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 We're going to begin worship now. We're singing tonight, firstly, from Psalm 135.

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 Psalm 135, that's in the St. Psalms, and the page number there is 176.

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 We're singing to a tune, Stuttgart, verses 13 to 15.

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 Lord, your name endures forever, your renown is ever great.

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 For the Lord sustains his servants, and his folk will vindicate.

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 But the idols of the nations, made of silver and of gold, are by human hands created with a hammer or a mould.

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 Mouths they have, but speak they cannot. Eyes they have, but cannot see.

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 Ears they have, but hear they cannot. In their mouths no breath can be.

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 Verses which, of course, set out the great contrast between idolatry and the worship of the living God,

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 and our privilege in knowing that God, and ascribing worship and glory and praise,

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 to him. So we'll sing these verses from verse, sorry, verse 13 to the end of the psalm.

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 Lord, your name endures forever. If you can stand, please do stand.

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 Lord, your name endures forever. Your renown is ever great.

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 For the Lord sustains his servants, and his folk will vindicate.

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 But the idols of the nations, made of silver and of gold, are by human hands created with a hammer or a mould.

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 For the Lord sustains his servants, and his folk will be.

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 For the Lord sustains his servants, and his folk will be like them,

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 For the Lord sustains them, and the same.

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 Praise the Lord, O house of Israel,

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 He runs has exalted his name.

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 Praise the Lord, O house of Levi,

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 You fear him, praise the Lord

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 Praise the Lord who dwells in Zion

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 In Jerusalem, praise the Lord

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 Now let's unite our hearts in prayer. We're going to call upon the Lord in prayer.

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 Amen.

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 How important it is for us to draw near to God, seeking that God will draw near to us.

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 O Lord, we pray tonight that that will be our experience, that we will know of the Lord in this place,

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 that we will know ourselves brought by your Spirit to come to trust in you and place our trust in you once again,

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 if we have done that already.

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 We ask that you would bless us, Lord, through your Word.

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 Lord, we pray that your Holy Spirit will be active in our experience, to enlighten our mind,

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 to give us a further extended knowledge of you,

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 and to give us in our hearts a renewed desire and commitment to you and to your ways,

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 and to walk in your ways.

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 We thank you, Lord, for all that we enjoy as a congregation by way of our privileges in the Gospel.

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 We thank you for all that you enable us to engage in from week to week, from day to day, from Lord's day to Lord's day.

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 Lord, we know that you have blessed us in providing us with these things.

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 We pray that we may never treat them lightly,

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 that we may always ask ourselves if our contribution to your cause is in accordance with what you have given to us

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 and continues to give to us.

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 We pray tonight that your Word will challenge us and comfort us, instruct us, and lead us.

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 Lord, we ask that your counsel through your Word may truly lighten our path,

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 and lighten our path even through life itself.

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 We ask you, Lord, that you would come to each one of us and speak to each one of us.

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 For as we appear before you as a congregation,

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 so we appear before you individually,

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 with our own personal needs, our own personal thoughts,

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 our own minds as we think of,

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 our relationship to you and to the world in which we live,

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 and to the things of eternity.

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 And Lord, we ask that you would come to each of us and speak to us,

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 and draw us, we pray, to yourself.

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 We ask tonight that your blessing will be with all your people elsewhere in the world,

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 not only throughout our own community,

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 for we know that there are many other congregations meeting tonight as we do.

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 We pray that same blessing for them that we pray for ourselves.

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 We ask that your cause will come to flourish,

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 that we will see an increase in those who acknowledge you as their God,

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 and who have turned away from the idols of this world,

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 and have come to place their trust and confidence in the Lord God.

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 And we thank you, Lord, for the freedom that is ours still as a community,

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 and to come to hear the gospel,

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 and to come to gather as we do this evening under the sound of the gospel.

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 We bless you for our heritage,

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 for the way that you have over many years, many generations,

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 come to show yourself as a God who is worthy to be praised and trusted in.

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 And we thank you for all that you have deposited in our possession now in our generation

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 that came to us through previous generations of our ancestors too.

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 And we ask, Lord, that we may hold these things faithfully,

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 that we may come and find what you have deposited in our possession in the gospel

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 will be prized by us, commended by us, used by us,

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 that we will treasure it in our hearts and seek to live by it,

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 that we will never bargain it away to any of the ideologies of this world,

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 but give us, we pray, like the Apostle Paul,

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 to be able to say consistently and in an ongoing way

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 that we are not ashamed of the gospel of Christ,

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 for it is indeed the power of God unto salvation to everyone who believes.

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 We pray for the work of your church tonight throughout the whole world.

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 We ask, Lord, that your own people will, in their witness,

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 be blessed and be a blessing to the world.

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 We know that you describe your people in your word as the light of the world,

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 as a city set on a hill.

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 And help us then, we pray, to fulfill that description day by day.

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 Lord, we confess we find ourselves so often short of meeting that description,

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 that we find ourselves so often having to bring before you a confession of failure,

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 yet we thank you for your faithfulness,

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 that you will bless your word, that it will not return to your void,

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 that it will accomplish your will as you send it forth.

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 And we do pray, O Lord, that your kingdom will advance during these days.

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 We know that there is so much, Lord, in our own society,

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 throughout our nation, throughout the nations of the world,

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 of opposition to you, to your will, to your word,

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 and to all that you provide for us in the wisdom of your truth in the gospel.

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 And we pray, O Lord, your forgiveness,

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 that as a nation and as a people,

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 we have turned away so much from your ways.

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 We have chosen for ourselves the ideologies and the idolatry of this world.

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 We have come to place our trust, O Lord,

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 in empty, broken cisterns,

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 which cannot give us satisfaction,

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 which can never prove to be adequate to us as we face eternity,

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 and as we face even the difficulties and the challenges of life in this world itself.

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 And to that end, we pray tonight for those who rule over us,

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 those in authority,

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 those who have places of influence in our land.

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 Bless our government, we pray.

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 Bless all those who belong to them in Westminster, in Edinburgh.

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 We ask, Lord, that you would bless all the nations of the United Kingdom.

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 We ask that we may come once again under the power of your truth.

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 We pray that you would direct those who lead us into the ways of your truth.

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 We ask that you would deliver them from counsel that would lead them further astray

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 and further away from those things of the gospel.

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 We pray that they may come, O Lord, to take up your word, your law, your precepts.

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 And, Lord, we pray that you would impress upon their mind and conscience

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 that you have provided these things for our guidance,

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 not only individually but nationally as well.

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 And we ask that you would help them to resist all alternative views and ideologies to the gospel.

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 We pray that you would grant your blessing to all those who do fear you and serve you,

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 who are in places of authority and position in our land.

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 We ask, gracious one, that you would keep them,

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 that you would use them as a means of blessing to their fellow human beings

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 in whatever sphere of life they serve you.

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 Bless, then, we pray tonight, those who are in special need.

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 We pray that you would bless those who mourn the passing of loved ones.

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 Lord, we know of families in recent days who have lost loved ones,

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 some of them very suddenly.

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 We pray that you would bless those who remain to mourn their passing.

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 Be near to them.

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 Comfort them.

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 Grant them your strengthening.

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 And we pray that you would bless also those who,

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 in times past, have lost loved ones and still fondly remember

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 and still find it so difficult to adjust to life without them.

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 Be pleased, we pray, to be near to them too.

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 Bless those who have illness to contend with,

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 those in hospital, those receiving various treatments,

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 those recovering from such,

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 those who have gone through surgery,

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 those who look forward to such in days to come.

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 We ask for those with mental health issues

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 that you'd be pleased, Lord, to bless them.

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 You are the God of our minds, of our bodies, of our souls.

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 And we commend this to you as well

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 and give you thanks for the facilities that are available to us.

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 And we pray that you would bless those tonight

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 who don't have the advantages that many of us have

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 in physical ability and mental health.

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 And we ask that your gracious way,

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 you would deal with them

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 in a way that would reveal yourself to them

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 and show to them that you are the great physician,

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 that you are the great carer and shepherd

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 of all who come to trust in you.

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 And so we pray your blessing now

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 upon all that we anticipate in this week

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 by way of meetings of various kinds

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 and worship services.

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 We commit all of this to you as well.

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 And we ask now that you would bless us,

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 that you would guide us into your word

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 and hear our praises and our prayers for Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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

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 We're singing now in Psalm 101.

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 Psalm 101.

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 Again, it's St. Psalms on page 132.

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 Tune this time is Moravia.

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 And we're singing verses 1 to 6.

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 I'll praise your love and justice, Lord.

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 I'll praise you cheerfully.

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 I'll strive to lead a blameless life.

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 When will you come to me?

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 Within my home, the life I lead

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 will show a blameless heart.

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 My eyes will view no worthless thing.

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 From sin I will depart.

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 Psalm 101, verses 1 to 6.

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 I'll praise your love and justice.

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 I'll praise you cheerfully.

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 I'll praise you cheerfully.

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 I'll praise you cheerfully.

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 I'll praise you cheerfully.

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 I'll praise you cheerfully.

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 When will you come to me?

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 To see your love and justice.

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 Only is Indeed.

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 This time is Bundwe, I'll praise you, God.

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 That's all I'll praise you, God.

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 To see your God's effort.

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 With us look for you, God.

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 If you are Và, Jesus Christ.

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 Hope you are disregarding you, God.

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 I'll praise you, God.

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 I'll praise you diez years now in Psalm 101.

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 Amen

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 Hodmoth sing you to commence U.

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 I'll praise you, God.

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 So the Lord Christ.

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 We'll prepare you for the Lord.

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 I will you know, worthless thing, from sin I will defy.

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 I think what it less he will do, it shall not be to me.

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 All wicked people I am high, from evil and sin free.

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 I will to silence everyone who slugged me secretly.

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 I will not tolerate the pride who acts so heartily.

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 My heart is not on the faithful ones, but living well with me.

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 Whoever is the blimless one will serve me constantly.

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 Amen.

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 Let's now turn to the Word of God to read a portion from Matthew's Gospel.

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 The Gospel of Matthew and chapter 27.

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 And we're reading the first 26 verses of this chapter.

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 Matthew 27, verses 1 to 26.

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 Matthew 28, verses 1 to 26.

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 They said, What is that to us? See to it yourself.

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 And throwing down the pieces of silver into the temple, he departed and went and hanged himself.

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 But the chief priest, taking the pieces of silver, said,

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 It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is blood money.

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 So they took counsel and bought with them the potter's field as a burial place for strangers.

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 Therefore that field has been called the field of blood to this day.

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 Then was fulfilled what had been spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

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 And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him on whom a price has been set,

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 by some of the sons of Israel.

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 And they gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord directed me.

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 Now Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him,

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 Are you the king of the Jews?

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 Jesus said, You have said so.

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 But when he was accused by the chief priests and elders, he gave no answer.

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 Then Pilate said to him, Do you not hear how many things they testify against you?

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 But he gave him no answer, not even to a single charge, so that the governor was greatly amazed.

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 Now at the feast, the governor was accustomed to release for the crowd any one prisoner whom they wanted.

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 And they had then a notorious prisoner called Barabbas.

