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 We'll begin our worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 103, the Scottish Psalter version.

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 Psalm 103, page 369 of the psalm books. We're going to sing from verse 8 to verse 13.

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 The Lord our God is merciful, and he is gracious, long-suffering, and slow to wrath, and mercy

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 plenteous. He will not chide continually, nor keep his anger still. With us he dealt not as we sinned,

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 nor did we quiet our ill. We'll sing from verse 8 to 13 to God's praise.

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 The Lord our God is merciful, and he is gracious, long-suffering, and slow to wrath, and mercy plenteous.

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 He will not chide continually, nor keep his anger still.

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 With us he dealt not as we sinned, nor did we quiet our ill.

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 For us the heaven, every time, the earth surrounded by. So we to our statue and fear,

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 His tender mercy's high.

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 His tender mercy's high.

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 As far as he's distant from the west, so far at me, from us we looted in his love,

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 all our may need.

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 His tender mercy's high.

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 His tender mercy's high.

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 The earth is distant from the west, so far at me, from us we looted in his love,

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 all our may need.

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 His tender mercy's high.

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 The earth is distant from us we looted in his love, all our may need.

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 His tender mercy's high.

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 The earth is distant from us we looted in his love, all our may need.

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 His tender mercy's high.

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 The earth is distant from us we looted in his love, all our may need.

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 The earth is distant from us we looted in his love, all our may need.

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 The earth is distant from us we looted in his love, all our may need.

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 Melanie.

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 He asked the Father,

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 I will come to God in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our gracious God, our Father in heaven,

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 as we sing praise to you,

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 we are thankful for the wonder of these words,

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 of what they remind us of.

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 They remind us of who you are

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 and how gracious you are towards us.

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 You are a Father who pities his children

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 and you do not deal with us according to our ways.

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 You have been patient and kind with us

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 and long-suffering in so many different ways.

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 And we thank you that today and this evening

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 as we come to worship you,

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 as we come seeking your face,

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 we are reminded in so many ways,

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 O Lord, of how you have kept us,

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 how you have spared us,

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 how your favor has been upon us.

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 We are reminded in the Psalm 2 of who we are.

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 We are a pitied people, Lord,

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 for we have sinned and fall short of your glory

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 in so many ways.

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 But we thank you, Lord,

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 that we are reminded too

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 that as we come to worship you

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 in the right spirit of fear,

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 that we are indeed your dear children

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 and that you are a God who cares for us.

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 Even in our sin, Lord,

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 we are reminded that as we come to you

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 seeking forgiveness,

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 that you have removed our sin

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 as far as east as from the west.

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 And we thank you that we are reminded of that,

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 not because of our deserving of it.

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 We are reminded not because of anything

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 that we have done,

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 but we are reminded of our sin removed

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 through your own Son,

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 through his sacrifice,

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 through the shedding of his blood,

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 through his giving his life

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 as a ransom for many.

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 And so we thank you, Lord,

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 for your great love and compassion

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 towards us in these things.

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 And as we come today

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 on a day of significant and special remembrance,

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 we look back, oh Lord,

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 in so many ways.

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 And we remember, Lord,

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 in so many different ways,

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 things that have taken place in the past,

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 things that we didn't experience,

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 many of us ourselves,

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 and yet, oh Lord,

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 things that have left a mark upon us all,

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 things that have made an impression

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 on our lives

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 and indeed marked out our lives for us.

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 For apart from the loss of so many lives,

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 apart from those who were willing

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 to stand up to wickedness

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 and evil when it arose,

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 apart from those great sacrifices,

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 Lord, our world would be so different,

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 our freedoms,

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 maybe we wouldn't even have them.

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 And the worship of your name

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 could be so curtailed

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 that, Lord, we would have to do so

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 as we do this evening

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 in much privacy

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 and even hidden away.

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 And we know, Lord,

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 that we have so much to be thankful for,

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 for all who went,

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 who laid down their lives,

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 that we might have the freedom that we do.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that even to this day

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 there are those who serve

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 for that means, oh Lord,

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 for your people far and wide,

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 to give freedom and liberties

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 that are not ours.

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 Apart from, Lord,

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 they were given by you.

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 And so we thank you

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 for all our services,

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 our armed forces.

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 We thank you for them in the past,

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 Lord, how they defended our nation

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 on land,

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 at sea,

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 and in the air,

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 and in so many different ways

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 on the home front as well.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 for all that was done for us.

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 And in our remembrance, Lord,

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 help us that we will indeed

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 give thanks for them,

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 but above all,

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 give thanks to you this day.

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 May we remember, Lord,

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 the conflicts taking place

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 even in our own day and age as well.

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 That throughout the world,

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 there are still these battles ongoing,

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 still so many lives being lost

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 because of the wickedness of man.

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 And we do pray, Lord,

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 for you to come

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 in a day of your power

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 to have pity upon us, Lord,

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 to have mercy upon us,

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 and to turn us once again towards you.

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 So, Lord, we pray that you will help us

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 to remember all these things,

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 but above all, Lord,

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 that we would remember you in it.

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 As someone said, Lord,

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 that the further we go from an event,

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 the more we forget.

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 And the further we go,

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 not just from the conflicts

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 and wars of these past centuries,

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 but the further we go, Lord,

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 from the conquest of sin at the cross,

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 the more we tend to forget.

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 When Jesus said that

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 he would come again to his people,

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 they were expecting it so imminently.

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 But now that years and centuries have passed,

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 we live as a people

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 who have almost forgotten

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 the promises of Christ.

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 But we thank you that your word

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 gives us a remembrance towards that.

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 And we thank you, Lord,

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 for every means that we have

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 to remember you.

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 We thank you for your word

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 and the proclamation of it.

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 We thank you for the preaching of it

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 week by week.

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 We thank you, too,

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 for the sacraments

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 for both the Lord's Supper

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 and baptism.

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 They're reminders to us, Lord,

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 of all that you have done for us

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 and the way that our salvation

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 has been purchased.

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 And so we pray that you will continue

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 to build up your church

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 far and wide,

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 that in all we do,

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 we do so in remembrance of him

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 who gave his life for us.

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 We thank you for our people, Lord,

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 our congregation,

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 and our communities.

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 We do pray your blessing on us

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 as a people.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that you are always near,

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 that there is never a moment

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 when we cannot turn to you.

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 We thank you that even

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 in this past week

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 as we have experienced

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 great needs in our midst

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 as a people,

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 with ill health,

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 with the passing of loved ones,

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 with the various trials

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 that come our way, Lord,

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 we thank you that you are a God

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 who is faithful,

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 that you are always there for us.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will surround us

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 as a people,

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 that you will uphold us

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 as a people,

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 that you will be a strength

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 to those who need you

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 in particular ways.

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 We think of those

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 who are laid aside

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 in their homes,

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 those who are in hospital,

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 those who are in homes

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 for the old age.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 for our young people,

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 our middle age,

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 for all with many ongoing issues

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 in our lives.

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 Lord, we know that our lives

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 are complex in so many ways

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 and our understanding

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 is so dull at times.

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 We think we understand

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 so many things

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 and yet so much

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 we do not understand.

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 But we thank you

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 that in Christ

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 we have one

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 who is a teacher,

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 who is our Lord.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will direct our paths,

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 that you will help us

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 to know our ways

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 and to walk in your paths,

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 to walk in your ways.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 your blessing over us

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 and we thank you

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 for our young people,

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 for the YF tonight.

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 We pray that you will bless them

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 in their time together

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 for that subject

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 they will be speaking upon,

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 the life in this world

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 where we think of our image

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 and all that that means.

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 We know it's such a pressure

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 on us as a people

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 and especially our young ones.

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 We pray for you

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 and as he leads them in that

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 and as they enjoy

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 that time together, Lord,

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 may you bless them

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 and give them your spirit

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 upon them.

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 And in all things, Lord,

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 that we think of image,

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 may we remember

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 that we are made

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 in the image of Christ.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that we will see Christ

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 in one another

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 and that we would see,

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 O Lord,

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 your image being perfected in us,

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 that we would see our people

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 as a whole,

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 all of us together,

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 seeking after him

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 and longing to be more like him.

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 So we pray your blessing on us

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 as we continue in our worship.

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 Bless your people far and wide.

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 Build up your church, O Lord,

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 and look down upon us

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 in these days with mercy.

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 Remember those who lead us

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 in government

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 and who rule over us

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 as a people.

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 May you uphold them

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 and give them wisdom

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 from on high.

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 Bless the nations

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 of the world, O Lord.

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 We pray again, Lord,

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 for all the various needs

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 around us,

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 that you will be with us

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 as a people.

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 We thank you that

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 in our remembrance of so much,

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 that you are a God

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 who has remembered us.

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 May you continue to do so,

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 Lord,

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 that you would turn your face

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 towards us,

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 shine upon us

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 and bless us

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 by the pity

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 of your nature

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 and all that you are.

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 Lord,

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 may you find us

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 to be a precious people,

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 a people

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 purchased at a great price

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 and a people

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 who would come

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 and offer up our praise

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 and worship to you.

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 So, Lord,

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 hear our prayers,

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 hear our praise,

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 uphold us in all we do.

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 Bless us as we sing

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 your praise.

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 Be with the one

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 who leads us in it, Lord.

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 And may we all lift up

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 our hearts together

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 in worship

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 and adoration of you.

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 Bless your word

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 to us as well

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 as we ask all things

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 with forgiveness

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 of our sins.

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 In Jesus' precious name.

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 Amen.

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 We'll again sing

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 to God's praise,

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 this time in Psalm 77.

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 In the Singed Psalm,

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 Psalm 77.

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 It's on page 100

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 of the psalm books.

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 We're going to sing

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 from verse 7

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 down to verse 15.

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 Verse 7,

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 it's the question

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 of the psalmist

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 where he's looking

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 to God

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 and asking this question,

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 forever will the Lord

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 reject

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 and never show

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 his grace

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 as he withdrawn

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 his steadfast love

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 and turned

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 from me

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 his face.

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 There's this searching

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 question

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 that the psalmist has.

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 But then in verse 10

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 he says,

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 then to my heart

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 there came this thought,

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 on this I will rely,

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 the years of the right hand

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 of power

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 of him

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 who is most high.

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 I rely on a dependence

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 upon God.

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 We'll sing

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 from verse 7

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 to 15

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 to God's praise.

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 Forever

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 will the Lord

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 reject

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 and never

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 show

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 his grace

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 as

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 he

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 will

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 turn

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 on

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 his

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 king

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 cross

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 and

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 turn

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 from me

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 his face.

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 For all

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 time

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 has

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 his

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 promise

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 failed

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 his

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 God

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 no

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 No longer kind, as he in his great proudestness, O passion from his mind.

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 Then to my heart, their kindness thought, On this I will rely.

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 The years of the bright hand of power, Off him who is most high.

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 I will recall the Lord's great deeds, Your words of long ago.

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 I'll meditate on all your acts, Your mighty deeds I'll show.

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 O God, for so in higher ways, What God compares with you.

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 You are the Lord of miracles, Whose powers that nations view.

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 You have redeemed your people, Lord, With your almighty arm.

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 Jacob, St. Joseph, children you Delivered from all heart.

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 We will turn together to read God's word now in the Gospel of Mark.

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 Mark, Mark chapter 8.

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 Reading from the beginning of the chapter down to verse 21.

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 Mark chapter 8, the beginning of the chapter down to verse 21.

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 In those days when again a great crowd had gathered, and they had nothing to eat,

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 He called His disciples to Him,

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 He said,

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 They said seven.

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 They said seven.

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 And He directed the crowd to sit down on the ground.

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 And He took the seven loaves, and having given thanks,

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 He broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before the people.

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 And they set them before the crowd.

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 And they had a few small fish.

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 And having blessed them, He said too,

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 He said that these also should be set before them.

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 And they ate and were satisfied.

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 And they took up the broken pieces left over, seven baskets full.

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 And there were about four thousand people.

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 And He sent them away.

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 And immediately got into the boat with His disciples and went to the district of Dalmanutha.

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 The Pharisees came and began to argue with Him, seeking from Him a sign from heaven to test Him.

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 And He said,

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 Why does this generation seek a sign?

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 And He said,

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 Truly, I say to you, no sign will be given to this generation.

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 And He left them, got into His boat again, and went to the other side.

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 Now they had forgotten to bring bread.

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 And they had only one loaf with them in the boat.

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 And He cautioned them, saying,

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 Watch out.

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 Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

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 And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread.

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 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them,

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 Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread?

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 Do you not yet perceive or understand?

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 Are your hearts hardened?

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 Having eyes, do you not see?

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 And having ears, do you not hear?

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 And do you not remember?

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 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand,

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 how many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?

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 They said to Him,

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 Twelve.

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 And the seven for the four thousand,

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 How many baskets full of broken pieces did you take up?

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 And they said to Him,

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 Seven.

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 And He said to them,

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 Do you not yet understand?

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 And so on.

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 And may God bless that reading from His Word.

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 We're going to sing again to God's praise, this time in Psalm 85.

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 In the sing Psalms on page 113.

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 Psalm 85, page 113, from the beginning of the Psalm.

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 In times past, Lord, you showed favour to your own beloved land,

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 the prosperity of Jacob.

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 You restored by your strong hand.

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 You forgave your people's trespass.

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 You were pleased their sins to hide.

