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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise. We're singing Psalm 115,

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 the Sing Psalms version, page 152 of the psalm books. We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse

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 9, and the tune is Tiverton. Lord, not to us, O not to us, to your name be the praise, because

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 your love and faithfulness endure, O Lord, always. Why do the nations question us? Where is their God,

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 they say? Our God inhabits heaven high, and over all holds sway. We'll sing from verse 1 to 9

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 to God's praise, and we stand to sing.

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 Lord, not to us, O not to us, to your name be the praise.

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 Because your love and faithfulness endure, O Lord, always.

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 Why do the nations question us? Where is their God, they say?

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 Our God inhabits heaven high, and over all holds sway.

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 Their gold and silver images are crafted carefully, but they have mouths which cannot speak,

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 and eyes which cannot see.

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 Their noses have no sense of smell, their ears can hear no sound.

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 They have no feeling in their hands, nor can they walk around.

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 Although these idols do have throats, no word can they proclaim.

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 Their makers and their worshippers will all become like them.

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 O house of Israel, please, your trust upon the Lord alone.

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 He is the mighty help and shield of all who are his own.

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 Let's come to God in prayer. Let us pray.

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 Lord, our God, our Father in heaven, we continue to worship you this day, thankful that you have given us your day,

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 given us this day set aside for that very purpose, to come away from the activities of the rest of the week,

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 to come away from the busyness of life in so many ways,

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 and to come and draw near to you in this way, to come and still ourselves in your presence,

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 to come and offer up our praise and worship to you.

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 And we thank you that your word has reminded us, even as we've sung,

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 that we come not for our glory, but for yours.

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 And we come seeking your face, seeking your presence in our midst,

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 thankful that you are the God who is above all other gods,

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 that you are not one who keeps silent or one who cannot speak.

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 You are not one who does not have ears to hear or eyes to see.

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 For as your word reminds us, you hear your people as they pray.

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 You speak to us and call us to yourself.

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 And we thank you that you are our God and that we can call upon your name,

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 that you have brought us from darkness to light to sea,

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 that there is only salvation found in one God and one Savior, Christ Jesus.

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 And we thank you that we come in his name, the name above every other name.

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 And we pray, Lord, that you will help us to put away all other idols

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 that may be in our hearts or in our lives,

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 all the things that come between through worship of you.

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 For we know that although we speak and read of idols as they were in days of long ago in these psalms

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 or in the word that we will be reading,

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 we know that there are still idols in our hearts today.

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 There are still things that we put first before you,

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 things that need to be removed before we can truly come and worship you aright.

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 But we thank you that just as you helped your people of old,

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 how you spoke to them and reminded them

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 and challenged them in the midst of idolatry that surrounded them,

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 that so your word challenges us today,

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 that it speaks to us about the idolatry that surrounds us,

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 but it reminds us of the God who is able to do

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 and able to do abundantly more than we ask or even imagine.

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 And so, Lord, help us to set our trust in you,

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 that we will indeed place our trust upon the Lord alone,

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 as the psalm reminds us,

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 for he is the mighty help and shield of all who are his own.

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 And so we thank you that we have these words in our hearts this night,

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 that even as we come in prayer just now,

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 that we have that confidence and assurance

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 that you are the help and shield to all your people,

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 that near and far you surround your people,

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 that you are with them, Lord,

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 that you hear those who rejoice in gladness and joy this day,

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 but that you hear too those who are full of sorrow and sadness,

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 those who mourn and grieve,

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 those who need you in special ways.

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 And we thank you that you are the God who is there to be called upon,

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 that you are the one who is near,

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 that you are the one who is able to help,

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 that you are the one who gives grace and that all-sufficient grace,

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 grace that is made perfect even in weakness.

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 And so we thank you for your grace that extends to your people.

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 And may it be so, Lord,

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 for those even of our own number who need you in particular ways,

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 those who are grieving and mourning,

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 those who are unwell,

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 going through periods of ill health,

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 those who are recovering from operations,

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 those who are laid aside because of other reasons of the body, mind, and soul.

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 We know the challenges that we face in these days are many,

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 but we thank you that we have one who has overcome,

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 one who knows every frailty and weakness,

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 one who knows every challenge and temptation that we face in this world,

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 one who was tempted himself and yet without sin.

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 And we thank you that even in our sin,

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 as we fall short,

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 that we have one who we can come to,

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 one who is able to forgive,

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 one who bore our sins on the tree,

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 one who died in our place,

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 that we might have life through him.

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 And so help us to hear your word as it speaks to us anew and afresh this evening.

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 Help us that we will hear what you're saying

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 and consider what you are saying

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 and even commit to what we hear,

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 that we are to serve the Lord,

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 that we are a people who are called to you to that end,

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 that we would put our trust in you

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 and serve you with all that we are and all that we have.

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 We thank you for every blessing that you extend to us,

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 for every perfect gift is from above as your word reminds us.

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 And we have so much to be thankful for,

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 for your goodness to us and blessings that are new day by day.

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 And we do pray that in the days ahead as we go on in this week,

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 that you will guide our every step

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 and help us along the way to honour you in all that we do,

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 whether it be in school or in our workplaces,

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 in our homes, in our communities.

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 Whatever we are doing, we would do it as unto the Lord,

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 remembering that we are your witnesses,

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 that we are your people,

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 and that to those around us who know you not,

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 to those who are still in darkness,

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 that we would be the light of this world,

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 shining your glory through us.

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 We pray, Lord, that you will help us to be your witnesses,

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 to be people who live aright

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 and are people who do good unto others as well.

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 And we thank you for every opportunity that we have

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 to serve you in every way,

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 from working with our young ones,

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 as we think even of the week ahead

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 with the toddler group tomorrow

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 and the explorers later in the week,

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 the YF tonight,

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 and the youth fellowship meeting

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 in the coming week as well.

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 We thank you, Lord, for every way

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 that we are able to help and serve in these ways.

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 And we pray that as a congregation here,

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 as your people,

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 you will strengthen our number

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 and strengthen our faith,

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 that you will help us to go on in your strength,

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 seeking blessing and goodness for us as a people,

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 but also for the people around us too,

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 that we would compel others to come in,

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 that we would remember the good news

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 of the gospel that we have,

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 that it is not something to be contained

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 to these walls or to our own lives,

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 to our hearts,

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 but that your word and your message

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 is a public message,

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 one that speaks to all around us

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 and the one that we all need to hear

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 and to hear afresh and to share with others.

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 So, Lord, may you enthuse us in our hearts.

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 May you convict us,

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 even in our own witness for you,

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 that we would ask,

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 oh Lord,

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 what can we do for you?

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 For we know that you have done so much for us.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will build up your kingdom

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 here in our community

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 and throughout our islands,

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 throughout our nation,

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 throughout the world,

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 that your kingdom

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 and glory would come in power.

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 We thank you for your church

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 that is far and wide

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 throughout this world.

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 And we thank you

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 for the witness of the gospel.

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 We thank you that it extends

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 to the north and south,

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 the east and west.

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 It is so far reaching.

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 The gospel bears witness

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 to all ends of the earth.

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 And we thank you

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 that your gospel is bearing fruit,

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 that there are lands and peoples

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 who are being reached with the gospel,

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 many even for the first time,

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 who may be hearing it

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 and marveling at it,

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 that you have sent your word to them,

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 that they have heard of a Savior

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 so precious, so lovely.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that as your word goes out,

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 it will be blessed by you.

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 It will be mighty and powerful

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 to save from every tribe

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 and nation throughout this world,

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 from leaders on high, Lord,

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 that they would come

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 to know you as their Lord

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 and as their King,

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 to serve you as servants

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 to you as their true Master.

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 We pray that even for our own nation,

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 Lord, that we would see

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 a turning in our land,

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 that we would see a turning to you,

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 a turning to faith

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 and your word and truth,

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 and that we'll be led by it.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 for your goodness

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 then over us as a people.

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 We pray for your mercy

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 to be upon us.

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 We pray that you will cleanse us

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 from all our sins,

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 and we commit all into your care,

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 even for the days ahead.

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 For the wake and funeral

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 of Professor McLeod,

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 we commit that to you.

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 We commit the family once again,

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 and friends,

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 to your care and keeping.

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 May you bless in the midst of grief.

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 May your words bring comfort

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 and convict us all, Lord,

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 of our need of you.

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 Thankful for all that we have heard

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 over many years

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 of the glory of Christ.

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 We pray that Christ will be glorified

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 even in these days ahead as well.

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 Remember the WFM meeting this Friday as well.

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 Bless that and be with them there

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 on our communion weekend as well

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 as we look forward to it.

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 Be with us in all these things,

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 and may you encourage us

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 and build us up,

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 and may you come

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 in a day of your power.

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 So hear our prayers.

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 Continue with us.

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 Continue to bless your word

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 and the singing of your praise.

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 The one who leads us in it, Lord,

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 be with him and help us all

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 to sing to your glory

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 with all our hearts.

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 So we thank you, Lord,

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 for your goodness anew each day.

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 We thank you for the hope

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 and assurance of forgiveness of sin

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 as we ask all these things

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 in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Again, sing to God's praise

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 this time in Psalm 15.

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 Again, in the Sing Psalms.

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 Psalm 15, in the Sing Psalms,

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 we'll sing the whole of this psalm,

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 page 16 of the psalm book.

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 Psalm 15.

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 Lord, who may stay within your tent,

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 your sacred dwelling place,

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 and who upon your holy hill

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 may live before your face.

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 Whoever walks a blameless path,

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 who acts in righteousness,

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 and who will always,

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 from the heart,

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 sincerely truth express.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 5,

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 the tune of Free Church,

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 and we stand to sing.

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 Lord, who may stay within your tent,

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 your sacred dwelling place,

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 and who upon your holy hill,

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 may live before your face.

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 Whoever walks a blameless path,

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 who acts in righteousness,

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 and who will always,

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 from the heart,

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 sincerely truth express.

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 He has no spark on anyone,

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 nor does his neighbor roam.

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 He has no spark within his heart,

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 or stander on his tongue.

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 He honors those who fear the Lord,

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 the worthless heal his spies.

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 He keeps the oath which he has sworn,

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 however high the price.

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 He lends his money,

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 he hath no charge,

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 no pride can he endure.

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 Those who meet him in life like this,

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 will always stand secure.

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 We'll turn to read the Word of God now.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 in the book of Joshua,

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 we're going to read in chapter 24.

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 Joshua chapter 24,

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 the last chapter of the book of Joshua.

