WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.639 We're going to begin our worship of God now, singing firstly tonight, today in Psalm 46, 00:00:06.339 --> 00:00:09.220 in the Scottish Psalter, Psalm 46. 00:00:14.019 --> 00:00:20.199 We're going to be focusing later on in the service on the supremacy, a rule of Jesus, 00:00:20.420 --> 00:00:25.620 or God through Jesus Christ. So we'll sing these well-known words, I'm sure for most of us, 00:00:25.620 --> 00:00:33.000 in Psalm 46, the tune of Stroudwater, God is our refuge and our strength, in straits a present aid. 00:00:33.640 --> 00:00:37.200 Therefore, although the earth remove, we will not be afraid. 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:42.480 Though hills amidst the seas be cast, though waters roaring make and troubled be, 00:00:43.140 --> 00:00:46.320 yea, though the hills by swelling seas do shake. 00:00:46.380 --> 00:00:50.320 We'll sing to the end of verse 7, God is our refuge and our strength. 00:00:50.380 --> 00:00:52.079 If you're able to stand, please stand to sing. 00:00:55.619 --> 00:01:12.060 What is our refuge and our strength, in straits a present aid? 00:01:12.060 --> 00:01:27.060 Therefore, although the earth we have, we will not be afraid. 00:01:27.060 --> 00:01:28.799 For the flames of the best we will not be afraid, 00:01:28.939 --> 00:01:37.200 For the hills amidst the sea be cast, 00:01:37.200 --> 00:01:54.980 While waters falling make and troubled be, 00:01:54.980 --> 00:02:02.659 by swearing seeds to shake. 00:02:02.659 --> 00:02:12.740 And when the desert streams to die, 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:20.460 the city of the God, 00:02:20.460 --> 00:02:29.960 the holy place where the Lord 00:02:29.960 --> 00:02:38.460 most high hath is the Lord. 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:47.460 In the midst of heart doth dwell, 00:02:47.460 --> 00:02:55.460 nothing shall the re-boot. 00:02:55.460 --> 00:03:05.460 The Lord to die on Elmeroo, 00:03:05.460 --> 00:03:13.460 on that right air he knew. 00:03:13.460 --> 00:03:23.460 The evil bridge to outrust thee, 00:03:23.460 --> 00:03:31.460 the kingdom's new let dwell. 00:03:31.460 --> 00:03:41.460 The Lord your love, the lax is born, 00:03:41.460 --> 00:03:49.460 the earth did melt for thee. 00:03:49.460 --> 00:03:59.460 The Lord of hosts upon our side, 00:03:59.460 --> 00:04:07.460 the hope shall thee remain. 00:04:07.460 --> 00:04:11.460 The God of thee, 00:04:11.460 --> 00:04:16.460 the God of the rest of the rest, 00:04:16.459 --> 00:04:24.459 the Lord have still thee to maintain. 00:04:24.459 --> 00:04:29.039 Well, let's now pray. 00:04:30.859 --> 00:04:34.560 The prayer is going to focus mostly on the children and young folks just now. 00:04:36.779 --> 00:04:41.359 Lord, our God, we thank you for the truth of these great words that we have been singing, 00:04:42.139 --> 00:04:43.599 that you have given us to sing. 00:04:44.219 --> 00:04:46.459 For they are part of the record of your word, 00:04:47.139 --> 00:04:49.779 that God is our refuge and our strength, 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:55.579 in our straits of very present help in our times of need. 00:04:56.519 --> 00:04:59.339 And we give thanks, Lord, today that we can sing these words 00:04:59.339 --> 00:05:04.239 with the conviction that we know from our own experience as you people that they are true. 00:05:05.099 --> 00:05:07.519 For you have proved yourself down through the generations 00:05:07.519 --> 00:05:11.679 to be one who is utterly trustworthy and dependable. 00:05:12.039 --> 00:05:15.819 And we give thanks that you are the God today whom we worship. 00:05:16.859 --> 00:05:18.779 Bless then, we pray today, our young people. 00:05:18.779 --> 00:05:20.299 Bless our children. 00:05:20.579 --> 00:05:23.199 Grant them your blessing in all their activities, 00:05:23.559 --> 00:05:26.279 in all that they learn of your word and of the gospel. 00:05:27.000 --> 00:05:30.959 Lord, we pray that your Holy Spirit will lay these things to their heart 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:35.279 and that as they learn them, they will apply them in their own lives day by day 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:41.199 and realize more and more the importance of being related to God in a saving way 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:44.759 and of placing God first in their lives. 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:48.219 So bless them today and bless all who teach them. 00:05:48.899 --> 00:05:51.219 Help them, Lord, at this time of holiday as well, 00:05:51.300 --> 00:05:56.740 that they will know of your blessing to enable them to relax and rest. 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:02.159 And give us, we pray, to value those things that we have at times 00:06:02.159 --> 00:06:06.000 when we are able to turn aside from a normal course of life 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:08.620 into a time of rest and recovery. 00:06:08.620 --> 00:06:12.340 Bless us then now in the remainder of the service and throughout this day. 00:06:12.860 --> 00:06:16.120 We ask it all with the pardon of our sin for Jesus' sake. 00:06:16.699 --> 00:06:17.060 Amen. 00:06:17.060 --> 00:06:17.220 Amen. 00:06:19.860 --> 00:06:24.100 Well, children, since I retired, since I left and went to live in Tongue, 00:06:24.939 --> 00:06:27.959 and you're welcome to come and see me anytime, come and see us there. 00:06:28.660 --> 00:06:33.560 But one of the pleasures is taking Roscoe for a walk every morning. 00:06:33.680 --> 00:06:35.579 Everybody knows who Roscoe is, I'm sure. 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:36.740 Those are our visitors. 00:06:37.620 --> 00:06:39.060 Roscoe's our wee Jack Russell. 00:06:39.579 --> 00:06:42.819 He's 14 now, still quite lively, keeps you on your toes. 00:06:42.819 --> 00:06:47.139 But I take him for a walk every morning, usually around 7 in the morning or so, 00:06:47.719 --> 00:06:49.420 down to the beach nearby. 00:06:50.779 --> 00:06:56.360 And last week, it wasn't quite fully light when I went down with him. 00:06:56.920 --> 00:07:02.719 And I looked out on a large area of rock jutting up above the sea level. 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:05.219 I thought what I saw was a seal. 00:07:05.920 --> 00:07:09.079 I'd seen a seal there some weeks before that. 00:07:09.600 --> 00:07:11.319 And I thought, this is definitely a seal. 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:13.240 It's pulled itself up out of the water. 00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:15.240 It's lying on this rock. 00:07:15.500 --> 00:07:19.480 And I was sure, even though I couldn't see because it wasn't quite daylight properly, 00:07:19.879 --> 00:07:21.120 I was sure I saw it move. 00:07:21.860 --> 00:07:24.600 So I went down, and I thought, it'd be good to get a photograph. 00:07:24.719 --> 00:07:25.879 I had my phone in my pocket. 00:07:26.399 --> 00:07:31.039 So I crept out with Roscoe on the lead across an area of seaweed. 00:07:31.620 --> 00:07:32.860 Tide was quite far out. 00:07:32.860 --> 00:07:37.240 And then as I reached closer and closer, I thought, no, it's not actually moving. 00:07:38.139 --> 00:07:44.420 And it turned out it was just a huge rock sitting on top of this area of rock. 00:07:44.420 --> 00:07:51.900 And as I'd pulled Roscoe along on his lead, I turned around, and he looked at me as if to say, 00:07:52.300 --> 00:07:53.340 you stupid man. 00:07:53.580 --> 00:07:57.900 You should have been dragging me all this way just to see a large rock. 00:07:58.640 --> 00:08:00.980 Well, it looked like a seal from a distance. 00:08:00.980 --> 00:08:08.920 And it reminded me of how the Bible teaches us or warns us against something that looks like being a Christian, 00:08:09.400 --> 00:08:10.700 but not really a Christian. 00:08:11.240 --> 00:08:15.560 Or something that looks really like the gospel or the teachings of the Bible, 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:18.319 but isn't really true to the Bible. 00:08:19.340 --> 00:08:24.060 There are many ways of belief that you can actually follow. 00:08:24.060 --> 00:08:30.800 And sometimes, as the Bible tells us, there's a belief which has Christian things in it or attached to it, 00:08:31.100 --> 00:08:33.799 but isn't really the true gospel. 00:08:34.820 --> 00:08:42.700 And salvation is not really found except in the true gospel and in a saving relationship with Jesus. 00:08:43.320 --> 00:08:47.179 Now, Paul, when he was writing to Timothy, he said there would be a time 00:08:47.179 --> 00:08:53.379 when people would have a form of godliness, but lacking or denying the power. 00:08:54.059 --> 00:08:57.339 And so for you children today, and for us as adults too, 00:08:57.679 --> 00:09:06.199 it's important to realize that salvation includes, very much includes, a proper relationship to Jesus. 00:09:06.799 --> 00:09:11.119 If somebody looks like a Christian and acts like a Christian, 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:13.619 somebody will say, well, I live a good life. 00:09:13.719 --> 00:09:15.439 I don't use bad language. 00:09:15.899 --> 00:09:17.859 I don't abuse other people. 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:21.059 I don't do the bad things that I see in the world. 00:09:21.259 --> 00:09:23.599 So is that not enough to be a Christian? 00:09:25.059 --> 00:09:27.639 Well, you ask them, well, what's your relationship with Jesus? 00:09:27.699 --> 00:09:28.739 Oh, I don't want to know Jesus. 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:30.039 I don't want to be that religious. 00:09:30.739 --> 00:09:32.639 But I think I'm okay as I am. 00:09:33.099 --> 00:09:36.939 Well, the Bible is saying to us, that looks like what a Christian is. 00:09:37.119 --> 00:09:39.439 That looks like Christianity, but it's not. 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:51.080 Because you have to have this personal relationship with Jesus as your Savior in order to actually know eternal life in him. 00:09:51.080 --> 00:10:05.520 And so when the Bible tells us to be aware of that, how do we actually ensure, how do we make sure that what we've got is not just something that looks like Christianity or looks like what being a Christian is about, but isn't really? 00:10:05.519 --> 00:10:09.199 Well, as I say, the first thing is, how do you relate to Jesus? 00:10:09.299 --> 00:10:12.299 What place does Jesus have in your life? 00:10:12.740 --> 00:10:16.659 Is Jesus the most important person in your whole life? 00:10:16.879 --> 00:10:20.759 And if you can say that he is, that's what it's like to be a Christian. 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:22.819 No Christian is perfect. 00:10:23.439 --> 00:10:24.379 I'm not perfect. 00:10:24.779 --> 00:10:26.039 Nobody in here is perfect. 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:33.500 But Jesus is, and as a perfect Savior, he is always dependable for us. 00:10:33.539 --> 00:10:39.539 So remember, being a Christian is not to be like what the Bible describes a Christian to be. 00:10:40.419 --> 00:10:48.000 Having a Savior is not something that looks like Jesus, someone who appears like Jesus, making up your own mind of what the Bible teaches. 00:10:48.799 --> 00:10:54.159 It has to be a proper, saving, believing relationship with Jesus. 00:10:54.159 --> 00:11:04.159 All the things the Bible tells us belong to a Christian life must be found in our life too, rather than just something that looks like it. 00:11:04.419 --> 00:11:13.360 So be sure, children, that you're following Jesus, that you're trusting in Jesus, that the Jesus of the Bible is your Savior, 00:11:14.219 --> 00:11:21.459 and that you're following him so that you have in him eternal life, whatever happens in this world. 00:11:21.460 --> 00:11:24.620 Well, we're going to say the Lord's Prayer again together. 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:30.580 Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. 00:11:31.139 --> 00:11:32.379 Thy kingdom come. 00:11:32.980 --> 00:11:35.680 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 00:11:36.259 --> 00:11:42.820 Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors. 00:11:42.820 --> 00:11:47.400 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. 00:11:47.879 --> 00:11:51.980 For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. 00:11:52.620 --> 00:11:53.160 Amen. 00:11:55.240 --> 00:11:59.300 We're going to sing again now some verses to God's praise this time in Psalm 115. 00:12:00.760 --> 00:12:02.100 Psalm 115. 00:12:03.160 --> 00:12:05.140 That's on page 395. 00:12:05.860 --> 00:12:06.940 Tune is St. Thomas. 00:12:06.940 --> 00:12:15.080 We're singing from verse 12, page 395, Psalm 115. 00:12:15.080 --> 00:12:19.500 The Lord of us hath mindful been, and he will bless us still. 00:12:20.120 --> 00:12:21.880 He will the house of Israel bless. 00:12:22.500 --> 00:12:24.140 Bless Aaron's house he will. 00:12:24.780 --> 00:12:28.400 Both small and great that fear the Lord, he will them surely bless. 00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:34.040 The Lord will you, you and your seed, a more and more increase. 00:12:34.039 --> 00:12:40.000 His wonderful words of promise that when God's people are faithful to himself, they can indeed 00:12:40.000 --> 00:12:45.719 rightly expect his blessing, and his blessing to continue with them according to his own 00:12:45.719 --> 00:12:46.819 great promises. 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:49.419 We'll sing these verses 12 to 18. 00:12:49.500 --> 00:12:51.919 The Lord of us hath mindful been. 00:12:51.919 --> 00:13:09.979 The Lord of us hath mindful been, and he will bless us still. 00:13:09.980 --> 00:13:17.980 He will the house of Israel bless. 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:24.980 Blessed are God's hearts he will. 00:13:24.980 --> 00:13:39.320 the Lord of us hath mindful been, and he will be, and he will be, and he will be, and he will be, and he will be. 00:13:39.320 --> 00:13:56.320 Blessed be blessed, the Lord the Lord, and you see thy more and more increase. 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:12.320 Blessed are ye all the Lord, the mighty earth of heaven. 00:14:12.320 --> 00:14:42.300 Blessed be blessed, the Lord, and you see thy more and more. 00:14:42.320 --> 00:15:12.300 Blessed be blessed, the Lord, and you see thy more and more. 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:42.300 Blessed be blessed, the Lord, and you see thy more and more. 00:15:42.299 --> 00:15:44.299 Blessed be blessed, the Lord, and you see thy more and more. 00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:48.299 Blessed be blessed, the Lord, and you see thy more and more. 00:15:48.299 --> 00:15:50.299 Blessed be blessed, the Lord, and you see thy more and more. 00:15:50.299 --> 00:16:20.299 00:16:20.299 --> 00:16:50.299 00:16:50.299 --> 00:16:52.299 Blessed be blessed, the Lord, and you see thy more and more. 00:16:52.299 --> 00:16:54.299 Blessed be blessed, the Lord, and you see thy more and more. 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:58.299 Blessed be blessed, the Lord, and you see thy more and more. 00:16:58.299 --> 00:17:01.679 Yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. 00:17:02.639 --> 00:17:08.299 Behold, I will make those of the synagogue of Satan who say they are Jews and are not, but 00:17:08.299 --> 00:17:08.740 lie. 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:14.680 Behold, I will make them come and bow down before your feet, and they will learn that I have 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:15.180 loved you. 00:17:15.180 --> 00:17:23.700 Because you have kept my word about patient endurance, I will keep you from the hour of trial that is coming on the whole world, 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:26.480 to try those who dwell on the earth. 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:28.519 I am coming soon. 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:33.140 Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown. 00:17:34.120 --> 00:17:38.220 The one who conquers, I will make him a pillar in the temple of my God. 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:43.200 Never shall he go out of it, and I will write on him the name of my God, 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:46.420 and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem, 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:49.339 which comes down from my God out of heaven, 00:17:49.740 --> 00:17:51.519 and my own new name. 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:56.299 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 00:17:57.400 --> 00:17:59.660 And to the angel of the church in Laodicea, 00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:01.779 write the words of the Amen, 00:18:02.440 --> 00:18:05.460 the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God's creation. 