WEBVTT 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:06.480 We're going to begin our worship this evening by singing to God's praise in Psalm 46, the 00:00:06.480 --> 00:00:12.820 Scottish Psalter version, Psalm 46, page 271 of the Psalm books. 00:00:12.980 --> 00:00:15.000 We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 7. 00:00:15.880 --> 00:00:21.699 God is our refuge and our strength and strength, a present aid, therefore although the earth 00:00:21.699 --> 00:00:24.420 remove, we will not be afraid. 00:00:24.420 --> 00:00:28.640 The tune is St. Andrew and we'll stand to sing to God's praise. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:54.620 God is our refuge and our strength, in space and present aid, therefore although the 00:00:54.619 --> 00:01:04.620 earth renew, we will not be afraid. 00:01:04.620 --> 00:01:33.620 The hills of mist and seas be cast, the waters rolling bay, and drought will be made for the hills, 00:01:33.620 --> 00:01:40.620 by swearing seas to shame. 00:01:40.620 --> 00:01:58.620 The river is to streams to glad, the city of our God. 00:01:58.620 --> 00:02:00.620 God is our refuge and our strength, the waters of the Lord. 00:02:00.620 --> 00:02:17.620 The holy place, great in the Lord, most high, but is above. 00:02:17.620 --> 00:02:19.620 God in the midst of earth dwell. 00:02:19.620 --> 00:02:35.620 God in the midst of earth dwell, nothing shall have renewed. 00:02:35.620 --> 00:02:54.620 God in the midst of earth dwell, the Lord to have a helper will, and that right there he grew. 00:02:54.620 --> 00:03:01.620 God in the midst of earth the Spirit, the Lord drowns us live, and that right there he is safe. 00:03:01.620 --> 00:03:04.620 God in the midst of earth do not have one at any event, he forget. 00:03:04.620 --> 00:03:05.620 God will read,ольше yet, there he is safe andolo. 00:03:05.620 --> 00:03:08.879 God in the midst of earth all day, here God the Lord Irish presence is the one which is the one who our brave 00:03:08.879 --> 00:03:24.799 The kingdom's doing where the Lord God uttered his voice. 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:32.800 The earth did well for fear. 00:03:33.800 --> 00:03:43.600 The Lord of hosts upon our side. 00:03:43.920 --> 00:03:50.560 The hosts that we remain. 00:03:50.560 --> 00:04:01.680 The God of hosts upon our refuge. 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:08.560 Our saving to maintain. 00:04:14.560 --> 00:04:17.060 Let's come to God in prayer. 00:04:17.220 --> 00:04:18.660 Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer. 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:21.560 Amen. 00:04:23.800 --> 00:04:31.980 Our Father in heaven, as we still ourselves in your presence anew this evening, as we come, 00:04:32.680 --> 00:04:38.120 unworthy as we are, the sin in our heart is often so clear before us. 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:43.879 We know so often, Lord, that we are not worthy of the least of your mercies. 00:04:43.879 --> 00:04:52.060 But yet we come, as you command us to, to come boldly to the throne of grace that we might receive mercy. 00:04:52.680 --> 00:04:57.100 We thank you that you are a God who is the God of redemption. 00:04:58.159 --> 00:05:02.139 That you are a God who has promised so much to his people. 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:04.839 And your promises are fulfilled. 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:09.500 And have their amen in Christ Jesus, our Lord. 00:05:10.119 --> 00:05:15.779 And so we thank you that it's not about how we feel as we come to worship you. 00:05:16.259 --> 00:05:19.239 It's not about how we are unworthy of it. 00:05:19.240 --> 00:05:21.240 But it is our duty. 00:05:21.780 --> 00:05:24.660 And it is what we are to long and desire to do. 00:05:25.240 --> 00:05:26.840 To praise your name. 00:05:27.740 --> 00:05:32.680 For as we come, O Lord, we recognize that you are able to pardon our sin. 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:36.540 That you are the one who is able to refresh our soul. 00:05:37.139 --> 00:05:41.340 That you are the one who is able to encourage us, even as we go on. 00:05:41.980 --> 00:05:45.180 Feeling our own weakness, but knowing your strength. 00:05:45.180 --> 00:05:50.920 And we thank you that we have sung of that strength that you are able to give. 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:56.060 That you are the God who is our refuge and our strength. 00:05:56.980 --> 00:06:00.819 Our present aid in all the straits that we go through. 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:03.860 That even though the hills be removed, Lord. 00:06:04.300 --> 00:06:07.460 That you are able to help us, to shelter us. 00:06:08.340 --> 00:06:12.960 And we do thank you, Lord, for the many blessings that are ours in Christ. 00:06:12.959 --> 00:06:16.799 We thank you for how you protect us from so much. 00:06:17.579 --> 00:06:19.680 That you are the God who keeps his people. 00:06:20.299 --> 00:06:22.739 That you are the God who watches over his people. 00:06:23.359 --> 00:06:26.319 That you are the God who is calling his people. 00:06:27.019 --> 00:06:30.699 Even those who are maybe not yet acknowledging you as Lord and God. 00:06:31.339 --> 00:06:33.199 We thank you for your Holy Spirit. 00:06:33.719 --> 00:06:34.519 That works. 00:06:35.179 --> 00:06:35.919 That moves. 00:06:36.159 --> 00:06:39.979 That comes to speak to us. 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.279 Even in the quietness of our hearts. 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:44.359 And through the power of your word. 00:06:45.059 --> 00:06:47.199 We pray for your spirit to be at work. 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:50.000 We pray, O Lord, for that blessing. 00:06:50.299 --> 00:06:50.799 To be ours. 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:51.399 To have ears. 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:52.759 To hear what you are saying. 00:06:53.339 --> 00:06:55.639 Not just here, but far and wide. 00:06:56.279 --> 00:07:01.199 May your people hear and receive your word with joy and great gladness. 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:02.199 We thank you. 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:05.719 We thank you that no matter what stage we are at in life. 00:07:06.219 --> 00:07:09.079 We thank you for young, old, middle-aged. 00:07:09.219 --> 00:07:13.159 We thank you that together we come to worship and praise your name. 00:07:13.160 --> 00:07:18.060 We thank you that there is that blessing of unity in worship. 00:07:18.200 --> 00:07:22.900 That families, individuals, that we are all able to come. 00:07:23.540 --> 00:07:29.960 And to come and know what it is to be a brethren, a people who enjoy the blessing of unity. 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:34.099 And we pray that you will guard our unity and guard our hearts. 00:07:34.819 --> 00:07:38.500 For we know how easy it is to drift away from you. 00:07:39.139 --> 00:07:45.519 We know how easy it is to neglect our prayers or the reading of your word. 00:07:46.219 --> 00:07:50.199 We know how easy it is to neglect our attendance at the means of grace. 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:54.479 And we know, Lord, that it can so quickly come upon us. 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:58.759 And the longer we leave it, the harder it is to come back to. 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:03.300 So we thank you, Lord, for our accountability to one another. 00:08:03.379 --> 00:08:05.720 And above all, our accountability to you. 00:08:06.280 --> 00:08:09.740 For you are a God who will not leave us to drift away. 00:08:10.400 --> 00:08:11.879 And we thank you for that. 00:08:12.360 --> 00:08:15.439 And that you use many means to bring us back to yourself. 00:08:16.020 --> 00:08:17.200 That you use people. 00:08:17.680 --> 00:08:19.259 That you use our word in season. 00:08:19.259 --> 00:08:24.519 And that you use even the things of this world to remind us of how empty they are. 00:08:25.139 --> 00:08:30.319 And we pray for any, Lord, who maybe are feeling that sense of drifting away from you. 00:08:30.939 --> 00:08:33.000 That they would feel the call back. 00:08:33.519 --> 00:08:38.879 That they would feel the urgency of the Spirit working in their hearts to return to you. 00:08:39.679 --> 00:08:43.059 And so we pray, Lord, for all who go through these struggles. 00:08:43.059 --> 00:08:44.919 That you will help, that you will bless. 00:08:44.919 --> 00:08:51.579 And that you will help us even to watch out for those who may find themselves in such situations. 00:08:51.579 --> 00:08:55.819 Not to criticize, but to be a blessing to them. 00:08:56.219 --> 00:08:57.799 And to encourage them back. 00:08:58.479 --> 00:09:02.839 We thank you too, Lord, for the way you encourage us together. 00:09:03.539 --> 00:09:05.959 The way that we are able to fellowship one with another. 00:09:06.059 --> 00:09:09.039 Not just here, but throughout the week as well. 00:09:09.079 --> 00:09:13.740 And we thank you for the many different meetings that we have during the week. 00:09:13.740 --> 00:09:17.360 May we are able to be together around your word. 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:20.539 And to seek to serve you with all our hearts. 00:09:21.180 --> 00:09:23.600 We thank you for the prayer meetings during the week. 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:25.759 We pray your blessing on them. 00:09:26.200 --> 00:09:29.060 Upon the prayers of your people. 00:09:29.220 --> 00:09:31.340 And upon the preaching of your word. 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:33.980 That it will be blessed to all our souls. 00:09:34.620 --> 00:09:37.399 We thank you that we come prayerfully to you. 00:09:38.120 --> 00:09:40.159 Recognizing our dependence upon you. 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.219 But as we call on your name. 00:09:42.819 --> 00:09:45.139 We thank you that you are faithful in your hearing. 00:09:45.839 --> 00:09:48.939 And that as we pray, your will be done in all things. 