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 Let's begin our worship today by singing to God's praise.

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 We're singing in Psalm 27, in the Sing Psalms version.

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 Psalm 27, in the Sing Psalms version, verse 1 to verse 5.

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 The Lord's my Savior and my light, who will make me dismayed.

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 The Lord's the stronghold of my life.

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 Why should I be afraid?

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5 to God's praise, and we stand to sing.

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 The Lord's my Savior and my light, who will make me dismayed.

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 The Lord's the stronghold of my life.

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 Why should I be afraid?

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 When evildoers threaten me

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 To take my life away

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 My hundred studies and my foes

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 Will stumble in that day

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 Although an army hands me in

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 My heart will feel no dread

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 Though one of this may shoot arise

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 I will lift up my head

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 One thing I'll plead before the Lord

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 And this I'll seek for ways

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 That I may come within God's eyes

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 And dwell there all my days

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 That on the beauty of the Lord

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 That on the beauty of the Lord

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 I constantly may kiss

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 And in His heart

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 And in His heart

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 May seek to know

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 Direction in His ways

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 For in His dwelling

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 For in His dwelling

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 He will keep me safe

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 He will keep me safe

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 With troubled days

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 With troubled days

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 Within His dead

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 He'll shelter me

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 And all of the Lord

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 And all of the Lord

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 And all of me raise

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 Now let's come to God in prayer

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 Let us pray

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 Our Father in heaven

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 We have been reminded of the purpose

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 Of coming to worship You

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 Of coming to gather us a people

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 To call upon Your name

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 And to hear Your word proclaimed to us

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 We come with that longing of the psalmist

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 That we may gaze upon the beauty of the Lord

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 Constantly

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 For we would recognize that we need You

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 And how we need You

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 In the world in which we live

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 And all that's going on around us

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 We pray for Your calmness

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 And Your peace upon us as a people

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 That as we come in Your name today

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 That You would still us

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 That You would still us

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 And help us to be still

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 And to know that You are God

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 So may Your word be blessed to each one of us

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 From the youngest to the oldest

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 That You would give us all ears

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 To hear what You are saying to us

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 And also give us eyes to see

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 Eyes to see that in all the chaos around us

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 That You are still God

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 And that You reign on high

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 And that the glory of Your name

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 Is still proclaimed and heard

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 Far and wide

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 And for that we thank You

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 We thank You that You are speaking to us

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 And that You minister to us

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 In all our different needs

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 So we pray that You will encourage us

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 In our homes and in our families

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 To be a people of prayer

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 To be a people who remember You

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 Not just as we come to worship You

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 For this time

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 But that day by day

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 We will go on in Your strength

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 And that we will seek Your face

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 On a daily basis

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 That we will seek to honour You

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 In our youth and into our old age

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 In all that we do

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 Whether it's in school or at home

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 Or in the workplace

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 Or throughout our communities

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 That You will give us words

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 To speak and share with one another

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 And to encourage one another

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 And ways to help one another

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 We do pray Your blessing on us all together

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 We thank You for all the young ones here today

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 We thank You for the Sunday school

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 The creche and the tweenies

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 We do pray Your blessing upon all that is done there

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 We pray for our day schools as well

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 And as they look forward to the holidays

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 In this coming week

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 We pray for Your blessing over everyone

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 Parents and families

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 And teachers and staff

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 That You will refresh and be with them all

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 Look after them and take care of them

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 So Lord continue with us in our worship now

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 Help us and guide us in all that we do

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 And hear our thanks and our praise to You

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 As we offer up

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 In the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ

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 For the forgiveness of our sins

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 Amen

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 Well as we were singing in that psalm

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 We were reminded that it is such a good thing

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 To come and worship and praise God together

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 And it is good to come together

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 And worship God on a beautiful sunny day

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 When we feel His warmth

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 A day like today

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 What do you think?

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 Is it a beautiful sunny day today?

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 Hands up if you think it is a beautiful sunny day today

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 The sun is shining

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 And we feel the warmth of the sun

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 Hands up if you think that is true

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 No hands going up

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 My goodness

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 You must all think that it is just a terrible day outside

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 Where is the sun then?

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 Where is the sun then?

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 Where is the warmth of the sun?

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 Do you think just because we don't see the sun

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 It is not shining?

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 Or do you think just because we maybe think

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 It is a horrible cold wet day outside

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 That there is no heat from the sun?

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 Well if we do we are mistaken

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 And in our study in 1st Peter

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 We are thinking about people who are looking around

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 And they don't think the weather is nice and sunny and warm

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 Because there are so many bad things going on around them

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 They think it is just all these storms and gales that keep coming

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 Because their eyes are very much just looking down

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 Even if you are walking into church this morning

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 You probably had your eyes down to the ground

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 To try and keep your face away from the rain and the wind

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 But actually if you lift up your eyes

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 And if you look around

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 You actually think to yourself

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 Well the sun must be there

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 Because if the sun wasn't there

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 It would be pitch black

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 If the sun wasn't there

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 We would be freezing cold

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 And just because it is cloudy and wet outside

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 Cloudy and wet outside doesn't mean that there is no sun

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 The sun is still there

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 And for that we have to be thankful

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 And I was reminded of that this week

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 Because on Tuesday I flew to Glasgow

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 And then on Thursday I came back on the plane from Glasgow

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 And both of these days were almost days like today

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 It was cloudy and wet and dull

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 And you are thinking to yourself

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 What a horrible day

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 But then as the plane went up into the sky

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 We came through the clouds

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 And what do you think I could see then?

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 I could see a blue sky

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 I could see the sun

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 The sun was there all the time

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 And as a great reminder to ourselves

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 Just as we are thinking about the people in Peter's day

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 Think of our own day to day as well

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 We can often focus on all that is wrong around us

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 And ask, where is God in all of this?

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 Why has he left us?

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 But he hasn't

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 Just like the sun is always there

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 No matter the weather

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 We still feel its warmth

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 Even though we might think it's cold

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 If the sun wasn't there

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 We would perish

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 But because the sun is there

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 We have life

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 And the same is true with God

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 There are times when we think

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 We can't see God

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 Or where is God

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 And especially when we are going through

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 Times of difficulty

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 But God is always there

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 Just like the sun is shining

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 We feel his warmth

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 We know his blessing

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 Even when the going is hard

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 So we look up today

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 We remind ourselves

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 Just because it's a wet

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 And windy and cloudy day

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 The sun still shines

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 And we remember that God

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 In the midst of all our troubles

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 And all our challenges

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 God is always there

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 Giving his warmth

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 Giving his light

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 And guiding us in all our ways

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 So may we trust him

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 In the beautiful sunny days

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 But also in the days

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 When it's wet and windy

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 May we trust him

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 With all our hearts

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 We're going to say

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 The Lord's prayer together now

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 Let's say the Lord's prayer

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 Our Father which art in heaven

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 Hallowed be thy name

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 Thy kingdom come

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 Thy will be done on earth

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 As it is in heaven

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 Give us this day

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 Our daily bread

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 And forgive us our debts

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 As we forgive our debtors

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 And lead us not into temptation

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 But deliver us from evil

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 For thine is the kingdom

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 The power and the glory forever

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 Amen

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 We're going to sing together

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 To God's praise

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 Once again we're singing

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 In Psalm 43

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 In the Scottish Psalter

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 Psalm 43

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 We're singing the whole of this Psalm

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 Page 264

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 Of the Psalm books

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 Judge me O God

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 And plead my cause

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 Against the ungodly nation

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 From the unjust

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 And crafty man

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 O be thou my salvation

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 And then verse 3

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 It says

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 O send thy light forth

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 And thy truth

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 Let them be guides to me

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 And bring me to thine holy hill

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 Even where thy dwellings be

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 We'll sing the whole of this Psalm

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 To God's praise

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 Amen

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 great crowd. Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.

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 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, Jesus, son of David,

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 have mercy on me. And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more,

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 son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stopped and said, call him. And they called the blind man,

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 saying to him, take heart, get up, he is calling you. And throwing off his cloak, he sprang up and

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 came to Jesus. And Jesus said to him, what do you want me to do for you? The blind man said to him,

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 Rabbi, let me recover my sight. And Jesus said to him, go your way. Your faith has made you well.

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 And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him on the way. And we'll turn to our second reading

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 in 1 Peter chapter 1. We'll take up our reading at verse 8 as we continue our study in this letter.

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 So 1 Peter, taking up our reading at verse 7, where we just remind ourselves what we were looking at

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 last week, the tested genuineness of our faith. We go through various trials. And faith is more

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 precious than gold. That perishes though it is tested by the fire, may be found to result in praise

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 and glory and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ. Though you have not seen him,

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 you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is

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 inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.

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 concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours,

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 searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was

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 indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories. It was revealed to

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 them that they were serving not themselves but you in the things that have now been announced to you

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 through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which

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 angels long to look. And so on. And may God bless these readings from his word. Again, bow our heads

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 in a word of prayer. Let us pray. Our Father in heaven, as we continue in our worship of you,

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 we thank you that you have already sent forth your light and your truth, that they have been what has

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 been the guide to your church down through all the generations. And even at times when churches and

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 people have wandered away from the truth, there is still your light shining brightly, guiding us back to

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 yourself and back to your way. There are times when we have to come just like Bartimaeus because their eyes

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 have been blinded, crying out, Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. We do come confessing our sins.

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 We acknowledge, O Lord, all that we have done past and even in the present, how we sin in so many ways.

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 And acknowledging that even as we go forward, we go forward as sinners in need of help, in need of

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 repentance. But assure that as we come to you, that you are the one who is able to help us to see

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 and to see all things, to see through eyes of faith what you have done for us, the things that we could

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 not do ourselves, the salvation we could not purchase for ourselves, the way to heaven that we could not

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 find by ourselves, the hope of eternal life that we could never afford or purchase in any way.

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 But we thank you that all has been done for us, that we have in Jesus Christ, the one who is the way,

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 the truth, and the life. And we thank you that we can come anew day by day and rejoice in the hope that

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 he is able to give. And so we pray for your blessing on us as a people, as we come to worship your name

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 this day, as we come to hear your word, that you would truly bless it to our souls. That even these

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 words that we have read of the Lord Jesus, that though we do not see him, we can believe in him

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 and rejoice with a joy that is inexpressible. May you give us all that joy in our hearts today, the joy

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 that only comes from you. And we pray that throughout our land and throughout this world,

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 from the rising of the sun to its setting, that no matter what situation people find themselves in,

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 no matter how dark our days may seem, that we rejoice that the Son of God is shining from on high,

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 that the warmth of your word, the blessing of your spirit is still ours to be had. And so we continue

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 to pray that you will send your light forth and your truth day after day, and that people will come

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 to rejoice in it. We thank you for all our homes and our families, and we thank you for the gift of

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 fellowship and prayer for one another. And we thank you that even as we come in prayer just now,

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 there may be many people on our minds, many situations that we are praying for, and hear the

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 prayers of all our hearts as we offer them up as one. And as we say amen together, Lord, we ask,

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 hear our prayers, and your will be done in all things. Remember those who need you in particular

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 ways. Remember those who are unwell, those who are laid aside at this time and struggling

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 in maybe many different ways, unseen to us, when there are issues of the heart and the mind

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 and even the soul. When there are troubles that surround us that no one else sees, we thank you

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 that you see and that you know, and that you are able to guard our hearts and our minds in Christ Jesus.