00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.440 I know your works. 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:09.819 You are neither hot nor cold. 00:18:10.539 --> 00:18:13.139 Would that you were either cold or hot. 00:18:13.879 --> 00:18:15.299 So because you are lukewarm, 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:17.279 and neither hot nor cold, 00:18:17.660 --> 00:18:19.740 I will spit you out of my mouth. 00:18:19.740 --> 00:18:21.339 For you say, 00:18:21.900 --> 00:18:22.539 I am rich, 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:23.980 I have prospered, 00:18:24.180 --> 00:18:25.380 and I need nothing, 00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:27.960 not realizing that you are wretched, 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:29.079 pitiable, 00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:29.720 poor, 00:18:30.120 --> 00:18:30.480 blind, 00:18:30.660 --> 00:18:31.140 and naked. 00:18:31.779 --> 00:18:35.740 I counsel you to buy from me gold refined by fire, 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:37.559 so that you may be rich, 00:18:38.220 --> 00:18:39.200 and white garments, 00:18:39.339 --> 00:18:40.720 so that you may clothe yourself, 00:18:41.259 --> 00:18:43.799 and the shame of your nakedness be not seen, 00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:46.400 and salve to anoint your eyes, 00:18:46.880 --> 00:18:47.940 so that you may see. 00:18:48.940 --> 00:18:50.080 Those whom I love, 00:18:50.380 --> 00:18:51.799 I reprove and discipline, 00:18:52.259 --> 00:18:53.860 so be zealous and repent. 00:18:54.740 --> 00:18:56.799 Behold, I stand at the door and knock. 00:18:57.380 --> 00:18:59.799 If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, 00:19:00.279 --> 00:19:02.440 I will come in to him and eat with him, 00:19:02.840 --> 00:19:03.799 and he with me. 00:19:04.500 --> 00:19:05.660 The one who conquers, 00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:08.600 I will grant him to sit with me on my throne, 00:19:09.380 --> 00:19:10.680 as I also conquered, 00:19:11.240 --> 00:19:13.779 and sat down with my father on his throne. 00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:15.480 He who is anear, 00:19:15.579 --> 00:19:18.879 let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. 00:19:21.240 --> 00:19:25.379 Again, we pray that God will bless this reading of his word to us. 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:27.099 Let's join together once again in prayer. 00:19:27.099 --> 00:19:32.039 Lord, our gracious God, 00:19:32.099 --> 00:19:34.959 we are conscious from these readings in your word, 00:19:35.500 --> 00:19:38.459 that we come to the one who is described here 00:19:38.459 --> 00:19:41.419 as above all things and presiding 00:19:41.419 --> 00:19:44.379 over all the events that ever happened in history. 00:19:45.199 --> 00:19:48.299 We thank you today for the privilege of drawing near to you, 00:19:48.959 --> 00:19:50.639 of coming before your throne, 00:19:51.279 --> 00:19:54.539 of worshipping you as we seek to do in spirit and in truth. 00:19:54.539 --> 00:19:56.539 We thank you, Lord, 00:19:56.599 --> 00:19:58.899 for the many promises that come to meet us 00:19:58.899 --> 00:20:01.159 as we come to you through your word, 00:20:01.759 --> 00:20:04.440 and through especially the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:20:05.399 --> 00:20:09.259 We thank you today for the way that he is our access to you, 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:12.200 that he is the way, the truth, and the life, 00:20:12.980 --> 00:20:15.700 and that no one comes to the Father except through him. 00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:18.980 We bless you for the way that he is the way, 00:20:19.379 --> 00:20:22.019 the truth, and the life is so abundant in grace 00:20:22.019 --> 00:20:23.759 and in love and in mercy. 00:20:24.759 --> 00:20:26.879 We thank you that even as we contemplate, 00:20:27.379 --> 00:20:31.700 as we read in these words of the final judgment of all, 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:35.220 we know that he will do all things right. 00:20:36.059 --> 00:20:40.339 We pray, Lord, today that your blessing will reach us here 00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.539 as we meet in your name. 00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:44.099 We thank you once again for the privilege 00:20:44.099 --> 00:20:46.400 of being together to worship you, 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:50.300 and we pray that all the privileges we have in this life 00:20:50.300 --> 00:20:51.980 will be blessed to us 00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:54.200 and will be appreciated by us, 00:20:54.700 --> 00:20:57.040 and that we will treasure them in our hearts. 00:20:57.700 --> 00:20:59.640 For it is in your kindness and your goodness, 00:20:59.780 --> 00:21:00.240 O Lord, 00:21:00.860 --> 00:21:03.360 that you have dispensed so many good things to us, 00:21:03.540 --> 00:21:06.880 and we know as a people how we can look back over many years 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:10.080 and realize that in this place in which we live, 00:21:10.560 --> 00:21:12.840 in common with many other places in the world, 00:21:12.839 --> 00:21:15.379 there are so many good things to enjoy. 00:21:16.099 --> 00:21:17.939 And we thank you today for your day, 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.740 for this Lord's day, 00:21:19.899 --> 00:21:21.659 for this day that you have set apart 00:21:21.659 --> 00:21:24.419 so that we would keep it holy to yourself, 00:21:24.779 --> 00:21:27.159 that we might enjoy its benefits, 00:21:27.819 --> 00:21:31.279 that these might come each successive week 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:33.059 to remind us, O Lord, 00:21:33.199 --> 00:21:36.159 that your goodness in providing this for us 00:21:36.159 --> 00:21:39.379 is a goodness that dispenses to us 00:21:39.379 --> 00:21:41.099 so many good things. 00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:43.639 Bless your day to us, we pray, 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:46.740 and grant that we may in every endeavor 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:48.339 we have to maintain it, 00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:50.819 and that we would know your own blessing 00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:52.079 and help in doing so. 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.759 And we pray, Lord, 00:21:53.799 --> 00:22:00.039 when we face so many other views of this day 00:22:00.039 --> 00:22:01.759 and so many activities 00:22:01.759 --> 00:22:05.219 that are not conducive to our right advance 00:22:05.219 --> 00:22:06.519 in holiness and grace. 00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:08.419 Lord, we pray today 00:22:08.420 --> 00:22:10.920 that every attempt to undermine, 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:13.320 to overthrow your holy day 00:22:13.320 --> 00:22:16.940 might indeed be thwarted by yourself. 00:22:17.620 --> 00:22:20.380 Lord, you know how our hearts crave 00:22:20.380 --> 00:22:21.860 that everybody should enjoy 00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:23.680 the good things of life 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:26.920 and that we should seek, O Lord, 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:28.920 that all around us would enjoy 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:31.279 the benefits of a Lord's day, 00:22:31.380 --> 00:22:32.660 the benefits of rest, 00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:35.540 the benefits of rest for mind and for body, 00:22:36.080 --> 00:22:38.019 the benefits of worshipping together 00:22:38.019 --> 00:22:39.620 in the name of Christ. 00:22:40.360 --> 00:22:41.700 And we pray, gracious one, 00:22:41.779 --> 00:22:44.460 that all attempts in the present day 00:22:44.460 --> 00:22:45.720 that we're so aware of, 00:22:46.360 --> 00:22:47.480 that you would come, O Lord, 00:22:47.540 --> 00:22:51.279 and show how this day has been so beneficial 00:22:51.279 --> 00:22:52.200 in our history, 00:22:52.779 --> 00:22:53.800 in our society, 00:22:53.799 --> 00:22:56.039 and in our own culture locally. 00:22:56.940 --> 00:22:58.519 And we ask that you would enable us, 00:22:59.039 --> 00:23:00.579 as we appreciate your day, 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:02.960 to take our stand meaningfully 00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:04.819 and tactfully and lovingly 00:23:04.819 --> 00:23:06.799 against all attempts 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:09.159 that would seek to overthrow 00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:11.319 those things that are precious to us. 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:13.759 And so we ask that you would hear us 00:23:13.759 --> 00:23:14.779 in our prayers 00:23:14.779 --> 00:23:17.559 as we address these matters to you. 00:23:18.339 --> 00:23:19.339 We pray, Lord, 00:23:19.419 --> 00:23:20.200 that you would give us 00:23:20.200 --> 00:23:21.940 in reaching out with the gospel 00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:24.319 into our neighborhoods 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:27.799 and throughout our whole country 00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.519 at this time. 00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:30.319 We pray, gracious one, 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:31.799 that you would bless the gospel, 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.299 that you would help us 00:23:33.299 --> 00:23:35.240 in an unashamed stand for it, 00:23:35.740 --> 00:23:37.240 to know your blessing following, 00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:39.360 and give us the kind of life, O Lord, 00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:41.920 that would commend your gospel, 00:23:42.080 --> 00:23:43.420 that would commend your word, 00:23:44.080 --> 00:23:45.180 so that we ourselves 00:23:45.180 --> 00:23:46.640 may not act contrary 00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:48.000 to those things 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:49.620 that we recommend to others. 00:23:50.200 --> 00:23:52.200 We pray for a spirit of love 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:54.180 to continue to pervade us 00:23:54.180 --> 00:23:55.700 in our dealings one with another. 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:57.400 And we ask, O Lord, 00:23:57.460 --> 00:23:58.259 that you would continue 00:23:58.259 --> 00:24:00.720 to own and bless your word 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.860 amongst us especially. 00:24:02.620 --> 00:24:03.799 Hide your face, we pray, 00:24:03.920 --> 00:24:04.740 from our sins, 00:24:04.940 --> 00:24:06.600 for we all individually 00:24:06.600 --> 00:24:08.080 have sins to confess. 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:10.019 And as we confess them, Lord, 00:24:10.100 --> 00:24:12.559 we pray that you would be pleased 00:24:12.559 --> 00:24:13.240 to forgive, 00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.440 to restore, 00:24:14.600 --> 00:24:16.180 to lift us up in righteousness, 00:24:17.019 --> 00:24:18.220 and to enable us 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.660 to progress as a people, 00:24:20.200 --> 00:24:20.880 not in the things 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.720 which we ourselves 00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:22.640 might imagine 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:23.779 are the basis 00:24:23.779 --> 00:24:25.160 of a true prosperity, 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.779 but give us, Lord, 00:24:26.839 --> 00:24:27.220 we pray, 00:24:27.299 --> 00:24:28.500 to prosper in the things 00:24:28.500 --> 00:24:29.200 of the gospel, 00:24:29.940 --> 00:24:31.160 to prosper in holiness 00:24:31.160 --> 00:24:32.799 and righteousness of life, 00:24:33.420 --> 00:24:34.500 and to prosper in a way 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:35.259 that would commend 00:24:35.259 --> 00:24:36.440 the things of God 00:24:36.440 --> 00:24:37.660 in a knowledge 00:24:37.660 --> 00:24:38.480 that they are 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:39.759 above all else 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:40.279 the things 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:41.579 that you have provided 00:24:41.579 --> 00:24:42.759 for us to enjoy. 00:24:43.700 --> 00:24:44.900 Bless this congregation. 00:24:44.900 --> 00:24:46.519 Continue, Lord, 00:24:46.580 --> 00:24:47.400 to be with them 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:48.700 each and every week 00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.460 that goes by. 00:24:50.180 --> 00:24:50.940 Bless them in all 00:24:50.940 --> 00:24:51.580 their endeavors 00:24:51.580 --> 00:24:52.380 in the gospel 00:24:52.380 --> 00:24:53.519 to reach out 00:24:53.519 --> 00:24:54.240 with the message 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:54.860 of Christ 00:24:54.860 --> 00:24:56.180 and of salvation 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.740 in him. 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:58.640 We ask that you'd bless 00:24:58.640 --> 00:25:02.160 each and every activity 00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:03.240 in the congregation 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:04.860 along with the regular 00:25:04.860 --> 00:25:06.060 services of worship. 00:25:06.780 --> 00:25:07.800 We pray your blessing 00:25:07.800 --> 00:25:09.940 for those today, Lord, 00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:11.519 who come to avail themselves 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:13.400 of the advantages 00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:14.420 that we have 00:25:14.420 --> 00:25:16.139 in the congregation here. 00:25:16.240 --> 00:25:17.180 We ask that you would 00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:19.180 bless these times 00:25:19.180 --> 00:25:21.319 of meeting together 00:25:21.319 --> 00:25:22.319 in different ways, 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.960 and we pray that they'd be 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:24.720 blessed to young 00:25:24.720 --> 00:25:25.759 and old alike. 00:25:26.599 --> 00:25:27.220 Bless, we pray, 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:28.079 our generation. 00:25:28.819 --> 00:25:29.879 Bless our young people. 00:25:30.139 --> 00:25:32.240 Continue to provide for them. 00:25:32.339 --> 00:25:33.220 We pray those things 00:25:33.220 --> 00:25:33.980 that are wholesome, 00:25:34.779 --> 00:25:35.400 those things that, 00:25:35.480 --> 00:25:36.579 in the gospel especially, 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:38.039 will give them 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:39.700 to thrive spiritually 00:25:39.700 --> 00:25:41.799 and mentally and physically. 00:25:42.539 --> 00:25:43.600 And help us, we pray, 00:25:43.680 --> 00:25:45.340 to be living examples 00:25:45.340 --> 00:25:46.039 to them. 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:47.519 Remember our nation 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:48.680 at this time, we pray. 00:25:49.340 --> 00:25:50.240 And remember the nations 00:25:50.240 --> 00:25:50.900 of the world 00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:52.519 in times of great turmoil. 00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.180 Remember the places 00:25:54.180 --> 00:25:56.299 where war and terror 00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.319 and persecution 00:25:57.319 --> 00:26:00.500 and such a drastic loss 00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.880 of life is so evident, 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:03.259 Lord, as we see 00:26:03.259 --> 00:26:04.200 in our news items 00:26:04.200 --> 00:26:04.960 day by day. 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.779 Bring peace, we pray, 00:26:06.860 --> 00:26:07.900 where there is war. 00:26:07.900 --> 00:26:09.940 Bring people to lay down 00:26:09.940 --> 00:26:10.660 their opposition 00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.640 and hostility 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:12.880 to one another. 