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 Good evening, friends. We're going to worship God. We're going to sing to His praise from

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! Psalm 87. Sing Psalm's version of Psalm 87. You'll find that on page 115 in your psalm books.

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! Psalm 87. We're going to be singing the whole of this psalm on the tune of Sussex.

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 Page 115, Psalm 87. On Jerusalem's holy mountain,

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 he has founded his abode. More than all of Jacob's dwellings, Zion's gates are dear to God.

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 The whole of this psalm, to God's praise.

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 On Jerusalem's holy mountain, he has founded his abode.

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 More than all of Jacob's dwellings, Zion's gates are dear to God.

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 Glorious things of you are spoken, Zion's city of the Lord.

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 Many drawn from all the nations, as your people I record.

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 I will name as those who know me, Egypt, Zion and Babylon.

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 Philistine, along with Cushite, I will count as Zion born.

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 Yes, it will be said of Zion, this and that one here belong.

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 And on her the highest blessing will descend and make her strong.

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 Born in Zion, God will enter in the people's register.

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 They will sing God's living music.

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 All my fountains are in heart.

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 So bow our heads as we call on God's name in prayer.

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 Let's pray together.

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 Our Father in heaven, may your name be hallowed.

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 Lord, we come into the presence of the Holy One, aware of our own inadequacies, aware of our own failings, aware that we fall short of what we ought to be.

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 But we thank you, Lord, that you welcome us.

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 You call us to come.

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 And we can approach you as we come in the name of our Lord and our Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And we pray, Lord, as we endeavor to draw near to you this evening, that you would be pleased to draw near to us.

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 You are involved in the life of your people.

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 We sang even in that psalm of your intimate involvement in the life of your people.

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 You have a record of each one.

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 The psalm spoke of a register where our names are recorded.

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 Maybe that is the Lamb's book of life.

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 But it's a reminder to us, Lord, that you know every one of us.

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 And we pray, Lord, this evening that as we come to worship you, that you would speak to us afresh this evening.

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 That we would hear your voice, the voice of the shepherd.

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 And that we would respond appropriately to it.

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 Our Lord said, I know my sheep and my sheep know me.

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 They hear my voice and they will follow me.

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 Lord, may we hear you tonight.

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 And may we be drawn into a closer walk with you.

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 May we desire, Lord, to be made more like Jesus.

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 So bless us and to be with us and help us, Lord.

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 Help those who are your people this evening.

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 Those who are Christians.

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 We realize that being a Christian is not a, it's no walk in the park.

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 The Bible describes it as a narrow way.

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 Jesus himself said, whoever will come after me must take up his cross daily and follow me.

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 And Lord, while we know there are many burdens that we have to bear.

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 We thank you, Lord, that we do not face these challenges alone.

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 We thank you that you have promised that you are with your people.

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 And you always will be.

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 You will never leave us.

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 And you will never forsake us.

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 And yet we want to pray, Lord, for any who may be struggling with some particular difficulty in their own lives.

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 Or their own homes.

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 Or their own families.

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 Or maybe at their work.

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 Maybe those who are suffering specifically because they're Christians.

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 And in their families do not approve.

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 Or in their workplaces.

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 Maybe those who have been overlooked for promotion simply because of what they believe.

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 Lord, help us, we pray, to recognize when we are being persecuted for your name's sake.

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 And Jesus said that if they persecuted me, they will persecute you as well.

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 But, Lord, what we might experience in that way is so small compared to what some of your people,

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 our brothers and sisters around the world experience.

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 And we pray this evening, Lord, for those who are being persecuted for their faith.

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 Those who tonight are in prison.

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 Those who tonight, Lord, may be facing death.

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 Those who've lost loved ones.

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 And the pain that comes with that.

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 Lord, be with your persecuted people.

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 Give them a boldness, we pray.

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 Even as they witness to their persecutors and pray for them.

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 May you hear their prayers.

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 And may they know your nearness in the midst of their trial.

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 Lord, we have to thank you for how, for the freedoms that we enjoy.

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 Even the freedom to come and worship you this evening.

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 Help us to never take these things for granted, we pray.

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 But help each one of us.

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 Be with those who are grieving, Lord.

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 Lord, we commit them to you.

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 That you would be close to them, Lord.

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 That you would help them.

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 When they maybe feel that they cannot go on, Lord.

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 That you would encourage them.

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 And you would reassure them, Lord.

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 That you will be with them.

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 We pray for those laid aside, Lord, with illness.

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 Whether that is at home or in hospital.

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 Or maybe still struggling to go about their daily lives.

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 Those who live with pain every day.

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 Lord, give them grace for that situation, we pray.

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 And those who may be cast down, Lord, in their minds.

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 We ask that you would be close to them.

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 And, Lord, we are aware that there will be others who have good news.

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 Who are rejoicing.

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 Rejoicing in the birth of a child.

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 Or in an engagement.

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 Or a marriage.

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 Or whatever it may be.

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 Lord, as we weep with those who weep.

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 We also rejoice with those who rejoice.

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 Bless the young people in the congregation, Lord.

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 We thank you for seeing so many here this morning.

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 Going out to Sunday school and Tweenies and Crest, Lord.

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 We pray for those who are with us this evening as well.

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 That you would bless their young lives, we pray.

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 And protect them, Lord.

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 From everything that would threaten to take them away from you.

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 And to draw them away from your word and from Jesus.

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 Watch over them, we pray.

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 Instead, Lord, we ask that they would be drawn closer to you.

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 And we pray, Lord, for those not so young as well.

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 For those who may be elderly.

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 And with that come different challenges and different struggles, Lord.

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 Those whose mobility is not what it used to be.

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 Those, Lord, whose memory is not like it used to be.

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 Those who maybe have become dependent on others, Lord.

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 For so much of what they used to do themselves.

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 Who are losing their independence.

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 Lord, we pray that you would be gracious to them.

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 And help them, Lord.

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 As they struggle to adjust with these changes.

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 That can come with advancing years.

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 So be with our elderly, we pray.

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 Help us to be a people who look out for them.

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 And to remember them.

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 And to pray for them.

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 And to seek to help them in any way that we can.

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 And Lord, bless our nation.

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 And those in authority over us.

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 Lord, give them wisdom, we pray.

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 We can quickly find fault with them.

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 But not be so quick to do as your word instructs us.

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 And to pray for those in authority over us.

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 So we commit them to you, Lord.

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 Our prime minister, our first minister, our MPs and our MSPs.

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 Give them wisdom, we pray.

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 And be with those of them who are Christians, Lord.

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 As they face so much opposition.

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 Help them, Lord, to choose their battles well.

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 And to be ready, Lord, to take a stand when that is necessary.

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 And appropriate to do so.

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 And give them grace, Lord, as they speak.

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 And as they take a stand, Lord, for the truths of your word.

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 Bless our world leaders, we pray as well, Lord.

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 And even today, as we see further unrest in Syria.

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 As we see one, maybe an evil leader being taken out.

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 Possibly to be replaced by something worse.

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 Lord, we commit the Middle East to you.

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 And all the unrest going on there.

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 Lord, you are the God who is enthroned on high.

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 And so all we can do, Lord, is bring these situations to you.

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 And ask that you be with those who are suffering.

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 With those caught up in conflict.

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 With those, Lord, who have lost loved ones.

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 And property.

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 And everything else, Lord.

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 In the midst of war.

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 Lord, make us thankful for the peace that we enjoy.

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 And make us thankful this evening as we turn to your word.

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 That we have that ability to meet as we do.

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 So presence yourself among us, we pray.

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 Take from us, Lord, all that is offensive to you.

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 Cleanse us from our sin, we pray.

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 Anything that would grieve your Holy Spirit and cause him to withdraw from us.

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 Take that away from us, we pray.

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 Take away all our distractions.

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 And may we be drawn to you.

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 May we be still this evening.

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 And know that you are God.

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 All these things we ask with a cleansing and forgiveness of all our sins.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Let's continue singing praise to God.

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 This time from Psalm 37 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 You'll find this on page 254.

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 Page 254.

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 Psalm 37 and at verse 23.

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 I'm going to sing from 23 down to 28.

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 The tune is Argyle.

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 Psalm 37 at verse 23.

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 A good man's footsteps by the Lord are ordered aright.

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 And in the way wherein he walks, he greatly doth delight.

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 From verse 23 down to verse 28.

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 To God's praise.

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 A good man's footsteps by the Lord are ordered aright.

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 And in the way wherein he walks, he greatly doth delight.

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 Although he fall, yet shall he not be cast out.

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 And in the way wherein he walks, he will be cast out.

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 Because the Lord with his own hand apposed him mightily.

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 I have been young and now am old.

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 Yet have I never seen.

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 The just man left, nor had his scene, for great a beggar's king.

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 He's ever merciful and blest, this sin is blest therefore.

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 Depart from evil and do good and will forevermore.

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 For God loves judgment and his face, please not in any case.

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 The ark of the chamber, but God all, shall be the sinner's praise.

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 I'm going to read from God's Word now in the New Testament and Paul's letter to the Romans.

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 And in chapter 9, Romans chapter 9, we're going to read the whole of this chapter together.

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 And if you're using an ESV, you'll see that there's a heading that's been added before chapter 9,

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 which says God's sovereign choice.

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 And that's going to be our subject this evening, what we call election.

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 But let's read the whole of the chapter together.

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 Romans chapter 9, reading from the beginning.

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 Let's hear God's Word.

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 I am speaking the truth in Christ.

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 I'm not lying.

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 My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.

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 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh.

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 They are Israelites, and to them belong the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship and the promises.

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 To them belong the patriarchs.

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 And from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.

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 But it is not as though the word of God has failed.

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 For not all who are descended from Israel belong to Israel.

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 And not all are children of Abraham because they are his offspring.

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 But through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

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 This means that it's not the children of the flesh who are the children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as offspring.

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 For this is what the promise said.

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 About this time next year I will return and Sarah shall have a son.

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 And not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac,

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 though they were not yet born and had done nothing, either good or bad,

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 in order that God's purpose of election might continue, not because of works, but because of his call.

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 She was told the older will serve the younger.

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 As it is written, Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.

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 What shall we say then? Is there injustice on God's part?

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 By no means.

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 For he says to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.

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 So then it depends not on human will or exertion, but on God who has mercy.

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 For the scripture says to Pharaoh,

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 For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might show my power in you,

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 and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.

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 So then he has mercy on whomever he wills, and he hardens whomever he wills.

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 You will say to me then,

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 Why does he still find fault?

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 For who can resist his will?

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 But who are you, O man, to answer back to God?

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 Will what is molded say to its molder,

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 Why have you made me like this?

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 Has the potter no right over the clay to make out of the same lump one vessel for honored use,

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 and another for dishonorable use?

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 What of God, deciding to show his wrath and to make known his power,

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 has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

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 in order to make known the riches of his glory,

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 for vessels of mercy,

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 which he has prepared beforehand for glory,

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 even us whom he has called?

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 Not from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles.

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 As indeed he says in Hosea,

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 Those who were not my people, I will call my people.

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 And her who was not beloved, I will call beloved.

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 And in the very place where it was said to them,

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 You are not my people,

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 there they will be called sons of the living God.

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 And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel,

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 Though the number of the sons of Israel be as the sand of the sea,

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 only a remnant of them will be saved.

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 For the Lord will carry out his sentence upon the earth fully and without delay.

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 And as Isaiah predicted,

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 If the Lord of hosts had not left us offspring,

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 we would have been like Sodom and become like Gomorrah.

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 What shall we say then?

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 That Gentiles who did not pursue a righteousness have attained it,

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 that is, a righteousness that is by faith.

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 But that Israel who pursued a law that would lead to righteousness

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 did not succeed in reaching that law.

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 Why?

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 Because they did not pursue it by faith,

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 but as if it were based on works.

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 They have stumbled over the stumbling stone,

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 as it is written,

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 Behold, I am laying in Zion,

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 a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.

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 And whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.

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 Amen.

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 This is the word of God,

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 and we trust and we pray that he will follow it with his blessing.

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 I'm going to sing again now,

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 this time from the Scottish Psalter,

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 from Psalm 40.

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 You'll find this on page 259.

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 Psalm 40 on page 259.

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 And we're going to sing from the beginning of that psalm

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 down to the end of the double verse marked five.

