WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.799 For the evening, verses 15 to 17 and chapter 14 of John. 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:14.000 If you love me, you will keep my commandments, and I will ask the Father, and he will give 00:00:14.000 --> 00:00:28.839 ! He will give you another helper to be with you forever, even the Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:44.200 Very often, in fact, probably every night I come in here on a Wednesday night, I do something which I'm sure I'm not alone in doing. 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:58.140 And that is, I look around and I think to myself, yes, this is where I belong. And these are the people that I want to be with. 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:09.079 And I might ask the question, why is that? What's drawing us here? And why do we feel so comfortable while we're together in here? 00:01:09.079 --> 00:01:21.759 Well, we have a common bond because we all now love Christ. We've been gifted grace and faith, and we've received his joy, his peace, his love. 00:01:21.760 --> 00:01:28.020 We have all the same mind, and we have all the same desire to be here. 00:01:30.020 --> 00:01:35.120 And these gifts and others are the result of a truly life-changing experience. 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:38.939 It's almost like a light has been turned on. 00:01:40.340 --> 00:01:47.920 And it's just as we were singing there in Psalm 119, that the unfolding of your word gives light. 00:01:48.580 --> 00:01:51.680 It gives understanding to the simple. 00:01:51.680 --> 00:02:01.220 And the primary reason is, of course, it's because we have been born again. 00:02:02.840 --> 00:02:07.920 And the reason that we have experienced this new beginning is because God has blessed us 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:16.240 with a precious gift of his grace, and God's own spirit has come to dwell in us. 00:02:16.240 --> 00:02:28.260 And it's almost in the past, one moment we were living our lives in this world with a worldly spirit inside us. 00:02:28.259 --> 00:02:33.259 And then our lives were completely changed. 00:02:33.259 --> 00:02:38.419 Our lives were transformed and turned totally in the opposite direction, 00:02:38.899 --> 00:02:46.659 because God began a work in us, and his spirit has now taken over our lives. 00:02:47.879 --> 00:02:52.099 And I just want to dwell a little bit this evening on the indwelling spirit. 00:02:52.099 --> 00:02:58.719 It's a massive topic we could preach on until the day that we die. 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:01.459 But I just want to pick some things out this evening. 00:03:02.299 --> 00:03:06.240 Things I hope will be some form of encouragement for us. 00:03:09.459 --> 00:03:15.819 For some people, when they came to faith, they didn't even realise it at the time. 00:03:15.819 --> 00:03:20.859 Rather, they were drawn gradually over a period of time. 00:03:21.239 --> 00:03:26.239 And we may not be able to understand how God's spirit is now in our lives, 00:03:26.539 --> 00:03:29.400 and we may not be able to explain how it happened. 00:03:31.180 --> 00:03:35.159 But he is there, and we are truly thankful. 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:43.240 Because when a person comes to faith in Jesus, God's word enters their heart, 00:03:44.079 --> 00:03:46.379 and the Holy Spirit comes to live in them, 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:53.180 providing them with the desire and the power to do what God desires of them. 00:03:55.079 --> 00:04:02.300 And this fullness of the spirit is fundamental to the reality of our Christian experience. 00:04:02.300 --> 00:04:08.420 It's a birthright, if you like. 00:04:08.480 --> 00:04:13.640 It's a birthright of everyone who has come to trust in Christ. 00:04:14.860 --> 00:04:20.460 And the work that the spirit does shows itself instantly, immediately. 00:04:21.340 --> 00:04:25.240 And what the spirit does is he shines a light on Christ. 00:04:26.580 --> 00:04:28.500 He takes us straight there. 00:04:28.500 --> 00:04:36.199 And we have been taken from darkness, and we have been put into the light. 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:39.860 And as Callum said on Sunday morning, 00:04:40.920 --> 00:04:46.459 God has reconnected with our world by sending his son to be our saviour. 00:04:46.459 --> 00:04:52.139 And that's who the spirit immediately directs us towards. 00:04:52.839 --> 00:05:00.219 We become aware of our sin, truly aware of our sinful nature, 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:05.399 our need to confess our sin, and our desperate need of a saviour. 00:05:05.779 --> 00:05:08.659 And that comes to the fore in this new life. 00:05:08.660 --> 00:05:13.720 And in whatever way we acknowledge Christ before that, 00:05:14.980 --> 00:05:17.140 before all this happened, 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:24.680 we're now brought to a true realisation that we do believe in him. 00:05:24.940 --> 00:05:30.160 We truly believe in him, and we trust him fully now with our lives. 00:05:30.160 --> 00:05:40.540 And Callum gave an excellent analogy or illustration on Sunday morning. 00:05:40.540 --> 00:05:46.000 You'll recall he gave the illustration of the house with only the side windows. 00:05:46.760 --> 00:05:52.560 And we're all we're hearing is the voices of the world coming at us, horizontal voices. 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:57.079 But thankfully, in God coming into our lives, 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:01.600 now he has broken through the wonderless roof of our lives. 00:06:02.420 --> 00:06:04.680 And he has shone into our hearts. 00:06:05.860 --> 00:06:10.220 We now have that vertical hearing as well. 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:14.639 And Christ is now the centre of our lives. 00:06:15.420 --> 00:06:20.800 And he's the overriding focal point of our existence. 