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 Well, we begin our worship this evening by singing to God's praise from Psalm 1a, the

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 Sing Psalms version, Psalm 1a, page 1 of the Psalm books.

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 We're going to sing the whole of this, Psalm verse 1 to verse 6.

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 Blessed is the one who turns away from where the wicked walk, who does not stand in sinners

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 paths or sit with those who mock.

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 We'll sing from verse 1, the whole of the Psalm, to God's praise.

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 Blessed is the one who turns away from where the wicked walk, who does not stand in sinners

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 paths or sit with those who mock.

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 Instead, he finds the story of His joy and great delight.

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 He makes the precepts of the Lord this sunny day and night.

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 He prospers ever like a tree that's planted by a stream.

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 And in due season heals this fruit, this peace I always bring.

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 Not so the wicked day are like the child that's born away.

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 They will not stand when judgment comes or with the righteous day.

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 It is the Lord who sees and knows the way the righteous go.

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 But those who live and need the life the Lord will overthrow.

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 Let's bow our heads now in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord, our gracious God, as we continue to worship you this day, as we give thanks for your own

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 day, the Lord's day, as we gather as a people, not just here, but to all ends of the earth,

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 we thank you that your name is praised from the rising to the setting of the sun, that in

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 many different nations and among many different people, in many different languages, your name

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 is praised and your word is heard.

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 And we thank you that your word is that constant companion to your people, that in whatever language

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 it is heard and read, we thank you for its power.

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 We thank you for its strength to build up your people in any and every circumstance.

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 And we thank you for the reminder in what we have sung together there from the psalm, that

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 your people are blessed who turn not away from it.

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 We thank you, Lord, that you are the one who builds your people up, who makes them to flourish.

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 In the midst of everything that this world may throw at us, we thank you that faith is rooted

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 not in ourselves or the things of this world, but in you as our God, the one who is immovable

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 and unchangeable, the one same yesterday, today and forever.

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 And we thank you that as we come together anew this evening, that we have your word before

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 us and that longing and desire to hear it and to grow by it.

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 And we pray that every one of us here tonight will hear your word speaking to us, that whatever

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 else in the busyness of life we are hearing, the many different voices that clamor for our

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 attention and our thoughts, we thank you that your voice is powerful and that even when

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 we are deaf to it, even when we have no interest in it, that you have power by your Spirit to

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 open our ears to hear and to open our hearts to receive.

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 And we ask that as we join together and as we pray together, even just now, that you will

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 prepare our hearts, that you will prepare us in heart, mind and soul to meet with you and

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 to hear you and to know the great concern and compassion that you have towards us as your

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 people.

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 Yes, we may have strayed as so many do.

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 Yes, may we have wandered off and gone our own ways.

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 But we thank you that the word tells us of the great shepherd, the one you sent into this

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 world to shepherd your people, to gather your people, to bring them to yourself.

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 And we thank you that our great shepherd is the one who calls us, even this evening, who

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 calls us by name to come out and to follow him.

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 And we thank you that we have such a precious Savior.

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 The one who shepherds us is none other than your Son, Christ Jesus.

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 And we thank you that you saw our great need.

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 You saw our great lostness, how far away we had wandered, that you saw the great need to

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 send your Son as the only way to salvation, the only way to save your people from their

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 sins.

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 And we thank you that as your truth reminds us that a great price was paid for our sin,

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 the price that we could never pay ourselves.

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 Lord, we thank you that Jesus, in going to the cross, in bearing its shame, in all that

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 it entailed, the mocking, the cursing, the darkness, the pain, the sorrow of it, we thank

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 you that he bore our sins there.

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 And we thank you that we are reminded today that as he died, yes, he rose again.

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 And he is at your right hand even now.

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 And so we pray, Lord, that you will help us to be assured in that and confident in it,

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 that whatever security this world might offer us, that we would see it's nothing but temporary,

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 that the security we have in Christ is eternal and will last forever, never perishing.

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 So bless us together this evening.

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 Bless all our homes and our families represented here.

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 We thank you for all that we see before us and pray that you will bless us, Lord.

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 We thank you for all who tune in online as well.

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 And we pray blessing to them as well, wherever they gather.

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 We pray, Lord, that you will use your word to each and every one of us, that powerful word.

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 We pray that it will help us to know your great love and compassion that's unchanging,

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 to know the challenge it gives to us as well, to convict and to convert us.

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 When we lie in sin, Lord, we know that we are dead.

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 But we thank you for the life that it is in Christ, the life that he gives.

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 And so we pray that together as a people from youngest to oldest,

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 in our homes and our families and our community,

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 that your spirit will be working to bring life, to bring newness, to bring renewal for us,

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 even at the beginning of a new year, Lord.

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 We pray that as we go on in the seasons of this year,

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 as we see the darkness turning to light in the days and months ahead,

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 as we see the bare ground bearing its seed once again and giving growth,

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 we pray, Lord, that not just in these natural ways around us,

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 but also in a spiritual way that we would see progression in every way for your church this year,

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 to bring people from darkness to light, to see new growth and new life,

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 to see days of salvation, days of rejoicing in your goodness to us.

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 We pray that it will be true for ourselves as a people here

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 and that as we endeavor and go on in your strength and prayerfully

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 to reach out with the gospel to all around us,

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 we pray that you will direct our paths and give us a vision for it,

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 give us encouragement in it.

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 We thank you for all the ongoing work and work that resumes again,

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 and even in this coming week,

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 for our young people with the toddler group and the explorers resuming in this coming week.

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 We pray for our young people.

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 We pray for them, not just in preschool and in primary school,

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 but up through high school and even into late teens and early adulthood.

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 We pray for your spirit to move among them, Lord,

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 for people to show an interest in them,

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 for us as a people, as your people,

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 to show an interest in all the lives that we see around us,

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 not just to criticize or to condemn,

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 but to encourage and to show them the love of Christ,

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 to show them a better way,

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 to show them your paths and your ways.

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 And we pray, Lord, that you will give us

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 prayerful insight into how to reach out to them,

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 how to show them a different life,

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 a different way.

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 We pray, Lord, that you will give us wisdom and help.

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 We pray that for every endeavor that we have to reach out with the gospel.

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 We thank you for Friday,

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 the free and the many connections that have been made there

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 and relationships being built up.

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 And we pray that you'll continue to bless every meeting of it in this coming year,

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 that we will see familiar faces coming through our doors again,

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 but also new faces coming in as well,

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 and people we can relate with and show love to and compassion to.

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 We pray for the 55 plus group as well as they continue to meet.

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 We thank you for every encouragement in this past year

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 as it's resumed once again.

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 And we pray, Lord, to continue to bless every meeting of it,

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 to encourage that fellowship with one another,

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 meeting up in an informal way and yet a constructive way as well,

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 and offering praise and worship to you.

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 So we pray, Lord, and thank you for all who help in all these endeavors.

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 And we pray that you will build us up as a people here,

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 that we will first and foremost be a praying people wherever we are,

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 and that we will be a willing people,

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 that you will make us willing and use us, Lord, for your glory.

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 Remember us in our particular needs as well as a people,

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 those who are unwell, those who are mourning,

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 those who are going through difficult periods in life,

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 just now, Lord.

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 We continue to pray for and uphold them in our prayers.

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 And we ask, Lord, that in all our different needs,

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 that you will surround us with your strength and with your grace.

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 We do pray for James and Donna and continue to commit them to you.

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 We pray, Lord, that the way ahead for Donna will be clearer and smoother in these days ahead,

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 that the infection would clear,

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 and that it would be able to give further treatment and surgery to her as required.

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 Uphold her and be her strength at this time.

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 And to James as well and all the family as we commit them to you.

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 And others too, Lord, in our belonging to us as a congregation,

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 we pray help and comfort and your grace towards those who need you.

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 And particularly in times of mourning just now and in funerals even to take place in this coming week,

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 we pray for your word to be blessed and your spirit to be present,

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 to comfort, to uphold.

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 So we ask all these things looking to you.

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 We thank you that you are the one we can call upon,

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 that you are near to your people,

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 that you hear us in our prayers,

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 and that you are the one we look to do abundantly more than we ask or imagine.

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 We pray that you will continue then to build your church up near and far,

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 to bless all your people, your praying people,

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 to bless those who rule over our nation and the many nations of this world.

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 We pray, Lord, to see days of peace,

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 days of your goodness and mercy towards us.

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 We ask all these things,

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 confessing our own sin,

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 how far short we fall on a daily basis.

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 And yet we thank you,

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 even as we will read in a moment,

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 of how you are able to cast our sins away.

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 And we thank you for that,

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 for the great salvation and the great God that you are,

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 that no God compares to you.

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 So hear us in our prayers and continue with us now,

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 pardoning us and cleansing us from all sin.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing together again Psalm 103 in the Scottish Psalter Version.

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 Psalm 103, page 369.

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 And we'll sing from verse 8 down to verse 13.

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 Psalm 103 at verse 8.

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 Verse 12 says,

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 So far as east is distant from the west,

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 so far as he from us removed in his love all our iniquity.

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 So we'll sing from verse 8 down to verse 13 to God's praise.

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 The Lord our God is merciful,

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 and he is gracious.

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 He will not try continually,

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 nor keep his anger still.

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 With us he dealt,

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 nor does he sin,

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 nor did he quite adieu.

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 For us the heaven in his sight,

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 we are survived.

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 So great to know that you in here,

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 His tender mercies are.

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 As far as east is distant from the west,

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 so far hath he,

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 from us removed in his love all our iniquity.

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 Such pity as the Father hath

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 and to his children dear.

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 Like pity shows the Lord to such

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 as worship him in fear.

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 We'll turn together to read in the Old Testament

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 in the book of Micah.

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 We're going to read in chapter 7.

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 Micah chapter 7.

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 Find this around page 943 of the church Bibles.

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 Micah chapter 7.

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 Last Sunday morning it was,

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 we were looking at Micah chapter 6

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 and seeing the kind of judgment

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 that Micah was showing to the people

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 and how the Lord was speaking to the people.

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 In verse 3 of chapter 6 it says,

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 O my people, what have I done to you?

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 How have I wearied you?

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 Answer me.

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 The Lord calling to his people

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 and then showing the great things

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 that he has done for them

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 and seeking that they would return

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 and walk humbly with the Lord.

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 So we're going to continue on from that

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 into chapter 7.

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 Reading the whole of this chapter.

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 Woe is me, for I have become

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 as when the summer fruit has been gathered,

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 as when the grapes have been gleaned.

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 There is no cluster to eat,

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 no first ripe fig that my soul desires.

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 The godly has perished from the earth

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 and there is no one upright among mankind.

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 They all lie in wait for blood

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 and each hunts the other with a net.

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 Their hands are on what is evil to do it well.

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 The prince and the judge ask for a bribe

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 and the great man utters the evil desire of his soul.

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 Thus they weave it together.

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 The best of them is like a briar,

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 the most upright of them,

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 a thorn hedge.

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 The day of your watchmen,

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 of your punishment has come.

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 Now their confusion is at hand.

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 Put no trust in a neighbour,

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 have no confidence in a friend.

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 Guard the doors of your mouth

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 from her who lies in your arms.

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 For the son treats the father with contempt.

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 The daughter rises up against her mother,

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 the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

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 A man's enemies are the men of his own house.

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 But as for me,

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 I will look to the Lord.

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 I will wait for the God of my salvation.

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 My God will hear me.

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 Rejoice not over me, O my enemy.

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 When I fall, I shall rise.

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 When I sit in darkness,

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 the Lord will be a light to me.

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 I will bear the indignation of the Lord

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 because I have sinned against him.

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 Until he pleads my cause

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 and executes judgment for me.

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 He will bring me out to the light.

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 I shall look upon his vindication.

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 Then my enemy will see

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 and shame will cover her who said to me,

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 Where is the Lord your God?

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 My eyes will look upon her.

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 Now she will be trampled down

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 like the mire of the streets.

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 A day for the building of your walls.

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 In that day,

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 the boundary shall be far extended.

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 In that day,

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 they will come to you

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 from Assyria and the cities of Egypt

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 and from Egypt to the river,

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 from sea to sea

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 and from mountain to mountain.

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 But the earth shall be desolate

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 because of its inhabitants

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 for the fruit of their deeds.

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 Shepherd your people

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 with your staff,

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 the flock of your inheritance

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 who dwell alone in a forest,

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 in the midst of a garden land,

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 let them graze in Bashan and Gilead

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 as in the days of old,

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 as in the days when you came out

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 of the land of Egypt.

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 I will show them marvelous things.

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 The nations shall see

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 and be ashamed of all their might.

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 They shall lay their hands on their mouths.

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 Their ears shall be deaf.

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 They shall lick the dust like a serpent,

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 like the crawling things of the earth.

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 They shall come trembling

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 out of their strongholds.

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 They shall turn in dread

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 to the Lord our God,

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 and they shall be in fear of you.

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 Who is a God like you,

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 pardoning iniquity

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 and passing over transgression

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 for the remnant of his inheritance?

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 He does not retain his anger forever

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 because he delights in steadfast love.

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 He will again have compassion on us.

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 He will tread our iniquities under feet.

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 You will cast all our sins

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 into the depths of the sea.

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 You will show faithfulness to Jacob

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 and steadfast love to Abraham

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 as you have sworn to our fathers

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 from the days of old.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless that reading

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 from his word.

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 Before we turn back

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 to look at this passage,

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 we'll sing again in Psalm 135

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 in the Scottish Psalter,

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 page 426 of the Psalm book.

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 Psalm 135.

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 We sing from verse 15

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 down to the end of the Psalm.

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 Psalm 135 at verse 15.

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 Psalm that speaks of the idols

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 of the nations made of silver

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 and of gold.

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 The idols of the nations

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 of silver and iron gold.

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 And by the hands of men

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 is made their fashion and mold.

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 Mouths they have,

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 but they do not speak.

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 Eyes, but they do not see.

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 Ears have they,

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 but hear not.

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 And in their mouths

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 no breathing be.

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 We'll sing from verse 15

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 down to the end of the Psalm

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 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 The idols of the nations

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 of silver and gold.

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 And by the hands of men

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 is made their passion and mold.

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 Mouths have they,

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 but they do not see.

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 Eyes, but they do not see.

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 Ears have they,

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 but hear not.

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 O Israel's house,

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 O Israel's house,

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 bless God,

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 and bless God,

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 O Israel's family.

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 O bless the Lord of the vices,

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 ye who his servants are.

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 And bless the holy name of God,

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 all ye the Lord that fear.

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 And blessed be the Lord our God,

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 from Zion's holy hill,

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 who dwelleth at Jerusalem,

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 the Lord, O praise ye still.

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 Well, we can turn back together

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 for a time to Micah chapter 7.

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 I'll read again at verse 18.

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 We're going to look really

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 from verse 13 down to the end,

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 but we can read again at verse 18.

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 Who is a God like you,

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 pardoning iniquity

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 and passing over transgression

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 for the remnant of his inheritance?

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 Really that question

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 that we're thinking about this evening,

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 who is a God like you?

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 What God compares to you?

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 I'm sure we're all familiar

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 with making comparisons

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 with different things.

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 We live in a world

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 where we often compare

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 and contrast things,

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 things that we enjoy,

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 maybe others don't,

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 and we speak about them.

00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.740
 We compare cars,

00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:43.060
 we compare athletes,

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 we compare holiday destinations,

00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:46.759
 we compare food.

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 We speak about all these things together,

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 and we all have our opinions

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 as to maybe what is better,

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 what is worse.

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 But one thing that we maybe

00:26:55.700 --> 00:26:57.940
 are familiar with comparing,

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 and it's always being thrown

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 in front of us through adverts,

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 especially on television,

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 is comparing insurance.

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 There's a constant barrage

00:27:07.780 --> 00:27:09.480
 of adverts telling us

00:27:09.480 --> 00:27:10.740
 to compare the market

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 or to go and compare,

00:27:12.740 --> 00:27:14.420
 to find the best deal

00:27:14.420 --> 00:27:16.759
 when it comes to insurance.

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 I'm sure many of you

00:27:18.819 --> 00:27:20.299
 have used these things,

00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.759
 but what do you look for

00:27:21.759 --> 00:27:24.140
 when you use these kind of places?

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 Do you look at just the price,

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 and are you looking just

00:27:28.460 --> 00:27:30.339
 for the cheapest deal,

00:27:31.059 --> 00:27:32.539
 or do you look at the details

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:33.900
 behind the policy?

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 Do you look at actually

00:27:35.099 --> 00:27:37.460
 what's contained in your policy

00:27:37.460 --> 00:27:38.559
 that you might be buying,

00:27:38.940 --> 00:27:40.200
 and see, really, is it?

00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:42.259
 Are you getting value for money?

00:27:42.259 --> 00:27:43.379
 It may be cheap,

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 but us, we often hear,

00:27:46.180 --> 00:27:51.099
 buy cheap, pay dear,

00:27:51.519 --> 00:27:53.220
 is what we're often told.

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 But what about when it comes

00:27:55.480 --> 00:27:59.079
 comparing God in this world,

00:27:59.660 --> 00:28:03.180
 comparing salvation in this world?