00:26:13.620 --> 00:26:14.400 And grant that you would 00:26:14.400 --> 00:26:16.220 create through the advance 00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:17.040 of your kingdom 00:26:17.040 --> 00:26:18.820 that situation 00:26:18.820 --> 00:26:21.900 and these conditions 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:23.060 that will prove to be 00:26:23.060 --> 00:26:25.100 of benefit to us all. 00:26:25.680 --> 00:26:26.800 Lord, continue with us 00:26:26.800 --> 00:26:27.500 now, we pray. 00:26:28.080 --> 00:26:29.040 Hear us in this prayer 00:26:29.040 --> 00:26:31.280 and pardon our many sins 00:26:31.280 --> 00:26:32.420 for Jesus' sake. 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:33.259 Amen. 00:26:33.259 --> 00:26:33.379 Amen. 00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:37.579 Well, before we turn back 00:26:37.579 --> 00:26:38.259 to that passage 00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.819 in Revelation, 00:26:38.980 --> 00:26:39.900 let's sing once again. 00:26:40.579 --> 00:26:41.480 Singing in the 00:26:41.480 --> 00:26:42.319 Sing Psalms version 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:42.859 this time. 00:26:43.480 --> 00:26:44.379 Psalm 103. 00:26:45.220 --> 00:26:45.680 The tune is 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.519 before the throne. 00:26:46.660 --> 00:26:47.079 We're singing 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:48.779 verses 1 to 11. 00:26:48.879 --> 00:26:51.160 That's on page 135 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:53.319 of the Psalm books. 00:26:54.539 --> 00:26:56.099 Praise God, my soul. 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:57.740 With all my heart, 00:26:57.799 --> 00:26:58.539 let me exalt 00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.460 his holy name. 00:27:00.299 --> 00:27:01.200 Forget not all 00:27:01.200 --> 00:27:01.860 his benefits, 00:27:02.259 --> 00:27:02.940 his praise, 00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.640 my soul, 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.660 and song proclaim. 00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.559 The Lord forgives you 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:07.380 all your sins 00:27:07.380 --> 00:27:08.840 and heals your sickness 00:27:08.840 --> 00:27:09.500 and distress. 00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.779 Your life he rescues 00:27:11.779 --> 00:27:12.680 from the grave 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:14.340 and crowns you 00:27:14.340 --> 00:27:16.700 in his tenderness. 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:17.799 Psalm 103, 00:27:18.480 --> 00:27:19.779 verses 1 to 11. 00:27:19.779 --> 00:27:19.920 Amen. 00:27:19.920 --> 00:27:35.480 Psalm 103, 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.279 verse 1. 00:27:36.279 --> 00:27:37.180 Let me exalt 00:27:37.180 --> 00:27:38.279 his holy name. 00:27:38.660 --> 00:27:41.279 Forget not all 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:44.240 his benefits, 00:27:44.620 --> 00:27:45.620 his praise, 00:27:45.740 --> 00:27:46.740 my soul, 00:27:46.740 --> 00:27:52.099 and crowns you 00:27:52.099 --> 00:27:53.099 in song proclaim. 00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.099 The Lord forgives you 00:27:54.099 --> 00:27:56.660 all your sins 00:27:56.660 --> 00:27:59.819 and heals your sickness 00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:02.099 and distress. 00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:06.099 Your life he rescues 00:28:06.099 --> 00:28:08.920 from the grave 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:10.779 and drowns you 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:13.880 in his tenderness. 00:28:13.880 --> 00:28:16.960 and crowns you 00:28:16.960 --> 00:28:20.240 in his tenderness. 00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.240 And bless you 00:28:21.240 --> 00:28:22.240 in his tenderness. 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.800 Father, 00:28:24.160 --> 00:28:26.680 I swear to you 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:28.240 decide 00:28:28.240 --> 00:28:29.840 from his 00:28:29.840 --> 00:28:31.340 amending 00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:34.400 stores of good 00:28:34.400 --> 00:28:37.460 so that just like 00:28:37.460 --> 00:28:40.240 the eagle's strength 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:42.319 your youth will make 00:28:42.319 --> 00:28:44.200 a lift 00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.599 renewed. 00:28:46.599 --> 00:28:49.539 The Lord has zoned 00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:52.660 for righteous act 00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:54.359 and justice 00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:57.240 to down-throught 00:28:57.240 --> 00:28:58.640 and wards. 00:28:59.319 --> 00:29:02.599 To Moses he made 00:29:02.599 --> 00:29:03.720 no choice 00:29:03.720 --> 00:29:07.079 his mighty deeds 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:08.460 to his 00:29:08.460 --> 00:29:10.079 well-sons. 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:13.019 His mighty deeds 00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:14.420 to his 00:29:14.420 --> 00:29:16.079 well-sons. 00:29:18.079 --> 00:29:20.799 For his merciful 00:29:20.799 --> 00:29:22.799 and kind 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:25.079 to hunger 00:29:25.079 --> 00:29:25.799 slow 00:29:25.799 --> 00:29:27.799 and full 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:29.600 of grace 00:29:29.600 --> 00:29:31.480 he will not 00:29:31.480 --> 00:29:32.480 thoughts 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:34.099 and fleeting 00:29:34.099 --> 00:29:34.839 prove 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:37.380 or in his 00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:38.059 anger 00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:41.200 hide his face. 00:29:41.980 --> 00:29:43.519 He does not 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:44.839 punish 00:29:44.839 --> 00:29:47.559 our misdeeds 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:49.099 or kill 00:29:49.099 --> 00:29:50.559 our sins 00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:53.480 their just reward. 00:29:54.279 --> 00:29:55.380 How great 00:29:55.380 --> 00:29:56.700 is love 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:58.319 as high 00:29:58.319 --> 00:29:58.799 as 00:29:58.799 --> 00:29:59.600 heaven 00:29:59.600 --> 00:30:01.120 towards 00:30:01.120 --> 00:30:02.240 all those 00:30:02.240 --> 00:30:03.440 who fear 00:30:03.440 --> 00:30:05.580 the Lord. 00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:07.000 Towards 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:08.220 all those 00:30:08.220 --> 00:30:09.440 who fear 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:11.420 the Lord. 00:30:14.059 --> 00:30:14.819 Well, 00:30:14.880 --> 00:30:15.600 please turn with me 00:30:15.600 --> 00:30:16.559 now to the passage 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.779 we read in Revelation 00:30:17.779 --> 00:30:18.700 chapter 3. 00:30:21.259 --> 00:30:22.500 We're going to look 00:30:22.500 --> 00:30:23.480 for a short time 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.420 at verses 7 00:30:24.420 --> 00:30:25.680 to 13. 00:30:26.700 --> 00:30:27.660 this letter 00:30:27.660 --> 00:30:28.319 that's headed 00:30:28.319 --> 00:30:28.779 the letter 00:30:28.779 --> 00:30:30.140 to the church 00:30:30.140 --> 00:30:31.420 in Philadelphia. 00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.740 Not to Philadelphia 00:30:32.740 --> 00:30:33.180 of course. 00:30:33.279 --> 00:30:33.960 We know nowadays 00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.960 in the USA 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:35.860 but Philadelphia 00:30:35.860 --> 00:30:36.720 and that area 00:30:36.720 --> 00:30:37.779 where these other 00:30:37.779 --> 00:30:38.580 churches were 00:30:38.580 --> 00:30:39.400 situated 00:30:39.400 --> 00:30:40.400 and about the 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:40.819 Ephesus 00:30:40.819 --> 00:30:42.400 area there 00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:43.220 in Laodicea. 00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:46.039 So from verse 7 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:47.319 until the angel 00:30:47.319 --> 00:30:47.880 of the church 00:30:47.880 --> 00:30:48.580 in Philadelphia 00:30:48.580 --> 00:30:49.100 write 00:30:49.100 --> 00:30:50.200 the words 00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:51.160 of the Holy One 00:30:51.160 --> 00:30:52.160 the True One 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:53.279 who has the key 00:30:53.279 --> 00:30:53.779 of David 00:30:53.779 --> 00:30:54.420 who opens 00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.080 and no one 00:30:55.080 --> 00:30:55.640 will shut 00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.720 who shuts 00:30:56.720 --> 00:30:57.860 and no one 00:30:57.860 --> 00:30:58.540 opens. 00:31:00.640 --> 00:31:01.160 Well, 00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:01.540 you might say 00:31:01.540 --> 00:31:02.640 the whole of the book 00:31:02.640 --> 00:31:03.900 of the Revelation 00:31:03.900 --> 00:31:05.800 is about the supremacy 00:31:05.800 --> 00:31:06.560 of Jesus. 00:31:07.840 --> 00:31:08.640 It's about the way 00:31:08.640 --> 00:31:10.080 that he and his people 00:31:10.080 --> 00:31:11.840 will ultimately prevail 00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:13.460 through his grace, 00:31:13.580 --> 00:31:14.440 through his power, 00:31:14.940 --> 00:31:15.840 through his rule 00:31:15.840 --> 00:31:17.380 not by anything 00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:19.000 in which they themselves 00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:19.740 are qualified 00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:21.360 to have such 00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:22.020 a status. 00:31:22.019 --> 00:31:24.079 and as you look 00:31:24.079 --> 00:31:25.160 at these two chapters 00:31:25.160 --> 00:31:26.039 the letters 00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:27.299 to the seven churches 00:31:27.299 --> 00:31:28.839 I think we can take it 00:31:28.839 --> 00:31:29.299 that because 00:31:29.299 --> 00:31:30.639 they're seven churches 00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.799 not that they weren't 00:31:31.799 --> 00:31:33.400 through historical churches 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:34.759 they were in fact 00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:36.079 actual churches 00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:36.879 at the time 00:31:36.879 --> 00:31:38.200 but because 00:31:38.200 --> 00:31:39.139 the number seven 00:31:39.139 --> 00:31:40.119 in many ways 00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.639 in the Bible 00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:41.359 in many places 00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.759 is a number 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.400 that has to do 00:31:43.400 --> 00:31:44.539 with completeness 00:31:44.539 --> 00:31:45.440 or wholeness 00:31:45.440 --> 00:31:46.680 we can take 00:31:46.680 --> 00:31:48.840 these seven letters 00:31:48.840 --> 00:31:49.799 as indicative 00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:51.680 of God's message 00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:52.460 to the church 00:31:52.460 --> 00:31:53.799 at all times. 00:31:54.460 --> 00:31:54.980 In other words 00:31:54.980 --> 00:31:55.480 when you take 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.580 these letters 00:31:56.580 --> 00:31:57.820 to the seven churches 00:31:57.820 --> 00:31:58.340 there 00:31:58.340 --> 00:31:59.940 that applies 00:31:59.940 --> 00:32:01.259 then to the church 00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:02.100 wherever the church 00:32:02.100 --> 00:32:02.700 is placed 00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:03.860 because there are 00:32:03.860 --> 00:32:04.559 things in them 00:32:04.559 --> 00:32:05.680 not that every detail 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.240 is applicable 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.799 to every church 00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:09.460 but the principles 00:32:09.460 --> 00:32:10.000 in it 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:12.960 and the basic message 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:15.319 in these letters 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.599 really applies 00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:18.359 to the whole church 00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:20.420 in every age. 00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.059 It deals with things 00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.960 like decline 00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:24.380 life 00:32:24.380 --> 00:32:25.640 recovery 00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:26.759 service 00:32:26.759 --> 00:32:28.579 and the relationship 00:32:28.579 --> 00:32:29.259 with God 00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.799 especially 00:32:29.799 --> 00:32:31.059 is at the heart 00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:32.299 of each of these letters 00:32:32.299 --> 00:32:33.019 and the message 00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.839 they bring. 00:32:34.940 --> 00:32:35.539 Philadelphia 00:32:35.539 --> 00:32:37.460 was a true church 00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.039 as we said 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:39.099 like the others mentioned 00:32:39.099 --> 00:32:40.279 but it wasn't 00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:41.699 a very strong church 00:32:41.699 --> 00:32:42.779 they needed actually 00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:43.539 a building 00:32:43.539 --> 00:32:45.099 they needed 00:32:45.099 --> 00:32:46.219 to have strengthening 00:32:46.219 --> 00:32:47.919 and so the letter 00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:49.059 is designed itself 00:32:49.059 --> 00:32:51.199 at that particular time 00:32:51.199 --> 00:32:51.799 to bring 00:32:51.799 --> 00:32:52.919 that strengthening 00:32:52.919 --> 00:32:53.740 to them 00:32:53.740 --> 00:32:55.079 all the things 00:32:55.079 --> 00:32:55.899 that the Lord 00:32:55.899 --> 00:32:56.719 mentions here 00:32:56.719 --> 00:32:57.759 as his letter 00:32:57.759 --> 00:32:58.919 effectively to them 00:32:58.919 --> 00:33:00.459 are designed 00:33:00.459 --> 00:33:01.779 to actually give them 00:33:01.779 --> 00:33:02.719 further strength 00:33:02.719 --> 00:33:03.559 and encouragement 00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:04.980 in the service 00:33:04.980 --> 00:33:05.639 that they are 00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:06.539 carrying out 00:33:06.539 --> 00:33:07.279 for Jesus 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:08.439 himself. 