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 We're going to begin our worship tonight singing in Psalm 118.

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 Psalm 118, that's in the Sing Psalms version.

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 You'll find that on page 155.

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 We're singing verses 1 to 9.

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 O thank the Lord, for he is good.

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 His steadfast love endures always.

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 Now let the house of Israel say,

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 His love will last through endless days.

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 And let the house of Aaron say,

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 His love forever will endure.

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 And let those who fear the Lord declare,

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 His love will stand forever sure.

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 What a great privilege it is to follow in the line of these ancient people,

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 long ago in Old Testament times,

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 who were called by the psalmist here to give thanks to God,

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 those Jewish people, the house of Aaron,

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 all those who would gather from time to time to worship the Lord.

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 And we follow in that great line of worshipers, of God,

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 the same God they worshiped, that we worship this evening.

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 So verses 1 to 9 in Psalm 118.

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 O thank the Lord.

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 O thank the Lord, for he is good.

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 O thank the Lord, for his love and europe is proceed.

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 O bank of the person, our Lord, and king of . You were there.

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It'sי when the Holy Spirit is granted.

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uarialness, of God.

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 O've he is good.

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 God is belt-set teacher.

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 How must o'er and aurait before the Lord are long efforts God,

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 Now let the house of Israel say,

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 His love will last through endless days.

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 God is proud to serve as many people,

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 He has堪 Einsatz hace Oh, God is faithful to him or sheep.

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 And let the house of Edom sing,

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 His love forever will endure.

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 Let those who fear the Lord be clear,

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 His love will stand forever sure.

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 I cried in language to the Lord,

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 He answered me and said,

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 The Lord is with me and not here,

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 What harm can be the good to Thee?

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 The Lord is with me constantly,

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 He is the one who gives me,

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 I look in triumph on my foes,

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 I will not eat to Thee, I free.

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 It's better far to trust the Lord,

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 Than look for help in man's defense,

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 It's better far to trust the Lord,

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 Than in the grace of confidence.

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 Now we're going to engage in prayer,

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 let's join together in prayer to the Lord.

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 Almighty God, as we gather once again in Your presence,

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 We thank You for these words that have brought us such reassurance,

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 Words that assure us, Lord, of Your care for Your people,

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 And words that teach us so clearly,

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 How much better it is to trust in the Lord,

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 Than to trust in anyone else.

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 And we bless You for the way that that trust that You give us to place in Yourself,

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 Is a trust that is placed in one who is always faithful,

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 One who will never be diverted from His purpose,

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 One who is always true to His promises,

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 One who will bring all things to fruition in the experience of Your people.

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 And we thank You, Lord, tonight for the rule that You have over us,

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 And over the world in which we live,

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 Despite the fact that there are so many things that we cannot understand,

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 So many things that cause us to question,

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 Even at times to be bewildered,

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 So many things that we find taken up by those throughout the world,

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 Who would seek to constantly find fault with the idea of God.

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 We give thanks, Gracious One,

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 That You assure us through Your Word,

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 That You, in the way in which Your throne is set,

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 Are the Lord above all things.

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 And this gives us, Lord, confidence to draw near to You even tonight,

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 And to do so as a body of Your people,

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 Who come here to worship You.

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 And we give thanks, O Lord,

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 That Your worthiness to be worshipped is so perfect.

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 Everything that You do is worthy of our praise and our adoration.

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 And we ask, O Lord, as we come before You,

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 Even at this time to pray,

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 That You would enable us to come and give thanks, first of all.

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 Enable us to adore You, to love You,

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 Even before we ask anything for ourselves,

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 Or anything to be done for us by You.

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 Enable us, Lord, to dwell upon the great fact of Your beauty and Your constancy,

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 Your constancy, of Your worthiness to be praised.

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 And so we ask Your blessing,

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 As we come together once again in this way.

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 We ask Your blessing, Lord, upon Your Word for us.

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 As we give thanks for Your Word,

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 As we give thanks for the number of ways in which we use it,

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 Even throughout a service like this.

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 We pray, O Lord, that You would once again bless Your Word to us.

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 As we come before You,

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 Stretching out our hands to You, O Lord,

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 And acknowledgement that we of ourselves are empty,

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 Empty of resources and empty of ability to please You,

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 And to bring understanding to Your Word.

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 But we thank You that You have promised to give us that understanding.

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 And we read in Your Word, Lord,

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 Of those whose minds You opened,

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 As You opened the Scriptures to them.

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 And we pray that that will be our experience even tonight.

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 And we can never say, O Lord,

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 That our knowledge of You is as full as we would like it to be.

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 And we can never say that we've reached the point where we need to now cease to learn,

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 Cease to come to have more knowledge imparted to us from Your Spirit and from Your Word.

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 And so we pray that You would help us even tonight to make a further contribution by Your grace,

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 To make ourselves in Your presence to grow in grace and in the knowledge of You as our Lord.

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 Lord, we bring our personal concerns to You as well.

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 And although we have such a privilege of meeting together,

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 A privilege of belonging to You as the gathered church of God,

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 Nevertheless, Lord, we come with our individual concerns as well.

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 We thank You that in the midst of the gatherings of Your people,

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 You take note of individuals and individual circumstances.

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 Lord, we give thanks that You take note of all the detail of the lives of Your people,

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 That You are not beyond looking upon us in such a way as to draw near to us,

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 To assure us in a personal way that we can safely trust in You.

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 And we pray that You would speak to us personally, Lord, this evening.

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 And we pray that You would do so no matter what others may feel,

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 What others may experience,

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 And what others may be in regard to their own relationship with You.

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 Help us, we pray, each one, and help us all together

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 To seek You in a way that would further our acquaintance with You,

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 And our experience of You as our Lord and as our God.

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 We bring before You too, O Lord, our needs as a congregation.

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 We thank You for the way that You continue to provide for us,

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 For the way in which we can say, O Lord, that You have helped us thus far on our journey through life.

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 You have helped us in our history as a congregation and as a church.

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 And we pray, gracious Lord, that You would grant Your blessing,

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 That we may further have that blessing imparted to us as each week goes by.

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 And we pray that You would grant Your blessing to extend into our homes,

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 Our families, our children, our grandchildren, our relatives, our neighbors.

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 O Lord, we pray for our communities.

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 We pray for our island.

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 We pray for all who no longer come to church.

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 We pray for those who have never come to church.

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 We pray for those, Lord, who are not concerned about being along with the worshiping people of God.

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 We pray for those whose hearts are closed to the message of the gospel.

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 We pray that You would bless them.

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 We pray that You would give to them what You have given to ourselves.

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 That desire after You, that desire to know You,

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 That desire, O Lord, that comes out of a knowledge of ourselves,

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 That we need You, a knowledge of ourselves that we cannot organize and create for ourselves in life.

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 Those things that will be a sure foundation for us.

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 Remember us, we pray, Lord, in all the different ways in which we seek to serve You,

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 And be pleased to accompany all that we do in Your name,

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 With Your blessing and with further evidence of Your delight in us.

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 We ask that You would forgive our sins.

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 Every time, Lord, we come together in this way,

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 Each of us is surely aware that we come with our own sins,

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 With our own confession,

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 With our own need to divulge to You,

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 Although You know already that we need Your pardon, Your cleansing, Your acceptance of us.

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 Lord, our God, we ask as we confess our sins,

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 That as You are faithful and just to forgive us our sins,

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 And to cleanse us from all unrighteousness,

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 That we may know in You that blessing this evening,

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 And that we may be assured that when our sin is forgiven,

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 It is truly forgiven permanently.

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 And even though we come on a regular basis to confess our sin,

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 Lord, we take delight in the fact that in and through the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 You come to blot out the transgressions of Your people,

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 You come to wipe clean the record of debt,

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 The record of guilt that is on our record,

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 And You replace it with Your righteousness,

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 With Your acceptance of Your people,

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 And with the fact that You see them as righteous in Your Son.

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 Oh, gracious Lord, help us to give all the more thanks to You

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 For the reality of these things.

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 We ask Your blessing to be tonight with those who are ill.

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 We know those of our number, Lord, as a congregation

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 Of whom we've heard in recent days of illness.

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 We pray that You draw near to each and every one,

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 And every home thereby affected.

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 Remember those in hospital, those in the hospice,

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 Those, Lord, who are in care homes throughout our island.

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 We pray that You bless them and bless to them the care that they receive.

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 Remember those who mourn the passing of loved ones.

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 Gracious One, be near to them to comfort them.

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 And be near to those throughout the world tonight

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 Where the pain and the sorrow of death is so evident.

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 And particularly tonight, we remember, oh Lord,

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 Those in Morocco and Marrakesh and the surrounding district

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 Whose lives have been devastated by an earthquake

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 With such great loss of property and of life.

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 Lord, we pray that You would provide for them

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 And that the agencies that seek to come to their aid

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 Will know of Your own provision and Your blessing for them.

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 And we ask especially, oh Lord, that You would grant to provide for them

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 An understanding and a peace that comes from knowing Yourself.

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 And we pray that You would help them, Lord, as they cry out in their agony.

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 That You would help them and hear their cry

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 And come to do for them more than we are able to ask or even think.

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 Bless us then now, we pray.

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 Here we come to You, Lord, to seek that we will hear Your voice speaking to us from the Scriptures.

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 And we pray for the grace to hear

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 And to hear in such a way that recognizes that the Lord is indeed addressing us.

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 Hear us, we pray, in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Once again, let's praise the Lord.

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 We're singing this time in Psalm 91.

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 Psalm 91 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 That's page 351, verses 1 to 4.

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 Words that remind us of the refuge that God is for all who trust in Him.

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 How He provides for us security and safety in that refuge

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 Against all that would seek to take us away from the Lord Himself and cause us distress.

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 He that doth in the secret place of the Most High reside

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 Under the shade of him that is the Almighty shall abide

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 I of the Lord my God will say,

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 He is my refuge still.

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 He is my fortress and my God.

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 And in Him trust I will.

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 As somebody once said,

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 We can never run away from God to hide from Him.

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 He always sees us.

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 But we can run into Him and find our hiding place and our refuge in Himself.

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 And that's what faith actually does.

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 It draws us into the refuge that God Himself is.

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 So let's sing these verses 1 to 4.

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 He that doth in the secret place.

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 Of the Most High reside

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 He that doth in the secret place.

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 Of the Most High reside.

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 He that doth in the secret place.

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 And that of the Most High reside.

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 the shape of him that is

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 the almighty shall abide.

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 I hope the Lord my God will sing.

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 He is my refuge still.

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 He is my fortress, my God,

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 and in him trust I will.

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 Assuredly he shall be saved,

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 and give deliverance from subtle flowers,

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 make and grow the noise of his to ends.