00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:04.200
 Where are we looking

00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:05.460
 for that insurance?

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.799
 Where are we looking

00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:08.279
 for that guarantee?

00:28:08.279 --> 00:28:10.460
 Are we looking for just

00:28:10.460 --> 00:28:12.319
 the cheapest option

00:28:12.319 --> 00:28:13.500
 available to us,

00:28:13.579 --> 00:28:15.440
 the easiest option

00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:16.879
 available to us,

00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:18.220
 or are we looking at

00:28:18.220 --> 00:28:19.799
 the fine detail

00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:21.819
 of what's involved?

00:28:22.819 --> 00:28:23.500
 Are we looking at

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:26.000
 the details behind everything

00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.059
 that life entails

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:31.019
 and what eternity entails?

00:28:32.019 --> 00:28:33.539
 When we look at life

00:28:33.539 --> 00:28:34.940
 as it's offered to us

00:28:34.940 --> 00:28:35.700
 in this world,

00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:37.220
 it's so often just,

00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.759
 go on and do your own thing.

00:28:38.920 --> 00:28:40.880
 Live your life to the full.

00:28:40.980 --> 00:28:42.579
 Don't concern yourself

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:44.539
 with God or eternity

00:28:44.539 --> 00:28:47.700
 or anything that the Bible says.

00:28:49.120 --> 00:28:49.839
 And yet, when you look

00:28:49.839 --> 00:28:50.480
 at the Bible

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.759
 and what the Bible says,

00:28:51.819 --> 00:28:53.360
 it gives a very different picture.

00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:55.339
 It gives every instruction

00:28:55.339 --> 00:28:56.559
 that we need for life

00:28:56.559 --> 00:28:58.960
 and also the seriousness

00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:00.460
 of eternity

00:29:00.460 --> 00:29:03.180
 and what insurance

00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:05.640
 we need for that.

00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:07.940
 And that's what's behind

00:29:07.940 --> 00:29:09.660
 this question

00:29:09.660 --> 00:29:12.080
 in verse 18.

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:15.620
 Who is a God like you?

00:29:16.580 --> 00:29:18.040
 What in this world

00:29:18.040 --> 00:29:20.280
 compares to having you

00:29:20.280 --> 00:29:21.480
 as God?

00:29:22.240 --> 00:29:23.740
 Because the people here

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.620
 in Micah's day,

00:29:24.700 --> 00:29:26.180
 as you see as you read through

00:29:26.180 --> 00:29:28.020
 the book of Micah

00:29:28.020 --> 00:29:29.400
 and also the book of Isaiah

00:29:29.400 --> 00:29:31.240
 written about the same time

00:29:31.240 --> 00:29:31.840
 as well,

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:33.460
 is that the people

00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:34.340
 in these days

00:29:34.340 --> 00:29:35.700
 were turning away

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.720
 from their God,

00:29:37.140 --> 00:29:38.019
 the God of Israel,

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:40.579
 the God of these people,

00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:41.380
 the God who had,

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:43.279
 as we see in chapter 6,

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:44.720
 led them through Egypt

00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:46.059
 out of slavery

00:29:46.059 --> 00:29:47.259
 and bondage there

00:29:47.259 --> 00:29:48.759
 who had brought them

00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:50.140
 to the promised land.

00:29:50.840 --> 00:29:51.980
 They were turning away

00:29:51.980 --> 00:29:52.920
 from this God.

00:29:54.200 --> 00:29:55.400
 They weren't seeing him

00:29:55.400 --> 00:29:56.480
 as the one

00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.120
 who was able

00:29:57.120 --> 00:29:57.940
 to give them

00:29:57.940 --> 00:29:58.980
 a full life.

00:29:58.980 --> 00:30:01.740
 And there were other idols,

00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:02.900
 other gods

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:04.779
 that were tempting them away.

00:30:05.559 --> 00:30:07.160
 A way that in many ways

00:30:07.160 --> 00:30:08.519
 maybe seemed easier.

00:30:09.620 --> 00:30:11.400
 A way that didn't entail

00:30:11.400 --> 00:30:12.319
 much suffering.

00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:14.539
 A way that entailed

00:30:14.539 --> 00:30:16.660
 maybe short-term gain.

00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:19.680
 And yet a way that entailed

00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:22.200
 eternal loss.

00:30:22.200 --> 00:30:24.799
 And that's the seriousness

00:30:24.799 --> 00:30:27.400
 of why God sent prophets

00:30:27.400 --> 00:30:28.799
 such as Isaiah,

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:29.819
 such as Micah,

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.440
 and others

00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:31.120
 as we read of

00:30:31.120 --> 00:30:32.140
 in the Old Testament

00:30:32.140 --> 00:30:34.080
 to see that the people

00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:34.620
 of God

00:30:34.620 --> 00:30:35.980
 who were turning away

00:30:35.980 --> 00:30:37.000
 from this insurance

00:30:37.000 --> 00:30:37.980
 and this guarantee

00:30:37.980 --> 00:30:39.240
 and looking at

00:30:39.240 --> 00:30:40.580
 the cheap alternatives,

00:30:41.299 --> 00:30:42.360
 they were perishing

00:30:42.360 --> 00:30:43.319
 and being lost.

00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.220
 And God sent them

00:30:46.220 --> 00:30:47.100
 to call them

00:30:47.100 --> 00:30:48.799
 back to himself.

00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:51.720
 So the book of Micah

00:30:51.720 --> 00:30:53.480
 is one that's full

00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:54.220
 of warning

00:30:54.220 --> 00:30:55.119
 to the people

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:56.399
 and it's full of warning

00:30:56.399 --> 00:30:58.399
 to ourselves as well.

00:30:59.220 --> 00:30:59.879
 It's a book

00:30:59.879 --> 00:31:01.960
 that speaks of judgment

00:31:01.960 --> 00:31:03.019
 that will come.

00:31:03.980 --> 00:31:04.960
 Judgment as we saw

00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:05.740
 the last time

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:06.599
 as we were looking

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.799
 at chapter 6.

00:31:08.379 --> 00:31:09.460
 Judgment for not

00:31:09.460 --> 00:31:11.119
 listening to God.

00:31:11.819 --> 00:31:13.240
 For turning away from him.

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:14.740
 For not trusting him

00:31:14.740 --> 00:31:16.000
 as a guarantee

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:17.159
 for salvation.

00:31:17.160 --> 00:31:19.019
 in that question

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:21.500
 that God was asking

00:31:21.500 --> 00:31:22.100
 of the people

00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:22.880
 in verse 3

00:31:22.880 --> 00:31:24.000
 of chapter 6.

00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:25.440
 God is challenging

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.460
 the people there.

00:31:27.320 --> 00:31:28.259
 He's challenging them.

00:31:28.300 --> 00:31:29.519
 Where is your security?

00:31:29.700 --> 00:31:31.380
 Where is your insurance?

00:31:31.500 --> 00:31:32.120
 Oh my people,

00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:33.620
 what have I done to you?

00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:34.940
 Have I wearied?

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:36.120
 Answer me.

00:31:37.220 --> 00:31:38.140
 What have I done

00:31:38.140 --> 00:31:40.120
 that you have turned away from me?

00:31:40.140 --> 00:31:40.980
 Is it too much

00:31:40.980 --> 00:31:42.400
 for you to follow me?

00:31:43.540 --> 00:31:44.220
 And he went on

00:31:44.220 --> 00:31:44.940
 to explain

00:31:44.940 --> 00:31:46.120
 what he had done for them

00:31:46.120 --> 00:31:46.740
 in verse 4.

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.920
 For I brought you up

00:31:47.920 --> 00:31:49.420
 from the land of Egypt.

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:50.599
 I redeemed you

00:31:50.599 --> 00:31:52.160
 from the house of slavery.

00:31:52.259 --> 00:31:53.299
 I sent before you

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:54.880
 Moses and Aaron

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:55.599
 and Miriam.

00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:57.900
 What God

00:31:57.900 --> 00:31:59.440
 compares to this?

00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:00.759
 Is there any God

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:01.700
 that they could look to

00:32:01.700 --> 00:32:02.380
 around them

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.339
 that compares

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.339
 to this God

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:05.400
 and the miracles

00:32:05.400 --> 00:32:06.299
 that he had done

00:32:06.299 --> 00:32:07.099
 to lead them

00:32:07.099 --> 00:32:07.920
 out of Egypt

00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:09.420
 through the Red Sea,

00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:10.500
 through the wilderness?

00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:11.720
 Show me,

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:12.279
 he's saying,

00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.200
 a God

00:32:13.200 --> 00:32:14.019
 that compares

00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.839
 to this.

00:32:16.599 --> 00:32:17.259
 And Micah,

00:32:17.460 --> 00:32:18.259
 as he comes

00:32:18.259 --> 00:32:18.879
 to the end

00:32:18.879 --> 00:32:19.519
 of this book,

00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:20.119
 is saying,

00:32:20.579 --> 00:32:22.379
 who is a God

00:32:22.379 --> 00:32:23.420
 like you?

00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.019
 Saying to the people

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.740
 then and saying

00:32:25.740 --> 00:32:27.039
 to ourselves today,

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:29.400
 who is a God

00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:30.440
 like you?

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:32.700
 There are consequences,

00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.900
 as we see in Micah,

00:32:34.019 --> 00:32:35.779
 for not listening

00:32:35.779 --> 00:32:37.019
 to what God

00:32:37.019 --> 00:32:38.379
 is saying to us.

00:32:38.380 --> 00:32:40.480
 But then we ask

00:32:40.480 --> 00:32:41.300
 ourselves,

00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:42.460
 what are the benefits

00:32:42.460 --> 00:32:42.800
 then

00:32:42.800 --> 00:32:44.720
 to listening

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:46.000
 to what God

00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:47.800
 is saying to us?

00:32:48.520 --> 00:32:49.200
 And as you come

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:50.340
 into chapter 7,

00:32:50.400 --> 00:32:51.280
 as you read through

00:32:51.280 --> 00:32:52.620
 the book of Micah,

00:32:52.660 --> 00:32:53.260
 what you see is,

00:32:53.380 --> 00:32:53.640
 yes,

00:32:54.100 --> 00:32:55.360
 there's much judgment

00:32:55.360 --> 00:32:59.500
 in this book.

00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:01.600
 But as it comes

00:33:01.600 --> 00:33:02.680
 to a conclusion,

00:33:03.620 --> 00:33:04.740
 it's reminding us

00:33:04.740 --> 00:33:06.480
 of the wonderful love

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:07.720
 of God.

00:33:08.620 --> 00:33:09.440
 Verse 18

00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:10.480
 to verse 20

00:33:10.480 --> 00:33:11.120
 there really

00:33:11.120 --> 00:33:12.400
 highlights for us

00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:14.620
 who is a God

00:33:14.620 --> 00:33:15.160
 like you?

00:33:15.740 --> 00:33:16.660
 Who is a God

00:33:16.660 --> 00:33:17.440
 that can pardon

00:33:17.440 --> 00:33:18.799
 our iniquities?

00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.620
 Who is a God

00:33:20.620 --> 00:33:21.240
 that does not

00:33:21.240 --> 00:33:22.079
 retain anger

00:33:22.079 --> 00:33:22.519
 forever?

00:33:23.059 --> 00:33:23.960
 Who delights

00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:25.180
 in steadfast love?

00:33:25.240 --> 00:33:25.960
 Who will have

00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:27.079
 compassion on us?

00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.039
 Who threads

00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:28.799
 our iniquities

00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:29.440
 underfoot?

00:33:29.519 --> 00:33:30.200
 Who will cast

00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:30.980
 our sins

00:33:30.980 --> 00:33:32.299
 into the depths

00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:32.920
 of the sea?

00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:34.000
 All of these things

00:33:34.000 --> 00:33:34.980
 that you see

00:33:34.980 --> 00:33:36.180
 in these verses,

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.819
 have you found

00:33:37.819 --> 00:33:38.720
 another God

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:39.579
 in this world,

00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:40.759
 in this life,

00:33:40.819 --> 00:33:41.500
 who compares

00:33:41.500 --> 00:33:42.700
 to the God

00:33:42.700 --> 00:33:43.420
 of the Bible?

00:33:44.539 --> 00:33:45.319
 The God

00:33:45.319 --> 00:33:46.539
 of steadfast love,

00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:47.059
 the God

00:33:47.059 --> 00:33:48.640
 who forgives sin,

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.180
 the God

00:33:49.180 --> 00:33:50.400
 who offers life

00:33:50.400 --> 00:33:51.900
 and life eternal.

00:33:52.420 --> 00:33:53.599
 Have you found

00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:55.059
 another God

00:33:55.059 --> 00:33:55.799
 that compares

00:33:55.799 --> 00:33:56.380
 to this?

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:58.640
 You haven't

00:33:58.640 --> 00:33:59.380
 and you won't

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:01.279
 because there is

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:02.079
 no God

00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:03.599
 like this God.

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:03.619
 God.

00:34:05.219 --> 00:34:06.119
 And when you look

00:34:06.119 --> 00:34:07.619
 at Micah himself,

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:09.539
 his name

00:34:09.539 --> 00:34:10.839
 actually means

00:34:10.839 --> 00:34:12.259
 who is

00:34:12.259 --> 00:34:13.819
 like you

00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:15.000
 as Lord.

00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:16.579
 That is the root

00:34:16.579 --> 00:34:18.059
 of Micah's name.

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:19.239
 Who is like

00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:20.319
 the Lord?

00:34:21.380 --> 00:34:22.420
 And this is the prophet

00:34:22.420 --> 00:34:24.380
 that God sent.

00:34:25.500 --> 00:34:26.699
 And when we listen

00:34:26.699 --> 00:34:27.579
 to God,

00:34:27.639 --> 00:34:28.199
 when we begin

00:34:28.199 --> 00:34:29.119
 to see

00:34:29.119 --> 00:34:30.739
 that no God

00:34:30.739 --> 00:34:31.539
 compares

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.739
 to this God,

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:34.719
 then we realize,

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.099
 truly realize,

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:38.019
 the steadfast love

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:39.459
 and the security

00:34:39.459 --> 00:34:40.919
 that this God

00:34:40.919 --> 00:34:41.839
 offers

00:34:41.839 --> 00:34:43.179
 to his people.

00:34:44.399 --> 00:34:45.639
 Psalm 34,

00:34:46.359 --> 00:34:47.500
 it says to us,

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.279
 O taste

00:34:48.279 --> 00:34:49.079
 and see

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:50.479
 that the Lord

00:34:50.479 --> 00:34:51.239
 is good.

00:34:52.279 --> 00:34:52.679
 Blessed

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:53.659
 is the one

00:34:53.659 --> 00:34:54.639
 who takes

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:55.859
 refuge in him.

00:34:56.479 --> 00:34:56.979
 We sang

00:34:56.979 --> 00:34:57.759
 in Psalm 1

00:34:57.760 --> 00:34:58.780
 that man

00:34:58.780 --> 00:34:58.800
 that man

00:34:58.800 --> 00:34:59.920
 hath perfect

00:34:59.920 --> 00:35:00.740
 blessedness

00:35:00.740 --> 00:35:01.980
 who walketh

00:35:01.980 --> 00:35:03.280
 not astray.

00:35:03.280 --> 00:35:04.320
 The blessing

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:05.680
 of knowing

00:35:05.680 --> 00:35:06.260
 God.

00:35:06.780 --> 00:35:07.440
 The joy

00:35:07.440 --> 00:35:08.500
 of knowing

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:09.460
 that security

00:35:09.460 --> 00:35:10.920
 of his steadfast love

00:35:10.920 --> 00:35:11.800
 and the salvation

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:13.600
 that he offers

00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:14.460
 to us.

00:35:15.580 --> 00:35:16.660
 But are we looking

00:35:16.660 --> 00:35:17.240
 to him?

00:35:18.060 --> 00:35:18.940
 Or are we looking

00:35:18.940 --> 00:35:19.800
 and comparing

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:20.760
 and looking

00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.660
 for a cheaper

00:35:21.660 --> 00:35:23.060
 alternative?

00:35:23.860 --> 00:35:24.640
 We're surrounded

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:25.480
 by idols

00:35:25.480 --> 00:35:26.679
 and false

00:35:26.679 --> 00:35:27.239
 gods

00:35:27.239 --> 00:35:27.940
 ourselves.

00:35:28.159 --> 00:35:28.759
 What the world

00:35:28.759 --> 00:35:29.539
 tells us

00:35:29.539 --> 00:35:30.579
 we need

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.639
 success

00:35:31.639 --> 00:35:32.359
 and money

00:35:32.359 --> 00:35:33.420
 and status

00:35:33.420 --> 00:35:34.219
 power.

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:36.059
 We're surrounded

00:35:36.059 --> 00:35:37.219
 by all of these

00:35:37.219 --> 00:35:37.679
 idols.

00:35:37.819 --> 00:35:38.179
 An idol

00:35:38.179 --> 00:35:39.440
 is a false

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.500
 God that comes

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:41.239
 between us

00:35:41.239 --> 00:35:42.259
 and the living

00:35:42.259 --> 00:35:42.839
 God.