00:06:20.800 --> 00:06:27.420 And we're brought to understand what is the true meaning of life. 00:06:29.259 --> 00:06:31.540 As we have it in the first Catholicism. 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:36.180 To enjoy God, to worship him, to enjoy him forever. 00:06:38.980 --> 00:06:44.220 The Holy Spirit himself, he will never speak of himself. 00:06:45.439 --> 00:06:47.900 He will always point us to the word. 00:06:47.899 --> 00:06:52.319 He'll point us to Christ, who is, of course, the living word. 00:06:53.659 --> 00:07:00.199 We are directed to the cross, to Christ's sacrifice and death and resurrection, 00:07:00.739 --> 00:07:03.179 which is the basis of our salvation. 00:07:04.399 --> 00:07:07.139 And the Spirit has convinced us of that. 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:11.079 He has convicted us of our sin. 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:14.899 We repented of our sin. 00:07:14.899 --> 00:07:21.719 Because we now understand the necessity of Christ's sacrifice and death 00:07:21.719 --> 00:07:24.659 in reconciling us to God. 00:07:24.660 --> 00:07:28.640 And this is new life in us. 00:07:29.260 --> 00:07:30.080 Born again. 00:07:31.080 --> 00:07:32.840 With a new view of things. 00:07:33.620 --> 00:07:38.200 A perspective that we never had before the Lord came into our lives. 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:46.000 We are new creations in Christ Jesus, as Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 5. 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:48.779 And we now have peace with God. 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:53.680 We experience that peace that passes all understanding. 00:07:53.839 --> 00:07:55.620 Which one of us can explain that peace? 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:56.199 We can't. 00:07:56.620 --> 00:07:57.620 But we have it. 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:02.920 And it's fundamental and foundational in our Christian lives as well. 00:08:03.420 --> 00:08:06.699 The peace that we have with God. 00:08:06.899 --> 00:08:07.819 The peace of God. 00:08:07.819 --> 00:08:10.959 So we've been born again. 00:08:11.259 --> 00:08:15.079 Our whole inner being has been turned on its axis. 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:19.620 And we have turned away from our previous way of living. 00:08:20.740 --> 00:08:23.040 All things have become new to us. 00:08:25.939 --> 00:08:30.279 Joe preached this last Sunday evening. 00:08:30.680 --> 00:08:33.340 And he broke it down so well about being born again. 00:08:33.340 --> 00:08:38.620 Explaining the necessity of having this experience. 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:43.759 Otherwise, if we didn't have this experience, 00:08:44.300 --> 00:08:47.560 then we would not even see the kingdom of God 00:08:47.560 --> 00:08:51.240 far less enter into heaven. 00:08:53.139 --> 00:08:55.780 And as he spoke about Nicodemus on Sunday evening. 00:08:55.980 --> 00:08:58.180 Well, Nicodemus didn't understand at first. 00:08:58.820 --> 00:09:03.200 Because he only had worldly wisdom at that point. 00:09:03.340 --> 00:09:04.940 As he spoke to Jesus. 00:09:05.740 --> 00:09:09.040 But God clearly worked in the life of Nicodemus. 00:09:09.980 --> 00:09:12.139 Because we're told in John 19. 00:09:12.680 --> 00:09:14.180 Of his full commitment. 00:09:14.940 --> 00:09:18.379 In taking care of the body of Jesus. 00:09:19.379 --> 00:09:21.480 The Lord had come into his life. 00:09:22.220 --> 00:09:23.899 The word came alive to him. 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:26.360 And the spirit of God was in dwelling. 00:09:27.580 --> 00:09:29.660 And God has worked in our lives now as well. 00:09:29.659 --> 00:09:33.719 And we truly believe that Jesus is a Christ of God. 00:09:35.100 --> 00:09:37.459 Who has dealt with sin on our behalf. 00:09:37.460 --> 00:09:41.600 And again, as Colin put it. 00:09:42.420 --> 00:09:43.960 So well on Sunday morning. 00:09:45.160 --> 00:09:49.139 What happens is there's a dynamic movement in heaven. 00:09:49.139 --> 00:09:54.139 Wherein power has gone out from the throne of God. 00:09:54.799 --> 00:09:55.939 Through Jesus. 00:09:56.279 --> 00:09:58.059 By the spirit of God. 00:09:58.600 --> 00:09:59.960 Into our lives. 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:02.419 And our sin is taken away. 00:10:02.419 --> 00:10:06.019 Because Christ has died on our behalf. 00:10:07.379 --> 00:10:08.899 God has forgiven us. 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:11.539 And our sin has been taken. 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:14.379 As far as east is distant from the west. 00:10:14.620 --> 00:10:16.339 That immeasurable line. 00:10:16.340 --> 00:10:20.560 And we understand now. 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:22.680 The things of God. 00:10:22.780 --> 00:10:23.899 We didn't before this. 00:10:25.280 --> 00:10:27.200 We didn't before he came into our lives. 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:30.639 But we have assurance of God now. 00:10:30.780 --> 00:10:32.560 And we didn't know that before either. 00:10:35.160 --> 00:10:36.040 And yet. 00:10:37.460 --> 00:10:40.519 It's very true that many Christians ask the question. 00:10:40.519 --> 00:10:43.299 What proof do I have. 00:10:44.419 --> 00:10:46.379 That God's promise of salvation. 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:48.059 Is actually true for me. 00:10:49.679 --> 00:10:51.000 How can I know. 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:52.100 That I am saved. 00:10:54.199 --> 00:10:54.720 Well. 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:55.939 The answer is found. 00:10:56.259 --> 00:10:57.100 In the fact that. 00:10:58.480 --> 00:10:59.620 God the Father. 00:11:00.220 --> 00:11:01.559 Carried out a double sending. 00:11:02.419 --> 00:11:03.819 And we get this from his word. 00:11:04.579 --> 00:11:05.860 This is where we get our answer. 00:11:06.039 --> 00:11:06.860 To these questions. 