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 The tune is Balerma.

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 Psalm 40,

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 page 259.

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 I waited for the Lord my God,

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 and patiently did bear at length to me.

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 He did incline my voice and cry to hear.

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 Verses 1 to 5 of Psalm 40.

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 To God's praise.

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 I waited for the Lord my God,

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 and patiently did bear at length to me.

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 He did incline my voice and cry to hear.

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 He took me from the fearful pain,

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 and from the mighty clay,

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 And on the road he set my feet,

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 establishing my way.

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 He put a new song in my mouth,

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 Our God to magnify.

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 Many shall see it and shall fear,

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 And on the Lord rely.

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 O blessed is the man whose trust upon the Lord rely.

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 O blessed is the man whose trust upon the Lord rely.

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 O blessed is the man whose trust upon the Lord rely.

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 to lie.

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 O Lord, my God, full many are the wonders Thou hast done.

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 Thy gracious thought to us ward far above all thoughts are gone.

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 In order none can record them, to thee if them declare,

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 and speak of them I would say more than can be numbered are.

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 Well, as we seek God's help, can we turn back in our Bibles

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 to the passage that we read together there in Paul's letter to the Romans,

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 chapter 9.

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 And we can read again a couple of verses, verse 10 and 11.

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 Romans 9, at verse 10, and not only so, but also when Rebecca had conceived

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 children by one man, her forefather Isaac,

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 though they were not yet born and had done nothing, either good or bad,

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 in order that God's purpose of election might continue,

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 not because of works, but because of his call.

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 She was told the older will serve the younger.

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 In order that God's purpose of election might continue.

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 It's that time of year where we're choosing presence for other people,

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 and sometimes people will ask you, well, what do you want?

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 What would you like for yourself?

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 And in choosing, I guess we all have our own criteria.

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 You would choose something because it was attractive,

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 or appealing, or appetizing.

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 But tonight we're looking at God's choice,

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 and it had nothing to do with anything of these considerations whatsoever.

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 When I talk about God's choice, I mean God's choice of who would be saved,

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 what is referred to as election.

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 And it has nothing to do with how good or how bad you might be.

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 It is simply God's sovereign choice.

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 Nobody else had a say in it.

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 Nobody influenced his decision,

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 and never will God regret it.

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 God has chosen everyone who would be saved before the world began.

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 Let me repeat that in case you didn't get it.

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 God has chosen everyone who would be saved before the world began.

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 Now, that is a statement that people get tied in knots about,

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 and it raises all kinds of objections and questions,

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 such as, so if a person's not saved, that's not their fault, but God's?

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 Or if a person is saved, does that mean they can live as they please,

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 because they can never be lost?

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 They'll be saved anyway.

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 People also ask, well, if this is the case,

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 if God's chosen, who will be saved?

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 And they will be saved, and nobody else will.

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 What's the point in preaching?

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 What is the point in appealing to people to come to trust the Lord,

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 if those who are chosen will come anyway,

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 and those who are not will never come?

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 Well, these are all reasonable questions,

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 reasonable objections.

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 And the Apostle Paul, who wrote this letter to the Romans,

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 he expected that people would have objections to what he's saying.

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 He expected that there would be that kind of reaction.

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 Look at what he says in verse 19.

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 You need to have your Bible open for this evening,

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 if you're going to be able to follow it.

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 Verse 19 of chapter 9, Paul says,

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 You will then say to me, why does he still find fault?

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 For who can resist his will?

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 In other words, God can't blame us,

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 because it's his choice.

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 So he was expecting these kind of objections.

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 So that's what I want to study with you this evening.

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 God's choice of who will be saved.

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 We call it unconditional election.

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 The unconditional meaning, his choosing of who would be saved,

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 was not conditional on anything about them at all,

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 or anything in us at all.

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 This teaching, doctrine if you want to call it that,

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 it may be something that you've been familiar with most of your life,

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 or it may be something that you're not familiar with at all.

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 And maybe what you know of it,

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 or even what you've just heard of it this evening,

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 you might love it,

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 you might loathe it,

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 or you might be completely baffled by it.

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 So I want to try my best this evening to explain it to you as simply as I possibly can.

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 And I'd like to do that under three headings this evening.

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 First of all, clarity.

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 Secondly, confusion.

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 And thirdly, comfort.

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 These three words, clarity, confusion, and comfort.

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 So let's start with clarity.

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 And what I mean by that is that this teaching is clearly taught in the Bible.

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 It is crystal clear from Scripture that God had chosen those who will be saved.

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 That's what the Apostle Paul is telling us here in verses 10 to 12.

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 He talks about Jacob and Esau.

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 They were two brothers.

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 They were twin brothers, actually.

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 The sons of Isaac, grandsons of Abraham.

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 And Paul says very, very clearly to us in verse 10 that before these boys were born,

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 before they had done anything good or bad,

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 God had chosen one of them.

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 God had chosen Jacob.

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 And while Paul probably states it more clearly and more starkly than others,

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 it is a teaching that you'll find in many places in Scripture.

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 So, for instance, in the letter to the Ephesians,

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 we read this,

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 He chose us in Christ before the creation of the world.

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 God chose those who'd be saved before He ever made the world.

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 Or going to the letter to the Thessalonians,

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 it says,

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 From the beginning God chose you to be saved.

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 This is what I mean by clarity.

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 This teaching is clearly there in the Scriptures from beginning to end.

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 Now, if you're on the ball, you might say,

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 Well, that's only Paul you've quoted.

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 It was Paul that wrote to the Romans.

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 It was Paul that wrote to the Ephesians.

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 It was Paul that wrote to the Thessalonians.

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 But Jesus was clearly aware of this as well.

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 Jesus speaks of His own people as,

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 Those whom the Father has given to me.

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 They were already given to Him.

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 And in John 6, He says,

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 All that the Father has given to me will come to me.

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 Those who had already been chosen.

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 Jesus says they're going to come.

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 So if you study the Scripture with an open mind,

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 there can be absolutely no doubt

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 that God has a chosen people,

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 what we call the elect,

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 and that they alone will be saved.

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 They alone will be saved.

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 And you'll find that clearly in passages such as in Acts 13.

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 We read this.

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 Listen carefully to this.

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 All who were appointed for eternal life believed.

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 All who were appointed for eternal life believed.

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 You've got to note what this is not saying.

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 It's not saying that they believed.

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 It's not saying they were appointed because they believed.

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 Sorry.

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 It's saying they believed because they'd already been appointed.

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 They had already been chosen.

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 All who were appointed for eternal life believed.

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 And Jesus says virtually the same thing,

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 although He's talking about the opposite group.

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 He's talking about those who didn't believe.

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 In John 10, verse 26,

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 Jesus says,

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 You do not believe because you are not my sheep.

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 Again, you have to think about what He's not saying.

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 He's not saying you're not my sheep because you haven't believed.

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 What He said was,

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 You don't believe because you're not my sheep.

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 You're not my chosen ones.

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 If you're a Christian tonight,

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 the very reason you believed is that God appointed you to believe,

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 that God chose you to be saved.

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 Now that much,

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 and I know you will already have questions and objections,

00:34:06.360 --> 00:34:09.920
 but that much is clear, crystal clear from Scripture.

00:34:10.079 --> 00:34:11.320
 You cannot argue with it,

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 that God has His elect people.

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 And it's not because they're better than others.

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 It's not because there's anything good in them whatsoever.

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 The Shorter Catechism captures that when it says this,

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 that God, having out of His mere good pleasure,

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 from all eternity,

00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:33.820
 elected some to everlasting life.

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 It chose them out of His mere good pleasure.

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 That's His prerogative.

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 Not because they were better than others.

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:46.019
 Let's deal with some of the objections that you might be having

00:34:46.019 --> 00:34:47.400
 to this at this stage.

00:34:50.079 --> 00:34:51.220
 You may be saying,

00:34:51.900 --> 00:34:53.059
 Well, that's not fair.

00:34:54.139 --> 00:34:57.440
 That is not fair that God chose some and leaves others.

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 Well, if you really wanted fairness,

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 there would be no hope for any of us.

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 If we really wanted fairness and justice,

00:35:10.619 --> 00:35:14.539
 we would all be heading for a lost eternity.

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 Maybe you say,

00:35:16.359 --> 00:35:16.940
 Okay, fair enough,

00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:19.400
 but it's still unfair, surely.

00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:22.159
 It's still unfair that those who are not chosen

00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:24.519
 will go to a lost eternity

00:35:24.519 --> 00:35:25.759
 through no fault of their own.

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 Well, that statement's just not true.

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 Nobody will go to a lost eternity

00:35:34.299 --> 00:35:36.619
 through no fault of their own.

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:39.319
 Nobody will be lost

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 or judged eternally

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:44.559
 who didn't deserve that.

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 Everybody is condemned

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 by their own sin.

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 Coming back to the passage.

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 We've not done much in the passage,

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 but I intend to.

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 But verse 13.

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 Look at verse 13.

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 Now, before I read this,

00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:57.739
 this sounds harsh.

00:35:58.299 --> 00:35:59.400
 This is hard to hear.

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 Verse 13.

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 As it is written,

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 Jacob I loved,

00:36:03.460 --> 00:36:06.280
 but Esau I hated.

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 I don't believe that God hated Esau

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 before he was born.

00:36:16.139 --> 00:36:17.900
 The verses before that

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 are speaking about

00:36:18.619 --> 00:36:19.840
 what happened before birth,

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 that God had chosen Jacob

00:36:22.079 --> 00:36:23.199
 before he was born.

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:25.400
 But I don't believe God hated Esau

00:36:25.400 --> 00:36:26.280
 before he was born.

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 God came to hate Esau

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 because of Esau's sin.

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 That's what the Bible tells us.

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 The Bible tells us

00:36:32.480 --> 00:36:33.400
 that God hates sin

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 and he hates a person

00:36:34.820 --> 00:36:36.500
 who continues in sin

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 rejecting God

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 and determined to go on

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 in that path

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 and that was Esau.

00:36:43.780 --> 00:36:45.059
 Esau was condemned

00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:47.019
 because of his own

00:36:47.019 --> 00:36:49.139
 ungodly behavior,

00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:50.659
 his own attitude

00:36:50.659 --> 00:36:53.240
 and his own actions.

00:36:53.639 --> 00:36:54.760
 So if you read about Esau,

00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.619
 go back to Genesis.

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 Genesis 25.

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 I think it's the last verse

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 of the chapter.

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 It says this about Esau.

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 Esau despised his birthright.

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 That was his spiritual heritage.

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 It doesn't just say

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 he couldn't care about it.

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 He despised it.

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 And then you read about Esau

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:14.460
 in Hebrews chapter 12.

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 It says this.

00:37:16.420 --> 00:37:17.980
 Esau was sexually immoral

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 and godless.

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 These are the things

00:37:21.920 --> 00:37:23.500
 that condemned Esau.

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 not the fact that

00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:26.420
 he wasn't chosen.

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 And that's why

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:29.239
 in the very next verse,

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 verse 14,

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 Paul then says,

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 so having says,

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 Jacob I loved,

00:37:32.900 --> 00:37:33.380
 Esau I hated.

00:37:34.079 --> 00:37:34.699
 Verse 14,

00:37:34.760 --> 00:37:35.380
 what shall we say then?

00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:36.380
 Is there injustice

00:37:36.380 --> 00:37:37.260
 on God's part?

00:37:38.219 --> 00:37:40.340
 By no means.

00:37:41.699 --> 00:37:41.940
 He says,

00:37:41.980 --> 00:37:43.239
 you can't accuse God

00:37:43.239 --> 00:37:44.159
 of being unjust.

00:37:44.159 --> 00:37:50.879
 Esau got what he deserved.

00:37:50.880 --> 00:37:54.740
 But I want to push this

00:37:54.740 --> 00:37:55.300
 a bit further.

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.220
 Hoping you're still with me.

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:01.059
 I want to suggest

00:38:01.059 --> 00:38:02.180
 to you this evening

00:38:02.180 --> 00:38:04.500
 that God's choosing of some

00:38:04.500 --> 00:38:06.180
 to eternal life

00:38:06.180 --> 00:38:09.380
 and consigning of others

00:38:09.380 --> 00:38:11.820
 to eternal judgment,

00:38:11.820 --> 00:38:14.000
 that these two

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:15.500
 are not symmetrical.

