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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 77, in the Sing Psalms version.

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 Psalm 77, so on page 100 of the psalm books, we'll sing from verse 6 down to verse 14.

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 Psalm 77 at verse 6,

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 Throughout the watches of the night, my songs I called to mind.

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 I ponder deeply while my heart an answer tried to find.

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 Forever will the Lord reject and never show his grace.

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 Has he withdrawn his steadfast love and turned from me his face?

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 And then we see in verse 10 a response.

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 Then to my heart there came this thought.

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 On this I will rely.

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 The years of the right hand of power of him who is most high.

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 How God remembers us in all our needs.

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 So we'll sing from verse 6 to verse 14 and the tune is Glencairn.

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 I invoke the singing of Jadion, Schmidt divers out of England.

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 interval six feet away from the r computational group.

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 I wonder deeply while my heart

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 an answer I to find.

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 Forever will the Lord be dead

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 and never show his face.

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 As he withdrawn his strength as love

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 and turned only his face.

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 For all time has his promise

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 in his God no longer kind.

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 As he is, he traverses

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 compassion from his mind.

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 Then to my heart

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 there came this thought

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 of which I will rely.

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 The years of the bright hand of hand

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 of him who is most high.

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 I will recall the Lord's great peace

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 pure works of long and long.

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 I'll meditate on all your act

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 pure mighty deeds that show.

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 O God, most holy higher ways

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 what God compares with you.

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 You are the Lord of the hills

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 who is part of the nation's view.

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 Let's come to God in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 O Lord, our gracious God,

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 as we continue in our worship of you this day,

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 we do thank you for your word

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 as we have heard it today,

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 as we come to hear it once more,

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 that we would never tire of it,

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 that we would never tire of uniting our hearts

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 in praise and worship to you,

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 that our hearts would not go cold

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 or hard towards you.

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 We often feel, Lord,

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 that that would not be possible

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 and yet your word reminds us

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 that so often down through

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 the generations of your people,

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 your people have lost that focus,

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 lost that attention to who they are to worship.

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 And yet constantly you remind us

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 that only you are worthy of all our prayers

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 and all our worship,

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 that glory is to you alone.

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 Even in these words that we have sung,

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 we are reminded of it,

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 that there is no God who compares to you,

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 for you are the God of miracles,

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 whose power the nations view.

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 And yet as we think of these words

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 in our own times just now

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 and with all the nations around us,

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 we know that we still see your power

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 and your miracles at work in our midst,

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 and yet we have no thought of them.

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 We have no thought towards you.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 that you will remember us,

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 that you will awaken us,

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 that you would give us the prayer of this psalm,

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 that we would be a people

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 who would constantly remember,

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 that we can rely upon you,

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 the years of the right hand of power,

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 of him who is most high,

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 the wonders of the Lord's great deeds,

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 his works of long ago,

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 that we can still look to these things,

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 that we can still remind ourselves

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 that you are still the God of miracles,

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 that you are still the one,

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 even today,

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 who is able to do so much more

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 than all that we ask or imagine.

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 And so give us faith, O Lord.

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 Give us to look to you

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 and to trust and rely upon you for all things.

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 For in you we live,

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 move and have our being,

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 as your word says.

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 And Lord,

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 there are times when we so often think

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 we can rely on ourselves,

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 but again and again,

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 you remind us,

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 Lord,

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 that we are weak enough ourselves,

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 that we are unable to do so much in our lives.

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 And especially,

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 Lord,

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 the greatest thing we cannot achieve

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 is our own salvation.

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 We cannot do anything

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 to receive glory from you,

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 that you would say to us,

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 well done,

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 on being able to do

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 what can bring forgiveness of sins

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 to yourself.

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 We have to look beyond ourselves.

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 We have to acknowledge our sin

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 and look to the one

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 who was without sin

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 and the one who came to bear

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 the sins of this world.

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 And we thank you that in Jesus Christ,

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 we have that one to look to,

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 that we can lift our eyes to him,

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 that we can behold him,

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 the one who was pierced

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 for our transgressions,

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 the one by whose wounds

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 we can be healed.

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 And we thank you that it is your word

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 that directs us

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 in all of these things

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 to see the wonder

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 and the beauty of Jesus.

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 And we thank you for the promise

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 of the Holy Spirit,

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 the one who leads us

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 towards the wonder of Christ

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 and the wonder of the glory of his name.

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 And we pray tonight

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 that your spirit will be with us

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 as we gather here

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 and as others tune in online.

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 We pray for your spirit

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 to lead us in our worship,

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 to guide us in your word,

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 to teach us,

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 to build us up,

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 to challenge and rebuke

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 where that is required,

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 to do all things,

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 O Lord, for us,

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 that we might leave here

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 with a clearer knowledge

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 and a clearer understanding

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 of who you are.

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 And our trust would increase,

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 that our faith would go on strengthened,

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 even for this week ahead,

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 in all the uncertainties of it

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 and the challenges that may lie ahead for us.

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 That, as your word reminds us,

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 if we were to have faith,

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 even the size of a mustard seed,

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 we could say to the mountains

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 to be cast into the sea.

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 So, Lord, give us that faith

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 to look to you at all times

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 and to lean upon you

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 for understanding and wisdom

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 and help in all life's experience.

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 We do pray for our people here.

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 We thank you for every home

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 and family represented.

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 We thank you for our community,

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 our church community,

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 our church family.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will bind us together

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 day by day,

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 that as the message of your word

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 is delivered here this morning

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 by the Reverend Colin McLeod,

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 that we are to be a living church for you,

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 that you would make us so,

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 that you would enable us, Lord,

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 to go on in your strength,

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 to do all things well

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 and to do all for your glory.

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 And we thank you for every service

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 that we have to give to you.

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 We thank you for the gift of prayer.

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 We thank you that whether we are together

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 or apart,

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 we are to exercise that,

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 that we are to look to you, O Lord,

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 and wait patiently upon you.

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 We are to offer up our prayers to you

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 for all things.

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 And especially as we seek, O Lord,

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 wisdom from you

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 in all the days ahead,

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 as we seek your blessing

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 on all the works we are involved in,

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 as we seek your help in all things.

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 Lord, we thank you

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 that we have a name to come to you with,

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 that we pray,

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 not in of ourselves,

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 but in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And we thank you, Lord,

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 that together we pray that name this evening.

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 And may you teach us to pray, Lord.

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 May you encourage us in prayer.

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 May you give answer to your,

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 to our prayers according to your will,

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 as we ask it all,

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 looking for your glory.

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 And may you teach us, O Lord,

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 as we go on to know that

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 you are the one who builds your church.

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 As we think of every endeavor,

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 as we preach the word,

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 as we share it,

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 as we meet for prayers during the week,

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 as we look to your help

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 for the holiday club

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 and for the Fridays of the Free,

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 for all that we do

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 to reach out to our communities

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 with the gospel.

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 We pray for patience.

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 We pray for words to speak.

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 We pray for your spirit to move among us,

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 that we would see your power at work,

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 that we would see the revelation

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 of your acts once more in our midst,

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 that we would give glory and praise to you.

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 We thank you too, Lord,

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 that as a people,

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 we can mourn with those who mourn as well.

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 And we thank you for that power

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 that there is in your people

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 to gather round one another in such times.

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 And as we have been touched by the sad news,

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 even in these last days,

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 we do thank you, Lord,

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 that as you call your people home,

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 that we have that great comfort

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 and great assurance

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 that to die is gain for your people.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 your comfort in the midst of sorrow.

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 And we think especially of

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 the family of Charlie Finlayson at this time

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 and ourselves as a congregation.

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 We thank you for his humble service to you

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 over so many years.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 for Catherine and for Ruthie at this time

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 and the grandsons too

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 and all the family as a whole.

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 Lord, may your peace and blessing be over them.

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 May you draw near to them

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 and comfort them throughout these days

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 and give help, O Lord,

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 in all that is to be done over these days.

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 We thank you that your grace

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 is always sufficient.

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 And we pray for that to be poured out upon them

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 and that they would know it in a special way.

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 Lord, we do pray for those

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 who are unwell at this time.

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 We know there's been so much illness

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 over these last few weeks,

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 not just with ourselves,

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 but throughout our island communities.

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 There are so many who are unwell

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 and suffering in different ways.

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 We just pray for healing and help

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 in the midst of it.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 for all the health service

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 and for all that they do for us

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 in hospitals and in the community

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 and serving in so many different ways.

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 We pray for them, Lord,

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 that you will strengthen them

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 and bless them.

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 We do pray for our land at this time as well.

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 In the midst of this last week

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 and the general election that's taken place,

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 a general election that has seen so much change

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 throughout our land,

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 not least in the leadership of our parliament.

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 We do pray for our new prime minister.

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 We ask, O Lord,

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 that you would lead them

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 and guide them and his government

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 and all who will serve in parliament

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 in these coming years,

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 either re-elected or elected anew.

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 We do pray for them, Lord,

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 that you will guide them by your spirit

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 and help them to know

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 that your power is there for them,

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 that they would call upon you

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 and ask for your wisdom

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 and your guidance.

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 We do pray for our nation.

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 We pray for the gospel

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 as it goes out throughout our land.

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 We pray for you to build your church in our midst,

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 that you would have mercy upon us,

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 that you would pour out your spirit upon us.

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 We pray that for the lands of the world, O Lord,

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 in which we live,

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 the nations, the peoples,

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 all that we see around us.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 that you would pour out your blessing upon us,

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 guide us towards you,

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 that your word will be blessed

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 to all ends of the earth.

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 We thank you for our time here,

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 this evening,

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 and we pray that you will continue with us,

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 watch over our people,

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 watch over those who are visiting with us

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 over these coming weeks

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 and people who are traveling away as well.

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 We pray your protection,

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 your safety,

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 your blessing,

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 your refreshing upon us all.

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 And we ask, O Lord,

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 that above all,

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 together we would praise you,

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 together we would fix our eyes on Jesus

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 and look to him,

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 we might know his power and presence

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 in our midst,

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 and even going into this week ahead,

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 that we would know your strength

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 and your mercy with us.

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 We thank you for your grace

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 and pray to know it more and more.

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 So hear our prayers

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 and pardon our sin

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 as we ask all of these things

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 in that precious name

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 that we look to even anew this evening,

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 in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 and his glory in our midst.

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 Amen.

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 We'll again sing to God's praise

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 this time in Psalm 30

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 in the Singed Psalms version.

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 Psalm 30 on page 34.

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 We'll sing from the beginning of the psalm

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 down to verse 8.

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 And then our next singing

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 will be from the same psalm as well.

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 Psalm 30 on page 34 at verse 1.

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 O Lord, I will exalt your name

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 for you have rescued me.

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 You did not let my foes rejoice

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 and gloat triumphantly.

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 Lord God, in need I cried to you

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 and you restored my health.

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 O Lord, you brought me from the grave

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 and saved my soul from death.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 8

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 to God's praise in the tune of St. Andrew.

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 Amen.

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 O Lord, I will exalt your name

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 for you have rescued me.

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 You did not let my foes rejoice

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 and hope triumphantly.

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 Lord God, in need I cry to you

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 and you restored my health.

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 O Lord, you brought me from the grave

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 and saved my soul from death.

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 You holy ones sing to the Lord.

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 Sing out with joyful voice

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 When you recall his holy name

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 Let praise him and rejoice

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 His anger, what an open glass

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 Life on his river stays

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 Though tears may last

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 Throughout the night

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 Throughout the night

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 Joy comes with morning's rays

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 Joy comes with morning's rays

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 I never shall be moved

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 I said

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 In my hostility

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 You made my mountain

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 In grenade

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 Changezil

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 ritual

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 Yet

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 It's my house

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 My heart was terrified

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 To you, O Lord, I call the Lord

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 For mercy, Lord, I cry

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 We'll turn to read together now God's Word in the book of Acts.

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 We're reading in chapter 14.

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 We're taking up our reading at verse 8.

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 Acts chapter 14, and we'll take up our reading at verse 8.

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 In here we find Paul and Barnabas.

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 They've been traveling around different places.

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 As you see at the beginning of the chapter, they've been in Iconium,

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 and now they find themselves in Lystra

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 as they are taking the Word of God to different places

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 and facing up to many different challenges in the midst of it.

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 We're going to read then from verse 8,

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 reading down to verse 28.

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 Now at Lystra there was a man sitting who could not use his feet,

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 he was crippled from birth and had never walked.

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 He listened to Paul speaking.

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 And Paul, looking intently at him and seeing that he had faith to be made well,

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 said in a loud voice,

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 Stand upright on your feet.

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 And he sprang up and began walking.

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 When the crowd saw what Paul had done,

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 they lifted up their voices, saying in Lyconium,

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 the gods have come down to us in the likeness of men.

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 Barnabas they called Zeus and Paul Hermes,

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 because he was the chief speaker.

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 And the priest of Zeus, whose temple was at the entrance to the city,

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 brought oxen and garlands to the gates

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 and wanted to offer sacrifices with the crowds.

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 But when the apostles Barnabas and Paul heard of it,

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 they tore their garments and rushed out into the crowd,

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 crying out,

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 Men, why are you doing these things?

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 We also are men of like nature with you,

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 and we bring you good news,

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 that you should turn from these vain things

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 to a living God,

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 who made the heavens and the earth and the sea

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 and all that is in them.

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 In past generations he allowed all the nations

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 to walk in their own ways.

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 Yet he did not leave them without witness,

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 for he did good by giving you rains from heaven

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 and fruitful seasons,

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 satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.

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 Even with these words,

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 they scarcely restrained the people

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 from offering sacrifice to them.

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 But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium,

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 and having persuaded the crowds,

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 they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city,

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 supposing that he was dead.

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 But when the disciples gathered about him,

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 he rose up and entered the city,

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 and on the next day he went on with Barnabas to Derby.

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 When they had preached the gospel to that city

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 and had made many disciples,

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 they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

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 strengthening the souls of the disciples,

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 encouraging them to continue in their faith,

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 and saying that through many tribulations

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 we must enter the kingdom of God.

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 And when they had appointed elders for them

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 in every church with prayer and fasting,

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 they committed them to the Lord

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 in whom they had believed.

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 Then they passed through Pisidia

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 and came to Pamphylia.

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 And when they had spoken the word in Perga,

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 they went down to Atalia.

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 And from there they sailed to Antioch,

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 where they had been commended to the grace of God

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 for the work they had fulfilled.

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 And when they arrived and gathered the church together,

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 they declared all that God had done with them,

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 and how he had opened a door of faith

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 to the Gentiles.

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 And they remained no little time with the disciples.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless that reading from his word.

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 Before we come to look at some of that passage,

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 we'll again sing in Psalm 30.

