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 When we begin our worship this evening, we're going to sing to God's praise in Psalm 42, the Scottish Psalter, verse 262.

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 And to thy countenance approach, and in God's sight appear.

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 How we come to worship God, thirsting for him and longing for his presence.

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 Psalm 42, verse 1 to 5, we stand to sing.

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 Amen.

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 Psalm 42, verse 1 to 5, we stand to sing.

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 Psalm 42, verse 1 to 5, we stand to sing.

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 Psalm 42, verse 1 to 5, we stand to sing.

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 Psalm 42, verse 1 to 5, we stand to sing.

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 My heart to me, God, in my heart, where this night of the same.

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 My soul is poured out in me, when this night of the same.

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 He was born, because that with the maldiction I here to go, had gone.

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 With the maldiction I here to sing.

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 With the maldiction I here to sing.

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 Of the maldiction I here to sing.

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 Of the mald voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy

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 voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy

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 Trust down my soul, why in this odyssey?

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 Trust of for I shall precede,

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 this countenance is my name.

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 Let's come to God in prayer. Bow our heads in a word of prayer.

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 Lord, our gracious God, as we gather in your name,

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 I knew this evening we are thankful for this, your day.

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 We are thankful to be able to gather together in this way to come,

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 offering praise to you, beginning with these words that we have sung,

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 thirsting for your presence, thirsting for you as the psalmist was.

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 We pray that that would be our longing and desire this evening as we come,

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 as we come seeking you and come to hear your word,

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 come to be in your presence and in the fellowship of your people.

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 We pray that you will give us that thirsting soul and that longing after you.

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 And we thank you that in the psalm we are reminded too that,

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 just like the psalmist in his day who lived in a time when there was so much mocking of you,

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 when people said to him,

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 where is this God of yours?

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 And we live in such a day as well and we see so much mocking of you,

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 when we hear so many people who just put slander across about you,

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 who make fun of you, who make a joke out of you.

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 And we thank you that we can come this evening knowing that you are God and there is no other.

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 And we pray, Lord, for your mercy upon us as we live in these days,

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 as we see these things around us.

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 We pray, Lord, that we will have the confidence of the psalmist,

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 that we will come maybe feeling our souls cast down,

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 but yet saying, why are we so dismayed when we can trust God and praise you

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 and that you are our aid at all times,

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 that you are the one who is our help and our keeper.

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 And so, Lord, we pray these words this evening.

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 We pray that they may bring us close to you in our worship,

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 that they may, from the outset, give us a focus upon you,

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 that we'll be able to leave aside other distractions

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 that maybe we even had as we came through these doors this evening

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 or even as we sat speaking to one another

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 when there are things that can easily lead our minds away from you.

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 We pray that you will give us that focus upon you for this time of worship,

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 that you will give us a prayerful spirit,

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 that you will help us even now as we unite our hearts in this way,

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 offering up all our prayers to you,

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 spoken and unspoken,

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 prayers that maybe no one else knows,

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 but you do.

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 And we thank you that you are the hearer and answerer of prayer.

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 And we thank you that we can come to you in that way,

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 that we can come,

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 even as Jesus himself taught the disciples so long ago,

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 to come saying,

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 Our Father, who art in heaven,

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 we thank you that we can come in that way,

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 calling upon you in such an intimate and a personal way,

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 even though you are Lord and God of all,

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 that we can say,

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 Our Father, who art in heaven.

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 And so hear all our prayers

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 and guide us by your spirit as we seek to worship you.

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 We might do so in truth,

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 that we might hear your truth as we read from it

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 and as we consider it together this evening.

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 May it be your truth that guides us in life

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 and keeps us going on.

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 Your truth that brings us back to the right paths

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 and helps us to remain on them.

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 And we pray for the blessing of your spirit

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 to be on the reading of your word

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 and all our meditation upon it,

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 that you will lead us into it in a fresh way,

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 in a new way,

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 and that your word would speak to all our hearts.

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 We are thankful for it,

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 for all it says to us,

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 for all we have been reminded about already this day,

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 of the wonder of your covenant bond with us,

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 for all that you have done for us

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 and for all the generations of your people.

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 As we were reminded of the covenant with Abraham this morning,

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 we thank you for how we see it out,

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 worked and fulfilled in Jesus Christ, our Lord.

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 And we pray that this evening,

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 as we continue to worship you as Lord and God,

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 that you would continue to remind us

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 of all the blessings that are ours in Christ

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 and that we have so much to be thankful for.

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 So hear our prayers, Lord,

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 and we pray for so many different needs around us.

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 We pray for our communities.

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 We pray for our island.

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 We pray for our nation and the world in which we live.

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 We pray for all the different needs.

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 There are so many, Lord,

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 and yet none hidden from you.

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 We thank you for your knowledge of us,

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 that wonderful knowledge that nothing is beyond your reach,

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 nothing is beyond your control or power,

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 but that all things are done by you and for you.

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 And so we pray, Lord, that you will do good to us,

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 do good to our people, our congregation here.

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 May you bless us.

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 May you guide us.

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 May you help us.

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 Every step that we take,

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 may you guide us by your spirit,

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 unite our hearts in prayer,

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 and bless us, Lord, with your presence

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 and with your peace.

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 We do pray, Lord,

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 to see your spirit working in our midst,

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 thankful for all the promises that we have in your word

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 that remind us that your word does not return to you empty or void.

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 And we pray that,

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 whether it's in the preaching of your word from the pulpit here

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 or in our prayer meetings,

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 in our Sunday school and creche and twinnies and Bible class

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 and all the efforts made to reach out with your gospel,

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 that you would bless it.

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 We pray for this week ahead as we think of all that goes on

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 and as we look ahead, God willing,

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 to our baptism service next Sunday morning.

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 We thank you for the privilege of that.

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 We thank you for the families who will be coming for baptism.

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 We pray for the parents and the children and all the families,

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 that your spirit be with them, Lord,

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 as we prepare for that.

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 We thank you for the blessings that there is in baptism.

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 And not just for the ones that we look forward to, God willing,

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 but as we look back as well,

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 we thank you for the bonds that there are in baptism as a congregation.

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 And we remember the many children who have been baptized here

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 over so many years.

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 Many now even parents themselves or even grandparents.

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 We're thankful for the blessings that there are

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 in that community of your people.

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 We pray for those who have been committed to you over many years,

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 who have fulfilled their vows,

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 who have kept the faith,

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 who have gone to flourish as Christians.

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 We thank you for that.

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 Remember those who are maybe still seeking after you,

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 maybe even over many years seeking for you

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 and seeking your peace and your presence.

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 We pray that you will come and bring that peace to them,

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 that they will find you as their Lord and as their God.

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 We remember others maybe who have,

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 although been baptized,

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 have wandered away,

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 who have gone maybe to different parts of the world even,

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 who have even turned their back on you at a time.

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 But Lord, we pray that you will remember these vows that were taken,

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 remember these children as they were baptized,

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 or even adults as they were baptized,

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 and draw them to yourself in your time and by your spirit.

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 And so we do thank you, Lord,

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 that your eyes are upon us.

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 We thank you for that,

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 for our community as well,

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 and all the different things that are going on.

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 And we thank you that you are not a God who is sleeping,

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 not a God who will be mocked,

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 but that you will come in your power and by your ways.

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 Remember that as our community needs you.

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 It needs enriching.

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 It needs enlivening.

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 It needs your spirit to work,

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 that we would see many being drawn to you,

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 turning from darkness to light.

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 And so we pray for every endeavor made in your name.

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 And we pray for our nation, O Lord,

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 that you would bless us,

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 that you would guide us,

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 that you would help us,

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 even as we think of our government at this time.

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 And even in this coming week,

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 when there are many decisions that will be made,

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 many budgets that will be set,

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 and we think of the great trials that they face

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 in terms of leading our nation,

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 helping our nation.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 for your spirit in the midst of it all,

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 to give wisdom,

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 to give guidance,

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 to give a turning to you.

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 For we neglect you at our peril.

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 We turn away from you,

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 and we see the consequences.

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 But we thank you that your promise in your word

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 is that when we return to you,

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 that you will return to us.

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 And so, Lord,

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 may you hear our cries,

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 may you hear our prayers,

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 and protect your people.

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 Protect your people to all ends of the earth,

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 Lord,

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 as we thank you for the gospel that goes out to all ends.

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 We pray that it will be blessed,

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 and that your people,

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 near and far,

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 as they are described as your sheep,

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 even as we think of it this evening,

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 we thank you for our shepherd,

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 the one who is gathering his flock together,

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 the one who is building his church.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 to see and hear great things

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 throughout all nations of the world.

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 So remember us, we pray.

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 Remember our people.

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 Remember those in need at this time,

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 as we remember those in hospital,

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 both here in Stornoway,

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 and further afield as well,

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 those who are going through treatment,

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 those who have gone through operations,

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 those who are laid aside at this time.

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 Lord,

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 may you be their refuge and their strength.

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 May you be their ever-present aid.

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 May you watch over them and all the families

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 and hear our prayers for them.

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 So remember us, Lord.

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 Go before us,

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 comfort us,

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 guide us by your Spirit.

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 Receive our praise

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 and forgive all our sins

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 as we come confessing them on you this evening.

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 You know, Lord, our hearts,

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 and we pray that you will cleanse us,

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 that you will renew us,

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 that you will build us up.

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 And all we ask,

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 we ask in the precious name

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 of our Lord and Saviour,

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 Jesus Christ,

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 for his sake and glory.

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 Amen.

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 We'll again sing to God's praise.

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 We're going to sing this time in Psalm 139a,

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 in the Sing Psalms version.

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 You'll find this on page 180,

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 Psalm 139a.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 down to verse 10.

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 Psalm speaks of the wonderful knowledge

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 that God has of his people,

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 has of us all,

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 how he knows everything about us.

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 O Lord,

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 you have examined me,

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 you know me through and through.

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 My sitting,

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 rising,

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 all my thoughts

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 are far

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 are known to you.

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 My going out

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 and lying down

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 are plain before your view.

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 Before I speak a word,

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 O Lord,

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 it is

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 well known to you.

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 We will sing

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 from verse 1

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 to verse 10

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 and the tune is

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 Saint Andrew.

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 We stand to sing

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 to God's praise.

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 O Lord, you have examined me.

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 You know me through and through.

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 My Savior Christ, in all my thoughts,

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 have found my room to live.

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 My going out and lying down

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 are plenty for your good.

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 Before I speak a word, O Lord,

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 it is my home to you.

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 You have been behind before.

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 You hear only your hand.

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 Such joy is too wonderful.

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 To hide, to understand.

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 Where can I from your spirit flee?

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 Are proper dresses full?

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 If doom the heavens dear are there,

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 or in the necks below.

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 If I should take the wings of God,

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 and where are beyond the sea,

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 there also you who give my guide,

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 your right and holding me.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We'll turn together now to read God's word.

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 We're reading in the Gospel of John,

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 chapter 10.

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 Gospel of John, chapter 10.

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 We read from the beginning of that chapter

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 down to verse 21.

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 John, chapter 10, verse 21.

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 John chapter 10, verse 1.

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 This passage that speaks of Jesus

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 and one of the I am sayings in the Gospel of John

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 where he describes himself as the good shepherd.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door

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 but climbs in by another way,

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 that man is a thief and a robber.

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 But he who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

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 To him the gatekeeper opens.

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 The sheep hear his voice,

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 and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

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 When he has brought out all his own,

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 he goes before them,

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 and the sheep follow him,

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 for they know his voice.

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 A stranger they will not follow,

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 but they will flee from him,

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 for they do not know the voice of strangers.

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 This figure of speech Jesus used with them,

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 but they did not understand what he was saying to them.

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 So Jesus again said to them,

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 Truly, truly, I say to you,

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 I am the door of the sheep,

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 and all who come before me are thieves and robbers.

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 But the sheep did not listen to them.

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 I am the door.

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 If anyone enters by me,

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 he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.

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 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.

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 I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

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 He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd,

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 who does not own the sheep,

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 sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees,

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 and the wolf snatches them and scatters them.

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 He flees because he is a hired hand

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 and cares nothing for the sheep.

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 I am the good shepherd.

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 I know my own and my own know me,

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 just as a father knows me and I know the father,

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 and I lay down my life for the sheep.

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 And I have other sheep that are not of this fold.

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 I must bring them also,

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 and they will listen to my voice.

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 So there will be one flock, one shepherd.

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 For this reason the father loves me,

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 because I lay down my life,

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 that I may take it up again.

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 No one takes it from me,

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 but I lay it down of my own accord.

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 I have authority to lay it down,

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 and I have authority to take it up again.

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 This charge I have received from my father.

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 There was again a division among the Jews because of these words.

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 Many of them said,

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 He has a demon and is insane.

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 Why listen to him?

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 Others said,

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 These are not the words of one who is oppressed by a demon.

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 Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?

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 And so on.

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 And may God bless that reading from his word.

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 Before we turn back to look at this passage,

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 we'll again sing to God's praise this time in Psalm 106

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 in the Scottish Psalter,

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 singing at the beginning of the Psalm.

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 Psalm 106 from the beginning,

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 verse 1 to verse 5,

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 four stanzas.

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 The tune is St. David.

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 Give praise and thanks unto the Lord,

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 for bountiful is he,

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 his tender mercy doth endure into eternity.

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 God's mighty works who can express

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 or show forth all his praise.

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 Blessed are they that judgment keep,

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 and justly do always.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 5

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 into God's praise we stand to sing.

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 Amen.

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 Give freedom and sound to the Lord,

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 for bounty, cool is he.

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 His tender mercy doth endure unto eternity.

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 God's mighty works who can express

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 our show forth all his praise.

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 our show forth all his praise.

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 God's mighty works who can express

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 our show forth all his praise.

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 Blessed are they that judgment keep,

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 and King,

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 and just

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 in due

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 always.

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 Remember

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 me,

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 Lord, with

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 God above,

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 which thou

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 tonight

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 us bear.

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 With

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 thy

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 salvation,

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 O

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 my God,

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 to visit

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 thee

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 for near.

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 But I

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 thy

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 chosen

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 could

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 be seen,

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 and

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 in their

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 joy

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 rejoice,

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 and

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 and

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 be

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 with

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 thy

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 inheritance,

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 on

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 cheerful

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 voice.

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 As we're

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 singing in

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 these verses

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 in Psalm

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 106,

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 that verse

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 4,

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 there is like

00:24:51.719 --> 00:24:52.539
 a prayer for

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 us to offer

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 up.

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 Remember me,

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 Lord, with

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 that love,

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 which thou to

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 thine

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 dost bear,

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 with thy

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 salvation,

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 O my God,

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 to visit

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 me,

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 throw near.

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 And sometimes

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 we can feel

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 like we're

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 calling out to

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 God in

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 that way.

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 Remember me,

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 Lord,

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 remember me

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 with that

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 love which

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 you show to

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 your people.

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 And as we

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 come to

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 this passage

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 this evening

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 in John

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 10,

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 we are

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 reminded of

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 how God

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 has remembered

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 us,

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 and how he

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 has sent

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 salvation for

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 us.

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 And he has

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 visited us,

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 he has drawn

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 near to us

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 in the

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 person of

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 Jesus Christ,

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 his son.

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 And that's

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 what we see

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 as we were

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 thinking as

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 Gordon was

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 preaching this

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 morning on

00:25:36.599 --> 00:25:37.419
 the reminder

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 of the

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 covenant,

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 God's promise

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 to us,

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 and how it

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 will be

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 fulfilled in

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 Christ this

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 evening.

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 We're just

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 kind of

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 following on

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 on that

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 theme and

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 just seeing

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 how Jesus

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 is the

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 one we

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 see the

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 fulfillment

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 of that

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 in.

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 He is the

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 good shepherd

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 who has

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 come for

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 his people.

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 We're going

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 to read at

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 verse 9 in

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 John 10,

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 verse 9 to

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 11.

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 I am the

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 door.

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 If anyone

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 enters by

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 me, he

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 will be

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 saved and

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 will go

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 in and

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 out and

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 find pasture.

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 The thief

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 comes only

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 to steal

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 and kill

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 and destroy.

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 I came

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 that they

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 may have

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 life and

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 have it

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 abundantly.

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 I am

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 the good

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 shepherd.

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 The good

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 shepherd lays

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 down his

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 life for

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 the sheep.

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 The Bible

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 often describes

00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:29.559
 the relationship

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 between God

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 and his

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 people in

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 this way

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 of using

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 the image

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 of the

00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:34.619
 shepherd

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 and the

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 sheep.

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 We are

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 described as

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 people as

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 being like

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 sheep and

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 I don't

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 know what

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 that calls

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 to mind

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 for you as

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 you immediately

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 start to

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 think.

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 When you

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 think of

00:26:45.619 --> 00:26:45.899
 sheep,

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 what do

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 you think

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 of?

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 For some

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 people,

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 when you

00:26:49.139 --> 00:26:49.439
 think of

00:26:49.439 --> 00:26:49.839
 sheep,

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 it's a

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 joyous

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 thing.

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 If you

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 love

00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:52.759
 sheep,

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 if you

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 love

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 looking

00:26:53.399 --> 00:26:53.799
 after

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.279
 sheep,

00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:55.119
 spending

00:26:55.119 --> 00:26:56.240
 time on

00:26:56.240 --> 00:26:56.779
 the moor

00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.519
 or gathering

00:26:57.519 --> 00:26:58.079
 the sheep,

00:26:58.200 --> 00:26:58.679
 shearing the

00:26:58.679 --> 00:26:58.839
 sheep,

00:26:58.899 --> 00:26:59.399
 whatever it

00:26:59.400 --> 00:27:00.140
 is, it's

00:27:00.140 --> 00:27:00.560
 a pleasure

00:27:00.560 --> 00:27:01.019
 for many

00:27:01.019 --> 00:27:01.480
 people.

00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.640
 For others,

00:27:02.759 --> 00:27:03.100
 it may be

00:27:03.100 --> 00:27:03.460
 just a

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.660
 pain, a

00:27:04.660 --> 00:27:05.060
 waste of

00:27:05.060 --> 00:27:05.340
 a good

00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:05.980
 Saturday,

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.100
 or just

00:27:07.100 --> 00:27:07.660
 a time

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:07.920
 that's

00:27:07.920 --> 00:27:08.800
 misspent.

00:27:09.640 --> 00:27:10.019
 Sheep are

00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.019
 often seen

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.400
 in these

00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:12.240
 two different

00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:12.640
 ways.

00:27:12.759 --> 00:27:13.060
 But what

00:27:13.060 --> 00:27:13.759
 characteristics

00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:14.600
 of sheep

00:27:14.600 --> 00:27:15.920
 do you see

00:27:15.920 --> 00:27:16.400
 and you start

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:16.980
 to think,

00:27:17.460 --> 00:27:17.820
 well, I can

00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:19.140
 understand why

00:27:19.140 --> 00:27:20.220
 the Bible

00:27:20.220 --> 00:27:21.519
 describes us

00:27:21.519 --> 00:27:22.440
 as sheep

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.080
 and the need

00:27:23.080 --> 00:27:24.140
 of a shepherd

00:27:24.140 --> 00:27:25.340
 that we have.