00:38:16.620 --> 00:38:17.820
 By that I mean

00:38:17.820 --> 00:38:18.960
 that God is not

00:38:18.960 --> 00:38:20.820
 equally involved

00:38:20.820 --> 00:38:22.280
 in both.

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:24.300
 He's very involved

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:25.760
 in the choosing

00:38:25.760 --> 00:38:27.100
 of those who will be saved.

00:38:28.220 --> 00:38:29.580
 But he passes

00:38:29.580 --> 00:38:30.880
 by the rest.

00:38:31.580 --> 00:38:32.140
 He passes

00:38:32.140 --> 00:38:33.220
 by the rest.

00:38:33.980 --> 00:38:35.820
 He's not equally involved

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:37.260
 in both.

00:38:38.420 --> 00:38:39.039
 So I want to draw

00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:39.400
 your attention

00:38:39.400 --> 00:38:40.380
 to verse 22.

00:38:41.820 --> 00:38:42.519
 And when you read this,

00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:43.100
 it sounds like

00:38:43.100 --> 00:38:45.140
 I've blown my own argument.

00:38:46.320 --> 00:38:47.260
 Verse 22.

00:38:47.740 --> 00:38:48.620
 Let's read it together.

00:38:51.100 --> 00:38:52.059
 What if God,

00:38:52.680 --> 00:38:53.980
 deciding to show his wrath

00:38:53.980 --> 00:38:54.940
 and to make known

00:38:54.940 --> 00:38:55.539
 his power,

00:38:56.080 --> 00:38:56.820
 has endured

00:38:56.820 --> 00:38:57.980
 with much patience

00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:59.920
 vessels of wrath

00:38:59.920 --> 00:39:03.360
 prepared for destruction

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:04.920
 or objects of wrath

00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:07.559
 prepared for destruction?

00:39:07.780 --> 00:39:08.640
 So you read that

00:39:08.640 --> 00:39:10.380
 at first reading at least.

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:11.900
 And it sounds like

00:39:11.900 --> 00:39:14.700
 God created people

00:39:14.700 --> 00:39:15.700
 just to destroy them.

00:39:16.579 --> 00:39:17.800
 That's what it sounds like,

00:39:18.360 --> 00:39:19.740
 which would clearly

00:39:19.740 --> 00:39:21.280
 blow my argument.

00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:23.860
 But that verse,

00:39:24.280 --> 00:39:25.019
 you'll agree with me,

00:39:25.079 --> 00:39:25.599
 it's speaking about

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.300
 what God does.

00:39:26.400 --> 00:39:27.200
 God is active

00:39:27.200 --> 00:39:28.300
 in verse 22.

00:39:28.720 --> 00:39:29.260
 This is him.

00:39:29.680 --> 00:39:30.519
 This is what he's doing.

00:39:31.300 --> 00:39:31.880
 He's active

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.720
 until you come

00:39:32.720 --> 00:39:33.880
 to the word prepared.

00:39:34.700 --> 00:39:35.740
 Now this is not as clear

00:39:35.740 --> 00:39:36.800
 in your English translation,

00:39:36.800 --> 00:39:38.080
 but remember

00:39:38.080 --> 00:39:38.860
 your New Testament

00:39:38.860 --> 00:39:39.840
 was written in Greek.

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:41.800
 And in Greek,

00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:42.780
 that word prepared

00:39:42.780 --> 00:39:43.760
 is passive.

00:39:45.220 --> 00:39:46.220
 It's a passive.

00:39:46.440 --> 00:39:46.920
 In other words,

00:39:47.600 --> 00:39:48.860
 God is not involved

00:39:48.860 --> 00:39:49.740
 in that bit.

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.500
 It's not God

00:39:51.500 --> 00:39:53.420
 who prepares people

00:39:53.420 --> 00:39:54.140
 for destruction.

00:39:54.240 --> 00:39:54.800
 Who does it then?

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.720
 They do it themselves.

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:58.940
 They do it themselves.

00:39:59.560 --> 00:40:00.539
 God is passive

00:40:00.539 --> 00:40:01.660
 in that part.

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:04.199
 Now, if you're not convinced,

00:40:04.500 --> 00:40:05.099
 let me take you

00:40:05.099 --> 00:40:06.259
 to the next verse

00:40:06.259 --> 00:40:07.379
 that speaks of

00:40:07.379 --> 00:40:07.980
 his involvement

00:40:07.980 --> 00:40:10.199
 in those who will be saved.

00:40:10.799 --> 00:40:11.679
 And you're going to notice

00:40:11.679 --> 00:40:12.779
 a very subtle difference.

00:40:13.139 --> 00:40:13.699
 Verse 23.

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:16.199
 In order to make known

00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:17.159
 the riches of his glory

00:40:17.159 --> 00:40:19.480
 for vessels of mercy,

00:40:20.279 --> 00:40:22.319
 which he has prepared

00:40:22.319 --> 00:40:24.599
 beforehand for glory.

00:40:24.639 --> 00:40:25.779
 That prepared word

00:40:25.779 --> 00:40:26.519
 is there again.

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:29.159
 God's preparing people

00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:29.839
 for glory.

00:40:29.840 --> 00:40:31.920
 But in this verse,

00:40:32.200 --> 00:40:32.660
 in Greek,

00:40:32.800 --> 00:40:33.600
 it's active.

00:40:34.420 --> 00:40:36.039
 It's God that does it.

00:40:37.140 --> 00:40:38.260
 Now, you will see

00:40:38.260 --> 00:40:38.780
 the difference

00:40:38.780 --> 00:40:39.900
 in your English translations

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:41.900
 because in verse 23,

00:40:42.600 --> 00:40:44.840
 it includes the word he,

00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:46.579
 which he,

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:47.320
 God,

00:40:47.519 --> 00:40:47.920
 prepared

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:49.820
 for glory.

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:51.460
 In verse 22,

00:40:52.160 --> 00:40:53.519
 there is no he.

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.380
 Vettels of wrath

00:40:55.380 --> 00:40:56.720
 prepared

00:40:56.720 --> 00:40:58.500
 for destruction.

00:40:58.500 --> 00:41:00.119
 God is passive

00:41:00.119 --> 00:41:01.940
 in the first

00:41:01.940 --> 00:41:03.119
 preparation.

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:05.139
 Those who will be lost,

00:41:05.280 --> 00:41:05.980
 he's active

00:41:05.980 --> 00:41:07.539
 in the second.

00:41:08.679 --> 00:41:09.360
 So, if you haven't

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:09.900
 followed me,

00:41:09.980 --> 00:41:11.079
 let me just state that

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.679
 as plainly

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:12.699
 as I can.

00:41:13.420 --> 00:41:14.500
 Where these verses

00:41:14.500 --> 00:41:15.119
 are speaking

00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:16.300
 about people

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:17.179
 being prepared

00:41:17.179 --> 00:41:18.039
 for glory,

00:41:19.179 --> 00:41:19.900
 it is God

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.659
 that does that.

00:41:21.519 --> 00:41:22.219
 Where it speaks

00:41:22.219 --> 00:41:22.820
 about people

00:41:22.820 --> 00:41:23.539
 being prepared

00:41:23.539 --> 00:41:24.440
 for destruction,

00:41:25.440 --> 00:41:26.400
 they do that

00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:26.880
 themselves.

00:41:26.880 --> 00:41:29.420
 Hence my argument,

00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:30.180
 God is not

00:41:30.180 --> 00:41:31.960
 equally involved

00:41:31.960 --> 00:41:32.700
 in both.

00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:34.579
 It's not symmetrical.

00:41:35.559 --> 00:41:36.660
 He is very involved

00:41:36.660 --> 00:41:37.700
 in the choosing

00:41:37.700 --> 00:41:38.220
 of those

00:41:38.220 --> 00:41:38.940
 who will be saved.

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.640
 He passes

00:41:40.640 --> 00:41:41.160
 by

00:41:41.160 --> 00:41:42.460
 the rest.

00:41:44.220 --> 00:41:44.579
 Now,

00:41:44.619 --> 00:41:45.280
 if you're on the ball,

00:41:45.579 --> 00:41:46.480
 you might have noticed

00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:47.360
 verse 18,

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:49.039
 which again

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.720
 seems to go

00:41:49.720 --> 00:41:50.760
 against my argument

00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:51.440
 because it talks

00:41:51.440 --> 00:41:51.980
 about God

00:41:51.980 --> 00:41:52.519
 hardening

00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:53.880
 a heart.

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:57.300
 let's read

00:41:57.300 --> 00:41:57.900
 verse 18.

00:41:59.400 --> 00:41:59.500
 So,

00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:00.099
 then he has

00:42:00.099 --> 00:42:00.539
 mercy

00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:02.039
 on whomever

00:42:02.039 --> 00:42:02.740
 he wills

00:42:02.740 --> 00:42:04.400
 and he hardens

00:42:04.400 --> 00:42:04.940
 whomever

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.880
 he wills.

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:07.300
 So,

00:42:07.360 --> 00:42:07.579
 if God

00:42:07.579 --> 00:42:08.280
 hardens hearts,

00:42:08.380 --> 00:42:08.780
 then surely

00:42:08.780 --> 00:42:09.340
 that's him

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:10.660
 preparing people

00:42:10.660 --> 00:42:12.039
 for destruction.

00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:14.280
 But you've got to

00:42:14.280 --> 00:42:14.619
 ask,

00:42:15.180 --> 00:42:16.200
 what's the context

00:42:16.200 --> 00:42:16.640
 here?

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:17.940
 The context

00:42:17.940 --> 00:42:18.579
 here is the verse

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.500
 that comes before it

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:20.000
 that mentions

00:42:20.000 --> 00:42:21.119
 a specific person,

00:42:21.260 --> 00:42:21.960
 verse 17.

00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:23.659
 for scripture says

00:42:23.659 --> 00:42:24.720
 to Pharaoh.

00:42:26.000 --> 00:42:26.659
 This is talking

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.240
 about what God

00:42:27.240 --> 00:42:28.380
 did in Pharaoh's

00:42:28.380 --> 00:42:28.840
 heart.

00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:30.240
 You can read

00:42:30.240 --> 00:42:30.579
 about that

00:42:30.579 --> 00:42:31.280
 in Exodus 8

00:42:31.280 --> 00:42:32.099
 and Exodus 9.

00:42:33.059 --> 00:42:33.960
 And in Exodus 9

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:34.619
 you will read

00:42:34.619 --> 00:42:35.240
 that God

00:42:35.240 --> 00:42:35.980
 hardened

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:37.119
 Pharaoh's

00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:37.960
 heart.

00:42:39.579 --> 00:42:40.260
 But you've got

00:42:40.260 --> 00:42:41.179
 to read Exodus 8

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:42.940
 where you will

00:42:42.940 --> 00:42:43.400
 see that,

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.500
 read that,

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:45.340
 Pharaoh hardened

00:42:45.340 --> 00:42:45.800
 his heart,

00:42:46.260 --> 00:42:46.980
 Pharaoh hardened

00:42:46.980 --> 00:42:47.440
 his heart,

00:42:47.960 --> 00:42:48.559
 Pharaoh hardened

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:49.079
 his heart.

00:42:50.240 --> 00:42:51.240
 And in chapter 9,

00:42:51.300 --> 00:42:51.780
 Exodus 9,

00:42:51.780 --> 00:42:52.600
 God gave him

00:42:52.600 --> 00:42:53.140
 what he wanted.

00:42:54.019 --> 00:42:54.980
 God gave Pharaoh

00:42:54.980 --> 00:42:55.540
 what he'd already

00:42:55.540 --> 00:42:56.140
 chosen,

00:42:57.040 --> 00:42:57.780
 a heart that

00:42:57.780 --> 00:42:58.400
 was hard

00:42:58.400 --> 00:43:00.060
 against God.

00:43:01.580 --> 00:43:02.019
 So,

00:43:02.140 --> 00:43:02.640
 that was our

00:43:02.640 --> 00:43:03.640
 first point,

00:43:04.519 --> 00:43:05.160
 longer than

00:43:05.160 --> 00:43:05.500
 the other,

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:07.120
 clarity.

