WEBVTT

00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:07.679
 Well, let's turn now to John chapter 12. John 12, we can read at verse 35.

00:00:14.339 --> 00:00:14.820
!

00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:47.840
 It's an amazing gospel, the gospel of John. He takes what are very simple things, particularly

00:00:47.840 --> 00:00:55.460
 as Jesus himself spoke them as on this occasion, light, darkness, things that we can understand,

00:00:55.460 --> 00:01:01.380
 things we know by experience, things which are themselves an everyday part of human life.

00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:10.099
 But in the gospel of John, these are taken and made into profound teachings, because John's

00:01:10.099 --> 00:01:16.879
 use of these concepts, such as light and darkness, really brings profound theological meaning and

00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:23.719
 theological teaching before us as his gospel unfolds. You can see especially light and

00:01:23.719 --> 00:01:29.480
 darkness used in the very beginning of the gospel, chapter 1, verses 4 to 9, chapter 3,

00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:38.060
 verses 19 to 21, as Jesus speaks to Nicodemus. Chapter 8, verse 12, Jesus explaining that he is

00:01:38.060 --> 00:01:46.060
 the light of the world. Whoever walks in following him will not be in darkness. Chapter 9, where you

00:01:46.060 --> 00:01:54.200
 find one of his miracles set out by way of light and darkness, a man receiving sight, coming to have

00:01:54.200 --> 00:02:01.400
 light pouring into his mind, into his heart, into his body, which previously he had been unable to see.

00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:09.199
 And in all of these concepts, you find wonderful theological teaching, truth about Jesus himself,

00:02:09.699 --> 00:02:14.020
 truth about the salvation that Jesus came to provide for us.

00:02:14.020 --> 00:02:23.260
 And here in chapter 12, we find that light and darkness is used in respect to the difference that

00:02:23.260 --> 00:02:31.280
 faith makes, the difference that believing makes to any individual. Because believing is something that

00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:38.300
 ushers us out of the darkness into the light that you find in Jesus himself and in our salvation. And

00:02:38.300 --> 00:02:45.800
 it's interesting that, in fact, it's significant that this point in John's gospel is the point at which

00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:53.920
 the public ministry of Jesus comes to an end. Because from chapter 13 onwards, Jesus is dealing

00:02:53.920 --> 00:02:59.160
 especially with the disciples and with their teaching, with their preparation for his leaving of

00:02:59.160 --> 00:03:06.020
 this world and for the cross, especially followed by his resurrection. So the public ministry of Jesus,

00:03:06.020 --> 00:03:15.140
 Jesus speaking to the wider public, is brought to an end here in chapter 12. And we'll see that that's

00:03:15.140 --> 00:03:21.120
 significant in the context in which he's here calling upon people to walk while you have the light,

00:03:21.800 --> 00:03:26.060
 because while you have the light, believe in the light. In other words, Jesus is saying,

00:03:26.060 --> 00:03:33.819
 as I am the light, I'm not with you for very much longer. So believe in the light while you have the light.

00:03:34.120 --> 00:03:43.219
 While you have the privilege of my presence, of my teaching, believe. Trust in me. Accept God's word.

00:03:44.379 --> 00:03:52.480
 In other words, really for the people in general, in John's gospel at this point, this is a final appeal to them.

00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:59.259
 You can take this as Jesus' final appeal to the wider public in John's gospel. And of course,

00:03:59.539 --> 00:04:06.519
 because the gospel itself offers to us this Jesus as our Savior, because we are today recipients of

00:04:06.519 --> 00:04:13.359
 the gospel, and because this gospel is the word of God, accurate and dependable, it is for you and

00:04:13.359 --> 00:04:18.519
 for me today, just as if you are standing there listening to Jesus at that point in history,

00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:25.680
 where he's saying to us through his word, while you have the light, believe in the light, that you may

00:04:25.680 --> 00:04:33.859
 be or become the sons of the children of light. Here's the great opportunity. It's the final

00:04:33.859 --> 00:04:41.000
 opportunity in Jesus' public ministry. But what a great opportunity it is. And what an opportunity you

00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:50.040
 and I have today to meet with God, to hear God's voice, to respond to this appeal of Jesus himself

00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:56.600
 through the gospel, to believe in the light while we have the privilege of that light being with us.

00:04:58.980 --> 00:05:02.680
 Why did the light come into the world? Let's look at this opportunity, first of all.

00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:09.319
 Why did Jesus, why does light come into the world? Well, in verse 46 of this chapter,

00:05:09.459 --> 00:05:18.500
 I have come into the world as light, or as a light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in

00:05:18.500 --> 00:05:30.100
 darkness. We are in darkness as we are born into this world. We're born into the darkness of a sinful life.

00:05:30.100 --> 00:05:37.400
 We're born into the darkness of our lostness. And you know, that lostness is so profound.

00:05:39.180 --> 00:05:47.860
 Our minds, as darkened minds by sin and by our fallenness, are so dark that we don't realize we're

00:05:47.860 --> 00:05:54.700
 in the darkness. Here's one of the solemn things about the darkness in which we exist and are born into

00:05:54.699 --> 00:06:00.539
 naturally. We don't realize, we don't accept the fact that we actually are in darkness.

00:06:01.620 --> 00:06:08.219
 We think we're in the light. The world out there today thinks that it's actually walking in the light.

00:06:08.579 --> 00:06:16.039
 It's following human mandates. It's following human wisdom. It's following human understanding in itself.