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 You withdrew all your displeasure from your wrath.

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 You turned aside.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 9 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let go!

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 Amen.

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 In times past, Lord, you should favor to your own beloved land.

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 Let prosperity of Jacob you restore values from hand.

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 You forgive your needless past.

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 You had peace as sins to hide.

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 You withdrew all your displeasure.

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 From your wrath you turned aside.

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 God our Savior now restored us.

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 All must turn away your rage.

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 Will your anger burn against us?

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 Will it last from age to age?

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 Will you not again revive us?

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 That we may rejoice in you.

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 Show us, Lord, your covenant mercy.

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 Your salvation grant anew.

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 I will hear what God the Lord says.

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 To his saints he offers peace.

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 But his people must not wander.

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 And return to foolishness.

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 Surely for all those who fear him.

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 His salvation is our time.

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 So that once again his glory may be seen within our land.

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 Amen.

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 Well, if we can turn back to our reading in Mark's Gospel, Chapter 8.

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 We're going to be looking at the whole of the section that we read from the beginning of the chapter down to verse 21.

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 But it's in light of the question that Jesus asks of his disciples.

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 The question you see asked twice of them here.

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 In verse 17 and then in verse 21.

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 In verse 17, Jesus says, aware of what they were speaking about, he said to them,

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 Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread?

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 Do you not yet perceive or understand?

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 Are your hearts hardened?

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 And then in verse 21, he says to them,

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 Do you not yet understand?

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 I think it's important for us, first of all, as we think of that question,

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 to realize who the question was being asked of.

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 It wasn't of a large crowd of people.

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 It was of his closest disciples, those who were closest to him,

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 those who had experienced so much with him up to this point.

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 Yet in all that they've seen, in all that they've experienced with them,

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 he still has this question of them.

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 Do you not yet understand?

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 And it's a question for ourselves to think about too.

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 Do you understand?

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 When we think about our lives, we live as if we understand so much.

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 Whatever age and stage of life we are,

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 we always feel we know more than we actually do.

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 We often feel we understand,

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 maybe even everything that there is to know about life.

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 And yet the more we go on,

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 the more we realize just how little we understand.

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 What's your favorite school subject?

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 It could be a question for the young people here,

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 but it's also a question maybe for every one of us.

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 When you look back over the years to your days in school,

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 what was your favorite subject?

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 Some maybe would excel in maths,

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 some in English,

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 some in sciences,

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 some in geography,

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 some in history.

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 You'd all have maybe different strengths and weaknesses.

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 But if you went into the class the first day

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 and you were expected to understand

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 everything about that subject there and then,

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 how would you fare?

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 If you were to sit an exam,

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 that's actually a higher exam for sixth year

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 when you went into primary one,

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 do you think you'd pass?

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 Do you think you'd understand trigonometry?

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 You'd understand algebra?

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 You'd understand how everything goes together.

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 You wouldn't

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 because you haven't reached that stage.

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 But your teacher wouldn't say to you on primary one,

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 do you not understand?

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 Do you not understand

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 how algebra and trigonometry works

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 when you haven't been fully taught?

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 You wouldn't be expected to know it

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 or understand it at that point.

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 But yet as our lives go on,

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 we begin to understand more and more.

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 But I could ask hands up

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 if anyone now understands algebra.

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 And it doesn't matter what stage of life you're at,

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 some people still don't understand.

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 But it doesn't mean that that's it.

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 You're pushed away.

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 There's certain things

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 that we should seek to understand.

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 Maybe we're not interested in certain subjects.

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 We've got other areas we'd like to focus on.

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 But when Jesus is asking us this question,

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 he's asking us for a different reason.

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 He's asking a more searching question.

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 A question that we really need to think about ourselves

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 because it's not something we can just put away

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 and say, well, I'm not going to need that in life.

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 I'm not really interested in learning about that.

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 I've got other areas I'm more focused in.

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 When Jesus is asking this question,

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 do you understand?

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 He's asking it because it is an important question

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 for every one of us.

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 As believers or as seekers

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 or wherever we are in life,

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 Jesus is asking this question of you this evening.

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 And he's saying,

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 do you not yet understand?

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 In all your experience in life

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 and all the understanding you feel you have

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 and you may be starting to think,

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 oh, I know so much in life now.

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 I'm understanding everything.

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 But when Jesus asks us,

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 do you really understand?

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 Do you understand what's important?

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 Do you understand what's vital for your life,

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 for death, for eternity?

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 Do you understand?

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 Do you understand?

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 We realize we don't.

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 But we have a great teacher.

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 We have one who gives us instruction in his word,

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 saying to us,

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 you maybe won't understand it all.

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 You won't understand everything.

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 But I will give you what you need to know

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 and what you need to take hold of.

00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:14.640
 So this question that Jesus has for his disciples,

00:30:15.220 --> 00:30:17.140
 it's in light of having been with them

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:19.280
 for some time together now,

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:23.180
 having seen so many miracles and healings,

00:30:23.820 --> 00:30:28.120
 having heard the greatest teaching they would ever hear.

00:30:28.200 --> 00:30:29.200
 He's asking them,

00:30:29.840 --> 00:30:31.020
 do you understand?

00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:35.100
 And so tonight, that's your question too.

00:30:35.620 --> 00:30:37.060
 Do you understand?

00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:39.720
 Or what do you understand

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:42.420
 of what Jesus is asking here?

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:44.980
 Whatever situation you're in,

00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:46.440
 if you're a believer,

00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:49.839
 do you understand what that means?

00:30:51.279 --> 00:30:53.920
 Are you confident in what you know?

00:30:54.779 --> 00:30:55.860
 If you're a seeker,

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:58.539
 do you understand what you're looking for?

00:30:59.120 --> 00:31:01.500
 Do you understand where to find it?

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:03.880
 If you're a doubter,

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:07.259
 do you understand what that means?

00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:10.579
 Do you understand the danger you're in

00:31:10.579 --> 00:31:13.259
 of just pushing Jesus away?

00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:16.799
 Or if you're rejecting the truth completely,

00:31:17.460 --> 00:31:20.940
 do you understand what that means?

00:31:20.940 --> 00:31:25.960
 Do you understand what a rejection of Christ means eternally?

00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:29.900
 Do you understand is the question.

00:31:31.200 --> 00:31:31.700
 And with this evening,

00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:33.720
 we're going to look at different things

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:36.440
 that can hinder our understanding,

00:31:36.559 --> 00:31:39.820
 that can become a barrier to our understanding.

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:43.900
 Circumstances we see in this passage,

00:31:44.559 --> 00:31:46.140
 things that come between the people

00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:48.940
 and their understanding of who Jesus is

00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.840
 and what he can do

00:31:49.840 --> 00:31:52.920
 and see how they speak to ourselves as well

00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:54.340
 and how they remind us

00:31:54.340 --> 00:31:56.980
 that even though we will not understand fully,

00:31:58.120 --> 00:32:00.120
 Jesus has made himself known in a way

00:32:00.120 --> 00:32:03.720
 that we can understand to the way of salvation.

00:32:04.420 --> 00:32:05.660
 So the three things are this.

00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:06.720
 First of all,

00:32:06.779 --> 00:32:09.460
 there's circumstances that can prevent us

00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:11.000
 from understanding.

00:32:11.820 --> 00:32:12.279
 Secondly,

00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:16.380
 there's conflict that can hinder our understanding.

00:32:16.500 --> 00:32:17.259
 And then thirdly,

00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:21.379
 there's confusion that can hinder our understanding.

00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:23.960
 So the first thing is circumstances.

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:25.940
 If you look at,

00:32:26.259 --> 00:32:26.599
 first of all,

00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:28.640
 verse 1 to verse 10,

00:32:29.279 --> 00:32:30.940
 here we have the account of the feeding

00:32:30.940 --> 00:32:34.680
 of the 4,000 as it is in this part.

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.299
 And it's important to note

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.440
 that this is not the same

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:40.039
 as the feeding of the 5,000

00:32:40.039 --> 00:32:41.859
 because that's made clear for us

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:44.119
 later on in the verses that we read

00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:47.719
 because Jesus asks them about the two incidents

00:32:47.719 --> 00:32:49.619
 when these miracles happened,

00:32:49.679 --> 00:32:51.039
 the feeding of the 5,000

00:32:51.039 --> 00:32:54.199
 and the feeding of the 4,000.

00:32:54.299 --> 00:32:56.239
 So this is the second time

00:32:56.239 --> 00:32:59.179
 this great miracle has happened.

00:33:00.219 --> 00:33:02.359
 And the question that he asks of the people

00:33:02.359 --> 00:33:02.879
 is really,

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:05.579
 this is the main aspect of it,

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:07.319
 it's in light of the miracle

00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:08.179
 that they've seen here

00:33:08.180 --> 00:33:09.799
 in the talk about bread

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:13.160
 and how Jesus is able to understand it.

00:33:13.180 --> 00:33:14.560
 They're questioning where the bread

00:33:14.560 --> 00:33:15.640
 is going to come from.

00:33:16.019 --> 00:33:16.600
 So he's asking,

00:33:16.840 --> 00:33:18.940
 do you not yet understand?

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:22.160
 Do you not understand who I am?

00:33:23.539 --> 00:33:26.360
 You see as you read through the Gospel of Mark,

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:29.580
 many miracles that Jesus has done.

00:33:29.579 --> 00:33:33.279
 He shows his power again and again

00:33:33.279 --> 00:33:35.240
 in remarkable ways.

00:33:36.159 --> 00:33:39.240
 He's healed many people already to this point.

00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:41.319
 He's calmed a storm

00:33:41.319 --> 00:33:43.000
 that the disciples were in with him.

00:33:43.460 --> 00:33:45.319
 He made the sea just to be still

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.679
 at the power of his voice.

00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:50.319
 And now this is the second miraculous feeding

00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:52.539
 of a large group of people.

00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:56.139
 And you would think to yourself at this point now,

00:33:56.460 --> 00:33:57.799
 surely, well, the disciples,

00:33:57.799 --> 00:34:01.039
 they'll be understanding who this man is.

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.799
 They'd asked in the storm,

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.319
 who is this?

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:06.659
 That even the wind and the waves obey him.

00:34:07.339 --> 00:34:08.340
 But surely now,

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:10.400
 they're understanding who he is.

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:12.259
 Having seen all these miracles

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:13.779
 again and again,

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:15.960
 that Jesus has done so much

00:34:15.960 --> 00:34:17.019
 that is impossible.

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:20.820
 And yet, when this challenge arises,

00:34:21.460 --> 00:34:22.179
 you'd think, well,

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:23.679
 the disciples will know

00:34:23.679 --> 00:34:25.279
 Jesus can help.

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.779
 So again, as you see in this section,

00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:29.400
 they're gathered together,

00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:30.280
 a large crowd.

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.539
 They've got nothing to eat.

00:34:32.300 --> 00:34:33.180
 In verse 1,

00:34:33.200 --> 00:34:33.560
 and he says,

00:34:33.640 --> 00:34:34.940
 he called his disciples to him

00:34:34.940 --> 00:34:35.700
 and said to them,

00:34:36.260 --> 00:34:37.720
 I have compassion on the crowd

00:34:37.720 --> 00:34:39.120
 because they have been with me now

00:34:39.120 --> 00:34:41.120
 three days and have nothing to eat.

00:34:41.840 --> 00:34:43.660
 And he explains that if he sends them away,

00:34:44.340 --> 00:34:45.720
 they'll faint on the way.

00:34:47.080 --> 00:34:49.019
 So his disciples answered him and said,

00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:53.019
 how can one feed these people with bread here

00:34:53.019 --> 00:34:55.559
 in this desolate place?

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:59.860
 They've seen it done before.

00:35:00.699 --> 00:35:03.239
 And yet, the question they have immediately here is,

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:05.480
 how can anything be done?

00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:10.019
 And Jesus is asking them later on,

00:35:10.820 --> 00:35:12.119
 do you not understand?

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:15.159
 They've seen it,

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:17.699
 but they maybe don't believe

00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:19.519
 it can happen again.

00:35:19.519 --> 00:35:22.320
 They've had that

00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:24.900
 wow factor in the past

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:27.360
 when they've seen so much

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:28.659
 of the power of God,

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.539
 and yet here they are

00:35:30.539 --> 00:35:31.759
 just a short time later

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.139
 asking,

00:35:32.139 --> 00:35:33.739
 what can we do?

00:35:34.559 --> 00:35:36.119
 How can anybody help us

00:35:36.119 --> 00:35:37.799
 in this situation?

00:35:39.339 --> 00:35:40.679
 Sometimes it's good

00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:42.119
 when things are going well,

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:44.059
 when we're tuned in

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:45.799
 and trusting God the Lord

00:35:45.799 --> 00:35:48.239
 and seeing blessings around us.

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:52.259
 But when our circumstances change,

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:55.599
 we can so easily doubt

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:59.000
 and begin to look away from God.

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.980
 Circumstances can affect us

00:36:01.980 --> 00:36:02.460
 so much,

00:36:02.559 --> 00:36:03.240
 but should they?

00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:05.699
 Not so much

00:36:05.699 --> 00:36:06.940
 that we wouldn't have God

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:09.019
 in our vision at all times,

00:36:09.340 --> 00:36:11.099
 but the reality is,

00:36:11.300 --> 00:36:11.719
 they do.

