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 We're so thankful for your presence with us. We're looking forward to having Pastor John preach for us this evening.

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 We're also really glad to be able to welcome friends and family for Dara's baptism and for welcoming Callum into membership.

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 We're so thankful for God's work in their lives. We look forward to that shortly.

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 But welcome everybody as we gather together to worship our great God.

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 Just a couple of notices. I've said already we're back here again for worship at 5.30.

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 John, our friend from the church in Atlanta, will be preaching.

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 Please do come along if you can to hear God's words again and to worship together.

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 On Wednesdays we're back with our CDGs, our community discipleship groups in various locations.

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 Again, check in with your leaders for the details for that.

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 That will also be the beginning. So this month, our run-up to the election, UK election,

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 we're going to give some time to praying for our nation and for the church within the nation.

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 So Wednesday is going to be the first time where we do that within our groups.

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 We'll do that together as well.

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 So please come along if you can.

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 And then one thing, you may have seen it in our notices.

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 Dara and Shoris and Callum and Ewan and Joshua, they have a charity event for Bethany,

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 a local Christian organization here.

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 So that's on the 8th of June.

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 So it's going to be a day of cycling and running and playing football.

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 They'll be working hard all day.

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 If you want to sponsor them, support them, encourage them,

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 then you can check the newsletter for that.

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 Our call to worship, which we can share together, comes from Psalm 111.

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 Let's stand together for our call to worship,

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 and we'll remain standing for our opening hymn,

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 which is give to our God immortal praise.

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 Praise the Lord.

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 I will extol the Lord with all my heart in the council of the upright and in the assembly.

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 He provided redemption for his people.

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 He ordained his covenant forever.

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 Holy and awesome is his name.

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 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.

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 All who follow his precepts have good understanding.

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 To him belongs eternal praise.

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 And let's remain standing as we praise our great God together.

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 Give to our God the immortal praise.

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 Mercy and truth are all his praise.

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 Wonders of Christ in the heart below.

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 Breathe his mercies in your soul.

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 Qi if for your God of love.

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 And let's not live for your God in the Bible.

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 Give to the Lord of the kingdom,

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enz Bubba完成.

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 His mercies never shine too

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 The lives of dogs are no longer

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 He sent his son, may and God will stay, from the darkness and the grave.

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 Wonders of grace will come, may he be born, repeat his mercy in your soul.

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 Please have a seat.

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 Let's join our hearts in prayer.

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 Let's pray together.

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 We recognize it is good and fitting to praise you, our Lord, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

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 We praise you as the creator of this world, the sustainer of this world, and indeed the sustainer of each one of our lives.

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 We thank you for bringing us here in this place to hear your word, to receive your grace,

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 to take time from all the busyness, all the worries and cares of our lives, to be in your presence, to hear from you,

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 to remember who you are and all that you have done for us.

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 Lord, we thank you that you have provided redemption, that there is salvation that comes from you, our God.

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 Father, we thank you for your love in sending your Son, Jesus, into this world to be our Savior.

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 And we thank you for the perfect life of the Lord Jesus, for his sacrificial death,

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 taking on himself the sin of his people, dying in our place, taking the punishment that we deserve,

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 so that we might have life.

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 Lord, we thank you for the work of your Holy Spirit, showing to us our need of a Savior,

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 showing us our sin, and showing us the glory of Jesus, so that we might trust in him.

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 Lord, we thank you that you are the God who has entered into a covenant relationship with your people.

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 And you've done that not because we deserve it, but simply because of your grace.

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 Lord, we thank you for the new covenant established in the broken body and the shed blood of the Lord Jesus,

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 that guarantee that you will always and eternally love your people, your church.

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 Lord, as we consider all that you have done for us and who you are,

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 and we pray that you would cause us to worship you, to recognize your great glory.

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 Lord, your word calls us to trust in the Lord with all our heart.

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 And as much as we recognize the wisdom of that, we confess the times when we haven't trusted you with all our heart,

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 when instead we have leaned on our own understanding, where we have pursued our own direction in life.

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 Lord, your word calls us to worship the Lord our God and to serve him only.

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 And again, we confess the times in which we have made other things and other people

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 more important in our hearts and our lives than you, the one true and living God.

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 We have that capacity towards idolatry, to take good things, good gifts, and to make them ultimate things,

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 and to live for them above all.

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 Lord, as we recognize our sin before you, we would confess our sin.

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 That we would pray as the tax collector in the parable, Lord, have mercy on us as sinners.

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 And as we confess our sin, we thank you for the wonderful promise we have in your word of forgiveness.

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 That because of the saving work of the Lord Jesus, that you are a God so gracious

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 as to cast all our sins into the depths of the sea, fully and finally paid for.

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 And so we confess, knowing that you are faithful to forgive.

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 Lord, we thank you that you have promised to be with us as we gather.

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 And we pray that we would know your presence, that your spirit would be at work in all of our hearts and lives,

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 so that together we might praise and glorify and magnify our God.

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 And we pray in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 And now, this is the point where we're going to, just in a few moments, welcome our new church members.

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 We're going to baptize Dara, and we're so thankful, as we said, to God for that.

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 Both Callum and Dara have given a clear testimony of their faith in the Lord Jesus,

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 both in their words and in their lives.

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 It's been a real encouragement to us as a church, no doubt an encouragement to their families.

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 Now, just before welcoming them, we're going to read a few verses from Acts chapter 2.

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 Acts chapter 2, from verse 38.

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 So, Peter is just, the apostle being filled with the Holy Spirit.

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 Peter has preached a great sermon.

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 The crowd have asked, brothers, what shall we do?

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 And Peter replied,

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 With many other words, he warned them, and he pleaded with them, save yourselves from this corrupt generation.

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 Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about 3,000 were added to their number that day.

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 They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread, and to prayer.

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 So, just a few words about church membership and baptism from that text.

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 What's happening here, as the church begins, is that there's a whole group, 3,000 people responding to the good news about the Lord Jesus.

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 So, Peter has told them that Jesus is God's promised Savior King.

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 That in the coming of Jesus, all God's wonderful promises in the Old Testament come true.

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 He's spoken to them about Jesus' perfect life.

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 That His miracles were evidence that He was none other than the Son of God.

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 He's spoken to them of Jesus' death on the cross.

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 A death that secures the forgiveness of sin.

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 He's spoken about the reality that because Jesus is sinless and perfect and God accepted His sacrifice,

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 that Jesus was raised from the dead on the third day.

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 And that Jesus gives the gift of the Holy Spirit.

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 Jesus truly does forgive sins.

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 Jesus does give the promise of eternal life that it's possible for people like us, by nature separate from God, because of our sin, to be brought near and to be brought home.

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 And all of this as a gift of God's grace and all of this to give glory to God.

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 So, they've heard this message.

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 And how did they respond?

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 They responded with repentance.

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 So, acknowledging that need to turn from sin and to turn back to God.

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 And then they stand up publicly to declare that Jesus is Lord.

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 Now, that wasn't easy for them in their setting.

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 And maybe it's never easy to stand up and say, Jesus is Lord.

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 But that's what they do.

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 And these first-generation believers, they're all baptized.

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 And then they're added.

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 They're numbered among the church.

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 And this group then, how do they live?

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 We hear about how they devote themselves.

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 They devoted themselves to worshipping together.

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 To hearing God's Word and to hear it be taught.

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 So, they gather to hear teaching about Jesus.

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 We hear them devoted to praying together.

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 That they share food and they share the Lord's Supper.

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 They commit to serving with one another for the good of others.

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 It's a great picture of what happens whenever anyone becomes a member of God's church.

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 It's what we're celebrating today.

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 Callum has already been baptized as an infant.

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 Adara is going to come and shortly be baptized.

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 And baptism is a wonderful thing for us to see.

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 The eyes of faith allow us to see this gospel sign.

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 That the water, which we usually associate with washing and cleaning.

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 It is pointing to the reality that Jesus washes away sin.

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 By His death on the cross.

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 We think about water that gives new life.

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 That gives satisfaction in life.

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 In fact, we were thinking about that on Friday.

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 That through the death of Jesus and faith in Him.

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 A person is now dead to sin and is alive in Christ.

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 We have this living water.

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 We have eternal life.

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 So, there's wonderful messages in baptism.

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 And then, Dara and Callum, they're going to be added to our church.

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 To this church.

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 As church members, of course, members of Jesus' church.

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 But members of this local church.

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 Where they will worship, continue worshiping with us.

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 Where they will grow in faith as they grow in maturity.

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 And where they will come alongside us to serve with us.

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 And where we will serve them.

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 And encourage them.

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 And pray for them.

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 So, we welcome them with thankfulness today.

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 We welcome them because we remember.

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 God still answers our prayers.

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 These prayers that we make for our family members.

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 For our church family.

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 Our children.

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 God answers them.

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 We give thanks that God still loves to save people.

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 He's not done building His church.

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 And as we give thanks, we pray.

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 We pray for all of our children.

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 All our covenant children.

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 That together, they might join in professing faith and love for Jesus.

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 So, without further ado, Dara and Callum, do you want to come up here?

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 I removed the foliage so you wouldn't have to live in the forest.

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 We appreciate that.

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 So, I have these five questions to ask.

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 So, in Bible class, I know that you've been working through these.

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 And you've been thinking about what they mean.

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 So, let me ask them.

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 You can answer them together.

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 Here's the first one.

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 Do you acknowledge yourself to be a sinner in the sight of God?

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 Justly deserving His judgment.

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 And without hope, apart from His sovereign mercy.

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 Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as the Son of God and Savior of sinners?

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 And do you receive and rest upon Him alone for salvation as He is offered in the gospel?

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 Do you now resolve in humble reliance upon the grace of the Holy Spirit that you will endeavor to live in obedience to God's word as a follower of Christ?

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 Number four.

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 Number four.

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 Do you promise to support the church in its worship and work to the best of your ability by your prayers, your presence, your gifts, and your service?

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 Okay.

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 And one last one.

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 Do you submit yourself to the government and discipline of the church and promise to seek its purity and peace?

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 Yes.

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 Wonderful.

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 Now, having professed your faith, Dara, let's baptize you.

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 It is a wonderful thing to be able to do this in the name of...

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 Come over here.

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 I'm going to baptize you, Dara Faulkner, in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

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 May the Lord bless you and keep you and make His face to shine upon you.

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 And for both of you, it's such a wonderful thing to be able to welcome you both into this church, to see you standing up for Jesus.

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 Because you know, we know, standing up for Jesus is never an easy and a straightforward thing.

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 So it's a real encouragement, I think, to our faith to see you as young guys ready to do this.

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 And I know that you're doing it in school and in your lives.

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 And so it's our prayer that the grace of the Lord Jesus and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit would be with you always.

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 That you would know, always, that you would know much joy as you serve Jesus.

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 That you would find encouragement from us here.

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 You'd always know that you've got elders here within your own family, but within the church family, who want to help you to grow.

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 And towards that, Keith, who is our Bible class leader, is going to come and pray for you both.

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 Thanks, Keith.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Now we're going to sing together

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 before the children leave for their junior church classes.

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 We're going to sing them nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 And again, let's stand together to sing praise.

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 Amen.

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 Oh, precious is the flow that makes me white as snow.

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 No other font I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 For my pardon this I see, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 For my cleansing despite me, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 Oh, precious is the flow that makes me white as snow.

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 No other font I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 Nothing can force sin atone,

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 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 Not of good that I have done,

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 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 Oh, precious is the flow that makes me white as snow.

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 No other font I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 This is all my hope and peace,

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 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 This is all my righteousness,

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 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 Oh, precious is the flow that makes me white as snow.

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 Oh, no other font I know, nothing but the blood of Jesus.

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:20.740
 Jesus.

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 Our first Bible reading this morning is in John chapter 14.

00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:40.279
 If you're using a church Bible, that's page 1082.

00:28:41.319 --> 00:28:44.579
 And Katrina McDonald is going to come and read that for us.

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 John chapter 14, verses 1 to 7.

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 Do not let your hearts be troubled.

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 You believe in God. Believe also in me.

00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:07.599
 My Father's house has many rooms.

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:14.200
 If that were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

00:29:14.200 --> 00:29:25.240
 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me so that you also may be where I am.

00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:29.000
 You know the way to the place where I am going.

00:29:30.860 --> 00:29:37.460
 Thomas said to him, Lord, we don't know where you are going, so how can we know the way?

00:29:37.460 --> 00:29:46.059
 Jesus answered, I am the way and the truth and the life.

00:29:46.940 --> 00:29:49.980
 No one comes to the Father except through me.

00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:55.480
 If you really know me, you will know my Father as well.

00:29:56.299 --> 00:30:00.259
 From now on, you do know him and have seen him.

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 Amen.

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:12.100
 Let's once again join our hearts in prayer.

00:30:12.340 --> 00:30:13.720
 Let's pray together.

00:30:18.279 --> 00:30:23.779
 Lord, we thank you for the wonderful compassion of Jesus, our Lord and Savior,

00:30:24.600 --> 00:30:28.039
 as he comforted his anxious disciples,

00:30:29.259 --> 00:30:35.940
 giving them this wonderful picture of heaven as your home,

00:30:35.940 --> 00:30:38.779
 a home with many rooms,

00:30:39.920 --> 00:30:43.759
 and of his going to prepare a place for his people,

00:30:44.900 --> 00:30:47.559
 that he's going to die and then to rise,

00:30:47.700 --> 00:30:48.960
 to return to heaven,

00:30:49.799 --> 00:30:50.880
 to send the Spirit,

00:30:51.680 --> 00:30:53.559
 to come back at the end of time,

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:56.620
 all towards this great end

00:30:56.620 --> 00:30:59.539
 of God being with his people forever.

00:31:00.600 --> 00:31:01.640
 Lord, we thank you

00:31:01.640 --> 00:31:04.160
 for the wonderful goal of the gospel,

00:31:04.160 --> 00:31:07.759
 that we might enjoy your presence now

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:11.519
 with the promise of seeing your face

00:31:11.519 --> 00:31:13.360
 for all eternity

00:31:13.360 --> 00:31:16.800
 when our faith and our trust is in Jesus.

00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:22.660
 Lord, as we who are Christians enjoy that good news

00:31:22.660 --> 00:31:24.540
 and as we find hope and comfort,

00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:26.600
 we pray for many

00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:30.839
 who as yet are not followers of the Lord Jesus.

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:35.699
 We pray for family members and friends.

00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:38.339
 We think of neighbors and colleagues.

00:31:39.539 --> 00:31:42.599
 Lord, we think of our various ministries,

00:31:43.439 --> 00:31:46.339
 for the folks in Connect,

00:31:47.159 --> 00:31:49.459
 for our student and young workers group,

00:31:50.419 --> 00:31:52.099
 for people that come week by week.

00:31:52.099 --> 00:31:54.959
 Lord, we pray that by your grace,

00:31:55.099 --> 00:31:56.500
 you would send your Spirit,

00:31:57.500 --> 00:32:00.240
 you would open people's eyes,

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:02.379
 open people's hearts,

00:32:02.939 --> 00:32:06.079
 that they might receive Jesus as Lord.

00:32:07.199 --> 00:32:09.359
 We pray that you would help us,

00:32:09.819 --> 00:32:10.919
 who are your people,

00:32:11.399 --> 00:32:13.480
 to be faithful in the way that we live,

00:32:14.480 --> 00:32:17.859
 to be courageous in the words that we speak,

00:32:17.859 --> 00:32:20.539
 to be able to point to the truth,

00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:23.199
 that Jesus is our Lord

00:32:23.199 --> 00:32:25.240
 and that he is good news

00:32:25.240 --> 00:32:27.859
 and that there is no other way of salvation.

00:32:29.199 --> 00:32:31.059
 Lord, we also want to give you thanks

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:33.000
 as a local church

00:32:33.000 --> 00:32:35.339
 that we are part of your global church.

00:32:36.299 --> 00:32:37.939
 Even as we look around the room,

00:32:38.019 --> 00:32:40.179
 we recognize that we represent

00:32:40.179 --> 00:32:42.819
 many different countries and cultures,

00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:46.399
 languages and people groups represented here,

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:49.440
 giving us just a tiny glimpse

00:32:49.440 --> 00:32:55.480
 of that great gathering of your people

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:57.759
 around your throne

00:32:57.759 --> 00:33:00.540
 from every tongue and tribe

00:33:00.540 --> 00:33:02.160
 and nation and people group.

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:04.300
 Lord, we thank you

00:33:04.300 --> 00:33:07.660
 for our friends from the church in Atlanta.

00:33:08.040 --> 00:33:09.540
 We pray for their church,

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.620
 for their ongoing ministry.

00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:13.680
 May you encourage them

00:33:13.680 --> 00:33:17.340
 and may you grow them in faith

00:33:17.340 --> 00:33:18.500
 and in numbers,

00:33:18.680 --> 00:33:21.759
 enable them to reach their communities

00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.759
 for the Lord Jesus.

00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:26.299
 And we thank you for their coming

00:33:26.299 --> 00:33:27.980
 to encourage us

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:29.720
 and to serve us

00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:31.220
 and to serve alongside us

00:33:31.220 --> 00:33:32.820
 for a few days, Lord,

00:33:32.900 --> 00:33:34.860
 that they would be an encourager of us

00:33:34.860 --> 00:33:36.220
 and that we would encourage them.

00:33:36.900 --> 00:33:38.080
 Lord, we thank you again

00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:39.819
 for the recent visit

00:33:39.819 --> 00:33:41.559
 of Wilbert Chepenu

00:33:41.559 --> 00:33:42.819
 from Dumasani.

00:33:43.740 --> 00:33:45.279
 South Africa has been in the news

00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:48.119
 for their election process

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:51.119
 and as there is so much uncertainty

00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:52.439
 and so many challenges

00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:55.019
 facing South African society,

00:33:55.240 --> 00:33:58.500
 we acknowledge the great need there is

00:33:58.500 --> 00:34:00.259
 of the gospel of the Lord Jesus

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:01.159
 to take root

00:34:01.159 --> 00:34:02.039
 and to penetrate

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:05.099
 through all parts of that nation.

00:34:05.099 --> 00:34:06.659
 And so we pray

00:34:06.659 --> 00:34:08.699
 for the church in South Africa.

00:34:09.380 --> 00:34:10.319
 Lord, we remember

00:34:10.319 --> 00:34:12.739
 our friends Manuel and Patty

00:34:12.739 --> 00:34:14.099
 who we support

00:34:14.099 --> 00:34:15.839
 in their ministry in Colombia

00:34:15.839 --> 00:34:18.119
 that as they adjust

00:34:18.119 --> 00:34:19.400
 to life in Bogota

00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:21.259
 that you would be giving them

00:34:21.259 --> 00:34:22.400
 fruitful avenues

00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:25.480
 for a ministry of mentoring

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:27.839
 and encouraging pastors

00:34:27.839 --> 00:34:28.980
 and their wives

00:34:28.980 --> 00:34:30.679
 for those who are leaders

00:34:30.679 --> 00:34:31.500
 in the church.

00:34:31.759 --> 00:34:32.860
 We thank you for all the wisdom

00:34:32.860 --> 00:34:34.000
 you have given to them.

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.480
 I pray that they would

00:34:35.480 --> 00:34:36.500
 keep being refreshed

00:34:36.500 --> 00:34:38.039
 in the gospel of your grace

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:40.300
 so that they might serve others.

00:34:41.360 --> 00:34:42.260
 Lord, we do pray

00:34:42.260 --> 00:34:43.539
 that you would help us

00:34:43.539 --> 00:34:44.440
 in our calling.

00:34:44.579 --> 00:34:47.159
 We know that Jesus called the church

00:34:47.159 --> 00:34:48.340
 to go and make disciples

00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.360
 of all nations.

00:34:50.380 --> 00:34:51.360
 You know the challenge

00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.659
 that we often find that.

00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:54.840
 We feel small,

00:34:54.980 --> 00:34:55.739
 we feel a sense

00:34:55.739 --> 00:34:57.000
 of our own inabilities,

00:34:57.219 --> 00:34:58.000
 but Lord, we know

00:34:58.739 --> 00:35:01.280
 that your grace is sufficient.

00:35:01.659 --> 00:35:02.760
 We know that you have given

00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:04.160
 your spirit to help us

00:35:04.160 --> 00:35:05.720
 and so we do pray

00:35:05.720 --> 00:35:07.800
 for each one of us

00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:09.020
 who are Christians individually

00:35:09.020 --> 00:35:10.980
 and for our church collectively

00:35:10.980 --> 00:35:12.900
 that you would guide us

00:35:12.900 --> 00:35:14.480
 as we seek

00:35:14.480 --> 00:35:15.960
 to make disciples

00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:16.960
 for the Lord Jesus.

00:35:18.120 --> 00:35:19.500
 Lord, we also want to thank you

00:35:19.500 --> 00:35:20.160
 this morning

00:35:20.160 --> 00:35:22.200
 for those who are

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:24.100
 in government over us,

00:35:24.560 --> 00:35:26.080
 both here in Holyrood

00:35:26.080 --> 00:35:27.520
 and down in Westminster.

00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:30.280
 as attention turns

00:35:30.280 --> 00:35:32.360
 to a general election,

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:34.420
 we recognize the significance

00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:35.659
 of that moment

00:35:35.659 --> 00:35:37.280
 for us as a nation.