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 So when they had gathered, Pilate said to them, Whom do you want me to release for you, Barabbas or Jesus who is called Christ?

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 For he knew that it was out of envy that they had delivered him up.

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 Besides, while he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent word to him,

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 Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.

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 Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowd to ask for Barabbas and to destroy Jesus.

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 The governor again said to them, Which of the two do you want me to release for you?

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 And they said, Barabbas.

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 Pilate said to them, What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?

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 They all said, Let him be crucified.

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 And he said, Why?

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 What evil has he done?

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 But they shouted all the more, Let him be crucified.

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 So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning,

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 he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying,

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 I am innocent of this man's blood.

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 See to it yourselves.

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 And all the people answered, His blood be on us and on our children.

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 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.

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 Amen.

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 May God bless to us, reading that portion again of his word.

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 Before we turn to this passage, let's sing again, this time Psalm 142,

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 145, sorry, second version of the Psalm.

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 That's from the Scottish Psalter on page 445 of the Psalm books.

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 Page 445, verses 17 to 21.

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 June this time is Duke Street.

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 The Lord is just in his ways all, and holy in his works each one.

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 He is near to all that on him call, who call in truth on him alone.

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 God will the just desire fulfill of such as do him fear and dread.

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 Their cry regard, and here he will, and save them in the time of need.

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 The Lord preserves all more and lest that bear to him a loving heart.

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 But workers all of wickedness destroy will he, and clean subvert.

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 Therefore, my mouth and lips I'll frame to speak the praises of the Lord,

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 to magnify his holy name.

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 Forever let all flesh accord.

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 These verses, the Lord is just in his ways all.

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 The Lord is just in his ways all, and holy in his works each one.

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 He's here to know all that on him call, with God and truth on him alone.

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 God will the just desire fulfill, all such as do him fear and dread.

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 The Lord is just in his ways all, and holy in his ways all, and holy in his ways all, and holy in his ways all.

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 God will the just desire to speak the praises of the Lord and will, and holy in his ways all, and holy in his ways all, and holy in his ways all, and holy in his ways all.

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 The Word of God

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 Let's turn now to the passage we read together in Matthew's Gospel, Matthew chapter 27.

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 Tonight we're focusing our minds on the question that Pilate asked in verse 22.

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 Then what shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ or called the Christ?

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 Especially that question in itself and looking at it in terms of how it addresses us tonight too with our responsibilities in relation to Jesus himself.

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 As you know, we've begun a series of studies on Thursday evenings called Life's Big Questions.

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 And we're thankful for Calla and Roddy as they lead those discussions.

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 And I encourage you to attend or to bring anyone to these discussions, Life's Big Questions.

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 There was a leaflet out last week about it.

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 And surely Pilate's question here is one of those big questions in life.

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 We had one last week where Calla Murdo led us in a question related to the studies, the discussion sessions, Life's Big Questions.

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 And what is the right question? What is the wrong question?

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 And tonight we're looking at this question.

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 I thought last week I would just try and fit in with that program and look at this particular study tonight.

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 And so here is the question that Pilate asked, what then shall I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?

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 Now the context is that Pilate is really in something of a dilemma.

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 He's not a good man.

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 You don't feel much sympathy for him.

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 But he's in something of a dilemma because he knows, you see what you read in verse 18 there,

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 He knew it was out of envy that they had delivered Jesus up to be tried.

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 And so Pilate himself knew that Jesus was innocent, that he was not worthy of death,

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 that he was innocent of the charges laid against him.

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 And as he was sitting on the judgment seat, verse 19,

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 something else happened that must have truly troubled Pilate.

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 And it was while he was sitting there that his wife sent word.

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 She sent a message to him.

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 She was obviously concerned that he would do the right thing.

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 She sent a message saying, have nothing to do with that righteous man.

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 In other words, again, presenting to Pilate her opinion, just as it coincided with his,

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 that this was indeed a righteous man, a man who didn't deserve to die.

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 And she said, don't have anything to do with that righteous man,

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 for I have suffered much because of him today in a dream.

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 See, the Lord gets to Pilate's conscience through a dream of his wife that he's now coming to hear about.

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 The Lord does things like that.

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 And this is the message she sent to Pilate.

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 Don't have anything to do with this just man.

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 Don't treat him unjustly.

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 Just leave that alone.

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 Because I have suffered much because of him in a dream.

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 But of course, the dilemma for Pilate is the crowd are baying for blood.

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 The crowd want Jesus to be crucified.

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 The crowd want him to be taken out and put to death.

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 And so Pilate is forced between that on the one hand and what his wife had said and what his own conscience is saying on the other hand.

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 And so he's in a corner.

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 He's in a dilemma.

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 He has to take a decision.

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 But which decision will it be?

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 And you can see from the way that the narrative proceeds that he is reluctant to deliver Christ.

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 He knows Barabbas is a notorious criminal.

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 He's offered him to the crowd.

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 He's offered him to them, hoping that they would take him and let him be free to release Jesus.

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 But that's not how it is.

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 They demand Jesus and let Barabbas go.

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 That's the corner that this man is in, that the governor is in.

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 What is he going to do?

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 Well, I'm not going to deal with that tonight as a history lesson.

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 Because tonight we're here not to learn something of a history lesson involving Pontius Pilate and the circumstances of his day.

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 That's the background, certainly, to the question.

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 But we want to use the question as something that addresses each one of us today.

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 Because it's a question that comes across from the pages of the Bible and from the course of history to each and every single individual, you might say, under the gospel or indeed in the wider sense.

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 What will I then do with this Jesus?

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 This one who is called the Christ, the Anointed One.

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 What am I going to do with him?

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 We're taking it as a question addressed to us by God through the Scriptures.

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 And it's especially tonight for you who have not yet accepted him as your Savior.

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 Who have not yet come to receive him as he's offered in the gospel.

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 Who have not yet come to give yourself to him to be your master, your king, your Savior.

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 And I want especially to focus on that situation.

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 Because that question surely is very, very relevant to yourselves.

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 Jesus stands before us in the gospel and in the message of the gospel as it's preached.

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 And here is the question that arises every time that gospel comes across to us, every time we read our Bibles.

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 What am I going to do with him?

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 Because for sure, you can't actually leave that question unanswered.

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 You need to do something with him.

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 You need to actually receive him or else not receive him.

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 And these are the only two alternatives.

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 What are you going to do with this Jesus who's called the Christ?

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 Because there's no neutrality really, is there?

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 No neutrality.

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 No space in between receiving him and not receiving or rejecting him.

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 It's either the one or the other.

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 And here is God in his kindness.

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 And I hope I can present this as lovingly, as concernedly as I can, as I ought to do as a preacher of the gospel.

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 We're not in any way in the pulpit as we preach the gospel intending to be harsh.

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 Maybe it comes across that way sometimes.

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 I apologize for that if it is.

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 Our concern is to be loving and tactful and patient but honest.

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 Because tonight here's the question for you to answer and for me to answer.

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 What shall I do with Jesus who is called the Christ?

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 Christ.

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 So let's do it in two ways.

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 First of all, facing up to the question.

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 Facing up to the question as it addresses us.

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 Now I'm sure that nobody here tonight is really going to say outrightly,

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 I'm going to reject him.

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 I want nothing to do with him.

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 I'm sure there's nobody in this building tonight would actually say that categorically of themselves.

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 That that would be their desire.

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 Otherwise, why would you be here?

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 But then what is the case?

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 What are you going to do with him if it's a case of not outrightly rejecting him,

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 not like the hostile world out there, just wanting nothing to do with him?

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 Let's take one possibility.

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 You're going to delay your decision for the time being.

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 It's a very common response.

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 I know it from my own experience.

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 To delay a decision on the part, on my part or your part, to this very serious and important question.

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 What am I going to do with Jesus?

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 I'll delay it for the moment.

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 I won't actually pass it off altogether, but I won't actually answer it just now.

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 I'll just put it off.

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 I'll delay the decision from the time being.

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 It's not that I'm rejecting him, you might say, like that hostile world out there,

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 but I'm delaying a decision with regard to him, with regard to the question.

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 You intend to come back to that question.

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 You intend to come back to it sometime in the future.

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 You intend to come back to it when the time seems more appropriate,

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 when it seems right for you then to answer the question one way or the other,

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 positively you might say especially.

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 But now it's not the right time for you, you see.

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 You might be here, you might be listening online, watching online and saying,

00:32:47.560 --> 00:32:49.840
 well, this is really going to complicate my life.

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 If I make a decision in favor of Jesus just now,

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 to accept him, to live by faith and trust in him,

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 to follow him, to commend him, to serve him,

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 think of the way that that's going to actually add a layer of complexity to my life,

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 to my family life, to my life in terms of my work colleagues,

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 to my life in the world.

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 Think of the complexity when my life is so busy.

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 Can I not just leave it for a while until it slows down a wee bit,

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 until it gets a wee bit less hectic,

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 until all the children have grown up perhaps and have left home

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 and I have more time to address such questions as these?

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 Well, you know, for one thing,

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 that is a very common response on our part as human beings.

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 But for one thing,

00:33:37.460 --> 00:33:39.859
 whether you're willing to accept it and admit it or not,

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 but that is a decision.

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 To say,

00:33:44.319 --> 00:33:46.359
 I'm delaying the decision for the time being

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 is actually making a decision now

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 that this is not going to be positively

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 accepted by you.

00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.460
 This man is not going to be taken

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 and made your Savior

00:33:56.099 --> 00:33:58.159
 by receiving him into your heart.

00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:59.939
 Because delay is

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 a decision.

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 It's a decision to put it off for the time being.

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 It equals

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 a refusal meantime

00:34:07.280 --> 00:34:09.700
 to bow your knee to him,

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 to accept him.

00:34:13.140 --> 00:34:13.940
 And you know,

00:34:14.079 --> 00:34:14.480
 delay

00:34:14.480 --> 00:34:17.820
 is not going to make Jesus go away.

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.420
 This man,

00:34:20.660 --> 00:34:21.180
 Pilate,

00:34:22.019 --> 00:34:23.720
 as late in the chapter as we read,

00:34:23.800 --> 00:34:24.180
 he took

00:34:24.180 --> 00:34:25.079
 water,

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:25.780
 took a basin

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 and washed his hands before the crowd

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 saying,

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 I am innocent of this man's blood

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:32.500
 as if that was actually going to

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 make Jesus

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 go away from his conscience.

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 You can leave here tonight

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 and still say,

00:34:39.199 --> 00:34:39.280
 no,

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.619
 I'm not yet in the position

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:41.840
 of accepting Jesus.

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:43.739
 I'm going to delay that.

00:34:43.820 --> 00:34:45.119
 But that delay is a decision,

00:34:45.239 --> 00:34:45.920
 as I've said.

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 And not only that,

00:34:47.059 --> 00:34:48.480
 but he's not going to go away.

00:34:48.860 --> 00:34:50.159
 Jesus is not going to go away

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.980
 from your soul,

00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:52.159
 from your mind,

00:34:52.260 --> 00:34:53.079
 from your conscience.

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:55.679
 He's just going to confront you still

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.860
 as your life goes on.

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:58.480
 And he's going to keep asking you

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:59.079
 this question,

00:34:59.400 --> 00:35:01.440
 what are you going to do with me?