00:35:43.839 --> 00:35:44.279
 And when we

00:35:44.279 --> 00:35:44.920
 listen to the

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:46.739
 idols of this

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:47.239
 world,

00:35:47.759 --> 00:35:49.259
 we will perish.

00:35:50.059 --> 00:35:50.679
 That is the

00:35:50.679 --> 00:35:51.779
 warning of Scripture.

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:53.900
 But when we

00:35:53.900 --> 00:35:55.060
 listen to God,

00:35:55.660 --> 00:35:56.760
 we find life

00:35:56.760 --> 00:35:58.200
 and hope.

00:35:59.100 --> 00:35:59.820
 So is there

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.480
 a God

00:36:00.480 --> 00:36:01.760
 that compares

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:03.000
 to this God?

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:04.200
 Well, there are

00:36:04.200 --> 00:36:04.920
 three things

00:36:04.920 --> 00:36:05.519
 that Micah

00:36:05.519 --> 00:36:06.680
 shows to us

00:36:06.680 --> 00:36:08.240
 in these verses

00:36:08.240 --> 00:36:09.120
 in the closing

00:36:09.120 --> 00:36:10.720
 part of chapter 7

00:36:10.720 --> 00:36:11.960
 that show us

00:36:11.960 --> 00:36:13.120
 that no God

00:36:13.120 --> 00:36:14.240
 compares

00:36:14.240 --> 00:36:15.400
 to this God.

00:36:15.940 --> 00:36:16.420
 And I want us

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.820
 to see it

00:36:16.820 --> 00:36:17.940
 in three ways.

00:36:18.660 --> 00:36:19.420
 Three ways

00:36:19.420 --> 00:36:19.960
 that Micah

00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:20.740
 shows us

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.819
 no God

00:36:21.819 --> 00:36:22.419
 compares

00:36:22.419 --> 00:36:23.079
 to him.

00:36:23.819 --> 00:36:24.500
 And the first

00:36:24.500 --> 00:36:25.779
 is no God

00:36:25.779 --> 00:36:27.000
 compares to him

00:36:27.000 --> 00:36:28.399
 as a shepherd,

00:36:28.939 --> 00:36:30.179
 a shepherd king.

00:36:31.399 --> 00:36:32.059
 No God,

00:36:32.179 --> 00:36:32.500
 secondly,

00:36:32.619 --> 00:36:33.000
 we'll see,

00:36:33.119 --> 00:36:34.199
 compares to him

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:35.339
 as sovereign

00:36:35.339 --> 00:36:36.719
 over this world.

00:36:37.759 --> 00:36:38.739
 And then thirdly

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.159
 and finally,

00:36:39.239 --> 00:36:40.279
 we see no God

00:36:40.279 --> 00:36:41.599
 compares to him

00:36:41.599 --> 00:36:43.099
 as saviour.

00:36:43.579 --> 00:36:44.679
 These three things

00:36:44.679 --> 00:36:45.939
 Micah shows

00:36:45.939 --> 00:36:46.519
 to us.

00:36:46.959 --> 00:36:47.699
 The shepherd,

00:36:48.419 --> 00:36:49.500
 the way God

00:36:49.500 --> 00:36:50.300
 is sovereign

00:36:50.300 --> 00:36:51.960
 and the salvation

00:36:51.960 --> 00:36:52.960
 that God offers

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:53.960
 that no God

00:36:53.960 --> 00:36:55.900
 compares to him.

00:36:56.460 --> 00:36:57.179
 So first of all,

00:36:57.239 --> 00:36:57.840
 we see

00:36:57.840 --> 00:36:59.019
 the shepherd.

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:00.619
 When you look

00:37:00.619 --> 00:37:02.059
 at verse 13,

00:37:03.360 --> 00:37:04.500
 it's the end

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.260
 of a section

00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:06.019
 that's speaking

00:37:06.019 --> 00:37:06.519
 about

00:37:06.519 --> 00:37:08.260
 desolation

00:37:08.260 --> 00:37:08.820
 coming

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:10.199
 to people,

00:37:10.780 --> 00:37:11.500
 destruction

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:13.300
 coming to people.

00:37:13.760 --> 00:37:14.500
 In verse 13,

00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:14.940
 it says,

00:37:14.940 --> 00:37:15.700
 but the earth

00:37:15.700 --> 00:37:16.740
 will be desolate

00:37:16.740 --> 00:37:18.440
 because of its

00:37:18.440 --> 00:37:19.039
 inhabitants

00:37:19.039 --> 00:37:20.159
 for the fruit

00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:21.920
 of their deeds.

00:37:22.800 --> 00:37:23.519
 The land

00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:24.139
 is made

00:37:24.139 --> 00:37:24.840
 desolate.

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:25.579
 Destruction

00:37:25.579 --> 00:37:27.380
 is all around.

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.980
 But yet,

00:37:30.320 --> 00:37:31.539
 there's hope.

00:37:32.539 --> 00:37:33.559
 There is hope.

00:37:34.019 --> 00:37:34.860
 There is a seed

00:37:34.860 --> 00:37:36.280
 of recovery.

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:37.519
 There is a sunrise

00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:39.840
 after the night

00:37:39.840 --> 00:37:40.559
 of darkness.

00:37:40.559 --> 00:37:42.259
 And you see

00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:43.639
 that Micah

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.159
 himself

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:44.739
 has made

00:37:44.739 --> 00:37:45.340
 known that

00:37:45.340 --> 00:37:46.320
 in verse 7

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:47.559
 where it says,

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:48.559
 but as for me,

00:37:48.619 --> 00:37:49.199
 I will look

00:37:49.199 --> 00:37:49.920
 to the Lord.

00:37:50.259 --> 00:37:51.059
 I will wait

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.779
 for the God

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.860
 of my salvation.

00:37:53.079 --> 00:37:53.820
 My God

00:37:53.820 --> 00:37:55.480
 will hear

00:37:55.480 --> 00:37:56.340
 me.

00:37:57.679 --> 00:37:58.159
 Rejoice

00:37:58.159 --> 00:37:59.039
 not over me,

00:37:59.119 --> 00:37:59.500
 O my enemy.

00:37:59.579 --> 00:38:00.259
 When I fall,

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:00.980
 I shall rise.

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:01.480
 When I sit

00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:02.119
 in darkness,

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.279
 the Lord

00:38:03.279 --> 00:38:04.360
 will be a light

00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:05.059
 to me.

00:38:06.019 --> 00:38:06.779
 That there is hope,

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.259
 that there is

00:38:07.259 --> 00:38:08.619
 darkness

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:09.460
 in his day,

00:38:09.859 --> 00:38:10.460
 but there is

00:38:10.460 --> 00:38:11.619
 hope of the light

00:38:11.619 --> 00:38:12.380
 to come.

00:38:13.859 --> 00:38:15.059
 And Psalm 30

00:38:15.059 --> 00:38:15.519
 is another

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:16.739
 wonderful psalm

00:38:16.739 --> 00:38:18.199
 that speaks

00:38:18.199 --> 00:38:18.679
 to us

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.559
 in verse 5

00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:21.359
 of tears

00:38:21.359 --> 00:38:22.199
 enduring

00:38:22.199 --> 00:38:23.139
 for a night,

00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:24.960
 but joy

00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:26.039
 comes

00:38:26.039 --> 00:38:27.440
 in the morning.

00:38:28.980 --> 00:38:29.460
 And what

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:30.679
 makes the difference

00:38:30.679 --> 00:38:31.719
 in these

00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:32.920
 circumstances?

00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:34.279
 When there is

00:38:34.279 --> 00:38:34.779
 darkness,

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.460
 when there is

00:38:35.460 --> 00:38:35.880
 suffering,

00:38:36.500 --> 00:38:37.039
 but there is

00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:37.619
 hope.

00:38:37.619 --> 00:38:38.259
 even

00:38:38.259 --> 00:38:38.420
 there is

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:38.940
 a hope

00:38:38.940 --> 00:38:39.559
 that we

00:38:39.559 --> 00:38:40.179
 cannot yet

00:38:40.179 --> 00:38:40.500
 see,

00:38:40.619 --> 00:38:40.900
 but there

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:41.819
 is a hope.

00:38:42.279 --> 00:38:43.059
 What makes

00:38:43.059 --> 00:38:44.159
 the difference?

00:38:45.059 --> 00:38:45.339
 Well,

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:46.079
 it's that God

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:47.259
 has not forgotten

00:38:47.259 --> 00:38:48.559
 his people.

00:38:49.380 --> 00:38:50.139
 Because you

00:38:50.139 --> 00:38:50.719
 see that

00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:51.839
 in the prayer

00:38:51.839 --> 00:38:52.519
 that Micah

00:38:52.519 --> 00:38:53.199
 offers up

00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:54.179
 in verse 14.

00:38:55.139 --> 00:38:55.480
 Shepherd

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:56.779
 your people

00:38:56.779 --> 00:38:57.559
 with your

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.059
 staff.

00:38:58.519 --> 00:38:59.079
 The flock

00:38:59.079 --> 00:38:59.559
 of your

00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:00.179
 inheritance

00:39:00.179 --> 00:39:00.799
 who dwell

00:39:00.799 --> 00:39:01.139
 alone

00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:01.940
 in a forest

00:39:01.940 --> 00:39:02.920
 in the midst

00:39:02.920 --> 00:39:03.699
 of a garden

00:39:03.699 --> 00:39:04.159
 land,

00:39:04.559 --> 00:39:05.219
 let them

00:39:05.219 --> 00:39:05.960
 graze

00:39:05.960 --> 00:39:06.739
 in Bashan

00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:07.379
 and Gilead

00:39:07.379 --> 00:39:08.479
 as in

00:39:08.479 --> 00:39:09.199
 the days

00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:10.599
 of old.

00:39:10.919 --> 00:39:11.339
 As in

00:39:11.339 --> 00:39:11.879
 the days

00:39:11.879 --> 00:39:12.159
 when you

00:39:12.159 --> 00:39:12.639
 came out

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:13.359
 of the

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:13.919
 land of

00:39:13.919 --> 00:39:14.219
 Egypt.

00:39:14.339 --> 00:39:14.659
 I will

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.459
 show them

00:39:15.459 --> 00:39:16.500
 marvelous

00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.639
 things.

00:39:18.839 --> 00:39:19.399
 There is

00:39:19.399 --> 00:39:20.039
 hope.

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:21.279
 What makes

00:39:21.279 --> 00:39:22.579
 the difference?

00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:24.019
 Who is

00:39:24.019 --> 00:39:24.899
 a God

00:39:24.899 --> 00:39:25.419
 like you?

00:39:25.479 --> 00:39:26.059
 As Micah

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:26.419
 says,

00:39:26.500 --> 00:39:26.779
 when it

00:39:26.779 --> 00:39:27.739
 comes to

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:28.719
 this situation,

00:39:29.059 --> 00:39:29.479
 there is

00:39:29.479 --> 00:39:30.279
 no God

00:39:30.279 --> 00:39:30.699
 who will

00:39:30.699 --> 00:39:31.259
 shepherd

00:39:31.259 --> 00:39:32.319
 in this

00:39:32.319 --> 00:39:32.719
 world

00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:33.379
 apart from

00:39:33.379 --> 00:39:34.099
 our God.

00:39:35.099 --> 00:39:35.419
 Shepherd

00:39:35.420 --> 00:39:36.320
 your people

00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:37.340
 with your

00:39:37.340 --> 00:39:37.800
 staff.

00:39:37.900 --> 00:39:38.500
 The people,

00:39:39.099 --> 00:39:39.900
 your inheritance,

00:39:40.200 --> 00:39:40.480
 who you

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:41.119
 know and

00:39:41.119 --> 00:39:41.680
 who you

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:42.800
 love so

00:39:42.800 --> 00:39:43.280
 well.

00:39:44.099 --> 00:39:44.800
 When you

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:45.200
 look at

00:39:45.200 --> 00:39:46.260
 the shepherd

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:47.059
 imagery in

00:39:47.059 --> 00:39:47.480
 the Old

00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:48.079
 Testament,

00:39:48.780 --> 00:39:49.659
 it's always

00:39:49.659 --> 00:39:50.340
 a picture

00:39:50.340 --> 00:39:51.280
 of knowledge.

00:39:52.320 --> 00:39:53.019
 It's always

00:39:53.019 --> 00:39:53.700
 a picture

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:54.740
 of concern

00:39:54.740 --> 00:39:56.099
 and compassion

00:39:56.099 --> 00:39:56.519
 when you

00:39:56.519 --> 00:39:56.940
 think of

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.780
 a true

00:39:57.780 --> 00:39:58.320
 shepherd.

00:39:58.940 --> 00:39:59.360
 It's the

00:39:59.360 --> 00:39:59.840
 image that

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.340
 we see

00:40:00.340 --> 00:40:01.360
 so often

00:40:01.360 --> 00:40:02.039
 throughout the

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:02.720
 Old Testament,

00:40:03.119 --> 00:40:03.820
 most particularly

00:40:03.820 --> 00:40:04.400
 as we see

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.160
 it in

00:40:05.160 --> 00:40:06.200
 Psalm 23.

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.940
 The shepherd

00:40:07.940 --> 00:40:09.300
 was one

00:40:09.300 --> 00:40:09.920
 who ruled

00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:11.120
 well over

00:40:11.120 --> 00:40:11.840
 his flock,

00:40:11.900 --> 00:40:12.680
 who provided

00:40:12.680 --> 00:40:13.800
 for them

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.780
 in every

00:40:14.780 --> 00:40:14.980
 way,

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.900
 who remembered

00:40:15.900 --> 00:40:16.460
 them and

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.039
 knew them

00:40:17.039 --> 00:40:18.000
 intimately,

00:40:18.140 --> 00:40:18.700
 knew every

00:40:18.700 --> 00:40:19.100
 sheep,

00:40:19.200 --> 00:40:19.880
 every face

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.580
 before him.

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:21.260
 He knew

00:40:21.260 --> 00:40:21.580
 if there

00:40:21.580 --> 00:40:22.059
 was one

00:40:22.059 --> 00:40:22.440
 missing.

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.340
 He knew

00:40:23.340 --> 00:40:23.680
 if there

00:40:23.680 --> 00:40:24.100
 was one

00:40:24.100 --> 00:40:24.740
 suffering

00:40:24.740 --> 00:40:25.440
 or hurting.

00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:26.200
 That is

00:40:26.200 --> 00:40:26.780
 the knowledge

00:40:26.780 --> 00:40:27.120
 that we

00:40:27.120 --> 00:40:27.539
 see in

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.280
 the shepherds

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:28.960
 of the

00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:29.880
 Old Testament.

00:40:30.780 --> 00:40:31.100
 And that

00:40:31.100 --> 00:40:31.400
 is the

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:31.960
 knowledge of

00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:32.440
 God

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:33.320
 for his

00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:33.840
 people.

00:40:34.199 --> 00:40:34.659
 That is

00:40:34.659 --> 00:40:35.280
 the knowledge

00:40:35.280 --> 00:40:36.159
 that Psalm

00:40:36.159 --> 00:40:37.539
 23 speaks

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.240
 about so

00:40:38.240 --> 00:40:38.820
 wonderfully.

00:40:38.960 --> 00:40:39.460
 The Lord

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.340
 is my

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:40.860
 shepherd,

00:40:41.000 --> 00:40:41.539
 no want

00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:41.960
 shall I

00:40:41.960 --> 00:40:42.220
 know.

00:40:43.059 --> 00:40:43.440
 I will

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:44.320
 not lack

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:45.159
 anything

00:40:45.159 --> 00:40:45.880
 because my

00:40:45.880 --> 00:40:46.880
 shepherd knows

00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:47.780
 what I

00:40:47.780 --> 00:40:48.159
 need.

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.380
 And this

00:40:49.380 --> 00:40:49.760
 is the

00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:50.360
 care that

00:40:50.360 --> 00:40:51.099
 God has

00:40:51.099 --> 00:40:51.900
 for his

00:40:51.900 --> 00:40:52.500
 people at

00:40:52.500 --> 00:40:53.559
 all times,

00:40:54.099 --> 00:40:54.800
 and especially

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.360
 in their

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:55.900
 suffering.

00:40:56.920 --> 00:40:57.420
 In Exodus

00:40:57.420 --> 00:40:58.059
 2,

00:40:58.480 --> 00:40:59.039
 we've quoted

00:40:59.039 --> 00:40:59.900
 this before,

00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:01.179
 but when

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:01.780
 God was

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.720
 looking upon

00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:03.720
 his people

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.240
 in Egypt

00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:04.560
 as they

00:41:04.560 --> 00:41:05.300
 were suffering

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:05.760
 there,

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:06.880
 it says

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.540
 in verse

00:41:07.540 --> 00:41:08.180
 24,

00:41:08.380 --> 00:41:09.540
 God heard

00:41:09.540 --> 00:41:10.380
 their groaning

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.400
 and God

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:12.460
 remembered his

00:41:12.460 --> 00:41:13.220
 covenant with

00:41:13.220 --> 00:41:13.740
 Abraham,

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:14.780
 with Isaac,

00:41:14.900 --> 00:41:15.200
 and with

00:41:15.200 --> 00:41:15.560
 Jacob.

