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 For the moment, let's sing to God's praise now from Psalm 103.

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 Psalm 103 in the Scottish Psalter, page 369, and the tune is Evan.

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 We're singing verses 1 to 5.

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord, and all that in me is be stirred up his holy name

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 to magnify and bless.

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 Bless, O my soul, the Lord thy God, and not forgetful be of all his gracious benefits

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 he hath bestowed on thee.

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 Here is the psalmist, in a sense, speaking to himself, speaking inwardly to his own soul.

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 And it's not a sign of having lost the plot.

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 It's a sign of stirring up his soul to praise the Lord.

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 And it's something we ourselves thereby are directed to do as well as we speak into our

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 souls as we come to sing these verses.

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 Let's seek to follow the psalmist's words and example.

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord, and all that in me is,

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 Bless, O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 And all that in me is, O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 Let's join together in prayer.

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 O thou my soul, bless God the Lord.

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 O Lord, bless God the Lord.

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 O Lord, bless God the Lord.

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 O Lord, bless God the Lord.

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 O Lord, bless God the Lord.

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 O Lord, bless God the Lord.

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 Help us to enter into the spirit of the psalmist as well as follow his words.

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 Lord, bless God the Lord.

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 O Lord, bless God the Lord.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 that your concern is to bless your people abundantly

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 and not to be meager in your supply of grace for them.

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 And we thank you, O Lord, that you far exceed

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 what we ourselves even might rightly expect.

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 And yet remember that you are God,

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 and therefore the God who is infinite in his resources

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 and who is concerned to deliver to his people

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 all that would befit them as those who need his grace.

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 We give thanks, O Lord, tonight for this occasion.

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 Help us to prize it.

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 Help us to realize the privilege that is ours.

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 Help us to benefit from it.

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 Help us to commend it to those around us

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 as a time of worship that is of benefit to our souls.

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 Help us, we pray, to communicate to the world around us

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 how precious, how special gathering together for worship is.

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 How blessed we are in being able to come together

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 and in recognizing that the living God himself

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 has promised to be amongst his people,

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 to make a home for himself in them

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 and to speak through them to the world around.

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 And we give thanks tonight, Lord, that this is our privilege.

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 We thank you that your knowledge extends to each and every one of us.

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 And while we confess, O Lord, that that knowledge sometimes

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 brings us even to be disturbed at our own sinfulness,

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 yet we give thanks as well

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 that your knowledge of us as perfect

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 is therefore able to provide against all the detail of our need.

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 And we give thanks that you will miss nothing out

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 as you come to meet the need of your people,

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 that there is no sin that will not be forgiven in your forgiveness,

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 that there is no element needing to be sanctified,

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 that you will not sanctify in the work of your Spirit,

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 that there is nothing that we require, O Lord,

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 that has not already been taken account of

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 in the death of the cross,

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 in the resurrection from the dead of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And Lord, we thank you tonight for the reality of these things,

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 that they are indeed true and will remain true

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 throughout all eternity.

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 We pray tonight, Lord, as we give our minds once again to your truth,

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 help us to store in mind those things that we learn of

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 and to do it not in a merely intellectual exercise,

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 but with a concern to have these treasured in our hearts,

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 that our lives may be conformed by them.

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 We ask, O Lord, to be conformed to your truth,

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 for this is what you call us to,

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 not to be conformed to this world,

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 but to be transformed by the renewing of our mind,

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 that we may prove what is that good and perfect

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 and acceptable will of God.

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 And we ask, O Lord, for the delight the psalmist had

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 in the will of God being his portion.

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 And O Lord, at times we recognize that

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 your will contains for us

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 experiences and elements that we would not have chosen ourselves,

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 difficulties and challenges and trials and pains,

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 yet we give thanks, Lord, that they're placed in our lot

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 by a gracious and kind God,

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 by a God whose purpose lies behind

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 all his dealings with his people.

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 So, Lord, bless us, we pray tonight,

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 as we give ourselves once more

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 to the teaching of your word,

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 as we place ourselves under

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 the ministry of your Holy Spirit.

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 Lord, how we thank you that your own spirit

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 takes the things of Christ

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 and makes them known to us.

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 And we pray that this may be

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 our experience here tonight,

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 that those things of Christ,

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 those things of salvation,

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 those things that are of eternal importance,

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 will be impressed upon our minds and souls,

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 that we will have our minds renewed

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 in such a way as to receive him

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 and to receive the salvation that comes with him.

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 Bless us then, Lord, we pray,

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 as we come to seek your blessing.

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 We ask that you would bless us as a congregation

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 in this week that we have entered upon today.

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 And help us to carry from this Lord's Day

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 the blessings that we seek from you

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 into this week that lies ahead of us.

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 And, Lord, we pray that our portion may be

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 that you will go before us

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 and direct us in your ways

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 and show us your paths.

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 Bless us in whatever way we set out in the world

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 to our employment

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 or to whatever activities we have,

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 in our times of recreation,

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 in our holiday times,

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 in our times of rest.

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 We ask your blessing, O Lord,

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 to provide for us in all of those different facets of life.

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 And we give thanks that your word contains for us

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 the kind of attitude and mindset

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 that we need to have

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 in relation to the developments of our lives.

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 We ask that tonight, Lord,

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 you would bless all that we anticipate

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 by your will in this week ahead.

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 We pray for the holiday club.

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 We give thanks for the provision made

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 by so many willing hands.

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 We pray for the children

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 that will come to take part in the club.

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 We ask, Lord, for them

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 that they might have an enjoyable time,

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 a safe time,

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 but that they will also have a blessed time,

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 a time when your own word and truth

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 is impressed on their young hearts.

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 We pray for all who will be leading

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 in the various activities,

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 and we ask that you will bless them.

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 We pray too, Lord,

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 for the recordings that are taking place

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 in the session room

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 throughout this coming month

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 of the Gaelic translation,

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 a more recent Gaelic translation of the Bible.

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 We pray, Lord, for the Bible Society.

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 We ask that you bless them in this venture.

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 So much work, Lord, has gone into it, we know.

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 We pray that it will be to the advance of your kingdom,

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 to the furtherance of your glory.

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 And we pray that those who are currently brought up

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 through Gaelic medium education

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 will themselves come to value

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 the Bible in this language.

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 Not that we, Lord,

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 seek to elevate any language above any other,

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 but we value the various languages

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 in which your word is translated,

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 including the languages local to ourselves.

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 We do pray that this will be blessed,

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 and throughout the world,

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 that people will come to benefit from it.

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 We give thanks, too,

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 for the way in which we are able

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 to broadcast live stream services

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 from this place and from the seminary.

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 And we give thanks, Lord,

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 that that extends to services

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 associated with wakes and funerals,

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 as well as worship services

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 on the Lord's Day and other times.

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 We pray that all who hear your word

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 through this medium

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 will come to be blessed

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 in the various parts of the world.

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 And we thank you for the many messages

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 of encouragement

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 that we receive as a congregation

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 in relation to this ministry.

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 And we do ask, O Lord,

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 that you would continue to enable us

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 to depend upon yourself

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 and not upon any other medium,

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 not upon any medium in itself.

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 But, Lord, help us to realize

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 that it is your Spirit alone

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 that quickens

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 and the flesh profits nothing.

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 And we ask your blessing

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 to be with those tonight

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 who are ill.

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 We think of those

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 of our own number, Lord,

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 in the congregation.

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 We pray for those

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 who are recovering from illness,

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 from COVID,

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 other illnesses,

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 recovering from surgery.

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 We pray for those

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 anticipating surgery

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 in the days to come.

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 And they will be entering hospital

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 tomorrow or during this week.

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 We pray that you bless them,

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 O Lord,

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 and bless to them

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 the treatment

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 that they will receive.

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 Make us thankful, O Lord,

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 for the abundant provision

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 you make for us

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 in this regard, too,

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 compared to so many other places

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 in the world

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 that don't have access

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 to these facilities.

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 O Lord,

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 in a time of much complaint

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 and much grumbling

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 in our nation

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 and at times even

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 in our own hearts

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 who confess,

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 Lord,

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 make us thankful

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 for the blessings we have

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 and help us

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 to count our blessings

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 and to attribute

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 all the praise

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 and the honor to God.

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 And so we ask now

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 that your blessing

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 will be with all

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 who help us

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 in our times of need

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 with the health services

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 themselves,

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 locally and nationally.

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 Be with us as a nation.

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 Bless us as a nation.

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 Lord,

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 bless us at critical times

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 as we face them

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 during these days.

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 Times when

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 so much attention

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 is on the political system.

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 So much of the world

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 is in turmoil.

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 And Lord,

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 we pray that

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 through even

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 these events

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 themselves

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 that you would direct

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 people's minds,

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 including our own,

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 to issues of eternal importance,

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 to the gospel,

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 to the salvation

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 that is in Jesus Christ.

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 So receive us now,

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 we pray,

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 and as we confess

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 our sins

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 and as we seek

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 your cleansing

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 and accepting of us,

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 we pray this

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 in Jesus' name

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 and for his sake.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Let's continue

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 to praise God.

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 We're praising him now

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 from Psalm 119.

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 This is in the Singed Psalms

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 version on page 159.

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 The tune is Finart.

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 And we're singing

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 the section

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 beginning at verse 33.

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 Teach me to follow

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 your decrees,

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 then I will keep them

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 to the end.

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 Give insight

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 and I'll keep your law

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 with all my heart

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 to it attend.

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 Psalm 119,

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 page 159,

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 verses 33 to 40,

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 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 I'll keep your law

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 with all my heart

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 to it attend.

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 Take me in your

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 commandment's hand,

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 for then, O Lord,

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 turn my eyes

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 from worthless things.

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 In life according

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 to your word.

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 To be your servant,

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 keep your pledge,

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 so that you may be

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 dear Lord.

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 In earth from me

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 the shame I've left,

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 your laws and sound

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 in uprightness.

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 O how I long

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 for your defeat.

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 Please serve me

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 in your righteousness.

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 Now, a reading of Scripture

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 this evening is from

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 the letter to the Hebrews

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 from chapter 1,

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 the beginning of chapter 1,

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 and down as far as

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 verse 4 of chapter 2.

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 So that's the letter

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 to the Hebrews

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 from the beginning

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 of the letter

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 through to chapter 2.

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 Long ago at many times

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 and in many ways,

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 God spoke to our fathers

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 by the prophets,

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 but in these last days

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 He has spoken to us

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 by His Son,

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 whom He appointed

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 the heir of all things,

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 through whom also

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 He created the world.

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 He is the radiance

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 of the glory of God

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 and the exact imprint

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 of His nature,

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 and He upholds the universe

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 by the word of His power.

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 After making purification

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 for sins,

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 He sat down

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 at the right hand

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 of the Majesty on high,

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 having become

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 as much superior

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 to angels

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 as the name

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 He has inherited

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 is more excellent

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 than theirs.

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 for to which of the angels

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 did God ever say,

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 You are my Son,

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 today I have begotten you,

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 or again,

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 I will be to Him

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 a father

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 and He shall be to me

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 a son.

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 And again,

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 when He brings the firstborn

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 into the world,

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 He says,

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 Let all God's angels

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 worship Him.

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 Of the angels,

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 He says,

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 He makes His angels

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 winds

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 and His ministers

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 a flame of fire,

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 but of the Son,

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 He says,

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 Your throne,

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 O God,

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 is forever and ever.

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 The scepter of uprightness

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 is the scepter

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 of Your kingdom.

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 You have loved righteousness

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 and hated wickedness.

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 Therefore,

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 God,

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 Your God,

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 has anointed You

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 with the oil of gladness

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 beyond Your companions.

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 And You,

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 Lord,

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 laid the foundation

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 of the earth

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 in the beginning,

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 and the heavens

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 are the work

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 of Your hands.

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 They will perish,

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 but You remain.

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 They will all wear out

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 like a garment,

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 like a robe

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 You will roll them up,

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 like a garment

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 they will be changed.

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 But You are the same,

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 and Your years

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 will have no end.

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 And to which of the angels

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 has He ever said,

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 Sit at my right hand

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 until I make Your enemies

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 a footstool for Your feet?

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 Are they not all

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 ministering spirits

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 sent out to serve

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 for the sake

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 of those who are

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 to inherit salvation?

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 Therefore,

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 we must pay

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 much closer attention

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 to what we have heard,

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 lest we drift away from it.

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 For since the message

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 declared by angels

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 proved to be reliable,

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 and every transgression

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 or disobedience

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 received a just retribution,

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 how shall we escape

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 if we neglect

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 such a great salvation?

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 It was declared

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 at first by the Lord,

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 and it was attested to us

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 by those who heard,

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 while God also

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 bore witness

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 by signs and wonders

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 and various miracles

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 and gifts

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 of the Holy Spirit

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 distributed according

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 to His will.

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 Amen,

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 and may God

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 once again bless

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 this portion

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 of His Word to us.

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 Before we come back

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 to look at certain parts

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 of that passage,

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 let's sing again,

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 this time in Psalm 68,

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 Psalm 68

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 in the Scottish Psalter

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 on page 303,

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 and singing verses 18 to 20.