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 And so we pray that you will surround your people, that you will uphold them, that you will strengthen

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 them as every need they have, that they will be able to cast their cares upon you, for you care for us.

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 We pray your blessing on those who are blind to you in these days. We pray, Lord, that there will be a

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 longing to see, and only you can give that longing to the hearts of the blind. So we pray for you to send

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 your spirit down upon us, an awakening, Lord, in our hearts and in our souls, and to seek the Lord

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 while he may be found, to call upon him while he is near. We pray, Lord, for your blessing over us

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 as communities and as islands. We thank you, Lord, for all that is done for us as a people, for every

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 service that we have to hand, for those who are on call in emergency services, for those who are working

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 in different aspects of our community life, seeking to benefit the good of all our people, for those who

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 are leaders over us and seek to direct us in the right path in these challenging days, financially and

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 in so many other different ways. We pray, Lord, for you to give wisdom from on high, for you to lead us

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 and to guide us. We pray for our nation and the nations of the world, and we see so many things

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 happening in our midst. We think today of that great tragedy in Donegal for the families who are

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 grieving and mourning there in a community that is so shocked and stunned by these events, a community

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 much like our own, where people will know one another, love one another and care for one another,

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 and I will be hurting so much. We pray, Lord, that you will surround them, that you will draw near to

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 them, that your presence will be known to them, that you would comfort us only you can and give healing

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 in the midst of all of their pain. We remember that for others throughout our world and greater

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 situations as we see too where nations are in conflict and so many atrocities happening. We think of

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 Ukraine so much in the news and continue to pray for peace and stability there, but we know that

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 throughout the world so many of your people are suffering in different ways. There is a darkness

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 that surrounds so many. There is a wickedness and an evil that is active in so many ways and places,

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 but we thank you that there is greater at work too, that you are in our midst and that you are greater,

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 that you are victorious. And we see that especially at the cross, where we see that even in the midst of

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 the darkness, in the middle of the day, and in all the sorrow and anguish that surrounded it,

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 that still there was life, and that you gave hope to all your people, that even in our darkest hour,

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 we can look and see the one who suffered in our place, but now the one who is risen. On that glorious

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 resurrection morning, the light of the gospel has resounded clearly from that day, so that even today as we

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 gather, we have the hope that is spoken of even here in Peter, the good news of the gospel preached to

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 many. And so we pray, Lord, for your word to go out with power, for it to convict and convert, for it to be

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 found precious to us all, and that we rejoice not just in the word, but the one who is the word, that we

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 would rejoice in Christ Jesus anew, and seek to follow him, and look to him with eyes fixed on him,

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 eyes of faith. So pardon our sins, and hear our thanks, receive our praise, and all we ask, we ask in his

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 precious name. Amen. Before we turn to look at 1 Peter, we'll again sing to God's praise in Psalm 19.

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 Psalm 19, singing at verse 7 to verse 11 in the Scottish Psalter, page 223 of the Psalm books.

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 God's law is perfect and converts the soul in sin that lies. God's testimony is most sure and makes

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 the simple wise. We'll sing from verse 7 to 11 to God's praise.

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 God's law is perfect and converts the soul in sin that lies. God's testimony is most sure and makes the

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 simple wise. The statutes of the Lord are right, and do rejoice the heart. The Lord's command is pure,

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 the love is crushed, and pours the mother. The God says, the love of the Lord our calling has not

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 The judges of the Lord are true, and righteous are together.

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 They more than gold, they much shine gold to be decided on.

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 And honey, honey, from the cold, that hopeth sweeter far.

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 More over me, thy servant born, that he is my true friend.

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 A great reward provided is for them that keep us safe.

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 We can turn together to our second reading there in the first letter of Peter.

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 1 Peter chapter 1.

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 And we can take up our reading again at verse 8.

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 Though you have not seen him, you love him.

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 Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible

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 and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls,

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 and so on.

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 We're continuing our study in this letter of Peter to a people who were scattered far

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 and wide and a people who were suffering in many different ways and situations.

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 And Peter here is speaking in verse 8 about their vision, what they're seeing, or maybe

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 what they're not seeing at this time, but the promise they have of what they will see.

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 The last time we were looking at verse 3 through to verse 7.

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 And we were reminded there of the trials that the people were going through,

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 but also of the hope that they had and the inheritance that they had to look forward to

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 at the revelation of Jesus Christ, at the coming of Jesus Christ,

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 the day when everyone will see the Lord Jesus.

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 But for now he is saying, you do not see him.

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 But he says, you love him.

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 So I begin today by asking you a question.

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 What is your eyesight like?

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 Mine is poor.

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 And from a very young age, I knew I would need to wear glasses to help me see.

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 If I take off my glasses, everything just suddenly becomes a blur.

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 And I can still remember the first pair of glasses I got and just how amazing it was to put them on

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 and to actually be able to see things clearly, everything that I'd been missing out on for so long.

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 The difference it makes when you're able to see properly.

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 And maybe that's something that many of you know or have experienced in life

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 through long or short-sightedness.

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 The need to put on glasses, otherwise everything before you is just blurry.

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 So as we dive into this letter of Peter,

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 and we see him addressing this people who were scattered far and wide,

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 living in a hostile world.

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 They were living in a time just like our own,

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 when the world is often hostile towards the gospel.

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 But here is Peter writing to them with a great purpose.

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 He's writing to them to help them, to encourage them.

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 But he's writing to them not just to survive or to get on day by day in a quiet way,

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 in a quiet sense, just to get through.

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 He's writing to them to help them to thrive,

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 to go on strengthened, equipped in life.

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 And in particular, he's writing to them to be on the mission of God together,

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 to remind themselves of this hope,

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 this inheritance that they have, that they can share,

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 even though they are going through their times of trial.

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 And they know that as they are living in this world,

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 to live for the Lord Jesus comes at a great cost.

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 And the same is true for ourselves so often today.

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 To live for faith in the Lord Jesus Christ often comes at a cost.

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 Maybe we don't feel it or know it in the same way as the people in Peter's day

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 or even many others throughout the world today.

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 We know too, though, that we experience difficulties and trials along the way.

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 And the difference between merely surviving or just getting by in this world

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 and actually thriving is often based on what we see and what our focus is on.

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 And so what Peter is getting at here in these verses is to have a clear vision,

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 a clear focus, not in a physical sense, but in a spiritual sense.

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 And to look at the world around us, not through eyes that are dimmed by sin

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 and the darkness around us, but to look at things through eyes of faith.

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 To have eyes of faith.

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 To see, even as Bartimaeus saw, a vision restored through faith.

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 Not just seeing physically, but seeing Jesus and following Him in the way.

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 And so what is your vision like?

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 What is your eyesight like in this sense?

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 How are you seeing spiritually today?

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 Are you looking at things around you and just seeking to survive,

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 just to get through each day as it comes?

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 Or are you looking to Jesus and seeking to thrive and to live for Him?

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 That's a challenge the people in Peter's day had.

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 And it's a challenge to ourselves today.

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 And that is what Peter is encouraging them to hear.

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 To see Jesus in the midst of all their challenges.

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 To live in a world that has, yes, a different culture

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 to the way that we should be living in many ways.

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 But to live a life that we don't compromise our faith

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 because of the culture around us.

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 But also to say that we will not retreat from the culture around us.

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 We're not just going to go and back away from everything

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 that we see wrong in this world.

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 But we are to go forward as a people of faith.

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 With a vision of Christ.

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 And that being a vision that we long to share with others.

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 So it's helpful that Peter has the reality of life in mind here too.

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 Knowing the sufferings that the Christian will have.

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 But knowing too the great hope that we have in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And to have that vision of Him is so helpful

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 as we walk through this life.

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 As we journey in this world.

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 As strangers, as we've exiled, as we've seen already in this letter.

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 This is not our permanent home.

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 We're just passing through.

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 But as we are passing through.

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 We can say to ourselves as someone once did.

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 If I must walk the path of suffering.

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 Well we can remember that our Saviour has walked it first.

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 And when we wonder will these trials, will they never end?

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 We can look to our Saviour's life.

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 And remember suffering but then glory.

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 As it says in verse 11 there.

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 The end of verse 11.

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 Inquiring into the person or time of the Spirit of Christ Jesus in them was indicating.

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 When he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.

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 He suffered for us.

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 That our inheritance would be to be part of his glory too.

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 So we look to our Saviour.

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 And he is reminding us to keep our eyes on him.

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 To look to him.

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 So we're going to look at this in three different headings.

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 First of all, thinking of it all under the heading of seeing through eyes of faith.

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 Seeing first of all, we see what others can't.

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 Secondly, we see what has been done.

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 And then thirdly, we see what others long for.

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 So the first thing we see is we see what others can't.

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 As Peter is writing from his own experience.

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 And we looked at this in the first part of our study.

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 He was writing as one who had lived with the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 He had walked with him.

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 He had seen him.

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 He had seen the Lord and been with him.

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 And he'd gone through many different experiences.

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 Many different ups and downs in his own life.

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 But here he is now writing to our people who haven't seen him.

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 And we see that clearly in the change between verse 7 and verse 8.

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 He was saying in verse 7 that we are waiting the result of praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 That day when he is going to come and we are going to see him.

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 But then in verse 8 he says,

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 Though you have not seen him, you love him.

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 Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with a joy inexpressible.

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 So he knows what it's like to see Jesus.

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 But he's writing to our people who cannot see him.

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 And not seeing can often lead to questions.

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 When we are seeing something clearly in front of us, we understand it better.

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 But when we are not seeing something, even when someone is talking about it, we can struggle to understand.

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 Think about sitting in a classroom when you are learning.

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 And someone is describing a situation or something to you.

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 It's more difficult to understand when you are not actually seeing it.

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 But if you are taken to a place and you are shown something and you see it for your eyes, you begin to understand.

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 For example, the mechanics of how some kind of machine works.

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 You may be being explained to you how an engine works and you just, as it is being spoken of, you don't understand.

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 But when you see something in front of you, you begin to recognise the parts and what everything is doing.

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 So Peter is speaking having seen.

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 But he's writing to our people who have not seen.

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 And he's saying to them though, even though you do not see him, you love him.

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 And how can you love someone you haven't seen?

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 Well, he's trying to understand who he is.

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 And especially to understand through faith.

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 Peter here refocuses their attention, not on the sufferings going on around them, but on the one who has suffered for them.

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 He focuses their attention on the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Though you do not see him, you believe in him and rejoice with a joy inexpressible.

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 You don't see the physical Jesus in front of you today.

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 But you see of him.

00:41:40.299 --> 00:41:41.299
 You hear of him.

00:41:41.699 --> 00:41:43.139
 You know of him in other ways.

00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:44.679
 You know of him through his word.

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:46.820
 You know of him through his providence.

00:41:46.980 --> 00:41:48.259
 You know of him through his creation.

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:51.000
 We see the Lord in many different ways.

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:54.739
 And though we do not see him face to face, we can still love him.

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:58.699
 Because of the difference he has made in our lives.