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:51.600 That you are able to do so much for us. 00:09:52.240 --> 00:09:54.939 So teach us to pray and help us to pray. 00:09:55.439 --> 00:09:56.740 And to pray with faith. 00:09:57.559 --> 00:10:00.860 Help us to remember the work that goes on around us. 00:10:00.959 --> 00:10:02.719 And the protection of your cause. 00:10:03.259 --> 00:10:04.980 We thank you for the Christian Institute. 00:10:04.980 --> 00:10:08.120 And for the way they are defenders of the faith. 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:11.740 And how they help your people in so many different situations. 00:10:12.700 --> 00:10:14.519 How they help your cause. 00:10:15.139 --> 00:10:16.399 And seek to honour your name. 00:10:17.060 --> 00:10:18.259 In education. 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:19.200 In politics. 00:10:19.440 --> 00:10:20.800 And in every walk of life. 00:10:21.500 --> 00:10:24.379 And we do pray for the meetings taking place around Scotland. 00:10:24.539 --> 00:10:25.920 Just now we pray for the meeting. 00:10:26.460 --> 00:10:28.399 Here in Stornoway on Tuesday evening. 00:10:29.159 --> 00:10:31.659 We pray Lord your blessing on that time. 00:10:31.779 --> 00:10:34.659 And that people would be encouraged to attend. 00:10:34.759 --> 00:10:36.779 And to hear what is said. 00:10:37.319 --> 00:10:41.939 We know the topic is such an important one at this time. 00:10:42.459 --> 00:10:45.000 The importance of the family circle. 00:10:45.139 --> 00:10:49.519 And how so much is being eroded to that end. 00:10:49.559 --> 00:10:49.919 Oh Lord. 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:52.939 We do pray for Christian homes and families. 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:55.620 We pray Lord for your protection over us. 00:10:55.740 --> 00:10:58.139 We pray Lord for your word. 00:10:58.399 --> 00:11:01.000 To be at the heart of all that we do as a people. 00:11:01.579 --> 00:11:03.399 We know we have drifted away from that. 00:11:03.459 --> 00:11:06.519 And we pray for your restoration in that as well. 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:09.179 We do continue to pray for our young people. 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:11.620 We thank you for the work of campaigners. 00:11:11.659 --> 00:11:13.459 Over many years in this congregation. 00:11:14.340 --> 00:11:17.639 We thank you for all who have been involved in it to this point. 00:11:17.639 --> 00:11:20.740 And the many encouragements and blessings that there has been. 00:11:21.500 --> 00:11:24.639 We pray for the meeting to take place on Thursday evening. 00:11:25.319 --> 00:11:27.120 For the resumption of that work. 00:11:27.120 --> 00:11:28.940 That you would be in it to bless. 00:11:29.060 --> 00:11:30.620 That you would bless our young people. 00:11:30.720 --> 00:11:34.940 And look after them in this day of so many different pressures. 00:11:35.220 --> 00:11:36.879 So many different temptations. 00:11:37.560 --> 00:11:39.820 But a day of salvation too. 00:11:39.899 --> 00:11:42.779 And we thank you that you work in the midst of all. 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:45.019 And we pray that you will do a powerful work. 00:11:45.019 --> 00:11:46.939 In amongst our young people. 00:11:47.500 --> 00:11:48.620 To shelter them. 00:11:49.179 --> 00:11:50.279 And to watch over them. 00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:51.460 But above all Lord. 00:11:51.899 --> 00:11:54.960 To bring them to know the Lord Jesus as their saviour. 00:11:55.299 --> 00:11:57.460 To know him as their Lord. 00:11:57.779 --> 00:11:59.039 And as their God. 00:11:59.899 --> 00:12:03.159 We pray Lord for your continued blessing over us. 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:04.799 As a church and as a people. 00:12:05.399 --> 00:12:07.360 Far and wide as we were thinking this morning. 00:12:07.460 --> 00:12:10.079 Of the scattered nature of our congregations. 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:11.160 And of your people. 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:12.700 Throughout our nation. 00:12:12.800 --> 00:12:14.639 And throughout all ends of the earth. 00:12:15.220 --> 00:12:18.940 We thank you that there is so many gospel ministries going on. 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:21.240 That your word is being proclaimed. 00:12:21.980 --> 00:12:23.220 Faithfully week by week. 00:12:23.320 --> 00:12:25.100 In many different parts of the world. 00:12:25.780 --> 00:12:27.120 And we thank you for the promise. 00:12:27.800 --> 00:12:29.500 That as your word goes forth. 00:12:29.620 --> 00:12:31.540 It will not return empty or void. 00:12:31.860 --> 00:12:35.180 But accomplish every purpose for which you send it forth. 00:12:35.179 --> 00:12:38.899 And so we pray Lord your blessing on your word. 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:41.199 And upon your people far and wide. 00:12:41.939 --> 00:12:44.079 That there will be a people praising your name. 00:12:44.120 --> 00:12:48.279 Even as we join in the praise of your name at this time. 00:12:48.819 --> 00:12:51.739 We do so Lord with many around the world. 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:53.279 In so many different parts. 00:12:54.019 --> 00:12:56.500 And so we thank you that yours is a kingdom. 00:12:56.839 --> 00:12:58.199 That is being built. 00:12:58.799 --> 00:12:59.759 That yours is a kingdom. 00:13:00.079 --> 00:13:01.319 That has power. 00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:03.500 And authority over all others. 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:06.620 And that your kingdom will indeed come with power. 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:08.559 We ask your blessing on us. 00:13:08.580 --> 00:13:10.460 As we continue in your word. 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:11.340 As we read it. 00:13:11.379 --> 00:13:12.860 And as we sing your praise. 00:13:13.460 --> 00:13:15.639 May we oh Lord be blessed by it. 00:13:15.740 --> 00:13:17.519 And encouraged through it. 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:20.580 And reminded of all that is ours in Christ. 00:13:21.100 --> 00:13:24.000 The one who indeed is our refuge and our peace. 00:13:24.580 --> 00:13:27.159 So we ask your blessing as we sing your praise. 00:13:27.740 --> 00:13:29.220 May we lift up our voices. 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:31.500 With thankful hearts. 00:13:31.500 --> 00:13:34.080 Thankful for all that you do for us. 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:35.539 All that you have done. 00:13:36.059 --> 00:13:37.299 And all that you will do. 00:13:37.860 --> 00:13:40.039 Uphold the one who leads us in the praise too. 00:13:40.139 --> 00:13:44.899 And may we all be encouraged to lift up our voices to you. 00:13:45.600 --> 00:13:48.019 We pray that you will hear our praise. 00:13:48.100 --> 00:13:49.840 And our thanksgiving and our prayers. 00:13:50.399 --> 00:13:53.059 As we ask it all in the name of our precious saviour. 00:13:53.460 --> 00:13:55.019 Our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:13:55.100 --> 00:13:57.480 As we ask for the forgiveness of all our sins. 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:00.360 And to his name be praise and glory forever. 00:14:00.360 --> 00:14:01.279 Amen. 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:06.899 Let us again sing to God's praise. 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:10.560 This time we sing in the Sing Psalms version of Psalm 36. 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:14.899 Psalm 36. 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:16.680 Sing at verse 5. 00:14:18.539 --> 00:14:20.659 Page 44 of the Psalm book. 00:14:20.779 --> 00:14:22.820 Psalm 36 and at verse 5. 00:14:22.820 --> 00:14:43.960 We're going to sing from verse 5 to 10. 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:45.900 The Tunis Free Church. 00:14:45.900 --> 00:14:47.660 And we stand to sing. 00:14:47.660 --> 00:14:47.720 Amen. 00:14:47.720 --> 00:15:01.060 Your steadfast love is great, O Lord. 00:15:01.300 --> 00:15:08.200 It reaches heaven high. 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:24.240 Your faithfulness is wonderful, extending to the sky. 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:41.620 Your righteousness is very great, like mountains high unseen. 00:15:41.620 --> 00:15:52.620 Your justice is very good, like ocean depths. 00:15:52.620 --> 00:15:59.259 Oh, God and peace to thee. 00:15:59.259 --> 00:16:18.519 How precious is your steadfast love, what God's faith brings. 00:16:18.519 --> 00:16:20.519 Oh, God and love. 00:16:20.519 --> 00:16:36.159 God and love thy shelter in the shadow of your ways. 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:53.159 The peace within your hands standing, from streams of your delight. 00:16:53.159 --> 00:17:12.159 For when you raise the source of light, in your life we see light. 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:30.160 To those who know you must bear God, your steadfast love impart. 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:48.400 Maintain your righteousness to those of you and of my heart. 00:17:54.080 --> 00:17:58.240 Well, let us turn to God's word as we're going to read two passages. 00:17:58.240 --> 00:18:01.019 First of all, in the Old Testament, in the book of Psalms. 00:18:01.579 --> 00:18:04.920 And then we'll turn to the New Testament and to the book of Hebrews. 00:18:05.940 --> 00:18:10.039 Our first reading is in the book of Psalms, reading Psalm 29. 00:18:12.140 --> 00:18:14.599 We can read the whole of this psalm together. 00:18:15.680 --> 00:18:20.640 Psalm 29, a psalm of David. 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:25.620 Ascribe to the Lord, O heavenly beings. 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:29.099 Ascribe to the Lord, glory and strength. 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:33.099 Ascribe to the Lord, the glory due his name. 00:18:33.819 --> 00:18:36.759 Worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. 