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 We're going to take up our reading at verse 11,

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 and read down to verse 28.

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 Just to set the scene at the beginning of this chapter,

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 you see Joshua has gathered all the tribes of Israel together.

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 He's gathered them to show them,

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 and explain to them what the Lord has done for them,

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 how he has brought them out of Egypt and into the promised land,

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 and how God has been good to them.

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 And in the midst of this,

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 the people have their hearts pulled in different directions,

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 just like their fathers in Egypt had been pulled towards worshipping the gods of Egypt.

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 Now they're going into the land, the promised land.

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 There's this challenge that they may turn to the gods of that nation.

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 And the great challenge is to them,

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 who will they serve?

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 So up to verse 11,

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 he's explaining to them what the Lord has brought them to.

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 And we take up our reading at verse 11.

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 Verse 11.

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 And you went over the Jordan and came to Jericho,

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 and the leaders of Jericho fought against you,

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 and also the Amorites, the Perisites, the Canaanites, the Hittites,

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 the Gergesites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.

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 And I gave them into your hand,

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 and I sent the hornet before you,

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 which drove them out before you,

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 the two kings of the Amorites.

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 It was not by your sword or by your bow.

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 I gave you a land on which you had not laboured,

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 and cities that you had not built,

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 and you dwell in them.

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 You eat the fruit of the vineyards and olive orchards that you did not plant.

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 Now, therefore, fear the Lord,

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 and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness.

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 Put away the gods of your fathers,

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 that your fathers served beyond the river and in Egypt,

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 and serve the Lord.

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 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord,

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 choose this day whom you will serve,

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 whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the river

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 or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.

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 But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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 Then the people answered,

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 Far be it from us that we should forsake the Lord to serve other gods.

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 For it is the Lord our God who brought us and our fathers up from the land of Egypt,

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 out of the house of slavery,

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 and who did those great signs in our sight,

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 and preserved us in all the way that we went,

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 and among all the peoples through whom we passed.

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 And the Lord drove out before us all the peoples,

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 the Amorites who lived in the land.

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 Therefore, we also will serve the Lord,

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 for he is our God.

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 But Joshua said to the people,

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 You are not able to serve the Lord,

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 for he is a holy God.

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 He is a jealous God.

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 He will not forgive your transgressions or your sins.

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 If you forsake the Lord and serve foreign gods,

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 then he will turn and do you harm,

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 and consume you after having done you good.

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 And the people said to Joshua,

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 No, but we will serve the Lord.

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 Then Joshua said to the people,

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 You are witnesses against yourselves,

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 that you have chosen the Lord to serve him.

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 And they said, We are witnesses.

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 He said, Then put away the foreign gods that are among you,

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 and incline your heart to the Lord,

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 the God of Israel.

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 And the people said to Joshua,

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 The Lord our God we will serve,

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 and his voice we will obey.

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 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day,

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 and put in place statutes and rules for them at Shechem.

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 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God.

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 And he took a large stone and set it up there under the terebinth

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 that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.

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 And Joshua said to all the people,

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 Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us,

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 for it has heard all the words of the Lord that he spoke to us.

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 Therefore, it shall be a witness against you,

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 lest you deal falsely with your God.

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 So Joshua sent the people away,

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 every man to his inheritance.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless that reading from his word.

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 And again, sing to God's praise before we turn back to that passage.

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 Singing in Psalm 50 in the Scottish Psalter,

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 the first version of the Psalm,

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 page 276 of the Psalm book.

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 Psalm 50, and that verse one.

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 The mighty God the Lord hath spoken and did call,

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 the earth from rising of the sun to where he hath his fall,

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 from out of Sion Hill which of excellency and beauty,

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 their perfection is God's shine it gloriously.

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 We'll sing from verse one to five to God's praise.

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 The mighty God the Lord hath spoken and did call,

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 the earth from rising of the sun to where he hath his fall.

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 From out of Sion Hill which of excellency and beauty the perfection is God's shine it gloriously.

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 Our God shall surely come,

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 His silence shall not be,

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 Before him fire shall with great storms

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 Shall round about to me,

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 Unto the heavens clear,

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 He from above shall fall,

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 And to the earth like my sanity,

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 May judge his people all.

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 We turn back to our reading in Joshua chapter 24.

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 We can read again at verse 14.

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 Now therefore fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and in faithfulness.

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 Put away the gods that your fathers served beyond the river and in Egypt and serve the Lord.

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 And if it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord,

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 Choose this day whom you will serve,

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 Whether the gods your fathers served in the region beyond the river,

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 Or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you dwell.

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 But as for me and my house,

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 We will serve the Lord.

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 These will be familiar words to many of you.

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 I'm sure the words are often found on plaques,

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 Put pictures that found in homes throughout our island.

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 A very common verse to see.

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 As for me and my house,

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 We will serve the Lord.

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 But maybe what we don't often notice is the midst,

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 What was in the midst of that statement,

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 What the challenge was that Joshua was putting out to the people.

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 And what the setting was when they were being pulled in so many different directions.

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 But here is Joshua when he gathers the children of Israel together.

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 They've come into the promised land.

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 They're being seeing all these good things that are around them.

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 They're looking back on what the Lord has brought them through.

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 And looking ahead to what the Lord has in store for them.

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 And they're being reminded once again of the need to be faithful to the Lord God and Him alone.

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 And it's one of these occasions where,

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 As we see a people gathered together.

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 So a day that they would remember for the rest of their lives, I'm sure.

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 And a day and a statement that was made that resonates right through the Old Testament into the New Testament

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 And stays with us to this day.

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 Because it's such a powerful challenge.

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 Choose this day whom you will serve.

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 And then the challenge is Joshua put it,

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 As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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 It would have been something that would have spoken about for a long time afterwards.

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 We hear this statement sometimes,

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 Where were you when?

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 And then it's followed by something important that happened in life.

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 Where were you when?

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 For example, if you look back maybe many years in your life to the time when John F. Kennedy was shot.

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 Some of you maybe recall where you were when you heard that news.

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 It was something dramatic.

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 Something powerful had happened.

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 And very often when that is the case, we remember where we were when we heard that news.

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 And over the years perhaps there have been times and moments when we've had that kind of statement asked of us,

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 Where were you when?

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 For example, maybe when Princess Diana was killed in a car crash.

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 Where were you when you heard that?

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 Where were you when you heard the Queen had passed away?

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 Where were you when you heard as a nation and as a people,

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 We were going into lockdown.

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 We had to stay at home because of Covid.

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 We often remember those important things.

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 And we remember maybe exactly where we were when we heard or saw these things taking place.

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 And they stay with us in some ways.

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 But as time goes on, we can maybe often forget.

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 And the longer time goes on, the more we have to think about these kinds of things.

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 Where were you when?

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 And you have to think a bit more about it.

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 And what's interesting is when we come to the scriptures, it's often the case as well.

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 The people here, where were we when they heard this?

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 They were gathered at Shechem.

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 They were there hearing Joshua putting this challenge before them.

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 But then as you go through the Old Testament, you find these people forgetting what they heard,

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 forgetting what had happened, forgetting the commitment that they'd made and moving on in their own lives.

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 It doesn't have the same impact.

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 But it shouldn't be the case with the Word of God.

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 We should never allow it to become something that we could just forget about.

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 Where were you when you heard the minister preaching on that passage?

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 Maybe when you were first converted, where were you when the Word of God spoke powerfully to you at that moment?

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 And you can remember the church, the very seat you were maybe sitting in when the Lord opened your heart.

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 But now maybe it's not having the same impact.

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 Maybe now it's just not seeming as powerful as it did just then.

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 But that's often the case.

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 But we often have to be challenged and convicted in what we are believing and what we're hearing week by week, month by month, year by year.

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 To be reminded that it's still the same word that is so powerful.

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 To not allow us to be distracted by other false gods as is the setting here.

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 The idols, the things that come between us and God.

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 And take away the joy of our worship.

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 Rob us of that joy.

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 Just to be reminded what God has done for us.

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 And what we owe to Him.

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 A right service.

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 A true commitment to Him.

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 And that's what is good about going into a week when we will have a communion time in our own midst.

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 It's always a powerful reminder to us.

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 We hear the Word of God week by week,

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 but then as we come to the Lord's Supper,

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 it seems to just add something to it.

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 It reminds us as we do that in remembrance of Him,

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 as we have the bread and the wine before us,

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 as we come to remember what the Lord has done.

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 It reminds us of what He has done for us

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 and what our commitment to Him should be as well.

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 And in some ways, Joshua is reminding the people of that here as well.

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 It's a significant moment.

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 He's called the nation, the people to Him,

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 reminding them of what they have been brought out,

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 of this bondage and slavery in Egypt,

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 what they have been brought to in the promised land,

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 and the fruits that are plenteous around them,

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 as you see in verse 13.

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 But all that the Lord has provided for them.

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 They are being reminded of this.

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 And some will listen and others won't.

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 That's the reality of it.

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 It may be the reality even here this evening.

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 Some will listen, some will not.

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 But our prayer is that God will speak.

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 God's Word will resonate in our hearts,

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 that it will remind us of what He has done for us.

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 Maybe even God's Word is speaking to you today.

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 It is challenging you.

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 Whether it's to recommit,

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 that maybe you've grown cold in your commitment to the Lord,

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 to come back to Him with a full sense of commitment.

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 Perhaps it's the fact you've not committed in the first place.

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 You're being challenged to commit.

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 But that's what the Word of God is saying to us.

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 It's asking of us,

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 are we committed to serving the Lord?

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 Joshua's words in verse 15 are like a summary for us.

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 In all that we move on in life with,

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 all the changes all around us,

00:34:09.139 --> 00:34:11.519
 all the distractions that come our way,

00:34:12.300 --> 00:34:14.519
 are we listening to God?

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 Are we committed to Him?

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 These words, they still speak to us today.

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 Verse 15,

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 In this message to the people that Joshua is giving,

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 he's giving them three things

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 that I want us to hear this evening as well.

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 He's asking them, first of all,

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 to consider,

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 to consider all that the Lord has done for them.

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 He's then giving them a comparison.

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 He's comparing the gods that are around them,

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 whether it's the gods of their fathers back in Egypt

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 or the gods of the Amorites in whose land they now dwell,

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 to compare these gods to the Lord

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 and what comparison is there.

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 And then thirdly,

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 as we'll see,

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 he's challenging them to commit.

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 So we've got consider,

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 compare,

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 and commit.

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 Well, the first thing we want to look at here is consider.

