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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise.

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 93 on the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm 93, the whole of Psalm, page 354.

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 The tune is Irish.

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 The Lord doth reign and clothed is he with majesty most bright,

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 his works to show him clothed to be and girt about with might.

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 So we'll sing the whole of this Psalm to God's praise.

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 The Lord doth reign and clothed is he with majesty most bright,

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 his works to show him clothed to be

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 and girt about with might.

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 The world is all so established that it cannot depart.

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 Thy throne is fixed of hope and love from everlasting heart.

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 The floods, O Lord, have lifted up, they lifted up their voice.

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 And made a mighty noise.

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 But yet the Lord doth is on high,

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 is more of might by far,

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 than the noise of many waters is,

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 our great sea bellows are.

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 Thy testimonies, everyone,

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 in faithfulness excel,

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 and holiness forevermore,

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 thy heart becouled as well.

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 Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 as we gather in your name this day,

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 we do thank you for your word.

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 We thank you that we can read from it,

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 that we can sing praise to you,

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 that we can lift our voices up to you.

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 And we have been reminded in the psalm that we have sung,

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 that your voice is a mighty voice,

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 greater than all the noise of the waters,

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 the waves, the storms around us.

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 We thank you that though we hear these things,

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 that you are one who is more powerful

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 and mightier than all of these things.

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 And we pray today, Lord,

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 that we will know your voice.

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 As we read your word,

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 we will see it as your word.

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 As we hear it, Lord,

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 that you would bless it to us all.

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 We thank you that you speak to each and every one of us,

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 the youngest to the oldest,

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 that there are none of us who are left out of worship.

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 There is none of us who are left out of this service.

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 But we gather together as one

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 to praise you as our Lord and as our God.

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 And we ask, oh Lord,

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 for your protection over us today.

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 We especially think of the winds outside

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 at this time and pray that as we come and go,

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 that you will protect us and keep us.

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 We thank you for all who are there to help us

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 in these times as well.

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 We pray for many who will be out and about

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 in difficult conditions,

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 even maybe at this time.

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 Coast Guard Services,

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 helping people in need,

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 both on land and at sea,

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 helping to protect us during these times.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 your protection over them.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 to be able to worship you this day,

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 to be worshiping you in this place

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 and with a peace to enjoy it.

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 And we ask, oh Lord,

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 that you would bless all that is done,

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 both here and in the Sunday school

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 and the tweenies and creche as well, Lord.

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 Protect our young ones, Lord.

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 Be with them each one.

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 Be with us as families and friends

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 and as a congregation together.

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 May you hear all our prayers

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 and watch over us in Jesus' name

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 as we ask all of these things in his name

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 for the pardon of our sins.

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 Amen.

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 It's good that there's a number of young people present,

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 and I'm sure many others may be tuning in online as well.

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 So I want to ask you a question.

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 Any of the young people here,

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 do you enjoy riddles?

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 Trying to work out what a riddle is trying to say.

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 A riddle is a number of words put together

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 and they maybe don't make sense at first

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 and you're just trying to work out

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 what does it actually mean.

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 So I want to share a riddle with you

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 and see if you can work this one out.

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 See what it's talking about.

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 And the riddle goes like this.

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 It says,

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 you can't own it,

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 but you can use it.

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 You can't keep it,

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 but you can spend it.

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 Once you have lost it,

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 you can never get it back.

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 So that's the riddle.

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 I wonder if anybody knows what it means.

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 You can't own it,

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 but you can use it.

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 You can't keep it,

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 but you can spend it.

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 Once you have lost it,

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 you can never get it back.

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 Hands up if you know what the answer is.

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 Don't want you to shout out the answer,

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 but there's a few hands going up.

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 Mostly adults though.

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 Any of the young folks,

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 do you know the answer?

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 It's time.

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 There's one upstairs there

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 that's got the hand up,

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 right up in the air.

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 It's time.

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 You can't own time,

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 but you can use it.

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 You can't keep it,

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 but you can spend it.

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 You can spend time

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 on lots of different things.

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 Once you've lost it,

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 you can never get it back.

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 So once the time has gone,

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 you can never get it back.

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 Time is free,

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 but time is priceless.

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 So important that we use

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 our time wisely.

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 What do you use most of your time on?

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 Hands up if it's sleeping.

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 I'm sure there's quite a few people

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 who spend a lot of time sleeping.

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 What about eating?

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 Maybe not so much.

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 What about sitting on your phone

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 or tablet or watching television?

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 Lots of time, I'm sure,

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 spent there, is it?

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 We all spend time

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 doing lots of different things.

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 But the Bible reminds us

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 that just like the riddle there,

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 trying to understand what it means,

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 sometimes that's what the Bible

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 can seem like to ourselves as well.

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 It just seems like words

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 that are brought together,

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 sometimes they don't really make sense.

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 But the Bible says in Psalm 90, verse 12,

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 teach us to number our days

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 that we may get a heart of wisdom.

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 Now maybe that sounds like a riddle

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 at first as well.

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 Teach us to number our days

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 so that we may get a heart of wisdom.

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 What does that mean?

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 Well, it means to use our time wisely,

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 to number our days,

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 to see that our days

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 are soon going to go past,

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 past in a blink.

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 And once that time has passed,

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 we can't get that time back.

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 So time is precious.

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 Time is important.

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 And we need to number our days,

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 which means we take account

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 of all of our days.

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 We can think of how many days

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 have gone past.

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 We can count them.

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 How many days ahead?

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 We don't know.

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 We don't have the answer.

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 So the Psalm says,

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 get a heart of wisdom.

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 Time teaches us that it's going to come

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 to an end at some point.

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 So it's important that we make

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 the best use of our time,

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 not wasting our time.

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 There are things that we have to do,

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 but we should always make time for God.

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 Make time for his word.

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 Make time for finding understanding

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 of what he's saying to us in his word.

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 Lord, teach us, Lord,

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 to have a heart of wisdom,

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 because that's what we need

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 for every day,

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 a heart to be wise with the Lord,

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 to make the best use of our time

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 before our time is past.

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 So may God help us

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 in all the time that we have

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 to listen to him

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 and to seek a heart of wisdom.

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 We're going to say the Lord's prayer

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 together now.

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 Our Father, we chart in heaven,

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 hallowed be thy name.

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 Thy kingdom come.

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 Thy will be done on earth

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 as it is in heaven.

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 Give us this day our daily bread

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 and forgive us our debts

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 as we forgive our debtors.

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 And lead us not into temptation,

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 but deliver us from evil.

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 For thine is the kingdom,

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 the power and the glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we're going to sing again

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 to God's praise,

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 this time in Psalm 32.

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 Again, the Scottish Psalter version,

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 Psalm 32,

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 page 244 of the psalm books.

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 Psalm 32,

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 page 244.

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 We're going to sing from verse 7

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 down to verse 11.

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 We're going to sing from verse 7 to 11

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 on the tune of Spore.

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 We stand to sing to God's praise.

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 The Lord,

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 O heart,

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 my hiding place,

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 thou shalt

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 from trouble

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 keep me free.

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 thou wisdoms of deliverance,

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 thou shalt comfort

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 shall compass me.

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 I will instruct thee

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 and thee teach

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 the way that thou shalt go.

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 And when my eye upon thee set,

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 I will direction show.

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 Then be not like the hearts or mules

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 which do not understand,

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 whose powers as they come near to thee,

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 a bridal must command.

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 Come to the man that wicked is,

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 his sorrows shall abound,

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 but him that trusteth in the Lord,

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 mercy shall come as crown.

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 yea,

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 yea,

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 righteous in the Lord be glad,

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 in him do ye rejoice,

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 O ye that upright are in heart,

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 for joy lift up your voice.

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 Let us again come to God in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord, our gracious God,

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 as we approach your word,

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 we thank you that as we open it up,

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 that we come seeking your help

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 to understand words

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 that can sometimes seem like a riddle

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 to ourselves.

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 We thank you that you are able

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 by your spirit to reveal to us

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 the many promises and precious,

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 precious promises that there are

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 in your word.

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 We thank you that you do not leave us

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 to stumble around your word

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 unable to understand,

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 but that you provide so many things

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 and methods to help us to understand.

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 We thank you that we have the liberty

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 and freedom to be under the preaching

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 of the gospel.

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 We thank you that we have your word

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 in a language that we can understand.

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 We thank you that in a day of technology,

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 we have so many means to hear your word

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 broken down for us,

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 to hear it read to us,

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 to hear it explained to us

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 even what the very smallest of words

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 might mean in it.

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 We are a multitude of great hosts of things

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 to help us to understand your word.

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 But we know that the time that we have

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 is precious and that we are to make

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 the most of it.

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 And we are so easily distracted from your word.

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 We spend so much time maybe on other things.

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 We can waste so much time as it is.

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 But yet, Lord, we thank you that you are able

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 to give us a spirit to hunger and thirst for your word,

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 to hunger and thirst for righteousness,

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 and to help us to see and understand

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 all that you are teaching us through your word

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 and how to apply it to our lives

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 and to the world in which we live.

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 For we can look around us and see so many troubles,

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 even as in the Psalms that we have sung.

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 There is trouble around the psalmist

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 in so many different ways,

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 and yet he is able to say that you are a hiding place for him,

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 that you are a place of deliverance for him.

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 And we thank you, Lord, that we know that for ourselves

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 and so many of us.

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 And we pray that together we would all come to know

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 and experience that wonderful deliverance

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 that you offer through your Son, Christ Jesus.

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 that when we are blind and ignorant to you,

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 that you are the one who is able to open our eyes

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 and to help us to understand

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 and to go on gaining understanding

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 and sharing our understanding with others.

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 And so we pray you'll bless our time together this day.

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 We pray you'll watch over us in it,

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 that you will guide us by your Spirit in all that we do

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 and all that we say.

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 That even as we offer up our prayers at this time together,

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 the spoken prayer and the ones uttered from all our hearts,

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 you know every prayer that we offer up at this time.

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 It's not just one, but many.

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 For many different people and situations,

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 from many different hearts,

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 we offer up our prayer to you.

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 Hearts that are broken,

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 hearts that may be full of joy,

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 and yet hearts that can know the wonderful peace

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 that you are able to give.

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 And we ask, O Lord, that together as we pray,

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 that you will remind us that when we come in faith,

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 believing in you,

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 reminding ourselves that you hear our every prayer

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 through the name of Jesus Christ as we come,

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 and that your answer, O Lord,

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 though it may be different to what we ask for,

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 we commit ourselves, Lord, to you who knows best,

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 even the things that we do not understand

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 or cannot comprehend, O Lord,

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 help us to know your presence with us in these things as well,

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 to know your grace in every aspect of our lives.

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 And so we pray for your cause, Lord, near and far.

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 We pray for your church,

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 that you will build us up as a people here and far and wide,

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 that you will look down upon us in your great mercy,

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 that you will look down upon our world, O Lord, in mercy,

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 that as we see so much turmoil around us,

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 as we see so many things that we have no influence or control over,

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 as we feel powerless in so many situations,

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 yet, O Lord, remind us of the power that you have.

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 Mightier than the voice of the waves is our Lord.

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 And we thank you for that,

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 that where there are storms of so many kinds,

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 be they the natural storms we see around us,

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 or the physical storms of life,

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 the storms of war, famine, drought,

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 earthquakes, volcanoes,

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 all of these powerful elements that we see around us.

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 We thank you that you are mightier than all,

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 and that your voice is able to bring a stop to all of these things,

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 to change all of these things.

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 And yet, O Lord, in a world in which we live,

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 we look to our own wisdom or wisdom of leaders,

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 leaders who so often have no thought of you.

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 And so we pray for them, Lord,

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 that you will come,

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 a mercy upon them and draw them to yourself,

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 to see that any power they feel they have

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 is nothing compared to yours,

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 and that they would come to put their trust in you,

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 whether that's leaders of our political,

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 in political spheres,

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 whether it's royalty,

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 whether it's leaders in councils,

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 or whether it's leaders in the church.

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 We pray, Lord, for you to give us all wisdom,

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 to give us help,

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 to give us direction,

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 to guide our people,

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 to seek the good of our people,

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 to seek your blessing upon us.

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 And so we pray, Lord,

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 that you will hear all of these prayers in your name.

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 We pray for every home and family here

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 and tuning in online as well.

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 We thank you, Lord,

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 that we are able to pray for one another

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 in very different circumstances.

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 We pray for those who mourn.

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 We pray your comfort towards them.

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 We pray for those who are unwell,

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 whether it's at home or in hospital

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 or in the care homes we see around us in the town here

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 or further afield.

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 We pray, Lord, your blessing on each one

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 and families who are concerned for loved ones.

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 We are able to bring our cares to you

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 and we thank you for that.

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 We pray, Lord, for your spirit to work around us, Lord,

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 for those who are maybe well in health

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 and yet spiritually dead,

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 dead in their trespasses and sins,

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 as your word describes.

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 We pray, Lord, to bring life,

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 to bring new life into their hearts

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 and into their souls.

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 We pray, Lord, that you will awaken us

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 to our need of the Lord Jesus,

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 that when we are stumbling and asleep in this world,

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 we pray for you to awaken us,

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 awaken us to our greatest need,

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 the need of deliverance,

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 the need of a savior,

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 and to see of every provision that you have made,

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 that you have provided for us through your son,

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 who gave his life for his people,

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 who rose again for our salvation,

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 who ascended on high to the right hand of God

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 and who will come again.

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 We thank you for the hope of the gospel

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 and we pray, Lord, that you will revive

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 and stir up that hope in our hearts,

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 that we will hold it as the dearest,

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 most precious thing to us.

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 Lord, look down upon us,

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 continue with us this day,

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 be with the preaching of your word

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 into the evening as well, Lord,

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 throughout your church today.

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 May your name be glorified.

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 May your people praise you

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 and may sinners be brought to repentance.

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 We ask all these things,

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 looking to you as the one who is able to do

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 so much more than we ask or imagine.

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 And hear us in all our prayers,

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 pardon us for all our sins

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 as we confess them on you.

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 And all we ask,

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 we ask in the name of Jesus

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 and for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to read God's word together now

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 in the gospel of Mark.

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 Mark chapter 8.

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 Mark chapter 8.

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 We'll take up our reading at verse 11.

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 And we're reading down to verse 30.

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 Mark chapter 8.

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 Mark chapter 8 at verse 11.

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 You notice at the beginning of the chapter,

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 there's the account of Jesus feeding the 4,000.

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 A second time when Jesus had miraculously fed a large crowd of people.

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 And then following that, we take up our reading at verse 11.

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 The Pharisees came and began to argue with him,

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 seeking from him a sign from heaven to test him.

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 And he sighed deeply in his spirit and said,

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 why does this generation seek a sign?

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 Truly I say to you,

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 no sign will be given to this generation.

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 And he left them, got into his boat again,

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 and went to the other side.

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 Now they had forgotten to bring bread.

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

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 And he cautioned them saying,

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 watch out,

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 beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.

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 And they began to discuss with one another

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 the fact that they had no bread.

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 And Jesus, aware of this, said to them,

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

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 Do you not yet perceive or understand?

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 Are your hearts hardened?

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 Having eyes, do you not see?

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 And having ears, do you not hear?

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 And do you not remember?

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 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand,

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

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 They said to him, twelve.

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 And he said to them,

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 do you not yet understand?

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 And they came to Bethsaida,

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 and some people brought to him a blind man,

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 and begged him to touch him.

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 And he took the blind man by the hand,

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 and led him out of the village.

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 And when he had spat on his eyes,

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 and laid his hands on him,

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 he asked him,

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 do you see anything?

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 And he looked up and said,

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 I see men, but they look like trees walking.

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 Then Jesus laid his hands on his eyes again,

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 and he opened his eyes.

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 His sight was restored,

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 and he saw everything clearly.

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 And he sent him to his home,

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 saying, do not even enter the village.

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 And Jesus went on with his disciples

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 to the village of Caesarea Philippi.

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 And on the way,

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 he asked his disciples,

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 who do people say that I am?

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 And they told him,

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 John the Baptist,

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 and others say Elijah,

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 and others one of the prophets.

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 And he asked them,

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 but who do you say that I am?

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 Peter answered him,

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 you are the Christ.

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 And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him.

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 And so on.

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 And may God bless that reading from his word.

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 Before we turn back to look at this passage,

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 we'll again sing to God's praise in Psalm 146.

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 In the Sing Psalms version.

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 Psalm 146.

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 We'll sing from verse 5 down to verse 10.

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 Page 191 of the psalm book.

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 Psalm 146, verse 5,

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 the tune of Sussex.

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 Blessed is the one who truly looks for help to Jacob's God.

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 Blessed is the one who places all his hope upon the Lord.

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 And we see in verse 8 there,

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 he says,

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 to the blind the Lord gives sight.

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 We'll sing these verses 5 to 10 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Blessed is the one who truly looks for help to Jacob's God.

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 Blessed is the one who places all his hope upon the Lord.

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 the Lord.

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 He who made

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 the earth and

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 heaven and the seas

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 with all their

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 store,

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 he who keeps

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 his every

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 promise,

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 who is

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 faithful

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 evermore.

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 He delivers

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 from

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 oppression

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 and

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 releases the

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 hungry's

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 plight. He

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 releases

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 those

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 who prison

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 to the

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 blind the Lord

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 his sight.

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 Those

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 who up

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 the

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 down he

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 raises,

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 our

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 delights

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 in

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 righteousness.

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 He

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 protects

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 and cares

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 for

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 strangers,

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 waitrose

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 and the

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 fatherless.

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 he frustrates

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 the

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 wicked

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 purpose,

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 so the

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 Lord

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 who

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 endless

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 days

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 brings

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 to

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 heavenly

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 generation.

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 Praise

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 your

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 God,

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 those

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 high

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 on

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 praise.

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 We can

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 turn back to

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 our reading

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 in Mark's

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 Gospel,

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 chapter 8.

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 And we're

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 focusing on

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 most of what we

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 read, really,

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 but we're seeing

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 the account of

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 the man who was

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 blind, having

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 his sight

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 restored.

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 And the

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 question then

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 that comes

00:30:09.420 --> 00:30:10.319
 after that

00:30:10.319 --> 00:30:10.660
 as he's

00:30:10.660 --> 00:30:11.140
 speaking with

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.900
 his disciples,

00:30:12.059 --> 00:30:12.360
 as he's

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:12.980
 asking them,

00:30:13.720 --> 00:30:13.940
 you know,

00:30:13.980 --> 00:30:14.779
 who do people

00:30:14.779 --> 00:30:15.559
 say that I

00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:15.799
 am?

00:30:15.819 --> 00:30:16.100
 And then he

00:30:16.100 --> 00:30:16.600
 asks a great

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.200
 question,

00:30:17.360 --> 00:30:17.680
 but what

00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:18.279
 about you?

00:30:18.880 --> 00:30:19.299
 Who do

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:20.440
 you say

00:30:20.440 --> 00:30:20.799
 that I

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.039
 am?

