WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.139 I'm delighted again this evening to welcome Reverend Colin Dow to the pulpit. 00:00:04.139 --> 00:00:09.060 ! He was saying this morning he was here as a student placement 24 years ago. 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:11.540 ! So some of you will remember him, I'm sure. 00:00:11.960 --> 00:00:15.519 Some of you might be a new face for you, but we're delighted to have him with us. 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:19.679 Colin is a minister in Crow Road Free Church in Glasgow, 00:00:20.460 --> 00:00:24.039 what was previously St. Glasgow City Free Church. 00:00:24.640 --> 00:00:29.300 And we're thankful for the ministry tours already today and look forward to his ministry this evening as well. 00:00:29.300 --> 00:00:32.079 We pray God's blessing on Colin and the family. 00:00:32.179 --> 00:00:37.500 We've been delighted to have them with us as well today as they return to Glasgow in the coming days as well. 00:00:37.579 --> 00:00:39.120 Let the Lord be with them. 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:45.620 Thank you very much for your warm welcome. 00:00:47.260 --> 00:00:51.659 Let us worship God and sing to his praise in Psalm 146. 00:00:52.760 --> 00:00:55.439 Psalm 146 from St. Sams. 00:00:55.439 --> 00:00:58.140 This is page 191. 00:00:59.299 --> 00:01:03.719 We shall sing the whole psalm to the praise of God. 00:01:04.719 --> 00:01:10.379 Psalm 146 from verse 1 to verse 10. 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:14.519 Praise the Lord, my soul will praise him. 00:01:15.179 --> 00:01:17.039 I'll extol him all my days. 00:01:17.640 --> 00:01:20.060 While I live, to God my Saviour, 00:01:20.620 --> 00:01:22.579 from my heart I will sing praise. 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:25.239 Let's stand as we sing to God's praise. 00:01:25.239 --> 00:01:25.560 Amen. 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:25.640 Amen. 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:25.640 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:25.640 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:25.640 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:25.640 00:01:29.299 --> 00:01:31.379 Thank you, Father, my soul will praise him. 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:31.379 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:31.379 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:31.379 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:31.379 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:31.379 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:31.379 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:31.379 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:31.379 00:01:31.379 --> 00:01:32.539 Thank you, Father, my soul will praise him. 00:01:32.539 --> 00:01:33.259 Thank you, Father, my soul will praise him. 00:01:33.259 --> 00:01:34.219 Thank you, Father, my soul will praise him. 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:34.219 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:34.219 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:34.219 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:34.219 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:34.219 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:34.219 00:01:34.219 --> 00:01:36.200 Oh, praise him. 00:01:36.539 --> 00:01:42.519 I'll extort it all my days. 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:48.519 I'll I live to God my Savior. 00:01:49.640 --> 00:01:55.920 From my heart I will sing praise. 00:01:57.739 --> 00:02:03.480 God, who do trust in princes? 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:09.480 Mortal men who cannot say. 00:02:10.640 --> 00:02:16.780 All their plans will come to nothing. 00:02:17.159 --> 00:02:22.480 When they perish in the grave. 00:02:24.699 --> 00:02:33.460 Blessed is the one who truly looks for heaven. 00:02:33.479 --> 00:02:37.500 To Jacob's God. 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:50.479 Blessed is the one who places all his hope upon the Lord. 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:58.479 He who made the earth and heaven. 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:04.479 And the sea split all their store. 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:10.479 He who gives his heavenly promise. 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:18.479 He who is faithful evermore. 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:25.479 He delivers from oppression. 00:03:25.479 --> 00:03:32.139 And relieves the hungry's might. 00:03:32.479 --> 00:03:38.479 He releases those in prison. 00:03:38.479 --> 00:03:44.479 To the life the Lord gives sight. 00:03:44.479 --> 00:03:46.479 He who does not know. 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:48.479 He who does not know. 00:03:48.479 --> 00:03:50.479 He who does not know. 00:03:50.479 --> 00:03:52.479 He who does not know. 00:03:52.479 --> 00:03:54.479 He who does not know. 00:03:54.479 --> 00:03:56.479 He who does not know. 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:58.479 He who does not know. 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:00.479 He who does not know. 00:04:00.479 --> 00:04:02.479 He who does not know. 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:04.479 He who does not know. 00:04:04.479 --> 00:04:06.479 He who does not know. 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:08.479 He who does not know. 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:10.479 He who does not know. 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:12.479 He who does not know. 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:14.479 He who does not know. 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:16.480 He who does not know. 00:04:16.480 --> 00:04:19.480 He who does not know. 00:04:19.480 --> 00:04:22.480 He who does not know. 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:22.480 00:04:22.480 --> 00:04:24.480 He who does not know. 00:04:24.480 --> 00:04:26.480 He who does not know. 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:28.480 He who does not know. 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:30.620 He who does not know. 00:04:30.620 --> 00:04:32.480 He who does not know. 00:04:32.480 --> 00:04:33.480 He who does not know. 00:04:33.480 --> 00:04:36.480 He who does not know. 00:04:36.480 --> 00:04:45.240 Let us pray. 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:51.340 O Lord our God, we join with the psalmist 00:04:51.340 --> 00:04:55.379 in calling upon our souls to praise you 00:04:55.379 --> 00:04:58.759 and to extol you all the days of our lives. 00:05:00.439 --> 00:05:02.540 For you are God, our Savior. 00:05:02.540 --> 00:05:09.020 You are the one who made the heaven and the earth, 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:11.740 the sea with all its store. 00:05:12.939 --> 00:05:16.260 You are the one who keeps every promise. 00:05:17.040 --> 00:05:19.200 You are the one who is faithful. 00:05:20.960 --> 00:05:23.400 You are the one who delivers us from oppression 00:05:23.400 --> 00:05:25.640 and relieves the plight of the hungry, 00:05:26.700 --> 00:05:29.500 who releases those in prison and gives the blind their sight. 00:05:29.500 --> 00:05:33.800 You are the one who raises those who are bowed down. 00:05:34.620 --> 00:05:37.120 For you, O Lord, delight in righteousness, 00:05:37.519 --> 00:05:39.879 protecting and caring for strangers, 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:43.240 for the widow and for the fatherless. 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:47.079 You are the one who frustrates the purposes of the wicked. 00:05:48.639 --> 00:05:52.360 You reign to every generation, O Lord. 00:05:52.360 --> 00:05:55.360 For over a hundred years, 00:05:55.800 --> 00:06:00.560 the message of your sovereignty has been proclaimed from this pulpit. 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:04.160 That our God reigns. 00:06:04.759 --> 00:06:06.439 You reign then, you reign still. 00:06:06.580 --> 00:06:08.580 You will always reign as King and Lord. 00:06:10.080 --> 00:06:11.759 And so our souls praise you. 