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 I'm going to give you all a very warm welcome again as we gather to worship God and come under

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 his word this evening as we prepare our hearts for the Lord's table tomorrow. We especially

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 welcome visitors into our midst this evening and also those who are tuning in online. We do ask

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 that the Lord would bless us all together. We're thankful as we were hearing last evening for all

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 the heavenly blessings that we have in Christ Jesus. And we come in his name this evening,

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 thankful for all that he has done for us. And the psalmist asks a question in Psalm 116,

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 how shall I thank the Lord? And he says, I'll offer salvation, take the cup, on God's name will I call.

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 And that's what we prepare ourselves for this evening. As believers in Christ, we want to

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 remember what he has done for us and to take off that cup of salvation. And we pray that God's spirit

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 will help us and stir us up in that. The Kirk Session meets immediately after the service

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 in the session room here next door. I'd be delighted to meet with anyone who wishes to join the congregation,

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 who wishes to profess their faith for the first time, or either moving into the congregation as well,

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 maybe by certificate too. You'd be very welcome to come and meet with us this evening.

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 The services tomorrow will be English here in the church at 11 a.m. That'll be led by Reverend

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 Murdoch Campbell. And the Gaelic service at 11 a.m. in the seminary, that'll be led by the Reverend

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 Murdoch Campbell as well. And after the evening service tomorrow, there'll be a time of fellowship

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 in the hall next door where everybody's very welcome to come through for that. And we'll hear

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 a little more of both Murdoch and Callum's Christian experience. Again, I'll just give a very warm welcome

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 to Murdoch to the pulpit this evening to lead us in our worship. We do look forward to his ministry

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 this evening and tomorrow as well, and do pray for him and Callum as they lead us in our worship

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 over this weekend, that we would know God's blessing as a people together.

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 Well, good evening. It's lovely to be with you again this evening as we gather together for worship.

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 I was just thinking as Callum was speaking, it's like the man has just stolen my sermon

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 before I've started. So that's our text tonight. Before we even get there, Psalm 116 at verse 13.

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 So Callum gave it all away before we reached there. But it's good to be together and it's good to worship

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 the Lord together. So let us worship God this evening. We're going to sing to God's praise in Psalm 122.

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 I don't think he knew that that's what I was preaching on, but it's always amazing when you're

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 sitting behind someone and they just give it all away. It's so encouraging.

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 Psalm 122 is in the Scottish Psalter, page 416. We're going to sing the whole psalm.

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 As you know, Psalm 122, it's one of the songs of ascent. It's one of the 15 songs or it's a Spurgeon

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 called it a psalter within the psalter. Those songs that were sung by the pilgrims as they went towards

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 Jerusalem for the feast. And how did they go? They went with joy. How should we come to the Lord's

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 feast? We should come with joy. And some of us come with sorrow in our heart. It's not joy instead of

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 sorrow. It's joy in the midst of sorrow. It's joy in the midst of hard providence. It's joy in the

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 midst of all that we're going through in life. Because as the Bible reminds us, it is only the

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 joy of the Lord that is our strength. And that's why the psalmist could say,

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 I joyed when to the house of God go up, they said to me, Jerusalem within thy gates,

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 our feet shall standing be. Jerusalem as a city is compactly built together.

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 And to that place, the tribes go up, the tribes of God go thither. So we'll sing the whole psalm of

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 Psalm 122. And we'll stand to sing, if you're able, to God's praise.

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 I joyed when to the house of God, O what they said to me, Jerusalem within thy gates,

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 our feet shall stand in thee. Jerusalem as a city is, come and lead them together. Come to the place that I saw,

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 the tribes of God

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, let us come before the Lord in prayer.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We give thanks this evening for those wonderful words we have just been singing.

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 Remind us of how we are to come to church.

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 And how often, Lord, we come rushing in.

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 And our mind is racing and thinking about other things.

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 But Lord, enable us, we pray this evening, to stop and to come aside.

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 And to rest a while.

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 To rest a while at the feet of Jesus.

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 And to hear his voice speaking to us.

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 Reminding us and reassuring us.

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 That he is our saviour.

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 And that we are his flock.

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 And Lord, we give thanks for what we have been singing there.

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 That I joyed when to the house of God.

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 Go up, they said to me.

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 And we give thanks, Lord, that there is joy in our heart this evening.

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 In gathering together in worship.

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 In singing praise to our great God.

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 And our great King.

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 To seek to worship him in spirit and in truth.

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 To lift up his name.

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 The name that is above every other name.

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 Knowing that it will be at the name of Jesus.

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 That every knee will bow.

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 And every tongue will confess that he is Lord.

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 To the glory of God the Father.

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 And Lord, whatever providence we are going through at present.

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 Whatever trial or tribulation we are facing.

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 Whatever struggle or sorrow that is in our heart.

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 Help us to know that the joy of the Lord.

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 Remains our strength.

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 That whatever weakness we may feel in and of ourselves.

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 Even weakness and vulnerability.

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 And even professing our faith.

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 But Lord, help us to know that we find strength in thee.

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 And in thee alone.

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 The God who gives us strength.

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 The God who promises never to leave us.

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 And never to forsake us.

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 And help us to see this evening that.

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 Even as thy word teaches us.

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 That therefore with joy.

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 Shall you draw water.

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 Out of the wells of salvation.

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 And help us then this evening.

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 To drink and to taste and to see.

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 That thou art good.

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 And to trust in thee and be blessed.

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 To come to this living water.

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 And to be refreshed.

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 To be renewed.

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 To be restored.

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 To be reminded once again.

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 Of this wonderful saviour.

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 Who loved us and gave himself for us.

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 And Lord, we pray that even if we have grown cold.

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 In our Christian faith.

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 Even if we feel distant from the Lord.

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 Even if we feel we are not fit enough.

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 Or good enough.

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 Or worthy enough to come to the Lord's table.

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 Remind us Lord, as one of old said.

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 That feelings come and feelings go.

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 Feelings are deceiving.

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 That my warrant is the word of God.

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 Not else is worth believing.

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 And help us then we pray to trust afresh.

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 In the word that remains true.

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 The word that remains steadfast.

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 The word of the Lord that remains as it teaches us.

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 It remains forever.

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 Help us to come back to it this evening.

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 And to be reminded and reassured.

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 That we do love the Lord.

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 And that we are to do as thy word teaches us.

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 To take the cup.

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 That we are to acknowledge that the Lord is ours.

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 That we are his.

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 That we are to profess our faith.

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 And to confess that I love him.

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 Because he first loved me.

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 Lord, we give thanks to thee for the wonder of salvation.

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 Even the fact that we are here tonight.

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 That we are trophies of grace.

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 And that we are here on a Saturday evening.

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 Desiring to be in church.

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 Wanting to worship with the Lord's people.

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 Because when we look back over our lives.

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 When we look back to our past.

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 Of what we once were when we were strangers to grace and to God.

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 We had no desire to be here.

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 We had no interest in the gospel.

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 We had no thought of eternity.

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 We had no care for our soul.

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 We had no love towards Jesus.

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 And yet we give thanks this evening.

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 That thou art the God who has so worked in our hearts and in our lives.

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 By his spirit.

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 That as we are taught in thy word.

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 That we were convinced of our sin and misery.

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 That thy spirit enlightened our minds in the knowledge of Christ.

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 He renewed our will.

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 And he enabled us and even persuaded us.

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 To embrace Jesus Christ.

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 As he was freely offered to us in the gospel.

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 Oh Lord help us to see what the Lord has done.

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 And what the Lord is still doing.

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 That he has begun that good work in us.

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 And he promises to bring it all to completion.

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 At the day of Jesus Christ.

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 Help us then to trust him.

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 To trust him even in the darkness.

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 Knowing that the darkness.

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 Is still as light unto our God.

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 For thou art a God who is light.

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 And in whom there is no darkness at all.

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 Help us then we pray this evening.

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 To walk even in the light.

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 As thou art in the light.

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 That we would have fellowship with thy son.

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 That we would learn to love him more deeply.

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 To walk with him more closely.

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 To serve him more faithfully.

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 And ultimately to see him.

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 In all his beauty.

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 Lord bless us we pray we ask.

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 Remember those who are unable to be with us this evening.

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 Those Lord who are confined to their homes.

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 Those who are maybe watching online.

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 Whose heart's desire is to be here.

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 Whose longing and love is the Lord's house.

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 That how often they sang those words.

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 That they joyed going to God's house.

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 And yet for them providence has it.

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 That they are at home tonight.

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 Be gracious to them who they are.

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 That they would know the peace of God.

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 That passes all understanding.

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 That they would know grace to be sufficient.

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 And strength made perfect.

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 Even in their weakness.

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 And so Lord we ask that thou wouldst bless us here this evening.

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 Bless thy servant over this congregation.

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 We thank thee for him.

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 Uphold him and support him.

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 Strengthen him in the work of the Lord.

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 That he would know that his labour is not in vain in the Lord.

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 And we pray for the congregation here.

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 Even as we see them going about.

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 And reaching out to their community.

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 Even the Back to Church Sunday Lord.

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 We pray for it.

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 We pray that thou wouldst give to us as thy people.

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 A boldness to invite.

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 To call and to entreat.

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 People to come.

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 And to hear.

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 And that their soul might live.

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 But Lord we pray also for the youth fellowship that we met this afternoon.

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 And we pray for them.

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 For these young lives.

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 And we ask Lord that even in their youth.

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 That they would come and see Jesus.

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 That they would come and follow him.

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 That they would give the best years of their life.

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 To following this wonderful saviour.

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 And Lord we pray for our covenant children.

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 Because we know that these promises.

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 These promises that are in thy word.

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 That they are to us and to our children.

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 And so Lord our prayer is for them.

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 As it has been from the moment they were born.

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 Lord our longing is that they too.

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 Would come to know this wonderful saviour.

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 That they would follow him.

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 That they would confess him.

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 That they would live their lives for him.

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 And Lord protect them we pray.

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 Because we know that there are many voices and many vices.

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 That call out for their soul.

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 But our longing is Lord.

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 That they would hear the voice of the good shepherd.

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 As we heard him.

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 That they would hear what Jesus has to say.

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 Because to his folk he speaks peace.

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 And Lord we give thanks that the shepherd speaks to us.

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 And that he says to us that my sheep hear my voice.

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 And I know them and they follow me.

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 And I give to them eternal life.

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 And they will never perish.

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 Neither shall they be plucked out of my hand.

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 Help us Lord we pray.

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 To keep praying for one another.

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 But ultimately to be assured.

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 That our salvation is secure.

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 In the hands of this good shepherd.

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 The good shepherd who laid down his life for the sheep.

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 The good shepherd who loved his sheep.

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 And who protects his sheep.

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 And who walks with his sheep.

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 And who watches over his sheep day by day.

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 Help us to see that we are the flock of God.

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 That we are his flock.

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 And the sheep of his pasture.

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 Lord keep us then we pray.

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 Watch over us we ask.

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 Bless thy truth to us this evening as we open it.

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 As we study it together.

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 And Lord our prayer is that in it we would see more of Jesus.

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 That he would increase.

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 That we would decrease.

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 That we might behold his glory.

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 The glory is of the only begotten of the Father.

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 Full of grace and truth.

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 Oh Lord we give thanks.

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 That thou hast opened our eyes.

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 But Lord we pray that as we come to thy truth.

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 We might have the prayer of the psalmist.

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 Where he said open thou mine eyes.

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 That I might behold wondrous things.

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 Out of thy law.

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 So Lord teach us then we pray.

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 Bless us we ask.

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 And prepare us for thy day tomorrow.

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 If we are spared to see it.

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 The great privilege it is for us as thy people.

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 To sit at the Lord's table.

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 And we know we are not worthy.

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 We know we have done nothing to earn it.

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 We know Lord that.

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 Oh there is nothing good in us.

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 For as thy word teaches us.

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 That from the sole of our foot.

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 To the crown of our head.

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 There is no soundness in us.

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 But Lord we look not to ourselves.

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 But to Christ Jesus as our Lord.

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 We look to the one who has prepared the table for us.

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 We look to the one who is the head of the table.

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 And we pray that in preparing ourselves to come to this table.

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 We would see him more and more.

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 We would see him and love him.

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 And want to follow him more.

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 We confess oh Lord how much time we waste.

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 How often we procrastinate.

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 Doing the things we shouldn't do.

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 And not doing the things we should.

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 But Lord we pray that even this communion season.

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 Would be a means of renewing us.

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 Would be a means of reminding us of what is important.

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 That we are to seek first the kingdom of God.

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 And his righteousness.

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 Knowing then that all other things.

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 Will be added unto us.

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 So Lord remember us then we pray.

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 Bless those who lead us in the singing.

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 We thank thee oh Lord that thou hast given us.

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 Even voices to sing.

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 That we might show our worth.

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 How worthy the Lord is of our praise.

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 That we might lift our voices in praise and adoration.

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 And sing that worthy is the lamb.

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 Who was slain.

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 Cleanse us then we pray.

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 Take away our iniquities.

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 Receive us graciously for Jesus sake.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing again.

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 This time in Psalm 116.

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 The psalm we're looking at this evening.

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 Psalm 116.

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 We're singing from the beginning.

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 It's on the Scottish Psalter.

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 Page 395.