00:36:12.940 --> 00:36:13.860
 And we ourselves

00:36:13.860 --> 00:36:15.380
 go into circumstances,

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:17.240
 and even though we've seen

00:36:17.240 --> 00:36:18.880
 the Lord's hand in the past,

00:36:19.340 --> 00:36:20.579
 we've seen many ways

00:36:20.579 --> 00:36:21.960
 where he's helped his people,

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:23.719
 whether we're looking at scripture,

00:36:23.940 --> 00:36:25.079
 whether we're looking at history,

00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:26.219
 whether we're looking at

00:36:26.219 --> 00:36:27.840
 our own personal experience

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:28.380
 of the past,

00:36:28.480 --> 00:36:29.800
 where God has helped me,

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:31.219
 God has been with me,

00:36:31.219 --> 00:36:33.459
 and yet we come to another trial,

00:36:33.559 --> 00:36:34.279
 another event,

00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:36.500
 well, what can God do?

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:39.000
 He can't help me here.

00:36:39.359 --> 00:36:41.699
 We take our eyes away from him.

00:36:41.699 --> 00:36:42.819
 Just like that psalm

00:36:42.819 --> 00:36:43.459
 that we were singing,

00:36:43.659 --> 00:36:45.219
 Psalm 77,

00:36:45.219 --> 00:36:47.379
 where the psalmist saying,

00:36:47.839 --> 00:36:49.679
 whatever will the Lord reject

00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:51.459
 and never show his grace.

00:36:52.259 --> 00:36:53.199
 This is the psalmist

00:36:53.199 --> 00:36:54.819
 who's known it in the past.

00:36:55.959 --> 00:36:56.659
 And yet he's saying,

00:36:56.859 --> 00:36:57.099
 you know,

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:59.079
 can God do it now?

00:37:00.879 --> 00:37:02.399
 And maybe that's so much

00:37:02.399 --> 00:37:03.839
 our attitude as well.

00:37:05.339 --> 00:37:07.539
 Circumstances eat away at us,

00:37:07.539 --> 00:37:09.000
 and they dictate

00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:10.900
 the way that we see God

00:37:10.900 --> 00:37:12.800
 when really it shouldn't.

00:37:13.779 --> 00:37:14.920
 Because even the psalmist

00:37:14.920 --> 00:37:16.159
 says in that psalm,

00:37:16.820 --> 00:37:17.659
 then to my heart

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.759
 there came this thought,

00:37:18.840 --> 00:37:19.940
 on this I will rely,

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:22.139
 the years of the right hand

00:37:22.139 --> 00:37:23.179
 of power of him

00:37:23.179 --> 00:37:25.380
 who is most high.

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:27.019
 I will recall

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:28.239
 the Lord's great deeds,

00:37:28.699 --> 00:37:30.300
 your works of long ago.

00:37:30.960 --> 00:37:32.059
 He begins to look back

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.219
 and say,

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:32.739
 well, actually,

00:37:33.340 --> 00:37:34.420
 in all my questions,

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:36.159
 God's done it before.

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:38.079
 And he goes on to say,

00:37:38.139 --> 00:37:39.339
 oh God, most holy,

00:37:39.699 --> 00:37:40.659
 are your ways

00:37:40.659 --> 00:37:43.440
 what God compares with you.

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:46.679
 You are the God of miracles

00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:50.639
 whose power the nation's view.

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.940
 What makes the difference?

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:55.339
 It's to look to God

00:37:55.339 --> 00:37:57.819
 and to remember who he is.

00:37:58.679 --> 00:38:00.059
 And circumstances here,

00:38:00.219 --> 00:38:01.639
 the disciples are saying,

00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:03.019
 who can help us?

00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:04.779
 There's nothing here for us.

00:38:04.780 --> 00:38:06.360
 They've forgotten already

00:38:06.360 --> 00:38:07.280
 what God can do,

00:38:07.360 --> 00:38:08.320
 what Christ has done

00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:09.040
 in the past.

00:38:10.060 --> 00:38:12.220
 But he reminds them again

00:38:12.220 --> 00:38:14.800
 how he is able to do

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:17.140
 the things that are impossible.

00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:19.800
 This is no ordinary event.

00:38:20.600 --> 00:38:21.460
 It's a miracle.

00:38:22.460 --> 00:38:23.920
 It's a miraculous event

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:26.360
 that Christ has shown his power

00:38:26.360 --> 00:38:27.940
 once again.

00:38:28.900 --> 00:38:32.140
 He is the God of miracles.

00:38:32.139 --> 00:38:36.900
 But have we lost sight of that?

00:38:38.299 --> 00:38:41.139
 Are we forgetting who he is?

00:38:42.059 --> 00:38:44.339
 Do we really understand?

00:38:45.379 --> 00:38:47.319
 When he asks that question,

00:38:47.859 --> 00:38:50.099
 do you not yet understand?

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:52.619
 Is that a question of ourselves?

00:38:53.639 --> 00:38:55.319
 Even though we've seen his favor,

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:57.000
 even though we've seen his blessing,

00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:58.460
 we still doubt.

00:38:58.460 --> 00:39:02.599
 What have we got?

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:06.260
 And what can Jesus do with it?

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:08.079
 Is how we should look at it.

00:39:08.820 --> 00:39:10.539
 That should have been the response

00:39:10.539 --> 00:39:12.460
 of the disciples here.

00:39:12.900 --> 00:39:13.460
 Instead of saying,

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.900
 nothing can be done.

00:39:16.460 --> 00:39:17.740
 Jesus points them

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.619
 in the right direction.

00:39:18.740 --> 00:39:19.699
 He begins to say,

00:39:20.099 --> 00:39:21.059
 what have we got?

00:39:21.059 --> 00:39:24.460
 What can we give

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.920
 to these people?

00:39:26.579 --> 00:39:27.199
 He asked them,

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:28.659
 how many loaves do we have?

00:39:29.119 --> 00:39:29.559
 They said,

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.099
 seven.

00:39:31.199 --> 00:39:32.219
 Now again in their eyes,

00:39:32.259 --> 00:39:33.360
 this would never be enough

00:39:33.360 --> 00:39:34.139
 to feed them.

00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:35.639
 Or the fish,

00:39:36.299 --> 00:39:37.779
 just a few small fish,

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:39.559
 never would that feed this crowd.

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:42.000
 But through the Lord's blessing,

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.639
 it does.

00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:45.199
 And there's seven baskets full

00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:46.400
 left over.

00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:50.260
 Their circumstances

00:39:50.260 --> 00:39:52.760
 made them look away from God

00:39:52.760 --> 00:39:53.940
 and look at the situation

00:39:53.940 --> 00:39:56.599
 and think nothing can be done.

00:39:58.420 --> 00:39:59.760
 And for ourselves today,

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:01.460
 it's a time maybe to ask,

00:40:01.539 --> 00:40:02.420
 what have we got?

00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:04.539
 And what can we do?

00:40:04.599 --> 00:40:05.539
 What can God do

00:40:05.539 --> 00:40:07.200
 with what we have?

00:40:08.019 --> 00:40:09.200
 Not we ourselves.

00:40:09.940 --> 00:40:10.980
 What can we achieve?

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:12.820
 But what can God do for us?

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:15.300
 In our circumstances,

00:40:15.300 --> 00:40:17.099
 we think everything is low.

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.619
 Everything is hard.

00:40:18.719 --> 00:40:19.480
 Everything is difficult.

00:40:20.059 --> 00:40:21.519
 And they are at times.

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:24.240
 But are we trusting God?

00:40:24.320 --> 00:40:25.480
 Do we understand

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:27.079
 who He is?

00:40:27.920 --> 00:40:29.039
 And do we understand

00:40:29.039 --> 00:40:31.539
 what He is able to do?

00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:33.460
 Our circumstances

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:34.920
 are no different

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.960
 to the circumstances

00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:37.480
 of those in the past

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:40.960
 who trusted God.

00:40:42.119 --> 00:40:43.320
 And that's what we pray tonight,

00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:44.719
 that God will revive

00:40:44.719 --> 00:40:47.320
 our trust in Him.

00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:52.340
 We need an urgency

00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:53.719
 for Him.

00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:58.559
 So we don't let our circumstances

00:40:58.559 --> 00:41:01.619
 dictate our view of Jesus.

00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:04.599
 Instead, we look first to Him

00:41:04.599 --> 00:41:07.019
 and then to our circumstances.

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:08.320
 And see,

00:41:08.420 --> 00:41:09.219
 He is able

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:11.159
 to do abundantly more

00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:13.099
 than we ask or imagine.

00:41:14.360 --> 00:41:16.119
 The second thing we see here

00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:18.679
 is the conflict that comes

00:41:18.679 --> 00:41:20.920
 between mainly Jesus

00:41:20.920 --> 00:41:22.599
 and the Pharisees.

00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:23.260
 And how again,

00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:24.099
 this hinders

00:41:24.099 --> 00:41:25.659
 an understanding

00:41:25.659 --> 00:41:27.699
 of who Jesus is.

00:41:29.880 --> 00:41:31.840
 You see this with the Pharisees

00:41:31.840 --> 00:41:32.960
 in verse 11.

00:41:34.199 --> 00:41:35.199
 The Pharisees came

00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:37.059
 and began to argue with Him.

00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:38.420
 seeking with Him

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.699
 a sign from heaven

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.900
 to test Him.

00:41:41.799 --> 00:41:43.079
 And He sighed deeply

00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:44.239
 in spirit and said,

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:46.460
 Why does this generation

00:41:46.460 --> 00:41:47.639
 seek a sign?

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.480
 Truly I say to you,

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:50.299
 no sign

00:41:50.299 --> 00:41:51.400
 shall be given

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:52.440
 to this generation.

00:41:53.299 --> 00:41:54.559
 And He left them,

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:56.539
 got into His boat again,

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:57.679
 and went

00:41:57.679 --> 00:41:59.199
 to the other side.

00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:01.719
 Here's the Pharisees.

00:42:01.719 --> 00:42:04.179
 And their attitude

00:42:04.179 --> 00:42:05.779
 towards Jesus

00:42:05.779 --> 00:42:07.259
 is an immediate barrier

00:42:07.259 --> 00:42:08.539
 to their understanding

00:42:08.539 --> 00:42:09.459
 because they're straight away

00:42:09.459 --> 00:42:10.379
 into conflict

00:42:10.379 --> 00:42:11.679
 with Jesus.

00:42:12.699 --> 00:42:13.639
 The Pharisees came

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:15.099
 and began to

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:17.359
 argue with Him.

00:42:18.059 --> 00:42:18.899
 Straight off.

00:42:19.959 --> 00:42:21.179
 As soon as He comes their way,

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:22.899
 they begin to argue with Him,

00:42:23.039 --> 00:42:24.219
 seeking for a sign

00:42:24.219 --> 00:42:25.719
 from heaven.

00:42:25.719 --> 00:42:27.819
 They would have known

00:42:27.819 --> 00:42:28.919
 all about the miracles.

00:42:29.959 --> 00:42:30.939
 They would have heard

00:42:30.939 --> 00:42:31.699
 about everything

00:42:31.699 --> 00:42:32.919
 that Jesus was doing.

00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:34.539
 It's almost like

00:42:34.539 --> 00:42:35.679
 they're mocking Him here.

00:42:36.399 --> 00:42:37.439
 Show us a sign.

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:39.139
 Do another miracle

00:42:39.139 --> 00:42:40.519
 as if it's just a show.

00:42:42.459 --> 00:42:43.359
 But Jesus

00:42:43.359 --> 00:42:44.459
 is rebuking them.

00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:45.819
 Why does this generation

00:42:45.819 --> 00:42:47.439
 seek a sign?

00:42:47.440 --> 00:42:52.079
 They refused to accept

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:52.700
 anything

00:42:52.700 --> 00:42:54.480
 that Jesus did.

00:42:55.320 --> 00:42:55.820
 It didn't matter

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:56.539
 what He did,

00:42:56.599 --> 00:42:57.360
 they would still have

00:42:57.360 --> 00:42:58.000
 something

00:42:58.000 --> 00:43:00.179
 to argue with Jesus about.

00:43:00.940 --> 00:43:01.840
 Something that would

00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:02.420
 make Him

00:43:02.420 --> 00:43:03.800
 pushed away.

00:43:04.360 --> 00:43:04.820
 It's as if to say,

00:43:04.900 --> 00:43:05.840
 we don't need you.

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:07.760
 The Pharisees,

00:43:08.240 --> 00:43:09.460
 just like so many of us

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:10.360
 today as well,

00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.840
 they understood

00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:12.519
 everything.

00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:14.260
 They always had

00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:14.820
 an answer.

00:43:15.579 --> 00:43:16.420
 They always had

00:43:16.420 --> 00:43:17.519
 something to show

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.240
 the people

00:43:18.240 --> 00:43:19.460
 how superior

00:43:19.460 --> 00:43:20.320
 they were,

00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:21.340
 how they had

00:43:21.340 --> 00:43:21.980
 this greater

00:43:21.980 --> 00:43:22.800
 understanding

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:23.940
 than anybody else.

00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:25.460
 So few could

00:43:25.460 --> 00:43:26.460
 silence them.

00:43:27.599 --> 00:43:28.760
 But Jesus did

00:43:28.760 --> 00:43:30.460
 on many occasions.

