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 Well, let's turn back to our reading in Jeremiah.

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 We're going to read again at verse 2 of chapter 31, verse 2 and 3.

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 Thus says the Lord,

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 The people who survived the sword found grace in the wilderness

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! When Israel sought for rest,

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 the Lord appeared to him from far away.

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 I have loved you with an everlasting love.

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 Therefore, I have continued my faithfulness to you.

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 Next weekend, God willing, we have our communion weekend

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 when we look forward to visiting preachers coming to minister to us.

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 We look forward to being under God's word, taking communion.

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 But what does it mean to you?

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 What does that mean to you?

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 We hear phrases at this time such as taking communion,

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 sitting at the Lord's table, being or becoming a member.

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 We hear about meeting the session.

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 And perhaps we know little of what these things mean,

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 or perhaps we're very familiar with what these things mean.

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 What does it mean for you?

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 Is it something you are going to do?

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 Or do you see it as just something that is for others?

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 Well, at the heart of communion,

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 at the heart of what we are doing,

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 it's not any of the things I've mentioned.

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 At the heart of it is remembering what has been done for us by Jesus Christ.

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 By remembering what he did for us at the cross that he gave his life.

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 Because we, by our nature, are sinners.

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 Every one of us is that.

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 We are all in the same boat when it comes to being sinners.

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 But Jesus came to save his people from their sins.

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 And he did so by coming to give his own life.

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 So how are you sitting here today?

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 Or how are you sitting at home listening online?

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 When you hear all of these things,

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 are you thinking,

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 I am glad to be numbered among those who will come

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 and sit at the Lord's table and remember my precious Savior?

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 Remember his precious steadfast love

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 that saves me from my sins.

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 Or are you sitting here today or listening

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 and thinking,

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 I wish,

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 how I wish I could do that.

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 How I would long to come

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 and just show

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 that sense of giving to the Lord,

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 remembering him

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 for what he has done for me.

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 But I'm not good enough.

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 Or perhaps you're sitting here today or listening

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 and you're thinking,

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 it's not for me.

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 Not just now.

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 Not at this time.

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 Maybe another time.

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 It's just not for me.

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 Whatever situation you find yourself in today,

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 whatever situation you find yourself in

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 in this coming week

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 as we're thinking about approaching the Lord's Supper,

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 one thing we can say for sure,

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 we can only do it

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 by the grace of God to us.

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 The grace that he gives

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 and by faith in him

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 and him alone.

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 So this morning,

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 we're going to look at this passage

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 in Jeremiah,

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 a passage that reminds us

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 about this grace,

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 the wonder of God's grace.

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 And it's grace even in the midst

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 of hard times.

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 Grace even in the midst

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 of times of difficulty,

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 times of struggle,

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 times of challenge.

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 It's a grace that he gives.

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 And Jeremiah,

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 if you're familiar with the book at all,

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 you say,

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 well,

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 how can you find grace

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 in Jeremiah?

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 Because as you read through it,

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 you see,

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 you might say,

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 there's so little

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 here about grace.

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 Jeremiah,

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 the prophet,

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 was so often

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 one associated

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 with bringing

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 bad news,

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 associated with

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 a sense of hopelessness.

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 And you can read through

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 the whole of the book

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 of Jeremiah

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 and think,

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 well,

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 where is hope found

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 in the midst

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 of this book?

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 One person

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 described it in this way,

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 52 chapters

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 of almost uninterrupted

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 gloom

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 and doom.

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 It's not.

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 It is God's word

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 to us.

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 It's not gloom

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 and doom.

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 Yes,

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 there's challenges

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 in it.

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 But it's not like

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 what we see

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 on the news today.

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 If you watch the news

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 at all in these days,

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 that is doom

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 and gloom

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 all the time.

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 There's so much

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 sorrow,

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 so much sadness,

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 so many things

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 going on around us.

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 There's almost

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 nothing positive.

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 It used to be

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 you could watch the news

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 and you would get

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 that story at the end

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 when they would say,

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 and finally,

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 and there was

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 something positive

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 to speak about,

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 some good news story,

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 but seldom

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 do you even

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 see that now.

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 But as you look

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 at Jeremiah

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 and as you look

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 at the word of God,

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 the Bible as a whole,

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 what you see

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 is a story

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 about God's people

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 and the journey

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 that they are on

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 and reminders,

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 constant reminders

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 as you're going

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 through it of sin,

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 of waywardness.

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 We see all that

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 in these verses

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 that we're going

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 to look at

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 together today,

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 but we see

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 a God who cares.

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 And a God

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 who calls

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 his people.

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 And there are

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 a number of

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 encouragements

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 in the book

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 of Jeremiah.

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 It's not always

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 just that everything's

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 positive.

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 It's not.

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 There are challenges too,

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 but there are still

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 encouragements in it.

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 One of my own

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 very personal ones

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 is from this book,

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 chapter 8,

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 verse 20,

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 a verse there

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 that says,

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 the harvest is past,

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 the summer has ended,

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 and we are not saved.

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 It sounds gloomy.

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 The harvest has passed,

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 the summer has ended,

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 still you're not saved,

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 and yet it was a verse

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 that was used

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 in my own conversion,

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 preached nearly 23 years ago

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 by the man

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 who's now

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 out into the moderator

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 in Shabbos.

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 And those words

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 spoke to me,

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 challenged me,

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 but also spoke

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 about the grace

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 of God.

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 How,

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 although we can be

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 in that situation,

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 there is hope

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 as we look to Jesus.

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 One of the best

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 known verses

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 in Jeremiah

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 is Jeremiah 29,

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 11.

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 For I know the plans

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 I have for you,

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 declares the Lord,

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 plans for welfare

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 and not for evil,

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 to give you a future

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 and a hope.

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 These may be words

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 that you've heard

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 and know well.

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 They're encouraging words,

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 but they're in the midst

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 of difficulty

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 and in the midst

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 of challenge.

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 And so too,

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 as we turn

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 to the end

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 of chapter 30

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 and into chapter 31,

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 we see both challenge

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 and encouragement

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 in these verses

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 as well.

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 And what we have

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 is surrounded here

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 by the grace

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 of God.

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 And you see that

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 in verse 2,

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 which is really

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 our text,

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 if you like,

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 the people

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 who survived

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 the sword

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 found grace

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 in the wilderness.

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 Grace

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 in the wilderness.

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 And it's these,

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 that word,

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 grace in the wilderness,

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 that I want us

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 to think about.

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 And we see grace

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 here in three

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 different ways.

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 At the end

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 of chapter 30,

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 we have a grace

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 that warns.

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 A grace that warns.

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 And then as you

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 go into chapter 31,

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 we have a grace

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 then that reminds,

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 and then thirdly,

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 we'll see we have

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 a grace that renews.

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 A grace that warns,

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 a grace that reminds,

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 and a grace that renews.

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 So the first thing

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 we want to see here

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 is a grace that warns.

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 And we see that

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 at the end

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 of chapter 30.

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 Jeremiah had

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 a very long ministry.

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 He ministered

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 to the people

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 for about 50 years.

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 It's hard to imagine

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 preaching and ministering

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 for 50 years

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 in any kind of situation.

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 But Jeremiah's situation

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 was one where

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 it was 50 years

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 where no one listened.

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 There's no record

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 of anyone repenting,

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 of believing.

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 Nobody listened.

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 They mocked him,

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 they shunned him,

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 told him to go away.

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 They wanted nothing

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 to do with him.

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 Imagine 50 years of ministry

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 and no one's listening.

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 difficult.

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 But it does not mean

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 that his ministry

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 wasn't fruitful

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 because he was faithful

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 to the word of God.

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 And although it took time,

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 the people did come back.

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 But much of Jeremiah's ministry

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 was of giving warning.

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 And we see that

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 at the end of chapter 30.

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 In verse 23,

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 Behold the storm

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 of the Lord.

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 There is a warning here.

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 But it's a gracious warning.

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 It's a warning

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 that comes

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 from God.

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 Silence at times

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 can be bliss.

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 There are times,

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 I'm sure,

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 every one of us

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 would say,

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 I just want to get away

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 and have a time to myself,

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 a time of peace,

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 a time of silence,

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 to get away

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 from the noise

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 and the busyness of life

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 and just find a place,

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 a place of solitude.

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 It's lovely

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 to get that kind of place.

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 We need it

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 from time to time.

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 But silence

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 can sometimes

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 be an awful thing.

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 Silence

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 when you're waiting

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 for news

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 of maybe a loved one

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 who's missing.

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 It's an awful thing

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 not to hear anything.

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 It's an anxious time.

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 Silence

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 when you're crying

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 for help

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 and nobody's hearing.

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 silence

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 from someone

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 you love

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 who's not speaking

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 to you.

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 We can know

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 and maybe you do know

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 these kinds

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 of situations

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 for yourself

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 where silence

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 can be agony.

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 Silence

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 can be painful.

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 But where do we see

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 the greatest silence

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 that took place?