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:14.060 Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, 00:06:14.220 --> 00:06:15.460 one true and living God, 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:18.259 help me worship you for who you are 00:06:18.259 --> 00:06:20.139 and for all that you have done. 00:06:21.019 --> 00:06:23.079 Our relentless Redeemer. 00:06:24.459 --> 00:06:26.180 We thank you that you have demonstrated 00:06:26.180 --> 00:06:27.459 your love for us in this. 00:06:28.120 --> 00:06:29.300 While we were yet sinners, 00:06:29.680 --> 00:06:31.240 Christ died for us. 00:06:31.879 --> 00:06:33.980 The word became flesh and dwelt among us. 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:36.639 We have beheld his glory. 00:06:38.300 --> 00:06:40.399 How then do we see the glory 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:42.800 of God on the cross? 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:46.579 If it is not that your own Son, 00:06:46.980 --> 00:06:48.040 O Lord our Father, 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:50.180 was humiliated 00:06:50.180 --> 00:06:52.960 and crucified in our place, 00:06:54.100 --> 00:06:56.319 bearing the punishment our sin deserved, 00:06:57.960 --> 00:06:59.660 bearing shame and scoffing rude, 00:07:00.780 --> 00:07:03.220 in my place condemned he stood, 00:07:04.280 --> 00:07:06.000 sealed my pardon with his blood. 00:07:07.139 --> 00:07:07.540 Hallelujah. 00:07:08.040 --> 00:07:08.860 What a Savior. 00:07:08.860 --> 00:07:12.520 We draw near to you tonight 00:07:12.520 --> 00:07:13.540 in the name of Jesus 00:07:13.540 --> 00:07:14.780 as your people. 00:07:15.939 --> 00:07:17.400 We thank you for the faith 00:07:17.400 --> 00:07:18.699 that you have given us, 00:07:18.879 --> 00:07:20.520 for even the faith 00:07:20.520 --> 00:07:22.259 by which we are saved 00:07:22.259 --> 00:07:23.580 is a gift from yourself. 00:07:25.360 --> 00:07:27.160 Lord, we may have small faith, 00:07:27.240 --> 00:07:28.240 we may have great faith. 00:07:29.139 --> 00:07:30.800 It's not our faith that counts, 00:07:31.720 --> 00:07:33.439 but the one in whom we have faith. 00:07:34.720 --> 00:07:36.840 We thank you that you, O Lord, 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.539 are forever committed to us 00:07:39.539 --> 00:07:41.799 in love and covenant promise. 00:07:42.939 --> 00:07:43.679 You have said, 00:07:43.799 --> 00:07:44.599 I will never leave you, 00:07:44.679 --> 00:07:45.699 I will never forsake you. 00:07:45.779 --> 00:07:46.919 Behold, I am with you 00:07:46.919 --> 00:07:48.299 to the very end of the age. 00:07:50.099 --> 00:07:51.939 Our Lord God and loving Heavenly Father, 00:07:52.039 --> 00:07:53.139 we pray that you would comfort 00:07:53.139 --> 00:07:54.079 those in distress. 00:07:56.459 --> 00:07:57.779 We pray that you would give hope 00:07:57.779 --> 00:07:58.739 to those in despair. 00:08:00.019 --> 00:08:01.479 We pray that you would give strength 00:08:01.479 --> 00:08:02.539 to those who are exhausted. 00:08:03.739 --> 00:08:05.120 We pray that you would give joy 00:08:05.120 --> 00:08:06.259 to those who are depressed. 00:08:06.839 --> 00:08:08.859 We pray that you would give serenity 00:08:08.859 --> 00:08:10.019 to those who are anxious. 00:08:11.659 --> 00:08:13.039 We thank you that you are 00:08:13.039 --> 00:08:14.579 the God of our hearts, 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:16.759 the God who overcomes our hearts 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:18.060 and is greater than our hearts. 00:08:19.179 --> 00:08:20.859 We pray that you would speak truth 00:08:20.859 --> 00:08:22.959 to us this evening. 00:08:24.419 --> 00:08:25.979 We pray for our church here. 00:08:27.179 --> 00:08:28.559 We ask that you would 00:08:28.559 --> 00:08:31.339 open the floodgates of heaven 00:08:31.339 --> 00:08:33.480 and send your spirit 00:08:33.480 --> 00:08:34.459 to begin a movement 00:08:34.459 --> 00:08:36.740 in these islands once again 00:08:36.740 --> 00:08:39.179 that would cause people 00:08:39.179 --> 00:08:41.000 to fill the church, 00:08:41.100 --> 00:08:42.240 to rush into the church, 00:08:42.360 --> 00:08:44.000 eager to hear the good news 00:08:44.000 --> 00:08:45.500 of Jesus Christ and be saved. 00:08:47.579 --> 00:08:48.600 We pray, Lord, 00:08:49.299 --> 00:08:50.139 that you would do a work 00:08:50.139 --> 00:08:51.079 here in Kenneth Street. 00:08:51.080 --> 00:08:53.379 Once again, Lord, 00:08:53.420 --> 00:08:55.280 we thank you for Callum Smith here. 00:08:56.300 --> 00:08:57.520 We thank you for Callum 00:08:57.520 --> 00:08:58.340 for his gifting 00:08:58.340 --> 00:09:00.120 and for his godliness. 00:09:01.379 --> 00:09:02.500 We thank you for the way 00:09:02.500 --> 00:09:03.360 that he shepherds 00:09:03.360 --> 00:09:04.840 and cares for this congregation. 00:09:06.100 --> 00:09:07.259 We pray that you would bless him 00:09:07.259 --> 00:09:08.580 and Johan and the family 00:09:08.580 --> 00:09:09.139 richly 00:09:09.139 --> 00:09:11.360 in their ministry among us. 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:13.539 and we pray, Lord, 00:09:13.620 --> 00:09:14.820 that as he looks for a colleague 00:09:14.820 --> 00:09:16.740 and as we look for a colleague 00:09:16.740 --> 00:09:17.419 that you would give us 00:09:17.419 --> 00:09:19.100 unanimity of heart and spirit, 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:21.180 focusing our minds 00:09:21.180 --> 00:09:23.080 upon what you would have for us, 00:09:23.580 --> 00:09:24.940 not upon what our 00:09:24.940 --> 00:09:26.960 personal preferences may be. 00:09:28.419 --> 00:09:29.820 We pray for our denomination 00:09:29.820 --> 00:09:30.500 as a whole. 00:09:31.700 --> 00:09:32.700 We ask, Lord, 00:09:32.759 --> 00:09:33.940 that you would help us 00:09:33.940 --> 00:09:35.460 to remain faithful 00:09:35.460 --> 00:09:36.300 to your word. 00:09:37.899 --> 00:09:39.159 We do not stand 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:40.700 on the laurels of our heritage. 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:43.460 As much as we look forward 00:09:43.460 --> 00:09:44.759 to a dynamic future 00:09:44.759 --> 00:09:45.879 of your blessing. 00:09:47.379 --> 00:09:48.639 We pray for the growth 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:49.159 of the church 00:09:49.159 --> 00:09:49.919 all over Scotland. 00:09:51.460 --> 00:09:52.399 Lord, we ask 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:53.980 that you would work powerfully 00:09:53.980 --> 00:09:54.940 in every pulpit 00:09:54.940 --> 00:09:55.879 from which your word 00:09:55.879 --> 00:09:56.980 is preached this evening. 00:09:58.480 --> 00:09:59.620 We remember the missionary 00:09:59.620 --> 00:10:00.620 endeavour of your church 00:10:00.620 --> 00:10:01.419 all over the world. 00:10:02.659 --> 00:10:04.300 We thank you for the growth 00:10:04.300 --> 00:10:05.000 of your church 00:10:05.000 --> 00:10:06.639 in many nations. 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:08.620 We also remember 00:10:08.620 --> 00:10:09.379 those nations 00:10:09.379 --> 00:10:11.519 where there's 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:12.279 great challenge. 00:10:12.480 --> 00:10:13.240 We remember the nation 00:10:13.240 --> 00:10:13.840 of Japan 00:10:13.840 --> 00:10:15.960 where a tiny church 00:10:15.960 --> 00:10:16.820 is faced with 00:10:16.820 --> 00:10:17.639 further decline. 00:10:18.600 --> 00:10:20.019 We pray for your people 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:20.399 there 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:21.360 in that 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:23.539 highly populated country, 00:10:23.740 --> 00:10:24.879 technologically advanced 00:10:24.879 --> 00:10:26.259 and yet spiritually dead. 00:10:27.779 --> 00:10:28.100 Lord, 00:10:28.139 --> 00:10:28.779 will you not open 00:10:28.779 --> 00:10:29.820 the floodgates of heaven 00:10:29.820 --> 00:10:31.320 and pour down 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:31.840 your spirit 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:33.100 upon that great nation? 00:10:33.100 --> 00:10:36.500 We pray, O Lord, 00:10:36.580 --> 00:10:37.480 for our world. 