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 And also there's a notice there about the vacancy and the appointment of a vacancy committee and I'll just read that notice through.

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 The Kirk session met on Monday the 15th of July and agreed to follow the practice previously adopted during a vacancy by taking on the role of the vacancy committee.

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 The purpose of the vacancy committee is to arrange for the pulpit to be supplied with ministers who are considered suitable to fill the vacancy.

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 But the final choice belongs to your communicant membership.

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 The vacancy committee would like to stress that they are seeking to secure the full scope of congregational interest so that the process of contacting ministers and arranging dates for them to preach can begin.

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 The initial meeting of the vacancy committee is scheduled for Monday the 26th of August.

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 And over the next five weeks as we pray to the Lord for guidance, the elders would like to encourage everyone in the congregation to speak to their own elder or any elders or any of the elders and inform them of who you would like to be invited to preach in Stornoway.

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 Please bear in mind that certain procedural steps are required, namely the completion of a financial schedule as well as a congregational development plan.

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 It is hoped that both these items will be presented to the congregation in September before being sent to the Presbytery and the Mission Board for approval.

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 All these intimations are, of course, God willing.

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 We'll now join together in our worship of God by singing to his praise in Psalm 1 in the Scottish Psalter version that you'll find on page 200.

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 Psalm 1.

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 The opening psalm to the book of Psalms, a psalm that speaks about two ways to live.

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 The words there are,

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 And that man has perfect blessedness, who walketh not astray, in counsel of ungodly men, nor stands in sinners' way, nor sitteth in the scornish chair, but platheth his delight upon God's law, and meditates on his law day and night.

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 He shall be like a tree that grows near planted by a river, which in his season yields his fruit, and his leaf fadeth never, and all he doth shall prosper well.

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 The wicked are not so, but like they are unto the chaff, which wind drives to and fro.

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 We'll sing this whole psalm down to the end, verse Mark 6, to God's praise, and the tune is Denfield.

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 We'll stand to sing,

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 That Man Has Perfect Blessedness.

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 That man has perfect blessedness.

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 The man has perfect blessedness.

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 That man has perfect blessedness.

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 It was the man that God has perfect blessedness.

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 That man has perfect blessedness.

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 It was always a love.

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 The man has perfect blessedness.

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 The man has perfect blessedness.

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 The man has perfect blessedness.

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信 R winger

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 crawly

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 Dutchmen therefore shall not stand

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 such as the God we are.

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 Glory to the Savior of the just

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 shall we give in the year.

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 For by the way of God we may

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 come to the Lord his throne.

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 Great as the way of wicked name

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 shall quite be overcome.

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 Let us now join together in prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, we thank you that we can be joined again this evening now to return

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 praise and thanks to you.

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 And as we sing these words we are mindful of the separation that is made, of the divisions that is made between the chaff and the wheat, between the righteous and the wicked, between the believer and the unbeliever.

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 So Lord, we pray as we gather that we would be set before your feet this evening.

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 That we would see ourselves in light of your word.

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 That you would illuminate who we are before God.

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 That we would draw near to you with reverence and fear.

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 Saying and announcing, proclaiming that you are holy, holy, holy.

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 Lord, our God, we pray that you would have mercy upon us.

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 That we would know the full extent of your everlasting mercy and love that has been shown to us in Christ Jesus.

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 And it is in Christ Jesus that we have confidence to draw near to you.

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 For we look at ourselves and we see so many failures.

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 We see the sinfulness of our hearts.

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 We see the desires of the flesh.

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 Leading us in ways contrary to your word.

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 But Christ saw us in our affliction.

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 In our great need of a saviour.

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 And Christ chose us before we chose him.

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 Christ loved us before we loved him.

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 And so Christ came in his abundance of compassion.

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 To alleviate us from our great suffering of sin.

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 To take that burden of condemnation away from our backs.

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 A burden that we cannot carry.

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 A burden that leaves us guilty before God.

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 You take it from us.

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 You part us.

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 You part us from the sins.

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 So that those who believe in you have no more condemnation before God.

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 We wonder that Christ would ever love us.

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 But let us stand with all that he does.

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 Let us come before the cross and see the riches that are immeasurable.

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 In his love that he died for his friends.

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 No greater love is this that anyone can show to another.

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 That he would give up his life.

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 And so he did for all his people.

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 So let us have understanding of this.

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 Let us see Christ.

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 In a way that we have never seen him before.

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 In his beauty.

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 In his beauty.

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 In wonder.

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 In ways that we cannot fully comprehend.

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 Lord, by the power of your spirit.

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 Open our eyes and unblock our ears.

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 To see Christ.

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 To understand the gospel.

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 To receive Jesus Christ.

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 And to believe in him.

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 To trust in the resurrected and risen Lord Jesus.

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 And we pray that this gospel message would go out with power across our nation.

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 To all lands and all countries.

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 And we pray for Labourish to go with it.

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 We pray that you would raise up people to bring your message to the world.

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 To our nation.

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 To our towns.

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 To our villages.

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 To the people that have no word of Jesus Christ.

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 Who have forgotten Jesus Christ.

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 Who do not know what the cross means.

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 Lord, we pray that you would bring understanding to our people.

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 And that we would have a concern for souls that are lost.

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 Whether they be in our nation or in our families.

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 We pray that you would give us wisdom in these things that are so difficult.

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 We wish that we could make them understand.

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 We wish that we could open their eyes to see Christ Jesus in all his beauty.

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 But we pray that you would give us words according to your will and according to your ways.

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 Aligned with your providence.

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 That you may open their eyes to the power of your spirit.

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 And Lord, we give thanks for faithful ministries from this pulpit.

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 We give thanks for the ministry of James McKeever.

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 We thank you for him and Donna being here.

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 We pray that we would be mindful of him in his retirement.

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 And likewise, Kenny I.

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 We pray that we would be mindful of him also.

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 And we pray for Calum Mordo.

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 We pray for Johan and the family.

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 We pray that you would uphold them and strengthen them for the time ahead.

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 The time of vacancy.

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 Time of uncertainty.

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 A time of changes.

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 Lord, we pray that we would be prayerful as a people.

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 That we would be considerate of one another.

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 That we would be asking you to show us and direct us in your ways.

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 And lead us to someone whom you have chosen.

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 To be our under-shepherd.

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 To direct us and to guide us.

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 Lord, we pray for the Lord.

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 We pray for congregations who are likewise in vacancy.

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 We pray for Graver.

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 We pray for Shobost.

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 We remember the two congregations in use.

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 We pray likewise that you would give them one mind together.

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 Lead them to a man that is suitable for them.

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 To teach and instruct them.

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 To show them Jesus Christ.

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 Lord, we acknowledge that it is not of our own strength.

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 Nor any man's strength.

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 That we can open eyes.

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 But we fully rely upon the power of your spirit.

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 God, we pray for the Lord.

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 God, we pray for the Lord.

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 God, we pray for the Lord.

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 God, we pray for the Lord.

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 So as we turn to your words this evening.

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 As we sing your praises.

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 As we consider it.

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 Instruct us.

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 Guide us.

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 Teach us.

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 Forgive us if we say anything on this.

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 Lord, just turn us towards you.

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 Show us your paths, we pray.

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 Meet us at our own need.

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 Whatever it is.

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 For you are a God that hears our prayers.

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 You are a God that hears the cries of our souls.

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 The anxieties and anguish that we feel.

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 The cries and pains of life.

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 You know them.

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 But you are a loving heavenly Father that knows what is best to give to his children.

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 And so we wait faithfully upon you.

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 To instruct us and guide us.

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 We pray for those who do have worries.

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 We pray that you would be a wonderful counsellor to them.

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 We pray for those who are born.

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 We pray that you would be their comfort.

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 For you are the God of all comfort.

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 We pray that you would be near to those that are broken hearted.

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 For we know that the scars of loss can last many years.

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 And often never go away.

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 And remain with us.

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 Comfort your people, we pray.

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 Lord, we ask that you would feed our souls.

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 Enrich us as we join together here.

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 May we know the blessing of being together as your people.

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 Speak to us through your word.

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 Encourage us.

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 Enrich us.

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 Guide us.

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 And keep us.

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 We pray in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 We'll continue in our praise of God by singing in Psalm 4.

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 Psalm 4 in the Sing Psalms version.

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 Find that on page 4.

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 Singing from verse 3.

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 Down to the end of that psalm again.

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 Psalm 4.

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 Sing Psalms.

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 Singing from verse 3.

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 Know that the Lord has set apart the godly as his own.

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 The Lord will hear me when I call.

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 And my request make known.

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 In anger do not break God's law.

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 Consider and be still.

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 Present a righteous sacrifice.

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 And wait upon his will.

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 Oh, who can show us any good?

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 I hear so many say.

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 Oh, Lord, shine on us with your light.

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 Show us your face, I pray.

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 You filled my heart with greater joy than others may have found.

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 As they rejoiced at harvest time.

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 When grain and wine abound.

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 I will lie down and sleep in peace.

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 My heart will rest secure.

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 For you alone, oh gracious Lord.

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 Will keep me safe and sure.

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 We'll sing these words to the tune.

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 We'll stand to sing.

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 Know that the Lord has set apart the godly as his own.

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 The Lord will hear me when I call.

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 And my request may know.

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 In anger do not break God's law.

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 Consider and be still.

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 Present and be still.

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 Present and be still.

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 Present and be still.

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 And wait upon his will.

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 Or who can show us any good?

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 I hear so many say.

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 O Lord, shine on us with your light, show us your grace, I pray.

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 You fill my heart with greater joy, another may have found.

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 As they rejoice at harvest time, when rain and wine are.

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 I will lie down and sleep in peace, my heart will rest, Savior.

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 Are you alone, O gracious Lord, will keep me safe and sure.

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 Let us turn now to a reading in Scripture, and we'll find that in the Gospel of John.

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 John chapter 11, from the beginning of that chapter.

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 And again this evening we'll have two readings from the Gospel of John.

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 After reading in John 11, we'll turn to John chapter 20.

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 John chapter 11, the beginning, down to verse 27.

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 The account of Lazarus' death.

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 Let us hear God's word.

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 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother

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 Lazarus was ill.

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 So the sister sent to him, saying, Lord, he whom you love is ill.

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 But when Jesus heard it, he said, this illness does not lead to death.

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 It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.

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 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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 So when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

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 Then after this, he said to the disciples, let us go to Judea again.

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 The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?

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 Jesus answered, are there not twelve hours in the day?

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 If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.

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 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

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 After saying these things, he said to them, our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.

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 The disciples said to him, Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.

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 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest and sleep.

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 Then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus has died, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe.

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 But let us go to him.

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 So Thomas called the twin, said to his fellow disciples,

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 Let us also go, that we may die with him.

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 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

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 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,

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 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

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 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.

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 Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

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 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.

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 Jesus said to her, your brother will rise again.

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 Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.

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 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life.

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 Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.

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 And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.

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 Do you believe this?

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 She said to him, yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.

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 Now, we turn to John chapter 20.

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 And we read there from verse 24.

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 This is Jesus' resurrection appearance to Thomas.

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 We'll read down to the end of the chapter.

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 Now, Thomas, one of the twelve called the twin, was not with them when Jesus came.

00:24:19.400 --> 00:24:23.079
 So the other disciples told him, we have seen the Lord.

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 But he said to them, unless I see his hands, the mark of the nails,

00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:38.980
 and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.

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 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them.

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 Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, peace be with you.

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 Then he said to Thomas, put your finger here, and see my hands, and put out your hand and place it in my side.

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 Do not disbelieve, but believe.

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 Thomas answered him, my Lord and my God.

00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:16.599
 Jesus said to him, have you believed because you have seen me?

00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:21.799
 Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.

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 Now, Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book.

00:25:29.480 --> 00:25:37.319
 But these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God,

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:44.579
 and that by believing you may have life in his name.

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 Amen.

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 May the reading of God's word be a blessing to those who have heard it.

00:25:50.940 --> 00:25:59.720
 We'll continue in our praise now by singing in Psalm 147 in the Sing Psalms version.

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 You'll find that on page 193 of the Blue Praise Book, singing from verse 14.

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 Sing down to verse marked 18.

00:26:20.940 --> 00:26:24.299
 Psalm 147 in verse 14.

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 The Lord will grant you peace within the borders of your land,

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:35.220
 and finest wheat will fill your fields from his sustaining hand.

00:26:36.140 --> 00:26:40.920
 To all the corners of the earth the Lord's commands proceeds,

00:26:41.340 --> 00:26:46.340
 for when he speaks his word goes forth through all the world with speed.

00:26:46.339 --> 00:26:52.339
 He spreads the snow as wool, the frost like ashes on the land.

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 He hurls forth icy hail like stones.

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 Who can such cold withstand?

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 But when he sends his mighty word and makes the warm winds blow,

00:27:05.579 --> 00:27:10.859
 the frozen waters start to melt and once again to flow.

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 May the Lord break down the coldness of our heart and make the warmth of his spirit flow in us.

00:27:20.719 --> 00:27:26.779
 Let us stand to sing this Psalm 14 to 18, the tune is Torwood.

00:27:26.779 --> 00:27:31.579
 The Lord will grant you peace within the borders of your land.

00:27:31.579 --> 00:27:51.720
 The Lord will grant you peace within the borders of your land,

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 and kindness we will fill your fields from his casting hand.

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:23.720
 To all the corners of the earth the Lord's commands proceed.

00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:40.720
 For when he speaks his word goes forth through all the world with speed.

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 He spreads the snow as wool, the frost like ashes on the land.

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 He earns for price in him like stones.

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 Who can such cold withstand?

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 He earns for price in him like stones.

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:30.720
 But when he sends his mighty word and makes the warm wind blow,

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 the frozen waters start to melt and once again to the wind.

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 Let us stand back.

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 To всю life.

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 Now we turn back to the passage that we read there in John chapter 20.

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 As you read it, verse 29.

00:30:03.880 --> 00:30:07.660
 Jesus said to him,

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:11.060
 Have you believed because you have seen me?

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 Blessed are those who have not seen

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 and yet have believed.

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:23.780
 Now if you were with us in the morning,

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:27.720
 we thought about Jesus' resurrection appearance

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:32.360
 to the fearful disciples within the locked room.