00:18:38.179 --> 00:18:40.619 The voice of the Lord is over the waters. 00:18:41.500 --> 00:18:43.859 The God of glory thunders. 00:18:44.699 --> 00:18:46.619 The Lord over many waters. 00:18:47.399 --> 00:18:49.159 The voice of the Lord is powerful. 00:18:49.160 --> 00:18:52.680 The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 00:18:53.300 --> 00:18:56.240 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars. 00:18:56.980 --> 00:18:59.420 The Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon. 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:02.860 He makes Lebanon to skip like a calf. 00:19:03.560 --> 00:19:05.840 And Syrian like a young wild ox. 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:10.300 The voice of the Lord flashes forth flames of fire. 00:19:11.160 --> 00:19:13.759 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness. 00:19:13.759 --> 00:19:17.119 The Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh. 00:19:18.079 --> 00:19:21.460 The voice of the Lord makes the deer give birth. 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:24.099 And strips the forest bare. 00:19:24.839 --> 00:19:28.480 And in his temple all cry, glory. 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:33.120 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood. 00:19:33.599 --> 00:19:36.980 The Lord sits enthroned as king forever. 00:19:37.779 --> 00:19:40.500 May the Lord give strength to his people. 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:44.680 May the Lord bless his people with peace. 00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:50.519 Then we turn to our second reading in the book of Hebrews in the New Testament. 00:19:50.519 --> 00:19:57.579 And we read in Hebrews chapter 12 and at verse 25. 00:19:58.879 --> 00:20:03.200 Hebrews chapter 12 at verse 25. 00:20:08.819 --> 00:20:12.400 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:17.759 For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:23.339 much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 00:20:24.339 --> 00:20:27.359 At that time his voice shook the earth. 00:20:28.140 --> 00:20:30.339 But now he has promised. 00:20:31.079 --> 00:20:35.799 Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens. 00:20:36.940 --> 00:20:42.379 The phrase yet once more indicates the removal of things that are shaken. 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:45.180 That is, things that have been made. 00:20:45.180 --> 00:20:49.779 In order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. 00:20:50.779 --> 00:20:57.320 Therefore, let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken. 00:20:58.080 --> 00:21:04.400 And thus let us offer to God acceptable worship with reverence and awe. 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:08.500 For our God is a consuming fire. 00:21:09.660 --> 00:21:10.140 Amen. 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:13.840 And may God bless these readings from his word. 00:21:13.839 --> 00:21:21.299 Before we come to look at, in particular, Psalm 29, we are going to again sing to God's praise. 00:21:21.379 --> 00:21:22.899 This time in Psalm 107. 00:21:25.199 --> 00:21:28.419 In the Scottish Psalter verse in Psalm 107. 00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:30.539 And at verse 23. 00:21:32.439 --> 00:21:34.339 Singing down to verse 30. 00:21:35.139 --> 00:21:36.859 Psalm 107 at verse 23. 00:21:36.859 --> 00:21:58.459 We sing from verse 23 to 30. 00:21:58.459 --> 00:22:00.079 To the tune Torwood. 00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:01.919 And we stand to sing. 00:22:01.920 --> 00:22:23.300 We go to sea in ships and in great waters trading me. 00:22:23.299 --> 00:22:24.299 Within the sea. 00:22:24.299 --> 00:22:28.299 Within the sea. 00:22:28.299 --> 00:22:30.299 These men go to sea. 00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:40.299 And his great wonders see. 00:22:40.299 --> 00:22:50.299 For he called man stand forth in place. 00:22:50.299 --> 00:22:57.299 The stormy tempest flies. 00:22:57.299 --> 00:22:59.299 The stormy tempest flies. 00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:09.159 Which shakes the sea with rolling waves. 00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:17.299 A love to spend the rise. 00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:18.299 They mount to heaven. 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:22.299 They mount to heaven. 00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:23.299 They mount to heaven. 00:23:23.299 --> 00:23:27.299 They mount to the rest. 00:23:27.299 --> 00:23:32.299 They do go down again. 00:23:32.299 --> 00:23:38.299 Their stormy. 00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:47.299 The stormy temos got to heaven. 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.299 Their stormy Yes. 00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:50.299 This is as fair. 00:23:50.299 --> 00:23:54.299 ям a love to spend it. 00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:56.299 They rely low on high heat. 00:23:56.299 --> 00:24:12.539 We'll answer like one drunk, a fair which then they lead. 00:24:12.539 --> 00:24:30.980 Then they do all in troubled pride, who then from strays doth fear. 00:24:30.980 --> 00:24:49.400 The star is changing to a crown, but it's all man and will. 00:24:49.400 --> 00:25:07.400 So that the waves which rage before, not quiet, not still. 00:25:07.400 --> 00:25:26.400 Then our day but the host of rest, and quiet now they be. 00:25:26.400 --> 00:25:44.400 So to the heaven he embrings, which they desire to see. 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:58.220 Well, our main focus this evening is going to be on Psalm 29. 00:25:58.519 --> 00:26:03.740 But just to take with us into that psalm the words that we read in Hebrews as well, 00:26:03.800 --> 00:26:06.160 especially maybe verse 25 there. 00:26:07.280 --> 00:26:10.600 See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. 00:26:10.599 --> 00:26:15.119 For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, 00:26:15.740 --> 00:26:21.879 much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven. 00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:28.259 There in the Hebrews, the writer is warning the people of a coming day, 00:26:28.779 --> 00:26:30.759 a day when the earth will be shaken, 00:26:31.439 --> 00:26:34.559 and our only place of refuge will be in the Lord. 00:26:34.599 --> 00:26:38.159 And he's warning them to listen to the one who is speaking. 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:45.380 And as we turn to Psalm 29, there we find the one who is indeed speaking. 00:26:46.019 --> 00:26:49.200 For you see the phrase used throughout this psalm, 00:26:49.779 --> 00:26:51.380 the voice of the Lord. 00:26:52.340 --> 00:26:55.779 And it's the voice of the Lord that is over the whole of creation. 00:26:56.480 --> 00:27:00.160 The voice of the Lord that is crying out to people everywhere. 00:27:00.860 --> 00:27:03.740 And this is the voice that we are to heed. 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:09.299 Psalm 29 is a psalm again with that image behind it, 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:12.559 one of the shaking of the whole of creation, 00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:17.220 and the devastation that a storm brings upon creation. 00:27:18.240 --> 00:27:24.680 And in the past week, we have realized again just how the seasons change, 00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:28.559 and how we enter into the stormy seasons once again. 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:33.480 We can enjoy relative peace, as it were, over the summer months, 00:27:33.519 --> 00:27:38.139 although even then we're not immune to storms and gales coming upon us either. 00:27:39.000 --> 00:27:41.759 But in these times, as we move into these months, 00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:45.940 and around the world, we start to see that the seasons change. 00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:49.779 And in this last week, we've seen it locally ourselves, 00:27:50.539 --> 00:27:52.619 with the gale that came through on Friday. 00:27:52.619 --> 00:27:56.619 And we've seen it far and wide as well in the United States, 00:27:57.359 --> 00:27:59.939 with the hurricane that passed through there, 00:28:00.000 --> 00:28:02.559 and the devastation that that brings. 00:28:03.539 --> 00:28:08.799 There are these storms in life that will always come our way. 00:28:09.379 --> 00:28:12.799 And sometimes it's impossible to shelter from them, 00:28:12.819 --> 00:28:15.319 or to get out of the way of these storms. 00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:20.719 We find ourselves caught up in them in many different ways. 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:24.380 We don't want to be a people who are out at sea, for example, 00:28:24.460 --> 00:28:25.819 when these storms come. 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:27.860 Ferries don't sail. 00:28:28.299 --> 00:28:30.220 There's not much movement around the coast. 00:28:30.299 --> 00:28:34.680 But even on land as well, we don't want to be caught out in the storm. 00:28:35.240 --> 00:28:41.120 We want to find a place of shelter and a place of peace. 00:28:42.420 --> 00:28:47.019 And that's the warning that we have in Hebrews that we read there, 00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:49.339 and also in the psalm. 00:28:50.079 --> 00:28:53.200 There are many situations that we can find ourselves in. 00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:56.720 And we can turn to the psalms and find in the psalms 00:28:56.720 --> 00:29:01.200 similar experiences in the lives of others. 00:29:02.180 --> 00:29:04.859 We can often enter into the experience of the psalms 00:29:04.859 --> 00:29:08.279 and relate to it in our own experience in life. 00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:12.480 They help us to understand how to deal with things. 00:29:12.480 --> 00:29:17.160 And they speak to us so much of the reality of the world that we live in. 