00:35:04.599 --> 00:35:06.180
 Where are you going to place me?

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:10.400
 What relationship are you going to have with me?

00:35:12.200 --> 00:35:13.320
 And in any case,

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 what if during your time of delay

00:35:17.120 --> 00:35:19.360
 you actually die?

00:35:21.700 --> 00:35:23.240
 It's not impossible, is it?

00:35:24.300 --> 00:35:25.160
 You might say tonight,

00:35:25.159 --> 00:35:26.579
 well, I'm in very good health,

00:35:26.659 --> 00:35:27.920
 but people in very good health

00:35:27.920 --> 00:35:29.159
 sometimes die suddenly,

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.339
 unexpectedly.

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 Is there any reason at all

00:35:33.940 --> 00:35:36.480
 that you or I can think of tonight

00:35:36.480 --> 00:35:39.559
 why you should not die suddenly?

00:35:40.859 --> 00:35:42.179
 Is there any reason

00:35:42.179 --> 00:35:43.039
 why you should,

00:35:43.379 --> 00:35:45.199
 or I should say to myself,

00:35:45.359 --> 00:35:47.199
 I am bound to see tomorrow.

00:35:47.199 --> 00:35:50.000
 I am actually bound to see another week

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:50.819
 in my life?

00:35:51.899 --> 00:35:53.179
 It's surely not the case

00:35:53.179 --> 00:35:54.519
 that I am going to die

00:35:54.519 --> 00:35:57.219
 the stage I'm at in life.

00:35:57.919 --> 00:35:58.659
 You can say that,

00:35:58.879 --> 00:36:00.000
 you young people as well.

00:36:00.099 --> 00:36:01.039
 I'm saying it to you

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:02.099
 as somebody

00:36:02.099 --> 00:36:04.159
 who was young once myself

00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:05.059
 and who didn't think

00:36:05.059 --> 00:36:06.339
 at that time very seriously

00:36:06.339 --> 00:36:07.139
 about God

00:36:07.139 --> 00:36:08.460
 or about religion.

00:36:08.579 --> 00:36:09.379
 I could have died.

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.500
 There was a time

00:36:10.500 --> 00:36:11.559
 I very nearly died.

00:36:11.659 --> 00:36:12.759
 I nearly had an accident,

00:36:13.239 --> 00:36:14.599
 getting run over by a car.

00:36:14.599 --> 00:36:15.860
 And I've often thought of

00:36:15.860 --> 00:36:17.719
 from that moment,

00:36:17.779 --> 00:36:19.480
 which is still etched on my memory,

00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:20.739
 it came so close

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.779
 that the car just ran off,

00:36:21.980 --> 00:36:23.279
 almost ran over my toes.

00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:25.279
 I was going out

00:36:25.279 --> 00:36:26.159
 to the village shop

00:36:26.159 --> 00:36:27.940
 to pick up some shopping.

00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:29.119
 My mother had sent me out,

00:36:29.400 --> 00:36:30.299
 went out in a bus.

00:36:31.639 --> 00:36:33.259
 And as I stepped out from the bus

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:35.099
 and went out from behind the bus,

00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:36.900
 I went to run across the road,

00:36:36.980 --> 00:36:38.500
 which you'd never do behind the bus.

00:36:38.799 --> 00:36:40.279
 And just as I took that step,

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:41.639
 a car shot past me.

00:36:42.599 --> 00:36:43.819
 And I've often thought,

00:36:43.820 --> 00:36:46.120
 ever since that day,

00:36:46.220 --> 00:36:46.960
 when that is still

00:36:46.960 --> 00:36:49.000
 such a vivid memory in my mind,

00:36:49.220 --> 00:36:51.019
 what if I had been killed

00:36:51.019 --> 00:36:53.140
 in that moment?

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:58.260
 What if you don't see tomorrow?

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:02.200
 What if it's in the Lord's purpose

00:37:02.200 --> 00:37:04.300
 that you too would die

00:37:04.300 --> 00:37:06.280
 before your delay time is over?

00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.640
 What then?

00:37:09.860 --> 00:37:11.019
 Where will that leave you?

00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.680
 Or leave me?

00:37:13.820 --> 00:37:15.480
 It doesn't matter

00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:17.280
 what we do with Jesus

00:37:17.280 --> 00:37:19.059
 in terms of not accepting Him.

00:37:19.480 --> 00:37:21.000
 He's not going to go away.

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:22.320
 And you know,

00:37:22.360 --> 00:37:24.900
 people so often say

00:37:24.900 --> 00:37:26.480
 of the gospel

00:37:26.480 --> 00:37:27.640
 and of Jesus

00:37:27.640 --> 00:37:29.320
 and of the way sometimes

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:30.300
 the truth of God

00:37:30.300 --> 00:37:31.360
 is presented to them,

00:37:31.440 --> 00:37:32.059
 maybe in the witness

00:37:32.059 --> 00:37:32.920
 of God's people,

00:37:33.220 --> 00:37:34.340
 and they just put that

00:37:34.340 --> 00:37:35.180
 completely away

00:37:35.180 --> 00:37:35.460
 and say,

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.559
 oh, that's just a lot of nonsense,

00:37:36.700 --> 00:37:38.700
 a lot of old-fashioned stuff.

00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:39.679
 And still,

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:41.259
 very often gnawing

00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:42.439
 at the back of their mind,

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.119
 there's the idea,

00:37:43.359 --> 00:37:44.139
 well, maybe there's something

00:37:44.139 --> 00:37:45.079
 in this after all.

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.759
 Because you see,

00:37:45.819 --> 00:37:47.039
 God does not go away.

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:50.460
 God has made us for Himself.

00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:53.659
 God has given us minds and souls

00:37:53.659 --> 00:37:55.559
 that are themselves programmed

00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:57.079
 to think about eternity.

00:37:57.079 --> 00:38:00.480
 And maybe we often pass it off

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:02.519
 and refuse to accept

00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:03.279
 that that's the case.

00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:03.960
 But deep down,

00:38:04.059 --> 00:38:04.940
 you know it is.

00:38:05.880 --> 00:38:06.980
 And I know it is.

00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:09.239
 What then shall I do

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:10.860
 with Jesus

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:12.500
 who's called Christ?

00:38:13.539 --> 00:38:15.119
 You face up to the question.

00:38:16.259 --> 00:38:17.059
 You might be saying,

00:38:17.319 --> 00:38:18.460
 I'll delay the decision

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.460
 for the time being.

00:38:20.119 --> 00:38:21.199
 But that is a decision.

00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:23.240
 And it's a decision

00:38:23.240 --> 00:38:24.599
 that places you in peril

00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:26.679
 because you don't know

00:38:26.679 --> 00:38:28.579
 what tomorrow will bring.

00:38:30.940 --> 00:38:31.900
 The other option

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:33.179
 is that you do the right thing.

00:38:34.199 --> 00:38:35.440
 That you do the right thing

00:38:35.440 --> 00:38:36.480
 and accept Him.

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:39.599
 That you yield to His claim,

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:42.340
 to His call as the Savior

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:44.579
 to come and place your trust in Him,

00:38:44.579 --> 00:38:46.019
 to come and receive Him.

00:38:46.240 --> 00:38:48.139
 That you come and accept His authority

00:38:48.139 --> 00:38:50.019
 and His right to be your Lord

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:51.099
 and to be your King

00:38:51.099 --> 00:38:52.259
 and to be your Savior.

00:38:52.639 --> 00:38:53.539
 You do the right thing

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.900
 when you repent of your sin,

00:38:55.079 --> 00:38:56.059
 when you come to the Lord

00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:57.480
 and confess your sin.

00:38:57.779 --> 00:38:59.279
 And you ask Him to receive you

00:38:59.279 --> 00:39:00.259
 and to forgive you

00:39:00.259 --> 00:39:01.079
 and to cleanse you

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:02.199
 and to make you right

00:39:02.199 --> 00:39:03.359
 and to make you upright.

00:39:04.599 --> 00:39:06.559
 And to accept you in His sight.

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.759
 You ask His forgiveness.

00:39:10.599 --> 00:39:11.799
 You trust in Him.

00:39:12.179 --> 00:39:13.579
 You give yourself to Him.

00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:15.339
 You entrust yourself to Him.

00:39:15.579 --> 00:39:16.400
 You love Him.

00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:19.200
 That's the right thing to do.

00:39:20.599 --> 00:39:22.800
 And surely it's the only thing to do

00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:25.039
 when we think of ourselves

00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:26.840
 as people made for eternity.

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:30.500
 People who will one day come,

00:39:30.740 --> 00:39:31.639
 as we'll see in a moment,

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:33.139
 to face Jesus

00:39:33.139 --> 00:39:36.820
 and face His judgment of our lives.

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:40.019
 And maybe you're here tonight

00:39:40.019 --> 00:39:41.260
 and you are a Christian

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:43.340
 or listening online

00:39:43.340 --> 00:39:44.280
 or watching online

00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:46.300
 and you've come to know

00:39:46.300 --> 00:39:47.420
 the Lord in the past,

00:39:47.580 --> 00:39:50.300
 but your life through this wretched COVID

00:39:50.300 --> 00:39:51.860
 or everything that happened afterwards

00:39:51.860 --> 00:39:53.840
 has come to stray away

00:39:53.840 --> 00:39:55.220
 from obedience to Christ

00:39:55.220 --> 00:39:56.840
 and you're not walking in His ways

00:39:56.840 --> 00:39:58.280
 and you're just living

00:39:58.280 --> 00:39:59.540
 from one day to the next

00:39:59.540 --> 00:40:03.519
 with this really in-between

00:40:03.519 --> 00:40:04.700
 sort of condition

00:40:04.700 --> 00:40:05.960
 and this what you know

00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:07.760
 is not acceptable to yourself.

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:09.120
 You're backslidden.

00:40:09.260 --> 00:40:10.340
 Your heart is cold.

00:40:10.340 --> 00:40:12.880
 What are you going to do

00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:13.860
 with this Jesus?

00:40:15.640 --> 00:40:16.740
 Well, surely you'll be like

00:40:16.740 --> 00:40:17.720
 the prodigal son

00:40:17.720 --> 00:40:19.440
 and you'll say,

00:40:19.620 --> 00:40:20.900
 as he said to himself,

00:40:21.140 --> 00:40:23.079
 Look at how much I'm missing.

00:40:23.240 --> 00:40:24.700
 Look at what's in my father's house

00:40:24.700 --> 00:40:26.240
 that I've turned away from

00:40:26.240 --> 00:40:29.120
 that I'm currently not enjoying

00:40:29.120 --> 00:40:29.920
 as I should.

00:40:30.260 --> 00:40:31.100
 I will arise

00:40:31.100 --> 00:40:32.700
 and I'll go back to my father.

00:40:33.559 --> 00:40:35.239
 Don't let the devil persuade you

00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:36.539
 that somehow or other

00:40:36.539 --> 00:40:38.460
 God is going to be so annoyed with you

00:40:38.460 --> 00:40:40.439
 if you've gone astray from His ways,

00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:43.619
 if you've fallen into sad times spiritually,

00:40:43.779 --> 00:40:44.699
 if you've lapsed,

00:40:45.000 --> 00:40:46.919
 if your heart is cold,

00:40:47.159 --> 00:40:48.439
 if you're not the way you should be

00:40:48.439 --> 00:40:50.000
 and were before with Jesus,

00:40:50.299 --> 00:40:50.939
 with His people.

