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 Well, we're going to begin our worship now, and our first psalm of praise is Psalm 68.

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 Psalm 68, that's in the Scottish Psalter, page 301.

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 Tune is St Andrew.

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 We're singing verses 1 to 5.

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 Let God arise, and scattered let all his enemies be,

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 and let all those that do him hate before his presence flee.

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 As smoke is driven, so drive thou them, as fire melts, walks away.

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 Before God's face, let wicked men so perish and decay, but let the righteous be glad.

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 Let them before God's sight be very joyful.

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 Yea, let them rejoice with all their might.

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 Verses 1 to 5 in Psalm 68.

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 Let God arise.

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 For Christ unscathed him, let all his enemies be,

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 and let all those that do him hate before his presence flee.

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 Let them rejoice with all their might.

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 Should every time be king, let them grow with all our might.

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 God's side, in many joy, who yield and can rejoice with all their minds.

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 We all sing to His names in praise, extraordinary when your voice

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 and lies on Him by His name John, before His face rejoice.

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 Because the Lord the Father is, until the Father rests.

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 For this the way, O stars within, is grace of holiness.

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 Let's unite now our hearts in prayer. We're going to call upon the Lord in prayer.

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 Amen. Gracious and Almighty God, we give thanks that we tonight are appearing

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 before this God of whom we have been singing.

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 God who is so immense in His might and power, in His authority, in all aspects of His being.

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 We thank you, Lord, for the privilege of being able to draw near to you

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 and to do so in a way that is not intimidated by your greatness.

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 And for we have come, O Lord, before you tonight to use that new and living way that you have opened up for us,

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 that we may have access into your presence, that we may come even with boldness to the throne of grace,

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 so that we may receive grace and mercy in our time of need.

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 Lord, bless us, we pray, as we come together in this way and as we together call upon your name

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 and sing your praises and dwell our mind upon your word.

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 We ask again that you would draw near to us and by your Holy Spirit bless us

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 so that your word may find lodgment in our hearts.

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 Give us, Lord, we pray, to increase in our knowledge of you and our commitment to you

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 in all aspects of what we ought to be in love and in belief, in faith, in hope.

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 We ask that all of these and all our other graces that come from your Spirit might be multiplied in our hearts.

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 We thank you, Lord, for the life we enjoy as a congregation of your people,

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 for the way that we are enabled together to progress those matters that are on our weekly bulletin sheet,

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 not only in the worship services of the congregation,

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 but also, Lord, in the many other activities that we engage in

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 and that we seek from you, your blessing, that they may be blessed to us.

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 We ask again, O Lord, for this coming week

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 that you would be with us in all that we anticipate taking part in.

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 We thank you for the facility of being able to draw near to you

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 and draw together from those privileges that we have.

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 We pray that you would bless us, Lord, as we set out these gatherings and groups of various kinds.

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 We ask your blessing for our children, for our young people.

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 We pray that you would continue, Lord, to bless them in Sunday School and Bible class

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 and also in Twinnies and in Cresce,

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 in all the activities that take place relating to them from week to week.

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 Bless them, Lord, we pray, and bless their homes and families.

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 Be pleased, we pray, to strengthen them in these difficult days

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 against all the attempts that are made to take our mind away from the principles of the Gospel

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 and from those ways of life that are pleasing to you.

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 And we ask, Lord, that you would provide us with further help in teaching our young people in Sunday School.

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 We pray that you would move some in the congregation to offer themselves for that work

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 and give them, Lord, we pray, a burden for these young souls.

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 We pray that you would grant us that provision, O Lord, at this time,

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 for we would want to see your own cause advance amongst our young people and children.

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 And we pray, to that end, that you would provide us, Lord, with that help.

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 We pray, too, for all other meetings anticipated this week,

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 for the prayer meetings, for the annual meeting, for the 55-plus fellowship.

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 Lord, we ask that all of these might be blessed by you

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 and may be of benefit to all who attend.

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 We thank you again for your upholding of us through this year

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 as we reflect upon another year and find another report

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 of the year's life in the congregation.

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 We ask, O Lord, that we may continue to depend upon you.

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 And as we face various restrictions and challenges,

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 both financially and in other ways,

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 in such times as we live in, Lord, we give thanks

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 for those who uphold your cause financially,

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 for those who pray for the ministry of the gospel,

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 for those, O Lord, who themselves would want to see your cause flourish.

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 We pray that you would continue to provide for us with these resources,

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 and that you would help us in all the activities of the congregation

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 to see that growth that we pray for and yearn for.

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 Remember those of particular responsibilities in the congregation.

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 Help those who are in office, both as elders and deacons.

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 We commit the life of the session and the deacon's court to you.

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 We ask, O Lord, as we set about our tasks from month to month,

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 that you'd be pleased to bless us.

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 Give to us the guidance of your Holy Spirit.

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 Bless those who are involved, Lord, in leading the congregation in praise.

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 We thank you for all of them, both in English and Gaelic.

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 We pray that you would provide us with further resources in that regard as well.

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 Maintain us, Lord, we pray, in a way that would, in a healthy fashion,

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 reach forward in witnessing and testifying to you

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 in the community we belong to.

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 We remember, Lord, also all others who help in the congregation.

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 Remember the various groups that meet from time to time,

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 and we ask that you would continue to bless them too.

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 And be with Marianne and with Roddy and with Lizzie as well in their tasks,

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 and with all who help with the live stream and with the IT system that we have.

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 We thank you for them, and we pray that you would grant us, Lord,

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 that we may continue to have these resources provided for us

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 and people who are sufficiently active and interested in them.

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 Bless, we pray, all the congregations of the town.

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 We thank you for the ongoing witness of your people in different denominations,

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 and we pray that you would continue to bless us, Lord, in our generation

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 with people who will take up the burden and the responsibility

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 and the privilege of serving you openly and testifying to your grace.

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 And we ask, O God, that you would continue to hear our prayers

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 for your cause in our midst, in our locality.

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 Bless those who are involved in various activities in our community as well.

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 We thank you, Lord, of those who provide us with nursing care and expertise

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 in our hospital and hospice, in our care homes, in our surgeries and in our clinics.

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 We ask, O Lord, that all of these will continue to be blessed to us

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 and that you'd bless those who are actively involved in them.

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 We pray that you would grant blessing to those who help us

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 in our times of bereavement and sorrow.

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 Bless the undertakers who so willingly give of their time and of their gifts.

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 And we thank you for their demeanor and the way in which they so willingly help

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 bereaved families virtually every week of life.

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 Bless those, Lord, in the congregation who are bereaved in these days.

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 And we ask that you bless them as they experience the pain of loss.

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 Grant to comfort them, we pray, and guide them in your way

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 and draw them to yourself and speak to them, we pray, and to their pain

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 so that by your own comfort they may advance from day to day.

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 And so be pleased to bless us now as we further wait upon you here.

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 And in all of these things, we ask, O Lord, that you would forgive our sins

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 that we now confess before you.

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 And we pray that you would cleanse us from our iniquity.

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 Wash us freely, we pray, and present us before you

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 as clean in your sight.

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 Grant all these mercies to us, we pray.

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 In Jesus' name and for his sake.

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 Amen.

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

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 This time our psalm is Psalm 130.

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 130.

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 That's on page 421.

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 The tune is Martyrdom.

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 Lord, from the depths to thee I cried.

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 My voice, Lord, do thou hear, and to my supplications voice

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 give an attentive ear.

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 Lord, who shall stand, if thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquity?

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 But yet with thee forgiveness is, that feared thou mayest be.

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 We're thankful to God for all these great contrasts that he brings us in his word.

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 The contrast here in Psalm 130 between what would be the case

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 if God were to hold our iniquity against us

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 and mark them against us forever on our account.

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 The contrast between that and the wonder of his forgiveness

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 that he so freely bestows.

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 So Psalm 130, the whole psalm.

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 Lord, from the depths to thee I cried.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 To thee I cried.

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 My voice, Lord, do thou hear.

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 Unto my soul, the gracious voice

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 And the gospel voice

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 And the glory of God, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquity?

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 Lord, who shall stand, if thou, O Lord, shouldst mark iniquity?

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 I can't with thee forgiveness is that near the mercy.

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 I wait for God, my soul not wait, my hope is in His word.

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 For that may die, for glory watch, my soul rich for the Lord.

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 I say, Lord, I may come to watch the morning light to see.

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 Let Israel hold with the Lord, for with Him ever cease to be.

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 Thank Jesus' redemption, it's ever come with Him.

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 And from all His daily riches, He is the child redeemed.

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 Now let's turn to read God's word now.

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 Our reading this evening is from Paul's letter to the Ephesians, chapter 4.

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 And we'll read from the beginning of chapter 4, down as far as verse 16.

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 Ephesians chapter 4, from the beginning.

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 I, therefore a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

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 with all humility and gentleness and patience, bading with one another in love,

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 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

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 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call.

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 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all,

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 who is over all and through all and in all.

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 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift.

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 Therefore it says, when He ascended on high, He led a host of captives, and He gave gifts to men.

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 In saying He ascended, what does it mean but that He had also descended into the lower parts of the earth?

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 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all heavens, that He might fill all things.

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 And He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers,

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 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.

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 Until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God,

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 to mature manhood to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

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 So that we may no longer be children tossed to and fro by the waves

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 and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness and deceitful schemes.

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 Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head into Christ,

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 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped,

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 when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

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 Amen. And may God again bless to us, reading that portion of His Word.

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 We'll sing again in Psalm 76 this time.

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 Psalm 76, that's on page 99 to a tune martyrs.

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 And we're singing verses 1 to 7.

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 In Judah's land, God's name is known.

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 In Israel, He is great.

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 In Salem, He has pitched His tent.

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 His home in Zion set.

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 He broke the fiery arrows there, the military might of those who with their swords and shields against us came to fight.

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 Your splendor is more glorious than hillsides rich with prey.

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 Brave men were stripped of all their spoil.

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 Asleep in death they lay.

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 Not one of those great warriors could lift his hands to kill.

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 At your rebuke, O Jacob's God, rider and horse lay still.

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 For you alone are to be feared.

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 Before you, who can stand?

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 Who can endure your anger, Lord?

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 The judgments you command.

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 These verses then to the tune martyrs in Judah's land.

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 God's name is known.

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 God's name is known.

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 He is great.

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 In satisfaction from the Great Lakes

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 Is the Son of God

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 The Holy Child

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 The will and dirty might of those who with their swords and shields

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 And his love came to light Your splendor is more glorious

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 On hillsides rich with rain They've been western of all their spoils

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 Our sweet red dead they live

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 No one of those great warriors To lift his hands to kill

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 And you renew, O Jacob's God

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 My God and heart stay still

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 For you alone are to be feared Before you who can stand

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 Who can endure you and the Lord The judgment you've all done

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 If you turn with me please now to the book of Psalms and Psalm 68

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 Tonight we're going to look mainly at verse 18

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 You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train

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 And receiving gifts among men

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 Even among the rebellious that the Lord may dwell there

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 Blessed be the Lord who daily bears us up

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 God is our salvation

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 Our God is a God of salvation

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 And to God the Lord belong deliverances from death

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 Well it's no accident that you find the words of verse 18

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 Coupled with verses 19 and 20

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 Verses 19 and 20 that speak of the Lord

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 Who upholds his people

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 Who is a God of salvation

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 And to him belong deliverances from death

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 It's no accident that that is closely related to

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 What you find in verse 18

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 The Lord ascending on high

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 Leading a host of captives in his train

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 And as we read in Ephesians chapter 4

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 As you well know these words are taken by the Apostle Paul

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 And quoted in Ephesians chapter 4

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 To fit in with the emphasis that he's giving there

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 Of the Lord and his church

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 And the provision he has made for his church

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 He's especially concerned to emphasize there in Ephesians 4

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 The various gifts that Christ has bestowed upon his church

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 To endow his church for the work that he has given his church in this world

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 And on into the next

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 And in this psalm we find a wonderful emphasis all the way through

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 It's really in a sense a military psalm

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 A military type psalm

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 Which speaks of the exploits of God

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 As he goes before his people

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 And as he gives them the capacity and the power to overcome their enemies

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 We need the Old Testament here and the New Testament

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 To fully explore the contents of this psalm

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 But especially where we come to Jesus

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 Where we come to his death and resurrection

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 And as we're looking at tonight

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 His ascension to the throne of God on high

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 To the Father's right hand

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 And so the psalm really begins with that great cry

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 God shall arise or let God arise

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 Let his enemies be scattered

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 And these words were in Numbers chapter 10

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 They were associated with the carrying of the ark forward

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 Chapter 10 verse 35 I think it is

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 They were carrying the ark forward