00:35:38.239 --> 00:35:39.139
 And so we pray

00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:40.759
 that for your church

00:35:40.759 --> 00:35:41.599
 it would be a time

00:35:41.599 --> 00:35:43.099
 of seeking your faith,

00:35:43.920 --> 00:35:45.259
 of seeking repentance

00:35:45.259 --> 00:35:46.420
 and renewal,

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:47.960
 both for ourselves

00:35:47.960 --> 00:35:49.579
 and within our nation.

00:35:50.360 --> 00:35:51.719
 Lord, we ask for us

00:35:51.719 --> 00:35:52.639
 as a local church

00:35:52.639 --> 00:35:53.360
 that you would give us

00:35:53.360 --> 00:35:54.480
 the spirit of prayer,

00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:56.519
 that we would recognize

00:35:56.519 --> 00:35:57.940
 the darkness,

00:35:57.940 --> 00:35:59.000
 the fear,

00:35:59.639 --> 00:36:00.780
 the uncertainty

00:36:00.780 --> 00:36:02.740
 that grips so many

00:36:02.740 --> 00:36:04.860
 in society,

00:36:05.420 --> 00:36:06.139
 the challenges

00:36:06.139 --> 00:36:06.880
 that face

00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:08.460
 our political leaders

00:36:08.460 --> 00:36:10.059
 and that we would pray

00:36:10.059 --> 00:36:10.840
 for them,

00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:12.119
 that we would pray

00:36:12.119 --> 00:36:12.719
 for the light

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.440
 of the gospel

00:36:13.440 --> 00:36:14.139
 to shine.

00:36:15.219 --> 00:36:15.760
 And Lord,

00:36:15.820 --> 00:36:16.280
 as we pray

00:36:16.280 --> 00:36:16.740
 for the light

00:36:16.740 --> 00:36:17.300
 of the gospel

00:36:17.300 --> 00:36:17.900
 to shine

00:36:17.900 --> 00:36:19.059
 through our nation,

00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:20.000
 we also pray

00:36:20.000 --> 00:36:21.179
 that that light

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:21.800
 would shine

00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:22.740
 as we hear

00:36:22.740 --> 00:36:23.519
 your word

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.740
 read and preached,

00:36:25.820 --> 00:36:26.360
 that you would

00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:27.160
 speak truth

00:36:27.160 --> 00:36:28.420
 and that you would

00:36:28.420 --> 00:36:29.400
 give life.

00:36:30.060 --> 00:36:31.400
 We pray in Jesus' name.

00:36:31.920 --> 00:36:32.180
 Amen.

00:36:33.560 --> 00:36:34.700
 Now we're going to

00:36:34.700 --> 00:36:35.480
 stand together

00:36:35.480 --> 00:36:36.100
 to sing

00:36:36.100 --> 00:36:37.460
 the first of the psalms,

00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:38.340
 Psalm 1,

00:36:38.900 --> 00:36:40.220
 a great wisdom psalm,

00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:41.000
 reminding us

00:36:41.000 --> 00:36:42.380
 of those two paths

00:36:42.380 --> 00:36:44.440
 and those two destinations

00:36:44.440 --> 00:36:45.160
 for our lives.

00:36:45.240 --> 00:36:46.260
 So let's stand together

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:47.460
 as we sing

00:36:47.460 --> 00:36:48.180
 Psalm 1.

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:48.240
 Psalm 1.

00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:55.880
 How blessed

00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:57.700
 the one

00:36:57.700 --> 00:37:01.940
 who does not walk

00:37:01.940 --> 00:37:06.080
 where wicked men

00:37:06.080 --> 00:37:10.080
 would guide his feet,

00:37:10.080 --> 00:37:14.080
 who does not stand

00:37:14.800 --> 00:37:18.760
 in sinners' paths

00:37:18.760 --> 00:37:22.720
 or sit upon

00:37:22.720 --> 00:37:27.400
 the scorner's seat.

00:37:27.400 --> 00:37:32.260
 The love of God

00:37:32.260 --> 00:37:36.400
 is his delight,

00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:39.920
 his meditation

00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:46.320
 day and night.

00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:49.320
 He prospers

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:53.039
 like a tree

00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:58.340
 which has been planted

00:37:58.340 --> 00:38:04.600
 by a flowing stream

00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:09.559
 and in its season

00:38:09.559 --> 00:38:13.719
 yields its fruit.

00:38:13.719 --> 00:38:19.179
 Its leaves are always

00:38:19.179 --> 00:38:22.799
 fresh and green.

00:38:22.799 --> 00:38:27.480
 In every act,

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:32.440
 in every word

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:34.740
 he knows

00:38:34.740 --> 00:38:37.019
 the blessing

00:38:37.019 --> 00:38:42.119
 of the Lord.

00:38:42.119 --> 00:38:47.900
 Not so the wicked

00:38:47.900 --> 00:38:53.700
 they are like the chaff

00:38:53.700 --> 00:38:55.860
 the wind

00:38:55.860 --> 00:39:00.700
 will blow away.

00:39:00.700 --> 00:39:05.079
 They will not

00:39:05.079 --> 00:39:08.960
 in the judgment

00:39:08.960 --> 00:39:10.760
 stand,

00:39:11.300 --> 00:39:13.559
 nor sinners

00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:18.239
 with the righteous

00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:19.920
 stay.

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:22.920
 God knows

00:39:22.920 --> 00:39:24.920
 the way

00:39:24.920 --> 00:39:27.739
 the righteous

00:39:27.739 --> 00:39:29.659
 go,

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:33.420
 the wicked's

00:39:33.420 --> 00:39:34.799
 way

00:39:34.799 --> 00:39:35.880
 he'll

00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:38.400
 overthrow.

00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:45.720
 Now can you turn

00:39:45.720 --> 00:39:46.940
 with me in your Bibles

00:39:46.940 --> 00:39:48.480
 to the book of Proverbs?

00:39:49.440 --> 00:39:51.079
 This is on page 636

00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:52.820
 if you're using

00:39:52.820 --> 00:39:53.660
 a church Bible.

00:39:54.680 --> 00:39:55.160
 And we're thinking

00:39:55.160 --> 00:39:55.960
 this morning about

00:39:55.960 --> 00:39:57.180
 walking in the way

00:39:57.180 --> 00:39:57.740
 of wisdom.

00:39:58.519 --> 00:39:59.240
 So we're going to hear

00:39:59.240 --> 00:40:00.160
 Proverbs 3

00:40:00.160 --> 00:40:01.500
 from verse 1

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:02.320
 to 12.

00:40:03.420 --> 00:40:04.240
 My son,

00:40:05.200 --> 00:40:06.139
 do not forget

00:40:06.139 --> 00:40:06.840
 my teaching,

00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:08.120
 but keep my commands

00:40:08.120 --> 00:40:08.940
 in your heart

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:10.380
 for they will

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:11.300
 prolong your life

00:40:11.300 --> 00:40:12.220
 many years

00:40:12.220 --> 00:40:13.059
 and bring you

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:14.039
 peace and

00:40:14.039 --> 00:40:14.780
 prosperity.

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.559
 Let love

00:40:16.559 --> 00:40:17.559
 and faithfulness

00:40:17.559 --> 00:40:18.539
 never leave you.

00:40:19.300 --> 00:40:19.680
 Bind them

00:40:19.680 --> 00:40:20.579
 round your neck,

00:40:21.160 --> 00:40:21.720
 write them

00:40:21.720 --> 00:40:22.340
 on the tablet

00:40:22.340 --> 00:40:23.320
 of your heart.

00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:24.660
 Then you will

00:40:24.660 --> 00:40:25.480
 learn favor

00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:26.600
 and a good name

00:40:26.600 --> 00:40:27.780
 in the sight

00:40:27.780 --> 00:40:28.380
 of God

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:29.140
 and man.

00:40:30.059 --> 00:40:31.019
 Trust in the Lord

00:40:31.019 --> 00:40:32.240
 with all your heart

00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:33.240
 and lean not

00:40:33.240 --> 00:40:33.920
 on your own

00:40:33.920 --> 00:40:34.640
 understanding.

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:36.500
 In all your ways

00:40:36.500 --> 00:40:37.500
 submit to him

00:40:37.500 --> 00:40:39.079
 and he will

00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:39.920
 make your paths

00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:40.639
 straight.

00:40:41.440 --> 00:40:42.699
 Do not be wise

00:40:42.699 --> 00:40:43.780
 in your own eyes.

00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:45.199
 Fear the Lord

00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:47.000
 and shun evil.

00:40:47.679 --> 00:40:48.340
 This will bring

00:40:48.340 --> 00:40:49.519
 health to your body

00:40:49.519 --> 00:40:50.500
 and nourishment

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.599
 to your bones.

00:40:52.579 --> 00:40:53.420
 Honor the Lord

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.400
 with your wealth,

00:40:54.860 --> 00:40:56.039
 with the firstfruits

00:40:56.039 --> 00:40:57.300
 of all your crops.

00:40:57.820 --> 00:40:58.840
 Then your barns

00:40:58.840 --> 00:40:59.460
 will be filled

00:40:59.460 --> 00:41:00.440
 to overflowing

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.880
 and your vats

00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:02.820
 will brim over

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.860
 with new wine.

00:41:03.860 --> 00:41:05.300
 my son,

00:41:06.000 --> 00:41:07.220
 do not despise

00:41:07.220 --> 00:41:08.220
 the Lord's discipline

00:41:08.220 --> 00:41:10.420
 and do not resent

00:41:10.420 --> 00:41:11.300
 his rebuke

00:41:11.300 --> 00:41:12.720
 because the Lord

00:41:12.720 --> 00:41:13.660
 disciplines those

00:41:13.660 --> 00:41:14.240
 he loves

00:41:14.240 --> 00:41:15.780
 as a father

00:41:15.780 --> 00:41:16.980
 the son

00:41:16.980 --> 00:41:18.320
 he delights in.

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:20.880
 Okay, so we're in

00:41:20.880 --> 00:41:22.340
 the book of Proverbs

00:41:22.340 --> 00:41:22.900
 today

00:41:22.900 --> 00:41:24.579
 and the book of Proverbs

00:41:24.579 --> 00:41:26.039
 is ancient

00:41:26.039 --> 00:41:28.220
 wisdom literature.

00:41:28.219 --> 00:41:29.799
 we can think of it

00:41:29.799 --> 00:41:30.659
 in a sense

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:33.119
 as classroom material.

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:35.019
 Lessons in the school

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:35.859
 of life

00:41:35.859 --> 00:41:37.079
 in the first instance

00:41:37.079 --> 00:41:38.919
 given to boys

00:41:38.919 --> 00:41:40.119
 to young men

00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:42.079
 teaching us

00:41:42.079 --> 00:41:42.899
 about God

00:41:42.899 --> 00:41:44.419
 the wise creator

00:41:44.419 --> 00:41:46.059
 teaching about

00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:47.379
 the moral order

00:41:47.379 --> 00:41:48.579
 within the universe

00:41:48.579 --> 00:41:50.219
 and instructions

00:41:50.219 --> 00:41:51.559
 and promises

00:41:51.559 --> 00:41:52.579
 connected to

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.419
 growing in wisdom.

00:41:54.579 --> 00:41:55.639
 Seems a good day

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:56.379
 a fitting day

00:41:56.380 --> 00:41:57.820
 to consider that

00:41:57.820 --> 00:41:58.640
 as we welcome

00:41:58.640 --> 00:42:00.320
 two young men

00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:01.400
 into membership.

00:42:02.360 --> 00:42:03.360
 I'm sure as people

00:42:03.360 --> 00:42:04.300
 we recognize

00:42:04.300 --> 00:42:06.160
 that we are searching

00:42:06.160 --> 00:42:06.780
 for wisdom

00:42:06.780 --> 00:42:07.960
 maybe all the time.

00:42:08.820 --> 00:42:09.720
 A quick search

00:42:09.720 --> 00:42:11.160
 on Amazon

00:42:11.160 --> 00:42:12.599
 the online bookstore

00:42:12.599 --> 00:42:13.940
 will tell you

00:42:13.940 --> 00:42:14.300
 that there are

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:16.400
 over 10,000 books

00:42:16.400 --> 00:42:17.300
 dedicated

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:18.220
 to the topic

00:42:18.220 --> 00:42:18.800
 of wisdom.

00:42:19.640 --> 00:42:20.360
 So clearly

00:42:20.360 --> 00:42:21.119
 there is a hunger.

00:42:21.660 --> 00:42:22.480
 What's the key

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.480
 to being wise?

00:42:24.380 --> 00:42:24.920
 Who is it

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:25.840
 that can guide me

00:42:25.840 --> 00:42:27.820
 into wisdom?

00:42:29.240 --> 00:42:29.960
 Perhaps people

00:42:29.960 --> 00:42:30.340
 are asking

00:42:30.340 --> 00:42:31.340
 a more basic question.

00:42:31.440 --> 00:42:33.380
 What is wisdom?

00:42:34.780 --> 00:42:35.340
 Wisdom

00:42:35.340 --> 00:42:35.940
 I think we know

00:42:35.940 --> 00:42:37.360
 is more than

00:42:37.360 --> 00:42:39.039
 simply knowledge.

00:42:39.980 --> 00:42:40.800
 Perhaps we know

00:42:40.800 --> 00:42:41.680
 people who are

00:42:41.680 --> 00:42:43.300
 incredibly book smart

00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:45.300
 but perhaps

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:45.880
 quite foolish

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:47.079
 lacking common sense.

00:42:48.240 --> 00:42:48.539
 Wisdom

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:50.260
 is also more than

00:42:50.260 --> 00:42:51.800
 though it includes

00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:53.599
 moral goodness.

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:55.259
 it's not just

00:42:55.259 --> 00:42:56.119
 knowing about

00:42:56.119 --> 00:42:57.219
 what is the good

00:42:57.219 --> 00:42:57.699
 to do.

00:42:58.179 --> 00:42:58.779
 Wisdom also

00:42:58.779 --> 00:42:59.360
 includes things

00:42:59.360 --> 00:43:00.199
 like when

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:00.819
 to do it.

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:02.719
 Think about it

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.599
 like grass cutting

00:43:03.599 --> 00:43:04.179
 in Scotland.

00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:06.559
 Wisdom knows

00:43:06.559 --> 00:43:08.159
 you always need

00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:09.199
 to cut the grass

00:43:09.199 --> 00:43:10.460
 where information

00:43:10.460 --> 00:43:11.119
 knowledge knows

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:11.279
 that.

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:12.079
 Wisdom knows

00:43:12.079 --> 00:43:13.380
 when to do it.

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:14.179
 If you're a fool

00:43:14.179 --> 00:43:14.519
 like me

00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:15.119
 you try and do it

00:43:15.119 --> 00:43:15.940
 on Wednesday afternoon

00:43:15.940 --> 00:43:16.639
 you get caught

00:43:16.639 --> 00:43:17.559
 in a deluge.

00:43:17.739 --> 00:43:18.239
 So wisdom

00:43:18.239 --> 00:43:19.099
 requires knowing

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:20.039
 what and

00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:20.940
 when.

00:43:20.940 --> 00:43:22.539
 Here's a helpful

00:43:22.539 --> 00:43:23.280
 definition of

00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:23.920
 what is wisdom

00:43:23.920 --> 00:43:24.619
 from a biblical

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:25.380
 scholar by the

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:26.300
 name of Von Rad.

00:43:27.159 --> 00:43:27.880
 Wisdom

00:43:27.880 --> 00:43:29.280
 is becoming

00:43:29.280 --> 00:43:30.240
 competent

00:43:30.240 --> 00:43:32.099
 with regard

00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:33.099
 to the realities

00:43:33.099 --> 00:43:33.760
 of life.

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.260
 So there's a

00:43:35.260 --> 00:43:36.900
 growing competence

00:43:36.900 --> 00:43:39.039
 in how we

00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:40.519
 apply wisdom

00:43:40.519 --> 00:43:42.240
 to make choices.

00:43:43.200 --> 00:43:43.960
 Recognizing

00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:45.200
 that the vast

00:43:45.200 --> 00:43:46.139
 majority of the

00:43:46.139 --> 00:43:47.119
 choices that we

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:47.980
 make on a daily

00:43:47.980 --> 00:43:49.119
 weekly basis

00:43:49.119 --> 00:43:50.559
 are not

00:43:50.559 --> 00:43:51.219
 strictly

00:43:51.219 --> 00:43:52.699
 moral choices.

00:43:53.159 --> 00:43:53.260
 You know

00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:54.079
 it's not always

00:43:54.079 --> 00:43:54.699
 the case that

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:55.300
 one is good

00:43:55.300 --> 00:43:56.199
 one is bad.

00:43:57.699 --> 00:43:58.460
 When it comes

00:43:58.460 --> 00:43:59.199
 to relationships

00:43:59.199 --> 00:44:00.480
 or things

00:44:00.480 --> 00:44:00.820
 to do with

00:44:00.820 --> 00:44:01.699
 our work

00:44:01.699 --> 00:44:02.539
 or money

00:44:02.539 --> 00:44:03.500
 or location

00:44:03.500 --> 00:44:04.860
 how do we

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:06.019
 grow in

00:44:06.019 --> 00:44:06.599
 wisdom?

00:44:07.380 --> 00:44:08.139
 If you read

00:44:08.139 --> 00:44:08.519
 through the

00:44:08.519 --> 00:44:09.360
 book of Proverbs

00:44:09.360 --> 00:44:10.179
 you discover

00:44:10.179 --> 00:44:11.260
 as if we

00:44:11.260 --> 00:44:11.659
 didn't know

00:44:11.659 --> 00:44:12.300
 already that

00:44:12.300 --> 00:44:12.980
 wisdom is

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:13.539
 something that's

00:44:13.539 --> 00:44:14.619
 vital for life.

00:44:15.860 --> 00:44:16.240
 And without

00:44:16.239 --> 00:44:17.439
 appropriate wisdom

00:44:17.439 --> 00:44:19.059
 we can make

00:44:19.059 --> 00:44:20.019
 a real wreck

00:44:20.019 --> 00:44:21.039
 of our own

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:22.399
 lives and

00:44:22.399 --> 00:44:23.979
 we can deal

00:44:23.979 --> 00:44:24.899
 damage to the

00:44:24.899 --> 00:44:25.639
 lives of those

00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:26.659
 around us also.

00:44:26.819 --> 00:44:27.679
 We need wisdom.

00:44:30.279 --> 00:44:30.919
 Some of the

00:44:30.919 --> 00:44:31.399
 wisdom in here

00:44:31.399 --> 00:44:32.319
 is really practical.

00:44:33.059 --> 00:44:33.799
 So we all know

00:44:33.799 --> 00:44:34.500
 I think that being

00:44:34.500 --> 00:44:35.239
 a good neighbor

00:44:35.239 --> 00:44:35.759
 is good.

00:44:35.839 --> 00:44:36.599
 It's good to be

00:44:36.599 --> 00:44:37.159
 friendly and

00:44:37.159 --> 00:44:38.739
 hospitable but

00:44:38.739 --> 00:44:39.619
 five o'clock in

00:44:39.619 --> 00:44:40.939
 the morning is

00:44:40.939 --> 00:44:41.959
 not the time to

00:44:41.959 --> 00:44:42.579
 sing your good

00:44:42.579 --> 00:44:43.219
 morning neighbor

00:44:43.219 --> 00:44:43.639
 song.

00:44:44.539 --> 00:44:44.979
 Okay that's part

00:44:44.979 --> 00:44:45.359
 of wisdom.

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:47.260
 Timing matters.

00:44:48.519 --> 00:44:49.039
 And maybe some

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:49.680
 of you read the

00:44:49.680 --> 00:44:50.240
 book called

00:44:50.240 --> 00:44:51.120
 When Helping

00:44:51.120 --> 00:44:51.760
 Hurts.

00:44:54.059 --> 00:44:54.780
 It's absolutely

00:44:54.780 --> 00:44:55.300
 right and it's

00:44:55.300 --> 00:44:56.820
 moral to want to

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:57.280
 help with the

00:44:57.280 --> 00:44:58.099
 issues of poverty

00:44:58.099 --> 00:44:58.680
 whether that's

00:44:58.680 --> 00:44:59.620
 locally or globally.

00:45:00.559 --> 00:45:01.380
 But that book is

00:45:01.380 --> 00:45:02.240
 making the point

00:45:02.240 --> 00:45:03.920
 that you can make

00:45:03.920 --> 00:45:04.760
 a mess of things

00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:05.440
 if you are well

00:45:05.440 --> 00:45:06.200
 meaning but you

00:45:06.200 --> 00:45:08.700
 are unwise in

00:45:08.700 --> 00:45:09.340
 how you operate

00:45:09.340 --> 00:45:09.880
 charity.

00:45:10.960 --> 00:45:11.700
 So the what and

00:45:11.700 --> 00:45:12.180
 the when and

00:45:12.180 --> 00:45:12.640
 the why.

00:45:13.200 --> 00:45:13.680
 And so here we

00:45:13.680 --> 00:45:14.360
 find ourselves

00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:16.460
 invited into the

00:45:16.460 --> 00:45:17.460
 classroom for

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:17.900
 wisdom.

00:45:18.019 --> 00:45:18.460
 And in this

00:45:18.460 --> 00:45:20.019
 short section

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.420
 we're going to

00:45:20.420 --> 00:45:21.019
 think about the

00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:22.059
 path of wisdom

00:45:22.059 --> 00:45:24.260
 the practices of

00:45:24.260 --> 00:45:24.599
 wisdom.