00:43:09.220 --> 00:43:09.640
 And if you're

00:43:09.640 --> 00:43:09.860
 thinking,

00:43:09.980 --> 00:43:10.040
 well,

00:43:10.060 --> 00:43:10.480
 if that was

00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:10.760
 clear,

00:43:10.820 --> 00:43:11.080
 I'm not

00:43:11.080 --> 00:43:11.560
 looking forward

00:43:11.560 --> 00:43:12.880
 to point 2,

00:43:13.060 --> 00:43:13.580
 confusion.

00:43:14.380 --> 00:43:15.240
 But confusion,

00:43:15.519 --> 00:43:16.019
 I think,

00:43:16.080 --> 00:43:16.680
 is simpler

00:43:16.680 --> 00:43:17.300
 and easier

00:43:17.300 --> 00:43:17.800
 to follow

00:43:17.800 --> 00:43:18.540
 than the clarity

00:43:18.540 --> 00:43:18.880
 was.

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.380
 What I mean

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:20.080
 by clarity

00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:21.219
 is that

00:43:21.219 --> 00:43:22.259
 this teaching

00:43:22.259 --> 00:43:22.860
 that God

00:43:22.860 --> 00:43:23.699
 has chosen

00:43:23.699 --> 00:43:24.340
 those who

00:43:24.340 --> 00:43:24.619
 will be

00:43:24.619 --> 00:43:24.860
 saved

00:43:24.860 --> 00:43:26.259
 is crystal

00:43:26.259 --> 00:43:26.759
 clear

00:43:26.759 --> 00:43:28.079
 in the Bible.

00:43:29.119 --> 00:43:29.599
 Absolute

00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:30.400
 clarity on it.

00:43:30.759 --> 00:43:31.239
 We can't

00:43:31.239 --> 00:43:31.759
 deny it.

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:32.900
 But then let's

00:43:32.900 --> 00:43:33.940
 come to confusion.

00:43:34.360 --> 00:43:34.460
 So,

00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:34.920
 what I mean by

00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:35.759
 confusion is that

00:43:35.759 --> 00:43:36.980
 once you

00:43:36.980 --> 00:43:38.219
 maybe get over

00:43:38.219 --> 00:43:38.960
 any objections

00:43:38.960 --> 00:43:39.599
 you have

00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:40.079
 or once you

00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:40.599
 accept that

00:43:40.599 --> 00:43:41.039
 this is the

00:43:41.039 --> 00:43:41.559
 teaching of

00:43:41.559 --> 00:43:42.639
 the Bible,

00:43:43.299 --> 00:43:44.179
 you will come

00:43:44.179 --> 00:43:44.719
 up with lots

00:43:44.719 --> 00:43:45.219
 of questions,

00:43:45.360 --> 00:43:45.779
 lots of

00:43:45.779 --> 00:43:46.259
 objections,

00:43:46.260 --> 00:43:46.940
 lots of

00:43:46.940 --> 00:43:47.840
 confusing

00:43:47.840 --> 00:43:49.080
 issues,

00:43:49.500 --> 00:43:50.220
 such as,

00:43:51.380 --> 00:43:52.520
 if I'm not

00:43:52.520 --> 00:43:53.080
 in the elect,

00:43:53.480 --> 00:43:55.240
 I'll never

00:43:55.240 --> 00:43:55.780
 be saved.

00:43:57.360 --> 00:43:57.620
 So,

00:43:57.880 --> 00:43:58.480
 why bother

00:43:58.480 --> 00:43:59.500
 doing anything?

00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:01.280
 Or,

00:44:01.380 --> 00:44:02.140
 closely related

00:44:02.140 --> 00:44:02.720
 to that,

00:44:03.680 --> 00:44:04.200
 if God's

00:44:04.200 --> 00:44:04.960
 already chosen

00:44:04.960 --> 00:44:05.500
 everyone who

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:05.900
 will be saved,

00:44:05.940 --> 00:44:06.340
 what's the point

00:44:06.340 --> 00:44:06.680
 of preaching?

00:44:06.980 --> 00:44:07.400
 Why would we

00:44:07.400 --> 00:44:08.220
 appeal to anyone?

00:44:09.020 --> 00:44:09.480
 If they're going

00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:09.800
 to be saved,

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:10.040
 they're going

00:44:10.040 --> 00:44:10.500
 to be saved.

00:44:11.460 --> 00:44:12.060
 And then there's

00:44:12.060 --> 00:44:12.620
 this third

00:44:12.620 --> 00:44:13.900
 confusion.

00:44:13.900 --> 00:44:14.019
 confusion.

00:44:15.180 --> 00:44:15.960
 If God

00:44:15.960 --> 00:44:16.740
 has chosen

00:44:16.740 --> 00:44:17.900
 those who

00:44:17.900 --> 00:44:18.660
 will be saved

00:44:18.660 --> 00:44:19.119
 and they'll

00:44:19.119 --> 00:44:19.660
 be saved

00:44:19.660 --> 00:44:20.059
 and never

00:44:20.059 --> 00:44:20.720
 be lost,

00:44:21.539 --> 00:44:22.360
 are they not

00:44:22.360 --> 00:44:23.200
 liable to

00:44:23.200 --> 00:44:24.619
 live carelessly

00:44:24.619 --> 00:44:26.039
 as Christians?

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:27.579
 These are all

00:44:27.579 --> 00:44:28.440
 good points

00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:29.000
 to raise.

00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:29.660
 They're real

00:44:29.660 --> 00:44:31.380
 objections,

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:32.400
 confusions

00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:33.780
 that we have

00:44:33.780 --> 00:44:34.300
 to process

00:44:34.300 --> 00:44:35.480
 as we think

00:44:35.480 --> 00:44:35.860
 about this.

00:44:35.900 --> 00:44:35.980
 So,

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:36.480
 I want to

00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:37.119
 address each

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:37.400
 of these

00:44:37.400 --> 00:44:37.780
 three one

00:44:37.780 --> 00:44:38.280
 at a time

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:39.300
 just now.

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:39.460
 So,

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:39.960
 first of all,

00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:43.280
 this objection

00:44:43.280 --> 00:44:43.700
 that leads

00:44:43.700 --> 00:44:44.420
 to confusion.

00:44:44.780 --> 00:44:45.360
 If I'm not

00:44:45.360 --> 00:44:46.060
 in the elect,

00:44:46.860 --> 00:44:47.300
 I'll never

00:44:47.300 --> 00:44:47.900
 be saved.

00:44:48.540 --> 00:44:48.880
 So,

00:44:48.940 --> 00:44:49.340
 what's the

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.720
 point in

00:44:49.720 --> 00:44:50.240
 doing anything?

00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:52.220
 Well,

00:44:52.240 --> 00:44:52.840
 people who

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:53.760
 reel out

00:44:53.760 --> 00:44:54.660
 that argument

00:44:54.660 --> 00:44:57.100
 usually do

00:44:57.100 --> 00:44:57.720
 so because

00:44:57.720 --> 00:44:58.519
 they don't

00:44:58.519 --> 00:44:59.640
 want to

00:44:59.640 --> 00:45:00.360
 trust the

00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:00.640
 Lord.

00:45:01.780 --> 00:45:02.560
 They don't

00:45:02.560 --> 00:45:02.980
 want to

00:45:02.980 --> 00:45:03.420
 come under

00:45:03.420 --> 00:45:04.100
 his authority.

00:45:04.600 --> 00:45:05.019
 They don't

00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:05.340
 want to

00:45:05.340 --> 00:45:06.240
 be answerable

00:45:06.240 --> 00:45:06.900
 to him.

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:07.840
 And they're

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:08.240
 looking for

00:45:08.240 --> 00:45:08.880
 an excuse

00:45:08.880 --> 00:45:09.840
 to justify

00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:11.080
 their position.

00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:12.420
 And let me

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:12.720
 tell you,

00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:13.179
 God will

00:45:13.179 --> 00:45:13.719
 not allow

00:45:13.719 --> 00:45:14.099
 you to

00:45:14.099 --> 00:45:14.480
 hold on

00:45:14.480 --> 00:45:14.739
 to that

00:45:14.739 --> 00:45:15.179
 excuse.

00:45:16.139 --> 00:45:16.619
 God will

00:45:16.619 --> 00:45:17.299
 not allow

00:45:17.299 --> 00:45:17.659
 you to

00:45:17.659 --> 00:45:18.000
 hold on

00:45:18.000 --> 00:45:18.199
 to that

00:45:18.199 --> 00:45:18.579
 excuse.

00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:19.899
 Because God

00:45:19.899 --> 00:45:20.939
 has commanded

00:45:20.939 --> 00:45:22.539
 us to

00:45:22.539 --> 00:45:23.079
 seek the

00:45:23.079 --> 00:45:23.319
 Lord.

00:45:23.779 --> 00:45:24.579
 That's your

00:45:24.579 --> 00:45:25.039
 duty,

00:45:25.599 --> 00:45:26.159
 to seek

00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:26.519
 the Lord.

00:45:26.759 --> 00:45:27.159
 And he's

00:45:27.159 --> 00:45:27.639
 promised if

00:45:27.639 --> 00:45:27.980
 you do,

00:45:28.299 --> 00:45:28.739
 you will

00:45:28.739 --> 00:45:29.559
 find him.

00:45:30.879 --> 00:45:31.319
 Listen to

00:45:31.319 --> 00:45:32.459
 Acts 17.

00:45:34.199 --> 00:45:34.619
 God

00:45:34.619 --> 00:45:35.299
 commands

00:45:35.299 --> 00:45:36.359
 all people

00:45:36.359 --> 00:45:37.259
 everywhere

00:45:37.259 --> 00:45:38.719
 to repent.

00:45:41.059 --> 00:45:42.119
 No loophole.

00:45:42.719 --> 00:45:44.179
 all people

00:45:44.179 --> 00:45:45.119
 everywhere

00:45:45.119 --> 00:45:46.439
 are commanded

00:45:46.439 --> 00:45:47.099
 to repent.

00:45:47.259 --> 00:45:47.980
 That's your

00:45:47.980 --> 00:45:48.959
 duty.

00:45:49.599 --> 00:45:50.059
 And there's a

00:45:50.059 --> 00:45:50.719
 promise that

00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:51.299
 goes with it.

00:45:51.379 --> 00:45:51.959
 If you do

00:45:51.959 --> 00:45:52.339
 repent,

00:45:52.439 --> 00:45:52.959
 you turn from

00:45:52.959 --> 00:45:53.259
 your sin

00:45:53.259 --> 00:45:53.539
 and you

00:45:53.539 --> 00:45:53.919
 seek the

00:45:53.919 --> 00:45:54.119
 Lord.

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.159
 Matthew 7,

00:45:55.299 --> 00:45:56.059
 ask and you

00:45:56.059 --> 00:45:56.659
 will receive.

00:45:57.399 --> 00:45:58.199
 Seek and you

00:45:58.199 --> 00:45:58.779
 will find.

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.659
 Knock and the

00:45:59.659 --> 00:46:01.119
 door will be

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:02.159
 opened to

00:46:02.159 --> 00:46:02.579
 you.

00:46:02.579 --> 00:46:05.380
 If you go

00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:05.619
 into the

00:46:05.619 --> 00:46:06.219
 next chapter,

00:46:07.019 --> 00:46:07.480
 Romans chapter

00:46:07.480 --> 00:46:07.960
 10,

00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:10.860
 and verse

00:46:10.860 --> 00:46:11.719
 9,

00:46:12.000 --> 00:46:12.360
 we read

00:46:12.360 --> 00:46:12.739
 this.

00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:14.299
 Here's another

00:46:14.299 --> 00:46:14.779
 promise,

00:46:15.259 --> 00:46:15.619
 a clear

00:46:15.619 --> 00:46:16.139
 promise.

00:46:17.279 --> 00:46:17.719
 Romans 10,

00:46:17.759 --> 00:46:18.139
 verse 9,

00:46:18.219 --> 00:46:18.819
 if you confess

00:46:18.819 --> 00:46:19.159
 with your

00:46:19.159 --> 00:46:19.539
 mouth that

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.000
 Jesus is

00:46:20.000 --> 00:46:20.519
 Lord and

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.159
 believe in

00:46:21.159 --> 00:46:21.539
 your heart

00:46:21.539 --> 00:46:21.880
 that God

00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:22.279
 raised him

00:46:22.279 --> 00:46:22.599
 from the

00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:22.860
 dead,

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:24.340
 you will

00:46:24.340 --> 00:46:25.699
 be saved.