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 And really from verse 1 through to verse 13,

00:35:37.720 --> 00:35:40.960
 Joshua is there asking them to consider

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 all the things that they have seen

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 that the Lord has done,

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 how He has brought them out of the land of Egypt,

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 how He has brought them through the wilderness,

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 how He has brought them into the promised land.

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 There are all these things that they have seen of God

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 and are being asked by Joshua,

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 consider what God has done for you,

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 how He has led you to this point,

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 how He has provided for you all along the way.

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 Read through the beginning of chapter 24

00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:17.440
 in your own time,

00:36:17.539 --> 00:36:18.759
 maybe even this evening,

00:36:19.819 --> 00:36:21.839
 how He brought them out of Egypt,

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:24.519
 how He brought them through so many battles,

00:36:24.659 --> 00:36:25.279
 victorious,

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:28.519
 without even having to lift a sword or a bow.

00:36:28.879 --> 00:36:31.219
 He won the battle for them.

00:36:31.739 --> 00:36:33.659
 And how He brought them into cities

00:36:34.219 --> 00:36:35.659
 and with vineyards and orchards,

00:36:36.759 --> 00:36:38.359
 that the cities they didn't build,

00:36:38.779 --> 00:36:40.659
 the orchards they didn't plant,

00:36:40.659 --> 00:36:44.299
 everything was provided by God.

00:36:46.239 --> 00:36:48.139
 In Psalm 116,

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:52.719
 the psalmist there speaks of how his soul finds rest

00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:56.159
 because God has been good to him.

00:36:57.039 --> 00:36:59.980
 Consider all that the Lord has done,

00:37:00.099 --> 00:37:01.879
 how He heard His prayer,

00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:03.019
 how He was with them,

00:37:03.359 --> 00:37:04.839
 and he comes to the conclusion,

00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:06.639
 his soul finds rest

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:10.019
 because God has been good to him.

00:37:10.019 --> 00:37:15.320
 Do you have that rest in your soul this evening?

00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:18.619
 Because God has been good to you.

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:22.000
 Consider what the Lord has done.

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:24.679
 He shows us here what He has done

00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:26.539
 for the children of Israel.

00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:28.659
 But what about ourselves?

00:37:29.320 --> 00:37:31.759
 As you consider your own life,

00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:33.840
 as you look back over it,

00:37:33.860 --> 00:37:36.880
 as you see all your journey through this world,

00:37:36.880 --> 00:37:40.140
 consider the things that the Lord has done.

00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:43.539
 There will be very personal things for yourself.

00:37:44.260 --> 00:37:45.880
 There will be times when you felt

00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:48.780
 maybe you couldn't go on in your own strength,

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:50.900
 but He gave you strength.

00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:53.680
 He gave you courage when you were afraid.

00:37:54.140 --> 00:37:56.840
 He gave you boldness when you were full of fear.

00:37:57.519 --> 00:38:02.200
 Consider the things that the Lord has done for you.

00:38:02.199 --> 00:38:05.919
 That's what Joshua is challenging the people,

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:07.419
 ourselves today with.

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:10.599
 Consider what the Lord has done

00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:15.619
 and the cost that is in serving Him.

00:38:16.839 --> 00:38:18.919
 Look at the way he says

00:38:18.919 --> 00:38:21.179
 to the positive response of the people

00:38:21.179 --> 00:38:24.339
 when you go down to verse 19.

00:38:24.340 --> 00:38:26.300
 In verse 16,

00:38:26.400 --> 00:38:27.340
 the people answered,

00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:29.120
 Far be it from us

00:38:29.120 --> 00:38:30.800
 that we should forsake the Lord

00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:32.280
 to serve other gods.

00:38:32.780 --> 00:38:34.539
 For it is the Lord our God

00:38:34.539 --> 00:38:36.760
 who brought us and our fathers

00:38:36.760 --> 00:38:38.220
 up from the land of Egypt,

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:39.800
 out of the house of slavery.

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:41.720
 He did all these things.

00:38:42.460 --> 00:38:44.740
 And they say at the end of verse 18,

00:38:45.300 --> 00:38:47.160
 We will serve the Lord,

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:49.559
 for He is our God.

00:38:49.620 --> 00:38:51.600
 But look at the response of Joshua to that.

00:38:51.600 --> 00:38:53.940
 But Joshua said to the people,

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:57.160
 You are not able to serve the Lord,

00:38:57.700 --> 00:38:59.400
 for He is a holy God.

00:38:59.760 --> 00:39:01.559
 He is a jealous God.

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:04.500
 He will not forgive your transgressions

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:05.140
 and your sins

00:39:05.140 --> 00:39:07.519
 if you forsake the Lord

00:39:07.519 --> 00:39:10.700
 and serve foreign gods.

00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:12.780
 What's he saying here?

00:39:13.000 --> 00:39:14.559
 Consider what you're saying.

00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:17.079
 Consider the commitment

00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:18.760
 you are making here.

00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:21.500
 It cannot be just mere words.

00:39:21.500 --> 00:39:24.940
 You cannot pay God platitudes

00:39:24.940 --> 00:39:27.400
 in that way with just mere words.

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:29.340
 He's calling them here

00:39:29.340 --> 00:39:31.659
 to consider seriously.

00:39:32.539 --> 00:39:34.019
 To seriously consider

00:39:34.019 --> 00:39:36.659
 what is their commitment to the Lord.

00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:38.239
 Is it mere words,

00:39:38.340 --> 00:39:39.900
 just a gesture to the Lord?

00:39:40.300 --> 00:39:42.579
 Oh yes, I'll serve the Lord.

00:39:43.239 --> 00:39:44.880
 But their heart's not in it.

00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:47.099
 Or their hearts are divided,

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.840
 as is the case here.

00:39:49.640 --> 00:39:50.960
 They're divided between

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:52.460
 serving the Lord

00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:54.820
 and serving other gods.

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:57.559
 He's saying there is a cost to this.

00:39:58.400 --> 00:39:59.579
 Consider that.

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.880
 Jesus and His disciples

00:40:01.880 --> 00:40:04.820
 in Matthew 16, verse 24,

00:40:05.340 --> 00:40:07.079
 Jesus reminds the disciples

00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:10.140
 of the cost of following Jesus.

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.820
 He says,

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:12.860
 If anyone would come after me,

00:40:12.920 --> 00:40:14.220
 let him deny himself,

00:40:14.740 --> 00:40:16.019
 take up his cross,

00:40:16.140 --> 00:40:17.140
 and follow me.

00:40:17.700 --> 00:40:19.640
 For whoever would save his life

00:40:19.640 --> 00:40:20.400
 will lose it.

00:40:20.720 --> 00:40:22.519
 But whoever loses his life

00:40:22.519 --> 00:40:25.000
 for my sake will find it.

00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:27.539
 This is similar to what

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:29.440
 Joshua was saying here too.

00:40:30.120 --> 00:40:31.280
 There is a cost

00:40:31.280 --> 00:40:33.460
 as you consider what it means

00:40:33.460 --> 00:40:35.640
 to following the Lord.

00:40:36.480 --> 00:40:37.539
 But you see,

00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:39.240
 all along the way,

00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:41.359
 how the Lord provides,

00:40:42.019 --> 00:40:43.139
 how He gives,

00:40:43.799 --> 00:40:44.819
 how He helps.

00:40:44.959 --> 00:40:46.539
 And that is above all

00:40:46.539 --> 00:40:47.419
 what we consider.

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:50.000
 The Lord will not fail us.

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:52.399
 So as we commit ourselves

00:40:52.399 --> 00:40:53.299
 to the Lord,

00:40:53.839 --> 00:40:55.759
 He will be with us.

00:40:56.739 --> 00:40:58.059
 There's a poem called,

00:40:58.159 --> 00:41:00.139
 Hitherto the Lord Has Blessed Us.

00:41:00.500 --> 00:41:01.899
 And it goes like this,

00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:05.379
 When our soul is much discouraged

00:41:05.379 --> 00:41:08.019
 by the roughness of the way

00:41:08.019 --> 00:41:10.480
 And the cross we have to carry

00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:12.780
 Seemeth heavier every day.

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:15.739
 When some cloud that overshadows

00:41:15.739 --> 00:41:18.619
 Hides our Father's face from you,

00:41:19.280 --> 00:41:21.179
 O'tis well then to remember

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:24.079
 He has blessed us hitherto.

00:41:24.800 --> 00:41:27.480
 Looking back the long years over,

00:41:28.019 --> 00:41:29.920
 What a varied path and yet

00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:32.559
 All the way His hand has led us,

00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:35.519
 Placed each hindrance we have met,

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:38.360
 Given to us the pleasant places,

00:41:38.880 --> 00:41:41.039
 Cheered us all the journey through,

00:41:41.599 --> 00:41:43.780
 Passing through the deepest waters,

00:41:44.239 --> 00:41:46.360
 He has blessed us hitherto.

00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:50.139
 Surely then our hearts should trust,

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:52.940
 Though the clouds be dark overhead,

00:41:53.820 --> 00:41:56.159
 We've a friend that draweth closer,

00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:58.759
 When all other friends have fled,

00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:01.300
 When our pilgrimage is over,

00:42:01.300 --> 00:42:04.260
 And the gates we're sweeping through,

00:42:04.260 --> 00:42:07.640
 We shall see with clearer vision

00:42:07.640 --> 00:42:10.960
 How He's blessed us hitherto.

00:42:11.680 --> 00:42:13.820
 It's a reminder to us of the Lord

00:42:13.820 --> 00:42:17.200
 Being with us all along the way,

00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:20.460
 Especially through those times of challenge,

00:42:20.640 --> 00:42:22.740
 Those times of difficulty.

00:42:22.740 --> 00:42:25.780
 He will give us a clearer vision,

00:42:26.460 --> 00:42:28.300
 A vision of Himself.

00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:32.440
 And that's what Joshua is asking the people here

00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:33.780
 To consider.

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:35.860
 As he's saying when he says,

00:42:36.340 --> 00:42:39.900
 Choose this day whom you will serve.

00:42:40.720 --> 00:42:43.640
 It's to consider where you are.

00:42:44.220 --> 00:42:47.860
 To consider what has been done for you.

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:52.500
 And especially now as we know in light of Jesus Christ,

00:42:52.600 --> 00:42:55.600
 And what He has done for us at the cross.

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:58.960
 To consider what that means.

00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:01.440
 To consider the cost

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:04.299
 For the forgiveness of our sins.