00:45:25.300 --> 00:45:25.920
 We're going to

00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:26.519
 consider briefly

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:27.480
 the problem of

00:45:27.480 --> 00:45:28.900
 wisdom and think

00:45:28.900 --> 00:45:29.660
 about the person

00:45:29.660 --> 00:45:30.980
 of wisdom.

00:45:31.260 --> 00:45:31.760
 So let's begin

00:45:31.760 --> 00:45:32.720
 with the path.

00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:33.820
 Verse 5 and 6

00:45:33.820 --> 00:45:35.160
 Trust in the

00:45:35.160 --> 00:45:36.079
 Lord with all

00:45:36.079 --> 00:45:36.780
 your heart.

00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:38.059
 Lean not on

00:45:38.059 --> 00:45:38.380
 your own

00:45:38.380 --> 00:45:39.079
 understanding.

00:45:39.800 --> 00:45:40.420
 In all your

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:41.320
 ways submit to

00:45:41.320 --> 00:45:42.099
 Him and He will

00:45:42.099 --> 00:45:43.140
 make your paths

00:45:43.139 --> 00:45:43.799
 straight.

00:45:43.879 --> 00:45:44.299
 So this is a

00:45:44.299 --> 00:45:46.239
 popular image in

00:45:46.239 --> 00:45:46.940
 wisdom literature

00:45:46.940 --> 00:45:47.940
 that's biblical and

00:45:47.940 --> 00:45:48.639
 non-biblical.

00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:50.139
 The idea that life

00:45:50.139 --> 00:45:52.059
 is a journey and

00:45:52.059 --> 00:45:53.500
 wisdom is a path

00:45:53.500 --> 00:45:54.460
 to follow.

00:45:55.460 --> 00:45:56.759
 We just sang in

00:45:56.759 --> 00:45:58.019
 Psalm 1 with the

00:45:58.019 --> 00:45:58.599
 same image.

00:45:58.679 --> 00:45:59.319
 We could go down

00:45:59.319 --> 00:46:00.639
 in this chapter

00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:01.960
 Proverbs 3 verse

00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:03.299
 17 speaking of

00:46:03.299 --> 00:46:03.619
 wisdom.

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.779
 Her ways are

00:46:04.779 --> 00:46:06.279
 pleasant ways and

00:46:06.279 --> 00:46:08.719
 all her paths are

00:46:08.719 --> 00:46:09.239
 peace.

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:09.379
 wisdom.

00:46:10.099 --> 00:46:10.839
 And this is

00:46:10.839 --> 00:46:12.119
 helpful for

00:46:12.119 --> 00:46:12.979
 reminding us that

00:46:12.979 --> 00:46:14.279
 wisdom is not a

00:46:14.279 --> 00:46:16.219
 simple technique to

00:46:16.219 --> 00:46:16.819
 master.

00:46:17.359 --> 00:46:18.199
 You know, it's not a

00:46:18.199 --> 00:46:19.299
 door we unlock.

00:46:19.619 --> 00:46:21.019
 Rather, it's a

00:46:21.019 --> 00:46:23.139
 lifelong path that

00:46:23.139 --> 00:46:23.799
 we follow.

00:46:25.479 --> 00:46:26.500
 If the image was

00:46:26.500 --> 00:46:27.659
 that of a door to

00:46:27.659 --> 00:46:28.799
 unlock, well, there

00:46:28.799 --> 00:46:29.419
 would be that sense

00:46:29.419 --> 00:46:30.179
 that we could easily

00:46:30.179 --> 00:46:31.079
 arrive, we could

00:46:31.079 --> 00:46:32.119
 open, we could get

00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:32.739
 wisdom.

00:46:33.059 --> 00:46:33.939
 And we would like

00:46:33.939 --> 00:46:34.379
 that, wouldn't

00:46:34.379 --> 00:46:34.559
 we?

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:37.139
 It's the appeal of

00:46:37.139 --> 00:46:38.279
 so much of the

00:46:38.279 --> 00:46:39.059
 information that we

00:46:39.059 --> 00:46:39.259
 have.

00:46:39.299 --> 00:46:39.860
 It's the appeal of

00:46:39.860 --> 00:46:41.000
 the TED Talks.

00:46:42.059 --> 00:46:42.779
 It's the appeal of

00:46:42.779 --> 00:46:44.119
 all those life hacks.

00:46:45.400 --> 00:46:46.079
 If you've ever gone

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:47.500
 to a bookshop and

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:49.199
 seen seven steps to

00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:51.320
 ten ways to improve

00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:52.779
 your life, download

00:46:52.779 --> 00:46:54.219
 these six episodes,

00:46:54.639 --> 00:46:55.480
 subscribe to this

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.519
 podcast in wisdom,

00:46:57.639 --> 00:46:58.639
 it'll be yours.

00:46:59.519 --> 00:47:00.079
 Now, it sounds

00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:00.779
 lovely, doesn't it?

00:47:00.799 --> 00:47:02.039
 But we know that's

00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:03.639
 not how life works.

00:47:04.559 --> 00:47:05.619
 Somebody said

00:47:05.619 --> 00:47:06.559
 information comes

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:07.440
 through learning,

00:47:08.139 --> 00:47:08.960
 wisdom comes

00:47:08.960 --> 00:47:09.799
 through living.

00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:11.000
 To make the point

00:47:11.000 --> 00:47:12.219
 there's no shortcuts

00:47:12.219 --> 00:47:14.699
 on the path to

00:47:14.699 --> 00:47:15.159
 wisdom.

00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:16.699
 But this idea of

00:47:16.699 --> 00:47:17.659
 the pathway is a

00:47:17.659 --> 00:47:18.320
 really helpful

00:47:18.320 --> 00:47:18.900
 picture.

00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:20.139
 You'll think about

00:47:20.139 --> 00:47:21.860
 the progress when

00:47:21.860 --> 00:47:23.059
 you walk on a

00:47:23.059 --> 00:47:23.440
 journey.

00:47:24.820 --> 00:47:26.519
 Progress is steady,

00:47:27.500 --> 00:47:28.579
 is gradual,

00:47:29.299 --> 00:47:30.239
 it's the same

00:47:30.239 --> 00:47:31.799
 habit, step,

00:47:32.059 --> 00:47:33.699
 step over a

00:47:33.699 --> 00:47:34.659
 long time.

00:47:35.839 --> 00:47:36.519
 And the Bible

00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:37.699
 uses this to give

00:47:37.699 --> 00:47:38.579
 us this idea that

00:47:38.579 --> 00:47:40.500
 over time, with

00:47:40.500 --> 00:47:41.799
 the right habits,

00:47:42.079 --> 00:47:43.659
 we will grow in

00:47:43.659 --> 00:47:44.039
 wisdom.

00:47:44.179 --> 00:47:44.839
 And for those of us

00:47:44.839 --> 00:47:45.659
 who are more mature,

00:47:45.759 --> 00:47:47.000
 you probably recognize

00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:47.279
 that.

00:47:47.759 --> 00:47:49.379
 That decisions become

00:47:49.379 --> 00:47:50.859
 a little bit easier.

00:47:51.639 --> 00:47:52.939
 The right responses

00:47:52.939 --> 00:47:54.279
 to challenging

00:47:54.279 --> 00:47:55.559
 circumstances perhaps

00:47:55.559 --> 00:47:57.000
 come a little bit

00:47:57.000 --> 00:47:57.819
 quicker or more

00:47:57.819 --> 00:47:58.599
 naturally.

00:47:58.699 --> 00:47:59.539
 That's the growing

00:47:59.539 --> 00:48:01.279
 in wisdom.

00:48:03.360 --> 00:48:04.460
 Following a path

00:48:04.460 --> 00:48:07.179
 is nothing fancy.

00:48:08.279 --> 00:48:09.259
 We don't make much

00:48:09.259 --> 00:48:10.300
 progress if we

00:48:10.300 --> 00:48:11.840
 try to cartwheel

00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:13.259
 our way on

00:48:13.259 --> 00:48:14.019
 our journey,

00:48:14.900 --> 00:48:15.380
 so speaking

00:48:15.380 --> 00:48:16.300
 personally at least,

00:48:16.539 --> 00:48:17.880
 it's step by

00:48:17.880 --> 00:48:18.579
 step.

00:48:18.679 --> 00:48:19.360
 It's a long

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:20.420
 obedience in the

00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:22.179
 same direction.

00:48:24.239 --> 00:48:25.239
 And verse 5 and 6

00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:25.920
 tells us how the

00:48:25.920 --> 00:48:26.639
 journey begins.

00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:27.619
 The journey of

00:48:27.619 --> 00:48:28.819
 wisdom begins

00:48:28.819 --> 00:48:30.460
 with who we

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:31.019
 trust.

00:48:31.879 --> 00:48:32.980
 Trust in the

00:48:32.980 --> 00:48:33.900
 Lord with all

00:48:33.900 --> 00:48:34.719
 your heart,

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:36.579
 and lean not on

00:48:36.579 --> 00:48:36.879
 your own

00:48:36.879 --> 00:48:37.559
 understanding.

00:48:38.659 --> 00:48:39.619
 It's asking us

00:48:39.619 --> 00:48:40.819
 basically, which

00:48:40.819 --> 00:48:41.539
 path are we going

00:48:41.539 --> 00:48:42.099
 to follow?

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:44.420
 Who is going to

00:48:44.420 --> 00:48:45.659
 call the shots

00:48:45.659 --> 00:48:46.980
 in our lives?

00:48:47.299 --> 00:48:48.259
 Whose authority

00:48:48.259 --> 00:48:50.000
 are we going to

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:50.799
 rest in?

00:48:51.239 --> 00:48:52.299
 The Lord's

00:48:52.299 --> 00:48:53.379
 or our own?

00:48:54.339 --> 00:48:55.059
 It's the image of

00:48:55.059 --> 00:48:56.079
 the two ways to

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:57.659
 live, the two

00:48:57.659 --> 00:48:58.440
 roads that we

00:48:58.440 --> 00:48:59.159
 can follow.

00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:00.739
 Jesus used that

00:49:00.739 --> 00:49:02.519
 same image in

00:49:02.519 --> 00:49:03.119
 the gospel,

00:49:03.259 --> 00:49:03.659
 Sermon on the

00:49:03.659 --> 00:49:04.119
 Mount, Matthew

00:49:04.119 --> 00:49:06.219
 7, verse 13

00:49:06.219 --> 00:49:07.599
 and 14.

00:49:07.719 --> 00:49:08.460
 As he invites

00:49:08.460 --> 00:49:09.360
 people to trust

00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:10.019
 him, he spoke

00:49:10.019 --> 00:49:11.619
 about the narrow

00:49:11.619 --> 00:49:12.239
 gate and the

00:49:12.239 --> 00:49:14.079
 narrow way that

00:49:14.079 --> 00:49:14.759
 leads to life,

00:49:14.799 --> 00:49:15.500
 but the broad

00:49:15.500 --> 00:49:17.440
 road that leads

00:49:17.440 --> 00:49:19.400
 to destruction.

00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:20.980
 And then he said

00:49:20.980 --> 00:49:21.719
 towards the end

00:49:21.719 --> 00:49:22.400
 of his ministry,

00:49:22.460 --> 00:49:23.099
 and we heard it

00:49:23.099 --> 00:49:24.880
 in John 14, I

00:49:24.880 --> 00:49:26.940
 am the way.

00:49:28.219 --> 00:49:28.839
 That's the same

00:49:28.839 --> 00:49:29.639
 idea, the same

00:49:29.639 --> 00:49:30.519
 wisdom, like I am

00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:33.839
 the path, the

00:49:33.839 --> 00:49:34.360
 truth and the

00:49:34.360 --> 00:49:34.559
 life.

00:49:34.659 --> 00:49:35.299
 No one comes to

00:49:35.299 --> 00:49:36.039
 the Father except

00:49:36.039 --> 00:49:36.819
 through me.

00:49:37.500 --> 00:49:38.219
 And Jesus is

00:49:38.219 --> 00:49:38.880
 telling us something

00:49:38.880 --> 00:49:39.699
 remarkable there.

00:49:39.799 --> 00:49:40.420
 He's reminding us

00:49:40.420 --> 00:49:41.440
 every path, every

00:49:41.440 --> 00:49:42.199
 journey has a

00:49:42.199 --> 00:49:43.960
 destination, and we

00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:44.699
 know that.

00:49:46.059 --> 00:49:47.079
 But Jesus is

00:49:47.079 --> 00:49:48.299
 telling us the

00:49:48.299 --> 00:49:49.179
 destination that

00:49:49.179 --> 00:49:49.940
 our lives should

00:49:49.940 --> 00:49:51.119
 travel along

00:49:51.119 --> 00:49:53.179
 towards, that God

00:49:53.179 --> 00:49:54.719
 has designed us

00:49:54.719 --> 00:49:56.400
 to enjoy life

00:49:56.400 --> 00:49:56.940
 with him.

00:49:57.880 --> 00:49:58.659
 And Jesus

00:49:58.659 --> 00:50:00.440
 says, I am the

00:50:00.440 --> 00:50:02.039
 way home to

00:50:02.039 --> 00:50:03.059
 life with God.

00:50:04.199 --> 00:50:05.380
 He is the track

00:50:05.380 --> 00:50:06.179
 upon which our

00:50:06.179 --> 00:50:07.059
 lives are to run.

00:50:08.699 --> 00:50:09.519
 That to be on the

00:50:09.519 --> 00:50:10.960
 path of wisdom

00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:12.460
 begins with

00:50:12.460 --> 00:50:13.779
 receiving Jesus

00:50:13.779 --> 00:50:15.119
 as Lord.

00:50:16.319 --> 00:50:16.960
 That's the

00:50:16.960 --> 00:50:17.699
 beginning of our

00:50:17.699 --> 00:50:18.839
 journey towards

00:50:18.839 --> 00:50:19.599
 God, that in the

00:50:19.599 --> 00:50:20.599
 end we would see

00:50:20.599 --> 00:50:21.519
 God.

00:50:22.579 --> 00:50:23.119
 And knowing that

00:50:23.119 --> 00:50:23.819
 all the way along

00:50:23.819 --> 00:50:24.819
 that path we walk

00:50:24.819 --> 00:50:25.339
 with him.

00:50:26.199 --> 00:50:27.279
 So that's the path

00:50:27.279 --> 00:50:28.019
 of wisdom, that

00:50:28.019 --> 00:50:29.380
 slow, steady,

00:50:29.920 --> 00:50:31.460
 step-by-step that

00:50:31.460 --> 00:50:32.699
 begins with trust.

00:50:33.139 --> 00:50:33.519
 But let's think

00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:34.099
 now about what are

00:50:34.099 --> 00:50:34.860
 the steps, what are

00:50:34.860 --> 00:50:37.539
 the practices to

00:50:37.539 --> 00:50:38.279
 put on to help us

00:50:38.279 --> 00:50:39.059
 to grow in wisdom.

00:50:39.639 --> 00:50:40.179
 The book of

00:50:40.179 --> 00:50:41.039
 Proverbs again has

00:50:41.039 --> 00:50:42.500
 many examples of

00:50:42.500 --> 00:50:43.980
 these, but we can

00:50:43.980 --> 00:50:44.920
 find three of them

00:50:44.920 --> 00:50:46.339
 in our text.

00:50:46.400 --> 00:50:47.179
 The first is here

00:50:47.179 --> 00:50:48.899
 in verse 3, we

00:50:48.899 --> 00:50:49.739
 need to know

00:50:49.739 --> 00:50:50.719
 God.

00:50:51.319 --> 00:50:52.259
 It says there in

00:50:52.259 --> 00:50:53.460
 verse 3, let love

00:50:53.460 --> 00:50:54.799
 and faithfulness

00:50:54.799 --> 00:50:56.339
 never leave you,

00:50:56.839 --> 00:50:57.559
 bind them round

00:50:57.559 --> 00:50:58.919
 your neck, write

00:50:58.919 --> 00:50:59.559
 them on the

00:50:59.559 --> 00:51:00.759
 tablet of your

00:51:00.759 --> 00:51:01.299
 heart.

00:51:01.819 --> 00:51:02.379
 Love and

00:51:02.379 --> 00:51:03.000
 faithfulness, those

00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:03.940
 two words together,

00:51:04.500 --> 00:51:05.460
 those were words

00:51:05.460 --> 00:51:06.359
 that God used to

00:51:06.359 --> 00:51:07.899
 describe himself in

00:51:07.899 --> 00:51:08.779
 Exodus 34.

00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:10.399
 It's the language

00:51:10.399 --> 00:51:12.039
 of our covenant

00:51:12.039 --> 00:51:14.879
 God, the personal

00:51:14.880 --> 00:51:16.880
 Lord God who

00:51:16.880 --> 00:51:18.019
 enters into covenant

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:18.900
 relationship with

00:51:18.900 --> 00:51:19.440
 his people.

00:51:20.360 --> 00:51:21.360
 And wisdom begins

00:51:21.360 --> 00:51:22.119
 with knowing God,

00:51:22.280 --> 00:51:23.660
 to know this God

00:51:23.660 --> 00:51:24.860
 of covenant love

00:51:24.860 --> 00:51:26.200
 and faithfulness,

00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:27.800
 this God who is so

00:51:27.800 --> 00:51:29.539
 gracious as to

00:51:29.539 --> 00:51:30.840
 bind himself to

00:51:30.840 --> 00:51:31.559
 his people.

00:51:33.220 --> 00:51:35.599
 And wisdom binds

00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:36.900
 that truth, the

00:51:36.900 --> 00:51:37.800
 truth of God's love

00:51:37.800 --> 00:51:38.460
 and faithfulness

00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:40.140
 around our neck,

00:51:40.260 --> 00:51:41.099
 inscribing it,

00:51:41.220 --> 00:51:42.960
 tattooing it onto

00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:44.480
 our heart that we

00:51:44.480 --> 00:51:45.780
 would never forget

00:51:45.780 --> 00:51:46.780
 that we'd grow

00:51:46.780 --> 00:51:47.920
 deeper and deeper

00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:50.179
 into the love

00:51:50.179 --> 00:51:51.780
 and the faithfulness

00:51:51.780 --> 00:51:52.179
 of God.

00:51:52.240 --> 00:51:52.860
 Now how does that

00:51:52.860 --> 00:51:53.880
 lead to wisdom?

00:51:54.460 --> 00:51:55.440
 If I know and

00:51:55.440 --> 00:51:56.059
 trust that God

00:51:56.059 --> 00:51:57.079
 loves me and is

00:51:57.079 --> 00:51:57.900
 faithful towards me,

00:51:57.920 --> 00:51:58.619
 how does that help?

00:51:59.740 --> 00:52:00.599
 Well back in

00:52:00.599 --> 00:52:02.740
 chapter 2, we're

00:52:02.740 --> 00:52:03.360
 told that wisdom

00:52:03.360 --> 00:52:04.000
 has a way of

00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:04.860
 saving us.

00:52:05.199 --> 00:52:06.260
 So in verse 12,

00:52:06.360 --> 00:52:07.139
 it says, wisdom

00:52:07.139 --> 00:52:08.960
 will save you from

00:52:08.960 --> 00:52:09.840
 the ways of wicked

00:52:09.840 --> 00:52:10.119
 men.

00:52:10.139 --> 00:52:10.699
 And the teacher

00:52:10.699 --> 00:52:11.639
 warns about the

00:52:11.639 --> 00:52:12.220
 ways of wicked

00:52:12.219 --> 00:52:13.379
 men, about the

00:52:13.379 --> 00:52:14.579
 pull towards greed

00:52:14.579 --> 00:52:16.579
 and violence and

00:52:16.579 --> 00:52:17.579
 the love of money.

00:52:18.239 --> 00:52:19.339
 In verse 16, it

00:52:19.339 --> 00:52:20.399
 also says, wisdom

00:52:20.399 --> 00:52:22.019
 will save you from

00:52:22.019 --> 00:52:22.859
 the adulterous

00:52:22.859 --> 00:52:23.159
 woman.

00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:24.359
 So wisdom will

00:52:24.359 --> 00:52:25.639
 save from sexual

00:52:25.639 --> 00:52:26.079
 sin.

00:52:26.859 --> 00:52:27.659
 Sometimes sexual

00:52:27.659 --> 00:52:28.319
 sin becomes a

00:52:28.319 --> 00:52:29.619
 picture of idolatry.

00:52:30.699 --> 00:52:31.679
 So how does

00:52:31.679 --> 00:52:32.659
 knowing God's love

00:52:32.659 --> 00:52:33.339
 and faithfulness

00:52:33.339 --> 00:52:34.199
 save us?

00:52:35.519 --> 00:52:36.379
 Well if God's

00:52:36.379 --> 00:52:36.980
 love has truly

00:52:36.980 --> 00:52:37.759
 captured our

00:52:37.759 --> 00:52:39.719
 hearts, if we

00:52:39.719 --> 00:52:40.199
 know that we

00:52:40.199 --> 00:52:41.339
 have everything

00:52:41.340 --> 00:52:42.760
 in Jesus

00:52:42.760 --> 00:52:43.620
 as Lord,

00:52:45.360 --> 00:52:45.640
 that we

00:52:45.640 --> 00:52:46.180
 won't need

00:52:46.180 --> 00:52:46.780
 or want

00:52:46.780 --> 00:52:47.360
 or be pulled

00:52:47.360 --> 00:52:48.900
 away by those

00:52:48.900 --> 00:52:49.559
 other things.

00:52:49.660 --> 00:52:50.140
 We need to

00:52:50.140 --> 00:52:51.680
 know God.

