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 I just come to worship God now by singing to his praise in Psalm 84 of the Scottish Psalter version.

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 Psalm 84, you'll find that on page 338 of the Blue Book.

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 A familiar psalm to us, as it's good to sing the familiar psalms with the young ones here present with us before they go next door.

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 From the beginning of that psalm, how lovely is thy dwelling place.

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 O Lord of hosts to me, the tabernacles of thy grace, how pleasant Lord they be.

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 My thirsty soul longs vehemently, ye faints thy courts to see.

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 My very heart and flesh cry out, O living God for thee.

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 We'll sing from the beginning of that psalm down to the end of verse Mark 6.

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 To God's praise, let us stand to sing.

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 How lovely is thy dwelling place.

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 Our lovely is thy dwelling place.

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 O Lord of hosts to me.

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 The tabernacles of thy grace.

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 How blessed Lord they be.

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 My heart and fleshly, my heart and flesh cry out, O living God for thee.

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 My heart and flesh cry out, O living God for thee.

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 My heart and flesh cry out, O living God for thee.

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 I have seen the name of that psalm down to the end of verse Mark 6.

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 The heart and flesh try out, O living God for thee.

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 Behold the spot of thy divine, and thy strength to rest.

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 The swallow also for herself, a purchase of the nest.

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 In thine own altars where she stayed, her young was forth made vain.

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 O love, almighty Lord of hosts, who art my God and King.

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 Lest, darling, in thy hearts not dwell, may ever give thee praise.

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 Lest is the man who strength the heart, in whose heart are thine ways.

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 You passing that of me, God's will, may in due day God dwells.

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 O so the rain that falleth die, the pools with water fills.

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 Amen.

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 We'll say a short prayer for the young ones before they go through next door.

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 Let us pray together.

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 Our Heavenly Father, we give thanks for this day that you have given to us,

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 and all the privileges of it.

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 We thank you for the people that are gathered here,

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 and we pray that we would be known by you,

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 and that you would know us in the depths of our hearts,

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 the things that trouble us,

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 and the things that we are ever so thankful to you for.

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 And we just thank you for all the families that are gathered here.

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 We pray for the young ones that are meeting with us,

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 and we pray that they would come to know Jesus Christ,

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 and that they would trust in him for their lives.

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 And as they go through next door,

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 we pray that they would learn more about him,

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 and his beauty and presence with them,

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 that they trust in him.

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 We pray also for the teachers that teach them,

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 and ask that you too would be with them.

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 We pray for this time of holiday,

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 and we thank you for friends and family gathering from other places,

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 and that we have the time to go and meet with others,

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 and that we can just enjoy the company of one another,

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 and the love that we share with one another,

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 be restored and renewed.

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 We just pray that ultimately,

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 we would know as we gather together,

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 that we would meet with you this morning,

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 and that our love for you would be rekindled,

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 and that we would say that it is good to meet with you.

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 As we draw near to your word,

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 may it speak to us,

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 and we just ask that you would go with us

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 in every step that we take,

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 even as we gather here,

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 protect our minds from being led astray,

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 and that we would give our minds attention

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 to the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who died at Calvary for us.

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 So we thank you for all that we receive through him,

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 and we ask all things through his name.

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 Amen.

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 I'll just say a short word to the younger,

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 young ones that are here with us,

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 and I was in the garden shop a couple of months ago,

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 probably about six months ago,

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 and I love raspberries,

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 and there was a wee raspberry bush there.

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 It just looked like sticks.

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 There wasn't much to it.

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 I thought, well, we'll buy one.

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 I said to the girls,

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 we'll buy one,

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 we'll stick one in the garden,

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 and hopefully we'll get raspberries of it.

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 But the man said to us,

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 well, I don't know,

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 will you get any of it this year?

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 You might get one or two.

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 But we did get a few,

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 and the girls found a raspberry on the bush

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 a couple of weeks ago,

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 and they were delighted coming into the house

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 saying, we found a raspberry.

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 I thought I would take one in to show you.

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 Now, I have a watch here.

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 You see it?

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 A raspberry there.

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 It's big, isn't it?

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 Looks juicy and yummy, doesn't it?

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 Yeah?

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 You like raspberries?

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 Yeah?

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 Yeah, they're good.

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 I love them too.

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 This isn't the one I brought in from my bush.

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 Let me show you the one I brought in from my bush.

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 That's it.

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 There's not much to it, is there?

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 No.

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 No, I thought I could just plant it,

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 and I would get loads of lovely raspberries

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 from this plant.

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 But I didn't really look after it.

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 I just stuck it in the ground,

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 and we got one or two,

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 but that was it.

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 The birds have been eating the rest.

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 So I wasn't really doing a good job

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 looking after the plant.

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 But in the Bible, we are told,

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 and we'll spend time on this with the grown-ups,

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 that we are branches,

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 that Jesus Christ is like the main stem of the branch,

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 like the roots,

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 and God is the one that looks after the plant.

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 And when God looks after the plant,

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 and that we are like branches attached to Jesus Christ,

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 we bring forth loads of fruit.

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 We look tasty like that,

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 nice juicy raspberry.

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 It's good, isn't it?

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 It is good.

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 This one isn't good.

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 And I'm not going to eat that one.

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 I won't eat it.

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 When we stay with Jesus,

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 we will be beautiful.

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 We will be something that pleases

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 the one who looks after the plant.

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 The one who looks after the plant is God.

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 I didn't look after this plant very well,

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 and I wasn't very pleased to see

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 that the birds had eaten all my raspberries.

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 But God looks after you.

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 And if you trust your lives to Jesus,

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 and you stay with Jesus,

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 and you listen to the words of Jesus,

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 when he tells you to obey your parents,

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 that's a good thing to do,

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 to share all your things that you have with others.

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 That's a good thing to do,

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 to love one another,

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 to be nice and to be kind,

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 to do all these good things.

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 God will be happy with you.

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 Yeah?

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 So when you see raspberries,

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 when you see these juicy raspberries,

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 or juicy strawberries,

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 remember that you can be a branch,

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 and that you can be something pleasing to God,

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 if you listen to what God says,

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 and you listen to all that he asks us to do.

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 So we'll say the Lord's Prayer together before you go.

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 Okay?

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 Close your eyes,

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 put your hands together.

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 Our Father,

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 which art in heaven,

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 hallowed be thy name.

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 Thy kingdom come.

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 Thy will be done on earth,

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 as it is in heaven.

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 Give us this day our daily bread,

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 and forgive us our debts,

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 as we forgive our debtors.

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 Lead us not into temptation,

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 but deliver us from evil.

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 For thine is the kingdom,

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 the power and the glory,

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 forever.

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 Amen.

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 Well, thank you,

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 boys and girls,

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 for listening to me.

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 And remember,

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 Jesus,

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 if we stay with him,

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 we will become beautiful

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 in God's eyes.

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 So we'll continue in our praise by singing in Psalm 63 of the Sing Psalms version on page 80,

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 page 80 of the blue book.

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 Psalm 63 from the beginning of that psalm.

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 Psalm that speaks about having confidence in God in the times of trouble.

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 We'll sing from verse down to verse 1 to 8.

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 Oh God,

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 you are my God alone.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 My soul and body thirst for you

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 in this dry weary wilderness.

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 Down to the last verse there from 7 to 8.

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 Because you are my help alone.

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 And shadow off your wings I'll sing.

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 You hold me up with your right hand.

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 To you,

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 O God,

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 my soul will cling.

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 So we'll sing these verses together.

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 We'll stand to sing.

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 O God,

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 you are my God alone.

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 O God,

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 you are my God alone.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 My soul and body thirst for you

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 and rest my weary wilderness.

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 In this dry weary wilderness.

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 I've seen you in your holy place.

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 Your power and glory held my gaze.

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 For better is,

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 your love,

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 the light,

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 and so my lips

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 will sing your praise.

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 I'll bless you,

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 Lord,

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 throughout my life,

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 and raise my hand to you in prayer.

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 My joyfulness will sing your praise.

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 My soul is fed with riches fair.

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 Upon my bed,

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 I lie awake,

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 and in my thoughts remember you.

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 I meditate throughout the night,

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 and keep your constant love in you.

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 Because you are my help alone,

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 in shadow of your wings I'll sing.

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 You hold me up with your right hand.

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 To you,

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 O God,

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 my soul will play.

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 Amen.

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 We'll turn now to a reading of the Word of God.

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 We'll find that in the Gospel of John,

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 chapter 15,

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 from the beginning of that chapter.

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 Gospel of John,

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 reading from chapter 15 at the beginning.

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 And we'll read down to the end of verse Mark 17.

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 Let us hear the Word of God.

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 I am the true vine,

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 and my Father is the vine dresser.

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 Every branch of mine that does not bear fruit,

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 he takes away,

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 and every branch that does bear fruit,

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 he prunes,

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 that it may bear more fruit.

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 Already you are clean

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 because of the word that I have spoken to you.

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 Abide in me,

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 and I in you.

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 As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself

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 unless it abides in the vine,

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 neither can you.

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 Unless you abide in me.

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 I am the vine,

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 you are the branches.

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 Whoever abides in me,

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 and I in him,

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 he it is that bears much fruit.

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 For apart from me,

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 you can do nothing.

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 If anyone does not abide in me,

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 he is thrown away like a branch and wither,

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 and the branches are gathered,

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 thrown into the fire,

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 and burned.

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 If you abide in me,

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 and my words abide in you,

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 ask whatever you wish,

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 and it will be done for you.

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 By this my Father is glorified,

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 that you bear much fruit,

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 and so prove to be my disciples.

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 As the Father has loved me,

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 so I have loved you.

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 Abide in my love.

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 If you keep my commandments,

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 you will abide in my love,

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 just as I have kept my Father's commandments,

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 and abide in his love.

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 These things I have spoken to you,

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 that my joy may be in you,

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 and that your joy may be full.

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 This is my commandment,

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 that you love one another,

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 as I have loved you.

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 Greater love has no one than this,

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 that someone lays down his life for his friends.

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 You are my friends,

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 if you do what I command you.

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 No longer do I call you servants,

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 for the servant does not know

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 what his master is doing,

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 but I have called you friends.

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 For all that I have heard from my Father,

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 I have made known to you.

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 You did not choose me,

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 but I chose you,

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 and appointed you,

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 that you should go and bear fruit,

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 and that your fruit should abide,

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 so that whatever you ask the Father in my name,

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 he may give it to you.

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 These things I command you,

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 so that you will love one another.

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 Amen.

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 May the reading of God's word

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 be a blessing to the hearer of it.

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 Let us join together in prayer.

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 Our Father in heaven,

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 we give thanks that we are gathered here again,

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 and that we have your word set before us,

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 and that by reading it,

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 we have revealed to us

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 the greatest things of you,

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 and the greatness of your love for us,

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 and how we struggle to comprehend it.

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 We struggle to grasp it.

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 We struggle to understand the depths of your love for us,

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 the breadth of it,

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 the height of it,

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 the length of it,

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 the width of it.

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 But Lord,

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 we pray as we gather this morning,

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 and consider your love,

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 that a measure of it would be made known to us,

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 and that we would be certain of your love to mankind,

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 and your love to us.

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 Lord,

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 let your word speak to us.

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 May the riches of it come before us,

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 and our rested hearts.

