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 We begin our worship this evening by singing to God's praise. We're singing in Psalm 34,

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 the Sing Psalms version. We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 9. The tune is Jackson,

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 Psalm 34 at verse 1. At all times I will bless the Lord, I'll praise him with my voice.

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 Because I glory in the Lord, let troubled souls rejoice. Together let us praise the Lord,

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 exalt his name with me. I saw it. The Lord's answer came from fears. He set me free. And then

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 verse 5, we have these words. They look to him and shine with joy. They are not put to shame.

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 The suffering man cried to the Lord, from him deliverance came. And this evening, our theme is

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 really going to be about looking to the Lord. And that verse, they look to him and shine with joy.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 9 to God's praise.

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 The Lord's answer came.

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 The Lord's answer came.

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 But all times I will bless the Lord, I'll praise him with my voice.

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 Because I glory in the Lord, let troubled souls rejoice.

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 Together, righteous grace the Lord, exalted sing with me.

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 I sought the Lord, his answer came, from fear she set me free.

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 Look to him and shine with joy, they are not good to shame.

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 Let suffering man cry to the Lord, from him be never to shame.

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 The angel of the Lord's Sabbath and guards continually.

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 All those who fear and not let him, he sends his people free.

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 Come, taste and see the Lord is good, who trusted him is blessed.

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 All fear the Lord, his saints with me, you will not be no rest.

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 Amen.

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

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 Let us pray.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Our gracious Father in heaven, as we come anew this evening together, worshipping you, praising

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 your name, we do thank you for every reason we have to bless you.

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 that we have so much to be thankful for

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 and that we would come with these words of the psalmist in our heart

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 that at all times I will bless the Lord, I'll praise him with my voice.

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 And may we do that this evening as we sing praise to you.

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 May our voices be what we recognise as a way of praising you.

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 Even if we feel that we cannot sing, even if we feel that we have no voice,

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 the praise is to come from our hearts.

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 And we pray that you will give us that voice,

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 that you will give us that song to sing,

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 recognising in the words that we offer up to you

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 that it is to give glory to you as the one who is Lord of all,

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 the one who gives us our daily bread,

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 the one who provides and sustains us on a daily basis.

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 So that even as we begin a new week, we do so looking to you,

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 thankful for your faithfulness in the past

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 and pleading for your faithfulness in these days ahead as well.

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 That you would keep us, Lord, that you would watch over us,

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 that you would help us to live according to your truth,

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 that you will help us to be salt and light in this world in which we live,

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 that you would help us as a people to recognise,

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 even in our own hearts, how easy it is for us to sin.

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 And yet the wonder of your grace,

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 the grace that we heard of this morning,

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 the wonder of the grace of God to sinners such as we are.

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 And may that grace be what keeps us looking to you.

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 May we realise that when we take our eyes of Jesus,

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 that we start to have faith in ourselves

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 and we go on in our own strength.

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 And in that we fall, in that we fail.

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 And we see it so often in your word.

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 And even as we read together this evening

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 from both the Old and the New Testament,

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 we see that our great need is to look to you as our God,

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 to look to you as the one who is a saviour for his people.

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 And so we ask your blessing on your word to us,

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 that you would speak to us through it,

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 that you would build us up by your word,

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 that you would take us deeper into your word,

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 that you would help us in our understanding of your word.

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 So often we think that we have wisdom of ourselves,

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 but yet we thank you for your Holy Spirit.

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 We thank you that even this evening we can plead

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 for your Spirit to be with us,

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 prompting us, leading us,

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 pricking us in our hearts,

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 that we hear your voice speaking to us.

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 And we ask that your Spirit be with each of us,

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 to dwell upon us,

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 to be in us,

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 to guide us in all things.

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 And we thank you for that promise

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 that as we meet in your name,

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 that you are in the midst to bless.

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 And so hear our prayers as we offer them up together here.

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 Hear them from us as a people,

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 as we offer them up from all our different situations,

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 from all our different hearts this evening.

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 We thank you that every prayer offered is heard by you,

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 that together we lift our voices to you.

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 Together we come to taste and see

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 of the goodness of God in you.

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 And we just ask,

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 O Lord,

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 that you will be with us,

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 that you will bless us around your word.

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 And bless us as a people,

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 in our homes and in our families.

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 Again,

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 as we think of all that goes on in our lives,

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 we give you thanks for all the great reasons

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 to rejoice in you.

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 We give you thanks,

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 O Lord,

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 for your help in so many different ways.

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 We give you thanks for our work opportunities,

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 our school opportunities,

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 our day-to-day lives.

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 When we see how different things are for so many,

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 make us thankful for the very homes that we have,

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 the food on our tables,

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 the water that we see so freely flowing in our homes,

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 the things that we take for granted so often.

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 Lord,

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 we can be a people that grumble,

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 even in the midst of having plenty.

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 But Lord,

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 give us to have a thankful heart,

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 a thankful heart to you for all that is ours,

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 in material ways and practical ways.

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 And above all,

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 all that is ours,

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 through Christ Jesus as our Lord.

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 the blessings that we have in our communities,

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 of a praying community,

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 the blessings we have of a Christian community.

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 And even though we see that eroded in so many ways and places,

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 we thank you that there is still that strength in our community.

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 We thank you for your people that are around us,

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 that are with us in so many different ways,

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 in our homes,

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 in our families,

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 and in our communities.

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 We thank you that even as we go into the workplace,

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 we join with others who are believers,

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 who are Christians,

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 whether that's in schools,

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 or workplaces around our communities,

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 or just in our community in general.

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 We thank you that so often,

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 even day by day,

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 we can bump into your people,

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 and be encouraged by them,

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 and build one another up.

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 When there are so many places in this world,

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 where to meet a Christian would be such a shock for people,

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 even so dangerous for people.

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 And we do pray,

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 Lord,

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 and thank you that you have your people to all ends of the earth.

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 That the blessings that are ours here,

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 although they may not be granted in many parts of the world,

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 and yet the greatest blessing for all your people,

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 wherever they are,

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 is the promise of your presence with them,

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 that you are near,

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 that you are with them to be called upon.

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 And we do pray,

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 Lord,

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 for your church,

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 near and far,

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 that together as your people,

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 you would hear our cries,

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 that you would hear our voices,

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 offering up praise and thanksgiving to you,

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 but also,

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 Lord,

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 pleading,

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 pleading for your mercy,

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 pleading for your help,

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 pleading for forgiveness for all of our sins,

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 pleading for your help in different situations.

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 And we thank you that that is the God that you are as well,

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 that you are the one who is a God of compassion,

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 and a God of all comfort,

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 that you look down upon your people,

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 and that you are concerned for them.

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 You are concerned for this world,

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 and for all its people,

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 that you are concerned even when there seems to be chaos all around us,

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 and as we think of situations escalating in our world,

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 in the Middle East,

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 and in different parts,

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 where there are conflicts going on,

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 where there are threats of terror,

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 where there are persecutions,

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 so many things that seem outwith our control,

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 and yet we bring them to you as Lord and God of all.

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 And so hear our prayers,

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 hear your praying people.

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 May you come in your power.

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 May you bring peace.

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 May you bring blessing.

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 May you bring a turning to you.

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 May you bring days of mercy upon us in the midst of all our needs.

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 And so we ask,

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 Lord,

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 that you will watch over us,

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 that you will be with us,

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 be with those with particular needs as well,

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 even those in their own midst,

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 as a congregation,

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 who have been mourning in this past week,

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 and go on mourning in these days.

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 We thank you for the way that you comfort,

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 the way that you uphold.

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 And we pray,

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 Lord,

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 for all to know that you are there with them,

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 that you are for them.

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 Remember those who are unwell.

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 Remember those who are going through times of great trial,

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 going through treatment or diagnosis that is hard,

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 awaiting results or looking ahead and not knowing what the future might hold.

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 We thank you that in all our cares and anxieties,

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 we are able to cast them on you,

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 for you care for us.

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 And so,

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 Lord,

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 hear our prayers.

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 For those around us with these particular needs.

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 Be with us as a congregation of your people.

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 Be with us in the week ahead,

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 as we gather for times of prayer,

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 as we gather for times of helping others.

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 We think of the Friday of the Free and Explorers,

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 and the Bible study on Wednesday evening,

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 the time with Muriel on Tuesday morning,

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 the toddler time tomorrow,

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 a busy calendar in our congregation.

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 And yet,

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 we thank you for all these opportunities to be together,

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 to encourage one another,

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 to encourage others.

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 We do pray that in all things that you would bless us,

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 that you would guide us.

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 And we pray for your church,

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 that you would build it up.

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 We pray for our own denomination,

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 that you would use it for your glory.

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 We pray for even the commission of assembly taking place on Tuesday,

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 the meeting of ministers and elders together,

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 making decisions for the wider church.

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 We do pray for Ivor Martin,

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 as he oversees our denomination as moderator in this year.

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 We pray for Callum McLeod as well.

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 We remember him.

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 Lord,

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 that you be with him.

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 Help him as role as well as moderator.

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 And just help them together,

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 Lord,

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 to know your hand upon them for good.

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 Help the clerks,

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 help all who are involved in the work of the church.

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 Help our seminary,

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 Lord,

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 to know your glory in their midst,

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 as well,

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 your presence with them for all the lecturers and students alike.

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 We do pray,

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 Lord,

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 that your blessing would be upon them,

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 each one.

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 Lord,

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 hear our prayers as we continue in our worship now.

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 Look down upon us.

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 Bless us in all that we seek to do in your name.

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 And help us to give glory and praise to you,

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 as we ask all with the forgiveness of our sins.

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 And ask it for your glory alone.

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 Amen.

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 We'll sing again to God's praise in Psalm 123.

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 This is in the Scottish Psalter,

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 version page 417.

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 Psalm 123.

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 We'll sing the whole of this psalm,

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 the tune of martyrs.

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 Psalm 123,

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 page 417.

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 O thou that dwellest in the heavens,

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 I lift mine eyes to thee.

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 Behold,

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 a servant's eyes to look,

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 their master's hand to see.

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 We'll sing the whole of this psalm,

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 to God's praise.

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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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 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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 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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 Lord, be gracious to us, and to us, gracious me,

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 because we manage with contempt and seeking we agree.

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 My soul is filled with scorn of those that have their ease abide,

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 and with the insolent content of those that have their ease abide.

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 We're going to read two passages.

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 Our first is in the Old Testament in the book of Numbers.

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 In chapter 21, book of Numbers, chapter 21, you find it around page 154 of the Church Bibles.

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 We're going to read from verse 1 to verse 9, and then we'll go into the New Testament and the Gospel of John, chapter 3.

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 So our first reading in Numbers, chapter 21, and from verse 1.

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 When the Canaanites, the king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming by the way of Atharim,

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 he fought against Israel and took some of them captive.

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 And Israel vowed about to the Lord and said,

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 So the name of the place was called Hormah.

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 From Mount Hor they set out by the way of the Red Sea to go round the land of Edom.

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 And the people became impatient on the way.

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 And the people spoke against God and against Moses.

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 Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness?

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 For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.

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 Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died.

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 And the people came to Moses and said,

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 We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you.

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 Pray to the Lord that he may take away the serpents from us.

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 So Moses prayed for the people.

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 Make a fiery serpent and set it on a pole,

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 and everyone who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.

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 So Moses made a bronze serpent and set it on a pole.

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 And if a serpent bit anyone, he would look at the bronze serpent and live.

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 Then we turn to the New Testament, to the Gospel of John,

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 in chapter 3.

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 We take up our reading at verse 14.

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 It's a count when Nicodemus came to Jesus.

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 And we take up our reading at verse 14.

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 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness,

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 so must the Son of Man be lifted up.

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 That whoever believes in him may have eternal life.

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 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son.

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 That whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

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 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world,

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 but in order that the world might be saved through him.

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 Whoever believes in him is not condemned.

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 But whoever does not believe is condemned already,

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 because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.

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 And this is the judgment.

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 The light has come into the world,

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 and the people loved the darkness rather than the light,

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 because their deeds were evil.

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 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light,

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 and does not come to the light,

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 lest his deeds should be exposed.

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 But whoever does what is through comes to the light,

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 so that it may be clearly seen that his deeds have been carried out in God.

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 And so on.

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 And may God bless that reading from his word.

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

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 before we turn back to that reading in Numbers.

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 78,

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 in the Scottish Psalter, page 326.

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 We're going to sing from verse 31 to 35.

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 Psalm 78, verse 31.

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 God's wrath upon them came and slew the fattest of them all,

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 so that the choice of Israel overthrown by death did fall.

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 Yet notwithstanding of all this,

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 they sinned still the more.

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 And though he had great wonders wrought,

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 believed him not therefore.

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 We're reminded here of the children of Israel

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 as they were going through the wilderness,

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 how they were seeing the wonders of God,

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 and yet at the same time forgetting him.

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 But then in verse 34,

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 But when he slew them,

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 then they did to seek him,

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 show desire.

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 Yea, they returned,

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 and after God right early did inquire.

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 So we see there a turning to God

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 in the midst of all that's going on.

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 So Psalm 78, verse 31 to 35,

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 to the tune Talos,

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 we stand to sing.

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 of the William Hementor,

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 the Song şurata,

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 we stand to All again,

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 the souls and husbands,

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 we stand to theOutовали...

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 of the Jnatite.

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 And after God right now,

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 our EspINth of Christ is the yard of the blood.

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 So that the joints of Israel

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 o'erpongue,

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 From my death did fall.

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 Notwithstanding the fallest,

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 They still lived still the poor.

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 And though he had made wonders what,

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 Believed him not therefore.

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 For their disinvality,

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 He did conserve my grace,

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 And by his wrath their wretched years,

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 How they in trouble pass.

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 When he's new men then made it,

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 To see him sure desire,

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 If they returned,

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 And after God,

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 Right early in choir.

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 That the Lord can be fair of,

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 They did remember them,

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 In that the high almighty God,

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 And their redeemer be.