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:39.500 We ask, Lord, 00:10:39.560 --> 00:10:40.379 that you would make 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:41.340 wars to cease, 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:43.220 that you would frustrate 00:10:43.220 --> 00:10:43.840 the purposes 00:10:43.840 --> 00:10:44.960 of wicked men, 00:10:45.300 --> 00:10:46.980 that you would relieve 00:10:46.980 --> 00:10:48.379 the plight of the oppressed 00:10:48.379 --> 00:10:48.240 ! 00:10:48.240 --> 00:10:49.220 And the hungry. 00:10:51.259 --> 00:10:51.500 And Lord, 00:10:51.560 --> 00:10:52.300 we pray for 00:10:52.300 --> 00:10:53.920 our politicians 00:10:53.920 --> 00:10:54.600 and those 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:56.440 in authority over us. 00:10:57.379 --> 00:10:58.320 We especially 00:10:58.320 --> 00:10:59.060 remember them 00:10:59.060 --> 00:11:00.060 as they debate 00:11:00.060 --> 00:11:01.740 the proposed 00:11:01.740 --> 00:11:02.680 euthanasia bill. 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:05.060 And we ask, O Lord, 00:11:05.120 --> 00:11:05.659 that your word 00:11:05.659 --> 00:11:06.180 would take 00:11:06.180 --> 00:11:08.419 front and centre 00:11:08.419 --> 00:11:09.139 in all 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:10.340 of their decisions. 00:11:12.019 --> 00:11:12.299 Lord, 00:11:12.340 --> 00:11:13.080 we ask and pray 00:11:13.080 --> 00:11:14.620 for this bill 00:11:14.620 --> 00:11:15.500 not to go forward, 00:11:16.100 --> 00:11:17.060 for it to be defeated 00:11:17.060 --> 00:11:18.700 in both 00:11:18.700 --> 00:11:19.659 Holyrood and Westminster. 00:11:20.879 --> 00:11:21.960 And we ask that 00:11:21.960 --> 00:11:23.960 rather than ending life, 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:25.600 which is your prerogative, 00:11:26.139 --> 00:11:27.360 you would help us 00:11:27.360 --> 00:11:28.320 to invest our 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:29.379 care and resource 00:11:29.379 --> 00:11:29.960 and money 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:32.000 in preserving life 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:33.840 and giving dignity 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:34.480 to those 00:11:34.480 --> 00:11:35.840 who are dying. 00:11:37.600 --> 00:11:38.240 And Lord, 00:11:38.299 --> 00:11:39.059 we consider now 00:11:39.059 --> 00:11:40.960 our own personal needs. 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:42.980 We are hungry 00:11:42.980 --> 00:11:44.059 for your word 00:11:44.059 --> 00:11:44.539 this evening. 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:45.960 That's why we're here. 00:11:47.139 --> 00:11:48.299 So will you fill us 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:49.220 with a new vision 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:50.139 of Jesus Christ? 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:52.139 But Lord, 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:52.759 there may be some 00:11:52.759 --> 00:11:53.460 among us here 00:11:53.460 --> 00:11:53.899 this evening 00:11:53.899 --> 00:11:55.159 who do not yet know you, 00:11:55.779 --> 00:11:56.399 who are here 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:57.399 by force of habit, 00:11:57.399 --> 00:11:59.559 or because they have been 00:11:59.559 --> 00:12:01.539 forced to be here 00:12:01.539 --> 00:12:02.340 by their parents 00:12:02.340 --> 00:12:04.779 or by peer pressure. 00:12:05.699 --> 00:12:06.759 But do not know you. 00:12:07.539 --> 00:12:08.299 They have not yet 00:12:08.299 --> 00:12:08.819 discovered 00:12:08.819 --> 00:12:11.600 the great meaning 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:12.199 of life 00:12:12.199 --> 00:12:13.899 and the pearl 00:12:13.899 --> 00:12:14.620 of great price 00:12:14.620 --> 00:12:15.399 that is to be found 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:16.340 in Jesus Christ. 00:12:17.639 --> 00:12:18.079 Lord, 00:12:18.139 --> 00:12:18.639 will your spirit 00:12:18.639 --> 00:12:19.659 do a work among us 00:12:19.659 --> 00:12:20.220 this evening 00:12:20.220 --> 00:12:22.579 that breaks open 00:12:22.579 --> 00:12:23.199 the hardness 00:12:23.199 --> 00:12:24.079 of our hearts? 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.720 will your spirit 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:28.460 do a miracle 00:12:28.460 --> 00:12:29.100 of grace 00:12:29.100 --> 00:12:29.920 within us 00:12:29.920 --> 00:12:30.440 this evening 00:12:30.440 --> 00:12:31.960 to transform 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:32.520 our hearts 00:12:32.520 --> 00:12:33.160 of stone 00:12:33.160 --> 00:12:33.780 into hearts 00:12:33.780 --> 00:12:34.480 of flesh? 00:12:36.320 --> 00:12:37.200 Help us all, 00:12:37.340 --> 00:12:37.540 O Lord, 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:38.060 this evening 00:12:38.060 --> 00:12:38.740 as we come 00:12:38.740 --> 00:12:40.180 to come 00:12:40.180 --> 00:12:40.940 with that attitude 00:12:40.940 --> 00:12:43.360 of those Gentiles 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:44.460 who came to the disciples 00:12:44.460 --> 00:12:45.000 saying, 00:12:45.379 --> 00:12:45.620 Sir, 00:12:45.860 --> 00:12:47.920 we would see Jesus. 00:12:49.520 --> 00:12:50.300 Now we ask 00:12:50.300 --> 00:12:51.040 all these things 00:12:51.040 --> 00:12:51.580 with the forgiveness 00:12:51.580 --> 00:12:52.300 of our sin 00:12:52.299 --> 00:12:53.859 in Jesus' name. 00:12:54.639 --> 00:12:55.099 Amen. 00:12:58.759 --> 00:12:59.959 We're going to sing again 00:12:59.959 --> 00:13:01.240 this time in Psalm 1. 00:13:02.519 --> 00:13:03.539 This is on page 00:13:03.539 --> 00:13:04.399 number 200. 00:13:04.599 --> 00:13:05.039 It's from the 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:05.839 Scottish Psalter. 00:13:07.059 --> 00:13:08.000 Psalm 1. 00:13:12.000 --> 00:13:12.919 That man 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:14.620 hath perfect blessedness 00:13:14.620 --> 00:13:16.279 who walketh 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:17.179 not astray 00:13:17.179 --> 00:13:19.179 in counsel 00:13:19.179 --> 00:13:20.159 of ungodly men 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:20.899 nor stands 00:13:20.899 --> 00:13:21.839 in sinner's way. 00:13:22.299 --> 00:13:23.759 nor sitteth 00:13:23.759 --> 00:13:24.859 in the scorner's chair. 00:13:26.019 --> 00:13:26.979 But placeth 00:13:26.979 --> 00:13:27.500 his delight 00:13:27.500 --> 00:13:28.479 upon God's law 00:13:28.479 --> 00:13:29.759 and meditates 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:30.599 on his law 00:13:30.599 --> 00:13:31.139 day and night. 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:31.679 Psalm 1, 00:13:31.740 --> 00:13:32.399 the whole psalm 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:33.419 to God's praise. 00:13:33.419 --> 00:13:44.799 best best best 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:44.799 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:44.799 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:44.799 00:13:44.799 --> 00:13:44.799 00:14:03.419 --> 00:14:10.519 nor stands in sinners' way. 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:19.740 Lord sitteth in the scorners' ship, 00:14:20.139 --> 00:14:26.740 and raiseth his delight. 00:14:26.740 --> 00:14:36.100 At most grog, so grog, so grog, so grog, 00:14:36.100 --> 00:14:42.879 so grog, so grog, so grog, so grog, so grog, 00:14:42.879 --> 00:14:59.980 We shall be like a tree that goes near planted by our earth. 00:14:59.980 --> 00:15:15.360 Which in this season yields its fruit, and its sweet faith ever. 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:32.360 And only thou shalt prosper well, now with it are not so. 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:50.440 But like they are bound to virtue, which when right to our goal. 00:15:50.440 --> 00:16:06.440 In judgment therefore shall most and such as the God we are. 00:16:06.440 --> 00:16:23.440 Nor in the assembly of the earth shall we yet men appear. 00:16:23.440 --> 00:16:40.440 For while the way of God remain, unto the Lord is Lord. 