WEBVTT 00:00:00.740 --> 00:00:04.339 Now, we're going to begin our worship today singing in Psalm number 57. 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:08.000 Psalm 57, that's in the Scottish Psalter version. 00:00:09.859 --> 00:00:12.060 That's on page 288. 00:00:12.439 --> 00:00:14.859 We're singing verses 5 to 11. 00:00:16.480 --> 00:00:19.640 Be thou exalted very high above the heavens, O God. 00:00:20.460 --> 00:00:23.460 Let thou thy glory be advanced o'er all the earth abroad. 00:00:24.160 --> 00:00:27.859 My souls bow down, for they a net have laid my steps to snare 00:00:27.859 --> 00:00:31.399 into the pit which they have digged, for me they fallen are. 00:00:32.060 --> 00:00:36.359 My heart is fixed, my heart is fixed, O God, I'll sing and praise. 00:00:36.980 --> 00:00:41.960 My glory wake, wake, psaltery harp, myself I'll early raise. 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:46.000 To the end of the psalm from verse 5, and we'll stand to sing. 00:00:46.000 --> 00:01:05.019 Be thou exalted very high above the heavens, O God. 00:01:05.019 --> 00:01:19.019 Let thou thy glory be advanced o'er all the earth abroad. 00:01:19.019 --> 00:01:35.459 My soul's burden, for they a net have laid my steps to snare. 00:01:35.459 --> 00:01:51.459 into the pit which they have digged, for me they fallen are. 00:01:51.459 --> 00:02:07.979 My heart is fixed, my heart is fixed, O God, I'll sing and praise. 00:02:07.980 --> 00:02:24.520 My glory wake, wake, sultry harp, myself I'll early raise. 00:02:24.520 --> 00:02:33.520 I'll praise thee among the people, Lord. 00:02:33.520 --> 00:02:40.719 Among nations sing with I. 00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:57.879 For great to heaven thy mercy is, thy truth is to the sky. 00:02:57.879 --> 00:03:14.039 O Lord, exalted be thy name above the heavens to stand. 00:03:14.039 --> 00:03:31.039 Do thou thy glory far and land above the sea and land. 00:03:33.039 --> 00:03:35.299 Now we're going to call on the Lord in prayer. 00:03:35.419 --> 00:03:37.099 Let's all join together in prayer. 00:03:37.099 --> 00:03:44.759 Our eternal and gracious God, 00:03:45.699 --> 00:03:49.379 you have reminded us in these words we have been singing in your praise, 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:52.259 that we exist to glorify your name, 00:03:53.259 --> 00:03:55.799 that you gather us together in such a way as this, 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:58.959 to exalt you and to lift up your holy name and worship. 00:03:59.900 --> 00:04:03.319 We know, Lord, that this is our great privilege to be able to do so 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:08.459 and to recognize that we, O Lord, have this incumbent upon us, 00:04:08.799 --> 00:04:13.519 that we should glorify you and enjoy you as the chief end of our creation. 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:18.639 We thank you today, O Lord, that you have brought us into being 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.399 and sustained us in our being from day to day. 00:04:22.319 --> 00:04:26.420 The Word tells us that it is in you we live and move and have our being. 00:04:27.019 --> 00:04:29.600 And we give thanks for the recognition of this, Lord, 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:35.180 as you reveal yourself to us and as you come to draw our minds in your Word 00:04:35.180 --> 00:04:39.140 to that great teaching about your eternal existence 00:04:39.140 --> 00:04:43.460 and about your relationship with your people and with the creation itself. 00:04:44.280 --> 00:04:47.280 And we thank you today that we gather here to worship you 00:04:47.280 --> 00:04:50.620 in a way that willingly would give to you the praise 00:04:50.620 --> 00:04:53.300 and the honor and the glory that is due to you. 00:04:53.980 --> 00:04:56.340 We thank you for your Word to guide us, 00:04:56.339 --> 00:05:02.679 for your Word to teach us, Lord, about those great issues of this life and of eternity, 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:08.219 especially of these matters of eternal salvation for your own people. 00:05:08.979 --> 00:05:11.879 The eternal life that you lay out for us in your Word 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:16.959 that we find deposited especially in the Lord Jesus Christ, your Son. 00:05:17.799 --> 00:05:20.719 We thank you today, Lord, that we come in His name. 00:05:20.720 --> 00:05:26.380 And we thank you, Lord, our Father, that you sent Him as your Son into this world 00:05:26.380 --> 00:05:31.800 so that He might take the sin of His people and die the death that they deserve, 00:05:31.940 --> 00:05:34.460 that death which we all deserve, 00:05:34.600 --> 00:05:38.960 but also as a great atonement for the sin of your people. 00:05:39.940 --> 00:05:42.840 And we thank you today that we can come expectantly, 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:45.000 believing that you are here 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:48.760 and believing that you have delight in blessing your Word to your people. 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:52.779 And, Lord, we ask that your blessing today will be known by us, 00:05:53.379 --> 00:05:55.759 that our hearts will truly be quickened and gladdened, 00:05:56.399 --> 00:06:00.199 like the heart of the psalmist in whose words we have read 00:06:00.199 --> 00:06:04.740 and in whose words we find such a great challenge for ourselves 00:06:04.740 --> 00:06:08.060 to have our hearts lifted up and quickened 00:06:08.060 --> 00:06:10.500 at the thought of coming into your presence. 00:06:11.500 --> 00:06:13.879 We pray, Lord, today for each of us here 00:06:13.879 --> 00:06:16.240 and for our life as a congregation. 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:20.540 We pray, O Lord, that you would bless us in this week that we have entered 00:06:20.540 --> 00:06:24.280 when so many activities are anticipated by us. 00:06:24.980 --> 00:06:28.579 We pray that you would guide us and bless us through these, 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:29.840 each and every one of them, 00:06:30.540 --> 00:06:31.699 services of worship, 00:06:32.300 --> 00:06:35.220 other meetings in association with the congregation, 00:06:35.780 --> 00:06:38.720 with the young people, and with others alike. 00:06:38.720 --> 00:06:45.080 We pray, Lord, in anticipation of the induction this coming Friday 00:06:45.080 --> 00:06:47.060 that you would bless this occasion. 00:06:47.940 --> 00:06:50.280 We pray that you would bless Mr. MacLeod 00:06:50.280 --> 00:06:54.160 as he anticipates preaching and presiding over the service. 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:57.840 We pray especially for Calimurdo and for his family 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:00.160 as they come to join us 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:04.260 and as we anticipate him becoming our assistant minister. 00:07:04.259 --> 00:07:06.060 We thank you, Lord, for the prospect. 00:07:06.839 --> 00:07:09.920 We pray that you would grant your blessing to them as a family. 00:07:10.740 --> 00:07:12.879 We pray that as they settle among us 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:15.480 and as the children settle into school, 00:07:16.139 --> 00:07:18.060 we ask, O Lord, that you would bless them 00:07:18.060 --> 00:07:20.759 with this new chapter beginning in their lives. 00:07:21.420 --> 00:07:24.099 And we ask that you would make yourself known to them 00:07:24.099 --> 00:07:25.680 and give them peace in their hearts 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:30.579 as they take this step into a new chapter in their experience. 00:07:30.579 --> 00:07:35.419 And we pray in anticipation, Lord, of their presence with us 00:07:35.419 --> 00:07:38.479 and of Calimurdo's ministry and Johan as well 00:07:38.479 --> 00:07:41.019 that a great blessing will follow 00:07:41.019 --> 00:07:44.180 and that we will see further steps taken by us 00:07:44.180 --> 00:07:46.319 under his ministry as a congregation 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.639 into further avenues of service for the Lord. 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:53.019 We pray your blessing for the North East congregation 00:07:53.019 --> 00:07:53.839 that he has left. 00:07:54.459 --> 00:07:57.919 We ask, O Lord, that you would grant your blessing to them 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:01.300 through the gospel as they continue to serve you 00:08:01.300 --> 00:08:03.319 and testify to you there. 00:08:04.040 --> 00:08:05.420 We thank you for their willingness 00:08:05.420 --> 00:08:07.340 to part with their minister, 00:08:07.480 --> 00:08:09.699 though we know that this was a great wrench for them. 00:08:10.400 --> 00:08:13.720 Nevertheless, Lord, you have in the past so many times 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:17.040 blessed such things to congregations and to individuals, 00:08:17.220 --> 00:08:19.740 and we pray that that will be so for them. 00:08:20.700 --> 00:08:23.280 We pray your blessing too for our young people 00:08:23.279 --> 00:08:26.179 and our children today asking as we come 00:08:26.179 --> 00:08:28.500 to the end of the Sunday school session 00:08:28.500 --> 00:08:30.779 and as we come to the prize giving later, 00:08:30.939 --> 00:08:33.879 Lord, we pray your blessing to follow these months 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:35.879 of teaching and of fellowship 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:38.959 and of being together in the various classes 00:08:38.959 --> 00:08:41.519 and activities that they have engaged in. 00:08:41.659 --> 00:08:43.699 We ask, Lord, for each and every family, 00:08:44.179 --> 00:08:45.539 as well as the children themselves, 00:08:45.659 --> 00:08:48.220 that you bless them in their homes as parents 00:08:48.220 --> 00:08:51.120 and grant, Lord, that they may continue 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:53.300 to flourish under the gospel. 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:56.080 And we ask that as we give thanks 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:58.540 for their participation in the congregation 00:08:58.540 --> 00:09:01.080 and for their being so much a part 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:02.460 of the congregation's life, 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:04.180 Lord, that you would continue 00:09:04.180 --> 00:09:06.960 to lay your good hand of blessing upon them. 00:09:07.639 --> 00:09:09.540 Remember those who have given of their time 00:09:09.540 --> 00:09:11.759 to teach in the Sunday school, 00:09:11.759 --> 00:09:14.080 to look after the creche and the tweenies. 00:09:14.620 --> 00:09:16.220 Lord, we pray for them too 00:09:16.220 --> 00:09:17.800 and give thanks for their service. 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:19.779 We give thanks for their willingness 00:09:19.779 --> 00:09:22.440 and for their talents used in this way. 00:09:23.019 --> 00:09:24.100 And we ask, O Lord, 00:09:24.180 --> 00:09:26.060 that we may appreciate more and more 00:09:26.060 --> 00:09:28.540 all who give of their time so willingly 00:09:28.540 --> 00:09:30.500 to help in the different ways 00:09:30.500 --> 00:09:32.100 in which the life of the congregation 00:09:32.100 --> 00:09:34.460 is manifest in our community. 