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 And whenever the ark was to move forward

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 The people were to cry

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 Let God arise

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 And let his enemies be scattered

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 Because the ark of caution in itself represented

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 The dwelling of God amongst his people

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 So that as the ark moved

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 It was symbolical of the Lord being with his people

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 Moving with his people

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 And setting out as it were ahead of his people

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 To lead them against whatever difficulties and enmity

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 They met with on the way

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 But then the psalm moves on

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 To speak about a battle scene

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 And a victory scene

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 And a procession of victory

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 As you find here in verse 18 especially

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 And ending with the Lord on his hill

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 Near the end of the psalm

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 But also an emphasis on dispensing the spoils

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 As we'll see the spoils of victory

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 As these are dispensed to his people

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 Fitting in with what you find in Ephesians Chapter 4

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 The Lord dispensing the various gifts

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 That he has actually obtained for his church

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 As a consequence of his own great work of redemption in Christ

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 And so as we look at these

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 We can see tonight that these are emphasizing

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 The privilege that God's people have

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 Of having this God not only in their midst

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 But going before them

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 Because the same principle follows through

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 From what you find in the psalm

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 And in the Old Testament

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 And Ephesians Chapter 4

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 That same principle remains for us today

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 That God goes before us

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 That God is with us

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 That God in our midst is mighty

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 That none of his enemies will overcome him

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 And therefore none of the enemies of his church

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 Will overcome them either

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 Because they are led by him

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 And they are safe in him

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 You know that in some church calendars

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 Some denominations

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 Anglicans for example

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 And others

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 They have what's known as

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 An ecclesiastical calendar

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 There are certain days appointed through the year

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 That they in a rota year by year

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 Actually associate with certain aspects of biblical truth

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 And apparently we don't follow that

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 Not that I'm saying there's anything wrong with it

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 But last Thursday was what's known as Ascension Day

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 A day that's focused on the ascension of Jesus

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 To the right hand of the throne of God on high

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 And although we don't mark that as a day

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 The ascension of the Lord is really hugely important for us

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 It's something perhaps we don't give as much attention to as we should

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 We do give attention more to the resurrection of Christ

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 The death of Christ

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 The resurrection of Christ

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 Perhaps even the intercession of Jesus at the right hand of God

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 But the ascension in itself is also critically important

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 To our understanding of what really forms the basis of our redemption in Christ

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 Because the ascension of Jesus is something that sets out the Father's acceptance of him

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 And of his work beginning with his resurrection from the dead

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 And then that moving into his ascension

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 Where he is taken from earth to heaven

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 And now sits at the right hand of the throne of God

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 And so thinking of the ascension

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 Tonight we're looking at that in the light of these words in verse 18

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 But also of course as we said taking account of the fact that

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 That is all fitting into the New Testament emphasis too

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 So we're looking firstly at the Lord's ascension in victory

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 And then secondly at the Lord's distribution of gifts to his church

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 In consequence of what he has done and of the ascension itself

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 And of course Ephesians 4 reminded us that you cannot think of the ascension

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 Without thinking first of the incarnation of the descent of the Lord of Jesus

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 Of Christ the second person of the Trinity

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 You cannot think of his ascension without as Paul saying

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 First of all thinking of his descending

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 He descended into the lower depths of the earth

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 By which he meant his death

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 He came into the world specifically to give himself as a ransom in his death for his people

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 And that precedes logically

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 It precedes not just logical but theologically

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 It precedes his ascension

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 It's only as he has died and then risen from the dead

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 Or been raised from the dead

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 It's only then that you can think of his ascension

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 But his ascension to the throne of God on high

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 As it logically follows his death and resurrection

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 So it also theologically follows

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 Because the Lord's approval, the Father's approval of him

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 Is set out and approval of his death

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 As fully sufficient for the salvation of his people

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 Is set out and everything that follows on

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 And then they come to the gifts that he bestows upon his church as well

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 So the incarnation is an important fact that precedes the ascension of the Lord

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 But as you look at the ascension

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 You ascended on high

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 Leading a host of captives in your train

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 The first step towards the ascension

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 As we said is the resurrection of Jesus from the dead

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 We have to take these things as factually and literally correct

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 These are not the Bible setting out things symbolically

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 As if there was no actual physical resurrection of Jesus from the dead

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 That's a popular opinion

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 That's something that we find difficult to accept

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 Until the Lord lays it upon our hearts

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 And opens our minds

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 And opens our heart to the fact of that

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 That if there's no actual resurrection

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 It's not all that long ago

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 We took some time to go through 1 Corinthians 15

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 Where Paul very emphatically says

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 If there has been no resurrection from the dead

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 On the part of Jesus

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 Then there is no point to the gospel

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 There's no salvation for us

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 There's nothing of the kind of life

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 That Jesus in the Bible has said to bring to us

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 The eternal life

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 Everything stops

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 If Jesus has not been raised from the dead

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 It ends with his death

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 That's it

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 Finished

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 So there's no resurrection for us afterwards either

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 Life is done

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 When you die

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 When your body is laid into the grave

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 That's it

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 Paul is saying

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 If that's our opinion

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 If that's what we think

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 We are of all people most to be pitied

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 Our faith is in vain

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 Our preaching is in vain

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 There is no point to anything of what we're doing tonight

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 If Jesus isn't at the right hand of God tonight

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 If Jesus hasn't in fact literally

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 Risen from the dead

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 And been raised from the dead by the Father

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 You know that yourselves

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 But Paul saw fit to emphasize it

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 For the church at Corinth

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 And we need to re-emphasize it for ourselves

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 That our salvation deals with facts

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 The fact of the incarnation

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 The fact of the death of the cross

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 The fact of Christ's burial

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 The fact of his resurrection

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 And now the fact of his ascension

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 To the right hand of God

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 And it's important that

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 What's important certainly

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 In the theology that we follow

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 As Reformed theology

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 It's important that we

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 Think particularly of the continuity

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 Of the person of Christ

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 All the way through

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 That this is not a different person

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 Who ascended on high

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 After he died on the cross

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 It's the same Jesus

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 The same person

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 And the same person of the Godhead

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 As well

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 Second person of the Trinity

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 The Westminster Confession of Faith

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 Which we use in our church

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 And have been using

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 Ever since we were established

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 As a church

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 It says in chapter 8 verse 4

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 On the third day

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 He rose from the dead

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 With the same body

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 In which he suffered

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 And that's an important emphasis

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 He rose from the dead

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 With the same body

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 In which he suffered

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 With which also

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 He ascended into heaven

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 And there sitteth

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 At the right hand

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 Of his Father

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 Why is that important?

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 Because the continuity

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 Of his person

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 Is important for yourself

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 And myself

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 That we can see

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 That in this one person

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 Of Jesus Christ

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 All the way through

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 From the incarnation

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 To the death of the cross

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 The resurrection

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 On to ascension

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 It's the same person

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 Death has not interfered

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 With his person

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 Death hasn't done anything

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 To stop that whole process

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 Of incarnation

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 Death

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 Resurrection

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 Ascension to glory

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 And that's part of

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 What lies for us tonight

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 As the basis of our hope

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 Our hope

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 For eternal life

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 And remember

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 Philippians 2

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 Verses 11 to 9

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 Tells us

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 How high Jesus

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 Has been set

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 In his exaltation

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 His ascension to heaven

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 And his exaltation

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 And session

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 At the right hand of God

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 God has highly

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 Exalted him

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 How highly

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 Is Jesus exalted

00:35:38.840 --> 00:35:39.680
 How highly

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 Is the saviour

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 Tonight

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 Whom we worship

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 In our worship service

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 How high is he

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 He's at the right hand

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 Of God

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 What does that mean

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 It means he's as high

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 As you can possibly

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 Conceive of

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 And indeed

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 If you followed

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 Professor John Murray

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 In one of his comments

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 In his volume

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 One of his volumes

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 Not even God

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 He says

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 Could conceive

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 Of a higher

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 Than the position

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 That Jesus occupies

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 Because it's

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 Deserving of

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 The highest

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 Possible place

00:36:13.579 --> 00:36:14.099
 That God

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 Could give him

00:36:14.760 --> 00:36:16.480
 In consequence

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 Of all that he has done

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 And that's where he is

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 And that's where he is

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 Until he returns

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 To earth

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 But that is his position

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 That's his status

00:36:27.619 --> 00:36:29.539
 That is the saviour

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 You believe in

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 That's the saviour

00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:32.559
 We worship

00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:34.300
 That's the saviour

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 We expect to come back

00:36:35.500 --> 00:36:36.380
 To this world

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 Not some puny figure

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 And not even

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 The son of God

00:36:41.240 --> 00:36:43.840
 In the incarnation

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 As he came

00:36:44.860 --> 00:36:46.280
 In the form

00:36:46.280 --> 00:36:48.099
 Of humanity

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 Bearing the sin

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:50.119
 Of his people

00:36:50.119 --> 00:36:52.519
 He will come

00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:54.260
 As he now is

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 The glorious

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 Exalted

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:57.440
 Ascended

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 Son of God

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 And that's what we

00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:02.340
 Hold out

00:37:02.340 --> 00:37:04.299
 As part of

00:37:04.299 --> 00:37:05.000
 What we hope

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.759
 Towards

00:37:05.759 --> 00:37:07.480
 On the day

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.639
 That Jesus returns

00:37:08.639 --> 00:37:11.799
 But there's a procession

00:37:11.799 --> 00:37:13.719
 Here is the Lord's

00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:14.880
 Ascension and victory

00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:16.259
 Incarnation

00:37:16.259 --> 00:37:17.940
 Followed by ascension

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:19.659
 But there's a procession

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.319
 Mentioned here

00:37:20.319 --> 00:37:21.219
 And it's picked up again

00:37:21.219 --> 00:37:22.380
 In Ephesians

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.420
 Quoting this verse

00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:24.659
 You ascended on high

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:26.179
 Leading a host

00:37:26.179 --> 00:37:27.179
 Of captives

00:37:27.179 --> 00:37:28.319
 In your train

00:37:28.320 --> 00:37:30.840
 When you go to the older

00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:32.220
 Authorized version

00:37:32.220 --> 00:37:33.720
 The way that's

00:37:33.720 --> 00:37:34.640
 Translated there

00:37:34.640 --> 00:37:35.320
 He

00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:36.820
 Leading captivity

00:37:36.820 --> 00:37:37.940
 Captive

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:39.220
 And possibly

00:37:39.220 --> 00:37:40.180
 That's a better way

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:41.280
 Of translating

00:37:41.280 --> 00:37:41.960
 What you have

00:37:41.960 --> 00:37:42.880
 In the text

00:37:42.880 --> 00:37:44.539
 Of the psalm

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:46.620
 You ascended up on high

00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:48.120
 Leading captivity

00:37:48.120 --> 00:37:49.120
 Captive

00:37:49.120 --> 00:37:49.720
 Or you led

00:37:49.720 --> 00:37:50.460
 Captivity

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.059
 Captive

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.940
 What does that

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:52.640
 Actually mean?