00:11:07.000 --> 00:11:08.299 To these doubts we might have. 00:11:08.299 --> 00:11:10.299 God the Father. 00:11:10.299 --> 00:11:11.099 Carried out. 00:11:11.779 --> 00:11:13.459 A double sending. 00:11:14.659 --> 00:11:16.039 The sending of the Son. 00:11:16.479 --> 00:11:17.259 To redeem us. 00:11:18.059 --> 00:11:19.699 And the sending of the Spirit. 00:11:20.359 --> 00:11:21.359 To reassure us. 00:11:22.339 --> 00:11:23.279 And we pick this up. 00:11:23.379 --> 00:11:24.159 In Galatians. 00:11:24.579 --> 00:11:25.519 Chapter 4. 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:26.639 At verse 4. 00:11:27.799 --> 00:11:29.719 But when the fullness of time had come. 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:32.199 God sent forth his Son. 00:11:32.459 --> 00:11:33.579 Here's the first sending. 00:11:34.459 --> 00:11:35.219 Born of woman. 00:11:35.879 --> 00:11:36.959 Born under the law. 00:11:36.960 --> 00:11:39.580 To redeem those who were under the law. 00:11:39.920 --> 00:11:42.480 So that we might receive adoption as sons. 00:11:43.259 --> 00:11:44.740 And because you are sons. 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:47.860 God has sent the Spirit of a Son. 00:11:48.220 --> 00:11:49.400 That's the second sending. 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:51.620 Into our hearts. 00:11:52.220 --> 00:11:52.740 Crying. 00:11:53.180 --> 00:11:53.940 Abba Father. 00:11:54.879 --> 00:11:56.700 So you are no longer a slave. 00:11:57.060 --> 00:11:57.740 But a son. 00:11:58.300 --> 00:11:59.200 And if a son. 00:11:59.940 --> 00:12:01.080 Then an heir. 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:02.180 Through God. 00:12:02.179 --> 00:12:04.399 That's the reassurance. 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:06.219 And the assurance that we have. 00:12:06.539 --> 00:12:07.739 From God's word. 00:12:07.739 --> 00:12:09.139 Of our salvation. 00:12:09.139 --> 00:12:12.740 And as Christ prayed. 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:15.319 In his high priestly prayer. 00:12:15.559 --> 00:12:16.340 John 17. 00:12:16.460 --> 00:12:17.419 And verse 16. 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:19.039 He prayed the words. 00:12:19.559 --> 00:12:20.679 That they are no. 00:12:20.819 --> 00:12:22.539 They are no longer of the world. 00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:25.019 Just as I am. 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:26.120 Not of the world. 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.600 We have been taken out of the world. 00:12:29.259 --> 00:12:30.679 And taken into the realm. 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:31.580 Of salvation. 00:12:31.980 --> 00:12:32.720 From darkness. 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:33.620 To light. 00:12:33.620 --> 00:12:37.299 Secondly. 00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:37.980 We have. 00:12:38.259 --> 00:12:39.039 I just want to. 00:12:40.080 --> 00:12:41.100 Dwell a little bit. 00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:41.519 On just. 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:43.100 The leading of the Holy Spirit. 00:12:43.220 --> 00:12:43.759 In our lives. 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:44.480 In just. 00:12:44.860 --> 00:12:46.320 One or two different ways. 00:12:49.220 --> 00:12:50.460 So now we have. 00:12:51.139 --> 00:12:52.460 Having come to faith. 00:12:52.560 --> 00:12:53.899 And living our lives in Christ. 00:12:53.980 --> 00:12:55.200 We have the Spirit of God. 00:12:55.840 --> 00:12:57.299 Who has taken us over. 00:12:58.620 --> 00:13:00.159 And given us a reassurance. 00:13:00.159 --> 00:13:01.060 Of our salvation. 00:13:01.580 --> 00:13:02.980 Of what he is doing with us. 00:13:02.980 --> 00:13:03.720 In our lives. 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:05.159 As we move on. 00:13:08.879 --> 00:13:10.080 And now that we are free. 00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:12.200 From condemnation. 00:13:12.340 --> 00:13:13.800 From the law of sin and death. 00:13:14.820 --> 00:13:15.879 We are commanded. 00:13:16.019 --> 00:13:17.019 Not to walk anymore. 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:17.800 After the flesh. 00:13:17.920 --> 00:13:18.759 But after the Spirit. 00:13:18.899 --> 00:13:20.320 That's a command that we have. 00:13:21.980 --> 00:13:23.039 To live our lives. 00:13:23.139 --> 00:13:24.159 As children of God. 00:13:24.899 --> 00:13:27.220 And to follow the example. 00:13:27.220 --> 00:13:28.659 From his word. 00:13:30.200 --> 00:13:31.360 And I remember. 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:32.200 And I'm sure. 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:33.120 Others of you. 00:13:33.920 --> 00:13:34.980 Will remember this. 00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:36.020 Very clearly as well. 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:36.780 Those of you. 00:13:36.879 --> 00:13:37.220 Who were. 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:39.100 With us in the congregation. 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:40.800 During Ivor Martin's ministry. 00:13:41.580 --> 00:13:42.060 And Ivor. 00:13:42.280 --> 00:13:43.240 Did a study. 00:13:43.420 --> 00:13:44.860 On the Spirit of God. 00:13:45.420 --> 00:13:46.200 And I think. 00:13:46.259 --> 00:13:47.300 It was quite a short study. 00:13:47.300 --> 00:13:47.620 Actually. 00:13:47.879 --> 00:13:48.759 But he did. 00:13:48.820 --> 00:13:48.960 One. 00:13:49.100 --> 00:13:51.120 A brilliant study. 00:13:51.220 --> 00:13:51.879 At one time. 00:13:51.879 --> 00:13:53.980 And he recommended. 00:13:53.980 --> 00:13:53.980 00:13:54.460 --> 00:13:55.580 Recommended a book to us. 00:13:55.700 --> 00:13:55.860 Now. 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:57.980 This is where things get a bit hazy. 00:13:58.179 --> 00:13:59.340 And I'm pretty sure. 00:13:59.419 --> 00:14:00.019 It was called. 00:14:00.720 --> 00:14:01.559 I think it was. 00:14:01.679 --> 00:14:03.139 Keeping in step with the Spirit. 