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 We'll continue singing in this psalm,

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 the last verses of the psalm,

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 verse 9 down to verse 12.

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 What gain will my destruction bring

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 if I descend to death?

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 Will thus proclaim your faithfulness

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 or praise you with its breast?

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 Hear as I cry, O Lord my God,

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 and listen to my plea.

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 Come to my aid and my distress.

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 Have mercy, Lord, on me.

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 We'll sing these four verses

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 to God's praise in the tune of Spore.

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 Amen.

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 What gain will my destruction bring?

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 And why descend to death?

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 Well, does your pain

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 pure faithfulness

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 or praise you with its breast?

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 Be thus, I cry, O Lord my God,

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 and listen to my plea.

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 Come to my aid and my distress.

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 You turned my breathing into dust.

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 For no longer was I sad.

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 My sad, O God,

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 You gave me most

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 What joy that I was died.

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 Therefore, my heart will sing to you

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 And never cease to praise

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 To your great name.

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 O Lord my God,

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 I will give thanks always.

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 Let's turn back to our reading

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 in the book of Acts, chapter 14.

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 We can read again at verse 15.

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 Men, why are you doing these things?

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 We also are men of like nature with you,

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 and we bring you good news

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 that you should turn from these vain things

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 to a living God

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 who made the heaven and the earth and the sea

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 and all that is in them.

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 Turn from these vain things

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 to a living God.

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 As we read through this passage,

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 we are reminded so much of the grace of God,

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 how he deals with his people.

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 We were thinking last Lord's Day

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 about God's mercy and wrath.

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 Remember mercy we were looking at in Habakkuk.

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 And mercy is a powerful word,

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 and we see another word

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 that's powerful here this evening.

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 Grace.

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 It is a wonderful thing.

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 Question is,

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 have you known it?

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 Have you known the grace of God

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 in your own life?

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 Do you know it even just now?

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 Do you have it in your heart,

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 that grace of God in all its power?

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 Or what is the grace of God?

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 Perhaps maybe you're not sure just what is.

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 The grace of God.

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 Well, grace is a reminder to us

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 of something that we cannot do ourselves.

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 It is by grace you have been saved,

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 Paul says as he writes to the church

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 at Ephesus through faith.

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 It is a gift of God.

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 A gift for what?

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 For the forgiveness of our sin.

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 And how is that accomplished?

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 How are our sins forgiven?

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 Well, it's a faith that is based

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 on what Christ himself has done for us.

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 Martin Luther spoke of grace

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 in the light of the impossibility of our sin

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 being forgiven by our own actions.

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 He spoke of it in this way.

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 He said,

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 Since this was impossible for us,

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 God ordained for us in our place

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 one who took upon himself

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 all the punishment we deserve.

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 He fulfilled the law for us.

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 He averted the judgment of God from us

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 and appeased God's wrath.

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 Grace therefore costs us nothing,

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 but it costs another much to get it for us.

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 Grace was purchased with an incalculable,

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 infinite treasure,

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 the Son of God himself.

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 That is the wonder of grace.

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 What we could never do for ourselves,

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 God by his grace has done for us

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 through his Son, Jesus Christ.

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 And as we look at this passage here in Acts,

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 that is the grace that we see

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 when Paul and Barnabas meet with this crowd at Lystra.

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 They think these two are the gods

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 who have come down in the form of men,

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 but they say to them,

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 No, no, not us.

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 It's not about us.

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 We are men just like you.

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 But they say we bring you good news.

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 Good news that you should turn

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 from these vain things to a living God.

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 And it's this grace that runs through the Bible

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 from beginning to end,

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 the wonder of God's grace.

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 Every time we hear the word of God proclaim,

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 every Christ-centered sermon,

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 we hear the grace of God is running through it.

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 For we are always pointed to the wonder of Christ Jesus

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 as our Savior.

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 But there are times.

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 There are times when we are more aware of it.

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 There are times when we feel it more

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 and clearly in our own hearts,

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 in our own minds,

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 how clear it is,

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 especially in terms of how undeserving

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 we are of this grace.

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 We don't deserve it.

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 And that's what grace is all about.

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 Just like mercy, undeserved,

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 so grace, undeserved.

00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:16.720
 And yet God pours it out upon his people

00:30:16.720 --> 00:30:20.339
 that we might know it through faith in him.

00:30:20.960 --> 00:30:24.539
 You see grace running through the Old Testament.

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:27.939
 You see it through the experience

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:29.619
 of God's people with him.

00:30:30.159 --> 00:30:31.859
 You think of the book of Exodus

00:30:31.859 --> 00:30:35.859
 and how God dealt graciously with his people there

00:30:35.859 --> 00:30:38.779
 when he gave the Ten Commandments to Moses.

00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:41.179
 While Moses was away,

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.640
 the people started to think

00:30:42.640 --> 00:30:44.080
 he's not coming back.

00:30:44.140 --> 00:30:44.940
 He's left us.

00:30:45.500 --> 00:30:46.320
 So what did they do?

00:30:46.500 --> 00:30:49.220
 They did what is natural in the heart of man.

00:30:49.600 --> 00:30:50.740
 They made an idol.

00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:53.360
 They gathered the gold they could find

00:30:53.360 --> 00:30:55.000
 and they made a golden calf

00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:57.279
 that they might worship that calf.

00:30:58.080 --> 00:30:59.920
 And when Moses came back down,

00:31:00.100 --> 00:31:00.920
 when he returned,

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:02.140
 this is what he found.

00:31:02.539 --> 00:31:03.980
 This is what God saw.

00:31:04.920 --> 00:31:06.720
 And yet God graciously

00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:09.720
 gave the commandments once more.

00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:13.579
 You see it in chapter 34 of Exodus in verse 6.

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:16.440
 As God speaks to Moses

00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:18.059
 and meets with Moses again

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:20.319
 to make new tablets of stone

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:21.559
 and to give the commandments,

00:31:22.120 --> 00:31:23.539
 he says in verse 6,

00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:25.299
 the Lord passed before him

00:31:25.299 --> 00:31:26.559
 and proclaimed,

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.759
 the Lord, the Lord,

00:31:29.319 --> 00:31:31.460
 a God merciful and gracious,

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:33.039
 slow to anger,

00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:35.860
 and abounding in steadfast love

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.720
 and faithfulness.

00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:38.519
 And so he goes on

00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:42.500
 to remind them of the grace of God there.

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:44.400
 Did they deserve it?

00:31:44.860 --> 00:31:45.380
 No.

00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:48.220
 And that is grace shown.

00:31:48.360 --> 00:31:51.720
 The Lord is merciful and gracious

00:31:51.720 --> 00:31:54.259
 and praise his name that he is.

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:57.059
 And so that's what we continue to see

00:31:57.059 --> 00:31:59.539
 as you go on through the scriptures.

00:31:59.539 --> 00:32:01.579
 This grace being shown

00:32:01.579 --> 00:32:03.460
 in the midst of a people

00:32:03.460 --> 00:32:07.000
 who continually turn away from God.

00:32:08.460 --> 00:32:10.200
 The reaction as we see

00:32:10.200 --> 00:32:11.680
 who God is

00:32:11.680 --> 00:32:12.299
 and his power

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:13.299
 and in all his glory,

00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:15.019
 it should be for us

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:17.099
 to just bow before him,

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:19.159
 to fall before him,

00:32:19.220 --> 00:32:20.639
 pleading for mercy.

00:32:21.579 --> 00:32:23.159
 But is that what we do?

00:32:24.039 --> 00:32:24.839
 Well, as you see

00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:26.099
 as you go through the scriptures,

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:28.440
 you think even of the children of Israel

00:32:28.440 --> 00:32:29.380
 in the book of Exodus,

00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.220
 what happened with them?

00:32:31.660 --> 00:32:32.559
 They blew hot

00:32:32.559 --> 00:32:33.559
 and they blew cold.

00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:36.320
 One minute they were trusting God,

00:32:36.559 --> 00:32:37.259
 the next minute

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.259
 they were seeing something

00:32:38.259 --> 00:32:38.940
 more appealing,

00:32:39.080 --> 00:32:39.880
 another God,

00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:40.680
 another idol

00:32:40.680 --> 00:32:41.880
 they could worship

00:32:41.880 --> 00:32:43.180
 that would help them more

00:32:43.180 --> 00:32:44.680
 than the living God

00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:45.820
 as we read of here.

00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:48.120
 And so as we come

00:32:48.120 --> 00:32:49.279
 into the book of Acts,

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:50.080
 what we're seeing

00:32:50.080 --> 00:32:52.799
 is this ongoing dilemma

00:32:52.799 --> 00:32:54.660
 of the people of this world.

00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.820
 How we turn away

00:32:55.820 --> 00:32:57.120
 from the living God,

00:32:57.240 --> 00:32:58.320
 turn to our idols,

00:32:58.319 --> 00:32:59.399
 and worship them

00:32:59.399 --> 00:33:01.480
 and the grace of God,

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:03.039
 the mercy of God

00:33:03.039 --> 00:33:04.799
 is that he calls us back.

00:33:05.299 --> 00:33:06.319
 And that's what Paul

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.659
 and Barnabas

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:09.339
 are doing here.

00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:11.679
 We see a similar people

00:33:11.679 --> 00:33:13.519
 with a similar problem,

00:33:14.159 --> 00:33:15.659
 but with that same grace

00:33:15.659 --> 00:33:17.819
 still surrounding them

00:33:17.819 --> 00:33:20.299
 and still to this day.

00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:22.419
 In the beginning of this chapter

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:24.240
 and when they were in Iconium,

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:25.980
 in verse 3 there,

00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:27.660
 you read of the grace

00:33:27.660 --> 00:33:29.779
 being preached there.

00:33:29.920 --> 00:33:30.559
 So they remained

00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.420
 for a long time

00:33:31.420 --> 00:33:33.339
 speaking boldly of the Lord

00:33:33.339 --> 00:33:34.680
 who bore witness

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:37.059
 to the word of his grace.

00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:40.019
 They ministered the word of God

00:33:40.019 --> 00:33:40.980
 and in the midst

00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:41.759
 of the challenges

00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:42.579
 that they faced,

00:33:43.140 --> 00:33:44.259
 even stoning us,

00:33:44.339 --> 00:33:44.819
 we see,

00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:46.440
 they continued

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:47.240
 to proclaim

00:33:47.240 --> 00:33:49.980
 the good news.

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.120
 This morning,

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.880
 Colin, I think,

00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:53.740
 was preaching on

00:33:53.740 --> 00:33:54.940
 the theme of

00:33:54.940 --> 00:33:56.660
 the living church.

00:33:57.400 --> 00:33:58.319
 And we need grace

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.960
 to be

00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:00.620
 the living church.

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.059
 And this evening,

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.640
 we're thinking

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.359
 of the grace

00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:04.620
 that we receive

00:34:04.620 --> 00:34:06.579
 from the living God.

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.659
 There is a living God

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:10.159
 that is the heart

00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:11.619
 of our church.

00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:14.119
 Turn from these vain things,

00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:14.980
 in verse 15,

00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:16.839
 to a living God

00:34:16.839 --> 00:34:17.799
 who made the heaven

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:18.920
 and the earth

00:34:18.920 --> 00:34:19.579
 and the sea

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:20.679
 and all

00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:22.119
 that is in them.

00:34:22.460 --> 00:34:23.779
 We need grace preached.

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:25.579
 We need grace received.

00:34:25.759 --> 00:34:27.259
 We need grace lived

00:34:27.259 --> 00:34:28.559
 in our midst

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:30.219
 to be a living church,

00:34:30.460 --> 00:34:30.920
 worshipping

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:32.679
 the living God.

00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:34.539
 And so do we see

00:34:34.539 --> 00:34:35.619
 this God

00:34:35.619 --> 00:34:36.179
 in our midst?

00:34:36.299 --> 00:34:36.839
 Do we have

00:34:36.839 --> 00:34:37.859
 this God

00:34:37.859 --> 00:34:38.420
 in our midst?

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.019
 Are we looking

00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.719
 and trusting

00:34:39.719 --> 00:34:40.719
 to him

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:42.319
 in all things?

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:43.299
 I want us to see

00:34:43.300 --> 00:34:44.420
 three things

00:34:44.420 --> 00:34:45.220
 from these verses

00:34:45.220 --> 00:34:46.039
 before us

00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:47.000
 just to remind us

00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:48.280
 to always have our eyes

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:49.840
 on the living God

00:34:49.840 --> 00:34:50.880
 and the good news

00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:52.240
 that he gives.

00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:53.680
 And the first thing

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:53.980
 we see

00:34:53.980 --> 00:34:55.800
 is the same old problems.

00:34:56.660 --> 00:34:57.380
 Then secondly,

00:34:57.460 --> 00:34:57.780
 we'll see

00:34:57.780 --> 00:34:59.320
 that there's no more excuses.

00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:01.220
 And then thirdly,

00:35:01.240 --> 00:35:01.620
 we'll see

00:35:01.620 --> 00:35:02.480
 that the gospel

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.860
 is key.

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:04.620
 The gospel

00:35:04.620 --> 00:35:06.100
 is at the heart.

00:35:06.220 --> 00:35:06.820
 So the first thing

00:35:06.820 --> 00:35:07.120
 we see

00:35:07.120 --> 00:35:07.900
 is the same

00:35:07.900 --> 00:35:09.740
 old problems.

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:11.500
 When you go back

00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:11.900
 to the book

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.840
 of Ecclesiastes

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:14.019
 in the Old Testament

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:15.160
 in the first chapter

00:35:15.160 --> 00:35:15.500
 there,

00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:18.120
 it's a powerful book

00:35:18.120 --> 00:35:19.280
 that reminds us

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:20.280
 of what our life

00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:21.100
 is like.

00:35:21.760 --> 00:35:22.620
 And in verse 9

00:35:22.620 --> 00:35:23.460
 it says this,

00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:24.200
 what has been

00:35:24.200 --> 00:35:25.180
 is what will be

00:35:25.180 --> 00:35:26.660
 and what has been done

00:35:26.660 --> 00:35:27.800
 is what will be done

00:35:27.800 --> 00:35:29.100
 and there is nothing new

00:35:29.100 --> 00:35:30.640
 under the sun.

00:35:31.360 --> 00:35:32.140
 The cycle

00:35:32.140 --> 00:35:33.280
 of life

00:35:33.280 --> 00:35:34.140
 just going on,

00:35:34.240 --> 00:35:34.840
 going around

00:35:34.840 --> 00:35:35.960
 all the time.

00:35:36.019 --> 00:35:36.539
 What has been

00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:36.940
 will be

00:35:36.940 --> 00:35:37.880
 and what has been done

00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:39.300
 is what will be done.