00:37:52.740 --> 00:37:53.200
 Well it means

00:37:53.200 --> 00:37:53.800
 Essentially

00:37:53.800 --> 00:37:55.180
 That

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:57.460
 Those who held

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.280
 Us the powers

00:37:58.280 --> 00:37:58.860
 That held

00:37:58.860 --> 00:37:59.659
 Us captive

00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.760
 The powers

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:01.320
 Of sin

00:38:01.320 --> 00:38:01.880
 The power

00:38:01.880 --> 00:38:02.740
 Of satan

00:38:02.740 --> 00:38:04.840
 By the death

00:38:04.840 --> 00:38:05.320
 Of jesus

00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:06.300
 By his resurrection

00:38:06.300 --> 00:38:07.760
 By his ascension

00:38:07.760 --> 00:38:08.960
 The picture you have

00:38:08.960 --> 00:38:09.860
 Here is of these

00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:10.639
 Great powers

00:38:10.639 --> 00:38:11.480
 Greater than

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.360
 Ourselves

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.420
 These powers

00:38:13.420 --> 00:38:14.460
 Being vanquished

00:38:14.460 --> 00:38:15.360
 These powers

00:38:15.360 --> 00:38:16.420
 Now being overcome

00:38:16.420 --> 00:38:17.199
 By the lord

00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:18.420
 He has as it were

00:38:18.420 --> 00:38:19.519
 Led them away

00:38:19.519 --> 00:38:20.539
 In triumphant

00:38:20.539 --> 00:38:21.179
 Procession

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:22.699
 Displaying them

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:24.019
 As defeated enemies

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:26.019
 In ancient times

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.939
 That would have

00:38:26.939 --> 00:38:27.819
 Been the practice

00:38:27.819 --> 00:38:28.859
 If a general

00:38:28.859 --> 00:38:29.439
 Went out

00:38:29.439 --> 00:38:30.659
 With his army

00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.619
 Against enemies

00:38:31.619 --> 00:38:33.059
 And overcame

00:38:33.059 --> 00:38:33.559
 The enemies

00:38:33.559 --> 00:38:34.019
 The Romans

00:38:34.019 --> 00:38:34.579
 Especially

00:38:34.579 --> 00:38:36.139
 Were very much

00:38:36.139 --> 00:38:38.019
 This was very much

00:38:38.019 --> 00:38:38.779
 Their practice

00:38:38.779 --> 00:38:39.339
 Though it wasn't

00:38:39.339 --> 00:38:40.079
 Confined to them

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:41.139
 If the general

00:38:41.139 --> 00:38:41.839
 Came back

00:38:41.839 --> 00:38:42.259
 If he had been

00:38:42.259 --> 00:38:43.519
 Victorious in battle

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.739
 And he made his way

00:38:44.739 --> 00:38:45.899
 Back to his homeland

00:38:45.899 --> 00:38:47.339
 It was often

00:38:47.339 --> 00:38:47.980
 The practice

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:49.480
 That those

00:38:49.480 --> 00:38:50.379
 That he had defeated

00:38:50.379 --> 00:38:51.500
 Or a great selection

00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.219
 Of them anyway

00:38:52.219 --> 00:38:54.039
 Would actually be dragged

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:55.840
 Usually behind his chariot

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:57.800
 Brought back

00:38:57.800 --> 00:38:59.199
 To be put on display

00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:01.559
 As defeated enemies

00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:03.619
 So that everyone

00:39:03.619 --> 00:39:04.300
 Could see

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:05.559
 That this general

00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:07.000
 Had been successful

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:07.739
 And victorious

00:39:07.739 --> 00:39:08.480
 In battle

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.340
 And these

00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:09.900
 His enemies

00:39:09.900 --> 00:39:10.519
 That had

00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:11.960
 Fought against him

00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:13.039
 Were now completely

00:39:13.039 --> 00:39:14.820
 And utterly overcome

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:16.000
 They were chained

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:17.159
 They were made

00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:18.739
 Slaves behind him

00:39:18.739 --> 00:39:21.280
 That's

00:39:21.280 --> 00:39:22.940
 Our Jesus

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:26.160
 That's the Lord

00:39:26.160 --> 00:39:27.040
 In his ascension

00:39:27.040 --> 00:39:27.700
 To glory

00:39:27.700 --> 00:39:29.180
 That's the position

00:39:29.180 --> 00:39:29.780
 He occupied

00:39:29.780 --> 00:39:31.240
 That's what was put

00:39:31.240 --> 00:39:32.060
 On display

00:39:32.060 --> 00:39:33.620
 The principalities

00:39:33.620 --> 00:39:34.320
 And powers

00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:35.460
 As Paul calls them

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:36.280
 These great

00:39:36.280 --> 00:39:37.540
 Spiritual forces

00:39:37.540 --> 00:39:38.440
 Of darkness

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:40.519
 That held us

00:39:40.519 --> 00:39:41.140
 Captive

00:39:41.140 --> 00:39:42.720
 They were put

00:39:42.720 --> 00:39:43.660
 To flight

00:39:43.660 --> 00:39:45.320
 They were overcome

00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:46.140
 By the Lord

00:39:46.140 --> 00:39:46.960
 When you think

00:39:46.960 --> 00:39:47.600
 Of Jesus

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.980
 Ascending up

00:39:48.980 --> 00:39:49.519
 On high

00:39:49.519 --> 00:39:51.240
 Here is what you find

00:39:51.240 --> 00:39:52.539
 Spiritually

00:39:52.539 --> 00:39:53.619
 And theologically

00:39:53.619 --> 00:39:54.119
 True

00:39:54.119 --> 00:39:55.000
 About that

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:56.000
 Great procession

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:57.019
 You think of Jesus

00:39:57.019 --> 00:39:58.019
 Just imagine him

00:39:58.019 --> 00:39:58.940
 Ascending up

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.280
 On high

00:39:59.280 --> 00:40:00.260
 You couldn't see

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:01.099
 This necessarily

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.800
 For yourself

00:40:01.800 --> 00:40:02.320
 Of course

00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:03.719
 But spiritually

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:05.099
 And in the unseen world

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:06.139
 This is what was

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:07.019
 Taking place

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:08.199
 His enemies

00:40:08.199 --> 00:40:09.760
 Were being dragged

00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:11.159
 Behind his chariot

00:40:11.159 --> 00:40:11.880
 Of triumph

00:40:11.880 --> 00:40:12.619
 As he went

00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.420
 To take his place

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:14.280
 At the right hand

00:40:14.280 --> 00:40:14.960
 Of God

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:17.760
 And isn't that

00:40:17.760 --> 00:40:18.480
 Why so often

00:40:18.480 --> 00:40:20.340
 The psalmist

00:40:20.340 --> 00:40:21.300
 Himself says

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:23.160
 In regard to

00:40:23.160 --> 00:40:23.840
 God being

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:24.700
 His salvation

00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:25.540
 And his salvation

00:40:25.540 --> 00:40:26.200
 Being in God

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:28.120
 Whom shall I fear

00:40:28.120 --> 00:40:31.320
 And that's why

00:40:31.320 --> 00:40:32.440
 Paul in Romans 8

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:34.380
 Echoes that same

00:40:34.380 --> 00:40:35.019
 Emphasis

00:40:35.019 --> 00:40:35.980
 That same

00:40:35.980 --> 00:40:37.740
 Sentiment as well

00:40:37.740 --> 00:40:40.700
 Who shall separate us

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:42.879
 From the love of God

00:40:42.879 --> 00:40:44.980
 In Christ Jesus

00:40:44.980 --> 00:40:47.239
 Not even death

00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:47.859
 He says

00:40:47.859 --> 00:40:49.480
 Nor principalities

00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.239
 Nor powers

00:40:50.239 --> 00:40:51.779
 Things present

00:40:51.779 --> 00:40:52.579
 Things to come

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:54.819
 Not even death

00:40:54.819 --> 00:40:56.500
 Because death

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.419
 Has been overcome

00:40:57.419 --> 00:40:59.579
 Death is dragged

00:40:59.579 --> 00:41:00.460
 By Jesus

00:41:00.460 --> 00:41:01.879
 As he rose

00:41:01.879 --> 00:41:02.639
 From the grave

00:41:02.639 --> 00:41:03.359
 As he ascended

00:41:03.359 --> 00:41:04.019
 To glory

00:41:04.019 --> 00:41:05.739
 There you see

00:41:05.739 --> 00:41:07.059
 Death as the wages

00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:08.179
 Of sin overcome

00:41:08.179 --> 00:41:10.119
 And there is death

00:41:10.119 --> 00:41:10.599
 Defeated

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:11.599
 For us

00:41:11.599 --> 00:41:13.219
 Tonight

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:15.579
 Are you still

00:41:15.579 --> 00:41:18.699
 Detached

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:19.199
 As it were

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:19.839
 From Jesus

00:41:19.839 --> 00:41:22.420
 Is your life

00:41:22.420 --> 00:41:22.779
 Tonight

00:41:22.779 --> 00:41:23.900
 Lived by faith

00:41:23.900 --> 00:41:24.440
 In him

00:41:24.440 --> 00:41:26.319
 Through trusting

00:41:26.319 --> 00:41:27.059
 In him

00:41:27.059 --> 00:41:28.480
 Is your life

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.699
 Joined to his

00:41:29.699 --> 00:41:31.500
 And is your life

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:32.339
 Joined to him

00:41:32.339 --> 00:41:33.739
 In victory

00:41:33.739 --> 00:41:34.559
 Over death

00:41:34.559 --> 00:41:35.579
 And over all his

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:36.339
 And your enemies

00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:38.079
 Is the triumph

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:38.799
 Of Jesus

00:41:38.799 --> 00:41:40.139
 Your triumph

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:40.619
 Tonight

00:41:40.619 --> 00:41:41.480
 Not unless

00:41:41.480 --> 00:41:42.420
 Your trust

00:41:42.420 --> 00:41:43.000
 Is in him

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:43.719
 Not unless

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.159
 You've put

00:41:44.159 --> 00:41:44.679
 Your life

00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:45.420
 In his hands

00:41:45.420 --> 00:41:46.359
 Not unless

00:41:46.359 --> 00:41:47.000
 You're joined

00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:47.460
 To him

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:48.159
 In such a way

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:49.400
 That his victory

00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:50.619
 Becomes your victory

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:51.779
 And his ascension

00:41:51.779 --> 00:41:53.400
 Becomes your ascension

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:54.299
 When it comes

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:56.840
 That's the great privilege

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:57.539
 Friends we have

00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:59.360
 This is what the gospel

00:41:59.360 --> 00:42:00.780
 Sets out for us

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:02.780
 This is what we seek

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.579
 To emphasize

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:05.100
 In the preaching

00:42:05.100 --> 00:42:05.900
 Of the gospel

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:07.600
 That we worship

00:42:07.600 --> 00:42:08.980
 A victorious

00:42:08.980 --> 00:42:09.620
 Savior

00:42:09.620 --> 00:42:11.220
 An ascended

00:42:11.220 --> 00:42:11.840
 Savior

00:42:11.840 --> 00:42:12.660
 A savior

00:42:12.660 --> 00:42:13.880
 Who has dragged

00:42:13.880 --> 00:42:14.640
 Behind him

00:42:14.640 --> 00:42:15.519
 Victoriously

00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:17.079
 All that stood

00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:17.620
 In enmity

00:42:17.620 --> 00:42:18.260
 Against him

00:42:18.260 --> 00:42:19.320
 And against his people

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:20.680
 You ascended

00:42:20.680 --> 00:42:21.880
 On high

00:42:21.880 --> 00:42:24.200
 Leading captivity

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:25.360
 Captive

00:42:25.360 --> 00:42:27.420
 Remember how Paul

00:42:27.420 --> 00:42:29.119
 Again put this

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:30.380
 Very similarly

00:42:30.380 --> 00:42:31.180
 At least in

00:42:31.180 --> 00:42:33.039
 His letter

00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:34.360
 To the Colossian church

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:35.700
 The Colossians

00:42:35.700 --> 00:42:36.260
 Were facing

00:42:36.260 --> 00:42:37.000
 All kinds of

00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:38.200
 False teaching

00:42:38.200 --> 00:42:39.900
 That sought

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:41.200
 To draw them

00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:41.780
 Away from

00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:42.460
 Jesus being

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:43.380
 Fully complete

00:42:43.380 --> 00:42:44.440
 And sufficient

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.480
 As their savior

00:42:45.480 --> 00:42:46.220
 That they had

00:42:46.220 --> 00:42:47.680
 Many things

00:42:47.680 --> 00:42:48.500
 To do themselves

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:49.599
 By which they reached

00:42:49.599 --> 00:42:50.679
 Step by step

00:42:50.679 --> 00:42:51.980
 By their own efforts

00:42:51.980 --> 00:42:53.739
 Towards final victory

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:54.840
 Well

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:56.059
 In the Colossians

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:58.320
 Paul in chapter 2

00:42:58.320 --> 00:42:59.139
 Of Colossians

00:42:59.139 --> 00:43:01.139
 In verses 13 to 15

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:02.000
 Was teaching them

00:43:02.000 --> 00:43:03.800
 And is teaching us here

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:04.619
 As we read it

00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:06.420
 Where he speaks of

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:07.500
 Being buried with him

00:43:07.500 --> 00:43:08.199
 In baptism

00:43:08.199 --> 00:43:09.880
 Raised with him

00:43:09.880 --> 00:43:10.599
 Through faith

00:43:10.599 --> 00:43:11.500
 In the powerful

00:43:11.500 --> 00:43:12.420
 Working of God

00:43:12.420 --> 00:43:13.579
 Who raised him

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:14.199
 From the dead

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:14.719
 And you

00:43:14.719 --> 00:43:16.280
 Who were dead

00:43:16.280 --> 00:43:17.380
 In your trespasses

00:43:17.380 --> 00:43:19.200
 And in the uncircumcision

00:43:19.200 --> 00:43:19.840
 Of your flesh

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:21.720
 God made alive

00:43:21.720 --> 00:43:22.440
 Together

00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:23.300
 Or in union

00:43:23.300 --> 00:43:23.820
 With him

00:43:23.820 --> 00:43:25.720
 Having forgiven us

00:43:25.720 --> 00:43:26.960
 All trespasses

00:43:26.960 --> 00:43:28.500
 By cancelling

00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:29.880
 The record of debt