00:30:22.080 --> 00:30:22.700
 Who do

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:24.080
 you say

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:25.059
 that I

00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:25.319
 am?

00:30:26.779 --> 00:30:27.680
 We face

00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:28.519
 questions,

00:30:28.660 --> 00:30:29.080
 I'm sure,

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:29.940
 every day.

00:30:30.059 --> 00:30:30.480
 We're asked

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.000
 different

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.539
 questions.

00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.119
 Some are

00:30:32.119 --> 00:30:32.599
 simple

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.500
 questions that

00:30:33.500 --> 00:30:34.740
 are maybe

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.619
 easier to

00:30:35.619 --> 00:30:36.279
 answer that

00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:36.799
 don't really

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.659
 challenge us

00:30:37.659 --> 00:30:38.119
 deeply.

00:30:39.399 --> 00:30:39.960
 We are asked

00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:40.740
 questions maybe

00:30:40.740 --> 00:30:41.619
 very often during

00:30:41.619 --> 00:30:41.859
 the day,

00:30:41.920 --> 00:30:42.579
 what time is

00:30:42.579 --> 00:30:42.859
 it?

00:30:43.420 --> 00:30:43.879
 What do you

00:30:43.879 --> 00:30:44.460
 want for your

00:30:44.460 --> 00:30:44.680
 dinner?

00:30:45.259 --> 00:30:46.019
 These kinds of

00:30:46.019 --> 00:30:47.139
 everyday questions

00:30:47.139 --> 00:30:47.759
 that we hear

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:49.099
 all the time.

00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:50.339
 But there may

00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.019
 be days when

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:52.079
 we're caught

00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:52.839
 out by a

00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:53.339
 question,

00:30:54.119 --> 00:30:54.519
 when we're

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:55.119
 asked a

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:55.819
 question that

00:30:55.819 --> 00:30:56.759
 we hadn't

00:30:56.759 --> 00:30:57.680
 really expected

00:30:57.680 --> 00:30:58.539
 or anticipated,

00:30:58.859 --> 00:30:59.740
 we'd perhaps

00:30:59.740 --> 00:31:00.180
 never really

00:31:00.180 --> 00:31:00.960
 thought about it

00:31:00.960 --> 00:31:01.500
 before, but

00:31:01.500 --> 00:31:02.640
 we're challenged

00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.259
 by it and

00:31:03.259 --> 00:31:03.700
 we wonder

00:31:03.700 --> 00:31:04.120
 what kind

00:31:04.120 --> 00:31:04.779
 of answer

00:31:04.779 --> 00:31:06.000
 should we

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.340
 give?

00:31:07.200 --> 00:31:07.960
 Somebody might

00:31:07.960 --> 00:31:08.600
 come and ask

00:31:08.600 --> 00:31:08.840
 you, you

00:31:08.840 --> 00:31:09.140
 know, what

00:31:09.140 --> 00:31:09.840
 gives you

00:31:09.840 --> 00:31:11.440
 real joy

00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:12.559
 in life?

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.380
 You think,

00:31:14.480 --> 00:31:14.620
 well, it's

00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.100
 not really a

00:31:15.100 --> 00:31:15.500
 question.

00:31:15.700 --> 00:31:16.600
 I've thought

00:31:16.600 --> 00:31:17.039
 about a lot,

00:31:17.120 --> 00:31:17.640
 but I could

00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:18.340
 probably think

00:31:18.340 --> 00:31:18.960
 of a number

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:19.340
 of different

00:31:19.340 --> 00:31:20.319
 answers to

00:31:20.319 --> 00:31:20.640
 give.

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.400
 Or you might

00:31:22.400 --> 00:31:22.840
 be asked

00:31:22.840 --> 00:31:23.940
 another question

00:31:23.940 --> 00:31:24.519
 from someone,

00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:25.100
 what keeps

00:31:25.100 --> 00:31:25.680
 you awake

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.160
 at night?

00:31:27.360 --> 00:31:27.620
 And you

00:31:27.620 --> 00:31:27.920
 think to

00:31:27.920 --> 00:31:28.220
 yourself,

00:31:28.340 --> 00:31:28.620
 well, that's

00:31:28.620 --> 00:31:29.019
 not really

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:29.420
 any of your

00:31:29.420 --> 00:31:29.940
 business.

00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:31.039
 that's kind

00:31:31.039 --> 00:31:31.600
 of probing

00:31:31.600 --> 00:31:31.920
 a little

00:31:31.920 --> 00:31:32.680
 bit too

00:31:32.680 --> 00:31:33.000
 deep.

00:31:33.080 --> 00:31:33.480
 What keeps

00:31:33.480 --> 00:31:33.940
 me awake

00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:34.340
 at night

00:31:34.340 --> 00:31:35.080
 is none

00:31:35.080 --> 00:31:35.320
 of your

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.880
 concern.

00:31:36.080 --> 00:31:36.200
 It's

00:31:36.200 --> 00:31:36.620
 something that's

00:31:36.620 --> 00:31:37.380
 very private

00:31:37.380 --> 00:31:38.680
 to myself.

00:31:38.940 --> 00:31:39.680
 Our life

00:31:39.680 --> 00:31:40.299
 is full of

00:31:40.299 --> 00:31:40.700
 different

00:31:40.700 --> 00:31:41.240
 questions,

00:31:41.380 --> 00:31:42.600
 some simple

00:31:42.600 --> 00:31:44.019
 ones, some

00:31:44.019 --> 00:31:44.580
 maybe more

00:31:44.580 --> 00:31:45.700
 deeply probing,

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.539
 and some

00:31:46.539 --> 00:31:47.660
 probing right

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.340
 into our

00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:48.840
 hearts.

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.320
 And as you

00:31:50.320 --> 00:31:50.920
 read through

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.019
 this chapter,

00:31:52.160 --> 00:31:52.940
 chapter 8

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:55.400
 of Mark's

00:31:55.400 --> 00:31:55.980
 gospel, you

00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.600
 find that

00:31:56.600 --> 00:31:57.160
 at different

00:31:57.160 --> 00:31:57.759
 points,

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.440
 Jesus is

00:31:59.440 --> 00:31:59.960
 asking

00:31:59.960 --> 00:32:00.920
 questions,

00:32:01.080 --> 00:32:01.440
 asking

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.920
 questions of

00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:03.820
 different people

00:32:03.820 --> 00:32:04.360
 in different

00:32:04.360 --> 00:32:05.360
 circumstances,

00:32:05.660 --> 00:32:06.400
 but questions

00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:06.980
 that are

00:32:06.980 --> 00:32:08.340
 probing them

00:32:08.340 --> 00:32:09.240
 into their

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.100
 hearts, asking

00:32:10.100 --> 00:32:11.039
 them, you

00:32:11.039 --> 00:32:11.400
 know, where

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:11.940
 are you?

00:32:12.660 --> 00:32:13.140
 What do you

00:32:13.140 --> 00:32:13.660
 see as your

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:14.600
 greatest need

00:32:14.600 --> 00:32:15.779
 in life?

00:32:16.400 --> 00:32:17.059
 If you

00:32:17.059 --> 00:32:17.940
 glance with

00:32:17.940 --> 00:32:18.460
 me to

00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:19.759
 verse 12

00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:22.160
 there, the

00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:22.839
 Pharisees were

00:32:22.839 --> 00:32:23.819
 demanding a

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:24.619
 sign from

00:32:24.619 --> 00:32:25.559
 him, what's

00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:26.059
 the question

00:32:26.059 --> 00:32:26.579
 that Jesus

00:32:26.579 --> 00:32:27.559
 asks of

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:27.759
 them?

00:32:27.859 --> 00:32:28.500
 He sighed

00:32:28.500 --> 00:32:29.180
 deeply in

00:32:29.180 --> 00:32:29.680
 his spirit

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.140
 and said,

00:32:30.799 --> 00:32:31.400
 why does

00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:32.400
 this generation

00:32:32.400 --> 00:32:33.720
 seek a

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.019
 sign?

00:32:35.039 --> 00:32:35.680
 Why does

00:32:35.680 --> 00:32:36.500
 this generation

00:32:36.500 --> 00:32:37.160
 seek a

00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:37.359
 sign?

00:32:37.440 --> 00:32:37.619
 It's almost

00:32:37.619 --> 00:32:37.879
 like he's

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.940
 saying, you

00:32:38.940 --> 00:32:39.480
 have just

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.420
 seen and

00:32:40.420 --> 00:32:41.140
 heard of

00:32:41.140 --> 00:32:42.079
 the feeding

00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:42.460
 of the

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:43.859
 4,000 in

00:32:43.859 --> 00:32:44.460
 a miraculous

00:32:44.460 --> 00:32:44.900
 way, and

00:32:44.900 --> 00:32:45.279
 this is on

00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:46.720
 top of other

00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:48.140
 things that

00:32:48.140 --> 00:32:48.779
 the Lord has

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.400
 already done,

00:32:49.400 --> 00:32:49.780
 and he's

00:32:49.780 --> 00:32:50.880
 saying, you're

00:32:50.880 --> 00:32:51.580
 still asking

00:32:51.580 --> 00:32:52.280
 to see

00:32:52.280 --> 00:32:52.680
 more.

00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:53.820
 Have you

00:32:53.820 --> 00:32:54.460
 not seen

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:55.200
 enough and

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:55.860
 heard enough

00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.240
 of me?

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.340
 Why does

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:58.200
 this generation

00:32:58.200 --> 00:32:59.640
 seek a

00:32:59.640 --> 00:32:59.980
 sign?

00:33:00.900 --> 00:33:01.440
 Is that a

00:33:01.440 --> 00:33:03.100
 question that

00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.840
 you've asked

00:33:03.840 --> 00:33:04.580
 of God?

00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:05.240
 Show me a

00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.600
 sign, then

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:07.320
 I'll believe.

00:33:07.420 --> 00:33:07.660
 Give me

00:33:07.660 --> 00:33:08.740
 something that

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:09.280
 I can see

00:33:09.280 --> 00:33:10.060
 for myself, and

00:33:10.060 --> 00:33:10.640
 then I'll

00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:11.360
 believe.

00:33:12.320 --> 00:33:12.940
 When Jesus

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.580
 is saying to

00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:14.400
 ourselves, why

00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:14.720
 as a

00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:15.720
 generation are

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:16.220
 we asking

00:33:16.220 --> 00:33:16.920
 for more?

00:33:17.640 --> 00:33:17.940
 When he's

00:33:17.940 --> 00:33:18.840
 already revealed

00:33:18.839 --> 00:33:19.419
 and shown

00:33:19.419 --> 00:33:20.639
 to us so

00:33:20.639 --> 00:33:21.299
 much of

00:33:21.299 --> 00:33:21.779
 who he

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.259
 is,

00:33:23.079 --> 00:33:23.480
 remembering

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.039
 this is

00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:25.039
 before the

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.980
 greatest sign

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.679
 of all that

00:33:26.679 --> 00:33:27.279
 Jesus would

00:33:27.279 --> 00:33:27.799
 give, as

00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:28.579
 he gave

00:33:28.579 --> 00:33:29.279
 his life on

00:33:29.279 --> 00:33:29.799
 the cross,

00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:30.099
 and as

00:33:30.099 --> 00:33:30.720
 he rose

00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.720
 from the

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:33.139
 grave, as

00:33:33.139 --> 00:33:33.799
 he ascended

00:33:33.799 --> 00:33:34.699
 to heaven,

00:33:35.579 --> 00:33:36.259
 do we need

00:33:36.259 --> 00:33:37.579
 any more?

00:33:39.059 --> 00:33:39.539
 And after

00:33:39.539 --> 00:33:40.899
 the response

00:33:40.899 --> 00:33:41.839
 to the

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.959
 Pharisees

00:33:42.959 --> 00:33:44.319
 there,

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:45.279
 why do

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:45.679
 you, this

00:33:45.679 --> 00:33:46.059
 generation,

00:33:46.059 --> 00:33:46.720
 seek for

00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:47.039
 a sign,

00:33:47.079 --> 00:33:47.399
 he's then

00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:48.639
 talking to

00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:49.579
 his disciples,

00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:50.960
 and the

00:33:50.960 --> 00:33:51.619
 question, a

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.299
 very probing

00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.819
 question, he

00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.179
 asks them

00:33:53.179 --> 00:33:53.460
 there in

00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.720
 verse 21,

00:33:55.539 --> 00:33:56.000
 do you

00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:56.720
 not yet

00:33:56.720 --> 00:33:57.799
 understand?

00:33:59.319 --> 00:33:59.899
 Do you

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:00.519
 not yet

00:34:00.519 --> 00:34:01.819
 understand?

00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:04.859
 And then

00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:05.099
 as you

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:06.359
 continue down

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:08.599
 into verse

00:34:08.599 --> 00:34:09.880
 27 onwards,

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:10.579
 he's asking

00:34:10.579 --> 00:34:11.139
 these two

00:34:11.139 --> 00:34:11.699
 questions,

00:34:11.860 --> 00:34:12.179
 who do

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.480
 people say

00:34:13.480 --> 00:34:13.779
 that I

00:34:13.779 --> 00:34:14.039
 am?

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:14.419
 In verse

00:34:14.419 --> 00:34:16.199
 27, and

00:34:16.199 --> 00:34:16.739
 then a

00:34:16.739 --> 00:34:17.419
 more probing

00:34:17.419 --> 00:34:18.000
 and challenging

00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:19.000
 question for

00:34:19.000 --> 00:34:20.119
 them in

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:21.119
 verse 29,

00:34:22.339 --> 00:34:23.259
 but who

00:34:23.259 --> 00:34:24.019
 do you

00:34:24.019 --> 00:34:25.299
 say that

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:25.759
 I am?

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.359
 Who do

00:34:27.359 --> 00:34:28.779
 you say

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:29.779
 that I

00:34:29.779 --> 00:34:30.039
 am?

00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:31.559
 And in

00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:32.059
 order to

00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:33.000
 see the

00:34:33.000 --> 00:34:33.679
 account of

00:34:33.679 --> 00:34:34.159
 the man

00:34:34.159 --> 00:34:34.579
 who was

00:34:34.579 --> 00:34:35.440
 blind, and

00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.480
 to understand

00:34:36.480 --> 00:34:37.819
 the healing

00:34:37.819 --> 00:34:38.379
 of the man

00:34:38.379 --> 00:34:38.739
 who was

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.199
 blind, we

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.559
 have to

00:34:39.559 --> 00:34:40.719
 see both

00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.379
 what comes

00:34:41.379 --> 00:34:42.319
 before it

00:34:42.319 --> 00:34:43.259
 and what

00:34:43.259 --> 00:34:44.439
 comes after

00:34:44.439 --> 00:34:46.019
 it, because

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:46.739
 that helps

00:34:46.739 --> 00:34:47.139
 us to

00:34:47.139 --> 00:34:48.339
 see what

00:34:48.339 --> 00:34:49.079
 Jesus was

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:49.779
 doing as

00:34:49.779 --> 00:34:50.439
 he healed

00:34:50.439 --> 00:34:51.480
 this man

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.339
 who was

00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:52.859
 blind.

00:34:54.459 --> 00:34:55.139
 They have

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:55.919
 become maybe

00:34:55.919 --> 00:34:57.719
 complacent in

00:34:57.719 --> 00:34:58.500
 some ways,

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:59.239
 the disciples,

00:34:59.959 --> 00:35:00.299
 they've been

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.879
 seeing many

00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:02.119
 miracles, and

00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:02.379
 they're just

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:02.899
 going on as

00:35:02.899 --> 00:35:03.339
 if this is

00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:03.779
 the way it's

00:35:03.779 --> 00:35:04.419
 always going

00:35:04.419 --> 00:35:04.779
 to be.

00:35:05.339 --> 00:35:05.799
 We see

00:35:05.799 --> 00:35:06.139
 there's a

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:07.039
 little conflict

00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:07.480
 with the

00:35:07.480 --> 00:35:08.239
 Pharisees as

00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:08.839
 they're asking

00:35:08.839 --> 00:35:10.279
 for a sign

00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:11.460
 there's

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.280
 confusion

00:35:12.280 --> 00:35:12.980
 then among

00:35:12.980 --> 00:35:14.500
 the disciples

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.300
 as he's

00:35:15.300 --> 00:35:15.820
 talking to

00:35:15.820 --> 00:35:16.140
 them about

00:35:16.140 --> 00:35:16.780
 being aware

00:35:16.780 --> 00:35:17.120
 of the

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:17.480
 leaven of

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.220
 the Pharisees

00:35:18.220 --> 00:35:18.480
 and the

00:35:18.480 --> 00:35:19.380
 leaven of

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:19.960
 Herod in

00:35:19.960 --> 00:35:20.640
 verse 15.

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.220
 There's all

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:21.640
 of these

00:35:21.640 --> 00:35:23.000
 things going

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.420
 on, and

00:35:23.420 --> 00:35:23.760
 then you

00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.260
 come into

00:35:24.260 --> 00:35:24.900
 this account

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.240
 of the

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:25.940
 blind man

00:35:25.940 --> 00:35:26.820
 being healed,

00:35:28.019 --> 00:35:28.420
 and it's

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:29.000
 showing us

00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:30.840
 that understanding

00:35:30.840 --> 00:35:33.180
 takes time.

00:35:34.700 --> 00:35:35.300
 So as we

00:35:35.300 --> 00:35:35.820
 think of the

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:36.480
 question that

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:37.840
 comes, who

00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:39.580
 do you say

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:40.219
 that I am?

00:35:41.500 --> 00:35:41.880
 It's a

00:35:41.880 --> 00:35:42.340
 question we'll

00:35:42.340 --> 00:35:42.880
 all have an

00:35:42.880 --> 00:35:44.779
 answer to, but

00:35:44.779 --> 00:35:45.239
 it'll be in

00:35:45.239 --> 00:35:46.159
 different degrees

00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:47.460
 of understanding.

00:35:47.619 --> 00:35:48.239
 None of us

00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:49.659
 here will ever

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:51.579
 fully understand

00:35:51.579 --> 00:35:52.380
 who he is.

00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:53.139
 Not this

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:54.119
 side of

00:35:54.119 --> 00:35:56.079
 eternity, but

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.319
 we should

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:56.819
 always be

00:35:56.819 --> 00:35:57.519
 longing to

00:35:57.519 --> 00:35:58.900
 understand more

00:35:58.900 --> 00:35:59.900
 of who he

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.299
 is.

00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.500
 And that

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.400
 should give

00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:02.980
 us a certain

00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:03.719
 sense of

00:36:03.719 --> 00:36:04.779
 help in our

00:36:04.779 --> 00:36:05.539
 situation as

00:36:05.539 --> 00:36:06.000
 well if we

00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:06.619
 think, well

00:36:06.619 --> 00:36:07.219
 I'm not a

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:08.239
 believer, I

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:09.099
 don't know

00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:10.059
 enough.

00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:12.659
 He's

00:36:12.659 --> 00:36:13.500
 challenging us

00:36:13.500 --> 00:36:14.299
 to say, well

00:36:14.299 --> 00:36:15.099
 who is he?