00:14:03.139 --> 00:14:06.000 That was written by G.I. 00:14:06.000 --> 00:14:06.419 Packer. 00:14:06.419 --> 00:14:06.899 And I'm sure. 00:14:06.899 --> 00:14:08.379 That's what he recommended to us. 00:14:08.799 --> 00:14:08.980 Now. 00:14:09.059 --> 00:14:09.899 I bought that book. 00:14:09.899 --> 00:14:10.819 After that sermon. 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:12.500 And. 00:14:12.620 --> 00:14:13.759 When I was putting this. 00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:15.039 Address together. 00:14:15.360 --> 00:14:16.100 I searched. 00:14:16.240 --> 00:14:16.720 High and low. 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:17.560 In the house for it. 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:19.340 And I couldn't find it anywhere. 00:14:19.440 --> 00:14:20.420 And it was a bit of a mystery. 00:14:20.420 --> 00:14:21.740 Until I suddenly tweaked. 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.480 That is probably just. 00:14:23.519 --> 00:14:24.519 Another of these books. 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:25.920 That's made its way to. 00:14:26.620 --> 00:14:27.779 A study in a mountain. 00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:28.540 And in Firmland. 00:14:28.639 --> 00:14:29.639 Along with the many others. 00:14:30.399 --> 00:14:30.840 So. 00:14:31.060 --> 00:14:32.420 I'm a little bit hazy. 00:14:32.879 --> 00:14:33.940 With this at the moment. 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:34.220 But. 00:14:35.019 --> 00:14:36.600 Because what I would expound. 00:14:36.720 --> 00:14:37.080 It was. 00:14:37.940 --> 00:14:38.820 Three lights. 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.600 That we receive. 00:14:39.800 --> 00:14:40.160 From God. 00:14:40.259 --> 00:14:40.960 Through the Spirit. 00:14:41.379 --> 00:14:42.000 And those were. 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:42.800 The lamp light. 00:14:43.779 --> 00:14:45.259 And the torch light. 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:46.440 And. 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:48.220 The flood light. 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:51.279 The lamp light. 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:51.980 The torch light. 00:14:52.060 --> 00:14:52.779 And the flood light. 00:14:53.960 --> 00:14:55.519 And what a lamp light does. 00:14:55.600 --> 00:14:55.920 Is. 00:14:56.160 --> 00:14:57.100 It gives us. 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:58.860 Inner illumination. 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:01.779 Just as. 00:15:02.600 --> 00:15:03.560 Switching on. 00:15:03.980 --> 00:15:04.879 A lamp. 00:15:05.040 --> 00:15:05.680 In the hall. 00:15:05.879 --> 00:15:05.980 Or. 00:15:06.500 --> 00:15:08.000 Wherever we switch on a lamp. 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:08.639 In our homes. 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:09.240 Or wherever. 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:10.360 Then. 00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.519 It requires. 00:15:11.860 --> 00:15:13.040 A continuous feed. 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:14.139 Of electricity. 00:15:14.740 --> 00:15:15.440 To keep going. 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:17.520 And to keep it from. 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.660 Switching off. 00:15:18.720 --> 00:15:19.320 Or going out. 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:20.000 Well. 00:15:20.000 --> 00:15:20.680 So it is. 00:15:20.780 --> 00:15:21.700 With every believer. 00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:22.240 As well. 00:15:22.640 --> 00:15:23.460 We rely. 00:15:23.680 --> 00:15:24.460 On a daily. 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:25.640 Ongoing. 00:15:25.840 --> 00:15:26.160 Filling. 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:27.100 Of the Spirit. 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:27.660 Of God. 00:15:28.380 --> 00:15:29.420 To maintain. 00:15:29.880 --> 00:15:31.240 Our spiritual light. 00:15:31.240 --> 00:15:33.120 And to maintain. 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:34.180 Our witness. 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:35.879 In this dark world. 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:35.960 God. 00:15:37.159 --> 00:15:38.919 We need the lamp light. 00:15:39.220 --> 00:15:39.659 For that. 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:42.259 The torch light. 00:15:43.299 --> 00:15:43.700 Well. 00:15:43.799 --> 00:15:44.559 The torch light. 00:15:44.939 --> 00:15:45.840 If we're walking. 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:47.659 The torch light. 00:15:47.899 --> 00:15:49.279 It illuminates. 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:50.120 And lights up. 00:15:50.200 --> 00:15:51.019 And cuts through. 00:15:51.439 --> 00:15:52.960 The immediate darkness. 00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:54.340 That's in front of us. 00:15:54.939 --> 00:15:55.860 And leads us. 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:57.399 On our daily walk. 00:15:58.860 --> 00:16:00.620 Following the word of God. 00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:02.580 Just as we have it. 00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:03.539 As we sung there. 00:16:03.620 --> 00:16:05.060 In Psalm 119. 00:16:05.580 --> 00:16:06.580 That God's word. 00:16:06.580 --> 00:16:07.080 Would be. 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:08.720 A lamp to your feet. 00:16:09.259 --> 00:16:09.840 And a light. 00:16:10.100 --> 00:16:10.799 To your path. 00:16:11.580 --> 00:16:11.679 Well. 00:16:11.759 --> 00:16:12.879 That's what the torch light. 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:14.019 Does for us. 00:16:15.179 --> 00:16:15.519 And then. 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:17.120 We have the flood light. 00:16:17.779 --> 00:16:19.539 Which directs our gaze. 00:16:20.019 --> 00:16:20.779 Entirely. 