00:33:09.099 --> 00:33:09.719 that itself 00:33:09.719 --> 00:33:10.659 is important 00:33:10.659 --> 00:33:11.539 to us here 00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:12.779 because we need 00:33:12.779 --> 00:33:13.519 that strengthening 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.859 we need that encouragement 00:33:14.859 --> 00:33:16.480 we need the Lord's 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.119 own word 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:18.139 to encourage us 00:33:18.139 --> 00:33:19.099 we need more 00:33:19.099 --> 00:33:20.119 than the encouragement 00:33:20.119 --> 00:33:20.819 we can 00:33:20.819 --> 00:33:21.539 and are able 00:33:21.539 --> 00:33:22.679 to give to each other 00:33:22.679 --> 00:33:24.419 because as we sang 00:33:24.419 --> 00:33:25.699 in Psalm 46 00:33:25.699 --> 00:33:26.299 for example 00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.119 it is God 00:33:27.119 --> 00:33:28.379 who is our refuge 00:33:28.379 --> 00:33:29.859 and our strength 00:33:29.859 --> 00:33:31.219 and in difficult times 00:33:31.219 --> 00:33:32.719 in challenging times 00:33:32.719 --> 00:33:33.599 whether they're challenging 00:33:33.599 --> 00:33:34.980 to us as people 00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:35.879 as a congregation 00:33:35.879 --> 00:33:36.879 as congregations 00:33:36.880 --> 00:33:37.600 our individual 00:33:37.600 --> 00:33:38.480 our families 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:39.980 the encouragement 00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:40.500 we need 00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:41.260 the strengthening 00:33:41.260 --> 00:33:41.840 we need 00:33:41.840 --> 00:33:43.540 is from God 00:33:43.540 --> 00:33:44.400 directly 00:33:44.400 --> 00:33:45.700 from himself 00:33:45.700 --> 00:33:46.620 through whatever 00:33:46.620 --> 00:33:47.900 agency he uses 00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:49.740 but these words 00:33:49.740 --> 00:33:50.380 remind us 00:33:50.380 --> 00:33:51.120 this is where 00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:52.320 our strength 00:33:52.320 --> 00:33:53.260 our security 00:33:53.260 --> 00:33:53.880 our hope 00:33:53.880 --> 00:33:55.460 really lies 00:33:55.460 --> 00:33:57.920 so what is this church 00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:58.780 what is it saying 00:33:58.780 --> 00:33:59.620 about this church 00:33:59.620 --> 00:34:00.580 what was Jesus 00:34:00.580 --> 00:34:01.480 in his message 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:02.180 to this church 00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:03.060 saying to them 00:34:03.059 --> 00:34:04.279 first of all 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:05.319 he reminds them 00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:06.000 they are a church 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:08.000 under his stewardship 00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.039 under the stewardship 00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:10.779 or control 00:34:10.779 --> 00:34:11.480 or guidance 00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:13.539 of Jesus himself 00:34:13.539 --> 00:34:15.139 secondly 00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.880 he reminds them 00:34:15.880 --> 00:34:16.779 they are actually 00:34:16.779 --> 00:34:17.480 engaged 00:34:17.480 --> 00:34:19.239 in Christ's service 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:20.360 in his own service 00:34:20.360 --> 00:34:21.900 despite the fact 00:34:21.900 --> 00:34:22.320 he says 00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:23.119 they're weak 00:34:23.119 --> 00:34:25.059 yet they've been faithful 00:34:25.059 --> 00:34:26.460 and he's 00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.719 writing to them 00:34:27.719 --> 00:34:28.900 to continue 00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:30.259 to do what 00:34:30.259 --> 00:34:30.860 they're doing 00:34:30.860 --> 00:34:32.160 and he will actually 00:34:32.160 --> 00:34:33.140 look after them 00:34:33.140 --> 00:34:34.660 thirdly 00:34:34.660 --> 00:34:36.079 they are 00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:37.460 ultimately secure 00:34:37.460 --> 00:34:38.940 in Christ 00:34:38.940 --> 00:34:40.059 they have in fact 00:34:40.059 --> 00:34:41.200 the prospect 00:34:41.200 --> 00:34:42.920 of greater security 00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.579 to come 00:34:43.579 --> 00:34:44.019 of course 00:34:44.019 --> 00:34:44.740 in eternity 00:34:44.740 --> 00:34:46.039 and you could say 00:34:46.039 --> 00:34:46.480 the letter 00:34:46.480 --> 00:34:47.200 is really about 00:34:47.200 --> 00:34:48.180 opportunity 00:34:48.180 --> 00:34:49.300 opposition 00:34:49.300 --> 00:34:51.220 and optimism 00:34:51.220 --> 00:34:52.320 in looking 00:34:52.320 --> 00:34:52.960 to Jesus 00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:54.400 and I hope 00:34:54.400 --> 00:34:54.740 that these 00:34:54.740 --> 00:34:55.200 will be 00:34:55.200 --> 00:34:56.640 useful for yourselves 00:34:56.640 --> 00:34:57.420 as a congregation 00:34:57.420 --> 00:34:58.200 in your own 00:34:58.200 --> 00:34:59.160 situation 00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:00.679 and that you 00:35:00.679 --> 00:35:01.179 will find 00:35:01.179 --> 00:35:02.219 even from 00:35:02.219 --> 00:35:02.619 the likes 00:35:02.619 --> 00:35:03.339 of this letter 00:35:03.339 --> 00:35:04.980 further evidence 00:35:04.980 --> 00:35:06.039 of opportunities 00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:06.980 given to you 00:35:06.980 --> 00:35:08.179 to serve the Lord 00:35:08.179 --> 00:35:09.739 opposition 00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:11.039 and how to face it 00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:13.199 and optimism 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:15.759 in grasping 00:35:15.759 --> 00:35:16.420 the promises 00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.179 of God 00:35:17.179 --> 00:35:18.239 and applying 00:35:18.239 --> 00:35:19.539 them to yourselves 00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.460 so what is he saying 00:35:20.460 --> 00:35:21.739 about Christ's 00:35:21.739 --> 00:35:22.219 stewardship 00:35:22.219 --> 00:35:22.759 well you notice 00:35:22.759 --> 00:35:23.539 how he begins 00:35:23.539 --> 00:35:25.239 in describing himself 00:35:25.239 --> 00:35:26.039 the words 00:35:26.039 --> 00:35:27.699 of the holy one 00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:28.980 the true one 00:35:28.980 --> 00:35:30.280 who has the key 00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:30.860 of David 00:35:30.860 --> 00:35:31.840 who opens 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:32.380 and no one 00:35:32.380 --> 00:35:32.860 will shut 00:35:32.860 --> 00:35:33.380 and shuts 00:35:33.380 --> 00:35:34.300 and no one 00:35:34.300 --> 00:35:34.800 opens 00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:35.900 under Christ's 00:35:35.900 --> 00:35:36.320 stewardship 00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:37.440 he describes 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:38.260 himself as 00:35:38.260 --> 00:35:39.460 the holy one 00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.880 the true one 00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:41.780 in other words 00:35:41.780 --> 00:35:42.780 he's guiding them 00:35:42.780 --> 00:35:43.619 immediately 00:35:43.619 --> 00:35:44.480 to his own 00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:45.619 perfections 00:35:45.619 --> 00:35:46.740 he's guiding them 00:35:46.740 --> 00:35:47.500 to trust 00:35:47.500 --> 00:35:48.340 in him 00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:49.039 as one who is 00:35:49.039 --> 00:35:50.719 utterly dependable 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:51.679 and true 00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.539 and holy 00:35:52.539 --> 00:35:53.199 and faithful 00:35:53.199 --> 00:35:53.760 there is nothing 00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:54.460 imperfect 00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:56.000 about this 00:35:56.000 --> 00:35:56.800 Lord 00:35:56.800 --> 00:35:57.280 that is 00:35:57.280 --> 00:35:58.080 presiding 00:35:58.080 --> 00:35:58.800 over the 00:35:58.800 --> 00:35:59.400 issues 00:35:59.400 --> 00:36:00.300 of the church 00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:01.300 he guides 00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.740 them to 00:36:01.740 --> 00:36:02.880 think of himself 00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:03.560 and that's 00:36:03.560 --> 00:36:04.039 itself 00:36:04.039 --> 00:36:04.700 an important 00:36:04.700 --> 00:36:05.080 matter 00:36:05.080 --> 00:36:05.840 for you 00:36:05.840 --> 00:36:06.240 and for me 00:36:06.240 --> 00:36:06.980 as individuals 00:36:06.980 --> 00:36:07.660 for you 00:36:07.660 --> 00:36:08.260 as a congregation 00:36:08.260 --> 00:36:09.060 as well 00:36:09.060 --> 00:36:09.980 who do you 00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.360 look to 00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:11.039 when do you 00:36:11.039 --> 00:36:11.420 look to 00:36:11.420 --> 00:36:12.200 it's this 00:36:12.200 --> 00:36:12.560 Jesus 00:36:12.560 --> 00:36:13.380 who presides 00:36:13.380 --> 00:36:13.960 over your 00:36:13.960 --> 00:36:14.620 life today 00:36:14.620 --> 00:36:15.400 and mine 00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:16.000 over the life 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:16.320 of this 00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:16.900 congregation 00:36:16.900 --> 00:36:17.700 of his whole 00:36:17.700 --> 00:36:18.060 church 00:36:18.060 --> 00:36:18.940 who is he 00:36:18.940 --> 00:36:19.760 he is 00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.480 the true 00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:20.780 one 00:36:20.780 --> 00:36:21.140 he is 00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:21.600 the holy 00:36:21.600 --> 00:36:22.000 one 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:23.160 he's the one 00:36:23.160 --> 00:36:23.600 who's always 00:36:23.600 --> 00:36:24.420 dependable 00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.559 he's the one 00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.000 who's never 00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.740 short of 00:36:26.740 --> 00:36:27.200 fulfilling 00:36:27.200 --> 00:36:27.920 his promises 00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:29.119 he's the one 00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:29.720 whose word 00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.579 you can trust 00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.820 he's the one 00:36:31.820 --> 00:36:32.280 that you have 00:36:32.280 --> 00:36:32.740 to place 00:36:32.740 --> 00:36:33.380 above all 00:36:33.380 --> 00:36:33.840 others 00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:35.159 whatever your 00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:35.639 relationship 00:36:35.639 --> 00:36:36.200 with him 00:36:36.200 --> 00:36:36.740 is 00:36:36.740 --> 00:36:38.860 so is this 00:36:38.860 --> 00:36:40.099 the one 00:36:40.099 --> 00:36:40.740 who's controlling 00:36:40.740 --> 00:36:41.280 your own 00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:42.019 life today 00:36:42.019 --> 00:36:44.039 is it to 00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:44.880 this Jesus 00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:45.539 you're looking 00:36:45.539 --> 00:36:47.019 or just 00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:48.159 some other 00:36:48.159 --> 00:36:49.619 description of him 00:36:49.619 --> 00:36:50.700 in the word 00:36:50.700 --> 00:36:51.659 in a loose 00:36:51.659 --> 00:36:52.340 or a formal 00:36:52.340 --> 00:36:53.159 sort of way 00:36:53.159 --> 00:36:54.099 do you know 00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:54.920 him in your 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:55.960 own life 00:36:55.960 --> 00:36:56.699 personally 00:36:56.699 --> 00:36:57.920 as one 00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.299 who is 00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:58.699 holy 00:36:58.699 --> 00:36:59.440 and true 00:36:59.440 --> 00:37:00.679 one who 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:01.199 has proved 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:01.940 himself to 00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:02.239 you 00:37:02.239 --> 00:37:03.219 and will 00:37:03.219 --> 00:37:03.639 never 00:37:03.639 --> 00:37:04.619 actually let 00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.239 go of you 00:37:05.239 --> 00:37:06.039 or let 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.639 you down 00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:07.980 ah the 00:37:07.980 --> 00:37:08.579 holy one 00:37:08.579 --> 00:37:10.099 the true 00:37:10.099 --> 00:37:10.559 one 00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:11.719 and then he 00:37:11.719 --> 00:37:12.019 says who 00:37:12.019 --> 00:37:12.360 has the 00:37:12.360 --> 00:37:12.920 key of 00:37:12.920 --> 00:37:13.380 David 00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.639 who opens 00:37:14.639 --> 00:37:15.179 and no 00:37:15.179 --> 00:37:16.159 one will 00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:16.659 shut 00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:18.420 why does he 00:37:18.420 --> 00:37:19.139 say he 00:37:19.139 --> 00:37:19.659 has the 00:37:19.659 --> 00:37:20.339 key of 00:37:20.339 --> 00:37:20.759 David 00:37:20.759 --> 00:37:21.659 well you 00:37:21.659 --> 00:37:22.099 know David 00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:22.559 in the old 00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:23.039 testament 00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.579 the king 00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:24.039 David 00:37:24.039 --> 00:37:25.320 was someone 00:37:25.320 --> 00:37:26.679 who ruled 00:37:26.679 --> 00:37:27.679 over 00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.559 Israel 00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.840 for 00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.559 a 00:37:30.559 --> 00:37:32.239 fair long 00:37:32.239 --> 00:37:32.699 time 00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:34.019 and 00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.880 he is 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:36.099 brought out 00:37:36.099 --> 00:37:36.699 in the bible 00:37:36.699 --> 00:37:37.239 as one 00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:38.059 who is 00:37:38.059 --> 00:37:38.980 in many ways 00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.639 the ideal 00:37:39.639 --> 00:37:40.119 king 00:37:40.119 --> 00:37:40.579 it wasn't 00:37:40.579 --> 00:37:41.159 perfect 00:37:41.159 --> 00:37:42.599 but the bible 00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:43.300 talks about 00:37:43.300 --> 00:37:44.119 Jesus as 00:37:44.119 --> 00:37:44.920 the son 00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:45.579 of David 00:37:45.579 --> 00:37:46.639 because promises 00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.179 were that 00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.380 from David 00:37:48.380 --> 00:37:48.779 himself 00:37:48.779 --> 00:37:49.259 eventually 00:37:49.259 --> 00:37:49.920 would come 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:50.360 one 00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:51.039 who would 00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.619 roll over 00:37:51.619 --> 00:37:52.099 God's 00:37:52.099 --> 00:37:52.480 people 00:37:52.480 --> 00:37:53.380 and that 00:37:53.380 --> 00:37:53.719 happened 00:37:53.719 --> 00:37:54.239 when Jesus 00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:55.119 was born 00:37:55.119 --> 00:37:55.579 and came 00:37:55.579 --> 00:37:55.980 into the 00:37:55.980 --> 00:37:56.299 world 00:37:56.299 --> 00:37:57.440 and lived 00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:57.819 the life 00:37:57.819 --> 00:37:58.159 he lived 00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:58.639 and died 00:37:58.639 --> 00:37:59.219 on the cross 00:37:59.219 --> 00:37:59.659 and rose 00:37:59.659 --> 00:38:00.279 from the dead 00:38:00.279 --> 00:38:00.839 and ascended 00:38:00.839 --> 00:38:01.319 to heaven 00:38:01.319 --> 00:38:02.380 he is 00:38:02.380 --> 00:38:03.119 himself 00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:03.779 the son 00:38:03.779 --> 00:38:04.259 of David 00:38:04.259 --> 00:38:04.699 in that 00:38:04.699 --> 00:38:05.139 way of 00:38:05.139 --> 00:38:05.679 lineage 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:06.579 but also 00:38:06.579 --> 00:38:07.000 in terms 00:38:07.000 --> 00:38:07.779 of promises 00:38:07.779 --> 00:38:08.759 that spiritually 00:38:08.759 --> 00:38:09.839 this is the 00:38:09.839 --> 00:38:10.859 ideal king 00:38:10.859 --> 00:38:12.019 this is the 00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.940 one who 00:38:12.940 --> 00:38:13.480 could be said 00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:13.960 to be the 00:38:13.960 --> 00:38:14.339 king 00:38:14.339 --> 00:38:15.940 par excellence 00:38:15.940 --> 00:38:18.579 but why 00:38:18.579 --> 00:38:19.079 does he say 00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.639 he has the 00:38:19.639 --> 00:38:20.360 key of 00:38:20.360 --> 00:38:20.740 David 00:38:20.740 --> 00:38:22.059 who opens 00:38:22.059 --> 00:38:22.579 and no one 00:38:22.579 --> 00:38:23.119 will shut 00:38:23.119 --> 00:38:23.679 and shuts 00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:24.659 and no one 00:38:24.659 --> 00:38:25.300 opens 00:38:25.300 --> 00:38:26.720 well of