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 We're singing from the beginning down to the verse marked 6.

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 Psalm 116.

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 Psalm 116.

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 And as you know it is the confession of the Christian.

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 Where the Christian says.

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 I love the Lord because my voice and prayers he did hear.

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 I while I live will call on him.

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 Who bowed to me his ear.

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 Of death the cords and sorrows did.

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 About me compass round.

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 The pains of hell took hold on me.

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 I grief and trouble found.

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 Upon the name of God the Lord.

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 Then did I call and say.

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 Deliver thou my soul O Lord.

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 I do thee humbly pray.

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 I'm going to sing on down to the verse marked 6.

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 Of Psalm 116.

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 And we'll stand to sing if you're able.

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 To God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 I love the Lord.

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 May cross my voice.

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 And may urge me dear.

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 I while I live will call on him.

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 Look unto thee.

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 Look unto thee this year.

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 O death the cords and sorrows did.

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 Have I take help as round.

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 The pins of hell took hold on me.

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 I leave that trouble found.

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oses empez, glorinated try Levine,

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 Especially with other questions of such else on earth.

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 O Lord, I do Thee humbly pay.

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 O mercy, full and righteousness,

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 In which justice is our Lord,

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 O Lord, since the King I was brought to you,

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 He did me help before.

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 I'm now going to read the Word of God,

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 as we find it first of all in the book of Exodus.

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 The book of Exodus and chapter 6.

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 Exodus chapter 6,

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 and then we're going to read Psalm 116.

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 Exodus chapter 6, we're reading from the beginning,

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 and we're reading down to verse 8.

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 Let us hear the Word of God.

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 But the Lord said to Moses,

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 Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh.

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 For with a strong hand he will send them out,

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 and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.

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 God spoke to Moses and said to him,

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 I am the Lord.

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 I appeared to Abraham,

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 I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob as God Almighty,

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 but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them.

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 I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan,

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 the land in which they live as sojourners.

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 Moreover, I have heard the groaning of the people of Israel,

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 whom the Egyptians hold as slaves,

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 and I have remembered my covenant.

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 So therefore,

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 to the people of Israel,

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 I am the Lord.

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 Say therefore to the people of Israel,

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 I am the Lord,

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 and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians,

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 and I will deliver you from slavery to them,

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 and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm,

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 and with great acts of judgment.

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 I will take you to be my people,

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 and I will be your God,

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 and you shall know that I am the Lord your God,

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 who has brought you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

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 I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham,

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 to Isaac, and to Jacob.

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 I will give it to you for a possession.

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 I am the Lord.

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 And then we're going to read also in the book of Psalms,

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 Psalm 116.

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 The book of Psalms, Psalm 116,

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 we're going to read the whole psalm.

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 I love the Lord because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy,

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 because he inclined his ear to me.

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 Therefore, I will call on him as long as I live.

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 The snares of death encompassed me.

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 The pangs of Sheol, or the grave, laid hold on me.

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 I suffer distress and anguish.

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 Then I called on the name of the Lord.

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 O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul.

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 Gracious is the Lord and righteous.

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 Our God is merciful.

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 The Lord preserves the simple.

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 When I was brought low, he saved me.

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 Return, O my soul, to your rest.

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 For the Lord has dealt bountifully with you.

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 For you have delivered my soul from death,

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 my eyes from tears, my feet from stumbling.

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 I will walk before the Lord in the land of the living.

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 I believed, even when I spoke.

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 I am greatly afflicted.

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 I said in my alarm, all mankind are liars.

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 What shall I render to the Lord?

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 For all his benefits to me.

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 I will lift up the cup of salvation

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 and call on the name of the Lord.

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 I will pay my vows to the Lord

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 in the presence of all his people.

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 Precious in the sight of the Lord

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 is the death of his saints.

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 O Lord, I am your servant.

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 I am your servant, the son of your maidservant.

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 You have loosed my bonds.

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 I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving

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 and call on the name of the Lord.

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 I will pay my vows to the Lord

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 in the presence of all his people,

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 in the courts of the house of the Lord,

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 in your midst, O Jerusalem.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 And so on, may the Lord bless those readings

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 of his own holy word.

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 But before we come back to Psalm 116,

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 we're going to sing again in Psalm 116.

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 I'm just going to pick up where we left off

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 in the Scottish Psalter, page 396.

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 Psalm 116, page 396.

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 We're picking up at verse 7

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 down to the verse marked 12.

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 O thou, my soul, do thou return

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 unto thy quiet rest.

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 For largely, lo, the Lord to thee

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 his bounty hath expressed.

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 For my distressed soul from death

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 delivered was by thee.

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 Thou didst my mourning eyes from tears,

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 my feet from falling free.

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 We'll sing on down to the verse marked 12

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 of Psalm 116.

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 And we'll stand to sing, if you're able,

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 to God's praise.

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 O thou, my soul, do thou return

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 unto thy quiet rest.

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 For our dear, O the Lord, to thee,

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 his bounty hath expressed.

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 For my distressed soul from death

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 delivered was by thee.

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 Thou didst my mourning eyes from tears,

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 my feet from falling free.

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 I am the land of those that will,

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 will walk the Lord before.

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 I did believe, therefore I say,

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 I was a fainted soul.

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 I said when I was in my haste,

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 that all may my haste be.

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 What shall I render to the Lord

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 for all this gift to thee?

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 Well, if we could, this evening,

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 with the Lord's help and the Lord's enabling,

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 if we could turn back to that second portion

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 of Scripture that we read,

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 the book of Psalms and Psalm 116.

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 Psalm 116.

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 As you know already,

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:35.319
 we're looking at verses 12 to 14.

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 So we'll read there.

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 Psalm 116 at verse 12.

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 Where the psalmist writes,

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 What shall I render to the Lord

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 for all his benefits to me?

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 I will lift up the cup of salvation

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 and call on the name of the Lord.

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 I will pay my vows to the Lord

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 in the presence of all his people.

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 As you know, for many Christians,

00:30:07.579 --> 00:30:10.819
 Psalm 116 is their favorite psalm.

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 It might be your favorite psalm.

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 And when you read through this psalm,

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 as we did earlier,

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 and as we've just sung through most of it,

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 it's easy to understand why it would be

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 your favorite psalm.

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 Because Psalm 116,

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 it opens with that powerful

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 and even personal confession of faith

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 that I love the Lord because my voice

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 and prayers heeded here,

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 I, while I live,

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 will call on him

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 who bowed to me his ear.

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 And as you know,

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 that's the confession of faith

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 of every Christian.

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 Everyone who loves the Lord

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 is someone who follows the Lord.

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 And you know,

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 I want to say from the outset this evening

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 that that's the qualification

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 for coming to the Lord's table.

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 Because the qualification

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 to come to the Lord's table

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 is not,

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 are you good enough?

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 Or,

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 do you know enough?

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 Or,

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 have you followed the Lord

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 long enough?

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 No, the qualification

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 to come to the Lord's table,

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 as our Bible teaches us,

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 it is simply to believe in your heart

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 that Jesus Christ

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 is your Lord.

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 And you are willing

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 and wanting

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 to confess with your mouth

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 the opening words of this psalm,

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 I love the Lord.

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 That's your qualification.

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 That's your qualification

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 for coming to the Lord's table

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 tomorrow.

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 And you know, my friend,

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 if that describes you,

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 then you come.

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 You come.

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 Because even though Psalm 116

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 is the personal testimony

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 of every Christian,

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 it's the personal testimony

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 that must also be made public.

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 Which is why the psalmist

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 says here in verse 12,

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 he says there,

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 what shall I render to the Lord

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 for all his benefits to me?

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 I will lift up the cup of salvation

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 and call on the name of the Lord.

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 I will pay my vows to the Lord

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 in the presence of all his people.

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 So Psalm 116,

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 it calls us right here

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 to profess our personal love

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 for the Lord

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 by publicly sitting at his table

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 and partaking

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:27.559
 of the Lord's Supper.

00:32:29.740 --> 00:32:30.599
 But this evening,

00:32:30.779 --> 00:32:32.700
 I'd like us to think about this cup,

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:35.299
 the cup of salvation

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:36.680
 mentioned there in verse 13.

00:32:37.139 --> 00:32:38.660
 Because prior to Jesus

00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:40.299
 instituting the Lord's Supper

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.319
 for the first time,

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:43.119
 the cup of salvation,

00:32:43.779 --> 00:32:46.920
 it was actually one of four cups

00:32:46.920 --> 00:32:49.539
 that were used during the Passover.

00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:49.659
 Passover.

00:32:50.420 --> 00:32:51.440
 And that's what I want you

00:32:51.440 --> 00:32:52.879
 to imagine this evening.

00:32:53.319 --> 00:32:54.339
 I want you to imagine

00:32:54.339 --> 00:32:55.119
 in front of you

00:32:55.119 --> 00:32:56.500
 that there's a table.

00:32:56.659 --> 00:32:57.940
 I wish I could actually do this.

00:32:58.539 --> 00:32:59.519
 There's a table here

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:01.599
 and there are four cups.

00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:03.500
 There are four cups

00:33:03.500 --> 00:33:04.859
 on this table.

00:33:05.720 --> 00:33:06.759
 And each cup

00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:08.039
 had a name.

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.799
 And each cup

00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:11.079
 represents

00:33:11.079 --> 00:33:13.299
 God's work of salvation

00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:14.619
 in the life

00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:15.680
 of the believer.

00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:17.480
 And what I want us to see

00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:17.920
 this evening

00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:20.019
 is that all these four cups

00:33:20.019 --> 00:33:20.779
 at the Passover,

00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:22.320
 these four cups

00:33:22.320 --> 00:33:22.840
 that were used

00:33:22.840 --> 00:33:23.580
 at the Passover,

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.539
 they all point us

00:33:25.539 --> 00:33:27.160
 to the one Christ.

00:33:28.500 --> 00:33:29.500
 So I want us to think

00:33:29.500 --> 00:33:30.200
 about this evening

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.460
 four cups,

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.259
 one Christ.

00:33:34.080 --> 00:33:34.980
 Four cups,

00:33:35.600 --> 00:33:36.240
 one Christ.

00:33:37.300 --> 00:33:37.840
 And so when

00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:38.880
 the Passover meal

00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:39.940
 would take place,

00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.519
 the first cup

00:33:41.519 --> 00:33:42.120
 that was used

00:33:42.120 --> 00:33:43.080
 during the Passover

00:33:43.080 --> 00:33:44.080
 was this cup,

00:33:44.779 --> 00:33:46.080
 the cup of sanctification.

00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:47.460
 the cup

00:33:47.460 --> 00:33:48.779
 of sanctification.

00:33:49.079 --> 00:33:49.839
 That's the first cup

00:33:49.839 --> 00:33:50.659
 we're going to look at

00:33:50.659 --> 00:33:51.599
 this evening,

00:33:51.679 --> 00:33:52.839
 the cup of sanctification.

00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.500
 Now,

00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.779
 as a psalm,

00:33:55.079 --> 00:33:56.179
 Psalm 116,

00:33:56.919 --> 00:33:58.000
 it's actually a hymn.

00:33:59.099 --> 00:33:59.939
 Because as you know,

00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.639
 the book of Psalms,

00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:01.519
 it's a book of Psalms,

00:34:01.619 --> 00:34:01.899
 hymns,

00:34:01.939 --> 00:34:02.960
 and spiritual songs.

00:34:03.339 --> 00:34:04.039
 The only reason

00:34:04.039 --> 00:34:04.500
 it's called

00:34:04.500 --> 00:34:05.299
 the book of Psalms

00:34:05.299 --> 00:34:06.179
 is simply because

00:34:06.179 --> 00:34:07.720
 there are more psalms in it

00:34:07.720 --> 00:34:08.679
 than hymns

00:34:08.679 --> 00:34:10.219
 or spiritual songs.

00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:11.840
 And so Psalm 116,

00:34:12.159 --> 00:34:13.159
 it's a hymn.

00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:14.839
 And it's part of a group

00:34:14.839 --> 00:34:16.399
 of six hymns.

00:34:16.980 --> 00:34:17.480
 They're called

00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:20.019
 the Egyptian Hallel hymns.

00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.759
 The Egyptian Hallel hymns.

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:22.879
 And they are the items

00:34:22.879 --> 00:34:23.399
 of praise

00:34:23.399 --> 00:34:24.319
 that are numbered here

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:25.239
 in the book of Psalms

00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:27.179
 from Psalm 113,

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.460
 so 113,

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.219
 114,

00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:29.699
 15,

00:34:29.899 --> 00:34:30.219
 16,

00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.099
 17,

00:34:31.639 --> 00:34:32.379
 and 18.

00:34:32.779 --> 00:34:33.719
 So Psalms numbered

00:34:33.719 --> 00:34:35.599
 113 to 118,

00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:37.159
 they're part of this group

00:34:37.159 --> 00:34:38.279
 called the Egyptian

00:34:38.279 --> 00:34:40.059
 Hallel hymns.