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:23.180 And you often see the psalmist using the illustrations from around him 00:29:23.180 --> 00:29:26.319 to remind us of a greater power. 00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:33.000 And so often the psalmist uses the illustrations of the natural world. 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:36.660 And it highlights so much to us. 00:29:36.660 --> 00:29:41.840 When you think of the power of storms and gales and hurricanes, 00:29:42.580 --> 00:29:46.220 typhoons, tornadoes, all of these things, 00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:49.360 they leave a devastation behind them. 00:29:50.360 --> 00:29:52.440 But again, when we look at the psalms, 00:29:52.620 --> 00:29:56.100 they speak of these things, but maybe in a different way. 00:29:56.860 --> 00:29:59.180 And at times it's in a way that we don't maybe see 00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:01.779 as powerful as the natural world. 00:30:01.779 --> 00:30:05.019 And yet there's a greater power behind them. 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:08.319 There's a greater storm being spoken of here. 00:30:09.279 --> 00:30:13.160 And the psalmist uses the illustration of the natural world 00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:15.980 to remind us of the Creator. 00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:21.539 The Lord, whose voice it is, that is over all things. 00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:24.819 The voice of the Lord is over the waters. 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:28.460 The God of glory thunders, it says in verse 3. 00:30:28.460 --> 00:30:31.400 The Lord over many waters. 00:30:31.940 --> 00:30:34.660 The voice of the Lord is powerful. 00:30:35.400 --> 00:30:38.819 The voice of the Lord is what's calling to us. 00:30:39.720 --> 00:30:43.660 Now, in our day and age now, we see storms come. 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:46.180 And they are given a name. 00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:49.920 The hurricane in the United States was Hurricane Ian. 00:30:50.759 --> 00:30:54.059 And they've got a whole season of hurricane season 00:30:54.059 --> 00:30:57.160 where each hurricane will have a name. 00:30:57.160 --> 00:31:00.019 The same as the storms that will come our way 00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:01.360 during the winter months as well. 00:31:01.400 --> 00:31:03.180 They'll all be given a name. 00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:06.660 And if you want to give a name to the storm 00:31:06.660 --> 00:31:08.759 that is being spoken of here in the psalm 00:31:08.759 --> 00:31:09.960 and the book of Hebrews, 00:31:10.560 --> 00:31:12.300 it's the storm judgment. 00:31:13.560 --> 00:31:15.100 The storm is judgment. 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:18.580 And that day when the Lord is going to come 00:31:18.580 --> 00:31:21.860 and judge all his people. 00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:26.439 Again, we just say for a minute that the psalms, 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:30.740 they use the imagery to remind us of the greatness of God. 00:31:32.459 --> 00:31:34.879 In Psalm 8, the psalmist says, 00:31:35.000 --> 00:31:38.019 O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name 00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:39.779 in all the earth. 00:31:40.199 --> 00:31:42.279 The psalmist is lifting up his eyes 00:31:42.279 --> 00:31:45.139 and seeing the heavens created by God 00:31:45.140 --> 00:31:49.860 and the way his name is spread all over the world. 00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:55.640 Psalm 19 uses the imagery of the sun and its warmth. 00:31:55.900 --> 00:31:59.040 The heavens declare the glory of God 00:31:59.040 --> 00:32:03.020 and the sky above proclaims his handiwork. 00:32:03.560 --> 00:32:07.240 There are these ways that we see the calmness of creation 00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:09.360 and the beauty of the Lord. 00:32:09.359 --> 00:32:14.179 But there's other ways, as we saw in Psalm 107, 00:32:14.819 --> 00:32:16.959 where it speaks about the Lord 00:32:16.959 --> 00:32:20.099 who causes the waves to rise, the storms to come, 00:32:20.619 --> 00:32:23.379 and the Lord who is able to bring peace. 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:27.579 Psalm 65, verse 3 says, 00:32:27.699 --> 00:32:32.099 When we were overwhelmed by sin and guilt upon us lay. 00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:35.199 The psalmist there is speaking about the flood. 00:32:35.759 --> 00:32:38.479 We were overwhelmed by the waters of sin. 00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:40.460 There was nothing that we could do 00:32:40.460 --> 00:32:43.360 to stop that flood coming upon us 00:32:43.360 --> 00:32:46.140 unless the Lord intervened. 00:32:46.559 --> 00:32:48.420 And the psalm goes on to show that. 00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:50.460 And here in Psalm 29, 00:32:50.720 --> 00:32:53.779 we have this illustration from the natural world, 00:32:53.860 --> 00:32:56.099 a time of a great storm. 00:32:57.620 --> 00:32:59.900 And it's teaching us, 00:33:00.099 --> 00:33:02.860 I want to see three things this evening. 00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:06.660 As we think of this storm called judgment 00:33:06.660 --> 00:33:10.759 and the devastation that that can cause to us. 00:33:11.540 --> 00:33:13.500 Unless we find refuge, 00:33:14.040 --> 00:33:17.100 this psalm is reminding us of how to be prepared 00:33:17.100 --> 00:33:19.320 and to weather that storm 00:33:19.320 --> 00:33:21.519 and to come through that storm 00:33:21.519 --> 00:33:24.920 with the peace that only God can give. 00:33:24.920 --> 00:33:30.640 So today, despite the storms that we see around us 00:33:30.640 --> 00:33:33.940 and despite us going into another stormy season, 00:33:34.620 --> 00:33:37.300 we can come and see that there is peace 00:33:37.300 --> 00:33:40.700 to be found with God from this storm judgment. 00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:43.620 And the three things I want us to see in this psalm, 00:33:43.800 --> 00:33:46.259 how it tells us, first of all, 00:33:46.820 --> 00:33:48.500 the way to be prepared. 00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:51.300 If we know a storm is coming, 00:33:51.299 --> 00:33:53.720 we prepare for it. 00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:56.740 The second thing we see in this psalm 00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:59.259 is the powerful reminder it gives 00:33:59.259 --> 00:34:02.700 of the devastation that this storm brings. 00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:06.579 We see that in verse 3 through to verse 9. 00:34:07.619 --> 00:34:09.000 But then at the end of the psalm, 00:34:09.079 --> 00:34:10.539 in verse 10 and 11, 00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:14.460 we see that we can find peace and strength. 00:34:14.460 --> 00:34:18.199 And that we can find that in the Lord. 00:34:19.119 --> 00:34:20.720 And all of these are related 00:34:20.720 --> 00:34:24.760 to listening to the voice of the Lord. 00:34:25.539 --> 00:34:27.159 So the first thing we see is 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:30.099 to be prepared for the storm. 00:34:31.039 --> 00:34:32.280 And the way to be prepared, 00:34:32.420 --> 00:34:34.780 as the psalmist is making clear for us here, 00:34:34.860 --> 00:34:37.820 is to be prepared by praise. 00:34:37.820 --> 00:34:41.460 If you know a storm is coming, 00:34:41.960 --> 00:34:45.539 we often get warnings days in advance now 00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:46.900 that storms are coming. 00:34:47.680 --> 00:34:49.280 And if we know a storm is coming, 00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.019 what do we do? 00:34:50.780 --> 00:34:52.640 We make sure that everything that was loose 00:34:52.640 --> 00:34:55.559 and outside, maybe over the calm summer months, 00:34:55.660 --> 00:34:57.100 that it's put away inside, 00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:58.600 it's put somewhere safe, 00:34:59.180 --> 00:35:00.640 that things are tied down. 00:35:01.720 --> 00:35:04.100 One of the greatest things that you often see 00:35:04.100 --> 00:35:06.860 storms take with them is trampolines. 00:35:06.860 --> 00:35:08.800 You often see it in the news 00:35:08.800 --> 00:35:11.880 where trampolines are seen rolling down the road. 00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.960 And so if you've got a trampoline 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:15.460 and you know a storm is coming, 00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:17.920 you tie it down or you take it down. 00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:19.680 You do everything that you can 00:35:19.680 --> 00:35:22.740 to be prepared for this storm coming. 00:35:23.220 --> 00:35:26.820 You make sure you are ready as you can be for it. 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:30.519 And as we think of that preparation, 00:35:31.660 --> 00:35:34.360 how do we prepare for the storm 00:35:34.360 --> 00:35:35.960 that this psalm speaks of? 00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:40.500 How do we prepare for the storm called judgment? 00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:43.559 Well, the psalm here begins 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.980 with the theme of worship. 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:49.740 Ascribe, it says to the Lord, 00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:51.260 O heavenly beings, 00:35:51.380 --> 00:35:54.139 ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:57.500 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name. 00:35:57.679 --> 00:36:01.579 Worship the Lord in splendor of holiness. 