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 His feathers shall be high, I trust,

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 under his wings shall be.

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 His faithfulness shall be a shield,

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 and offer unto thee.

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 Well, as you can see from the notes of the service,

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 we have two readings tonight from the Scriptures

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 from the New Testament.

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 First in Mark chapter 15, verses 33 to 41.

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 Now we are going to read a passage also from Hebrews chapter 10, verses 19 to 25.

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 First to the Gospel according to Mark, chapter 15,

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 and beginning reading at verse 33.

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 We read about the death of Jesus on the cross.

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 And when the sixth hour had come,

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 there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.

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 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice,

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 Eloi, Eloi lama sabachthani,

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 which means,

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 My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

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 And some of the bystanders hearing it said,

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 Behold, he is calling Elijah.

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 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine,

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 and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink,

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 saying, Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to take him down.

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 And Jesus uttered a loud cry and breathed his last.

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 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from the top to bottom.

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 And when the centurion who stood facing him saw that in this way he breathed his last,

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 he said, Truly, this man was the Son of God.

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 And if you take with you especially that reference in verse 38 to what happened to the curtain in the temple to our second reading in Hebrews chapter 10.

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 We can read from verse 19.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

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 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain that is through his flesh,

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 and since we have a great high priest over the house of God,

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 let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith,

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 with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience,

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 and our bodies washed with pure water.

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 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,

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 for he who promised is faithful.

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 And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and to good works,

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 not neglecting to meet together as is the habit of some,

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 but encouraging one another,

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 and all the more as you see the day drawing near."

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 And you can see there the connection between the two passages

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 where the curtain that separated the holy place from the most holy place at the death of Jesus was torn in two,

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 and it was from the top to the bottom.

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 It wasn't done from below by someone.

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 It was a divine act.

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 And that symbolized and represented how access to God was now above that of the Old Testament,

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 as we read here in this passage in Hebrews that we'll come back to,

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 that we are able to enter in by a new and living way,

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 and that is, of course, Jesus himself, to draw near to God through him.

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 So may he bless to us his word to his own praise.

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 We're going to sing again Psalm 34 this time.

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 Psalm number 34, that's on page 40,

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 singing verses 1 to 9.

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 Psalm 34, that's on page 40.

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 At all times I will bless the Lord.

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 I'll praise him with my voice.

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 Because I glory in the Lord, let troubled souls rejoice.

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 Together let us praise the Lord, exalt his name with me.

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 I sought the Lord, his answer came.

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 From fears he set me free.

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 They look to him and shine with joy.

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 They are not put to shame.

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 This suffering man cried to the Lord.

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 From him deliverance came.

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 The angel of the Lord surrounds and guards continually

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 all those who fear and honor him.

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 He sets his people free.

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 Come, taste and see.

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 The Lord is good.

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 Who trusts in him is blessed.

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 Oh, fear the Lord, you saints.

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 With need you will not be oppressed.

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 These verses from the beginning.

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 At all times I will praise the Lord.

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 I will bless the Lord.

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 Amen.

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 At all times I will bless the Lord.

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 I'll praise him with my voice.

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 Because I glory in the Lord, let troubled souls rejoice.

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 Together let us praise the Lord, exalt his name with me.

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 I sought the Lord, his answer came.

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 From fears he set me free.

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 They look to him and shine with joy.

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 They are not good to shame.

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 This suffering man cried to the Lord.

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 From him deliverance came.

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 The angel of the Lord surrounds and guards continually.

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 Now, please turn with me to Hebrews chapter 10.

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 Hebrews chapter 10, that passage we read from verse 19 to 25.

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 We're going to focus on that for a short time this evening.

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 Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

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 by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is through his flesh.

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 And since we have a great high priest over the house of God,

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 let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, and so on.

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 Three great exhortations there, beginning with let us, in these verses from verse 22 onwards.

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 Let us draw near, let us hold fast, let us consider.

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 Now, last week we began, last Sunday morning, we began a short study, or series of studies,

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 on the gathered church.

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 We took that from Matthew 18, and I did say at that time that I was going to do this,

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 whether it be in the morning or the evening, we're going to follow this theme for a few weeks.

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 As we look at the Bible's teaching on the gathered church, the church gathered together,

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 especially in a focus on the worshiping church of God.

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 And we saw last time that it was where two or three have been gathered together in his name,

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 that he is there in the midst.

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 And we focused on gathered in the name of Jesus,

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 and we focused also on the second point, that Jesus is actually in the midst of his people,

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 that he is in their hearts.

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 And so in that sense, they carry Jesus with them as they come together.

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 He is individually, he is in each individual life that he occupies, that lives by faith in him.

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 And when we come together, we also bring that presence of Jesus in our hearts with us.

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 Not to say that that's the only way in which Jesus is present in the gatherings of his people.

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 But tonight, as we look at this passage,

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 we can see that specific reference in verse 25 to being gathered together.

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 He says there,

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 Let's consider how to stood one another up to love and good works,

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 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another.

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 And you can see the balance in that verse.

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 That is, on the one hand, he's saying,

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 Let's not neglect to meet together.

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 And the opposite of that, the other side of it is,

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 Instead of neglecting to meet together, let's encourage one another.

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 So obviously that means meet together in order to encourage one another.

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 It's not just a matter of coming together to worship the Lord.

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 That is the primary exercise of our gathering together as worshiping people,

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 as a worshiping congregation.

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 But here is another dimension to it as well.

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 We gather together in such a way that seeks to encourage one another,

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 through gathering together under the Word of God,

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 and in fellowship, spiritual fellowship with one another.

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 So we have the opportunities there,

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 and the privilege of encouraging one another as well.

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 Now we need to keep this passage, these verses,

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 we need to keep them bound together as they are here in the passage before us.

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 Because the three exhortations, as we said there,

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 these three letters sentences, verses 22 to 25,

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 these are actually set on a foundation, if you like,

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 and the foundation is what goes before that.

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 The gathering, the exhortations that are addressed to us as we gather together,

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 they all stem from what we're told already in verses 19 to 21.

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 Having certain things already in place.

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 Having certain facts that we can rely upon.

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 The facts especially about Jesus himself,

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 and about the death of Jesus,

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 and about the way that he's opened up for us through his death,

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 into the presence of God.

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 These great facts, he says there,

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 are what leads them then to the exhortations.

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 Having these in place, he's saying,

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 let us now do this.

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 In other words, we're reminding ourselves,

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 and this is reminding us anyway,

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 that when we gather together to worship God,

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 we gather together in response to what God has already done.

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 We don't come to gather together in worship

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 as if God would then do something in return,

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 or repay us for the fact.

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 There may be some aspects of truth to that, of course, as well.

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 But this is the great fact.

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 This is the great fact.

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 God has already done this for us.

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 God has been active in Jesus Christ,

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 providing us with this access into his own presence.

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 It's a new and it's a living way.

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 And we have boldness, confidence to enter the holy places

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 by the blood of Jesus,

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 by this new and living way that he's opened through his flesh,

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 through his death on the cross,

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 and his own person.

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 When we come,

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 as we're gathered tonight in worship,

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 what we're doing is gathering together

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 in response to something that's already taken place.

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 We're not doing something that will give cause to God to bless us.

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 He is freely able to bless us in any case or not.

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 But we're coming together in response to,

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 in believing response,

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 in worshiping response to what he has already done

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 and what he has done conclusively

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 by the death of Jesus on the cross.

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 And that's such an important aspect

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 of thinking of the church gathered together,

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 the gatherings of the church,

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 the gatherings of the church,

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 especially for worship,

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 public worship,

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 as we're doing this evening

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 and every other time we come.

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 We come because this has already happened.

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 And this is actually something that requires of us

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 that we respond to that

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 by coming together

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 and coming to God through this new and living way

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 that Jesus himself is.

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 We could say a lot more than that,

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 but you will notice the plurals that he's using.

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 We saw this last time,

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 the importance of noticing the plurals in the Bible

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 the plurals by which God addresses his people,

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 whether it's here on the Old Testament,

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 these New Testament epistles,

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 Hebrews,

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 those of Paul,

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 those of John,

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 all of these have the same feature,

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 that they address the people of God as a people.

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 Of course,

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 as we said last time,

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 that means addressing us as individuals as well.

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 Everything here is addressed to you

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 and to me in an individual sense.

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 We have to make individual use of it.

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 But nevertheless,

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 primarily,

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 it's an address to us as a gathered people.

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 Let us draw near.

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 Let us hold fast

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 the confidence of our,

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 the confession of our hope.

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 Let us consider

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 how to stir one another up to love

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 and to good works.

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 They're plurals.

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 They're addressed to a people.

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 They're addressed to a gathered church of God.

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 And that's important for us also

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 as you go through the various aspects

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 of what we are privileged to have

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 as Christians and as believing people.

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 We're privileged to have,

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 yes,

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 individually,

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 but especially together.

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 Together in such a way as worships him

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 in response to what he has done.

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 So let's look at these three exhortations briefly.

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 The first of these,

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 you'll find is,

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 let us draw near.

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 Let us draw near

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 with a true heart

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 in full assurance of faith,

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 with our hearts sprinkled clean

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 from an evil conscience

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 and our bodies washed

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 with pure water.

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 Now this passage has a lot in it

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 that we're not going to go into

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 in any detail

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 because as I said,

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 it's important

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 that we keep it all together

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 and get the main parameters of it

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 worked out

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 in our understanding

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 and then put that to ourselves.

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 And what he's doing here is saying,

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 here is what we're doing

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 in response to what God has done in Christ.

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 We're coming together

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 to draw near to God.

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 That's what you're doing this evening

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 if you've come here

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 with a mindset

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 upon worshiping him

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 with everybody else

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 who's come here tonight

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 to worship the Lord.

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 You are drawing near to God

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 and of course you can do that

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 and you do that

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 in an individual sense as well.

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 When you go on your knees

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 or when you pray to God,

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 however it is,

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 your posture is to pray to God.

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 You're drawing near to God.

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 When you sing in praise to God

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 on your own,

00:33:42.379 --> 00:33:43.559
 you're drawing near to God.

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 You're conscious

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 that you're drawing near

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 to this God you're worshiping.

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 And it's a wonderful privilege,

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 more so than in an individual sense,

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 to come together

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 to worship the Lord

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 means together we're coming

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 to draw near to him.

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 We're coming into his presence.

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 We're coming through this new

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 and living way

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 into the very presence of God.

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 We don't need any other warrant

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 to come than what's already

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 been done for us

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 and his own invitation

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 and exhortation based upon that.

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 Let us draw near to him.

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 Are we conscious tonight

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 that this is what we're doing?