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 May your love be evident amongst your people,

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 that we would be fulfilling the command that is set before us,

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 to love one another,

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 to love the brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus,

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 but to love also those who are not in Christ,

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 that their heart desire would be,

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 and our love would be,

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 for the lost amongst us,

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 and the lost that are within our community,

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 and our families,

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 and our friends,

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 that we would have the greatest desire to go out,

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 and tell them about the greatest love of the world,

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 greatest love beyond the world,

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 that we find in Jesus Christ,

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 that it would be openly shared,

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 and not with hell,

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 as Christ himself shared,

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 the things of God with us,

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 and his plans and purposes for our lives,

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 that he will be one that will go before us,

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 and prepare a place for us,

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 and we can be assured of his love,

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 when we come to the cross at Calvary,

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 because he died for us,

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 and we can be certain,

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 and sure,

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 that his love,

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 is for us,

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 Lord,

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 as we come to these things,

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 we admit our weaknesses in understanding it,

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 but we pray that your spirit would enable us,

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 and if we do things of our own selves,

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 it says there in the words,

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 that we will come to nothing,

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 and likewise,

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 more so when we come to your words,

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 that we do not rely on our own strength,

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 or our own wisdom to understand it,

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 or to speak to the hearts of others,

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 or to speak to the hearts of others,

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 or to rely on the power of your spirit,

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 that it would go forth from your words,

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 into the hearts of sinners,

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 convicting, converting,

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 persuading,

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 and enabling them to embrace the greatest love of Jesus Christ,

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 and that they may come and abide in him,

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 and rest in him,

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 receiving the greatest joy of life,

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 and finding in themselves the purpose of their lives,

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 that they are not left estranged,

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 they are not abandoned,

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 they are not forgotten about,

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 but the love of Jesus Christ extends to them,

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 as our loving heavenly father does to his child,

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 the father does not forget about his children,

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 but he calls them to come to him,

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 and to come and confess the pains of our hearts,

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 and the agonies of our hearts,

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 the plights of life,

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 and that you will hear our prayer,

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 and you do not withhold your grace from us,

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 and that you will answer us,

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 according to your wisdom,

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 and your ways,

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 often it is just the groaning of our hearts,

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 that we can echo,

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 but you know them too,

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 Lord,

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 we give thanks for all that you have done for us,

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 and continue to do for us,

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 we ask that you would continue to go before us in all things,

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 and every step of life,

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 which is so uncertain to us,

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 we do not know what an hour brings forth for any of us,

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 we are often surprised,

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 we are often shocked,

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 but we can rest assured,

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 that the love of God will ever remain,

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 it surprises us when it comes to us,

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 but it is not one that will depart from us,

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 we can trust in it eternally,

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 and even beyond this life,

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 for death will not end that love,

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 that love will continue in eternity,

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 for Jesus is alive,

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 and his love is ever present with us,

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 we pray for each one that is gathered here,

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 and our situations,

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 we pray for those who are sick,

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 we pray for those who are mourning,

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 we ask that you would be their comforter,

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 and draw near to them,

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 be their strength,

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 O Lord,

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 we pray,

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 that they would know you,

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 being present with them,

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 and abiding with them,

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 Lord,

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 we just ask that you would be with us,

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 in the preaching of the gospel,

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 whatever it be,

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 gathered here,

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 or across our nation,

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 that it would go with your power,

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 that it would go with your spirit,

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 that it would grow with great effect,

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 and we say,

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 that we may see,

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 people turning to abide in Christ Jesus,

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 and turning to rest,

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 under the shadow of his wings,

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 and the shelter that he gives to us,

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 that we are joy may be full,

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 and the joy of Christ Jesus,

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 may fill the land of Scotland,

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 that we remember Alex and Nina from Moldova,

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 we pray for him,

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 as he preaches the gospel also,

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 that he may be an encouragement to one another,

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 that we may strengthen one another,

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 as we meet tonight,

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 we pray for Alex and Nina,

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 and the boys,

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 as they speak to us,

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 and speak to the young ones,

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 that they may,

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 to likewise,

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 bring the beauty of Christ with them,

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 that dwells within their hearts,

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 we pray for them,

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 in Nisborain,

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 and the work that they do in the church,

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 and that you would be their strength,

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 as they welcome,

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 and support neighbouring Ukraine,

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 and the people that flee,

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 from the dangers that are there,

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 we pray,

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 that you would bring peace in that land,

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 we pray for Russia,

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 and their forces,

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 and that they would turn from their ways,

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 in which they are set upon,

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 that they may see the folly of their ways,

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 that they would question their ways,

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 and ask why are we doing such a thing,

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 to our mankind,

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 we just pray,

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 that you would,

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 be over us in all things,

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 we pray for the young,

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 as they enjoy time of holiday,

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 and return to schools,

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 we remember the teaching staff as well,

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 as they prepare,

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 to have the children come back,

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 just ask that you would bless the children,

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 in their young years,

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 and that they may hear the gospel,

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 and know it,

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 and not depart from it,

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 and their lives may grow in,

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 through him,

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 and become beautiful,

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 in the eyes of God,

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 as we too,

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 trust in Christ,

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 may our lives,

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 echo his beauty,

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 and be pleasing,

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 to God,

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 all these things,

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 we ask in the name of Jesus Christ,

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 your son,

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 and our saviour,

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 amen,

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 we continue in praise to God,

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 by singing in Psalm 45,

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 in the Sing Psalms version,

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 on page 56,

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 Psalm 45,

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 from the beginning of that psalm,

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 a noble theme inspires my heart,

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 with verses for the king,

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 my tongues a skillful writer's pen,

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 composing lines to sing,

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 you far excel the best of men,

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 your lips are full of grace,

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 for God has blessed you evermore,

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 as light shines on your face,

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 we'll just sing,

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 down to the end of verse Mark 4,

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 these four stanzas,

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 it is a love song,

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 a love that the king gives to his people,

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 and it is a noble theme,

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 that should inspire the heart,

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 of every one of us,

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 the love that Jesus Christ,

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 our king has for us,

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 so we'll sing these four stanzas,

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 a noble theme,

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 inspires my heart,

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 let us stand and sing,

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 praise to God,

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 a noble theme,

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 inspires my heart,

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 with verses for the king,

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 my songs a skillful writer's pen,

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 my songs a skillful writer's pen,

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 from the old sea lines to sing,

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 you far excel the best of men,

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 your lips are full of grace,

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 for God has blessed you evermore,

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 his light shines on your face,

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 O mighty one,

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 and find it on your thigh,

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 with glorious center,

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 with glorious center,

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 and with your majesty,

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 sacrifice,

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 your badge,

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 glad to hend to be worthy of,

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 —

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 I can't display your deeds

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 of all of separate and lies.

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 Let me turn back to the passage that we read together.

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 And we'll have a focus between verse 9 and verse 13.

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 Verse 9, as the Father has loved me, so I have loved you.

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 Abide in my love.

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 And verse 13, greater love has no one than this,

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 that someone lays down his life for his friends.

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 Have you ever wondered if God loves you?

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 Have you ever questioned God if he cares for you?

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 I'm sure many of you have.

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 On often times of difficulties, when life is hard,

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 we ask these things of God.

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 We don't tend to ask it, though, when life is going well.

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 Maybe that's for fear that we may think that it is true,

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 that God loves us.

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 Regardless of whatever situation we are in tonight,

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 or today, this morning,

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 I hope that we will realize that God loves us

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 as we come to this passage.

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 And this passage that we have here in chapter 15,

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 it's the last words of Jesus Christ to his disciples.

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 As he met with them in the upper room

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 before he was taken away to be crucified.

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 He is preparing and strengthening his disciples,

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 his friends, before he departs,

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 and for what is to come.

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 And the chapters between chapter 13 and chapter 17,

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 we have some of the richest passages of Scripture set before us.

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 It is, as anyone's last words would be,

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 a weighty expression of his love for them.

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 And in it, what we have set before us today,

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 is love present and love practiced.

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 There are two points today,

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 love present and love practiced.

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 But before we take these points by means of introduction,

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 we look at the image briefly that is set before us here

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 of this true vine.

00:30:32.460 --> 00:30:36.839
 The vine that is used to express the love of God

00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:38.460
 and the love of Jesus Christ.

00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:41.039
 The vine that grows with many branches.

00:30:42.179 --> 00:30:45.480
 The father that cares for this plant.

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:48.660
 The vine, which is Christ,

00:30:49.059 --> 00:30:53.180
 the substance of it, the stem, the roots, is Christ.

00:30:53.640 --> 00:30:58.380
 And this is the main focus of the father's devotion and love.

00:30:59.319 --> 00:31:04.279
 And out of that stem, that root, that vine,

00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:05.200
 comes the branches.

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:10.539
 We are the branches, the people of God,

00:31:10.539 --> 00:31:15.859
 who only bear fruit when we abide in Christ.

00:31:16.839 --> 00:31:18.359
 Jesus is saying to them,

00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:21.079
 you are made as a branch.

00:31:21.960 --> 00:31:24.779
 You are made to bear good fruit.

00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:28.879
 And you can only do that when you are connected to me.

00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:31.119
 When you are connected to the vine.

00:31:32.079 --> 00:31:34.019
 And if you do not take your strength from me,

00:31:34.639 --> 00:31:37.460
 well, we learn that the branch withers.

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:42.519
 For the branch will not be a pleasing sight like fruit.

00:31:43.180 --> 00:31:44.079
 It will be bare.

00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:49.340
 And we only fulfill our created purpose

00:31:49.340 --> 00:31:52.620
 by abiding in Christ.

00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:55.240
 What we have here,

00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:58.519
 we are the branches.

00:31:58.519 --> 00:32:02.359
 Every one of us here is like a branch.

00:32:03.359 --> 00:32:06.220
 And you are created by God

00:32:06.220 --> 00:32:10.259
 to be a part of his purposes.

00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:13.200
 And even in that itself,

00:32:14.079 --> 00:32:15.220
 your answer to your question,

00:32:15.339 --> 00:32:16.299
 does God love you?

00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:18.220
 He has created you.

00:32:18.500 --> 00:32:20.700
 And he wants you to be a part of him.

00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:23.680
 Answer it with assurance

00:32:23.680 --> 00:32:25.819
 that yes, he does love you.

00:32:25.819 --> 00:32:29.319
 This is the best place for you.

00:32:29.659 --> 00:32:31.819
 To be adjoined to Jesus Christ.

00:32:31.919 --> 00:32:34.059
 To be abiding in the love of Christ.

00:32:35.119 --> 00:32:36.000
 And if you are,

00:32:36.799 --> 00:32:39.480
 it says that your life will be abundantly beautiful.

00:32:40.879 --> 00:32:42.240
 There is no comparison

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:45.079
 between the branch that bears fruit

00:32:45.079 --> 00:32:47.639
 and the branch that withers.

00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:50.920
 And it is a joyful thing

00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:52.040
 to have fruit.

00:32:52.380 --> 00:32:53.520
 Just like my children

00:32:53.520 --> 00:32:54.860
 came running into the house

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:56.040
 to show me

00:32:56.040 --> 00:32:57.460
 that they had found a raspberry.

00:32:58.860 --> 00:33:00.460
 It is a joyful thing

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:02.480
 to bear fruit for God.

00:33:03.580 --> 00:33:04.800
 And it is a joy

00:33:04.800 --> 00:33:07.740
 that you bear fruit to God.

00:33:08.740 --> 00:33:10.420
 We will find joy

00:33:10.420 --> 00:33:12.960
 in abiding in Christ.

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:16.680
 And what is expressed in this image

00:33:16.680 --> 00:33:19.079
 is the love of God.

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:21.579
 The love of God made known

00:33:21.579 --> 00:33:23.940
 to the branch through the vine.

00:33:24.420 --> 00:33:25.400
 The love of God

00:33:25.400 --> 00:33:28.079
 that we know through Jesus.

00:33:28.860 --> 00:33:31.380
 Just as the Father loves me,

00:33:32.120 --> 00:33:34.380
 so I love you.

00:33:35.500 --> 00:33:36.759
 It is passed on.

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.319
 The love of God

00:33:38.319 --> 00:33:42.220
 we know through Jesus Christ.

00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:43.980
 And he is comforting

00:33:43.980 --> 00:33:45.120
 his friends,

00:33:45.259 --> 00:33:46.860
 his disciples in these words

00:33:46.860 --> 00:33:49.480
 by saying

00:33:49.480 --> 00:33:50.660
 that God

00:33:50.660 --> 00:33:52.660
 will remain with you.

00:33:53.819 --> 00:33:55.140
 The love of God

00:33:55.140 --> 00:33:55.819
 will be known

00:33:55.819 --> 00:33:57.120
 in your life

00:33:57.120 --> 00:33:58.200
 through me.

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.420
 And when you know my love,

00:34:01.660 --> 00:34:03.299
 you will know my joy.

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:06.400
 And it will be like no other joy

00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:07.360
 that you have ever known.

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:10.820
 So we ask ourselves,

00:34:10.820 --> 00:34:13.160
 what sort of branch

00:34:13.160 --> 00:34:14.080
 are we this morning?

00:34:15.080 --> 00:34:16.420
 Do we abide in Christ?

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.539
 Are we bringing forth fruit

00:34:18.539 --> 00:34:19.820
 for God?

00:34:20.480 --> 00:34:21.940
 Or are we a branch

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:23.780
 that is set on its own ways

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:26.740
 and will ultimately wither?

00:34:27.600 --> 00:34:29.160
 So love present

00:34:29.160 --> 00:34:30.820
 in this passage.

00:34:31.780 --> 00:34:33.420
 Really what I want to do first

00:34:33.420 --> 00:34:35.460
 is see how love present

00:34:35.460 --> 00:34:37.080
 in our lives.

00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:40.279
 and how we understand love

00:34:40.279 --> 00:34:41.059
 in comparison

00:34:41.059 --> 00:34:41.940
 to the presence

00:34:41.940 --> 00:34:42.880
 of God's love.

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.779
 Because we are so often

00:34:44.779 --> 00:34:45.299
 the branch

00:34:45.299 --> 00:34:46.239
 that does not want

00:34:46.239 --> 00:34:47.319
 to abide in Christ,

00:34:47.519 --> 00:34:47.940
 aren't we?

