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 Good morning. I want to assure you this is as excruciating for you as it is for me.

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! We're going to look at Matthew 25, but before we do that let's bow our heads in prayer. Let's pray.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you that you are there and you are not silent.

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 And we praise you, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, that you are the God who has created us,

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 you are the God who has sustained us and the God who has blessed us in so many ways.

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 And we thank you that you've given us your word this morning, that it's living and active,

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 that it's sharper than a two-edged sword. And we pray that the words of my mouth and the

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 meditations of all our heart will be pleasing in your sight. Forgive our many sins, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name. Amen.

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 So I want us to look at Matthew 25. I heard a story recently of a couple that moved into a new home

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 and a bunch of flowers was delivered to them. And on the wreath of flowers was a card saying,

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 RIP. The couple obviously rang the florist to complain and the florist said,

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 we're very sorry for what has happened. There must have been some sort of mix-up, but look on the bright side.

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 Somewhere there's a funeral going on with a large, bright bunch of flowers saying,

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 with a card saying, welcome to your new location.

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 And my aim this morning in this passage is that we get our location right.

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 And that at times like this, we understand where we're going and how secure the future is.

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 In these chapters, and we've seen them all the way through Matthew,

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 Jesus is preparing himself to die and to rise.

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 And he's preparing his followers for when he is gone and how they need to be patient and faithful and focused.

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 And that one day they will see him.

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 There's absolute certain reality that everyone is going to meet Jesus.

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 Either he'll come to us quickly or we will go to him eventually.

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 And if you know Jesus at all from the New Testament,

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 we will know that Jesus will do everything possible to make that meeting with him safe and wonderful.

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 And that's why he does the most vital thing of all,

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 to die on the cross,

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 to deal with what would disqualify us,

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 which is our sins.

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 And that's why he says the absolutely vital things that we need to know so that we will be ready.

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 And the story we read from Matthew 25 is basically about telling bridesmaids.

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 The stories of Jesus are very powerful.

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 They're stories that Jesus told not just to make things simple.

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 He's not treating his listeners as little children.

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 Jesus told stories with a purpose,

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 with a purpose of separating.

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 So some people listen eagerly to Jesus' story.

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 They latch on.

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 And some people are eager to get away from Jesus.

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 They are confused by Jesus' stories.

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 And that's the way these stories work.

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 Jesus is walking to Jerusalem.

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 And he begins to say a lot about what his return will be like.

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 And the first thing he tells us,

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 we've seen it already,

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 is it will be global.

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 Jesus' return is not going to be local.

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 He's not going to just appear in Pitts Angle Park or Drayton Green.

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 Everyone will see him at the same time.

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 It will be universal.

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 And then he tells us his return will be sudden.

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 Thousands and millions of people are just going to be living normal lives,

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 filling up with petrol,

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 going to work,

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 or at the moment staying in,

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 looking at their screen,

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 wishing they were outside.

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 And suddenly everything changes.

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 And he also tells us that his day will be a day of reward

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 and a day of recompense.

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 For those who've responded to him,

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 have we received him?

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 Have we done what he's asked of us?

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 Have we done what he's told us to do?

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 So it will be a day of reward.

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 And he tells us in Matthew 24,

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 the faithful will be richly rewarded

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 and those who are unfaithful will be dealt with severely.

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 So we come to chapter 25.

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 And the parables are not saying all the same thing.

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 There are nuances.

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 It's like a diamond looking at it from different facets.

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 And so this morning,

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 this first part from verses 1 to 11,

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 are asking,

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 are we ready?

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 And will we be steady?

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 Are we okay with a long delay?

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 Or will we lose interest?

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 Are you losing interest?

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 Will we lose interest and drift away?

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 And we know, don't we,

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 that thousands and thousands of people began

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 to live as Christians and then have given up.

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 And the question that this parable is asking

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 is can you believe and can you stay believing?

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 So three headings.

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 First of all,

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 the gift of being ready to meet with Jesus.

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 That's a wonderful gift.

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 The second is the gift of being steady

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 to the end.

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 And then the third is the gift of being able

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 to go into God's presence.

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 So first, in verses 1 to 4,

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 the gift of being ready to meet with Jesus.

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 That's the main point of the whole story.

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 Ten bridesmaids,

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 they're meant to go and escort the bridegroom

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 into the wedding feast.

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 And they want to do that.

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 The bridegroom in the story itself is Jesus.

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 And that's very interesting

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 that Jesus calls himself the bridegroom

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 because in the Old Testament,

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 the bridegroom was always God.

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 God, the bridegroom.

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 His people, the bride.

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 But now Jesus steps up

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 and Jesus is saying,

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 no, I am the bridegroom.

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 It's a very clear claim to deity.