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:16.619
 Do you

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.419
 see him as

00:36:17.419 --> 00:36:18.579
 the Christ?

00:36:19.479 --> 00:36:20.199
 Because that

00:36:20.199 --> 00:36:20.500
 is the

00:36:20.500 --> 00:36:21.319
 starting point

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:21.739
 of any

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.599
 understanding

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.059
 of him.

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:23.899
 And it's

00:36:23.899 --> 00:36:24.219
 not that

00:36:24.219 --> 00:36:24.579
 you'll have

00:36:24.579 --> 00:36:25.459
 all the

00:36:25.459 --> 00:36:26.079
 answers to

00:36:26.079 --> 00:36:26.479
 be able to

00:36:26.479 --> 00:36:27.239
 profess his

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:28.719
 name, but

00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:29.679
 to understand

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:30.599
 just who

00:36:30.599 --> 00:36:31.239
 he is and

00:36:31.239 --> 00:36:32.099
 understanding

00:36:32.099 --> 00:36:34.379
 comes over

00:36:34.379 --> 00:36:35.699
 a period of

00:36:35.699 --> 00:36:36.159
 time.

00:36:37.679 --> 00:36:38.299
 What's your

00:36:38.299 --> 00:36:38.859
 answer to

00:36:38.859 --> 00:36:39.539
 the question

00:36:39.539 --> 00:36:39.799
 then?

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.059
 Who do

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:41.679
 you say

00:36:41.679 --> 00:36:42.699
 that he

00:36:42.699 --> 00:36:43.079
 is?

00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.480
 Who do

00:36:44.480 --> 00:36:44.939
 you say

00:36:44.939 --> 00:36:45.539
 that Jesus

00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:46.759
 is today?

00:36:46.839 --> 00:36:47.199
 We'll all

00:36:47.199 --> 00:36:47.500
 have an

00:36:47.500 --> 00:36:47.839
 answer.

00:36:48.699 --> 00:36:49.939
 Some will

00:36:49.939 --> 00:36:51.119
 confess Jesus

00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:51.839
 is Lord.

00:36:52.879 --> 00:36:53.659
 Others will

00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:55.059
 confess Jesus

00:36:55.059 --> 00:36:56.019
 is my

00:36:56.019 --> 00:36:56.460
 Lord.

00:36:57.379 --> 00:36:57.919
 Others will

00:36:57.919 --> 00:36:58.319
 say, well

00:36:58.319 --> 00:36:59.559
 Jesus was

00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:00.319
 just a good

00:37:00.319 --> 00:37:00.759
 man.

00:37:01.799 --> 00:37:02.519
 Others will

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:03.960
 say Jesus

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:05.259
 is nothing.

00:37:05.699 --> 00:37:07.279
 He's just

00:37:07.279 --> 00:37:07.739
 a made

00:37:07.739 --> 00:37:08.859
 up story.

00:37:10.319 --> 00:37:10.819
 How do

00:37:10.819 --> 00:37:11.299
 you answer

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:12.139
 that question

00:37:12.139 --> 00:37:12.379
 then?

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.299
 Who do

00:37:13.299 --> 00:37:13.919
 you say

00:37:13.919 --> 00:37:14.779
 that I

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.039
 am?

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.399
 Well, three

00:37:16.399 --> 00:37:16.859
 things we

00:37:16.859 --> 00:37:17.099
 want to

00:37:17.099 --> 00:37:17.619
 take from

00:37:17.619 --> 00:37:18.379
 this passage

00:37:18.379 --> 00:37:18.679
 today.

00:37:18.819 --> 00:37:19.259
 First of

00:37:19.259 --> 00:37:19.539
 all, we

00:37:19.539 --> 00:37:19.799
 see

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:21.159
 understanding

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:23.219
 takes time.

00:37:24.719 --> 00:37:25.279
 So when

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.579
 you're looking

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:25.819
 at the

00:37:25.819 --> 00:37:26.519
 account of

00:37:26.519 --> 00:37:27.159
 the blind

00:37:27.159 --> 00:37:27.799
 man being

00:37:27.799 --> 00:37:28.419
 given his

00:37:28.419 --> 00:37:29.599
 sight, it

00:37:29.599 --> 00:37:30.139
 might seem

00:37:30.139 --> 00:37:30.659
 just like a

00:37:30.659 --> 00:37:31.899
 little aside

00:37:31.899 --> 00:37:32.699
 in between

00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:33.799
 the teaching

00:37:33.799 --> 00:37:34.119
 that he's

00:37:34.119 --> 00:37:34.659
 been given

00:37:34.659 --> 00:37:35.239
 to the

00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:35.759
 disciples

00:37:35.759 --> 00:37:36.480
 beforehand

00:37:36.480 --> 00:37:36.960
 and then

00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:37.940
 these great

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:38.819
 questions that

00:37:38.819 --> 00:37:39.399
 he's asking

00:37:39.399 --> 00:37:39.899
 them as they

00:37:39.899 --> 00:37:40.799
 went on

00:37:40.799 --> 00:37:41.319
 their way to

00:37:41.319 --> 00:37:41.679
 the village

00:37:41.679 --> 00:37:42.319
 of Caesarea

00:37:42.319 --> 00:37:43.000
 Philippi.

00:37:43.659 --> 00:37:44.039
 Another

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.779
 healing is

00:37:44.779 --> 00:37:45.199
 just maybe

00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:45.619
 a little

00:37:45.619 --> 00:37:46.460
 aside.

00:37:47.440 --> 00:37:47.739
 As you're

00:37:47.739 --> 00:37:48.119
 going through

00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:48.639
 Mark's

00:37:48.639 --> 00:37:49.139
 gospel, you

00:37:49.139 --> 00:37:49.519
 see there's

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.139
 a number of

00:37:50.139 --> 00:37:50.659
 different

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:52.179
 miracles that

00:37:52.179 --> 00:37:53.359
 happen, and

00:37:53.359 --> 00:37:53.819
 especially

00:37:53.819 --> 00:37:54.779
 healings.

00:37:54.779 --> 00:37:55.319
 You see it

00:37:55.319 --> 00:37:56.119
 again and

00:37:56.119 --> 00:37:56.799
 again throughout

00:37:56.799 --> 00:37:57.839
 the gospel of

00:37:57.839 --> 00:37:58.099
 Mark.

00:37:58.199 --> 00:37:58.940
 So is this

00:37:58.940 --> 00:38:00.139
 just another

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.480
 healing?

00:38:00.579 --> 00:38:00.899
 Do we just

00:38:00.899 --> 00:38:01.960
 become complacent

00:38:01.960 --> 00:38:02.380
 and think

00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:03.460
 very little

00:38:03.460 --> 00:38:03.980
 of it?

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.300
 Or do we

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:06.159
 see that here

00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:06.820
 he is really

00:38:06.820 --> 00:38:07.980
 teaching his

00:38:07.980 --> 00:38:08.940
 disciples and

00:38:08.940 --> 00:38:09.780
 teaching us

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:11.300
 how we come

00:38:11.300 --> 00:38:12.539
 to understand

00:38:12.539 --> 00:38:13.679
 the Lord

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.280
 more and

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:14.579
 more?

00:38:15.579 --> 00:38:16.159
 If you look

00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:16.519
 at verse

00:38:16.519 --> 00:38:17.920
 17 and

00:38:17.920 --> 00:38:18.800
 18, they're

00:38:18.800 --> 00:38:20.240
 Jesus aware

00:38:20.240 --> 00:38:20.940
 of what they're

00:38:20.940 --> 00:38:22.039
 speaking about.

00:38:23.260 --> 00:38:24.320
 He says to

00:38:24.320 --> 00:38:25.440
 them in

00:38:25.440 --> 00:38:26.280
 verse 17,

00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:28.119
 why are you

00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:29.139
 discussing the

00:38:29.139 --> 00:38:30.059
 fact that

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.619
 you have

00:38:30.619 --> 00:38:31.519
 no bread?

00:38:32.299 --> 00:38:32.679
 Do you

00:38:32.679 --> 00:38:33.219
 not yet

00:38:33.219 --> 00:38:34.839
 perceive or

00:38:34.839 --> 00:38:35.639
 understand?

00:38:36.639 --> 00:38:37.259
 Are your

00:38:37.259 --> 00:38:37.940
 hearts

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.879
 hardened?

00:38:39.339 --> 00:38:40.379
 Three questions

00:38:40.379 --> 00:38:41.119
 he asks them

00:38:41.119 --> 00:38:41.519
 in a row

00:38:41.519 --> 00:38:41.779
 there.

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:43.639
 Three questions.

00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:45.379
 Why are you

00:38:45.379 --> 00:38:46.099
 discussing the

00:38:46.099 --> 00:38:46.579
 fact that you

00:38:46.579 --> 00:38:47.420
 have no bread?

00:38:48.099 --> 00:38:48.819
 Is this really

00:38:48.819 --> 00:38:49.379
 a big issue

00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:50.659
 considering just

00:38:50.659 --> 00:38:51.019
 what you've

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.559
 just seen,

00:38:51.659 --> 00:38:52.019
 the feeding

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.699
 of the

00:38:52.699 --> 00:38:53.480
 4,000?

00:38:54.779 --> 00:38:55.179
 Do you

00:38:55.179 --> 00:38:55.579
 not yet

00:38:55.579 --> 00:38:56.980
 perceive or

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.579
 understand?

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:57.900
 Do you

00:38:57.900 --> 00:38:58.779
 not understand

00:38:58.780 --> 00:38:59.620
 who I

00:38:59.620 --> 00:38:59.940
 am?

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:01.840
 Are your

00:39:01.840 --> 00:39:02.340
 hearts

00:39:02.340 --> 00:39:03.600
 still

00:39:03.600 --> 00:39:04.160
 hardened?

00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:06.480
 That's a

00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:07.019
 searching

00:39:07.019 --> 00:39:07.920
 question.

00:39:09.480 --> 00:39:09.980
 And that's

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:10.560
 the basis

00:39:10.560 --> 00:39:11.560
 of Jesus'

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.200
 healing,

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.580
 this man

00:39:13.580 --> 00:39:14.440
 at Bethsaida.

00:39:15.300 --> 00:39:16.240
 This question,

00:39:16.800 --> 00:39:17.080
 do you

00:39:17.080 --> 00:39:17.800
 not yet

00:39:17.800 --> 00:39:18.920
 understand?

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:21.140
 We might

00:39:21.140 --> 00:39:21.780
 feel as if

00:39:21.780 --> 00:39:22.160
 we can

00:39:22.160 --> 00:39:23.540
 see things

00:39:23.540 --> 00:39:24.680
 clearly in

00:39:24.680 --> 00:39:25.460
 this world,

00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:27.120
 but more

00:39:27.120 --> 00:39:27.519
 and more

00:39:27.519 --> 00:39:27.960
 as we look

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.260
 to the

00:39:28.260 --> 00:39:28.579
 scripture,

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:29.019
 we see

00:39:29.019 --> 00:39:29.340
 there are

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:29.820
 so many

00:39:29.820 --> 00:39:31.179
 things that

00:39:31.179 --> 00:39:31.740
 we don't

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:32.720
 understand.

00:39:33.780 --> 00:39:34.220
 And when

00:39:34.220 --> 00:39:34.639
 you look at

00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:35.780
 this miracle,

00:39:36.579 --> 00:39:37.240
 the man's

00:39:37.240 --> 00:39:38.119
 sight wasn't

00:39:38.119 --> 00:39:38.840
 restored

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:40.119
 immediately.

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:42.099
 He goes

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:43.420
 from complete

00:39:43.420 --> 00:39:44.079
 blindness

00:39:44.079 --> 00:39:45.820
 to seeing

00:39:45.820 --> 00:39:46.800
 people as

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.900
 trees walking

00:39:47.900 --> 00:39:49.079
 to then

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:49.659
 seeing

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:50.460
 clearly.

00:39:51.659 --> 00:39:52.000
 And you

00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:52.280
 think to

00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:52.460
 yourself,

00:39:52.619 --> 00:39:53.800
 why that?

00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.700
 why didn't

00:39:54.700 --> 00:39:55.519
 Jesus just

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.260
 heal him

00:39:56.260 --> 00:39:56.700
 instantly?

00:39:57.420 --> 00:39:57.920
 He's done

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:58.560
 it before.

00:39:59.000 --> 00:39:59.380
 He could

00:39:59.380 --> 00:40:00.060
 do it here.

00:40:00.140 --> 00:40:00.300
 It's not

00:40:00.300 --> 00:40:00.700
 the fact

00:40:00.700 --> 00:40:00.980
 that he

00:40:00.980 --> 00:40:01.440
 couldn't

00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:01.880
 do it,

00:40:02.060 --> 00:40:02.600
 but he's

00:40:02.600 --> 00:40:03.140
 making a

00:40:03.140 --> 00:40:03.580
 point.

00:40:04.220 --> 00:40:04.580
 And the

00:40:04.580 --> 00:40:05.200
 point is

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:05.920
 around this

00:40:05.920 --> 00:40:06.500
 question,

00:40:06.920 --> 00:40:07.340
 do you

00:40:07.340 --> 00:40:07.900
 not yet

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:08.620
 understand?

00:40:10.980 --> 00:40:11.700
 He laid

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.300
 his hands

00:40:12.300 --> 00:40:12.620
 on him

00:40:12.620 --> 00:40:13.039
 and asked

00:40:13.039 --> 00:40:13.180
 him,

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:13.860
 do you

00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.580
 see anything

00:40:14.580 --> 00:40:14.960
 in verse

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:15.420
 23?

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:15.740
 And he

00:40:15.740 --> 00:40:16.260
 looked up

00:40:16.260 --> 00:40:16.480
 and said,

00:40:16.539 --> 00:40:16.880
 I see

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.260
 men,

00:40:17.580 --> 00:40:17.980
 but they

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.420
 look like

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:19.000
 trees

00:40:19.000 --> 00:40:19.420
 walking.

00:40:19.600 --> 00:40:20.200
 His vision

00:40:20.200 --> 00:40:20.740
 is still

00:40:20.740 --> 00:40:21.300
 blurred.

00:40:21.300 --> 00:40:22.900
 And it's

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.400
 only at the

00:40:23.400 --> 00:40:24.160
 second time

00:40:24.160 --> 00:40:24.640
 of Jesus

00:40:24.640 --> 00:40:25.460
 touching his

00:40:25.460 --> 00:40:26.539
 eyes that

00:40:26.539 --> 00:40:27.160
 he's able

00:40:27.160 --> 00:40:27.840
 to see

00:40:27.840 --> 00:40:28.820
 clearly.

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.180
 I'm sure

00:40:31.180 --> 00:40:32.080
 like myself,

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:32.880
 many of you

00:40:32.880 --> 00:40:33.260
 have been

00:40:33.260 --> 00:40:33.580
 to the

00:40:33.580 --> 00:40:34.120
 opticians.

00:40:35.000 --> 00:40:35.600
 I remember

00:40:35.600 --> 00:40:36.400
 when I first

00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:37.080
 got glasses

00:40:37.080 --> 00:40:37.560
 when I was

00:40:37.560 --> 00:40:37.780
 young,

00:40:37.860 --> 00:40:38.720
 I couldn't

00:40:38.720 --> 00:40:39.980
 believe the

00:40:39.980 --> 00:40:40.840
 difference when

00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.280
 I put on the

00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:41.500
 glasses.

00:40:41.580 --> 00:40:41.660
 I mean,

00:40:41.700 --> 00:40:42.280
 I thought my

00:40:42.280 --> 00:40:42.920
 eyes were just

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.500
 like everybody

00:40:43.500 --> 00:40:44.080
 else's,

00:40:44.140 --> 00:40:44.460
 but I was

00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:45.560
 half blind.

00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:46.660
 And putting

00:40:46.660 --> 00:40:47.100
 on my

00:40:47.100 --> 00:40:47.760
 glasses as I

00:40:47.760 --> 00:40:48.100
 went out

00:40:48.100 --> 00:40:48.340
 from the

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:48.980
 optician was

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:50.440
 just eye

00:40:50.440 --> 00:40:50.860
 opening,

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.300
 literally,

00:40:51.440 --> 00:40:51.640
 because I

00:40:51.640 --> 00:40:52.360
 could see

00:40:52.360 --> 00:40:52.840
 so many

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.240
 things I

00:40:53.240 --> 00:40:53.539
 had never

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:53.920
 been able

00:40:53.920 --> 00:40:54.360
 to see

00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:54.860
 clearly

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:55.480
 before.

00:40:56.780 --> 00:40:57.200
 And now

00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:57.760
 every time

00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:58.300
 you go

00:40:58.300 --> 00:40:58.800
 back to

00:40:58.800 --> 00:40:59.380
 the optician,

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:00.579
 they always

00:41:00.579 --> 00:41:01.260
 start by

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:01.720
 putting in

00:41:01.720 --> 00:41:02.620
 different lenses

00:41:02.620 --> 00:41:02.960
 and they're

00:41:02.960 --> 00:41:03.500
 asking which

00:41:03.500 --> 00:41:04.260
 one's clear,

00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:05.120
 number one

00:41:05.120 --> 00:41:05.599
 or number

00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:05.960
 two,

00:41:06.059 --> 00:41:06.820
 and they're

00:41:06.820 --> 00:41:07.480
 working their

00:41:07.480 --> 00:41:08.000
 way through

00:41:08.000 --> 00:41:08.980
 a process,

00:41:09.700 --> 00:41:10.200
 helping you

00:41:10.200 --> 00:41:10.680
 to have a

00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:11.599
 clear vision.

00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:13.200
 And in so

00:41:13.200 --> 00:41:13.620
 doing,

00:41:13.760 --> 00:41:14.240
 they're showing

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:14.940
 that your

00:41:14.940 --> 00:41:16.079
 eyes are

00:41:16.079 --> 00:41:16.740
 not good,

00:41:16.860 --> 00:41:17.260
 the vision

00:41:17.260 --> 00:41:17.920
 is not good

00:41:17.920 --> 00:41:18.900
 until it's

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.360
 aided.

00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:21.559
 And that's

00:41:21.559 --> 00:41:22.160
 what Jesus

00:41:22.160 --> 00:41:22.980
 is reminding

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.860
 us of here

00:41:23.860 --> 00:41:24.519
 as well.

00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:26.160
 Understanding

00:41:26.160 --> 00:41:27.840
 takes time.

00:41:29.039 --> 00:41:29.519
 The man

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.519
 wasn't healed

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:31.680
 immediately.

00:41:32.620 --> 00:41:33.039
 He was

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:33.700
 seeing just

00:41:33.700 --> 00:41:34.519
 bloody,

00:41:34.680 --> 00:41:35.099
 as it were,

00:41:35.160 --> 00:41:35.700
 at first,

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:36.579
 and then

00:41:36.579 --> 00:41:37.640
 seeing clearly.