00:34:48.319 --> 00:34:49.579
 We so often want

00:34:49.579 --> 00:34:51.340
 to do things our way.

00:34:51.699 --> 00:34:52.619
 We want to love

00:34:52.619 --> 00:34:53.819
 the things of the world

00:34:53.819 --> 00:34:54.900
 without Christ.

00:34:54.940 --> 00:34:55.579
 We don't want

00:34:55.579 --> 00:34:57.279
 to love Christ

00:34:57.279 --> 00:34:58.599
 in and of ourselves.

00:34:59.259 --> 00:35:00.199
 We want to live

00:35:00.199 --> 00:35:00.779
 without him.

00:35:01.739 --> 00:35:02.679
 But we are told

00:35:02.679 --> 00:35:03.480
 that that branch

00:35:03.480 --> 00:35:03.980
 withers.

00:35:03.980 --> 00:35:06.240
 life without Christ

00:35:06.240 --> 00:35:07.219
 leaves us empty

00:35:07.219 --> 00:35:08.380
 at the end of the day.

00:35:09.820 --> 00:35:10.300
 A love

00:35:10.300 --> 00:35:11.900
 without the love

00:35:11.900 --> 00:35:12.599
 of Christ

00:35:12.599 --> 00:35:14.519
 leaves us bare.

00:35:15.420 --> 00:35:16.260
 And in the sight

00:35:16.260 --> 00:35:16.699
 of God

00:35:16.699 --> 00:35:17.320
 is no good.

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.340
 And you can think

00:35:19.340 --> 00:35:20.159
 of all the things

00:35:20.159 --> 00:35:20.740
 that you love

00:35:20.740 --> 00:35:21.539
 in this world,

00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:23.059
 not in a romantic sense,

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:24.159
 but where the affections

00:35:24.159 --> 00:35:24.800
 of your heart

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.740
 are drawn to.

00:35:26.740 --> 00:35:27.420
 You have many

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:28.340
 different things.

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:30.199
 It may be football,

00:35:30.420 --> 00:35:31.380
 it may be rugby,

00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:32.159
 cars,

00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:32.800
 bikes,

00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:34.440
 it may be your home,

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:35.760
 it may be your bed.

00:35:36.640 --> 00:35:37.140
 You can love

00:35:37.140 --> 00:35:38.380
 the smallest of things

00:35:38.380 --> 00:35:40.039
 and you can love

00:35:40.039 --> 00:35:41.260
 the greatest of things.

00:35:41.980 --> 00:35:43.140
 As the people

00:35:43.140 --> 00:35:43.840
 around us,

00:35:43.860 --> 00:35:44.340
 the friends

00:35:44.340 --> 00:35:45.060
 and the families

00:35:45.060 --> 00:35:45.800
 that we have,

00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.900
 there's a vast difference

00:35:47.900 --> 00:35:49.220
 between these loves.

00:35:50.280 --> 00:35:50.900
 But love

00:35:50.900 --> 00:35:52.500
 is every bit

00:35:52.500 --> 00:35:54.019
 a part of us.

00:35:54.780 --> 00:35:55.820
 What is your

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:57.300
 greatest love

00:35:57.300 --> 00:35:58.140
 in this world?

00:35:59.140 --> 00:35:59.640
 What is your

00:35:59.640 --> 00:36:00.280
 greatest love

00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:00.860
 in this world?

00:36:00.860 --> 00:36:03.940
 And has your love

00:36:03.940 --> 00:36:05.140
 been perfect

00:36:05.140 --> 00:36:06.360
 to that thing

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:07.160
 or person?

00:36:08.519 --> 00:36:09.280
 Has your love

00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:10.519
 ever deviated

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.539
 in its devotion

00:36:11.539 --> 00:36:13.000
 to the object

00:36:13.000 --> 00:36:13.740
 of your love?

00:36:14.300 --> 00:36:14.840
 Has your love

00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:15.840
 ever grown cold?

00:36:15.960 --> 00:36:16.400
 Has your love

00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:17.160
 ever changed?

00:36:17.280 --> 00:36:17.740
 Has your love

00:36:17.740 --> 00:36:18.720
 ever been distracted

00:36:18.720 --> 00:36:19.780
 by something else?

00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:21.780
 It probably has

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.680
 if we are honest

00:36:22.680 --> 00:36:23.400
 with ourselves.

00:36:24.099 --> 00:36:25.240
 Because our love,

00:36:25.420 --> 00:36:26.820
 it's not perfect.

00:36:27.620 --> 00:36:29.000
 Our love fluctuates.

00:36:29.000 --> 00:36:30.360
 It grows.

00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.679
 It fades.

00:36:32.380 --> 00:36:33.380
 Our love moves.

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:34.099
 It changes.

00:36:35.099 --> 00:36:35.719
 And our love

00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:36.460
 can decay.

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:39.559
 We place our love

00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.599
 in the things

00:36:40.599 --> 00:36:41.500
 of this world.

00:36:42.539 --> 00:36:43.719
 But they are liable

00:36:43.719 --> 00:36:44.960
 to disappoint us.

00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:47.079
 And so also

00:36:47.079 --> 00:36:48.699
 we can disappoint them.

00:36:49.880 --> 00:36:50.960
 And ultimately

00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:51.460
 the loves

00:36:51.460 --> 00:36:52.280
 of this world

00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:53.400
 will come

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:54.059
 to an end.

00:36:54.059 --> 00:36:57.779
 and that may

00:36:57.779 --> 00:36:58.259
 leave us

00:36:58.259 --> 00:36:59.659
 chasing other loves.

00:37:00.799 --> 00:37:01.719
 Our heart's desire

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.400
 is to love.

00:37:04.199 --> 00:37:04.719
 Love

00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:05.779
 of the world

00:37:05.779 --> 00:37:06.599
 only temporarily

00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:07.759
 satisfies us.

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:09.380
 And it is true

00:37:09.380 --> 00:37:09.759
 that maybe

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:10.340
 we can say

00:37:10.340 --> 00:37:11.320
 that we can exhaust

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:11.900
 the loves

00:37:11.900 --> 00:37:12.719
 of this world.

00:37:14.099 --> 00:37:15.000
 And sometimes

00:37:15.000 --> 00:37:15.900
 we can say

00:37:15.900 --> 00:37:16.840
 sadly

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:18.320
 that the loves

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.139
 of this world

00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.920
 fail us.

00:37:19.920 --> 00:37:22.860
 where do you go

00:37:22.860 --> 00:37:23.119
 then?

00:37:23.900 --> 00:37:24.740
 When every love

00:37:24.740 --> 00:37:25.300
 of the world

00:37:25.300 --> 00:37:26.260
 has failed you

00:37:26.260 --> 00:37:27.820
 where do you go?

00:37:28.820 --> 00:37:29.900
 What do you love?

00:37:31.500 --> 00:37:32.240
 So we can chase

00:37:32.240 --> 00:37:33.300
 after all the things

00:37:33.300 --> 00:37:34.119
 of this world.

00:37:34.940 --> 00:37:35.579
 We can grab

00:37:35.579 --> 00:37:36.420
 a hold of them

00:37:36.420 --> 00:37:37.940
 but our love

00:37:37.940 --> 00:37:39.300
 deviates.

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.180
 Our love grows

00:37:40.180 --> 00:37:40.700
 cold.

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:41.760
 Our love changes.

00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:44.039
 It's like

00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:44.960
 chasing the wind.

00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:46.880
 We try and grab

00:37:46.880 --> 00:37:47.800
 and hold love

00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:49.740
 but we never

00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:50.679
 quite get it.

00:37:51.079 --> 00:37:51.460
 We're never

00:37:51.460 --> 00:37:52.440
 quite satisfied

00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:52.840
 with it.

00:37:52.900 --> 00:37:53.840
 It never quite

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.960
 gives us joy.

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:56.740
 We're left

00:37:56.740 --> 00:37:57.460
 withered

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.960
 when we try

00:37:58.960 --> 00:38:00.760
 and satisfy

00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:01.420
 ourselves

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:02.059
 with the love

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.740
 of the world.

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:05.300
 When we try

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:06.119
 to keep our love

00:38:06.119 --> 00:38:06.679
 alive

00:38:06.679 --> 00:38:08.440
 by our own strength

00:38:08.440 --> 00:38:09.420
 and our own loves

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:11.220
 we're left

00:38:11.220 --> 00:38:11.960
 fruitless.

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:14.000
 Someone once

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.519
 said that the

00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:15.259
 loneliest place

00:38:15.259 --> 00:38:15.860
 in the world

00:38:15.860 --> 00:38:17.440
 is a human heart

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:18.559
 where love is absent.

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:20.800
 And there's truth

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:21.880
 to that.

00:38:23.920 --> 00:38:24.739
 But love

00:38:24.739 --> 00:38:25.539
 is not absent

00:38:25.539 --> 00:38:26.179
 in God.

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.639
 It is our nature

00:38:29.639 --> 00:38:30.340
 to love

00:38:30.340 --> 00:38:31.880
 to give love

00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:33.119
 to know love

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:35.059
 and we can all

00:38:35.059 --> 00:38:35.960
 say and agree

00:38:35.960 --> 00:38:36.780
 together

00:38:36.780 --> 00:38:37.920
 in one voice

00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:38.900
 that love

00:38:38.900 --> 00:38:39.400
 gives us

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.239
 the greatest joy

00:38:40.239 --> 00:38:41.000
 in this life

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:42.400
 but love

00:38:42.400 --> 00:38:43.139
 so also

00:38:43.139 --> 00:38:43.780
 gives us

00:38:43.780 --> 00:38:44.380
 the sourest

00:38:44.380 --> 00:38:45.140
 of pains.

00:38:46.580 --> 00:38:47.460
 Great are the marks

00:38:47.460 --> 00:38:48.420
 of great love

00:38:48.420 --> 00:38:50.160
 and great

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:50.880
 are the marks

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.720
 of great love

00:38:51.720 --> 00:38:52.480
 that is lost.

00:38:53.900 --> 00:38:54.440
 Love

00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.460
 it leaves

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.120
 an impression

00:38:56.120 --> 00:38:56.600
 on us

00:38:56.600 --> 00:38:59.480
 and while

00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:00.320
 so sore

00:39:00.320 --> 00:39:01.400
 and so painful

00:39:01.400 --> 00:39:02.200
 at times

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:03.660
 it still

00:39:03.660 --> 00:39:04.300
 retains

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:04.780
 something

00:39:04.780 --> 00:39:05.760
 of beauty.

00:39:05.760 --> 00:39:07.720
 the dictionary

00:39:07.720 --> 00:39:08.780
 describes love

00:39:08.780 --> 00:39:09.440
 as something

00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:11.020
 profoundly tender

00:39:11.020 --> 00:39:13.240
 and that it is.

00:39:14.880 --> 00:39:15.500
 John Owen

00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.540
 would say

00:39:16.540 --> 00:39:17.620
 that love

00:39:17.620 --> 00:39:18.460
 is a jewel

00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:19.740
 of human

00:39:19.740 --> 00:39:20.500
 nature

00:39:20.500 --> 00:39:22.180
 because it's

00:39:22.180 --> 00:39:22.920
 well it's a precious

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:23.340
 thing.

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.380
 A jewel

00:39:24.380 --> 00:39:24.940
 is precious.

00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:25.780
 It's valuable,

00:39:26.040 --> 00:39:26.620
 it's beautiful,

00:39:26.820 --> 00:39:27.420
 it's desirable

00:39:27.420 --> 00:39:29.340
 but really

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:30.220
 the beauty

00:39:30.220 --> 00:39:31.140
 of the jewel

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:32.359
 is only

00:39:32.359 --> 00:39:33.480
 fully seen

00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:34.480
 and fully

00:39:34.480 --> 00:39:35.299
 realised

00:39:35.299 --> 00:39:36.980
 and put

00:39:36.980 --> 00:39:37.779
 on display

00:39:37.779 --> 00:39:38.799
 when it

00:39:38.799 --> 00:39:39.420
 trusts and

00:39:39.420 --> 00:39:40.119
 abides in

00:39:40.119 --> 00:39:40.759
 Christ.

00:39:41.739 --> 00:39:42.799
 The love

00:39:42.799 --> 00:39:43.579
 of our nature

00:39:43.579 --> 00:39:44.639
 is only

00:39:44.639 --> 00:39:45.379
 fulfilled

00:39:45.379 --> 00:39:47.119
 and made

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.799
 joyous

00:39:47.799 --> 00:39:48.739
 when we

00:39:48.739 --> 00:39:49.159
 dwell

00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:50.619
 in Christ

00:39:50.619 --> 00:39:52.019
 and we

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:52.960
 become branches

00:39:52.960 --> 00:39:54.440
 that please

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:55.219
 the vine

00:39:55.219 --> 00:39:55.759
 dresser.

