WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.700 So let's begin a worship of God by singing to his praise from Psalm number 45 and sing Psalms, that's 45a, Psalm 45a on page 56 and we're singing at the beginning of the psalm. 00:00:16.179 --> 00:00:16.500 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:36.100 Our lips are full of grace, for God has blessed you evermore as light shines on your face. 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:39.659 We stand and sing from verse 1 to the verse 6 to God's praise. 00:00:39.659 --> 00:00:39.659 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:02.000 Amen. 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:03.000 Amen. 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:03.000 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:04.000 Amen. 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:51.000 O mighty one, take up your sword, and bind it on your thigh. 00:01:51.000 --> 00:02:03.799 With glorious splendor, clothe yourself, and with your majesty. 00:02:06.140 --> 00:02:19.500 Right or fenced in victoriously, for being met, truth and right. 00:02:19.500 --> 00:02:33.860 Let your right hand display your deeds of awesome power and might. 00:02:34.580 --> 00:02:47.680 Let your sharp arrows pierce the hearts of those who hate the king. 00:02:47.680 --> 00:03:01.680 And all the nations of the earth into subjection bring. 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:13.680 Your royal throne, O God, will last throughout eternity. 00:03:13.680 --> 00:03:28.020 Your kingdom, Scepter, will be one of truth and equity. 00:03:28.020 --> 00:03:32.980 Let's join together in prayer. 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:33.740 Let us pray. 00:03:33.740 --> 00:03:44.760 Almighty and most gracious God, we gather to worship your name and rejoice in you and in your word. 00:03:45.620 --> 00:03:51.800 And we are thankful for the way in which you have made yourself known to us through the pages of Scripture. 00:03:51.800 --> 00:03:58.520 The words that you have breathed out that speak to us of the kind of God that you are. 00:03:59.400 --> 00:04:03.840 That speak to us of your purposes for humankind in this world. 00:04:04.780 --> 00:04:09.700 And that speak to us of the way in which you will fulfill and realize all of your purposes. 00:04:10.360 --> 00:04:15.300 Through the passion and work of your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior. 00:04:15.300 --> 00:04:19.020 We are thankful for the words that we read and sang together. 00:04:20.060 --> 00:04:24.220 Rejoice in you, King, the Son of God, the Savior of the world. 00:04:25.319 --> 00:04:34.000 Rejoice for the way in which, having died for our sins, the way in which he rose triumphantly on the first day of the week. 00:04:34.000 --> 00:04:38.339 And we are thankful that he is at your right hand in glory. 00:04:38.980 --> 00:04:42.060 That he reigns supremely in heaven and in earth. 00:04:43.019 --> 00:04:48.600 And in the midst of our ever-changing world, we are thankful to you that he reigns continually. 00:04:48.860 --> 00:04:54.600 That everything that takes place in our lives personally, everything that takes place in the world around us. 00:04:55.180 --> 00:04:58.879 That all is within the bounds of your purposes and plans. 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:06.939 And that day by day you are the God who through him and by the power of your Holy Spirit is building your church. 00:05:07.719 --> 00:05:09.879 It's extending the boundary of your kingdom. 00:05:10.459 --> 00:05:13.040 It's claiming this world for yourself. 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:19.159 And we pray tonight as we do worship you that we may sense something of such power. 00:05:19.939 --> 00:05:21.779 Sense something of such purpose. 00:05:22.019 --> 00:05:24.540 And know what it is to sense in our hearts. 00:05:25.100 --> 00:05:27.719 That we are within your saving purpose. 00:05:27.720 --> 00:05:30.420 That we belong to your kingdom. 00:05:31.060 --> 00:05:33.460 That Jesus Christ is truly our King. 00:05:34.100 --> 00:05:38.920 And that we love him because of the fact that he first loved us. 00:05:39.540 --> 00:05:44.500 And just like the psalmist, that we may see the beauty of your Son as our Savior. 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:48.000 Marvel at the way in which you have shone through him. 00:05:48.640 --> 00:05:54.620 And have our lives, our hearts devoted to him day by day as we journey on through life. 00:05:54.620 --> 00:05:59.160 Being inspired by the way in which he gave himself for us. 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:03.439 Being inspired also by the example that he gave to us. 00:06:03.899 --> 00:06:05.800 And the life that he lived here in this world. 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:08.660 Help us to walk in his footsteps. 00:06:09.019 --> 00:06:10.740 Help us to be the light of the world. 00:06:11.399 --> 00:06:13.160 Help us to be the salt of the earth. 00:06:13.840 --> 00:06:16.079 Help us to do the things that are pleasing to you. 00:06:16.079 --> 00:06:19.519 And guide us and keep us day by day. 00:06:19.719 --> 00:06:20.259 We do pray. 00:06:21.060 --> 00:06:23.000 We acknowledge as we journey on through life. 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.659 That we are open to so many temptations. 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:28.439 That so often we fall away from you. 00:06:29.099 --> 00:06:35.680 We are conscious of the way in which our sin causes a separation between us and you. 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:40.319 We are thankful to you for your steadfast love and your faithfulness. 00:06:40.900 --> 00:06:42.759 That you will never let your people go. 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:45.120 That you will bring them back to yourself. 00:06:45.620 --> 00:06:47.420 That you will wash away their sin. 00:06:48.060 --> 00:06:50.199 That you will give them the freshness and the newness. 00:06:50.620 --> 00:06:52.199 And the joy of forgiveness. 00:06:52.980 --> 00:06:55.180 And that you will bring them ever closer to yourself. 00:06:56.060 --> 00:07:01.780 And so we pray tonight if we do find ourselves personally at a distance from you. 00:07:01.779 --> 00:07:05.199 We pray oh Lord our God that you will reach out to us. 00:07:05.419 --> 00:07:12.099 And draw us back to yourself by embracing us with your gracious, lovely, fatherly arms. 00:07:12.759 --> 00:07:15.319 And draw us into your own embrace. 00:07:15.679 --> 00:07:21.379 That you may find contentment and satisfaction and fulfillment once more in you. 00:07:21.919 --> 00:07:24.879 Bless your words to us all together we do pray. 00:07:25.059 --> 00:07:27.579 That we may all sense that belonging to you. 00:07:27.919 --> 00:07:30.819 And that love which will never come to an end. 00:07:30.819 --> 00:07:35.360 Bless every heart and life and home connected to us. 00:07:35.459 --> 00:07:37.899 We pray for your blessing to be upon everyone here. 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:39.980 And everyone joining us online. 00:07:40.219 --> 00:07:41.560 And everyone in their homes tonight. 00:07:42.180 --> 00:07:44.159 May you draw near with blessing to each. 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:48.420 May you bless parents who are praying for their children. 00:07:49.019 --> 00:07:52.600 And perhaps not hearing or seeing an answer from you. 00:07:53.060 --> 00:07:55.480 May you help them to continue to wait upon you. 00:07:56.060 --> 00:07:59.039 May you bless also children who may be praying for their parents. 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:02.680 And do long to see them tasting that the Lord is good. 00:08:02.800 --> 00:08:05.040 And that there is salvation in Christ Jesus. 00:08:05.620 --> 00:08:09.319 May you encourage all such to continue to pray to you. 00:08:10.020 --> 00:08:14.439 Pray your blessing to those who may be praying for wives and for husbands. 00:08:14.760 --> 00:08:17.700 And for loved ones and for families in any way tonight. 00:08:17.860 --> 00:08:20.879 May you hear their prayer oh Lord our God. 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:26.540 And may you rescue those who continue to wander around aimlessly and life without you. 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:29.480 May you reach out to them and bring them back to yourself. 00:08:30.199 --> 00:08:36.240 And that people may come to find peace and satisfaction through faith in Jesus Christ your Son. 00:08:36.700 --> 00:08:40.639 Encourage us all to continue in prayer for our families and for our homes. 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:46.379 And for our congregation that we may truly see blessing descending from you. 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:51.360 The heavens being opened and the refreshing times from your right hand. 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:56.539 Coming to descend upon us like the dew descending upon our hearts. 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:59.980 And giving us that sense of newness and that freshness. 00:09:00.539 --> 00:09:04.139 And that sense of life and vitality in our relationship with you. 00:09:04.139 --> 00:09:08.059 That we may go on from strength to strength day by day we do pray. 00:09:08.779 --> 00:09:12.000 And pray for those belonging to us who mourn a grieve at this time. 00:09:12.080 --> 00:09:13.319 We pray your comfort for them. 00:09:13.899 --> 00:09:17.419 We especially pray for the family of Onetta Campbell and Asadio Comfort and bless them. 00:09:18.039 --> 00:09:20.699 At this time of loss may you draw near to them. 00:09:21.240 --> 00:09:23.059 May you present yourself around them. 00:09:23.620 --> 00:09:29.299 And may you give them to know your peace and your love and your mercy and your favour during these days. 00:09:29.299 --> 00:09:34.699 We also remember the family of Reverend Robert Smith who passed away in recent days. 00:09:34.839 --> 00:09:37.319 We pray your blessing and your comfort for them. 00:09:37.479 --> 00:09:38.759 And pray that you will be near to them. 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:41.839 And that you will comfort them as they look to you. 00:09:42.000 --> 00:09:44.759 As their God who is our Father in Heaven. 00:09:44.899 --> 00:09:47.439 May you reach down to them and presence yourself around them. 00:09:48.199 --> 00:09:51.120 We do give thanks to you for your servant Reverend Robert Smith. 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:53.459 We give thanks to you for his ministry. 00:09:53.599 --> 00:09:54.879 We give thanks to you for his service. 00:09:55.479 --> 00:09:57.139 We give thanks to you also for his friendship. 00:09:57.139 --> 00:09:59.740 And we give thanks to you for the way in which you worked in his life. 00:10:00.379 --> 00:10:05.699 And we give thanks to you that in accordance with your promise that you give your servants rest. 00:10:06.379 --> 00:10:11.799 And in the words of John Payton that your servants are immortal until their work is done. 00:10:12.340 --> 00:10:20.919 And we give thanks to you tonight for the way in which you have called him and all of your people to find their eternal rest in you. 00:10:21.019 --> 00:10:23.740 So bless all of these families as we commit them to your care. 00:10:23.740 --> 00:10:27.080 Be with us in the coming week as it unfolds before us. 00:10:27.759 --> 00:10:28.740 Guide us through each day. 00:10:29.379 --> 00:10:30.120 Through every challenge. 00:10:30.279 --> 00:10:31.080 Through every opportunity. 00:10:31.299 --> 00:10:31.960 May you help us. 00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:33.200 And may you give wisdom to us. 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:34.779 May you give words to us. 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:36.700 May you give to us all that we have need of. 00:10:37.279 --> 00:10:39.060 And may you help us in every time of need. 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:44.519 To truly believe and to come to experience that your grace is sufficient for us. 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:47.700 And prepare us for coming on next Lord's Day. 00:10:47.700 --> 00:10:52.200 We ask you to help us always to understand the preciousness of the death of your Son. 00:10:52.820 --> 00:10:55.259 And we know that we can become forgetful. 00:10:55.740 --> 00:11:00.460 And forgetful of the significance of so much that happens in our Christian experience. 00:11:00.980 --> 00:11:05.940 But help us day by day to live as those who truly remember the death of our Lord. 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:10.140 And as those who truly understand that we have peace with you through him. 00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:14.680 And that you have reconciled us to yourself through his finished work. 00:11:15.080 --> 00:11:16.700 Through his death and through his resurrection. 