00:43:04.619 --> 00:43:06.900
 To consider the cost

00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:10.039
 Of fully serving Him.

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:13.400
 As he is challenging the people here,

00:43:13.779 --> 00:43:15.059
 There's a sense of it being,

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:18.000
 There will be things that you will have to let go.

00:43:18.759 --> 00:43:21.719
 There will be things that you will have to put away from yourself

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:23.899
 To fully serve God.

00:43:24.899 --> 00:43:26.739
 Consider your life.

00:43:27.319 --> 00:43:29.119
 Consider all of these things.

00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:33.959
 And see if there are things that need to change.

00:43:34.500 --> 00:43:36.699
 And that's true for ourselves.

00:43:37.419 --> 00:43:40.679
 There may be things in our lives we have to put away.

00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:43.739
 Things that are coming between us and God.

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:45.259
 They will have to go.

00:43:45.260 --> 00:43:47.440
 But consider the cost

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:49.060
 If they don't.

00:43:50.380 --> 00:43:50.980
 Consider,

00:43:51.560 --> 00:43:54.220
 Even as Joshua goes on to say here,

00:43:54.720 --> 00:43:56.960
 If you will not put away the gods,

00:43:57.560 --> 00:43:59.260
 He says in verse 20,

00:43:59.960 --> 00:44:01.280
 If you forsake the Lord

00:44:01.280 --> 00:44:03.620
 And serve foreign gods,

00:44:04.080 --> 00:44:05.740
 Then He will turn away

00:44:05.740 --> 00:44:08.240
 And do you harm and consume you

00:44:08.240 --> 00:44:11.260
 After having done you good.

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:14.700
 There's a serious challenge there.

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:16.859
 He will consume you.

00:44:17.219 --> 00:44:19.619
 Even after He has done you good.

00:44:19.739 --> 00:44:21.819
 If you forsake Him.

00:44:21.919 --> 00:44:24.739
 So consider all of these things.

00:44:25.359 --> 00:44:27.279
 The second thing we see here is

00:44:27.279 --> 00:44:30.679
 He's asking us to compare.

00:44:31.759 --> 00:44:34.579
 To compare God the Lord

00:44:34.579 --> 00:44:37.239
 And to compare the other gods

00:44:37.239 --> 00:44:39.419
 That they've had in their lives.

00:44:39.980 --> 00:44:43.059
 So Joshua gives them some advice.

00:44:43.059 --> 00:44:44.559
 And in many ways,

00:44:45.019 --> 00:44:48.739
 It maybe seems like strange advice to us.

00:44:49.779 --> 00:44:53.039
 The problem is there for us in verse 14.

00:44:53.759 --> 00:44:54.299
 He says,

00:44:54.440 --> 00:44:56.820
 Now therefore fear the Lord

00:44:56.820 --> 00:45:00.440
 And serve Him in sincerity and faithfulness.

00:45:00.840 --> 00:45:03.079
 Put away the gods that your fathers served

00:45:03.079 --> 00:45:05.199
 Beyond the river and in Egypt

00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:06.599
 And serve the Lord.

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:08.699
 But then He says in verse 15,

00:45:08.699 --> 00:45:13.440
 If it is evil in your eyes to serve the Lord,

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:16.339
 Choose this day whom you will serve.

00:45:16.860 --> 00:45:18.619
 Whether the gods of your fathers

00:45:18.619 --> 00:45:20.179
 Served in the region beyond the river

00:45:20.179 --> 00:45:22.380
 Or the gods of the Amorites

00:45:22.380 --> 00:45:23.659
 In whose land you dwell.

00:45:23.659 --> 00:45:27.099
 He puts this choice before them.

00:45:27.579 --> 00:45:31.259
 And initially it maybe seems like a strange choice to us.

00:45:32.039 --> 00:45:33.579
 Either choose to serve,

00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:36.239
 If it seems evil to serve the Lord,

00:45:36.319 --> 00:45:38.139
 Then choose whom you will serve.

00:45:38.539 --> 00:45:39.940
 Either your fathers' gods

00:45:39.940 --> 00:45:42.079
 Or the gods of the Amorites.

00:45:43.079 --> 00:45:45.839
 But they're both false gods.

00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:50.500
 So what is the point of what he's making here?

00:45:50.559 --> 00:45:54.780
 The people were beginning to see the God of the Amorites.

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:58.440
 And they were beginning to see an appeal

00:45:58.440 --> 00:46:00.280
 To go to these gods.

00:46:01.360 --> 00:46:03.960
 Not quite fully forsaking the Lord.

00:46:04.680 --> 00:46:07.440
 They were going to try and keep Him in their lives.

00:46:07.760 --> 00:46:10.740
 But it's almost like they were just trying to be fully covered.

00:46:11.820 --> 00:46:14.900
 We'll have God the Lord on one side.

00:46:14.900 --> 00:46:17.720
 But maybe we'll need the gods of the Amorites.

00:46:17.980 --> 00:46:20.579
 Or perhaps even the gods of our fathers

00:46:20.579 --> 00:46:21.960
 That they had back in Egypt.

00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:24.579
 We'll leave every option opened.

00:46:24.960 --> 00:46:26.700
 Believing that this would help them

00:46:26.700 --> 00:46:28.740
 To be almost fully covered.

00:46:29.700 --> 00:46:31.440
 That is why he says here,

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:34.680
 Serving the Lord seems evil to you.

00:46:35.260 --> 00:46:37.740
 It seems evil in the sense that

00:46:37.740 --> 00:46:40.720
 They're putting all their eggs in one basket.

00:46:41.460 --> 00:46:44.039
 If they only rely on one God,

00:46:44.039 --> 00:46:46.719
 Well, that would be stupid, would it not?

00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:48.539
 When there's all these other gods

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:50.719
 Who may be the answer for us as well.

00:46:51.420 --> 00:46:53.480
 Being accountable to one God

00:46:53.480 --> 00:46:56.779
 Just doesn't seem the right way to go.

00:46:58.059 --> 00:47:01.000
 And we say, well, how stupid is that?

00:47:01.059 --> 00:47:03.279
 That sounds just crazy to us.

00:47:03.279 --> 00:47:06.539
 And we say it should sound crazy to them as well.

00:47:06.539 --> 00:47:09.920
 And yet how easy it is for our own hearts

00:47:09.920 --> 00:47:12.300
 To be pulled in different directions.

00:47:13.420 --> 00:47:15.139
 How easy it is for ourselves

00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:18.019
 To have idols that will come into our lives.

00:47:18.219 --> 00:47:20.659
 Things that we will rely on and trust on

00:47:20.659 --> 00:47:21.699
 And depend on

00:47:21.699 --> 00:47:24.759
 That we think we can help ourselves with.

00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:29.900
 When all our trust is to be in God.

00:47:29.900 --> 00:47:33.500
 The point he is making is this.

00:47:34.340 --> 00:47:37.599
 The choices are just as bad

00:47:37.599 --> 00:47:40.039
 And just as absurd

00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:42.920
 And of no use to you.

00:47:43.800 --> 00:47:45.800
 He's saying if you will not serve God

00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:48.639
 You must at least serve another God

00:47:48.639 --> 00:47:49.960
 And this is your choice.

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:52.039
 The God of your fathers

00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:54.420
 Or the God of the Amorites.

00:47:54.420 --> 00:47:58.260
 But neither can help you.

00:47:59.119 --> 00:48:01.340
 Neither can save you.

00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:06.099
 Just like we sang in the psalm earlier

00:48:06.099 --> 00:48:07.079
 About the idols.

00:48:07.539 --> 00:48:09.720
 They have no eyes that they can see.

00:48:09.820 --> 00:48:11.780
 They have no mouths that they cannot speak.

00:48:11.780 --> 00:48:14.119
 They have no ears that they can hear.

00:48:14.740 --> 00:48:16.840
 But God the Lord does.

00:48:18.280 --> 00:48:19.740
 What Joshua is saying is

00:48:19.740 --> 00:48:22.639
 It's nonsense to think that these gods

00:48:22.639 --> 00:48:24.139
 Can do anything for you.

00:48:24.780 --> 00:48:27.099
 Remember what the Lord has done for you.

00:48:27.139 --> 00:48:28.340
 How he has brought you

00:48:28.340 --> 00:48:30.099
 Out of the land of Egypt

00:48:30.099 --> 00:48:31.599
 Away from these gods

00:48:31.599 --> 00:48:34.019
 And into the land of the Amorites

00:48:34.019 --> 00:48:36.240
 And protected you from them and their gods.

00:48:36.659 --> 00:48:38.320
 There is no comparison.

00:48:39.380 --> 00:48:43.019
 Nothing compares to God the Lord.

00:48:44.460 --> 00:48:46.800
 And that's for ourselves too.

00:48:47.440 --> 00:48:50.940
 When you compare God the Lord in your life.

00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:53.639
 Is there anything else that you can bring in

00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:56.059
 That's going to add any benefit to you.

00:48:56.679 --> 00:48:58.379
 Is there anything else that you can do

00:48:58.379 --> 00:49:00.799
 That's going to make it better for you.

00:49:01.279 --> 00:49:01.679
 No.

00:49:02.239 --> 00:49:05.480
 Because only God the Lord can help.

00:49:06.639 --> 00:49:07.759
 So he's saying

00:49:07.759 --> 00:49:09.539
 Don't turn back.

00:49:10.319 --> 00:49:12.759
 Don't go back to the gods of your fathers.

00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:15.739
 Don't turn to the God of the Amorites.

00:49:15.739 --> 00:49:16.859
 He's saying

00:49:16.859 --> 00:49:19.859
 Make sure that you are fully committed.

00:49:19.859 --> 00:49:22.059
 Because if you're divided

00:49:22.059 --> 00:49:23.959
 He'll consume you.

00:49:23.960 --> 00:49:27.820
 And again he reminds them

00:49:27.820 --> 00:49:29.740
 Later on in verse 23.

00:49:30.019 --> 00:49:31.240
 It's almost like he's saying

00:49:31.240 --> 00:49:32.539
 You are

00:49:32.539 --> 00:49:33.340
 Well in verse 22

00:49:33.340 --> 00:49:35.139
 You are witnesses against yourselves

00:49:35.139 --> 00:49:36.519
 That you have chosen the Lord

00:49:36.519 --> 00:49:37.579
 To serve him.

00:49:38.380 --> 00:49:40.059
 Then put away the foreign gods

00:49:40.059 --> 00:49:40.920
 That are among you

00:49:40.920 --> 00:49:43.300
 And incline your heart to the Lord

00:49:43.300 --> 00:49:44.820
 The God of Israel.