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 And the bridesmaids are basically people like us.

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 Are we going to be ready with joy

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 or not ready?

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 Five of them in the story

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 are able to meet the bridegroom

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 and enter the feast.

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 Five of them miss out completely.

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 And the difference between the five

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 and the five

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 is not that five are rich

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 and five are poor.

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 It's not that five are good

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 and five are bad.

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 It's not that five have been baptized

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 and five are not.

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 Five are religious

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 or five are non-religious.

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 It's none of that at all.

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 The difference is in verse 3 and 4.

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 Can you see it?

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 It's did they take something.

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 And the something in the story is oil.

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 So what is the oil?

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 And the long and the short of it is this.

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 The oil is to take Christ,

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 to receive Christ.

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 Or maybe the grace of Christ.

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 Or maybe the forgiveness of Christ.

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 Or the salvation of Christ.

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 Or the eternal life.

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 But it is responding to Jesus.

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 That is what the oil is.

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 Taking Christ

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 is the key to the future.

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 If you want to be ready

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 to meet with Jesus,

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 don't try and do something impressive.

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 It's not about what you do

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 or what you don't do.

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 It's about whether you've received

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 Jesus himself.

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 Christianity 101.

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 Step one

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 is to take Christ.

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 The one who has died

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 and the one who has risen.

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 And those wise bridesmaids,

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 they took oil.

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 They all had lamps.

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 They all looked pretty much the same.

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 But some had taken oil.

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 And some were ready

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 to meet Christ.

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 And so the truth is,

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 anyone who receives Christ here

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 is ready to meet Christ there.

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 Or to put it in one sentence

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 from another part of the New Testament,

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 Christ in you,

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 the hope of glory.

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 That's the first thing

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 of being ready

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 to meet with Christ.

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 The second thing

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 is in verses 5 to 7,

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 and it's the gift

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 of being steady

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 to the end.

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 And I suspect

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 you're sitting there thinking

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 how much longer

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 is this going to go on.

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 But it's pretty simple stuff

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 this morning, isn't it?

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 Jesus is coming.

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 Get salvation.

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 I receive Christ.

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 You may be thinking,

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 tell me something I don't know.

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 And so what is verse 5 all about?

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 What does it say there?

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 It says, isn't it,

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 there is a long delay

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 in the bridegroom coming.

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 And the bridesmaids,

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 all of them,

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 the wise and the foolish,

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 they get drowsy

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 and they all fall asleep.

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 And what is all that about?

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 Is it okay for them

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 to fall asleep?

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 Is it irresponsible

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 that they fell asleep?

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 Is there criticism

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 in this story

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 of them

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 for falling asleep?

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 And I don't think there is.

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 Does it endanger anybody

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 that they fall asleep?

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 So why does Jesus

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 include this idea

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 in the story

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 that they fell asleep?

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 And I wonder

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 whether the parable

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 is actually saying

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 something more to us

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 than just be ready

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 for the second coming.

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 Because all of the parables,

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 I've got extra little bits,

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 remember that diamond?

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 And I wonder whether

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 in this passage

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 what we're seeing

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 is loaded words.

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 Stay with me

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 as I try to explain that.

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 And what I'm talking about

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 in verses 5 and 6,

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 I wonder whether

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 the word sleep

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 is loaded.

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 I wonder whether

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 the word sleep

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 is a loaded word

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 for death.

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 All of them died.

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 And we know that Jesus

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 used the word sleep

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 for death

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 again and again

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 in his teaching.

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 As he talks about

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 a little girl,

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 do you remember?

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 And Jesus says,

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 she has fallen asleep.

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 And they laugh at him

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 and they say,

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 no,

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 she's died.

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 But Jesus says,

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 no, she's asleep.

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 And he tells her,

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 tell her,

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 the coom little girl,

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 get up.

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 And she gets up.

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 In the New Testament,

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 Paul uses the word

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 sleep for death.

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 And I wonder actually

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 whether the word midnight

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 is a loaded word.

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 Jesus speaks of the owner

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 returning at midnight,

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 a critical moment,

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 the moment of return,

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 the moment of the end.

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 And I wonder if the word

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 in verse 6,

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 that word of cry

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 or shout aloud,

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 that is a loaded word.

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 Because Paul says,

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 doesn't he,

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 in one of his letters,

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 that when Jesus returns,

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 he will give a loud cry

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 or shout.

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 And it may be that

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 this parable is not just

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 asking you and I

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 the question,

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 are you ready

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 to meet Jesus?

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 Because so many of you

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 lot who are listening

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 will say to me,

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 yes.

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 But I wonder whether

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 the parable is asking,

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 will you go to the end?

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 Are you ready

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 to meet Jesus

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 and will you be steady

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 to meet Jesus?