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.380
 Nothing new

00:35:40.380 --> 00:35:42.119
 under the sun.

00:35:42.599 --> 00:35:43.559
 It's the same

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.160
 old problems

00:35:45.160 --> 00:35:46.579
 over and over

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.280
 again.

00:35:48.059 --> 00:35:48.440
 And so that even

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.220
 as you think of

00:35:49.220 --> 00:35:50.800
 the Exodus time,

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.140
 here we are

00:35:52.140 --> 00:35:53.000
 more than

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.900
 maybe a thousand

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:54.760
 years later

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:55.300
 when we come

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.300
 to the book of Acts

00:35:56.300 --> 00:35:57.640
 and you would think

00:35:57.640 --> 00:35:58.260
 the people,

00:35:58.420 --> 00:35:59.079
 well they're bound

00:35:59.079 --> 00:35:59.900
 to have learned.

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.340
 They're bound

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.420
 to have made progress.

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:02.940
 They're bound

00:36:02.940 --> 00:36:03.820
 to have learned

00:36:03.820 --> 00:36:04.599
 from all the different

00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:05.500
 experiences

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.139
 of seeing

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:08.019
 God's punishment

00:36:08.019 --> 00:36:08.900
 on their sin

00:36:08.900 --> 00:36:09.800
 in the Old Testament

00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:10.539
 times when they were

00:36:10.539 --> 00:36:11.739
 taken into captivity

00:36:11.739 --> 00:36:13.179
 and yet his mercy

00:36:13.179 --> 00:36:13.940
 and his grace

00:36:13.940 --> 00:36:15.679
 in restoring them.

00:36:16.300 --> 00:36:16.760
 They've come

00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:18.079
 to see the cross,

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.000
 the fulfillment

00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:20.280
 and the wonder

00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:21.360
 of God's love.

00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:22.039
 They've seen

00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:23.619
 Christ crucified.

00:36:23.820 --> 00:36:24.420
 They're hearing

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.780
 this gospel message.

00:36:25.900 --> 00:36:26.579
 They're bound

00:36:26.579 --> 00:36:28.019
 to have learned.

00:36:28.159 --> 00:36:28.619
 They're bound

00:36:28.619 --> 00:36:29.900
 to have made progress.

00:36:30.059 --> 00:36:30.539
 They're bound

00:36:30.539 --> 00:36:31.760
 to be living,

00:36:32.400 --> 00:36:33.260
 worshipping God

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:34.340
 with all their hearts

00:36:34.340 --> 00:36:34.659
 now.

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.619
 In many ways

00:36:36.619 --> 00:36:38.179
 progress has been made

00:36:38.179 --> 00:36:41.019
 in terms of buildings

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:41.840
 and cities

00:36:41.840 --> 00:36:42.679
 and economies

00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:43.800
 that have expanded

00:36:43.800 --> 00:36:44.780
 and flourished

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:46.340
 throughout all different

00:36:46.340 --> 00:36:47.340
 kinds of places.

00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:48.019
 That's what the book

00:36:48.019 --> 00:36:48.679
 of Acts

00:36:48.679 --> 00:36:50.659
 so highlights for us

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:51.599
 the different places

00:36:51.599 --> 00:36:53.880
 the gospel was going to.

00:36:54.639 --> 00:36:56.239
 The gospel was spreading.

00:36:56.800 --> 00:36:57.300
 So yes,

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.460
 things have progressed.

00:36:58.639 --> 00:36:59.699
 Things have developed.

00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:02.679
 And yet more knowledge

00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:04.420
 isn't always the answer.

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:07.059
 Because the same problems

00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:09.139
 still exist.

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.619
 And this great problem

00:37:11.619 --> 00:37:13.260
 still exists.

00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:14.760
 The problem

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.739
 that the people had

00:37:15.739 --> 00:37:17.460
 in the days of Moses

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:19.619
 is still the same problem

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:21.760
 here in the book of Acts.

00:37:21.980 --> 00:37:23.420
 It's still the same problem

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.340
 today.

00:37:25.340 --> 00:37:26.059
 And what is

00:37:26.059 --> 00:37:27.119
 that great problem?

00:37:27.119 --> 00:37:29.480
 Well, the problem is

00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:30.420
 a people

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.960
 turning from

00:37:31.960 --> 00:37:33.619
 the living God

00:37:33.619 --> 00:37:35.139
 and turning

00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:36.500
 to worship

00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.239
 idols.

00:37:38.239 --> 00:37:39.420
 Idols that take

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:40.299
 all kinds

00:37:40.299 --> 00:37:41.380
 of forms.

00:37:42.299 --> 00:37:43.099
 Idols that take

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:44.679
 all kinds of shapes.

00:37:45.239 --> 00:37:46.039
 Idols that we don't

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.960
 even see.

00:37:47.599 --> 00:37:48.119
 And yet

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:49.739
 we worship them.

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:51.359
 Just as they do here

00:37:51.359 --> 00:37:52.319
 in the book

00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:53.179
 of Acts.

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:56.019
 And what you see

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.799
 here is just

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.619
 how quickly

00:37:57.619 --> 00:37:58.779
 the hearts

00:37:58.779 --> 00:37:59.539
 can turn

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.599
 towards

00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:01.440
 idols.

00:38:03.859 --> 00:38:05.099
 You see it here

00:38:05.099 --> 00:38:06.339
 in verse 11.

00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.399
 When they had healed

00:38:07.399 --> 00:38:08.119
 this man

00:38:08.119 --> 00:38:08.940
 who was crippled

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.599
 from birth,

00:38:09.659 --> 00:38:10.319
 what happened?

00:38:10.759 --> 00:38:11.899
 People were amazed.

00:38:12.639 --> 00:38:13.119
 In verse 11,

00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:13.759
 when the crowd

00:38:13.759 --> 00:38:15.239
 saw what Paul

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:15.599
 had done,

00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:16.279
 they lifted up

00:38:16.279 --> 00:38:16.799
 their voices

00:38:16.799 --> 00:38:18.039
 saying in Lyconian,

00:38:18.639 --> 00:38:19.319
 the gods

00:38:19.319 --> 00:38:20.219
 have come down

00:38:20.219 --> 00:38:21.000
 to us

00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:21.839
 in the likeness

00:38:21.839 --> 00:38:22.719
 of men.

00:38:23.639 --> 00:38:24.159
 And what did

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:24.619
 they do?

00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:25.799
 They made

00:38:25.799 --> 00:38:27.339
 Paul and Barnabas

00:38:27.339 --> 00:38:28.299
 their gods.

00:38:29.420 --> 00:38:29.980
 Barnabas

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:30.559
 they called

00:38:30.559 --> 00:38:31.119
 Zeus

00:38:31.119 --> 00:38:32.420
 and Paul

00:38:32.420 --> 00:38:33.579
 Hermes.

00:38:34.659 --> 00:38:35.259
 These

00:38:35.259 --> 00:38:36.380
 were the gods

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:36.980
 they felt

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.679
 they were looking

00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:38.539
 for.

00:38:39.679 --> 00:38:40.799
 They were looking

00:38:40.799 --> 00:38:42.219
 to men.

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:44.339
 Just a wee

00:38:44.339 --> 00:38:45.259
 aside here

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.719
 as we think

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:46.299
 of our own

00:38:46.299 --> 00:38:47.179
 situation

00:38:47.179 --> 00:38:48.199
 as a congregation

00:38:48.199 --> 00:38:49.719
 going forward.

00:38:50.299 --> 00:38:50.880
 What are we

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.699
 looking for

00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:52.339
 when we think

00:38:52.339 --> 00:38:53.139
 of ministry

00:38:53.139 --> 00:38:54.579
 going forward?

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:56.460
 We don't

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.779
 look

00:38:56.779 --> 00:38:58.099
 for men.

00:38:59.059 --> 00:38:59.579
 We don't

00:38:59.579 --> 00:38:59.920
 look

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:01.400
 for someone

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.380
 who is going

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:03.339
 to lead

00:39:03.339 --> 00:39:04.480
 this church.

00:39:04.579 --> 00:39:04.880
 We don't

00:39:04.880 --> 00:39:05.920
 look for a man

00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:07.019
 in that sense

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:08.679
 but to the

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.960
 living God.

00:39:10.739 --> 00:39:11.159
 That is

00:39:11.159 --> 00:39:11.659
 where we are

00:39:11.659 --> 00:39:12.179
 to look.

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:13.659
 any preacher

00:39:13.659 --> 00:39:14.599
 is here

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.219
 to point

00:39:15.219 --> 00:39:15.980
 to the

00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:16.819
 living God

00:39:16.819 --> 00:39:18.119
 and not

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:18.859
 to ourselves.

00:39:19.759 --> 00:39:20.319
 And that's

00:39:20.319 --> 00:39:21.299
 what Paul

00:39:21.299 --> 00:39:22.059
 and Barnabas

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.819
 do here.

00:39:23.199 --> 00:39:23.519
 That's what

00:39:23.519 --> 00:39:23.940
 they say

00:39:23.940 --> 00:39:24.940
 in verse 15.

00:39:25.699 --> 00:39:26.659
 We are men

00:39:26.659 --> 00:39:27.500
 of like

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:28.039
 nature

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:28.960
 with you.

00:39:29.319 --> 00:39:29.739
 That is

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.679
 all we

00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:31.139
 are.

00:39:31.819 --> 00:39:32.460
 As the saying

00:39:32.460 --> 00:39:32.759
 goes,

00:39:32.859 --> 00:39:33.359
 the best

00:39:33.359 --> 00:39:33.879
 of men

00:39:33.879 --> 00:39:34.440
 are men

00:39:34.440 --> 00:39:35.480
 at best.

00:39:37.259 --> 00:39:37.899
 So let's

00:39:37.899 --> 00:39:38.440
 not fall

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:38.859
 into the

00:39:38.859 --> 00:39:39.239
 trap

00:39:39.239 --> 00:39:39.739
 of looking

00:39:39.739 --> 00:39:40.799
 to man

00:39:40.799 --> 00:39:42.039
 but looking

00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:42.919
 to the

00:39:42.919 --> 00:39:44.039
 living God.

00:39:45.399 --> 00:39:45.799
 But when

00:39:45.799 --> 00:39:46.299
 they say

00:39:46.299 --> 00:39:46.759
 this,

00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:48.539
 when they

00:39:48.539 --> 00:39:49.039
 saw

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.119
 the fact

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.619
 that this

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:52.519
 healing

00:39:52.519 --> 00:39:53.059
 had taken

00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:53.479
 place,

00:39:53.579 --> 00:39:53.899
 they say

00:39:53.899 --> 00:39:54.239
 in verse

00:39:54.239 --> 00:39:54.579
 11,

00:39:54.979 --> 00:39:55.619
 the gods

00:39:55.619 --> 00:39:56.079
 have come

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.719
 down to

00:39:56.719 --> 00:39:57.279
 us in

00:39:57.279 --> 00:39:58.000
 the likeness

00:39:58.000 --> 00:39:58.559
 of men.

00:39:59.259 --> 00:39:59.699
 Look how

00:39:59.699 --> 00:40:00.559
 close they

00:40:00.559 --> 00:40:01.000
 are to

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.699
 the truth.

00:40:03.779 --> 00:40:04.159
 Look how

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.859
 close they

00:40:04.859 --> 00:40:05.299
 are to the

00:40:05.299 --> 00:40:05.619
 truth.

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.980
 the gods

00:40:06.980 --> 00:40:07.420
 have come

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:07.980
 down to

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.619
 us in

00:40:08.619 --> 00:40:09.420
 the likeness

00:40:09.420 --> 00:40:10.599
 of men.

00:40:11.199 --> 00:40:11.559
 It's like

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:11.880
 it's in

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.500
 their heart

00:40:12.500 --> 00:40:13.179
 to look

00:40:13.179 --> 00:40:13.900
 for God.

00:40:14.739 --> 00:40:15.139
 They're

00:40:15.139 --> 00:40:15.480
 looking for

00:40:15.480 --> 00:40:16.279
 God to

00:40:16.279 --> 00:40:16.920
 come down.

00:40:17.619 --> 00:40:17.900
 They're

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:18.380
 just looking

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.719
 at the

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.739
 wrong God.

00:40:20.539 --> 00:40:21.019
 God

00:40:21.019 --> 00:40:22.219
 came down

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:22.980
 in the

00:40:22.980 --> 00:40:23.639
 person of

00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:24.699
 Jesus Christ.

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.059
 There's no

00:40:26.059 --> 00:40:26.420
 one else

00:40:26.420 --> 00:40:26.759
 we need

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:27.199
 to look

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:27.500
 to.

00:40:28.699 --> 00:40:29.039
 He is

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:29.719
 God of

00:40:29.719 --> 00:40:30.299
 gods.

00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:31.199
 He is

00:40:31.199 --> 00:40:31.679
 King of

00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:31.980
 kings.

00:40:32.119 --> 00:40:32.359
 He is

00:40:32.359 --> 00:40:33.440
 Lord of

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:34.000
 lords.

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:35.519
 They

00:40:35.519 --> 00:40:35.940
 have this

00:40:35.940 --> 00:40:36.619
 confession

00:40:36.619 --> 00:40:37.159
 that's so

00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:37.760
 close to

00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:38.360
 the truth

00:40:38.360 --> 00:40:39.400
 and yet

00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:40.159
 so far

00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:40.559
 away.

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:42.820
 And so

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:43.739
 for ourselves

00:40:43.739 --> 00:40:44.300
 too,

00:40:44.860 --> 00:40:45.300
 we must

00:40:45.300 --> 00:40:45.940
 think to

00:40:45.940 --> 00:40:46.420
 ourselves,

00:40:46.559 --> 00:40:47.159
 what God

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:47.460
 are we

00:40:47.460 --> 00:40:48.340
 looking to?

00:40:49.199 --> 00:40:49.480
 Do we

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.019
 fall into

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.699
 the same

00:40:50.699 --> 00:40:52.179
 old problems

00:40:52.179 --> 00:40:53.159
 of making

00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:54.039
 idols or

00:40:54.039 --> 00:40:54.480
 looking to

00:40:54.480 --> 00:40:55.139
 the false

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.679
 gods?

00:40:56.179 --> 00:40:56.599
 You see

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.119
 here they

00:40:57.119 --> 00:40:57.619
 even had

00:40:57.619 --> 00:40:58.440
 names for

00:40:58.440 --> 00:40:58.980
 their gods,

00:40:59.219 --> 00:41:00.000
 Zeus and

00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.539
 Hermes.