00:16:20.960 --> 00:16:21.820 Towards the cross. 00:16:22.700 --> 00:16:23.720 It just shines. 00:16:23.840 --> 00:16:24.659 And illuminates. 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:25.360 The. 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:25.779 The. 00:16:25.779 --> 00:16:27.279 The sacrifice. 00:16:27.620 --> 00:16:28.159 The death. 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:29.519 And the resurrection. 00:16:29.519 --> 00:16:31.100 Of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:16:31.299 --> 00:16:31.699 The flood. 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.019 It directs our gaze. 00:16:33.100 --> 00:16:33.939 Towards Christ. 00:16:34.519 --> 00:16:36.199 And to his majesty. 00:16:36.819 --> 00:16:37.459 And to. 00:16:37.860 --> 00:16:39.199 The saviour's glory. 00:16:39.740 --> 00:16:41.019 That is now visible. 00:16:41.740 --> 00:16:42.579 In the darkness. 00:16:43.079 --> 00:16:44.159 That was there before. 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:46.059 Because of this flood light. 00:16:46.439 --> 00:16:48.039 That shines so clearly. 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:48.839 For us now. 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:53.879 And yet despite. 00:16:53.879 --> 00:16:56.659 Having these lights. 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.500 To lead us. 00:16:58.659 --> 00:16:59.179 It's. 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:00.000 It's very true. 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:00.320 And. 00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:02.439 I'm always reluctant. 00:17:02.439 --> 00:17:03.320 To go back to this. 00:17:03.399 --> 00:17:03.899 But this is. 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.859 This is a reality. 00:17:04.859 --> 00:17:05.500 Of our lives. 00:17:05.500 --> 00:17:06.140 As Christians. 00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:09.299 Because as we all know. 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:10.579 Even with these lights. 00:17:10.579 --> 00:17:11.420 Directing us. 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:14.039 It doesn't mean. 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:14.920 That our lives. 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:16.259 Are without sin. 00:17:17.660 --> 00:17:18.180 Sadly. 00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:18.920 The ability. 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:19.660 To sin. 00:17:19.940 --> 00:17:20.920 Is still with us. 00:17:20.920 --> 00:17:24.600 Romans 7. 00:17:24.960 --> 00:17:26.680 In verses 19 to 20. 00:17:27.700 --> 00:17:28.759 Paul helps. 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:29.800 To temper. 00:17:31.019 --> 00:17:32.060 Our experience. 00:17:32.160 --> 00:17:32.600 With sin. 00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.779 When he expresses. 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:35.340 The reality. 00:17:35.340 --> 00:17:36.160 Of his own. 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.700 Spiritual experience. 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.320 Where Paul. 00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:40.660 Paul says. 00:17:40.779 --> 00:17:42.320 For I do not do the good. 00:17:42.700 --> 00:17:43.840 That I want to do. 00:17:44.660 --> 00:17:45.640 But the evil. 00:17:45.759 --> 00:17:46.840 That I do not want. 00:17:47.880 --> 00:17:49.560 That is what I keep on doing. 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:52.720 Now if I do. 00:17:52.899 --> 00:17:54.179 What I do not want. 00:17:55.399 --> 00:17:56.879 It is no longer I. 00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:58.000 Who do it. 00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.519 But sin. 00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.839 That dwells. 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:01.480 Within me. 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:03.000 That's the difference. 00:18:04.339 --> 00:18:05.299 It's no longer I. 00:18:05.379 --> 00:18:05.839 Who do it. 00:18:06.599 --> 00:18:07.299 But sin. 00:18:07.500 --> 00:18:07.980 That dwells. 00:18:08.039 --> 00:18:08.440 Within me. 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:09.099 It's sadly. 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:10.899 It's the reality. 00:18:10.899 --> 00:18:12.339 Of our Christian experience. 00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:12.919 Because. 00:18:13.339 --> 00:18:14.200 We are now. 00:18:14.819 --> 00:18:15.379 Involved. 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:16.879 In a continual. 00:18:16.880 --> 00:18:19.600 And irreconcilable. 00:18:19.800 --> 00:18:20.400 Warfare. 00:18:21.420 --> 00:18:22.040 Where we are. 00:18:22.280 --> 00:18:22.780 We are. 00:18:22.780 --> 00:18:23.100 We are. 00:18:23.740 --> 00:18:25.000 Against the world. 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:25.680 The flesh. 00:18:25.800 --> 00:18:26.360 And the devil. 00:18:26.880 --> 00:18:27.920 Fighting for attention. 00:18:28.100 --> 00:18:29.300 Against the attention. 00:18:29.740 --> 00:18:31.040 Of the spirit of God. 00:18:31.120 --> 00:18:31.760 Leading us into. 00:18:32.020 --> 00:18:32.720 Into truth. 00:18:32.840 --> 00:18:33.680 We are constantly. 00:18:35.040 --> 00:18:35.600 Beset. 00:18:35.720 --> 00:18:35.960 By. 00:18:36.340 --> 00:18:37.040 By troubles. 00:18:37.039 --> 00:18:37.940 In our lives. 00:18:38.480 --> 00:18:39.000 Challenges. 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:40.279 By doubts. 00:18:40.420 --> 00:18:42.000 And by misgivings. 00:18:42.639 --> 00:18:43.539 And of course. 00:18:43.639 --> 00:18:44.579 By temptations. 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:49.059 Because we are sinful people. 00:18:51.139 --> 00:18:52.599 And we get it wrong. 00:18:53.420 --> 00:18:55.079 And we mess it up. 00:18:56.200 --> 00:18:57.220 That's the reality. 