00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:03.299
 And it is only through eyes of faith that we can see that.

00:42:03.759 --> 00:42:06.259
 We see what others cannot see.

00:42:06.260 --> 00:42:10.660
 We see things that we didn't see ourselves in the past because we were blind.

00:42:11.600 --> 00:42:15.380
 Until Jesus opened our eyes, we couldn't see or understand.

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:19.620
 But by grace, he opens our eyes to love him.

00:42:20.380 --> 00:42:22.760
 To see him through eyes of faith.

00:42:22.920 --> 00:42:26.420
 To rejoice with a joy inexpressible.

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:30.940
 And even though there are things that will seek to take that joy away from us.

00:42:31.040 --> 00:42:32.660
 Those trials that we go through.

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:35.259
 Peter is saying, refocus.

00:42:36.139 --> 00:42:37.359
 Look to Jesus.

00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:39.460
 Trust in him.

00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:45.319
 Perhaps the greatest example of this kind of situation was Thomas.

00:42:45.719 --> 00:42:47.119
 Another of the disciples.

00:42:48.299 --> 00:42:52.059
 And after the resurrection, you read about it in John chapter 20.

00:42:52.859 --> 00:42:58.079
 Thomas was there with, or he wasn't there when Jesus appeared to the other disciples.

00:42:58.079 --> 00:43:04.299
 And Thomas said, unless I see, I will not believe.

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:08.119
 And a week later, he saw.

00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:09.779
 And what did he say?

00:43:10.259 --> 00:43:13.039
 He said, my Lord and my God.

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:20.139
 But what was Jesus' response to Thomas in John 20?

00:43:20.139 --> 00:43:24.179
 He said, have you believed because you have seen me?

00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:30.559
 Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.

00:43:31.859 --> 00:43:34.179
 Who was Jesus speaking to?

00:43:34.699 --> 00:43:36.000
 Who did he have in mind?

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:41.279
 Those people Peter was writing to scattered far and wide.

00:43:41.359 --> 00:43:45.940
 Those who had not seen him yet had not, but yet believed.

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:47.679
 And he's saying blessed.

00:43:47.679 --> 00:43:49.819
 They are blessed.

00:43:50.739 --> 00:43:54.419
 He's writing to his church down through all the generations.

00:43:54.779 --> 00:43:58.159
 Church going through, God's people going through all their trials.

00:43:58.980 --> 00:44:02.659
 We have not seen him, yet they have believed and are blessed.

00:44:03.779 --> 00:44:06.019
 He's writing to ourselves today.

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:11.899
 We have not seen him, yet we have believed through eyes of faith.

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:13.639
 And we are blessed.

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:19.219
 So what helps us to see in all of these situations?

00:44:20.079 --> 00:44:22.059
 It's the eyes of faith.

00:44:22.900 --> 00:44:25.299
 Otherwise, we cannot see.

00:44:26.339 --> 00:44:30.659
 I remember in school, and perhaps many of you experienced this as well,

00:44:30.739 --> 00:44:34.119
 either through school or through having medicals for work.

00:44:34.119 --> 00:44:40.480
 Part of the test you would go through would be an eyesight test, but also a colorblind test.

00:44:41.380 --> 00:44:46.619
 And you'd be shown, maybe you opened a book that had all kinds of different colored dots on it,

00:44:46.859 --> 00:44:49.880
 and there'd be a number or a shape that you had to recognize.

00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:53.740
 And if you weren't colorblind, it was easy to see.

00:44:53.840 --> 00:44:58.840
 You could see the numbers, maybe 25 or 16, and amongst all the dots.

00:44:59.660 --> 00:45:02.380
 But to a colorblind person, there's nothing there.

00:45:02.460 --> 00:45:03.420
 They cannot see.

00:45:04.440 --> 00:45:07.640
 That colorblindness is hiding everything from them.

00:45:07.680 --> 00:45:10.619
 It's impossible to see if they're colorblind.

00:45:10.619 --> 00:45:13.420
 It doesn't mean it's not there.

00:45:14.239 --> 00:45:15.039
 It is.

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:18.339
 And you could say to the person, look, it's there on the page,

00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:22.000
 but because of their colorblindness, they just cannot see it.

00:45:23.059 --> 00:45:25.900
 And it's the same when it comes to seeing Jesus.

00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:29.380
 When we know him, we see him.

00:45:30.019 --> 00:45:31.719
 Because he's opened our eyes.

00:45:31.799 --> 00:45:33.000
 We've got eyes of faith.

00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:36.300
 But all around us is a people who cannot.

00:45:37.340 --> 00:45:41.780
 It's the gift of faith that enables us to see.

00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:44.659
 And so what's our focus?

00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:49.860
 During a time of recession and depression many years back,

00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:53.460
 similar to the situation our own nation is finding ourselves in,

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:56.019
 or the world is finding itself in,

00:45:56.780 --> 00:46:00.860
 there was a man who was asked to go and speak to a room of businessmen

00:46:00.860 --> 00:46:05.480
 to try and get them to refocus in the midst of all of the challenges.

00:46:06.700 --> 00:46:08.640
 And the man who was invited in to speak,

00:46:08.760 --> 00:46:10.860
 he brought in a sheet of white paper,

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:12.680
 he put it up on a board,

00:46:13.300 --> 00:46:17.480
 and he just proceeded to do a black dot with a pencil.

00:46:18.800 --> 00:46:20.660
 He then asked the men in the room,

00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:22.440
 what do you see?

00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:27.420
 The first person replied, I see a black spot.

00:46:27.420 --> 00:46:31.860
 The second person replied, I see a black spot.

00:46:32.200 --> 00:46:34.220
 And so it went on, one after another,

00:46:34.599 --> 00:46:37.619
 they all said, we see a black spot.

00:46:38.860 --> 00:46:41.460
 The man, he had expected this.

00:46:42.700 --> 00:46:44.280
 And he turned to them and said,

00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:48.139
 yes, there is a black spot,

00:46:48.800 --> 00:46:53.240
 but none of you are seeing the big sheet of white paper.

00:46:53.239 --> 00:46:57.979
 Your focus is on the small instead of the greater.

00:46:59.119 --> 00:47:01.779
 And that's really what Peter is saying here too.

00:47:02.379 --> 00:47:03.279
 He's saying to us,

00:47:03.399 --> 00:47:07.339
 our focus can be on the troubles and the trials of life.

00:47:08.359 --> 00:47:09.819
 And that can be just like the dot.

00:47:10.759 --> 00:47:14.419
 But the greater picture is that God has a plan and a purpose

00:47:14.419 --> 00:47:16.739
 for better for all of his people.

00:47:16.739 --> 00:47:20.379
 So we are to see through eyes of faith,

00:47:20.479 --> 00:47:22.559
 things that others cannot see.

00:47:23.139 --> 00:47:26.279
 We see through eyes of faith,

00:47:26.619 --> 00:47:30.299
 to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus.

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:33.599
 But we see too, as we go on here,

00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:35.339
 we see through eyes of faith,

00:47:35.879 --> 00:47:37.679
 what has been done.

00:47:38.539 --> 00:47:41.559
 The eyes of faith help us to see clearly

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:44.159
 what has been done for us.

00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:48.699
 How do you see yourself in life?

00:47:49.460 --> 00:47:52.299
 What do you see in your life that you're happy with,

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:53.940
 that you're satisfied with?

00:47:54.000 --> 00:47:55.759
 Or what do you see in your life

00:47:55.759 --> 00:47:58.139
 that's maybe still lacking?

00:47:59.539 --> 00:48:02.319
 Sometimes we are not seeing clearly

00:48:02.319 --> 00:48:04.480
 and our focus is wrong.

00:48:05.319 --> 00:48:06.639
 Just like the men in the room

00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:09.500
 who all they could see was a black dot.

00:48:09.500 --> 00:48:14.380
 Perhaps our focus is on the tiny thing in life

00:48:14.380 --> 00:48:16.699
 that seems like the biggest issue in our life.

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:20.079
 Instead of focusing on the greater issue

00:48:20.079 --> 00:48:21.780
 of who God is.

00:48:22.679 --> 00:48:25.559
 It would be easy for those who Peter was writing to

00:48:25.559 --> 00:48:27.920
 to just focus on the struggles

00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:30.400
 and the problems around them.

00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:34.960
 And to then be tempted just to forget about God

00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:37.000
 and to find peace and joy

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:39.480
 in the things of this world.

00:48:41.260 --> 00:48:44.480
 To begin to think that God isn't with us.

00:48:45.119 --> 00:48:46.820
 We're going to have to go this alone

00:48:46.820 --> 00:48:49.000
 and sort all this out for ourselves.

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:53.039
 God has disappeared out of you.

00:48:53.220 --> 00:48:55.119
 He's not even with us

00:48:55.119 --> 00:48:57.059
 in our greatest times of need.

00:48:57.780 --> 00:49:00.059
 We're going to have to achieve our own salvation

00:49:00.059 --> 00:49:02.860
 or fix eternity for ourselves.

00:49:04.119 --> 00:49:06.400
 But verse 10 goes on here to say

00:49:06.400 --> 00:49:09.360
 that we see this salvation.

00:49:10.759 --> 00:49:13.299
 We see what has been done for us

00:49:13.299 --> 00:49:15.099
 through eyes of faith.

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:17.340
 It begins in verse 9 really

00:49:17.340 --> 00:49:19.400
 obtaining the outcome of your faith

00:49:19.400 --> 00:49:21.860
 the salvation of your souls.

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:24.599
 What has been done for us

00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:26.199
 through Christ on the cross.

00:49:26.960 --> 00:49:29.420
 He paid a price that we could never pay

00:49:29.420 --> 00:49:32.579
 for the salvation of our souls.

00:49:33.599 --> 00:49:35.380
 And concerning this salvation

00:49:35.380 --> 00:49:38.220
 the prophets who prophesied about the grace

00:49:38.220 --> 00:49:40.280
 that was being to be yours

00:49:40.280 --> 00:49:42.860
 searched and inquired carefully in the scriptures

00:49:42.860 --> 00:49:45.079
 inquiring what person or time

00:49:45.079 --> 00:49:47.260
 the spirit of Christ in them was indicating

00:49:47.260 --> 00:49:50.039
 when he predicted the sufferings of Christ

00:49:50.039 --> 00:49:52.320
 and the subsequent glories.

00:49:53.820 --> 00:49:57.820
 The time of the sufferings of Christ.

00:49:59.420 --> 00:50:02.639
 We see through eyes of faith

00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:04.720
 what has been done for us.

00:50:05.119 --> 00:50:06.500
 But do we believe it?

00:50:07.300 --> 00:50:09.559
 That Christ died for our sins?

00:50:10.220 --> 00:50:12.840
 That he rose again on the third day?

00:50:13.059 --> 00:50:15.139
 That he is coming again?

00:50:16.200 --> 00:50:17.460
 Can we better anything

00:50:17.460 --> 00:50:19.440
 that he has done for us?

00:50:19.880 --> 00:50:20.220
 No.

00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:23.900
 We could never achieve any of it for ourselves.

00:50:23.900 --> 00:50:28.599
 But maybe for some it just sounds too simple.

