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 We're going to begin our worship this evening, and we're singing firstly in Psalm 48a.

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 48a, that's on page 63, singing to Choon Paisley, and we're singing verses 1 to 8.

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 Great is the Lord who rules on high, with praise his temple fill, within the city of

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 our God and on his holy hill.

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 Mount Zion, with its graceful height, gives joy to all the earth.

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 The great king's city far excels, the mountains of the north.

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 Within her citadels and towers, God's presence is revealed, for he has shown himself to be

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 her fortress and her shield.

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 Down as far as verse 8, these verses, great is the Lord.

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 Mount Zion, with praise his temple fill, within the city of our God and on his holy hill.

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 Mount Zion, with its graceful height, gives joy to all the earth.

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 Mount Zion, with its graceful height, gives joy to all the earth.

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 The great king's city far excels, the mountains of the north.

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 John 9.

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FI 29a, this day has beenures by king and on his holy hill.

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 God's presence is revealed.

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 For he has shown himself to thee,

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 had fortress and earth shield.

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 When kings joined forces to attack,

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 as one they marched ahead.

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 They saw hand and they were amazed,

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 they all in terror play.

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 Like women giving birth in pain,

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 they trembled in disdain.

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 You wrecked them like a merchant tree,

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 by tempest blown away.

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 As we have heard, so have we seen,

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 God's city will endure.

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 The Lord Almighty evermore

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 has sent in his Savior.

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 Let's once more join together now in prayer.

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 Let's call upon the Lord in prayer.

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 Lord, our ever-bressed God,

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 gracious and merciful,

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 full of kindness,

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 full of loving kindness toward his people,

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 God who will by no means clear the guilty,

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 yet you have provided forgiveness for us.

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 We bless you, Lord our God,

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 that we come together tonight to praise you.

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 And we have already used these words in your praise

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 that remind us and teach us

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 of the way in which you are so unchangeably

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 the king of your people,

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 and of which they too are your people,

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 your flock,

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 that city that you prepare

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 for your abode forevermore.

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 We thank you, Lord, tonight,

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 that we come in acknowledgement of your greatness.

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 And we thank you that as we sing your praises

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 and acknowledge your greatness,

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 so we also take note for our own assurance

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 of your interest in your people,

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 of your provision for them,

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 of your care and attention to them

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 each and every moment of their lives.

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 Lord, we pray that these great truths

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 may be impressed upon us tonight

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 as well as we come to worship you here together.

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 We pray that they may be a reality for us

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 throughout each and every day of our lives.

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 Lord, we need your truth each day

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 to occupy our hearts and our minds

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 and guide our thoughts.

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 We need the power of your truth

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 working within us

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 by your Holy Spirit's energy

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 in such a way that will daily lead us

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 in the ways of righteousness.

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 Lord, we come before you

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 not only to bring you our praises

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 and our thanksgivings,

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 but also our confessions.

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 A confession of our sin,

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 confession of our own failures

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 in so many ways

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 to be what we should be.

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 A confession, Lord,

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 how far short we come

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 in every way,

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 in every aspect of our lives,

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 short of glorifying your great name

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 as we ought to.

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 Forgive us, we pray,

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 and cleanse us

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 from our iniquities this night.

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 We thank you

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 that your word reveals to us

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 the extent of our sinfulness

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 and the various ways

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 in which our sin itself

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 is active in our lives,

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 from the root of sin within us

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 in our fallenness

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 to the very acts of transgression

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 and of sin

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 that we ourselves

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 are guilty of each day.

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 And we thank you

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 for the freeness

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 with which pardon

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 is available to us.

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 You have opened a fountain

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 for us

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 for sin

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 and for uncleanness

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 in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We give thanks,

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 O Lord,

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 as we come to you

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 and claim his merits

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 and place our trust in him

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 that we are assured

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 that you will forgive us

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 our sins

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 and cleanse us

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 and we thank you tonight,

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 Lord,

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 for the assurance

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 that that gives us.

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 For we know that sometimes,

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 indeed very often,

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 Lord,

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 on a daily basis,

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 our sin troubles us.

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 We find ourselves,

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 Lord,

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 sometimes perplexed

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 at how easily

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 we find ourselves

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 straying into

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 the ways of sin,

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 even in our thoughts of mind.

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 We pray, O Lord,

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 that you would grant us

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 the garrisoning

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 of your truth

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 and the guidance

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 of your spirit

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 throughout each day.

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 And once again,

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 we bring before you

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 our needs

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 as a congregation.

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 Lord,

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 we thank you

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 for all

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 that you continue

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 to be for us,

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 for everything

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 that you have proved

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 yourself to be

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 down over the course

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 of the years.

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 And as we have begun

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 another new year

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 and our experience

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 as a people,

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 we ask, O Lord,

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 that you would

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 go before us

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 and that you would

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 prepare us

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 to live as your people

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 in the world

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 and to hold forth

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 the word of truth,

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 that word of righteousness,

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 which is so necessary

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 not only for ourselves

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 but for the circumstances

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 in which we find ourselves

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 in our day,

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 when your word

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 is so easily set aside,

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 when your word, Lord,

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 is all too commonly despised

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 and ignored.

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 And in many ways,

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 Lord,

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 your word

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 is trampled

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 under people's feet

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 and the way

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 in which they're treated.

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 We pray for

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 our community.

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 We pray for

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 each and every home

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 that we know of

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 around us.

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 We pray

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 for the congregations

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 of your people,

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 not only

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 in this town

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 and this community

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 but throughout our land

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 and indeed

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 throughout the world.

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 We pray, O Lord,

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 that you would prosper

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 your people.

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 We pray that today

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 they may know

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 of your own work

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 amongst them,

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 advancing the understanding

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 that they have of you

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 and increasing

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 their commitment to you.

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 We pray in all

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 our own activities,

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 O Lord,

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 as a people,

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 that you would bless us

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 and bless us

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 through these activities

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 to the world

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 around us too.

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 We pray for all

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 that happens

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 throughout the course

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 of each week

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 in addition to

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 the services

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 of worship

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 on weeknights

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 and weekdays

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 and also

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 on the Lord's day.

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 And we give thanks

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 for this day

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 and we give thanks

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 that you have sanctified it

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 and given to us,

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 Lord,

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 that conviction

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 that it is our privilege

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 to know

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 and to acknowledge

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 your day

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 and to come to seek

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 to keep it holy

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 as you have commanded.

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 And we ask, Lord,

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 when we depart

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 from that too

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 that you would redirect

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 our steps

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 and that you would

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 especially grant to us

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 as a community

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 and as a people

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 that we may once again

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 turn to value your day.

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 Turn to prize

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 all that it means

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 and all that it has

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 to offer us,

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 especially in the ways

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 of the gospel.

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 And we ask,

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 O gracious one,

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 that you would

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 return to us

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 and return us

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 to that way

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 in which your day

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 should be honored

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 and upheld by us

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 and exalted.

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 Help us,

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 we pray,

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 to commend your day

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 and all its values

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 to our people,

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 to the community

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 around us.

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 Remember,

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 we pray those

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 who rule over us

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 at this time,

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 be near to them,

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 Lord,

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 we pray to give them

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 the help

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 and the insight

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 that they need

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 and perhaps

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 that they themselves

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 do not look

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 for in yourself.

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 We ask that you would

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 bless our first minister,

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 bless his ministers,

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 bless the prime minister,

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 bless his cabinet,

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 bless the government,

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 bless each and every assembly.

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 Lord,

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 bless us,

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 we pray,

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 with light from on high.

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 Turn us away

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 from the ways

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 of man

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 and of sin

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 and of secular thinking.

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 Give us,

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 we pray,

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 to have our confidence

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 reset in the Lord.

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 Enable them,

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 Lord,

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 who rule over us

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 to meaningfully reflect

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 upon what you have been

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 to this nation

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 over the course

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 of the centuries

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 and how much,

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 Lord,

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 we lack

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 of those values

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 that have now

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 been set aside.

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 Gracious one,

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 we pray

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 that you would return us

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 into your ways

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 and help us to repent

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 over the many ways

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 in which we

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 have fallen short

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 of your glory

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 and your praise

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 and which you have

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 despised your ways.

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 We ask tonight

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 that you bless those

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 who belong to us

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 as a congregation

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 who are ill.

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 We know that there are

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 many, Lord,

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 during this past week

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 or two

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 who have picked up

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 illnesses

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 of various kinds.

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 And we ask

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 that you would

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 grant blessing

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 to them

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 to restore them

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 to health

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 and to strength.

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 We pray

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 bless those especially

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 who have gone

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 to hospital

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 in these recent days.

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 We pray for

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 little Matthew McLeod

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 and ask that you

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 bless him

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 and bless his parents

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 as he once again

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 has gone into hospital

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 here.

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 We pray for Donny Graham

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 as he's been taken

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 to hospital

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 in the mainland.

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 We ask for him

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 that your blessing,

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 Lord,

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 will be with him

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 with all who care

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 for him.

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 Grant that your good

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 hand may be upon him

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 and that you'd be

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 pleased, Lord,

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 to grant your own

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 recovery to him

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 if it please you

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 and your protective

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 care of him.

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 Remember all

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 who in these days

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 mourn the passing

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 of loved ones.

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 Remember those families

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 in the past week

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 or two

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 who have lost

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 loved ones

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 who belong to us

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 as a people.

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 Grant them

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 your comfort,

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 we pray.

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 Give to them

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 that they may know

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 of you as their God

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 and as their guide

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 and as their stay

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 in this time.

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 We ask that you

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 would graciously,

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 Lord,

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 bless all others

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 who have begun

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 this new year

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 thinking of times

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 gone by

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 and have loved ones

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 no longer with them.

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 We pray that you

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 would continue

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 to bless them

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 and continue

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 to uphold them

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 and strengthen them.

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 Continue to give them,

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 we pray,

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 to look to yourself.

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 and we ask

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 that you would

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 grant blessing now

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 to all whom

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 we commit to you

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 in the wider church.

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 We pray for,

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 Lord,

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 all our students

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 in the seminary,

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 for all who teach there,

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 for all the activities

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 related to that training.

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 We pray for Scott

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 with ourselves

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 and ask that you

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 would continue

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 to bless him

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 in his preparations.

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 Bless Fiona

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 and the family

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 and give them,

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 Lord,

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 as they wait upon you

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 that they will know

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 of your further direction

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 of their lives.

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 Bless all others,

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 we pray,

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 who in different institutions

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 throughout the world

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 seek to prepare

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 for gospel ministry.

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 We pray for all

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 of these institutions,

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 especially for

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 Reformed seminaries

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 and colleges

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 throughout the world.

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 Lord,

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 grant that they may

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 be kept

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 from straying

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 from your truth

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 and that they may know

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 that your blessing,

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 Lord,

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 is assured

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 to those who trust in you

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 and seek to put

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 your word above

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 the thinking

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 and the wisdom

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 of men.

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 Graciously bless us

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 now,

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 we pray.

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 Hear us in our prayers

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 and cleanse us

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 from all our sin.

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 For Jesus' sake,

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 Amen.

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 We'll sing again

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 to God's praise.

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 We're singing this time

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 Psalm 106.

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 That's on page 382.

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 And from verse 43,

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 the tune this time

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 is Argyle.

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 He many times

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 delivered them,

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 but with their counsel

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 so they him provoked

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 that for their sin

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 they were brought

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 very low.

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 Yet their affliction

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 he beheld

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 when he did hear

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 their cry,

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 and he for them

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 his covenant

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 did call to memory.

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 And Psalms like

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 Psalm 106,

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 as you know,

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 reflect upon

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 some of the history

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 of God's people,

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 covenant people

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 in the Old Testament times,

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 and how frequently

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 they provoked the Lord

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 by their idolatry,

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 by their turning

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 to idols,

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 and so on.

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 And yet also

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 the psalmist

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 reflects us here

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 on God's

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 great patience

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 with them,

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 his mercy

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 and redirection

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 of them.

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 And we need

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 these things

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 for ourselves,

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 that we sing them

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 meaningfully

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 as we remember

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 the Lord's patience

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 with ourselves.

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 Psalm 106,

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 then from verse 43,

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 he many times

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 delivered them.

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 He many times

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 delivered them,

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 but with their counsel's soul,

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 they did promote

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 that for their sin

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 they were

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 from their

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 very low.

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 Yet their affliction

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 be held

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 when he did hear

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 their cry,

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 and before them

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 his covenant

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 go of the Zhou

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 malting

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 heart of

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 may

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 cả

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 thing

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 else in death

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's turn now to read God's Word, and you'll find that this evening in the first book of

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 Samuel, first book of Samuel in chapter 8.