course 00:38:26.720 --> 00:38:27.380 to give somebody 00:38:27.380 --> 00:38:27.920 a key 00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:30.019 is a sign 00:38:30.019 --> 00:38:30.659 of trusting 00:38:30.659 --> 00:38:31.139 in that 00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:31.579 person 00:38:31.579 --> 00:38:33.539 for somebody 00:38:33.539 --> 00:38:34.079 to have a 00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:34.480 key 00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.619 to a safe 00:38:35.619 --> 00:38:37.519 means that 00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:38.079 that person 00:38:38.079 --> 00:38:38.980 is dependable 00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:40.539 not only 00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.240 dependable 00:38:41.240 --> 00:38:42.240 but has 00:38:42.240 --> 00:38:43.019 actually been 00:38:43.019 --> 00:38:44.179 given authority 00:38:44.179 --> 00:38:45.299 to open 00:38:45.299 --> 00:38:45.940 that safe 00:38:45.940 --> 00:38:46.359 or that 00:38:46.359 --> 00:38:46.739 door 00:38:46.739 --> 00:38:47.099 or whatever 00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.440 it is 00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:47.779 he has a 00:38:47.779 --> 00:38:48.299 key to 00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:48.739 or she 00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:49.379 has a 00:38:49.379 --> 00:38:49.919 key to 00:38:49.919 --> 00:38:51.179 the possession 00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.899 of keys 00:38:51.899 --> 00:38:53.339 is indicative 00:38:53.339 --> 00:38:54.179 of having 00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.960 authority 00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:55.619 to use 00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:55.919 them 00:38:55.919 --> 00:38:56.819 the right 00:38:56.819 --> 00:38:57.399 to use 00:38:57.399 --> 00:38:57.599 them 00:38:57.599 --> 00:38:58.500 the ability 00:38:58.500 --> 00:38:59.099 to use 00:38:59.099 --> 00:38:59.259 them 00:38:59.259 --> 00:38:59.839 the knowledge 00:38:59.839 --> 00:39:00.339 to use 00:39:00.339 --> 00:39:00.500 them 00:39:00.500 --> 00:39:01.379 the wisdom 00:39:01.379 --> 00:39:02.019 to use 00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:02.379 them 00:39:02.379 --> 00:39:03.679 whether they're 00:39:03.679 --> 00:39:04.339 opening things 00:39:04.339 --> 00:39:05.259 or shutting 00:39:05.259 --> 00:39:06.019 things 00:39:06.019 --> 00:39:07.279 the possession 00:39:07.279 --> 00:39:08.179 of the keys 00:39:08.179 --> 00:39:09.579 is a mark 00:39:09.579 --> 00:39:10.359 of status 00:39:10.359 --> 00:39:11.819 and here is 00:39:11.819 --> 00:39:12.419 Jesus saying 00:39:12.419 --> 00:39:12.819 I have 00:39:12.819 --> 00:39:13.599 the key 00:39:13.599 --> 00:39:14.059 of David 00:39:14.059 --> 00:39:14.340 I have 00:39:14.340 --> 00:39:14.759 the key 00:39:14.759 --> 00:39:15.500 of supreme 00:39:15.500 --> 00:39:16.279 kingship 00:39:16.279 --> 00:39:17.799 I have 00:39:17.799 --> 00:39:18.599 that which 00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.320 belongs to 00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:19.960 the ideal 00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.559 sovereign 00:39:20.559 --> 00:39:22.340 who opens 00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:23.259 and no one 00:39:23.259 --> 00:39:23.739 will shut 00:39:23.739 --> 00:39:24.259 who shuts 00:39:24.259 --> 00:39:25.239 and no one 00:39:25.239 --> 00:39:25.900 opens 00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.980 and that's 00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:27.940 true of him 00:39:27.940 --> 00:39:28.840 in many respects 00:39:28.840 --> 00:39:29.420 you go back 00:39:29.420 --> 00:39:31.599 to the very 00:39:31.599 --> 00:39:32.299 beginning of 00:39:32.299 --> 00:39:33.599 the revelation 00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:34.139 and you find 00:39:34.139 --> 00:39:34.739 someone there 00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:35.900 described in 00:39:35.900 --> 00:39:36.519 these wonderful 00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:37.199 terms 00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:38.960 from verse 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.460 12 00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:41.299 onwards in the 00:39:41.299 --> 00:39:41.880 first chapter 00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.340 all the way 00:39:42.340 --> 00:39:42.779 through there 00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.800 he stands 00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:44.300 in the midst 00:39:44.300 --> 00:39:44.980 of the church 00:39:44.980 --> 00:39:45.660 or the churches 00:39:45.660 --> 00:39:46.080 and he says 00:39:46.080 --> 00:39:46.580 fear not 00:39:46.580 --> 00:39:47.080 I am the 00:39:47.080 --> 00:39:47.540 first and 00:39:47.540 --> 00:39:47.980 the last 00:39:47.980 --> 00:39:48.680 I am the 00:39:48.680 --> 00:39:49.160 living one 00:39:49.160 --> 00:39:49.900 I died 00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:50.780 behold I am 00:39:50.780 --> 00:39:51.860 alive forevermore 00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:52.260 and I have 00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.860 the keys 00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.800 of death 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:54.240 and of 00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:54.780 hades 00:39:54.780 --> 00:39:55.840 the keys 00:39:55.840 --> 00:39:56.680 to death 00:39:56.680 --> 00:39:57.060 itself 00:39:57.060 --> 00:39:57.660 and to life 00:39:57.660 --> 00:39:58.500 beyond death 00:39:58.500 --> 00:39:59.320 the keys 00:39:59.320 --> 00:39:59.800 of heaven 00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:00.320 the keys 00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.860 of hell 00:40:00.860 --> 00:40:01.760 whose hand 00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:02.080 are they 00:40:02.080 --> 00:40:02.840 in the hand 00:40:02.840 --> 00:40:03.240 of this 00:40:03.240 --> 00:40:03.680 Jesus 00:40:03.680 --> 00:40:04.720 who today 00:40:04.720 --> 00:40:05.460 presides 00:40:05.460 --> 00:40:06.600 over eternity 00:40:06.600 --> 00:40:08.340 who presides 00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.900 over the things 00:40:08.900 --> 00:40:09.560 of time 00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.659 who presides 00:40:10.659 --> 00:40:11.139 over the 00:40:11.139 --> 00:40:11.699 development 00:40:11.699 --> 00:40:12.400 of events 00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:13.019 in the history 00:40:13.019 --> 00:40:13.799 of the world 00:40:13.799 --> 00:40:15.199 in whose hands 00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:16.259 are the keys 00:40:16.259 --> 00:40:17.139 to the destiny 00:40:17.139 --> 00:40:18.059 of human beings 00:40:18.059 --> 00:40:18.679 they are in the 00:40:18.679 --> 00:40:19.400 hands of this 00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:19.840 Jesus 00:40:19.840 --> 00:40:22.019 whatever people 00:40:22.019 --> 00:40:23.019 may think of him 00:40:23.019 --> 00:40:23.900 whatever people 00:40:23.900 --> 00:40:24.799 may think of this 00:40:24.799 --> 00:40:25.199 Bible 00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:26.079 as Christians 00:40:26.079 --> 00:40:26.659 that is what 00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.480 you believe 00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.880 and as you 00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.380 believe them 00:40:29.380 --> 00:40:30.019 you are thankful 00:40:30.019 --> 00:40:30.519 today 00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:32.719 that the destiny 00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:33.599 of this world 00:40:33.599 --> 00:40:34.579 the advance 00:40:34.579 --> 00:40:35.639 of the course 00:40:35.639 --> 00:40:36.400 of this world 00:40:36.400 --> 00:40:37.400 whatever it will be 00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:38.420 is not in the hands 00:40:38.420 --> 00:40:39.559 of human beings 00:40:39.559 --> 00:40:40.460 human beings 00:40:40.460 --> 00:40:41.300 have a part in it 00:40:41.300 --> 00:40:42.059 human beings 00:40:42.059 --> 00:40:42.480 very often 00:40:42.480 --> 00:40:43.320 make a disaster 00:40:43.320 --> 00:40:43.920 of it 00:40:43.920 --> 00:40:45.200 and yet 00:40:45.200 --> 00:40:45.780 all of that 00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:46.300 comes under 00:40:46.300 --> 00:40:47.440 the overall rule 00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:48.800 and kingship 00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:49.579 and sovereignty 00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:51.559 and the key 00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:52.180 possession 00:40:52.180 --> 00:40:52.740 if you like 00:40:52.740 --> 00:40:53.680 of David 00:40:53.680 --> 00:40:54.840 of the son 00:40:54.840 --> 00:40:55.360 of David 00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:56.340 of Jesus 00:40:56.340 --> 00:40:58.380 you know 00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.880 when Jesus 00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:00.680 opens 00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:02.400 no one can shut it 00:41:02.400 --> 00:41:03.059 that's what he's saying 00:41:03.059 --> 00:41:03.440 to us 00:41:03.440 --> 00:41:04.119 as we'll see 00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.519 in a minute 00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.579 when Jesus 00:41:05.579 --> 00:41:07.340 opens something up 00:41:07.340 --> 00:41:08.579 opportunities 00:41:08.579 --> 00:41:10.280 events 00:41:10.280 --> 00:41:11.920 great things 00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.519 in history 00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:13.880 no one can shut 00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:14.340 these 00:41:14.340 --> 00:41:15.460 when Jesus shuts 00:41:15.460 --> 00:41:17.300 nobody can open it 00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:19.460 and Jesus 00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:20.220 brings something 00:41:20.220 --> 00:41:20.960 to an end 00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:22.260 then that's an end 00:41:22.260 --> 00:41:22.460 of it 00:41:22.460 --> 00:41:23.340 unless he opens it 00:41:23.340 --> 00:41:23.740 again 00:41:23.740 --> 00:41:24.940 that's the kind 00:41:24.940 --> 00:41:25.440 of person 00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.760 he is 00:41:26.760 --> 00:41:28.480 not a despot 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.620 not a tyrant 00:41:29.620 --> 00:41:31.760 but the ideal king 00:41:31.760 --> 00:41:33.200 the one who has 00:41:33.200 --> 00:41:33.820 the authority 00:41:33.820 --> 00:41:35.380 over all things 00:41:35.380 --> 00:41:36.240 ultimately 00:41:36.239 --> 00:41:38.199 that's what he says 00:41:38.199 --> 00:41:39.359 about himself 00:41:39.359 --> 00:41:40.639 even death 00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:41.219 itself 00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:42.899 he has the keys 00:41:42.899 --> 00:41:43.319 to it 00:41:43.319 --> 00:41:45.039 I have the keys 00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:45.699 of death 00:41:45.699 --> 00:41:47.399 and of Hades 00:41:47.399 --> 00:41:50.979 it's a solemn 00:41:50.979 --> 00:41:51.699 thing to say 00:41:51.699 --> 00:41:52.479 but we have to 00:41:52.479 --> 00:41:53.539 say it in keeping 00:41:53.539 --> 00:41:54.439 with the message 00:41:54.439 --> 00:41:55.119 of the Bible 00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:56.799 death is something 00:41:56.799 --> 00:41:57.859 we all face 00:41:57.859 --> 00:41:59.899 death is something 00:41:59.899 --> 00:42:01.099 we're so familiar 00:42:01.099 --> 00:42:01.559 with 00:42:01.559 --> 00:42:04.139 and in a society 00:42:04.139 --> 00:42:05.480 in a community 00:42:05.480 --> 00:42:06.820 like we live in 00:42:06.820 --> 00:42:07.599 it's quite common 00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:08.360 to attend 00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:09.299 funerals 00:42:09.299 --> 00:42:09.900 of friends 00:42:09.900 --> 00:42:10.619 of relatives 00:42:10.619 --> 00:42:11.639 of neighbours 00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:13.900 to show support 00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:15.139 and that 00:42:15.139 --> 00:42:16.480 frequency 00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:17.380 with which we do 00:42:17.380 --> 00:42:18.440 that reminds us 00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:19.179 of the frequency 00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:19.719 of death 00:42:19.719 --> 00:42:20.699 and reminds us 00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.139 especially 00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:22.539 of our own death 00:42:22.539 --> 00:42:23.179 and what's lying 00:42:23.179 --> 00:42:23.840 in front of us 00:42:23.840 --> 00:42:24.500 that that death 00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:25.239 is going to be 00:42:25.239 --> 00:42:26.119 our death 00:42:26.119 --> 00:42:27.159 one of these days 00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:29.420 in whose hands 00:42:29.420 --> 00:42:29.859 are we 00:42:29.859 --> 00:42:31.519 how are we 00:42:31.519 --> 00:42:32.179 facing that 00:42:32.179 --> 00:42:32.659 prospect 00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:34.819 that inevitability 00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:37.059 are we 00:42:37.059 --> 00:42:37.980 in the hands 00:42:37.980 --> 00:42:38.420 of the one 00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:39.179 who has the keys 00:42:39.179 --> 00:42:39.619 to it 00:42:39.619 --> 00:42:41.299 who can open 00:42:41.299 --> 00:42:41.839 out death 00:42:41.839 --> 00:42:42.199 for us 00:42:42.199 --> 00:42:42.599 so that we 00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:43.739 live beyond it 00:42:43.739 --> 00:42:44.980 that we live 00:42:44.980 --> 00:42:45.440 above it 00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:46.399 that we conquer it 00:42:46.399 --> 00:42:47.879 that's who Jesus 00:42:47.879 --> 00:42:48.379 is 00:42:48.379 --> 00:42:50.199 the one who is 00:42:50.199 --> 00:42:51.019 himself 00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.699 the way 00:42:51.699 --> 00:42:52.460 the truth 00:42:52.460 --> 00:42:54.000 and the life 00:42:54.000 --> 00:42:55.259 remember he said 00:42:55.259 --> 00:42:56.399 at the grave 00:42:56.400 --> 00:42:57.180 of Lazarus 00:42:57.180 --> 00:42:58.000 before he raised 00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:58.760 him from the dead 00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:01.320 I am the resurrection 00:43:01.320 --> 00:43:02.460 and the life 00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:04.680 whoever lives 00:43:04.680 --> 00:43:05.340 and believes 00:43:05.340 --> 00:43:05.880 in me 00:43:05.880 --> 00:43:07.059 shall never die 00:43:07.059 --> 00:43:08.639 and then he said 00:43:08.639 --> 00:43:09.019 to Martha 00:43:09.019 --> 00:43:10.039 do you believe this 00:43:10.039 --> 00:43:10.420 she said 00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:11.320 yes I do Lord 00:43:11.320 --> 00:43:13.420 do you believe it today 00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:14.840 are you living 00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:15.820 by this conviction 00:43:15.820 --> 00:43:16.300 today 00:43:16.300 --> 00:43:17.880 that your life 00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:19.559 is directed 00:43:19.559 --> 00:43:20.300 by the one 00:43:20.300 --> 00:43:21.099 who has the keys 00:43:21.099 --> 00:43:21.579 of death 00:43:21.579 --> 00:43:22.300 that death 00:43:22.300 --> 00:43:22.960 is not going 00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:23.360 to claim 00:43:23.360 --> 00:43:24.039 yes you're going 00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:24.579 to die 00:43:24.579 --> 00:43:25.360 I'm going 00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:25.960 to die 00:43:25.960 --> 00:43:27.199 what's beyond 00:43:27.199 --> 00:43:27.679 it though 00:43:27.679 --> 00:43:29.740 will be ushered 00:43:29.740 --> 00:43:30.039 into 00:43:30.039 --> 00:43:31.420 the eternal 00:43:31.420 --> 00:43:32.320 life 00:43:32.320 --> 00:43:33.860 