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 It's not for ourselves

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 but it's what was done

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 for us

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 and especially

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 as we think

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 of a communion week

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 it's where we look

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 to as we approach

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 a communion season

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 it's at the cross

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 where Jesus there

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 suffered

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 for our sin.

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 Where as we see here

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 behold the storm

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 of the Lord

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 that was coming

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 upon the people.

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 Behold

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 the storm

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 of the Lord

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 that we can have

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 in our lives.

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 As we look

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 to the cross

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 we see

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 the way that Jesus

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 suffered for us.

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 in Matthew 27

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 verse 45

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 now from the sixth

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 hour there was

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 darkness over the land

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 until the ninth hour

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 and about the ninth hour

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 Jesus cried out

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 with a loud voice

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 saying

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 Eli Eli

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 lemma sabachthani

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 that is my God

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 my God

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 why

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 have you forsaken me?

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 There was silence.

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 but when we see here

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 a storm warning

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 we see it is

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 a gracious warning

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 because we see

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 that God is not silent

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 but God is speaking.

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 God is warning.

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 And Jeremiah

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 was warning

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 his people

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 here as well.

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 He was warning them

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 to learn

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 to heed

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 these warnings.

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 Professor John L. Mackay

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 who was a lecturer

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 in the

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 Free Church College

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 he wrote a commentary

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 on Jeremiah

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 and one of the points

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 he makes

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 on these verses

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 is

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 he says

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 there is a prevalent

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 tendency

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 to grasp

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 the promises

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 of the Lord

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 and to forget

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 the warnings

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 that he gives.

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 A warning

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 is given

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 that the future

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 time of blessing

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 and its continuance

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 are not to be

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 lightly assumed

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 as inevitable.

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 We must take care

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 not to repeat

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 the mistakes

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 of the past.

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 What mistakes?

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 Well as you look

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 at this passage

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 and as the end

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 of chapter 31

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 Jeremiah is warning

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 his people

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 behold the storm

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 of the Lord

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 he is warning them

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 that they have

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 made mistakes

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 that sin leads

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 us down

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 the wrong path.

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 The mistakes

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 of taking God

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 lightly

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 of not listening

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 of rejecting

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 him

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 they did it

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 for 50 years

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 they didn't

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 listen to a word

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 that Jeremiah

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 was saying.

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 You do it

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 I do it.

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 We don't listen.

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 We take God

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 lightly.

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 We can reject

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 him so easily.

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 And we can see

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 that there is

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 doom

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 and gloom.

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 The storm

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 of the Lord

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 can feel

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 very much

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 upon us.

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 There's a word

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 in the dictionary

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 and it's

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 Jeremiah.

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 And what does

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 it mean?

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 Well if you look

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 at what the

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 definition of

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 Jeremiah

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 it means

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 a prolonged

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 lamentation

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 or mournful

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 complaint.

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 That's very much

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 from Jeremiah.

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 You can see

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 it so clearly.

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 Do you feel

00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:38.320
 Jeremiah today?

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 Do you feel

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 that sense

00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:42.299
 of just the

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 weight

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 of everything

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 upon you?

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 the weight

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 of sin

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 the fears

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 of life

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 the worries

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 the anxieties

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 everything that

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 just comes

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 our way

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 so often.

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 We can feel

00:13:57.659 --> 00:13:58.740
 Jeremiah

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 doom

00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:02.620
 and gloom

00:14:02.620 --> 00:14:04.700
 but yet

00:14:04.700 --> 00:14:05.220
 what we see

00:14:05.220 --> 00:14:05.920
 here is that

00:14:05.920 --> 00:14:06.759
 God is still

00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:07.539
 in control

00:14:07.539 --> 00:14:09.159
 because even

00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:09.840
 as it speaks

00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:10.820
 of a storm

00:14:10.820 --> 00:14:11.240
 here

00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:12.580
 he says

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 in verse

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 24

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 the fierce

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 anger of

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 the Lord

00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:15.700
 will not

00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:16.320
 turn back

00:14:16.320 --> 00:14:17.740
 until he

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 has executed

00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:20.000
 and accomplished

00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:21.180
 the intentions

00:14:21.180 --> 00:14:22.399
 of his mind.

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 In the latter

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 days you will

00:14:24.220 --> 00:14:25.419
 understand this.

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 God has a

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 plan

00:14:27.840 --> 00:14:29.180
 and a purpose

00:14:29.180 --> 00:14:30.299
 even in the

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 storms.

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 Even in all

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 these things

00:14:33.240 --> 00:14:34.060
 God is saying

00:14:34.060 --> 00:14:34.820
 this is part

00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:36.080
 of my purpose

00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:36.840
 for you

00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:37.740
 in the days

00:14:37.740 --> 00:14:38.259
 of Jeremiah

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 and he says

00:14:38.960 --> 00:14:39.779
 it to ourselves

00:14:39.779 --> 00:14:40.500
 as well.

00:14:41.339 --> 00:14:41.879
 These are my

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 purposes for you

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 and in the

00:14:43.179 --> 00:14:43.839
 latter days

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 you will

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 understand

00:14:44.899 --> 00:14:45.199
 that there

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 are times

00:14:45.939 --> 00:14:46.659
 that we

00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:46.959
 cannot

00:14:46.959 --> 00:14:47.639
 understand

00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:48.399
 things.

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 Just like

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 the hymn writer

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 William Cowper

00:14:50.839 --> 00:14:51.299
 said

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 God moves

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 in a mysterious

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 way

00:14:54.259 --> 00:14:55.379
 his wonders

00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:56.299
 to perform

00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:57.319
 he plants

00:14:57.319 --> 00:14:58.039
 his footsteps

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 in the sea

00:14:58.799 --> 00:14:59.539
 and rides

00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:01.579
 upon the storm.

00:15:02.459 --> 00:15:03.039
 He moves

00:15:03.039 --> 00:15:04.299
 in mysterious

00:15:04.299 --> 00:15:05.019
 ways

00:15:05.019 --> 00:15:05.480
 but

00:15:05.480 --> 00:15:06.740
 as it says

00:15:06.740 --> 00:15:07.579
 he rides

00:15:07.579 --> 00:15:09.240
 upon the storm.

00:15:09.779 --> 00:15:10.339
 And so even

00:15:10.339 --> 00:15:10.740
 as we see

00:15:10.740 --> 00:15:11.059
 here the

00:15:11.059 --> 00:15:11.399
 warning

00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:12.039
 behold

00:15:12.039 --> 00:15:13.059
 the storm

00:15:13.059 --> 00:15:13.659
 of the Lord

00:15:13.659 --> 00:15:14.240
 the Lord

00:15:14.240 --> 00:15:14.919
 is riding

00:15:14.919 --> 00:15:15.480
 on that

00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:15.980
 storm

00:15:15.980 --> 00:15:17.000
 and he

00:15:17.000 --> 00:15:17.519
 is with

00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:19.000
 his people.

00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:20.539
 And so we

00:15:20.539 --> 00:15:21.419
 see the grace

00:15:21.419 --> 00:15:22.899
 of a warning.

00:15:23.899 --> 00:15:24.339
 But the second

00:15:24.339 --> 00:15:24.839
 thing we see

00:15:24.839 --> 00:15:25.419
 here is the

00:15:25.419 --> 00:15:26.299
 grace that

00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:26.839
 reminds

00:15:26.839 --> 00:15:28.699
 the grace

00:15:28.699 --> 00:15:29.459
 that reminds

00:15:29.459 --> 00:15:29.839
 us

00:15:29.839 --> 00:15:31.279
 of all the

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 wonders of

00:15:32.079 --> 00:15:32.559
 God

00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:33.679
 when we feel

00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:34.059
 that we are

00:15:34.059 --> 00:15:34.759
 in a wilderness

00:15:34.759 --> 00:15:36.000
 at times.

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 And that's

00:15:36.519 --> 00:15:36.939
 seen as you

00:15:36.939 --> 00:15:37.539
 go into

00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:40.099
 chapter 31

00:15:40.099 --> 00:15:40.620
 and verse

00:15:40.620 --> 00:15:41.799
 1 to 3.

00:15:42.419 --> 00:15:42.919
 At that

00:15:42.919 --> 00:15:43.519
 time

00:15:43.519 --> 00:15:44.819
 there is a

00:15:44.819 --> 00:15:45.719
 reminder here

00:15:45.719 --> 00:15:46.299
 that God

00:15:46.299 --> 00:15:46.879
 does not

00:15:46.879 --> 00:15:47.559
 forget.

00:15:48.419 --> 00:15:49.019
 At that

00:15:49.019 --> 00:15:49.980
 time declares

00:15:49.980 --> 00:15:50.500
 the Lord

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 I will be

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 the God

00:15:52.319 --> 00:15:53.219
 of all

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 the clans

00:15:53.860 --> 00:15:54.500
 of Israel.

00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:56.079
 He's not

00:15:56.079 --> 00:15:56.719
 silent

00:15:56.719 --> 00:15:57.639
 he's not

00:15:57.639 --> 00:15:58.120
 absent

00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.259
 he is very

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 much

00:15:59.699 --> 00:16:00.819
 with us.