00:36:01.579 --> 00:36:06.099 And in the book of Hebrews chapter 12, 00:36:06.179 --> 00:36:08.619 we read quite similar things there as well. 00:36:09.619 --> 00:36:12.400 It speaks in verse 28 about us being grateful 00:36:12.400 --> 00:36:14.819 for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken 00:36:14.819 --> 00:36:18.259 and thus let us offer to God 00:36:18.259 --> 00:36:21.779 acceptable worship with reverence and awe 00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:25.219 for our God is a consuming fire. 00:36:25.219 --> 00:36:29.579 Both of these texts are speaking about 00:36:29.579 --> 00:36:32.579 the devastation that the Lord can bring. 00:36:33.619 --> 00:36:35.239 And living in light of that 00:36:35.239 --> 00:36:36.599 and the fear of the Lord 00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:40.399 being prepared for this storm that's coming. 00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:43.940 The Lord is a gracious God. 00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:45.780 He gives time. 00:36:46.480 --> 00:36:48.900 He warns us of this time that's coming, 00:36:48.980 --> 00:36:50.160 this storm that comes. 00:36:50.619 --> 00:36:54.400 But he's saying that we are to be prepared for it. 00:36:55.360 --> 00:36:57.340 And as you look at the Psalms here, 00:36:57.400 --> 00:36:58.720 and as you look at David's day, 00:36:59.079 --> 00:37:00.900 the problem with the people was 00:37:00.900 --> 00:37:02.320 they were not prepared. 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:05.900 They were not ready for this storm coming. 00:37:06.680 --> 00:37:09.660 God was not their refuge and their strength, 00:37:09.800 --> 00:37:11.300 as Psalm 46 says. 00:37:11.400 --> 00:37:13.700 Instead, they were putting their confidence, 00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:15.580 their trust, their strength, 00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:17.820 and giving glory to the idols 00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:19.700 and everything else that they worshipped. 00:37:20.260 --> 00:37:23.980 They were giving false worship to false gods 00:37:23.980 --> 00:37:28.260 when God the Lord was there for them. 00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:30.240 And they were ignoring the warnings 00:37:30.240 --> 00:37:31.460 that he was giving. 00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:34.680 David, in writing this Psalm, 00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:37.260 makes it clear that there is no other 00:37:37.260 --> 00:37:39.840 who is due praise like the Lord. 00:37:40.580 --> 00:37:43.700 That's the theme that you see throughout this Psalm. 00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:46.500 The glory is due to God. 00:37:47.200 --> 00:37:50.000 Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:54.420 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name. 00:37:55.260 --> 00:37:58.000 And it goes on then with the voice of the Lord. 00:37:58.559 --> 00:37:59.980 The Lord speaks, 00:37:59.980 --> 00:38:04.400 and yet the people are choosing to ignore this voice. 00:38:05.780 --> 00:38:07.039 And so the question for us 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:10.300 as we are thinking of preparing for storm judgment 00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:14.139 is are we giving the Lord the glory 00:38:14.139 --> 00:38:16.059 that is due to his name? 00:38:16.659 --> 00:38:18.559 Are we ascribing to the Lord 00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:21.360 the glory that only he deserves? 00:38:22.139 --> 00:38:24.000 Giving glory and strength 00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:26.619 that is due to his name. 00:38:26.619 --> 00:38:30.679 The way to prepare for this storm 00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:34.159 is to be ready by worshipping God 00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:35.920 with all our heart. 00:38:36.719 --> 00:38:39.659 By him being the centre of everything 00:38:39.659 --> 00:38:42.259 that our life revolves around. 00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:46.160 When you see a weather warning, 00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:48.200 you prepare for it. 00:38:48.540 --> 00:38:49.820 You listen to it. 00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:51.600 You pay great attention. 00:38:52.140 --> 00:38:52.800 This time of year, 00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:55.200 we start looking more and more to the forecast. 00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:57.780 Every time we're going to travel somewhere, 00:38:57.880 --> 00:38:59.040 we check the winds 00:38:59.040 --> 00:39:01.020 to see if there's going to be a gale 00:39:01.020 --> 00:39:02.080 or rain or whatever. 00:39:02.079 --> 00:39:05.079 But as we are as diligent, 00:39:05.360 --> 00:39:08.539 are we as prepared for this storm? 00:39:09.539 --> 00:39:11.920 Are we heeding the weather warning 00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:13.319 that the Lord gives us? 00:39:13.960 --> 00:39:17.139 Are we preparing for this storm of judgment 00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:18.880 over our lives? 00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:22.599 Are we listening to the voice of the Lord? 00:39:22.599 --> 00:39:26.099 There was a hurricane 00:39:26.099 --> 00:39:27.900 that hit the United States 00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:31.819 on the 21st of September 1938, 00:39:32.759 --> 00:39:34.139 many years ago. 00:39:35.299 --> 00:39:36.639 But for years after, 00:39:36.759 --> 00:39:38.440 people were speaking about it 00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:40.440 because of the severity of it, 00:39:40.880 --> 00:39:43.679 but also just how quickly it hit. 00:39:44.699 --> 00:39:47.139 They knew a storm was coming, 00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:50.639 but they hadn't expected it to be a hurricane. 00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:53.679 They hadn't expected it to be quite as serious 00:39:53.679 --> 00:39:55.299 as it turned out to be. 00:39:55.940 --> 00:39:58.440 There wasn't the same advance warning 00:39:58.440 --> 00:39:59.559 that we have today. 00:39:59.980 --> 00:40:01.779 It wasn't tracked by satellite 00:40:01.779 --> 00:40:04.719 for the week before seeing its track. 00:40:05.179 --> 00:40:07.079 But they knew something was coming, 00:40:07.839 --> 00:40:09.400 but they hadn't prepared. 00:40:10.759 --> 00:40:12.619 There was a story told of one man 00:40:12.619 --> 00:40:13.960 who lived in Long Island, 00:40:14.579 --> 00:40:15.719 close to New York. 00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:18.799 And just the days before, 00:40:18.799 --> 00:40:20.460 he had bought a barometer. 00:40:21.339 --> 00:40:22.619 That's what tells us 00:40:22.619 --> 00:40:24.539 how the weather is going to be, 00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:26.579 what the pressure is doing, 00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:28.879 and what we can expect from the weather. 00:40:29.799 --> 00:40:32.460 Well, on the morning of the 21st of September, 00:40:33.099 --> 00:40:34.879 the barometer arrived at his house. 00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:38.639 A nice, calm morning. 00:40:39.799 --> 00:40:41.639 And when the man unpacked the barometer, 00:40:42.339 --> 00:40:44.039 he was so disgusted. 00:40:44.659 --> 00:40:46.579 He was so annoyed with what he saw. 00:40:46.579 --> 00:40:48.000 He saw the barometer, 00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:50.179 and the needle was pointing so low, 00:40:50.639 --> 00:40:52.179 pointing to stormy weather. 00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.639 And he said, 00:40:53.719 --> 00:40:54.980 this cannot be working. 00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:56.539 There's something wrong with this. 00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:59.299 It's such a fine, calm day outside. 00:40:59.799 --> 00:41:00.860 So in his disgust, 00:41:00.960 --> 00:41:01.840 he packed it up, 00:41:01.860 --> 00:41:03.299 and he went back to the post office 00:41:03.299 --> 00:41:05.719 to send it back to where it came. 00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:08.439 It took a little over an hour 00:41:08.439 --> 00:41:10.079 to get to the post office, 00:41:10.879 --> 00:41:12.079 and yet in that time, 00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:14.279 before he got back to his house, 00:41:14.519 --> 00:41:16.139 his house had been devastated 00:41:16.139 --> 00:41:17.679 by the hurricane 00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:19.199 and blown away. 00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:22.579 The storm came so quickly. 00:41:23.419 --> 00:41:26.500 He had the warning in his hands before him, 00:41:27.019 --> 00:41:28.539 but he chose to ignore it, 00:41:28.619 --> 00:41:29.980 thinking it wasn't right, 00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:33.099 that there was something wrong with it. 00:41:33.839 --> 00:41:35.299 He ignored it, 00:41:36.019 --> 00:41:37.819 almost threw it away. 00:41:39.239 --> 00:41:41.500 And that's the reality for ourselves 00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.719 so often just now. 00:41:43.199 --> 00:41:45.579 We hear the warning of God. 00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:48.079 We hear the voice of the Lord, 00:41:48.079 --> 00:41:50.619 but we don't believe that it's true. 00:41:51.239 --> 00:41:54.199 We don't believe that this could possibly come our way. 00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:55.460 Not yet. 00:41:56.739 --> 00:41:58.519 Maybe sometime in the future, 00:41:58.699 --> 00:41:59.860 something's going to happen, 00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:02.799 but we have such days of peace just now. 00:42:03.599 --> 00:42:04.360 But do we? 00:42:05.679 --> 00:42:08.420 The warnings are all around us. 00:42:09.139 --> 00:42:10.319 The voice of the Lord, 00:42:10.639 --> 00:42:11.719 as it goes on in this, 00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:14.119 thunders in many different ways. 00:42:15.059 --> 00:42:15.739 And to us, 00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:18.839 it is thundering in many different ways just now. 00:42:19.479 --> 00:42:22.219 But we're choosing to ignore it. 00:42:22.859 --> 00:42:25.079 We're choosing to throw it away. 00:42:26.159 --> 00:42:26.399 You know, 00:42:26.459 --> 00:42:27.679 on Thursday evening, 00:42:28.219 --> 00:42:29.359 standing outside, 00:42:29.459 --> 00:42:30.559 you would think to yourself, 00:42:30.899 --> 00:42:32.759 there's a storm coming. 