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 We'll read through from the beginning to the end of the chapter.

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 So that's 1 Samuel, and chapter 8 is around page 278 or so.

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 When Samuel became old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

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 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second Abijah.

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 They were judges in Beersheba.

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 Yet his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after gain.

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 They took bribes and perverted justice.

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 Then all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah, and said to him,

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 Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways.

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 Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.

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 But the thing displeased Samuel when they said, Give us a king to judge us.

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 And Samuel prayed to the Lord.

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 And the Lord said to Samuel, Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you.

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 For they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

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 According to all the deeds that they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt

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 even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you.

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 Now then, obey their voice.

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 Only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.

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 So Samuel told all the words of the Lord to the people who were asking for a king from him.

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 He said, These will be the ways of the king who will reign over you.

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 He will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots and to be his horsemen and to run before his chariots.

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 And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties,

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 and some to plough his ground and to reap his harvest,

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 and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.

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 And he will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers.

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 He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants.

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 He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards

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 and give it to his officers and to his servants.

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 He will take your male servants and female servants

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 and the best of your young men and your donkeys and put them to his work.

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 He will take the tenth of your flocks and you shall be his slaves.

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 And in that day you will cry out because of your king,

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 whom you have chosen for yourselves.

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 But the Lord will not answer you in that day.

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 But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel.

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 And they said, No, but there shall be a king over us,

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 that we may also be like all the nations,

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 and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.

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 And when Samuel had heard all the words of the people,

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 he repeated them in the ears of the Lord.

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 And the Lord said to Samuel, Obey their voice and make them a king.

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 Samuel then said to the men of Israel,

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 Go, every man, to his city.

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 And may God again bless to us that portion of his word.

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 Before we turn to this chapter, let's sing again, this time in Psalm 47.

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 47 in Sing Psalms, that's page 62.

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 And soon as Duke Street will sing these five verses.

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 All nations, clap your hands and shout.

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 Let joyful cries to God ring out.

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 How awesome is the Lord Most High,

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 great King who rules the earth throughout.

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 He has subdued beneath our feet

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 the nations who had been our foes

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 in blessing Jacob whom he loved,

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 a heritage for us he chose.

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 So the whole of Psalm 47,

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 all nations, clap your hands and shout.

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 All nations, clap your hands and shout.

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 Let joyful cry to God ring out.

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 Let joyful cry to God ring out.

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 How awesome is the Lord Most High,

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 great King to the rules the earth through us.

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 God bless you.

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 He has subdued beneath our feet

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 the nations who have been our foes

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 in blessing Jacob whom he loved,

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 and blessed in blessing Jacob whom he loved,

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 a heritage for us he chose.

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 God has got a wish of God,

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 grace of joy that false e ingly tries,

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 God has got a place

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 and jösden.

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 And blessed are Michigan for you.

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 His ifiов.

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 And so strong who have been the fairest,

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 God has got a place to God,

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 in the hält Casa on r einen like God,

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 in the industrial world where he loved,

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 God gives us the »c labouratio 6ºC2–

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 To God our King let praise God.

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 For God is King of all the earth.

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 Sing sounds of praise to Him alone.

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 God who's the nations come on high,

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 He sits upon this holy throne.

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 The leaders of the nations come,

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 To heal themselves, to reign as God.

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 To Him belong, the kings of all earth.

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 And the kings of the King, the kings of all earth.

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 Let's turn for a short time now as we wait on the Lord to 1 Samuel chapter 8.

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 And we're looking at most of what's in this chapter.

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 I'd like just to read verse 7 first of all and then on to verse 19 as well.

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 So at verse 7 we actually read these words.

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 The Lord said to Samuel,

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 Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you,

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 for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them.

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 And then in verse 19,

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 The people refused to obey the voice of Samuel and they said,

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 No, but there shall be a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations,

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 and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.

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 Well, this is another crucial, critical time in the history and the development of God's people

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 in the Old Testament times, God's covenant people of Israel.

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 As they come to this juncture, they've come to this point where they're demanding really a king of Samuel.

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 And you can see the context in which it happened.

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 It was a very difficult situation for them to manage,

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 and sadly they got it wrong, as they all too often did.

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 They came in these circumstances.

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 At the beginning of the chapter we read that Samuel had become old,

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 and he had made his sons judges over Israel.

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 But his sons did not walk in his ways,

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 but turned aside after gain, they took bribes and perverted justice.

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 In other words, the sons of Samuel turned out to be very different to their father.

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 At least in this respect, they didn't judge in a way that was righteous,

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 though he had appointed them to these positions.

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 And it does remind us, of course, that we cannot have a guarantee

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 that a generation that knows the Lord and serves the Lord

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 and is true to the Lord will be followed by one of the same caliber.

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 It's the same as true of individuals, of course.

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 But why did they not manage it so well?

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 What was it about the situation that they got wrong?

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 Well, why was it that they got it wrong?

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 Because, as we'll see, they actually put their own preferences

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 ahead of God's direction of them, ahead of God's provision.

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 They put their own wisdom ahead of God's wisdom.

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 They put their own way of looking at things ahead of the way

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 that God himself had arranged things for them up to that point.

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 I want to look at two things from the passage.

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 We'll focus on the verses we've mentioned, but we'll see how they fit into the context.

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 First of all, we'll look at the people's demand for a king.

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 And in looking at the demand for a king,

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 we'll see that they turned against Samuel,

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 but more importantly, they rejected God.

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 That's what God himself said to Samuel.

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 And they have not rejected you, they have rejected me from being king over them.

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 And not only did they turn against Samuel and reject God,

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 but they also rejected the solemn warning that Samuel gave them,

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 having been instructed by God to warn them of what would happen

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 if they got their own desire and got this king that they were looking for,

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 a king to be like the kings of the nations around about them.

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 All that is built into the demand they had for a king.

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 Secondly, we're going to look at the people's desire to be like the nations around them.

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 Because as we'll see, that's really a fundamental part of their thinking at the time.

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 They wanted a king like the nations, as they put it, that surrounded them.

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 The pagan nations around them, they wanted to be like those nations

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 in the sense that they wanted a leader like those leaders in these nations,

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 kings that went out to battle and proved to be,

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 as they knew very well, these nations had kings that were very much given to pomp and ceremony

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 and attracting a lot of attention to themselves

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 and a lot of resources to themselves, as Samuel indeed warned them.

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 So the two things, the people's demand for a king and also their desire to be like the nations.

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 Now the demand for a king meant a turning against Samuel, first of all.

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 All the elders gathered in verse 4,

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 they came to Samuel at Ram and said,

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 Behold, you are old and your sons do not walk in your ways.

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 Now appoint for us a king to judge us like all the nations.

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 The fact that their sons were corrupt, to that extent at least,

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 that they took bribes and perverted justice,

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 there's no blame attached to Samuel in that.

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 And there's no hint of any fault with the way that Samuel presided over the people as a judge,

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 approved of by God and appointed by God.

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 And yet what they're doing is really looking for an excuse

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 so that they'll have a king like the nations around them.

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 So not only do they point attention or give attention,

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 point out the difficulty of having these sons of Samuel who are taking bribes and perverting justice,

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 they're also including Samuel himself and saying,

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 You are old. You're past it.

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 We need somebody other than you.

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 We need something different.

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 We need a king like the nations around about us.

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 You've saved your time, but you're getting old.

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 In other words, they're really saying,

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 You're no longer fit to be leader, and we want a different type of leader to the leader that you were to us.

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 And that's a very sad reflection, isn't it,

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 in our thinking of the people at that time,

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 because Samuel at this point was probably around 60 or 65 years old,

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 and yet they're really here saying about him that he's pretty much basically too old to continue as leader,

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 especially in view of the way his sons are behaving.

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 And it's a very sad reflection on their thinking as a people,

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 that they're using the failure of these sons and the relative age of Samuel himself

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 to be an argument for change.

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 And the argument for change turned out really to be not so good,

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 because, of course, as you know, the history,

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 they were given a king, King Saul,

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 who turned out not to be the best thing at all for the nation.

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 Where could they have gotten a better leader than Samuel as a judge?

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 If you go back just to the previous chapter,

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 chapter 7 and verses 3 to 10,

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 you'll find there Samuel judging Israel

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 and doing things that really he was led by the Lord to do.

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 But here he is at that time actually leading the people

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 in terms of the way in which they need to resist their enemies,

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 the hands of the Philistines.

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 So the people of Israel, they put away the bales,

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 and then Samuel said,

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 Gather to Israel, I will pray to the Lord for you.

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 So they gathered at Mizpah and so on,

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 and they confessed we have sinned against the Lord.

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 And then as you go through the chapter,

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 the people of Israel said to Samuel,

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 Do not cease to cry out to the Lord our God for us,

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 that he may save us from the hand of the Philistines.

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 And all the way through there,

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 you find an emphasis on how successfully he led them

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 then against the Philistines.

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 How soon they forgot.

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 How soon they failed to take account of

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 or just dismissed from their thoughts.

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 What Samuel had been to them

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 and the demonstration of God's blessing

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 that they had come to know through Samuel.

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 Well, it's very human, isn't it?

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 Our failures are really reflected in that in many ways.

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 And here they are saying,

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 You are old,

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 and your sons don't walk in your ways.

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 It's not good enough for us anymore.

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 Make us a king.

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 Appoint us a king who will go before us.

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 And that's sadly how you find it down through the course of history as well.

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 And you find it on the part of people who even today will say to us,

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 not necessarily within the church,

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 but certainly outside the church in our society,

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 people will say to us,

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 Look, we don't actually want,

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 we don't think that people who are really committed Christians,

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 especially of the type that go to the free church,

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 we don't think they should be given political power or political office.

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 They're not really fit to be in office.

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 It's not a new thing,

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 but it fits into the same category,

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 really in principle,

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 people saying,

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 Well, you know,

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 that's no longer something that's relevant or fit for our times,

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 for our days.

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 So here's a turning against Samuel.

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 But more importantly and more seriously,

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 they're really turning against God.

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 Samuel took the matter to God.

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 That's so typical of Samuel.

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 He actually took the matter to God in prayer.

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 And God said to him,

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 Obey the voice of the people,

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 for they have not rejected you,

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 but they have rejected me from being king over them.

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 And he went on to say,

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 This is just how they had always been.

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 They showed themselves to have been very fickle people,

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 people who very soon forgot what the Lord had done for them

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 and turned to idols or to other ways of living their lives.

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 And that's what he says,

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 They have rejected me.

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 According to all the deeds they have done

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 from the day I brought them out of Egypt,

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 even to this day,

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 forsaking me and serving other gods,

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 so they are also doing to you.

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 Now, therefore, obey their voice.

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 Now, God is not approving,

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 in principle, of what they're asking for,

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 not approving of the way they're going about it,

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 but they're going to find out

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 that if God gives a people or a person

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 over to their own desires,

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 it's not going to be a very good outcome.

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 And what God is really saying to Samuel is,

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 Obey them, give them what they're asking for,

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 but tell them at the same time

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 what it's going to mean for them.

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 They have not rejected you.

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 They have rejected me.

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 In other words, they were tired.

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 They had gone tired of God's arrangement of their lives,

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 of their lives as a people,

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 of God's provision for them.

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 And once you start getting tired

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 or not really seeing the relevance

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 of what God is providing for us in the gospel,

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 that's very much a danger signal to yourself

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 and to myself or to any society or people.

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 If we find the ways of God becoming somewhat boring,

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 if we're saying, well, we need a change

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 because this has just been going on,

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 the same emphases in the gospel for years,

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 the same type of thing being emphasized

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 in the teaching of the Bible,

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 the same kind of things that the Bible

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 is bringing out for us.

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 It was okay for Paul's day.

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 It's okay in the Old Testament days.

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 But really, we need to change that for our day.

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 You know, if you and I get tired ourselves

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 or begin to just become a bit weary

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 of reading the same things in the Bible

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 that are so central and so important

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 to a Christian life

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 and to a life of pleasing God,

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 well, we have to really beware of that

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 because that means we're on the path

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 that really leads to decline

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 and to maybe even falling away from God altogether.

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 So that's what they had become tired of.

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 And you know, all the way through history,

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 not least with these people of Israel

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 during the Old Testament days,

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 you really have to admire the patience of God.

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 We sang in some of the Psalms tonight

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 that of God's patience with the people of Israel,

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 despite the fact that He had done so much for them,

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 they turned against Him,

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 they rebelled against Him,

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 and yet for His mercy's sake,

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 He again forgave them.