00:16:02.179 --> 00:16:02.599
 John L.

00:16:02.699 --> 00:16:03.299
 Mackay's

00:16:03.299 --> 00:16:03.599
 words

00:16:03.599 --> 00:16:03.919
 we must

00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:04.620
 not repeat

00:16:04.620 --> 00:16:05.240
 the mistakes

00:16:05.240 --> 00:16:05.539
 of the

00:16:05.539 --> 00:16:05.940
 past.

00:16:06.299 --> 00:16:06.700
 That is

00:16:06.700 --> 00:16:07.220
 what Jeremiah

00:16:07.220 --> 00:16:08.100
 is focusing

00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:08.980
 on here.

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 Thus

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 in verse

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 2 the

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 people who

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 survived the

00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:13.960
 sword found

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 grace in

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 the wilderness.

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 He takes

00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:18.700
 them back.

00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:20.060
 He takes

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 them back to

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 the mistakes

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 they made

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 previously in

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 the days of

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 Moses as the

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 children of

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 Israel were

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 led from

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 Egypt to

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 the promised

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 land but

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 journeying

00:16:29.120 --> 00:16:30.039
 through the

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 wilderness.

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 They found

00:16:32.720 --> 00:16:34.220
 grace in

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 the wilderness.

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 But he

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 also is

00:16:37.000 --> 00:16:37.500
 taking them

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 forward here

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 as well.

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 He's speaking

00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:41.060
 to the people

00:16:41.060 --> 00:16:42.019
 in Jeremiah's

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 day who

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 were going

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 to be

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 taken captive

00:16:43.779 --> 00:16:45.019
 by Babylon

00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.740
 a powerful

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 nation.

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 They were

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 going to be

00:16:48.259 --> 00:16:48.879
 taken into

00:16:48.879 --> 00:16:49.840
 exile again

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 into the

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 wilderness

00:16:51.299 --> 00:16:53.419
 again but

00:16:53.419 --> 00:16:53.700
 they would

00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:54.580
 find grace

00:16:54.580 --> 00:16:55.519
 in the

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 wilderness

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 there too.

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 So what

00:16:58.639 --> 00:16:58.960
 does this

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 remind us

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 of?

00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:01.639
 Well it

00:17:01.639 --> 00:17:02.299
 reminds us

00:17:02.299 --> 00:17:03.039
 that sin

00:17:03.039 --> 00:17:04.359
 leads to

00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:04.799
 this

00:17:04.799 --> 00:17:06.019
 an exile

00:17:06.019 --> 00:17:07.000
 from God.

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 It leads

00:17:08.599 --> 00:17:09.299
 us into

00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:10.639
 this wilderness

00:17:10.639 --> 00:17:12.259
 that the

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 tragedy of

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 sin is

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 that keeps

00:17:13.980 --> 00:17:14.980
 God at

00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.619
 an arm's

00:17:15.619 --> 00:17:16.420
 distance.

00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:19.200
 And yet

00:17:19.200 --> 00:17:20.240
 grace calls

00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:21.339
 us in

00:17:21.339 --> 00:17:21.839
 the wilderness.

00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:22.920
 Grace speaks

00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:24.200
 to us in

00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.720
 the wilderness.

00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.639
 The people

00:17:26.639 --> 00:17:27.220
 who survived

00:17:27.220 --> 00:17:27.759
 the sword

00:17:27.759 --> 00:17:28.720
 found grace

00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:29.680
 in the

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 wilderness.

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 Think of

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 that in

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 your own

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 life.

00:17:32.700 --> 00:17:33.340
 What has

00:17:33.340 --> 00:17:34.160
 sin done

00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:34.920
 in your

00:17:34.920 --> 00:17:35.180
 life?

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.520
 What is

00:17:35.520 --> 00:17:35.960
 it doing

00:17:35.960 --> 00:17:36.380
 now?

00:17:37.860 --> 00:17:38.600
 Sin is

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 always active

00:17:39.660 --> 00:17:40.440
 all around

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 us and

00:17:41.259 --> 00:17:41.860
 in us.

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 And what

00:17:42.980 --> 00:17:43.460
 sin is

00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.980
 doing is

00:17:43.980 --> 00:17:45.420
 keeping us

00:17:45.420 --> 00:17:46.420
 from God.

00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.660
 Keeping God

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 at an arm's

00:17:49.320 --> 00:17:49.860
 length at

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 times.

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 Even as a

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 Christian.

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 Even as

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 those who

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 will come

00:17:52.940 --> 00:17:53.580
 and sit

00:17:53.580 --> 00:17:53.940
 at the

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 Lord's

00:17:54.380 --> 00:17:54.900
 table.

00:17:55.320 --> 00:17:55.840
 In our

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 hearts

00:17:56.160 --> 00:17:56.720
 right now

00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.080
 we can

00:17:57.080 --> 00:17:57.800
 feel a

00:17:57.800 --> 00:17:58.240
 sense of

00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:58.880
 that sin

00:17:58.880 --> 00:17:59.960
 a distance

00:17:59.960 --> 00:18:00.820
 from God.

00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:03.340
 sin has

00:18:03.340 --> 00:18:04.040
 that tendency

00:18:04.040 --> 00:18:04.500
 to just

00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.240
 drag us

00:18:05.240 --> 00:18:06.340
 back into

00:18:06.340 --> 00:18:07.040
 the wilderness.

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 And all

00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:10.240
 we feel is

00:18:10.240 --> 00:18:11.280
 a sense of

00:18:11.280 --> 00:18:12.380
 unworthiness,

00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:13.240
 of burden.

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 And what

00:18:15.300 --> 00:18:15.780
 can we

00:18:15.780 --> 00:18:16.100
 do?

00:18:18.180 --> 00:18:18.880
 Well we

00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:19.360
 can look

00:18:19.360 --> 00:18:19.980
 to this

00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.440
 grace.

00:18:21.160 --> 00:18:21.840
 The grace

00:18:21.840 --> 00:18:22.259
 that has

00:18:22.259 --> 00:18:22.980
 been shown.

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 Because it

00:18:24.100 --> 00:18:24.580
 says they

00:18:24.580 --> 00:18:25.220
 found grace

00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.540
 in the

00:18:25.540 --> 00:18:25.900
 wilderness

00:18:25.900 --> 00:18:27.160
 when Israel

00:18:27.160 --> 00:18:28.060
 sought

00:18:28.060 --> 00:18:29.259
 for rest.

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 When they

00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.940
 looked for

00:18:30.940 --> 00:18:31.460
 rest.

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 John

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 Newton is

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 the author

00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:34.920
 of that

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 hymn

00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:35.680
 Amazing

00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:36.259
 Grace.

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 And

00:18:36.660 --> 00:18:37.000
 Jeremiah

00:18:37.000 --> 00:18:38.700
 31 was

00:18:38.700 --> 00:18:39.100
 one of

00:18:39.100 --> 00:18:39.300
 his

00:18:39.300 --> 00:18:39.980
 favorite

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 passages.

00:18:41.400 --> 00:18:41.960
 He often

00:18:41.960 --> 00:18:43.080
 returned to

00:18:43.080 --> 00:18:43.820
 it because

00:18:43.820 --> 00:18:44.480
 it reminded

00:18:44.480 --> 00:18:45.080
 him so

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 much of

00:18:45.520 --> 00:18:45.940
 his own

00:18:45.940 --> 00:18:46.360
 life.

00:18:47.320 --> 00:18:47.720
 He was

00:18:47.720 --> 00:18:48.259
 one who

00:18:48.259 --> 00:18:48.560
 had been

00:18:48.560 --> 00:18:48.880
 in the

00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:49.300
 wilderness

00:18:49.300 --> 00:18:50.020
 living his

00:18:50.020 --> 00:18:50.720
 life in

00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:51.320
 a wild

00:18:51.320 --> 00:18:51.700
 way,

00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.840
 away from

00:18:52.840 --> 00:18:53.140
 God.

00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:53.460
 He knew

00:18:53.460 --> 00:18:54.340
 the distance.

00:18:54.980 --> 00:18:55.520
 He felt

00:18:55.520 --> 00:18:56.220
 like that

00:18:56.220 --> 00:18:56.880
 wretch that

00:18:56.880 --> 00:18:57.700
 he describes

00:18:57.700 --> 00:18:58.640
 himself as.

00:18:58.640 --> 00:18:58.700
 grace.

00:18:59.700 --> 00:19:00.540
 But he

00:19:00.540 --> 00:19:01.480
 found grace

00:19:01.480 --> 00:19:01.900
 in the

00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:02.259
 wilderness.

00:19:03.200 --> 00:19:03.780
 Grace that

00:19:03.780 --> 00:19:04.600
 saved a

00:19:04.600 --> 00:19:05.180
 wretch like

00:19:05.180 --> 00:19:05.680
 me, he

00:19:05.680 --> 00:19:06.120
 says.