00:09:35.420 --> 00:09:36.660 Remember us now, we pray, 00:09:36.759 --> 00:09:39.660 as we continue here in your presence today. 00:09:40.100 --> 00:09:42.680 We ask that you would bless your word to us. 00:09:43.220 --> 00:09:44.800 We pray that you'd open up our minds 00:09:44.800 --> 00:09:46.940 so that we will understand further 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:48.800 the things of your salvation 00:09:48.800 --> 00:09:49.720 and of your kingdom. 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:51.900 We pray for the world at large 00:09:51.900 --> 00:09:52.780 in which we live. 00:09:53.320 --> 00:09:55.060 We pray today for our own communities. 00:09:55.960 --> 00:09:57.380 We pray for our schools 00:09:57.380 --> 00:09:59.760 as they come to the end of another session. 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:02.400 We give thanks for the education of our children. 00:10:03.060 --> 00:10:04.240 We pray for the teachers 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:05.280 and for the head teachers. 00:10:05.279 --> 00:10:07.720 We pray for the education authority. 00:10:08.559 --> 00:10:10.459 We pray for all who are involved, Lord, 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.179 in the instruction that our children receive 00:10:13.179 --> 00:10:15.159 by way of support teaching 00:10:15.159 --> 00:10:17.699 and by way of other services 00:10:17.699 --> 00:10:19.059 that are given in our schools. 00:10:19.919 --> 00:10:22.959 Lord, we pray that we may give thanks 00:10:22.959 --> 00:10:23.939 to thee constantly 00:10:23.939 --> 00:10:26.299 for the provision that you continue 00:10:26.299 --> 00:10:27.839 to make for us. 00:10:27.840 --> 00:10:30.220 We ask, too, that you would bless 00:10:30.220 --> 00:10:31.560 our nation at this time. 00:10:32.360 --> 00:10:34.080 Lord, we acknowledge so much 00:10:34.080 --> 00:10:36.100 that has been done 00:10:36.100 --> 00:10:38.600 and is done in departure from your ways, 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:41.519 things which we know are offensive to you. 00:10:42.340 --> 00:10:44.940 We ask, O Lord, that you'd be merciful to us. 00:10:45.740 --> 00:10:47.980 We ask that you'd grant to us 00:10:47.980 --> 00:10:49.160 through your Holy Spirit 00:10:49.160 --> 00:10:52.139 a spirit of repentance in all our hearts 00:10:52.139 --> 00:10:54.000 so as to turn to the Lord 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:56.659 and pray for ourselves as a people, 00:10:57.159 --> 00:10:57.980 for our governments 00:10:57.980 --> 00:10:59.360 and for those in authority 00:10:59.360 --> 00:11:00.799 in different ways, 00:11:00.939 --> 00:11:02.059 in places of influence 00:11:02.059 --> 00:11:03.919 and authority in our land. 00:11:04.620 --> 00:11:06.199 Be pleased to bless us, we pray, 00:11:06.659 --> 00:11:08.080 and in your pity remember us, 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:10.720 though we deserve not any mercy from you. 00:11:11.460 --> 00:11:12.899 Bless the world in which we live. 00:11:13.600 --> 00:11:15.740 Bless the troubled spots of the world 00:11:15.740 --> 00:11:17.960 in Yemen, in Ukraine, 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:20.939 in different places where war rages, 00:11:20.940 --> 00:11:23.080 where terrorism is rife. 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:24.620 Bless the people of Afghanistan 00:11:24.620 --> 00:11:27.180 in the wake of this terrible earthquake, 00:11:27.940 --> 00:11:29.180 having so few resources. 00:11:29.560 --> 00:11:30.480 O Lord, our God, 00:11:31.080 --> 00:11:32.720 provide for them, we pray. 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:34.580 Grant at this time 00:11:34.580 --> 00:11:36.100 that you'd show your compassion 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:38.480 and your love in providing for them. 00:11:39.020 --> 00:11:40.420 Help us to open our hearts 00:11:40.420 --> 00:11:41.840 and to open our resources 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:43.600 to send them relief. 00:11:44.540 --> 00:11:45.800 O Lord, we ask that you would 00:11:45.800 --> 00:11:46.840 continue with us here. 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:48.960 Bless us and hear our prayer 00:11:48.960 --> 00:11:50.160 and pardon our sins 00:11:50.159 --> 00:11:51.740 for Jesus' sake. 00:11:52.179 --> 00:11:52.579 Amen. 00:11:55.079 --> 00:11:57.059 Let's continue our worship singing again 00:11:57.059 --> 00:11:58.819 in Psalm 40 this time. 00:11:59.539 --> 00:12:02.039 Psalm 40 and sing Psalms on page 50. 00:12:03.639 --> 00:12:05.459 Singing verses 1 to 5. 00:12:05.459 --> 00:12:08.579 I waited long upon the Lord. 00:12:09.120 --> 00:12:11.019 He heard my cry and turned to me. 00:12:11.600 --> 00:12:13.539 He raised me from the slimy pit 00:12:13.539 --> 00:12:14.919 and from the mire 00:12:14.919 --> 00:12:16.000 He pulled me free. 00:12:16.779 --> 00:12:18.779 He set my feet on solid rock, 00:12:18.779 --> 00:12:21.579 a place to stand both firm and broad. 00:12:21.579 --> 00:12:24.000 He put a new song in my mouth, 00:12:24.579 --> 00:12:27.679 a joyful hymn of praise to God. 00:12:27.899 --> 00:12:31.500 Psalm 40 verses 1 to 5 to God's praise. 00:12:31.500 --> 00:12:38.399 I waited long upon the Lord. 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:42.460 I waited long upon the Lord. 00:12:42.460 --> 00:12:50.399 He heard my cry and turned to me. 00:12:50.399 --> 00:12:58.679 He raised me from the slimy pit 00:12:58.679 --> 00:13:02.639 and from the mire. 00:13:02.639 --> 00:13:06.579 He pulled me free. 00:13:06.579 --> 00:13:15.359 He set my feet on solid rock, 00:13:15.359 --> 00:13:23.859 a place to stand both firm and broad. 00:13:23.860 --> 00:13:32.560 He put a new song in my mouth, 00:13:32.560 --> 00:13:41.460 a joyful hymn of praise to God. 00:13:41.460 --> 00:13:50.039 Many will look with godly fear, 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:58.039 and on the Lord alone rely. 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:07.799 Blessed are they who trust the Lord, 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:16.519 who shall not proud and gods that lie. 00:14:16.519 --> 00:14:25.919 The wonders you have done, O Lord, 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:34.439 how many and how great they are. 00:14:34.439 --> 00:14:42.059 Your plans for us are far beyond. 00:14:42.059 --> 00:14:47.459 God's word is now, 00:14:47.459 --> 00:14:47.799 our heart to now, 00:14:47.799 --> 00:14:50.959 our Lord declare. 00:14:54.959 --> 00:14:56.199 Now reading of Scripture, 00:14:56.359 --> 00:14:58.899 God's word is today in the book of Acts. 00:15:00.199 --> 00:15:02.339 The book of Acts in chapter 19. 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:04.979 We're going to read from verse 21 00:15:04.979 --> 00:15:07.699 through to the end of the chapter. 00:15:07.839 --> 00:15:11.079 Acts chapter 19 at verse 21. 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:21.700 Now after these events, 00:15:21.700 --> 00:15:25.200 Paul resolved in the spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:27.000 and go to Jerusalem, 00:15:27.500 --> 00:15:27.700 saying, 00:15:27.920 --> 00:15:28.700 After I have been there, 00:15:28.740 --> 00:15:30.220 I must also see Rome. 00:15:31.300 --> 00:15:33.860 And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, 00:15:33.960 --> 00:15:35.340 Timothy and Erastus, 00:15:35.940 --> 00:15:38.120 he himself stayed in Asia for a while. 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:43.220 About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the way. 00:15:44.060 --> 00:15:45.519 For a man named Demetrius, 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:48.899 a silversmith who made silver shrines of Artemis, 00:15:49.139 --> 00:15:51.539 brought no little business to the craftsmen. 00:15:52.399 --> 00:15:56.299 These he gathered together with the workmen in similar trades and said, 00:15:56.940 --> 00:16:00.259 Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth. 00:16:00.259 --> 00:16:03.379 And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, 00:16:04.039 --> 00:16:05.620 but in almost all of Asia, 00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:09.779 this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:13.379 saying that gods made with hands are not gods. 00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:15.240 And there is danger, 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:18.399 not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute, 00:16:18.879 --> 00:16:21.799 but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis 00:16:21.799 --> 00:16:23.500 may be counted as nothing, 00:16:23.500 --> 00:16:26.799 that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, 00:16:27.460 --> 00:16:29.779 she whom all Asia and the world worship. 00:16:30.659 --> 00:16:31.639 When they heard this, 00:16:31.700 --> 00:16:33.980 they were enraged and were crying out, 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:36.399 Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. 00:16:37.059 --> 00:16:39.200 So the city was filled with confusion, 00:16:39.940 --> 00:16:41.759 and they rushed together into the theatre, 00:16:42.340 --> 00:16:44.500 dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:47.679 Macedonians who were Paul's companions in travel. 00:16:48.419 --> 00:16:50.860 But when Paul wished to go in among the crowd, 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:52.799 the disciples would not let him. 00:16:53.759 --> 00:16:56.679 And some, even some of the Asiarchs, 00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:58.039 who were friends of his, 00:16:58.620 --> 00:17:00.080 sent to him and were urging him 00:17:00.080 --> 00:17:01.679 not to venture into the theatre. 00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:05.079 Now some cried out one thing, some another, 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:07.359 for the assembly was in confusion, 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:09.579 and most of them did not know 00:17:09.579 --> 00:17:10.680 why they had come together. 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:13.339 Some of the crowd prompted Alexander, 00:17:13.819 --> 00:17:15.539 whom the Jews had put forward, 00:17:15.539 --> 00:17:17.619 and Alexander, motioning with his hand, 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:19.920 wanted to make a defense to the crowd. 00:17:20.759 --> 00:17:22.680 But when they recognized that he was a Jew, 00:17:22.680 --> 00:17:26.060 for about two hours they all cried out with one voice, 00:17:26.620 --> 00:17:29.060 Great is Artemis of the Ephesians. 