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 Begin our worship this evening by singing to God's praise in Psalm 84, in the Scottish

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 Psalter version, Psalm 84, the tunes Tramps and Hawkers.

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 We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 6.

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 How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts, to me the tabernacles of thy grace,

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 how pleasant, Lord, they be.

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 My thirsty soul longs vehemently, yea, faints thy courts to see.

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 My very heart and flesh cry out, O living God, for thee.

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 We sing verse 1 to 6 to God's praise.

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 How lovely is thy dwelling place, O Lord of hosts, to me.

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 The tabernacles of thy grace, thy blessed Lord, they be.

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 My thirsty soul longs vehemently, yea, faints thy courts to see.

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 My very heart and flesh cry out, O living God, for thee.

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 To behold the smile, O thy devout, and her tender rest.

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 The swallow also for herself, and purchase it amidst.

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 In thy long waters, where she say, her young ones forth may bring.

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 O our almighty Lord of hosts, who art my God and King.

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 Blessed are they in thy house, and dwell, may ever give thee praise.

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 Blessed is the man who strength thou art, in whose heart are thy ways.

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 What Makes thy much peopleop In the Franks public.

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 Nor be a heavenly book of Message in Caesar, be where she tells me.

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 By thy poem's hearing.

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 Nor will thyUNT you falleth, that...

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 Nor shall be Cummings.

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 What Pharise driest, that...

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 Or shall be conclusions, the Word of thee.

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 Let's bow our heads together and come to God in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord our God, our Father in heaven,

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 as we come in worship of you, in adoration of you,

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 we thank you that we come,

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 lifting up our voices in praise to you

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 and seeking that you will meet with us in our time of worship,

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 that we will come and behold your beauty,

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 your glory in our midst,

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 that through your word and through your spirit,

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 you will minister to us in all our needs,

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 that you will come and remind us, Lord,

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 that we are so dependent upon you,

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 but that you are a God who is able to lavish upon us,

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 grace upon grace.

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 And we thank you for the way that you remind us of that so often,

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 of your great faithfulness towards us,

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 and that we pray, Lord, that we may come

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 and meet with you anew this evening

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 and come with thirsty souls,

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 longing to meet with you

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 and to know that we have been with God,

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 that we have been in your presence.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will satisfy us through your word,

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 that you will give us the rest

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 and the peace that even the psalmist speaks of

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 in the psalm that we've sung together.

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 And blessed are they in my house that dwell,

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 they ever give thee praise.

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 May that be our song and our portion

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 this evening anew,

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 that we will come to praise your great and glorious name.

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 So we thank you that you are a God who is living,

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 a God who is worthy of all our worship,

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 a God who is real,

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 a God who no matter what the world might say about you,

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 who will so easily dismiss you or cast you away

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 or speak a word against you.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that we come to the one who is our hope,

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 our salvation,

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 and our security.

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 We thank you for your word

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 and how it constantly builds us up,

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 that whenever we feel discouraged or afraid

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 or whether we are full of thanksgiving and praise,

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 we can come to your word

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 and there find a word that speaks and ministers to us.

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 It reminds us of the hope that we have

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 in our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 a hope that we can never be taken away from us,

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 a hope that is our true security.

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 You're the one who is our refuge and our strength,

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 an ever-present aid.

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 We thank you for that constant nature,

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 that you are unchanging and unchangeable,

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 and that though we change in this world,

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 that we ever move on in this world

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 and that time never stands still for us,

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 even as we come and approach the end of another year.

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 We reflect on it, Lord,

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 and just see how quickly our days and our years will go by.

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 But we pray, Lord,

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 that we will not just look back,

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 but that you will enable us and help us

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 to look forward to

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 and to consider the days that lie ahead of us,

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 even in the uncertainty and unknown nature of them.

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 We pray then,

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 thank you that you have numbered each of them,

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 that they are known unto you.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will help us to number our days

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 and to look to you as the one who holds our eternal destiny,

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 that you are the one, Lord,

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 who we can look to,

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 who will guide us in the paths of life divine.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will indeed lead each of us on the right path.

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 For we know,

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 as your word says,

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 that there is a broad road that many are on,

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 but that road,

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 as we are told,

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 it leads to destruction.

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 But we thank you for the narrow way,

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 the way,

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 although there may be few on it,

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 the way that leads to life everlasting.

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 And we pray that your word

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 will minister to our hearts

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 anew this evening,

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 that you will speak to us

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 through your word

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 and help us to put our confidence

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 and our trust

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 as we heard already today,

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 the one who is the light of this world,

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 who is able to dispel the darkness of it

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 and who is able to guide us in these paths.

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 We pray, O Lord,

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 that we will indeed again see Jesus

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 and know him as our Lord

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 and as our Savior.

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 May he become ever more precious to us

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 as we look around us

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 in the chaos of this world.

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 May we be able to fix our eyes on Jesus continually

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 and remind ourselves day by day

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 and even hour by hour

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 that in Christ

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 we have all that we need for life

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 and for eternity.

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 So we ask your blessing on us

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 as a people,

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 as a congregation here

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 and those tuning in online as well.

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 We thank you for one another.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that we are able to encourage

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 and to help one another

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 and especially in times of need.

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 We are so aware just now, Lord,

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 of the many who are grieving

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 over the loss of loved ones

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 or who are anxious over loved ones

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 and we commit them, Lord,

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 into your care

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 and into your keeping.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 for the one another's

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 we read of in Scripture.

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 So many passages and texts

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 that remind us to pray for one another,

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 to encourage one another,

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 to build up one another.

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 And we pray that we will seek

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 to do all these things for each other.

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 in praying for one another, Lord,

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 we thank you for the strength

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 and blessing that there is in that,

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 that there is unity in the body of Christ

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 so that when one feels the pain,

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 the whole body suffers.

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 And yet, O Lord,

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 we have the strength in the body too

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 that will give healing and help

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 to those who are feeling a weakness.

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 So, Lord,

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 may you draw near to all in need,

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 whether it is in grief,

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 whether it's in ill health,

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 whether it's in anxiety and worries

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 that so many people maybe cannot see

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 are hidden from the eyes of many,

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 but, Lord, you know,

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 and you know every need that we have.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 that you surround us and help us

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 in all our times of need.

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 We thank you that your word reminds us

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 that you are the God of all comfort

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 and that for every circumstance,

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 every situation,

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 that you have an answer for us,

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 that you have a way to help,

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 a way to uphold,

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 a way to lift us up.

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 And so we commit each other

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 into your care at this time.

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 We pray for our mission as a church too.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 for not just instruction,

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 but indeed the command

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 that you give us in your word,

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 that as a people,

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 we are to be the light,

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 salt and light of this world,

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 that we are indeed to be sent out

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 with your truth.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will help us,

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 help us in all that we seek to do,

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 whether it's with young or old or middle-aged,

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 whatever we seek to do,

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 whether it's in large groups

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 or one-to-one.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 for words of wisdom.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 for encouragement and strength.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 when we face persecution

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 or answers maybe

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 from people that we don't expect

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 or that even hurt us

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 when we hear the gospel slandered,

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 we pray that you will give us

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 a boldness and a courage

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 to continue to pray

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 and to love those

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 who even maybe despise us

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 as your people

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 or despise you as God

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 and have no time for you,

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 that you would give us

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 love for those people,

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 a love to seek the good for them

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 that only you can give,

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 to change their hearts,

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 to change their ways.

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 We ask, O Lord,

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 for your goodness

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 to be poured out upon us

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 and upon all your church this day,

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 far and wide,

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 that the riches of your gospel

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 will bear much fruit,

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 that where your gospel is proclaimed,

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 that there will be a call

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 to your people

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 that will build them up,

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 that will encourage them,

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 that will strengthen them,

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 and no matter where they are,

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 how many or how few

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 they may be gathered,

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 Lord,

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 that you will surround your people

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 and encourage them

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 and strengthen them.

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 We remember especially

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 those who are persecuted,

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 those who suffer for their faith,

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 those who are maybe even living

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 in fear throughout the world

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 of what may come upon them

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 for their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 that they will know

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 you ministering to them

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 and strengthen them

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 in a very special way.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 for your gospel to go out

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 and convict those souls

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 that lie in sin,

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 those who are so bound

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 in this world

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 and so caught up

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 in the ways of this world,

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 some of it so evil

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 as we see it around us

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 in war and terror

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 and so many acts

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 of violence in our world,

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 but others just blinded

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 by the God of this world

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 and aware of their sins

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 or unaware of the consequences

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 of them.

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 We pray for you

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 to send your light forth

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 and your truth

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 with great power

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 and with great conviction.

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 We thank you

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 that your word

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 is ever powerful

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 and ever able to save.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 for the power of your spirit

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 to go forth even this day.

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 Remember our nation

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 at this time

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 and indeed remember us

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 as a people in the week ahead

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 as we see the Christmas season

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 and the holiday season

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 coming upon us.

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 We pray for schools

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 and workplaces

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 and all who will be taking holidays

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 over this time

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 in the midst of travel chaos

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 and weather

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 so inclement at times.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 for your safety

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 and protection

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 over all

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 who will be traveling

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 to and fro,

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 whether it's coming home

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 for Christmas

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 or going away

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 and visiting family

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 and friends.

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 We pray that you will protect us

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 and keep us all

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 and above all, Lord,

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 that you will help us

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 to remember

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 the Lord Jesus

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 in the midst of

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 all that we see around us,

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 the one who in the midst

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 of all the lights

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 that flash around us

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 is the light

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 greater than any,

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 the one who is the light

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 of the world.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 for that light

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 to shine brightly

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 in our midst.

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 Remember our young people,

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 we pray for the fellowship

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 this evening

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 and may your blessing

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 be with us in that

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 and for the schools

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 as they close

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 and the teachers

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 and the students alike,

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 Lord,

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 we pray your blessing

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 on each one

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 and ask that you will

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 go before them

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 in all of their days

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 as well.

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 May you remember us

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 then, Lord,

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 and all who rule over us

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 as a people

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 as we continue

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 to pray for our governments

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 and our royal family.

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 Again, we pray, Lord,

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 that they will bow

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 the knee to you,

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 that they will come

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 and honor you

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 and worship you,

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 something that seems

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 maybe so far removed

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 in our society today,

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 but we know that

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 in the blink of an eye

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 that you can change hearts

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 and we know

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 even in our own hearts

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 how you are able to change

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 and so may you come

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 into their hearts,

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 into their lives

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 and into the lives

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 of our nation

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 and indeed the world

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 to know your power

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 and to know your glory

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 in the midst of us.

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 We thank you

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 that you have not left us,

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 that you have not given us

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 over to our own ways

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 completely, Lord,

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 but that you are there

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 to be called upon

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 so help us

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 to call on your name

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 and to come in faith,

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 rejoicing that you hear

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 and are able

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 to answer our prayers.

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 So, Lord,

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 give us that faith

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 to keep believing

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 and keep praying

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 and to go on

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 in your strength

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 as we ask it all

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 with the forgiveness

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 of our sins

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 for remembering, Lord,

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 how far short we fall

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 so often

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 that you will restore us

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 and pardon us

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 and build us up.

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 We ask all this

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 in the name of our Lord

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 and Savior,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 for his glory now

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 and always.

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 Amen.

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 We continue to worship God

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 as we sing to his praise,

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 this time in Psalm 63.

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 In the Sing Psalms version,

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 Psalm 63,

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 the tune is Old 100.

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 We're going to sing

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 from verse 1 to verse 8.

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 O God,

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 you are my God alone.

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 I seek your face

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 with eagerness.

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 My soul and body

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 thirst for you

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 in this dry weary wilderness.

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 I've seen you

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 in your holy place.

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 Your power and glory

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 held my gaze.

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 Far better is your love

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 than life

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 and so my lips

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 will sing your praise.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 8

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 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 O God,

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 you are my God alone.

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 I seek your face

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 with neither hands.

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 My soul and body

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 thirst for you.

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 In this dry weary wilderness.

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 I've seen you

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 in your holy place.

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 Your power and glory

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 held my gaze.

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 Far better is your love

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 and life.

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 And so my lips

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 will sing your praise.

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 I'll bless you, Lord,

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 throughout my life.

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 and raise my heart

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 to you in prayer.

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 My joyfulness will sing your praise.

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 My soul is filled with riches

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 upon my bed.

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 I'll bless you, Lord,

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 upon my bed.

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 I lie now,

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 I lie now,

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 and in my thoughts remember you.

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 And in my thoughts remember you.

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 I meditated throughout the night.

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 I'm in your love,

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 and in your love.

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 I am in your love.

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 I am in your love.

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 I am in your love.

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 I am in your love.

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 I am in your love.

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 because you are my help alone.

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 I am in your love.

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 I am in your love.

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 I am in your love.

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 And in your love.

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 I am in your love.

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 I am in your love.

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 You hold me up with your right hand.

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 To you, O God, my soul will cling.

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 Well, we'll turn to read God's word.

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 Two passages this evening.

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 First of all, in the Gospel of Matthew.

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 Matthew's Gospel, reading in chapter 25.

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 We'll take up our reading at verse 31.

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 Reading down to the end of the chapter,

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 and then we turn to 2 Thessalonians chapter 1.

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 Our first reading is in Matthew 25 and at verse 31.

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 When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him,

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 then he will sit on his glorious throne.

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 Before him will be gathered all the nations,

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 and he will separate people one from another,

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 as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

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 And he will place the sheep on his right,

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 but the goats on the left.

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 Then the king will say to those on his right,

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 Come, you who are blessed by my Father,

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 inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.

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 For I was hungry, and you gave me food.

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 I was thirsty, and you gave me drink.

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 I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.

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 I was naked, and you clothed me.

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 I was sick, and you visited me.

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 I was in prison, and you came to me.

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 Then the righteous will answer him, saying,

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 Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you,

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 or thirsty and give you drink?

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 And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you,

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 or naked and clothe you?

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 And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?

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 And the king will answer them,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 as you did to one of the least of these, my brothers,

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 you did it to me.

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 Then he will say to those on his left,

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 Depart from me, you cursed,

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 into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels.

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 For I was hungry, and you gave me no food.

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 I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink.

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 I was a stranger, and you did not welcome.

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 Welcome me and naked, and you did not clothe me.

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 Sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.

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 Then they also will answer, saying,

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 Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty,

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 or a stranger, or naked or sick or in prison,

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 and did not minister to you?

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 Then he will answer them, saying,

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 Truly I say to you,

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 as you did not do it to one of these,

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 the least of these you did not do it to me.

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 And these will go away into eternal punishment,

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 but the righteous into eternal life.

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 Our second reading is in 2 Thessalonians,

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 reading in chapter 1.

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 We'll take up our reading at verse 5.

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 2 Thessalonians, chapter 1 at verse 5.

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 Again, it's linked to the reading we had in Matthew,

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 the day of the judgment of Christ.

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 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God,

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 that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God,

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 for which you are also suffering.

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 Since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction

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 those who afflict you,

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 and to grant relief to you who are afflicted,

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 as well as to us,

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 when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven

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 with his mighty angels,

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 and flaming fire,

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 inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God,

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 and on those who do not obey

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 the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

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 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction,

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 away from the presence of the Lord,

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 and from the glory of his might,

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 when he comes on that day,

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 to be glorified in his saints,

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 and to be marveled at among all who have believed,

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 because our testimony to you was believed.

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 To this end,

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 we always pray for you,

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 that our God may make you worthy of his calling,

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 and may fulfill every resolve for good,

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 and every work of faith by his power,

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 so the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you,

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 and you in him,

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 according to the grace of our God,

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 and the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Amen,

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 and may God bless these readings from his word.

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 We're going to sing again to God's praise.

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 It's a change to the psalm on the notice sheet,

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 which we already had this morning,

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 but we're going to sing from Psalm 27,

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 in the Sing Psalms version,

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 and it's verse 9 to verse 14,

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 page 32 of the psalm book,

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 Psalm 27,

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 at verse 9,

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 in the Sing Psalms version,

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 on the tune of Spore.