00:11:16.700 --> 00:11:20.120 So prepare us for all of these things as we commit ourselves to you. 00:11:20.259 --> 00:11:23.620 And guide us as a congregation in every aspect of ministry during these days. 00:11:24.220 --> 00:11:25.379 May you give wisdom to us. 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:26.280 May you give light. 00:11:26.500 --> 00:11:27.320 May you give direction. 00:11:28.200 --> 00:11:31.020 May you help us to know your will and to know your purposes. 00:11:31.800 --> 00:11:41.080 And may you help us to embrace the way in which in providence you are the God who prompts your people in certain directions to fulfill your will. 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:44.940 May you give us to be sensitive to your prompting upon our hearts. 00:11:44.940 --> 00:11:49.820 And may you stir us up to be alive and alert to the things that you are saying to us. 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:56.000 And provide ministry with you pray in the days that are to come that will be in accordance with your mind and heart. 00:11:56.460 --> 00:12:01.180 Will be for the good of our people as we go forward and seek and serve you. 00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:05.639 And will be for the good of the wider community in the town in which we are placed. 00:12:06.139 --> 00:12:06.959 So bless us we pray. 00:12:07.179 --> 00:12:12.079 And bless the wider world in which we will continue to pray for the gospel across the world. 00:12:12.679 --> 00:12:13.739 In every corner of it. 00:12:13.819 --> 00:12:16.379 We pray for your persecuted people that you will protect them. 00:12:16.959 --> 00:12:19.979 We pray for the places where there is conflict and strife and war. 00:12:19.980 --> 00:12:22.279 We pray for an end to all of these things. 00:12:22.560 --> 00:12:24.820 We pray for our restoration of order and of peace. 00:12:25.420 --> 00:12:30.220 For the well-being and for the good of these communities and these countries during these days. 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.560 So have mercy we do ask as we commit ourselves to you. 00:12:33.920 --> 00:12:35.639 We pray for your blessings to be upon your word to us. 00:12:36.259 --> 00:12:37.560 As we share them together this evening. 00:12:38.279 --> 00:12:40.019 Guide us in every aspect of our worship. 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:43.379 And reading and singing and in stirring your word together. 00:12:43.820 --> 00:12:46.580 May you help us to hear what you have to say to us. 00:12:46.580 --> 00:12:48.720 So hear our prayer and accept our thanks. 00:12:48.980 --> 00:12:51.300 And watch over us with your peace and presence now. 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:54.200 Keep us from every distraction we pray. 00:12:54.740 --> 00:12:57.120 And give us hearts and minds that are focused upon you. 00:12:57.560 --> 00:12:59.440 In the time in which we spend together. 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:00.840 Hear us and accept us. 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:03.240 For we ask all these things for Jesus' sake. 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:04.379 Amen. 00:13:07.500 --> 00:13:11.920 So I turn to praise God this time in Psalm number 137 in the Scottish Psalter. 00:13:13.620 --> 00:13:14.920 It's on page 430. 00:13:14.919 --> 00:13:18.719 Psalm 137 in the Scottish Psalter. 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.339 And we're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 7. 00:13:22.979 --> 00:13:24.299 And the tune is Belmont. 00:13:25.699 --> 00:13:27.539 Psalm 137 at the beginning. 00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:31.139 In Babel's streams we sat and wept. 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:33.179 When Zion we thought on. 00:13:33.899 --> 00:13:35.719 In midst thereof we hanged our harps. 00:13:36.399 --> 00:13:37.779 The willow trees upon. 00:13:38.459 --> 00:13:41.659 We stand to sing from verse 1 to the verse mark 7. 00:13:42.019 --> 00:13:43.059 To the tune Belmont. 00:13:43.059 --> 00:13:43.139 Amen. 00:13:43.139 --> 00:13:43.139 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:51.919 By faithful streams we sat and wept. 00:13:51.919 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00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:25.679 The American Pronunciation Guide Presents «How to Pronounce My God» 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:31.679 The American Pronunciation Guide Presents «How to Pronounce My God» 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:39.679 The American Pronunciation Guide Presents «How to Pronounce My God» 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:48.659 Let's turn together to read the Word of God, first of all, in the Old Testament 00:16:48.659 --> 00:16:53.019 and in the prophecy of Sechariah and chapter 13. 00:16:54.500 --> 00:16:58.759 Sechariah chapter 13 and reading the whole of this chapter. 00:16:58.759 --> 00:17:05.220 Let us hear the Word of God. 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:13.400 On that day there shall be a fountain opened for the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:16.759 to cleanse them from sin and uncleanness. 00:17:16.759 --> 00:17:23.059 And on that day declares the Lord of hosts, I will cut off the names of the idols from the land 00:17:23.059 --> 00:17:25.500 so they shall be remembered no more. 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:30.500 And also I will remove from the land the prophets and the spirit of uncleanness. 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:35.700 And if anyone again prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, 00:17:36.259 --> 00:17:39.640 You shall not live, for you speak lies in the name of the Lord. 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:44.480 And his father and mother who bore him shall purge him through when he prophesies. 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:49.539 On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. 00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:54.420 He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive, but he will say, 00:17:55.160 --> 00:18:00.059 I am no prophet, I am a worker of the soil, for a man sold me in my youth. 00:18:01.019 --> 00:18:03.940 And if one asks him, What are these wounds on your back? 00:18:04.200 --> 00:18:07.559 He will say, The wounds I received in the house of my friends. 00:18:09.120 --> 00:18:13.299 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, against the man who stands next to me, 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.659 declares the Lord of hosts. 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:17.779 Strike the shepherd and the sheep will be scattered. 00:18:18.639 --> 00:18:20.639 I will turn my hand against the little ones. 00:18:21.680 --> 00:18:25.480 The whole land, declares the Lord, two-thirds shall be cut off and perish, 00:18:26.099 --> 00:18:28.079 and one-third shall be left alive. 00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:30.680 And I will put this third into the fire, 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:33.440 and refine them as one refined silver, 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:35.700 and test them as gold is tested. 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:37.559 They will call upon my name, 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:39.059 and I will answer them. 00:18:39.599 --> 00:18:41.099 I will say, They are my people. 00:18:41.700 --> 00:18:45.220 And they will say, The Lord is my God. 00:18:46.179 --> 00:18:48.399 Now we turn to the New Testament and to the Gospel of Matthew, 00:18:48.859 --> 00:18:50.440 and chapter number 26. 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:53.399 I'm reading at verse 20. 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:57.319 Matthew 26 and at verse 20. 00:18:57.319 --> 00:19:04.359 And as we read these words in the context of the Passover, 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:06.700 and the institution of the Lord's Supper, 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:12.740 we understand that Jesus was very aware of the words that we read in Zechariah 13, 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:15.819 as he prepared to go to the cross. 00:19:16.919 --> 00:19:19.559 We pick up the reading at verse number 20. 00:19:19.559 --> 00:19:24.299 When it was evening, he reclined at table with the twelve. 00:19:25.220 --> 00:19:26.319 And as they were eating, he said, 00:19:26.639 --> 00:19:29.500 Truly I say to you, one of you will betray me. 00:19:29.980 --> 00:19:33.980 And they were very sorrowful, and began to say to him one after another, 00:19:34.480 --> 00:19:35.519 Is it I, Lord? 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:39.819 He answered, He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. 00:19:40.579 --> 00:19:42.899 The Son of Man goes as it is written of him. 00:19:43.419 --> 00:19:46.159 But woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:49.680 It would have been better for that man if he had not been born. 00:19:50.580 --> 00:19:52.180 Judas, who would betray him, answered, 00:19:52.700 --> 00:19:53.480 Is it I, Rabbi? 00:19:54.160 --> 00:19:56.140 He said to him, You have said so. 00:19:56.980 --> 00:19:58.980 Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, 00:19:59.440 --> 00:20:01.779 and after blessing it, broke it and gave it to the disciples, 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:04.980 and said, Take, eat, this is my body. 00:20:05.580 --> 00:20:07.740 And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, 00:20:07.800 --> 00:20:10.720 he gave it to them, saying, Drink of it, all of you, 00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:12.620 for this is my blood of the covenant, 00:20:12.619 --> 00:20:16.379 which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 00:20:17.219 --> 00:20:21.000 And I tell you, I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:25.079 until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 00:20:26.179 --> 00:20:29.439 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. 00:20:30.139 --> 00:20:33.919 Then Jesus said to them, You will all fall away because of me this night, 00:20:34.459 --> 00:20:36.819 for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:38.879 and the sheep of the flock will be scattered. 00:20:38.880 --> 00:20:42.960 But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee. 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:48.380 Peter answered him, Though they all fall away because of you, 00:20:48.640 --> 00:20:50.120 I will never fall away. 00:20:50.760 --> 00:20:53.480 Jesus said to him, Truly I tell you, this very night, 00:20:53.900 --> 00:20:57.360 before the croc crows, you will deny me three times. 00:20:58.180 --> 00:21:00.860 Peter said to him, Even if I must die with you, 00:21:01.240 --> 00:21:02.480 I will not deny you. 00:21:02.900 --> 00:21:06.040 And all the disciples said the same. 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:09.259 Amen. This is the word of God, and we trust you are blessed to us 00:21:09.259 --> 00:21:11.359 these readings from it. 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:17.000 We turn to sing in Psalm number 22 and sing Psalms, 00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:19.839 and we're singing at verse number 14. 00:21:20.700 --> 00:21:22.399 It's on page number 26. 00:21:24.279 --> 00:21:29.920 It is the psalm of the cross that was clearly the meditation of the Lord Jesus 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:33.220 as he was suspended on Calvary's cross. 00:21:33.220 --> 00:21:39.700 Psalm 22 at verse 14, and we're singing to the tune, 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:44.539 Like water, I am emptied out, 00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:47.059 and all my bones are torn apart. 00:21:47.759 --> 00:21:49.440 My inmost being melts away, 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:52.500 and into wax has turned my heart. 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:55.500 We stand to sing from verse 14 to verse number 20, 00:21:55.620 --> 00:21:56.220 to God's praise. 00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:56.339 Amen. 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.339 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.339 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.339 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.339 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.339 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.339 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.339 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:56.339 00:22:03.220 --> 00:22:15.220 I am emptied out, and all my bones are torn apart. 