.900 --> 00:34:09.700
 instantly, the

00:34:09.700 --> 00:34:10.119
 two of them,

00:34:10.180 --> 00:34:11.559
 this husband and

00:34:11.559 --> 00:34:12.700
 wife, and they

00:34:12.700 --> 00:34:14.079
 were buried that

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.300
 day.

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.579
 They were

00:34:14.579 --> 00:34:15.940
 disobedient to

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.340
 God.

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.539
 And you say

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.019
 to yourself,

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:20.500
 how harsh is

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:20.880
 that?

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:23.180
 But it stood

00:34:23.180 --> 00:34:24.000
 as a warning,

00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.440
 it stood as a

00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:26.119
 warning then and

00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.820
 stands as a

00:34:26.820 --> 00:34:28.160
 warning to us

00:34:28.160 --> 00:34:29.500
 that ultimately

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:31.059
 disobedience to

00:34:31.059 --> 00:34:32.059
 God, the

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.739
 consequences are

00:34:33.739 --> 00:34:35.679
 serious and the

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:37.259
 consequences are

00:34:37.259 --> 00:34:37.719
 deadly.

00:34:38.840 --> 00:34:39.559
 An eternal

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:41.119
 death is the

00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:42.299
 ultimate consequence

00:34:42.299 --> 00:34:44.139
 of disobedience

00:34:44.139 --> 00:34:45.039
 to God.

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.799
 So it's in light

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:47.179
 of that

00:34:47.179 --> 00:34:48.619
 disobedience that

00:34:48.619 --> 00:34:49.420
 we're reading on

00:34:49.420 --> 00:34:50.599
 when they're

00:34:50.599 --> 00:34:51.380
 calling them to

00:34:51.380 --> 00:34:52.619
 obedience to

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:54.420
 God rather than

00:34:54.420 --> 00:34:54.840
 men.

00:34:55.519 --> 00:34:56.599
 But what kind of

00:34:56.599 --> 00:34:57.259
 outcome would you

00:34:57.259 --> 00:34:58.000
 have expected

00:34:58.000 --> 00:34:58.860
 after this has

00:34:58.860 --> 00:34:59.460
 happened to

00:34:59.460 --> 00:35:00.659
 Ananias and

00:35:00.659 --> 00:35:01.220
 Sapphira?

00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:03.400
 Do people just

00:35:03.400 --> 00:35:04.679
 turn away?

00:35:05.539 --> 00:35:05.900
 Do you think

00:35:05.900 --> 00:35:06.579
 what kind of

00:35:06.579 --> 00:35:08.079
 cruel God is

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.539
 this or would

00:35:08.539 --> 00:35:09.300
 allow this to

00:35:09.300 --> 00:35:09.980
 happen to them?

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:10.980
 What kind of

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:11.519
 God are we

00:35:11.519 --> 00:35:12.639
 coming to if

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:13.599
 the slightest

00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.599
 mistake is going

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.519
 to strike us

00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:16.400
 down in this

00:35:16.400 --> 00:35:16.720
 way?

00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:18.240
 Is that the

00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:19.059
 kind of God

00:35:19.059 --> 00:35:19.800
 that they're

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.599
 coming to?

00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:21.539
 Did it make

00:35:21.539 --> 00:35:22.920
 them re-evaluate

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:23.840
 how they would

00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:24.539
 go about

00:35:24.539 --> 00:35:25.679
 preaching the

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.500
 word of God?

00:35:26.599 --> 00:35:27.199
 What they might

00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:27.779
 say?

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.779
 Do they start

00:35:29.779 --> 00:35:30.500
 thinking,

00:35:30.659 --> 00:35:31.019
 well this is

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:32.379
 too cruel a

00:35:32.379 --> 00:35:32.839
 God to

00:35:32.839 --> 00:35:33.279
 follow and

00:35:33.279 --> 00:35:33.960
 how are

00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:34.179
 going to

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:34.759
 people come

00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.219
 and follow

00:35:35.219 --> 00:35:35.460
 and we'll

00:35:35.460 --> 00:35:35.719
 have to

00:35:35.719 --> 00:35:36.819
 change this.

00:35:36.879 --> 00:35:37.059
 We'll have

00:35:37.059 --> 00:35:37.339
 to maybe

00:35:37.339 --> 00:35:38.460
 just mark

00:35:38.460 --> 00:35:39.299
 this incident

00:35:39.299 --> 00:35:40.019
 out,

00:35:40.419 --> 00:35:40.839
 leave it

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.319
 out.

00:35:42.199 --> 00:35:42.659
 And yet here

00:35:42.659 --> 00:35:43.219
 we are reading

00:35:43.219 --> 00:35:43.819
 of it today

00:35:43.819 --> 00:35:44.579
 as well.

00:35:44.679 --> 00:35:45.159
 It's there

00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:46.379
 to stand

00:35:46.379 --> 00:35:47.199
 as a warning

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:48.099
 to us.

00:35:49.699 --> 00:35:50.539
 We don't

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:52.379
 change the

00:35:52.379 --> 00:35:52.879
 message of

00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:53.419
 the gospel.

00:35:54.019 --> 00:35:54.500
 We don't

00:35:54.500 --> 00:35:55.859
 change anything

00:35:55.860 --> 00:35:56.300
 that it

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.099
 says to

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.360
 make it

00:35:57.360 --> 00:35:58.000
 more appealing

00:35:58.000 --> 00:35:58.720
 by dropping

00:35:58.720 --> 00:35:59.500
 some bits

00:35:59.500 --> 00:36:00.160
 out as

00:36:00.160 --> 00:36:01.079
 many are

00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:01.820
 tempted to

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:02.420
 do this

00:36:02.420 --> 00:36:02.740
 day.

00:36:03.640 --> 00:36:04.160
 We are to

00:36:04.160 --> 00:36:04.680
 preach the

00:36:04.680 --> 00:36:06.059
 whole counsel

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:07.160
 of God

00:36:07.160 --> 00:36:07.500
 as it

00:36:07.500 --> 00:36:07.920
 says.

00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:11.039
 And we

00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.579
 find even

00:36:11.579 --> 00:36:12.059
 in the midst

00:36:12.059 --> 00:36:12.500
 of this

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:13.300
 challenge

00:36:13.300 --> 00:36:14.420
 that the

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.579
 wonder of

00:36:15.579 --> 00:36:16.260
 it all was

00:36:16.260 --> 00:36:16.539
 that they

00:36:16.539 --> 00:36:17.460
 continued to

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.579
 come and

00:36:18.579 --> 00:36:19.440
 to hear the

00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:20.760
 message and

00:36:20.760 --> 00:36:21.200
 see the

00:36:21.200 --> 00:36:22.019
 wonders and

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:23.200
 signs that

00:36:23.200 --> 00:36:23.700
 were being

00:36:23.700 --> 00:36:24.120
 done.

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:25.639
 the awesome

00:36:25.639 --> 00:36:26.519
 power of

00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.480
 God was

00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:28.000
 there in

00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:28.420
 their midst

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:28.679
 and they

00:36:28.679 --> 00:36:29.139
 didn't turn

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:29.719
 away from

00:36:29.719 --> 00:36:30.299
 it in

00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:31.339
 fear but

00:36:31.339 --> 00:36:32.139
 instead they

00:36:32.139 --> 00:36:33.299
 feared the

00:36:33.299 --> 00:36:33.699
 Lord.

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:37.139
 In

00:36:37.139 --> 00:36:38.639
 verse 13

00:36:38.639 --> 00:36:40.739
 it says

00:36:40.739 --> 00:36:41.739
 none of

00:36:41.739 --> 00:36:42.139
 the rest

00:36:42.139 --> 00:36:43.539
 dared join

00:36:43.539 --> 00:36:43.799
 them and

00:36:43.799 --> 00:36:44.179
 it seems

00:36:44.179 --> 00:36:45.000
 like there

00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:45.380
 was this

00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.779
 fear over

00:36:46.779 --> 00:36:47.400
 the people.

00:36:47.719 --> 00:36:48.199
 What will

00:36:48.199 --> 00:36:48.920
 God do

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:49.559
 with me?

00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.659
 They feared

00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.420
 to join

00:36:52.420 --> 00:36:53.179
 them and

00:36:53.179 --> 00:36:54.059
 yet in

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.739
 verse 14

00:36:54.739 --> 00:36:55.679
 more than

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.039
 ever

00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:56.719
 believers

00:36:56.719 --> 00:36:57.379
 were added

00:36:57.379 --> 00:36:58.059
 to the

00:36:58.059 --> 00:36:58.379
 Lord.

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.199
 So there

00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:00.480
 was a

00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:00.980
 fear of

00:37:00.980 --> 00:37:01.480
 joining

00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:02.399
 yet there

00:37:02.399 --> 00:37:02.679
 was a

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:03.339
 realization

00:37:03.339 --> 00:37:04.219
 that where

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.699
 else can

00:37:04.699 --> 00:37:05.179
 we go?

00:37:07.899 --> 00:37:08.579
 Disobedience

00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:09.139
 to God

00:37:09.139 --> 00:37:09.759
 has serious

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.539
 consequences

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.579
 therefore we

00:37:11.579 --> 00:37:12.679
 must come

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.519
 to him.

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:15.919
 And so

00:37:15.919 --> 00:37:16.739
 we too

00:37:16.739 --> 00:37:17.579
 are not to

00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:18.299
 be afraid

00:37:18.299 --> 00:37:19.659
 or ashamed

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.179
 of the

00:37:20.179 --> 00:37:20.639
 gospel.

00:37:20.639 --> 00:37:21.759
 we are

00:37:21.759 --> 00:37:21.940
 not to

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:22.460
 be afraid

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.079
 of what

00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:23.980
 it says.

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.339
 Don't be

00:37:25.339 --> 00:37:25.879
 afraid of

00:37:25.879 --> 00:37:26.319
 the fact

00:37:26.319 --> 00:37:26.599
 that the

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.460
 Bible talks

00:37:27.460 --> 00:37:28.519
 about hell

00:37:28.519 --> 00:37:29.319
 and sin

00:37:29.319 --> 00:37:30.039
 and the

00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:30.819
 consequences

00:37:30.819 --> 00:37:31.519
 that lie

00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:32.279
 behind all

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:32.619
 of these

00:37:32.619 --> 00:37:33.799
 things because

00:37:33.799 --> 00:37:34.279
 you need

00:37:34.279 --> 00:37:34.819
 to see

00:37:34.819 --> 00:37:35.339
 that and

00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:35.719
 see the

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:36.299
 balance that

00:37:36.299 --> 00:37:36.779
 there is of

00:37:36.779 --> 00:37:37.539
 grace and

00:37:37.539 --> 00:37:38.179
 salvation.

00:37:40.259 --> 00:37:40.519
 When

00:37:40.519 --> 00:37:41.400
 Peter says

00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:41.839
 we must

00:37:41.839 --> 00:37:42.579
 obey God

00:37:42.579 --> 00:37:43.519
 rather than

00:37:43.519 --> 00:37:44.079
 men it's in

00:37:44.079 --> 00:37:44.639
 light of the

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.279
 God of our

00:37:45.279 --> 00:37:46.400
 fathers raised

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:47.179
 Jesus whom

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:47.920
 you killed

00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:48.780
 and God

00:37:48.780 --> 00:37:49.599
 has exalted

00:37:49.599 --> 00:37:50.440
 him as

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:50.980
 leader and

00:37:50.980 --> 00:37:51.539
 savior to

00:37:51.539 --> 00:37:52.360
 give repentance

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:52.980
 to Israel

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.639
 and forgiveness

00:37:53.639 --> 00:37:55.119
 of sins.

00:37:56.260 --> 00:37:56.920
 So the

00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:57.720
 disobedience

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:58.220
 of sin

00:37:58.220 --> 00:37:58.639
 there is a

00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.180
 way out of

00:37:59.180 --> 00:37:59.900
 it by

00:37:59.900 --> 00:38:00.579
 repentance

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:01.280
 and to

00:38:01.280 --> 00:38:01.820
 forgiveness

00:38:01.820 --> 00:38:03.420
 of sins.

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.159
 And it

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:07.360
 is only

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:08.099
 in obedience

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:09.440
 that blessing

00:38:09.440 --> 00:38:10.720
 will come

00:38:10.720 --> 00:38:12.340
 in being

00:38:12.340 --> 00:38:13.700
 obedient to

00:38:13.700 --> 00:38:14.039
 him.

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.300
 And we

00:38:15.300 --> 00:38:15.800
 live in a

00:38:15.800 --> 00:38:16.440
 world where

00:38:16.440 --> 00:38:17.740
 everyone is

00:38:17.740 --> 00:38:18.599
 so easily

00:38:18.599 --> 00:38:19.659
 offended.

00:38:20.840 --> 00:38:21.240
 It's

00:38:21.240 --> 00:38:21.679
 something we

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:22.800
 hear so

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.619
 often now.

00:38:24.880 --> 00:38:25.300
 That people

00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:26.099
 are afraid

00:38:26.099 --> 00:38:26.519
 what you

00:38:26.519 --> 00:38:26.920
 say in

00:38:26.920 --> 00:38:27.260
 case it

00:38:27.260 --> 00:38:27.800
 causes

00:38:27.800 --> 00:38:28.960
 offense.