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 Is that not our mindset

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 as we come through these doors

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 to gather together

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 in this place of worship

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 that we are actually intending

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 and seeking to draw near to God?

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 That we look at what worship is

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 in all the various aspects of it,

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 but it's primarily

00:34:44.320 --> 00:34:46.780
 a drawing near to God

00:34:46.780 --> 00:34:47.579
 through Christ,

00:34:47.720 --> 00:34:49.720
 through this new and living way.

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:51.039
 And he says here,

00:34:51.120 --> 00:34:51.740
 we're drawing near

00:34:51.740 --> 00:34:54.460
 with a true heart

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:58.700
 and a true heart

00:34:58.700 --> 00:35:00.380
 in full assurance of faith.

00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:01.680
 Well, a true heart really there

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:04.379
 is something that means

00:35:04.379 --> 00:35:06.359
 just opposite to hypocrisy.

00:35:07.279 --> 00:35:10.119
 We're coming with a genuine sincerity

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:12.099
 in our hearts to worship God.

00:35:12.419 --> 00:35:13.759
 Our worship is never perfect

00:35:13.759 --> 00:35:15.000
 as it leaves ourselves.

00:35:15.699 --> 00:35:16.839
 Our minds at worship

00:35:16.839 --> 00:35:18.279
 are not perfectly attuned

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:19.819
 to listening to God

00:35:19.819 --> 00:35:21.119
 or to speaking from the pulpit

00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:21.940
 about God.

00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:22.960
 We're still sinners.

00:35:23.099 --> 00:35:24.919
 We're failing in so many aspects

00:35:24.919 --> 00:35:25.699
 of what we do,

00:35:25.759 --> 00:35:26.559
 even in our worship.

00:35:26.559 --> 00:35:28.099
 But here he's saying

00:35:28.099 --> 00:35:30.199
 we're coming with a sincere heart.

00:35:30.199 --> 00:35:32.779
 Your being here tonight

00:35:32.779 --> 00:35:35.039
 at this service of worship

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:37.299
 is something that you can say

00:35:37.299 --> 00:35:37.839
 of yourself,

00:35:38.079 --> 00:35:39.179
 I want to be there.

00:35:39.619 --> 00:35:41.559
 I'm sincere about my desire

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:42.719
 to worship God.

00:35:43.119 --> 00:35:44.539
 I'm not drawing near to him

00:35:44.539 --> 00:35:46.199
 just as a matter of form,

00:35:46.739 --> 00:35:49.099
 just in terms of a formality,

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:51.179
 just doing something outwardly.

00:35:51.299 --> 00:35:52.679
 I'm coming before him

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:54.559
 with a sincere heart.

00:35:55.379 --> 00:35:56.619
 I'm not coming to him

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.460
 in pretense.

00:35:57.460 --> 00:35:59.659
 I'm not pretending

00:35:59.659 --> 00:36:00.720
 to be something

00:36:00.720 --> 00:36:01.980
 that I'm not.

00:36:03.079 --> 00:36:03.679
 I'm coming

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:05.420
 with a sincere heart.

00:36:05.500 --> 00:36:05.800
 And you see,

00:36:05.900 --> 00:36:06.720
 he's putting it in the plural,

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:08.599
 let us draw near

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:09.920
 with a sincere,

00:36:09.920 --> 00:36:10.320
 with a sincere,

00:36:10.519 --> 00:36:11.720
 with a true heart.

00:36:12.099 --> 00:36:12.860
 Let us draw near

00:36:12.860 --> 00:36:14.179
 with a true heart.

00:36:14.500 --> 00:36:15.039
 And then he says

00:36:15.039 --> 00:36:17.420
 in full assurance of faith.

00:36:17.960 --> 00:36:18.900
 Another aspect of

00:36:18.900 --> 00:36:20.220
 the drawing near,

00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:21.199
 of the coming together,

00:36:21.579 --> 00:36:22.300
 that we come

00:36:22.300 --> 00:36:24.340
 in full assurance of faith.

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.119
 Now that sometimes

00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:25.980
 troubles people.

00:36:27.859 --> 00:36:29.440
 And it used to trouble myself

00:36:29.440 --> 00:36:31.199
 until I came across

00:36:31.199 --> 00:36:34.699
 a meaning given to it

00:36:34.699 --> 00:36:36.599
 that really helped me out

00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.400
 because every time

00:36:37.400 --> 00:36:38.119
 I thought of this

00:36:38.119 --> 00:36:39.859
 in full assurance of faith

00:36:39.859 --> 00:36:40.739
 coming near to God,

00:36:40.819 --> 00:36:40.960
 I thought,

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:42.000
 well, I'm failing there

00:36:42.000 --> 00:36:43.839
 because my faith

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:45.039
 is sometimes so poor.

00:36:45.839 --> 00:36:46.719
 My faith is sometimes

00:36:46.719 --> 00:36:47.460
 so weak.

00:36:48.119 --> 00:36:48.819
 I wish I had

00:36:48.819 --> 00:36:49.880
 a stronger faith.

00:36:50.299 --> 00:36:50.779
 And if I had

00:36:50.779 --> 00:36:51.779
 a stronger faith,

00:36:51.920 --> 00:36:52.819
 I would fit into

00:36:52.819 --> 00:36:53.480
 the category

00:36:53.480 --> 00:36:54.320
 of what this writer

00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:54.860
 is saying,

00:36:55.199 --> 00:36:56.400
 drawing near to God

00:36:56.400 --> 00:36:59.599
 with a full assurance

00:36:59.599 --> 00:37:00.179
 of faith.

00:37:00.260 --> 00:37:00.860
 But then you see,

00:37:01.380 --> 00:37:02.159
 that's not what

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:03.300
 this phrase means.

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.199
 It doesn't mean

00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:06.639
 drawing near to God

00:37:06.639 --> 00:37:08.460
 fully persuaded

00:37:08.460 --> 00:37:09.820
 that you are saved

00:37:09.820 --> 00:37:11.320
 or having that

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:12.320
 full assurance

00:37:12.320 --> 00:37:13.340
 that yes,

00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.480
 you are saved,

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.740
 you are a believer,

00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:16.659
 you are indeed

00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:18.780
 trusting in Christ.

00:37:19.619 --> 00:37:20.760
 Let me read to you

00:37:20.760 --> 00:37:22.500
 what that great

00:37:22.500 --> 00:37:24.260
 Puritan theologian

00:37:24.260 --> 00:37:26.000
 John Owen says

00:37:26.000 --> 00:37:26.720
 in his commentary

00:37:26.720 --> 00:37:27.740
 on Hebrews

00:37:27.740 --> 00:37:28.840
 about this phrase.

00:37:29.280 --> 00:37:29.640
 Obviously,

00:37:29.740 --> 00:37:31.320
 he met in his own day

00:37:31.320 --> 00:37:31.800
 with people

00:37:31.800 --> 00:37:32.460
 who thought that

00:37:32.460 --> 00:37:33.760
 this full assurance

00:37:33.760 --> 00:37:34.680
 of faith meant

00:37:34.680 --> 00:37:36.060
 reaching a very height

00:37:36.060 --> 00:37:37.360
 of assurance

00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:38.540
 that you are a believer.

00:37:38.660 --> 00:37:39.280
 This is what he says.

00:37:39.700 --> 00:37:40.760
 The full assurance

00:37:40.760 --> 00:37:41.840
 of faith here

00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:43.060
 represents

00:37:43.060 --> 00:37:44.460
 not the assurance

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.580
 that any have

00:37:45.580 --> 00:37:47.100
 of their own salvation,

00:37:47.099 --> 00:37:49.159
 nor any degree

00:37:49.159 --> 00:37:50.519
 of such an assurance.

00:37:51.659 --> 00:37:52.519
 It is only

00:37:52.519 --> 00:37:54.239
 the full satisfaction

00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:55.679
 of our souls

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:57.039
 in the reality

00:37:57.039 --> 00:37:58.460
 and efficacy

00:37:58.460 --> 00:38:00.139
 of the priesthood

00:38:00.139 --> 00:38:00.819
 of Christ

00:38:00.819 --> 00:38:02.059
 to give us

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:03.619
 acceptance with God

00:38:03.619 --> 00:38:04.839
 in contrast

00:38:04.839 --> 00:38:06.440
 to all other ways

00:38:06.440 --> 00:38:07.579
 and means thereof.

00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:09.799
 And that really

00:38:09.799 --> 00:38:11.159
 is saying to it

00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:12.299
 full assurance

00:38:12.299 --> 00:38:12.880
 of faith,

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.679
 Owen is saying,

00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:15.239
 means you are

00:38:15.239 --> 00:38:16.559
 fully persuaded

00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:17.639
 that Jesus

00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:18.699
 is everything

00:38:18.699 --> 00:38:19.659
 you need

00:38:19.659 --> 00:38:20.880
 in order to have

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.920
 that full acceptance

00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:22.759
 of God.

00:38:23.480 --> 00:38:24.159
 That everything

00:38:24.159 --> 00:38:25.219
 you require

00:38:25.219 --> 00:38:26.199
 in order to

00:38:26.199 --> 00:38:27.299
 have a life

00:38:27.299 --> 00:38:28.940
 that God

00:38:28.940 --> 00:38:30.059
 himself receives

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:32.880
 and takes delight

00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:33.880
 in and accepts

00:38:33.880 --> 00:38:34.940
 as righteous

00:38:34.940 --> 00:38:35.940
 in his sight,

00:38:36.519 --> 00:38:37.239
 that's all

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:37.799
 in Jesus.

00:38:38.920 --> 00:38:39.920
 And the full assurance

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:40.420
 of faith,

00:38:40.659 --> 00:38:41.480
 as Owen said,

00:38:41.960 --> 00:38:44.299
 is the full satisfaction

00:38:44.299 --> 00:38:45.119
 of our souls

00:38:45.119 --> 00:38:46.179
 in the reality

00:38:46.179 --> 00:38:46.799
 and efficacy

00:38:46.799 --> 00:38:47.639
 of the priesthood

00:38:47.639 --> 00:38:48.079
 of Christ

00:38:48.079 --> 00:38:48.839
 to give us

00:38:48.839 --> 00:38:49.500
 that acceptance

00:38:49.500 --> 00:38:50.359
 with God.

00:38:50.500 --> 00:38:51.000
 So if you're

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.539
 coming tonight

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.079
 and saying,

00:38:53.480 --> 00:38:54.599
 I know that

00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:55.460
 I don't have anything

00:38:55.460 --> 00:38:56.379
 in myself

00:38:56.379 --> 00:38:57.359
 and my own ability

00:38:57.359 --> 00:38:59.019
 that I can create

00:38:59.019 --> 00:39:00.019
 in order to give me

00:39:00.019 --> 00:39:01.339
 acceptance with God.