00:42:32.760 --> 00:42:36.020 There was hardly a breath of wind. 00:42:37.020 --> 00:42:38.640 But we hear the saying so often, 00:42:38.740 --> 00:42:41.020 the calm before the storm. 00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:42.720 And sure enough, 00:42:42.980 --> 00:42:45.360 through the night and into the morning, 00:42:45.900 --> 00:42:46.940 the wind got up, 00:42:47.220 --> 00:42:48.240 the rain came, 00:42:48.300 --> 00:42:50.720 and you could hardly stand outside the next morning. 00:42:51.920 --> 00:42:53.780 That's the reality for us today. 00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:56.640 The warning is there to be prepared, 00:42:56.639 --> 00:43:00.019 to be ready for the storm of judgment. 00:43:00.779 --> 00:43:03.500 It's the calm before the storm. 00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:05.099 But in the calm, 00:43:05.559 --> 00:43:06.679 we are to make ready 00:43:06.679 --> 00:43:09.559 and to heed the word of God. 00:43:09.699 --> 00:43:11.199 The scripture tells us 00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:13.940 to build our house upon the rock. 00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:16.039 So when the storm comes, 00:43:16.119 --> 00:43:16.879 we're prepared, 00:43:17.359 --> 00:43:18.119 we're ready. 00:43:19.119 --> 00:43:20.420 And what is the rock? 00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:22.519 Who is the rock that we are to build on? 00:43:23.159 --> 00:43:24.940 The rock is Jesus Christ. 00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:27.059 He is the only one 00:43:27.059 --> 00:43:29.259 who we can find refuge in 00:43:29.259 --> 00:43:31.139 for the storm of judgment. 00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:34.079 The second thing we see here 00:43:34.079 --> 00:43:36.679 is a powerful reminder. 00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:39.599 From preparing for this storm, 00:43:39.719 --> 00:43:41.800 we move into verse 3 to verse 9. 00:43:42.300 --> 00:43:43.960 And you see just how powerful 00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:45.860 this storm is that it arrives. 00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:48.719 It's one that the voice of the Lord 00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:51.460 goes forth so dramatically. 00:43:51.460 --> 00:43:54.480 And again, it ties in so closely 00:43:54.480 --> 00:43:57.000 with what Hebrews is saying to us as well. 00:43:57.380 --> 00:43:59.179 It's talking about this shaking 00:43:59.179 --> 00:44:00.639 that's going to take place. 00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:03.240 And if you've ever been in a storm 00:44:03.240 --> 00:44:04.500 of any great magnitude, 00:44:04.699 --> 00:44:07.039 even just popping your head outside 00:44:07.039 --> 00:44:08.260 on Friday morning, 00:44:08.820 --> 00:44:13.079 you hear the wind whistling and howling. 00:44:14.099 --> 00:44:16.139 And there's something frightening 00:44:16.139 --> 00:44:17.940 about that wind noise. 00:44:17.940 --> 00:44:19.800 There's something frightening 00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:21.679 about being in the midst 00:44:21.679 --> 00:44:23.300 of this storm. 00:44:24.820 --> 00:44:26.960 But imagine the storm 00:44:26.960 --> 00:44:28.599 that the Scriptures speak of. 00:44:29.340 --> 00:44:30.960 The storm called judgment. 00:44:31.900 --> 00:44:32.800 And what it'll be like 00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:34.360 to be in the midst of that. 00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:36.500 It's not the howling wind 00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:37.440 you're going to hear. 00:44:38.119 --> 00:44:39.599 You're going to hear the voice 00:44:39.599 --> 00:44:40.800 of the Lord. 00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:43.820 In the same way as the psalmist here 00:44:43.820 --> 00:44:45.600 describes the voice of the Lord 00:44:45.600 --> 00:44:46.960 over all things 00:44:46.960 --> 00:44:49.820 and the power and devastation it brings. 00:44:50.560 --> 00:44:51.720 The voice of the Lord 00:44:51.720 --> 00:44:52.780 on the day of judgment 00:44:52.780 --> 00:44:55.280 is going to do one of two things. 00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:58.480 It is either going to bring you peace 00:44:58.480 --> 00:45:00.500 as you hear the voice 00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:03.440 of the one who is your Lord. 00:45:04.400 --> 00:45:06.380 Or it's going to bring terror 00:45:06.380 --> 00:45:08.320 because you don't know 00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:09.519 the voice of the Lord 00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:10.400 as your Lord. 00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:12.760 But he's going to speak. 00:45:13.220 --> 00:45:15.160 He's going to speak powerfully. 00:45:15.500 --> 00:45:17.160 He's going to speak loudly. 00:45:17.579 --> 00:45:19.119 He's going to speak clearly. 00:45:20.160 --> 00:45:20.980 And he's going to say 00:45:20.980 --> 00:45:22.180 one of two things. 00:45:23.240 --> 00:45:24.099 On one hand, 00:45:24.240 --> 00:45:25.280 to those who are his own, 00:45:25.340 --> 00:45:25.660 he says, 00:45:25.820 --> 00:45:26.160 Come. 00:45:27.200 --> 00:45:27.640 Come, 00:45:28.280 --> 00:45:29.400 you who are blessed. 00:45:30.700 --> 00:45:31.700 But on the other hand, 00:45:31.740 --> 00:45:32.700 he says to those 00:45:32.700 --> 00:45:34.059 who have ignored his voice, 00:45:34.720 --> 00:45:35.079 he says, 00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:36.240 Depart. 00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:38.539 Depart from me. 00:45:39.079 --> 00:45:40.340 I knew you not. 00:45:41.700 --> 00:45:43.059 And so it is what we do 00:45:43.059 --> 00:45:44.460 in our preparation 00:45:44.460 --> 00:45:46.680 and preparing for that day 00:45:46.680 --> 00:45:48.579 that affects how this storm, 00:45:49.099 --> 00:45:50.079 what devastation 00:45:50.079 --> 00:45:51.840 it's going to leave for us. 00:45:53.420 --> 00:45:56.140 Will we know the peace of God? 00:45:57.059 --> 00:45:59.240 Or will we know the devastation 00:45:59.240 --> 00:46:01.760 and terror of the voice of the Lord? 00:46:02.820 --> 00:46:05.119 Look at the voice of the Lord here. 00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:08.019 It's described in two ways for us. 00:46:08.279 --> 00:46:09.179 First of all, 00:46:09.279 --> 00:46:11.239 it's described as powerful. 00:46:11.799 --> 00:46:13.900 And you see the way the voice of the Lord 00:46:13.900 --> 00:46:15.519 goes over all things. 00:46:16.039 --> 00:46:16.940 Over the waters. 00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:20.859 The God of glory thunders over many waters. 00:46:20.860 --> 00:46:23.960 The voice of the Lord is powerful. 00:46:23.960 --> 00:46:27.860 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedars, 00:46:28.260 --> 00:46:29.500 those trees, 00:46:29.640 --> 00:46:30.900 the cedars of Lebanon, 00:46:31.640 --> 00:46:33.380 famous for their strength, 00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:36.240 famous for standing strong. 00:46:36.239 --> 00:46:39.399 The Lord will destroy them. 00:46:39.399 --> 00:46:41.559 It says, 00:46:41.759 --> 00:46:43.500 The voice of the Lord. 00:46:44.019 --> 00:46:46.979 It flashes forth flames of fire. 00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:49.879 The voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness, 00:46:50.299 --> 00:46:51.899 the wilderness of Kadesh. 00:46:51.900 --> 00:46:55.920 The voice of the Lord makes a deer give birth. 00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:57.680 There's such a shock, 00:46:57.780 --> 00:47:01.720 such a power in this voice of the Lord. 00:47:02.139 --> 00:47:03.340 And the power that it does, 00:47:03.420 --> 00:47:05.340 it strips the forest bare. 00:47:06.160 --> 00:47:08.840 All of this devastation that it brings. 00:47:08.840 --> 00:47:12.200 We've seen in the news in these past days, 00:47:12.780 --> 00:47:15.440 the devastation of the hurricane in America. 00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:17.640 It wreaks havoc. 00:47:18.539 --> 00:47:22.260 It leaves a great trail of destruction behind it. 00:47:23.180 --> 00:47:26.220 The voice of the Lord is even more powerful. 00:47:26.840 --> 00:47:30.380 In the devastation that it's able to leave behind, 00:47:30.519 --> 00:47:32.579 it's a powerful voice. 00:47:33.940 --> 00:47:37.500 God's voice is seen from the outset of Scripture. 00:47:37.500 --> 00:47:39.800 Scripture, when you go back to the book of Genesis, 00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:41.739 it is the voice of the Lord 00:47:41.739 --> 00:47:44.099 that speaks everything into creation. 00:47:45.239 --> 00:47:46.559 And it's the voice of the Lord 00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:49.079 that is going to bring things to an end. 00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:52.719 The voice of the Lord is powerful. 00:47:53.320 --> 00:47:56.679 The power of God is seen in His voice. 00:47:57.320 --> 00:47:59.099 A powerful judgment. 00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:03.800 And you heard the voice of the Lord. 00:48:05.340 --> 00:48:06.280 You have. 00:48:07.500 --> 00:48:10.420 For the voice of the Lord is speaking even now. 00:48:11.420 --> 00:48:14.119 The word of God is His word to us. 00:48:14.860 --> 00:48:15.860 It speaks powerful. 