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:31.220
 That stood against us

00:43:31.220 --> 00:43:32.500
 With its legal demands

00:43:32.500 --> 00:43:34.400
 This he set aside

00:43:34.400 --> 00:43:36.579
 Nailing it to his cross

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:37.599
 And then listen

00:43:37.599 --> 00:43:38.300
 To what's next

00:43:38.300 --> 00:43:39.780
 He disarmed

00:43:39.780 --> 00:43:40.880
 The rulers

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.940
 And authorities

00:43:41.940 --> 00:43:43.539
 And put them

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:44.840
 To unopened shame

00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:46.740
 By triumphing

00:43:46.740 --> 00:43:47.519
 Over them

00:43:47.519 --> 00:43:48.700
 In him

00:43:48.700 --> 00:43:51.320
 You see

00:43:51.320 --> 00:43:52.320
 That's Psalm 68

00:43:52.320 --> 00:43:54.039
 He put them

00:43:54.039 --> 00:43:55.000
 To unopened shame

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:56.420
 These powers

00:43:56.420 --> 00:43:58.600
 These spiritual forces

00:43:58.600 --> 00:43:59.300
 Of darkness

00:43:59.300 --> 00:44:00.620
 He put them

00:44:00.620 --> 00:44:01.500
 To unopened shame

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:03.000
 Triumphing over them

00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:04.079
 In the Lord

00:44:04.079 --> 00:44:04.920
 And in the cross

00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:06.180
 And his resurrection

00:44:06.180 --> 00:44:07.220
 And all that followed

00:44:07.220 --> 00:44:09.500
 Putting them on display

00:44:09.500 --> 00:44:11.519
 And really that's part

00:44:11.519 --> 00:44:12.559
 Of the gospel call

00:44:12.559 --> 00:44:13.340
 As well isn't it

00:44:13.340 --> 00:44:15.039
 That we emphasize

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:16.240
 Your need

00:44:16.240 --> 00:44:17.019
 And my need

00:44:17.019 --> 00:44:18.380
 To come to Jesus

00:44:18.380 --> 00:44:19.940
 Because the Bible

00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:21.640
 Presents us

00:44:21.640 --> 00:44:22.880
 As in enmity

00:44:22.880 --> 00:44:23.900
 Against God

00:44:23.900 --> 00:44:25.300
 That's our natural

00:44:25.300 --> 00:44:26.400
 State

00:44:26.400 --> 00:44:27.440
 Our natural state

00:44:27.440 --> 00:44:28.140
 Of mind

00:44:28.140 --> 00:44:29.660
 Our natural bias

00:44:29.660 --> 00:44:30.480
 Of soul

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:32.780
 That we are in enmity

00:44:32.780 --> 00:44:33.760
 Against God

00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:36.059
 But God has come

00:44:36.059 --> 00:44:37.120
 To provide

00:44:37.120 --> 00:44:37.880
 Reconciliation

00:44:37.880 --> 00:44:39.180
 For us in Christ

00:44:39.180 --> 00:44:40.780
 In other words

00:44:40.780 --> 00:44:41.760
 When the Bible

00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:42.960
 Calls us to come

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:43.740
 To Jesus

00:44:43.740 --> 00:44:44.600
 When he gives us

00:44:44.600 --> 00:44:45.400
 That invitation

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:45.920
 And call

00:44:45.920 --> 00:44:47.060
 Come to me

00:44:47.060 --> 00:44:48.519
 And I will give you rest

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:51.080
 What he's really saying

00:44:51.080 --> 00:44:53.180
 Following the military language

00:44:53.180 --> 00:44:53.720
 If you like

00:44:53.720 --> 00:44:54.360
 Of this Psalm

00:44:54.360 --> 00:44:55.760
 Is lay down

00:44:55.760 --> 00:44:56.400
 Your arms

00:44:56.400 --> 00:44:57.160
 Of rebellion

00:44:57.160 --> 00:45:00.160
 Don't keep them up

00:45:00.160 --> 00:45:01.100
 Against the Lord

00:45:01.100 --> 00:45:02.700
 Lay down

00:45:02.700 --> 00:45:03.480
 These arms

00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:05.280
 Lay them at his feet

00:45:05.280 --> 00:45:06.580
 And say

00:45:06.580 --> 00:45:07.200
 Lord you

00:45:07.200 --> 00:45:08.700
 Who defeated sin

00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:10.420
 Who defeated the devil

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:11.380
 Who defeated

00:45:11.380 --> 00:45:13.120
 These forces of darkness

00:45:13.120 --> 00:45:15.100
 I give myself

00:45:15.100 --> 00:45:15.680
 To you

00:45:15.680 --> 00:45:16.700
 I lay down

00:45:16.700 --> 00:45:17.600
 My rebellion

00:45:17.600 --> 00:45:19.480
 I lay down

00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:20.340
 My arms

00:45:20.340 --> 00:45:21.420
 Of rebellion

00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:22.140
 Against you

00:45:22.140 --> 00:45:23.019
 Against you

00:45:23.019 --> 00:45:25.160
 And I place them

00:45:25.160 --> 00:45:26.019
 Here before you

00:45:26.019 --> 00:45:27.680
 And I want you

00:45:27.680 --> 00:45:28.680
 To rule over me

00:45:28.680 --> 00:45:30.140
 And not them

00:45:30.139 --> 00:45:34.319
 You led captivity captive

00:45:34.319 --> 00:45:37.400
 He ascended on high

00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:38.279
 Leading a host

00:45:38.279 --> 00:45:40.079
 Of captives

00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:41.559
 In your train

00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:43.920
 The Lord's ascension

00:45:43.920 --> 00:45:45.339
 In victory

00:45:45.339 --> 00:45:46.219
 And how it's

00:45:46.219 --> 00:45:47.219
 Very much related

00:45:47.219 --> 00:45:47.960
 Practically

00:45:47.960 --> 00:45:49.519
 To our salvation

00:45:49.519 --> 00:45:50.579
 And our experience

00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:51.339
 Of salvation

00:45:51.339 --> 00:45:52.659
 And our comfort

00:45:52.659 --> 00:45:53.119
 Indeed

00:45:53.119 --> 00:45:54.159
 In salvation

00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:55.199
 That this is

00:45:55.199 --> 00:45:55.940
 Our God

00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:56.699
 Our Saviour

00:45:56.699 --> 00:45:58.480
 The Lord Jesus Christ

00:45:58.480 --> 00:45:59.820
 And then the Lord's

00:45:59.820 --> 00:46:01.179
 Distribution of gifts

00:46:01.179 --> 00:46:01.900
 To his church

00:46:01.900 --> 00:46:03.079
 You notice what it then says

00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:04.960
 Receiving gifts

00:46:04.960 --> 00:46:05.679
 Among men

00:46:05.679 --> 00:46:07.659
 Even among the rebellious

00:46:07.659 --> 00:46:08.780
 That the Lord

00:46:08.780 --> 00:46:10.500
 May dwell there

00:46:10.500 --> 00:46:14.960
 There's a difference

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.219
 Really

00:46:15.219 --> 00:46:15.519
 In

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:17.059
 A difference of emphasis

00:46:17.059 --> 00:46:19.119
 In the Ephesian text

00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:20.059
 To what you find here

00:46:20.059 --> 00:46:20.699
 In the psalm

00:46:20.699 --> 00:46:21.719
 The psalm says

00:46:21.719 --> 00:46:23.599
 You received gifts

00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:24.699
 Among men

00:46:24.699 --> 00:46:25.460
 Or for men

00:46:25.460 --> 00:46:26.980
 Whereas Ephesians

00:46:26.980 --> 00:46:27.960
 Speaks about

00:46:27.960 --> 00:46:29.619
 He gave gifts

00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:30.019
 To men

00:46:30.019 --> 00:46:30.380
 But there's

00:46:30.380 --> 00:46:30.800
 There's no

00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:31.920
 Contradiction there

00:46:31.920 --> 00:46:33.119
 What it's really saying

00:46:33.119 --> 00:46:33.659
 Is when you take

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:34.380
 Both together

00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:36.220
 The Lord received

00:46:36.220 --> 00:46:37.579
 By virtue of

00:46:37.579 --> 00:46:38.360
 His resurrection

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:39.300
 And ascension

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:41.440
 He received gifts

00:46:41.440 --> 00:46:42.300
 In order to

00:46:42.300 --> 00:46:43.300
 Dispense them

00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:44.000
 To his church

00:46:44.000 --> 00:46:45.340
 So he's giving them out

00:46:45.340 --> 00:46:46.880
 After receiving them

00:46:46.880 --> 00:46:48.360
 By way of

00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:49.900
 A reward

00:46:49.900 --> 00:46:50.400
 If you like

00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:50.800
 For

00:46:50.800 --> 00:46:52.360
 What he has done

00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:55.039
 And it's distribution

00:46:55.039 --> 00:46:58.019
 Dividing the spoil

00:46:58.019 --> 00:46:59.500
 Was a practice

00:46:59.500 --> 00:47:01.840
 When armies

00:47:01.840 --> 00:47:02.380
 Came back

00:47:02.380 --> 00:47:03.139
 Victorious

00:47:03.139 --> 00:47:04.239
 Very often

00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:05.019
 They brought back

00:47:05.019 --> 00:47:05.820
 The spoils

00:47:05.820 --> 00:47:06.559
 Of war

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:08.219
 These would be

00:47:08.219 --> 00:47:09.119
 Distributed

00:47:09.119 --> 00:47:10.619
 Amongst the people

00:47:10.619 --> 00:47:11.759
 That they themselves

00:47:11.759 --> 00:47:12.559
 Belonged to

00:47:12.559 --> 00:47:14.099
 And different kinds

00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:15.259
 Of spoils

00:47:15.259 --> 00:47:15.739
 If you like

00:47:15.739 --> 00:47:16.280
 And in verses

00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:17.519
 11 and 12

00:47:17.519 --> 00:47:18.079
 In the psalm

00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:18.539
 You find

00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:19.699
 The same thing

00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:20.519
 Emphasized there

00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:21.079
 Or similarly

00:47:21.079 --> 00:47:22.440
 There's the picture there

00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:23.200
 The Lord gives

00:47:23.200 --> 00:47:23.820
 The word

00:47:23.820 --> 00:47:24.679
 The women

00:47:24.679 --> 00:47:25.519
 Who announce

00:47:25.519 --> 00:47:26.159
 The news

00:47:26.159 --> 00:47:27.400
 Are a great host

00:47:27.400 --> 00:47:27.900
 The kings

00:47:27.900 --> 00:47:28.619
 Of the armies

00:47:28.619 --> 00:47:29.579
 They flee

00:47:29.579 --> 00:47:30.300
 They flee

00:47:30.300 --> 00:47:31.119
 The women

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:31.679
 At home

00:47:31.679 --> 00:47:33.079
 Divide the spoil

00:47:33.079 --> 00:47:34.599
 And so on

00:47:34.599 --> 00:47:35.679
 You find the emphasis

00:47:35.679 --> 00:47:36.019
 There

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:36.960
 What happened

00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:37.480
 Literally

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:38.720
 As you think

00:47:38.720 --> 00:47:39.099
 About it

00:47:39.099 --> 00:47:39.820
 Spiritually

00:47:39.820 --> 00:47:41.200
 God

00:47:41.200 --> 00:47:42.099
 Jesus

00:47:42.099 --> 00:47:42.960
 Dispenses

00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:44.300
 The gifts

00:47:44.300 --> 00:47:44.599
 That

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:46.300
 Ephesians 4

00:47:46.300 --> 00:47:47.340
 And let me just

00:47:47.340 --> 00:47:47.840
 Remind you

00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:49.360
 Around ourselves

00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:50.360
 Of what it says

00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:52.079
 Where Ephesians

00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:52.340
 There

00:47:52.340 --> 00:47:53.880
 Speaks about

00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:54.619
 The dispensing

00:47:54.619 --> 00:47:55.519
 Of the gifts

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:56.079
 That Jesus

00:47:56.079 --> 00:47:57.259
 Has obtained

00:47:57.259 --> 00:47:58.139
 For his church

00:47:58.139 --> 00:47:59.719
 In saying

00:47:59.719 --> 00:48:00.819
 He ascended

00:48:00.819 --> 00:48:01.500
 He descended

00:48:01.500 --> 00:48:02.340
 First of all

00:48:02.340 --> 00:48:03.719
 Far above now

00:48:03.719 --> 00:48:04.279
 All heavens

00:48:04.279 --> 00:48:05.039
 He's ascended

00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:06.699
 And he gave

00:48:06.699 --> 00:48:07.799
 The apostles

00:48:07.799 --> 00:48:08.739
 The prophets

00:48:08.739 --> 00:48:09.920
 The evangelists

00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:10.579
 The pastors

00:48:10.579 --> 00:48:11.759
 And teachers

00:48:11.759 --> 00:48:12.840
 There are his gifts

00:48:12.840 --> 00:48:14.860
 That's what he bestows

00:48:14.860 --> 00:48:15.880
 In consequence

00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:17.340
 Of obtaining them