00:39:01.759 --> 00:39:02.919
 I know I can't

00:39:02.919 --> 00:39:04.239
 come to God

00:39:04.239 --> 00:39:05.699
 and draw near to God

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.419
 with his people

00:39:06.419 --> 00:39:07.199
 to worship him

00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:08.719
 thinking that somehow

00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:10.039
 my sincerity,

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:11.319
 although I'm sincere,

00:39:11.759 --> 00:39:12.679
 that my sincerity

00:39:12.679 --> 00:39:13.359
 is something

00:39:13.359 --> 00:39:14.500
 that will guarantee

00:39:14.500 --> 00:39:15.359
 me acceptance

00:39:15.359 --> 00:39:16.379
 before God.

00:39:17.139 --> 00:39:18.059
 I can't come

00:39:18.059 --> 00:39:18.539
 before him

00:39:18.539 --> 00:39:18.859
 and say,

00:39:18.940 --> 00:39:19.179
 Lord,

00:39:19.299 --> 00:39:20.359
 I prayed today

00:39:20.359 --> 00:39:20.819
 and I prayed

00:39:20.819 --> 00:39:21.739
 a number of times

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:22.199
 today

00:39:22.199 --> 00:39:23.440
 and I'm pleased

00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:24.000
 that I was able

00:39:24.000 --> 00:39:24.460
 to pray

00:39:24.460 --> 00:39:25.419
 and on the basis

00:39:25.419 --> 00:39:25.899
 of that

00:39:25.899 --> 00:39:26.619
 I'm persuaded

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.500
 that you'll accept me.

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.299
 You can't come

00:39:28.299 --> 00:39:28.839
 with that.

00:39:29.940 --> 00:39:31.279
 Great and wonderful

00:39:31.279 --> 00:39:32.359
 though prayer is.

00:39:33.319 --> 00:39:33.480
 No,

00:39:33.539 --> 00:39:33.839
 you come

00:39:33.839 --> 00:39:35.619
 to draw near

00:39:35.619 --> 00:39:36.039
 to God.

00:39:36.139 --> 00:39:37.099
 We come to draw near

00:39:37.099 --> 00:39:37.859
 together

00:39:37.859 --> 00:39:38.440
 as we come

00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:39.039
 to draw near

00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:39.480
 to God

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.239
 and we're saying

00:39:40.239 --> 00:39:40.460
 this,

00:39:40.719 --> 00:39:41.059
 Lord,

00:39:41.820 --> 00:39:43.519
 I have everything

00:39:43.519 --> 00:39:44.219
 I need

00:39:44.219 --> 00:39:45.539
 for your acceptance

00:39:45.539 --> 00:39:46.840
 and I accept

00:39:46.840 --> 00:39:48.719
 this as being

00:39:48.719 --> 00:39:50.119
 perfectly sufficient

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.639
 for me

00:39:50.639 --> 00:39:52.360
 that Jesus

00:39:52.360 --> 00:39:53.259
 in his death

00:39:53.259 --> 00:39:54.960
 is everything

00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:55.940
 and all I need.

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:57.500
 You're saying

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:58.059
 that tonight.

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.519
 Then you have

00:39:59.519 --> 00:40:00.500
 that full assurance

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.139
 of faith.

00:40:01.940 --> 00:40:02.559
 You're saying

00:40:02.559 --> 00:40:03.920
 that you discount

00:40:03.920 --> 00:40:05.519
 every other possibility

00:40:05.519 --> 00:40:07.779
 of something

00:40:07.780 --> 00:40:08.940
 of every other

00:40:08.940 --> 00:40:09.980
 means that you

00:40:09.980 --> 00:40:10.620
 may think of

00:40:10.620 --> 00:40:11.160
 would give you

00:40:11.160 --> 00:40:12.580
 acceptance with God

00:40:12.580 --> 00:40:13.620
 and you're saying

00:40:13.620 --> 00:40:13.900
 no,

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.160
 Lord,

00:40:14.220 --> 00:40:15.120
 I don't want

00:40:15.120 --> 00:40:15.519
 to trust

00:40:15.519 --> 00:40:16.160
 in any of these.

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:17.500
 I know I mustn't

00:40:17.500 --> 00:40:18.019
 do that.

00:40:18.420 --> 00:40:18.880
 It's not going

00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:19.720
 to bring me

00:40:19.720 --> 00:40:21.060
 acceptance with you

00:40:21.060 --> 00:40:21.460
 at all

00:40:21.460 --> 00:40:22.720
 but here is

00:40:22.720 --> 00:40:23.460
 my acceptance.

00:40:24.820 --> 00:40:25.680
 Here is my

00:40:25.680 --> 00:40:26.640
 ground of confidence.

00:40:27.900 --> 00:40:28.660
 Here is Jesus.

00:40:31.140 --> 00:40:32.519
 I believe in him.

00:40:33.280 --> 00:40:34.780
 I trust in him.

00:40:35.380 --> 00:40:36.800
 I trust myself

00:40:36.800 --> 00:40:37.420
 to him.

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:39.160
 I put myself

00:40:39.160 --> 00:40:40.080
 in his hands

00:40:40.080 --> 00:40:41.160
 and at his disposal.

00:40:42.160 --> 00:40:44.160
 I receive him

00:40:44.160 --> 00:40:45.160
 as my righteous

00:40:45.160 --> 00:40:45.720
 savior.

00:40:46.900 --> 00:40:47.700
 I receive him

00:40:47.700 --> 00:40:48.300
 as Lord

00:40:48.300 --> 00:40:49.600
 your provision

00:40:49.600 --> 00:40:50.620
 for a poor

00:40:50.620 --> 00:40:51.800
 sinner like me.

00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:54.200
 I receive him

00:40:54.200 --> 00:40:54.620
 gladly.

00:40:54.820 --> 00:40:55.480
 I receive him

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:56.540
 with relief

00:40:56.540 --> 00:40:57.580
 for my soul

00:40:57.580 --> 00:40:59.820
 because I am

00:40:59.820 --> 00:41:00.440
 persuaded

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:01.820
 by your word

00:41:01.820 --> 00:41:03.720
 that that gives me

00:41:03.720 --> 00:41:04.240
 acceptance

00:41:04.240 --> 00:41:05.860
 in your sight.

00:41:05.860 --> 00:41:07.860
 let us draw

00:41:07.860 --> 00:41:08.200
 near

00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:10.039
 let us draw

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:10.340
 near

00:41:10.340 --> 00:41:11.980
 with a true

00:41:11.980 --> 00:41:12.400
 heart

00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:14.200
 and in the full

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:15.519
 assurance of faith

00:41:15.519 --> 00:41:16.840
 with our hearts

00:41:16.840 --> 00:41:17.620
 sprinkled clean

00:41:17.620 --> 00:41:18.220
 from an evil

00:41:18.220 --> 00:41:18.760
 conscience

00:41:18.760 --> 00:41:20.059
 and our bodies

00:41:20.059 --> 00:41:21.000
 washed with pure

00:41:21.000 --> 00:41:21.340
 water.

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:22.579
 well in a word

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.820
 that really just

00:41:23.820 --> 00:41:24.840
 indicates the

00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:25.640
 totality

00:41:25.640 --> 00:41:27.340
 with which God

00:41:27.340 --> 00:41:28.260
 saves us

00:41:28.260 --> 00:41:28.920
 and brings us

00:41:28.920 --> 00:41:29.700
 into acceptance

00:41:29.700 --> 00:41:30.340
 with himself.

00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:30.920
 We need

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:32.400
 a clean

00:41:32.400 --> 00:41:33.059
 conscience.

00:41:33.840 --> 00:41:34.700
 We need a conscience

00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:35.600
 that's sprinkled

00:41:35.600 --> 00:41:36.720
 clean from an evil

00:41:36.720 --> 00:41:37.280
 conscience.

00:41:37.720 --> 00:41:38.680
 We need outwardly

00:41:38.680 --> 00:41:39.280
 as well in our

00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:39.780
 behavior

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:41.220
 to have our bodies

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:42.019
 washed with pure

00:41:42.019 --> 00:41:42.300
 water.

00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:43.380
 A spiritual way

00:41:43.380 --> 00:41:45.400
 of stating that

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:46.500
 our entire

00:41:46.500 --> 00:41:47.240
 person

00:41:47.240 --> 00:41:48.500
 needs to be made

00:41:48.500 --> 00:41:49.720
 acceptable with God

00:41:49.719 --> 00:41:50.619
 and that's what Jesus

00:41:50.619 --> 00:41:51.279
 does.

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:53.119
 That's what faith

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:54.119
 in Jesus brings.

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:55.339
 Not that faith

00:41:55.339 --> 00:41:56.419
 is meritorious.

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:58.759
 It's Jesus himself

00:41:58.759 --> 00:41:59.299
 who has

00:41:59.299 --> 00:42:00.359
 the merit

00:42:00.359 --> 00:42:02.119
 and through that

00:42:02.119 --> 00:42:02.859
 we receive

00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:04.279
 this acceptance

00:42:04.279 --> 00:42:05.019
 with God

00:42:05.019 --> 00:42:06.399
 this

00:42:06.399 --> 00:42:08.079
 sprinkling

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:09.019
 of our conscience

00:42:09.019 --> 00:42:09.379
 from

00:42:09.379 --> 00:42:10.859
 our hearts

00:42:10.859 --> 00:42:11.799
 sprinkled clean

00:42:11.799 --> 00:42:12.879
 from an evil

00:42:12.879 --> 00:42:13.519
 conscience.

00:42:15.319 --> 00:42:16.239
 A conscience

00:42:16.239 --> 00:42:17.019
 that you want

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.920
 to always pronounce

00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:20.320
 that you are

00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:21.280
 right with God.

00:42:21.599 --> 00:42:22.019
 Of course

00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:23.639
 your conscience

00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:24.739
 even as a believer

00:42:24.739 --> 00:42:26.219
 convicts you

00:42:26.219 --> 00:42:26.659
 when you know

00:42:26.659 --> 00:42:27.519
 you've done wrong

00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:29.000
 or when you know

00:42:29.000 --> 00:42:29.739
 you haven't done

00:42:29.739 --> 00:42:30.480
 something you ought

00:42:30.480 --> 00:42:31.079
 to have done.