00:40:51.279 --> 00:40:52.659
 Don't listen to the lie

00:40:52.659 --> 00:40:53.879
 that comes to you that says,

00:40:54.339 --> 00:40:55.759
 Oh, you should be afraid of going back.

00:40:55.919 --> 00:40:57.339
 You know, He's not going to accept you.

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.659
 He's going to scold you.

00:40:59.059 --> 00:41:00.559
 He's going to give you a tough time.

00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:04.659
 I'll go to chapter 15 of Luke.

00:41:06.019 --> 00:41:07.699
 How did the father receive

00:41:07.699 --> 00:41:09.059
 his wayward son

00:41:09.059 --> 00:41:11.679
 that came back to him

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:14.179
 out of his lostness?

00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:17.299
 He threw his arms around him.

00:41:18.539 --> 00:41:20.099
 He kissed him on the neck.

00:41:21.279 --> 00:41:22.659
 He received him gladly.

00:41:24.119 --> 00:41:25.659
 And that's a picture of Jesus.

00:41:25.900 --> 00:41:27.639
 That's what Jesus was describing.

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:31.059
 This man receives sinners

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:32.139
 and eats with them.

00:41:33.420 --> 00:41:34.980
 And tonight, maybe you've been

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:37.000
 for some time,

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:38.879
 maybe for some considerable time,

00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:41.819
 away from the Lord meaningfully.

00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:45.199
 What are you going to do with this Jesus?

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:47.460
 What does He mean to you?

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:50.059
 If He is yours,

00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:51.339
 will you not go back to Him?

00:41:52.900 --> 00:41:53.900
 Will you not, as it were,

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:55.819
 claim Him all over again

00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:57.440
 as your own Savior

00:41:57.440 --> 00:42:00.200
 and give yourself back to Him

00:42:00.200 --> 00:42:02.720
 to be gladly ruled by Him.

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:07.620
 That's what God's own purpose is for you.

00:42:09.380 --> 00:42:11.360
 Or you might say God's preference for you,

00:42:11.420 --> 00:42:12.340
 that you would do that.

00:42:13.620 --> 00:42:15.039
 Don't stay away from Him.

00:42:16.039 --> 00:42:17.400
 Don't let the gap widen.

00:42:17.400 --> 00:42:20.320
 Don't let your heart grow colder.

00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:24.420
 Just pick yourself up.

00:42:25.579 --> 00:42:26.460
 Go to Him and say,

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:28.260
 Lord, I have sinned.

00:42:29.220 --> 00:42:30.180
 Receive me back.

00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:31.160
 Restore me.

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:33.160
 Just as David said in Psalm 51,

00:42:33.740 --> 00:42:35.099
 restore to me, Lord,

00:42:35.280 --> 00:42:37.400
 the joy of your salvation.

00:42:38.320 --> 00:42:39.619
 If you have lost that joy,

00:42:40.099 --> 00:42:42.079
 go back to Him and ask for it to be restored,

00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:44.099
 because He can and will do that.

00:42:44.099 --> 00:42:48.079
 So that you'll come again to experience

00:42:48.079 --> 00:42:51.000
 that wonderful comfort and joy and assurance

00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:53.400
 of Him being your Savior

00:42:53.400 --> 00:42:54.579
 and being in His presence.

00:42:55.579 --> 00:42:57.400
 Facing up to the question.

00:42:58.599 --> 00:42:59.079
 Secondly,

00:42:59.819 --> 00:43:01.940
 let's reverse the question.

00:43:03.279 --> 00:43:04.599
 Let's reverse the question,

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:05.659
 instead of it being,

00:43:06.319 --> 00:43:08.559
 what shall I do with Jesus

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:09.799
 who is called to Christ?

00:43:10.159 --> 00:43:11.460
 Let's turn it around and say,

00:43:11.460 --> 00:43:13.579
 what will Jesus who is called to Christ

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:15.199
 do with me?

00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:19.000
 Because as you know from the Bible very well,

00:43:19.360 --> 00:43:21.440
 there is a final judgment

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:23.440
 awaiting every single one of us

00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:24.960
 at the Lord's return.

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:29.139
 And that final judgment is a certainty.

00:43:29.960 --> 00:43:31.500
 That's why the question is important

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:32.559
 that we turn it this way.

00:43:32.900 --> 00:43:33.920
 What shall the Lord,

00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:35.760
 what will the Lord do with me

00:43:35.760 --> 00:43:37.039
 when that moment comes,

00:43:37.300 --> 00:43:38.300
 when that day comes,

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:39.480
 when I stand before Him

00:43:39.480 --> 00:43:41.699
 and appear before His judgment seat?

00:43:41.860 --> 00:43:43.639
 What will Jesus do with me

00:43:43.639 --> 00:43:45.099
 as it stands tonight

00:43:45.099 --> 00:43:46.900
 between yourself and the Lord?

00:43:47.059 --> 00:43:48.760
 What is your answer to that question?

00:43:49.019 --> 00:43:51.300
 If the judgment had been yesterday,

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:53.019
 what would He have done with you?

00:43:54.360 --> 00:43:56.619
 Where would you be tonight in eternity?

00:43:58.360 --> 00:44:00.400
 2 Corinthians 5, verse 10

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:02.920
 reminds us there are no exceptions

00:44:02.920 --> 00:44:05.280
 to appearing before Jesus

00:44:05.280 --> 00:44:06.199
 in the judgment.

00:44:06.199 --> 00:44:09.039
 where Paul is saying there

00:44:09.039 --> 00:44:10.480
 that we in all things

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:11.599
 seek to please Him.

00:44:12.019 --> 00:44:14.000
 For we must all appear

00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:16.099
 before the judgment seat of Christ

00:44:16.099 --> 00:44:17.919
 that we may receive the things

00:44:17.919 --> 00:44:18.839
 done in this body,

00:44:18.939 --> 00:44:19.980
 whether good or evil.

00:44:20.039 --> 00:44:21.099
 You see, there's no exceptions.

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:22.919
 It's a universal judgment.

00:44:23.079 --> 00:44:24.399
 Every single individual

00:44:24.399 --> 00:44:25.299
 who ever lived,

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.399
 difficult for us

00:44:26.399 --> 00:44:27.980
 though it is to conceive of that,

00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:29.599
 but we believe the Bible

00:44:29.599 --> 00:44:30.319
 to be true,

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:32.079
 that God is telling us the truth.

00:44:32.379 --> 00:44:33.239
 However difficult,

00:44:33.239 --> 00:44:34.399
 our understanding

00:44:34.399 --> 00:44:36.059
 is wrestling with the idea

00:44:36.059 --> 00:44:37.399
 of every single human being

00:44:37.399 --> 00:44:37.939
 who ever lived,

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:39.119
 the billions of people

00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:39.639
 who've lived

00:44:39.639 --> 00:44:41.179
 since the creation began.

00:44:41.559 --> 00:44:43.319
 We must all appear

00:44:43.319 --> 00:44:45.059
 before the judgment seat of Christ.

00:44:45.219 --> 00:44:46.419
 God will do it.

00:44:50.419 --> 00:44:51.819
 There are no exceptions.

00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:56.459
 And the judge will be Jesus.

00:44:58.159 --> 00:44:59.159
 Here's Paul again

00:44:59.159 --> 00:45:02.519
 preaching in Acts chapter 17.

00:45:03.239 --> 00:45:06.179
 In this place called Athens,

00:45:06.859 --> 00:45:08.779
 so full of idolatry

00:45:08.779 --> 00:45:09.679
 that Paul himself

00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:10.939
 was somewhat taken aback.

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:13.139
 But there he is preaching

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:14.639
 to the Athenians,

00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:16.159
 to these pagans at the time,

00:45:16.859 --> 00:45:18.579
 and demonstrating

00:45:18.579 --> 00:45:20.179
 that this altar

00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:21.519
 to the unknown God

00:45:21.519 --> 00:45:23.299
 that they had erected

00:45:23.299 --> 00:45:23.979
 was in fact

00:45:23.979 --> 00:45:26.419
 something that should remind them

00:45:26.419 --> 00:45:29.019
 of the true and living God.

00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:30.479
 And you remember there

00:45:30.480 --> 00:45:31.420
 in Acts 17,

00:45:31.900 --> 00:45:33.440
 verses 30 to 31,

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:35.860
 how he actually put it to them.

00:45:36.599 --> 00:45:38.059
 Let me just find these verses,

00:45:38.260 --> 00:45:39.240
 30 to 31.

00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:41.900
 The times of ignorance

00:45:41.900 --> 00:45:42.719
 God overlooked.

00:45:42.880 --> 00:45:44.119
 That's in previous times

00:45:44.119 --> 00:45:45.559
 before Jesus had come

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:46.480
 and arrived in the world.

00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:48.539
 But now he commands

00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:50.599
 all people everywhere

00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:51.599
 to repent.

00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:53.079
 In other words,

00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:54.019
 to turn from sin

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.860
 and turn to God.

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:56.340
 He commands all people

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:57.380
 everywhere to repent

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:59.820
 because he has fixed a day

00:45:59.820 --> 00:46:01.320
 on which he will judge

00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:02.680
 the world in righteousness

00:46:02.680 --> 00:46:05.099
 by a man whom he has appointed.

00:46:05.220 --> 00:46:05.860
 Who is he?

00:46:07.579 --> 00:46:09.780
 And of this he has given assurance

00:46:09.780 --> 00:46:10.559
 to all

00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:12.460
 by raising him

00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:13.780
 from the dead.

00:46:14.579 --> 00:46:15.180
 The Jesus,

00:46:15.660 --> 00:46:16.619
 the risen Jesus.

00:46:17.200 --> 00:46:19.300
 How has God given proof

00:46:19.300 --> 00:46:20.500
 that there's such a thing

00:46:20.500 --> 00:46:22.640
 coming as a universal judgment?

00:46:23.079 --> 00:46:24.240
 He has given proof of it

00:46:24.240 --> 00:46:25.860
 in the resurrection of Jesus.

00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:27.340
 And the only way

00:46:27.340 --> 00:46:28.680
 you can actually deny that

00:46:28.680 --> 00:46:30.140
 is to say the Bible is nonsense

00:46:30.140 --> 00:46:31.440
 which you're not going to do.

00:46:34.019 --> 00:46:35.680
 He has given proof of this.

00:46:36.680 --> 00:46:37.760
 A lot of people will tell you

00:46:37.760 --> 00:46:38.019
 in the world

00:46:38.019 --> 00:46:39.539
 there's no proof whatsoever

00:46:39.539 --> 00:46:41.240
 of a coming judgment.

00:46:41.800 --> 00:46:43.059
 There's no proof whatsoever

00:46:43.059 --> 00:46:44.780
 of a resurrection from the dead

00:46:44.780 --> 00:46:46.500
 that Jesus is actually alive.