00:22:15.220 --> 00:22:22.220 I inmost being melts away, 00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:31.220 and into wax has turned my heart. 00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:39.480 My strength is blind like shattered clay, 00:22:39.799 --> 00:22:47.220 and as I fight to draw my breath, 00:22:47.220 --> 00:22:55.600 my tongue is sinking through my jaws, 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:56.599 and into wax. 00:22:56.599 --> 00:23:00.599 I am emptied out, and all my bones are torn apart. 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:01.599 I am emptied out, and all my bones are torn apart. 00:23:01.599 --> 00:23:05.599 I am emptied out, and all my bones are torn apart. 00:23:05.599 --> 00:23:06.599 I am emptied out, and all my bones are torn apart. 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:11.279 The Lord of God's end loses me, 00:23:11.639 --> 00:23:18.599 Eres our power, our weakness on me. 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:26.639 I am beset by evil men, 00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:33.919 And will have pierced my hands and feet. 00:23:33.920 --> 00:23:42.100 I count the number of my courts, 00:23:42.519 --> 00:23:50.019 With floating eyes of people's veil, 00:23:50.480 --> 00:23:57.600 With all the dice to get my court, 00:23:57.599 --> 00:24:05.779 Among themselves my goals they share. 00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:13.019 A quickness to be my strength, 00:24:13.379 --> 00:24:20.759 Do not be far from me, O Lord. 00:24:21.299 --> 00:24:27.779 Take me from power, all evil not, 00:24:27.779 --> 00:24:35.960 My precious life from you else for. 00:24:39.960 --> 00:24:42.720 Let's turn back together now to our first reading in the Old Testament, 00:24:43.379 --> 00:24:46.559 in the prophecy of Zechariah, and in chapter 13. 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:49.799 And we can read verse number 7. 00:24:49.799 --> 00:24:55.500 Zechariah 13, at verse number 7. 00:24:57.399 --> 00:25:00.180 Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, 00:25:00.879 --> 00:25:03.139 Against the man who stands next to me, 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:04.440 Declares the Lord of hosts. 00:25:05.259 --> 00:25:07.519 Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered. 00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:11.859 I will turn my hand against the little ones. 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.319 And so on. 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:20.500 Now although we perhaps from time to time come across, 00:25:20.599 --> 00:25:23.519 At least through TV and through news media, 00:25:24.099 --> 00:25:27.720 Scenes of destruction and scenes of desolation, 00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:31.299 It is perhaps hard for us to cast our minds 00:25:31.299 --> 00:25:36.659 And to imagine the situation into which Zechariah was writing these words. 00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:39.799 The people of God had been on a journey, 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:41.579 And it wasn't the best of journeys, 00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:44.720 And it was a journey away from God, 00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:47.579 And because of the rebellion against God, 00:25:47.980 --> 00:25:49.699 They were carried away to Babylon. 00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:52.799 And in accordance with the promise of God, 00:25:53.399 --> 00:25:54.679 70 years later, 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:57.599 God took them back to Jerusalem. 00:25:58.419 --> 00:26:00.439 And here they are, back in Jerusalem, 00:26:01.099 --> 00:26:03.259 And there's the scene of desolation. 00:26:03.919 --> 00:26:05.619 The walls of the city are down, 00:26:06.179 --> 00:26:07.759 The king's house has been burnt, 00:26:08.259 --> 00:26:09.619 The temple has been burnt, 00:26:09.619 --> 00:26:11.919 And it is complete desolation. 00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.679 Looking around them, 00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:16.839 All of the evidences of the presence of God, 00:26:17.299 --> 00:26:18.759 That they knew in the past, 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.859 All of the evidence is now gone. 00:26:22.139 --> 00:26:26.119 And there is this great rebuilding project that they have, 00:26:26.819 --> 00:26:28.099 As they look at the temple, 00:26:28.219 --> 00:26:30.359 Which they embark on rebuilding. 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:33.219 And time after time, 00:26:33.219 --> 00:26:36.379 After commencing that great building project, 00:26:37.019 --> 00:26:38.619 They ground to a halt, 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:40.219 Because of discouragement, 00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:42.799 Because of the size of the task, 00:26:43.319 --> 00:26:46.539 And because of the sense that God was no longer with them. 00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:48.939 And for over 20 years, 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:53.479 They struggled before they managed to complete the building project. 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:55.539 So it was a difficult time, 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.140 And to which, 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:58.440 Sechariah was giving his message. 00:26:59.319 --> 00:27:01.339 As we read earlier on in the prophecy, 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:02.500 We see the way in which, 00:27:03.099 --> 00:27:06.180 The people felt a real sense of weakness. 00:27:07.299 --> 00:27:09.759 They felt a real sense of their sin. 00:27:10.680 --> 00:27:13.299 They felt a real sense of how great the enemy was. 00:27:13.860 --> 00:27:15.019 Read through chapter 4, 00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:16.160 And that's the picture. 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:18.500 There is the great mountain of their enemy. 00:27:19.059 --> 00:27:20.140 There is their own weakness. 00:27:20.140 --> 00:27:24.120 And how possibly can they continue in the work of the Lord, 00:27:24.560 --> 00:27:25.840 In such a context, 00:27:26.020 --> 00:27:27.759 And in such circumstances. 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.020 And of course, 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:34.860 We are thankful that we are not in that scene of desolation tonight. 00:27:35.020 --> 00:27:38.380 But we can be in a similar situation, 00:27:38.880 --> 00:27:40.500 In a relationship with God. 00:27:41.800 --> 00:27:45.600 The things that represented the presence of God to us and for us, 00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:47.480 Sometimes disappear. 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:52.079 And we become overwhelmed with a sense of our sin. 00:27:52.900 --> 00:27:55.440 We become overwhelmed with a sense of our weakness. 00:27:56.740 --> 00:28:01.339 We get to the stage where we feel we simply cannot go on doing the Lord's work. 00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:06.059 And we get a sense of the enemy around us in the world, 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:08.380 Being so much stronger than ourselves. 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:10.519 And we feel paralyzed. 00:28:11.620 --> 00:28:14.579 Our Christian journey grinds to a halt. 00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:18.519 And we cannot see ourselves making any progress. 00:28:20.019 --> 00:28:22.019 I think that kind of experience, 00:28:22.419 --> 00:28:24.559 It's not something that's constant. 00:28:25.000 --> 00:28:27.359 But it's something that we can pass through. 00:28:28.199 --> 00:28:30.579 And these questions arise before us. 00:28:30.619 --> 00:28:32.399 And I want us to think about that tonight. 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:36.019 And think about the way in which Sechariah in this letter, 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:38.820 He addresses the sense of their sinfulness, 00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:40.600 The sense of their weakness. 00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:44.780 He encourages them that the house will be built, 00:28:45.420 --> 00:28:49.440 That the serb who laid the foundation will finish this building, 00:28:50.280 --> 00:28:55.580 And that one day the glory of God will fill the temple of God. 00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:59.000 And what we do discover as we come to the end of the book is, 00:28:59.579 --> 00:29:02.019 That much of what Sechariah promised, 00:29:02.559 --> 00:29:05.220 Was not going to happen in 520 BC. 00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:08.839 It was going to happen with the coming of the Lord Jesus. 00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:12.279 And we saw that from a reading in Matthew, 00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:16.199 That Jesus was very conscious of these words, 00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:19.099 As he was on the way to the cross. 00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:21.519 And against that background, 00:29:22.399 --> 00:29:26.219 We want to think tonight of the crisis of faith, 00:29:26.959 --> 00:29:29.599 And the cross connections. 00:29:31.199 --> 00:29:32.779 We want to see first of all, 00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:35.019 That we have a declaration. 00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:39.299 And the declaration is by the Lord of hosts, 00:29:39.599 --> 00:29:41.579 The God of the whole universe, 00:29:41.719 --> 00:29:43.539 The God who has everything in his hands. 00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:45.919 He makes a declaration. 00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:49.700 And the declaration is one of summons. 00:29:50.980 --> 00:29:53.600 And the summons comes to us in these words, 00:29:53.660 --> 00:29:54.640 At the beginning of verse 7, 00:29:54.779 --> 00:29:55.519 This word, 00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.140 Awake. 00:29:58.740 --> 00:30:00.080 Throughout these passages, 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.660 There's a sense of, 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.640 On this day, 00:30:02.800 --> 00:30:03.800 Or in that day, 00:30:04.580 --> 00:30:07.220 There's a looking forward to a particular day and time. 00:30:08.500 --> 00:30:09.300 And we ourselves, 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:12.140 We have that summons to awaken every morning. 00:30:12.279 --> 00:30:13.340 It's a new day. 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:15.500 We don't know what that day brings. 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:17.759 But there's that summons in the morning, 00:30:17.900 --> 00:30:20.440 To awaken and to rise up. 00:30:21.860 --> 00:30:23.039 And strangely, 00:30:23.140 --> 00:30:24.380 As we read through the Bible, 00:30:24.539 --> 00:30:25.920 And read through the book of Psalms, 00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.840 We see the psalmist, 00:30:28.240 --> 00:30:30.380 Because of a sense of having lost God, 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.200 And Sam Neberati, 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:32.700 Is saying to God, 00:30:32.800 --> 00:30:34.420 To stir yourself up. 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.759 It's that sense of, 00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.539 Awakening from sleep, 00:30:38.740 --> 00:30:40.320 Something that has been lying, 00:30:40.779 --> 00:30:41.440 And resting, 00:30:41.980 --> 00:30:44.800 And not involved in any kind of activity. 00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:46.740 Awake. 00:30:46.740 --> 00:30:48.019 It's a summons. 00:30:49.399 --> 00:30:50.359 And the summons is, 00:30:50.960 --> 00:30:51.919 With regard to, 00:30:53.419 --> 00:30:54.319 The sword. 00:30:56.079 --> 00:30:58.119 That weapon of warfare, 00:30:59.019 --> 00:31:00.899 That was so common in the Old Testament, 00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.519 It is that, 00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:04.079 The sword would, 00:31:04.940 --> 00:31:05.579 Awake. 