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.340
 And yet

00:38:31.340 --> 00:38:32.340
 before us

00:38:32.340 --> 00:38:32.659
 we have

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.300
 something that

00:38:33.300 --> 00:38:34.059
 will cause

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:35.480
 people to

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:36.200
 be offended.

00:38:36.599 --> 00:38:36.980
 Maybe it

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.500
 even causes

00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:38.079
 you to be

00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.619
 offended

00:38:38.619 --> 00:38:40.079
 tonight when

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.700
 you hear

00:38:40.700 --> 00:38:41.519
 the word

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:42.179
 of God.

00:38:42.480 --> 00:38:42.960
 When you

00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:44.300
 hear things

00:38:44.300 --> 00:38:44.980
 being said

00:38:44.980 --> 00:38:45.539
 like you

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.039
 are a

00:38:46.039 --> 00:38:46.400
 sinner.

00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:46.559
 sinner.

00:38:47.920 --> 00:38:48.619
 People are

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:49.539
 offended by

00:38:49.539 --> 00:38:49.920
 that.

00:38:50.740 --> 00:38:51.139
 How can

00:38:51.139 --> 00:38:51.559
 you call

00:38:51.559 --> 00:38:51.980
 me a

00:38:51.980 --> 00:38:52.179
 sinner?

00:38:52.300 --> 00:38:52.559
 I'm a

00:38:52.559 --> 00:38:53.400
 good person.

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.019
 But that's

00:38:55.019 --> 00:38:55.340
 what the

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:56.619
 truth says.

00:38:58.059 --> 00:38:58.740
 That we

00:38:58.740 --> 00:38:59.340
 are sinners.

00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:00.300
 That we

00:39:00.300 --> 00:39:01.119
 fall short

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.880
 of the

00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:02.460
 glory of

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:02.860
 God.

00:39:03.460 --> 00:39:03.760
 And we

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.000
 shouldn't

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:05.119
 be ashamed.

00:39:05.340 --> 00:39:05.579
 We shouldn't

00:39:05.579 --> 00:39:06.240
 be afraid

00:39:06.240 --> 00:39:06.980
 of that.

00:39:07.900 --> 00:39:08.880
 Because if

00:39:08.880 --> 00:39:09.460
 we see

00:39:09.460 --> 00:39:09.940
 that in

00:39:09.940 --> 00:39:10.340
 light of

00:39:10.340 --> 00:39:10.639
 what the

00:39:10.639 --> 00:39:11.260
 gospel is

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:11.880
 teaching as

00:39:11.880 --> 00:39:12.460
 a whole,

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.519
 it brings

00:39:13.519 --> 00:39:13.980
 us to the

00:39:13.980 --> 00:39:14.559
 point where

00:39:14.559 --> 00:39:15.659
 the

00:39:15.659 --> 00:39:16.559
 offense that

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:16.920
 we see

00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:17.759
 is against

00:39:17.759 --> 00:39:18.400
 God and

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:18.759
 against

00:39:18.759 --> 00:39:19.400
 Christ.

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.820
 The fact

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.219
 that our

00:39:23.219 --> 00:39:24.739
 sins killed,

00:39:25.179 --> 00:39:25.539
 put to

00:39:25.539 --> 00:39:26.279
 death the

00:39:26.279 --> 00:39:26.940
 Lord Jesus,

00:39:26.940 --> 00:39:28.079
 it is what

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.659
 brought him

00:39:28.659 --> 00:39:29.039
 to the

00:39:29.039 --> 00:39:29.599
 cross.

00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.460
 And we're

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:33.480
 afraid sometimes

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:33.920
 of the

00:39:33.920 --> 00:39:34.480
 truth.

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:37.619
 But behind

00:39:37.619 --> 00:39:38.759
 what causes

00:39:38.759 --> 00:39:40.400
 offense is

00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:41.099
 the beauty

00:39:41.099 --> 00:39:41.940
 of the

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.420
 gospel.

00:39:43.559 --> 00:39:44.199
 The blessing

00:39:44.199 --> 00:39:45.059
 of seeing

00:39:45.059 --> 00:39:45.779
 that in

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.739
 obedience to

00:39:46.739 --> 00:39:47.179
 God,

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.639
 though we

00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:49.279
 are sinners,

00:39:49.980 --> 00:39:50.420
 there is

00:39:50.420 --> 00:39:51.579
 hope of

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.319
 the forgiveness

00:39:52.319 --> 00:39:53.719
 of sin.

00:39:54.779 --> 00:39:55.460
 Because it

00:39:55.460 --> 00:39:56.339
 is the truth

00:39:56.339 --> 00:39:57.579
 that sets

00:39:57.579 --> 00:39:58.420
 us free.

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:02.460
 Blessing

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.739
 follows

00:40:03.739 --> 00:40:05.199
 obedience.

00:40:07.319 --> 00:40:07.920
 As somebody

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.719
 once said,

00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:09.819
 it's a

00:40:09.819 --> 00:40:10.379
 great deal

00:40:10.379 --> 00:40:11.279
 easier to

00:40:11.279 --> 00:40:12.539
 do that

00:40:12.539 --> 00:40:13.159
 which God

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:13.839
 gives us

00:40:13.839 --> 00:40:14.459
 to do,

00:40:14.779 --> 00:40:15.480
 no matter

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.279
 how hard

00:40:16.279 --> 00:40:16.879
 it is,

00:40:17.480 --> 00:40:17.899
 than to

00:40:17.899 --> 00:40:18.519
 face the

00:40:18.519 --> 00:40:19.500
 responsibilities

00:40:19.500 --> 00:40:20.939
 of not

00:40:20.939 --> 00:40:21.559
 doing it.

00:40:22.439 --> 00:40:23.319
 It's a

00:40:23.319 --> 00:40:23.899
 great deal

00:40:23.899 --> 00:40:25.179
 easier to

00:40:25.179 --> 00:40:25.699
 do that

00:40:25.699 --> 00:40:26.319
 which God

00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:27.019
 gives us

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:27.399
 to do,

00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:27.919
 no matter

00:40:27.919 --> 00:40:28.759
 how hard

00:40:28.759 --> 00:40:29.379
 it is,

00:40:29.939 --> 00:40:30.339
 than to

00:40:30.339 --> 00:40:30.899
 face the

00:40:30.899 --> 00:40:31.879
 responsibilities

00:40:31.879 --> 00:40:33.299
 of not

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:34.000
 doing it.

00:40:34.980 --> 00:40:35.679
 He is

00:40:35.679 --> 00:40:36.399
 calling us

00:40:36.399 --> 00:40:37.779
 to obedience.

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:40.259
 There are

00:40:40.259 --> 00:40:41.179
 consequences

00:40:41.179 --> 00:40:42.379
 to not

00:40:42.379 --> 00:40:43.119
 doing that.

00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:44.299
 Obedience

00:40:44.299 --> 00:40:44.699
 will be

00:40:44.699 --> 00:40:45.939
 hard at

00:40:45.939 --> 00:40:46.619
 times,

00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:47.039
 as we'll

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.539
 see in a

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:47.839
 moment,

00:40:48.439 --> 00:40:49.379
 but ultimately

00:40:49.379 --> 00:40:50.679
 the blessings

00:40:50.679 --> 00:40:51.539
 will follow

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.679
 obedience.

00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:56.299
 So,

00:40:56.419 --> 00:40:56.639
 secondly,

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:56.959
 we see

00:40:56.959 --> 00:40:57.439
 obedience

00:40:57.439 --> 00:40:59.239
 leads to

00:40:59.239 --> 00:40:59.879
 trials.

00:41:01.379 --> 00:41:01.619
 God

00:41:01.619 --> 00:41:02.339
 blessing his

00:41:02.339 --> 00:41:02.939
 people is

00:41:02.939 --> 00:41:03.699
 not without

00:41:03.699 --> 00:41:04.319
 its own

00:41:04.319 --> 00:41:05.299
 consequences.

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:05.440
 consequences.

00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:06.720
 And as

00:41:06.720 --> 00:41:07.720
 you continue

00:41:07.720 --> 00:41:08.160
 to read

00:41:08.160 --> 00:41:08.900
 through these

00:41:08.900 --> 00:41:09.200
 verses,

00:41:09.300 --> 00:41:09.580
 and as you

00:41:09.580 --> 00:41:10.360
 see the

00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:10.960
 apostles

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:12.280
 arrested and

00:41:12.280 --> 00:41:12.720
 put into

00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:13.260
 prison,

00:41:14.120 --> 00:41:14.640
 you see the

00:41:14.640 --> 00:41:15.300
 challenge that

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:16.260
 comes to

00:41:16.260 --> 00:41:16.960
 their obedience.

00:41:17.360 --> 00:41:17.640
 They are

00:41:17.640 --> 00:41:18.100
 saying in

00:41:18.100 --> 00:41:19.220
 verse 29,

00:41:19.380 --> 00:41:19.940
 we must

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:20.760
 obey God

00:41:20.760 --> 00:41:21.340
 rather than

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:21.640
 men.

00:41:22.140 --> 00:41:22.560
 And where

00:41:22.560 --> 00:41:23.000
 has this

00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:23.560
 led them?

00:41:24.039 --> 00:41:24.220
 Well,

00:41:24.240 --> 00:41:24.640
 it's led

00:41:24.640 --> 00:41:25.380
 them to

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:26.220
 this trial.

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:26.600
 They were

00:41:26.600 --> 00:41:27.220
 arrested,

00:41:27.740 --> 00:41:27.980
 and they

00:41:27.980 --> 00:41:28.340
 were put

00:41:28.340 --> 00:41:29.039
 into public

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.740
 prison in

00:41:29.740 --> 00:41:30.539
 verse 18.

00:41:30.539 --> 00:41:32.340
 So,

00:41:32.579 --> 00:41:33.179
 you get

00:41:33.179 --> 00:41:33.800
 thrown into

00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:34.219
 prison.

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:35.139
 There's fear,

00:41:35.300 --> 00:41:36.360
 there's questions

00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:37.320
 being asked

00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:37.699
 there.

00:41:38.920 --> 00:41:39.679
 Why are we

00:41:39.679 --> 00:41:39.980
 here?

00:41:40.039 --> 00:41:40.480
 We're doing

00:41:40.480 --> 00:41:40.980
 as God

00:41:40.980 --> 00:41:41.619
 has commanded

00:41:41.619 --> 00:41:42.119
 us, and

00:41:42.119 --> 00:41:42.619
 yet here we

00:41:42.619 --> 00:41:43.559
 are in

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:43.940
 prison.

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.440
 And yet we

00:41:45.440 --> 00:41:46.000
 see that

00:41:46.000 --> 00:41:46.779
 although there

00:41:46.779 --> 00:41:47.759
 is blessing

00:41:47.759 --> 00:41:48.199
 following

00:41:48.199 --> 00:41:48.800
 obedience,

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:49.840
 obedience can

00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:50.320
 lead us into

00:41:50.320 --> 00:41:51.279
 different trials

00:41:51.279 --> 00:41:51.779
 and different

00:41:51.779 --> 00:41:52.239
 places.

00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:53.000
 But in

00:41:53.000 --> 00:41:53.619
 that, God

00:41:53.619 --> 00:41:53.960
 has a

00:41:53.960 --> 00:41:54.759
 purpose as

00:41:54.759 --> 00:41:55.199
 well.

00:41:56.719 --> 00:41:57.300
 God is

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.860
 strengthening

00:41:57.860 --> 00:41:59.159
 his apostles

00:41:59.159 --> 00:42:00.119
 and his

00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:01.000
 people through

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.440
 this.

00:42:02.259 --> 00:42:02.679
 He's making

00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:03.400
 them realize

00:42:03.400 --> 00:42:04.420
 where their

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:05.799
 devotion lies,

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:06.139
 where their

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:07.179
 devotion rests,

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:08.019
 who it is

00:42:08.019 --> 00:42:08.420
 that they are

00:42:08.420 --> 00:42:08.839
 going to be

00:42:08.839 --> 00:42:09.819
 obedient to.

00:42:10.500 --> 00:42:11.039
 The easy

00:42:11.039 --> 00:42:11.539
 answer would

00:42:11.539 --> 00:42:12.099
 be to turn

00:42:12.099 --> 00:42:12.639
 away from

00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:13.279
 God, stop

00:42:13.279 --> 00:42:14.079
 preaching the

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:15.480
 gospel, deny

00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:16.139
 the Lord.

00:42:17.199 --> 00:42:17.639
 Peter has

00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:18.319
 already done

00:42:18.319 --> 00:42:18.839
 this in his

00:42:18.839 --> 00:42:19.599
 own life, and

00:42:19.599 --> 00:42:20.559
 he's seen the

00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:21.759
 consequences of

00:42:21.759 --> 00:42:23.059
 it, the pain

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:24.119
 and the anguish

00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:25.039
 that brings as

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:25.920
 he denied his

00:42:25.920 --> 00:42:26.500
 Lord at the

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:27.659
 time of his

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:28.619
 crucifixion.

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.940
 But here is

00:42:29.940 --> 00:42:31.099
 Peter restored

00:42:31.099 --> 00:42:31.679
 again, as we

00:42:31.679 --> 00:42:31.960
 read in

00:42:31.960 --> 00:42:32.800
 verse 29, but

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:33.720
 Peter and

00:42:33.720 --> 00:42:34.260
 the apostles

00:42:34.260 --> 00:42:35.000
 answered, we

00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:36.099
 must obey

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:37.400
 God rather

00:42:37.400 --> 00:42:37.980
 than men.