00:27:25.339 --> 00:27:26.279
 think of

00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:26.599
 some of the

00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.319
 characteristics

00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.319
 of sheep.

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:29.500
 Maybe some

00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:29.819
 of the more

00:27:29.819 --> 00:27:30.619
 negative ones

00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.279
 first, they

00:27:31.279 --> 00:27:32.679
 easily led

00:27:32.679 --> 00:27:33.259
 astray.

00:27:33.899 --> 00:27:34.379
 Many will

00:27:34.379 --> 00:27:34.899
 just follow

00:27:34.899 --> 00:27:35.619
 after one

00:27:35.619 --> 00:27:36.839
 or a part

00:27:36.839 --> 00:27:37.419
 of the flock

00:27:37.419 --> 00:27:37.679
 and they'll

00:27:37.679 --> 00:27:38.119
 just go

00:27:38.119 --> 00:27:38.639
 with them.

00:27:38.699 --> 00:27:38.879
 It doesn't

00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:39.419
 matter which

00:27:39.419 --> 00:27:39.819
 way they're

00:27:39.819 --> 00:27:40.759
 heading or

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.279
 what they're

00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:41.639
 doing.

00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.699
 They're social

00:27:43.699 --> 00:27:44.159
 creatures.

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:44.559
 They like to

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.559
 be surrounded

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:46.159
 by others.

00:27:46.240 --> 00:27:46.459
 They like to

00:27:46.459 --> 00:27:47.199
 be part of

00:27:47.199 --> 00:27:47.819
 a flock.

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.759
 Again, that

00:27:48.759 --> 00:27:49.539
 can describe

00:27:49.539 --> 00:27:50.259
 people.

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.659
 They can be

00:27:51.659 --> 00:27:52.220
 wanderers.

00:27:52.299 --> 00:27:52.679
 They can just

00:27:52.679 --> 00:27:53.519
 go off on

00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:54.099
 their own and

00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:55.099
 just go

00:27:55.099 --> 00:27:55.679
 astray,

00:27:55.839 --> 00:27:56.259
 just thinking

00:27:56.259 --> 00:27:56.859
 the grass

00:27:56.859 --> 00:27:57.439
 is greener

00:27:57.439 --> 00:27:57.839
 over there,

00:27:57.919 --> 00:27:58.279
 that's the

00:27:58.279 --> 00:27:58.619
 way I'm

00:27:58.619 --> 00:27:58.939
 going,

00:27:59.339 --> 00:27:59.639
 and they

00:27:59.639 --> 00:28:00.539
 wander off

00:28:00.539 --> 00:28:01.179
 and end

00:28:01.179 --> 00:28:02.019
 up lost.

00:28:03.399 --> 00:28:03.699
 They can

00:28:03.699 --> 00:28:04.519
 be stubborn.

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:06.119
 Again, it's

00:28:06.119 --> 00:28:06.839
 a characteristic

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:08.059
 we see in

00:28:08.059 --> 00:28:08.959
 ourselves so

00:28:08.959 --> 00:28:09.279
 often.

00:28:09.899 --> 00:28:10.379
 We see so

00:28:10.379 --> 00:28:11.139
 many characteristics

00:28:11.139 --> 00:28:11.759
 in sheep

00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.740
 that remind

00:28:12.740 --> 00:28:13.219
 us of

00:28:13.219 --> 00:28:13.839
 ourselves,

00:28:14.119 --> 00:28:14.759
 but we're

00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:15.419
 also like

00:28:15.419 --> 00:28:15.839
 sheep,

00:28:16.019 --> 00:28:16.779
 defenseless,

00:28:16.939 --> 00:28:17.099
 we're

00:28:17.099 --> 00:28:17.599
 vulnerable.

00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.099
 We're all

00:28:19.099 --> 00:28:19.699
 of these

00:28:19.699 --> 00:28:19.980
 things.

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:20.579
 The list

00:28:20.579 --> 00:28:21.139
 could go

00:28:21.139 --> 00:28:22.199
 on and

00:28:22.199 --> 00:28:22.459
 you could

00:28:22.459 --> 00:28:23.259
 perhaps add

00:28:23.259 --> 00:28:23.959
 your own

00:28:23.959 --> 00:28:24.519
 description.

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:26.299
 But what

00:28:26.299 --> 00:28:27.219
 about valuable

00:28:27.219 --> 00:28:28.919
 or precious?

00:28:29.879 --> 00:28:30.339
 Is that

00:28:30.339 --> 00:28:30.799
 the way

00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:31.480
 that you

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.099
 think of

00:28:32.099 --> 00:28:32.480
 sheep?

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:33.799
 Is that

00:28:33.799 --> 00:28:33.980
 the way

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:34.359
 you think

00:28:34.359 --> 00:28:35.019
 of yourself

00:28:35.019 --> 00:28:36.539
 as valuable

00:28:36.539 --> 00:28:37.779
 or precious?

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.659
 Well, as we

00:28:39.659 --> 00:28:40.079
 think of these

00:28:40.079 --> 00:28:40.919
 words of Psalm

00:28:40.919 --> 00:28:41.779
 106,

00:28:41.939 --> 00:28:42.579
 remember me,

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:42.899
 Lord,

00:28:43.319 --> 00:28:43.899
 with that

00:28:43.899 --> 00:28:44.500
 love which

00:28:44.500 --> 00:28:44.980
 thou to

00:28:44.980 --> 00:28:45.339
 thine

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:46.079
 dost bear.

00:28:46.639 --> 00:28:47.000
 The word

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.379
 of God

00:28:47.379 --> 00:28:48.059
 reminds us

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.379
 that we

00:28:48.379 --> 00:28:49.579
 are indeed

00:28:49.579 --> 00:28:50.319
 precious.

00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:51.720
 sheep can

00:28:51.720 --> 00:28:52.139
 be very

00:28:52.139 --> 00:28:52.740
 precious.

00:28:53.619 --> 00:28:53.759
 In

00:28:53.759 --> 00:28:54.339
 August

00:28:54.339 --> 00:28:55.500
 2020

00:28:55.500 --> 00:28:55.759
 in

00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:56.159
 Lanark,

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:56.980
 just

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:57.579
 outside

00:28:57.579 --> 00:28:58.099
 Glasgow,

00:28:58.200 --> 00:28:58.460
 there was

00:28:58.460 --> 00:28:58.980
 a sheep

00:28:58.980 --> 00:28:59.339
 sale

00:28:59.339 --> 00:28:59.700
 there.

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.299
 And on

00:29:01.299 --> 00:29:02.139
 that day,

00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:02.819
 a Texel

00:29:02.819 --> 00:29:04.019
 ram by

00:29:04.019 --> 00:29:04.439
 the name

00:29:04.439 --> 00:29:04.939
 Double

00:29:04.939 --> 00:29:05.480
 Diamond

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.639
 sold for

00:29:06.639 --> 00:29:07.079
 a world

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:08.059
 record fee.

00:29:09.519 --> 00:29:11.019
 368,000

00:29:11.019 --> 00:29:11.700
 pounds.

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:13.740
 A valuable

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:15.019
 sheep.

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.359
 That just

00:29:16.359 --> 00:29:16.919
 sounds like

00:29:16.919 --> 00:29:18.119
 madness to

00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:18.719
 pay that

00:29:18.719 --> 00:29:19.379
 much money

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:20.199
 for a

00:29:20.199 --> 00:29:20.559
 sheep.

00:29:21.659 --> 00:29:22.119
 And yet,

00:29:22.259 --> 00:29:22.659
 when we

00:29:22.659 --> 00:29:23.659
 think of

00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:23.979
 that,

00:29:24.059 --> 00:29:24.279
 we are

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:25.059
 reminded of

00:29:25.059 --> 00:29:26.239
 those sheep

00:29:26.239 --> 00:29:27.279
 are vulnerable,

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:28.399
 they can be

00:29:28.399 --> 00:29:28.899
 valuable,

00:29:29.039 --> 00:29:29.419
 and because

00:29:29.419 --> 00:29:30.099
 they're valuable,

00:29:30.699 --> 00:29:31.159
 they come

00:29:31.159 --> 00:29:32.099
 under threat.

00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:33.179
 There are

00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:33.599
 those who

00:29:33.599 --> 00:29:34.000
 want to

00:29:34.000 --> 00:29:34.699
 steal them.

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.579
 There are

00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.199
 thieves who

00:29:36.199 --> 00:29:36.439
 want to

00:29:36.439 --> 00:29:36.959
 get a hold

00:29:36.959 --> 00:29:37.319
 of them

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:38.139
 so they

00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.519
 can get

00:29:38.519 --> 00:29:39.099
 money out

00:29:39.099 --> 00:29:39.439
 of it.

00:29:40.079 --> 00:29:40.419
 But there

00:29:40.419 --> 00:29:41.259
 are shepherds

00:29:41.259 --> 00:29:42.119
 who want

00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:43.039
 to protect

00:29:43.039 --> 00:29:43.319
 them.

00:29:44.459 --> 00:29:44.959
 And as we

00:29:44.959 --> 00:29:45.500
 think of the

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:45.959
 Bible and

00:29:45.959 --> 00:29:46.259
 how it

00:29:46.259 --> 00:29:46.879
 describes

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.519
 sheep,

00:29:47.519 --> 00:29:48.259
 and the

00:29:48.259 --> 00:29:48.839
 shepherd in

00:29:48.839 --> 00:29:49.539
 this way,

00:29:50.139 --> 00:29:50.579
 we are

00:29:50.579 --> 00:29:51.240
 reminded of

00:29:51.240 --> 00:29:51.879
 so many

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.480
 different things.

00:29:52.559 --> 00:29:52.799
 But one of

00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:53.259
 the greatest

00:29:53.259 --> 00:29:54.180
 images is

00:29:54.180 --> 00:29:54.960
 when we

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:55.539
 find the

00:29:55.539 --> 00:29:56.160
 sheep who

00:29:56.160 --> 00:29:56.940
 are going

00:29:56.940 --> 00:29:57.619
 astray,

00:29:57.779 --> 00:29:58.200
 the sheep

00:29:58.200 --> 00:29:58.559
 who are

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.440
 precious to

00:29:59.440 --> 00:29:59.900
 the shepherd.

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.379
 And because

00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:00.819
 they're so

00:30:00.819 --> 00:30:01.319
 precious,

00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:02.519
 the shepherd

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:02.980
 will go

00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.920
 out after

00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:05.240
 his sheep.

00:30:05.859 --> 00:30:06.500
 And even

00:30:06.500 --> 00:30:07.200
 to the extent

00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:07.680
 as we read

00:30:07.680 --> 00:30:08.460
 of here in

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.139
 John 10,

00:30:09.819 --> 00:30:10.440
 the shepherd

00:30:10.440 --> 00:30:11.079
 who will

00:30:11.079 --> 00:30:11.759
 give his

00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:13.420
 life for

00:30:13.420 --> 00:30:14.099
 the sheep.

00:30:15.019 --> 00:30:15.660
 Our idea

00:30:15.660 --> 00:30:16.279
 of sheep

00:30:16.279 --> 00:30:16.559
 and the

00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.139
 shepherd

00:30:17.140 --> 00:30:18.080
 and the

00:30:18.080 --> 00:30:18.620
 way the

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.000
 Bible

00:30:19.000 --> 00:30:19.880
 describes the

00:30:19.880 --> 00:30:20.320
 relationship

00:30:20.320 --> 00:30:20.620
 of the

00:30:20.620 --> 00:30:21.020
 sheep and

00:30:21.020 --> 00:30:21.420
 shepherd

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:21.720
 are

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.480
 probably

00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.340
 poles

00:30:23.340 --> 00:30:24.340
 apart.

00:30:25.040 --> 00:30:25.500
 Modern

00:30:25.500 --> 00:30:25.820
 day

00:30:25.820 --> 00:30:26.420
 thinking of

00:30:26.420 --> 00:30:27.200
 as we

00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:27.640
 would think

00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:28.080
 of the

00:30:28.080 --> 00:30:28.540
 shepherd and

00:30:28.540 --> 00:30:28.860
 the sheep

00:30:28.860 --> 00:30:29.259
 is very

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.940
 different to

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:30.500
 what Jesus

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.380
 would be

00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.280
 describing to

00:30:32.280 --> 00:30:32.780
 the people

00:30:32.780 --> 00:30:33.120
 here and

00:30:33.120 --> 00:30:33.340
 what they

00:30:33.340 --> 00:30:33.620
 would be

00:30:33.620 --> 00:30:34.460
 understanding

00:30:34.460 --> 00:30:35.640
 of this

00:30:35.640 --> 00:30:36.340
 relationship.

00:30:37.620 --> 00:30:38.640
 You see

00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:39.040
 just the

00:30:39.040 --> 00:30:39.300
 kind of

00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:39.980
 language that

00:30:39.980 --> 00:30:40.980
 Jesus uses

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.500
 here in

00:30:41.500 --> 00:30:42.200
 this passage.

00:30:42.200 --> 00:30:43.380
 he says

00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:43.840
 the sheep

00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:44.460
 hear my

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.940
 voice.

00:30:45.340 --> 00:30:45.440
 They

00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:46.120
 follow me.

00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.440
 Now when

00:30:47.440 --> 00:30:47.680
 do you

00:30:47.680 --> 00:30:48.200
 see that

00:30:48.200 --> 00:30:48.799
 around our

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:49.400
 island here?

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:49.840
 The sheep

00:30:49.840 --> 00:30:50.440
 just listen

00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:51.080
 to the

00:30:51.080 --> 00:30:51.440
 voice of

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:51.779
 the shepherd.

00:30:51.880 --> 00:30:52.039
 It has

00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:52.360
 to be a

00:30:52.360 --> 00:30:53.100
 very good

00:30:53.100 --> 00:30:54.480
 shepherd who

00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:54.799
 will just

00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.360
 speak and

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.740
 the sheep

00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.340
 will follow.

00:30:56.740 --> 00:30:57.220
 More often

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.600
 than not,

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.019
 the shepherd

00:30:58.019 --> 00:30:58.680
 is behind

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.299
 the sheep

00:30:59.299 --> 00:31:00.640
 driving the

00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:00.980
 sheep.

00:31:01.740 --> 00:31:02.259
 So often

00:31:02.259 --> 00:31:02.640
 it's about

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.799
 the quantity,

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.460
 a large

00:31:04.460 --> 00:31:05.600
 quantity of

00:31:05.600 --> 00:31:06.200
 sheep in

00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.819
 our idea,

00:31:07.420 --> 00:31:08.360
 whereas in

00:31:08.359 --> 00:31:08.699
 Jesus'

00:31:08.979 --> 00:31:09.500
 day it

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.740
 would be

00:31:09.740 --> 00:31:10.240
 smaller

00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:10.839
 numbers.

00:31:11.459 --> 00:31:11.740
 Every

00:31:11.740 --> 00:31:13.079
 sheep would

00:31:13.079 --> 00:31:13.519
 have a

00:31:13.519 --> 00:31:13.799
 name.

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:15.399
 Today we

00:31:15.399 --> 00:31:16.779
 don't often

00:31:16.779 --> 00:31:17.159
 see,

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:17.659
 although sometimes

00:31:17.659 --> 00:31:18.079
 you do,

00:31:18.179 --> 00:31:19.139
 you have a

00:31:19.139 --> 00:31:19.500
 lamb,

00:31:19.579 --> 00:31:20.079
 you call it

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.419
 a name,

00:31:20.479 --> 00:31:20.740
 you look

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:21.419
 after it,

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.099
 but it

00:31:22.099 --> 00:31:22.519
 can soon

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.199
 be forgotten

00:31:23.199 --> 00:31:23.619
 about,

00:31:23.740 --> 00:31:24.659
 whereas the

00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:25.219
 sheep in

00:31:25.219 --> 00:31:25.539
 Jesus'

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.219
 day the

00:31:26.219 --> 00:31:26.740
 shepherd would

00:31:26.740 --> 00:31:27.139
 have them

00:31:27.139 --> 00:31:27.699
 perhaps for

00:31:27.699 --> 00:31:28.719
 many years

00:31:28.719 --> 00:31:29.619
 and know

00:31:29.619 --> 00:31:30.279
 each one

00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:30.939
 by name

00:31:30.939 --> 00:31:31.939
 and be

00:31:31.939 --> 00:31:32.219
 able to

00:31:32.219 --> 00:31:32.639
 look out

00:31:32.639 --> 00:31:32.899
 for them

00:31:32.899 --> 00:31:33.579
 and see

00:31:33.579 --> 00:31:34.419
 this personal

00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:35.199
 and protective

00:31:35.199 --> 00:31:36.979
 oversight of

00:31:36.979 --> 00:31:37.240
 them.

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:39.039
 And so

00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.599
 what Jesus

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.259
 is talking

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:40.679
 about here

00:31:40.679 --> 00:31:41.459
 is a very

00:31:41.459 --> 00:31:42.339
 intimate,

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.919
 it's a very

00:31:42.919 --> 00:31:43.839
 personal

00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:45.259
 relationship.

00:31:45.979 --> 00:31:46.279
 And you

00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:46.759
 see that

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.539
 throughout the

00:31:47.539 --> 00:31:47.899
 Bible.

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:48.979
 You see it

00:31:48.979 --> 00:31:49.399
 in Psalm

00:31:49.399 --> 00:31:49.879
 100,

00:31:50.459 --> 00:31:51.240
 when in

00:31:51.240 --> 00:31:51.779
 verse 3

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.319
 it says,

00:31:52.459 --> 00:31:52.599
 no,

00:31:52.719 --> 00:31:53.119
 the Lord,

00:31:53.559 --> 00:31:53.939
 he is

00:31:53.939 --> 00:31:54.399
 God,

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.519
 it is he

00:31:55.519 --> 00:31:56.179
 who made

00:31:56.179 --> 00:31:56.479
 us,

00:31:56.599 --> 00:31:56.879
 we are

00:31:56.879 --> 00:31:57.299
 his,

00:31:57.399 --> 00:31:57.679
 we are

00:31:57.679 --> 00:31:58.459
 his people,

00:31:59.319 --> 00:31:59.659
 and then

00:31:59.659 --> 00:32:00.179
 it describes

00:32:00.179 --> 00:32:00.919
 and we are

00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:01.599
 the sheep

00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:02.500
 of his

00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.159
 pasture.

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.399
 He has

00:32:04.399 --> 00:32:05.519
 made us,

00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:06.479
 we are

00:32:06.479 --> 00:32:07.099
 his people,

00:32:07.619 --> 00:32:08.339
 but describes

00:32:08.339 --> 00:32:09.319
 the sheep

00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:10.240
 of his

00:32:10.240 --> 00:32:10.839
 pasture.

00:32:11.139 --> 00:32:11.480
 So it's

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:11.799
 a reminder

00:32:11.799 --> 00:32:12.299
 that God

00:32:12.299 --> 00:32:12.839
 has made

00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:13.759
 us in

00:32:13.759 --> 00:32:14.379
 that image

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:15.039
 of sheep.