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:32.639
 He always had

00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:33.200
 a rebuke

00:43:33.200 --> 00:43:33.940
 or a challenge

00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.559
 for them

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.599
 that made them

00:43:35.599 --> 00:43:36.460
 to be silent.

00:43:37.079 --> 00:43:38.059
 But here they kept

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:38.960
 coming back,

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:40.720
 kept coming back,

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:42.300
 seeking after a sign.

00:43:43.139 --> 00:43:43.960
 Can we not be like

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:45.420
 that ourselves too?

00:43:46.420 --> 00:43:47.539
 We've got all

00:43:47.539 --> 00:43:48.059
 the answers.

00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:49.559
 We understand

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:50.300
 everything that we

00:43:50.300 --> 00:43:51.019
 need to know

00:43:51.019 --> 00:43:52.280
 about life.

00:43:53.559 --> 00:43:54.539
 But maybe,

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:56.300
 maybe if Jesus

00:43:56.300 --> 00:43:57.680
 just gave me a sign,

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:59.300
 maybe if He showed

00:43:59.300 --> 00:43:59.980
 me something,

00:44:00.340 --> 00:44:01.480
 then I would believe.

00:44:02.300 --> 00:44:02.920
 If God

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:03.960
 maybe did another

00:44:03.960 --> 00:44:04.980
 miracle today,

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:06.960
 then I would believe

00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:07.920
 that He is real.

00:44:09.059 --> 00:44:10.159
 But would you?

00:44:11.559 --> 00:44:12.760
 Would you believe

00:44:12.760 --> 00:44:13.860
 even if you saw

00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:15.240
 another miracle?

00:44:15.239 --> 00:44:17.339
 two things

00:44:17.339 --> 00:44:18.479
 to ask yourself

00:44:18.479 --> 00:44:19.500
 if this is

00:44:19.500 --> 00:44:20.079
 your attitude.

00:44:20.899 --> 00:44:21.819
 First is,

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:23.299
 why should you

00:44:23.299 --> 00:44:24.099
 get a sign

00:44:24.099 --> 00:44:25.339
 just for yourself?

00:44:26.219 --> 00:44:26.819
 Are you

00:44:26.819 --> 00:44:27.859
 deserving of it?

00:44:29.299 --> 00:44:30.719
 The second thing is,

00:44:31.500 --> 00:44:32.099
 has He not

00:44:32.099 --> 00:44:32.819
 given you

00:44:32.819 --> 00:44:34.059
 all the signs

00:44:34.059 --> 00:44:34.619
 that you need?

00:44:35.699 --> 00:44:36.199
 Has He not

00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:36.779
 shown you

00:44:36.779 --> 00:44:37.979
 everything you need

00:44:37.979 --> 00:44:39.199
 to know about Him?

00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:41.980
 think about the signs

00:44:41.980 --> 00:44:43.299
 that you have

00:44:43.299 --> 00:44:44.319
 all around you,

00:44:45.000 --> 00:44:45.619
 the things that

00:44:45.619 --> 00:44:46.399
 point you

00:44:46.399 --> 00:44:47.699
 towards God,

00:44:48.319 --> 00:44:49.000
 and the kind of

00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:49.799
 questions that you

00:44:49.799 --> 00:44:50.219
 maybe have.

00:44:50.559 --> 00:44:51.500
 Oh, if only Jesus

00:44:51.500 --> 00:44:52.779
 would do this,

00:44:53.679 --> 00:44:54.439
 when so often

00:44:54.439 --> 00:44:55.879
 He already has.

00:44:57.519 --> 00:44:58.619
 Just think about

00:44:58.619 --> 00:44:59.859
 the creation

00:44:59.859 --> 00:45:01.199
 around you.

00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:03.559
 on a night

00:45:03.559 --> 00:45:04.199
 like tonight

00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:04.759
 when you go out

00:45:04.759 --> 00:45:05.159
 and there's a

00:45:05.159 --> 00:45:05.980
 clear sky,

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:06.659
 you lift up

00:45:06.659 --> 00:45:07.259
 your eyes,

00:45:08.379 --> 00:45:08.939
 you maybe

00:45:08.939 --> 00:45:09.579
 see the moon,

00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:10.779
 you see the stars,

00:45:12.099 --> 00:45:12.659
 does that not

00:45:12.659 --> 00:45:13.319
 speak?

00:45:14.939 --> 00:45:15.359
 Does that not

00:45:15.359 --> 00:45:15.980
 show you

00:45:15.980 --> 00:45:17.039
 that there's a

00:45:17.039 --> 00:45:18.259
 creator behind

00:45:18.259 --> 00:45:18.759
 it all?

00:45:19.899 --> 00:45:20.439
 As you watch

00:45:20.439 --> 00:45:21.379
 a sunrise

00:45:21.379 --> 00:45:22.279
 and a sunset,

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:24.299
 as you watch

00:45:24.299 --> 00:45:25.659
 this week

00:45:25.659 --> 00:45:26.399
 the torrents

00:45:26.399 --> 00:45:27.460
 of rain we had,

00:45:28.559 --> 00:45:29.299
 you think to yourself,

00:45:29.399 --> 00:45:29.500
 well,

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:30.099
 where should it all

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.760
 come from?

00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:32.199
 He has made

00:45:32.199 --> 00:45:32.940
 all of these

00:45:32.940 --> 00:45:33.460
 things.

00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:35.059
 Is there not

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:35.719
 a creator

00:45:35.719 --> 00:45:36.559
 behind them?

00:45:37.739 --> 00:45:38.500
 He has given

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:40.420
 so many signs,

00:45:40.760 --> 00:45:41.559
 the signs all

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:42.179
 around us

00:45:42.179 --> 00:45:43.320
 in creation.

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:45.239
 There's a story

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:46.000
 told about

00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:47.539
 Sir Isaac Newton

00:45:47.539 --> 00:45:49.800
 and you think

00:45:49.800 --> 00:45:50.199
 to yourself,

00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:50.380
 well,

00:45:50.400 --> 00:45:51.000
 there's someone

00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:51.659
 who had

00:45:51.659 --> 00:45:52.840
 such a great

00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:53.639
 understanding

00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:54.320
 of so many

00:45:54.320 --> 00:45:55.460
 things in life.

00:45:56.719 --> 00:45:57.539
 But perhaps

00:45:57.539 --> 00:45:58.679
 the greatest

00:45:58.679 --> 00:45:59.480
 understanding

00:45:59.480 --> 00:46:00.320
 he had was

00:46:00.320 --> 00:46:01.119
 that he knew

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:01.460
 that there was

00:46:01.460 --> 00:46:02.079
 someone else

00:46:02.079 --> 00:46:03.119
 behind everything.

00:46:04.579 --> 00:46:05.079
 And he had

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:06.599
 a miniature

00:46:06.599 --> 00:46:08.579
 model made

00:46:08.579 --> 00:46:09.280
 of the solar

00:46:09.280 --> 00:46:10.119
 system that he

00:46:10.119 --> 00:46:10.559
 had in his

00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:10.960
 study.

00:46:12.199 --> 00:46:12.699
 And apparently

00:46:12.699 --> 00:46:13.559
 it was quite

00:46:13.559 --> 00:46:14.260
 an amazing

00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:15.219
 thing to see.

00:46:16.179 --> 00:46:17.059
 It had the

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:18.159
 sun in the

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.539
 middle and

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.800
 revolving around

00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:20.360
 the sun

00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:21.280
 were all the

00:46:21.280 --> 00:46:22.119
 planets and

00:46:22.119 --> 00:46:22.599
 it would move

00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:22.860
 around,

00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.760
 you could tell

00:46:23.760 --> 00:46:24.659
 what was what.

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:25.920
 And another

00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:27.039
 scientist entered

00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:28.079
 his study one

00:46:28.079 --> 00:46:28.559
 day and was

00:46:28.559 --> 00:46:29.719
 amazed by

00:46:29.719 --> 00:46:30.380
 this model.

00:46:31.719 --> 00:46:32.159
 And he was

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:32.880
 just taken

00:46:32.880 --> 00:46:33.759
 aback by it,

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:34.980
 how exquisite

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.539
 it was.

00:46:35.599 --> 00:46:36.179
 And he started

00:46:36.179 --> 00:46:37.219
 to ask questions.

00:46:37.699 --> 00:46:38.059
 One of the

00:46:38.059 --> 00:46:38.619
 questions he

00:46:38.619 --> 00:46:39.079
 asked was,

00:46:39.279 --> 00:46:40.079
 who made

00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:40.340
 it?

00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:42.819
 And Isaac

00:46:42.819 --> 00:46:43.699
 Newton replied,

00:46:44.199 --> 00:46:44.579
 nobody.

00:46:47.579 --> 00:46:48.059
 Well,

00:46:48.079 --> 00:46:48.340
 the other

00:46:48.340 --> 00:46:49.799
 scientist said

00:46:49.799 --> 00:46:49.960
 to him,

00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:50.599
 you must think

00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:51.259
 I'm a fool.

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:52.420
 Of course

00:46:52.420 --> 00:46:53.340
 somebody made

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:54.200
 it, and

00:46:54.200 --> 00:46:54.880
 whoever made

00:46:54.880 --> 00:46:55.640
 it is a

00:46:55.640 --> 00:46:56.140
 genius.

00:46:58.559 --> 00:46:58.980
 Isaac

00:46:58.980 --> 00:46:59.260
 Newton

00:46:59.260 --> 00:47:00.140
 apparently replied

00:47:00.140 --> 00:47:00.660
 by saying

00:47:00.660 --> 00:47:01.059
 this, he

00:47:01.059 --> 00:47:02.059
 said, this

00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:03.260
 thing is

00:47:03.260 --> 00:47:03.700
 but a

00:47:03.700 --> 00:47:04.160
 puny

00:47:04.160 --> 00:47:06.400
 imitation of

00:47:06.400 --> 00:47:07.200
 something much

00:47:07.200 --> 00:47:08.079
 more grand

00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:08.780
 and marvelous.

00:47:10.559 --> 00:47:11.280
 And I'm

00:47:11.280 --> 00:47:11.980
 not able to

00:47:11.980 --> 00:47:12.800
 convince you

00:47:12.800 --> 00:47:14.059
 that this

00:47:14.059 --> 00:47:15.019
 mere toy has

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:15.860
 no designer.

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:17.800
 Yet you

00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:18.980
 profess to

00:47:18.980 --> 00:47:19.480
 believe that

00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:19.880
 the great

00:47:19.880 --> 00:47:21.160
 original which

00:47:21.160 --> 00:47:21.820
 this design

00:47:21.820 --> 00:47:22.700
 comes from

00:47:22.700 --> 00:47:23.740
 was made

00:47:23.740 --> 00:47:24.660
 without designer

00:47:24.660 --> 00:47:25.340
 or maker.

00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:31.260
 Now tell

00:47:31.260 --> 00:47:32.140
 me, he

00:47:32.140 --> 00:47:34.780
 said, by

00:47:34.780 --> 00:47:35.620
 what reason

00:47:35.620 --> 00:47:36.340
 do you reach

00:47:36.340 --> 00:47:37.100
 such a

00:47:37.100 --> 00:47:37.760
 conclusion?

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:42.220
 Amazed

00:47:42.220 --> 00:47:43.260
 by the

00:47:43.260 --> 00:47:45.080
 model, but

00:47:45.080 --> 00:47:46.440
 unamazed by

00:47:46.440 --> 00:47:46.920
 the real

00:47:46.920 --> 00:47:47.360
 thing.

00:47:50.640 --> 00:47:50.960
 And how

00:47:50.960 --> 00:47:51.780
 many things

00:47:51.780 --> 00:47:52.260
 are we

00:47:52.260 --> 00:47:53.160
 amazed with

00:47:53.160 --> 00:47:53.540
 today?

00:47:54.600 --> 00:47:55.120
 How many

00:47:55.120 --> 00:47:55.640
 things do

00:47:55.640 --> 00:47:56.160
 we see

00:47:56.160 --> 00:47:57.160
 that take

00:47:57.160 --> 00:47:57.780
 our breath

00:47:57.780 --> 00:47:58.180
 away?

00:47:58.900 --> 00:47:59.740
 Whether it's

00:47:59.740 --> 00:48:00.500
 some kind

00:48:00.500 --> 00:48:01.380
 of technology

00:48:01.380 --> 00:48:02.480
 or something

00:48:02.480 --> 00:48:03.060
 else that we

00:48:03.060 --> 00:48:03.560
 see around

00:48:03.560 --> 00:48:04.040
 us, we're

00:48:04.040 --> 00:48:04.420
 just like

00:48:04.420 --> 00:48:05.560
 blown away

00:48:05.560 --> 00:48:06.240
 by things

00:48:06.240 --> 00:48:06.900
 that we

00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:07.260
 see have

00:48:07.260 --> 00:48:07.900
 been made.

00:48:09.600 --> 00:48:10.340
 And yet we

00:48:10.340 --> 00:48:10.960
 fail to be

00:48:10.960 --> 00:48:12.280
 amazed by

00:48:12.280 --> 00:48:13.019
 the creator.

00:48:14.760 --> 00:48:15.180
 Jesus

00:48:15.180 --> 00:48:16.120
 says to the

00:48:16.120 --> 00:48:16.740
 Pharisees,

00:48:17.380 --> 00:48:18.019
 why do you

00:48:18.019 --> 00:48:18.760
 seek a

00:48:18.760 --> 00:48:19.140
 sign?