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.740
 God saw

00:41:16.740 --> 00:41:17.780
 the people

00:41:17.780 --> 00:41:18.440
 of Israel

00:41:18.440 --> 00:41:19.980
 and God

00:41:19.980 --> 00:41:20.360
 knew.

00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:21.660
 He knew

00:41:21.660 --> 00:41:22.700
 what had

00:41:22.700 --> 00:41:23.640
 to be done.

00:41:24.140 --> 00:41:24.600
 He knew

00:41:24.600 --> 00:41:25.340
 that action

00:41:25.340 --> 00:41:26.280
 was required.

00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:27.060
 Why?

00:41:27.280 --> 00:41:28.200
 Because his

00:41:28.200 --> 00:41:29.240
 sheep were

00:41:29.240 --> 00:41:29.780
 suffering.

00:41:30.700 --> 00:41:31.519
 His people

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:32.759
 were suffering.

00:41:33.960 --> 00:41:34.519
 And God

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:35.519
 has this

00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:36.440
 knowledge for

00:41:36.440 --> 00:41:37.099
 his people

00:41:37.099 --> 00:41:37.679
 at all

00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:38.380
 times.

00:41:39.300 --> 00:41:39.980
 Psalm 100,

00:41:40.519 --> 00:41:41.420
 another psalm

00:41:41.420 --> 00:41:41.960
 that speaks

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:42.759
 so wonderfully

00:41:42.759 --> 00:41:43.340
 about the

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:43.840
 shepherd and

00:41:43.840 --> 00:41:44.320
 the sheep.

00:41:44.460 --> 00:41:45.300
 Know that

00:41:45.300 --> 00:41:45.820
 the Lord,

00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:46.940
 he is God.

00:41:47.340 --> 00:41:47.840
 It is he

00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:48.579
 who made us

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:49.039
 and we are

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.259
 his.

00:41:49.460 --> 00:41:50.360
 We are his

00:41:50.360 --> 00:41:50.840
 people,

00:41:50.940 --> 00:41:51.639
 the sheep

00:41:51.639 --> 00:41:52.759
 of his

00:41:52.759 --> 00:41:53.440
 pasture.

00:41:54.699 --> 00:41:55.579
 He remembers

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:56.400
 our frame.

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:57.400
 He remembers

00:41:57.400 --> 00:41:57.920
 our need.

00:41:58.159 --> 00:41:58.739
 He remembers

00:41:58.739 --> 00:41:59.539
 our weakness.

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:00.059
 He remembers

00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:00.900
 everything

00:42:00.900 --> 00:42:02.099
 about us.

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.800
 And this

00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:03.179
 is the

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:04.219
 plea that

00:42:04.219 --> 00:42:04.920
 Micah is

00:42:04.920 --> 00:42:05.659
 making here

00:42:05.659 --> 00:42:06.699
 in verse 14.

00:42:07.340 --> 00:42:07.619
 There is

00:42:07.619 --> 00:42:08.480
 desolation,

00:42:08.639 --> 00:42:08.900
 there is

00:42:08.900 --> 00:42:09.400
 suffering,

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:10.420
 but Micah

00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:10.980
 is saying,

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.300
 who is a

00:42:12.300 --> 00:42:12.960
 God that

00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.779
 compares to

00:42:13.779 --> 00:42:14.519
 you as our

00:42:14.519 --> 00:42:14.980
 shepherd?

00:42:15.599 --> 00:42:16.659
 Shepherd your

00:42:16.659 --> 00:42:18.199
 people with

00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:19.259
 your staff.

00:42:19.260 --> 00:42:24.040
 the flock

00:42:24.040 --> 00:42:24.420
 of your

00:42:24.420 --> 00:42:25.280
 inheritance.

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:26.840
 May they

00:42:26.840 --> 00:42:27.640
 come again

00:42:27.640 --> 00:42:29.080
 and graze

00:42:29.080 --> 00:42:29.760
 in Bashan

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:30.280
 and Gilead

00:42:30.280 --> 00:42:31.080
 as in the

00:42:31.080 --> 00:42:32.320
 days of

00:42:32.320 --> 00:42:32.920
 old.

00:42:33.800 --> 00:42:34.320
 And it's

00:42:34.320 --> 00:42:35.240
 interesting now

00:42:35.240 --> 00:42:35.660
 how in

00:42:35.660 --> 00:42:36.380
 verse 15

00:42:36.380 --> 00:42:37.080
 it ties

00:42:37.080 --> 00:42:38.340
 back to

00:42:38.340 --> 00:42:38.960
 verse 3

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.560
 and 4

00:42:39.560 --> 00:42:40.160
 of chapter

00:42:40.160 --> 00:42:40.780
 6.

00:42:41.780 --> 00:42:42.620
 As in the

00:42:42.620 --> 00:42:43.160
 days when

00:42:43.160 --> 00:42:43.500
 you came

00:42:43.500 --> 00:42:43.960
 out of the

00:42:43.960 --> 00:42:44.440
 land of

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:44.760
 Egypt,

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:45.340
 I will

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:46.220
 show them

00:42:46.220 --> 00:42:47.200
 marvelous

00:42:47.200 --> 00:42:47.760
 things.

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:48.380
 The Lord

00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:48.980
 is here

00:42:48.980 --> 00:42:49.700
 speaking.

00:42:51.060 --> 00:42:51.600
 And this

00:42:51.600 --> 00:42:51.940
 is in

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:53.180
 contrast to

00:42:53.180 --> 00:42:53.460
 what he

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.180
 was saying

00:42:54.180 --> 00:42:55.000
 to them

00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:55.460
 in verse

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:55.940
 3 and

00:42:55.940 --> 00:42:56.440
 4.

00:42:56.860 --> 00:42:57.140
 Oh my

00:42:57.140 --> 00:42:57.620
 people,

00:42:57.720 --> 00:42:58.020
 what have

00:42:58.020 --> 00:42:58.600
 I done

00:42:58.600 --> 00:42:59.000
 to you?

00:42:59.200 --> 00:42:59.800
 How have

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:00.400
 I wearied

00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:00.540
 you?

00:43:00.660 --> 00:43:01.140
 Answered

00:43:01.140 --> 00:43:01.280
 me,

00:43:01.680 --> 00:43:02.140
 for I

00:43:02.140 --> 00:43:02.640
 brought

00:43:02.640 --> 00:43:03.200
 you up

00:43:03.200 --> 00:43:03.960
 out of

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.460
 Egypt

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.020
 and

00:43:05.020 --> 00:43:05.560
 redeemed

00:43:05.560 --> 00:43:06.040
 you from

00:43:06.040 --> 00:43:06.540
 the house

00:43:06.540 --> 00:43:07.140
 of slavery.

00:43:07.520 --> 00:43:07.840
 I have

00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:08.520
 done all

00:43:08.520 --> 00:43:09.420
 these things

00:43:09.420 --> 00:43:10.360
 for you.

00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:11.160
 And what

00:43:11.160 --> 00:43:11.400
 is he

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:11.840
 saying?

00:43:13.040 --> 00:43:13.460
 I will

00:43:13.460 --> 00:43:13.800
 do it

00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:14.200
 again.

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:15.920
 I will

00:43:15.920 --> 00:43:16.560
 do it

00:43:16.560 --> 00:43:17.420
 again.

00:43:17.760 --> 00:43:20.360
 as in

00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:20.860
 the days

00:43:20.860 --> 00:43:21.120
 when you

00:43:21.120 --> 00:43:21.500
 came out

00:43:21.500 --> 00:43:21.740
 of the

00:43:21.740 --> 00:43:22.220
 land of

00:43:22.220 --> 00:43:22.480
 Egypt,

00:43:22.640 --> 00:43:23.000
 I will

00:43:23.000 --> 00:43:23.800
 show them

00:43:23.800 --> 00:43:24.760
 marvelous

00:43:24.760 --> 00:43:25.480
 things.

00:43:27.720 --> 00:43:28.040
 And he

00:43:28.040 --> 00:43:28.140
 will

00:43:28.140 --> 00:43:28.880
 remind us

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.460
 again and

00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:30.580
 again that

00:43:30.580 --> 00:43:31.500
 no God

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:32.360
 compares

00:43:32.360 --> 00:43:33.640
 to him.

00:43:35.240 --> 00:43:35.640
 And for

00:43:35.640 --> 00:43:36.140
 the people

00:43:36.140 --> 00:43:36.440
 of the

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:36.740
 Old

00:43:36.740 --> 00:43:37.380
 Testament,

00:43:38.040 --> 00:43:38.600
 even into

00:43:38.600 --> 00:43:39.020
 the New

00:43:39.020 --> 00:43:39.460
 Testament,

00:43:39.600 --> 00:43:39.740
 as you

00:43:39.740 --> 00:43:40.300
 think of

00:43:40.300 --> 00:43:42.260
 the feast

00:43:42.260 --> 00:43:42.560
 of the

00:43:42.560 --> 00:43:43.060
 Passover,

00:43:43.200 --> 00:43:43.900
 the Exodus

00:43:43.900 --> 00:43:44.460
 was a

00:43:44.460 --> 00:43:44.780
 great

00:43:44.780 --> 00:43:45.380
 remembrance

00:43:45.380 --> 00:43:45.640
 deliverance

00:43:45.640 --> 00:43:46.260
 for them,

00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:47.440
 the

00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:48.200
 deliverance

00:43:48.200 --> 00:43:49.079
 of God,

00:43:49.400 --> 00:43:50.119
 the marvelous

00:43:50.119 --> 00:43:50.900
 things that

00:43:50.900 --> 00:43:51.519
 he did in

00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:52.140
 shepherding

00:43:52.140 --> 00:43:53.320
 his people,

00:43:54.019 --> 00:43:54.640
 in leading

00:43:54.640 --> 00:43:55.039
 them,

00:43:55.460 --> 00:43:55.940
 is so

00:43:55.940 --> 00:43:56.340
 well.

00:43:58.640 --> 00:43:58.900
 Well,

00:43:58.940 --> 00:43:59.200
 what has

00:43:59.200 --> 00:43:59.680
 he done

00:43:59.680 --> 00:44:00.599
 to show

00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:01.160
 his great

00:44:01.160 --> 00:44:02.079
 love for

00:44:02.079 --> 00:44:02.860
 us today?

00:44:04.119 --> 00:44:04.619
 Can we

00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:05.099
 say,

00:44:05.519 --> 00:44:05.960
 does any

00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:06.860
 God compare

00:44:06.860 --> 00:44:07.740
 to this

00:44:07.740 --> 00:44:08.980
 God who

00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:09.740
 sent his

00:44:09.740 --> 00:44:10.539
 own son,

00:44:11.800 --> 00:44:12.480
 the shepherd

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:13.619
 of his

00:44:13.619 --> 00:44:14.199
 people?

00:44:15.659 --> 00:44:16.199
 Shepherding

00:44:16.199 --> 00:44:17.300
 us through

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:18.579
 Jesus Christ,

00:44:19.340 --> 00:44:19.840
 remembering

00:44:19.840 --> 00:44:20.960
 us in

00:44:20.960 --> 00:44:21.480
 all our

00:44:21.480 --> 00:44:22.179
 great needs,

00:44:22.240 --> 00:44:22.940
 even though

00:44:22.940 --> 00:44:23.719
 we are

00:44:23.719 --> 00:44:24.880
 standing

00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:25.679
 before him

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.679
 just as

00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:27.139
 they were

00:44:27.139 --> 00:44:27.380
 in the

00:44:27.380 --> 00:44:27.920
 days of

00:44:27.920 --> 00:44:28.340
 Micah,

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:28.619
 saying,

00:44:28.800 --> 00:44:28.960
 well,

00:44:29.139 --> 00:44:29.699
 God has

00:44:29.699 --> 00:44:30.340
 left us,

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:31.179
 God has

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:32.000
 abandoned us,

00:44:32.119 --> 00:44:32.639
 God has

00:44:32.639 --> 00:44:33.260
 turned his

00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:34.179
 back on us,

00:44:34.639 --> 00:44:35.159
 God has

00:44:35.159 --> 00:44:35.940
 weeded us

00:44:35.940 --> 00:44:36.500
 with all

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:37.219
 his laws

00:44:37.219 --> 00:44:38.019
 and all

00:44:38.019 --> 00:44:38.440
 of these

00:44:38.440 --> 00:44:38.880
 things.

00:44:39.440 --> 00:44:39.880
 How?

00:44:39.880 --> 00:44:42.360
 How

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:43.340
 compared to

00:44:43.340 --> 00:44:44.140
 this God

00:44:44.140 --> 00:44:44.860
 who shows

00:44:44.860 --> 00:44:46.019
 us love,

00:44:46.200 --> 00:44:47.119
 his steadfast

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:47.599
 love,

00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:49.119
 through shepherding

00:44:49.119 --> 00:44:49.740
 us through

00:44:49.740 --> 00:44:50.300
 his own

00:44:50.300 --> 00:44:50.860
 son,

00:44:51.900 --> 00:44:52.460
 the son

00:44:52.460 --> 00:44:53.619
 Jesus Christ

00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:53.940
 who,

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:54.920
 in John

00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:55.440
 10,

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:57.500
 verse 14

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:58.119
 and 15

00:44:58.119 --> 00:44:58.440
 says,

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:59.079
 I am the

00:44:59.079 --> 00:44:59.940
 good shepherd,

00:45:00.920 --> 00:45:01.619
 I know

00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:02.280
 my own,

00:45:02.619 --> 00:45:03.280
 and my own

00:45:03.280 --> 00:45:03.860
 know me,

00:45:04.140 --> 00:45:04.820
 just as the

00:45:04.820 --> 00:45:05.559
 Father knows

00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:05.860
 me,

00:45:06.300 --> 00:45:07.079
 I know

00:45:07.079 --> 00:45:07.740
 the Father.

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:08.840
 And what

00:45:08.840 --> 00:45:09.240
 does he go

00:45:09.240 --> 00:45:09.860
 on to say

00:45:09.860 --> 00:45:11.120
 and I

00:45:11.120 --> 00:45:11.740
 lay down

00:45:11.740 --> 00:45:12.559
 my life

00:45:12.559 --> 00:45:13.400
 for the

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:13.780
 sheep?

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:15.160
 That is

00:45:15.160 --> 00:45:15.760
 the love

00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:16.680
 of the

00:45:16.680 --> 00:45:17.079
 shepherd,

00:45:17.680 --> 00:45:18.260
 the shepherd

00:45:18.260 --> 00:45:19.320
 that Micah

00:45:19.320 --> 00:45:19.920
 is pleading

00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:20.260
 for,

00:45:20.360 --> 00:45:21.039
 to shepherd

00:45:21.039 --> 00:45:22.260
 your people,

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:23.380
 to lead

00:45:23.380 --> 00:45:24.599
 your people.

00:45:24.720 --> 00:45:24.940
 As we

00:45:24.940 --> 00:45:25.440
 were hearing

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:26.200
 this morning

00:45:26.200 --> 00:45:27.539
 how Jesus

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:28.900
 led his

00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:30.059
 disciples out,

00:45:30.160 --> 00:45:30.720
 here's another

00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:32.079
 great example

00:45:32.079 --> 00:45:32.900
 of that as

00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:33.260
 well.

00:45:33.760 --> 00:45:34.120
 Shepherd,

00:45:34.660 --> 00:45:35.240
 lead

00:45:35.240 --> 00:45:36.480
 your people.

00:45:37.400 --> 00:45:37.900
 The shepherd

00:45:37.900 --> 00:45:38.900
 in the Old

00:45:38.900 --> 00:45:39.380
 Testament,

00:45:39.380 --> 00:45:39.960
 not like

00:45:39.960 --> 00:45:40.720
 us today

00:45:40.720 --> 00:45:41.099
 who go

00:45:41.099 --> 00:45:41.880
 behind the

00:45:41.880 --> 00:45:42.220
 sheep,

00:45:42.720 --> 00:45:43.160
 trying to

00:45:43.160 --> 00:45:43.820
 force them

00:45:43.820 --> 00:45:44.140
 the way

00:45:44.140 --> 00:45:44.599
 we want

00:45:44.599 --> 00:45:44.940
 them to

00:45:44.940 --> 00:45:45.200
 go.

00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:46.180
 The shepherd

00:45:46.180 --> 00:45:47.220
 always led

00:45:47.220 --> 00:45:47.800
 from the

00:45:47.800 --> 00:45:48.220
 front.

00:45:50.200 --> 00:45:50.579
 And so

00:45:50.579 --> 00:45:51.300
 our good

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:51.820
 shepherd,

00:45:52.260 --> 00:45:53.039
 he has

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:54.119
 led from

00:45:54.119 --> 00:45:54.640
 the front.