00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:23.060
 And it's following the kind of ideas that appeal to human beings, that make human beings like ourselves

00:06:23.060 --> 00:06:28.420
 things that we're actually making progress when we're just descending more into the light, into the darkness

00:06:28.420 --> 00:06:35.520
 rather than the light. That's how profound that darkness is. And that's why Jesus is appealing

00:06:35.520 --> 00:06:40.140
 through the gospel to us today, while we have the light, believe in the night. In other words,

00:06:40.139 --> 00:06:48.219
 we're born into darkness, but we're born again into the light. Which is why when you go to chapter 3,

00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:55.000
 you'll find in his interview with Nicodemus and the following verses after that, that Jesus

00:06:55.000 --> 00:07:03.360
 drives home the points that he's making to Nicodemus. This is the judgment he says in verse 19,

00:07:03.759 --> 00:07:09.860
 that light has come into the world and people love the darkness rather than light because their deeds

00:07:09.860 --> 00:07:16.300
 were evil. For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light,

00:07:16.699 --> 00:07:24.379
 lest his deeds should be exposed. But whoever does what is true comes to the light so that it may be

00:07:24.379 --> 00:07:34.259
 clearly seen that his deeds have been carried out in God. Out there in the world today, people think

00:07:34.259 --> 00:07:40.300
 they're walking in the light. They're actually stumbling in the darkness. And you and I have the

00:07:40.300 --> 00:07:45.360
 privilege of the gospel, of Christ speaking to us through the gospel, saying, I am the light of the

00:07:45.360 --> 00:07:51.399
 world. I came into this world so that you would no longer walk in darkness, so that you would have the

00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:58.639
 light of life instead of the darkness that applies to you naturally as a human being.

00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:04.500
 I remember back, I'm old enough nowadays to remember when there were no streetlights,

00:08:05.419 --> 00:08:12.199
 especially in the village areas of the island. And you had to make your way very tentatively at times

00:08:12.199 --> 00:08:18.459
 along the narrow streets in the country because there were no streetlights. And because there were

00:08:18.459 --> 00:08:23.479
 no streetlights, it was just completely dark unless you got some light from some of the houses that you

00:08:23.479 --> 00:08:28.139
 were passing. But there were long stretches with no houses at all. And you had to be very careful.

00:08:28.139 --> 00:08:35.100
 In fact, I remember going back home in town at one time, even from the houses nearest to us,

00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:40.059
 there was still a fair gap. And walking along, just trying to feel where the ditch was so I wouldn't

00:08:40.059 --> 00:08:47.679
 fall into it because it was totally dark. And Jesus is using that as an illustration of our natural

00:08:47.679 --> 00:08:54.100
 darkness. And here we are today with the advantage we have of the gospel telling us that Christ himself

00:08:54.100 --> 00:09:00.200
 in the gospel offers himself to us as the light of the world so that we no longer walk in darkness,

00:09:00.200 --> 00:09:06.759
 so that we are actually redeemed from our own stupidity, from our own foolishness, from our lostness,

00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:17.179
 from our darkened minds. And you see he's saying, for a little while, the light is with you.

00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:26.720
 Verse 33, so Jesus said the light is with you for a little while. Walk while you have the light,

00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:56.700
 less darkness overtake you.

00:09:56.700 --> 00:10:01.960
 saying to us through the gospel, the light is with you for a little time longer. These people

00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:09.240
 were not going to hear Jesus again speaking publicly. Are you banking on it today that you'll

00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:16.340
 hear the gospel again and you'll maybe think of trusting in Christ then? Well, don't bank on it.

00:10:16.340 --> 00:10:21.340
 It may never happen. This is your opportunity.

00:10:22.980 --> 00:10:27.379
 This is where you're hearing Jesus saying to you, the light is with you for a little while.

00:10:27.940 --> 00:10:32.820
 Walk while you have the light. Believe in the light so that you may become the children of light.

00:10:32.879 --> 00:10:37.000
 Because for me, my time is running out. For you, your time is running out.

00:10:37.000 --> 00:10:40.500
 We're like the description in Psalm 103.

00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:49.399
 Frail man. His days are like the grass, which grows in the field for a short time. And then what?

00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:52.480
 The wind blows over it and it is gone.

00:10:52.480 --> 00:11:05.019
 In my garden at Tongue, I've been growing gladioli this year for the first time. And they're beautiful.

00:11:05.019 --> 00:11:14.639
 But the wind breaks them and smashes them. They're only there for a short time.

00:11:15.899 --> 00:11:18.220
 A symbol of your life and of mine.

00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:26.799
 And that's why he's saying, today is your opportunity.

00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:31.279
 Don't let it be your final opportunity.

00:11:32.899 --> 00:11:36.439
 While you have the light, believe in the light.

00:11:37.479 --> 00:11:40.339
 That you may be the children, the sons of light.

00:11:41.779 --> 00:11:45.319
 And the appeal is to walk while you have the light.

00:11:45.839 --> 00:11:47.719
 There's the opportunity. What's the appeal?

00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:52.219
 Jesus says, walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you.

00:11:52.220 --> 00:11:59.960
 Now, when the Bible speaks about walking in this way, it really is talking, as you well know, I'm sure, of a course of life.

00:12:00.220 --> 00:12:02.639
 It's not just literal walking. We do that daily.

00:12:03.040 --> 00:12:05.779
 But it's walking spiritually, walking morally.

00:12:06.220 --> 00:12:09.340
 In other words, what Jesus was saying to them was effectively saying,

00:12:09.800 --> 00:12:13.139
 set the course of your life by the light.

00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:19.440
 Set the course of your life by what I am offering to you, by what you find in me.

00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:25.240
 The course of your life has already been set in one way or another.

00:12:26.560 --> 00:12:30.780
 And if it is set by the light, then you're in a way that is safe.

00:12:31.560 --> 00:12:35.740
 A way that leads directly to eternity, to heaven when you die.

00:12:37.160 --> 00:12:40.620
 If that's not the case, well, there's only one other direction.