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:32.800
 That's perfectly

00:42:32.800 --> 00:42:33.320
 alright

00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:34.840
 in the sense

00:42:34.840 --> 00:42:35.579
 that I mean

00:42:35.579 --> 00:42:36.099
 it's perfectly

00:42:36.099 --> 00:42:36.780
 alright in the

00:42:36.780 --> 00:42:37.239
 sense that

00:42:37.239 --> 00:42:39.059
 it shows you

00:42:39.059 --> 00:42:39.780
 and indicates

00:42:39.780 --> 00:42:40.400
 there's something

00:42:40.400 --> 00:42:41.280
 there in you

00:42:41.280 --> 00:42:42.539
 that really is

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:43.000
 keeping you

00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:43.440
 in the right

00:42:43.440 --> 00:42:44.039
 direction

00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:45.880
 and that you're

00:42:45.880 --> 00:42:46.900
 relying upon

00:42:46.900 --> 00:42:48.139
 Christ himself

00:42:48.139 --> 00:42:49.779
 for your acceptance

00:42:49.779 --> 00:42:50.420
 with God

00:42:50.420 --> 00:42:51.179
 and not anything

00:42:51.179 --> 00:42:52.360
 in yourself.

00:42:52.719 --> 00:42:53.659
 Let us draw near

00:42:53.659 --> 00:42:55.500
 let us draw near

00:42:55.500 --> 00:42:55.900
 he says

00:42:55.900 --> 00:42:56.759
 with a true heart

00:42:56.759 --> 00:42:58.039
 and in full

00:42:58.039 --> 00:42:59.019
 assurance of faith

00:42:59.019 --> 00:43:00.179
 with our hearts

00:43:00.179 --> 00:43:01.019
 sprinkled clean

00:43:01.019 --> 00:43:02.199
 from an evil

00:43:02.199 --> 00:43:02.719
 conscience

00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:03.440
 and our bodies

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:03.940
 washed

00:43:03.940 --> 00:43:05.719
 with pure water.

00:43:06.420 --> 00:43:07.000
 But then he goes

00:43:07.000 --> 00:43:07.300
 on

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:09.179
 with another

00:43:09.179 --> 00:43:09.800
 exhortation

00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:10.619
 let us hold

00:43:10.619 --> 00:43:11.079
 fast

00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:12.460
 the confession

00:43:12.460 --> 00:43:13.539
 of our hope

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:15.000
 without wavering

00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:16.559
 for he who promised

00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:17.920
 is faithful.

00:43:18.699 --> 00:43:19.579
 Now notice he's saying

00:43:19.579 --> 00:43:20.679
 it's the confession

00:43:20.679 --> 00:43:22.139
 of our hope

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:24.420
 rather than confession

00:43:24.420 --> 00:43:25.639
 of faith

00:43:25.639 --> 00:43:26.819
 which we very often

00:43:26.819 --> 00:43:27.480
 come across

00:43:27.480 --> 00:43:28.719
 this is the confession

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:29.619
 of our hope.

00:43:30.319 --> 00:43:31.460
 What does Jesus do?

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:32.819
 What does God do

00:43:32.819 --> 00:43:34.480
 when he brings us

00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:35.779
 and saves us

00:43:35.779 --> 00:43:36.519
 and puts us

00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:37.579
 in Christ

00:43:37.579 --> 00:43:38.940
 and brings to us

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:42.159
 that salvation

00:43:42.159 --> 00:43:43.559
 that becomes ours

00:43:43.559 --> 00:43:44.960
 then through faith

00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:45.400
 in Christ

00:43:45.400 --> 00:43:46.260
 what is he doing?

00:43:46.619 --> 00:43:47.820
 He's giving us hope.

00:43:48.960 --> 00:43:50.019
 Remember how Paul

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.740
 when he wrote

00:43:50.740 --> 00:43:51.480
 to the Ephesians

00:43:51.480 --> 00:43:52.420
 in chapter 2

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:53.840
 he described

00:43:53.840 --> 00:43:54.579
 what the Ephesians

00:43:54.579 --> 00:43:55.500
 once were

00:43:55.500 --> 00:43:56.980
 when they were

00:43:56.980 --> 00:43:58.119
 unsaved

00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:59.159
 heathen

00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:00.099
 pagans

00:44:00.099 --> 00:44:01.619
 in all their idolatry

00:44:01.619 --> 00:44:03.300
 before the Lord

00:44:03.300 --> 00:44:04.420
 sent the gospel

00:44:04.420 --> 00:44:04.940
 to them

00:44:04.940 --> 00:44:05.720
 and they came

00:44:05.720 --> 00:44:06.480
 to be saved

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:07.320
 through the gospel

00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:09.220
 through the preaching

00:44:09.220 --> 00:44:10.019
 of the gospel

00:44:10.019 --> 00:44:11.059
 you were

00:44:11.059 --> 00:44:11.440
 he says

00:44:11.440 --> 00:44:12.980
 at that time

00:44:12.980 --> 00:44:14.660
 cut off

00:44:14.660 --> 00:44:15.940
 from the commonwealth

00:44:15.940 --> 00:44:16.600
 of Israel

00:44:16.600 --> 00:44:18.720
 without God

00:44:18.720 --> 00:44:20.880
 and without hope

00:44:20.880 --> 00:44:22.380
 in the world.

00:44:24.760 --> 00:44:25.760
 One thing

00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:26.680
 that characterizes

00:44:26.680 --> 00:44:27.980
 the unsaved sinner

00:44:27.980 --> 00:44:30.240
 is the absence

00:44:30.240 --> 00:44:30.860
 of hope

00:44:30.860 --> 00:44:33.340
 because hope

00:44:33.340 --> 00:44:34.400
 in the biblical

00:44:34.400 --> 00:44:35.260
 sense of it

00:44:35.260 --> 00:44:36.520
 is not somehow

00:44:36.520 --> 00:44:37.360
 hoping that things

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:38.100
 will improve.

00:44:39.080 --> 00:44:40.240
 That's a worldly hope.

00:44:40.900 --> 00:44:41.520
 That's a hope

00:44:41.520 --> 00:44:42.320
 really without any

00:44:42.320 --> 00:44:42.880
 foundation

00:44:42.880 --> 00:44:44.000
 even though it might

00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:45.660
 be good to some extent

00:44:45.660 --> 00:44:46.700
 to have a hope

00:44:46.700 --> 00:44:47.160
 that something

00:44:47.160 --> 00:44:48.400
 will happen

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:49.140
 to improve

00:44:49.140 --> 00:44:49.980
 one's life

00:44:49.980 --> 00:44:50.580
 but when you're

00:44:50.580 --> 00:44:51.540
 thinking of this hope

00:44:51.540 --> 00:44:52.160
 the hope

00:44:52.160 --> 00:44:53.180
 that you have

00:44:53.180 --> 00:44:54.280
 through Christ

00:44:54.280 --> 00:44:55.000
 and through faith

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:55.460
 in Christ

00:44:55.460 --> 00:44:56.260
 the confession

00:44:56.260 --> 00:44:56.820
 of hope

00:44:56.820 --> 00:44:57.400
 that's mentioned

00:44:57.400 --> 00:44:58.240
 here is the hope

00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:59.120
 that's founded

00:44:59.120 --> 00:45:00.200
 upon Christ's

00:45:00.200 --> 00:45:00.900
 own resurrection

00:45:00.900 --> 00:45:01.900
 from the dead

00:45:01.900 --> 00:45:02.700
 especially

00:45:02.700 --> 00:45:04.960
 when you come

00:45:04.960 --> 00:45:06.320
 to receive Christ

00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:07.360
 you come to receive

00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:08.340
 not just

00:45:08.340 --> 00:45:08.960
 the Christ

00:45:08.960 --> 00:45:09.519
 who died

00:45:09.519 --> 00:45:10.139
 but the Christ

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:11.119
 who is now alive

00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:12.880
 who is risen

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:13.559
 from the dead

00:45:13.559 --> 00:45:14.180
 and is alive

00:45:14.180 --> 00:45:14.940
 forevermore

00:45:14.940 --> 00:45:17.200
 and it's there

00:45:17.200 --> 00:45:19.420
 that you find hope.

00:45:20.740 --> 00:45:20.920
 You know

00:45:20.920 --> 00:45:21.480
 we're so used

00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:22.639
 to being

00:45:22.639 --> 00:45:23.539
 at funeral services

00:45:23.539 --> 00:45:24.220
 here in this

00:45:24.220 --> 00:45:24.760
 congregation

00:45:24.760 --> 00:45:25.700
 in our community

00:45:25.699 --> 00:45:27.919
 we have

00:45:27.919 --> 00:45:29.559
 so many times

00:45:29.559 --> 00:45:30.319
 gathered with

00:45:30.319 --> 00:45:31.159
 families

00:45:31.159 --> 00:45:31.799
 who have lost

00:45:31.799 --> 00:45:32.599
 loved ones

00:45:32.599 --> 00:45:34.579
 and that's part

00:45:34.579 --> 00:45:35.480
 of life

00:45:35.480 --> 00:45:36.379
 in this world

00:45:36.379 --> 00:45:37.579
 as long as

00:45:37.579 --> 00:45:38.039
 this world

00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:38.799
 continues

00:45:38.799 --> 00:45:41.759
 and one of the

00:45:41.759 --> 00:45:42.819
 things that's

00:45:42.819 --> 00:45:43.960
 really so sad

00:45:43.960 --> 00:45:44.519
 to see

00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:45.500
 so desperately

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:46.279
 sad to see

00:45:46.279 --> 00:45:46.619
 is that

00:45:46.619 --> 00:45:48.539
 people come to die

00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:49.219
 who've not

00:45:49.219 --> 00:45:50.000
 expressed any

00:45:50.000 --> 00:45:51.019
 confession of hope

00:45:51.019 --> 00:45:52.779
 while they lived

00:45:52.779 --> 00:45:54.779
 who didn't have

00:45:54.780 --> 00:45:56.100
 that trust in Christ

00:45:56.100 --> 00:45:57.440
 who couldn't

00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:58.080
 confess

00:45:58.080 --> 00:45:59.680
 I have a hope

00:45:59.680 --> 00:46:00.180
 that's now

00:46:00.180 --> 00:46:01.140
 firmly based

00:46:01.140 --> 00:46:01.620
 upon the

00:46:01.620 --> 00:46:03.100
 resurrection

00:46:03.100 --> 00:46:03.820
 of Jesus

00:46:03.820 --> 00:46:04.400
 from the dead

00:46:04.400 --> 00:46:05.080
 and therefore

00:46:05.080 --> 00:46:06.700
 God assures me

00:46:06.700 --> 00:46:07.519
 that that hope

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:08.460
 will be fulfilled

00:46:08.460 --> 00:46:09.620
 and that I will

00:46:09.620 --> 00:46:10.380
 share in the

00:46:10.380 --> 00:46:11.440
 triumph of Jesus

00:46:11.440 --> 00:46:12.620
 over death.