00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:38.320
 And he's

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:39.320
 speaking through

00:42:39.320 --> 00:42:40.079
 experience.

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:40.940
 He's denied

00:42:40.940 --> 00:42:41.659
 his Lord in

00:42:41.659 --> 00:42:42.159
 the past.

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:42.720
 He's been

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:44.200
 disobedient to

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:44.720
 the Lord in

00:42:44.720 --> 00:42:45.340
 the past, but

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:46.039
 he's learning,

00:42:46.920 --> 00:42:47.300
 and he's

00:42:47.300 --> 00:42:47.940
 learned now

00:42:47.940 --> 00:42:49.559
 obedience is

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.179
 the answer.

00:42:50.619 --> 00:42:51.500
 Even when it

00:42:51.500 --> 00:42:52.260
 leads us to

00:42:52.260 --> 00:42:53.340
 prison and

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:54.139
 to suffering and

00:42:54.139 --> 00:42:54.740
 to all of

00:42:54.740 --> 00:42:55.300
 these things,

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:56.860
 we must obey

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:58.300
 God rather

00:42:58.300 --> 00:42:59.519
 than men.

00:43:01.700 --> 00:43:02.380
 And what's

00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:03.280
 causing their

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:04.740
 trials here?

00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:06.720
 Well, we see

00:43:06.720 --> 00:43:07.280
 it's the

00:43:07.280 --> 00:43:08.560
 jealousy of

00:43:08.560 --> 00:43:09.700
 those around

00:43:09.700 --> 00:43:10.039
 them.

00:43:10.800 --> 00:43:11.420
 The high

00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:12.140
 priest and

00:43:12.140 --> 00:43:13.060
 the Sadducees

00:43:13.060 --> 00:43:15.019
 filled with

00:43:15.019 --> 00:43:15.840
 jealousy, it

00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:16.460
 says in

00:43:16.460 --> 00:43:18.180
 verse 17.

00:43:18.740 --> 00:43:20.120
 This is the

00:43:20.120 --> 00:43:21.720
 attack that

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:22.420
 came upon

00:43:22.420 --> 00:43:22.680
 them.

00:43:23.420 --> 00:43:23.760
 They were

00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:24.500
 standing up

00:43:24.500 --> 00:43:25.060
 for the Lord,

00:43:25.140 --> 00:43:25.320
 they were

00:43:25.320 --> 00:43:26.560
 seeing wondrous

00:43:26.560 --> 00:43:27.320
 things happen,

00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:27.480
 and they

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:27.880
 were seeing

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:28.519
 many being

00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:29.460
 added to

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:30.140
 their number,

00:43:30.820 --> 00:43:31.640
 and now the

00:43:31.640 --> 00:43:32.460
 high priest and

00:43:32.460 --> 00:43:33.320
 the Sadducees,

00:43:33.460 --> 00:43:34.400
 they're jealous.

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:37.559
 But how do

00:43:37.559 --> 00:43:38.460
 they respond?

00:43:39.380 --> 00:43:40.120
 In the midst

00:43:40.120 --> 00:43:41.140
 of their

00:43:41.140 --> 00:43:42.620
 trials, how

00:43:42.620 --> 00:43:43.059
 do they

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:43.780
 respond?

00:43:45.100 --> 00:43:45.559
 Well, we go

00:43:45.559 --> 00:43:46.300
 back to

00:43:46.300 --> 00:43:48.940
 verse 12.

00:43:49.940 --> 00:43:50.480
 In the

00:43:50.480 --> 00:43:50.800
 middle of

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.500
 verse 12,

00:43:51.620 --> 00:43:52.100
 it says,

00:43:52.260 --> 00:43:52.440
 they were

00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:53.600
 all together

00:43:53.600 --> 00:43:55.300
 in Solomon's

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:56.100
 portico.

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:56.139
 people.

00:43:56.759 --> 00:43:57.079
 And this

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.380
 is the

00:43:57.380 --> 00:43:58.420
 way that

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:58.779
 they went

00:43:58.779 --> 00:43:59.019
 on.

00:43:59.079 --> 00:43:59.279
 And this

00:43:59.279 --> 00:43:59.799
 is a word

00:43:59.799 --> 00:44:00.079
 that we

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.960
 often find

00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:01.799
 throughout the

00:44:01.799 --> 00:44:02.219
 book of

00:44:02.219 --> 00:44:02.759
 Acts.

00:44:03.619 --> 00:44:04.119
 Together,

00:44:04.980 --> 00:44:05.860
 one accord.

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.619
 It's a

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:07.259
 Greek word

00:44:07.259 --> 00:44:08.000
 that's difficult

00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:09.339
 to translate,

00:44:10.259 --> 00:44:11.000
 and translators

00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:12.079
 have tried to

00:44:12.079 --> 00:44:12.739
 put it across

00:44:12.739 --> 00:44:13.339
 in different

00:44:13.339 --> 00:44:13.940
 ways.

00:44:14.839 --> 00:44:15.599
 But it's a

00:44:15.599 --> 00:44:16.460
 sense of

00:44:16.460 --> 00:44:17.339
 unity.

00:44:18.619 --> 00:44:19.179
 And it's a

00:44:19.179 --> 00:44:19.920
 sense of

00:44:19.920 --> 00:44:21.400
 unity no

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:22.500
 matter what.

00:44:22.500 --> 00:44:23.599
 You see

00:44:23.599 --> 00:44:24.300
 it in

00:44:24.300 --> 00:44:25.239
 Acts 1,

00:44:25.480 --> 00:44:26.559
 verse 14.

00:44:27.940 --> 00:44:28.500
 There, that

00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:29.420
 very same

00:44:29.420 --> 00:44:30.559
 word is

00:44:30.559 --> 00:44:31.219
 used.

00:44:32.360 --> 00:44:33.039
 All these

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:34.079
 were with

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:35.460
 one accord.

00:44:35.579 --> 00:44:36.199
 Were devoting

00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:36.980
 themselves to

00:44:36.980 --> 00:44:37.519
 prayer.

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.400
 One accord

00:44:39.400 --> 00:44:40.059
 is the word

00:44:40.059 --> 00:44:40.659
 that's used

00:44:40.659 --> 00:44:40.980
 there.

00:44:41.139 --> 00:44:42.239
 Together is

00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:42.719
 the word

00:44:42.719 --> 00:44:43.380
 used in

00:44:43.380 --> 00:44:44.199
 verse 12

00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:44.619
 here.

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:45.659
 But behind

00:44:45.659 --> 00:44:46.179
 it is the

00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:46.900
 same thing.

00:44:48.219 --> 00:44:48.440
 They are

00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:49.239
 together in

00:44:49.239 --> 00:44:50.579
 unity for

00:44:50.579 --> 00:44:51.099
 the Lord

00:44:51.099 --> 00:44:51.559
 here.

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:53.059
 And somebody

00:44:53.059 --> 00:44:53.759
 has described

00:44:53.759 --> 00:44:54.079
 it in

00:44:54.079 --> 00:44:54.579
 terms of

00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:55.659
 a musical

00:44:55.659 --> 00:44:56.239
 term.

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:57.179
 It's like

00:44:57.179 --> 00:44:58.320
 everyone with

00:44:58.320 --> 00:44:58.880
 a different

00:44:58.880 --> 00:44:59.619
 note, but

00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:00.960
 together making

00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:02.779
 beautiful music,

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:03.820
 making a

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:05.239
 beautiful song.

00:45:06.420 --> 00:45:06.920
 It's like what

00:45:06.920 --> 00:45:07.380
 we heard in

00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:08.000
 the children's

00:45:08.000 --> 00:45:09.079
 address this

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:09.500
 morning.

00:45:10.239 --> 00:45:10.860
 The party

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:11.380
 rings.

00:45:12.219 --> 00:45:13.239
 They can

00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:14.139
 look different

00:45:14.139 --> 00:45:14.719
 in some

00:45:14.719 --> 00:45:15.519
 ways, but

00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:15.820
 yet they're

00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:16.440
 all the same

00:45:16.440 --> 00:45:17.079
 ingredients, and

00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:17.420
 they've all

00:45:17.420 --> 00:45:18.039
 got the same

00:45:18.039 --> 00:45:19.079
 thing behind

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:19.420
 them.

00:45:20.440 --> 00:45:20.840
 And as

00:45:20.840 --> 00:45:21.360
 Christians,

00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:22.179
 we can

00:45:22.179 --> 00:45:22.679
 all look

00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:23.159
 different.

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:24.119
 We can

00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:24.679
 all behave

00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:25.159
 differently.

00:45:25.259 --> 00:45:25.440
 We can

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:26.139
 all have

00:45:26.139 --> 00:45:26.519
 different

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:27.239
 things about

00:45:27.239 --> 00:45:28.779
 us, but

00:45:28.779 --> 00:45:29.000
 we're

00:45:29.000 --> 00:45:30.219
 together in

00:45:30.219 --> 00:45:30.900
 this sense

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:31.679
 of united

00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:32.840
 and making

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.420
 a beautiful

00:45:33.420 --> 00:45:34.799
 song for

00:45:34.799 --> 00:45:35.420
 the Lord.

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:36.920
 In the

00:45:36.920 --> 00:45:37.619
 midst of

00:45:37.619 --> 00:45:39.799
 obedience, it

00:45:39.799 --> 00:45:40.259
 leads to

00:45:40.259 --> 00:45:42.039
 trials, but

00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:42.619
 we have this

00:45:42.619 --> 00:45:43.440
 wonderful

00:45:43.440 --> 00:45:45.039
 togetherness,

00:45:45.799 --> 00:45:47.320
 together for

00:45:47.320 --> 00:45:48.039
 the gospel.

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:48.139
 people.

00:45:50.139 --> 00:45:50.960
 And this

00:45:50.960 --> 00:45:51.340
 is what

00:45:51.340 --> 00:45:53.139
 provokes the

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:53.940
 Sadducees and

00:45:53.940 --> 00:45:54.360
 the high

00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:54.980
 priests.

00:45:55.659 --> 00:45:56.300
 This unity

00:45:56.300 --> 00:45:57.179
 provokes them

00:45:57.179 --> 00:45:58.239
 to jealousy

00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:58.880
 and to ask

00:45:58.880 --> 00:45:59.579
 what is going

00:45:59.579 --> 00:46:00.679
 on among

00:46:00.679 --> 00:46:01.679
 these people.

00:46:02.219 --> 00:46:02.759
 And it

00:46:02.759 --> 00:46:04.019
 causes a

00:46:04.019 --> 00:46:04.960
 provocation

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:05.960
 against different

00:46:05.960 --> 00:46:06.599
 people in

00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:07.639
 different ways.

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.340
 And it

00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:10.860
 makes us

00:46:10.860 --> 00:46:11.300
 ask what

00:46:11.300 --> 00:46:11.659
 kind of

00:46:11.659 --> 00:46:12.340
 reaction does

00:46:12.340 --> 00:46:13.000
 our life

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:14.099
 provoke of

00:46:14.099 --> 00:46:15.179
 others around

00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:15.719
 us.

00:46:17.159 --> 00:46:17.659
 Do others

00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:18.339
 look on us

00:46:18.339 --> 00:46:19.099
 and see this

00:46:19.099 --> 00:46:20.219
 unity of

00:46:20.219 --> 00:46:20.719
 body, this

00:46:20.719 --> 00:46:21.579
 oneness in

00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:22.179
 Christ, this

00:46:22.179 --> 00:46:23.259
 wonder at

00:46:23.259 --> 00:46:23.719
 what we

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:24.279
 have?

00:46:25.799 --> 00:46:26.460
 As people

00:46:26.460 --> 00:46:27.339
 looked on

00:46:27.339 --> 00:46:28.000
 here, we

00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:28.639
 see three

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:29.759
 different reactions

00:46:29.759 --> 00:46:30.379
 that people

00:46:30.379 --> 00:46:30.839
 had.

00:46:31.599 --> 00:46:32.279
 The response

00:46:32.279 --> 00:46:32.839
 of some of

00:46:32.839 --> 00:46:33.460
 the onlookers

00:46:33.460 --> 00:46:34.599
 was wonder

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:35.299
 and awe.

00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:36.919
 And they

00:46:36.919 --> 00:46:37.500
 came into

00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:38.239
 the fellowship.

00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:39.480
 They were

00:46:39.480 --> 00:46:40.339
 brought in

00:46:40.339 --> 00:46:41.379
 more than

00:46:41.379 --> 00:46:41.639
 ever.

00:46:41.819 --> 00:46:42.139
 Believers

00:46:42.139 --> 00:46:42.799
 were added

00:46:42.799 --> 00:46:43.460
 to the

00:46:43.460 --> 00:46:43.639
 Lord.

00:46:43.799 --> 00:46:44.279
 Multitudes

00:46:44.279 --> 00:46:44.779
 of both

00:46:44.780 --> 00:46:45.360
 men and

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:45.840
 women, it

00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:46.360
 says in

00:46:46.360 --> 00:46:47.200
 verse 14.