00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:01.340
 These were

00:41:01.340 --> 00:41:01.900
 the gods

00:41:01.900 --> 00:41:02.139
 that the

00:41:02.139 --> 00:41:02.579
 people were

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:03.019
 looking to

00:41:03.019 --> 00:41:03.900
 for prosperity

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.740
 and they

00:41:04.740 --> 00:41:05.139
 wanted to

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:06.039
 please these

00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:06.460
 gods.

00:41:06.579 --> 00:41:06.720
 They were

00:41:06.720 --> 00:41:07.200
 willing to

00:41:07.200 --> 00:41:07.500
 offer

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:08.539
 sacrifices

00:41:08.539 --> 00:41:09.660
 to these

00:41:09.660 --> 00:41:10.619
 gods straight

00:41:10.619 --> 00:41:11.059
 away in

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.599
 the person

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:12.559
 of Paul

00:41:12.559 --> 00:41:13.519
 and Barnabas.

00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:14.840
 But they

00:41:14.840 --> 00:41:15.160
 say,

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.519
 no,

00:41:15.940 --> 00:41:16.680
 it's not

00:41:16.680 --> 00:41:17.539
 us.

00:41:19.220 --> 00:41:19.980
 How foolish

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.800
 it may be

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:21.400
 looks to you

00:41:21.400 --> 00:41:21.700
 and I

00:41:21.700 --> 00:41:22.200
 today that

00:41:22.200 --> 00:41:22.480
 they would

00:41:22.480 --> 00:41:23.079
 do this

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:23.700
 before any

00:41:23.700 --> 00:41:24.059
 men,

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:25.380
 before anyone,

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.059
 that they

00:41:26.059 --> 00:41:26.420
 would make

00:41:26.420 --> 00:41:27.019
 these kinds

00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:27.780
 of offerings.

00:41:28.860 --> 00:41:29.160
 And yet,

00:41:29.300 --> 00:41:29.820
 in our own

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:30.200
 hearts,

00:41:30.300 --> 00:41:30.840
 we put other

00:41:30.840 --> 00:41:31.740
 things before

00:41:31.740 --> 00:41:32.280
 God.

00:41:32.280 --> 00:41:32.320
 God,

00:41:32.560 --> 00:41:32.960
 and that

00:41:32.960 --> 00:41:33.400
 is what

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:34.320
 idolatry

00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:34.900
 is.

00:41:35.720 --> 00:41:36.620
 The foolishness

00:41:36.620 --> 00:41:38.100
 of idolatry.

00:41:39.320 --> 00:41:40.160
 Somebody once

00:41:40.160 --> 00:41:40.640
 put it like

00:41:40.640 --> 00:41:40.860
 this,

00:41:40.920 --> 00:41:41.200
 you are not

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:41.800
 a fool

00:41:41.800 --> 00:41:43.019
 just because

00:41:43.019 --> 00:41:43.340
 you have

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:44.260
 done something

00:41:44.260 --> 00:41:44.840
 foolish,

00:41:45.519 --> 00:41:47.100
 only if the

00:41:47.100 --> 00:41:48.200
 folly of it

00:41:48.200 --> 00:41:49.240
 escapes you.

00:41:50.600 --> 00:41:51.280
 Doing something

00:41:51.280 --> 00:41:52.960
 foolish is not

00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:53.840
 what foolishness

00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:54.380
 is about.

00:41:55.060 --> 00:41:55.740
 It's not

00:41:55.740 --> 00:41:56.980
 recognizing the

00:41:56.980 --> 00:41:58.260
 foolishness in

00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:58.540
 it.

00:41:59.540 --> 00:42:00.180
 And that's

00:42:00.180 --> 00:42:01.000
 the people

00:42:01.000 --> 00:42:01.560
 here.

00:42:02.080 --> 00:42:02.320
 And that's

00:42:02.320 --> 00:42:02.680
 so often

00:42:02.680 --> 00:42:02.960
 what our

00:42:02.960 --> 00:42:03.540
 own hearts

00:42:03.540 --> 00:42:03.900
 can be

00:42:03.900 --> 00:42:04.380
 like as

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:04.740
 well.

00:42:05.140 --> 00:42:05.580
 We don't

00:42:05.580 --> 00:42:06.100
 think it's

00:42:06.100 --> 00:42:06.800
 foolish because

00:42:06.800 --> 00:42:07.160
 we don't

00:42:07.160 --> 00:42:07.620
 see the

00:42:07.620 --> 00:42:08.320
 foolishness

00:42:08.320 --> 00:42:09.280
 in it

00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:09.920
 until it's

00:42:09.920 --> 00:42:10.620
 pointed out

00:42:10.620 --> 00:42:11.400
 to us.

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.140
 And that's

00:42:12.140 --> 00:42:12.720
 what Paul

00:42:12.720 --> 00:42:13.400
 and Barnabas

00:42:13.400 --> 00:42:14.000
 do here

00:42:14.000 --> 00:42:14.360
 in verse

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:14.800
 15.

00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:15.420
 They point

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:15.900
 out this

00:42:15.900 --> 00:42:16.600
 foolishness.

00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:17.720
 Men,

00:42:17.860 --> 00:42:18.840
 why are you

00:42:18.840 --> 00:42:19.980
 doing these

00:42:19.980 --> 00:42:20.560
 things?

00:42:23.100 --> 00:42:24.000
 Why are you

00:42:24.000 --> 00:42:24.520
 doing these

00:42:24.520 --> 00:42:24.740
 things?

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:25.620
 Stop what

00:42:25.620 --> 00:42:26.280
 you are doing.

00:42:26.280 --> 00:42:27.380
 we are not

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:27.980
 the gods

00:42:27.980 --> 00:42:28.320
 that you

00:42:28.320 --> 00:42:28.740
 are looking

00:42:28.740 --> 00:42:29.100
 for.

00:42:30.019 --> 00:42:30.380
 But let

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:30.940
 us tell

00:42:30.940 --> 00:42:31.720
 you of

00:42:31.720 --> 00:42:32.100
 another.

00:42:33.180 --> 00:42:33.600
 We want

00:42:33.600 --> 00:42:34.080
 to point

00:42:34.080 --> 00:42:34.880
 you to

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:35.519
 the living

00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:36.040
 God.

00:42:37.080 --> 00:42:37.640
 The one

00:42:37.640 --> 00:42:38.180
 who is

00:42:38.180 --> 00:42:38.640
 God.

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.360
 And there

00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:40.540
 is no

00:42:40.540 --> 00:42:40.860
 other.

00:42:40.980 --> 00:42:41.640
 The same

00:42:41.640 --> 00:42:43.000
 old problems

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:44.440
 still exist

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.019
 because we

00:42:45.019 --> 00:42:45.900
 don't put

00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:47.220
 God first.

00:42:48.480 --> 00:42:49.400
 We look

00:42:49.400 --> 00:42:50.060
 to men.

00:42:51.260 --> 00:42:51.720
 So we are

00:42:51.720 --> 00:42:52.140
 to look

00:42:52.140 --> 00:42:52.780
 to the

00:42:52.780 --> 00:42:53.480
 living God.

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:55.060
 The second

00:42:55.060 --> 00:42:55.740
 thing we see

00:42:55.740 --> 00:42:56.260
 here is

00:42:56.260 --> 00:42:56.880
 there is no

00:42:56.880 --> 00:42:58.600
 more excuses.

00:43:00.300 --> 00:43:00.760
 We are

00:43:00.760 --> 00:43:02.760
 so apt

00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:03.280
 at making

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:04.420
 excuses for

00:43:04.420 --> 00:43:05.320
 all our

00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:05.900
 faults.

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:07.460
 We become

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:08.300
 experts from

00:43:08.300 --> 00:43:09.060
 a young age

00:43:09.060 --> 00:43:09.540
 trying to

00:43:09.540 --> 00:43:10.280
 hide our

00:43:10.280 --> 00:43:10.600
 faults,

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:11.580
 making excuses

00:43:11.580 --> 00:43:12.720
 for what we

00:43:12.720 --> 00:43:13.300
 do wrong.

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:14.520
 It is

00:43:14.520 --> 00:43:15.480
 somebody else's

00:43:15.480 --> 00:43:15.940
 fault or

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.900
 something else's

00:43:16.900 --> 00:43:17.240
 fault.

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.300
 You can

00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:18.700
 think of

00:43:18.700 --> 00:43:19.580
 making excuses

00:43:19.580 --> 00:43:20.120
 for not

00:43:20.120 --> 00:43:20.640
 doing your

00:43:20.640 --> 00:43:21.080
 homework,

00:43:21.540 --> 00:43:21.920
 for being

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.580
 late for

00:43:22.580 --> 00:43:23.140
 something.

00:43:23.540 --> 00:43:24.040
 All of

00:43:24.040 --> 00:43:24.540
 these kinds

00:43:24.540 --> 00:43:24.900
 of things

00:43:24.900 --> 00:43:25.340
 are from a

00:43:25.340 --> 00:43:26.240
 very early

00:43:26.240 --> 00:43:26.860
 age.

00:43:26.860 --> 00:43:27.840
 We start

00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:28.400
 making

00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:29.539
 excuses.

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:31.780
 But do we

00:43:31.780 --> 00:43:32.039
 have an

00:43:32.039 --> 00:43:32.800
 excuse?

00:43:33.360 --> 00:43:33.700
 Do you have

00:43:33.700 --> 00:43:34.300
 an excuse

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:34.880
 for not

00:43:34.880 --> 00:43:36.100
 believing in

00:43:36.100 --> 00:43:36.680
 the living

00:43:36.680 --> 00:43:37.480
 God?

00:43:38.340 --> 00:43:38.960
 Do you have

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.620
 an excuse

00:43:39.620 --> 00:43:40.059
 that will

00:43:40.059 --> 00:43:41.559
 satisfy God

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:41.920
 when he

00:43:41.920 --> 00:43:43.079
 comes as

00:43:43.079 --> 00:43:43.360
 to the

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:43.820
 reason why

00:43:43.820 --> 00:43:44.120
 you would

00:43:44.120 --> 00:43:44.860
 not believe,

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.160
 you would

00:43:45.160 --> 00:43:45.900
 not trust

00:43:45.900 --> 00:43:47.019
 fully in

00:43:47.019 --> 00:43:47.860
 this living

00:43:47.860 --> 00:43:48.840
 God?

00:43:49.900 --> 00:43:50.579
 Paul and

00:43:50.579 --> 00:43:51.300
 Barnabas here

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:51.740
 show the

00:43:51.740 --> 00:43:52.220
 people that

00:43:52.219 --> 00:43:52.899
 have no

00:43:52.899 --> 00:43:54.259
 excuse for

00:43:54.259 --> 00:43:55.239
 not believing

00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:56.459
 in God.

00:43:57.899 --> 00:43:58.319
 There are

00:43:58.319 --> 00:43:59.239
 no words

00:43:59.239 --> 00:43:59.879
 that we

00:43:59.879 --> 00:44:00.359
 can offer

00:44:00.359 --> 00:44:00.779
 up that

00:44:00.779 --> 00:44:01.659
 will appease

00:44:01.659 --> 00:44:02.139
 God.

00:44:02.959 --> 00:44:03.459
 And you

00:44:03.459 --> 00:44:04.079
 see it in

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:04.500
 the end of

00:44:04.500 --> 00:44:05.459
 verse 15

00:44:05.459 --> 00:44:06.099
 into verse

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.619
 16.

00:44:06.779 --> 00:44:06.939
 They're

00:44:06.939 --> 00:44:07.519
 pointing them

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:08.480
 towards the

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:09.059
 living God

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:09.399
 who made

00:44:09.399 --> 00:44:09.939
 the heavens

00:44:09.939 --> 00:44:10.279
 and the

00:44:10.279 --> 00:44:10.699
 earth and

00:44:10.699 --> 00:44:11.159
 the sea

00:44:11.159 --> 00:44:11.579
 and all

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:11.899
 that is

00:44:11.899 --> 00:44:12.299
 in them.

00:44:13.299 --> 00:44:13.879
 In past

00:44:13.879 --> 00:44:14.719
 generations he

00:44:14.719 --> 00:44:15.359
 allowed all

00:44:15.359 --> 00:44:15.899
 the nations

00:44:15.899 --> 00:44:16.939
 to walk

00:44:16.939 --> 00:44:17.259
 in their

00:44:17.259 --> 00:44:18.059
 own ways,

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:19.159
 yet he

00:44:19.159 --> 00:44:19.599
 did not

00:44:19.599 --> 00:44:20.619
 leave himself

00:44:20.619 --> 00:44:21.699
 without witness.

00:44:22.219 --> 00:44:23.419
 He did

00:44:23.419 --> 00:44:24.059
 not leave

00:44:24.059 --> 00:44:24.579
 himself

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:26.199
 without witness.

00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:26.799
 There is

00:44:26.799 --> 00:44:27.599
 evidence for

00:44:27.599 --> 00:44:28.879
 God all

00:44:28.879 --> 00:44:29.659
 around us

00:44:29.659 --> 00:44:30.299
 that we

00:44:30.299 --> 00:44:30.859
 are not

00:44:30.859 --> 00:44:31.719
 without

00:44:31.719 --> 00:44:32.939
 excuse.

00:44:33.719 --> 00:44:34.559
 The living

00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:35.199
 God is

00:44:35.199 --> 00:44:35.699
 the one

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:36.519
 that we

00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:36.879
 are to

00:44:36.879 --> 00:44:37.739
 look to.

00:44:39.799 --> 00:44:40.319
 God

00:44:40.319 --> 00:44:40.819
 allowed,

00:44:40.939 --> 00:44:41.379
 it says

00:44:41.379 --> 00:44:41.679
 here,

00:44:41.759 --> 00:44:42.259
 his people

00:44:42.259 --> 00:44:42.859
 to go

00:44:42.859 --> 00:44:43.899
 their own

00:44:43.899 --> 00:44:44.379
 ways.

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:44.759
 They were

00:44:44.759 --> 00:44:45.139
 free,

00:44:45.299 --> 00:44:45.799
 just as we

00:44:45.799 --> 00:44:46.339
 are today,

00:44:46.439 --> 00:44:46.699
 to do

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.019
 what we

00:44:47.019 --> 00:44:47.480
 want,

00:44:48.239 --> 00:44:49.059
 but they're

00:44:49.059 --> 00:44:49.819
 not without

00:44:49.819 --> 00:44:51.239
 excuse.

00:44:52.219 --> 00:44:52.939
 God

00:44:52.939 --> 00:44:53.739
 and this

00:44:53.739 --> 00:44:54.480
 is the

00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:56.000
 reality of

00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.599
 this verse

00:44:56.599 --> 00:44:57.419
 for ourselves

00:44:57.419 --> 00:44:58.599
 today as

00:44:58.599 --> 00:44:58.959
 well.