00:45:54.760 --> 00:45:55.019
 He has

00:45:55.019 --> 00:45:55.820
 gone before

00:45:55.820 --> 00:45:56.880
 us to

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.640
 the cross

00:45:57.640 --> 00:45:59.059
 to bear

00:45:59.059 --> 00:45:59.820
 our sin,

00:46:00.820 --> 00:46:01.340
 to give

00:46:01.340 --> 00:46:02.220
 us life

00:46:02.220 --> 00:46:03.380
 through him,

00:46:03.680 --> 00:46:04.240
 that he

00:46:04.240 --> 00:46:04.800
 would show

00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:06.140
 us marvelous

00:46:06.139 --> 00:46:06.920
 things.

00:46:08.179 --> 00:46:08.839
 Even as

00:46:08.839 --> 00:46:09.119
 in the

00:46:09.119 --> 00:46:09.719
 days of

00:46:09.719 --> 00:46:10.339
 old and

00:46:10.339 --> 00:46:11.259
 even better,

00:46:12.259 --> 00:46:12.559
 that we

00:46:12.559 --> 00:46:12.940
 have a

00:46:12.940 --> 00:46:13.779
 great shepherd

00:46:13.779 --> 00:46:14.960
 to watch

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.920
 over us.

00:46:16.879 --> 00:46:17.199
 Is there

00:46:17.199 --> 00:46:18.000
 any God

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:19.319
 that compares

00:46:19.319 --> 00:46:20.519
 to this?

00:46:20.940 --> 00:46:21.259
 Is there

00:46:21.259 --> 00:46:21.799
 anything in

00:46:21.799 --> 00:46:22.460
 this world

00:46:22.460 --> 00:46:23.699
 that compares

00:46:23.699 --> 00:46:24.639
 to the love

00:46:24.639 --> 00:46:25.539
 of this

00:46:25.539 --> 00:46:25.940
 Savior?

00:46:27.219 --> 00:46:27.940
 There is

00:46:27.940 --> 00:46:28.379
 nothing.

00:46:29.019 --> 00:46:29.480
 There may

00:46:29.480 --> 00:46:30.139
 be cheap

00:46:30.139 --> 00:46:30.859
 alternatives,

00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:32.099
 but they're

00:46:32.099 --> 00:46:32.900
 no use at

00:46:32.900 --> 00:46:33.379
 the end of

00:46:33.380 --> 00:46:33.740
 the day.

00:46:34.820 --> 00:46:35.760
 We need

00:46:35.760 --> 00:46:37.039
 this shepherd.

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:38.760
 And the

00:46:38.760 --> 00:46:39.320
 second thing

00:46:39.320 --> 00:46:39.820
 we see

00:46:39.820 --> 00:46:40.380
 here is

00:46:40.380 --> 00:46:40.800
 in verse

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:42.660
 16 and

00:46:42.660 --> 00:46:43.420
 17,

00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:45.240
 where we

00:46:45.240 --> 00:46:45.760
 see the

00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:46.400
 promise,

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:47.300
 the sovereign

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:48.880
 promise that

00:46:48.880 --> 00:46:49.760
 God gives.

00:46:51.940 --> 00:46:52.300
 And this

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:53.200
 is more a

00:46:53.200 --> 00:46:54.300
 sign that

00:46:54.300 --> 00:46:55.019
 God will

00:46:55.019 --> 00:46:55.740
 rule over

00:46:55.740 --> 00:46:56.760
 all people

00:46:56.760 --> 00:46:57.800
 and all

00:46:57.800 --> 00:46:58.440
 nations,

00:46:59.140 --> 00:46:59.860
 the good

00:46:59.860 --> 00:47:00.660
 and the

00:47:00.660 --> 00:47:01.079
 bad.

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:02.559
 The nation

00:47:02.559 --> 00:47:03.340
 shall see

00:47:03.340 --> 00:47:03.680
 and be

00:47:03.680 --> 00:47:04.480
 ashamed of

00:47:04.480 --> 00:47:05.059
 all their

00:47:05.059 --> 00:47:05.460
 might.

00:47:05.940 --> 00:47:06.360
 They shall

00:47:06.360 --> 00:47:06.880
 lay their

00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:07.500
 hands on

00:47:07.500 --> 00:47:08.059
 their mouths,

00:47:08.220 --> 00:47:08.720
 their ears

00:47:08.720 --> 00:47:09.160
 shall be

00:47:09.160 --> 00:47:09.460
 deaf.

00:47:09.940 --> 00:47:10.340
 They shall

00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:10.880
 lick the

00:47:10.880 --> 00:47:11.539
 dust like

00:47:11.539 --> 00:47:12.180
 a serpent,

00:47:12.760 --> 00:47:13.140
 like the

00:47:13.140 --> 00:47:13.579
 crawling

00:47:13.579 --> 00:47:14.360
 things of

00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:14.840
 the earth.

00:47:15.340 --> 00:47:15.680
 They shall

00:47:15.680 --> 00:47:16.640
 come trembling

00:47:16.640 --> 00:47:17.200
 out of their

00:47:17.200 --> 00:47:18.100
 strongholds.

00:47:18.380 --> 00:47:18.740
 They shall

00:47:18.740 --> 00:47:19.340
 turn in

00:47:19.340 --> 00:47:19.980
 dread to

00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:20.420
 the Lord

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:21.100
 our God,

00:47:21.519 --> 00:47:21.980
 and they

00:47:21.980 --> 00:47:22.420
 shall be

00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:23.160
 in fear

00:47:23.160 --> 00:47:24.360
 of you.

00:47:25.220 --> 00:47:26.039
 The nations

00:47:26.039 --> 00:47:27.039
 shall see

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:28.019
 and be

00:47:28.019 --> 00:47:28.559
 ashamed.

00:47:28.660 --> 00:47:28.900
 They will

00:47:28.900 --> 00:47:30.220
 turn in

00:47:30.220 --> 00:47:31.579
 dread to

00:47:31.579 --> 00:47:32.239
 the Lord

00:47:32.239 --> 00:47:33.779
 our God.

00:47:35.619 --> 00:47:36.739
 All the

00:47:36.739 --> 00:47:37.279
 nations

00:47:37.279 --> 00:47:38.759
 of this

00:47:38.759 --> 00:47:39.279
 world

00:47:39.279 --> 00:47:40.739
 will see.

00:47:42.179 --> 00:47:42.679
 But what

00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:42.920
 do the

00:47:42.920 --> 00:47:43.420
 nations

00:47:43.420 --> 00:47:44.980
 say today?

00:47:45.659 --> 00:47:46.239
 What were

00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:46.840
 the nations

00:47:46.840 --> 00:47:48.159
 saying in

00:47:48.159 --> 00:47:48.840
 the days

00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:49.759
 of Micah?

00:47:51.440 --> 00:47:52.079
 They were

00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:52.880
 saying to

00:47:52.880 --> 00:47:53.340
 Micah,

00:47:53.579 --> 00:47:54.360
 where is

00:47:54.360 --> 00:47:55.639
 your God?

00:47:56.739 --> 00:47:57.920
 Where is

00:47:57.920 --> 00:47:58.840
 your God?

00:47:58.840 --> 00:47:58.880
 God.

00:47:59.280 --> 00:47:59.800
 And so

00:47:59.800 --> 00:48:00.519
 they say

00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:01.340
 to this

00:48:01.340 --> 00:48:01.860
 day as

00:48:01.860 --> 00:48:02.200
 well,

00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:03.079
 where is

00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:04.559
 your God?

00:48:06.039 --> 00:48:06.720
 We often

00:48:06.720 --> 00:48:07.340
 say that

00:48:07.340 --> 00:48:08.740
 time goes

00:48:08.740 --> 00:48:09.460
 by so

00:48:09.460 --> 00:48:09.880
 quickly.

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.539
 The years

00:48:10.539 --> 00:48:11.160
 go by

00:48:11.160 --> 00:48:12.559
 so quickly.

00:48:13.840 --> 00:48:14.519
 Later on

00:48:14.519 --> 00:48:15.280
 this year,

00:48:15.420 --> 00:48:16.079
 it's more

00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:17.140
 than 20

00:48:17.140 --> 00:48:17.940
 years in

00:48:17.940 --> 00:48:18.539
 September

00:48:18.539 --> 00:48:19.140
 since the

00:48:19.140 --> 00:48:19.519
 terrorist

00:48:19.519 --> 00:48:20.140
 attack.

00:48:20.720 --> 00:48:21.160
 September

00:48:21.160 --> 00:48:21.880
 the 11th

00:48:21.880 --> 00:48:22.079
 in the

00:48:22.079 --> 00:48:22.400
 United

00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:23.059
 States.

00:48:24.200 --> 00:48:24.400
 It's

00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:24.980
 amazing to

00:48:24.980 --> 00:48:25.500
 think just

00:48:25.500 --> 00:48:26.200
 how quickly

00:48:26.200 --> 00:48:27.260
 the time

00:48:27.260 --> 00:48:27.640
 has gone

00:48:27.640 --> 00:48:28.220
 past.

00:48:29.840 --> 00:48:30.480
 Boxing

00:48:30.480 --> 00:48:32.280
 Day last

00:48:32.280 --> 00:48:32.960
 year now,

00:48:33.360 --> 00:48:34.079
 2023,

00:48:34.380 --> 00:48:35.000
 was 19

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:35.800
 years since

00:48:35.800 --> 00:48:36.460
 the tsunami

00:48:36.460 --> 00:48:37.340
 in the

00:48:37.340 --> 00:48:37.880
 Far East

00:48:37.880 --> 00:48:38.400
 struck.

00:48:39.600 --> 00:48:40.140
 Where were

00:48:40.140 --> 00:48:40.500
 you when

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:41.079
 these things

00:48:41.079 --> 00:48:41.539
 happened?

00:48:42.880 --> 00:48:43.300
 I'm sure

00:48:43.300 --> 00:48:43.760
 for many

00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:44.500
 people here

00:48:44.500 --> 00:48:45.860
 these events

00:48:45.860 --> 00:48:46.440
 they still

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:47.420
 stand out

00:48:47.420 --> 00:48:47.720
 in your

00:48:47.720 --> 00:48:48.059
 mind.

00:48:48.160 --> 00:48:48.400
 You maybe

00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:48.900
 remember

00:48:48.900 --> 00:48:49.760
 exactly where

00:48:49.760 --> 00:48:50.200
 you were

00:48:50.200 --> 00:48:51.039
 when you

00:48:51.039 --> 00:48:51.740
 heard these

00:48:51.740 --> 00:48:52.480
 events were

00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:53.519
 happening and

00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:54.100
 saw them on

00:48:54.100 --> 00:48:54.800
 your television

00:48:54.800 --> 00:48:55.440
 screens.

00:48:56.640 --> 00:48:56.960
 They were

00:48:56.960 --> 00:48:58.000
 huge events,

00:48:58.000 --> 00:48:58.960
 monumentous

00:48:58.960 --> 00:49:00.019
 events for

00:49:00.019 --> 00:49:00.780
 our world

00:49:00.780 --> 00:49:02.320
 and all

00:49:02.320 --> 00:49:03.000
 the world

00:49:03.000 --> 00:49:04.260
 saw this

00:49:04.260 --> 00:49:04.800
 happening.

00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:06.599
 All ends

00:49:06.599 --> 00:49:06.900
 of the

00:49:06.900 --> 00:49:07.500
 earth saw

00:49:07.500 --> 00:49:08.380
 these things

00:49:08.380 --> 00:49:09.739
 taking place.

00:49:11.059 --> 00:49:11.579
 And it's

00:49:11.579 --> 00:49:12.500
 so often

00:49:12.500 --> 00:49:13.019
 in these

00:49:13.019 --> 00:49:14.440
 times when

00:49:14.440 --> 00:49:15.159
 people will

00:49:15.159 --> 00:49:15.840
 question,

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:17.039
 where was

00:49:17.039 --> 00:49:17.559
 God?

00:49:18.980 --> 00:49:19.500
 Where was

00:49:19.500 --> 00:49:20.139
 God when

00:49:20.139 --> 00:49:21.340
 these things

00:49:21.340 --> 00:49:21.920
 happened?

00:49:23.039 --> 00:49:24.179
 John Blanchard,

00:49:24.599 --> 00:49:25.059
 an author,

00:49:25.059 --> 00:49:26.000
 he wrote

00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:26.480
 a book

00:49:26.480 --> 00:49:27.440
 and the

00:49:27.440 --> 00:49:27.920
 title of

00:49:27.920 --> 00:49:28.320
 the book

00:49:28.320 --> 00:49:29.019
 was Where

00:49:29.019 --> 00:49:29.759
 Was God

00:49:29.759 --> 00:49:30.980
 on September

00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:32.019
 the 11th?

00:49:33.039 --> 00:49:33.920
 And in the

00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:34.299
 book he

00:49:34.299 --> 00:49:35.059
 highlights the

00:49:35.059 --> 00:49:35.880
 challenge that

00:49:35.880 --> 00:49:36.579
 these kinds

00:49:36.579 --> 00:49:37.539
 of tragedies

00:49:37.539 --> 00:49:38.920
 bring to

00:49:38.920 --> 00:49:39.199
 us and

00:49:39.199 --> 00:49:39.659
 especially

00:49:39.659 --> 00:49:40.759
 bring to

00:49:40.759 --> 00:49:41.239
 faith.

00:49:41.340 --> 00:49:41.840
 How do we

00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:43.239
 respond when

00:49:43.239 --> 00:49:44.119
 people say

00:49:44.119 --> 00:49:44.779
 these questions?

00:49:44.960 --> 00:49:45.440
 Where was

00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:46.539
 God when

00:49:46.539 --> 00:49:47.139
 all of this

00:49:47.139 --> 00:49:47.820
 was happening?

00:49:48.920 --> 00:49:49.239
 And he

00:49:49.239 --> 00:49:49.860
 tells of a

00:49:49.860 --> 00:49:51.059
 story when

00:49:51.059 --> 00:49:51.440
 he was

00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:52.139
 challenged

00:49:52.139 --> 00:49:53.380
 himself about

00:49:53.380 --> 00:49:54.340
 the question,

00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:55.000
 where was

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:55.519
 God?

00:49:56.880 --> 00:49:57.160
 And there

00:49:57.160 --> 00:49:57.680
 was a time

00:49:57.680 --> 00:49:57.940
 when he

00:49:57.940 --> 00:49:58.420
 met with

00:49:58.420 --> 00:49:58.900
 a lawyer

00:49:58.900 --> 00:49:59.420
 called

00:49:59.420 --> 00:49:59.900
 Edward

00:49:59.900 --> 00:50:00.519
 Tabash.

00:50:02.160 --> 00:50:02.820
 Edward

00:50:02.820 --> 00:50:03.440
 Tabash

00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:04.119
 comes from

00:50:04.119 --> 00:50:05.320
 a five

00:50:05.320 --> 00:50:05.940
 unbroken

00:50:05.940 --> 00:50:07.300
 generation of

00:50:07.300 --> 00:50:08.160
 Orthodox

00:50:08.160 --> 00:50:08.820
 Jews.

00:50:11.619 --> 00:50:12.519
 But the

00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:12.960
 Holocaust

00:50:12.960 --> 00:50:14.300
 impacted

00:50:14.300 --> 00:50:15.460
 his family

00:50:15.460 --> 00:50:16.480
 and it

00:50:16.480 --> 00:50:17.019
 claimed the

00:50:17.019 --> 00:50:17.579
 lives of

00:50:17.579 --> 00:50:18.160
 two of his

00:50:18.160 --> 00:50:18.940
 own family

00:50:18.940 --> 00:50:19.579
 members.

00:50:20.460 --> 00:50:21.019
 And it

00:50:21.019 --> 00:50:22.000
 turned him

00:50:22.000 --> 00:50:23.280
 into a

00:50:23.280 --> 00:50:23.800
 passionate

00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:24.840
 atheist,

00:50:25.599 --> 00:50:26.179
 turned his

00:50:26.179 --> 00:50:26.800
 back on

00:50:26.800 --> 00:50:27.539
 faith and

00:50:27.539 --> 00:50:28.000
 religion.

00:50:29.239 --> 00:50:30.159
 And behind

00:50:30.159 --> 00:50:31.480
 it all was

00:50:31.480 --> 00:50:32.400
 this question,

00:50:32.860 --> 00:50:33.579
 how could

00:50:33.579 --> 00:50:34.920
 God allow

00:50:34.920 --> 00:50:35.659
 this to

00:50:35.659 --> 00:50:36.139
 happen?

00:50:37.460 --> 00:50:37.820
 And in

00:50:37.820 --> 00:50:38.679
 one debate

00:50:38.679 --> 00:50:39.179
 that he was

00:50:39.179 --> 00:50:39.579
 having,

00:50:40.119 --> 00:50:40.599
 it was in

00:50:40.599 --> 00:50:41.340
 California,

00:50:42.340 --> 00:50:42.820
 he said

00:50:42.820 --> 00:50:43.139
 this,

00:50:43.199 --> 00:50:43.420
 Edward

00:50:43.420 --> 00:50:43.860
 Tabash,

00:50:44.219 --> 00:50:45.260
 if the

00:50:45.260 --> 00:50:45.840
 God of

00:50:45.840 --> 00:50:46.420
 the Bible

00:50:46.420 --> 00:50:47.300
 actually

00:50:47.300 --> 00:50:48.300
 exists,

00:50:49.420 --> 00:50:50.000
 I want

00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:50.800
 to sue

00:50:50.800 --> 00:50:51.780
 him for

00:50:51.780 --> 00:50:52.740
 negligence,

00:50:53.060 --> 00:50:54.440
 for being

00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:56.160
 asleep at

00:50:56.160 --> 00:50:56.640
 the wheel

00:50:56.640 --> 00:50:57.000
 of the

00:50:57.000 --> 00:50:57.840
 universe when

00:50:57.840 --> 00:50:58.640
 my grandfather

00:50:58.640 --> 00:50:59.420
 and uncle

00:50:59.420 --> 00:51:00.680
 were gassed

00:51:00.680 --> 00:51:01.500
 to death

00:51:01.500 --> 00:51:02.060
 in

00:51:02.060 --> 00:51:02.760
 Auschwitz.