00:19:07.580 --> 00:19:08.680
 He found

00:19:08.680 --> 00:19:09.660
 the Lord

00:19:09.660 --> 00:19:10.240
 in the midst

00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:10.759
 of his own

00:19:10.759 --> 00:19:11.460
 storm, in

00:19:11.460 --> 00:19:11.880
 the midst of

00:19:11.880 --> 00:19:12.320
 his own

00:19:12.320 --> 00:19:12.800
 wilderness.

00:19:13.520 --> 00:19:14.040
 And Israel

00:19:14.040 --> 00:19:14.860
 it says here

00:19:14.860 --> 00:19:15.840
 they found

00:19:15.840 --> 00:19:16.820
 rest when

00:19:16.820 --> 00:19:17.520
 they sought,

00:19:18.080 --> 00:19:19.000
 they found

00:19:19.000 --> 00:19:19.460
 that grace

00:19:19.460 --> 00:19:19.800
 when they

00:19:19.800 --> 00:19:20.540
 sought for

00:19:20.540 --> 00:19:21.259
 rest.

00:19:22.660 --> 00:19:23.000
 And are

00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.980
 you seeking

00:19:23.980 --> 00:19:25.180
 for that

00:19:25.180 --> 00:19:25.740
 rest?

00:19:26.920 --> 00:19:27.299
 Are you

00:19:27.299 --> 00:19:28.779
 longing for

00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.940
 that rest?

00:19:30.740 --> 00:19:31.420
 That rest,

00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.240
 that grace

00:19:32.240 --> 00:19:33.039
 when you

00:19:33.039 --> 00:19:33.420
 feel like

00:19:33.420 --> 00:19:34.079
 you're just

00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:34.500
 in the

00:19:34.500 --> 00:19:34.860
 wilderness?

00:19:36.460 --> 00:19:37.059
 I learned

00:19:37.059 --> 00:19:37.539
 about something

00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:37.980
 this week

00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.380
 I'd never

00:19:38.380 --> 00:19:38.980
 heard of

00:19:38.980 --> 00:19:39.660
 before.

00:19:41.099 --> 00:19:41.880
 It was

00:19:41.880 --> 00:19:42.319
 about a

00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:43.259
 stone that

00:19:43.259 --> 00:19:43.579
 would be

00:19:43.579 --> 00:19:44.880
 familiar out

00:19:44.880 --> 00:19:45.140
 on the

00:19:45.140 --> 00:19:46.039
 moors many

00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:46.900
 years ago.

00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.559
 You can

00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:48.180
 still find

00:19:48.180 --> 00:19:48.460
 them in

00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:48.740
 different

00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.180
 places,

00:19:49.360 --> 00:19:50.120
 but when

00:19:50.120 --> 00:19:50.720
 the shillings

00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:51.360
 were used

00:19:51.360 --> 00:19:52.039
 more often

00:19:52.039 --> 00:19:52.740
 for tending

00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.380
 the sheep

00:19:53.380 --> 00:19:53.680
 and the

00:19:53.680 --> 00:19:54.780
 cattle out

00:19:54.780 --> 00:19:55.040
 in the

00:19:55.040 --> 00:19:55.520
 moor during

00:19:55.520 --> 00:19:56.080
 the summer

00:19:56.080 --> 00:19:56.480
 months,

00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:57.780
 there was

00:19:57.780 --> 00:19:58.700
 a stone

00:19:58.700 --> 00:19:59.020
 that would

00:19:59.020 --> 00:19:59.620
 be close

00:19:59.620 --> 00:20:00.480
 nearby to

00:20:00.480 --> 00:20:00.920
 the shilling

00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:01.160
 and it

00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:01.980
 was called

00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.580
 a

00:20:02.580 --> 00:20:03.680
 clachtasich,

00:20:04.880 --> 00:20:05.380
 or an

00:20:05.380 --> 00:20:05.800
 itching

00:20:05.800 --> 00:20:06.320
 stone,

00:20:07.180 --> 00:20:08.280
 because the

00:20:08.280 --> 00:20:09.000
 moorland is

00:20:09.000 --> 00:20:10.000
 barren in

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.740
 many ways.

00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.360
 But as you

00:20:12.360 --> 00:20:12.780
 know if you

00:20:12.780 --> 00:20:13.420
 go out there

00:20:13.420 --> 00:20:13.820
 there's all

00:20:13.820 --> 00:20:14.360
 kinds of,

00:20:14.820 --> 00:20:15.220
 when you see

00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:15.720
 animals they're

00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:16.380
 always itching

00:20:16.380 --> 00:20:16.760
 whether it's

00:20:16.760 --> 00:20:17.360
 midges or

00:20:17.360 --> 00:20:17.900
 ticks or

00:20:17.900 --> 00:20:18.460
 whatever it

00:20:18.460 --> 00:20:18.780
 is and

00:20:18.780 --> 00:20:19.200
 there's no

00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:20.060
 relief for

00:20:20.060 --> 00:20:20.320
 them.

00:20:22.320 --> 00:20:23.120
 But these

00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:23.819
 stones would

00:20:23.819 --> 00:20:24.579
 be erected

00:20:24.579 --> 00:20:25.359
 beside the

00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:25.939
 shillings,

00:20:26.679 --> 00:20:27.739
 quite large

00:20:27.739 --> 00:20:28.319
 stones about

00:20:28.319 --> 00:20:28.879
 the size of

00:20:28.879 --> 00:20:29.239
 a wooden

00:20:29.239 --> 00:20:29.939
 strainer,

00:20:30.099 --> 00:20:30.439
 a fence

00:20:30.439 --> 00:20:30.859
 strainer,

00:20:31.519 --> 00:20:31.799
 and they'd

00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.699
 be put into

00:20:32.699 --> 00:20:33.199
 the ground

00:20:33.199 --> 00:20:33.719
 and erected

00:20:33.719 --> 00:20:34.159
 so that the

00:20:34.159 --> 00:20:34.759
 sheep or the

00:20:34.759 --> 00:20:35.359
 cattle could

00:20:35.359 --> 00:20:36.319
 come and

00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:37.259
 find relief

00:20:37.259 --> 00:20:38.239
 in scratching

00:20:38.239 --> 00:20:39.359
 themselves against

00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:40.099
 this stone.

00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.599
 Well when we

00:20:44.599 --> 00:20:45.500
 think of our

00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:47.639
 lives, what is

00:20:47.639 --> 00:20:48.599
 the stone that

00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.339
 gives relief

00:20:49.339 --> 00:20:50.039
 to us?

00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:51.480
 when we

00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.039
 have that

00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:52.920
 scratch, that

00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:54.200
 sin you

00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:54.500
 could almost

00:20:54.500 --> 00:20:55.139
 describe as

00:20:55.139 --> 00:20:56.440
 an unscratchable

00:20:56.440 --> 00:20:57.759
 itch, we

00:20:57.759 --> 00:20:58.579
 just can't get

00:20:58.579 --> 00:20:59.240
 to the heart

00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.579
 of it.

00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.659
 Where is our

00:21:00.659 --> 00:21:01.319
 stone?

00:21:01.720 --> 00:21:02.240
 Where is our

00:21:02.240 --> 00:21:03.039
 rest found?

00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:04.519
 Well it's in

00:21:04.519 --> 00:21:05.420
 the stone, the

00:21:05.420 --> 00:21:06.119
 rock that is

00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.139
 Jesus Christ.

00:21:08.319 --> 00:21:08.920
 When Jesus

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.539
 says in

00:21:09.539 --> 00:21:10.240
 Matthew 11

00:21:10.240 --> 00:21:10.759
 28,

00:21:10.920 --> 00:21:11.579
 come to me

00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:12.240
 all you who

00:21:12.240 --> 00:21:13.440
 labor and are

00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:14.039
 heavy laden,

00:21:14.539 --> 00:21:15.559
 I will give you

00:21:15.559 --> 00:21:16.659
 rest, I will

00:21:16.659 --> 00:21:17.200
 give you

00:21:17.200 --> 00:21:18.000
 relief.

00:21:18.000 --> 00:21:18.619
 He's saying

00:21:18.619 --> 00:21:21.900
 seek me, and

00:21:21.900 --> 00:21:22.559
 when you seek

00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:23.059
 me you will

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.759
 find me, when

00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:24.299
 you seek me

00:21:24.299 --> 00:21:24.720
 with your

00:21:24.720 --> 00:21:27.180
 whole heart, and

00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.740
 I will give

00:21:27.740 --> 00:21:28.380
 you rest.

00:21:29.759 --> 00:21:30.400
 They found

00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:31.099
 grace in the

00:21:31.099 --> 00:21:31.680
 wilderness when

00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:32.259
 they sought

00:21:32.259 --> 00:21:34.380
 for rest, so

00:21:34.380 --> 00:21:35.140
 can you, so

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 can I.

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 When we seek

00:21:37.940 --> 00:21:39.319
 the Lord, when

00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:39.900
 we look for

00:21:39.900 --> 00:21:41.700
 his grace, when

00:21:41.700 --> 00:21:42.940
 we come to

00:21:42.940 --> 00:21:44.759
 him, the

00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:45.519
 wilderness can

00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:46.079
 be a horrible

00:21:46.079 --> 00:21:47.079
 place to be.