00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:38.780
 And for

00:41:38.780 --> 00:41:39.400
 ourselves,

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:40.500
 as we are

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.200
 called to

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:42.019
 come to

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.920
 an understanding

00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:43.420
 of God,

00:41:43.480 --> 00:41:43.760
 there are

00:41:43.760 --> 00:41:44.300
 things that

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:44.860
 may seem

00:41:44.860 --> 00:41:45.599
 like riddles

00:41:45.599 --> 00:41:46.380
 at first,

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.280
 things that

00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:48.039
 we don't

00:41:48.039 --> 00:41:48.779
 understand,

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.279
 that aren't

00:41:49.279 --> 00:41:50.079
 clear to

00:41:50.079 --> 00:41:50.559
 us.

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:52.219
 Which is

00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:52.559
 why we

00:41:52.559 --> 00:41:52.980
 need to

00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:53.759
 spend our

00:41:53.759 --> 00:41:55.199
 time studying

00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:55.779
 God's

00:41:55.779 --> 00:41:56.139
 word,

00:41:56.279 --> 00:41:57.000
 and in a

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.739
 relationship

00:41:57.739 --> 00:41:58.619
 with God,

00:41:59.380 --> 00:42:00.159
 using our

00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:01.059
 time wisely,

00:42:01.539 --> 00:42:02.059
 praying to

00:42:02.059 --> 00:42:02.559
 God to

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.239
 help us

00:42:03.239 --> 00:42:04.420
 to understand,

00:42:05.840 --> 00:42:06.239
 and to

00:42:06.239 --> 00:42:07.119
 share together

00:42:07.119 --> 00:42:07.579
 in that

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:08.340
 search for

00:42:08.340 --> 00:42:09.320
 knowledge and

00:42:09.320 --> 00:42:10.239
 understanding,

00:42:10.400 --> 00:42:10.679
 in our

00:42:10.679 --> 00:42:11.119
 fellowship,

00:42:11.279 --> 00:42:11.519
 in our

00:42:11.519 --> 00:42:12.380
 Bible studies,

00:42:12.719 --> 00:42:13.259
 in all that

00:42:13.259 --> 00:42:13.779
 we're doing,

00:42:14.159 --> 00:42:15.460
 helping one

00:42:15.460 --> 00:42:16.159
 another along

00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:16.659
 the way.

00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:17.579
 Because

00:42:17.579 --> 00:42:18.619
 understanding

00:42:18.619 --> 00:42:19.460
 takes time,

00:42:19.899 --> 00:42:20.839
 and different

00:42:20.839 --> 00:42:21.639
 people are at

00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:22.619
 different stages

00:42:22.619 --> 00:42:23.940
 of understanding,

00:42:25.159 --> 00:42:26.259
 sharing knowledge

00:42:26.259 --> 00:42:27.440
 with one another

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:28.119
 to help one

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:29.279
 another along

00:42:29.279 --> 00:42:29.819
 the way.

00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:32.119
 So it

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:33.339
 takes time.

00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:35.239
 The second

00:42:35.239 --> 00:42:35.859
 thing we see

00:42:35.859 --> 00:42:36.539
 here is that

00:42:36.539 --> 00:42:37.460
 understanding

00:42:37.460 --> 00:42:39.339
 takes faith.

00:42:40.899 --> 00:42:41.420
 Understanding

00:42:41.420 --> 00:42:43.619
 takes faith.

00:42:43.619 --> 00:42:45.099
 Theologian

00:42:45.099 --> 00:42:45.859
 Augustine

00:42:45.859 --> 00:42:46.519
 once said,

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.039
 Understanding

00:42:48.039 --> 00:42:49.339
 is the

00:42:49.339 --> 00:42:50.339
 reward of

00:42:50.339 --> 00:42:50.839
 faith.

00:42:51.839 --> 00:42:52.199
 Therefore,

00:42:52.440 --> 00:42:53.239
 seek not

00:42:53.239 --> 00:42:54.579
 to understand

00:42:54.579 --> 00:42:55.219
 that you

00:42:55.219 --> 00:42:55.920
 may believe,

00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:57.500
 but believe

00:42:57.500 --> 00:42:58.679
 that you

00:42:58.679 --> 00:42:59.579
 may understand.

00:43:01.319 --> 00:43:01.659
 Again,

00:43:01.759 --> 00:43:02.179
 that sounds

00:43:02.179 --> 00:43:02.519
 maybe like

00:43:02.519 --> 00:43:03.239
 a little

00:43:03.239 --> 00:43:03.739
 riddle.

00:43:05.019 --> 00:43:05.239
 Therefore,

00:43:05.460 --> 00:43:05.900
 seek not

00:43:05.900 --> 00:43:07.039
 to understand

00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:07.859
 that you

00:43:07.859 --> 00:43:08.699
 may believe,

00:43:09.159 --> 00:43:10.099
 but believe

00:43:10.099 --> 00:43:10.980
 that you

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.779
 may understand.

00:43:11.780 --> 00:43:12.019
 understand.

00:43:13.060 --> 00:43:13.940
 It's not a

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.400
 case of

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:14.960
 coming to

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.440
 a point

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:16.300
 where you

00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:17.080
 understand

00:43:17.080 --> 00:43:18.220
 everything,

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:18.800
 therefore,

00:43:19.140 --> 00:43:19.840
 you can

00:43:19.840 --> 00:43:20.560
 believe.

00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:22.519
 But you

00:43:22.519 --> 00:43:23.280
 can believe

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:23.900
 in God

00:43:23.900 --> 00:43:24.800
 without fully

00:43:24.800 --> 00:43:26.120
 understanding.

00:43:27.040 --> 00:43:27.400
 And the

00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:27.820
 more that

00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:28.380
 you believe

00:43:28.380 --> 00:43:29.220
 in God,

00:43:29.340 --> 00:43:29.920
 the more

00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:31.100
 you understand

00:43:31.100 --> 00:43:31.780
 the different

00:43:31.780 --> 00:43:32.420
 things.

00:43:34.180 --> 00:43:34.440
 Our

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:35.060
 relationship

00:43:35.060 --> 00:43:35.519
 with the

00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:35.800
 Lord

00:43:35.800 --> 00:43:37.040
 is about

00:43:37.040 --> 00:43:37.980
 faith

00:43:37.980 --> 00:43:39.460
 and

00:43:39.460 --> 00:43:40.199
 trusting

00:43:40.199 --> 00:43:41.039
 him.

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:42.539
 And those

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:43.199
 who do

00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:43.900
 not believe

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:44.460
 in God,

00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:45.480
 they lack

00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:45.840
 that.

00:43:46.019 --> 00:43:46.679
 There's no

00:43:46.679 --> 00:43:47.440
 faith.

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:48.840
 And that's

00:43:48.840 --> 00:43:49.139
 why they

00:43:49.139 --> 00:43:49.760
 will mock

00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:50.880
 and belittle

00:43:50.880 --> 00:43:51.740
 Jesus,

00:43:52.019 --> 00:43:53.059
 because they

00:43:53.059 --> 00:43:53.719
 will base

00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:55.099
 their understanding

00:43:55.099 --> 00:43:55.760
 on what can

00:43:55.760 --> 00:43:56.480
 be seen

00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:57.480
 and what can

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:58.400
 be proved.

00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:00.780
 And yet,

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.360
 so much

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:01.920
 of what the

00:44:01.920 --> 00:44:02.860
 Bible teaches

00:44:02.860 --> 00:44:03.559
 us are

00:44:03.559 --> 00:44:04.099
 things that

00:44:04.099 --> 00:44:04.820
 are as

00:44:04.820 --> 00:44:06.280
 yet unseen.

00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:09.179
 And that

00:44:09.179 --> 00:44:09.480
 can only

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:10.280
 be seen

00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:11.179
 through

00:44:11.179 --> 00:44:11.920
 faith.

00:44:13.219 --> 00:44:13.519
 When you

00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:13.860
 look at the

00:44:13.860 --> 00:44:14.320
 man who

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:14.960
 was blind,

00:44:15.539 --> 00:44:16.340
 he couldn't

00:44:16.340 --> 00:44:16.960
 see,

00:44:18.039 --> 00:44:18.579
 yet as

00:44:18.579 --> 00:44:19.659
 Jesus comes

00:44:19.659 --> 00:44:20.099
 to him,

00:44:20.420 --> 00:44:20.880
 in verse

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:21.579
 23,

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:22.920
 he took

00:44:22.920 --> 00:44:23.500
 the blind

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.139
 man by

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:24.860
 the hand

00:44:24.860 --> 00:44:25.659
 and led

00:44:25.659 --> 00:44:26.019
 him out

00:44:26.019 --> 00:44:26.300
 of the

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:26.740
 village.

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.519
 You don't

00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:29.019
 read there

00:44:29.019 --> 00:44:29.539
 that he

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:29.940
 took the

00:44:29.940 --> 00:44:30.320
 man by

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:30.719
 the hand

00:44:30.719 --> 00:44:31.039
 and led

00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:31.460
 him away,

00:44:31.940 --> 00:44:32.440
 kicking and

00:44:32.440 --> 00:44:32.800
 screaming,

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.179
 because he

00:44:33.179 --> 00:44:33.760
 didn't know

00:44:33.760 --> 00:44:34.119
 who he

00:44:34.119 --> 00:44:34.599
 was with,

00:44:35.000 --> 00:44:35.619
 didn't know

00:44:35.619 --> 00:44:35.940
 where he

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.199
 was going

00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:36.400
 to be

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:36.780
 taken,

00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.119
 didn't

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:37.500
 know

00:44:37.500 --> 00:44:38.059
 what he

00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:38.360
 was going

00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:38.739
 to do

00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:39.039
 with

00:44:39.039 --> 00:44:39.239
 him.

00:44:40.980 --> 00:44:41.579
 There is

00:44:41.579 --> 00:44:41.940
 an element

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:42.780
 of faith

00:44:42.780 --> 00:44:43.300
 in this

00:44:43.300 --> 00:44:43.659
 blind

00:44:43.659 --> 00:44:44.000
 man.

00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:45.760
 Jesus

00:44:45.760 --> 00:44:46.480
 has taken

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:46.880
 him by

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.480
 the hand

00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:47.760
 and he's

00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:48.000
 not

00:44:48.000 --> 00:44:48.599
 resisting.

00:44:49.659 --> 00:44:49.920
 He's

00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:50.340
 allowing

00:44:50.340 --> 00:44:51.179
 him to

00:44:51.179 --> 00:44:51.920
 lead him

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.679
 along

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:53.420
 the way.

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:55.559
 And again,

00:44:55.639 --> 00:44:55.940
 there's an

00:44:55.940 --> 00:44:56.440
 element of

00:44:56.440 --> 00:44:56.900
 that for

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:57.460
 ourselves

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:57.880
 too,

00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:58.900
 where when

00:44:58.900 --> 00:44:59.619
 Jesus is

00:44:59.619 --> 00:45:00.380
 calling us,

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:00.840
 we are to

00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:01.219
 put our

00:45:01.219 --> 00:45:01.739
 hand in

00:45:01.739 --> 00:45:02.860
 his and

00:45:02.860 --> 00:45:03.400
 allow him

00:45:03.400 --> 00:45:03.880
 to lead

00:45:03.880 --> 00:45:04.619
 us along

00:45:04.619 --> 00:45:05.159
 the way,

00:45:05.780 --> 00:45:06.280
 trusting

00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:07.300
 him that

00:45:07.300 --> 00:45:07.640
 he will

00:45:07.640 --> 00:45:08.280
 show us

00:45:08.280 --> 00:45:08.620
 the way

00:45:08.620 --> 00:45:09.220
 and help

00:45:09.220 --> 00:45:10.000
 us to

00:45:10.000 --> 00:45:10.680
 understand.

00:45:11.460 --> 00:45:11.760
 And that

00:45:11.760 --> 00:45:12.360
 is what

00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:13.080
 faith is

00:45:13.080 --> 00:45:13.640
 about.

00:45:14.680 --> 00:45:15.360
 Trusting

00:45:15.360 --> 00:45:16.100
 the Lord

00:45:16.100 --> 00:45:16.720
 in all

00:45:16.720 --> 00:45:17.280
 the ways

00:45:17.280 --> 00:45:18.420
 ahead for

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:18.840
 us.

00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:20.039
 The

00:45:20.039 --> 00:45:20.580
 disciples

00:45:20.580 --> 00:45:22.320
 too have

00:45:22.320 --> 00:45:23.039
 been blind

00:45:23.039 --> 00:45:23.800
 themselves.

00:45:25.060 --> 00:45:25.380
 They've been

00:45:25.380 --> 00:45:25.900
 blind at

00:45:25.900 --> 00:45:26.720
 different points

00:45:26.720 --> 00:45:26.960
 in their

00:45:26.960 --> 00:45:27.160
 lives.

00:45:27.240 --> 00:45:27.580
 They haven't

00:45:27.580 --> 00:45:28.200
 understood

00:45:28.200 --> 00:45:29.340
 everything and

00:45:29.340 --> 00:45:29.980
 it has

00:45:29.980 --> 00:45:31.120
 taken faith

00:45:31.120 --> 00:45:31.820
 to go on.

00:45:32.640 --> 00:45:33.060
 You think

00:45:33.060 --> 00:45:33.660
 of the

00:45:33.660 --> 00:45:34.380
 disciples when

00:45:34.380 --> 00:45:34.560
 they were

00:45:34.560 --> 00:45:35.460
 first called,

00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:35.720
 when they

00:45:35.720 --> 00:45:36.420
 were called

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:36.820
 to leave

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.380
 everything

00:45:37.380 --> 00:45:37.980
 behind,

00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:38.940
 the fishermen

00:45:38.940 --> 00:45:39.519
 were told

00:45:39.519 --> 00:45:40.179
 to leave

00:45:40.179 --> 00:45:40.740
 your nets

00:45:40.740 --> 00:45:41.260
 and come

00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:42.099
 and follow

00:45:42.099 --> 00:45:42.380
 me,

00:45:42.500 --> 00:45:43.240
 Jesus said.

00:45:43.940 --> 00:45:44.300
 What did

00:45:44.300 --> 00:45:44.599
 they do?

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:44.900
 They didn't

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:45.079
 say,

00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:45.320
 well,

00:45:45.760 --> 00:45:46.139
 I've got so

00:45:46.139 --> 00:45:46.800
 many questions

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:47.380
 to ask

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:47.980
 before I

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.260
 go.

00:45:49.019 --> 00:45:49.960
 They left

00:45:49.960 --> 00:45:50.639
 and they

00:45:50.639 --> 00:45:51.119
 went

00:45:51.119 --> 00:45:51.780
 immediately.

00:45:52.740 --> 00:45:53.260
 They were

00:45:53.260 --> 00:45:54.460
 faithful to

00:45:54.460 --> 00:45:54.960
 the call

00:45:54.960 --> 00:45:55.440
 of God

00:45:55.440 --> 00:45:56.199
 and trusted

00:45:56.199 --> 00:45:57.340
 him that

00:45:57.340 --> 00:45:57.860
 he would be

00:45:57.860 --> 00:45:58.360
 with them

00:45:58.360 --> 00:45:58.659
 on the

00:45:58.659 --> 00:45:58.940
 way.

00:46:00.220 --> 00:46:00.619
 There were

00:46:00.619 --> 00:46:01.059
 various

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:01.679
 challenges

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:02.699
 along the

00:46:02.699 --> 00:46:02.980
 way.

00:46:04.259 --> 00:46:04.659
 In

00:46:04.659 --> 00:46:05.119
 John's

00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:05.519
 Gospel,

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.559
 chapter 6,

00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:07.460
 towards the

00:46:07.460 --> 00:46:08.000
 end of that

00:46:08.000 --> 00:46:08.340
 chapter,

00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:08.759
 you read

00:46:08.759 --> 00:46:09.400
 of a time

00:46:09.400 --> 00:46:10.420
 when Jesus

00:46:10.420 --> 00:46:11.079
 had a large

00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:12.019
 crowd gathered

00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:12.719
 around him

00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:14.299
 and were

00:46:14.299 --> 00:46:14.860
 hearing his

00:46:14.860 --> 00:46:15.360
 teaching.

00:46:16.059 --> 00:46:16.579
 It says

00:46:16.579 --> 00:46:17.079
 that many

00:46:17.079 --> 00:46:17.719
 found it

00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:18.519
 difficult to

00:46:18.519 --> 00:46:19.420
 understand

00:46:19.420 --> 00:46:20.480
 and they

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:21.340
 turned away.

00:46:22.299 --> 00:46:22.699
 They had

00:46:22.699 --> 00:46:23.480
 no faith

00:46:23.480 --> 00:46:23.900
 to go

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:24.440
 forward.

00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:26.299
 Jesus

00:46:26.299 --> 00:46:26.940
 asked the

00:46:26.940 --> 00:46:27.840
 disciples a

00:46:27.840 --> 00:46:28.679
 question there.

00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:29.599
 Will you

00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:30.659
 also go

00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:30.980
 away?

00:46:32.899 --> 00:46:33.759
 And the

00:46:33.759 --> 00:46:34.960
 response was

00:46:34.960 --> 00:46:36.039
 to whom

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.699
 else can

00:46:36.699 --> 00:46:37.079
 we go?

00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:37.399
 For you

00:46:37.399 --> 00:46:37.639
 have the

00:46:37.639 --> 00:46:38.719
 words of

00:46:38.719 --> 00:46:39.279
 eternal

00:46:39.279 --> 00:46:39.679
 life.

00:46:39.799 --> 00:46:40.359
 There's

00:46:40.359 --> 00:46:41.480
 faith there.

00:46:43.899 --> 00:46:45.279
 And that's

00:46:45.279 --> 00:46:45.799
 what we see

00:46:45.799 --> 00:46:46.599
 here as

00:46:46.599 --> 00:46:47.199
 well when

00:46:47.199 --> 00:46:47.980
 they're asked

00:46:47.980 --> 00:46:48.879
 these probing

00:46:48.879 --> 00:46:49.579
 questions.

00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:50.519
 Who do

00:46:50.519 --> 00:46:51.460
 others say

00:46:51.460 --> 00:46:52.059
 that I am?

00:46:52.519 --> 00:46:53.039
 They start

00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:53.399
 to say,

00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:53.940
 well, some

00:46:53.940 --> 00:46:54.980
 say that

00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.480
 you're John

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.019
 the Baptist.

00:46:56.339 --> 00:46:56.980
 Others say

00:46:56.980 --> 00:46:57.599
 you're Elijah

00:46:57.599 --> 00:46:58.079
 and others

00:46:58.079 --> 00:46:59.139
 the prophets.

00:46:59.139 --> 00:47:00.639
 there needs

00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:00.960
 to be

00:47:00.960 --> 00:47:02.099
 faith to

00:47:02.099 --> 00:47:02.460
 give the

00:47:02.460 --> 00:47:03.099
 answer that

00:47:03.099 --> 00:47:03.599
 they give.