00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:16.000
 There's

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.459
 a reminder

00:32:16.459 --> 00:32:17.399
 of where

00:32:17.399 --> 00:32:17.839
 we are

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.579
 as sinners

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:19.299
 in Isaiah

00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:19.919
 53,

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:20.779
 verse 6,

00:32:20.879 --> 00:32:21.199
 it says,

00:32:21.439 --> 00:32:21.720
 all we

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.419
 like sheep

00:32:22.419 --> 00:32:23.199
 have gone

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:23.740
 astray,

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.079
 we have

00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:24.399
 turned

00:32:24.399 --> 00:32:24.919
 everyone

00:32:24.919 --> 00:32:26.000
 to his

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.980
 own way.

00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:27.500
 So we've

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:27.919
 wandered

00:32:27.919 --> 00:32:28.319
 off,

00:32:29.419 --> 00:32:29.720
 we've

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:29.899
 gone

00:32:29.899 --> 00:32:30.319
 away.

00:32:31.459 --> 00:32:31.859
 Jesus

00:32:31.859 --> 00:32:32.619
 has another

00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.720
 moment in

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.519
 his experience

00:32:34.519 --> 00:32:35.359
 when Matthew

00:32:35.359 --> 00:32:35.799
 9,

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.639
 verse 36,

00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.060
 when he's

00:32:37.060 --> 00:32:38.080
 seeing great

00:32:38.080 --> 00:32:38.940
 crowds of

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.580
 people and

00:32:39.580 --> 00:32:39.820
 he has

00:32:39.820 --> 00:32:40.780
 compassion on

00:32:40.780 --> 00:32:40.960
 them.

00:32:41.820 --> 00:32:42.360
 Why does he

00:32:42.360 --> 00:32:43.000
 have compassion

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.259
 on them?

00:32:43.300 --> 00:32:43.600
 It says,

00:32:43.860 --> 00:32:44.120
 because they

00:32:44.120 --> 00:32:44.980
 were harassed

00:32:44.980 --> 00:32:45.620
 and helpless

00:32:45.620 --> 00:32:47.300
 like sheep

00:32:47.300 --> 00:32:48.940
 without a

00:32:48.940 --> 00:32:49.240
 shepherd.

00:32:50.040 --> 00:32:50.740
 So you're

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.200
 seeing there,

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:51.960
 there's this

00:32:51.960 --> 00:32:53.480
 close bond

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:54.880
 between shepherd

00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:55.440
 and sheep.

00:32:55.520 --> 00:32:56.180
 So the sheep

00:32:56.180 --> 00:32:57.280
 who are harassed

00:32:57.280 --> 00:32:57.800
 and helpless,

00:32:58.300 --> 00:32:58.720
 there's no

00:32:58.720 --> 00:32:59.500
 shepherd to look

00:32:59.500 --> 00:33:00.000
 after them.

00:33:00.840 --> 00:33:01.400
 And that's why

00:33:01.400 --> 00:33:01.860
 he has

00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.620
 compassion,

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.480
 like sheep

00:33:04.480 --> 00:33:05.279
 without a

00:33:05.279 --> 00:33:05.579
 shepherd.

00:33:06.019 --> 00:33:06.480
 But then you

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.860
 come to

00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.480
 John 10

00:33:07.480 --> 00:33:07.860
 and you

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:08.279
 have this

00:33:08.279 --> 00:33:08.779
 wonderful

00:33:08.779 --> 00:33:10.140
 passage that

00:33:10.140 --> 00:33:11.079
 describes the

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:12.319
 sheep and

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:12.660
 the most

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.319
 precious

00:33:13.319 --> 00:33:14.620
 shepherd of

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.039
 all.

00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:16.400
 As you think

00:33:16.400 --> 00:33:16.860
 of this in

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.380
 light of

00:33:17.380 --> 00:33:18.559
 John's

00:33:18.559 --> 00:33:19.220
 gospel and

00:33:19.220 --> 00:33:20.259
 him talking

00:33:20.259 --> 00:33:20.759
 about the

00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.400
 great I

00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:22.400
 am sayings

00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:23.720
 and how

00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:24.420
 that reminds

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.180
 us of how

00:33:25.180 --> 00:33:25.740
 God

00:33:25.740 --> 00:33:27.140
 remembers his

00:33:27.140 --> 00:33:27.779
 people.

00:33:28.420 --> 00:33:28.779
 Well here

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.200
 we are again

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.079
 reminded of

00:33:30.079 --> 00:33:31.519
 Jesus as

00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.099
 the I

00:33:32.099 --> 00:33:32.440
 am,

00:33:33.120 --> 00:33:33.620
 the I

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:33.779
 am,

00:33:33.779 --> 00:33:34.480
 the shepherd

00:33:34.480 --> 00:33:36.240
 of the

00:33:36.240 --> 00:33:36.680
 sheep.

00:33:36.920 --> 00:33:37.460
 The shepherd

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:38.279
 who ultimately

00:33:38.279 --> 00:33:39.639
 lays down

00:33:39.639 --> 00:33:40.619
 his life

00:33:40.619 --> 00:33:41.660
 for his

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:42.139
 sheep because

00:33:42.139 --> 00:33:42.599
 that's how

00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:44.039
 precious his

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.819
 sheep are

00:33:44.819 --> 00:33:45.819
 to him.

00:33:46.319 --> 00:33:46.779
 We want to

00:33:46.779 --> 00:33:47.299
 think of

00:33:47.299 --> 00:33:48.480
 three things

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.180
 about this

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:50.579
 shepherd this

00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.039
 evening.

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.539
 Three things

00:33:52.539 --> 00:33:53.099
 that we see

00:33:53.099 --> 00:33:54.119
 of Jesus

00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:55.319
 as the

00:33:55.319 --> 00:33:56.019
 shepherd of

00:33:56.019 --> 00:33:56.559
 his sheep.

00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.039
 And the

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.559
 first is

00:33:57.559 --> 00:33:59.619
 his perception,

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.079
 his knowledge

00:34:01.079 --> 00:34:02.339
 of the

00:34:02.339 --> 00:34:02.700
 sheep.

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:03.700
 shepherd.

00:34:03.700 --> 00:34:04.039
 The second

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.460
 thing is

00:34:04.460 --> 00:34:05.220
 his purpose

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:06.620
 as the

00:34:06.620 --> 00:34:06.940
 shepherd.

00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:08.199
 And then

00:34:08.199 --> 00:34:08.780
 thirdly we'll

00:34:08.780 --> 00:34:09.079
 see the

00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:09.659
 promise and

00:34:09.659 --> 00:34:11.340
 protection that

00:34:11.340 --> 00:34:11.960
 he gives

00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:12.980
 to his

00:34:12.980 --> 00:34:13.380
 sheep.

00:34:14.059 --> 00:34:14.619
 We'll begin

00:34:14.619 --> 00:34:15.519
 by looking

00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:15.800
 at his

00:34:15.800 --> 00:34:16.240
 perception,

00:34:16.380 --> 00:34:17.019
 his knowledge

00:34:17.019 --> 00:34:18.360
 of the

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.699
 sheep.

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:20.320
 When we

00:34:20.320 --> 00:34:20.599
 think of

00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:21.440
 ourselves and

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:21.820
 the people

00:34:21.820 --> 00:34:22.159
 we have

00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:22.980
 around us,

00:34:23.820 --> 00:34:24.199
 what kind

00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:24.840
 of knowledge

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:26.000
 do you have

00:34:26.000 --> 00:34:26.619
 of the people

00:34:26.619 --> 00:34:27.039
 around you?

00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:27.300
 What kind

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.659
 of knowledge

00:34:27.659 --> 00:34:27.920
 do you have

00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.480
 of the people

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:29.500
 sitting next

00:34:29.500 --> 00:34:29.820
 to you,

00:34:29.900 --> 00:34:30.400
 behind you,

00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:30.920
 or in front

00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.320
 of you?

00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.720
 It depends

00:34:32.720 --> 00:34:33.300
 maybe how

00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:34.079
 close you

00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.460
 are to

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:34.619
 them.

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.000
 There'll be

00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:35.700
 some who

00:34:35.700 --> 00:34:36.240
 are family,

00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:36.539
 there'll be

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:36.940
 some who

00:34:36.940 --> 00:34:37.740
 are friends,

00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:38.619
 there'll be

00:34:38.619 --> 00:34:39.159
 maybe some

00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:39.599
 who are

00:34:39.599 --> 00:34:40.659
 strangers to

00:34:40.659 --> 00:34:40.960
 you.

00:34:41.519 --> 00:34:42.079
 Our knowledge

00:34:42.079 --> 00:34:43.159
 varies depending

00:34:43.159 --> 00:34:45.320
 on how much

00:34:45.320 --> 00:34:46.200
 we see of

00:34:46.200 --> 00:34:46.840
 the people.

00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.400
 And there

00:34:48.400 --> 00:34:48.720
 might be

00:34:48.720 --> 00:34:49.360
 some people

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.099
 you know

00:34:50.099 --> 00:34:50.920
 pretty well.

00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:52.659
 You've got to

00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:52.960
 know them

00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:53.860
 over a long

00:34:53.860 --> 00:34:54.559
 period of

00:34:54.559 --> 00:34:54.960
 time.

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:55.840
 You know

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:56.619
 their good

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:57.039
 habits,

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:58.320
 their kind

00:34:58.320 --> 00:34:58.820
 hearts,

00:34:58.980 --> 00:35:00.200
 their generous

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.719
 spirit,

00:35:00.859 --> 00:35:01.059
 you know

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.399
 all of

00:35:01.399 --> 00:35:01.919
 these things

00:35:01.919 --> 00:35:02.539
 about them.

00:35:03.359 --> 00:35:03.639
 And then

00:35:03.639 --> 00:35:04.059
 the more

00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:04.359
 you get

00:35:04.359 --> 00:35:04.619
 to know

00:35:04.619 --> 00:35:04.899
 people,

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:05.319
 you also

00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:07.159
 see the

00:35:07.159 --> 00:35:07.879
 less positive

00:35:07.879 --> 00:35:08.419
 side of them,

00:35:08.439 --> 00:35:08.879
 the bad

00:35:08.879 --> 00:35:09.679
 habits that

00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:10.119
 the people

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:10.799
 might have,

00:35:11.239 --> 00:35:12.039
 their failings

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.779
 as well.

00:35:13.419 --> 00:35:13.799
 But it's

00:35:13.799 --> 00:35:14.199
 all about

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:14.679
 getting to

00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:15.699
 know the

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.179
 people.

00:35:17.819 --> 00:35:18.199
 And as you

00:35:18.199 --> 00:35:18.619
 get to know

00:35:18.619 --> 00:35:19.000
 people,

00:35:19.079 --> 00:35:19.559
 you realise

00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.039
 all of

00:35:20.039 --> 00:35:20.619
 these things

00:35:20.619 --> 00:35:21.519
 about them,

00:35:21.559 --> 00:35:22.039
 yet even

00:35:22.039 --> 00:35:22.619
 the person

00:35:22.619 --> 00:35:22.980
 you know

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.519
 best,

00:35:24.819 --> 00:35:25.279
 you don't

00:35:25.279 --> 00:35:25.619
 know them

00:35:25.619 --> 00:35:26.179
 better than

00:35:26.179 --> 00:35:27.079
 Jesus does.

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:29.199
 Jesus'

00:35:29.440 --> 00:35:30.340
 knowledge of

00:35:30.340 --> 00:35:31.019
 his people,

00:35:31.139 --> 00:35:31.460
 of his

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:31.880
 sheep,

00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:33.099
 is far

00:35:33.099 --> 00:35:33.539
 more than

00:35:33.539 --> 00:35:33.900
 any of

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.319
 us can

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.599
 have,

00:35:34.659 --> 00:35:35.559
 even we

00:35:35.559 --> 00:35:35.960
 could say

00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:36.819
 of ourselves,

00:35:38.199 --> 00:35:38.719
 that Jesus

00:35:38.719 --> 00:35:40.639
 knows us

00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:41.539
 better than

00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:41.980
 we know

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.259
 ourselves.

00:35:44.699 --> 00:35:45.659
 And Jesus

00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.460
 speaks of

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.139
 his knowledge

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:48.159
 of his

00:35:48.159 --> 00:35:48.900
 sheep here

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:49.559
 in John

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:49.880
 10.

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.440
 He speaks

00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:50.880
 of it in

00:35:50.880 --> 00:35:51.460
 verse 2

00:35:51.460 --> 00:35:52.079
 and 3

00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:53.099
 where he

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:54.219
 says,

00:35:54.219 --> 00:35:56.599
 He

00:35:56.599 --> 00:35:57.219
 knows

00:35:57.219 --> 00:36:10.439
 his sheep

00:36:10.439 --> 00:36:10.859
 so

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.500
 personally.

00:36:12.819 --> 00:36:13.379
 He knows

00:36:13.379 --> 00:36:14.159
 them that

00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:14.579
 just at

00:36:14.579 --> 00:36:15.419
 the command

00:36:15.419 --> 00:36:15.759
 of his

00:36:15.759 --> 00:36:16.239
 voice,

00:36:16.959 --> 00:36:17.379
 they will

00:36:17.379 --> 00:36:17.879
 follow.

00:36:18.819 --> 00:36:19.239
 They will

00:36:19.239 --> 00:36:20.759
 follow after

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.119
 him.

00:36:21.459 --> 00:36:21.719
 You see

00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:22.199
 it too

00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:23.199
 in verse

00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:23.859
 14.

00:36:25.079 --> 00:36:25.500
 I am

00:36:25.500 --> 00:36:25.899
 the good

00:36:25.899 --> 00:36:26.379
 shepherd.

00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:27.739
 I know

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.699
 my own

00:36:28.699 --> 00:36:29.759
 and my

00:36:29.759 --> 00:36:30.299
 own

00:36:30.299 --> 00:36:31.419
 know me.

00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:32.500
 There's

00:36:32.500 --> 00:36:32.719
 this

00:36:32.719 --> 00:36:33.579
 relationship

00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:33.980
 that's

00:36:33.980 --> 00:36:34.259
 about

00:36:34.259 --> 00:36:34.960
 knowledge

00:36:34.960 --> 00:36:36.579
 of how

00:36:36.579 --> 00:36:37.559
 he knows

00:36:37.559 --> 00:36:38.599
 his

00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:39.059
 sheep.

00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:40.339
 What

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:40.960
 kind of

00:36:40.960 --> 00:36:41.719
 knowledge

00:36:41.719 --> 00:36:43.099
 is this?

00:36:44.199 --> 00:36:44.619
 It's

00:36:44.619 --> 00:36:44.960
 the kind

00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:45.500
 of knowledge

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.939
 that the

00:36:45.939 --> 00:36:46.339
 psalmist

00:36:46.339 --> 00:36:47.059
 speaks of

00:36:47.059 --> 00:36:47.439
 in Psalm

00:36:47.439 --> 00:36:48.699
 139.

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:49.779
 The

00:36:49.779 --> 00:36:50.099
 knowledge

00:36:50.099 --> 00:36:50.359
 that he

00:36:50.359 --> 00:36:50.819
 says

00:36:50.820 --> 00:36:52.600
 is too

00:36:52.600 --> 00:36:53.340
 wonderful

00:36:53.340 --> 00:36:54.059
 as he

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:54.460
 describes

00:36:54.460 --> 00:36:55.140
 too high

00:36:55.140 --> 00:36:55.840
 to

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.800
 understand.

00:36:57.860 --> 00:36:58.100
 There's

00:36:58.100 --> 00:36:58.420
 not a

00:36:58.420 --> 00:36:58.800
 word

00:36:58.800 --> 00:36:59.400
 that

00:36:59.400 --> 00:36:59.780
 comes

00:36:59.780 --> 00:37:00.140
 to our

00:37:00.140 --> 00:37:00.360
 lips

00:37:00.360 --> 00:37:00.680
 that is

00:37:00.680 --> 00:37:00.900
 not

00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:01.300
 known

00:37:01.300 --> 00:37:01.660
 by

00:37:01.660 --> 00:37:01.880
 him

00:37:01.880 --> 00:37:02.620
 even

00:37:02.620 --> 00:37:03.059
 before

00:37:03.059 --> 00:37:03.380
 we

00:37:03.380 --> 00:37:03.940
 speak

00:37:03.940 --> 00:37:04.200
 it.

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:05.420
 Our

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.980
 rising,

00:37:06.160 --> 00:37:06.260
 our

00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:06.800
 sitting,

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:07.460
 our

00:37:07.460 --> 00:37:08.000
 sleeping,

00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:09.080
 everything

00:37:09.080 --> 00:37:09.740
 about us

00:37:09.740 --> 00:37:10.059
 it is

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.400
 known

00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:10.960
 to him.

00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:11.880
 The

00:37:11.880 --> 00:37:12.220
 psalmist

00:37:12.220 --> 00:37:12.720
 describes

00:37:12.720 --> 00:37:13.720
 even if

00:37:13.720 --> 00:37:13.880
 we

00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:14.380
 go to

00:37:14.380 --> 00:37:14.559
 the

00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:14.940
 utmost

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.580
 parts

00:37:15.580 --> 00:37:15.900
 of the

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.200
 sea,

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:17.039
 even

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:17.460
 there

00:37:17.460 --> 00:37:17.760
 your

00:37:17.760 --> 00:37:18.080
 right

00:37:18.080 --> 00:37:18.500
 hand

00:37:18.500 --> 00:37:18.720
 is

00:37:18.720 --> 00:37:18.980
 leading

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.260
 me.

00:37:19.260 --> 00:37:20.340
 There

00:37:20.340 --> 00:37:20.640
 is a

00:37:20.640 --> 00:37:21.200
 knowledge

00:37:21.200 --> 00:37:21.720
 that is

00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:22.080
 so

00:37:22.080 --> 00:37:22.740
 wonderful,

00:37:23.240 --> 00:37:23.620
 so

00:37:23.620 --> 00:37:24.240
 personal

00:37:24.240 --> 00:37:24.720
 beyond

00:37:24.720 --> 00:37:25.520
 anything

00:37:25.520 --> 00:37:25.740
 that

00:37:25.740 --> 00:37:26.100
 anybody

00:37:26.100 --> 00:37:26.460
 else

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:26.840
 has

00:37:26.840 --> 00:37:27.080
 of

00:37:27.080 --> 00:37:27.380
 us,

00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:28.260
 even

00:37:28.260 --> 00:37:28.840
 ourselves.

00:37:30.160 --> 00:37:30.480
 You

00:37:30.480 --> 00:37:31.000
 think of

00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.600
 a

00:37:31.600 --> 00:37:32.140
 relationship

00:37:32.140 --> 00:37:32.700
 with your

00:37:32.700 --> 00:37:33.380
 parents

00:37:33.380 --> 00:37:34.720
 and the

00:37:34.720 --> 00:37:35.140
 knowledge

00:37:35.140 --> 00:37:36.760
 that they

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.280
 have of

00:37:37.280 --> 00:37:37.680
 you and

00:37:37.680 --> 00:37:38.080
 you have

00:37:38.080 --> 00:37:38.580
 of them.