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 The tune this time

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 is Sheffield.

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 Thou hast, O Lord,

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 most glorious,

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 ascended up on high,

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 and in triumph

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 victorious led

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 captive captivity.

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 Thou hast received

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 gifts for men

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 for such as did rebel,

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 yea, even for them,

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 that God the Lord

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 in midst of them

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 might dwell.

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 Blessed be the Lord,

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 who is to us

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 of our salvation God,

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 who daily

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 with His benefits

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 as plenteously

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 doth load.

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 He of salvation

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 is the God

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 who is our God

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 most strong,

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 and unto God the Lord

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 from death

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 the issues

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 do belong.

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 These verses

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 thou hast,

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 O Lord,

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 most glorious.

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 Thou hast,

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 O Lord,

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 He is the Lord,

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 O Lord,

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 But through Picis,

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 thehu,

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 the Shen,

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 thei,

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 thei,

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 thei from the Lord,

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 and through the Word,

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 he is the Lord,

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 who is a Father,

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 who is one through

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 covenant SAY,

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 who is the Lord,

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 and unto his grace

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 and back He is the Lord,

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 who you great,

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 have any love,

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 who we do,

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 as may God bless you

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 and shall come to hisitalry,

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 and through the word,

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 both through the Lord,

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 and through the blood,

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 For men, for such us did repel.

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 Yea, in for them God called the Lord,

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 In his scope and might dwell.

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 He the Lord, who is to us,

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 Of our salvation, Lord,

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 Who daily with his benefits

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 Us plenched us lead the throne.

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 The all salvation is the God,

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 Who is our God most strong.

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 And unto God the Lord from death

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 He issues to be loved.

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 Now please turn with me to Hebrews chapter 2.

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 And tonight we're going to look at the first four verses as we read them earlier.

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 Hebrews chapter 2 at the beginning.

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 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

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 For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,

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 How shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?

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 It was declared at first by the Lord, and it was attested to us by those who heard,

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 While God also bore witness by signs and wonders and wonders and by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

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 Well, this is one of the exhortation passages that you find at various junctures throughout the epistle to the Hebrews.

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 The epistle is largely about the person of Jesus as the high priest of God's people,

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 and the functions that he has and had as high priest during his time on earth,

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 particularly leading to his death, but now his intercession as it continues in heaven for his people.

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 And these sometimes are by way of warning and sometimes by way of appeal,

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 as you find them in the various places throughout the epistles where they are located.

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 Now, the Bible sometimes uses an argument from what is deemed to be the lesser to that which is the greater

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 in order to present appeals to us as this passage itself does.

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 Because if you look at this passage, the first verses 2 to 4 here, you'll find the message declared by angels,

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 this is referring to Mount Sinai, when the law was delivered through Moses,

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 if the message delivered by angels proved to be reliable and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,

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 and that's compared to the coming of Jesus Christ himself and the revelation that God brought in the coming of Jesus.

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 So, the facts that you find described in reference to Sinai are compared and contrasted with the facts that are applicable to the coming of Christ,

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 or to the coming of the Savior who was promised all through the Old Testament.

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 And what it's saying is that Sinai, great though it was, remarkable though it was, amazing in many ways though it was,

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 is still the lesser thing, if you like, compared to the revelation, what happened in the coming of Jesus,

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 in his entry into the world, in his death, his ministry, his resurrection, and so on.

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 That is the greater.

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 That is surpassing what happened in the days of the Old Testament and here at Sinai in particular.

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 And so, the appeal that you have in these verses, an appeal or warning you might say as well,

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 how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation?

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 Now, it doesn't mean that what God revealed in the Old Testament wasn't really salvation,

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 and that Sinai, Mount Sinai, the giving of the law, had nothing to do with salvation at all.

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 That wouldn't be right for us to conclude,

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 but it does mean that what happened in Christ surpasses that.

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 It's a greater revelation.

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 It's a more complete revelation.

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 It's a revelation of grace particularly, though grace is not absent from the Sinai incident or the Old Testament.

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 Grace is much more and more fully revealed and emphasized in the New Testament

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 and in the coming of Christ himself particularly.

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 As John, remember, put it in his opening chapter of his gospel,

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 The law was given through Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ or in Jesus Christ.

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 And so, the appeal that you have here, the argument that you have here,

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 is really an argument from the lesser to the greater.

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 If neglect, if the disobedience of rejecting what happened at Sinai led to certain consequences,

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 how much more will it be the case?

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 If this greater revelation is neglected by us,

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 how much more will it be the case that we shall not escape the retribution that is due to us for that reason?

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 That's the way the argument goes.

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 And as we'll see, it's directed to us so that we would close in all the more closely

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 with what is in this revelation in Christ and in Christ himself,

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 that we would ensure that this is what we are clinging to,

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 what our trust is in,

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 that he is indeed the basis of all our hopes for time and for eternity.

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 So, we're going to look at two things from these verses,

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 not looking at every detail,

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 but first of all, God's declaration of salvation to us,

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 to human beings, but to us as well particularly.

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 And secondly, God's exhortation to what is called here,

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 much closer attention in the opening words of the text.

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 Therefore, we must pay much closer attention.

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 See, he's not saying we must pay close attention,

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 that's part of it,

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 but what he's saying is we must pay much closer attention.

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 Closer than what?

00:28:22.440 --> 00:28:27.680
 Closer than even what happened in Moses' time on Mount Sinai.

00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:31.020
 It doesn't mean they weren't required to pay attention closely,

00:28:31.680 --> 00:28:32.660
 but it means we,

00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:38.500
 because of the more complete and the more wonderful revelation God has given us in Christ,

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:42.180
 therefore, we must pay much closer attention.

00:28:42.180 --> 00:28:46.519
 So, God's declaration of salvation is really, as we said,

00:28:46.560 --> 00:28:50.380
 a contrast between Sinai and Jesus.

00:28:50.620 --> 00:28:51.560
 Now, look at verse 2.

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:56.660
 Since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable,

00:28:57.360 --> 00:29:01.620
 and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution.

00:29:02.320 --> 00:29:06.560
 He talks here about the message that God delivered on Mount Sinai,

00:29:06.559 --> 00:29:09.859
 but it's saying here it was delivered by angels.

00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:11.779
 How does he...

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:19.019
 There's no mention of angels in the specific passages in Exodus that describe Mount Sinai,

00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:23.019
 but there are in other passages of the Bible that describe that as well.

00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:32.919
 For example, Deuteronomy 33 and verse 2 describes the Lord as appearing with thousands of his hosts,

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:34.920
 of the angels.

00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:41.140
 At that particular time, Mount Sinai was associated with God descending,

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:44.160
 accompanied by his retinue of angels.

00:29:44.840 --> 00:29:48.380
 Psalm 68 and verse 17, you'll find the same emphasis.

00:29:49.380 --> 00:29:54.200
 Acts 7 and Stephen's declaration there,

00:29:54.660 --> 00:29:57.480
 verse 53, Galatians 3 verse 19.

00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:03.579
 If you look up these passages, you'll see that they all give us information about the revelation of God

00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:06.440
 on Mount Sinai or through what happened on Mount Sinai,

00:30:06.620 --> 00:30:10.779
 and angels are associated in these passages with that revelation.

00:30:11.299 --> 00:30:12.960
 And that itself is a remarkable thing.

00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:15.059
 Here is what the writer here is doing.

00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:19.180
 He's talking, first of all, of this message declared by angels,

00:30:19.420 --> 00:30:21.660
 and it proved to be reliable.

00:30:21.660 --> 00:30:24.840
 Of course, it proved to be reliable.

00:30:24.980 --> 00:30:30.740
 It was God's revelation of himself and of his will for Israel, of his law to Israel.

00:30:31.140 --> 00:30:33.300
 How could it be otherwise than reliable?

00:30:33.820 --> 00:30:35.620
 But what he's doing, you see, is comparing it,

00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:37.220
 and we'll move to that in a minute,

00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:40.259
 with what happened and what is the case in Jesus.

00:30:40.640 --> 00:30:43.140
 If that was reliable at Mount Sinai,

00:30:43.340 --> 00:30:46.800
 then what does it say about the coming of Christ, the Son of God himself?

00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:52.839
 That that is worthy of even closer attention on our part.

00:30:53.919 --> 00:31:01.159
 The greatness of Sinai is such that there are few incidents in the Old Testament, if any,

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:06.919
 that are actually more important in the history of God's people in the Old Testament

00:31:06.919 --> 00:31:08.680
 than what happened at Mount Sinai.

00:31:09.319 --> 00:31:10.759
 All the writers go back to it.

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:14.619
 You'll find it throughout all the prophets or most of the prophets in the Old Testament.

00:31:14.619 --> 00:31:22.659
 Going back to this definitive event where the law was given to Israel on Mount Sinai through Moses.

00:31:24.539 --> 00:31:27.679
 And yet, here is a greater revelation.

00:31:28.879 --> 00:31:33.039
 The revelation of Mount Sinai in which angels were involved.

00:31:33.179 --> 00:31:36.079
 You might think, surely nothing can actually surpass that.

00:31:36.500 --> 00:31:39.179
 But then you see, you go back to the beginning of Hebrews here.

00:31:39.239 --> 00:31:39.859
 What do we read?

00:31:40.639 --> 00:31:42.919
 That the coming of Jesus surpasses it.

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:44.680
 Here is what God did.

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:50.320
 He spoke to our fathers by the prophets long ago at many times in many ways.

00:31:51.039 --> 00:31:56.640
 But in these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son.

00:31:58.100 --> 00:32:00.400
 There is the greater revelation.

00:32:01.019 --> 00:32:04.700
 There is what surpasses the Old Testament and Mount Sinai even.

00:32:05.180 --> 00:32:09.580
 In the person of Jesus, you have God's definitive Word to us.

00:32:09.579 --> 00:32:12.960
 He has spoken to us by His Son.

00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:17.699
 Jesus is God's declaration to us in these last days.

00:32:17.960 --> 00:32:19.240
 The New Testament days.

00:32:19.619 --> 00:32:22.740
 The days between the coming of Jesus Himself and the end of the world.

00:32:22.740 --> 00:32:28.859
 Whenever you think about Jesus, what do you think about?

00:32:30.140 --> 00:32:31.579
 What is your main thought?

00:32:32.539 --> 00:32:37.180
 What comes into your mind when you read about Jesus in the Gospels or in the epistles?

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:43.160
 What is especially emphasized in the Bible about Jesus Himself?

00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:46.600
 That He is God's pinnacle of revelation to us.

00:32:46.660 --> 00:32:47.200
 That's what.

00:32:47.900 --> 00:32:49.279
 Of course, there's a lot more than that.

00:32:49.360 --> 00:32:51.360
 It's more than revelation to us.

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:53.360
 There is provision for our sin.

00:32:53.660 --> 00:32:54.420
 There is atonement.

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.360
 There's all of that.

00:32:55.740 --> 00:32:57.880
 But let's confine it to what the passage is saying.

00:32:58.380 --> 00:33:03.460
 This is in the last days how God has spoken to us by His Son.

00:33:03.460 --> 00:33:10.420
 When you think of Jesus, when you read about Jesus, when you think of your own life in relation to Jesus,

00:33:11.539 --> 00:33:13.759
 are you hearing God speaking to you?

00:33:14.799 --> 00:33:16.579
 Are you hearing God saying,

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:23.480
 This is how far I have gone in my concern to speak into your soul and into your need

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:27.500
 and to provide for you against your sin and against your lostness.

00:33:27.819 --> 00:33:31.140
 I have sent my own Son, my eternal Son.

00:33:31.140 --> 00:33:35.840
 I have sent Him, the second person of the Trinity that God is.

00:33:36.300 --> 00:33:39.780
 I have sent Him, and He is my definitive Word to you.

00:33:40.080 --> 00:33:42.560
 He is my Word above all other words to you.

00:33:43.160 --> 00:33:45.140
 He is the Word made flesh.

00:33:47.640 --> 00:33:51.020
 He has spoken to us by His Son.

00:33:52.580 --> 00:33:55.280
 And He says that that was also attested.

00:33:55.279 --> 00:33:57.500
 He began, it says in chapter 2 here,

00:33:58.099 --> 00:34:01.460
 It was declared at first by the Lord,

00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:05.599
 and it was attested to us by those who heard.

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:07.599
 In other words, there's a process.

00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:12.340
 The Lord spoke, and then the apostles received a message from God,

00:34:12.420 --> 00:34:15.000
 which was given to writing eventually.

00:34:15.659 --> 00:34:17.340
 And now we have the complete Bible.

00:34:17.579 --> 00:34:19.559
 God has put all that together to us.

00:34:19.559 --> 00:34:21.099
 That's your great advantage tonight,

00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:23.679
 that you have the Word of God,

00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.239
 that you have God's speech in writing.

00:34:27.139 --> 00:34:28.619
 This reliable Word,

00:34:29.179 --> 00:34:31.880
 as reliable as anything they heard on Mount Sinai,

00:34:32.559 --> 00:34:37.019
 as reliable as anything that actually came physically from the mouth of Jesus

00:34:37.019 --> 00:34:38.380
 while He was in this world.