00:47:05.319 --> 00:47:06.079
 And when

00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:06.579
 you think

00:47:06.579 --> 00:47:07.199
 about it,

00:47:07.319 --> 00:47:07.599
 they're

00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:08.579
 standing out

00:47:08.579 --> 00:47:09.019
 from the

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.480
 crowd.

00:47:09.799 --> 00:47:10.239
 And both

00:47:10.239 --> 00:47:10.500
 these

00:47:10.500 --> 00:47:11.319
 occasions in

00:47:11.319 --> 00:47:11.839
 the Gospel

00:47:11.839 --> 00:47:12.500
 of John

00:47:12.500 --> 00:47:13.559
 and here

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:13.819
 in the

00:47:13.819 --> 00:47:14.420
 Gospel of

00:47:14.420 --> 00:47:14.859
 Mark,

00:47:15.319 --> 00:47:16.279
 the disciples

00:47:16.279 --> 00:47:17.159
 are in a

00:47:17.159 --> 00:47:17.900
 small number

00:47:17.900 --> 00:47:18.839
 by themselves.

00:47:20.379 --> 00:47:20.739
 And the

00:47:20.739 --> 00:47:21.460
 easy way

00:47:21.460 --> 00:47:21.980
 out would be

00:47:21.980 --> 00:47:22.359
 just to

00:47:22.359 --> 00:47:22.980
 turn away.

00:47:23.079 --> 00:47:23.379
 We don't

00:47:23.379 --> 00:47:24.319
 understand these

00:47:24.319 --> 00:47:24.599
 things.

00:47:24.679 --> 00:47:24.940
 They make

00:47:24.940 --> 00:47:25.559
 no sense

00:47:25.559 --> 00:47:26.219
 to us.

00:47:26.900 --> 00:47:27.599
 We'll just

00:47:27.599 --> 00:47:28.159
 go away

00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:28.820
 like everybody

00:47:28.820 --> 00:47:29.360
 else.

00:47:30.460 --> 00:47:31.420
 But faith,

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:32.559
 even though

00:47:32.559 --> 00:47:32.880
 they don't

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:34.139
 fully understand

00:47:34.139 --> 00:47:34.579
 at this

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:34.980
 point,

00:47:35.619 --> 00:47:36.440
 faith keeps

00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:36.960
 them looking

00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:38.099
 to Jesus.

00:47:39.779 --> 00:47:40.519
 Faith is

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:41.480
 what leads

00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:41.719
 them,

00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:42.480
 Peter,

00:47:42.619 --> 00:47:43.259
 to reply,

00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:44.139
 you are

00:47:44.139 --> 00:47:45.340
 the Christ.

00:47:47.420 --> 00:47:48.199
 You are

00:47:48.199 --> 00:47:48.980
 the Christ.

00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:50.460
 You are

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:51.079
 the Messiah.

00:47:51.239 --> 00:47:51.440
 You are

00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:51.940
 the one

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:52.500
 we have

00:47:52.500 --> 00:47:53.119
 been hearing

00:47:53.119 --> 00:47:53.500
 is to

00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:53.900
 come.

00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:54.599
 You are

00:47:54.599 --> 00:47:55.019
 the one

00:47:55.019 --> 00:47:55.400
 we are

00:47:55.400 --> 00:47:56.180
 supposed to

00:47:56.180 --> 00:47:56.639
 be looking

00:47:56.639 --> 00:47:57.059
 for.

00:47:57.180 --> 00:47:57.599
 You are

00:47:57.599 --> 00:47:58.619
 the Christ.

00:48:01.160 --> 00:48:01.760
 And when

00:48:01.760 --> 00:48:02.200
 you think

00:48:02.200 --> 00:48:02.539
 of that

00:48:02.539 --> 00:48:03.340
 question for

00:48:03.340 --> 00:48:03.900
 yourself

00:48:03.900 --> 00:48:04.400
 today,

00:48:04.860 --> 00:48:05.440
 who do

00:48:05.440 --> 00:48:06.160
 you say

00:48:06.160 --> 00:48:07.400
 that he

00:48:07.400 --> 00:48:07.860
 is?

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:10.240
 Do you

00:48:10.240 --> 00:48:10.920
 have faith

00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:11.760
 to answer,

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:13.119
 you are

00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:14.260
 the Christ?

00:48:17.059 --> 00:48:17.840
 Do you

00:48:17.840 --> 00:48:18.300
 have faith

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:19.019
 to answer,

00:48:19.639 --> 00:48:20.139
 to whom

00:48:20.139 --> 00:48:21.340
 else can

00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:21.900
 I go?

00:48:22.420 --> 00:48:23.160
 Because you

00:48:23.160 --> 00:48:23.880
 alone have

00:48:23.880 --> 00:48:24.539
 the words

00:48:24.539 --> 00:48:25.220
 of eternal

00:48:25.220 --> 00:48:25.760
 life.

00:48:26.740 --> 00:48:27.019
 There is

00:48:27.019 --> 00:48:27.940
 nowhere else

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:29.019
 we can

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:29.400
 go,

00:48:30.240 --> 00:48:30.820
 but we

00:48:30.820 --> 00:48:31.140
 need

00:48:31.140 --> 00:48:32.119
 faith.

00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:35.460
 The

00:48:35.460 --> 00:48:35.900
 missionary

00:48:35.900 --> 00:48:37.360
 Adoniram

00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:38.039
 Judson,

00:48:38.220 --> 00:48:38.720
 he was

00:48:38.720 --> 00:48:40.140
 in Burma

00:48:40.140 --> 00:48:40.660
 in the

00:48:40.660 --> 00:48:41.840
 early 1800s,

00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:42.119
 what is

00:48:42.119 --> 00:48:42.740
 now Myanmar,

00:48:44.099 --> 00:48:44.640
 and he

00:48:44.640 --> 00:48:45.240
 went there

00:48:45.240 --> 00:48:46.360
 to preach

00:48:46.360 --> 00:48:47.220
 the gospel

00:48:47.220 --> 00:48:47.840
 to those

00:48:47.840 --> 00:48:48.200
 who were

00:48:48.200 --> 00:48:49.460
 blind and

00:48:49.460 --> 00:48:50.360
 ignorant to

00:48:50.360 --> 00:48:50.900
 God in

00:48:50.900 --> 00:48:51.660
 that place.

00:48:51.659 --> 00:48:52.679
 men

00:48:52.679 --> 00:48:52.779
 and he

00:48:52.779 --> 00:48:53.000
 did not

00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:54.399
 go well

00:48:54.399 --> 00:48:55.119
 at first.

00:48:56.440 --> 00:48:56.759
 And he

00:48:56.759 --> 00:48:57.319
 ended up

00:48:57.319 --> 00:48:57.980
 in prison,

00:48:58.819 --> 00:49:00.239
 chained up

00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:00.920
 in prison.

00:49:02.420 --> 00:49:02.699
 And he

00:49:02.699 --> 00:49:03.000
 was in

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:03.500
 prison with

00:49:03.500 --> 00:49:03.839
 a number

00:49:03.839 --> 00:49:04.359
 of other

00:49:04.359 --> 00:49:04.940
 fellow

00:49:04.940 --> 00:49:05.460
 prisoners.

00:49:06.599 --> 00:49:07.039
 And he

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:07.500
 was sharing

00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:08.339
 about the

00:49:08.339 --> 00:49:08.839
 Lord and

00:49:08.839 --> 00:49:09.059
 what he

00:49:09.059 --> 00:49:09.519
 had come

00:49:09.519 --> 00:49:10.000
 to this

00:49:10.000 --> 00:49:10.559
 place to

00:49:10.559 --> 00:49:11.019
 do with

00:49:11.019 --> 00:49:11.399
 those who

00:49:11.399 --> 00:49:11.639
 were in

00:49:11.639 --> 00:49:12.199
 prison with

00:49:12.199 --> 00:49:12.359
 him.

00:49:13.000 --> 00:49:13.480
 But he

00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:14.319
 was mocked

00:49:14.320 --> 00:49:14.900
 by some.

00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:16.260
 And one

00:49:16.260 --> 00:49:16.539
 day,

00:49:17.180 --> 00:49:18.400
 one other

00:49:18.400 --> 00:49:19.260
 prisoner asked

00:49:19.260 --> 00:49:19.420
 him,

00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:19.900
 looking at

00:49:19.900 --> 00:49:20.400
 him sitting

00:49:20.400 --> 00:49:21.380
 there in

00:49:21.380 --> 00:49:21.880
 a prison

00:49:21.880 --> 00:49:22.539
 cell with

00:49:22.539 --> 00:49:23.580
 this large

00:49:23.580 --> 00:49:24.220
 weight of

00:49:24.220 --> 00:49:25.539
 chain around

00:49:25.539 --> 00:49:26.260
 his legs so

00:49:26.260 --> 00:49:26.480
 that he

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:27.260
 couldn't move,

00:49:27.840 --> 00:49:28.500
 he asked

00:49:28.500 --> 00:49:28.700
 him,

00:49:28.800 --> 00:49:29.140
 Dr.

00:49:29.280 --> 00:49:29.720
 Judson,

00:49:30.300 --> 00:49:30.720
 what do

00:49:30.720 --> 00:49:31.120
 you think

00:49:31.120 --> 00:49:32.320
 now of

00:49:32.320 --> 00:49:33.080
 the prospects

00:49:33.080 --> 00:49:33.840
 of preaching

00:49:33.840 --> 00:49:34.760
 to the

00:49:34.760 --> 00:49:35.280
 heathen

00:49:35.280 --> 00:49:35.780
 here?

00:49:37.340 --> 00:49:37.680
 Well,

00:49:37.700 --> 00:49:37.980
 what was

00:49:37.980 --> 00:49:38.800
 the response

00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:39.960
 of Dr.

00:49:39.960 --> 00:49:40.519
 Judson?

00:49:41.920 --> 00:49:42.220
 His

00:49:42.220 --> 00:49:43.420
 instant reply

00:49:43.420 --> 00:49:45.000
 was the

00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:45.700
 prospects

00:49:45.700 --> 00:49:47.039
 are just

00:49:47.039 --> 00:49:47.900
 as bright

00:49:47.900 --> 00:49:48.820
 as the

00:49:48.820 --> 00:49:49.559
 promises of

00:49:49.559 --> 00:49:49.940
 God.

00:49:51.639 --> 00:49:52.539
 He had

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:54.220
 faith that

00:49:54.220 --> 00:49:54.780
 God would

00:49:54.780 --> 00:49:55.380
 help him

00:49:55.380 --> 00:49:56.539
 to proclaim

00:49:56.539 --> 00:49:57.680
 the gospel.

00:49:58.720 --> 00:49:59.079
 And that's

00:49:59.079 --> 00:49:59.760
 exactly what

00:49:59.760 --> 00:50:00.460
 he was doing

00:50:00.460 --> 00:50:01.740
 even in

00:50:01.740 --> 00:50:02.380
 that prison

00:50:02.380 --> 00:50:02.840
 at that

00:50:02.840 --> 00:50:03.599
 very moment.

00:50:04.740 --> 00:50:05.079
 He was

00:50:05.079 --> 00:50:06.340
 preaching to

00:50:06.340 --> 00:50:07.099
 the heathen

00:50:07.099 --> 00:50:08.039
 about the

00:50:08.039 --> 00:50:09.440
 promises of

00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:09.860
 God.

00:50:10.500 --> 00:50:11.200
 He had

00:50:11.200 --> 00:50:11.760
 faith.

00:50:11.760 --> 00:50:11.800
 faith.

00:50:13.000 --> 00:50:13.600
 Do you

00:50:13.600 --> 00:50:14.220
 have faith?

00:50:14.960 --> 00:50:15.660
 Do I

00:50:15.660 --> 00:50:16.260
 have faith

00:50:16.260 --> 00:50:16.620
 in all

00:50:16.620 --> 00:50:17.060
 that God

00:50:17.060 --> 00:50:17.620
 is calling

00:50:17.620 --> 00:50:18.120
 us to

00:50:18.120 --> 00:50:18.360
 do?

00:50:19.120 --> 00:50:19.600
 In all

00:50:19.600 --> 00:50:20.040
 that God

00:50:20.040 --> 00:50:20.660
 wants us

00:50:20.660 --> 00:50:21.080
 to do

00:50:21.080 --> 00:50:21.780
 as a

00:50:21.780 --> 00:50:22.240
 people

00:50:22.240 --> 00:50:23.080
 for him?

00:50:23.160 --> 00:50:23.340
 Do we

00:50:23.340 --> 00:50:24.000
 have faith?

00:50:24.420 --> 00:50:24.680
 Do we

00:50:24.680 --> 00:50:25.880
 believe in

00:50:25.880 --> 00:50:26.660
 that response

00:50:26.660 --> 00:50:27.040
 of Peter?

00:50:27.160 --> 00:50:27.620
 You are

00:50:27.620 --> 00:50:28.460
 the Christ.

00:50:30.400 --> 00:50:30.800
 You are

00:50:30.800 --> 00:50:31.320
 the one

00:50:31.320 --> 00:50:32.220
 who is able

00:50:32.220 --> 00:50:32.860
 to provide

00:50:32.860 --> 00:50:33.540
 and help

00:50:33.540 --> 00:50:34.280
 us in

00:50:34.280 --> 00:50:34.720
 all our

00:50:34.720 --> 00:50:35.100
 needs.

00:50:37.800 --> 00:50:38.320
 Thirdly

00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:38.900
 and finally

00:50:38.900 --> 00:50:39.420
 we see

00:50:39.420 --> 00:50:39.860
 here

00:50:39.860 --> 00:50:41.680
 understanding

00:50:41.680 --> 00:50:42.860
 takes

00:50:42.860 --> 00:50:43.599
 grace.

00:50:46.200 --> 00:50:47.039
 Whether

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:47.220
 we are

00:50:47.220 --> 00:50:47.680
 looking at

00:50:47.680 --> 00:50:48.559
 the blind

00:50:48.559 --> 00:50:49.400
 man here

00:50:49.400 --> 00:50:50.599
 or the

00:50:50.599 --> 00:50:51.280
 Pharisees

00:50:51.280 --> 00:50:51.619
 or the

00:50:51.619 --> 00:50:52.240
 disciples

00:50:52.240 --> 00:50:53.700
 we see

00:50:53.700 --> 00:50:54.260
 God's

00:50:54.260 --> 00:50:54.940
 grace in

00:50:54.940 --> 00:50:55.340
 so many

00:50:55.340 --> 00:50:55.960
 ways to

00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:56.440
 them all.

00:50:57.579 --> 00:50:58.559
 What he

00:50:58.559 --> 00:50:59.340
 could do

00:50:59.340 --> 00:50:59.720
 that he

00:50:59.720 --> 00:51:00.340
 doesn't.

00:51:01.579 --> 00:51:02.380
 What we

00:51:02.380 --> 00:51:02.820
 probably

00:51:02.820 --> 00:51:03.380
 wouldn't do

00:51:03.380 --> 00:51:04.000
 ourselves

00:51:04.000 --> 00:51:04.639
 that he

00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:05.180
 does.

00:51:05.179 --> 00:51:06.919
 he shows

00:51:06.919 --> 00:51:07.759
 so much

00:51:07.759 --> 00:51:08.319
 grace

00:51:08.319 --> 00:51:09.419
 towards

00:51:09.419 --> 00:51:09.719
 them.

00:51:10.799 --> 00:51:11.079
 When you

00:51:11.079 --> 00:51:11.279
 look at

00:51:11.279 --> 00:51:11.879
 the blind

00:51:11.879 --> 00:51:12.299
 man

00:51:12.299 --> 00:51:13.859
 when he's

00:51:13.859 --> 00:51:14.440
 taken by

00:51:14.440 --> 00:51:15.139
 the hand

00:51:15.139 --> 00:51:16.859
 when he's

00:51:16.859 --> 00:51:17.339
 touched

00:51:17.339 --> 00:51:18.279
 on his

00:51:18.279 --> 00:51:18.859
 eyes

00:51:18.859 --> 00:51:20.460
 both times

00:51:20.460 --> 00:51:21.359
 when he's

00:51:21.359 --> 00:51:22.440
 spoken to

00:51:22.440 --> 00:51:23.239
 by Jesus

00:51:23.239 --> 00:51:24.299
 it's showing

00:51:24.299 --> 00:51:25.219
 the love

00:51:25.219 --> 00:51:25.779
 and grace

00:51:25.779 --> 00:51:26.159
 of the

00:51:26.159 --> 00:51:26.679
 Lord to

00:51:26.679 --> 00:51:27.299
 someone who

00:51:27.299 --> 00:51:27.619
 would by

00:51:27.619 --> 00:51:28.059
 others

00:51:28.059 --> 00:51:28.500
 just

00:51:28.500 --> 00:51:29.319
 cast

00:51:29.319 --> 00:51:29.759
 away

00:51:29.759 --> 00:51:31.399
 put away

00:51:31.399 --> 00:51:32.319
 as a

00:51:32.319 --> 00:51:32.679
 burden

00:51:32.679 --> 00:51:33.579
 on society.

00:51:33.579 --> 00:51:34.980
 he shows

00:51:34.980 --> 00:51:35.579
 grace.

00:51:36.799 --> 00:51:37.199
 How many

00:51:37.199 --> 00:51:37.900
 times does

00:51:37.900 --> 00:51:38.259
 he show

00:51:38.259 --> 00:51:38.860
 grace to

00:51:38.860 --> 00:51:39.019
 the

00:51:39.019 --> 00:51:39.619
 disciples?

00:51:40.840 --> 00:51:41.219
 You maybe

00:51:41.219 --> 00:51:41.719
 think to

00:51:41.719 --> 00:51:42.019
 yourself

00:51:42.019 --> 00:51:42.539
 all those

00:51:42.539 --> 00:51:43.199
 disciples

00:51:43.199 --> 00:51:44.039
 who are

00:51:44.039 --> 00:51:44.679
 so close

00:51:44.679 --> 00:51:45.319
 to Jesus

00:51:45.319 --> 00:51:45.840
 what a

00:51:45.840 --> 00:51:46.360
 privilege

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:47.299
 they had

00:51:47.299 --> 00:51:47.579
 what an

00:51:47.579 --> 00:51:48.440
 understanding

00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:49.579
 they had

00:51:49.579 --> 00:51:50.799
 and yet

00:51:50.799 --> 00:51:51.739
 so often

00:51:51.739 --> 00:51:52.259
 you find

00:51:52.259 --> 00:51:52.619
 Jesus

00:51:52.619 --> 00:51:53.340
 asking them

00:51:53.340 --> 00:51:54.259
 do you

00:51:54.259 --> 00:51:54.980
 not yet

00:51:54.980 --> 00:51:55.880
 understand?

00:51:57.299 --> 00:51:58.099
 Do you

00:51:58.099 --> 00:51:59.000
 not realize

00:51:59.000 --> 00:52:00.059
 who I

00:52:00.059 --> 00:52:00.420
 am?