00:30:32.359 --> 00:30:35.419
 Now it took place on the evening

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:38.399
 of Jesus' first appearance to Mary.

00:30:38.859 --> 00:30:42.159
 Jesus appeared to Mary at sunrise.

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 He appears to the disciples at the evening hour.

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 And now we come to this account with Thomas.

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:52.799
 We're eight days later in the storyline,

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 but it doesn't seem like we've progressed very far, does it?

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 We're still in a locked room,

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 which we believe is the same.

00:31:02.359 --> 00:31:03.500
 Locked room.

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 And this third resurrection appearance,

00:31:07.779 --> 00:31:10.359
 it seems to be the subsequent resurrection appearance

00:31:11.059 --> 00:31:12.259
 that Christ has made.

00:31:12.859 --> 00:31:15.479
 We noted in the morning that John didn't include

00:31:15.479 --> 00:31:17.399
 every resurrection appearance,

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 but when we consider all that we have,

00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:24.099
 it seems like this is the next appearance of Christ.

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:28.980
 But there is a focus here in this appearance.

00:31:29.599 --> 00:31:31.480
 There is a significance in this appearance

00:31:31.480 --> 00:31:35.119
 because it is focused on one man, Thomas.

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:40.899
 And this appearance tells us that Thomas was not present with them

00:31:40.899 --> 00:31:44.099
 on the first day of the week with the rest of the disciples.

00:31:44.099 --> 00:31:47.379
 Why we're not sure?

00:31:47.379 --> 00:31:49.199
 I wish we did know.

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:53.240
 It would fill out the story for us with more detail.

00:31:53.879 --> 00:31:54.759
 But we don't know.

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:56.459
 Thomas wasn't there.

00:31:57.279 --> 00:32:02.480
 Thomas missed out on the appearance of Jesus Christ.

00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:07.120
 And I'm sure that's a feeling that we can all relate to,

00:32:07.160 --> 00:32:08.640
 that we've missed out on something.

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:12.720
 There's surely some point in our lives

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:14.720
 where we've missed out on something

00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:16.799
 that we really wanted to see.

00:32:16.799 --> 00:32:19.159
 And it can be made all the worse

00:32:19.159 --> 00:32:21.480
 by our friends and our families

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:23.559
 telling us how amazing it was,

00:32:23.819 --> 00:32:25.119
 how inspiring it was,

00:32:25.159 --> 00:32:26.379
 how special it was

00:32:26.379 --> 00:32:29.139
 to see this thing take place.

00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:33.339
 I suppose in many ways it's been lost

00:32:33.339 --> 00:32:35.119
 with the advances in technology.

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:37.960
 Things can be captured in video.

00:32:38.299 --> 00:32:39.359
 Things can be photographed.

00:32:39.839 --> 00:32:42.279
 You can re-watch TV programs you've missed.

00:32:42.399 --> 00:32:44.559
 You can see goals that you've missed.

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:47.919
 You can see pictures of the northern lights that you missed.

00:32:49.859 --> 00:32:51.839
 In fact, it's swung so far now

00:32:51.839 --> 00:32:54.539
 that technology has advanced.

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:55.960
 When you see these things,

00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:58.419
 you're not actually sure if it's true now

00:32:58.419 --> 00:33:02.079
 because they can be recreated and edited in such a way.

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:08.619
 And I believe that if there was that sort of evidence of Jesus

00:33:08.619 --> 00:33:10.940
 in his resurrected state,

00:33:10.980 --> 00:33:13.899
 I don't think it would help us much.

00:33:13.900 --> 00:33:15.580
 There would still be doubted.

00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:17.980
 There would still be people sceptical of it.

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:23.040
 And you can have these moments replayed.

00:33:23.100 --> 00:33:25.720
 You can have these photos to re-look at.

00:33:27.080 --> 00:33:29.820
 But it doesn't quite capture

00:33:29.820 --> 00:33:32.320
 what people call the magic of the moment.

00:33:33.780 --> 00:33:35.880
 You feel it like you've missed out

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:37.200
 by not being there.

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.860
 And it leaves you saying,

00:33:39.860 --> 00:33:40.840
 I wish I had been there.

00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.900
 I wish I had seen it.

00:33:43.580 --> 00:33:45.580
 I wish I had that experience

00:33:45.580 --> 00:33:48.799
 that my friends and family are telling me about it.

00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:51.340
 And I believe Thomas would have been saying

00:33:51.340 --> 00:33:52.580
 the exact same words.

00:33:53.539 --> 00:33:56.059
 I wish I had seen the Lord.

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:59.960
 I wish I had seen him appear.

00:34:01.279 --> 00:34:05.899
 All his friends as the ten disciples were telling him,

00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:07.980
 we have seen the Lord.

00:34:08.799 --> 00:34:10.000
 Jesus is alive.

00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:17.159
 But it doesn't quite capture the magic of the moment for him.

00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:20.300
 He doesn't believe them fully.

00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.260
 And you know yourself

00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:26.500
 that when we experience something in our lives,

00:34:26.739 --> 00:34:28.480
 it's not quite the same

00:34:28.480 --> 00:34:31.579
 as someone telling us about it.

00:34:31.579 --> 00:34:36.639
 Now there are many people in this building,

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:39.900
 there are many believers in this world

00:34:39.900 --> 00:34:43.659
 that have had amazing experiences

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:47.679
 where the Lord Jesus has revealed himself to them.

00:34:49.340 --> 00:34:51.639
 And they want to tell people about it.

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:55.139
 It's a natural thing for you to tell someone

00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:58.139
 about something spectacular that has happened in your life.

00:34:59.059 --> 00:35:00.319
 Something unbelievable.

00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:02.920
 You want to tell them about it.

00:35:03.260 --> 00:35:04.620
 You want them to believe.

00:35:04.780 --> 00:35:07.300
 You wish that they would have experienced it as well.

00:35:09.200 --> 00:35:10.539
 But it's often true

00:35:10.539 --> 00:35:14.260
 that when the believer tries to express

00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:19.140
 their new understanding of who Jesus Christ is,

00:35:20.059 --> 00:35:23.900
 that Jesus has revealed himself to them,

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:26.380
 when they tell their testimony

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:28.880
 about why they believe in Jesus Christ,

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:33.180
 doesn't quite have the same impact on people.

00:35:33.980 --> 00:35:35.380
 They can tell it with passion.

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:37.000
 They can tell it with excitement.

00:35:39.099 --> 00:35:39.880
 They just...

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:42.360
 Something just doesn't click.

00:35:43.000 --> 00:35:43.980
 Just don't get it.

00:35:45.840 --> 00:35:47.980
 The disciples here are telling Thomas,

00:35:48.559 --> 00:35:49.720
 we've seen the Lord.

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.840
 He's alive.

00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:56.340
 But it doesn't have an effect until he experiences it himself.

00:35:57.539 --> 00:36:00.660
 We can be told something a hundred times over.

00:36:01.820 --> 00:36:05.760
 It doesn't quite hit home until we experience it.

00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:11.180
 And you hear people who have recently been converted

00:36:11.180 --> 00:36:13.320
 echo something like,

00:36:13.980 --> 00:36:15.140
 why did no one tell me?

00:36:16.780 --> 00:36:17.820
 And it's like, we did.

00:36:18.140 --> 00:36:19.120
 We did tell you.

00:36:19.200 --> 00:36:19.700
 It just...

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:20.500
 You didn't get it.

00:36:20.640 --> 00:36:21.360
 It just didn't...

00:36:21.360 --> 00:36:22.060
 It just didn't...

00:36:22.060 --> 00:36:23.940
 Your eyes hadn't been opened to understand.

00:36:24.060 --> 00:36:26.200
 You didn't see Jesus fully when I spoke.

00:36:26.920 --> 00:36:29.180
 Jesus had to reveal himself to you.

00:36:29.179 --> 00:36:33.059
 And we can have doubts.

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:36.839
 We can feel like we've missed out on things.

00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:40.819
 And I believe there are many of us here

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:42.779
 who are just like Thomas,

00:36:43.219 --> 00:36:46.859
 who see what the Christian has.

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:51.619
 And they say in the secrecy of their own hearts,

00:36:52.319 --> 00:36:55.279
 I wish I had what they have.

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:59.300
 I wish I could say the same thing

00:36:59.300 --> 00:37:01.240
 that the believer says.

00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:05.120
 I wish the Lord would show himself to me

00:37:05.120 --> 00:37:08.460
 so that I could say to everyone,

00:37:09.140 --> 00:37:10.100
 I am a Christian.

00:37:10.660 --> 00:37:12.560
 So that I could have the assurance

00:37:12.560 --> 00:37:15.340
 to give my life to Jesus Christ.

00:37:16.560 --> 00:37:19.440
 But I just don't have it.

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:24.560
 I hope as we continue looking through

00:37:24.559 --> 00:37:27.299
 the resurrection appearances of Jesus Christ.

00:37:27.779 --> 00:37:29.199
 And as we turn to Thomas,

00:37:29.340 --> 00:37:30.440
 the man that doubted,

00:37:31.059 --> 00:37:33.699
 I hope that we will get to see Jesus,

00:37:33.980 --> 00:37:36.159
 that he will reveal himself to us,

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:38.860
 that he would displace all our doubts,

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:41.980
 that we would not miss out on Christ.

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:45.739
 And as we look at Thomas,

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:48.360
 I firstly want to consider

00:37:48.360 --> 00:37:51.059
 Thomas and his doubt.

00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:54.460
 Thomas and his doubt.

00:37:54.559 --> 00:38:00.799
 Thomas has become known as Doubting Thomas.

00:38:01.739 --> 00:38:05.719
 It may not be the most fairest name to give him.

00:38:07.619 --> 00:38:10.340
 I don't know if we can build

00:38:10.340 --> 00:38:13.279
 a true character of Thomas

00:38:13.279 --> 00:38:16.179
 by what we have from him in Scripture.

00:38:16.179 --> 00:38:18.759
 We don't have a lot about him in Scripture.

00:38:18.760 --> 00:38:23.000
 There's a few occurrences where he appears.

00:38:24.440 --> 00:38:28.100
 He actually appeared in the first reading that we had.

00:38:29.360 --> 00:38:30.580
 Jesus is there.

00:38:31.060 --> 00:38:33.800
 He hears about Lazarus having died,

00:38:34.040 --> 00:38:35.080
 well, having been ill.

00:38:35.980 --> 00:38:36.980
 He waits two days.

00:38:37.080 --> 00:38:39.480
 He knows that Lazarus has died.

00:38:40.480 --> 00:38:40.960
 He says,

00:38:40.960 --> 00:38:42.639
 we must return to Judea.

00:38:43.079 --> 00:38:44.500
 We must return because

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:46.019
 I will give him life.

00:38:46.940 --> 00:38:48.099
 And the disciples are going,

00:38:48.340 --> 00:38:50.159
 no, no, no, hold on.

00:38:51.119 --> 00:38:52.039
 You can't go there.

00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:53.900
 The Jews are ready to kill you.

00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:54.940
 They're going to stone you.

00:38:55.400 --> 00:38:56.539
 Why are we going to go there?

00:38:56.539 --> 00:38:59.639
 Jesus says,

00:38:59.800 --> 00:39:01.239
 we must go.

00:39:02.800 --> 00:39:05.320
 The disciples see a problem with it.

00:39:07.259 --> 00:39:09.219
 Jesus' account there is that

00:39:09.219 --> 00:39:11.800
 Jesus tells him plainly,

00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:13.059
 Lazarus has died.

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.920
 And for your sake,

00:39:14.960 --> 00:39:16.579
 I am glad that I was not there

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:18.659
 so that you may believe.

00:39:19.139 --> 00:39:20.099
 Let us go to him.

00:39:21.119 --> 00:39:22.420
 And then Thomas comes in

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:25.480
 and he says to his disciples,

00:39:25.480 --> 00:39:28.159
 let us also go

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:31.199
 that we may die with him.

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:36.380
 Thomas is ready to die with Christ.

00:39:36.820 --> 00:39:39.199
 He's ready to go with Christ,

00:39:39.300 --> 00:39:40.280
 whatever it means.

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:43.880
 And he encourages all the other disciples

00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:45.599
 to be of the same mind.

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.039
 But obviously,

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:48.360
 obviously highlights a zeal

00:39:48.360 --> 00:39:50.019
 and a passion within Thomas

00:39:50.019 --> 00:39:52.059
 to do what is right,

00:39:52.179 --> 00:39:53.139
 to go with Jesus

00:39:53.139 --> 00:39:54.940
 and to follow him wherever he goes.

00:39:55.480 --> 00:39:56.940
 To encourage his friends

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:58.440
 to come as well.

00:39:59.820 --> 00:40:01.500
 But when the rubber hit the road

00:40:01.500 --> 00:40:03.079
 and Jesus is captured,

00:40:04.639 --> 00:40:07.519
 the threat of death comes to them.

00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:09.440
 When Jesus has been taken

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:10.219
 to be crucified,

00:40:11.659 --> 00:40:12.800
 they're nowhere to be seen.

00:40:13.159 --> 00:40:14.159
 They're displaced.

00:40:14.659 --> 00:40:15.380
 They're dispersed.

00:40:15.380 --> 00:40:20.019
 The only other time we come across Thomas

00:40:20.019 --> 00:40:21.700
 is actually in the chapter

00:40:21.700 --> 00:40:24.000
 that we read in the morning as well,

00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:25.320
 in John 14,

00:40:25.400 --> 00:40:26.980
 though we didn't read this part.

00:40:29.059 --> 00:40:31.079
 Thomas said to Jesus

00:40:31.079 --> 00:40:32.680
 when he says that,

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.280
 I am the way,

00:40:33.360 --> 00:40:33.780
 the truth,

00:40:33.820 --> 00:40:34.400
 and the life.

00:40:34.599 --> 00:40:35.360
 When he says that,

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:36.360
 I have gone to prepare

00:40:36.360 --> 00:40:37.360
 a place for you.

00:40:38.320 --> 00:40:39.079
 Thomas asks,

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:40.160
 how do we know

00:40:40.160 --> 00:40:41.039
 where you are going?

00:40:41.680 --> 00:40:42.820
 How can we know the way?

00:40:42.820 --> 00:40:46.140
 Thomas wants to be with Jesus.