00:31:05.579 --> 00:31:09.319 And the sword was commonly used, 00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:10.799 In the sense of, 00:31:11.139 --> 00:31:12.059 Of the battles, 00:31:12.179 --> 00:31:14.039 Which the children of Israel fought. 00:31:15.740 --> 00:31:16.740 But as we, 00:31:16.740 --> 00:31:17.980 Read through the history, 00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.960 Of the children of Israel, 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:20.179 We understand, 00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:21.659 One thing in particular. 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:23.639 That there were, 00:31:23.879 --> 00:31:24.679 Times when, 00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:26.639 The sword of God's, 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:27.300 Just as, 00:31:27.420 --> 00:31:28.680 Rows up against, 00:31:28.800 --> 00:31:29.780 The people of God, 00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.980 And that was, 00:31:32.300 --> 00:31:33.080 Promised to them, 00:31:33.180 --> 00:31:34.860 Or threatened by God, 00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:35.500 In Leviticus, 00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.780 Chapter 26, 00:31:37.040 --> 00:31:38.600 That the day would come, 00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:40.020 If they were rebellious, 00:31:40.020 --> 00:31:40.640 Against him, 00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:42.360 And turned their backs upon him, 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:43.560 That he will bring, 00:31:43.560 --> 00:31:45.020 The sword upon you, 00:31:46.220 --> 00:31:48.100 And bring the sword upon them, 00:31:48.380 --> 00:31:50.000 That he would execute vengeance, 00:31:51.000 --> 00:31:51.280 He said, 00:31:51.420 --> 00:31:52.259 Just God, 00:31:52.780 --> 00:31:54.140 And our sins deserve, 00:31:54.140 --> 00:31:55.759 The punishment of God. 00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:57.700 And, 00:31:57.980 --> 00:31:58.800 In that sense, 00:31:58.940 --> 00:31:59.240 That this, 00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:00.660 Sword has, 00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:01.640 Been working, 00:32:01.820 --> 00:32:03.040 And it worked in particular, 00:32:03.180 --> 00:32:04.220 When these people, 00:32:04.300 --> 00:32:05.680 Were carried away to Babylon, 00:32:05.860 --> 00:32:07.080 In 586, 00:32:07.220 --> 00:32:08.960 It was the sword of God, 00:32:09.040 --> 00:32:09.420 That was, 00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:11.520 Active, 00:32:12.060 --> 00:32:13.280 And powerfully moving, 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:13.660 As he, 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:15.020 Stood with their enemies, 00:32:15.140 --> 00:32:15.960 Instead of with themselves, 00:32:16.380 --> 00:32:16.980 And they were, 00:32:17.580 --> 00:32:18.340 Carried away, 00:32:18.820 --> 00:32:20.320 By the nations. 00:32:22.240 --> 00:32:23.600 And the sword that, 00:32:23.599 --> 00:32:24.579 Has been, 00:32:24.579 --> 00:32:24.579 00:32:25.000 --> 00:32:26.480 Silent and resting, 00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.139 Since then. 00:32:28.639 --> 00:32:29.579 In the sheath, 00:32:29.639 --> 00:32:30.539 Of the silence, 00:32:30.980 --> 00:32:32.339 Of the purposes of God, 00:32:33.219 --> 00:32:34.500 Awaiting the day, 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:35.639 That God had appointed, 00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.899 When the alarm, 00:32:38.039 --> 00:32:38.899 Was going to be sounded, 00:32:39.379 --> 00:32:40.059 When the call, 00:32:40.139 --> 00:32:41.279 Was going to come out, 00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:42.500 To the sword, 00:32:42.980 --> 00:32:44.119 Come out of your sheath. 00:32:46.219 --> 00:32:47.039 And if we, 00:32:47.179 --> 00:32:48.419 Pause and think of, 00:32:48.679 --> 00:32:49.819 Of the way in which, 00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:51.199 The people, 00:32:51.299 --> 00:32:52.459 In the days of Sechariah, 00:32:52.460 --> 00:32:53.019 We're going to, 00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:54.519 Hear these first, 00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.340 Two words, 00:32:55.840 --> 00:32:56.299 Awake, 00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:56.860 O sword, 00:32:56.940 --> 00:32:57.660 First three words, 00:32:57.920 --> 00:32:58.299 Awake, 00:32:58.380 --> 00:32:58.740 O sword, 00:32:59.160 --> 00:33:00.380 We can imagine, 00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.340 The terror, 00:33:03.299 --> 00:33:04.340 Is it not possible, 00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.519 That they will be thinking, 00:33:05.920 --> 00:33:07.299 Oh surely not again, 00:33:08.660 --> 00:33:09.400 We have just, 00:33:09.600 --> 00:33:10.600 Recovered from, 00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:12.160 The awful execution, 00:33:12.360 --> 00:33:12.980 Of your sword, 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:14.180 When you were carried away, 00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.980 By our enemies, 00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:16.740 Surely, 00:33:16.940 --> 00:33:17.920 Not again, 00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:20.620 The justice of God, 00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:21.220 Requires, 00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.700 That our sin, 00:33:22.800 --> 00:33:23.440 Is punished, 00:33:23.980 --> 00:33:26.279 And as we reflect, 00:33:26.380 --> 00:33:27.840 On where they are, 00:33:28.840 --> 00:33:29.940 And think about, 00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:30.980 Where we are, 00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:33.120 In our sinnership, 00:33:33.800 --> 00:33:34.600 In our sometimes, 00:33:34.700 --> 00:33:36.000 Rebellion against God, 00:33:36.840 --> 00:33:37.700 We recognize, 00:33:38.000 --> 00:33:38.460 And appreciate, 00:33:38.779 --> 00:33:39.980 The teaching of the word, 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.500 Of God, 00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:42.840 That the justice of God, 00:33:42.900 --> 00:33:43.660 Requires, 00:33:43.660 --> 00:33:45.180 That sin, 00:33:45.640 --> 00:33:46.279 And the sinner, 00:33:46.420 --> 00:33:47.019 Receives, 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:48.180 What they deserve, 00:33:48.259 --> 00:33:49.640 Because of their sin, 00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.500 And if, 00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.060 If, 00:33:52.560 --> 00:33:52.920 There are, 00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:54.920 Experiences in our own lives, 00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.860 Where we suffer, 00:33:55.960 --> 00:33:56.880 Particular pain, 00:33:58.180 --> 00:33:59.440 And something similar, 00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:01.300 Seems to appear, 00:34:01.460 --> 00:34:02.400 Later on in life, 00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.200 There is that sense, 00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:05.360 Of fear, 00:34:05.519 --> 00:34:06.160 Because we have, 00:34:06.800 --> 00:34:08.320 Experienced this before, 00:34:09.680 --> 00:34:10.760 And here are people, 00:34:10.940 --> 00:34:11.119 Who are, 00:34:11.639 --> 00:34:12.440 Full of fears, 00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:14.240 Who are full of weaknesses, 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:15.920 And all because, 00:34:15.980 --> 00:34:16.780 Of what God has done, 00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.420 In the past, 00:34:18.500 --> 00:34:19.599 And now they're hearing, 00:34:20.740 --> 00:34:22.440 This fresh call, 00:34:23.179 --> 00:34:24.240 For the sword, 00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:26.039 Of the justice of God, 00:34:26.119 --> 00:34:26.880 And establishing, 00:34:27.019 --> 00:34:28.179 His government in the world, 00:34:29.099 --> 00:34:30.000 For that sword, 00:34:30.200 --> 00:34:31.159 To once more, 00:34:31.900 --> 00:34:32.420 Awake, 00:34:33.159 --> 00:34:34.019 There is, 00:34:35.200 --> 00:34:36.139 A declaration, 00:34:36.720 --> 00:34:37.300 There is, 00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:39.440 A surprising summons, 00:34:41.760 --> 00:34:42.320 Secondly, 00:34:42.440 --> 00:34:44.119 There is, 00:34:44.119 --> 00:34:45.440 A direction, 00:34:46.240 --> 00:34:47.780 There is, 00:34:48.500 --> 00:34:49.519 A surprising, 00:34:49.920 --> 00:34:50.500 Target, 00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:52.679 What a relief, 00:34:53.360 --> 00:34:54.400 For this people, 00:34:55.099 --> 00:34:55.579 To hear, 00:34:55.659 --> 00:34:56.579 What comes next, 00:34:56.980 --> 00:34:58.940 What is, 00:34:59.119 --> 00:34:59.940 What direction, 00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:00.420 Is this, 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:01.940 Sword of God's justice, 00:35:02.079 --> 00:35:02.619 Going to take, 00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:03.900 Awake, 00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.659 O sword, 00:35:05.440 --> 00:35:07.179 Against my shepherd, 00:35:07.619 --> 00:35:08.659 Says the Lord of hosts, 00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:12.299 The problem, 00:35:12.460 --> 00:35:13.599 With the people, 00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:14.420 During these days, 00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.500 As I read chapter 10, 00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:16.000 And 11, 00:35:16.359 --> 00:35:17.319 The problem was, 00:35:17.639 --> 00:35:18.420 That the shepherds, 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.500 The leaders of Israel, 00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:20.960 Simply did not, 00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.159 Care for the people, 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:23.779 They weren't, 00:35:23.779 --> 00:35:24.359 Carrying out, 00:35:24.359 --> 00:35:24.879 The duties, 00:35:24.879 --> 00:35:26.039 To which God, 00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:26.839 Had called them, 00:35:27.599 --> 00:35:28.119 They weren't, 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:29.179 Caring for the people, 00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:29.980 They weren't, 00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:31.559 Providing for the people, 00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.619 They were looking, 00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:33.699 After number one, 00:35:34.759 --> 00:35:35.579 And ignoring, 00:35:35.960 --> 00:35:37.000 The people of God, 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.259 And because of that, 00:35:38.619 --> 00:35:39.879 The people were scattered, 00:35:40.359 --> 00:35:41.339 Like sheep, 00:35:41.399 --> 00:35:42.299 Without a shepherd, 00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:45.100 And God is now, 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.760 In this declaration, 00:35:47.080 --> 00:35:47.519 He is, 00:35:47.740 --> 00:35:48.680 Drawing attention, 00:35:48.680 --> 00:35:49.300 To the fact, 00:35:49.900 --> 00:35:50.680 That there is someone, 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:51.240 Who is, 00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.300 My, 00:35:53.260 --> 00:35:53.860 Shepherd, 00:35:54.380 --> 00:35:57.580 And Jacob, 00:35:58.400 --> 00:35:59.320 When he's reflecting, 00:35:59.460 --> 00:36:00.420 Upon his own life, 00:36:01.580 --> 00:36:02.960 He refers to God, 00:36:03.019 --> 00:36:04.200 As the one, 00:36:04.320 --> 00:36:05.440 Who has been my shepherd, 00:36:05.560 --> 00:36:06.600 All of my life, 00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:09.440 He is Jacob's shepherd, 00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:12.300 We'll read the psalm, 00:36:12.420 --> 00:36:13.039 Which speaks about, 00:36:13.420 --> 00:36:14.740 The Lord is my shepherd, 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:18.220 The Lord is the shepherd, 00:36:18.340 --> 00:36:19.300 Of the psalmist, 00:36:20.059 --> 00:36:20.900 He's the shepherd, 00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:22.599 Of Jacob, 00:36:24.260 --> 00:36:25.659 But here we see, 00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:26.639 That the shepherd, 00:36:26.780 --> 00:36:28.420 Belongs to someone else, 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:28.740 First, 00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:31.300 The shepherd is, 00:36:31.740 --> 