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 O do not hide your face from me,

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 and do not turn aside,

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 your servant in your righteous wrath,

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 for you have been my guide.

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 O God,

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 my saviour,

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 leave me not,

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 do not reject my plea,

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 my parents may forsake me,

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 Lord,

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 but you will welcome me.

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 Psalm 27,

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 verse 9,

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 down to the end of the psalm,

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 and the Sing Psalms version.

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 O do not hide your face from me,

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 and do not turn aside,

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 your servant in your righteous wrath,

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 for you have been my guide.

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 O God,

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 O God,

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 my saviour,

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 leave me not,

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 do not reject my plea,

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 my feelings may forsake me,

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 forsake me, Lord,

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 but you will welcome me.

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 Teach me, O Lord,

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 how I should live,

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 and lead me in your way,

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 make strength my path,

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 because my foes oppress me every day.

00:26:32.940 --> 00:26:49.940
 Give me not over to the will of the evil and enemies,

00:26:49.940 --> 00:26:55.940
 for my earth's right,

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:59.940
 to stunder me,

00:26:59.940 --> 00:27:06.940
 and we have cruelty.

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:13.940
 Yet I am sure,

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:18.940
 that in this eye,

00:27:18.940 --> 00:27:25.940
 God's goodness I will see.

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:32.200
 We call the Lord,

00:27:32.620 --> 00:27:33.940
 be strong,

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:37.120
 take heart,

00:27:37.660 --> 00:27:42.940
 for him we patiently.

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:54.180
 Well, we can turn back to our second reading in 2 Thessalonians.

00:27:55.940 --> 00:27:56.940
 Chapter 1.

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:03.380
 We're going to look at this section that we read,

00:28:04.039 --> 00:28:05.600
 verse 5 to verse 12,

00:28:06.299 --> 00:28:09.420
 but in particular from the middle of verse 7 down to the end,

00:28:09.500 --> 00:28:13.539
 where it speaks about the coming of the Lord Jesus,

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:15.480
 where Jesus is revealed from heaven,

00:28:15.980 --> 00:28:18.519
 with his mighty angels and flaming fire,

00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:21.620
 inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God,

00:28:21.619 --> 00:28:25.179
 and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

00:28:26.039 --> 00:28:27.779
 And so it goes on.

00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:34.159
 It's a time of year when many people find themselves maybe counting down,

00:28:34.559 --> 00:28:35.879
 counting down the days,

00:28:36.479 --> 00:28:39.899
 whether it's counting down the days to the holiday coming,

00:28:40.039 --> 00:28:40.959
 holiday starting.

00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:44.579
 Many people are counting down the days till Christmas Day.

00:28:44.579 --> 00:28:48.779
 And then we fast approach the end of this year.

00:28:49.240 --> 00:28:52.319
 And people count down then towards the end of the year.

00:28:52.379 --> 00:28:56.299
 And eventually you come to those last few seconds of the year,

00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:57.779
 where you count down 10,

00:28:58.000 --> 00:28:58.379
 9,

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.919
 8,

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.519
 and the bell rings,

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:02.199
 and you're into a new year.

00:29:02.200 --> 00:29:05.140
 But as a reminder to us,

00:29:05.180 --> 00:29:07.860
 just as time is constantly going on,

00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:12.240
 how easy it is almost just to wish our days away.

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.940
 Counting down the days,

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:15.660
 but to what end?

00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:17.440
 Where are we going?

00:29:17.559 --> 00:29:22.100
 What's the destination we have in mind as all our days go past?

00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:25.319
 In Psalm 90 verse 12,

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:27.480
 the psalmist says to us,

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:33.500
 teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:36.519
 So instead of just counting down our days,

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:38.500
 wishing them away in some ways,

00:29:38.599 --> 00:29:43.960
 instead we are to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.059
 What does he mean by that?

00:29:46.120 --> 00:29:46.220
 Well,

00:29:46.220 --> 00:29:49.599
 he means that our days pass so quickly.

00:29:50.339 --> 00:29:51.000
 The days,

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.579
 the months,

00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.380
 the years,

00:29:52.860 --> 00:29:53.839
 they pass so quickly.

00:29:53.839 --> 00:29:56.599
 And as we approach the end of another year,

00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:59.439
 we approach it in a way where we're on this journey,

00:29:59.539 --> 00:30:00.439
 as we often say,

00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:01.719
 through life.

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:05.799
 But what is the aim of our journey?

00:30:06.740 --> 00:30:07.819
 If you go on a journey,

00:30:08.139 --> 00:30:11.019
 so often you have a destination in mind,

00:30:11.659 --> 00:30:13.480
 and you wait for the words to come,

00:30:14.019 --> 00:30:15.759
 perhaps if you're sitting on a train,

00:30:15.879 --> 00:30:19.459
 or if you're listening to your sat-nav guiding you along the way,

00:30:19.899 --> 00:30:22.219
 to say you've reached your destination,

00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:25.159
 or this is the final stop.

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:31.380
 And you know then maybe you've reached the place that you were hoping to arrive in.

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:36.900
 But as we look forward this time of year,

00:30:37.100 --> 00:30:38.800
 what do we look forward to?

00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:44.300
 And what is the destination that we are aiming for?

00:30:44.299 --> 00:30:50.000
 That Jesus himself spoke of it in Matthew's gospel.

00:30:50.139 --> 00:30:51.819
 There we read in Matthew 25.

00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:55.859
 Those words that you hear of the final destination,

00:30:56.099 --> 00:30:56.559
 it's either,

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.039
 come,

00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:59.220
 you who are blessed by the Father,

00:30:59.919 --> 00:31:01.359
 or depart from me,

00:31:02.039 --> 00:31:03.180
 you who are cursed.

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:07.299
 He is speaking about two different destinations.

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:10.159
 The same as what Paul is speaking of here.

00:31:10.160 --> 00:31:12.220
 As he writes to the Thessalonians,

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:15.660
 he is speaking about the two different destinations

00:31:15.660 --> 00:31:18.380
 that we're going to think about this evening.

00:31:19.480 --> 00:31:21.720
 Some years ago when we were in Dumfries,

00:31:22.680 --> 00:31:24.880
 this time of year is Christmas time of year,

00:31:24.900 --> 00:31:26.440
 when we had family coming to visit.

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:30.080
 One day they decided that they were going to go to Gretna,

00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:32.619
 not too far away from Dumfries.

00:31:33.099 --> 00:31:34.899
 And they were happy to go by themselves,

00:31:35.019 --> 00:31:36.779
 that they knew roughly where they were going,

00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:39.199
 but they had the sat-nav with them

00:31:39.199 --> 00:31:41.299
 just to help them along the way.

00:31:41.899 --> 00:31:44.119
 So they were going to the retail park out there.

00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:46.579
 They put in the postcode for it,

00:31:46.599 --> 00:31:47.339
 and off they went.

00:31:48.279 --> 00:31:49.980
 They drove for some time,

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:52.460
 and then they were told

00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:54.559
 that you have reached your destination.

00:31:55.500 --> 00:31:58.019
 And they were on a road in the middle of nowhere

00:31:58.019 --> 00:31:59.519
 under a bridge.

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:02.439
 They had arrived at their destination,

00:32:02.779 --> 00:32:05.319
 but it wasn't the destination that they expected.

00:32:06.379 --> 00:32:07.240
 Luckily for them,

00:32:07.299 --> 00:32:08.939
 they weren't too far away

00:32:08.939 --> 00:32:10.460
 from where they were aiming for.

00:32:11.359 --> 00:32:13.339
 But it's a reminder to us

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:15.519
 that if we're listening to the wrong instructions,

00:32:16.639 --> 00:32:18.720
 yes, we're being brought on a journey,

00:32:19.259 --> 00:32:21.659
 and our destination may not be far off

00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:22.699
 where we want to get,

00:32:23.319 --> 00:32:26.199
 but it doesn't matter if it's just a mile,

00:32:26.199 --> 00:32:28.259
 10 miles, 100 miles,

00:32:28.259 --> 00:32:30.839
 we're still not in the destination

00:32:30.839 --> 00:32:32.099
 that we're looking for.

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:34.660
 And the Scripture reminds us

00:32:34.660 --> 00:32:36.259
 that our destination,

00:32:36.420 --> 00:32:37.539
 our desire should be

00:32:37.539 --> 00:32:39.039
 to be with the Lord

00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:41.379
 and not to get led down

00:32:41.379 --> 00:32:42.980
 the wrong path.

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:44.720
 And so here,

00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:46.960
 as Paul writes to the Thessalonians,

00:32:47.359 --> 00:32:49.379
 he's writing to these Thessalonians

00:32:49.379 --> 00:32:52.240
 who have much to be thankful for in God,

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:54.839
 but who are also enduring persecutions

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:55.819
 and afflictions,

00:32:55.880 --> 00:32:57.559
 as it says in verse 4.

00:32:58.400 --> 00:33:01.000
 They're suffering much difficulties

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:03.299
 on this journey through life.

00:33:04.380 --> 00:33:05.299
 And on the other hand,

00:33:05.740 --> 00:33:06.859
 the life and journey

00:33:06.859 --> 00:33:08.339
 of the persecutors and the wicked,

00:33:08.819 --> 00:33:10.880
 it seems in many ways easier

00:33:10.880 --> 00:33:12.319
 and more pleasant.

00:33:13.140 --> 00:33:14.799
 And the question can often arise,

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:17.119
 why is this so?

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:19.659
 But Paul is reminding them

00:33:19.659 --> 00:33:22.220
 to keep in focus the Lord

00:33:22.220 --> 00:33:23.759
 and the destination

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:25.440
 that he ultimately has in mind

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.940
 for his people,

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.879
 that with God,

00:33:28.339 --> 00:33:30.740
 his plans will work out for good

00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.680
 in the end

00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:33.899
 because God is sovereign.

00:33:34.779 --> 00:33:36.579
 And in the verses before us tonight,

00:33:36.639 --> 00:33:37.460
 we're going to be shown

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.839
 the end outcome

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:39.940
 for both believers

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:41.799
 and unbelievers,

00:33:41.799 --> 00:33:44.599
 where our journey destination ends.

00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:46.119
 And the end,

00:33:46.399 --> 00:33:49.259
 the ends couldn't be more different.

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:51.619
 We have before us

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:53.480
 the reality of heaven

00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:55.799
 and the reality of hell.

00:33:57.000 --> 00:33:58.899
 And it's heaven and hell

00:33:58.899 --> 00:34:00.680
 as the Bible,

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:03.759
 the truth of God's word defines it.

00:34:04.599 --> 00:34:06.079
 Not a heaven and hell

00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:07.619
 of our own making

00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:09.440
 or our own imagination.

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.920
 It is heaven and hell

00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:14.699
 as the Lord presents before us.

00:34:14.800 --> 00:34:16.120
 With a great challenge

00:34:16.120 --> 00:34:18.260
 and the real seriousness

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:19.400
 of this matter.

00:34:20.080 --> 00:34:23.220
 What is your final destination?

00:34:24.220 --> 00:34:25.039
 As we journey,

00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:26.140
 what is our direction?

00:34:26.740 --> 00:34:29.620
 And where is our destination set for?

00:34:30.180 --> 00:34:32.680
 That's what Paul wants us to consider.

00:34:33.400 --> 00:34:36.760
 What is our final destination?

00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:40.220
 Paul challenges us here

00:34:40.220 --> 00:34:41.720
 in verse 8 to verse 12

00:34:41.720 --> 00:34:42.920
 in particular.

00:34:43.440 --> 00:34:44.280
 And we're going to look at these

00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:46.240
 two destinations before us.

00:34:46.740 --> 00:34:47.440
 First of all,

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:48.280
 we look at hell

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:50.640
 and the darkness of it.

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:52.140
 As we heard this morning,

00:34:52.540 --> 00:34:53.960
 the difference between light

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:55.180
 and darkness

00:34:55.180 --> 00:34:56.520
 is really what we see again

00:34:56.520 --> 00:34:58.320
 before us here.

00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:00.080
 The darkness

00:35:00.080 --> 00:35:02.460
 and the torment of hell.

00:35:02.460 --> 00:35:04.300
 And yet the light

00:35:04.300 --> 00:35:06.340
 and the beauty of Christ

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:07.740
 and the hope

00:35:07.740 --> 00:35:08.659
 of heaven.

00:35:09.579 --> 00:35:10.220
 So first of all,

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:10.940
 we see hell

00:35:10.940 --> 00:35:12.119
 and the darkness

00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:13.179
 of it.

00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:16.139
 And as we

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:17.679
 go into this,

00:35:17.840 --> 00:35:18.699
 it's so important

00:35:18.699 --> 00:35:19.440
 to see that

00:35:19.440 --> 00:35:20.220
 as we speak

00:35:20.220 --> 00:35:21.300
 of these places,

00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:23.380
 it is not just

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:24.860
 a made-up place.

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.840
 It's not just something

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:28.139
 of the imagination

00:35:28.139 --> 00:35:29.639
 of man.

00:35:30.279 --> 00:35:31.500
 It's so important

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:33.319
 for us to realize that

00:35:33.319 --> 00:35:34.539
 because the basis

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:36.420
 of both these destinations

00:35:36.420 --> 00:35:38.379
 is what the Word of God

00:35:38.379 --> 00:35:39.480
 teaches us.

00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:41.920
 And the basis of them

00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.099
 is,

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.799
 as we saw in Matthew

00:35:43.799 --> 00:35:44.599
 and here

00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:46.019
 in verse 7

00:35:46.019 --> 00:35:47.579
 of 2 Thessalonians 1,

00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:49.460
 it is the coming

00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:51.379
 of the Lord Jesus.

00:35:52.239 --> 00:35:53.879
 We're living in this world

00:35:53.879 --> 00:35:55.319
 as if it's a permanent

00:35:55.319 --> 00:35:56.379
 place of residence.

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:58.320
 But we're just

00:35:58.320 --> 00:35:59.200
 passing through.

00:35:59.300 --> 00:35:59.940
 This is just

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:00.619
 temporary.

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.860
 And so it's so important,

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.559
 it's vital

00:36:03.559 --> 00:36:04.660
 what we do

00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:05.500
 with our days

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:06.640
 in this world.

00:36:07.440 --> 00:36:08.340
 And as the psalmist said,

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.099
 teach us

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:10.500
 to number our days

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.360
 that we may apply

00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:12.099
 our hearts

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:13.340
 to wisdom.

00:36:14.440 --> 00:36:15.420
 That we may seek

00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.920
 and be challenged

00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:16.820
 as to what is

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.960
 our ultimate

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.760
 destination.

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.500
 The Lord

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.559
 is coming.

00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:23.460
 And very similar

00:36:23.460 --> 00:36:24.380
 words were used

00:36:24.380 --> 00:36:25.519
 by Jesus and Matthew

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:27.019
 and here by Paul

00:36:27.019 --> 00:36:28.360
 when Jesus is revealed

00:36:28.360 --> 00:36:29.000
 from heaven

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:30.960
 with his mighty angels.

00:36:31.759 --> 00:36:32.519
 That day

00:36:32.519 --> 00:36:33.639
 is coming.

00:36:34.360 --> 00:36:35.039
 That moment

00:36:35.039 --> 00:36:35.659
 is coming.

00:36:36.000 --> 00:36:36.460
 And even though

00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:37.239
 we count down

00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:37.920
 the days

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:39.239
 and even the minutes

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:40.239
 and the seconds

00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:41.380
 of this year,

00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.900
 there's no guarantee

00:36:42.900 --> 00:36:43.579
 for us

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.079
 that the Lord

00:36:44.079 --> 00:36:44.800
 will not come

00:36:44.800 --> 00:36:46.280
 even before then.