00:34:40.239 --> 00:34:40.759
 And we know that

00:34:40.759 --> 00:34:42.000
 these particular items

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:43.860
 of praise are hymns

00:34:43.860 --> 00:34:45.539
 because both Mark

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.719
 and Matthew,

00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.639
 they both tell us

00:34:47.639 --> 00:34:48.280
 in their gospel

00:34:48.280 --> 00:34:49.559
 that after Jesus

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:51.079
 had instituted

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:52.000
 the Lord's Supper

00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:53.340
 for the first time,

00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:54.340
 we're told there

00:34:54.340 --> 00:34:54.900
 that Jesus

00:34:54.900 --> 00:34:55.960
 and his disciples,

00:34:56.280 --> 00:34:57.500
 they sang a hymn

00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:58.940
 and then they went out

00:34:58.940 --> 00:35:00.579
 to the Mount of Olives.

00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.059
 And the hymn

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.699
 that they sang

00:35:01.699 --> 00:35:03.079
 was the last hymn

00:35:03.079 --> 00:35:04.119
 of these Egyptian

00:35:04.119 --> 00:35:05.320
 Hallel hymns,

00:35:05.400 --> 00:35:07.019
 Psalm 118.

00:35:07.780 --> 00:35:08.340
 It was always

00:35:08.340 --> 00:35:09.119
 the last hymn

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.800
 that was sung

00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:10.659
 at the end

00:35:10.659 --> 00:35:11.639
 of the Passover meal.

00:35:11.639 --> 00:35:12.619
 And it's a hymn

00:35:12.619 --> 00:35:13.819
 of thanksgiving.

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.139
 That's why we

00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:16.319
 traditionally sing

00:35:16.319 --> 00:35:17.920
 Psalm 118

00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:19.139
 as we come

00:35:19.139 --> 00:35:20.079
 to the Lord's table

00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:22.059
 because it's a hymn

00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.779
 of thanksgiving.

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.440
 And the Lord's table,

00:35:24.559 --> 00:35:25.019
 as you know,

00:35:25.579 --> 00:35:26.219
 is a table

00:35:26.219 --> 00:35:26.920
 of thanksgiving.

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.379
 And the Lord's supper

00:35:28.379 --> 00:35:30.420
 is a Eucharist.

00:35:30.839 --> 00:35:31.500
 It's a meal

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.859
 of thanksgiving.

00:35:33.900 --> 00:35:34.379
 And so these

00:35:34.379 --> 00:35:35.980
 six Egyptian

00:35:35.980 --> 00:35:37.000
 Hallel hymns

00:35:37.000 --> 00:35:37.359
 numbered

00:35:37.359 --> 00:35:39.319
 113 to 118

00:35:39.319 --> 00:35:40.039
 in the Psalter,

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.059
 they were originally

00:35:41.059 --> 00:35:41.860
 sung during

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:43.059
 the Passover meal.

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.460
 And of course

00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:45.019
 they're called

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:46.360
 Hallel hymns

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.039
 from the word

00:35:47.039 --> 00:35:48.159
 Hallelujah.

00:35:49.259 --> 00:35:50.539
 Praise the Lord.

00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:53.099
 They're Psalms

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:54.139
 that praise the Lord

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.860
 for the Exodus

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:56.860
 at Egypt.

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:58.059
 They praise the Lord

00:35:58.059 --> 00:35:58.900
 for rescuing

00:35:58.900 --> 00:36:00.099
 and redeeming

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:00.679
 the Israelites

00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:01.460
 from slavery

00:36:01.460 --> 00:36:02.619
 and bondage

00:36:02.619 --> 00:36:03.500
 in Egypt.

00:36:03.779 --> 00:36:04.300
 That's why

00:36:04.300 --> 00:36:05.139
 they are the

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:07.219
 Egyptian Hallel hymns.

00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:08.279
 They point us back

00:36:08.279 --> 00:36:09.359
 to the Exodus

00:36:09.359 --> 00:36:10.500
 at Egypt.

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.379
 And you know,

00:36:11.399 --> 00:36:12.099
 every Christian,

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.199
 we tonight,

00:36:13.319 --> 00:36:14.059
 we are to sing

00:36:14.059 --> 00:36:15.539
 these hymns

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.599
 because we're to

00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.039
 give our

00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:17.719
 Hallelujah

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:19.279
 to the Lord.

00:36:19.799 --> 00:36:20.799
 We are to give

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:21.459
 our Hallelujah

00:36:21.459 --> 00:36:22.639
 to the Lord.

00:36:22.699 --> 00:36:23.619
 Let no one tell you

00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:24.599
 that we never sing

00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:25.379
 Hallelujah

00:36:25.379 --> 00:36:26.699
 in church.

00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:28.019
 We give our

00:36:28.019 --> 00:36:29.059
 Hallelujah to the Lord.

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:30.219
 We praise the Lord

00:36:30.219 --> 00:36:32.219
 because we have been

00:36:32.219 --> 00:36:32.899
 rescued

00:36:32.899 --> 00:36:33.799
 and redeemed

00:36:33.800 --> 00:36:35.000
 from the burden

00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.660
 and bondage

00:36:35.660 --> 00:36:36.200
 of slavery

00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:37.280
 to sin.

00:36:38.440 --> 00:36:39.120
 Now, as we said,

00:36:39.160 --> 00:36:39.700
 on this table,

00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.600
 there are four cups.

00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.580
 Four cups

00:36:42.580 --> 00:36:43.100
 that were used

00:36:43.100 --> 00:36:44.320
 during the Passover meal.

00:36:45.100 --> 00:36:46.519
 And these four cups,

00:36:46.880 --> 00:36:48.000
 they were all filled

00:36:48.000 --> 00:36:49.280
 with wine.

00:36:49.860 --> 00:36:50.940
 And these four cups,

00:36:51.039 --> 00:36:51.440
 as we said,

00:36:51.480 --> 00:36:52.180
 they all point us

00:36:52.180 --> 00:36:53.360
 to the one Christ.

00:36:53.500 --> 00:36:53.980
 Four cups,

00:36:54.080 --> 00:36:54.680
 one Christ.

00:36:55.120 --> 00:36:55.840
 And each cup

00:36:55.840 --> 00:36:56.900
 is associated

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:58.140
 with the blessings

00:36:58.140 --> 00:36:58.900
 and benefits

00:36:58.900 --> 00:36:59.620
 that the Israelites

00:36:59.620 --> 00:37:00.440
 received

00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:01.440
 at the Exodus

00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.940
 from Egypt.

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:03.920
 In fact,

00:37:04.000 --> 00:37:05.000
 these four cups,

00:37:05.079 --> 00:37:05.800
 they were all given

00:37:05.800 --> 00:37:06.760
 their name

00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:08.700
 because of four promises

00:37:08.700 --> 00:37:10.539
 that the Lord made

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.740
 to his people.

00:37:12.679 --> 00:37:13.579
 There are four promises

00:37:13.579 --> 00:37:14.460
 that we read there

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:16.440
 in Exodus chapter 6.

00:37:16.639 --> 00:37:18.900
 Four I will promises.

00:37:19.900 --> 00:37:20.940
 Because the Lord said

00:37:20.940 --> 00:37:21.840
 to Moses there

00:37:21.840 --> 00:37:23.119
 in Exodus chapter 6,

00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:24.079
 he said,

00:37:24.200 --> 00:37:25.019
 Say to the people

00:37:25.019 --> 00:37:25.519
 of Israel,

00:37:25.920 --> 00:37:27.039
 I am the Lord.

00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:29.320
 I will bring you out

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:30.420
 from under the burdens

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.320
 of the Egyptians.

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:33.320
 I will deliver you

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.660
 from slavery to them

00:37:34.660 --> 00:37:36.760
 and I will redeem you

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:38.200
 with an outstretched arm

00:37:38.200 --> 00:37:39.460
 and great acts

00:37:39.460 --> 00:37:40.019
 of judgment.

00:37:40.720 --> 00:37:41.740
 I will take you

00:37:41.740 --> 00:37:42.860
 to be my people

00:37:42.860 --> 00:37:44.960
 and I will be your God

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:46.340
 and you shall know

00:37:46.340 --> 00:37:48.880
 that I am the Lord.

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:50.360
 Again and again,

00:37:50.460 --> 00:37:51.059
 the Lord says

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.800
 to his people,

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.100
 I will do it.

00:37:53.640 --> 00:37:54.700
 I will save you.

00:37:55.100 --> 00:37:56.180
 I will redeem you.

00:37:56.500 --> 00:37:57.440
 I will bring you out.

00:37:57.480 --> 00:37:58.000
 Not Moses.

00:37:58.740 --> 00:37:59.700
 He's my servant.

00:37:59.699 --> 00:38:01.879
 I'm going to do it.

00:38:02.379 --> 00:38:03.500
 And based upon that

00:38:03.500 --> 00:38:05.019
 I will passage,

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.559
 there were four promises

00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.299
 from the Lord.

00:38:07.859 --> 00:38:09.659
 Four I will promises.

00:38:10.359 --> 00:38:11.319
 I will bring you out.

00:38:11.439 --> 00:38:12.259
 I will deliver you.

00:38:12.359 --> 00:38:13.159
 I will redeem you.

00:38:13.639 --> 00:38:14.719
 I will be your God.

00:38:15.599 --> 00:38:16.779
 And those four promises,

00:38:17.019 --> 00:38:17.839
 they were the basis

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:19.119
 for these four,

00:38:19.259 --> 00:38:20.779
 the names of these four cups

00:38:20.779 --> 00:38:21.879
 that were used

00:38:21.879 --> 00:38:23.699
 during the Passover meal.

00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:25.219
 So the first cup

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:26.500
 is the cup of sanctification.

00:38:27.399 --> 00:38:28.359
 Then there's the cup

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:29.120
 of deliverance.

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.660
 Then there's the cup

00:38:30.660 --> 00:38:31.300
 of salvation.

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.860
 And lastly,

00:38:32.960 --> 00:38:34.019
 there's the cup of praise.

00:38:34.700 --> 00:38:35.820
 And these four cups,

00:38:36.000 --> 00:38:36.360
 as we said,

00:38:36.420 --> 00:38:37.559
 they were filled with wine

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.960
 and they were drunk

00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.640
 during the Passover meal.

00:38:41.360 --> 00:38:42.400
 These four cups,

00:38:42.500 --> 00:38:43.700
 they point us ultimately

00:38:43.700 --> 00:38:44.860
 to Christ.

00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.519
 Four cups,

00:38:46.000 --> 00:38:46.620
 one Christ.

00:38:47.160 --> 00:38:48.340
 And so when the Passover meal

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:49.099
 was prepared,

00:38:49.800 --> 00:38:50.940
 there were many elements

00:38:50.940 --> 00:38:51.640
 that would have been

00:38:51.640 --> 00:38:52.440
 on the table

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.640
 among these cups.

00:38:53.720 --> 00:38:54.019
 There would have been

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.720
 the four cups,

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:55.780
 but there would also have been,

00:38:56.120 --> 00:38:56.700
 as you know,

00:38:56.699 --> 00:38:57.539
 there would have been

00:38:57.539 --> 00:38:58.539
 the Passover lamb.

00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.539
 Which at the Exodus,

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:02.039
 you know the story

00:39:02.039 --> 00:39:02.579
 of the Exodus,

00:39:03.539 --> 00:39:04.799
 the Passover lamb

00:39:04.799 --> 00:39:05.619
 was prepared

00:39:05.619 --> 00:39:06.359
 by shedding

00:39:06.359 --> 00:39:07.779
 and smearing

00:39:07.779 --> 00:39:08.399
 the blood

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:09.799
 of the Passover lamb

00:39:09.799 --> 00:39:10.899
 on the lintel

00:39:10.899 --> 00:39:11.799
 and the doorposts

00:39:11.799 --> 00:39:12.339
 of their home

00:39:12.339 --> 00:39:13.500
 so that everyone

00:39:13.500 --> 00:39:14.019
 in Israel

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.939
 was sheltering

00:39:14.939 --> 00:39:16.259
 under the blood

00:39:16.259 --> 00:39:17.639
 of the Passover lamb.

00:39:18.119 --> 00:39:19.339
 And then the Passover lamb

00:39:19.339 --> 00:39:21.239
 was roasted in fire

00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:22.559
 to give this vivid

00:39:22.559 --> 00:39:24.159
 and visual pointer

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:26.239
 towards the Passover lamb.

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:27.920
 Our Passover lamb.

00:39:28.420 --> 00:39:29.119
 Our Jesus.

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.500
 Who would take away

00:39:30.500 --> 00:39:31.980
 the sin of the world.

00:39:32.799 --> 00:39:33.440
 Another element

00:39:33.440 --> 00:39:34.539
 that would be on the table

00:39:34.539 --> 00:39:36.219
 would be the bitter herbs

00:39:36.219 --> 00:39:37.599
 or the maror.

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:38.779
 That's what it was called.

00:39:39.619 --> 00:39:40.440
 And the bitter herbs,

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:42.359
 they were this symbolic reminder

00:39:42.359 --> 00:39:43.539
 of the bitter slavery.

00:39:44.299 --> 00:39:46.339
 This burdensome labor

00:39:46.339 --> 00:39:47.159
 that the Israelites

00:39:47.159 --> 00:39:48.059
 experienced

00:39:48.059 --> 00:39:49.039
 and endured

00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:50.359
 while they were in Egypt

00:39:50.359 --> 00:39:51.460
 under Pharaoh.