that Jesus 00:43:33.860 --> 00:43:35.240 gives to his 00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.619 people 00:43:35.619 --> 00:43:37.800 or will it be 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:38.519 the opposite 00:43:38.519 --> 00:43:39.099 of that 00:43:39.099 --> 00:43:40.579 what the Bible 00:43:40.579 --> 00:43:41.480 calls death 00:43:41.480 --> 00:43:42.780 or hell 00:43:42.780 --> 00:43:45.619 these are the 00:43:45.619 --> 00:43:46.079 issues 00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:48.199 when you think 00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:48.720 about the one 00:43:48.720 --> 00:43:49.480 who has the key 00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.900 and who opens 00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:51.619 and no one 00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:52.179 will shut 00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:52.980 well that's 00:43:52.980 --> 00:43:53.300 Jesus 00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:54.519 a church 00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:55.000 under his 00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:55.660 stewardship 00:43:55.660 --> 00:43:56.980 but they're 00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.440 engaged 00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:58.600 in Christ's 00:43:58.600 --> 00:43:59.080 service 00:43:59.080 --> 00:43:59.720 he says 00:43:59.720 --> 00:44:00.700 I have set 00:44:00.700 --> 00:44:01.340 before you 00:44:01.340 --> 00:44:02.140 an open 00:44:02.140 --> 00:44:02.560 door 00:44:02.560 --> 00:44:03.580 which no one 00:44:03.580 --> 00:44:03.940 is able 00:44:03.940 --> 00:44:04.480 to shut 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:05.600 I know 00:44:05.600 --> 00:44:05.940 that you 00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.260 have but 00:44:06.260 --> 00:44:06.860 little power 00:44:06.860 --> 00:44:07.280 and yet 00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:08.140 you have 00:44:08.140 --> 00:44:08.680 kept my 00:44:08.680 --> 00:44:09.039 word 00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:09.340 and have 00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:10.160 not denied 00:44:10.160 --> 00:44:11.680 my name 00:44:11.680 --> 00:44:12.840 now very 00:44:12.840 --> 00:44:13.300 often in the 00:44:13.300 --> 00:44:13.539 Bible 00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:14.860 you find this 00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:15.300 description 00:44:15.300 --> 00:44:15.760 Paul for 00:44:15.760 --> 00:44:16.080 example 00:44:16.080 --> 00:44:16.580 writing to 00:44:16.580 --> 00:44:17.140 the Corinthians 00:44:17.140 --> 00:44:18.600 spoke in 00:44:18.600 --> 00:44:19.360 chapter 16 00:44:19.360 --> 00:44:19.940 of his first 00:44:19.940 --> 00:44:20.320 letter 00:44:20.320 --> 00:44:22.000 that an 00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:23.140 open door 00:44:23.140 --> 00:44:23.680 was set 00:44:23.680 --> 00:44:24.360 before him 00:44:24.360 --> 00:44:25.360 but there 00:44:25.360 --> 00:44:25.800 is much 00:44:25.800 --> 00:44:26.320 opposition 00:44:26.320 --> 00:44:27.720 there are 00:44:27.720 --> 00:44:28.500 many enemies 00:44:28.500 --> 00:44:29.780 but he spoke 00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:30.200 about this 00:44:30.200 --> 00:44:31.039 open door 00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:32.960 this open 00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.559 door of 00:44:33.559 --> 00:44:34.160 opportunity 00:44:34.160 --> 00:44:34.700 for the 00:44:34.700 --> 00:44:35.059 gospel 00:44:35.059 --> 00:44:35.440 and that's 00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:35.780 what he's 00:44:35.780 --> 00:44:36.140 saying to 00:44:36.140 --> 00:44:36.519 us today 00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:37.079 that's why 00:44:37.079 --> 00:44:38.000 you and I 00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:38.440 are here 00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:38.840 today 00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.860 to make 00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:40.640 the best 00:44:40.640 --> 00:44:41.519 possible use 00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:42.099 of the 00:44:42.099 --> 00:44:42.700 opportunities 00:44:42.700 --> 00:44:43.500 God gives 00:44:43.500 --> 00:44:43.880 us to 00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:44.539 serve him 00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:45.539 and he's 00:44:45.539 --> 00:44:45.800 saying to 00:44:45.800 --> 00:44:46.260 you today 00:44:46.260 --> 00:44:46.539 as a 00:44:46.539 --> 00:44:46.980 congregation 00:44:46.980 --> 00:44:48.039 I've set 00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.579 before you 00:44:48.579 --> 00:44:49.019 an open 00:44:49.019 --> 00:44:49.340 door 00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.860 yes there 00:44:49.860 --> 00:44:50.140 are 00:44:50.140 --> 00:44:50.519 just like 00:44:50.519 --> 00:44:51.100 Paul said 00:44:51.100 --> 00:44:51.700 there are 00:44:51.700 --> 00:44:52.440 many opponents 00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:52.980 there's much 00:44:52.980 --> 00:44:53.519 opposition 00:44:53.519 --> 00:44:54.340 but if 00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:54.800 Jesus has 00:44:54.800 --> 00:44:55.260 opened a 00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:55.620 door of 00:44:55.620 --> 00:44:56.160 opportunity 00:44:56.160 --> 00:44:57.240 nobody's 00:44:57.240 --> 00:44:57.480 going to 00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:57.980 shut that 00:44:57.980 --> 00:44:58.519 until he 00:44:58.519 --> 00:44:59.120 shuts it 00:44:59.120 --> 00:44:59.800 see that 00:44:59.800 --> 00:45:00.200 you're making 00:45:00.200 --> 00:45:00.680 the most 00:45:00.680 --> 00:45:01.059 of that 00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:01.940 open door 00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:03.140 use that 00:45:03.140 --> 00:45:03.700 opportunity 00:45:03.700 --> 00:45:04.280 while you've 00:45:04.280 --> 00:45:04.760 got it 00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:05.620 to serve 00:45:05.620 --> 00:45:05.880 him 00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.620 to love 00:45:06.620 --> 00:45:06.880 him 00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:07.640 to commend 00:45:07.640 --> 00:45:08.140 him 00:45:08.140 --> 00:45:09.079 to be 00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:09.680 his people 00:45:09.680 --> 00:45:10.039 in this 00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:10.400 world 00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:11.280 that's why 00:45:11.280 --> 00:45:11.840 he saved 00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:11.980 you 00:45:11.980 --> 00:45:12.380 that's why 00:45:12.380 --> 00:45:12.760 he's given 00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:13.079 you the 00:45:13.079 --> 00:45:13.480 gospel 00:45:13.480 --> 00:45:14.340 not so that 00:45:14.340 --> 00:45:14.780 you'll hide 00:45:14.780 --> 00:45:15.260 it and keep 00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:15.460 it to 00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:15.820 yourself 00:45:15.820 --> 00:45:16.800 but go out 00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:17.300 with it 00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:18.760 tell people 00:45:18.760 --> 00:45:19.280 about this 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:19.900 Jesus 00:45:19.900 --> 00:45:22.200 and he's 00:45:22.200 --> 00:45:22.640 saying here 00:45:22.640 --> 00:45:23.920 I have set 00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:24.600 before you 00:45:24.600 --> 00:45:25.680 this open 00:45:25.680 --> 00:45:26.140 door 00:45:26.140 --> 00:45:27.560 that's important 00:45:27.560 --> 00:45:29.060 to the 00:45:29.060 --> 00:45:29.820 Philadelphians 00:45:29.820 --> 00:45:30.440 it wasn't an 00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:31.280 easy place 00:45:31.280 --> 00:45:32.640 in which to 00:45:32.640 --> 00:45:33.880 witness to 00:45:33.880 --> 00:45:34.440 Jesus 00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:35.460 and then he 00:45:35.460 --> 00:45:36.380 says you have 00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:36.720 a little 00:45:36.720 --> 00:45:38.019 power and 00:45:38.019 --> 00:45:38.560 yet you have 00:45:38.560 --> 00:45:39.160 kept my 00:45:39.160 --> 00:45:40.100 word and 00:45:40.100 --> 00:45:40.620 have not 00:45:40.620 --> 00:45:41.560 denied my 00:45:41.560 --> 00:45:42.019 name 00:45:42.019 --> 00:45:43.580 you see he's 00:45:43.580 --> 00:45:44.380 describing them 00:45:44.380 --> 00:45:45.559 the reality 00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:46.000 of what 00:45:46.000 --> 00:45:46.500 they are 00:45:46.500 --> 00:45:46.820 and who 00:45:46.820 --> 00:45:47.380 they are 00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:48.099 and the 00:45:48.099 --> 00:45:48.760 circumstances 00:45:48.760 --> 00:45:49.160 in which 00:45:49.160 --> 00:45:49.380 they're 00:45:49.380 --> 00:45:49.640 placed 00:45:49.640 --> 00:45:49.920 and that 00:45:49.920 --> 00:45:50.260 itself 00:45:50.260 --> 00:45:51.440 is really 00:45:51.440 --> 00:45:52.619 a wonderfully 00:45:52.619 --> 00:45:55.039 encouraging 00:45:55.039 --> 00:45:55.680 note 00:45:55.680 --> 00:45:57.460 for us to 00:45:57.460 --> 00:45:58.000 actually see 00:45:58.000 --> 00:45:58.579 that Jesus 00:45:58.579 --> 00:46:00.160 knows today 00:46:00.160 --> 00:46:01.099 our exact 00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:02.019 circumstances 00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.900 and therefore 00:46:02.900 --> 00:46:03.599 our exact 00:46:03.599 --> 00:46:04.200 needs 00:46:04.200 --> 00:46:05.000 and he's 00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:05.360 able to 00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:06.240 provide for 00:46:06.240 --> 00:46:06.460 us 00:46:06.460 --> 00:46:07.720 exactly as 00:46:07.720 --> 00:46:08.519 we require 00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:10.300 and here 00:46:10.300 --> 00:46:10.759 he is saying 00:46:10.759 --> 00:46:11.000 to them 00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:11.639 I know 00:46:11.639 --> 00:46:12.759 your works 00:46:12.759 --> 00:46:13.759 I know 00:46:13.759 --> 00:46:14.179 that you 00:46:14.179 --> 00:46:14.619 have but 00:46:14.619 --> 00:46:15.380 little power 00:46:15.380 --> 00:46:16.420 and I know 00:46:16.420 --> 00:46:16.940 that you have 00:46:16.940 --> 00:46:17.440 kept my 00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:18.159 word and 00:46:18.159 --> 00:46:18.559 have not 00:46:18.559 --> 00:46:19.360 denied my 00:46:19.360 --> 00:46:19.639 name 00:46:19.639 --> 00:46:20.280 you might 00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:20.860 think today 00:46:20.860 --> 00:46:21.480 that you're 00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:21.900 doing all 00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:22.420 too little 00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:22.940 for Jesus 00:46:22.940 --> 00:46:23.679 nothing like 00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:24.340 as much 00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:24.739 as you'd 00:46:24.739 --> 00:46:25.199 like to 00:46:25.199 --> 00:46:25.880 or as much 00:46:25.880 --> 00:46:26.340 as you might 00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:26.880 think others 00:46:26.880 --> 00:46:27.360 are doing 00:46:27.360 --> 00:46:28.659 he knows 00:46:28.659 --> 00:46:30.400 and he knows 00:46:30.400 --> 00:46:31.820 exactly what 00:46:31.820 --> 00:46:32.239 you're able 00:46:32.239 --> 00:46:32.860 and not able 00:46:32.860 --> 00:46:33.780 to contribute 00:46:33.780 --> 00:46:35.280 be encouraged 00:46:35.280 --> 00:46:35.900 today that 00:46:35.900 --> 00:46:36.579 whatever you're 00:46:36.579 --> 00:46:37.119 doing for 00:46:37.119 --> 00:46:37.500 Jesus 00:46:37.500 --> 00:46:38.579 he has 00:46:38.579 --> 00:46:39.500 registered it 00:46:39.500 --> 00:46:40.579 he knows 00:46:40.579 --> 00:46:40.940 it 00:46:40.940 --> 00:46:41.820 he's taken 00:46:41.820 --> 00:46:42.380 note of 00:46:42.380 --> 00:46:42.659 it 00:46:42.659 --> 00:46:43.679 it's in 00:46:43.679 --> 00:46:44.179 his book 00:46:44.179 --> 00:46:44.500 it's in 00:46:44.500 --> 00:46:44.980 his record 00:46:44.980 --> 00:46:45.460 book 00:46:45.460 --> 00:46:49.380 and you see 00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:49.699 what he's 00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:49.960 saying 00:46:49.960 --> 00:46:51.280 I know 00:46:51.280 --> 00:46:51.920 that you 00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.260 have but 00:46:52.260 --> 00:46:52.900 little power 00:46:52.900 --> 00:46:53.440 and yet 00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:53.820 you have 00:46:53.820 --> 00:46:54.559 kept my 00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:54.980 word 00:46:54.980 --> 00:46:55.639 and have 00:46:55.639 --> 00:46:56.420 not denied 00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:57.179 my name 00:46:57.179 --> 00:46:58.559 you have 00:46:58.559 --> 00:46:59.099 kept my 00:46:59.099 --> 00:46:59.400 word 00:46:59.400 --> 00:47:00.199 have not 00:47:00.199 --> 00:47:00.619 denied 00:47:00.619 --> 00:47:00.980 my name 00:47:00.980 --> 00:47:01.679 despite the 00:47:01.679 --> 00:47:02.059 fact that 00:47:02.059 --> 00:47:02.260 they have 00:47:02.260 --> 00:47:02.920 little power 00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:03.659 and are 00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:04.139 weak 00:47:04.139 --> 00:47:05.099 spiritually 00:47:05.099 --> 00:47:06.000 perhaps morally 00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:06.460 too 00:47:06.460 --> 00:47:07.239 but he's 00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:07.460 saying 00:47:07.460 --> 00:47:08.119 you have 00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:08.679 kept 00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:09.679 my 00:47:09.679 --> 00:47:10.480 word 00:47:10.480 --> 00:47:10.800 and have 00:47:10.800 --> 00:47:11.619 not denied 00:47:11.619 --> 00:47:12.320 my name 00:47:12.320 --> 00:47:13.559 remember Paul 00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:14.619 writing to 00:47:14.619 --> 00:47:15.440 Timothy 00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:17.800 he wrote to 00:47:17.800 --> 00:47:18.679 Romans as well 00:47:18.679 --> 00:47:19.500 saying that he 00:47:19.500 --> 00:47:20.460 wasn't ashamed 00:47:20.460 --> 00:47:21.360 of the gospel 00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:22.440 he wrote to 00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:22.940 Timothy in 00:47:22.940 --> 00:47:23.539 1 Timothy 00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:25.179 in 2 Timothy 00:47:25.179 --> 00:47:25.880 chapter 1 00:47:25.880 --> 00:47:26.579 verse 8 00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:28.360 not to be ashamed 00:47:28.360 --> 00:47:29.099 of him 00:47:29.099 --> 00:47:30.039 Paul the apostle 00:47:30.039 --> 00:47:31.599 as a prisoner 00:47:31.599 --> 00:47:32.340 for Jesus 00:47:32.340 --> 00:47:33.579 and not to be 00:47:33.579 --> 00:47:34.179 ashamed of 00:47:34.179 --> 00:47:35.399 of this message 00:47:35.399 --> 00:47:36.159 this gospel 00:47:36.159 --> 00:47:37.500 but he says 00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:38.739 take your own 00:47:38.739 --> 00:47:39.460 share of the 00:47:39.460 --> 00:47:40.239 afflictions of 00:47:40.239 --> 00:47:40.759 the gospel 00:47:40.759 --> 00:47:41.359 now that gives 00:47:41.359 --> 00:47:41.879 us a key 00:47:41.879 --> 00:47:43.179 into understanding 00:47:43.179 --> 00:47:43.719 what the Bible 00:47:43.719 --> 00:47:44.599 means by being 00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:45.339 ashamed of 00:47:45.339 --> 00:47:45.659 Jesus 00:47:45.659 --> 00:47:46.339 when you've 00:47:46.339 --> 00:47:46.839 got something 00:47:46.839 --> 00:47:47.619 you're ashamed 00:47:47.619 --> 00:47:48.519 of you don't 00:47:48.519 --> 00:47:49.000 bring it out 00:47:49.000 --> 00:47:49.739 into the open 00:47:49.739 --> 00:47:50.699 well 00:47:50.699 --> 00:47:51.919 sometimes 00:47:51.919 --> 00:47:52.440 nowadays 00:47:52.440 --> 00:47:53.539 that's actually 00:47:53.539 --> 00:47:54.919 commended 00:47:54.919 --> 00:47:55.960 things that people 00:47:55.960 --> 00:47:56.719 ought to be ashamed 00:47:56.719 --> 