00:46:48.780 --> 00:46:49.160
 They were

00:46:49.160 --> 00:46:50.019
 provoked to

00:46:50.019 --> 00:46:51.780
 obedience, to

00:46:51.780 --> 00:46:52.820
 love the

00:46:52.820 --> 00:46:53.200
 Lord.

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:55.600
 But there

00:46:55.600 --> 00:46:56.240
 were others

00:46:56.240 --> 00:46:56.760
 who were

00:46:56.760 --> 00:46:57.700
 provoked to

00:46:57.700 --> 00:46:59.540
 jealousy, the

00:46:59.540 --> 00:47:00.260
 high priest

00:47:00.260 --> 00:47:00.600
 and the

00:47:00.600 --> 00:47:01.300
 Sadducees

00:47:01.300 --> 00:47:02.500
 among them.

00:47:03.460 --> 00:47:03.940
 And that

00:47:03.940 --> 00:47:04.400
 was what

00:47:04.400 --> 00:47:06.100
 our unity,

00:47:07.100 --> 00:47:07.700
 our love

00:47:07.700 --> 00:47:08.420
 for Christ

00:47:08.420 --> 00:47:09.080
 will do us

00:47:09.080 --> 00:47:09.420
 while it

00:47:09.420 --> 00:47:10.040
 will provoke

00:47:10.040 --> 00:47:11.200
 others to

00:47:11.200 --> 00:47:12.120
 jealousy, to

00:47:12.120 --> 00:47:12.560
 anger.

00:47:13.380 --> 00:47:13.720
 And we

00:47:13.720 --> 00:47:14.060
 shouldn't be

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:15.480
 surprised at

00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:16.039
 when this

00:47:16.039 --> 00:47:16.679
 comes.

00:47:18.019 --> 00:47:18.299
 If you

00:47:18.299 --> 00:47:18.840
 are obedient

00:47:18.840 --> 00:47:19.820
 to God, it

00:47:19.820 --> 00:47:20.320
 will lead to

00:47:20.320 --> 00:47:21.440
 challenges from

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:22.440
 even family and

00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:23.440
 friends around

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:23.759
 you.

00:47:24.019 --> 00:47:24.460
 But you

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:25.440
 always remember

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:26.500
 what Peter

00:47:26.500 --> 00:47:27.259
 says, we

00:47:27.259 --> 00:47:28.299
 must obey

00:47:28.299 --> 00:47:29.679
 God rather

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.519
 than men.

00:47:32.579 --> 00:47:33.440
 So there's

00:47:33.440 --> 00:47:34.380
 these responses.

00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:35.000
 It provokes

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:36.400
 some to

00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:37.039
 come to the

00:47:37.039 --> 00:47:37.179
 Lord.

00:47:37.279 --> 00:47:37.639
 It provokes

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:38.420
 others to be

00:47:38.420 --> 00:47:38.980
 jealous and

00:47:38.980 --> 00:47:40.219
 angry towards

00:47:40.219 --> 00:47:40.679
 those of

00:47:40.679 --> 00:47:41.759
 the Lord's,

00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:42.659
 but it

00:47:42.659 --> 00:47:43.480
 also provokes

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:44.339
 a response

00:47:44.339 --> 00:47:45.419
 from God.

00:47:47.859 --> 00:47:48.659
 More than

00:47:48.659 --> 00:47:49.480
 ever, believers

00:47:49.480 --> 00:47:50.279
 were added

00:47:50.279 --> 00:47:51.339
 to the

00:47:51.339 --> 00:47:51.759
 Lord,

00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:53.099
 multitudes

00:47:53.099 --> 00:47:54.239
 of both

00:47:54.239 --> 00:47:55.379
 men and

00:47:55.379 --> 00:47:55.799
 women.

00:47:56.519 --> 00:47:57.039
 As they

00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:57.679
 were together,

00:47:58.219 --> 00:47:58.919
 as they were

00:47:58.919 --> 00:48:00.359
 obedient, the

00:48:00.359 --> 00:48:01.259
 Lord was

00:48:01.259 --> 00:48:02.619
 working in

00:48:02.619 --> 00:48:03.239
 their midst.

00:48:03.239 --> 00:48:06.459
 And so

00:48:06.459 --> 00:48:07.039
 that is how

00:48:07.039 --> 00:48:07.659
 we are to

00:48:07.659 --> 00:48:08.079
 go on

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:09.039
 ourselves as

00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:09.359
 well.

00:48:10.179 --> 00:48:10.500
 To be

00:48:10.500 --> 00:48:12.039
 obedient to

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:12.519
 God.

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:14.179
 To obey

00:48:14.179 --> 00:48:15.199
 God rather

00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:16.319
 than men and

00:48:16.319 --> 00:48:16.899
 to know that

00:48:16.899 --> 00:48:17.399
 yes, it will

00:48:17.399 --> 00:48:18.019
 provoke.

00:48:18.919 --> 00:48:19.519
 It will

00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:20.339
 provoke jealousy

00:48:20.339 --> 00:48:21.000
 and anger,

00:48:21.579 --> 00:48:22.279
 but it will

00:48:22.279 --> 00:48:23.079
 also provoke

00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:23.719
 others to

00:48:23.719 --> 00:48:24.259
 questions,

00:48:24.579 --> 00:48:26.279
 ask, can I

00:48:26.279 --> 00:48:26.759
 have that

00:48:26.759 --> 00:48:27.119
 Lord?

00:48:28.659 --> 00:48:29.219
 Does he

00:48:29.219 --> 00:48:29.859
 love me?

00:48:30.699 --> 00:48:31.179
 And to move

00:48:31.179 --> 00:48:32.839
 others and to

00:48:32.840 --> 00:48:33.660
 provoke God

00:48:33.660 --> 00:48:34.400
 by seeing

00:48:34.400 --> 00:48:35.480
 that unity

00:48:35.480 --> 00:48:35.880
 that we

00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:37.200
 enjoy in

00:48:37.200 --> 00:48:37.900
 adding to

00:48:37.900 --> 00:48:38.600
 our number

00:48:38.600 --> 00:48:40.039
 those who

00:48:40.039 --> 00:48:40.460
 are being

00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:41.120
 saved.

00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:44.140
 And God

00:48:44.140 --> 00:48:45.200
 had a

00:48:45.200 --> 00:48:46.220
 purpose for

00:48:46.220 --> 00:48:46.940
 them here.

00:48:47.800 --> 00:48:48.200
 Where there

00:48:48.200 --> 00:48:48.800
 is unity,

00:48:49.579 --> 00:48:50.600
 trials come,

00:48:51.300 --> 00:48:52.260
 but blessings

00:48:52.260 --> 00:48:53.820
 follow as

00:48:53.820 --> 00:48:54.200
 well.

00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:55.280
 And God

00:48:55.280 --> 00:48:56.500
 is able to

00:48:56.500 --> 00:48:56.840
 give us

00:48:56.840 --> 00:48:57.800
 blessing upon

00:48:57.800 --> 00:48:58.340
 blessing.

00:48:59.200 --> 00:48:59.519
 There was a

00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:00.360
 wonderful story

00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:01.019
 told of a

00:49:01.019 --> 00:49:01.760
 man, a

00:49:01.760 --> 00:49:02.660
 Christian man,

00:49:02.840 --> 00:49:03.640
 and he

00:49:03.640 --> 00:49:04.160
 met with a

00:49:04.160 --> 00:49:04.600
 friend in

00:49:04.600 --> 00:49:05.079
 the morning

00:49:05.079 --> 00:49:05.880
 as he was

00:49:05.880 --> 00:49:06.440
 out for a

00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:06.800
 walk.

00:49:07.579 --> 00:49:07.840
 And a

00:49:07.840 --> 00:49:08.360
 friend asked

00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:08.680
 him, how

00:49:08.680 --> 00:49:09.059
 are you

00:49:09.059 --> 00:49:09.480
 today?

00:49:10.820 --> 00:49:11.120
 And he

00:49:11.120 --> 00:49:11.660
 said, I'm

00:49:11.660 --> 00:49:13.280
 burdened this

00:49:13.280 --> 00:49:13.760
 morning.

00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:16.320
 And the

00:49:16.320 --> 00:49:16.900
 man looked

00:49:16.900 --> 00:49:17.800
 so happy.

00:49:18.940 --> 00:49:19.260
 And his

00:49:19.260 --> 00:49:20.000
 friend was

00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:20.940
 thinking, I

00:49:20.940 --> 00:49:21.620
 wouldn't expect

00:49:21.620 --> 00:49:22.079
 you to look

00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:22.880
 so happy if

00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:23.840
 you're burdened.

00:49:24.039 --> 00:49:24.320
 And he

00:49:24.320 --> 00:49:24.740
 said, are you

00:49:24.740 --> 00:49:25.880
 really burdened?

00:49:26.780 --> 00:49:27.500
 You don't

00:49:27.500 --> 00:49:28.000
 look it.

00:49:28.079 --> 00:49:28.300
 And he

00:49:28.300 --> 00:49:28.840
 said, yes,

00:49:28.840 --> 00:49:29.120
 I'm

00:49:29.120 --> 00:49:29.780
 wonderfully

00:49:29.780 --> 00:49:30.720
 burdened.

00:49:31.100 --> 00:49:31.539
 And it's

00:49:31.539 --> 00:49:32.059
 an over

00:49:32.059 --> 00:49:33.059
 abundance of

00:49:33.059 --> 00:49:33.860
 blessing, he

00:49:33.860 --> 00:49:34.260
 said.

00:49:34.900 --> 00:49:35.460
 I can't

00:49:35.460 --> 00:49:36.280
 find time

00:49:36.280 --> 00:49:36.940
 or words

00:49:36.940 --> 00:49:38.100
 to express

00:49:38.100 --> 00:49:38.579
 it.

00:49:39.300 --> 00:49:39.720
 And his

00:49:39.720 --> 00:49:40.220
 friend was

00:49:40.220 --> 00:49:40.760
 just looking

00:49:40.760 --> 00:49:41.780
 confused.

00:49:41.900 --> 00:49:42.019
 He was

00:49:42.019 --> 00:49:42.860
 wondering, what

00:49:42.860 --> 00:49:43.559
 is this man

00:49:43.559 --> 00:49:44.360
 talking about?

00:49:45.079 --> 00:49:45.700
 Burdened and

00:49:45.700 --> 00:49:46.480
 yet full of

00:49:46.480 --> 00:49:46.900
 joy?

00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:48.440
 And he

00:49:48.440 --> 00:49:48.840
 said, I'm

00:49:48.840 --> 00:49:49.620
 referring to

00:49:49.620 --> 00:49:50.740
 Psalm 68

00:49:50.740 --> 00:49:51.820
 verse 19.

00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:53.059
 And that, he

00:49:53.059 --> 00:49:54.120
 says, describes

00:49:54.120 --> 00:49:54.960
 my condition

00:49:54.960 --> 00:49:55.519
 today.

00:49:55.519 --> 00:49:56.699
 Because in

00:49:56.699 --> 00:49:57.259
 that verse,

00:49:57.360 --> 00:49:57.800
 the Father

00:49:57.800 --> 00:49:58.219
 in heaven

00:49:58.219 --> 00:49:59.099
 reminds us,

00:49:59.539 --> 00:50:00.139
 he daily

00:50:00.139 --> 00:50:00.960
 loads us

00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:01.900
 with benefits.

00:50:02.599 --> 00:50:03.239
 That is a

00:50:03.239 --> 00:50:04.259
 burden that

00:50:04.259 --> 00:50:04.559
 he was

00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:04.880
 feeling.

00:50:04.980 --> 00:50:05.199
 That was

00:50:05.199 --> 00:50:05.860
 the blessing

00:50:05.860 --> 00:50:06.659
 that he

00:50:06.659 --> 00:50:07.059
 knew in

00:50:07.059 --> 00:50:08.000
 obedience to

00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:08.400
 God.

00:50:08.759 --> 00:50:09.119
 If we

00:50:09.119 --> 00:50:10.139
 have these

00:50:10.139 --> 00:50:10.820
 words in

00:50:10.820 --> 00:50:11.480
 the Psalter

00:50:11.480 --> 00:50:12.139
 version, he

00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:12.759
 daily with

00:50:12.759 --> 00:50:13.559
 his benefits

00:50:13.559 --> 00:50:15.139
 as plenteously

00:50:15.139 --> 00:50:15.960
 doth load.

00:50:16.579 --> 00:50:17.420
 He burdens

00:50:17.420 --> 00:50:18.759
 us with

00:50:18.759 --> 00:50:19.380
 blessings.

00:50:22.940 --> 00:50:23.679
 Obedience

00:50:23.679 --> 00:50:24.940
 leads to

00:50:24.940 --> 00:50:25.840
 trials, but

00:50:25.840 --> 00:50:26.220
 it never

00:50:26.220 --> 00:50:27.159
 leads to

00:50:27.159 --> 00:50:27.800
 the absence

00:50:27.800 --> 00:50:28.880
 of God

00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:30.099
 with us.

00:50:31.260 --> 00:50:31.519
 And the

00:50:31.519 --> 00:50:31.980
 last thing we

00:50:31.980 --> 00:50:32.400
 just want to

00:50:32.400 --> 00:50:32.860
 take from

00:50:32.860 --> 00:50:33.960
 this is that

00:50:33.960 --> 00:50:34.980
 trials, they

00:50:34.980 --> 00:50:35.940
 lead to

00:50:35.940 --> 00:50:36.800
 opportunities.