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:58.260
 our love

00:39:58.260 --> 00:39:59.040
 of itself

00:39:59.040 --> 00:40:00.840
 fluctuates,

00:40:00.900 --> 00:40:01.300
 it's not

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:02.000
 perfect.

00:40:03.100 --> 00:40:03.860
 Our love,

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.560
 what is our

00:40:05.560 --> 00:40:05.900
 love

00:40:05.900 --> 00:40:07.140
 in comparison

00:40:07.140 --> 00:40:08.540
 to the love

00:40:08.540 --> 00:40:09.720
 present here

00:40:09.720 --> 00:40:10.180
 in Jesus

00:40:10.180 --> 00:40:10.720
 Christ?

00:40:12.740 --> 00:40:13.580
 We think

00:40:13.580 --> 00:40:14.000
 of the love

00:40:14.000 --> 00:40:14.620
 of Christ,

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:16.300
 we have it

00:40:16.300 --> 00:40:16.720
 equally

00:40:16.720 --> 00:40:18.620
 in the love

00:40:18.620 --> 00:40:19.160
 of God.

00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:20.320
 We are of

00:40:20.320 --> 00:40:20.760
 the same

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.160
 thing

00:40:21.160 --> 00:40:22.380
 in verse 9,

00:40:22.460 --> 00:40:22.740
 as the

00:40:22.740 --> 00:40:23.280
 Father has

00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:23.900
 loved me

00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:25.380
 so I

00:40:25.380 --> 00:40:25.980
 have loved

00:40:25.980 --> 00:40:27.240
 you and

00:40:27.240 --> 00:40:27.720
 he calls

00:40:27.720 --> 00:40:28.099
 us to

00:40:28.099 --> 00:40:28.619
 abide

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.519
 in that

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:29.940
 love.

00:40:30.240 --> 00:40:30.559
 This is

00:40:30.559 --> 00:40:30.960
 the greatest

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:31.480
 love we

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:31.960
 can know.

00:40:32.579 --> 00:40:32.900
 This is

00:40:32.900 --> 00:40:33.440
 the greatest

00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:35.160
 love that

00:40:35.160 --> 00:40:35.420
 we can

00:40:35.420 --> 00:40:36.019
 receive.

00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:37.980
 This is

00:40:37.980 --> 00:40:38.320
 a love

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:38.660
 that does

00:40:38.660 --> 00:40:39.500
 not fluctuate,

00:40:39.579 --> 00:40:39.840
 it does

00:40:39.840 --> 00:40:40.420
 not move,

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:40.780
 it does

00:40:40.780 --> 00:40:41.680
 not change,

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.099
 it does

00:40:43.099 --> 00:40:44.079
 not decay

00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:45.340
 over time.

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.539
 Christ's

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:47.180
 love and

00:40:47.180 --> 00:40:47.720
 God's

00:40:47.720 --> 00:40:48.460
 love are

00:40:48.460 --> 00:40:49.180
 firm and

00:40:49.180 --> 00:40:49.640
 sure.

00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:51.720
 The vine

00:40:51.720 --> 00:40:52.660
 Christ is

00:40:52.660 --> 00:40:53.340
 loved by

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:53.860
 the vine

00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.500
 dresser.

00:40:54.500 --> 00:40:56.079
 God's

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.099
 love is

00:40:57.099 --> 00:40:58.039
 continually

00:40:58.039 --> 00:40:58.820
 expressed

00:40:58.820 --> 00:40:59.500
 towards

00:40:59.500 --> 00:41:00.099
 Christ.

00:41:00.719 --> 00:41:01.199
 God's

00:41:01.199 --> 00:41:01.719
 love is

00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:02.300
 eternally

00:41:02.300 --> 00:41:02.760
 present

00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:03.300
 towards

00:41:03.300 --> 00:41:03.820
 Christ.

00:41:03.960 --> 00:41:04.320
 God's

00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:04.820
 love is

00:41:04.820 --> 00:41:06.179
 inexhaustible

00:41:06.179 --> 00:41:07.559
 and it

00:41:07.559 --> 00:41:07.820
 is a

00:41:07.820 --> 00:41:08.280
 love that

00:41:08.280 --> 00:41:09.159
 we receive

00:41:09.159 --> 00:41:09.980
 through

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:10.539
 Christ.

00:41:11.820 --> 00:41:12.820
 And we

00:41:12.820 --> 00:41:14.099
 can be

00:41:14.099 --> 00:41:14.900
 secure

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:16.679
 and assured

00:41:16.679 --> 00:41:17.219
 of that

00:41:17.219 --> 00:41:18.579
 love as

00:41:18.579 --> 00:41:19.579
 God loves

00:41:19.579 --> 00:41:20.440
 his Son.

00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:23.039
 love is

00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:25.760
 perfected

00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:27.440
 because love

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:27.800
 is

00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:28.539
 untainted

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:29.420
 in God.

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:31.179
 God's

00:41:31.179 --> 00:41:31.559
 love is

00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:31.940
 pure.

00:41:33.019 --> 00:41:33.340
 We can

00:41:33.340 --> 00:41:33.679
 say that

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:34.500
 love is

00:41:34.500 --> 00:41:35.079
 fulfilled

00:41:35.079 --> 00:41:36.679
 in God

00:41:36.679 --> 00:41:38.019
 and Christ.

00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:39.659
 Love is

00:41:39.659 --> 00:41:40.300
 complete.

00:41:42.099 --> 00:41:42.700
 His love

00:41:42.700 --> 00:41:42.960
 is the

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.240
 greatest

00:41:43.240 --> 00:41:44.700
 love and

00:41:44.700 --> 00:41:45.619
 really his

00:41:45.619 --> 00:41:46.679
 love, it

00:41:46.679 --> 00:41:47.039
 is the

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:47.539
 essence of

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:47.980
 what love

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:48.619
 is because

00:41:48.619 --> 00:41:48.960
 it is

00:41:48.960 --> 00:41:49.359
 full,

00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:50.119
 because it

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.259
 is

00:41:50.259 --> 00:41:50.900
 untainted.

00:41:52.480 --> 00:41:52.719
 The

00:41:52.719 --> 00:41:53.019
 greatest

00:41:53.019 --> 00:41:53.579
 love is

00:41:53.579 --> 00:41:53.900
 the love

00:41:53.900 --> 00:41:54.500
 of God.

00:41:55.059 --> 00:41:55.420
 The

00:41:55.420 --> 00:41:55.679
 greatest

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.159
 love we

00:41:56.159 --> 00:41:57.380
 receive is

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:57.699
 the love

00:41:57.699 --> 00:41:58.239
 of God

00:41:58.239 --> 00:41:59.000
 through

00:41:59.000 --> 00:42:00.000
 Jesus

00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:00.739
 Christ.

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:05.099
 Great

00:42:05.099 --> 00:42:06.199
 love, it

00:42:06.199 --> 00:42:06.579
 is never

00:42:06.579 --> 00:42:07.039
 alone.

00:42:08.259 --> 00:42:08.759
 It is

00:42:08.759 --> 00:42:09.299
 something that

00:42:09.299 --> 00:42:09.960
 stimulates

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:10.579
 action.

00:42:11.659 --> 00:42:12.299
 Love is

00:42:12.299 --> 00:42:12.980
 outworked by

00:42:12.980 --> 00:42:13.659
 some means

00:42:13.659 --> 00:42:14.199
 and it is a

00:42:14.199 --> 00:42:15.019
 great confirmation

00:42:15.019 --> 00:42:15.779
 of the love

00:42:15.779 --> 00:42:16.259
 within the

00:42:16.259 --> 00:42:17.179
 heart when

00:42:17.179 --> 00:42:17.699
 you see the

00:42:17.699 --> 00:42:18.539
 actions of

00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:18.719
 it.

00:42:20.319 --> 00:42:20.939
 Jesus is

00:42:20.939 --> 00:42:21.399
 not only

00:42:21.399 --> 00:42:22.039
 telling his

00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:23.539
 disciples about

00:42:23.539 --> 00:42:24.699
 the love

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:25.480
 that he has

00:42:25.480 --> 00:42:26.159
 for them,

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:28.119
 he is

00:42:28.119 --> 00:42:29.000
 preparing them

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.879
 and expressing

00:42:29.879 --> 00:42:30.439
 them about

00:42:30.439 --> 00:42:32.299
 how he will

00:42:32.299 --> 00:42:32.919
 show it

00:42:32.919 --> 00:42:33.799
 to them.

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:35.759
 Love is

00:42:35.759 --> 00:42:36.779
 present and

00:42:36.779 --> 00:42:37.759
 abounding in

00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:38.279
 Christ,

00:42:38.980 --> 00:42:41.419
 but love

00:42:41.419 --> 00:42:42.079
 will be

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.679
 practiced

00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:43.819
 by Christ.

00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:45.639
 You see

00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:46.039
 there,

00:42:46.039 --> 00:42:47.400
 in verse

00:42:47.400 --> 00:42:47.980
 13,

00:42:49.139 --> 00:42:50.000
 greater love

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.460
 has no

00:42:50.460 --> 00:42:50.800
 one than

00:42:50.800 --> 00:42:51.099
 this,

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:51.860
 that someone

00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:52.500
 lays down

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:53.099
 his life

00:42:53.099 --> 00:42:53.440
 for his

00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:53.880
 friend.

00:42:54.619 --> 00:42:54.840
 Our

00:42:54.840 --> 00:42:55.119
 second

00:42:55.119 --> 00:42:55.719
 point,

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.219
 love

00:42:56.219 --> 00:42:57.340
 practiced.

00:42:58.920 --> 00:42:59.519
 Christ's

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.719
 life is

00:43:00.719 --> 00:43:01.559
 a manifestation

00:43:01.559 --> 00:43:02.840
 of the

00:43:02.840 --> 00:43:04.139
 perfect love

00:43:04.139 --> 00:43:04.920
 of God

00:43:04.920 --> 00:43:05.940
 and the

00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:06.360
 resulting

00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:07.199
 actions of

00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:07.480
 what you

00:43:07.480 --> 00:43:08.920
 see in

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:09.360
 Jesus'

00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:10.500
 love.

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:11.960
 You search

00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.340
 through the

00:43:12.340 --> 00:43:13.019
 gospels and

00:43:13.019 --> 00:43:13.500
 you see the

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:14.139
 love of Jesus

00:43:14.139 --> 00:43:14.940
 Christ coming

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.339
 through.

00:43:15.779 --> 00:43:16.319
 He cared

00:43:16.319 --> 00:43:16.799
 for others,

00:43:16.879 --> 00:43:17.319
 he cured

00:43:17.319 --> 00:43:17.920
 for others.

00:43:19.400 --> 00:43:20.079
 He did

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.739
 not revile

00:43:20.739 --> 00:43:21.299
 or reject

00:43:21.299 --> 00:43:21.779
 others.

00:43:22.799 --> 00:43:23.359
 He called

00:43:23.359 --> 00:43:23.679
 them to

00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:24.179
 come to

00:43:24.179 --> 00:43:25.019
 him with

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:25.400
 a loving

00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:25.859
 heart.

00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:26.659
 He compelled

00:43:26.659 --> 00:43:27.159
 them to

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:27.480
 come.

00:43:28.839 --> 00:43:29.099
 He

00:43:29.099 --> 00:43:29.960
 compassionately

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:30.699
 taught them

00:43:30.699 --> 00:43:31.500
 and met

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:32.039
 their need.

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.659
 The low

00:43:33.659 --> 00:43:34.559
 were not

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:34.980
 too low

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:35.420
 for him,

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:36.559
 the high

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:37.359
 were not

00:43:37.359 --> 00:43:37.839
 too high

00:43:37.839 --> 00:43:38.299
 for him.

00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:40.139
 But here

00:43:40.139 --> 00:43:40.519
 in verse

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:41.519
 13 we have

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:42.360
 an explanation

00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:42.880
 of what

00:43:42.880 --> 00:43:43.780
 great love

00:43:43.780 --> 00:43:44.559
 looks like

00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:44.860
 and what

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:45.400
 the greatest

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:46.340
 display of

00:43:46.340 --> 00:43:47.219
 love is

00:43:47.219 --> 00:43:47.800
 that a man

00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:48.320
 would die

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:48.679
 for his

00:43:48.679 --> 00:43:49.179
 friends.

00:43:50.280 --> 00:43:50.800
 But we are

00:43:50.800 --> 00:43:51.480
 mindful as we

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:52.039
 come to this

00:43:52.039 --> 00:43:52.500
 that this is

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:53.699
 only a portrayal

00:43:53.699 --> 00:43:54.920
 of what great

00:43:54.920 --> 00:43:55.940
 love looks

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.360
 like.