00:51:03.900 --> 00:51:04.320
 And you

00:51:04.320 --> 00:51:05.480
 can just

00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:06.720
 imagine the

00:51:06.720 --> 00:51:07.300
 pain that

00:51:07.300 --> 00:51:07.840
 he's suffering

00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:09.019
 thinking on

00:51:09.019 --> 00:51:09.960
 these events,

00:51:10.660 --> 00:51:11.440
 but to say

00:51:11.440 --> 00:51:12.100
 I want to

00:51:12.100 --> 00:51:13.760
 sue the

00:51:13.760 --> 00:51:15.960
 God for

00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:17.039
 negligence,

00:51:17.440 --> 00:51:18.140
 for being

00:51:18.140 --> 00:51:19.000
 asleep at

00:51:19.000 --> 00:51:19.480
 the wheel

00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:20.300
 of the

00:51:20.300 --> 00:51:20.679
 universe.

00:51:22.280 --> 00:51:23.380
 Was God

00:51:23.380 --> 00:51:25.000
 asleep when

00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:25.719
 these things

00:51:25.719 --> 00:51:26.280
 happened?

00:51:27.219 --> 00:51:28.219
 When Auschwitz

00:51:28.219 --> 00:51:29.179
 happened and

00:51:29.179 --> 00:51:29.760
 so many

00:51:29.760 --> 00:51:30.900
 lost their

00:51:30.900 --> 00:51:31.699
 lives there?

00:51:33.019 --> 00:51:34.039
 John Blanchard

00:51:34.039 --> 00:51:34.820
 went on to

00:51:34.820 --> 00:51:35.460
 speak about

00:51:35.460 --> 00:51:36.039
 this about

00:51:36.039 --> 00:51:36.840
 September the

00:51:36.840 --> 00:51:38.119
 11th and

00:51:38.119 --> 00:51:38.340
 he said,

00:51:38.400 --> 00:51:38.860
 when I was

00:51:38.860 --> 00:51:39.400
 asked where

00:51:39.400 --> 00:51:40.099
 was God

00:51:40.099 --> 00:51:41.159
 when religious

00:51:41.159 --> 00:51:41.840
 fanatics

00:51:41.840 --> 00:51:42.659
 killed those

00:51:42.659 --> 00:51:43.960
 3,000 people

00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:44.579
 in America,

00:51:45.380 --> 00:51:46.340
 I replied

00:51:46.340 --> 00:51:48.059
 exactly where

00:51:48.059 --> 00:51:48.760
 he was

00:51:48.760 --> 00:51:49.860
 when religious

00:51:49.860 --> 00:51:50.559
 fanatics

00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:51.300
 killed his

00:51:51.300 --> 00:51:51.700
 son,

00:51:52.200 --> 00:51:53.200
 Jesus Christ,

00:51:54.059 --> 00:51:55.260
 in complete

00:51:55.260 --> 00:51:57.059
 control of

00:51:57.059 --> 00:51:57.920
 everything that

00:51:57.920 --> 00:51:58.380
 happened.

00:51:59.700 --> 00:52:00.300
 This is a

00:52:00.300 --> 00:52:01.079
 clear teaching

00:52:01.079 --> 00:52:01.720
 of Scripture,

00:52:01.860 --> 00:52:02.360
 he goes on

00:52:02.360 --> 00:52:02.780
 to say.

00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:04.079
 Those who

00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:04.820
 combined to

00:52:04.820 --> 00:52:05.340
 have Jesus

00:52:05.340 --> 00:52:06.340
 crucified were

00:52:06.340 --> 00:52:07.120
 wicked men,

00:52:07.900 --> 00:52:08.420
 yet his

00:52:08.420 --> 00:52:09.019
 death was

00:52:09.019 --> 00:52:09.920
 according to

00:52:09.920 --> 00:52:10.980
 God's set

00:52:10.980 --> 00:52:12.519
 purpose and

00:52:12.519 --> 00:52:13.500
 foreknowledge.

00:52:13.500 --> 00:52:14.300
 as the

00:52:14.300 --> 00:52:14.619
 book of

00:52:14.619 --> 00:52:14.960
 Acts,

00:52:15.099 --> 00:52:16.500
 chapter 2,

00:52:16.579 --> 00:52:17.420
 verse 23,

00:52:18.059 --> 00:52:18.860
 makes clear.

00:52:20.360 --> 00:52:21.179
 It is hard

00:52:21.179 --> 00:52:21.840
 to answer

00:52:21.840 --> 00:52:22.400
 some of

00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:23.159
 these questions.

00:52:23.400 --> 00:52:23.920
 Where was

00:52:23.920 --> 00:52:24.940
 God when?

00:52:26.260 --> 00:52:26.840
 But that is

00:52:26.840 --> 00:52:27.300
 the greatest

00:52:27.300 --> 00:52:28.099
 answer we

00:52:28.099 --> 00:52:28.739
 can give.

00:52:29.559 --> 00:52:30.320
 Exactly where

00:52:30.320 --> 00:52:31.780
 he was when

00:52:31.780 --> 00:52:32.159
 religious

00:52:32.159 --> 00:52:33.219
 fanatics killed

00:52:33.219 --> 00:52:33.780
 his son,

00:52:33.920 --> 00:52:34.860
 Jesus Christ,

00:52:35.659 --> 00:52:36.579
 in complete

00:52:36.579 --> 00:52:38.420
 control of

00:52:38.420 --> 00:52:39.039
 everything.

00:52:40.780 --> 00:52:41.260
 And that's

00:52:41.260 --> 00:52:42.440
 hard sometimes

00:52:42.440 --> 00:52:43.900
 for us to

00:52:43.900 --> 00:52:44.539
 accept.

00:52:46.059 --> 00:52:46.700
 But isn't

00:52:46.700 --> 00:52:47.440
 it such a

00:52:47.440 --> 00:52:48.420
 great assurance

00:52:48.420 --> 00:52:50.380
 to us to

00:52:50.380 --> 00:52:50.960
 know that

00:52:50.960 --> 00:52:52.139
 God is

00:52:52.139 --> 00:52:52.639
 sovereign,

00:52:53.519 --> 00:52:54.260
 that God

00:52:54.260 --> 00:52:55.179
 is in

00:52:55.179 --> 00:52:55.880
 control?

00:52:56.539 --> 00:52:57.220
 Because what

00:52:57.220 --> 00:52:57.579
 does this

00:52:57.579 --> 00:52:58.260
 world have

00:52:58.260 --> 00:52:58.760
 to offer

00:52:58.760 --> 00:52:59.539
 us in

00:52:59.539 --> 00:53:00.039
 terms of

00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:01.179
 security and

00:53:01.179 --> 00:53:01.860
 control?

00:53:02.240 --> 00:53:03.099
 Who is in

00:53:03.099 --> 00:53:03.579
 control?

00:53:04.700 --> 00:53:05.420
 Who is in

00:53:05.420 --> 00:53:06.059
 charge of

00:53:06.059 --> 00:53:07.139
 events and

00:53:07.139 --> 00:53:08.000
 everything that's

00:53:08.000 --> 00:53:09.119
 happening in

00:53:09.119 --> 00:53:09.720
 this world?

00:53:09.820 --> 00:53:10.300
 Is it just

00:53:10.300 --> 00:53:11.000
 chance?

00:53:11.400 --> 00:53:11.940
 Do we just

00:53:11.940 --> 00:53:12.579
 leave it to

00:53:12.579 --> 00:53:13.280
 go on as

00:53:13.280 --> 00:53:13.900
 it is with

00:53:13.900 --> 00:53:14.619
 no thought

00:53:14.619 --> 00:53:15.280
 of anything

00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:16.240
 or anyone

00:53:16.240 --> 00:53:16.920
 being in

00:53:16.920 --> 00:53:17.500
 control?

00:53:19.900 --> 00:53:21.019
 Well, God

00:53:21.019 --> 00:53:21.639
 is in

00:53:21.639 --> 00:53:22.220
 control.

00:53:23.900 --> 00:53:24.900
 What God

00:53:24.900 --> 00:53:26.380
 compares to

00:53:26.380 --> 00:53:26.720
 him?

00:53:28.240 --> 00:53:28.599
 And the

00:53:28.599 --> 00:53:30.039
 knowledge that

00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:32.579
 he is in

00:53:32.579 --> 00:53:33.500
 control.

00:53:35.000 --> 00:53:35.840
 We are all

00:53:35.840 --> 00:53:36.900
 sinners, as

00:53:36.900 --> 00:53:38.420
 verse 18

00:53:38.420 --> 00:53:39.380
 makes clear

00:53:39.380 --> 00:53:40.119
 for us.

00:53:41.380 --> 00:53:42.139
 But he

00:53:42.139 --> 00:53:42.740
 does not

00:53:42.740 --> 00:53:43.800
 retain his

00:53:43.800 --> 00:53:45.240
 anger forever.

00:53:46.320 --> 00:53:47.420
 He has

00:53:47.420 --> 00:53:47.920
 mercy.

00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:50.619
 And that is

00:53:50.619 --> 00:53:51.720
 something wonderful

00:53:51.720 --> 00:53:53.340
 for us to

00:53:53.340 --> 00:53:54.079
 think on.

00:53:56.059 --> 00:53:57.059
 Not to

00:53:57.059 --> 00:53:57.920
 turn to

00:53:57.920 --> 00:53:58.619
 atheism.

00:53:59.180 --> 00:53:59.840
 Not to

00:53:59.840 --> 00:54:01.079
 turn away

00:54:01.079 --> 00:54:01.760
 from God

00:54:01.760 --> 00:54:02.599
 completely and

00:54:02.599 --> 00:54:03.659
 accuse him of

00:54:03.659 --> 00:54:04.539
 being asleep at

00:54:04.539 --> 00:54:05.079
 the wheel of

00:54:05.079 --> 00:54:05.659
 the universe

00:54:05.659 --> 00:54:06.539
 when all

00:54:06.539 --> 00:54:07.199
 these things

00:54:07.199 --> 00:54:07.679
 happen.

00:54:09.039 --> 00:54:09.779
 But it's a

00:54:09.779 --> 00:54:10.360
 time to

00:54:10.360 --> 00:54:11.480
 come to

00:54:11.480 --> 00:54:13.019
 God, to

00:54:13.019 --> 00:54:13.579
 look to

00:54:13.579 --> 00:54:14.079
 him, to

00:54:14.079 --> 00:54:14.779
 trust in

00:54:14.779 --> 00:54:15.599
 him, because

00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:16.219
 there is no

00:54:16.219 --> 00:54:17.480
 other way to

00:54:17.480 --> 00:54:18.119
 salvation.

00:54:18.960 --> 00:54:19.799
 There is no

00:54:19.799 --> 00:54:20.579
 other way to

00:54:20.579 --> 00:54:21.139
 security.

00:54:21.579 --> 00:54:21.840
 There's no

00:54:21.840 --> 00:54:22.759
 other policy that

00:54:22.759 --> 00:54:23.579
 this world can

00:54:23.579 --> 00:54:24.659
 offer us that

00:54:24.659 --> 00:54:25.279
 will give us

00:54:25.279 --> 00:54:26.139
 comfort and

00:54:26.139 --> 00:54:27.500
 confidence in

00:54:27.500 --> 00:54:28.139
 all of these

00:54:28.139 --> 00:54:29.440
 situations apart

00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:30.259
 from God.

00:54:30.260 --> 00:54:33.440
 Jesus said on

00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:34.120
 the cross,

00:54:34.640 --> 00:54:36.200
 Father, forgive

00:54:36.200 --> 00:54:37.300
 them, for

00:54:37.300 --> 00:54:38.120
 they know not

00:54:38.120 --> 00:54:39.020
 what they do.

00:54:41.040 --> 00:54:41.460
 And to

00:54:41.460 --> 00:54:42.020
 know that

00:54:42.020 --> 00:54:44.200
 forgiveness, to

00:54:44.200 --> 00:54:44.680
 know that

00:54:44.680 --> 00:54:46.060
 peace that he

00:54:46.060 --> 00:54:46.960
 is offering, to

00:54:46.960 --> 00:54:47.440
 know that

00:54:47.440 --> 00:54:48.780
 steadfast love

00:54:48.780 --> 00:54:49.800
 that we have

00:54:49.800 --> 00:54:50.280
 in him.

00:54:50.900 --> 00:54:51.360
 When we

00:54:51.360 --> 00:54:51.900
 listen to

00:54:51.900 --> 00:54:52.960
 God, we

00:54:52.960 --> 00:54:53.680
 see his

00:54:53.680 --> 00:54:54.860
 sovereign over

00:54:54.860 --> 00:54:55.760
 all the good

00:54:55.760 --> 00:54:56.380
 and the wicked

00:54:56.380 --> 00:54:58.180
 and all events

00:54:58.180 --> 00:54:59.120
 of this world.

00:54:59.400 --> 00:54:59.940
 And we can

00:54:59.940 --> 00:55:00.639
 leave them in

00:55:00.639 --> 00:55:02.519
 his hands, for

00:55:02.519 --> 00:55:03.000
 we'll never

00:55:03.000 --> 00:55:04.240
 understand some

00:55:04.240 --> 00:55:04.840
 things.

00:55:07.119 --> 00:55:08.200
 But God

00:55:08.200 --> 00:55:09.280
 does and God

00:55:09.280 --> 00:55:09.840
 knows.

00:55:11.280 --> 00:55:11.880
 And is that

00:55:11.880 --> 00:55:12.900
 not enough

00:55:12.900 --> 00:55:15.320
 for us to

00:55:15.320 --> 00:55:16.420
 know that

00:55:16.420 --> 00:55:16.780
 he is

00:55:16.780 --> 00:55:17.220
 sovereign?

00:55:19.179 --> 00:55:19.820
 Well, thirdly

00:55:19.820 --> 00:55:20.659
 and finally, we

00:55:20.659 --> 00:55:22.360
 see here that

00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:23.960
 he is the

00:55:23.960 --> 00:55:24.400
 Savior.

00:55:25.880 --> 00:55:26.320
 And no

00:55:26.320 --> 00:55:27.440
 God compares

00:55:27.440 --> 00:55:28.679
 to him when

00:55:28.679 --> 00:55:30.019
 it comes to

00:55:30.019 --> 00:55:30.759
 salvation.

00:55:32.419 --> 00:55:32.899
 In verse

00:55:32.899 --> 00:55:35.079
 18 to

00:55:35.079 --> 00:55:35.899
 verse 20,

00:55:36.019 --> 00:55:36.679
 make that so

00:55:36.679 --> 00:55:37.919
 wonderfully clear

00:55:37.919 --> 00:55:38.440
 for us.

00:55:38.519 --> 00:55:39.159
 Who is a

00:55:39.159 --> 00:55:40.059
 God like you,

00:55:40.239 --> 00:55:41.339
 pardoning iniquity,

00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:42.799
 passing over

00:55:42.799 --> 00:55:43.859
 transgression for

00:55:43.859 --> 00:55:44.559
 the remnant of

00:55:44.559 --> 00:55:45.179
 his inheritance?

00:55:45.839 --> 00:55:46.699
 He does not

00:55:46.699 --> 00:55:47.480
 retain his

00:55:47.480 --> 00:55:48.179
 anger forever

00:55:48.179 --> 00:55:48.719
 because he

00:55:48.719 --> 00:55:50.059
 delights in

00:55:50.059 --> 00:55:51.279
 steadfast love.

00:55:52.079 --> 00:55:52.759
 He will again

00:55:52.759 --> 00:55:53.579
 have compassion

00:55:53.579 --> 00:55:54.099
 on us.

00:55:54.599 --> 00:55:55.299
 He will tread

00:55:55.299 --> 00:55:56.059
 our iniquities

00:55:56.059 --> 00:55:56.839
 under foot.

00:55:56.840 --> 00:55:57.700
 He will cast

00:55:57.700 --> 00:55:59.200
 all our sins

00:55:59.200 --> 00:55:59.780
 into the

00:55:59.780 --> 00:56:01.059
 depths of

00:56:01.059 --> 00:56:01.620
 the sea.

00:56:03.519 --> 00:56:04.300
 What a

00:56:04.300 --> 00:56:05.460
 wonderful God

00:56:05.460 --> 00:56:06.059
 we have.