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:41.320
 Friends, tonight, what do we have in our Bibles?

00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:43.500
 What do we have in this book?

00:34:43.500 --> 00:34:46.300
 What am I preaching from in this pulpit tonight?

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:49.000
 I have the very Word of God.

00:34:49.780 --> 00:34:52.000
 I have God's speaking to me.

00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:57.039
 I have God's revelation in Jesus Christ set out for me in written form.

00:34:58.099 --> 00:35:02.739
 I have as accurate a portrayal of God there as anywhere else.

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:05.679
 That's our privilege.

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:10.260
 That's what your Bible must mean to you.

00:35:10.260 --> 00:35:16.340
 It's such an advance on what happened at Sinai.

00:35:17.620 --> 00:35:22.340
 And that has added privilege to our position in Providence.

00:35:23.440 --> 00:35:27.840
 You know, if you are back in Sinai and seeing what happened on Mount Sinai

00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:33.120
 and the delivery of the law through Moses and the Mount of Sinai ablaze

00:35:33.120 --> 00:35:35.740
 and trembling with the presence of God,

00:35:35.739 --> 00:35:40.799
 you might think that surely cannot be surpassed as a revelation from God,

00:35:40.859 --> 00:35:45.219
 as a theophany, as the presence of God coming down into this world,

00:35:45.419 --> 00:35:46.979
 into that particular location.

00:35:47.279 --> 00:35:48.819
 And here is the writer to the Hebrews saying,

00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:50.859
 that's the lesser compared to the greater.

00:35:52.259 --> 00:35:57.019
 It's not insignificant, but it's not as significant as the coming of the Son,

00:35:57.819 --> 00:36:00.039
 as the incarnation of the Son of God,

00:36:00.039 --> 00:36:04.059
 as the Son of God taking flesh, taking human nature,

00:36:04.460 --> 00:36:07.800
 as the Son of God living a human life in this world,

00:36:08.400 --> 00:36:10.279
 coming to die the death of the cross,

00:36:10.679 --> 00:36:15.119
 coming to be raised from the dead and ascended to glory.

00:36:16.800 --> 00:36:18.779
 That's the greater revelation.

00:36:18.780 --> 00:36:27.500
 I remember in my home village of Tong when television first came to the island.

00:36:28.840 --> 00:36:30.980
 And we were fascinated as children.

00:36:31.400 --> 00:36:32.740
 It was then in my early teens.

00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:38.380
 Well, maybe even less than that, probably late primary school.

00:36:39.420 --> 00:36:42.420
 But there was, to begin with, just one television,

00:36:42.600 --> 00:36:45.060
 and certainly in that part of the village it was in the post office.

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:48.400
 And the people who owned the post office had this television,

00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:52.199
 this small box on which there was, of course, a black and white image.

00:36:52.820 --> 00:36:54.719
 And we were told, this is an amazing thing.

00:36:54.980 --> 00:36:57.239
 You can actually see people from different parts,

00:36:57.420 --> 00:37:00.119
 and you can see them actually on the television they're speaking,

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:02.579
 and you can actually hear live broadcasts on it.

00:37:02.779 --> 00:37:05.639
 And I was so excited going to see this thing for the first time.

00:37:06.500 --> 00:37:07.659
 And I was really disappointed.

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:08.079
 Why?

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:13.179
 Because the picture was really as if people were just throwing hailstones at a screen.

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:15.899
 It was all just sort of smudgy,

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:17.519
 and you could make out an image,

00:37:17.599 --> 00:37:19.779
 and you could hear the voice, and all the rest of it.

00:37:19.799 --> 00:37:20.940
 It was very difficult, really,

00:37:21.359 --> 00:37:24.699
 to make out any clear perception of who it was,

00:37:24.779 --> 00:37:28.460
 or what kind of person they were, something like that.

00:37:29.199 --> 00:37:31.139
 That was just a snowy picture.

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:33.719
 And it was very often described in those days as very snowy.

00:37:33.839 --> 00:37:35.099
 What's your television picture like?

00:37:35.259 --> 00:37:36.299
 Oh, it's very snowy.

00:37:36.639 --> 00:37:38.339
 I can't make it out very easily.

00:37:38.340 --> 00:37:43.360
 You compare that to the televisions you get nowadays.

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:49.460
 You have all of these fancy descriptions, 4K, OLED, QLED.

00:37:50.059 --> 00:37:51.720
 I have no idea what they mean,

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:56.380
 but it describes the quality of the image,

00:37:57.440 --> 00:37:59.780
 the quality of what is beamed into your home.

00:38:00.820 --> 00:38:02.579
 And here, as the writer to the Hebrews said,

00:38:02.579 --> 00:38:10.319
 in a sense, you have a progression from what was itself an amazing revelation on Mount Sinai,

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:13.239
 but to something much greater, even more so,

00:38:13.500 --> 00:38:16.159
 in the person of the Son of God coming into the world.

00:38:17.440 --> 00:38:19.340
 And that's how God is speaking to us tonight,

00:38:20.039 --> 00:38:22.480
 through His Son.

00:38:23.340 --> 00:38:26.019
 You could not get a clearer picture of God

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:28.400
 than you have in Jesus Christ.

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:30.360
 That's what it says, isn't it,

00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:33.180
 the beginning of this very epistle.

00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:35.340
 He is His Son,

00:38:35.680 --> 00:38:36.619
 has spoken to us,

00:38:37.000 --> 00:38:38.480
 through whom He created the world.

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:42.280
 He is the radiance of the glory of God

00:38:42.280 --> 00:38:46.700
 and the exact imprint of His nature.

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:48.480
 Ask the question,

00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:50.400
 what is God like?

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:52.840
 And you have to go to Jesus,

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.920
 and there's your answer.

00:38:54.760 --> 00:38:55.840
 Somebody asks you,

00:38:55.840 --> 00:38:58.099
 can you tell me what God is like?

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.940
 You have never seen God.

00:39:00.280 --> 00:39:01.500
 Can you tell me what He's like?

00:39:01.680 --> 00:39:03.119
 How do you know what He's like?

00:39:03.740 --> 00:39:06.820
 How do you know you're actually telling me something reliable

00:39:06.820 --> 00:39:08.940
 when you describe God to me?

00:39:09.280 --> 00:39:10.320
 Well, you go to Jesus,

00:39:10.420 --> 00:39:10.760
 and you say,

00:39:10.820 --> 00:39:12.240
 well, this is what Jesus is like.

00:39:12.519 --> 00:39:13.980
 This is what the Bible describes,

00:39:14.039 --> 00:39:14.860
 the Word of God,

00:39:14.980 --> 00:39:15.860
 describing Jesus

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:17.660
 as the exact imprint

00:39:17.660 --> 00:39:19.240
 of God.

00:39:19.239 --> 00:39:19.299
 God.

00:39:21.379 --> 00:39:23.299
 And that is God's message,

00:39:24.399 --> 00:39:26.299
 surpassing the message of Sinai.

00:39:27.279 --> 00:39:29.599
 And that's how the argument now progresses,

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.219
 as we'll see,

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:32.119
 to God's exhortation

00:39:32.119 --> 00:39:34.519
 to a much closer attention.

00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:38.739
 Now, we've described, I hope,

00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:41.019
 how He means

00:39:41.019 --> 00:39:44.599
 we must pay much closer attention.

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:46.519
 Because the revelation

00:39:46.519 --> 00:39:47.860
 that's come in Jesus

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:49.179
 surpasses,

00:39:49.300 --> 00:39:50.780
 is above that of Sinai,

00:39:51.300 --> 00:39:52.239
 it follows that

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:53.639
 the attention we give

00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:54.380
 to the greater

00:39:54.380 --> 00:39:56.059
 has to be much closer.

00:39:57.059 --> 00:39:58.480
 Because it's more definitive,

00:39:58.659 --> 00:39:59.699
 it's more accurate,

00:39:59.840 --> 00:40:00.659
 it's more full,

00:40:00.659 --> 00:40:02.039
 and therefore,

00:40:02.339 --> 00:40:04.319
 we must pay the more closer,

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.619
 the much closer attention

00:40:05.619 --> 00:40:06.599
 to that.

00:40:06.779 --> 00:40:07.719
 Because sometimes,

00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:09.420
 we often, in fact,

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:11.480
 get used to things,

00:40:11.559 --> 00:40:11.879
 don't we?

00:40:11.879 --> 00:40:13.079
 And our attention,

00:40:13.859 --> 00:40:16.299
 our attention really,

00:40:16.799 --> 00:40:17.759
 in many ways,

00:40:18.659 --> 00:40:20.399
 decreases the more used

00:40:20.399 --> 00:40:21.359
 we get to something.

00:40:22.399 --> 00:40:23.480
 Whether it's a voice

00:40:23.480 --> 00:40:24.639
 or somebody speaking to us

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:26.659
 or something we become familiar with

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.559
 and our use of it.

00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:29.139
 I mean, I remember back to

00:40:29.139 --> 00:40:32.119
 1967, was it?

00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:34.159
 When the first heart

00:40:34.159 --> 00:40:36.460
 and lung transplants

00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:38.079
 were being performed

00:40:38.079 --> 00:40:41.159
 by a surgeon in South Africa,

00:40:41.699 --> 00:40:43.259
 especially in South Africa.

00:40:44.059 --> 00:40:46.139
 And that then made news,

00:40:46.239 --> 00:40:46.519
 of course,

00:40:46.859 --> 00:40:48.319
 all over the world.

00:40:49.339 --> 00:40:50.019
 Where this man

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:51.019
 had actually performed

00:40:51.019 --> 00:40:53.359
 and gone through

00:40:53.359 --> 00:40:54.679
 a long operation

00:40:54.679 --> 00:40:55.440
 where he had given

00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:56.599
 a new heart

00:40:56.599 --> 00:40:57.659
 heart and lungs

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:59.219
 to this patient.

00:41:01.179 --> 00:41:02.039
 And that made

00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:03.099
 worldwide headlines.

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:05.199
 And even from that time

00:41:05.199 --> 00:41:05.539
 onwards,

00:41:05.639 --> 00:41:06.259
 for a while,

00:41:06.839 --> 00:41:08.400
 every such operation

00:41:08.400 --> 00:41:09.259
 as it happened

00:41:09.259 --> 00:41:10.639
 caught the attention

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.179
 of the world.

00:41:11.219 --> 00:41:12.319
 And this was an amazing thing.

00:41:12.380 --> 00:41:12.679
 And of course,

00:41:12.719 --> 00:41:13.839
 it was an amazing thing.

00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:15.179
 But you don't hear it

00:41:15.179 --> 00:41:15.940
 mentioned nowadays.

00:41:17.420 --> 00:41:18.819
 It's almost routine.

00:41:18.920 --> 00:41:19.299
 I don't know

00:41:19.299 --> 00:41:20.319
 if the medical people here

00:41:20.319 --> 00:41:22.339
 will actually correct me

00:41:22.339 --> 00:41:22.679
 on that.

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:23.299
 But in a sense,

00:41:23.359 --> 00:41:24.079
 it's more routine

00:41:24.079 --> 00:41:25.519
 than it was then

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:27.819
 when the first

00:41:27.819 --> 00:41:29.359
 heart-lung operations

00:41:29.359 --> 00:41:30.139
 were performed.

00:41:30.259 --> 00:41:31.239
 We've become used to it.

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.359
 It's something

00:41:32.359 --> 00:41:32.879
 that we've become

00:41:32.879 --> 00:41:33.899
 so familiar with.

00:41:34.099 --> 00:41:34.960
 We don't necessarily

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:36.159
 pay the same attention

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:37.619
 to it as we once did

00:41:37.619 --> 00:41:38.599
 when it was new.

00:41:39.440 --> 00:41:40.019
 The argument

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:41.579
 that the writer has here

00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:43.039
 is that we must not

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:44.559
 actually let that happen

00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:46.440
 with regard to the gospel,

00:41:47.079 --> 00:41:48.159
 with regard to the revelation

00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:49.279
 we have of Jesus

00:41:49.279 --> 00:41:50.460
 in the gospel.

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:52.280
 We must never become

00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:53.860
 so familiar with it

00:41:53.860 --> 00:41:54.539
 and so familiar

00:41:54.539 --> 00:41:55.860
 with hearing it

00:41:55.860 --> 00:41:57.240
 that we actually

00:41:57.240 --> 00:42:00.280
 don't pay the close

00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:01.119
 attention to it,

00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:02.860
 the more close attention

00:42:02.860 --> 00:42:04.320
 to it that he's saying

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:04.880
 to us here.

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:05.220
 Therefore,

00:42:05.340 --> 00:42:05.860
 we must pay

00:42:05.860 --> 00:42:07.460
 much closer attention

00:42:07.460 --> 00:42:09.199
 to what we have heard,

00:42:09.579 --> 00:42:10.780
 to the gospel itself,

00:42:11.139 --> 00:42:12.559
 to the message of Christ

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:15.519
 as the Savior of sinners.