00:43:57.079 --> 00:43:57.800
 In human

00:43:57.800 --> 00:43:59.320
 terms it

00:43:59.320 --> 00:44:00.360
 is understandable

00:44:00.360 --> 00:44:01.639
 that we would

00:44:01.639 --> 00:44:02.780
 die for someone

00:44:02.780 --> 00:44:03.659
 whom we

00:44:03.659 --> 00:44:04.699
 greatly love

00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:06.259
 and the

00:44:06.259 --> 00:44:07.280
 greatest action

00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:08.300
 that we could

00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:09.360
 have for that

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:10.179
 person would

00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:10.679
 be to die

00:44:10.679 --> 00:44:11.159
 for them.

00:44:13.779 --> 00:44:14.159
 And if

00:44:14.159 --> 00:44:14.899
 someone died

00:44:14.899 --> 00:44:15.619
 for us

00:44:15.619 --> 00:44:16.099
 out of

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:17.739
 love we

00:44:17.739 --> 00:44:18.079
 would be

00:44:18.079 --> 00:44:18.539
 left in

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:19.339
 no uncertain

00:44:19.339 --> 00:44:20.500
 terms as

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:20.899
 to the

00:44:20.899 --> 00:44:21.579
 love that

00:44:21.579 --> 00:44:22.259
 that person

00:44:22.259 --> 00:44:23.119
 had for

00:44:23.119 --> 00:44:23.419
 you.

00:44:26.500 --> 00:44:27.639
 He died

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:28.159
 because he

00:44:28.159 --> 00:44:28.679
 loved you

00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:28.980
 with a

00:44:28.980 --> 00:44:29.739
 great love

00:44:29.739 --> 00:44:31.239
 and there

00:44:31.239 --> 00:44:31.699
 would be no

00:44:31.699 --> 00:44:32.339
 doubt about

00:44:32.339 --> 00:44:32.779
 it in your

00:44:32.779 --> 00:44:34.359
 heart if he

00:44:34.359 --> 00:44:34.759
 had died

00:44:34.759 --> 00:44:35.339
 for you.

00:44:36.419 --> 00:44:36.859
 And others

00:44:36.859 --> 00:44:37.559
 would say

00:44:37.559 --> 00:44:38.519
 if they

00:44:38.519 --> 00:44:38.919
 looked at

00:44:38.919 --> 00:44:39.419
 the person

00:44:39.419 --> 00:44:40.079
 that died

00:44:40.079 --> 00:44:41.000
 they could

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.559
 say well

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:42.099
 look how

00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:42.900
 much he

00:44:42.900 --> 00:44:43.519
 loved you.

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:45.639
 And you

00:44:45.639 --> 00:44:46.099
 could say

00:44:46.099 --> 00:44:46.799
 yourself

00:44:46.799 --> 00:44:49.619
 look how

00:44:49.619 --> 00:44:50.619
 much he

00:44:50.619 --> 00:44:51.239
 loved me

00:44:51.239 --> 00:44:52.799
 because he

00:44:52.799 --> 00:44:53.519
 died for me

00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:53.980
 and he gave

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.480
 his life

00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:55.159
 for me.

00:44:56.179 --> 00:44:57.019
 Jesus is

00:44:57.019 --> 00:44:57.840
 reminding his

00:44:57.840 --> 00:44:58.900
 disciples here

00:44:58.900 --> 00:44:59.599
 before he

00:44:59.599 --> 00:45:00.440
 goes of what

00:45:00.440 --> 00:45:01.719
 great love

00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:02.299
 looks like

00:45:02.299 --> 00:45:02.739
 and what the

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:03.420
 greatest love

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:03.920
 of man

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.940
 looks like

00:45:04.940 --> 00:45:06.840
 because Christ

00:45:06.840 --> 00:45:07.500
 was shortly

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:08.119
 going to die

00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:08.679
 for them

00:45:08.679 --> 00:45:10.099
 and the

00:45:10.099 --> 00:45:10.480
 love of

00:45:10.480 --> 00:45:10.960
 Christ

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:12.079
 for his

00:45:12.079 --> 00:45:12.599
 friends

00:45:12.599 --> 00:45:14.059
 drove him

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:14.539
 to die

00:45:14.539 --> 00:45:15.019
 for them.

00:45:16.300 --> 00:45:17.119
 This is how

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:17.679
 he would

00:45:17.679 --> 00:45:18.240
 show his

00:45:18.240 --> 00:45:19.900
 love so

00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:20.220
 that they

00:45:20.220 --> 00:45:20.679
 would not

00:45:20.679 --> 00:45:21.099
 doubt,

00:45:21.900 --> 00:45:22.380
 so that they

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:22.880
 would not

00:45:22.880 --> 00:45:23.880
 question nor

00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:25.119
 wonder whether

00:45:25.119 --> 00:45:25.679
 he loved

00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:26.380
 them or not.

00:45:27.500 --> 00:45:28.480
 Is this the

00:45:28.480 --> 00:45:29.380
 greatest display

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:30.079
 of love

00:45:30.079 --> 00:45:31.880
 in human

00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:32.380
 reasoning?

00:45:33.219 --> 00:45:33.539
 Yes,

00:45:34.539 --> 00:45:35.079
 that a man

00:45:35.079 --> 00:45:35.599
 would die

00:45:35.599 --> 00:45:36.139
 for one of

00:45:36.139 --> 00:45:36.819
 his friends.

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:38.239
 But is this

00:45:38.239 --> 00:45:38.779
 what Christ

00:45:38.779 --> 00:45:39.099
 did?

00:45:40.299 --> 00:45:40.619
 Well,

00:45:40.860 --> 00:45:41.719
 not really.

00:45:43.699 --> 00:45:44.119
 You see,

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:44.599
 the love of

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:45.779
 Christ was

00:45:45.779 --> 00:45:47.579
 greater and

00:45:47.579 --> 00:45:48.719
 more, far

00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:49.639
 more abounding

00:45:49.639 --> 00:45:50.659
 than the

00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:51.400
 greatest of

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:52.400
 man's love.

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:54.059
 The death

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:54.699
 of Christ

00:45:54.699 --> 00:45:55.219
 was a

00:45:55.219 --> 00:45:56.299
 greater display

00:45:56.299 --> 00:45:57.579
 of the

00:45:57.579 --> 00:45:58.579
 greatest of

00:45:58.579 --> 00:45:59.159
 what man

00:45:59.159 --> 00:45:59.980
 could give

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:00.719
 and offer.

00:46:01.679 --> 00:46:02.320
 For Christ

00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:02.960
 died for

00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:03.639
 his friends

00:46:03.639 --> 00:46:04.539
 and his

00:46:04.539 --> 00:46:04.960
 enemies.

00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:06.880
 We see in

00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:07.599
 Romans 5,

00:46:07.699 --> 00:46:08.420
 it tells us

00:46:08.420 --> 00:46:09.159
 that God

00:46:09.159 --> 00:46:11.519
 shows his

00:46:11.519 --> 00:46:12.079
 love for

00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:12.400
 us,

00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:13.619
 that while

00:46:13.619 --> 00:46:14.240
 we were

00:46:14.240 --> 00:46:15.260
 still sinners,

00:46:16.079 --> 00:46:16.599
 Christ

00:46:16.599 --> 00:46:17.920
 died for

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:18.380
 us.

00:46:19.740 --> 00:46:20.679
 He died

00:46:20.679 --> 00:46:20.980
 for his

00:46:20.980 --> 00:46:21.340
 friends,

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:21.719
 yes.

00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:23.340
 He died

00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:23.800
 for those

00:46:23.800 --> 00:46:24.179
 who loved

00:46:24.179 --> 00:46:24.440
 him.

00:46:25.139 --> 00:46:25.699
 But he

00:46:25.699 --> 00:46:26.559
 died also

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:27.400
 unequally

00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:28.240
 for the

00:46:28.240 --> 00:46:28.719
 people

00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:29.559
 that

00:46:29.559 --> 00:46:30.000
 condemned

00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:30.340
 him to

00:46:30.340 --> 00:46:30.920
 the cross,

00:46:30.920 --> 00:46:32.519
 the people

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:33.079
 who spat

00:46:33.079 --> 00:46:33.480
 on him,

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:34.980
 the one

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.219
 who took

00:46:35.219 --> 00:46:35.559
 his name

00:46:35.559 --> 00:46:35.980
 in vain,

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.840
 the one

00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:38.420
 who wanted

00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:39.299
 nothing to

00:46:39.299 --> 00:46:39.739
 do with

00:46:39.739 --> 00:46:39.980
 him,

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:42.619
 the passerby

00:46:42.619 --> 00:46:44.659
 who slandered

00:46:44.659 --> 00:46:44.960
 him.

00:46:46.139 --> 00:46:47.099
 He died

00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:47.500
 for the

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:47.820
 sinner.

00:46:49.840 --> 00:46:50.400
 He died

00:46:50.400 --> 00:46:50.719
 for the

00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:51.259
 one that

00:46:51.259 --> 00:46:51.619
 does not

00:46:51.619 --> 00:46:51.980
 want to

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:52.279
 go to

00:46:52.279 --> 00:46:52.980
 church on

00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:53.340
 Sunday

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:53.799
 morning,

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.500
 nor listen

00:46:54.500 --> 00:46:55.059
 to this

00:46:55.059 --> 00:46:55.759
 service.

00:46:55.760 --> 00:46:58.820
 Christ

00:46:58.820 --> 00:47:00.160
 died

00:47:00.160 --> 00:47:01.360
 for you.

00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:03.560
 And you

00:47:03.560 --> 00:47:03.980
 might ask,

00:47:04.040 --> 00:47:04.120
 well,

00:47:04.160 --> 00:47:04.640
 why did

00:47:04.640 --> 00:47:05.240
 Christ

00:47:05.240 --> 00:47:06.680
 die for

00:47:06.680 --> 00:47:07.080
 me?

00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:09.400
 Well,

00:47:10.240 --> 00:47:10.620
 it's so

00:47:10.620 --> 00:47:11.040
 that you

00:47:11.040 --> 00:47:11.920
 may know

00:47:11.920 --> 00:47:13.600
 in no

00:47:13.600 --> 00:47:14.020
 uncertain

00:47:14.020 --> 00:47:15.520
 terms how

00:47:15.520 --> 00:47:16.600
 much he

00:47:16.600 --> 00:47:17.160
 loves you.

00:47:18.520 --> 00:47:19.260
 And that

00:47:19.260 --> 00:47:20.140
 I can say

00:47:20.140 --> 00:47:20.900
 with confidence

00:47:20.900 --> 00:47:22.039
 to you,

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:24.840
 see how

00:47:24.840 --> 00:47:26.300
 much Jesus

00:47:26.300 --> 00:47:26.960
 loves you.

00:47:28.220 --> 00:47:28.920
 And that

00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:29.260
 you can

00:47:29.260 --> 00:47:29.660
 say in

00:47:29.660 --> 00:47:30.260
 your heart,

00:47:31.680 --> 00:47:32.099
 see how

00:47:32.099 --> 00:47:33.460
 much Jesus

00:47:33.460 --> 00:47:34.220
 loves me.

00:47:37.579 --> 00:47:38.400
 And we

00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:38.740
 can't

00:47:38.740 --> 00:47:39.599
 understand

00:47:39.599 --> 00:47:40.559
 really

00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:41.240
 someone

00:47:41.240 --> 00:47:42.019
 dying

00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:43.240
 for their

00:47:43.240 --> 00:47:43.599
 enemy.

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:44.980
 We

00:47:44.980 --> 00:47:45.660
 struggle to

00:47:45.660 --> 00:47:46.240
 comprehend

00:47:46.240 --> 00:47:47.139
 that someone

00:47:47.139 --> 00:47:47.720
 would give

00:47:47.720 --> 00:47:48.539
 their lives

00:47:48.539 --> 00:47:50.380
 for someone

00:47:50.380 --> 00:47:51.079
 they did

00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:51.680
 not like,

00:47:52.700 --> 00:47:53.300
 someone that

00:47:53.300 --> 00:47:53.680
 did not

00:47:53.680 --> 00:47:54.160
 love them

00:47:54.160 --> 00:47:54.559
 back.

00:47:55.760 --> 00:47:56.440
 But such

00:47:56.440 --> 00:47:57.360
 was Christ's

00:47:57.360 --> 00:47:57.640
 love.