00:50:29.559 --> 00:50:31.139
 Sounds too easy.

00:50:31.680 --> 00:50:33.160
 We live in a world

00:50:33.160 --> 00:50:36.039
 where everything is instant and quick.

00:50:36.240 --> 00:50:38.639
 Fast food is just becoming more and more.

00:50:39.180 --> 00:50:40.160
 Microwave meals

00:50:40.160 --> 00:50:41.820
 so that everything is done quickly.

00:50:42.780 --> 00:50:43.579
 Well back in the day

00:50:43.579 --> 00:50:45.039
 when they first started

00:50:45.039 --> 00:50:46.840
 bringing these kinds of things out

00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:48.099
 a company had produced

00:50:48.099 --> 00:50:50.160
 an instant cake mix.

00:50:50.720 --> 00:50:52.059
 You see it more and more now.

00:50:52.059 --> 00:50:54.039
 Everything is in one packet.

00:50:54.599 --> 00:50:55.739
 You pour it into a bowl.

00:50:56.079 --> 00:50:56.900
 Mix it together.

00:50:57.420 --> 00:50:58.779
 And it's all done for you.

00:50:59.500 --> 00:51:00.719
 Well when they first started

00:51:00.719 --> 00:51:01.739
 producing these things

00:51:01.739 --> 00:51:02.960
 a company had done this

00:51:02.960 --> 00:51:04.400
 and the instructions said

00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:07.039
 just add water and bake.

00:51:08.440 --> 00:51:10.179
 But they weren't selling.

00:51:10.860 --> 00:51:12.539
 Nobody seemed interested in them.

00:51:13.159 --> 00:51:14.440
 They were buying public.

00:51:14.639 --> 00:51:16.079
 We were uneasy about this.

00:51:16.279 --> 00:51:17.460
 A mix that all you had to do

00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:18.759
 was add water.

00:51:18.760 --> 00:51:21.820
 And so the people thought

00:51:21.820 --> 00:51:22.680
 the company thought

00:51:22.680 --> 00:51:24.440
 we've got to do something about this.

00:51:25.140 --> 00:51:26.660
 So they added another instruction.

00:51:26.800 --> 00:51:28.100
 They changed the formula.

00:51:28.780 --> 00:51:30.240
 And instead of just add water

00:51:30.240 --> 00:51:31.820
 they said add an egg

00:51:31.820 --> 00:51:33.900
 and water and bake.

00:51:34.540 --> 00:51:35.520
 And all of a sudden

00:51:35.520 --> 00:51:37.100
 people began to buy.

00:51:37.180 --> 00:51:38.940
 It became very popular.

00:51:40.300 --> 00:51:42.300
 Sales jumped dramatically.

00:51:43.300 --> 00:51:45.640
 It just sounded too easy initially.

00:51:45.639 --> 00:51:48.119
 And so they changed the formula.

00:51:48.879 --> 00:51:50.960
 It was too good to be true.

00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:53.859
 And in many ways

00:51:53.859 --> 00:51:56.339
 that's the way the gospel is to some as well.

00:51:56.440 --> 00:51:57.619
 The gospel tells us

00:51:57.619 --> 00:51:58.839
 the good news preached

00:51:58.839 --> 00:52:02.079
 that all we have to do is believe.

00:52:03.139 --> 00:52:05.159
 Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ

00:52:05.159 --> 00:52:06.739
 and you will be saved.

00:52:06.739 --> 00:52:09.959
 But it can't be that easy

00:52:09.959 --> 00:52:10.539
 can it?

00:52:11.239 --> 00:52:12.239
 Surely there's something

00:52:12.239 --> 00:52:14.039
 we have to add into the mix

00:52:14.039 --> 00:52:14.599
 ourselves

00:52:14.599 --> 00:52:15.619
 to make a difference

00:52:15.619 --> 00:52:16.599
 to make it right.

00:52:17.659 --> 00:52:18.939
 Well the gospel is saying

00:52:18.939 --> 00:52:19.239
 no.

00:52:20.019 --> 00:52:21.219
 All you have to do

00:52:21.219 --> 00:52:22.699
 is believe.

00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:24.619
 Faith

00:52:24.619 --> 00:52:26.619
 is the gift of God.

00:52:26.759 --> 00:52:27.819
 It's not of anything

00:52:27.819 --> 00:52:29.439
 we've done ourselves.

00:52:30.799 --> 00:52:31.619
 It is the gift

00:52:31.619 --> 00:52:32.479
 we receive

00:52:32.479 --> 00:52:34.119
 through faith.

00:52:34.399 --> 00:52:35.039
 The salvation

00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:36.699
 of our souls.

00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:40.219
 The Bible is clear.

00:52:40.800 --> 00:52:41.599
 We're not saved

00:52:41.599 --> 00:52:42.259
 by anything

00:52:42.259 --> 00:52:43.360
 we add ourselves

00:52:43.360 --> 00:52:44.239
 into the mix.

00:52:45.259 --> 00:52:46.279
 We are saved

00:52:46.279 --> 00:52:47.360
 through faith.

00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:48.539
 Through the sufferings

00:52:48.539 --> 00:52:49.820
 of Christ.

00:52:50.579 --> 00:52:51.019
 And then

00:52:51.019 --> 00:52:51.940
 the subsequent

00:52:51.940 --> 00:52:53.199
 glories.

00:52:54.900 --> 00:52:55.820
 Unlike the cake

00:52:55.820 --> 00:52:56.539
 manufactured

00:52:56.539 --> 00:52:58.300
 God doesn't change

00:52:58.300 --> 00:52:58.840
 anything

00:52:58.840 --> 00:52:59.840
 in this formula.

00:53:00.880 --> 00:53:01.519
 It's the same

00:53:01.519 --> 00:53:01.960
 today

00:53:01.960 --> 00:53:03.759
 as it ever was.

00:53:03.760 --> 00:53:03.840
 Jesus.

00:53:04.720 --> 00:53:06.000
 But how is your vision?

00:53:06.580 --> 00:53:07.560
 How is your eyesight

00:53:07.560 --> 00:53:08.660
 when it comes to this?

00:53:08.720 --> 00:53:09.720
 Are you still thinking

00:53:09.720 --> 00:53:10.720
 but

00:53:10.720 --> 00:53:12.320
 surely I've got to do

00:53:12.320 --> 00:53:12.840
 something.

00:53:14.060 --> 00:53:14.900
 Surely there's something

00:53:14.900 --> 00:53:15.720
 I need to do

00:53:15.720 --> 00:53:16.620
 to finish off

00:53:16.620 --> 00:53:17.360
 this formula

00:53:17.360 --> 00:53:18.600
 this mix.

00:53:19.380 --> 00:53:19.800
 No.

00:53:20.600 --> 00:53:21.460
 It's all

00:53:21.460 --> 00:53:22.240
 done.

00:53:23.400 --> 00:53:24.220
 So how do you

00:53:24.220 --> 00:53:25.160
 see your life

00:53:25.160 --> 00:53:26.360
 and what is

00:53:26.360 --> 00:53:27.280
 your focus?

00:53:28.360 --> 00:53:28.880
 Well Peter

00:53:28.880 --> 00:53:29.620
 is saying

00:53:29.620 --> 00:53:30.720
 our focus

00:53:30.719 --> 00:53:32.459
 is to be on Christ

00:53:32.459 --> 00:53:34.079
 and his finished work.

00:53:35.039 --> 00:53:36.299
 He has done it all.

00:53:36.819 --> 00:53:37.879
 It is complete.

00:53:39.299 --> 00:53:40.139
 An old man

00:53:40.139 --> 00:53:41.099
 was once sharing

00:53:41.099 --> 00:53:42.579
 with a young friend

00:53:42.579 --> 00:53:43.379
 about his own

00:53:43.379 --> 00:53:44.299
 experience

00:53:44.299 --> 00:53:45.339
 in life.

00:53:46.459 --> 00:53:47.279
 Looking back

00:53:47.279 --> 00:53:48.199
 over many years

00:53:48.199 --> 00:53:48.619
 he said

00:53:48.619 --> 00:53:49.019
 son

00:53:49.019 --> 00:53:51.099
 I'd like to tell you

00:53:51.099 --> 00:53:52.679
 about my life.

00:53:53.879 --> 00:53:54.519
 He began by saying

00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:55.299
 I was born

00:53:55.299 --> 00:53:56.379
 into this world

00:53:56.379 --> 00:53:57.079
 as a sinner.

00:53:57.079 --> 00:54:00.179
 I was baptized

00:54:00.179 --> 00:54:01.639
 soon after I was born

00:54:01.639 --> 00:54:02.259
 and I became

00:54:02.259 --> 00:54:03.599
 a baptized sinner.

00:54:05.340 --> 00:54:06.679
 As I grew older

00:54:06.679 --> 00:54:08.400
 I wandered away

00:54:08.400 --> 00:54:09.139
 from the church

00:54:09.139 --> 00:54:10.000
 and found pleasure

00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:10.719
 in the things

00:54:10.719 --> 00:54:11.619
 of this world

00:54:11.619 --> 00:54:13.119
 and I became

00:54:13.119 --> 00:54:14.380
 a sinful sinner.

00:54:16.059 --> 00:54:16.579
 However

00:54:16.579 --> 00:54:17.099
 he said

00:54:17.099 --> 00:54:18.460
 I began to realize

00:54:18.460 --> 00:54:19.840
 that my life

00:54:19.840 --> 00:54:21.279
 needed to change

00:54:21.279 --> 00:54:22.559
 and I needed

00:54:22.559 --> 00:54:23.599
 to do something

00:54:23.599 --> 00:54:25.659
 and so I started

00:54:25.659 --> 00:54:27.279
 attending church

00:54:27.279 --> 00:54:29.000
 and he said

00:54:29.000 --> 00:54:29.420
 I became

00:54:29.420 --> 00:54:29.960
 a church

00:54:29.960 --> 00:54:30.960
 attending sinner.

00:54:32.619 --> 00:54:33.599
 Then he said

00:54:33.599 --> 00:54:34.619
 one happy day

00:54:34.619 --> 00:54:36.059
 my life

00:54:36.059 --> 00:54:37.019
 was transformed

00:54:37.019 --> 00:54:37.900
 when I accepted

00:54:37.900 --> 00:54:39.000
 Jesus Christ

00:54:39.000 --> 00:54:39.779
 as my own

00:54:39.779 --> 00:54:40.579
 personal

00:54:40.579 --> 00:54:41.679
 saviour

00:54:41.679 --> 00:54:43.779
 and I became

00:54:43.779 --> 00:54:45.239
 a saved

00:54:45.239 --> 00:54:45.860
 sinner.

00:54:47.440 --> 00:54:48.219
 You know

00:54:48.219 --> 00:54:48.659
 son

00:54:48.659 --> 00:54:49.259
 he said

00:54:49.259 --> 00:54:50.679
 a saved sinner

00:54:50.679 --> 00:54:51.519
 is the only kind

00:54:51.519 --> 00:54:51.900
 of sinner

00:54:51.900 --> 00:54:52.579
 that can find

00:54:52.579 --> 00:54:53.539
 real joy.