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 When they cried out to Him,

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 He heard them.

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 You know, tonight,

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 we just cannot possibly measure

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 the patience of God,

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 the forbearance of God,

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 the long-suffering of God.

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 Look at your own life

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 as I need to look at mine.

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 How many times have you and I provoked the Lord?

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 How many times have we failed

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 to do what He requires us to do?

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 How many times has our thinking gone astray

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 in our thoughts about God

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 and about His wisdom

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 and about His arrangement of our lives as well?

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 And yet He's not gone away

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 and He's not kicked us into touch,

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 as it were,

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 and just left us there.

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 Tonight,

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 we are worshiping the patient God.

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 That's no excuse for us

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 to continue to resist Him

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 or to reject Him

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 or to choose some other way

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 rather than His,

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 but it does demonstrate

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 the caliber of our God,

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 the glorious nature of our God

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 as a God of patience

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 and of mercy

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 and of long-suffering.

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 And here He is with Israel

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 as well so many times

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 proving that.

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 So, there's a turning against Samuel,

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 but there's also a rejection of God

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 and along with that,

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 there's a rejection of very solemn warnings

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 because God said to Samuel,

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 now then,

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 obey their voice,

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 verse 9,

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 only you shall solemnly warn them

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 and show them the ways of the king

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 who shall reign over them.

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 In other words,

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 Samuel was to tell the people,

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 if you get a king

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 like the nations that are around you,

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 you'll suffer for it.

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 It's not going to be an easy journey for you.

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 He's going to take lots of the things

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 that you presently prize

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 and hold precious

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 and he's going to use them for himself

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:56.780
 and he's going to be greedy

00:39:56.780 --> 00:39:58.199
 of his own personal gain

00:39:58.199 --> 00:39:59.960
 and his own personal prestige

00:39:59.960 --> 00:40:01.719
 and you're going to have to give him

00:40:01.719 --> 00:40:02.579
 as much,

00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:03.900
 at least as you're now giving,

00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:05.480
 to the service of God

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:07.760
 in the tithes that you're giving

00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:09.240
 in the offerings of the temple

00:40:09.240 --> 00:40:10.880
 and the offerings of the sanctuary.

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:13.199
 That's what He's saying to them.

00:40:13.840 --> 00:40:15.619
 This is the kind of king He will be

00:40:15.619 --> 00:40:16.980
 if He's going to emulate,

00:40:17.099 --> 00:40:17.880
 as you want,

00:40:18.539 --> 00:40:20.159
 the kings of these nations.

00:40:20.619 --> 00:40:21.480
 If you're going to be led

00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:22.599
 by that sort of king,

00:40:23.119 --> 00:40:24.780
 this is what it's going to mean for you.

00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:27.420
 So Samuel came back

00:40:27.420 --> 00:40:29.559
 and told them this.

00:40:31.920 --> 00:40:32.940
 In that day,

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:34.579
 he says in verse 18,

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:37.519
 you will cry out because of your king

00:40:37.519 --> 00:40:38.599
 whom you have chosen,

00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:40.019
 but the Lord will not answer you

00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.539
 in that day.

00:40:40.699 --> 00:40:41.920
 If you go down this route,

00:40:41.980 --> 00:40:42.340
 he's saying,

00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:43.960
 this is really going to be

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:45.679
 the situation you'll be in.

00:40:46.340 --> 00:40:47.099
 What did they do?

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:48.360
 They said,

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.639
 no, but we will have a king.

00:40:50.159 --> 00:40:51.240
 Whatever God says,

00:40:51.539 --> 00:40:52.340
 whatever you say,

00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:53.900
 whatever your advice is,

00:40:53.980 --> 00:40:54.940
 whatever your counsel is,

00:40:54.940 --> 00:40:57.099
 this is how we want it.

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:59.820
 We insist on this.

00:41:00.260 --> 00:41:01.179
 We want to be like

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:02.880
 the nations around us.

00:41:03.740 --> 00:41:05.340
 So you can tell us what you like,

00:41:05.400 --> 00:41:05.579
 really,

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.559
 pretty much is what they're saying

00:41:06.559 --> 00:41:07.079
 to Samuel.

00:41:07.639 --> 00:41:08.760
 You can say what you like,

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:12.039
 but we will have a king

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:13.579
 to rule over us.

00:41:13.579 --> 00:41:17.319
 You see,

00:41:17.400 --> 00:41:20.299
 God is letting them have their way

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:20.960
 for the moment.

00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:24.699
 And that's always very ominous.

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:26.539
 And it's something that you and I

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:28.940
 have to be always careful to avoid

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:31.019
 that we don't provoke the Lord

00:41:31.019 --> 00:41:32.900
 by a long-term departure

00:41:33.480 --> 00:41:34.799
 or sinning against Him

00:41:34.799 --> 00:41:36.299
 and Him saying to us,

00:41:36.340 --> 00:41:37.279
 well, have it your way.

00:41:38.420 --> 00:41:39.380
 See how you get on.

00:41:39.699 --> 00:41:40.840
 See what it means for you.

00:41:40.840 --> 00:41:42.320
 You know,

00:41:42.340 --> 00:41:44.000
 He did that more than once

00:41:44.000 --> 00:41:45.039
 with the people of Israel.

00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:46.700
 Remember back in Numbers

00:41:46.700 --> 00:41:48.460
 chapter 11,

00:41:49.320 --> 00:41:51.140
 how they complained

00:41:51.140 --> 00:41:52.840
 so much about the food

00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:54.559
 and that they had left Egypt

00:41:54.559 --> 00:41:55.820
 and left the delicious food

00:41:55.820 --> 00:41:56.800
 they'd left in Egypt

00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:58.340
 and hankered back

00:41:58.340 --> 00:42:01.000
 for these delicacies in Egypt.

00:42:01.120 --> 00:42:01.760
 And here they were

00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:03.360
 rising up against Moses

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:04.920
 and complaining against God

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.900
 and His provision.

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:09.960
 And God said to Moses

00:42:09.960 --> 00:42:11.559
 pretty much in these words,

00:42:12.260 --> 00:42:12.920
 give them food.

00:42:13.639 --> 00:42:14.160
 Or He's saying,

00:42:14.260 --> 00:42:15.220
 I'll give them food.

00:42:15.619 --> 00:42:16.639
 I'll give them so much

00:42:16.639 --> 00:42:18.360
 that they'll loathe it

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:20.220
 by the time I'm finished with them.

00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:22.220
 So the wind came

00:42:22.220 --> 00:42:24.820
 and drove hundreds and hundreds

00:42:24.820 --> 00:42:25.880
 of quails

00:42:25.880 --> 00:42:27.579
 into the camp of Israel.

00:42:28.340 --> 00:42:29.900
 And they began to eat the quails

00:42:29.900 --> 00:42:30.780
 and I'm sure they tasted

00:42:30.780 --> 00:42:32.940
 delicious to begin with.

00:42:32.940 --> 00:42:34.240
 And yet,

00:42:34.860 --> 00:42:36.139
 that chapter goes on to say,

00:42:36.599 --> 00:42:37.900
 while the food

00:42:37.900 --> 00:42:38.920
 was still in their teeth,

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.700
 it's not just saying

00:42:39.700 --> 00:42:40.940
 literally still in their teeth,

00:42:41.019 --> 00:42:42.159
 but it really means

00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:43.280
 as they were eating

00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:44.500
 and as they were enjoying

00:42:44.500 --> 00:42:45.900
 the quails that they had,

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:47.460
 or the food that they had demanded,

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:50.980
 the Lord plagued them greatly.

00:42:53.200 --> 00:42:54.760
 It doesn't say how many died.

00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:56.440
 It doesn't say anything further than that.

00:42:56.440 --> 00:42:59.260
 But the Lord plagued them greatly.

00:42:59.420 --> 00:43:01.860
 Sent a great plague amongst them.

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:06.200
 God was teaching them

00:43:06.200 --> 00:43:08.179
 or seeking to draw their mind

00:43:08.179 --> 00:43:08.720
 to the fact,

00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:10.000
 you have it your way

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:11.619
 and it's going to hurt you.

00:43:12.119 --> 00:43:13.240
 You have it in a way

00:43:13.240 --> 00:43:15.240
 that departs from my ways.

00:43:15.440 --> 00:43:16.840
 It's not going to be good for you.

00:43:17.920 --> 00:43:20.119
 It's going to be very painful.

00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:22.579
 Might even mean

00:43:22.579 --> 00:43:24.099
 something like it was

00:43:24.099 --> 00:43:24.980
 for the Israelites.

00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:30.980
 A life of much suffering.

00:43:32.940 --> 00:43:35.599
 Well, here is the demand for a king.

00:43:37.179 --> 00:43:38.559
 A turning against Samuel,

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:40.619
 despite all that he had been to them

00:43:40.619 --> 00:43:41.840
 over the course of his life.

00:43:42.920 --> 00:43:44.200
 And a turning against God,

00:43:44.260 --> 00:43:46.200
 a rejection of God as king.

00:43:47.340 --> 00:43:49.079
 And a rejection of the solemn warnings

00:43:49.079 --> 00:43:51.420
 that God had sent through Samuel.

00:43:52.599 --> 00:43:53.920
 Now we're going to look in a minute

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:55.780
 at how important the Word of God is

00:43:55.780 --> 00:43:56.559
 in all of this.

00:43:56.559 --> 00:43:59.279
 But let's just stop at that juncture

00:43:59.279 --> 00:44:00.719
 and ask ourselves tonight,

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:04.559
 have we been neglectful

00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:06.099
 of God's Word to us?

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:08.779
 Have we been dismissing

00:44:08.779 --> 00:44:10.820
 the promises or the warnings

00:44:10.820 --> 00:44:12.320
 or both in God's Word

00:44:12.320 --> 00:44:14.000
 that He brings to us?

00:44:14.900 --> 00:44:17.880
 Has God's Word struck our hearts

00:44:17.880 --> 00:44:20.239
 at any time or more than once

00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:21.500
 in such a way

00:44:21.500 --> 00:44:23.199
 as has convicted of our need

00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:24.579
 to turn from sin

00:44:24.579 --> 00:44:26.380
 and to come to trust in the Lord,

00:44:26.480 --> 00:44:27.480
 to repent of our sin,

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:28.719
 to confess our sin,

00:44:28.799 --> 00:44:29.699
 to follow Christ,

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:31.139
 and yet we're still not

00:44:31.139 --> 00:44:34.099
 complying with that demand of God?

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:36.239
 Well, be careful.

00:44:38.219 --> 00:44:39.819
 Don't actually treat God

00:44:39.819 --> 00:44:40.860
 as if it's just some

00:44:40.860 --> 00:44:43.099
 piece of human advice.

00:44:46.739 --> 00:44:49.380
 Here is what Samuel said to the people.

00:44:50.159 --> 00:44:51.239
 And here is the response.

00:44:51.239 --> 00:44:56.599
 No, but there shall be a king over us.

00:44:57.159 --> 00:44:58.519
 That's the second point we want to look at.

00:44:58.899 --> 00:45:01.759
 The people's desire to be like the nations.

00:45:01.899 --> 00:45:03.619
 Now, if you go back to verses 4 and 5

00:45:03.619 --> 00:45:05.539
 where they gathered together

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:05.939
 and said,

00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:06.699
 You are old

00:45:06.699 --> 00:45:08.659
 and your sons do not walk in your way.

00:45:08.799 --> 00:45:10.619
 That, in a sense, is a pretext.

00:45:11.019 --> 00:45:12.219
 It's not that it wasn't true,

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:14.059
 but they were presenting that

00:45:14.059 --> 00:45:16.839
 as a pretext for the real reason

00:45:16.839 --> 00:45:18.500
 that they wanted a change

00:45:18.500 --> 00:45:19.539
 in their circumstances

00:45:19.539 --> 00:45:21.239
 was because they wanted to be like

00:45:21.239 --> 00:45:22.539
 the nations round about them.

00:45:23.440 --> 00:45:24.579
 That's really what they were

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:25.940
 concerned to be,

00:45:26.239 --> 00:45:27.199
 even though they could say

00:45:27.199 --> 00:45:28.099
 Samuel was old

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:29.279
 and his sons were corrupt

00:45:29.279 --> 00:45:30.159
 and took bribes.

00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:33.199
 This is really what was moving them.

00:45:33.259 --> 00:45:34.840
 This is really the real reason

00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:35.860
 behind their request.