00:17:30.039 --> 00:17:32.420 And when the town clerk had quietened the crowd, 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:33.560 he said, 00:17:33.740 --> 00:17:34.400 Men of Ephesus, 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:36.779 who is there who does not know 00:17:36.779 --> 00:17:38.220 that the city of the Ephesians 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:40.980 is temple keeper of the great Artemis, 00:17:41.640 --> 00:17:44.140 and of the sacred stone that fell from the sky? 00:17:45.100 --> 00:17:47.180 Seeing then that these things cannot be denied, 00:17:47.180 --> 00:17:50.060 you ought to be quiet and do nothing rash. 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:52.320 For you have brought these men here 00:17:52.320 --> 00:17:53.820 who are neither sacrilegious 00:17:53.820 --> 00:17:55.620 nor blasphemers of our goddess. 00:17:56.660 --> 00:17:59.000 If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen with him 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:00.759 have a complaint against anyone, 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:02.240 the courts are open, 00:18:02.779 --> 00:18:03.960 and there are proconsuls. 00:18:04.840 --> 00:18:06.759 Let them bring charges against one another. 00:18:07.700 --> 00:18:09.200 But if you seek anything further, 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:12.120 it shall be settled in the regular assembly. 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:14.359 For we are really in danger 00:18:14.359 --> 00:18:16.500 of being charged with rioting today, 00:18:16.739 --> 00:18:19.139 since there is no cause that we can give 00:18:19.139 --> 00:18:21.219 to justify this commotion. 00:18:22.119 --> 00:18:23.719 And when he had said these things, 00:18:24.239 --> 00:18:26.439 he dismissed the assembly. 00:18:28.299 --> 00:18:29.719 And that forms the background 00:18:29.719 --> 00:18:31.899 to the text we're going to look at later 00:18:31.899 --> 00:18:32.959 from 1 Timothy. 00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:35.619 We'll sing once again to his praise 00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:37.079 before we turn to that passage, 00:18:37.079 --> 00:18:39.740 and this time in Psalm 122. 00:18:41.099 --> 00:18:44.839 Psalm 122, again in St. Psalms, page 169. 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:48.799 To the Lord's house they were calling, 00:18:48.980 --> 00:18:50.720 and with joy I went with them. 00:18:51.500 --> 00:18:53.220 Now at last our feet are standing 00:18:53.220 --> 00:18:54.500 in your gate, Jerusalem. 00:18:55.399 --> 00:18:57.159 See, Jerusalem like a city 00:18:57.159 --> 00:18:59.259 built compactly, close and strong. 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:01.579 That is where the tribes assemble, 00:19:02.179 --> 00:19:04.799 tribes which to the Lord belong. 00:19:04.919 --> 00:19:06.000 And so on, we'll sing the whole 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:07.579 of the Psalm, these verses, 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:10.140 To the Lord's house they were calling. 00:19:15.140 --> 00:19:20.279 To the Lord's house they were calling, 00:19:20.940 --> 00:19:26.500 and with joy I went with them. 00:19:26.500 --> 00:19:32.599 Now at last our feet are standing 00:19:32.599 --> 00:19:37.599 in your gates, Jerusalem. 00:19:37.599 --> 00:19:45.919 See, Jerusalem like a city 00:19:45.919 --> 00:19:51.599 built compactly, close and strong. 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:58.740 That is where the tribes assemble, 00:19:58.740 --> 00:20:05.740 tribes which to the Lord belong. 00:20:05.740 --> 00:20:11.740 To the Lord's name praise they offer, 00:20:11.740 --> 00:20:18.859 as for Israel decreed. 00:20:19.420 --> 00:20:25.440 There are set the thrones for judgment, 00:20:25.440 --> 00:20:32.440 thrones of David's royal seed. 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:39.700 Pray for Zion's peace and safety. 00:20:39.700 --> 00:20:46.299 May your friends securely dwell. 00:20:46.299 --> 00:20:53.299 Peace within your walls continue. 00:20:53.299 --> 00:20:59.299 Strength within your citadel. 00:20:59.299 --> 00:21:07.379 For the sake of friends and brothers, 00:21:07.380 --> 00:21:13.760 peace be in you, I will say. 00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:20.680 For the sake of our God's temple, 00:21:21.260 --> 00:21:25.700 I seek your prosperity. 00:21:25.700 --> 00:21:33.940 Now if you turn with me please 00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:36.039 to the first letter of Paul to Timothy, 00:21:37.120 --> 00:21:39.700 and chapter 3. 00:21:41.380 --> 00:21:43.840 We're looking today at verse 15. 00:21:46.559 --> 00:21:48.319 First Timothy chapter 3, 00:21:48.700 --> 00:21:50.420 and we'll read from verse 14. 00:21:50.420 --> 00:21:50.460 Verse 14. 00:21:50.460 --> 00:21:50.500 Verse 14. 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:50.539 Verse 14. 00:21:50.539 --> 00:21:50.580 Verse 14. 00:21:50.580 --> 00:21:52.460 Verse 14. 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:54.460 Verse 14. 00:21:54.460 --> 00:22:05.600 I hope to come to see you soon, 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:07.960 but I'm writing these things to you, 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:09.240 so that if I delay, 00:22:09.779 --> 00:22:11.579 you may know how one ought to behave 00:22:11.579 --> 00:22:13.100 in the household of God, 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:15.640 which is the church of the living God, 00:22:16.340 --> 00:22:18.039 a pillar and buttress of truth. 00:22:19.120 --> 00:22:20.440 Great indeed, we confess, 00:22:20.519 --> 00:22:21.779 is the mystery of godliness. 00:22:21.779 --> 00:22:24.460 He was manifested in the flesh, 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:26.220 vindicated by the Spirit, 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.519 seen by angels, 00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:29.799 proclaimed among the nations, 00:22:30.500 --> 00:22:31.879 believed on in the world, 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:34.740 taken up in glory. 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:37.519 But especially these words you find 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:39.039 today in verse 15, 00:22:39.879 --> 00:22:41.180 a description of the church, 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:44.099 which we have as the church 00:22:44.099 --> 00:22:46.240 of the living God. 00:22:46.240 --> 00:22:49.380 God willing, 00:22:49.539 --> 00:22:50.279 we're going to begin 00:22:50.279 --> 00:22:51.599 a series of studies 00:22:51.599 --> 00:22:52.740 on the church, 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.700 but scripture portraits 00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.720 of the church 00:22:55.720 --> 00:22:57.620 as the title we've given 00:22:57.620 --> 00:22:58.299 to the series. 00:22:58.539 --> 00:22:59.160 I don't know how long 00:22:59.160 --> 00:22:59.880 it'll last for. 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:00.720 God willing, 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:01.720 probably something like 00:23:01.720 --> 00:23:02.880 10 or 12 studies 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:03.759 because we're following 00:23:03.759 --> 00:23:05.640 the passages in the Bible 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:06.740 that give us portraits 00:23:06.740 --> 00:23:07.779 of the church. 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:08.279 In other words, 00:23:08.400 --> 00:23:10.019 descriptions such as 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:11.180 the description you find 00:23:11.180 --> 00:23:12.740 in this verse itself. 00:23:12.839 --> 00:23:13.140 In fact, 00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:14.700 there are three descriptions 00:23:14.700 --> 00:23:16.360 of the church in this verse. 00:23:16.440 --> 00:23:17.460 The one we're looking at today 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:20.500 is the church of the living God. 00:23:21.120 --> 00:23:21.819 You can see also 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.380 that it's called 00:23:22.380 --> 00:23:23.720 the household of God. 00:23:24.340 --> 00:23:24.940 And thirdly, 00:23:24.940 --> 00:23:25.920 it's called a pillar 00:23:25.920 --> 00:23:27.960 and buttress of truth. 00:23:28.059 --> 00:23:29.259 And these three descriptions, 00:23:29.799 --> 00:23:30.620 each of them, 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:32.039 very picturesque. 00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:33.600 They set out by way 00:23:33.600 --> 00:23:35.259 of a portrait of the church, 00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.700 certain things that are 00:23:36.700 --> 00:23:38.000 so true of the church 00:23:38.000 --> 00:23:39.299 that we need to know 00:23:39.299 --> 00:23:41.500 and appreciate for ourselves. 00:23:42.360 --> 00:23:44.680 And to have a biblical view 00:23:44.680 --> 00:23:45.640 and understanding 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:46.460 of the church 00:23:46.460 --> 00:23:49.240 is a truly important matter 00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.980 for us. 00:23:50.680 --> 00:23:52.279 There are so many different views 00:23:52.279 --> 00:23:53.500 of the church, 00:23:53.620 --> 00:23:54.539 what the church is, 00:23:54.620 --> 00:23:55.980 what the church should be like, 00:23:56.259 --> 00:23:57.560 what the church should be doing. 00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:59.640 Currently across our society 00:23:59.640 --> 00:24:00.560 and throughout the world, 00:24:01.019 --> 00:24:02.600 it's really extremely important 00:24:02.600 --> 00:24:03.200 for ourselves 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:03.660 that we know 00:24:03.660 --> 00:24:04.960 what the Bible says 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:06.160 about the church, 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:08.660 that we keep to the biblical picture 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:09.820 the church gives us 00:24:09.820 --> 00:24:10.640 or descriptions 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:12.180 that the Bible gives us, 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:12.420 rather, 00:24:12.420 --> 00:24:13.340 of the church 00:24:13.340 --> 00:24:14.779 so that we have 00:24:14.779 --> 00:24:15.720 in our understanding 00:24:15.720 --> 00:24:17.920 a biblical view of the church, 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:19.039 a view of the church 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:19.880 that is indeed 00:24:19.880 --> 00:24:21.740 as God has set it out 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:22.380 for us 00:24:22.380 --> 00:24:23.620 in the Scriptures. 00:24:24.480 --> 00:24:25.880 And so we're going to examine 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:27.080 these various descriptions 00:24:27.080 --> 00:24:28.140 that you find. 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:29.340 You have descriptions 00:24:29.340 --> 00:24:30.900 like the body of Christ, 00:24:31.039 --> 00:24:32.279 the bride of Christ. 00:24:32.759 --> 00:24:33.620 These three descriptions 00:24:33.620 --> 00:24:35.300 you find in this passage itself. 