00:40:46.860 --> 00:40:47.840
 Thomas wants to know

00:40:47.840 --> 00:40:49.280
 where Jesus is going.

00:40:52.480 --> 00:40:54.660
 And although we look at these

00:40:54.660 --> 00:40:56.860
 few comments that we have,

00:40:58.019 --> 00:40:58.640
 we can say,

00:40:58.780 --> 00:40:58.920
 well,

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:01.260
 there's a bit of doubt

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:02.260
 in his comments.

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:04.580
 He's doubting that,

00:41:05.480 --> 00:41:06.500
 he's not saying that

00:41:06.500 --> 00:41:09.280
 Jesus will resurrect Lazarus.

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:11.960
 He's questioning

00:41:11.960 --> 00:41:13.960
 where Jesus is going

00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:15.400
 and how can we know the way.

00:41:16.160 --> 00:41:17.680
 It's more pessimistic

00:41:17.680 --> 00:41:19.280
 than doubtful.

00:41:20.320 --> 00:41:21.600
 There's a negative

00:41:21.600 --> 00:41:22.620
 sort of outlook

00:41:22.620 --> 00:41:23.480
 in his life.

00:41:25.200 --> 00:41:26.820
 But he's seeking an answer.

00:41:27.600 --> 00:41:28.240
 He's asking,

00:41:29.120 --> 00:41:30.400
 how can we know the way?

00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:31.720
 Where are you going?

00:41:32.340 --> 00:41:33.400
 Are you leaving us?

00:41:33.400 --> 00:41:37.980
 It's hard to form

00:41:37.980 --> 00:41:39.559
 a true character of Thomas

00:41:39.559 --> 00:41:40.820
 to say for sure

00:41:40.820 --> 00:41:42.320
 that we can call him

00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.019
 doubting Thomas.

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:46.360
 But it is worth noting

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:47.559
 that Thomas was not

00:41:47.559 --> 00:41:48.940
 the only doubter

00:41:48.940 --> 00:41:50.099
 in the Gospels.

00:41:51.240 --> 00:41:52.740
 You go to Luke's Gospel

00:41:52.740 --> 00:41:54.000
 and you read the account

00:41:54.000 --> 00:41:55.119
 where Mary returns

00:41:55.119 --> 00:41:55.500
 saying,

00:41:55.660 --> 00:41:56.420
 I have seen

00:41:56.420 --> 00:41:57.660
 the risen Lord Jesus.

00:41:59.320 --> 00:42:00.480
 She says these things

00:42:00.480 --> 00:42:01.280
 to the apostles

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:03.019
 and Luke's Gospel

00:42:03.019 --> 00:42:03.780
 tells us

00:42:03.780 --> 00:42:05.100
 that all the apostles

00:42:05.100 --> 00:42:05.920
 thought

00:42:05.920 --> 00:42:07.060
 what she said

00:42:07.060 --> 00:42:08.620
 was an idle tale.

00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:11.100
 A story that was

00:42:11.100 --> 00:42:11.780
 made up.

00:42:13.040 --> 00:42:13.780
 And it says

00:42:13.780 --> 00:42:14.960
 that they did

00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:16.360
 not believe him.

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:20.060
 Luke goes on

00:42:20.060 --> 00:42:20.620
 to say that

00:42:20.620 --> 00:42:21.260
 when they did

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:22.220
 see Jesus,

00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:24.200
 the disciples

00:42:24.200 --> 00:42:26.380
 disbelieved for joy

00:42:26.380 --> 00:42:28.460
 and were marvelling.

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:30.519
 They disbelieved.

00:42:30.679 --> 00:42:31.780
 They couldn't believe

00:42:31.780 --> 00:42:32.400
 that Jesus

00:42:32.400 --> 00:42:33.960
 was actually alive.

00:42:34.699 --> 00:42:36.220
 They couldn't believe it.

00:42:36.360 --> 00:42:38.079
 They were marvelling

00:42:38.079 --> 00:42:40.220
 that Jesus

00:42:40.220 --> 00:42:42.400
 appeared before them

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:44.179
 in his resurrected body.

00:42:46.220 --> 00:42:47.079
 So you can see,

00:42:47.199 --> 00:42:47.360
 well,

00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:48.539
 the disciples

00:42:48.539 --> 00:42:49.559
 had doubts.

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.400
 Thomas

00:42:51.400 --> 00:42:52.599
 had doubts.

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:54.300
 And it is true

00:42:54.300 --> 00:42:55.079
 surely that

00:42:55.079 --> 00:42:56.159
 we have our

00:42:56.159 --> 00:42:57.179
 doubts as well

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:58.400
 in our experience.

00:42:58.460 --> 00:43:01.659
 we question

00:43:01.659 --> 00:43:03.019
 the resurrected

00:43:03.019 --> 00:43:04.320
 Lord Jesus.

00:43:04.720 --> 00:43:05.380
 It's hard

00:43:05.380 --> 00:43:06.039
 to grasp.

00:43:06.300 --> 00:43:06.780
 It's difficult

00:43:06.780 --> 00:43:07.740
 to understand.

00:43:09.460 --> 00:43:09.860
 Thomas

00:43:09.860 --> 00:43:11.019
 couldn't believe it.

00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:12.679
 And he said,

00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:13.539
 unless I see

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.220
 his hands,

00:43:14.340 --> 00:43:15.400
 the mark of his nails,

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:16.519
 I put my finger

00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:18.240
 into these marks,

00:43:18.940 --> 00:43:20.679
 place my hand

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:21.280
 in his side,

00:43:21.420 --> 00:43:22.619
 I will never

00:43:22.619 --> 00:43:23.340
 believe.

00:43:23.340 --> 00:43:27.620
 John's gospel,

00:43:27.860 --> 00:43:28.860
 it's largely

00:43:28.860 --> 00:43:30.700
 based on signs

00:43:30.700 --> 00:43:31.880
 of Jesus Christ.

00:43:33.500 --> 00:43:35.019
 But it's wrong

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:36.019
 to ask

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:37.340
 Jesus Christ

00:43:37.340 --> 00:43:38.800
 and to

00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:40.860
 place our salvation

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:42.539
 on a sign

00:43:42.539 --> 00:43:43.840
 that we request

00:43:43.840 --> 00:43:44.360
 of him.

00:43:44.360 --> 00:43:49.480
 because it's not

00:43:49.480 --> 00:43:50.240
 signs,

00:43:50.620 --> 00:43:51.200
 really.

00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:53.720
 We see this

00:43:53.720 --> 00:43:54.820
 account of Thomas.

00:43:56.000 --> 00:43:56.820
 Jesus stands

00:43:56.820 --> 00:43:57.460
 before him.

00:43:58.320 --> 00:43:59.099
 He asks him

00:43:59.099 --> 00:44:00.240
 to put his hand

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:02.640
 into his scars,

00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:03.320
 but I don't think

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:03.680
 he did.

00:44:04.460 --> 00:44:05.160
 It doesn't quite

00:44:05.160 --> 00:44:06.039
 tell us if he did

00:44:06.039 --> 00:44:06.440
 or not.

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:09.340
 Seeing was enough

00:44:09.340 --> 00:44:10.039
 for Thomas.

00:44:10.039 --> 00:44:12.719
 And to see

00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:14.360
 Jesus Christ

00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:14.980
 is enough

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:16.019
 for us too.

00:44:17.179 --> 00:44:17.800
 We ask

00:44:17.800 --> 00:44:18.539
 for signs.

00:44:19.759 --> 00:44:20.239
 Sometimes

00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:20.860
 the Lord

00:44:20.860 --> 00:44:22.279
 can use signs.

00:44:23.019 --> 00:44:23.659
 And sometimes

00:44:23.659 --> 00:44:24.139
 the Lord

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:24.920
 will answer

00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:25.759
 our requests.

00:44:27.039 --> 00:44:27.699
 But

00:44:27.699 --> 00:44:29.599
 it's not

00:44:29.599 --> 00:44:30.679
 a good way,

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:31.820
 I don't think.

00:44:32.519 --> 00:44:33.259
 It's not

00:44:33.259 --> 00:44:34.380
 a way

00:44:34.380 --> 00:44:35.279
 in which

00:44:35.279 --> 00:44:37.519
 we should

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:38.199
 be seeking

00:44:38.199 --> 00:44:39.059
 the Lord Jesus.

00:44:40.039 --> 00:44:40.880
 We should

00:44:40.880 --> 00:44:41.300
 be seeking

00:44:41.300 --> 00:44:41.900
 to see

00:44:41.900 --> 00:44:42.199
 him.

00:44:44.279 --> 00:44:44.980
 Seeking

00:44:44.980 --> 00:44:45.340
 that he

00:44:45.340 --> 00:44:45.880
 would reveal

00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:46.619
 himself to

00:44:46.619 --> 00:44:47.400
 us in

00:44:47.400 --> 00:44:48.079
 his way,

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:48.980
 in his

00:44:48.980 --> 00:44:49.480
 timing.

00:44:51.759 --> 00:44:52.800
 But anyway,

00:44:53.239 --> 00:44:53.759
 we're in the

00:44:53.759 --> 00:44:54.259
 locked room

00:44:54.259 --> 00:44:54.539
 with the

00:44:54.539 --> 00:44:55.460
 disciples here.

00:44:56.519 --> 00:44:57.500
 Eight days

00:44:57.500 --> 00:44:58.079
 later.

00:44:59.460 --> 00:44:59.900
 And that

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:00.739
 period carries

00:45:00.739 --> 00:45:01.639
 some significance

00:45:01.639 --> 00:45:02.340
 about this

00:45:02.340 --> 00:45:03.179
 so-called

00:45:03.179 --> 00:45:04.039
 doubter.

00:45:05.039 --> 00:45:06.099
 He wasn't

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:06.940
 there for

00:45:06.940 --> 00:45:07.480
 the first

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:08.139
 revealing.

00:45:08.139 --> 00:45:10.279
 And I'm

00:45:10.279 --> 00:45:10.659
 sure he

00:45:10.659 --> 00:45:11.159
 heard about

00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:11.659
 it straight

00:45:11.659 --> 00:45:12.019
 away.

00:45:13.059 --> 00:45:13.779
 That first

00:45:13.779 --> 00:45:14.099
 day,

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:14.699
 Jesus was

00:45:14.699 --> 00:45:15.059
 there in

00:45:15.059 --> 00:45:15.480
 the morning,

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:16.099
 Jesus was

00:45:16.099 --> 00:45:16.400
 there in

00:45:16.400 --> 00:45:16.900
 the afternoon

00:45:16.900 --> 00:45:17.259
 with the

00:45:17.259 --> 00:45:17.819
 two on

00:45:17.819 --> 00:45:18.079
 the road

00:45:18.079 --> 00:45:18.359
 to the

00:45:18.359 --> 00:45:18.619
 mails.

00:45:18.779 --> 00:45:19.039
 Jesus

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.639
 appeared to

00:45:19.639 --> 00:45:19.759
 the

00:45:19.759 --> 00:45:20.219
 disciples

00:45:20.219 --> 00:45:20.779
 at night.

00:45:24.679 --> 00:45:25.279
 And I

00:45:25.279 --> 00:45:25.719
 believe when

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:26.319
 he heard

00:45:26.319 --> 00:45:26.879
 all of

00:45:26.879 --> 00:45:27.119
 these

00:45:27.119 --> 00:45:27.819
 accounts,

00:45:29.420 --> 00:45:29.900
 he

00:45:29.900 --> 00:45:30.299
 wouldn't

00:45:30.299 --> 00:45:30.659
 dare

00:45:30.659 --> 00:45:31.379
 depart

00:45:31.379 --> 00:45:32.099
 from being

00:45:32.099 --> 00:45:32.440
 with the

00:45:32.440 --> 00:45:32.819
 people.

00:45:32.820 --> 00:45:36.280
 You can

00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:36.900
 imagine him

00:45:36.900 --> 00:45:37.519
 waiting the

00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:38.160
 next day.

00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:41.260
 Comes and

00:45:41.260 --> 00:45:41.600
 goes.

00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:42.539
 Nothing

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:43.160
 happens.

00:45:44.280 --> 00:45:44.940
 Third day,

00:45:45.860 --> 00:45:46.140
 nothing.

00:45:47.080 --> 00:45:47.780
 Fourth day,

00:45:48.380 --> 00:45:48.660
 nothing.

00:45:49.720 --> 00:45:50.080
 Fifth,

00:45:51.380 --> 00:45:51.780
 sixth,

00:45:52.400 --> 00:45:52.700
 nothing.

00:45:54.200 --> 00:45:54.680
 Seventh,

00:45:55.860 --> 00:45:56.240
 nothing.

00:45:56.239 --> 00:45:59.500
 But what

00:45:59.500 --> 00:45:59.879
 he did

00:45:59.879 --> 00:46:00.899
 do was

00:46:00.899 --> 00:46:01.659
 he remained

00:46:01.659 --> 00:46:02.419
 with the

00:46:02.419 --> 00:46:02.819
 people.

00:46:03.539 --> 00:46:04.399
 He remained

00:46:04.399 --> 00:46:04.799
 with the

00:46:04.799 --> 00:46:05.399
 disciples.

00:46:05.839 --> 00:46:06.619
 He remained

00:46:06.619 --> 00:46:07.119
 with the

00:46:07.119 --> 00:46:08.219
 early church,

00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:10.599
 expecting to

00:46:10.599 --> 00:46:11.659
 see Jesus,

00:46:11.799 --> 00:46:12.299
 that Jesus

00:46:12.299 --> 00:46:13.079
 would reveal

00:46:13.079 --> 00:46:14.019
 himself to

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:14.319
 him,

00:46:15.519 --> 00:46:16.159
 faithfully,

00:46:16.719 --> 00:46:17.539
 holding on,

00:46:19.979 --> 00:46:21.119
 expecting to

00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:21.819
 see Jesus.

00:46:21.820 --> 00:46:22.160
 and he

00:46:22.160 --> 00:46:22.820
 missed out,

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:23.620
 yes,

00:46:23.720 --> 00:46:24.000
 in the

00:46:24.000 --> 00:46:24.640
 first place.