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 But there is

00:21:49.259 --> 00:21:50.079
 still grace

00:21:50.079 --> 00:21:50.960
 there for us

00:21:50.960 --> 00:21:51.700
 when we seek

00:21:51.700 --> 00:21:52.539
 the Lord.

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 You think of

00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:53.700
 the prodigal

00:21:53.700 --> 00:21:54.119
 son.

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 There's so

00:21:55.680 --> 00:21:56.579
 much of that

00:21:56.579 --> 00:21:57.539
 in his life,

00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:57.759
 where you

00:21:57.759 --> 00:21:58.200
 think of him

00:21:58.200 --> 00:21:58.839
 going away

00:21:58.839 --> 00:21:59.299
 from his

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 father, into

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 the wilderness,

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.660
 into the

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 wilderness, there

00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:03.500
 was life away

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.980
 from the

00:22:03.980 --> 00:22:04.759
 father, thinking

00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:05.359
 it was the

00:22:05.359 --> 00:22:06.079
 bliss that he

00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:06.640
 was looking

00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.160
 for.

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 But it

00:22:08.799 --> 00:22:09.480
 wasn't.

00:22:10.519 --> 00:22:10.859
 But when

00:22:10.859 --> 00:22:11.640
 he came to

00:22:11.640 --> 00:22:12.480
 his senses,

00:22:14.059 --> 00:22:14.619
 he returned

00:22:14.619 --> 00:22:15.680
 to his

00:22:15.680 --> 00:22:15.940
 father.

00:22:15.940 --> 00:22:17.019
 Charles Spurgeon

00:22:17.019 --> 00:22:17.660
 has a great

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 way of showing

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.600
 that coming

00:22:19.600 --> 00:22:20.120
 home.

00:22:20.960 --> 00:22:21.860
 Charles Spurgeon

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.420
 said the

00:22:22.420 --> 00:22:23.440
 prodigal saw

00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:24.580
 his need to

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 come home.

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 But listen to

00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:27.059
 this, his

00:22:27.059 --> 00:22:28.400
 last steps

00:22:28.400 --> 00:22:29.279
 before entering

00:22:29.279 --> 00:22:29.960
 the house

00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:31.140
 were with a

00:22:31.140 --> 00:22:32.180
 kiss still

00:22:32.180 --> 00:22:33.019
 warm upon

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.820
 his cheek

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 and the

00:22:34.720 --> 00:22:35.580
 welcome still

00:22:35.580 --> 00:22:36.880
 musical in

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 his ears.

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 Isn't that a

00:22:38.299 --> 00:22:39.140
 wonderful way

00:22:39.140 --> 00:22:39.759
 of looking at

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 it?

00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.080
 How could he

00:22:41.080 --> 00:22:41.500
 say that?

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.100
 Because of

00:22:42.100 --> 00:22:42.580
 what the

00:22:42.580 --> 00:22:43.400
 father did.

00:22:43.400 --> 00:22:45.180
 the father

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:46.400
 ran to

00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:46.920
 the son.

00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:48.640
 The son

00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:49.140
 knew that

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.800
 grace in

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 the wilderness

00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.080
 and the

00:22:51.080 --> 00:22:52.120
 father came

00:22:52.120 --> 00:22:53.259
 from afar.

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 And you

00:22:53.820 --> 00:22:54.400
 see that in

00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:54.880
 verse 3

00:22:54.880 --> 00:22:55.300
 here, the

00:22:55.300 --> 00:22:56.259
 Lord appeared

00:22:56.259 --> 00:22:56.860
 to him

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 from far

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.440
 away saying,

00:22:58.540 --> 00:22:58.759
 I have

00:22:58.759 --> 00:22:59.320
 loved you

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 with an

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 everlasting

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:00.700
 love.

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 That is the

00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:02.960
 love of

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.500
 God the

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.620
 father, shown

00:23:04.620 --> 00:23:04.980
 to the

00:23:04.980 --> 00:23:06.519
 prodigal and

00:23:06.519 --> 00:23:06.960
 shown to

00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.620
 all of his

00:23:07.620 --> 00:23:08.120
 people who

00:23:08.120 --> 00:23:08.560
 are in the

00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:09.300
 wilderness, but

00:23:09.300 --> 00:23:10.640
 seek after

00:23:10.640 --> 00:23:11.200
 the Lord.

00:23:11.200 --> 00:23:11.900
 the kiss

00:23:11.900 --> 00:23:13.279
 still warm

00:23:13.279 --> 00:23:13.700
 on his

00:23:13.700 --> 00:23:15.900
 cheek because

00:23:15.900 --> 00:23:16.660
 the father

00:23:16.660 --> 00:23:18.000
 had run to

00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:18.340
 him.

00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.940
 He is

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:21.660
 faithful and

00:23:21.660 --> 00:23:22.000
 he gives

00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:23.160
 us amazing

00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:24.660
 reminders of

00:23:24.660 --> 00:23:26.700
 a grace that

00:23:26.700 --> 00:23:29.160
 loves, an

00:23:29.160 --> 00:23:29.799
 everlasting

00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:31.039
 love.

00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.400
 So we are

00:23:33.400 --> 00:23:34.140
 to come,

00:23:34.819 --> 00:23:35.700
 we are to

00:23:35.700 --> 00:23:36.319
 come to

00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:37.279
 seek him

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:38.420
 and not to

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.039
 come to the

00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.460
 Lord's

00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:40.340
 supper praising

00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:41.099
 ourselves,

00:23:41.619 --> 00:23:42.319
 slapping our

00:23:42.319 --> 00:23:42.839
 own back,

00:23:42.939 --> 00:23:43.139
 saying,

00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.779
 well done

00:23:43.779 --> 00:23:44.119
 you.

00:23:45.679 --> 00:23:46.139
 But to

00:23:46.139 --> 00:23:46.839
 come sometimes

00:23:46.839 --> 00:23:47.459
 broken,

00:23:48.500 --> 00:23:49.319
 sometimes weary,

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.240
 sometimes just

00:23:50.240 --> 00:23:50.659
 with that

00:23:50.659 --> 00:23:51.359
 weight still

00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:52.399
 on, but

00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:53.480
 coming thankful

00:23:53.480 --> 00:23:53.980
 for the

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.939
 love that

00:23:54.939 --> 00:23:55.279
 he has

00:23:55.279 --> 00:23:55.659
 shown.

00:23:56.939 --> 00:23:58.019
 That love

00:23:58.019 --> 00:23:58.779
 that he

00:23:58.779 --> 00:23:59.379
 speaks of

00:23:59.379 --> 00:23:59.799
 here, I

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.339
 have loved

00:24:00.339 --> 00:24:01.099
 you with

00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:01.919
 an everlasting

00:24:01.919 --> 00:24:02.859
 love.

00:24:05.519 --> 00:24:06.339
 Therefore I

00:24:06.339 --> 00:24:07.119
 have continued

00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:08.699
 my faithfulness

00:24:08.699 --> 00:24:09.359
 to you.

00:24:10.339 --> 00:24:10.859
 he didn't

00:24:10.859 --> 00:24:11.480
 leave his

00:24:11.480 --> 00:24:11.980
 people.

00:24:12.139 --> 00:24:12.500
 Even though

00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.779
 you could

00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:13.159
 say they

00:24:13.159 --> 00:24:13.919
 deserved it,

00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:15.220
 the same is

00:24:15.220 --> 00:24:15.980
 true for us.

00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:17.159
 We feel we

00:24:17.159 --> 00:24:17.980
 didn't deserve

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:18.759
 his grace.

00:24:20.299 --> 00:24:20.799
 But it is

00:24:20.799 --> 00:24:21.319
 his love

00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:21.799
 that's without

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.459
 beginning and

00:24:22.459 --> 00:24:23.279
 without end.

00:24:23.980 --> 00:24:24.539
 That is the

00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:25.679
 love that we

00:24:25.679 --> 00:24:26.240
 are to look

00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:26.519
 to.

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.619
 And if we

00:24:28.619 --> 00:24:29.259
 know that

00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:30.259
 grace,

00:24:30.879 --> 00:24:32.059
 if we love

00:24:32.059 --> 00:24:32.759
 and know that

00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.740
 love of God,

00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:34.859
 then we are

00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:35.439
 to come.

00:24:36.339 --> 00:24:36.959
 Come and

00:24:36.959 --> 00:24:37.579
 seek him

00:24:37.579 --> 00:24:38.779
 and find

00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.559
 that grace

00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.059
 in the

00:24:40.059 --> 00:24:40.399
 wilderness

00:24:40.399 --> 00:24:41.159
 that gives

00:24:41.159 --> 00:24:42.539
 us rest.

00:24:44.179 --> 00:24:45.039
 The final

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:45.539
 thing we

00:24:45.539 --> 00:24:46.319
 see here is

00:24:46.319 --> 00:24:46.899
 that grace

00:24:46.899 --> 00:24:48.919
 that renews.