00:36:32.400 My shepherd, 00:36:33.539 --> 00:36:34.619 It's the God, 00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.300 Who says to, 00:36:35.700 --> 00:36:36.579 The people of God, 00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:37.639 In Ezekiel 34, 00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:38.980 I myself, 00:36:38.980 --> 00:36:40.400 Will shepherd my sheep, 00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:42.559 I will come and, 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:43.780 Gather them from, 00:36:44.000 --> 00:36:45.019 Where they have been scattered, 00:36:45.860 --> 00:36:46.760 I will come and, 00:36:46.820 --> 00:36:47.559 Bind them up, 00:36:48.219 --> 00:36:48.780 I will come, 00:36:48.880 --> 00:36:49.579 Come and lead them, 00:36:49.639 --> 00:36:50.539 To good pasture, 00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:51.740 I will come and, 00:36:51.760 --> 00:36:52.900 Cause him to lie down, 00:36:53.320 --> 00:36:54.139 I will bring them back, 00:36:54.240 --> 00:36:55.159 To their own land, 00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.519 I myself, 00:36:56.619 --> 00:36:57.780 Will be their shepherd, 00:36:58.780 --> 00:37:00.780 And we, 00:37:00.940 --> 00:37:02.659 Understand that Jesus, 00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:04.559 As he comes into the world, 00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:05.579 And as he, 00:37:05.579 --> 00:37:06.480 As he ministers to, 00:37:06.699 --> 00:37:07.880 The folks around him, 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:09.420 And that great passage, 00:37:09.579 --> 00:37:11.460 In John chapter 10, 00:37:12.460 --> 00:37:14.460 I am the good shepherd, 00:37:15.519 --> 00:37:17.300 And we may ask Jesus, 00:37:17.840 --> 00:37:19.019 Whose shepherd are you? 00:37:19.660 --> 00:37:20.820 Who do you belong to? 00:37:21.660 --> 00:37:23.260 And we hear from the words here, 00:37:23.680 --> 00:37:24.680 That this good shepherd, 00:37:24.880 --> 00:37:26.300 Is the shepherd of God, 00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:28.400 He is my shepherd, 00:37:29.180 --> 00:37:30.360 And he is the good shepherd, 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:31.119 Because he is, 00:37:31.380 --> 00:37:33.320 In accordance with the heart of God, 00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:35.340 Because he has, 00:37:35.640 --> 00:37:36.720 The ability to, 00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:38.400 Carry out the will of God, 00:37:38.900 --> 00:37:41.039 He is fit for purpose, 00:37:41.400 --> 00:37:42.559 As God's shepherd, 00:37:43.280 --> 00:37:44.460 And Jesus is, 00:37:44.660 --> 00:37:45.880 Clearly conscious, 00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:47.559 That that's who he is, 00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:49.240 As he comes into the world, 00:37:49.239 --> 00:37:52.319 The direction, 00:37:52.319 --> 00:37:54.459 Of the sword, 00:37:55.500 --> 00:37:56.679 Is towards the person, 00:37:57.099 --> 00:37:58.719 Who is the new shepherd, 00:37:59.259 --> 00:38:00.399 The unique shepherd, 00:38:01.299 --> 00:38:02.139 The my shepherd, 00:38:02.319 --> 00:38:02.739 In a day, 00:38:03.000 --> 00:38:03.959 In a way in which, 00:38:04.419 --> 00:38:05.459 David was never, 00:38:06.000 --> 00:38:07.699 The shepherd of God, 00:38:07.819 --> 00:38:08.699 Although he was, 00:38:08.859 --> 00:38:09.899 God's king, 00:38:10.899 --> 00:38:11.479 Here is, 00:38:12.139 --> 00:38:12.939 The unique, 00:38:13.439 --> 00:38:13.819 Passion, 00:38:14.319 --> 00:38:15.099 Of Jesus, 00:38:16.099 --> 00:38:17.279 The good shepherd, 00:38:17.280 --> 00:38:19.840 And that's, 00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:21.980 Such a relief, 00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:23.519 For them to hear that, 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:25.640 As this sword, 00:38:25.780 --> 00:38:27.519 Is taken out of its sheath, 00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:29.300 It's not going to come, 00:38:29.340 --> 00:38:30.480 After us once more, 00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:32.240 We're not going to be scattered, 00:38:32.580 --> 00:38:34.040 Across the world once more, 00:38:34.960 --> 00:38:35.519 Instead, 00:38:37.380 --> 00:38:38.040 The sheath, 00:38:38.640 --> 00:38:39.700 In this mysterious, 00:38:40.120 --> 00:38:40.940 Remarkable, 00:38:41.620 --> 00:38:42.500 Stunning way, 00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.720 Is directed, 00:38:44.960 --> 00:38:45.660 At someone, 00:38:45.659 --> 00:38:47.399 Who is the shepherd, 00:38:47.399 --> 00:38:47.920 Of God, 00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.239 Who has not yet appeared, 00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:51.440 Who is not here, 00:38:52.399 --> 00:38:53.679 But the day is coming, 00:38:53.819 --> 00:38:55.819 When the summons, 00:38:55.940 --> 00:38:56.559 Will go out, 00:38:57.299 --> 00:38:58.500 And the sword, 00:38:58.619 --> 00:38:59.619 Will be unsheathed, 00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:01.619 And will be directed, 00:39:02.440 --> 00:39:03.079 At the person, 00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:03.579 Who is, 00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:05.179 My shepherd, 00:39:05.819 --> 00:39:06.500 Says the Lord, 00:39:06.899 --> 00:39:07.539 Of hosts, 00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:11.019 And then, 00:39:11.079 --> 00:39:11.719 He goes on, 00:39:11.719 --> 00:39:11.940 To, 00:39:11.940 --> 00:39:14.639 To give, 00:39:15.059 --> 00:39:16.259 A clear statement, 00:39:16.400 --> 00:39:16.820 As to, 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:18.659 Who my shepherd is, 00:39:19.219 --> 00:39:21.960 Against the man, 00:39:22.099 --> 00:39:23.400 Who stands, 00:39:23.779 --> 00:39:24.320 Next, 00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:27.099 To me, 00:39:28.500 --> 00:39:29.199 There's a man, 00:39:29.500 --> 00:39:30.599 Who is my shepherd, 00:39:31.659 --> 00:39:32.920 He stands next, 00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.159 To the Lord, 00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:36.440 Standing next, 00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:37.299 In the sense of, 00:39:38.019 --> 00:39:39.299 Being a close, 00:39:39.539 --> 00:39:40.139 Neighbor, 00:39:41.139 --> 00:39:41.940 Being a, 00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:43.099 Close friend, 00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:45.319 Being the person, 00:39:45.460 --> 00:39:46.599 Who is with them, 00:39:46.679 --> 00:39:47.519 As we read in Proverbs, 00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:48.059 Chapter 8, 00:39:48.519 --> 00:39:49.420 He was always, 00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:50.699 The delight of God, 00:39:51.759 --> 00:39:52.579 When he created, 00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:53.519 The ends of the earth, 00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:54.779 He was there with them, 00:39:54.980 --> 00:39:56.480 As the master workman, 00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:57.839 Here is, 00:39:58.259 --> 00:39:59.359 The son of God, 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:00.299 Standing next, 00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:01.440 To God himself, 00:40:01.440 --> 00:40:03.740 As, 00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:04.920 The person, 00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:05.440 Who is, 00:40:06.500 --> 00:40:06.840 His, 00:40:06.960 --> 00:40:07.480 Close, 00:40:08.220 --> 00:40:08.780 Neighbor, 00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:11.280 And when you read, 00:40:11.360 --> 00:40:12.200 The gospel of John, 00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:12.740 Once more, 00:40:13.260 --> 00:40:14.179 Who is the person, 00:40:14.340 --> 00:40:14.599 Who is, 00:40:14.720 --> 00:40:15.179 Who is, 00:40:15.579 --> 00:40:17.220 Standing next to God, 00:40:19.039 --> 00:40:20.579 Is it not the son of God, 00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:21.659 The word of God, 00:40:21.740 --> 00:40:23.019 Who comes into the world, 00:40:23.740 --> 00:40:24.360 The way in which, 00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:24.780 John, 00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:26.300 Opens his gospel, 00:40:27.220 --> 00:40:27.840 In the beginning, 00:40:27.940 --> 00:40:28.760 Was the word, 00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:30.179 The word was, 00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:31.200 With God, 00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:32.360 And the word, 00:40:32.559 --> 00:40:33.340 Was God, 00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:36.000 The direction, 00:40:37.000 --> 00:40:38.380 Of the sword, 00:40:39.119 --> 00:40:40.059 Is directed, 00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.840 At the person, 00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:41.380 Who is, 00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:43.059 The son of God, 00:40:44.460 --> 00:40:44.960 And we, 00:40:45.119 --> 00:40:45.740 We hear, 00:40:45.900 --> 00:40:46.539 The psalmist, 00:40:46.679 --> 00:40:47.280 And in Psalm, 00:40:47.320 --> 00:40:47.700 The barate, 00:40:47.820 --> 00:40:48.500 Speaking of, 00:40:48.840 --> 00:40:49.460 And crying out, 00:40:49.840 --> 00:40:50.740 Let your hand, 00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:51.200 Be upon, 00:40:51.599 --> 00:40:52.380 The man of, 00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:54.179 Your right hand, 00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:56.079 That that person, 00:40:56.220 --> 00:40:56.820 Whom you have made, 00:40:57.200 --> 00:40:58.400 To stand strong, 00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:58.960 For you, 00:40:59.280 --> 00:41:00.440 That the son of man, 00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:02.119 Whom you have made strong, 00:41:02.619 --> 00:41:04.720 The son of God, 00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:06.320 The son of man, 00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:06.940 Of Daniel, 00:41:07.099 --> 00:41:07.519 Seven, 00:41:08.240 --> 00:41:10.340 God himself, 00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.019 Who comes, 00:41:11.240 --> 00:41:12.820 To be with us, 00:41:13.659 --> 00:41:14.880 And we, 00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:16.079 Hear, 00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:18.059 The voice of heaven, 00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:20.780 At the baptism of Jesus, 00:41:21.980 --> 00:41:23.000 In Luke chapter three, 00:41:23.000 --> 00:41:25.679 You are my beloved son, 00:41:25.679 --> 00:41:26.860 In whom, 00:41:27.500 --> 00:41:28.679 I am well pleased, 00:41:31.219 --> 00:41:31.820 The close, 00:41:32.119 --> 00:41:32.679 Friend, 00:41:33.539 --> 00:41:34.159 The neighbor, 00:41:34.320 --> 00:41:35.780 Who stands by, 00:41:37.059 --> 00:41:37.659 The God, 00:41:37.739 --> 00:41:38.280 The Lord, 00:41:38.400 --> 00:41:39.300 Of hosts, 00:41:39.820 --> 00:41:42.340 And when we, 00:41:43.059 --> 00:41:44.300 Read through, 00:41:45.059 --> 00:41:45.840 The Old Testament, 00:41:46.099 --> 00:41:46.179 We, 00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:48.000 We understand, 00:41:48.000 --> 00:41:50.460 That the neighbor, 00:41:50.739 --> 00:41:51.599 Is deserving, 00:41:51.820 --> 00:41:53.119 Of special protection, 00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:55.480 We are to love, 00:41:55.539 --> 00:41:56.239 The Lord our God, 00:41:56.280 --> 00:41:57.320 With all of our hearts, 00:41:57.619 --> 00:41:58.500 We are to love, 00:41:58.579 --> 00:41:59.039 Our neighbor, 00:41:59.179 --> 00:42:00.159 As ourselves, 00:42:01.320 --> 00:42:02.440 The neighbor, 00:42:02.619 --> 00:42:03.239 Deserves, 00:42:03.619 --> 00:42:04.059 Special, 00:42:04.800 --> 00:42:05.420 Protection, 00:42:06.420 --> 00:42:07.679 And yet here, 00:42:07.840 --> 00:42:08.320 In this, 00:42:08.719 --> 00:42:09.500 Unique way, 00:42:09.599 --> 00:42:10.099 In which God, 00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:10.599 Is speaking, 00:42:10.699 --> 00:42:11.940 With regard to his son, 00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:14.920 There are special, 00:42:14.920 --> 00:42:16.000 Circumstances, 00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:16.360 Where, 00:42:17.139 --> 00:42:18.780 With regard to his son, 00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:20.119 Who is his neighbor, 00:42:20.700 --> 00:42:21.880 That is the execution, 