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:56.440 Where as the way of the earth shall white be overgrown. 00:17:03.240 --> 00:17:09.420 We are going to read now in God's word from the book of 2 Corinthians chapter 13. 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:15.360 2 Corinthians chapter 13. 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:31.580 2 Corinthians chapter 13. 00:17:33.840 --> 00:17:35.660 This is the word of God. 00:17:35.660 --> 00:17:41.500 This is the third time I am coming to you. 00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:47.000 Every charge must be established by the evidence of two or three witnesses. 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:51.319 I warn those who sinned before and all the others. 00:17:51.319 --> 00:17:56.180 And I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit. 00:17:56.380 --> 00:17:58.759 That if I come again I will not spare them. 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:02.440 Since you seek proof that Christ is speaking in me. 00:18:03.440 --> 00:18:05.619 He is not weak in dealing with you. 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.940 But is powerful among you. 00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:10.980 For he was crucified in weakness. 00:18:10.980 --> 00:18:13.200 For he lives by the power of God. 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:16.539 For we also are weak in him. 00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:17.880 But in dealing with you. 00:18:18.220 --> 00:18:20.580 We will live with him by the power of God. 00:18:22.340 --> 00:18:25.220 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith. 00:18:25.620 --> 00:18:26.320 Test yourselves. 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:30.299 Or do you not realize this about yourselves. 00:18:30.299 --> 00:18:32.319 That Jesus Christ is in you. 00:18:32.899 --> 00:18:34.859 Unless indeed you fail to meet the test. 00:18:36.460 --> 00:18:39.419 I hope you will find out that we have not failed the test. 00:18:40.559 --> 00:18:43.319 But we pray to God that you may do no wrong. 00:18:44.639 --> 00:18:47.779 That not that we may appear to have met the test. 00:18:47.899 --> 00:18:50.099 But that you may do what is right. 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:52.079 Though we may seem to have failed. 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:55.220 For we cannot do anything against the truth. 00:18:55.740 --> 00:18:57.179 But only for the truth. 00:18:58.319 --> 00:19:01.379 For we are glad when we are weak and you are strong. 00:19:02.639 --> 00:19:04.919 Your restoration is what we pray for. 00:19:06.179 --> 00:19:09.599 For this reason I write these things while I am away from you. 00:19:09.699 --> 00:19:10.559 So that when I come. 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:14.759 I may not have to be severe in my use of the authority. 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:16.759 That the Lord has given me for building up. 00:19:17.299 --> 00:19:18.579 And not for tearing down. 00:19:20.579 --> 00:19:21.539 Finally brothers. 00:19:22.419 --> 00:19:22.980 Rejoice. 00:19:24.240 --> 00:19:25.599 Aim for restoration. 00:19:26.579 --> 00:19:27.460 Comfort one another. 00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:29.379 Agree with one another. 00:19:29.559 --> 00:19:30.199 Live in peace. 00:19:31.039 --> 00:19:33.199 And the God of love and peace will be with you. 00:19:34.119 --> 00:19:35.879 Greet one another with a holy kiss. 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:38.919 All the saints greet you. 00:19:40.259 --> 00:19:42.039 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:19:42.699 --> 00:19:43.740 And the love of God. 00:19:44.419 --> 00:19:46.199 And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. 00:19:46.960 --> 00:19:47.699 Be with you all. 00:19:49.500 --> 00:19:51.419 This is the word of God. 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:55.099 Before we turn back to that passage. 00:19:55.299 --> 00:19:56.639 We'll sing in Psalm 19. 00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:58.720 On page 23. 00:20:00.179 --> 00:20:01.299 Psalm 19. 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.779 On page 23. 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:05.339 From which we shall sing. 00:20:05.419 --> 00:20:06.539 Verses 7. 00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:08.939 To verse 14. 00:20:11.939 --> 00:20:13.059 Psalm 19. 00:20:13.179 --> 00:20:14.179 Page 23. 00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:15.440 From verse 7. 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:18.380 The perfect law of God. 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:20.640 Revives the soul of man. 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:23.000 His statutes which are sure. 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:25.000 Make wise the simple one. 00:20:25.860 --> 00:20:27.539 The precepts of the Lord are right. 00:20:28.000 --> 00:20:29.080 And fill the heart. 00:20:29.640 --> 00:20:30.799 With great delight. 00:20:31.660 --> 00:20:33.000 Let's sing Psalm 19. 00:20:33.160 --> 00:20:34.460 From verse 7 to the end. 00:20:35.019 --> 00:20:35.700 To God's praise. 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:47.519 The perfect law of God. 00:20:47.519 --> 00:20:53.420 Revives the soul of man. 00:20:53.420 --> 00:20:58.420 His statutes which are sure. 00:20:58.420 --> 00:21:05.100 Make wise the simple one. 00:21:05.100 --> 00:21:11.740 The precepts of the Lord are right. 00:21:11.980 --> 00:21:18.860 And fill the heart with great delight. 00:21:18.859 --> 00:21:19.859 God's praise. 00:21:19.859 --> 00:21:25.859 For great, the earth commands. 00:21:25.859 --> 00:21:32.859 Share light on what we see. 00:21:32.859 --> 00:21:38.859 The fear of God is pure. 00:21:38.859 --> 00:21:43.859 At last eternally. 00:21:43.859 --> 00:21:50.859 The standards of the Lord express. 00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:58.859 His perfect truth and righteousness. 00:21:58.859 --> 00:22:02.859 The power of God is pure. 00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:04.859 The power of God is pure. 00:22:04.859 --> 00:22:06.859 The power of God is pure. 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:08.859 The power of God is pure. 00:22:08.859 --> 00:22:10.859 The power of God is pure. 00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.740 The power of God is pure. 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:11.740 --> 00:22:11.740 00:22:40.859 --> 00:23:04.740 You can discern His cause, forgive my hidden sin, keep me from willful deeds, may they not rule within. 00:23:04.740 --> 00:23:19.740 And then I shall be free from blame and guiltless of transgressions. 00:23:19.740 --> 00:23:45.740 Lord, let the words I speak, be pleasing in Your sight, and may my endless thoughts be in Your judgment right. 00:23:45.740 --> 00:24:01.740 O Lord, You are the rock to me, You have redeemed and sent me free. 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:20.319 May I begin by once again thanking you from the bottom of my heart for the welcome that myself and my family have received this weekend up here. 00:24:20.839 --> 00:24:24.579 It's been wonderful for Kathmer and myself to renew friendships. 00:24:24.579 --> 00:24:29.859 You don't seem to have changed one little bit in the last 24 years. 00:24:29.939 --> 00:24:35.460 As I said this morning, I have far less hair and far more children than I had back then. 00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:40.799 But you don't seem to have changed at all, except the man standing beside me, Callum Smith. 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:43.619 He is your minister now. 00:24:43.619 --> 00:24:49.639 My first experience of Callum was when he was inducted to Dumfries Free Church. 00:24:50.419 --> 00:24:54.619 And over the years, I felt very blessed to work with him on the presbytery. 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:58.799 And it's wonderful to see him as your shepherd at this time. 00:24:58.879 --> 00:25:02.019 But of course, we pray for a colleague for him. 00:25:04.619 --> 00:25:10.979 Please turn with me back to 2 Corinthians chapter 13 and verse 14. 