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:47.500
 All that sort of stuff

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:48.860
 they'll tell us is nonsense.

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:50.160
 But you believe your Bible.

00:46:50.500 --> 00:46:51.260
 You believe this to be

00:46:51.260 --> 00:46:52.099
 the Word of God.

00:46:52.380 --> 00:46:53.160
 You believe this to be

00:46:53.160 --> 00:46:54.079
 factually correct.

00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:55.900
 You believe that God

00:46:55.900 --> 00:46:56.960
 doesn't tell lies.

00:46:57.239 --> 00:46:58.659
 That God doesn't mislead.

00:47:00.400 --> 00:47:01.420
 And so you believe tonight

00:47:01.420 --> 00:47:03.099
 that Jesus rose from the dead.

00:47:04.019 --> 00:47:05.259
 That God raised him

00:47:05.259 --> 00:47:05.960
 from the dead.

00:47:06.480 --> 00:47:07.759
 That people met him.

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:09.019
 That could prove

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.960
 they had met with him.

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:12.440
 And if you believe

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:12.840
 as you do

00:47:12.840 --> 00:47:13.980
 that he rose from the dead

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:15.099
 or was raised from the dead

00:47:15.099 --> 00:47:16.440
 then you believe

00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:17.500
 in a coming judgment

00:47:17.500 --> 00:47:19.079
 because God has connected

00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:19.639
 these two

00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:21.059
 indissolubly together.

00:47:21.059 --> 00:47:24.799
 He has given proof of it.

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:27.099
 This coming judgment.

00:47:28.940 --> 00:47:30.119
 And think of it

00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:32.639
 the person

00:47:32.639 --> 00:47:33.840
 who will sit

00:47:33.840 --> 00:47:35.059
 on that judgment seat

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:36.519
 is this Jesus.

00:47:38.119 --> 00:47:39.519
 You know what a

00:47:39.519 --> 00:47:40.759
 dreadful surprise

00:47:40.759 --> 00:47:41.860
 that is going to be

00:47:41.860 --> 00:47:43.039
 for so many people.

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:45.159
 Just imagine somebody

00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:46.599
 going through this life

00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:48.759
 ridiculed in the idea

00:47:48.760 --> 00:47:49.500
 of Jesus

00:47:49.500 --> 00:47:50.680
 being a savior.

00:47:51.260 --> 00:47:52.780
 Ridiculing the idea

00:47:52.780 --> 00:47:53.720
 of the gospel

00:47:53.720 --> 00:47:54.800
 being somewhat worthy

00:47:54.800 --> 00:47:55.700
 of your acceptance.

00:47:56.320 --> 00:47:57.800
 Speaking ill of Jesus

00:47:57.800 --> 00:47:58.560
 using his name

00:47:58.560 --> 00:47:59.520
 blasphemously.

00:47:59.980 --> 00:48:00.980
 Deliberately just

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:02.200
 taking these

00:48:02.200 --> 00:48:02.860
 liberties

00:48:02.860 --> 00:48:04.200
 as you could say

00:48:04.200 --> 00:48:05.900
 with the name of Jesus

00:48:05.900 --> 00:48:06.680
 with the idea

00:48:06.680 --> 00:48:07.220
 of Jesus.

00:48:07.580 --> 00:48:08.300
 And then on the day

00:48:08.300 --> 00:48:08.860
 of judgment

00:48:08.860 --> 00:48:10.220
 as we're all gathered

00:48:10.220 --> 00:48:11.560
 to face the judgment seat

00:48:11.560 --> 00:48:12.600
 so many people

00:48:12.600 --> 00:48:13.920
 who have thought like that

00:48:13.920 --> 00:48:14.980
 and acted like that

00:48:14.980 --> 00:48:15.840
 will suddenly

00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:18.880
 find that the judge

00:48:18.880 --> 00:48:21.380
 shockingly to them

00:48:21.380 --> 00:48:23.300
 is this Jesus.

00:48:25.420 --> 00:48:26.760
 Not somebody else.

00:48:28.059 --> 00:48:29.280
 Not somebody other

00:48:29.280 --> 00:48:29.760
 than the one

00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:30.659
 they've ridiculed.

00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:32.880
 The one they've refused

00:48:32.880 --> 00:48:33.680
 to acknowledge.

00:48:34.960 --> 00:48:36.300
 The one they've rejected.

00:48:36.300 --> 00:48:40.840
 And then you think

00:48:40.840 --> 00:48:41.980
 of meeting with Jesus

00:48:41.980 --> 00:48:44.320
 and so that's what

00:48:44.320 --> 00:48:45.660
 this question

00:48:45.660 --> 00:48:47.080
 really in its reversal

00:48:47.080 --> 00:48:48.980
 is saying to us tonight.

00:48:49.980 --> 00:48:51.519
 Project yourself forward.

00:48:53.000 --> 00:48:53.940
 Think of yourself

00:48:53.940 --> 00:48:54.820
 standing before

00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:55.900
 his judgment seat.

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:58.560
 What will this Jesus

00:48:58.560 --> 00:48:59.240
 do with me?

00:48:59.300 --> 00:48:59.820
 Will you hear

00:48:59.820 --> 00:49:01.360
 these words

00:49:01.360 --> 00:49:02.019
 that he says

00:49:02.019 --> 00:49:04.039
 in Matthew chapter 25

00:49:04.039 --> 00:49:06.019
 just a couple of chapters

00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:06.699
 before this

00:49:06.699 --> 00:49:08.099
 where Jesus is talking

00:49:08.099 --> 00:49:09.699
 of the final judgment

00:49:09.699 --> 00:49:11.460
 and in verse 34

00:49:11.460 --> 00:49:12.900
 where you find him

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:13.800
 saying to those

00:49:13.800 --> 00:49:14.900
 on his right hand

00:49:14.900 --> 00:49:16.199
 when he comes

00:49:16.199 --> 00:49:17.539
 he will divide all people

00:49:17.539 --> 00:49:18.779
 separating them

00:49:18.779 --> 00:49:19.480
 as a shepherd

00:49:19.480 --> 00:49:21.820
 separates the sheep

00:49:21.820 --> 00:49:22.460
 from the goats.

00:49:22.920 --> 00:49:23.860
 He will put his sheep

00:49:23.860 --> 00:49:24.719
 on his right hand

00:49:24.719 --> 00:49:25.579
 the goats on the left.

00:49:26.059 --> 00:49:26.900
 The king will then say

00:49:26.900 --> 00:49:27.639
 to those on his right

00:49:27.639 --> 00:49:29.420
 come you blessed

00:49:29.420 --> 00:49:30.659
 of my father

00:49:30.659 --> 00:49:32.259
 receive

00:49:32.259 --> 00:49:33.400
 inherit the kingdom

00:49:33.400 --> 00:49:34.800
 prepared for you

00:49:34.800 --> 00:49:35.740
 from the foundation

00:49:35.740 --> 00:49:36.639
 of the world.

00:49:37.900 --> 00:49:39.039
 Will you hear that?

00:49:40.780 --> 00:49:41.940
 Or will it be

00:49:41.940 --> 00:49:43.880
 something else?

00:49:45.820 --> 00:49:46.740
 Then he will say

00:49:46.740 --> 00:49:47.880
 to those on his left

00:49:47.880 --> 00:49:50.200
 depart from me

00:49:50.200 --> 00:49:50.940
 you cursed

00:49:50.940 --> 00:49:53.460
 into the eternal fire

00:49:53.460 --> 00:49:54.000
 prepared

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:55.539
 for the devil

00:49:55.539 --> 00:49:56.740
 and his angels.

00:49:59.720 --> 00:50:01.139
 And isn't it strange

00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:02.400
 isn't it foolish indeed

00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:04.360
 to hear people saying

00:50:04.360 --> 00:50:05.280
 well I believe

00:50:05.280 --> 00:50:06.480
 in the love of God

00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:08.380
 I believe that God

00:50:08.380 --> 00:50:09.660
 receives people

00:50:09.660 --> 00:50:10.400
 in his love

00:50:10.400 --> 00:50:11.180
 that he's provided

00:50:11.180 --> 00:50:11.980
 in his love

00:50:11.980 --> 00:50:13.460
 the person of Jesus

00:50:13.460 --> 00:50:14.780
 or the teaching of Jesus

00:50:14.780 --> 00:50:16.280
 or something along those lines

00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:18.119
 but I don't believe in hell

00:50:18.119 --> 00:50:19.220
 and I don't believe

00:50:19.220 --> 00:50:20.039
 that God would put

00:50:20.039 --> 00:50:21.139
 anybody to hell

00:50:21.139 --> 00:50:21.840
 that he would cast

00:50:21.840 --> 00:50:22.619
 anybody away

00:50:22.619 --> 00:50:24.019
 to a lost eternity.

00:50:24.780 --> 00:50:25.820
 Ask Jesus.

00:50:25.820 --> 00:50:30.039
 what did Jesus think?

00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:32.660
 What did Jesus say?

00:50:35.500 --> 00:50:36.460
 Then shall he say

00:50:36.460 --> 00:50:36.900
 to those

00:50:36.900 --> 00:50:37.900
 on his left hand

00:50:37.900 --> 00:50:39.980
 depart from me

00:50:39.980 --> 00:50:40.680
 you cursed

00:50:40.680 --> 00:50:42.720
 into the fire

00:50:42.720 --> 00:50:44.140
 prepared for the devil

00:50:44.140 --> 00:50:45.000
 and his angels.

00:50:46.780 --> 00:50:48.360
 I would be very untrue

00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:49.340
 to God tonight

00:50:49.340 --> 00:50:50.360
 and to my calling

00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:50.920
 as a minister

00:50:50.920 --> 00:50:52.300
 if I gave the least

00:50:52.300 --> 00:50:52.900
 suggestion

00:50:52.900 --> 00:50:53.900
 that you shouldn't

00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:54.640
 take that

00:50:54.640 --> 00:50:55.519
 at face value.

00:50:55.820 --> 00:50:59.640
 there is

00:50:59.640 --> 00:51:01.220
 a state called hell

00:51:01.220 --> 00:51:04.460
 just as there is

00:51:04.460 --> 00:51:05.580
 a state called heaven

00:51:05.580 --> 00:51:08.140
 and the difference

00:51:08.140 --> 00:51:08.840
 between them

00:51:08.840 --> 00:51:09.880
 hinges on this

00:51:09.880 --> 00:51:11.559
 what you have done

00:51:11.559 --> 00:51:12.460
 with this Jesus

00:51:12.460 --> 00:51:14.840
 and what he ultimately

00:51:14.840 --> 00:51:15.880
 will do with you

00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:17.480
 and with me

00:51:17.480 --> 00:51:18.240
 when we stand

00:51:18.240 --> 00:51:19.519
 in his presence.

00:51:20.680 --> 00:51:21.940
 There's a certainty

00:51:21.940 --> 00:51:23.840
 of final judgment

00:51:23.840 --> 00:51:25.300
 but it's not just

00:51:25.300 --> 00:51:25.940
 a certainty

00:51:25.940 --> 00:51:26.860
 of final judgment

00:51:26.860 --> 00:51:28.200
 it's the righteousness

00:51:28.200 --> 00:51:29.080
 or the justice

00:51:29.080 --> 00:51:30.539
 of that final judgment.