00:36:47.300 --> 00:36:48.059
 So it again

00:36:48.059 --> 00:36:49.139
 just reminds us

00:36:49.139 --> 00:36:50.440
 of the importance

00:36:50.440 --> 00:36:51.460
 of the now.

00:36:52.300 --> 00:36:52.980
 The today

00:36:52.980 --> 00:36:54.179
 as the scripture

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:55.079
 speaks of.

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.340
 The urgency

00:36:56.340 --> 00:36:57.880
 of the gospel

00:36:57.880 --> 00:36:58.440
 in light

00:36:58.440 --> 00:36:59.440
 of heaven

00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.460
 and hell.

00:37:01.539 --> 00:37:02.159
 And we remember

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.820
 that no one

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:04.240
 taught on hell

00:37:04.240 --> 00:37:05.079
 more than the Lord

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:06.139
 Jesus himself

00:37:06.139 --> 00:37:07.480
 just as we read

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.519
 in Matthew.

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:10.440
 Some people

00:37:10.440 --> 00:37:11.179
 have said that

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:11.760
 you know

00:37:11.760 --> 00:37:12.900
 it's more important

00:37:12.900 --> 00:37:13.960
 in this day and age

00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:14.400
 that we

00:37:14.400 --> 00:37:15.719
 just maybe forget

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.380
 about hell

00:37:16.380 --> 00:37:17.559
 and don't speak

00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:18.219
 about it.

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:19.460
 Show them the love

00:37:19.460 --> 00:37:20.139
 of Christ.

00:37:20.619 --> 00:37:21.320
 Don't try and

00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:22.179
 scare them

00:37:22.179 --> 00:37:22.780
 into heaven

00:37:22.780 --> 00:37:23.840
 by teaching on hell.

00:37:24.199 --> 00:37:25.139
 Just show the love

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:25.880
 of Christ.

00:37:27.099 --> 00:37:28.039
 But it's important

00:37:28.039 --> 00:37:29.280
 to have both.

00:37:29.980 --> 00:37:30.519
 And as we think

00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:31.079
 of the doctrine

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.480
 of hell

00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:32.079
 and the reality

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.539
 of hell

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:34.340
 and we put that

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:35.579
 before ourselves,

00:37:36.300 --> 00:37:37.500
 that is reminding us

00:37:37.500 --> 00:37:38.619
 even maybe more

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.220
 greatly

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:40.220
 and truly

00:37:40.220 --> 00:37:40.840
 the love

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.619
 of Christ.

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.579
 Of what he came

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.599
 to save us

00:37:44.599 --> 00:37:45.159
 from.

00:37:46.119 --> 00:37:47.079
 Of the love

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:47.720
 of God

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.760
 that gave us

00:37:48.760 --> 00:37:49.000
 son,

00:37:49.060 --> 00:37:49.340
 the love

00:37:49.340 --> 00:37:50.060
 of Christ

00:37:50.060 --> 00:37:51.000
 that gave

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.500
 his life

00:37:51.500 --> 00:37:52.740
 to spare us

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:54.220
 the reality

00:37:54.220 --> 00:37:54.780
 of hell

00:37:54.780 --> 00:37:55.900
 for ourselves.

00:37:57.900 --> 00:37:58.420
 And what it

00:37:58.420 --> 00:37:59.180
 cost him

00:37:59.180 --> 00:38:00.320
 was the giving

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:01.840
 of his very life.

00:38:02.340 --> 00:38:03.040
 So it's so

00:38:03.040 --> 00:38:03.740
 important

00:38:03.740 --> 00:38:05.000
 that we hear

00:38:05.000 --> 00:38:05.760
 the reality

00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:07.300
 not just of heaven

00:38:07.300 --> 00:38:08.580
 and the beauty

00:38:08.580 --> 00:38:09.000
 of that

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.840
 but the reality

00:38:09.840 --> 00:38:10.460
 of hell

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:12.080
 and the cursing,

00:38:12.500 --> 00:38:13.100
 the darkness,

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.800
 the bitterness

00:38:13.800 --> 00:38:15.100
 of that.

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:16.720
 Reverend

00:38:16.720 --> 00:38:17.820
 Sinclair Ferguson

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:19.220
 once told a story

00:38:19.220 --> 00:38:20.760
 from a number

00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.740
 of years ago

00:38:21.740 --> 00:38:23.380
 and he's told it

00:38:23.380 --> 00:38:25.180
 of one royal princess

00:38:25.180 --> 00:38:26.700
 who was coming

00:38:26.700 --> 00:38:27.700
 out of a cathedral

00:38:27.700 --> 00:38:29.300
 service in England

00:38:29.300 --> 00:38:31.160
 and she spoke

00:38:31.160 --> 00:38:31.760
 to the dean

00:38:31.760 --> 00:38:32.680
 of the cathedral

00:38:32.680 --> 00:38:33.860
 on the way out

00:38:33.860 --> 00:38:36.240
 and she asked

00:38:36.240 --> 00:38:36.700
 the dean

00:38:36.700 --> 00:38:37.980
 a question.

00:38:39.260 --> 00:38:40.300
 Is it true,

00:38:40.500 --> 00:38:40.700
 dean,

00:38:41.100 --> 00:38:41.960
 that there is

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:42.680
 a place

00:38:42.680 --> 00:38:44.160
 called hell?

00:38:44.159 --> 00:38:45.739
 to which

00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:46.199
 apparently

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.859
 the dean

00:38:46.859 --> 00:38:47.319
 replied,

00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.619
 madam,

00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:48.839
 the scriptures

00:38:48.839 --> 00:38:50.039
 say so.

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:52.079
 Christian people

00:38:52.079 --> 00:38:53.279
 have always

00:38:53.279 --> 00:38:54.539
 believed so

00:38:54.539 --> 00:38:55.859
 and the church

00:38:55.859 --> 00:38:56.699
 of England

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:58.259
 confesses so.

00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.899
 To which

00:38:59.899 --> 00:39:00.699
 the princess

00:39:00.699 --> 00:39:01.379
 is supposed to

00:39:01.379 --> 00:39:01.899
 have replied

00:39:01.899 --> 00:39:02.319
 saying,

00:39:03.899 --> 00:39:04.440
 and then

00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:05.839
 in God's name

00:39:05.839 --> 00:39:07.059
 why don't

00:39:07.059 --> 00:39:08.000
 you tell us?

00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:11.800
 why don't

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:12.780
 you tell us

00:39:12.780 --> 00:39:13.139
 so?

00:39:14.440 --> 00:39:15.239
 The reality

00:39:15.239 --> 00:39:16.500
 of hell.

00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:16.980
 Hell is

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:18.159
 an uncomfortable

00:39:18.159 --> 00:39:19.059
 subject

00:39:19.059 --> 00:39:20.780
 and for some

00:39:20.780 --> 00:39:21.659
 Christians it can

00:39:21.659 --> 00:39:22.940
 be an awkward

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.500
 subject,

00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:24.559
 sometimes an

00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:25.139
 embarrassing

00:39:25.139 --> 00:39:26.420
 subject to talk

00:39:26.420 --> 00:39:26.579
 about.

00:39:26.639 --> 00:39:27.139
 We find it

00:39:27.139 --> 00:39:27.619
 difficult.

00:39:28.179 --> 00:39:28.760
 How can a

00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:29.460
 loving God

00:39:29.460 --> 00:39:30.380
 condemn anyone

00:39:30.380 --> 00:39:31.699
 in this way?

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.000
 But it's about

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:34.699
 seeing the

00:39:34.699 --> 00:39:35.280
 balance,

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:36.920
 seeing both

00:39:36.920 --> 00:39:37.519
 that God,

00:39:38.060 --> 00:39:38.700
 yes there is

00:39:38.700 --> 00:39:39.260
 a place

00:39:39.260 --> 00:39:39.920
 for sinners

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.460
 who do not

00:39:40.460 --> 00:39:40.900
 repent,

00:39:42.600 --> 00:39:42.900
 but the

00:39:42.900 --> 00:39:43.640
 reality too

00:39:43.640 --> 00:39:44.040
 is that

00:39:44.040 --> 00:39:45.260
 faith in

00:39:45.260 --> 00:39:45.600
 the Lord

00:39:45.600 --> 00:39:46.480
 Jesus Christ

00:39:46.480 --> 00:39:47.080
 is the only

00:39:47.080 --> 00:39:48.040
 thing that

00:39:48.040 --> 00:39:48.720
 can spare

00:39:48.720 --> 00:39:49.519
 us from

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:51.000
 that darkness.

00:39:51.980 --> 00:39:52.660
 Avoiding

00:39:52.660 --> 00:39:53.960
 the subject,

00:39:54.420 --> 00:39:55.000
 it doesn't

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:55.560
 make it

00:39:55.560 --> 00:39:56.400
 go away.

00:39:57.080 --> 00:39:57.640
 The reality

00:39:57.640 --> 00:39:58.500
 is always

00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.860
 there before

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.220
 us.

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:00.620
 So why

00:40:00.620 --> 00:40:01.260
 did Jesus

00:40:01.260 --> 00:40:02.700
 talk about

00:40:02.700 --> 00:40:03.620
 it so much?

00:40:03.619 --> 00:40:05.119
 Why did

00:40:05.119 --> 00:40:05.940
 Jesus often

00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:07.420
 speak about

00:40:07.420 --> 00:40:08.119
 this place

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:08.519
 hell?

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.579
 Because his

00:40:09.579 --> 00:40:10.299
 longing for

00:40:10.299 --> 00:40:11.679
 people was

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:12.199
 to know

00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:13.039
 the truth,

00:40:13.839 --> 00:40:14.859
 the reality

00:40:14.859 --> 00:40:16.079
 of not

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.699
 believing,

00:40:17.119 --> 00:40:17.880
 of rejecting

00:40:17.880 --> 00:40:18.699
 the gospel,

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.119
 that without

00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:20.599
 him,

00:40:21.179 --> 00:40:22.219
 the saviour

00:40:22.219 --> 00:40:22.940
 of the world,

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.039
 the reality

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:25.239
 is eternal

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:26.420
 destruction.

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:28.179
 Why does

00:40:28.179 --> 00:40:29.599
 Paul address

00:40:29.599 --> 00:40:30.239
 it here to

00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:31.359
 the Thessalonians?

00:40:31.900 --> 00:40:32.359
 Again,

00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:33.240
 it's out of

00:40:33.240 --> 00:40:34.380
 his pastoral

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:35.440
 love of

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:36.120
 the people,

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.960
 his great

00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:38.079
 concern for

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:38.380
 them that

00:40:38.380 --> 00:40:38.680
 they would

00:40:38.680 --> 00:40:39.980
 realise what

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:41.360
 a rejection

00:40:41.360 --> 00:40:42.039
 of Christ

00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:42.640
 means.

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:45.019
 And why

00:40:45.019 --> 00:40:45.320
 do we

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:46.019
 preach it?

00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:47.420
 Because we

00:40:47.420 --> 00:40:48.099
 all need to

00:40:48.099 --> 00:40:49.000
 know the

00:40:49.000 --> 00:40:49.880
 reality of

00:40:49.880 --> 00:40:50.140
 it, but

00:40:50.140 --> 00:40:51.380
 also the

00:40:51.380 --> 00:40:52.559
 way away

00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.579
 from it.

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.240
 So as we

00:40:55.240 --> 00:40:55.780
 think of

00:40:55.780 --> 00:40:56.340
 hell as we

00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:56.980
 have it here

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:57.300
 in verse

00:40:57.300 --> 00:40:58.280
 7 to

00:40:58.280 --> 00:40:59.019
 verse 9,

00:40:59.920 --> 00:41:00.480
 there's three

00:41:00.480 --> 00:41:01.300
 things about

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:02.039
 it that

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:02.199
 we're

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:02.920
 reminded of

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:03.139
 here.

00:41:03.280 --> 00:41:03.760
 First of

00:41:03.760 --> 00:41:04.019
 all,

00:41:04.500 --> 00:41:05.000
 it's a

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:06.280
 real place.

00:41:07.980 --> 00:41:08.760
 It's a

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:09.699
 real place.

00:41:10.940 --> 00:41:11.579
 Don't just

00:41:11.579 --> 00:41:12.380
 take my

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:13.099
 word for

00:41:13.099 --> 00:41:13.320
 it,

00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:15.099
 take Jesus'

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:16.300
 word for

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:16.579
 it.

00:41:16.940 --> 00:41:17.420
 Because

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:18.019
 Jesus

00:41:18.019 --> 00:41:19.300
 presents it

00:41:19.300 --> 00:41:19.699
 so,

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:21.280
 as a

00:41:21.280 --> 00:41:22.380
 real place.

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.280
 Here in

00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:24.880
 verse 7

00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:25.179
 and 8,

00:41:25.260 --> 00:41:25.780
 we are told

00:41:25.780 --> 00:41:26.720
 that Jesus

00:41:26.720 --> 00:41:27.140
 will be

00:41:27.140 --> 00:41:27.760
 revealed to

00:41:27.760 --> 00:41:28.400
 bring vengeance

00:41:28.400 --> 00:41:28.920
 on those

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.160
 who do

00:41:29.160 --> 00:41:29.620
 not know

00:41:29.620 --> 00:41:30.700
 God or

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:31.580
 obey his

00:41:31.580 --> 00:41:32.019
 word.

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:33.820
 He will

00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:34.960
 come to

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.519
 judge.

00:41:36.140 --> 00:41:36.420
 And he's

00:41:36.420 --> 00:41:37.519
 fulfilling the

00:41:37.519 --> 00:41:38.280
 words of

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:38.980
 warning that

00:41:38.980 --> 00:41:39.240
 he has

00:41:39.240 --> 00:41:39.920
 already given.

00:41:41.080 --> 00:41:41.200
 In

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:42.400
 Matthew 7

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.280
 verse 13,

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.100
 it says,

00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:44.840
 they enter by

00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:45.320
 the narrow

00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:46.140
 gate, for

00:41:46.140 --> 00:41:46.700
 the gate is

00:41:46.700 --> 00:41:47.360
 wide and the

00:41:47.360 --> 00:41:48.100
 way is easy

00:41:48.100 --> 00:41:48.680
 that leads

00:41:48.680 --> 00:41:49.580
 to destruction.

00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:51.080
 And those

00:41:51.080 --> 00:41:51.660
 who enter

00:41:51.660 --> 00:41:52.320
 by it

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:53.460
 are many.

00:41:54.620 --> 00:41:55.500
 Enter by

00:41:55.500 --> 00:41:56.539
 the narrow

00:41:56.539 --> 00:41:57.000
 gate.

00:41:57.719 --> 00:41:58.179
 Find your

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.679
 way to

00:41:58.679 --> 00:41:59.320
 salvation,

00:41:59.940 --> 00:42:01.079
 not by

00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:01.780
 continuing on

00:42:01.780 --> 00:42:02.380
 the broad

00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.380
 way or

00:42:03.380 --> 00:42:03.940
 the wide

00:42:03.940 --> 00:42:04.360
 gate, as

00:42:04.360 --> 00:42:04.880
 he describes

00:42:04.880 --> 00:42:05.179
 it, that

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:06.219
 leads to

00:42:06.219 --> 00:42:06.920
 destruction.

00:42:08.300 --> 00:42:08.960
 The two

00:42:08.960 --> 00:42:10.139
 destinations

00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:11.239
 presented by

00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:12.440
 Jesus, it's

00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:13.079
 a real

00:42:13.079 --> 00:42:14.059
 place.

00:42:14.940 --> 00:42:15.599
 And it begs

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.260
 the question

00:42:16.260 --> 00:42:16.820
 of us,

00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:18.320
 what road

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:18.880
 are you on?

00:42:18.960 --> 00:42:19.679
 What path

00:42:19.679 --> 00:42:20.780
 are you on?

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.460
 What gate

00:42:21.460 --> 00:42:22.059
 are you going

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.519
 through?

00:42:23.920 --> 00:42:24.599
 What is

00:42:24.599 --> 00:42:25.460
 the destination

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:26.440
 that you

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:26.860
 are on?