00:46:25.260 --> 00:46:25.740
 But he

00:46:25.740 --> 00:46:26.440
 came back

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:27.120
 to where

00:46:27.120 --> 00:46:27.760
 Jesus had

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.140
 revealed

00:46:28.140 --> 00:46:28.940
 himself to

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:29.480
 the people.

00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:31.360
 And that

00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:32.019
 is true

00:46:32.019 --> 00:46:33.080
 of all of

00:46:33.080 --> 00:46:34.059
 everyone that

00:46:34.059 --> 00:46:34.640
 is here

00:46:34.640 --> 00:46:35.400
 today.

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:37.420
 If you

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:38.240
 want to

00:46:38.240 --> 00:46:39.120
 see Jesus,

00:46:39.260 --> 00:46:39.620
 if you

00:46:39.620 --> 00:46:40.360
 feel like

00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:40.680
 you've

00:46:40.680 --> 00:46:41.620
 missed out

00:46:41.620 --> 00:46:42.760
 on what

00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:43.380
 the Christian

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:43.940
 has,

00:46:44.519 --> 00:46:45.039
 if you

00:46:45.039 --> 00:46:45.680
 wanted to

00:46:45.680 --> 00:46:46.500
 believe,

00:46:47.860 --> 00:46:49.000
 come to

00:46:49.000 --> 00:46:49.860
 where the

00:46:49.860 --> 00:46:50.559
 Lord Jesus

00:46:50.559 --> 00:46:51.780
 reveals himself

00:46:51.780 --> 00:46:52.220
 to his

00:46:52.220 --> 00:46:52.720
 people,

00:46:53.680 --> 00:46:54.540
 come to

00:46:54.540 --> 00:46:55.180
 the gathering

00:46:55.180 --> 00:46:56.160
 of the

00:46:56.160 --> 00:46:56.620
 church,

00:46:56.940 --> 00:46:57.340
 to the

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:57.820
 believers.

00:47:01.260 --> 00:47:02.019
 This is

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:02.580
 the place

00:47:02.580 --> 00:47:02.960
 where he

00:47:02.960 --> 00:47:03.700
 pours out

00:47:03.700 --> 00:47:04.500
 his blessings

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:05.080
 upon the

00:47:05.080 --> 00:47:05.460
 people.

00:47:06.680 --> 00:47:07.000
 And it

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:07.560
 is often

00:47:07.560 --> 00:47:08.600
 the place

00:47:08.600 --> 00:47:10.420
 where he

00:47:10.420 --> 00:47:11.180
 has awakened

00:47:11.180 --> 00:47:12.660
 many souls

00:47:12.660 --> 00:47:13.019
 that have

00:47:13.019 --> 00:47:13.340
 been in

00:47:13.340 --> 00:47:13.720
 darkness.

00:47:15.000 --> 00:47:15.600
 Many of

00:47:15.600 --> 00:47:16.340
 you here

00:47:16.340 --> 00:47:16.700
 who are

00:47:16.700 --> 00:47:17.100
 believers

00:47:17.100 --> 00:47:17.460
 will have

00:47:17.460 --> 00:47:17.920
 memories

00:47:17.920 --> 00:47:18.580
 of sitting

00:47:18.580 --> 00:47:19.280
 in pews

00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:21.280
 and being

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:21.800
 awakened

00:47:21.800 --> 00:47:22.860
 by the

00:47:22.860 --> 00:47:23.400
 reading of

00:47:23.400 --> 00:47:23.880
 scripture,

00:47:25.220 --> 00:47:25.620
 feeling

00:47:25.620 --> 00:47:26.320
 condemned

00:47:26.320 --> 00:47:26.780
 by the

00:47:26.780 --> 00:47:27.200
 words that

00:47:27.200 --> 00:47:27.960
 were preached,

00:47:29.880 --> 00:47:30.720
 feeling the

00:47:30.720 --> 00:47:31.220
 psalms

00:47:31.220 --> 00:47:32.040
 speaking to

00:47:32.040 --> 00:47:33.460
 you as

00:47:33.460 --> 00:47:33.740
 they were

00:47:33.740 --> 00:47:34.140
 sung.

00:47:35.880 --> 00:47:36.400
 This is a

00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:37.000
 place where

00:47:37.000 --> 00:47:38.080
 Jesus meets

00:47:38.080 --> 00:47:38.720
 with his

00:47:38.720 --> 00:47:39.120
 people.

00:47:40.720 --> 00:47:41.400
 If we

00:47:41.400 --> 00:47:42.100
 isolate

00:47:42.100 --> 00:47:43.080
 ourselves

00:47:43.080 --> 00:47:44.519
 from the

00:47:44.519 --> 00:47:44.960
 church,

00:47:45.440 --> 00:47:47.160
 we cannot

00:47:47.160 --> 00:47:48.340
 expect that

00:47:48.340 --> 00:47:49.360
 Jesus will

00:47:49.360 --> 00:47:50.180
 reveal himself

00:47:50.180 --> 00:47:51.079
 to us.

00:47:52.340 --> 00:47:53.260
 And I

00:47:53.260 --> 00:47:53.920
 believe that

00:47:53.920 --> 00:47:54.559
 if we are

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:55.900
 duly diligent

00:47:55.900 --> 00:47:56.800
 in attending

00:47:56.800 --> 00:47:57.300
 the means

00:47:57.300 --> 00:47:57.880
 of grace

00:47:57.880 --> 00:47:59.140
 and gathering

00:47:59.140 --> 00:47:59.780
 with the

00:47:59.780 --> 00:48:00.200
 Lord's

00:48:00.200 --> 00:48:00.600
 people,

00:48:01.220 --> 00:48:01.880
 he will

00:48:01.880 --> 00:48:03.039
 reveal

00:48:03.039 --> 00:48:03.980
 himself to

00:48:03.980 --> 00:48:04.380
 us.

00:48:06.840 --> 00:48:07.740
 But it

00:48:07.740 --> 00:48:08.420
 is true

00:48:08.420 --> 00:48:09.019
 that the

00:48:09.019 --> 00:48:10.019
 believer can

00:48:10.019 --> 00:48:10.620
 also have

00:48:10.620 --> 00:48:11.400
 many doubts

00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:12.059
 as well.

00:48:13.800 --> 00:48:14.840
 We can

00:48:14.840 --> 00:48:15.640
 doubt whether

00:48:15.640 --> 00:48:16.340
 he loves

00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:17.240
 us, we

00:48:17.240 --> 00:48:17.800
 can doubt

00:48:17.800 --> 00:48:18.480
 at times

00:48:18.480 --> 00:48:19.000
 whether we

00:48:19.000 --> 00:48:19.480
 are truly

00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:21.559
 saved, and

00:48:21.559 --> 00:48:22.059
 the devil

00:48:22.059 --> 00:48:22.840
 will play

00:48:22.840 --> 00:48:24.519
 havoc with

00:48:24.519 --> 00:48:25.260
 your doubts.

00:48:27.100 --> 00:48:27.840
 But you

00:48:27.840 --> 00:48:28.320
 know that we

00:48:28.320 --> 00:48:29.160
 are really

00:48:29.160 --> 00:48:29.700
 filled with

00:48:29.700 --> 00:48:30.160
 doubts when

00:48:30.160 --> 00:48:30.539
 we look at

00:48:30.539 --> 00:48:30.960
 ourselves.

00:48:33.400 --> 00:48:34.140
 There is

00:48:34.140 --> 00:48:34.820
 nothing within

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:35.300
 us that

00:48:35.300 --> 00:48:35.920
 deserves

00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:36.940
 salvation.

00:48:38.300 --> 00:48:38.640
 There is

00:48:38.640 --> 00:48:39.500
 nothing within

00:48:39.500 --> 00:48:39.980
 us that

00:48:39.980 --> 00:48:41.200
 deserves the

00:48:41.200 --> 00:48:42.039
 redeeming power

00:48:42.039 --> 00:48:42.539
 of Jesus

00:48:42.539 --> 00:48:43.320
 Christ in

00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:43.940
 our lives.

00:48:44.660 --> 00:48:45.220
 We look

00:48:45.219 --> 00:48:45.879
 inwardly and

00:48:45.879 --> 00:48:46.399
 we plague

00:48:46.399 --> 00:48:46.919
 ourselves

00:48:46.919 --> 00:48:47.199
 with

00:48:47.199 --> 00:48:47.699
 doubts.

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:53.239
 It is

00:48:53.239 --> 00:48:54.019
 said that

00:48:54.019 --> 00:48:56.159
 never doubt

00:48:56.159 --> 00:48:56.899
 in the dark

00:48:56.899 --> 00:48:58.099
 what God

00:48:58.099 --> 00:48:58.980
 told you

00:48:58.980 --> 00:48:59.419
 in the

00:48:59.419 --> 00:48:59.759
 light.

00:49:01.159 --> 00:49:02.199
 Never doubt

00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:02.799
 in the dark

00:49:02.799 --> 00:49:03.500
 what God

00:49:03.500 --> 00:49:04.179
 told you

00:49:04.179 --> 00:49:04.539
 in the

00:49:04.539 --> 00:49:04.859
 light.

00:49:05.859 --> 00:49:06.579
 What God

00:49:06.579 --> 00:49:07.219
 says to

00:49:07.219 --> 00:49:07.599
 you in

00:49:07.599 --> 00:49:08.099
 scripture,

00:49:09.439 --> 00:49:09.839
 we can

00:49:09.839 --> 00:49:10.339
 go away

00:49:10.339 --> 00:49:10.699
 with it

00:49:10.699 --> 00:49:11.039
 and we

00:49:11.039 --> 00:49:13.719
 can doubt

00:49:13.719 --> 00:49:14.059
 it.

00:49:15.219 --> 00:49:15.879
 when we

00:49:15.879 --> 00:49:16.459
 are isolated

00:49:16.459 --> 00:49:17.059
 from it.

00:49:17.779 --> 00:49:18.359
 When we

00:49:18.359 --> 00:49:18.639
 are in

00:49:18.639 --> 00:49:19.139
 the dark

00:49:19.139 --> 00:49:20.019
 we can

00:49:20.019 --> 00:49:20.299
 doubt

00:49:20.299 --> 00:49:20.619
 these

00:49:20.619 --> 00:49:20.959
 things.

00:49:21.359 --> 00:49:22.019
 We must

00:49:22.019 --> 00:49:22.799
 come back

00:49:22.799 --> 00:49:24.439
 to Christ.

00:49:24.980 --> 00:49:25.819
 We must

00:49:25.819 --> 00:49:26.819
 change our

00:49:26.819 --> 00:49:27.459
 vision from

00:49:27.459 --> 00:49:28.000
 looking at

00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:28.839
 ourselves when

00:49:28.839 --> 00:49:29.239
 we are

00:49:29.239 --> 00:49:30.459
 doubting to

00:49:30.459 --> 00:49:31.119
 looking at

00:49:31.119 --> 00:49:31.559
 the Lord

00:49:31.559 --> 00:49:32.759
 Jesus Christ.

00:49:33.659 --> 00:49:33.959
 As we

00:49:33.959 --> 00:49:34.339
 are saying

00:49:34.339 --> 00:49:34.639
 to the

00:49:34.639 --> 00:49:35.119
 children to

00:49:35.119 --> 00:49:35.639
 keep our

00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:35.980
 eye on

00:49:35.980 --> 00:49:36.879
 him, to

00:49:36.879 --> 00:49:37.339
 keep our

00:49:37.339 --> 00:49:37.659
 eye on

00:49:37.659 --> 00:49:38.039
 the word.

00:49:39.059 --> 00:49:39.519
 And if

00:49:39.519 --> 00:49:40.000
 we do

00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:40.639
 that we

00:49:40.639 --> 00:49:41.000
 will be

00:49:41.000 --> 00:49:41.819
 delivered from

00:49:41.819 --> 00:49:42.279
 doubts.

00:49:42.379 --> 00:49:42.659
 We will

00:49:42.659 --> 00:49:43.159
 look at

00:49:43.159 --> 00:49:43.599
 the love

00:49:43.599 --> 00:49:44.259
 of Christ.

00:49:44.260 --> 00:49:44.580
 we will

00:49:44.580 --> 00:49:44.880
 look at

00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:45.040
 his

00:49:45.040 --> 00:49:45.660
 compassion.

00:49:46.160 --> 00:49:46.560
 We will

00:49:46.560 --> 00:49:46.940
 look at

00:49:46.940 --> 00:49:47.660
 his death.

00:49:48.140 --> 00:49:48.520
 We will

00:49:48.520 --> 00:49:48.860
 look at

00:49:48.860 --> 00:49:49.560
 his eternal

00:49:49.560 --> 00:49:50.480
 promises to

00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:51.060
 his people

00:49:51.060 --> 00:49:51.400
 and it

00:49:51.400 --> 00:49:51.820
 will give

00:49:51.820 --> 00:49:52.200
 us a

00:49:52.200 --> 00:49:52.540
 hope.

00:49:54.000 --> 00:49:54.480
 To

00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:55.120
 displace

00:49:55.120 --> 00:49:55.900
 the doubt

00:49:55.900 --> 00:49:56.520
 the believer

00:49:56.520 --> 00:49:57.960
 must turn

00:49:57.960 --> 00:49:58.460
 from looking

00:49:58.460 --> 00:49:59.120
 at himself

00:49:59.120 --> 00:50:01.240
 and focus

00:50:01.240 --> 00:50:01.980
 upon the

00:50:01.980 --> 00:50:02.840
 Lord Jesus

00:50:02.840 --> 00:50:04.340
 and his

00:50:04.340 --> 00:50:05.460
 love for

00:50:05.460 --> 00:50:05.760
 them.

00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:10.600
 We find

00:50:10.600 --> 00:50:11.240
 here that

00:50:11.240 --> 00:50:12.740
 we can be

00:50:12.740 --> 00:50:13.380
 plagued with

00:50:13.380 --> 00:50:13.940
 doubts.

00:50:14.260 --> 00:50:16.800
 But also

00:50:16.800 --> 00:50:17.820
 there is a

00:50:17.820 --> 00:50:18.460
 deliverance

00:50:18.460 --> 00:50:19.120
 from these

00:50:19.120 --> 00:50:19.620
 doubts.