00:48:16.860 --> 00:48:18.320 It speaks wisely. 00:48:18.460 --> 00:48:22.260 It speaks truth to us all here this evening. 00:48:22.980 --> 00:48:25.699 This is a powerful voice. 00:48:25.699 --> 00:48:30.619 But we thank God that just as it is powerful, 00:48:31.359 --> 00:48:33.719 it is a voice full of majesty. 00:48:34.679 --> 00:48:38.159 In verse 4, it describes the voice of the Lord in these two ways. 00:48:38.699 --> 00:48:39.960 The voice of the Lord is powerful. 00:48:40.099 --> 00:48:43.079 The voice of the Lord is full of majesty. 00:48:44.079 --> 00:48:46.619 The Lord has graciously spoken. 00:48:46.619 --> 00:48:50.880 The Lord is still graciously speaking. 00:48:51.039 --> 00:48:54.159 He speaks to us in our days of calm, 00:48:54.679 --> 00:48:56.259 in our days of peace. 00:48:56.980 --> 00:48:59.099 He speaks an invitation. 00:49:00.039 --> 00:49:01.440 He speaks an encouragement. 00:49:02.259 --> 00:49:04.639 He speaks a blessing to us. 00:49:04.639 --> 00:49:09.799 So may we heed that voice of the Lord. 00:49:10.460 --> 00:49:14.039 Because God's voice is heard through the scriptures. 00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:16.799 Calling people to Himself. 00:49:17.659 --> 00:49:22.039 Calling people to find refuge before this storm comes. 00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:27.420 To find in Him the one who is able to give salvation. 00:49:28.719 --> 00:49:30.920 In the book of Hebrews, in the beginning of that book, 00:49:31.460 --> 00:49:34.300 in chapter 1, verse 1, it starts by saying this, 00:49:34.300 --> 00:49:37.420 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, 00:49:37.579 --> 00:49:41.279 God spoke to our forefathers by the prophets. 00:49:42.739 --> 00:49:43.579 It goes on though, 00:49:44.079 --> 00:49:48.659 But in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son, 00:49:49.340 --> 00:49:51.800 whom He appointed the heir of all things, 00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:55.860 through whom He also created the world. 00:49:56.840 --> 00:49:59.659 He has spoken to us through His Son, 00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:01.119 so powerfully. 00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:05.699 The great invitations of the Lord Jesus to come. 00:50:06.539 --> 00:50:09.480 Come, all who labour, and I will give you rest. 00:50:10.199 --> 00:50:11.840 Come to the banquet. 00:50:12.659 --> 00:50:14.119 Come to the waters. 00:50:14.679 --> 00:50:15.579 Come and take. 00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:17.039 The invitation goes out. 00:50:17.500 --> 00:50:18.599 We hear the voice. 00:50:19.159 --> 00:50:21.739 And so later on in Hebrews, in that verse we read, 00:50:21.739 --> 00:50:22.239 it says, 00:50:22.239 --> 00:50:26.039 See that you do not refuse Him who is speaking. 00:50:26.639 --> 00:50:29.319 For if they did not escape when they refused Him 00:50:29.319 --> 00:50:30.839 who warned them on earth, 00:50:30.939 --> 00:50:34.239 much less will we escape if we reject Him 00:50:34.239 --> 00:50:36.419 who warns from heaven. 00:50:38.099 --> 00:50:41.619 His voice to us will be final. 00:50:41.619 --> 00:50:49.299 So are you hearing the majestic voice of the Lord calling on your life, 00:50:50.079 --> 00:50:52.420 calling to find shelter, 00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:55.259 to find refuge in Him? 00:50:55.260 --> 00:50:56.500 He says, 00:50:56.500 --> 00:51:00.500 I heard the voice of Jesus say, 00:51:00.720 --> 00:51:01.300 He says, 00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:03.020 I heard the voice of Jesus say, 00:51:03.100 --> 00:51:04.580 Come unto me and rest. 00:51:05.260 --> 00:51:07.160 Lay down, O weary one, 00:51:07.240 --> 00:51:09.320 lay down your head upon my breast. 00:51:10.200 --> 00:51:12.860 I came to Jesus as I was, 00:51:12.960 --> 00:51:15.180 so weary, worn and sad. 00:51:15.179 --> 00:51:18.779 I found in Him a resting place, 00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:21.419 and He has made me glad. 00:51:22.539 --> 00:51:25.299 He is the only place we can find, 00:51:25.759 --> 00:51:27.559 that place of security, 00:51:28.159 --> 00:51:30.379 that place of peace. 00:51:31.059 --> 00:51:33.960 The voice of the Lord is powerful, 00:51:34.960 --> 00:51:37.559 but the voice of the Lord is majestic. 00:51:38.259 --> 00:51:40.440 It is full of grace just now. 00:51:40.440 --> 00:51:43.179 May we heed the voice. 00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:47.940 What's the response of the people here in verse 9? 00:51:48.639 --> 00:51:49.240 It says, 00:51:49.400 --> 00:51:50.079 In the temple, 00:51:50.740 --> 00:51:53.159 all cry glory. 00:51:54.240 --> 00:51:57.119 All cry glory. 00:51:58.240 --> 00:52:01.920 A storm can leave us with a sense of awe. 00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:05.700 The power of the natural world, 00:52:06.440 --> 00:52:09.780 but behind that is the power of the Creator. 00:52:10.440 --> 00:52:13.099 The one who made all things. 00:52:14.159 --> 00:52:17.300 And any storm should leave us saying glory. 00:52:18.440 --> 00:52:19.639 God is in it. 00:52:20.519 --> 00:52:22.179 And this storm of judgment, 00:52:22.940 --> 00:52:25.619 may we be found to say glory to God, 00:52:26.260 --> 00:52:27.639 who remembered us. 00:52:28.900 --> 00:52:31.780 For the last thing we see in this psalm 00:52:31.780 --> 00:52:34.200 is a peace that is found. 00:52:34.639 --> 00:52:36.519 In verse 10 and 11, 00:52:36.519 --> 00:52:38.400 it says to us, 00:52:38.820 --> 00:52:42.079 The Lord sits enthroned over the flood. 00:52:42.800 --> 00:52:46.259 The Lord sits enthroned as king forever. 00:52:47.179 --> 00:52:49.639 May the Lord give strength to his people. 00:52:50.280 --> 00:52:54.139 May the Lord bless his people with peace. 00:52:55.259 --> 00:52:57.699 God is on the throne. 00:52:58.739 --> 00:53:01.360 God is king over all, 00:53:02.019 --> 00:53:03.199 forever it says. 00:53:03.199 --> 00:53:08.159 And that's the one who is able to give peace 00:53:08.159 --> 00:53:10.419 and to give strength. 00:53:11.279 --> 00:53:13.079 Psalm 107 shows us 00:53:13.079 --> 00:53:15.919 the picture of calling on the name of the Lord 00:53:15.919 --> 00:53:17.819 in the midst of the storm. 00:53:18.639 --> 00:53:20.819 And the Lord changing that storm 00:53:20.819 --> 00:53:22.480 into a calm. 00:53:23.239 --> 00:53:24.379 And bringing the people 00:53:24.379 --> 00:53:26.519 into that desired haven, 00:53:26.639 --> 00:53:28.599 that haven of rest. 00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:31.679 The same picture with the disciples 00:53:31.679 --> 00:53:33.799 who were with Jesus in the boat 00:53:33.799 --> 00:53:35.159 in Mark chapter 4. 00:53:35.960 --> 00:53:38.099 As we were passing over to the other side 00:53:38.099 --> 00:53:39.319 and across the sea 00:53:39.319 --> 00:53:41.279 and a great storm arose, 00:53:42.119 --> 00:53:44.799 who spoke the voice of the Lord. 00:53:45.599 --> 00:53:46.480 And what did he say? 00:53:46.639 --> 00:53:48.480 Peace, be still. 00:53:49.719 --> 00:53:50.940 The voice of the Lord 00:53:50.940 --> 00:53:53.960 is able to bring that peace. 00:53:54.079 --> 00:53:56.420 The disciples were in awe. 00:53:56.420 --> 00:53:57.680 They cried out, 00:53:58.000 --> 00:53:58.920 Who is this? 00:53:59.340 --> 00:54:01.579 That even the wind and the waves obey him. 00:54:02.460 --> 00:54:04.139 That is the power that he has. 00:54:05.139 --> 00:54:06.400 And tonight as we come 00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:08.599 to look for a place of peace, 00:54:09.059 --> 00:54:10.320 a place of shelter, 00:54:10.940 --> 00:54:13.119 it is to find it in the Lord. 00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:15.880 Peace with God is not something 00:54:15.880 --> 00:54:17.960 to be taken for granted. 00:54:18.780 --> 00:54:21.960 It is something we don't deserve. 00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:26.460 Our sin destairs the destruction 00:54:26.460 --> 00:54:27.800 of judgment. 00:54:28.920 --> 00:54:30.880 But God, by his grace, 00:54:31.579 --> 00:54:33.460 delivers us from our sins 00:54:33.460 --> 00:54:36.220 through faith in Jesus Christ. 00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:39.679 So as we look to the one 00:54:39.679 --> 00:54:40.880 who bore our sin, 00:54:41.659 --> 00:54:44.740 as we look to the cross at Calvary, 00:54:45.300 --> 00:54:46.699 as we see the one 00:54:46.699 --> 00:54:49.220 who takes away the sin of the world, 00:54:49.219 --> 00:54:51.179 the Lamb of God slain, 00:54:52.119 --> 00:54:53.299 does that leave us 00:54:53.299 --> 00:54:55.759 with a sense of wonder. 00:54:57.259 --> 00:54:59.079 Wonder that he would do that 00:54:59.079 --> 00:55:00.199 for you and for me. 00:55:01.439 --> 00:55:02.959 The wonder that he would bear 00:55:02.959 --> 00:55:04.319 our sin. 00:55:06.919 --> 00:55:09.859 Even before the crucifixion, 00:55:10.319 --> 00:55:13.039 the disciples saw the glory of God 00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:14.219 in Jesus Christ. 00:55:14.980 --> 00:55:16.039 There in the storm, 00:55:16.480 --> 00:55:17.339 in Mark 4, 00:55:17.340 --> 00:55:17.800 they said, 00:55:18.100 --> 00:55:19.019 who is this? 00:55:20.320 --> 00:55:21.180 And another time 00:55:21.180 --> 00:55:22.300 in the Gospel of Luke, 00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:23.220 chapter 5, 00:55:23.880 --> 00:55:25.500 there in the first number of verses 00:55:25.500 --> 00:55:26.400 in that chapter, 00:55:26.519 --> 00:55:27.400 you read of Jesus 00:55:27.400 --> 00:55:28.740 calling his disciples. 00:55:29.980 --> 00:55:31.460 And they see the power 00:55:31.460 --> 00:55:32.380 that he has 00:55:32.380 --> 00:55:33.760 as they're out fishing. 00:55:34.660 --> 00:55:35.400 And they say, 00:55:35.820 --> 00:55:37.500 we've labored all night 00:55:37.500 --> 00:55:38.539 and we caught nothing. 00:55:39.640 --> 00:55:40.720 But at your command, 00:55:40.840 --> 00:55:41.579 at your voice, 00:55:42.539 --> 00:55:43.860 we let down our nets. 00:55:43.860 --> 00:55:47.240 And they had a great haul 00:55:47.240 --> 00:55:48.340 of fish, 00:55:48.519 --> 00:55:49.059 we're told. 00:55:49.880 --> 00:55:50.579 And what does it do 00:55:50.579 --> 00:55:51.599 to Simon Peter? 