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:28.800
 Jesus again

00:42:28.800 --> 00:42:29.400
 says in

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:30.380
 Matthew 10

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:31.440
 verse 28,

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.240
 he says,

00:42:32.340 --> 00:42:32.980
 do not fear

00:42:32.980 --> 00:42:33.539
 those who

00:42:33.539 --> 00:42:33.980
 kill the

00:42:33.980 --> 00:42:34.880
 body, but

00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:35.599
 cannot kill

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:36.260
 the soul.

00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:37.280
 Rather,

00:42:37.539 --> 00:42:38.220
 fear him

00:42:38.220 --> 00:42:39.039
 who can

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:40.280
 destroy both

00:42:40.280 --> 00:42:41.480
 soul and

00:42:41.480 --> 00:42:42.720
 body in

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:43.159
 hell.

00:42:44.220 --> 00:42:44.980
 He just

00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:45.820
 reminds us

00:42:45.820 --> 00:42:46.940
 so often,

00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.039
 it is a

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:49.519
 real place.

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.000
 As one

00:42:52.000 --> 00:42:52.659
 commentator

00:42:52.659 --> 00:42:53.179
 says,

00:42:53.179 --> 00:42:54.659
 this is

00:42:54.659 --> 00:42:55.319
 not the

00:42:55.319 --> 00:42:55.799
 imagination

00:42:55.799 --> 00:42:56.659
 of man.

00:42:57.539 --> 00:42:57.920
 These are

00:42:57.920 --> 00:42:58.179
 not the

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:58.859
 words of

00:42:58.859 --> 00:42:59.480
 great

00:42:59.480 --> 00:43:00.279
 theologians

00:43:00.279 --> 00:43:00.539
 like

00:43:00.539 --> 00:43:00.960
 Jonathan

00:43:00.960 --> 00:43:01.379
 Edwards

00:43:01.379 --> 00:43:02.139
 or John

00:43:02.139 --> 00:43:02.639
 Calvin

00:43:02.639 --> 00:43:03.579
 or Augustine

00:43:03.579 --> 00:43:04.679
 or Paul

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:05.379
 himself.

00:43:06.440 --> 00:43:06.859
 These are

00:43:06.859 --> 00:43:07.519
 the words

00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.960
 of Jesus

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:11.179
 reminding us

00:43:11.179 --> 00:43:12.199
 of the

00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:12.779
 reality

00:43:12.779 --> 00:43:14.119
 of this

00:43:14.119 --> 00:43:14.639
 place,

00:43:14.639 --> 00:43:16.579
 that hell

00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.599
 is a

00:43:17.599 --> 00:43:18.039
 real

00:43:18.039 --> 00:43:19.000
 place.

00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:20.780
 there is

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:21.159
 so many

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:21.579
 people

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:22.119
 afraid

00:43:22.119 --> 00:43:23.079
 of so

00:43:23.079 --> 00:43:23.300
 many

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:23.739
 things

00:43:23.739 --> 00:43:24.119
 today.

00:43:25.579 --> 00:43:26.219
 We are

00:43:26.219 --> 00:43:26.739
 afraid

00:43:26.739 --> 00:43:27.139
 in the

00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:27.579
 world in

00:43:27.579 --> 00:43:27.920
 which we

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:28.260
 live of

00:43:28.260 --> 00:43:28.920
 so much

00:43:28.920 --> 00:43:29.719
 that may

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:30.480
 lie before

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.039
 us,

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:32.960
 but how

00:43:32.960 --> 00:43:33.820
 afraid are

00:43:33.820 --> 00:43:34.179
 we of

00:43:34.179 --> 00:43:34.900
 our eternal

00:43:34.900 --> 00:43:36.079
 destination

00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:36.420
 and the

00:43:36.420 --> 00:43:36.920
 reality

00:43:36.920 --> 00:43:38.179
 of this

00:43:38.179 --> 00:43:38.639
 place,

00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:39.039
 hell.

00:43:41.579 --> 00:43:42.239
 The second

00:43:42.239 --> 00:43:42.840
 thing we see

00:43:42.840 --> 00:43:43.380
 of this

00:43:43.380 --> 00:43:44.159
 place,

00:43:44.400 --> 00:43:45.099
 it's not

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:45.840
 a place

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:47.159
 to joke

00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:47.559
 about.

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:49.480
 It's not

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.019
 a place

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.860
 to make

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:51.420
 a joke

00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:51.679
 of.

00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:51.940
 When you

00:43:51.940 --> 00:43:52.880
 read these

00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:53.420
 words,

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.340
 when Jesus

00:43:54.340 --> 00:43:55.019
 is revealed

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.599
 from heaven

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:55.940
 with his

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.860
 mighty angels

00:43:56.860 --> 00:43:57.860
 in flaming

00:43:57.860 --> 00:43:58.519
 fire,

00:43:59.019 --> 00:43:59.500
 inflicting

00:43:59.500 --> 00:44:00.300
 vengeance on

00:44:00.300 --> 00:44:00.719
 those who

00:44:00.719 --> 00:44:01.019
 do not

00:44:01.019 --> 00:44:01.639
 know God

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:01.920
 and on

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.320
 those who

00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:02.619
 do not

00:44:02.619 --> 00:44:03.659
 obey the

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:04.300
 gospel of

00:44:04.300 --> 00:44:04.659
 our Lord

00:44:04.659 --> 00:44:05.039
 Jesus,

00:44:05.260 --> 00:44:05.659
 they will

00:44:05.659 --> 00:44:07.019
 suffer the

00:44:07.019 --> 00:44:07.579
 punishment

00:44:07.579 --> 00:44:09.099
 of eternal

00:44:09.099 --> 00:44:09.880
 destruction.

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:11.840
 It's not

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.480
 a place

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:13.840
 to joke

00:44:13.840 --> 00:44:14.179
 about.

00:44:14.940 --> 00:44:15.699
 You see

00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:16.619
 it so

00:44:16.619 --> 00:44:17.039
 often,

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.280
 and it

00:44:18.280 --> 00:44:18.760
 becomes

00:44:18.760 --> 00:44:19.900
 more so

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:20.320
 as the

00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:20.740
 days and

00:44:20.740 --> 00:44:21.240
 the years

00:44:21.240 --> 00:44:21.860
 go on,

00:44:22.400 --> 00:44:23.019
 that hell,

00:44:23.660 --> 00:44:24.220
 the devil,

00:44:25.019 --> 00:44:25.740
 the gospel,

00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:26.840
 it just

00:44:26.840 --> 00:44:27.700
 becomes the

00:44:27.700 --> 00:44:28.580
 butt of

00:44:28.580 --> 00:44:29.540
 all jokes.

00:44:30.540 --> 00:44:31.160
 The mocking

00:44:31.160 --> 00:44:32.080
 of the

00:44:32.080 --> 00:44:33.080
 Christian faith

00:44:33.080 --> 00:44:34.280
 and Christians

00:44:34.280 --> 00:44:35.360
 becomes more

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:36.440
 and more.

00:44:38.200 --> 00:44:38.860
 It's amazing

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:39.820
 how online,

00:44:40.380 --> 00:44:40.620
 you know,

00:44:40.720 --> 00:44:41.360
 for all it's

00:44:41.360 --> 00:44:41.740
 good,

00:44:42.620 --> 00:44:43.320
 now you see

00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:44.120
 so many people

00:44:44.120 --> 00:44:45.340
 just spouting

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:46.280
 forth all

00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:46.920
 sorts,

00:44:48.140 --> 00:44:48.760
 and especially

00:44:48.760 --> 00:44:49.180
 when it

00:44:49.180 --> 00:44:49.740
 comes to

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:50.300
 faith.

00:44:51.420 --> 00:44:51.920
 Faith,

00:44:52.200 --> 00:44:52.800
 the Christian

00:44:52.800 --> 00:44:53.300
 faith,

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.200
 the butt

00:44:54.200 --> 00:44:54.680
 of all

00:44:54.680 --> 00:44:55.200
 jokes.

00:44:55.840 --> 00:44:56.120
 Jokes

00:44:56.120 --> 00:44:56.640
 have become

00:44:56.640 --> 00:44:57.240
 more and

00:44:57.240 --> 00:44:57.960
 more harsh

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.760
 as the

00:44:58.760 --> 00:44:59.360
 days and

00:44:59.360 --> 00:44:59.840
 the years

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:00.540
 go on.

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:01.240
 It's almost

00:45:01.240 --> 00:45:01.500
 like there's

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:02.300
 no filter

00:45:02.300 --> 00:45:02.960
 on people

00:45:02.960 --> 00:45:03.240
 now,

00:45:03.320 --> 00:45:03.620
 they'll just

00:45:03.620 --> 00:45:04.540
 say anything

00:45:04.540 --> 00:45:06.040
 when they

00:45:06.040 --> 00:45:06.800
 make mockery

00:45:06.800 --> 00:45:07.260
 of the

00:45:07.260 --> 00:45:07.660
 faith,

00:45:08.140 --> 00:45:08.480
 but you

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:09.340
 just shudder

00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:10.080
 at what

00:45:10.080 --> 00:45:10.680
 you hear.

00:45:10.679 --> 00:45:13.239
 somebody was

00:45:13.239 --> 00:45:13.839
 just saying

00:45:13.839 --> 00:45:14.599
 recently that

00:45:14.599 --> 00:45:15.460
 they're part

00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:15.779
 of an

00:45:15.779 --> 00:45:16.839
 atheist group

00:45:16.839 --> 00:45:17.980
 in order

00:45:17.980 --> 00:45:18.919
 to save

00:45:18.919 --> 00:45:19.619
 Christians

00:45:19.619 --> 00:45:20.599
 from their

00:45:20.599 --> 00:45:21.059
 way of

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:21.519
 thinking.

00:45:22.759 --> 00:45:23.519
 It's as if

00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:24.059
 this is their

00:45:24.059 --> 00:45:24.460
 mission,

00:45:24.759 --> 00:45:25.319
 to take

00:45:25.319 --> 00:45:25.779
 Christians

00:45:25.779 --> 00:45:26.460
 back from

00:45:26.460 --> 00:45:26.839
 all these

00:45:26.839 --> 00:45:27.879
 fairy tales

00:45:27.879 --> 00:45:28.219
 as they

00:45:28.219 --> 00:45:28.940
 will describe

00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:29.199
 them,

00:45:29.419 --> 00:45:29.739
 and to

00:45:29.739 --> 00:45:30.059
 bring them

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:30.659
 back into

00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:31.179
 the real

00:45:31.179 --> 00:45:31.699
 world.

00:45:33.799 --> 00:45:34.219
 And you

00:45:34.219 --> 00:45:34.899
 just shudder

00:45:34.899 --> 00:45:35.859
 at that way

00:45:35.859 --> 00:45:36.460
 of thinking

00:45:36.460 --> 00:45:37.179
 when you

00:45:37.179 --> 00:45:37.539
 see the

00:45:37.539 --> 00:45:38.239
 reality of

00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:38.500
 what the

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:39.460
 gospel teaches,

00:45:39.460 --> 00:45:40.699
 and what

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:41.280
 the mocking

00:45:41.280 --> 00:45:42.539
 of God

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:43.280
 will bring,

00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:44.820
 the punishment

00:45:44.820 --> 00:45:45.639
 that they

00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:46.340
 will suffer,

00:45:46.460 --> 00:45:47.280
 this eternal

00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:48.440
 destruction.

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.460
 They don't

00:45:50.460 --> 00:45:51.360
 want to hear

00:45:51.360 --> 00:45:52.559
 it, but

00:45:52.559 --> 00:45:53.079
 that's the

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:54.380
 reality of

00:45:54.380 --> 00:45:54.740
 what we

00:45:54.740 --> 00:45:55.559
 have before

00:45:55.559 --> 00:45:56.000
 us.

00:45:56.720 --> 00:45:57.039
 And there

00:45:57.039 --> 00:45:57.400
 is this

00:45:57.400 --> 00:45:58.220
 joking about

00:45:58.220 --> 00:45:59.240
 even hell

00:45:59.240 --> 00:45:59.659
 being a

00:45:59.659 --> 00:45:59.960
 place,

00:46:00.139 --> 00:46:00.579
 even if it

00:46:00.579 --> 00:46:01.199
 is real,

00:46:01.619 --> 00:46:01.900
 well at

00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:02.380
 least I'll

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:02.760
 be with

00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:03.619
 my friends.

00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:06.099
 But what

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:06.559
 kind of

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:07.179
 place is

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:07.380
 it?

00:46:07.780 --> 00:46:08.159
 It's a

00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:08.619
 place of

00:46:08.619 --> 00:46:09.320
 darkness,

00:46:09.460 --> 00:46:10.220
 torment,

00:46:10.699 --> 00:46:11.240
 and gnashing

00:46:11.240 --> 00:46:12.000
 of teeth.

00:46:13.059 --> 00:46:13.539
 It's not

00:46:13.539 --> 00:46:13.940
 going to be

00:46:13.940 --> 00:46:14.579
 a place

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:15.420
 that's a

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:15.960
 party and

00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:16.440
 a family

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:17.039
 reunion.

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:18.360
 What so

00:46:18.360 --> 00:46:18.940
 many people

00:46:18.940 --> 00:46:19.519
 look forward

00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:20.139
 to at this

00:46:20.139 --> 00:46:20.559
 time of

00:46:20.559 --> 00:46:20.980
 year is

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.860
 being together

00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:22.539
 with friends

00:46:22.539 --> 00:46:23.480
 and families.

00:46:24.260 --> 00:46:24.740
 This is

00:46:24.740 --> 00:46:25.480
 not hell

00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:25.720
 though.

00:46:26.380 --> 00:46:26.860
 It's not

00:46:26.860 --> 00:46:27.519
 some kind

00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:28.220
 of party

00:46:28.220 --> 00:46:28.960
 for us

00:46:28.960 --> 00:46:29.460
 all to

00:46:29.460 --> 00:46:30.000
 enjoy

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.900
 for all

00:46:30.900 --> 00:46:31.400
 eternity.

00:46:31.400 --> 00:46:31.880
 It's a

00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:33.000
 place of

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:33.579
 torment.

00:46:34.579 --> 00:46:35.400
 It's no

00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:35.960
 joke.

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:39.720
 because it's

00:46:39.720 --> 00:46:40.139
 not a

00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:40.480
 joke,

00:46:40.820 --> 00:46:41.199
 it's a

00:46:41.199 --> 00:46:42.340
 place that

00:46:42.340 --> 00:46:42.599
 we have

00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:42.960
 to take

00:46:42.960 --> 00:46:43.699
 seriously.

00:46:44.559 --> 00:46:44.800
 It's a

00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:45.179
 third as

00:46:45.179 --> 00:46:45.679
 we see a

00:46:45.679 --> 00:46:46.940
 place to

00:46:46.940 --> 00:46:47.599
 be avoided.

00:46:49.220 --> 00:46:49.720
 Some

00:46:49.720 --> 00:46:50.280
 people will

00:46:50.280 --> 00:46:50.720
 say,

00:46:51.599 --> 00:46:51.920
 well at

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.760
 least I'll

00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:53.659
 finally be

00:46:53.659 --> 00:46:54.320
 away from

00:46:54.320 --> 00:46:55.559
 God and

00:46:55.559 --> 00:46:56.340
 Christians.

00:46:56.740 --> 00:46:57.519
 As if this

00:46:57.519 --> 00:46:58.179
 is something

00:46:58.179 --> 00:46:59.079
 to look

00:46:59.079 --> 00:47:00.179
 forward to.

00:47:00.179 --> 00:47:00.239
 you.