00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:22.080
 We have

00:50:22.080 --> 00:50:22.900
 doubts but

00:50:22.900 --> 00:50:23.720
 there is a

00:50:23.720 --> 00:50:24.420
 deliverance.

00:50:25.720 --> 00:50:26.400
 The radical

00:50:26.400 --> 00:50:27.340
 difference in

00:50:27.340 --> 00:50:28.140
 this man's

00:50:28.140 --> 00:50:29.100
 life is the

00:50:29.100 --> 00:50:29.880
 appearance of

00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:30.740
 Christ again.

00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:31.720
 Every

00:50:31.720 --> 00:50:32.620
 appearance of

00:50:32.620 --> 00:50:33.220
 Christ has

00:50:33.220 --> 00:50:33.560
 made a

00:50:33.560 --> 00:50:34.460
 radical difference

00:50:34.460 --> 00:50:35.260
 of those who

00:50:35.260 --> 00:50:36.000
 witnessed him.

00:50:36.720 --> 00:50:37.080
 And he

00:50:37.080 --> 00:50:37.660
 comes into

00:50:37.660 --> 00:50:38.160
 this room

00:50:38.160 --> 00:50:38.400
 and he

00:50:38.400 --> 00:50:38.600
 says,

00:50:38.720 --> 00:50:39.220
 peace be

00:50:39.219 --> 00:50:39.839
 with you.

00:50:44.759 --> 00:50:45.279
 Jesus

00:50:45.279 --> 00:50:46.559
 speaks

00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:47.359
 addressing

00:50:47.359 --> 00:50:48.419
 Thomas

00:50:48.419 --> 00:50:50.459
 in the

00:50:50.459 --> 00:50:50.980
 words that

00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:51.539
 he spoke

00:50:51.539 --> 00:50:51.899
 to his

00:50:51.899 --> 00:50:52.500
 disciples.

00:50:52.500 --> 00:50:54.980
 meaning that

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:55.460
 Christ

00:50:55.460 --> 00:50:56.039
 hears

00:50:56.039 --> 00:50:57.679
 every word

00:50:57.679 --> 00:50:58.059
 that we

00:50:58.059 --> 00:50:58.280
 utter.

00:50:58.659 --> 00:50:59.039
 He did

00:50:59.039 --> 00:50:59.780
 not have to

00:50:59.780 --> 00:51:00.380
 be physically

00:51:00.380 --> 00:51:01.159
 present to

00:51:01.159 --> 00:51:01.639
 hear the

00:51:01.639 --> 00:51:02.219
 doubts of

00:51:02.219 --> 00:51:02.559
 Thomas.

00:51:03.360 --> 00:51:04.260
 He heard

00:51:04.260 --> 00:51:04.480
 them.

00:51:05.119 --> 00:51:05.960
 And when he

00:51:05.960 --> 00:51:06.800
 appeared he

00:51:06.800 --> 00:51:08.139
 addressed Thomas

00:51:08.139 --> 00:51:08.940
 personally.

00:51:08.940 --> 00:51:27.440
 said he

00:51:27.440 --> 00:51:28.139
 needed to

00:51:28.139 --> 00:51:28.599
 put his

00:51:28.599 --> 00:51:29.720
 fingers into

00:51:29.720 --> 00:51:30.480
 the scars

00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:31.039
 of Jesus'

00:51:31.260 --> 00:51:31.940
 hands which

00:51:31.940 --> 00:51:32.300
 would have

00:51:32.300 --> 00:51:33.200
 been more

00:51:33.200 --> 00:51:33.720
 so his

00:51:33.720 --> 00:51:34.320
 wrists.

00:51:34.320 --> 00:51:39.220
 then he

00:51:39.220 --> 00:51:39.720
 says to

00:51:39.720 --> 00:51:40.280
 touch him.

00:51:41.019 --> 00:51:41.500
 But we

00:51:41.500 --> 00:51:42.059
 don't know

00:51:42.059 --> 00:51:42.300
 if he

00:51:42.300 --> 00:51:42.680
 did or

00:51:42.680 --> 00:51:43.059
 not.

00:51:43.519 --> 00:51:44.100
 But Jesus

00:51:44.100 --> 00:51:44.940
 adds there

00:51:44.940 --> 00:51:46.440
 do not

00:51:46.440 --> 00:51:47.539
 disbelieve

00:51:47.539 --> 00:51:48.760
 but believe.

00:51:50.700 --> 00:51:51.160
 And we

00:51:51.160 --> 00:51:51.880
 can struggle

00:51:51.880 --> 00:51:53.180
 to believe

00:51:53.180 --> 00:51:53.900
 at times.

00:51:54.000 --> 00:51:54.100
 The

00:51:54.100 --> 00:51:54.600
 resurrection

00:51:54.600 --> 00:51:55.640
 is hard

00:51:55.640 --> 00:51:56.420
 to grasp.

00:51:56.559 --> 00:51:56.640
 The

00:51:56.640 --> 00:51:57.160
 disciples

00:51:57.160 --> 00:51:58.080
 struggle to

00:51:58.080 --> 00:51:58.900
 understand it.

00:51:59.180 --> 00:51:59.360
 We

00:51:59.360 --> 00:52:00.080
 struggle to

00:52:00.080 --> 00:52:01.000
 understand it.

00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:03.280
 But we

00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:03.680
 look at the

00:52:03.680 --> 00:52:04.300
 evidence that

00:52:04.300 --> 00:52:04.800
 we have

00:52:04.800 --> 00:52:05.260
 here.

00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:05.700
 We look at

00:52:05.700 --> 00:52:06.240
 the gospel

00:52:06.240 --> 00:52:06.780
 that John

00:52:06.780 --> 00:52:07.300
 has written

00:52:07.300 --> 00:52:07.620
 here.

00:52:08.560 --> 00:52:08.900
 And we

00:52:08.900 --> 00:52:09.240
 come to

00:52:09.240 --> 00:52:09.660
 it again.

00:52:09.780 --> 00:52:10.280
 The purpose

00:52:10.280 --> 00:52:11.140
 was that we

00:52:11.140 --> 00:52:11.800
 would believe.

00:52:12.260 --> 00:52:12.660
 We have

00:52:12.660 --> 00:52:13.760
 seen lives

00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:14.539
 radically

00:52:14.539 --> 00:52:15.340
 changed by

00:52:15.340 --> 00:52:15.900
 the appearance

00:52:15.900 --> 00:52:16.580
 of Christ.

00:52:18.100 --> 00:52:18.420
 And he

00:52:18.420 --> 00:52:19.860
 wishes, he

00:52:19.860 --> 00:52:20.880
 prays, he

00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:21.780
 writes that

00:52:21.780 --> 00:52:23.440
 you too

00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:24.220
 would believe

00:52:24.220 --> 00:52:25.780
 that when

00:52:25.780 --> 00:52:26.480
 you come and

00:52:26.480 --> 00:52:27.160
 consider the

00:52:27.160 --> 00:52:28.019
 resurrected Lord

00:52:28.019 --> 00:52:28.860
 Jesus Christ

00:52:28.860 --> 00:52:29.240
 he would

00:52:29.240 --> 00:52:30.300
 reveal himself

00:52:30.300 --> 00:52:30.980
 to you.

00:52:32.260 --> 00:52:32.420
 The

00:52:32.420 --> 00:52:32.860
 resurrection

00:52:32.860 --> 00:52:33.840
 appearance as we

00:52:33.840 --> 00:52:34.800
 said motivated

00:52:34.800 --> 00:52:35.700
 them like

00:52:35.700 --> 00:52:36.579
 nothing else

00:52:36.579 --> 00:52:37.120
 could have.

00:52:38.800 --> 00:52:39.360
 It was the

00:52:39.360 --> 00:52:40.019
 match to

00:52:40.019 --> 00:52:40.579
 the fire

00:52:40.579 --> 00:52:41.559
 that ignited

00:52:41.559 --> 00:52:42.320
 their hearts

00:52:42.320 --> 00:52:43.180
 for the

00:52:43.180 --> 00:52:44.000
 Lord Jesus,

00:52:44.200 --> 00:52:45.019
 ignited them

00:52:45.019 --> 00:52:45.760
 to turn the

00:52:45.760 --> 00:52:46.420
 world upside

00:52:46.420 --> 00:52:46.800
 down.

00:52:50.000 --> 00:52:50.740
 They went

00:52:50.740 --> 00:52:51.519
 out with

00:52:51.519 --> 00:52:51.960
 their own

00:52:51.960 --> 00:52:52.539
 testimony.

00:52:53.760 --> 00:52:54.360
 We have

00:52:54.360 --> 00:52:55.039
 seen the

00:52:55.039 --> 00:52:55.820
 Lord Jesus.

00:52:56.100 --> 00:52:56.700
 Thomas could

00:52:56.700 --> 00:52:57.240
 say the

00:52:57.240 --> 00:52:57.860
 same thing

00:52:57.860 --> 00:52:58.640
 in his life.

00:52:59.200 --> 00:52:59.800
 I have

00:52:59.800 --> 00:53:00.500
 seen the

00:53:00.500 --> 00:53:01.500
 Lord Jesus.

00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:01.840
 and he

00:53:01.840 --> 00:53:02.760
 declared it

00:53:02.760 --> 00:53:03.940
 amongst the

00:53:03.940 --> 00:53:04.360
 people.

00:53:05.519 --> 00:53:06.019
 He had

00:53:06.019 --> 00:53:06.920
 his doubts.

00:53:07.260 --> 00:53:07.519
 He was

00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:08.380
 delivered when

00:53:08.380 --> 00:53:08.860
 he saw

00:53:08.860 --> 00:53:09.980
 Jesus Christ

00:53:09.980 --> 00:53:11.119
 but he

00:53:11.119 --> 00:53:11.760
 went out

00:53:11.760 --> 00:53:12.719
 declaring

00:53:12.719 --> 00:53:14.500
 what he

00:53:14.500 --> 00:53:15.159
 had seen.

00:53:16.539 --> 00:53:17.320
 When you

00:53:17.320 --> 00:53:18.380
 see Jesus,

00:53:18.519 --> 00:53:19.139
 when Jesus

00:53:19.139 --> 00:53:20.139
 reveals himself

00:53:20.139 --> 00:53:21.039
 to you,

00:53:22.460 --> 00:53:26.239
 it changes

00:53:26.239 --> 00:53:26.800
 everything.

00:53:26.800 --> 00:53:29.140
 Thomas here

00:53:29.140 --> 00:53:30.160
 had his

00:53:30.160 --> 00:53:30.580
 own

00:53:30.580 --> 00:53:31.480
 declaration.

00:53:32.880 --> 00:53:33.760
 He says

00:53:33.760 --> 00:53:34.860
 there,

00:53:35.580 --> 00:53:36.420
 my Lord

00:53:36.420 --> 00:53:37.300
 and my

00:53:37.300 --> 00:53:37.820
 God

00:53:37.820 --> 00:53:38.560
 in verse

00:53:38.560 --> 00:53:39.280
 28.

00:53:40.620 --> 00:53:40.880
 A

00:53:40.880 --> 00:53:41.460
 personal

00:53:41.460 --> 00:53:42.420
 declaration

00:53:42.420 --> 00:53:44.480
 that Jesus

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:45.560
 Christ is

00:53:45.560 --> 00:53:46.340
 his Lord

00:53:46.340 --> 00:53:46.960
 and his

00:53:46.960 --> 00:53:47.560
 God.

00:53:48.080 --> 00:53:49.260
 In many

00:53:49.260 --> 00:53:49.860
 ways it

00:53:49.860 --> 00:53:50.840
 is so

00:53:50.840 --> 00:53:51.340
 personal

00:53:51.340 --> 00:53:53.380
 that Jesus

00:53:53.380 --> 00:53:54.920
 speaks

00:53:54.920 --> 00:53:55.660
 directly

00:53:55.660 --> 00:53:56.460
 into

00:53:56.460 --> 00:53:57.180
 his

00:53:57.180 --> 00:53:57.860
 circumstance,

00:53:58.579 --> 00:53:59.100
 directly

00:53:59.100 --> 00:54:00.100
 to his

00:54:00.100 --> 00:54:00.640
 heart,

00:54:00.780 --> 00:54:01.160
 to his

00:54:01.160 --> 00:54:01.519
 need,

00:54:02.720 --> 00:54:03.260
 and yet

00:54:03.260 --> 00:54:03.840
 it is so

00:54:03.840 --> 00:54:04.420
 public.

00:54:05.660 --> 00:54:06.300
 Because he

00:54:06.300 --> 00:54:06.700
 has been

00:54:06.700 --> 00:54:07.440
 transformed.

00:54:08.480 --> 00:54:09.360
 He has

00:54:09.360 --> 00:54:09.840
 a new

00:54:09.840 --> 00:54:10.400
 testimony

00:54:10.400 --> 00:54:11.340
 to speak

00:54:11.340 --> 00:54:11.600
 about.

00:54:12.800 --> 00:54:13.480
 Something

00:54:13.480 --> 00:54:14.200
 exceptional

00:54:14.200 --> 00:54:14.880
 has happened

00:54:14.880 --> 00:54:15.320
 in his

00:54:15.320 --> 00:54:15.780
 life.

00:54:17.300 --> 00:54:18.019
 And he

00:54:18.019 --> 00:54:18.500
 wants to

00:54:18.500 --> 00:54:19.100
 tell people

00:54:19.100 --> 00:54:19.600
 about it.

00:54:19.840 --> 00:54:20.320
 He has

00:54:20.320 --> 00:54:20.760
 to tell

00:54:20.760 --> 00:54:21.180
 people

00:54:21.180 --> 00:54:21.780
 about it.

00:54:23.520 --> 00:54:24.220
 Jesus

00:54:24.220 --> 00:54:25.120
 Christ is

00:54:25.120 --> 00:54:25.860
 my Lord

00:54:25.860 --> 00:54:26.280
 and my

00:54:26.280 --> 00:54:26.760
 God.

00:54:28.840 --> 00:54:29.860
 And that

00:54:29.860 --> 00:54:30.660
 phrase

00:54:30.660 --> 00:54:31.540
 highlights

00:54:31.540 --> 00:54:32.540
 the divine

00:54:32.540 --> 00:54:33.580
 deity

00:54:33.580 --> 00:54:34.600
 of Jesus

00:54:34.600 --> 00:54:35.460
 Christ.