00:51:31.080 --> 00:51:32.120
 Now all judgment

00:51:32.120 --> 00:51:33.019
 even in this world

00:51:33.019 --> 00:51:34.560
 ought to have justice

00:51:34.560 --> 00:51:36.160
 as a stamp upon it.

00:51:36.280 --> 00:51:37.260
 It's not always that way.

00:51:37.519 --> 00:51:38.660
 There are corrupt judges

00:51:38.660 --> 00:51:39.840
 just as there have been

00:51:39.840 --> 00:51:40.820
 done through history

00:51:40.820 --> 00:51:43.000
 and there are some people

00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:44.080
 that you might think

00:51:44.080 --> 00:51:45.220
 have escaped justice.

00:51:45.700 --> 00:51:46.080
 They've committed

00:51:46.080 --> 00:51:46.980
 a great crime

00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:48.200
 maybe they've murdered

00:51:48.200 --> 00:51:49.680
 thousands of people

00:51:49.679 --> 00:51:50.739
 but somehow

00:51:50.739 --> 00:51:51.019
 or other

00:51:51.019 --> 00:51:51.919
 they've died

00:51:51.919 --> 00:51:53.319
 or taken their own life

00:51:53.319 --> 00:51:54.199
 before they

00:51:54.199 --> 00:51:55.519
 were faced

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:56.099
 with

00:51:56.099 --> 00:51:57.899
 a court

00:51:57.899 --> 00:51:58.879
 to actually

00:51:58.879 --> 00:52:00.279
 deal with

00:52:00.279 --> 00:52:01.339
 accusations

00:52:01.339 --> 00:52:02.139
 against them

00:52:02.139 --> 00:52:03.259
 and people might say

00:52:03.259 --> 00:52:03.460
 well

00:52:03.460 --> 00:52:04.519
 surely

00:52:04.519 --> 00:52:05.799
 they've escaped justice

00:52:05.799 --> 00:52:06.659
 it's not fair.

00:52:07.500 --> 00:52:08.139
 Well they haven't

00:52:08.139 --> 00:52:08.919
 escaped justice

00:52:08.919 --> 00:52:09.440
 they've escaped

00:52:09.440 --> 00:52:10.379
 human justice

00:52:10.380 --> 00:52:13.240
 but the great court

00:52:13.240 --> 00:52:14.280
 the great assize

00:52:14.280 --> 00:52:15.740
 has still to sit

00:52:15.740 --> 00:52:16.660
 has still to meet

00:52:16.660 --> 00:52:20.539
 and we must all appear

00:52:20.539 --> 00:52:23.220
 before that judgment seat.

00:52:23.219 --> 00:52:26.859
 And you see the judge

00:52:26.859 --> 00:52:28.439
 is the righteous judge.

00:52:29.639 --> 00:52:30.579
 Just as we saw there

00:52:30.579 --> 00:52:31.779
 with Paul's preaching

00:52:31.779 --> 00:52:32.419
 in Athens

00:52:32.419 --> 00:52:33.759
 he has appointed

00:52:33.759 --> 00:52:35.639
 this man

00:52:35.639 --> 00:52:36.579
 by whom he will

00:52:36.579 --> 00:52:37.439
 judge the world

00:52:37.439 --> 00:52:38.619
 he's given indication

00:52:38.619 --> 00:52:38.919
 of it

00:52:38.919 --> 00:52:39.699
 that he's raised him

00:52:39.699 --> 00:52:40.480
 from the dead

00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:41.739
 that he will judge

00:52:41.739 --> 00:52:42.099
 the world

00:52:42.099 --> 00:52:43.299
 in righteousness.

00:52:44.439 --> 00:52:46.000
 And Paul in 2 Corinthians 4

00:52:46.000 --> 00:52:47.419
 as he sees

00:52:47.419 --> 00:52:48.779
 his own departure

00:52:48.779 --> 00:52:49.299
 imminent

00:52:49.299 --> 00:52:50.159
 his departure

00:52:50.159 --> 00:52:50.939
 from this world

00:52:50.939 --> 00:52:51.939
 he's about to die

00:52:51.939 --> 00:52:53.139
 his life is coming

00:52:53.139 --> 00:52:53.719
 to an end

00:52:53.719 --> 00:52:54.460
 but he says

00:52:54.460 --> 00:52:55.219
 the judge

00:52:55.219 --> 00:52:56.539
 the righteous judge

00:52:56.539 --> 00:52:57.219
 will give me

00:52:57.219 --> 00:52:58.699
 that crown of righteousness

00:52:58.699 --> 00:53:00.539
 on that day of judgment

00:53:00.539 --> 00:53:01.799
 he's going to give me

00:53:01.799 --> 00:53:02.920
 what he has promised

00:53:02.920 --> 00:53:03.679
 to his people

00:53:03.679 --> 00:53:05.639
 but he's the righteous judge.

00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:06.679
 And

00:53:06.679 --> 00:53:08.179
 it's important

00:53:08.179 --> 00:53:08.960
 that we realize

00:53:08.960 --> 00:53:10.259
 that the judgment

00:53:10.259 --> 00:53:11.719
 and the righteousness

00:53:11.719 --> 00:53:12.839
 of that judgment

00:53:12.839 --> 00:53:14.079
 is something

00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:14.859
 that affects

00:53:14.859 --> 00:53:16.500
 everyone who is judged.

00:53:18.259 --> 00:53:18.779
 Every

00:53:18.779 --> 00:53:20.179
 individual

00:53:20.179 --> 00:53:21.059
 saved

00:53:21.059 --> 00:53:21.639
 sinner

00:53:21.639 --> 00:53:23.739
 will be able

00:53:23.739 --> 00:53:24.339
 to say

00:53:24.339 --> 00:53:25.960
 with thankfulness

00:53:25.960 --> 00:53:27.759
 my salvation

00:53:27.759 --> 00:53:28.900
 is righteous

00:53:28.900 --> 00:53:29.759
 my salvation

00:53:29.759 --> 00:53:31.019
 is just.

00:53:32.359 --> 00:53:33.119
 There will be no

00:53:33.119 --> 00:53:34.139
 going back on it.

00:53:34.739 --> 00:53:36.099
 God is not going to say

00:53:36.099 --> 00:53:37.519
 at the judgment seat

00:53:37.519 --> 00:53:38.420
 when I meet him

00:53:38.420 --> 00:53:39.359
 actually

00:53:39.359 --> 00:53:40.599
 there's something

00:53:40.599 --> 00:53:41.440
 yet that you have

00:53:41.440 --> 00:53:42.299
 to do yourself

00:53:42.299 --> 00:53:44.079
 just to clinch this

00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:45.359
 just to make sure

00:53:45.359 --> 00:53:46.400
 that your

00:53:46.400 --> 00:53:47.299
 salvation

00:53:47.299 --> 00:53:47.920
 is secure

00:53:47.920 --> 00:53:48.719
 for eternity.

00:53:48.719 --> 00:53:49.879
 He'll never say

00:53:49.879 --> 00:53:50.139
 that.

00:53:50.219 --> 00:53:50.500
 Why?

00:53:50.819 --> 00:53:51.619
 Because everything

00:53:51.619 --> 00:53:52.159
 that's been

00:53:52.159 --> 00:53:53.259
 required

00:53:53.259 --> 00:53:54.299
 has already

00:53:54.299 --> 00:53:54.939
 been done

00:53:54.939 --> 00:53:55.859
 by Jesus

00:53:55.859 --> 00:53:56.500
 himself.

00:53:58.579 --> 00:53:59.719
 And that's why

00:53:59.719 --> 00:54:00.839
 the salvation

00:54:00.839 --> 00:54:02.299
 of the Lord's

00:54:02.299 --> 00:54:02.539
 people

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:03.379
 is the salvation

00:54:03.379 --> 00:54:04.259
 that is just.

00:54:05.619 --> 00:54:06.859
 God is right

00:54:06.859 --> 00:54:08.500
 in bestowing

00:54:08.500 --> 00:54:09.159
 forgiveness

00:54:09.159 --> 00:54:10.579
 on all

00:54:10.579 --> 00:54:11.139
 who trust

00:54:11.139 --> 00:54:11.699
 in Jesus

00:54:11.699 --> 00:54:12.859
 because it's

00:54:12.859 --> 00:54:13.379
 for Jesus'

00:54:13.599 --> 00:54:13.959
 sake.

00:54:15.399 --> 00:54:16.179
 It's because

00:54:16.179 --> 00:54:16.739
 he has done

00:54:16.739 --> 00:54:17.379
 everything for

00:54:17.379 --> 00:54:17.919
 them already

00:54:17.919 --> 00:54:19.879
 and you need

00:54:19.879 --> 00:54:20.359
 not fear

00:54:20.359 --> 00:54:20.819
 that that's

00:54:20.819 --> 00:54:21.619
 going to change

00:54:21.619 --> 00:54:22.799
 because it

00:54:22.799 --> 00:54:23.359
 never will.

00:54:26.599 --> 00:54:27.559
 But it's just

00:54:27.559 --> 00:54:28.000
 on the other

00:54:28.000 --> 00:54:28.619
 side of the

00:54:28.619 --> 00:54:29.459
 issue as well.

00:54:31.339 --> 00:54:31.959
 We're dealing

00:54:31.959 --> 00:54:32.619
 with very solemn

00:54:32.619 --> 00:54:33.219
 things

00:54:33.219 --> 00:54:36.259
 and when God

00:54:36.259 --> 00:54:36.959
 tells the

00:54:36.959 --> 00:54:37.659
 unsaved

00:54:37.659 --> 00:54:39.479
 those who have

00:54:39.479 --> 00:54:40.199
 not accepted

00:54:40.199 --> 00:54:40.799
 Christ

00:54:40.799 --> 00:54:43.239
 depart from

00:54:43.239 --> 00:54:43.759
 me you

00:54:43.759 --> 00:54:44.339
 cursed

00:54:44.340 --> 00:54:46.820
 difficult

00:54:46.820 --> 00:54:47.240
 though it

00:54:47.240 --> 00:54:47.579
 is to

00:54:47.579 --> 00:54:48.019
 say

00:54:48.019 --> 00:54:50.019
 it's the

00:54:50.019 --> 00:54:50.519
 right thing

00:54:50.519 --> 00:54:51.019
 for God

00:54:51.019 --> 00:54:51.539
 to do.

00:54:54.140 --> 00:54:54.620
 God's

00:54:54.620 --> 00:54:54.980
 not going

00:54:54.980 --> 00:54:55.240
 to give

00:54:55.240 --> 00:54:55.700
 away his

00:54:55.700 --> 00:54:56.300
 righteousness

00:54:56.300 --> 00:54:58.460
 out of

00:54:58.460 --> 00:54:58.920
 some sort

00:54:58.920 --> 00:54:59.579
 of supposed

00:54:59.579 --> 00:55:00.559
 sympathy

00:55:00.559 --> 00:55:02.300
 with those

00:55:02.300 --> 00:55:02.519
 who have

00:55:02.519 --> 00:55:03.240
 refused to

00:55:03.240 --> 00:55:03.880
 accept his

00:55:03.880 --> 00:55:04.380
 salvation.