00:52:01.079 --> 00:52:01.319
 And you

00:52:01.319 --> 00:52:01.739
 think of

00:52:01.739 --> 00:52:02.420
 Peter

00:52:02.420 --> 00:52:03.820
 himself

00:52:03.820 --> 00:52:04.200
 who was

00:52:04.200 --> 00:52:05.139
 so often

00:52:05.139 --> 00:52:05.360
 the

00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:05.700
 spoke

00:52:05.700 --> 00:52:06.099
 person

00:52:06.099 --> 00:52:06.500
 for the

00:52:06.500 --> 00:52:07.039
 disciples

00:52:07.039 --> 00:52:07.599
 whether it

00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:07.800
 was

00:52:07.800 --> 00:52:08.639
 will you

00:52:08.639 --> 00:52:09.099
 also

00:52:09.099 --> 00:52:09.740
 go away

00:52:09.740 --> 00:52:10.039
 and he

00:52:10.039 --> 00:52:10.519
 replies

00:52:10.519 --> 00:52:11.000
 to whom

00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:11.260
 else

00:52:11.260 --> 00:52:11.639
 shall we

00:52:11.639 --> 00:52:11.840
 go?

00:52:11.960 --> 00:52:12.039
 You

00:52:12.039 --> 00:52:12.320
 have the

00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:12.720
 words

00:52:12.720 --> 00:52:13.260
 of

00:52:13.260 --> 00:52:13.800
 eternal

00:52:13.800 --> 00:52:14.320
 life

00:52:14.320 --> 00:52:15.079
 or

00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:15.619
 here

00:52:15.619 --> 00:52:15.860
 as

00:52:15.860 --> 00:52:16.119
 Peter

00:52:16.119 --> 00:52:16.639
 answers

00:52:16.639 --> 00:52:16.940
 in

00:52:16.940 --> 00:52:17.220
 chapter

00:52:17.220 --> 00:52:17.559
 8

00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:17.780
 the

00:52:17.780 --> 00:52:18.320
 question

00:52:18.320 --> 00:52:19.039
 who

00:52:19.039 --> 00:52:19.260
 do

00:52:19.260 --> 00:52:19.599
 you

00:52:19.599 --> 00:52:19.880
 say

00:52:19.880 --> 00:52:20.039
 that

00:52:20.039 --> 00:52:20.139
 I

00:52:20.139 --> 00:52:20.360
 am?