00:46:13.240 --> 00:46:13.660
 That's what you

00:46:13.660 --> 00:46:14.100
 want tonight

00:46:14.100 --> 00:46:14.580
 to have

00:46:14.580 --> 00:46:15.620
 as a characteristic

00:46:15.620 --> 00:46:16.800
 of your life

00:46:16.800 --> 00:46:18.019
 to have that hope

00:46:18.019 --> 00:46:18.820
 that the Bible

00:46:18.820 --> 00:46:19.400
 speaks of

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:20.400
 the hope of the gospel

00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:21.600
 the hope that comes

00:46:21.600 --> 00:46:22.680
 through Jesus Christ

00:46:22.680 --> 00:46:23.920
 put away every kind

00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:24.440
 of hope

00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:25.639
 other than that

00:46:25.639 --> 00:46:26.440
 because hoping

00:46:26.440 --> 00:46:27.240
 for the best

00:46:27.240 --> 00:46:28.099
 is just

00:46:28.099 --> 00:46:29.400
 vain hope

00:46:29.400 --> 00:46:30.440
 it's not

00:46:30.440 --> 00:46:32.360
 necessarily worth

00:46:32.360 --> 00:46:33.800
 anything at all

00:46:33.800 --> 00:46:36.360
 when you come to hope

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:37.619
 and have hope

00:46:37.619 --> 00:46:38.159
 in Jesus

00:46:38.159 --> 00:46:40.159
 that hope

00:46:40.159 --> 00:46:40.659
 is based

00:46:40.659 --> 00:46:42.019
 on Christ's

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.420
 resurrection

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:43.940
 it's a hope

00:46:43.940 --> 00:46:44.559
 that looks to

00:46:44.559 --> 00:46:45.280
 the promises

00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:46.079
 of God

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:47.139
 that they will

00:46:47.139 --> 00:46:47.679
 fulfill

00:46:47.679 --> 00:46:48.280
 they will be

00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:48.659
 fulfilled

00:46:48.659 --> 00:46:49.220
 because notice

00:46:49.220 --> 00:46:49.820
 what he's saying

00:46:49.820 --> 00:46:51.360
 let's hold fast

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:51.980
 the confession

00:46:51.980 --> 00:46:52.679
 of our hope

00:46:52.679 --> 00:46:53.879
 without wavering

00:46:53.879 --> 00:46:55.440
 for he who promised

00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:56.179
 is faithful

00:46:56.179 --> 00:46:58.739
 why am I sure

00:46:58.739 --> 00:46:59.179
 tonight

00:46:59.179 --> 00:47:00.119
 that the hope

00:47:00.119 --> 00:47:00.899
 I have

00:47:00.899 --> 00:47:01.980
 of resurrection

00:47:01.980 --> 00:47:02.719
 life

00:47:02.719 --> 00:47:03.359
 of life

00:47:03.359 --> 00:47:03.879
 in heaven

00:47:03.879 --> 00:47:05.079
 through faith

00:47:05.079 --> 00:47:05.779
 in Christ

00:47:05.779 --> 00:47:06.799
 through my coming

00:47:06.799 --> 00:47:07.980
 to give myself

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:09.019
 in response

00:47:09.019 --> 00:47:10.000
 to his love

00:47:10.000 --> 00:47:11.159
 to be ruled

00:47:11.159 --> 00:47:11.739
 by him

00:47:11.739 --> 00:47:12.440
 to be saved

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:12.919
 by him

00:47:12.919 --> 00:47:13.819
 why am I

00:47:13.819 --> 00:47:14.379
 persuaded

00:47:14.379 --> 00:47:15.500
 that that is

00:47:15.500 --> 00:47:16.779
 actually sure

00:47:16.779 --> 00:47:17.599
 and certain

00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:18.380
 for me

00:47:18.380 --> 00:47:20.500
 because he is

00:47:20.500 --> 00:47:20.980
 faithful

00:47:20.980 --> 00:47:22.139
 who has

00:47:22.139 --> 00:47:22.839
 promised it

00:47:22.839 --> 00:47:24.799
 God is not

00:47:24.799 --> 00:47:25.239
 going to be

00:47:25.239 --> 00:47:25.719
 other than

00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:26.679
 true to his word

00:47:26.679 --> 00:47:28.960
 and when God

00:47:28.960 --> 00:47:30.000
 gives you

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:30.679
 that hope

00:47:30.679 --> 00:47:31.480
 in your heart

00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:32.400
 that looks

00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:33.619
 forward to heaven