00:12:40.620 --> 00:12:47.600
 If you've set the course of your life by something else, and just because you and I are in church,

00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:53.379
 whether it's occupying a pulpit or a pew, that in itself does not guarantee that we're saved.

00:12:55.039 --> 00:13:01.460
 Set your life, your life's course, by the light that is Jesus himself.

00:13:01.460 --> 00:13:08.900
 Because as he says himself later on in the gospel, he is the way, the truth, and the life.

00:13:10.800 --> 00:13:13.120
 That's why he's come into the world.

00:13:14.280 --> 00:13:20.000
 So that you and I would set the course of our life by him, by the light.

00:13:21.000 --> 00:13:22.960
 I mentioned chapter 8, verse 12 already.

00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:30.300
 But that's what Jesus there very tellingly says, that he is the light of the world.

00:13:31.220 --> 00:13:33.360
 In chapter 8 and verse 12,

00:13:34.259 --> 00:13:35.740
 I am the light of the world.

00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:41.860
 Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.

00:13:43.200 --> 00:13:46.700
 Following Jesus is equivalent to accepting Jesus.

00:13:46.700 --> 00:13:51.060
 You can't follow Jesus until you've accepted him and received him and trusted him.

00:13:51.059 --> 00:13:54.039
 All of these descriptions amount to the same thing.

00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:57.539
 Having him as your personal savior.

00:13:59.839 --> 00:14:01.099
 That's why he's come.

00:14:01.899 --> 00:14:04.899
 As the light of the world into the world.

00:14:05.879 --> 00:14:09.679
 In other words, he's saying, while you have the light, believe in the light.

00:14:09.959 --> 00:14:14.739
 You set the course of your life by believing in Christ, by trusting in Christ.

00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:20.139
 By giving over your life to him to be your savior, your ruler, your king.

00:14:21.059 --> 00:14:25.219
 By willingly depositing yourself into the hands of the light.

00:14:25.339 --> 00:14:27.719
 Into the wonderful custody of the light.

00:14:27.879 --> 00:14:30.859
 So that darkness will not ever get a hold of you again.

00:14:35.479 --> 00:14:37.279
 Believe in the light.

00:14:38.279 --> 00:14:46.599
 Some people think that believing in Jesus amounts to believing certain things about him to be true.

00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:51.180
 Believing what the gospels say about him to be true.

00:14:51.180 --> 00:14:53.320
 That he definitely lived in this world.

00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:55.720
 That he did the things the Bible speaks about.

00:14:56.040 --> 00:14:57.500
 And you believe these things.

00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.180
 And that's fine.

00:14:59.259 --> 00:15:00.159
 That's what they're for.

00:15:01.100 --> 00:15:07.480
 But remember, believing in Jesus is a lot more than just believing things about him.

00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:12.500
 Believing in him means trusting your life to him.

00:15:13.060 --> 00:15:14.960
 Trusting your eternity to him.

00:15:15.899 --> 00:15:21.060
 Believing in him means that you actually take him as he's offered in the gospel.

00:15:21.659 --> 00:15:24.399
 You lay and lean all your weight upon him.

00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:27.240
 All the weight of your life and its burdens.

00:15:27.740 --> 00:15:30.200
 Your death, your eternity, everything else.

00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:33.259
 Has to be laid upon him to take the weight of it.

00:15:33.460 --> 00:15:35.440
 To take you safely through to heaven.

00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:38.080
 While you have the light.

00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:40.760
 While you have the light.

00:15:41.540 --> 00:15:42.640
 Believe in the light.

00:15:43.380 --> 00:15:44.720
 And you have the light today.

00:15:44.920 --> 00:15:45.800
 You have it here.

00:15:47.260 --> 00:15:49.820
 Have you come to believe in him in this way?

00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:53.100
 Have you come to give your life over to him?

00:15:54.760 --> 00:15:57.040
 Are you willing that he rules your life?

00:15:58.260 --> 00:16:03.380
 Are you willing that every detail of your life comes under the mastery of the king?

00:16:03.379 --> 00:16:11.259
 Are you willing that he, especially, not anyone else, but he alone, directs your life?

00:16:12.200 --> 00:16:13.460
 Gives you encouragement.

00:16:16.340 --> 00:16:18.399
 As the light of your life.

00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:23.679
 That's how it is throughout the Bible, isn't it?

00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.079
 That you walk while you have the light.

00:16:26.159 --> 00:16:27.980
 You set the course of your life.

00:16:28.959 --> 00:16:31.919
 By what you find and have in Jesus himself.

00:16:32.319 --> 00:16:33.600
 Through trusting in him.

00:16:34.559 --> 00:16:36.100
 Believe in the light.

00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:38.480
 Don't just believe things about him to be true.

00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:41.320
 The devil believes that.

00:16:42.860 --> 00:16:47.460
 The devil believes in Jesus in the sense that he believes and knows that Jesus is real.

00:16:49.200 --> 00:16:51.220
 That Jesus is the Son of God.

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:55.000
 That Jesus has a mastery over him.

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:57.920
 As James says in his epistle,

00:16:57.919 --> 00:16:59.919
 You believe certain things.

00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:00.759
 You do well.

00:17:01.219 --> 00:17:03.579
 The devils believe, yet they tremble.

00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:05.960
 They know what's coming.

00:17:06.059 --> 00:17:08.599
 They believe the truth of God.

00:17:09.960 --> 00:17:13.980
 We're required to believe in a much deeper sense than that.

00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:18.279
 To believe in the sense of conveying your life over to him.

00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:29.180
 For example, if you find, let's say, something like the Clifton Suspension Bridge over the gorge of the River Avon.

00:17:29.680 --> 00:17:30.759
 Down south in England.

00:17:32.299 --> 00:17:36.619
 A bridge designed by Isabar Kingdom Brunel.

00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:38.539
 One of the famous engineers in history.