00:52:20.559 --> 00:52:20.700
 He

00:52:20.700 --> 00:52:20.940
 says

00:52:20.940 --> 00:52:21.180
 you

00:52:21.180 --> 00:52:21.460
 are

00:52:21.460 --> 00:52:21.700
 the

00:52:21.700 --> 00:52:22.280
 Christ

00:52:22.280 --> 00:52:23.639
 you

00:52:23.639 --> 00:52:24.019
 think

00:52:24.019 --> 00:52:24.180
 to

00:52:24.180 --> 00:52:24.559
 yourself

00:52:24.559 --> 00:52:24.840
 oh

00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:25.200
 to be

00:52:25.200 --> 00:52:25.680
 as

00:52:25.680 --> 00:52:26.200
 holy

00:52:26.200 --> 00:52:26.460
 as

00:52:26.460 --> 00:52:26.800
 Peter

00:52:26.800 --> 00:52:27.480
 to have

00:52:27.480 --> 00:52:27.659
 the

00:52:27.659 --> 00:52:28.099
 faith

00:52:28.099 --> 00:52:28.320
 of

00:52:28.320 --> 00:52:28.659
 Peter

00:52:28.659 --> 00:52:29.360
 such

00:52:29.360 --> 00:52:29.800
 deep

00:52:29.800 --> 00:52:30.340
 answers

00:52:30.340 --> 00:52:30.720
 that he

00:52:30.720 --> 00:52:31.059
 has

00:52:31.059 --> 00:52:32.279
 where

00:52:32.279 --> 00:52:32.559
 else

00:52:32.559 --> 00:52:32.739
 can

00:52:32.739 --> 00:52:32.880
 we

00:52:32.880 --> 00:52:33.039
 go

00:52:33.039 --> 00:52:33.340
 because

00:52:33.340 --> 00:52:33.500
 you

00:52:33.500 --> 00:52:33.579
 are

00:52:33.579 --> 00:52:33.699
 the

00:52:33.699 --> 00:52:34.059
 words

00:52:34.059 --> 00:52:34.219
 of

00:52:34.219 --> 00:52:34.960
 eternal

00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:35.539
 life

00:52:35.539 --> 00:52:37.840
 or

00:52:37.840 --> 00:52:38.119
 you

00:52:38.119 --> 00:52:38.420
 are

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:38.659
 the

00:52:38.659 --> 00:52:39.279
 Christ

00:52:39.279 --> 00:52:39.980
 the

00:52:39.980 --> 00:52:40.539
 Messiah

00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:41.539
 there's

00:52:41.539 --> 00:52:41.699
 a

00:52:41.699 --> 00:52:42.059
 depth

00:52:42.059 --> 00:52:42.299
 to

00:52:42.299 --> 00:52:42.559
 these

00:52:42.559 --> 00:52:43.000
 answers

00:52:43.000 --> 00:52:43.259
 that

00:52:43.259 --> 00:52:43.639
 we

00:52:43.639 --> 00:52:43.880
 maybe

00:52:43.880 --> 00:52:44.259
 don't

00:52:44.259 --> 00:52:44.799
 have

00:52:44.799 --> 00:52:45.980
 and

00:52:45.980 --> 00:52:46.099
 we

00:52:46.099 --> 00:52:46.320
 think

00:52:46.320 --> 00:52:46.480
 oh

00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:46.619
 well

00:52:46.619 --> 00:52:46.820
 we'll

00:52:46.820 --> 00:52:47.159
 never

00:52:47.159 --> 00:52:47.900
 be

00:52:47.900 --> 00:52:48.460
 like

00:52:48.460 --> 00:52:48.840
 Peter

00:52:48.840 --> 00:52:49.079
 with

00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:49.299
 that

00:52:49.299 --> 00:52:50.239
 understanding

00:52:50.239 --> 00:52:51.799
 and

00:52:51.799 --> 00:52:51.939
 yet

00:52:51.939 --> 00:52:52.119
 how

00:52:52.119 --> 00:52:52.359
 much

00:52:52.359 --> 00:52:52.799
 grace

00:52:52.799 --> 00:52:53.099
 did

00:52:53.099 --> 00:52:53.500
 the

00:52:53.500 --> 00:52:53.759
 Lord

00:52:53.759 --> 00:52:53.959
 have

00:52:53.959 --> 00:52:54.119
 to

00:52:54.119 --> 00:52:54.359
 show

00:52:54.359 --> 00:52:54.559
 to

00:52:54.559 --> 00:52:54.919
 Peter

00:52:54.919 --> 00:52:55.899
 you

00:52:55.899 --> 00:52:56.119
 think

00:52:56.119 --> 00:52:56.219
 he

00:52:56.219 --> 00:52:56.339
 had

00:52:56.339 --> 00:52:56.639
 all

00:52:56.639 --> 00:52:56.859
 that

00:52:56.859 --> 00:52:57.779
 understanding

00:52:57.779 --> 00:52:58.459
 and

00:52:58.459 --> 00:52:58.599
 yet

00:52:58.599 --> 00:52:58.739
 when

00:52:58.739 --> 00:52:58.879
 it

00:52:58.879 --> 00:52:59.219
 came

00:52:59.219 --> 00:52:59.339
 to

00:52:59.339 --> 00:52:59.500
 the

00:52:59.500 --> 00:53:00.219
 crucifixion

00:53:00.219 --> 00:53:00.339
 or

00:53:00.339 --> 00:53:00.519
 just

00:53:00.519 --> 00:53:00.919
 before

00:53:00.919 --> 00:53:01.159
 the

00:53:01.159 --> 00:53:02.079
 crucifixion

00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:02.699
 what

00:53:02.699 --> 00:53:02.859
 did

00:53:02.859 --> 00:53:02.959
 he

00:53:02.959 --> 00:53:03.179
 do

00:53:03.179 --> 00:53:03.379
 when

00:53:03.379 --> 00:53:03.500
 he

00:53:03.500 --> 00:53:04.339
 was

00:53:04.339 --> 00:53:04.599
 asked

00:53:04.599 --> 00:53:04.859
 three

00:53:04.859 --> 00:53:05.559
 times

00:53:05.559 --> 00:53:06.139
 do

00:53:06.139 --> 00:53:06.239
 you

00:53:06.239 --> 00:53:06.439
 not

00:53:06.439 --> 00:53:06.679
 know

00:53:06.679 --> 00:53:06.979
 this

00:53:06.979 --> 00:53:07.299
 man

00:53:07.299 --> 00:53:07.839
 are

00:53:07.839 --> 00:53:08.000
 you

00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:08.339
 not

00:53:08.339 --> 00:53:08.659
 with

00:53:08.659 --> 00:53:08.919
 this

00:53:08.919 --> 00:53:09.259
 man

00:53:09.259 --> 00:53:10.899
 he

00:53:10.899 --> 00:53:11.399
 denied

00:53:11.399 --> 00:53:11.699
 him

00:53:11.699 --> 00:53:12.399
 three

00:53:12.399 --> 00:53:13.119
 times

00:53:13.119 --> 00:53:14.699
 three

00:53:14.699 --> 00:53:15.379
 times

00:53:15.379 --> 00:53:15.699
 when

00:53:15.699 --> 00:53:15.799
 he

00:53:15.799 --> 00:53:15.979
 was

00:53:15.979 --> 00:53:16.439
 asked

00:53:16.439 --> 00:53:16.979
 are

00:53:16.979 --> 00:53:17.119
 you

00:53:17.119 --> 00:53:17.459
 with

00:53:17.459 --> 00:53:17.679
 him

00:53:17.679 --> 00:53:18.039
 or

00:53:18.039 --> 00:53:18.219
 do

00:53:20.239 --> 00:53:22.599
 he

00:53:22.599 --> 00:53:22.719
 had

00:53:22.719 --> 00:53:22.939
 all

00:53:22.939 --> 00:53:23.219
 these

00:53:23.219 --> 00:53:23.579
 deep

00:53:23.579 --> 00:53:24.239
 answers

00:53:24.239 --> 00:53:25.319
 and

00:53:25.319 --> 00:53:25.459
 yet

00:53:25.459 --> 00:53:25.579
 he

00:53:25.579 --> 00:53:25.859
 didn't

00:53:25.859 --> 00:53:26.299
 fully

00:53:26.299 --> 00:53:27.279
 understand

00:53:27.279 --> 00:53:27.779
 who

00:53:27.779 --> 00:53:27.979
 he

00:53:27.979 --> 00:53:28.459
 was

00:53:28.459 --> 00:53:29.519
 and

00:53:29.519 --> 00:53:29.619
 he

00:53:29.619 --> 00:53:30.019
 denied

00:53:30.019 --> 00:53:30.219
 him

00:53:30.219 --> 00:53:30.539
 three

00:53:30.539 --> 00:53:31.000
 times

00:53:31.000 --> 00:53:31.219
 but

00:53:31.219 --> 00:53:31.419
 what

00:53:31.419 --> 00:53:31.599
 did

00:53:31.599 --> 00:53:32.359
 Jesus

00:53:32.359 --> 00:53:32.899
 do

00:53:32.899 --> 00:53:34.319
 he

00:53:34.319 --> 00:53:34.959
 restored

00:53:34.959 --> 00:53:35.359
 him

00:53:35.359 --> 00:53:37.659
 he

00:53:37.659 --> 00:53:38.019
 showed

00:53:38.019 --> 00:53:38.539
 grace

00:53:38.539 --> 00:53:38.859
 to

00:53:38.859 --> 00:53:39.079
 him

00:53:39.079 --> 00:53:40.199
 and

00:53:40.199 --> 00:53:40.359
 how

00:53:40.359 --> 00:53:40.579
 many

00:53:40.579 --> 00:53:41.179
 times

00:53:41.179 --> 00:53:41.399
 have

00:53:41.399 --> 00:53:41.559
 you

00:53:41.559 --> 00:53:41.779
 been

00:53:41.779 --> 00:53:42.159
 shown

00:53:42.159 --> 00:53:42.619
 grace

00:53:42.619 --> 00:53:43.259
 in

00:53:43.259 --> 00:53:43.419
 your

00:53:43.419 --> 00:53:43.659
 own

00:53:43.659 --> 00:53:44.079
 life

00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:45.539
 how

00:53:45.539 --> 00:53:45.739
 many

00:53:45.739 --> 00:53:46.259
 times

00:53:46.259 --> 00:53:46.459
 has

00:53:46.459 --> 00:53:46.619
 the

00:53:46.619 --> 00:53:46.859
 Lord

00:53:46.859 --> 00:53:47.139
 been

00:53:47.139 --> 00:53:47.659
 gracious

00:53:47.659 --> 00:53:48.379
 to

00:53:48.379 --> 00:53:48.659
 you

00:53:48.659 --> 00:53:48.839
 when

00:53:48.839 --> 00:53:48.959
 there

00:53:48.959 --> 00:53:49.099
 are

00:53:49.099 --> 00:53:49.459
 times

00:53:49.459 --> 00:53:49.619
 when

00:53:49.619 --> 00:53:49.719
 you

00:53:49.719 --> 00:53:50.000
 feel

00:53:50.000 --> 00:53:50.599
 so

00:53:50.599 --> 00:53:51.099
 close

00:53:51.099 --> 00:53:51.260
 to

00:53:51.260 --> 00:53:51.400
 the

00:53:51.400 --> 00:53:51.599
 Lord

00:53:51.599 --> 00:53:51.739
 so

00:53:51.739 --> 00:53:51.900
 you

00:53:51.900 --> 00:53:52.059
 get

00:53:52.059 --> 00:53:52.320
 all

00:53:52.320 --> 00:53:52.440
 the

00:53:52.440 --> 00:53:53.199
 understanding

00:53:53.199 --> 00:53:53.719
 and

00:53:53.719 --> 00:53:53.860
 the

00:53:53.860 --> 00:53:54.139
 next

00:53:54.139 --> 00:53:54.360
 minute

00:53:54.360 --> 00:53:54.619
 you're

00:53:54.619 --> 00:53:54.900
 falling

00:53:54.900 --> 00:53:55.179
 into

00:53:55.179 --> 00:53:55.420
 a

00:53:55.420 --> 00:53:55.679
 sin

00:53:55.679 --> 00:53:56.119
 again

00:53:56.119 --> 00:53:56.900
 and

00:53:56.900 --> 00:53:57.059
 the

00:53:57.059 --> 00:53:57.320
 Lord

00:53:57.320 --> 00:53:57.539
 is

00:53:57.539 --> 00:53:58.000
 gracious

00:53:58.000 --> 00:54:00.800
 because

00:54:00.800 --> 00:54:01.019
 we

00:54:01.019 --> 00:54:01.260
 don't

00:54:01.260 --> 00:54:01.719
 fully

00:54:01.719 --> 00:54:02.900
 understand

00:54:02.900 --> 00:54:03.639
 and

00:54:03.639 --> 00:54:03.760
 we

00:54:03.760 --> 00:54:04.219
 fall

00:54:04.219 --> 00:54:04.460
 and

00:54:04.460 --> 00:54:04.980
 stumble

00:54:04.980 --> 00:54:05.420
 along

00:54:05.420 --> 00:54:05.639
 the

00:54:05.639 --> 00:54:05.980
 way

00:54:05.980 --> 00:54:06.659
 and

00:54:06.659 --> 00:54:06.800
 yet

00:54:06.800 --> 00:54:06.960
 the

00:54:06.960 --> 00:54:07.280
 Lord

00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:07.559
 is

00:54:07.559 --> 00:54:08.079
 gracious

00:54:08.079 --> 00:54:08.539
 to

00:54:08.539 --> 00:54:08.900
 us

00:54:08.900 --> 00:54:10.280
 and

00:54:10.280 --> 00:54:10.420
 the

00:54:10.420 --> 00:54:10.699
 Lord

00:54:10.699 --> 00:54:10.940
 is

00:54:10.940 --> 00:54:11.380
 still

00:54:11.380 --> 00:54:11.860
 asking

00:54:11.860 --> 00:54:12.139
 us

00:54:12.139 --> 00:54:12.760
 these

00:54:12.760 --> 00:54:13.420
 searching

00:54:13.420 --> 00:54:14.360
 questions

00:54:14.360 --> 00:54:15.019
 that

00:54:15.019 --> 00:54:15.159
 we

00:54:15.159 --> 00:54:15.420
 might

00:54:15.420 --> 00:54:15.739
 come

00:54:15.739 --> 00:54:15.880
 and

00:54:15.880 --> 00:54:16.420
 understand

00:54:16.420 --> 00:54:17.579
 more

00:54:17.579 --> 00:54:17.800
 and

00:54:17.800 --> 00:54:18.099
 more

00:54:18.099 --> 00:54:18.360
 of

00:54:18.360 --> 00:54:18.780
 who

00:54:18.780 --> 00:54:19.059
 he

00:54:19.059 --> 00:54:19.480
 is

00:54:19.480 --> 00:54:20.340
 and

00:54:20.340 --> 00:54:20.559
 what

00:54:20.559 --> 00:54:20.659
 he

00:54:20.659 --> 00:54:20.820
 is

00:54:20.820 --> 00:54:21.300
 able

00:54:21.300 --> 00:54:21.980
 to

00:54:21.980 --> 00:54:22.240
 do

00:54:22.240 --> 00:54:22.599
 for

00:54:22.599 --> 00:54:23.079
 us

00:54:23.079 --> 00:54:25.579
 grace

00:54:25.579 --> 00:54:26.139
 as

00:54:26.139 --> 00:54:26.740
 the hymn

00:54:26.740 --> 00:54:27.400
 says

00:54:27.400 --> 00:54:28.679
 has brought

00:54:28.679 --> 00:54:29.019
 us

00:54:29.019 --> 00:54:29.760
 to a

00:54:29.760 --> 00:54:30.179
 certain

00:54:30.179 --> 00:54:30.800
 point

00:54:30.800 --> 00:54:31.980
 and

00:54:31.980 --> 00:54:32.400
 grace

00:54:32.400 --> 00:54:33.280
 will

00:54:33.280 --> 00:54:33.619
 see

00:54:33.619 --> 00:54:33.860
 us

00:54:33.860 --> 00:54:34.199
 home

00:54:34.199 --> 00:54:35.539
 because

00:54:35.539 --> 00:54:36.259
 grace

00:54:36.259 --> 00:54:36.960
 is

00:54:36.960 --> 00:54:37.079
 what

00:54:37.079 --> 00:54:37.239
 is

00:54:37.239 --> 00:54:37.619
 able

00:54:37.619 --> 00:54:38.179
 to

00:54:38.179 --> 00:54:38.619
 keep

00:54:38.619 --> 00:54:38.980
 us

00:54:38.980 --> 00:54:41.879
 we

00:54:41.879 --> 00:54:42.219
 don't

00:54:42.219 --> 00:54:42.679
 fully

00:54:42.679 --> 00:54:43.679
 understand

00:54:43.679 --> 00:54:44.779
 we

00:54:44.779 --> 00:54:45.099
 don't

00:54:45.099 --> 00:54:45.500
 fully

00:54:45.500 --> 00:54:46.179
 see

00:54:46.179 --> 00:54:46.719
 and

00:54:46.719 --> 00:54:46.879
 have

00:54:46.879 --> 00:54:47.179
 all

00:54:47.179 --> 00:54:47.359
 the

00:54:47.359 --> 00:54:47.859
 answers

00:54:47.859 --> 00:54:49.379
 but

00:54:49.379 --> 00:54:49.639
 by

00:54:49.639 --> 00:54:50.319
 faith

00:54:50.319 --> 00:54:51.259
 and

00:54:51.259 --> 00:54:51.460
 by

00:54:51.460 --> 00:54:52.079
 grace

00:54:52.079 --> 00:54:53.079
 we

00:54:53.079 --> 00:54:53.319
 go

00:54:53.319 --> 00:54:53.699
 on

00:54:53.699 --> 00:54:56.619
 Richard

00:54:56.619 --> 00:54:57.179
 Baxter

00:54:57.179 --> 00:54:57.980
 another

00:54:57.980 --> 00:54:59.599
 theologian

00:54:59.599 --> 00:54:59.960
 who wrote

00:54:59.960 --> 00:55:00.259
 many

00:55:00.259 --> 00:55:00.559
 books

00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:00.739
 he

00:55:00.739 --> 00:55:01.039
 tells

00:55:01.039 --> 00:55:01.299
 a

00:55:01.299 --> 00:55:01.779
 story

00:55:01.780 --> 00:55:03.220
 in

00:55:03.220 --> 00:55:03.380
 one

00:55:03.380 --> 00:55:03.480
 of

00:55:03.480 --> 00:55:03.640
 his

00:55:03.640 --> 00:55:03.920
 books

00:55:03.920 --> 00:55:04.160
 about

00:55:04.160 --> 00:55:04.360
 the

00:55:04.360 --> 00:55:04.680
 building

00:55:04.680 --> 00:55:04.880
 of

00:55:04.880 --> 00:55:05.060
 the

00:55:05.060 --> 00:55:05.400
 Golden

00:55:05.400 --> 00:55:05.780
 Gate

00:55:05.780 --> 00:55:06.260
 Bridge

00:55:06.260 --> 00:55:06.560
 in

00:55:06.560 --> 00:55:06.840
 San

00:55:06.840 --> 00:55:07.540
 Francisco

00:55:07.540 --> 00:55:09.240
 and

00:55:09.240 --> 00:55:09.400
 he

00:55:09.400 --> 00:55:10.080
 recounts

00:55:10.080 --> 00:55:10.360
 how

00:55:10.360 --> 00:55:10.720
 during

00:55:10.720 --> 00:55:10.920
 the

00:55:10.920 --> 00:55:11.580
 construction

00:55:11.580 --> 00:55:12.620
 of

00:55:12.620 --> 00:55:12.960
 that

00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:13.460
 bridge

00:55:13.460 --> 00:55:14.460
 the

00:55:14.460 --> 00:55:15.140
 construction

00:55:15.140 --> 00:55:15.540
 works

00:55:15.540 --> 00:55:15.700
 had

00:55:15.700 --> 00:55:16.160
 fallen

00:55:16.160 --> 00:55:16.540
 way

00:55:16.540 --> 00:55:16.980
 behind

00:55:16.980 --> 00:55:17.540
 schedule

00:55:17.540 --> 00:55:19.019
 and

00:55:19.019 --> 00:55:19.180
 the

00:55:19.180 --> 00:55:19.660
 problem

00:55:19.660 --> 00:55:20.360
 was

00:55:20.360 --> 00:55:21.220
 that

00:55:21.220 --> 00:55:21.420
 the

00:55:21.420 --> 00:55:21.940
 workers

00:55:21.940 --> 00:55:22.200
 were

00:55:22.200 --> 00:55:22.519
 so

00:55:22.519 --> 00:55:23.220
 afraid

00:55:23.220 --> 00:55:24.480
 because

00:55:24.480 --> 00:55:24.660
 a

00:55:24.660 --> 00:55:24.940
 number

00:55:24.940 --> 00:55:25.240
 of

00:55:25.240 --> 00:55:25.860
 workers

00:55:25.860 --> 00:55:26.060
 had

00:55:26.060 --> 00:55:26.700
 fallen

00:55:26.700 --> 00:55:27.820
 fallen

00:55:27.820 --> 00:55:28.240
 from a

00:55:28.240 --> 00:55:28.519
 great

00:55:28.519 --> 00:55:28.900
 height

00:55:28.900 --> 00:55:29.639
 and

00:55:29.639 --> 00:55:30.160
 fallen

00:55:30.160 --> 00:55:30.760
 to

00:55:30.760 --> 00:55:30.980
 their

00:55:30.980 --> 00:55:31.420
 death

00:55:31.420 --> 00:55:32.599
 and

00:55:32.599 --> 00:55:32.760
 so

00:55:32.760 --> 00:55:32.860
 it

00:55:32.860 --> 00:55:33.000
 was

00:55:33.000 --> 00:55:33.340
 leaving

00:55:33.340 --> 00:55:33.940
 people

00:55:33.940 --> 00:55:34.480
 afraid

00:55:34.480 --> 00:55:34.740
 the

00:55:34.740 --> 00:55:35.059
 work

00:55:35.059 --> 00:55:35.280
 was

00:55:35.280 --> 00:55:35.740
 slow

00:55:35.740 --> 00:55:36.000
 and

00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:36.760
 sometimes

00:55:36.760 --> 00:55:37.240
 at a

00:55:37.240 --> 00:55:37.860
 stop

00:55:37.860 --> 00:55:38.940
 and

00:55:38.940 --> 00:55:39.200
 people

00:55:39.200 --> 00:55:39.360
 were

00:55:39.360 --> 00:55:39.700
 trying

00:55:39.700 --> 00:55:39.920
 to

00:55:39.920 --> 00:55:40.260
 work

00:55:40.260 --> 00:55:40.539
 out

00:55:40.539 --> 00:55:41.720
 engineers

00:55:41.720 --> 00:55:42.639
 administrators

00:55:42.639 --> 00:55:42.960
 they were

00:55:42.960 --> 00:55:43.420
 all trying

00:55:43.420 --> 00:55:43.880
 to find

00:55:43.880 --> 00:55:44.460
 an answer

00:55:44.460 --> 00:55:45.139
 to this

00:55:45.139 --> 00:55:46.680
 until

00:55:46.680 --> 00:55:47.360
 the

00:55:47.360 --> 00:55:47.820
 solution

00:55:47.820 --> 00:55:48.240
 that they

00:55:48.240 --> 00:55:48.700
 came up

00:55:48.700 --> 00:55:48.960
 with

00:55:48.960 --> 00:55:49.860
 was to

00:55:49.860 --> 00:55:50.280
 hang

00:55:50.280 --> 00:55:51.099
 a net

00:55:51.099 --> 00:55:51.980
 under

00:55:51.980 --> 00:55:52.740
 the span

00:55:52.740 --> 00:55:53.139
 of the

00:55:53.139 --> 00:55:53.539
 whole

00:55:53.539 --> 00:55:54.119
 bridge

00:55:54.119 --> 00:55:55.740
 a net

00:55:55.740 --> 00:55:56.220
 that if

00:55:56.220 --> 00:55:56.599
 anyone

00:55:56.599 --> 00:55:57.660
 would fall

00:55:57.660 --> 00:55:58.000
 off

00:55:58.000 --> 00:55:58.760
 the net

00:55:58.760 --> 00:55:58.960
 would

00:55:58.960 --> 00:55:59.360
 catch

00:55:59.360 --> 00:55:59.640
 them

00:55:59.640 --> 00:56:01.240
 it

00:56:01.240 --> 00:56:01.740
 cost

00:56:01.740 --> 00:56:02.740
 a lot

00:56:02.740 --> 00:56:02.880
 and

00:56:02.880 --> 00:56:03.100
 they were

00:56:03.100 --> 00:56:03.400
 thinking

00:56:03.400 --> 00:56:04.100
 can we

00:56:04.100 --> 00:56:04.600
 afford

00:56:04.600 --> 00:56:05.140
 to do

00:56:05.140 --> 00:56:05.580
 this

00:56:05.580 --> 00:56:06.820
 but

00:56:06.820 --> 00:56:06.940
 they

00:56:06.940 --> 00:56:07.160
 went

00:56:07.160 --> 00:56:07.520
 ahead

00:56:07.520 --> 00:56:07.660
 and

00:56:07.660 --> 00:56:07.780
 they

00:56:07.780 --> 00:56:07.980
 did

00:56:07.980 --> 00:56:08.240
 it

00:56:08.240 --> 00:56:09.500
 and

00:56:09.500 --> 00:56:09.640
 what

00:56:09.640 --> 00:56:09.800
 they

00:56:09.800 --> 00:56:10.180
 found

00:56:10.180 --> 00:56:10.620
 was

00:56:10.620 --> 00:56:10.760
 that

00:56:10.760 --> 00:56:10.920
 the

00:56:10.920 --> 00:56:11.220
 work

00:56:11.220 --> 00:56:11.880
 progressed

00:56:11.880 --> 00:56:12.960
 so much

00:56:12.960 --> 00:56:13.320
 quicker

00:56:13.320 --> 00:56:13.720
 and ended

00:56:13.720 --> 00:56:14.480
 up ahead

00:56:14.480 --> 00:56:15.120
 of schedule

00:56:15.120 --> 00:56:16.380
 because

00:56:16.380 --> 00:56:17.140
 there was

00:56:17.140 --> 00:56:17.840
 the security

00:56:17.840 --> 00:56:18.740
 of knowing

00:56:18.740 --> 00:56:19.720
 that

00:56:19.720 --> 00:56:20.500
 underneath

00:56:20.500 --> 00:56:21.120
 was a

00:56:21.120 --> 00:56:21.360
 net

00:56:21.360 --> 00:56:21.640
 that would

00:56:21.640 --> 00:56:22.060
 catch

00:56:22.060 --> 00:56:22.300
 them

00:56:22.300 --> 00:56:24.340
 and

00:56:24.340 --> 00:56:24.580
 that's

00:56:24.580 --> 00:56:24.700
 a

00:56:24.700 --> 00:56:25.220
 reminder

00:56:25.220 --> 00:56:25.700
 to

00:56:25.700 --> 00:56:26.400
 ourselves

00:56:26.400 --> 00:56:27.040
 as well

00:56:27.040 --> 00:56:27.880
 of the

00:56:27.880 --> 00:56:28.700
 great price

00:56:28.700 --> 00:56:29.079
 that the

00:56:29.079 --> 00:56:29.380
 Lord

00:56:29.380 --> 00:56:29.660
 has

00:56:29.660 --> 00:56:30.019
 paid

00:56:30.019 --> 00:56:30.280
 for

00:56:30.280 --> 00:56:30.700
 us

00:56:30.700 --> 00:56:31.940
 we

00:56:31.940 --> 00:56:32.300
 don't

00:56:32.300 --> 00:56:32.820
 fully

00:56:32.820 --> 00:56:34.320
 understand

00:56:34.320 --> 00:56:35.860
 we

00:56:35.860 --> 00:56:36.059
 maybe

00:56:36.059 --> 00:56:36.380
 don't

00:56:36.380 --> 00:56:36.579
 have

00:56:36.579 --> 00:56:37.300
 all

00:56:37.300 --> 00:56:37.519
 the

00:56:37.519 --> 00:56:38.079
 answers

00:56:38.079 --> 00:56:40.160
 but

00:56:40.160 --> 00:56:40.380
 when

00:56:40.380 --> 00:56:40.619
 we're

00:56:40.619 --> 00:56:40.900
 asked

00:56:40.900 --> 00:56:41.160
 the

00:56:41.160 --> 00:56:41.780
 question

00:56:41.780 --> 00:56:43.180
 who

00:56:43.180 --> 00:56:43.400
 do

00:56:43.400 --> 00:56:43.599
 you

00:56:43.599 --> 00:56:44.079
 say

00:56:44.079 --> 00:56:44.760
 that

00:56:44.760 --> 00:56:44.900
 I

00:56:44.900 --> 00:56:45.220
 am

00:56:45.220 --> 00:56:46.539
 the

00:56:46.539 --> 00:56:47.119
 question

00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:47.820
 that

00:56:47.820 --> 00:56:48.200
 Jesus

00:56:48.200 --> 00:56:48.880
 asked

00:56:48.880 --> 00:56:49.220
 of

00:56:49.220 --> 00:56:49.400
 the

00:56:49.400 --> 00:56:49.980
 disciples

00:56:49.980 --> 00:56:50.280