00:48:19.139 --> 00:48:20.519
 God is

00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:21.179
 saying that

00:48:21.179 --> 00:48:21.819
 to ourselves,

00:48:21.819 --> 00:48:22.420
 why would

00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:22.920
 you seek

00:48:22.920 --> 00:48:23.460
 after a

00:48:23.460 --> 00:48:24.259
 sign today?

00:48:24.900 --> 00:48:25.719
 When all

00:48:25.719 --> 00:48:26.319
 the signs

00:48:26.319 --> 00:48:26.839
 are there

00:48:26.839 --> 00:48:27.539
 for you,

00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:28.559
 whether it's

00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:29.019
 looking at

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:29.659
 creation,

00:48:30.779 --> 00:48:31.239
 whether it's

00:48:31.239 --> 00:48:31.659
 looking at

00:48:31.659 --> 00:48:32.299
 his word,

00:48:33.119 --> 00:48:33.500
 whether it's

00:48:33.500 --> 00:48:33.940
 looking at

00:48:33.940 --> 00:48:34.539
 history,

00:48:35.299 --> 00:48:35.639
 whether it's

00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:35.980
 looking at

00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:36.699
 everything goes

00:48:36.699 --> 00:48:37.219
 on around

00:48:37.219 --> 00:48:38.440
 us, God

00:48:38.440 --> 00:48:39.199
 is reminding

00:48:39.199 --> 00:48:40.299
 us again and

00:48:40.299 --> 00:48:40.839
 again and

00:48:40.839 --> 00:48:42.259
 again that he

00:48:42.259 --> 00:48:43.119
 is the God

00:48:43.119 --> 00:48:43.839
 of miracles.

00:48:43.840 --> 00:48:44.039
 miracles.

00:48:45.820 --> 00:48:46.180
 And yet

00:48:46.180 --> 00:48:46.800
 still we

00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:47.579
 don't believe.

00:48:48.940 --> 00:48:49.480
 Consider

00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:50.740
 the marvel

00:48:50.740 --> 00:48:51.120
 of the

00:48:51.120 --> 00:48:51.940
 human body.

00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:53.340
 When you

00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:53.800
 read in

00:48:53.800 --> 00:48:55.960
 Psalm 139

00:48:55.960 --> 00:48:56.280
 that we

00:48:56.280 --> 00:48:57.140
 were fearfully

00:48:57.140 --> 00:48:57.960
 and wonderfully

00:48:57.960 --> 00:48:59.480
 made, formed

00:48:59.480 --> 00:49:00.120
 in the womb,

00:49:00.860 --> 00:49:02.019
 no two people

00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:03.340
 alike in the

00:49:03.340 --> 00:49:05.140
 world, no two

00:49:05.140 --> 00:49:05.840
 fingerprints

00:49:05.840 --> 00:49:06.640
 alike.

00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:07.760
 When you

00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:08.280
 consider the

00:49:08.280 --> 00:49:08.860
 marvel of

00:49:08.860 --> 00:49:10.140
 DNA and

00:49:10.140 --> 00:49:10.700
 how all of

00:49:10.700 --> 00:49:11.280
 that works

00:49:11.280 --> 00:49:11.740
 together,

00:49:12.220 --> 00:49:12.740
 and yet you're

00:49:12.740 --> 00:49:13.440
 unique.

00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:14.559
 Every one

00:49:14.559 --> 00:49:14.940
 of you.

00:49:16.140 --> 00:49:16.519
 You are

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:17.160
 different from

00:49:17.160 --> 00:49:17.600
 every other

00:49:17.600 --> 00:49:18.800
 person in

00:49:18.800 --> 00:49:19.559
 this world.

00:49:20.780 --> 00:49:21.480
 Is that not

00:49:21.480 --> 00:49:22.120
 something that

00:49:22.120 --> 00:49:22.660
 should leave us

00:49:22.660 --> 00:49:23.340
 amazed and

00:49:23.340 --> 00:49:24.980
 thinking, how

00:49:24.980 --> 00:49:25.660
 is that?

00:49:26.240 --> 00:49:26.900
 Where did we

00:49:26.900 --> 00:49:27.559
 come from?

00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:28.579
 How are we

00:49:28.579 --> 00:49:28.860
 made?

00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:29.559
 Well the Bible

00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:30.960
 tells us we

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:31.680
 are made in

00:49:31.680 --> 00:49:32.240
 the image of

00:49:32.240 --> 00:49:32.660
 God.

00:49:33.180 --> 00:49:33.700
 We are made

00:49:33.700 --> 00:49:35.019
 by him and

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:35.720
 for him.

00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:37.660
 All these

00:49:37.660 --> 00:49:39.100
 signs are

00:49:39.100 --> 00:49:39.800
 there for us

00:49:39.800 --> 00:49:40.140
 and yet we

00:49:40.140 --> 00:49:41.440
 push God

00:49:41.440 --> 00:49:41.980
 away.

00:49:43.840 --> 00:49:45.079
 we are

00:49:45.079 --> 00:49:46.780
 amazed by

00:49:46.780 --> 00:49:47.220
 him.

00:49:48.559 --> 00:49:49.220
 All of

00:49:49.220 --> 00:49:50.019
 these things

00:49:50.019 --> 00:49:51.240
 scream at

00:49:51.240 --> 00:49:51.820
 us saying

00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:53.059
 there is a

00:49:53.059 --> 00:49:53.500
 God.

00:49:54.740 --> 00:49:55.480
 He has

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:56.180
 made us,

00:49:56.720 --> 00:49:57.000
 he has

00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:57.500
 given us

00:49:57.500 --> 00:49:57.880
 all of

00:49:57.880 --> 00:49:58.160
 this.

00:49:59.440 --> 00:49:59.960
 And still

00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:00.780
 you ask,

00:50:01.440 --> 00:50:02.079
 show me a

00:50:02.079 --> 00:50:02.460
 sign.

00:50:02.460 --> 00:50:05.380
 well the

00:50:05.380 --> 00:50:06.280
 greatest sign

00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:07.740
 of all was

00:50:07.740 --> 00:50:08.420
 given by

00:50:08.420 --> 00:50:09.420
 Jesus himself.

00:50:10.320 --> 00:50:10.900
 When he

00:50:10.900 --> 00:50:11.480
 replied to

00:50:11.480 --> 00:50:12.119
 the Pharisees

00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:12.500
 in another

00:50:12.500 --> 00:50:13.720
 place, in

00:50:13.720 --> 00:50:14.599
 Matthew 12

00:50:14.599 --> 00:50:15.340
 verse 39,

00:50:15.539 --> 00:50:15.920
 he said,

00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:17.220
 a wicked and

00:50:17.220 --> 00:50:17.880
 adulterous

00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:18.980
 generation asks

00:50:18.980 --> 00:50:19.360
 for a

00:50:19.360 --> 00:50:20.440
 miraculous sign,

00:50:21.019 --> 00:50:21.760
 but none

00:50:21.760 --> 00:50:22.360
 will be given

00:50:22.360 --> 00:50:23.139
 it except the

00:50:23.139 --> 00:50:23.860
 sign of the

00:50:23.860 --> 00:50:24.860
 prophet Jonah.

00:50:25.539 --> 00:50:25.960
 For as

00:50:25.960 --> 00:50:26.539
 Jonah was

00:50:26.539 --> 00:50:27.360
 three days and

00:50:27.360 --> 00:50:28.059
 three nights in

00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:28.720
 the belly of a

00:50:28.720 --> 00:50:29.539
 huge fish,

00:50:29.539 --> 00:50:30.779
 so the

00:50:30.779 --> 00:50:31.480
 son of man

00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:32.099
 will be three

00:50:32.099 --> 00:50:32.719
 days and

00:50:32.719 --> 00:50:33.440
 three nights

00:50:33.440 --> 00:50:34.599
 in the heart

00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:35.259
 of the earth.

00:50:36.519 --> 00:50:37.259
 He has

00:50:37.259 --> 00:50:37.880
 given us

00:50:37.880 --> 00:50:39.019
 the greatest

00:50:39.019 --> 00:50:40.380
 sign of

00:50:40.380 --> 00:50:40.739
 all.

00:50:42.659 --> 00:50:43.759
 Three days

00:50:43.759 --> 00:50:44.960
 and three

00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:46.159
 nights in

00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:46.659
 the heart

00:50:46.659 --> 00:50:46.980
 of the

00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:47.279
 earth.

00:50:49.279 --> 00:50:49.800
 Christ

00:50:49.800 --> 00:50:50.980
 Jesus came

00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:52.039
 to lay

00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:52.699
 down his

00:50:52.699 --> 00:50:53.900
 life for

00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:54.420
 sinners.

00:50:54.420 --> 00:50:56.320
 when we

00:50:56.320 --> 00:50:56.820
 think about

00:50:56.820 --> 00:50:58.059
 remembrance

00:50:58.059 --> 00:50:59.039
 day to

00:50:59.039 --> 00:51:00.579
 day, do

00:51:00.579 --> 00:51:01.460
 we understand

00:51:01.460 --> 00:51:02.740
 the significance

00:51:02.740 --> 00:51:03.400
 of it?

00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:04.880
 Do we

00:51:04.880 --> 00:51:05.680
 understand

00:51:05.680 --> 00:51:07.180
 back further

00:51:07.180 --> 00:51:08.139
 the significance

00:51:08.139 --> 00:51:09.000
 of the one

00:51:09.000 --> 00:51:10.200
 who laid

00:51:10.200 --> 00:51:10.840
 down his

00:51:10.840 --> 00:51:11.820
 life for

00:51:11.820 --> 00:51:12.139
 us?

00:51:12.820 --> 00:51:13.159
 Greater

00:51:13.159 --> 00:51:14.440
 love hath

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:15.019
 no man

00:51:15.019 --> 00:51:15.440
 than this,

00:51:15.500 --> 00:51:15.920
 that he lay

00:51:15.920 --> 00:51:16.460
 down his

00:51:16.460 --> 00:51:17.579
 life for

00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:18.220
 his friends.

00:51:18.340 --> 00:51:18.820
 This is a

00:51:18.820 --> 00:51:19.539
 text we'll

00:51:19.539 --> 00:51:20.000
 hear oft

00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:20.940
 quoted today,

00:51:21.380 --> 00:51:21.700
 as we give

00:51:21.700 --> 00:51:22.240
 thanks for

00:51:22.240 --> 00:51:23.000
 the sacrifice

00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:23.820
 that so many

00:51:23.820 --> 00:51:24.240
 made.

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:26.500
 But are we

00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:27.460
 amazed by the

00:51:27.460 --> 00:51:28.340
 sacrifice of

00:51:28.340 --> 00:51:30.280
 Christ, his

00:51:30.280 --> 00:51:31.659
 love that he

00:51:31.659 --> 00:51:32.539
 laid down his

00:51:32.539 --> 00:51:34.039
 life for us?

00:51:35.700 --> 00:51:36.820
 The Pharisees

00:51:36.820 --> 00:51:37.380
 are not the

00:51:37.380 --> 00:51:38.159
 only ones in

00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:38.960
 conflict with

00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:39.360
 God.

00:51:40.180 --> 00:51:41.099
 We all are.

00:51:42.260 --> 00:51:42.960
 Every one of

00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:43.519
 us is in a

00:51:43.519 --> 00:51:44.059
 conflict.

00:51:45.000 --> 00:51:45.740
 Through sin,

00:51:46.139 --> 00:51:46.500
 we are in

00:51:46.500 --> 00:51:47.579
 rebellion against

00:51:47.579 --> 00:51:48.039
 God.

00:51:49.460 --> 00:51:50.159
 And yet Jesus

00:51:50.159 --> 00:51:51.980
 came to

00:51:51.980 --> 00:51:53.039
 defeat that

00:51:53.039 --> 00:51:54.240
 enemy, to

00:51:54.239 --> 00:51:55.099
 bring peace

00:51:55.099 --> 00:51:56.699
 into our

00:51:56.699 --> 00:51:57.339
 lives.

00:51:59.199 --> 00:51:59.879
 Do you

00:51:59.879 --> 00:52:00.479
 understand?

00:52:01.979 --> 00:52:02.579
 Do you

00:52:02.579 --> 00:52:03.339
 understand the

00:52:03.339 --> 00:52:04.179
 conflict you're

00:52:04.179 --> 00:52:04.379
 in?

00:52:05.259 --> 00:52:05.619
 And do you

00:52:05.619 --> 00:52:06.579
 understand the

00:52:06.579 --> 00:52:07.539
 way to victory

00:52:07.539 --> 00:52:08.579
 is through

00:52:08.579 --> 00:52:09.579
 Christ Jesus?

00:52:10.579 --> 00:52:11.239
 Because when you

00:52:11.239 --> 00:52:11.779
 look at verse

00:52:11.779 --> 00:52:12.639
 13, there's a

00:52:12.639 --> 00:52:13.339
 great warning

00:52:13.339 --> 00:52:14.259
 there for us.

00:52:14.819 --> 00:52:15.699
 It says,

00:52:16.539 --> 00:52:17.099
 he left

00:52:17.099 --> 00:52:17.359
 them.