00:49:45.199 --> 00:49:46.500
 You see they had them.

00:49:47.179 --> 00:49:48.400
 They had the gods

00:49:48.400 --> 00:49:50.159
 The foreign gods

00:49:50.159 --> 00:49:50.780
 Because he's saying

00:49:50.780 --> 00:49:51.920
 Put them away.

00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:54.340
 It wasn't even that the danger was there

00:49:54.340 --> 00:49:55.480
 That they might bring them in.

00:49:55.720 --> 00:49:56.760
 They were already there

00:49:56.760 --> 00:49:57.280
 But he's saying

00:49:57.280 --> 00:49:58.599
 Put them away.

00:49:59.119 --> 00:50:00.740
 Because nothing compares

00:50:00.740 --> 00:50:03.000
 To God the Lord.

00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:05.420
 The Lord our God

00:50:05.420 --> 00:50:06.680
 We will serve

00:50:06.680 --> 00:50:08.119
 The people said.

00:50:08.599 --> 00:50:09.480
 And so Joshua

00:50:09.480 --> 00:50:11.360
 Made a covenant.

00:50:12.639 --> 00:50:14.119
 That is how serious

00:50:14.119 --> 00:50:15.760
 It was.

00:50:16.519 --> 00:50:18.180
 A full commitment

00:50:18.180 --> 00:50:19.559
 To the Lord.

00:50:20.260 --> 00:50:21.680
 Because there is no one

00:50:21.679 --> 00:50:22.139
 Nothing

00:50:22.139 --> 00:50:23.379
 That compares

00:50:23.379 --> 00:50:24.559
 To God the Lord.

00:50:24.639 --> 00:50:25.879
 And when we know

00:50:25.879 --> 00:50:27.079
 Christ Jesus

00:50:27.079 --> 00:50:29.319
 When we truly know him

00:50:29.319 --> 00:50:30.839
 The one who saves us

00:50:30.839 --> 00:50:32.019
 From our sins

00:50:32.019 --> 00:50:33.460
 There is nothing

00:50:33.460 --> 00:50:34.599
 That compares.

00:50:35.739 --> 00:50:36.419
 Nothing

00:50:36.419 --> 00:50:38.299
 Compares to it.

00:50:39.159 --> 00:50:39.799
 They thought

00:50:39.799 --> 00:50:40.339
 They would be

00:50:40.339 --> 00:50:41.739
 Fully covered

00:50:41.739 --> 00:50:42.599
 By bringing in

00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:44.059
 All these other gods.

00:50:44.519 --> 00:50:45.799
 Fully comprehensive

00:50:45.799 --> 00:50:47.359
 In insurance terms.

00:50:48.179 --> 00:50:48.899
 They weren't even

00:50:48.900 --> 00:50:49.900
 Third party.

00:50:49.900 --> 00:50:49.940
 Third party.

00:50:50.860 --> 00:50:52.500
 Because it was a scam.

00:50:53.119 --> 00:50:54.280
 It was a fraud

00:50:54.280 --> 00:50:54.920
 To think

00:50:54.920 --> 00:50:56.139
 That these gods

00:50:56.139 --> 00:50:57.599
 Can do anything for them.

00:50:58.280 --> 00:50:58.900
 And yet that is

00:50:58.900 --> 00:50:59.539
 What the world

00:50:59.539 --> 00:51:01.099
 Seeks to do to us.

00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:02.780
 To pull us away

00:51:02.780 --> 00:51:03.660
 From God.

00:51:04.039 --> 00:51:05.260
 But it's a fraud.

00:51:05.380 --> 00:51:06.180
 It's a scam.

00:51:07.000 --> 00:51:08.240
 Because only God

00:51:08.240 --> 00:51:08.920
 The Lord

00:51:08.920 --> 00:51:10.599
 Can save us.

00:51:10.599 --> 00:51:13.699
 And so then

00:51:13.699 --> 00:51:14.960
 Thirdly and finally

00:51:14.960 --> 00:51:15.960
 We see here

00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:17.940
 Joshua is calling them

00:51:17.940 --> 00:51:19.039
 To commit.

00:51:20.159 --> 00:51:21.299
 He is calling them

00:51:21.299 --> 00:51:22.420
 To commit.

00:51:23.179 --> 00:51:24.099
 When he says

00:51:24.099 --> 00:51:26.000
 Put away the gods

00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:26.799
 Of your father

00:51:26.799 --> 00:51:27.980
 Serve beyond the river

00:51:27.980 --> 00:51:29.059
 And in Egypt

00:51:29.059 --> 00:51:30.179
 And serve the Lord.

00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:31.719
 And if it is evil

00:51:31.719 --> 00:51:32.279
 In your eyes

00:51:32.279 --> 00:51:33.119
 To serve the Lord

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:34.699
 Choose this day

00:51:34.699 --> 00:51:36.480
 Whom you will serve.

00:51:37.059 --> 00:51:38.719
 Choose this day.

00:51:38.719 --> 00:51:40.099
 But then he makes

00:51:40.099 --> 00:51:41.039
 This statement.

00:51:42.239 --> 00:51:42.679
 He says

00:51:42.679 --> 00:51:44.259
 But as for me

00:51:44.259 --> 00:51:46.099
 And my house

00:51:46.099 --> 00:51:47.719
 We will serve

00:51:48.379 --> 00:51:49.439
 The Lord.

00:51:50.399 --> 00:51:51.819
 There is this

00:51:51.819 --> 00:51:52.719
 Commitment.

00:51:54.519 --> 00:51:55.599
 God the Lord

00:51:55.599 --> 00:51:56.759
 Is a mighty God

00:51:56.759 --> 00:51:57.500
 Who saves.

00:51:57.959 --> 00:51:58.919
 He is the one

00:51:58.919 --> 00:51:59.719
 Who is to be feared.

00:52:00.759 --> 00:52:01.679
 He is the God

00:52:01.679 --> 00:52:02.539
 Who is gracious

00:52:02.539 --> 00:52:03.399
 And concerned

00:52:03.399 --> 00:52:05.239
 For his people.

00:52:05.319 --> 00:52:06.039
 And having looked

00:52:06.039 --> 00:52:07.320
 At other gods

00:52:07.320 --> 00:52:09.039
 And how they compare

00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:10.679
 There is no contrast.

00:52:11.380 --> 00:52:11.719
 He says

00:52:11.719 --> 00:52:12.739
 As for me

00:52:12.739 --> 00:52:14.079
 And my house

00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:16.059
 We will serve

00:52:16.059 --> 00:52:17.259
 The Lord.

00:52:19.019 --> 00:52:20.139
 Isn't that a bold

00:52:20.139 --> 00:52:21.599
 And courageous statement?

00:52:22.599 --> 00:52:23.199
 And isn't that

00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:24.119
 What we all need

00:52:24.119 --> 00:52:24.820
 To be like?

00:52:24.860 --> 00:52:25.619
 It doesn't matter

00:52:25.619 --> 00:52:26.759
 What others

00:52:26.759 --> 00:52:27.340
 Are saying

00:52:27.340 --> 00:52:28.199
 Or what the rest

00:52:28.199 --> 00:52:28.840
 Think.

00:52:30.139 --> 00:52:31.079
 How the world

00:52:31.079 --> 00:52:31.759
 Says

00:52:31.759 --> 00:52:32.940
 Where is

00:52:32.940 --> 00:52:33.840
 Your God?

00:52:33.840 --> 00:52:35.640
 We can say

00:52:35.640 --> 00:52:36.360
 Our God

00:52:36.360 --> 00:52:37.360
 Is in the heavens

00:52:37.360 --> 00:52:37.820
 High

00:52:37.820 --> 00:52:39.240
 He is ruling

00:52:39.240 --> 00:52:41.960
 We can rest

00:52:41.960 --> 00:52:42.780
 And trust

00:52:42.780 --> 00:52:43.840
 In him

00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:44.880
 Even when the world

00:52:44.880 --> 00:52:45.820
 Laughs

00:52:45.820 --> 00:52:47.180
 And mocks us

00:52:47.180 --> 00:52:47.700
 For it

00:52:47.700 --> 00:52:50.240
 But our God

00:52:50.240 --> 00:52:52.280
 Is the Lord

00:52:52.280 --> 00:52:53.519
 And that is

00:52:53.519 --> 00:52:54.220
 The statement

00:52:54.220 --> 00:52:55.380
 That Joshua

00:52:55.380 --> 00:52:55.980
 Is making

00:52:55.980 --> 00:52:56.559
 Have you

00:52:56.559 --> 00:52:58.260
 Made that statement?

00:52:59.059 --> 00:53:00.079
 Have you made

00:53:00.079 --> 00:53:01.340
 That commitment

00:53:01.340 --> 00:53:02.400
 Yourself?

00:53:03.240 --> 00:53:04.559
 As for me

00:53:04.559 --> 00:53:06.500
 And my house

00:53:06.500 --> 00:53:08.559
 We will serve

00:53:08.559 --> 00:53:09.820
 The Lord.

00:53:11.039 --> 00:53:11.740
 His commitment

00:53:11.740 --> 00:53:12.680
 Is because

00:53:12.680 --> 00:53:13.460
 He knows

00:53:13.460 --> 00:53:14.820
 The God

00:53:14.820 --> 00:53:15.700
 Who is committed

00:53:15.700 --> 00:53:17.079
 To him.

00:53:18.400 --> 00:53:19.680
 And when it comes

00:53:19.680 --> 00:53:21.079
 To commitment

00:53:21.079 --> 00:53:23.000
 How committed

00:53:23.000 --> 00:53:24.220
 Are you?