00:48:17.340 --> 00:48:17.719
 For him

00:48:17.719 --> 00:48:18.380
 By his death

00:48:18.380 --> 00:48:19.000
 And resurrection

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:19.779
 And ascension

00:48:19.779 --> 00:48:21.420
 And

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:22.820
 To equip

00:48:22.820 --> 00:48:23.480
 The saints

00:48:23.480 --> 00:48:24.460
 For the work

00:48:24.460 --> 00:48:25.260
 Of ministry

00:48:25.260 --> 00:48:26.500
 That work

00:48:26.500 --> 00:48:26.980
 Of ministry

00:48:26.980 --> 00:48:27.579
 Is not just

00:48:27.579 --> 00:48:28.079
 The ministry

00:48:28.079 --> 00:48:28.800
 Of the gospel

00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:29.659
 And preaching

00:48:29.659 --> 00:48:30.180
 The gospel

00:48:30.180 --> 00:48:31.240
 It's ministry

00:48:31.240 --> 00:48:32.320
 That's carried out

00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:33.700
 In a wider sense

00:48:33.700 --> 00:48:34.840
 By the Lord's people

00:48:34.840 --> 00:48:35.820
 And the Lord

00:48:35.820 --> 00:48:36.440
 Has gifted

00:48:36.440 --> 00:48:37.340
 His people

00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:37.800
 He's gifted

00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:38.840
 Especially as we'll see

00:48:38.840 --> 00:48:40.000
 The Holy Spirit

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:41.159
 To his church

00:48:41.159 --> 00:48:42.340
 But all of this

00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:42.920
 Is so that

00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:44.119
 His church

00:48:44.119 --> 00:48:44.760
 Will grow

00:48:44.760 --> 00:48:45.400
 That we may

00:48:45.400 --> 00:48:46.059
 No longer be

00:48:46.059 --> 00:48:47.220
 Tossed to and fro

00:48:47.220 --> 00:48:48.659
 Carried about

00:48:48.659 --> 00:48:49.500
 By every wind

00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:50.099
 Of doctrine

00:48:50.099 --> 00:48:50.679
 And so on

00:48:50.679 --> 00:48:52.019
 Speaking the truth

00:48:52.019 --> 00:48:52.539
 In love

00:48:52.539 --> 00:48:53.819
 All of that passage

00:48:53.819 --> 00:48:54.480
 Really speaks

00:48:54.480 --> 00:48:55.199
 About God

00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:57.059
 Jesus dispensing

00:48:57.059 --> 00:48:57.839
 The gifts

00:48:57.839 --> 00:48:59.279
 To his church

00:48:59.279 --> 00:49:00.699
 To enable them

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:01.219
 To grow

00:49:01.219 --> 00:49:01.899
 Towards

00:49:01.899 --> 00:49:03.420
 Final maturity

00:49:03.420 --> 00:49:04.519
 That's a great

00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:04.980
 Privilege

00:49:04.980 --> 00:49:05.400
 Tonight

00:49:05.400 --> 00:49:08.139
 You know

00:49:08.139 --> 00:49:08.519
 There are many

00:49:08.519 --> 00:49:09.039
 People throughout

00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:09.440
 The world

00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:09.880
 Tonight

00:49:09.880 --> 00:49:10.900
 Who would

00:49:10.900 --> 00:49:11.539
 Dearly love

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:11.940
 To have a

00:49:11.940 --> 00:49:12.659
 Regular ministry

00:49:12.659 --> 00:49:13.360
 Of the gospel

00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:15.780
 Who would

00:49:15.780 --> 00:49:16.320
 Dearly love

00:49:16.320 --> 00:49:16.900
 To have

00:49:16.900 --> 00:49:18.539
 The bible

00:49:18.539 --> 00:49:19.460
 Explained

00:49:19.460 --> 00:49:19.860
 To them

00:49:19.860 --> 00:49:20.840
 Preached

00:49:20.840 --> 00:49:21.900
 But they don't

00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:22.460
 Have that

00:49:22.460 --> 00:49:23.559
 They don't have

00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:24.440
 Access to that

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:25.500
 They're dependent

00:49:25.500 --> 00:49:26.639
 On books

00:49:26.639 --> 00:49:27.300
 Good books

00:49:27.300 --> 00:49:27.780
 And so on

00:49:27.780 --> 00:49:28.380
 They're dependent

00:49:28.380 --> 00:49:29.660
 On hearing

00:49:29.660 --> 00:49:30.539
 From time to time

00:49:30.539 --> 00:49:31.180
 Somebody coming

00:49:31.180 --> 00:49:31.820
 To explain

00:49:31.820 --> 00:49:32.340
 The bible

00:49:32.340 --> 00:49:33.019
 To them

00:49:33.019 --> 00:49:34.639
 And here we are

00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:35.460
 In this community

00:49:35.460 --> 00:49:37.099
 What a great

00:49:37.099 --> 00:49:37.599
 Privilege

00:49:37.599 --> 00:49:38.139
 There is

00:49:38.139 --> 00:49:38.760
 That there's

00:49:38.760 --> 00:49:39.840
 A free access

00:49:39.840 --> 00:49:40.920
 To the gospel

00:49:40.920 --> 00:49:41.880
 And to the preaching

00:49:41.880 --> 00:49:42.599
 Of the gospel

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:43.519
 And to the worship

00:49:43.519 --> 00:49:44.180
 Of God

00:49:44.180 --> 00:49:45.039
 And yet all these

00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:45.760
 Pews are empty

00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:51.920
 Last week we heard

00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:54.380
 Derek Maxwell

00:49:54.380 --> 00:49:55.340
 Reverend Derek Maxwell

00:49:55.340 --> 00:49:56.020
 Speak about

00:49:56.020 --> 00:49:57.240
 Work of SGA

00:49:57.240 --> 00:49:59.320
 In Ukraine

00:49:59.320 --> 00:50:00.140
 And other places

00:50:00.140 --> 00:50:01.740
 In Central Europe

00:50:01.740 --> 00:50:03.840
 He spoke especially

00:50:03.840 --> 00:50:04.620
 About Ukraine

00:50:04.620 --> 00:50:05.920
 And the effects

00:50:05.920 --> 00:50:07.220
 Of the terrible war

00:50:07.220 --> 00:50:09.300
 That still rages

00:50:09.300 --> 00:50:10.140
 In Ukraine

00:50:10.140 --> 00:50:13.380
 But one of the things

00:50:13.380 --> 00:50:13.940
 He did say

00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:14.640
 And make clear

00:50:14.639 --> 00:50:17.039
 And he was very

00:50:17.039 --> 00:50:17.779
 Moving in saying

00:50:17.779 --> 00:50:18.039
 So

00:50:18.039 --> 00:50:20.239
 How the church

00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:20.799
 Has grown

00:50:20.799 --> 00:50:22.500
 How people

00:50:22.500 --> 00:50:23.299
 Are pressing

00:50:23.299 --> 00:50:24.259
 Into places

00:50:24.259 --> 00:50:24.900
 Of worship

00:50:24.900 --> 00:50:26.519
 Because they see

00:50:26.519 --> 00:50:28.420
 That the devastation

00:50:28.420 --> 00:50:29.139
 Of this war

00:50:29.139 --> 00:50:30.119
 Has really taught

00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:30.859
 Them and shown

00:50:30.859 --> 00:50:31.900
 Them the things

00:50:31.900 --> 00:50:32.799
 Of this world

00:50:32.799 --> 00:50:33.759
 Are essentially

00:50:33.759 --> 00:50:34.579
 Valueless

00:50:34.579 --> 00:50:35.379
 Compared to

00:50:35.379 --> 00:50:36.299
 The salvation

00:50:36.300 --> 00:50:37.100
 And compared

00:50:37.100 --> 00:50:37.840
 To eternity

00:50:37.840 --> 00:50:39.519
 And these people

00:50:39.519 --> 00:50:39.960
 Are coming

00:50:39.960 --> 00:50:40.380
 And saying

00:50:40.380 --> 00:50:41.000
 Well

00:50:41.000 --> 00:50:42.260
 These things

00:50:42.260 --> 00:50:43.120
 That we've lost

00:50:43.120 --> 00:50:44.320
 They're earthly

00:50:44.320 --> 00:50:44.880
 Things

00:50:44.880 --> 00:50:45.820
 They're precious

00:50:45.820 --> 00:50:46.140
 Things

00:50:46.140 --> 00:50:46.920
 But they're gone

00:50:46.920 --> 00:50:48.340
 But we want

00:50:48.340 --> 00:50:48.920
 Something that

00:50:48.920 --> 00:50:49.660
 Cannot be taken

00:50:49.660 --> 00:50:50.360
 From us

00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:52.440
 We want the life

00:50:52.440 --> 00:50:53.420
 That God promises

00:50:53.420 --> 00:50:55.380
 In Jesus Christ

00:50:55.380 --> 00:50:58.960
 And there was a

00:50:58.960 --> 00:50:59.659
 Wonderful story

00:50:59.659 --> 00:51:00.360
 He told about

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:01.240
 A count of

00:51:01.240 --> 00:51:02.860
 A seminary

00:51:02.860 --> 00:51:03.380
 Or college

00:51:03.380 --> 00:51:03.639
 There

00:51:03.639 --> 00:51:05.639
 Which had been

00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:06.340
 Hit by a Russian

00:51:06.340 --> 00:51:06.880
 Missile

00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:09.240
 And virtually

00:51:09.240 --> 00:51:10.059
 All destroyed

00:51:10.059 --> 00:51:10.579
 And gone up

00:51:10.579 --> 00:51:11.180
 In flames

00:51:11.180 --> 00:51:13.180
 Apart from

00:51:13.180 --> 00:51:13.780
 The library

00:51:13.780 --> 00:51:15.619
 Which held

00:51:15.619 --> 00:51:17.760
 Many irreplaceable

00:51:17.760 --> 00:51:18.220
 Books

00:51:18.219 --> 00:51:21.399
 That library

00:51:21.399 --> 00:51:22.299
 Was untouched

00:51:22.299 --> 00:51:22.839
 While the rest

00:51:22.839 --> 00:51:23.419
 Of the building

00:51:23.419 --> 00:51:24.500
 Went up in flames

00:51:24.500 --> 00:51:26.619
 Not only untouched

00:51:26.619 --> 00:51:27.159
 But he said

00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:28.539
 There wasn't even

00:51:28.539 --> 00:51:29.839
 The smell of smoke

00:51:29.839 --> 00:51:31.500
 From any of the books

00:51:31.500 --> 00:51:32.980
 Contained in that library

00:51:32.980 --> 00:51:35.659
 Why was that?

00:51:36.500 --> 00:51:37.559
 Why would the Lord

00:51:37.559 --> 00:51:38.859
 Protect these books?