00:25:10.980 --> 00:25:21.740 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 00:25:24.180 --> 00:25:32.319 At the end of every service of worship, the presiding minister will raise his hands and pronounce the benediction. 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:40.279 The word benediction literally means blessing or more literally to speak well. 00:25:40.980 --> 00:25:49.120 The minister on behalf of God dismisses God's people with his blessing upon them. 00:25:49.900 --> 00:25:57.839 The service concludes with the minister, or God rather, speaking well over his people. 00:25:58.779 --> 00:26:03.480 Pronouncing both his pleasure in them and his intention for them. 00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:11.779 His pleasure in them in that they are his children whom he loves, protects, and will provide for. 00:26:12.700 --> 00:26:18.660 And his intention to strengthen them for all the challenges which lie in the week ahead. 00:26:19.960 --> 00:26:25.660 So the benediction is an essential component in every Christian service of worship. 00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:30.820 It is the public announcement of God's blessing upon his people. 00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:36.480 As Christians, we are to listen carefully to the benediction. 00:26:37.560 --> 00:26:39.360 Recognizing it's for us. 00:26:40.300 --> 00:26:41.960 It's God's gift to us. 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:47.540 It's God's words of pleasure and intention for us. 00:26:47.539 --> 00:26:57.559 Whatever issues I may be facing, whether grief or depression, whether joy or thankfulness, anxiety or doubt, 00:26:58.619 --> 00:27:07.759 be it peace or tranquility, God wants me to experience his pleasure in me as his child and his loving intention toward me. 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:16.900 Now the benediction that I choose to use most often is this one taken from 2 Corinthians 13, 14. 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:22.240 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 00:27:23.099 --> 00:27:27.279 Now we're tempted, are we not, because we've heard these words so often, 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:30.259 not to think too deeply about what they mean. 00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:39.259 In truth, we're rather spoiled by them because there's a richness here which goes beyond anything the world can offer us. 00:27:40.299 --> 00:27:47.319 God blesses us not so much with grace, love and fellowship, although these are wonderful things. 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:53.000 God blesses us with himself and in essence says to us, 00:27:53.500 --> 00:27:57.200 I will know you this week and you will know me this week. 00:27:57.200 --> 00:28:00.799 I'll be with you through all the trials of this week. 00:28:01.539 --> 00:28:05.759 Know this, my beloved child, I take great pleasure in you. 00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:09.620 I love you and I'll be with you always. 00:28:11.860 --> 00:28:17.400 Out of this benediction in 2 Corinthians 13, verse 14, we could say many things, 00:28:17.519 --> 00:28:20.460 but I want to reflect this evening on just three. 00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:23.519 First of all, it tells us about God. 00:28:24.420 --> 00:28:26.519 Then it tells us about salvation. 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:29.559 And then it tells us about prayer. 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:32.840 Tells us about God, salvation and prayer. 00:28:33.420 --> 00:28:40.000 At the end of the service this evening, listen carefully to the good words of this benediction. 00:28:40.600 --> 00:28:43.980 They are for us as a Christian church. 00:28:44.799 --> 00:28:48.799 And they are for us as individual Christians. 00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:54.680 First of all then, these words tell us about God. 00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:57.099 These words tell us about God. 00:28:58.159 --> 00:29:06.819 My wife and I were privileged recently to travel down to Newcastle to attend a celebration for the ministry of Dr. Ian Hamilton. 00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:13.519 Known to many of us, Ian is an influential Christian pastor, writer and theologian. 00:29:13.519 --> 00:29:18.619 He has influenced many of us, myself included, for the good. 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:24.339 And inspired us to be the best servants of Christ it's possible for us to be. 00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:33.200 At that celebration dinner, one of the speakers highlighted some of the distinctive emphases of Ian's preaching. 00:29:33.200 --> 00:29:38.319 And he read something that Ian had written some years ago. 00:29:39.720 --> 00:29:42.360 Ian wrote these words in a banner of Truth magazine. 00:29:42.359 --> 00:30:11.339 We as Christians worship one God in three persons. 00:30:11.339 --> 00:30:13.899 Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 00:30:14.319 --> 00:30:17.339 This is the chief and distinctive doctrine of the Christian faith. 00:30:17.720 --> 00:30:19.240 The doctrine of the Holy Trinity. 00:30:19.859 --> 00:30:23.619 It's a mysterious doctrine without any earthly pattern. 00:30:23.959 --> 00:30:28.439 But it's a doctrine we must believe if we are to call ourselves Christians. 00:30:29.659 --> 00:30:35.839 It's a doctrine clearly taught in the Bible even if the word Trinity is never used. 00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:38.459 We serve one God. 00:30:39.459 --> 00:30:41.019 But the Father is God. 00:30:41.339 --> 00:30:42.879 And the Son is God. 00:30:43.639 --> 00:30:45.179 And the Holy Spirit is God. 00:30:46.720 --> 00:30:53.480 The early fathers of the church, like Athanasius of Alexandria, stood firmly on the truth of the Trinity. 00:30:54.759 --> 00:31:00.579 This year marks the 1700th anniversary of the formulation of the Nicene Creed. 00:31:01.159 --> 00:31:04.579 The fundamental confession of the Christian faith. 00:31:04.579 --> 00:31:09.819 In my church, we'll be studying the Nicene Creed a little later this year. 00:31:10.460 --> 00:31:13.859 Athanasius was the key figure in its formulation. 00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:20.659 We may be familiar with some of the language of the Nicene Creed by virtue of the Christmas carol, 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:27.939 O come all ye faithful, where in verse 2, it quotes verbatim some of the language of the Creed. 00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:40.519 The Apostles' Creed, O come let us adore him, Christ the Lord. 00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:52.819 The Apostles' Creed, for as valuable as it is, does not definitively declare the divinity either of Jesus as the Son nor of the Holy Spirit. 00:31:52.819 --> 00:31:58.679 As such, a Mormon or a Jehovah's Witness can recite the Apostles' Creed. 00:31:59.319 --> 00:32:01.119 But not the Nicene Creed. 00:32:02.019 --> 00:32:05.980 For in unmistakable terms, the Nicene Creed declares, 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:11.399 The Son is God, the Father is God, and the Holy Spirit is God. 00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:14.220 They are not of a similar essence to God. 00:32:15.159 --> 00:32:16.299 They are the same. 00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:20.059 Later, the Nicene Creed declares, 00:32:21.200 --> 00:32:26.940 I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. 00:32:27.339 --> 00:32:30.980 With the Father and the Son, he is to be worshipped and glorified. 00:32:33.419 --> 00:32:42.119 People often ask whether Christians worship the same God as Muslims or Jews. 00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:46.679 The answer is an emphatic no. 00:32:48.500 --> 00:32:49.179 No. 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:52.719 We believe in the divine trinity. 00:32:53.019 --> 00:32:56.119 It is the cardinal doctrine of our faith. 