00:24:50.139 --> 00:24:50.740
 I said

00:24:50.740 --> 00:24:51.119
 earlier that

00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:51.339
 when we

00:24:51.339 --> 00:24:51.879
 watch the

00:24:51.879 --> 00:24:52.359
 news, it

00:24:52.359 --> 00:24:52.939
 seldom now

00:24:52.939 --> 00:24:53.379
 we get

00:24:53.379 --> 00:24:54.579
 that final

00:24:54.579 --> 00:24:55.319
 story,

00:24:55.419 --> 00:24:56.119
 and finally

00:24:56.119 --> 00:24:57.179
 there's some

00:24:57.179 --> 00:24:58.000
 good news.

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.720
 But here we

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.379
 see that what

00:25:00.379 --> 00:25:01.099
 Jeremiah is

00:25:01.099 --> 00:25:01.679
 saying in this

00:25:01.679 --> 00:25:02.119
 section is

00:25:02.119 --> 00:25:02.839
 and finally

00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:03.899
 there is

00:25:03.899 --> 00:25:04.679
 good news.

00:25:04.680 --> 00:25:05.680
 truth.

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:05.920
 Truly,

00:25:06.360 --> 00:25:07.039
 there is

00:25:07.039 --> 00:25:07.600
 good news

00:25:07.600 --> 00:25:08.279
 because this

00:25:08.279 --> 00:25:09.400
 closing section

00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:09.940
 of this

00:25:09.940 --> 00:25:11.360
 passage really

00:25:11.360 --> 00:25:12.400
 is a sense

00:25:12.400 --> 00:25:13.480
 of rejoicing.

00:25:14.700 --> 00:25:15.519
 A rejoicing

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.480
 that God

00:25:16.480 --> 00:25:17.140
 is able to

00:25:17.140 --> 00:25:17.519
 help.

00:25:18.080 --> 00:25:18.920
 God is able

00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:19.400
 to give.

00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:19.980
 And you

00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.240
 could go

00:25:20.240 --> 00:25:20.700
 back to

00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.340
 verse 18

00:25:21.340 --> 00:25:21.960
 of chapter

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:23.299
 30 where

00:25:23.299 --> 00:25:23.580
 it says,

00:25:23.660 --> 00:25:24.299
 There is

00:25:24.299 --> 00:25:24.700
 hope.

00:25:24.700 --> 00:25:25.299
 There is

00:25:25.299 --> 00:25:25.779
 hope.

00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.140
 There is

00:25:26.140 --> 00:25:26.640
 hope.

00:25:27.680 --> 00:25:30.140
 But then you

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.660
 see it again

00:25:30.660 --> 00:25:31.400
 in verse 4

00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:32.180
 and 5 of

00:25:32.180 --> 00:25:33.340
 chapter 31.

00:25:33.339 --> 00:25:34.539
 with that

00:25:34.539 --> 00:25:35.459
 repeated

00:25:35.459 --> 00:25:36.720
 phase again

00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:38.139
 three times

00:25:38.139 --> 00:25:38.519
 in these

00:25:38.519 --> 00:25:39.179
 two verses.

00:25:40.419 --> 00:25:40.720
 And look at

00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:40.919
 what he

00:25:40.919 --> 00:25:41.159
 says,

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.740
 Again I

00:25:41.740 --> 00:25:42.299
 will build

00:25:42.299 --> 00:25:42.639
 you and

00:25:42.639 --> 00:25:43.099
 you shall

00:25:43.099 --> 00:25:43.599
 be built

00:25:43.599 --> 00:25:43.859
 up,

00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.039


00:25:44.039 --> 00:25:44.619
 virginess.

00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.039
 Again you

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:46.740
 shall adorn

00:25:46.740 --> 00:25:47.720
 yourself with

00:25:47.720 --> 00:25:48.839
 tambourines

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.240
 and shall

00:25:49.240 --> 00:25:50.059
 go forth in

00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.559
 the dance

00:25:50.559 --> 00:25:50.839
 of the

00:25:50.839 --> 00:25:51.359
 merrymakers.

00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.699
 Again you

00:25:52.699 --> 00:25:53.259
 shall plant

00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.039
 vineyards in

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.599
 the mountains

00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:55.740
 of Samaria.

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:57.259
 Three times

00:25:57.259 --> 00:25:57.720
 he says

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.599
 again.

00:25:59.500 --> 00:26:00.099
 Because there

00:26:00.099 --> 00:26:00.659
 is a sense

00:26:00.659 --> 00:26:01.539
 of renewing

00:26:01.539 --> 00:26:01.939
 here.

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:03.220
 the blessings

00:26:03.220 --> 00:26:03.620
 that they

00:26:03.620 --> 00:26:04.259
 had enjoyed

00:26:04.259 --> 00:26:04.580
 in the

00:26:04.580 --> 00:26:05.700
 past they

00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.059
 are going

00:26:06.059 --> 00:26:06.960
 to enjoy

00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:08.000
 again.

00:26:08.580 --> 00:26:09.279
 The people's

00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:10.019
 lives were

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.880
 ruined by

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.299
 sin.

00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:12.400
 And they

00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:12.820
 were going

00:26:12.820 --> 00:26:13.100
 to be

00:26:13.100 --> 00:26:13.420
 ruined.

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:13.680
 They were

00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:13.880
 going to

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:14.340
 be taken

00:26:14.340 --> 00:26:15.220
 into exile.

00:26:15.860 --> 00:26:16.019
 Their

00:26:16.019 --> 00:26:16.620
 homes would

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.100
 be gone.

00:26:17.640 --> 00:26:18.240
 Their joy

00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:18.680
 would be

00:26:18.680 --> 00:26:19.000
 gone.

00:26:19.620 --> 00:26:19.900
 Their

00:26:19.900 --> 00:26:20.519
 vineyards

00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:20.880
 would be

00:26:20.880 --> 00:26:21.200
 gone.

00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:22.740
 All these

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.140
 things that

00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:23.840
 were important

00:26:23.840 --> 00:26:24.559
 and precious

00:26:24.559 --> 00:26:25.019
 to them

00:26:25.019 --> 00:26:26.120
 all gone.

00:26:28.620 --> 00:26:29.180
 Brought

00:26:29.180 --> 00:26:29.740
 into the

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.160
 wilderness.

00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:30.400
 wilderness.

00:26:31.560 --> 00:26:32.060
 But here

00:26:32.060 --> 00:26:32.680
 is God

00:26:32.680 --> 00:26:33.160
 saying I

00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:33.660
 will bring

00:26:33.660 --> 00:26:34.220
 you home.

00:26:34.740 --> 00:26:35.340
 I will

00:26:35.340 --> 00:26:35.720
 renew.

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:36.120
 I will

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.779
 restore

00:26:36.779 --> 00:26:37.100
 you.

00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.100
 And so

00:26:39.100 --> 00:26:39.500
 you see

00:26:39.500 --> 00:26:39.960
 the three

00:26:39.960 --> 00:26:41.120
 things that

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.300
 will

00:26:41.300 --> 00:26:42.019
 restore

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:43.380
 their

00:26:43.380 --> 00:26:43.980
 homes,

00:26:44.620 --> 00:26:45.660
 their joy,

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:46.720
 their

00:26:46.720 --> 00:26:47.500
 vineyards.

00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:48.160
 All that

00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:48.820
 was important

00:26:48.820 --> 00:26:49.540
 for life

00:26:49.540 --> 00:26:50.460
 was going

00:26:50.460 --> 00:26:50.779
 to be

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.200
 renewed.

00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:52.700
 There was

00:26:52.700 --> 00:26:52.920
 going to

00:26:52.920 --> 00:26:53.240
 be a

00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:53.720
 newness

00:26:53.720 --> 00:26:54.120
 to it.

00:26:54.440 --> 00:26:54.880
 Even in

00:26:54.880 --> 00:26:55.240
 the midst

00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.620
 of the

00:26:55.620 --> 00:26:56.140
 mysterious

00:26:56.140 --> 00:26:57.040
 ways of

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.399
 God

00:26:57.399 --> 00:26:57.920
 working.

00:26:59.000 --> 00:26:59.359
 William

00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:00.039
 Cowper's

00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:00.460
 hymn goes

00:27:00.460 --> 00:27:00.839
 on to

00:27:00.839 --> 00:27:01.079
 say,

00:27:01.259 --> 00:27:01.480
 Judge

00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:02.079
 not the

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.420
 Lord

00:27:02.420 --> 00:27:03.680
 by feeble

00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:04.159
 sense,

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:04.920
 but trust

00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:05.759
 him for

00:27:05.759 --> 00:27:06.440
 his grace

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.839
 behind a

00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:08.299
 frowning

00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.839
 providence.

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.579
 He hides

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.339
 a smiling

00:27:10.339 --> 00:27:10.960
 face.

00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:11.980
 His

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.680
 purposes

00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:13.700
 will ripen

00:27:13.700 --> 00:27:14.099
 fast,

00:27:14.220 --> 00:27:14.819
 unfolding

00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:16.099
 every hour.