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.160
 Think

00:37:40.160 --> 00:37:40.740
 back maybe

00:37:40.740 --> 00:37:41.000
 when you

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.580
 were younger

00:37:41.580 --> 00:37:42.740
 or perhaps

00:37:42.740 --> 00:37:43.040
 you were at

00:37:43.040 --> 00:37:43.540
 that age

00:37:43.540 --> 00:37:44.100
 just now

00:37:44.100 --> 00:37:44.920
 when you

00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.220
 would go

00:37:45.220 --> 00:37:45.640
 out in

00:37:45.640 --> 00:37:46.120
 an evening.

00:37:47.620 --> 00:37:47.860
 You would

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:48.340
 go away

00:37:48.340 --> 00:37:48.660
 for an

00:37:48.660 --> 00:37:48.820
 evening

00:37:48.820 --> 00:37:48.980
 and by

00:37:48.980 --> 00:37:49.260
 the time

00:37:49.260 --> 00:37:49.559
 you come

00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:49.860
 home

00:37:49.860 --> 00:37:50.700
 it's

00:37:50.700 --> 00:37:51.100
 later

00:37:51.100 --> 00:37:51.380
 than you

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.559
 maybe

00:37:51.559 --> 00:37:51.920
 should

00:37:51.920 --> 00:37:52.019
 have

00:37:52.019 --> 00:37:52.160
 been

00:37:52.160 --> 00:37:52.480
 out.

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:53.519
 You're

00:37:53.519 --> 00:37:54.100
 trying to

00:37:54.100 --> 00:37:54.440
 sneak

00:37:54.440 --> 00:37:55.160
 back in.

00:37:55.700 --> 00:37:55.860
 You're

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.140
 trying to

00:37:56.140 --> 00:37:56.380
 sneak

00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:56.760
 through

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.720
 the front

00:37:57.720 --> 00:37:58.059
 door

00:37:58.059 --> 00:37:58.360
 and then

00:37:58.360 --> 00:37:58.780
 trying to

00:37:58.780 --> 00:37:59.140
 sneak

00:37:59.140 --> 00:37:59.559
 through

00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:00.700
 the inside

00:38:00.700 --> 00:38:01.059
 door,

00:38:01.220 --> 00:38:01.480
 sneak

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:01.740
 through

00:38:01.740 --> 00:38:01.960
 the

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.260
 rooms,

00:38:02.480 --> 00:38:02.720
 sneak

00:38:02.720 --> 00:38:03.140
 up the

00:38:03.140 --> 00:38:03.620
 stairs

00:38:03.620 --> 00:38:04.100
 into your

00:38:04.100 --> 00:38:04.280
 own

00:38:04.280 --> 00:38:04.680
 bedroom

00:38:04.680 --> 00:38:05.620
 and go

00:38:05.620 --> 00:38:06.200
 to sleep

00:38:06.200 --> 00:38:06.460
 and you

00:38:06.460 --> 00:38:06.920
 think to

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.420
 yourself

00:38:07.420 --> 00:38:08.420
 I've

00:38:08.420 --> 00:38:08.900
 got away

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.440
 with it.

00:38:10.420 --> 00:38:10.920
 They don't

00:38:10.920 --> 00:38:11.940
 know what

00:38:11.940 --> 00:38:12.360
 time I

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:12.640
 came in.

00:38:12.700 --> 00:38:12.980
 They don't

00:38:12.980 --> 00:38:13.440
 know I

00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:14.039
 was past

00:38:14.039 --> 00:38:14.640
 the time

00:38:14.640 --> 00:38:15.360
 I was

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:15.980
 meant to

00:38:15.980 --> 00:38:16.460
 come in

00:38:16.460 --> 00:38:17.340
 until the

00:38:17.340 --> 00:38:18.039
 next morning

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:19.059
 and they

00:38:19.059 --> 00:38:19.740
 tell you

00:38:19.740 --> 00:38:20.980
 exactly what

00:38:20.980 --> 00:38:21.440
 time you

00:38:21.440 --> 00:38:21.880
 came in.

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.460
 They know.

00:38:25.099 --> 00:38:25.579
 They don't

00:38:25.579 --> 00:38:26.280
 miss much

00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:27.179
 but sometimes

00:38:27.179 --> 00:38:28.260
 they do.

00:38:29.820 --> 00:38:30.059
 And yet

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.720
 the knowledge

00:38:30.720 --> 00:38:31.420
 that Jesus

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.740
 has of

00:38:32.740 --> 00:38:33.159
 us,

00:38:33.460 --> 00:38:33.960
 it goes

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.740
 way beyond

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:35.480
 even that.

00:38:36.619 --> 00:38:37.260
 Everything

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:37.880
 about us,

00:38:37.980 --> 00:38:39.320
 every little

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:40.179
 detail.

00:38:40.800 --> 00:38:41.380
 When Jesus

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:42.159
 says I

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.440
 am the

00:38:42.440 --> 00:38:43.480
 door and

00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:43.820
 I am

00:38:43.820 --> 00:38:44.460
 the shepherd,

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:45.800
 he is

00:38:45.800 --> 00:38:46.519
 describing

00:38:46.519 --> 00:38:47.800
 this knowledge

00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:48.420
 of us,

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:48.800
 that there's

00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:49.560
 nothing that

00:38:49.560 --> 00:38:50.200
 we do,

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.560
 nowhere that

00:38:51.560 --> 00:38:52.019
 we go,

00:38:52.460 --> 00:38:52.720
 that he

00:38:52.720 --> 00:38:53.260
 doesn't

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:53.760
 know.

00:38:55.120 --> 00:38:55.340
 And

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:55.840
 describing

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:56.480
 himself as

00:38:56.480 --> 00:38:57.039
 the door

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.920
 and the

00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.280
 shepherd,

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:59.060
 it's not

00:38:59.060 --> 00:38:59.920
 two different

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:00.580
 things.

00:39:01.340 --> 00:39:02.120
 It's the

00:39:02.120 --> 00:39:03.180
 same thing.

00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:05.000
 The shepherd

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.200
 as the

00:39:06.200 --> 00:39:07.940
 door and

00:39:07.940 --> 00:39:08.480
 just being

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.000
 the shepherd

00:39:09.000 --> 00:39:09.720
 as the

00:39:09.720 --> 00:39:10.580
 shepherd himself,

00:39:10.860 --> 00:39:11.560
 they're talking

00:39:11.560 --> 00:39:11.940
 about the

00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:12.780
 same thing.

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:13.860
 The shepherd

00:39:13.860 --> 00:39:15.160
 is the

00:39:15.160 --> 00:39:15.500
 door.

00:39:15.800 --> 00:39:16.660
 when you

00:39:16.660 --> 00:39:17.280
 see here

00:39:17.280 --> 00:39:17.660
 Jesus

00:39:17.660 --> 00:39:18.460
 talking about

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:19.420
 the sheep

00:39:19.420 --> 00:39:20.060
 fold in

00:39:20.060 --> 00:39:20.720
 verse 1.

00:39:23.220 --> 00:39:24.160
 He says

00:39:24.160 --> 00:39:24.380
 later,

00:39:24.440 --> 00:39:24.840
 I am the

00:39:24.840 --> 00:39:25.800
 door for

00:39:25.800 --> 00:39:26.320
 the sheep.

00:39:26.660 --> 00:39:27.120
 He's

00:39:27.120 --> 00:39:27.640
 describing

00:39:27.640 --> 00:39:28.660
 this setting

00:39:28.660 --> 00:39:29.240
 where the

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:29.680
 sheep would

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.019
 have to

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.480
 come in

00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:31.039
 and go

00:39:31.039 --> 00:39:31.680
 out of.

00:39:32.200 --> 00:39:32.940
 A place

00:39:32.940 --> 00:39:33.240
 that would

00:39:33.240 --> 00:39:33.440
 have

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:33.960
 walls,

00:39:34.120 --> 00:39:34.800
 four walls

00:39:34.800 --> 00:39:35.280
 and just

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:36.600
 one entry.

00:39:38.160 --> 00:39:38.600
 And for

00:39:38.600 --> 00:39:39.180
 every sheep

00:39:39.180 --> 00:39:39.480
 they had to

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.160
 go through

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:41.180
 this entry,

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:41.780
 either coming

00:39:41.780 --> 00:39:42.860
 out or

00:39:42.860 --> 00:39:43.580
 going in.

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:45.579
 and the

00:39:45.579 --> 00:39:45.920
 shepherd

00:39:45.920 --> 00:39:47.139
 would be

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.880
 the door.

00:39:49.559 --> 00:39:50.019
 The sheep

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:50.340
 would have

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:50.900
 to pass

00:39:50.900 --> 00:39:51.099
 him,

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.239
 either coming

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:53.299
 out or

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:54.000
 going in.

00:39:54.679 --> 00:39:55.299
 So he knew

00:39:55.299 --> 00:39:56.559
 exactly the

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:57.119
 sheep that he

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:58.299
 had, he knew

00:39:58.299 --> 00:39:59.079
 their condition,

00:39:59.819 --> 00:40:00.279
 and he knew

00:40:00.279 --> 00:40:00.719
 that he had

00:40:00.719 --> 00:40:01.159
 them coming

00:40:01.159 --> 00:40:02.340
 back in at

00:40:02.340 --> 00:40:02.840
 the end of

00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.199
 the day.

00:40:03.840 --> 00:40:04.179
 Nothing

00:40:04.179 --> 00:40:05.619
 was missed.

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:07.639
 And that's

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:08.239
 the knowledge

00:40:08.239 --> 00:40:09.239
 that Jesus

00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:10.279
 has of his

00:40:10.279 --> 00:40:10.739
 sheep.

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:12.239
 And us

00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:13.239
 as his

00:40:13.239 --> 00:40:13.579
 sheep,

00:40:13.679 --> 00:40:14.339
 there's nothing

00:40:14.339 --> 00:40:15.460
 that passes

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.359
 by him.

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:17.799
 And so when

00:40:17.799 --> 00:40:18.380
 you think of

00:40:18.380 --> 00:40:18.859
 your life,

00:40:18.940 --> 00:40:19.400
 there's no

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:20.759
 sneaking past

00:40:20.759 --> 00:40:21.219
 Jesus,

00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.739
 there's no

00:40:21.739 --> 00:40:22.159
 thinking,

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:23.259
 I got away

00:40:23.259 --> 00:40:24.039
 with that.

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.519
 Everything

00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.759
 is known

00:40:26.759 --> 00:40:27.259
 to him.

00:40:27.319 --> 00:40:28.019
 This knowledge

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.880
 is so

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.380
 wonderful,

00:40:29.500 --> 00:40:29.799
 it's so

00:40:29.799 --> 00:40:30.219
 high,

00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:31.059
 it's beyond

00:40:31.059 --> 00:40:32.079
 our understanding,

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:32.940
 and yet it

00:40:32.940 --> 00:40:33.579
 should give us

00:40:33.579 --> 00:40:34.159
 such great

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:34.679
 comfort.

00:40:35.619 --> 00:40:36.299
 Because his

00:40:36.299 --> 00:40:36.779
 knowledge is

00:40:36.779 --> 00:40:37.480
 complete.

00:40:38.579 --> 00:40:39.099
 His knowledge

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:39.819
 is past,

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.400
 present,

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:42.019
 and future.

00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:44.440
 His knowledge

00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:45.799
 of us means

00:40:45.799 --> 00:40:46.239
 that we are

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:47.099
 watched over

00:40:47.099 --> 00:40:48.920
 at all times,

00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:49.699
 wherever we

00:40:49.699 --> 00:40:50.000
 go.

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:51.460
 And there's a

00:40:51.460 --> 00:40:52.259
 great blessing

00:40:52.259 --> 00:40:53.500
 in that.

00:40:54.359 --> 00:40:54.880
 As we think

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.599
 of ourselves,

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.139
 as we think

00:40:57.139 --> 00:40:57.619
 of others,

00:40:57.739 --> 00:40:58.119
 as we think

00:40:58.119 --> 00:40:58.519
 even of,

00:40:58.859 --> 00:40:59.119
 as we're

00:40:59.119 --> 00:40:59.719
 praying there

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.079
 for the

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:01.039
 baptism service

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:01.659
 next week,

00:41:01.739 --> 00:41:02.139
 God willing,

00:41:02.199 --> 00:41:02.599
 as we think

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.579
 of baptized

00:41:03.579 --> 00:41:04.259
 children,

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:04.699
 as we think

00:41:04.699 --> 00:41:05.139
 of those

00:41:05.139 --> 00:41:05.719
 who have

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:06.319
 gone away

00:41:06.319 --> 00:41:07.000
 from here,

00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:07.519
 gone away

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.219
 from home,

00:41:08.960 --> 00:41:09.519
 that this

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.339
 is knowledge

00:41:10.339 --> 00:41:11.539
 that Jesus

00:41:11.539 --> 00:41:12.139
 has,

00:41:12.779 --> 00:41:13.460
 that he is

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.339
 watching over

00:41:14.339 --> 00:41:15.519
 his sheep,

00:41:16.259 --> 00:41:17.039
 that he has

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:18.199
 them as his

00:41:18.199 --> 00:41:19.039
 flock watched

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:20.400
 over at all

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:20.719
 times.

00:41:20.819 --> 00:41:21.239
 They're coming

00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:21.779
 in and they're

00:41:21.779 --> 00:41:22.599
 going out.

00:41:24.359 --> 00:41:24.900
 And that as

00:41:24.900 --> 00:41:25.440
 we pray,

00:41:25.539 --> 00:41:26.119
 we can pray

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.859
 in that way

00:41:26.859 --> 00:41:27.679
 of his

00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:28.119
 knowing

00:41:28.119 --> 00:41:29.440
 everything

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:30.400
 about us.

00:41:31.319 --> 00:41:31.819
 So whatever

00:41:31.819 --> 00:41:32.619
 stage we're

00:41:32.619 --> 00:41:33.359
 at in life,

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.420
 we come

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:34.800
 to the

00:41:34.800 --> 00:41:35.180
 shepherd

00:41:35.180 --> 00:41:36.200
 looking for

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:36.920
 his help,

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.800
 looking for

00:41:37.800 --> 00:41:38.700
 his guidance,

00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:39.760
 for his

00:41:39.760 --> 00:41:40.360
 knowledge to

00:41:40.360 --> 00:41:40.900
 be revealed

00:41:40.900 --> 00:41:41.780
 to us,

00:41:42.680 --> 00:41:43.039
 for his

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.579
 help to

00:41:43.579 --> 00:41:44.039
 be given

00:41:44.039 --> 00:41:45.300
 to us,

00:41:45.680 --> 00:41:46.579
 for his

00:41:46.579 --> 00:41:47.740
 rod and

00:41:47.740 --> 00:41:48.380
 his staff,

00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:48.820
 as we'll

00:41:48.820 --> 00:41:49.720
 consider later,

00:41:49.860 --> 00:41:50.380
 as well as

00:41:50.380 --> 00:41:51.760
 directing us in

00:41:51.760 --> 00:41:52.320
 every way that

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:52.840
 we should go,

00:41:53.059 --> 00:41:53.579
 bringing us

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:54.220
 back or

00:41:54.220 --> 00:41:55.019
 putting us

00:41:55.019 --> 00:41:55.599
 forward.

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:57.160
 So as we

00:41:57.160 --> 00:41:57.680
 think of

00:41:57.680 --> 00:41:58.760
 what school

00:41:58.760 --> 00:41:59.500
 subjects we

00:41:59.500 --> 00:41:59.780
 take,

00:41:59.820 --> 00:42:00.260
 as we think

00:42:00.260 --> 00:42:01.220
 about moving

00:42:01.219 --> 00:42:01.779
 away from

00:42:01.779 --> 00:42:02.319
 home to

00:42:02.319 --> 00:42:03.000
 university,

00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.099
 as we think

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.519
 of going

00:42:04.519 --> 00:42:04.980
 into the

00:42:04.980 --> 00:42:05.879
 working life,

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:07.139
 as we think

00:42:07.139 --> 00:42:07.959
 of other

00:42:07.959 --> 00:42:08.799
 struggles that

00:42:08.799 --> 00:42:09.219
 will come

00:42:09.219 --> 00:42:09.739
 our way

00:42:09.739 --> 00:42:10.639
 through life,

00:42:11.299 --> 00:42:11.779
 challenges,

00:42:12.739 --> 00:42:13.319
 as we think

00:42:13.319 --> 00:42:14.039
 of illness

00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:15.519
 and bereavement

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:16.179
 and all of

00:42:16.179 --> 00:42:16.579
 these things,

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:17.159
 all the

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.859
 struggles that

00:42:17.859 --> 00:42:18.219
 we might

00:42:18.219 --> 00:42:18.599
 have,

00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:19.819
 whatever it

00:42:19.819 --> 00:42:20.299
 is,

00:42:20.779 --> 00:42:21.639
 he knows.

00:42:23.139 --> 00:42:23.480
 His

00:42:23.480 --> 00:42:24.299
 knowledge of

00:42:24.299 --> 00:42:25.819
 us is so

00:42:25.819 --> 00:42:26.639
 complete.

00:42:27.819 --> 00:42:28.480
 He is

00:42:28.480 --> 00:42:29.400
 the good

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:30.760
 shepherd who

00:42:30.760 --> 00:42:31.940
 knows his

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:32.420
 sheep.

00:42:34.280 --> 00:42:34.679
 And that

00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:35.079
 leads us

00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:35.559
 then into

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:36.820
 his purpose.

00:42:38.260 --> 00:42:38.920
 His knowledge

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.760
 of us is so

00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.440
 complete, but

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.039
 then we begin

00:42:41.039 --> 00:42:42.639
 to see his

00:42:42.639 --> 00:42:43.360
 purpose.

00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:46.119
 Why has

00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:47.099
 Jesus come?

00:42:47.900 --> 00:42:48.579
 Why did

00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:49.320
 God send

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:50.699
 his son into

00:42:50.699 --> 00:42:51.480
 this world?

00:42:52.619 --> 00:42:53.079
 Well, when you

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.639
 think of,

00:42:53.780 --> 00:42:54.519
 again, just

00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:55.260
 our natural

00:42:55.260 --> 00:42:55.860
 setting, when

00:42:55.860 --> 00:42:56.240
 you think of

00:42:56.240 --> 00:42:56.740
 the lamb

00:42:56.740 --> 00:42:57.460
 sails or the

00:42:57.460 --> 00:42:58.260
 sheep sails,

00:42:58.480 --> 00:42:59.199
 when they

00:42:59.199 --> 00:42:59.659
 go ahead,

00:42:59.780 --> 00:43:00.340
 buyers will

00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:00.840
 come with

00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.559
 a purpose.

00:43:02.579 --> 00:43:03.280
 They come

00:43:03.280 --> 00:43:03.679
 for the

00:43:03.679 --> 00:43:04.300
 best, they

00:43:04.300 --> 00:43:04.860
 come for the

00:43:04.860 --> 00:43:06.079
 quality, and

00:43:06.079 --> 00:43:06.840
 they come to

00:43:06.840 --> 00:43:07.460
 pay good

00:43:07.460 --> 00:43:08.400
 money, you

00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:09.059
 hope for

00:43:09.059 --> 00:43:09.320
 them.