00:42:18.199 --> 00:42:19.199
 You could actually

00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:19.940
 put it this way,

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:20.320
 I think.

00:42:21.340 --> 00:42:22.139
 You pay.

00:42:22.300 --> 00:42:23.380
 The idea here

00:42:23.380 --> 00:42:24.619
 is that you pay attention

00:42:24.619 --> 00:42:26.440
 in a way that's

00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:27.380
 commensurate with

00:42:27.380 --> 00:42:28.519
 the worth of a thing,

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:30.199
 the value of a thing.

00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:31.079
 So,

00:42:31.400 --> 00:42:32.900
 the meaning really here

00:42:32.900 --> 00:42:34.639
 of paying closer attention

00:42:34.639 --> 00:42:36.179
 carries with it

00:42:36.179 --> 00:42:36.960
 the idea of

00:42:36.960 --> 00:42:38.920
 paying close attention

00:42:38.920 --> 00:42:39.340
 to somebody

00:42:39.340 --> 00:42:40.599
 because of its value,

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:43.139
 because it is so valuable.

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:44.440
 If you go back

00:42:44.440 --> 00:42:46.800
 to the gospel of Matthew,

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:49.280
 one of the images,

00:42:49.280 --> 00:42:50.200
 the parables there

00:42:50.200 --> 00:42:50.640
 in Matthew,

00:42:50.640 --> 00:42:51.940
 the kingdom of God,

00:42:52.580 --> 00:42:53.380
 you remembered,

00:42:53.500 --> 00:42:53.720
 I'm sure,

00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:54.360
 very well,

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:56.360
 Matthew chapter 13

00:42:56.360 --> 00:42:58.040
 and verse 44,

00:42:58.840 --> 00:42:59.580
 a couple of verses

00:42:59.580 --> 00:43:00.400
 on from there.

00:43:01.280 --> 00:43:01.900
 The kingdom

00:43:01.900 --> 00:43:03.100
 is described

00:43:03.100 --> 00:43:04.240
 in the following terms.

00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:04.799
 Again,

00:43:04.859 --> 00:43:05.699
 the kingdom of heaven

00:43:05.699 --> 00:43:06.859
 is like treasure

00:43:06.859 --> 00:43:07.919
 hidden in a field

00:43:07.919 --> 00:43:09.359
 which a man found

00:43:09.359 --> 00:43:10.239
 and covered up.

00:43:10.839 --> 00:43:11.159
 Then,

00:43:11.399 --> 00:43:12.179
 in his joy,

00:43:12.559 --> 00:43:13.579
 he goes and sells

00:43:13.579 --> 00:43:14.379
 all that he has

00:43:14.379 --> 00:43:15.479
 and buys that field.

00:43:16.039 --> 00:43:16.359
 Again,

00:43:16.759 --> 00:43:17.559
 the kingdom of heaven

00:43:17.559 --> 00:43:18.559
 is like a merchant

00:43:18.559 --> 00:43:20.699
 in search of fine pearls,

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:21.539
 who,

00:43:21.659 --> 00:43:22.939
 on finding one pearl

00:43:22.939 --> 00:43:23.799
 of great value,

00:43:24.339 --> 00:43:25.199
 went and sold

00:43:25.199 --> 00:43:25.899
 all that he had

00:43:25.899 --> 00:43:26.579
 and bought it.

00:43:26.699 --> 00:43:27.939
 In both cases,

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:29.459
 the treasure

00:43:29.459 --> 00:43:30.579
 that was discovered,

00:43:30.799 --> 00:43:31.859
 that was come across,

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:33.340
 the treasure in the field,

00:43:33.780 --> 00:43:35.079
 the pearl of great price.

00:43:35.720 --> 00:43:36.700
 In both cases,

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:38.000
 it was recognized

00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:38.920
 to be

00:43:38.920 --> 00:43:40.500
 the best of the best,

00:43:40.880 --> 00:43:41.840
 the most valuable

00:43:41.840 --> 00:43:42.700
 you could get.

00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:43.760
 And so,

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.900
 the pearl merchant

00:43:44.900 --> 00:43:46.800
 sold all that he had.

00:43:47.099 --> 00:43:47.700
 He didn't need

00:43:47.700 --> 00:43:48.440
 any other pearls.

00:43:48.740 --> 00:43:49.280
 He didn't need

00:43:49.280 --> 00:43:49.740
 to go looking

00:43:49.740 --> 00:43:50.640
 for any other pearls.

00:43:50.860 --> 00:43:51.400
 He had found

00:43:51.400 --> 00:43:52.599
 the most valuable one.

00:43:53.200 --> 00:43:53.920
 That's what the kingdom

00:43:53.920 --> 00:43:54.800
 of God is like

00:43:54.800 --> 00:43:56.579
 because it's about Jesus.

00:43:56.920 --> 00:43:57.920
 It's about the Savior.

00:43:58.340 --> 00:43:59.280
 It's about what God

00:43:59.280 --> 00:43:59.860
 has revealed

00:43:59.860 --> 00:44:01.059
 in the person

00:44:01.059 --> 00:44:02.120
 of His Son,

00:44:02.240 --> 00:44:03.079
 that He has spoken

00:44:03.079 --> 00:44:04.660
 to us by His Son.

00:44:07.800 --> 00:44:08.599
 Well, it raises

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:09.440
 the question tonight

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:09.880
 for me,

00:44:10.620 --> 00:44:11.500
 and it raises

00:44:11.500 --> 00:44:12.519
 the question for you.

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.860
 How valuable

00:44:14.860 --> 00:44:16.539
 is Jesus to you?

00:44:18.220 --> 00:44:19.160
 What worth

00:44:19.160 --> 00:44:19.800
 do you place

00:44:19.800 --> 00:44:20.460
 upon Him?

00:44:22.160 --> 00:44:23.260
 As you realize

00:44:23.260 --> 00:44:24.140
 this is God's

00:44:24.140 --> 00:44:25.200
 definitive word

00:44:25.200 --> 00:44:26.240
 to you in Christ,

00:44:26.820 --> 00:44:28.059
 that God is speaking

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:29.320
 to you out of

00:44:29.320 --> 00:44:30.480
 who Christ is

00:44:30.480 --> 00:44:31.480
 and what Christ

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:32.079
 has done,

00:44:33.039 --> 00:44:33.619
 what worth

00:44:33.619 --> 00:44:34.159
 do you place

00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:34.759
 upon Him?

00:44:35.880 --> 00:44:36.799
 Is He the most

00:44:36.799 --> 00:44:37.579
 valuable thing

00:44:37.579 --> 00:44:38.000
 you know?

00:44:39.199 --> 00:44:39.759
 Is He the most

00:44:39.759 --> 00:44:40.840
 valuable person

00:44:40.840 --> 00:44:42.880
 in your own experience?

00:44:45.259 --> 00:44:46.159
 Because that's

00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:46.900
 how we must pay

00:44:46.900 --> 00:44:48.380
 much closer attention

00:44:48.380 --> 00:44:49.519
 because of the value

00:44:49.519 --> 00:44:49.920
 of it.

00:44:51.059 --> 00:44:51.480
 Lest,

00:44:51.559 --> 00:44:52.039
 He says,

00:44:52.759 --> 00:44:53.659
 we should let it,

00:44:55.079 --> 00:44:55.920
 lest we should

00:44:55.920 --> 00:44:56.900
 drift away from it.

00:44:56.900 --> 00:44:57.320
 Now, I think

00:44:57.320 --> 00:45:01.039
 some grammarians

00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:01.619
 will tell us

00:45:01.619 --> 00:45:02.820
 that a better

00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:03.820
 translation would be

00:45:03.820 --> 00:45:04.519
 something more like

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.380
 the AV, actually,

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:06.119
 in this instance.

00:45:07.059 --> 00:45:07.420
 Lest,

00:45:08.460 --> 00:45:09.440
 we could say that

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:10.599
 it literally means

00:45:10.599 --> 00:45:12.039
 lest we let them

00:45:12.039 --> 00:45:12.760
 leak out

00:45:12.760 --> 00:45:14.420
 or leak away

00:45:14.420 --> 00:45:14.940
 from us.

00:45:15.039 --> 00:45:15.900
 Lest we let them

00:45:15.900 --> 00:45:16.360
 drift,

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.680
 or here it's

00:45:17.680 --> 00:45:18.599
 let we drift

00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:19.240
 away from it.

00:45:19.440 --> 00:45:20.200
 It's really the idea

00:45:20.200 --> 00:45:21.220
 of this drifting

00:45:21.220 --> 00:45:22.360
 away from us.

00:45:23.619 --> 00:45:24.619
 This message

00:45:24.619 --> 00:45:25.299
 of the gospel,

00:45:25.980 --> 00:45:26.679
 these details

00:45:26.679 --> 00:45:27.400
 about Jesus,

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:28.759
 the speech of God

00:45:28.759 --> 00:45:29.779
 in Jesus Christ

00:45:29.779 --> 00:45:30.420
 Himself.

00:45:31.699 --> 00:45:32.460
 We must pay

00:45:32.460 --> 00:45:34.199
 much closer attention

00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:35.239
 to what we have heard

00:45:35.239 --> 00:45:37.079
 lest we allow it

00:45:37.079 --> 00:45:38.619
 to leak away from us,

00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:40.339
 allow it to drift

00:45:40.339 --> 00:45:41.319
 away from us,

00:45:41.980 --> 00:45:42.119
 or,

00:45:42.259 --> 00:45:42.380
 you,

00:45:42.539 --> 00:45:42.759
 AV,

00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:43.759
 lest we should

00:45:43.759 --> 00:45:44.579
 let it slip.

00:45:45.239 --> 00:45:45.779
 Because, you see,

00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:46.960
 if you let this

00:45:46.960 --> 00:45:47.900
 drift away from you,

00:45:47.900 --> 00:45:48.579
 and sadly,

00:45:49.019 --> 00:45:49.659
 many people

00:45:49.659 --> 00:45:50.179
 who are not

00:45:50.179 --> 00:45:50.699
 unfamiliar

00:45:50.699 --> 00:45:51.759
 with the gospel,

00:45:52.279 --> 00:45:52.639
 nevertheless,

00:45:52.980 --> 00:45:53.799
 let these things

00:45:53.799 --> 00:45:54.980
 drift away from them.

00:45:55.279 --> 00:45:56.359
 The things of salvation,

00:45:56.739 --> 00:45:57.559
 the things that are

00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:58.759
 in God's revelation

00:45:58.759 --> 00:45:59.799
 in Jesus Christ,

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:00.500
 the provision

00:46:00.500 --> 00:46:01.059
 that He's made

00:46:01.059 --> 00:46:01.519
 in Christ,

00:46:01.879 --> 00:46:02.599
 they let them

00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:04.299
 drift away from them.

00:46:04.399 --> 00:46:05.319
 They leak out

00:46:05.319 --> 00:46:06.179
 of their lives.

00:46:07.739 --> 00:46:08.199
 And, of course,

00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:08.739
 what happens

00:46:08.739 --> 00:46:09.559
 with that is that

00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:10.799
 they themselves

00:46:10.799 --> 00:46:11.960
 drift away with them.

00:46:12.460 --> 00:46:13.460
 You let the gospel

00:46:13.460 --> 00:46:14.779
 drift out of your life,

00:46:15.179 --> 00:46:15.659
 inevitably,

00:46:15.659 --> 00:46:16.239
 you're going to

00:46:16.239 --> 00:46:17.460
 drift away from God

00:46:17.460 --> 00:46:18.299
 in doing that.

00:46:18.300 --> 00:46:19.760
 the two things

00:46:19.760 --> 00:46:20.880
 fit together.

00:46:23.200 --> 00:46:24.120
 I've got a garden

00:46:24.120 --> 00:46:25.100
 wheelbarrow at home

00:46:25.100 --> 00:46:26.580
 at the Mans.

00:46:28.700 --> 00:46:29.700
 It's a bit amusing,

00:46:30.200 --> 00:46:31.519
 but it has

00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:32.960
 a very leaky tire.

00:46:34.360 --> 00:46:35.160
 And every time

00:46:35.160 --> 00:46:36.160
 I go to use it,

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:37.420
 usually for mowing

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:37.820
 the grass

00:46:37.820 --> 00:46:38.760
 and carrying the grass

00:46:38.760 --> 00:46:40.160
 to where it's placed

00:46:40.160 --> 00:46:41.380
 in the compost heap,

00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:42.940
 I have to pump up

00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:43.820
 this tire every time

00:46:43.820 --> 00:46:44.420
 I go and use

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:45.140
 the wheelbarrow.

00:46:45.820 --> 00:46:46.900
 And I say to myself,

00:46:47.060 --> 00:46:48.000
 every time I come

00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:48.500
 to do that,

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:49.539
 I really need

00:46:49.539 --> 00:46:50.219
 to get this

00:46:50.219 --> 00:46:50.800
 mended,

00:46:50.940 --> 00:46:51.500
 this repaired,

00:46:51.699 --> 00:46:52.300
 so I don't have

00:46:52.300 --> 00:46:53.340
 to keep doing this

00:46:53.340 --> 00:46:54.099
 all the time.