00:18:57.460 --> 00:18:57.839 Sadly. 00:18:58.579 --> 00:18:59.799 Of the way things are. 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:02.159 And when that happens. 00:19:02.259 --> 00:19:03.480 There's only one place to go. 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:06.240 And that's to. 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:08.440 Put our eyes back. 00:19:08.919 --> 00:19:10.519 Where the floodlight is shining. 00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:12.159 Back to the cross. 00:19:12.899 --> 00:19:14.339 To rest in Jesus. 00:19:15.279 --> 00:19:16.180 And to rest. 00:19:16.539 --> 00:19:17.960 In what Jesus has done. 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:21.180 That's where the spirit takes us. 00:19:21.460 --> 00:19:22.559 Always to Jesus. 00:19:23.419 --> 00:19:23.859 Always. 00:19:24.579 --> 00:19:26.399 To the word of truth. 00:19:26.400 --> 00:19:26.519 Jesus. 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:29.000 And we realize. 00:19:29.820 --> 00:19:30.100 Jesus. 00:19:30.100 --> 00:19:31.019 His sovereignty. 00:19:31.380 --> 00:19:32.220 Over our lives. 00:19:32.860 --> 00:19:34.960 That we are under his control. 00:19:35.540 --> 00:19:36.980 And we are under the guidance. 00:19:36.980 --> 00:19:38.240 Of his spirit. 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:40.780 And when we do go wrong. 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:43.100 We are taken. 00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:44.440 To a place of repentance. 00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:47.280 Day by day. 00:19:47.759 --> 00:19:48.640 Week by week. 00:19:49.400 --> 00:19:50.140 Where we plead. 00:19:50.259 --> 00:19:50.960 For forgiveness. 00:19:52.320 --> 00:19:53.220 With that prayer. 00:19:53.320 --> 00:19:54.100 Forgive me Lord. 00:19:54.440 --> 00:19:55.000 I am nothing. 00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:56.720 But a miserable. 00:19:57.220 --> 00:19:57.619 Offender. 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:58.359 Before you. 00:19:59.079 --> 00:20:00.319 How often do we have that? 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.619 But we have forgiveness. 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:08.099 And that's the wonder of it all. 00:20:08.980 --> 00:20:09.740 Where we see. 00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:12.640 The unfathomable love. 00:20:12.920 --> 00:20:13.420 Of God. 00:20:13.599 --> 00:20:14.160 In action. 00:20:15.559 --> 00:20:16.299 Where we. 00:20:16.819 --> 00:20:17.720 Go before the Lord. 00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:19.259 And truly repent of our sin. 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:20.039 We are forgiven. 00:20:20.720 --> 00:20:22.019 And that sin is cast away. 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:22.440 Never. 00:20:23.140 --> 00:20:24.660 To be raised again. 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:27.180 And it can only be. 00:20:27.180 --> 00:20:28.380 From the Holy Spirit's. 00:20:28.380 --> 00:20:29.460 Leading and guidance. 00:20:30.460 --> 00:20:31.500 That it takes us. 00:20:31.500 --> 00:20:32.200 To that point. 00:20:32.359 --> 00:20:33.940 Because as the word tells us. 00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:36.039 We are different now. 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:36.819 And all things. 00:20:36.819 --> 00:20:38.039 Have been made new. 00:20:39.500 --> 00:20:40.720 We have been renewed. 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:41.799 And transformed. 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:42.660 In our minds. 00:20:42.720 --> 00:20:43.259 And hearts. 00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.900 We are new creations. 00:20:45.900 --> 00:20:47.180 In Christ Jesus. 00:20:47.180 --> 00:20:47.440 In Christ Jesus. 00:20:48.440 --> 00:20:49.279 So. 00:20:49.279 --> 00:20:51.480 We need to take encouragement. 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:51.920 Because. 00:20:51.920 --> 00:20:54.920 We have that great consolation. 00:20:55.920 --> 00:20:56.680 Of forgiveness. 00:20:58.160 --> 00:20:59.539 And hard as it is. 00:20:59.620 --> 00:21:00.640 Going back to the Lord. 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:01.600 Repetitively. 00:21:01.599 --> 00:21:04.279 We will never once. 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:05.139 Be turned away. 00:21:06.939 --> 00:21:08.639 And we will have that forgiveness. 00:21:09.959 --> 00:21:10.939 And just as Callum had. 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:11.779 On Sunday morning. 00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:12.259 Again. 00:21:13.419 --> 00:21:14.899 This is a part of the life. 00:21:14.899 --> 00:21:15.419 Of faith. 00:21:16.419 --> 00:21:17.919 And this is part of us. 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:19.639 We are drawing. 00:21:19.639 --> 00:21:20.639 On the reconciling. 00:21:21.439 --> 00:21:21.699 Grace. 00:21:21.699 --> 00:21:22.500 Of God. 00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:24.079 For our forgiveness. 00:21:25.179 --> 00:21:25.939 And that grace. 00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:27.019 It's a fighting. 00:21:27.159 --> 00:21:27.519 A grace. 00:21:27.699 --> 00:21:28.679 That never runs dry. 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:30.220 Thankfully. 00:21:32.500 --> 00:21:33.700 And God's spirit. 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:36.060 Indwelling in us. 00:21:36.860 --> 00:21:37.779 Is our guarantee. 00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:38.799 Of salvation. 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:40.799 Because. 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:43.320 That guarantee. 00:21:43.480 --> 00:21:43.900 In our life. 00:21:43.920 --> 00:21:44.440 Of faith. 00:21:45.900 --> 00:21:47.200 That never before. 00:21:47.340 --> 00:21:48.420 Has there been a guarantee. 