00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:54.000
 And then there's this other element

00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:54.820
 that was on the table.

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.860
 The unleavened bread

00:39:55.860 --> 00:39:57.220
 or the matzah.

00:39:57.720 --> 00:39:59.079
 It would have looked like

00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:00.199
 flatbread.

00:40:00.960 --> 00:40:02.179
 It was made from flour

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.860
 and water

00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:04.740
 without any yeast.

00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:06.099
 And the separation

00:40:06.099 --> 00:40:07.000
 of the yeast

00:40:07.000 --> 00:40:07.980
 from the dough

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:08.860
 was a symbol

00:40:08.860 --> 00:40:10.119
 of separation.

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.599
 A symbol of separation

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:13.240
 from slavery

00:40:13.240 --> 00:40:14.519
 and sin.

00:40:15.320 --> 00:40:16.139
 It was a symbol

00:40:16.139 --> 00:40:17.139
 of the Lord's people

00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:18.780
 being set apart,

00:40:19.380 --> 00:40:20.240
 being separated

00:40:20.239 --> 00:40:21.919
 and sanctified

00:40:21.919 --> 00:40:23.019
 to the Lord.

00:40:23.479 --> 00:40:24.279
 And that's the idea.

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.799
 The idea of being

00:40:25.799 --> 00:40:27.199
 separated and set apart

00:40:27.199 --> 00:40:27.879
 and sanctified

00:40:27.879 --> 00:40:28.519
 to the Lord,

00:40:28.839 --> 00:40:30.159
 that's what connects us

00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:31.119
 to the first cup.

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:33.339
 The cup of sanctification.

00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:37.319
 Because as you would have been

00:40:37.319 --> 00:40:38.179
 sitting around

00:40:38.179 --> 00:40:39.819
 the Passover table,

00:40:40.459 --> 00:40:41.079
 it would begin

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:42.399
 by first of all singing.

00:40:42.919 --> 00:40:43.579
 You would sing

00:40:43.579 --> 00:40:44.619
 the first Egyptian

00:40:44.619 --> 00:40:45.919
 Hallel hymn,

00:40:46.619 --> 00:40:47.679
 Psalm 113.

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:49.279
 A hymn that begins

00:40:49.279 --> 00:40:50.399
 and ends with the word

00:40:50.399 --> 00:40:51.319
 Hallelujah.

00:40:52.359 --> 00:40:53.199
 Praise the Lord.

00:40:53.739 --> 00:40:54.619
 The hymn writer says

00:40:54.619 --> 00:40:55.440
 there in verse 1,

00:40:55.839 --> 00:40:56.699
 Praise the Lord.

00:40:56.839 --> 00:40:57.799
 Praise, O servants

00:40:57.799 --> 00:40:58.259
 of the Lord.

00:40:58.359 --> 00:40:59.399
 Praise the name

00:40:59.399 --> 00:40:59.799
 of the Lord.

00:40:59.899 --> 00:41:00.759
 Blessed be the name

00:41:00.759 --> 00:41:01.339
 of the Lord

00:41:01.339 --> 00:41:02.739
 from this time forth

00:41:02.739 --> 00:41:03.619
 and forevermore.

00:41:03.859 --> 00:41:05.239
 From the rising of the sun

00:41:05.239 --> 00:41:06.139
 to its setting,

00:41:06.519 --> 00:41:07.739
 the name of the Lord

00:41:07.739 --> 00:41:09.339
 is to be praised.

00:41:09.859 --> 00:41:11.379
 Praise the Lord.

00:41:12.079 --> 00:41:12.960
 And then after singing

00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:13.879
 the first Egyptian

00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:14.699
 Hallel hymn,

00:41:14.699 --> 00:41:16.179
 the cup of sanctification

00:41:16.179 --> 00:41:17.079
 would be taken

00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:18.699
 and it would be shared

00:41:18.699 --> 00:41:20.399
 among all those

00:41:20.399 --> 00:41:21.279
 who were participating

00:41:21.279 --> 00:41:22.539
 in the meal.

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.059
 And as we said,

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:24.960
 the cup of sanctification

00:41:24.960 --> 00:41:25.779
 was based upon

00:41:25.779 --> 00:41:26.679
 the Lord's promise,

00:41:27.199 --> 00:41:28.299
 I will bring you out.

00:41:28.879 --> 00:41:31.000
 I will call you out.

00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:32.379
 Because the Lord

00:41:32.379 --> 00:41:33.299
 promised his people,

00:41:33.359 --> 00:41:34.419
 he promised his people

00:41:34.419 --> 00:41:35.859
 is that what he said

00:41:35.859 --> 00:41:36.899
 was that he will bring them

00:41:36.899 --> 00:41:38.359
 out of the empire

00:41:38.359 --> 00:41:39.980
 of slavery in Egypt

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:41.059
 and he will bring them

00:41:41.059 --> 00:41:42.379
 into the promised land

00:41:42.379 --> 00:41:43.379
 of freedom.

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:46.200
 I will bring you out.

00:41:46.380 --> 00:41:47.700
 I will call you out.

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:49.160
 I will separate you.

00:41:49.380 --> 00:41:50.579
 I will set you apart.

00:41:50.920 --> 00:41:52.300
 I will sanctify you.

00:41:54.260 --> 00:41:54.599
 And you know,

00:41:54.640 --> 00:41:55.720
 although we can't take

00:41:55.720 --> 00:41:57.300
 the cup of sanctification

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:58.380
 at communion,

00:41:59.740 --> 00:42:01.500
 is that not what the Lord

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:02.780
 has done for us

00:42:02.780 --> 00:42:03.420
 in salvation?

00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:06.320
 He has brought us out.

00:42:07.200 --> 00:42:08.760
 He has called us out.

00:42:09.700 --> 00:42:11.740
 He has separated us

00:42:11.739 --> 00:42:12.539
 from the world.

00:42:13.299 --> 00:42:14.619
 He has sanctified us

00:42:14.619 --> 00:42:15.659
 to himself.

00:42:16.359 --> 00:42:17.679
 He has set us apart

00:42:17.679 --> 00:42:19.399
 as his saints.

00:42:20.059 --> 00:42:21.139
 We don't feel like saints,

00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:22.599
 but that's what the Bible

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:23.639
 describes us as.

00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:25.539
 We are his saints.

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:26.599
 Paul reminds us

00:42:26.599 --> 00:42:27.859
 that we have been brought

00:42:27.859 --> 00:42:29.379
 out of the kingdom

00:42:29.379 --> 00:42:30.119
 of darkness

00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:31.479
 into the kingdom

00:42:31.479 --> 00:42:33.099
 of his dear son.

00:42:33.639 --> 00:42:34.899
 And Peter tells us

00:42:34.899 --> 00:42:35.819
 in his letter,

00:42:35.899 --> 00:42:36.939
 he says that we were once

00:42:36.940 --> 00:42:38.139
 not a people,

00:42:39.200 --> 00:42:39.960
 but we are now

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:41.059
 the people of God.

00:42:41.539 --> 00:42:42.460
 We are those who had

00:42:42.460 --> 00:42:44.240
 once not obtained mercy,

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:45.679
 but now we have

00:42:45.679 --> 00:42:46.960
 obtained mercy

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:48.000
 because we have been

00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:49.820
 called out of darkness

00:42:49.820 --> 00:42:51.159
 and we've been brought

00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:53.159
 into his marvelous light.

00:42:53.340 --> 00:42:54.440
 We've been separated

00:42:54.440 --> 00:42:55.440
 from the world.

00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.679
 We've been set apart

00:42:56.679 --> 00:42:57.740
 by the Spirit

00:42:57.740 --> 00:42:58.559
 and we have been

00:42:58.559 --> 00:43:00.639
 sanctified to the Lord.

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:02.039
 You know,

00:43:02.059 --> 00:43:02.980
 it's a wonderful cup

00:43:02.980 --> 00:43:03.940
 to remind us

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:06.380
 of what we are in Christ.

00:43:07.539 --> 00:43:08.380
 It's the cup

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:09.300
 of sanctification.

00:43:10.340 --> 00:43:11.840
 The cup of sanctification.

00:43:12.980 --> 00:43:13.920
 But then as we move

00:43:13.920 --> 00:43:14.579
 along the table,

00:43:14.700 --> 00:43:15.740
 we see the second cup,

00:43:16.599 --> 00:43:17.780
 the cup of deliverance.

00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:19.420
 So that's the second cup,

00:43:19.500 --> 00:43:20.440
 the cup of deliverance.

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:21.579
 So after sharing

00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:22.260
 the first cup,

00:43:22.340 --> 00:43:23.800
 the cup of sanctification,

00:43:24.000 --> 00:43:25.159
 after passing it

00:43:25.159 --> 00:43:26.000
 around the table,

00:43:26.320 --> 00:43:27.159
 they would then sing

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:28.900
 another Hallel hymn.

00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:30.559
 And the Hallel hymn

00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:31.420
 that they would sing

00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:33.619
 is, of course,

00:43:33.619 --> 00:43:34.219
 the next one,

00:43:34.440 --> 00:43:35.460
 Psalm 114,

00:43:36.139 --> 00:43:37.139
 which is a hymn

00:43:37.139 --> 00:43:38.239
 that begins with the words

00:43:38.239 --> 00:43:38.859
 when you see there

00:43:38.859 --> 00:43:39.460
 in verse 1,

00:43:39.859 --> 00:43:40.139
 it says,

00:43:40.339 --> 00:43:41.480
 when Israel went out

00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.900
 from Egypt.

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:45.139
 When Israel went out

00:43:45.139 --> 00:43:46.359
 from Egypt.

00:43:46.779 --> 00:43:47.500
 So it's a hymn

00:43:47.500 --> 00:43:48.960
 all about God's wonders

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:50.219
 and God's works

00:43:50.219 --> 00:43:51.139
 at the Exodus.

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:53.420
 And then having sung

00:43:53.420 --> 00:43:54.460
 Psalm 114,

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:55.859
 the second cup,

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:57.000
 the cup of deliverance,

00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:58.420
 that would be shared

00:43:58.420 --> 00:43:59.699
 among those

00:43:59.699 --> 00:44:00.779
 who were sitting

00:44:00.779 --> 00:44:01.539
 and participating

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:02.719
 in the meal.

00:44:02.719 --> 00:44:04.000
 And again,

00:44:04.059 --> 00:44:04.879
 it was given the name

00:44:04.879 --> 00:44:06.179
 because of the Lord's promises.

00:44:06.379 --> 00:44:07.459
 The Lord's promises there

00:44:07.459 --> 00:44:08.659
 in Exodus 6

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:09.519
 where the Lord said,

00:44:09.939 --> 00:44:11.279
 I will deliver you.

00:44:11.719 --> 00:44:12.919
 I will deliver you.

00:44:13.679 --> 00:44:14.779
 But what's interesting

00:44:14.779 --> 00:44:16.419
 about this cup,

00:44:16.480 --> 00:44:17.219
 the second cup,

00:44:17.879 --> 00:44:18.819
 is that as this cup

00:44:18.819 --> 00:44:19.739
 was passed around

00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:20.659
 the table,

00:44:20.779 --> 00:44:21.779
 the Passover table,

00:44:22.259 --> 00:44:23.679
 as it was being shared

00:44:23.679 --> 00:44:24.619
 at the Passover,

00:44:25.119 --> 00:44:26.899
 the story of the Passover

00:44:26.899 --> 00:44:28.319
 would be told.

00:44:28.859 --> 00:44:29.899
 The story of the Exodus

00:44:29.900 --> 00:44:31.380
 would be explained.

00:44:31.639 --> 00:44:32.680
 They would be reminded

00:44:32.680 --> 00:44:34.240
 of how the Israelites

00:44:34.240 --> 00:44:35.740
 were in slavery in Egypt

00:44:35.740 --> 00:44:37.160
 and how they were there

00:44:37.160 --> 00:44:38.579
 under the ferocious

00:44:38.579 --> 00:44:39.920
 and formidable Pharaoh

00:44:39.920 --> 00:44:41.059
 and how the Lord

00:44:41.059 --> 00:44:42.059
 sent plagues,

00:44:42.240 --> 00:44:43.700
 those ten plagues

00:44:43.700 --> 00:44:44.740
 to display

00:44:44.740 --> 00:44:45.500
 and demonstrate

00:44:45.500 --> 00:44:47.059
 his great power

00:44:47.059 --> 00:44:48.260
 and how the Lord

00:44:48.260 --> 00:44:49.559
 kept proclaiming

00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:50.380
 to Pharaoh,

00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:51.099
 saying,

00:44:51.240 --> 00:44:52.260
 thus saith the Lord,

00:44:52.340 --> 00:44:53.180
 the God of Israel,

00:44:53.639 --> 00:44:55.740
 let my people go.

00:44:56.460 --> 00:44:58.360
 Let my people go.

00:44:58.360 --> 00:44:59.780
 But as you know,

00:44:59.980 --> 00:45:00.260
 Pharaoh,

00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:01.360
 he hardened his heart.

00:45:01.500 --> 00:45:03.019
 He stubbornly refused

00:45:03.019 --> 00:45:03.720
 and rejected

00:45:03.720 --> 00:45:04.700
 the Lord's command.