 the

00:56:50.280 --> 00:56:50.780
 question

00:56:50.780 --> 00:56:51.420
 that

00:56:51.420 --> 00:56:51.760
 Jesus

00:56:51.760 --> 00:56:52.320
 asks

00:56:52.320 --> 00:56:52.579
 of

00:56:52.579 --> 00:56:53.140
 ourselves

00:56:53.140 --> 00:56:53.720
 today

00:56:53.720 --> 00:56:54.519
 who

00:56:54.519 --> 00:56:54.760
 do

00:56:54.760 --> 00:56:54.920
 you

00:56:54.920 --> 00:56:55.380
 say

00:56:55.380 --> 00:56:55.960
 that

00:56:55.960 --> 00:56:56.140
 I

00:56:56.140 --> 00:56:56.460
 am

00:56:56.460 --> 00:56:58.360
 how

00:56:58.360 --> 00:56:58.820
 do

00:56:58.820 --> 00:56:58.980
 you

00:56:58.980 --> 00:56:59.619
 respond

00:56:59.619 --> 00:57:03.800
 how

00:57:03.800 --> 00:57:03.980
 do

00:57:03.980 --> 00:57:04.139
 we

00:57:04.139 --> 00:57:04.579
 find

00:57:04.579 --> 00:57:05.260
 peace

00:57:05.260 --> 00:57:06.260
 with

00:57:06.260 --> 00:57:06.760
 God

00:57:06.760 --> 00:57:09.139
 faith

00:57:09.139 --> 00:57:09.599
 comes

00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:09.860
 by

00:57:09.860 --> 00:57:10.400
 hearing

00:57:10.400 --> 00:57:11.559
 and

00:57:11.559 --> 00:57:12.019
 hearing

00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:12.599
 through

00:57:12.599 --> 00:57:13.300
 the

00:57:13.300 --> 00:57:13.639
 word

00:57:13.639 --> 00:57:13.860
 of

00:57:13.860 --> 00:57:14.280
 God

00:57:14.280 --> 00:57:15.119
 and

00:57:15.119 --> 00:57:15.260
 the

00:57:15.260 --> 00:57:15.500
 more

00:57:15.500 --> 00:57:15.639
 that

00:57:15.639 --> 00:57:15.840
 we're

00:57:15.840 --> 00:57:16.240
 hearing

00:57:16.240 --> 00:57:16.740
 from

00:57:16.740 --> 00:57:16.880
 the

00:57:16.880 --> 00:57:17.199
 word

00:57:17.199 --> 00:57:17.420
 of

00:57:17.420 --> 00:57:17.679
 God

00:57:17.679 --> 00:57:17.880
 we

00:57:17.880 --> 00:57:18.179
 pray

00:57:18.179 --> 00:57:18.380
 that

00:57:18.380 --> 00:57:18.559
 the

00:57:18.559 --> 00:57:18.840
 more

00:57:18.840 --> 00:57:19.059
 the

00:57:19.059 --> 00:57:19.380
 Lord

00:57:19.380 --> 00:57:19.519
 will

00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:19.679
 be

00:57:19.679 --> 00:57:20.519
 opening

00:57:20.519 --> 00:57:20.820
 our

00:57:20.820 --> 00:57:21.159
 eyes

00:57:21.159 --> 00:57:21.440
 just

00:57:21.440 --> 00:57:21.659
 like

00:57:21.659 --> 00:57:21.840
 the

00:57:21.840 --> 00:57:22.240
 blind

00:57:22.240 --> 00:57:22.599
 man

00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:22.840
 in

00:57:22.840 --> 00:57:23.380
 stages

00:57:23.380 --> 00:57:24.880
 we

00:57:24.880 --> 00:57:25.079
 may

00:57:25.079 --> 00:57:25.280
 only

00:57:25.280 --> 00:57:25.519
 be

00:57:25.519 --> 00:57:26.019
 seeing

00:57:26.019 --> 00:57:27.200
 trees

00:57:27.200 --> 00:57:27.720
 men

00:57:27.720 --> 00:57:27.940
 like

00:57:27.940 --> 00:57:28.320
 trees

00:57:28.320 --> 00:57:28.840
 walking

00:57:28.840 --> 00:57:29.140
 as he

00:57:29.140 --> 00:57:29.660
 describes

00:57:29.660 --> 00:57:30.079
 seeing

00:57:30.079 --> 00:57:30.700
 blurry

00:57:30.700 --> 00:57:33.300
 but

00:57:33.300 --> 00:57:33.480
 oh

00:57:33.480 --> 00:57:33.800
 to have

00:57:33.800 --> 00:57:33.940
 our

00:57:33.940 --> 00:57:34.220
 eyes

00:57:34.220 --> 00:57:34.579
 opened

00:57:34.579 --> 00:57:34.840
 even

00:57:34.840 --> 00:57:34.980
 to

00:57:34.980 --> 00:57:35.300
 that

00:57:35.300 --> 00:57:35.860
 stage

00:57:35.860 --> 00:57:36.420
 is

00:57:36.420 --> 00:57:37.039
 progress

00:57:37.039 --> 00:57:38.800
 because

00:57:38.800 --> 00:57:39.039
 the

00:57:39.039 --> 00:57:39.300
 Lord

00:57:39.300 --> 00:57:39.539
 is

00:57:39.539 --> 00:57:40.000
 working

00:57:40.000 --> 00:57:41.280
 and

00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:41.420
 it's

00:57:41.420 --> 00:57:41.599
 not

00:57:41.599 --> 00:57:41.860
 to be

00:57:41.860 --> 00:57:42.440
 afraid

00:57:42.440 --> 00:57:42.680
 to

00:57:42.680 --> 00:57:42.860
 go

00:57:42.860 --> 00:57:43.180
 on

00:57:43.180 --> 00:57:44.059
 but

00:57:44.059 --> 00:57:44.180
 to

00:57:44.180 --> 00:57:44.360
 have

00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:44.780
 faith

00:57:44.780 --> 00:57:44.960
 to

00:57:44.960 --> 00:57:45.140
 go

00:57:45.140 --> 00:57:45.680
 forward

00:57:45.680 --> 00:57:46.640
 and

00:57:46.640 --> 00:57:46.780
 to

00:57:46.780 --> 00:57:47.320
 rejoice

00:57:47.320 --> 00:57:48.000
 that

00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:48.240
 over

00:57:48.240 --> 00:57:48.800
 time

00:57:48.800 --> 00:57:49.280
 he

00:57:49.280 --> 00:57:49.460
 is

00:57:49.460 --> 00:57:49.660
 able

00:57:49.660 --> 00:57:49.860
 to

00:57:49.860 --> 00:57:50.160
 help

00:57:50.160 --> 00:57:50.320
 us

00:57:50.320 --> 00:57:50.480
 to

00:57:50.480 --> 00:57:50.920
 see

00:57:50.920 --> 00:57:51.740
 and

00:57:51.740 --> 00:57:51.900
 to

00:57:51.900 --> 00:57:52.380
 see

00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:53.320
 clearly

00:57:53.320 --> 00:57:55.039
 that

00:57:55.039 --> 00:57:55.140
 we

00:57:55.140 --> 00:57:55.300
 would

00:57:55.300 --> 00:57:55.760
 rejoice

00:57:55.760 --> 00:57:56.039
 in

00:57:56.039 --> 00:57:56.220
 the

00:57:56.220 --> 00:57:56.600
 hope

00:57:56.600 --> 00:57:57.360
 of

00:57:57.360 --> 00:57:57.559
 the

00:57:57.559 --> 00:57:57.940
 glory

00:57:57.940 --> 00:57:58.200
 of

00:57:58.200 --> 00:57:58.640
 God

00:57:58.640 --> 00:58:00.580
 John

00:58:00.580 --> 00:58:01.100
 Calvin

00:58:01.100 --> 00:58:02.220
 he

00:58:02.220 --> 00:58:02.559
 said

00:58:02.559 --> 00:58:03.120
 faith

00:58:03.120 --> 00:58:03.380
 is

00:58:03.380 --> 00:58:03.660
 not

00:58:03.660 --> 00:58:03.940
 a

00:58:03.940 --> 00:58:04.480
 distant

00:58:04.480 --> 00:58:05.080
 view

00:58:05.080 --> 00:58:06.559
 but

00:58:06.559 --> 00:58:06.760
 a

00:58:06.760 --> 00:58:07.180
 warm

00:58:07.180 --> 00:58:07.940
 embrace

00:58:07.940 --> 00:58:08.580
 of

00:58:08.580 --> 00:58:09.100
 Christ

00:58:09.100 --> 00:58:11.340
 and

00:58:11.340 --> 00:58:11.620
 that's

00:58:11.620 --> 00:58:11.780
 what

00:58:11.780 --> 00:58:12.019
 we

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 want

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 not

00:58:14.120 --> 00:58:14.460
 just

00:58:14.460 --> 00:58:14.960
 a

00:58:14.960 --> 00:58:15.340
 vision

00:58:15.340 --> 00:58:15.880
 of

00:58:15.880 --> 00:58:16.059
 the

00:58:16.059 --> 00:58:16.380
 Lord

00:58:16.380 --> 00:58:16.600
 that

00:58:16.600 --> 00:58:16.760
 is

00:58:16.760 --> 00:58:17.100
 a

00:58:17.100 --> 00:58:17.600
 distant

00:58:17.600 --> 00:58:18.200
 view

00:58:18.200 --> 00:58:18.980
 when

00:58:18.980 --> 00:58:19.120
 we

00:58:19.120 --> 00:58:19.380
 feel

00:58:19.380 --> 00:58:19.860
 far

00:58:19.860 --> 00:58:20.320
 away

00:58:20.320 --> 00:58:21.900
 but

00:58:21.900 --> 00:58:22.380
 by

00:58:22.380 --> 00:58:23.120
 faith

00:58:23.119 --> 00:58:24.619
 receiving

00:58:24.619 --> 00:58:24.880
 a

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 warm

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 embrace

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 of

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 the

00:58:27.199 --> 00:58:27.460
 Lord

00:58:27.460 --> 00:58:27.880
 Jesus

00:58:27.880 --> 00:58:28.539
 Christ

00:58:28.539 --> 00:58:29.799
 as

00:58:29.799 --> 00:58:29.920
 he

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 takes

00:58:30.319 --> 00:58:30.500
 us

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 by

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 the

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 hand

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 as

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 he

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 opens

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 our

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 eyes

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 to

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 follow

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 him

00:58:35.380 --> 00:58:36.339
 along

00:58:36.339 --> 00:58:36.719
 the

00:58:36.719 --> 00:58:37.039
 way

00:58:37.039 --> 00:58:38.460
 may

00:58:38.460 --> 00:58:38.619
 the

00:58:38.619 --> 00:58:38.880
 Lord

00:58:38.880 --> 00:58:39.179
 give

00:58:39.179 --> 00:58:39.440
 us

00:58:39.440 --> 00:58:40.079
 faith

00:58:40.079 --> 00:58:40.859
 and

00:58:40.859 --> 00:58:41.219
 open

00:58:41.219 --> 00:58:41.440
 our

00:58:41.440 --> 00:58:41.900
 eyes

00:58:41.900 --> 00:58:42.699
 to

00:58:42.699 --> 00:58:42.980
 see

00:58:42.980 --> 00:58:43.159
 him

00:58:43.159 --> 00:58:43.599
 clearly

00:58:43.599 --> 00:58:43.880
 let

00:58:43.880 --> 00:58:44.059
 us

00:58:44.059 --> 00:58:44.380
 pray

00:58:44.380 --> 00:58:46.920
 our

00:58:46.920 --> 00:58:47.359
 father

00:58:47.359 --> 00:58:47.639
 in

00:58:47.639 --> 00:58:47.960
 heaven

00:58:47.960 --> 00:58:48.219
 we

00:58:48.219 --> 00:58:48.579
 thank

00:58:48.579 --> 00:58:48.719
 you

00:58:48.719 --> 00:58:48.900
 for

00:58:48.900 --> 00:58:49.099
 your

00:58:49.099 --> 00:58:49.480
 word

00:58:49.480 --> 00:58:49.639
 and

00:58:49.639 --> 00:58:49.799
 we

00:58:49.799 --> 00:58:50.159
 pray

00:58:50.159 --> 00:58:50.699
 you

00:58:50.699 --> 00:58:50.859
 will

00:58:50.859 --> 00:58:51.219
 bless

00:58:51.219 --> 00:58:51.399
 it

00:58:51.399 --> 00:58:51.719
 to

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 us

00:58:51.960 --> 00:58:52.179
 that

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 we

00:58:52.359 --> 00:58:52.559
 will

00:58:52.559 --> 00:58:53.599
 have

00:58:53.599 --> 00:58:54.519
 understanding

00:58:54.519 --> 00:58:54.859
 Lord

00:58:54.859 --> 00:58:55.179
 more

00:58:55.179 --> 00:58:55.399
 and

00:58:55.399 --> 00:58:55.719
 more

00:58:55.719 --> 00:58:55.920
 that

00:58:55.920 --> 00:58:56.019
 we

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 will

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 have

00:58:56.319 --> 00:58:56.480
 our

00:58:56.480 --> 00:58:56.839
 eyes

00:58:56.839 --> 00:58:57.359
 opened

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 more

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 and

00:58:58.399 --> 00:58:58.639
 more

00:58:58.639 --> 00:58:58.839
 to

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 our

00:58:59.059 --> 00:58:59.539
 precious

00:58:59.539 --> 00:59:00.179
 saviour

00:59:00.179 --> 00:59:00.859
 and

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 to

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 fix

00:59:01.420 --> 00:59:01.659
 our

00:59:01.659 --> 00:59:02.039
 eyes

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 on

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 him

00:59:02.559 --> 00:59:03.399
 we

00:59:03.399 --> 00:59:03.679
 pray

00:59:03.679 --> 00:59:03.960
 Lord

00:59:03.960 --> 00:59:04.159
 that

00:59:04.159 --> 00:59:04.279
 you

00:59:04.279 --> 00:59:04.420
 will

00:59:04.420 --> 00:59:04.779
 help

00:59:04.779 --> 00:59:04.960
 us

00:59:04.960 --> 00:59:05.059
 in

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 our

00:59:05.199 --> 00:59:06.099
 understanding

00:59:06.099 --> 00:59:07.099
 help

00:59:07.099 --> 00:59:07.299
 us

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 even

00:59:07.500 --> 00:59:07.659
 in

00:59:07.659 --> 00:59:07.819
 our

00:59:07.819 --> 00:59:08.159
 lack

00:59:08.159 --> 00:59:08.339
 of

00:59:08.339 --> 00:59:09.219
 understanding

00:59:09.219 --> 00:59:09.960
 that

00:59:09.960 --> 00:59:10.079
 we

00:59:10.079 --> 00:59:10.239
 can

00:59:10.239 --> 00:59:10.579
 come

00:59:10.579 --> 00:59:11.179
 to

00:59:11.179 --> 00:59:11.420
 you

00:59:11.420 --> 00:59:11.619
 with

00:59:11.619 --> 00:59:11.980
 all

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 of

00:59:12.139 --> 00:59:12.440
 these

00:59:12.440 --> 00:59:12.920
 things

00:59:12.920 --> 00:59:13.639
 hear

00:59:13.639 --> 00:59:13.899
 our

00:59:13.899 --> 00:59:14.379
 prayers

00:59:14.379 --> 00:59:14.659
 Lord

00:59:14.659 --> 00:59:14.819
 and

00:59:14.819 --> 00:59:15.239
 continue

00:59:15.239 --> 00:59:15.579
 with

00:59:15.579 --> 00:59:15.880
 us

00:59:15.880 --> 00:59:16.920
 pardoning

00:59:16.920 --> 00:59:17.259
 sin

00:59:17.259 --> 00:59:17.500
 in

00:59:17.500 --> 00:59:17.840
 Jesus

00:59:17.840 --> 00:59:18.299
 name

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 Amen

00:59:19.199 --> 00:59:24.319
 we're

00:59:24.319 --> 00:59:24.719
 going to

00:59:24.719 --> 00:59:25.259
 conclude

00:59:25.259 --> 00:59:25.539
 by

00:59:25.539 --> 00:59:26.039
 singing

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 in

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 Psalm

00:59:26.519 --> 00:59:27.539
 57

00:59:27.539 --> 00:59:28.739
 in

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 the

00:59:28.880 --> 00:59:29.139
 Sing

00:59:29.139 --> 00:59:29.639
 Psalms

00:59:29.639 --> 00:59:30.019
 version

00:59:30.019 --> 00:59:30.539
 page

00:59:30.539 --> 00:59:31.599
 75

00:59:31.599 --> 00:59:35.440
 Psalm

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 57

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 page

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 75

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 we'll

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 sing

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 from

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 verse

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 9

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 down

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 to

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 the

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 end

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 of

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 the

00:59:42.679 --> 00:59:42.980
 psalm

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 the

00:59:43.159 --> 00:59:43.460
 tune

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 is

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 Dennis

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 among

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 the

00:59:45.419 --> 00:59:45.879
 nations

00:59:45.879 --> 00:59:46.379
 Lord

00:59:46.379 --> 00:59:46.779
 to

00:59:46.779 --> 00:59:47.039
 you

00:59:47.039 --> 00:59:47.199
 I

00:59:47.199 --> 00:59:47.440
 will

00:59:47.440 --> 00:59:47.679
 give

00:59:47.679 --> 00:59:48.199
 praise

00:59:48.199 --> 00:59:48.500
 among

00:59:48.500 --> 00:59:48.719
 the

00:59:48.719 --> 00:59:49.219
 peoples

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 of

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 the

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 earth

00:59:50.460 --> 00:59:50.699
 my

00:59:50.699 --> 00:59:51.199
 songs

00:59:51.199 --> 00:59:51.480
 of

00:59:51.480 --> 00:59:51.839
 you

00:59:51.839 --> 00:59:52.639
 I'll

00:59:52.639 --> 00:59:53.039
 raise

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 we'll

00:59:53.259 --> 00:59:53.460
 sing

00:59:53.460 --> 00:59:53.699
 these

00:59:53.699 --> 00:59:54.000
 three

00:59:54.000 --> 00:59:54.599
 stanzas

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 to

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 God's

00:59:55.259 --> 00:59:55.719
 praise

00:59:55.719 --> 01:00:03.619
 among

01:00:03.619 --> 01:00:05.739
 the

01:00:05.739 --> 01:00:07.359
 nations

01:00:07.359 --> 01:00:09.819
 Lord

01:00:09.819 --> 01:00:10.440
 to

01:00:10.440 --> 01:00:11.819
 you

01:00:11.819 --> 01:00:13.059
 I

01:00:13.059 --> 01:00:14.059
 will

01:00:14.059 --> 01:00:14.380
 will

01:00:14.380 --> 01:00:15.420
 give

01:00:15.420 --> 01:00:17.099
 praise

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 among

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 the

01:00:20.539 --> 01:00:22.219
 peoples

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 of

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 the

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 earth

01:00:26.400 --> 01:00:27.500
 my

01:00:27.500 --> 01:00:29.259
 songs

01:00:29.259 --> 01:00:30.139
 of

01:00:30.139 --> 01:00:30.880
 you

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 I'll

01:00:32.539 --> 01:00:34.619
 raise

01:00:34.619 --> 01:00:36.679
 great

01:00:36.679 --> 01:00:38.259
 is

01:00:38.259 --> 01:00:39.019
 your

01:00:39.019 --> 01:00:41.380
 steadfast

01:00:41.380 --> 01:00:43.079
 love

01:00:43.079 --> 01:00:44.420
 which

01:00:44.420 --> 01:00:46.079
 reaches

01:00:46.079 --> 01:00:47.300
 to

01:00:47.300 --> 01:00:48.860
 the

01:00:48.860 --> 01:00:50.579
 sky

01:00:50.579 --> 01:00:52.200
 your

01:00:52.200 --> 01:00:53.860
 constant

01:00:53.860 --> 01:00:58.380
 faithfulness

01:00:58.380 --> 01:00:58.980
 O

01:00:58.980 --> 01:01:00.420
 Lord

01:01:00.420 --> 01:01:01.660
 that

01:01:01.660 --> 01:01:03.300
 stands

01:01:03.300 --> 01:01:04.200
 to

01:01:04.200 --> 01:01:05.860
 heaven

01:01:05.860 --> 01:01:08.180
 high

01:01:08.179 --> 01:01:10.539
 above

01:01:10.539 --> 01:01:12.659
 the

01:01:12.659 --> 01:01:14.659
 highest

01:01:14.659 --> 01:01:15.659
 heavens

01:01:15.659 --> 01:01:17.659
 O

01:01:17.659 --> 01:01:18.659
 God

01:01:18.659 --> 01:01:19.659
 exalted

01:01:19.659 --> 01:01:21.659
 he

01:01:21.659 --> 01:01:25.659
 and

01:01:25.659 --> 01:01:26.659
 over

01:01:26.659 --> 01:01:27.659
 all

01:01:27.659 --> 01:01:29.659
 the

01:01:29.659 --> 01:01:30.659
 earth

01:01:30.659 --> 01:01:32.659
 below

01:01:32.659 --> 01:01:35.539
 display

01:01:35.539 --> 01:01:37.599
 your

01:01:37.599 --> 01:01:40.279
 majesty

01:01:40.280 --> 01:01:44.160
 after

01:01:44.160 --> 01:01:44.320
 the

01:01:44.320 --> 01:01:44.780
 benediction

01:01:44.780 --> 01:01:45.040
 I'll

01:01:45.040 --> 01:01:45.380
 go to

01:01:45.380 --> 01:01:45.519
 the

01:01:45.519 --> 01:01:45.740
 door

01:01:45.740 --> 01:01:45.940
 to

01:01:45.940 --> 01:01:46.120
 my

01:01:46.120 --> 01:01:46.440
 left

01:01:46.440 --> 01:01:46.580
 and

01:01:46.580 --> 01:01:46.740
 just

01:01:46.740 --> 01:01:46.880
 a

01:01:46.880 --> 01:01:47.160
 reminder

01:01:47.160 --> 01:01:47.540
 those

01:01:47.540 --> 01:01:48.060
 downstairs

01:01:48.060 --> 01:01:48.400
 can

01:01:48.400 --> 01:01:48.660
 use

01:01:48.660 --> 01:01:48.860
 the

01:01:48.860 --> 01:01:49.220
 two

01:01:49.220 --> 01:01:50.100
 exits

01:01:50.100 --> 01:01:50.420
 down

01:01:50.420 --> 01:01:50.720
 below

01:01:50.720 --> 01:01:51.080
 here

01:01:51.080 --> 01:01:51.460
 and

01:01:51.460 --> 01:01:52.460
 upstairs

01:01:52.460 --> 01:01:52.800
 use

01:01:52.800 --> 01:01:52.980
 the

01:01:52.980 --> 01:01:53.260
 exit

01:01:53.260 --> 01:01:53.519
 to

01:01:53.519 --> 01:01:53.680
 the

01:01:53.680 --> 01:01:53.940
 back

01:01:53.940 --> 01:01:54.040
 of

01:01:54.040 --> 01:01:54.160
 the

01:01:54.160 --> 01:01:54.400
 bottom

01:01:54.400 --> 01:01:54.540
 of

01:01:54.540 --> 01:01:54.640
 the

01:01:54.640 --> 01:01:54.940
 stairs

01:01:54.940 --> 01:01:55.160
 we'll

01:01:55.160 --> 01:01:55.540
 close

01:01:55.540 --> 01:01:56.080
 with

01:01:56.080 --> 01:01:56.180
 the

01:01:56.180 --> 01:01:56.620
 benediction

01:01:56.620 --> 01:01:57.660
 now

01:01:57.660 --> 01:01:57.860
 may

01:01:57.860 --> 01:01:58.380
 grace

01:01:58.380 --> 01:01:58.980
 mercy

01:01:58.980 --> 01:01:59.280
 and

01:01:59.280 --> 01:01:59.660
 peace

01:01:59.660 --> 01:01:59.980
 from

01:01:59.980 --> 01:02:00.380
 God

01:02:00.380 --> 01:02:00.920
 Father

01:02:00.920 --> 01:02:01.360
 Son

01:02:01.360 --> 01:02:01.580
 and

01:02:01.580 --> 01:02:01.900
 Holy

01:02:01.900 --> 01:02:02.340
 Spirit

01:02:02.340 --> 01:02:03.320
 rest

01:02:03.320 --> 01:02:03.720
 upon

01:02:03.720 --> 01:02:03.880
 and

01:02:03.880 --> 01:02:04.300
 abide

01:02:04.300 --> 01:02:04.600
 with

01:02:04.600 --> 01:02:04.780
 you

01:02:04.780 --> 01:02:05.080
 all

01:02:05.080 --> 01:02:05.760
 now

01:02:05.760 --> 01:02:05.960
 and

01:02:05.960 --> 01:02:06.320
 forever

01:02:06.320 --> 01:02:06.700
 more

01:02:06.700 --> 01:02:07.580
 Amen

01:02:07.579 --> 01:02:09.360
 Thank you