00:17:39.319 --> 00:17:43.399
 A lot of people go to the Clifton Suspension Bridge just to take photos of it.

00:17:44.339 --> 00:17:45.619
 And they can say when they've got home,

00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:48.299
 That's a magnificent piece of engineering.

00:17:48.739 --> 00:17:52.799
 He must have been a real genius of an engineer to have designed that.

00:17:53.339 --> 00:17:57.859
 To have given all the directions by which that bridge came to be built.

00:17:58.000 --> 00:17:58.639
 And that's true.

00:17:59.339 --> 00:18:00.819
 You can admire that bridge.

00:18:01.259 --> 00:18:02.759
 You can take photos of that bridge.

00:18:03.039 --> 00:18:03.939
 You can go home and say,

00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:06.019
 I have seen the Clifton Suspension Bridge.

00:18:06.299 --> 00:18:07.939
 It's a marvel of engineering.

00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:09.859
 You can say the same with the Forth Ward Bridge, whatever.

00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:11.739
 But what are they for?

00:18:11.740 --> 00:18:20.079
 Therefore, conducting people safely from one side of the river or the gorge to another.

00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:24.799
 Their purpose is to be used for traveling.

00:18:24.799 --> 00:18:29.079
 And so with the Lord himself.

00:18:29.960 --> 00:18:33.059
 He is the way, the truth, and the life.

00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:35.720
 By all means, admire him.

00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:38.419
 By all means, adore him.

00:18:38.659 --> 00:18:42.059
 In the way in which you see him as a significant figure in history.

00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:47.599
 But he's not just there so that you can admire him.

00:18:48.740 --> 00:18:49.899
 And say to people,

00:18:50.339 --> 00:18:53.339
 I believe the things in the Bible about the Lord.

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:55.480
 I think they're true.

00:18:56.379 --> 00:18:57.500
 They are true.

00:18:58.700 --> 00:19:02.679
 But they are there practically for you to travel on.

00:19:04.240 --> 00:19:06.639
 Walk while you have the light.

00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:08.620
 Believe in the light.

00:19:09.500 --> 00:19:12.580
 That you may become the children of light.

00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:17.180
 Lest darkness overtake you.

00:19:18.560 --> 00:19:19.980
 Walk while you have the light.

00:19:20.080 --> 00:19:22.480
 Lest darkness overtake you.

00:19:23.220 --> 00:19:25.840
 Well, Jesus got straight to the point always, didn't he?

00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:29.300
 He never left in his teaching.

00:19:29.420 --> 00:19:33.500
 He never left anything out that we require to know for our salvation.

00:19:33.500 --> 00:19:37.140
 He made the important things very plain.

00:19:38.160 --> 00:19:40.980
 And it's the responsibility of us to try to preach the word.

00:19:41.180 --> 00:19:45.579
 To actually maintain that plainness in conveying the teachings of the Bible.

00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:46.819
 And we hope we do that.

00:19:48.900 --> 00:19:52.420
 And of that seems sometimes that we appear to be very blunt.

00:19:53.539 --> 00:19:55.880
 And very tactless which we never want to be.

00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:58.900
 That's because we want to be faithful to the truth.

00:19:59.000 --> 00:20:02.259
 And conveying it in all its own native clarity.

00:20:02.259 --> 00:20:04.839
 And here is Jesus saying,

00:20:05.759 --> 00:20:08.160
 Believe lest darkness overtake you.

00:20:08.180 --> 00:20:10.839
 Look at all the regimes in the world throughout history

00:20:10.839 --> 00:20:13.700
 that developed in such a way,

00:20:13.740 --> 00:20:15.359
 away from the light of truth,

00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:16.599
 from the light of the gospel,

00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:19.019
 from the light that God gives us in his word.

00:20:19.039 --> 00:20:19.839
 What happened to them?

00:20:20.879 --> 00:20:25.079
 What happened to the likes of what happened in the French Revolution, for example?

00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:26.339
 Was that for the good?

00:20:26.859 --> 00:20:28.160
 Did that bring in more light?

00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.259
 No, it brought in darkness.

00:20:30.259 --> 00:20:30.700
 Oppression.

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:32.259
 Persecution.

00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:35.539
 The Soviet Union.

00:20:36.420 --> 00:20:37.080
 North Korea.

00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:39.400
 Same development.

00:20:40.600 --> 00:20:42.220
 Darkness overtaking them.

00:20:43.660 --> 00:20:46.920
 And sadly, it seems to be the case in our own country,

00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:52.819
 that darkness is steadily creeping over the visible church in our land.

00:20:52.819 --> 00:20:56.319
 Something which ought to concern us hugely.

00:20:57.819 --> 00:21:00.599
 Walk while you have the light is Jesus' word to the church.

00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:02.419
 Not just to individuals,

00:21:02.779 --> 00:21:04.579
 but to the church in every age.

00:21:04.919 --> 00:21:06.659
 Walk while you have the light.

00:21:07.039 --> 00:21:08.740
 Lest darkness overtake you.

00:21:09.119 --> 00:21:10.179
 Believe in the light.

00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:11.899
 Don't believe in your own wisdom,

00:21:12.700 --> 00:21:13.879
 he's saying to his church.

00:21:15.439 --> 00:21:17.579
 Lest darkness overtake you.

00:21:17.579 --> 00:21:19.319
 Because one thing is sure.

00:21:20.579 --> 00:21:24.720
 When you put the light aside to one side or behind you,

00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:26.839
 there's only one result.

00:21:27.980 --> 00:21:30.299
 Darkness overtakes you.

00:21:30.299 --> 00:21:34.200
 And the more you are concerned to put the light aside,

00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:37.000
 to turn away from the light,

00:21:37.619 --> 00:21:39.319
 to turn your back to the light,

00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.639
 the darker you become

00:21:41.639 --> 00:21:43.480
 in your life,

00:21:43.579 --> 00:21:44.240
 in your thoughts,

00:21:44.639 --> 00:21:45.740
 in your behavior.