00:45:36.239 --> 00:45:37.679
 They wanted to be like

00:45:37.679 --> 00:45:39.820
 the nations around them.

00:45:40.480 --> 00:45:42.699
 They wanted to be similar to them

00:45:42.699 --> 00:45:44.679
 or identical to them

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:45.199
 in this sense,

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:45.679
 that they would have

00:45:45.679 --> 00:45:47.579
 a king set over them

00:45:47.579 --> 00:45:49.279
 just like the nations.

00:45:52.539 --> 00:45:53.559
 Well, it's always

00:45:53.559 --> 00:45:55.880
 a really serious matter

00:45:55.880 --> 00:45:58.340
 when God's people

00:45:58.340 --> 00:45:59.420
 don't want to be different

00:45:59.420 --> 00:46:00.159
 to the world.

00:46:02.739 --> 00:46:04.039
 When God's people

00:46:04.039 --> 00:46:05.639
 are not really careful

00:46:05.639 --> 00:46:07.039
 to make that distinction

00:46:07.039 --> 00:46:08.059
 between themselves

00:46:08.059 --> 00:46:09.559
 and the world around them.

00:46:09.619 --> 00:46:11.139
 Here are God's covenant people.

00:46:11.819 --> 00:46:12.819
 Here are God's people

00:46:12.819 --> 00:46:14.420
 instructed over the years

00:46:14.420 --> 00:46:15.960
 that God is their king,

00:46:15.960 --> 00:46:17.920
 that they have their life

00:46:17.920 --> 00:46:19.920
 regulated and governed by him

00:46:19.920 --> 00:46:21.260
 and not only by him

00:46:21.260 --> 00:46:22.139
 in a general sense

00:46:22.139 --> 00:46:23.599
 but in a very specific sense

00:46:23.599 --> 00:46:24.360
 at many times.

00:46:24.699 --> 00:46:25.840
 The God who led them

00:46:25.840 --> 00:46:26.460
 out of Egypt,

00:46:26.699 --> 00:46:27.480
 who delivered them

00:46:27.480 --> 00:46:28.039
 out of Egypt

00:46:28.039 --> 00:46:28.920
 as he reminds them

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.500
 in this chapter

00:46:29.500 --> 00:46:30.199
 through Samuel.

00:46:30.539 --> 00:46:31.639
 The God who actually

00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:32.539
 brought them

00:46:32.539 --> 00:46:34.159
 the redemption from Egypt

00:46:34.159 --> 00:46:35.360
 that they enjoyed

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:36.159
 and are enjoying.

00:46:36.639 --> 00:46:37.400
 Who brought them into

00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:39.139
 the land that he had promised them.

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:40.900
 Who fulfilled all of these things.

00:46:41.199 --> 00:46:42.199
 And what is he saying now

00:46:42.199 --> 00:46:42.860
 through Samuel?

00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:44.260
 They have not rejected you

00:46:44.260 --> 00:46:45.520
 but they have rejected me.

00:46:46.920 --> 00:46:48.120
 They don't want me

00:46:48.120 --> 00:46:49.720
 to be a king

00:46:49.720 --> 00:46:51.840
 invisibly over them

00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:53.140
 and yet certainly

00:46:53.140 --> 00:46:53.900
 their leader,

00:46:54.060 --> 00:46:54.640
 their guide,

00:46:54.900 --> 00:46:55.560
 their protector,

00:46:55.720 --> 00:46:56.420
 their carer.

00:46:56.980 --> 00:46:57.720
 They want someone

00:46:57.720 --> 00:46:58.380
 they can see.

00:46:58.640 --> 00:46:59.180
 They want someone

00:46:59.180 --> 00:47:00.040
 like the nations.

00:47:00.500 --> 00:47:02.080
 They want a figurehead

00:47:02.080 --> 00:47:03.200
 that they can actually

00:47:03.200 --> 00:47:03.940
 point to and say

00:47:03.940 --> 00:47:04.780
 look at our king,

00:47:05.020 --> 00:47:06.580
 look at how glorious he is.

00:47:06.579 --> 00:47:13.480
 And when we find ourselves

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:16.480
 tempted to fall in

00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:17.799
 with the ways of the world,

00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:20.199
 that again is a really

00:47:20.199 --> 00:47:21.500
 serious issue for us.

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:24.799
 There are many places tonight,

00:47:25.679 --> 00:47:27.759
 many worshiping groups tonight,

00:47:27.860 --> 00:47:28.699
 many churches,

00:47:28.860 --> 00:47:29.840
 many denominations,

00:47:30.019 --> 00:47:31.119
 many congregations,

00:47:31.639 --> 00:47:32.599
 many individuals

00:47:32.599 --> 00:47:34.099
 who preach the gospel,

00:47:34.420 --> 00:47:34.819
 who preach,

00:47:34.820 --> 00:47:35.760
 at least to preach

00:47:35.760 --> 00:47:37.180
 from the Bible,

00:47:37.980 --> 00:47:39.860
 who have come to embrace

00:47:39.860 --> 00:47:42.180
 the ideologies of the world,

00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:45.180
 who have come to embrace

00:47:45.180 --> 00:47:46.280
 the ideology

00:47:46.280 --> 00:47:48.700
 that's so concerned

00:47:48.700 --> 00:47:50.160
 to adjust our thoughts

00:47:50.160 --> 00:47:51.320
 about marriage,

00:47:51.640 --> 00:47:52.420
 about gender,

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:53.680
 about education,

00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:55.059
 about religious freedom,

00:47:55.260 --> 00:47:57.019
 so many things you could add to that

00:47:57.019 --> 00:47:59.220
 in our own society right now.

00:47:59.580 --> 00:48:00.920
 I'm not talking about the world,

00:48:01.260 --> 00:48:01.940
 I'm talking about

00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:03.599
 confessing Christians

00:48:03.599 --> 00:48:04.440
 that want to be

00:48:04.440 --> 00:48:05.740
 as like the world

00:48:05.740 --> 00:48:06.940
 as to import

00:48:06.940 --> 00:48:08.099
 that ideology

00:48:08.099 --> 00:48:09.440
 into their own thinking.

00:48:11.059 --> 00:48:12.340
 They're just like Israel

00:48:12.340 --> 00:48:13.760
 in those days.

00:48:14.800 --> 00:48:15.700
 We want a king

00:48:15.700 --> 00:48:17.300
 to be like the nations

00:48:17.300 --> 00:48:18.880
 that are around us.

00:48:20.000 --> 00:48:20.220
 You know,

00:48:20.260 --> 00:48:20.820
 when you come

00:48:20.820 --> 00:48:22.360
 to actually find

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:23.679
 any people

00:48:23.679 --> 00:48:25.200
 who confess

00:48:25.200 --> 00:48:25.619
 the Lord

00:48:25.619 --> 00:48:26.480
 as their God

00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:27.880
 to say,

00:48:28.039 --> 00:48:28.179
 well,

00:48:28.179 --> 00:48:29.679
 we need to really adjust

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:31.519
 our lifestyle

00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:33.099
 to suit the thinking

00:48:33.099 --> 00:48:33.779
 of the age.

00:48:34.819 --> 00:48:36.099
 We need an ideology

00:48:36.099 --> 00:48:37.039
 that takes away

00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:38.899
 from this ancient

00:48:38.899 --> 00:48:40.119
 Reformed view

00:48:40.119 --> 00:48:41.019
 of the Bible

00:48:41.019 --> 00:48:42.199
 and of a Christian life

00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:42.839
 and of what

00:48:42.839 --> 00:48:43.519
 a people

00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:44.179
 and a society

00:48:44.179 --> 00:48:45.079
 should look like

00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:46.579
 and how they should behave.

00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:52.360
 And what have you left with

00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:55.219
 if you lose

00:48:55.219 --> 00:48:55.819
 the gospel

00:48:55.819 --> 00:48:56.920
 in its throughness

00:48:56.920 --> 00:48:57.539
 and its fullness?

00:48:59.699 --> 00:49:00.179
 Well,

00:49:00.219 --> 00:49:00.699
 let me just

00:49:00.699 --> 00:49:01.619
 take you back

00:49:01.619 --> 00:49:02.500
 to 1 Kings

00:49:02.500 --> 00:49:03.059
 or forward

00:49:03.059 --> 00:49:03.920
 to 1 Kings

00:49:03.920 --> 00:49:06.480
 because Solomon

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:08.039
 was followed

00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:08.739
 by his son

00:49:08.739 --> 00:49:09.380
 Rehoboam

00:49:09.380 --> 00:49:11.880
 and Rehoboam

00:49:11.880 --> 00:49:13.119
 consulted

00:49:13.119 --> 00:49:14.460
 with the old men,

00:49:15.599 --> 00:49:16.420
 the senior men

00:49:16.420 --> 00:49:18.240
 who were there

00:49:18.240 --> 00:49:18.740
 at the time

00:49:18.740 --> 00:49:19.800
 after Solomon's death

00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:22.599
 and King Rehoboam

00:49:22.599 --> 00:49:23.160
 took counsel

00:49:23.160 --> 00:49:24.000
 with the old men

00:49:24.000 --> 00:49:24.940
 who had stood

00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:25.660
 before Solomon

00:49:25.660 --> 00:49:26.119
 his father

00:49:26.119 --> 00:49:27.160
 while he was yet alive

00:49:27.160 --> 00:49:27.579
 saying,

00:49:28.460 --> 00:49:29.599
 how do you advise me

00:49:29.599 --> 00:49:30.880
 to answer this people?

00:49:31.720 --> 00:49:32.519
 And they said to him,

00:49:32.559 --> 00:49:33.460
 if you will be a servant

00:49:33.460 --> 00:49:34.340
 to this people today

00:49:34.340 --> 00:49:35.079
 and serve them

00:49:35.079 --> 00:49:36.559
 and speak good words

00:49:36.559 --> 00:49:37.000
 to them

00:49:37.000 --> 00:49:38.720
 and when you answer them

00:49:38.719 --> 00:49:39.419
 then they will be

00:49:39.419 --> 00:49:40.339
 your servants forever.

00:49:41.439 --> 00:49:42.699
 But he abandoned

00:49:42.699 --> 00:49:43.359
 the counsel

00:49:43.359 --> 00:49:44.819
 that the old men

00:49:44.819 --> 00:49:45.419
 gave him

00:49:45.419 --> 00:49:46.759
 and took counsel

00:49:46.759 --> 00:49:47.639
 of the young men

00:49:47.639 --> 00:49:48.639
 who had grown up

00:49:48.639 --> 00:49:48.959
 with him

00:49:48.959 --> 00:49:50.019
 and stood before him.

00:49:51.239 --> 00:49:52.179
 And so that's

00:49:52.179 --> 00:49:53.299
 where he turned,

00:49:53.359 --> 00:49:54.259
 that's where he turned to.

00:49:54.879 --> 00:49:55.879
 And then as you go on

00:49:55.879 --> 00:49:56.699
 you can see

00:49:56.699 --> 00:49:57.159
 the kingdom

00:49:57.159 --> 00:49:58.079
 was divided

00:49:58.079 --> 00:50:00.119
 and then you go forward

00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:01.239
 to chapter 14

00:50:01.239 --> 00:50:02.659
 and what you find

00:50:02.659 --> 00:50:03.699
 in chapter 14

00:50:03.699 --> 00:50:05.459
 from verse 25

00:50:05.459 --> 00:50:07.159
 is that Shishak

00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:08.659
 the king of Egypt

00:50:08.659 --> 00:50:10.179
 he came

00:50:10.179 --> 00:50:11.440
 against Jerusalem

00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:13.019
 and he took away

00:50:13.019 --> 00:50:13.619
 the treasures

00:50:13.619 --> 00:50:14.319
 of the house

00:50:14.319 --> 00:50:14.920
 of the Lord

00:50:14.920 --> 00:50:15.960
 and the treasures

00:50:15.960 --> 00:50:17.079
 of the king's house.

00:50:17.420 --> 00:50:18.319
 He took away everything.

00:50:19.159 --> 00:50:20.279
 He also took away

00:50:20.279 --> 00:50:21.759
 all the shields

00:50:21.759 --> 00:50:22.559
 of gold

00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:23.779
 that Solomon

00:50:23.779 --> 00:50:24.679
 had made

00:50:24.679 --> 00:50:26.539
 and King Rehoboam

00:50:26.539 --> 00:50:28.359
 made in their place

00:50:28.359 --> 00:50:29.199
 shields

00:50:29.199 --> 00:50:30.460
 of bronze.