00:24:36.180 --> 00:24:37.100 God's people are called 00:24:37.100 --> 00:24:38.340 the light of the world, 00:24:38.759 --> 00:24:40.100 a city set on a hill. 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:41.959 And so we're going to see 00:24:41.959 --> 00:24:42.039 various descriptions like that 00:24:42.039 --> 00:24:43.199 that are very much 00:24:43.199 --> 00:24:44.939 portraits of the church. 00:24:45.579 --> 00:24:48.339 And we'll see some of the teaching 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:50.039 that's built into these descriptions 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:51.619 so that we can come 00:24:51.619 --> 00:24:52.899 and appreciate ourselves 00:24:52.899 --> 00:24:54.639 what it means to belong 00:24:54.639 --> 00:24:55.399 to the church, 00:24:55.859 --> 00:24:57.019 how important it is 00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:58.559 to belong to the church, 00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.939 what are the advantages 00:24:59.939 --> 00:25:01.399 of belonging to the church. 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:03.339 And today we're looking 00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:03.959 at the church 00:25:03.959 --> 00:25:04.759 as the church 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.740 of the living God. 00:25:06.740 --> 00:25:08.599 And there are two things 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:09.220 within that 00:25:09.220 --> 00:25:10.299 that stand out. 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:10.799 First of all, 00:25:10.839 --> 00:25:13.079 the word church itself. 00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.880 And then now it's described 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:15.700 as the church 00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:17.759 of the living God. 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:19.759 So there's the word church. 00:25:20.319 --> 00:25:21.400 And then our second point 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:22.240 will be the church 00:25:22.240 --> 00:25:23.039 as it's described, 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:25.400 the church of the living God. 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:27.660 Now the word church 00:25:27.660 --> 00:25:28.660 is, as you know, 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.500 frequently found 00:25:29.500 --> 00:25:30.579 throughout the New Testament. 00:25:31.380 --> 00:25:32.660 But you must never think 00:25:32.660 --> 00:25:33.380 of the church 00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:35.099 in terms of a building 00:25:35.099 --> 00:25:36.519 or a structure. 00:25:37.439 --> 00:25:38.480 I know we do speak 00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.199 of the church 00:25:39.199 --> 00:25:40.559 in those terms, 00:25:40.959 --> 00:25:42.039 but it's so important 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:43.119 that we actually 00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:44.959 always think of the church 00:25:44.959 --> 00:25:46.099 as people, 00:25:46.719 --> 00:25:48.199 not mortar, 00:25:48.379 --> 00:25:49.240 not buildings, 00:25:49.619 --> 00:25:50.879 not bricks and stone, 00:25:51.559 --> 00:25:52.439 though we describe 00:25:52.439 --> 00:25:53.139 the church, 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:54.619 are you going to church? 00:25:55.179 --> 00:25:57.179 The church is the people. 00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:59.919 What is Stornoway Free Church? 00:26:00.399 --> 00:26:01.439 Stornoway Free Church 00:26:01.439 --> 00:26:02.959 is not this building. 00:26:02.960 --> 00:26:04.299 This is the building 00:26:04.299 --> 00:26:06.480 in which Stornoway Free Church 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:07.720 regularly meets 00:26:07.720 --> 00:26:09.579 in order to come together 00:26:09.579 --> 00:26:11.059 to worship God. 00:26:11.940 --> 00:26:14.200 So that's the very foundational 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:15.440 matter for us, 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:16.340 firstly, to remember. 00:26:16.860 --> 00:26:17.500 The New Testament 00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.600 never uses, 00:26:18.940 --> 00:26:20.019 as far as I'm aware, 00:26:20.539 --> 00:26:21.220 the New Testament 00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:23.319 never uses the word church 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:25.380 for any building, 00:26:25.980 --> 00:26:26.880 such as the building 00:26:26.880 --> 00:26:28.120 in which we are today 00:26:28.120 --> 00:26:30.279 gathered to worship the Lord. 00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.880 Throughout the New Testament, 00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:33.260 you actually have 00:26:33.260 --> 00:26:34.620 the word church used 00:26:34.620 --> 00:26:36.020 for the people 00:26:36.020 --> 00:26:37.820 that are, as we'll see, 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:39.220 called by God 00:26:39.220 --> 00:26:40.420 to exist in the world 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.820 as His own 00:26:41.820 --> 00:26:42.500 worshiping, 00:26:42.880 --> 00:26:43.880 believing people. 00:26:45.200 --> 00:26:46.960 So when we say to people, 00:26:47.080 --> 00:26:48.660 are you coming to church with me? 00:26:49.380 --> 00:26:50.760 If they think that the church 00:26:50.760 --> 00:26:51.740 means the building, 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:53.060 you have to say to them, 00:26:53.120 --> 00:26:53.840 well, what I mean is, 00:26:53.940 --> 00:26:54.820 are you coming to gather 00:26:54.820 --> 00:26:56.120 with us the church 00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:57.300 in the building 00:26:57.300 --> 00:26:58.860 in which we regularly worship? 00:26:58.859 --> 00:27:00.879 Because we can get into 00:27:00.879 --> 00:27:03.219 so many wrong ideas 00:27:03.219 --> 00:27:04.379 if we just confine 00:27:04.379 --> 00:27:06.199 our thinking of the church 00:27:06.199 --> 00:27:07.539 and what the word church means 00:27:07.539 --> 00:27:08.579 to a building 00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:10.279 or a structure of that kind. 00:27:11.199 --> 00:27:12.399 Now, the word that's used 00:27:12.399 --> 00:27:13.479 in the New Testament 00:27:13.479 --> 00:27:14.779 mostly for the church 00:27:14.779 --> 00:27:16.579 is the word in Greek, 00:27:17.139 --> 00:27:17.740 ekklesia. 00:27:18.879 --> 00:27:19.559 And you can tell 00:27:19.559 --> 00:27:20.939 from the sound of that word, 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.519 it's very closely related 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:25.579 to the word ecclesiastic, 00:27:26.480 --> 00:27:28.099 which we use as an English word 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:29.099 to describe some things 00:27:29.099 --> 00:27:30.139 to do with the church 00:27:30.139 --> 00:27:31.319 or a person belonging 00:27:31.319 --> 00:27:32.000 to the church. 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.319 You can find the same 00:27:33.319 --> 00:27:34.180 in different languages. 00:27:34.559 --> 00:27:35.500 The word in Gaelic 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.339 is Eglish. 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:38.319 The word in French 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:39.259 is l'eglise. 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.720 You can see how like 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:42.119 that is to ekklesia. 00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:44.319 And the ekklesia 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.440 in the New Testament, 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:47.339 the word for translated church 00:27:47.339 --> 00:27:49.819 is a word that literally means 00:27:49.819 --> 00:27:51.920 the ones called out. 00:27:51.920 --> 00:27:53.120 And you can see immediately 00:27:53.120 --> 00:27:54.320 that refers to people. 00:27:55.100 --> 00:27:56.420 It refers to people 00:27:56.420 --> 00:27:58.500 that have been called out by God 00:27:58.500 --> 00:27:59.860 to be His people. 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:01.220 Different ways in which 00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:03.060 being called out is described. 00:28:03.220 --> 00:28:03.779 But that's really 00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.940 what essentially it means. 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:07.620 They are called out 00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:09.340 and we can see now 00:28:09.340 --> 00:28:10.660 where they're called out from. 00:28:10.779 --> 00:28:11.259 Well, you remember 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:14.320 that Jesus said of His disciples 00:28:14.320 --> 00:28:16.440 that they were not of the world 00:28:16.440 --> 00:28:17.300 that He had called them 00:28:17.300 --> 00:28:18.340 out of the world. 00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:20.100 And that's the same idea 00:28:20.100 --> 00:28:21.900 you find in the word ecclesiastic, 00:28:21.920 --> 00:28:23.720 as the called out ones. 00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:26.180 You today are the called out people. 00:28:26.320 --> 00:28:27.100 You are called out 00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:28.640 from the world around you 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:30.300 so that they are aware today 00:28:30.300 --> 00:28:31.720 that you are gathered here today 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:32.960 as a worshiping people. 00:28:33.580 --> 00:28:35.180 You are actually different 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:36.240 in that respect 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.220 to the world 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.840 that does not worship God. 00:28:39.800 --> 00:28:41.180 You are called out by God 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:43.440 to be a distinct group of people 00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:44.400 in the world 00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:45.740 that are associated 00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:47.259 with the worship of God, 00:28:47.700 --> 00:28:49.539 associated with believing in God, 00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:51.039 and all that that entails. 00:28:52.159 --> 00:28:52.899 You are separated 00:28:52.899 --> 00:28:54.039 from the world 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:55.159 in that way. 00:28:55.579 --> 00:28:56.460 But not only does God 00:28:56.460 --> 00:28:57.279 call His people 00:28:57.279 --> 00:28:58.759 out from the world, 00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.019 and we'll see 00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:01.359 in the course of our studies 00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:03.899 some of what that actually means 00:29:03.899 --> 00:29:04.559 in practice, 00:29:05.339 --> 00:29:06.059 they are called out 00:29:06.059 --> 00:29:06.619 from the world, 00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.220 but they are also 00:29:07.220 --> 00:29:09.159 called together. 