00:32:57.239 --> 00:33:02.619 Both Jews and Muslims worship a God who we may describe as a monad. 00:33:02.619 --> 00:33:08.579 One God, one person, who alone, eternally has been alone, 00:33:08.719 --> 00:33:13.019 and as alone, has nothing else other than himself to love. 00:33:14.619 --> 00:33:21.000 For the Christian, because God is trinity, love stands central to the being of God. 00:33:21.639 --> 00:33:25.859 The Father has always loved the Son and the Spirit, for they are not him. 00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:30.899 The Son has always loved the Father and the Spirit, for they are not him. 00:33:31.699 --> 00:33:37.000 And the Spirit has always loved the Father and the Son, for they are not him. 00:33:38.439 --> 00:33:46.479 Such a strong inner Trinitarian love allows that infinite, eternal, and unchangeable love 00:33:46.479 --> 00:33:52.659 each person of the Trinity has for the other to spill over into all he's created. 00:33:52.660 --> 00:33:57.720 It's the doctrine of the Trinity which allows the Apostle John to say, 00:33:58.380 --> 00:34:00.019 God is love. 00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:08.420 So to the answer of whether Christians worship the same God as Muslims, Jews, Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses, 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:11.539 the answer is an emphatic no. 00:34:12.940 --> 00:34:16.639 There is no common ground between the God of these religions. 00:34:16.639 --> 00:34:23.460 For their gods are monads, our God is divine Trinity, three in one. 00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:28.879 The God who offers himself to us in this blessing, this benediction, 00:34:29.379 --> 00:34:35.940 is the God who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in the fullness of his Trinitarian glory. 00:34:35.940 --> 00:34:41.820 The great church father, Gregory Nazianzus, beautifully said, 00:34:43.139 --> 00:34:51.340 No sooner do I conceive of the one, than I am illumined by the splendor of the three. 00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:56.679 No sooner do I distinguish him, than I am carried back to the one. 00:34:56.679 --> 00:34:57.679 No sooner do I conceive of the one. 00:34:57.679 --> 00:34:58.679 No sooner do I conceive of the one. 00:34:58.679 --> 00:35:00.519 It's a beautiful mystery. 00:35:01.460 --> 00:35:03.179 Don't feel threatened by it. 00:35:04.239 --> 00:35:07.579 Feel invited by it to participate, 00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:12.819 even as the overflow of each divine person's love for the other 00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:15.619 overflows into the life of the church 00:35:15.619 --> 00:35:18.679 and into the life of individual believers. 00:35:18.679 --> 00:35:26.379 Now one of Ian Hamilton's famous phrases is that 00:35:26.379 --> 00:35:30.219 every doctrine of the Christian faith must be practical 00:35:30.219 --> 00:35:32.179 or it's of no use. 00:35:32.399 --> 00:35:34.759 Every doctrine of the Christian faith must be practical. 00:35:35.859 --> 00:35:39.379 The doctrine of the Trinity is the cornerstone of our faith. 00:35:39.500 --> 00:35:41.940 So it's not surprising it is the most practical 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:44.379 of all the doctrines of Christianity. 00:35:44.380 --> 00:35:50.820 What warrant do I have to believe 00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:54.440 that God loves me? 00:35:55.400 --> 00:35:59.059 How do I know that God loves me? 00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:01.760 When I've failed him, 00:36:02.700 --> 00:36:03.960 when I've backslidden, 00:36:04.660 --> 00:36:06.760 when I've become spiritually cold, 00:36:07.340 --> 00:36:10.360 when I've sunk into pits of depression and anxiety 00:36:10.360 --> 00:36:12.640 where I cannot but hate myself, 00:36:12.639 --> 00:36:15.460 when I've fallen away from him, 00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:17.559 what assurance do I have 00:36:17.559 --> 00:36:19.299 that God loves me? 00:36:21.079 --> 00:36:23.379 It is because 00:36:23.379 --> 00:36:26.619 by virtue of his being Trinity, 00:36:27.319 --> 00:36:29.400 God is love. 00:36:30.379 --> 00:36:32.779 It is more natural for him to love 00:36:32.779 --> 00:36:34.539 than it is for me to breathe. 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:38.339 Among many other warrants, 00:36:39.299 --> 00:36:40.699 this is the most powerful, 00:36:40.699 --> 00:36:42.239 the eternal, 00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:43.299 infinite, 00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:44.500 and unchangeable 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:46.439 inner Trinitarian love 00:36:46.439 --> 00:36:47.119 between Father, 00:36:47.279 --> 00:36:47.439 Son, 00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:47.960 and Spirit 00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.159 which overflows 00:36:49.159 --> 00:36:50.439 into our daily experience 00:36:50.439 --> 00:36:51.099 as Christians. 00:36:52.500 --> 00:36:53.839 Shall such love 00:36:53.839 --> 00:36:57.019 now hate me 00:36:57.019 --> 00:36:59.980 who it has loved 00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:01.779 since before I was born? 00:37:02.859 --> 00:37:04.000 Shall he now hate me? 00:37:06.119 --> 00:37:07.839 Shall such love 00:37:07.840 --> 00:37:09.539 cast me away now 00:37:09.539 --> 00:37:11.740 who it has held close 00:37:11.740 --> 00:37:12.440 to its heart 00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.880 since before the sun 00:37:13.880 --> 00:37:15.280 began to shine in the sky? 00:37:15.840 --> 00:37:16.460 Shall he? 00:37:18.100 --> 00:37:19.720 If I am united to Christ, 00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:21.360 the Father cannot look upon me, 00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:22.100 yes, 00:37:22.140 --> 00:37:22.960 even the ugly, 00:37:23.180 --> 00:37:23.440 messy, 00:37:23.640 --> 00:37:24.220 sinful me, 00:37:24.440 --> 00:37:25.240 without seeing 00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:26.780 the glorious righteousness 00:37:26.780 --> 00:37:27.600 of his Son, 00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:29.700 and he loves me. 00:37:32.700 --> 00:37:33.220 Furthermore, 00:37:33.219 --> 00:37:36.500 if the inner Trinitarian love 00:37:36.500 --> 00:37:37.199 of Father, 00:37:37.399 --> 00:37:37.599 Son, 00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:38.099 and Spirit 00:37:38.099 --> 00:37:38.959 has overflowed 00:37:38.959 --> 00:37:39.819 into my life, 00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.599 surely that love 00:37:41.599 --> 00:37:42.199 should overflow 00:37:42.199 --> 00:37:43.219 from my heart 00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:45.359 into the lives 00:37:45.359 --> 00:37:45.839 of others. 00:37:47.439 --> 00:37:48.500 Why do we bear 00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:49.159 with one another, 00:37:50.079 --> 00:37:51.000 forgive one another, 00:37:51.939 --> 00:37:53.079 and comfort one another? 00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:55.519 We do it 00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:56.279 because 00:37:56.279 --> 00:37:57.019 the love 00:37:57.019 --> 00:37:58.119 of a Father 00:37:58.119 --> 00:37:59.039 for a Son 00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.839 and the Spirit 00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:01.019 has flooded 00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.640 our hearts 00:38:01.640 --> 00:38:02.360 with the love 00:38:02.360 --> 00:38:02.860 of God, 00:38:03.220 --> 00:38:03.700 a love 00:38:03.700 --> 00:38:04.460 which spills 00:38:04.460 --> 00:38:04.980 over into 00:38:04.980 --> 00:38:05.360 our love 00:38:05.360 --> 00:38:05.860 for others. 00:38:07.660 --> 00:38:08.000 And so 00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.820 the Apostle John 00:38:08.820 --> 00:38:09.200 writes, 00:38:10.059 --> 00:38:10.460 Beloved, 00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:11.620 if God so loved us, 00:38:11.680 --> 00:38:12.260 then we 00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:13.300 ought to love 00:38:13.300 --> 00:38:13.760 one another. 