00:43:10.360 --> 00:43:10.860
 And you

00:43:10.860 --> 00:43:11.199
 see the

00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:11.699
 extraordinary

00:43:11.699 --> 00:43:12.500
 amounts when

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:12.940
 you think of

00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:13.719
 double diamond

00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:14.380
 bought for

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:16.340
 368,000

00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:17.440
 pounds.

00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:19.280
 Vast

00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:19.840
 sums of

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.280
 money can

00:43:20.280 --> 00:43:21.079
 be spent

00:43:21.079 --> 00:43:22.719
 on sheep.

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:23.960
 And how

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:24.280
 does the

00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:24.940
 purpose of

00:43:24.940 --> 00:43:26.119
 Jesus, the

00:43:26.119 --> 00:43:26.920
 good shepherd,

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:28.159
 compare to

00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:28.599
 that?

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:30.480
 Did he

00:43:30.480 --> 00:43:31.219
 just come

00:43:31.219 --> 00:43:32.000
 for the

00:43:32.000 --> 00:43:32.460
 best?

00:43:33.879 --> 00:43:34.299
 Did he

00:43:34.299 --> 00:43:34.899
 come just

00:43:34.899 --> 00:43:35.679
 to hand

00:43:35.679 --> 00:43:36.779
 pick the

00:43:36.779 --> 00:43:37.480
 best for

00:43:37.480 --> 00:43:38.000
 himself?

00:43:39.099 --> 00:43:39.519
 Imagine

00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:40.099
 going to

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.819
 a sale and

00:43:40.819 --> 00:43:41.500
 coming home

00:43:41.500 --> 00:43:42.619
 with sheep

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:42.920
 that were

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:44.759
 old, sheep

00:43:44.759 --> 00:43:45.299
 that had no

00:43:45.299 --> 00:43:46.739
 teeth, sheep

00:43:46.739 --> 00:43:47.039
 that were

00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:47.639
 lame or

00:43:47.639 --> 00:43:48.199
 blind.

00:43:49.259 --> 00:43:49.679
 It would

00:43:49.679 --> 00:43:50.440
 seem foolish,

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:50.759
 it would

00:43:50.759 --> 00:43:51.579
 seem madness,

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:52.460
 you would be

00:43:52.460 --> 00:43:53.299
 asked questions,

00:43:53.379 --> 00:43:53.739
 what have you

00:43:53.739 --> 00:43:54.099
 done?

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:55.599
 Hope you

00:43:55.599 --> 00:43:56.000
 didn't pay

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.780
 anything for

00:43:56.780 --> 00:43:57.119
 them.

00:43:58.260 --> 00:43:58.559
 And if

00:43:58.559 --> 00:43:58.739
 you were

00:43:58.739 --> 00:43:59.039
 to turn

00:43:59.039 --> 00:43:59.300
 around and

00:43:59.300 --> 00:43:59.460
 say I

00:43:59.460 --> 00:44:00.000
 actually paid

00:44:00.000 --> 00:44:00.659
 top money

00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:01.360
 for these,

00:44:02.179 --> 00:44:02.440
 you would

00:44:02.440 --> 00:44:02.800
 be seen

00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:03.179
 as being

00:44:03.179 --> 00:44:03.780
 crazy.

00:44:04.519 --> 00:44:04.679
 It would

00:44:04.679 --> 00:44:05.199
 be madness

00:44:05.199 --> 00:44:06.019
 to spend

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:07.059
 any money

00:44:07.059 --> 00:44:07.900
 on sheep

00:44:07.900 --> 00:44:08.219
 that are

00:44:08.219 --> 00:44:08.920
 old and

00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:09.300
 lame.

00:44:11.300 --> 00:44:11.599
 And yet

00:44:11.599 --> 00:44:11.840
 when you

00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:12.300
 look at the

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:12.900
 scriptures and

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.920
 you see the

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:14.619
 relationship of

00:44:14.619 --> 00:44:15.099
 the shepherd

00:44:15.099 --> 00:44:15.539
 and his

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:15.900
 sheep,

00:44:16.739 --> 00:44:17.219
 did he

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:18.179
 come to

00:44:18.179 --> 00:44:18.659
 pick the

00:44:18.659 --> 00:44:19.079
 best?

00:44:20.519 --> 00:44:20.940
 Did he

00:44:20.940 --> 00:44:21.400
 come to

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:22.320
 pay only

00:44:22.320 --> 00:44:22.780
 the top

00:44:22.780 --> 00:44:23.559
 prize for

00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:24.559
 those who

00:44:24.559 --> 00:44:25.179
 were worthy?

00:44:26.099 --> 00:44:26.420
 Did he

00:44:26.420 --> 00:44:26.719
 look at

00:44:26.719 --> 00:44:26.880
 their

00:44:26.880 --> 00:44:27.639
 qualities and

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:28.480
 say that

00:44:28.480 --> 00:44:28.960
 one's not

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:29.599
 good enough?

00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:31.599
 When you

00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:32.320
 read through

00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:33.440
 God's word

00:44:33.440 --> 00:44:34.579
 you see who

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:35.539
 Jesus came

00:44:35.539 --> 00:44:36.099
 for.

00:44:36.360 --> 00:44:36.799
 As he

00:44:36.799 --> 00:44:37.299
 came for

00:44:37.299 --> 00:44:37.739
 his sheep

00:44:37.739 --> 00:44:38.199
 he came

00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:38.539
 for them

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:38.980
 all.

00:44:40.400 --> 00:44:40.920
 Each of

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:42.159
 them sinful,

00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:43.460
 lost,

00:44:44.500 --> 00:44:45.360
 facing God's

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:45.860
 judgment.

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:47.619
 In order

00:44:47.619 --> 00:44:48.179
 for them to

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:48.880
 become his

00:44:48.880 --> 00:44:49.299
 sheep,

00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:50.820
 Jesus had

00:44:50.820 --> 00:44:51.460
 to come

00:44:51.460 --> 00:44:52.579
 for his

00:44:52.579 --> 00:44:53.000
 sheep.

00:44:53.559 --> 00:44:54.559
 And coming

00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:55.820
 for his

00:44:55.820 --> 00:44:56.179
 sheep,

00:44:56.639 --> 00:44:57.940
 that involved

00:44:57.940 --> 00:44:58.400
 a great

00:44:58.400 --> 00:44:59.039
 price.

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:00.699
 It involved

00:45:00.699 --> 00:45:01.719
 a great

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:02.360
 cost.

00:45:03.840 --> 00:45:04.320
 The good

00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:05.980
 shepherd lays

00:45:05.980 --> 00:45:06.799
 down his

00:45:06.799 --> 00:45:08.239
 life for

00:45:08.239 --> 00:45:08.860
 the sheep.

00:45:09.779 --> 00:45:10.539
 He pays

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:12.019
 the ultimate

00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:13.099
 price.

00:45:14.900 --> 00:45:15.699
 He paid

00:45:15.699 --> 00:45:16.779
 for our

00:45:16.779 --> 00:45:17.299
 sins.

00:45:19.779 --> 00:45:20.299
 And this

00:45:20.299 --> 00:45:21.000
 redemption,

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.940
 this price

00:45:21.940 --> 00:45:23.460
 cost much.

00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:25.619
 And yet

00:45:25.619 --> 00:45:26.699
 what he

00:45:26.699 --> 00:45:27.320
 says is

00:45:27.320 --> 00:45:28.159
 my sheep

00:45:28.159 --> 00:45:29.219
 they love

00:45:29.219 --> 00:45:29.900
 to hear

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:30.719
 my voice.

00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:31.440
 My sheep

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:32.420
 they hear

00:45:32.420 --> 00:45:33.179
 my voice

00:45:33.179 --> 00:45:34.679
 and follow

00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:35.460
 me.

00:45:36.559 --> 00:45:37.059
 And isn't

00:45:37.059 --> 00:45:37.840
 that just a

00:45:37.840 --> 00:45:39.059
 wonderful reminder

00:45:39.059 --> 00:45:39.759
 to us?

00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:41.159
 The purpose

00:45:41.159 --> 00:45:41.880
 of Jesus

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.980
 is to call

00:45:42.980 --> 00:45:43.380
 not the

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:43.940
 perfect,

00:45:45.219 --> 00:45:46.099
 not those

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:46.420
 who are

00:45:46.420 --> 00:45:47.340
 everything

00:45:47.340 --> 00:45:48.099
 sorted,

00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:49.659
 but to

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:50.119
 call his

00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:50.719
 sheep as

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:51.259
 his own,

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.380
 to call

00:45:52.380 --> 00:45:53.339
 them by

00:45:53.339 --> 00:45:54.039
 their name.

00:45:55.839 --> 00:45:56.639
 What kind

00:45:56.639 --> 00:45:57.279
 of sheep

00:45:57.279 --> 00:45:58.480
 are you?

00:46:00.199 --> 00:46:00.880
 Are you a

00:46:00.880 --> 00:46:01.380
 perfect

00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:01.940
 sheep?

00:46:02.980 --> 00:46:03.599
 Prime

00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:04.319
 quality,

00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:05.839
 top price?

00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:07.199
 No.

00:46:08.259 --> 00:46:09.039
 There's none

00:46:09.039 --> 00:46:09.440
 of us who

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:09.839
 could say

00:46:09.839 --> 00:46:10.400
 we're that.

00:46:11.259 --> 00:46:11.799
 We're

00:46:11.799 --> 00:46:12.380
 straying,

00:46:13.000 --> 00:46:13.980
 we're lost,

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:15.659
 we're sinful.

00:46:15.659 --> 00:46:17.819
 And yet

00:46:17.819 --> 00:46:18.159
 what kind

00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.539
 of sheep

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.059
 did Jesus

00:46:19.059 --> 00:46:19.679
 come to

00:46:19.679 --> 00:46:20.079
 give his

00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:21.319
 life for?

00:46:22.339 --> 00:46:22.980
 The very

00:46:22.980 --> 00:46:23.460
 sheep that

00:46:23.460 --> 00:46:23.879
 we think

00:46:23.879 --> 00:46:24.319
 of as

00:46:24.319 --> 00:46:24.799
 worthless,

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:25.480
 the lame,

00:46:26.039 --> 00:46:26.719
 the blind,

00:46:26.899 --> 00:46:27.420
 the sick,

00:46:28.500 --> 00:46:29.299
 the ones

00:46:29.299 --> 00:46:29.480
 who are

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:30.339
 useless in

00:46:30.339 --> 00:46:30.579
 other

00:46:30.579 --> 00:46:31.059
 people's

00:46:31.059 --> 00:46:31.519
 eyes.

00:46:32.839 --> 00:46:33.139
 Jesus

00:46:33.139 --> 00:46:33.839
 says that

00:46:33.839 --> 00:46:34.480
 himself in

00:46:34.480 --> 00:46:34.960
 the Gospel

00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:35.539
 of Mark,

00:46:35.779 --> 00:46:36.639
 chapter 2,

00:46:36.739 --> 00:46:37.399
 the scribes

00:46:37.399 --> 00:46:37.679
 and the

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:38.179
 Pharisees

00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:38.819
 were around

00:46:38.820 --> 00:46:39.880
 and when

00:46:39.880 --> 00:46:40.480
 they saw

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:41.100
 him eating

00:46:41.100 --> 00:46:41.840
 with sinners

00:46:41.840 --> 00:46:42.440
 and tax

00:46:42.440 --> 00:46:42.840
 collectors,

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:43.380
 they said

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:45.080
 to his

00:46:45.080 --> 00:46:45.539
 disciples,

00:46:45.740 --> 00:46:46.180
 why does

00:46:46.180 --> 00:46:46.559
 he eat

00:46:46.559 --> 00:46:47.600
 with tax

00:46:47.600 --> 00:46:48.140
 collectors

00:46:48.140 --> 00:46:49.220
 and sinners?

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:51.480
 Why?

00:46:51.780 --> 00:46:52.320
 Why does

00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:52.640
 he do

00:46:52.640 --> 00:46:53.059
 that?

00:46:53.740 --> 00:46:53.940
 Well,

00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:54.720
 Jesus heard

00:46:54.720 --> 00:46:54.940
 it and

00:46:54.940 --> 00:46:55.280
 he said

00:46:55.280 --> 00:46:55.539
 to them,

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:56.400
 those who

00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:56.880
 are well

00:46:56.880 --> 00:46:57.340
 have no

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:57.680
 need of

00:46:57.680 --> 00:46:58.240
 a physician,

00:46:58.860 --> 00:46:59.620
 but those

00:46:59.620 --> 00:46:59.960
 who are

00:46:59.960 --> 00:47:00.440
 sick.

00:47:01.500 --> 00:47:02.220
 I came

00:47:02.220 --> 00:47:02.600
 not to

00:47:02.600 --> 00:47:03.039
 call the

00:47:03.039 --> 00:47:03.480
 righteous,

00:47:04.140 --> 00:47:05.180
 but sinners.

00:47:06.720 --> 00:47:07.340
 We are

00:47:07.340 --> 00:47:08.180
 all sheep

00:47:08.179 --> 00:47:09.000
 who have

00:47:09.000 --> 00:47:09.259
 gone

00:47:09.259 --> 00:47:09.659
 astray.

00:47:09.759 --> 00:47:09.899
 We're

00:47:09.899 --> 00:47:10.199
 all

00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:10.980
 turned

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:11.799
 to our

00:47:11.799 --> 00:47:12.159
 own

00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:12.539
 way

00:47:12.539 --> 00:47:13.440
 and

00:47:13.440 --> 00:47:13.759
 that's

00:47:13.759 --> 00:47:14.039
 why

00:47:14.039 --> 00:47:14.480
 Jesus

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:15.039
 came.

00:47:15.940 --> 00:47:16.339
 That's

00:47:16.339 --> 00:47:16.519
 his

00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:17.039
 purpose.

00:47:18.379 --> 00:47:18.639
 We've

00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:19.039
 all gone

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:19.639
 astray,

00:47:20.199 --> 00:47:20.899
 but he

00:47:20.899 --> 00:47:21.639
 came to

00:47:21.639 --> 00:47:22.819
 call his

00:47:22.819 --> 00:47:23.259
 own

00:47:23.259 --> 00:47:24.519
 to himself.

00:47:25.859 --> 00:47:26.339
 The

00:47:26.339 --> 00:47:26.899
 parable of

00:47:26.899 --> 00:47:27.039
 the

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:27.480
 prodigal

00:47:27.480 --> 00:47:27.919
 son,

00:47:28.799 --> 00:47:29.460
 which comes

00:47:29.460 --> 00:47:30.099
 just after

00:47:30.099 --> 00:47:30.699
 the parable

00:47:30.699 --> 00:47:31.619
 of the

00:47:31.619 --> 00:47:31.960
 lost

00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:32.559
 sheep

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:32.940
 who

00:47:32.940 --> 00:47:33.960
 left

00:47:33.960 --> 00:47:34.500
 the 99

00:47:34.500 --> 00:47:34.960
 to go

00:47:34.960 --> 00:47:35.440
 out after

00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:35.940
 the one

00:47:35.940 --> 00:47:36.399
 sheep

00:47:36.399 --> 00:47:36.759
 who was

00:47:36.759 --> 00:47:37.099
 missing.

00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:37.739
 The

00:47:37.739 --> 00:47:38.099
 prodigal

00:47:38.099 --> 00:47:38.539
 son is

00:47:38.539 --> 00:47:39.000
 along the

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:39.259
 same

00:47:39.259 --> 00:47:39.719
 lines.

00:47:39.839 --> 00:47:40.079
 When the

00:47:40.079 --> 00:47:40.480
 prodigal

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:41.059
 son goes

00:47:41.059 --> 00:47:41.480
 away,

00:47:42.119 --> 00:47:42.599
 wanders

00:47:42.599 --> 00:47:43.239
 off into

00:47:43.239 --> 00:47:43.920
 his sinful

00:47:43.920 --> 00:47:44.519
 life,

00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:46.279
 fulfills it

00:47:46.279 --> 00:47:46.539
 the way

00:47:46.539 --> 00:47:46.839
 he would

00:47:46.839 --> 00:47:47.460
 see best,

00:47:47.539 --> 00:47:47.799
 and then

00:47:47.799 --> 00:47:49.099
 realizes how

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:49.739
 empty it

00:47:49.739 --> 00:47:50.159
 is.

00:47:51.119 --> 00:47:51.400
 And when

00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:51.799
 he comes

00:47:51.799 --> 00:47:52.179
 to his

00:47:52.179 --> 00:47:52.619
 senses,

00:47:53.440 --> 00:47:54.000
 he says,

00:47:54.079 --> 00:47:54.259
 I will

00:47:54.259 --> 00:47:55.480
 return to

00:47:55.480 --> 00:47:56.139
 my father.

00:47:57.179 --> 00:47:57.599
 And there's

00:47:57.599 --> 00:47:58.199
 that part

00:47:58.199 --> 00:47:58.759
 in Luke

00:47:58.759 --> 00:47:59.259
 15,

00:47:59.339 --> 00:48:00.019
 verse 20,

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.380
 where it

00:48:00.380 --> 00:48:00.699
 says,

00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:02.039
 the father

00:48:02.039 --> 00:48:02.960
 ran out

00:48:02.960 --> 00:48:03.740
 to meet

00:48:03.740 --> 00:48:05.000
 him and

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:05.800
 embraced

00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:06.179
 him.

00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:07.860
 Another

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:08.340
 word of

00:48:08.340 --> 00:48:08.940
 translation

00:48:08.940 --> 00:48:09.320
 there for

00:48:09.320 --> 00:48:09.880
 embrace is

00:48:09.880 --> 00:48:10.579
 he fell

00:48:10.579 --> 00:48:11.780
 upon him.

00:48:12.940 --> 00:48:13.320
 You think

00:48:13.320 --> 00:48:13.619
 to yourself,

00:48:13.699 --> 00:48:14.099
 what's the

00:48:14.099 --> 00:48:14.720
 significance

00:48:14.720 --> 00:48:15.880
 there?

00:48:16.019 --> 00:48:17.199
 Why fall

00:48:17.199 --> 00:48:17.840
 upon him

00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:18.840
 in this

00:48:18.840 --> 00:48:19.220
 way?

00:48:20.340 --> 00:48:20.659
 Well,

00:48:20.679 --> 00:48:20.920
 if you go

00:48:20.920 --> 00:48:21.300
 back to

00:48:21.300 --> 00:48:21.699
 the Old

00:48:21.699 --> 00:48:22.220
 Testament

00:48:22.220 --> 00:48:22.720
 and to

00:48:22.720 --> 00:48:23.400
 Deuteronomy

00:48:23.400 --> 00:48:24.280
 21,

00:48:25.340 --> 00:48:26.240
 verse 18

00:48:26.240 --> 00:48:27.139
 to 21

00:48:27.139 --> 00:48:27.480
 there,

00:48:27.599 --> 00:48:28.240
 it speaks

00:48:28.240 --> 00:48:30.099
 about what

00:48:30.099 --> 00:48:31.079
 people were

00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:31.980
 instructed to

00:48:31.980 --> 00:48:33.039
 do to

00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:33.719
 a child

00:48:33.719 --> 00:48:34.119
 who had

00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:34.880
 disobeyed

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:35.599
 and dishonored

00:48:35.599 --> 00:48:36.480
 his parents.