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 Because that's a very

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 different question,

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 isn't it?

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 Can you stay

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 right to the end,

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 right up until

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 you fall asleep?

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 Right up until

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 you breathe your last?

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 Can you stay

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 a follower

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 so that when

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 midnight comes,

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 when history is over

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 and the great shout

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 goes out

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 and he returns,

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 you've kept the faith,

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 you've run the race.

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 And you're ready

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 and you're steady.

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 And I think that's

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 a great question.

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 It's a really

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 wonderful thing,

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 isn't it,

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 that Jesus can make

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 a person ready

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 to meet him.

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 Just think of this,

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 you and I

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 will meet the person

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 who governs

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 the universe.

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 Whatever your projects,

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 whatever your successes,

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 whatever your failures,

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 whatever your buildings,

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 whatever your grades,

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 whatever your medals,

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 they're going to look

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 very small,

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 aren't they?

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 When you come face

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 to face with the

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 God-man who made

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 the universe.

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 And he is holy

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 and in his presence

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 sin cannot stand.

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 And you will be

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 in front of him.

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 And yet he has

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 made it possible

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 for you and I

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 to stand before him

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 forgiven,

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 spotless,

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 joyful,

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 loved,

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 accepted.

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 And that is amazing

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 that he has

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 made it possible

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 for you and I

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 to stand before him.

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 And he is able

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 to make us steady

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 right at the end.

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 Even though

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 we are very weak

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 and we're very worldly.

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 But the life

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 that he gives

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 to people

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 is life eternal.

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 and the world

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 that he begins

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 in us,

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 the work that he

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 begins in us,

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 he is going to finish.

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 And the rough

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 material that he

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 is going to work

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 with ends up

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 perfect and sinless.

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 Now I know you

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 reasonably well.

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 And some of you

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 are very rough

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 material indeed.

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 And the fact that

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 Christ is going

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 to turn you

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 into his character

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 is unbelievable.

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 But the fact that

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 he's going to turn me

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 into his character

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 is even more

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 unbelievable.

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 But that is what

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 he promises.

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 So do you remember

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 Philippians chapter 3?

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 We eagerly await

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 a saviour,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who will transform

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 our lowly bodies

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 and so that they

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 will be like his

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 glorious body.

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 And that is amazing.

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 And right now

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 there are serious

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 pressures, aren't there,

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 to give up Christianity.

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 And the air

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 that we breathe

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 is full of unbelief.

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 you've seen

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 and I've seen

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 people chuck

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 their faith away.

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 And people live

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 successfully without

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 Christ.

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 But you know

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 what they do

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 when they do that?

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 They live successfully

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 without Christ

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 and then they just

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 rewrite the end.

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 So in our culture

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 they say

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 Jesus is irrelevant

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 but I'm on my way

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 to heaven.

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 They're in a better

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 place, aren't they,

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 Vicar?

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 And it's a big mistake

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 to think that you

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 don't need him.

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 And we who are

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 holding on to the

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 Bible and the

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 Bible's teaching

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 we look so stupid,

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 we look so backward

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 because it all

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 looks like,

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 doesn't it,

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 for them it's

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 working perfectly.

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 The number of

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 details that we

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 have to deal with,

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 the number of

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 difficulties that

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 come to us every

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 day,

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 there's a swamp

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 of them at the

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 moment, aren't there?

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 And we wonder

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 whether joyful

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 and peaceful

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 Christianity is

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 possible.

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 many of you

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 dealing with so

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 many details,

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 so many

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 difficulties that

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 you actually

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 wonder whether

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 the Christianity

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 you've signed up

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 for is the

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 right Christianity.

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 Is it the

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 Christianity that

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 people sing about

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 so triumphantly

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 on those YouTube

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 videos?

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 Is it the

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 Christianity that

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 people sometimes

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 testify of?

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 And you say to

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 yourself, like I

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 say to myself,

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 my life is such

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 a mess.

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 And the global

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 information that

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 comes to us,

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 which we're

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 expected somehow

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 to absorb and

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 explain what is

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 happening in the

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 world.

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 So why are

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 people suffering

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 like they are?

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 I don't know.

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 What is God

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 doing in this

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 coronavirus?

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 Why is

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 Christianity so

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 non-existent in

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 that part of the

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 world?

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 Why are so many

00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.159
 people far from

00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:52.399
 Christ?

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 It's a swamping,

00:14:53.600 --> 00:14:53.980
 global,

00:14:54.159 --> 00:14:54.500
 overwhelming

00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:55.059
 information.

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 And Jesus

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 said there will

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 be lots of

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 dangers for

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 those that

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 follow.

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 He said some

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 people, they're

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 going to build

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 on sand.

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 And the

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 foundations will

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 be removed.