00:51:40.000 --> 00:51:40.579
 Well because

00:51:40.579 --> 00:51:41.439
 As he showed

00:51:41.439 --> 00:51:42.500
 In his next slide

00:51:42.500 --> 00:51:44.339
 That place

00:51:44.339 --> 00:51:47.339
 Has 880 students

00:51:47.339 --> 00:51:48.219
 Studying

00:51:48.219 --> 00:51:48.839
 The word

00:51:48.839 --> 00:51:49.579
 Of God

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:51.500
 You see

00:51:51.500 --> 00:51:52.500
 When war comes

00:51:52.500 --> 00:51:54.119
 Terrible as it is

00:51:54.119 --> 00:51:55.859
 Devastating as it is

00:51:55.859 --> 00:51:57.039
 We'd never want

00:51:57.039 --> 00:51:57.779
 To see it

00:51:57.779 --> 00:51:59.879
 But one thing

00:51:59.879 --> 00:52:00.259
 The Lord

00:52:00.259 --> 00:52:01.339
 Teaches his people

00:52:01.339 --> 00:52:01.859
 Is

00:52:01.859 --> 00:52:03.279
 The value

00:52:03.279 --> 00:52:04.719
 Of what's precious

00:52:04.719 --> 00:52:06.119
 And what is not precious

00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:08.899
 And the importance

00:52:08.899 --> 00:52:09.539
 Of things

00:52:09.539 --> 00:52:11.299
 That are his gift

00:52:11.299 --> 00:52:12.119
 To the church

00:52:12.119 --> 00:52:13.679
 Rather than

00:52:13.679 --> 00:52:14.779
 What we might say

00:52:14.779 --> 00:52:16.779
 Are our contribution

00:52:16.780 --> 00:52:20.019
 And these material

00:52:20.019 --> 00:52:20.980
 Things especially

00:52:20.980 --> 00:52:22.600
 You received

00:52:22.600 --> 00:52:23.720
 Gifts

00:52:23.720 --> 00:52:24.680
 For men

00:52:24.680 --> 00:52:25.820
 Or amongst men

00:52:25.820 --> 00:52:27.340
 Gifts purchased

00:52:27.340 --> 00:52:28.360
 Procured

00:52:28.360 --> 00:52:29.140
 Given out

00:52:29.140 --> 00:52:29.780
 By Jesus

00:52:29.780 --> 00:52:31.180
 And the one

00:52:31.180 --> 00:52:32.340
 Grand objective

00:52:32.340 --> 00:52:32.700
 You see

00:52:32.700 --> 00:52:33.920
 That's mentioned here

00:52:33.920 --> 00:52:35.480
 Above the rest

00:52:35.480 --> 00:52:36.360
 You see

00:52:36.360 --> 00:52:37.019
 He's mentioning

00:52:37.019 --> 00:52:38.280
 It's for the rebellious

00:52:38.280 --> 00:52:40.019
 Even for the rebellious

00:52:40.019 --> 00:52:40.920
 That's you and I

00:52:40.920 --> 00:52:42.519
 But even for the likes

00:52:42.519 --> 00:52:42.940
 Of us

00:52:42.940 --> 00:52:44.480
 God has done this

00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:45.860
 Jesus has ascended

00:52:45.860 --> 00:52:46.599
 Up on high

00:52:46.599 --> 00:52:47.559
 For the benefit

00:52:47.559 --> 00:52:48.440
 Of rebellious

00:52:48.440 --> 00:52:49.059
 Sinners

00:52:49.059 --> 00:52:50.360
 Who come through

00:52:50.360 --> 00:52:51.000
 Salvation

00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:52.920
 To enjoy

00:52:52.920 --> 00:52:53.659
 The gifts

00:52:53.659 --> 00:52:54.200
 That God

00:52:54.200 --> 00:52:55.639
 Dispenses to his church

00:52:55.639 --> 00:52:57.480
 Does that not amaze

00:52:57.480 --> 00:52:58.400
 You tonight

00:52:58.400 --> 00:53:00.719
 Does it not amaze

00:53:00.719 --> 00:53:01.079
 You that

00:53:01.079 --> 00:53:02.400
 You and I

00:53:02.400 --> 00:53:03.319
 Who are naturally

00:53:03.319 --> 00:53:04.839
 At enmity with God

00:53:04.839 --> 00:53:06.699
 Are the very people

00:53:06.699 --> 00:53:07.940
 The very kind of people

00:53:07.940 --> 00:53:09.339
 That he died for

00:53:09.339 --> 00:53:10.920
 And rose from the dead for

00:53:10.920 --> 00:53:12.480
 And ascended up to glory

00:53:12.480 --> 00:53:12.779
 For

00:53:12.779 --> 00:53:14.379
 To dispense gifts to us

00:53:14.379 --> 00:53:15.339
 That we would enjoy

00:53:15.339 --> 00:53:16.000
 In this life

00:53:16.000 --> 00:53:17.699
 And enjoy throughout eternity

00:53:17.699 --> 00:53:19.739
 What a great God

00:53:19.739 --> 00:53:21.940
 How different

00:53:21.940 --> 00:53:23.359
 In his mercy

00:53:23.359 --> 00:53:23.960
 In his grace

00:53:23.960 --> 00:53:25.319
 In his forbearance

00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:26.580
 In his love

00:53:26.580 --> 00:53:29.000
 To what you and I are

00:53:29.000 --> 00:53:30.960
 By nature ourselves

00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:35.260
 This is the grand objective

00:53:35.260 --> 00:53:36.880
 That God has

00:53:36.880 --> 00:53:38.500
 That the Lord God

00:53:38.500 --> 00:53:40.440
 May dwell there

00:53:40.440 --> 00:53:41.559
 Or dwell amongst them

00:53:41.559 --> 00:53:44.340
 The presence of God

00:53:44.340 --> 00:53:46.940
 The gift of the Holy Spirit

00:53:46.940 --> 00:53:48.580
 Through which God comes

00:53:48.580 --> 00:53:50.420
 To inhabit his church

00:53:50.420 --> 00:53:52.160
 That's the great objective

00:53:52.160 --> 00:53:54.320
 In the exaltation

00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:55.120
 And ascension

00:53:55.120 --> 00:53:55.160
 And ascension

00:53:55.160 --> 00:53:55.840
 Of Jesus

00:53:55.840 --> 00:53:57.780
 Because after he had sat

00:53:57.780 --> 00:53:58.900
 At the right hand

00:53:58.900 --> 00:53:59.880
 Of God on high

00:53:59.880 --> 00:54:02.280
 As Acts chapter 2

00:54:02.280 --> 00:54:03.640
 Demonstrates for us

00:54:03.640 --> 00:54:06.059
 Verses 32 to 33

00:54:06.059 --> 00:54:07.860
 As Peter spoke

00:54:07.860 --> 00:54:08.400
 And preached

00:54:08.400 --> 00:54:09.700
 As to what had happened

00:54:09.700 --> 00:54:10.900
 In the coming of the Spirit

00:54:10.900 --> 00:54:12.460
 This Jesus

00:54:12.460 --> 00:54:13.180
 He says

00:54:13.180 --> 00:54:14.720
 Who was crucified

00:54:14.719 --> 00:54:18.919
 He has poured this out

00:54:18.919 --> 00:54:21.139
 Which you now see

00:54:21.139 --> 00:54:21.819
 And hear

00:54:21.819 --> 00:54:24.639
 You see it's Jesus

00:54:24.639 --> 00:54:26.879
 Dispensing the gift

00:54:26.879 --> 00:54:27.759
 Of the Holy Spirit

00:54:27.759 --> 00:54:29.699
 Upon his church

00:54:29.699 --> 00:54:31.879
 In Eden

00:54:31.879 --> 00:54:35.019
 We were driven out

00:54:35.019 --> 00:54:35.699
 Of the garden

00:54:35.699 --> 00:54:37.779
 Where God dwelt

00:54:37.779 --> 00:54:38.439
 With us

00:54:38.439 --> 00:54:39.919
 Mankind

00:54:39.920 --> 00:54:42.460
 Rebelled against God

00:54:42.460 --> 00:54:44.619
 And rightly

00:54:44.619 --> 00:54:45.460
 And justly

00:54:45.460 --> 00:54:47.159
 God closed the gates

00:54:47.159 --> 00:54:47.559
 Of Eden

00:54:47.559 --> 00:54:48.000
 And said

00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:48.760
 No you can't

00:54:48.760 --> 00:54:49.500
 Go back there

00:54:49.500 --> 00:54:52.300
 And he placed

00:54:52.300 --> 00:54:53.519
 A flaming sword

00:54:53.519 --> 00:54:54.240
 And cherubim

00:54:54.240 --> 00:54:55.300
 To keep

00:54:55.300 --> 00:54:56.019
 The way it says

00:54:56.019 --> 00:54:57.200
 Of the tree of life

00:54:57.200 --> 00:54:59.440
 There was no going back

00:54:59.440 --> 00:55:00.039
 That way

00:55:00.039 --> 00:55:02.260
 And it's even more amazing

00:55:02.260 --> 00:55:03.380
 That God provided

00:55:03.380 --> 00:55:04.139
 Another way

00:55:04.139 --> 00:55:05.780
 That he opened up

00:55:05.780 --> 00:55:06.860
 A new and living way

00:55:06.860 --> 00:55:09.320
 As Hebrews 10 puts it

00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:11.140
 That is through the flesh

00:55:11.140 --> 00:55:12.920
 Through the person

00:55:12.920 --> 00:55:14.680
 Through the incarnation

00:55:14.680 --> 00:55:15.700
 The death

00:55:15.700 --> 00:55:16.300
 The resurrection

00:55:16.300 --> 00:55:16.900
 The ascension

00:55:16.900 --> 00:55:17.480
 Of Jesus

00:55:17.480 --> 00:55:20.599
 And where

00:55:20.599 --> 00:55:21.980
 You might say

00:55:21.980 --> 00:55:22.280
 That

00:55:22.280 --> 00:55:24.200
 On the gates

00:55:24.200 --> 00:55:24.440
 Of

00:55:24.440 --> 00:55:25.400
 Just imagine

00:55:25.400 --> 00:55:25.920
 On the gates

00:55:25.920 --> 00:55:27.039
 Of Eden

00:55:27.039 --> 00:55:28.880
 It's as if God

00:55:28.880 --> 00:55:29.840
 Had placed a sign

00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:30.200
 Saying

00:55:30.200 --> 00:55:31.840
 Here God

00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:32.740
 Once lived

00:55:32.740 --> 00:55:35.539
 But he's no longer

00:55:35.539 --> 00:55:35.840
 Here

00:55:35.840 --> 00:55:36.360
 He's gone

00:55:36.360 --> 00:55:39.120
 He's deserted

00:55:39.120 --> 00:55:39.840
 The place

00:55:39.840 --> 00:55:42.360
 And the man

00:55:42.360 --> 00:55:43.320
 The mankind

00:55:43.320 --> 00:55:44.800
 That lived here

00:55:44.800 --> 00:55:45.160
 With him

00:55:45.160 --> 00:55:45.680
 There now

00:55:45.680 --> 00:55:46.880
 Outside

00:55:46.880 --> 00:55:48.940
 But then

00:55:48.940 --> 00:55:49.559
 When you take that

00:55:49.559 --> 00:55:50.380
 Forward into the

00:55:50.380 --> 00:55:51.000
 New Testament

00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:52.579
 You find something