00:50:38.179 --> 00:50:38.740
 And when we

00:50:38.740 --> 00:50:39.159
 look at the

00:50:39.159 --> 00:50:40.320
 believers here

00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:40.760
 as they were

00:50:40.760 --> 00:50:41.500
 together in

00:50:41.500 --> 00:50:42.099
 this way, as

00:50:42.099 --> 00:50:42.519
 they had this

00:50:42.519 --> 00:50:43.639
 unity, as

00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:43.800
 they were

00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:44.700
 seeing God's

00:50:44.700 --> 00:50:45.440
 hand upon

00:50:45.440 --> 00:50:46.420
 them, even

00:50:46.420 --> 00:50:46.920
 in the midst

00:50:46.920 --> 00:50:47.679
 of challenges,

00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:48.380
 what did it

00:50:48.380 --> 00:50:49.360
 do for

00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:49.639
 them?

00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:50.840
 Well, it

00:50:50.840 --> 00:50:51.260
 gave them

00:50:51.260 --> 00:50:52.360
 great opportunities

00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:53.639
 to speak

00:50:53.639 --> 00:50:54.360
 among these

00:50:54.360 --> 00:50:54.860
 high

00:50:54.860 --> 00:50:55.620
 priests and

00:50:55.620 --> 00:50:56.400
 Sadducees and

00:50:56.400 --> 00:50:56.760
 all the

00:50:56.760 --> 00:50:58.079
 people around

00:50:58.079 --> 00:50:58.280
 them.

00:50:58.340 --> 00:50:58.539
 They were

00:50:58.539 --> 00:50:59.880
 called into

00:50:59.880 --> 00:51:00.579
 their midst.

00:51:01.160 --> 00:51:01.539
 Even though

00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:01.800
 they'd been

00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:02.240
 put into

00:51:02.240 --> 00:51:03.280
 prison, they

00:51:03.280 --> 00:51:04.539
 still had an

00:51:04.539 --> 00:51:05.360
 opportunity to

00:51:05.360 --> 00:51:06.200
 witness to

00:51:06.200 --> 00:51:07.280
 those around

00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:07.579
 them.

00:51:08.900 --> 00:51:09.480
 And today we

00:51:09.480 --> 00:51:09.860
 live in a

00:51:09.860 --> 00:51:10.340
 world that

00:51:10.340 --> 00:51:10.800
 more and

00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:11.200
 more we

00:51:11.200 --> 00:51:11.900
 need to

00:51:11.900 --> 00:51:12.519
 take these

00:51:12.519 --> 00:51:13.440
 opportunities to

00:51:13.440 --> 00:51:14.519
 witness to

00:51:14.519 --> 00:51:15.480
 those around

00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:15.860
 us, to

00:51:15.860 --> 00:51:16.640
 provoke them

00:51:16.640 --> 00:51:17.640
 to response.

00:51:17.760 --> 00:51:18.260
 Even if that

00:51:18.260 --> 00:51:19.579
 response is

00:51:19.579 --> 00:51:20.620
 anger initially,

00:51:21.140 --> 00:51:21.800
 we still need

00:51:21.800 --> 00:51:22.760
 to stand up

00:51:22.760 --> 00:51:23.440
 for the

00:51:23.440 --> 00:51:24.760
 Lord, to

00:51:24.760 --> 00:51:25.920
 show our

00:51:25.920 --> 00:51:26.900
 unity, to

00:51:26.900 --> 00:51:27.820
 show that

00:51:27.820 --> 00:51:28.640
 we enjoy the

00:51:28.640 --> 00:51:29.300
 blessing of

00:51:29.300 --> 00:51:29.860
 God no

00:51:29.860 --> 00:51:30.660
 matter what,

00:51:30.700 --> 00:51:31.900
 that he is

00:51:31.900 --> 00:51:32.720
 with us.

00:51:34.160 --> 00:51:34.480
 They had

00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:35.080
 been thrown

00:51:35.080 --> 00:51:35.860
 into prison

00:51:35.860 --> 00:51:37.560
 and then

00:51:37.560 --> 00:51:38.720
 remarkably this

00:51:38.720 --> 00:51:39.920
 angel came to

00:51:39.920 --> 00:51:41.080
 them and they

00:51:41.080 --> 00:51:41.640
 were released

00:51:41.640 --> 00:51:42.520
 from prison in

00:51:42.520 --> 00:51:43.180
 an amazing

00:51:43.180 --> 00:51:43.720
 way.

00:51:44.500 --> 00:51:45.020
 But what did

00:51:45.020 --> 00:51:46.440
 they do when

00:51:46.440 --> 00:51:46.740
 they were

00:51:46.740 --> 00:51:47.200
 released?

00:51:47.199 --> 00:51:49.519
 It says in

00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:51.119
 verse 21,

00:51:52.639 --> 00:51:53.359
 they entered

00:51:53.359 --> 00:51:54.359
 the temple at

00:51:54.359 --> 00:51:55.639
 daybreak and

00:51:55.639 --> 00:51:56.639
 began to

00:51:56.639 --> 00:51:57.159
 teach.

00:51:58.919 --> 00:51:59.539
 They were

00:51:59.539 --> 00:52:00.259
 not ashamed

00:52:00.259 --> 00:52:01.339
 of the

00:52:01.339 --> 00:52:01.799
 gospel.

00:52:02.699 --> 00:52:02.960
 They were

00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:03.579
 not ashamed

00:52:03.579 --> 00:52:04.539
 of what it

00:52:04.539 --> 00:52:05.139
 stood for.

00:52:05.199 --> 00:52:05.339
 They were

00:52:05.339 --> 00:52:06.299
 not afraid of

00:52:06.299 --> 00:52:07.219
 the consequences

00:52:07.219 --> 00:52:07.679
 that might

00:52:07.679 --> 00:52:08.199
 come their

00:52:08.199 --> 00:52:08.480
 way.

00:52:08.939 --> 00:52:09.639
 We must

00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:10.759
 obey God

00:52:10.759 --> 00:52:12.199
 rather than

00:52:12.199 --> 00:52:12.539
 men.

00:52:13.679 --> 00:52:14.639
 The opportunity

00:52:14.639 --> 00:52:16.119
 was there for

00:52:16.119 --> 00:52:16.679
 them to

00:52:16.679 --> 00:52:18.099
 proclaim the

00:52:18.099 --> 00:52:18.940
 gospel of

00:52:18.940 --> 00:52:19.539
 Jesus, the

00:52:19.539 --> 00:52:20.319
 forgiveness of

00:52:20.319 --> 00:52:21.339
 sin that

00:52:21.339 --> 00:52:22.779
 comes through

00:52:22.779 --> 00:52:23.159
 him.

00:52:23.679 --> 00:52:24.159
 You might

00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:24.779
 expect after

00:52:24.779 --> 00:52:25.339
 being released

00:52:25.339 --> 00:52:25.899
 from prison,

00:52:26.339 --> 00:52:26.819
 they would run

00:52:26.819 --> 00:52:27.500
 away from the

00:52:27.500 --> 00:52:28.359
 situation they

00:52:28.359 --> 00:52:28.699
 were in.

00:52:29.139 --> 00:52:29.399
 They would

00:52:29.399 --> 00:52:29.940
 see it as a

00:52:29.940 --> 00:52:30.839
 close shave,

00:52:31.460 --> 00:52:32.299
 a close escape,

00:52:32.419 --> 00:52:32.859
 but no.

00:52:33.899 --> 00:52:34.559
 They go right

00:52:34.559 --> 00:52:35.480
 back into the

00:52:35.480 --> 00:52:36.579
 heart of where

00:52:36.579 --> 00:52:37.779
 the trouble was

00:52:37.779 --> 00:52:39.099
 and they

00:52:39.099 --> 00:52:41.059
 proclaim the

00:52:41.059 --> 00:52:42.039
 Lord Jesus

00:52:42.039 --> 00:52:43.379
 as the way

00:52:43.379 --> 00:52:44.719
 to salvation.

00:52:44.719 --> 00:52:44.819
 salvation.

00:52:45.819 --> 00:52:46.959
 If we were

00:52:46.959 --> 00:52:48.299
 told today as

00:52:48.299 --> 00:52:49.659
 they were not

00:52:49.659 --> 00:52:51.099
 to teach the

00:52:51.099 --> 00:52:52.480
 Bible, not to

00:52:52.480 --> 00:52:53.359
 stand up for

00:52:53.359 --> 00:52:54.019
 the truth, not

00:52:54.019 --> 00:52:55.359
 to proclaim the

00:52:55.359 --> 00:52:56.000
 Lord as

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:57.619
 Savior, what

00:52:57.619 --> 00:52:58.279
 would you do?

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:01.119
 Who would you

00:53:01.119 --> 00:53:02.719
 be obedient to?

00:53:04.399 --> 00:53:05.219
 Would you have

00:53:05.219 --> 00:53:06.759
 the response of

00:53:06.759 --> 00:53:07.919
 Peter and the

00:53:07.919 --> 00:53:08.879
 apostles, we

00:53:08.879 --> 00:53:09.980
 must obey

00:53:09.980 --> 00:53:11.459
 God rather

00:53:11.459 --> 00:53:12.399
 than men?

00:53:12.400 --> 00:53:14.500
 If you say

00:53:14.500 --> 00:53:15.660
 yes to that,

00:53:16.280 --> 00:53:17.099
 what do you

00:53:17.099 --> 00:53:17.960
 say to every

00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:19.220
 command that

00:53:19.220 --> 00:53:20.480
 the Lord gives

00:53:20.480 --> 00:53:21.400
 to you?

00:53:22.760 --> 00:53:23.160
 Will you

00:53:23.160 --> 00:53:24.539
 stand up on

00:53:24.539 --> 00:53:25.960
 the side of

00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:26.599
 your Lord?

00:53:28.260 --> 00:53:28.900
 You say to

00:53:28.900 --> 00:53:29.420
 yourself, but

00:53:29.420 --> 00:53:29.940
 I'm not

00:53:29.940 --> 00:53:31.079
 qualified, I'm

00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:31.800
 not gifted.

00:53:32.300 --> 00:53:32.820
 And we look

00:53:32.820 --> 00:53:33.579
 around us and

00:53:33.579 --> 00:53:34.260
 we see some

00:53:34.260 --> 00:53:35.400
 great apologists,

00:53:35.519 --> 00:53:36.740
 defenders of

00:53:36.740 --> 00:53:37.360
 the faith,

00:53:37.519 --> 00:53:38.579
 gifted men and

00:53:38.579 --> 00:53:39.180
 women who are

00:53:39.180 --> 00:53:40.760
 able to express

00:53:40.760 --> 00:53:41.539
 themselves and

00:53:41.539 --> 00:53:42.380
 stand up for

00:53:42.380 --> 00:53:43.519
 the faith in

00:53:43.519 --> 00:53:44.700
 amazing ways.

00:53:44.880 --> 00:53:45.380
 Men like

00:53:45.380 --> 00:53:46.360
 John Lennox,

00:53:46.920 --> 00:53:47.760
 professor of

00:53:47.760 --> 00:53:49.200
 mathematics at

00:53:49.200 --> 00:53:50.240
 Oxford University,

00:53:50.240 --> 00:53:50.900
 he's able to

00:53:50.900 --> 00:53:51.740
 stand and

00:53:51.740 --> 00:53:52.940
 speak on the

00:53:52.940 --> 00:53:53.800
 side of Christ

00:53:53.800 --> 00:53:54.700
 in powerful

00:53:54.700 --> 00:53:55.340
 ways.

00:53:55.740 --> 00:53:56.059
 It doesn't

00:53:56.059 --> 00:53:56.559
 seem to matter

00:53:56.559 --> 00:53:57.360
 what question

00:53:57.360 --> 00:53:58.039
 comes at him,

00:53:58.059 --> 00:53:58.480
 he's got an

00:53:58.480 --> 00:53:59.420
 answer immediately

00:53:59.420 --> 00:54:00.260
 and you're

00:54:00.260 --> 00:54:00.619
 thinking to

00:54:00.619 --> 00:54:00.980
 yourself, if

00:54:00.980 --> 00:54:01.860
 only I could

00:54:01.860 --> 00:54:02.559
 do that.

00:54:03.780 --> 00:54:04.980
 Or Rosaria

00:54:04.980 --> 00:54:06.059
 Butterfield, an

00:54:06.059 --> 00:54:07.260
 American professor,

00:54:07.880 --> 00:54:08.700
 was an atheist

00:54:08.700 --> 00:54:09.860
 for so long and

00:54:09.860 --> 00:54:11.320
 amazingly saved by

00:54:11.320 --> 00:54:11.940
 the grace of

00:54:11.940 --> 00:54:12.500
 God and

00:54:12.500 --> 00:54:13.660
 now speaking

00:54:13.660 --> 00:54:14.240
 out on the

00:54:14.240 --> 00:54:14.820
 side of

00:54:14.820 --> 00:54:15.400
 Christ.

00:54:16.400 --> 00:54:16.880
 Powerful

00:54:16.880 --> 00:54:17.480
 speaker.