00:47:33.619 --> 00:47:35.000
 despite all

00:47:35.000 --> 00:47:36.019
 the imperfections

00:47:36.019 --> 00:47:36.599
 that you and I

00:47:36.599 --> 00:47:37.639
 have in our

00:47:37.639 --> 00:47:38.400
 lives tonight

00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:39.739
 one thing

00:47:39.739 --> 00:47:40.400
 you can be sure

00:47:40.400 --> 00:47:41.019
 of is this

00:47:41.019 --> 00:47:42.279
 having this

00:47:42.279 --> 00:47:43.519
 hope in Jesus

00:47:43.519 --> 00:47:45.219
 is certain

00:47:45.219 --> 00:47:46.879
 to be realized

00:47:46.879 --> 00:47:48.000
 in glory

00:47:48.000 --> 00:47:48.579
 with him

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:50.319
 what a great

00:47:50.319 --> 00:47:51.500
 privilege that is

00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:53.659
 and doesn't

00:47:53.659 --> 00:47:54.379
 it show you

00:47:54.379 --> 00:47:56.219
 how empty

00:47:56.219 --> 00:47:57.399
 a life is

00:47:57.399 --> 00:47:58.839
 crammed

00:47:58.839 --> 00:47:59.819
 with all the

00:47:59.819 --> 00:48:00.419
 things that

00:48:00.419 --> 00:48:00.980
 this world

00:48:00.980 --> 00:48:01.559
 can actually

00:48:01.559 --> 00:48:02.219
 give you

00:48:02.219 --> 00:48:04.099
 and without

00:48:04.099 --> 00:48:04.819
 this hope

00:48:04.819 --> 00:48:06.399
 what does it

00:48:06.399 --> 00:48:06.819
 profit

00:48:06.819 --> 00:48:08.099
 as Jesus

00:48:08.099 --> 00:48:08.879
 himself said

00:48:08.879 --> 00:48:10.159
 what shall

00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:10.639
 it profit

00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:11.019
 a man

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:11.279
 though he

00:48:11.279 --> 00:48:11.839
 gains

00:48:11.839 --> 00:48:13.179
 the whole

00:48:13.179 --> 00:48:13.939
 world

00:48:13.940 --> 00:48:16.099
 and lose

00:48:16.099 --> 00:48:16.760
 his soul

00:48:16.760 --> 00:48:19.960
 let us

00:48:19.960 --> 00:48:20.659
 hold fast

00:48:20.659 --> 00:48:22.200
 the confession

00:48:22.200 --> 00:48:22.800
 about hope

00:48:22.800 --> 00:48:23.900
 without wavering

00:48:23.900 --> 00:48:24.380
 and you see

00:48:24.380 --> 00:48:26.639
 that's where

00:48:26.639 --> 00:48:27.220
 the gathered

00:48:27.220 --> 00:48:27.880
 church again

00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:28.420
 the whole

00:48:28.420 --> 00:48:28.920
 concept

00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:29.420
 the whole

00:48:29.420 --> 00:48:30.119
 truth

00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:30.700
 the fact

00:48:30.700 --> 00:48:31.340
 of a

00:48:31.340 --> 00:48:31.659
 gathered

00:48:31.659 --> 00:48:32.079
 church

00:48:32.079 --> 00:48:32.519
 the fact

00:48:32.519 --> 00:48:33.139
 of gathering

00:48:33.139 --> 00:48:33.579
 together

00:48:33.579 --> 00:48:34.500
 that's where

00:48:34.500 --> 00:48:34.820
 it really

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:35.340
 comes into

00:48:35.340 --> 00:48:35.860
 its own

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:36.280
 as far

00:48:36.280 --> 00:48:36.599
 as this

00:48:36.599 --> 00:48:37.300
 is concerned

00:48:37.300 --> 00:48:38.260
 because we

00:48:38.260 --> 00:48:38.740
 all have

00:48:38.740 --> 00:48:39.300
 that hope

00:48:39.300 --> 00:48:40.019
 individually

00:48:40.019 --> 00:48:40.800
 when we're

00:48:40.800 --> 00:48:41.179
 Christians

00:48:41.179 --> 00:48:41.639
 when we're

00:48:41.639 --> 00:48:41.880
 in the

00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:42.159
 Lord

00:48:42.159 --> 00:48:42.740
 when we've

00:48:42.740 --> 00:48:43.019
 come to

00:48:43.019 --> 00:48:43.579
 put our

00:48:43.579 --> 00:48:44.019
 trust

00:48:44.019 --> 00:48:44.340
 and our

00:48:44.340 --> 00:48:44.659
 faith

00:48:44.659 --> 00:48:45.199
 in him

00:48:45.199 --> 00:48:45.820
 and when

00:48:45.820 --> 00:48:46.400
 that hope

00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:47.099
 then is

00:48:47.099 --> 00:48:47.559
 realized

00:48:47.559 --> 00:48:47.960
 in your

00:48:47.960 --> 00:48:48.460
 heart

00:48:48.460 --> 00:48:50.739
 but you

00:48:50.739 --> 00:48:50.980
 see in

00:48:50.980 --> 00:48:51.420
 order to

00:48:51.420 --> 00:48:51.980
 encourage

00:48:51.980 --> 00:48:52.539
 one another

00:48:52.539 --> 00:48:54.159
 to strengthen

00:48:54.159 --> 00:48:54.780
 that hope

00:48:54.780 --> 00:48:55.219
 that's in

00:48:55.219 --> 00:48:56.059
 you individually

00:48:56.059 --> 00:48:57.639
 you think

00:48:57.639 --> 00:48:58.380
 well I need

00:48:58.380 --> 00:48:58.860
 to be with

00:48:58.860 --> 00:48:59.420
 the Lord's

00:48:59.420 --> 00:48:59.759
 people

00:48:59.759 --> 00:49:01.139
 I need

00:49:01.139 --> 00:49:01.440
 to be

00:49:01.440 --> 00:49:02.159
 a part

00:49:02.159 --> 00:49:02.579
 of and a

00:49:02.579 --> 00:49:02.980
 member of

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.780
 that gather

00:49:03.780 --> 00:49:04.400
 church

00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:05.099
 and if I

00:49:05.099 --> 00:49:05.559
 want my

00:49:05.559 --> 00:49:06.179
 hope to

00:49:06.179 --> 00:49:07.000
 be something

00:49:07.000 --> 00:49:07.920
 that grows

00:49:07.920 --> 00:49:08.840
 if I want

00:49:08.840 --> 00:49:09.139
 to have

00:49:09.139 --> 00:49:10.440
 if I want

00:49:10.440 --> 00:49:10.859
 to have

00:49:10.859 --> 00:49:12.900
 a holding

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:13.699
 fast of

00:49:13.699 --> 00:49:14.500
 that confession

00:49:14.500 --> 00:49:14.940
 of my

00:49:14.940 --> 00:49:15.239
 hope

00:49:15.239 --> 00:49:16.119
 if I want

00:49:16.119 --> 00:49:17.159
 that holding

00:49:17.159 --> 00:49:17.599
 of my

00:49:17.599 --> 00:49:18.379
 hope to

00:49:18.379 --> 00:49:18.659
 become

00:49:18.659 --> 00:49:19.279
 stronger

00:49:19.279 --> 00:49:20.500
 I can't

00:49:20.500 --> 00:49:20.799
 do it

00:49:20.799 --> 00:49:21.319
 without the

00:49:21.319 --> 00:49:21.659
 Lord's

00:49:21.659 --> 00:49:21.900
 people

00:49:21.900 --> 00:49:22.559
 not at

00:49:22.559 --> 00:49:22.940
 least not

00:49:22.940 --> 00:49:23.779
 very successfully

00:49:23.779 --> 00:49:26.539
 but here we

00:49:26.539 --> 00:49:27.199
 are together

00:49:27.199 --> 00:49:29.259
 and here we

00:49:29.259 --> 00:49:29.839
 are addressed

00:49:29.839 --> 00:49:30.980
 in a way

00:49:30.980 --> 00:49:32.400
 that God

00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:33.460
 sees us

00:49:33.460 --> 00:49:34.259
 gathered together

00:49:34.259 --> 00:49:34.920
 as worshipping

00:49:34.920 --> 00:49:35.440
 people

00:49:35.440 --> 00:49:37.400
 and here

00:49:37.400 --> 00:49:37.679
 is what

00:49:37.679 --> 00:49:38.079
 God is

00:49:38.079 --> 00:49:38.320
 saying

00:49:38.320 --> 00:49:39.079
 to us

00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:39.599
 together

00:49:39.599 --> 00:49:41.820
 let us

00:49:41.820 --> 00:49:43.019
 hold fast

00:49:43.019 --> 00:49:44.519
 the confession

00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:45.220
 of our

00:49:45.220 --> 00:49:45.760
 hope

00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:47.119
 without

00:49:47.119 --> 00:49:47.840
 wavering

00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:50.139
 so there's

00:49:50.139 --> 00:49:50.880
 let us

00:49:50.880 --> 00:49:51.460
 draw near

00:49:51.460 --> 00:49:52.480
 let us

00:49:52.480 --> 00:49:53.139
 hold fast

00:49:53.139 --> 00:49:54.440
 and then thirdly

00:49:54.440 --> 00:49:55.079
 there's let us

00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:55.700
 consider

00:49:55.700 --> 00:49:57.220
 let us

00:49:57.220 --> 00:49:57.639
 consider

00:49:57.639 --> 00:49:58.780
 how to stir

00:49:58.780 --> 00:49:59.380
 up one another

00:49:59.380 --> 00:50:00.079
 to love and to

00:50:00.079 --> 00:50:00.559
 good works

00:50:00.559 --> 00:50:00.900
 now I think

00:50:00.900 --> 00:50:01.460
 I've referred to

00:50:01.460 --> 00:50:02.420
 this verse

00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:03.079
 previously

00:50:03.079 --> 00:50:04.059
 and we have

00:50:04.059 --> 00:50:04.559
 preached on

00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:05.320
 some aspects

00:50:05.320 --> 00:50:05.620
 of this

00:50:05.620 --> 00:50:06.160
 previously

00:50:06.160 --> 00:50:07.559
 and it's

00:50:07.559 --> 00:50:08.200
 better I think

00:50:08.200 --> 00:50:08.900
 that the way

00:50:08.900 --> 00:50:09.640
 it's worded

00:50:09.640 --> 00:50:10.480
 in the

00:50:10.480 --> 00:50:10.820
 authorized

00:50:10.820 --> 00:50:11.480
 version on

00:50:11.480 --> 00:50:12.059
 this occasion

00:50:12.059 --> 00:50:12.559
 at least

00:50:12.559 --> 00:50:14.260
 because literally

00:50:14.260 --> 00:50:14.860
 what the text

00:50:14.860 --> 00:50:15.280
 is saying

00:50:15.280 --> 00:50:16.340
 is let us

00:50:16.340 --> 00:50:16.940
 consider

00:50:16.940 --> 00:50:17.900
 one another

00:50:17.900 --> 00:50:19.860
 let us

00:50:19.860 --> 00:50:20.280
 consider

00:50:20.280 --> 00:50:21.120
 one another

00:50:21.120 --> 00:50:22.600
 so as

00:50:22.600 --> 00:50:23.160
 to stir

00:50:23.160 --> 00:50:23.660
 one another

00:50:23.660 --> 00:50:24.380
 up to love

00:50:24.380 --> 00:50:25.200
 and to good

00:50:25.200 --> 00:50:25.460
 works

00:50:25.460 --> 00:50:25.860
 and that makes

00:50:25.860 --> 00:50:26.720
 a big difference

00:50:26.720 --> 00:50:28.180
 he's saying

00:50:28.180 --> 00:50:28.860
 more than

00:50:28.860 --> 00:50:29.720
 let's consider

00:50:29.720 --> 00:50:30.640
 how to

00:50:30.640 --> 00:50:31.100
 stir one

00:50:31.100 --> 00:50:31.640
 another up

00:50:31.640 --> 00:50:31.940
 what he's

00:50:31.940 --> 00:50:32.460
 really saying

00:50:32.460 --> 00:50:33.280
 is let's

00:50:33.280 --> 00:50:34.039
 give attention

00:50:34.039 --> 00:50:34.500
 to one

00:50:34.500 --> 00:50:34.900
 another

00:50:34.900 --> 00:50:36.559
 let's

00:50:36.559 --> 00:50:37.280
 actually

00:50:37.280 --> 00:50:38.320
 be thoughtful

00:50:38.320 --> 00:50:39.320
 and prayerful

00:50:39.320 --> 00:50:40.059
 in regard

00:50:40.059 --> 00:50:40.500
 to one

00:50:40.500 --> 00:50:40.760
 another

00:50:40.760 --> 00:50:41.119
 let's

00:50:41.119 --> 00:50:41.579
 consider

00:50:41.579 --> 00:50:42.380
 in that

00:50:42.380 --> 00:50:42.740
 sense

00:50:42.740 --> 00:50:43.139
 of it

00:50:43.139 --> 00:50:43.740
 it's a

00:50:43.740 --> 00:50:44.200
 very strong

00:50:44.200 --> 00:50:44.820
 word actually

00:50:44.820 --> 00:50:45.360
 it's used

00:50:45.360 --> 00:50:46.559
 back in

00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:47.599
 chapter 3