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 Some people's

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 faith, they'll

00:15:08.579 --> 00:15:09.699
 be eaten up by

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 thorns, worldly

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 warriors, treasures,

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 idols, false

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 gods, and they'll

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 quickly give up.

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 Jesus says there

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 be lots of

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 false prophets,

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 false Christ,

00:15:22.680 --> 00:15:23.500
 who will deceive

00:15:23.500 --> 00:15:24.360
 many people in

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 this battle for

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 souls.

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 And yet the

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 truth is this,

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 that when a

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 man or a

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 woman or a

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 boy or a

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 girl takes

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 Christ and

00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:33.740
 receives him

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 as saviour and

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 lord and king

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 and shepherd

00:15:37.620 --> 00:15:39.700
 who is forever,

00:15:39.860 --> 00:15:40.720
 the new life

00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:41.300
 that Christ

00:15:41.300 --> 00:15:41.960
 gives you is

00:15:41.960 --> 00:15:42.360
 forever.

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 forever.

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 The grip that

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 he has on you

00:15:46.560 --> 00:15:47.300
 this morning is

00:15:47.300 --> 00:15:47.700
 forever.

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 The promises

00:15:49.860 --> 00:15:50.560
 which he gives

00:15:50.560 --> 00:15:51.259
 to you are

00:15:51.259 --> 00:15:51.759
 forever.

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 The man or

00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:55.340
 woman or boy

00:15:55.340 --> 00:15:56.500
 or girl who

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 takes Christ

00:15:57.840 --> 00:15:59.480
 is going to be

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 sustained to the

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 end.

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 And he is able

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 to make his

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 people steady.

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 Right up to the

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 time where they

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 sleep and

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 midnight comes

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 and the cry

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 goes out.

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 And in 25

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 verse 6,

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 either they

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 come or go

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 to meet him.

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 You've got lots

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 of time on your

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 hands and so

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 read good books.

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 Maybe read

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 Pilgrim's Progress.

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 If you go to

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 Ligonier,

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 here's a little

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 advert.

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 Ligonier,

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 I've got a

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 course by

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 Derek Thomas

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 on Pilgrim's

00:16:29.019 --> 00:16:29.259
 Progress,

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 little 20

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 minute videos.

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 They're okay,

00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:32.399
 the book is

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 far better,

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 but why not

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 read it?

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 There's a great

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 picture in

00:16:36.560 --> 00:16:37.100
 Pilgrim's Progress.

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 A pilgrim is

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 taken into a

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 room,

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 into the house

00:16:40.820 --> 00:16:41.379
 of interpreter.

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 An interpreter

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 shows him a

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 big massive

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 fire in the

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 middle of the

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 room,

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 in a fireplace.

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 And he marvels

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 at this fire,

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 but there's a

00:16:50.800 --> 00:16:51.620
 man in front of

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 the fire with

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 buckets of

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 water,

00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:54.820
 pouring buckets

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 of water onto

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 the fire,

00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:56.379
 trying to put it

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 out.

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 And Pilgrim

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 asks the question

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 to interpreter,

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 why is the fire

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 not going out

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 with this guy

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 throwing water

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 on it?

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 And the

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:06.360
 interpreter takes

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 him around the

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 back.

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 And interestingly,

00:17:09.619 --> 00:17:10.099
 in Pilgrim's

00:17:10.099 --> 00:17:10.319
 Progress,

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 there's a man

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 who is piping

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 oil into the

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 back of the

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 fire.

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 And that is

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 what sustains

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 the fire.

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 There's a guy

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 in the front

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 pouring water

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 over it,

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 but there's a

00:17:19.220 --> 00:17:19.639
 guy in the

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 back putting

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 oil into the

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 fire.

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 And that is

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 what sustains

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 us.

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 And God is

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 able to sustain

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 us so that

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 we're steady

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 to the end.

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 The gift of

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 being ready to

00:17:32.659 --> 00:17:32.940
 meet with

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 Christ.

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 The gift of

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 being steady.

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 And of

00:17:36.939 --> 00:17:37.059
 course,

00:17:37.159 --> 00:17:37.819
 God calls

00:17:37.819 --> 00:17:38.639
 on us at

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 this time to

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 be steady,

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 but he gives

00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:41.339
 us the gift

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 of being

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 steady.

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 Third thing,

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 still with me?

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 The last thing

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 is the gift of

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 being able to

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 go into God's

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 presence.

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 In verses

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 18 to

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 13.

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 And we see

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 there,

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 don't we,

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 that there's a

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 serious separation

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 that takes

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 place.

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 We see that

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 the foolish

00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.220
 bridesmaid

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 have said,

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 no,

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 I don't need

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 this.