00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.019
 God

00:45:00.019 --> 00:45:00.639
 leaving us

00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:01.379
 to our

00:45:01.379 --> 00:45:01.699
 own

00:45:01.699 --> 00:45:02.319
 devices,

00:45:02.539 --> 00:45:02.879
 you see

00:45:02.879 --> 00:45:03.079
 it in

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:03.339
 the book

00:45:03.339 --> 00:45:04.439
 of Romans

00:45:04.439 --> 00:45:04.919
 as well,

00:45:04.980 --> 00:45:05.459
 we'll quote

00:45:05.459 --> 00:45:05.839
 that in

00:45:05.839 --> 00:45:06.219
 just a

00:45:06.219 --> 00:45:06.579
 moment,

00:45:07.139 --> 00:45:07.919
 but he

00:45:07.919 --> 00:45:08.899
 leaves people

00:45:08.899 --> 00:45:09.480
 to their

00:45:09.480 --> 00:45:09.819
 own

00:45:09.819 --> 00:45:10.159
 desires.

00:45:10.259 --> 00:45:10.339
 He

00:45:10.339 --> 00:45:10.679
 gives them

00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:11.619
 over to

00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:12.239
 their own

00:45:12.239 --> 00:45:12.859
 desires.

00:45:13.959 --> 00:45:14.159
 He

00:45:14.159 --> 00:45:15.500
 allowed all

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:16.019
 the nations

00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:16.799
 to walk

00:45:16.799 --> 00:45:17.519
 in their

00:45:17.519 --> 00:45:18.379
 own ways.

00:45:18.380 --> 00:45:19.420
 And again,

00:45:19.500 --> 00:45:19.700
 we could

00:45:19.700 --> 00:45:20.680
 just apply

00:45:20.680 --> 00:45:21.119
 that to

00:45:21.119 --> 00:45:21.640
 ourselves

00:45:21.640 --> 00:45:22.200
 today as

00:45:22.200 --> 00:45:22.880
 nations of

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.400
 the world.

00:45:23.820 --> 00:45:24.180
 We are

00:45:24.180 --> 00:45:24.900
 walking so

00:45:24.900 --> 00:45:25.420
 much in

00:45:25.420 --> 00:45:25.940
 our own

00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:26.320
 ways.

00:45:26.440 --> 00:45:26.640
 We are

00:45:26.640 --> 00:45:27.720
 turning from

00:45:27.720 --> 00:45:28.180
 the living

00:45:28.180 --> 00:45:28.800
 God and

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:29.640
 going our

00:45:29.640 --> 00:45:30.260
 own ways,

00:45:30.460 --> 00:45:31.079
 doing our

00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:32.240
 own things.

00:45:33.519 --> 00:45:34.079
 But even

00:45:34.079 --> 00:45:34.460
 then,

00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:35.579
 we are not

00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:36.200
 left without

00:45:36.200 --> 00:45:36.780
 God's

00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:38.039
 testimony to

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:39.240
 us in

00:45:39.240 --> 00:45:39.579
 what is

00:45:39.579 --> 00:45:40.180
 known as

00:45:40.180 --> 00:45:41.000
 common

00:45:41.000 --> 00:45:41.800
 grace.

00:45:43.039 --> 00:45:43.420
 And we

00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:43.800
 see that

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:44.860
 in verse

00:45:44.860 --> 00:45:45.420
 17.

00:45:45.539 --> 00:45:45.720
 Yet he

00:45:45.720 --> 00:45:46.059
 did not

00:45:46.059 --> 00:45:46.920
 leave himself

00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:47.599
 without witness,

00:45:47.599 --> 00:45:47.900
 for he

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:48.440
 did good

00:45:48.440 --> 00:45:49.339
 by giving

00:45:49.339 --> 00:45:50.019
 you rains

00:45:50.019 --> 00:45:50.599
 from heaven

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:51.279
 and fruitful

00:45:51.279 --> 00:45:52.019
 seasons,

00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:53.440
 satisfying your

00:45:53.440 --> 00:45:54.139
 hearts with

00:45:54.139 --> 00:45:55.239
 food and

00:45:55.239 --> 00:45:56.059
 gladness.

00:45:57.139 --> 00:45:57.519
 They are

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:58.119
 pointing them

00:45:58.119 --> 00:45:58.819
 here to

00:45:58.819 --> 00:45:59.199
 the fact

00:45:59.199 --> 00:45:59.519
 that this

00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:00.339
 living God,

00:46:00.779 --> 00:46:01.319
 this is the

00:46:01.319 --> 00:46:01.739
 God of

00:46:01.739 --> 00:46:02.619
 prosperity.

00:46:03.019 --> 00:46:03.460
 This is the

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:04.000
 God who is

00:46:04.000 --> 00:46:04.460
 able to

00:46:04.460 --> 00:46:04.779
 bless.

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.480
 This is the

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:06.059
 God who is

00:46:06.059 --> 00:46:06.960
 able, the

00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:07.559
 only God

00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:07.839
 who is

00:46:07.839 --> 00:46:08.719
 able to

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.139
 provide.

00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:10.860
 He is

00:46:10.860 --> 00:46:11.420
 the one

00:46:11.420 --> 00:46:12.219
 who has

00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:12.819
 made the

00:46:12.819 --> 00:46:13.299
 heaven and

00:46:13.299 --> 00:46:13.739
 the earth

00:46:13.739 --> 00:46:14.059
 and the

00:46:14.059 --> 00:46:14.539
 sea and

00:46:14.539 --> 00:46:15.219
 all that

00:46:15.219 --> 00:46:15.599
 is in

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:15.799
 him.

00:46:16.259 --> 00:46:16.759
 So as

00:46:16.759 --> 00:46:17.219
 we look

00:46:17.219 --> 00:46:17.719
 around,

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.459
 we are

00:46:18.459 --> 00:46:18.819
 without

00:46:18.819 --> 00:46:19.759
 excuse.

00:46:21.459 --> 00:46:21.879
 That is

00:46:21.879 --> 00:46:22.500
 common

00:46:22.500 --> 00:46:23.379
 grace,

00:46:23.519 --> 00:46:23.839
 what we

00:46:23.839 --> 00:46:24.980
 all see.

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.379
 But it's

00:46:26.379 --> 00:46:27.199
 only God's

00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:28.279
 special grace

00:46:28.279 --> 00:46:28.639
 that can

00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:29.159
 help us

00:46:29.159 --> 00:46:30.039
 to fully

00:46:30.039 --> 00:46:30.639
 see and

00:46:30.639 --> 00:46:31.439
 to understand.

00:46:32.319 --> 00:46:32.939
 But we're

00:46:32.939 --> 00:46:33.399
 without

00:46:33.399 --> 00:46:34.399
 excuse.

00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:35.759
 As I

00:46:35.759 --> 00:46:35.980
 said,

00:46:36.099 --> 00:46:36.319
 the book

00:46:36.319 --> 00:46:36.959
 of Romans,

00:46:37.419 --> 00:46:38.359
 it shows

00:46:38.359 --> 00:46:38.859
 it to us

00:46:38.859 --> 00:46:39.359
 there as

00:46:39.359 --> 00:46:39.779
 well.

00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:40.519
 In chapter

00:46:40.519 --> 00:46:40.919
 1,

00:46:41.000 --> 00:46:41.659
 verse 18,

00:46:42.239 --> 00:46:42.480
 it says,

00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:42.980
 the wrath

00:46:42.980 --> 00:46:43.519
 of God

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:44.099
 is revealed

00:46:44.099 --> 00:46:44.639
 from heaven

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.579
 against all

00:46:45.579 --> 00:46:46.360
 ungodliness

00:46:46.360 --> 00:46:47.400
 and unrighteousness

00:46:47.400 --> 00:46:47.920
 of men,

00:46:48.340 --> 00:46:48.880
 who by their

00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:49.740
 unrighteousness

00:46:49.740 --> 00:46:50.800
 suppress the

00:46:50.800 --> 00:46:51.340
 truth.

00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:52.659
 For that

00:46:52.659 --> 00:46:53.039
 can be

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.440
 known,

00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:54.199
 for what

00:46:54.199 --> 00:46:54.440
 can be

00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:54.860
 known about

00:46:54.860 --> 00:46:55.380
 God is

00:46:55.380 --> 00:46:56.139
 plain to

00:46:56.139 --> 00:46:56.380
 them,

00:46:56.760 --> 00:46:57.599
 because God

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:58.219
 has shown

00:46:58.219 --> 00:46:59.099
 it to

00:46:59.099 --> 00:46:59.400
 them.

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:00.219
 For his

00:47:00.219 --> 00:47:00.699
 invisible

00:47:00.699 --> 00:47:02.260
 attributes,

00:47:02.599 --> 00:47:02.920
 namely,

00:47:03.400 --> 00:47:04.179
 his eternal

00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:04.880
 power and

00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:05.760
 divine nature,

00:47:06.179 --> 00:47:06.699
 have been

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:07.760
 clearly perceived

00:47:07.760 --> 00:47:08.880
 ever since the

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.579
 creation of

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:10.119
 the world,

00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:10.880
 in the

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:11.380
 things that

00:47:11.380 --> 00:47:11.619
 have been

00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:12.000
 made,

00:47:12.380 --> 00:47:13.139
 so they

00:47:13.139 --> 00:47:13.859
 are without

00:47:13.859 --> 00:47:15.019
 excuse.

00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:16.739
 There is

00:47:16.739 --> 00:47:17.699
 no excuse,

00:47:18.119 --> 00:47:18.839
 because we

00:47:18.839 --> 00:47:19.940
 see by

00:47:19.940 --> 00:47:20.880
 common grace

00:47:20.880 --> 00:47:21.639
 the living

00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:22.359
 God is

00:47:22.359 --> 00:47:23.799
 all around

00:47:23.799 --> 00:47:24.259
 us.

00:47:25.059 --> 00:47:25.599
 So it's

00:47:25.599 --> 00:47:26.319
 not a case

00:47:26.319 --> 00:47:27.159
 of making

00:47:27.159 --> 00:47:27.819
 an excuse.

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:28.319
 Nobody

00:47:28.319 --> 00:47:29.139
 told me.

00:47:29.799 --> 00:47:30.460
 If only I

00:47:30.460 --> 00:47:30.900
 had known,

00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:31.299
 I would have

00:47:31.299 --> 00:47:32.019
 done something

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:32.480
 about it.

00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:32.819
 I would have

00:47:32.819 --> 00:47:33.480
 believed.

00:47:34.259 --> 00:47:35.019
 That's not

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:36.139
 an excuse,

00:47:36.199 --> 00:47:36.779
 because the

00:47:36.779 --> 00:47:37.440
 evidence of

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:38.480
 God is

00:47:38.480 --> 00:47:39.920
 all around

00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:40.500
 us.

00:47:41.220 --> 00:47:41.680
 But we

00:47:41.680 --> 00:47:42.380
 want to

00:47:42.380 --> 00:47:43.280
 suppress it.

00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:43.820
 We want to

00:47:43.820 --> 00:47:44.539
 put it down

00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:45.260
 by our

00:47:45.260 --> 00:47:46.380
 nature and

00:47:46.380 --> 00:47:46.800
 look to

00:47:46.800 --> 00:47:47.659
 ourselves or

00:47:47.659 --> 00:47:48.400
 to something

00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:49.079
 else.

00:47:50.139 --> 00:47:50.840
 But there's

00:47:50.840 --> 00:47:51.840
 no excuse.

00:47:53.400 --> 00:47:53.960
 Imagine,

00:47:54.320 --> 00:47:55.159
 even this

00:47:55.159 --> 00:47:55.619
 evening,

00:47:56.680 --> 00:47:57.119
 if a

00:47:57.119 --> 00:47:58.420
 knock came

00:47:58.420 --> 00:47:58.840
 to the

00:47:58.840 --> 00:47:59.340
 door of

00:47:59.340 --> 00:48:00.099
 this church

00:48:00.099 --> 00:48:01.960
 and it's

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:02.539
 the Lord.

00:48:03.539 --> 00:48:04.159
 You hear

00:48:04.159 --> 00:48:04.340
 it.

00:48:05.840 --> 00:48:06.880
 You hear

00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:07.260
 him at the

00:48:07.260 --> 00:48:08.099
 door and

00:48:08.099 --> 00:48:08.659
 someone says,

00:48:08.800 --> 00:48:09.300
 it is the

00:48:09.300 --> 00:48:09.720
 Lord.

00:48:10.900 --> 00:48:11.400
 The word

00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:12.039
 says he

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:12.599
 is coming

00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:13.680
 and we

00:48:13.680 --> 00:48:14.079
 don't know

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:14.480
 when he

00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:15.039
 will come

00:48:15.039 --> 00:48:15.860
 like a

00:48:15.860 --> 00:48:16.420
 thief in

00:48:16.420 --> 00:48:16.880
 the night.

00:48:17.700 --> 00:48:18.340
 Are you

00:48:18.340 --> 00:48:18.639
 ready?

00:48:19.980 --> 00:48:20.639
 Are you

00:48:20.639 --> 00:48:21.159
 ready when

00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:21.680
 you hear

00:48:21.680 --> 00:48:22.420
 that knock?

00:48:23.180 --> 00:48:23.500
 Would you

00:48:23.500 --> 00:48:23.840
 need to

00:48:23.840 --> 00:48:24.460
 try and

00:48:24.460 --> 00:48:24.860
 make an

00:48:24.860 --> 00:48:25.420
 excuse

00:48:25.420 --> 00:48:26.039
 tonight if

00:48:26.039 --> 00:48:26.440
 the Lord

00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:27.079
 returned,

00:48:27.300 --> 00:48:27.860
 to come

00:48:27.860 --> 00:48:28.519
 stumbling

00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:29.320
 before him,

00:48:29.840 --> 00:48:30.240
 trying to

00:48:30.240 --> 00:48:30.860
 get words

00:48:30.860 --> 00:48:31.260
 out, but

00:48:31.260 --> 00:48:31.740
 there's no

00:48:31.740 --> 00:48:32.180
 words,

00:48:32.260 --> 00:48:32.740
 because there

00:48:32.740 --> 00:48:33.300
 is no

00:48:33.300 --> 00:48:33.980
 excuse.

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:35.220
 Nobody

00:48:35.220 --> 00:48:35.940
 told me.

00:48:36.320 --> 00:48:36.820
 Not an

00:48:36.820 --> 00:48:37.400
 excuse.

00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:38.920
 the whole

00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:39.280
 of this

00:48:39.280 --> 00:48:40.160
 creation, it

00:48:40.160 --> 00:48:40.840
 speaks to

00:48:40.840 --> 00:48:41.559
 you of

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:42.019
 God.