00:46:26.159 --> 00:46:26.900
 You will

00:46:26.900 --> 00:46:27.759
 be saved.

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:28.860
 That's

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:29.600
 God's

00:46:29.600 --> 00:46:30.760
 promise.

00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:32.200
 So friends,

00:46:32.260 --> 00:46:33.060
 the ball is

00:46:33.060 --> 00:46:33.880
 firmly in

00:46:33.880 --> 00:46:34.620
 your court.

00:46:36.160 --> 00:46:37.440
 No excuses.

00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:39.240
 No hiding

00:46:39.240 --> 00:46:39.720
 place.

00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:41.640
 God tells

00:46:41.640 --> 00:46:43.000
 you to

00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:43.580
 seek him.

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:44.940
 And if you

00:46:44.940 --> 00:46:45.380
 do, you

00:46:45.380 --> 00:46:46.140
 will find

00:46:46.140 --> 00:46:46.520
 him.

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:48.140
 And you'll

00:46:48.140 --> 00:46:48.900
 find then

00:46:48.900 --> 00:46:50.260
 that you

00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:50.880
 were chosen

00:46:50.880 --> 00:46:51.560
 by God

00:46:51.560 --> 00:46:52.980
 to be

00:46:52.980 --> 00:46:53.340
 saved.

00:46:54.900 --> 00:46:55.500
 Whoever

00:46:55.500 --> 00:46:56.340
 comes to

00:46:56.340 --> 00:46:56.840
 me, he

00:46:56.840 --> 00:46:57.060
 says,

00:46:57.059 --> 00:46:57.940
 I'll

00:46:57.940 --> 00:46:58.179
 never

00:46:58.179 --> 00:46:58.440
 turn

00:46:58.440 --> 00:46:58.679
 away.

00:46:59.679 --> 00:46:59.920
 I'll

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:00.099
 never

00:47:00.099 --> 00:47:00.340
 turn

00:47:00.340 --> 00:47:00.559
 away.

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:01.659
 There's

00:47:01.659 --> 00:47:02.019
 no room

00:47:02.019 --> 00:47:02.619
 for excuses.

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:03.659
 There's

00:47:03.659 --> 00:47:04.000
 no room

00:47:04.000 --> 00:47:04.259
 for a

00:47:04.259 --> 00:47:04.500
 hiding

00:47:04.500 --> 00:47:04.900
 place.

00:47:05.719 --> 00:47:06.019
 So that's

00:47:06.019 --> 00:47:06.299
 the first

00:47:06.299 --> 00:47:06.739
 objection

00:47:06.739 --> 00:47:07.199
 that causes

00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:07.679
 confusion.

00:47:07.799 --> 00:47:08.000
 If I'm

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:08.259
 not in

00:47:08.259 --> 00:47:08.519
 the elect,

00:47:08.579 --> 00:47:08.679
 I'll

00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:09.019
 never be

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:09.279
 saved.

00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:10.579
 The second

00:47:10.579 --> 00:47:10.920
 is this.

00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:11.119
 Why

00:47:11.119 --> 00:47:11.559
 preach?

00:47:12.920 --> 00:47:13.279
 Why

00:47:13.279 --> 00:47:13.559
 preach?

00:47:13.619 --> 00:47:13.980
 If all

00:47:13.980 --> 00:47:14.139
 who are

00:47:14.139 --> 00:47:14.299
 going to

00:47:14.299 --> 00:47:14.619
 be saved

00:47:14.619 --> 00:47:14.840
 are going

00:47:14.840 --> 00:47:15.019
 to be

00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:15.219
 saved

00:47:15.219 --> 00:47:15.500
 anyway?

00:47:16.779 --> 00:47:17.279
 And if

00:47:17.279 --> 00:47:17.400
 they're

00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:17.699
 not in

00:47:17.699 --> 00:47:17.940
 the elect,

00:47:18.000 --> 00:47:18.099
 they're

00:47:18.099 --> 00:47:18.279
 never

00:47:18.279 --> 00:47:18.500
 going to

00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:18.659
 be

00:47:18.659 --> 00:47:18.920
 saved.

00:47:20.420 --> 00:47:20.799
 Well,

00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:21.199
 we preach

00:47:21.199 --> 00:47:23.199
 because God's

00:47:23.199 --> 00:47:23.840
 choice is

00:47:23.840 --> 00:47:24.659
 his business,

00:47:25.279 --> 00:47:26.179
 not ours.

00:47:27.059 --> 00:47:27.619
 We don't

00:47:27.619 --> 00:47:28.099
 know who

00:47:28.099 --> 00:47:28.500
 are in

00:47:28.500 --> 00:47:29.000
 the elect.

00:47:29.779 --> 00:47:30.400
 So we

00:47:30.400 --> 00:47:30.940
 appeal to

00:47:30.940 --> 00:47:31.779
 all to

00:47:31.779 --> 00:47:33.119
 come to

00:47:33.119 --> 00:47:33.719
 Christ for

00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:34.219
 salvation.

00:47:35.019 --> 00:47:35.559
 That's the

00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:36.400
 instruction that

00:47:36.400 --> 00:47:36.659
 the Bible

00:47:36.659 --> 00:47:37.079
 gives us,

00:47:37.139 --> 00:47:37.460
 and that's

00:47:37.460 --> 00:47:38.279
 the example

00:47:38.279 --> 00:47:39.440
 that the

00:47:39.440 --> 00:47:40.480
 Bible gives

00:47:40.480 --> 00:47:40.920
 us.

00:47:43.000 --> 00:47:43.279
 Jesus

00:47:43.279 --> 00:47:43.779
 called us

00:47:43.779 --> 00:47:44.299
 to go

00:47:44.299 --> 00:47:44.880
 and make

00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:45.480
 disciples

00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:47.059
 of all

00:47:47.059 --> 00:47:47.639
 nations.

00:47:48.219 --> 00:47:48.460
 He didn't

00:47:48.460 --> 00:47:48.799
 tell us to

00:47:48.799 --> 00:47:49.380
 be selective.

00:47:51.759 --> 00:47:53.179
 Paul to

00:47:53.179 --> 00:47:53.500
 the church

00:47:53.500 --> 00:47:53.840
 at Corinth

00:47:53.840 --> 00:47:54.139
 said,

00:47:55.019 --> 00:47:55.639
 we plead

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:56.219
 with you

00:47:56.219 --> 00:47:57.659
 on Christ's

00:47:57.659 --> 00:47:58.039
 behalf.

00:47:58.339 --> 00:47:58.639
 Be

00:47:58.639 --> 00:47:59.819
 reconciled

00:47:59.819 --> 00:48:01.079
 to God.

00:48:01.980 --> 00:48:02.259
 And then

00:48:02.259 --> 00:48:02.439
 there's

00:48:02.439 --> 00:48:02.639
 Jesus'

00:48:02.779 --> 00:48:02.919
 own

00:48:02.919 --> 00:48:03.319
 example.

00:48:03.799 --> 00:48:04.000
 Remember

00:48:04.000 --> 00:48:06.079
 that wonderful

00:48:06.079 --> 00:48:06.959
 invitation that

00:48:06.959 --> 00:48:08.019
 Jesus gave?

00:48:09.159 --> 00:48:09.919
 Matthew 11,

00:48:10.319 --> 00:48:10.899
 come to

00:48:10.899 --> 00:48:11.079
 me,

00:48:11.279 --> 00:48:12.539
 all you

00:48:12.539 --> 00:48:13.699
 who are

00:48:13.699 --> 00:48:14.079
 weary

00:48:14.079 --> 00:48:15.559
 and burdened,

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.359
 and I

00:48:16.359 --> 00:48:16.699
 will give

00:48:16.699 --> 00:48:17.199
 you rest.

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:19.119
 All

00:48:19.119 --> 00:48:19.399
 you.

00:48:20.799 --> 00:48:21.039
 Well,

00:48:21.099 --> 00:48:21.539
 just before

00:48:21.539 --> 00:48:21.919
 he gave

00:48:21.919 --> 00:48:22.579
 that invitation,

00:48:22.779 --> 00:48:23.319
 Jesus said

00:48:23.319 --> 00:48:24.299
 this in

00:48:24.299 --> 00:48:24.939
 Matthew 11,

00:48:24.940 --> 00:48:26.960
 he said,

00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:27.360
 I praise

00:48:27.360 --> 00:48:27.539
 you,

00:48:27.619 --> 00:48:27.820
 Father,

00:48:27.940 --> 00:48:28.240
 Lord of

00:48:28.240 --> 00:48:28.559
 heaven and

00:48:28.559 --> 00:48:28.860
 earth,

00:48:29.220 --> 00:48:30.240
 because you've

00:48:30.240 --> 00:48:30.940
 hidden these

00:48:30.940 --> 00:48:31.539
 things from

00:48:31.539 --> 00:48:32.039
 the wise

00:48:32.039 --> 00:48:32.480
 and learned

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:34.220
 and revealed

00:48:34.220 --> 00:48:35.440
 them to

00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:36.159
 little children.

00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:38.039
 Jesus knew

00:48:38.039 --> 00:48:38.539
 that not

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:39.200
 everyone would

00:48:39.200 --> 00:48:39.800
 believe.

00:48:41.280 --> 00:48:41.720
 He knew

00:48:41.720 --> 00:48:42.019
 that not

00:48:42.019 --> 00:48:42.460
 everyone would

00:48:42.460 --> 00:48:42.840
 believe,

00:48:43.760 --> 00:48:44.440
 and yet he

00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:45.179
 still appeals

00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:46.760
 to them all

00:48:46.760 --> 00:48:47.800
 to come.

00:48:47.920 --> 00:48:48.320
 That's his

00:48:48.320 --> 00:48:48.780
 example.

00:48:49.380 --> 00:48:50.000
 That's what we

00:48:50.000 --> 00:48:50.320
 follow.

00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:51.800
 then there's

00:48:51.800 --> 00:48:52.420
 a third

00:48:52.420 --> 00:48:54.080
 confusion or

00:48:54.080 --> 00:48:54.680
 objection that

00:48:54.680 --> 00:48:55.519
 causes confusion,

00:48:56.860 --> 00:48:57.660
 and that is

00:48:57.660 --> 00:48:58.320
 that if those

00:48:58.320 --> 00:48:58.840
 whom God has

00:48:58.840 --> 00:48:59.519
 chosen will

00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:00.180
 be saved and

00:49:00.180 --> 00:49:00.740
 cannot be

00:49:00.740 --> 00:49:01.160
 lost,

00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:02.840
 might they

00:49:02.840 --> 00:49:03.400
 get careless?

00:49:04.660 --> 00:49:05.140
 Might they

00:49:05.140 --> 00:49:05.980
 live recklessly

00:49:05.980 --> 00:49:06.860
 as Christians?

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:07.240
 Well,

00:49:07.280 --> 00:49:07.620
 there's always

00:49:07.620 --> 00:49:08.440
 that danger

00:49:08.440 --> 00:49:09.840
 that a

00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:10.220
 Christian

00:49:10.220 --> 00:49:11.220
 could live

00:49:11.220 --> 00:49:12.460
 carelessly.

00:49:13.539 --> 00:49:14.200
 But God

00:49:14.200 --> 00:49:14.519
 will not

00:49:14.519 --> 00:49:15.019
 allow any

00:49:15.019 --> 00:49:15.900
 believer to

00:49:15.900 --> 00:49:16.640
 continue on

00:49:16.640 --> 00:49:17.160
 that route

00:49:17.160 --> 00:49:18.039
 indefinitely.

00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:19.800
 he will

00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:20.139
 bring his

00:49:20.139 --> 00:49:20.659
 own people

00:49:20.659 --> 00:49:21.360
 back one

00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:21.659
 way or

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:21.940
 another.