00:21:45.740 --> 00:21:50.099
 While you have it,

00:21:51.099 --> 00:21:52.559
 believe in it,

00:21:53.559 --> 00:21:54.839
 that you may become

00:21:54.839 --> 00:21:56.079
 children of light.

00:21:56.180 --> 00:21:57.059
 It says sons of light,

00:21:57.079 --> 00:21:58.299
 it means sons and daughters.

00:22:00.000 --> 00:22:01.299
 That you may become

00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:03.120
 children of light.

00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:09.180
 You know, in verse 36,

00:22:10.259 --> 00:22:11.579
 it's a pity actually you have

00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:14.039
 this break in the text

00:22:14.039 --> 00:22:16.019
 here in this Gospel of John.

00:22:17.139 --> 00:22:18.399
 This break in the text

00:22:18.399 --> 00:22:18.839
 between

00:22:18.839 --> 00:22:21.879
 verse 36 here.

00:22:24.960 --> 00:22:25.440
 Between

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:27.359
 verses 36 and 37.

00:22:27.879 --> 00:22:28.779
 While you have the light,

00:22:28.940 --> 00:22:29.700
 believe in the light

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.420
 that you may become

00:22:30.420 --> 00:22:31.379
 the sons of light.

00:22:31.460 --> 00:22:32.839
 Then there's this unfortunate break

00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:34.259
 because the next thing

00:22:34.259 --> 00:22:34.920
 really should be

00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:36.500
 intimately tied with what's there.

00:22:36.859 --> 00:22:37.920
 When Jesus had said

00:22:37.920 --> 00:22:38.460
 these things,

00:22:38.500 --> 00:22:39.079
 he departed

00:22:39.079 --> 00:22:40.559
 and hid himself

00:22:40.559 --> 00:22:41.279
 from them.

00:22:42.220 --> 00:22:42.980
 See what it's saying?

00:22:42.980 --> 00:22:44.420
 While you have the light,

00:22:44.519 --> 00:22:45.400
 believe in the light.

00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:46.700
 And then they're seeing Jesus

00:22:46.700 --> 00:22:47.640
 and he disappears.

00:22:48.660 --> 00:22:49.660
 And they're left

00:22:49.660 --> 00:22:50.920
 with this appeal

00:22:50.920 --> 00:22:52.140
 by Jesus himself

00:22:52.140 --> 00:22:53.299
 who's now gone out

00:22:53.299 --> 00:22:54.079
 of their sight.

00:22:54.640 --> 00:22:55.240
 This appeal,

00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:56.339
 believe in the light

00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:57.539
 while you have the light.

00:22:57.640 --> 00:22:58.519
 And off he goes.

00:22:58.579 --> 00:22:59.559
 And they don't see him again

00:22:59.559 --> 00:23:00.960
 until the crucifixion.

00:23:04.059 --> 00:23:05.240
 And then tellingly,

00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:06.099
 it says,

00:23:06.180 --> 00:23:06.759
 though he had done

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:08.440
 so many signs before them,

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.740
 they still did not

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.559
 believe in him.

00:23:13.620 --> 00:23:15.059
 They refused the light

00:23:15.059 --> 00:23:15.799
 while they had it.

00:23:17.299 --> 00:23:19.000
 Darkness overtook them.

00:23:20.819 --> 00:23:22.640
 What a sad spectacle that is.

00:23:23.980 --> 00:23:25.420
 That people who have access

00:23:25.420 --> 00:23:26.779
 to the light of the gospel,

00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:28.519
 the light of truth,

00:23:28.620 --> 00:23:30.099
 the light that Jesus is,

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:32.720
 still go on in darkness.

00:23:32.900 --> 00:23:34.099
 Let that not be you.

00:23:35.359 --> 00:23:36.620
 Let that not be me.

00:23:37.759 --> 00:23:38.920
 While we have the light,

00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.180
 believe in it.

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.200
 Trust in it.

00:23:41.600 --> 00:23:42.779
 Give yourself to him

00:23:42.779 --> 00:23:44.700
 that you may become

00:23:44.700 --> 00:23:46.100
 the children of light.

00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:47.620
 That's the third point.

00:23:47.700 --> 00:23:48.539
 There's the opportunity.

00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.860
 There's the appeal.

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.440
 And there's the objective.

00:23:52.420 --> 00:23:53.620
 That you may become

00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.820
 sons of light

00:23:54.820 --> 00:23:55.880
 or children of light.

00:23:55.960 --> 00:23:57.800
 That's an ethical term.

00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:59.080
 It really essentially

00:23:59.080 --> 00:24:01.320
 means that you may become

00:24:01.320 --> 00:24:02.920
 disciples of the light.

00:24:03.500 --> 00:24:04.300
 It was as the rabbis

00:24:04.300 --> 00:24:06.000
 used to refer to

00:24:06.000 --> 00:24:07.700
 becoming sons of so and so

00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:09.200
 if they followed a certain rabbi.

00:24:09.779 --> 00:24:10.360
 They were known as

00:24:10.360 --> 00:24:11.600
 the sons of the rabbi.

00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.500
 They were disciples.

00:24:13.120 --> 00:24:14.220
 They were under his teaching.

00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:15.620
 Well, Jesus is saying,

00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:16.660
 here's the light.

00:24:17.140 --> 00:24:17.740
 Here's the light

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.880
 that you find in me.

00:24:19.519 --> 00:24:20.440
 Whoever follows me

00:24:20.440 --> 00:24:22.080
 shall not abide in darkness.

00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.779
 Walk while you have the light.