00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:22.960 Of his sword, 00:42:23.460 --> 00:42:24.079 In the direction, 00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:24.720 Of his son, 00:42:25.180 --> 00:42:27.039 Something unthinkable, 00:42:28.019 --> 00:42:28.820 Something that, 00:42:29.340 --> 00:42:30.139 Humanly speaking, 00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:31.880 With regard to what God, 00:42:31.880 --> 00:42:32.740 Has already said, 00:42:33.099 --> 00:42:34.860 Should not happen, 00:42:36.180 --> 00:42:36.700 And yet, 00:42:36.820 --> 00:42:37.579 God is here, 00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:39.440 Declaring in this, 00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.820 With regard to this, 00:42:40.820 --> 00:42:41.740 Unique shepherd, 00:42:42.280 --> 00:42:43.340 Who is his son, 00:42:43.340 --> 00:42:45.180 That because, 00:42:45.260 --> 00:42:45.880 Of the work, 00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:47.079 In which he is engaged, 00:42:48.579 --> 00:42:50.320 That he will, 00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:53.059 Direct the sword, 00:42:53.660 --> 00:42:54.980 Against the person, 00:42:55.180 --> 00:42:56.320 Who deserves, 00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:57.820 Protection most, 00:42:59.220 --> 00:43:01.000 And that reminds us, 00:43:01.120 --> 00:43:02.400 Of the words, 00:43:02.460 --> 00:43:04.079 Of Paul in Romans 8, 00:43:04.880 --> 00:43:06.160 He who spared, 00:43:06.260 --> 00:43:07.480 Not his own son, 00:43:08.680 --> 00:43:09.640 And when, 00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:11.420 The sword of, 00:43:11.420 --> 00:43:13.619 Justice is directed, 00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:15.460 At the son of God, 00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:16.780 As the surprising, 00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:17.700 Target, 00:43:19.300 --> 00:43:20.840 That is the assurance, 00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:22.720 That the justice of God, 00:43:22.760 --> 00:43:23.519 Is not here, 00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:24.700 To, 00:43:25.700 --> 00:43:27.139 Find satisfaction, 00:43:27.139 --> 00:43:28.000 In them, 00:43:28.539 --> 00:43:29.119 As they were, 00:43:29.220 --> 00:43:30.119 The people of God, 00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:31.400 Or in us tonight, 00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:32.720 As we are, 00:43:32.820 --> 00:43:34.019 The people of God, 00:43:34.019 --> 00:43:38.259 And what would Jesus say, 00:43:39.259 --> 00:43:40.460 Well we read, 00:43:40.500 --> 00:43:41.079 What he said, 00:43:42.960 --> 00:43:43.800 And he sits, 00:43:43.860 --> 00:43:44.380 In the upper room, 00:43:44.420 --> 00:43:45.059 With the disciples, 00:43:46.099 --> 00:43:47.079 And Judas, 00:43:47.159 --> 00:43:48.239 Is going to betray him, 00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.360 And he's on the way, 00:43:50.440 --> 00:43:51.199 To Gethsemane, 00:43:51.280 --> 00:43:52.500 And to Calvary's cross, 00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:54.539 And he sets out, 00:43:54.599 --> 00:43:55.139 The Passover, 00:43:55.579 --> 00:43:56.300 And he institutes, 00:43:56.340 --> 00:43:57.019 The Lord's supper, 00:43:57.019 --> 00:43:57.559 With them, 00:43:57.559 --> 00:44:00.039 And then he makes, 00:44:00.280 --> 00:44:01.119 This announcement, 00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:03.839 And it is, 00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:04.679 And that makes clear, 00:44:05.059 --> 00:44:06.179 That these words, 00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:07.679 Are written in his mind, 00:44:09.000 --> 00:44:10.059 And written in his mind, 00:44:10.099 --> 00:44:10.779 In such a way, 00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:11.980 That he not only, 00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:13.279 Understands, 00:44:14.279 --> 00:44:15.619 That the sword, 00:44:15.779 --> 00:44:16.759 Will strike him, 00:44:17.819 --> 00:44:19.199 But that he understands, 00:44:19.319 --> 00:44:19.940 That it is, 00:44:20.359 --> 00:44:21.319 God himself, 00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:22.480 Is going to do, 00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:23.319 The striking, 00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:26.980 The agent is God, 00:44:27.619 --> 00:44:28.799 And Jesus, 00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:29.759 Is on the way, 00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:30.560 To the garden, 00:44:30.700 --> 00:44:31.120 Where he will, 00:44:31.680 --> 00:44:32.680 Cry for this cup, 00:44:32.760 --> 00:44:33.780 To be taken from me, 00:44:35.080 --> 00:44:35.440 Nevertheless, 00:44:35.700 --> 00:44:36.360 Not my will, 00:44:36.660 --> 00:44:37.520 But you should be done, 00:44:38.800 --> 00:44:39.580 But explaining, 00:44:39.740 --> 00:44:40.460 To the disciples, 00:44:41.700 --> 00:44:42.420 Showing clearly, 00:44:42.520 --> 00:44:43.460 What's on his mind, 00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:45.740 That they will all, 00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:47.200 Fall away, 00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:48.040 And that he will be, 00:44:48.160 --> 00:44:48.880 Left alone, 00:44:49.880 --> 00:44:51.260 As he goes on his journey, 00:44:52.040 --> 00:44:53.280 To Calvary's cross, 00:44:53.280 --> 00:44:57.519 The direction, 00:44:58.280 --> 00:44:59.460 Of the sword, 00:45:00.240 --> 00:45:01.160 Against the person, 00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:02.700 Of the son of God, 00:45:02.700 --> 00:45:04.420 Who is the shepherd, 00:45:04.580 --> 00:45:05.060 Of God, 00:45:05.900 --> 00:45:07.440 The way in which God, 00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:09.820 Promises to deal, 00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:11.560 With this situation, 00:45:12.220 --> 00:45:14.019 By bringing everything, 00:45:14.180 --> 00:45:14.820 Into his, 00:45:14.960 --> 00:45:16.200 Own relationship, 00:45:16.420 --> 00:45:17.100 With his son, 00:45:18.060 --> 00:45:19.320 And setting up, 00:45:19.400 --> 00:45:19.980 The scene, 00:45:19.980 --> 00:45:21.699 That brings us, 00:45:21.699 --> 00:45:23.840 To understand something, 00:45:24.380 --> 00:45:25.240 Of what happens, 00:45:25.940 --> 00:45:27.159 When Jesus Christ, 00:45:27.360 --> 00:45:28.639 Died on the cross, 00:45:28.820 --> 00:45:29.500 At Calvary, 00:45:29.760 --> 00:45:32.019 So there is the declaration, 00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:33.320 There is the direction, 00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:35.500 And thirdly, 00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:36.500 We want to think of, 00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:38.500 The deliverance, 00:45:38.500 --> 00:45:43.260 And the deliverance, 00:45:43.780 --> 00:45:45.420 Comes, 00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:47.059 Through the, 00:45:47.059 --> 00:45:47.960 Shepherd, 00:45:48.179 --> 00:45:49.179 Not being delivered, 00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:50.659 Or not being, 00:45:50.659 --> 00:45:51.800 Saved from, 00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:53.719 What God has designed, 00:45:53.840 --> 00:45:54.800 That he should go through, 00:45:55.900 --> 00:45:58.840 Strike, 00:46:00.219 --> 00:46:01.320 The shepherd, 00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:05.139 Go and, 00:46:05.780 --> 00:46:07.179 Place, 00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:08.639 The sword, 00:46:08.739 --> 00:46:09.039 Into, 00:46:09.699 --> 00:46:10.460 My son, 00:46:10.559 --> 00:46:11.559 Who is my shepherd, 00:46:12.219 --> 00:46:12.839 Whom I have sent, 00:46:12.899 --> 00:46:13.379 Into the world, 00:46:13.500 --> 00:46:14.859 The Jesus of Nazareth, 00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:16.000 Awake, 00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.559 O sword, 00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:17.299 And go and, 00:46:17.399 --> 00:46:18.319 Purse my son, 00:46:19.500 --> 00:46:20.579 And the very sense, 00:46:20.619 --> 00:46:21.480 Of that striking, 00:46:21.579 --> 00:46:22.079 The shepherd, 00:46:22.659 --> 00:46:23.639 Speaks of the way, 00:46:23.659 --> 00:46:23.960 In which, 00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:25.419 He will strike him, 00:46:25.500 --> 00:46:26.159 So that he, 00:46:26.819 --> 00:46:28.500 Dies on Calvary's cross, 00:46:28.639 --> 00:46:30.000 Death is the outcome, 00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.819 There is the wounding, 00:46:31.879 --> 00:46:32.539 There is the piercing, 00:46:32.980 --> 00:46:34.079 And there is the dying, 00:46:34.139 --> 00:46:35.179 On Calvary's cross, 00:46:35.179 --> 00:46:38.179 Strike, 00:46:38.179 --> 00:46:38.219 Strike, 00:46:39.099 --> 00:46:41.579 The shepherd, 00:46:42.899 --> 00:46:45.980 And I say, 00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:47.039 I have 53 words, 00:46:47.099 --> 00:46:48.039 That are so closely, 00:46:48.039 --> 00:46:49.480 Connected to this, 00:46:49.899 --> 00:46:51.219 What did the people think? 00:46:51.739 --> 00:46:52.839 What did the people see? 00:46:52.840 --> 00:46:57.640 We esteemed him, 00:46:58.640 --> 00:46:59.260 Stricken, 00:46:59.620 --> 00:47:00.820 Smitten by God, 00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:01.880 And afflicted, 00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:04.180 The servant of God, 00:47:04.559 --> 00:47:05.740 The servant of Jehovah, 00:47:06.220 --> 00:47:07.019 The son of God, 00:47:07.079 --> 00:47:07.980 On Calvary's cross, 00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:09.559 Here is the estimation, 00:47:09.820 --> 00:47:11.039 Of he is stricken, 00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:12.019 By God, 00:47:12.019 --> 00:47:14.920 But, 00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:16.840 The words that introduce us, 00:47:17.019 --> 00:47:17.579 Into the very, 00:47:17.579 --> 00:47:20.099 Heart of what God is doing, 00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:22.880 Follow on in that same chapter, 00:47:23.980 --> 00:47:26.980 It was the will of the Lord, 00:47:27.139 --> 00:47:28.199 To crush him, 00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:31.980 He was crushed, 00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:33.179 For our iniquities, 00:47:33.679 --> 00:47:34.780 The Lord laid on him, 00:47:34.860 --> 00:47:36.239 The iniquities of us all, 00:47:37.280 --> 00:47:38.119 He was crushed, 00:47:38.199 --> 00:47:38.880 For our iniquities, 00:47:38.880 --> 00:47:40.099 He makes his soul, 00:47:40.220 --> 00:47:41.400 An offering for sin, 00:47:42.260 --> 00:47:43.300 The will of the Lord, 00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:44.920 Will prosper in his hand, 00:47:46.500 --> 00:47:47.300 The striking, 00:47:48.180 --> 00:47:49.740 That we see taking place, 00:47:50.800 --> 00:47:52.380 On Calvary's cross, 00:47:53.900 --> 00:47:55.360 The striking concerning, 00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:56.780 Which we sang, 00:47:56.780 --> 00:47:58.860 In Psalm number 22, 00:47:59.099 --> 00:48:00.220 In verse 14 onwards, 00:48:02.980 --> 00:48:04.900 You lay me in the dust of death, 00:48:05.940 --> 00:48:07.460 And the prayer of Jesus, 00:48:07.460 --> 00:48:10.099 Deliver my soul from the sword, 00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:12.280 My precious life, 00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:13.960 From the power of the dog, 00:48:15.720 --> 00:48:17.400 It's the striking of the shepherd, 00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:19.400 That we find in the darkness, 00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:21.199 Of these hours, 00:48:21.340 --> 00:48:23.159 Where Jesus was on the cross, 00:48:23.340 --> 00:48:25.019 And darkness covered the whole, 00:48:25.059 --> 00:48:25.599 Of the earth, 00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:28.699 As this unique moment took place, 00:48:29.840 --> 00:48:32.420 And this unique time, 00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:35.639 Between God the Father, 00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:36.779 And God his son, 00:48:37.980 --> 00:48:39.699 And where God the son, 00:48:39.799 --> 00:48:41.420 Is a sacrifice, 00:48:41.420 --> 00:48:42.639 For our sin, 00:48:43.519 --> 00:48:44.619 And where he bears, 00:48:44.980 --> 00:48:46.559 The wrath and curse of God, 00:48:46.619 --> 00:48:47.259 Due to us, 00:48:47.679 --> 00:48:48.679 For our sin, 00:48:49.900 --> 00:48:51.199 And there suspended, 