00:45:05.660 --> 00:45:06.720
 But that was until

00:45:06.720 --> 00:45:08.019
 the final plague

00:45:08.019 --> 00:45:09.360
 of Passover

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:10.960
 when the angel

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.440
 of the Lord

00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:12.480
 passed over Egypt

00:45:12.480 --> 00:45:14.700
 and every firstborn son

00:45:14.700 --> 00:45:15.500
 from the playground

00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:16.640
 all the way

00:45:16.640 --> 00:45:17.460
 to the palace,

00:45:17.680 --> 00:45:18.760
 they all died

00:45:18.760 --> 00:45:19.800
 in Egypt.

00:45:20.360 --> 00:45:21.280
 The only reason

00:45:21.280 --> 00:45:22.360
 the Israelites' sons

00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:23.579
 didn't die

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:25.840
 was because of the sign

00:45:25.840 --> 00:45:26.539
 of the Passover.

00:45:26.539 --> 00:45:28.019
 The Israelites,

00:45:28.380 --> 00:45:28.719
 as you know,

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:29.639
 they were sheltering

00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:31.400
 under the smeared blood

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:32.820
 of the Passover lamb.

00:45:33.380 --> 00:45:33.800
 And the Lord

00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:34.480
 had said to them,

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:35.340
 the Lord had promised

00:45:35.340 --> 00:45:35.860
 to them,

00:45:36.219 --> 00:45:37.800
 when I see the blood,

00:45:38.099 --> 00:45:39.639
 I will pass over.

00:45:40.800 --> 00:45:42.360
 When I see the blood,

00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:45.059
 I will pass over.

00:45:47.159 --> 00:45:48.480
 Beautiful reminder

00:45:48.480 --> 00:45:49.079
 to us,

00:45:49.139 --> 00:45:49.639
 to us,

00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:50.199
 is it not,

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:52.360
 of what the Lord

00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:53.380
 sees when he looks

00:45:53.380 --> 00:45:53.880
 at us.

00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:55.720
 not our sin,

00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:57.599
 but the blood,

00:45:58.740 --> 00:46:00.539
 washed and cleansed

00:46:00.539 --> 00:46:01.700
 in the blood.

00:46:02.380 --> 00:46:02.599
 You know,

00:46:02.619 --> 00:46:03.740
 the sign of the Passover,

00:46:03.940 --> 00:46:04.079
 though,

00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:06.119
 even for the Israelites,

00:46:06.300 --> 00:46:07.000
 it was a public

00:46:07.000 --> 00:46:07.700
 proclamation.

00:46:09.200 --> 00:46:10.160
 Putting that blood

00:46:10.160 --> 00:46:11.000
 on their lintel

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:12.220
 and their doorposts

00:46:12.220 --> 00:46:13.180
 was a public

00:46:13.180 --> 00:46:14.019
 proclamation.

00:46:15.340 --> 00:46:16.539
 Having that blood

00:46:16.539 --> 00:46:18.920
 covering them

00:46:18.920 --> 00:46:20.119
 was a public

00:46:20.119 --> 00:46:21.140
 proclamation,

00:46:21.440 --> 00:46:22.280
 which is what we're doing

00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:23.300
 this communion season.

00:46:23.300 --> 00:46:24.260
 We are making

00:46:24.260 --> 00:46:25.000
 a public

00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:25.980
 proclamation

00:46:25.980 --> 00:46:26.800
 that we too

00:46:26.800 --> 00:46:28.519
 are sheltering

00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:29.960
 under the shed

00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:31.280
 and smeared blood

00:46:31.280 --> 00:46:32.580
 of Jesus Christ.

00:46:32.680 --> 00:46:33.180
 We too

00:46:33.180 --> 00:46:34.580
 are proclaiming

00:46:34.580 --> 00:46:35.380
 publicly

00:46:35.380 --> 00:46:36.320
 that there is

00:46:36.320 --> 00:46:37.080
 a fountain

00:46:37.080 --> 00:46:38.720
 filled with blood

00:46:38.720 --> 00:46:40.039
 drawn from

00:46:40.039 --> 00:46:41.120
 Emmanuel's veins

00:46:41.120 --> 00:46:42.420
 and sinners

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:43.300
 plunged beneath

00:46:43.300 --> 00:46:43.920
 our flood

00:46:43.920 --> 00:46:44.800
 lose all

00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:45.460
 their guilty

00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:46.000
 stains.

00:46:46.840 --> 00:46:48.300
 We are proclaiming

00:46:48.300 --> 00:46:49.519
 this Lord's day

00:46:49.519 --> 00:46:50.340
 that we have been

00:46:50.340 --> 00:46:50.760
 delivered,

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:51.300
 my friend,

00:46:51.300 --> 00:46:52.940
 not with the

00:46:52.940 --> 00:46:53.740
 corruptible things

00:46:53.740 --> 00:46:54.740
 of silver and gold,

00:46:54.740 --> 00:46:56.460
 but by the precious

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:57.960
 blood of Christ

00:46:57.960 --> 00:46:58.960
 as of a lamb

00:46:58.960 --> 00:46:59.780
 without blemish

00:46:59.780 --> 00:47:01.100
 and without spot.

00:47:02.620 --> 00:47:03.060
 And so after

00:47:03.060 --> 00:47:03.800
 sharing the cup

00:47:03.800 --> 00:47:04.539
 of deliverance

00:47:04.539 --> 00:47:06.160
 and after hearing

00:47:06.160 --> 00:47:06.860
 the story of the

00:47:06.860 --> 00:47:07.160
 Exodus,

00:47:07.320 --> 00:47:08.019
 the Passover meal

00:47:08.019 --> 00:47:08.820
 would then be eaten.

00:47:09.780 --> 00:47:10.320
 They would then

00:47:10.320 --> 00:47:11.620
 enjoy the Passover meal

00:47:11.620 --> 00:47:13.380
 with the Passover lamb

00:47:13.380 --> 00:47:14.640
 and the bitter herbs

00:47:14.640 --> 00:47:16.080
 and the unleavened bread,

00:47:16.079 --> 00:47:18.000
 which brings us

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.500
 to consider

00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:19.319
 the third cup,

00:47:20.519 --> 00:47:21.179
 this cup,

00:47:22.259 --> 00:47:23.360
 the cup of salvation.

00:47:24.699 --> 00:47:25.819
 The cup of salvation.

00:47:26.440 --> 00:47:26.900
 So there's,

00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:27.920
 on this table,

00:47:28.319 --> 00:47:29.319
 our imaginary table,

00:47:30.319 --> 00:47:30.739
 there is

00:47:30.739 --> 00:47:31.739
 the cup of

00:47:31.739 --> 00:47:32.519
 sanctification,

00:47:33.239 --> 00:47:33.799
 the cup of

00:47:33.799 --> 00:47:34.480
 deliverance,

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:36.000
 and then the cup

00:47:36.000 --> 00:47:36.699
 of salvation.

00:47:37.659 --> 00:47:38.980
 The cup of salvation.

00:47:39.779 --> 00:47:40.599
 That's what he talks

00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:41.539
 about in verse 13.

00:47:41.539 --> 00:47:43.199
 I will lift up

00:47:43.199 --> 00:47:44.579
 the cup of salvation

00:47:44.579 --> 00:47:46.759
 and call on the name

00:47:46.759 --> 00:47:48.179
 of the Lord.

00:47:49.380 --> 00:47:50.659
 The cup of salvation

00:47:50.659 --> 00:47:51.840
 was given its name

00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:52.860
 again because of

00:47:52.860 --> 00:47:53.759
 the Lord's promise.

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:55.659
 The Lord's promise there

00:47:55.659 --> 00:47:57.340
 back in Exodus chapter 6,

00:47:57.800 --> 00:47:58.440
 the Lord said,

00:47:58.739 --> 00:47:59.579
 I will redeem you.

00:48:00.259 --> 00:48:01.420
 I will save you.

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:03.559
 I will give you salvation.

00:48:04.500 --> 00:48:06.559
 I will bring salvation.

00:48:06.679 --> 00:48:07.579
 The cup of salvation

00:48:07.579 --> 00:48:09.559
 was given its name

00:48:09.559 --> 00:48:11.079
 because of the Lord's promise

00:48:11.079 --> 00:48:12.259
 of salvation.

00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:13.920
 And the cup of salvation,

00:48:14.059 --> 00:48:14.779
 it's mentioned here

00:48:14.779 --> 00:48:16.579
 at the close of Psalm 116

00:48:16.579 --> 00:48:18.619
 because after eating

00:48:18.619 --> 00:48:19.480
 and enjoying

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:20.380
 the Passover meal,

00:48:20.460 --> 00:48:21.159
 after sharing

00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:23.079
 in this Passover meal,

00:48:23.840 --> 00:48:24.779
 they would then sing

00:48:24.779 --> 00:48:25.559
 some more.

00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:26.940
 They would sing

00:48:26.940 --> 00:48:27.799
 the next two

00:48:27.799 --> 00:48:29.380
 Egyptian Hallel hymns.

00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:30.199
 They would sing

00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:31.299
 Psalm 115

00:48:31.299 --> 00:48:33.119
 and Psalm 116,

00:48:33.699 --> 00:48:34.319
 which as you know,

00:48:34.360 --> 00:48:35.340
 and I'm sure you've read

00:48:35.340 --> 00:48:35.960
 them before,

00:48:36.360 --> 00:48:36.900
 they're hymns

00:48:36.900 --> 00:48:38.039
 which confess

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:38.940
 our faith

00:48:38.940 --> 00:48:40.079
 and our commitment

00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:40.799
 to the Lord.

00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:42.319
 They're hymns

00:48:42.319 --> 00:48:42.960
 which confess

00:48:42.960 --> 00:48:43.599
 our faith

00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:44.480
 and our commitment

00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:44.960
 to the Lord.

00:48:45.059 --> 00:48:45.840
 Psalm 115,

00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:48.420
 it begins with

00:48:48.420 --> 00:48:49.500
 this confession

00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:50.559
 of faith

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:51.400
 and commitment

00:48:51.400 --> 00:48:52.239
 to the Lord.

00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:54.619
 That our life song

00:48:54.619 --> 00:48:55.420
 in this world,

00:48:56.420 --> 00:48:57.500
 it's not unto us,

00:48:57.619 --> 00:48:57.860
 Lord,

00:48:58.539 --> 00:48:59.460
 not to us,

00:48:59.960 --> 00:49:01.420
 but do thou glory take

00:49:01.420 --> 00:49:02.639
 unto thy naming

00:49:02.639 --> 00:49:03.559
 for thy truth

00:49:03.559 --> 00:49:05.239
 and for thy mercy's sake.

00:49:05.819 --> 00:49:06.840
 And Psalm 116,

00:49:06.940 --> 00:49:07.639
 it also begins

00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:08.739
 with this confession

00:49:08.739 --> 00:49:09.359
 of faith

00:49:09.359 --> 00:49:10.159
 and commitment

00:49:10.159 --> 00:49:10.959
 to the Lord

00:49:10.959 --> 00:49:12.299
 with those wonderful words,

00:49:12.479 --> 00:49:13.539
 I love the Lord

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:15.039
 because my voice

00:49:15.039 --> 00:49:15.699
 and prayers

00:49:15.699 --> 00:49:16.679
 he did hear.

00:49:17.079 --> 00:49:18.019
 I, while I live,

00:49:18.079 --> 00:49:18.959
 will call on him

00:49:18.959 --> 00:49:20.519
 who bowed to me

00:49:20.519 --> 00:49:21.619
 his ear.

00:49:22.759 --> 00:49:23.279
 But you know,

00:49:23.359 --> 00:49:24.199
 Psalm 116,

00:49:24.299 --> 00:49:25.199
 it has this confession

00:49:25.199 --> 00:49:25.679
 of faith

00:49:25.679 --> 00:49:26.479
 and this commitment

00:49:26.479 --> 00:49:27.699
 to the Lord.

00:49:28.579 --> 00:49:29.459
 And he confesses

00:49:29.459 --> 00:49:29.899
 his faith

00:49:29.899 --> 00:49:30.439
 and his commitment

00:49:30.439 --> 00:49:31.000
 to the Lord

00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:31.759
 because as he says

00:49:31.759 --> 00:49:32.539
 throughout the Psalm,

00:49:32.539 --> 00:49:34.119
 the Lord has listened

00:49:34.119 --> 00:49:35.079
 to his longings.

00:49:35.860 --> 00:49:36.840
 The Lord has delivered

00:49:36.840 --> 00:49:37.779
 him from death.

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:39.460
 The Lord has saved

00:49:39.460 --> 00:49:40.840
 his soul.

00:49:41.659 --> 00:49:41.960
 Therefore,

00:49:42.179 --> 00:49:42.860
 in response

00:49:42.860 --> 00:49:44.279
 to the Lord's redemption,

00:49:44.460 --> 00:49:45.139
 in response

00:49:45.139 --> 00:49:46.739
 to the Lord's salvation,

00:49:47.159 --> 00:49:48.219
 he asks the question

00:49:48.219 --> 00:49:49.179
 there in verse 12,

00:49:49.559 --> 00:49:50.460
 what shall I render

00:49:50.460 --> 00:49:51.139
 to the Lord

00:49:51.139 --> 00:49:52.279
 for all his benefits

00:49:52.279 --> 00:49:52.800
 to me?