00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:38.539
 What was

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:39.279
 the price

00:48:39.279 --> 00:48:39.960
 that was

00:48:39.960 --> 00:48:40.460
 paid?

00:48:41.659 --> 00:48:41.860
 Well,

00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:42.059
 they were

00:48:42.059 --> 00:48:42.639
 instructed

00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:44.440
 to stone

00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:45.539
 that child.

00:48:46.799 --> 00:48:47.559
 Sounds

00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:48.319
 so awful,

00:48:48.480 --> 00:48:49.559
 sounds so

00:48:49.559 --> 00:48:50.000
 cruel,

00:48:51.000 --> 00:48:51.299
 that they

00:48:51.299 --> 00:48:51.679
 would put

00:48:51.679 --> 00:48:52.619
 that child

00:48:52.619 --> 00:48:53.279
 to death

00:48:53.279 --> 00:48:54.199
 for disobeying

00:48:54.199 --> 00:48:55.219
 their parents

00:48:55.219 --> 00:48:56.000
 and dishonoring

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:57.360
 their parents.

00:48:58.579 --> 00:48:59.159
 But if you

00:48:59.159 --> 00:48:59.739
 see that

00:48:59.739 --> 00:49:00.359
 version and

00:49:00.359 --> 00:49:00.699
 you see

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:01.399
 the prodigal

00:49:01.399 --> 00:49:01.859
 son,

00:49:02.839 --> 00:49:03.599
 you realize

00:49:03.599 --> 00:49:04.079
 just how

00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:04.719
 significant

00:49:04.719 --> 00:49:05.779
 that embrace

00:49:05.779 --> 00:49:06.719
 and that

00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:07.599
 falling upon

00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:08.239
 him is.

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:09.839
 Because what

00:49:09.839 --> 00:49:10.359
 the father

00:49:10.359 --> 00:49:11.059
 was doing

00:49:11.059 --> 00:49:12.379
 was knowing

00:49:12.379 --> 00:49:12.959
 what the

00:49:12.959 --> 00:49:13.500
 people would

00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:14.579
 be commanded

00:49:14.579 --> 00:49:15.479
 to do for

00:49:15.479 --> 00:49:16.000
 that son

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:16.239
 who had

00:49:16.239 --> 00:49:16.779
 dishonored

00:49:16.779 --> 00:49:17.119
 him.

00:49:18.159 --> 00:49:18.759
 He fell

00:49:18.759 --> 00:49:19.419
 upon them,

00:49:19.879 --> 00:49:20.379
 upon his

00:49:20.379 --> 00:49:20.639
 son,

00:49:20.699 --> 00:49:21.299
 he embraced

00:49:21.299 --> 00:49:22.119
 him to

00:49:22.119 --> 00:49:22.899
 protect him.

00:49:23.899 --> 00:49:24.579
 So they

00:49:24.579 --> 00:49:24.979
 wouldn't

00:49:24.979 --> 00:49:25.579
 harm him,

00:49:25.599 --> 00:49:25.839
 so they

00:49:25.839 --> 00:49:26.219
 wouldn't

00:49:26.219 --> 00:49:27.219
 touch him.

00:49:28.599 --> 00:49:29.000
 And that's

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:30.420
 exactly what

00:49:30.420 --> 00:49:31.159
 Jesus is

00:49:31.159 --> 00:49:31.900
 doing here

00:49:31.900 --> 00:49:32.380
 for his

00:49:32.380 --> 00:49:32.780
 sheep.

00:49:33.659 --> 00:49:34.260
 I am

00:49:34.260 --> 00:49:34.659
 the good

00:49:34.659 --> 00:49:35.159
 shepherd,

00:49:35.659 --> 00:49:36.119
 the good

00:49:36.119 --> 00:49:36.940
 shepherd who

00:49:36.940 --> 00:49:37.880
 lays down

00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:39.119
 his life

00:49:39.119 --> 00:49:39.900
 for his

00:49:39.900 --> 00:49:40.280
 sheep.

00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:40.760
 So I

00:49:40.760 --> 00:49:41.739
 would put

00:49:41.739 --> 00:49:42.079
 that into

00:49:42.079 --> 00:49:42.440
 the same

00:49:42.440 --> 00:49:42.619
 way,

00:49:43.039 --> 00:49:43.619
 who lays

00:49:43.619 --> 00:49:44.579
 down upon

00:49:44.579 --> 00:49:45.679
 his sheep,

00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:46.599
 who protects

00:49:46.599 --> 00:49:47.980
 his sheep.

00:49:49.219 --> 00:49:49.559
 They

00:49:49.559 --> 00:49:50.500
 deserve to

00:49:50.500 --> 00:49:50.900
 die,

00:49:51.860 --> 00:49:52.400
 but he

00:49:52.400 --> 00:49:53.619
 took our

00:49:53.619 --> 00:49:54.000
 sin.

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:55.880
 And he

00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:56.340
 took out

00:49:56.340 --> 00:49:57.059
 our sin

00:49:57.059 --> 00:49:57.780
 that we

00:49:57.780 --> 00:49:58.440
 might have

00:49:58.440 --> 00:49:59.920
 life and

00:49:59.920 --> 00:50:00.500
 have it

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:01.820
 abundantly,

00:50:02.059 --> 00:50:02.599
 as is

00:50:02.599 --> 00:50:03.719
 described here,

00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:04.900
 that they

00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:05.320
 might have

00:50:05.320 --> 00:50:06.420
 life and

00:50:06.420 --> 00:50:07.000
 have it

00:50:07.000 --> 00:50:08.159
 abundantly.

00:50:09.360 --> 00:50:09.920
 So his

00:50:09.920 --> 00:50:11.179
 purpose was

00:50:11.179 --> 00:50:12.679
 to save

00:50:12.679 --> 00:50:13.559
 his sheep.

00:50:14.460 --> 00:50:15.460
 He knows

00:50:15.460 --> 00:50:16.000
 his sheep,

00:50:16.079 --> 00:50:16.500
 he knows

00:50:16.500 --> 00:50:17.119
 their sin,

00:50:17.679 --> 00:50:18.119
 but his

00:50:18.119 --> 00:50:18.900
 purpose is

00:50:18.900 --> 00:50:19.139
 that he

00:50:19.139 --> 00:50:19.940
 might save

00:50:19.940 --> 00:50:22.400
 his sheep

00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:23.240
 from their

00:50:23.240 --> 00:50:23.760
 sins,

00:50:24.240 --> 00:50:24.720
 and that

00:50:24.720 --> 00:50:25.019
 we might

00:50:25.019 --> 00:50:25.780
 have life

00:50:25.780 --> 00:50:27.200
 abundantly.

00:50:28.480 --> 00:50:28.980
 And the

00:50:28.980 --> 00:50:29.420
 third and

00:50:29.420 --> 00:50:30.099
 final thing

00:50:30.099 --> 00:50:30.480
 we see

00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:30.960
 here is

00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:32.160
 his promise

00:50:32.160 --> 00:50:33.760
 and protection.

00:50:35.579 --> 00:50:36.200
 There are

00:50:36.200 --> 00:50:36.860
 many things

00:50:36.860 --> 00:50:37.539
 calling for

00:50:37.539 --> 00:50:38.240
 our attention

00:50:38.240 --> 00:50:38.920
 in life,

00:50:39.480 --> 00:50:40.059
 many things

00:50:40.059 --> 00:50:40.660
 that lead us

00:50:40.660 --> 00:50:41.800
 in different

00:50:41.800 --> 00:50:42.500
 directions.

00:50:43.460 --> 00:50:43.619
 And you

00:50:43.619 --> 00:50:43.860
 think of

00:50:43.860 --> 00:50:44.360
 Isaiah,

00:50:44.900 --> 00:50:45.500
 he knew

00:50:45.500 --> 00:50:46.180
 so well as

00:50:46.180 --> 00:50:46.440
 he was

00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:47.059
 describing

00:50:47.059 --> 00:50:47.460
 there,

00:50:48.320 --> 00:50:48.780
 all we

00:50:48.780 --> 00:50:49.400
 like sheep

00:50:49.400 --> 00:50:50.180
 have gone

00:50:50.180 --> 00:50:50.500
 as they,

00:50:50.559 --> 00:50:50.760
 we have

00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:51.440
 turned each

00:50:51.440 --> 00:50:52.200
 to his

00:50:52.200 --> 00:50:52.860
 own way.

00:50:53.820 --> 00:50:54.559
 We wander

00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:54.900
 off,

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:55.340
 we listen

00:50:55.340 --> 00:50:56.079
 to the

00:50:56.079 --> 00:50:56.740
 wrong voices,

00:50:56.920 --> 00:50:57.240
 we listen

00:50:57.240 --> 00:50:57.559
 to the

00:50:57.559 --> 00:50:58.679
 wrong things,

00:50:59.139 --> 00:50:59.740
 we go

00:50:59.740 --> 00:51:00.220
 in our

00:51:00.220 --> 00:51:00.559
 different

00:51:00.559 --> 00:51:01.220
 directions.

00:51:02.860 --> 00:51:03.579
 But as

00:51:03.579 --> 00:51:03.960
 Jesus

00:51:03.960 --> 00:51:04.740
 describes

00:51:04.740 --> 00:51:05.139
 himself

00:51:05.139 --> 00:51:05.559
 here as

00:51:05.559 --> 00:51:05.940
 the good

00:51:05.940 --> 00:51:06.340
 shepherd,

00:51:06.519 --> 00:51:06.720
 he's

00:51:06.720 --> 00:51:07.280
 describing

00:51:07.280 --> 00:51:07.880
 himself

00:51:07.880 --> 00:51:08.980
 in light

00:51:08.980 --> 00:51:09.360
 of the

00:51:09.360 --> 00:51:10.179
 thief as

00:51:10.179 --> 00:51:10.679
 well in

00:51:10.679 --> 00:51:11.300
 verse 10.

00:51:11.900 --> 00:51:12.320
 The thief

00:51:12.320 --> 00:51:13.099
 comes only

00:51:13.099 --> 00:51:13.900
 to steal

00:51:13.900 --> 00:51:14.579
 and kill

00:51:14.579 --> 00:51:15.380
 and destroy.

00:51:16.800 --> 00:51:17.460
 I came

00:51:17.460 --> 00:51:17.740
 that they

00:51:17.740 --> 00:51:18.059
 may have

00:51:18.059 --> 00:51:19.559
 life and

00:51:19.559 --> 00:51:20.079
 have it

00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:20.880
 abundantly.

00:51:20.880 --> 00:51:21.099
 And what

00:51:21.099 --> 00:51:21.680
 he's saying

00:51:21.680 --> 00:51:22.200
 here is

00:51:22.200 --> 00:51:22.880
 there's

00:51:22.880 --> 00:51:23.300
 the two

00:51:23.300 --> 00:51:23.840
 different

00:51:23.840 --> 00:51:24.680
 outcomes

00:51:24.680 --> 00:51:26.099
 depending

00:51:26.099 --> 00:51:26.740
 on whose

00:51:26.740 --> 00:51:28.099
 voice that

00:51:28.099 --> 00:51:28.680
 we listen

00:51:28.680 --> 00:51:29.079
 to.

00:51:30.420 --> 00:51:31.000
 Do we

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:31.420
 listen to

00:51:31.420 --> 00:51:31.940
 the thief?

00:51:33.220 --> 00:51:33.559
 Do we

00:51:33.559 --> 00:51:33.920
 listen to

00:51:33.920 --> 00:51:34.360
 the devil?

00:51:35.460 --> 00:51:35.760
 Do we

00:51:35.760 --> 00:51:36.099
 listen to

00:51:36.099 --> 00:51:36.860
 his wiles

00:51:36.860 --> 00:51:38.420
 of forgetting

00:51:38.420 --> 00:51:39.000
 God?

00:51:40.720 --> 00:51:41.160
 Even like

00:51:41.160 --> 00:51:41.780
 the psalm

00:51:41.780 --> 00:51:42.480
 in which

00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:43.099
 we're singing,

00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:44.800
 Psalm 42,

00:51:45.059 --> 00:51:45.680
 when we

00:51:45.680 --> 00:51:46.140
 see so many

00:51:46.140 --> 00:51:46.800
 people saying,

00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:47.480
 when is

00:51:47.480 --> 00:51:48.119
 this God

00:51:48.119 --> 00:51:48.820
 of yours?

00:51:48.820 --> 00:51:50.400
 is that

00:51:50.400 --> 00:51:50.640
 what we

00:51:50.640 --> 00:51:51.340
 listen to?

00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:52.260
 Is that

00:51:52.260 --> 00:51:52.740
 the voices

00:51:52.740 --> 00:51:53.100
 that we

00:51:53.100 --> 00:51:53.539
 heed and

00:51:53.539 --> 00:51:53.660
 say,

00:51:53.740 --> 00:51:53.860
 well,

00:51:54.200 --> 00:51:54.680
 maybe there

00:51:54.680 --> 00:51:55.180
 isn't a

00:51:55.180 --> 00:51:55.559
 God.

00:51:56.519 --> 00:51:56.880
 Maybe we

00:51:56.880 --> 00:51:57.200
 shouldn't

00:51:57.200 --> 00:51:57.680
 listen to

00:51:57.680 --> 00:51:58.000
 what the

00:51:58.000 --> 00:51:58.340
 Bible

00:51:58.340 --> 00:51:58.760
 says.

00:51:58.860 --> 00:51:59.220
 Maybe it

00:51:59.220 --> 00:51:59.700
 is just

00:51:59.700 --> 00:52:00.620
 something to

00:52:00.620 --> 00:52:01.280
 be forgotten

00:52:01.280 --> 00:52:01.780
 about.

00:52:03.120 --> 00:52:03.539
 Well,

00:52:03.640 --> 00:52:03.880
 we are

00:52:03.880 --> 00:52:04.800
 reminded here

00:52:04.800 --> 00:52:05.320
 the thief

00:52:05.320 --> 00:52:06.740
 comes only

00:52:06.740 --> 00:52:08.140
 to steal

00:52:08.140 --> 00:52:08.880
 and kill

00:52:08.880 --> 00:52:10.019
 and destroy.

00:52:10.200 --> 00:52:10.580
 There's no

00:52:10.580 --> 00:52:11.600
 other purpose.

00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:13.539
 but Jesus

00:52:13.539 --> 00:52:14.279
 has come.

00:52:15.259 --> 00:52:15.960
 I came

00:52:15.960 --> 00:52:16.659
 that they

00:52:16.659 --> 00:52:17.059
 may have

00:52:17.059 --> 00:52:18.440
 life and

00:52:18.440 --> 00:52:18.860
 have it

00:52:18.860 --> 00:52:19.460
 abundantly.

00:52:19.460 --> 00:52:19.920
 I am the

00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:20.719
 good shepherd.

00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:21.699
 The good

00:52:21.699 --> 00:52:22.420
 shepherd lays

00:52:22.420 --> 00:52:22.980
 down his

00:52:22.980 --> 00:52:24.440
 life for

00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:25.239
 his sheep.

00:52:28.539 --> 00:52:29.380
 The thief

00:52:29.380 --> 00:52:29.739
 has a

00:52:29.739 --> 00:52:30.299
 purpose,

00:52:31.099 --> 00:52:31.860
 but there's

00:52:31.860 --> 00:52:32.619
 nothing good

00:52:32.619 --> 00:52:33.779
 about it.

00:52:34.599 --> 00:52:34.980
 It's a bit

00:52:34.980 --> 00:52:36.440
 like the

00:52:36.440 --> 00:52:37.380
 shepherd that

00:52:37.380 --> 00:52:37.639
 we see

00:52:37.639 --> 00:52:38.400
 described in

00:52:38.400 --> 00:52:38.719
 the Old

00:52:38.719 --> 00:52:39.099
 Testament

00:52:39.099 --> 00:52:40.099
 in Ezekiel

00:52:40.099 --> 00:52:40.679
 as well,

00:52:40.679 --> 00:52:41.679
 where the

00:52:41.679 --> 00:52:42.739
 Lord warns

00:52:42.739 --> 00:52:43.679
 in Ezekiel

00:52:43.679 --> 00:52:44.299
 34,

00:52:44.419 --> 00:52:45.039
 verse 2,

00:52:45.539 --> 00:52:45.980
 Woe to

00:52:45.980 --> 00:52:46.699
 the shepherds

00:52:46.699 --> 00:52:47.299
 of Israel

00:52:47.299 --> 00:52:47.779
 who only

00:52:47.779 --> 00:52:48.339
 take care

00:52:48.339 --> 00:52:49.219
 of themselves.

00:52:49.940 --> 00:52:50.399
 Should not

00:52:50.399 --> 00:52:50.960
 shepherds

00:52:50.960 --> 00:52:51.639
 take care

00:52:51.639 --> 00:52:52.579
 of the

00:52:52.579 --> 00:52:53.019
 flock?

00:52:53.980 --> 00:52:54.440
 They're only

00:52:54.440 --> 00:52:55.099
 interested in

00:52:55.099 --> 00:52:55.699
 themselves,

00:52:56.379 --> 00:52:57.419
 so impersonal,

00:52:57.519 --> 00:52:58.379
 so selfish.

00:52:59.399 --> 00:53:00.000
 They come

00:53:00.000 --> 00:53:01.019
 only to

00:53:01.019 --> 00:53:01.739
 steal and

00:53:01.739 --> 00:53:03.019
 kill and

00:53:03.019 --> 00:53:03.739
 destroy.

00:53:04.599 --> 00:53:04.919
 And listen

00:53:04.919 --> 00:53:05.299
 to that

00:53:05.299 --> 00:53:05.759
 voice,

00:53:06.519 --> 00:53:07.039
 and that's

00:53:07.039 --> 00:53:07.319
 where we

00:53:07.319 --> 00:53:07.779
 end up

00:53:07.779 --> 00:53:08.419
 ourselves.

00:53:08.420 --> 00:53:10.800
 So there

00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:12.139
 is that

00:53:12.139 --> 00:53:13.000
 warning to

00:53:13.000 --> 00:53:13.440
 us.

00:53:14.300 --> 00:53:15.180
 But contrast

00:53:15.180 --> 00:53:16.200
 that to the

00:53:16.200 --> 00:53:16.700
 leading of

00:53:16.700 --> 00:53:17.240
 the shepherd,

00:53:17.400 --> 00:53:17.820
 the good

00:53:17.820 --> 00:53:18.340
 shepherd,

00:53:18.940 --> 00:53:19.579
 the good

00:53:19.579 --> 00:53:20.159
 shepherd who

00:53:20.159 --> 00:53:20.780
 lays down

00:53:20.780 --> 00:53:21.480
 his life

00:53:21.480 --> 00:53:22.680
 for his

00:53:22.680 --> 00:53:23.119
 sheep,

00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:24.760
 the good

00:53:24.760 --> 00:53:25.800
 shepherd who

00:53:25.800 --> 00:53:27.019
 knows his

00:53:27.019 --> 00:53:27.480
 sheep,

00:53:28.420 --> 00:53:29.139
 the good

00:53:29.139 --> 00:53:29.760
 shepherd who

00:53:29.760 --> 00:53:30.079
 has done

00:53:30.079 --> 00:53:31.680
 everything for

00:53:31.680 --> 00:53:32.559
 his sheep.