00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:52.860
 Here's another

00:52:52.860 --> 00:52:53.460
 way of thinking

00:52:53.460 --> 00:52:53.780
 about it.

00:52:53.820 --> 00:52:54.579
 In verse 11

00:52:54.579 --> 00:52:55.300
 and 12,

00:52:55.800 --> 00:52:56.500
 speaks of the

00:52:56.500 --> 00:52:57.320
 Lord's discipline.

00:52:57.460 --> 00:52:57.960
 My son,

00:52:58.500 --> 00:52:59.380
 do not despise

00:52:59.380 --> 00:52:59.900
 the Lord's

00:52:59.900 --> 00:53:00.340
 discipline,

00:53:01.140 --> 00:53:01.579
 because the

00:53:01.579 --> 00:53:02.160
 Lord disciplines

00:53:02.160 --> 00:53:02.980
 those he loves

00:53:02.980 --> 00:53:03.600
 as a father,

00:53:03.720 --> 00:53:04.220
 the son he

00:53:04.220 --> 00:53:04.960
 delights in.

00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:07.220
 If I know

00:53:07.220 --> 00:53:08.360
 the Lord,

00:53:08.940 --> 00:53:09.659
 he is my

00:53:09.659 --> 00:53:10.440
 father and

00:53:10.440 --> 00:53:11.420
 he loves me

00:53:11.420 --> 00:53:12.440
 and I can

00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:13.400
 trust him,

00:53:14.400 --> 00:53:15.400
 then I can

00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:16.099
 receive his

00:53:16.099 --> 00:53:16.659
 discipline,

00:53:17.400 --> 00:53:18.260
 his testing,

00:53:18.659 --> 00:53:19.220
 his shaping,

00:53:19.340 --> 00:53:20.139
 his refining

00:53:20.139 --> 00:53:21.300
 as something

00:53:21.300 --> 00:53:21.840
 that is good

00:53:21.840 --> 00:53:22.420
 for me even

00:53:22.420 --> 00:53:22.740
 when it's

00:53:22.740 --> 00:53:23.059
 hard.

00:53:25.260 --> 00:53:26.220
 To read the

00:53:26.220 --> 00:53:26.800
 stories of

00:53:26.800 --> 00:53:27.460
 anyone who

00:53:27.460 --> 00:53:28.119
 is creating

00:53:28.119 --> 00:53:28.960
 a masterpiece,

00:53:29.220 --> 00:53:29.900
 whether that's

00:53:29.900 --> 00:53:31.699
 a novel or

00:53:31.699 --> 00:53:32.139
 a piece of

00:53:32.139 --> 00:53:32.960
 music or

00:53:32.960 --> 00:53:33.739
 some artwork,

00:53:34.339 --> 00:53:34.900
 is to

00:53:34.900 --> 00:53:35.739
 understand that

00:53:35.739 --> 00:53:36.940
 there is in

00:53:36.940 --> 00:53:37.679
 some ways a

00:53:37.679 --> 00:53:39.000
 painful process

00:53:39.000 --> 00:53:40.539
 of editing,

00:53:41.139 --> 00:53:42.339
 of revising,

00:53:42.980 --> 00:53:44.000
 of sometimes

00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:45.339
 scrubbing,

00:53:45.539 --> 00:53:46.440
 of cutting

00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:48.099
 that work.

00:53:48.779 --> 00:53:49.379
 And those

00:53:49.379 --> 00:53:50.039
 acts,

00:53:51.339 --> 00:53:52.019
 painful,

00:53:53.299 --> 00:53:54.659
 but it's a

00:53:54.659 --> 00:53:55.480
 sign of love.

00:53:57.000 --> 00:53:57.759
 Crafting

00:53:57.759 --> 00:53:58.480
 something

00:53:58.480 --> 00:53:59.500
 beautiful

00:53:59.500 --> 00:54:01.679
 requires love

00:54:01.679 --> 00:54:02.339
 and commitment.

00:54:04.199 --> 00:54:04.779
 Now God

00:54:04.779 --> 00:54:05.339
 is seeking

00:54:05.339 --> 00:54:06.119
 to craft

00:54:06.119 --> 00:54:07.099
 each of

00:54:07.099 --> 00:54:07.819
 us

00:54:07.819 --> 00:54:08.719
 into

00:54:08.719 --> 00:54:09.480
 the

00:54:09.480 --> 00:54:10.059
 beautiful

00:54:10.059 --> 00:54:10.960
 image

00:54:10.960 --> 00:54:11.819
 of God.

00:54:12.599 --> 00:54:12.940
 We were

00:54:12.940 --> 00:54:13.460
 made in

00:54:13.460 --> 00:54:13.799
 God's

00:54:13.799 --> 00:54:14.119
 image.

00:54:15.139 --> 00:54:15.599
 Jesus is

00:54:15.599 --> 00:54:16.119
 the perfect

00:54:16.119 --> 00:54:16.679
 image.

00:54:17.199 --> 00:54:17.559
 God would

00:54:17.559 --> 00:54:17.940
 make us

00:54:17.940 --> 00:54:18.399
 more like

00:54:18.399 --> 00:54:18.799
 Jesus.

00:54:19.839 --> 00:54:20.440
 That's

00:54:20.440 --> 00:54:21.339
 a refining

00:54:21.339 --> 00:54:21.980
 process.

00:54:22.199 --> 00:54:22.480
 That's going

00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:23.059
 to require

00:54:23.059 --> 00:54:23.759
 discipline.

00:54:24.279 --> 00:54:24.839
 Our rough

00:54:24.839 --> 00:54:25.440
 edges

00:54:25.440 --> 00:54:26.259
 need to

00:54:26.259 --> 00:54:27.019
 be removed.

00:54:27.399 --> 00:54:28.099
 Our sin

00:54:28.099 --> 00:54:28.659
 needs to

00:54:28.659 --> 00:54:29.639
 be exposed.

00:54:30.019 --> 00:54:30.639
 Dependent

00:54:30.639 --> 00:54:31.079
 faith

00:54:31.079 --> 00:54:31.779
 needs to

00:54:31.779 --> 00:54:32.299
 develop

00:54:32.299 --> 00:54:32.719
 sometimes

00:54:32.719 --> 00:54:33.059
 through

00:54:33.059 --> 00:54:34.059
 hardships.

00:54:35.440 --> 00:54:36.159
 But wisdom

00:54:36.159 --> 00:54:38.019
 knows he's

00:54:38.019 --> 00:54:38.579
 my father

00:54:38.579 --> 00:54:39.019
 and I can

00:54:39.019 --> 00:54:39.699
 trust him.

00:54:40.340 --> 00:54:40.840
 Wisdom

00:54:40.840 --> 00:54:41.579
 grows in

00:54:41.579 --> 00:54:42.079
 the knowledge

00:54:42.079 --> 00:54:42.579
 of God.

00:54:42.679 --> 00:54:42.880
 So in

00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:43.360
 verse 5,

00:54:43.699 --> 00:54:44.079
 we know I

00:54:44.079 --> 00:54:44.799
 can trust

00:54:44.799 --> 00:54:45.099
 him as

00:54:45.099 --> 00:54:45.619
 Lord and

00:54:45.619 --> 00:54:45.980
 Savior.

00:54:47.440 --> 00:54:48.000
 Verse 6,

00:54:48.119 --> 00:54:48.819
 I will

00:54:48.819 --> 00:54:49.480
 submit to

00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:49.819
 him as

00:54:49.819 --> 00:54:50.880
 king in

00:54:50.880 --> 00:54:51.319
 all my

00:54:51.319 --> 00:54:51.639
 ways,

00:54:51.699 --> 00:54:52.039
 not just

00:54:52.039 --> 00:54:52.279
 in the

00:54:52.279 --> 00:54:52.559
 ways that

00:54:52.559 --> 00:54:52.719
 it's

00:54:52.719 --> 00:54:53.159
 convenient.

00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:55.199
 Verse 9,

00:54:55.579 --> 00:54:56.400
 I will

00:54:56.400 --> 00:54:57.519
 worship

00:54:57.519 --> 00:54:58.280
 worship and

00:54:58.280 --> 00:54:59.199
 honor him

00:54:59.199 --> 00:54:59.880
 as

00:54:59.880 --> 00:55:00.300
 Lord.

00:55:00.820 --> 00:55:01.280
 So that's

00:55:01.280 --> 00:55:01.559
 the first

00:55:01.559 --> 00:55:01.900
 practice.

00:55:02.019 --> 00:55:02.300
 We need

00:55:02.300 --> 00:55:02.820
 to know

00:55:02.820 --> 00:55:03.400
 our God.

00:55:03.500 --> 00:55:03.739
 We need

00:55:03.739 --> 00:55:04.460
 to also

00:55:04.460 --> 00:55:05.860
 know

00:55:05.860 --> 00:55:06.400
 ourself.

00:55:06.480 --> 00:55:06.820
 And that's

00:55:06.820 --> 00:55:07.519
 related.

00:55:07.659 --> 00:55:08.219
 Since God

00:55:08.219 --> 00:55:08.840
 is created

00:55:08.840 --> 00:55:09.119
 and we

00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:09.500
 are made

00:55:09.500 --> 00:55:09.800
 in his

00:55:09.800 --> 00:55:10.159
 image,

00:55:10.500 --> 00:55:10.880
 we only

00:55:10.880 --> 00:55:11.920
 truly know

00:55:11.920 --> 00:55:12.460
 ourselves

00:55:12.460 --> 00:55:12.800
 as we

00:55:12.800 --> 00:55:13.179
 know

00:55:13.179 --> 00:55:14.139
 our

00:55:14.139 --> 00:55:14.820
 God.

00:55:15.300 --> 00:55:15.780
 Look with

00:55:15.780 --> 00:55:16.039
 me at

00:55:16.039 --> 00:55:16.300
 verses

00:55:16.300 --> 00:55:18.079
 5 and

00:55:18.079 --> 00:55:19.159
 7 again.

00:55:19.159 --> 00:55:19.639
 Trust in

00:55:19.639 --> 00:55:19.920
 the Lord

00:55:19.920 --> 00:55:20.340
 with all

00:55:20.340 --> 00:55:21.000
 your heart

00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:22.340
 and lean

00:55:22.340 --> 00:55:22.639
 not on

00:55:22.639 --> 00:55:22.960
 your own

00:55:22.960 --> 00:55:23.679
 understanding.

00:55:24.820 --> 00:55:25.340
 Verse 7,

00:55:25.420 --> 00:55:25.860
 do not be

00:55:25.860 --> 00:55:26.519
 wise in

00:55:26.519 --> 00:55:26.920
 your own

00:55:26.920 --> 00:55:27.400
 eyes.

00:55:27.920 --> 00:55:28.360
 Fear the

00:55:28.360 --> 00:55:29.079
 Lord and

00:55:29.079 --> 00:55:30.460
 shun evil.

00:55:31.139 --> 00:55:31.519
 We need

00:55:31.519 --> 00:55:31.840
 to know

00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:32.159
 our own

00:55:32.159 --> 00:55:32.619
 hearts.

00:55:33.639 --> 00:55:34.079
 We need

00:55:34.079 --> 00:55:34.280
 to know

00:55:34.280 --> 00:55:34.840
 the battle

00:55:34.840 --> 00:55:35.519
 that rages

00:55:35.519 --> 00:55:36.099
 within our

00:55:36.099 --> 00:55:36.440
 hearts.

00:55:36.539 --> 00:55:36.699
 Whose

00:55:36.699 --> 00:55:37.320
 wisdom is

00:55:37.320 --> 00:55:37.539
 going to

00:55:37.539 --> 00:55:38.059
 guide me

00:55:38.059 --> 00:55:38.960
 today in

00:55:38.960 --> 00:55:39.579
 this moment?

00:55:39.940 --> 00:55:40.139
 Whose

00:55:40.139 --> 00:55:40.699
 rule will

00:55:40.699 --> 00:55:41.159
 I live

00:55:41.159 --> 00:55:41.920
 under in

00:55:41.920 --> 00:55:42.179
 this

00:55:42.179 --> 00:55:42.739
 circumstance,

00:55:42.960 --> 00:55:43.360
 in this

00:55:43.360 --> 00:55:44.340
 relationship?

00:55:44.480 --> 00:55:44.699
 And the

00:55:44.699 --> 00:55:45.380
 warning comes,

00:55:45.460 --> 00:55:45.719
 don't be

00:55:45.719 --> 00:55:47.280
 wise in

00:55:47.280 --> 00:55:47.699
 your own

00:55:47.699 --> 00:55:48.360
 eyes.

00:55:49.039 --> 00:55:49.500
 Don't lean

00:55:49.500 --> 00:55:49.800
 on your

00:55:49.800 --> 00:55:50.019
 own

00:55:50.019 --> 00:55:50.739
 understanding.

00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:53.039
 Perhaps it's

00:55:53.039 --> 00:55:53.460
 helpful to

00:55:53.460 --> 00:55:54.400
 think of a

00:55:54.400 --> 00:55:54.900
 person with

00:55:54.900 --> 00:55:55.500
 a broken

00:55:55.500 --> 00:55:55.820
 leg.

00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:56.079
 So their

00:55:56.079 --> 00:55:56.380
 leg is

00:55:56.380 --> 00:55:56.840
 in plaster

00:55:56.840 --> 00:55:57.139
 and they've

00:55:57.139 --> 00:55:57.719
 got crutches.

00:55:57.840 --> 00:55:58.099
 So the

00:55:58.099 --> 00:55:58.500
 leg is

00:55:58.500 --> 00:55:58.900
 broken.

00:55:59.260 --> 00:55:59.599
 If you

00:55:59.599 --> 00:55:59.880
 have a

00:55:59.880 --> 00:56:00.239
 crutch

00:56:00.239 --> 00:56:00.559
 that's

00:56:00.559 --> 00:56:00.980
 broken,

00:56:01.559 --> 00:56:02.019
 you try

00:56:02.019 --> 00:56:02.360
 and lean

00:56:02.360 --> 00:56:02.739
 on that,

00:56:02.820 --> 00:56:03.420
 what happens?

00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:03.719
 Well the

00:56:03.719 --> 00:56:04.380
 crutch breaks

00:56:04.380 --> 00:56:04.719
 and there's

00:56:04.719 --> 00:56:05.239
 collapse.

00:56:07.519 --> 00:56:07.960
 And the

00:56:07.960 --> 00:56:08.360
 wisdom of

00:56:08.360 --> 00:56:09.000
 the Proverbs

00:56:09.000 --> 00:56:09.980
 is saying,

00:56:10.539 --> 00:56:10.960
 learn to

00:56:10.960 --> 00:56:11.820
 mistrust

00:56:11.820 --> 00:56:12.880
 your own

00:56:12.880 --> 00:56:13.739
 understanding

00:56:13.739 --> 00:56:14.579
 as it is

00:56:14.579 --> 00:56:15.519
 separate from

00:56:15.519 --> 00:56:16.119
 God's

00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:16.440
 wisdom.

00:56:16.559 --> 00:56:16.980
 Why is

00:56:16.980 --> 00:56:17.340
 that?

00:56:18.519 --> 00:56:18.760
 Well it's

00:56:18.760 --> 00:56:19.179
 because the

00:56:19.179 --> 00:56:20.000
 reality of

00:56:20.000 --> 00:56:20.900
 sin in

00:56:20.900 --> 00:56:21.440
 our hearts

00:56:21.440 --> 00:56:21.760
 and our

00:56:21.760 --> 00:56:22.200
 lives that

00:56:22.200 --> 00:56:22.619
 pulls us

00:56:22.619 --> 00:56:22.900
 out of

00:56:22.900 --> 00:56:23.460
 sync with

00:56:23.460 --> 00:56:23.860
 God's

00:56:23.860 --> 00:56:24.619
 good design,

00:56:25.559 --> 00:56:26.160
 that causes

00:56:26.160 --> 00:56:26.660
 us to go

00:56:26.660 --> 00:56:27.180
 against the

00:56:27.180 --> 00:56:27.660
 grain of

00:56:27.660 --> 00:56:28.059
 the moral

00:56:28.059 --> 00:56:28.740
 order within

00:56:28.740 --> 00:56:29.440
 the universe.

00:56:32.119 --> 00:56:32.780
 It is

00:56:32.780 --> 00:56:33.340
 folly to

00:56:33.340 --> 00:56:33.780
 lean on our

00:56:33.780 --> 00:56:33.980
 own

00:56:33.980 --> 00:56:34.559
 understanding.

00:56:34.720 --> 00:56:34.800
 It's

00:56:34.800 --> 00:56:36.240
 wisdom to

00:56:36.240 --> 00:56:36.760
 know God

00:56:36.760 --> 00:56:37.039
 and His

00:56:37.039 --> 00:56:37.460
 word and

00:56:37.460 --> 00:56:38.039
 His promises

00:56:38.039 --> 00:56:38.920
 to lean on

00:56:38.920 --> 00:56:39.480
 those because

00:56:39.480 --> 00:56:39.840
 they are

00:56:39.840 --> 00:56:41.340
 solid and

00:56:41.340 --> 00:56:42.579
 reliable and

00:56:42.579 --> 00:56:43.220
 unchanging.

00:56:43.780 --> 00:56:44.360
 So we need to

00:56:44.360 --> 00:56:45.440
 know ourselves.

00:56:45.880 --> 00:56:46.440
 And the third

00:56:46.440 --> 00:56:47.059
 practice is we

00:56:47.059 --> 00:56:47.559
 need to know

00:56:47.559 --> 00:56:48.559
 God's word.

00:56:48.559 --> 00:56:49.139
 This takes us

00:56:49.139 --> 00:56:49.519
 to verses

00:56:49.519 --> 00:56:50.320
 1 and 2.

00:56:51.039 --> 00:56:51.759
 My son,

00:56:51.980 --> 00:56:53.719
 do not forget

00:56:53.719 --> 00:56:54.480
 my teaching,

00:56:55.139 --> 00:56:56.279
 but keep my

00:56:56.279 --> 00:56:57.539
 commands in

00:56:57.539 --> 00:56:58.279
 your heart.

00:56:58.860 --> 00:56:59.860
 So the premise

00:56:59.860 --> 00:57:01.079
 here is that

00:57:01.079 --> 00:57:02.000
 there is a

00:57:02.000 --> 00:57:02.679
 creator.

00:57:04.380 --> 00:57:05.159
 And we are

00:57:05.159 --> 00:57:06.059
 invited to

00:57:06.059 --> 00:57:08.420
 follow the

00:57:08.420 --> 00:57:09.159
 creator's

00:57:09.159 --> 00:57:09.619
 guidelines,

00:57:09.820 --> 00:57:10.599
 the maker's

00:57:10.599 --> 00:57:11.420
 manual.

00:57:12.420 --> 00:57:13.279
 That's the

00:57:13.279 --> 00:57:14.719
 key to life

00:57:14.719 --> 00:57:15.960
 lived well.

00:57:15.960 --> 00:57:18.440
 here is the

00:57:18.440 --> 00:57:19.000
 way to

00:57:19.000 --> 00:57:20.079
 know deep

00:57:20.079 --> 00:57:20.720
 and true

00:57:20.720 --> 00:57:21.360
 joy.

00:57:22.400 --> 00:57:23.400
 Joy in

00:57:23.400 --> 00:57:24.039
 God.

00:57:25.380 --> 00:57:25.800
 C.S.

00:57:25.860 --> 00:57:27.139
 Lewis put it

00:57:27.139 --> 00:57:27.539
 this way,

00:57:27.860 --> 00:57:28.780
 like a car

00:57:28.780 --> 00:57:30.059
 is made to

00:57:30.059 --> 00:57:30.500
 run on

00:57:30.500 --> 00:57:31.940
 petrol by

00:57:31.940 --> 00:57:32.840
 its inventor,

00:57:33.720 --> 00:57:34.500
 we are

00:57:34.500 --> 00:57:35.559
 designed to

00:57:35.559 --> 00:57:36.559
 run on

00:57:36.559 --> 00:57:37.039
 God

00:57:37.039 --> 00:57:37.639
 Himself.

00:57:39.639 --> 00:57:40.639
 And God's

00:57:40.639 --> 00:57:42.940
 word informs

00:57:42.940 --> 00:57:44.720
 us of God's

00:57:44.719 --> 00:57:45.439
 design for

00:57:45.439 --> 00:57:46.039
 our lives,

00:57:46.299 --> 00:57:46.659
 which is

00:57:46.659 --> 00:57:47.119
 God's

00:57:47.119 --> 00:57:48.059
 design for

00:57:48.059 --> 00:57:49.839
 our joy.

00:57:50.919 --> 00:57:51.699
 And so we

00:57:51.699 --> 00:57:52.319
 need God's

00:57:52.319 --> 00:57:52.699
 word to

00:57:52.699 --> 00:57:53.199
 tell us what

00:57:53.199 --> 00:57:53.879
 God teaches

00:57:53.879 --> 00:57:54.500
 because,

00:57:56.019 --> 00:57:56.359
 as we

00:57:56.359 --> 00:57:56.679
 discover,

00:57:56.779 --> 00:57:57.099
 it often

00:57:57.099 --> 00:57:57.859
 runs counter

00:57:57.859 --> 00:57:58.219
 to the

00:57:58.219 --> 00:57:58.739
 wisdom of

00:57:58.739 --> 00:57:59.159
 the age.

00:57:59.439 --> 00:57:59.859
 So here's

00:57:59.859 --> 00:58:00.439
 one example

00:58:00.439 --> 00:58:00.939
 in verse

00:58:00.939 --> 00:58:01.399
 9.