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:23.179
 He'll

00:49:23.179 --> 00:49:23.779
 either draw

00:49:23.779 --> 00:49:24.500
 them back

00:49:24.500 --> 00:49:24.940
 with his

00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:25.400
 love,

00:49:26.860 --> 00:49:28.400
 or he'll

00:49:28.400 --> 00:49:29.300
 bring them

00:49:29.300 --> 00:49:29.840
 back through

00:49:29.840 --> 00:49:30.019
 his

00:49:30.019 --> 00:49:30.679
 justicement,

00:49:31.400 --> 00:49:31.840
 maybe through

00:49:31.840 --> 00:49:32.619
 some difficult,

00:49:33.059 --> 00:49:33.900
 painful trial

00:49:33.900 --> 00:49:35.420
 that he brings

00:49:35.420 --> 00:49:35.860
 into that

00:49:35.860 --> 00:49:36.579
 experience.

00:49:37.980 --> 00:49:38.420
 But the

00:49:38.420 --> 00:49:39.079
 person who

00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:40.059
 is convinced

00:49:40.059 --> 00:49:40.940
 that God

00:49:40.940 --> 00:49:42.239
 chose them

00:49:42.239 --> 00:49:43.739
 when there

00:49:43.739 --> 00:49:44.880
 was nothing

00:49:44.880 --> 00:49:46.199
 worth choosing

00:49:46.199 --> 00:49:47.519
 within them

00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:48.019
 whatsoever,

00:49:48.039 --> 00:49:50.099
 rather than

00:49:50.099 --> 00:49:50.719
 cause you

00:49:50.719 --> 00:49:51.219
 to be

00:49:51.219 --> 00:49:52.759
 careless and

00:49:52.759 --> 00:49:53.719
 reckless in

00:49:53.719 --> 00:49:54.179
 the way you

00:49:54.179 --> 00:49:54.579
 live.

00:49:55.739 --> 00:49:56.420
 That instead

00:49:56.420 --> 00:49:57.440
 causes us to

00:49:57.440 --> 00:49:58.579
 want to

00:49:58.579 --> 00:49:59.440
 please him

00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:00.820
 in any way

00:50:00.820 --> 00:50:01.300
 we can.

00:50:02.340 --> 00:50:02.639
 And that

00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:03.500
 was God's

00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:05.340
 purpose in

00:50:05.340 --> 00:50:06.960
 choosing his

00:50:06.960 --> 00:50:07.259
 own.

00:50:08.219 --> 00:50:08.860
 Scripture says

00:50:08.860 --> 00:50:09.139
 this,

00:50:09.219 --> 00:50:09.860
 Ephesians 1,

00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:11.340
 he chose us

00:50:11.340 --> 00:50:12.820
 in Christ so

00:50:12.820 --> 00:50:13.239
 that we would

00:50:13.239 --> 00:50:14.900
 be holy and

00:50:14.900 --> 00:50:16.619
 blameless in

00:50:16.619 --> 00:50:17.219
 his sight.

00:50:17.219 --> 00:50:18.899
 that was why

00:50:18.899 --> 00:50:19.539
 he chose us,

00:50:19.539 --> 00:50:20.500
 to be holy and

00:50:20.500 --> 00:50:21.099
 blameless in

00:50:21.099 --> 00:50:21.559
 his sight.

00:50:22.359 --> 00:50:23.119
 Or Romans 8,

00:50:24.279 --> 00:50:25.639
 for those God

00:50:25.639 --> 00:50:26.819
 foreknew,

00:50:27.559 --> 00:50:28.119
 he also

00:50:28.119 --> 00:50:29.079
 predestined

00:50:29.079 --> 00:50:30.559
 to be

00:50:30.559 --> 00:50:31.679
 conformed to

00:50:31.679 --> 00:50:32.279
 the image

00:50:32.279 --> 00:50:33.959
 of his

00:50:33.959 --> 00:50:34.279
 son.

00:50:34.839 --> 00:50:35.679
 He chose

00:50:35.679 --> 00:50:36.799
 you to

00:50:36.799 --> 00:50:37.480
 make you

00:50:37.480 --> 00:50:38.239
 like Jesus.

00:50:39.239 --> 00:50:39.639
 So while

00:50:39.639 --> 00:50:40.000
 there's always

00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:40.439
 the danger

00:50:40.439 --> 00:50:40.899
 that any

00:50:40.899 --> 00:50:41.559
 believer will

00:50:41.559 --> 00:50:41.980
 stray,

00:50:41.980 --> 00:50:44.179
 God will

00:50:44.179 --> 00:50:44.800
 bring his

00:50:44.800 --> 00:50:46.099
 people back

00:50:46.099 --> 00:50:46.719
 to himself.

00:50:47.519 --> 00:50:48.039
 So that's

00:50:48.039 --> 00:50:48.300
 our second

00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:48.800
 point this

00:50:48.800 --> 00:50:49.039
 evening.

00:50:49.139 --> 00:50:49.360
 There's

00:50:49.360 --> 00:50:50.139
 confusion.

00:50:50.340 --> 00:50:50.760
 People have

00:50:50.760 --> 00:50:51.179
 all these

00:50:51.179 --> 00:50:51.940
 questions and

00:50:51.940 --> 00:50:53.380
 objections to

00:50:53.380 --> 00:50:53.840
 the doctrine

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:54.400
 of election.

00:50:55.300 --> 00:50:55.740
 So we

00:50:55.740 --> 00:50:56.219
 talked about

00:50:56.219 --> 00:50:56.659
 clarity,

00:50:57.099 --> 00:50:57.360
 we talked

00:50:57.360 --> 00:50:58.059
 about confusion,

00:50:58.199 --> 00:50:58.619
 thirdly and

00:50:58.619 --> 00:50:58.960
 finally,

00:50:59.679 --> 00:51:00.240
 comfort.

00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:01.400
 Comfort.

00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:03.460
 This doctrine

00:51:03.460 --> 00:51:04.079
 is one of the

00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:04.460
 believers'

00:51:05.159 --> 00:51:05.500
 greatest

00:51:05.500 --> 00:51:06.260
 comforts.

00:51:06.260 --> 00:51:06.700
 things.

00:51:08.460 --> 00:51:09.260
 And if the

00:51:09.260 --> 00:51:09.540
 God who

00:51:09.540 --> 00:51:09.800
 doesn't

00:51:09.800 --> 00:51:10.260
 change,

00:51:11.100 --> 00:51:11.460
 the God

00:51:11.460 --> 00:51:11.740
 who cannot

00:51:11.740 --> 00:51:12.320
 change,

00:51:12.960 --> 00:51:13.760
 chose you

00:51:13.760 --> 00:51:14.140
 to be

00:51:14.140 --> 00:51:14.520
 saved,

00:51:15.660 --> 00:51:16.420
 and his

00:51:16.420 --> 00:51:16.880
 choice was

00:51:16.880 --> 00:51:17.760
 not conditional

00:51:17.760 --> 00:51:18.880
 on anything

00:51:18.880 --> 00:51:19.500
 whatsoever

00:51:19.500 --> 00:51:20.660
 about you,

00:51:22.180 --> 00:51:22.740
 then that's

00:51:22.740 --> 00:51:23.120
 never going

00:51:23.120 --> 00:51:23.660
 to change.

00:51:24.580 --> 00:51:25.320
 Because God

00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:26.060
 doesn't change.

00:51:27.100 --> 00:51:27.780
 So even at

00:51:27.780 --> 00:51:28.420
 your worst,

00:51:30.100 --> 00:51:30.560
 God never

00:51:30.560 --> 00:51:30.980
 chose you

00:51:30.980 --> 00:51:31.360
 because you

00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:31.780
 were good.

00:51:32.620 --> 00:51:33.020
 And he's

00:51:33.020 --> 00:51:33.320
 not going

00:51:33.320 --> 00:51:33.940
 to change

00:51:33.940 --> 00:51:35.180
 because you're

00:51:35.180 --> 00:51:35.540
 bad.

00:51:36.260 --> 00:51:36.940
 Your salvation

00:51:36.940 --> 00:51:37.400
 is not

00:51:37.400 --> 00:51:38.020
 dependent on

00:51:38.020 --> 00:51:38.300
 you,

00:51:38.920 --> 00:51:39.480
 but on

00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:39.800
 him,

00:51:40.580 --> 00:51:40.920
 and on

00:51:40.920 --> 00:51:41.420
 him alone.

00:51:42.040 --> 00:51:42.820
 Charles Spurgeon,

00:51:42.960 --> 00:51:43.360
 the great

00:51:43.360 --> 00:51:44.100
 preacher of

00:51:44.100 --> 00:51:44.600
 yesteryear,

00:51:44.660 --> 00:51:45.120
 once said,

00:51:46.820 --> 00:51:47.200
 I'm glad

00:51:47.200 --> 00:51:47.920
 God chose

00:51:47.920 --> 00:51:48.340
 me before

00:51:48.340 --> 00:51:48.660
 I was

00:51:48.660 --> 00:51:49.080
 born,

00:51:49.840 --> 00:51:50.620
 because he'd

00:51:50.620 --> 00:51:51.140
 see nothing

00:51:51.140 --> 00:51:52.380
 worth choosing

00:51:52.380 --> 00:51:53.720
 after that.

00:51:54.840 --> 00:51:55.480
 And if

00:51:55.480 --> 00:51:55.720
 you're a

00:51:55.720 --> 00:51:56.240
 Christian who

00:51:56.240 --> 00:51:56.620
 knows your

00:51:56.620 --> 00:51:57.120
 own heart

00:51:57.120 --> 00:51:57.600
 tonight,

00:51:58.280 --> 00:51:58.760
 you know

00:51:58.760 --> 00:51:59.080
 that's

00:51:59.080 --> 00:51:59.420
 true of

00:51:59.420 --> 00:51:59.860
 you too.

00:52:00.580 --> 00:52:00.880
 He'd

00:52:00.880 --> 00:52:01.420
 see nothing

00:52:01.420 --> 00:52:02.520
 worth choosing

00:52:02.520 --> 00:52:04.180
 after that.

00:52:05.340 --> 00:52:06.080
 If God

00:52:06.079 --> 00:52:06.480
 has chosen

00:52:06.480 --> 00:52:06.719
 you,

00:52:07.139 --> 00:52:07.559
 nothing

00:52:07.559 --> 00:52:08.079
 you do

00:52:08.079 --> 00:52:09.500
 will ever

00:52:09.500 --> 00:52:10.920
 affect his

00:52:10.920 --> 00:52:11.380
 choice.

00:52:12.319 --> 00:52:12.719
 Jacob,

00:52:13.500 --> 00:52:14.099
 this verse,

00:52:14.219 --> 00:52:14.519
 they're talking

00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:15.039
 about Jacob

00:52:15.039 --> 00:52:15.480
 and Esau.

00:52:15.639 --> 00:52:17.059
 Jacob wasn't

00:52:17.059 --> 00:52:18.299
 saved because

00:52:18.299 --> 00:52:19.239
 he was good.

00:52:20.099 --> 00:52:20.799
 He was saved

00:52:20.799 --> 00:52:21.460
 despite the

00:52:21.460 --> 00:52:21.880
 fact that he

00:52:21.880 --> 00:52:22.799
 was bad.

00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:24.039
 If you know

00:52:24.039 --> 00:52:24.480
 anything of

00:52:24.480 --> 00:52:24.699
 Jacob,

00:52:24.779 --> 00:52:25.179
 he was a

00:52:25.179 --> 00:52:25.440
 liar,

00:52:25.759 --> 00:52:26.199
 he was a

00:52:26.199 --> 00:52:26.679
 deceiver,

00:52:26.940 --> 00:52:27.599
 he was a

00:52:27.599 --> 00:52:28.299
 schemer.

00:52:29.860 --> 00:52:30.219
 And yet

00:52:30.219 --> 00:52:30.759
 God chose

00:52:30.759 --> 00:52:31.000
 him.

00:52:31.880 --> 00:52:32.299
 As verse

00:52:32.300 --> 00:52:33.019
 15 puts

00:52:33.019 --> 00:52:33.240
 it,

00:52:34.640 --> 00:52:35.019
 I will

00:52:35.019 --> 00:52:35.280
 have

00:52:35.280 --> 00:52:35.860
 mercy

00:52:35.860 --> 00:52:37.320
 on whom

00:52:37.320 --> 00:52:37.640
 I will

00:52:37.640 --> 00:52:37.800
 have

00:52:37.800 --> 00:52:38.140
 mercy.