00:54:36.320 --> 00:54:37.040
 The

00:54:37.040 --> 00:54:37.480
 title

00:54:37.480 --> 00:54:38.520
 of God

00:54:38.520 --> 00:54:40.180
 his

00:54:40.180 --> 00:54:41.000
 Lord.

00:54:42.880 --> 00:54:43.220
 And

00:54:43.220 --> 00:54:43.700
 Jesus

00:54:43.700 --> 00:54:45.140
 receives

00:54:45.140 --> 00:54:45.440
 it

00:54:45.440 --> 00:54:46.420
 because

00:54:46.420 --> 00:54:46.720
 it is

00:54:46.720 --> 00:54:47.200
 right.

00:54:47.420 --> 00:54:47.660
 If it

00:54:47.660 --> 00:54:48.100
 was wrong

00:54:48.100 --> 00:54:48.460
 Jesus

00:54:48.460 --> 00:54:48.820
 would have

00:54:48.820 --> 00:54:49.120
 said

00:54:49.120 --> 00:54:50.020
 do not

00:54:50.020 --> 00:54:50.320
 worship

00:54:50.320 --> 00:54:50.620
 me.

00:54:50.760 --> 00:54:51.660
 with such

00:54:51.660 --> 00:54:52.060
 words.

00:54:53.320 --> 00:54:53.500
 But

00:54:53.500 --> 00:54:53.820
 Thomas

00:54:53.820 --> 00:54:54.080
 is

00:54:54.080 --> 00:54:54.580
 entirely

00:54:54.580 --> 00:54:55.160
 right.

00:54:56.780 --> 00:54:57.200
 And

00:54:57.200 --> 00:54:57.600
 Jesus

00:54:57.600 --> 00:54:58.680
 receives

00:54:58.680 --> 00:54:59.240
 that

00:54:59.240 --> 00:55:00.080
 declaration

00:55:00.080 --> 00:55:00.460
 from

00:55:00.460 --> 00:55:01.060
 Thomas.

00:55:04.220 --> 00:55:05.140
 The

00:55:05.140 --> 00:55:05.620
 change

00:55:05.620 --> 00:55:05.840
 that

00:55:05.840 --> 00:55:06.260
 Christ

00:55:06.260 --> 00:55:06.760
 brings

00:55:06.760 --> 00:55:07.560
 to us

00:55:07.560 --> 00:55:08.940
 is

00:55:08.940 --> 00:55:09.480
 personal

00:55:09.480 --> 00:55:11.380
 and

00:55:11.380 --> 00:55:11.940
 public.

00:55:11.940 --> 00:55:12.559
 God

00:55:12.559 --> 00:55:13.320
 will

00:55:13.320 --> 00:55:14.320
 God

00:55:14.320 --> 00:55:14.360
 will

00:55:14.360 --> 00:55:14.559
 speak.

00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:17.000
 He

00:55:17.000 --> 00:55:17.559
 speaks

00:55:17.559 --> 00:55:17.900
 to the

00:55:17.900 --> 00:55:18.240
 depths

00:55:18.240 --> 00:55:18.440
 of

00:55:18.440 --> 00:55:18.619
 our

00:55:18.619 --> 00:55:18.980
 needs.

00:55:20.300 --> 00:55:20.700
 Yet

00:55:20.700 --> 00:55:22.659
 we

00:55:22.659 --> 00:55:23.039
 cannot

00:55:23.039 --> 00:55:23.380
 but

00:55:23.380 --> 00:55:23.760
 speak

00:55:23.760 --> 00:55:24.360
 about it.

00:55:25.079 --> 00:55:25.519
 We

00:55:25.519 --> 00:55:26.079
 wish that

00:55:26.079 --> 00:55:26.440
 others

00:55:26.440 --> 00:55:26.679
 would

00:55:26.679 --> 00:55:27.079
 likewise

00:55:27.079 --> 00:55:27.720
 know

00:55:27.720 --> 00:55:28.000
 who

00:55:28.000 --> 00:55:28.320
 Jesus

00:55:28.320 --> 00:55:28.760
 Christ

00:55:28.760 --> 00:55:29.220
 is

00:55:29.220 --> 00:55:29.500
 and

00:55:29.500 --> 00:55:29.659
 the

00:55:29.659 --> 00:55:30.019
 change

00:55:30.019 --> 00:55:30.200
 that

00:55:30.200 --> 00:55:30.280
 he

00:55:30.280 --> 00:55:30.460
 has

00:55:30.460 --> 00:55:30.900
 made

00:55:30.900 --> 00:55:31.119
 in

00:55:31.119 --> 00:55:31.300
 their

00:55:31.300 --> 00:55:31.800
 lives.

00:55:31.800 --> 00:56:01.800


00:56:01.800 --> 00:56:02.039
 It's a

00:56:02.039 --> 00:56:02.340
 true

00:56:02.340 --> 00:56:02.860
 feeling

00:56:02.860 --> 00:56:03.920
 that we

00:56:03.920 --> 00:56:04.580
 too

00:56:04.580 --> 00:56:05.320
 can't

00:56:05.320 --> 00:56:05.580
 doubt.

00:56:08.539 --> 00:56:09.180
 Thomas

00:56:09.180 --> 00:56:10.140
 was set

00:56:10.140 --> 00:56:11.080
 never

00:56:11.080 --> 00:56:12.180
 to believe.

00:56:12.260 --> 00:56:12.920
 That's what his words

00:56:12.920 --> 00:56:14.920
 unless he had

00:56:14.920 --> 00:56:15.380
 seen him

00:56:15.380 --> 00:56:16.019
 himself

00:56:16.019 --> 00:56:18.300
 which adds

00:56:18.300 --> 00:56:18.980
 a huge

00:56:18.980 --> 00:56:19.600
 credibility

00:56:19.600 --> 00:56:21.500
 to the

00:56:21.500 --> 00:56:22.460
 fact that

00:56:22.460 --> 00:56:22.860
 Jesus

00:56:22.860 --> 00:56:23.700
 appeared

00:56:23.700 --> 00:56:24.300
 to him.

00:56:24.300 --> 00:56:27.100
 the

00:56:27.100 --> 00:56:27.360
 one

00:56:27.360 --> 00:56:27.600
 that

00:56:27.600 --> 00:56:27.960
 said

00:56:27.960 --> 00:56:28.620
 never

00:56:28.620 --> 00:56:30.900
 turns

00:56:30.900 --> 00:56:31.400
 around

00:56:31.400 --> 00:56:31.700
 and

00:56:31.700 --> 00:56:32.100
 says

00:56:32.100 --> 00:56:32.920
 my

00:56:32.920 --> 00:56:33.500
 Lord

00:56:33.500 --> 00:56:34.420
 and

00:56:34.420 --> 00:56:34.700
 my

00:56:34.700 --> 00:56:35.320
 God.

00:56:36.960 --> 00:56:37.539
 Thomas'

00:56:37.760 --> 00:56:38.500
 experience

00:56:38.500 --> 00:56:39.240
 delivered him

00:56:39.240 --> 00:56:39.700
 from all

00:56:39.700 --> 00:56:40.220
 doubts

00:56:40.220 --> 00:56:41.320
 and I

00:56:41.320 --> 00:56:41.920
 pray that

00:56:41.920 --> 00:56:42.340
 the Lord

00:56:42.340 --> 00:56:42.740
 Jesus

00:56:42.740 --> 00:56:43.019
 would

00:56:43.019 --> 00:56:43.380
 reveal

00:56:43.380 --> 00:56:43.780
 himself

00:56:43.780 --> 00:56:44.300
 to

00:56:44.300 --> 00:56:44.640
 you

00:56:44.640 --> 00:56:46.260
 in

00:56:46.260 --> 00:56:46.800
 scripture

00:56:46.800 --> 00:56:47.840
 in

00:56:47.840 --> 00:56:48.100
 his

00:56:48.100 --> 00:56:48.500
 word

00:56:48.500 --> 00:56:49.100
 in

00:56:49.100 --> 00:56:49.320
 the

00:56:49.320 --> 00:56:49.600
 singing

00:56:49.600 --> 00:56:49.820
 of

00:56:49.820 --> 00:56:50.060
 his

00:56:50.060 --> 00:56:50.440
 psalms

00:56:50.440 --> 00:56:50.600
 in

00:56:50.600 --> 00:56:50.740
 the

00:56:50.740 --> 00:56:51.220
 proclamation

00:56:51.220 --> 00:56:51.680
 of

00:56:51.680 --> 00:56:51.880
 his

00:56:51.880 --> 00:56:52.220
 word

00:56:52.220 --> 00:56:53.180
 whether

00:56:53.180 --> 00:56:53.720
 it's

00:56:53.719 --> 00:56:56.139
 in

00:56:56.139 --> 00:56:56.399
 three

00:56:56.399 --> 00:56:56.739
 days

00:56:56.739 --> 00:56:57.159
 time

00:56:57.159 --> 00:56:57.419
 and

00:56:57.419 --> 00:56:57.719
 eight

00:56:57.719 --> 00:56:57.980
 days

00:56:57.980 --> 00:56:58.339
 time

00:56:58.339 --> 00:56:58.579
 and

00:56:58.579 --> 00:56:58.879
 three

00:56:58.879 --> 00:56:59.339
 years

00:56:59.339 --> 00:56:59.719
 time

00:56:59.719 --> 00:56:59.919
 and

00:56:59.919 --> 00:57:00.219
 eight

00:57:00.219 --> 00:57:00.639
 years

00:57:00.639 --> 00:57:01.239
 times

00:57:01.239 --> 00:57:02.919
 do

00:57:02.919 --> 00:57:03.279
 not

00:57:03.279 --> 00:57:04.219
 disbelieve

00:57:04.219 --> 00:57:04.699
 that he

00:57:04.699 --> 00:57:05.099
 can do

00:57:05.099 --> 00:57:05.339
 it.

00:57:06.719 --> 00:57:07.139
 Believe

00:57:07.139 --> 00:57:08.179
 in the

00:57:08.179 --> 00:57:08.559
 Lord

00:57:08.559 --> 00:57:09.239
 Jesus

00:57:09.239 --> 00:57:09.959
 Christ.

00:57:11.639 --> 00:57:12.359
 Believe

00:57:12.359 --> 00:57:12.980
 that he

00:57:12.980 --> 00:57:13.559
 will reveal

00:57:13.559 --> 00:57:14.039
 himself

00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:15.000
 to you.

00:57:16.319 --> 00:57:16.599
 Do

00:57:16.599 --> 00:57:17.059
 not

00:57:17.059 --> 00:57:17.879
 doubt

00:57:17.879 --> 00:57:18.699
 the

00:57:18.699 --> 00:57:19.239
 resurrection.

00:57:21.939 --> 00:57:22.659
 Thomas

00:57:22.659 --> 00:57:23.279
 went on

00:57:23.280 --> 00:57:23.780
 with his

00:57:23.780 --> 00:57:24.480
 declaration

00:57:24.480 --> 00:57:25.640
 and

00:57:25.640 --> 00:57:26.140
 tradition

00:57:26.140 --> 00:57:27.060
 suggests

00:57:27.060 --> 00:57:27.360
 that

00:57:27.360 --> 00:57:27.740
 Thomas

00:57:27.740 --> 00:57:28.500
 travelled

00:57:28.500 --> 00:57:29.060
 as far

00:57:29.060 --> 00:57:29.260
 as

00:57:29.260 --> 00:57:29.720
 India

00:57:29.720 --> 00:57:29.980
 with

00:57:29.980 --> 00:57:30.140
 the

00:57:30.140 --> 00:57:30.519
 gospel

00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:31.800
 where

00:57:31.800 --> 00:57:31.920
 it

00:57:31.920 --> 00:57:32.040
 is

00:57:32.040 --> 00:57:32.580
 reported

00:57:32.580 --> 00:57:33.060
 that

00:57:33.060 --> 00:57:33.160
 he

00:57:33.160 --> 00:57:33.340
 was

00:57:33.340 --> 00:57:34.019
 martyred

00:57:34.019 --> 00:57:34.660
 with

00:57:34.660 --> 00:57:34.880
 a

00:57:34.880 --> 00:57:35.260
 spear

00:57:35.260 --> 00:57:36.420
 killed

00:57:36.420 --> 00:57:36.920
 by

00:57:36.920 --> 00:57:37.360
 someone

00:57:37.360 --> 00:57:37.580
 with

00:57:37.580 --> 00:57:37.780
 a

00:57:37.780 --> 00:57:38.160
 spear.

00:57:39.840 --> 00:57:40.740
 With

00:57:40.740 --> 00:57:40.900
 the

00:57:40.900 --> 00:57:41.280
 assurance

00:57:41.280 --> 00:57:41.620
 of

00:57:41.620 --> 00:57:42.260
 Christ's

00:57:42.260 --> 00:57:42.680
 resurrection

00:57:42.680 --> 00:57:43.080
 in

00:57:43.080 --> 00:57:43.260
 his

00:57:43.260 --> 00:57:43.700
 life

00:57:43.700 --> 00:57:44.420
 he

00:57:44.420 --> 00:57:44.600
 went

00:57:44.600 --> 00:57:44.900
 out

00:57:44.900 --> 00:57:45.460
 declaring

00:57:45.460 --> 00:57:45.780
 the

00:57:45.780 --> 00:57:46.340
 wonderful

00:57:46.340 --> 00:57:47.300
 gospel

00:57:47.300 --> 00:57:48.160
 of

00:57:48.160 --> 00:57:48.780
 Jesus.