00:48:42.660 --> 00:48:43.300
 It's no

00:48:43.300 --> 00:48:44.000
 excuse.

00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:46.519
 I couldn't

00:48:46.519 --> 00:48:47.280
 believe because

00:48:47.280 --> 00:48:47.900
 the evidence

00:48:47.900 --> 00:48:48.720
 wasn't there.

00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:49.780
 It is.

00:48:49.780 --> 00:48:51.820
 He has

00:48:51.820 --> 00:48:52.320
 given us

00:48:52.320 --> 00:48:52.960
 the sign.

00:48:53.580 --> 00:48:53.880
 He has

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:54.420
 given us,

00:48:54.480 --> 00:48:54.720
 He has

00:48:54.720 --> 00:48:55.300
 shown us

00:48:55.300 --> 00:48:55.700
 through the

00:48:55.700 --> 00:48:56.240
 wonder of

00:48:56.240 --> 00:48:56.900
 the gospel,

00:48:57.420 --> 00:48:57.780
 through His

00:48:57.780 --> 00:48:58.440
 giving His

00:48:58.440 --> 00:48:58.860
 Son,

00:48:59.300 --> 00:48:59.680
 through His

00:48:59.680 --> 00:49:00.640
 crucifixion,

00:49:00.760 --> 00:49:01.080
 through His

00:49:01.080 --> 00:49:01.680
 resurrection.

00:49:01.840 --> 00:49:02.400
 It is all

00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:02.660
 there.

00:49:02.760 --> 00:49:02.960
 We are

00:49:02.960 --> 00:49:03.420
 without

00:49:03.420 --> 00:49:04.460
 excuse.

00:49:04.460 --> 00:49:07.039
 There is

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:08.599
 no excuse.

00:49:10.820 --> 00:49:11.539
 So are

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:12.039
 you ready?

00:49:13.139 --> 00:49:13.820
 If that

00:49:13.820 --> 00:49:14.619
 knock comes,

00:49:14.699 --> 00:49:14.920
 are you

00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:15.320
 going to

00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:15.840
 go and

00:49:15.840 --> 00:49:16.720
 give an

00:49:16.720 --> 00:49:17.159
 excuse,

00:49:17.240 --> 00:49:17.380
 or are

00:49:17.380 --> 00:49:17.679
 you going

00:49:17.679 --> 00:49:18.240
 to go

00:49:18.240 --> 00:49:18.780
 and say

00:49:18.780 --> 00:49:19.460
 like Mary

00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:20.159
 who saw

00:49:20.159 --> 00:49:21.019
 the risen

00:49:21.019 --> 00:49:21.559
 Lord and

00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:21.840
 said,

00:49:21.940 --> 00:49:22.679
 Rabboni,

00:49:23.639 --> 00:49:24.740
 when she

00:49:24.740 --> 00:49:25.480
 heard her

00:49:25.480 --> 00:49:26.519
 name being

00:49:26.519 --> 00:49:27.119
 called?

00:49:28.280 --> 00:49:28.960
 Are you

00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:29.699
 ready to

00:49:29.699 --> 00:49:30.900
 grasp your

00:49:30.900 --> 00:49:31.420
 Savior?

00:49:32.980 --> 00:49:33.780
 The grace

00:49:33.780 --> 00:49:34.140
 that He

00:49:34.140 --> 00:49:34.660
 has shown

00:49:34.660 --> 00:49:34.820
 you,

00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:35.100
 have you

00:49:35.100 --> 00:49:35.980
 received it?

00:49:36.460 --> 00:49:36.840
 Are you

00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:37.760
 overwhelmed by

00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:37.880
 it?

00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:38.040
 Are you

00:49:38.040 --> 00:49:38.700
 overpowered

00:49:38.700 --> 00:49:39.260
 by it?

00:49:39.560 --> 00:49:40.060
 That it

00:49:40.060 --> 00:49:40.780
 fills you

00:49:40.780 --> 00:49:41.480
 with joy,

00:49:42.240 --> 00:49:42.800
 fills you

00:49:42.800 --> 00:49:43.420
 with emotion

00:49:43.420 --> 00:49:43.840
 that the

00:49:43.840 --> 00:49:44.400
 Lord would

00:49:44.400 --> 00:49:44.980
 remember

00:49:44.980 --> 00:49:45.400
 you.

00:49:47.180 --> 00:49:47.940
 There is

00:49:47.940 --> 00:49:49.700
 no excuse.

00:49:51.180 --> 00:49:51.500
 The

00:49:51.500 --> 00:49:51.980
 Lord,

00:49:52.540 --> 00:49:53.120
 He is

00:49:53.120 --> 00:49:54.060
 the living

00:49:54.060 --> 00:49:54.600
 God,

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:55.560
 and He

00:49:55.560 --> 00:49:55.960
 is the

00:49:55.960 --> 00:49:56.980
 one that

00:49:56.980 --> 00:49:57.280
 we are

00:49:57.280 --> 00:49:57.740
 to look

00:49:57.740 --> 00:49:58.019
 to.

00:49:58.120 --> 00:49:58.500
 So there's

00:49:58.500 --> 00:49:59.519
 no excuse.

00:50:00.760 --> 00:50:01.200
 And what

00:50:01.200 --> 00:50:01.820
 is it that's

00:50:01.820 --> 00:50:02.980
 the key to

00:50:02.980 --> 00:50:03.740
 this grace?

00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:04.620
 Well,

00:50:04.680 --> 00:50:05.200
 thirdly and

00:50:05.200 --> 00:50:05.600
 finally,

00:50:05.720 --> 00:50:06.120
 we see

00:50:06.120 --> 00:50:07.200
 here the

00:50:07.200 --> 00:50:08.820
 gospel is

00:50:08.820 --> 00:50:09.580
 key to

00:50:09.580 --> 00:50:10.100
 everything.

00:50:10.900 --> 00:50:11.760
 The grace

00:50:11.760 --> 00:50:12.400
 of God

00:50:12.400 --> 00:50:12.740
 that is

00:50:12.740 --> 00:50:13.860
 seen through

00:50:13.860 --> 00:50:14.620
 the gospel.

00:50:19.060 --> 00:50:19.700
 There's

00:50:19.700 --> 00:50:21.120
 something

00:50:21.120 --> 00:50:23.080
 different in

00:50:23.080 --> 00:50:23.800
 these verses.

00:50:24.000 --> 00:50:24.160
 There's

00:50:24.160 --> 00:50:24.720
 something that

00:50:24.720 --> 00:50:25.920
 has changed

00:50:25.920 --> 00:50:26.420
 in these

00:50:26.420 --> 00:50:26.740
 verses.

00:50:26.940 --> 00:50:27.260
 It says,

00:50:27.400 --> 00:50:28.019
 in past

00:50:28.019 --> 00:50:29.140
 generations,

00:50:29.340 --> 00:50:29.700
 He allowed

00:50:29.700 --> 00:50:30.280
 all the

00:50:30.280 --> 00:50:30.900
 nations to

00:50:30.900 --> 00:50:32.000
 walk in

00:50:32.000 --> 00:50:32.620
 their own

00:50:32.620 --> 00:50:33.180
 ways.

00:50:33.780 --> 00:50:34.700
 Now,

00:50:35.000 --> 00:50:35.720
 what is

00:50:35.720 --> 00:50:36.060
 new?

00:50:36.160 --> 00:50:36.460
 What is

00:50:36.460 --> 00:50:36.960
 different?

00:50:37.820 --> 00:50:38.100
 Well,

00:50:38.140 --> 00:50:38.380
 there is

00:50:38.380 --> 00:50:39.160
 a testimony.

00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:40.760
 There is

00:50:40.760 --> 00:50:41.460
 a testimony.

00:50:42.500 --> 00:50:42.860
 There's

00:50:42.860 --> 00:50:44.040
 no excuse

00:50:44.040 --> 00:50:44.780
 because we

00:50:44.780 --> 00:50:45.800
 have the

00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:46.300
 gospel.

00:50:46.840 --> 00:50:47.140
 And we

00:50:47.140 --> 00:50:47.540
 see this

00:50:47.540 --> 00:50:47.920
 in verse

00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:48.400
 15,

00:50:48.519 --> 00:50:49.019
 going back

00:50:49.019 --> 00:50:49.380
 to that

00:50:49.380 --> 00:50:49.680
 verse.

00:50:49.820 --> 00:50:49.980
 Men,

00:50:50.440 --> 00:50:51.160
 why are

00:50:51.160 --> 00:50:51.680
 you doing

00:50:51.680 --> 00:50:52.320
 these things?

00:50:52.440 --> 00:50:52.800
 Why are

00:50:52.800 --> 00:50:53.440
 you following

00:50:53.440 --> 00:50:54.660
 your hearts

00:50:54.660 --> 00:50:54.960
 that are

00:50:54.960 --> 00:50:55.640
 just full

00:50:55.640 --> 00:50:56.760
 of idolatry?

00:50:56.840 --> 00:50:57.160
 Why are

00:50:57.160 --> 00:50:57.480
 you doing

00:50:57.480 --> 00:50:57.940
 these things?

00:50:57.940 --> 00:50:59.240
 we also

00:50:59.240 --> 00:50:59.820
 are men

00:50:59.820 --> 00:51:00.280
 of like

00:51:00.280 --> 00:51:00.740
 nature

00:51:00.740 --> 00:51:01.420
 with you.

00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:02.619
 But they

00:51:02.619 --> 00:51:02.840
 say,

00:51:02.980 --> 00:51:03.599
 we bring

00:51:03.599 --> 00:51:04.760
 you good

00:51:04.760 --> 00:51:05.320
 news.

00:51:06.159 --> 00:51:07.200
 We bring

00:51:07.200 --> 00:51:08.039
 you good

00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:08.480
 news that

00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:08.760
 you should

00:51:08.760 --> 00:51:09.559
 turn from

00:51:09.559 --> 00:51:10.380
 these vain

00:51:10.380 --> 00:51:11.740
 things to

00:51:11.740 --> 00:51:12.460
 the living

00:51:12.460 --> 00:51:13.400
 God.

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:15.119
 That is

00:51:15.119 --> 00:51:15.500
 what the

00:51:15.500 --> 00:51:16.840
 gospel is

00:51:16.840 --> 00:51:17.220
 about.

00:51:17.880 --> 00:51:19.099
 Why are

00:51:19.099 --> 00:51:19.820
 you doing

00:51:19.820 --> 00:51:21.200
 these things?

00:51:21.980 --> 00:51:22.820
 Why are

00:51:22.820 --> 00:51:23.240
 we going

00:51:23.240 --> 00:51:24.920
 on in

00:51:24.920 --> 00:51:25.639
 this way?

00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:26.420
 We need

00:51:26.420 --> 00:51:27.200
 to turn

00:51:27.200 --> 00:51:28.260
 to the

00:51:28.260 --> 00:51:29.240
 living God.

00:51:29.720 --> 00:51:30.200
 Not because

00:51:30.200 --> 00:51:30.920
 we are afraid

00:51:30.920 --> 00:51:31.240
 of the

00:51:31.240 --> 00:51:31.940
 consequences

00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:32.840
 of not

00:51:32.840 --> 00:51:33.639
 doing so,

00:51:33.960 --> 00:51:34.980
 but realizing

00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:35.480
 what the

00:51:35.480 --> 00:51:36.079
 good news

00:51:36.079 --> 00:51:36.420
 means,

00:51:36.539 --> 00:51:36.800
 what the

00:51:36.800 --> 00:51:37.300
 good news

00:51:37.300 --> 00:51:38.260
 tells us.

00:51:38.780 --> 00:51:39.159
 It tells

00:51:39.159 --> 00:51:39.680
 us of the

00:51:39.680 --> 00:51:40.740
 wonder of

00:51:40.740 --> 00:51:41.460
 salvation

00:51:41.460 --> 00:51:42.340
 in Christ.

00:51:43.019 --> 00:51:43.659
 The wonder

00:51:43.659 --> 00:51:44.700
 of forgiveness

00:51:44.700 --> 00:51:45.320
 for our

00:51:45.320 --> 00:51:46.019
 sin through

00:51:46.019 --> 00:51:46.380
 him.

00:51:47.400 --> 00:51:47.740
 That we

00:51:47.740 --> 00:51:48.420
 turn from

00:51:48.420 --> 00:51:49.700
 these worthless

00:51:49.700 --> 00:51:50.400
 things,

00:51:50.860 --> 00:51:51.420
 these things

00:51:51.420 --> 00:51:52.000
 that cannot

00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:52.659
 save us,

00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:53.720
 these gods

00:51:53.720 --> 00:51:54.240
 as they have

00:51:54.240 --> 00:51:54.700
 made them,

00:51:54.699 --> 00:51:54.980
 that are

00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:55.359
 dead.

00:51:55.759 --> 00:51:56.460
 They can't

00:51:56.460 --> 00:51:56.759
 hear,

00:51:56.879 --> 00:51:57.480
 they can't

00:51:57.480 --> 00:51:58.500
 do anything.

00:52:00.119 --> 00:52:00.779
 But we

00:52:00.779 --> 00:52:01.199
 look to

00:52:01.199 --> 00:52:01.699
 the living

00:52:01.699 --> 00:52:02.239
 God,

00:52:02.500 --> 00:52:03.359
 to the

00:52:03.359 --> 00:52:04.199
 risen Lord,

00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:05.099
 to the

00:52:05.099 --> 00:52:05.519
 Son of

00:52:05.519 --> 00:52:06.039
 God who

00:52:06.039 --> 00:52:06.319
 is at

00:52:06.319 --> 00:52:06.819
 the right

00:52:06.819 --> 00:52:07.480
 hand of

00:52:07.480 --> 00:52:08.039
 God on

00:52:08.039 --> 00:52:08.359
 high,

00:52:08.779 --> 00:52:10.239
 the Lord

00:52:10.239 --> 00:52:10.500
 who is

00:52:10.500 --> 00:52:10.739
 making

00:52:10.739 --> 00:52:11.539
 intercession

00:52:11.539 --> 00:52:12.480
 for us.

00:52:13.480 --> 00:52:13.960
 We look

00:52:13.960 --> 00:52:14.439
 to the

00:52:14.439 --> 00:52:15.119
 living God.

00:52:15.199 --> 00:52:15.439
 That is

00:52:15.439 --> 00:52:16.339
 the good

00:52:16.339 --> 00:52:16.899
 news.