00:47:01.339 --> 00:47:01.799
 And it

00:47:01.799 --> 00:47:02.519
 says here

00:47:02.519 --> 00:47:03.319
 in verse

00:47:03.319 --> 00:47:03.659
 9,

00:47:03.739 --> 00:47:03.940
 they will

00:47:03.940 --> 00:47:04.719
 suffer the

00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:05.339
 punishment of

00:47:05.339 --> 00:47:05.699
 eternal

00:47:05.699 --> 00:47:06.219
 destruction

00:47:06.219 --> 00:47:07.419
 away from

00:47:07.419 --> 00:47:08.000
 the presence

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:08.460
 of the

00:47:08.460 --> 00:47:09.359
 Lord and

00:47:09.359 --> 00:47:09.719
 from the

00:47:09.719 --> 00:47:10.379
 glory of

00:47:10.379 --> 00:47:11.159
 his might.

00:47:12.239 --> 00:47:12.500
 And if

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:13.500
 anyone thinks

00:47:13.500 --> 00:47:14.259
 that this

00:47:14.259 --> 00:47:14.960
 is a good

00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:15.399
 thing,

00:47:15.699 --> 00:47:16.779
 it is not.

00:47:17.899 --> 00:47:18.639
 It is the

00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:19.739
 last thing

00:47:19.739 --> 00:47:20.779
 you want

00:47:20.779 --> 00:47:21.779
 to be cast

00:47:21.779 --> 00:47:22.519
 away from

00:47:22.519 --> 00:47:23.119
 the presence

00:47:23.119 --> 00:47:23.579
 of the

00:47:23.579 --> 00:47:24.460
 Lord and

00:47:24.460 --> 00:47:24.859
 from the

00:47:24.859 --> 00:47:25.440
 glory of

00:47:25.440 --> 00:47:26.059
 his might.

00:47:27.059 --> 00:47:28.059
 It is the

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:29.159
 absence of

00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:30.179
 all light,

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:32.420
 utter darkness.

00:47:33.539 --> 00:47:34.059
 And if the

00:47:34.059 --> 00:47:34.980
 greatest blessing

00:47:34.980 --> 00:47:35.839
 we can have

00:47:35.839 --> 00:47:36.799
 is to know

00:47:36.799 --> 00:47:37.579
 the Lord and

00:47:37.579 --> 00:47:38.599
 his face,

00:47:38.699 --> 00:47:39.399
 his light

00:47:39.399 --> 00:47:40.719
 shining upon

00:47:40.719 --> 00:47:42.339
 us, the

00:47:42.339 --> 00:47:43.079
 reverse is

00:47:43.079 --> 00:47:43.639
 through our

00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:44.099
 greatest

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:45.639
 curse is to

00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:46.319
 be cast

00:47:46.319 --> 00:47:46.799
 away.

00:47:48.679 --> 00:47:49.379
 It's a

00:47:49.379 --> 00:47:50.759
 place to

00:47:50.759 --> 00:47:51.500
 be avoided.

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:53.079
 And the

00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:53.719
 only way to

00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:55.019
 avoid it is

00:47:55.019 --> 00:47:55.859
 to come to

00:47:55.859 --> 00:47:56.480
 the light,

00:47:57.179 --> 00:47:57.799
 to come and

00:47:57.799 --> 00:47:58.099
 put your

00:47:58.099 --> 00:47:58.779
 trust,

00:47:59.159 --> 00:47:59.500
 in the

00:47:59.500 --> 00:48:00.159
 Lord Jesus

00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:00.539
 so that

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:00.819
 you will

00:48:00.819 --> 00:48:01.579
 not hear

00:48:01.579 --> 00:48:02.839
 these words

00:48:02.839 --> 00:48:03.440
 that Jesus

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:03.920
 said,

00:48:04.339 --> 00:48:05.239
 depart from

00:48:05.239 --> 00:48:05.819
 me, you

00:48:05.819 --> 00:48:06.379
 cursed,

00:48:06.879 --> 00:48:08.079
 into eternal

00:48:08.079 --> 00:48:08.980
 fire.

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:13.579
 We have

00:48:13.579 --> 00:48:14.739
 these great

00:48:14.739 --> 00:48:16.399
 truths before

00:48:16.399 --> 00:48:17.019
 us.

00:48:18.619 --> 00:48:18.940
 Henry

00:48:18.940 --> 00:48:19.940
 Alford once

00:48:19.940 --> 00:48:20.299
 said,

00:48:21.219 --> 00:48:21.599
 the most

00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:22.339
 dreadful

00:48:22.339 --> 00:48:23.420
 torment of

00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:24.179
 the lost,

00:48:24.899 --> 00:48:25.420
 in fact,

00:48:25.579 --> 00:48:26.019
 that which

00:48:26.019 --> 00:48:27.139
 constitutes their

00:48:27.139 --> 00:48:27.839
 state of

00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:29.160
 torment will

00:48:29.160 --> 00:48:29.640
 be this

00:48:29.640 --> 00:48:30.280
 coming to

00:48:30.280 --> 00:48:30.980
 themselves

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:32.180
 when it

00:48:32.180 --> 00:48:33.000
 is too

00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:34.220
 late for

00:48:34.220 --> 00:48:34.860
 repentance.

00:48:36.140 --> 00:48:36.440
 It's like

00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:37.059
 the story

00:48:37.059 --> 00:48:38.220
 of the rich

00:48:38.220 --> 00:48:39.380
 man and

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:40.180
 Lazarus.

00:48:41.780 --> 00:48:42.559
 It'll be

00:48:42.559 --> 00:48:43.920
 too late.

00:48:45.140 --> 00:48:45.680
 Knowing the

00:48:45.680 --> 00:48:46.400
 reality of

00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:46.840
 hell, then,

00:48:47.160 --> 00:48:47.720
 what does

00:48:47.720 --> 00:48:48.579
 that mean for

00:48:48.579 --> 00:48:49.300
 your journey

00:48:49.300 --> 00:48:50.360
 and your

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:52.100
 final destination?

00:48:52.099 --> 00:48:52.159
 salvation?

00:48:53.039 --> 00:48:53.699
 Are you

00:48:53.699 --> 00:48:55.079
 safe on the

00:48:55.079 --> 00:48:55.860
 narrow way

00:48:55.860 --> 00:48:57.480
 or are you

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:57.739
 in the

00:48:57.739 --> 00:48:58.460
 broad way

00:48:58.460 --> 00:48:59.559
 that leads

00:48:59.559 --> 00:49:00.360
 to destruction?

00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:01.159
 Is it time

00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:02.500
 to turn?

00:49:04.259 --> 00:49:04.699
 Hell is

00:49:04.699 --> 00:49:05.099
 real.

00:49:06.059 --> 00:49:07.039
 Hell is

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:07.519
 not a

00:49:07.519 --> 00:49:07.940
 joke.

00:49:08.860 --> 00:49:09.860
 Hell is

00:49:09.860 --> 00:49:10.139
 to be

00:49:10.139 --> 00:49:10.679
 avoided

00:49:10.679 --> 00:49:11.900
 at all

00:49:11.900 --> 00:49:12.679
 costs.

00:49:12.679 --> 00:49:14.839
 And that's

00:49:14.839 --> 00:49:15.619
 why we

00:49:15.619 --> 00:49:16.199
 give thanks

00:49:16.199 --> 00:49:16.839
 to God

00:49:16.839 --> 00:49:17.899
 for his

00:49:17.899 --> 00:49:18.419
 gospel,

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:19.960
 for the

00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:20.779
 good news

00:49:20.779 --> 00:49:22.219
 that shows

00:49:22.219 --> 00:49:23.319
 us another

00:49:23.319 --> 00:49:24.159
 destination,

00:49:24.960 --> 00:49:25.980
 another place

00:49:25.980 --> 00:49:26.719
 that we

00:49:26.719 --> 00:49:27.460
 should all

00:49:27.460 --> 00:49:28.659
 long for.

00:49:29.139 --> 00:49:29.699
 As we are

00:49:29.699 --> 00:49:30.460
 told of the

00:49:30.460 --> 00:49:31.159
 reality of

00:49:31.159 --> 00:49:32.279
 hell, we

00:49:32.279 --> 00:49:32.940
 give thanks

00:49:32.940 --> 00:49:33.659
 to God

00:49:33.659 --> 00:49:34.539
 for the

00:49:34.539 --> 00:49:35.239
 reality for

00:49:35.239 --> 00:49:35.719
 all who

00:49:35.719 --> 00:49:37.159
 believe that

00:49:37.159 --> 00:49:37.440
 at the

00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:37.859
 coming of

00:49:37.859 --> 00:49:38.460
 the Lord,

00:49:38.980 --> 00:49:39.500
 the Lord

00:49:39.500 --> 00:49:39.960
 will say,

00:49:40.119 --> 00:49:40.399
 come,

00:49:40.400 --> 00:49:41.539
 come,

00:49:41.960 --> 00:49:42.579
 you who

00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:43.220
 are blessed

00:49:43.220 --> 00:49:43.660
 by the

00:49:43.660 --> 00:49:44.079
 Father,

00:49:44.660 --> 00:49:45.559
 inherit the

00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:46.039
 kingdom

00:49:46.039 --> 00:49:47.920
 prepared for

00:49:47.920 --> 00:49:48.420
 you, the

00:49:48.420 --> 00:49:49.700
 place we

00:49:49.700 --> 00:49:50.400
 know as

00:49:50.400 --> 00:49:50.780
 heaven.

00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:51.780
 And the

00:49:51.780 --> 00:49:52.220
 way to

00:49:52.220 --> 00:49:52.760
 that is

00:49:52.760 --> 00:49:53.000
 through

00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:53.639
 Christ,

00:49:54.500 --> 00:49:54.980
 through the

00:49:54.980 --> 00:49:55.980
 light of

00:49:55.980 --> 00:49:56.579
 the world,

00:49:57.099 --> 00:49:57.579
 the Lord

00:49:57.579 --> 00:49:58.079
 Jesus

00:49:58.079 --> 00:49:58.940
 Christ.

00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:00.820
 We long

00:50:00.820 --> 00:50:01.940
 for peace

00:50:01.940 --> 00:50:02.340
 in our

00:50:02.340 --> 00:50:03.079
 world today.

00:50:03.180 --> 00:50:03.780
 We pray

00:50:03.780 --> 00:50:04.780
 for it.

00:50:05.820 --> 00:50:06.280
 And even

00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:06.619
 if it

00:50:06.619 --> 00:50:07.139
 comes,

00:50:07.260 --> 00:50:07.420
 though,

00:50:07.720 --> 00:50:08.000
 it will

00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:08.760
 not compare

00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:09.139
 to the

00:50:09.139 --> 00:50:09.900
 peace and

00:50:09.900 --> 00:50:10.380
 blessings

00:50:10.380 --> 00:50:11.320
 of for

00:50:11.320 --> 00:50:11.820
 God's

00:50:11.820 --> 00:50:12.519
 people in

00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:13.340
 this eternal

00:50:13.340 --> 00:50:14.480
 destination

00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:15.140
 of being

00:50:15.140 --> 00:50:15.740
 with him.

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:17.440
 Even the

00:50:17.440 --> 00:50:18.640
 way Paul

00:50:18.640 --> 00:50:19.539
 describes it

00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:19.940
 in another

00:50:19.940 --> 00:50:21.000
 place, he

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:21.599
 calls it

00:50:21.599 --> 00:50:22.519
 being home

00:50:22.519 --> 00:50:23.480
 with the

00:50:23.480 --> 00:50:23.840
 Lord.

00:50:24.700 --> 00:50:24.920
 The

00:50:24.920 --> 00:50:25.579
 destination

00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:26.640
 for all

00:50:26.640 --> 00:50:27.340
 who believe

00:50:27.340 --> 00:50:28.300
 to be

00:50:28.300 --> 00:50:29.480
 home with

00:50:29.480 --> 00:50:29.960
 the Lord,

00:50:30.640 --> 00:50:31.500
 to be

00:50:31.500 --> 00:50:32.300
 in his

00:50:32.300 --> 00:50:33.059
 presence

00:50:33.059 --> 00:50:34.380
 forevermore.

00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:36.260
 And when

00:50:36.260 --> 00:50:36.660
 we think

00:50:36.660 --> 00:50:37.420
 of the

00:50:37.420 --> 00:50:37.900
 difference

00:50:37.900 --> 00:50:39.099
 here between

00:50:39.099 --> 00:50:39.820
 the darkness

00:50:39.820 --> 00:50:40.940
 of hell

00:50:40.940 --> 00:50:41.240
 and the

00:50:41.240 --> 00:50:42.380
 light of

00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:42.800
 God's

00:50:42.800 --> 00:50:43.280
 kingdom,

00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:44.920
 what should

00:50:44.920 --> 00:50:45.720
 that do

00:50:45.720 --> 00:50:46.519
 for us?

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:47.640
 As we are

00:50:47.640 --> 00:50:48.640
 reminded here

00:50:48.640 --> 00:50:49.220
 of why

00:50:49.220 --> 00:50:50.400
 Jesus came

00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:51.559
 to spare

00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:52.100
 us from

00:50:52.100 --> 00:50:53.019
 that darkness

00:50:53.019 --> 00:50:53.880
 and to

00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:54.440
 lead us

00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:55.140
 into his

00:50:55.140 --> 00:50:55.760
 wonderful

00:50:55.760 --> 00:50:56.280
 light,

00:50:56.980 --> 00:50:57.840
 what should

00:50:57.840 --> 00:50:58.860
 it do

00:50:58.860 --> 00:50:59.660
 for us?

00:50:59.700 --> 00:50:59.820
 Well,

00:50:59.840 --> 00:51:00.200
 when you look

00:51:00.200 --> 00:51:00.600
 at verse

00:51:00.600 --> 00:51:01.539
 10 and

00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:01.900
 11,

00:51:02.260 --> 00:51:02.940
 the contrast

00:51:02.940 --> 00:51:03.680
 is so

00:51:03.680 --> 00:51:04.340
 stark.

00:51:04.340 --> 00:51:05.460
 when he

00:51:05.460 --> 00:51:05.940
 comes on

00:51:05.940 --> 00:51:06.400
 that day

00:51:06.400 --> 00:51:06.760
 to be

00:51:06.760 --> 00:51:07.660
 glorified

00:51:07.660 --> 00:51:08.559
 in his

00:51:08.559 --> 00:51:09.100
 saints

00:51:09.100 --> 00:51:09.920
 and to

00:51:09.920 --> 00:51:10.800
 be marveled

00:51:10.800 --> 00:51:11.840
 at among

00:51:11.840 --> 00:51:12.620
 all who

00:51:12.620 --> 00:51:13.320
 have believed,

00:51:13.820 --> 00:51:14.680
 the difference

00:51:14.680 --> 00:51:15.460
 is there for

00:51:15.460 --> 00:51:16.420
 us to see.

00:51:17.480 --> 00:51:18.160
 Night

00:51:18.160 --> 00:51:19.519
 and day,

00:51:20.660 --> 00:51:21.079
 darkness

00:51:21.079 --> 00:51:22.620
 and light,

00:51:22.720 --> 00:51:23.280
 those who

00:51:23.280 --> 00:51:24.740
 believe will

00:51:24.740 --> 00:51:26.120
 glory in

00:51:26.120 --> 00:51:26.840
 their Lord.

00:51:27.519 --> 00:51:28.780
 He will be

00:51:28.780 --> 00:51:29.720
 marveled at

00:51:29.720 --> 00:51:30.680
 among those

00:51:30.680 --> 00:51:31.480
 who have

00:51:31.480 --> 00:51:31.920
 believed.

00:51:31.920 --> 00:51:32.340
 we will

00:51:32.340 --> 00:51:33.820
 praise his

00:51:33.820 --> 00:51:34.260
 name

00:51:34.260 --> 00:51:35.159
 forever.

00:51:36.119 --> 00:51:36.400
 And so

00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:36.980
 what should

00:51:36.980 --> 00:51:37.579
 that do

00:51:37.579 --> 00:51:38.300
 for us?