00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:20.500
 They come

00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:21.559
 under attack for

00:54:21.559 --> 00:54:22.880
 their faith, but

00:54:22.880 --> 00:54:23.500
 they will always

00:54:23.500 --> 00:54:24.720
 stand up for

00:54:24.720 --> 00:54:25.400
 their saviour

00:54:25.400 --> 00:54:25.940
 because they

00:54:25.940 --> 00:54:26.360
 have that

00:54:26.360 --> 00:54:26.720
 heart.

00:54:27.140 --> 00:54:27.660
 We must

00:54:27.660 --> 00:54:28.620
 obey God

00:54:28.620 --> 00:54:30.260
 rather than

00:54:30.260 --> 00:54:30.680
 men.

00:54:31.840 --> 00:54:32.280
 But just

00:54:32.280 --> 00:54:32.880
 because we're

00:54:32.880 --> 00:54:33.880
 not all gifted

00:54:33.880 --> 00:54:34.580
 or prominent

00:54:34.580 --> 00:54:35.160
 like these

00:54:35.160 --> 00:54:36.320
 people, just

00:54:36.320 --> 00:54:36.660
 because we

00:54:36.660 --> 00:54:37.280
 don't always

00:54:37.280 --> 00:54:37.900
 have all the

00:54:37.900 --> 00:54:38.539
 answers or

00:54:38.539 --> 00:54:38.820
 maybe we

00:54:38.820 --> 00:54:39.219
 don't even

00:54:39.219 --> 00:54:40.179
 know what

00:54:40.179 --> 00:54:41.159
 to say

00:54:41.159 --> 00:54:42.119
 at times,

00:54:43.239 --> 00:54:44.179
 God still

00:54:44.179 --> 00:54:45.559
 asks for

00:54:45.559 --> 00:54:46.119
 obedience

00:54:46.119 --> 00:54:47.559
 from us.

00:54:50.119 --> 00:54:50.900
 When the

00:54:50.900 --> 00:54:51.820
 angel came

00:54:51.820 --> 00:54:52.519
 to the

00:54:52.519 --> 00:54:53.820
 apostles here

00:54:53.820 --> 00:54:55.380
 in verse

00:54:55.380 --> 00:54:56.539
 20, the

00:54:56.539 --> 00:54:57.179
 angel said,

00:54:57.360 --> 00:54:57.840
 go and

00:54:57.840 --> 00:54:58.480
 stand in

00:54:58.480 --> 00:54:59.039
 the temple

00:54:59.039 --> 00:54:59.880
 and speak.

00:55:01.340 --> 00:55:02.199
 The angel

00:55:02.199 --> 00:55:02.699
 wasn't going

00:55:02.699 --> 00:55:03.440
 to speak the

00:55:03.440 --> 00:55:03.940
 message.

00:55:04.840 --> 00:55:05.320
 They were

00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:05.800
 to go.

00:55:06.400 --> 00:55:07.380
 They were

00:55:07.380 --> 00:55:08.140
 to speak.

00:55:09.440 --> 00:55:09.780
 And you

00:55:09.780 --> 00:55:10.619
 ask yourself,

00:55:10.740 --> 00:55:11.519
 how can I

00:55:11.519 --> 00:55:13.300
 witness for

00:55:13.300 --> 00:55:13.740
 the Lord?

00:55:13.800 --> 00:55:15.240
 If only I

00:55:15.240 --> 00:55:16.119
 could witness

00:55:16.119 --> 00:55:16.800
 for the

00:55:16.800 --> 00:55:17.380
 Lord in

00:55:17.380 --> 00:55:18.079
 this way.

00:55:19.500 --> 00:55:20.059
 Well, the

00:55:20.059 --> 00:55:21.019
 Lord calls

00:55:21.019 --> 00:55:22.180
 us to

00:55:22.180 --> 00:55:22.780
 obedience.

00:55:24.340 --> 00:55:24.760
 And we

00:55:24.760 --> 00:55:25.460
 can all

00:55:25.460 --> 00:55:26.500
 proclaim

00:55:26.500 --> 00:55:27.800
 the Lord.

00:55:29.059 --> 00:55:29.940
 In 1

00:55:29.940 --> 00:55:30.519
 Corinthians

00:55:30.519 --> 00:55:31.119
 11,

00:55:32.539 --> 00:55:33.780
 verse 24,

00:55:34.039 --> 00:55:35.079
 words no

00:55:35.079 --> 00:55:35.539
 doubt we'll

00:55:35.539 --> 00:55:35.820
 hear,

00:55:35.940 --> 00:55:36.559
 next Lord's

00:55:36.559 --> 00:55:37.099
 day God

00:55:37.099 --> 00:55:37.420
 willing.

00:55:38.179 --> 00:55:38.759
 It says

00:55:38.759 --> 00:55:39.019
 there,

00:55:39.119 --> 00:55:39.659
 this is my

00:55:39.659 --> 00:55:40.039
 body,

00:55:40.440 --> 00:55:41.000
 which is

00:55:41.000 --> 00:55:41.579
 for you.

00:55:42.239 --> 00:55:42.980
 Do this

00:55:42.980 --> 00:55:44.139
 in remembrance

00:55:44.139 --> 00:55:45.139
 of me.

00:55:45.679 --> 00:55:46.159
 In the

00:55:46.159 --> 00:55:46.619
 same way

00:55:46.619 --> 00:55:47.219
 also he

00:55:47.219 --> 00:55:47.599
 took the

00:55:47.599 --> 00:55:48.199
 cup after

00:55:48.199 --> 00:55:48.539
 supper,

00:55:48.699 --> 00:55:48.920
 saying,

00:55:49.019 --> 00:55:49.559
 this cup

00:55:49.559 --> 00:55:49.840
 is a

00:55:49.840 --> 00:55:50.400
 new covenant

00:55:50.400 --> 00:55:50.860
 in my

00:55:50.860 --> 00:55:51.279
 blood.

00:55:51.840 --> 00:55:52.380
 Do this

00:55:52.380 --> 00:55:52.980
 as often

00:55:52.980 --> 00:55:53.340
 as you

00:55:53.340 --> 00:55:53.960
 drink it

00:55:53.960 --> 00:55:55.079
 in remembrance

00:55:55.079 --> 00:55:56.519
 of me.

00:55:57.380 --> 00:55:57.900
 For as

00:55:57.900 --> 00:55:58.699
 often as

00:55:58.699 --> 00:55:59.380
 you eat

00:55:59.380 --> 00:56:00.320
 this bread

00:56:00.320 --> 00:56:01.500
 and drink

00:56:01.500 --> 00:56:02.219
 the cup,

00:56:02.799 --> 00:56:03.380
 you

00:56:03.380 --> 00:56:04.420
 proclaim

00:56:04.420 --> 00:56:05.800
 the Lord's

00:56:05.800 --> 00:56:06.240
 death

00:56:06.240 --> 00:56:07.360
 until he

00:56:07.360 --> 00:56:08.059
 comes.

00:56:10.519 --> 00:56:11.880
 You can

00:56:11.880 --> 00:56:13.039
 proclaim

00:56:13.039 --> 00:56:13.680
 God.

00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:15.159
 You don't

00:56:15.159 --> 00:56:16.000
 have to

00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:16.680
 be gifted

00:56:16.680 --> 00:56:17.659
 like John

00:56:17.659 --> 00:56:18.380
 Lennox or

00:56:18.380 --> 00:56:18.900
 Rosaria

00:56:18.900 --> 00:56:19.700
 Butterfield.

00:56:19.960 --> 00:56:20.440
 You don't

00:56:20.440 --> 00:56:20.940
 have to

00:56:20.940 --> 00:56:21.500
 have all

00:56:21.500 --> 00:56:22.380
 the answers,

00:56:23.099 --> 00:56:23.780
 yet you

00:56:23.780 --> 00:56:24.519
 can still

00:56:24.519 --> 00:56:25.579
 proclaim God

00:56:25.579 --> 00:56:26.340
 in a

00:56:26.340 --> 00:56:27.220
 powerful way.

00:56:27.340 --> 00:56:27.599
 How?

00:56:27.599 --> 00:56:29.779
 By eating

00:56:29.779 --> 00:56:30.360
 the bread

00:56:30.360 --> 00:56:31.500
 and drinking

00:56:31.500 --> 00:56:32.139
 the cup,

00:56:32.460 --> 00:56:33.500
 you proclaim

00:56:33.500 --> 00:56:34.599
 the Lord's

00:56:34.599 --> 00:56:35.000
 death

00:56:35.000 --> 00:56:35.679
 until he

00:56:35.679 --> 00:56:36.099
 comes.

00:56:36.380 --> 00:56:36.639
 You are

00:56:36.639 --> 00:56:37.159
 showing

00:56:37.159 --> 00:56:38.019
 your

00:56:38.019 --> 00:56:38.539
 obedience

00:56:38.539 --> 00:56:39.539
 to God

00:56:39.539 --> 00:56:40.599
 and not

00:56:40.599 --> 00:56:40.960
 men.

00:56:42.339 --> 00:56:42.739
 And in

00:56:42.739 --> 00:56:43.440
 so doing,

00:56:43.799 --> 00:56:44.199
 you will

00:56:44.199 --> 00:56:45.000
 provoke a

00:56:45.000 --> 00:56:45.799
 response.

00:56:47.099 --> 00:56:47.339
 A

00:56:47.339 --> 00:56:48.319
 response of

00:56:48.319 --> 00:56:49.179
 those around

00:56:49.179 --> 00:56:49.579
 you of

00:56:49.579 --> 00:56:49.860
 more

00:56:49.860 --> 00:56:50.860
 thankfulness.

00:56:51.259 --> 00:56:51.500
 A

00:56:51.500 --> 00:56:52.279
 response of

00:56:52.279 --> 00:56:52.980
 those around

00:56:52.980 --> 00:56:53.299
 you to

00:56:53.299 --> 00:56:53.960
 think maybe

00:56:53.960 --> 00:56:54.299
 of their

00:56:54.299 --> 00:56:55.259
 own salvation.

00:56:55.759 --> 00:56:56.000
 A

00:56:56.000 --> 00:56:56.880
 response to

00:56:56.880 --> 00:56:57.480
 others who

00:56:57.480 --> 00:56:57.920
 will maybe

00:56:57.920 --> 00:56:59.079
 rebuke you

00:56:59.079 --> 00:56:59.640
 and challenge

00:56:59.640 --> 00:57:00.119
 you.

00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:02.400
 But you

00:57:02.400 --> 00:57:03.160
 must obey

00:57:03.160 --> 00:57:04.280
 God and

00:57:04.280 --> 00:57:04.900
 not men.

00:57:05.880 --> 00:57:06.380
 Because it

00:57:06.380 --> 00:57:06.920
 will provoke

00:57:06.920 --> 00:57:07.800
 a response

00:57:07.800 --> 00:57:08.599
 from God.

00:57:09.460 --> 00:57:10.240
 A blessing

00:57:10.240 --> 00:57:11.680
 that follows

00:57:11.680 --> 00:57:12.539
 obedience.

00:57:13.420 --> 00:57:14.240
 An assurance.

00:57:14.840 --> 00:57:15.500
 A joy.

00:57:15.960 --> 00:57:16.720
 A comfort.

00:57:17.539 --> 00:57:17.840
 It will

00:57:17.840 --> 00:57:18.440
 stir up an

00:57:18.440 --> 00:57:19.099
 attack of

00:57:19.099 --> 00:57:19.760
 Satan, no

00:57:19.760 --> 00:57:20.260
 doubt as

00:57:20.260 --> 00:57:20.599
 well.

00:57:21.019 --> 00:57:22.039
 But God

00:57:22.039 --> 00:57:22.700
 will be with

00:57:22.700 --> 00:57:23.000
 you.

00:57:23.760 --> 00:57:24.019
 We were

00:57:24.019 --> 00:57:24.680
 reminded of

00:57:24.680 --> 00:57:25.260
 that this

00:57:25.260 --> 00:57:25.640
 morning.

00:57:26.880 --> 00:57:29.220
 proclaim

00:57:29.220 --> 00:57:30.380
 the Lord's

00:57:30.380 --> 00:57:30.800
 death

00:57:30.800 --> 00:57:31.420
 till he

00:57:31.420 --> 00:57:32.000
 comes.

00:57:32.780 --> 00:57:33.059
 Is there

00:57:33.059 --> 00:57:33.500
 any more

00:57:33.500 --> 00:57:34.099
 powerful

00:57:34.099 --> 00:57:34.880
 thing that

00:57:34.880 --> 00:57:35.180
 you can

00:57:35.180 --> 00:57:36.019
 do than

00:57:36.019 --> 00:57:36.500
 to show

00:57:36.500 --> 00:57:37.140
 you love

00:57:37.140 --> 00:57:37.780
 the Lord

00:57:37.780 --> 00:57:38.740
 with all

00:57:38.740 --> 00:57:39.280
 your heart

00:57:39.280 --> 00:57:39.700
 by being

00:57:39.700 --> 00:57:40.220
 obedient

00:57:40.220 --> 00:57:41.539
 in that?

00:57:43.780 --> 00:57:44.260
 Richard

00:57:44.260 --> 00:57:44.800
 Baxter

00:57:44.800 --> 00:57:45.380
 wrote a

00:57:45.380 --> 00:57:45.619
 hymn,

00:57:45.740 --> 00:57:45.980
 Lord,

00:57:46.220 --> 00:57:47.160
 it belongs

00:57:47.160 --> 00:57:47.860
 not to

00:57:47.860 --> 00:57:48.559
 my care.