00:52:17.360 --> 00:52:20.760
 He left

00:52:20.760 --> 00:52:21.559
 them, those

00:52:21.559 --> 00:52:22.220
 who are asking

00:52:22.220 --> 00:52:23.079
 for a sign.

00:52:24.220 --> 00:52:24.980
 The danger we

00:52:24.980 --> 00:52:25.780
 are in today is

00:52:25.780 --> 00:52:26.340
 if we keep

00:52:26.340 --> 00:52:27.220
 asking for a

00:52:27.220 --> 00:52:28.180
 sign, we

00:52:28.180 --> 00:52:29.079
 keep asking for

00:52:29.079 --> 00:52:29.760
 something else,

00:52:29.880 --> 00:52:30.500
 Jesus will

00:52:30.500 --> 00:52:31.160
 leave us.

00:52:32.660 --> 00:52:34.140
 Nothing he

00:52:34.140 --> 00:52:34.880
 can do for

00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:35.240
 us.

00:52:36.059 --> 00:52:36.579
 Do you

00:52:36.579 --> 00:52:38.420
 understand that

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:39.019
 conflict?

00:52:39.820 --> 00:52:40.180
 Do you

00:52:40.180 --> 00:52:41.180
 understand your

00:52:41.180 --> 00:52:42.579
 need to turn

00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:43.880
 to Christ?

00:52:46.380 --> 00:52:47.119
 We're in

00:52:47.119 --> 00:52:47.759
 conflict.

00:52:48.799 --> 00:52:49.460
 The final

00:52:49.460 --> 00:52:50.199
 thing we see

00:52:50.199 --> 00:52:51.799
 here is the

00:52:51.799 --> 00:52:52.579
 confusion.

00:52:53.940 --> 00:52:55.219
 The confusion.

00:52:56.360 --> 00:52:57.380
 In verse 14

00:52:57.380 --> 00:52:59.400
 to 21, the

00:52:59.400 --> 00:53:00.259
 disciples are

00:53:00.259 --> 00:53:01.000
 just in this

00:53:01.000 --> 00:53:02.960
 confused state.

00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:04.639
 And again, it's

00:53:04.639 --> 00:53:05.360
 just a reminder

00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:06.880
 to us of the

00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:07.559
 world in which

00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:08.460
 we live today.

00:53:09.579 --> 00:53:10.579
 Everyone is so

00:53:10.579 --> 00:53:11.340
 confused.

00:53:12.319 --> 00:53:12.759
 Everyone is

00:53:12.759 --> 00:53:13.179
 looking for

00:53:13.179 --> 00:53:14.400
 answers but

00:53:14.400 --> 00:53:14.880
 doesn't know

00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:15.619
 where to turn.

00:53:16.159 --> 00:53:16.980
 So much that

00:53:16.980 --> 00:53:17.500
 just brings

00:53:17.500 --> 00:53:18.739
 confusion into

00:53:18.739 --> 00:53:19.539
 our life day

00:53:19.539 --> 00:53:20.259
 after day,

00:53:20.940 --> 00:53:21.539
 week after

00:53:21.539 --> 00:53:21.920
 week.

00:53:22.779 --> 00:53:23.079
 And the

00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:24.179
 confusion comes

00:53:24.179 --> 00:53:25.239
 down to

00:53:25.239 --> 00:53:25.679
 this.

00:53:26.840 --> 00:53:27.420
 You do not

00:53:27.420 --> 00:53:28.539
 understand

00:53:28.539 --> 00:53:29.599
 Jesus.

00:53:31.279 --> 00:53:32.000
 If we

00:53:32.000 --> 00:53:32.819
 understood him

00:53:32.819 --> 00:53:33.960
 more, there

00:53:33.960 --> 00:53:34.500
 would be so

00:53:34.500 --> 00:53:35.279
 much less

00:53:35.279 --> 00:53:36.319
 confusion.

00:53:37.000 --> 00:53:37.420
 And he

00:53:37.420 --> 00:53:38.000
 gives them

00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:38.900
 this insight

00:53:38.900 --> 00:53:39.460
 into just

00:53:39.460 --> 00:53:39.980
 where this

00:53:39.980 --> 00:53:40.860
 confusion is

00:53:40.860 --> 00:53:41.440
 coming from.

00:53:41.860 --> 00:53:42.380
 He says,

00:53:42.920 --> 00:53:43.519
 watch out,

00:53:43.619 --> 00:53:44.179
 beware of the

00:53:44.179 --> 00:53:44.639
 leaven of the

00:53:44.639 --> 00:53:45.300
 Pharisees and

00:53:45.300 --> 00:53:45.860
 the leaven of

00:53:45.860 --> 00:53:46.260
 Herod.

00:53:47.240 --> 00:53:48.000
 He's warning

00:53:48.000 --> 00:53:48.539
 them about this

00:53:48.539 --> 00:53:49.619
 kind of sin

00:53:49.619 --> 00:53:50.559
 that comes in.

00:53:51.559 --> 00:53:52.000
 This just

00:53:52.000 --> 00:53:53.039
 pushing Jesus

00:53:53.039 --> 00:53:54.059
 to one side

00:53:54.059 --> 00:53:54.400
 and saying,

00:53:54.500 --> 00:53:55.199
 we understand.

00:53:56.159 --> 00:53:56.860
 We've got it

00:53:56.860 --> 00:53:57.880
 all sorted.

00:53:58.579 --> 00:53:59.519
 We've made so

00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:00.539
 much advancement

00:54:00.539 --> 00:54:01.059
 now.

00:54:01.440 --> 00:54:02.000
 We don't need

00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:02.760
 the word of

00:54:02.760 --> 00:54:03.099
 God.

00:54:03.559 --> 00:54:04.340
 We don't need

00:54:04.340 --> 00:54:05.260
 the spirit of

00:54:05.260 --> 00:54:05.659
 God.

00:54:06.260 --> 00:54:06.740
 We don't need

00:54:06.740 --> 00:54:07.280
 anything of

00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:07.659
 that.

00:54:07.659 --> 00:54:08.759
 Because we've

00:54:08.759 --> 00:54:09.359
 got all the

00:54:09.359 --> 00:54:09.980
 answers.

00:54:11.299 --> 00:54:11.799
 But Jesus

00:54:11.799 --> 00:54:12.299
 is saying,

00:54:12.519 --> 00:54:13.599
 beware the

00:54:13.599 --> 00:54:13.960
 leaven of

00:54:13.960 --> 00:54:14.779
 the Pharisees.

00:54:14.940 --> 00:54:15.480
 Beware the

00:54:15.480 --> 00:54:16.000
 leaven of

00:54:16.000 --> 00:54:16.259
 Herod.

00:54:16.619 --> 00:54:17.359
 Beware this

00:54:17.359 --> 00:54:17.839
 kind of

00:54:17.839 --> 00:54:18.460
 attitude that

00:54:18.460 --> 00:54:19.339
 says, we

00:54:19.339 --> 00:54:20.059
 don't need

00:54:20.059 --> 00:54:20.619
 God.

00:54:21.619 --> 00:54:22.379
 So often in

00:54:22.379 --> 00:54:22.960
 the scriptures,

00:54:23.339 --> 00:54:23.980
 yeast, this

00:54:23.980 --> 00:54:25.019
 leaven is the

00:54:25.019 --> 00:54:25.659
 picture of

00:54:25.659 --> 00:54:26.139
 sin.

00:54:27.420 --> 00:54:28.359
 And how sin

00:54:28.359 --> 00:54:29.399
 so easily

00:54:29.399 --> 00:54:30.399
 corrupts.

00:54:31.279 --> 00:54:31.659
 A little

00:54:31.659 --> 00:54:33.039
 leaven leavens

00:54:33.039 --> 00:54:33.920
 the whole lump,

00:54:34.039 --> 00:54:34.940
 as 1 Corinthians

00:54:34.940 --> 00:54:35.619
 says.

00:54:36.440 --> 00:54:36.840
 And the

00:54:36.840 --> 00:54:37.360
 idea here

00:54:37.360 --> 00:54:37.820
 that Jesus

00:54:37.820 --> 00:54:38.440
 is saying,

00:54:39.039 --> 00:54:39.720
 beware the

00:54:39.720 --> 00:54:40.480
 little sin.

00:54:41.720 --> 00:54:42.400
 The yeast

00:54:42.400 --> 00:54:42.780
 in your

00:54:42.780 --> 00:54:44.240
 life just

00:54:44.240 --> 00:54:45.740
 escalates and

00:54:45.740 --> 00:54:46.960
 permeates

00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:47.980
 throughout all

00:54:47.980 --> 00:54:48.700
 your life,

00:54:49.400 --> 00:54:50.320
 infiltrates into

00:54:50.320 --> 00:54:51.659
 every part,

00:54:52.440 --> 00:54:52.960
 and leads you

00:54:52.960 --> 00:54:53.559
 to say,

00:54:54.440 --> 00:54:54.820
 we don't

00:54:54.820 --> 00:54:55.960
 need Jesus.

00:54:57.200 --> 00:54:58.099
 We don't

00:54:58.099 --> 00:54:58.820
 need anything

00:54:58.820 --> 00:54:59.900
 to do

00:54:59.900 --> 00:55:00.740
 with him.

00:55:01.480 --> 00:55:02.400
 The Pharisees

00:55:02.400 --> 00:55:03.059
 were religious

00:55:03.059 --> 00:55:04.760
 men, but the

00:55:04.760 --> 00:55:05.400
 religion was

00:55:05.400 --> 00:55:06.120
 external.

00:55:07.260 --> 00:55:07.620
 It didn't

00:55:07.620 --> 00:55:08.400
 change their

00:55:08.400 --> 00:55:08.940
 hearts.

00:55:09.860 --> 00:55:10.660
 Their hearts

00:55:10.660 --> 00:55:11.940
 were hard.

00:55:13.100 --> 00:55:13.420
 Do you

00:55:13.420 --> 00:55:13.860
 not yet

00:55:13.860 --> 00:55:15.320
 perceive or

00:55:15.320 --> 00:55:16.120
 understand?

00:55:16.300 --> 00:55:16.660
 Are your

00:55:16.660 --> 00:55:18.080
 hearts hardened?

00:55:18.200 --> 00:55:18.760
 He's asking

00:55:18.760 --> 00:55:19.520
 the disciples.

00:55:20.280 --> 00:55:20.840
 Is this the

00:55:20.840 --> 00:55:21.500
 danger that

00:55:21.500 --> 00:55:21.980
 you're in

00:55:21.980 --> 00:55:22.680
 as well?

00:55:23.360 --> 00:55:23.700
 Do you

00:55:23.700 --> 00:55:24.160
 not yet

00:55:24.160 --> 00:55:24.960
 understand?

00:55:27.460 --> 00:55:27.720
 You've

00:55:27.720 --> 00:55:28.300
 been coming

00:55:28.300 --> 00:55:29.300
 for so

00:55:29.300 --> 00:55:29.900
 long to

00:55:29.900 --> 00:55:30.640
 hear the

00:55:30.640 --> 00:55:31.260
 word of

00:55:31.260 --> 00:55:32.000
 God again

00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:32.600
 and again,

00:55:33.320 --> 00:55:33.960
 but the

00:55:33.960 --> 00:55:34.460
 leaven of

00:55:34.460 --> 00:55:35.139
 this world

00:55:35.139 --> 00:55:35.880
 is still

00:55:35.880 --> 00:55:36.280
 there,

00:55:37.480 --> 00:55:38.360
 still pushing

00:55:38.360 --> 00:55:39.159
 out God,

00:55:39.519 --> 00:55:40.119
 still this

00:55:40.119 --> 00:55:40.679
 barrier,

00:55:41.320 --> 00:55:42.420
 this confusion,

00:55:42.980 --> 00:55:43.880
 this conflict,

00:55:44.019 --> 00:55:45.119
 these circumstances

00:55:45.119 --> 00:55:46.360
 still going on,

00:55:46.720 --> 00:55:47.579
 that Christ is

00:55:47.579 --> 00:55:48.280
 still being

00:55:48.280 --> 00:55:49.260
 pushed out.

00:55:51.260 --> 00:55:52.440
 But Jesus

00:55:52.440 --> 00:55:53.240
 is saying,

00:55:53.780 --> 00:55:54.760
 do you not

00:55:54.760 --> 00:55:55.400
 understand?

00:55:57.059 --> 00:55:58.039
 Do you not

00:55:58.039 --> 00:55:58.840
 understand what

00:55:58.840 --> 00:55:59.539
 this means?

00:56:00.440 --> 00:56:00.780
 Do you not

00:56:00.780 --> 00:56:02.380
 understand who

00:56:02.380 --> 00:56:03.039
 I am?

00:56:04.079 --> 00:56:04.579
 And if

00:56:04.579 --> 00:56:05.059
 he's saying

00:56:05.059 --> 00:56:05.579
 this to

00:56:05.579 --> 00:56:05.900
 them,

00:56:06.400 --> 00:56:06.960
 he's saying

00:56:06.960 --> 00:56:07.720
 it to us

00:56:07.720 --> 00:56:08.380
 as well.