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:17.099
 The bud

00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.740
 may have a

00:27:17.740 --> 00:27:18.500
 bitter taste,

00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.440
 but sweet

00:27:19.440 --> 00:27:20.579
 will be the

00:27:20.579 --> 00:27:20.960
 flower.

00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.480
 You see

00:27:21.480 --> 00:27:22.019
 there just

00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.579
 how he's

00:27:22.579 --> 00:27:23.240
 speaking of

00:27:23.240 --> 00:27:24.539
 the frowning

00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.099
 providence,

00:27:25.240 --> 00:27:26.480
 not understanding,

00:27:27.339 --> 00:27:27.700
 and yet

00:27:27.700 --> 00:27:28.380
 God is

00:27:28.380 --> 00:27:29.220
 in control

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:30.160
 and his

00:27:30.160 --> 00:27:30.519
 grace

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:31.360
 unfolding

00:27:31.360 --> 00:27:31.599
 his

00:27:31.599 --> 00:27:32.099
 purposes

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:32.920
 hour by

00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:33.279
 hour,

00:27:33.700 --> 00:27:33.920
 so that

00:27:33.920 --> 00:27:34.220
 even when

00:27:34.220 --> 00:27:34.460
 there's a

00:27:34.460 --> 00:27:35.259
 bitter taste

00:27:35.259 --> 00:27:35.779
 initially,

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:37.039
 the flower

00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.380
 will be

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:37.980
 sweet in

00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.519
 the end.

00:27:39.180 --> 00:27:39.400
 And what

00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.700
 you see

00:27:39.700 --> 00:27:40.059
 here is

00:27:40.059 --> 00:27:40.759
 that journey

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:41.740
 of God

00:27:41.740 --> 00:27:42.299
 leading his

00:27:42.299 --> 00:27:42.860
 people from

00:27:42.860 --> 00:27:44.559
 warning to

00:27:44.559 --> 00:27:45.160
 reminding

00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:45.500
 them and

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.039
 then finally

00:27:46.039 --> 00:27:46.880
 to renewing,

00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:48.000
 to say

00:27:48.000 --> 00:27:48.860
 that yes,

00:27:48.940 --> 00:27:49.440
 you lost

00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:49.900
 it all in

00:27:49.900 --> 00:27:50.339
 the wilderness,

00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:51.860
 but again

00:27:51.860 --> 00:27:52.380
 you will have

00:27:52.380 --> 00:27:53.059
 all of these

00:27:53.059 --> 00:27:53.579
 things.

00:27:55.200 --> 00:27:55.599
 But what

00:27:55.599 --> 00:27:55.899
 is the

00:27:55.899 --> 00:27:56.799
 most important

00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:57.319
 thing you

00:27:57.319 --> 00:27:58.179
 see restored

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.579
 here?

00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.099
 It's what

00:28:00.099 --> 00:28:00.459
 you have

00:28:00.459 --> 00:28:00.879
 in verse

00:28:00.879 --> 00:28:01.419
 6.

00:28:03.099 --> 00:28:03.859
 It's great

00:28:03.859 --> 00:28:04.099
 that they

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.480
 have their

00:28:04.480 --> 00:28:04.879
 homes,

00:28:05.039 --> 00:28:05.719
 their joy,

00:28:06.159 --> 00:28:06.939
 their vineyards

00:28:06.939 --> 00:28:07.579
 restored,

00:28:07.699 --> 00:28:08.079
 but look at

00:28:08.079 --> 00:28:08.799
 verse 6.

00:28:08.799 --> 00:28:10.019
 for there

00:28:10.019 --> 00:28:10.639
 shall be a

00:28:10.639 --> 00:28:11.059
 day when

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:11.740
 watchmen

00:28:11.740 --> 00:28:12.599
 will call

00:28:12.599 --> 00:28:12.919
 in the

00:28:12.919 --> 00:28:13.519
 whole country

00:28:13.519 --> 00:28:14.200
 of Ephraim,

00:28:14.799 --> 00:28:16.419
 arise and

00:28:16.419 --> 00:28:16.879
 let us go

00:28:16.879 --> 00:28:17.319
 up to

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.779
 Sion,

00:28:18.339 --> 00:28:18.879
 to the

00:28:18.879 --> 00:28:20.279
 Lord our

00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.819
 God.

00:28:21.399 --> 00:28:22.259
 What is

00:28:22.259 --> 00:28:23.339
 being restored

00:28:23.339 --> 00:28:24.299
 there?

00:28:25.539 --> 00:28:26.180
 A right

00:28:26.180 --> 00:28:27.059
 worship.

00:28:28.559 --> 00:28:29.319
 A right

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:29.819
 worship.

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.419
 Let us

00:28:31.419 --> 00:28:32.960
 go and

00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:33.980
 worship the

00:28:33.980 --> 00:28:35.339
 Lord our

00:28:35.339 --> 00:28:35.879
 God.

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:35.880


00:28:37.080 --> 00:28:37.700
 The watchmen

00:28:37.700 --> 00:28:38.460
 had a vital

00:28:38.460 --> 00:28:38.920
 role.

00:28:39.620 --> 00:28:39.840
 They were

00:28:39.840 --> 00:28:40.200
 often the

00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:40.800
 ones who

00:28:40.800 --> 00:28:41.360
 warned of

00:28:41.360 --> 00:28:41.820
 danger

00:28:41.820 --> 00:28:42.480
 approaching.

00:28:42.640 --> 00:28:42.800
 They were

00:28:42.800 --> 00:28:43.220
 often the

00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.200
 ones who

00:28:44.200 --> 00:28:45.000
 warned of

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:46.300
 seasons changing,

00:28:46.440 --> 00:28:46.780
 of new

00:28:46.780 --> 00:28:47.260
 moons and

00:28:47.260 --> 00:28:47.700
 all of

00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:48.340
 these things,

00:28:48.780 --> 00:28:49.280
 times of

00:28:49.280 --> 00:28:49.720
 harvest,

00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:50.480
 times of

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:51.080
 festival.

00:28:52.300 --> 00:28:52.800
 Well here

00:28:52.800 --> 00:28:53.140
 they are

00:28:53.140 --> 00:28:53.680
 saying the

00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.160
 day is

00:28:54.160 --> 00:28:55.600
 coming when

00:28:55.600 --> 00:28:56.280
 the watchmen

00:28:56.280 --> 00:28:56.980
 will call,

00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.480
 arise,

00:28:59.280 --> 00:29:00.000
 let us go

00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:00.620
 to Sion,

00:29:01.020 --> 00:29:01.640
 to the

00:29:01.640 --> 00:29:02.880
 Lord our

00:29:02.880 --> 00:29:03.380
 God.

00:29:03.920 --> 00:29:04.200
 Do you

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.560
 see the

00:29:04.560 --> 00:29:05.980
 change that's

00:29:05.980 --> 00:29:06.820
 taken place?

00:29:07.500 --> 00:29:08.160
 Where God

00:29:08.160 --> 00:29:08.800
 is speaking

00:29:08.800 --> 00:29:10.900
 initially in

00:29:10.900 --> 00:29:11.880
 verse 22 of

00:29:11.880 --> 00:29:12.640
 chapter 30,

00:29:12.700 --> 00:29:12.940
 and you

00:29:12.940 --> 00:29:13.580
 shall be my

00:29:13.580 --> 00:29:14.100
 people and

00:29:14.100 --> 00:29:14.700
 I will be

00:29:14.700 --> 00:29:15.400
 your God.

00:29:15.800 --> 00:29:16.460
 It's in the

00:29:16.460 --> 00:29:18.240
 future, but

00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.740
 here is a

00:29:18.740 --> 00:29:19.259
 day when that

00:29:19.259 --> 00:29:19.840
 is renewed.

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.880
 Let us go

00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:22.320
 up to

00:29:22.320 --> 00:29:23.400
 Sion, to

00:29:23.400 --> 00:29:23.920
 the Lord

00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:25.140
 our God,

00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.560
 a relationship

00:29:26.560 --> 00:29:27.420
 restored.

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.340
 That is what

00:29:29.340 --> 00:29:30.220
 we long for.

00:29:30.220 --> 00:29:31.420
 It's great

00:29:31.420 --> 00:29:31.740
 to have

00:29:31.740 --> 00:29:32.380
 material

00:29:32.380 --> 00:29:32.980
 blessings,

00:29:33.620 --> 00:29:34.180
 the blessings

00:29:34.180 --> 00:29:34.980
 of homes,

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.220
 of joy,

00:29:36.600 --> 00:29:37.539
 of vineyards,

00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:38.740
 Jeremiah is

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.100
 saying, but

00:29:39.100 --> 00:29:39.839
 your greatest

00:29:39.839 --> 00:29:40.640
 blessing of

00:29:40.640 --> 00:29:41.620
 all will

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:42.240
 be to once

00:29:42.240 --> 00:29:43.140
 again worship

00:29:43.140 --> 00:29:43.779
 the Lord

00:29:43.779 --> 00:29:44.880
 as your

00:29:44.880 --> 00:29:46.079
 God, a

00:29:46.079 --> 00:29:46.839
 relationship

00:29:46.839 --> 00:29:47.740
 restored.