00:52:39.560 --> 00:52:39.760
 I

00:52:39.760 --> 00:52:39.960
 remember

00:52:39.960 --> 00:52:40.240
 hearing

00:52:40.240 --> 00:52:40.460
 about

00:52:40.460 --> 00:52:41.340
 someone

00:52:41.340 --> 00:52:41.480
 who

00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:41.620
 went

00:52:41.620 --> 00:52:41.880
 to see

00:52:41.880 --> 00:52:42.039
 their

00:52:42.039 --> 00:52:42.300
 minister

00:52:42.300 --> 00:52:42.660
 because

00:52:42.660 --> 00:52:42.940
 this

00:52:42.940 --> 00:52:43.260
 verse

00:52:43.260 --> 00:52:43.680
 troubled

00:52:43.680 --> 00:52:43.920
 them.

00:52:44.920 --> 00:52:45.220
 And they

00:52:45.220 --> 00:52:45.320
 said,

00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:46.480
 I really

00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:46.840
 struggle

00:52:46.840 --> 00:52:47.519
 with this

00:52:47.519 --> 00:52:48.260
 verse,

00:52:48.340 --> 00:52:48.940
 verse 13.

00:52:50.120 --> 00:52:50.640
 Jacob have

00:52:50.640 --> 00:52:51.019
 I loved

00:52:51.019 --> 00:52:51.480
 and Esau

00:52:51.480 --> 00:52:51.840
 have I

00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:52.160
 hated.

00:52:53.080 --> 00:52:53.660
 How can

00:52:53.660 --> 00:52:54.320
 God hate

00:52:54.320 --> 00:52:54.700
 someone?

00:52:55.960 --> 00:52:56.440
 And the

00:52:56.440 --> 00:52:56.960
 preacher's

00:52:56.960 --> 00:52:57.640
 reply was,

00:52:57.740 --> 00:52:57.840
 well,

00:52:57.860 --> 00:52:58.320
 I struggle

00:52:58.320 --> 00:52:58.800
 with this

00:52:58.800 --> 00:52:59.600
 verse as

00:52:59.600 --> 00:52:59.860
 well.

00:53:00.720 --> 00:53:01.180
 But not

00:53:01.180 --> 00:53:01.539
 that bit,

00:53:01.580 --> 00:53:01.800
 but the

00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:02.320
 other bit.

00:53:03.360 --> 00:53:04.580
 Jacob have

00:53:04.580 --> 00:53:05.019
 I loved.

00:53:06.460 --> 00:53:07.100
 Jacob was

00:53:07.100 --> 00:53:07.700
 a deceiver.

00:53:09.480 --> 00:53:10.100
 There was

00:53:10.100 --> 00:53:10.420
 nothing

00:53:10.420 --> 00:53:11.260
 lovable

00:53:11.260 --> 00:53:12.440
 about

00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:12.940
 Jacob.

00:53:14.760 --> 00:53:14.980
 And yet

00:53:14.980 --> 00:53:15.519
 God loved

00:53:15.519 --> 00:53:17.019
 him because

00:53:17.019 --> 00:53:17.640
 God chose

00:53:17.640 --> 00:53:17.880
 him.

00:53:19.460 --> 00:53:20.180
 And God

00:53:20.180 --> 00:53:22.280
 loves still

00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:23.019
 unlovable

00:53:23.019 --> 00:53:24.740
 people like

00:53:24.740 --> 00:53:25.100
 you and

00:53:25.100 --> 00:53:25.500
 like me

00:53:25.500 --> 00:53:26.060
 this evening.

00:53:26.059 --> 00:53:28.779
 the

00:53:28.779 --> 00:53:29.179
 doctrine of

00:53:29.179 --> 00:53:29.519
 election.

00:53:29.679 --> 00:53:29.920
 And it's

00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:30.340
 a great

00:53:30.340 --> 00:53:31.699
 reassurance

00:53:31.699 --> 00:53:32.320
 to the

00:53:32.320 --> 00:53:32.599
 believer.

00:53:33.900 --> 00:53:34.440
 When Jesus

00:53:34.440 --> 00:53:34.900
 said in

00:53:34.900 --> 00:53:35.500
 John 6,

00:53:35.539 --> 00:53:35.880
 I think I

00:53:35.880 --> 00:53:36.299
 quoted this

00:53:36.299 --> 00:53:36.579
 already,

00:53:36.679 --> 00:53:36.860
 when he

00:53:36.860 --> 00:53:37.000
 said,

00:53:37.079 --> 00:53:37.299
 all that

00:53:37.299 --> 00:53:37.400
 the

00:53:37.400 --> 00:53:37.799
 father has

00:53:37.799 --> 00:53:38.179
 given me

00:53:38.179 --> 00:53:38.619
 will come

00:53:38.619 --> 00:53:39.039
 to me,

00:53:39.799 --> 00:53:40.259
 he also

00:53:40.259 --> 00:53:40.920
 said this,

00:53:41.920 --> 00:53:42.219
 and I

00:53:42.219 --> 00:53:42.940
 shall lose

00:53:42.940 --> 00:53:44.500
 none of

00:53:44.500 --> 00:53:44.880
 all that

00:53:44.880 --> 00:53:45.039
 he has

00:53:45.039 --> 00:53:45.599
 given me,

00:53:46.139 --> 00:53:46.799
 but shall

00:53:46.799 --> 00:53:47.340
 raise them

00:53:47.340 --> 00:53:48.519
 up of

00:53:48.519 --> 00:53:48.880
 the last

00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:49.199
 day.

00:53:50.039 --> 00:53:50.579
 I shall

00:53:50.579 --> 00:53:52.079
 lose none

00:53:52.079 --> 00:53:52.440
 of them,

00:53:52.519 --> 00:53:53.119
 Jesus said.

00:53:53.219 --> 00:53:53.619
 Once

00:53:53.619 --> 00:53:54.320
 saved,

00:53:54.920 --> 00:53:55.360
 always

00:53:55.360 --> 00:53:55.880
 saved.

00:53:55.880 --> 00:53:56.500
 God's

00:53:56.500 --> 00:53:57.000
 elect

00:53:57.000 --> 00:53:58.360
 cannot

00:53:58.360 --> 00:53:59.200
 be lost.

00:54:00.059 --> 00:54:00.599
 And surely

00:54:00.599 --> 00:54:01.200
 that is a

00:54:01.200 --> 00:54:02.920
 comfort to

00:54:02.920 --> 00:54:03.240
 God's

00:54:03.240 --> 00:54:03.760
 people this

00:54:03.760 --> 00:54:04.039
 evening.

00:54:05.059 --> 00:54:05.360
 But what

00:54:05.360 --> 00:54:05.519
 have you

00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:06.019
 not saved?

00:54:09.420 --> 00:54:09.980
 What have

00:54:09.980 --> 00:54:10.200
 you not

00:54:10.200 --> 00:54:10.460
 saved?

00:54:10.519 --> 00:54:10.820
 And tonight

00:54:10.820 --> 00:54:11.059
 you're

00:54:11.059 --> 00:54:11.320
 wondering,

00:54:11.440 --> 00:54:11.539
 well,

00:54:11.619 --> 00:54:12.240
 am I

00:54:12.240 --> 00:54:12.880
 one of

00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:13.220
 God's

00:54:13.220 --> 00:54:13.480
 chosen

00:54:13.480 --> 00:54:13.840
 people?

00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:15.340
 Well,

00:54:15.360 --> 00:54:15.500
 there's

00:54:15.500 --> 00:54:16.340
 one sure

00:54:16.340 --> 00:54:18.539
 way that

00:54:18.539 --> 00:54:18.760
 you can

00:54:18.760 --> 00:54:19.320
 find out.

00:54:20.119 --> 00:54:20.640
 Look again

00:54:20.640 --> 00:54:20.840
 at the

00:54:20.840 --> 00:54:21.420
 next chapter,

00:54:21.579 --> 00:54:22.240
 Romans chapter

00:54:22.240 --> 00:54:22.660
 10,

00:54:22.720 --> 00:54:22.940
 and this

00:54:22.940 --> 00:54:23.320
 time verse

00:54:23.320 --> 00:54:23.940
 13.

00:54:23.940 --> 00:54:26.360
 Romans 10

00:54:26.360 --> 00:54:27.079
 and verse

00:54:27.079 --> 00:54:28.019
 13 says

00:54:28.019 --> 00:54:28.420
 this,

00:54:29.240 --> 00:54:30.059
 for everyone

00:54:30.059 --> 00:54:31.280
 who calls

00:54:31.280 --> 00:54:31.599
 on the

00:54:31.599 --> 00:54:32.159
 name of

00:54:32.159 --> 00:54:32.679
 the Lord

00:54:32.679 --> 00:54:34.039
 will be

00:54:34.039 --> 00:54:34.400
 saved.

00:54:36.599 --> 00:54:37.159
 Again,

00:54:37.320 --> 00:54:37.500
 no

00:54:37.500 --> 00:54:38.139
 loopholes.

00:54:39.340 --> 00:54:39.900
 Everyone.

00:54:41.079 --> 00:54:41.460
 That

00:54:41.460 --> 00:54:41.980
 includes you.

00:54:42.059 --> 00:54:42.599
 You call

00:54:42.599 --> 00:54:42.940
 on the

00:54:42.940 --> 00:54:43.220
 name of

00:54:43.220 --> 00:54:43.679
 the Lord

00:54:43.679 --> 00:54:44.800
 and you

00:54:44.800 --> 00:54:45.460
 will be

00:54:45.460 --> 00:54:45.780
 saved.

00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:46.179
 That is

00:54:46.179 --> 00:54:46.460
 God's

00:54:46.460 --> 00:54:46.720
 promise.

00:54:46.719 --> 00:54:47.579
 and then

00:54:47.579 --> 00:54:47.839
 you'll

00:54:47.839 --> 00:54:48.179
 know.

00:54:48.980 --> 00:54:49.519
 You'll

00:54:49.519 --> 00:54:50.799
 know that

00:54:50.799 --> 00:54:51.039
 you are

00:54:51.039 --> 00:54:52.259
 one of

00:54:52.259 --> 00:54:52.839
 God's

00:54:52.839 --> 00:54:53.439
 chosen

00:54:53.439 --> 00:54:54.139
 people.

00:54:55.099 --> 00:54:55.319
 You know,

00:54:55.339 --> 00:54:55.579
 the Bible

00:54:55.579 --> 00:54:56.139
 tells us that

00:54:56.139 --> 00:54:56.679
 God doesn't

00:54:56.679 --> 00:54:57.539
 want any

00:54:57.539 --> 00:54:58.179
 to perish,

00:54:59.039 --> 00:54:59.359
 but that

00:54:59.359 --> 00:55:00.219
 all should

00:55:00.219 --> 00:55:01.419
 come to

00:55:01.419 --> 00:55:01.899
 repentance.

00:55:03.019 --> 00:55:03.559
 We saw it

00:55:03.559 --> 00:55:03.959
 with Jesus.

00:55:04.079 --> 00:55:05.059
 Jesus wept

00:55:05.059 --> 00:55:06.399
 outside of

00:55:06.399 --> 00:55:06.859
 Jerusalem,

00:55:07.119 --> 00:55:07.819
 looking over

00:55:07.819 --> 00:55:08.319
 Jerusalem,

00:55:08.419 --> 00:55:08.639
 and he

00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:08.879
 said,

00:55:09.259 --> 00:55:09.799
 how often

00:55:09.799 --> 00:55:10.419
 I would

00:55:10.419 --> 00:55:10.899
 have gathered

00:55:10.899 --> 00:55:11.379
 you as a

00:55:11.379 --> 00:55:11.919
 hen gathered

00:55:11.919 --> 00:55:12.439
 her chicks

00:55:12.439 --> 00:55:13.379
 under her

00:55:13.379 --> 00:55:13.659
 wing,

00:55:14.659 --> 00:55:15.779
 but you

00:55:15.780 --> 00:55:16.060
 wouldn't

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 come.

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 You

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 wouldn't

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 come.

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 And is

00:55:22.180 --> 00:55:22.560
 that what

00:55:22.560 --> 00:55:23.100
 he's saying

00:55:23.100 --> 00:55:24.519
 of you

00:55:24.519 --> 00:55:25.060
 this evening?