00:38:16.019 --> 00:38:16.640 You see, 00:38:16.800 --> 00:38:17.280 this wonderful 00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:18.220 doctrine of the Trinity, 00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:19.600 far from being 00:38:19.600 --> 00:38:20.760 an abstract theological 00:38:20.760 --> 00:38:21.360 doctrine, 00:38:21.360 --> 00:38:22.559 is the most practical 00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:23.940 of all Christian doctrines. 00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:25.120 It serves 00:38:25.120 --> 00:38:25.860 as the foundation 00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.680 for all we are 00:38:26.680 --> 00:38:27.100 to believe 00:38:27.100 --> 00:38:28.200 concerning God 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:29.500 and for our life 00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:29.919 together 00:38:29.919 --> 00:38:31.119 as Christians. 00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:33.439 When hands are raised 00:38:33.439 --> 00:38:34.099 at the end 00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.879 of the service 00:38:34.879 --> 00:38:35.419 and a blessing 00:38:35.419 --> 00:38:36.000 is pronounced, 00:38:36.539 --> 00:38:37.399 it's as if God 00:38:37.399 --> 00:38:38.779 himself is saying, 00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:41.259 Go, 00:38:41.379 --> 00:38:41.939 my children, 00:38:42.739 --> 00:38:44.539 live in love, 00:38:45.699 --> 00:38:47.000 even as the Father 00:38:47.000 --> 00:38:47.899 loves the Son 00:38:47.899 --> 00:38:48.500 and the Spirit 00:38:48.500 --> 00:38:50.000 and the Son 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:50.779 loves the Father 00:38:50.779 --> 00:38:51.339 and the Spirit 00:38:51.339 --> 00:38:52.859 and the Spirit 00:38:52.859 --> 00:38:53.659 loves the Father 00:38:53.659 --> 00:38:54.159 and the Son. 00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:57.319 So this blessing 00:38:57.319 --> 00:38:57.919 tells us, 00:38:57.920 --> 00:38:58.559 first of all, 00:38:58.639 --> 00:38:59.539 something about God. 00:39:00.880 --> 00:39:01.400 Secondly, 00:39:02.420 --> 00:39:03.139 it tells us 00:39:03.139 --> 00:39:04.500 something about salvation. 00:39:05.139 --> 00:39:06.780 Tells us about salvation. 00:39:09.340 --> 00:39:10.480 This benediction 00:39:10.480 --> 00:39:11.260 is remarkable 00:39:11.260 --> 00:39:13.280 on many accounts 00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:14.860 but chief among them 00:39:14.860 --> 00:39:16.119 is what it tells us 00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:17.079 about the source 00:39:17.079 --> 00:39:17.880 and the means 00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.700 and the purpose 00:39:18.700 --> 00:39:19.539 of our salvation. 00:39:20.619 --> 00:39:21.740 Here we have 00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.740 the Christian gospel 00:39:22.740 --> 00:39:24.240 in miniature. 00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:26.000 The grace 00:39:26.000 --> 00:39:27.220 of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:28.960 The love of God. 00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:30.619 The fellowship 00:39:30.619 --> 00:39:31.559 of the Holy Spirit. 00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.200 The source 00:39:34.200 --> 00:39:34.960 of our salvation 00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:35.800 is to be found 00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.599 in the love 00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:37.460 of God the Father. 00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:38.960 The source 00:39:38.960 --> 00:39:39.680 of our salvation 00:39:39.680 --> 00:39:40.400 is to be found 00:39:40.400 --> 00:39:40.840 in the love 00:39:40.840 --> 00:39:41.639 of God the Father. 00:39:42.200 --> 00:39:43.500 God so loved 00:39:43.500 --> 00:39:44.039 the world 00:39:44.039 --> 00:39:45.599 that he sent 00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:46.420 his only begotten 00:39:46.420 --> 00:39:46.700 Son. 00:39:47.680 --> 00:39:48.780 We wrongly 00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:49.260 attribute 00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:50.360 to God the Father 00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:51.220 the sternest 00:39:51.220 --> 00:39:52.240 of all the divine 00:39:52.240 --> 00:39:52.800 attributes. 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:54.120 wrath, 00:39:54.800 --> 00:39:55.220 judgment, 00:39:55.880 --> 00:39:56.340 righteousness, 00:39:56.640 --> 00:39:57.019 etc. 00:39:57.700 --> 00:39:58.680 But time and again 00:39:58.680 --> 00:39:59.120 the Bible 00:39:59.120 --> 00:40:00.440 wants us to understand 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:01.980 that the source 00:40:01.980 --> 00:40:02.860 of our salvation 00:40:02.860 --> 00:40:03.720 is to be found 00:40:03.720 --> 00:40:04.960 in the infinite, 00:40:05.300 --> 00:40:05.700 eternal, 00:40:05.940 --> 00:40:06.880 and unchangeable 00:40:06.880 --> 00:40:08.300 love of the Father. 00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:10.920 God, 00:40:11.039 --> 00:40:11.760 to be understood 00:40:11.760 --> 00:40:12.860 as the Father, 00:40:13.860 --> 00:40:14.720 demonstrated 00:40:14.720 --> 00:40:16.080 his love 00:40:16.080 --> 00:40:16.640 for us 00:40:16.640 --> 00:40:17.300 in this. 00:40:18.300 --> 00:40:18.920 While we were 00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:19.500 yet sinners, 00:40:20.140 --> 00:40:20.680 Christ died 00:40:20.679 --> 00:40:21.199 for us. 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.219 God the Father 00:40:23.219 --> 00:40:23.719 is simply 00:40:23.719 --> 00:40:24.739 filled with love. 00:40:25.940 --> 00:40:27.079 In 1 John 3 00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:27.739 verse 1, 00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:29.440 see what kind 00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:29.940 of love 00:40:29.940 --> 00:40:30.619 the Father 00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:31.399 hath lavished 00:40:31.399 --> 00:40:32.059 upon us 00:40:32.059 --> 00:40:33.019 that we should 00:40:33.019 --> 00:40:33.519 be called 00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:34.559 children of God 00:40:34.559 --> 00:40:35.359 and that is 00:40:35.359 --> 00:40:35.980 what we are. 00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:38.440 It's a love 00:40:38.440 --> 00:40:39.219 with no beginning 00:40:39.219 --> 00:40:40.619 and no end, 00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.899 no start 00:40:41.899 --> 00:40:42.739 and no finish. 00:40:43.379 --> 00:40:44.019 A love 00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.759 for us 00:40:44.759 --> 00:40:45.379 as infinite 00:40:45.379 --> 00:40:46.440 as God 00:40:46.440 --> 00:40:47.019 himself 00:40:47.019 --> 00:40:48.000 is infinite. 00:40:48.419 --> 00:40:49.079 It can't be 00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:49.579 measured 00:40:49.579 --> 00:40:50.519 or calculated 00:40:50.519 --> 00:40:51.559 not even 00:40:51.559 --> 00:40:52.539 by our actions. 00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.340 It's an 00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:53.860 unconditional 00:40:53.860 --> 00:40:54.500 love. 00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:55.500 No human 00:40:55.500 --> 00:40:55.880 love 00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.840 is unconditional 00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:59.519 but God's 00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:00.099 love for us 00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.679 carries no 00:41:00.679 --> 00:41:01.119 condition. 