00:56:09.980 --> 00:56:10.800
 Even as a

00:56:10.800 --> 00:56:11.500
 believer, we

00:56:11.500 --> 00:56:11.940
 have to be on

00:56:11.940 --> 00:56:12.420
 our guard

00:56:12.420 --> 00:56:13.099
 against this

00:56:13.099 --> 00:56:13.480
 leaven,

00:56:14.160 --> 00:56:14.720
 against this

00:56:14.720 --> 00:56:16.200
 confusion that

00:56:16.200 --> 00:56:16.700
 so easily

00:56:16.700 --> 00:56:17.360
 comes in and

00:56:17.360 --> 00:56:18.019
 things have

00:56:18.019 --> 00:56:19.019
 become acceptable

00:56:19.019 --> 00:56:19.380
 that should

00:56:19.380 --> 00:56:20.119
 never be.

00:56:22.019 --> 00:56:22.820
 To be on

00:56:22.820 --> 00:56:23.400
 our guard

00:56:23.400 --> 00:56:24.160
 against this

00:56:24.160 --> 00:56:24.559
 leaven and

00:56:24.559 --> 00:56:25.140
 our hearts

00:56:25.140 --> 00:56:26.519
 hardening so

00:56:26.519 --> 00:56:27.119
 much that we

00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:28.519
 feel we've

00:56:28.519 --> 00:56:29.119
 got a greater

00:56:29.119 --> 00:56:30.099
 understanding

00:56:30.099 --> 00:56:31.219
 now than

00:56:31.219 --> 00:56:31.599
 we ever

00:56:31.599 --> 00:56:32.339
 did before.

00:56:33.339 --> 00:56:33.920
 And the

00:56:33.920 --> 00:56:34.839
 answer today

00:56:34.839 --> 00:56:36.099
 is so often

00:56:36.099 --> 00:56:36.779
 seen by

00:56:36.779 --> 00:56:37.199
 looking at

00:56:37.199 --> 00:56:37.779
 our own

00:56:37.779 --> 00:56:38.380
 wisdom.

00:56:39.779 --> 00:56:40.179
 Throughout

00:56:40.179 --> 00:56:41.019
 these last

00:56:41.019 --> 00:56:41.839
 few years,

00:56:42.099 --> 00:56:42.319
 throughout

00:56:42.319 --> 00:56:43.579
 everything that's

00:56:43.579 --> 00:56:44.699
 going on in

00:56:44.699 --> 00:56:45.259
 our world

00:56:45.259 --> 00:56:46.839
 today, there's

00:56:46.839 --> 00:56:47.559
 always an

00:56:47.559 --> 00:56:47.960
 answer.

00:56:49.440 --> 00:56:50.059
 Science

00:56:50.059 --> 00:56:51.299
 will get us

00:56:51.299 --> 00:56:51.579
 through.

00:56:53.199 --> 00:56:54.279
 Our military

00:56:54.279 --> 00:56:55.539
 power will

00:56:55.539 --> 00:56:56.000
 get us

00:56:56.000 --> 00:56:56.259
 through.

00:56:56.880 --> 00:56:57.960
 Our resources

00:56:57.960 --> 00:56:59.380
 will get us

00:56:59.380 --> 00:56:59.619
 through.

00:56:59.720 --> 00:57:00.220
 Our money

00:57:00.220 --> 00:57:01.300
 will get us

00:57:01.300 --> 00:57:01.619
 through.

00:57:03.500 --> 00:57:03.860
 But there's

00:57:03.860 --> 00:57:04.519
 no thought

00:57:04.519 --> 00:57:05.699
 that God

00:57:05.699 --> 00:57:06.380
 is the one

00:57:06.380 --> 00:57:07.179
 who will

00:57:07.179 --> 00:57:07.579
 get us

00:57:07.579 --> 00:57:07.840
 through.

00:57:09.300 --> 00:57:10.059
 Do we

00:57:10.059 --> 00:57:10.400
 not

00:57:10.400 --> 00:57:11.679
 understand?

00:57:13.059 --> 00:57:13.760
 Do we

00:57:13.760 --> 00:57:14.659
 not understand

00:57:14.659 --> 00:57:15.320
 that apart

00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:15.960
 from him,

00:57:16.179 --> 00:57:16.780
 we are

00:57:16.780 --> 00:57:17.099
 nothing?

00:57:18.260 --> 00:57:18.699
 Do we

00:57:18.699 --> 00:57:19.579
 understand that

00:57:19.579 --> 00:57:20.300
 apart from

00:57:20.300 --> 00:57:21.320
 him, we

00:57:21.320 --> 00:57:21.900
 are lost?

00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:23.320
 If the

00:57:23.320 --> 00:57:24.940
 disciples who

00:57:24.940 --> 00:57:25.820
 were so close

00:57:25.820 --> 00:57:26.400
 to him and

00:57:26.400 --> 00:57:27.320
 saw so much

00:57:27.320 --> 00:57:27.960
 could be asked

00:57:27.960 --> 00:57:28.920
 this question,

00:57:29.420 --> 00:57:30.059
 do you not

00:57:30.059 --> 00:57:31.059
 yet understand?

00:57:32.760 --> 00:57:33.539
 What was he

00:57:33.539 --> 00:57:34.059
 saying to

00:57:34.059 --> 00:57:34.300
 them?

00:57:35.800 --> 00:57:36.240
 He was

00:57:36.240 --> 00:57:37.200
 saying to

00:57:37.200 --> 00:57:37.720
 look to

00:57:37.720 --> 00:57:38.720
 him and

00:57:38.720 --> 00:57:39.360
 to trust

00:57:39.360 --> 00:57:39.840
 in him.

00:57:41.320 --> 00:57:41.840
 They

00:57:41.840 --> 00:57:42.039
 couldn't

00:57:42.039 --> 00:57:42.860
 understand what

00:57:42.860 --> 00:57:43.120
 could be

00:57:43.120 --> 00:57:43.940
 done in

00:57:43.940 --> 00:57:44.400
 the midst

00:57:44.400 --> 00:57:45.000
 of this

00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:46.039
 famine of

00:57:46.039 --> 00:57:46.820
 4,000.

00:57:46.960 --> 00:57:47.220
 They didn't

00:57:47.220 --> 00:57:47.680
 know where

00:57:47.680 --> 00:57:48.340
 to turn

00:57:48.340 --> 00:57:49.700
 when the

00:57:49.700 --> 00:57:50.300
 answer was

00:57:50.300 --> 00:57:51.080
 there before

00:57:51.080 --> 00:57:52.200
 them, to

00:57:52.200 --> 00:57:52.460
 be their

00:57:52.460 --> 00:57:53.300
 trust in

00:57:53.300 --> 00:57:53.800
 Christ.

00:57:53.800 --> 00:57:53.940
 Christ.

00:57:55.140 --> 00:57:55.380
 And for

00:57:55.380 --> 00:57:55.880
 ourselves

00:57:55.880 --> 00:57:56.980
 today, in

00:57:56.980 --> 00:57:57.360
 all the

00:57:57.360 --> 00:57:58.180
 circumstances

00:57:58.180 --> 00:57:58.600
 that we

00:57:58.600 --> 00:57:58.940
 have to

00:57:58.940 --> 00:57:59.560
 face up

00:57:59.560 --> 00:58:01.320
 to, in

00:58:01.320 --> 00:58:01.720
 all the

00:58:01.720 --> 00:58:03.039
 conflict that

00:58:03.039 --> 00:58:03.600
 goes on in

00:58:03.600 --> 00:58:04.200
 our lives,

00:58:04.280 --> 00:58:04.640
 in all the

00:58:04.640 --> 00:58:06.100
 confusion that

00:58:06.100 --> 00:58:06.840
 surrounds us,

00:58:06.880 --> 00:58:07.360
 when Jesus

00:58:07.360 --> 00:58:08.120
 is asking,

00:58:08.920 --> 00:58:09.519
 do you not

00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:10.440
 yet understand?

00:58:11.860 --> 00:58:12.340
 Do we not

00:58:12.340 --> 00:58:12.800
 know where

00:58:12.800 --> 00:58:13.380
 to go?

00:58:14.420 --> 00:58:14.880
 And will we

00:58:14.880 --> 00:58:16.320
 not turn to

00:58:16.320 --> 00:58:17.780
 him, the

00:58:17.780 --> 00:58:18.940
 one who is

00:58:18.940 --> 00:58:20.460
 able to do

00:58:20.460 --> 00:58:21.360
 so much for

00:58:21.360 --> 00:58:21.760
 us?

00:58:22.760 --> 00:58:23.099
 And yet

00:58:23.099 --> 00:58:23.660
 we just

00:58:23.660 --> 00:58:25.039
 neglect him.

00:58:25.800 --> 00:58:26.380
 We push

00:58:26.380 --> 00:58:26.860
 him away.

00:58:27.800 --> 00:58:28.200
 We'll get

00:58:28.200 --> 00:58:28.920
 through this

00:58:28.920 --> 00:58:30.220
 by ourselves.

00:58:31.400 --> 00:58:32.120
 The danger

00:58:32.120 --> 00:58:32.800
 is, just

00:58:32.800 --> 00:58:33.140
 like the

00:58:33.140 --> 00:58:33.780
 Pharisees,

00:58:34.800 --> 00:58:35.099
 where he

00:58:35.099 --> 00:58:35.840
 said, he

00:58:35.840 --> 00:58:36.519
 left them.

00:58:38.360 --> 00:58:39.220
 Our prayer

00:58:39.220 --> 00:58:39.920
 today is,

00:58:40.480 --> 00:58:41.800
 Lord, will

00:58:41.800 --> 00:58:42.059
 you not

00:58:42.059 --> 00:58:43.079
 again revive

00:58:43.079 --> 00:58:43.480
 us?

00:58:44.480 --> 00:58:44.780
 That we

00:58:44.780 --> 00:58:45.280
 would see

00:58:45.280 --> 00:58:46.420
 your blessing

00:58:46.420 --> 00:58:47.320
 on our

00:58:47.320 --> 00:58:47.740
 land.

00:58:48.220 --> 00:58:48.500
 That we

00:58:48.500 --> 00:58:49.200
 would recognize

00:58:49.200 --> 00:58:50.019
 once again

00:58:50.019 --> 00:58:50.400
 that you

00:58:50.400 --> 00:58:50.920
 are the

00:58:50.920 --> 00:58:51.480
 God of

00:58:51.480 --> 00:58:51.960
 miracles,

00:58:52.940 --> 00:58:53.280
 and that

00:58:53.280 --> 00:58:53.880
 the nations

00:58:53.880 --> 00:58:54.440
 of this

00:58:54.440 --> 00:58:55.619
 world would

00:58:55.619 --> 00:58:56.340
 view this

00:58:56.340 --> 00:58:57.559
 God and

00:58:57.559 --> 00:58:58.340
 turn to

00:58:58.340 --> 00:58:58.700
 him.

00:58:59.960 --> 00:59:00.260
 Our

00:59:00.260 --> 00:59:01.240
 circumstances,

00:59:02.059 --> 00:59:02.360
 our

00:59:02.360 --> 00:59:03.099
 conflicts,

00:59:03.220 --> 00:59:03.420
 our

00:59:03.420 --> 00:59:04.220
 confusion,

00:59:05.280 --> 00:59:05.780
 the teacher

00:59:05.780 --> 00:59:06.320
 is there

00:59:06.320 --> 00:59:06.980
 for us

00:59:06.980 --> 00:59:08.139
 to help

00:59:08.139 --> 00:59:08.960
 us understand

00:59:08.960 --> 00:59:10.200
 and to

00:59:10.200 --> 00:59:10.740
 give us

00:59:10.740 --> 00:59:12.059
 understanding

00:59:12.059 --> 00:59:12.579
 in his

00:59:12.579 --> 00:59:13.059
 ways,

00:59:13.720 --> 00:59:14.360
 the ways

00:59:14.360 --> 00:59:15.180
 of life

00:59:15.180 --> 00:59:16.099
 and the

00:59:16.099 --> 00:59:16.720
 ways of

00:59:16.720 --> 00:59:17.220
 peace,

00:59:17.940 --> 00:59:18.240
 if we

00:59:18.240 --> 00:59:18.579
 will but

00:59:18.579 --> 00:59:19.920
 turn and

00:59:19.920 --> 00:59:20.559
 thrust.

00:59:20.920 --> 00:59:21.599
 in him.

00:59:22.099 --> 00:59:22.619
 Let us

00:59:22.619 --> 00:59:22.920
 pray.

00:59:25.559 --> 00:59:26.079
 Our

00:59:26.079 --> 00:59:26.760
 Father in

00:59:26.760 --> 00:59:27.260
 heaven, we

00:59:27.260 --> 00:59:27.880
 do thank

00:59:27.880 --> 00:59:28.260
 you for

00:59:28.260 --> 00:59:28.820
 the peace

00:59:28.820 --> 00:59:29.180
 that you

00:59:29.180 --> 00:59:29.579
 are able

00:59:29.579 --> 00:59:30.099
 to give,

00:59:30.720 --> 00:59:31.059
 but it's

00:59:31.059 --> 00:59:31.519
 a peace

00:59:31.519 --> 00:59:31.780
 that we

00:59:31.780 --> 00:59:32.420
 so often

00:59:32.420 --> 00:59:33.760
 neglect or

00:59:33.760 --> 00:59:34.380
 turn away

00:59:34.380 --> 00:59:34.800
 from.