00:49:53.599 --> 00:49:54.500
 What shall I render

00:49:54.500 --> 00:49:55.219
 to the Lord

00:49:55.219 --> 00:49:56.840
 for all his blessings

00:49:56.840 --> 00:49:57.759
 towards me?

00:49:58.259 --> 00:49:59.119
 What shall I render

00:49:59.119 --> 00:49:59.800
 to the Lord

00:49:59.800 --> 00:50:00.960
 for receiving

00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:03.039
 every spiritual blessing

00:50:03.039 --> 00:50:04.280
 in heavenly places

00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:05.420
 in Christ?

00:50:05.700 --> 00:50:06.600
 What shall I render

00:50:06.600 --> 00:50:07.240
 to the Lord

00:50:07.240 --> 00:50:08.340
 for receiving

00:50:08.340 --> 00:50:09.120
 from the hand

00:50:09.120 --> 00:50:10.039
 of King Jesus

00:50:10.039 --> 00:50:11.980
 what I do not deserve?

00:50:13.440 --> 00:50:14.420
 And we are to respond,

00:50:15.400 --> 00:50:16.140
 verse 13,

00:50:16.300 --> 00:50:17.060
 we are to respond

00:50:17.060 --> 00:50:18.180
 by obediently

00:50:18.180 --> 00:50:19.539
 and publicly

00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:21.440
 making this confession

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:22.480
 and commitment

00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:23.440
 to the Lord.

00:50:24.280 --> 00:50:25.480
 I will lift up

00:50:25.480 --> 00:50:26.440
 the cup of salvation

00:50:26.440 --> 00:50:28.400
 and call on the name

00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:29.000
 of the Lord.

00:50:29.800 --> 00:50:31.019
 I will pay my vows

00:50:31.019 --> 00:50:31.740
 to the Lord

00:50:31.740 --> 00:50:33.220
 in the presence

00:50:33.220 --> 00:50:35.860
 of all his people.

00:50:36.920 --> 00:50:38.019
 We are to respond

00:50:38.019 --> 00:50:39.780
 by obediently

00:50:39.780 --> 00:50:41.280
 and publicly

00:50:41.280 --> 00:50:44.000
 making a confession

00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:45.100
 and commitment

00:50:45.100 --> 00:50:46.560
 to the Lord.

00:50:49.420 --> 00:50:50.360
 Now when it comes

00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:51.519
 to Jesus instituting

00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:52.220
 the Lord's Supper

00:50:52.220 --> 00:50:53.320
 for the first time,

00:50:54.460 --> 00:50:55.280
 some suggest

00:50:55.280 --> 00:50:56.640
 that it was this cup,

00:50:57.460 --> 00:50:58.460
 the cup of salvation

00:50:58.460 --> 00:50:59.880
 that Jesus took.

00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:01.780
 But there are many,

00:51:01.960 --> 00:51:02.860
 I've read many,

00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:04.039
 differing and diverging

00:51:04.039 --> 00:51:04.760
 views on this.

00:51:05.380 --> 00:51:06.320
 And what often adds

00:51:06.320 --> 00:51:07.079
 to the confusion

00:51:07.079 --> 00:51:08.480
 when you read up on this

00:51:08.480 --> 00:51:09.900
 is that they all use

00:51:09.900 --> 00:51:10.539
 different names

00:51:10.539 --> 00:51:11.639
 for these different cups.

00:51:12.720 --> 00:51:13.820
 And it takes a while

00:51:13.820 --> 00:51:14.400
 to decipher

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:15.220
 which cup

00:51:15.220 --> 00:51:15.639
 they're actually

00:51:15.639 --> 00:51:16.340
 talking about.

00:51:17.559 --> 00:51:18.780
 There was one professor

00:51:18.780 --> 00:51:20.000
 in the Free Church College

00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:21.380
 a long time ago,

00:51:21.780 --> 00:51:22.539
 R.A. Finlayson.

00:51:22.539 --> 00:51:23.900
 He was a professor

00:51:23.900 --> 00:51:25.380
 of systematic theology

00:51:25.380 --> 00:51:27.219
 from the 1940s

00:51:27.219 --> 00:51:28.320
 to the 1960s.

00:51:28.860 --> 00:51:29.340
 And he wrote

00:51:29.340 --> 00:51:30.099
 a brilliant book.

00:51:30.219 --> 00:51:30.980
 Maybe you've read it.

00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:31.920
 If you don't have it,

00:51:32.440 --> 00:51:33.239
 I suggest you go

00:51:33.239 --> 00:51:34.300
 to the religious bookshop

00:51:34.300 --> 00:51:35.380
 and get it.

00:51:35.779 --> 00:51:36.259
 It's called

00:51:36.259 --> 00:51:36.800
 The Cross

00:51:36.800 --> 00:51:37.779
 in the Experience

00:51:37.779 --> 00:51:39.119
 of Our Lord.

00:51:39.840 --> 00:51:40.320
 The Cross

00:51:40.320 --> 00:51:40.960
 in the Experience

00:51:40.960 --> 00:51:41.619
 of Our Lord.

00:51:42.300 --> 00:51:43.000
 And R.A. Finlayson,

00:51:43.059 --> 00:51:43.739
 he says that Jesus

00:51:43.739 --> 00:51:45.340
 used the fourth cup

00:51:45.340 --> 00:51:46.800
 to institute

00:51:46.800 --> 00:51:48.019
 the Lord's Supper,

00:51:48.920 --> 00:51:49.820
 which was the cup

00:51:49.820 --> 00:51:50.380
 of praise.

00:51:50.500 --> 00:51:51.200
 He didn't use,

00:51:51.720 --> 00:51:52.480
 as he suggests,

00:51:52.580 --> 00:51:53.539
 the cup of salvation.

00:51:54.320 --> 00:51:55.480
 But the fourth cup,

00:51:56.380 --> 00:51:57.220
 the cup of praise.

00:51:57.300 --> 00:51:57.660
 That's the cup

00:51:57.660 --> 00:51:58.500
 I want us to consider

00:51:58.500 --> 00:51:59.140
 next then.

00:51:59.860 --> 00:52:00.740
 So there's four cups,

00:52:01.740 --> 00:52:02.880
 the cup of sanctification,

00:52:03.620 --> 00:52:04.620
 the cup of deliverance,

00:52:04.740 --> 00:52:05.800
 the cup of salvation,

00:52:06.700 --> 00:52:07.800
 and the cup of praise.

00:52:08.080 --> 00:52:08.820
 Four cups

00:52:08.820 --> 00:52:09.860
 pointing us

00:52:09.860 --> 00:52:10.680
 to one Christ.

00:52:11.780 --> 00:52:12.660
 One Christ.

00:52:13.180 --> 00:52:13.900
 So the last cup

00:52:13.900 --> 00:52:15.039
 is the cup of praise.

00:52:15.820 --> 00:52:16.680
 And like the other three,

00:52:16.780 --> 00:52:17.440
 the fourth cup,

00:52:17.539 --> 00:52:18.700
 it's given its name

00:52:18.700 --> 00:52:19.800
 because of the Lord's promise.

00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:20.800
 The Lord has promised

00:52:20.800 --> 00:52:21.360
 His people.

00:52:21.519 --> 00:52:24.039
 He's a covenant-making God

00:52:24.039 --> 00:52:25.420
 and a covenant-keeping God.

00:52:25.500 --> 00:52:26.340
 He makes promises

00:52:26.340 --> 00:52:28.000
 and He keeps His promise.

00:52:28.400 --> 00:52:29.800
 And He says to His people

00:52:29.800 --> 00:52:31.760
 about this cup,

00:52:31.920 --> 00:52:33.160
 I will be your God

00:52:33.160 --> 00:52:34.120
 and you shall be

00:52:34.120 --> 00:52:35.380
 my people.

00:52:36.380 --> 00:52:37.940
 I will be your God

00:52:37.940 --> 00:52:39.860
 and you shall be

00:52:39.860 --> 00:52:41.039
 my people.

00:52:41.800 --> 00:52:42.820
 But the cup of praise,

00:52:42.900 --> 00:52:43.820
 it wasn't shared

00:52:43.820 --> 00:52:46.080
 among the Passover meal

00:52:46.080 --> 00:52:48.360
 until another Egyptian

00:52:48.360 --> 00:52:50.120
 Hallel hymn was sung.

00:52:50.340 --> 00:52:51.000
 This time it was

00:52:51.000 --> 00:52:51.880
 the shortest one.

00:52:51.880 --> 00:52:52.800
 As you see there

00:52:52.800 --> 00:52:54.079
 in Psalm 117.

00:52:54.940 --> 00:52:56.180
 It's the Hallel hymn

00:52:56.180 --> 00:52:57.460
 that exhorts us

00:52:57.460 --> 00:52:58.099
 and encourages

00:52:58.099 --> 00:52:59.660
 the nations of the world

00:52:59.660 --> 00:53:00.700
 to also give

00:53:00.700 --> 00:53:01.640
 their hallelujah

00:53:01.640 --> 00:53:02.360
 to the Lord.

00:53:02.720 --> 00:53:03.700
 We're all to praise

00:53:03.700 --> 00:53:04.079
 the Lord,

00:53:04.140 --> 00:53:04.400
 he says.

00:53:04.480 --> 00:53:05.640
 We're all to praise

00:53:05.640 --> 00:53:06.380
 the Lord for His

00:53:06.380 --> 00:53:07.059
 steadfast love

00:53:07.059 --> 00:53:07.840
 and faithfulness

00:53:07.840 --> 00:53:09.380
 because His love

00:53:09.380 --> 00:53:10.880
 endures forever.

00:53:10.880 --> 00:53:12.740
 But what's remarkable

00:53:12.740 --> 00:53:13.840
 is that this short

00:53:13.840 --> 00:53:14.980
 Hallel hymn

00:53:14.980 --> 00:53:16.440
 praises the Lord

00:53:16.440 --> 00:53:18.539
 and proclaims His promise.

00:53:19.260 --> 00:53:20.700
 The promise that was given

00:53:20.700 --> 00:53:23.180
 way back in Genesis 12

00:53:23.180 --> 00:53:24.700
 to Abraham.

00:53:25.420 --> 00:53:26.559
 The promise that

00:53:26.559 --> 00:53:27.760
 through the seed of Abraham

00:53:27.760 --> 00:53:29.740
 all the nations,

00:53:30.559 --> 00:53:31.460
 all the families

00:53:31.460 --> 00:53:32.220
 of the earth

00:53:32.220 --> 00:53:33.480
 would be blessed.

00:53:34.519 --> 00:53:35.760
 All the nations

00:53:35.760 --> 00:53:36.720
 and all the families

00:53:36.720 --> 00:53:38.860
 would come to know

00:53:38.860 --> 00:53:40.400
 this great and precious promise.

00:53:40.500 --> 00:53:41.160
 And they're blessed

00:53:41.160 --> 00:53:42.500
 says the psalmist

00:53:42.500 --> 00:53:43.059
 he reminds us

00:53:43.059 --> 00:53:44.240
 because the Lord

00:53:44.240 --> 00:53:45.340
 promised His people

00:53:45.340 --> 00:53:46.860
 I will be your God

00:53:46.860 --> 00:53:49.240
 and you will be my people.

00:53:50.680 --> 00:53:51.220
 There's ownership.

00:53:52.539 --> 00:53:53.800
 We belong to Him.

00:53:54.940 --> 00:53:56.400
 We've been redeemed by Him.

00:53:57.620 --> 00:53:59.019
 I will be your God

00:53:59.019 --> 00:54:00.500
 you will be my people.

00:54:01.480 --> 00:54:02.260
 And so after singing

00:54:02.260 --> 00:54:03.400
 Psalm 117

00:54:03.400 --> 00:54:04.860
 the cup of praise

00:54:04.860 --> 00:54:05.860
 was then shared

00:54:05.860 --> 00:54:07.940
 among those sitting.

00:54:08.860 --> 00:54:09.880
 at the Passover meal.

00:54:10.500 --> 00:54:11.120
 And it was shared

00:54:11.120 --> 00:54:11.980
 before they would come

00:54:11.980 --> 00:54:12.960
 to sing the final

00:54:12.960 --> 00:54:14.340
 hymn of thanksgiving.

00:54:15.380 --> 00:54:16.280
 Psalm 118.

00:54:17.780 --> 00:54:18.260
 However,

00:54:18.539 --> 00:54:19.160
 Ari Finlayson

00:54:19.160 --> 00:54:19.720
 the professor

00:54:19.720 --> 00:54:20.680
 in the Free Church College

00:54:20.680 --> 00:54:22.039
 in the 1940s

00:54:22.039 --> 00:54:23.720
 he named the fourth cup

00:54:23.720 --> 00:54:24.760
 not the cup of praise

00:54:24.760 --> 00:54:25.360
 but the cup

00:54:25.360 --> 00:54:26.559
 of the Messiah.

00:54:27.140 --> 00:54:28.340
 Because Ari Finlayson

00:54:28.340 --> 00:54:29.320
 he claimed that

00:54:29.320 --> 00:54:30.079
 when this cup

00:54:30.079 --> 00:54:30.660
 was shared

00:54:30.660 --> 00:54:32.900
 no one was to drink it

00:54:32.900 --> 00:54:34.440
 until the Messiah

00:54:34.440 --> 00:54:35.720
 would appear

00:54:35.720 --> 00:54:38.620
 and drink it himself.