00:50:31.759 --> 00:50:32.619
 How pathetic

00:50:32.619 --> 00:50:33.379
 is that?

00:50:34.179 --> 00:50:35.139
 He gave away

00:50:35.139 --> 00:50:35.759
 the shields

00:50:35.759 --> 00:50:36.619
 of gold.

00:50:36.619 --> 00:50:37.019
 He probably

00:50:37.019 --> 00:50:37.900
 had not much

00:50:37.900 --> 00:50:38.239
 option

00:50:38.239 --> 00:50:38.980
 because Shishak

00:50:38.980 --> 00:50:40.079
 had come to him

00:50:40.079 --> 00:50:41.380
 and he had not

00:50:41.380 --> 00:50:42.259
 followed the ways

00:50:42.259 --> 00:50:42.679
 of the Lord

00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:43.039
 anyway

00:50:43.039 --> 00:50:43.859
 so he was weakened

00:50:43.859 --> 00:50:44.719
 in many ways.

00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:45.799
 He couldn't stand

00:50:45.799 --> 00:50:46.819
 against King Shishak

00:50:46.819 --> 00:50:47.119
 of Egypt

00:50:47.119 --> 00:50:47.980
 at that moment.

00:50:48.400 --> 00:50:49.079
 Shishak took away

00:50:49.079 --> 00:50:50.480
 all the shields

00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:51.000
 of gold

00:50:51.000 --> 00:50:51.559
 that Solomon

00:50:51.559 --> 00:50:52.799
 had made

00:50:52.799 --> 00:50:54.940
 and he fashioned

00:50:54.940 --> 00:50:56.219
 in their stead

00:50:56.219 --> 00:50:57.819
 replicas.

00:50:58.819 --> 00:50:59.400
 Replicas

00:50:59.400 --> 00:51:00.359
 made of bronze.

00:51:00.839 --> 00:51:01.579
 Now from a distance

00:51:01.579 --> 00:51:02.420
 you might think

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:03.319
 bronze is actually

00:51:03.319 --> 00:51:03.779
 gold

00:51:03.780 --> 00:51:04.460
 if the sun

00:51:04.460 --> 00:51:04.900
 is shining

00:51:04.900 --> 00:51:05.860
 and you polished

00:51:05.860 --> 00:51:06.560
 it hard enough

00:51:06.560 --> 00:51:07.960
 but it's not gold.

00:51:12.060 --> 00:51:13.160
 And unless you look

00:51:13.160 --> 00:51:13.780
 very hard

00:51:13.780 --> 00:51:14.880
 at versions

00:51:14.880 --> 00:51:15.760
 of the gospel

00:51:15.760 --> 00:51:17.660
 that want to make

00:51:17.660 --> 00:51:18.500
 it fit into

00:51:18.500 --> 00:51:20.460
 the ideologies

00:51:20.460 --> 00:51:21.260
 of the moment

00:51:21.260 --> 00:51:22.820
 you might think

00:51:22.820 --> 00:51:23.780
 well you've still

00:51:23.780 --> 00:51:24.560
 got the gospel.

00:51:26.019 --> 00:51:27.120
 No you don't.

00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:30.380
 If you give away

00:51:30.380 --> 00:51:31.099
 the essentials

00:51:31.099 --> 00:51:32.380
 of the gospel

00:51:32.380 --> 00:51:33.119
 you don't have

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:34.099
 a gospel left.

00:51:34.859 --> 00:51:35.739
 You have nothing

00:51:35.739 --> 00:51:36.219
 left here

00:51:36.219 --> 00:51:36.799
 that will really

00:51:36.799 --> 00:51:38.299
 reform the lives

00:51:38.299 --> 00:51:39.019
 of people

00:51:39.019 --> 00:51:40.219
 through the blessing

00:51:40.219 --> 00:51:41.259
 of God of course

00:51:41.259 --> 00:51:42.619
 but the Lord

00:51:42.619 --> 00:51:43.159
 will have us

00:51:43.159 --> 00:51:44.279
 always to retain

00:51:44.279 --> 00:51:46.059
 the essential matters

00:51:46.059 --> 00:51:47.000
 of the gospel.

00:51:47.139 --> 00:51:47.679
 That's why we have

00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:48.400
 to value

00:51:48.400 --> 00:51:50.440
 our reformed heritage

00:51:50.440 --> 00:51:51.199
 and I'm going to mention

00:51:51.199 --> 00:51:52.000
 two things in that

00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:52.519
 in closing.

00:51:53.059 --> 00:51:53.880
 Our reformed heritage

00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:54.460
 for the day

00:51:54.460 --> 00:51:55.259
 in which we live

00:51:55.259 --> 00:51:56.000
 there's so much

00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:56.679
 within that

00:51:56.679 --> 00:51:57.500
 that we need to

00:51:57.500 --> 00:51:58.760
 maintain and prize

00:51:58.760 --> 00:51:59.800
 and promote

00:51:59.800 --> 00:52:01.039
 but especially

00:52:01.039 --> 00:52:01.960
 I want to emphasize

00:52:01.960 --> 00:52:04.059
 the Bible itself

00:52:04.059 --> 00:52:06.079
 and the ethics

00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:06.860
 of the Bible.

00:52:07.920 --> 00:52:09.420
 The Bible itself

00:52:09.420 --> 00:52:11.780
 and the ethics

00:52:11.780 --> 00:52:12.320
 of the Bible

00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:13.500
 because the Bible

00:52:13.500 --> 00:52:14.260
 is to be

00:52:14.260 --> 00:52:15.400
 our ethical base

00:52:15.400 --> 00:52:16.099
 our basis for

00:52:16.099 --> 00:52:16.940
 morality

00:52:16.940 --> 00:52:17.900
 what a life

00:52:17.900 --> 00:52:19.139
 should be like

00:52:19.139 --> 00:52:19.960
 what a life

00:52:19.960 --> 00:52:20.480
 should be like

00:52:20.480 --> 00:52:21.059
 as we live it.

00:52:21.719 --> 00:52:22.420
 A conviction

00:52:22.420 --> 00:52:23.800
 about the Bible.

00:52:25.260 --> 00:52:25.980
 Why am I

00:52:25.980 --> 00:52:26.639
 saying a conviction

00:52:26.639 --> 00:52:27.400
 about the Bible?

00:52:27.539 --> 00:52:28.460
 Why is that central?

00:52:28.599 --> 00:52:29.099
 Why is that

00:52:29.099 --> 00:52:30.659
 of first importance?

00:52:30.940 --> 00:52:31.960
 Surely you might say

00:52:31.960 --> 00:52:32.599
 well surely you should

00:52:32.599 --> 00:52:33.159
 be emphasizing

00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:34.300
 Christ first.

00:52:35.219 --> 00:52:35.679
 Shouldn't you be

00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:36.800
 emphasizing keeping

00:52:36.800 --> 00:52:37.679
 to the person

00:52:37.679 --> 00:52:38.360
 of Christ

00:52:38.360 --> 00:52:39.119
 that we have

00:52:39.119 --> 00:52:39.900
 in our reformed

00:52:39.900 --> 00:52:40.960
 theology and thinking

00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:41.880
 that's been passed

00:52:41.880 --> 00:52:42.380
 on to us

00:52:42.380 --> 00:52:42.820
 through the years?

00:52:43.019 --> 00:52:43.619
 Yes of course

00:52:43.619 --> 00:52:44.300
 but where does

00:52:44.300 --> 00:52:45.159
 that come from?

00:52:46.820 --> 00:52:48.000
 What is the source

00:52:48.000 --> 00:52:49.659
 of our information

00:52:49.659 --> 00:52:51.340
 about Jesus

00:52:51.340 --> 00:52:52.500
 and about his atonement

00:52:52.500 --> 00:52:53.440
 and about his person

00:52:53.440 --> 00:52:55.039
 about the fact

00:52:55.039 --> 00:52:55.720
 that he's God

00:52:55.720 --> 00:52:56.860
 and man fully

00:52:56.860 --> 00:52:57.780
 in both senses?

00:52:58.420 --> 00:52:59.579
 You come to that

00:52:59.579 --> 00:53:00.480
 from the Bible

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:01.800
 and once you adjust

00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:02.500
 the Bible

00:53:02.500 --> 00:53:03.880
 then there's no telling

00:53:03.880 --> 00:53:04.380
 where you're going

00:53:04.380 --> 00:53:05.019
 to end up

00:53:05.019 --> 00:53:06.119
 adjusting all other

00:53:06.119 --> 00:53:07.179
 sorts of doctrines

00:53:07.179 --> 00:53:08.139
 that follow on

00:53:08.139 --> 00:53:08.740
 from the doctrine

00:53:08.740 --> 00:53:09.820
 of scripture itself.

00:53:10.700 --> 00:53:11.519
 You give away

00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:12.900
 the shields of gold

00:53:12.900 --> 00:53:13.800
 and you're going

00:53:13.800 --> 00:53:14.260
 to be left

00:53:14.260 --> 00:53:15.340
 with at best

00:53:15.340 --> 00:53:16.019
 bronze

00:53:16.019 --> 00:53:17.300
 maybe even copper

00:53:17.300 --> 00:53:18.260
 maybe even lead.

00:53:19.460 --> 00:53:20.000
 What I'm saying

00:53:20.000 --> 00:53:21.179
 is give away

00:53:21.179 --> 00:53:22.440
 the essential

00:53:22.440 --> 00:53:23.820
 core issues

00:53:23.820 --> 00:53:24.579
 of the gospel.

00:53:26.340 --> 00:53:27.639
 What have you got left?

00:53:29.099 --> 00:53:30.139
 At best you've got

00:53:30.139 --> 00:53:32.260
 a very faded replica

00:53:32.260 --> 00:53:34.260
 which is not

00:53:34.260 --> 00:53:35.179
 the real thing.

00:53:37.480 --> 00:53:38.000
 Friends,

00:53:39.619 --> 00:53:41.139
 prize your Bibles.

00:53:42.719 --> 00:53:44.239
 I know you're doing that

00:53:44.239 --> 00:53:45.460
 but I know also

00:53:45.460 --> 00:53:46.860
 for me and for you

00:53:46.860 --> 00:53:48.159
 there's always a voice

00:53:48.159 --> 00:53:49.199
 not far away

00:53:49.199 --> 00:53:51.319
 from the dark one.

00:53:51.519 --> 00:53:52.279
 That will say

00:53:52.279 --> 00:53:53.460
 as he said

00:53:53.460 --> 00:53:54.539
 long ago

00:53:54.539 --> 00:53:55.579
 to our first parents

00:53:55.579 --> 00:53:56.139
 to Adam

00:53:56.139 --> 00:53:58.179
 has God really said

00:53:58.179 --> 00:54:00.139
 don't you need

00:54:00.139 --> 00:54:01.079
 to adjust this

00:54:01.079 --> 00:54:02.319
 to fit the thinking

00:54:02.319 --> 00:54:03.079
 of the day?

00:54:03.799 --> 00:54:04.379
 Don't you need

00:54:04.379 --> 00:54:05.319
 to just give away

00:54:05.319 --> 00:54:06.579
 some of those

00:54:06.579 --> 00:54:07.420
 more robust

00:54:07.420 --> 00:54:08.500
 reformed teachings

00:54:08.500 --> 00:54:09.219
 because people

00:54:09.219 --> 00:54:10.099
 don't want that

00:54:10.099 --> 00:54:10.500
 nowadays

00:54:10.500 --> 00:54:11.519
 and you don't want

00:54:11.519 --> 00:54:11.980
 a gospel

00:54:11.980 --> 00:54:13.599
 that people don't want?

00:54:14.139 --> 00:54:15.000
 That's the argument.

00:54:15.399 --> 00:54:16.199
 That's the ideology

00:54:16.199 --> 00:54:17.159
 of the age

00:54:17.159 --> 00:54:18.659
 and that's the kind

00:54:18.659 --> 00:54:19.579
 of temptation

00:54:19.579 --> 00:54:20.539
 that we face.

00:54:22.779 --> 00:54:23.779
 But what is

00:54:23.779 --> 00:54:24.299
 the Bible?

00:54:24.980 --> 00:54:25.519
 That's where you

00:54:25.519 --> 00:54:26.119
 have to begin.

00:54:27.239 --> 00:54:27.779
 You don't have to

00:54:27.779 --> 00:54:28.460
 you don't begin

00:54:28.460 --> 00:54:29.299
 with what does

00:54:29.299 --> 00:54:30.420
 the Bible say?

00:54:31.559 --> 00:54:32.799
 That comes next.