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 And suddenly

00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:02.579
 they find that

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 they cannot

00:18:02.960 --> 00:18:03.359
 enter the

00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:03.960
 wedding feast.

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 And they

00:18:05.299 --> 00:18:05.899
 discover that

00:18:05.899 --> 00:18:06.559
 the oil

00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:06.899
 that the

00:18:06.899 --> 00:18:07.899
 wise bridesmaids

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 have is

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 non-transferable.

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 And that

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 makes sense,

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 doesn't it?

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 I can't

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 give salvation

00:18:17.019 --> 00:18:17.639
 to you.

00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:19.399
 I can't

00:18:19.399 --> 00:18:19.740
 give it to

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 another person.

00:18:21.039 --> 00:18:21.680
 I can't

00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:22.339
 give my

00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:23.019
 eternal life

00:18:23.019 --> 00:18:23.399
 to another

00:18:23.399 --> 00:18:23.619
 person.

00:18:23.680 --> 00:18:23.960
 I can't

00:18:23.960 --> 00:18:24.460
 save another

00:18:24.460 --> 00:18:24.720
 person.

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 The saviour

00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.639
 is Christ.

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 And the

00:18:27.980 --> 00:18:28.519
 desperate

00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.659
 suggestion is

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 made in

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 verse 9.

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 Can you

00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:32.299
 see it?

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 it says,

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 since there

00:18:37.099 --> 00:18:37.519
 will not be

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 enough for

00:18:37.980 --> 00:18:38.659
 us and

00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:39.240
 for you,

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 go rather

00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:40.559
 to the

00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:41.379
 dealers and

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 buy for

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 yourselves.

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 Of course,

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 that will

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 never work.

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 Then in

00:18:48.099 --> 00:18:48.500
 verse 10,

00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.339
 Christ comes

00:18:49.339 --> 00:18:50.220
 and the

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 day of

00:18:50.659 --> 00:18:51.139
 opportunity

00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:52.240
 is over.

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 The door

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:55.200
 shuts and

00:18:55.200 --> 00:18:55.899
 the tragic

00:18:55.899 --> 00:18:56.720
 cry goes

00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:56.940
 out.

00:18:56.940 --> 00:18:57.519
 now we

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 realise our

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 mistake.

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 Please open

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 the door,

00:19:01.299 --> 00:19:01.820
 but it's

00:19:01.820 --> 00:19:02.900
 all over.

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 And I

00:19:05.019 --> 00:19:05.440
 hope that as

00:19:05.440 --> 00:19:05.900
 you listen

00:19:05.900 --> 00:19:06.620
 to this

00:19:06.620 --> 00:19:07.700
 parable,

00:19:07.799 --> 00:19:08.180
 you don't

00:19:08.180 --> 00:19:08.620
 think that

00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:09.360
 God is

00:19:09.360 --> 00:19:09.779
 terribly

00:19:09.779 --> 00:19:10.279
 unjust.

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 Because this

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 is a word

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 remembered to

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 people who

00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:13.860
 have had a

00:19:13.860 --> 00:19:14.360
 lifetime of

00:19:14.360 --> 00:19:14.799
 opportunity.

00:19:16.720 --> 00:19:17.259
 Think of the

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 millions of

00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.000
 people in

00:19:18.000 --> 00:19:18.380
 this city

00:19:18.380 --> 00:19:18.620
 who are

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 going to

00:19:18.820 --> 00:19:19.059
 get to

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 the end

00:19:19.380 --> 00:19:19.640
 of their

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 life and

00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:20.680
 wish that

00:19:20.680 --> 00:19:21.200
 they just

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 lifted the

00:19:21.640 --> 00:19:22.039
 Bible off

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 the shelf.

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 Or read

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 what was

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 given to

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 them.

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 Or listened

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 to what was

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 said to

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 them.

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 I hope

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 you won't

00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:31.420
 think that

00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:32.100
 this is a

00:19:32.100 --> 00:19:33.000
 problem or

00:19:33.000 --> 00:19:34.759
 some far

00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:35.500
 off person

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 somewhere and

00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:37.080
 how the

00:19:37.080 --> 00:19:37.759
 whole plan is

00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.220
 corrupt.

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 Because we

00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:41.500
 know that on

00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.259
 the last day

00:19:42.259 --> 00:19:42.900
 when Christ

00:19:42.900 --> 00:19:43.779
 comes again,

00:19:44.360 --> 00:19:44.920
 everyone will

00:19:44.920 --> 00:19:45.480
 say to God,

00:19:45.559 --> 00:19:46.039
 you've done

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.680
 everything right.

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 There will be

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:49.840
 on that day

00:19:49.840 --> 00:19:50.779
 no complaints

00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.080
 and no

00:19:51.080 --> 00:19:51.500
 objections.