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 We'll turn back to our reading in Numbers chapter 21,

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 And we're looking at this section of verse 4,

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 Down to verse 9,

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 Numbers chapter 21,

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 We can read again at verse 8,

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 And the Lord said to Moses,

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 Make a fiery serpent,

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 And set it on a pole,

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 And everyone who is bitten when he sees it shall live.

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 So Moses made a bronze serpent,

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 And set it on a pole,

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 And if a serpent bit anyone,

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 He would look at the bronze serpent,

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 And live.

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 And we see the connection with John chapter 3,

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 In verse 14,

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 Where Jesus there speaks about even how,

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 Moses,

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 The serpent was lifted up by Moses,

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 In the Old Testament,

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 So the Son of Man had to be lifted up.

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 And then you have these great words,

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 Of John 3,

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 16,

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 That for God so loved the world,

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 That he gave his only begotten Son,

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 That whoever believes in him,

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 Might not perish,

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 But have eternal life.

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 We see the connection,

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 So clearly between the two,

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 When we see the look at the serpent,

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 And live.

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 But ultimately how we look,

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 In faith to Jesus Christ,

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 And there find eternal life.

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 That asks us the question then,

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 As we begin this evening,

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 Who are you trusting in,

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 With your life?

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 Who are you trusting your life to?

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 We often speak about,

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 Putting our lives into the hands,

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 Of someone or something,

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 But who are you entrusting your life to?

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 What's your guarantee for help,

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 For salvation?

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 The psalm that we just sang there,

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 Psalm 78 and verse 35,

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 It speaks about,

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 The God who is the high almighty God,

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 Had their redeemer been,

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 Is that the one,

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 That you are looking to?

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 We live in a day,

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 When there are many opinions,

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 Of God,

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 And somebody once wrote this,

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 And said,

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 The atheist says,

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 There is no God,

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 The agnostic says,

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 There might be a God,

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 The humanist says,

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 Let's remove God,

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 Greed says,

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 Money is God,

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 Pride says,

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 Power is God,

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 Satan says,

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 Be your own God,

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 There's all these different opinions,

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 That are still constantly,

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 Pressed in upon us,

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 The agnostic,

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 The atheist,

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 The humanist,

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 The pride,

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 The greed,

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 Satan,

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 They're all still active,

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 In our lives,

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 And they all make us wonder,

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 Well who is our God?

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 Do we have a God?

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 Well the Bible makes it,

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 Very clear for us,

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 Who we need,

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 As God,

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 If we want to live,

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 If we want to move,

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 If we want to be a,

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 A living being,

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 In this place,

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 We have to realise,

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 Who is our God?

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 The one who sustains us,

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 The mighty,

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 The almighty God,

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 And the God who offers,

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 A redeemer,

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 Who is Jesus Christ,

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 Tonight we see,

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 Just how relevant,

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 As we always do,

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 Who the Bible is,

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 When you think of,

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 When Moses lived,

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 And as he was leading,

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 The children of Israel,

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 It was about 1300 years,

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 Before Jesus,

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 Came into the world,

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 Isaiah then,

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 Wrote later on,

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 In the Old Testament,

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 In chapter 40,

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 Verse 9,

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 He says,

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 Behold your God,

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 Look at your God,

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 That was about 700 years,

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 Before Christ came,

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 And then you come into,

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 The New Testament,

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 When you see Jesus there,

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 Speaking about Moses,

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 Even as Moses,

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 Lifted up the serpent,

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 So must the son of man,

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 Be lifted up,

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 And you think to yourself,

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 1300 years had passed,

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 Had the Bible lost,

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 Its relevance,

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 Had it lost,

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 Its focus,

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 Not at all,

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 The people were still,

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 Looking for this one,

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 Who would be redeemer,

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 For his people,

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 And here we are now,

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 2000 years,

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 After Christ,

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 And so many are saying,

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.859
 The Bible has lost,

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:41.819
 Its relevancy,

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:43.199
 It's lost its importance,

00:28:43.419 --> 00:28:44.779
 It's not for us,

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 And yet we still,

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 Should be looking for Christ,

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 Looking for him as saviour,

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 And looking for him,

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 As the one,

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 Who is going to come,

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 Looking to God,

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 Is key,

00:28:58.079 --> 00:28:59.399
 But how are we looking to him,

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 And how are we looking to him,

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 Are we looking to him,

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 That we might live,

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 Are we looking to him,

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 By faith,

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 The setting here,

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 In the book of Numbers,

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 Is one,

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 Just to briefly,

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:15.339
 Putting it into context,

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 Is,

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 As the children of Israel,

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 Have been coming through,

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 The wilderness,

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 All these years,

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 Moses had led them,

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 Out of Egypt,

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 Out of the captivity,

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 That they'd endured there,

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 God had heard their cry,

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 And he'd sent Moses,

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 To take them out,

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 Of the wilderness,

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 And in their stubbornness,

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 In their sin,

00:29:33.700 --> 00:29:34.980
 They had started to grumble,

00:29:35.079 --> 00:29:35.779
 Against God,

00:29:35.920 --> 00:29:36.779
 So early on,

00:29:37.400 --> 00:29:38.579
 After two years,

00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:40.000
 They'd come to the Jordan,

00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:42.140
 To be able to cross,

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:43.440
 Into the promised land,

00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.799
 They'd sent spies,

00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:46.640
 To survey the land,

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.500
 But they'd come back,

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:47.680
 Saying,

00:29:47.759 --> 00:29:48.880
 Oh there's these giants,

00:29:49.039 --> 00:29:50.140
 There's these problems,

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:52.700
 We need to look at this again,

00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:53.299
 God was saying,

00:29:53.339 --> 00:29:54.440
 But trust me,

00:29:55.119 --> 00:29:56.119
 Joshua and Caleb,

00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:57.059
 Had come back saying,

00:29:57.460 --> 00:29:57.680
 No,

00:29:57.799 --> 00:29:58.359
 With God,

00:29:58.420 --> 00:29:59.220
 We can go in,

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:01.019
 And take over this land,

00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.319
 But the people had said,

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:02.660
 No,

00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:05.940
 And so for another 38 years,

00:30:06.040 --> 00:30:07.640
 They'd wandered in the wilderness,

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.620
 This was their punishment,

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:11.340
 They'd been lost in the wilderness,

00:30:11.460 --> 00:30:12.300
 For all these years,

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:13.640
 And yet God had still,

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:15.900
 Continued to provide for them,

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:16.820
 Through the wilderness,

00:30:17.019 --> 00:30:18.140
 He provided food,

00:30:18.620 --> 00:30:19.759
 He provided water,

00:30:19.860 --> 00:30:21.220
 He provided guidance,

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:23.580
 To take them from place to place,

00:30:24.220 --> 00:30:25.840
 Their journey was not one,

00:30:26.180 --> 00:30:27.180
 Without hope,

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:28.560
 And yet still,

00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:30.039
 They grumbled,

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:32.060
 And that's really what we see again,

00:30:32.259 --> 00:30:34.480
 Here in chapter 21,

00:30:35.360 --> 00:30:36.460
 Of numbers,

00:30:37.360 --> 00:30:38.560
 God had been faithful,

00:30:39.100 --> 00:30:40.180
 To his people,

00:30:41.180 --> 00:30:42.420
 And yet again,

00:30:42.500 --> 00:30:43.019
 And again,

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:44.820
 You see them growing sick,

00:30:44.940 --> 00:30:46.240
 And tired of wandering,

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:48.440
 Tired of God's plan,

00:30:48.600 --> 00:30:50.019
 Tired of God's manna,

00:30:50.600 --> 00:30:51.539
 They were just tired,

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.180
 Tired of everything,

00:30:52.340 --> 00:30:54.000
 Tired of Moses as their leader,

00:30:54.560 --> 00:30:55.700
 Just sick and tired,

00:30:56.120 --> 00:30:57.140
 Of everything,

00:30:57.180 --> 00:31:00.400
 Instead of looking to God,

00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:02.600
 They start looking to themselves,

00:31:03.560 --> 00:31:04.960
 We can do better ourselves,

00:31:05.080 --> 00:31:06.860
 Is almost what they're saying here,

00:31:08.140 --> 00:31:09.560
 And isn't that so common,

00:31:10.580 --> 00:31:11.900
 Isn't that just like we are,

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.539
 How so often,

00:31:13.660 --> 00:31:16.120
 We can just become a grumbling people,

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:18.620
 An impatient people,

00:31:18.620 --> 00:31:21.000
 You see in verse 4,

00:31:22.299 --> 00:31:24.100
 As they are travelling from Mount Hur,

00:31:24.220 --> 00:31:26.220
 They set out to the way of the Red Sea,

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:28.360
 To go round the land of Edom,

00:31:28.440 --> 00:31:29.420
 Because it had been forbidden,

00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.620
 For going that way,

00:31:31.140 --> 00:31:32.440
 And the people became impatient,

00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:33.360
 Impatient,

00:31:33.600 --> 00:31:34.500
 On the way,

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.680
 Impatient,

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:38.039
 And what you find,

00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.680
 And what you find so often,

00:31:38.680 --> 00:31:40.060
 As you read through the scripture,

00:31:40.259 --> 00:31:41.880
 You find God's people,

00:31:41.940 --> 00:31:43.080
 Becoming impatient,

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.920
 Again and again,

00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:45.460
 Is this impatience,

00:31:45.460 --> 00:31:47.240
 Leads to disobedience,

00:31:48.100 --> 00:31:49.400
 Forgetting about God,

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.640
 Sinning against God,

00:31:51.060 --> 00:31:52.620
 And this disobedience,

00:31:52.620 --> 00:31:54.620
 Leads to a harsh walk,

00:31:55.320 --> 00:31:56.440
 Not just in the wilderness,

00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:58.480
 Here in Moses' day,

00:31:58.560 --> 00:31:59.259
 But as you go through,

00:31:59.380 --> 00:32:00.080
 The Old Testament,

00:32:00.180 --> 00:32:01.560
 Even into the New Testament,

00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:03.559
 You find that God's people,

00:32:03.700 --> 00:32:05.019
 As they abandon God,

00:32:05.099 --> 00:32:06.220
 Look away from God,

00:32:06.740 --> 00:32:08.159
 The way that they end up going,

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.500
 Is always harsh,

00:32:10.619 --> 00:32:12.980
 Because they take their eyes of God,

00:32:13.859 --> 00:32:16.220
 But God reminds them again and again,

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.940
 That he is there for them,

00:32:17.980 --> 00:32:19.299
 What a gracious God,

00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:20.579
 He is,

00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:22.779
 And what we want to see this evening,

00:32:22.980 --> 00:32:23.960
 Is in this section,

00:32:24.879 --> 00:32:26.039
 We want to see the lessons,

00:32:26.099 --> 00:32:26.839
 That we can learn,

00:32:26.839 --> 00:32:28.639
 From the people here,

00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.799
 In their impatience,

00:32:30.919 --> 00:32:31.799
 In their grumbling,

00:32:32.339 --> 00:32:33.639
 In the way they respond,

00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:35.199
 And in the way that they go on,

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:37.259
 We want to see the lessons,

00:32:37.259 --> 00:32:38.919
 That we can learn,

00:32:39.699 --> 00:32:40.779
 The way our lives,

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:43.159
 Can so often be just like theirs,

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:46.220
 When we become impatient ourselves,

00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:48.399
 When we grumble ourselves,

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.740
 How are we to respond,

00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.759
 How are we to act,

00:32:52.459 --> 00:32:53.379
 Even as we think of,

00:32:53.699 --> 00:32:54.939
 The way that we thought there,

00:32:55.059 --> 00:32:56.259
 Of the different kinds of opinions,

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:58.039
 In God,

00:32:58.879 --> 00:33:00.119
 The atheist opinion,

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.819
 The agnostic opinion,

00:33:01.939 --> 00:33:03.079
 The humanist opinion,

00:33:03.419 --> 00:33:04.759
 All of these things,

00:33:04.939 --> 00:33:06.099
 The way Satan tells us,

00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:07.559
 To be your own God,

00:33:07.659 --> 00:33:09.019
 To live your own life,

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:11.099
 To think of all of these things,

00:33:11.159 --> 00:33:12.319
 And the lessons that we learn,

00:33:13.159 --> 00:33:14.559
 Who are we entrusting,

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.119
 Our lives to,

00:33:16.859 --> 00:33:18.039
 How are we living,

00:33:18.679 --> 00:33:19.500
 Our lives,

00:33:20.319 --> 00:33:21.679
 Are we living our lives,

00:33:22.419 --> 00:33:23.559
 Looking to the Lord,

00:33:24.179 --> 00:33:25.259
 That we might live,

00:33:25.259 --> 00:33:27.940
 Or are we living in disobedience,

00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:29.819
 And perishing,

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.960
 In that,

00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.460
 And there's three,

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:34.079
 Lessons for us,

00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.059
 In this section,

00:33:35.640 --> 00:33:37.039
 We see first of all,

00:33:37.579 --> 00:33:38.140
 The sin,

00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:39.299
 Of the people,

00:33:40.299 --> 00:33:40.879
 And secondly,

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.920
 We see the sentence,

00:33:42.680 --> 00:33:43.619
 Of the people,

00:33:44.180 --> 00:33:45.160
 But then thirdly,

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:46.000
 And more wonderfully,

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.539
 We see,

00:33:47.000 --> 00:33:47.799
 The salvation,

00:33:48.500 --> 00:33:49.700
 Of the people,

00:33:49.700 --> 00:33:50.900
 So the first thing,

00:33:50.900 --> 00:33:51.580
 We want to see is,

00:33:52.000 --> 00:33:52.480
 The sin,

00:33:53.039 --> 00:33:53.960
 Of the people,

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:56.140
 And again,

00:33:56.240 --> 00:33:57.660
 Just to see the context,

00:33:57.740 --> 00:33:59.059
 As we come into verse four,

00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.600
 It's in light of what's happening,

00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:03.019
 In verse one to three,