00:55:52.579 --> 00:55:53.880
 Amazing taking place

00:55:53.880 --> 00:55:55.720
 The crisis

00:55:55.720 --> 00:55:56.960
 Of Eden

00:55:56.960 --> 00:55:58.740
 Is answered

00:55:58.740 --> 00:56:00.160
 In the crisis

00:56:00.160 --> 00:56:01.500
 Of the cross

00:56:01.500 --> 00:56:02.360
 And the resurrection

00:56:02.360 --> 00:56:03.640
 And the ascension

00:56:03.640 --> 00:56:04.420
 Of the Lord

00:56:04.420 --> 00:56:06.119
 Because when you

00:56:06.119 --> 00:56:07.059
 Come to Calvary

00:56:07.059 --> 00:56:09.159
 It's Jesus

00:56:09.159 --> 00:56:10.059
 That's outside

00:56:10.059 --> 00:56:12.039
 It's Jesus

00:56:12.039 --> 00:56:12.680
 That's taking

00:56:12.680 --> 00:56:13.360
 The curse

00:56:13.360 --> 00:56:15.180
 It's Jesus

00:56:15.180 --> 00:56:17.039
 That's going to die

00:56:17.039 --> 00:56:18.480
 In the place

00:56:18.480 --> 00:56:19.260
 Of his people

00:56:19.260 --> 00:56:22.139
 And having risen

00:56:22.139 --> 00:56:22.880
 From the dead

00:56:22.880 --> 00:56:24.159
 And overcome

00:56:24.159 --> 00:56:24.840
 Death

00:56:24.840 --> 00:56:27.280
 And ascended

00:56:27.280 --> 00:56:27.860
 To glory

00:56:27.860 --> 00:56:28.420
 He dispenses

00:56:29.099 --> 00:56:29.720
 The gifts

00:56:29.720 --> 00:56:30.559
 That he purchased

00:56:30.559 --> 00:56:32.099
 To his people

00:56:32.099 --> 00:56:34.119
 And they are

00:56:34.119 --> 00:56:34.679
 Still being

00:56:34.679 --> 00:56:35.460
 Distributed

00:56:35.460 --> 00:56:37.599
 The gifts

00:56:37.599 --> 00:56:38.039
 That God

00:56:38.039 --> 00:56:38.360
 Gives

00:56:38.360 --> 00:56:39.000
 To his people

00:56:39.000 --> 00:56:40.440
 Not just

00:56:40.440 --> 00:56:42.280
 Endowments

00:56:42.280 --> 00:56:43.079
 The spirit

00:56:43.079 --> 00:56:43.639
 Of God

00:56:43.639 --> 00:56:44.099
 And so on

00:56:44.099 --> 00:56:44.500
 Of course

00:56:44.500 --> 00:56:45.340
 Central to it

00:56:45.340 --> 00:56:46.260
 But there are

00:56:46.260 --> 00:56:47.019
 Various gifts

00:56:47.019 --> 00:56:47.740
 That he gives

00:56:47.740 --> 00:56:48.960
 To his people

00:56:48.960 --> 00:56:49.519
 In the work

00:56:49.519 --> 00:56:50.159
 Of the gospel

00:56:50.159 --> 00:56:50.599
 In the work

00:56:50.599 --> 00:56:51.280
 Of the church

00:56:51.280 --> 00:56:53.700
 There are

00:56:53.700 --> 00:56:54.200
 Some that are

00:56:54.200 --> 00:56:54.460
 Given

00:56:54.460 --> 00:56:55.900
 Gifts

00:56:55.900 --> 00:56:56.380
 In order

00:56:56.380 --> 00:56:56.780
 To be

00:56:56.780 --> 00:56:57.120
 Elders

00:56:57.120 --> 00:56:57.700
 In the church

00:56:57.700 --> 00:56:58.080
 Gifts

00:56:58.080 --> 00:56:58.360
 To be

00:56:58.360 --> 00:56:58.760
 Deacons

00:56:58.760 --> 00:56:59.380
 In the church

00:56:59.380 --> 00:57:00.420
 Gifts

00:57:00.420 --> 00:57:00.800
 To work

00:57:00.800 --> 00:57:01.140
 Amongst

00:57:01.140 --> 00:57:01.760
 Young people

00:57:01.760 --> 00:57:02.100
 Gifts

00:57:02.100 --> 00:57:02.519
 To work

00:57:02.519 --> 00:57:03.200
 With older

00:57:03.200 --> 00:57:03.680
 People

00:57:03.680 --> 00:57:05.060
 All kinds

00:57:05.060 --> 00:57:05.740
 Of gifts

00:57:05.740 --> 00:57:06.180
 They all

00:57:06.180 --> 00:57:06.680
 Flow

00:57:06.680 --> 00:57:07.560
 From the

00:57:07.560 --> 00:57:08.100
 Ascended

00:57:08.100 --> 00:57:08.640
 Lord

00:57:08.640 --> 00:57:10.420
 They all

00:57:10.420 --> 00:57:10.940
 Come from

00:57:10.940 --> 00:57:11.320
 His

00:57:11.320 --> 00:57:12.360
 Wonderful

00:57:12.360 --> 00:57:13.440
 Position

00:57:13.440 --> 00:57:14.300
 At the

00:57:14.300 --> 00:57:14.840
 Right hand

00:57:14.840 --> 00:57:15.420
 Of the throne

00:57:15.420 --> 00:57:16.000
 On high

00:57:16.000 --> 00:57:18.199
 And they're

00:57:18.199 --> 00:57:18.840
 All preparing

00:57:18.840 --> 00:57:19.300
 Us

00:57:19.300 --> 00:57:20.760
 Those of us

00:57:20.760 --> 00:57:21.199
 Who trust

00:57:21.199 --> 00:57:21.679
 In the Lord

00:57:21.679 --> 00:57:22.059
 Tonight

00:57:22.059 --> 00:57:22.739
 They're preparing

00:57:22.739 --> 00:57:22.980
 Us

00:57:22.980 --> 00:57:24.039
 These gifts

00:57:24.039 --> 00:57:25.019
 Are part of

00:57:25.019 --> 00:57:25.239
 The way

00:57:25.239 --> 00:57:25.639
 God's

00:57:25.639 --> 00:57:26.039
 Preparing

00:57:26.039 --> 00:57:26.280
 Us

00:57:26.280 --> 00:57:27.559
 For our

00:57:27.559 --> 00:57:28.539
 Final state

00:57:28.539 --> 00:57:29.059
 In glory

00:57:29.059 --> 00:57:29.639
 With him

00:57:29.639 --> 00:57:31.719
 Remember how

00:57:31.719 --> 00:57:32.260
 It is with

00:57:32.260 --> 00:57:33.159
 Revelation

00:57:33.159 --> 00:57:33.699
 At the end

00:57:33.699 --> 00:57:34.260
 Of the Bible

00:57:34.260 --> 00:57:36.559
 The Revelation

00:57:36.559 --> 00:57:37.679
 Chapter 21

00:57:37.679 --> 00:57:39.420
 Verses 1

00:57:39.420 --> 00:57:40.039
 To 4

00:57:40.039 --> 00:57:41.440
 And I saw

00:57:41.440 --> 00:57:42.019
 A new heaven

00:57:42.019 --> 00:57:42.840
 And a new earth

00:57:42.840 --> 00:57:44.219
 For the first

00:57:44.219 --> 00:57:44.739
 Heaven and the

00:57:44.739 --> 00:57:45.980
 First earth

00:57:45.980 --> 00:57:46.860
 Had passed away

00:57:46.860 --> 00:57:48.039
 And the sea

00:57:48.039 --> 00:57:48.820
 Was no more

00:57:48.820 --> 00:57:50.159
 And I saw

00:57:50.159 --> 00:57:51.019
 The holy city

00:57:51.019 --> 00:57:51.960
 New Jerusalem

00:57:51.960 --> 00:57:53.079
 Coming down

00:57:53.079 --> 00:57:53.599
 Out of heaven

00:57:53.599 --> 00:57:54.260
 From God

00:57:54.260 --> 00:57:55.400
 Prepared as a bride

00:57:55.400 --> 00:57:56.280
 Adorned for her

00:57:56.280 --> 00:57:57.199
 Husband

00:57:57.199 --> 00:57:58.579
 And I heard

00:57:58.579 --> 00:57:59.480
 A loud voice

00:57:59.480 --> 00:58:00.139
 From the throne

00:58:00.139 --> 00:58:00.539
 Saying

00:58:00.539 --> 00:58:01.599
 Behold

00:58:01.599 --> 00:58:02.139
 A dwelling

00:58:02.139 --> 00:58:03.440
 Place of God

00:58:03.440 --> 00:58:04.539
 Is with man

00:58:04.539 --> 00:58:06.500
 He will dwell

00:58:06.500 --> 00:58:07.059
 With them

00:58:07.059 --> 00:58:08.360
 And they will

00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:09.179
 Be his people

00:58:09.179 --> 00:58:10.519
 And God

00:58:10.519 --> 00:58:10.920
 Himself

00:58:10.920 --> 00:58:11.719
 Will be with them

00:58:11.719 --> 00:58:12.519
 As their God

00:58:12.519 --> 00:58:13.920
 He will wipe

00:58:13.920 --> 00:58:14.719
 Away every tear

00:58:14.719 --> 00:58:15.599
 From their eyes

00:58:15.599 --> 00:58:16.719
 And death

00:58:16.719 --> 00:58:17.799
 Shall be no more

00:58:17.799 --> 00:58:19.199
 Neither shall

00:58:19.199 --> 00:58:19.819
 There be mourning

00:58:19.819 --> 00:58:20.420
 Nor crying

00:58:20.420 --> 00:58:20.940
 Nor pain

00:58:20.940 --> 00:58:21.440
 Anymore

00:58:21.440 --> 00:58:23.019
 For the former

00:58:23.019 --> 00:58:23.679
 Things

00:58:23.679 --> 00:58:25.639
 Have passed away

00:58:25.639 --> 00:58:27.699
 It's as if

00:58:27.699 --> 00:58:28.440
 Jesus is saying

00:58:28.440 --> 00:58:29.119
 To us tonight

00:58:29.119 --> 00:58:30.799
 Don't cry

00:58:30.799 --> 00:58:32.360
 Not that there's

00:58:32.360 --> 00:58:32.960
 Anything wrong

00:58:32.960 --> 00:58:33.539
 With weeping

00:58:33.539 --> 00:58:35.259
 And there are times

00:58:35.259 --> 00:58:37.719
 When we need

00:58:37.719 --> 00:58:38.380
 To weep

00:58:38.380 --> 00:58:39.380
 Weep

00:58:39.380 --> 00:58:40.140
 But we don't

00:58:40.140 --> 00:58:40.860
 Weep

00:58:40.860 --> 00:58:41.660
 In despair

00:58:41.660 --> 00:58:42.400
 When our trust

00:58:42.400 --> 00:58:42.980
 Is in him

00:58:42.980 --> 00:58:45.320
 Instead we say

00:58:45.320 --> 00:58:46.300
 And we hear him

00:58:46.300 --> 00:58:46.599
 Saying

00:58:46.599 --> 00:58:48.039
 Weep no more

00:58:48.039 --> 00:58:48.579
 For he has

00:58:48.579 --> 00:58:49.119
 Prevailed

00:58:49.119 --> 00:58:50.840
 He has ascended

00:58:50.840 --> 00:58:51.360
 On high

00:58:51.360 --> 00:58:53.180
 Everything we need

00:58:53.180 --> 00:58:55.079
 Is already in himself

00:58:55.079 --> 00:58:59.119
 As the psalmist

00:58:59.119 --> 00:59:00.139
 Said in psalm 23

00:59:00.139 --> 00:59:02.079
 Surely goodness

00:59:02.079 --> 00:59:02.779
 And mercy

00:59:02.779 --> 00:59:03.559
 Will follow me

00:59:03.559 --> 00:59:05.199
 All the days

00:59:05.199 --> 00:59:05.980
 Of my life

00:59:05.980 --> 00:59:07.799
 And I will dwell

00:59:07.799 --> 00:59:08.380
 In the house

00:59:08.380 --> 00:59:09.000
 Of the Lord

00:59:09.000 --> 00:59:10.299
 Forever

00:59:10.299 --> 00:59:12.619
 And as Jesus

00:59:12.619 --> 00:59:13.840
 Said in John 14

00:59:13.840 --> 00:59:15.279
 Where he spoke

00:59:15.279 --> 00:59:15.880
 About going to

00:59:15.880 --> 00:59:16.599
 Prepare a place

00:59:16.599 --> 00:59:16.960
 For them

00:59:16.960 --> 00:59:19.799
 Where he actually

00:59:19.799 --> 00:59:21.000
 Drew the mind

00:59:21.000 --> 00:59:21.699
 Of the disciples

00:59:21.699 --> 00:59:22.460
 As to where

00:59:22.460 --> 00:59:23.039
 He was heading

00:59:23.039 --> 00:59:24.599
 What would happen

00:59:24.599 --> 00:59:25.519
 After the cross

00:59:25.519 --> 00:59:28.340
 If I go

00:59:28.340 --> 00:59:28.860
 To prepare

00:59:28.860 --> 00:59:29.820
 A place for you

00:59:29.820 --> 00:59:32.059
 I will come again

00:59:32.059 --> 00:59:34.019
 And receive you

00:59:34.019 --> 00:59:34.980
 Unto myself

00:59:34.980 --> 00:59:37.420
 That where I am

00:59:37.420 --> 00:59:39.480
 There you

00:59:39.480 --> 00:59:41.480
 May also be

00:59:41.480 --> 00:59:43.300
 And the Lord

00:59:43.300 --> 00:59:44.900
 In his ascended

00:59:44.900 --> 00:59:45.840
 Glory tonight

00:59:45.840 --> 00:59:47.099
 Through the gospel

00:59:47.099 --> 00:59:49.119
 Is assuring you

00:59:49.119 --> 00:59:49.920
 And assuring me

00:59:49.920 --> 00:59:50.900
 Assuring us together

00:59:50.900 --> 00:59:52.739
 That when our trust

00:59:52.739 --> 00:59:53.419
 Is in him

00:59:53.419 --> 00:59:55.159
 When we live

00:59:55.159 --> 00:59:56.299
 Through faith in him

00:59:56.299 --> 00:59:58.239
 When we accept him

00:59:58.239 --> 00:59:59.139
 As he is

00:59:59.139 --> 01:00:00.939
 In all his fullness

01:00:00.939 --> 01:00:02.119
 For us as saviour

01:00:02.119 --> 01:00:04.179
 This is our future

01:00:04.179 --> 01:00:06.579
 What a glorious future

01:00:06.579 --> 01:00:07.199
 It is

01:00:07.199 --> 01:00:09.799
 Is it your future?

01:00:10.479 --> 01:00:11.879
 Is it my future?