00:56:07.600 --> 00:56:08.240
 Is there any

00:56:08.240 --> 00:56:09.780
 God in this

00:56:09.780 --> 00:56:10.800
 world who can

00:56:10.800 --> 00:56:11.539
 do this for

00:56:11.539 --> 00:56:11.900
 us?

00:56:12.740 --> 00:56:13.260
 Show us

00:56:13.260 --> 00:56:14.380
 steadfast love,

00:56:14.980 --> 00:56:15.920
 pass over our

00:56:15.920 --> 00:56:16.640
 transgression,

00:56:17.140 --> 00:56:18.280
 cast our sins

00:56:18.280 --> 00:56:19.380
 into the depths

00:56:19.380 --> 00:56:20.120
 of the sea?

00:56:20.780 --> 00:56:21.160
 No.

00:56:21.159 --> 00:56:23.719
 There is no

00:56:23.719 --> 00:56:24.099
 other.

00:56:25.420 --> 00:56:26.139
 Our greatest

00:56:26.139 --> 00:56:27.460
 need is a

00:56:27.460 --> 00:56:28.000
 saviour.

00:56:28.839 --> 00:56:29.519
 And we have

00:56:29.519 --> 00:56:31.000
 one here in

00:56:31.000 --> 00:56:32.139
 Jesus Christ.

00:56:33.420 --> 00:56:34.420
 Because Jesus

00:56:34.420 --> 00:56:35.379
 himself said,

00:56:35.899 --> 00:56:36.819
 no one comes

00:56:36.819 --> 00:56:37.559
 to the Father

00:56:37.559 --> 00:56:38.839
 but by me.

00:56:40.299 --> 00:56:41.179
 And he also

00:56:41.179 --> 00:56:41.699
 said, it is

00:56:41.699 --> 00:56:42.239
 finished.

00:56:42.420 --> 00:56:43.019
 I have opened

00:56:43.019 --> 00:56:43.539
 the way.

00:56:43.920 --> 00:56:44.659
 The way is

00:56:44.659 --> 00:56:45.279
 prepared.

00:56:45.679 --> 00:56:46.739
 I will lead

00:56:46.739 --> 00:56:48.339
 you as my

00:56:48.339 --> 00:56:49.000
 people.

00:56:49.000 --> 00:56:50.820
 But what

00:56:50.820 --> 00:56:51.900
 kind of

00:56:51.900 --> 00:56:53.019
 people are

00:56:53.019 --> 00:56:53.219
 we?

00:56:54.619 --> 00:56:55.579
 Where is

00:56:55.579 --> 00:56:56.960
 our confidence?

00:56:58.320 --> 00:56:58.960
 Where is

00:56:58.960 --> 00:56:59.820
 our assurance

00:56:59.820 --> 00:57:00.579
 today?

00:57:01.860 --> 00:57:03.019
 Is it in

00:57:03.019 --> 00:57:03.940
 anything else

00:57:03.940 --> 00:57:05.400
 but God?

00:57:07.079 --> 00:57:08.380
 Who is a

00:57:08.380 --> 00:57:09.760
 God like

00:57:09.760 --> 00:57:10.079
 you?

00:57:11.360 --> 00:57:12.139
 A question

00:57:12.139 --> 00:57:12.739
 was once

00:57:12.739 --> 00:57:13.719
 asked in a

00:57:13.719 --> 00:57:14.840
 newspaper article.

00:57:14.840 --> 00:57:15.780
 and it

00:57:15.780 --> 00:57:16.420
 was seeking

00:57:16.420 --> 00:57:17.680
 responses.

00:57:18.680 --> 00:57:18.880
 And the

00:57:18.880 --> 00:57:19.640
 question was

00:57:19.640 --> 00:57:21.280
 this, what's

00:57:21.280 --> 00:57:22.579
 wrong with

00:57:22.579 --> 00:57:23.300
 the world?

00:57:24.400 --> 00:57:25.360
 A simple

00:57:25.360 --> 00:57:26.480
 short

00:57:26.480 --> 00:57:27.420
 question.

00:57:28.340 --> 00:57:29.059
 But a

00:57:29.059 --> 00:57:29.579
 question that

00:57:29.579 --> 00:57:30.400
 could lead to

00:57:30.400 --> 00:57:31.260
 many different

00:57:31.260 --> 00:57:31.860
 answers.

00:57:32.780 --> 00:57:33.200
 How would

00:57:33.200 --> 00:57:33.800
 you answer

00:57:33.800 --> 00:57:35.140
 that question

00:57:35.140 --> 00:57:35.620
 today?

00:57:36.200 --> 00:57:36.559
 Where do

00:57:36.559 --> 00:57:37.300
 your thoughts

00:57:37.300 --> 00:57:38.680
 immediately go

00:57:38.680 --> 00:57:39.240
 when you hear

00:57:39.240 --> 00:57:39.880
 that question?

00:57:40.000 --> 00:57:41.079
 What's wrong

00:57:41.079 --> 00:57:41.940
 with the

00:57:41.940 --> 00:57:42.340
 world

00:57:42.340 --> 00:57:43.260
 today?

00:57:43.260 --> 00:57:44.920
 Well, there

00:57:44.920 --> 00:57:45.160
 was a

00:57:45.160 --> 00:57:46.100
 number of

00:57:46.100 --> 00:57:47.200
 correspondents

00:57:47.200 --> 00:57:47.460
 that were

00:57:47.460 --> 00:57:48.900
 sent in to

00:57:48.900 --> 00:57:49.440
 the paper

00:57:49.440 --> 00:57:50.380
 with answers.

00:57:51.220 --> 00:57:51.900
 But one

00:57:51.900 --> 00:57:53.340
 winning answer

00:57:53.340 --> 00:57:54.360
 was chosen.

00:57:55.480 --> 00:57:55.920
 And it was

00:57:55.920 --> 00:57:56.560
 the shortest

00:57:56.560 --> 00:57:58.040
 answer that

00:57:58.040 --> 00:57:58.600
 was given.

00:58:00.660 --> 00:58:00.860
 And the

00:58:00.860 --> 00:58:02.180
 response was

00:58:02.180 --> 00:58:02.620
 this.

00:58:02.780 --> 00:58:03.700
 In response

00:58:03.700 --> 00:58:04.440
 to your

00:58:04.440 --> 00:58:05.060
 question,

00:58:05.840 --> 00:58:06.920
 what's wrong

00:58:06.920 --> 00:58:07.480
 with the

00:58:07.480 --> 00:58:07.840
 world?

00:58:09.180 --> 00:58:10.120
 I am.

00:58:11.360 --> 00:58:11.920
 Yours

00:58:11.920 --> 00:58:12.780
 faithfully,

00:58:13.440 --> 00:58:14.079
 G.K.

00:58:14.420 --> 00:58:14.940
 Chesterton.

00:58:15.940 --> 00:58:16.619
 G.K.

00:58:16.740 --> 00:58:17.260
 Chesterton

00:58:17.260 --> 00:58:18.740
 is a writer,

00:58:18.900 --> 00:58:19.300
 an author,

00:58:19.400 --> 00:58:19.900
 a Christian

00:58:19.900 --> 00:58:20.300
 author.

00:58:21.099 --> 00:58:21.700
 And that

00:58:21.700 --> 00:58:22.200
 was his

00:58:22.200 --> 00:58:23.000
 response.

00:58:24.320 --> 00:58:24.680
 Is that

00:58:24.680 --> 00:58:25.220
 the first

00:58:25.220 --> 00:58:26.079
 response that

00:58:26.079 --> 00:58:26.980
 comes to

00:58:26.980 --> 00:58:27.579
 your mind

00:58:27.579 --> 00:58:27.860
 when you

00:58:27.860 --> 00:58:28.360
 hear that

00:58:28.360 --> 00:58:28.840
 question?

00:58:29.700 --> 00:58:30.639
 Or is it

00:58:30.639 --> 00:58:31.519
 our natural

00:58:31.519 --> 00:58:32.480
 inclination

00:58:32.480 --> 00:58:33.059
 just to go

00:58:33.059 --> 00:58:33.579
 away and

00:58:33.579 --> 00:58:34.639
 think of

00:58:34.639 --> 00:58:35.460
 something and

00:58:35.460 --> 00:58:36.519
 somebody else?

00:58:38.119 --> 00:58:38.920
 Or do we

00:58:38.920 --> 00:58:39.340
 look to

00:58:39.340 --> 00:58:39.980
 ourselves

00:58:39.980 --> 00:58:42.440
 and say,

00:58:42.639 --> 00:58:43.220
 what's wrong

00:58:43.220 --> 00:58:43.639
 with the

00:58:43.639 --> 00:58:44.119
 world?

00:58:45.079 --> 00:58:45.920
 Begin with

00:58:45.920 --> 00:58:46.860
 I am.

00:58:48.340 --> 00:58:49.340
 My heart

00:58:49.340 --> 00:58:50.200
 not being

00:58:50.200 --> 00:58:51.539
 right with

00:58:51.539 --> 00:58:52.000
 God.

00:58:53.420 --> 00:58:54.000
 My not

00:58:54.000 --> 00:58:55.599
 trusting in

00:58:55.599 --> 00:58:56.099
 him with

00:58:56.099 --> 00:58:56.800
 all my

00:58:56.800 --> 00:58:57.260
 heart.

00:58:58.559 --> 00:58:59.000
 Me not

00:58:59.000 --> 00:59:00.360
 depending on

00:59:00.360 --> 00:59:01.539
 him for

00:59:01.539 --> 00:59:02.619
 security and

00:59:02.619 --> 00:59:03.420
 salvation as

00:59:03.420 --> 00:59:04.280
 is offered in

00:59:04.280 --> 00:59:04.880
 the scripture.

00:59:04.880 --> 00:59:07.000
 that's what

00:59:07.000 --> 00:59:07.599
 was wrong

00:59:07.599 --> 00:59:08.840
 in Micah's

00:59:08.840 --> 00:59:09.099
 day.

00:59:10.079 --> 00:59:10.860
 It's what's

00:59:10.860 --> 00:59:12.000
 wrong in

00:59:12.000 --> 00:59:12.700
 our day

00:59:12.700 --> 00:59:13.240
 too.

00:59:14.400 --> 00:59:15.039
 It's the

00:59:15.039 --> 00:59:16.160
 sin of

00:59:16.160 --> 00:59:16.960
 our heart

00:59:16.960 --> 00:59:17.680
 that is

00:59:17.680 --> 00:59:18.840
 wrong with

00:59:18.840 --> 00:59:19.519
 this world.

00:59:20.720 --> 00:59:21.099
 We are

00:59:21.099 --> 00:59:22.340
 alive today

00:59:22.340 --> 00:59:23.880
 because,

00:59:24.280 --> 00:59:24.980
 as we sang

00:59:24.980 --> 00:59:25.460
 in Psalm

00:59:25.460 --> 00:59:26.180
 103,

00:59:27.019 --> 00:59:27.680
 God does

00:59:27.680 --> 00:59:28.360
 not treat

00:59:28.360 --> 00:59:29.180
 our sin

00:59:29.180 --> 00:59:30.119
 as it

00:59:30.119 --> 00:59:30.840
 deserves

00:59:30.840 --> 00:59:32.320
 or repay

00:59:32.320 --> 00:59:33.260
 us according

00:59:33.260 --> 00:59:34.160
 to our

00:59:34.159 --> 00:59:34.859
 iniquities.

00:59:36.199 --> 00:59:36.539
 Or to

00:59:36.539 --> 00:59:37.339
 put it in

00:59:37.339 --> 00:59:37.639
 a more

00:59:37.639 --> 00:59:38.579
 positive way

00:59:38.579 --> 00:59:39.599
 as Lamentations

00:59:39.599 --> 00:59:40.379
 3 says,

00:59:40.920 --> 00:59:41.539
 because of

00:59:41.539 --> 00:59:42.219
 the Lord's

00:59:42.219 --> 00:59:43.119
 great love

00:59:43.119 --> 00:59:44.460
 we are not

00:59:44.460 --> 00:59:45.139
 consumed.

00:59:46.299 --> 00:59:47.059
 That is

00:59:47.059 --> 00:59:48.119
 how we

00:59:48.119 --> 00:59:48.779
 are alive

00:59:48.779 --> 00:59:49.279
 today.

00:59:49.859 --> 00:59:51.139
 Who is

00:59:51.139 --> 00:59:52.480
 a God

00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:53.420
 like you?

00:59:54.659 --> 00:59:55.159
 Peter,

00:59:55.819 --> 00:59:56.799
 when he

00:59:56.799 --> 00:59:57.359
 was asked

00:59:57.359 --> 00:59:57.619
 and the

00:59:57.619 --> 00:59:58.399
 disciples were

00:59:58.399 --> 00:59:58.799
 asked,

00:59:59.440 --> 00:59:59.859
 will you

00:59:59.859 --> 01:00:00.859
 also go

01:00:00.859 --> 01:00:01.179
 away?

01:00:02.279 --> 01:00:02.759
 Will you

01:00:02.759 --> 01:00:03.480
 turn away

01:00:03.480 --> 01:00:04.039
 from this

01:00:04.039 --> 01:00:05.059
 God who

01:00:05.059 --> 01:00:05.679
 is offering

01:00:05.679 --> 01:00:06.460
 salvation

01:00:06.460 --> 01:00:07.380
 through Jesus

01:00:07.380 --> 01:00:08.019
 Christ?

01:00:08.460 --> 01:00:08.840
 What a

01:00:08.840 --> 01:00:09.340
 wonderful

01:00:09.340 --> 01:00:10.360
 response he

01:00:10.360 --> 01:00:10.740
 gave.

01:00:11.740 --> 01:00:12.240
 To whom

01:00:12.240 --> 01:00:13.219
 else can

01:00:13.219 --> 01:00:13.699
 we go?

01:00:14.519 --> 01:00:14.880
 For you

01:00:14.880 --> 01:00:15.619
 alone have

01:00:15.619 --> 01:00:16.320
 the words

01:00:16.320 --> 01:00:17.619
 of eternal

01:00:17.619 --> 01:00:18.059
 life.

01:00:18.139 --> 01:00:18.420
 There is

01:00:18.420 --> 01:00:19.240
 nowhere else

01:00:19.240 --> 01:00:19.760
 to go.

01:00:20.139 --> 01:00:20.500
 There is

01:00:20.500 --> 01:00:21.159
 no place

01:00:21.159 --> 01:00:21.679
 we can go

01:00:21.679 --> 01:00:22.199
 and find

01:00:22.199 --> 01:00:23.199
 assurance

01:00:23.199 --> 01:00:23.960
 and insurance

01:00:23.960 --> 01:00:25.320
 for eternity

01:00:25.320 --> 01:00:26.159
 apart from

01:00:26.159 --> 01:00:26.940
 this God.

01:00:26.940 --> 01:00:26.980
 God.

01:00:29.200 --> 01:00:30.320
 So where

01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:31.260
 do we

01:00:31.260 --> 01:00:31.579
 go?

01:00:33.079 --> 01:00:33.539
 Who is

01:00:33.539 --> 01:00:34.179
 a God

01:00:34.179 --> 01:00:35.320
 like you?

01:00:36.480 --> 01:00:37.200
 There is

01:00:37.200 --> 01:00:37.780
 no other.

01:00:39.240 --> 01:00:39.740
 And when we

01:00:39.740 --> 01:00:40.400
 listen to

01:00:40.400 --> 01:00:41.420
 him, we

01:00:41.420 --> 01:00:41.840
 see the

01:00:41.840 --> 01:00:42.700
 benefits that

01:00:42.700 --> 01:00:43.280
 he offers

01:00:43.280 --> 01:00:43.800
 to his

01:00:43.800 --> 01:00:44.240
 people.

01:00:44.380 --> 01:00:44.679
 He will

01:00:44.679 --> 01:00:45.240
 shepherd.

01:00:45.880 --> 01:00:46.340
 He will

01:00:46.340 --> 01:00:47.159
 lead his

01:00:47.159 --> 01:00:47.619
 people.

01:00:48.400 --> 01:00:48.820
 He is

01:00:48.820 --> 01:00:49.980
 sovereign over

01:00:49.980 --> 01:00:50.920
 all people

01:00:50.920 --> 01:00:51.960
 of this

01:00:51.960 --> 01:00:52.380
 world.

01:00:52.380 --> 01:00:53.599
 And he

01:00:53.599 --> 01:00:54.320
 is preparing

01:00:54.320 --> 01:00:55.240
 a salvation

01:00:55.240 --> 01:00:56.420
 for his

01:00:56.420 --> 01:00:57.680
 people like

01:00:57.680 --> 01:00:58.680
 nothing else

01:00:58.680 --> 01:00:59.539
 that this

01:00:59.539 --> 01:01:00.400
 world can

01:01:00.400 --> 01:01:00.720
 offer.