00:55:08.140 --> 00:55:08.920
 So what's

00:55:08.920 --> 00:55:09.620
 your choice?

00:55:11.360 --> 00:55:12.059
 What's my

00:55:12.059 --> 00:55:12.620
 choice?

00:55:12.619 --> 00:55:14.880
 friends we're

00:55:14.880 --> 00:55:15.619
 faced tonight

00:55:15.619 --> 00:55:16.199
 as we

00:55:16.199 --> 00:55:16.819
 always are

00:55:16.819 --> 00:55:17.139
 indeed

00:55:17.139 --> 00:55:18.859
 with matters

00:55:18.859 --> 00:55:19.639
 of eternal

00:55:19.639 --> 00:55:20.539
 significance.

00:55:21.819 --> 00:55:22.839
 What shall

00:55:22.839 --> 00:55:23.420
 I do

00:55:23.420 --> 00:55:24.019
 with this

00:55:24.019 --> 00:55:24.380
 Jesus?

00:55:25.359 --> 00:55:26.159
 What will

00:55:26.159 --> 00:55:26.719
 this Jesus

00:55:26.719 --> 00:55:27.420
 do with

00:55:27.420 --> 00:55:27.920
 me

00:55:27.920 --> 00:55:28.960
 when I

00:55:28.960 --> 00:55:29.440
 meet him?

00:55:30.460 --> 00:55:30.819
 These are

00:55:30.819 --> 00:55:31.079
 the two

00:55:31.079 --> 00:55:32.079
 great questions

00:55:32.079 --> 00:55:33.019
 we've brought

00:55:33.019 --> 00:55:33.480
 together.

00:55:33.980 --> 00:55:34.859
 Life's big

00:55:34.859 --> 00:55:35.480
 questions and

00:55:35.480 --> 00:55:36.119
 they don't get

00:55:36.119 --> 00:55:36.679
 bigger than

00:55:36.679 --> 00:55:37.059
 that.

00:55:38.819 --> 00:55:39.239
 Surely

00:55:39.239 --> 00:55:39.859
 tonight you're

00:55:39.859 --> 00:55:40.179
 going to

00:55:40.179 --> 00:55:40.440
 say

00:55:40.440 --> 00:55:42.920
 as you

00:55:42.920 --> 00:55:43.260
 see in

00:55:43.260 --> 00:55:43.800
 Luke chapter

00:55:43.800 --> 00:55:44.380
 19

00:55:44.380 --> 00:55:46.480
 with regard

00:55:46.480 --> 00:55:47.380
 to Zacchaeus.

00:55:49.480 --> 00:55:49.880
 Zacchaeus

00:55:49.880 --> 00:55:50.360
 climbed up

00:55:50.360 --> 00:55:51.059
 to a

00:55:51.059 --> 00:55:51.480
 sycamore

00:55:51.480 --> 00:55:51.840
 tree

00:55:51.840 --> 00:55:53.440
 so he

00:55:53.440 --> 00:55:53.679
 would have

00:55:53.679 --> 00:55:54.179
 a vantage

00:55:54.179 --> 00:55:54.639
 point to

00:55:54.639 --> 00:55:55.260
 see Jesus

00:55:55.260 --> 00:55:55.559
 who was

00:55:55.559 --> 00:55:56.139
 passing in

00:55:56.139 --> 00:55:56.579
 that way.

00:55:57.639 --> 00:55:57.940
 So he

00:55:57.940 --> 00:55:58.420
 climbed up,

00:55:58.480 --> 00:55:58.720
 he ran

00:55:58.720 --> 00:55:59.099
 ahead of

00:55:59.099 --> 00:55:59.860
 the procession

00:55:59.860 --> 00:56:00.579
 of the

00:56:00.579 --> 00:56:00.780
 crowd,

00:56:00.860 --> 00:56:01.200
 he climbed

00:56:01.200 --> 00:56:01.579
 up into

00:56:01.579 --> 00:56:01.960
 this tree

00:56:01.960 --> 00:56:02.179
 as you

00:56:02.179 --> 00:56:02.460
 know the

00:56:02.460 --> 00:56:02.900
 story very

00:56:02.900 --> 00:56:03.240
 well I'm

00:56:03.240 --> 00:56:03.480
 sure,

00:56:04.200 --> 00:56:04.820
 so that he

00:56:04.820 --> 00:56:05.220
 could actually

00:56:05.220 --> 00:56:05.740
 see Jesus

00:56:05.740 --> 00:56:06.099
 because he

00:56:06.099 --> 00:56:06.720
 was small.

00:56:07.780 --> 00:56:08.119
 He couldn't

00:56:08.119 --> 00:56:08.579
 see above

00:56:08.579 --> 00:56:09.240
 other people.

00:56:10.440 --> 00:56:11.700
 And as

00:56:11.700 --> 00:56:12.400
 Jesus reached

00:56:12.400 --> 00:56:13.260
 that specific

00:56:13.260 --> 00:56:13.720
 tree,

00:56:14.579 --> 00:56:15.619
 he looked up

00:56:15.619 --> 00:56:15.860
 and he

00:56:15.860 --> 00:56:16.320
 looked into

00:56:16.320 --> 00:56:16.780
 Zacchaeus'

00:56:16.880 --> 00:56:17.400
 eyes and

00:56:17.400 --> 00:56:17.760
 he said,

00:56:18.139 --> 00:56:18.760
 Zacchaeus,

00:56:19.039 --> 00:56:19.980
 make haste,

00:56:20.119 --> 00:56:20.760
 hurry up

00:56:20.760 --> 00:56:22.220
 and come

00:56:22.220 --> 00:56:23.720
 down for

00:56:23.720 --> 00:56:24.400
 today I

00:56:24.400 --> 00:56:24.900
 must stay

00:56:24.900 --> 00:56:25.220
 at your

00:56:25.220 --> 00:56:25.639
 house.

00:56:27.280 --> 00:56:27.559
 Well,

00:56:27.639 --> 00:56:28.200
 there's many

00:56:28.200 --> 00:56:28.940
 sermons packed

00:56:28.940 --> 00:56:29.700
 into that but

00:56:29.700 --> 00:56:31.480
 the reply of

00:56:31.480 --> 00:56:33.240
 Zacchaeus is

00:56:33.240 --> 00:56:33.740
 significant,

00:56:33.900 --> 00:56:34.300
 isn't it?

00:56:34.579 --> 00:56:35.200
 Or at least

00:56:35.200 --> 00:56:35.659
 what's said

00:56:35.659 --> 00:56:36.240
 about him.

00:56:37.380 --> 00:56:38.220
 He made

00:56:38.220 --> 00:56:39.800
 haste and

00:56:39.800 --> 00:56:40.240
 he came

00:56:40.240 --> 00:56:40.680
 down.

00:56:42.039 --> 00:56:42.440
 He didn't

00:56:42.440 --> 00:56:42.740
 say,

00:56:43.400 --> 00:56:44.300
 let me just

00:56:44.300 --> 00:56:44.800
 think about

00:56:44.800 --> 00:56:45.340
 that Lord,

00:56:46.260 --> 00:56:46.800
 let me just

00:56:46.800 --> 00:56:47.200
 think about

00:56:47.200 --> 00:56:47.460
 it for,

00:56:47.600 --> 00:56:48.180
 maybe I'll

00:56:48.180 --> 00:56:48.500
 come back

00:56:48.500 --> 00:56:48.720
 to it

00:56:48.720 --> 00:56:49.080
 tomorrow.

00:56:50.080 --> 00:56:50.400
 Let me

00:56:50.400 --> 00:56:51.019
 just delay

00:56:51.019 --> 00:56:51.420
 for the

00:56:51.420 --> 00:56:51.720
 moment,

00:56:51.980 --> 00:56:52.620
 just give

00:56:52.620 --> 00:56:52.900
 me this

00:56:52.900 --> 00:56:53.480
 opportunity

00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:54.340
 to think

00:56:54.340 --> 00:56:54.720
 it through

00:56:54.720 --> 00:56:55.440
 more fully.

00:56:56.360 --> 00:56:56.519
 No,

00:56:56.820 --> 00:56:57.560
 he made

00:56:57.560 --> 00:56:58.140
 haste.

00:56:59.260 --> 00:56:59.740
 He

00:56:59.740 --> 00:57:00.320
 instantly

00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:01.080
 came down

00:57:01.080 --> 00:57:02.519
 and he

00:57:02.519 --> 00:57:03.019
 went with

00:57:03.019 --> 00:57:03.600
 Jesus and

00:57:03.600 --> 00:57:04.260
 took Jesus

00:57:04.260 --> 00:57:05.420
 into his

00:57:05.420 --> 00:57:05.840
 home and

00:57:05.840 --> 00:57:06.240
 into his

00:57:06.240 --> 00:57:06.680
 heart.

00:57:06.679 --> 00:57:06.719
 heart.

00:57:08.440 --> 00:57:08.980
 And that's

00:57:08.980 --> 00:57:10.679
 tonight what

00:57:10.679 --> 00:57:11.719
 everyone here

00:57:11.719 --> 00:57:12.299
 surely is

00:57:12.299 --> 00:57:12.639
 going to

00:57:12.639 --> 00:57:12.899
 do.

00:57:13.279 --> 00:57:13.859
 If you

00:57:13.859 --> 00:57:14.440
 haven't done

00:57:14.440 --> 00:57:15.000
 it already,

00:57:16.019 --> 00:57:16.819
 now is the

00:57:16.819 --> 00:57:18.079
 moment because

00:57:18.079 --> 00:57:18.719
 I know he's

00:57:18.719 --> 00:57:19.219
 speaking to

00:57:19.219 --> 00:57:19.440
 you.

00:57:20.440 --> 00:57:21.299
 I know he's

00:57:21.299 --> 00:57:21.940
 addressing you

00:57:21.940 --> 00:57:22.299
 with this

00:57:22.299 --> 00:57:22.739
 question.

00:57:23.239 --> 00:57:23.839
 I know it's

00:57:23.839 --> 00:57:24.119
 on your

00:57:24.119 --> 00:57:24.559
 mind.

00:57:25.500 --> 00:57:26.099
 I know you

00:57:26.099 --> 00:57:26.440
 know you

00:57:26.440 --> 00:57:26.779
 have to

00:57:26.779 --> 00:57:27.440
 answer it.

00:57:28.299 --> 00:57:28.779
 But don't

00:57:28.779 --> 00:57:29.239
 wait until

00:57:29.239 --> 00:57:29.559
 you're out

00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:30.179
 that door

00:57:30.179 --> 00:57:31.099
 before you're

00:57:31.099 --> 00:57:31.759
 answering it.

00:57:31.760 --> 00:57:33.820
 what then

00:57:33.820 --> 00:57:34.420
 must I

00:57:34.420 --> 00:57:36.000
 do with

00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:36.720
 this Jesus

00:57:36.720 --> 00:57:38.080
 who is

00:57:38.080 --> 00:57:38.620
 called to

00:57:38.620 --> 00:57:39.040
 Christ?