00:29:10.319 --> 00:29:11.619 They are the called out ones, 00:29:11.879 --> 00:29:13.759 but they are called together, 00:29:13.879 --> 00:29:14.619 to be together 00:29:14.619 --> 00:29:15.939 as a group 00:29:15.939 --> 00:29:17.159 that actually 00:29:17.159 --> 00:29:18.859 have the name of God 00:29:18.859 --> 00:29:20.939 or something associated 00:29:20.939 --> 00:29:21.479 with God 00:29:21.479 --> 00:29:22.079 and His worship 00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:23.159 attached to them. 00:29:24.259 --> 00:29:26.299 God never calls anyone 00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.259 or any people 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:28.719 out from a situation 00:29:28.719 --> 00:29:30.279 without calling them 00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:32.239 into a new situation. 00:29:32.859 --> 00:29:34.479 We read in Psalm 40, 00:29:34.839 --> 00:29:35.500 He took me, 00:29:35.579 --> 00:29:36.219 said the psalmist, 00:29:36.359 --> 00:29:37.619 out of a fearful, 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:38.939 slimy pit. 00:29:39.539 --> 00:29:40.500 But He didn't just say, 00:29:40.500 --> 00:29:42.099 He took me out of the pit, 00:29:42.099 --> 00:29:43.879 He then placed my feet 00:29:43.879 --> 00:29:44.819 upon a rock. 00:29:45.439 --> 00:29:47.019 Think back to the Old Testament 00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:48.740 where the people of Israel 00:29:48.740 --> 00:29:50.179 gathered there in Egypt 00:29:50.179 --> 00:29:51.519 as slaves in Egypt 00:29:51.519 --> 00:29:54.199 and burdened 00:29:54.199 --> 00:29:56.119 by the persecutors in Egypt, 00:29:56.740 --> 00:29:57.759 and God came 00:29:57.759 --> 00:29:59.000 and rescued them 00:29:59.000 --> 00:30:00.059 from that situation. 00:30:00.480 --> 00:30:01.799 He called them out 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:03.259 under the leadership of Moses 00:30:03.259 --> 00:30:05.159 from that situation 00:30:05.159 --> 00:30:06.139 in Egypt. 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:07.480 Now, that's a picture for you, 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:07.759 really, 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:09.459 of God calling His people 00:30:09.459 --> 00:30:10.980 out of a certain situation, 00:30:10.980 --> 00:30:12.160 but He didn't just 00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:13.539 call them out of there 00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.860 and leave them scattered 00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.799 any old way 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:17.180 without organization, 00:30:17.599 --> 00:30:18.360 without order. 00:30:18.519 --> 00:30:19.500 He called them out 00:30:19.500 --> 00:30:20.880 and He called them together. 00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:22.339 Under Moses, 00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:23.440 He called them together 00:30:23.440 --> 00:30:25.039 to be a people 00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:27.319 that were following 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.400 the ways of the Lord, 00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.299 although sadly, 00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:29.960 like ourselves, 00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.660 they failed 00:30:30.660 --> 00:30:31.920 in many respects 00:30:31.920 --> 00:30:32.759 in that regard. 00:30:33.360 --> 00:30:34.420 But this is what they were. 00:30:35.160 --> 00:30:35.920 They were no longer 00:30:35.920 --> 00:30:36.660 in Egypt. 00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.380 They had been called 00:30:37.380 --> 00:30:38.819 out of that place. 00:30:38.940 --> 00:30:39.460 They had been called 00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:40.880 out of that situation. 00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:42.019 And these circumstances 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:44.019 and called together 00:30:44.019 --> 00:30:45.519 to be the Lord's people, 00:30:45.980 --> 00:30:47.039 to have the Lord's name 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:47.940 and to be in covenant 00:30:47.940 --> 00:30:49.079 with the Lord 00:30:49.079 --> 00:30:50.019 who rescued them. 00:30:50.339 --> 00:30:51.079 That's what we are 00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:52.099 engaged in today. 00:30:52.259 --> 00:30:53.460 That's why we're called out 00:30:53.460 --> 00:30:55.319 and called together. 00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.579 Now, being called out 00:30:57.579 --> 00:30:59.160 and called together, 00:30:59.279 --> 00:31:00.259 which really amounts 00:31:00.259 --> 00:31:01.160 to the same thing 00:31:01.160 --> 00:31:02.720 in essence 00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.400 in terms of the result of it, 00:31:04.400 --> 00:31:06.599 it has both 00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.660 challenge 00:31:07.660 --> 00:31:09.700 and privilege, 00:31:10.019 --> 00:31:10.700 privilege 00:31:10.700 --> 00:31:12.140 and challenge 00:31:12.140 --> 00:31:13.120 attached to being 00:31:13.120 --> 00:31:13.680 called out 00:31:13.680 --> 00:31:14.560 and called together 00:31:14.560 --> 00:31:16.279 to be the people 00:31:16.279 --> 00:31:16.880 of God. 00:31:18.019 --> 00:31:18.779 If we take these 00:31:18.779 --> 00:31:19.220 in turn, 00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.500 you can see something 00:31:20.500 --> 00:31:21.600 of the privilege 00:31:21.600 --> 00:31:22.100 of it 00:31:22.100 --> 00:31:23.500 and something 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:24.460 of the challenge 00:31:24.460 --> 00:31:25.060 of it as well. 00:31:25.120 --> 00:31:25.560 The privilege, 00:31:25.700 --> 00:31:26.120 you could say, 00:31:26.580 --> 00:31:27.240 is the privilege 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:27.740 of being, 00:31:27.940 --> 00:31:29.019 as 1 Peter puts it, 00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:30.620 called out of darkness 00:31:30.619 --> 00:31:33.659 into His marvelous light. 00:31:34.419 --> 00:31:35.239 This is what's happening 00:31:35.239 --> 00:31:36.179 all the way through 00:31:36.179 --> 00:31:37.459 the letters of the New Testament, 00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.500 whether it's Paul 00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:38.979 or Peter, 00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:40.119 whether it's to Timothy 00:31:40.119 --> 00:31:40.899 or to a church 00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:41.859 that you find them written, 00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:43.239 this is constantly 00:31:43.239 --> 00:31:43.959 the emphasis 00:31:43.959 --> 00:31:45.599 that these people of God 00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:46.839 that are being written to 00:31:46.839 --> 00:31:48.239 are people that have been 00:31:48.239 --> 00:31:49.519 called out by God 00:31:49.519 --> 00:31:50.479 out of the world 00:31:50.479 --> 00:31:51.599 to be the people of God, 00:31:51.659 --> 00:31:52.319 to be together, 00:31:52.639 --> 00:31:53.439 the people of God 00:31:53.439 --> 00:31:54.579 and the witnesses of God 00:31:54.579 --> 00:31:56.359 called out of darkness 00:31:56.359 --> 00:31:58.799 into His marvelous light. 00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:01.739 And it's only after 00:32:01.739 --> 00:32:02.859 you come out of darkness 00:32:02.859 --> 00:32:04.379 that you realize 00:32:04.379 --> 00:32:06.000 that you were in darkness, 00:32:06.819 --> 00:32:07.899 spiritually and morally, 00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.500 I'm saying, 00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:11.379 because it's as the Lord 00:32:11.379 --> 00:32:12.479 opens our hearts, 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:13.659 as the Lord gives us 00:32:13.659 --> 00:32:15.139 a true understanding 00:32:15.139 --> 00:32:16.000 of ourselves 00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:16.919 and of Himself 00:32:16.919 --> 00:32:18.819 and of what life is like 00:32:18.819 --> 00:32:20.279 and what salvation is, 00:32:21.079 --> 00:32:21.659 it's only then 00:32:21.659 --> 00:32:22.799 that we begin to realize 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:24.319 as God works in our hearts, 00:32:24.699 --> 00:32:26.739 as God individually comes 00:32:26.739 --> 00:32:29.299 and as we get to grips 00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:30.019 with His truth 00:32:30.019 --> 00:32:31.019 through His own Spirit 00:32:31.019 --> 00:32:31.700 working in us. 00:32:31.940 --> 00:32:33.279 It's then that we realize 00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.579 that we thought 00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.220 we were actually 00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:36.059 in the light, 00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.859 we thought that we were 00:32:36.859 --> 00:32:37.359 in the clear, 00:32:37.460 --> 00:32:38.379 we thought you understood 00:32:38.379 --> 00:32:39.299 things properly 00:32:39.299 --> 00:32:40.859 until God says, 00:32:40.980 --> 00:32:41.779 no, I'm calling you 00:32:41.779 --> 00:32:42.759 out of darkness, 00:32:44.119 --> 00:32:45.480 out of spiritual darkness. 00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:46.940 And in Ephesians, 00:32:47.940 --> 00:32:49.539 we'll come to refer 00:32:49.539 --> 00:32:50.559 to Ephesians in a minute, 00:32:50.680 --> 00:32:51.660 but in Ephesians, 00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:52.839 Paul actually says 00:32:52.839 --> 00:32:53.720 to the Ephesians 00:32:53.720 --> 00:32:55.259 not only that they were 00:32:55.259 --> 00:32:56.500 in darkness, 00:32:57.500 --> 00:32:59.420 but that they were darkness. 00:33:00.019 --> 00:33:02.379 You were once darkness, 00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:04.960 but now you are light 00:33:04.960 --> 00:33:06.039 in the Lord. 00:33:06.639 --> 00:33:08.079 You were once darkness. 00:33:08.139 --> 00:33:08.900 That's what they were. 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:11.740 That's what they were constituted 00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.819 as, as fallen, 00:33:13.480 --> 00:33:14.639 sinful human beings 00:33:14.639 --> 00:33:15.759 like we all are 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:17.319 until God comes 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:18.359 and rescues us 00:33:18.359 --> 00:33:19.720 and brings us 00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.759 to see the light 00:33:20.759 --> 00:33:21.879 as we often have it put 00:33:21.879 --> 00:33:23.299 and brings us 00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:24.019 into the light. 