00:53:25.220 --> 00:53:26.059
 I'll share

00:53:26.059 --> 00:53:26.940
 What sounds

00:53:26.940 --> 00:53:28.440
 Like a silly story

00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:30.000
 But it has

00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:30.400
 A very

00:53:30.400 --> 00:53:31.420
 Serious

00:53:31.420 --> 00:53:33.240
 Application

00:53:33.240 --> 00:53:34.420
 For us

00:53:34.420 --> 00:53:36.380
 It's about

00:53:36.380 --> 00:53:37.220
 Our commitment

00:53:37.220 --> 00:53:38.000
 And the story

00:53:38.000 --> 00:53:38.400
 Was about

00:53:38.400 --> 00:53:38.920
 A pig

00:53:38.920 --> 00:53:39.559
 And a chicken

00:53:39.559 --> 00:53:41.099
 A pig

00:53:41.099 --> 00:53:41.700
 And a chicken

00:53:41.700 --> 00:53:42.460
 Who were walking

00:53:42.460 --> 00:53:43.220
 Down the road

00:53:43.220 --> 00:53:44.579
 And the chicken

00:53:44.579 --> 00:53:45.519
 Said to the pig

00:53:45.519 --> 00:53:46.119
 Hey pig

00:53:46.119 --> 00:53:47.220
 I was thinking

00:53:47.220 --> 00:53:47.860
 We should open

00:53:47.860 --> 00:53:48.579
 A restaurant

00:53:48.579 --> 00:53:50.880
 And pig replies

00:53:50.880 --> 00:53:51.679
 Well maybe

00:53:51.679 --> 00:53:52.920
 What will we

00:53:52.920 --> 00:53:53.500
 Call it?

00:53:54.400 --> 00:53:54.980
 And the chicken

00:53:54.980 --> 00:53:55.639
 Responds

00:53:55.639 --> 00:53:56.159
 How about

00:53:56.159 --> 00:53:57.179
 Bacon and eggs?