00:54:39.780 --> 00:54:40.880
 And Ari Finlayson said

00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:41.880
 it was at this point

00:54:41.880 --> 00:54:43.880
 during the Passover meal

00:54:43.880 --> 00:54:45.220
 with the fourth cup

00:54:45.220 --> 00:54:46.440
 the cup of praise

00:54:46.440 --> 00:54:47.460
 or the cup of Messiah

00:54:47.460 --> 00:54:48.700
 whatever name you want

00:54:48.700 --> 00:54:49.160
 to give it

00:54:49.160 --> 00:54:50.620
 it's here that Jesus

00:54:50.620 --> 00:54:51.900
 the Passover lamb

00:54:51.900 --> 00:54:53.860
 put the Passover meal

00:54:53.860 --> 00:54:55.220
 to one side

00:54:55.220 --> 00:54:55.900
 as it were

00:54:55.900 --> 00:54:57.180
 indicating the end

00:54:57.180 --> 00:54:57.840
 of the Passover

00:54:57.840 --> 00:54:59.220
 the end of the period

00:54:59.220 --> 00:55:00.300
 of the Passover

00:55:00.300 --> 00:55:01.920
 and then institutes

00:55:01.920 --> 00:55:03.640
 the Lord's Supper

00:55:03.640 --> 00:55:04.780
 for the first time.

00:55:04.780 --> 00:55:07.420
 Now as I said

00:55:07.420 --> 00:55:08.280
 there's many different

00:55:08.280 --> 00:55:09.320
 and many diverging

00:55:09.320 --> 00:55:10.019
 views on this

00:55:10.019 --> 00:55:11.300
 and I think

00:55:11.300 --> 00:55:12.060
 it's fascinating

00:55:12.060 --> 00:55:13.519
 and that's why

00:55:13.519 --> 00:55:14.000
 I want to

00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:15.060
 share it with you

00:55:15.060 --> 00:55:15.519
 this evening

00:55:15.519 --> 00:55:16.960
 because even rabbis

00:55:16.960 --> 00:55:17.620
 they disagree

00:55:17.620 --> 00:55:18.940
 they debate

00:55:18.940 --> 00:55:20.980
 about all of this

00:55:20.980 --> 00:55:21.740
 this table

00:55:21.740 --> 00:55:22.840
 and these four cups

00:55:22.840 --> 00:55:24.760
 and the question

00:55:24.760 --> 00:55:25.940
 that they all debate on

00:55:25.940 --> 00:55:28.500
 is should there be

00:55:28.500 --> 00:55:29.200
 four cups

00:55:29.199 --> 00:55:31.559
 or five

00:55:31.559 --> 00:55:33.579
 should there be

00:55:33.579 --> 00:55:34.339
 four cups

00:55:34.339 --> 00:55:35.659
 or five

00:55:35.659 --> 00:55:36.239
 and you're thinking

00:55:36.239 --> 00:55:36.799
 Myrtle surely

00:55:36.799 --> 00:55:37.719
 not another cup

00:55:37.719 --> 00:55:39.099
 but you know

00:55:39.099 --> 00:55:40.099
 the reason they debate

00:55:40.099 --> 00:55:40.759
 and they disagree

00:55:40.759 --> 00:55:41.480
 about the answer

00:55:41.480 --> 00:55:42.239
 to this question

00:55:42.239 --> 00:55:44.000
 is because to this day

00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:44.359
 Jews

00:55:44.359 --> 00:55:45.299
 when they sit

00:55:45.299 --> 00:55:46.480
 and partake

00:55:46.480 --> 00:55:47.439
 of the Passover meal

00:55:47.439 --> 00:55:48.799
 the Jews

00:55:48.799 --> 00:55:49.319
 they drink

00:55:49.319 --> 00:55:51.279
 from all four cups

00:55:51.279 --> 00:55:52.299
 they drink from

00:55:52.299 --> 00:55:53.480
 the cup of sanctification

00:55:53.480 --> 00:55:55.319
 and the cup of deliverance

00:55:55.319 --> 00:55:56.939
 and the cup of salvation

00:55:56.939 --> 00:55:59.039
 and the cup of praise

00:55:59.039 --> 00:56:00.880
 and because the Jews

00:56:00.880 --> 00:56:02.960
 drink from all four cups

00:56:02.960 --> 00:56:04.980
 some suggest

00:56:04.980 --> 00:56:05.500
 that there was

00:56:05.500 --> 00:56:06.519
 a fifth cup

00:56:06.519 --> 00:56:08.119
 a fifth cup

00:56:08.119 --> 00:56:08.960
 that like

00:56:08.960 --> 00:56:10.059
 Ari Finlayson said

00:56:10.059 --> 00:56:11.900
 it remained untouched

00:56:11.900 --> 00:56:14.059
 and this fifth cup

00:56:14.059 --> 00:56:14.659
 was called

00:56:14.659 --> 00:56:15.880
 and still is called

00:56:15.880 --> 00:56:16.759
 the cup

00:56:16.759 --> 00:56:18.019
 of Elijah

00:56:18.019 --> 00:56:19.980
 the cup of Elijah

00:56:19.980 --> 00:56:20.860
 now it seems

00:56:20.860 --> 00:56:21.659
 that the cup of Elijah

00:56:21.659 --> 00:56:22.719
 was actually added

00:56:22.719 --> 00:56:23.940
 later on

00:56:23.940 --> 00:56:25.019
 at a later period

00:56:25.019 --> 00:56:26.860
 and it was added

00:56:26.860 --> 00:56:27.579
 later on

00:56:27.579 --> 00:56:28.739
 towards the end

00:56:28.739 --> 00:56:29.619
 of the period

00:56:29.619 --> 00:56:30.579
 of the Old Testament

00:56:30.579 --> 00:56:32.739
 and it was added on

00:56:32.739 --> 00:56:34.259
 primarily because

00:56:34.259 --> 00:56:35.039
 of a promise

00:56:35.039 --> 00:56:37.239
 another promise

00:56:37.239 --> 00:56:39.099
 in the closing words

00:56:39.099 --> 00:56:39.879
 of the book of Malachi

00:56:39.879 --> 00:56:40.759
 the last book

00:56:40.759 --> 00:56:43.139
 in the Old Testament

00:56:43.139 --> 00:56:44.419
 the Lord says

00:56:44.419 --> 00:56:45.779
 behold I will send you

00:56:45.779 --> 00:56:47.119
 Elijah the prophet

00:56:47.119 --> 00:56:48.559
 before the great

00:56:48.559 --> 00:56:49.199
 and awesome day

00:56:49.199 --> 00:56:50.219
 of the Lord comes

00:56:50.219 --> 00:56:51.639
 and so it seems

00:56:51.639 --> 00:56:53.359
 that after Malachi's prophecy

00:56:53.359 --> 00:56:54.899
 which was about 400 BC

00:56:54.899 --> 00:56:56.719
 that whenever the Passover

00:56:56.719 --> 00:56:57.479
 was celebrated

00:56:57.480 --> 00:56:58.500
 after that point

00:56:58.500 --> 00:56:59.880
 the Jews would fill

00:56:59.880 --> 00:57:01.079
 a fifth cup

00:57:01.079 --> 00:57:03.099
 the cup of Elijah

00:57:03.099 --> 00:57:05.760
 and before concluding

00:57:05.760 --> 00:57:06.860
 the Passover meal

00:57:06.860 --> 00:57:08.280
 the Jews

00:57:08.280 --> 00:57:08.679
 they would

00:57:08.679 --> 00:57:10.059
 before they would sing

00:57:10.059 --> 00:57:11.099
 the hymn of Thanksgiving

00:57:11.099 --> 00:57:11.719
 the hymn

00:57:11.719 --> 00:57:12.860
 the Psalm 118

00:57:12.860 --> 00:57:15.119
 they would go to the door

00:57:15.119 --> 00:57:17.119
 the door of their home

00:57:17.119 --> 00:57:18.000
 wherever they were

00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:19.420
 celebrating the Passover