00:59:35.480 --> 00:59:35.740
 And we

00:59:35.740 --> 00:59:36.200
 do pray,

00:59:36.360 --> 00:59:36.720
 Lord, your

00:59:36.720 --> 00:59:37.900
 blessing on

00:59:37.900 --> 00:59:38.420
 us as a

00:59:38.420 --> 00:59:39.000
 people, that

00:59:39.000 --> 00:59:39.280
 you will

00:59:39.280 --> 00:59:40.139
 again revive

00:59:40.139 --> 00:59:41.200
 us, that

00:59:41.200 --> 00:59:41.440
 you will

00:59:41.440 --> 00:59:42.000
 show us

00:59:42.000 --> 00:59:42.680
 your mercy,

00:59:43.320 --> 00:59:43.619
 that you

00:59:43.619 --> 00:59:44.000
 will bring

00:59:44.000 --> 00:59:44.720
 us your

00:59:44.720 --> 00:59:45.220
 blessing,

00:59:45.360 --> 00:59:45.780
 O Lord,

00:59:46.240 --> 00:59:46.800
 and grant

00:59:46.800 --> 00:59:47.340
 us a day

00:59:47.340 --> 00:59:47.780
 of your

00:59:47.780 --> 00:59:48.480
 favour to

00:59:48.480 --> 00:59:49.160
 help us

00:59:49.160 --> 00:59:50.420
 to understand

00:59:50.420 --> 00:59:51.180
 the things

00:59:51.180 --> 00:59:51.960
 around us,

00:59:52.519 --> 00:59:53.400
 to understand

00:59:53.400 --> 00:59:54.340
 the days and

00:59:54.340 --> 00:59:55.120
 times that we

00:59:55.120 --> 00:59:56.460
 live in, and

00:59:56.460 --> 00:59:57.400
 to understand

00:59:57.400 --> 00:59:58.680
 above all our

00:59:58.680 --> 01:00:00.019
 great need of

01:00:00.019 --> 01:00:00.940
 Christ Jesus

01:00:00.940 --> 01:00:02.019
 as our Lord.

01:00:02.539 --> 01:00:03.420
 We ask it all

01:00:03.420 --> 01:00:03.680
 with the

01:00:03.680 --> 01:00:04.380
 forgiveness of

01:00:04.380 --> 01:00:05.760
 our sins, in

01:00:05.760 --> 01:00:06.340
 his precious

01:00:06.340 --> 01:00:06.780
 name.

01:00:07.280 --> 01:00:07.620
 Amen.

01:00:07.620 --> 01:00:07.740
 Amen.

01:00:07.739 --> 01:00:14.639
 We'll

01:00:14.639 --> 01:00:15.139
 conclude by

01:00:15.139 --> 01:00:15.699
 singing to

01:00:15.699 --> 01:00:16.539
 God's praise

01:00:16.539 --> 01:00:17.079
 in Psalm

01:00:17.079 --> 01:00:18.419
 105.

01:00:20.779 --> 01:00:21.219
 We'll

01:00:21.219 --> 01:00:21.439
 sing

01:00:21.439 --> 01:00:21.919
 Psalms

01:00:21.919 --> 01:00:22.259
 version,

01:00:22.439 --> 01:00:23.739
 page 138,

01:00:25.119 --> 01:00:26.459
 Psalm 105,

01:00:27.419 --> 01:00:28.439
 verse 1

01:00:28.439 --> 01:00:28.939
 to verse

01:00:28.939 --> 01:00:29.379
 11.

01:00:30.339 --> 01:00:30.719
 Give

01:00:30.719 --> 01:00:31.299
 thanks to

01:00:31.299 --> 01:00:31.679
 the Lord

01:00:31.679 --> 01:00:32.239
 God and

01:00:32.239 --> 01:00:32.879
 call on

01:00:32.879 --> 01:00:33.359
 his name,

01:00:33.419 --> 01:00:34.139
 his wonderful

01:00:34.139 --> 01:00:34.679
 deeds,

01:00:35.019 --> 01:00:35.459
 to the

01:00:35.459 --> 01:00:35.879
 nations

01:00:35.879 --> 01:00:36.539
 proclaim,

01:00:36.759 --> 01:00:37.419
 sing praises

01:00:37.420 --> 01:00:37.960
 to him,

01:00:38.480 --> 01:00:39.460
 his exploits

01:00:39.460 --> 01:00:40.200
 record.

01:00:40.740 --> 01:00:41.260
 Let all

01:00:41.260 --> 01:00:41.740
 those who

01:00:41.740 --> 01:00:42.380
 seek him

01:00:42.380 --> 01:00:43.720
 rejoice in

01:00:43.720 --> 01:00:44.139
 the Lord.

01:00:44.220 --> 01:00:44.380
 We'll

01:00:44.380 --> 01:00:44.840
 sing from

01:00:44.840 --> 01:00:45.460
 verse 1

01:00:45.460 --> 01:00:46.079
 to 11

01:00:46.079 --> 01:00:47.119
 to God's

01:00:47.119 --> 01:00:47.519
 praise.

01:00:54.519 --> 01:00:55.720
 Give

01:00:55.720 --> 01:00:57.159
 thanks to

01:00:57.159 --> 01:00:58.840
 the Lord

01:00:58.840 --> 01:00:59.680
 God

01:00:59.680 --> 01:01:00.460
 and

01:01:00.460 --> 01:01:02.119
 call on

01:01:02.119 --> 01:01:04.159
 his name,

01:01:04.579 --> 01:01:05.380
 his

01:01:05.380 --> 01:01:06.920
 wonderful

01:01:06.920 --> 01:01:07.559
 who

01:01:07.559 --> 01:01:09.180
 deeds to

01:01:09.180 --> 01:01:10.059
 the

01:01:10.059 --> 01:01:11.619
 nations

01:01:11.619 --> 01:01:12.720
 proclaim,

01:01:14.119 --> 01:01:15.000
 sing

01:01:15.000 --> 01:01:16.119
 praises

01:01:16.119 --> 01:01:18.340
 to him,

01:01:18.460 --> 01:01:20.059
 and his

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 exploits

01:01:21.659 --> 01:01:23.420
 report.

01:01:23.840 --> 01:01:24.840
 Let

01:01:24.840 --> 01:01:25.760
 all

01:01:25.760 --> 01:01:27.099
 those who

01:01:27.099 --> 01:01:28.340
 seek him

01:01:28.340 --> 01:01:31.019
 rejoice in

01:01:31.019 --> 01:01:33.380
 the Lord.

01:01:33.380 --> 01:01:34.579
 you

01:01:34.579 --> 01:01:35.200
 you

01:01:35.200 --> 01:01:36.640
 chosen

01:01:36.640 --> 01:01:37.720
 what

01:01:37.720 --> 01:01:38.519
 stood

01:01:38.519 --> 01:01:39.140
 to

01:01:39.140 --> 01:01:40.180
 the

01:01:40.180 --> 01:01:41.079
 Lord

01:01:41.079 --> 01:01:41.720
 and

01:01:41.720 --> 01:01:42.460
 his

01:01:42.460 --> 01:01:43.640
 might,

01:01:43.640 --> 01:01:45.059
 seek

01:01:45.059 --> 01:01:46.220
 ever

01:01:46.220 --> 01:01:47.280
 his

01:01:47.280 --> 01:01:48.079
 peace

01:01:48.079 --> 01:01:48.760
 and

01:01:48.760 --> 01:01:49.640
 his

01:01:49.640 --> 01:01:50.640
 wonders

01:01:50.640 --> 01:01:53.059
 recite,

01:01:53.640 --> 01:01:54.579
 his

01:01:54.579 --> 01:01:56.260
 miracles

01:01:56.260 --> 01:01:57.680
 true

01:01:57.680 --> 01:01:58.440
 and

01:01:58.440 --> 01:01:59.280
 his

01:01:59.280 --> 01:02:00.340
 judgments

01:02:00.340 --> 01:02:01.920
 divide,

01:02:01.920 --> 01:02:03.720
 your

01:02:03.720 --> 01:02:04.960
 children

01:02:04.960 --> 01:02:06.360
 of

01:02:06.360 --> 01:02:07.220
 heaven,

01:02:07.220 --> 01:02:08.500
 and

01:02:08.500 --> 01:02:09.119
 so

01:02:09.119 --> 01:02:11.320
 blind.

01:02:13.460 --> 01:02:14.460
 The

01:02:14.460 --> 01:02:16.119
 Lord is

01:02:16.119 --> 01:02:17.760
 our God

01:02:17.760 --> 01:02:18.420
 and

01:02:18.420 --> 01:02:19.180
 he

01:02:19.180 --> 01:02:20.119
 rules

01:02:20.119 --> 01:02:21.180
 all the

01:02:21.180 --> 01:02:22.579
 earth,

01:02:23.000 --> 01:02:23.900
 in

01:02:23.900 --> 01:02:24.480
 and

01:02:24.480 --> 01:02:25.139
 bring

01:02:25.139 --> 01:02:26.000
 his

01:02:26.000 --> 01:02:26.980
 covenant,

01:02:27.559 --> 01:02:27.900
 the

01:02:27.900 --> 01:02:29.059
 word

01:02:29.059 --> 01:02:29.780
 he

01:02:29.780 --> 01:02:30.480
 set

01:02:30.480 --> 01:02:31.639
 forth.

01:02:32.200 --> 01:02:32.680
 He

01:02:32.680 --> 01:02:34.480
 bowed for

01:02:34.480 --> 01:02:35.380
 the

01:02:35.380 --> 01:02:36.440
 ages

01:02:36.440 --> 01:02:37.380
 to

01:02:37.380 --> 01:02:38.220
 come

01:02:38.220 --> 01:02:39.039
 to

01:02:39.039 --> 01:02:39.780
 make

01:02:39.780 --> 01:02:40.780
 good,

01:02:41.220 --> 01:02:42.039
 his

01:02:42.039 --> 01:02:43.440
 promise

01:02:43.440 --> 01:02:44.039
 to

01:02:44.039 --> 01:02:45.160
 Abraham

01:02:45.160 --> 01:02:46.160
 to

01:02:46.160 --> 01:02:47.280
 I

01:02:47.280 --> 01:02:47.920
 shall

01:02:47.920 --> 01:02:49.099
 renew,

01:02:49.099 --> 01:02:51.699
 to

01:02:51.699 --> 01:02:52.980
 Jacob

01:02:52.980 --> 01:02:54.339
 his

01:02:54.339 --> 01:02:55.539
 sovereign

01:02:55.539 --> 01:02:56.839
 decree

01:02:56.839 --> 01:02:58.219
 must

01:02:58.219 --> 01:02:58.900
 make

01:02:58.900 --> 01:02:59.900
 sure,

01:03:00.400 --> 01:03:01.339
 where

01:03:01.339 --> 01:03:02.079
 his

01:03:02.079 --> 01:03:02.839
 service

01:03:02.839 --> 01:03:03.480
 is

01:03:03.480 --> 01:03:04.339
 common,

01:03:04.839 --> 01:03:05.639
 would

01:03:05.639 --> 01:03:07.119
 always

01:03:07.119 --> 01:03:08.400
 endure,

01:03:09.400 --> 01:03:09.860
 to

01:03:09.860 --> 01:03:10.759
 you

01:03:10.759 --> 01:03:11.699
 I

01:03:11.699 --> 01:03:12.420
 will

01:03:12.420 --> 01:03:13.259
 give

01:03:13.259 --> 01:03:13.960
 us

01:03:13.960 --> 01:03:14.500
 to

01:03:14.500 --> 01:03:15.679
 portion

01:03:15.679 --> 01:03:16.679
 to

01:03:16.679 --> 01:03:17.919
 stand

01:03:17.919 --> 01:03:19.139
 the

01:03:19.139 --> 01:03:20.219
 country

01:03:20.219 --> 01:03:21.319
 of

01:03:21.319 --> 01:03:22.379
 Canaan,

01:03:22.779 --> 01:03:23.179
 the

01:03:23.179 --> 01:03:24.559
 beautiful

01:03:24.559 --> 01:03:27.339
 land.

01:03:28.919 --> 01:03:29.739
 After the

01:03:29.739 --> 01:03:30.179
 benediction,

01:03:30.299 --> 01:03:30.819
 I'll go to

01:03:30.819 --> 01:03:31.219
 the main

01:03:31.219 --> 01:03:31.519
 door.

01:03:32.279 --> 01:03:33.159
 Now may

01:03:33.159 --> 01:03:33.619
 grace,

01:03:33.859 --> 01:03:34.139
 mercy,

01:03:34.319 --> 01:03:34.819
 and peace

01:03:34.819 --> 01:03:35.579
 from God,

01:03:35.839 --> 01:03:36.199
 Father,

01:03:36.399 --> 01:03:36.639
 Son,

01:03:36.699 --> 01:03:37.179
 and Holy

01:03:37.179 --> 01:03:37.659
 Spirit,

01:03:38.319 --> 01:03:39.019
 rest upon

01:03:39.019 --> 01:03:39.599
 and abide

01:03:39.599 --> 01:03:40.099
 with you

01:03:40.099 --> 01:03:40.579
 all now

01:03:40.579 --> 01:03:41.139
 and forever

01:03:41.139 --> 01:03:41.519
 more.

01:03:42.000 --> 01:03:42.440
 Amen.

01:03:42.440 --> 01:03:42.500
 Amen.

01:03:42.500 --> 01:03:42.539
 Amen.

01:03:45.679 --> 01:03:46.679
 Amen.