00:34:03.980 --> 00:34:05.600
 Where they've come up against,

00:34:05.720 --> 00:34:06.559
 A challenge,

00:34:06.840 --> 00:34:07.840
 Once again,

00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:10.579
 The Canaanite king,

00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:11.559
 He had,

00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.980
 They had fought against Israel,

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:14.380
 They had taken some of them captive,

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:15.579
 You see that in verse,

00:34:15.579 --> 00:34:16.940
 One,

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:19.480
 But then they'd made this vow,

00:34:20.019 --> 00:34:21.219
 The children of Israel,

00:34:21.319 --> 00:34:21.840
 In verse two,

00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:22.460
 The Israelites,

00:34:22.719 --> 00:34:24.239
 They vowed a vow to the Lord,

00:34:24.319 --> 00:34:24.799
 And said,

00:34:25.360 --> 00:34:26.799
 If you will indeed,

00:34:26.920 --> 00:34:27.860
 Give this people,

00:34:27.900 --> 00:34:28.840
 Into my hand,

00:34:29.380 --> 00:34:30.380
 Then I will devote,

00:34:30.380 --> 00:34:31.119
 Their cities,

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.420
 To destruction,

00:34:33.259 --> 00:34:33.759
 And again,

00:34:33.860 --> 00:34:34.759
 You see there,

00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:35.299
 How often,

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.480
 That's the way we live,

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:38.400
 Making our bargains,

00:34:38.500 --> 00:34:39.199
 With God,

00:34:39.460 --> 00:34:40.259
 If Lord,

00:34:40.380 --> 00:34:41.039
 You do this,

00:34:41.819 --> 00:34:42.239
 Then,

00:34:42.719 --> 00:34:43.819
 I will do this,

00:34:44.739 --> 00:34:45.519
 And such a,

00:34:45.579 --> 00:34:46.400
 Common theme,

00:34:46.920 --> 00:34:47.659
 And what's more amazing,

00:34:47.759 --> 00:34:48.400
 Is how God,

00:34:48.659 --> 00:34:49.639
 Agrees with them,

00:34:49.880 --> 00:34:50.440
 In verse three,

00:34:50.519 --> 00:34:51.259
 The Lord obeyed,

00:34:51.279 --> 00:34:52.119
 The voice of Israel,

00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:53.679
 And gave over the Canaanites,

00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:55.179
 And they devoted them,

00:34:55.219 --> 00:34:55.759
 And their cities,

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.480
 To destruction,

00:34:57.139 --> 00:34:58.460
 So they won the battle,

00:34:58.460 --> 00:34:59.539
 They won the victory,

00:34:59.719 --> 00:35:00.940
 Here against the Canaanites,

00:35:01.480 --> 00:35:02.539
 And you'd expect this,

00:35:02.860 --> 00:35:03.880
 To fill their hearts,

00:35:03.940 --> 00:35:04.539
 With praise,

00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:05.619
 To fill their hearts,

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:07.259
 With thanksgiving,

00:35:07.380 --> 00:35:08.239
 And be grateful,

00:35:09.199 --> 00:35:09.980
 For everything,

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:11.000
 That God has done,

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:11.639
 For them,

00:35:12.860 --> 00:35:13.579
 And you see,

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:14.799
 Here so often,

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.680
 It's almost like,

00:35:15.720 --> 00:35:16.380
 A formula,

00:35:16.480 --> 00:35:17.519
 That we can come up with,

00:35:17.820 --> 00:35:18.400
 Of how we,

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:19.780
 Live with God,

00:35:19.820 --> 00:35:21.000
 Of how we treat God,

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:22.920
 How we expect God,

00:35:22.920 --> 00:35:24.780
 To treat us,

00:35:25.780 --> 00:35:26.460
 You pray,

00:35:27.400 --> 00:35:28.360
 You ask God,

00:35:28.420 --> 00:35:28.960
 For something,

00:35:29.760 --> 00:35:31.039
 You do what God,

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.940
 Tells you to do,

00:35:32.720 --> 00:35:33.519
 You see God,

00:35:33.580 --> 00:35:34.539
 Answering prayer,

00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:36.620
 And you praise God,

00:35:36.720 --> 00:35:37.400
 And carry on,

00:35:38.080 --> 00:35:38.980
 And everything's,

00:35:39.080 --> 00:35:39.880
 Going to be fine,

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:41.200
 As long as,

00:35:41.200 --> 00:35:41.960
 God is doing,

00:35:42.000 --> 00:35:43.119
 What we want him to do,

00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:44.579
 Everything's going,

00:35:44.700 --> 00:35:45.280
 To be fine,

00:35:46.660 --> 00:35:48.340
 But what we find here,

00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.519
 Is that it's not,

00:35:49.599 --> 00:35:50.720
 Long after this,

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:52.240
 That that grumbling,

00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:52.960
 Spirit,

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:54.619
 Comes into their midst,

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:56.140
 God has answered,

00:35:56.220 --> 00:35:56.780
 Their prayers,

00:35:56.900 --> 00:35:57.720
 God has protected,

00:35:57.720 --> 00:35:58.539
 Them once again,

00:35:58.940 --> 00:35:59.820
 God has given them,

00:35:59.920 --> 00:36:01.000
 An amazing victory,

00:36:01.680 --> 00:36:02.059
 And yet,

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:03.680
 Not long down the road,

00:36:03.760 --> 00:36:04.539
 In verse four,

00:36:04.539 --> 00:36:06.079
 They set out,

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:07.679
 Along the way of the Red Sea,

00:36:07.779 --> 00:36:09.219
 To go round the land of Edom,

00:36:09.739 --> 00:36:11.779
 And the people became impatient,

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.000
 On the way,

00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:14.559
 They're never,

00:36:15.099 --> 00:36:15.699
 Happy,

00:36:16.619 --> 00:36:17.519
 You would expect,

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.460
 Gratitude,

00:36:18.960 --> 00:36:19.639
 You would expect,

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:20.199
 Thanksgiving,

00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:20.779
 You would expect,

00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:21.900
 Praise to God,

00:36:22.500 --> 00:36:23.400
 But they're not,

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.719
 They haven't turned over,

00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.340
 A new leaf,

00:36:26.820 --> 00:36:27.820
 They're still the same,

00:36:27.820 --> 00:36:28.539
 Kind of people,

00:36:28.659 --> 00:36:29.860
 As they've always been,

00:36:30.400 --> 00:36:30.880
 Grumbling,

00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:32.719
 Against God,

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.440
 Still expecting,

00:36:34.539 --> 00:36:35.039
 God though,

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:36.179
 To do as they say,

00:36:36.880 --> 00:36:37.779
 Still expecting,

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:38.800
 God to be with them,

00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:39.599
 When they want him,

00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:40.659
 Still expecting,

00:36:40.759 --> 00:36:41.500
 All of these things,

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:42.980
 But becoming impatient,

00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:44.639
 And grumbling,

00:36:45.259 --> 00:36:46.800
 Against God,

00:36:47.539 --> 00:36:49.039
 And what you find,

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:49.960
 Is that sin,

00:36:50.480 --> 00:36:52.460
 Is never far away,

00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:53.340
 Sin,

00:36:53.539 --> 00:36:55.079
 Is never far,

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.039
 Away,

00:36:56.900 --> 00:36:57.579
 And it's not,

00:36:57.739 --> 00:36:59.000
 So true of ourselves,

00:36:59.199 --> 00:36:59.679
 As well,

00:37:00.239 --> 00:37:01.159
 We can enjoy,

00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:02.840
 Blessing from God,

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:04.219
 We can enjoy,

00:37:04.219 --> 00:37:04.859
 So much,

00:37:04.919 --> 00:37:05.759
 From the hand of God,

00:37:05.799 --> 00:37:06.480
 And we can count,

00:37:06.559 --> 00:37:07.099
 Our blessings,

00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:08.379
 And we can see it,

00:37:08.419 --> 00:37:09.519
 And look at it one day,

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:11.179
 Maybe you finish the day,

00:37:11.299 --> 00:37:11.619
 In prayer,

00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:11.839
 And think,

00:37:11.959 --> 00:37:13.299
 Oh thank you Lord,

00:37:13.839 --> 00:37:14.839
 For all of these,

00:37:14.839 --> 00:37:15.719
 Good things,

00:37:15.819 --> 00:37:16.739
 That you've given to me,

00:37:16.819 --> 00:37:17.559
 Thank you Lord,

00:37:17.659 --> 00:37:18.959
 For all the people,

00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:19.519
 In my life,

00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.419
 Thank you Lord,

00:37:20.559 --> 00:37:21.359
 For where I am,

00:37:21.679 --> 00:37:22.379
 For the blessing,

00:37:22.379 --> 00:37:23.199
 Of your word,

00:37:23.839 --> 00:37:24.980
 And yet by midday,

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:25.439
 Tomorrow,

00:37:25.980 --> 00:37:27.099
 You'll be impatient,

00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:28.439
 And grumbling,

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:30.539
 And that's just,

00:37:30.619 --> 00:37:31.200
 The sin,

00:37:31.639 --> 00:37:32.500
 That is always,

00:37:32.500 --> 00:37:33.320
 In us,

00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:34.780
 Because what kind,

00:37:34.780 --> 00:37:35.400
 Of sin,

00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:36.340
 Do you see,

00:37:36.400 --> 00:37:37.420
 In the people here,

00:37:38.179 --> 00:37:39.280
 You don't think,

00:37:39.420 --> 00:37:39.820
 Here is,

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:41.380
 A huge sin,

00:37:41.440 --> 00:37:42.700
 An obvious sin,

00:37:43.099 --> 00:37:44.240
 A serious sin,

00:37:44.300 --> 00:37:44.599
 You see,

00:37:44.740 --> 00:37:46.400
 Where is their sin,

00:37:47.460 --> 00:37:48.340
 Well you see it,

00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:49.119
 In verse 4,

00:37:49.500 --> 00:37:50.139
 And 5,

00:37:50.240 --> 00:37:51.079
 And it's not,

00:37:51.159 --> 00:37:51.659
 Like these,

00:37:51.900 --> 00:37:52.900
 Huge sins,

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.179
 You think,

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:54.740
 Well that deserves,

00:37:54.739 --> 00:37:56.259
 The judgment of God,

00:37:56.339 --> 00:37:56.559
 It's not,

00:37:56.819 --> 00:37:57.959
 They're not murdering,

00:37:58.239 --> 00:37:58.699
 They're not,

00:37:58.699 --> 00:38:00.759
 Going against God's word,

00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:01.319
 Just so,

00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:03.019
 Obviously and blatantly,

00:38:03.139 --> 00:38:04.079
 In one sense,

00:38:05.019 --> 00:38:06.419
 It's the little sin,

00:38:07.879 --> 00:38:08.319
 And yet it's,

00:38:08.519 --> 00:38:09.079
 So the sin,

00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:10.259
 That so easily,

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:11.859
 Comes in and spoils,

00:38:13.599 --> 00:38:14.599
 It's a sin,

00:38:14.699 --> 00:38:15.219
 That we see,

00:38:15.459 --> 00:38:16.119
 Again and again,

00:38:16.639 --> 00:38:17.639
 Through the scriptures,

00:38:17.779 --> 00:38:18.979
 It's just the little sins,

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.519
 That become,

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.799
 Collectively together,

00:38:21.500 --> 00:38:22.279
 Build up,

00:38:22.699 --> 00:38:23.779
 And lead us away,

00:38:24.019 --> 00:38:24.719
 From God,

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:26.659
 They became,

00:38:26.659 --> 00:38:28.439
 Impatient,

00:38:29.299 --> 00:38:30.239
 Just that,

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.719
 Little word,

00:38:31.839 --> 00:38:32.479
 Is enough,

00:38:32.579 --> 00:38:34.179
 To trigger the warning sign,

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:35.500
 In verse 4,

00:38:35.859 --> 00:38:36.979
 The people became,

00:38:36.979 --> 00:38:38.079
 Impatient,

00:38:38.479 --> 00:38:39.839
 On the way,

00:38:40.979 --> 00:38:42.159
 The word,

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:43.219
 They are impatient,

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:45.379
 Behind it all,

00:38:45.539 --> 00:38:46.419
 Is something,

00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:47.559
 Being shortened,

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:50.019
 And what was being shortened,

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:51.179
 Was their temper,

00:38:51.939 --> 00:38:52.679
 Their short,

00:38:52.959 --> 00:38:53.539
 Tempered,

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.940
 They are easily,

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:54.960
 They are easily,

00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:56.039
 Frustrated,

00:38:56.219 --> 00:38:57.000
 Their patience,

00:38:57.320 --> 00:38:58.199
 Is easily,

00:38:58.380 --> 00:38:59.920
 Running thin,

00:39:01.019 --> 00:39:01.800
 The people,

00:39:01.900 --> 00:39:02.480
 Became,

00:39:02.480 --> 00:39:03.980
 Impatient,

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:06.380
 And that,

00:39:06.420 --> 00:39:06.880
 Can describe,

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.800
 Me,

00:39:07.800 --> 00:39:09.039
 I'm sure,

00:39:09.039 --> 00:39:09.059
 I'm sure,

00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:09.079
 I'm sure,

00:39:09.079 --> 00:39:09.720
 I can describe,

00:39:09.960 --> 00:39:10.680
 Many of you,

00:39:11.140 --> 00:39:11.660
 Where you think,

00:39:11.780 --> 00:39:12.280
 To yourself,

00:39:12.740 --> 00:39:13.539
 Even in the midst,

00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.519
 Of giving thanks,

00:39:14.599 --> 00:39:15.320
 And being thankful,

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:15.820
 To God,

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.579
 For so much,

00:39:16.619 --> 00:39:17.760
 It doesn't take much,

00:39:17.760 --> 00:39:18.860
 To become,

00:39:18.920 --> 00:39:19.980
 Impatient,

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:21.519
 It doesn't take,

00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:21.880
 It doesn't take much,