00:19:52.320 --> 00:19:52.519
 There will

00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:52.820
 be lots of

00:19:52.820 --> 00:19:54.160
 regrets and

00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:54.460
 lots of

00:19:54.460 --> 00:19:54.920
 joys, but

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:55.440
 no objections.

00:19:56.940 --> 00:19:58.759
 Bishop J.C.

00:19:58.820 --> 00:19:59.299
 Ryle, who

00:19:59.299 --> 00:19:59.700
 again is a

00:19:59.700 --> 00:20:00.400
 great man to

00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:00.860
 be reading at

00:20:00.860 --> 00:20:01.240
 this time,

00:20:01.340 --> 00:20:02.000
 said this is a

00:20:02.000 --> 00:20:02.779
 humbling picture,

00:20:02.960 --> 00:20:03.420
 especially for

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:03.940
 preachers and

00:20:03.940 --> 00:20:04.279
 pastors.

00:20:05.820 --> 00:20:06.380
 Because after

00:20:06.380 --> 00:20:06.759
 all our

00:20:06.759 --> 00:20:07.240
 preaching and

00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:07.720
 after all our

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.559
 praying and

00:20:08.559 --> 00:20:09.080
 after all our

00:20:09.080 --> 00:20:09.400
 missionary

00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.220
 exertions are

00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:10.759
 broadened at

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.180
 home, many

00:20:11.180 --> 00:20:12.960
 will be found

00:20:12.960 --> 00:20:13.840
 at last to be

00:20:13.840 --> 00:20:14.279
 lifeless.

00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:16.460
 So many who

00:20:16.460 --> 00:20:16.799
 seem to be

00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.440
 wise will be

00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:17.840
 shown to be

00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.200
 fools.

00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:20.320
 And so many

00:20:20.320 --> 00:20:21.120
 who seemed as

00:20:21.120 --> 00:20:22.700
 believers to be

00:20:22.700 --> 00:20:24.559
 fools will be

00:20:24.559 --> 00:20:24.940
 seen to be

00:20:24.940 --> 00:20:25.279
 wise.

00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:28.000
 when that

00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:28.399
 door is

00:20:28.399 --> 00:20:28.680
 shut.

00:20:30.559 --> 00:20:31.139
 And I

00:20:31.139 --> 00:20:31.779
 don't think

00:20:31.779 --> 00:20:32.579
 that I can

00:20:32.579 --> 00:20:32.960
 put into

00:20:32.960 --> 00:20:33.500
 words the

00:20:33.500 --> 00:20:34.119
 absolute

00:20:34.119 --> 00:20:36.240
 delight of

00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:36.839
 that day

00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:37.720
 being found

00:20:37.720 --> 00:20:39.059
 inside by

00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:39.420
 the goodness

00:20:39.420 --> 00:20:40.160
 of God and

00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:40.519
 the kindness

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.139
 of Christ.

00:20:42.559 --> 00:20:43.059
 To be

00:20:43.059 --> 00:20:43.720
 inside that

00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:44.200
 wedding feast.

00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:44.899
 I don't think

00:20:44.899 --> 00:20:45.599
 that we can

00:20:45.599 --> 00:20:46.180
 put into

00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:47.099
 those words

00:20:47.099 --> 00:20:50.240
 what it is

00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:50.639
 going to be

00:20:50.639 --> 00:20:51.200
 to be found

00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:52.180
 inside Christ.

00:20:52.180 --> 00:20:54.180
 to be

00:20:54.180 --> 00:20:54.700
 open to

00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:54.759
 the door

00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:55.019
 has been

00:20:55.019 --> 00:20:55.680
 shut on

00:20:55.680 --> 00:20:57.480
 sadness and

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:59.400
 on evil and

00:20:59.400 --> 00:21:00.000
 on sin.