00:57:48.780 --> 00:57:52.380
 and

00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:52.560
 his

00:57:52.560 --> 00:57:53.019
 earlier

00:57:53.019 --> 00:57:53.960
 declaration

00:57:53.960 --> 00:57:54.340
 where

00:57:54.340 --> 00:57:54.500
 he

00:57:54.500 --> 00:57:55.019
 said

00:57:55.019 --> 00:57:56.060
 to

00:57:56.060 --> 00:57:56.280
 his

00:57:56.280 --> 00:57:56.900
 disciples

00:57:56.900 --> 00:57:57.640
 let

00:57:57.640 --> 00:57:57.880
 us

00:57:57.880 --> 00:57:58.260
 go

00:57:58.260 --> 00:57:59.060
 so

00:57:59.060 --> 00:57:59.260
 that

00:57:59.260 --> 00:57:59.519
 we

00:57:59.519 --> 00:58:00.620
 may

00:58:00.620 --> 00:58:01.300
 die

00:58:01.300 --> 00:58:01.720
 with

00:58:01.720 --> 00:58:02.080
 him

00:58:02.080 --> 00:58:03.080
 became

00:58:03.080 --> 00:58:03.460
 a

00:58:03.460 --> 00:58:04.040
 truthful

00:58:04.040 --> 00:58:04.840
 reality

00:58:04.840 --> 00:58:05.220
 in

00:58:05.220 --> 00:58:05.440
 his

00:58:05.440 --> 00:58:05.880
 life.

00:58:07.360 --> 00:58:07.720
 He

00:58:07.720 --> 00:58:08.040
 put

00:58:08.040 --> 00:58:08.280
 his

00:58:08.280 --> 00:58:08.680
 life

00:58:08.680 --> 00:58:08.860
 on

00:58:08.860 --> 00:58:09.019
 his

00:58:09.019 --> 00:58:09.480
 line

00:58:09.480 --> 00:58:10.519
 this

00:58:10.519 --> 00:58:10.840
 time.

00:58:12.080 --> 00:58:12.260
 He

00:58:12.260 --> 00:58:12.519
 didn't

00:58:12.519 --> 00:58:12.760
 run

00:58:12.760 --> 00:58:13.040
 away.

00:58:14.740 --> 00:58:14.940
 He

00:58:14.940 --> 00:58:15.040
 put

00:58:15.040 --> 00:58:15.200
 his

00:58:15.200 --> 00:58:15.580
 life

00:58:15.580 --> 00:58:15.880
 on

00:58:15.880 --> 00:58:16.000
 his

00:58:16.000 --> 00:58:16.400
 line

00:58:16.400 --> 00:58:17.920
 on

00:58:17.920 --> 00:58:18.039
 the

00:58:18.039 --> 00:58:18.340
 line

00:58:18.340 --> 00:58:18.740
 because

00:58:18.740 --> 00:58:19.039
 he

00:58:19.039 --> 00:58:19.500
 had

00:58:19.500 --> 00:58:20.539
 absolutely

00:58:20.539 --> 00:58:21.340
 no

00:58:21.340 --> 00:58:21.780
 doubts

00:58:21.780 --> 00:58:23.559
 that

00:58:23.559 --> 00:58:24.000
 Jesus

00:58:24.000 --> 00:58:24.800
 was

00:58:24.800 --> 00:58:25.360
 alive.

00:58:28.180 --> 00:58:29.099
 Thomas

00:58:29.099 --> 00:58:29.700
 makes a

00:58:29.700 --> 00:58:30.240
 declaration

00:58:30.240 --> 00:58:31.660
 but there

00:58:31.660 --> 00:58:32.099
 is another

00:58:32.099 --> 00:58:32.900
 declaration

00:58:32.900 --> 00:58:33.860
 made here

00:58:33.860 --> 00:58:34.200
 in this

00:58:34.200 --> 00:58:34.700
 passage.

00:58:35.860 --> 00:58:35.980
 The

00:58:35.980 --> 00:58:36.380
 risen

00:58:36.380 --> 00:58:37.059
 Lord

00:58:37.059 --> 00:58:37.599
 Jesus

00:58:37.599 --> 00:58:38.539
 pronounces

00:58:38.539 --> 00:58:38.980
 a

00:58:38.980 --> 00:58:39.400
 blessing

00:58:39.400 --> 00:58:40.639
 upon

00:58:40.639 --> 00:58:41.180
 everyone

00:58:41.180 --> 00:58:41.599
 who

00:58:41.599 --> 00:58:42.079
 believes

00:58:42.079 --> 00:58:42.320
 in

00:58:42.320 --> 00:58:42.680
 Jesus

00:58:42.680 --> 00:58:43.400
 Christ

00:58:43.400 --> 00:58:44.160
 without

00:58:44.160 --> 00:58:45.139
 having

00:58:45.139 --> 00:58:45.700
 to see

00:58:45.700 --> 00:58:45.920
 him.

00:58:46.400 --> 00:58:47.460
 And it

00:58:47.460 --> 00:58:47.780
 is a

00:58:47.780 --> 00:58:48.160
 blessing

00:58:48.160 --> 00:58:48.780
 because

00:58:48.780 --> 00:58:49.139
 it was

00:58:49.139 --> 00:58:49.340
 the

00:58:49.340 --> 00:58:49.800
 Lord

00:58:49.800 --> 00:58:50.880
 delights

00:58:50.880 --> 00:58:52.079
 to see

00:58:52.079 --> 00:58:53.760
 men,

00:58:54.240 --> 00:58:54.619
 women,

00:58:55.079 --> 00:58:56.000
 boys and

00:58:56.000 --> 00:58:56.579
 girls

00:58:56.579 --> 00:58:58.139
 turning

00:58:58.139 --> 00:58:58.860
 to the

00:58:58.860 --> 00:58:59.220
 Lord

00:58:59.220 --> 00:58:59.780
 Jesus

00:58:59.780 --> 00:59:00.180
 and

00:59:00.180 --> 00:59:00.720
 trusting

00:59:00.720 --> 00:59:01.240
 in

00:59:01.240 --> 00:59:01.579
 the

00:59:01.579 --> 00:59:02.160
 resurrected

00:59:02.160 --> 00:59:02.940
 Lord.

00:59:03.840 --> 00:59:04.460
 Believing

00:59:04.460 --> 00:59:05.079
 what the

00:59:05.079 --> 00:59:05.780
 gospel of

00:59:05.780 --> 00:59:06.160
 John

00:59:06.160 --> 00:59:06.820
 has written

00:59:06.820 --> 00:59:07.340
 about

00:59:07.340 --> 00:59:07.760
 him.

00:59:09.400 --> 00:59:09.880
 With

00:59:09.880 --> 00:59:10.460
 the result

00:59:10.460 --> 00:59:10.980
 is

00:59:10.980 --> 00:59:12.680
 that you

00:59:12.680 --> 00:59:13.420
 may have

00:59:13.420 --> 00:59:13.900
 life

00:59:13.900 --> 00:59:15.200
 in his

00:59:15.200 --> 00:59:15.599
 name.

00:59:16.400 --> 00:59:17.019
 God

00:59:17.019 --> 00:59:19.019
 yes

00:59:19.019 --> 00:59:20.440
 doubting

00:59:20.440 --> 00:59:21.380
 Thomas

00:59:21.380 --> 00:59:22.139
 is a

00:59:22.139 --> 00:59:22.559
 lesson

00:59:22.559 --> 00:59:23.160
 to each

00:59:23.160 --> 00:59:23.639
 of us

00:59:23.639 --> 00:59:26.300
 to

00:59:26.300 --> 00:59:27.059
 faithfully

00:59:27.059 --> 00:59:28.420
 trust in

00:59:28.420 --> 00:59:28.800
 the Lord

00:59:28.800 --> 00:59:29.200
 Jesus

00:59:29.200 --> 00:59:29.780
 Christ

00:59:29.780 --> 00:59:31.039
 but it's

00:59:31.039 --> 00:59:31.380
 maybe

00:59:31.380 --> 00:59:31.960
 significant

00:59:31.960 --> 00:59:32.500
 that it

00:59:32.500 --> 00:59:32.960
 follows

00:59:32.960 --> 00:59:34.000
 after what

00:59:34.000 --> 00:59:34.139
 we

00:59:34.139 --> 00:59:34.579
 consider

00:59:34.579 --> 00:59:34.920
 in the

00:59:34.920 --> 00:59:35.300
 morning.

00:59:36.340 --> 00:59:36.680
 Jesus

00:59:36.680 --> 00:59:38.039
 came to

00:59:38.039 --> 00:59:38.340
 them

00:59:38.340 --> 00:59:38.619
 with

00:59:38.619 --> 00:59:38.920
 a

00:59:38.920 --> 00:59:40.559
 work

00:59:40.559 --> 00:59:41.639
 he was

00:59:41.639 --> 00:59:41.980
 handing

00:59:41.980 --> 00:59:42.539
 over his

00:59:42.539 --> 00:59:42.860
 work

00:59:42.860 --> 00:59:43.300
 to them

00:59:43.300 --> 00:59:45.840
 and it's

00:59:45.840 --> 00:59:46.220
 funny

00:59:46.220 --> 00:59:47.180
 that they're

00:59:47.180 --> 00:59:47.840
 still in

00:59:47.840 --> 00:59:48.280
 the locked

00:59:48.280 --> 00:59:48.580
 room

00:59:48.580 --> 00:59:49.340
 at this

00:59:49.340 --> 00:59:49.700
 point.

00:59:50.460 --> 00:59:51.140
 Eight days

00:59:51.140 --> 00:59:51.640
 later they

00:59:51.640 --> 00:59:51.960
 haven't

00:59:51.960 --> 00:59:52.400
 moved

00:59:52.400 --> 00:59:54.539
 even after

00:59:54.539 --> 00:59:55.060
 Jesus

00:59:55.060 --> 00:59:55.920
 came with

00:59:55.920 --> 00:59:56.620
 his peace

00:59:56.620 --> 00:59:57.320
 his purpose

00:59:57.320 --> 00:59:57.680
 and his

00:59:57.680 --> 00:59:58.300
 power to

00:59:58.300 --> 00:59:58.539
 them.

01:00:00.920 --> 01:00:01.900
 I think

01:00:01.900 --> 01:00:03.560
 the disciples

01:00:03.560 --> 01:00:04.980
 see themselves

01:00:04.980 --> 01:00:05.780
 in Thomas.

01:00:05.780 --> 01:00:07.760
 they haven't

01:00:07.760 --> 01:00:08.620
 moved from

01:00:08.620 --> 01:00:09.200
 where they

01:00:09.200 --> 01:00:09.720
 have been

01:00:09.720 --> 01:00:11.440
 after Jesus

01:00:11.440 --> 01:00:12.140
 has said

01:00:12.140 --> 01:00:12.420
 to them

01:00:12.420 --> 01:00:12.640
 I'm

01:00:12.640 --> 01:00:13.019
 sending

01:00:13.019 --> 01:00:13.340
 you.

01:00:14.460 --> 01:00:15.060
 Are they

01:00:15.060 --> 01:00:15.519
 doubting

01:00:15.519 --> 01:00:16.680
 that they

01:00:16.680 --> 01:00:17.200
 are able

01:00:17.200 --> 01:00:17.720
 to do

01:00:17.720 --> 01:00:18.220
 the work

01:00:18.220 --> 01:00:19.220
 and continue

01:00:19.220 --> 01:00:19.760
 the work

01:00:19.760 --> 01:00:20.280
 that Jesus

01:00:20.280 --> 01:00:20.840
 has asked

01:00:20.840 --> 01:00:21.200
 of them

01:00:21.200 --> 01:00:21.680
 that we

01:00:21.680 --> 01:00:22.080
 considered

01:00:22.080 --> 01:00:22.400
 in the

01:00:22.400 --> 01:00:22.660
 morning?

01:00:22.659 --> 01:00:24.379
 It's

01:00:24.379 --> 01:00:24.799
 hard to

01:00:24.799 --> 01:00:25.039
 see

01:00:25.039 --> 01:00:27.299
 but I

01:00:27.299 --> 01:00:27.500
 think

01:00:27.500 --> 01:00:27.659
 there's

01:00:27.659 --> 01:00:28.099
 a measure

01:00:28.099 --> 01:00:28.420
 of

01:00:28.420 --> 01:00:28.920
 something

01:00:28.920 --> 01:00:29.259
 there

01:00:29.259 --> 01:00:31.739
 a lesson

01:00:31.739 --> 01:00:32.159
 for the

01:00:32.159 --> 01:00:32.719
 disciples

01:00:32.719 --> 01:00:33.279
 also

01:00:33.279 --> 01:00:34.940
 not to

01:00:34.940 --> 01:00:35.299
 doubt

01:00:35.299 --> 01:00:37.259
 believe

01:00:37.259 --> 01:00:38.420
 what the

01:00:38.420 --> 01:00:39.099
 Lord Jesus

01:00:39.099 --> 01:00:39.719
 has said

01:00:39.719 --> 01:00:40.219
 to them

01:00:40.219 --> 01:00:42.899
 that he

01:00:42.899 --> 01:00:43.480
 has sent

01:00:43.480 --> 01:00:43.719
 them

01:00:43.719 --> 01:00:44.980
 and that

01:00:44.980 --> 01:00:45.440
 he has

01:00:45.440 --> 01:00:45.899
 sent them

01:00:45.899 --> 01:00:46.179
 with a

01:00:46.179 --> 01:00:46.539
 helper

01:00:46.539 --> 01:00:47.859
 to go

01:00:47.859 --> 01:00:48.379
 with them

01:00:48.379 --> 01:00:49.079
 into this

01:00:49.079 --> 01:00:49.500
 world.

01:00:51.119 --> 01:00:51.920
 So what

01:00:51.920 --> 01:00:52.400
 about us

01:00:52.400 --> 01:00:52.820
 tonight?

01:00:53.360 --> 01:00:53.960
 What about

01:00:53.960 --> 01:00:54.619
 each or

01:00:54.619 --> 01:00:55.019
 one of

01:00:55.019 --> 01:00:55.340
 us

01:00:55.340 --> 01:00:55.880
 tonight?

01:00:56.880 --> 01:00:57.260
 Do we

01:00:57.260 --> 01:00:57.760
 feel like

01:00:57.760 --> 01:00:57.960
 we've

01:00:57.960 --> 01:00:58.599
 missed out

01:00:58.599 --> 01:01:01.099
 on the

01:01:01.099 --> 01:01:01.500
 proclamation

01:01:01.500 --> 01:01:02.079
 of the

01:01:02.079 --> 01:01:02.440
 gospel?

01:01:03.639 --> 01:01:04.240
 Do we

01:01:04.240 --> 01:01:04.720
 feel like

01:01:04.720 --> 01:01:04.940
 we've

01:01:04.940 --> 01:01:05.559
 missed out

01:01:05.559 --> 01:01:06.680
 on seeing

01:01:06.680 --> 01:01:07.260
 Jesus?