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:55.260
 But then the next time

00:46:55.260 --> 00:46:55.840
 I go to it,

00:46:56.119 --> 00:46:57.480
 it's flat again.

00:46:57.539 --> 00:46:58.679
 I've got to pump it up again

00:46:58.679 --> 00:47:00.039
 before I can use it.

00:47:00.900 --> 00:47:01.780
 And so it goes on

00:47:01.780 --> 00:47:02.519
 and it goes on.

00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:04.539
 And one of these days,

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:04.780
 okay,

00:47:04.780 --> 00:47:05.480
 I'll have to just

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:06.739
 get around to mending it.

00:47:08.079 --> 00:47:08.659
 But, you know,

00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:09.739
 this is really

00:47:09.739 --> 00:47:10.400
 what the writer

00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:11.219
 here is saying,

00:47:11.780 --> 00:47:13.059
 that just like

00:47:13.059 --> 00:47:13.760
 that tire,

00:47:14.079 --> 00:47:14.880
 I allow

00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:16.000
 the air in it

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:17.480
 to just drift out

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:18.400
 all too quickly.

00:47:19.039 --> 00:47:20.000
 So he's saying,

00:47:20.079 --> 00:47:21.139
 how shall we escape

00:47:21.139 --> 00:47:23.360
 if we let these things

00:47:23.360 --> 00:47:24.780
 drift out of our lives?

00:47:25.320 --> 00:47:26.539
 If we let these things

00:47:26.539 --> 00:47:27.840
 to do with God's salvation,

00:47:27.980 --> 00:47:28.920
 if we let Jesus

00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:31.519
 drift out of our life?

00:47:32.480 --> 00:47:32.780
 Therefore,

00:47:32.860 --> 00:47:33.340
 we must pay

00:47:33.340 --> 00:47:35.059
 the closer attention

00:47:35.059 --> 00:47:36.820
 in case we allow

00:47:36.820 --> 00:47:37.760
 this to happen.

00:47:37.760 --> 00:47:39.800
 now then,

00:47:40.680 --> 00:47:42.780
 is the Lord's day

00:47:42.780 --> 00:47:43.520
 for me,

00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:45.220
 is the Lord's day

00:47:45.220 --> 00:47:45.880
 for you,

00:47:46.740 --> 00:47:48.020
 just a pumping up day?

00:47:49.620 --> 00:47:50.660
 Is it just a day

00:47:50.660 --> 00:47:51.080
 when you,

00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:51.680
 as it were,

00:47:51.840 --> 00:47:53.600
 pump up your soul

00:47:53.600 --> 00:47:54.620
 with certain truths

00:47:54.620 --> 00:47:55.160
 that you find

00:47:55.160 --> 00:47:55.740
 in the Bible,

00:47:56.160 --> 00:47:57.480
 but then all too easily

00:47:57.480 --> 00:47:58.660
 just let them escape

00:47:58.660 --> 00:47:59.700
 and leak away

00:47:59.700 --> 00:48:00.640
 for the rest of the week?

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:02.320
 Well, you see,

00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:02.720
 if it is,

00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:03.320
 you're in trouble.

00:48:03.320 --> 00:48:05.480
 Because the more

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:06.420
 we let these things

00:48:06.420 --> 00:48:07.260
 of salvation,

00:48:07.900 --> 00:48:09.180
 of this revelation

00:48:09.180 --> 00:48:09.960
 that you have

00:48:09.960 --> 00:48:10.720
 in Jesus Christ,

00:48:11.080 --> 00:48:12.360
 leak out of our souls,

00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:13.700
 drift away from us,

00:48:14.360 --> 00:48:15.940
 the more likely it is

00:48:15.940 --> 00:48:16.880
 that we will somehow

00:48:16.880 --> 00:48:18.120
 drift away with them

00:48:18.120 --> 00:48:18.820
 and drift away

00:48:18.820 --> 00:48:19.980
 along with them.

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:22.500
 Don't allow that

00:48:22.500 --> 00:48:23.039
 to happen.

00:48:25.260 --> 00:48:26.600
 Don't let the Lord's day

00:48:26.600 --> 00:48:27.180
 just be

00:48:27.180 --> 00:48:28.980
 a pumping up moment

00:48:28.980 --> 00:48:29.480
 for you

00:48:29.480 --> 00:48:30.980
 and then let

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:32.440
 the tire of your soul

00:48:32.440 --> 00:48:33.019
 go flat

00:48:33.019 --> 00:48:33.559
 over the rest

00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:34.079
 of the week.

00:48:35.699 --> 00:48:36.780
 Get it repaired.

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:39.079
 Get it renewed.

00:48:41.139 --> 00:48:42.099
 Seek God

00:48:42.099 --> 00:48:43.340
 to give you

00:48:43.340 --> 00:48:45.440
 a new heart.

00:48:47.599 --> 00:48:49.000
 A renewed soul.

00:48:50.980 --> 00:48:52.400
 A soul that doesn't need

00:48:52.400 --> 00:48:53.019
 pumping up

00:48:53.019 --> 00:48:53.840
 every so often,

00:48:54.400 --> 00:48:55.219
 although it needs

00:48:55.219 --> 00:48:56.659
 the truth of God

00:48:56.659 --> 00:48:57.960
 still to be channeled

00:48:57.960 --> 00:48:58.400
 into it

00:48:58.400 --> 00:48:58.820
 to keep it

00:48:58.820 --> 00:48:59.780
 in good condition.

00:49:03.019 --> 00:49:04.519
 And you see,

00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:06.099
 that's such an important

00:49:06.099 --> 00:49:06.519
 issue

00:49:06.519 --> 00:49:08.360
 because he goes on

00:49:08.360 --> 00:49:08.719
 to say,

00:49:09.679 --> 00:49:10.980
 how shall we escape

00:49:10.980 --> 00:49:12.639
 if we neglect

00:49:12.639 --> 00:49:13.500
 such great

00:49:13.500 --> 00:49:14.599
 salvation?

00:49:15.559 --> 00:49:16.960
 This is the neglect.

00:49:16.960 --> 00:49:19.000
 letting these things

00:49:19.000 --> 00:49:20.320
 drift away from us

00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:21.679
 and ourselves

00:49:21.679 --> 00:49:22.199
 drifting

00:49:22.199 --> 00:49:23.179
 inevitably away

00:49:23.179 --> 00:49:23.740
 with them.

00:49:25.740 --> 00:49:26.220
 Because

00:49:26.220 --> 00:49:28.000
 I can be

00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:28.579
 in a pulpit

00:49:28.579 --> 00:49:29.800
 and still let

00:49:29.800 --> 00:49:30.440
 the Word of God

00:49:30.440 --> 00:49:30.980
 drift away

00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:31.619
 from myself

00:49:31.619 --> 00:49:32.179
 personally.

00:49:32.179 --> 00:49:34.679
 I need to do

00:49:34.679 --> 00:49:35.239
 more than just

00:49:35.239 --> 00:49:36.219
 stand in a pulpit

00:49:36.219 --> 00:49:37.179
 and be able

00:49:37.179 --> 00:49:38.460
 to exegete

00:49:38.460 --> 00:49:39.159
 or declare

00:49:39.159 --> 00:49:40.379
 what the Word of God

00:49:40.379 --> 00:49:41.099
 means

00:49:41.099 --> 00:49:42.619
 in any particular

00:49:42.619 --> 00:49:43.419
 passage of it.

00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:44.759
 I have a responsibility

00:49:44.759 --> 00:49:46.239
 to my own soul

00:49:46.239 --> 00:49:47.519
 and I cannot rely

00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:48.079
 on the fact

00:49:48.079 --> 00:49:48.799
 that I'm a preacher

00:49:48.799 --> 00:49:49.599
 of the Gospel

00:49:49.599 --> 00:49:51.480
 to actually have

00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:52.079
 security

00:49:52.079 --> 00:49:53.139
 for eternity.

00:49:53.139 --> 00:49:57.319
 I need to actually

00:49:57.319 --> 00:49:57.759
 have

00:49:57.759 --> 00:49:59.039
 my own soul

00:49:59.039 --> 00:49:59.799
 in the condition

00:49:59.799 --> 00:50:01.139
 that God

00:50:01.139 --> 00:50:02.039
 requires of me

00:50:02.039 --> 00:50:02.779
 and so do you.

00:50:04.379 --> 00:50:05.519
 That's the neglect

00:50:05.519 --> 00:50:06.119
 that the passage

00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:07.379
 is talking about.

00:50:08.139 --> 00:50:08.719
 Neglecting,

00:50:08.900 --> 00:50:09.639
 letting this

00:50:09.639 --> 00:50:10.500
 drift away

00:50:10.500 --> 00:50:11.940
 and ourselves

00:50:11.940 --> 00:50:12.659
 drifting away

00:50:12.659 --> 00:50:13.259
 with it.

00:50:15.379 --> 00:50:16.199
 Because the

00:50:16.199 --> 00:50:16.799
 consequences

00:50:16.799 --> 00:50:17.480
 are not

00:50:17.480 --> 00:50:19.059
 neutral,

00:50:19.239 --> 00:50:19.759
 they're not

00:50:19.759 --> 00:50:20.779
 insignificant,

00:50:21.000 --> 00:50:21.319
 they're not

00:50:21.319 --> 00:50:21.719
 harmless.

00:50:21.719 --> 00:50:23.659
 how shall

00:50:23.659 --> 00:50:24.639
 we escape

00:50:24.639 --> 00:50:26.239
 if we neglect

00:50:26.239 --> 00:50:27.159
 such a great

00:50:27.159 --> 00:50:28.279
 salvation?

00:50:29.659 --> 00:50:30.719
 And it's great

00:50:30.719 --> 00:50:31.339
 not just in

00:50:31.339 --> 00:50:32.179
 comparison with

00:50:32.179 --> 00:50:33.259
 the revelation

00:50:33.259 --> 00:50:34.199
 at Sinai

00:50:34.199 --> 00:50:34.879
 compared to

00:50:34.879 --> 00:50:35.679
 Jesus and the

00:50:35.679 --> 00:50:36.019
 Gospel.

00:50:36.779 --> 00:50:37.639
 It's great

00:50:37.639 --> 00:50:38.179
 in its very

00:50:38.179 --> 00:50:38.679
 nature.

00:50:39.719 --> 00:50:40.480
 It's great

00:50:40.480 --> 00:50:41.139
 salvation.

00:50:42.299 --> 00:50:43.119
 It's salvation

00:50:43.119 --> 00:50:44.199
 that is so great

00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:45.239
 there's no way

00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:45.679
 you can adequately

00:50:45.679 --> 00:50:46.579
 describe it.

00:50:46.959 --> 00:50:48.019
 How great is it

00:50:48.019 --> 00:50:48.899
 for the Son of God

00:50:48.899 --> 00:50:49.559
 to come into the

00:50:49.559 --> 00:50:49.859
 world,

00:50:50.219 --> 00:50:50.779
 to give Himself

00:50:50.779 --> 00:50:51.519
 to die on the

00:50:51.519 --> 00:50:52.179
 cross and rise

00:50:52.179 --> 00:50:52.800
 from the dead?

00:50:53.000 --> 00:50:53.900
 How great is

00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:54.519
 that?

00:50:57.360 --> 00:50:58.380
 Why has He

00:50:58.380 --> 00:50:58.699
 come?

00:50:58.820 --> 00:50:59.239
 What is it

00:50:59.239 --> 00:50:59.860
 all about?

00:51:01.940 --> 00:51:02.420
 Salvation.

00:51:03.420 --> 00:51:04.360
 It's great

00:51:04.360 --> 00:51:04.980
 salvation.

00:51:07.259 --> 00:51:07.860
 And it's

00:51:07.860 --> 00:51:08.320
 all the more

00:51:08.320 --> 00:51:09.820
 serious if we

00:51:09.820 --> 00:51:10.820
 neglect that

00:51:10.820 --> 00:51:11.519
 salvation,

00:51:11.880 --> 00:51:12.659
 that revelation,

00:51:13.500 --> 00:51:13.960
 compared to

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:14.519
 anything else

00:51:14.519 --> 00:51:14.900
 that's gone

00:51:14.900 --> 00:51:15.639
 before it.

00:51:17.539 --> 00:51:18.559
 How shall we

00:51:18.559 --> 00:51:19.599
 escape?

00:51:19.599 --> 00:51:19.759
 escape?

00:51:19.759 --> 00:51:20.059
 But then the

00:51:20.059 --> 00:51:20.440
 question,

00:51:21.639 --> 00:51:22.420
 escape from

00:51:22.420 --> 00:51:22.900
 what?

00:51:24.639 --> 00:51:25.519
 How shall we

00:51:25.519 --> 00:51:25.880
 escape?

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:26.639
 He doesn't say,

00:51:27.000 --> 00:51:27.440
 how shall we

00:51:27.440 --> 00:51:27.900
 escape from

00:51:27.900 --> 00:51:28.599
 such and such?