00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:34.879
 First thing you do

00:54:34.879 --> 00:54:36.379
 is what is

00:54:36.379 --> 00:54:37.000
 the Bible?

00:54:38.559 --> 00:54:39.399
 And the Bible

00:54:39.399 --> 00:54:41.239
 is the Word of God

00:54:41.239 --> 00:54:42.119
 and we just

00:54:42.119 --> 00:54:43.899
 briefly mention

00:54:43.899 --> 00:54:44.619
 from the confession

00:54:44.619 --> 00:54:45.139
 of faith.

00:54:46.539 --> 00:54:47.139
 This paragraph

00:54:47.139 --> 00:54:48.319
 in chapter 1

00:54:48.319 --> 00:54:50.239
 paragraph 5

00:54:50.239 --> 00:54:52.299
 We may be moved

00:54:52.299 --> 00:54:52.799
 and induced

00:54:52.799 --> 00:54:53.579
 by the testimony

00:54:53.579 --> 00:54:54.400
 of the church

00:54:54.400 --> 00:54:55.480
 to a high

00:54:55.480 --> 00:54:56.639
 and reverent esteem

00:54:56.639 --> 00:54:57.799
 of the Holy Scripture.

00:54:58.839 --> 00:54:59.679
 Then listen to this.

00:55:00.119 --> 00:55:00.920
 The heavenliness

00:55:00.920 --> 00:55:01.739
 of the matter

00:55:01.739 --> 00:55:03.039
 the efficacy

00:55:03.039 --> 00:55:04.099
 of the doctrine

00:55:04.099 --> 00:55:05.400
 the majesty

00:55:05.400 --> 00:55:06.519
 of the style

00:55:06.519 --> 00:55:07.759
 the consent

00:55:07.759 --> 00:55:08.900
 of all the parts

00:55:08.900 --> 00:55:10.000
 the scope

00:55:10.000 --> 00:55:10.639
 of the whole

00:55:10.639 --> 00:55:11.420
 which is to give

00:55:11.420 --> 00:55:12.859
 all glory to God

00:55:12.860 --> 00:55:14.599
 the full discovery

00:55:14.599 --> 00:55:15.240
 it makes

00:55:15.240 --> 00:55:16.240
 of the only way

00:55:16.240 --> 00:55:17.440
 of man's salvation

00:55:17.440 --> 00:55:19.059
 the many other

00:55:19.059 --> 00:55:20.740
 incomparable excellencies

00:55:20.740 --> 00:55:22.019
 and the entire

00:55:22.019 --> 00:55:23.360
 perfection thereof

00:55:23.360 --> 00:55:24.840
 are arguments

00:55:24.840 --> 00:55:26.120
 whereby it

00:55:26.120 --> 00:55:27.460
 doth abundantly

00:55:27.460 --> 00:55:28.519
 evidence itself

00:55:28.519 --> 00:55:30.059
 to be the Word

00:55:30.059 --> 00:55:30.599
 of God.

00:55:33.320 --> 00:55:34.120
 Nevertheless

00:55:34.120 --> 00:55:35.960
 notwithstanding

00:55:35.960 --> 00:55:37.500
 our full persuasion

00:55:37.500 --> 00:55:38.360
 and assurance

00:55:38.360 --> 00:55:39.640
 of the infallible truth

00:55:39.640 --> 00:55:40.820
 and divine authority

00:55:40.820 --> 00:55:41.220
 thereof

00:55:41.220 --> 00:55:42.180
 is from the inward

00:55:42.180 --> 00:55:43.420
 work of the Holy Spirit

00:55:43.420 --> 00:55:44.800
 bearing witness

00:55:44.800 --> 00:55:46.260
 by and with the Word

00:55:46.260 --> 00:55:47.140
 in our hearts.

00:55:48.180 --> 00:55:48.680
 Now where people

00:55:48.680 --> 00:55:49.860
 reject the Bible

00:55:49.860 --> 00:55:51.380
 as authoritative

00:55:51.380 --> 00:55:53.160
 as God's Word

00:55:53.160 --> 00:55:54.660
 that has certainly

00:55:54.660 --> 00:55:55.360
 not come

00:55:55.360 --> 00:55:56.940
 from the inward

00:55:56.940 --> 00:55:58.280
 work of the Holy Spirit

00:55:58.280 --> 00:55:59.660
 bearing witness

00:55:59.660 --> 00:56:00.780
 by and with the Word

00:56:00.780 --> 00:56:01.600
 in our hearts.

00:56:04.780 --> 00:56:05.900
 That's why we pray

00:56:05.900 --> 00:56:07.120
 for God to keep us

00:56:07.120 --> 00:56:08.480
 not just the likes

00:56:08.480 --> 00:56:09.300
 of myself

00:56:09.300 --> 00:56:09.740
 and others

00:56:09.740 --> 00:56:11.100
 who preach the Gospel

00:56:11.100 --> 00:56:12.220
 but yourselves

00:56:12.220 --> 00:56:12.780
 as well

00:56:12.780 --> 00:56:14.580
 as people

00:56:14.580 --> 00:56:15.260
 in this world

00:56:15.260 --> 00:56:16.580
 who live for Christ

00:56:16.580 --> 00:56:19.120
 make sure

00:56:19.120 --> 00:56:20.220
 that you have

00:56:20.220 --> 00:56:20.900
 the Bible

00:56:20.900 --> 00:56:22.039
 centrally

00:56:22.039 --> 00:56:23.500
 foundationally

00:56:23.500 --> 00:56:24.539
 daily

00:56:24.539 --> 00:56:25.720
 constantly

00:56:25.720 --> 00:56:27.260
 in your life.

00:56:28.539 --> 00:56:29.580
 It's from it

00:56:29.580 --> 00:56:30.340
 you receive

00:56:30.340 --> 00:56:32.000
 everything you know

00:56:32.000 --> 00:56:32.800
 and understand

00:56:32.800 --> 00:56:34.320
 of every other topic

00:56:34.320 --> 00:56:35.560
 that's vital to you

00:56:35.559 --> 00:56:37.480
 including God

00:56:37.480 --> 00:56:37.920
 himself

00:56:37.920 --> 00:56:38.799
 and the Lord

00:56:38.799 --> 00:56:39.559
 Jesus Christ

00:56:39.559 --> 00:56:40.679
 and salvation.

00:56:42.360 --> 00:56:42.880
 But secondly

00:56:42.880 --> 00:56:44.279
 not just a conviction

00:56:44.279 --> 00:56:45.139
 about the Bible

00:56:45.139 --> 00:56:46.980
 but conformity

00:56:46.980 --> 00:56:48.960
 to the Bible's

00:56:48.960 --> 00:56:49.400
 ethic.

00:56:51.059 --> 00:56:52.179
 Our conformity

00:56:52.179 --> 00:56:53.759
 to the Bible's

00:56:53.759 --> 00:56:54.119
 ethic

00:56:54.119 --> 00:56:54.739
 I'm talking here

00:56:54.739 --> 00:56:55.420
 about the teaching

00:56:55.420 --> 00:56:56.059
 of the Bible

00:56:56.059 --> 00:56:57.199
 as a whole

00:56:57.199 --> 00:56:58.360
 with regard to

00:56:58.360 --> 00:56:59.699
 what our moral

00:56:59.699 --> 00:57:00.779
 Christian life

00:57:00.779 --> 00:57:01.320
 should be

00:57:01.320 --> 00:57:02.199
 and should be like.

00:57:02.199 --> 00:57:03.719
 conformity

00:57:03.719 --> 00:57:05.059
 to the ethic

00:57:05.059 --> 00:57:05.759
 of the Bible

00:57:05.759 --> 00:57:07.099
 not the other

00:57:07.099 --> 00:57:07.839
 way about.

00:57:08.939 --> 00:57:09.799
 Not the Bible

00:57:09.799 --> 00:57:10.639
 conforming

00:57:10.639 --> 00:57:11.739
 to what I think

00:57:11.739 --> 00:57:12.439
 my ethic

00:57:12.439 --> 00:57:13.019
 should be

00:57:13.019 --> 00:57:13.759
 or what I

00:57:13.759 --> 00:57:14.799
 insist on it

00:57:14.799 --> 00:57:15.279
 to be.

00:57:16.559 --> 00:57:17.799
 Romans chapter 12

00:57:17.799 --> 00:57:19.139
 verse 2

00:57:19.139 --> 00:57:21.079
 Do not be

00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:21.900
 conformed

00:57:21.900 --> 00:57:23.279
 to this world

00:57:23.279 --> 00:57:24.679
 but be

00:57:24.679 --> 00:57:25.420
 transformed

00:57:25.420 --> 00:57:27.139
 by the renewing

00:57:27.139 --> 00:57:27.900
 of your mind

00:57:27.900 --> 00:57:29.079
 that you may prove

00:57:29.079 --> 00:57:29.779
 what is that good

00:57:29.779 --> 00:57:30.359
 and acceptable

00:57:30.359 --> 00:57:31.000
 and perfect

00:57:31.000 --> 00:57:32.179
 will of God.

00:57:32.299 --> 00:57:32.940
 See what it's saying?

00:57:33.579 --> 00:57:34.239
 Don't be

00:57:34.239 --> 00:57:35.579
 conformed

00:57:35.579 --> 00:57:36.679
 to this world

00:57:36.679 --> 00:57:38.699
 but be

00:57:38.699 --> 00:57:39.500
 transformed.

00:57:40.980 --> 00:57:41.719
 And here we are

00:57:41.719 --> 00:57:42.480
 in a society

00:57:42.480 --> 00:57:43.719
 where from

00:57:43.719 --> 00:57:44.679
 the government

00:57:44.679 --> 00:57:45.500
 downwards

00:57:45.500 --> 00:57:46.960
 we're now being

00:57:46.960 --> 00:57:48.159
 led down

00:57:48.159 --> 00:57:48.879
 the path

00:57:48.879 --> 00:57:50.539
 of insisting

00:57:50.539 --> 00:57:51.539
 that people

00:57:51.539 --> 00:57:52.119
 should not

00:57:52.119 --> 00:57:52.779
 be asked

00:57:52.779 --> 00:57:53.639
 or demanded

00:57:53.639 --> 00:57:54.960
 to have their lives

00:57:54.960 --> 00:57:56.219
 changed in any way.

00:57:56.659 --> 00:57:57.579
 Be what you want

00:57:57.579 --> 00:57:58.059
 to be.

00:57:58.839 --> 00:57:59.460
 Be what's good

00:57:59.460 --> 00:57:59.839
 for you

00:57:59.839 --> 00:58:00.639
 as you see it.

00:58:01.500 --> 00:58:02.799
 Let your gender,

00:58:03.000 --> 00:58:03.679
 let your behavior,

00:58:03.819 --> 00:58:04.539
 let whatever is

00:58:04.539 --> 00:58:05.920
 pleasing to yourself

00:58:05.920 --> 00:58:06.920
 let that be

00:58:06.920 --> 00:58:07.719
 what you follow out

00:58:07.719 --> 00:58:08.859
 and don't

00:58:08.859 --> 00:58:10.119
 let anyone else

00:58:10.119 --> 00:58:11.859
 seek to change

00:58:11.859 --> 00:58:12.379
 that for you.

00:58:12.659 --> 00:58:13.079
 And that's why

00:58:13.079 --> 00:58:13.920
 we're facing

00:58:13.920 --> 00:58:15.699
 and friends

00:58:15.699 --> 00:58:16.139
 I'm saying this

00:58:16.139 --> 00:58:16.460
 because

00:58:16.460 --> 00:58:17.800
 the Bible

00:58:17.800 --> 00:58:18.960
 has to be applied

00:58:18.960 --> 00:58:20.039
 to our present

00:58:20.039 --> 00:58:20.980
 circumstances

00:58:20.980 --> 00:58:22.139
 and our present

00:58:22.139 --> 00:58:22.940
 circumstances are

00:58:22.940 --> 00:58:23.820
 that our own

00:58:23.820 --> 00:58:25.159
 government in Scotland

00:58:25.159 --> 00:58:27.559
 Westminster I think

00:58:27.559 --> 00:58:28.220
 is involved too

00:58:28.220 --> 00:58:28.720
 to an extent

00:58:28.720 --> 00:58:29.519
 but our own

00:58:29.519 --> 00:58:29.960
 government has

00:58:29.960 --> 00:58:30.639
 made it known

00:58:30.639 --> 00:58:31.780
 that they do

00:58:31.780 --> 00:58:32.420
 have thoughts

00:58:32.420 --> 00:58:33.139
 and plans

00:58:33.139 --> 00:58:34.119
 in what they

00:58:34.119 --> 00:58:34.480
 call

00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:35.900
 a law

00:58:35.900 --> 00:58:36.480
 that would

00:58:36.480 --> 00:58:37.760
 actually ban

00:58:37.760 --> 00:58:38.800
 gender conversion.