00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:53.199 On Calvary's cross, 00:48:54.779 --> 00:48:55.779 We hear Jesus, 00:48:55.900 --> 00:48:56.279 Clang out, 00:48:56.639 --> 00:48:57.099 My God, 00:48:57.179 --> 00:48:57.639 My God, 00:48:57.699 --> 00:48:59.420 Why have you forsaken me? 00:48:59.420 --> 00:49:01.980 Because of the way, 00:49:01.980 --> 00:49:02.380 In which, 00:49:02.380 --> 00:49:04.760 God humanly speaking, 00:49:04.760 --> 00:49:06.220 Has turned against him, 00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:08.340 And turned against him, 00:49:08.680 --> 00:49:10.920 So that we who have turned against God, 00:49:11.240 --> 00:49:13.099 Would be reconciled to him, 00:49:14.700 --> 00:49:15.519 The God who, 00:49:16.840 --> 00:49:18.200 Redeems us, 00:49:19.200 --> 00:49:20.579 Or the Christ who redeems us, 00:49:20.760 --> 00:49:22.159 From the curse of the law, 00:49:22.280 --> 00:49:23.000 Having been made, 00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:24.059 A curse, 00:49:24.700 --> 00:49:25.380 For us, 00:49:25.380 --> 00:49:28.720 The deliverance, 00:49:28.920 --> 00:49:29.660 That comes, 00:49:30.660 --> 00:49:32.640 From the painful experience, 00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:35.000 Of the son of God, 00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:36.599 On Calvary's cross, 00:49:37.619 --> 00:49:38.700 A unique moment, 00:49:38.800 --> 00:49:40.140 In his experience, 00:49:40.360 --> 00:49:40.940 With the father, 00:49:41.440 --> 00:49:42.240 A unique moment, 00:49:42.340 --> 00:49:43.640 In the history of the world, 00:49:44.640 --> 00:49:45.420 And a unique, 00:49:45.519 --> 00:49:46.440 And special moment, 00:49:46.579 --> 00:49:47.920 For all of us, 00:49:47.980 --> 00:49:49.360 Who are the children of God, 00:49:50.800 --> 00:49:52.440 An unforgettable moment, 00:49:52.440 --> 00:49:54.800 An unforgettable death, 00:49:55.780 --> 00:49:56.460 In the experience, 00:49:56.519 --> 00:49:57.960 Of an unforgettable person, 00:49:58.960 --> 00:50:01.099 Because of the unforgettable, 00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:04.099 Wisdom of God, 00:50:04.220 --> 00:50:05.940 That reveals itself, 00:50:06.900 --> 00:50:08.440 And brings salvation to us, 00:50:08.960 --> 00:50:10.780 In such a marvelous way, 00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:14.880 The deliverance, 00:50:15.139 --> 00:50:16.780 That becomes ours, 00:50:16.920 --> 00:50:19.780 Because he was handed over, 00:50:19.780 --> 00:50:21.480 And the guilt, 00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:22.900 That belongs to us, 00:50:22.960 --> 00:50:23.920 Because of our sin, 00:50:24.360 --> 00:50:25.720 He bore in his passion, 00:50:25.720 --> 00:50:28.220 So that he became, 00:50:28.380 --> 00:50:30.740 The target of the justice of God, 00:50:31.780 --> 00:50:32.620 And peace, 00:50:32.940 --> 00:50:34.100 Was made through, 00:50:34.600 --> 00:50:35.260 The blood of, 00:50:36.000 --> 00:50:36.460 The cross, 00:50:37.300 --> 00:50:41.440 But what about, 00:50:41.760 --> 00:50:43.400 Those who need encouragement, 00:50:44.460 --> 00:50:46.519 What about their deliverance, 00:50:47.800 --> 00:50:49.240 Strike the shepherd, 00:50:49.780 --> 00:50:51.519 And the sheep, 00:50:51.580 --> 00:50:52.340 Will be scattered, 00:50:52.820 --> 00:50:54.460 And I will turn my hand, 00:50:55.120 --> 00:50:55.660 Against, 00:50:56.760 --> 00:50:57.740 The little ones, 00:50:58.880 --> 00:51:00.420 In the striking, 00:51:00.560 --> 00:51:01.360 Of the shepherd, 00:51:02.100 --> 00:51:02.700 The sheep, 00:51:02.820 --> 00:51:03.720 Will be scattered, 00:51:04.720 --> 00:51:06.000 The people of God, 00:51:06.120 --> 00:51:06.700 Those who are, 00:51:07.019 --> 00:51:08.320 The covenant people of God, 00:51:08.420 --> 00:51:08.840 Those who, 00:51:08.960 --> 00:51:10.040 Who have come back, 00:51:10.160 --> 00:51:11.519 From the exile, 00:51:11.660 --> 00:51:12.060 And who are, 00:51:12.380 --> 00:51:13.220 In Jerusalem, 00:51:13.340 --> 00:51:14.300 The people of God, 00:51:14.740 --> 00:51:15.100 They, 00:51:15.460 --> 00:51:16.519 Will be scattered, 00:51:16.660 --> 00:51:17.900 When this moment, 00:51:18.360 --> 00:51:19.000 Takes place, 00:51:19.780 --> 00:51:21.120 And that's what, 00:51:21.320 --> 00:51:22.300 Jesus warned, 00:51:22.360 --> 00:51:23.300 The disciples about, 00:51:24.220 --> 00:51:25.019 That when, 00:51:25.120 --> 00:51:26.340 This happened to him, 00:51:26.800 --> 00:51:28.000 That they would all, 00:51:28.460 --> 00:51:29.400 Fall away, 00:51:30.340 --> 00:51:31.320 And that he would be, 00:51:31.700 --> 00:51:32.620 Left alone, 00:51:33.420 --> 00:51:34.180 And as we read on, 00:51:34.260 --> 00:51:34.640 In Matthew, 00:51:34.639 --> 00:51:36.679 26, 00:51:36.679 --> 00:51:37.819 That's exactly, 00:51:37.819 --> 00:51:38.480 What happened, 00:51:38.839 --> 00:51:40.119 They all fell away, 00:51:40.239 --> 00:51:40.940 And we know that, 00:51:41.099 --> 00:51:42.980 That Peter went to deny him, 00:51:43.879 --> 00:51:44.699 But they left, 00:51:45.039 --> 00:51:45.460 Jesus, 00:51:45.920 --> 00:51:46.379 Alone, 00:51:47.559 --> 00:51:48.239 The scattering, 00:51:48.460 --> 00:51:49.379 In that moment, 00:51:50.659 --> 00:51:51.079 A moment, 00:51:51.179 --> 00:51:52.119 That was unique, 00:51:53.319 --> 00:51:54.039 And a moment, 00:51:54.199 --> 00:51:55.440 That is unrepeatable, 00:51:56.379 --> 00:51:57.940 Because the people of God, 00:51:58.400 --> 00:51:59.319 Simply do not, 00:52:00.799 --> 00:52:01.920 Scatter themselves, 00:52:01.920 --> 00:52:03.139 Or disperse themselves, 00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:03.980 Away from, 00:52:04.320 --> 00:52:04.880 From the, 00:52:04.920 --> 00:52:06.099 The death of Christ, 00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:07.059 It's the very place, 00:52:07.139 --> 00:52:07.900 Around which, 00:52:08.619 --> 00:52:09.280 They gather, 00:52:09.740 --> 00:52:10.380 Remembering, 00:52:10.800 --> 00:52:11.960 The death of the Lord, 00:52:12.599 --> 00:52:13.820 The sheep will be scattered, 00:52:15.420 --> 00:52:17.780 And I will turn my hand, 00:52:19.200 --> 00:52:19.740 Against, 00:52:20.920 --> 00:52:21.940 The little ones, 00:52:22.320 --> 00:52:24.639 Who are, 00:52:24.840 --> 00:52:25.599 The little ones, 00:52:27.039 --> 00:52:28.420 They are the little ones, 00:52:28.539 --> 00:52:28.840 Who are, 00:52:29.380 --> 00:52:30.380 Sensing their weakness, 00:52:30.500 --> 00:52:31.260 In chapter four, 00:52:31.920 --> 00:52:33.420 They are the little ones, 00:52:33.460 --> 00:52:34.079 Who are sensing, 00:52:34.079 --> 00:52:35.559 The power of the enemy, 00:52:36.700 --> 00:52:37.800 They are the little ones, 00:52:37.900 --> 00:52:38.159 Who are, 00:52:38.159 --> 00:52:39.900 Are sensing the absence of God, 00:52:41.099 --> 00:52:42.400 They are the little ones, 00:52:42.460 --> 00:52:43.720 Who are the people of God, 00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:45.900 And who are looking to rediscover, 00:52:47.180 --> 00:52:47.720 The grace, 00:52:47.840 --> 00:52:48.139 The love, 00:52:48.240 --> 00:52:49.840 The covenant love of God, 00:52:49.880 --> 00:52:50.539 In their lives, 00:52:51.400 --> 00:52:52.180 They are the little ones, 00:52:52.260 --> 00:52:54.400 Who are looking to be lifted up, 00:52:55.599 --> 00:52:56.380 They have been humbled, 00:52:56.480 --> 00:52:57.519 And crushed to the ground, 00:52:57.599 --> 00:52:59.280 By all that has happened to them, 00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:00.900 And they are looking for God, 00:53:00.900 --> 00:53:03.539 To place his arms around them, 00:53:03.539 --> 00:53:05.220 And to lift them up, 00:53:06.180 --> 00:53:08.460 They are the little ones, 00:53:08.880 --> 00:53:11.380 And interestingly, 00:53:11.579 --> 00:53:12.200 Jesus says, 00:53:12.420 --> 00:53:14.139 In the gospel, 00:53:15.180 --> 00:53:15.680 Of John, 00:53:15.760 --> 00:53:16.340 I think it is, 00:53:16.380 --> 00:53:17.039 He says to them, 00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:18.139 That it is, 00:53:18.300 --> 00:53:20.180 The father's good pleasure, 00:53:20.720 --> 00:53:23.380 To give the little flock, 00:53:23.519 --> 00:53:24.420 The kingdom, 00:53:25.920 --> 00:53:26.820 The little ones, 00:53:26.820 --> 00:53:28.880 You and I tonight, 00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:30.900 As the children of God, 00:53:31.700 --> 00:53:33.260 The ones humbled, 00:53:33.260 --> 00:53:34.800 By your journey through life, 00:53:35.340 --> 00:53:37.460 The ones who need to rediscover, 00:53:37.460 --> 00:53:39.080 The presence of God, 00:53:39.120 --> 00:53:40.120 And the power of God, 00:53:41.260 --> 00:53:42.280 The little ones, 00:53:43.280 --> 00:53:45.100 And with regard to the little ones, 00:53:45.099 --> 00:53:47.400 I will turn my hand, 00:53:47.400 --> 00:53:47.900 Against, 00:53:47.900 --> 00:53:49.759 Against, 00:53:50.159 --> 00:53:51.980 The little ones, 00:53:52.319 --> 00:53:55.779 And there is a preposition here, 00:53:56.659 --> 00:53:57.920 And we can, 00:53:58.420 --> 00:54:00.059 Translate it in a negative way, 00:54:00.159 --> 00:54:01.239 Or a positive way, 00:54:02.259 --> 00:54:02.920 In the, 00:54:03.420 --> 00:54:04.679 Translation that we have here, 00:54:05.019 --> 00:54:05.980 I will turn my hand, 00:54:06.079 --> 00:54:07.259 Against the little ones, 00:54:08.420 --> 00:54:09.960 It's turning against them, 00:54:10.159 --> 00:54:11.000 As their enemy, 00:54:11.659 --> 00:54:12.440 To destroy, 00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:14.099 And to tear apart, 00:54:14.280 --> 00:54:14.700 And to, 00:54:14.700 --> 00:54:16.039 To consume, 00:54:16.159 --> 00:54:17.240 And to remove out of sight, 00:54:18.280 --> 00:54:21.920 But if you read the preposition, 00:54:22.119 --> 00:54:23.280 In a positive way, 00:54:25.039 --> 00:54:26.500 It speaks of protection, 00:54:27.260 --> 00:54:29.139 It speaks of care, 00:54:30.039 --> 00:54:31.079 It speaks of, 00:54:31.079 --> 00:54:32.599 Of what a shepherd does, 00:54:33.820 --> 00:54:36.000 That he lays his hands, 00:54:36.000 --> 00:54:37.920 On those who are his sheep, 00:54:39.599 --> 00:54:41.639 And I suggest to you tonight, 00:54:41.639 --> 00:54:43.039 That we should read, 00:54:43.440 --> 00:54:45.099 This part of this verse, 00:54:45.500 --> 00:54:47.480 I will turn my hands, 00:54:47.940 --> 00:54:48.779 Towards, 00:54:49.719 --> 00:54:50.500 The little ones, 00:54:51.420 --> 00:54:52.619 He will place, 00:54:53.379 --> 00:54:54.159 His hand, 00:54:54.719 --> 00:54:55.619 Upon them, 00:54:56.579 --> 00:54:58.239 And when God does that, 00:54:58.559 --> 00:54:59.500 On your life, 00:55:00.019 --> 00:55:00.859 And on mine, 00:55:01.559 --> 00:55:02.759 It's transformation, 00:55:03.940 --> 00:55:05.199 However it's going to work, 00:55:05.279 --> 00:55:06.420 It's going to bring about, 00:55:06.699 --> 00:55:07.619 Transformation, 00:55:07.619 --> 00:55:10.279 And there are two things, 00:55:10.480 --> 00:55:12.059 That I want us to carry with us, 00:55:12.079 --> 00:55:13.500 As we come to close, 00:55:13.619 --> 00:55:14.380 And think of, 00:55:14.619 --> 00:55:16.179 Of the hand of, 00:55:16.799 --> 00:55:17.940 God being upon us, 00:55:17.960 --> 00:55:18.779 As the little ones, 00:55:19.619 --> 00:55:21.460 And the first thing is, 00:55:22.139 --> 00:55:24.039 That he causes us, 00:55:24.139 --> 00:55:25.299 To turn around, 00:55:25.900 --> 00:55:27.279 And to see exactly, 00:55:27.759 --> 00:55:28.819 What God has done, 00:55:29.359 --> 00:55:30.719 On Calvary's cross, 00:55:31.519 --> 00:55:32.880 And that turning we see, 00:55:33.019 --> 00:55:34.319 In verse 10, 00:55:34.400 --> 00:55:35.400 Of the previous chapter, 00:55:35.400 --> 00:55:39.220 I will pour out, 00:55:39.320 --> 00:55:40.119 On the house of David, 00:55:40.280 --> 00:55:41.500 And the inhabitants of Jerusalem, 00:55:42.180 --> 00:55:43.059 A spirit of grace, 00:55:43.240 --> 00:55:44.139 And pleas for mercy, 00:55:44.360 --> 00:55:45.000 So that, 00:55:45.700 --> 00:55:46.700 When they look on me, 00:55:47.340 --> 00:55:48.820 On him whom they have pierced, 00:55:49.240 --> 00:55:50.539 They shall mourn for him, 00:55:50.960 --> 00:55:52.920 As one mourns for an only child, 00:55:53.480 --> 00:55:54.960 And weep bitterly over him, 00:55:55.340 --> 00:55:57.400 As one weeps over a firstborn, 00:55:57.400 --> 00:56:01.380 What is the first thing, 00:56:01.380 --> 00:56:02.200 That happens, 00:56:02.200 --> 00:56:05.139 When God puts his hand, 00:56:05.220 --> 00:56:05.960 On your life, 00:56:06.519 --> 00:56:07.400 To be his child, 00:56:08.780 --> 00:56:09.880 It's you turn around, 00:56:10.039 --> 00:56:11.880 Because you sense the presence, 00:56:13.180 --> 00:56:14.420 And in turning around, 00:56:15.079 --> 00:56:17.260 The scene opens before you, 00:56:18.139 --> 00:56:20.039 And