00:47:57.460 of that's another 00:47:57.460 --> 00:47:57.799 issue 00:47:57.800 --> 00:48:00.180 but if there's 00:48:00.180 --> 00:48:00.820 something you know 00:48:00.820 --> 00:48:01.320 you're deeply 00:48:01.320 --> 00:48:02.100 ashamed of 00:48:02.100 --> 00:48:03.340 you don't go 00:48:03.340 --> 00:48:04.240 around broadcasting 00:48:04.240 --> 00:48:05.160 it to the world 00:48:05.160 --> 00:48:06.720 you keep it hidden 00:48:06.720 --> 00:48:07.300 or you keep it 00:48:07.300 --> 00:48:07.960 to yourself 00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:11.060 and to be ashamed 00:48:11.060 --> 00:48:11.740 of the gospel 00:48:11.740 --> 00:48:12.400 really means 00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:13.460 essentially that 00:48:13.460 --> 00:48:15.180 it's not just a 00:48:15.180 --> 00:48:15.580 feeling 00:48:15.580 --> 00:48:17.340 it's not just a 00:48:17.340 --> 00:48:17.800 conviction 00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:20.220 it's an action 00:48:20.220 --> 00:48:22.460 it's a hiding 00:48:22.460 --> 00:48:23.160 of things which 00:48:23.160 --> 00:48:24.060 ought to be brought 00:48:24.060 --> 00:48:24.840 into the open 00:48:24.840 --> 00:48:26.600 to be ashamed 00:48:26.600 --> 00:48:27.240 of the gospel 00:48:27.239 --> 00:48:28.000 to be ashamed 00:48:28.000 --> 00:48:28.599 of Jesus 00:48:28.599 --> 00:48:30.939 means to keep 00:48:30.939 --> 00:48:31.319 him hidden 00:48:31.319 --> 00:48:32.039 to keep him 00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:33.139 well to keep him 00:48:33.139 --> 00:48:33.739 to yourself 00:48:33.739 --> 00:48:34.539 or to keep him 00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:35.699 so that he's not 00:48:35.699 --> 00:48:37.039 at all made known 00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:38.079 through your life 00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:39.519 now you're not 00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:40.119 going to be like 00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:40.779 that I'm sure 00:48:40.779 --> 00:48:43.059 because if this 00:48:43.059 --> 00:48:43.859 Jesus means 00:48:43.859 --> 00:48:44.939 anything at all 00:48:44.939 --> 00:48:45.559 to you 00:48:45.559 --> 00:48:46.739 as I hope he does 00:48:46.739 --> 00:48:47.619 to everyone here 00:48:47.619 --> 00:48:49.000 you're not going 00:48:49.000 --> 00:48:49.719 to keep him hidden 00:48:49.719 --> 00:48:51.059 you're not going 00:48:51.059 --> 00:48:51.599 to be ashamed 00:48:51.599 --> 00:48:52.019 of him 00:48:52.019 --> 00:48:53.639 you're not going 00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:54.159 to say well 00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:55.559 I think I am 00:48:55.559 --> 00:48:55.959 a Christian 00:48:55.959 --> 00:48:56.559 but I really 00:48:56.559 --> 00:48:57.440 I don't want 00:48:57.440 --> 00:48:57.900 to make that 00:48:57.900 --> 00:48:58.480 known to the 00:48:58.480 --> 00:48:58.799 world 00:48:58.799 --> 00:49:00.679 what will others 00:49:00.679 --> 00:49:00.940 say 00:49:00.940 --> 00:49:01.460 what will my 00:49:01.460 --> 00:49:02.000 family say 00:49:02.000 --> 00:49:02.420 what will my 00:49:02.420 --> 00:49:03.139 friends say 00:49:03.139 --> 00:49:04.519 what will my 00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:05.119 work colleagues 00:49:05.119 --> 00:49:05.539 say 00:49:05.539 --> 00:49:08.960 don't be ashamed 00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:09.539 he says to 00:49:09.539 --> 00:49:09.920 Timothy 00:49:09.920 --> 00:49:11.320 of me his 00:49:11.320 --> 00:49:11.759 prisoner 00:49:11.759 --> 00:49:13.360 of the gospel's 00:49:13.360 --> 00:49:13.739 teaching 00:49:13.739 --> 00:49:15.340 but take your 00:49:15.340 --> 00:49:15.920 share 00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:17.659 of the afflictions 00:49:17.659 --> 00:49:18.440 of the gospel 00:49:18.440 --> 00:49:20.079 following Jesus 00:49:20.079 --> 00:49:21.900 brings difficulties 00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:24.079 following Jesus 00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:24.880 doesn't make 00:49:24.880 --> 00:49:25.400 many times 00:49:25.400 --> 00:49:25.960 for an easy 00:49:25.960 --> 00:49:26.519 life 00:49:26.519 --> 00:49:27.860 but the 00:49:27.860 --> 00:49:28.619 comforts that 00:49:28.619 --> 00:49:29.360 Jesus brings 00:49:29.360 --> 00:49:31.059 far outweigh 00:49:31.059 --> 00:49:32.139 any of the 00:49:32.139 --> 00:49:32.780 difficulties 00:49:32.780 --> 00:49:34.260 or the afflictions 00:49:34.260 --> 00:49:35.119 or the troubles 00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:35.820 that accompany 00:49:35.820 --> 00:49:37.039 following him 00:49:37.039 --> 00:49:38.200 being true to him 00:49:38.200 --> 00:49:39.480 making him known 00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:40.780 and facing the 00:49:40.780 --> 00:49:41.559 world's hostility 00:49:41.559 --> 00:49:42.539 because of that 00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:43.960 what he's saying 00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:45.160 is I know 00:49:45.160 --> 00:49:46.460 your works 00:49:46.460 --> 00:49:47.720 I know that you 00:49:47.720 --> 00:49:48.480 have little power 00:49:48.480 --> 00:49:49.500 yet you have 00:49:49.500 --> 00:49:50.360 kept my word 00:49:50.360 --> 00:49:51.079 and have not 00:49:51.079 --> 00:49:52.320 denied my name 00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:53.160 you have not 00:49:53.160 --> 00:49:53.760 been ashamed 00:49:53.760 --> 00:49:54.340 of me 00:49:54.340 --> 00:49:55.880 and Jesus 00:49:55.880 --> 00:49:56.300 is saying 00:49:56.300 --> 00:49:57.539 I know that 00:49:57.539 --> 00:49:59.559 and I know 00:49:59.559 --> 00:50:00.019 that and it 00:50:00.019 --> 00:50:00.579 will not go 00:50:00.579 --> 00:50:01.800 unnoticed 00:50:01.800 --> 00:50:02.559 in eternity 00:50:02.559 --> 00:50:04.120 and he goes 00:50:04.120 --> 00:50:04.700 on to say 00:50:04.700 --> 00:50:06.000 I will make 00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:07.660 because you 00:50:07.660 --> 00:50:08.099 have kept 00:50:08.099 --> 00:50:09.019 my word 00:50:09.019 --> 00:50:09.680 about patient 00:50:09.680 --> 00:50:10.099 endurance 00:50:10.099 --> 00:50:10.780 I will keep 00:50:10.780 --> 00:50:11.180 you from 00:50:11.180 --> 00:50:11.559 the hour 00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:12.059 of trial 00:50:12.059 --> 00:50:12.800 that is 00:50:12.800 --> 00:50:13.160 coming 00:50:13.160 --> 00:50:13.940 on the 00:50:13.940 --> 00:50:15.039 whole world 00:50:15.039 --> 00:50:17.460 and that 00:50:17.460 --> 00:50:17.860 hour of 00:50:17.860 --> 00:50:18.180 trial 00:50:18.180 --> 00:50:19.120 seems to be 00:50:19.120 --> 00:50:19.620 referring to 00:50:19.620 --> 00:50:20.260 the final 00:50:20.260 --> 00:50:20.820 judgment 00:50:20.820 --> 00:50:22.300 where he is 00:50:22.300 --> 00:50:22.720 saying that's 00:50:22.720 --> 00:50:23.280 coming on 00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:23.760 the whole 00:50:23.760 --> 00:50:24.220 world 00:50:24.220 --> 00:50:25.200 to try 00:50:25.200 --> 00:50:25.720 those who 00:50:25.720 --> 00:50:26.360 dwell on 00:50:26.360 --> 00:50:26.800 the earth 00:50:26.800 --> 00:50:27.820 behold I'm 00:50:27.820 --> 00:50:28.200 coming 00:50:28.200 --> 00:50:28.860 soon 00:50:28.860 --> 00:50:29.560 and that's 00:50:29.560 --> 00:50:30.060 not so much 00:50:30.060 --> 00:50:30.700 in terms of 00:50:30.700 --> 00:50:32.080 time or span 00:50:32.080 --> 00:50:32.740 of years 00:50:32.740 --> 00:50:33.920 it's just that 00:50:33.920 --> 00:50:34.560 in the whole 00:50:34.560 --> 00:50:35.420 scheme of things 00:50:35.420 --> 00:50:36.140 it's not that 00:50:36.140 --> 00:50:36.920 far away 00:50:36.920 --> 00:50:39.600 and here he is 00:50:39.600 --> 00:50:40.260 giving us this 00:50:40.260 --> 00:50:40.880 great promise 00:50:40.880 --> 00:50:41.120 too 00:50:41.120 --> 00:50:42.040 because you 00:50:42.040 --> 00:50:42.480 have kept 00:50:42.480 --> 00:50:43.160 my word 00:50:43.160 --> 00:50:44.360 I will keep 00:50:44.360 --> 00:50:44.700 you 00:50:44.700 --> 00:50:45.800 you see the 00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:46.260 correlation 00:50:46.260 --> 00:50:46.980 between the 00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:47.240 two 00:50:47.240 --> 00:50:48.340 when you're 00:50:48.340 --> 00:50:48.980 faithful to 00:50:48.980 --> 00:50:49.280 Jesus 00:50:49.280 --> 00:50:49.840 you'll find 00:50:49.840 --> 00:50:50.320 that he is 00:50:50.320 --> 00:50:51.019 always faithful 00:50:51.019 --> 00:50:51.620 to you 00:50:51.620 --> 00:50:52.540 that he will 00:50:52.540 --> 00:50:53.060 be faithful 00:50:53.060 --> 00:50:53.519 to his 00:50:53.519 --> 00:50:53.880 promise 00:50:53.880 --> 00:50:54.580 in that 00:50:54.580 --> 00:50:55.220 great day 00:50:55.220 --> 00:50:55.860 of judgment 00:50:55.860 --> 00:50:57.040 if you've 00:50:57.040 --> 00:50:57.580 been faithful 00:50:57.580 --> 00:50:58.140 to him 00:50:58.140 --> 00:50:58.760 doesn't mean 00:50:58.760 --> 00:50:59.420 your eternity 00:50:59.420 --> 00:51:00.560 and your 00:51:00.560 --> 00:51:01.240 salvation is 00:51:01.240 --> 00:51:01.920 dependent 00:51:01.920 --> 00:51:03.420 on your 00:51:03.420 --> 00:51:04.100 faithfulness 00:51:04.100 --> 00:51:04.620 or the 00:51:04.620 --> 00:51:05.120 level of 00:51:05.120 --> 00:51:05.300 your 00:51:05.300 --> 00:51:06.120 faithfulness 00:51:06.120 --> 00:51:06.900 it's 00:51:06.900 --> 00:51:07.240 dependent 00:51:07.240 --> 00:51:07.780 ultimately 00:51:07.780 --> 00:51:08.360 on him 00:51:08.360 --> 00:51:09.080 but there 00:51:09.080 --> 00:51:09.340 is a 00:51:09.340 --> 00:51:09.840 correlation 00:51:09.840 --> 00:51:10.240 there is 00:51:10.240 --> 00:51:10.820 a relationship 00:51:10.820 --> 00:51:11.340 between 00:51:11.340 --> 00:51:12.400 faithfulness 00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:12.740 on your 00:51:12.740 --> 00:51:13.300 part to 00:51:13.300 --> 00:51:13.660 God 00:51:13.660 --> 00:51:14.340 to Jesus 00:51:14.340 --> 00:51:14.680 here 00:51:14.680 --> 00:51:15.340 and his 00:51:15.340 --> 00:51:16.000 faithfulness 00:51:16.000 --> 00:51:16.280 to his 00:51:16.280 --> 00:51:16.599 promise 00:51:16.599 --> 00:51:16.900 that he 00:51:16.900 --> 00:51:17.340 will keep 00:51:17.340 --> 00:51:17.579 you 00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:18.179 that he 00:51:18.179 --> 00:51:18.500 will look 00:51:18.500 --> 00:51:18.960 after you 00:51:18.960 --> 00:51:19.260 that he'll 00:51:19.260 --> 00:51:19.599 bring you 00:51:19.599 --> 00:51:20.079 safely 00:51:20.079 --> 00:51:21.739 into eternity 00:51:21.739 --> 00:51:24.460 and he's 00:51:24.460 --> 00:51:24.980 also saying 00:51:24.980 --> 00:51:25.400 that their 00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:26.019 opponents 00:51:26.019 --> 00:51:27.440 will actually 00:51:27.440 --> 00:51:27.940 come to 00:51:27.940 --> 00:51:28.280 bow 00:51:28.280 --> 00:51:30.420 he will 00:51:30.420 --> 00:51:30.860 bring them 00:51:30.860 --> 00:51:31.900 to bow 00:51:31.900 --> 00:51:32.480 before you 00:51:32.480 --> 00:51:32.860 and before 00:51:32.860 --> 00:51:33.480 your feet 00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:34.360 and will 00:51:34.360 --> 00:51:34.940 learn that 00:51:34.940 --> 00:51:36.159 I have 00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:36.619 loved 00:51:36.619 --> 00:51:37.360 you 00:51:37.360 --> 00:51:38.880 well that 00:51:38.880 --> 00:51:39.260 may be 00:51:39.260 --> 00:51:40.239 that they 00:51:40.239 --> 00:51:40.559 will come 00:51:40.559 --> 00:51:41.219 themselves to 00:51:41.219 --> 00:51:41.920 acknowledge the 00:51:41.920 --> 00:51:42.460 gospel and 00:51:42.460 --> 00:51:43.019 come to be 00:51:43.019 --> 00:51:43.500 converted 00:51:43.500 --> 00:51:44.480 and therefore 00:51:44.480 --> 00:51:45.079 come to 00:51:45.079 --> 00:51:46.800 join those 00:51:46.800 --> 00:51:47.699 Christians in 00:51:47.699 --> 00:51:48.559 Philadelphia to 00:51:48.559 --> 00:51:48.860 whom he's 00:51:48.860 --> 00:51:49.239 writing 00:51:49.239 --> 00:51:51.260 it may be 00:51:51.260 --> 00:51:52.380 you can take it 00:51:52.380 --> 00:51:52.960 in another way 00:51:52.960 --> 00:51:53.619 as well that 00:51:53.619 --> 00:51:55.099 they will 00:51:55.099 --> 00:51:55.699 actually come 00:51:55.699 --> 00:51:56.800 to succumb to 00:51:56.800 --> 00:51:57.340 the power of 00:51:57.340 --> 00:51:57.900 this church 00:51:57.900 --> 00:51:58.380 if Jesus 00:51:58.380 --> 00:51:59.360 comes with 00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:00.360 his power to 00:52:00.360 --> 00:52:01.059 multiply them 00:52:01.059 --> 00:52:01.380 whatever 00:52:01.380 --> 00:52:02.559 the point 00:52:02.559 --> 00:52:03.360 above all 00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:04.079 else is that 00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:04.639 it's still 00:52:04.639 --> 00:52:05.179 dealing with 00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:06.139 the supremacy 00:52:06.139 --> 00:52:07.059 of Jesus 00:52:07.059 --> 00:52:08.539 I will do 00:52:08.539 --> 00:52:08.940 it 00:52:08.940 --> 00:52:10.639 doesn't matter 00:52:10.639 --> 00:52:11.000 what they 00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:11.539 think of you 00:52:11.539 --> 00:52:11.900 now 00:52:11.900 --> 00:52:12.780 doesn't matter 00:52:12.780 --> 00:52:13.420 their actions 00:52:13.420 --> 00:52:14.000 now 00:52:14.000 --> 00:52:14.740 it doesn't 00:52:14.740 --> 00:52:15.200 matter how 00:52:15.200 --> 00:52:15.720 it will be 00:52:15.720 --> 00:52:16.260 from now 00:52:16.260 --> 00:52:16.820 to the end 00:52:16.820 --> 00:52:17.460 of the world 00:52:17.460 --> 00:52:18.360 or the end 00:52:18.360 --> 00:52:19.000 of the history 00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:19.700 of this church 00:52:19.700 --> 00:52:20.800 in Philadelphia 00:52:20.800 --> 00:52:22.780 I will make 00:52:22.780 --> 00:52:23.619 this happen 00:52:23.619 --> 00:52:26.139 there's a word 00:52:26.139 --> 00:52:26.639 for you and 00:52:26.639 --> 00:52:27.240 for me today 00:52:27.240 --> 00:52:27.820 whatever you 00:52:27.820 --> 00:52:29.119 think of 00:52:29.119 --> 00:52:30.320 opinions about 00:52:30.320 --> 00:52:30.820 the Bible 00:52:30.820 --> 00:52:31.380 of opinions 00:52:31.380 --> 00:52:31.880 about the 00:52:31.880 --> 00:52:32.480 Lord's Day 00:52:32.480 --> 00:52:33.440 of opinions 00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:34.180 about your 00:52:34.180 --> 00:52:35.039 Christian life 00:52:35.039 --> 00:52:36.019 opinions about 00:52:36.019 --> 00:52:36.519 the church 00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:37.240 opinions about 00:52:37.240 --> 00:52:38.240 this and that 00:52:38.240 --> 00:52:39.099 what Jesus 00:52:39.099 --> 00:52:39.680 is saying 00:52:39.680 --> 00:52:40.500 in his word 00:52:40.500 --> 00:52:41.340 in its entirety 00:52:41.340 --> 00:52:42.300 in this whole 00:52:42.300 --> 00:52:42.740 Bible 00:52:42.739 --> 00:52:43.439 when he 00:52:43.439 --> 00:52:44.000 says I 00:52:44.000 --> 00:52:44.419 will do 00:52:44.419 --> 00:52:44.559 it 00:52:44.559 --> 00:52:45.279 he will 00:52:45.279 --> 00:52:46.059 do it 00:52:46.059 --> 00:52:48.099 where he 00:52:48.099 --> 00:52:48.579 opens the 00:52:48.579 --> 00:52:48.799 door 00:52:48.799 --> 00:52:49.199 no one 00:52:49.199 --> 00:52:49.619 will shut 00:52:49.619 --> 00:52:49.779 it 00:52:49.779 --> 00:52:50.399 where he 00:52:50.399 --> 00:52:50.919 shuts the 00:52:50.919 --> 00:52:51.099 door 00:52:51.099 --> 00:52:51.579 no one 00:52:51.579 --> 00:52:52.519 will close 00:52:52.519 --> 00:52:52.939 it 00:52:52.939 --> 00:52:53.459 it will 00:52:53.459 --> 00:52:53.779 open 00:52:53.779 --> 00:52:54.159 it 00:52:54.159 --> 00:52:58.119 and they 00:52:58.119 --> 00:52:58.399 are very 00:52:58.399 --> 00:52:59.339 important 00:52:59.339 --> 00:52:59.859 principles 00:52:59.859 --> 00:53:00.239 for us 00:53:00.239 --> 00:53:00.619 to take 00:53:00.619 --> 00:53:01.239 with us 00:53:01.239 --> 00:53:03.259 the supremacy 00:53:03.259 --> 00:53:04.539 of Jesus 00:53:04.539 --> 00:53:05.399 the overall 00:53:05.399 --> 00:53:06.960 rule of 00:53:06.960 --> 00:53:07.539 Jesus 00:53:07.539 --> 00:53:09.440 is such a 00:53:09.440 --> 00:53:10.339 huge huge 00:53:10.339 --> 00:53:10.779 feature 00:53:10.779 --> 00:53:11.719 not only in 00:53:11.719 --> 00:53:12.319 this letter 00:53:12.319 --> 00:53:14.299 to Philadelphia 00:53:14.299 --> 00:53:14.879 and the other 00:53:14.879 --> 00:53:15.279 letters 00:53:15.279 --> 00:53:16.079 and this whole 00:53:16.079 --> 00:53:16.579 book of the 00:53:16.579 --> 00:53:17.099 Revelation 00:53:17.099 --> 00:53:19.039 it's a hugely 