00:58:02.899 --> 00:58:03.179
 Here's

00:58:03.179 --> 00:58:03.539
 God's

00:58:03.539 --> 00:58:03.859
 wisdom,

00:58:04.079 --> 00:58:04.619
 honour the

00:58:04.619 --> 00:58:05.439
 Lord with

00:58:05.439 --> 00:58:06.239
 your wealth,

00:58:06.359 --> 00:58:06.619
 with the

00:58:06.619 --> 00:58:07.339
 firstfruits of

00:58:07.339 --> 00:58:08.000
 all your

00:58:08.000 --> 00:58:08.559
 crops.

00:58:09.139 --> 00:58:09.439
 And so you

00:58:09.439 --> 00:58:09.699
 read the

00:58:09.699 --> 00:58:09.839
 Bible,

00:58:09.859 --> 00:58:10.139
 what's the

00:58:10.139 --> 00:58:10.659
 Bible say

00:58:10.659 --> 00:58:11.119
 about money?

00:58:11.199 --> 00:58:11.539
 It says,

00:58:11.899 --> 00:58:12.399
 it's better

00:58:12.399 --> 00:58:12.839
 to be

00:58:12.839 --> 00:58:13.299
 generous,

00:58:13.300 --> 00:58:14.080
 it's better

00:58:14.080 --> 00:58:14.580
 to be

00:58:14.580 --> 00:58:15.340
 sacrificial,

00:58:15.740 --> 00:58:16.260
 it's better

00:58:16.260 --> 00:58:16.920
 to use it

00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:17.240
 for the

00:58:17.240 --> 00:58:17.620
 sake of

00:58:17.620 --> 00:58:17.860
 others,

00:58:18.000 --> 00:58:18.880
 for God's

00:58:18.880 --> 00:58:19.180
 mission,

00:58:19.300 --> 00:58:19.800
 for God's

00:58:19.800 --> 00:58:20.200
 church.

00:58:20.760 --> 00:58:21.100
 The wisdom

00:58:21.100 --> 00:58:21.320
 of the

00:58:21.320 --> 00:58:21.760
 world often

00:58:21.760 --> 00:58:21.980
 says,

00:58:22.100 --> 00:58:22.160
 well,

00:58:22.220 --> 00:58:22.400
 take,

00:58:22.500 --> 00:58:22.600
 take,

00:58:22.680 --> 00:58:22.860
 take,

00:58:22.900 --> 00:58:23.280
 and hoard

00:58:23.280 --> 00:58:23.560
 it for

00:58:23.560 --> 00:58:23.980
 yourself,

00:58:24.140 --> 00:58:25.039
 spend on

00:58:25.039 --> 00:58:25.380
 your

00:58:25.380 --> 00:58:25.980
 pleasure.

00:58:29.140 --> 00:58:29.700
 We need

00:58:29.700 --> 00:58:30.000
 to hear

00:58:30.000 --> 00:58:30.420
 the wisdom

00:58:30.420 --> 00:58:30.980
 of Jesus.

00:58:32.780 --> 00:58:33.460
 For example,

00:58:33.600 --> 00:58:34.000
 Jesus said,

00:58:34.200 --> 00:58:34.400
 love your

00:58:34.400 --> 00:58:34.940
 enemies and

00:58:34.940 --> 00:58:35.360
 pray for

00:58:35.360 --> 00:58:35.720
 those who

00:58:35.720 --> 00:58:36.280
 persecute

00:58:36.280 --> 00:58:36.580
 you.

00:58:37.660 --> 00:58:38.039
 That's

00:58:38.039 --> 00:58:38.600
 very different

00:58:38.600 --> 00:58:38.880
 to the

00:58:38.880 --> 00:58:39.320
 wisdom of

00:58:39.320 --> 00:58:39.800
 the age that

00:58:39.800 --> 00:58:40.019
 says,

00:58:40.120 --> 00:58:40.700
 revenge,

00:58:41.980 --> 00:58:42.320
 that says,

00:58:42.400 --> 00:58:42.680
 tit for

00:58:42.679 --> 00:58:43.440
 tat violence.

00:58:44.480 --> 00:58:44.919
 The wisdom

00:58:44.919 --> 00:58:45.379
 of Jesus

00:58:45.379 --> 00:58:46.039
 is better

00:58:46.039 --> 00:58:46.460
 wisdom,

00:58:46.579 --> 00:58:46.859
 but if we

00:58:46.859 --> 00:58:47.219
 don't know

00:58:47.219 --> 00:58:47.579
 God's

00:58:47.579 --> 00:58:47.779
 word,

00:58:47.839 --> 00:58:48.159
 we don't

00:58:48.159 --> 00:58:49.319
 know that

00:58:49.319 --> 00:58:49.699
 wisdom.

00:58:50.859 --> 00:58:51.559
 We also

00:58:51.559 --> 00:58:51.879
 need to

00:58:51.879 --> 00:58:52.399
 hear and

00:58:52.399 --> 00:58:52.799
 to know

00:58:52.799 --> 00:58:53.279
 God's

00:58:53.279 --> 00:58:54.279
 word to

00:58:54.279 --> 00:58:54.899
 discover the

00:58:54.899 --> 00:58:55.319
 gospel,

00:58:56.139 --> 00:58:57.460
 to discover

00:58:57.460 --> 00:58:58.599
 the good

00:58:58.599 --> 00:58:58.940
 news of

00:58:58.940 --> 00:58:59.480
 what God

00:58:59.480 --> 00:59:00.079
 does to

00:59:00.079 --> 00:59:00.719
 save a

00:59:00.719 --> 00:59:01.440
 people for

00:59:01.440 --> 00:59:02.000
 himself,

00:59:02.319 --> 00:59:03.079
 according to

00:59:03.079 --> 00:59:03.739
 his perfect

00:59:03.739 --> 00:59:04.679
 wisdom and

00:59:04.679 --> 00:59:05.259
 for his

00:59:05.259 --> 00:59:05.739
 glory.

00:59:06.659 --> 00:59:07.079
 And that's

00:59:07.079 --> 00:59:07.599
 actually really

00:59:07.599 --> 00:59:08.019
 important,

00:59:08.119 --> 00:59:08.639
 even for how

00:59:08.639 --> 00:59:09.139
 we read a

00:59:09.139 --> 00:59:09.639
 book like the

00:59:09.639 --> 00:59:09.940
 book of

00:59:09.940 --> 00:59:10.440
 Proverbs.

00:59:10.440 --> 00:59:12.260
 Because to

00:59:12.260 --> 00:59:12.559
 read the

00:59:12.559 --> 00:59:12.880
 book of

00:59:12.880 --> 00:59:13.539
 Proverbs,

00:59:14.099 --> 00:59:14.920
 without thinking

00:59:14.920 --> 00:59:15.480
 about God's

00:59:15.480 --> 00:59:16.000
 wisdom for

00:59:16.000 --> 00:59:16.420
 salvation,

00:59:16.539 --> 00:59:16.820
 we might

00:59:16.820 --> 00:59:16.980
 think,

00:59:17.059 --> 00:59:17.139
 well,

00:59:17.159 --> 00:59:17.700
 if I live

00:59:17.700 --> 00:59:18.139
 the right

00:59:18.139 --> 00:59:18.539
 way,

00:59:18.800 --> 00:59:19.159
 then I

00:59:19.159 --> 00:59:19.579
 will gain

00:59:19.579 --> 00:59:20.119
 reward.

00:59:20.380 --> 00:59:20.840
 If I

00:59:20.840 --> 00:59:21.400
 do this,

00:59:21.519 --> 00:59:22.179
 then God

00:59:22.179 --> 00:59:22.679
 must do

00:59:22.679 --> 00:59:22.960
 that,

00:59:23.039 --> 00:59:23.280
 and we'll

00:59:23.280 --> 00:59:23.820
 find ourselves

00:59:23.820 --> 00:59:24.559
 on the

00:59:24.559 --> 00:59:25.000
 road that's

00:59:25.000 --> 00:59:25.599
 known as

00:59:25.599 --> 00:59:26.260
 legalism,

00:59:26.320 --> 00:59:26.579
 and we'll

00:59:26.579 --> 00:59:26.940
 think about

00:59:26.940 --> 00:59:27.480
 that problem

00:59:27.480 --> 00:59:27.900
 in a

00:59:27.900 --> 00:59:28.200
 moment.

00:59:28.740 --> 00:59:29.139
 So it's

00:59:29.139 --> 00:59:29.760
 really important

00:59:29.760 --> 00:59:30.380
 for us to

00:59:30.380 --> 00:59:30.940
 read,

00:59:31.599 --> 00:59:32.340
 to study,

00:59:32.820 --> 00:59:33.639
 to meditate,

00:59:33.860 --> 00:59:34.400
 to memorize,

00:59:34.900 --> 00:59:35.679
 to worship

00:59:35.679 --> 00:59:36.200
 God,

00:59:36.300 --> 00:59:37.019
 to hear

00:59:37.019 --> 00:59:37.480
 him,

00:59:37.480 --> 00:59:37.599
 wisdom,

00:59:37.980 --> 00:59:38.920
 that we

00:59:38.920 --> 00:59:39.460
 would discover

00:59:39.460 --> 00:59:39.880
 more of

00:59:39.880 --> 00:59:40.579
 his character,

00:59:41.500 --> 00:59:41.820
 that we

00:59:41.820 --> 00:59:42.179
 would be

00:59:42.179 --> 00:59:43.719
 staggered by

00:59:43.719 --> 00:59:44.280
 his love

00:59:44.280 --> 00:59:45.079
 and salvation,

00:59:46.039 --> 00:59:46.559
 that we

00:59:46.559 --> 00:59:47.099
 would grow

00:59:47.099 --> 00:59:48.460
 in wisdom.

00:59:50.659 --> 00:59:51.340
 So those

00:59:51.340 --> 00:59:51.539
 are the

00:59:51.539 --> 00:59:52.719
 practices of

00:59:52.719 --> 00:59:53.139
 wisdom.

00:59:54.260 --> 00:59:55.099
 But thirdly,

00:59:55.119 --> 00:59:55.480
 we need to

00:59:55.480 --> 00:59:56.019
 think for a

00:59:56.019 --> 00:59:56.460
 moment about

00:59:56.460 --> 00:59:57.300
 the problem

00:59:57.300 --> 00:59:58.099
 of wisdom.

00:59:58.559 --> 00:59:58.880
 So I

00:59:58.880 --> 00:59:59.260
 wonder if

00:59:59.260 --> 00:59:59.519
 anybody,

00:59:59.619 --> 00:59:59.980
 as we were

00:59:59.980 --> 01:00:01.019
 hearing this

01:00:01.019 --> 01:00:01.619
 being read,

01:00:01.679 --> 01:00:01.920
 if you

01:00:01.920 --> 01:00:02.719
 sensed a

01:00:02.719 --> 01:00:03.460
 tension

01:00:03.460 --> 01:00:05.500
 growing within

01:00:05.500 --> 01:00:05.980
 you.

01:00:07.039 --> 01:00:07.719
 So these

01:00:07.719 --> 01:00:08.699
 statements

01:00:08.699 --> 01:00:10.000
 all sound

01:00:10.000 --> 01:00:10.320
 like,

01:00:10.420 --> 01:00:10.880
 here's the

01:00:10.880 --> 01:00:11.400
 condition,

01:00:12.059 --> 01:00:12.500
 and then

01:00:12.500 --> 01:00:13.079
 here's the

01:00:13.079 --> 01:00:13.699
 consequence.

01:00:14.099 --> 01:00:15.000
 If X

01:00:15.000 --> 01:00:15.800
 happens,

01:00:16.239 --> 01:00:17.019
 then Y

01:00:17.019 --> 01:00:17.440
 happens.

01:00:17.519 --> 01:00:18.760
 So just

01:00:18.760 --> 01:00:19.559
 hear this

01:00:19.559 --> 01:00:19.960
 again.

01:00:20.699 --> 01:00:21.400
 My son,

01:00:22.199 --> 01:00:22.599
 do not

01:00:22.599 --> 01:00:23.199
 forget my

01:00:23.199 --> 01:00:23.559
 teaching,

01:00:23.679 --> 01:00:24.000
 but keep

01:00:24.000 --> 01:00:24.619
 my commands

01:00:24.619 --> 01:00:24.980
 in your

01:00:24.980 --> 01:00:25.380
 heart,

01:00:25.500 --> 01:00:25.940
 for,

01:00:26.039 --> 01:00:26.519
 here's the

01:00:26.519 --> 01:00:27.019
 consequence,

01:00:27.559 --> 01:00:27.920
 they will

01:00:27.920 --> 01:00:28.599
 prolong your

01:00:28.599 --> 01:00:29.280
 life many

01:00:29.280 --> 01:00:29.900
 years and

01:00:29.900 --> 01:00:30.320
 bring you

01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:31.059
 peace and

01:00:31.059 --> 01:00:31.599
 prosperity.

01:00:32.260 --> 01:00:32.900
 Here's another

01:00:32.900 --> 01:00:33.340
 one, here's

01:00:33.340 --> 01:00:33.780
 the condition

01:00:33.780 --> 01:00:34.159
 of verse

01:00:34.159 --> 01:00:34.420
 three,

01:00:34.420 --> 01:00:35.260
 let love

01:00:35.260 --> 01:00:36.079
 and faithfulness

01:00:36.079 --> 01:00:36.820
 never leave

01:00:36.820 --> 01:00:37.099
 you.

01:00:37.680 --> 01:00:38.119
 Here's the

01:00:38.119 --> 01:00:38.720
 consequence,

01:00:39.099 --> 01:00:40.320
 then you

01:00:40.320 --> 01:00:40.639
 will win

01:00:40.639 --> 01:00:41.200
 favor and

01:00:41.200 --> 01:00:41.500
 a good

01:00:41.500 --> 01:00:41.900
 name in

01:00:41.900 --> 01:00:42.240
 the sight

01:00:42.240 --> 01:00:42.720
 of God

01:00:42.720 --> 01:00:43.720
 and man.

01:00:44.800 --> 01:00:45.139
 Verse

01:00:45.139 --> 01:00:45.599
 seven,

01:00:46.099 --> 01:00:46.440
 here's the

01:00:46.440 --> 01:00:46.840
 condition,

01:00:47.200 --> 01:00:47.619
 do not

01:00:47.619 --> 01:00:48.440
 be wise

01:00:48.440 --> 01:00:48.880
 in your

01:00:48.880 --> 01:00:49.380
 own eyes,

01:00:49.500 --> 01:00:49.820
 fear the

01:00:49.820 --> 01:00:50.200
 Lord and

01:00:50.200 --> 01:00:50.820
 shun evil,

01:00:51.059 --> 01:00:51.420
 here's the

01:00:51.420 --> 01:00:51.900
 consequence,

01:00:52.159 --> 01:00:52.880
 this will

01:00:52.880 --> 01:00:53.760
 bring health

01:00:53.760 --> 01:00:54.139
 to your

01:00:54.139 --> 01:00:55.440
 body and

01:00:55.440 --> 01:00:55.880
 nourishment

01:00:55.880 --> 01:00:56.320
 to your

01:00:56.320 --> 01:00:56.659
 bones.

01:00:57.880 --> 01:00:58.440
 Do we

01:00:58.440 --> 01:00:58.900
 sense the

01:00:58.900 --> 01:00:59.340
 tension?

01:01:01.519 --> 01:01:02.260
 As we

01:01:02.260 --> 01:01:02.700
 look at

01:01:02.700 --> 01:01:03.059
 our own

01:01:03.059 --> 01:01:03.340
 lives,

01:01:03.380 --> 01:01:03.599
 as we

01:01:03.599 --> 01:01:04.079
 look around

01:01:04.079 --> 01:01:04.319
 at the

01:01:04.319 --> 01:01:04.960
 world around

01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:05.199
 us,

01:01:05.460 --> 01:01:06.059
 is this

01:01:06.059 --> 01:01:06.699
 how life

01:01:06.699 --> 01:01:07.159
 always

01:01:07.159 --> 01:01:07.759
 works?

01:01:09.340 --> 01:01:10.039
 We know

01:01:10.039 --> 01:01:10.980
 it's not.

01:01:12.500 --> 01:01:13.579
 We know

01:01:13.579 --> 01:01:14.599
 godly

01:01:14.599 --> 01:01:15.299
 people whose

01:01:15.299 --> 01:01:15.779
 lives are

01:01:15.779 --> 01:01:16.380
 cut short.

01:01:17.860 --> 01:01:18.900
 We know

01:01:18.900 --> 01:01:19.739
 those who

01:01:19.739 --> 01:01:20.739
 honor Jesus

01:01:20.739 --> 01:01:21.900
 and it

01:01:21.900 --> 01:01:22.340
 does not

01:01:22.340 --> 01:01:22.759
 bring them

01:01:22.759 --> 01:01:23.139
 honor and

01:01:23.139 --> 01:01:23.400
 a good

01:01:23.400 --> 01:01:23.719
 name.

01:01:24.860 --> 01:01:25.579
 We know

01:01:25.579 --> 01:01:26.219
 people who

01:01:26.219 --> 01:01:26.819
 fear the

01:01:26.819 --> 01:01:28.219
 Lord and

01:01:28.219 --> 01:01:28.619
 does not

01:01:28.619 --> 01:01:29.139
 bring them

01:01:29.139 --> 01:01:30.599
 health and

01:01:30.599 --> 01:01:31.000
 wealth.

01:01:31.000 --> 01:01:31.119
 love.

01:01:33.260 --> 01:01:33.619
 And so

01:01:33.619 --> 01:01:34.019
 there is a

01:01:34.019 --> 01:01:34.519
 problem and

01:01:34.519 --> 01:01:35.760
 sometimes this

01:01:35.760 --> 01:01:36.659
 is true and

01:01:36.659 --> 01:01:37.380
 generally as

01:01:37.380 --> 01:01:37.940
 people live

01:01:37.940 --> 01:01:38.579
 God's way we

01:01:38.579 --> 01:01:39.360
 might expect

01:01:39.360 --> 01:01:40.280
 this but we

01:01:40.280 --> 01:01:40.599
 need to

01:01:40.599 --> 01:01:41.139
 understand that

01:01:41.139 --> 01:01:41.699
 these are not

01:01:41.699 --> 01:01:42.820
 fixed laws.

01:01:42.920 --> 01:01:43.300
 This is not

01:01:43.300 --> 01:01:43.920
 like a slot

01:01:43.920 --> 01:01:44.260
 machine.

01:01:44.380 --> 01:01:45.000
 If I put in

01:01:45.000 --> 01:01:46.760
 X then

01:01:46.760 --> 01:01:47.260
 out comes

01:01:47.260 --> 01:01:47.760
 Y.

01:01:49.219 --> 01:01:49.960
 There is a

01:01:49.960 --> 01:01:50.539
 problem.

01:01:52.880 --> 01:01:53.599
 So we need

01:01:53.599 --> 01:01:55.179
 to say there

01:01:55.179 --> 01:01:56.300
 is an order to

01:01:56.300 --> 01:01:56.860
 the world that

01:01:56.860 --> 01:01:58.679
 God created and

01:01:58.679 --> 01:01:59.119
 we absolutely

01:01:59.119 --> 01:01:59.599
 need to say

01:01:59.599 --> 01:02:00.319
 that life by

01:02:00.319 --> 01:02:01.039
 God's design

01:02:01.039 --> 01:02:01.839
 is and

01:02:01.839 --> 01:02:02.699
 always will be

01:02:02.699 --> 01:02:03.539
 the best path

01:02:03.539 --> 01:02:04.139
 to flourishing

01:02:04.139 --> 01:02:05.199
 but we also

01:02:05.199 --> 01:02:05.960
 need to say

01:02:05.960 --> 01:02:08.179
 that we as

01:02:08.179 --> 01:02:08.940
 people we have

01:02:08.940 --> 01:02:10.399
 broken the

01:02:10.399 --> 01:02:11.259
 moral order

01:02:11.259 --> 01:02:11.799
 within the

01:02:11.799 --> 01:02:12.219
 universe.

01:02:13.239 --> 01:02:13.839
 That ever

01:02:13.839 --> 01:02:14.539
 since the

01:02:14.539 --> 01:02:15.359
 Garden of Eden

01:02:15.359 --> 01:02:15.980
 with Adam

01:02:15.980 --> 01:02:17.899
 and Eve we

01:02:17.899 --> 01:02:18.319
 have turned

01:02:18.319 --> 01:02:19.619
 our back on

01:02:19.619 --> 01:02:20.119
 the God of

01:02:20.119 --> 01:02:21.319
 wisdom on

01:02:21.319 --> 01:02:22.119
 God and his

01:02:22.119 --> 01:02:22.519
 wisdom.

01:02:23.399 --> 01:02:24.379
 If wisdom

01:02:24.379 --> 01:02:24.980
 begins with

01:02:24.980 --> 01:02:25.619
 fearing and

01:02:25.619 --> 01:02:26.359
 honoring the

01:02:26.359 --> 01:02:27.919
 Lord then

01:02:27.920 --> 01:02:28.780
 folly is

01:02:28.780 --> 01:02:29.740
 pursuing my

01:02:29.740 --> 01:02:30.440
 own honor.

01:02:31.280 --> 01:02:31.860
 It's putting

01:02:31.860 --> 01:02:32.680
 my own glory

01:02:32.680 --> 01:02:33.119
 first.