00:51:28.679 --> 00:51:29.500
 Well, the

00:51:29.500 --> 00:51:30.239
 passage actually

00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:31.420
 answers it because

00:51:31.420 --> 00:51:32.779
 let's go back to

00:51:32.779 --> 00:51:33.360
 the comparison

00:51:33.360 --> 00:51:33.920
 that He's making

00:51:33.920 --> 00:51:34.900
 between Sinai

00:51:34.900 --> 00:51:36.000
 and the coming

00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:37.000
 of Jesus Christ

00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:37.619
 in the Gospel.

00:51:38.559 --> 00:51:39.259
 He's saying here,

00:51:39.639 --> 00:51:40.319
 the message

00:51:40.319 --> 00:51:40.980
 was declared

00:51:40.980 --> 00:51:41.799
 by angels

00:51:41.799 --> 00:51:42.480
 proved to be

00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:43.019
 reliable,

00:51:43.019 --> 00:51:44.519
 and every

00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:45.380
 transgression

00:51:45.380 --> 00:51:46.680
 or disobedience

00:51:46.680 --> 00:51:47.800
 received at

00:51:47.800 --> 00:51:49.000
 just retribution.

00:51:50.200 --> 00:51:51.119
 That's what we

00:51:51.119 --> 00:51:51.680
 need to

00:51:51.680 --> 00:51:52.880
 actually keep

00:51:52.880 --> 00:51:53.380
 in mind.

00:51:53.740 --> 00:51:54.519
 How shall we

00:51:54.519 --> 00:51:55.400
 escape at

00:51:55.400 --> 00:51:56.420
 just retribution?

00:51:57.059 --> 00:51:57.900
 How shall we

00:51:57.900 --> 00:51:58.579
 escape the

00:51:58.579 --> 00:51:59.400
 judgment of

00:51:59.400 --> 00:51:59.880
 God?

00:52:00.320 --> 00:52:01.160
 How can we

00:52:01.160 --> 00:52:02.360
 escape God

00:52:02.360 --> 00:52:03.539
 treating seriously

00:52:03.539 --> 00:52:04.300
 our neglect

00:52:04.300 --> 00:52:05.140
 of the Gospel

00:52:05.140 --> 00:52:06.720
 if we continue

00:52:06.720 --> 00:52:07.680
 to neglect it?

00:52:08.480 --> 00:52:08.940
 And of course,

00:52:09.019 --> 00:52:09.619
 the answer to

00:52:09.619 --> 00:52:10.280
 the question is,

00:52:10.619 --> 00:52:11.559
 we shall not.

00:52:12.720 --> 00:52:13.980
 We shall not.

00:52:13.980 --> 00:52:16.820
 The answer to

00:52:16.820 --> 00:52:17.199
 the question

00:52:17.199 --> 00:52:17.760
 is obvious.

00:52:18.679 --> 00:52:19.099
 It's one of

00:52:19.099 --> 00:52:19.719
 those questions

00:52:19.719 --> 00:52:20.119
 that really

00:52:20.119 --> 00:52:20.960
 answers itself.

00:52:22.059 --> 00:52:23.079
 How shall we

00:52:23.079 --> 00:52:24.980
 escape if we

00:52:24.980 --> 00:52:25.740
 neglect such

00:52:25.740 --> 00:52:26.599
 great salvation?

00:52:26.900 --> 00:52:27.280
 In other words,

00:52:27.320 --> 00:52:27.559
 he's saying,

00:52:27.920 --> 00:52:28.840
 if they did not

00:52:28.840 --> 00:52:30.099
 escape back then

00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:31.360
 when they

00:52:31.360 --> 00:52:32.099
 neglected or

00:52:32.099 --> 00:52:32.719
 despised or

00:52:32.719 --> 00:52:33.880
 were disobedient

00:52:33.880 --> 00:52:35.159
 to this word

00:52:35.159 --> 00:52:35.880
 that came to

00:52:35.880 --> 00:52:36.719
 them from God

00:52:36.719 --> 00:52:37.539
 in those times,

00:52:37.880 --> 00:52:38.940
 how shall we

00:52:38.940 --> 00:52:41.280
 escape if we

00:52:41.280 --> 00:52:42.639
 neglect the

00:52:42.639 --> 00:52:43.460
 great salvation

00:52:43.460 --> 00:52:44.159
 that's come to

00:52:44.159 --> 00:52:45.360
 us in Jesus

00:52:45.360 --> 00:52:45.920
 Christ?

00:52:48.139 --> 00:52:48.980
 Think of

00:52:48.980 --> 00:52:50.440
 the way John

00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:51.240
 himself put it

00:52:51.240 --> 00:52:53.760
 in his

00:52:53.760 --> 00:52:55.800
 Gospel.

00:52:56.199 --> 00:52:56.679
 We mentioned

00:52:56.679 --> 00:52:57.720
 at the beginning

00:52:57.720 --> 00:52:58.400
 of his Gospel

00:52:58.400 --> 00:52:59.280
 but also in his

00:52:59.280 --> 00:53:00.400
 dealing with

00:53:00.400 --> 00:53:01.179
 Nicodemus.

00:53:02.360 --> 00:53:03.079
 If you remember

00:53:03.079 --> 00:53:04.659
 in chapter 3

00:53:04.659 --> 00:53:05.320
 there of

00:53:05.320 --> 00:53:06.519
 John's Gospel,

00:53:07.420 --> 00:53:08.440
 a famous passage,

00:53:08.579 --> 00:53:09.159
 for God so

00:53:09.159 --> 00:53:10.019
 loved the world,

00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:11.519
 God did not

00:53:11.519 --> 00:53:12.320
 send a son

00:53:12.320 --> 00:53:12.800
 into the world

00:53:12.800 --> 00:53:13.500
 to condemn

00:53:13.500 --> 00:53:14.059
 the world

00:53:14.059 --> 00:53:15.360
 but in order

00:53:15.360 --> 00:53:15.860
 that the world

00:53:15.860 --> 00:53:16.640
 might be saved

00:53:16.640 --> 00:53:16.980
 through him.

00:53:17.220 --> 00:53:18.019
 Whoever believes

00:53:18.019 --> 00:53:18.840
 in him is not

00:53:18.840 --> 00:53:19.420
 condemned,

00:53:20.140 --> 00:53:21.260
 but whoever

00:53:21.260 --> 00:53:22.019
 does not

00:53:22.019 --> 00:53:23.460
 believe is

00:53:23.460 --> 00:53:24.519
 condemned already

00:53:24.519 --> 00:53:25.980
 because he has

00:53:25.980 --> 00:53:26.980
 not believed

00:53:26.980 --> 00:53:27.580
 in the name

00:53:27.580 --> 00:53:28.700
 of the only

00:53:28.700 --> 00:53:29.480
 Son of God.

00:53:29.740 --> 00:53:30.600
 And this is

00:53:30.600 --> 00:53:31.240
 the judgment,

00:53:31.480 --> 00:53:31.960
 this is the

00:53:31.960 --> 00:53:32.660
 condemnation.

00:53:33.180 --> 00:53:33.900
 The light

00:53:33.900 --> 00:53:34.780
 has come

00:53:34.780 --> 00:53:35.559
 into the world

00:53:35.559 --> 00:53:36.420
 and people

00:53:36.420 --> 00:53:37.080
 loved the

00:53:37.080 --> 00:53:37.480
 darkness

00:53:37.480 --> 00:53:38.140
 rather than

00:53:38.140 --> 00:53:38.580
 the light

00:53:38.579 --> 00:53:39.639
 because their

00:53:39.639 --> 00:53:40.119
 deeds were

00:53:40.119 --> 00:53:40.519
 evil.

00:53:41.460 --> 00:53:42.019
 For everyone

00:53:42.019 --> 00:53:42.420
 who does

00:53:42.420 --> 00:53:42.980
 wicked things

00:53:42.980 --> 00:53:43.480
 hates the

00:53:43.480 --> 00:53:43.779
 light

00:53:43.779 --> 00:53:44.980
 and does

00:53:44.980 --> 00:53:45.460
 not come

00:53:45.460 --> 00:53:45.739
 to the

00:53:45.739 --> 00:53:45.960
 light

00:53:45.960 --> 00:53:46.460
 lest his

00:53:46.460 --> 00:53:46.679
 deeds

00:53:46.679 --> 00:53:47.039
 should be

00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:47.639
 exposed.

00:53:48.940 --> 00:53:49.420
 But whoever

00:53:49.420 --> 00:53:49.920
 does what

00:53:49.920 --> 00:53:50.279
 is true

00:53:50.279 --> 00:53:50.739
 comes to

00:53:50.739 --> 00:53:51.179
 the light

00:53:51.179 --> 00:53:52.559
 so that

00:53:52.559 --> 00:53:52.980
 it may be

00:53:52.980 --> 00:53:53.559
 clearly seen

00:53:53.559 --> 00:53:53.900
 that his

00:53:53.900 --> 00:53:54.179
 deeds

00:53:54.179 --> 00:53:55.000
 have been

00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:55.519
 carried out

00:53:55.519 --> 00:53:56.159
 in God.

00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:00.659
 Are you

00:54:00.659 --> 00:54:01.139
 afraid to

00:54:01.139 --> 00:54:01.519
 bring your

00:54:01.519 --> 00:54:02.019
 deeds into

00:54:02.019 --> 00:54:02.539
 the presence

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:03.159
 of God?

00:54:04.539 --> 00:54:05.199
 Into the

00:54:05.199 --> 00:54:05.659
 light of

00:54:05.659 --> 00:54:06.199
 God's

00:54:06.199 --> 00:54:06.739
 scrutiny?

00:54:08.179 --> 00:54:08.819
 Well, I

00:54:08.819 --> 00:54:09.219
 am in

00:54:09.219 --> 00:54:09.739
 myself.

00:54:11.199 --> 00:54:11.819
 So what

00:54:11.819 --> 00:54:12.579
 do I do

00:54:12.579 --> 00:54:13.399
 if I

00:54:13.399 --> 00:54:14.099
 realize that

00:54:14.099 --> 00:54:15.139
 God scrutinizes

00:54:15.139 --> 00:54:15.819
 my heart

00:54:15.819 --> 00:54:16.460
 every moment

00:54:16.460 --> 00:54:16.859
 of every

00:54:16.859 --> 00:54:18.159
 day and

00:54:18.159 --> 00:54:18.579
 I have to

00:54:18.579 --> 00:54:19.219
 bring my

00:54:19.219 --> 00:54:20.460
 actions and

00:54:20.460 --> 00:54:21.219
 thoughts before

00:54:21.219 --> 00:54:21.779
 God and

00:54:21.779 --> 00:54:22.519
 say, Lord,

00:54:22.579 --> 00:54:23.059
 I know that

00:54:23.059 --> 00:54:23.619
 you know all

00:54:23.619 --> 00:54:24.000
 of these

00:54:24.000 --> 00:54:24.539
 things.

00:54:25.659 --> 00:54:26.079
 Where is

00:54:26.079 --> 00:54:26.980
 my concern

00:54:26.980 --> 00:54:27.639
 going to

00:54:27.639 --> 00:54:28.480
 be removed?

00:54:30.319 --> 00:54:31.000
 When I

00:54:31.000 --> 00:54:31.460
 turn to

00:54:31.460 --> 00:54:33.199
 Jesus and

00:54:33.199 --> 00:54:34.000
 realize that

00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:34.440
 he has

00:54:34.440 --> 00:54:34.920
 paid the

00:54:34.920 --> 00:54:35.339
 price,

00:54:35.659 --> 00:54:36.579
 of all

00:54:36.579 --> 00:54:36.819
 my

00:54:36.819 --> 00:54:37.480
 defects

00:54:37.480 --> 00:54:38.719
 and all

00:54:38.719 --> 00:54:39.579
 my sins

00:54:39.579 --> 00:54:41.000
 and all

00:54:41.000 --> 00:54:41.239
 my

00:54:41.239 --> 00:54:41.960
 shortcomings,

00:54:43.559 --> 00:54:44.359
 that I

00:54:44.359 --> 00:54:45.159
 present him

00:54:45.159 --> 00:54:45.679
 to God

00:54:45.679 --> 00:54:46.019
 and say,

00:54:46.079 --> 00:54:46.319
 Lord,

00:54:47.000 --> 00:54:47.759
 this is

00:54:47.759 --> 00:54:48.159
 who I

00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:48.779
 trust in.

00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:50.119
 This is

00:54:50.119 --> 00:54:50.480
 where I

00:54:50.480 --> 00:54:50.839
 want you

00:54:50.839 --> 00:54:51.299
 to see

00:54:51.299 --> 00:54:51.699
 me and

00:54:51.699 --> 00:54:52.539
 to measure

00:54:52.539 --> 00:54:52.980
 me and

00:54:52.980 --> 00:54:53.500
 to judge

00:54:53.500 --> 00:54:53.739
 me,

00:54:53.920 --> 00:54:54.379
 not in

00:54:54.379 --> 00:54:54.799
 myself,

00:54:55.019 --> 00:54:55.420
 not in

00:54:55.420 --> 00:54:56.059
 my works,

00:54:56.699 --> 00:54:57.159
 because I'm

00:54:57.159 --> 00:54:57.759
 afraid to

00:54:57.759 --> 00:54:58.319
 come before

00:54:58.319 --> 00:54:59.199
 you in

00:54:59.199 --> 00:54:59.779
 myself.