00:57:39.820 --> 00:57:40.420
 You know

00:57:40.420 --> 00:57:41.120
 the answer.

00:57:42.080 --> 00:57:42.660
 Do it.

00:57:43.500 --> 00:57:44.160
 Receive him.

00:57:45.300 --> 00:57:45.820
 Love him.

00:57:46.620 --> 00:57:47.180
 Let's pray.

00:57:49.680 --> 00:57:50.320
 Eternal

00:57:50.320 --> 00:57:50.800
 God,

00:57:51.100 --> 00:57:51.700
 we give

00:57:51.700 --> 00:57:53.180
 thanks for

00:57:53.180 --> 00:57:53.660
 the wonderful

00:57:53.660 --> 00:57:54.160
 offer of

00:57:54.160 --> 00:57:54.680
 the gospel.

00:57:55.540 --> 00:57:56.100
 Lord,

00:57:56.180 --> 00:57:56.660
 we haven't

00:57:56.660 --> 00:57:57.780
 earned the

00:57:57.780 --> 00:57:58.500
 salvation you

00:57:58.500 --> 00:57:59.280
 offer to us

00:57:59.280 --> 00:57:59.700
 in it.

00:57:59.699 --> 00:58:00.879
 we have

00:58:00.879 --> 00:58:01.399
 not earned

00:58:01.399 --> 00:58:01.819
 the right

00:58:01.819 --> 00:58:02.939
 to be in

00:58:02.939 --> 00:58:03.279
 any way

00:58:03.279 --> 00:58:04.079
 received by

00:58:04.079 --> 00:58:04.319
 you

00:58:04.319 --> 00:58:05.259
 sympathetically.

00:58:06.259 --> 00:58:06.980
 We have

00:58:06.980 --> 00:58:07.619
 sinned against

00:58:07.619 --> 00:58:07.859
 you.

00:58:08.599 --> 00:58:08.879
 We are

00:58:08.879 --> 00:58:09.500
 deserving of

00:58:09.500 --> 00:58:10.019
 nothing more

00:58:10.019 --> 00:58:10.399
 than that you

00:58:10.399 --> 00:58:12.379
 should cast

00:58:12.379 --> 00:58:13.119
 us away from

00:58:13.119 --> 00:58:13.359
 you.

00:58:14.259 --> 00:58:14.719
 But you

00:58:14.719 --> 00:58:15.199
 sent your

00:58:15.199 --> 00:58:15.639
 Son into

00:58:15.639 --> 00:58:16.239
 this world.

00:58:17.279 --> 00:58:17.659
 And Father,

00:58:17.779 --> 00:58:18.299
 tonight we

00:58:18.299 --> 00:58:18.779
 give thanks

00:58:18.779 --> 00:58:19.239
 for him

00:58:19.239 --> 00:58:20.419
 and for

00:58:20.419 --> 00:58:20.899
 your love

00:58:20.899 --> 00:58:21.599
 displayed in

00:58:21.599 --> 00:58:23.019
 him and

00:58:23.019 --> 00:58:23.439
 for his

00:58:23.439 --> 00:58:24.559
 power and

00:58:24.559 --> 00:58:25.079
 his grace.

00:58:26.019 --> 00:58:26.319
 And we

00:58:26.319 --> 00:58:26.899
 ask that for

00:58:26.899 --> 00:58:27.379
 each of us

00:58:27.379 --> 00:58:28.719
 tonight our

00:58:28.719 --> 00:58:29.480
 concern will

00:58:29.480 --> 00:58:30.240
 be amply

00:58:30.240 --> 00:58:31.900
 fulfilled in

00:58:31.900 --> 00:58:32.480
 our response

00:58:32.480 --> 00:58:32.900
 to this

00:58:32.900 --> 00:58:33.380
 question.

00:58:34.380 --> 00:58:34.980
 What then

00:58:34.980 --> 00:58:35.659
 must I do

00:58:35.659 --> 00:58:36.300
 with Jesus

00:58:36.300 --> 00:58:37.480
 who is

00:58:37.480 --> 00:58:37.980
 called to

00:58:37.980 --> 00:58:38.440
 Christ?

00:58:39.199 --> 00:58:39.719
 All by

00:58:39.719 --> 00:58:40.320
 your grace

00:58:40.320 --> 00:58:41.480
 help us to

00:58:41.480 --> 00:58:42.119
 welcome you

00:58:42.119 --> 00:58:43.039
 and to

00:58:43.039 --> 00:58:43.500
 live for

00:58:43.500 --> 00:58:43.780
 you.

00:58:44.260 --> 00:58:44.760
 For your

00:58:44.760 --> 00:58:45.159
 name's

00:58:45.159 --> 00:58:45.440
 sake.

00:58:45.940 --> 00:58:46.240
 Amen.

00:58:50.760 --> 00:58:51.420
 We're going

00:58:51.420 --> 00:58:51.840
 to conclude

00:58:51.840 --> 00:58:52.199
 now by

00:58:52.199 --> 00:58:52.760
 singing in

00:58:52.760 --> 00:58:53.719
 Psalm 11.

00:58:55.400 --> 00:58:56.119
 Psalm number

00:58:56.119 --> 00:58:56.980
 11 and

00:58:56.980 --> 00:58:57.320
 that's on

00:58:57.320 --> 00:58:58.119
 page 13.

00:58:59.480 --> 00:59:00.340
 singing

00:59:00.340 --> 00:59:01.019
 verses 4

00:59:01.019 --> 00:59:01.500
 to 7.

00:59:01.599 --> 00:59:01.860
 The tune

00:59:01.860 --> 00:59:02.300
 is rocking

00:59:02.300 --> 00:59:02.579
 him.

00:59:05.860 --> 00:59:06.719
 The Lord

00:59:06.719 --> 00:59:07.079
 is in

00:59:07.079 --> 00:59:07.639
 his holy

00:59:07.639 --> 00:59:08.099
 place.

00:59:08.940 --> 00:59:09.320
 The Lord

00:59:09.320 --> 00:59:09.699
 is on

00:59:09.699 --> 00:59:10.199
 his heavenly

00:59:10.199 --> 00:59:10.659
 throne.

00:59:11.360 --> 00:59:11.920
 His eyes

00:59:11.920 --> 00:59:12.599
 observe the

00:59:12.599 --> 00:59:13.280
 human race

00:59:13.280 --> 00:59:14.159
 and in

00:59:14.159 --> 00:59:14.699
 his sight

00:59:14.699 --> 00:59:15.280
 each one

00:59:15.280 --> 00:59:15.800
 is known.

00:59:16.460 --> 00:59:16.980
 The Lord

00:59:16.980 --> 00:59:17.980
 examines all

00:59:17.980 --> 00:59:18.539
 the just.

00:59:19.039 --> 00:59:19.639
 The righteous

00:59:19.639 --> 00:59:20.260
 one he

00:59:20.260 --> 00:59:20.940
 proves and

00:59:20.940 --> 00:59:21.400
 tests.

00:59:21.920 --> 00:59:22.460
 But all

00:59:22.460 --> 00:59:22.880
 those who

00:59:22.880 --> 00:59:23.760
 love wickedness

00:59:23.760 --> 00:59:25.119
 and violence

00:59:25.119 --> 00:59:25.679
 his soul

00:59:25.679 --> 00:59:26.320
 detests.

00:59:27.059 --> 00:59:27.480
 Upon the

00:59:27.480 --> 00:59:27.900
 wicked he

00:59:27.900 --> 00:59:28.340
 will rain

00:59:28.340 --> 00:59:28.860
 his fiery

00:59:28.860 --> 00:59:29.599
 coals and

00:59:29.599 --> 00:59:30.380
 sulfur hot.

00:59:31.180 --> 00:59:31.720
 A scorching

00:59:31.720 --> 00:59:32.240
 wind will

00:59:32.240 --> 00:59:32.639
 beat on

00:59:32.639 --> 00:59:32.860
 them.

00:59:33.000 --> 00:59:33.680
 Such punishment

00:59:33.680 --> 00:59:34.099
 will be

00:59:34.099 --> 00:59:34.660
 their lot.

00:59:35.619 --> 00:59:36.260
 For God

00:59:36.260 --> 00:59:36.740
 the Lord

00:59:36.740 --> 00:59:37.340
 is righteous

00:59:37.340 --> 00:59:37.900
 still.

00:59:38.579 --> 00:59:38.880
 In

00:59:38.880 --> 00:59:39.400
 righteousness

00:59:39.400 --> 00:59:39.960
 he takes

00:59:39.960 --> 00:59:40.380
 delight.

00:59:41.300 --> 00:59:41.860
 And they

00:59:41.860 --> 00:59:42.460
 alone will

00:59:42.460 --> 00:59:43.059
 see his

00:59:43.059 --> 00:59:43.500
 face.

00:59:44.240 --> 00:59:44.599
 Who are

00:59:44.599 --> 00:59:45.160
 in heart

00:59:45.160 --> 00:59:45.920
 and life

00:59:45.920 --> 00:59:47.180
 upright.

00:59:47.360 --> 00:59:47.780
 These four

00:59:47.780 --> 00:59:48.360
 verses in

00:59:48.360 --> 00:59:48.840
 conclusion.

00:59:48.840 --> 00:59:49.019
 Amen.

00:59:49.019 --> 00:59:49.119
 Amen.

00:59:49.119 --> 00:59:49.160
 Amen.

00:59:49.160 --> 00:59:51.059
 Amen.

00:59:51.059 --> 00:59:51.119
 Amen.

00:59:51.119 --> 00:59:51.260
 Amen.

00:59:51.260 --> 00:59:51.280
 Amen.

00:59:51.280 --> 00:59:53.119
 Amen.

00:59:53.119 --> 00:59:53.160
 Amen.

00:59:53.160 --> 00:59:55.119
 Amen.

00:59:55.119 --> 00:59:55.160
 Amen.

00:59:55.160 --> 00:59:56.119
 Amen.

00:59:56.119 --> 00:59:57.119
 Amen.

00:59:57.119 --> 00:59:57.200
 Amen.

00:59:57.200 --> 00:59:57.880
 Amen.

00:59:57.880 --> 00:59:58.880
 Amen.

01:00:27.880 --> 01:00:28.880
 Amen.

01:00:28.880 --> 01:00:29.880
 Amen.

01:00:29.880 --> 01:00:30.880
 Amen.

01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:31.880
 Amen.

01:00:31.880 --> 01:00:31.900
 Amen.

01:00:57.880 --> 01:01:10.380
 The wickedness and my ownness is so detest.

01:01:10.380 --> 01:01:29.579
 Upon the wind he will rain, his mighty colds and silver calls.

01:01:29.579 --> 01:01:47.579
 A scorching wind will be the man, such punishment will be their own.

01:01:47.579 --> 01:02:05.579
 For God the Lord is righteous still, in righteousness he takes delight.

01:02:05.579 --> 01:02:24.840
 And they alone will sing his face, through high in heart and life of pride.

01:02:26.139 --> 01:02:29.119
 After the benediction tonight, I'll go to the door to my left here.

01:02:29.119 --> 01:02:39.900
 Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you all now and evermore. Amen.

01:02:59.119 --> 01:03:00.119
 Amen.