00:55:26.000 --> 00:55:27.220
 I long

00:55:27.220 --> 00:55:27.920
 to save

00:55:27.920 --> 00:55:28.240
 you,

00:55:29.280 --> 00:55:30.080
 but you

00:55:30.080 --> 00:55:30.380
 wouldn't

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 come.

00:55:32.480 --> 00:55:32.960
 Tonight,

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 the only

00:55:36.040 --> 00:55:36.480
 thing

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 preventing

00:55:37.160 --> 00:55:37.900
 you from

00:55:37.900 --> 00:55:39.019
 being saved

00:55:39.019 --> 00:55:41.120
 is yourself.

00:55:42.480 --> 00:55:43.620
 The only

00:55:43.620 --> 00:55:44.340
 reason

00:55:44.340 --> 00:55:45.860
 why anyone

00:55:45.860 --> 00:55:47.120
 would be

00:55:47.120 --> 00:55:47.900
 unsaved

00:55:47.900 --> 00:55:48.480
 here this

00:55:48.480 --> 00:55:48.780
 evening

00:55:48.780 --> 00:55:50.579
 is that

00:55:50.579 --> 00:55:50.820
 you've

00:55:50.820 --> 00:55:51.280
 never

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 genuinely

00:55:52.240 --> 00:55:53.000
 asked

00:55:53.000 --> 00:55:53.660
 God

00:55:53.660 --> 00:55:55.100
 to do

00:55:55.100 --> 00:55:55.380
 so.

00:55:58.380 --> 00:55:59.300
 You can

00:55:59.300 --> 00:55:59.840
 change that

00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:00.240
 tonight

00:56:00.240 --> 00:56:02.280
 if you

00:56:02.280 --> 00:56:02.740
 want to.

00:56:04.240 --> 00:56:04.600
 Amen.

00:56:04.740 --> 00:56:04.900
 Let's

00:56:04.900 --> 00:56:05.100
 pray.

00:56:05.099 --> 00:56:10.679
 Lord,

00:56:10.679 --> 00:56:12.900
 there are

00:56:12.900 --> 00:56:13.599
 so many

00:56:13.599 --> 00:56:14.639
 parts of

00:56:14.639 --> 00:56:15.079
 the Bible

00:56:15.079 --> 00:56:16.779
 that we

00:56:16.779 --> 00:56:17.779
 struggle

00:56:17.779 --> 00:56:18.159
 with,

00:56:18.460 --> 00:56:18.839
 we wrestle

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 with,

00:56:19.659 --> 00:56:20.099
 we find

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 difficult,

00:56:21.819 --> 00:56:22.279
 and yet

00:56:22.279 --> 00:56:23.159
 there are

00:56:23.159 --> 00:56:24.599
 passages

00:56:24.599 --> 00:56:25.099
 that are

00:56:25.099 --> 00:56:25.839
 crystal

00:56:25.839 --> 00:56:26.259
 clear.

00:56:27.380 --> 00:56:27.860
 Believe

00:56:27.860 --> 00:56:28.599
 on the

00:56:28.599 --> 00:56:29.099
 Lord Jesus

00:56:29.099 --> 00:56:29.619
 Christ

00:56:29.619 --> 00:56:31.019
 and you

00:56:31.019 --> 00:56:31.539
 will be

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 saved.

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 no ifs,

00:56:34.579 --> 00:56:35.340
 no buts.

00:56:35.519 --> 00:56:35.780
 Lord,

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 if we've

00:56:36.159 --> 00:56:36.400
 never

00:56:36.400 --> 00:56:36.920
 believed

00:56:36.920 --> 00:56:37.400
 before,

00:56:38.159 --> 00:56:38.800
 help us

00:56:38.800 --> 00:56:39.220
 to do

00:56:39.220 --> 00:56:39.679
 so this

00:56:39.679 --> 00:56:39.960
 evening.

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 And if

00:56:41.240 --> 00:56:41.740
 we have

00:56:41.740 --> 00:56:42.480
 trusted in

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 you,

00:56:42.659 --> 00:56:42.980
 may we

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 leave this

00:56:43.539 --> 00:56:44.019
 place

00:56:44.019 --> 00:56:45.420
 humbled,

00:56:46.740 --> 00:56:47.300
 knowing

00:56:47.300 --> 00:56:48.599
 that we're

00:56:48.599 --> 00:56:49.099
 saved not

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 because of

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 any good

00:56:50.260 --> 00:56:51.039
 in us,

00:56:51.800 --> 00:56:52.500
 but simply

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 because of

00:56:53.139 --> 00:56:53.720
 your sovereign

00:56:53.720 --> 00:56:54.300
 choice.

00:56:55.519 --> 00:56:56.019
 Draw us

00:56:56.019 --> 00:56:56.740
 closer to

00:56:56.740 --> 00:56:57.220
 yourself,

00:56:57.360 --> 00:56:57.699
 we pray.

00:56:57.820 --> 00:56:58.179
 Give us

00:56:58.179 --> 00:56:58.880
 thankful

00:56:58.880 --> 00:56:59.559
 hearts.

00:57:01.920 --> 00:57:02.599
 We ask

00:57:02.599 --> 00:57:02.940
 all these

00:57:02.940 --> 00:57:03.260
 things in

00:57:03.260 --> 00:57:03.460
 Jesus'

00:57:03.640 --> 00:57:03.780
 name.

00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:04.180
 Amen.

00:57:08.400 --> 00:57:08.920
 I'm going

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 to finish

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 singing from

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 Psalm 130,

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 the Scottish

00:57:11.400 --> 00:57:12.119
 Psalter version

00:57:12.119 --> 00:57:12.559
 of Psalm

00:57:12.559 --> 00:57:13.039
 130.

00:57:13.599 --> 00:57:14.039
 You'll

00:57:14.039 --> 00:57:14.380
 find it

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 on page

00:57:14.720 --> 00:57:15.500
 421.

00:57:24.619 --> 00:57:25.559
 Psalm 130,

00:57:25.880 --> 00:57:26.059
 we're going

00:57:26.059 --> 00:57:26.400
 to sing the

00:57:26.400 --> 00:57:26.660
 whole of

00:57:26.660 --> 00:57:27.119
 this psalm.

00:57:27.180 --> 00:57:27.460
 The tune

00:57:27.460 --> 00:57:28.300
 is Martyrdom.

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 We're on

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 page 421.

00:57:33.980 --> 00:57:34.420
 Lord,

00:57:34.480 --> 00:57:34.740
 from the

00:57:34.740 --> 00:57:35.140
 depths,

00:57:35.500 --> 00:57:35.920
 to thee I

00:57:35.920 --> 00:57:36.320
 cried,

00:57:36.500 --> 00:57:37.180
 my voice,

00:57:37.300 --> 00:57:37.440
 Lord,

00:57:37.519 --> 00:57:37.820
 do thou

00:57:37.820 --> 00:57:38.099
 hear,

00:57:38.640 --> 00:57:38.940
 and to

00:57:38.940 --> 00:57:39.119
 my

00:57:39.119 --> 00:57:39.940
 supplication's

00:57:39.940 --> 00:57:40.140
 voice,

00:57:40.260 --> 00:57:41.200
 give an

00:57:41.200 --> 00:57:41.579
 attentive

00:57:41.579 --> 00:57:41.920
 ear,

00:57:42.000 --> 00:57:42.280
 and down

00:57:42.280 --> 00:57:42.539
 to the

00:57:42.539 --> 00:57:42.800
 last

00:57:42.800 --> 00:57:43.039
 verse,

00:57:43.140 --> 00:57:43.220
 and

00:57:43.220 --> 00:57:43.980
 plenteous

00:57:43.980 --> 00:57:44.440
 redemption

00:57:44.440 --> 00:57:45.640
 is ever

00:57:45.640 --> 00:57:46.240
 found with

00:57:46.240 --> 00:57:46.500
 him,

00:57:47.019 --> 00:57:47.420
 and from

00:57:47.420 --> 00:57:47.860
 all his

00:57:47.860 --> 00:57:48.400
 iniquities

00:57:48.400 --> 00:57:49.079
 he,

00:57:49.260 --> 00:57:49.599
 Israel,

00:57:49.780 --> 00:57:50.099
 shall

00:57:50.099 --> 00:57:50.940
 redeem.

00:57:51.059 --> 00:57:51.300
 Psalm

00:57:51.300 --> 00:57:51.900
 130,

00:57:52.160 --> 00:57:52.579
 to God's

00:57:52.579 --> 00:57:52.900
 praise.

00:57:52.900 --> 00:57:58.940
 Lord,

00:57:58.940 --> 00:58:01.180
 from the

00:58:01.180 --> 00:58:02.660
 depths,

00:58:02.660 --> 00:58:04.380
 to thee

00:58:04.380 --> 00:58:07.340
 I cry,

00:58:07.340 --> 00:58:10.559
 my voice,

00:58:10.720 --> 00:58:11.420
 Lord,

00:58:11.500 --> 00:58:13.720
 do thou

00:58:13.720 --> 00:58:15.340
 hear,

00:58:15.340 --> 00:58:16.340
 hear,

00:58:16.340 --> 00:58:19.380
 until I

00:58:19.380 --> 00:58:20.300
 saw,

00:58:20.300 --> 00:58:21.880
 make

00:58:21.880 --> 00:58:24.300
 ancient's

00:58:24.300 --> 00:58:25.640
 voice,

00:58:26.180 --> 00:58:28.720
 give an

00:58:28.720 --> 00:58:29.300
 attempt

00:58:29.300 --> 00:58:30.000
 tear,

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00:58:30.000 --> 00:58:33.239
 to me.

00:58:34.699 --> 00:58:38.079
 Lord, who shall

00:58:38.079 --> 00:58:39.360
 stand

00:58:39.360 --> 00:58:44.400
 heaven, O Lord,

00:58:44.980 --> 00:58:46.000
 just

00:58:46.000 --> 00:58:47.739
 part

00:58:47.739 --> 00:58:48.760
 in

00:58:48.760 --> 00:58:51.260
 equity,

00:58:53.179 --> 00:58:55.780
 but yet

00:58:55.780 --> 00:58:57.699
 with thee

00:58:57.699 --> 00:59:01.139
 forgiveness

00:59:01.139 --> 00:59:03.279
 is

00:59:03.279 --> 00:59:05.699
 that fear

00:59:06.219 --> 00:59:07.480
 the

00:59:07.480 --> 00:59:09.960
 layest

00:59:09.960 --> 00:59:11.460
 be.

00:59:12.559 --> 00:59:13.219
 I

00:59:13.219 --> 00:59:15.939
 wait for

00:59:15.939 --> 00:59:17.199
 God,

00:59:17.199 --> 00:59:19.199
 my soul

00:59:19.199 --> 00:59:21.339
 not

00:59:21.339 --> 00:59:22.539
 wait,

00:59:23.079 --> 00:59:25.199
 my hope

00:59:25.980 --> 00:59:26.899
 is

00:59:26.900 --> 00:59:27.800
 in

00:59:27.800 --> 00:59:29.260
 his

00:59:29.260 --> 00:59:31.160
 work

00:59:31.160 --> 00:59:32.639
 more

00:59:32.639 --> 00:59:34.180
 than

00:59:34.180 --> 00:59:35.220
 thee,

00:59:35.360 --> 00:59:36.280
 thou,

00:59:36.920 --> 00:59:37.760
 for

00:59:37.760 --> 00:59:39.680
 morning

00:59:39.680 --> 00:59:41.700
 watch

00:59:41.700 --> 00:59:43.000
 my

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 soul

00:59:44.280 --> 00:59:46.340
 wait for

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 the

00:59:48.280 --> 00:59:50.019
 Lord.

00:59:50.019 --> 00:59:52.079
 I

00:59:52.079 --> 00:59:52.759
 say

00:59:52.759 --> 00:59:54.860
 more

00:59:54.860 --> 00:59:55.460
 than

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 they

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 that

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 to

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 watch

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 the

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 morning

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 light

01:00:06.179 --> 01:00:08.400
 to see.

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 Let

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 Israel

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 hope

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 in the

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 Lord,

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 for

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 with

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 mercy

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 mercy

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 be!

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!

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 God

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 and

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 plentious

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 redemption

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 is

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 ever

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 found

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 within

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!

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 And

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 from

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 all

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 his

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 in

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 in

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 Thank you.