00:53:58.440 --> 00:53:59.519
 The pig

00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:00.480
 He thinks

00:54:00.480 --> 00:54:01.079
 For a moment

00:54:01.079 --> 00:54:01.780
 And says

00:54:01.780 --> 00:54:03.460
 No way

00:54:03.460 --> 00:54:05.220
 For that

00:54:05.220 --> 00:54:06.000
 For you

00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:06.940
 That only means

00:54:06.940 --> 00:54:08.220
 A contribution

00:54:08.220 --> 00:54:10.320
 But for me

00:54:10.320 --> 00:54:11.579
 That means

00:54:11.579 --> 00:54:12.320
 A total

00:54:12.320 --> 00:54:13.260
 Commitment

00:54:13.260 --> 00:54:15.340
 It's a silly

00:54:15.340 --> 00:54:16.220
 Story in many

00:54:16.220 --> 00:54:16.700
 Ways

00:54:16.700 --> 00:54:18.619
 But the application

00:54:18.619 --> 00:54:19.659
 Of it is this

00:54:19.659 --> 00:54:21.480
 Are we merely

00:54:21.480 --> 00:54:22.179
 A people

00:54:22.179 --> 00:54:22.720
 Who are like

00:54:22.720 --> 00:54:23.260
 The chicken

00:54:23.260 --> 00:54:25.320
 Just a contribution

00:54:25.320 --> 00:54:26.380
 To the Lord

00:54:26.380 --> 00:54:27.980
 Or are we

00:54:27.980 --> 00:54:28.780
 Like the pig

00:54:28.780 --> 00:54:30.320
 That it means

00:54:30.320 --> 00:54:31.760
 Full commitment

00:54:31.760 --> 00:54:33.099
 For us

00:54:33.099 --> 00:54:35.039
 We are to be

00:54:35.039 --> 00:54:36.720
 Fully committed

00:54:36.720 --> 00:54:39.380
 Jesus experienced

00:54:39.380 --> 00:54:40.940
 The same things

00:54:40.940 --> 00:54:41.640
 With his own

00:54:41.640 --> 00:54:42.420
 Disciples

00:54:42.420 --> 00:54:44.180
 Many followed

00:54:44.180 --> 00:54:45.039
 Jesus when he

00:54:45.039 --> 00:54:45.960
 Was doing miracles

00:54:45.960 --> 00:54:46.860
 And all kinds

00:54:46.860 --> 00:54:47.420
 Of things

00:54:47.420 --> 00:54:48.420
 All kinds

00:54:48.420 --> 00:54:49.059
 Of teaching

00:54:49.059 --> 00:54:49.740
 They were hearing

00:54:49.740 --> 00:54:50.360
 And seeing

00:54:50.360 --> 00:54:51.800
 Great things

00:54:51.800 --> 00:54:53.380
 But then it

00:54:53.380 --> 00:54:54.200
 Became too

00:54:54.200 --> 00:54:54.740
 Hard

00:54:54.740 --> 00:54:56.500
 And many

00:54:56.500 --> 00:54:57.580
 Of his

00:54:57.580 --> 00:54:58.340
 Disciples

00:54:58.340 --> 00:54:59.760
 Turned back

00:54:59.760 --> 00:55:00.400
 It says in

00:55:00.400 --> 00:55:01.140
 John 6

00:55:01.140 --> 00:55:02.220
 Verse 66

00:55:02.220 --> 00:55:03.300
 After this

00:55:03.300 --> 00:55:03.840
 Many of his

00:55:03.840 --> 00:55:04.380
 Disciples

00:55:04.380 --> 00:55:05.120
 Turned back

00:55:05.120 --> 00:55:05.820
 And no longer

00:55:05.820 --> 00:55:06.620
 Walked with him

00:55:06.619 --> 00:55:08.000
 So Jesus said

00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:08.940
 To the twelve

00:55:08.940 --> 00:55:10.480
 Do you want

00:55:10.480 --> 00:55:11.139
 To go away

00:55:11.139 --> 00:55:11.839
 As well

00:55:11.839 --> 00:55:13.639
 Simon Peter

00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:14.420
 Answered him

00:55:14.420 --> 00:55:14.799
 Lord

00:55:14.799 --> 00:55:15.880
 To whom

00:55:15.880 --> 00:55:16.639
 Shall we go

00:55:16.639 --> 00:55:17.819
 You have the

00:55:17.819 --> 00:55:18.900
 Words of eternal

00:55:18.900 --> 00:55:19.460
 Life

00:55:19.460 --> 00:55:20.539
 And we have

00:55:20.539 --> 00:55:21.279
 Believed and

00:55:21.279 --> 00:55:21.900
 Have come to

00:55:21.900 --> 00:55:22.199
 Know

00:55:22.199 --> 00:55:23.139
 That you are

00:55:23.139 --> 00:55:23.699
 The holy

00:55:23.699 --> 00:55:24.159
 One

00:55:24.159 --> 00:55:25.339
 Of God

00:55:25.339 --> 00:55:27.099
 Are we

00:55:27.099 --> 00:55:27.639
 Committed

00:55:27.639 --> 00:55:28.819
 Like Simon

00:55:28.819 --> 00:55:29.619
 Peter's

00:55:29.619 --> 00:55:30.400
 Response

00:55:30.400 --> 00:55:31.759
 To whom

00:55:31.759 --> 00:55:32.219
 Else

00:55:32.219 --> 00:55:33.380
 Can we go

00:55:33.380 --> 00:55:34.779
 You alone

00:55:34.780 --> 00:55:35.600
 Have the words

00:55:35.600 --> 00:55:36.780
 Of eternal

00:55:36.780 --> 00:55:37.120
 Life

00:55:37.120 --> 00:55:37.720
 There is no

00:55:37.720 --> 00:55:38.680
 One who

00:55:38.680 --> 00:55:40.040
 Compares

00:55:40.040 --> 00:55:41.060
 To God

00:55:41.060 --> 00:55:41.800
 Our Lord

00:55:41.800 --> 00:55:43.900
 Do you want

00:55:43.900 --> 00:55:45.300
 To go away

00:55:45.300 --> 00:55:46.960
 Do you want

00:55:46.960 --> 00:55:47.740
 To just turn

00:55:47.740 --> 00:55:48.740
 Away

00:55:48.740 --> 00:55:49.660
 From him

00:55:49.660 --> 00:55:51.460
 The way

00:55:51.460 --> 00:55:52.700
 May be hard

00:55:52.700 --> 00:55:53.460
 As we follow

00:55:53.460 --> 00:55:53.820
 Him

00:55:53.820 --> 00:55:55.420
 But it is

00:55:55.420 --> 00:55:56.240
 The only way

00:55:56.240 --> 00:55:57.560
 It may not

00:55:57.560 --> 00:55:58.280
 Be an easy

00:55:58.280 --> 00:55:58.580
 Way

00:55:58.580 --> 00:55:59.780
 But it's

00:55:59.780 --> 00:56:00.580
 The only way

00:56:00.580 --> 00:56:01.880
 To eternal

00:56:01.880 --> 00:56:02.400
 Life

00:56:02.400 --> 00:56:03.740
 And that's

00:56:03.740 --> 00:56:04.420
 What Joshua

00:56:04.420 --> 00:56:05.200
 Is challenging

00:56:05.200 --> 00:56:05.700
 Us

00:56:05.700 --> 00:56:07.000
 Choose

00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:07.760
 This day

00:56:07.760 --> 00:56:08.900
 Whom

00:56:08.900 --> 00:56:09.880
 You will

00:56:09.880 --> 00:56:10.500
 Serve

00:56:10.500 --> 00:56:12.579
 A missionary

00:56:12.579 --> 00:56:13.740
 Society once

00:56:13.740 --> 00:56:14.720
 Wrote to David

00:56:14.720 --> 00:56:15.220
 Livingston

00:56:15.220 --> 00:56:15.760
 The famous

00:56:15.760 --> 00:56:16.200
 Missionary

00:56:16.200 --> 00:56:16.400
 And they

00:56:16.400 --> 00:56:16.960
 Asked him

00:56:16.960 --> 00:56:18.139
 Have you

00:56:18.139 --> 00:56:18.900
 Found a

00:56:18.900 --> 00:56:19.500
 Good road

00:56:19.500 --> 00:56:20.059
 To where

00:56:20.059 --> 00:56:20.619
 You are

00:56:20.619 --> 00:56:22.420
 If so

00:56:22.420 --> 00:56:22.940
 We want

00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:23.400
 To know

00:56:23.400 --> 00:56:24.380
 How to

00:56:24.380 --> 00:56:25.139
 Send other

00:56:25.139 --> 00:56:25.860
 Men to

00:56:25.860 --> 00:56:26.500
 Join you

00:56:26.500 --> 00:56:28.579
 David

00:56:28.579 --> 00:56:29.139
 Livingston

00:56:29.139 --> 00:56:29.820
 Wrote back

00:56:29.820 --> 00:56:30.300
 And said

00:56:30.300 --> 00:56:30.680
 This

00:56:30.680 --> 00:56:32.300
 If you

00:56:32.300 --> 00:56:33.000
 Have men

00:56:33.000 --> 00:56:33.440
 Who will

00:56:33.440 --> 00:56:34.200
 Come only

00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:34.619
 If they

00:56:34.619 --> 00:56:34.939
 Know

00:56:34.939 --> 00:56:35.839
 There is

00:56:35.839 --> 00:56:36.259
 A good

00:56:36.259 --> 00:56:36.679
 Road

00:56:36.679 --> 00:56:37.939
 I don't

00:56:37.939 --> 00:56:38.519
 Want them

00:56:38.519 --> 00:56:39.899
 I want

00:56:39.899 --> 00:56:40.279
 Men

00:56:40.279 --> 00:56:41.119
 Who will

00:56:41.119 --> 00:56:41.579
 Come

00:56:41.579 --> 00:56:42.500
 If there

00:56:42.500 --> 00:56:42.939
 Is no

00:56:42.939 --> 00:56:43.439
 Road

00:56:43.439 --> 00:56:44.399
 At all

00:56:44.399 --> 00:56:46.039
 He was

00:56:46.039 --> 00:56:46.539
 Looking for

00:56:46.539 --> 00:56:47.219
 A people

00:56:47.219 --> 00:56:48.139
 Who were

00:56:48.139 --> 00:56:48.980
 Fully committed

00:56:48.980 --> 00:56:50.279
 To serving

00:56:50.279 --> 00:56:50.819
 The Lord

00:56:50.819 --> 00:56:51.500
 Not having

00:56:51.500 --> 00:56:52.619
 The easy

00:56:52.619 --> 00:56:53.259
 Way to

00:56:53.259 --> 00:56:53.719
 Go on

00:56:53.719 --> 00:56:54.679
 Not having

00:56:54.679 --> 00:56:55.139
 Everything

00:56:55.139 --> 00:56:55.960
 Done for

00:56:55.960 --> 00:56:56.219
 Them

00:56:56.219 --> 00:56:57.299
 But those

00:56:57.299 --> 00:56:57.619
 Who were

00:56:57.619 --> 00:56:58.019
 Willing

00:56:58.019 --> 00:56:59.159
 To serve

00:56:59.159 --> 00:56:59.779
 The Lord

00:56:59.780 --> 00:57:00.780
 With all

00:57:00.780 --> 00:57:01.019
 Their

00:57:01.019 --> 00:57:01.460
 Heart

00:57:01.460 --> 00:57:02.840
 There is

00:57:02.840 --> 00:57:03.460
 No easy

00:57:03.460 --> 00:57:03.980
 Option

00:57:03.980 --> 00:57:05.240
 In serving

00:57:05.240 --> 00:57:05.740
 God

00:57:05.740 --> 00:57:06.760
 But there

00:57:06.760 --> 00:57:07.420
 Is every

00:57:07.420 --> 00:57:08.080
 Blessing

00:57:08.080 --> 00:57:08.640
 In it

00:57:08.640 --> 00:57:09.580
 To know

00:57:09.580 --> 00:57:10.040
 God

00:57:10.040 --> 00:57:10.760
 With us

00:57:10.760 --> 00:57:11.620
 And to

00:57:11.620 --> 00:57:12.180
 Know him

00:57:12.180 --> 00:57:13.100
 On our

00:57:13.100 --> 00:57:13.540
 Side

00:57:13.540 --> 00:57:13.940
 To know

00:57:13.940 --> 00:57:14.640
 The victory

00:57:14.640 --> 00:57:15.460
 That we

00:57:15.460 --> 00:57:16.280
 Have in

00:57:16.280 --> 00:57:16.740
 Christ

00:57:16.740 --> 00:57:17.420
 The hope

00:57:17.420 --> 00:57:18.820
 Of eternal

00:57:18.820 --> 00:57:19.820
 Life

00:57:19.820 --> 00:57:21.060
 No other

00:57:21.060 --> 00:57:22.200
 God compares

00:57:22.199 --> 00:57:23.579
 No other

00:57:23.579 --> 00:57:23.980
 God

00:57:23.980 --> 00:57:24.559
 Can offer

00:57:24.559 --> 00:57:24.859
 Us

00:57:24.859 --> 00:57:25.919
 The blessings

00:57:25.919 --> 00:57:26.279
 That are

00:57:26.279 --> 00:57:26.779
 Found

00:57:26.779 --> 00:57:27.960
 In God

00:57:27.960 --> 00:57:28.579
 The Lord

00:57:28.579 --> 00:57:29.500
 And so

00:57:29.500 --> 00:57:30.199
 The challenge

00:57:30.199 --> 00:57:30.739
 To us

00:57:30.739 --> 00:57:31.179
 All

00:57:31.179 --> 00:57:32.399
 This evening

00:57:32.399 --> 00:57:33.480
 Is to

00:57:33.480 --> 00:57:34.139
 Choose

00:57:34.139 --> 00:57:34.939
 This day

00:57:34.939 --> 00:57:36.000
 Whom

00:57:36.000 --> 00:57:36.899
 You will

00:57:36.899 --> 00:57:37.539
 Serve

00:57:37.539 --> 00:57:38.679
 May it

00:57:38.679 --> 00:57:39.079
 Be our

00:57:39.079 --> 00:57:39.859
 Response

00:57:39.859 --> 00:57:40.759
 Is the

00:57:40.759 --> 00:57:41.259
 Same as

00:57:41.259 --> 00:57:41.679
 Joshua

00:57:41.679 --> 00:57:41.960
 That we

00:57:41.960 --> 00:57:42.539
 Would say

00:57:42.539 --> 00:57:43.919
 With boldness

00:57:43.919 --> 00:57:44.419