00:51:38.960 --> 00:51:39.300
 Well,

00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:39.599
 it should

00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:40.400
 drive us

00:51:40.400 --> 00:51:41.139
 to our

00:51:41.139 --> 00:51:41.800
 Saviour.

00:51:42.500 --> 00:51:42.860
 It should

00:51:42.860 --> 00:51:43.619
 drive us

00:51:43.619 --> 00:51:44.320
 to the

00:51:44.320 --> 00:51:45.099
 Lord Jesus.

00:51:45.440 --> 00:51:46.039
 As Paul

00:51:46.039 --> 00:51:46.820
 warns here

00:51:46.820 --> 00:51:47.119
 of the

00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:47.599
 punishment

00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:48.940
 of eternal

00:51:48.940 --> 00:51:49.700
 destruction,

00:51:50.740 --> 00:51:51.300
 those who

00:51:51.300 --> 00:51:51.980
 believe

00:51:51.980 --> 00:51:53.079
 the reverse

00:51:53.079 --> 00:51:53.820
 is true,

00:51:54.559 --> 00:51:55.220
 eternal

00:51:55.220 --> 00:51:56.200
 blessing.

00:51:56.760 --> 00:51:57.320
 The great

00:51:57.320 --> 00:51:57.820
 gospel

00:51:57.820 --> 00:51:58.519
 invitation

00:51:58.519 --> 00:51:59.519
 is to

00:51:59.519 --> 00:52:00.000
 come,

00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:01.420
 but to

00:52:01.420 --> 00:52:01.840
 come

00:52:01.840 --> 00:52:03.140
 for what?

00:52:04.380 --> 00:52:04.680
 Well,

00:52:04.720 --> 00:52:05.440
 that gospel

00:52:05.440 --> 00:52:06.180
 invitation

00:52:06.180 --> 00:52:06.920
 that we

00:52:06.920 --> 00:52:07.519
 have so

00:52:07.519 --> 00:52:07.880
 often,

00:52:07.940 --> 00:52:08.180
 as we

00:52:08.180 --> 00:52:08.620
 see in

00:52:08.620 --> 00:52:09.340
 John 3,

00:52:09.720 --> 00:52:10.320
 16,

00:52:10.900 --> 00:52:11.480
 for God

00:52:11.480 --> 00:52:12.740
 so loved

00:52:12.740 --> 00:52:13.360
 the world

00:52:13.360 --> 00:52:13.680
 that he

00:52:13.680 --> 00:52:14.420
 gave his

00:52:14.420 --> 00:52:15.100
 only son

00:52:15.100 --> 00:52:16.360
 that whoever

00:52:16.360 --> 00:52:17.260
 believes in

00:52:17.260 --> 00:52:18.420
 him should

00:52:18.420 --> 00:52:19.260
 not perish,

00:52:19.400 --> 00:52:20.079
 this eternal

00:52:20.079 --> 00:52:21.100
 destruction he's

00:52:21.100 --> 00:52:21.660
 speaking of,

00:52:22.559 --> 00:52:23.360
 but have

00:52:23.360 --> 00:52:24.480
 eternal

00:52:24.480 --> 00:52:25.480
 life.

00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:27.400
 Again,

00:52:27.440 --> 00:52:27.740
 as we were

00:52:27.740 --> 00:52:28.320
 hearing this

00:52:28.320 --> 00:52:28.700
 morning,

00:52:29.340 --> 00:52:30.160
 that light

00:52:30.159 --> 00:52:30.899
 of the

00:52:30.899 --> 00:52:31.599
 Lord Jesus

00:52:31.599 --> 00:52:32.319
 is the

00:52:32.319 --> 00:52:33.539
 light of

00:52:33.539 --> 00:52:34.199
 life,

00:52:35.159 --> 00:52:35.879
 and life

00:52:35.879 --> 00:52:37.139
 eternal,

00:52:38.379 --> 00:52:38.759
 which should

00:52:38.759 --> 00:52:39.539
 drive us

00:52:39.539 --> 00:52:40.460
 to our

00:52:40.460 --> 00:52:40.920
 Savior.

00:52:41.659 --> 00:52:42.239
 Life,

00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:43.299
 it isn't

00:52:43.299 --> 00:52:43.839
 like a

00:52:43.839 --> 00:52:44.879
 computer game.

00:52:46.339 --> 00:52:46.519
 If you

00:52:46.519 --> 00:52:47.259
 enjoy playing

00:52:47.259 --> 00:52:48.500
 computer games,

00:52:48.899 --> 00:52:49.379
 you often

00:52:49.379 --> 00:52:50.059
 find that

00:52:50.059 --> 00:52:50.799
 you've got a

00:52:50.799 --> 00:52:51.500
 number of

00:52:51.500 --> 00:52:52.039
 lives.

00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:53.179
 You can

00:52:53.179 --> 00:52:54.279
 gain extra

00:52:54.279 --> 00:52:54.839
 lives,

00:52:54.940 --> 00:52:55.619
 you can claim

00:52:55.619 --> 00:52:55.879
 them.

00:52:56.619 --> 00:52:57.440
 This is not

00:52:57.440 --> 00:52:58.139
 real life,

00:52:58.139 --> 00:52:58.400
 though.

00:52:59.480 --> 00:53:00.440
 We only

00:53:00.440 --> 00:53:01.139
 have one

00:53:01.139 --> 00:53:02.500
 life to

00:53:02.500 --> 00:53:02.839
 live,

00:53:03.400 --> 00:53:03.879
 one

00:53:03.879 --> 00:53:05.039
 opportunity,

00:53:05.699 --> 00:53:06.659
 and today

00:53:06.659 --> 00:53:07.819
 is that

00:53:07.819 --> 00:53:08.639
 opportunity.

00:53:09.239 --> 00:53:09.900
 Today is

00:53:09.900 --> 00:53:10.699
 that time

00:53:10.699 --> 00:53:11.679
 to come.

00:53:12.539 --> 00:53:13.359
 As Charles

00:53:13.359 --> 00:53:14.519
 Studd once

00:53:14.519 --> 00:53:14.839
 said,

00:53:15.480 --> 00:53:15.940
 two little

00:53:15.940 --> 00:53:16.679
 lines I

00:53:16.679 --> 00:53:17.379
 heard one

00:53:17.379 --> 00:53:17.739
 day,

00:53:18.319 --> 00:53:19.259
 traveling along

00:53:19.259 --> 00:53:20.299
 life's busy

00:53:20.299 --> 00:53:20.659
 way,

00:53:21.379 --> 00:53:21.639
 bringing

00:53:21.639 --> 00:53:22.719
 conviction to

00:53:22.719 --> 00:53:23.359
 my heart,

00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:24.420
 and from my

00:53:24.420 --> 00:53:25.259
 mind would

00:53:25.259 --> 00:53:26.159
 not depart.

00:53:26.159 --> 00:53:28.379
 only one

00:53:28.379 --> 00:53:29.539
 life will

00:53:29.539 --> 00:53:30.199
 soon be

00:53:30.199 --> 00:53:30.799
 passed.

00:53:31.619 --> 00:53:32.019
 Only

00:53:32.019 --> 00:53:32.920
 what's done

00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:34.339
 for Christ

00:53:34.339 --> 00:53:35.219
 will last.

00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:37.399
 This

00:53:37.399 --> 00:53:38.279
 reality of

00:53:38.279 --> 00:53:38.879
 these

00:53:38.879 --> 00:53:39.679
 destinations

00:53:39.679 --> 00:53:40.579
 should drive

00:53:40.579 --> 00:53:41.440
 us to

00:53:41.440 --> 00:53:41.940
 our Lord

00:53:41.940 --> 00:53:42.940
 Jesus Christ.

00:53:43.279 --> 00:53:43.819
 It should

00:53:43.819 --> 00:53:44.500
 bring us

00:53:44.500 --> 00:53:45.339
 to our

00:53:45.339 --> 00:53:45.899
 knees,

00:53:46.759 --> 00:53:47.440
 begging with

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:47.759
 him,

00:53:48.420 --> 00:53:49.039
 what must

00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:49.739
 I do

00:53:49.739 --> 00:53:50.619
 to be

00:53:50.619 --> 00:53:51.119
 saved?

00:53:51.119 --> 00:53:53.579
 and it

00:53:53.579 --> 00:53:53.759
 should

00:53:53.759 --> 00:53:54.359
 drive us

00:53:54.359 --> 00:53:54.839
 secondly

00:53:54.839 --> 00:53:56.119
 to prayer.

00:53:57.739 --> 00:53:58.239
 That's

00:53:58.239 --> 00:53:58.480
 what we

00:53:58.480 --> 00:53:59.239
 see here

00:53:59.239 --> 00:54:00.099
 in verse

00:54:00.099 --> 00:54:00.460
 11,

00:54:00.579 --> 00:54:00.940
 to this

00:54:00.940 --> 00:54:01.400
 end,

00:54:01.819 --> 00:54:02.619
 we always

00:54:02.619 --> 00:54:03.799
 pray for

00:54:03.799 --> 00:54:04.199
 you that

00:54:04.199 --> 00:54:04.920
 our God

00:54:04.920 --> 00:54:05.539
 may make

00:54:05.539 --> 00:54:06.139
 you worthy

00:54:06.139 --> 00:54:06.559
 of his

00:54:06.559 --> 00:54:07.099
 calling,

00:54:07.579 --> 00:54:08.059
 and may

00:54:08.059 --> 00:54:08.460
 fulfill

00:54:08.460 --> 00:54:09.460
 every resolve

00:54:09.460 --> 00:54:10.099
 for good,

00:54:10.539 --> 00:54:11.019
 and every

00:54:11.019 --> 00:54:12.299
 work of

00:54:12.299 --> 00:54:13.319
 faith by

00:54:13.319 --> 00:54:14.139
 his power.

00:54:14.659 --> 00:54:15.000
 It should

00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:15.639
 drive us

00:54:15.639 --> 00:54:16.739
 on in

00:54:16.739 --> 00:54:17.259
 prayer.

00:54:17.260 --> 00:54:20.500
 salvation

00:54:20.500 --> 00:54:21.800
 belongs

00:54:21.800 --> 00:54:23.220
 to God,

00:54:23.960 --> 00:54:24.600
 but he

00:54:24.600 --> 00:54:24.900
 is a

00:54:24.900 --> 00:54:25.460
 God that

00:54:25.460 --> 00:54:26.260
 longs to

00:54:26.260 --> 00:54:26.760
 save.

00:54:27.300 --> 00:54:27.760
 He is a

00:54:27.760 --> 00:54:28.280
 God that

00:54:28.280 --> 00:54:28.940
 longs for

00:54:28.940 --> 00:54:29.460
 our people

00:54:29.460 --> 00:54:30.180
 to turn

00:54:30.180 --> 00:54:31.280
 in repentance,

00:54:31.880 --> 00:54:32.780
 to turn to

00:54:32.780 --> 00:54:33.340
 him and to

00:54:33.340 --> 00:54:34.040
 call out

00:54:34.040 --> 00:54:35.100
 on his

00:54:35.100 --> 00:54:35.540
 name.

00:54:36.900 --> 00:54:37.200
 Like so

00:54:37.200 --> 00:54:37.800
 many of the

00:54:37.800 --> 00:54:38.880
 Psalms that

00:54:38.880 --> 00:54:39.460
 we sing,

00:54:39.560 --> 00:54:40.080
 they speak

00:54:40.080 --> 00:54:41.140
 about looking

00:54:41.140 --> 00:54:41.620
 for this

00:54:41.620 --> 00:54:42.520
 path of

00:54:42.520 --> 00:54:43.080
 life,

00:54:43.720 --> 00:54:44.460
 this path

00:54:44.460 --> 00:54:45.220
 divine,

00:54:45.820 --> 00:54:46.120
 and as

00:54:46.120 --> 00:54:46.700
 Psalm 25

00:54:46.699 --> 00:54:47.460
 says,

00:54:47.919 --> 00:54:48.419
 show me

00:54:48.419 --> 00:54:49.219
 thy ways,

00:54:49.359 --> 00:54:49.939
 O Lord,

00:54:50.419 --> 00:54:51.299
 thy paths,

00:54:51.500 --> 00:54:52.039
 O teach

00:54:52.039 --> 00:54:52.539
 thou me.

00:54:53.279 --> 00:54:53.699
 It's this

00:54:53.699 --> 00:54:54.480
 crying out

00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:55.059
 to God

00:54:55.059 --> 00:54:56.059
 to show

00:54:56.059 --> 00:54:56.919
 us the

00:54:56.919 --> 00:54:57.339
 way,

00:54:57.879 --> 00:54:58.279
 the way

00:54:58.279 --> 00:54:58.599
 that is

00:54:58.599 --> 00:54:59.379
 life and

00:54:59.379 --> 00:55:00.059
 light through

00:55:00.059 --> 00:55:00.679
 Christ,

00:55:01.539 --> 00:55:01.879
 so it

00:55:01.879 --> 00:55:02.519
 should drive

00:55:02.519 --> 00:55:03.599
 us to

00:55:03.599 --> 00:55:04.039
 prayer.

00:55:05.899 --> 00:55:06.539
 The third

00:55:06.539 --> 00:55:06.919
 thing and

00:55:06.919 --> 00:55:07.460
 final thing

00:55:07.460 --> 00:55:07.839
 we see of

00:55:07.839 --> 00:55:08.359
 the reality

00:55:08.359 --> 00:55:09.539
 of heaven

00:55:09.539 --> 00:55:10.199
 and hell

00:55:10.199 --> 00:55:10.739
 as well

00:55:10.739 --> 00:55:11.519
 as it

00:55:11.519 --> 00:55:12.179
 should drive

00:55:12.179 --> 00:55:13.359
 us in

00:55:13.359 --> 00:55:13.980
 our mission.

00:55:15.039 --> 00:55:15.500
 In our

00:55:15.500 --> 00:55:16.059
 mission as

00:55:16.059 --> 00:55:16.559
 a people

00:55:16.559 --> 00:55:17.039
 of God,

00:55:17.099 --> 00:55:17.360
 in our

00:55:17.360 --> 00:55:18.279
 mission as

00:55:18.279 --> 00:55:18.860
 a church,

00:55:18.940 --> 00:55:19.159
 as a

00:55:19.159 --> 00:55:19.840
 denomination,

00:55:20.440 --> 00:55:20.900
 it should

00:55:20.900 --> 00:55:21.820
 drive us

00:55:21.820 --> 00:55:22.739
 in this

00:55:22.739 --> 00:55:23.159
 mission.

00:55:23.599 --> 00:55:24.099
 If we

00:55:24.099 --> 00:55:24.599
 know the

00:55:24.599 --> 00:55:25.340
 reality of

00:55:25.340 --> 00:55:26.299
 hell and

00:55:26.299 --> 00:55:26.860
 the reality

00:55:26.860 --> 00:55:27.519
 of heaven

00:55:27.519 --> 00:55:28.639
 and that

00:55:28.639 --> 00:55:29.779
 being in

00:55:29.779 --> 00:55:30.659
 one final

00:55:30.659 --> 00:55:31.500
 destination is

00:55:31.500 --> 00:55:32.279
 to be lost

00:55:32.279 --> 00:55:33.119
 eternally,

00:55:33.279 --> 00:55:34.039
 or to be in

00:55:34.039 --> 00:55:34.500
 the other is

00:55:34.500 --> 00:55:35.340
 to be saved

00:55:35.340 --> 00:55:36.000
 eternally,

00:55:36.219 --> 00:55:37.340
 that shouldn't

00:55:37.340 --> 00:55:38.099
 just wash

00:55:38.099 --> 00:55:38.880
 over us.

00:55:40.079 --> 00:55:40.639
 It shouldn't

00:55:40.639 --> 00:55:41.519
 just go past

00:55:41.519 --> 00:55:42.039
 us and not

00:55:42.039 --> 00:55:42.860
 make us think,

00:55:42.860 --> 00:55:44.079
 what are we

00:55:44.079 --> 00:55:45.220
 doing for

00:55:45.220 --> 00:55:45.820
 those who

00:55:45.820 --> 00:55:46.500
 are lost?