00:47:59.539 --> 00:47:59.960
 And so

00:47:59.960 --> 00:48:00.579
 far more

00:48:00.579 --> 00:48:01.180
 abounding

00:48:01.180 --> 00:48:02.019
 than the

00:48:02.019 --> 00:48:02.680
 greatest love

00:48:02.680 --> 00:48:03.180
 of man,

00:48:03.960 --> 00:48:04.300
 that he

00:48:04.300 --> 00:48:05.039
 died for

00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:06.880
 us while

00:48:06.880 --> 00:48:07.940
 we did

00:48:07.940 --> 00:48:08.660
 not love

00:48:08.660 --> 00:48:09.059
 him.

00:48:10.360 --> 00:48:10.760
 And that

00:48:10.760 --> 00:48:11.220
 is why the

00:48:11.220 --> 00:48:11.920
 cross is so

00:48:11.920 --> 00:48:12.559
 treasured by

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:13.099
 Christians.

00:48:14.539 --> 00:48:15.200
 When we

00:48:15.200 --> 00:48:15.780
 come to that

00:48:15.780 --> 00:48:16.500
 place, when we

00:48:16.500 --> 00:48:17.200
 view it, when we

00:48:17.200 --> 00:48:18.099
 consider what

00:48:18.099 --> 00:48:18.720
 Christ has

00:48:18.720 --> 00:48:19.740
 done for us,

00:48:20.380 --> 00:48:21.940
 what we

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:22.539
 see is the

00:48:22.539 --> 00:48:23.420
 greatest love

00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:24.480
 perfectly

00:48:24.480 --> 00:48:25.500
 practiced.

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:27.840
 We come

00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:28.440
 to something

00:48:28.440 --> 00:48:29.280
 worthy of

00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:30.039
 our time.

00:48:31.200 --> 00:48:31.539
 It's the

00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:32.680
 greatest display

00:48:32.680 --> 00:48:33.320
 of love

00:48:33.320 --> 00:48:34.079
 that we

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:34.579
 can know.

00:48:35.640 --> 00:48:36.220
 It's a love

00:48:36.220 --> 00:48:36.860
 that is beyond

00:48:36.860 --> 00:48:37.800
 our understanding

00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:38.680
 and beyond the

00:48:38.680 --> 00:48:39.380
 loves of this

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:39.760
 world.

00:48:40.000 --> 00:48:40.320
 And even

00:48:40.320 --> 00:48:40.780
 though it is

00:48:40.780 --> 00:48:41.360
 a place of

00:48:41.360 --> 00:48:41.880
 pain and

00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:42.220
 sorrow,

00:48:43.539 --> 00:48:43.880
 it is

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:44.519
 wrapped in

00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:45.500
 sweet beauty

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:46.800
 and leaves

00:48:46.800 --> 00:48:47.619
 the deepest

00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:48.500
 marks

00:48:48.500 --> 00:48:50.699
 eternally.

00:48:52.179 --> 00:48:52.739
 For the

00:48:52.739 --> 00:48:53.440
 love of God

00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:53.880
 has not

00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:54.420
 died.

00:48:55.739 --> 00:48:56.400
 Jesus is

00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:58.179
 alive and

00:48:58.179 --> 00:48:58.940
 that love

00:48:58.940 --> 00:49:00.159
 still lives

00:49:00.159 --> 00:49:01.340
 and that

00:49:01.340 --> 00:49:02.059
 love is

00:49:02.059 --> 00:49:03.099
 still expressed

00:49:03.099 --> 00:49:03.739
 to every

00:49:03.739 --> 00:49:04.619
 single one

00:49:04.619 --> 00:49:05.000
 of us

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:05.480
 today.

00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:07.340
 Jesus has

00:49:07.340 --> 00:49:08.199
 died for

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:09.840
 you so

00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:10.219
 that you

00:49:10.219 --> 00:49:10.800
 can say

00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:11.119
 in no

00:49:11.119 --> 00:49:11.539
 uncertain

00:49:11.539 --> 00:49:13.139
 terms that

00:49:13.139 --> 00:49:13.599
 he loved

00:49:13.599 --> 00:49:13.839
 you.

00:49:18.099 --> 00:49:18.739
 If you

00:49:18.739 --> 00:49:19.119
 take the

00:49:19.119 --> 00:49:19.619
 fact that

00:49:19.619 --> 00:49:20.599
 someone dies

00:49:20.599 --> 00:49:22.199
 for another,

00:49:23.059 --> 00:49:23.500
 if someone

00:49:23.500 --> 00:49:24.079
 died for

00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:24.440
 you, what

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:25.179
 implications

00:49:25.179 --> 00:49:25.900
 do we have

00:49:25.900 --> 00:49:26.279
 of that

00:49:26.279 --> 00:49:26.679
 action?

00:49:28.259 --> 00:49:29.299
 Why die

00:49:29.299 --> 00:49:29.900
 for someone

00:49:29.900 --> 00:49:30.279
 else?

00:49:30.500 --> 00:49:31.420
 For what

00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:33.339
 cause would

00:49:33.339 --> 00:49:33.719
 you need

00:49:33.719 --> 00:49:34.259
 someone to

00:49:34.259 --> 00:49:34.779
 die for

00:49:34.779 --> 00:49:35.059
 you?

00:49:36.860 --> 00:49:37.139
 Well,

00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:38.900
 usually it

00:49:38.900 --> 00:49:39.199
 is to

00:49:39.199 --> 00:49:39.599
 pay

00:49:39.599 --> 00:49:40.900
 punishment,

00:49:41.199 --> 00:49:41.659
 to pay

00:49:41.659 --> 00:49:42.579
 justice.

00:49:42.579 --> 00:49:43.940
 he dies

00:49:43.940 --> 00:49:44.460
 for you

00:49:44.460 --> 00:49:44.819
 so you

00:49:44.819 --> 00:49:45.179
 can go

00:49:45.179 --> 00:49:45.539
 free.

00:49:47.539 --> 00:49:48.360
 It may

00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:48.960
 die for

00:49:48.960 --> 00:49:49.340
 you to

00:49:49.340 --> 00:49:50.480
 rescue you

00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:51.400
 so you

00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:51.880
 can go

00:49:51.880 --> 00:49:52.219
 free.

00:49:52.420 --> 00:49:52.779
 By the

00:49:52.779 --> 00:49:53.199
 giving of

00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:53.880
 his life,

00:49:54.739 --> 00:49:55.719
 you may

00:49:55.719 --> 00:49:56.500
 continue to

00:49:56.500 --> 00:49:56.840
 live.

00:49:57.599 --> 00:49:57.980
 You may

00:49:57.980 --> 00:49:58.599
 not suffer

00:49:58.599 --> 00:49:59.079
 death.

00:50:00.739 --> 00:50:01.500
 Jesus is

00:50:01.500 --> 00:50:01.980
 the one

00:50:01.980 --> 00:50:03.079
 who gives

00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:03.679
 his life

00:50:03.679 --> 00:50:04.299
 so that we

00:50:04.299 --> 00:50:04.759
 can be

00:50:04.759 --> 00:50:05.059
 free.

00:50:05.840 --> 00:50:06.480
 Jesus is

00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:06.900
 the one

00:50:06.900 --> 00:50:07.380
 who bore

00:50:07.380 --> 00:50:08.199
 our punishment,

00:50:08.539 --> 00:50:09.259
 died as a

00:50:09.259 --> 00:50:09.880
 ransom for

00:50:09.880 --> 00:50:10.519
 many, as

00:50:10.519 --> 00:50:10.739
 we were

00:50:10.739 --> 00:50:11.239
 teaching the

00:50:11.239 --> 00:50:11.980
 children last

00:50:11.980 --> 00:50:13.240
 week, so

00:50:13.240 --> 00:50:13.719
 that we

00:50:13.719 --> 00:50:14.519
 may be

00:50:14.519 --> 00:50:14.900
 free.

00:50:17.179 --> 00:50:17.880
 This is

00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:18.300
 the great

00:50:18.300 --> 00:50:19.579
 action of

00:50:19.579 --> 00:50:20.340
 Christ's

00:50:20.340 --> 00:50:20.980
 love for

00:50:20.980 --> 00:50:23.000
 you, and

00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:23.400
 it bears

00:50:23.400 --> 00:50:24.360
 testimony to

00:50:24.360 --> 00:50:24.920
 the love

00:50:24.920 --> 00:50:25.880
 of God.

00:50:27.539 --> 00:50:27.840
 These

00:50:27.840 --> 00:50:28.360
 things are

00:50:28.360 --> 00:50:30.519
 not hidden

00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:31.400
 from us.

00:50:32.679 --> 00:50:33.280
 The

00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:34.039
 gospel has

00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:34.619
 been revealed

00:50:34.619 --> 00:50:35.099
 to every

00:50:35.099 --> 00:50:35.840
 single one

00:50:35.840 --> 00:50:36.079
 of us.

00:50:36.119 --> 00:50:36.539
 The love

00:50:36.539 --> 00:50:37.079
 of Jesus

00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:37.880
 Christ has

00:50:37.880 --> 00:50:38.380
 been shown

00:50:38.380 --> 00:50:38.960
 forth on

00:50:38.960 --> 00:50:39.559
 the cross,

00:50:39.559 --> 00:50:40.699
 that we

00:50:40.699 --> 00:50:41.340
 may come

00:50:41.340 --> 00:50:42.000
 and receive

00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:42.420
 it and

00:50:42.420 --> 00:50:43.139
 abide in

00:50:43.139 --> 00:50:44.519
 it, so

00:50:44.519 --> 00:50:44.759
 that we

00:50:44.759 --> 00:50:45.199
 may know

00:50:45.199 --> 00:50:45.860
 our purpose

00:50:45.860 --> 00:50:46.259
 in this

00:50:46.259 --> 00:50:47.039
 life, and

00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:47.340
 that we

00:50:47.340 --> 00:50:47.960
 may bear

00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:48.619
 fruit, and

00:50:48.619 --> 00:50:48.980
 that we

00:50:48.980 --> 00:50:50.039
 may with

00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:50.799
 confidence

00:50:50.799 --> 00:50:51.699
 rest and

00:50:51.699 --> 00:50:52.380
 remain with

00:50:52.380 --> 00:50:53.559
 him, and

00:50:53.559 --> 00:50:54.400
 assuredly

00:50:54.400 --> 00:50:54.840
 say,

00:50:55.659 --> 00:50:57.039
 Jesus loves

00:50:57.039 --> 00:50:57.759
 me.

00:51:00.659 --> 00:51:01.360
 Some of you

00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:01.679
 may be

00:51:01.679 --> 00:51:02.159
 sitting and

00:51:02.159 --> 00:51:02.759
 listening and

00:51:02.759 --> 00:51:03.039
 saying,

00:51:03.179 --> 00:51:03.519
 well, how

00:51:03.519 --> 00:51:03.940
 does all

00:51:03.940 --> 00:51:04.519
 this affect

00:51:04.519 --> 00:51:04.840
 me?

00:51:04.840 --> 00:51:06.480
 I

00:51:06.480 --> 00:51:06.880
 didn't

00:51:06.880 --> 00:51:07.420
 choose

00:51:07.420 --> 00:51:08.539
 Jesus to

00:51:08.539 --> 00:51:08.980
 die for

00:51:08.980 --> 00:51:10.320
 me, and

00:51:10.320 --> 00:51:10.500
 you're

00:51:10.500 --> 00:51:10.820
 right.

00:51:11.519 --> 00:51:11.820
 Read

00:51:11.820 --> 00:51:12.579
 verse 16

00:51:12.579 --> 00:51:13.039
 with me.

00:51:14.820 --> 00:51:15.240
 You did

00:51:15.240 --> 00:51:15.940
 not choose

00:51:15.940 --> 00:51:17.440
 me, but

00:51:17.440 --> 00:51:18.500
 I chose

00:51:18.500 --> 00:51:20.019
 you, and

00:51:20.019 --> 00:51:20.480
 appointed

00:51:20.480 --> 00:51:21.220
 you that

00:51:21.220 --> 00:51:21.620
 you should

00:51:21.620 --> 00:51:22.220
 go and

00:51:22.220 --> 00:51:23.059
 bear fruit,

00:51:24.059 --> 00:51:24.579
 and that

00:51:24.579 --> 00:51:25.200
 your fruit

00:51:25.200 --> 00:51:26.240
 should abide.

00:51:28.039 --> 00:51:29.220
 We did

00:51:29.220 --> 00:51:30.559
 not choose

00:51:30.559 --> 00:51:31.960
 God nor

00:51:31.960 --> 00:51:32.840
 Christ, but

00:51:32.840 --> 00:51:33.760
 he chose

00:51:33.760 --> 00:51:34.380
 us.