00:41:03.219 --> 00:41:03.980 If someone 00:41:03.980 --> 00:41:04.559 was to ask 00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.019 me this 00:41:05.019 --> 00:41:05.320 evening 00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:05.940 why I 00:41:05.940 --> 00:41:06.199 am a 00:41:06.199 --> 00:41:06.519 Christian, 00:41:07.219 --> 00:41:07.780 I could 00:41:07.780 --> 00:41:08.460 only answer 00:41:08.460 --> 00:41:09.360 I love 00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:09.880 him because 00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.400 he first 00:41:10.400 --> 00:41:10.940 loved me. 00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:13.039 And then 00:41:13.039 --> 00:41:13.340 if that 00:41:13.340 --> 00:41:13.659 someone 00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.239 was to 00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:15.300 explore with 00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:15.800 me why 00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.360 God loved 00:41:16.360 --> 00:41:16.599 me, 00:41:17.300 --> 00:41:17.820 all I can 00:41:17.820 --> 00:41:18.239 say is 00:41:18.239 --> 00:41:18.659 that God 00:41:18.659 --> 00:41:19.199 loves me 00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:19.599 not for 00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:20.259 any qualities 00:41:20.259 --> 00:41:21.119 I have, 00:41:21.819 --> 00:41:22.659 not for 00:41:22.659 --> 00:41:23.299 anything he 00:41:23.299 --> 00:41:23.739 can make 00:41:23.739 --> 00:41:24.500 out of me, 00:41:25.299 --> 00:41:26.439 but because 00:41:26.439 --> 00:41:27.219 it's in the 00:41:27.219 --> 00:41:28.139 nature of 00:41:28.139 --> 00:41:28.699 God the 00:41:28.699 --> 00:41:29.279 Father to 00:41:29.279 --> 00:41:29.739 love. 00:41:31.899 --> 00:41:32.839 Many of us 00:41:32.839 --> 00:41:33.480 are fond of 00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:33.879 the Christian 00:41:33.879 --> 00:41:34.739 singer-songwriter 00:41:34.739 --> 00:41:35.679 Stuart Townend, 00:41:36.039 --> 00:41:36.799 how deep 00:41:36.799 --> 00:41:37.699 the Father's 00:41:37.699 --> 00:41:38.960 love for us, 00:41:39.500 --> 00:41:40.159 how vast 00:41:40.159 --> 00:41:40.779 beyond 00:41:40.779 --> 00:41:42.460 all measure. 00:41:42.460 --> 00:41:46.340 if the 00:41:46.340 --> 00:41:46.760 love of 00:41:46.760 --> 00:41:47.079 God the 00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:47.860 Father is 00:41:47.860 --> 00:41:49.760 the 00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:50.579 source of 00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.780 our 00:41:50.780 --> 00:41:51.420 salvation as 00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.860 Christians, 00:41:52.340 --> 00:41:53.460 the grace 00:41:53.460 --> 00:41:53.860 of the 00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.320 Lord Jesus 00:41:54.320 --> 00:41:55.960 Christ is 00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:56.760 the means 00:41:56.760 --> 00:41:57.159 of our 00:41:57.159 --> 00:41:57.679 salvation. 00:41:58.519 --> 00:41:59.300 How our 00:41:59.300 --> 00:41:59.720 becoming 00:41:59.720 --> 00:42:00.320 Christians 00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:00.960 came about. 00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.159 The 00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.760 mechanism 00:42:02.760 --> 00:42:03.420 of our 00:42:03.420 --> 00:42:03.880 salvation 00:42:03.880 --> 00:42:04.760 is the 00:42:04.760 --> 00:42:05.300 grace of 00:42:05.300 --> 00:42:06.320 God in 00:42:06.320 --> 00:42:06.639 the Lord 00:42:06.639 --> 00:42:06.880 Jesus 00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:07.400 Christ. 00:42:08.440 --> 00:42:08.699 In 00:42:08.699 --> 00:42:09.500 2 Corinthians 00:42:09.500 --> 00:42:10.099 8 verse 00:42:10.099 --> 00:42:10.500 9, 00:42:11.240 --> 00:42:11.619 the apostle 00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:12.119 writes, 00:42:12.920 --> 00:42:13.380 you know 00:42:13.380 --> 00:42:13.900 the grace 00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.239 of our 00:42:14.239 --> 00:42:14.759 Lord Jesus 00:42:14.759 --> 00:42:15.480 Christ that 00:42:15.480 --> 00:42:15.739 though he 00:42:15.739 --> 00:42:16.199 was rich 00:42:16.199 --> 00:42:16.739 yet for 00:42:16.739 --> 00:42:17.799 our 00:42:17.799 --> 00:42:18.239 sakes he 00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:18.539 became 00:42:18.539 --> 00:42:19.960 poor so 00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:20.339 that you 00:42:20.339 --> 00:42:20.699 by his 00:42:20.699 --> 00:42:21.139 poverty 00:42:21.139 --> 00:42:22.279 might become 00:42:22.279 --> 00:42:22.719 rich. 00:42:23.699 --> 00:42:24.400 When we 00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:24.779 think of 00:42:24.779 --> 00:42:26.299 Jesus we 00:42:26.299 --> 00:42:26.960 cannot but 00:42:26.960 --> 00:42:27.579 think of 00:42:27.579 --> 00:42:28.239 the grace 00:42:28.239 --> 00:42:29.400 of God 00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:30.219 toward us. 00:42:31.799 --> 00:42:32.779 Because of 00:42:32.779 --> 00:42:34.460 Jesus we 00:42:34.460 --> 00:42:34.900 did not 00:42:34.900 --> 00:42:35.719 receive what 00:42:35.719 --> 00:42:36.460 we deserved. 00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:38.059 We received 00:42:38.059 --> 00:42:38.659 what we did 00:42:38.659 --> 00:42:39.500 not deserve. 00:42:40.420 --> 00:42:41.259 On account 00:42:41.260 --> 00:42:41.620 of our 00:42:41.620 --> 00:42:42.080 sins we 00:42:42.080 --> 00:42:42.500 deserved 00:42:42.500 --> 00:42:42.700 the 00:42:42.700 --> 00:42:43.280 condemnation 00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:43.840 of death 00:42:43.840 --> 00:42:45.260 but on 00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:45.720 the cross 00:42:45.720 --> 00:42:46.300 Jesus was 00:42:46.300 --> 00:42:46.720 punished 00:42:46.720 --> 00:42:47.500 for our 00:42:47.500 --> 00:42:48.920 sins and 00:42:48.920 --> 00:42:49.420 died to 00:42:49.420 --> 00:42:49.780 bear our 00:42:49.780 --> 00:42:50.500 condemnation. 00:42:51.660 --> 00:42:52.480 On account 00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:53.020 of our 00:42:53.020 --> 00:42:53.460 sins we 00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:53.980 did not 00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.780 deserve the 00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:55.920 riches of 00:42:55.920 --> 00:42:56.480 the mercy 00:42:56.480 --> 00:42:57.180 and glory 00:42:57.180 --> 00:42:57.840 of God 00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:58.460 but on 00:42:58.460 --> 00:42:58.980 the cross 00:42:58.980 --> 00:42:59.920 Jesus earned 00:42:59.920 --> 00:43:00.320 them all 00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:00.840 for us 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:01.980 and has 00:43:01.980 --> 00:43:02.780 freely gifted 00:43:02.780 --> 00:43:03.300 them to 00:43:03.300 --> 00:43:03.820 us. 00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:05.580 Our 00:43:05.580 --> 00:43:06.960 salvation may 00:43:06.960 --> 00:43:07.620 have cost us 00:43:07.620 --> 00:43:09.480 nothing but 00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:10.140 it cost the 00:43:10.139 --> 00:43:10.920 glorious son 00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:11.279 of God 00:43:11.279 --> 00:43:11.759 his life 00:43:11.759 --> 00:43:12.859 blood shed 00:43:12.859 --> 00:43:13.079 on the 00:43:13.079 --> 00:43:13.519 cross for 00:43:13.519 --> 00:43:13.879 us. 00:43:14.659 --> 00:43:15.319 What gift 00:43:15.319 --> 00:43:16.039 of grace 00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:18.159 is Jesus 00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:19.019 my redeemer 00:43:19.019 --> 00:43:20.359 that is no 00:43:20.359 --> 00:43:20.859 more for 00:43:20.859 --> 00:43:21.359 heaven now 00:43:21.359 --> 00:43:21.879 to give. 00:43:23.440 --> 00:43:24.259 Because of 00:43:24.259 --> 00:43:25.179 Jesus Christ 00:43:25.179 --> 00:43:27.000 I who 00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.879 deserved to 00:43:27.879 --> 00:43:28.679 die eternally 00:43:28.679 --> 00:43:29.980 now by 00:43:29.980 --> 00:43:30.819 faith in him 00:43:30.819 --> 00:43:31.579 shall live 00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:33.299 eternally in 00:43:33.299 --> 00:43:33.920 the glory of 00:43:33.920 --> 00:43:34.359 my 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