00:33:24.099 --> 00:33:25.480 So there's the first aspect 00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.359 of the privilege, 00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:27.700 called out of darkness 00:33:27.700 --> 00:33:29.019 into His marvelous light. 00:33:29.059 --> 00:33:30.200 Or take another way 00:33:30.200 --> 00:33:31.000 of describing it, 00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:31.580 as Paul wrote 00:33:31.580 --> 00:33:32.640 to the Corinthians, 00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:34.519 God, he says, 00:33:34.580 --> 00:33:35.620 has called you 00:33:35.620 --> 00:33:37.120 into the fellowship 00:33:37.120 --> 00:33:38.420 of His Son. 00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:40.360 That's Jesus Christ. 00:33:41.539 --> 00:33:42.519 To have fellowship 00:33:42.519 --> 00:33:43.880 in the New Testament 00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.759 sense of it 00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:46.480 means much more 00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:47.559 than just knowing 00:33:47.559 --> 00:33:48.720 somebody casually 00:33:48.720 --> 00:33:50.700 or having an acquaintance 00:33:50.700 --> 00:33:51.299 with someone. 00:33:51.840 --> 00:33:53.160 Fellowship in the New Testament 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:54.920 really is all about sharing. 00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.620 Sharing in 00:33:56.620 --> 00:33:57.600 or sharing with 00:33:57.600 --> 00:33:58.700 or sharing out. 00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:00.160 And what Paul is saying 00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:01.200 to the Corinthians is, 00:34:01.740 --> 00:34:02.800 this is your great privilege. 00:34:03.000 --> 00:34:04.080 God has called you 00:34:04.080 --> 00:34:06.140 into the sharing 00:34:06.140 --> 00:34:07.000 of His Son, 00:34:07.140 --> 00:34:08.340 sharing life together 00:34:08.340 --> 00:34:09.500 in His Son. 00:34:10.539 --> 00:34:11.180 He has called you 00:34:11.180 --> 00:34:11.960 into the fellowship 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.320 of His Son, 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:14.420 Jesus Christ. 00:34:18.380 --> 00:34:20.139 There is no greater privilege. 00:34:20.139 --> 00:34:23.539 There is no greater privilege 00:34:23.539 --> 00:34:24.539 than to be called 00:34:24.539 --> 00:34:27.739 to be joined to Christ, 00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:30.359 to have fellowship 00:34:30.359 --> 00:34:31.719 with Jesus Christ, 00:34:32.079 --> 00:34:33.639 to know the Savior 00:34:33.639 --> 00:34:35.639 personally for ourselves. 00:34:35.759 --> 00:34:36.420 That's what God 00:34:36.420 --> 00:34:37.359 calls us to. 00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:39.319 But He calls us to that 00:34:39.319 --> 00:34:40.659 just not only individually, 00:34:41.079 --> 00:34:42.359 but to be a people 00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:44.099 who together enjoy 00:34:44.099 --> 00:34:44.839 what it means 00:34:44.839 --> 00:34:45.699 to be in fellowship 00:34:45.699 --> 00:34:46.519 with Christ, 00:34:47.000 --> 00:34:48.179 who help one another 00:34:48.179 --> 00:34:49.539 through the experience 00:34:49.539 --> 00:34:50.960 of the life 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:52.339 that Jesus gives us. 00:34:53.219 --> 00:34:54.039 And the difficulties 00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:54.679 that we face, 00:34:54.739 --> 00:34:55.259 the challenges, 00:34:55.379 --> 00:34:56.099 as we'll see in a minute, 00:34:56.419 --> 00:34:57.699 of living like that 00:34:57.699 --> 00:34:58.919 in obedience to Him 00:34:58.919 --> 00:34:59.859 in this world. 00:35:00.539 --> 00:35:02.079 But that's our great privilege. 00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:04.059 He has called us 00:35:04.059 --> 00:35:05.480 out of darkness 00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:07.139 into His marvelous light. 00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:08.519 He has called us 00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:09.519 into the fellowship 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:11.159 of His own Son. 00:35:12.659 --> 00:35:13.259 Now today, 00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:15.359 I have to ask myself, 00:35:16.099 --> 00:35:16.739 you're preaching 00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:17.460 this gospel, 00:35:17.460 --> 00:35:18.039 you're preaching 00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:18.880 these truths 00:35:18.880 --> 00:35:19.980 to these people, 00:35:20.760 --> 00:35:21.460 is this what is 00:35:21.460 --> 00:35:22.320 true of yourself? 00:35:22.519 --> 00:35:22.900 And of course, 00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:24.079 I have to analyze that 00:35:24.079 --> 00:35:25.019 for myself, 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:26.400 but you have to do that too. 00:35:27.099 --> 00:35:28.519 Because being called out 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.240 by God 00:35:29.240 --> 00:35:30.440 to be together 00:35:30.440 --> 00:35:31.659 a covenant people, 00:35:31.780 --> 00:35:33.300 which we are here today, 00:35:34.039 --> 00:35:35.000 is not the same thing 00:35:35.000 --> 00:35:35.800 as to know Jesus 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:37.179 saving me for ourselves. 00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:39.139 And within the covenant 00:35:39.139 --> 00:35:40.139 people of God, 00:35:40.559 --> 00:35:42.360 within the called out 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:43.380 people of God, 00:35:43.760 --> 00:35:44.720 there exist people 00:35:44.720 --> 00:35:46.119 who are born again, 00:35:46.119 --> 00:35:47.539 and there exist people 00:35:47.539 --> 00:35:48.400 who have the privileges 00:35:48.400 --> 00:35:49.179 of the gospel, 00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.940 but who are not born again, 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.460 who still don't know Jesus 00:35:52.460 --> 00:35:53.920 as their own Savior. 00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:55.900 That's why I'm saying 00:35:55.900 --> 00:35:57.279 that's why it's incumbent 00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:58.019 upon us, 00:35:58.319 --> 00:35:59.139 as those who are called 00:35:59.139 --> 00:36:00.279 to preach the gospel, 00:36:00.920 --> 00:36:01.920 to set before you 00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:03.400 that very important distinction, 00:36:04.199 --> 00:36:05.559 the great privilege 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:07.239 of belonging to the church, 00:36:07.319 --> 00:36:08.039 of being within 00:36:08.039 --> 00:36:09.119 the covenant body 00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.759 of the church, 00:36:10.239 --> 00:36:11.019 being a member 00:36:11.019 --> 00:36:11.839 in that sense 00:36:11.840 --> 00:36:12.840 of the covenant people 00:36:12.840 --> 00:36:13.480 of God. 00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.480 You have to then 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:16.160 ask yourself, 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:17.680 but do I know Jesus 00:36:17.680 --> 00:36:18.460 for myself? 00:36:19.760 --> 00:36:20.539 Have I come 00:36:20.539 --> 00:36:21.600 to embrace Him, 00:36:21.700 --> 00:36:22.400 to welcome Him, 00:36:22.440 --> 00:36:23.180 to receive Him 00:36:23.180 --> 00:36:24.900 into my own life? 00:36:25.800 --> 00:36:26.800 As I hear 00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.579 all these things 00:36:27.579 --> 00:36:28.120 about Him 00:36:28.120 --> 00:36:29.460 and about what 00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:30.440 His church is 00:36:30.440 --> 00:36:31.180 and what His church 00:36:31.180 --> 00:36:31.800 is like 00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:33.000 and what God 00:36:33.000 --> 00:36:33.579 has described 00:36:33.579 --> 00:36:34.680 His church as, 00:36:35.680 --> 00:36:37.019 it's for you 00:36:37.019 --> 00:36:37.780 and for me today 00:36:37.780 --> 00:36:39.180 to look at our 00:36:39.180 --> 00:36:39.800 relationship 00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:40.800 to Christ, 00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:41.400 to Jesus 00:36:41.400 --> 00:36:43.380 and to make sure 00:36:43.380 --> 00:36:44.460 that you know Him, 00:36:45.300 --> 00:36:46.080 that you know Him 00:36:46.080 --> 00:36:46.620 personally, 00:36:47.440 --> 00:36:48.300 that you know Him 00:36:48.300 --> 00:36:49.100 savingly, 00:36:50.100 --> 00:36:50.940 that you know Him 00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.500 in such a way 00:36:51.500 --> 00:36:53.120 as enjoys the privilege 00:36:53.120 --> 00:36:54.880 of being called 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:55.660 out of darkness 00:36:55.660 --> 00:36:56.420 to be joined 00:36:56.420 --> 00:36:58.200 to Christ Himself. 00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.460 But of course, 00:36:59.560 --> 00:36:59.980 that means 00:36:59.980 --> 00:37:00.660 there's a challenge 00:37:00.660 --> 00:37:01.200 as well 00:37:01.200 --> 00:37:02.640 along with the privilege. 00:37:02.760 --> 00:37:03.700 It's always like that, 00:37:03.720 --> 00:37:04.000 isn't it? 00:37:04.460 --> 00:37:04.920 I don't know 00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:05.420 if you can think 00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:06.120 of any privilege 00:37:06.120 --> 00:37:06.620 that you have 00:37:06.620 --> 00:37:07.140 in this life 00:37:07.140 --> 00:37:07.740 that doesn't have 00:37:07.740 --> 00:37:08.280 a challenge 00:37:08.280 --> 00:37:09.440 associated with it 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:10.159 or along with it. 00:37:10.200 --> 00:37:10.840 Certainly the case 00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:12.340 in the Christian life 00:37:12.340 --> 00:37:13.840 and the challenges 00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:15.360 must never obscure 00:37:15.360 --> 00:37:16.760 the magnificence 00:37:16.760 --> 00:37:17.659 of the privilege. 00:37:18.400 --> 00:37:19.000 That's not why 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:19.559 they're highlighted 00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:20.099 for us 00:37:20.099 --> 00:37:21.280 but so that, 00:37:21.559 --> 00:37:22.440 as Jesus did say 00:37:22.440 --> 00:37:23.139 to the disciples, 00:37:23.280 --> 00:37:23.860 we will have 00:37:23.860 --> 00:37:25.360 a realistic view 00:37:25.360 --> 00:37:26.740 of what a Christian is 00:37:26.740 --> 00:37:28.220 and what a Christian life 00:37:28.220 --> 00:37:28.820 is like. 00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:30.340 It's not to put us off. 00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.880 It's not so that we'll say, 00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:33.119 well, that's not for me 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:34.300 but it's to say, 00:37:34.420 --> 00:37:35.519 well, that is for me 00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:37.019 but I have to recognize 00:37:37.019 --> 00:37:38.599 that there's a challenge 00:37:38.599 --> 00:37:39.659 in following Jesus. 