00:54:54.539 --> 00:54:55.159
 And the Lord

00:54:55.159 --> 00:54:55.900
 will welcome

00:54:55.900 --> 00:54:56.500
 him

00:54:56.500 --> 00:54:57.839
 into heaven.

00:54:59.460 --> 00:55:00.159
 Does that

00:55:00.159 --> 00:55:00.739
 life

00:55:00.739 --> 00:55:02.480
 experience

00:55:02.480 --> 00:55:03.339
 does it resonate

00:55:03.339 --> 00:55:04.059
 with you?

00:55:05.219 --> 00:55:06.179
 Maybe that's the way

00:55:06.179 --> 00:55:06.799
 your life

00:55:06.799 --> 00:55:07.279
 has been

00:55:07.279 --> 00:55:08.639
 to baptize

00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:10.319
 going into the world

00:55:10.319 --> 00:55:11.460
 and going your own way

00:55:11.460 --> 00:55:12.480
 becoming a sinful

00:55:12.480 --> 00:55:12.960
 sinner.

00:55:13.380 --> 00:55:14.019
 Maybe then

00:55:14.019 --> 00:55:15.000
 starting to come back

00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:15.579
 to church

00:55:15.579 --> 00:55:16.039
 and thinking

00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:17.099
 that's what's going

00:55:17.099 --> 00:55:18.239
 to make the difference.

00:55:19.019 --> 00:55:19.480
 But you're still

00:55:19.480 --> 00:55:20.279
 just a church

00:55:20.279 --> 00:55:21.299
 attending sinner.

00:55:21.300 --> 00:55:21.360
 sinner.

00:55:22.560 --> 00:55:23.660
 The key is

00:55:23.660 --> 00:55:24.960
 seeing Jesus

00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:26.519
 and believing

00:55:26.519 --> 00:55:26.880
 in him

00:55:26.880 --> 00:55:27.660
 loving him

00:55:27.660 --> 00:55:29.200
 with all your heart

00:55:29.200 --> 00:55:30.700
 still a sinner

00:55:30.700 --> 00:55:32.240
 but becoming

00:55:32.240 --> 00:55:33.600
 a saved sinner.

00:55:34.600 --> 00:55:35.880
 When we see

00:55:35.880 --> 00:55:37.060
 what has been

00:55:37.060 --> 00:55:37.519
 done

00:55:37.519 --> 00:55:38.560
 for us

00:55:38.560 --> 00:55:39.780
 that is what

00:55:39.780 --> 00:55:40.440
 we are to look

00:55:40.440 --> 00:55:40.960
 upon.

00:55:41.360 --> 00:55:42.140
 That's what can

00:55:42.140 --> 00:55:43.460
 fill us with joy

00:55:43.460 --> 00:55:44.580
 inexpressible

00:55:44.580 --> 00:55:46.019
 through faith

00:55:46.019 --> 00:55:47.080
 through eyes

00:55:47.080 --> 00:55:47.700
 of faith

00:55:47.699 --> 00:55:48.279
 seeing

00:55:48.279 --> 00:55:49.439
 what Christ

00:55:49.439 --> 00:55:50.480
 has done.

00:55:52.419 --> 00:55:53.299
 So our eyes

00:55:53.299 --> 00:55:54.139
 are to be fixed

00:55:54.139 --> 00:55:55.219
 on him.

00:55:56.179 --> 00:55:57.219
 The final thing

00:55:57.219 --> 00:55:58.059
 we see here

00:55:58.059 --> 00:55:58.460
 then is

00:55:58.460 --> 00:55:59.539
 what others

00:55:59.539 --> 00:56:01.099
 long for.

00:56:02.119 --> 00:56:02.779
 As you look

00:56:02.779 --> 00:56:03.279
 at verse

00:56:03.279 --> 00:56:04.559
 12

00:56:04.559 --> 00:56:04.819
 well

00:56:04.819 --> 00:56:06.259
 10 through to 12

00:56:06.259 --> 00:56:06.599
 really

00:56:06.599 --> 00:56:07.639
 but verse 12

00:56:07.639 --> 00:56:08.000
 it says

00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:08.619
 it was revealed

00:56:08.619 --> 00:56:09.099
 to them

00:56:09.099 --> 00:56:10.099
 that they were

00:56:10.099 --> 00:56:10.839
 serving not

00:56:10.839 --> 00:56:11.379
 themselves

00:56:11.379 --> 00:56:11.919
 but you

00:56:11.919 --> 00:56:12.539
 speaking about

00:56:12.539 --> 00:56:13.139
 the prophets

00:56:13.139 --> 00:56:13.679
 of old

00:56:13.679 --> 00:56:14.799
 and the things

00:56:14.799 --> 00:56:15.239
 that have now

00:56:15.239 --> 00:56:15.899
 been announced

00:56:15.899 --> 00:56:16.460
 to you

00:56:16.460 --> 00:56:17.000
 through those

00:56:17.000 --> 00:56:17.539
 who preach

00:56:17.539 --> 00:56:18.260
 the good news

00:56:18.260 --> 00:56:18.740
 to you

00:56:18.740 --> 00:56:20.079
 by the Holy Spirit

00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:21.099
 sent from heaven

00:56:21.099 --> 00:56:22.760
 things into which

00:56:22.760 --> 00:56:23.460
 angels

00:56:23.460 --> 00:56:24.340
 long

00:56:24.340 --> 00:56:25.500
 to look.

00:56:26.940 --> 00:56:28.139
 In these verses

00:56:28.139 --> 00:56:29.199
 from verse 10

00:56:29.199 --> 00:56:29.940
 to 12

00:56:29.940 --> 00:56:31.000
 there's

00:56:31.000 --> 00:56:32.119
 people

00:56:32.119 --> 00:56:33.260
 various people

00:56:33.260 --> 00:56:34.119
 and even the angels

00:56:34.119 --> 00:56:35.539
 looking to see

00:56:35.539 --> 00:56:37.179
 what is being said

00:56:37.179 --> 00:56:38.179
 in this word.

00:56:39.480 --> 00:56:39.920
 And what's the

00:56:39.920 --> 00:56:40.740
 greatest gift

00:56:40.740 --> 00:56:41.599
 anyone has ever

00:56:41.599 --> 00:56:42.760
 given to you?