00:51:34.840 --> 00:51:35.960
 And he

00:51:35.960 --> 00:51:36.440
 is making

00:51:36.440 --> 00:51:37.160
 known these

00:51:37.160 --> 00:51:37.820
 things to

00:51:37.820 --> 00:51:38.820
 you today,

00:51:39.440 --> 00:51:39.920
 even if

00:51:39.920 --> 00:51:40.180
 you have

00:51:40.180 --> 00:51:41.019
 not chosen

00:51:41.019 --> 00:51:41.480
 him.

00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:42.960
 He is

00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:44.039
 displaying to

00:51:44.039 --> 00:51:44.940
 you and

00:51:44.940 --> 00:51:45.740
 portraying his

00:51:45.740 --> 00:51:46.620
 love for

00:51:46.620 --> 00:51:48.140
 you, so

00:51:48.140 --> 00:51:48.539
 that you

00:51:48.539 --> 00:51:49.400
 may know

00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:49.960
 how much

00:51:49.960 --> 00:51:50.440
 he loves

00:51:50.440 --> 00:51:51.640
 you, that

00:51:51.640 --> 00:51:51.880
 you may

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:52.460
 come and

00:51:52.460 --> 00:51:53.240
 receive that

00:51:53.240 --> 00:51:54.800
 love, so

00:51:54.800 --> 00:51:55.160
 that you

00:51:55.160 --> 00:51:55.840
 may not be

00:51:55.840 --> 00:51:56.300
 a withered

00:51:56.300 --> 00:51:57.220
 branch, but

00:51:57.220 --> 00:51:57.579
 that you

00:51:57.579 --> 00:51:58.340
 may be

00:51:58.340 --> 00:51:59.120
 fruitful and

00:51:59.120 --> 00:51:59.900
 abounding in

00:51:59.900 --> 00:52:00.260
 fruit.

00:52:01.940 --> 00:52:02.519
 It is no

00:52:02.519 --> 00:52:03.900
 loneliness in

00:52:03.900 --> 00:52:04.460
 the love of

00:52:04.460 --> 00:52:06.480
 God, but

00:52:06.480 --> 00:52:07.420
 his love

00:52:07.420 --> 00:52:08.500
 gives us

00:52:08.500 --> 00:52:09.420
 the fullness

00:52:09.420 --> 00:52:11.079
 of joy, as

00:52:11.079 --> 00:52:11.659
 we see in

00:52:11.659 --> 00:52:12.220
 verse 11,

00:52:13.220 --> 00:52:13.920
 that we

00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:14.500
 come and

00:52:14.500 --> 00:52:15.079
 abide in

00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:15.679
 his love

00:52:15.679 --> 00:52:16.699
 with the

00:52:16.699 --> 00:52:16.980
 greatest

00:52:16.980 --> 00:52:17.780
 confidence,

00:52:18.579 --> 00:52:19.320
 growing in

00:52:19.320 --> 00:52:20.420
 his strength

00:52:20.420 --> 00:52:21.679
 that comes

00:52:21.679 --> 00:52:22.400
 to us,

00:52:23.699 --> 00:52:24.619
 pleasing to

00:52:24.619 --> 00:52:25.460
 God by the

00:52:25.460 --> 00:52:26.000
 fruit in

00:52:26.000 --> 00:52:26.579
 which we

00:52:26.579 --> 00:52:27.019
 bear.

00:52:27.019 --> 00:52:27.239
 love.

00:52:29.039 --> 00:52:30.320
 Jesus Christ

00:52:30.320 --> 00:52:31.280
 loves you

00:52:31.280 --> 00:52:31.599
 with an

00:52:31.599 --> 00:52:32.079
 everlasting

00:52:32.079 --> 00:52:34.259
 love, and

00:52:34.259 --> 00:52:34.519
 he has

00:52:34.519 --> 00:52:35.440
 chosen you

00:52:35.440 --> 00:52:37.559
 today to

00:52:37.559 --> 00:52:38.179
 hear these

00:52:38.179 --> 00:52:40.000
 things, to

00:52:40.000 --> 00:52:41.159
 hear that

00:52:41.159 --> 00:52:41.619
 he loves

00:52:41.619 --> 00:52:42.860
 you, that

00:52:42.860 --> 00:52:43.179
 you may

00:52:43.179 --> 00:52:44.039
 come and

00:52:44.039 --> 00:52:44.739
 abide with

00:52:44.739 --> 00:52:45.039
 him.

00:52:46.599 --> 00:52:47.559
 His love

00:52:47.559 --> 00:52:48.400
 was practiced

00:52:48.400 --> 00:52:49.759
 perfectly, but

00:52:49.759 --> 00:52:50.679
 he asks us to

00:52:50.679 --> 00:52:51.440
 practice love

00:52:51.440 --> 00:52:51.739
 too.

00:52:51.739 --> 00:52:53.919
 as the

00:52:53.919 --> 00:52:54.259
 love of

00:52:54.259 --> 00:52:55.059
 Jesus Christ

00:52:55.059 --> 00:52:55.399
 made an

00:52:55.399 --> 00:52:56.099
 impression on

00:52:56.099 --> 00:52:57.659
 you, have

00:52:57.659 --> 00:52:58.259
 you realized

00:52:58.259 --> 00:52:58.819
 just how

00:52:58.819 --> 00:52:59.279
 much he

00:52:59.279 --> 00:52:59.839
 loves you?

00:53:01.119 --> 00:53:01.479
 Well, he

00:53:01.479 --> 00:53:02.119
 asks us to

00:53:02.119 --> 00:53:02.579
 love him in

00:53:02.579 --> 00:53:05.239
 return by

00:53:05.239 --> 00:53:06.000
 obeying his

00:53:06.000 --> 00:53:06.659
 commands.

00:53:08.319 --> 00:53:08.879
 Read there

00:53:08.879 --> 00:53:09.739
 in verse 12,

00:53:09.959 --> 00:53:10.500
 this is my

00:53:10.500 --> 00:53:11.859
 commandment, that

00:53:11.859 --> 00:53:12.819
 you love one

00:53:12.819 --> 00:53:13.919
 another as I

00:53:13.919 --> 00:53:14.619
 have loved

00:53:14.619 --> 00:53:14.899
 you.

00:53:14.900 --> 00:53:17.820
 that we

00:53:17.820 --> 00:53:18.740
 in Jesus

00:53:18.740 --> 00:53:20.639
 Christ love

00:53:20.639 --> 00:53:21.579
 one another

00:53:21.579 --> 00:53:22.440
 that is here

00:53:22.440 --> 00:53:23.960
 and love the

00:53:23.960 --> 00:53:24.980
 world that is

00:53:24.980 --> 00:53:25.639
 out with the

00:53:25.639 --> 00:53:26.280
 doors of this

00:53:26.280 --> 00:53:27.720
 church, that

00:53:27.720 --> 00:53:28.660
 we practice the

00:53:28.660 --> 00:53:29.460
 love of Christ

00:53:29.460 --> 00:53:30.519
 as he did,

00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:31.720
 that we look

00:53:31.720 --> 00:53:32.720
 at him and

00:53:32.720 --> 00:53:33.660
 abide in his

00:53:33.660 --> 00:53:34.619
 word and

00:53:34.619 --> 00:53:35.619
 learn from him

00:53:35.619 --> 00:53:36.320
 and how to

00:53:36.320 --> 00:53:37.160
 practice love,

00:53:38.340 --> 00:53:39.880
 that we may

00:53:39.880 --> 00:53:41.340
 please God

00:53:41.340 --> 00:53:41.980
 the Father

00:53:41.980 --> 00:53:43.660
 by obeying

00:53:43.660 --> 00:53:44.619
 the commandments

00:53:44.619 --> 00:53:46.019
 of Christ

00:53:46.019 --> 00:53:47.880
 and likewise

00:53:47.880 --> 00:53:48.659
 the commandments

00:53:48.659 --> 00:53:49.359
 of God.

00:53:51.719 --> 00:53:52.759
 What are

00:53:52.759 --> 00:53:53.480
 our actions

00:53:53.480 --> 00:53:55.119
 of the love

00:53:55.119 --> 00:53:55.779
 of Christ?

00:53:56.359 --> 00:53:57.059
 How do we

00:53:57.059 --> 00:53:58.259
 respond to

00:53:58.259 --> 00:53:58.779
 the love of

00:53:58.779 --> 00:53:59.279
 Christ?

00:54:00.880 --> 00:54:01.639
 It's love

00:54:01.639 --> 00:54:02.380
 present in our

00:54:02.380 --> 00:54:02.759
 heart.

00:54:04.239 --> 00:54:05.440
 We are loved

00:54:05.440 --> 00:54:05.759
 with an

00:54:05.759 --> 00:54:06.739
 everlasting love,

00:54:06.859 --> 00:54:07.519
 a steadfast

00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:08.059
 love, an

00:54:08.059 --> 00:54:09.179
 eternal love,

00:54:09.500 --> 00:54:10.079
 a perfect

00:54:10.079 --> 00:54:12.239
 love and it

00:54:12.239 --> 00:54:12.940
 is for you to

00:54:12.940 --> 00:54:13.799
 hear about it

00:54:13.799 --> 00:54:14.199
 today.

00:54:14.619 --> 00:54:16.159
 He has

00:54:16.159 --> 00:54:16.900
 chosen you

00:54:16.900 --> 00:54:18.880
 and therefore

00:54:18.880 --> 00:54:20.039
 none of us

00:54:20.039 --> 00:54:20.699
 can leave this

00:54:20.699 --> 00:54:22.319
 building today

00:54:22.319 --> 00:54:23.460
 doubting that

00:54:23.460 --> 00:54:23.839
 love.

00:54:24.359 --> 00:54:24.839
 We are in no

00:54:24.839 --> 00:54:25.940
 uncertain terms

00:54:25.940 --> 00:54:27.339
 with doubts

00:54:27.339 --> 00:54:28.099
 or questioning

00:54:28.099 --> 00:54:28.679
 in our heart

00:54:28.679 --> 00:54:29.359
 whether Jesus

00:54:29.359 --> 00:54:30.139
 loves you or

00:54:30.139 --> 00:54:32.920
 not because

00:54:32.920 --> 00:54:33.519
 he gave his

00:54:33.519 --> 00:54:34.799
 life for you

00:54:34.799 --> 00:54:36.920
 and died for

00:54:36.920 --> 00:54:37.639
 you at

00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:38.239
 Calvary.

00:54:38.940 --> 00:54:39.480
 That is even

00:54:39.480 --> 00:54:40.719
 before we

00:54:40.719 --> 00:54:42.019
 consider the

00:54:42.019 --> 00:54:42.820
 sufferings of

00:54:42.820 --> 00:54:43.380
 the cross

00:54:43.380 --> 00:54:44.679
 and in such

00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:45.179
 a manner

00:54:45.179 --> 00:54:45.659
 in which

00:54:45.659 --> 00:54:46.280
 he died

00:54:46.280 --> 00:54:48.199
 but he

00:54:48.199 --> 00:54:48.579
 gave his

00:54:48.579 --> 00:54:49.719
 life for

00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:50.079
 you.

00:54:51.440 --> 00:54:52.920
 Come and

00:54:52.920 --> 00:54:53.559
 abide in

00:54:53.559 --> 00:54:54.119
 his love,

00:54:55.039 --> 00:54:55.579
 grow in

00:54:55.579 --> 00:54:56.380
 his grace

00:54:56.380 --> 00:54:57.599
 and bear

00:54:57.599 --> 00:54:58.500
 fruit to

00:54:58.500 --> 00:54:59.059
 the glory

00:54:59.059 --> 00:54:59.820
 of God.

00:55:00.380 --> 00:55:00.719
 That's what

00:55:00.719 --> 00:55:01.300
 he says to

00:55:01.300 --> 00:55:01.599
 each and

00:55:01.599 --> 00:55:02.039
 every one

00:55:02.039 --> 00:55:02.360
 of us

00:55:02.360 --> 00:55:03.019
 this morning.

00:55:03.559 --> 00:55:04.360
 May these

00:55:04.360 --> 00:55:05.079
 thoughts be

00:55:05.079 --> 00:55:05.920
 blessed to

00:55:05.920 --> 00:55:06.239
 us.

00:55:06.239 --> 00:55:06.639
 We'll

00:55:06.639 --> 00:55:07.479
 conclude

00:55:07.479 --> 00:55:08.919
 by singing

00:55:08.919 --> 00:55:09.559
 to God's

00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:09.979
 praise

00:55:09.979 --> 00:55:11.799
 in

00:55:11.799 --> 00:55:12.519
 Psalm

00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:14.919
 86

00:55:14.919 --> 00:55:16.399
 in the

00:55:16.399 --> 00:55:16.759
 Scottish

00:55:16.759 --> 00:55:17.179
 Psalter

00:55:17.179 --> 00:55:17.659
 version.