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:41.300 That it's not 00:37:41.300 --> 00:37:42.500 the easiest life 00:37:42.500 --> 00:37:43.539 at many times 00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.900 but nevertheless 00:37:44.900 --> 00:37:45.719 it's one 00:37:45.719 --> 00:37:48.019 that's above all others 00:37:48.019 --> 00:37:50.320 a privileged life. 00:37:52.000 --> 00:37:52.980 There's the challenge 00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.440 of living 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:55.059 as the light 00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.559 of the world 00:37:55.559 --> 00:37:56.940 as Jesus described 00:37:56.940 --> 00:37:57.579 in the Sermon 00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.500 on the Mount 00:37:58.500 --> 00:37:59.219 to His disciples, 00:37:59.380 --> 00:37:59.900 to His listeners. 00:38:00.460 --> 00:38:01.840 You are the light 00:38:01.840 --> 00:38:02.679 of the world. 00:38:03.360 --> 00:38:04.340 A city that is set 00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:04.800 on a hill 00:38:04.800 --> 00:38:06.179 cannot be hid. 00:38:06.179 --> 00:38:07.519 Let your light 00:38:07.519 --> 00:38:08.419 so shine 00:38:08.419 --> 00:38:10.259 before people 00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:11.119 so that they may 00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:12.019 see your good works 00:38:12.019 --> 00:38:12.779 and give glory 00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:13.500 to your Father 00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:14.759 who is in heaven. 00:38:14.859 --> 00:38:16.119 Now, that's a great challenge 00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:18.339 and it's something 00:38:18.339 --> 00:38:19.579 that I'm sure 00:38:19.579 --> 00:38:20.899 we all have to accept 00:38:20.899 --> 00:38:21.960 of ourselves 00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:23.239 we fall short of 00:38:23.239 --> 00:38:25.679 and we all have to confess 00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:27.359 to some degree or other 00:38:27.359 --> 00:38:28.000 that our light 00:38:28.000 --> 00:38:28.899 is not as bright 00:38:28.899 --> 00:38:29.659 as it could be 00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:30.419 or should be, 00:38:31.339 --> 00:38:31.980 that we are not 00:38:31.980 --> 00:38:33.019 even as a congregation 00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.739 together 00:38:33.739 --> 00:38:35.980 shining with the clarity 00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:37.199 that we ought to have 00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:38.420 as we are placed 00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:39.019 by God 00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:39.840 in our community 00:38:39.840 --> 00:38:41.079 in order to be 00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:42.199 His covenant people 00:38:42.199 --> 00:38:44.000 but nevertheless 00:38:44.000 --> 00:38:44.840 it's something 00:38:44.840 --> 00:38:46.219 that we recognize 00:38:46.219 --> 00:38:48.360 by the grace of God 00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:49.579 we are called to do 00:38:49.579 --> 00:38:51.179 and we are called 00:38:51.179 --> 00:38:51.760 to be 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:53.539 the light of the world 00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:56.119 and we are called 00:38:56.119 --> 00:38:57.380 to proclaim 00:38:57.380 --> 00:38:58.320 as Peter put it 00:38:58.320 --> 00:38:59.519 in association 00:38:59.519 --> 00:39:01.139 we called out of darkness 00:39:01.139 --> 00:39:02.400 into His marvelous light 00:39:02.400 --> 00:39:03.860 the words before that 00:39:03.860 --> 00:39:05.059 were that you might 00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:06.280 proclaim 00:39:06.280 --> 00:39:08.320 the excellencies 00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:08.940 of the one 00:39:08.940 --> 00:39:09.780 who has called you 00:39:09.780 --> 00:39:12.300 that's why we exist 00:39:12.300 --> 00:39:14.420 as a called out people 00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:15.860 to proclaim 00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.559 and it's not just 00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.099 proclaiming 00:39:17.099 --> 00:39:18.160 in the sense of preaching 00:39:18.160 --> 00:39:19.760 Peter was talking there 00:39:19.760 --> 00:39:20.440 not just to those 00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:21.400 who preached the gospel 00:39:21.400 --> 00:39:22.480 but to the church 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:24.099 that was then scattered 00:39:24.099 --> 00:39:25.220 and under persecution 00:39:25.220 --> 00:39:26.300 and he was trying 00:39:26.300 --> 00:39:27.260 to encourage them 00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:28.139 with this letter 00:39:28.139 --> 00:39:29.639 and not to turn away 00:39:29.639 --> 00:39:30.200 from the Lord 00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:31.419 to keep looking to Him 00:39:31.419 --> 00:39:32.599 to draw their strength 00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:33.159 from Him 00:39:33.159 --> 00:39:34.819 to be encouraged in Him 00:39:34.819 --> 00:39:36.599 so that you proclaim 00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:37.839 the excellencies 00:39:37.839 --> 00:39:39.339 you manifest 00:39:39.339 --> 00:39:41.759 you show clear evidence 00:39:41.759 --> 00:39:43.879 of who your Lord is 00:39:43.879 --> 00:39:45.500 the way you live 00:39:45.500 --> 00:39:50.279 you proclaim His excellencies 00:39:50.279 --> 00:39:52.239 the features 00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:55.199 of the Lord's own person 00:39:55.199 --> 00:39:57.319 and the Lord's work 00:39:57.319 --> 00:39:58.199 in your salvation 00:39:58.199 --> 00:40:00.939 that's the church 00:40:00.939 --> 00:40:02.399 not a building 00:40:02.399 --> 00:40:03.919 the ecclesia 00:40:03.919 --> 00:40:05.259 the called out 00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:06.579 and called together people 00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:08.579 who as such 00:40:08.579 --> 00:40:09.719 have a great privilege 00:40:09.719 --> 00:40:11.799 and who have challenges 00:40:11.799 --> 00:40:13.579 that they must meet 00:40:13.579 --> 00:40:14.079 in the grace 00:40:14.079 --> 00:40:14.839 and in the strength 00:40:14.839 --> 00:40:15.379 of God 00:40:15.379 --> 00:40:16.460 who promises 00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.719 to give you strength 00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:19.519 in order to face 00:40:19.519 --> 00:40:20.119 the challenges 00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:21.839 so that's the church 00:40:21.839 --> 00:40:22.480 but then you see 00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.639 it's the church 00:40:23.639 --> 00:40:25.099 of the living God 00:40:25.099 --> 00:40:26.880 and this is really 00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:28.579 another interesting aspect 00:40:28.579 --> 00:40:29.319 of the description 00:40:29.319 --> 00:40:30.219 or the portrait 00:40:30.219 --> 00:40:31.179 that we read 00:40:31.179 --> 00:40:32.659 in the Ephesians 00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:33.500 and Timothy 00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.639 was left 00:40:34.639 --> 00:40:35.279 as you can see 00:40:35.279 --> 00:40:35.960 in fact from 00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.920 chapter 1 00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:38.119 and verse 3 there 00:40:38.119 --> 00:40:39.539 Timothy was left 00:40:39.539 --> 00:40:40.019 by Paul 00:40:40.019 --> 00:40:40.719 for some time 00:40:40.719 --> 00:40:41.940 at Ephesus 00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:43.079 he says 00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:43.639 I urged 00:40:43.639 --> 00:40:44.239 when I was going 00:40:44.239 --> 00:40:44.900 to Macedonia 00:40:44.900 --> 00:40:45.699 you to remain 00:40:45.699 --> 00:40:46.880 at Ephesus 00:40:46.880 --> 00:40:48.119 that you may charge 00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:48.819 certain persons 00:40:48.819 --> 00:40:49.480 not to teach 00:40:49.480 --> 00:40:50.659 any different doctrine 00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:52.559 and then in chapter 4 00:40:52.559 --> 00:40:53.839 you find immediately 00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:54.820 after the description 00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.740 here of the church 00:40:55.740 --> 00:40:57.600 Paul is telling Timothy 00:40:57.600 --> 00:40:58.059 well look 00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.880 these days are going 00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.380 to come 00:40:59.380 --> 00:41:01.360 the Spirit has 00:41:01.360 --> 00:41:02.900 specifically mentioned 00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.240 this 00:41:03.240 --> 00:41:04.380 some will depart 00:41:04.380 --> 00:41:05.120 from the faith 00:41:05.120 --> 00:41:06.079 devoting themselves 00:41:06.079 --> 00:41:08.079 to deceitful spirits 00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.620 and so on 00:41:08.620 --> 00:41:09.200 and so on 00:41:09.200 --> 00:41:10.340 and he was wanting 00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:11.079 Timothy to be 00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:12.180 very much aware 00:41:12.180 --> 00:41:13.100 that this was coming 00:41:13.100 --> 00:41:14.400 and to be prepared 00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:14.880 for that 00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.420 and especially 00:41:15.420 --> 00:41:16.820 to be prepared 00:41:16.820 --> 00:41:17.720 through the truth 00:41:17.720 --> 00:41:18.300 of God 00:41:18.300 --> 00:41:18.940 for himself 00:41:18.940 --> 00:41:20.400 and to know 00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:21.380 the church of God 00:41:21.380 --> 00:41:22.559 and what it was 00:41:22.559 --> 00:41:23.539 and why it was 00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.480 the way God 00:41:24.480 --> 00:41:25.179 had described 00:41:25.179 --> 00:41:26.739 and in the book 00:41:26.739 --> 00:41:27.079 of Acts 00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:27.699 as we read 00:41:27.699 --> 00:41:29.059 Ephesus 00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.800 was the place 00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:31.619 where the