00:57:49.519 --> 00:57:49.880
 I'm sure

00:57:49.880 --> 00:57:50.320
 many of

00:57:50.320 --> 00:57:50.539
 you have

00:57:50.539 --> 00:57:51.000
 heard the

00:57:51.000 --> 00:57:51.820
 last verse

00:57:51.820 --> 00:57:52.780
 quoted.

00:57:53.039 --> 00:57:53.280
 It's a

00:57:53.280 --> 00:57:53.640
 beautiful

00:57:53.640 --> 00:57:54.099
 verse,

00:57:54.200 --> 00:57:54.940
 reminds us

00:57:54.940 --> 00:57:55.940
 of what's

00:57:55.940 --> 00:57:56.599
 to come.

00:57:57.240 --> 00:57:57.860
 The last

00:57:57.860 --> 00:57:58.420
 verse says,

00:57:58.519 --> 00:57:59.099
 my knowledge

00:57:59.099 --> 00:57:59.619
 of that

00:57:59.619 --> 00:58:00.280
 life is

00:58:00.280 --> 00:58:00.619
 small,

00:58:00.720 --> 00:58:01.059
 the eye

00:58:01.059 --> 00:58:01.619
 of faith

00:58:01.619 --> 00:58:02.240
 is dim,

00:58:02.860 --> 00:58:03.360
 but tis

00:58:03.360 --> 00:58:04.039
 enough that

00:58:04.039 --> 00:58:04.860
 Christ knows

00:58:04.860 --> 00:58:05.340
 all,

00:58:05.780 --> 00:58:06.380
 and I

00:58:06.380 --> 00:58:07.159
 shall be

00:58:07.159 --> 00:58:08.200
 with him.

00:58:08.880 --> 00:58:09.480
 Beautiful

00:58:09.480 --> 00:58:10.760
 words of

00:58:10.760 --> 00:58:11.099
 what is

00:58:11.099 --> 00:58:11.659
 to come.

00:58:12.119 --> 00:58:12.619
 But how

00:58:12.619 --> 00:58:13.019
 does it

00:58:13.019 --> 00:58:13.559
 start?

00:58:14.960 --> 00:58:15.820
 The first

00:58:15.820 --> 00:58:16.360
 few verses

00:58:16.360 --> 00:58:16.840
 go like

00:58:16.840 --> 00:58:17.119
 this,

00:58:17.220 --> 00:58:17.480
 Lord,

00:58:17.880 --> 00:58:18.720
 it belongs

00:58:18.720 --> 00:58:19.380
 not to

00:58:19.380 --> 00:58:20.059
 my care,

00:58:20.139 --> 00:58:20.400
 whether

00:58:20.400 --> 00:58:21.220
 I die

00:58:21.220 --> 00:58:21.820
 or live.

00:58:21.820 --> 00:58:22.780
 To love

00:58:22.780 --> 00:58:23.420
 and serve

00:58:23.420 --> 00:58:23.860
 thee is

00:58:23.860 --> 00:58:24.539
 my share,

00:58:24.640 --> 00:58:25.019
 and this

00:58:25.019 --> 00:58:25.680
 thy grace

00:58:25.680 --> 00:58:26.460
 must give.

00:58:27.360 --> 00:58:27.940
 If life

00:58:27.940 --> 00:58:28.480
 be long,

00:58:28.539 --> 00:58:28.920
 I will

00:58:28.920 --> 00:58:29.580
 be glad

00:58:29.580 --> 00:58:30.420
 that I

00:58:30.420 --> 00:58:30.940
 may long

00:58:30.940 --> 00:58:31.420
 obey.

00:58:32.019 --> 00:58:32.720
 If short,

00:58:32.900 --> 00:58:33.280
 yet why

00:58:33.280 --> 00:58:33.720
 should I

00:58:33.720 --> 00:58:34.280
 be sad

00:58:34.280 --> 00:58:34.960
 to soar

00:58:34.960 --> 00:58:35.680
 to endless

00:58:35.680 --> 00:58:36.120
 day?

00:58:36.780 --> 00:58:37.200
 Christ

00:58:37.200 --> 00:58:37.800
 leads me

00:58:37.800 --> 00:58:38.340
 through no

00:58:38.340 --> 00:58:39.300
 darker rooms

00:58:39.300 --> 00:58:40.220
 than he

00:58:40.220 --> 00:58:40.820
 went through

00:58:40.820 --> 00:58:41.440
 before.

00:58:42.120 --> 00:58:42.519
 He that

00:58:42.519 --> 00:58:43.200
 to God's

00:58:43.200 --> 00:58:43.580
 kingdom

00:58:43.580 --> 00:58:44.300
 comes

00:58:44.300 --> 00:58:45.700
 must enter

00:58:45.700 --> 00:58:47.320
 by this

00:58:47.320 --> 00:58:47.880
 door.

00:58:49.660 --> 00:58:50.000
 The

00:58:50.000 --> 00:58:50.620
 blessing

00:58:50.619 --> 00:58:51.579
 that is

00:58:51.579 --> 00:58:52.440
 to be

00:58:52.440 --> 00:58:52.779
 with

00:58:52.779 --> 00:58:52.980
 him.

00:58:54.219 --> 00:58:54.839
 It

00:58:54.839 --> 00:58:55.319
 starts

00:58:55.319 --> 00:58:55.579
 by

00:58:55.579 --> 00:58:56.139
 obedience

00:58:56.139 --> 00:58:56.739
 to

00:58:56.739 --> 00:58:56.960
 him

00:58:56.960 --> 00:58:57.279
 now.

00:58:59.299 --> 00:58:59.719
 He

00:58:59.719 --> 00:59:02.259
 has

00:59:02.259 --> 00:59:02.759
 his

00:59:02.759 --> 00:59:03.480
 kingdom.

00:59:04.279 --> 00:59:04.440
 And

00:59:04.440 --> 00:59:04.859
 he that

00:59:04.859 --> 00:59:05.539
 to God's

00:59:05.539 --> 00:59:05.960
 kingdom

00:59:05.960 --> 00:59:06.739
 comes

00:59:06.739 --> 00:59:07.699
 must

00:59:07.699 --> 00:59:08.279
 enter

00:59:08.279 --> 00:59:09.519
 by this

00:59:09.519 --> 00:59:09.960
 door.

00:59:10.440 --> 00:59:10.719
 The

00:59:10.719 --> 00:59:11.059
 door

00:59:11.059 --> 00:59:11.799
 of

00:59:11.799 --> 00:59:12.380
 faith.

00:59:13.420 --> 00:59:13.839
 The

00:59:13.839 --> 00:59:14.119
 door

00:59:14.119 --> 00:59:14.319
 of

00:59:14.319 --> 00:59:14.900
 obedience.

00:59:15.259 --> 00:59:15.359
 The

00:59:15.359 --> 00:59:15.679
 door

00:59:15.679 --> 00:59:16.579
 of

00:59:16.579 --> 00:59:17.259
 trust.

00:59:18.460 --> 00:59:18.719
 As

00:59:18.719 --> 00:59:19.059
 we go

00:59:19.059 --> 00:59:19.400
 into

00:59:19.400 --> 00:59:20.099
 the

00:59:20.099 --> 00:59:20.319
 week

00:59:20.319 --> 00:59:20.860
 ahead

00:59:20.860 --> 00:59:21.839
 as we

00:59:21.839 --> 00:59:22.339
 go on

00:59:22.339 --> 00:59:23.480
 with all

00:59:23.480 --> 00:59:23.819
 that we've

00:59:23.819 --> 00:59:24.480
 heard today

00:59:24.480 --> 00:59:25.219
 this morning

00:59:25.219 --> 00:59:26.380
 and this

00:59:26.380 --> 00:59:26.860
 evening.

00:59:27.659 --> 00:59:27.940
 This

00:59:27.940 --> 00:59:28.380
 morning

00:59:28.380 --> 00:59:29.420
 there was

00:59:29.420 --> 00:59:30.199
 the invitation

00:59:30.199 --> 00:59:31.079
 come.

00:59:32.420 --> 00:59:33.039
 Come.

00:59:35.179 --> 00:59:35.679
 And this

00:59:35.679 --> 00:59:36.079
 evening

00:59:36.079 --> 00:59:37.559
 it's about

00:59:37.559 --> 00:59:38.019
 obey.

00:59:39.299 --> 00:59:39.679
 Be

00:59:39.679 --> 00:59:40.259
 obedient.

00:59:42.299 --> 00:59:42.739
 Trust

00:59:42.739 --> 00:59:44.079
 and obey.

00:59:44.519 --> 00:59:44.980
 For

00:59:44.980 --> 00:59:45.440
 there's no

00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:46.159
 other way

00:59:46.159 --> 00:59:47.299
 to be

00:59:47.299 --> 00:59:48.019
 happy in

00:59:48.019 --> 00:59:48.399
 Jesus

00:59:48.399 --> 00:59:49.659
 than to

00:59:49.659 --> 00:59:50.319
 trust

00:59:50.319 --> 00:59:51.239
 and

00:59:51.239 --> 00:59:51.599
 obey.

00:59:52.420 --> 00:59:52.960
 May he

00:59:52.960 --> 00:59:53.420
 help us

00:59:53.420 --> 00:59:54.000
 to come

00:59:54.000 --> 00:59:55.319
 and trust

00:59:55.319 --> 00:59:56.480
 and be

00:59:56.480 --> 00:59:56.920
 obedient

00:59:56.920 --> 00:59:57.739
 to him

00:59:57.739 --> 00:59:58.679
 that we

00:59:58.679 --> 00:59:59.299
 might know

00:59:59.299 --> 01:00:00.059
 his

01:00:00.059 --> 01:00:00.659
 wonderful

01:00:00.659 --> 01:00:01.239
 blessing.

01:00:01.819 --> 01:00:02.219
 Let us

01:00:02.219 --> 01:00:02.480
 pray.

01:00:04.239 --> 01:00:04.799
 Our

01:00:04.799 --> 01:00:05.639
 Father in

01:00:05.639 --> 01:00:06.000
 heaven,

01:00:06.119 --> 01:00:06.699
 we rejoice

01:00:06.699 --> 01:00:07.219
 in your

01:00:07.219 --> 01:00:08.199
 gospel that

01:00:08.199 --> 01:00:08.859
 it is a

01:00:08.859 --> 01:00:09.500
 word to

01:00:09.500 --> 01:00:09.859
 all,

01:00:10.460 --> 01:00:10.759
 that there

01:00:10.759 --> 01:00:11.139
 is no

01:00:11.139 --> 01:00:11.559
 one who

01:00:11.559 --> 01:00:12.119
 is left

01:00:12.119 --> 01:00:12.799
 out of it,

01:00:12.899 --> 01:00:13.639
 young and

01:00:13.639 --> 01:00:14.039
 old,

01:00:14.199 --> 01:00:14.579
 men and

01:00:14.579 --> 01:00:14.819
 women,

01:00:14.980 --> 01:00:15.559
 boys and

01:00:15.559 --> 01:00:15.940
 girls.

01:00:16.440 --> 01:00:17.000
 It speaks

01:00:17.000 --> 01:00:17.460
 to each

01:00:17.460 --> 01:00:17.920
 one of

01:00:17.920 --> 01:00:18.239
 us and

01:00:18.239 --> 01:00:19.159
 it challenges

01:00:19.159 --> 01:00:19.840
 us to

01:00:19.840 --> 01:00:20.960
 come and

01:00:20.960 --> 01:00:21.360
 put our

01:00:21.360 --> 01:00:22.219
 trust in

01:00:22.219 --> 01:00:22.500
 you.

01:00:23.039 --> 01:00:23.199
 It

01:00:23.199 --> 01:00:23.579
 challenges

01:00:23.579 --> 01:00:24.219
 us to

01:00:24.219 --> 01:00:24.719
 obedience

01:00:24.719 --> 01:00:25.739
 to you,

01:00:26.159 --> 01:00:26.819
 to come

01:00:26.819 --> 01:00:27.139
 and do

01:00:27.139 --> 01:00:27.819
 this in

01:00:27.819 --> 01:00:28.360
 remembrance

01:00:28.360 --> 01:00:29.179
 of you.

01:00:29.880 --> 01:00:30.159
 And so

01:00:30.159 --> 01:00:30.719
 we thank

01:00:30.719 --> 01:00:30.900
 you,

01:00:30.980 --> 01:00:31.159
 Lord,

01:00:31.259 --> 01:00:31.519
 that it

01:00:31.519 --> 01:00:31.980
 is a

01:00:31.980 --> 01:00:32.460
 powerful

01:00:32.460 --> 01:00:33.279
 invitation

01:00:33.279 --> 01:00:34.179
 and

01:00:34.179 --> 01:00:34.480
 something

01:00:34.480 --> 01:00:34.699
 that

01:00:34.699 --> 01:00:35.420
 demands

01:00:35.420 --> 01:00:35.840
 our

01:00:35.840 --> 01:00:36.319
 obedience.