00:55:19.899 --> 00:55:20.699
 Find that

00:55:20.699 --> 00:55:21.059
 on page

00:55:21.059 --> 00:55:22.099
 341 of

00:55:22.099 --> 00:55:22.379
 the Blue

00:55:22.379 --> 00:55:22.659
 Book.

00:55:25.139 --> 00:55:26.359
 Psalm 86

00:55:26.359 --> 00:55:30.500
 We'll sing

00:55:30.500 --> 00:55:30.939
 from verse

00:55:30.939 --> 00:55:31.779
 10 down

00:55:31.779 --> 00:55:32.199
 to verse

00:55:32.199 --> 00:55:33.159
 Mark 13.

00:55:33.159 --> 00:55:33.259
 Amen.

00:55:36.239 --> 00:55:37.239
 From verse

00:55:37.239 --> 00:55:37.699
 10.

00:55:38.759 --> 00:55:39.759
 Because thou

00:55:39.759 --> 00:55:40.879
 art exceeding

00:55:40.879 --> 00:55:42.219
 great and

00:55:42.219 --> 00:55:43.019
 works by

00:55:43.019 --> 00:55:43.519
 thee are

00:55:43.519 --> 00:55:44.839
 done which

00:55:44.839 --> 00:55:45.659
 are to be

00:55:45.659 --> 00:55:46.759
 admired and

00:55:46.759 --> 00:55:47.979
 thou art

00:55:47.979 --> 00:55:49.219
 God thyself

00:55:49.219 --> 00:55:49.659
 alone.

00:55:50.559 --> 00:55:51.059
 Teach me

00:55:51.059 --> 00:55:52.039
 thy way and

00:55:52.039 --> 00:55:52.439
 in thy

00:55:52.439 --> 00:55:53.059
 truth O

00:55:53.059 --> 00:55:53.539
 Lord then

00:55:53.539 --> 00:55:54.059
 walk will

00:55:54.059 --> 00:55:55.359
 I unite

00:55:55.359 --> 00:55:56.199
 my heart

00:55:56.199 --> 00:55:57.279
 that I

00:55:57.279 --> 00:55:57.979
 thy name

00:55:57.979 --> 00:55:58.719
 may fear

00:55:58.719 --> 00:55:59.559
 continually.

00:56:00.399 --> 00:56:00.759
 O Lord

00:56:00.759 --> 00:56:01.259
 my God

00:56:01.259 --> 00:56:01.639
 with all

00:56:01.639 --> 00:56:02.179
 my heart

00:56:02.179 --> 00:56:02.579
 to thee

00:56:02.579 --> 00:56:02.959
 I will

00:56:02.959 --> 00:56:03.679
 give praise

00:56:03.679 --> 00:56:04.059
 and to

00:56:04.059 --> 00:56:04.739
 the glory

00:56:04.739 --> 00:56:05.059
 will

00:56:05.059 --> 00:56:05.679
 ascribe

00:56:05.679 --> 00:56:06.940
 unto thy

00:56:06.940 --> 00:56:07.259
 name

00:56:07.259 --> 00:56:07.859
 always

00:56:07.859 --> 00:56:08.739
 because

00:56:08.739 --> 00:56:09.199
 thy

00:56:09.199 --> 00:56:09.579
 mercy

00:56:09.579 --> 00:56:10.059
 toward

00:56:10.059 --> 00:56:10.519
 me

00:56:10.519 --> 00:56:10.899
 in

00:56:10.899 --> 00:56:11.419
 greatness

00:56:11.419 --> 00:56:11.919
 doth

00:56:11.919 --> 00:56:12.619
 excel

00:56:12.619 --> 00:56:13.779
 and

00:56:13.779 --> 00:56:14.500
 thou

00:56:14.500 --> 00:56:15.119
 delivered

00:56:15.119 --> 00:56:15.579
 hast

00:56:15.579 --> 00:56:15.859
 my

00:56:15.859 --> 00:56:16.399
 soul

00:56:16.399 --> 00:56:17.259
 out

00:56:17.259 --> 00:56:17.500
 of

00:56:17.500 --> 00:56:17.659
 the

00:56:17.659 --> 00:56:18.000
 lowest

00:56:18.000 --> 00:56:18.440
 hell.

00:56:19.059 --> 00:56:19.359
 We'll

00:56:19.359 --> 00:56:19.719
 stand

00:56:19.719 --> 00:56:20.119
 together

00:56:20.119 --> 00:56:20.619
 and sing

00:56:20.619 --> 00:56:20.940
 these

00:56:20.940 --> 00:56:21.299
 verses

00:56:21.299 --> 00:56:21.579
 from

00:56:21.579 --> 00:56:21.819
 verse

00:56:21.819 --> 00:56:22.159
 10

00:56:22.159 --> 00:56:22.399
 down

00:56:22.399 --> 00:56:22.539
 to

00:56:22.539 --> 00:56:23.019
 13

00:56:23.019 --> 00:56:23.659
 because

00:56:23.659 --> 00:56:23.940
 thou

00:56:23.940 --> 00:56:24.279
 art

00:56:24.279 --> 00:56:25.000
 exceeding

00:56:25.000 --> 00:56:25.339
 great.

00:56:25.340 --> 00:56:25.860
 great.

00:56:25.860 --> 00:56:29.700
 Because

00:56:29.700 --> 00:56:32.920
 thou art

00:56:32.920 --> 00:56:35.780
 exceeding

00:56:35.780 --> 00:56:37.000
 great

00:56:37.000 --> 00:56:39.340
 and works

00:56:39.340 --> 00:56:40.820
 by thee

00:56:40.820 --> 00:56:44.019
 are done

00:56:44.019 --> 00:56:46.559
 which are

00:56:46.559 --> 00:56:48.640
 to be

00:56:48.640 --> 00:56:51.120
 admired

00:56:51.119 --> 00:56:53.159
 and life

00:56:53.159 --> 00:56:54.279
 art

00:56:54.279 --> 00:56:55.699
 taught

00:56:55.699 --> 00:56:58.019
 thyself

00:56:58.019 --> 00:56:59.859
 alone.

00:56:59.859 --> 00:57:03.079
 Teach me

00:57:03.079 --> 00:57:06.119
 thy way

00:57:06.119 --> 00:57:08.500
 and turn

00:57:08.500 --> 00:57:10.559
 thy truth

00:57:10.559 --> 00:57:12.940
 O Lord

00:57:12.940 --> 00:57:15.339
 then walk

00:57:15.340 --> 00:57:17.800
 will I

00:57:17.800 --> 00:57:19.340
 unite

00:57:19.340 --> 00:57:22.620
 my heart

00:57:22.620 --> 00:57:24.100
 that I

00:57:24.100 --> 00:57:27.400
 thy name

00:57:27.400 --> 00:57:30.039
 may fear

00:57:30.039 --> 00:57:32.600
 continually

00:57:32.600 --> 00:57:36.780
 O Lord

00:57:36.780 --> 00:57:38.840
 O Lord

00:57:38.840 --> 00:57:41.080
 my God

00:57:41.080 --> 00:57:43.480
 with all

00:57:43.480 --> 00:57:45.640
 my heart

00:57:45.640 --> 00:57:48.040
 to thee

00:57:48.040 --> 00:57:48.940
 I

00:57:48.940 --> 00:57:50.519
 will

00:57:50.519 --> 00:57:51.320
 give

00:57:51.320 --> 00:57:53.280
 praise

00:57:53.280 --> 00:57:54.519
 and

00:57:54.519 --> 00:57:55.820
 die

00:57:55.820 --> 00:57:58.519
 the glory

00:57:58.519 --> 00:58:00.460
 well

00:58:00.460 --> 00:58:01.620
 has

00:58:01.620 --> 00:58:02.940
 died

00:58:02.940 --> 00:58:04.260
 unto

00:58:04.260 --> 00:58:08.060
 thy name

00:58:08.060 --> 00:58:09.360
 always

00:58:09.360 --> 00:58:13.120
 because

00:58:13.120 --> 00:58:15.160
 thy

00:58:15.160 --> 00:58:17.000
 mercy

00:58:17.000 --> 00:58:20.000
 towards

00:58:20.000 --> 00:58:21.160
 me

00:58:21.160 --> 00:58:22.380
 in

00:58:22.380 --> 00:58:24.000
 greatness

00:58:24.000 --> 00:58:26.140
 doth

00:58:26.140 --> 00:58:27.000
 excel

00:58:27.000 --> 00:58:29.920
 and

00:58:29.920 --> 00:58:31.220
 thou

00:58:31.220 --> 00:58:32.000
 deliver

00:58:32.000 --> 00:58:33.739
 deliver

00:58:33.739 --> 00:58:34.800
 touch

00:58:34.800 --> 00:58:36.840
 my

00:58:36.840 --> 00:58:38.380
 soul

00:58:38.380 --> 00:58:39.559
 I

00:58:39.559 --> 00:58:40.860
 call

00:58:40.860 --> 00:58:42.059
 the

00:58:42.059 --> 00:58:43.699
 lowest

00:58:43.699 --> 00:58:45.800
 hell

00:58:45.800 --> 00:58:48.079
 conclude

00:58:48.079 --> 00:58:48.679
 in prayer

00:58:48.679 --> 00:58:49.480
 as we park

00:58:49.480 --> 00:58:50.840
 our loving

00:58:50.840 --> 00:58:51.420
 heavenly

00:58:51.420 --> 00:58:52.079
 father

00:58:52.079 --> 00:58:53.079
 may we

00:58:53.079 --> 00:58:54.039
 realise

00:58:54.039 --> 00:58:54.639
 your love

00:58:54.639 --> 00:58:55.280
 as we gather

00:58:55.280 --> 00:58:56.039
 in your presence

00:58:56.039 --> 00:58:56.719
 this day

00:58:56.719 --> 00:58:58.000
 and may we

00:58:58.000 --> 00:58:58.619
 leave

00:58:58.619 --> 00:58:59.380
 abiding

00:58:59.380 --> 00:59:00.260
 and trusting

00:59:00.260 --> 00:59:01.360
 in that love

00:59:01.360 --> 00:59:02.519
 may your

00:59:02.519 --> 00:59:03.099
 grace

00:59:03.099 --> 00:59:04.280
 may

00:59:04.280 --> 00:59:05.900
 by abiding

00:59:05.900 --> 00:59:06.300
 in your

00:59:06.300 --> 00:59:06.680
 grace

00:59:06.680 --> 00:59:07.079
 may we

00:59:07.079 --> 00:59:07.420
 grow

00:59:07.420 --> 00:59:09.019
 the fruit

00:59:09.019 --> 00:59:09.420
 to the

00:59:09.420 --> 00:59:09.820
 glory

00:59:09.820 --> 00:59:10.620
 of God

00:59:10.620 --> 00:59:11.160
 and all

00:59:11.160 --> 00:59:11.760
 things

00:59:11.760 --> 00:59:12.140
 as we

00:59:12.140 --> 00:59:12.360
 live

00:59:12.360 --> 00:59:13.059
 our lives

00:59:13.059 --> 00:59:13.880
 sets

00:59:13.880 --> 00:59:14.380
 forth

00:59:14.380 --> 00:59:15.260
 love

00:59:15.260 --> 00:59:15.680
 as our

00:59:15.680 --> 00:59:16.180
 direction

00:59:16.180 --> 00:59:17.300
 and to

00:59:17.300 --> 00:59:17.640
 give

00:59:17.640 --> 00:59:18.559
 that glory

00:59:18.559 --> 00:59:19.480
 and return

00:59:19.480 --> 00:59:20.180
 to God

00:59:20.180 --> 00:59:21.300
 be with us

00:59:21.300 --> 00:59:21.620
 as we

00:59:21.620 --> 00:59:22.120
 part

00:59:22.120 --> 00:59:22.760
 which over

00:59:22.760 --> 00:59:23.079
 us

00:59:23.079 --> 00:59:23.480
 in the

00:59:23.480 --> 00:59:23.820
 evening

00:59:23.820 --> 00:59:24.280
 hours

00:59:24.280 --> 00:59:24.880
 and evening

00:59:24.880 --> 00:59:25.519
 services

00:59:25.519 --> 00:59:26.079
 may it

00:59:26.079 --> 00:59:26.599
 be a blessing

00:59:26.599 --> 00:59:27.019
 to our

00:59:27.019 --> 00:59:27.360
 hearts

00:59:27.360 --> 00:59:27.940
 and souls

00:59:27.940 --> 00:59:28.599
 forgive us

00:59:28.599 --> 00:59:29.180
 our sins

00:59:29.180 --> 00:59:29.780
 in Jesus

00:59:29.780 --> 00:59:30.160
 name

00:59:30.160 --> 00:59:30.840
 Amen

00:59:30.840 --> 00:59:58.130