great 00:41:31.619 --> 00:41:33.759 statue of Artemis 00:41:33.759 --> 00:41:34.360 which sometimes 00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:35.320 is called Diana 00:41:35.320 --> 00:41:36.900 used to be 00:41:36.900 --> 00:41:37.380 the name 00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:37.779 in the older 00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:38.440 translations 00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:39.059 Diana 00:41:39.059 --> 00:41:40.119 but the Greek 00:41:40.119 --> 00:41:40.639 name would be 00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:41.219 Artemis 00:41:41.219 --> 00:41:42.259 that's how the ESV 00:41:42.259 --> 00:41:43.259 has retained 00:41:43.259 --> 00:41:44.279 the name 00:41:44.279 --> 00:41:44.960 the same thing 00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:45.719 Diana 00:41:45.719 --> 00:41:48.279 the Artemis 00:41:48.279 --> 00:41:49.139 of the Ephesians 00:41:49.139 --> 00:41:50.019 and we read 00:41:50.019 --> 00:41:50.500 there about 00:41:50.500 --> 00:41:51.059 the riot 00:41:51.059 --> 00:41:51.900 or the near 00:41:51.900 --> 00:41:52.219 riot 00:41:52.219 --> 00:41:52.599 that took 00:41:52.599 --> 00:41:52.980 place 00:41:52.980 --> 00:41:54.000 after those 00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:54.360 who were 00:41:54.360 --> 00:41:55.000 losing their 00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:55.559 trade 00:41:55.559 --> 00:41:56.719 because people 00:41:56.719 --> 00:41:57.539 who were 00:41:57.539 --> 00:41:57.980 associated 00:41:57.980 --> 00:41:59.119 with producing 00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:00.059 things for the 00:42:00.059 --> 00:42:01.299 paganistic worship 00:42:01.299 --> 00:42:02.679 of Ephesus 00:42:02.679 --> 00:42:03.920 they were losing 00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.820 work because people 00:42:04.820 --> 00:42:05.500 were turning to the 00:42:05.500 --> 00:42:05.799 Lord 00:42:05.799 --> 00:42:06.619 and there wasn't 00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:07.440 the same demand 00:42:07.440 --> 00:42:08.460 for these artifacts 00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:10.519 and so they saw 00:42:10.519 --> 00:42:12.480 that they were 00:42:12.480 --> 00:42:13.099 being deprived 00:42:13.099 --> 00:42:14.059 of a part of 00:42:14.059 --> 00:42:14.480 their income 00:42:14.480 --> 00:42:14.900 at least 00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:15.980 so they tried 00:42:15.980 --> 00:42:16.719 to organize 00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:17.959 a protest 00:42:17.959 --> 00:42:19.179 and a riot 00:42:19.179 --> 00:42:20.579 things which 00:42:20.579 --> 00:42:21.039 we're not 00:42:21.039 --> 00:42:22.179 ourselves 00:42:22.179 --> 00:42:23.059 unfamiliar with 00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:23.339 and now 00:42:23.339 --> 00:42:23.919 age sadly 00:42:23.919 --> 00:42:26.659 but they were 00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.099 quietened 00:42:27.099 --> 00:42:27.539 eventually 00:42:27.539 --> 00:42:28.819 and they came 00:42:28.819 --> 00:42:30.559 to actually 00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:31.980 listen to 00:42:31.980 --> 00:42:33.159 Alexander 00:42:33.159 --> 00:42:33.839 who gave 00:42:33.839 --> 00:42:35.099 advice to 00:42:35.099 --> 00:42:35.699 the crowd 00:42:35.699 --> 00:42:36.319 that's the 00:42:36.319 --> 00:42:36.939 context 00:42:36.939 --> 00:42:38.119 in which 00:42:38.119 --> 00:42:39.119 Timothy 00:42:39.119 --> 00:42:39.659 was actually 00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:40.179 working 00:42:40.179 --> 00:42:41.739 as a gospel 00:42:41.739 --> 00:42:42.159 worker 00:42:42.159 --> 00:42:42.699 as a preacher 00:42:42.699 --> 00:42:43.419 of the gospel 00:42:43.419 --> 00:42:44.579 as a companion 00:42:44.579 --> 00:42:45.279 of Paul the 00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:45.819 Apostle 00:42:45.820 --> 00:42:47.120 that's the 00:42:47.120 --> 00:42:47.860 background to 00:42:47.860 --> 00:42:48.660 what he's 00:42:48.660 --> 00:42:49.160 saying to 00:42:49.160 --> 00:42:49.620 Timothy 00:42:49.620 --> 00:42:50.320 in terms 00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:50.600 of his 00:42:50.600 --> 00:42:51.000 ministry 00:42:51.000 --> 00:42:51.860 in 1 Timothy 00:42:51.860 --> 00:42:53.440 and as you 00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:53.920 think about 00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.600 that background 00:42:54.600 --> 00:42:55.180 think about 00:42:55.180 --> 00:42:56.000 the challenge 00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:56.420 that that 00:42:56.420 --> 00:42:56.760 actually 00:42:56.760 --> 00:42:59.000 that provided 00:42:59.000 --> 00:42:59.500 here is 00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:00.340 this whole 00:43:00.340 --> 00:43:01.240 Ephesian city 00:43:01.240 --> 00:43:01.720 virtually 00:43:01.720 --> 00:43:02.640 coming out 00:43:02.640 --> 00:43:03.400 in protest 00:43:03.400 --> 00:43:03.900 and saying 00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:04.720 great is 00:43:04.720 --> 00:43:05.400 Artemis 00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:06.039 of the 00:43:06.039 --> 00:43:06.900 Ephesians 00:43:06.900 --> 00:43:08.240 a massive 00:43:08.240 --> 00:43:09.840 crowd swell 00:43:09.840 --> 00:43:11.380 of opposition 00:43:11.380 --> 00:43:12.740 to the gospel 00:43:12.740 --> 00:43:13.800 and yet that's 00:43:13.800 --> 00:43:14.380 where Paul is 00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:14.600 saying 00:43:14.600 --> 00:43:15.380 that's where 00:43:15.380 --> 00:43:15.860 the church 00:43:15.860 --> 00:43:16.340 of God 00:43:16.340 --> 00:43:16.940 is placed 00:43:16.940 --> 00:43:17.980 that's where 00:43:17.980 --> 00:43:18.340 you 00:43:18.340 --> 00:43:19.099 Timothy 00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.720 have to 00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:20.059 minister 00:43:20.059 --> 00:43:20.700 the gospel 00:43:20.700 --> 00:43:21.300 to these 00:43:21.300 --> 00:43:21.559 people 00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:21.840 that have 00:43:21.840 --> 00:43:22.320 turned to 00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:22.740 the Lord 00:43:22.740 --> 00:43:23.400 and come 00:43:23.400 --> 00:43:23.780 to know 00:43:23.780 --> 00:43:24.180 the Lord 00:43:24.180 --> 00:43:24.980 that's your 00:43:24.980 --> 00:43:25.380 business 00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:26.039 to actually 00:43:26.039 --> 00:43:27.119 tell them 00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:27.760 about Jesus 00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:28.400 and tell them 00:43:28.400 --> 00:43:28.800 about the 00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:29.460 great difference 00:43:29.460 --> 00:43:29.920 between 00:43:29.920 --> 00:43:31.599 this Artemis 00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:31.960 of the 00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:32.480 Ephesians 00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:33.940 and the 00:43:33.940 --> 00:43:34.480 church that 00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:34.920 you belong 00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.220 to 00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:36.240 what is the 00:43:36.240 --> 00:43:36.860 great difference 00:43:36.860 --> 00:43:37.160 well 00:43:37.160 --> 00:43:39.119 in Ephesians 00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:39.400 there 00:43:39.400 --> 00:43:40.180 in Acts 00:43:40.180 --> 00:43:40.440 rather 00:43:40.440 --> 00:43:41.360 we read 00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:43.000 that the 00:43:43.000 --> 00:43:44.360 description 00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:45.019 was that 00:43:45.019 --> 00:43:46.619 this place 00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.400 this temple 00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:48.000 of Diana 00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:48.760 or of Artemis 00:43:48.760 --> 00:43:50.760 was the place 00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:51.420 where 00:43:51.420 --> 00:43:53.300 the memory 00:43:53.300 --> 00:43:53.720 to 00:43:53.720 --> 00:43:54.760 and the 00:43:54.760 --> 00:43:56.200 statue 00:43:56.200 --> 00:43:56.980 of Artemis 00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:57.880 was actually 00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:58.320 kept 00:43:58.320 --> 00:43:59.480 and they were 00:43:59.480 --> 00:44:00.500 the custodians 00:44:00.500 --> 00:44:01.099 if you like 00:44:01.099 --> 00:44:02.960 of this image 00:44:02.960 --> 00:44:04.200 of Artemis 00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:04.619 and that was 00:44:04.619 --> 00:44:05.559 their great 00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:05.920 privilege 00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:06.639 as they saw 00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:07.219 it to be 00:44:07.219 --> 00:44:08.159 as the 00:44:08.159 --> 00:44:08.980 pagan people 00:44:08.980 --> 00:44:09.819 of Ephesus 00:44:09.819 --> 00:44:10.500 they were 00:44:10.500 --> 00:44:10.879 chosen 00:44:10.879 --> 00:44:11.400 they saw 00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:11.960 it in terms 00:44:11.960 --> 00:44:13.059 of Artemis 00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:14.079 their idol 00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.879 to have 00:44:14.879 --> 00:44:15.279 been the 00:44:15.279 --> 00:44:15.699 people who 00:44:15.699 --> 00:44:16.299 were chosen 00:44:16.299 --> 00:44:17.039 to look 00:44:17.039 --> 00:44:17.799 after this 00:44:17.799 --> 00:44:18.500 great statue 00:44:18.500 --> 00:44:18.920 the one 00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:19.199 of the 00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:19.519 wonders 00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:19.839 of the 00:44:19.839 --> 00:44:20.199 world 00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:22.759 and here 00:44:22.759 --> 00:44:23.099 is Paul 00:44:23.099 --> 00:44:23.500 saying to 00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:23.839 Timothy 00:44:23.839 --> 00:44:25.779 here is 00:44:25.779 --> 00:44:26.460 your privilege 00:44:26.460 --> 00:44:27.559 and the 00:44:27.559 --> 00:44:28.119 privilege of 00:44:28.119 --> 00:44:28.940 you Christians 00:44:28.940 --> 00:44:30.199 in Ephesus 00:44:30.199 --> 00:44:30.699 or wherever 00:44:30.699 --> 00:44:32.139 that the 00:44:32.139 --> 00:44:32.619 church you 00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:33.119 belong to 00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:33.460 is the 00:44:33.460 --> 00:44:34.000 church of 00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:34.559 the living 00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:35.299 God 00:44:35.300 --> 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