you will come to see, 00:56:20.500 --> 00:56:22.840 Exactly what Zechariah is saying here, 00:56:22.840 --> 00:56:25.460 You will look on Jesus Christ, 00:56:25.519 --> 00:56:26.100 On the cross, 00:56:27.120 --> 00:56:28.260 Pierced for your sins, 00:56:28.760 --> 00:56:29.100 Wounded, 00:56:29.300 --> 00:56:30.460 Crushed for our iniquities, 00:56:31.019 --> 00:56:32.500 You will look to him, 00:56:33.300 --> 00:56:34.280 And you will mourn, 00:56:34.320 --> 00:56:34.980 And you will cry, 00:56:35.420 --> 00:56:36.360 Because of, 00:56:36.860 --> 00:56:38.320 What your sin has done, 00:56:38.440 --> 00:56:39.720 And because of what he has, 00:56:39.720 --> 00:56:41.400 Suffered for you, 00:56:41.400 --> 00:56:44.500 And we can jump forward, 00:56:44.579 --> 00:56:45.500 To Acts chapter 2, 00:56:45.660 --> 00:56:47.079 Where Peter is, 00:56:47.619 --> 00:56:49.260 Preaching on that day of Pentecost, 00:56:49.400 --> 00:56:49.880 And he's, 00:56:50.320 --> 00:56:51.099 Telling the people, 00:56:51.240 --> 00:56:52.700 That Jesus whom you have crucified, 00:56:53.320 --> 00:56:54.099 God has made him, 00:56:54.340 --> 00:56:55.460 Both Lord and Christ, 00:56:56.400 --> 00:56:57.320 And what happened, 00:56:58.240 --> 00:56:59.660 They were cut to the heart, 00:57:01.099 --> 00:57:02.180 The sword of the spirit, 00:57:02.320 --> 00:57:03.240 Pierced their hearts, 00:57:04.340 --> 00:57:04.920 Men and brothers, 00:57:05.039 --> 00:57:06.019 What can we do, 00:57:07.400 --> 00:57:07.980 Repent, 00:57:09.220 --> 00:57:10.800 And be converted, 00:57:11.400 --> 00:57:12.039 Be baptized, 00:57:12.180 --> 00:57:13.079 In the name of Jesus Christ, 00:57:13.460 --> 00:57:15.380 For the forgiveness of sins, 00:57:15.960 --> 00:57:17.039 And you will receive, 00:57:17.139 --> 00:57:19.139 The gift of the Holy Spirit, 00:57:20.160 --> 00:57:21.559 The hand of God, 00:57:22.820 --> 00:57:24.460 That turns our lives around, 00:57:24.960 --> 00:57:26.960 That brings Jesus, 00:57:26.960 --> 00:57:28.619 Into our focus, 00:57:29.360 --> 00:57:30.940 That gives us a faith, 00:57:30.980 --> 00:57:32.420 That is fixed upon him, 00:57:33.420 --> 00:57:35.139 And that gives us a heart, 00:57:35.660 --> 00:57:37.019 Devoted to him, 00:57:37.500 --> 00:57:38.400 The son of God, 00:57:38.720 --> 00:57:39.619 Who loved me, 00:57:39.740 --> 00:57:40.860 And who gave himself, 00:57:41.400 --> 00:57:42.360 For me, 00:57:42.360 --> 00:57:42.380 For me, 00:57:42.900 --> 00:57:45.860 And tonight, 00:57:46.019 --> 00:57:47.619 You can ask yourself, 00:57:48.160 --> 00:57:50.599 If the touch of God, 00:57:50.720 --> 00:57:52.519 Has so come upon your life, 00:57:53.099 --> 00:57:55.320 You can ask yourself, 00:57:55.680 --> 00:57:56.660 If your life, 00:57:56.740 --> 00:57:57.860 Has been turned around, 00:57:59.300 --> 00:58:00.720 A change of direction, 00:58:00.920 --> 00:58:01.380 Instead of, 00:58:01.780 --> 00:58:03.000 Walking away from God, 00:58:03.059 --> 00:58:04.220 And walking away, 00:58:04.220 --> 00:58:05.099 From the Lord Jesus, 00:58:05.099 --> 00:58:07.319 Having your eyes, 00:58:07.319 --> 00:58:07.319 00:58:07.480 --> 00:58:08.360 Fixed upon him, 00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:10.719 He's still resistible, 00:58:11.319 --> 00:58:12.819 You cannot live without him, 00:58:13.719 --> 00:58:15.279 He is all that you need, 00:58:15.920 --> 00:58:17.259 For satisfaction, 00:58:17.480 --> 00:58:18.139 For fulfillment, 00:58:18.679 --> 00:58:19.799 As he is all that you need, 00:58:20.059 --> 00:58:21.639 For peace with God, 00:58:22.339 --> 00:58:24.019 The hand of God, 00:58:24.579 --> 00:58:25.360 That begins, 00:58:25.860 --> 00:58:26.860 That great work, 00:58:27.380 --> 00:58:28.079 In the lives, 00:58:28.079 --> 00:58:29.059 Of those who are, 00:58:29.860 --> 00:58:30.900 The little flock, 00:58:32.119 --> 00:58:33.659 Those whom God has come, 00:58:34.199 --> 00:58:34.960 To save, 00:58:35.500 --> 00:58:36.819 And to give the kingdom to, 00:58:36.820 --> 00:58:39.220 And what is the second thing? 00:58:41.340 --> 00:58:42.700 It is the way in which, 00:58:43.460 --> 00:58:44.840 Seheriah goes on, 00:58:45.360 --> 00:58:46.900 In verse number 8, 00:58:47.539 --> 00:58:49.039 The whole land declares the Lord, 00:58:49.460 --> 00:58:50.580 Two thirds shall be cut off, 00:58:50.640 --> 00:58:51.019 And perish, 00:58:51.539 --> 00:58:52.519 And the one third, 00:58:52.880 --> 00:58:54.059 Shall be left alive, 00:58:54.200 --> 00:58:55.700 And I will put this third, 00:58:55.780 --> 00:58:56.460 Into the fire, 00:58:56.920 --> 00:58:58.080 And refine them as one, 00:58:58.140 --> 00:58:58.840 Refine silver, 00:58:58.840 --> 00:59:01.440 And test them as gold is tested, 00:59:01.440 --> 00:59:05.119 What begins, 00:59:06.139 --> 00:59:08.280 When God places his hand upon us, 00:59:09.119 --> 00:59:10.780 There is the turning to look to Jesus, 00:59:11.900 --> 00:59:12.840 And there is also, 00:59:13.880 --> 00:59:15.559 The certainty that we are called, 00:59:15.700 --> 00:59:16.780 To suffer for him, 00:59:17.860 --> 00:59:19.940 And God begins a process, 00:59:21.400 --> 00:59:23.240 Through which he removes, 00:59:24.700 --> 00:59:26.480 Everything in our lives, 00:59:26.860 --> 00:59:27.700 And in our faith, 00:59:27.860 --> 00:59:28.539 The impurities, 00:59:29.179 --> 00:59:30.900 He cleanses and he purifies, 00:59:30.900 --> 00:59:32.599 And he brings us through life, 00:59:33.019 --> 00:59:35.019 So that we leave all of these things behind, 00:59:36.119 --> 00:59:37.639 Some of which are childish things, 00:59:38.019 --> 00:59:39.519 Some of which are sinful things, 00:59:40.000 --> 00:59:41.820 Some of which do not belong, 00:59:41.940 --> 00:59:43.619 To the life of faith at all, 00:59:44.840 --> 00:59:47.200 God with his hand upon our life, 00:59:47.860 --> 00:59:48.660 He will purify, 00:59:49.019 --> 00:59:50.019 And he will cleanse, 00:59:50.380 --> 00:59:51.380 And he will transform, 00:59:52.579 --> 00:59:54.220 And that whole process, 00:59:54.400 --> 00:59:55.900 Is what we see in the New Testament, 00:59:57.220 --> 00:59:58.599 Where the people of God, 00:59:58.680 --> 00:59:59.820 The little flock, 00:59:59.820 --> 01:00:02.320 Are being changed, 01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:03.460 Into the likeness, 01:00:03.940 --> 01:00:05.600 Of the Son of God, 01:00:05.940 --> 01:00:08.019 Transformed into his image, 01:00:09.019 --> 01:00:10.400 The deliverance, 01:00:10.940 --> 01:00:14.380 The threefold connections, 01:00:14.380 --> 01:00:15.580 Of the deliverance, 01:00:15.700 --> 01:00:17.000 As we close, 01:00:18.440 --> 01:00:19.559 The hand of God, 01:00:19.940 --> 01:00:21.920 Brings Jesus to our attention, 01:00:21.920 --> 01:00:24.460 And we're fixed upon him, 01:00:24.539 --> 01:00:27.700 The hand of God, 01:00:27.700 --> 01:00:27.700 01:00:27.700 --> 01:00:27.700 01:00:27.700 --> 01:00:30.880 Begins to work in our lives, 01:00:31.079 --> 01:00:32.780 To cleanse and to purify, 01:00:34.019 --> 01:00:35.240 And the hand of God, 01:00:35.420 --> 01:00:36.119 Will ensure, 01:00:36.680 --> 01:00:39.139 That we will never be lost, 01:00:39.800 --> 01:00:41.280 But that the day will come, 01:00:41.420 --> 01:00:42.700 When the kingdom, 01:00:42.860 --> 01:00:43.740 That he speaks about, 01:00:43.800 --> 01:00:44.500 In the next chapter, 01:00:44.500 --> 01:00:46.460 When we will go into that, 01:00:46.460 --> 01:00:48.340 Eternal kingdom of the Messiah, 01:00:48.920 --> 01:00:52.219 And be in perfect peace with God, 01:00:52.780 --> 01:00:54.119 There forevermore, 01:00:54.619 --> 01:00:55.440 And may God, 01:00:56.059 --> 01:00:57.659 Help us to appreciate, 01:00:58.219 --> 01:01:00.000 The processes through which, 01:01:00.059 --> 01:01:00.820 God went there, 01:01:01.179 --> 01:01:02.619 The work which Jesus did, 01:01:03.619 --> 01:01:05.300 And the work which he is now doing, 01:01:05.400 --> 01:01:06.480 In our hearts and lives, 01:01:07.059 --> 01:01:07.960 As he brings, 01:01:08.300 --> 01:01:09.559 His own purpose to pass, 01:01:10.199 --> 01:01:11.280 In building his church, 01:01:11.280 --> 01:01:12.880 And in establishing, 01:01:13.320 --> 01:01:14.860 His people in the world, 01:01:15.180 --> 01:01:16.400 May God bless his word to us, 01:01:16.500 --> 01:01:17.040 Let us pray, 01:01:17.480 --> 01:01:19.740 Most gracious God, 01:01:19.840 --> 01:01:22.019 We give thanks to you, 01:01:22.160 --> 01:01:24.540 For your goodness to us, 01:01:24.600 --> 01:01:25.880 And for the way in which you, 01:01:26.640 --> 01:01:28.900 Planted your son in this world, 01:01:29.000 --> 01:01:31.060 The way in which he came to live here, 01:01:31.800 --> 01:01:32.620 We give thanks to you, 01:01:32.660 --> 01:01:33.500 For the way in which, 01:01:34.060 --> 01:01:35.820 On that cross at Calvary, 01:01:36.519 --> 01:01:37.180 The way in which, 01:01:37.640 --> 01:01:39.640 The judgment of this world took place, 01:01:40.180 --> 01:01:41.060 And the way in which, 01:01:41.059 --> 01:01:42.119 The ruler of this world, 01:01:42.179 --> 01:01:43.079 Was cast out, 01:01:43.619 --> 01:01:44.840 And we are thankful to you, 01:01:44.920 --> 01:01:46.679 For the peace that is ours, 01:01:46.799 --> 01:01:47.900 Through faith in his name, 01:01:48.619 --> 01:01:49.500 We give thanks to you also, 01:01:49.639 --> 01:01:51.139 For the protection that is ours, 01:01:51.679 --> 01:01:52.659 And we give thanks to you, 01:01:52.699 --> 01:01:54.940 That no matter how great we may see, 01:01:55.719 --> 01:01:57.500 The power of our enemies, 01:01:57.619 --> 01:01:58.579 And of our great enemy, 01:01:58.679 --> 01:01:59.519 From time to time, 01:02:00.119 --> 01:02:01.119 We are thankful to you, 01:02:01.199 --> 01:02:03.159 That the victory belongs to you, 01:02:03.599 --> 01:02:04.599 And because it does, 01:02:04.699 --> 01:02:06.099 That we are more than conquerors, 01:02:06.519 --> 01:02:07.659 Through him who loved us, 01:02:07.659 --> 01:02:08.639 So hear us, 01:02:08.679 --> 01:02:10.279 And accept your prayer, 01:02:10.440 --> 01:02:10.920 And bless you, 01:02:10.960 --> 01:02:11.460 Lord we ask, 01:02:11.899 --> 01:02:12.639 For we ask these things, 01:02:12.719 --> 01:02:13.379 For Jesus' sake, 01:02:14.179 --> 01:02:14.500 Amen, 01:02:14.500 --> 01:02:20.099 So the closing psalm, 01:02:20.159 --> 01:02:22.039 Is psalm number 126, 01:02:22.139 --> 01:02:23.159 In the Scottish Psalter, 01:02:23.860 --> 01:02:25.579 It's on page 419, 01:02:28.280 --> 01:02:30.559 And we sing the whole of the psalm, 01:02:30.659 --> 01:02:31.900 Psalm 126, 01:02:32.500 --> 01:02:33.559 The whole of the psalm, 01:02:34.519 --> 01:02:35.159 The tune is, 01:02:35.400 --> 01:02:35.719 Lingam, 01:02:37.079 --> 01:02:38.099 If I pronounced that right, 01:02:39.400 --> 01:02:40.239 Psalm 126, 01:02:40.239 --> 01:02:41.799 When Zion's bondage, 01:02:41.979 --> 01:02:42.899 God turned back, 01:02:43.439 --> 01:02:44.859 As men had dreamed were we, 01:02:45.479 --> 01:02:47.079 And filled with laughter was our mouth, 01:02:47.719 --> 01:02:49.239 Our tongue with melody, 01:02:50.000 --> 01:02:51.619 We stand to sing the whole of the psalm, 01:02:51.679 --> 01:02:52.279 To God's praise. 01:02:52.280 --> 01:02:52.960 singing, 01:02:52.960 --> 01:02:55.519 singing, 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:02:55.519 01:02:55.519 --> 01:03:13.619 When time on is gone sometime, I'll spend a dream where we, I'll spend a dream where we, 01:03:13.619 --> 01:03:33.420 And filled with rock, our walls are mine, Our tongue with melody, our tongue with melody, our tongue with melody. 01:03:33.420 --> 01:03:51.180 They must be, and said the Lord, make things more than hath bought, make things more than hath bought. 01:03:51.179 --> 01:04:13.179 The Lord hath done, make things more than hath bought, when joy to us is gone. 01:04:13.179 --> 01:04:28.179 As streams water in the south, our bondage are become, our bondage are become. 01:04:28.179 --> 01:04:35.179 The Lord hath done, make things more than hath bought, when joy to us is gone. 01:04:35.179 --> 01:04:42.179 The Lord hath done, make things more than hath bought, when joy to us is gone. 01:04:42.179 --> 01:04:49.179 The Lord hath done, make things more than hath bought, when joy to us is gone. 01:04:49.179 --> 01:04:57.179 The Lord hath done, make things more than hath bought, when joy to us is gone. 01:04:57.179 --> 01:05:04.179 The Lord hath done, make things more than hath bought, when joy to us is gone. 01:05:04.179 --> 01:05:12.179 The Lord hath done, make things more than hath bought, when joy to us is gone. 01:05:12.179 --> 01:05:31.179 The Lord hath done, make things more than hath bought, when joy to us is gone. 01:05:31.179 --> 01:05:39.980 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, the Father, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, be with you all now and forevermore. Amen. 01:05:39.980 --> 01:05:42.980 And I'll go to the main door.