00:56:43.800 --> 00:56:44.460
 There may be

00:56:44.460 --> 00:56:45.340
 many things

00:56:45.340 --> 00:56:45.920
 in life

00:56:45.920 --> 00:56:46.240
 that you

00:56:46.240 --> 00:56:47.099
 hold precious

00:56:47.099 --> 00:56:47.539
 gifts

00:56:47.539 --> 00:56:47.860
 that have

00:56:47.860 --> 00:56:48.260
 been given

00:56:48.260 --> 00:56:48.800
 to you

00:56:48.800 --> 00:56:49.519
 that are

00:56:49.519 --> 00:56:50.139
 precious

00:56:50.139 --> 00:56:51.559
 maybe a

00:56:51.559 --> 00:56:52.059
 piece of

00:56:52.059 --> 00:56:52.539
 jewelry

00:56:52.539 --> 00:56:54.320
 a perfume

00:56:54.320 --> 00:56:55.760
 keys to a

00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:56.200
 car

00:56:56.200 --> 00:56:57.559
 an item

00:56:57.559 --> 00:56:58.460
 of technology

00:56:58.460 --> 00:56:59.420
 there are

00:56:59.420 --> 00:57:00.019
 many things

00:57:00.019 --> 00:57:00.420
 that we can

00:57:00.420 --> 00:57:01.000
 appreciate

00:57:01.000 --> 00:57:01.720
 in life

00:57:01.720 --> 00:57:01.980
 and we

00:57:01.980 --> 00:57:02.720
 give great

00:57:02.720 --> 00:57:03.680
 thanks for

00:57:03.680 --> 00:57:05.800
 well Peter

00:57:05.800 --> 00:57:06.579
 is reminding

00:57:06.579 --> 00:57:07.300
 a people

00:57:07.300 --> 00:57:07.700
 here

00:57:07.700 --> 00:57:08.180
 a people

00:57:08.180 --> 00:57:08.519
 who had

00:57:08.519 --> 00:57:09.599
 very little

00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:10.340
 in the sense

00:57:10.340 --> 00:57:11.119
 of gifts

00:57:11.119 --> 00:57:12.320
 in the way

00:57:12.320 --> 00:57:12.980
 that we enjoy

00:57:12.980 --> 00:57:13.579
 so much

00:57:13.579 --> 00:57:14.900
 but he is

00:57:14.900 --> 00:57:15.579
 reminding them

00:57:15.579 --> 00:57:16.059
 that all

00:57:16.059 --> 00:57:16.320
 that they

00:57:16.320 --> 00:57:16.719
 have

00:57:16.719 --> 00:57:17.740
 is right

00:57:17.740 --> 00:57:18.579
 before them

00:57:18.579 --> 00:57:20.179
 and for

00:57:20.179 --> 00:57:20.679
 ourselves

00:57:20.679 --> 00:57:21.039
 today

00:57:21.039 --> 00:57:21.659
 the greatest

00:57:21.659 --> 00:57:22.139
 gift

00:57:22.139 --> 00:57:22.480
 we can

00:57:22.480 --> 00:57:22.880
 have

00:57:22.880 --> 00:57:23.820
 is right

00:57:23.820 --> 00:57:24.400
 before

00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:25.099
 us

00:57:25.099 --> 00:57:26.199
 the word

00:57:26.199 --> 00:57:26.860
 of God

00:57:26.860 --> 00:57:28.019
 and I'm

00:57:28.019 --> 00:57:28.420
 sure at

00:57:28.420 --> 00:57:29.159
 some point

00:57:29.159 --> 00:57:29.659
 along the

00:57:29.659 --> 00:57:29.860
 way

00:57:29.860 --> 00:57:30.219
 you've

00:57:30.219 --> 00:57:30.800
 received

00:57:30.800 --> 00:57:31.440
 a bible

00:57:31.440 --> 00:57:32.760
 it may

00:57:32.760 --> 00:57:33.059
 have been

00:57:33.059 --> 00:57:33.679
 in Sunday

00:57:33.679 --> 00:57:34.099
 school

00:57:34.099 --> 00:57:34.960
 or school

00:57:34.960 --> 00:57:35.800
 may have

00:57:35.800 --> 00:57:36.179
 been through

00:57:36.179 --> 00:57:36.860
 the Gideons

00:57:36.860 --> 00:57:37.920
 distributing them

00:57:37.920 --> 00:57:38.760
 it may have

00:57:38.760 --> 00:57:39.139
 been through

00:57:39.139 --> 00:57:39.680
 a family

00:57:39.680 --> 00:57:40.039
 member

00:57:40.039 --> 00:57:40.780
 or a friend

00:57:40.780 --> 00:57:41.480
 who's given

00:57:41.480 --> 00:57:42.720
 you a bible

00:57:42.720 --> 00:57:44.059
 and maybe

00:57:44.059 --> 00:57:45.280
 written a little

00:57:45.280 --> 00:57:46.059
 message in the

00:57:46.059 --> 00:57:46.840
 front of it

00:57:46.840 --> 00:57:49.579
 it's lovely

00:57:49.579 --> 00:57:50.820
 to receive

00:57:50.820 --> 00:57:51.099
 them

00:57:51.099 --> 00:57:52.820
 and why

00:57:52.820 --> 00:57:53.360
 has that

00:57:53.360 --> 00:57:53.880
 person

00:57:53.880 --> 00:57:54.900
 given it

00:57:54.900 --> 00:57:55.180
 to you

00:57:55.180 --> 00:57:55.579
 why have

00:57:55.579 --> 00:57:56.260
 you received

00:57:56.260 --> 00:57:56.519
 it

00:57:56.519 --> 00:57:57.619
 because the

00:57:57.619 --> 00:57:58.220
 one who is

00:57:58.220 --> 00:57:58.860
 giving it

00:57:58.860 --> 00:57:59.440
 knows

00:57:59.440 --> 00:58:00.659
 the difference

00:58:00.659 --> 00:58:01.440
 it can

00:58:01.440 --> 00:58:01.880
 make

00:58:01.880 --> 00:58:03.500
 it is the

00:58:03.500 --> 00:58:04.099
 word of

00:58:04.099 --> 00:58:04.539
 God

00:58:04.539 --> 00:58:05.460
 that can

00:58:05.460 --> 00:58:06.019
 help us

00:58:06.019 --> 00:58:06.639
 to see

00:58:06.639 --> 00:58:07.819
 and to

00:58:07.819 --> 00:58:08.400
 truly

00:58:08.400 --> 00:58:09.039
 see

00:58:09.039 --> 00:58:10.319
 and it

00:58:10.319 --> 00:58:10.739
 comes

00:58:10.739 --> 00:58:11.699
 with a

00:58:11.699 --> 00:58:12.119
 love

00:58:12.119 --> 00:58:13.199
 and a

00:58:13.199 --> 00:58:13.500
 longing

00:58:13.500 --> 00:58:13.900
 that you

00:58:13.900 --> 00:58:14.079
 would

00:58:14.079 --> 00:58:14.799
 search

00:58:14.799 --> 00:58:15.420
 and know

00:58:15.420 --> 00:58:16.000
 the

00:58:16.000 --> 00:58:16.440
 Christ

00:58:16.440 --> 00:58:16.839
 that it

00:58:16.839 --> 00:58:17.319
 speaks

00:58:17.319 --> 00:58:17.719
 of

00:58:17.719 --> 00:58:18.900
 just as

00:58:18.900 --> 00:58:19.179
 Peter

00:58:19.179 --> 00:58:19.900
 is writing

00:58:19.900 --> 00:58:20.339
 to them

00:58:20.339 --> 00:58:20.559
 in the

00:58:20.559 --> 00:58:20.839
 midst

00:58:20.839 --> 00:58:21.199
 of their

00:58:21.199 --> 00:58:21.739
 trials

00:58:21.739 --> 00:58:22.639
 it's not

00:58:22.639 --> 00:58:22.960
 so their

00:58:22.960 --> 00:58:23.539
 focus will

00:58:23.539 --> 00:58:23.739
 be on

00:58:23.739 --> 00:58:23.879
 the

00:58:23.879 --> 00:58:24.400
 trials

00:58:24.400 --> 00:58:25.319
 but that

00:58:25.319 --> 00:58:25.779
 they lift

00:58:25.779 --> 00:58:26.379
 their eyes

00:58:26.379 --> 00:58:26.879
 and see

00:58:26.879 --> 00:58:27.359
 Jesus

00:58:27.359 --> 00:58:27.759
 in the

00:58:27.759 --> 00:58:28.039
 midst

00:58:28.039 --> 00:58:28.599
 of it

00:58:28.599 --> 00:58:30.179
 and that

00:58:30.179 --> 00:58:30.539
 is the

00:58:30.539 --> 00:58:30.839
 longing

00:58:30.839 --> 00:58:31.699
 that we

00:58:31.699 --> 00:58:32.119
 have

00:58:32.119 --> 00:58:33.019
 for one

00:58:33.019 --> 00:58:33.359
 another

00:58:33.359 --> 00:58:33.960
 too I

00:58:33.960 --> 00:58:34.279
 hope

00:58:34.279 --> 00:58:35.460
 that we

00:58:35.460 --> 00:58:36.059
 would come

00:58:36.059 --> 00:58:37.320
 to see

00:58:37.320 --> 00:58:38.360
 Jesus

00:58:38.360 --> 00:58:40.320
 when you

00:58:40.320 --> 00:58:40.699
 see it

00:58:40.699 --> 00:58:41.519
 spoken of

00:58:41.519 --> 00:58:41.860
 here

00:58:41.860 --> 00:58:42.880
 concerning

00:58:42.880 --> 00:58:43.159
 this

00:58:43.159 --> 00:58:43.659
 salvation

00:58:43.659 --> 00:58:44.519
 the prophets

00:58:44.519 --> 00:58:45.360
 who prophesied

00:58:45.360 --> 00:58:46.400
 about the

00:58:46.400 --> 00:58:46.900
 grace that

00:58:46.900 --> 00:58:47.420
 was to be

00:58:47.420 --> 00:58:47.759
 yours

00:58:47.759 --> 00:58:48.519
 searched

00:58:48.519 --> 00:58:49.519
 and inquired

00:58:49.519 --> 00:58:50.259
 carefully

00:58:50.259 --> 00:58:51.519
 they went

00:58:51.519 --> 00:58:51.840
 and they

00:58:51.840 --> 00:58:52.340
 looked

00:58:52.340 --> 00:58:53.440
 into this

00:58:53.440 --> 00:58:54.159
 word

00:58:54.159 --> 00:58:56.539
 the question

00:58:56.539 --> 00:58:57.079
 is

00:58:57.079 --> 00:58:57.960
 have you

00:58:57.960 --> 00:59:00.179
 have you

00:59:00.179 --> 00:59:00.980
 inquired

00:59:00.980 --> 00:59:01.860
 and searched

00:59:01.860 --> 00:59:02.519
 diligently

00:59:02.519 --> 00:59:03.360
 this word

00:59:03.360 --> 00:59:04.679
 and what

00:59:04.679 --> 00:59:04.900
 do you

00:59:04.900 --> 00:59:05.559
 see in

00:59:05.559 --> 00:59:05.880
 it

00:59:05.880 --> 00:59:08.099
 do you

00:59:08.099 --> 00:59:08.420
 just

00:59:08.420 --> 00:59:09.300
 hear it

00:59:09.300 --> 00:59:09.619
 and put

00:59:09.619 --> 00:59:09.840
 it on

00:59:09.840 --> 00:59:10.460
 the shelf

00:59:10.460 --> 00:59:10.860
 to the

00:59:10.860 --> 00:59:11.119
 next

00:59:11.119 --> 00:59:11.460
 time

00:59:11.460 --> 00:59:12.940
 or will

00:59:12.940 --> 00:59:13.380
 you take

00:59:13.380 --> 00:59:13.800
 it away

00:59:13.800 --> 00:59:14.519
 and search

00:59:14.519 --> 00:59:15.099
 diligently

00:59:15.099 --> 00:59:15.460
 and even

00:59:15.460 --> 00:59:15.700
 like

00:59:15.700 --> 00:59:16.539
 Bartimaeus

00:59:16.539 --> 00:59:17.160
 of old

00:59:17.160 --> 00:59:18.420
 cry out

00:59:18.420 --> 00:59:19.079
 to Jesus

00:59:19.079 --> 00:59:19.720
 son of

00:59:19.720 --> 00:59:20.119
 David

00:59:20.119 --> 00:59:20.860
 have

00:59:20.860 --> 00:59:21.360
 mercy

00:59:21.360 --> 00:59:21.920
 on me

00:59:21.920 --> 00:59:23.740
 help

00:59:23.740 --> 00:59:24.000
 me

00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:24.800
 that I

00:59:24.800 --> 00:59:25.059
 might

00:59:25.059 --> 00:59:25.599
 see

00:59:25.599 --> 00:59:27.119
 give

00:59:27.119 --> 00:59:27.559
 me a

00:59:27.559 --> 00:59:27.900
 vision

00:59:27.900 --> 00:59:28.720
 of faith

00:59:28.720 --> 00:59:29.760
 to see

00:59:29.760 --> 00:59:30.019
 in the

00:59:30.019 --> 00:59:30.300
 midst