00:21:49.120 --> 00:21:49.600 That is. 00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:50.480 As secure. 00:21:50.600 --> 00:21:52.019 As this guarantee is. 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:54.640 Because God dwells. 00:21:54.640 --> 00:21:55.180 Within us. 00:21:55.539 --> 00:21:56.539 We are safe. 00:21:56.640 --> 00:21:57.320 And secure. 00:21:57.660 --> 00:21:58.340 In Christ. 00:21:58.680 --> 00:22:00.080 In our lives here. 00:22:00.560 --> 00:22:01.460 And we will be. 00:22:01.580 --> 00:22:02.460 Throughout eternity. 00:22:04.660 --> 00:22:05.660 That's the blessings. 00:22:05.799 --> 00:22:06.539 The Lord has. 00:22:06.840 --> 00:22:07.580 Given to us. 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.539 And. 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:10.920 Again. 00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:11.960 In Jesus. 00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:13.480 His high priestly prayer. 00:22:14.160 --> 00:22:15.360 Just as he closes. 00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:15.960 The prayer. 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:17.420 In the last verse. 00:22:17.580 --> 00:22:18.680 Jesus says this. 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:19.680 I made known. 00:22:19.680 --> 00:22:21.060 I made known to them. 00:22:21.060 --> 00:22:21.900 Your name. 00:22:21.900 --> 00:22:24.100 And I will continue. 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.640 To make it known. 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:27.360 That the love. 00:22:27.580 --> 00:22:28.980 With which you have loved me. 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:31.060 May be in them. 00:22:31.700 --> 00:22:32.460 And I. 00:22:32.900 --> 00:22:33.340 In them. 00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:36.440 What more do we need to look for. 00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:38.440 But these words. 00:22:38.580 --> 00:22:39.340 That we have there. 00:22:39.580 --> 00:22:39.779 From. 00:22:40.220 --> 00:22:41.080 The word of God. 00:22:41.079 --> 00:22:41.179 God. 00:22:42.179 --> 00:22:43.579 And we are seen. 00:22:43.859 --> 00:22:44.720 By God. 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:47.319 As being righteous. 00:22:47.319 --> 00:22:48.359 In his sight. 00:22:50.199 --> 00:22:51.699 He's dwelling within us. 00:22:51.779 --> 00:22:52.500 And we are righteous. 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.619 Because of what Christ. 00:22:53.619 --> 00:22:54.619 Has done for us. 00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:56.759 We had his special. 00:22:57.599 --> 00:22:58.319 Precious. 00:22:58.799 --> 00:23:00.220 And chosen people. 00:23:00.220 --> 00:23:04.720 With a love for God. 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:06.400 And we have. 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:08.120 A love for each other. 00:23:09.860 --> 00:23:11.759 A love that wasn't there before. 00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:12.720 But just as. 00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:14.220 As we read there. 00:23:14.220 --> 00:23:15.220 In Psalm 133. 00:23:16.100 --> 00:23:16.620 At the beginning. 00:23:17.700 --> 00:23:19.380 How wonderful it is. 00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:21.079 For brothers and sisters. 00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:22.700 To come together. 00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.460 In that unity. 00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.279 Of love. 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:26.180 In Christ. 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:27.519 And that love. 00:23:27.700 --> 00:23:28.539 That we now have. 00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:29.920 For each other. 00:23:31.000 --> 00:23:31.519 John. 00:23:31.660 --> 00:23:32.579 In his first epistle. 00:23:32.720 --> 00:23:33.500 In chapter 3. 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:35.120 Opens the chapter. 00:23:35.220 --> 00:23:36.299 With these beautiful words. 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:38.420 See what kind of love. 00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:40.039 The father has given to us. 00:23:41.000 --> 00:23:42.360 That we should be called. 00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:43.400 Children of God. 00:23:44.240 --> 00:23:45.079 And so. 00:23:45.380 --> 00:23:45.799 We are. 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:48.960 And. 00:23:49.279 --> 00:23:51.079 We have that great assurance. 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.660 Just further on. 00:23:52.740 --> 00:23:53.559 In verse 14. 00:23:53.640 --> 00:23:54.799 Of that same chapter. 00:23:55.640 --> 00:23:56.799 That great assurance. 00:23:56.940 --> 00:23:57.680 That tells us. 00:23:58.220 --> 00:23:58.700 We know. 00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:00.120 That we have passed. 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:01.699 Out of death. 00:24:02.479 --> 00:24:03.639 And into life. 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:05.639 Because we love. 00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.559 The brothers. 00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:10.679 So as we move. 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:11.359 Towards. 00:24:12.239 --> 00:24:12.939 Another communion. 00:24:14.419 --> 00:24:14.959 Well. 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.919 May even a word. 00:24:15.979 --> 00:24:17.099 Of what we have considered. 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:17.759 This evening. 00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:19.000 Be a help to us. 00:24:20.139 --> 00:24:21.159 To have that. 00:24:21.459 --> 00:24:21.939 Reassurance. 00:24:22.059 --> 00:24:22.799 And assurance. 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:24.159 To have that. 00:24:24.299 --> 00:24:24.819 Confidence. 