01:01:01.940 --> 01:01:02.720
 Paul, when

01:01:02.720 --> 01:01:03.119
 he wrote

01:01:03.119 --> 01:01:03.599
 to the

01:01:03.599 --> 01:01:04.160
 Corinthians,

01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:05.460
 in chapter

01:01:05.460 --> 01:01:05.960
 2 of

01:01:05.960 --> 01:01:06.720
 1 Corinthians,

01:01:06.940 --> 01:01:07.340
 it says,

01:01:07.460 --> 01:01:07.880
 But as it

01:01:07.880 --> 01:01:08.380
 is written,

01:01:08.940 --> 01:01:09.740
 what no eye

01:01:09.740 --> 01:01:10.360
 has seen,

01:01:10.440 --> 01:01:11.380
 nor ear heard,

01:01:11.460 --> 01:01:12.000
 nor the heart

01:01:12.000 --> 01:01:13.019
 of man imagined,

01:01:13.420 --> 01:01:14.119
 what God

01:01:14.119 --> 01:01:14.940
 has prepared

01:01:14.940 --> 01:01:16.039
 for those

01:01:16.039 --> 01:01:16.519
 who love

01:01:16.519 --> 01:01:16.700
 him.

01:01:17.940 --> 01:01:18.940
 No God

01:01:18.940 --> 01:01:20.119
 compares

01:01:20.119 --> 01:01:20.780
 to this

01:01:20.780 --> 01:01:21.220
 God.

01:01:21.219 --> 01:01:22.819
 who is

01:01:22.819 --> 01:01:23.599
 a God

01:01:23.599 --> 01:01:24.699
 like you.

01:01:25.919 --> 01:01:26.359
 There is

01:01:26.359 --> 01:01:27.000
 no other.

01:01:28.039 --> 01:01:28.459
 We can

01:01:28.459 --> 01:01:29.059
 compare

01:01:29.059 --> 01:01:30.179
 every other

01:01:30.179 --> 01:01:30.939
 idol and

01:01:30.939 --> 01:01:31.859
 false God

01:01:31.859 --> 01:01:32.299
 of this

01:01:32.299 --> 01:01:32.759
 world,

01:01:33.559 --> 01:01:33.939
 and at the

01:01:33.939 --> 01:01:34.279
 end of the

01:01:34.279 --> 01:01:34.980
 day, none

01:01:34.980 --> 01:01:36.139
 will help.

01:01:37.059 --> 01:01:37.799
 Apart from

01:01:37.799 --> 01:01:38.579
 this God,

01:01:39.179 --> 01:01:39.599
 we have

01:01:39.599 --> 01:01:40.059
 nothing.

01:01:41.559 --> 01:01:43.179
 Psalm 77

01:01:43.179 --> 01:01:44.000
 says,

01:01:44.500 --> 01:01:44.879
 in verse

01:01:44.879 --> 01:01:45.399
 13,

01:01:45.500 --> 01:01:46.119
 O God,

01:01:46.480 --> 01:01:47.199
 most holy

01:01:47.199 --> 01:01:47.759
 are your

01:01:47.759 --> 01:01:48.219
 ways.

01:01:48.719 --> 01:01:49.379
 What God

01:01:49.379 --> 01:01:50.559
 compares with

01:01:50.559 --> 01:01:50.959
 you,

01:01:51.219 --> 01:01:52.199
 you are

01:01:52.199 --> 01:01:52.919
 the God

01:01:52.919 --> 01:01:53.699
 of miracles,

01:01:54.419 --> 01:01:55.259
 whose power

01:01:55.259 --> 01:01:56.639
 the nations

01:01:56.639 --> 01:01:57.599
 view.

01:01:58.699 --> 01:01:59.099
 There is

01:01:59.099 --> 01:01:59.859
 no God

01:01:59.859 --> 01:02:01.299
 who compares

01:02:01.299 --> 01:02:01.879
 with him.

01:02:03.339 --> 01:02:03.799
 And whatever

01:02:03.799 --> 01:02:04.439
 the world

01:02:04.439 --> 01:02:05.739
 puts in front

01:02:05.739 --> 01:02:06.039
 of us

01:02:06.039 --> 01:02:06.659
 and shows

01:02:06.659 --> 01:02:07.139
 us,

01:02:08.000 --> 01:02:08.399
 whatever

01:02:08.399 --> 01:02:09.099
 tempts us

01:02:09.099 --> 01:02:09.599
 away

01:02:09.599 --> 01:02:10.659
 from this

01:02:10.659 --> 01:02:11.119
 God,

01:02:12.000 --> 01:02:12.559
 may we see

01:02:12.559 --> 01:02:12.819
 there is

01:02:12.819 --> 01:02:13.799
 no benefit

01:02:13.799 --> 01:02:15.439
 now or

01:02:15.439 --> 01:02:16.319
 for eternity

01:02:16.319 --> 01:02:17.419
 in any

01:02:17.419 --> 01:02:18.219
 other God

01:02:18.219 --> 01:02:19.619
 apart from

01:02:19.619 --> 01:02:20.319
 this God

01:02:20.319 --> 01:02:20.699
 who will

01:02:20.699 --> 01:02:21.099
 shepherd,

01:02:21.579 --> 01:02:22.399
 this God

01:02:22.399 --> 01:02:22.779
 who is

01:02:22.779 --> 01:02:23.199
 sovereign,

01:02:24.059 --> 01:02:24.500
 and this

01:02:24.500 --> 01:02:25.619
 God who

01:02:25.619 --> 01:02:26.339
 can save.

01:02:27.059 --> 01:02:27.539
 Let us

01:02:27.539 --> 01:02:27.799
 pray.

01:02:27.800 --> 01:02:30.840
 our Father

01:02:30.840 --> 01:02:31.460
 in heaven,

01:02:31.560 --> 01:02:32.260
 we rejoice

01:02:32.260 --> 01:02:32.840
 in your

01:02:32.840 --> 01:02:33.940
 word to

01:02:33.940 --> 01:02:34.380
 us and

01:02:34.380 --> 01:02:34.920
 we thank

01:02:34.920 --> 01:02:35.200
 you that

01:02:35.200 --> 01:02:35.880
 it speaks

01:02:35.880 --> 01:02:36.539
 to us

01:02:36.539 --> 01:02:37.539
 of your

01:02:37.539 --> 01:02:38.539
 judgment

01:02:38.539 --> 01:02:39.200
 in so

01:02:39.200 --> 01:02:40.000
 many ways

01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:41.060
 and your

01:02:41.060 --> 01:02:41.560
 sovereignty

01:02:41.560 --> 01:02:42.220
 over all

01:02:42.220 --> 01:02:42.800
 people,

01:02:43.500 --> 01:02:44.039
 but your

01:02:44.039 --> 01:02:44.840
 great assurance

01:02:44.840 --> 01:02:45.500
 to your

01:02:45.500 --> 01:02:46.980
 people that

01:02:46.980 --> 01:02:47.300
 you will

01:02:47.300 --> 01:02:47.780
 shepherd,

01:02:48.320 --> 01:02:48.700
 that you

01:02:48.700 --> 01:02:49.420
 will save.

01:02:50.200 --> 01:02:50.640
 And we

01:02:50.640 --> 01:02:50.940
 pray,

01:02:51.120 --> 01:02:51.220
 Lord,

01:02:51.280 --> 01:02:51.519
 that you

01:02:51.519 --> 01:02:52.000
 will help

01:02:52.000 --> 01:02:52.360
 us to

01:02:52.360 --> 01:02:53.620
 hear your

01:02:53.620 --> 01:02:54.160
 voice in

01:02:54.160 --> 01:02:54.519
 the midst

01:02:54.519 --> 01:02:54.980
 of all

01:02:54.980 --> 01:02:55.440
 others,

01:02:56.119 --> 01:02:56.659
 to hear

01:02:56.659 --> 01:02:57.000
 and to

01:02:57.000 --> 01:02:58.199
 listen and

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 to follow

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 you.

01:02:59.579 --> 01:02:59.940
 For we

01:02:59.940 --> 01:03:00.539
 ask it in

01:03:00.539 --> 01:03:00.880
 Jesus'

01:03:01.139 --> 01:03:01.360
 name.

01:03:01.920 --> 01:03:02.300
 Amen.

01:03:05.300 --> 01:03:05.940
 We're

01:03:05.940 --> 01:03:06.340
 going to

01:03:06.340 --> 01:03:07.320
 conclude by

01:03:07.320 --> 01:03:08.340
 singing to

01:03:08.340 --> 01:03:08.800
 God's

01:03:08.800 --> 01:03:09.420
 praise in

01:03:09.420 --> 01:03:10.340
 Psalm 135.

01:03:13.099 --> 01:03:14.179
 We sang the

01:03:14.179 --> 01:03:14.759
 end of this

01:03:14.759 --> 01:03:15.280
 psalm from

01:03:15.280 --> 01:03:15.840
 the Scottish

01:03:15.840 --> 01:03:16.460
 Psalter,

01:03:17.360 --> 01:03:19.259
 which reminded

01:03:19.259 --> 01:03:20.179
 us of the

01:03:20.179 --> 01:03:21.139
 idols of

01:03:21.139 --> 01:03:22.000
 this world.

01:03:22.519 --> 01:03:22.960
 But the

01:03:22.960 --> 01:03:23.480
 beginning of

01:03:23.480 --> 01:03:24.059
 the psalm

01:03:24.059 --> 01:03:25.000
 reminds us

01:03:25.000 --> 01:03:25.360
 of the

01:03:25.360 --> 01:03:25.820
 greatness

01:03:25.820 --> 01:03:26.940
 of our

01:03:26.940 --> 01:03:27.420
 God.

01:03:27.599 --> 01:03:28.219
 Praise the

01:03:28.219 --> 01:03:28.519
 Lord,

01:03:28.619 --> 01:03:28.940
 all you

01:03:28.940 --> 01:03:29.679
 as servants.

01:03:30.360 --> 01:03:31.019
 Praise his

01:03:31.019 --> 01:03:31.840
 name with

01:03:31.840 --> 01:03:32.739
 glad accord.

01:03:32.880 --> 01:03:33.320
 You who

01:03:33.320 --> 01:03:34.440
 serve God

01:03:34.440 --> 01:03:34.820
 in his

01:03:34.820 --> 01:03:35.219
 temple,

01:03:35.340 --> 01:03:35.599
 in the

01:03:35.599 --> 01:03:36.799
 dwelling of

01:03:36.799 --> 01:03:37.340
 the Lord.

01:03:37.639 --> 01:03:38.099
 Then verse

01:03:38.099 --> 01:03:38.920
 5 says,

01:03:39.019 --> 01:03:39.579
 For I know

01:03:39.579 --> 01:03:40.400
 the Lord

01:03:40.400 --> 01:03:41.059
 is mighty,

01:03:41.279 --> 01:03:42.460
 greater than

01:03:42.460 --> 01:03:43.279
 all gods

01:03:43.279 --> 01:03:43.679
 he is.

01:03:43.759 --> 01:03:44.920
 He is

01:03:44.920 --> 01:03:45.679
 sovereign in

01:03:45.679 --> 01:03:46.239
 the heavens,

01:03:46.759 --> 01:03:47.239
 on the

01:03:47.239 --> 01:03:47.639
 earth,

01:03:47.759 --> 01:03:48.239
 and in

01:03:48.239 --> 01:03:49.059
 the sea.

01:03:49.159 --> 01:03:49.960
 Psalm 135,

01:03:50.259 --> 01:03:50.639
 the Sing

01:03:50.639 --> 01:03:51.519
 Psalms version,

01:03:52.139 --> 01:03:53.619
 page 176.

01:03:53.699 --> 01:03:53.980
 We'll sing

01:03:53.980 --> 01:03:54.380
 from verse

01:03:54.380 --> 01:03:55.800
 1 to 6.

01:03:59.800 --> 01:04:01.639
 Praise the

01:04:01.639 --> 01:04:03.280
 Lord, all

01:04:03.280 --> 01:04:03.800
 you

01:04:03.800 --> 01:04:04.240
 who

01:04:04.240 --> 01:04:06.179
 servants,

01:04:06.539 --> 01:04:08.199
 praise his

01:04:08.199 --> 01:04:09.699
 name with

01:04:09.699 --> 01:04:12.320
 glad accord.

01:04:12.719 --> 01:04:14.280
 You who

01:04:14.280 --> 01:04:15.860
 serve God

01:04:15.860 --> 01:04:17.300
 in his

01:04:17.300 --> 01:04:18.300
 temple,

01:04:18.300 --> 01:04:20.120
 in the

01:04:20.120 --> 01:04:22.400
 dwelling of

01:04:22.400 --> 01:04:24.620
 the Lord.

01:04:25.120 --> 01:04:26.960
 Praise the

01:04:26.960 --> 01:04:28.500
 Lord, for

01:04:28.500 --> 01:04:30.039
 this is

01:04:30.039 --> 01:04:31.039
 victory.

01:04:31.460 --> 01:04:32.960
 He is

01:04:32.960 --> 01:04:34.340
 good, his

01:04:34.340 --> 01:04:35.060
 praise

01:04:35.060 --> 01:04:36.039
 proclaim.

01:04:36.039 --> 01:04:37.960
 Praise the

01:04:37.960 --> 01:04:40.440
 Lord, for

01:04:40.440 --> 01:04:41.780
 it is

01:04:41.780 --> 01:04:42.920
 pleasant

01:04:42.920 --> 01:04:44.619
 to sing

01:04:44.619 --> 01:04:46.579
 praises to

01:04:46.579 --> 01:04:49.039
 his name.

01:04:49.039 --> 01:04:50.460
 For

01:04:50.460 --> 01:04:52.099
 the Lord

01:04:52.099 --> 01:04:53.920
 has chosen

01:04:53.920 --> 01:04:55.519
 Jacob

01:04:55.519 --> 01:04:57.220
 to be

01:04:57.220 --> 01:04:58.659
 known to

01:04:58.659 --> 01:04:59.360
 him

01:04:59.360 --> 01:05:01.079
 alone,

01:05:01.579 --> 01:05:02.579
 Israel

01:05:02.579 --> 01:05:04.960
 to be

01:05:04.960 --> 01:05:05.900
 his

01:05:05.900 --> 01:05:06.920
 treasure,

01:05:07.519 --> 01:05:09.380
 set apart

01:05:09.380 --> 01:05:10.780
 to be

01:05:10.780 --> 01:05:11.800
 his

01:05:11.800 --> 01:05:13.200
 own.

01:05:13.200 --> 01:05:14.200
 For

01:05:14.200 --> 01:05:16.079
 I know

01:05:16.079 --> 01:05:16.940
 the

01:05:16.940 --> 01:05:17.860
 Lord

01:05:17.860 --> 01:05:18.480
 is

01:05:18.480 --> 01:05:19.460
 mighty,

01:05:19.900 --> 01:05:20.760
 greater

01:05:20.760 --> 01:05:22.099
 than

01:05:22.099 --> 01:05:22.780
 all

01:05:22.780 --> 01:05:23.559
 gods

01:05:23.559 --> 01:05:24.039
 he

01:05:24.039 --> 01:05:25.039
 be.

01:05:25.579 --> 01:05:27.079
 He is

01:05:27.079 --> 01:05:27.920
 sovereign

01:05:27.920 --> 01:05:29.960
 in the

01:05:29.960 --> 01:05:31.039
 heavens,

01:05:31.320 --> 01:05:32.760
 on the

01:05:32.760 --> 01:05:33.320
 earth

01:05:33.320 --> 01:05:34.960
 and in

01:05:34.960 --> 01:05:35.680
 the

01:05:35.680 --> 01:05:36.200
 sea.

01:05:36.199 --> 01:05:38.759
 After

01:05:38.759 --> 01:05:38.939
 the

01:05:38.939 --> 01:05:39.379
 benediction,

01:05:39.500 --> 01:05:40.000
 I'll go to

01:05:40.000 --> 01:05:40.579
 the door to

01:05:40.579 --> 01:05:41.059
 my left.

01:05:41.199 --> 01:05:41.319
 We'll

01:05:41.319 --> 01:05:42.079
 close with

01:05:42.079 --> 01:05:42.139
 the

01:05:42.139 --> 01:05:42.559
 benediction.

01:05:43.539 --> 01:05:43.980
 Now may

01:05:43.980 --> 01:05:44.500
 grace,

01:05:44.839 --> 01:05:45.399
 mercy and

01:05:45.399 --> 01:05:46.059
 peace from

01:05:46.059 --> 01:05:46.500
 God,

01:05:46.779 --> 01:05:47.139
 Father,

01:05:47.359 --> 01:05:47.859
 Son and

01:05:47.859 --> 01:05:48.659
 Holy Spirit

01:05:48.659 --> 01:05:50.000
 rest upon

01:05:50.000 --> 01:05:50.579
 and abide

01:05:50.579 --> 01:05:51.079
 with you

01:05:51.079 --> 01:05:51.379
 all,

01:05:51.859 --> 01:05:52.259
 now and

01:05:52.259 --> 01:05:53.019
 forevermore.

01:05:53.399 --> 01:05:53.739
 Amen.

01:06:06.199 --> 01:06:08.879
 will

01:06:08.980 --> 01:06:10.619
 pray.

01:06:14.819 --> 01:06:15.759
 Pray for

01:06:15.919 --> 01:06:16.839
 you

01:06:16.839 --> 01:06:16.879
 them

01:06:16.879 --> 01:06:17.759