00:58:40.220 --> 00:58:41.059
 Whatever is

00:58:41.059 --> 00:58:41.780
 meant by that

00:58:41.780 --> 00:58:42.599
 they don't give you

00:58:42.599 --> 00:58:43.340
 a plain answer.

00:58:43.340 --> 00:58:46.100
 But what that

00:58:46.100 --> 00:58:46.880
 means is

00:58:46.880 --> 00:58:47.820
 and you know

00:58:47.820 --> 00:58:48.760
 this is what

00:58:48.760 --> 00:58:50.059
 the Christian

00:58:50.059 --> 00:58:50.740
 Institute said

00:58:50.740 --> 00:58:52.640
 about it

00:58:52.640 --> 00:58:54.160
 Scottish government

00:58:54.160 --> 00:58:55.360
 wants to outlaw

00:58:55.360 --> 00:58:56.760
 practices

00:58:56.760 --> 00:58:58.200
 that seek

00:58:58.200 --> 00:58:59.039
 to change

00:58:59.039 --> 00:59:00.039
 suppress

00:59:00.039 --> 00:59:01.079
 or inhibit

00:59:01.079 --> 00:59:02.120
 someone's

00:59:02.120 --> 00:59:03.100
 sexual orientation

00:59:03.100 --> 00:59:03.740
 or gender

00:59:03.740 --> 00:59:04.640
 identity.

00:59:06.019 --> 00:59:06.780
 Activists

00:59:06.780 --> 00:59:07.720
 that's people

00:59:07.720 --> 00:59:08.660
 out with the

00:59:08.660 --> 00:59:09.340
 government as well

00:59:09.340 --> 00:59:09.840
 activists

00:59:09.840 --> 00:59:11.220
 are campaigning

00:59:11.220 --> 00:59:11.800
 for this

00:59:11.800 --> 00:59:12.400
 to cover

00:59:12.400 --> 00:59:13.059
 quote

00:59:13.059 --> 00:59:14.099
 casual

00:59:14.099 --> 00:59:15.139
 conversations

00:59:15.139 --> 00:59:16.519
 quote

00:59:16.519 --> 00:59:17.639
 gentle

00:59:17.639 --> 00:59:19.119
 non-coercive

00:59:19.119 --> 00:59:19.780
 prayer

00:59:19.780 --> 00:59:21.599
 and even

00:59:21.599 --> 00:59:22.700
 depending on

00:59:22.700 --> 00:59:23.240
 your parents

00:59:23.240 --> 00:59:23.800
 consent

00:59:23.800 --> 00:59:24.480
 to change

00:59:24.480 --> 00:59:24.980
 gender.

00:59:25.900 --> 00:59:26.300
 In other words

00:59:26.300 --> 00:59:27.139
 if that were

00:59:27.139 --> 00:59:28.039
 to become law

00:59:28.039 --> 00:59:29.579
 I could actually

00:59:29.579 --> 00:59:30.440
 find myself

00:59:30.440 --> 00:59:31.480
 in a court

00:59:31.480 --> 00:59:32.039
 of law

00:59:32.039 --> 00:59:33.340
 accused

00:59:33.340 --> 00:59:34.460
 of having

00:59:34.460 --> 00:59:34.900
 prayed

00:59:34.900 --> 00:59:35.800
 with someone

00:59:35.800 --> 00:59:36.680
 and asking

00:59:36.680 --> 00:59:37.139
 God

00:59:37.139 --> 00:59:37.720
 to either

00:59:37.720 --> 00:59:38.360
 change

00:59:38.360 --> 00:59:39.059
 their mind

00:59:39.059 --> 00:59:39.559
 or to give

00:59:39.559 --> 00:59:40.160
 them a different

00:59:40.160 --> 00:59:40.680
 perspective

00:59:40.680 --> 00:59:41.320
 on life.

00:59:41.320 --> 00:59:43.100
 I would be

00:59:43.100 --> 00:59:44.200
 criminalized

00:59:44.200 --> 00:59:44.980
 for being

00:59:44.980 --> 00:59:45.400
 faithful

00:59:45.400 --> 00:59:46.160
 to God.

00:59:48.760 --> 00:59:49.400
 That's

00:59:49.400 --> 00:59:51.180
 what's likely

00:59:51.180 --> 00:59:52.019
 to be the case

00:59:52.019 --> 00:59:53.039
 and despite

00:59:53.039 --> 00:59:53.660
 assurances

00:59:53.660 --> 00:59:54.300
 and we're

00:59:54.300 --> 00:59:54.539
 thankful

00:59:54.539 --> 00:59:54.920
 there are

00:59:54.920 --> 00:59:55.440
 assurances

00:59:55.440 --> 00:59:55.800
 that say

00:59:55.800 --> 00:59:56.019
 well

00:59:56.019 --> 00:59:57.000
 religious

00:59:57.000 --> 00:59:57.500
 practices

00:59:57.500 --> 00:59:57.980
 will not

00:59:57.980 --> 00:59:58.260
 actually

00:59:58.260 --> 00:59:58.800
 come under

00:59:58.800 --> 00:59:59.160
 such

00:59:59.160 --> 01:00:00.660
 a proposed

01:00:00.660 --> 01:00:05.559
 law.

01:00:05.559 --> 01:00:08.199
 believe

01:00:08.199 --> 01:00:08.480
 believe that

01:00:08.480 --> 01:00:08.779
 if you

01:00:08.779 --> 01:00:09.099
 will.

01:00:10.759 --> 01:00:11.299
 That's

01:00:11.299 --> 01:00:11.659
 not the

01:00:11.659 --> 01:00:11.960
 pattern

01:00:11.960 --> 01:00:12.380
 from the

01:00:12.380 --> 01:00:12.880
 past.

01:00:14.539 --> 01:00:15.139
 Now if

01:00:15.139 --> 01:00:15.380
 there is

01:00:15.380 --> 01:00:15.739
 to be a

01:00:15.739 --> 01:00:16.199
 consultation

01:00:16.199 --> 01:00:16.840
 I'm not

01:00:16.840 --> 01:00:17.659
 politicizing

01:00:17.659 --> 01:00:18.400
 the pulpit

01:00:18.400 --> 01:00:18.820
 this is

01:00:18.820 --> 01:00:19.299
 part of

01:00:19.299 --> 01:00:19.940
 the

01:00:19.940 --> 01:00:20.539
 gospel's

01:00:20.539 --> 01:00:20.920
 presentation

01:00:20.920 --> 01:00:21.759
 into the

01:00:21.759 --> 01:00:22.279
 world of

01:00:22.279 --> 01:00:22.799
 our day.

01:00:23.940 --> 01:00:24.579
 If there

01:00:24.579 --> 01:00:24.860
 is a

01:00:24.860 --> 01:00:25.320
 consultation

01:00:25.320 --> 01:00:26.759
 please

01:00:26.759 --> 01:00:27.539
 make sure

01:00:27.539 --> 01:00:28.259
 you complete

01:00:28.259 --> 01:00:28.539
 it.

01:00:29.340 --> 01:00:29.980
 A government

01:00:29.980 --> 01:00:30.579
 consultation

01:00:30.579 --> 01:00:31.239
 for your

01:00:31.239 --> 01:00:31.799
 views

01:00:31.799 --> 01:00:32.779
 on this.

01:00:32.780 --> 01:00:33.780
 and if

01:00:33.780 --> 01:00:34.240
 you want

01:00:34.240 --> 01:00:35.320
 to consult

01:00:35.320 --> 01:00:35.800
 the Christian

01:00:35.800 --> 01:00:36.180
 Institute

01:00:36.180 --> 01:00:36.700
 they will

01:00:36.700 --> 01:00:37.200
 give you

01:00:37.200 --> 01:00:38.320
 the words

01:00:38.320 --> 01:00:38.600
 that you

01:00:38.600 --> 01:00:38.880
 need to

01:00:38.880 --> 01:00:39.400
 put them

01:00:39.400 --> 01:00:39.700
 into your

01:00:39.700 --> 01:00:40.140
 own words

01:00:40.140 --> 01:00:40.519
 but they'll

01:00:40.519 --> 01:00:40.860
 give you

01:00:40.860 --> 01:00:41.260
 guidance

01:00:41.260 --> 01:00:41.580
 as to

01:00:41.580 --> 01:00:41.900
 how to

01:00:41.900 --> 01:00:42.400
 fill in

01:00:42.400 --> 01:00:43.200
 the various

01:00:43.200 --> 01:00:43.700
 parts of

01:00:43.700 --> 01:00:43.900
 that

01:00:43.900 --> 01:00:44.620
 consultation.

01:00:48.640 --> 01:00:49.040
 Friends

01:00:49.040 --> 01:00:49.420
 we are in

01:00:49.420 --> 01:00:49.980
 a war.

01:00:51.440 --> 01:00:51.940
 We're in

01:00:51.940 --> 01:00:52.200
 the midst

01:00:52.200 --> 01:00:52.460
 of a

01:00:52.460 --> 01:00:52.980
 conflict

01:00:52.980 --> 01:00:54.900
 not just

01:00:54.900 --> 01:00:55.240
 for the

01:00:55.240 --> 01:00:55.700
 soul of

01:00:55.700 --> 01:00:56.060
 the country

01:00:56.060 --> 01:00:56.420
 but for

01:00:56.420 --> 01:00:56.880
 the soul

01:00:56.880 --> 01:00:57.180
 of the

01:00:57.180 --> 01:00:57.620
 church

01:00:57.620 --> 01:00:59.400
 for the

01:00:59.400 --> 01:00:59.760
 soul of

01:00:59.760 --> 01:01:00.260
 the gospel.

01:01:02.780 --> 01:01:04.860
 we're in

01:01:04.860 --> 01:01:05.420
 a situation

01:01:05.420 --> 01:01:06.220
 which says

01:01:06.220 --> 01:01:07.600
 no

01:01:07.600 --> 01:01:10.200
 let's be

01:01:10.200 --> 01:01:11.160
 like the

01:01:11.160 --> 01:01:11.800
 world around

01:01:11.800 --> 01:01:12.320
 us.

01:01:13.220 --> 01:01:14.160
 A situation

01:01:14.160 --> 01:01:14.720
 that says

01:01:14.720 --> 01:01:16.019
 you Christians

01:01:16.019 --> 01:01:16.680
 you really

01:01:16.680 --> 01:01:17.160
 should

01:01:17.160 --> 01:01:18.760
 take note

01:01:18.760 --> 01:01:19.380
 of people's

01:01:19.380 --> 01:01:19.940
 preferences

01:01:19.940 --> 01:01:21.920
 and not

01:01:21.920 --> 01:01:22.360
 try to

01:01:22.360 --> 01:01:23.160
 insist on

01:01:23.160 --> 01:01:24.200
 such things

01:01:24.200 --> 01:01:24.480
 as the

01:01:24.480 --> 01:01:25.100
 Bible says

01:01:25.100 --> 01:01:26.019
 about being

01:01:26.019 --> 01:01:26.880
 born again

01:01:26.880 --> 01:01:28.360
 or being

01:01:28.360 --> 01:01:29.080
 changed

01:01:29.080 --> 01:01:30.060
 in such a

01:01:30.060 --> 01:01:30.460
 way as to

01:01:30.460 --> 01:01:30.860
 come to

01:01:30.860 --> 01:01:31.400
 comply

01:01:31.400 --> 01:01:32.900
 Christ's

01:01:32.900 --> 01:01:33.639
 commands.

01:01:36.920 --> 01:01:37.380
 Well there's

01:01:37.380 --> 01:01:37.900
 the people's

01:01:37.900 --> 01:01:38.599
 demand for

01:01:38.599 --> 01:01:39.019
 a king

01:01:39.019 --> 01:01:40.940
 and there's

01:01:40.940 --> 01:01:41.519
 the people's

01:01:41.519 --> 01:01:42.820
 desire to

01:01:42.820 --> 01:01:43.700
 be like

01:01:43.700 --> 01:01:44.420
 the nations.

01:01:46.700 --> 01:01:47.619
 Above all

01:01:47.619 --> 01:01:48.240
 friends let's

01:01:48.240 --> 01:01:48.599
 pray.