00:54:59.960 --> 00:55:00.239
 Without

00:55:00.239 --> 00:55:00.739
 Jesus,

00:55:00.980 --> 00:55:01.420
 I'll be

00:55:01.420 --> 00:55:02.420
 exposed to

00:55:02.420 --> 00:55:02.639
 your

00:55:02.639 --> 00:55:03.460
 condemnation.

00:55:03.460 --> 00:55:05.519
 But if I

00:55:05.519 --> 00:55:05.980
 come with

00:55:05.980 --> 00:55:06.220
 him,

00:55:07.079 --> 00:55:07.599
 if I

00:55:07.599 --> 00:55:08.360
 come and

00:55:08.360 --> 00:55:08.679
 I have

00:55:08.679 --> 00:55:09.500
 possession of

00:55:09.500 --> 00:55:09.780
 him,

00:55:10.220 --> 00:55:10.860
 if he is

00:55:10.860 --> 00:55:11.480
 my savior,

00:55:11.860 --> 00:55:12.300
 if I put

00:55:12.300 --> 00:55:13.039
 my faith in

00:55:13.039 --> 00:55:13.179
 him,

00:55:13.380 --> 00:55:13.940
 if I put

00:55:13.940 --> 00:55:14.539
 my trust

00:55:14.539 --> 00:55:15.039
 in him,

00:55:15.420 --> 00:55:15.760
 if I've

00:55:15.760 --> 00:55:16.420
 accepted him

00:55:16.420 --> 00:55:16.780
 for who

00:55:16.780 --> 00:55:17.400
 he is,

00:55:17.840 --> 00:55:18.280
 if I've

00:55:18.280 --> 00:55:18.780
 said to

00:55:18.780 --> 00:55:19.320
 God about

00:55:19.320 --> 00:55:19.960
 this greater

00:55:19.960 --> 00:55:20.579
 revelation,

00:55:21.159 --> 00:55:21.579
 Lord,

00:55:21.840 --> 00:55:22.659
 this I

00:55:22.659 --> 00:55:23.119
 willingly

00:55:23.119 --> 00:55:24.079
 accept,

00:55:25.079 --> 00:55:25.579
 then I'm

00:55:25.579 --> 00:55:26.019
 not going to

00:55:26.019 --> 00:55:26.639
 be condemned

00:55:26.639 --> 00:55:28.219
 in time

00:55:28.219 --> 00:55:28.559
 or in

00:55:28.559 --> 00:55:29.059
 eternity,

00:55:30.059 --> 00:55:31.159
 and if I

00:55:31.159 --> 00:55:31.639
 don't come

00:55:31.639 --> 00:55:32.319
 with Jesus

00:55:32.319 --> 00:55:33.359
 in my

00:55:33.359 --> 00:55:33.819
 possession,

00:55:34.420 --> 00:55:35.159
 I will

00:55:35.159 --> 00:55:35.460
 be.

00:55:40.659 --> 00:55:41.299
 That's the

00:55:41.299 --> 00:55:41.980
 argument that

00:55:41.980 --> 00:55:42.359
 God is

00:55:42.359 --> 00:55:43.119
 presenting to

00:55:43.119 --> 00:55:44.559
 you and

00:55:44.559 --> 00:55:44.960
 to me

00:55:44.960 --> 00:55:45.460
 tonight.

00:55:47.299 --> 00:55:47.940
 So what

00:55:47.940 --> 00:55:48.139
 do we

00:55:48.139 --> 00:55:48.519
 say in

00:55:48.519 --> 00:55:52.239
 response to

00:55:52.239 --> 00:55:52.779
 this great

00:55:52.779 --> 00:55:53.239
 question?

00:55:54.480 --> 00:55:55.099
 Well, as

00:55:55.099 --> 00:55:55.420
 we said,

00:55:55.480 --> 00:55:55.799
 the answer

00:55:55.799 --> 00:55:56.199
 is there

00:55:56.199 --> 00:55:56.559
 is no

00:55:56.559 --> 00:55:57.980
 escaping if

00:55:57.980 --> 00:55:58.279
 we just

00:55:58.279 --> 00:55:58.960
 simply come

00:55:58.960 --> 00:55:59.840
 without

00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:00.360
 Christ,

00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:00.699
 without

00:56:00.699 --> 00:56:01.259
 acceptance

00:56:01.259 --> 00:56:02.719
 of his

00:56:02.719 --> 00:56:03.199
 provision

00:56:03.199 --> 00:56:04.619
 for us.

00:56:05.400 --> 00:56:05.860
 But two

00:56:05.860 --> 00:56:06.340
 things.

00:56:07.340 --> 00:56:07.900
 What is

00:56:07.900 --> 00:56:08.460
 the purpose

00:56:08.460 --> 00:56:09.199
 of this

00:56:09.199 --> 00:56:09.500
 great

00:56:09.500 --> 00:56:10.000
 question?

00:56:11.099 --> 00:56:11.440
 We know

00:56:11.440 --> 00:56:11.920
 the answer

00:56:11.920 --> 00:56:12.239
 to the

00:56:12.239 --> 00:56:12.799
 question is

00:56:12.799 --> 00:56:13.400
 we shall

00:56:13.400 --> 00:56:14.079
 not escape

00:56:14.079 --> 00:56:14.779
 if this

00:56:14.779 --> 00:56:15.179
 is so.

00:56:16.239 --> 00:56:16.619
 But what

00:56:16.619 --> 00:56:16.920
 is the

00:56:16.920 --> 00:56:17.539
 purpose of

00:56:17.539 --> 00:56:18.199
 this question

00:56:18.199 --> 00:56:18.940
 for you

00:56:18.940 --> 00:56:19.239
 and for

00:56:19.239 --> 00:56:19.460
 me

00:56:19.460 --> 00:56:19.860
 tonight?

00:56:21.079 --> 00:56:21.299
 Well,

00:56:21.360 --> 00:56:21.940
 two things

00:56:21.940 --> 00:56:22.619
 and I

00:56:22.619 --> 00:56:23.059
 close with

00:56:23.059 --> 00:56:23.299
 this.

00:56:24.440 --> 00:56:25.000
 First of

00:56:25.000 --> 00:56:25.259
 all,

00:56:25.260 --> 00:56:26.380
 that we

00:56:26.380 --> 00:56:26.620
 will

00:56:26.620 --> 00:56:27.640
 esteem

00:56:27.640 --> 00:56:28.900
 the grace

00:56:28.900 --> 00:56:29.840
 of God

00:56:29.840 --> 00:56:30.320
 in the

00:56:30.320 --> 00:56:30.740
 gospel.

00:56:32.440 --> 00:56:33.160
 That you

00:56:33.160 --> 00:56:33.420
 and I

00:56:33.420 --> 00:56:34.180
 will esteem

00:56:34.180 --> 00:56:34.780
 the grace

00:56:34.780 --> 00:56:35.120
 of God.

00:56:35.120 --> 00:56:35.480
 What is

00:56:35.480 --> 00:56:35.880
 the grace

00:56:35.880 --> 00:56:36.340
 of God?

00:56:36.600 --> 00:56:36.920
 It's

00:56:36.920 --> 00:56:37.520
 God's

00:56:37.520 --> 00:56:38.500
 undeserved

00:56:38.500 --> 00:56:39.720
 favor to

00:56:39.720 --> 00:56:40.300
 us as

00:56:40.300 --> 00:56:40.600
 sinners.

00:56:41.760 --> 00:56:42.280
 It's

00:56:42.280 --> 00:56:42.980
 God not

00:56:42.980 --> 00:56:43.480
 marking

00:56:43.480 --> 00:56:44.240
 out iniquity

00:56:44.240 --> 00:56:44.940
 against us

00:56:44.940 --> 00:56:46.100
 but providing

00:56:46.100 --> 00:56:46.940
 Jesus as

00:56:46.940 --> 00:56:47.460
 a Savior.

00:56:48.420 --> 00:56:48.760
 It's

00:56:48.760 --> 00:56:49.500
 God providing

00:56:49.500 --> 00:56:50.200
 righteousness

00:56:50.200 --> 00:56:50.840
 in Him

00:56:50.840 --> 00:56:51.420
 that I

00:56:51.420 --> 00:56:51.860
 can never

00:56:51.860 --> 00:56:52.360
 produce

00:56:52.360 --> 00:56:53.099
 myself.

00:56:54.160 --> 00:56:54.640
 It's

00:56:54.640 --> 00:56:55.400
 God saying

00:56:55.400 --> 00:56:55.900
 there is

00:56:55.900 --> 00:56:56.220
 therefore

00:56:56.220 --> 00:56:56.920
 now no

00:56:56.920 --> 00:56:57.760
 condemnation

00:56:57.760 --> 00:56:58.559
 to those

00:56:58.559 --> 00:56:58.800
 who are

00:56:58.800 --> 00:56:59.300
 in Christ

00:56:59.300 --> 00:56:59.740
 Jesus

00:56:59.740 --> 00:57:00.980
 who walk

00:57:00.980 --> 00:57:01.620
 not according

00:57:01.620 --> 00:57:01.960
 to the

00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:02.400
 flesh but

00:57:02.400 --> 00:57:02.780
 according

00:57:02.780 --> 00:57:03.160
 to the

00:57:03.160 --> 00:57:03.480
 Spirit.

00:57:06.280 --> 00:57:06.880
 That's

00:57:06.880 --> 00:57:07.160
 what's

00:57:07.160 --> 00:57:07.599
 commended.

00:57:08.400 --> 00:57:08.720
 That's

00:57:08.720 --> 00:57:08.980
 what you

00:57:08.980 --> 00:57:09.280
 need to

00:57:09.280 --> 00:57:09.740
 esteem.

00:57:09.740 --> 00:57:10.579
 The grace

00:57:10.579 --> 00:57:11.120
 of God

00:57:11.120 --> 00:57:12.019
 in the

00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:12.460
 gospel

00:57:12.460 --> 00:57:13.640
 which far

00:57:13.640 --> 00:57:14.460
 surpasses

00:57:14.460 --> 00:57:15.579
 the law

00:57:15.579 --> 00:57:16.519
 itself

00:57:16.519 --> 00:57:17.260
 at

00:57:17.260 --> 00:57:17.780
 Sinai.

00:57:17.780 --> 00:57:19.380
 And

00:57:19.380 --> 00:57:19.760
 secondly

00:57:19.760 --> 00:57:21.180
 not just

00:57:21.180 --> 00:57:21.980
 to esteem

00:57:21.980 --> 00:57:23.000
 the grace

00:57:23.000 --> 00:57:23.640
 of God

00:57:23.640 --> 00:57:24.700
 in the

00:57:24.700 --> 00:57:25.080
 gospel

00:57:25.080 --> 00:57:26.600
 but rather

00:57:26.600 --> 00:57:27.060
 if we

00:57:27.060 --> 00:57:27.519
 really do

00:57:27.519 --> 00:57:27.800
 that

00:57:27.800 --> 00:57:28.380
 seriously

00:57:28.380 --> 00:57:30.080
 we will

00:57:30.080 --> 00:57:30.540
 accept

00:57:30.540 --> 00:57:31.300
 the salvation

00:57:31.300 --> 00:57:32.040
 of God

00:57:32.040 --> 00:57:33.360
 in this

00:57:33.360 --> 00:57:33.800
 gospel.

00:57:34.560 --> 00:57:34.900
 We will

00:57:34.900 --> 00:57:35.320
 accept

00:57:35.320 --> 00:57:35.700
 Jesus

00:57:35.700 --> 00:57:36.360
 Himself

00:57:36.360 --> 00:57:38.160
 because

00:57:38.160 --> 00:57:38.600
 that's

00:57:38.600 --> 00:57:38.860
 the way

00:57:38.860 --> 00:57:39.380
 the argument

00:57:39.380 --> 00:57:40.000
 is loaded

00:57:40.000 --> 00:57:41.380
 in our

00:57:41.380 --> 00:57:41.880
 favor.