01:02:35.180 --> 01:02:35.559
 And ever

01:02:35.559 --> 01:02:36.340
 since Adam

01:02:36.340 --> 01:02:36.760
 and Eve did

01:02:36.760 --> 01:02:37.260
 that in the

01:02:37.260 --> 01:02:37.840
 Garden there's

01:02:37.840 --> 01:02:38.320
 been an

01:02:38.320 --> 01:02:39.420
 unraveling.

01:02:40.119 --> 01:02:40.519
 There's been

01:02:40.519 --> 01:02:41.860
 a disorder

01:02:41.860 --> 01:02:43.920
 as a result

01:02:43.920 --> 01:02:44.619
 of our sin.

01:02:46.780 --> 01:02:47.639
 So when we

01:02:47.639 --> 01:02:48.340
 read the book

01:02:48.340 --> 01:02:49.380
 of Proverbs

01:02:49.380 --> 01:02:50.820
 in a broken

01:02:50.820 --> 01:02:52.300
 world as we

01:02:52.300 --> 01:02:53.139
 recognize this

01:02:53.139 --> 01:02:53.619
 problem we

01:02:53.619 --> 01:02:54.519
 cannot expect

01:02:54.519 --> 01:02:55.599
 to see this

01:02:55.599 --> 01:02:56.039
 cause and

01:02:56.039 --> 01:02:56.880
 effect always

01:02:56.880 --> 01:02:57.720
 play out.

01:02:57.719 --> 01:02:58.219
 So how do

01:02:58.219 --> 01:02:59.439
 we read a

01:02:59.439 --> 01:02:59.919
 book like

01:02:59.919 --> 01:03:00.279
 the book

01:03:00.279 --> 01:03:00.959
 of Proverbs?

01:03:03.980 --> 01:03:04.619
 It's like

01:03:04.619 --> 01:03:05.259
 any part of

01:03:05.259 --> 01:03:05.679
 the law.

01:03:05.899 --> 01:03:07.019
 It exposes

01:03:07.019 --> 01:03:09.219
 our failures.

01:03:11.239 --> 01:03:12.099
 Who of us

01:03:12.099 --> 01:03:13.559
 can say we

01:03:13.559 --> 01:03:14.099
 have always

01:03:14.099 --> 01:03:14.859
 kept God's

01:03:14.859 --> 01:03:15.399
 commands in

01:03:15.399 --> 01:03:16.000
 our heart?

01:03:17.199 --> 01:03:18.000
 Who of us

01:03:18.000 --> 01:03:18.519
 can say we

01:03:18.519 --> 01:03:19.199
 have always

01:03:19.199 --> 01:03:20.379
 trusted in the

01:03:20.379 --> 01:03:20.839
 Lord with

01:03:20.839 --> 01:03:21.299
 all our

01:03:21.299 --> 01:03:21.659
 heart?

01:03:22.859 --> 01:03:23.500
 Who of us

01:03:23.500 --> 01:03:24.079
 can say in

01:03:24.079 --> 01:03:24.500
 all our

01:03:24.500 --> 01:03:25.779
 ways we

01:03:25.780 --> 01:03:27.400
 submitted to

01:03:27.400 --> 01:03:27.920
 God?

01:03:28.620 --> 01:03:29.400
 We've never

01:03:29.400 --> 01:03:30.000
 sought to be

01:03:30.000 --> 01:03:30.640
 wise in our

01:03:30.640 --> 01:03:31.700
 own eyes.

01:03:31.960 --> 01:03:32.400
 That we've

01:03:32.400 --> 01:03:33.240
 always honored

01:03:33.240 --> 01:03:33.960
 the Lord with

01:03:33.960 --> 01:03:34.480
 our wealth.

01:03:34.780 --> 01:03:35.480
 We read this

01:03:35.480 --> 01:03:35.720
 and we

01:03:35.720 --> 01:03:36.440
 understand we

01:03:36.440 --> 01:03:37.300
 simply don't

01:03:37.300 --> 01:03:37.780
 do it and

01:03:37.780 --> 01:03:38.280
 indeed we

01:03:38.280 --> 01:03:39.820
 can't keep

01:03:39.820 --> 01:03:40.519
 the conditions

01:03:40.519 --> 01:03:41.160
 of wisdom

01:03:41.160 --> 01:03:41.960
 perfectly.

01:03:43.420 --> 01:03:44.420
 So it reminds

01:03:44.420 --> 01:03:45.080
 us of our own

01:03:45.080 --> 01:03:45.800
 failure and

01:03:45.800 --> 01:03:46.420
 says to us we

01:03:46.420 --> 01:03:46.960
 need God's

01:03:46.960 --> 01:03:47.680
 help, His

01:03:47.680 --> 01:03:48.300
 mercy, His

01:03:48.300 --> 01:03:48.800
 grace.

01:03:48.800 --> 01:03:48.880
 grace.

01:03:50.680 --> 01:03:51.500
 And it

01:03:51.500 --> 01:03:52.000
 should also

01:03:52.000 --> 01:03:53.039
 encourage us

01:03:53.039 --> 01:03:54.519
 to believe

01:03:54.519 --> 01:03:55.200
 the gospel.

01:03:56.820 --> 01:03:58.460
 That because

01:03:58.460 --> 01:03:59.900
 of God's

01:03:59.900 --> 01:04:00.500
 salvation,

01:04:01.220 --> 01:04:01.700
 because of

01:04:01.700 --> 01:04:02.580
 God's Son,

01:04:03.220 --> 01:04:03.800
 there is a

01:04:03.800 --> 01:04:04.240
 day when

01:04:04.240 --> 01:04:04.960
 these wonderful

01:04:04.960 --> 01:04:06.640
 promises will

01:04:06.640 --> 01:04:07.200
 come fully

01:04:07.200 --> 01:04:07.920
 and finally

01:04:07.920 --> 01:04:08.360
 true.

01:04:09.160 --> 01:04:09.800
 That takes

01:04:09.800 --> 01:04:10.240
 us to our

01:04:10.240 --> 01:04:11.019
 last point,

01:04:11.140 --> 01:04:11.940
 the person

01:04:11.940 --> 01:04:14.180
 of wisdom.

01:04:15.420 --> 01:04:16.039
 To be

01:04:16.039 --> 01:04:17.120
 wise in

01:04:17.119 --> 01:04:18.139
 God's eyes,

01:04:18.259 --> 01:04:18.799
 to think

01:04:18.799 --> 01:04:19.139
 about the

01:04:19.139 --> 01:04:19.779
 whole Bible,

01:04:20.239 --> 01:04:21.400
 begins and

01:04:21.400 --> 01:04:23.900
 continues with

01:04:23.900 --> 01:04:24.799
 the Lord

01:04:24.799 --> 01:04:25.279
 Jesus.

01:04:26.659 --> 01:04:27.599
 Paul in

01:04:27.599 --> 01:04:28.179
 his letter

01:04:28.179 --> 01:04:28.559
 to the

01:04:28.559 --> 01:04:29.059
 Corinthians

01:04:29.059 --> 01:04:30.079
 described Jesus

01:04:30.079 --> 01:04:30.759
 as the

01:04:30.759 --> 01:04:31.699
 wisdom of

01:04:31.699 --> 01:04:32.139
 God.

01:04:32.940 --> 01:04:33.219
 Our

01:04:33.219 --> 01:04:33.819
 righteousness,

01:04:34.079 --> 01:04:34.619
 our holiness,

01:04:34.799 --> 01:04:35.460
 our redemption.

01:04:37.579 --> 01:04:38.380
 He is God's

01:04:38.380 --> 01:04:39.500
 wise way for

01:04:39.500 --> 01:04:40.179
 us to be

01:04:40.179 --> 01:04:40.819
 saved and

01:04:40.819 --> 01:04:41.460
 brought into

01:04:41.460 --> 01:04:42.500
 relationship with

01:04:42.500 --> 01:04:42.940
 God.

01:04:43.819 --> 01:04:44.519
 So as we

01:04:44.519 --> 01:04:45.000
 think about

01:04:45.000 --> 01:04:45.659
 Jesus, three

01:04:45.659 --> 01:04:46.339
 things very

01:04:46.339 --> 01:04:46.819
 briefly.

01:04:47.119 --> 01:04:48.039
 Think about

01:04:48.039 --> 01:04:48.779
 the path,

01:04:49.219 --> 01:04:50.000
 his path,

01:04:50.279 --> 01:04:51.079
 and Jesus

01:04:51.079 --> 01:04:51.739
 with us on

01:04:51.739 --> 01:04:52.219
 the path.

01:04:53.059 --> 01:04:53.779
 So back to

01:04:53.779 --> 01:04:54.699
 John 14.

01:04:55.859 --> 01:04:56.819
 Back in

01:04:56.819 --> 01:04:58.059
 John 14 when

01:04:58.059 --> 01:04:58.739
 Jesus was

01:04:58.739 --> 01:04:59.599
 using wonderful

01:04:59.599 --> 01:05:00.219
 words to

01:05:00.219 --> 01:05:00.900
 comfort his

01:05:00.900 --> 01:05:01.679
 disciples, there

01:05:01.679 --> 01:05:02.119
 was that

01:05:02.119 --> 01:05:03.579
 striking statement,

01:05:04.579 --> 01:05:06.359
 I am the

01:05:06.359 --> 01:05:07.480
 way, the

01:05:07.480 --> 01:05:08.900
 truth, and

01:05:08.900 --> 01:05:09.619
 the life.

01:05:10.699 --> 01:05:11.539
 Jesus is

01:05:11.539 --> 01:05:12.239
 saying, I

01:05:12.239 --> 01:05:12.839
 am.

01:05:13.420 --> 01:05:13.779
 He is

01:05:13.779 --> 01:05:14.380
 saying, I

01:05:14.380 --> 01:05:15.219
 am none

01:05:15.219 --> 01:05:16.159
 other than

01:05:16.159 --> 01:05:16.799
 God.

01:05:17.119 --> 01:05:17.960
 And then

01:05:17.960 --> 01:05:18.319
 he uses

01:05:18.319 --> 01:05:18.839
 wisdom

01:05:18.839 --> 01:05:19.420
 language to

01:05:19.420 --> 01:05:20.059
 say, as

01:05:20.059 --> 01:05:20.900
 God, I

01:05:20.900 --> 01:05:22.400
 am the

01:05:22.400 --> 01:05:22.779
 truth.

01:05:22.900 --> 01:05:23.279
 I am the

01:05:23.279 --> 01:05:23.739
 only truth.

01:05:23.839 --> 01:05:24.259
 I am the

01:05:24.259 --> 01:05:26.019
 only path to

01:05:26.019 --> 01:05:27.179
 life with

01:05:27.179 --> 01:05:28.019
 God.

01:05:28.759 --> 01:05:29.599
 He makes a

01:05:29.599 --> 01:05:30.259
 claim about

01:05:30.259 --> 01:05:30.859
 himself that

01:05:30.859 --> 01:05:31.259
 none of

01:05:31.259 --> 01:05:32.900
 those 10,000

01:05:32.900 --> 01:05:33.960
 plus books on

01:05:33.960 --> 01:05:34.380
 the Amazon

01:05:34.380 --> 01:05:35.059
 bookshelf would

01:05:35.059 --> 01:05:36.299
 ever dare to

01:05:36.299 --> 01:05:36.579
 make.

01:05:38.579 --> 01:05:39.500
 He is the

01:05:39.500 --> 01:05:40.019
 wisdom we

01:05:40.019 --> 01:05:40.779
 need to hear.

01:05:41.119 --> 01:05:41.799
 He is the

01:05:41.799 --> 01:05:42.599
 Son of God we

01:05:42.599 --> 01:05:43.679
 need to trust.

01:05:43.679 --> 01:05:45.379
 He is the

01:05:45.379 --> 01:05:47.019
 path to

01:05:47.019 --> 01:05:47.319
 wisdom.

01:05:47.879 --> 01:05:48.299
 Now let's

01:05:48.299 --> 01:05:48.659
 think about

01:05:48.659 --> 01:05:49.460
 his path.

01:05:51.099 --> 01:05:51.879
 Jesus, the

01:05:51.879 --> 01:05:52.719
 eternal Son of

01:05:52.719 --> 01:05:53.099
 God.

01:05:53.779 --> 01:05:54.299
 What was his

01:05:54.299 --> 01:05:54.719
 journey?

01:05:56.399 --> 01:05:58.199
 He left the

01:05:58.199 --> 01:05:58.739
 glory of

01:05:58.739 --> 01:06:00.419
 heaven that he

01:06:00.419 --> 01:06:01.219
 might live

01:06:01.219 --> 01:06:02.259
 among us.

01:06:04.000 --> 01:06:04.799
 Jesus is the

01:06:04.799 --> 01:06:06.960
 only one who

01:06:06.960 --> 01:06:07.519
 could read the

01:06:07.519 --> 01:06:08.039
 Proverbs and

01:06:08.039 --> 01:06:09.079
 say, yes, I

01:06:09.079 --> 01:06:10.379
 always did my

01:06:10.379 --> 01:06:11.239
 Father's will.

01:06:11.239 --> 01:06:12.500
 He is the

01:06:12.500 --> 01:06:12.759
 one who

01:06:12.759 --> 01:06:13.919
 perfectly kept

01:06:13.919 --> 01:06:14.659
 all the

01:06:14.659 --> 01:06:16.439
 commands, living

01:06:16.439 --> 01:06:17.399
 with perfect

01:06:17.399 --> 01:06:19.139
 trust, submitting

01:06:19.139 --> 01:06:20.299
 always to his

01:06:20.299 --> 01:06:21.159
 Father's will,

01:06:21.539 --> 01:06:22.299
 desiring the

01:06:22.299 --> 01:06:23.639
 Father's honor and

01:06:23.639 --> 01:06:25.559
 glory always, even

01:06:25.559 --> 01:06:27.079
 as it led him to

01:06:27.079 --> 01:06:28.799
 walk the road to

01:06:28.799 --> 01:06:29.959
 Calvary to die on

01:06:29.959 --> 01:06:30.419
 the cross.

01:06:31.919 --> 01:06:33.099
 And there on

01:06:33.099 --> 01:06:34.879
 the cross, Jesus,

01:06:35.079 --> 01:06:35.739
 the sinless,

01:06:35.899 --> 01:06:37.059
 righteous one, is

01:06:37.059 --> 01:06:39.899
 cut off as if he

01:06:39.899 --> 01:06:41.039
 were wicked.

01:06:41.239 --> 01:06:44.139
 He is regarded as

01:06:44.139 --> 01:06:45.439
 if he were an

01:06:45.439 --> 01:06:47.119
 unfaithful one.

01:06:48.799 --> 01:06:49.559
 And so we need to

01:06:49.559 --> 01:06:51.039
 ask, why that

01:06:51.039 --> 01:06:51.479
 path?

01:06:51.579 --> 01:06:53.339
 Why that day?

01:06:54.919 --> 01:06:55.839
 And the Bible

01:06:55.839 --> 01:06:56.579
 tells us that it's

01:06:56.579 --> 01:06:57.299
 God's wisdom.

01:06:58.319 --> 01:06:59.199
 It's God's wisdom

01:06:59.199 --> 01:07:00.299
 for your salvation

01:07:00.299 --> 01:07:00.859
 and mine.

01:07:01.739 --> 01:07:02.419
 It's God's

01:07:02.419 --> 01:07:03.639
 gracious response

01:07:03.639 --> 01:07:05.699
 to our lack of

01:07:05.699 --> 01:07:06.139
 wisdom.

01:07:06.139 --> 01:07:06.259
 wisdom.

01:07:08.019 --> 01:07:09.599
 To listen to the

01:07:09.599 --> 01:07:10.879
 message the cross

01:07:10.879 --> 01:07:12.440
 communicates to us

01:07:12.440 --> 01:07:14.960
 is to hear Jesus

01:07:14.960 --> 01:07:16.859
 say, do not

01:07:16.859 --> 01:07:18.679
 lean on your

01:07:18.679 --> 01:07:20.079
 own understanding.

01:07:20.819 --> 01:07:21.920
 That you and I

01:07:21.920 --> 01:07:23.219
 simply do not

01:07:23.219 --> 01:07:24.379
 have the ability

01:07:24.379 --> 01:07:26.839
 to enjoy life

01:07:26.839 --> 01:07:27.719
 with God, to be

01:07:27.719 --> 01:07:28.400
 saved by

01:07:28.400 --> 01:07:29.019
 ourselves.

01:07:29.480 --> 01:07:30.159
 In fact, the

01:07:30.159 --> 01:07:30.960
 message of the cross

01:07:30.960 --> 01:07:31.819
 says we are so

01:07:31.819 --> 01:07:32.920
 wicked and foolish

01:07:32.920 --> 01:07:34.139
 selfish that

01:07:34.139 --> 01:07:35.180
 nothing less than

01:07:35.180 --> 01:07:36.019
 the death of the

01:07:36.019 --> 01:07:37.079
 sinless son of God

01:07:37.079 --> 01:07:38.159
 could save us.

01:07:39.300 --> 01:07:40.579
 That's how deeply

01:07:40.579 --> 01:07:41.599
 our folly and our

01:07:41.599 --> 01:07:42.260
 sin runs.

01:07:43.559 --> 01:07:44.539
 But the message of

01:07:44.539 --> 01:07:45.980
 the cross also

01:07:45.980 --> 01:07:48.240
 says, let God's

01:07:48.240 --> 01:07:49.099
 love and

01:07:49.099 --> 01:07:50.360
 faithfulness never

01:07:50.360 --> 01:07:51.099
 leave you.

01:07:52.139 --> 01:07:53.440
 Recognize, here is

01:07:53.440 --> 01:07:54.460
 God's gracious,

01:07:54.860 --> 01:07:56.119
 loving response

01:07:56.119 --> 01:07:59.099
 to our sin

01:07:59.099 --> 01:08:00.619
 to give us

01:08:00.619 --> 01:08:01.219
 salvation.

01:08:01.739 --> 01:08:02.339
 So we are

01:08:02.339 --> 01:08:03.500
 invited to trust

01:08:03.500 --> 01:08:04.279
 him as Lord.

01:08:05.039 --> 01:08:05.819
 He is the one

01:08:05.819 --> 01:08:06.619
 who secures

01:08:06.619 --> 01:08:07.699
 our favor

01:08:07.699 --> 01:08:08.639
 with God.

01:08:09.159 --> 01:08:09.880
 That when we

01:08:09.880 --> 01:08:10.599
 are trusting

01:08:10.599 --> 01:08:11.380
 in Jesus

01:08:11.380 --> 01:08:12.639
 it is true

01:08:12.639 --> 01:08:13.239
 of us

01:08:13.239 --> 01:08:14.359
 that God the

01:08:14.359 --> 01:08:15.400
 Father delights

01:08:15.400 --> 01:08:16.119
 in us as his

01:08:16.119 --> 01:08:16.619
 children.

01:08:18.059 --> 01:08:18.920
 When our

01:08:18.920 --> 01:08:19.680
 faith is in

01:08:19.680 --> 01:08:20.079
 Jesus

01:08:20.079 --> 01:08:21.599
 God the

01:08:21.599 --> 01:08:22.439
 Father loves

01:08:22.439 --> 01:08:23.699
 us as much

01:08:23.699 --> 01:08:24.359
 as he loves

01:08:24.359 --> 01:08:24.979
 his own

01:08:24.979 --> 01:08:25.920
 precious

01:08:25.920 --> 01:08:26.539
 son.

01:08:30.300 --> 01:08:31.159
 Last thing to

01:08:31.159 --> 01:08:31.739
 think about with

01:08:31.739 --> 01:08:32.300
 a person of

01:08:32.300 --> 01:08:32.579
 wisdom.

01:08:32.720 --> 01:08:33.359
 To recognize

01:08:33.359 --> 01:08:33.980
 that he is

01:08:33.980 --> 01:08:34.840
 with us

01:08:34.840 --> 01:08:36.119
 on the path

01:08:36.119 --> 01:08:36.619
 of wisdom.

01:08:37.220 --> 01:08:37.940
 So to walk

01:08:37.940 --> 01:08:38.500
 in wisdom we

01:08:38.500 --> 01:08:39.640
 must be walking

01:08:39.640 --> 01:08:40.420
 with Christ

01:08:40.420 --> 01:08:40.880
 Jesus.

01:08:41.480 --> 01:08:42.199
 We must be

01:08:42.199 --> 01:08:43.039
 trusting him as

01:08:43.039 --> 01:08:43.760
 Lord and

01:08:43.760 --> 01:08:44.199
 Savior.

01:08:44.640 --> 01:08:45.180
 We must be

01:08:45.180 --> 01:08:46.260
 living daily

01:08:46.260 --> 01:08:47.440
 in the gospel

01:08:47.440 --> 01:08:47.960
 of grace,

01:08:48.039 --> 01:08:48.520
 the wisdom

01:08:48.520 --> 01:08:49.420
 he provides.