00:39:21.880 --> 00:39:23.740
 For my temper,

00:39:23.860 --> 00:39:24.500
 To be short,

00:39:24.639 --> 00:39:25.460
 In that sense,

00:39:25.559 --> 00:39:26.380
 Where frustration,

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:27.659
 So easily,

00:39:27.659 --> 00:39:28.780
 Comes in,

00:39:29.480 --> 00:39:30.559
 There is frustration,

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.639
 Here for them,

00:39:32.380 --> 00:39:33.320
 In so many,

00:39:33.320 --> 00:39:34.360
 Different ways,

00:39:34.980 --> 00:39:36.000
 They've had to take,

00:39:36.099 --> 00:39:37.240
 The long way round,

00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:38.639
 They've had to go,

00:39:38.719 --> 00:39:39.460
 A different way,

00:39:39.500 --> 00:39:40.219
 To what they would have,

00:39:40.320 --> 00:39:41.360
 Planned themselves,

00:39:41.900 --> 00:39:43.059
 It's taken longer,

00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:44.099
 And yet,

00:39:44.159 --> 00:39:45.119
 It's all because,

00:39:45.119 --> 00:39:46.119
 Of their sin,

00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:48.380
 And then it carries on,

00:39:48.420 --> 00:39:50.279
 Into verse five,

00:39:51.219 --> 00:39:52.279
 And you see there,

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:53.339
 The complaints,

00:39:53.920 --> 00:39:55.039
 Through impatience,

00:39:55.119 --> 00:39:56.059
 Like it's rising,

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:57.079
 To the surface,

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:59.339
 It's like just,

00:39:59.339 --> 00:40:00.639
 Spilling something,

00:40:01.279 --> 00:40:02.339
 You spill a little,

00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:03.420
 Water on the floor,

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:03.659
 And yet,

00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:04.799
 It can go everywhere,

00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:06.179
 Or worse still,

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:07.359
 You can spill paint,

00:40:07.579 --> 00:40:08.279
 On the floor,

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:09.659
 And it just spreads everywhere,

00:40:09.960 --> 00:40:10.799
 And the more you try,

00:40:10.859 --> 00:40:11.559
 And clear it up,

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:13.119
 The worse it seems to get,

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:14.219
 That's the way sin,

00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:15.819
 So often is,

00:40:16.119 --> 00:40:17.799
 Just little spots,

00:40:17.940 --> 00:40:18.460
 Here and there,

00:40:18.779 --> 00:40:19.579
 But it just seems,

00:40:19.659 --> 00:40:20.319
 To get worse,

00:40:20.440 --> 00:40:21.019
 And worse,

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.259
 And you look at,

00:40:23.460 --> 00:40:24.699
 What's going on here,

00:40:24.739 --> 00:40:25.539
 And you just see,

00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:27.579
 The sin that is coming out,

00:40:27.639 --> 00:40:28.500
 In their hearts,

00:40:28.900 --> 00:40:29.519
 In verse five,

00:40:29.579 --> 00:40:30.279
 This people,

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:32.059
 Spoke against God,

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:33.099
 And against Moses,

00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:34.980
 Why have you brought us up,

00:40:35.219 --> 00:40:36.039
 Out of Egypt,

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:37.339
 To die in the wilderness,

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:39.159
 For there is no food,

00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:39.920
 And no water,

00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:40.880
 And we loathe,

00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:42.559
 The worthless food,

00:40:43.199 --> 00:40:44.039
 So it's just,

00:40:44.199 --> 00:40:44.799
 Let's just,

00:40:44.800 --> 00:40:46.300
 Pour out everything,

00:40:46.380 --> 00:40:46.960
 Before you,

00:40:47.680 --> 00:40:48.700
 This impatience,

00:40:48.760 --> 00:40:49.880
 Now is coming to our head,

00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:51.180
 Let's just get it all out,

00:40:51.480 --> 00:40:52.440
 Into the open,

00:40:53.180 --> 00:40:54.080
 The frustration,

00:40:54.280 --> 00:40:55.940
 Just leads to this groaning,

00:40:56.360 --> 00:40:57.700
 Against God,

00:40:57.780 --> 00:40:58.880
 And everything else,

00:40:59.680 --> 00:41:01.539
 And you look at this,

00:41:01.600 --> 00:41:01.900
 And you say,

00:41:01.980 --> 00:41:03.120
 Well how selfish,

00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:04.800
 You know,

00:41:04.900 --> 00:41:06.340
 Why are they like that,

00:41:06.780 --> 00:41:07.840
 Surely you should see,

00:41:07.840 --> 00:41:09.120
 What God has done for them,

00:41:09.180 --> 00:41:10.000
 And been thankful,

00:41:10.000 --> 00:41:11.539
 And yet,

00:41:12.199 --> 00:41:12.619
 Again,

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:13.440
 It just shows,

00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:15.179
 Our own hearts,

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:17.239
 How easy it is,

00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:17.659
 For us,

00:41:17.760 --> 00:41:18.639
 To judge them,

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:20.039
 When in our own hearts,

00:41:20.099 --> 00:41:20.860
 In our own spirit,

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:22.019
 We're just the same,

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:23.619
 Impatient,

00:41:23.659 --> 00:41:24.800
 And we start grumbling,

00:41:25.599 --> 00:41:25.860
 Again,

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:27.199
 It's not the big sins,

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:28.420
 It's just the little things,

00:41:28.500 --> 00:41:30.039
 That together work,

00:41:30.460 --> 00:41:31.159
 To bring us,

00:41:31.260 --> 00:41:32.420
 Away from God,

00:41:32.480 --> 00:41:33.559
 And to take our focus,

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.420
 Off God,

00:41:34.420 --> 00:41:36.840
 And you just look,

00:41:36.960 --> 00:41:37.460
 There's really,

00:41:38.079 --> 00:41:39.380
 Maybe five,

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:40.420
 Probably sins,

00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.220
 Here you can see,

00:41:41.300 --> 00:41:42.119
 Five ways that,

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:43.860
 This leads them away,

00:41:43.860 --> 00:41:44.360
 From God,

00:41:44.440 --> 00:41:45.340
 That first thing is,

00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:46.900
 Impatience,

00:41:47.599 --> 00:41:49.960
 They became impatient,

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.880
 They allow things,

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.840
 To get on top of them,

00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.760
 To weigh them down,

00:41:53.139 --> 00:41:54.159
 And this is what starts,

00:41:54.159 --> 00:41:54.980
 Taking them away,

00:41:55.440 --> 00:41:56.240
 From God,

00:41:57.059 --> 00:41:57.659
 And then you see,

00:41:57.659 --> 00:41:58.539
 That leads to,

00:41:58.639 --> 00:42:00.119
 To the way they speak,

00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:01.659
 The way they speak,

00:42:01.700 --> 00:42:02.740
 Against God,

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:04.280
 And against,

00:42:04.420 --> 00:42:04.960
 Moses,

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:09.099
 They speak against God,

00:42:09.180 --> 00:42:10.579
 They complain against God,

00:42:10.940 --> 00:42:12.059
 But then they turn,

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:13.320
 It on to Moses,

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:14.420
 Himself as the leader,

00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:16.240
 So,

00:42:16.500 --> 00:42:17.820
 They're speaking against God,

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.300
 And against,

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.740
 God's people,

00:42:20.619 --> 00:42:21.119
 And again,

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:21.780
 You see,

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:22.240
 How,

00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:23.340
 How rude,

00:42:24.079 --> 00:42:24.840
 How ignorant,

00:42:25.599 --> 00:42:26.559
 How brash,

00:42:27.599 --> 00:42:28.059
 And yet,

00:42:28.059 --> 00:42:29.039
 Do we not have to be,

00:42:29.119 --> 00:42:29.619
 On our guard,

00:42:29.740 --> 00:42:30.460
 Against ourselves,

00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:31.559
 How we,

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:33.200
 Speak against God,

00:42:33.280 --> 00:42:34.159
 When things aren't going,

00:42:34.159 --> 00:42:35.379
 The way we want them to be,

00:42:35.379 --> 00:42:37.239
 How we speak against others,

00:42:37.339 --> 00:42:38.099
 Our own Christian,

00:42:38.239 --> 00:42:39.259
 Brothers and sisters,

00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:41.420
 How we speak about them,

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:44.359
 About them to others,

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:45.839
 Or about them to their face,

00:42:46.839 --> 00:42:47.639
 How we treat,

00:42:48.099 --> 00:42:48.559
 One another,

00:42:49.319 --> 00:42:50.000
 Impatience,

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:50.659
 Can lead us,

00:42:51.059 --> 00:42:52.179
 Down that path,

00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:53.739
 And then,

00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:53.759
 And then,

00:42:53.839 --> 00:42:54.679
 You almost see them,

00:42:54.759 --> 00:42:56.599
 Questioning God's plan,

00:42:57.739 --> 00:42:58.299
 Questioning,

00:42:58.440 --> 00:42:58.980
 Why,

00:42:59.779 --> 00:43:00.779
 Why are we here,

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:02.299
 Why have you brought us up,

00:43:02.379 --> 00:43:03.099
 Out of Egypt,

00:43:03.259 --> 00:43:04.659
 To die in the wilderness,

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:05.899
 What are you doing,

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.239
 Lord?

00:43:07.419 --> 00:43:07.940
 And again,

00:43:08.019 --> 00:43:09.319
 We see that in our own lives,

00:43:09.399 --> 00:43:09.599
 Lord,

00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:10.000
 Why,

00:43:10.519 --> 00:43:11.739
 Why is this happening,

00:43:11.839 --> 00:43:12.859
 Why are you allowing this,

00:43:13.199 --> 00:43:14.119
 Why is this the way,

00:43:14.199 --> 00:43:15.139
 My life is going,

00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:17.119
 Why is this my experience,

00:43:17.259 --> 00:43:17.799
 Just now,

00:43:18.119 --> 00:43:19.980
 Why have you brought us here,

00:43:19.980 --> 00:43:22.159
 And then,

00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:22.840
 You see,

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:24.559
 They doubt God's ability,

00:43:25.000 --> 00:43:26.480
 To provide for them,

00:43:27.380 --> 00:43:28.420
 Why have you brought us,

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:29.159
 Into the wilderness,

00:43:29.579 --> 00:43:30.460
 For there is no,

00:43:30.780 --> 00:43:31.039
 Food,

00:43:31.139 --> 00:43:31.639
 And no,

00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:32.460
 Water,

00:43:33.340 --> 00:43:34.260
 And that's a lie,

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:36.579
 That's just a blatant lie,

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:38.000
 A lie that's shown,

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:39.079
 And the next thing they say,

00:43:39.179 --> 00:43:39.880
 They are swell,

00:43:40.400 --> 00:43:41.219
 We loathe,

00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:42.679
 This worthless food,

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:46.420
 So they doubt God's ability,

00:43:46.539 --> 00:43:47.079
 To provide,

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:48.480
 And they're ungrateful,

00:43:48.619 --> 00:43:49.960
 What God has provided,

00:43:49.980 --> 00:43:51.760
 And again,

00:43:51.880 --> 00:43:52.920
 Does that not reveal,

00:43:53.380 --> 00:43:54.719
 Our hearts to us,

00:43:54.880 --> 00:43:55.460
 As swell,

00:43:56.240 --> 00:43:58.940
 We say to God,

00:43:59.059 --> 00:44:00.039
 Why don't we have this,

00:44:00.219 --> 00:44:01.400
 Why don't we have that,

00:44:01.579 --> 00:44:02.480
 We're not happy,

00:44:02.659 --> 00:44:03.960
 About what we don't have,

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:05.240
 And what we have,

00:44:05.360 --> 00:44:06.840
 We're not happy with either,

00:44:07.099 --> 00:44:08.519
 We're never happy,

00:44:08.840 --> 00:44:10.119
 With our lot,

00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:12.780
 And so you look at these things,

00:44:12.900 --> 00:44:13.300
 And you say,

00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:13.480
 Well,

00:44:13.639 --> 00:44:16.119
 There's not really a serious sin there,

00:44:16.780 --> 00:44:18.699
 But all together,

00:44:18.699 --> 00:44:19.939
 What it's doing,

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:21.199
 Is leading them away,

00:44:21.639 --> 00:44:22.299
 From God,

00:44:22.379 --> 00:44:23.139
 They are turning,

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:24.919
 Against God,

00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:25.919
 They are grumbling,

00:44:26.539 --> 00:44:27.599
 Against God,

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:28.679
 And that is sin,

00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:31.079
 Forgetting God,

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:32.099
 Is sin,

00:44:32.659 --> 00:44:33.779
 Not being thankful,

00:44:34.219 --> 00:44:34.859
 To God,

00:44:34.980 --> 00:44:35.259
 Is sin,

00:44:35.319 --> 00:44:36.679
 Not trusting God,

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:37.659
 Is sin,

00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:39.739
 All these little things,

00:44:39.839 --> 00:44:40.399
 Add up,

00:44:41.079 --> 00:44:42.299
 And if we allow them all,

00:44:42.379 --> 00:44:43.259
 To go on and on,

00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:45.179
 Then we end up just turning,

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.159
 Away,

00:44:46.699 --> 00:44:47.539
 From God,

00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:49.819
 So their sin,

00:44:49.899 --> 00:44:50.599
 And our sin,

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:52.279
 Is before us,

00:44:52.819 --> 00:44:54.319
 And this leads us secondly,

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:54.940
 To see,

00:44:55.339 --> 00:44:56.399
 Their sentence,

00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:59.519
 We see this in verse 6,

00:44:59.599 --> 00:45:00.319
 No sin,

00:45:00.819 --> 00:45:02.379
 Will go unpunished,

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:04.240
 Verse 6,

00:45:04.300 --> 00:45:04.579
 It says,

00:45:04.660 --> 00:45:06.740
 Then the Lord sent fiery serpents,

00:45:06.780 --> 00:45:07.599
 Among the people,

00:45:07.640 --> 00:45:08.700
 And they bit the people,

00:45:08.820 --> 00:45:10.400
 So that many people of Israel,

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.360
 Died,

00:45:12.579 --> 00:45:14.059
 There was a punishment,

00:45:14.760 --> 00:45:15.360
 For their sin,

00:45:15.400 --> 00:45:15.860
 And you see,

00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:17.640
 What the sins that you say,

00:45:17.720 --> 00:45:17.860
 Well,

00:45:18.019 --> 00:45:19.720
 They're not really that serious,

00:45:19.840 --> 00:45:20.260
 Are they?