00:57:19.420 --> 00:57:21.240
 and they would open

00:57:21.240 --> 00:57:21.699
 the door

00:57:21.699 --> 00:57:23.159
 of their home

00:57:23.159 --> 00:57:24.539
 and they would open

00:57:24.539 --> 00:57:25.019
 the door

00:57:25.019 --> 00:57:25.980
 in anticipation

00:57:25.980 --> 00:57:29.199
 for Elijah's arrival

00:57:29.199 --> 00:57:31.440
 because they were waiting

00:57:31.440 --> 00:57:32.199
 for Elijah

00:57:32.199 --> 00:57:34.319
 to herald the arrival

00:57:34.319 --> 00:57:35.639
 of the Messiah

00:57:35.639 --> 00:57:38.379
 and of course the Jews

00:57:38.379 --> 00:57:39.139
 they're still waiting

00:57:39.139 --> 00:57:39.899
 for Elijah

00:57:39.899 --> 00:57:41.519
 to appear

00:57:41.519 --> 00:57:44.299
 but this

00:57:44.299 --> 00:57:45.559
 also means

00:57:45.559 --> 00:57:46.119
 that there were

00:57:46.119 --> 00:57:46.899
 five cups

00:57:46.899 --> 00:57:48.119
 at the Passover

00:57:48.119 --> 00:57:49.159
 when Jesus

00:57:49.159 --> 00:57:50.139
 instituted

00:57:50.139 --> 00:57:51.559
 the Lord's Supper

00:57:51.559 --> 00:57:53.400
 and for this reason

00:57:53.400 --> 00:57:54.279
 I believe

00:57:54.279 --> 00:57:55.179
 that I was using

00:57:55.179 --> 00:57:55.980
 the fifth cup

00:57:55.980 --> 00:57:57.960
 the cup of Elijah

00:57:57.960 --> 00:58:00.880
 that as Paul tells us

00:58:00.880 --> 00:58:02.460
 on the night

00:58:02.460 --> 00:58:03.099
 when Jesus

00:58:03.099 --> 00:58:04.000
 was betrayed

00:58:04.000 --> 00:58:05.960
 he took some

00:58:05.960 --> 00:58:07.239
 of the leftover bread

00:58:07.239 --> 00:58:08.480
 on the table

00:58:08.480 --> 00:58:09.519
 the unleavened bread

00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:11.079
 and when he had

00:58:11.079 --> 00:58:11.839
 given thanks

00:58:11.839 --> 00:58:13.359
 he broke it

00:58:13.359 --> 00:58:14.759
 and he said

00:58:14.760 --> 00:58:16.300
 this is my body

00:58:16.300 --> 00:58:17.820
 which is broken

00:58:17.820 --> 00:58:19.020
 for you

00:58:19.020 --> 00:58:20.580
 do this

00:58:20.580 --> 00:58:21.660
 in remembrance

00:58:21.660 --> 00:58:22.920
 of me

00:58:22.920 --> 00:58:24.940
 and then in the same way

00:58:24.940 --> 00:58:25.380
 also

00:58:25.380 --> 00:58:27.000
 he took the cup

00:58:27.000 --> 00:58:28.540
 the cup

00:58:28.540 --> 00:58:29.700
 of Elijah

00:58:29.700 --> 00:58:31.080
 the cup

00:58:31.080 --> 00:58:32.060
 of Elijah

00:58:32.060 --> 00:58:32.760
 because Elijah

00:58:32.760 --> 00:58:33.480
 had come

00:58:33.480 --> 00:58:35.220
 we're told

00:58:35.220 --> 00:58:36.080
 that when John the Baptist

00:58:36.080 --> 00:58:36.620
 appeared

00:58:36.620 --> 00:58:38.040
 he preached

00:58:38.040 --> 00:58:38.560
 a baptism

00:58:38.560 --> 00:58:39.600
 of repentance

00:58:39.600 --> 00:58:40.340
 in the spirit

00:58:40.340 --> 00:58:40.900
 and power

00:58:40.900 --> 00:58:42.020
 of Elijah

00:58:42.020 --> 00:58:43.900
 Elijah had come

00:58:43.900 --> 00:58:44.520
 the promise

00:58:44.519 --> 00:58:45.759
 had been fulfilled

00:58:45.759 --> 00:58:47.119
 and John the Baptist

00:58:47.119 --> 00:58:47.759
 had claimed

00:58:47.759 --> 00:58:48.300
 and pointed

00:58:48.300 --> 00:58:49.179
 to Jesus

00:58:49.179 --> 00:58:50.079
 saying he must

00:58:50.079 --> 00:58:50.539
 increase

00:58:50.539 --> 00:58:51.940
 I must decrease

00:58:51.940 --> 00:58:52.900
 John the Baptist

00:58:52.900 --> 00:58:53.820
 confessed that

00:58:53.820 --> 00:58:55.239
 he is the Lamb of God

00:58:55.239 --> 00:58:55.940
 who has come

00:58:55.940 --> 00:58:56.579
 to take away

00:58:56.579 --> 00:58:57.759
 the sin of the world

00:58:57.759 --> 00:58:59.840
 everyone knew

00:58:59.840 --> 00:59:00.900
 Elijah had come

00:59:00.900 --> 00:59:02.380
 and so when Jesus

00:59:02.380 --> 00:59:03.759
 instituted the Lord's Supper

00:59:03.759 --> 00:59:04.259
 he took

00:59:04.259 --> 00:59:05.519
 the cup of Elijah

00:59:05.519 --> 00:59:07.440
 and he said

00:59:07.440 --> 00:59:08.019
 this cup

00:59:08.019 --> 00:59:09.659
 this cup

00:59:09.659 --> 00:59:10.559
 is the new covenant

00:59:10.559 --> 00:59:12.360
 in my blood

00:59:12.360 --> 00:59:14.140
 do this

00:59:14.140 --> 00:59:14.780
 as often

00:59:14.780 --> 00:59:15.700
 as you drink it

00:59:15.700 --> 00:59:17.140
 in remembrance

00:59:17.140 --> 00:59:18.880
 of me

00:59:18.880 --> 00:59:22.120
 and why are we

00:59:22.120 --> 00:59:22.519
 to do it

00:59:22.519 --> 00:59:23.019
 my friend

00:59:23.019 --> 00:59:25.420
 why on

00:59:25.420 --> 00:59:26.840
 this communion season

00:59:26.840 --> 00:59:27.940
 are we to do it

00:59:27.940 --> 00:59:30.960
 Paul tells us

00:59:30.960 --> 00:59:32.740
 for as often

00:59:32.740 --> 00:59:33.660
 as you eat the bread

00:59:33.660 --> 00:59:35.340
 and you drink

00:59:35.340 --> 00:59:35.840
 the cup

00:59:35.840 --> 00:59:37.880
 you make a

00:59:37.880 --> 00:59:38.480
 proclamation

00:59:38.480 --> 00:59:40.420
 and what are you

00:59:40.420 --> 00:59:41.039
 proclaiming

00:59:41.039 --> 00:59:43.000
 you are proclaiming

00:59:43.000 --> 00:59:43.880
 the Lord's

00:59:43.880 --> 00:59:44.619
 death

00:59:44.619 --> 00:59:46.800
 until he comes

00:59:46.800 --> 00:59:48.440
 you are proclaiming

00:59:48.440 --> 00:59:48.860
 that you

00:59:48.860 --> 00:59:49.760
 worship

00:59:49.760 --> 00:59:50.619
 and serve

00:59:50.619 --> 00:59:51.240
 a saviour

00:59:51.240 --> 00:59:51.900
 who died

00:59:51.900 --> 00:59:53.000
 in your place

00:59:53.000 --> 00:59:54.519
 and rose

00:59:54.519 --> 00:59:55.320
 triumphant

00:59:55.320 --> 00:59:57.019
 over the grave

00:59:57.019 --> 00:59:59.000
 and God willing

00:59:59.000 --> 01:00:01.320
 that's what we'll be doing

01:00:01.320 --> 01:00:02.300
 tomorrow morning

01:00:02.300 --> 01:00:04.320
 we will eat the bread

01:00:04.320 --> 01:00:06.420
 we will drink the cup

01:00:06.420 --> 01:00:08.039
 we will proclaim

01:00:08.039 --> 01:00:08.820
 the promise

01:00:08.820 --> 01:00:10.480
 the promise

01:00:10.480 --> 01:00:11.100
 that we have

01:00:11.100 --> 01:00:12.240
 eternal life

01:00:12.240 --> 01:00:13.420
 and we have

01:00:13.420 --> 01:00:14.240
 eternal life

01:00:14.240 --> 01:00:15.400
 through nothing

01:00:15.400 --> 01:00:16.300
 we have achieved

01:00:16.300 --> 01:00:17.340
 in and of ourselves

01:00:17.340 --> 01:00:19.500
 we have eternal life

01:00:19.500 --> 01:00:20.280
 through the death

01:00:20.280 --> 01:00:21.380
 and resurrection

01:00:21.380 --> 01:00:23.039
 of our Passover

01:00:23.039 --> 01:00:23.580
 Lamb

01:00:23.580 --> 01:00:25.160
 the Lord Jesus

01:00:25.160 --> 01:00:25.780
 Christ

01:00:25.780 --> 01:00:27.620
 and my friend

01:00:27.620 --> 01:00:29.320
 if you've never

01:00:29.320 --> 01:00:30.660
 come to this table

01:00:30.659 --> 01:00:32.839
 if you've never

01:00:32.839 --> 01:00:33.519
 been at the

01:00:33.519 --> 01:00:34.399
 Lord's table

01:00:34.399 --> 01:00:36.159
 you're invited

01:00:36.159 --> 01:00:36.859
 to come

01:00:36.859 --> 01:00:38.819
 you're invited

01:00:38.819 --> 01:00:39.940
 to confess

01:00:39.940 --> 01:00:41.079
 that you love

01:00:41.079 --> 01:00:41.559
 the Lord

01:00:41.559 --> 01:00:43.099
 you're invited

01:00:43.099 --> 01:00:43.879
 to commit

01:00:43.879 --> 01:00:44.920
 to him

01:00:44.920 --> 01:00:46.379
 by partaking

01:00:46.379 --> 01:00:47.940
 of his supper

01:00:47.940 --> 01:00:49.679
 because he bids

01:00:49.679 --> 01:00:50.440
 us to come

01:00:50.440 --> 01:00:52.039
 to come

01:00:52.039 --> 01:00:53.359
 and sup

01:00:53.359 --> 01:00:53.859
 with him

01:00:53.859 --> 01:00:57.259
 so four cups

01:00:57.259 --> 01:01:00.420
 or five cups

01:01:00.420 --> 01:01:03.619
 however many cups

01:01:03.619 --> 01:01:06.079
 there remains

01:01:06.079 --> 01:01:07.019
 only one Christ

01:01:07.019 --> 01:01:09.079
 and that's who

01:01:09.079 --> 01:01:09.639
 we look to

01:01:09.639 --> 01:01:11.700
 the one Christ

01:01:11.700 --> 01:01:13.260
 may the Lord

01:01:13.260 --> 01:01:14.039
 bless these thoughts

01:01:14.039 --> 01:01:14.519
 to us

01:01:14.519 --> 01:01:15.539
 let us pray

01:01:15.539 --> 01:01:19.860
 oh Lord

01:01:19.860 --> 01:01:20.360
 our gracious

01:01:20.360 --> 01:01:20.920
 God

01:01:20.920 --> 01:01:22.760
 we give thanks

01:01:22.760 --> 01:01:23.079
 that

01:01:23.079 --> 01:01:25.720
 wherever we

01:01:25.720 --> 01:01:26.440
 open the Bible

01:01:26.440 --> 01:01:28.240
 we find Jesus

01:01:28.240 --> 01:01:29.200
 on every page

01:01:29.199 --> 01:01:30.699
 and that he

01:01:30.699 --> 01:01:31.000
 is there

01:01:31.000 --> 01:01:31.719
 to be found

01:01:31.719 --> 01:01:33.759
 all his promises

01:01:33.759 --> 01:01:34.759
 are there for us

01:01:34.759 --> 01:01:36.119
 to be claimed

01:01:36.119 --> 01:01:36.980
 and confessed

01:01:36.980 --> 01:01:38.480
 his word

01:01:38.480 --> 01:01:38.859
 is there

01:01:38.859 --> 01:01:39.359
 to be

01:01:39.359 --> 01:01:39.859
 lived

01:01:39.859 --> 01:01:40.480
 and loved

01:01:40.480 --> 01:01:41.859
 and Lord

01:01:41.859 --> 01:01:42.339
 help us

01:01:42.339 --> 01:01:42.759
 we pray

01:01:42.759 --> 01:01:43.480
 to do so

01:01:43.480 --> 01:01:44.799
 to do so

01:01:44.799 --> 01:01:45.559
 as thy people

01:01:45.559 --> 01:01:47.079
 to be obedient

01:01:47.079 --> 01:01:48.039
 to the call

01:01:48.039 --> 01:01:48.819
 of thy word

01:01:48.819 --> 01:01:50.139
 to come

01:01:50.139 --> 01:01:50.739
 and take

01:01:50.739 --> 01:01:51.219
 the cup

01:01:51.219 --> 01:01:52.659
 and confess

01:01:52.659 --> 01:01:53.439
 that the Lord

01:01:53.439 --> 01:01:54.659
 is one who

01:01:54.659 --> 01:01:55.179
 loved me

01:01:55.179 --> 01:01:56.639
 and gave himself

01:01:56.639 --> 01:01:57.279
 for me

01:01:57.280 --> 01:01:58.480
 that we would

01:01:58.480 --> 01:01:59.000
 all be able

01:01:59.000 --> 01:01:59.460
 to say

01:01:59.460 --> 01:02:00.140
 with the apostle

01:02:00.140 --> 01:02:01.519
 that I am

01:02:01.519 --> 01:02:01.940
 crucified

01:02:01.940 --> 01:02:02.800
 with Christ

01:02:02.800 --> 01:02:03.900
 nevertheless

01:02:03.900 --> 01:02:04.740
 I live

01:02:04.740 --> 01:02:05.460
 yet not I

01:02:05.460 --> 01:02:06.760
 but Christ

01:02:06.760 --> 01:02:07.640
 lives in me

01:02:07.640 --> 01:02:08.860
 and the life

01:02:08.860 --> 01:02:09.280
 that I now

01:02:09.280 --> 01:02:10.180
 live in the flesh

01:02:10.180 --> 01:02:11.400
 I live by faith

01:02:11.400 --> 01:02:12.980
 in the son of God

01:02:12.980 --> 01:02:14.340
 who loved me

01:02:14.340 --> 01:02:15.640
 and gave himself

01:02:15.640 --> 01:02:16.320
 for me

01:02:16.320 --> 01:02:17.880
 so Lord bless us

01:02:17.880 --> 01:02:18.480
 we pray

01:02:18.480 --> 01:02:19.380
 we ask

01:02:19.380 --> 01:02:20.620
 and oh Lord

01:02:20.620 --> 01:02:21.260
 we pray

01:02:21.260 --> 01:02:21.860
 that thou wouldst

01:02:21.860 --> 01:02:22.460
 prepare us

01:02:22.460 --> 01:02:23.100
 for thy day

01:02:23.100 --> 01:02:24.400
 if we are spared

01:02:24.400 --> 01:02:25.000
 to see it

01:02:25.000 --> 01:02:26.059
 that we would

01:02:26.059 --> 01:02:27.000
 truly come

01:02:27.000 --> 01:02:27.680
 with joy

01:02:27.680 --> 01:02:29.139
 into the Lord's

01:02:29.139 --> 01:02:29.500
 house

01:02:29.500 --> 01:02:30.660
 knowing that we

01:02:30.660 --> 01:02:31.380
 do not worship

01:02:31.380 --> 01:02:32.019
 a saviour

01:02:32.019 --> 01:02:32.740
 who is dead

01:02:32.740 --> 01:02:34.160
 but one who

01:02:34.160 --> 01:02:34.599
 has risen

01:02:34.599 --> 01:02:35.920
 one who has

01:02:35.920 --> 01:02:36.800
 defeated death

01:02:36.800 --> 01:02:38.039
 who has conquered

01:02:38.039 --> 01:02:39.000
 the grave

01:02:39.000 --> 01:02:40.380
 and brought life

01:02:40.380 --> 01:02:41.200
 and immortality

01:02:41.200 --> 01:02:41.740
 to light

01:02:41.740 --> 01:02:43.079
 through the gospel

01:02:43.079 --> 01:02:44.360
 hear us then

01:02:44.360 --> 01:02:44.800
 we pray

01:02:44.800 --> 01:02:45.599
 go before us

01:02:45.599 --> 01:02:46.160
 we ask

01:02:46.160 --> 01:02:47.160
 for we ask it

01:02:47.160 --> 01:02:48.000
 in Jesus name

01:02:48.000 --> 01:02:49.480
 and for his sake

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 Amen

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 we're going

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 to bring our

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 service to a

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 conclusion

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 this evening

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 we're going

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 to sing

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 the words

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 of Psalm 116

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 the closing

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 words there

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 in the Scottish

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 Psalter version

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 Psalm 116

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 page 396

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 in the blue

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 Psalm book

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 from verse 13

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 down to the end

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 of the Psalm

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 I love salvation

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 take the cup

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 on God's name

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 will I call

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 I'll pay my

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 vows now to the

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 Lord

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 before his people

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 all

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 and then down

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 to the end

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 of the Psalm

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 within the courts

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 of God's own

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 house

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 within the midst

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 of thee

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 O city of Jerusalem

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 praise to the

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 Lord

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 give ye

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 so we'll sing

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 these verses

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 of Psalm 116

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 and we'll stand

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 to sing if you're

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 able

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 to God's praise

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 my vows at the!

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 pero praise for it

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 não Victor

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 so he'll die

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attle

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 in order

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 to the George

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 I give thy answer to the Lord before his people all.

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 Here in those sight is this instead, thy servant Lord am I.

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 Thy servant's true, thy learned, it's not, my balance thou didst untie.

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 The thought of things I to thee will give, and all God's name will call.

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 I give thy vows back to the Lord before his people all.

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 When the ender meds of thee, O Saintia, Jerusalem,

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 praise to the Lord, dear thee.

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 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father,

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 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all, now and forevermore. Amen.