00:21:02.360 --> 00:21:02.900
 And that on

00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:03.299
 that day there

00:21:03.299 --> 00:21:03.539
 will be no

00:21:03.539 --> 00:21:03.960
 more burdens

00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:04.500
 to carry,

00:21:06.100 --> 00:21:06.920
 no more

00:21:06.920 --> 00:21:07.880
 heartaches to

00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:08.519
 experience,

00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:11.220
 no more

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.060
 scars,

00:21:13.519 --> 00:21:14.640
 no more

00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:15.140
 worry,

00:21:15.759 --> 00:21:16.100
 no more

00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:16.620
 anxiety,

00:21:16.779 --> 00:21:17.160
 no more

00:21:17.160 --> 00:21:17.759
 tension,

00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.720
 no more

00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:19.440
 sinfulness,

00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:19.640
 sadness,

00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:21.799
 no more

00:21:21.799 --> 00:21:22.380
 driving each

00:21:22.380 --> 00:21:22.840
 other mad

00:21:22.840 --> 00:21:23.259
 cooped up

00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:23.440
 in the

00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:23.759
 house,

00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:26.360
 no more

00:21:26.360 --> 00:21:27.080
 waiting rooms

00:21:27.080 --> 00:21:27.759
 to sit in,

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.759
 no people

00:21:30.759 --> 00:21:31.259
 to avoid,

00:21:32.880 --> 00:21:33.539
 no more

00:21:33.539 --> 00:21:34.059
 funerals,

00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:34.860
 the door is

00:21:34.860 --> 00:21:35.100
 going to be

00:21:35.100 --> 00:21:35.420
 shut and

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:35.740
 all that.

00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:38.039
 And that

00:21:38.039 --> 00:21:38.559
 door is

00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:38.759
 going to

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.080
 make the

00:21:39.080 --> 00:21:39.580
 people of

00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:40.200
 Jesus Christ

00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.880
 secure and

00:21:40.880 --> 00:21:41.200
 thankful,

00:21:42.660 --> 00:21:44.340
 being part

00:21:44.340 --> 00:21:44.700
 of a wedding

00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.059
 feast.

00:21:45.059 --> 00:21:49.159
 that Jesus

00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:50.200
 who is the

00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:51.039
 genius behind

00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:51.759
 the universe

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:53.579
 has planned

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:54.419
 for unworthy

00:21:54.419 --> 00:21:54.899
 people like

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.259
 us,

00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:57.359
 but he's

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:57.659
 made it

00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.240
 possible through

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.899
 his death on

00:21:58.899 --> 00:21:59.659
 the cross and

00:21:59.659 --> 00:22:00.220
 his resurrection.

00:22:02.119 --> 00:22:02.539
 And he's

00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:02.859
 planned a

00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.419
 perfect feast.

00:22:05.079 --> 00:22:05.480
 And this

00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:07.259
 Jesus is

00:22:07.259 --> 00:22:07.839
 able to make

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.460
 you who are

00:22:08.460 --> 00:22:09.159
 listening and

00:22:09.159 --> 00:22:10.039
 watching to me

00:22:10.039 --> 00:22:11.200
 today ready,

00:22:12.980 --> 00:22:13.500
 wonderfully

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.980
 ready.

00:22:15.059 --> 00:22:16.039
 to make you

00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:17.339
 steady right

00:22:17.339 --> 00:22:17.919
 to the end.

00:22:19.679 --> 00:22:20.399
 And he is

00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:20.799
 able to make

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.259
 you go in.

00:22:23.659 --> 00:22:24.220
 Let's bow

00:22:24.220 --> 00:22:24.619
 our heads in

00:22:24.619 --> 00:22:24.919
 prayer.

00:22:25.480 --> 00:22:25.859
 Let's pray

00:22:25.859 --> 00:22:26.179
 again.

00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:35.799
 Our loving

00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:36.379
 Holy Father,

00:22:38.279 --> 00:22:39.099
 we praise you

00:22:39.099 --> 00:22:39.539
 for your

00:22:39.539 --> 00:22:40.019
 word.

00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.579
 We praise

00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:42.940
 you that it

00:22:42.940 --> 00:22:43.619
 speaks to us

00:22:43.619 --> 00:22:44.359
 of reality.

00:22:44.359 --> 00:22:44.919
 it reminds

00:22:44.919 --> 00:22:45.699
 us of what

00:22:45.699 --> 00:22:46.240
 is true.

00:22:47.679 --> 00:22:48.439
 You are a

00:22:48.439 --> 00:22:48.819
 loving

00:22:48.819 --> 00:22:49.519
 Father.

00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:51.959
 We thank you

00:22:51.959 --> 00:22:52.319
 for what you've

00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:53.199
 taught us this

00:22:53.199 --> 00:22:53.439
 morning.

00:22:53.559 --> 00:22:54.079
 We pray that you

00:22:54.079 --> 00:22:54.559
 would help us

00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:55.219
 to live in the

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 light of that

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 day,

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 to rejoice in

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 our Saviour,

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 the Lord Jesus

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 Christ,

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 who is able

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 to make us

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 ready to meet

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 with him and

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 who will keep

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 us to the

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 end and who

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 will bring us

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 into his

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 presence.

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 God,

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 we pray that

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 you would help

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 us to reflect

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 much on this

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 today,

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 to use the

00:23:13.859 --> 00:23:14.259
 time that

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 you've given

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 to us wisely.

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 We thank you

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 Father that you

00:23:17.219 --> 00:23:18.199
 will keep us.

00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:20.699
 Lord, we want

00:23:20.699 --> 00:23:21.779
 to pray for

00:23:21.779 --> 00:23:23.059
 our community.