00:52:17.819 --> 00:52:18.159
 That if

00:52:18.159 --> 00:52:18.559
 the Lord

00:52:18.559 --> 00:52:19.239
 returns

00:52:19.239 --> 00:52:19.599
 tonight,

00:52:19.659 --> 00:52:19.819
 if he

00:52:19.819 --> 00:52:20.679
 knocks on

00:52:20.679 --> 00:52:21.159
 our door

00:52:21.159 --> 00:52:21.559
 tonight,

00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:21.839
 that we

00:52:21.839 --> 00:52:22.139
 can be

00:52:22.139 --> 00:52:23.139
 ready by

00:52:23.139 --> 00:52:23.899
 the gospel,

00:52:23.900 --> 00:52:25.380
 by faith

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:26.440
 in Jesus

00:52:26.440 --> 00:52:27.160
 Christ.

00:52:28.519 --> 00:52:29.079
 Oswald

00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:29.860
 Chambers,

00:52:29.960 --> 00:52:30.340
 in one of

00:52:30.340 --> 00:52:30.840
 his books,

00:52:30.960 --> 00:52:31.440
 he says

00:52:31.440 --> 00:52:31.860
 this,

00:52:32.619 --> 00:52:33.340
 it is not

00:52:33.340 --> 00:52:33.920
 repentance

00:52:33.920 --> 00:52:34.700
 that saves

00:52:34.700 --> 00:52:34.960
 me.

00:52:35.619 --> 00:52:36.200
 Repentance

00:52:36.200 --> 00:52:36.840
 is a sign

00:52:36.840 --> 00:52:37.200
 that I

00:52:37.200 --> 00:52:37.980
 realize what

00:52:37.980 --> 00:52:38.559
 God has

00:52:38.559 --> 00:52:39.579
 done in

00:52:39.579 --> 00:52:40.480
 Christ Jesus.

00:52:41.180 --> 00:52:41.840
 The danger

00:52:41.840 --> 00:52:42.360
 is to put

00:52:42.360 --> 00:52:42.960
 the emphasis

00:52:42.960 --> 00:52:43.360
 on the

00:52:43.360 --> 00:52:44.240
 effect instead

00:52:44.240 --> 00:52:44.860
 of on

00:52:44.860 --> 00:52:45.700
 the cause.

00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:47.160
 Is it my

00:52:47.160 --> 00:52:48.099
 obedience that

00:52:48.099 --> 00:52:48.539
 puts me

00:52:48.539 --> 00:52:49.119
 right with

00:52:49.119 --> 00:52:49.539
 God?

00:52:49.920 --> 00:52:50.420
 Never.

00:52:50.420 --> 00:52:51.740
 I am

00:52:51.740 --> 00:52:52.300
 put right

00:52:52.300 --> 00:52:52.860
 with God

00:52:52.860 --> 00:52:53.639
 because prior

00:52:53.639 --> 00:52:54.159
 to all

00:52:54.159 --> 00:52:54.519
 else,

00:52:54.960 --> 00:52:56.079
 Christ died.

00:52:57.300 --> 00:52:57.740
 When I

00:52:57.740 --> 00:52:58.340
 turn to

00:52:58.340 --> 00:52:58.780
 God and

00:52:58.780 --> 00:52:59.420
 by belief

00:52:59.420 --> 00:53:00.700
 accept what

00:53:00.700 --> 00:53:01.599
 God reveals

00:53:01.599 --> 00:53:02.400
 instantly,

00:53:02.900 --> 00:53:03.820
 the stupendous

00:53:03.820 --> 00:53:04.700
 atonement of

00:53:04.700 --> 00:53:05.720
 Jesus Christ

00:53:05.720 --> 00:53:06.740
 rushes me

00:53:06.740 --> 00:53:07.320
 into a

00:53:07.320 --> 00:53:08.300
 right relationship

00:53:08.300 --> 00:53:09.460
 with God.

00:53:10.460 --> 00:53:11.260
 By the

00:53:11.260 --> 00:53:12.059
 miracle of

00:53:12.059 --> 00:53:13.059
 God's grace,

00:53:13.240 --> 00:53:14.059
 I stand

00:53:14.059 --> 00:53:14.880
 justified,

00:53:15.460 --> 00:53:16.400
 not because of

00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:17.420
 anything I have

00:53:17.420 --> 00:53:17.840
 done,

00:53:17.840 --> 00:53:19.039
 but because

00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:19.460
 of what

00:53:19.460 --> 00:53:20.380
 Jesus has

00:53:20.380 --> 00:53:20.700
 done.

00:53:21.400 --> 00:53:22.079
 The salvation

00:53:22.079 --> 00:53:22.720
 of God

00:53:22.720 --> 00:53:23.160
 does not

00:53:23.160 --> 00:53:23.820
 stand on

00:53:23.820 --> 00:53:24.840
 human logic.

00:53:25.420 --> 00:53:26.140
 It stands

00:53:26.140 --> 00:53:26.539
 on the

00:53:26.539 --> 00:53:27.220
 sacrificial

00:53:27.220 --> 00:53:28.039
 death of

00:53:28.039 --> 00:53:28.480
 Jesus.

00:53:29.600 --> 00:53:30.559
 Sinful men

00:53:30.559 --> 00:53:31.120
 and women

00:53:31.120 --> 00:53:31.940
 can be

00:53:31.940 --> 00:53:32.660
 changed into

00:53:32.660 --> 00:53:33.600
 new creatures

00:53:33.600 --> 00:53:34.600
 by the

00:53:34.600 --> 00:53:35.720
 marvelous work

00:53:35.720 --> 00:53:36.400
 of God

00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:37.420
 in Christ

00:53:37.420 --> 00:53:38.079
 Jesus.

00:53:38.980 --> 00:53:39.400
 That is

00:53:39.400 --> 00:53:40.079
 the wonder

00:53:40.079 --> 00:53:41.019
 of the

00:53:41.019 --> 00:53:41.940
 grace of

00:53:41.940 --> 00:53:43.000
 God through

00:53:43.000 --> 00:53:43.940
 his gospel,

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:44.940
 the good

00:53:44.940 --> 00:53:45.380
 news.

00:53:46.019 --> 00:53:46.920
 Men and

00:53:46.920 --> 00:53:47.220
 women,

00:53:47.219 --> 00:53:48.359
 sinful men

00:53:48.359 --> 00:53:48.899
 and women

00:53:48.899 --> 00:53:50.339
 changed into

00:53:50.339 --> 00:53:51.339
 new creatures

00:53:51.339 --> 00:53:51.839
 by the

00:53:51.839 --> 00:53:53.019
 marvelous work

00:53:53.019 --> 00:53:54.099
 of God

00:53:54.099 --> 00:53:55.199
 in Christ

00:53:55.199 --> 00:53:55.919
 Jesus.

00:53:57.079 --> 00:53:57.959
 The grace

00:53:57.959 --> 00:53:58.919
 that he has

00:53:58.919 --> 00:54:00.059
 shown to

00:54:00.059 --> 00:54:00.559
 us.

00:54:01.359 --> 00:54:02.039
 Grace is to

00:54:02.039 --> 00:54:02.439
 put our

00:54:02.439 --> 00:54:03.819
 trust in

00:54:03.819 --> 00:54:04.899
 him who

00:54:04.899 --> 00:54:05.879
 is able to

00:54:05.879 --> 00:54:06.379
 save,

00:54:07.039 --> 00:54:07.519
 for we

00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:09.000
 cannot save

00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:10.179
 ourselves.

00:54:11.559 --> 00:54:12.299
 We see

00:54:12.299 --> 00:54:13.099
 grace at the

00:54:13.099 --> 00:54:14.259
 start of

00:54:14.259 --> 00:54:15.139
 this chapter

00:54:15.139 --> 00:54:15.579
 when they're

00:54:15.579 --> 00:54:16.480
 speaking there

00:54:16.480 --> 00:54:17.679
 of how

00:54:17.679 --> 00:54:18.119
 they bore

00:54:18.119 --> 00:54:18.800
 witness to

00:54:18.800 --> 00:54:19.340
 the word

00:54:19.340 --> 00:54:20.159
 of his

00:54:20.159 --> 00:54:20.980
 grace in

00:54:20.980 --> 00:54:21.599
 verse 3.

00:54:22.039 --> 00:54:22.400
 It is

00:54:22.400 --> 00:54:23.199
 grace that

00:54:23.199 --> 00:54:24.599
 ends this

00:54:24.599 --> 00:54:25.460
 chapter as

00:54:25.460 --> 00:54:25.880
 well.

00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:26.240
 As they

00:54:26.240 --> 00:54:26.920
 returned,

00:54:27.460 --> 00:54:27.760
 as they

00:54:27.760 --> 00:54:28.440
 went back

00:54:28.440 --> 00:54:29.199
 to the

00:54:29.199 --> 00:54:29.760
 place from

00:54:29.760 --> 00:54:30.179
 which they

00:54:30.179 --> 00:54:30.840
 were sent,

00:54:31.039 --> 00:54:32.619
 the church

00:54:32.619 --> 00:54:33.619
 had declared

00:54:33.619 --> 00:54:34.840
 in them

00:54:34.840 --> 00:54:35.219
 how the

00:54:35.219 --> 00:54:35.820
 grace of

00:54:35.820 --> 00:54:36.300
 God

00:54:36.300 --> 00:54:37.380
 had been

00:54:37.380 --> 00:54:38.179
 commended to

00:54:38.179 --> 00:54:38.360
 them,

00:54:38.460 --> 00:54:38.940
 it says in

00:54:38.940 --> 00:54:39.840
 verse 26,

00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:40.480
 where they

00:54:40.480 --> 00:54:40.820
 had been

00:54:40.820 --> 00:54:41.699
 commended to

00:54:41.699 --> 00:54:42.360
 the grace

00:54:42.360 --> 00:54:43.059
 of God

00:54:43.059 --> 00:54:43.759
 for the

00:54:43.759 --> 00:54:44.679
 work that

00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:45.059
 they had

00:54:45.059 --> 00:54:45.739
 fulfilled.

00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:46.099
 It is

00:54:46.099 --> 00:54:47.279
 grace that

00:54:47.279 --> 00:54:48.000
 sent them.

00:54:48.480 --> 00:54:48.779
 It is

00:54:48.779 --> 00:54:49.519
 grace that

00:54:49.519 --> 00:54:50.219
 kept them.

00:54:51.039 --> 00:54:51.500
 And so it

00:54:51.500 --> 00:54:52.079
 is this

00:54:52.079 --> 00:54:53.239
 grace that

00:54:53.239 --> 00:54:54.340
 we need to

00:54:54.340 --> 00:54:55.039
 be a living

00:54:55.039 --> 00:54:56.559
 church, to

00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:57.679
 look to a

00:54:57.679 --> 00:54:58.940
 living God.

00:54:59.599 --> 00:54:59.940
 There is

00:54:59.940 --> 00:55:00.799
 common grace

00:55:00.799 --> 00:55:01.519
 that leaves us

00:55:01.519 --> 00:55:02.599
 without excuse,

00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:04.320
 but it is a

00:55:04.320 --> 00:55:05.559
 special grace

00:55:05.559 --> 00:55:07.360
 that reminds us

00:55:07.360 --> 00:55:08.219
 of all that we

00:55:08.219 --> 00:55:09.519
 have in

00:55:09.519 --> 00:55:10.079
 Christ.

00:55:10.079 --> 00:55:10.199
 Christ.

00:55:11.279 --> 00:55:11.639
 We so

00:55:11.639 --> 00:55:12.679
 often in

00:55:12.679 --> 00:55:13.259
 our lives,

00:55:13.400 --> 00:55:14.099
 we step

00:55:14.099 --> 00:55:15.199
 into the

00:55:15.199 --> 00:55:15.719
 unknown.

00:55:16.699 --> 00:55:17.099
 We don't

00:55:17.099 --> 00:55:18.159
 know what's

00:55:18.159 --> 00:55:19.099
 ahead of us,

00:55:19.840 --> 00:55:20.719
 but we know

00:55:20.719 --> 00:55:21.779
 one who

00:55:21.779 --> 00:55:22.299
 does.

00:55:23.719 --> 00:55:24.319
 A little

00:55:24.319 --> 00:55:25.519
 story, just

00:55:25.519 --> 00:55:26.259
 as we finish,

00:55:26.679 --> 00:55:27.299
 of a couple

00:55:27.299 --> 00:55:27.739
 who took

00:55:27.739 --> 00:55:28.559
 their children

00:55:28.559 --> 00:55:29.259
 on holiday.

00:55:30.000 --> 00:55:30.380
 Young

00:55:30.380 --> 00:55:31.039
 children, a

00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:31.500
 son who

00:55:31.500 --> 00:55:31.980
 was 11,

00:55:32.400 --> 00:55:32.840
 and a

00:55:32.840 --> 00:55:33.420
 daughter who

00:55:33.420 --> 00:55:34.079
 was 7.

00:55:34.759 --> 00:55:35.239
 This was in

00:55:35.239 --> 00:55:35.779
 America, and

00:55:35.779 --> 00:55:36.119
 they took

00:55:36.119 --> 00:55:37.219
 them to one

00:55:37.219 --> 00:55:37.619
 of the big

00:55:37.619 --> 00:55:38.699
 national parks

00:55:38.699 --> 00:55:39.079
 there.

00:55:39.079 --> 00:55:39.960
 And one

00:55:39.960 --> 00:55:40.340
 day they

00:55:40.340 --> 00:55:40.759
 took them

00:55:40.759 --> 00:55:41.639
 to explore

00:55:41.639 --> 00:55:42.639
 some of

00:55:42.639 --> 00:55:43.099
 the deep

00:55:43.099 --> 00:55:43.940
 caves in

00:55:43.940 --> 00:55:44.619
 this national

00:55:44.619 --> 00:55:45.119
 park.

00:55:45.880 --> 00:55:46.440
 And they

00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:46.900
 were part

00:55:46.900 --> 00:55:47.500
 of a party

00:55:47.500 --> 00:55:47.759
 that was

00:55:47.759 --> 00:55:48.259
 being led

00:55:48.259 --> 00:55:49.000
 by a guide

00:55:49.000 --> 00:55:50.099
 deep under

00:55:50.099 --> 00:55:50.599
 the earth

00:55:50.599 --> 00:55:51.159
 into these

00:55:51.159 --> 00:55:51.639
 caves.

00:55:53.380 --> 00:55:53.699
 And at

00:55:53.699 --> 00:55:54.319
 one point

00:55:54.319 --> 00:55:54.599
 when they

00:55:54.599 --> 00:55:55.059
 were way

00:55:55.059 --> 00:55:55.679
 into the

00:55:55.679 --> 00:55:56.179
 cave in

00:55:56.179 --> 00:55:56.360
 one of

00:55:56.360 --> 00:55:56.799
 the deepest

00:55:56.799 --> 00:55:57.599
 parts,

00:55:57.699 --> 00:55:58.079
 just to

00:55:58.079 --> 00:55:58.400
 make the

00:55:58.400 --> 00:55:59.139
 effect more

00:55:59.139 --> 00:55:59.759
 dramatic,

00:56:00.079 --> 00:56:00.659
 the guide

00:56:00.659 --> 00:56:01.980
 switched off

00:56:01.980 --> 00:56:02.940
 his light.