00:45:21.680 --> 00:45:22.039
 Well,

00:45:22.180 --> 00:45:24.480
 The Lord shows how serious it is,

00:45:24.760 --> 00:45:26.880
 When he sends these fiery serpents,

00:45:26.920 --> 00:45:27.780
 Among the people,

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:29.200
 They bite the people,

00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:30.940
 And many people of Israel died,

00:45:30.940 --> 00:45:34.079
 That is just how serious sin is,

00:45:34.599 --> 00:45:35.840
 Every sin,

00:45:36.300 --> 00:45:37.059
 Is serious,

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:39.700
 In Romans 6,

00:45:40.360 --> 00:45:41.760
 We read there in verse 23,

00:45:41.840 --> 00:45:42.940
 The wages of sin,

00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:44.039
 Is death,

00:45:45.159 --> 00:45:46.220
 That is what sin,

00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:47.220
 Deserves,

00:45:47.300 --> 00:45:48.679
 And that's what the Lord is showing,

00:45:49.000 --> 00:45:50.079
 Here in verse 6,

00:45:50.240 --> 00:45:50.679
 The Lord,

00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:52.079
 Shows this,

00:45:52.220 --> 00:45:53.960
 The seriousness of your grumbling,

00:45:54.099 --> 00:45:54.980
 Your impatience,

00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:56.320
 And all of these things,

00:45:57.079 --> 00:45:59.079
 Is it will not go unpunished,

00:45:59.079 --> 00:46:01.239
 And these serpents,

00:46:01.299 --> 00:46:02.239
 That come in their midst,

00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:03.559
 Are the judgment,

00:46:03.699 --> 00:46:04.619
 That comes upon them,

00:46:04.659 --> 00:46:05.199
 A judgment,

00:46:05.199 --> 00:46:05.840
 That leads,

00:46:06.279 --> 00:46:07.179
 To death,

00:46:08.179 --> 00:46:11.699
 And that is what sin does,

00:46:11.759 --> 00:46:13.139
 We come under the judgment,

00:46:13.139 --> 00:46:13.960
 Of God,

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:15.940
 And we are all judged,

00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:17.380
 According to our sins,

00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:18.639
 And all our sins,

00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:20.519
 Deserve death,

00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:23.059
 Someone once said,

00:46:23.299 --> 00:46:24.739
 Sometimes we only learn,

00:46:25.039 --> 00:46:26.500
 The lessons that we ought to learn,

00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:28.099
 In petty trials,

00:46:28.239 --> 00:46:29.940
 By facing greater ones,

00:46:31.440 --> 00:46:32.400
 And so,

00:46:32.619 --> 00:46:33.559
 You think of that,

00:46:33.619 --> 00:46:34.300
 In the light of,

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:35.460
 Where the children of Israel,

00:46:35.460 --> 00:46:36.119
 Are here,

00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:37.900
 They've seen God,

00:46:38.019 --> 00:46:38.460
 Deliver,

00:46:38.780 --> 00:46:39.739
 From the Canaanites,

00:46:39.800 --> 00:46:40.739
 They've asked the Lord,

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:41.159
 To help,

00:46:41.219 --> 00:46:41.760
 He's helped,

00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:43.500
 And they're unthankful,

00:46:43.599 --> 00:46:44.519
 They're impatient,

00:46:44.719 --> 00:46:45.539
 They're grumbling,

00:46:46.440 --> 00:46:48.420
 And you would expect,

00:46:48.500 --> 00:46:50.500
 In these small trials,

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:52.320
 That they would see God,

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:53.119
 And trust him,

00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:53.679
 Well now,

00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:54.920
 God is bringing,

00:46:54.920 --> 00:46:56.159
 A greater trial,

00:46:56.239 --> 00:46:57.019
 Into their midst,

00:46:57.500 --> 00:46:58.500
 The trial of this,

00:46:58.859 --> 00:47:00.299
 These fiery serpents,

00:47:00.380 --> 00:47:01.359
 That's bringing death,

00:47:01.759 --> 00:47:02.900
 Into their midst,

00:47:04.519 --> 00:47:05.400
 Surely,

00:47:05.679 --> 00:47:06.900
 They would see,

00:47:07.539 --> 00:47:07.960
 Surely,

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:08.759
 They would see,

00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:10.099
 God in the midst,

00:47:10.339 --> 00:47:10.980
 Of this,

00:47:11.659 --> 00:47:12.400
 The Lord,

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:14.079
 Uses these trials,

00:47:14.819 --> 00:47:15.519
 And in many ways,

00:47:15.579 --> 00:47:16.159
 You can see about,

00:47:16.259 --> 00:47:17.179
 The children of Israel,

00:47:17.279 --> 00:47:18.400
 The experience of going,

00:47:18.579 --> 00:47:19.159
 Through the wilderness,

00:47:19.279 --> 00:47:20.940
 Was all a time of testing,

00:47:20.940 --> 00:47:22.539
 They were being tested,

00:47:22.659 --> 00:47:23.720
 In their relationship,

00:47:23.960 --> 00:47:24.559
 With God,

00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:25.900
 And Deuteronomy,

00:47:25.980 --> 00:47:27.179
 Makes that so clear,

00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:27.780
 For us,

00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:28.460
 Even as they go,

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:29.599
 Into the promised land,

00:47:29.679 --> 00:47:30.420
 There's a test,

00:47:30.860 --> 00:47:31.860
 Put before them,

00:47:32.380 --> 00:47:32.860
 Remember,

00:47:32.980 --> 00:47:34.159
 When you go into the land,

00:47:34.220 --> 00:47:35.280
 When you have all of these,

00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:36.980
 Homes that you have not built,

00:47:37.059 --> 00:47:37.599
 And the food,

00:47:37.679 --> 00:47:38.800
 That you have not planted,

00:47:39.380 --> 00:47:40.579
 Do not forget,

00:47:40.780 --> 00:47:41.400
 The Lord,

00:47:42.139 --> 00:47:42.679
 The lessons,

00:47:42.780 --> 00:47:43.820
 That they should have been learning,

00:47:44.200 --> 00:47:44.900
 In the wilderness,

00:47:45.059 --> 00:47:45.740
 Are the same,

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:47.079
 As the lessons they learn,

00:47:47.119 --> 00:47:47.900
 In their plenty,

00:47:48.420 --> 00:47:49.579
 Do not forget,

00:47:50.019 --> 00:47:50.780
 The Lord,

00:47:50.940 --> 00:47:52.840
 And that speaks,

00:47:53.059 --> 00:47:54.760
 To ourselves as well,

00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:55.920
 The sentence,

00:47:56.119 --> 00:47:56.940
 That we are under,

00:47:57.840 --> 00:47:58.599
 Our sin,

00:47:59.079 --> 00:48:00.539
 Deserves death,

00:48:01.440 --> 00:48:03.079
 But it also,

00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:03.980
 Asks the question,

00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:05.300
 Well what do we do,

00:48:05.380 --> 00:48:06.059
 In our sin,

00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:08.700
 Where do we go,

00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:09.760
 In our sin,

00:48:09.780 --> 00:48:10.920
 As we see our sin,

00:48:11.039 --> 00:48:11.720
 Before us,

00:48:12.059 --> 00:48:13.079
 Where do we go,

00:48:14.320 --> 00:48:15.320
 Well you learn that,

00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:16.760
 In verse 7 here,

00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:19.440
 Do we come,

00:48:19.980 --> 00:48:20.700
 In repentance,

00:48:20.940 --> 00:48:22.360
 We turn,

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:23.599
 To God,

00:48:24.119 --> 00:48:24.860
 In verse 7,

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:25.260
 It says,

00:48:25.260 --> 00:48:26.760
 The people came to Moses,

00:48:26.900 --> 00:48:27.240
 And said,

00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:28.139
 We have sinned,

00:48:28.519 --> 00:48:29.559
 For we have spoken,

00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:30.659
 Against the Lord,

00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:31.960
 And against you,

00:48:32.119 --> 00:48:32.500
 Pray,

00:48:33.000 --> 00:48:33.780
 To the Lord,

00:48:33.860 --> 00:48:34.840
 That he may take away,

00:48:35.220 --> 00:48:36.700
 The serpents from us,

00:48:37.179 --> 00:48:38.039
 And so Moses,

00:48:38.220 --> 00:48:38.780
 Prayed,

00:48:39.159 --> 00:48:40.300
 For the people,

00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:43.360
 You see their sin,

00:48:44.200 --> 00:48:45.559
 You see their sentence,

00:48:45.740 --> 00:48:46.559
 But you see here,

00:48:46.639 --> 00:48:47.780
 The way they respond,

00:48:47.780 --> 00:48:49.840
 And that is what sin,

00:48:49.840 --> 00:48:51.500
 Should do to us,

00:48:51.620 --> 00:48:52.280
 As well,

00:48:53.040 --> 00:48:54.000
 As we realise,

00:48:54.460 --> 00:48:55.280
 How we are,

00:48:55.600 --> 00:48:57.420
 Not trusting God,

00:48:57.460 --> 00:48:57.880
 As we should,

00:48:57.940 --> 00:48:58.820
 How we are sinning,

00:48:58.820 --> 00:48:59.519
 Against God,

00:48:59.580 --> 00:49:00.580
 What should that do,

00:49:00.740 --> 00:49:01.220
 For us,

00:49:01.780 --> 00:49:02.660
 Well it should help us,

00:49:02.740 --> 00:49:03.320
 To realise,

00:49:03.700 --> 00:49:04.600
 We need God,

00:49:05.280 --> 00:49:06.640
 We are lost,

00:49:07.019 --> 00:49:07.820
 Without God,

00:49:07.900 --> 00:49:08.860
 We will be dead,

00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:10.440
 In our trespasses,

00:49:10.560 --> 00:49:11.160
 And sins,

00:49:11.260 --> 00:49:12.000
 For eternity,

00:49:12.120 --> 00:49:13.040
 Without God,

00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:16.579
 And we see the wonder,

00:49:17.099 --> 00:49:18.480
 Of what God does,

00:49:18.599 --> 00:49:19.239
 For us,

00:49:20.820 --> 00:49:22.659
 Does our sin,

00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:25.300
 Bother us that much,

00:49:26.340 --> 00:49:27.840
 Does it bother us enough,

00:49:28.099 --> 00:49:28.800
 To bring us,

00:49:29.259 --> 00:49:29.900
 To God,

00:49:29.960 --> 00:49:30.539
 Or do we just,

00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:31.579
 Push it away,

00:49:31.659 --> 00:49:33.099
 As if it's insignificant,

00:49:34.460 --> 00:49:35.500
 Well the series of,

00:49:35.779 --> 00:49:37.279
 Sin is here,

00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:39.659
 Many people of Israel,

00:49:40.179 --> 00:49:40.639
 Died,

00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:43.619
 And that's,

00:49:43.819 --> 00:49:44.480
 For ourselves,

00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:45.779
 To recognise too,

00:49:46.799 --> 00:49:47.719
 In our sin,

00:49:47.859 --> 00:49:49.139
 The wages of sin,

00:49:49.679 --> 00:49:50.440
 Is death,

00:49:51.159 --> 00:49:52.579
 But the Lord,

00:49:53.119 --> 00:49:53.759
 Is there,

00:49:54.319 --> 00:49:56.099
 The Lord is here,

00:49:56.440 --> 00:49:57.359
 For us,

00:49:58.099 --> 00:49:59.279
 And we can come,

00:49:59.779 --> 00:50:00.339
 Pleading,

00:50:00.699 --> 00:50:01.480
 With God,

00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:03.199
 We can come,

00:50:03.639 --> 00:50:04.759
 Looking to God,

00:50:04.940 --> 00:50:05.900
 Seeking mercy,

00:50:06.259 --> 00:50:07.219
 From God,

00:50:07.739 --> 00:50:08.599
 Just as it is,

00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:09.460
 In verse 7,

00:50:09.460 --> 00:50:10.519
 That is to be,

00:50:10.599 --> 00:50:11.619
 Our response,

00:50:12.300 --> 00:50:13.440
 We have sinned,

00:50:13.980 --> 00:50:14.860
 For we have spoken,

00:50:14.860 --> 00:50:15.820
 Against the Lord,

00:50:15.920 --> 00:50:16.740
 And against you,

00:50:17.320 --> 00:50:17.740
 Pray,

00:50:18.179 --> 00:50:19.220
 To the Lord,

00:50:19.500 --> 00:50:20.539
 That he may take away,

00:50:20.659 --> 00:50:21.699
 The serpents from us,

00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:22.860
 Pray to the Lord,

00:50:23.179 --> 00:50:24.440
 That he might take away,

00:50:24.940 --> 00:50:25.619
 Our sin,

00:50:26.179 --> 00:50:29.220
 God so often,

00:50:29.320 --> 00:50:29.780
 Uses,

00:50:30.300 --> 00:50:31.380
 All our lives,

00:50:31.539 --> 00:50:32.039
 Trials,

00:50:32.139 --> 00:50:32.639
 To bring us,

00:50:32.780 --> 00:50:34.000
 Closer to himself,

00:50:35.159 --> 00:50:36.000
 One preacher,

00:50:36.139 --> 00:50:36.920
 Described it,

00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:37.659
 In this way,

00:50:37.659 --> 00:50:38.519
 He said,

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:39.500
 It's like a joiner,