00:24:24.059 --> 00:24:25.259
 Set the course of your life

00:24:25.259 --> 00:24:26.759
 by the light you have in me.

00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:30.900
 But though he had done

00:24:30.900 --> 00:24:31.779
 so many things,

00:24:32.840 --> 00:24:34.400
 they still did not believe in him.

00:24:34.400 --> 00:24:37.620
 They refused the light.

00:24:42.120 --> 00:24:43.380
 And the Bible speaks

00:24:43.380 --> 00:24:44.360
 about God's people.

00:24:45.780 --> 00:24:46.940
 In Ephesians chapter 5,

00:24:46.980 --> 00:24:47.960
 verse 8, for example,

00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:52.740
 you were once darkness.

00:24:54.040 --> 00:24:55.680
 Notice, it doesn't say

00:24:55.680 --> 00:24:57.880
 you were once in darkness.

00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:59.220
 That is certainly true.

00:24:59.220 --> 00:25:01.000
 But they were darkness

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.900
 in themselves.

00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:03.079
 These pagan people,

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:05.000
 former pagan people of Ephesus,

00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:07.460
 you were once darkness.

00:25:07.720 --> 00:25:08.380
 Look in the past,

00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:08.740
 he's saying,

00:25:09.039 --> 00:25:09.740
 what were you?

00:25:10.059 --> 00:25:11.100
 Morally and spiritually

00:25:11.100 --> 00:25:11.839
 and ethically,

00:25:12.200 --> 00:25:13.160
 you were darkness.

00:25:14.100 --> 00:25:15.200
 But now,

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.779
 you are light

00:25:16.779 --> 00:25:17.980
 in the Lord.

00:25:19.360 --> 00:25:20.539
 See the difference.

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.860
 The stark difference.

00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.740
 The contrast.

00:25:24.360 --> 00:25:25.519
 You were darkness.

00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.799
 darkness.

00:25:27.579 --> 00:25:29.079
 And how many people today

00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:31.180
 would not be offended

00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.099
 by saying,

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.639
 you're actually in darkness.

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.319
 You are actually

00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:35.460
 in yourself darkness.

00:25:36.299 --> 00:25:37.400
 Because you're not in,

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:40.799
 you're not looking to God.

00:25:40.900 --> 00:25:42.099
 You're not believing in God.

00:25:42.220 --> 00:25:43.579
 You're rejecting God.

00:25:43.940 --> 00:25:44.900
 You are darkness.

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.680
 It's not an easy thing

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.740
 to accept, is it?

00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:51.579
 This sophisticated world,

00:25:52.299 --> 00:25:53.379
 this world so full

00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.740
 of wonderful technology,

00:25:54.740 --> 00:25:56.700
 this world so crammed

00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.819
 with human invention

00:25:57.819 --> 00:25:58.880
 and human achievement,

00:25:59.319 --> 00:26:00.220
 to go to some people

00:26:00.220 --> 00:26:00.680
 like that,

00:26:00.940 --> 00:26:01.839
 in a world like that,

00:26:01.880 --> 00:26:02.120
 and say,

00:26:02.220 --> 00:26:03.359
 you are darkness,

00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:04.799
 it sounds ridiculous.

00:26:05.859 --> 00:26:06.799
 But ethically,

00:26:07.099 --> 00:26:07.660
 and morally,

00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:08.380
 and spiritually,

00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:10.460
 that's what we all are.

00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:12.099
 It's not just where

00:26:12.099 --> 00:26:13.460
 we all are in the darkness.

00:26:13.799 --> 00:26:15.019
 We are darkness.

00:26:16.660 --> 00:26:17.480
 But now,

00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:19.160
 here's the contrast,

00:26:19.599 --> 00:26:20.519
 in the Lord,

00:26:21.039 --> 00:26:22.099
 you are light.

00:26:23.000 --> 00:26:24.660
 Walk while you have the light.

00:26:24.740 --> 00:26:26.019
 That you may become

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:27.259
 the children of light.

00:26:27.420 --> 00:26:28.579
 That you may be lights

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.539
 instead of darkness.

00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:34.019
 As he put it to the Philippians,

00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:36.200
 when he wrote to the Philippian church,

00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:38.620
 in Philippians chapter 2,

00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:40.179
 You do all things without grumbling

00:26:40.179 --> 00:26:41.359
 or questioning.

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:42.939
 That you may be blameless

00:26:42.939 --> 00:26:44.899
 and innocent children of God,

00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:46.399
 without blemish

00:26:46.399 --> 00:26:47.519
 in the midst of a crooked

00:26:47.519 --> 00:26:49.159
 and twisted generation,

00:26:50.159 --> 00:26:51.899
 among whom you shine

00:26:51.899 --> 00:26:54.899
 as lights in the world.

00:26:54.900 --> 00:26:57.640
 You know,

00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:57.640


00:26:57.640 --> 00:26:57.940
 friends,

00:26:58.019 --> 00:26:59.340
 that this world needs light.

00:27:01.180 --> 00:27:02.100
 This dark,

00:27:02.519 --> 00:27:03.180
 evil,

00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:05.140
 godless,

00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.580
 immoral world

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:08.320
 needs light.

00:27:09.060 --> 00:27:10.980
 Where's it going to receive the light?

00:27:11.600 --> 00:27:13.080
 How's it going to get the light?

00:27:13.800 --> 00:27:14.720
 Through you.

00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:16.820
 Through all of you

00:27:16.820 --> 00:27:18.259
 who are in Christ,

00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:20.040
 in the Lord,

00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:22.539
 as children of light,

00:27:23.159 --> 00:27:24.159
 you are light.

00:27:25.119 --> 00:27:26.440
 You project light

00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:28.240
 to this dark world.

00:27:28.759 --> 00:27:29.420
 And the world

00:27:29.420 --> 00:27:31.319
 needs more light.