 And with

00:57:44.419 --> 00:57:45.279
 Gladness

00:57:45.279 --> 00:57:46.639
 But as

00:57:46.639 --> 00:57:47.299
 For me

00:57:47.299 --> 00:57:48.319
 And my

00:57:48.319 --> 00:57:48.819
 House

00:57:48.819 --> 00:57:50.000
 We will

00:57:50.000 --> 00:57:50.679
 Serve

00:57:50.679 --> 00:57:51.819
 The Lord

00:57:51.820 --> 00:57:52.900
 Let us

00:57:52.900 --> 00:57:53.200
 Pray

00:57:53.200 --> 00:57:56.220
 Our

00:57:56.220 --> 00:57:56.940
 Father in

00:57:56.940 --> 00:57:57.340
 Heaven

00:57:57.340 --> 00:57:57.860
 We do

00:57:57.860 --> 00:57:58.440
 Thank you

00:57:58.440 --> 00:57:59.519
 For the

00:57:59.519 --> 00:58:00.180
 Verses in

00:58:00.180 --> 00:58:00.680
 Your word

00:58:00.680 --> 00:58:00.940
 That we

00:58:00.940 --> 00:58:01.580
 Maybe know

00:58:01.580 --> 00:58:02.380
 So well

00:58:02.380 --> 00:58:03.480
 But we

00:58:03.480 --> 00:58:04.039
 Thank you

00:58:04.039 --> 00:58:04.340
 Lord

00:58:04.340 --> 00:58:04.840
 How they

00:58:04.840 --> 00:58:05.300
 Both

00:58:05.300 --> 00:58:06.620
 Convince us

00:58:06.620 --> 00:58:07.160
 And also

00:58:07.160 --> 00:58:08.100
 Challenge us

00:58:08.100 --> 00:58:09.460
 They remind

00:58:09.460 --> 00:58:10.100
 Us that

00:58:10.100 --> 00:58:10.960
 We as a

00:58:10.960 --> 00:58:11.440
 People

00:58:11.440 --> 00:58:12.580
 Have maybe

00:58:12.580 --> 00:58:13.400
 In the past

00:58:13.400 --> 00:58:13.840
 Made a

00:58:13.840 --> 00:58:14.500
 Commitment

00:58:14.500 --> 00:58:15.059
 To you

00:58:15.059 --> 00:58:16.280
 A commitment

00:58:16.280 --> 00:58:16.780
 That at

00:58:16.780 --> 00:58:17.420
 Times has

00:58:17.420 --> 00:58:17.740
 Grown

00:58:17.740 --> 00:58:18.340
 Cold

00:58:18.340 --> 00:58:19.620
 A commitment

00:58:19.620 --> 00:58:20.480
 That is being

00:58:20.480 --> 00:58:21.480
 Distracted

00:58:21.480 --> 00:58:21.920
 By other

00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:22.380
 Things

00:58:22.380 --> 00:58:22.820
 In this

00:58:22.820 --> 00:58:23.099
 World

00:58:23.099 --> 00:58:23.639
 Or perhaps

00:58:23.639 --> 00:58:24.000
 Even

00:58:24.000 --> 00:58:24.780
 We are

00:58:24.780 --> 00:58:25.000
 At a

00:58:25.000 --> 00:58:25.219
 Point

00:58:25.219 --> 00:58:25.579
 Where we

00:58:25.579 --> 00:58:26.039
 Have not

00:58:26.039 --> 00:58:26.519
 Committed

00:58:26.519 --> 00:58:27.619
 But we

00:58:27.619 --> 00:58:28.059
 Thank you

00:58:28.059 --> 00:58:28.360
 That your

00:58:28.360 --> 00:58:29.219
 Word shows

00:58:29.219 --> 00:58:29.599
 Us that

00:58:29.599 --> 00:58:29.880
 There is

00:58:29.880 --> 00:58:30.579
 No God

00:58:30.579 --> 00:58:31.820
 Who compares

00:58:31.820 --> 00:58:32.440
 To you

00:58:32.440 --> 00:58:33.340
 You have

00:58:33.340 --> 00:58:33.840
 Done all

00:58:33.840 --> 00:58:34.519
 For us

00:58:34.519 --> 00:58:35.219
 You have

00:58:35.219 --> 00:58:36.039
 Provided for

00:58:36.039 --> 00:58:36.519
 Us every

00:58:36.519 --> 00:58:37.380
 Step along

00:58:37.380 --> 00:58:37.860
 The way

00:58:37.860 --> 00:58:38.719
 And you

00:58:38.719 --> 00:58:38.960
 Have been

00:58:38.960 --> 00:58:39.500
 A God

00:58:39.500 --> 00:58:39.920
 Who has

00:58:39.920 --> 00:58:40.539
 Been good

00:58:40.539 --> 00:58:41.340
 To us

00:58:41.340 --> 00:58:42.119
 But even

00:58:42.119 --> 00:58:42.380
 As your

00:58:42.380 --> 00:58:43.119
 Word reminds

00:58:43.119 --> 00:58:43.639
 Us this

00:58:43.639 --> 00:58:43.940
 Evening

00:58:43.940 --> 00:58:44.340
 If we

00:58:44.340 --> 00:58:45.179
 Forsake you

00:58:45.179 --> 00:58:46.059
 You are

00:58:46.059 --> 00:58:46.500
 The God

00:58:46.500 --> 00:58:46.800
 Who is

00:58:46.800 --> 00:58:47.260
 Able to

00:58:47.260 --> 00:58:47.780
 Consume

00:58:47.780 --> 00:58:48.119
 Us

00:58:48.119 --> 00:58:49.139
 But we

00:58:49.139 --> 00:58:49.719
 Thank you

00:58:49.719 --> 00:58:50.519
 To that

00:58:50.519 --> 00:58:50.819
 There is

00:58:50.819 --> 00:58:51.239
 Mercy

00:58:51.239 --> 00:58:52.139
 That there

00:58:52.139 --> 00:58:52.299
 Is

00:58:52.299 --> 00:58:52.659
 Mercy

00:58:52.659 --> 00:58:53.139
 As we

00:58:53.139 --> 00:58:53.559
 Commit

00:58:53.559 --> 00:58:54.039
 To you

00:58:54.039 --> 00:58:54.279
 And as

00:58:54.279 --> 00:58:54.719
 We seek

00:58:54.719 --> 00:58:55.339
 To serve

00:58:55.339 --> 00:58:55.639
 You

00:58:55.639 --> 00:58:56.619
 With all

00:58:56.619 --> 00:58:57.239
 Our heart

00:58:57.239 --> 00:58:58.059
 That we

00:58:58.059 --> 00:58:58.359
 Would know

00:58:58.359 --> 00:58:59.059
 Your blessing

00:58:59.059 --> 00:58:59.500
 And your

00:58:59.500 --> 00:58:59.980
 Favor

00:58:59.980 --> 00:59:01.079
 Your goodness

00:59:01.079 --> 00:59:01.579
 And your

00:59:01.579 --> 00:59:01.960
 Mercy

00:59:01.960 --> 00:59:03.179
 So help

00:59:03.179 --> 00:59:03.400
 Help us

00:59:03.400 --> 00:59:03.760
 Lord

00:59:03.760 --> 00:59:04.079
 That we

00:59:04.079 --> 00:59:04.740
 Would commit

00:59:04.740 --> 00:59:05.380
 To you

00:59:05.380 --> 00:59:06.380
 And serve

00:59:06.380 --> 00:59:06.699
 You

00:59:06.699 --> 00:59:07.519
 As the

00:59:07.519 --> 00:59:08.240
 Only true

00:59:08.240 --> 00:59:09.240
 And living

00:59:09.240 --> 00:59:09.659
 God

00:59:09.659 --> 00:59:09.960
 As we

00:59:09.960 --> 00:59:10.420
 Ask it

00:59:10.420 --> 00:59:10.720
 All

00:59:10.720 --> 00:59:11.760
 In Jesus

00:59:11.760 --> 00:59:12.240
 Name

00:59:12.240 --> 00:59:13.159
 Amen

00:59:13.159 --> 00:59:17.840
 We're going

00:59:17.840 --> 00:59:18.480
 To conclude

00:59:18.480 --> 00:59:19.059
 By singing

00:59:19.059 --> 00:59:19.880
 To God's

00:59:19.880 --> 00:59:20.280
 Praise

00:59:20.280 --> 00:59:20.840
 In Psalm

00:59:20.840 --> 00:59:21.300
 9

00:59:21.300 --> 00:59:23.340
 In the

00:59:23.340 --> 00:59:23.760
 Scottish

00:59:23.760 --> 00:59:24.300
 Psalter

00:59:24.300 --> 00:59:24.780
 Page

00:59:24.780 --> 00:59:26.579
 209

00:59:26.579 --> 00:59:27.179
 Of the

00:59:27.179 --> 00:59:27.500
 Psalm

00:59:27.500 --> 00:59:27.820
 Books

00:59:27.820 --> 00:59:30.320
 Psalm

00:59:30.320 --> 00:59:31.000
 9

00:59:31.000 --> 00:59:31.500
 At verse

00:59:31.500 --> 00:59:31.960
 9

00:59:31.960 --> 00:59:34.679
 Sing

00:59:34.679 --> 00:59:34.960
 Three

00:59:34.960 --> 00:59:35.539
 Stanzas

00:59:35.539 --> 00:59:35.980
 To verse

00:59:35.980 --> 00:59:36.880
 11

00:59:36.880 --> 00:59:37.760
 God

00:59:37.760 --> 00:59:38.199
 Also

00:59:38.199 --> 00:59:38.699
 Will a

00:59:38.699 --> 00:59:39.260
 Refuge

00:59:39.260 --> 00:59:39.519
 Be

00:59:39.519 --> 00:59:40.199
 For those

00:59:40.199 --> 00:59:40.679
 That are

00:59:40.679 --> 00:59:41.300
 Oppressed

00:59:41.300 --> 00:59:42.460
 A refuge

00:59:42.460 --> 00:59:42.820
 Will he

00:59:42.820 --> 00:59:43.260
 Be in

00:59:43.260 --> 00:59:43.699
 Times

00:59:43.699 --> 00:59:43.940
 Of

00:59:43.940 --> 00:59:44.380
 Trouble

00:59:44.380 --> 00:59:45.079
 To

00:59:45.079 --> 00:59:45.719
 Distress

00:59:45.719 --> 00:59:45.960
 We'll

00:59:45.960 --> 00:59:46.159
 Sing

00:59:46.159 --> 00:59:46.380
 From

00:59:46.380 --> 00:59:46.639
 Verse

00:59:46.639 --> 00:59:47.079
 9

00:59:47.079 --> 00:59:47.760
 To

00:59:47.760 --> 00:59:48.159
 11

00:59:48.159 --> 00:59:48.400
 To

00:59:48.400 --> 00:59:48.800
 God's

00:59:48.800 --> 00:59:49.159
 Praise

00:59:49.159 --> 00:59:49.440
 In the

00:59:49.440 --> 00:59:49.880
 Tunis

00:59:49.880 --> 00:59:50.300
 St.

00:59:50.300 --> 00:59:50.800
 Andrew

00:59:50.800 --> 00:59:57.920
 God

00:59:57.920 --> 00:59:59.179
 Also

00:59:59.179 --> 00:59:59.639
 So

00:59:59.639 --> 01:00:00.879
 Will

01:00:00.879 --> 01:00:01.879
 Our

01:00:01.879 --> 01:00:03.839
 Refuge

01:00:03.839 --> 01:00:04.980
 Be

01:00:04.980 --> 01:00:06.339
 For

01:00:06.339 --> 01:00:08.019
 Those

01:00:08.019 --> 01:00:08.839
 That

01:00:08.839 --> 01:00:09.139
 Are

01:00:09.139 --> 01:00:12.639
 Oppressed

01:00:12.639 --> 01:00:14.019
 Our

01:00:14.019 --> 01:00:16.299
 Refuge

01:00:16.299 --> 01:00:17.579
 Will

01:00:17.579 --> 01:00:18.879
 Leave

01:00:18.879 --> 01:00:20.440
 In

01:00:20.440 --> 01:00:21.879
 Time

01:00:21.879 --> 01:00:23.259
 Of

01:00:23.260 --> 01:00:24.960
 Throttle

01:00:24.960 --> 01:00:25.960
 To

01:00:25.960 --> 01:00:27.960
 His

01:00:27.960 --> 01:00:29.420
 Rest

01:00:29.420 --> 01:00:31.220
 And

01:00:31.220 --> 01:00:32.680
 Thee

01:00:32.680 --> 01:00:33.580
 That

01:00:33.580 --> 01:00:34.460
 Know

01:00:34.460 --> 01:00:35.800
 Thy

01:00:35.800 --> 01:00:37.300
 Name

01:00:37.300 --> 01:00:38.100
 In

01:00:38.100 --> 01:00:39.300
 Thee

01:00:39.300 --> 01:00:40.420
 Their

01:00:40.420 --> 01:00:43.300
 Confidence

01:00:43.300 --> 01:00:45.100
 Will

01:00:45.100 --> 01:00:46.640
 Place

01:00:46.640 --> 01:00:47.960
 For

01:00:47.960 --> 01:00:49.300
 Thou

01:00:49.300 --> 01:00:50.539
 Has

01:00:50.539 --> 01:00:50.720
 All

01:00:50.720 --> 01:00:51.720
 For

01:00:51.720 --> 01:00:54.460
 Forsaken

01:00:54.460 --> 01:00:56.039
 There

01:00:56.039 --> 01:00:57.580
 That

01:00:57.580 --> 01:00:59.260
 Truly

01:00:59.260 --> 01:01:01.420
 Seek

01:01:01.420 --> 01:01:02.260
 Thy

01:01:02.260 --> 01:01:03.260
 Name

01:01:03.260 --> 01:01:05.500
 O

01:01:05.500 --> 01:01:06.300
 Sing

01:01:06.300 --> 01:01:08.260
 Ye

01:01:08.260 --> 01:01:09.960
 Praises

01:01:09.960 --> 01:01:11.180
 To

01:01:11.180 --> 01:01:12.300
 The

01:01:12.300 --> 01:01:13.960
 Lord

01:01:13.960 --> 01:01:15.400
 that

01:01:15.400 --> 01:01:17.159
 dwells

01:01:17.159 --> 01:01:18.059
 In

01:01:18.059 --> 01:01:19.500
 Zion

01:01:19.500 --> 01:01:21.340
 Hill

01:01:21.340 --> 01:01:22.639
 And

01:01:22.639 --> 01:01:23.820
 All

01:01:23.820 --> 01:01:24.220
 The

01:01:24.920 --> 01:01:27.280
 Nations

01:01:27.940 --> 01:01:28.619
 прекрас

01:01:28.619 --> 01:01:31.000
 and

01:01:31.000 --> 01:01:32.460
 His

01:01:32.460 --> 01:01:36.820
 Now

01:01:39.960 --> 01:01:40.559
 I'll

01:01:40.559 --> 01:01:40.860
 go to

01:01:40.860 --> 01:01:41.480
 the main

01:01:41.480 --> 01:01:42.059
 door after

01:01:42.059 --> 01:01:42.740
 the benediction

01:01:42.739 --> 01:01:46.579
 now may grace mercy and peace from God

01:01:46.579 --> 01:01:49.699
 Father Son and Holy Spirit rest upon

01:01:49.699 --> 01:01:52.639
 and abide with us all now and forevermore

01:01:52.639 --> 01:01:53.419
 Amen

01:02:12.739 --> 01:02:14.739
 Amen