00:50:39.699 --> 00:50:41.559
 Bringing two bits of wood,

00:50:41.799 --> 00:50:42.179
 Together,

00:50:42.759 --> 00:50:43.739
 Using glue,

00:50:44.739 --> 00:50:45.039
 He says,

00:50:45.119 --> 00:50:45.639
 A joiner,

00:50:45.699 --> 00:50:46.239
 When he glues,

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:47.759
 Two boards together,

00:50:48.519 --> 00:50:49.440
 He keeps them,

00:50:49.799 --> 00:50:51.379
 Tightly clamped,

00:50:51.879 --> 00:50:52.779
 Until the glue,

00:50:53.019 --> 00:50:53.500
 Is set,

00:50:53.599 --> 00:50:54.219
 So if you've ever,

00:50:54.500 --> 00:50:56.259
 Set two bits of wood,

00:50:56.319 --> 00:50:56.579
 Together,

00:50:56.679 --> 00:50:57.319
 You know the glue,

00:50:57.399 --> 00:50:57.980
 If you put it on,

00:50:58.379 --> 00:50:59.259
 You just let it go,

00:50:59.319 --> 00:50:59.659
 Straight away,

00:50:59.699 --> 00:51:00.159
 It's just going to,

00:51:00.259 --> 00:51:01.440
 Separate immediately,

00:51:01.440 --> 00:51:03.000
 So you have to use,

00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:03.659
 A clamp,

00:51:04.039 --> 00:51:05.760
 To clamp the two bits of wood,

00:51:05.840 --> 00:51:06.119
 Together,

00:51:06.200 --> 00:51:08.099
 Until that glue is set,

00:51:08.139 --> 00:51:09.220
 And that clamp,

00:51:09.659 --> 00:51:10.539
 Is tight,

00:51:11.019 --> 00:51:12.059
 That clamp,

00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:13.179
 Is applying,

00:51:13.480 --> 00:51:13.960
 Pressure,

00:51:14.079 --> 00:51:14.740
 To crush,

00:51:14.840 --> 00:51:15.880
 The two bits of wood,

00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:16.360
 Together,

00:51:17.360 --> 00:51:18.159
 That's the way,

00:51:18.220 --> 00:51:18.800
 This preacher,

00:51:19.039 --> 00:51:20.059
 Was describing it,

00:51:20.619 --> 00:51:21.960
 How our trials,

00:51:22.220 --> 00:51:23.320
 How our calamity,

00:51:23.480 --> 00:51:23.980
 So often,

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:25.099
 Crush us,

00:51:25.240 --> 00:51:26.380
 Closer to God,

00:51:26.720 --> 00:51:27.320
 How they weigh,

00:51:27.480 --> 00:51:28.659
 Heavy upon us,

00:51:28.659 --> 00:51:30.940
 But the pressure,

00:51:31.219 --> 00:51:31.819
 Is kept,

00:51:32.219 --> 00:51:33.059
 As this preacher said,

00:51:33.179 --> 00:51:33.519
 Until,

00:51:34.000 --> 00:51:35.339
 Our soul's union,

00:51:35.339 --> 00:51:36.119
 With God,

00:51:36.179 --> 00:51:36.899
 Is set,

00:51:38.159 --> 00:51:39.179
 God will keep,

00:51:39.179 --> 00:51:40.420
 That pressure on,

00:51:40.879 --> 00:51:41.599
 Until we are,

00:51:41.839 --> 00:51:42.159
 Fully,

00:51:42.159 --> 00:51:43.659
 Thrusting him,

00:51:44.399 --> 00:51:45.039
 And fully,

00:51:45.359 --> 00:51:45.920
 Stuck,

00:51:46.519 --> 00:51:46.980
 To him,

00:51:49.799 --> 00:51:50.879
 He pressed,

00:51:50.879 --> 00:51:51.399
 Israel,

00:51:51.500 --> 00:51:52.379
 In their trials,

00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:53.420
 That they might come,

00:51:53.899 --> 00:51:54.719
 Close to him,

00:51:54.779 --> 00:51:55.059
 That's,

00:51:55.379 --> 00:51:56.039
 The cycle,

00:51:56.179 --> 00:51:57.420
 That you so often see,

00:51:57.420 --> 00:51:59.800
 And for ourselves,

00:51:59.980 --> 00:52:00.659
 It's a reminder,

00:52:01.180 --> 00:52:02.159
 Not to drift,

00:52:02.300 --> 00:52:03.039
 Back away,

00:52:03.780 --> 00:52:04.760
 Not to separate,

00:52:04.860 --> 00:52:06.180
 Ourselves from God,

00:52:06.240 --> 00:52:06.579
 Again,

00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:07.940
 But to remain,

00:52:08.159 --> 00:52:09.659
 Close to him,

00:52:10.380 --> 00:52:11.380
 To remain,

00:52:11.599 --> 00:52:12.280
 Trusting,

00:52:12.780 --> 00:52:13.360
 In him,

00:52:14.019 --> 00:52:14.860
 The easy,

00:52:14.860 --> 00:52:15.840
 Way for them,

00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:17.139
 Was to trust,

00:52:17.280 --> 00:52:17.639
 God,

00:52:17.760 --> 00:52:18.659
 They had trusted him,

00:52:18.720 --> 00:52:19.480
 In the first place,

00:52:19.880 --> 00:52:20.780
 They wouldn't have had,

00:52:21.019 --> 00:52:21.519
 These years,

00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:22.240
 In the wilderness,

00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:23.400
 But they took,

00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:24.099
 Their eyes,

00:52:24.440 --> 00:52:24.860
 Off him,

00:52:24.900 --> 00:52:25.900
 They didn't trust him,

00:52:25.980 --> 00:52:27.079
 With all their heart,

00:52:27.079 --> 00:52:27.920
 They were looking,

00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:29.400
 At all the different gods,