01:00:12.899 --> 01:00:14.019
 Well your relationship

01:00:14.019 --> 01:00:14.839
 To Jesus

01:00:14.839 --> 01:00:17.239
 Is what establishes

01:00:17.239 --> 01:00:18.059
 That for you

01:00:18.059 --> 01:00:19.000
 Let's pray

01:00:19.000 --> 01:00:21.840
 We thank you

01:00:21.840 --> 01:00:22.420
 Lord tonight

01:00:22.420 --> 01:00:23.019
 That we

01:00:23.019 --> 01:00:24.480
 Know that you are

01:00:24.480 --> 01:00:25.619
 Set at the right hand

01:00:25.619 --> 01:00:26.840
 Of the Father

01:00:26.840 --> 01:00:27.360
 On high

01:00:27.360 --> 01:00:29.260
 We thank you

01:00:29.260 --> 01:00:29.579
 Father

01:00:29.579 --> 01:00:30.480
 That you sent

01:00:30.480 --> 01:00:31.519
 The Son

01:00:31.519 --> 01:00:32.300
 Into the world

01:00:32.300 --> 01:00:34.199
 That he came

01:00:34.199 --> 01:00:35.179
 To give his life

01:00:35.179 --> 01:00:35.659
 A ransom

01:00:35.659 --> 01:00:36.480
 For his people

01:00:36.480 --> 01:00:38.199
 We thank you

01:00:38.199 --> 01:00:39.059
 That all he did

01:00:39.059 --> 01:00:39.780
 Was acceptable

01:00:39.780 --> 01:00:41.000
 In your holy sight

01:00:41.000 --> 01:00:42.780
 And that you come

01:00:42.780 --> 01:00:44.239
 To give to us

01:00:44.239 --> 01:00:44.840
 In your word

01:00:44.840 --> 01:00:45.519
 That record

01:00:45.519 --> 01:00:46.960
 Of his death

01:00:46.960 --> 01:00:47.699
 And resurrection

01:00:47.699 --> 01:00:49.119
 And ascension

01:00:49.119 --> 01:00:49.759
 To glory

01:00:49.759 --> 01:00:51.559
 And Lord we pray

01:00:51.559 --> 01:00:52.099
 That you would

01:00:52.099 --> 01:00:53.159
 Grant us faith

01:00:53.159 --> 01:00:53.800
 To anticipate

01:00:53.800 --> 01:00:54.599
 His return

01:00:54.599 --> 01:00:56.460
 So that we may be

01:00:56.460 --> 01:00:57.579
 Ready to receive him

01:00:57.579 --> 01:00:59.139
 In his glory

01:00:59.139 --> 01:01:00.039
 When he comes

01:01:00.039 --> 01:01:01.440
 Make us ready

01:01:01.440 --> 01:01:02.199
 Lord we pray

01:01:02.199 --> 01:01:03.400
 For that great day

01:01:03.400 --> 01:01:04.920
 For your word

01:01:04.920 --> 01:01:05.699
 Encourages us

01:01:05.699 --> 01:01:06.320
 To prepare

01:01:06.320 --> 01:01:08.119
 By using the means

01:01:08.119 --> 01:01:09.199
 That you have given us

01:01:09.199 --> 01:01:10.980
 Help us to be thankful

01:01:10.980 --> 01:01:11.719
 As we look out

01:01:11.719 --> 01:01:12.940
 Over this fallen world

01:01:12.940 --> 01:01:15.260
 As we see the devastation

01:01:15.260 --> 01:01:16.039
 Of this world

01:01:16.039 --> 01:01:18.099
 As we see the enmity

01:01:18.099 --> 01:01:18.880
 In men's hearts

01:01:18.880 --> 01:01:20.400
 Being carried out

01:01:20.400 --> 01:01:21.840
 In atrocities

01:01:21.840 --> 01:01:23.860
 And terrible situations

01:01:23.860 --> 01:01:25.639
 Against each other

01:01:25.639 --> 01:01:27.099
 O Lord

01:01:27.099 --> 01:01:27.860
 Point us

01:01:27.860 --> 01:01:28.340
 We pray

01:01:28.340 --> 01:01:30.019
 To that great fact

01:01:30.019 --> 01:01:30.659
 That remains

01:01:30.659 --> 01:01:32.740
 That you are set

01:01:32.740 --> 01:01:34.019
 Above all these things

01:01:34.019 --> 01:01:36.119
 That you preside over them

01:01:36.119 --> 01:01:37.260
 In your sovereign power

01:01:37.260 --> 01:01:39.159
 And that you have ascended

01:01:39.159 --> 01:01:40.360
 To the throne on high

01:01:40.360 --> 01:01:42.440
 To assure your people

01:01:42.440 --> 01:01:44.480
 That you continue to reign

01:01:44.480 --> 01:01:46.599
 And that your will is best

01:01:46.599 --> 01:01:48.500
 Hear us we pray now

01:01:48.500 --> 01:01:49.599
 For Jesus' sake

01:01:49.599 --> 01:01:50.420
 Amen

01:01:50.420 --> 01:01:54.460
 Well let's conclude tonight

01:01:54.460 --> 01:01:55.920
 By singing in Psalm 110

01:01:55.920 --> 01:01:57.920
 It's one of the great

01:01:57.920 --> 01:01:59.200
 Messianic Psalms

01:01:59.200 --> 01:01:59.900
 As they're called

01:01:59.900 --> 01:02:01.659
 Psalm 110

01:02:01.659 --> 01:02:03.360
 On page 149

01:02:03.360 --> 01:02:05.579
 We're singing to the tune

01:02:05.579 --> 01:02:06.139
 Dennis

01:02:06.139 --> 01:02:10.760
 Verses 1 to 4

01:02:10.760 --> 01:02:13.360
 And of course

01:02:13.360 --> 01:02:14.180
 Jesus himself

01:02:14.180 --> 01:02:14.980
 In the Gospels

01:02:14.980 --> 01:02:17.020
 Quoted from this psalm

01:02:17.020 --> 01:02:18.620
 To set forth

01:02:18.620 --> 01:02:19.160
 His own

01:02:19.160 --> 01:02:21.120
 Authority and status

01:02:21.120 --> 01:02:23.000
 As he spoke

01:02:23.000 --> 01:02:23.580
 To the people

01:02:23.580 --> 01:02:24.280
 The Lord said

01:02:24.280 --> 01:02:24.980
 To my Lord

01:02:24.980 --> 01:02:26.140
 Sit here

01:02:26.140 --> 01:02:27.180
 At my right hand

01:02:27.180 --> 01:02:27.860
 Until I make

01:02:27.860 --> 01:02:28.860
 Your foes a stool

01:02:28.860 --> 01:02:30.340
 On which your feet

01:02:30.340 --> 01:02:30.980
 May stand

01:02:30.980 --> 01:02:31.980
 The Lord

01:02:31.980 --> 01:02:33.000
 Will make your reign

01:02:33.000 --> 01:02:34.220
 Extend from

01:02:34.220 --> 01:02:35.000
 Sion's hill

01:02:35.000 --> 01:02:36.600
 With royal power

01:02:36.600 --> 01:02:37.520
 Your rule among

01:02:37.520 --> 01:02:38.880
 Those who oppose

01:02:38.880 --> 01:02:39.440
 Your will

01:02:39.440 --> 01:02:40.599
 When you display

01:02:40.599 --> 01:02:41.180
 Your power

01:02:41.180 --> 01:02:41.680
 Your people

01:02:41.680 --> 01:02:42.619
 Flock to you

01:02:42.619 --> 01:02:43.820
 At dawn

01:02:43.820 --> 01:02:44.880
 Arrayed in holiness

01:02:44.880 --> 01:02:45.640
 Your youth

01:02:45.640 --> 01:02:46.800
 Will come like dew

01:02:46.800 --> 01:02:48.460
 Unchangeably

01:02:48.460 --> 01:02:49.420
 The Lord

01:02:49.420 --> 01:02:50.579
 With solemn purpose

01:02:50.579 --> 01:02:51.140
 Swore

01:02:51.140 --> 01:02:52.980
 Just like Melchizedek

01:02:52.980 --> 01:02:53.900
 You are a priest

01:02:53.900 --> 01:02:55.539
 Forevermore

01:02:55.539 --> 01:02:56.140
 These verses

01:02:56.140 --> 01:02:57.039
 The Lord said

01:02:57.039 --> 01:02:58.320
 To my Lord

01:02:58.320 --> 01:03:12.320
 To my Lord

01:03:12.320 --> 01:03:15.280
 Sit here

01:03:15.280 --> 01:03:19.760
 At my right hand

01:03:19.760 --> 01:03:25.000
 Until I make

01:03:25.000 --> 01:03:29.920
 Your foes a stool

01:03:29.920 --> 01:03:34.940
 On which your feet

01:03:34.940 --> 01:03:37.760
 May stand

01:03:37.760 --> 01:03:41.140
 The Lord

01:03:41.140 --> 01:03:44.760
 Will make your reign

01:03:44.760 --> 01:03:49.720
 Exceed from

01:03:49.720 --> 01:03:53.500
 Sion's hill

01:03:53.500 --> 01:03:58.720
 With royal power

01:03:58.720 --> 01:04:03.660
 Beautiful and high

01:04:03.660 --> 01:04:06.760
 Those who oppose

01:04:06.760 --> 01:04:10.760
 Your will

01:04:10.760 --> 01:04:16.300
 When you display

01:04:16.300 --> 01:04:20.000
 Your power

01:04:20.000 --> 01:04:23.140
 Your people

01:04:23.140 --> 01:04:27.720
 Fall to you

01:04:27.720 --> 01:04:30.600
 At dawn

01:04:30.600 --> 01:04:32.780
 The great

01:04:32.780 --> 01:04:36.660
 In holiness

01:04:36.659 --> 01:04:38.659
 Your youth

01:04:38.659 --> 01:04:40.460
 Your youth

01:04:40.460 --> 01:04:41.659
 Will come

01:04:41.659 --> 01:04:43.659
 Like dew

01:04:43.659 --> 01:04:49.399
 And change

01:04:49.399 --> 01:04:49.420
 And change

01:04:49.420 --> 01:04:50.659
 And lead

01:04:50.659 --> 01:04:54.099
 The Lord

01:04:54.099 --> 01:04:56.659
 With solemn

01:04:56.659 --> 01:04:58.659
 Power

01:04:58.659 --> 01:05:00.659
 The storm

01:05:00.659 --> 01:05:04.659
 Just like Melchizedek

01:05:04.659 --> 01:05:05.659
 In holiness

01:05:05.659 --> 01:05:09.699
 That make

01:05:09.699 --> 01:05:12.000
 You are

01:05:12.000 --> 01:05:14.659
 A priest

01:05:14.659 --> 01:05:19.659
 Forevermore

01:05:19.659 --> 01:05:22.000
 I'll go to the main door

01:05:22.000 --> 01:05:22.819
 After the benediction

01:05:22.819 --> 01:05:25.539
 Now may the grace

01:05:25.539 --> 01:05:26.899
 Of the Lord Jesus Christ

01:05:26.899 --> 01:05:28.339
 The love of God the Father

01:05:28.339 --> 01:05:29.379
 And the communion

01:05:29.379 --> 01:05:30.399
 Of the Holy Spirit

01:05:30.399 --> 01:05:31.420
 Be with you now

01:05:31.420 --> 01:05:32.319
 And evermore

01:05:32.319 --> 01:05:33.319
 Amen

01:05:33.320 --> 01:05:35.320
 Amen

01:06:03.320 --> 01:06:05.320
 Amen

01:06:05.320 --> 01:06:06.500
 Amen

01:06:06.500 --> 01:06:06.519
 Amen

01:06:06.519 --> 01:06:07.320
 Ihnen

01:06:07.320 --> 01:06:08.480
 Well

01:06:08.480 --> 01:06:09.320
 Amen

01:06:09.320 --> 01:06:09.360
 Amen

01:06:09.360 --> 01:06:09.680
 Amen

01:06:09.680 --> 01:06:10.059
 Amen

01:06:10.059 --> 01:06:11.059
 Amen

01:06:11.059 --> 01:06:11.559
 Amen

01:06:11.559 --> 01:06:12.780
 Amen

01:06:12.780 --> 01:06:13.140
 Amen

01:06:13.140 --> 01:06:13.200
 Amen

01:06:13.200 --> 01:06:14.180
 Amen

01:06:14.180 --> 01:06:16.360
 Amen

01:06:16.360 --> 01:06:16.780
 Amen

01:06:16.780 --> 01:06:17.320
 Amen

01:06:17.320 --> 01:06:17.400
 Amen

01:06:17.400 --> 01:06:17.700
 Amen

01:06:17.700 --> 01:06:18.100
 Amen

01:06:18.100 --> 01:06:21.920
 Amen

01:06:21.920 --> 01:06:22.320
 Amen

01:06:24.820 --> 01:06:27.320
 Now

01:06:27.320 --> 01:06:28.559
 Amen

01:06:28.559 --> 01:06:29.500
 Amen

01:06:29.500 --> 01:06:30.400
 Amen

01:06:32.519 --> 01:06:32.780
 Amen

01:06:32.780 --> 01:06:33.000
 Amen