01:08:49.760 --> 01:08:50.180
 And we

01:08:50.180 --> 01:08:51.920
 recognize that

01:08:51.920 --> 01:08:52.640
 God's grace

01:08:52.640 --> 01:08:53.720
 is so wonderful,

01:08:54.779 --> 01:08:55.880
 so amazing,

01:08:55.920 --> 01:08:57.800
 so outrageous,

01:08:58.539 --> 01:08:59.119
 that the

01:08:59.119 --> 01:09:00.039
 whole of

01:09:00.039 --> 01:09:00.880
 our Christian

01:09:00.880 --> 01:09:01.140
 lives,

01:09:01.199 --> 01:09:01.460
 the whole

01:09:01.460 --> 01:09:02.940
 journey of

01:09:02.940 --> 01:09:03.440
 faith and

01:09:03.440 --> 01:09:03.859
 growing in

01:09:03.859 --> 01:09:04.640
 wisdom is

01:09:04.640 --> 01:09:05.140
 about going

01:09:05.140 --> 01:09:05.720
 further up

01:09:05.720 --> 01:09:06.199
 and further

01:09:06.199 --> 01:09:06.640
 in,

01:09:06.699 --> 01:09:07.279
 in our

01:09:07.279 --> 01:09:08.800
 experience of

01:09:08.800 --> 01:09:08.980
 it.

01:09:11.539 --> 01:09:12.579
 To read

01:09:12.579 --> 01:09:13.060
 Proverbs

01:09:13.060 --> 01:09:13.779
 chapter 3

01:09:13.779 --> 01:09:14.739
 is to be

01:09:14.739 --> 01:09:16.159
 reminded that

01:09:16.159 --> 01:09:17.220
 Jesus is the

01:09:17.220 --> 01:09:18.520
 only one who

01:09:18.520 --> 01:09:19.880
 fulfills the

01:09:19.880 --> 01:09:20.680
 demands of

01:09:20.680 --> 01:09:21.060
 wisdom.

01:09:21.060 --> 01:09:22.660
 He lived a

01:09:22.660 --> 01:09:23.860
 perfectly wise

01:09:23.860 --> 01:09:25.760
 life, but

01:09:25.760 --> 01:09:27.360
 also for

01:09:27.360 --> 01:09:28.900
 us he

01:09:28.900 --> 01:09:30.360
 secures all

01:09:30.360 --> 01:09:31.200
 those wonderful

01:09:31.200 --> 01:09:31.880
 promises.

01:09:33.039 --> 01:09:34.140
 So in him,

01:09:34.860 --> 01:09:35.420
 trusting in

01:09:35.420 --> 01:09:37.000
 him, there

01:09:37.000 --> 01:09:38.240
 is eternal

01:09:38.240 --> 01:09:38.840
 peace.

01:09:39.260 --> 01:09:40.060
 There is

01:09:40.060 --> 01:09:41.080
 treasure in

01:09:41.080 --> 01:09:41.380
 heaven.

01:09:42.060 --> 01:09:42.740
 When he is

01:09:42.740 --> 01:09:43.940
 our Savior, we

01:09:43.940 --> 01:09:45.240
 do find favor

01:09:45.240 --> 01:09:46.000
 with God.

01:09:46.320 --> 01:09:47.240
 We are given

01:09:47.240 --> 01:09:48.300
 a place of

01:09:48.300 --> 01:09:48.800
 honor.

01:09:48.800 --> 01:09:50.239
 when we

01:09:50.239 --> 01:09:50.980
 fear him

01:09:50.980 --> 01:09:51.460
 and trust

01:09:51.460 --> 01:09:52.480
 him, we

01:09:52.480 --> 01:09:53.720
 do enjoy,

01:09:53.840 --> 01:09:54.520
 we will

01:09:54.520 --> 01:09:55.760
 enjoy the

01:09:55.760 --> 01:09:56.520
 true and

01:09:56.520 --> 01:09:57.579
 final healing

01:09:57.579 --> 01:09:58.640
 of body and

01:09:58.640 --> 01:09:59.500
 soul in

01:09:59.500 --> 01:10:00.060
 resurrection

01:10:00.060 --> 01:10:00.760
 life.

01:10:02.199 --> 01:10:02.560
 And so

01:10:02.560 --> 01:10:03.079
 walking the

01:10:03.079 --> 01:10:03.360
 way of

01:10:03.360 --> 01:10:04.980
 wisdom is

01:10:04.980 --> 01:10:05.560
 walking with

01:10:05.560 --> 01:10:05.920
 Jesus,

01:10:07.260 --> 01:10:07.960
 putting on

01:10:07.960 --> 01:10:08.840
 those practices,

01:10:09.680 --> 01:10:10.640
 loving and

01:10:10.640 --> 01:10:11.619
 enjoying Jesus

01:10:11.619 --> 01:10:12.900
 who is for

01:10:12.900 --> 01:10:14.480
 us the true

01:10:14.480 --> 01:10:15.619
 wisdom of

01:10:15.619 --> 01:10:15.960
 God.

01:10:15.960 --> 01:10:17.020
 let me

01:10:17.020 --> 01:10:17.640
 pray for

01:10:17.640 --> 01:10:18.020
 us.

01:10:21.159 --> 01:10:21.800
 Our

01:10:21.800 --> 01:10:22.720
 Father in

01:10:22.720 --> 01:10:23.239
 heaven, we

01:10:23.239 --> 01:10:24.000
 thank you for

01:10:24.000 --> 01:10:25.159
 the wisdom of

01:10:25.159 --> 01:10:25.779
 your word.

01:10:26.699 --> 01:10:27.500
 We thank you

01:10:27.500 --> 01:10:28.380
 for the perfect

01:10:28.380 --> 01:10:29.119
 wisdom of

01:10:29.119 --> 01:10:29.779
 Jesus, your

01:10:29.779 --> 01:10:30.180
 Son.

01:10:31.439 --> 01:10:32.140
 We thank you

01:10:32.140 --> 01:10:32.600
 that in the

01:10:32.600 --> 01:10:33.319
 fullness of

01:10:33.319 --> 01:10:34.039
 your wisdom,

01:10:34.600 --> 01:10:35.079
 you have

01:10:35.079 --> 01:10:35.859
 given your

01:10:35.859 --> 01:10:37.359
 Son to be

01:10:37.359 --> 01:10:38.180
 our Savior,

01:10:38.939 --> 01:10:39.819
 that by your

01:10:39.819 --> 01:10:41.100
 grace, you

01:10:41.100 --> 01:10:41.980
 have made a

01:10:41.980 --> 01:10:42.699
 way for us

01:10:42.699 --> 01:10:44.340
 to be restored

01:10:44.340 --> 01:10:46.079
 to the life

01:10:46.079 --> 01:10:46.539
 that we were

01:10:46.539 --> 01:10:47.180
 made for,

01:10:47.720 --> 01:10:48.380
 to have our

01:10:48.380 --> 01:10:49.260
 sins forgiven,

01:10:49.380 --> 01:10:50.039
 to have peace

01:10:50.039 --> 01:10:50.819
 with God,

01:10:51.239 --> 01:10:52.579
 to have eternal

01:10:52.579 --> 01:10:53.960
 life, to have

01:10:53.960 --> 01:10:56.180
 joy of knowing

01:10:56.180 --> 01:10:56.640
 that you are

01:10:56.640 --> 01:10:58.760
 with us as we

01:10:58.760 --> 01:10:59.720
 walk through

01:10:59.720 --> 01:11:00.779
 life's journey.

01:11:01.279 --> 01:11:02.140
 We do pray that

01:11:02.140 --> 01:11:02.720
 you would help us

01:11:02.720 --> 01:11:03.480
 to grow in

01:11:03.480 --> 01:11:04.659
 wisdom, that we

01:11:04.659 --> 01:11:05.440
 would put on

01:11:05.440 --> 01:11:06.360
 these practices

01:11:06.360 --> 01:11:07.140
 growing in our

01:11:07.140 --> 01:11:08.300
 knowledge of

01:11:08.300 --> 01:11:09.159
 our God and

01:11:09.159 --> 01:11:10.279
 ourselves and of

01:11:10.279 --> 01:11:11.000
 your word,

01:11:11.840 --> 01:11:12.520
 that more and

01:11:12.520 --> 01:11:14.140
 more we might

01:11:14.140 --> 01:11:15.380
 look like and

01:11:15.380 --> 01:11:16.520
 enjoy life and

01:11:16.520 --> 01:11:17.580
 love from Jesus

01:11:17.580 --> 01:11:18.240
 our Savior.

01:11:18.680 --> 01:11:19.460
 We pray in his

01:11:19.460 --> 01:11:19.760
 name.

01:11:20.200 --> 01:11:20.560
 Amen.

01:11:22.560 --> 01:11:23.740
 Now, we're

01:11:23.740 --> 01:11:25.160
 going to sing a

01:11:25.160 --> 01:11:25.880
 section of Psalm

01:11:25.880 --> 01:11:26.940
 116.

01:11:27.440 --> 01:11:27.980
 While we're

01:11:27.980 --> 01:11:28.380
 singing, our

01:11:28.380 --> 01:11:28.900
 boys and girls

01:11:28.900 --> 01:11:30.460
 will rejoin us

01:11:30.460 --> 01:11:32.580
 and then we

01:11:32.580 --> 01:11:33.300
 will move

01:11:33.300 --> 01:11:34.240
 towards the

01:11:34.240 --> 01:11:34.900
 Lord's table.

01:11:35.080 --> 01:11:35.700
 But let's

01:11:35.700 --> 01:11:36.740
 stand together

01:11:36.740 --> 01:11:37.560
 first of all to

01:11:37.560 --> 01:11:38.920
 sing this section

01:11:38.920 --> 01:11:39.400
 of Psalm

01:11:39.399 --> 01:11:40.979
 116.

01:11:45.979 --> 01:11:47.899
 Rest, O my

01:11:47.899 --> 01:11:49.799
 soul, God

01:11:49.799 --> 01:11:52.359
 has been good

01:11:52.359 --> 01:11:54.659
 to you.

01:11:55.199 --> 01:11:57.920
 For you, O

01:11:57.920 --> 01:12:00.500
 Lord, have

01:12:00.500 --> 01:12:02.579
 saved my soul

01:12:02.579 --> 01:12:05.139
 from death,

01:12:05.140 --> 01:12:08.400
 my feet from

01:12:08.400 --> 01:12:11.900
 stumbling and

01:12:11.900 --> 01:12:14.100
 my eyes from

01:12:14.100 --> 01:12:18.460
 tears, that I

01:12:18.460 --> 01:12:21.260
 may live for you

01:12:21.260 --> 01:12:25.079
 while I have

01:12:25.079 --> 01:12:25.780
 breath.

01:12:25.780 --> 01:12:32.780
 I trusted in the

01:12:32.779 --> 01:12:35.199
 Lord, and

01:12:35.199 --> 01:12:38.199
 then I spoke.

01:12:38.699 --> 01:12:41.840
 I said in

01:12:41.840 --> 01:12:45.239
 anguish, I

01:12:45.239 --> 01:12:47.159
 am sorely

01:12:47.159 --> 01:12:51.479
 tried, and

01:12:51.479 --> 01:12:52.939
 in the

01:12:52.939 --> 01:12:56.359
 very depths

01:12:56.359 --> 01:12:57.759
 of my

01:12:57.759 --> 01:12:59.359
 dismay.

01:12:59.359 --> 01:13:02.359
 All men

01:13:03.119 --> 01:13:04.359
 are liars,

01:13:05.420 --> 01:13:07.359
 every one

01:13:07.359 --> 01:13:11.359
 I cried.

01:13:13.179 --> 01:13:15.359
 How can I

01:13:16.239 --> 01:13:18.359
 thank the

01:13:18.359 --> 01:13:21.339
 Lord for all

01:13:21.339 --> 01:13:23.539
 he's done,

01:13:23.539 --> 01:13:27.359
 with gratitude

01:13:27.359 --> 01:13:30.539
 salvation's

01:13:31.500 --> 01:13:33.060
 cup I'll

01:13:33.060 --> 01:13:34.840
 raise.

01:13:35.460 --> 01:13:36.960
 I'll

01:13:36.960 --> 01:13:38.600
 call upon

01:13:38.600 --> 01:13:41.880
 his name

01:13:41.880 --> 01:13:43.460
 and will

01:13:43.460 --> 01:13:44.539
 fulfill

01:13:44.539 --> 01:13:47.539
 my

01:13:47.539 --> 01:13:49.420
 vows to

01:13:49.420 --> 01:13:51.680
 him before

01:13:51.680 --> 01:13:52.760
 his

01:13:52.760 --> 01:13:55.840
 people's

01:13:55.840 --> 01:13:58.140
 face.

01:13:59.520 --> 01:14:00.100
 Please have

01:14:00.100 --> 01:14:00.380
 a seat.

01:14:04.740 --> 01:14:05.520
 I want us

01:14:05.520 --> 01:14:05.820
 to hear

01:14:05.820 --> 01:14:06.380
 again

01:14:06.380 --> 01:14:09.420
 two verses

01:14:09.420 --> 01:14:09.880
 we already

01:14:09.880 --> 01:14:10.300
 heard from

01:14:10.300 --> 01:14:10.980
 John 14

01:14:10.980 --> 01:14:11.340
 and then

01:14:11.340 --> 01:14:12.780
 one other

01:14:12.780 --> 01:14:13.119
 verse,

01:14:13.220 --> 01:14:14.060
 1423.

01:14:15.920 --> 01:14:16.520
 Actually, I'll

01:14:16.520 --> 01:14:17.100
 read verse 1.

01:14:17.159 --> 01:14:17.500
 Do not let

01:14:17.500 --> 01:14:17.920
 your hearts

01:14:17.920 --> 01:14:18.480
 be troubled.

01:14:19.440 --> 01:14:19.960
 You believe

01:14:19.960 --> 01:14:20.579
 in God,

01:14:21.359 --> 01:14:21.939
 believe also

01:14:21.939 --> 01:14:22.380
 in me.

01:14:23.079 --> 01:14:23.480
 My

01:14:23.480 --> 01:14:24.039
 Father's

01:14:24.039 --> 01:14:24.520
 house has

01:14:24.520 --> 01:14:25.439
 many rooms.

01:14:26.260 --> 01:14:26.640
 If that

01:14:26.640 --> 01:14:27.359
 were not so,

01:14:27.439 --> 01:14:27.840
 would I have

01:14:27.840 --> 01:14:28.380
 told you that

01:14:28.380 --> 01:14:28.739
 I am going

01:14:28.739 --> 01:14:29.100
 there to

01:14:29.100 --> 01:14:29.539
 prepare a

01:14:29.539 --> 01:14:30.020
 place for

01:14:30.020 --> 01:14:30.220
 you?

01:14:30.819 --> 01:14:31.539
 And if I

01:14:31.539 --> 01:14:32.020
 go and

01:14:32.020 --> 01:14:32.520
 prepare a

01:14:32.520 --> 01:14:33.000
 place for

01:14:33.000 --> 01:14:33.980
 you, I

01:14:33.980 --> 01:14:34.319
 will come

01:14:34.319 --> 01:14:34.920
 back and

01:14:34.920 --> 01:14:35.239
 take you

01:14:35.239 --> 01:14:35.579
 to be

01:14:35.579 --> 01:14:36.180
 with me,

01:14:36.840 --> 01:14:37.239
 that you

01:14:37.239 --> 01:14:38.020
 also may

01:14:38.020 --> 01:14:39.239
 be where

01:14:39.239 --> 01:14:40.300
 I am.

01:14:40.899 --> 01:14:41.319
 And then

01:14:41.319 --> 01:14:41.699
 down in

01:14:41.699 --> 01:14:42.539
 verse 23,

01:14:43.619 --> 01:14:44.579
 Jesus said,

01:14:44.739 --> 01:14:45.399
 anyone who

01:14:45.399 --> 01:14:46.079
 loves me

01:14:46.079 --> 01:14:47.220
 will obey

01:14:47.220 --> 01:14:48.140
 my teaching.

01:14:48.140 --> 01:14:49.860
 my Father

01:14:49.860 --> 01:14:50.560
 will love

01:14:50.560 --> 01:14:52.020
 them and

01:14:52.020 --> 01:14:52.340
 we will

01:14:52.340 --> 01:14:52.940
 come to

01:14:52.940 --> 01:14:54.420
 them and

01:14:54.420 --> 01:14:54.880
 make our

01:14:54.880 --> 01:14:56.360
 home with

01:14:56.360 --> 01:14:57.200
 them.

01:14:58.360 --> 01:14:59.060
 You put

01:14:59.060 --> 01:14:59.800
 these together,

01:14:59.920 --> 01:15:00.300
 what have we

01:15:00.300 --> 01:15:00.680
 got?

01:15:01.220 --> 01:15:01.579
 We've got this

01:15:01.579 --> 01:15:02.200
 beautiful picture,

01:15:02.300 --> 01:15:02.520
 don't we,

01:15:02.579 --> 01:15:03.760
 of, first of

01:15:03.760 --> 01:15:04.140
 all, Jesus

01:15:04.140 --> 01:15:04.720
 saying God

01:15:04.720 --> 01:15:05.280
 comes to

01:15:05.280 --> 01:15:05.960
 make our

01:15:05.960 --> 01:15:06.840
 heart his

01:15:06.840 --> 01:15:07.560
 home if we

01:15:07.560 --> 01:15:08.280
 are believers

01:15:08.280 --> 01:15:08.920
 in the Lord

01:15:08.920 --> 01:15:09.340
 Jesus.

01:15:10.100 --> 01:15:10.980
 He comes to

01:15:10.980 --> 01:15:11.720
 live in us

01:15:11.720 --> 01:15:13.579
 until we

01:15:13.579 --> 01:15:14.119
 are at home

01:15:14.119 --> 01:15:14.520
 with the

01:15:14.520 --> 01:15:14.840
 Lord.

01:15:16.000 --> 01:15:16.680
 It speaks

01:15:16.680 --> 01:15:17.220
 to us of

01:15:17.220 --> 01:15:18.659
 life lived

01:15:18.659 --> 01:15:19.159
 with the

01:15:19.159 --> 01:15:20.420
 Father and

01:15:20.420 --> 01:15:20.860
 with his

01:15:20.860 --> 01:15:21.900
 Son, the

01:15:21.900 --> 01:15:22.740
 Lord Jesus,

01:15:23.159 --> 01:15:23.800
 of sharing

01:15:23.800 --> 01:15:25.060
 love, of

01:15:25.060 --> 01:15:25.400
 sharing

01:15:25.400 --> 01:15:26.100
 fellowship.

01:15:27.159 --> 01:15:27.480
 And that

01:15:27.480 --> 01:15:28.340
 takes us to

01:15:28.340 --> 01:15:28.619
 what we're

01:15:28.619 --> 01:15:29.020
 going to do

01:15:29.020 --> 01:15:29.579
 in just a few

01:15:29.579 --> 01:15:30.280
 moments at

01:15:30.280 --> 01:15:30.800
 the Lord's

01:15:30.800 --> 01:15:31.280
 table.

01:15:31.880 --> 01:15:32.900
 God's people

01:15:32.900 --> 01:15:34.079
 will share

01:15:34.079 --> 01:15:34.740
 in the

01:15:34.740 --> 01:15:35.180
 Lord's

01:15:35.180 --> 01:15:35.500
 Supper.

01:15:36.280 --> 01:15:36.980
 Jesus will

01:15:36.980 --> 01:15:37.860
 invite us

01:15:37.860 --> 01:15:38.640
 to his

01:15:38.640 --> 01:15:40.020
 table as

01:15:40.020 --> 01:15:40.980
 his welcomed

01:15:40.980 --> 01:15:42.800
 and well-loved

01:15:42.800 --> 01:15:43.840
 guests.

01:15:43.840 --> 01:15:46.079
 and God's

01:15:46.079 --> 01:15:47.539
 word promises

01:15:47.539 --> 01:15:49.060
 that this is

01:15:49.060 --> 01:15:50.199
 an anticipation

01:15:50.199 --> 01:15:51.860
 that one day

01:15:51.860 --> 01:15:53.460
 we will sit

01:15:53.460 --> 01:15:53.920
 with the

01:15:53.920 --> 01:15:54.980
 Lord and

01:15:54.980 --> 01:15:55.579
 eat at

01:15:55.579 --> 01:15:56.579
 his table

01:15:56.579 --> 01:15:57.579
 at the

01:15:57.579 --> 01:15:58.340
 great marriage

01:15:58.340 --> 01:15:58.920
 supper of

01:15:58.920 --> 01:15:59.460
 the Lamb.

01:16:00.760 --> 01:16:01.400
 Eating

01:16:01.400 --> 01:16:02.039
 together,

01:16:02.800 --> 01:16:03.239
 being at

01:16:03.239 --> 01:16:04.279
 home together,

01:16:04.960 --> 01:16:05.460
 these great

01:16:05.460 --> 01:16:06.119
 pictures of

01:16:06.119 --> 01:16:07.600
 love and

01:16:07.600 --> 01:16:08.360
 personal

01:16:08.360 --> 01:16:09.300
 fellowship.

01:16:09.440 --> 01:16:09.720
 That's what

01:16:09.720 --> 01:16:10.340
 the Lord's

01:16:10.340 --> 01:16:11.880
 Supper speaks

01:16:11.880 --> 01:16:12.680
 to us about.

01:16:12.680 --> 01:16:14.820
 God has

01:16:14.820 --> 01:16:15.680
 loved us so

01:16:15.680 --> 01:16:16.720
 much that

01:16:16.720 --> 01:16:17.220
 he gave

01:16:17.220 --> 01:16:17.860
 his Son,

01:16:18.300 --> 01:16:18.680
 the Lord

01:16:18.680 --> 01:16:19.100
 Jesus,

01:16:19.240 --> 01:16:20.100
 to die in

01:16:20.100 --> 01:16:20.659
 our place,

01:16:21.300 --> 01:16:21.880
 to take our

01:16:21.880 --> 01:16:22.380
 punishment,

01:16:22.980 --> 01:16:24.020
 to forgive

01:16:24.020 --> 01:16:24.659
 our sin,

01:16:25.420 --> 01:16:26.300
 to give us

01:16:26.300 --> 01:16:27.260
 eternal life.