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 Your providence

00:23:25.639 --> 00:23:27.019
 is often a

00:23:27.019 --> 00:23:27.859
 mystery to us

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 and you

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 ordain things

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 that are hard

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 to bear.

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 And there is

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 sickness and

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 there is sorrow.

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 There is great

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 anxiety in our

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 world.

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 And we pray

00:23:44.199 --> 00:23:44.419
 that,

00:23:44.679 --> 00:23:45.039
 Heavenly Father,

00:23:45.139 --> 00:23:45.959
 you will help

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 us to remain

00:23:46.619 --> 00:23:47.119
 steady.

00:23:48.899 --> 00:23:49.679
 We pray that

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 you would be

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:50.759
 with those in

00:23:50.759 --> 00:23:51.259
 our community

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 that are anxious

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 and fearful,

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 for those

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 particularly who

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 are unwell.

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 Thank you for

00:23:56.439 --> 00:23:57.319
 health services,

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 for doctors,

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 for nurses,

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 for the hospital.

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 We thank you

00:24:01.619 --> 00:24:02.200
 for our government

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 and those in

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 authority.

00:24:05.179 --> 00:24:05.819
 We pray,

00:24:05.939 --> 00:24:06.319
 Heavenly Father,

00:24:06.419 --> 00:24:07.819
 that this virus

00:24:07.819 --> 00:24:08.980
 would not be

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 as bad as it

00:24:09.700 --> 00:24:10.399
 potentially could

00:24:10.399 --> 00:24:10.639
 be.

00:24:11.939 --> 00:24:12.700
 We pray that

00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.419
 you might use

00:24:13.419 --> 00:24:14.259
 this time to

00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:15.399
 turn our nation

00:24:15.399 --> 00:24:16.339
 back to you.

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 And,

00:24:18.740 --> 00:24:19.019
 Heavenly Father,

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 we thank you

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 that we look

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 for a day

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 and we long

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.700
 for a day

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 when there will

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 be no more

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 sin and there

00:24:25.919 --> 00:24:26.599
 will be no more

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 suffering.

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 and Christ

00:24:29.159 --> 00:24:29.720
 will come

00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:30.200
 again.

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 And we pray

00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:32.799
 that there

00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.480
 would be many

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 that are brought

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 to be ready

00:24:35.019 --> 00:24:36.980
 for that day

00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:37.720
 through this.

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 Help us,

00:24:39.159 --> 00:24:39.500
 Heavenly Father,

00:24:39.500 --> 00:24:40.419
 to love our

00:24:40.419 --> 00:24:41.319
 neighbours well,

00:24:41.879 --> 00:24:43.200
 to show the

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:44.159
 love of Christ.

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 Meet with us

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 at this time.

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 Bless us on

00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:49.759
 this through your

00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:49.960
 day.

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 Bless all your

00:24:50.919 --> 00:24:51.319
 people,

00:24:51.960 --> 00:24:52.619
 wherever they

00:24:52.619 --> 00:24:52.919
 meet.

00:24:54.039 --> 00:24:54.460
 We pray,

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.019
 Heavenly Father,

00:24:55.019 --> 00:24:55.500
 not only for

00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:55.839
 our own

00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:56.259
 community

00:24:56.259 --> 00:24:57.720
 and our

00:24:57.720 --> 00:24:58.000
 country.

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 We pray for

00:24:58.480 --> 00:24:58.960
 those other

00:24:58.960 --> 00:24:59.460
 parts of the

00:24:59.460 --> 00:24:59.639
 world,

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 particularly for

00:25:00.220 --> 00:25:01.079
 Italy and

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:01.740
 Spain and

00:25:01.740 --> 00:25:02.359
 other areas

00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:02.680
 which have

00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:03.319
 been so hugely

00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:03.759
 affected.

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 And we think

00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.940
 of parts of

00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:07.240
 the world

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:07.879
 struggling with

00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.639
 other issues

00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.799
 for this

00:25:09.799 --> 00:25:10.920
 terrible swarm

00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:11.680
 of locusts

00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:12.480
 in East Africa.

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 and we pray,

00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:14.819
 Heavenly Father,

00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.360
 that you would

00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:16.059
 draw near to

00:25:16.059 --> 00:25:16.539
 your people

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.160
 and comfort

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.860
 those who

00:25:17.860 --> 00:25:18.299
 mourn.

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 Bless us

00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:22.140
 and our

00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.539
 families,

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 we ask.

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 We pray all

00:25:24.620 --> 00:25:25.120
 these things

00:25:25.120 --> 00:25:25.640
 in Jesus'

00:25:25.799 --> 00:25:26.079
 name.

00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:27.720
 Amen.