00:53:33.320 --> 00:53:33.820
 So we'll be

00:53:33.820 --> 00:53:34.280
 singing in

00:53:34.280 --> 00:53:35.019
 conclusion in

00:53:35.019 --> 00:53:35.659
 a few moments

00:53:35.659 --> 00:53:36.599
 Psalm 23.

00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:37.920
 that great

00:53:37.920 --> 00:53:38.460
 psalm just

00:53:38.460 --> 00:53:39.339
 reminds us of

00:53:39.339 --> 00:53:39.799
 the leading

00:53:39.799 --> 00:53:40.279
 of the

00:53:40.279 --> 00:53:40.960
 shepherd through

00:53:40.960 --> 00:53:42.799
 every experience

00:53:42.799 --> 00:53:43.880
 in life.

00:53:45.259 --> 00:53:45.719
 And his

00:53:45.719 --> 00:53:47.699
 tender leading,

00:53:48.299 --> 00:53:49.039
 his care

00:53:49.039 --> 00:53:50.539
 towards his

00:53:50.539 --> 00:53:50.940
 own.

00:53:52.799 --> 00:53:53.219
 And when you

00:53:53.219 --> 00:53:53.719
 think of the

00:53:53.719 --> 00:53:54.920
 rod and the

00:53:54.920 --> 00:53:55.679
 staff as

00:53:55.679 --> 00:53:57.099
 described in

00:53:57.099 --> 00:53:57.819
 that psalm,

00:53:57.880 --> 00:53:58.239
 and as you

00:53:58.239 --> 00:53:59.420
 read about it

00:53:59.420 --> 00:54:00.279
 in light of

00:54:00.279 --> 00:54:01.159
 other scripture

00:54:01.159 --> 00:54:01.920
 passages, you

00:54:01.920 --> 00:54:02.480
 see that these

00:54:02.480 --> 00:54:03.039
 were the key

00:54:03.039 --> 00:54:04.360
 things that the

00:54:04.360 --> 00:54:04.960
 shepherd would

00:54:04.960 --> 00:54:05.940
 use to help

00:54:05.940 --> 00:54:06.460
 the sheep

00:54:06.460 --> 00:54:07.079
 along the

00:54:07.079 --> 00:54:07.380
 way.

00:54:08.539 --> 00:54:09.559
 The rod was

00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:10.679
 probably shorter

00:54:10.679 --> 00:54:12.380
 and used

00:54:12.380 --> 00:54:13.380
 more closely

00:54:13.380 --> 00:54:14.679
 to prod the

00:54:14.679 --> 00:54:15.119
 sheep, to

00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:16.220
 put them in

00:54:16.220 --> 00:54:16.679
 the right

00:54:16.679 --> 00:54:17.579
 direction, to

00:54:17.579 --> 00:54:18.000
 move them

00:54:18.000 --> 00:54:18.539
 along the

00:54:18.539 --> 00:54:18.840
 way.

00:54:19.619 --> 00:54:20.220
 The staff

00:54:20.220 --> 00:54:20.760
 was longer

00:54:20.760 --> 00:54:21.880
 with the

00:54:21.880 --> 00:54:22.280
 crook at

00:54:22.280 --> 00:54:22.860
 the top so

00:54:22.860 --> 00:54:23.519
 the shepherd

00:54:23.519 --> 00:54:24.179
 could pull

00:54:24.179 --> 00:54:25.000
 the sheep

00:54:25.000 --> 00:54:25.500
 back.

00:54:26.700 --> 00:54:27.119
 And again,

00:54:27.159 --> 00:54:27.659
 it's just that

00:54:27.659 --> 00:54:28.480
 reminder of

00:54:28.480 --> 00:54:29.400
 the way we

00:54:29.400 --> 00:54:29.679
 are.

00:54:29.800 --> 00:54:30.200
 Sometimes we

00:54:30.200 --> 00:54:30.860
 just need the

00:54:30.860 --> 00:54:31.900
 prod in the

00:54:31.900 --> 00:54:32.579
 right direction,

00:54:32.740 --> 00:54:33.500
 just gently

00:54:33.500 --> 00:54:34.179
 kept on the

00:54:34.179 --> 00:54:34.720
 right path.

00:54:34.719 --> 00:54:35.480
 Other times,

00:54:35.899 --> 00:54:36.379
 we need a

00:54:36.379 --> 00:54:37.000
 good pull

00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:38.500
 back onto

00:54:38.500 --> 00:54:38.980
 the right

00:54:38.980 --> 00:54:39.699
 path.

00:54:41.239 --> 00:54:41.519
 But there

00:54:41.519 --> 00:54:41.879
 was another

00:54:41.879 --> 00:54:43.439
 purpose of

00:54:43.439 --> 00:54:44.279
 the rod and

00:54:44.279 --> 00:54:45.239
 the staff as

00:54:45.239 --> 00:54:45.779
 well, maybe

00:54:45.779 --> 00:54:46.579
 more so the

00:54:46.579 --> 00:54:47.179
 staff.

00:54:48.359 --> 00:54:48.919
 And it

00:54:48.919 --> 00:54:50.199
 reminds us of

00:54:50.199 --> 00:54:50.899
 just how

00:54:50.899 --> 00:54:52.519
 personal the

00:54:52.519 --> 00:54:53.319
 care of the

00:54:53.319 --> 00:54:54.259
 shepherd is,

00:54:54.919 --> 00:54:55.739
 of his promise

00:54:55.739 --> 00:54:56.559
 and protection

00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:57.799
 to his

00:54:57.799 --> 00:54:58.239
 sheep.

00:54:59.319 --> 00:54:59.859
 And what it

00:54:59.859 --> 00:55:00.619
 was, was as

00:55:00.619 --> 00:55:01.179
 the sheep were

00:55:01.179 --> 00:55:01.739
 being brought

00:55:01.739 --> 00:55:02.159
 in at the

00:55:02.159 --> 00:55:02.739
 end of the

00:55:02.739 --> 00:55:04.000
 day, the

00:55:04.000 --> 00:55:04.519
 shepherd would

00:55:04.519 --> 00:55:05.000
 lay the

00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:06.159
 staff across

00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:07.239
 the entrance

00:55:07.239 --> 00:55:07.780
 into the

00:55:07.780 --> 00:55:08.460
 sheepfold.

00:55:09.539 --> 00:55:10.039
 And the

00:55:10.039 --> 00:55:10.579
 sheep would

00:55:10.579 --> 00:55:12.599
 stop, each

00:55:12.599 --> 00:55:13.340
 one, one

00:55:13.340 --> 00:55:14.000
 at a time.

00:55:14.599 --> 00:55:15.159
 And the

00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:15.940
 shepherd would

00:55:15.940 --> 00:55:16.800
 look over

00:55:16.800 --> 00:55:17.420
 the sheep

00:55:17.420 --> 00:55:18.820
 and make

00:55:18.820 --> 00:55:19.719
 sure that

00:55:19.719 --> 00:55:20.360
 sheep was

00:55:20.360 --> 00:55:21.820
 well, that

00:55:21.820 --> 00:55:22.460
 everything about

00:55:22.460 --> 00:55:23.139
 that sheep

00:55:23.139 --> 00:55:24.159
 was right, that

00:55:24.159 --> 00:55:24.659
 it hadn't been

00:55:24.659 --> 00:55:25.300
 injured, that

00:55:25.300 --> 00:55:25.739
 it wasn't

00:55:25.739 --> 00:55:27.059
 lame, that

00:55:27.059 --> 00:55:27.639
 nothing had

00:55:27.639 --> 00:55:28.820
 come upon it

00:55:28.820 --> 00:55:29.340
 during the

00:55:29.340 --> 00:55:29.840
 day, no

00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:30.340
 injury.

00:55:30.340 --> 00:55:31.500
 And if

00:55:31.500 --> 00:55:31.900
 the sheep

00:55:31.900 --> 00:55:33.200
 was fine, he

00:55:33.200 --> 00:55:33.559
 would lift

00:55:33.559 --> 00:55:34.000
 up the

00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:34.539
 staff and

00:55:34.539 --> 00:55:34.960
 let the

00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:36.260
 sheep in, and

00:55:36.260 --> 00:55:36.660
 the next

00:55:36.660 --> 00:55:37.100
 one would

00:55:37.100 --> 00:55:37.620
 stop.

00:55:39.079 --> 00:55:39.440
 And when

00:55:39.440 --> 00:55:39.820
 you think of

00:55:39.820 --> 00:55:40.260
 that in

00:55:40.260 --> 00:55:40.820
 light of

00:55:40.820 --> 00:55:42.100
 Psalm 23,

00:55:43.579 --> 00:55:44.380
 and especially

00:55:44.380 --> 00:55:45.039
 when you think

00:55:45.039 --> 00:55:45.760
 of the last

00:55:45.760 --> 00:55:47.200
 words of

00:55:47.200 --> 00:55:48.120
 Psalm 23,

00:55:48.320 --> 00:55:48.800
 goodness and

00:55:48.800 --> 00:55:49.400
 mercy, all

00:55:49.400 --> 00:55:50.100
 my life, so

00:55:50.100 --> 00:55:50.880
 surely follow

00:55:50.880 --> 00:55:51.960
 me, and

00:55:51.960 --> 00:55:52.500
 in God's

00:55:52.500 --> 00:55:53.740
 house forevermore

00:55:53.740 --> 00:55:54.900
 my dwelling

00:55:54.900 --> 00:55:56.059
 place shall

00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:56.400
 be.

00:55:57.140 --> 00:55:57.539
 You think

00:55:57.539 --> 00:55:58.059
 just of the

00:55:58.059 --> 00:55:58.840
 care of the

00:55:58.840 --> 00:55:59.160
 shepherd.

00:56:00.340 --> 00:56:00.900
 How he's

00:56:00.900 --> 00:56:01.280
 going to

00:56:01.280 --> 00:56:02.059
 look over

00:56:02.059 --> 00:56:02.600
 all his

00:56:02.600 --> 00:56:04.160
 sheep, and

00:56:04.160 --> 00:56:04.380
 how he's

00:56:04.380 --> 00:56:04.660
 going to

00:56:04.660 --> 00:56:05.760
 heal every

00:56:05.760 --> 00:56:06.400
 hurt and

00:56:06.400 --> 00:56:06.980
 every wound.

00:56:09.160 --> 00:56:09.880
 Why is

00:56:09.880 --> 00:56:10.720
 that important?

00:56:12.180 --> 00:56:12.820
 Well, again,

00:56:12.880 --> 00:56:13.220
 when you go

00:56:13.220 --> 00:56:14.300
 back to

00:56:14.300 --> 00:56:15.920
 Ezekiel, in

00:56:15.920 --> 00:56:16.760
 chapter 20,

00:56:16.840 --> 00:56:18.380
 verse 37, it

00:56:18.380 --> 00:56:19.380
 says, I

00:56:19.380 --> 00:56:19.980
 will make you

00:56:19.980 --> 00:56:20.780
 pass under

00:56:20.780 --> 00:56:21.660
 the rod.

00:56:22.340 --> 00:56:22.900
 I will

00:56:22.900 --> 00:56:23.460
 bring you

00:56:23.460 --> 00:56:23.860
 into the

00:56:23.860 --> 00:56:25.100
 bond of

00:56:25.100 --> 00:56:25.740
 the covenant.

00:56:26.400 --> 00:56:27.059
 I will

00:56:27.059 --> 00:56:27.940
 purge out

00:56:27.940 --> 00:56:28.559
 the rebels

00:56:28.559 --> 00:56:29.980
 from among

00:56:29.980 --> 00:56:30.280
 you.

00:56:30.340 --> 00:56:31.260
 And those

00:56:31.260 --> 00:56:32.180
 who transgress

00:56:32.180 --> 00:56:33.660
 against me.

00:56:34.500 --> 00:56:35.019
 And there's

00:56:35.019 --> 00:56:35.640
 a description

00:56:35.640 --> 00:56:36.760
 there of

00:56:36.760 --> 00:56:37.980
 the care and

00:56:37.980 --> 00:56:38.620
 concern of

00:56:38.620 --> 00:56:39.059
 the shepherd.

00:56:39.220 --> 00:56:39.840
 Only his

00:56:39.840 --> 00:56:41.000
 own will

00:56:41.000 --> 00:56:41.440
 get in.

00:56:42.460 --> 00:56:42.860
 He will

00:56:42.860 --> 00:56:43.460
 allow his

00:56:43.460 --> 00:56:44.340
 own to

00:56:44.340 --> 00:56:45.100
 pass under

00:56:45.100 --> 00:56:45.660
 the rod,

00:56:46.800 --> 00:56:47.460
 but not

00:56:47.460 --> 00:56:48.480
 those who

00:56:48.480 --> 00:56:48.900
 have no

00:56:48.900 --> 00:56:49.840
 place there.

00:56:51.140 --> 00:56:52.100
 The good

00:56:52.100 --> 00:56:53.720
 shepherd cares

00:56:53.720 --> 00:56:54.240
 for his

00:56:54.240 --> 00:56:54.640
 sheep.

00:56:55.200 --> 00:56:55.760
 He will

00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:57.000
 heal his

00:56:57.000 --> 00:56:57.460
 sheep.

00:56:57.460 --> 00:56:58.340
 He will

00:56:58.340 --> 00:56:58.980
 look after

00:56:58.980 --> 00:57:00.380
 his sheep.

00:57:01.340 --> 00:57:01.900
 So there

00:57:01.900 --> 00:57:02.380
 is that

00:57:02.380 --> 00:57:03.619
 care now

00:57:03.619 --> 00:57:05.000
 and there

00:57:05.000 --> 00:57:05.460
 is that

00:57:05.460 --> 00:57:06.019
 care

00:57:06.019 --> 00:57:07.440
 eternally.

00:57:08.519 --> 00:57:08.880
 That the

00:57:08.880 --> 00:57:09.480
 hope of the

00:57:09.480 --> 00:57:10.740
 Christian is

00:57:10.740 --> 00:57:11.500
 just that,

00:57:12.539 --> 00:57:13.440
 the promise

00:57:13.440 --> 00:57:14.260
 and the

00:57:14.260 --> 00:57:14.800
 protection

00:57:14.800 --> 00:57:16.260
 of Christ

00:57:16.260 --> 00:57:17.360
 as our

00:57:17.360 --> 00:57:17.760
 shepherd.

00:57:18.760 --> 00:57:19.960
 He knows

00:57:19.960 --> 00:57:21.079
 his sheep

00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:22.199
 and his

00:57:22.199 --> 00:57:23.059
 purpose for

00:57:23.059 --> 00:57:23.599
 his sheep

00:57:23.599 --> 00:57:23.860
 was that

00:57:23.860 --> 00:57:24.079
 he would

00:57:24.079 --> 00:57:25.179
 come and

00:57:25.179 --> 00:57:25.840
 lay down

00:57:25.840 --> 00:57:26.639
 his life

00:57:26.639 --> 00:57:28.039
 for his

00:57:28.039 --> 00:57:28.500
 sheep.

00:57:29.500 --> 00:57:30.420
 That we

00:57:30.420 --> 00:57:30.920
 might have

00:57:30.920 --> 00:57:32.840
 life abundantly

00:57:32.840 --> 00:57:33.420
 in him.

00:57:34.420 --> 00:57:35.079
 His healing

00:57:35.079 --> 00:57:35.719
 touch,

00:57:36.500 --> 00:57:37.159
 his caring

00:57:37.159 --> 00:57:37.779
 touch,

00:57:38.460 --> 00:57:39.259
 his restoration

00:57:39.260 --> 00:57:40.680
 of his

00:57:40.680 --> 00:57:41.160
 sheep.

00:57:42.280 --> 00:57:42.500
 Well,

00:57:42.540 --> 00:57:42.820
 do you

00:57:42.820 --> 00:57:43.260
 know

00:57:43.260 --> 00:57:44.620
 God

00:57:44.620 --> 00:57:46.200
 as your

00:57:46.200 --> 00:57:46.660
 shepherd

00:57:46.660 --> 00:57:47.200
 today?

00:57:48.460 --> 00:57:49.080
 Do you

00:57:49.080 --> 00:57:49.480
 know

00:57:49.480 --> 00:57:50.600
 the good

00:57:50.600 --> 00:57:51.060
 shepherd?

00:57:52.360 --> 00:57:52.780
 And can

00:57:52.780 --> 00:57:53.280
 you say

00:57:53.280 --> 00:57:53.960
 the Lord

00:57:53.960 --> 00:57:55.480
 is my

00:57:55.480 --> 00:57:55.960
 shepherd?

00:57:57.260 --> 00:57:58.240
 For some

00:57:58.240 --> 00:57:58.680
 of us,

00:57:59.040 --> 00:57:59.560
 the call

00:57:59.560 --> 00:58:00.100
 tonight

00:58:00.100 --> 00:58:01.700
 is come.

00:58:03.020 --> 00:58:03.940
 Come to

00:58:03.940 --> 00:58:05.360
 me and

00:58:05.360 --> 00:58:05.760
 I will

00:58:05.760 --> 00:58:06.480
 save you.

00:58:07.660 --> 00:58:08.280
 Hear my

00:58:08.280 --> 00:58:08.820
 voice,

00:58:09.260 --> 00:58:10.420
 and follow

00:58:10.420 --> 00:58:10.780
 me.

00:58:12.660 --> 00:58:13.340
 Perhaps

00:58:13.340 --> 00:58:13.940
 that's you

00:58:13.940 --> 00:58:14.620
 this evening.

00:58:15.980 --> 00:58:16.620
 You're

00:58:16.620 --> 00:58:17.200
 hearing the

00:58:17.200 --> 00:58:17.520
 shepherd

00:58:17.520 --> 00:58:18.140
 calling.

00:58:19.080 --> 00:58:19.760
 It's time

00:58:19.760 --> 00:58:20.820
 to follow.

00:58:22.420 --> 00:58:22.760
 And for

00:58:22.760 --> 00:58:23.080
 others,

00:58:23.200 --> 00:58:23.820
 he's saying

00:58:23.820 --> 00:58:25.300
 stay with

00:58:25.300 --> 00:58:25.580
 me.

00:58:26.800 --> 00:58:27.360
 I will

00:58:27.360 --> 00:58:28.000
 guard you.

00:58:29.280 --> 00:58:29.640
 There's so

00:58:29.640 --> 00:58:30.160
 often we're

00:58:30.160 --> 00:58:30.780
 tempted to

00:58:30.780 --> 00:58:31.540
 drift off

00:58:31.540 --> 00:58:32.040
 and go

00:58:32.040 --> 00:58:32.960
 our own

00:58:32.960 --> 00:58:33.520
 direction,

00:58:33.860 --> 00:58:34.380
 to wander

00:58:34.380 --> 00:58:34.880
 away,

00:58:35.300 --> 00:58:35.940
 for doubts

00:58:35.940 --> 00:58:36.560
 to come in,

00:58:36.600 --> 00:58:36.920
 but he's

00:58:36.920 --> 00:58:37.760
 saying stay

00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:38.280
 with me.