00:27:32.059 --> 00:27:33.460
 It doesn't just mean

00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.899
 that you and I need Christ.

00:27:35.000 --> 00:27:36.279
 That's fundamentally true.

00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:37.980
 But this world needs you

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.859
 in Christ.

00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:41.740
 They need the light

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:43.339
 that Christians are

00:27:43.339 --> 00:27:45.579
 by the blessing of God.

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:48.139
 Let your light so shine

00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:49.699
 before men,

00:27:49.759 --> 00:27:50.599
 as Jesus put it,

00:27:51.199 --> 00:27:52.000
 that they may see

00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:52.859
 your good works

00:27:52.859 --> 00:27:54.419
 and glorify your Father

00:27:54.419 --> 00:27:56.500
 who is in heaven.

00:27:59.299 --> 00:28:00.779
 I remember speaking to

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:02.359
 someone who had

00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:04.500
 served in the forces

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.359
 in the Royal Navy

00:28:05.359 --> 00:28:07.639
 during the Second World War.

00:28:09.139 --> 00:28:10.279
 And he was telling me

00:28:10.279 --> 00:28:11.599
 something about an incident

00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:13.039
 in his own experience

00:28:13.039 --> 00:28:13.960
 that happened in London

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.960
 during the blackout.

00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:16.220
 No lights, of course,

00:28:16.259 --> 00:28:16.759
 were allowed.

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.159
 And I know that

00:28:19.159 --> 00:28:20.079
 he was telling me the truth

00:28:20.079 --> 00:28:21.339
 because he was my father.

00:28:23.159 --> 00:28:23.740
 And he said

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.440
 he was walking back

00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:24.960
 to the ship

00:28:24.960 --> 00:28:25.659
 in the docks

00:28:25.659 --> 00:28:26.500
 in London.

00:28:27.740 --> 00:28:28.539
 Total darkness.

00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:31.200
 And they were walking along

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:33.099
 and then all of a sudden

00:28:33.099 --> 00:28:34.619
 he stepped over the edge

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:36.720
 of the pier.

00:28:38.139 --> 00:28:38.839
 Straight down

00:28:38.839 --> 00:28:39.539
 into the water.

00:28:41.740 --> 00:28:42.099
 Darkness.

00:28:43.039 --> 00:28:44.319
 Life.

00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:44.399
 Life.

00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:45.619
 Almost gone.

00:28:47.359 --> 00:28:48.220
 He walked into

00:28:48.220 --> 00:28:50.180
 the darkness

00:28:50.180 --> 00:28:52.399
 of the waters

00:28:52.399 --> 00:28:53.019
 in the quay.

00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:56.000
 And he told me that

00:28:56.000 --> 00:28:58.420
 it was really the touch

00:28:58.420 --> 00:29:00.339
 of the other man

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:00.879
 who was with him

00:29:00.879 --> 00:29:01.720
 who was a good swimmer,

00:29:01.799 --> 00:29:02.299
 fortunately.

00:29:03.139 --> 00:29:04.059
 As he touched him

00:29:04.059 --> 00:29:05.019
 under the water

00:29:05.019 --> 00:29:06.819
 he came back to himself

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.879
 and they were rescued.

00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:09.200
 He said

00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:11.020
 of the light.

00:29:11.020 --> 00:29:12.120
 But how many millions

00:29:12.120 --> 00:29:12.600
 today

00:29:12.600 --> 00:29:15.580
 throughout our lost world

00:29:15.580 --> 00:29:18.200
 will walk over

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:19.620
 the precipice of time

00:29:19.620 --> 00:29:22.160
 into the darkness

00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:22.780
 of hell?

00:29:22.779 --> 00:29:26.740
 don't be amongst them.

00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.559
 While you have the light

00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:30.559
 believe in the light

00:29:30.559 --> 00:29:32.839
 that you may become

00:29:32.839 --> 00:29:34.319
 the children

00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.680
 of light.

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:37.319
 Let's pray.

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:43.679
 O Lord,

00:29:43.740 --> 00:29:44.259
 we thank you

00:29:44.259 --> 00:29:44.919
 for your word

00:29:44.919 --> 00:29:45.419
 of truth.

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.319
 We pray

00:29:47.319 --> 00:29:48.079
 you've forgiven us

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:48.740
 for every way

00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:49.879
 in which we sometimes

00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:51.379
 indeed often

00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:51.919
 misshandle

00:29:51.919 --> 00:29:52.599
 and

00:29:52.599 --> 00:29:54.740
 don't bear up

00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.559
 the truth

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.339
 in its clarity

00:29:56.339 --> 00:29:57.980
 that your own word

00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:59.019
 sets before us.

00:30:00.299 --> 00:30:00.980
 We thank you,

00:30:01.059 --> 00:30:01.200
 Lord,

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:02.579
 for this portion

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:03.220
 of your word

00:30:03.220 --> 00:30:03.559
 today

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.539
 that reminds us

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:06.059
 so solemnly

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:07.440
 and yet so encouragingly

00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:08.619
 of the need

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.079
 to believe

00:30:09.079 --> 00:30:09.720
 in the light.

00:30:10.579 --> 00:30:11.579
 You are the light

00:30:11.579 --> 00:30:12.179
 of the world.

00:30:13.179 --> 00:30:13.779
 We thank you

00:30:13.779 --> 00:30:14.419
 that you shine

00:30:14.419 --> 00:30:15.259
 into our lives

00:30:15.259 --> 00:30:15.919
 through the gospel.

00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:17.480
 We pray,

00:30:17.659 --> 00:30:17.859
 O Lord,

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.720
 that you might shine

00:30:18.720 --> 00:30:19.359
 in our hearts

00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.480
 as well by your spirit

00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:22.099
 to give the light

00:30:22.099 --> 00:30:22.700
 of the knowledge

00:30:22.700 --> 00:30:23.980
 of the glory of God

00:30:23.980 --> 00:30:25.440
 in the face

00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:26.539
 of Jesus Christ.