01:00:37.299 --> 01:00:37.519
 For

01:00:37.519 --> 01:00:37.880
 to say

01:00:37.880 --> 01:00:38.259
 no

01:00:38.259 --> 01:00:39.079
 or in

01:00:39.079 --> 01:00:39.340
 another

01:00:39.340 --> 01:00:40.039
 time is

01:00:40.039 --> 01:00:40.360
 to be

01:00:40.360 --> 01:00:41.239
 disobedient.

01:00:41.779 --> 01:00:42.000
 But

01:00:42.000 --> 01:00:42.259
 Lord,

01:00:42.340 --> 01:00:42.759
 we pray

01:00:42.759 --> 01:00:43.039
 that you

01:00:43.039 --> 01:00:43.539
 will help

01:00:43.539 --> 01:00:43.920
 us in

01:00:43.920 --> 01:00:44.159
 our

01:00:44.159 --> 01:00:44.539
 hearts

01:00:44.539 --> 01:00:45.219
 to hear

01:00:45.219 --> 01:00:46.000
 your

01:00:46.000 --> 01:00:46.460
 word

01:00:46.460 --> 01:00:47.179
 and to

01:00:47.179 --> 01:00:47.340
 know

01:00:47.340 --> 01:00:47.619
 your

01:00:47.619 --> 01:00:48.179
 spirit,

01:00:48.800 --> 01:00:49.099
 the one

01:00:49.099 --> 01:00:49.599
 that says

01:00:49.599 --> 01:00:50.300
 to come

01:00:50.300 --> 01:00:51.420
 to me.

01:00:51.940 --> 01:00:52.259
 Lord,

01:00:52.340 --> 01:00:52.719
 hear us

01:00:52.719 --> 01:00:53.320
 we pray

01:00:53.320 --> 01:00:54.159
 and forgive

01:00:54.159 --> 01:00:54.559
 us our

01:00:54.559 --> 01:00:55.099
 sins as

01:00:55.099 --> 01:00:55.480
 we ask

01:00:55.480 --> 01:00:55.800
 it all

01:00:55.800 --> 01:00:56.279
 in Jesus'

01:00:56.539 --> 01:00:56.739
 name.

01:00:57.279 --> 01:00:57.659
 Amen.

01:01:00.940 --> 01:01:01.519
 We'll

01:01:01.519 --> 01:01:02.139
 conclude by

01:01:02.139 --> 01:01:03.079
 singing to

01:01:03.079 --> 01:01:03.639
 God's praise

01:01:03.639 --> 01:01:04.079
 in Psalm

01:01:04.079 --> 01:01:05.179
 24 in

01:01:05.179 --> 01:01:05.619
 the Sing

01:01:05.619 --> 01:01:06.259
 Psalms.

01:01:10.039 --> 01:01:11.460
 Page 28

01:01:11.460 --> 01:01:11.800
 of the

01:01:11.800 --> 01:01:12.119
 Psalm

01:01:12.119 --> 01:01:12.420
 books.

01:01:12.420 --> 01:01:13.680
 Psalm 24

01:01:13.680 --> 01:01:14.099
 we'll

01:01:14.099 --> 01:01:14.400
 sing

01:01:14.400 --> 01:01:15.280
 from

01:01:15.280 --> 01:01:16.019
 verse 1

01:01:16.019 --> 01:01:16.280
 to

01:01:16.280 --> 01:01:17.579
 verse 6.

01:01:17.700 --> 01:01:17.800
 The

01:01:17.800 --> 01:01:18.180
 world

01:01:18.180 --> 01:01:18.680
 and all

01:01:18.680 --> 01:01:19.159
 in it

01:01:19.159 --> 01:01:19.619
 are

01:01:19.619 --> 01:01:20.079
 gods,

01:01:20.460 --> 01:01:20.680
 all

01:01:20.680 --> 01:01:21.220
 peoples

01:01:21.220 --> 01:01:21.820
 of the

01:01:21.820 --> 01:01:22.059
 earth,

01:01:22.139 --> 01:01:22.380
 for it

01:01:22.380 --> 01:01:22.559
 was

01:01:22.559 --> 01:01:22.960
 founded

01:01:22.960 --> 01:01:23.519
 by the

01:01:23.519 --> 01:01:23.820
 Lord

01:01:23.820 --> 01:01:24.880
 upon

01:01:24.880 --> 01:01:25.280
 the

01:01:25.280 --> 01:01:25.720
 seas

01:01:25.720 --> 01:01:26.360
 beneath.

01:01:26.500 --> 01:01:26.619
 And

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 verse 5,

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 he will

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 find

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 favour

01:01:28.460 --> 01:01:28.840
 from

01:01:28.840 --> 01:01:29.019
 the

01:01:29.019 --> 01:01:29.280
 Lord

01:01:29.280 --> 01:01:29.880
 and

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 from

01:01:30.280 --> 01:01:30.599
 his

01:01:30.599 --> 01:01:31.159
 saviour

01:01:31.159 --> 01:01:31.639
 grace.

01:01:32.180 --> 01:01:32.380
 Thus

01:01:32.380 --> 01:01:32.780
 are they

01:01:32.780 --> 01:01:33.240
 blessed,

01:01:33.400 --> 01:01:33.539
 O

01:01:33.539 --> 01:01:34.119
 Jacob's

01:01:34.119 --> 01:01:34.440
 God,

01:01:34.500 --> 01:01:34.619
 who

01:01:34.619 --> 01:01:35.119
 truly

01:01:35.119 --> 01:01:36.039
 seek

01:01:36.039 --> 01:01:36.260
 your

01:01:36.260 --> 01:01:36.639
 face.

01:01:36.720 --> 01:01:36.880
 We'll

01:01:36.880 --> 01:01:37.059
 sing

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 from

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 verse 1

01:01:37.760 --> 01:01:38.280
 to 6

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 to God's

01:01:38.880 --> 01:01:39.280
 praise,

01:01:39.400 --> 01:01:39.600
 and the

01:01:39.600 --> 01:01:40.560
 tune is

01:01:40.560 --> 01:01:41.120
 Jackson.

01:01:41.120 --> 01:01:42.300
 The

01:01:42.300 --> 01:01:47.120
 world

01:01:47.120 --> 01:01:48.760
 and all

01:01:48.760 --> 01:01:50.340
 in it

01:01:50.340 --> 01:01:51.140
 are

01:01:51.140 --> 01:01:51.960
 gods,

01:01:52.320 --> 01:01:53.180
 all

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 peoples

01:01:54.120 --> 01:01:55.620
 of

01:01:55.620 --> 01:01:56.500
 the

01:01:56.500 --> 01:01:58.080
 earth,

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 for

01:01:59.440 --> 01:02:00.220
 it

01:02:00.220 --> 01:02:00.920
 was

01:02:00.920 --> 01:02:01.940
 founded

01:02:01.940 --> 01:02:03.380
 by

01:02:03.380 --> 01:02:04.380
 the

01:02:04.380 --> 01:02:05.079
 Lord

01:02:05.079 --> 01:02:06.380
 upon

01:02:06.380 --> 01:02:08.119
 the

01:02:08.119 --> 01:02:08.900
 seas

01:02:08.900 --> 01:02:10.079
 beneath.

01:02:12.079 --> 01:02:12.740
 Who

01:02:12.740 --> 01:02:13.840
 may

01:02:13.840 --> 01:02:15.579
 ascend

01:02:15.579 --> 01:02:16.380
 the

01:02:16.380 --> 01:02:17.500
 hill

01:02:17.500 --> 01:02:18.360
 of

01:02:18.360 --> 01:02:19.000
 God

01:02:19.000 --> 01:02:20.340
 or

01:02:20.340 --> 01:02:21.099
 in

01:02:21.099 --> 01:02:21.860
 his

01:02:21.860 --> 01:02:22.860
 temple

01:02:22.860 --> 01:02:25.280
 stand,

01:02:25.680 --> 01:02:26.640
 the

01:02:26.640 --> 01:02:27.500
 one

01:02:27.500 --> 01:02:28.300
 who

01:02:28.300 --> 01:02:29.119
 shuns

01:02:29.119 --> 01:02:29.980
 false

01:02:29.980 --> 01:02:30.920
 gods

01:02:30.920 --> 01:02:31.800
 and

01:02:31.800 --> 01:02:32.579
 lies,

01:02:32.579 --> 01:02:33.719
 whose

01:02:33.719 --> 01:02:34.920
 pure

01:02:34.920 --> 01:02:35.679
 in

01:02:35.679 --> 01:02:36.599
 heart

01:02:36.599 --> 01:02:37.539
 and

01:02:37.539 --> 01:02:39.420
 land.

01:02:40.079 --> 01:02:40.759
 He

01:02:40.759 --> 01:02:41.799
 will

01:02:41.799 --> 01:02:42.819
 find

01:02:42.819 --> 01:02:44.000
 favour

01:02:44.000 --> 01:02:45.599
 from

01:02:45.599 --> 01:02:46.559
 the

01:02:46.559 --> 01:02:47.119
 Lord

01:02:47.119 --> 01:02:48.400
 and

01:02:48.400 --> 01:02:49.259
 from

01:02:49.259 --> 01:02:50.139
 the

01:02:50.139 --> 01:02:51.819
 Saviour

01:02:51.819 --> 01:02:53.679
 grace.

01:02:54.159 --> 01:02:55.079
 Thus

01:02:55.079 --> 01:02:55.920
 are

01:02:55.920 --> 01:02:56.619
 they

01:02:56.619 --> 01:02:57.460
 blessed,

01:02:57.779 --> 01:02:58.619
 O

01:02:58.619 --> 01:02:59.659
 Jacob's

01:02:59.659 --> 01:03:01.119
 God,

01:03:01.480 --> 01:03:02.119
 who

01:03:02.119 --> 01:03:03.579
 truly

01:03:03.579 --> 01:03:05.199
 seek

01:03:05.199 --> 01:03:06.019
 your

01:03:06.019 --> 01:03:07.019
 grace.

01:03:09.199 --> 01:03:09.659
 I should

01:03:09.659 --> 01:03:09.799
 have

01:03:09.799 --> 01:03:10.239
 intimated

01:03:10.239 --> 01:03:10.559
 earlier

01:03:10.559 --> 01:03:10.759
 the

01:03:10.759 --> 01:03:11.199
 YF

01:03:11.199 --> 01:03:11.559
 meets

01:03:11.559 --> 01:03:11.960
 tonight

01:03:11.960 --> 01:03:12.500
 as well.

01:03:12.599 --> 01:03:12.779
 That's

01:03:12.779 --> 01:03:13.079
 immediately

01:03:13.079 --> 01:03:13.659
 after the

01:03:13.659 --> 01:03:14.199
 service and

01:03:14.199 --> 01:03:14.400
 that's

01:03:14.400 --> 01:03:14.599
 going to

01:03:14.599 --> 01:03:15.059
 be up at

01:03:15.059 --> 01:03:15.199
 the

01:03:15.199 --> 01:03:15.619
 Francis

01:03:15.619 --> 01:03:16.099
 Street

01:03:16.099 --> 01:03:16.559
 Mance.

01:03:17.139 --> 01:03:17.480
 You'll

01:03:17.480 --> 01:03:18.019
 hear from

01:03:18.019 --> 01:03:18.619
 James and

01:03:18.619 --> 01:03:19.159
 Donna about

01:03:19.159 --> 01:03:19.799
 their life

01:03:19.799 --> 01:03:20.460
 in

01:03:20.460 --> 01:03:20.839
 ministry,

01:03:20.980 --> 01:03:21.359
 so young

01:03:21.359 --> 01:03:21.839
 folks are

01:03:21.839 --> 01:03:22.539
 invited up

01:03:22.539 --> 01:03:22.940
 there

01:03:22.940 --> 01:03:24.219
 just now.

01:03:25.139 --> 01:03:25.759
 After the

01:03:25.759 --> 01:03:26.159
 benediction,

01:03:26.299 --> 01:03:26.779
 I'll go to

01:03:26.779 --> 01:03:27.339
 the door to

01:03:27.339 --> 01:03:27.920
 my right

01:03:27.920 --> 01:03:28.440
 here.

01:03:28.579 --> 01:03:28.659
 We'll

01:03:28.659 --> 01:03:29.619
 close with

01:03:29.619 --> 01:03:29.739
 the

01:03:29.739 --> 01:03:30.239
 benediction.

01:03:30.920 --> 01:03:31.400
 Now may

01:03:31.400 --> 01:03:31.880
 grace,

01:03:32.219 --> 01:03:32.500
 mercy,

01:03:32.679 --> 01:03:33.219
 and peace

01:03:33.219 --> 01:03:33.920
 from God,

01:03:34.239 --> 01:03:34.619
 Father,

01:03:34.819 --> 01:03:35.059
 Son,

01:03:35.119 --> 01:03:35.639
 and Holy

01:03:35.639 --> 01:03:36.639
 Spirit rest

01:03:36.639 --> 01:03:37.699
 upon and

01:03:37.699 --> 01:03:38.299
 abide with

01:03:38.299 --> 01:03:38.759
 you all

01:03:38.759 --> 01:03:39.199
 now and

01:03:39.199 --> 01:03:39.940
 forevermore.

01:03:40.359 --> 01:03:40.859
 Amen.

01:03:40.859 --> 01:03:40.940
 Amen.

01:03:40.940 --> 01:04:10.920
 Thank you.

01:04:10.940 --> 01:04:40.920
 Thank you.

01:04:40.940 --> 01:04:42.940
 Thank you.