00:59:30.300 --> 00:59:31.039
 of everything

00:59:31.039 --> 00:59:31.640
 in life

00:59:31.640 --> 00:59:32.420
 how precious

00:59:32.420 --> 00:59:33.920
 you are

00:59:33.920 --> 00:59:35.720
 if you

00:59:35.720 --> 00:59:36.500
 are seeking

00:59:36.500 --> 00:59:37.000
 a way

00:59:37.000 --> 00:59:37.980
 in this

00:59:37.980 --> 00:59:38.360
 world

00:59:38.360 --> 00:59:38.920
 to know

00:59:38.920 --> 00:59:39.559
 eternal

00:59:39.559 --> 00:59:40.119
 life

00:59:40.119 --> 00:59:41.240
 and the

00:59:41.240 --> 00:59:41.619
 blessing

00:59:41.619 --> 00:59:42.320
 of Christ

00:59:42.320 --> 00:59:42.920
 come

00:59:42.920 --> 00:59:44.059
 and search

00:59:44.059 --> 00:59:44.860
 this word

00:59:44.860 --> 00:59:45.619
 diligently

00:59:45.619 --> 00:59:47.220
 and don't

00:59:47.220 --> 00:59:47.599
 let it

00:59:47.599 --> 00:59:47.920
 go

00:59:47.920 --> 00:59:48.980
 don't put

00:59:48.980 --> 00:59:49.200
 it on

00:59:49.200 --> 00:59:49.860
 the shelf

00:59:49.860 --> 00:59:51.079
 take it

00:59:51.079 --> 00:59:51.539
 out and

00:59:51.539 --> 00:59:51.940
 read it

00:59:51.940 --> 00:59:52.340
 through

00:59:52.340 --> 00:59:53.280
 and see

00:59:53.280 --> 00:59:54.059
 to yourself

00:59:54.059 --> 00:59:54.840
 what it

00:59:54.840 --> 00:59:55.519
 says about

00:59:55.519 --> 00:59:55.960
 the way

00:59:55.960 --> 00:59:56.720
 to life

00:59:56.720 --> 00:59:58.099
 and the way

00:59:58.099 --> 00:59:58.820
 everlasting

00:59:58.820 --> 00:59:59.880
 it is

00:59:59.880 --> 01:00:00.320
 found

01:00:00.320 --> 01:00:01.480
 in Christ

01:00:01.480 --> 01:00:02.000
 Jesus

01:00:02.000 --> 01:00:03.760
 so if

01:00:03.760 --> 01:00:04.039
 you are

01:00:04.039 --> 01:00:04.680
 seeking

01:00:04.680 --> 01:00:05.700
 seek

01:00:05.700 --> 01:00:06.420
 inquire

01:00:06.420 --> 01:00:07.480
 diligently

01:00:07.480 --> 01:00:08.760
 even though

01:00:08.760 --> 01:00:09.000
 you do

01:00:09.000 --> 01:00:09.660
 not see

01:00:09.660 --> 01:00:09.900
 him

01:00:09.900 --> 01:00:10.660
 you can

01:00:10.660 --> 01:00:11.080
 come

01:00:11.080 --> 01:00:12.039
 to love

01:00:12.039 --> 01:00:12.300
 him

01:00:12.300 --> 01:00:13.400
 and rejoice

01:00:13.400 --> 01:00:14.400
 with joy

01:00:14.400 --> 01:00:15.480
 inexpressible

01:00:15.480 --> 01:00:16.539
 obtaining

01:00:16.539 --> 01:00:17.340
 the salvation

01:00:17.340 --> 01:00:17.820
 of your

01:00:17.820 --> 01:00:18.480
 souls

01:00:18.480 --> 01:00:19.720
 the greatest

01:00:19.720 --> 01:00:20.360
 thing you

01:00:20.360 --> 01:00:20.800
 can ever

01:00:20.800 --> 01:00:21.120
 know

01:00:21.120 --> 01:00:22.660
 the joy

01:00:22.660 --> 01:00:23.440
 of Christ

01:00:23.440 --> 01:00:25.220
 and if

01:00:25.220 --> 01:00:25.660
 you are a

01:00:25.660 --> 01:00:26.080
 Christian

01:00:26.080 --> 01:00:26.519
 today

01:00:26.519 --> 01:00:28.080
 what will

01:00:28.080 --> 01:00:28.440
 you do

01:00:28.440 --> 01:00:28.860
 with this

01:00:28.860 --> 01:00:29.240
 word

01:00:29.240 --> 01:00:30.599
 are you

01:00:30.599 --> 01:00:30.880
 going to

01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:31.260
 take it

01:00:31.260 --> 01:00:31.480
 home

01:00:31.480 --> 01:00:31.820
 and put

01:00:31.820 --> 01:00:32.260
 it back

01:00:32.260 --> 01:00:32.559
 on the

01:00:32.559 --> 01:00:32.980
 shelf

01:00:32.980 --> 01:00:34.039
 until the

01:00:34.039 --> 01:00:34.539
 next time

01:00:34.539 --> 01:00:35.039
 we meet

01:00:35.039 --> 01:00:36.659
 or is it

01:00:36.659 --> 01:00:37.260
 your meat

01:00:37.260 --> 01:00:38.260
 day by

01:00:38.260 --> 01:00:38.639
 day

01:00:38.639 --> 01:00:39.559
 is it

01:00:39.559 --> 01:00:40.599
 your sustenance

01:00:40.599 --> 01:00:41.659
 day by

01:00:41.659 --> 01:00:42.019
 day

01:00:42.019 --> 01:00:42.960
 is it

01:00:42.960 --> 01:00:43.500
 your longing

01:00:43.500 --> 01:00:43.840
 and your

01:00:43.840 --> 01:00:44.320
 desire

01:00:44.320 --> 01:00:44.800
 not just

01:00:44.800 --> 01:00:45.220
 that you

01:00:45.220 --> 01:00:45.559
 will know

01:00:45.559 --> 01:00:46.059
 it better

01:00:46.059 --> 01:00:47.380
 but that

01:00:47.380 --> 01:00:47.900
 others

01:00:47.900 --> 01:00:48.619
 will know

01:00:48.619 --> 01:00:48.920
 it

01:00:48.920 --> 01:00:49.980
 that others

01:00:49.980 --> 01:00:50.519
 will come

01:00:50.519 --> 01:00:51.139
 and see

01:00:51.139 --> 01:00:51.740
 the beauty

01:00:51.740 --> 01:00:52.539
 of Christ

01:00:52.539 --> 01:00:54.559
 it's a story

01:00:54.559 --> 01:00:55.280
 told of a

01:00:55.280 --> 01:00:55.639
 missionary

01:00:55.639 --> 01:00:56.780
 who was a

01:00:56.780 --> 01:00:57.179
 physician

01:00:57.179 --> 01:00:57.720
 who went

01:00:57.719 --> 01:00:58.519
 to China

01:00:58.519 --> 01:00:58.879
 and was

01:00:58.879 --> 01:00:59.439
 working in

01:00:59.439 --> 01:01:00.179
 the hospitals

01:01:00.179 --> 01:01:00.599
 there

01:01:00.599 --> 01:01:01.379
 he was an

01:01:01.379 --> 01:01:02.439
 eye specialist

01:01:02.439 --> 01:01:04.000
 and back

01:01:04.000 --> 01:01:04.659
 in the days

01:01:04.659 --> 01:01:05.259
 when he went

01:01:05.259 --> 01:01:05.719
 there many

01:01:05.719 --> 01:01:06.339
 people were

01:01:06.339 --> 01:01:06.839
 blind

01:01:06.839 --> 01:01:07.899
 because of

01:01:07.899 --> 01:01:08.659
 cataracts

01:01:08.659 --> 01:01:09.599
 they couldn't

01:01:09.599 --> 01:01:09.980
 see

01:01:09.980 --> 01:01:11.419
 and one

01:01:11.419 --> 01:01:12.139
 man came

01:01:12.139 --> 01:01:12.579
 to this

01:01:12.579 --> 01:01:13.239
 physician's

01:01:13.239 --> 01:01:13.599
 hospital

01:01:13.599 --> 01:01:13.939
 and was

01:01:13.939 --> 01:01:14.439
 cured

01:01:14.439 --> 01:01:15.239
 of his

01:01:15.239 --> 01:01:15.839
 blindness

01:01:15.839 --> 01:01:16.619
 and he

01:01:16.619 --> 01:01:17.279
 rejoiced

01:01:17.279 --> 01:01:17.899
 that he

01:01:17.899 --> 01:01:18.279
 was able

01:01:18.279 --> 01:01:18.759
 to see

01:01:18.759 --> 01:01:19.000
 and he

01:01:19.000 --> 01:01:19.480
 went away

01:01:19.480 --> 01:01:20.299
 rejoicing

01:01:20.300 --> 01:01:22.060
 well a

01:01:22.060 --> 01:01:22.660
 fortnight

01:01:22.660 --> 01:01:23.240
 later

01:01:23.240 --> 01:01:25.220
 48

01:01:25.220 --> 01:01:26.320
 blind

01:01:26.320 --> 01:01:26.780
 men

01:01:26.780 --> 01:01:27.260
 came

01:01:27.260 --> 01:01:27.700
 with him

01:01:27.700 --> 01:01:28.000
 to the

01:01:28.000 --> 01:01:28.420
 doctor

01:01:28.420 --> 01:01:29.460
 out of

01:01:29.460 --> 01:01:29.620
 the

01:01:29.620 --> 01:01:30.000
 wilderness

01:01:30.000 --> 01:01:30.380
 out of

01:01:30.380 --> 01:01:30.539
 the

01:01:30.539 --> 01:01:31.880
 wilds

01:01:31.880 --> 01:01:32.280
 they

01:01:32.280 --> 01:01:32.600
 came

01:01:32.600 --> 01:01:33.000
 to them

01:01:33.000 --> 01:01:33.880
 holding

01:01:33.880 --> 01:01:34.300
 onto

01:01:34.300 --> 01:01:34.980
 a rope

01:01:34.980 --> 01:01:36.560
 the one

01:01:36.560 --> 01:01:36.800
 who had

01:01:36.800 --> 01:01:37.260
 been given

01:01:37.260 --> 01:01:37.820
 his vision

01:01:37.820 --> 01:01:38.400
 back at

01:01:38.400 --> 01:01:39.019
 the front

01:01:39.019 --> 01:01:39.840
 leading

01:01:39.840 --> 01:01:40.340
 the way

01:01:40.340 --> 01:01:40.680
 leading

01:01:40.680 --> 01:01:41.400
 the other

01:01:41.400 --> 01:01:42.460
 48 blind

01:01:42.460 --> 01:01:42.780
 men

01:01:42.780 --> 01:01:43.260
 behind

01:01:43.260 --> 01:01:43.760
 him

01:01:43.760 --> 01:01:44.519
 holding

01:01:44.519 --> 01:01:44.860
 onto

01:01:44.860 --> 01:01:45.400
 the rope

01:01:45.400 --> 01:01:46.780
 he brought

01:01:46.780 --> 01:01:47.139
 them

01:01:47.139 --> 01:01:47.860
 to the

01:01:47.860 --> 01:01:48.660
 physician

01:01:48.660 --> 01:01:49.000
 who was

01:01:49.000 --> 01:01:49.260
 able

01:01:49.260 --> 01:01:49.980
 to cure

01:01:49.980 --> 01:01:50.960
 they had

01:01:50.960 --> 01:01:51.420
 walked

01:01:51.420 --> 01:01:52.840
 250

01:01:52.840 --> 01:01:53.780
 miles

01:01:53.780 --> 01:01:56.320
 why did

01:01:56.320 --> 01:01:56.660
 he do

01:01:56.660 --> 01:01:56.940
 it

01:01:56.940 --> 01:01:58.760
 because he

01:01:58.760 --> 01:01:59.160
 knew

01:01:59.160 --> 01:02:00.059
 who could

01:02:00.059 --> 01:02:00.559
 help them

01:02:00.559 --> 01:02:01.019
 to see

01:02:01.019 --> 01:02:02.539
 he knew

01:02:02.539 --> 01:02:03.099
 who could

01:02:03.099 --> 01:02:03.619
 give them

01:02:03.619 --> 01:02:04.360
 their vision

01:02:04.360 --> 01:02:04.880
 back

01:02:04.880 --> 01:02:06.619
 and Christian

01:02:06.619 --> 01:02:07.200
 today

01:02:07.200 --> 01:02:08.559
 if your eyes

01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:08.880
 have been

01:02:08.880 --> 01:02:09.260
 opened

01:02:09.260 --> 01:02:10.260
 if you have

01:02:10.260 --> 01:02:11.139
 eyes of

01:02:11.139 --> 01:02:11.700
 faith

01:02:11.700 --> 01:02:12.940
 you have a

01:02:12.940 --> 01:02:13.599
 great gift

01:02:13.599 --> 01:02:14.139
 to give

01:02:14.139 --> 01:02:14.880
 to others

01:02:14.880 --> 01:02:16.340
 to say

01:02:16.340 --> 01:02:17.320
 come

01:02:17.320 --> 01:02:18.599
 see a

01:02:18.599 --> 01:02:19.119
 man who

01:02:19.119 --> 01:02:19.360
 knows

01:02:19.360 --> 01:02:19.980
 everything

01:02:19.980 --> 01:02:20.400
 about

01:02:20.400 --> 01:02:21.480
 could

01:02:21.480 --> 01:02:22.200
 this be