00:52:29.480 --> 00:52:30.900
 To find their own answers,

00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:32.619
 But time,

00:52:32.679 --> 00:52:33.360
 And time again,

00:52:33.360 --> 00:52:33.980
 You see them,

00:52:34.139 --> 00:52:34.759
 Coming back,

00:52:35.699 --> 00:52:36.279
 Coming back,

00:52:36.319 --> 00:52:37.559
 To where the answer lies,

00:52:37.659 --> 00:52:38.719
 And that is with God,

00:52:39.340 --> 00:52:40.380
 The living God,

00:52:41.440 --> 00:52:42.440
 And that's the third thing,

00:52:42.500 --> 00:52:43.759
 We want to see from here,

00:52:44.380 --> 00:52:44.980
 We have,

00:52:45.380 --> 00:52:46.239
 Their sin,

00:52:46.340 --> 00:52:47.420
 We have their sentence,

00:52:47.699 --> 00:52:49.139
 And their response,

00:52:49.819 --> 00:52:50.500
 But then we have,

00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:51.400
 The salvation,

00:52:52.099 --> 00:52:53.219
 That God offers,

00:52:53.219 --> 00:52:55.839
 God made a provision,

00:52:56.019 --> 00:52:56.799
 For the Israelites,

00:52:57.759 --> 00:52:58.799
 God heard,

00:52:59.339 --> 00:53:00.559
 Moses' prayer,

00:53:00.639 --> 00:53:02.019
 And the Lord said to Moses,

00:53:02.219 --> 00:53:03.579
 Make a fiery serpent,

00:53:03.679 --> 00:53:05.059
 And set it on a pole,

00:53:05.439 --> 00:53:06.459
 And everyone who is bitten,

00:53:06.539 --> 00:53:07.359
 When he sees it,

00:53:07.379 --> 00:53:07.939
 Shall live,

00:53:08.539 --> 00:53:09.639
 And so Moses made,

00:53:09.699 --> 00:53:10.619
 A bronze serpent,

00:53:10.619 --> 00:53:12.259
 And set it on a pole,

00:53:12.819 --> 00:53:14.579
 And if a serpent bit anyone,

00:53:15.639 --> 00:53:16.339
 He would look,

00:53:16.339 --> 00:53:17.699
 At the bronze serpent,

00:53:18.199 --> 00:53:19.219
 And live,

00:53:19.639 --> 00:53:20.319
 That God,

00:53:20.320 --> 00:53:21.260
 We see here,

00:53:21.760 --> 00:53:22.640
 As a plan,

00:53:23.420 --> 00:53:24.220
 A plan,

00:53:24.640 --> 00:53:25.940
 For salvation,

00:53:26.760 --> 00:53:27.460
 A plan that we,

00:53:27.860 --> 00:53:28.760
 See there,

00:53:29.960 --> 00:53:31.220
 In the Psalm 78,

00:53:31.320 --> 00:53:31.940
 That we sang,

00:53:32.059 --> 00:53:32.780
 In verse 34,

00:53:32.960 --> 00:53:33.780
 They returned,

00:53:33.900 --> 00:53:34.720
 And after God,

00:53:35.180 --> 00:53:35.860
 Right early,

00:53:35.960 --> 00:53:36.539
 Did inquire,

00:53:36.620 --> 00:53:37.539
 They came back to God,

00:53:37.620 --> 00:53:38.860
 They inquired of him,

00:53:39.260 --> 00:53:40.100
 And then they saw,

00:53:40.320 --> 00:53:41.580
 That wonderful truth,

00:53:41.640 --> 00:53:42.840
 That even the high,

00:53:43.280 --> 00:53:44.580
 Almighty God,

00:53:44.960 --> 00:53:46.300
 Had their redeemer,

00:53:46.780 --> 00:53:47.019
 Been,

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:48.120
 That there was,

00:53:48.539 --> 00:53:49.059
 Salvation,

00:53:49.200 --> 00:53:49.980
 That there is,

00:53:49.980 --> 00:53:51.179
 Salvation,

00:53:51.820 --> 00:53:52.500
 In God,

00:53:52.559 --> 00:53:53.740
 And here is the provision,

00:53:54.219 --> 00:53:55.000
 Of God,

00:53:55.619 --> 00:53:56.360
 And who made,

00:53:56.659 --> 00:53:57.320
 This plan,

00:53:57.420 --> 00:53:57.960
 Who came up,

00:53:58.019 --> 00:53:58.780
 With this plan,

00:53:59.619 --> 00:54:00.559
 Well you see immediately,

00:54:00.719 --> 00:54:01.659
 That it's the Lord,

00:54:02.579 --> 00:54:03.159
 In verse 8,

00:54:03.219 --> 00:54:04.360
 The Lord said,

00:54:04.579 --> 00:54:05.260
 To Moses,

00:54:06.059 --> 00:54:07.219
 The Lord,

00:54:07.440 --> 00:54:08.159
 Has,

00:54:08.659 --> 00:54:09.280
 A plan,

00:54:10.260 --> 00:54:11.440
 God has a plan,

00:54:11.440 --> 00:54:12.760
 For salvation,

00:54:12.920 --> 00:54:14.099
 That's never changed,

00:54:15.059 --> 00:54:16.320
 And we see that plan,

00:54:16.500 --> 00:54:17.980
 Fulfilled in Christ,

00:54:17.980 --> 00:54:19.980
 In that great passage,

00:54:19.980 --> 00:54:20.599
 That we read,

00:54:20.599 --> 00:54:21.500
 In John 3,

00:54:21.500 --> 00:54:22.679
 For God,

00:54:22.820 --> 00:54:24.519
 So loved the world,

00:54:24.940 --> 00:54:26.440
 That he gave his son,

00:54:26.940 --> 00:54:28.199
 God's plan,

00:54:28.360 --> 00:54:29.340
 For redemption,

00:54:29.840 --> 00:54:30.539
 Is a redeemer,

00:54:30.760 --> 00:54:32.059
 Who is Christ Jesus,

00:54:32.519 --> 00:54:33.119
 And it's this,

00:54:33.260 --> 00:54:34.480
 Plan that we see,

00:54:34.740 --> 00:54:36.019
 Throughout scripture,

00:54:36.719 --> 00:54:38.199
 And it's still,

00:54:38.360 --> 00:54:40.360
 The way to be saved today,

00:54:40.800 --> 00:54:41.240
 It is,

00:54:41.559 --> 00:54:43.019
 To see God's plan,

00:54:43.579 --> 00:54:44.599
 To look to him,

00:54:44.900 --> 00:54:45.780
 And to trust,

00:54:45.780 --> 00:54:46.660
 In him,

00:54:47.580 --> 00:54:48.960
 In Isaiah 45,

00:54:49.160 --> 00:54:50.120
 Verse 22,

00:54:50.260 --> 00:54:50.519
 It says,

00:54:50.660 --> 00:54:51.240
 Turn to me,

00:54:51.280 --> 00:54:51.920
 And be saved,

00:54:52.240 --> 00:54:53.760
 All the ends of the earth,

00:54:53.840 --> 00:54:55.000
 For I am God,

00:54:55.280 --> 00:54:56.720
 And there is no other,

00:54:57.160 --> 00:54:58.380
 There is no other God,

00:54:58.460 --> 00:54:59.180
 Who can save,

00:54:59.600 --> 00:55:00.900
 There is no other way,

00:55:00.980 --> 00:55:01.700
 To salvation,

00:55:03.380 --> 00:55:04.440
 In Romans 6,

00:55:04.560 --> 00:55:05.519
 Where we mentioned earlier,

00:55:05.620 --> 00:55:06.560
 The wages of sin,

00:55:06.620 --> 00:55:07.180
 Is death,

00:55:07.480 --> 00:55:08.680
 What does it say after that,

00:55:08.740 --> 00:55:10.120
 The free gift of God,

00:55:10.200 --> 00:55:11.300
 Is eternal life,

00:55:11.620 --> 00:55:12.760
 In Christ Jesus,

00:55:12.920 --> 00:55:13.560
 Our Lord,

00:55:13.559 --> 00:55:15.880
 Christ Jesus,

00:55:15.880 --> 00:55:17.619
 Who we are to look to,

00:55:18.420 --> 00:55:19.039
 God,

00:55:19.360 --> 00:55:20.019
 Has,

00:55:20.519 --> 00:55:21.299
 A plan,

00:55:22.279 --> 00:55:23.460
 And God's plan,

00:55:23.599 --> 00:55:25.259
 For the children of Israel here,

00:55:25.619 --> 00:55:26.739
 Was this serpent,

00:55:26.940 --> 00:55:27.820
 On a pole,

00:55:28.840 --> 00:55:29.900
 That as they looked,

00:55:29.960 --> 00:55:30.759
 At this serpent,

00:55:31.320 --> 00:55:32.279
 They would live,

00:55:32.960 --> 00:55:34.039
 Whenever they were bitten,

00:55:34.539 --> 00:55:35.539
 They would live,

00:55:35.679 --> 00:55:36.279
 If they looked,

00:55:36.460 --> 00:55:37.299
 To this serpent,

00:55:38.019 --> 00:55:39.719
 And the same is true,

00:55:40.360 --> 00:55:41.239
 As we look at,

00:55:41.659 --> 00:55:42.960
 John chapter 3,

00:55:42.960 --> 00:55:45.440
 There Jesus says,

00:55:46.000 --> 00:55:47.519
 As Moses lifted up,

00:55:47.579 --> 00:55:48.800
 The serpent in the wilderness,

00:55:49.039 --> 00:55:50.579
 So must the son of man,

00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:51.900
 Be lifted up,

00:55:51.960 --> 00:55:53.559
 That whoever believes in him,

00:55:53.980 --> 00:55:54.740
 May have,

00:55:55.240 --> 00:55:57.059
 Eternal life,

00:55:57.420 --> 00:56:00.320
 The connection is there for us,

00:56:01.360 --> 00:56:03.099
 Look to the serpent,

00:56:03.659 --> 00:56:04.400
 And live,

00:56:05.380 --> 00:56:06.079
 That's what we have,

00:56:06.139 --> 00:56:07.039
 In the old testament,

00:56:07.519 --> 00:56:08.179
 Here in the new,

00:56:08.280 --> 00:56:09.380
 We have the same,

00:56:09.500 --> 00:56:10.039
 But different,

00:56:10.740 --> 00:56:11.940
 We look to Jesus,

00:56:11.940 --> 00:56:13.139
 Believe,

00:56:13.139 --> 00:56:13.700
 Believe,

00:56:13.860 --> 00:56:15.500
 In the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:56:16.059 --> 00:56:17.079
 And you will,