00:55:52.519 --> 00:55:54.280 It says of him in verse 8, 00:55:54.340 --> 00:55:56.079 but when Simon Peter saw it, 00:55:56.599 --> 00:55:58.599 he fell down at Jesus' knees, 00:55:58.760 --> 00:55:59.059 saying, 00:55:59.820 --> 00:56:01.140 depart from me, 00:56:01.700 --> 00:56:03.200 for I am a sinful man, 00:56:03.260 --> 00:56:03.780 O Lord, 00:56:04.920 --> 00:56:06.620 unworthy of it. 00:56:07.460 --> 00:56:07.800 And yet, 00:56:07.840 --> 00:56:08.420 as we've seen, 00:56:08.500 --> 00:56:09.620 as we're looking at the study 00:56:09.619 --> 00:56:10.179 in Peter, 00:56:10.920 --> 00:56:11.559 the love 00:56:11.559 --> 00:56:13.759 that Jesus showed to him, 00:56:14.059 --> 00:56:15.719 undeserving as he was, 00:56:16.380 --> 00:56:17.380 he knew the grace 00:56:17.380 --> 00:56:19.779 of his Lord Jesus Christ. 00:56:21.119 --> 00:56:21.539 Peace 00:56:21.539 --> 00:56:22.960 is something 00:56:22.960 --> 00:56:24.179 that we are to desire 00:56:24.179 --> 00:56:26.179 and long for. 00:56:26.900 --> 00:56:27.719 And the peace 00:56:27.719 --> 00:56:28.619 is found 00:56:28.619 --> 00:56:30.440 in Jesus Christ. 00:56:31.119 --> 00:56:32.480 The more we see 00:56:32.480 --> 00:56:33.319 our sin, 00:56:34.319 --> 00:56:35.739 the more we should see 00:56:35.739 --> 00:56:37.659 our need of a Saviour. 00:56:37.659 --> 00:56:39.659 The more we know 00:56:39.659 --> 00:56:41.519 the storm that's coming, 00:56:42.259 --> 00:56:43.779 the more we should be prepared 00:56:43.779 --> 00:56:45.579 for when it comes. 00:56:46.359 --> 00:56:47.379 Because a storm 00:56:47.379 --> 00:56:48.619 called judgment 00:56:48.619 --> 00:56:50.219 will come. 00:56:51.359 --> 00:56:52.819 We may enjoy calm 00:56:52.819 --> 00:56:53.420 just now, 00:56:53.519 --> 00:56:54.519 but it's just the calm 00:56:54.519 --> 00:56:55.779 before this storm. 00:56:56.559 --> 00:56:57.819 And the voice of the Lord 00:56:57.819 --> 00:56:58.519 is saying, 00:56:59.359 --> 00:56:59.879 be ready, 00:57:00.799 --> 00:57:01.799 be prepared, 00:57:01.980 --> 00:57:02.920 for this storm 00:57:02.920 --> 00:57:04.059 will bring 00:57:04.059 --> 00:57:05.679 great devastation. 00:57:05.679 --> 00:57:08.000 but through me 00:57:08.000 --> 00:57:08.799 he is saying, 00:57:09.460 --> 00:57:10.879 you may know strength, 00:57:11.619 --> 00:57:12.940 you may know peace. 00:57:13.859 --> 00:57:14.159 Worship 00:57:14.159 --> 00:57:15.819 the Lord 00:57:15.819 --> 00:57:17.179 with the glory 00:57:17.179 --> 00:57:17.839 that is due 00:57:17.839 --> 00:57:18.699 to that name. 00:57:19.419 --> 00:57:20.079 Bow the knee 00:57:20.079 --> 00:57:21.079 before him, 00:57:21.639 --> 00:57:23.219 unworthy as we are, 00:57:23.779 --> 00:57:25.119 and cry for mercy 00:57:25.119 --> 00:57:25.759 to him 00:57:25.759 --> 00:57:27.000 while we have 00:57:27.000 --> 00:57:27.759 opportunity. 00:57:29.039 --> 00:57:29.419 Hebrews 00:57:29.419 --> 00:57:30.679 and this psalm 00:57:30.679 --> 00:57:31.679 both speak 00:57:32.199 --> 00:57:33.059 of this great 00:57:33.059 --> 00:57:33.739 shaking 00:57:33.739 --> 00:57:35.419 that is to come. 00:57:36.419 --> 00:57:37.399 But they also 00:57:37.399 --> 00:57:38.079 speak 00:57:38.079 --> 00:57:39.479 of the wonder 00:57:39.479 --> 00:57:41.099 of our God 00:57:41.099 --> 00:57:42.059 who saves. 00:57:43.659 --> 00:57:44.719 May the Lord 00:57:44.719 --> 00:57:45.719 give strength 00:57:45.719 --> 00:57:47.119 to his people. 00:57:47.699 --> 00:57:48.299 May the Lord 00:57:48.299 --> 00:57:48.859 bless 00:57:48.859 --> 00:57:49.779 the people 00:57:49.779 --> 00:57:51.019 with peace. 00:57:52.059 --> 00:57:53.000 That is a God 00:57:53.000 --> 00:57:54.000 who is powerful 00:57:54.000 --> 00:57:55.799 but majestic 00:57:55.799 --> 00:57:57.539 and patient 00:57:57.539 --> 00:57:58.699 and long 00:57:58.699 --> 00:57:59.300 suffering. 00:58:00.259 --> 00:58:00.679 But he is 00:58:00.679 --> 00:58:01.279 calling us 00:58:01.279 --> 00:58:01.719 now, 00:58:02.519 --> 00:58:02.940 now 00:58:02.940 --> 00:58:04.079 to find 00:58:04.079 --> 00:58:04.679 peace 00:58:04.679 --> 00:58:05.599 in him 00:58:05.599 --> 00:58:06.779 before 00:58:06.779 --> 00:58:08.119 the storm 00:58:08.119 --> 00:58:08.779 comes. 00:58:09.559 --> 00:58:10.239 May we offer 00:58:10.239 --> 00:58:10.880 to him 00:58:10.880 --> 00:58:12.759 an acceptable 00:58:12.759 --> 00:58:13.320 worship 00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:15.279 with reverence 00:58:15.279 --> 00:58:16.340 and awe 00:58:16.340 --> 00:58:18.039 for our God 00:58:18.039 --> 00:58:19.099 is a consuming 00:58:19.099 --> 00:58:19.699 fire. 00:58:20.820 --> 00:58:21.519 In that day 00:58:21.519 --> 00:58:22.820 may we know 00:58:22.820 --> 00:58:24.039 his refuge 00:58:24.039 --> 00:58:25.480 and strength 00:58:25.480 --> 00:58:26.460 and not 00:58:26.460 --> 00:58:27.320 the full wrath 00:58:27.320 --> 00:58:28.320 of his judgment 00:58:28.320 --> 00:58:30.000 for we take heed 00:58:30.000 --> 00:58:31.300 of the warning 00:58:31.300 --> 00:58:32.099 of the storm 00:58:32.099 --> 00:58:32.820 that is coming 00:58:32.820 --> 00:58:34.360 and are prepared 00:58:34.360 --> 00:58:35.779 by trusting 00:58:35.779 --> 00:58:36.860 in him. 00:58:37.360 --> 00:58:37.980 Let us pray. 00:58:40.719 --> 00:58:41.860 Our Father 00:58:41.860 --> 00:58:42.800 in heaven 00:58:42.800 --> 00:58:43.980 every warning 00:58:43.980 --> 00:58:44.599 we have 00:58:44.599 --> 00:58:46.219 is an opportunity. 00:58:47.279 --> 00:58:47.940 We are given 00:58:47.940 --> 00:58:48.820 direction 00:58:48.820 --> 00:58:49.800 in your word 00:58:49.800 --> 00:58:50.860 to find 00:58:50.860 --> 00:58:51.579 that place 00:58:51.579 --> 00:58:52.460 of refuge 00:58:52.460 --> 00:58:53.699 and a place 00:58:53.699 --> 00:58:54.400 that is found 00:58:54.400 --> 00:58:55.340 only in Christ 00:58:55.340 --> 00:58:55.800 Jesus 00:58:55.800 --> 00:58:56.679 your son. 00:58:57.480 --> 00:58:58.240 And so we pray 00:58:58.240 --> 00:58:59.280 that you will help us 00:58:59.280 --> 00:59:00.199 to be prepared 00:59:00.199 --> 00:59:01.360 for that day 00:59:01.360 --> 00:59:02.119 that's coming 00:59:02.119 --> 00:59:03.460 for the storm 00:59:03.460 --> 00:59:04.220 of judgment 00:59:04.220 --> 00:59:05.440 that we would not 00:59:05.440 --> 00:59:06.300 be overwhelmed 00:59:06.300 --> 00:59:07.039 by it 00:59:07.039 --> 00:59:08.059 but that we would 00:59:08.059 --> 00:59:08.760 find in you 00:59:08.760 --> 00:59:09.740 both refuge 00:59:09.740 --> 00:59:10.579 and strength 00:59:10.579 --> 00:59:11.720 the voice 00:59:11.720 --> 00:59:12.659 that is powerful 00:59:12.659 --> 00:59:13.679 the voice 00:59:13.679 --> 00:59:14.559 that is majestic 00:59:14.559 --> 00:59:15.380 speaks 00:59:15.380 --> 00:59:16.500 so give us 00:59:16.500 --> 00:59:17.599 ears to hear 00:59:17.599 --> 00:59:18.860 and we ask it 00:59:18.860 --> 00:59:19.599 in his precious 00:59:19.599 --> 00:59:20.039 name. 00:59:20.679 --> 00:59:21.039 Amen. 00:59:22.460 --> 00:59:25.940 We are going 00:59:25.940 --> 00:59:26.800 to conclude 00:59:26.800 --> 00:59:27.599 by singing 00:59:27.599 --> 00:59:29.199 to God's praise 00:59:29.199 --> 00:59:30.139 in Psalm 84 00:59:30.139 --> 00:59:31.780 in the Scottish 00:59:31.780 --> 00:59:32.280 Psalter 00:59:32.280 --> 00:59:33.199 Psalm 84 00:59:33.199 --> 00:59:35.300 page 339 00:59:35.300 --> 00:59:36.159 of the Psalm book 00:59:36.159 --> 00:59:36.659 we are singing 00:59:36.659 --> 00:59:37.539 at verse 8 00:59:37.539 --> 00:59:38.740 to the end 00:59:38.740 --> 00:59:39.720 of the Psalm 00:59:39.720 --> 00:59:41.679 Lord God 00:59:41.679 --> 00:59:42.260 of hosts 00:59:42.260 --> 00:59:43.340 my prayer 00:59:43.340 --> 00:59:43.720 hear 00:59:43.720 --> 00:59:44.519 O Jacob's 00:59:44.519 --> 00:59:44.820 God 00:59:44.820 --> 00:59:45.420 give ear 00:59:45.420 --> 00:59:46.559 see God 00:59:46.559 --> 00:59:47.220 our shield 00:59:47.220 --> 00:59:47.760 look on 00:59:47.760 --> 00:59:48.420 the face 00:59:48.420 --> 00:59:49.699 of thine 00:59:49.699 --> 00:59:50.699 anointed 00:59:50.699 --> 00:59:51.319 dear 00:59:51.319 --> 00:59:52.079 we'll sing 00:59:52.079 --> 00:59:52.859 from verse 8 00:59:52.859 --> 00:59:53.299 to the end 00:59:53.299 --> 00:59:53.919 of the Psalm 00:59:53.919 --> 00:59:54.679 the tune 00:59:54.679 --> 00:59:54.839 is 00:59:54.839 --> 00:59:55.159 weather 00:59:55.159 --> 00:59:55.419 be 00:59:55.419 --> 00:59:56.500 and we stand 00:59:56.500 --> 00:59:56.980 to sing 00:59:56.980 --> 00:59:57.559 to God's 00:59:57.559 --> 00:59:57.980 praise 00:59:57.980 --> 01:00:03.800 Lord God 01:00:03.800 --> 01:00:06.940 of hosts 01:00:06.940 --> 01:00:09.639 my prayer 01:00:09.639 --> 01:00:11.579 and hear 01:00:11.579 --> 01:00:13.179 O 01:00:13.179 --> 01:00:14.679 take 01:00:14.679 --> 01:00:15.519 love 01:00:15.519 --> 01:00:17.260 song 01:00:17.260 --> 01:00:18.260 give 01:00:18.260 --> 01:00:19.719 ear 01:00:19.719 --> 01:00:21.519 sing 01:00:21.519 --> 01:00:22.019 to h tard 01:00:22.019 --> 01:00:38.340 Father, shield, look on the face of thy anointed ear. 01:00:38.340 --> 01:00:57.340 For in thy course one day excels a thousand rather in. 01:00:57.340 --> 01:01:15.340 My God's arms will my King adore and dwell in tents of sin. 01:01:15.340 --> 01:01:34.340 For God the Lord's a sun and shield in grace and glory day. 01:01:34.340 --> 01:01:52.340 And will the faithful know him from there as the bright He did. 01:01:52.340 --> 01:02:12.340 O thou that art the Lord of hosts, the man is truly blessed. 01:02:12.340 --> 01:02:23.340 Who I trust you, the hope of grace. 01:02:24.340 --> 01:02:31.340 On thee, hallowed, O praise. 01:02:33.340 --> 01:02:36.880 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my right here. 01:02:37.240 --> 01:02:38.440 Let's close with the benediction. 01:02:38.440 --> 01:02:45.340 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 01:02:45.340 --> 01:02:49.440 Rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore. 01:02:50.440 --> 01:02:50.940 Amen.