00:57:43.040 --> 00:57:43.440
 That

00:57:43.440 --> 00:57:43.800
 instead

00:57:43.800 --> 00:57:44.360
 of ending

00:57:44.360 --> 00:57:45.160
 up condemned

00:57:45.160 --> 00:57:46.920
 by disobedience

00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:47.480
 to what this

00:57:47.480 --> 00:57:47.940
 word is

00:57:47.940 --> 00:57:48.360
 saying to

00:57:48.360 --> 00:57:48.760
 us

00:57:48.760 --> 00:57:50.400
 through

00:57:50.400 --> 00:57:50.980
 accepting

00:57:50.980 --> 00:57:51.639
 of Christ

00:57:51.639 --> 00:57:51.900
 through

00:57:51.900 --> 00:57:52.380
 acceptance

00:57:52.380 --> 00:57:53.079
 of Christ

00:57:53.079 --> 00:57:54.740
 you and

00:57:54.740 --> 00:57:55.039
 I will

00:57:55.039 --> 00:57:55.380
 come

00:57:55.380 --> 00:57:56.380
 to be

00:57:56.380 --> 00:57:56.920
 received

00:57:56.920 --> 00:57:57.639
 by God

00:57:57.639 --> 00:57:58.599
 as we

00:57:58.599 --> 00:57:59.099
 receive

00:57:59.099 --> 00:57:59.320
 His

00:57:59.320 --> 00:57:59.880
 salvation

00:57:59.880 --> 00:58:01.119
 in

00:58:01.119 --> 00:58:01.460
 Jesus

00:58:01.460 --> 00:58:01.960
 Christ

00:58:01.960 --> 00:58:02.159
 the

00:58:02.159 --> 00:58:02.579
 Lord.

00:58:03.659 --> 00:58:04.059
 Jesus

00:58:04.059 --> 00:58:05.460
 is

00:58:05.460 --> 00:58:05.980
 everything.

00:58:06.940 --> 00:58:07.619
 Everything

00:58:07.619 --> 00:58:08.260
 we need

00:58:08.260 --> 00:58:09.800
 everything

00:58:09.800 --> 00:58:10.260
 that's been

00:58:10.260 --> 00:58:10.700
 provided

00:58:10.700 --> 00:58:11.180
 for our

00:58:11.180 --> 00:58:11.480
 need

00:58:11.480 --> 00:58:12.559
 it's

00:58:12.559 --> 00:58:12.740
 in

00:58:12.740 --> 00:58:12.980
 Him.

00:58:14.200 --> 00:58:14.400
 And

00:58:14.400 --> 00:58:14.639
 that's

00:58:14.639 --> 00:58:14.840
 really

00:58:14.840 --> 00:58:15.559
 essentially

00:58:15.559 --> 00:58:16.840
 the bottom

00:58:16.840 --> 00:58:17.079
 line

00:58:17.079 --> 00:58:17.240
 the

00:58:17.240 --> 00:58:17.600
 argument

00:58:17.600 --> 00:58:18.559
 of the

00:58:18.559 --> 00:58:18.880
 passage

00:58:18.880 --> 00:58:19.300
 more than

00:58:19.300 --> 00:58:19.579
 anything

00:58:19.579 --> 00:58:20.039
 else.

00:58:21.400 --> 00:58:22.140
 How can

00:58:22.140 --> 00:58:22.720
 I escape

00:58:22.720 --> 00:58:22.920
 the

00:58:22.920 --> 00:58:23.500
 condemnation

00:58:23.500 --> 00:58:24.120
 of God

00:58:24.120 --> 00:58:25.440
 if I

00:58:25.440 --> 00:58:26.000
 neglect

00:58:26.000 --> 00:58:27.880
 to receive

00:58:27.880 --> 00:58:28.500
 Christ as

00:58:28.500 --> 00:58:29.100
 my Savior?

00:58:30.100 --> 00:58:30.760
 The answer

00:58:30.760 --> 00:58:31.059
 is

00:58:31.059 --> 00:58:32.460
 you will

00:58:32.460 --> 00:58:32.820
 not.

00:58:34.220 --> 00:58:34.539
 But on

00:58:34.539 --> 00:58:34.840
 the other

00:58:34.840 --> 00:58:35.200
 hand

00:58:35.200 --> 00:58:36.700
 the question

00:58:36.700 --> 00:58:37.120
 is loaded

00:58:37.120 --> 00:58:37.500
 in our

00:58:37.500 --> 00:58:37.900
 favor

00:58:37.900 --> 00:58:39.519
 accept

00:58:39.519 --> 00:58:40.019
 Him

00:58:40.019 --> 00:58:41.519
 and there

00:58:41.519 --> 00:58:41.980
 is no

00:58:41.980 --> 00:58:42.780
 condemnation

00:58:42.780 --> 00:58:44.019
 now

00:58:44.019 --> 00:58:45.159
 or

00:58:45.159 --> 00:58:45.340
 ever

00:58:45.340 --> 00:58:45.880
 more.

00:58:46.820 --> 00:58:47.559
 So there

00:58:47.559 --> 00:58:47.880
 is the

00:58:47.880 --> 00:58:48.259
 value

00:58:48.259 --> 00:58:49.739
 of Christ

00:58:49.739 --> 00:58:50.300
 for us

00:58:50.300 --> 00:58:51.739
 and we

00:58:51.739 --> 00:58:52.259
 must never

00:58:52.259 --> 00:58:52.920
 become so

00:58:52.920 --> 00:58:53.280
 familiar

00:58:53.280 --> 00:58:53.739
 with it

00:58:53.739 --> 00:58:55.259
 that we

00:58:55.259 --> 00:58:55.940
 lose sight

00:58:55.940 --> 00:58:56.239
 of its

00:58:56.239 --> 00:58:56.940
 significance

00:58:56.940 --> 00:58:58.940
 or fail

00:58:58.940 --> 00:58:59.460
 to hear

00:58:59.460 --> 00:58:59.940
 the sound

00:58:59.940 --> 00:59:00.460
 of God's

00:59:00.460 --> 00:59:01.019
 voice saying

00:59:01.019 --> 00:59:02.599
 this is

00:59:02.599 --> 00:59:03.300
 my Son

00:59:03.300 --> 00:59:03.699
 whom I

00:59:03.699 --> 00:59:04.139
 love

00:59:04.139 --> 00:59:06.179
 hear

00:59:06.179 --> 00:59:07.300
 Him.

00:59:08.179 --> 00:59:08.480
 Let's

00:59:08.480 --> 00:59:08.719
 pray.

00:59:08.719 --> 00:59:14.039
 eternal

00:59:14.039 --> 00:59:14.500
 God

00:59:14.500 --> 00:59:15.000
 we give

00:59:15.000 --> 00:59:15.319
 thanks

00:59:15.319 --> 00:59:15.699
 tonight

00:59:15.699 --> 00:59:16.039
 for

00:59:16.039 --> 00:59:17.259
 the way

00:59:17.259 --> 00:59:17.559
 in which

00:59:17.559 --> 00:59:17.859
 you

00:59:17.859 --> 00:59:18.359
 sent

00:59:18.359 --> 00:59:18.539
 your

00:59:18.539 --> 00:59:18.759
 only

00:59:18.759 --> 00:59:19.159
 beloved

00:59:19.159 --> 00:59:19.519
 into

00:59:19.519 --> 00:59:19.819
 this

00:59:19.819 --> 00:59:20.159
 world.

00:59:21.259 --> 00:59:21.739
 We

00:59:21.739 --> 00:59:21.980
 thank

00:59:21.980 --> 00:59:22.079
 you

00:59:22.079 --> 00:59:22.219
 for

00:59:22.219 --> 00:59:22.379
 the

00:59:22.379 --> 00:59:22.819
 purpose

00:59:22.819 --> 00:59:23.039
 for

00:59:23.039 --> 00:59:23.279
 which

00:59:23.279 --> 00:59:23.439
 he

00:59:23.439 --> 00:59:23.819
 came

00:59:23.819 --> 00:59:25.139
 that

00:59:25.139 --> 00:59:25.239
 he

00:59:25.239 --> 00:59:25.459
 came

00:59:25.459 --> 00:59:25.639
 not

00:59:25.639 --> 00:59:25.799
 to

00:59:25.799 --> 00:59:26.199
 condemn

00:59:26.199 --> 00:59:26.419
 the

00:59:26.419 --> 00:59:26.739
 world

00:59:26.739 --> 00:59:26.959
 but

00:59:26.959 --> 00:59:27.099
 that

00:59:27.099 --> 00:59:27.199
 the

00:59:27.199 --> 00:59:27.419
 world

00:59:27.419 --> 00:59:27.619
 through

00:59:27.619 --> 00:59:27.779
 him

00:59:27.779 --> 00:59:28.000
 might

00:59:28.000 --> 00:59:28.179
 be

00:59:28.179 --> 00:59:28.639
 saved.

00:59:29.739 --> 00:59:30.199
 Lord

00:59:30.199 --> 00:59:30.439
 we

00:59:30.439 --> 00:59:30.659
 are

00:59:30.659 --> 00:59:30.799
 the

00:59:30.799 --> 00:59:31.079
 world

00:59:31.079 --> 00:59:31.239
 in

00:59:31.239 --> 00:59:31.379
 our

00:59:31.379 --> 00:59:31.779
 natural

00:59:31.779 --> 00:59:32.319
 state

00:59:32.319 --> 00:59:33.559
 and

00:59:33.559 --> 00:59:33.679
 it

00:59:33.679 --> 00:59:33.779
 is

00:59:33.779 --> 00:59:33.939
 for

00:59:33.939 --> 00:59:34.119
 our

00:59:34.119 --> 00:59:34.419
 likes

00:59:34.419 --> 00:59:34.659
 that

00:59:34.659 --> 00:59:34.799
 you

00:59:34.799 --> 00:59:35.119
 came

00:59:35.119 --> 00:59:35.339
 into

00:59:35.339 --> 00:59:35.579
 this

00:59:35.579 --> 00:59:35.939
 world.

00:59:36.699 --> 00:59:37.159
 You

00:59:37.159 --> 00:59:37.379
 came

00:59:37.379 --> 00:59:37.559
 to

00:59:37.559 --> 00:59:37.919
 redeem

00:59:37.919 --> 00:59:38.159
 us

00:59:38.159 --> 00:59:38.339
 from

00:59:38.339 --> 00:59:38.719
 sin

00:59:38.719 --> 00:59:39.699
 from

00:59:39.699 --> 00:59:39.879
 our

00:59:39.879 --> 00:59:40.619
 lostness

00:59:40.619 --> 00:59:40.980
 from

00:59:40.980 --> 00:59:41.379
 hell

00:59:41.379 --> 00:59:42.599
 from

00:59:42.599 --> 00:59:42.779
 all

00:59:42.779 --> 00:59:42.899
 that

00:59:42.899 --> 00:59:43.039
 we

00:59:43.039 --> 00:59:43.519
 deserve

00:59:43.519 --> 00:59:43.799
 for

00:59:43.799 --> 00:59:43.960
 our

00:59:43.960 --> 00:59:44.519
 iniquity.

00:59:45.839 --> 00:59:46.319
 Lord

00:59:46.319 --> 00:59:46.699
 help us

00:59:46.699 --> 00:59:46.980
 tonight

00:59:46.980 --> 00:59:47.480
 not only

00:59:47.480 --> 00:59:47.859
 to be

00:59:47.859 --> 00:59:48.259
 thankful

00:59:48.259 --> 00:59:49.440
 but

00:59:49.440 --> 00:59:49.819
 thankful

00:59:49.819 --> 00:59:50.139
 in a

00:59:50.139 --> 00:59:50.279
 way

00:59:50.279 --> 00:59:50.480
 that

00:59:50.480 --> 00:59:50.940
 cleaves

00:59:50.940 --> 00:59:51.139
 to

00:59:51.139 --> 00:59:51.359
 you

00:59:51.359 --> 00:59:52.500
 and

00:59:52.500 --> 00:59:52.679
 a

00:59:52.679 --> 00:59:52.839
 way

00:59:52.839 --> 00:59:53.059
 that

00:59:53.059 --> 00:59:53.659
 continues

00:59:53.659 --> 00:59:54.379
 to

00:59:54.379 --> 00:59:54.619
 draw

00:59:54.619 --> 00:59:54.920
 out

00:59:54.920 --> 00:59:55.219
 hope

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 from

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 help

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 us

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 every

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 day

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 that

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 goes

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 by

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 Lord

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 to

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 greatness

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 of

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 what

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 you

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 have

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 done

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 in

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 this

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 great

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 salvation.

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 Be

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 with

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 us

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 now

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 then we

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 pray

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 and

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 forgive

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 our

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 sin

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 for

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 Jesus

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 sake.

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 Amen.

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 We're

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 going to

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 now

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 conclude

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 our

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 service

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 by

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 singing

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 in

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 Psalm

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 85

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 tune

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 the

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 presenter

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 gave

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 me

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 the

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 well

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 what

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 Nettleton

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 every

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 blessing

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 know

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 tune

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 more

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 familiarly

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 the

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 presenter

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 has

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 given

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 us

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 the

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 proper

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 name

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 hear

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 what

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 God

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 the

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 Lord

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 says

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 to

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 his

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 saints

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 he

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 offers

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 peace

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 but

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 his

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 people

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 must

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 not

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 wander

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 and

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 return

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 to

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 foolishness

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 these

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 verses

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 of

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 Psalm

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 85

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ями

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 two

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ğini

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 Son, at once again, His goy

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 May be seen with Him around

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 Love and truth are fed together

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 Righteousness and peace and race

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 Righteousness we start from heaven, from the earth's name's faithfulness.

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 What is good the Lord will give us, and our land is truth will be.

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 Righteousness will go before him, and his royal make me fair.

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 And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and evermore. Amen.

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