00:29:48.819 --> 00:29:49.500
 Our lives

00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:49.779
 in the

00:29:49.779 --> 00:29:50.440
 wilderness are

00:29:50.440 --> 00:29:51.839
 hindered by

00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:54.600
 sin, but

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:55.120
 the good

00:29:55.120 --> 00:29:56.039
 news is

00:29:56.039 --> 00:29:57.200
 there is

00:29:57.200 --> 00:29:58.600
 grace in

00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.160
 the wilderness.

00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.500
 And that

00:30:00.500 --> 00:30:01.200
 that grace

00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.480
 is able

00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:03.579
 to renew.

00:30:04.779 --> 00:30:05.200
 What do

00:30:05.200 --> 00:30:05.720
 you want in

00:30:05.720 --> 00:30:06.279
 this communion

00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:06.740
 weekend?

00:30:08.539 --> 00:30:09.160
 Surely, above

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:09.660
 all, we

00:30:09.660 --> 00:30:10.860
 want to

00:30:10.860 --> 00:30:12.180
 come and

00:30:12.180 --> 00:30:12.940
 worship the

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:14.200
 Lord our

00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.839
 God, to

00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:16.360
 give him

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:17.819
 that praise,

00:30:17.940 --> 00:30:18.539
 that worship

00:30:18.539 --> 00:30:19.799
 that he is

00:30:19.799 --> 00:30:20.180
 due.

00:30:21.720 --> 00:30:22.140
 And it

00:30:22.140 --> 00:30:22.920
 comes if we

00:30:22.920 --> 00:30:24.140
 see the

00:30:24.140 --> 00:30:24.860
 grace that

00:30:24.860 --> 00:30:25.160
 he has

00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:25.519
 shown.

00:30:26.220 --> 00:30:26.680
 If we

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.480
 seek after

00:30:27.480 --> 00:30:28.860
 that grace

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.240
 as he

00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:29.879
 speaks of

00:30:29.879 --> 00:30:30.339
 there in

00:30:30.339 --> 00:30:30.799
 verse 2,

00:30:30.879 --> 00:30:31.339
 the people

00:30:31.339 --> 00:30:32.000
 who survived

00:30:32.000 --> 00:30:32.639
 the sword

00:30:32.639 --> 00:30:33.839
 found grace

00:30:33.839 --> 00:30:34.179
 in the

00:30:34.179 --> 00:30:34.519
 wilderness

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.399
 when Israel

00:30:35.399 --> 00:30:36.979
 sought for

00:30:36.979 --> 00:30:37.719
 rest.

00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.439
 Seek that

00:30:39.439 --> 00:30:40.139
 rest.

00:30:41.059 --> 00:30:41.659
 Find it

00:30:41.659 --> 00:30:42.339
 in the

00:30:42.339 --> 00:30:43.019
 Lord Jesus

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.759
 Christ.

00:30:44.699 --> 00:30:45.339
 And then

00:30:45.339 --> 00:30:46.339
 you can

00:30:46.339 --> 00:30:46.799
 come,

00:30:46.959 --> 00:30:47.699
 arise,

00:30:48.699 --> 00:30:49.319
 let us

00:30:49.319 --> 00:30:49.740
 go,

00:30:50.619 --> 00:30:51.439
 and worship

00:30:51.440 --> 00:30:52.700
 the Lord

00:30:52.700 --> 00:30:54.180
 our God.

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.940
 John

00:30:55.940 --> 00:30:56.559
 Newton said,

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.279
 it was grace

00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:57.980
 that taught

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.080
 my heart

00:30:59.080 --> 00:30:59.680
 to fear,

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.180
 and grace

00:31:01.180 --> 00:31:02.080
 my fears

00:31:02.080 --> 00:31:02.740
 relieved.

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.299
 How precious

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:05.340
 did that

00:31:05.340 --> 00:31:06.259
 grace appear,

00:31:07.140 --> 00:31:07.680
 the hour

00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:08.880
 I first

00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:09.480
 believed.

00:31:10.279 --> 00:31:10.740
 May you

00:31:10.740 --> 00:31:12.100
 find how

00:31:12.100 --> 00:31:13.160
 precious this

00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.779
 grace is,

00:31:13.840 --> 00:31:14.320
 even in the

00:31:14.320 --> 00:31:14.700
 wilderness,

00:31:15.299 --> 00:31:15.799
 even in the

00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:16.580
 trials, the

00:31:16.580 --> 00:31:17.279
 storms of

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:18.059
 life, God's

00:31:18.059 --> 00:31:18.720
 warning is

00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:19.680
 there graciously.

00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:21.380
 God reminds

00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:23.320
 us of his

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:23.960
 grace again

00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:24.480
 and again,

00:31:25.140 --> 00:31:25.799
 and God

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.880
 is able

00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:27.960
 to renew.

00:31:28.700 --> 00:31:29.140
 Let us

00:31:29.140 --> 00:31:29.440
 pray.

00:31:31.759 --> 00:31:32.560
 Lord, our

00:31:32.560 --> 00:31:33.440
 gracious God,

00:31:33.500 --> 00:31:34.200
 we thank you

00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:34.840
 for your

00:31:34.840 --> 00:31:35.320
 word, we

00:31:35.320 --> 00:31:35.740
 thank you

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:36.220
 for your

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.840
 grace, and

00:31:36.840 --> 00:31:38.160
 we pray to

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:38.900
 seek it with

00:31:38.900 --> 00:31:39.380
 all our

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:39.960
 hearts, and

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:41.100
 to know the

00:31:41.100 --> 00:31:41.799
 rest that you

00:31:41.799 --> 00:31:42.440
 are able to

00:31:42.440 --> 00:31:43.299
 give to us

00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:43.779
 through our

00:31:43.779 --> 00:31:44.460
 Lord Jesus

00:31:44.460 --> 00:31:45.320
 Christ, as

00:31:45.320 --> 00:31:45.980
 we ask all

00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:46.740
 these things

00:31:46.740 --> 00:31:47.799
 in Jesus'

00:31:48.060 --> 00:31:48.259
 name.

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.000
 Amen.

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:52.560
 We'll

00:31:52.560 --> 00:31:53.299
 conclude now

00:31:53.299 --> 00:31:53.900
 by singing

00:31:53.900 --> 00:31:54.920
 to God's

00:31:54.920 --> 00:31:55.420
 praise in

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:56.200
 Psalm 4

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.000
 once again.

00:31:57.740 --> 00:31:58.120
 We'll sing

00:31:58.120 --> 00:31:58.700
 these last

00:31:58.700 --> 00:31:59.560
 stanzas from

00:31:59.560 --> 00:32:00.340
 verse 6.

00:32:02.380 --> 00:32:03.080
 Oh, who

00:32:03.080 --> 00:32:03.880
 can show us

00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:04.400
 any good?

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.279
 I hear so

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.000
 many say,

00:32:06.560 --> 00:32:06.980
 O Lord,

00:32:07.100 --> 00:32:07.700
 shine on us

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:08.180
 with your

00:32:08.180 --> 00:32:08.840
 light, show

00:32:08.840 --> 00:32:09.360
 us your

00:32:09.360 --> 00:32:10.560
 face, I

00:32:10.560 --> 00:32:10.960
 pray.

00:32:11.080 --> 00:32:11.460
 We'll sing

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.320
 from verse 6

00:32:12.320 --> 00:32:12.920
 down to the

00:32:12.920 --> 00:32:14.039
 end of the

00:32:14.039 --> 00:32:14.460
 psalm.

00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.460


00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.460


00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.460


00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.460


00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.460


00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.460


00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.460


00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.460


00:32:14.460 --> 00:32:14.460


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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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00:32:18.460 --> 00:32:20.980
 O who can

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 show us

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 any good,

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 I hear so

00:32:30.420 --> 00:32:34.519
 many say,

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 O Lord,

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 shine on us

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 with your

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 light, show

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 us your

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 face, I

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 pray.

00:32:51.900 --> 00:32:54.220
 You

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 filled my

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 heart with

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 greater joy

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 than others'

00:33:07.180 --> 00:33:09.640
 men have

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 heard, as

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 they

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 rejoice at

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 harvest time,

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 when pain

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 and wine

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 are

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 burned.

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 I will

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 lie down

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 and sleep

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 in peace,

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 my heart

00:33:43.340 --> 00:33:44.140
 will

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 rest

00:33:45.299 --> 00:33:47.060
 secure

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 for you

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 alone,

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 O

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 righteous

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 Lord,

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 will

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 keep

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 me

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 safe

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 and

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 sure.

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 After the

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 benediction, I'll

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 go to the door to my

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 left.

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 Now may grace,

00:34:12.179 --> 00:34:13.139
 mercy, and peace

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 from God,

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 Father, Son, and

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 Holy Spirit, rest

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 upon and abide

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 with you all,

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 now and forever

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 more.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.