01:01:49.760 --> 01:01:50.559
 Let's pray

01:01:50.559 --> 01:01:52.220
 and appeal

01:01:52.220 --> 01:01:52.820
 to God

01:01:52.820 --> 01:01:54.220
 and do

01:01:54.220 --> 01:01:54.740
 everything else

01:01:54.740 --> 01:01:55.480
 practical we

01:01:55.480 --> 01:01:56.019
 can to

01:01:56.019 --> 01:01:56.579
 protect

01:01:56.579 --> 01:01:58.099
 what has

01:01:58.099 --> 01:01:58.559
 come to

01:01:58.559 --> 01:01:58.920
 us

01:01:58.920 --> 01:02:00.139
 sometimes at

01:02:00.139 --> 01:02:00.780
 great cost

01:02:00.780 --> 01:02:01.120
 from the

01:02:01.120 --> 01:02:01.620
 past.

01:02:02.940 --> 01:02:03.460
 Principles

01:02:03.460 --> 01:02:04.100
 for life

01:02:04.100 --> 01:02:04.760
 and practices

01:02:04.760 --> 01:02:05.540
 for life

01:02:05.540 --> 01:02:07.200
 which in

01:02:07.200 --> 01:02:07.680
 some cases

01:02:07.680 --> 01:02:08.400
 people died

01:02:08.400 --> 01:02:08.760
 for.

01:02:10.200 --> 01:02:10.880
 We're not

01:02:10.880 --> 01:02:11.280
 going to let

01:02:11.280 --> 01:02:11.700
 them slip

01:02:11.700 --> 01:02:12.080
 through our

01:02:12.080 --> 01:02:12.740
 hands are

01:02:12.740 --> 01:02:12.920
 we?

01:02:15.240 --> 01:02:15.920
 We're not

01:02:15.920 --> 01:02:16.340
 going to be

01:02:16.340 --> 01:02:16.780
 like those

01:02:16.780 --> 01:02:17.220
 of Israel

01:02:17.220 --> 01:02:17.660
 who say

01:02:17.660 --> 01:02:18.860
 let's just

01:02:18.860 --> 01:02:19.600
 be like

01:02:19.600 --> 01:02:19.840
 the world

01:02:19.840 --> 01:02:20.220
 let's just

01:02:20.220 --> 01:02:20.980
 fall into

01:02:20.980 --> 01:02:22.220
 and fall

01:02:22.220 --> 01:02:22.740
 in with

01:02:22.740 --> 01:02:23.980
 the pattern

01:02:23.980 --> 01:02:24.340
 of the

01:02:24.340 --> 01:02:24.700
 world.

01:02:25.660 --> 01:02:26.300
 Let's just

01:02:26.300 --> 01:02:27.000
 be as like

01:02:27.000 --> 01:02:28.080
 the world

01:02:28.080 --> 01:02:28.600
 as we can

01:02:28.599 --> 01:02:28.960
 and then

01:02:28.960 --> 01:02:30.119
 we'll win

01:02:30.119 --> 01:02:30.480
 them over

01:02:30.480 --> 01:02:31.239
 to the

01:02:31.239 --> 01:02:31.639
 gospel.

01:02:32.319 --> 01:02:32.739
 It won't

01:02:32.739 --> 01:02:33.159
 happen.

01:02:37.119 --> 01:02:37.839
 Let's be

01:02:37.839 --> 01:02:39.159
 true to

01:02:39.159 --> 01:02:39.699
 our King

01:02:39.699 --> 01:02:40.079
 Jesus

01:02:40.079 --> 01:02:41.839
 to his

01:02:41.839 --> 01:02:42.239
 truth.

01:02:42.880 --> 01:02:43.679
 Let's pray.

01:02:45.579 --> 01:02:46.319
 Lord our

01:02:46.319 --> 01:02:46.799
 God our

01:02:46.799 --> 01:02:47.199
 Father in

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 heaven we

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 thank you

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 for your

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 truth.

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 We pray

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 for grace

01:02:51.079 --> 01:02:51.519
 and for

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 your own

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 equipping

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 of us

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 to maintain

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 that truth

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 in its

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 purity

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 in the

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 gospel

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 in our

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 own way

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 of living

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 it as

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 well.

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 And we

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 ask oh

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 Lord that

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 for us

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 as a

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 nation

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 too we

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 be turned

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 back into

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 your ways.

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 Lord deliver

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 us we

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 pray from

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 the counsel

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 of mere

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 mortals

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 especially

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 when that

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 counsel is

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 contrary to

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 your word

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 and so

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 obviously

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 at odds

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 with your

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 will.

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 Lord we

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 pray that

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 in mercy

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 you'd

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 remember

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 and come

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 to us

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 in such

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 a way

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 that would

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 even surprise

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 your people

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 by coming

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 with reviving

01:03:28.740 --> 01:03:29.320
 and quickening

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 power to

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 us.

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 Continue

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 with us

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 now and

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 bless us

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 and pardon

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 our sin

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 for Jesus

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 sake.

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 Amen.

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 Our final

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 item of

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 praise this

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 evening is

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 Psalm 135

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 and that's

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 in the

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 Sing

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 Psalms

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 version

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 to tune

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 Stuttgart

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 that's on

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 page 176

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 singing

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 verses

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 8 to

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 14

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 Here are

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 the

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 exploits

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 of the

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 Lord

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 again in

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 the

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 psalmist

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 way of

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 putting it

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 in these

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 verses

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 He struck

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 down all

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 Egypt's

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 firstborn

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 man and

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 beast alike

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 were slain

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 mighty signs

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 he showed

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 in Egypt

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 routing

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 Pharaoh

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 and his

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 men

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 many

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 nations

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 he defeated

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 kings

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 he slew

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 with mighty

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 hand

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 all

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 Gophbation

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 and King

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 Sihon

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 all the

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 kings of

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 Canaan's

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 land

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 all their

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 lands he

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 gave to

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 Jacob

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 to his

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 people

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 Israel

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 as a

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 heritage

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 he gave

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 them

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 lands

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 where they

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 might

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 safely

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 dwell

01:04:36.360 --> 01:04:37.619
 Lord

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 your name

01:04:38.300 --> 01:04:38.800
 endures

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 forever

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 your

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 renown

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 is ever

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 great

01:04:41.559 --> 01:04:42.619
 for the

01:04:42.619 --> 01:04:42.860
 Lord

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 sustains

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 his

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 servants

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 and his

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 folk

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 will

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 vindicate

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 these verses

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 from verse

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 8

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 and the

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 tune

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 of

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 Stuttgart

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 Amen

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 He

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 struck down

01:04:58.700 --> 01:04:59.360
 all

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 Egypt's

01:05:00.700 --> 01:05:01.900
 firstborn

01:05:01.900 --> 01:05:02.920
 but

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 not

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 peace

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 like

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 firstborn

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 mighty

01:05:09.200 --> 01:05:10.500
 signs

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 he

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 showed

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 in

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 Egypt

01:05:13.760 --> 01:05:14.700
 right

01:05:14.700 --> 01:05:15.539
 in

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 Jerusalem

01:05:16.440 --> 01:05:17.679
 and

01:05:17.679 --> 01:05:18.500
 his

01:05:18.500 --> 01:05:19.880
 men

01:05:19.880 --> 01:05:21.500
 when

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 the

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 nations

01:05:23.420 --> 01:05:24.380
 he

01:05:24.380 --> 01:05:26.000
 defeated

01:05:26.000 --> 01:05:27.260
 kings

01:05:27.260 --> 01:05:27.860
 he

01:05:27.860 --> 01:05:28.579
 slew

01:05:28.579 --> 01:05:29.260
 with

01:05:29.260 --> 01:05:30.079
 mighty

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 hand

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 all

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 of

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 patient

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 the

01:05:35.820 --> 01:05:36.659
 king's

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 child

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 all

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 the

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 kings

01:05:40.240 --> 01:05:41.019
 of

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 Canaan's

01:05:42.559 --> 01:05:43.820
 land

01:05:43.820 --> 01:05:45.559
 all

01:05:45.559 --> 01:05:46.320
 their

01:05:46.320 --> 01:05:47.200
 sons

01:05:47.200 --> 01:05:47.760
 he

01:05:47.760 --> 01:05:48.500
 gave

01:05:48.500 --> 01:05:48.960
 to

01:05:48.960 --> 01:05:50.200
 Jacob

01:05:50.200 --> 01:05:50.940
 to

01:05:50.940 --> 01:05:52.120
 his

01:05:52.120 --> 01:05:53.300
 people

01:05:53.300 --> 01:05:55.300
 Israel

01:05:55.300 --> 01:05:57.480
 as

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 the

01:05:58.200 --> 01:05:58.940
 head

01:05:58.940 --> 01:05:59.559
 it

01:05:59.559 --> 01:06:00.340
 takes

01:06:00.340 --> 01:06:00.960
 he

01:06:00.960 --> 01:06:01.880
 gave

01:06:01.880 --> 01:06:03.320
 lands

01:06:03.320 --> 01:06:04.000
 where

01:06:04.000 --> 01:06:04.640
 they

01:06:04.640 --> 01:06:05.440
 might

01:06:05.440 --> 01:06:06.340
 save

01:06:06.340 --> 01:06:07.059
 me

01:06:07.059 --> 01:06:08.500
 dwell

01:06:08.500 --> 01:06:10.280
 Lord

01:06:10.280 --> 01:06:11.039
 your

01:06:11.039 --> 01:06:11.900
 name

01:06:11.900 --> 01:06:13.260
 endures

01:06:13.260 --> 01:06:14.880
 forever

01:06:14.880 --> 01:06:15.980
 you

01:06:15.980 --> 01:06:16.480
 will

01:06:16.480 --> 01:06:17.039
 be

01:06:17.039 --> 01:06:17.940
 now

01:06:17.940 --> 01:06:18.619
 this

01:06:18.619 --> 01:06:20.039
 ever

01:06:20.039 --> 01:06:21.139
 made

01:06:21.139 --> 01:06:21.739
 for

01:06:21.739 --> 01:06:22.739
 the

01:06:22.739 --> 01:06:23.880
 Lord

01:06:23.880 --> 01:06:24.679
 says

01:06:24.679 --> 01:06:25.559
 Jesus

01:06:25.559 --> 01:06:27.039
 serve

01:06:27.039 --> 01:06:28.559
 and

01:06:28.559 --> 01:06:29.199
 his

01:06:29.199 --> 01:06:29.840
 hope

01:06:29.840 --> 01:06:30.619
 will

01:06:30.619 --> 01:06:31.340
 be

01:06:31.340 --> 01:06:32.739
 came

01:06:32.739 --> 01:06:35.079
 after

01:06:35.079 --> 01:06:35.239
 the

01:06:35.239 --> 01:06:35.599
 benediction

01:06:35.599 --> 01:06:35.799
 I'll

01:06:35.799 --> 01:06:36.059
 go to

01:06:36.059 --> 01:06:36.179
 the

01:06:36.179 --> 01:06:36.359
 main

01:06:36.359 --> 01:06:36.679
 door

01:06:36.679 --> 01:06:38.819
 and

01:06:38.819 --> 01:06:38.959
 now

01:06:38.959 --> 01:06:39.079
 may

01:06:39.079 --> 01:06:39.399
 grace

01:06:39.399 --> 01:06:39.599
 and

01:06:39.599 --> 01:06:39.839
 mercy

01:06:39.839 --> 01:06:40.059
 and

01:06:40.059 --> 01:06:40.359
 peace

01:06:40.359 --> 01:06:40.559
 from

01:06:40.559 --> 01:06:40.919
 God

01:06:40.919 --> 01:06:41.199
 the

01:06:41.199 --> 01:06:41.500
 Father

01:06:41.500 --> 01:06:41.779
 the

01:06:41.779 --> 01:06:41.979
 Son

01:06:41.979 --> 01:06:42.119
 and

01:06:42.119 --> 01:06:42.219
 the

01:06:42.219 --> 01:06:42.419
 Holy

01:06:42.419 --> 01:06:42.819
 Spirit

01:06:42.819 --> 01:06:43.559
 be

01:06:43.559 --> 01:06:43.779
 your

01:06:43.779 --> 01:06:44.119
 portion

01:06:44.119 --> 01:06:44.519
 now

01:06:44.519 --> 01:06:44.739
 and

01:06:44.739 --> 01:06:45.000
 ever

01:06:45.000 --> 01:06:45.479
 more

01:06:45.479 --> 01:06:46.359
 Amen

01:07:02.739 --> 01:07:04.699
 through