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:18.360
 Be saved,

00:56:19.300 --> 00:56:21.019
 The serpent,

00:56:21.559 --> 00:56:22.440
 On the pole,

00:56:22.539 --> 00:56:23.659
 Reminded the people,

00:56:24.159 --> 00:56:25.039
 Of their sin,

00:56:25.599 --> 00:56:26.880
 It reminded of their,

00:56:27.000 --> 00:56:28.400
 Disobedience,

00:56:28.940 --> 00:56:29.980
 But as we look,

00:56:30.079 --> 00:56:30.800
 To the cross,

00:56:30.900 --> 00:56:31.519
 What do we see,

00:56:31.579 --> 00:56:32.200
 We see there,

00:56:32.320 --> 00:56:32.820
 Christ,

00:56:33.440 --> 00:56:34.420
 Without sin,

00:56:35.420 --> 00:56:35.780
 And yet,

00:56:35.820 --> 00:56:36.880
 It was made sin,

00:56:37.280 --> 00:56:38.099
 For us,

00:56:38.099 --> 00:56:41.699
 The wonder,

00:56:42.019 --> 00:56:42.819
 Of the grace,

00:56:42.900 --> 00:56:43.739
 That we heard of,

00:56:43.819 --> 00:56:44.360
 This morning,

00:56:44.460 --> 00:56:45.619
 The grace of God,

00:56:45.719 --> 00:56:46.539
 That he should give,

00:56:46.839 --> 00:56:47.559
 His son,

00:56:47.980 --> 00:56:48.679
 For us,

00:56:50.019 --> 00:56:51.019
 The substitute,

00:56:51.019 --> 00:56:52.380
 Of the serpent,

00:56:52.559 --> 00:56:53.739
 In numbers 21,

00:56:54.299 --> 00:56:55.019
 And our substitute,

00:56:56.219 --> 00:56:57.259
 Jesus Christ,

00:56:57.659 --> 00:56:58.739
 On the cross,

00:56:58.739 --> 00:57:00.899
 So we look,

00:57:00.899 --> 00:57:02.099
 To the cross,

00:57:02.899 --> 00:57:03.799
 We are to look,

00:57:03.979 --> 00:57:04.679
 To Jesus,

00:57:05.419 --> 00:57:06.939
 We see our sin,

00:57:07.259 --> 00:57:08.519
 We see the sentence,

00:57:08.659 --> 00:57:09.239
 It deserves,

00:57:09.339 --> 00:57:10.339
 It deserves death,

00:57:10.399 --> 00:57:11.659
 And yet there is salvation,

00:57:11.659 --> 00:57:13.519
 In Christ Jesus,

00:57:13.519 --> 00:57:16.079
 Whoever,

00:57:16.079 --> 00:57:16.119
 Whoever,

00:57:16.119 --> 00:57:17.920
 Does not believe,

00:57:18.380 --> 00:57:19.179
 Is condemned,

00:57:19.460 --> 00:57:19.920
 Already,

00:57:20.880 --> 00:57:21.739
 That's the warning,

00:57:21.860 --> 00:57:22.280
 We have,

00:57:22.619 --> 00:57:23.659
 In John 3,

00:57:23.759 --> 00:57:24.400
 As well,

00:57:25.099 --> 00:57:25.659
 But whoever,

00:57:26.000 --> 00:57:26.659
 Believes,

00:57:27.219 --> 00:57:27.820
 In him,

00:57:28.320 --> 00:57:29.539
 Is not condemned,

00:57:30.559 --> 00:57:31.179
 You live,

00:57:31.960 --> 00:57:32.579
 You live,

00:57:32.940 --> 00:57:33.820
 Just like those,

00:57:33.900 --> 00:57:35.019
 Who look to the serpent,

00:57:35.900 --> 00:57:36.860
 In numbers,

00:57:37.179 --> 00:57:37.739
 21,

00:57:37.739 --> 00:57:38.940
 You live,

00:57:39.380 --> 00:57:40.039
 Through faith,

00:57:40.559 --> 00:57:41.739
 In Jesus Christ,

00:57:41.739 --> 00:57:47.359
 But this is an individual thing,

00:57:49.139 --> 00:57:50.519
 They all,

00:57:50.799 --> 00:57:52.639
 Had to look for themselves,

00:57:54.119 --> 00:57:55.759
 If a serpent,

00:57:55.939 --> 00:57:56.859
 Bit anyone,

00:57:57.519 --> 00:57:58.299
 He would look,

00:57:58.359 --> 00:57:59.459
 At the bronze serpent,

00:58:00.179 --> 00:58:00.859
 And live,

00:58:01.339 --> 00:58:01.959
 No one else,

00:58:02.059 --> 00:58:03.019
 Can do it for you,

00:58:03.939 --> 00:58:04.919
 You can't depend,

00:58:05.419 --> 00:58:06.639
 On somebody else,

00:58:06.819 --> 00:58:08.000
 And it had to be there,

00:58:08.500 --> 00:58:09.139
 And then,

00:58:09.899 --> 00:58:11.019
 It wasn't to wait,

00:58:11.019 --> 00:58:12.719
 It wasn't to put it off,

00:58:12.840 --> 00:58:13.719
 For another time,

00:58:14.179 --> 00:58:15.059
 You look then,

00:58:15.440 --> 00:58:16.579
 Or else you die,

00:58:18.119 --> 00:58:18.980
 And so the warning,

00:58:19.119 --> 00:58:19.860
 For us today,

00:58:20.059 --> 00:58:20.980
 Is that as well,

00:58:21.840 --> 00:58:22.340
 You,

00:58:22.639 --> 00:58:23.860
 Must believe,

00:58:24.559 --> 00:58:25.079
 Whoever,

00:58:25.400 --> 00:58:26.840
 Believes in him,

00:58:27.340 --> 00:58:28.139
 Will not perish,

00:58:28.259 --> 00:58:28.780
 But have,

00:58:29.159 --> 00:58:30.360
 Everlasting life,

00:58:30.739 --> 00:58:31.340
 That is,

00:58:31.659 --> 00:58:32.679
 Your choice,

00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:35.860
 Are you looking,

00:58:36.259 --> 00:58:37.099
 To Christ,

00:58:37.300 --> 00:58:38.719
 As your saviour,

00:58:38.719 --> 00:58:40.279
 Are you,

00:58:40.759 --> 00:58:41.480
 Trusting,

00:58:41.879 --> 00:58:42.419
 In him,

00:58:43.139 --> 00:58:45.379
 A young,

00:58:45.439 --> 00:58:46.599
 University student,

00:58:47.359 --> 00:58:47.759
 He'd,

00:58:47.819 --> 00:58:49.019
 Come under the word,

00:58:49.099 --> 00:58:49.639
 Of God,

00:58:49.699 --> 00:58:50.639
 He was going to church,

00:58:50.679 --> 00:58:51.379
 Under the preaching,

00:58:51.459 --> 00:58:52.039
 Of the word,

00:58:53.039 --> 00:58:53.679
 And he was becoming,

00:58:53.679 --> 00:58:54.279
 Troubled,

00:58:54.500 --> 00:58:55.379
 By the word,

00:58:55.459 --> 00:58:56.159
 That we was hearing,

00:58:56.319 --> 00:58:57.480
 But at the same time,

00:58:57.859 --> 00:58:58.559
 He was pulled,

00:58:58.659 --> 00:58:59.519
 In another direction,

00:58:59.639 --> 00:59:00.219
 He was pulled,

00:59:00.500 --> 00:59:01.879
 Back into the world,

00:59:02.039 --> 00:59:03.059
 Back to his friends,

00:59:03.319 --> 00:59:04.119
 Back to going out,

00:59:04.239 --> 00:59:04.799
 Parting,

00:59:05.099 --> 00:59:06.459
 And that kind of lifestyle,

00:59:06.460 --> 00:59:07.980
 And this was going on,

00:59:08.079 --> 00:59:08.780
 For a while,

00:59:09.400 --> 00:59:11.000
 The word was troubling him,

00:59:11.559 --> 00:59:13.159
 The world was calling him,

00:59:13.480 --> 00:59:14.820
 And so it was going on,

00:59:15.420 --> 00:59:16.659
 And it came to a point,

00:59:16.740 --> 00:59:17.179
 Where he thought,

00:59:17.260 --> 00:59:18.099
 I've got to ask,

00:59:18.300 --> 00:59:19.639
 Someone about this,

00:59:20.500 --> 00:59:21.519
 And he went to one of his,

00:59:21.519 --> 00:59:22.300
 Professors,

00:59:22.360 --> 00:59:23.139
 Who was a Christian,

00:59:23.240 --> 00:59:24.360
 And asked for advice,

00:59:24.780 --> 00:59:25.860
 And he had a question,

00:59:26.119 --> 00:59:27.380
 He wanted to ask him,

00:59:28.559 --> 00:59:28.880
 I said,

00:59:29.039 --> 00:59:29.320
 Professor,

00:59:29.400 --> 00:59:30.539
 I've got a question,

00:59:30.539 --> 00:59:31.139
 For you,

00:59:31.740 --> 00:59:32.500
 I'm troubled,

00:59:32.500 --> 00:59:33.760
 By the word of God,

00:59:33.840 --> 00:59:34.519
 But I'm pulled,

00:59:34.800 --> 00:59:35.780
 In this direction,

00:59:35.780 --> 00:59:36.360
 As well,

00:59:36.400 --> 00:59:36.840
 And he said,

00:59:36.920 --> 00:59:37.620
 How long,

00:59:37.960 --> 00:59:39.360
 Can I safely put off,

00:59:39.500 --> 00:59:40.519
 Following Jesus,

00:59:42.180 --> 00:59:43.480
 Well the professor,

00:59:43.600 --> 00:59:44.300
 Had a reply,

00:59:44.420 --> 00:59:44.960
 And it seemed,

00:59:45.320 --> 00:59:46.480
 A bit odd at first,

00:59:46.580 --> 00:59:47.340
 The professor said,

00:59:47.620 --> 00:59:48.840
 Well you can put it off,

00:59:48.920 --> 00:59:50.260
 Until the day,

00:59:50.320 --> 00:59:51.260
 Before you die,

00:59:52.380 --> 00:59:55.519
 But the student then said,

00:59:56.320 --> 00:59:57.820
 But I can't tell,

00:59:58.340 --> 00:59:59.200
 When I'll die,

01:00:00.340 --> 01:00:01.680
 And that's true,

01:00:01.780 --> 01:00:02.740
 The professor said,

01:00:03.760 --> 01:00:05.460
 Therefore you must decide,

01:00:05.460 --> 01:00:06.039
 Now,

01:00:06.400 --> 01:00:08.440
 It's not something,

01:00:08.720 --> 01:00:10.220
 To be toyed with,

01:00:10.760 --> 01:00:11.960
 It's not something,

01:00:11.960 --> 01:00:13.139
 To be dismissed,

01:00:13.340 --> 01:00:13.920
 And put off,

01:00:13.980 --> 01:00:14.960
 For another time,

01:00:15.179 --> 01:00:16.039
 It's not something,

01:00:16.099 --> 01:00:16.460
 You can say,

01:00:16.519 --> 01:00:17.360
 Well I'll put it off,

01:00:17.740 --> 01:00:18.920
 I'll come another time,

01:00:18.960 --> 01:00:20.460
 I can safely put it off,

01:00:20.740 --> 01:00:21.940
 Until later on,

01:00:22.440 --> 01:00:25.380
 Because you do not know,

01:00:25.780 --> 01:00:27.139
 When that day will come,

01:00:28.139 --> 01:00:29.360
 When the decision,

01:00:29.539 --> 01:00:30.280
 Is taken out,

01:00:30.480 --> 01:00:31.820
 Of your hands,

01:00:31.820 --> 01:00:34.860
 They couldn't,

01:00:34.860 --> 01:00:36.200
 Leave it,

01:00:36.440 --> 01:00:37.420
 For another moment,

01:00:37.420 --> 01:00:38.160
 When it came to,

01:00:38.320 --> 01:00:39.140
 Looking at the serpent,

01:00:39.280 --> 01:00:40.059
 They had to look,

01:00:40.500 --> 01:00:41.660
 Or else they died,

01:00:42.480 --> 01:00:43.340
 But when they looked,

01:00:43.500 --> 01:00:44.039
 They lived,

01:00:45.039 --> 01:00:45.880
 And as we think,

01:00:45.900 --> 01:00:46.559
 Of the cross,

01:00:46.600 --> 01:00:47.320
 It's not something,

01:00:47.380 --> 01:00:48.180
 To be put away,

01:00:48.360 --> 01:00:49.400
 For another day,

01:00:49.400 --> 01:00:51.480
 Jesus isn't there,

01:00:51.480 --> 01:00:53.059
 Just to be toyed with,

01:00:53.119 --> 01:00:53.720
 And put away,

01:00:53.720 --> 01:00:54.720
 For another time,

01:00:54.840 --> 01:00:56.000
 It is today,

01:00:56.639 --> 01:00:57.240
 To look,

01:00:57.740 --> 01:00:58.599
 And live,

01:01:00.300 --> 01:01:01.639
 There's a hymn called,

01:01:02.019 --> 01:01:03.079
 Turn your eyes,

01:01:03.180 --> 01:01:04.119
 Towards Jesus,

01:01:04.260 --> 01:01:05.480
 And the words say this,

01:01:05.480 --> 01:01:07.099
 Oh soul,

01:01:07.159 --> 01:01:07.800
 Are you weary,

01:01:07.900 --> 01:01:08.500
 And troubled,

01:01:09.119 --> 01:01:09.860
 No light,

01:01:09.920 --> 01:01:10.579
 In the darkness,

01:01:10.820 --> 01:01:11.440
 You see,

01:01:12.039 --> 01:01:12.719
 There's light,

01:01:12.840 --> 01:01:13.360
 For a look,

01:01:13.539 --> 01:01:14.460
 At the saviour,

01:01:14.920 --> 01:01:15.579
 And life,

01:01:15.699 --> 01:01:16.559
 More abundant,

01:01:16.760 --> 01:01:17.360
 And free,

01:01:18.119 --> 01:01:18.559
 Turn,

01:01:18.559 --> 01:01:19.639
 Turn your eyes,

01:01:19.679 --> 01:01:20.460
 Upon Jesus,

01:01:20.880 --> 01:01:21.460
 Look full,

01:01:21.780 --> 01:01:23.360
 In his wonderful face,

01:01:23.880 --> 01:01:24.679
 And the things,

01:01:24.679 --> 01:01:25.360
 Of earth,

01:01:25.440 --> 01:01:27.019
 Will grow strangely dim,

01:01:27.440 --> 01:01:28.219
 In the light,

01:01:28.280 --> 01:01:29.340
 Of his glory,

01:01:29.559 --> 01:01:30.320
 And grace,

01:01:31.400 --> 01:01:32.240
 His word,

01:01:32.659 --> 01:01:33.679
 Shall not fail you,

01:01:33.719 --> 01:01:34.380
 He promised,

01:01:34.559 --> 01:01:35.320
 Believe him,

01:01:35.480 --> 01:01:36.920
 And all will be well,

01:01:37.519 --> 01:01:38.219
 Then go,

01:01:38.519 --> 01:01:39.340
 To a world,

01:01:39.480 --> 01:01:40.260
 That is dying,

01:01:40.860 --> 01:01:42.579
 His perfect salvation,

01:01:43.360 --> 01:01:43.980
 To tell,

01:01:44.980 --> 01:01:45.539
 Turn,

01:01:45.539 --> 01:01:45.579
 Turn,

01:01:46.119 --> 01:01:47.079
 Your eyes,

01:01:47.659 --> 01:01:48.619
 Upon Jesus,

01:01:49.619 --> 01:01:51.539
 That is what we are being told,

01:01:51.679 --> 01:01:52.360
 To do here,

01:01:52.900 --> 01:01:53.599
 To look,

01:01:54.539 --> 01:01:55.380
 And to live,

01:01:56.360 --> 01:01:57.139
 Do you see,

01:01:57.699 --> 01:01:58.380
 Your sin,

01:01:58.639 --> 01:01:58.940
 Today,

01:01:59.800 --> 01:02:00.539
 And if you do,

01:02:00.679 --> 01:02:01.800
 Who are you entrusting,

01:02:01.940 --> 01:02:03.240
 Your very life,

01:02:03.360 --> 01:02:04.519
 And eternity to,

01:02:04.519 --> 01:02:06.400
 You see,

01:02:06.400 --> 01:02:06.420
 You see,

01:02:06.480 --> 01:02:07.280
 The sentence,

01:02:07.679 --> 01:02:08.920
 Your sin deserves,

01:02:09.659 --> 01:02:10.980
 The wages of sin,

01:02:11.480 --> 01:02:12.219
 Is death,

01:02:13.280 --> 01:02:14.739
 But do you see,

01:02:15.079 --> 01:02:16.619
 The salvation on offer,

01:02:17.639 --> 01:02:18.420
 There were those,

01:02:18.539 --> 01:02:19.539
 Who were stubborn,

01:02:20.079 --> 01:02:21.340
 In Moses' day,

01:02:22.179 --> 01:02:23.179
 That didn't look,

01:02:24.019 --> 01:02:24.759
 And died,

01:02:26.000 --> 01:02:27.159
 But the serpent,

01:02:27.300 --> 01:02:27.780
 Is there,

01:02:28.159 --> 01:02:29.199
 For them to look to,

01:02:29.259 --> 01:02:29.699
 And live,

01:02:30.940 --> 01:02:31.739
 And for us,

01:02:31.739 --> 01:02:33.599
 We have Christ,

01:02:34.599 --> 01:02:36.119
 Just as Moses,

01:02:36.319 --> 01:02:37.379
 Lifted up the serpent,

01:02:37.559 --> 01:02:38.659
 So the son of man,

01:02:39.019 --> 01:02:40.459
 Must be lifted up,

01:02:41.319 --> 01:02:41.679
 Why?

01:02:42.500 --> 01:02:43.879
 That whoever believes,

01:02:43.939 --> 01:02:44.399
 In him,

01:02:45.139 --> 01:02:46.239
 Should not perish,

01:02:46.799 --> 01:02:47.539
 But have,

01:02:48.099 --> 01:02:49.619
 Everlasting life,

01:02:50.879 --> 01:02:51.339
 Look,

01:02:52.079 --> 01:02:52.719
 And live,

01:02:53.659 --> 01:02:54.419
 Let us pray,

01:02:54.420 --> 01:02:57.599
 Our father,

01:02:57.740 --> 01:02:58.180
 In heaven,

01:02:58.360 --> 01:02:59.000
 We thank you,

01:02:59.000 --> 01:02:59.720
 That your word,

01:03:00.260 --> 01:03:01.460
 Helps us to see,

01:03:02.280 --> 01:03:02.820
 And we pray,

01:03:02.980 --> 01:03:03.559
 That your spirit,

01:03:03.659 --> 01:03:04.800
 Will help us to see,

01:03:05.380 --> 01:03:06.360
 To see our need,

01:03:06.700 --> 01:03:07.539
 Of Jesus,

01:03:07.740 --> 01:03:08.260
 To see,

01:03:08.780 --> 01:03:09.460
 The salvation,

01:03:09.639 --> 01:03:09.980
 On offer,

01:03:10.099 --> 01:03:10.840
 Before us,

01:03:11.420 --> 01:03:11.840
 To see,

01:03:11.920 --> 01:03:12.599
 The seriousness,

01:03:12.820 --> 01:03:13.400
 Of sin,

01:03:13.800 --> 01:03:14.500
 The sentence,

01:03:14.619 --> 01:03:15.340
 It deserves,

01:03:15.820 --> 01:03:16.680
 But the salvation,

01:03:17.159 --> 01:03:17.980
 That is on offer,

01:03:18.099 --> 01:03:18.559
 To us,

01:03:18.639 --> 01:03:19.200
 We thank you,

01:03:19.220 --> 01:03:19.860
 That in Jesus,

01:03:20.019 --> 01:03:20.659
 We have one,

01:03:21.119 --> 01:03:21.519
 Who is able,

01:03:21.599 --> 01:03:22.200
 To take away,

01:03:22.300 --> 01:03:22.840
 Our sins,

01:03:22.840 --> 01:03:24.039
 And that if we believe,

01:03:24.039 --> 01:03:24.539
 In him,

01:03:25.059 --> 01:03:26.059
 We will not perish,

01:03:26.180 --> 01:03:26.740
 But have,

01:03:27.160 --> 01:03:28.480
 Everlasting life,

01:03:28.620 --> 01:03:29.400
 May you lead us,

01:03:29.920 --> 01:03:30.820
 And help us,

01:03:30.980 --> 01:03:31.880
 To look to him,

01:03:32.340 --> 01:03:33.860
 As we ask in Jesus name,

01:03:34.220 --> 01:03:34.620
 Amen,

01:03:35.200 --> 01:03:38.720
 We'll conclude,

01:03:38.860 --> 01:03:39.340
 By singing,

01:03:39.700 --> 01:03:40.519
 To God's praise,

01:03:40.600 --> 01:03:42.220
 We're singing in Psalm 63,

01:03:43.640 --> 01:03:44.800
 We had it this morning,

01:03:44.880 --> 01:03:45.340
 As well,

01:03:46.320 --> 01:03:46.980
 And it's,

01:03:48.100 --> 01:03:48.940
 My fault,

01:03:49.100 --> 01:03:50.640
 Gordon had chosen it first,

01:03:50.820 --> 01:03:51.360
 But I thought,

01:03:51.460 --> 01:03:52.620
 Well the words tie in,

01:03:52.840 --> 01:03:53.900
 To our service,

01:03:53.900 --> 01:03:55.140
 This evening as well,

01:03:55.600 --> 01:03:56.700
 Psalm 63,

01:03:57.760 --> 01:03:59.519
 And we sing from verse 1,

01:03:59.780 --> 01:04:01.400
 To verse 6,

01:04:02.360 --> 01:04:03.360
 O God you are,

01:04:03.440 --> 01:04:04.360
 My God I long,

01:04:04.740 --> 01:04:06.079
 I seek your face,

01:04:06.180 --> 01:04:06.920
 With eagerness,

01:04:07.180 --> 01:04:08.280
 My soul and body,

01:04:08.740 --> 01:04:09.600
 Thirst for you,

01:04:09.640 --> 01:04:11.180
 In this dry weary wilderness,

01:04:11.440 --> 01:04:12.260
 I've seen you,

01:04:12.640 --> 01:04:13.900
 In your holy place,

01:04:13.960 --> 01:04:15.059
 Your power and glory,

01:04:15.220 --> 01:04:16.340
 Held my gaze,

01:04:17.000 --> 01:04:17.980
 Far better is,

01:04:18.039 --> 01:04:19.079
 Your love than life,

01:04:19.519 --> 01:04:20.660
 And so my lips,

01:04:21.059 --> 01:04:22.740
 Will sing your praise,

01:04:22.739 --> 01:04:24.659
 So we'll sing from verse 1 to 6,

01:04:25.039 --> 01:04:26.000
 To God's praise,

01:04:26.079 --> 01:04:26.679
 And the tune is,

01:04:26.759 --> 01:04:27.299
 Herongate.

01:04:27.300 --> 01:04:35.080
 O God,

01:04:35.080 --> 01:04:35.100
 O God,

01:04:35.240 --> 01:04:40.300
 In our my God alone,

01:04:40.300 --> 01:04:44.700
 I seek your face,

01:04:44.700 --> 01:04:47.700
 With eagerness,

01:04:47.699 --> 01:04:52.699
 My soul and heart,

01:04:52.699 --> 01:04:53.279
 My soul and heart,

01:04:53.279 --> 01:04:56.679
 It thirst for you,

01:04:56.679 --> 01:05:03.699
 In this dry weary wilderness,

01:05:03.699 --> 01:05:08.699
 I sing you,

01:05:08.699 --> 01:05:13.960
 In your holy place,

01:05:13.960 --> 01:05:17.699
 Your power and glory,

01:05:17.699 --> 01:05:19.719
 y stages for you,

01:05:19.719 --> 01:05:25.419
 It thirst may as if you're

01:05:25.419 --> 01:05:27.359
 Stay orange,

01:05:27.359 --> 01:05:29.699
 And theorem,

01:05:29.919 --> 01:05:35.039
 And so my lips,

01:05:35.039 --> 01:05:39.579
 will sing your praise.

01:05:40.759 --> 01:05:48.639
 I bless you, Lord, throughout my life,

01:05:48.639 --> 01:05:57.139
 and raise my hands to you in there.

01:05:57.139 --> 01:06:05.639
 My joyful lips will sing your praise.

01:06:06.059 --> 01:06:14.139
 My soul is filled with riches fair.

01:06:15.719 --> 01:06:23.139
 Upon my bed I lie awake,

01:06:23.139 --> 01:06:32.119
 and in my thoughts remember you.

01:06:32.519 --> 01:06:40.559
 I meditate throughout the night,

01:06:40.940 --> 01:06:48.719
 and keep your constant love in you.

01:06:48.719 --> 01:06:53.359
 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my left.

01:06:53.459 --> 01:06:54.619
 We'll close with a benediction.

01:06:55.359 --> 01:06:58.359
 Now may grace, mercy, and peace from God,

01:06:58.359 --> 01:07:01.559
 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit rest upon

01:07:01.559 --> 01:07:04.500
 and abide with you all now and forevermore.

01:07:04.919 --> 01:07:05.279
 Amen.