00:58:39.260 --> 00:58:40.140
 I will

00:58:40.140 --> 00:58:40.800
 keep you.

00:58:41.620 --> 00:58:42.060
 I will

00:58:42.060 --> 00:58:42.780
 watch over

00:58:42.780 --> 00:58:43.020
 you.

00:58:43.940 --> 00:58:44.500
 I will

00:58:44.500 --> 00:58:45.240
 care for

00:58:45.240 --> 00:58:45.420
 you.

00:58:46.320 --> 00:58:46.740
 I will

00:58:46.740 --> 00:58:47.480
 heal you.

00:58:49.060 --> 00:58:49.480
 And each

00:58:49.480 --> 00:58:49.740
 of us

00:58:49.740 --> 00:58:50.260
 knows

00:58:50.260 --> 00:58:51.780
 which voice

00:58:51.780 --> 00:58:52.560
 to listen

00:58:52.560 --> 00:58:52.920
 to.

00:58:53.980 --> 00:58:54.780
 My sheep

00:58:54.780 --> 00:58:55.400
 hear my

00:58:55.400 --> 00:58:55.880
 voice

00:58:55.880 --> 00:58:57.440
 and follow

00:58:57.440 --> 00:58:57.740
 me.

00:58:58.780 --> 00:58:59.540
 The call

00:58:59.540 --> 00:59:00.480
 is

00:59:00.480 --> 00:59:01.780
 to follow

00:59:01.780 --> 00:59:02.320
 him.

00:59:02.320 --> 00:59:04.200
 remember

00:59:04.200 --> 00:59:05.260
 double

00:59:05.260 --> 00:59:05.780
 diamond,

00:59:06.019 --> 00:59:06.140
 the

00:59:06.140 --> 00:59:06.660
 texel

00:59:06.660 --> 00:59:07.000
 ram,

00:59:07.860 --> 00:59:08.700
 sold for

00:59:08.700 --> 00:59:10.760
 368,000.

00:59:12.120 --> 00:59:12.680
 Well,

00:59:12.720 --> 00:59:13.120
 you're even

00:59:13.120 --> 00:59:14.100
 more precious.

00:59:15.160 --> 00:59:15.680
 You're worth

00:59:15.680 --> 00:59:16.360
 far more

00:59:16.360 --> 00:59:17.039
 than that

00:59:17.039 --> 00:59:18.200
 to the

00:59:18.200 --> 00:59:18.900
 shepherd of

00:59:18.900 --> 00:59:20.160
 his sheep

00:59:20.160 --> 00:59:21.400
 who has

00:59:21.400 --> 00:59:21.920
 given his

00:59:21.920 --> 00:59:23.340
 life for

00:59:23.340 --> 00:59:23.660
 you.

00:59:24.680 --> 00:59:25.400
 Let's not

00:59:25.400 --> 00:59:26.080
 be stubborn.

00:59:27.340 --> 00:59:28.140
 Let's not

00:59:28.140 --> 00:59:28.740
 turn away

00:59:28.740 --> 00:59:29.480
 and go our

00:59:29.480 --> 00:59:30.080
 own way.

00:59:30.079 --> 00:59:31.319
 let us

00:59:31.319 --> 00:59:32.579
 listen to

00:59:32.579 --> 00:59:33.119
 the voice

00:59:33.119 --> 00:59:33.480
 of the

00:59:33.480 --> 00:59:33.860
 shepherd

00:59:33.860 --> 00:59:35.440
 and follow

00:59:35.440 --> 00:59:35.779
 him.

00:59:36.559 --> 00:59:37.059
 Let us

00:59:37.059 --> 00:59:37.319
 pray.

00:59:39.639 --> 00:59:40.159
 Our

00:59:40.159 --> 00:59:40.840
 Father in

00:59:40.840 --> 00:59:41.199
 heaven,

00:59:41.319 --> 00:59:41.759
 we thank

00:59:41.759 --> 00:59:42.019
 you that

00:59:42.019 --> 00:59:42.420
 you are

00:59:42.420 --> 00:59:43.239
 the shepherd

00:59:43.239 --> 00:59:44.019
 who calls

00:59:44.019 --> 00:59:45.279
 and give us

00:59:45.279 --> 00:59:46.219
 ears to hear

00:59:46.219 --> 00:59:46.719
 and to

00:59:46.719 --> 00:59:47.039
 follow,

00:59:47.559 --> 00:59:48.219
 to listen

00:59:48.219 --> 00:59:48.559
 to your

00:59:48.559 --> 00:59:49.159
 voice and

00:59:49.159 --> 00:59:49.519
 not to

00:59:49.519 --> 00:59:50.039
 those who

00:59:50.039 --> 00:59:50.900
 would seek

00:59:50.900 --> 00:59:51.420
 to kill

00:59:51.420 --> 00:59:52.119
 and destroy,

00:59:53.039 --> 00:59:53.420
 but to

00:59:53.420 --> 00:59:53.779
 seek to

00:59:53.779 --> 00:59:54.199
 listen to

00:59:54.199 --> 00:59:54.639
 the one

00:59:54.639 --> 00:59:54.980
 who has

00:59:54.980 --> 00:59:55.400
 come that

00:59:55.400 --> 00:59:55.719
 we might

00:59:55.719 --> 00:59:56.340
 have life

00:59:56.340 --> 00:59:57.340
 and have

00:59:57.340 --> 00:59:58.220
 it abundantly.

00:59:58.960 --> 00:59:59.539
 Teach us,

00:59:59.740 --> 00:59:59.800
 Lord,

00:59:59.880 --> 01:00:00.440
 your ways

01:00:00.440 --> 01:00:00.800
 and lead

01:00:00.800 --> 01:00:01.200
 us in

01:00:01.200 --> 01:00:01.380
 them.

01:00:01.840 --> 01:00:02.180
 So we

01:00:02.180 --> 01:00:02.559
 ask it

01:00:02.559 --> 01:00:02.960
 all in

01:00:02.960 --> 01:00:03.079
 your

01:00:03.079 --> 01:00:03.460
 precious

01:00:03.460 --> 01:00:03.860
 name.

01:00:04.380 --> 01:00:04.720
 Amen.

01:00:07.980 --> 01:00:08.460
 We're

01:00:08.460 --> 01:00:08.900
 going to

01:00:08.900 --> 01:00:09.559
 conclude by

01:00:09.559 --> 01:00:10.140
 singing these

01:00:10.140 --> 01:00:10.700
 words of

01:00:10.700 --> 01:00:11.880
 Psalm 23

01:00:11.880 --> 01:00:12.260
 and the

01:00:12.260 --> 01:00:12.480
 Sing

01:00:12.480 --> 01:00:12.960
 Psalms

01:00:12.960 --> 01:00:13.420
 version.

01:00:16.240 --> 01:00:16.720
 Page

01:00:16.720 --> 01:00:17.680
 28 of

01:00:17.680 --> 01:00:17.840
 the

01:00:17.840 --> 01:00:18.140
 Psalm

01:00:18.140 --> 01:00:18.320
 book.

01:00:18.680 --> 01:00:18.840
 The

01:00:18.840 --> 01:00:19.360
 tune is

01:00:19.360 --> 01:00:20.460
 Jehovah's

01:00:20.460 --> 01:00:20.579
 and

01:00:20.579 --> 01:00:21.019
 Kenyu.

01:00:22.240 --> 01:00:22.559
 Psalm

01:00:22.559 --> 01:00:23.059
 23.

01:00:23.180 --> 01:00:23.280
 The

01:00:23.280 --> 01:00:23.700
 Lord is

01:00:23.700 --> 01:00:23.940
 my

01:00:23.940 --> 01:00:24.360
 shepherd,

01:00:24.500 --> 01:00:24.960
 no one

01:00:24.960 --> 01:00:25.380
 shall I

01:00:25.380 --> 01:00:25.640
 know.

01:00:25.639 --> 01:00:26.239
 He

01:00:26.239 --> 01:00:26.699
 makes me

01:00:26.699 --> 01:00:26.900
 lie

01:00:26.900 --> 01:00:27.179
 down

01:00:27.179 --> 01:00:27.359
 where

01:00:27.359 --> 01:00:27.519
 the

01:00:27.519 --> 01:00:27.819
 green

01:00:27.819 --> 01:00:28.500
 pastures

01:00:28.500 --> 01:00:28.879
 grow.

01:00:29.000 --> 01:00:29.119
 He

01:00:29.119 --> 01:00:29.400
 leads

01:00:29.400 --> 01:00:29.559
 me

01:00:29.559 --> 01:00:29.739
 to

01:00:29.739 --> 01:00:30.179
 rest

01:00:30.179 --> 01:00:30.859
 with

01:00:30.859 --> 01:00:31.019
 the

01:00:31.019 --> 01:00:31.359
 calm

01:00:31.359 --> 01:00:31.819
 waters

01:00:31.819 --> 01:00:32.379
 flow.

01:00:32.480 --> 01:00:32.539
 We'll

01:00:32.539 --> 01:00:32.839
 sing the

01:00:32.839 --> 01:00:33.139
 whole of

01:00:33.139 --> 01:00:33.299
 this

01:00:33.299 --> 01:00:33.639
 Psalm

01:00:33.639 --> 01:00:34.299
 and we

01:00:34.299 --> 01:00:34.719
 stand

01:00:34.719 --> 01:00:35.019
 to

01:00:35.019 --> 01:00:35.319
 sing.

01:00:40.179 --> 01:00:40.859
 The

01:00:40.859 --> 01:00:41.960
 Lord is

01:00:41.960 --> 01:00:42.460
 my

01:00:42.460 --> 01:00:43.940
 shepherd,

01:00:44.940 --> 01:00:45.940
 no one

01:00:45.940 --> 01:00:46.960
 shall I

01:00:46.960 --> 01:00:48.219
 know.

01:00:48.779 --> 01:00:49.259
 He

01:00:49.259 --> 01:00:50.440
 makes me

01:00:50.440 --> 01:00:50.980
 lie

01:00:50.980 --> 01:00:52.139
 down

01:00:52.139 --> 01:00:53.019
 where

01:00:53.019 --> 01:00:53.920
 the

01:00:53.920 --> 01:00:54.379
 green

01:00:54.380 --> 01:00:55.380
 master's

01:00:55.380 --> 01:00:55.920
 grow.

01:00:55.920 --> 01:00:56.920
 He

01:00:56.920 --> 01:00:58.559
 leads

01:00:58.559 --> 01:00:58.980
 me

01:00:58.980 --> 01:00:59.420
 to

01:00:59.420 --> 01:01:00.760
 rest

01:01:00.760 --> 01:01:01.860
 where

01:01:01.860 --> 01:01:02.420
 the

01:01:02.420 --> 01:01:03.760
 waters

01:01:03.760 --> 01:01:04.760
 flow.

01:01:05.900 --> 01:01:06.700
 He

01:01:06.700 --> 01:01:07.119
 leads

01:01:07.119 --> 01:01:07.519
 me

01:01:07.519 --> 01:01:08.019
 to

01:01:08.019 --> 01:01:09.440
 rest

01:01:09.440 --> 01:01:10.360
 where

01:01:10.360 --> 01:01:11.099
 the

01:01:11.099 --> 01:01:12.280
 waters

01:01:12.280 --> 01:01:13.360
 flow.

01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:15.640
 My

01:01:15.640 --> 01:01:16.800
 wandering

01:01:16.800 --> 01:01:18.519
 steps

01:01:18.519 --> 01:01:19.059
 he

01:01:19.059 --> 01:01:20.240
 brings

01:01:20.240 --> 01:01:20.780
 back

01:01:20.780 --> 01:01:21.720
 to this

01:01:21.720 --> 01:01:22.380
 day.

01:01:22.380 --> 01:01:24.340
 He

01:01:24.340 --> 01:01:24.920
 has

01:01:24.920 --> 01:01:25.860
 done

01:01:25.860 --> 01:01:27.860
 his

01:01:27.860 --> 01:01:28.920
 great name

01:01:28.920 --> 01:01:29.860
 to

01:01:29.860 --> 01:01:30.920
 display.

01:01:30.920 --> 01:01:31.920
 He

01:01:31.920 --> 01:01:33.920
 has

01:01:33.920 --> 01:01:34.920
 done

01:01:34.920 --> 01:01:37.000
 his

01:01:37.000 --> 01:01:38.059
 great name

01:01:38.059 --> 01:01:38.440
 to

01:01:38.440 --> 01:01:39.539
 display.

01:01:41.099 --> 01:01:41.920
 He

01:01:41.920 --> 01:01:43.300
 has

01:01:43.300 --> 01:01:43.920
 done

01:01:43.920 --> 01:01:44.920
 his

01:01:44.920 --> 01:01:46.599
 great name

01:01:46.599 --> 01:01:47.059
 to

01:01:47.059 --> 01:01:47.920
 display.

01:01:47.920 --> 01:01:49.460
!

01:01:49.460 --> 01:01:50.780
 Lord,

01:01:50.780 --> 01:01:50.860
!

01:01:50.860 --> 01:01:51.460
 walk

01:01:51.460 --> 01:01:51.900
 in

01:01:51.900 --> 01:01:52.519
 des

01:01:52.519 --> 01:01:54.460
 paris

01:01:54.460 --> 01:01:55.320
 where

01:01:55.320 --> 01:01:56.119
 darkness

01:01:56.119 --> 01:01:58.460
 is near.

01:01:58.880 --> 01:01:59.460
 Because

01:01:59.460 --> 01:02:01.079
 you are

01:02:01.079 --> 01:02:02.460
 with me,

01:02:02.460 --> 01:02:04.460
 no evil

01:02:04.460 --> 01:02:05.519
 I'll

01:02:05.519 --> 01:02:06.460
 fear.

01:02:07.599 --> 01:02:08.300
 Your

01:02:08.300 --> 01:02:09.300
 rod and

01:02:09.300 --> 01:02:09.740
 your

01:02:09.740 --> 01:02:10.460
 suffering

01:02:10.460 --> 01:02:12.460
 become

01:02:12.460 --> 01:02:14.099
 heart and

01:02:14.099 --> 01:02:15.460
 cheer.

01:02:15.460 --> 01:02:16.000
 cheer.

01:02:16.000 --> 01:02:16.659
 Your

01:02:16.659 --> 01:02:17.699
 heart and

01:02:17.699 --> 01:02:18.139
 your

01:02:18.139 --> 01:02:20.000
 suffering

01:02:20.000 --> 01:02:21.000
 become

01:02:21.000 --> 01:02:22.679
 heart and

01:02:22.679 --> 01:02:24.000
 cheer.

01:02:25.099 --> 01:02:26.000
 In the

01:02:26.000 --> 01:02:27.039
 sight of

01:02:27.039 --> 01:02:27.579
 my

01:02:27.579 --> 01:02:29.000
 enemies

01:02:29.000 --> 01:02:30.440
 the

01:02:30.440 --> 01:02:31.000
 table

01:02:31.000 --> 01:02:31.920
 you

01:02:31.920 --> 01:02:33.000
 spread.

01:02:34.000 --> 01:02:34.619
 In

01:02:34.619 --> 01:02:35.579
 oil of

01:02:35.579 --> 01:02:38.000
 rejoicing

01:02:38.000 --> 01:02:39.000
 you

01:02:39.000 --> 01:02:40.000
 pour on

01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:40.500
 my

01:02:40.500 --> 01:02:42.000
 head.

01:02:42.000 --> 01:02:43.199
 my

01:02:43.199 --> 01:02:43.800
 cup

01:02:43.800 --> 01:02:46.079
 overclose

01:02:46.079 --> 01:02:46.980
 and

01:02:46.980 --> 01:02:47.659
 I'm

01:02:47.659 --> 01:02:48.300
 gracious

01:02:48.300 --> 01:02:49.079
 me

01:02:49.079 --> 01:02:50.639
 fed.

01:02:51.059 --> 01:02:51.639
 My

01:02:51.639 --> 01:02:52.300
 cup

01:02:52.300 --> 01:02:54.679
 overclose

01:02:54.679 --> 01:02:55.480
 and

01:02:55.480 --> 01:02:56.199
 I'm

01:02:56.199 --> 01:02:56.780
 gracious

01:02:56.780 --> 01:02:57.639
 me

01:02:57.639 --> 01:02:59.300
 fed.

01:03:00.139 --> 01:03:00.539
 So

01:03:00.539 --> 01:03:01.380
 cheer

01:03:01.380 --> 01:03:02.380
 in your

01:03:02.380 --> 01:03:03.900
 covenant

01:03:03.900 --> 01:03:05.300
 and

01:03:05.300 --> 01:03:05.960
 mercy

01:03:05.960 --> 01:03:06.699
 and

01:03:06.699 --> 01:03:08.239
 grace

01:03:08.239 --> 01:03:09.219
 will

01:03:09.219 --> 01:03:09.920
 follow

01:03:09.920 --> 01:03:10.659
 me

01:03:10.659 --> 01:03:12.059
 close

01:03:12.059 --> 01:03:12.799
 me

01:03:12.799 --> 01:03:13.579
 in

01:03:13.579 --> 01:03:14.139
 all

01:03:14.139 --> 01:03:14.599
 of

01:03:14.599 --> 01:03:14.960
 my

01:03:14.960 --> 01:03:16.639
 ways.

01:03:17.019 --> 01:03:17.480
 I

01:03:17.480 --> 01:03:17.799
 will

01:03:17.799 --> 01:03:18.379
 dwell

01:03:18.379 --> 01:03:18.759
 in

01:03:18.759 --> 01:03:19.239
 the

01:03:19.239 --> 01:03:20.420
 hands

01:03:20.420 --> 01:03:21.319
 of

01:03:21.319 --> 01:03:22.019
 the

01:03:22.019 --> 01:03:22.519
 Lord

01:03:22.519 --> 01:03:23.000
 all

01:03:23.000 --> 01:03:23.399
 my

01:03:23.399 --> 01:03:25.019
 days.

01:03:25.399 --> 01:03:25.799
 I

01:03:25.799 --> 01:03:26.179
 will

01:03:26.179 --> 01:03:26.719
 dwell

01:03:26.719 --> 01:03:27.099
 in

01:03:27.099 --> 01:03:27.579
 the

01:03:27.579 --> 01:03:28.899
 hands

01:03:28.899 --> 01:03:29.659
 of

01:03:29.659 --> 01:03:30.460
 the

01:03:30.460 --> 01:03:30.899
 Lord

01:03:30.899 --> 01:03:31.480
 all

01:03:31.480 --> 01:03:31.879
 my

01:03:31.879 --> 01:03:32.659
 days.

01:03:34.659 --> 01:03:35.259
 After

01:03:35.259 --> 01:03:35.420
 the

01:03:35.420 --> 01:03:35.799
 benediction

01:03:35.799 --> 01:03:36.319
 I'll go to

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 the door

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 to my

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 left.

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 We'll

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 close

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 benediction.

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 Now may

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 grace,

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 mercy and

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 peace from

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 God,

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 Father,

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 Son and

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 Holy Spirit

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 rest upon

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 with you

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 all now

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 and forever

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 more.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.