01:02:22.200 --> 01:02:22.780
 the

01:02:22.780 --> 01:02:23.440
 Christ

01:02:23.440 --> 01:02:25.539
 may we

01:02:25.539 --> 01:02:26.039
 come

01:02:26.039 --> 01:02:27.160
 and see

01:02:27.160 --> 01:02:27.500
 through

01:02:27.500 --> 01:02:28.019
 eyes

01:02:28.019 --> 01:02:28.320
 of

01:02:28.320 --> 01:02:28.780
 faith

01:02:28.780 --> 01:02:29.740
 the

01:02:29.740 --> 01:02:30.160
 things

01:02:30.160 --> 01:02:30.400
 that

01:02:30.400 --> 01:02:30.960
 others

01:02:30.960 --> 01:02:31.700
 can't

01:02:31.700 --> 01:02:32.660
 the

01:02:32.660 --> 01:02:33.180
 things

01:02:33.180 --> 01:02:33.720
 that

01:02:33.720 --> 01:02:33.880
 have

01:02:33.880 --> 01:02:34.059
 been

01:02:34.059 --> 01:02:34.460
 done

01:02:34.460 --> 01:02:34.920
 for

01:02:34.920 --> 01:02:35.320
 us

01:02:35.320 --> 01:02:36.140
 and

01:02:36.140 --> 01:02:36.300
 the

01:02:36.300 --> 01:02:36.640
 things

01:02:36.640 --> 01:02:36.860
 that

01:02:36.860 --> 01:02:37.500
 others

01:02:37.500 --> 01:02:38.260
 long

01:02:38.260 --> 01:02:38.860
 for

01:02:38.860 --> 01:02:39.840
 to

01:02:39.840 --> 01:02:40.400
 see

01:02:40.400 --> 01:02:41.280
 as

01:02:41.280 --> 01:02:42.220
 Bartimaeus

01:02:42.220 --> 01:02:42.599
 saw

01:02:42.599 --> 01:02:43.579
 to

01:02:43.579 --> 01:02:43.920
 see

01:02:43.920 --> 01:02:44.619
 Jesus

01:02:44.619 --> 01:02:44.940
 with

01:02:44.940 --> 01:02:45.440
 eyes

01:02:45.440 --> 01:02:45.719
 of

01:02:45.719 --> 01:02:46.199
 faith

01:02:46.199 --> 01:02:46.980
 and

01:02:46.980 --> 01:02:47.420
 follow

01:02:47.420 --> 01:02:47.819
 him

01:02:47.819 --> 01:02:48.559
 on

01:02:48.559 --> 01:02:48.699
 the

01:02:48.699 --> 01:02:48.960
 way

01:02:48.960 --> 01:02:50.079
 yes

01:02:50.079 --> 01:02:50.299
 there

01:02:50.299 --> 01:02:50.440
 are

01:02:50.440 --> 01:02:50.659
 many

01:02:50.659 --> 01:02:51.339
 challenges

01:02:51.339 --> 01:02:52.440
 around

01:02:52.440 --> 01:02:52.940
 us

01:02:52.940 --> 01:02:53.539
 there

01:02:53.539 --> 01:02:53.659
 are

01:02:53.659 --> 01:02:53.900
 many

01:02:53.900 --> 01:02:54.400
 troubles

01:02:54.400 --> 01:02:54.719
 and our

01:02:54.719 --> 01:02:55.179
 focus

01:02:55.179 --> 01:02:55.659
 can so

01:02:55.659 --> 01:02:55.960
 often

01:02:55.960 --> 01:02:56.199
 be

01:02:56.199 --> 01:02:56.400
 on

01:02:56.400 --> 01:02:56.759
 that

01:02:56.759 --> 01:02:57.799
 but

01:02:57.799 --> 01:02:58.159
 let's

01:02:58.159 --> 01:02:58.380
 see

01:02:58.380 --> 01:02:58.599
 the

01:02:58.599 --> 01:02:59.039
 greater

01:02:59.039 --> 01:02:59.900
 let's

01:02:59.900 --> 01:03:00.219
 lift

01:03:00.219 --> 01:03:00.980
 let's

01:03:00.980 --> 01:03:02.019
 let's

01:03:02.019 --> 01:03:02.199
 see

01:03:02.199 --> 01:03:02.880
 Jesus

01:03:02.880 --> 01:03:03.820
 and the

01:03:03.820 --> 01:03:04.099
 hope

01:03:04.099 --> 01:03:04.480
 that he

01:03:04.480 --> 01:03:05.000
 gives

01:03:05.000 --> 01:03:05.800
 in the

01:03:05.800 --> 01:03:06.119
 midst

01:03:06.119 --> 01:03:06.380
 of

01:03:06.380 --> 01:03:06.900
 everything

01:03:06.900 --> 01:03:07.619
 and

01:03:07.619 --> 01:03:08.119
 rejoice

01:03:08.119 --> 01:03:09.519
 with joy

01:03:09.519 --> 01:03:10.619
 inexpressible

01:03:10.619 --> 01:03:11.639
 that he

01:03:11.639 --> 01:03:12.159
 has gone

01:03:12.159 --> 01:03:13.219
 before us

01:03:13.219 --> 01:03:14.219
 to show

01:03:14.219 --> 01:03:14.800
 the way

01:03:14.800 --> 01:03:16.019
 to eternal

01:03:16.019 --> 01:03:16.920
 life but to

01:03:16.920 --> 01:03:17.539
 lead us

01:03:17.539 --> 01:03:18.599
 in that

01:03:18.599 --> 01:03:18.980
 way

01:03:18.980 --> 01:03:20.219
 everlasting

01:03:20.219 --> 01:03:21.279
 let us

01:03:21.279 --> 01:03:21.559
 pray

01:03:21.559 --> 01:03:24.980
 our father

01:03:24.980 --> 01:03:25.679
 in heaven

01:03:25.679 --> 01:03:26.039
 we do

01:03:26.039 --> 01:03:26.719
 rejoice

01:03:26.719 --> 01:03:27.279
 in your

01:03:27.279 --> 01:03:27.619
 goodness

01:03:27.619 --> 01:03:28.259
 to us

01:03:28.259 --> 01:03:28.579
 for all

01:03:28.579 --> 01:03:28.820
 that you

01:03:28.820 --> 01:03:29.239
 have done

01:03:29.239 --> 01:03:29.920
 for us

01:03:29.920 --> 01:03:30.779
 and that

01:03:30.779 --> 01:03:31.099
 even though

01:03:31.099 --> 01:03:31.340
 we do

01:03:31.340 --> 01:03:31.960
 not see

01:03:31.960 --> 01:03:32.239
 you

01:03:32.239 --> 01:03:33.019
 we can

01:03:33.019 --> 01:03:33.500
 love you

01:03:33.500 --> 01:03:34.000
 with all

01:03:34.000 --> 01:03:34.579
 our hearts

01:03:34.579 --> 01:03:35.219
 and rejoice

01:03:35.219 --> 01:03:36.159
 with a joy

01:03:36.159 --> 01:03:37.219
 inexpressible

01:03:37.219 --> 01:03:38.439
 that comes

01:03:38.439 --> 01:03:38.819
 through

01:03:38.819 --> 01:03:39.339
 seeing

01:03:39.339 --> 01:03:39.659
 through

01:03:39.659 --> 01:03:40.079
 eyes

01:03:40.079 --> 01:03:40.339
 of

01:03:40.339 --> 01:03:40.779
 faith

01:03:40.779 --> 01:03:41.659
 we

01:03:41.659 --> 01:03:42.099
 acknowledge

01:03:42.099 --> 01:03:42.379
 our

01:03:42.379 --> 01:03:42.879
 blindness

01:03:42.879 --> 01:03:43.679
 so often

01:03:43.679 --> 01:03:44.719
 and like

01:03:44.719 --> 01:03:45.579
 Bartimaeus

01:03:45.579 --> 01:03:46.019
 of old

01:03:46.019 --> 01:03:46.579
 we cry

01:03:46.579 --> 01:03:47.019
 Jesus

01:03:47.019 --> 01:03:47.659
 son of

01:03:47.659 --> 01:03:48.059
 David

01:03:48.059 --> 01:03:48.759
 have

01:03:48.759 --> 01:03:49.199
 mercy

01:03:49.199 --> 01:03:49.819
 on me

01:03:49.819 --> 01:03:50.799
 and help

01:03:50.799 --> 01:03:51.179
 us to

01:03:51.179 --> 01:03:51.619
 see

01:03:51.619 --> 01:03:52.659
 the beauty

01:03:52.659 --> 01:03:53.419
 of Christ

01:03:53.419 --> 01:03:53.980
 and all

01:03:53.980 --> 01:03:54.659
 his glory

01:03:54.659 --> 01:03:55.439
 for we

01:03:55.439 --> 01:03:55.859
 ask it

01:03:55.859 --> 01:03:56.139
 in his

01:03:56.139 --> 01:03:56.539
 precious

01:03:56.539 --> 01:03:57.039
 name

01:03:57.039 --> 01:03:57.959
 Amen

01:03:57.959 --> 01:04:03.000
 we're going

01:04:03.000 --> 01:04:03.799
 to conclude

01:04:03.799 --> 01:04:04.559
 by singing

01:04:04.559 --> 01:04:05.500
 to God's

01:04:05.500 --> 01:04:05.959
 praise

01:04:05.959 --> 01:04:06.559
 in Psalm

01:04:06.559 --> 01:04:07.719
 25

01:04:07.719 --> 01:04:09.539
 the first

01:04:09.539 --> 01:04:10.039
 version of

01:04:10.039 --> 01:04:10.579
 the psalm

01:04:10.579 --> 01:04:11.219
 in the

01:04:11.219 --> 01:04:11.619
 Scottish

01:04:11.619 --> 01:04:12.099
 Psalter

01:04:12.099 --> 01:04:12.500
 page

01:04:12.500 --> 01:04:13.579
 231

01:04:13.579 --> 01:04:14.960
 to thee

01:04:14.960 --> 01:04:15.400
 I lift

01:04:15.400 --> 01:04:16.039
 my soul

01:04:16.039 --> 01:04:16.440
 O Lord

01:04:16.440 --> 01:04:17.159
 I trust

01:04:17.159 --> 01:04:17.599
 in thee

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 my God

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 let me

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 not be

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 ashamed

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 nor foes

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 triumph

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 for me

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 we'll sing

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 from verse

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 1

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 to the end

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 of verse

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 5

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 to God's

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 praise

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没

01:04:47.859 --> 01:04:48.619
 on

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 let me

01:04:50.339 --> 01:04:51.039
 not

01:04:51.039 --> 01:04:52.719
 be

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 ashamed

01:04:54.659 --> 01:05:01.420
 Now to save for me.

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 Work down the day of日,

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 говорить for tooth shape,

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 Ochocam,

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 The Lord, who stand with thy cross transgress, let shame upon them fall.

01:05:34.360 --> 01:05:50.360
 Don't take thy grace, O Lord, thy past, Lord, teach thou me.

01:05:50.360 --> 01:06:07.360
 And do thou lead me in my truth, and my teacher be.

01:06:07.360 --> 01:06:23.360
 For thou art all the dust, to thee salvation's end.

01:06:23.360 --> 01:06:38.920
 And I have all thee all the day, expecting to attain.

01:06:41.019 --> 01:06:43.900
 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my left.

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 We'll close with the benediction.

01:06:46.340 --> 01:06:53.120
 Now may grace, mercy, and peace from God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, rest upon and

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 abide with you all, now and forevermore.

01:06:56.400 --> 01:06:56.800
 Amen.

01:07:15.340 --> 01:07:16.340
 Amen.

01:07:16.340 --> 01:07:17.340
 Amen.

01:07:17.340 --> 01:07:18.340
 Amen.

01:07:18.340 --> 01:07:19.340
 Amen.