00:56:03.759 --> 00:56:04.159
 And the

00:56:04.159 --> 00:56:05.159
 whole cave

00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:06.619
 was plunged

00:56:06.619 --> 00:56:07.480
 into darkness.

00:56:07.480 --> 00:56:08.460
 No one

00:56:08.460 --> 00:56:09.280
 could see

00:56:09.280 --> 00:56:10.260
 a thing.

00:56:11.139 --> 00:56:11.500
 The little

00:56:11.500 --> 00:56:12.579
 girl was

00:56:12.579 --> 00:56:13.260
 scared, and

00:56:13.260 --> 00:56:13.820
 she started

00:56:13.820 --> 00:56:14.740
 to cry.

00:56:15.440 --> 00:56:15.840
 Then she

00:56:15.840 --> 00:56:16.340
 heard her

00:56:16.340 --> 00:56:17.260
 brother's voice

00:56:17.260 --> 00:56:17.659
 saying,

00:56:18.099 --> 00:56:18.820
 don't cry.

00:56:19.840 --> 00:56:20.940
 Somebody here

00:56:20.940 --> 00:56:22.119
 knows how

00:56:22.119 --> 00:56:22.940
 to turn on

00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:23.900
 the lights.

00:56:25.260 --> 00:56:26.360
 And that's

00:56:26.360 --> 00:56:27.099
 the wonder

00:56:27.099 --> 00:56:28.159
 of the

00:56:28.159 --> 00:56:28.639
 gospel.

00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:29.740
 There are

00:56:29.740 --> 00:56:30.480
 times when we

00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:30.980
 are taken

00:56:30.980 --> 00:56:31.860
 into a place

00:56:31.860 --> 00:56:32.280
 where there

00:56:32.280 --> 00:56:33.380
 seems to be

00:56:33.380 --> 00:56:34.199
 just darkness

00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:35.500
 all around

00:56:35.500 --> 00:56:36.059
 us.

00:56:37.179 --> 00:56:37.699
 But the

00:56:37.699 --> 00:56:38.679
 good news

00:56:38.679 --> 00:56:39.799
 is that we

00:56:39.799 --> 00:56:40.339
 have a

00:56:40.339 --> 00:56:41.239
 living God.

00:56:41.719 --> 00:56:42.359
 A living

00:56:42.359 --> 00:56:43.019
 God who

00:56:43.019 --> 00:56:43.819
 pours his

00:56:43.819 --> 00:56:44.879
 light upon

00:56:44.879 --> 00:56:45.399
 us.

00:56:46.279 --> 00:56:46.639
 Yes,

00:56:47.019 --> 00:56:47.739
 they were so

00:56:47.739 --> 00:56:48.799
 close to the

00:56:48.799 --> 00:56:49.719
 truth here.

00:56:50.139 --> 00:56:50.779
 The gods

00:56:50.779 --> 00:56:51.239
 have come

00:56:51.239 --> 00:56:51.839
 down to

00:56:51.839 --> 00:56:52.579
 us in the

00:56:52.579 --> 00:56:53.319
 likeness of

00:56:53.319 --> 00:56:53.679
 men.

00:56:54.639 --> 00:56:55.519
 We know

00:56:55.519 --> 00:56:56.919
 through grace

00:56:56.919 --> 00:56:58.439
 that God

00:56:58.439 --> 00:56:58.980
 has come

00:56:58.980 --> 00:57:00.099
 down in

00:57:00.099 --> 00:57:00.799
 the likeness

00:57:00.799 --> 00:57:01.419
 of man,

00:57:01.420 --> 00:57:02.340
 in his

00:57:02.340 --> 00:57:02.880
 son,

00:57:03.380 --> 00:57:03.820
 Christ

00:57:03.820 --> 00:57:04.340
 Jesus.

00:57:05.220 --> 00:57:05.880
 The one

00:57:05.880 --> 00:57:06.860
 who is the

00:57:06.860 --> 00:57:07.820
 light of

00:57:07.820 --> 00:57:08.400
 the world.

00:57:09.320 --> 00:57:09.760
 And it is

00:57:09.760 --> 00:57:10.440
 his grace,

00:57:11.059 --> 00:57:11.680
 it is his

00:57:11.680 --> 00:57:13.079
 favor that

00:57:13.079 --> 00:57:13.840
 we seek.

00:57:15.159 --> 00:57:16.240
 We see

00:57:16.240 --> 00:57:17.280
 in this

00:57:17.280 --> 00:57:18.139
 passage the

00:57:18.139 --> 00:57:19.519
 same old

00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:20.460
 problems that

00:57:20.460 --> 00:57:21.500
 keep repeating

00:57:21.500 --> 00:57:23.099
 themselves again

00:57:23.099 --> 00:57:23.740
 and again.

00:57:24.099 --> 00:57:24.880
 How quickly

00:57:24.880 --> 00:57:26.039
 we can turn

00:57:26.039 --> 00:57:26.460
 from the

00:57:26.460 --> 00:57:27.260
 living God

00:57:27.260 --> 00:57:28.420
 and look to

00:57:28.420 --> 00:57:29.019
 the idols

00:57:29.019 --> 00:57:30.159
 of this

00:57:30.159 --> 00:57:30.619
 world.

00:57:31.420 --> 00:57:31.860
 But we

00:57:31.860 --> 00:57:33.119
 see we

00:57:33.119 --> 00:57:33.740
 are without

00:57:33.740 --> 00:57:34.619
 excuse.

00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:36.780
 But praise

00:57:36.780 --> 00:57:37.320
 God we

00:57:37.320 --> 00:57:38.539
 see his

00:57:38.539 --> 00:57:40.159
 grace in

00:57:40.159 --> 00:57:40.700
 the good

00:57:40.700 --> 00:57:42.079
 news that

00:57:42.079 --> 00:57:42.900
 we can turn

00:57:42.900 --> 00:57:43.519
 from these

00:57:43.519 --> 00:57:44.579
 vain things

00:57:44.579 --> 00:57:45.760
 to the

00:57:45.760 --> 00:57:46.680
 living God

00:57:46.680 --> 00:57:47.980
 who is the

00:57:47.980 --> 00:57:49.059
 God of

00:57:49.059 --> 00:57:50.000
 all grace

00:57:50.000 --> 00:57:51.099
 and the

00:57:51.099 --> 00:57:52.380
 God of

00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:53.220
 all miracles.

00:57:54.039 --> 00:57:54.539
 May we

00:57:54.539 --> 00:57:55.760
 praise his

00:57:55.760 --> 00:57:56.800
 name and

00:57:56.800 --> 00:57:57.400
 seek his

00:57:57.400 --> 00:57:57.860
 blessing.

00:57:58.240 --> 00:57:58.579
 Let us

00:57:58.579 --> 00:57:58.860
 pray.

00:57:58.860 --> 00:58:01.019
 our

00:58:01.019 --> 00:58:01.880
 father in

00:58:01.880 --> 00:58:02.420
 heaven we

00:58:02.420 --> 00:58:03.160
 do rejoice

00:58:03.160 --> 00:58:03.720
 in your

00:58:03.720 --> 00:58:04.680
 goodness to

00:58:04.680 --> 00:58:04.880
 us.

00:58:04.980 --> 00:58:05.420
 We thank

00:58:05.420 --> 00:58:06.200
 you for

00:58:06.200 --> 00:58:06.920
 your grace

00:58:06.920 --> 00:58:07.280
 and the

00:58:07.280 --> 00:58:07.920
 wonder of

00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:08.120
 it.

00:58:08.680 --> 00:58:09.320
 Undeserving

00:58:09.320 --> 00:58:09.760
 as we

00:58:09.760 --> 00:58:10.200
 are you

00:58:10.200 --> 00:58:10.760
 have poured

00:58:10.760 --> 00:58:11.120
 it out

00:58:11.120 --> 00:58:11.840
 upon us.

00:58:12.320 --> 00:58:12.620
 And we

00:58:12.620 --> 00:58:13.059
 thank you

00:58:13.059 --> 00:58:13.460
 that it is

00:58:13.460 --> 00:58:14.559
 so shown

00:58:14.559 --> 00:58:15.300
 to us at

00:58:15.300 --> 00:58:15.960
 the cross

00:58:15.960 --> 00:58:16.980
 where we

00:58:16.980 --> 00:58:17.500
 see your

00:58:17.500 --> 00:58:18.539
 love in

00:58:18.539 --> 00:58:19.079
 giving your

00:58:19.079 --> 00:58:20.320
 son that

00:58:20.320 --> 00:58:20.559
 he would

00:58:20.559 --> 00:58:21.519
 bear our

00:58:21.519 --> 00:58:22.079
 sins.

00:58:22.559 --> 00:58:23.140
 We thank

00:58:23.140 --> 00:58:23.360
 you for

00:58:23.360 --> 00:58:23.940
 that good

00:58:23.940 --> 00:58:25.119
 news of

00:58:25.119 --> 00:58:25.599
 a living

00:58:25.599 --> 00:58:26.119
 God.

00:58:26.700 --> 00:58:26.880
 And so

00:58:26.880 --> 00:58:27.460
 turn our

00:58:27.460 --> 00:58:28.220
 hearts away

00:58:28.220 --> 00:58:28.619
 from the

00:58:28.619 --> 00:58:29.240
 idols that

00:58:29.240 --> 00:58:29.539
 we so

00:58:29.539 --> 00:58:30.320
 easily put

00:58:30.320 --> 00:58:31.360
 there and

00:58:31.360 --> 00:58:32.019
 help us to

00:58:32.019 --> 00:58:33.079
 fix our

00:58:33.079 --> 00:58:33.579
 eyes on

00:58:33.579 --> 00:58:34.000
 the living

00:58:34.000 --> 00:58:34.980
 God that

00:58:34.980 --> 00:58:35.200
 you would

00:58:35.200 --> 00:58:35.720
 go before

00:58:35.720 --> 00:58:36.200
 us in

00:58:36.200 --> 00:58:37.039
 all things

00:58:37.039 --> 00:58:37.900
 pardoning

00:58:37.900 --> 00:58:38.500
 our sin

00:58:38.500 --> 00:58:39.519
 in Jesus

00:58:39.519 --> 00:58:39.960
 name.

00:58:40.420 --> 00:58:40.720
 Amen.

00:58:44.300 --> 00:58:45.119
 We're going

00:58:45.119 --> 00:58:46.000
 to conclude

00:58:46.000 --> 00:58:46.639
 by singing

00:58:46.639 --> 00:58:47.519
 to God's

00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:48.119
 praise in

00:58:48.119 --> 00:58:49.519
 Psalm 145.

00:58:49.519 --> 00:58:50.780
 This is

00:58:50.780 --> 00:58:51.000
 in the

00:58:51.000 --> 00:58:51.400
 Scottish

00:58:51.400 --> 00:58:51.980
 Psalter

00:58:51.980 --> 00:58:52.480
 version

00:58:52.480 --> 00:58:53.619
 page

00:58:53.619 --> 00:58:54.639
 442.

00:58:59.579 --> 00:59:01.259
 Psalm 145

00:59:01.259 --> 00:59:01.780
 the first

00:59:01.780 --> 00:59:02.400
 version at

00:59:02.400 --> 00:59:03.340
 verse 7

00:59:03.340 --> 00:59:04.239
 and we

00:59:04.239 --> 00:59:04.699
 sing down

00:59:04.699 --> 00:59:05.199
 to verse

00:59:05.199 --> 00:59:05.679
 9.

00:59:07.119 --> 00:59:07.980
 The tune

00:59:07.980 --> 00:59:08.719
 is Effingham

00:59:08.719 --> 00:59:09.619
 The memory

00:59:09.619 --> 00:59:10.360
 of thy

00:59:10.360 --> 00:59:10.780
 goodness

00:59:10.780 --> 00:59:11.320
 great

00:59:11.320 --> 00:59:12.179
 they largely

00:59:12.179 --> 00:59:13.219
 shall express

00:59:13.219 --> 00:59:13.880
 with songs

00:59:13.880 --> 00:59:14.599
 of praise

00:59:14.599 --> 00:59:15.539
 they shall

00:59:15.539 --> 00:59:16.340
 extol thy

00:59:16.340 --> 00:59:16.940
 perfect

00:59:16.940 --> 00:59:17.559
 righteousness

00:59:17.559 --> 00:59:18.440
 the Lord

00:59:18.440 --> 00:59:19.380
 is very

00:59:19.380 --> 00:59:19.940
 gracious

00:59:19.940 --> 00:59:20.500
 in him

00:59:20.500 --> 00:59:21.180
 compassion

00:59:21.180 --> 00:59:21.800
 flow

00:59:21.800 --> 00:59:22.860
 in mercy

00:59:22.860 --> 00:59:23.740
 he is ever

00:59:23.740 --> 00:59:24.220
 great

00:59:24.220 --> 00:59:25.019
 and is

00:59:25.019 --> 00:59:26.160
 to anger

00:59:26.160 --> 00:59:26.720
 slow.

00:59:26.860 --> 00:59:27.220
 We'll sing

00:59:27.220 --> 00:59:27.619
 from verse

00:59:27.619 --> 00:59:28.700
 7 to 9

00:59:28.700 --> 00:59:29.840
 to God's

00:59:29.840 --> 00:59:30.300
 praise.

00:59:30.300 --> 00:59:31.300
 Amen.

00:59:31.300 --> 00:59:32.059
 Amen.

00:59:33.660 --> 00:59:34.160
 Amen.

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 The memory

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 of thy

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 goodness

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 great

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 they

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 harshly

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 shall

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 sight

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 prayer

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 means

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 the

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 world

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 is

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 stead

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 In him compassion's hope.

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 In mercy he is very late,

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 And is to anger store.

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 The Lord Jehovah unto all,

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 His goodness of delay,

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 And over all his other works,

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 His tenderer, Jesus.

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 After the benediction, I'll go to the main door.

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 We'll close the benediction.

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 Now may grace, mercy, and peace

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 from God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

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 be upon you all, now and forevermore.

01:01:29.800 --> 01:01:30.180
 Amen.

01:01:37.860 --> 01:01:38.860
 Amen.

01:02:07.860 --> 01:02:08.860
 Amen.

01:02:37.860 --> 01:02:39.860
 Amen.