00:24:24.819 --> 00:24:25.480 In Christ. 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:27.500 That he will never. 00:24:27.500 --> 00:24:28.279 Leave us. 00:24:28.339 --> 00:24:29.299 Nor forsake us. 00:24:30.339 --> 00:24:31.200 And that we. 00:24:31.559 --> 00:24:32.059 Will have. 00:24:32.299 --> 00:24:32.779 Never. 00:24:32.779 --> 00:24:34.079 Have any reason. 00:24:34.599 --> 00:24:35.619 To doubt that. 00:24:36.980 --> 00:24:38.099 Paul tells us. 00:24:38.179 --> 00:24:38.899 In Philippians. 00:24:38.899 --> 00:24:39.679 Chapter 1. 00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:41.159 And in verse 6. 00:24:41.220 --> 00:24:41.639 He says. 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:42.859 And I am sure of this. 00:24:42.859 --> 00:24:44.379 That he. 00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:45.419 Who began. 00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:46.519 A good work in you. 00:24:46.939 --> 00:24:48.479 Will bring it to completion. 00:24:48.979 --> 00:24:49.919 At the day. 00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:51.619 Of Jesus Christ. 00:24:52.379 --> 00:24:54.119 May he bless these thoughts to us. 00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:54.599 Let's pray. 00:24:54.599 --> 00:25:01.559 Father. 00:25:01.639 --> 00:25:02.639 We thank you for. 00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.159 The marvel. 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.859 And the wonder. 00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:06.879 Of the work. 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:07.759 That you have performed. 00:25:07.879 --> 00:25:08.199 In us. 00:25:10.179 --> 00:25:11.859 And that you have chosen us. 00:25:13.759 --> 00:25:15.379 And that you have. 00:25:15.919 --> 00:25:16.480 Set us. 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:18.339 On this. 00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:19.459 On this path. 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:21.639 This way of salvation. 00:25:21.640 --> 00:25:25.100 That you have. 00:25:25.380 --> 00:25:26.360 Lifted us Lord. 00:25:26.460 --> 00:25:27.820 Out of that mighty clay. 00:25:27.980 --> 00:25:29.200 Out of that quicksand. 00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:31.420 That was dragging us down. 00:25:31.580 --> 00:25:32.300 More and more. 00:25:32.580 --> 00:25:33.380 In the world. 00:25:34.900 --> 00:25:36.020 And you have set our feet. 00:25:36.020 --> 00:25:36.740 Upon the rock. 00:25:36.860 --> 00:25:38.000 That is Jesus Christ. 00:25:39.980 --> 00:25:41.580 We truly bless you. 00:25:41.800 --> 00:25:42.500 And thank you. 00:25:44.180 --> 00:25:45.020 For his sacrifice. 00:25:45.940 --> 00:25:46.500 And his death. 00:25:46.620 --> 00:25:47.220 And resurrection. 00:25:48.300 --> 00:25:49.380 And for his ascension. 00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:51.980 We thank you. 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.740 For the sure knowledge. 00:25:52.860 --> 00:25:53.220 We have. 00:25:53.360 --> 00:25:53.980 That he is. 00:25:54.540 --> 00:25:55.580 At the right hand. 00:25:55.620 --> 00:25:56.100 Of the throne. 00:25:56.220 --> 00:25:56.760 Of high. 00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.740 Even at this moment. 00:25:58.600 --> 00:25:59.100 Ruling. 00:25:59.200 --> 00:25:59.620 And governing. 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.760 Everything. 00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:03.600 Within this whole creation. 00:26:05.480 --> 00:26:06.480 We bless you. 00:26:06.520 --> 00:26:07.260 And thank you. 00:26:08.540 --> 00:26:09.040 Lord. 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:09.420 For. 00:26:10.100 --> 00:26:10.700 The blessing. 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.120 Of your Holy Spirit. 00:26:13.080 --> 00:26:14.240 That dwells within us. 00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:16.279 We thank you. 00:26:16.279 --> 00:26:16.620 Lord. 00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:18.099 For your precious grace. 00:26:19.259 --> 00:26:20.759 That amazing grace. 00:26:22.299 --> 00:26:22.740 That. 00:26:23.359 --> 00:26:24.359 Just fills. 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:25.339 Our hearts. 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.880 Now Lord. 00:26:27.140 --> 00:26:27.940 And we just. 00:26:28.059 --> 00:26:28.440 Thank you. 00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.759 Father. 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.980 For the faith. 00:26:30.039 --> 00:26:30.740 You've gifted us. 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:31.319 To believe. 00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:32.559 Through. 00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.240 Your precious grace. 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.759 And so. 00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:36.759 As we part from another. 00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.380 This evening. 00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:37.900 We pray. 00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.279 Lord. 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.599 That. 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.120 We will be able. 00:26:40.279 --> 00:26:40.559 To do. 00:26:40.680 --> 00:26:41.380 Just saying. 00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:41.620 That. 00:26:42.300 --> 00:26:43.020 It was just good. 00:26:43.080 --> 00:26:43.360 For us. 00:26:43.400 --> 00:26:43.880 To be here. 00:26:43.980 --> 00:26:44.740 To be together. 00:26:45.480 --> 00:26:46.420 And to be around. 00:26:46.500 --> 00:26:47.360 The word of God. 00:26:48.080 --> 00:26:49.060 And may all that was said. 00:26:49.080 --> 00:26:49.400 And done. 00:26:49.500 --> 00:26:50.240 Be to the glory. 00:26:50.340 --> 00:26:51.300 Of your blessed name. 00:26:51.780 --> 00:26:52.040 Amen. 00:26:52.040 --> 00:26:52.200 Amen.