01:16:28.159 --> 01:16:28.539
 God has

01:16:28.539 --> 01:16:29.420
 poured his

01:16:29.420 --> 01:16:30.360
 grace and

01:16:30.360 --> 01:16:30.980
 his love

01:16:30.980 --> 01:16:32.200
 out on us.

01:16:33.380 --> 01:16:34.180
 And because

01:16:34.180 --> 01:16:34.720
 of that,

01:16:35.780 --> 01:16:36.380
 as we

01:16:36.380 --> 01:16:37.100
 trust in

01:16:37.100 --> 01:16:37.440
 Jesus,

01:16:38.240 --> 01:16:38.600
 we are

01:16:38.600 --> 01:16:39.280
 invited to

01:16:39.280 --> 01:16:40.640
 eat as

01:16:40.640 --> 01:16:41.079
 those who

01:16:41.079 --> 01:16:41.820
 are welcomed

01:16:41.819 --> 01:16:43.199
 and well

01:16:43.199 --> 01:16:43.559
 loved.

01:16:44.819 --> 01:16:45.639
 And that

01:16:45.639 --> 01:16:46.159
 in itself

01:16:46.159 --> 01:16:47.000
 tells us

01:16:47.000 --> 01:16:47.739
 who this

01:16:47.739 --> 01:16:48.460
 meal is

01:16:48.460 --> 01:16:49.219
 for.

01:16:50.460 --> 01:16:51.319
 Because it's

01:16:51.319 --> 01:16:51.960
 only for

01:16:51.960 --> 01:16:53.119
 those who

01:16:53.119 --> 01:16:53.920
 have received

01:16:53.920 --> 01:16:55.559
 Jesus as

01:16:55.559 --> 01:16:56.500
 Lord and

01:16:56.500 --> 01:16:56.920
 Savior.

01:16:58.079 --> 01:16:58.939
 It's only for

01:16:58.939 --> 01:16:59.380
 those who

01:16:59.380 --> 01:17:00.500
 know his

01:17:00.500 --> 01:17:00.979
 forgiveness.

01:17:02.779 --> 01:17:03.219
 It's those

01:17:03.219 --> 01:17:04.299
 who know we

01:17:04.299 --> 01:17:04.759
 are sinners

01:17:04.759 --> 01:17:05.599
 who stand in

01:17:05.599 --> 01:17:06.119
 need of his

01:17:06.119 --> 01:17:06.679
 grace.

01:17:07.840 --> 01:17:08.380
 It's for

01:17:08.380 --> 01:17:08.699
 those who

01:17:08.699 --> 01:17:09.279
 have gladly

01:17:09.279 --> 01:17:10.399
 responded to

01:17:10.399 --> 01:17:11.319
 his invitation

01:17:11.319 --> 01:17:12.539
 to love

01:17:12.539 --> 01:17:13.899
 and friendship.

01:17:14.899 --> 01:17:15.500
 It's for

01:17:15.500 --> 01:17:15.899
 those who

01:17:15.899 --> 01:17:17.099
 know that

01:17:17.099 --> 01:17:17.539
 the Father

01:17:17.539 --> 01:17:18.079
 and the Son

01:17:18.079 --> 01:17:18.679
 by the Spirit

01:17:18.679 --> 01:17:19.219
 have made

01:17:19.219 --> 01:17:19.839
 their home

01:17:19.839 --> 01:17:20.239
 in our

01:17:20.239 --> 01:17:20.679
 hearts and

01:17:20.679 --> 01:17:21.059
 we have a

01:17:21.059 --> 01:17:21.699
 home waiting

01:17:21.699 --> 01:17:22.439
 for us

01:17:22.439 --> 01:17:23.659
 in glory.

01:17:25.239 --> 01:17:25.839
 So let me

01:17:25.839 --> 01:17:26.219
 say if that's

01:17:26.219 --> 01:17:26.859
 not true of

01:17:26.859 --> 01:17:27.259
 you, you're

01:17:27.259 --> 01:17:28.000
 very welcome

01:17:28.000 --> 01:17:28.779
 to be here,

01:17:28.939 --> 01:17:29.659
 but as we

01:17:29.659 --> 01:17:30.159
 share the

01:17:30.159 --> 01:17:30.659
 Lord's Supper,

01:17:30.779 --> 01:17:31.399
 can I ask

01:17:31.399 --> 01:17:31.679
 you to

01:17:31.679 --> 01:17:32.279
 please stay

01:17:32.279 --> 01:17:32.799
 seated?

01:17:32.800 --> 01:17:36.220
 and may

01:17:36.220 --> 01:17:36.720
 it be true

01:17:36.720 --> 01:17:37.239
 that even

01:17:37.239 --> 01:17:39.460
 today you

01:17:39.460 --> 01:17:39.900
 may come to

01:17:39.900 --> 01:17:40.560
 know Jesus

01:17:40.560 --> 01:17:41.699
 the way, the

01:17:41.699 --> 01:17:42.300
 truth, and the

01:17:42.300 --> 01:17:42.520
 life.

01:17:42.579 --> 01:17:43.060
 If you're here

01:17:43.060 --> 01:17:43.659
 and you're

01:17:43.659 --> 01:17:45.380
 exploring truth

01:17:45.380 --> 01:17:45.739
 and you want

01:17:45.739 --> 01:17:46.460
 to know more

01:17:46.460 --> 01:17:47.300
 about Christianity,

01:17:47.500 --> 01:17:48.079
 please speak to

01:17:48.079 --> 01:17:48.320
 me.

01:17:48.840 --> 01:17:49.920
 Please speak to

01:17:49.920 --> 01:17:50.460
 Keith or one

01:17:50.460 --> 01:17:51.239
 of our elders.

01:17:52.380 --> 01:17:53.180
 If you're part

01:17:53.180 --> 01:17:53.739
 of our church

01:17:53.739 --> 01:17:54.940
 and you want

01:17:54.940 --> 01:17:55.520
 to become a

01:17:55.520 --> 01:17:56.820
 member so

01:17:56.820 --> 01:17:57.239
 that you can

01:17:57.239 --> 01:17:57.699
 share the

01:17:57.699 --> 01:17:58.119
 Lord's Supper

01:17:58.119 --> 01:17:58.420
 with us,

01:17:58.480 --> 01:17:58.920
 please speak

01:17:58.920 --> 01:17:59.320
 to me.

01:18:00.020 --> 01:18:00.739
 After you get

01:18:00.739 --> 01:18:01.239
 in touch,

01:18:01.500 --> 01:18:02.159
 we'd love to

01:18:02.159 --> 01:18:02.819
 welcome those

01:18:02.819 --> 01:18:03.019
 who are

01:18:03.019 --> 01:18:03.599
 followers in

01:18:03.599 --> 01:18:03.899
 the Lord

01:18:03.899 --> 01:18:04.300
 Jesus.

01:18:05.460 --> 01:18:06.019
 But if it

01:18:06.019 --> 01:18:06.680
 is true of

01:18:06.680 --> 01:18:08.220
 you that

01:18:08.220 --> 01:18:08.619
 your love

01:18:08.619 --> 01:18:08.880
 and your

01:18:08.880 --> 01:18:10.439
 trust are

01:18:10.439 --> 01:18:11.019
 in Jesus,

01:18:11.260 --> 01:18:11.739
 that He is

01:18:11.739 --> 01:18:12.319
 your Savior,

01:18:12.439 --> 01:18:12.840
 if you're a

01:18:12.840 --> 01:18:13.239
 member of

01:18:13.239 --> 01:18:13.939
 God's church

01:18:13.939 --> 01:18:14.939
 here or

01:18:14.939 --> 01:18:15.619
 anywhere,

01:18:16.279 --> 01:18:17.139
 then please

01:18:17.139 --> 01:18:17.659
 come, this

01:18:17.659 --> 01:18:18.220
 meal is for

01:18:18.220 --> 01:18:18.500
 you.

01:18:19.579 --> 01:18:20.180
 Now before

01:18:20.180 --> 01:18:21.000
 we come,

01:18:21.220 --> 01:18:21.579
 we have an

01:18:21.579 --> 01:18:22.359
 opportunity to

01:18:22.359 --> 01:18:23.760
 confess our

01:18:23.760 --> 01:18:25.519
 faith using

01:18:25.519 --> 01:18:26.880
 the words of

01:18:26.880 --> 01:18:27.619
 the Apostles

01:18:27.619 --> 01:18:28.079
 Creed,

01:18:28.699 --> 01:18:29.239
 wonderful

01:18:29.239 --> 01:18:30.180
 words that

01:18:30.180 --> 01:18:30.880
 remind us of

01:18:30.880 --> 01:18:31.460
 that unity

01:18:31.460 --> 01:18:32.139
 that binds

01:18:32.140 --> 01:18:34.280
 us as

01:18:34.280 --> 01:18:35.060
 churches, as

01:18:35.060 --> 01:18:35.420
 Christians,

01:18:35.500 --> 01:18:36.260
 across history,

01:18:36.440 --> 01:18:37.260
 across culture,

01:18:37.920 --> 01:18:38.700
 across languages.

01:18:38.700 --> 01:18:39.240
 So we can

01:18:39.240 --> 01:18:40.520
 share these

01:18:40.520 --> 01:18:41.579
 words together

01:18:41.579 --> 01:18:42.160
 as the people

01:18:42.160 --> 01:18:42.700
 of God.

01:18:43.100 --> 01:18:44.640
 I believe in

01:18:44.640 --> 01:18:45.500
 God, the

01:18:45.500 --> 01:18:46.780
 Father Almighty,

01:18:47.440 --> 01:18:48.579
 creator of

01:18:48.579 --> 01:18:49.400
 heaven and

01:18:49.400 --> 01:18:49.760
 earth.

01:18:50.280 --> 01:18:51.940
 I believe in

01:18:51.940 --> 01:18:53.079
 Jesus Christ,

01:18:53.440 --> 01:18:54.740
 His only Son,

01:18:54.920 --> 01:18:55.700
 our Lord,

01:18:56.300 --> 01:18:56.800
 who was

01:18:56.800 --> 01:18:57.780
 conceived by

01:18:57.780 --> 01:18:58.840
 the Holy Spirit

01:18:58.840 --> 01:19:00.520
 and born of

01:19:00.520 --> 01:19:01.119
 the Virgin

01:19:01.119 --> 01:19:01.659
 Mary.

01:19:01.659 --> 01:19:03.119
 He suffered

01:19:03.119 --> 01:19:04.420
 under Pontius

01:19:04.420 --> 01:19:05.100
 Pilate,

01:19:05.539 --> 01:19:06.560
 was crucified,

01:19:06.940 --> 01:19:07.860
 died, and was

01:19:07.860 --> 01:19:08.220
 buried.

01:19:09.119 --> 01:19:09.960
 He descended

01:19:09.960 --> 01:19:10.739
 to hell.

01:19:11.480 --> 01:19:12.640
 The third day,

01:19:12.800 --> 01:19:13.920
 He rose again

01:19:13.920 --> 01:19:14.819
 from the dead.

01:19:15.260 --> 01:19:16.720
 He ascended to

01:19:16.720 --> 01:19:18.220
 heaven and is

01:19:18.220 --> 01:19:19.239
 seated at the

01:19:19.239 --> 01:19:20.300
 right hand of

01:19:20.300 --> 01:19:20.980
 God, the

01:19:20.980 --> 01:19:22.199
 Father Almighty.

01:19:22.920 --> 01:19:23.659
 From there,

01:19:23.779 --> 01:19:24.860
 He will come to

01:19:24.860 --> 01:19:25.980
 judge the living

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 and the dead.

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 I believe in

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 the Holy Spirit,

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 the Holy

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 Catholic Church,

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 the communion

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 of the saints,

01:19:36.259 --> 01:19:37.099
 the forgiveness

01:19:37.099 --> 01:19:38.259
 of sins,

01:19:38.839 --> 01:19:39.599
 the resurrection

01:19:39.599 --> 01:19:40.859
 of the body,

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 and a life

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 everlasting.

01:19:44.099 --> 01:19:44.559
 Amen.

01:19:45.839 --> 01:19:46.839
 So how we do it

01:19:46.839 --> 01:19:47.279
 in this church,

01:19:47.319 --> 01:19:48.079
 you'll be ushered

01:19:48.079 --> 01:19:49.079
 up from the back

01:19:49.079 --> 01:19:50.239
 to come and to

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 receive.

01:19:50.779 --> 01:19:51.539
 There's bread,

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 and there's wine,

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 and there's grape

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 juice.

01:19:54.179 --> 01:19:54.919
 The wine is the

01:19:54.919 --> 01:19:55.579
 darker, the

01:19:55.579 --> 01:19:56.519
 grape juice is

01:19:56.519 --> 01:19:57.019
 the lighter.

01:19:57.500 --> 01:19:58.359
 Please hold on

01:19:58.359 --> 01:19:58.819
 to those, take

01:19:58.819 --> 01:19:59.720
 them back to

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 your seat so we

01:20:00.460 --> 01:20:01.000
 can eat and

01:20:01.000 --> 01:20:01.699
 drink together

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 in a few

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 moments.

01:20:03.779 --> 01:20:03.840
 Amen.

01:20:25.579 --> 01:20:35.119
 Here, city call to

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 members.

01:20:35.579 --> 01:20:38.059
 Thank you so much.

01:20:44.239 --> 01:20:45.439
 You are tekki vom

01:20:45.439 --> 01:20:47.439
 Amen.

01:21:15.439 --> 01:21:17.439
 Amen.

01:21:45.439 --> 01:21:47.439
 Amen.

01:22:15.439 --> 01:22:17.439
 Amen.

01:22:45.439 --> 01:22:47.439
 Amen.

01:23:15.439 --> 01:23:17.439
 Amen.

01:23:45.439 --> 01:23:47.439
 Amen.

01:24:15.439 --> 01:24:17.439
 Amen.

01:24:45.439 --> 01:24:47.439
 Amen.

01:25:00.299 --> 01:25:07.759
 We turn to Paul's words in 1 Corinthians chapter 11, where we read,

01:25:07.759 --> 01:25:12.719
 For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, the Lord Jesus.

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 On the night he was betrayed, took bread, and when he had broken it, he gave thanks.

01:25:20.640 --> 01:25:21.400
 Let's pray.

01:25:22.860 --> 01:25:30.400
 Lord, our God, we thank you for the amazing privilege of gathering around this table,

01:25:31.659 --> 01:25:40.940
 of being invited by your grace, of you showing such warm love and a welcome to us,

01:25:40.939 --> 01:25:44.179
 because we come in the name of the Lord Jesus.

01:25:45.199 --> 01:25:50.899
 Now we come because of his finished work through his death and resurrection.

01:25:51.859 --> 01:25:55.139
 Now we come claiming covenant promises.

01:25:56.379 --> 01:26:00.079
 We come because the Spirit has given us new life.

01:26:00.899 --> 01:26:06.539
 We come because Jesus pleads our case and prays for us.

01:26:06.539 --> 01:26:10.859
 And we come because we know you're a good and loving Father.

01:26:11.500 --> 01:26:14.399
 And we thank you for your grace to us in the gospel.

01:26:15.060 --> 01:26:18.359
 And we thank you for the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus,

01:26:18.960 --> 01:26:23.960
 for the cost of forgiveness that he was willing to bear,

01:26:24.800 --> 01:26:28.039
 taking the wrath that we deserve,

01:26:28.039 --> 01:26:33.220
 suffering the consequences for sin that we should face,

01:26:34.899 --> 01:26:36.979
 so that in his death we might have life,

01:26:37.979 --> 01:26:39.939
 that by his wounds we might be healed.

01:26:41.019 --> 01:26:44.800
 And Lord, we thank you that even now he meets with us,

01:26:45.840 --> 01:26:48.260
 to draw close to us, to give us grace.

01:26:49.319 --> 01:26:52.239
 And we thank you for our salvation.

01:26:52.239 --> 01:26:55.420
 And we pray in Jesus' wonderful name.

01:26:56.000 --> 01:26:56.399
 Amen.

01:26:59.239 --> 01:27:01.199
 So when Jesus had given thanks,

01:27:01.300 --> 01:27:03.159
 he broke the bread and said,

01:27:03.559 --> 01:27:07.439
 this is my body, which is for you.

01:27:08.500 --> 01:27:11.239
 Do this in remembrance of me.

01:27:11.859 --> 01:27:12.659
 Let's eat together.

01:27:12.659 --> 01:27:12.859
 Amen.

01:27:12.859 --> 01:27:24.939
 In the same way, after supper he took the cup,

01:27:25.039 --> 01:27:28.599
 saying, this cup is the new covenant in my blood.

01:27:29.819 --> 01:27:32.599
 Do this whenever you drink it in remembrance of me.

01:27:33.739 --> 01:27:37.479
 For whenever you eat this bread and drink this cup,

01:27:37.979 --> 01:27:42.239
 you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes.

01:27:42.859 --> 01:27:47.139
 Let's drink to remember our Lord.

01:27:55.420 --> 01:27:57.519
 Every time we share the Lord's Supper,

01:27:57.619 --> 01:28:02.259
 we look back with thankfulness to what Jesus did in history.

01:28:03.019 --> 01:28:04.179
 Oh, Mount Calvary.

01:28:05.199 --> 01:28:06.920
 Every time we share the Lord's Supper,

01:28:07.519 --> 01:28:12.719
 we are reminded of what he still does in us and for us.

01:28:13.719 --> 01:28:17.079
 Feeding us for that journey of faith.

01:28:17.759 --> 01:28:20.099
 Giving us wisdom and grace that we need.

01:28:20.920 --> 01:28:25.059
 And we look ahead to what Jesus is still to do.

01:28:25.759 --> 01:28:29.239
 That he'll come back and he'll take us to be with him.

01:28:29.819 --> 01:28:31.779
 That we might be where he is,

01:28:32.639 --> 01:28:33.699
 always and forever,

01:28:33.699 --> 01:28:37.059
 to feast with great joy.

01:28:38.979 --> 01:28:39.819
 Let's pray.

01:28:40.559 --> 01:28:44.199
 Father, thank you for this simple meal

01:28:44.199 --> 01:28:46.800
 that speaks such wonderful truth.

01:28:47.659 --> 01:28:52.519
 We thank you for your grace and your kindness.

01:28:52.520 --> 01:28:57.760
 And we do pray that this would nourish us spiritually.

01:28:58.580 --> 01:29:00.280
 That it would feed us.

01:29:00.420 --> 01:29:02.600
 That we might go into this week

01:29:02.600 --> 01:29:05.260
 and indeed into the rest of our lives.

01:29:06.360 --> 01:29:07.820
 And knowing satisfaction,

01:29:08.040 --> 01:29:08.780
 knowing life,

01:29:08.920 --> 01:29:09.680
 knowing joy

01:29:09.680 --> 01:29:12.360
 that comes from knowing Jesus as Savior.

01:29:13.240 --> 01:29:13.620
 Amen.

01:29:13.619 --> 01:29:15.939
 Now our closing hymn

01:29:15.939 --> 01:29:17.279
 is the hymn,

01:29:17.500 --> 01:29:19.500
 Not My Will But Yours Be Done.

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 And we're going to stand together to sing.

01:29:22.899 --> 01:29:23.899
 Amen.

01:29:24.000 --> 01:29:24.219
 Amen.

01:29:24.220 --> 01:29:25.220
 Amen.

01:29:54.220 --> 01:30:05.659
 Father, as in heaven, so on earth, my heart is drawn to self-exalting.

01:30:05.659 --> 01:30:10.579
 Help me seek your kingdom first.

01:30:11.000 --> 01:30:20.860
 As Jesus walks, O final walk, held by your same unchanging love,

01:30:20.859 --> 01:30:31.299
 He stilled my vow, O lift your voice and pray, Father, not my wrath, but yours be done.

01:30:31.300 --> 01:30:53.180
 Oh, in the garden He persisted, I may never fully know.

01:30:53.180 --> 01:31:03.180
 The fearful weight of true obedience, it was held by him alone.

01:31:04.180 --> 01:31:13.180
 What wondrous faith to bear that cross, to bear my sin, what wondrous love.

01:31:13.180 --> 01:31:24.520
 My hope was sure, whether my Savior prayed, Father, not my will, but yours be done.

01:31:24.520 --> 01:31:25.520
 Amen.

01:31:54.520 --> 01:32:04.760
 As Jesus rose, so I shall rise in ransom glory at the throne.

01:32:05.200 --> 01:32:15.100
 My heart restored, with all your sins I sing, Father, not my will, but yours be done.

01:32:15.100 --> 01:32:34.420
 As we go forth, our God and Father, lead us daily in the fight.

01:32:34.420 --> 01:32:45.039
 That all the world might see your glory, and your name be lifted high.

01:32:45.480 --> 01:32:55.420
 And in this name we overcome, for you shall see us safely home.

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 Now as your church, we lift our voice and pray, Father, not my will, but yours be done.

01:33:12.260 --> 01:33:19.500
 As we leave the Lord's table, we go with God's promise to be with us, to send us.

01:33:20.359 --> 01:33:23.279
 Here is benediction from Romans chapter 1, verse 7.

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 To all who are loved by God and called to be his holy people, grace and peace to you, from God our Father and from the Lord.