00:30:27.399 --> 00:30:28.059
 Continue then,

00:30:28.119 --> 00:30:28.399
 we pray,

00:30:28.480 --> 00:30:29.159
 to bless us

00:30:29.159 --> 00:30:30.599
 and to bless us

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.319
 in our age

00:30:31.319 --> 00:30:32.079
 with the gospel

00:30:32.079 --> 00:30:33.659
 and to bless us

00:30:33.659 --> 00:30:34.079
 in a way

00:30:34.079 --> 00:30:34.579
 that would

00:30:34.579 --> 00:30:36.480
 further enlarge

00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:38.299
 our people's understanding

00:30:38.299 --> 00:30:40.559
 and our own understanding

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:41.859
 of the light

00:30:41.859 --> 00:30:42.480
 of the world

00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:44.819
 that Jesus himself is.

00:30:45.559 --> 00:30:46.319
 Continue with us

00:30:46.319 --> 00:30:46.519
 now,

00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:47.000
 we pray,

00:30:47.399 --> 00:30:48.059
 in his name

00:30:48.059 --> 00:30:48.960
 and for his sake.

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:49.740
 Amen.

00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:55.399
 We're going to sing

00:30:55.399 --> 00:30:56.019
 now in conclusion

00:30:56.019 --> 00:30:57.279
 in Psalm 36,

00:30:57.919 --> 00:30:59.119
 Psalm number 36

00:30:59.119 --> 00:31:00.019
 in St. Psalms

00:31:00.019 --> 00:31:02.299
 and verses 5 to 9.

00:31:04.279 --> 00:31:05.160
 Sing to a tune

00:31:05.160 --> 00:31:05.900
 Kilmarnock

00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:08.119
 as on page 44.

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:10.519
 Your steadfast love

00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:11.000
 is great,

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.440
 O Lord,

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.700
 it reaches heaven high.

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:14.319
 Your faithfulness

00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:15.039
 is wonderful,

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:17.079
 extending to the sky.

00:31:17.740 --> 00:31:18.460
 Your righteousness

00:31:18.460 --> 00:31:19.400
 is very great

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.079
 like mountains

00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:20.920
 high and steep.

00:31:21.579 --> 00:31:22.279
 Your justice

00:31:22.279 --> 00:31:23.700
 is like ocean depths,

00:31:24.180 --> 00:31:24.779
 both man

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.639
 and beast

00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.279
 you keep.

00:31:27.000 --> 00:31:27.539
 And I've read

00:31:27.539 --> 00:31:28.359
 down to verse 9,

00:31:28.359 --> 00:31:29.679
 a feast within your house

00:31:29.679 --> 00:31:31.319
 and drink from streams

00:31:31.319 --> 00:31:32.240
 of your delight.

00:31:32.779 --> 00:31:33.679
 For with you

00:31:33.679 --> 00:31:35.019
 is the source of life.

00:31:35.879 --> 00:31:36.979
 In your light

00:31:36.979 --> 00:31:39.119
 we see light.

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:41.259
 Verses 5 to 9.

00:31:41.259 --> 00:31:51.700
 your steadfast love

00:31:51.700 --> 00:31:54.000
 is great,

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.940
 O Lord,

00:31:56.319 --> 00:31:58.819
 it reaches

00:31:58.819 --> 00:32:01.140
 heaven

00:32:01.140 --> 00:32:04.240
 high.

00:32:04.859 --> 00:32:09.440
 Your faithfulness

00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.440
 is wonderful,

00:32:10.440 --> 00:32:12.440
 is wonderful,

00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:12.440


00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:13.440
 is wonderful,

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:16.440
 extending to the sky.

00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:16.440


00:32:16.440 --> 00:32:31.440
 is very great,

00:32:31.440 --> 00:32:34.440
 like mountains

00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:35.440
 mountains

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:39.440
 high and steep.

00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:43.600
 Your justice

00:32:43.600 --> 00:32:49.440
 is like ocean depths,

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:54.759
 both man and beast

00:32:54.759 --> 00:32:57.440
 you keep.

00:32:57.440 --> 00:33:07.440
 how precious is your steadfast love,

00:33:07.440 --> 00:33:15.440
 what confidence it brings.

00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:18.440
 O Zion

00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.440
 O Zion

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.440
 O Zion

00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:20.440


00:33:20.440 --> 00:33:23.440
 find shelter

00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:28.440
 in the shadow

00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:33.440
 of your wings.

00:33:33.440 --> 00:33:36.440
 They feast

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:41.440
 within your house

00:33:41.440 --> 00:33:43.440
 and drink

00:33:43.440 --> 00:33:46.440
 from streams

00:33:46.440 --> 00:33:48.440
 of your delight.

00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:54.440
 For with you

00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:59.440
 is the source

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:01.440
 of life

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:03.440
 in your light

00:34:03.440 --> 00:34:05.440
 in your light

00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:07.440
 we see

00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:09.440
 light.

00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:11.440


00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:12.440
 let me get to the door

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.440
 after the benediction

00:34:13.440 --> 00:34:14.440
 to the main door,

00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:15.440
 I'll see you there.

00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:16.440
 Now, may the grace

00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:17.440
 of the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:18.440
 the love of God

00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:19.440
 the Father,

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.440
 and the communion

00:34:20.440 --> 00:34:21.440
 of the Holy Spirit

00:34:21.440 --> 00:34:22.440
 be with you now

00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:23.440
 and evermore.

00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:25.440
 Amen.

00:34:53.440 --> 00:34:56.440
 may may may

00:34:56.440 --> 00:34:56.440