00:55:48.220 --> 00:55:48.660
 It should

00:55:48.660 --> 00:55:49.539
 drive us

00:55:49.539 --> 00:55:50.500
 in our

00:55:50.500 --> 00:55:50.960
 mission.

00:55:52.180 --> 00:55:52.640
 Why did

00:55:52.640 --> 00:55:53.660
 Jesus teach

00:55:53.660 --> 00:55:54.320
 so much

00:55:54.320 --> 00:55:54.880
 on hell?

00:55:55.760 --> 00:55:56.460
 Was it to

00:55:56.460 --> 00:55:57.599
 scare people?

00:55:58.620 --> 00:55:58.880
 No.

00:55:59.340 --> 00:55:59.960
 It was that

00:55:59.960 --> 00:56:00.920
 they might hear

00:56:00.920 --> 00:56:02.079
 the good news

00:56:02.079 --> 00:56:02.840
 of the gospel

00:56:02.840 --> 00:56:03.920
 beside that

00:56:03.920 --> 00:56:05.180
 and turn

00:56:05.180 --> 00:56:06.300
 in repentance

00:56:06.300 --> 00:56:07.000
 to him.

00:56:07.320 --> 00:56:07.780
 And so it

00:56:07.780 --> 00:56:08.400
 should drive

00:56:08.400 --> 00:56:09.099
 us in our

00:56:09.099 --> 00:56:10.000
 mission to

00:56:10.000 --> 00:56:10.680
 reach out

00:56:10.680 --> 00:56:11.460
 with the gospel

00:56:11.460 --> 00:56:11.900
 today in

00:56:11.900 --> 00:56:12.320
 the same

00:56:12.320 --> 00:56:13.159
 way that

00:56:13.159 --> 00:56:13.720
 Paul was

00:56:13.720 --> 00:56:14.320
 encouraging

00:56:14.320 --> 00:56:15.579
 the Thessalonians

00:56:15.579 --> 00:56:16.220
 to go on

00:56:16.220 --> 00:56:16.960
 in the faith,

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:18.320
 to stand

00:56:18.320 --> 00:56:19.220
 up to those

00:56:19.220 --> 00:56:19.559
 who would

00:56:19.559 --> 00:56:20.579
 mock and

00:56:20.579 --> 00:56:21.440
 persecute the

00:56:21.440 --> 00:56:22.440
 Christian faith

00:56:22.440 --> 00:56:24.099
 and continue

00:56:24.099 --> 00:56:25.240
 to be salt

00:56:25.240 --> 00:56:25.780
 and light

00:56:25.780 --> 00:56:26.440
 in the midst

00:56:26.440 --> 00:56:27.440
 of this world.

00:56:27.840 --> 00:56:28.280
 It should

00:56:28.280 --> 00:56:29.139
 drive us

00:56:29.139 --> 00:56:29.639
 on.

00:56:30.659 --> 00:56:31.260
 They knew

00:56:31.260 --> 00:56:32.240
 they had

00:56:32.240 --> 00:56:32.760
 light.

00:56:33.820 --> 00:56:34.800
 They knew

00:56:34.800 --> 00:56:35.599
 they had the

00:56:35.599 --> 00:56:36.119
 light of

00:56:36.119 --> 00:56:37.260
 Jesus Christ

00:56:37.260 --> 00:56:38.519
 that made

00:56:38.519 --> 00:56:39.139
 so much of

00:56:39.139 --> 00:56:39.659
 a difference

00:56:39.659 --> 00:56:39.960
 in the

00:56:39.960 --> 00:56:40.380
 darkness

00:56:40.380 --> 00:56:41.480
 of this

00:56:41.480 --> 00:56:41.840
 world.

00:56:41.960 --> 00:56:42.400
 And so

00:56:42.400 --> 00:56:43.119
 should we

00:56:43.119 --> 00:56:44.099
 to know

00:56:44.099 --> 00:56:44.500
 that we

00:56:44.500 --> 00:56:45.519
 have the

00:56:45.519 --> 00:56:46.119
 light of

00:56:46.119 --> 00:56:46.619
 Christ

00:56:46.619 --> 00:56:47.680
 and to

00:56:47.680 --> 00:56:48.260
 shine it

00:56:48.260 --> 00:56:48.700
 forth

00:56:48.700 --> 00:56:49.840
 before all

00:56:49.840 --> 00:56:50.360
 others.

00:56:51.700 --> 00:56:52.240
 Charles

00:56:52.240 --> 00:56:52.860
 Spurgeon

00:56:52.860 --> 00:56:53.519
 once said

00:56:53.519 --> 00:56:54.000
 this.

00:56:54.880 --> 00:56:55.760
 It's such

00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:56.960
 a powerful

00:56:56.960 --> 00:56:57.559
 way of

00:56:57.559 --> 00:56:58.079
 looking at

00:56:58.079 --> 00:56:58.260
 it.

00:56:58.700 --> 00:56:59.099
 He said,

00:56:59.619 --> 00:57:00.200
 if sinners

00:57:00.200 --> 00:57:01.140
 be damned,

00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:02.660
 at least

00:57:02.660 --> 00:57:03.380
 let them

00:57:03.380 --> 00:57:03.980
 leap to

00:57:03.980 --> 00:57:05.059
 hell over

00:57:05.059 --> 00:57:05.680
 our dead

00:57:05.680 --> 00:57:06.180
 bodies.

00:57:06.880 --> 00:57:07.519
 And if

00:57:07.519 --> 00:57:08.320
 they perish,

00:57:08.320 --> 00:57:10.440
 perish,

00:57:10.440 --> 00:57:11.039
 let them

00:57:11.039 --> 00:57:11.160
 perish with

00:57:11.160 --> 00:57:12.019
 our arms

00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:12.840
 wrapped about

00:57:12.840 --> 00:57:13.600
 their knees,

00:57:14.400 --> 00:57:15.519
 imploring them

00:57:15.519 --> 00:57:16.380
 to stay.

00:57:17.519 --> 00:57:18.200
 If hell

00:57:18.200 --> 00:57:18.760
 must be

00:57:18.760 --> 00:57:19.200
 filled,

00:57:19.640 --> 00:57:20.039
 let it be

00:57:20.039 --> 00:57:20.640
 filled in

00:57:20.640 --> 00:57:21.180
 the teeth

00:57:21.180 --> 00:57:21.780
 of our

00:57:21.780 --> 00:57:22.660
 exertions,

00:57:23.380 --> 00:57:23.840
 and let

00:57:23.840 --> 00:57:24.559
 no one

00:57:24.559 --> 00:57:26.320
 go unwarned

00:57:26.320 --> 00:57:27.640
 or unprayed

00:57:27.640 --> 00:57:28.080
 for.

00:57:29.120 --> 00:57:29.500
 What a

00:57:29.500 --> 00:57:30.120
 challenge

00:57:30.120 --> 00:57:31.140
 to our

00:57:31.140 --> 00:57:31.539
 mission.

00:57:32.660 --> 00:57:33.160
 As a

00:57:33.160 --> 00:57:33.600
 church,

00:57:33.700 --> 00:57:34.160
 is that

00:57:34.159 --> 00:57:34.920
 the way

00:57:34.920 --> 00:57:35.619
 we live?

00:57:37.099 --> 00:57:37.480
 Putting

00:57:37.480 --> 00:57:38.299
 forth the

00:57:38.299 --> 00:57:39.079
 gospel of

00:57:39.079 --> 00:57:40.139
 Jesus Christ

00:57:40.139 --> 00:57:41.000
 in this

00:57:41.000 --> 00:57:41.460
 way with

00:57:41.460 --> 00:57:42.119
 passion,

00:57:42.599 --> 00:57:43.119
 conviction,

00:57:43.359 --> 00:57:43.980
 and power

00:57:43.980 --> 00:57:45.139
 of Christ,

00:57:46.000 --> 00:57:46.460
 with our

00:57:46.460 --> 00:57:48.039
 arms wrapped

00:57:48.039 --> 00:57:48.719
 about their

00:57:48.719 --> 00:57:49.239
 knees,

00:57:50.460 --> 00:57:51.699
 pleading for

00:57:51.699 --> 00:57:52.519
 people to be

00:57:52.519 --> 00:57:53.059
 saved,

00:57:53.460 --> 00:57:54.319
 to repent,

00:57:55.039 --> 00:57:55.500
 and to

00:57:55.500 --> 00:57:56.000
 turn.

00:57:57.619 --> 00:57:58.139
 Should that

00:57:58.139 --> 00:57:58.920
 not drive

00:57:58.920 --> 00:57:59.480
 us on,

00:58:00.339 --> 00:58:01.179
 the reality

00:58:01.179 --> 00:58:02.359
 of hell

00:58:02.360 --> 00:58:04.700
 and the

00:58:04.700 --> 00:58:05.240
 reality of

00:58:05.240 --> 00:58:05.599
 the other

00:58:05.599 --> 00:58:06.260
 destination,

00:58:06.660 --> 00:58:07.019
 and the

00:58:07.019 --> 00:58:08.220
 beauty of

00:58:08.220 --> 00:58:08.640
 heaven,

00:58:09.599 --> 00:58:10.860
 to put

00:58:10.860 --> 00:58:11.519
 that before

00:58:11.519 --> 00:58:12.519
 people too,

00:58:13.160 --> 00:58:13.860
 to see the

00:58:13.860 --> 00:58:15.260
 blessings that

00:58:15.260 --> 00:58:16.360
 are ours in

00:58:16.360 --> 00:58:16.920
 Christ.

00:58:18.559 --> 00:58:19.140
 J.C.

00:58:19.240 --> 00:58:20.300
 Ryle, he

00:58:20.300 --> 00:58:20.960
 once said

00:58:20.960 --> 00:58:22.519
 this, and

00:58:22.519 --> 00:58:22.940
 if you're a

00:58:22.940 --> 00:58:24.180
 Christian, be

00:58:24.180 --> 00:58:25.400
 encouraged in

00:58:25.400 --> 00:58:25.740
 this.

00:58:25.920 --> 00:58:26.240
 He said,

00:58:26.340 --> 00:58:26.800
 Christian,

00:58:27.500 --> 00:58:29.039
 look up and

00:58:29.039 --> 00:58:29.880
 take comfort.

00:58:30.880 --> 00:58:31.599
 Jesus has

00:58:31.599 --> 00:58:32.260
 prepared,

00:58:32.360 --> 00:58:33.340
 a place

00:58:33.340 --> 00:58:33.920
 for you,

00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:35.300
 and those

00:58:35.300 --> 00:58:36.019
 who follow

00:58:36.019 --> 00:58:37.099
 him shall

00:58:37.099 --> 00:58:38.059
 never perish,

00:58:38.880 --> 00:58:39.720
 neither shall

00:58:39.720 --> 00:58:40.660
 any man pluck

00:58:40.660 --> 00:58:41.200
 them out of

00:58:41.200 --> 00:58:41.920
 his hands.

00:58:42.820 --> 00:58:43.620
 Look forward

00:58:43.620 --> 00:58:44.660
 to that

00:58:44.660 --> 00:58:45.920
 glorious dwelling

00:58:45.920 --> 00:58:46.280
 he has

00:58:46.280 --> 00:58:46.840
 provided.

00:58:47.579 --> 00:58:48.400
 Look forward

00:58:48.400 --> 00:58:49.660
 in faith,

00:58:50.380 --> 00:58:51.240
 for it is

00:58:51.240 --> 00:58:51.760
 yours.

00:58:53.180 --> 00:58:54.079
 What a

00:58:54.079 --> 00:58:54.760
 contrast.

00:58:56.200 --> 00:58:56.920
 The beauty

00:58:56.920 --> 00:58:58.140
 of heaven,

00:58:58.260 --> 00:58:58.740
 a place

00:58:58.740 --> 00:59:00.120
 prepared by

00:59:00.119 --> 00:59:00.579
 the Lord

00:59:00.579 --> 00:59:01.099
 Jesus,

00:59:01.719 --> 00:59:02.339
 a place

00:59:02.339 --> 00:59:02.579
 that we

00:59:02.579 --> 00:59:03.159
 should long

00:59:03.159 --> 00:59:03.900
 for all

00:59:03.900 --> 00:59:04.539
 to come

00:59:04.539 --> 00:59:05.339
 and be

00:59:05.339 --> 00:59:05.679
 in,

00:59:06.179 --> 00:59:06.500
 and the

00:59:06.500 --> 00:59:07.019
 way is

00:59:07.019 --> 00:59:07.279
 through

00:59:07.279 --> 00:59:07.920
 Christ,

00:59:08.380 --> 00:59:08.940
 the light

00:59:08.940 --> 00:59:09.259
 of the

00:59:09.259 --> 00:59:09.579
 world.

00:59:10.579 --> 00:59:10.980
 So we

00:59:10.980 --> 00:59:11.239
 have the

00:59:11.239 --> 00:59:12.019
 reality of

00:59:12.019 --> 00:59:12.440
 hell,

00:59:13.079 --> 00:59:13.739
 the place

00:59:13.739 --> 00:59:14.719
 of darkness.

00:59:15.859 --> 00:59:16.839
 It's not a

00:59:16.839 --> 00:59:18.339
 place to be

00:59:18.339 --> 00:59:19.039
 joked about

00:59:19.039 --> 00:59:19.739
 because it's a

00:59:19.739 --> 00:59:20.719
 real place.

00:59:21.219 --> 00:59:22.279
 It's a place

00:59:22.279 --> 00:59:23.139
 to be avoided.

00:59:24.059 --> 00:59:24.859
 It's a place

00:59:24.860 --> 00:59:25.380
 that Jesus

00:59:25.380 --> 00:59:26.280
 presents to

00:59:26.280 --> 00:59:26.920
 us again

00:59:26.920 --> 00:59:27.539
 and again.

00:59:29.000 --> 00:59:29.599
 But thanks

00:59:29.599 --> 00:59:30.300
 be to God,

00:59:30.880 --> 00:59:31.559
 he shows us

00:59:31.559 --> 00:59:32.240
 the gospel,

00:59:32.380 --> 00:59:32.780
 the good

00:59:32.780 --> 00:59:33.260
 news,

00:59:33.900 --> 00:59:34.420
 and another

00:59:34.420 --> 00:59:35.200
 destination,

00:59:36.019 --> 00:59:36.700
 a place

00:59:36.700 --> 00:59:38.039
 prepared.

00:59:39.920 --> 00:59:40.220
 And so

00:59:40.220 --> 00:59:40.760
 tonight,

00:59:41.380 --> 00:59:42.440
 as we come

00:59:42.440 --> 00:59:42.760
 and maybe

00:59:42.760 --> 00:59:43.500
 count down

00:59:43.500 --> 00:59:44.160
 the days

00:59:44.160 --> 00:59:45.360
 to the end

00:59:45.360 --> 00:59:45.960
 of the year,

00:59:47.140 --> 00:59:48.440
 ask ourselves,

00:59:48.900 --> 00:59:50.000
 what is

00:59:50.000 --> 00:59:51.519
 our destination?

00:59:51.519 --> 00:59:53.380
 and pray

00:59:53.380 --> 00:59:53.960
 to God

00:59:53.960 --> 00:59:54.519
 to teach

00:59:54.519 --> 00:59:55.500
 us to

00:59:55.500 --> 00:59:56.199
 number our

00:59:56.199 --> 00:59:56.619
 days,

00:59:57.380 --> 00:59:57.880
 that we may

00:59:57.880 --> 00:59:58.599
 apply our

00:59:58.599 --> 00:59:59.300
 hearts to

00:59:59.300 --> 00:59:59.800
 wisdom,

01:00:00.639 --> 01:00:00.980
 and the

01:00:00.980 --> 01:00:01.599
 wisdom that

01:00:01.599 --> 01:00:02.159
 is before

01:00:02.159 --> 01:00:02.860
 us in the

01:00:02.860 --> 01:00:03.360
 word of

01:00:03.360 --> 01:00:03.780
 God.