00:53:19.039 --> 00:53:19.899 important feature 00:53:19.899 --> 00:53:20.319 in the whole 00:53:20.319 --> 00:53:21.539 span of teaching 00:53:21.539 --> 00:53:22.800 in the Bible 00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:24.759 that God 00:53:24.759 --> 00:53:26.239 is God 00:53:26.239 --> 00:53:28.199 that the 00:53:28.199 --> 00:53:28.840 Lord is 00:53:28.840 --> 00:53:29.900 the Lord 00:53:29.900 --> 00:53:31.159 how many 00:53:31.159 --> 00:53:31.659 times you 00:53:31.659 --> 00:53:32.239 find through 00:53:32.239 --> 00:53:33.019 the writings 00:53:33.019 --> 00:53:33.360 of the 00:53:33.360 --> 00:53:33.659 prophets 00:53:33.659 --> 00:53:34.199 in the Old 00:53:34.199 --> 00:53:34.619 Testament 00:53:34.619 --> 00:53:35.860 where the 00:53:35.860 --> 00:53:36.360 Lord very 00:53:36.360 --> 00:53:36.759 often is 00:53:36.759 --> 00:53:37.460 calling his 00:53:37.460 --> 00:53:38.179 people back 00:53:38.179 --> 00:53:39.099 to repentance 00:53:39.099 --> 00:53:40.340 back to a 00:53:40.340 --> 00:53:41.119 relationship with 00:53:41.119 --> 00:53:41.719 himself that 00:53:41.719 --> 00:53:42.420 they have to 00:53:42.420 --> 00:53:43.019 some extent 00:53:43.019 --> 00:53:43.840 gone away 00:53:43.840 --> 00:53:44.199 from 00:53:44.199 --> 00:53:46.980 this is the 00:53:46.980 --> 00:53:47.559 word he says 00:53:47.559 --> 00:53:48.059 of the Lord 00:53:48.059 --> 00:53:49.779 I have 00:53:49.779 --> 00:53:50.339 spoken 00:53:50.339 --> 00:53:51.679 and I 00:53:51.679 --> 00:53:52.159 will do 00:53:52.159 --> 00:53:52.500 it 00:53:52.500 --> 00:53:54.239 and today 00:53:54.239 --> 00:53:55.259 it's a great 00:53:55.259 --> 00:53:56.059 privilege and a 00:53:56.059 --> 00:53:56.819 great blessing 00:53:56.819 --> 00:53:57.339 and a great 00:53:57.339 --> 00:53:58.879 honor to say 00:53:58.879 --> 00:53:59.539 in your heart 00:53:59.539 --> 00:54:00.079 of hearts 00:54:00.079 --> 00:54:01.539 I believe 00:54:01.539 --> 00:54:02.399 in the supreme 00:54:02.399 --> 00:54:03.439 rule of 00:54:03.439 --> 00:54:03.799 Jesus 00:54:03.799 --> 00:54:05.259 I believe 00:54:05.259 --> 00:54:06.019 in the supreme 00:54:06.019 --> 00:54:06.739 power of his 00:54:06.739 --> 00:54:07.219 love 00:54:07.219 --> 00:54:08.480 I believe 00:54:08.480 --> 00:54:08.839 in his 00:54:08.839 --> 00:54:09.439 justice 00:54:09.439 --> 00:54:10.519 I believe 00:54:10.519 --> 00:54:11.139 in his 00:54:11.139 --> 00:54:11.859 righteousness 00:54:11.860 --> 00:54:13.840 I believe 00:54:13.840 --> 00:54:14.120 in his 00:54:14.120 --> 00:54:14.539 authority 00:54:14.539 --> 00:54:15.200 I believe 00:54:15.200 --> 00:54:15.820 that he has 00:54:15.820 --> 00:54:16.340 the right 00:54:16.340 --> 00:54:17.000 to have 00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:17.640 the keys 00:54:17.640 --> 00:54:18.220 of death 00:54:18.220 --> 00:54:18.539 and of 00:54:18.539 --> 00:54:18.860 Hades 00:54:18.860 --> 00:54:19.280 and of 00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:19.840 eternity 00:54:19.840 --> 00:54:20.539 and of 00:54:20.539 --> 00:54:20.980 history 00:54:20.980 --> 00:54:22.300 I believe 00:54:22.300 --> 00:54:23.000 he has 00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:23.400 the right 00:54:23.400 --> 00:54:23.820 as chapter 00:54:23.820 --> 00:54:24.780 5 goes 00:54:24.780 --> 00:54:25.360 on to speak 00:54:25.360 --> 00:54:25.740 about 00:54:25.740 --> 00:54:26.900 following the 00:54:26.900 --> 00:54:27.940 great throne 00:54:27.940 --> 00:54:29.180 description 00:54:29.180 --> 00:54:29.700 in chapter 00:54:29.700 --> 00:54:30.280 4 00:54:30.280 --> 00:54:31.400 where the 00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:31.800 scroll 00:54:31.800 --> 00:54:33.000 is taken 00:54:33.000 --> 00:54:33.640 by this 00:54:33.640 --> 00:54:34.420 same 00:54:34.420 --> 00:54:35.120 lamb 00:54:35.120 --> 00:54:35.740 this fruit 00:54:35.740 --> 00:54:36.240 of David 00:54:36.240 --> 00:54:37.780 the lion 00:54:37.780 --> 00:54:38.380 of the tribe 00:54:38.380 --> 00:54:38.720 of Judah 00:54:38.720 --> 00:54:39.400 this Jesus 00:54:39.400 --> 00:54:40.039 this lamb 00:54:40.039 --> 00:54:40.640 who died 00:54:40.640 --> 00:54:41.800 who takes 00:54:41.800 --> 00:54:42.420 the scroll 00:54:42.420 --> 00:54:43.240 what is 00:54:43.240 --> 00:54:43.680 the scroll 00:54:43.680 --> 00:54:44.060 it's the 00:54:44.060 --> 00:54:44.360 scroll 00:54:44.360 --> 00:54:44.880 of history 00:54:44.880 --> 00:54:45.200 it's the 00:54:45.200 --> 00:54:45.480 scroll 00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:46.260 of all 00:54:46.260 --> 00:54:46.740 the events 00:54:46.740 --> 00:54:47.019 and the 00:54:47.019 --> 00:54:47.360 destiny 00:54:47.360 --> 00:54:47.680 of the 00:54:47.680 --> 00:54:48.000 whole 00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:48.480 world 00:54:48.480 --> 00:54:49.400 and 00:54:49.400 --> 00:54:50.539 for a 00:54:50.539 --> 00:54:50.780 while 00:54:50.780 --> 00:54:51.060 there was 00:54:51.060 --> 00:54:51.420 weeping 00:54:51.420 --> 00:54:51.940 nobody was 00:54:51.940 --> 00:54:52.580 found worthy 00:54:52.580 --> 00:54:53.080 to open 00:54:53.080 --> 00:54:53.640 it until 00:54:53.640 --> 00:54:54.560 this person 00:54:54.560 --> 00:54:55.100 came and 00:54:55.100 --> 00:54:55.560 took the 00:54:55.560 --> 00:54:55.920 scroll 00:54:55.920 --> 00:54:56.760 and then 00:54:56.760 --> 00:54:57.120 he began 00:54:57.120 --> 00:54:57.600 to open 00:54:57.600 --> 00:54:57.780 it 00:54:57.780 --> 00:54:58.019 you see 00:54:58.019 --> 00:54:58.360 he's got 00:54:58.360 --> 00:54:58.920 the keys 00:54:58.920 --> 00:55:03.400 and that's 00:55:03.400 --> 00:55:03.940 the Jesus 00:55:03.940 --> 00:55:05.620 whose love 00:55:05.620 --> 00:55:06.220 today is 00:55:06.220 --> 00:55:07.000 so precious 00:55:07.000 --> 00:55:08.500 I don't 00:55:08.500 --> 00:55:09.019 mistake 00:55:09.019 --> 00:55:10.140 the supremacy 00:55:10.139 --> 00:55:11.000 of Jesus 00:55:11.000 --> 00:55:11.539 for that 00:55:11.539 --> 00:55:11.879 of a 00:55:11.879 --> 00:55:12.299 tyrant 00:55:12.299 --> 00:55:13.559 for that 00:55:13.559 --> 00:55:14.099 of somebody 00:55:14.099 --> 00:55:15.159 cold 00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:16.279 and unfeeling 00:55:16.279 --> 00:55:17.400 and just 00:55:17.400 --> 00:55:17.879 ruling 00:55:17.879 --> 00:55:19.000 with a rod 00:55:19.000 --> 00:55:19.420 of iron 00:55:19.420 --> 00:55:19.799 that has 00:55:19.799 --> 00:55:20.299 absolutely 00:55:20.299 --> 00:55:21.019 no emotion 00:55:21.019 --> 00:55:21.500 or whatever 00:55:21.500 --> 00:55:22.159 towards his 00:55:22.159 --> 00:55:22.519 people 00:55:22.519 --> 00:55:24.279 that's not 00:55:24.279 --> 00:55:24.839 this king 00:55:24.839 --> 00:55:25.299 that's not 00:55:25.299 --> 00:55:25.879 this Jesus 00:55:25.879 --> 00:55:28.219 and that's 00:55:28.219 --> 00:55:28.619 not your 00:55:28.619 --> 00:55:29.000 Jesus 00:55:29.000 --> 00:55:29.339 when you 00:55:29.339 --> 00:55:29.659 know him 00:55:29.659 --> 00:55:30.000 today 00:55:30.000 --> 00:55:31.219 as your 00:55:31.219 --> 00:55:32.000 own saviour 00:55:32.000 --> 00:55:34.000 so they're 00:55:34.000 --> 00:55:34.659 engaged in 00:55:34.659 --> 00:55:35.119 Christ's 00:55:35.119 --> 00:55:35.519 service 00:55:35.519 --> 00:55:36.659 they have 00:55:36.659 --> 00:55:37.059 an open 00:55:37.059 --> 00:55:37.800 door set 00:55:37.800 --> 00:55:38.440 before them 00:55:38.440 --> 00:55:39.559 they have 00:55:39.559 --> 00:55:39.820 a little 00:55:39.820 --> 00:55:40.219 power 00:55:40.219 --> 00:55:40.780 and yet 00:55:40.780 --> 00:55:41.940 he is 00:55:41.940 --> 00:55:42.300 keeping 00:55:42.300 --> 00:55:42.659 them 00:55:42.659 --> 00:55:44.460 and he 00:55:44.460 --> 00:55:45.059 is assuring 00:55:45.059 --> 00:55:45.360 them 00:55:45.360 --> 00:55:46.699 of ultimate 00:55:46.699 --> 00:55:47.059 victory 00:55:47.059 --> 00:55:47.380 that he 00:55:47.380 --> 00:55:47.900 would keep 00:55:47.900 --> 00:55:48.159 them 00:55:48.159 --> 00:55:49.300 even in 00:55:49.300 --> 00:55:49.739 the hour 00:55:49.739 --> 00:55:50.300 of trial 00:55:50.300 --> 00:55:51.440 that's coming 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00:57:08.659 --> 00:57:09.319 with me 00:57:09.319 --> 00:57:10.199 and you 00:57:10.199 --> 00:57:10.460 see how 00:57:10.460 --> 00:57:10.699 the thing 00:57:10.699 --> 00:57:11.259 has changed 00:57:11.259 --> 00:57:13.059 it's changed 00:57:13.059 --> 00:57:14.039 from a 00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:14.500 collective 00:57:14.500 --> 00:57:16.299 reference 00:57:16.299 --> 00:57:16.920 to this 00:57:16.920 --> 00:57:17.380 church 00:57:17.380 --> 00:57:18.659 now to 00:57:18.659 --> 00:57:19.440 the one 00:57:19.440 --> 00:57:20.380 who conquers 00:57:20.380 --> 00:57:21.699 and Jesus 00:57:21.699 --> 00:57:22.400 is reminding 00:57:22.400 --> 00:57:23.139 us in that 00:57:23.139 --> 00:57:24.199 that however 00:57:24.199 --> 00:57:25.039 precious it is 00:57:25.039 --> 00:57:25.539 and it is 00:57:25.539 --> 00:57:26.119 precious to 00:57:26.119 --> 00:57:26.980 belong to a 00:57:26.980 --> 00:57:27.480 people of 00:57:27.480 --> 00:57:27.860 God 00:57:27.860 --> 00:57:29.019 to belong 00:57:29.019 --> 00:57:29.380 to that 00:57:29.380 --> 00:57:30.219 whole number 00:57:30.219 --> 00:57:30.880 who worship 00:57:30.880 --> 00:57:31.420 God 00:57:31.420 --> 00:57:32.340 who serve 00:57:32.340 --> 00:57:32.860 the Lord 00:57:32.860 --> 00:57:33.840 still at the 00:57:33.840 --> 00:57:34.260 end of the 00:57:34.260 --> 00:57:35.119 day it does 00:57:35.119 --> 00:57:35.760 come down 00:57:35.760 --> 00:57:36.679 to my 00:57:36.679 --> 00:57:37.320 relationship 00:57:37.320 --> 00:57:37.880 to him 00:57:37.880 --> 00:57:38.460 to your 00:57:38.460 --> 00:57:39.019 relationship 00:57:39.019 --> 00:57:39.579 to him 00:57:39.579 --> 00:57:40.219 to that 00:57:40.219 --> 00:57:40.800 personal 00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:41.740 individual 00:57:41.740 --> 00:57:42.840 relationship 00:57:42.840 --> 00:57:43.760 with Christ 00:57:43.760 --> 00:57:45.960 where are you 00:57:45.960 --> 00:57:46.360 with that 00:57:46.360 --> 00:57:46.719 today 00:57:46.719 --> 00:57:51.900 to the one 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00:58:17.259 --> 00:58:17.679 God 00:58:17.679 --> 00:58:18.799 never shall 00:58:18.799 --> 00:58:19.059 he go 00:58:19.059 --> 00:58:19.380 out of 00:58:19.380 --> 00:58:19.599 it and 00:58:19.599 --> 00:58:19.859 I will 00:58:19.859 --> 00:58:20.299 write on 00:58:20.299 --> 00:58:20.500 him 00:58:20.500 --> 00:58:21.480 the name 00:58:21.480 --> 00:58:21.859 of my 00:58:21.859 --> 00:58:22.239 God 00:58:22.239 --> 00:58:23.039 the name 00:58:23.039 --> 00:58:23.359 of the 00:58:23.359 --> 00:58:23.799 city of 00:58:23.799 --> 00:58:24.400 my God 00:58:24.400 --> 00:58:25.619 the new 00:58:25.619 --> 00:58:26.160 Jerusalem 00:58:26.160 --> 00:58:27.099 which comes 00:58:27.099 --> 00:58:27.639 down from 00:58:27.639 --> 00:58:28.039 God 00:58:28.039 --> 00:58:28.860 my God 00:58:28.860 --> 00:58:29.200 out of 00:58:29.200 --> 00:58:29.480 heaven 00:58:29.480 --> 00:58:30.240 and my 00:58:30.240 --> 00:58:30.480 own 00:58:30.480 --> 00:58:30.700 new 00:58:30.700 --> 00:58:30.940 name 00:58:30.940 --> 00:58:31.200 in other 00:58:31.200 --> 00:58:31.400 words 00:58:31.400 --> 00:58:32.380 there are 00:58:32.380 --> 00:58:32.660 so many 00:58:32.660 --> 00:58:33.099 things there 00:58:33.099 --> 00:58:33.420 that we 00:58:33.420 --> 00:58:34.420 really need 00:58:34.420 --> 00:58:34.780 to make 00:58:34.780 --> 00:58:35.559 have more 00:58:35.559 --> 00:58:36.000 time to 00:58:36.000 --> 00:58:36.480 go into 00:58:36.480 --> 00:58:37.039 but let me 00:58:37.039 --> 00:58:37.480 just say 00:58:37.480 --> 00:58:38.119 in closing 00:58:38.119 --> 00:58:39.639 something of 00:58:39.639 --> 00:58:40.320 what is 00:58:40.320 --> 00:58:40.860 brought before 00:58:40.860 --> 00:58:41.300 us there 00:58:41.300 --> 00:58:42.099 I will 00:58:42.099 --> 00:58:43.039 write on 00:58:43.039 --> 00:58:43.320 him 00:58:43.320 --> 00:58:44.220 the name 00:58:44.220 --> 00:58:44.660 of my 00:58:44.660 --> 00:58:45.180 God 00:58:45.180 --> 00:58:46.400 numbers 00:58:46.400 --> 00:58:46.740 chapter 00:58:46.740 --> 00:58:47.300 six 00:58:47.300 --> 00:58:48.639 people of 00:58:48.639 --> 00:58:49.019 Israel 00:58:49.019 --> 00:58:49.579 were to 00:58:49.579 --> 00:58:50.700 pronounce 00:58:50.699 --> 00:58:51.399 the name 00:58:51.399 --> 00:58:52.079 of God 00:58:52.079 --> 00:58:53.699 upon 00:58:53.699 --> 00:58:54.439 the people 00:58:54.439 --> 00:58:55.579 the Lord 00:58:55.579 --> 00:58:56.299 bless you 00:58:56.299 --> 00:58:57.439 and keep 00:58:57.439 --> 00:58:57.699 you 00:58:57.699 --> 00:58:58.879 the Lord 00:58:58.879 --> 00:58:59.259 make his 00:58:59.259 --> 00:58:59.719 face to 00:58:59.719 --> 00:59:00.299 shine upon 00:59:00.299 --> 00:59:00.559 you 00:59:00.559 --> 00:59:01.259 and be 00:59:01.259 --> 00:59:01.559 gracious 00:59:01.559 --> 00:59:02.059 to you 00:59:02.059 --> 00:59:02.899 the Lord 00:59:02.899 --> 00:59:03.419 lift up 00:59:03.419 --> 00:59:03.599 his 00:59:03.599 --> 00:59:04.139 countenance 00:59:04.139 --> 00:59:04.619 upon you 00:59:04.619 --> 00:59:05.379 and give 00:59:05.379 --> 00:59:05.899 you peace 00:59:05.899 --> 00:59:06.919 so you 00:59:06.919 --> 00:59:07.460 shall put 00:59:07.460 --> 00:59:08.279 my name 00:59:08.279 --> 00:59:09.339 on the 00:59:09.339 --> 00:59:09.819 children of 00:59:09.819 --> 00:59:10.239 Israel 00:59:10.239 --> 00:59:11.619 what did 00:59:11.619 --> 00:59:12.339 that indicate 00:59:12.339 --> 00:59:13.199 well it 00:59:13.199 --> 00:59:13.859 indicated they 00:59:13.859 --> 00:59:14.679 belonged to 00:59:14.679 --> 00:59:14.899 God 00:59:14.899 --> 00:59:15.119 they were 00:59:15.119 --> 00:59:15.659 his family 00:59:15.659 --> 00:59:16.799 and this 00:59:16.799 --> 00:59:17.039 is what 00:59:17.039 --> 00:59:17.639 Jesus is 00:59:17.639 --> 00:59:17.939 saying 00:59:17.940 --> 00:59:18.579 I will 00:59:18.579 --> 00:59:19.200 write on 00:59:19.200 --> 00:59:19.519 him 00:59:19.519 --> 00:59:20.500 the name 00:59:20.500 --> 00:59:20.980 of my 00:59:20.980 --> 00:59:21.360 God 00:59:21.360 --> 00:59:22.320 he belongs 00:59:22.320 --> 00:59:22.740 to me 00:59:22.740 --> 00:59:23.200 and he'll 00:59:23.200 --> 00:59:23.760 belong to 00:59:23.760 --> 00:59:24.320 me forever 00:59:24.320 --> 00:59:25.099 and in 00:59:25.099 --> 00:59:25.679 eternity 00:59:25.679 --> 00:59:26.440 he and 00:59:26.440 --> 00:59:26.880 others will 00:59:26.880 --> 00:59:27.220 know 00:59:27.220 --> 00:59:28.039 he is 00:59:28.039 --> 00:59:28.440 mine 00:59:28.440 --> 00:59:29.000 he belongs 00:59:29.000 --> 00:59:29.400 to me 00:59:29.400 --> 00:59:29.679 he's my 00:59:29.679 --> 00:59:30.099 precious 00:59:30.099 --> 00:59:30.980 possession 00:59:30.980 --> 00:59:32.800 Jesus saying 00:59:32.800 --> 00:59:33.220 this about 00:59:33.220 --> 00:59:33.780 his people 00:59:33.780 --> 00:59:36.320 isn't that 00:59:36.320 --> 00:59:36.780 humbling 00:59:36.780 --> 00:59:39.000 that Jesus 00:59:39.000 --> 00:59:39.480 would put 00:59:39.480 --> 00:59:40.539 that on 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01:03:11.519 your 01:03:11.519 --> 01:03:11.960 saving 01:03:11.960 --> 01:03:12.380 grace 01:03:12.380 --> 01:03:13.019 singing to 01:03:13.019 --> 01:03:13.300 the tune 01:03:13.300 --> 01:03:13.720 high for 01:03:13.720 --> 01:03:14.019 doll 01:03:14.019 --> 01:03:14.800 whole of 01:03:14.800 --> 01:03:15.700 psalm 67 01:03:15.699 --> 01:03:23.439 Next 01:03:24.439 --> 01:03:25.279 roll 01:03:32.279 --> 01:03:33.279 Things 01:03:33.280 --> 01:03:44.340 The mighty earth may know your actions and all lands your saving grace. 01:03:44.340 --> 01:03:57.019 O God, may the peoples praise you, may all peoples sing your praise. 01:03:57.019 --> 01:04:10.099 For you judge the nations justly, ruling over every race. 01:04:12.699 --> 01:04:23.539 They sing with joy and gladness, may they all rejoice as one. 01:04:23.539 --> 01:04:35.539 O God, may the peoples praise you, as they all unite in song. 01:04:36.900 --> 01:04:48.539 Then the land will yield its harvest, God will pour its gifts and throats. 01:04:48.539 --> 01:04:55.539 God, our God, will surely bless us. 01:04:56.719 --> 01:05:02.719 All the earth will fill our hearts. 01:05:03.739 --> 01:05:05.759 I'll go to the main door after the benediction. 01:05:07.340 --> 01:05:14.699 Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and evermore. 01:05:15.039 --> 01:05:15.400 Amen. 01:05:15.400 --> 01:05:15.579 Amen. 01:05:18.539 --> 01:05:19.539 Amen. 01:05:32.500 --> 01:05:32.980 Amen. 01:05:33.000 --> 01:05:33.139 Amen. 01:05:35.360 --> 01:05:35.960 Amen. 01:05:40.119 --> 01:05:40.900 Amen. 01:05:40.900 --> 01:05:45.059 Amen. 01:05:45.059 --> 01:06:15.039 Thank you.