01:01:08.599 --> 01:01:08.920
 Well if

01:01:08.920 --> 01:01:09.380
 we do

01:01:09.380 --> 01:01:11.539
 come to

01:01:11.539 --> 01:01:11.860
 where he

01:01:11.860 --> 01:01:12.639
 reveals himself

01:01:12.639 --> 01:01:12.960
 with the

01:01:12.960 --> 01:01:13.579
 people and

01:01:13.579 --> 01:01:14.440
 keep coming

01:01:14.440 --> 01:01:15.159
 faithfully.

01:01:16.559 --> 01:01:17.519
 Do not

01:01:17.519 --> 01:01:18.220
 disbelieve.

01:01:18.980 --> 01:01:19.720
 Believe that

01:01:19.720 --> 01:01:20.000
 he will

01:01:20.000 --> 01:01:20.720
 show himself

01:01:20.720 --> 01:01:21.539
 to you

01:01:21.539 --> 01:01:23.199
 and I

01:01:23.199 --> 01:01:23.800
 believe that

01:01:23.800 --> 01:01:24.279
 he will

01:01:24.279 --> 01:01:25.039
 if you

01:01:25.039 --> 01:01:25.579
 do it

01:01:25.579 --> 01:01:25.800
 with

01:01:25.800 --> 01:01:26.579
 diligence

01:01:26.579 --> 01:01:27.800
 and a

01:01:27.800 --> 01:01:28.340
 heart that

01:01:28.340 --> 01:01:29.000
 is seeking

01:01:29.000 --> 01:01:29.719
 and longing

01:01:29.719 --> 01:01:30.279
 to know

01:01:30.279 --> 01:01:30.500
 him.

01:01:32.099 --> 01:01:32.820
 What will

01:01:32.820 --> 01:01:33.139
 you be

01:01:33.139 --> 01:01:33.679
 declaring

01:01:33.679 --> 01:01:34.699
 for all

01:01:34.699 --> 01:01:35.239
 eternity?

01:01:36.840 --> 01:01:37.659
 Yes we

01:01:37.659 --> 01:01:38.340
 have doubts.

01:01:39.779 --> 01:01:40.099
 Jesus

01:01:40.099 --> 01:01:41.019
 promises to

01:01:41.019 --> 01:01:41.719
 deliver us

01:01:41.719 --> 01:01:43.000
 but what

01:01:43.000 --> 01:01:43.440
 will be

01:01:43.440 --> 01:01:43.759
 our

01:01:43.759 --> 01:01:44.460
 declaration?

01:01:45.400 --> 01:01:45.800
 Will it

01:01:45.800 --> 01:01:47.039
 be my

01:01:47.039 --> 01:01:47.719
 Lord and

01:01:47.719 --> 01:01:48.380
 my God?

01:01:48.380 --> 01:01:50.640
 will it

01:01:50.640 --> 01:01:52.539
 be I

01:01:52.539 --> 01:01:53.000
 wish I

01:01:53.000 --> 01:01:53.240
 had

01:01:53.240 --> 01:01:54.500
 received

01:01:54.500 --> 01:01:55.280
 what the

01:01:55.280 --> 01:01:55.680
 Christian

01:01:55.680 --> 01:01:56.059
 has.

01:01:56.960 --> 01:01:57.940
 I wish

01:01:57.940 --> 01:01:58.840
 I had

01:01:58.840 --> 01:01:59.360
 joined

01:01:59.360 --> 01:01:59.900
 with the

01:01:59.900 --> 01:02:00.539
 people of

01:02:00.539 --> 01:02:00.940
 God.

01:02:02.119 --> 01:02:03.000
 I wish

01:02:03.000 --> 01:02:03.360
 I had

01:02:03.360 --> 01:02:03.960
 received

01:02:03.960 --> 01:02:04.640
 his blessing.

01:02:06.220 --> 01:02:07.180
 I pray

01:02:07.180 --> 01:02:07.700
 that we

01:02:07.700 --> 01:02:07.840
 have

01:02:07.840 --> 01:02:08.539
 understanding

01:02:08.539 --> 01:02:09.079
 of these

01:02:09.079 --> 01:02:09.539
 things

01:02:09.539 --> 01:02:11.519
 and that

01:02:11.519 --> 01:02:11.820
 he would

01:02:11.820 --> 01:02:12.599
 help us

01:02:12.599 --> 01:02:13.660
 in our

01:02:13.660 --> 01:02:14.099
 doubts

01:02:14.099 --> 01:02:15.099
 and help

01:02:15.099 --> 01:02:15.960
 us in

01:02:15.960 --> 01:02:16.139
 our

01:02:16.139 --> 01:02:16.839
 disbelief.

01:02:17.559 --> 01:02:17.860
 I pray

01:02:17.860 --> 01:02:18.139
 these

01:02:18.139 --> 01:02:18.559
 thoughts

01:02:18.559 --> 01:02:19.559
 blessed

01:02:19.559 --> 01:02:20.279
 to each

01:02:20.279 --> 01:02:20.739
 of us.

01:02:21.900 --> 01:02:22.279
 We'll

01:02:22.279 --> 01:02:23.059
 conclude by

01:02:23.059 --> 01:02:23.920
 singing in

01:02:23.920 --> 01:02:25.779
 Psalm 133

01:02:25.779 --> 01:02:26.980
 in the

01:02:26.980 --> 01:02:27.380
 Scottish

01:02:27.380 --> 01:02:27.900
 Psalter

01:02:27.900 --> 01:02:28.339
 version

01:02:28.339 --> 01:02:28.779
 that you'll

01:02:28.779 --> 01:02:29.279
 find on

01:02:29.279 --> 01:02:29.699
 page

01:02:29.699 --> 01:02:32.599
 424.

01:02:35.779 --> 01:02:36.460
 Psalm

01:02:36.460 --> 01:02:37.940
 133

01:02:37.940 --> 01:02:40.659
 you'll

01:02:40.659 --> 01:02:41.139
 find out

01:02:41.139 --> 01:02:41.519
 on page

01:02:41.519 --> 01:02:42.900
 424

01:02:42.900 --> 01:02:43.380
 of the

01:02:43.380 --> 01:02:43.599
 blue

01:02:43.599 --> 01:02:43.960
 praise

01:02:43.960 --> 01:02:44.240
 book.

01:02:46.039 --> 01:02:46.240
 A

01:02:46.240 --> 01:02:46.660
 psalm

01:02:46.660 --> 01:02:46.840
 that

01:02:46.840 --> 01:02:47.240
 speaks

01:02:47.240 --> 01:02:47.480
 about

01:02:47.480 --> 01:02:47.660
 the

01:02:47.660 --> 01:02:48.420
 blessing

01:02:48.420 --> 01:02:49.380
 of the

01:02:49.380 --> 01:02:49.820
 Lord

01:02:49.820 --> 01:02:50.780
 pouring

01:02:50.780 --> 01:02:51.340
 down

01:02:51.340 --> 01:02:52.460
 upon

01:02:52.460 --> 01:02:53.000
 the

01:02:53.000 --> 01:02:53.539
 people

01:02:53.539 --> 01:02:54.019
 as they

01:02:54.019 --> 01:02:54.519
 gather

01:02:54.519 --> 01:02:55.180
 together.

01:02:55.960 --> 01:02:56.160
 The

01:02:56.160 --> 01:02:56.680
 Lord's

01:02:56.680 --> 01:02:57.119
 people,

01:02:57.500 --> 01:02:57.619
 the

01:02:57.619 --> 01:02:58.059
 brethren,

01:02:58.660 --> 01:02:59.220
 behold

01:02:59.220 --> 01:02:59.700
 how good

01:02:59.700 --> 01:03:00.099
 a thing

01:03:00.099 --> 01:03:00.619
 it is

01:03:00.619 --> 01:03:01.039
 and how

01:03:01.039 --> 01:03:01.559
 becoming

01:03:01.559 --> 01:03:01.960
 well.

01:03:02.480 --> 01:03:02.840
 Together

01:03:02.840 --> 01:03:03.519
 such as

01:03:03.519 --> 01:03:03.960
 brethren

01:03:03.960 --> 01:03:04.519
 are in

01:03:04.519 --> 01:03:04.840
 unity

01:03:04.840 --> 01:03:05.460
 to dwell.

01:03:06.119 --> 01:03:06.400
 Like

01:03:06.400 --> 01:03:06.840
 precious

01:03:06.840 --> 01:03:07.300
 ointment

01:03:07.300 --> 01:03:07.700
 on the

01:03:07.700 --> 01:03:07.980
 head

01:03:07.980 --> 01:03:08.460
 that down

01:03:08.460 --> 01:03:08.920
 the beard

01:03:08.920 --> 01:03:09.480
 did flow,

01:03:09.860 --> 01:03:10.119
 even

01:03:10.119 --> 01:03:10.599
 Aaron's

01:03:10.599 --> 01:03:10.900
 beard

01:03:10.900 --> 01:03:11.240
 and to

01:03:11.240 --> 01:03:11.460
 the

01:03:11.460 --> 01:03:11.900
 skirts

01:03:11.900 --> 01:03:12.139
 did

01:03:12.139 --> 01:03:12.480
 off his

01:03:12.480 --> 01:03:13.000
 garments

01:03:13.000 --> 01:03:13.339
 go,

01:03:14.000 --> 01:03:14.219
 as

01:03:14.219 --> 01:03:14.779
 Herman's

01:03:14.779 --> 01:03:14.980
 Jew,

01:03:15.099 --> 01:03:15.420
 the Jew

01:03:15.420 --> 01:03:15.659
 that

01:03:15.659 --> 01:03:15.980
 doth

01:03:15.980 --> 01:03:16.539
 on Zion

01:03:16.539 --> 01:03:16.900
 hill

01:03:16.900 --> 01:03:17.480
 descends,

01:03:17.859 --> 01:03:18.119
 for

01:03:18.119 --> 01:03:18.359
 there

01:03:18.359 --> 01:03:18.559
 the

01:03:18.559 --> 01:03:18.879
 blessing

01:03:18.879 --> 01:03:19.319
 God

01:03:19.319 --> 01:03:19.859
 commands,

01:03:20.179 --> 01:03:20.579
 life

01:03:20.579 --> 01:03:21.440
 that

01:03:21.440 --> 01:03:21.679
 shall

01:03:21.679 --> 01:03:21.960
 never

01:03:21.960 --> 01:03:22.359
 end.

01:03:22.940 --> 01:03:23.339
 We'll

01:03:23.339 --> 01:03:24.179
 stand to

01:03:24.179 --> 01:03:24.400
 sing

01:03:24.400 --> 01:03:24.679
 these

01:03:24.679 --> 01:03:24.980
 words

01:03:24.980 --> 01:03:25.179
 to

01:03:25.179 --> 01:03:25.579
 God's

01:03:25.579 --> 01:03:25.799
 praise,

01:03:25.920 --> 01:03:26.239
 behold

01:03:26.239 --> 01:03:26.440
 how

01:03:26.440 --> 01:03:26.619
 good

01:03:26.619 --> 01:03:26.920
 thing

01:03:26.920 --> 01:03:26.940
 thing

01:03:26.940 --> 01:03:27.339
 it is

01:03:27.339 --> 01:03:27.900
 and

01:03:27.900 --> 01:03:28.139
 how

01:03:28.139 --> 01:03:28.639
 becoming

01:03:28.639 --> 01:03:28.980
 well.

01:03:32.980 --> 01:03:34.500
 Behold

01:03:34.500 --> 01:03:35.299
 how

01:03:35.299 --> 01:03:36.559
 good

01:03:36.559 --> 01:03:37.759
 a

01:03:37.759 --> 01:03:39.000
 thing

01:03:39.000 --> 01:03:41.359
 is

01:03:41.359 --> 01:03:42.739
 and

01:03:42.739 --> 01:03:44.199
 how

01:03:44.199 --> 01:03:45.380
 become

01:03:45.380 --> 01:03:47.239
 we

01:03:47.239 --> 01:03:48.960
 well

01:03:48.960 --> 01:04:04.420
 he

01:04:04.420 --> 01:04:06.280
 joy

01:04:06.280 --> 01:04:24.280
 Like precious ointment on the head, that devil here did go.

01:04:24.280 --> 01:04:42.280
 He made us dear and to the stars, give up his charred soul.

01:04:42.280 --> 01:05:00.500
 How terrible to the dew that dove, on side of hills we sang.

01:05:00.500 --> 01:05:18.260
 For there the blessing of all man, my path shall never end.

01:05:20.019 --> 01:05:22.199
 We conclude with prayer.

01:05:23.199 --> 01:05:28.380
 Our Lord and our God, we pray that we would keep our focus on you.

01:05:28.380 --> 01:05:32.380
 That we would not be distracted by the doubts of our hearts.

01:05:32.700 --> 01:05:35.760
 That you would help us in our doubts and unbelief.

01:05:36.380 --> 01:05:39.000
 And that we would see the risen Lord Jesus.

01:05:39.119 --> 01:05:41.700
 That you would reveal yourself to us.

01:05:42.180 --> 01:05:46.619
 And that we may proclaim, my Lord and my God.

01:05:47.360 --> 01:05:48.380
 Be with us as we part.

01:05:49.260 --> 01:05:51.000
 Watch over us in the wake ahead.

01:05:51.559 --> 01:05:53.059
 Go before us, we pray.

01:05:53.220 --> 01:05:54.220
 In Jesus' name.

01:05:54.660 --> 01:05:55.000
 Amen.

01:05:58.380 --> 01:05:59.380
 Amen.

01:05:59.720 --> 01:06:00.380
 Amen.

01:06:00.380 --> 01:06:01.160
 Amen.

01:06:01.320 --> 01:06:02.380
 Amen.

01:06:02.380 --> 01:06:03.440
 Amen.

01:06:03.440 --> 01:06:04.380
 Amen.

01:06:04.380 --> 01:06:05.220
 Amen.

01:06:05.220 --> 01:06:05.380
 Amen.

01:06:05.380 --> 01:06:07.160
 Amen.

01:06:15.420 --> 01:06:16.480
 Amen.

01:06:19.280 --> 01:06:28.220
 Amen.