01:00:04.699 --> 01:00:05.420
 The reality

01:00:05.420 --> 01:00:06.900
 is there

01:00:06.900 --> 01:00:07.199
 is a

01:00:07.199 --> 01:00:07.559
 hell,

01:00:08.179 --> 01:00:08.739
 a place

01:00:08.739 --> 01:00:09.900
 of punishment

01:00:09.900 --> 01:00:11.219
 and eternal

01:00:11.219 --> 01:00:12.000
 destruction,

01:00:12.139 --> 01:00:13.159
 away from

01:00:13.159 --> 01:00:13.699
 the presence

01:00:13.699 --> 01:00:14.300
 of the Lord

01:00:14.300 --> 01:00:14.579
 and from

01:00:14.579 --> 01:00:15.099
 the glory

01:00:15.099 --> 01:00:15.440
 of his

01:00:15.440 --> 01:00:15.880
 might,

01:00:16.699 --> 01:00:17.300
 the last

01:00:17.300 --> 01:00:18.320
 thing we

01:00:18.320 --> 01:00:19.019
 should want.

01:00:20.000 --> 01:00:20.699
 But praise

01:00:20.699 --> 01:00:21.239
 God,

01:00:21.519 --> 01:00:22.259
 that when

01:00:22.259 --> 01:00:22.980
 he comes,

01:00:23.079 --> 01:00:23.340
 he may

01:00:23.340 --> 01:00:24.179
 find us,

01:00:24.759 --> 01:00:25.519
 as Christians,

01:00:25.659 --> 01:00:26.099
 as those

01:00:26.099 --> 01:00:26.880
 of faith,

01:00:27.699 --> 01:00:28.659
 taking comfort

01:00:28.659 --> 01:00:30.300
 and consolation

01:00:30.300 --> 01:00:30.820
 in him,

01:00:31.340 --> 01:00:31.820
 that when he

01:00:31.820 --> 01:00:32.599
 comes on

01:00:32.599 --> 01:00:33.159
 that day,

01:00:33.559 --> 01:00:34.960
 to be glorified

01:00:34.960 --> 01:00:36.159
 in his

01:00:36.159 --> 01:00:36.739
 saints,

01:00:37.340 --> 01:00:37.820
 and to be

01:00:37.820 --> 01:00:38.659
 marveled at

01:00:38.659 --> 01:00:39.559
 among all

01:00:39.559 --> 01:00:40.519
 who have

01:00:40.519 --> 01:00:41.139
 believed.

01:00:42.079 --> 01:00:42.579
 Where

01:00:42.579 --> 01:00:43.960
 and in what

01:00:43.960 --> 01:00:44.519
 number

01:00:44.519 --> 01:00:45.500
 will you

01:00:45.500 --> 01:00:46.139
 be numbered?

01:00:47.699 --> 01:00:48.639
 The broad

01:00:48.639 --> 01:00:48.980
 way

01:00:48.980 --> 01:00:50.059
 or the

01:00:50.059 --> 01:00:50.960
 narrow path?

01:00:51.519 --> 01:00:52.219
 The destination

01:00:52.219 --> 01:00:53.099
 is before

01:00:53.099 --> 01:00:53.599
 us.

01:00:54.440 --> 01:00:54.960
 But thanks

01:00:54.960 --> 01:00:55.519
 be that

01:00:55.519 --> 01:00:56.079
 Christ

01:00:56.079 --> 01:00:57.280
 is before

01:00:57.280 --> 01:00:57.900
 us too.

01:00:58.599 --> 01:00:58.940
 So may

01:00:58.940 --> 01:00:59.360
 we look

01:00:59.360 --> 01:00:59.940
 to him

01:00:59.940 --> 01:01:00.780
 who has

01:01:00.780 --> 01:01:01.679
 gone before

01:01:01.679 --> 01:01:02.619
 and to

01:01:02.619 --> 01:01:03.099
 prepare

01:01:03.099 --> 01:01:04.280
 a place

01:01:04.280 --> 01:01:04.840
 for us.

01:01:04.940 --> 01:01:05.360
 May God

01:01:05.360 --> 01:01:05.739
 bless

01:01:05.739 --> 01:01:07.119
 his word

01:01:07.119 --> 01:01:07.980
 to us.

01:01:07.980 --> 01:01:11.420
 we're going

01:01:11.420 --> 01:01:12.119
 to conclude

01:01:12.119 --> 01:01:12.719
 by singing

01:01:12.719 --> 01:01:14.559
 the well-known

01:01:14.559 --> 01:01:15.099
 psalm that

01:01:15.099 --> 01:01:15.579
 we sing

01:01:15.579 --> 01:01:16.880
 so often,

01:01:17.079 --> 01:01:18.039
 Psalm 23,

01:01:19.719 --> 01:01:20.179
 but our

01:01:20.179 --> 01:01:20.760
 psalm that

01:01:20.760 --> 01:01:21.760
 again just

01:01:21.760 --> 01:01:22.719
 reminds us

01:01:22.719 --> 01:01:23.699
 of the

01:01:23.699 --> 01:01:25.019
 way to

01:01:25.019 --> 01:01:25.760
 that glorious

01:01:25.760 --> 01:01:26.500
 place.

01:01:26.500 --> 01:01:27.840
 the Lord

01:01:27.840 --> 01:01:28.500
 who is

01:01:28.500 --> 01:01:28.860
 our

01:01:28.860 --> 01:01:29.380
 shepherd.

01:01:29.920 --> 01:01:30.500
 The Lord's

01:01:30.500 --> 01:01:31.199
 my shepherd,

01:01:31.539 --> 01:01:32.039
 I'll not

01:01:32.039 --> 01:01:32.320
 want.

01:01:32.380 --> 01:01:32.820
 He makes

01:01:32.820 --> 01:01:33.739
 me down

01:01:33.739 --> 01:01:34.239
 to lie

01:01:34.239 --> 01:01:35.079
 in pastures

01:01:35.079 --> 01:01:35.500
 green.

01:01:36.039 --> 01:01:36.519
 He leadeth

01:01:36.519 --> 01:01:36.940
 me the

01:01:36.940 --> 01:01:37.519
 quiet

01:01:37.519 --> 01:01:38.500
 waters

01:01:38.500 --> 01:01:38.920
 by.

01:01:39.440 --> 01:01:39.519
 And

01:01:39.519 --> 01:01:40.039
 verse 4,

01:01:40.039 --> 01:01:40.380
 yet though

01:01:40.380 --> 01:01:40.940
 I walk

01:01:40.940 --> 01:01:41.400
 in death

01:01:41.400 --> 01:01:41.759
 stark

01:01:41.759 --> 01:01:42.039
 veil,

01:01:42.500 --> 01:01:42.920
 yet will

01:01:42.920 --> 01:01:43.480
 I fear

01:01:43.480 --> 01:01:43.980
 none ill,

01:01:44.519 --> 01:01:44.940
 for thou

01:01:44.940 --> 01:01:45.440
 art with

01:01:45.440 --> 01:01:45.759
 me,

01:01:46.079 --> 01:01:46.440
 and I

01:01:46.440 --> 01:01:46.860
 rod and

01:01:46.860 --> 01:01:47.440
 staff

01:01:47.440 --> 01:01:48.099
 me

01:01:48.099 --> 01:01:48.539
 comfort

01:01:48.539 --> 01:01:49.099
 still.

01:01:49.159 --> 01:01:49.360
 And then

01:01:49.360 --> 01:01:49.860
 the last

01:01:49.860 --> 01:01:50.199
 verse,

01:01:50.440 --> 01:01:50.880
 goodness

01:01:50.880 --> 01:01:51.800
 and mercy

01:01:51.800 --> 01:01:52.340
 all my

01:01:52.340 --> 01:01:52.880
 life shall

01:01:52.880 --> 01:01:53.480
 surely

01:01:53.480 --> 01:01:54.480
 follow me,

01:01:54.559 --> 01:01:54.779
 and in

01:01:54.779 --> 01:01:55.119
 God's

01:01:55.119 --> 01:01:55.559
 house

01:01:55.559 --> 01:01:56.779
 forevermore

01:01:56.779 --> 01:01:57.480
 my dwelling

01:01:57.480 --> 01:01:58.380
 place

01:01:58.380 --> 01:01:59.019
 shall be.

01:01:59.179 --> 01:01:59.699
 We'll sing

01:01:59.699 --> 01:02:00.099
 the whole

01:02:00.099 --> 01:02:00.460
 of this

01:02:00.460 --> 01:02:00.860
 psalm

01:02:00.860 --> 01:02:01.900
 to God's

01:02:01.900 --> 01:02:02.340
 place.

01:02:02.340 --> 01:02:08.740
 The

01:02:08.740 --> 01:02:10.539
 Lord's

01:02:10.539 --> 01:02:11.120
 my

01:02:11.120 --> 01:02:12.980
 shepherd,

01:02:13.880 --> 01:02:15.380
 I'm

01:02:15.380 --> 01:02:16.240
 the

01:02:16.240 --> 01:02:17.480
 one.

01:02:17.860 --> 01:02:18.579
 He

01:02:18.579 --> 01:02:20.400
 raised

01:02:20.400 --> 01:02:21.160
 me

01:02:21.160 --> 01:02:22.559
 down

01:02:22.559 --> 01:02:23.559
 to

01:02:23.559 --> 01:02:25.400
 lie

01:02:25.400 --> 01:02:26.820
 in

01:02:26.820 --> 01:02:29.240
 pastures

01:02:29.240 --> 01:02:30.539
 green

01:02:30.539 --> 01:02:31.539
 me

01:02:31.539 --> 01:02:33.880
 leadeth

01:02:33.880 --> 01:02:35.099
 me

01:02:35.099 --> 01:02:36.500
 the

01:02:36.500 --> 01:02:38.279
 quiet

01:02:38.279 --> 01:02:40.539
 waters

01:02:40.539 --> 01:02:42.539
 high.

01:02:43.980 --> 01:02:44.539
 My

01:02:44.539 --> 01:02:46.539
 soul

01:02:46.539 --> 01:02:47.539
 me

01:02:47.539 --> 01:02:48.539
 doth

01:02:49.579 --> 01:02:50.539
 restore

01:02:50.539 --> 01:02:52.539
 again

01:02:54.119 --> 01:02:54.539
 and

01:02:55.619 --> 01:02:56.539
 need

01:02:56.539 --> 01:02:57.900
 to

01:02:57.900 --> 01:02:58.539
 walk

01:02:58.539 --> 01:02:59.539
 the

01:02:59.539 --> 01:03:01.539
 pain

01:03:01.539 --> 01:03:03.539
 within

01:03:03.539 --> 01:03:05.539
 the

01:03:06.340 --> 01:03:07.539
 realms

01:03:07.539 --> 01:03:08.539
 of

01:03:08.539 --> 01:03:10.539
 righteousness

01:03:10.539 --> 01:03:13.539
 in

01:03:13.539 --> 01:03:14.539
 what

01:03:14.539 --> 01:03:16.539
 his

01:03:16.539 --> 01:03:17.539
 own

01:03:17.539 --> 01:03:18.539
 may

01:03:18.539 --> 01:03:19.539
 stay.

01:03:19.539 --> 01:03:21.539
 Need

01:03:21.539 --> 01:03:23.539
 though

01:03:23.539 --> 01:03:24.539
 I

01:03:24.539 --> 01:03:25.539
 walk

01:03:25.539 --> 01:03:27.539
 in

01:03:27.539 --> 01:03:29.539
 death's

01:03:29.539 --> 01:03:30.539
 dark

01:03:30.539 --> 01:03:31.539
 fail,

01:03:31.539 --> 01:03:32.539
 yet

01:03:32.539 --> 01:03:33.539
 dwell

01:03:33.539 --> 01:03:35.539
 like

01:03:35.539 --> 01:03:36.539
 here

01:03:36.539 --> 01:03:37.539
 the

01:03:37.539 --> 01:03:38.539
 ill.

01:03:38.539 --> 01:03:40.539
 For

01:03:40.539 --> 01:03:41.539
 thou

01:03:41.539 --> 01:03:42.539
 art

01:03:42.539 --> 01:03:44.539
 with

01:03:44.539 --> 01:03:45.539
 me

01:03:45.539 --> 01:03:46.539
 and

01:03:46.539 --> 01:03:47.539
 thy

01:03:47.539 --> 01:03:48.539
 walk

01:03:48.539 --> 01:03:49.539
 and

01:03:49.539 --> 01:03:50.539
 shall

01:03:50.539 --> 01:03:52.539
 be

01:03:52.539 --> 01:03:53.539
 come

01:03:53.539 --> 01:03:54.539
 for

01:03:54.539 --> 01:03:55.539
 still.

01:03:55.539 --> 01:03:56.539
 My

01:03:56.539 --> 01:03:57.539
 deep

01:03:57.539 --> 01:03:58.539
 love

01:03:58.539 --> 01:04:00.539
 has

01:04:00.539 --> 01:04:02.539
 furnished

01:04:02.539 --> 01:04:03.539
 love

01:04:03.539 --> 01:04:04.539
 hath

01:04:04.539 --> 01:04:08.539
 furnished

01:04:08.539 --> 01:04:10.539
 in

01:04:10.539 --> 01:04:12.539
 presence

01:04:12.539 --> 01:04:13.539
 of

01:04:13.539 --> 01:04:14.539
 my

01:04:14.539 --> 01:04:15.539
 foes

01:04:15.539 --> 01:04:16.539
 my

01:04:16.539 --> 01:04:17.539
 head

01:04:17.539 --> 01:04:19.539
 the

01:04:19.539 --> 01:04:20.539
 dust

01:04:20.539 --> 01:04:21.539
 with

01:04:21.539 --> 01:04:22.539
 oil

01:04:22.539 --> 01:04:23.539
 anoint

01:04:23.539 --> 01:04:24.539
 with

01:04:24.539 --> 01:04:25.539
 oil

01:04:25.539 --> 01:04:26.539
 anoint

01:04:26.539 --> 01:04:28.539
 and

01:04:28.539 --> 01:04:30.539
 like

01:04:30.539 --> 01:04:31.539
 a

01:04:31.539 --> 01:04:32.539
 over

01:04:32.539 --> 01:04:33.539
 close

01:04:33.539 --> 01:04:34.539
 to

01:04:34.539 --> 01:04:35.539
 this

01:04:35.539 --> 01:04:36.539
 and

01:04:36.539 --> 01:04:37.539
 mercy

01:04:37.539 --> 01:04:38.539
 all

01:04:38.539 --> 01:04:40.539
 my life

01:04:40.539 --> 01:04:41.539
 shall

01:04:41.539 --> 01:04:42.539
 surely

01:04:42.539 --> 01:04:43.539
 follow me

01:04:43.539 --> 01:04:53.539
 follow me

01:04:53.539 --> 01:04:54.539
 and

01:04:54.539 --> 01:04:55.539
 in

01:04:55.539 --> 01:04:56.539
 God's

01:04:56.539 --> 01:04:57.539
 hands

01:04:57.539 --> 01:04:58.539
 forever

01:04:58.539 --> 01:04:59.539
 more

01:04:59.539 --> 01:05:00.539
 my

01:05:00.539 --> 01:05:01.539
 dwelling

01:05:01.539 --> 01:05:02.539
 place

01:05:02.539 --> 01:05:03.539
 shall

01:05:03.539 --> 01:05:04.539
 be

01:05:04.539 --> 01:05:15.539
 after the

01:05:15.539 --> 01:05:29.539
 benediction i'll go to the main door we'll close the benediction now may grace mercy and peace from God father son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with us all now and forevermore amen

01:05:34.539 --> 01:05:36.539
 to