00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:49.260
 at the beginning

00:50:49.260 --> 00:50:50.160
 of chapter 3

00:50:50.160 --> 00:50:51.539
 you find it

00:50:51.539 --> 00:50:52.340
 used there

00:50:52.340 --> 00:50:54.519
 at the very

00:50:54.519 --> 00:50:55.720
 start of it

00:50:55.720 --> 00:50:56.500
 you who

00:50:56.500 --> 00:50:56.880
 shared

00:50:56.880 --> 00:50:58.099
 in heavenly

00:50:58.099 --> 00:50:58.519
 calling

00:50:58.519 --> 00:50:59.519
 consider

00:50:59.519 --> 00:51:01.019
 Jesus

00:51:01.019 --> 00:51:02.440
 consider

00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:03.559
 Jesus

00:51:03.559 --> 00:51:04.239
 now obviously

00:51:04.239 --> 00:51:05.099
 that means

00:51:05.099 --> 00:51:05.659
 a serious

00:51:05.659 --> 00:51:06.500
 consideration

00:51:06.500 --> 00:51:08.179
 giving

00:51:08.179 --> 00:51:09.259
 your mind

00:51:09.259 --> 00:51:10.159
 to thinking

00:51:10.159 --> 00:51:10.619
 of

00:51:10.619 --> 00:51:11.659
 giving your

00:51:11.659 --> 00:51:12.239
 mind to

00:51:12.239 --> 00:51:13.940
 your relationship

00:51:13.940 --> 00:51:14.659
 with Jesus

00:51:14.659 --> 00:51:15.900
 to consider

00:51:15.900 --> 00:51:16.360
 himself

00:51:16.360 --> 00:51:17.259
 all the time

00:51:17.259 --> 00:51:18.460
 focus upon

00:51:18.460 --> 00:51:18.719
 him

00:51:18.719 --> 00:51:20.460
 keep your

00:51:20.460 --> 00:51:21.159
 focus upon

00:51:21.159 --> 00:51:21.400
 him

00:51:21.400 --> 00:51:22.759
 and that's

00:51:22.759 --> 00:51:23.119
 the same

00:51:23.119 --> 00:51:23.500
 word

00:51:23.500 --> 00:51:24.179
 that's now

00:51:24.179 --> 00:51:24.820
 used here

00:51:24.820 --> 00:51:25.960
 in considering

00:51:25.960 --> 00:51:27.159
 one another

00:51:27.159 --> 00:51:28.659
 let us

00:51:28.659 --> 00:51:29.940
 consider

00:51:29.940 --> 00:51:31.340
 one another

00:51:31.340 --> 00:51:31.820
 and you see

00:51:31.820 --> 00:51:32.420
 how that fits

00:51:32.420 --> 00:51:33.280
 into not

00:51:33.280 --> 00:51:33.840
 neglecting

00:51:33.840 --> 00:51:34.300
 to meet

00:51:34.300 --> 00:51:34.760
 together

00:51:34.760 --> 00:51:35.740
 because to

00:51:35.740 --> 00:51:36.420
 consider one

00:51:36.420 --> 00:51:37.179
 another means

00:51:37.179 --> 00:51:37.820
 that we

00:51:37.820 --> 00:51:38.679
 gather together

00:51:38.679 --> 00:51:39.260
 that we

00:51:39.260 --> 00:51:40.019
 interact with

00:51:40.019 --> 00:51:40.599
 each other

00:51:40.599 --> 00:51:41.699
 that we

00:51:41.699 --> 00:51:42.599
 are not

00:51:42.599 --> 00:51:42.880
 being

00:51:42.880 --> 00:51:43.619
 nosy

00:51:43.619 --> 00:51:44.220
 and busy

00:51:44.220 --> 00:51:44.579
 bodies

00:51:44.579 --> 00:51:45.240
 looking into

00:51:45.240 --> 00:51:46.260
 other people's

00:51:46.260 --> 00:51:46.960
 lives and

00:51:46.960 --> 00:51:47.740
 aspects of

00:51:47.740 --> 00:51:48.139
 the lives

00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:48.420
 that we

00:51:48.420 --> 00:51:48.760
 have no

00:51:48.760 --> 00:51:49.159
 business

00:51:49.159 --> 00:51:49.980
 prying into

00:51:49.980 --> 00:51:51.079
 that's not

00:51:51.079 --> 00:51:51.340
 what he's

00:51:51.340 --> 00:51:51.760
 on about

00:51:51.760 --> 00:51:52.019
 here

00:51:52.019 --> 00:51:52.360
 he's on

00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:52.860
 here about

00:51:52.860 --> 00:51:53.679
 actually

00:51:53.679 --> 00:51:54.519
 improving

00:51:54.519 --> 00:51:55.519
 our own

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:56.960
 progress

00:51:56.960 --> 00:51:57.880
 spiritually

00:51:57.880 --> 00:51:59.400
 and he's

00:51:59.400 --> 00:51:59.679
 saying

00:51:59.679 --> 00:52:01.259
 let us

00:52:01.259 --> 00:52:02.800
 consider

00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:03.940
 one another

00:52:03.940 --> 00:52:05.420
 let's give

00:52:05.420 --> 00:52:06.159
 due

00:52:06.159 --> 00:52:06.860
 thoughtful

00:52:06.860 --> 00:52:07.579
 prayerful

00:52:07.579 --> 00:52:08.099
 attention

00:52:08.099 --> 00:52:09.380
 to one

00:52:09.380 --> 00:52:09.739
 another

00:52:09.739 --> 00:52:12.840
 because that's

00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:13.259
 the opposite

00:52:13.259 --> 00:52:13.820
 really isn't

00:52:13.820 --> 00:52:14.139
 it of

00:52:14.139 --> 00:52:14.960
 I think I

00:52:14.960 --> 00:52:15.179
 mentioned

00:52:15.179 --> 00:52:15.860
 last time

00:52:15.860 --> 00:52:18.320
 the world

00:52:18.320 --> 00:52:18.639
 and the

00:52:18.639 --> 00:52:19.139
 worldliness

00:52:19.139 --> 00:52:19.559
 that you

00:52:19.559 --> 00:52:20.579
 see around

00:52:20.579 --> 00:52:21.139
 us sadly

00:52:21.139 --> 00:52:22.400
 is very

00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:22.699
 much

00:52:22.699 --> 00:52:23.860
 I can

00:52:23.860 --> 00:52:24.239
 just look

00:52:24.239 --> 00:52:24.699
 after my

00:52:24.699 --> 00:52:25.239
 own life

00:52:25.239 --> 00:52:25.479
 and I

00:52:25.479 --> 00:52:25.759
 want to

00:52:25.759 --> 00:52:25.919
 look

00:52:25.919 --> 00:52:26.359
 after my

00:52:26.359 --> 00:52:26.559
 own

00:52:26.559 --> 00:52:26.879
 life

00:52:26.879 --> 00:52:27.919
 this

00:52:27.919 --> 00:52:28.319
 kind

00:52:28.319 --> 00:52:28.519
 of

00:52:28.519 --> 00:52:29.039
 inward

00:52:29.039 --> 00:52:30.099
 selfish

00:52:30.099 --> 00:52:31.759
 individualistic

00:52:31.759 --> 00:52:32.259
 view of

00:52:32.259 --> 00:52:32.739
 life

00:52:32.739 --> 00:52:34.619
 well the

00:52:34.619 --> 00:52:35.000
 gathered

00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:35.639
 people of

00:52:35.639 --> 00:52:36.039
 God

00:52:36.039 --> 00:52:36.719
 are the

00:52:36.719 --> 00:52:37.059
 opposite

00:52:37.059 --> 00:52:37.679
 to that

00:52:37.679 --> 00:52:38.919
 because you

00:52:38.919 --> 00:52:39.459
 don't gather

00:52:39.459 --> 00:52:39.859
 here with

00:52:39.859 --> 00:52:40.399
 other people

00:52:40.399 --> 00:52:41.399
 thinking well

00:52:41.399 --> 00:52:42.079
 it's all

00:52:42.079 --> 00:52:42.719
 about me

00:52:42.719 --> 00:52:44.259
 and it's

00:52:44.259 --> 00:52:44.619
 all about

00:52:44.619 --> 00:52:44.979
 what I

00:52:44.979 --> 00:52:45.379
 can get

00:52:45.379 --> 00:52:46.019
 out of

00:52:46.019 --> 00:52:46.859
 the service

00:52:46.859 --> 00:52:47.279
 of worship

00:52:47.279 --> 00:52:47.759
 that I'm

00:52:47.759 --> 00:52:48.219
 attending

00:52:48.219 --> 00:52:49.019
 that's really

00:52:49.019 --> 00:52:49.479
 all I'm

00:52:49.479 --> 00:52:50.159
 concerned with

00:52:50.159 --> 00:52:50.879
 how I can

00:52:50.879 --> 00:52:51.479
 improve my

00:52:51.479 --> 00:52:52.159
 own spiritual

00:52:52.159 --> 00:52:52.719
 standing

00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:53.819
 and understanding

00:52:53.820 --> 00:52:54.460
 and progress

00:52:54.460 --> 00:52:55.600
 yes there's

00:52:55.600 --> 00:52:56.380
 that individual

00:52:56.380 --> 00:52:57.140
 aspect but

00:52:57.140 --> 00:52:57.600
 you're coming

00:52:57.600 --> 00:52:58.500
 and you're

00:52:58.500 --> 00:52:59.720
 considering others

00:52:59.720 --> 00:53:00.400
 you're considering

00:53:00.400 --> 00:53:01.120
 one another

00:53:01.120 --> 00:53:02.260
 we're considering

00:53:02.260 --> 00:53:03.140
 together

00:53:03.140 --> 00:53:04.840
 each other's

00:53:04.840 --> 00:53:05.660
 lives so as to

00:53:05.660 --> 00:53:06.519
 help one

00:53:06.519 --> 00:53:07.720
 another along

00:53:07.720 --> 00:53:08.780
 the path of

00:53:08.780 --> 00:53:09.220
 life

00:53:09.220 --> 00:53:11.539
 let us

00:53:11.539 --> 00:53:12.780
 consider

00:53:12.780 --> 00:53:14.120
 one another

00:53:14.120 --> 00:53:15.700
 and you know

00:53:15.700 --> 00:53:16.180
 we can do

00:53:16.180 --> 00:53:17.700
 that before

00:53:17.700 --> 00:53:18.380
 we ever come

00:53:18.380 --> 00:53:18.980
 to church

00:53:18.980 --> 00:53:20.140
 and we should

00:53:20.140 --> 00:53:20.720
 be doing that

00:53:20.720 --> 00:53:21.840
 before we ever

00:53:21.840 --> 00:53:22.700
 come to church

00:53:22.700 --> 00:53:23.180
 let me just

00:53:23.180 --> 00:53:23.559
 put it to

00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:24.039
 myself

00:53:24.039 --> 00:53:25.500
 and put it

00:53:25.500 --> 00:53:25.940
 to yourselves

00:53:25.940 --> 00:53:26.440
 as well

00:53:26.440 --> 00:53:26.920
 because we

00:53:26.920 --> 00:53:27.480
 here together

00:53:27.480 --> 00:53:30.120
 did I

00:53:30.120 --> 00:53:30.840
 think before

00:53:30.840 --> 00:53:31.320
 I left

00:53:31.320 --> 00:53:31.720
 home

00:53:31.720 --> 00:53:33.360
 before I

00:53:33.360 --> 00:53:33.780
 left my

00:53:33.780 --> 00:53:34.220
 house to

00:53:34.220 --> 00:53:34.539
 come to

00:53:34.539 --> 00:53:35.120
 this service

00:53:35.120 --> 00:53:36.280
 did I

00:53:36.280 --> 00:53:37.240
 think even

00:53:37.240 --> 00:53:38.100
 briefly of

00:53:38.100 --> 00:53:38.840
 what it would

00:53:38.840 --> 00:53:39.400
 be like to

00:53:39.400 --> 00:53:39.780
 meet with

00:53:39.780 --> 00:53:40.220
 others and

00:53:40.220 --> 00:53:40.480
 those who

00:53:40.480 --> 00:53:40.760
 are going

00:53:40.760 --> 00:53:41.000
 to be

00:53:41.000 --> 00:53:41.579
 meeting with

00:53:41.579 --> 00:53:41.820
 me

00:53:41.820 --> 00:53:44.059
 did I

00:53:44.059 --> 00:53:44.519
 come into

00:53:44.519 --> 00:53:45.079
 this building

00:53:45.079 --> 00:53:45.559
 tonight and

00:53:45.559 --> 00:53:46.000
 take my

00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:46.780
 place wherever

00:53:46.780 --> 00:53:47.480
 I'm seated

00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:49.460
 and was one

00:53:49.460 --> 00:53:49.880
 of the first

00:53:49.880 --> 00:53:50.740
 things I did

00:53:50.739 --> 00:53:51.659
 look around

00:53:51.659 --> 00:53:52.259
 me and see

00:53:52.259 --> 00:53:53.099
 who else is

00:53:53.099 --> 00:53:53.559
 here how can

00:53:53.559 --> 00:53:54.139
 I pray for

00:53:54.139 --> 00:53:55.879
 them what's

00:53:55.879 --> 00:53:56.659
 my responsibility

00:53:56.659 --> 00:53:57.639
 for them to

00:53:57.639 --> 00:53:58.959
 ask that they

00:53:58.959 --> 00:53:59.679
 too will be

00:53:59.679 --> 00:54:00.919
 blessed or did

00:54:00.919 --> 00:54:01.459
 I just think

00:54:01.459 --> 00:54:02.699
 of myself or

00:54:02.699 --> 00:54:03.399
 did I just to

00:54:03.399 --> 00:54:04.239
 come in and

00:54:04.239 --> 00:54:05.019
 just start talking

00:54:05.019 --> 00:54:05.579
 about the things

00:54:05.579 --> 00:54:06.279
 of the day

00:54:06.279 --> 00:54:09.679
 and here he is

00:54:09.679 --> 00:54:10.199
 saying let us

00:54:10.199 --> 00:54:11.899
 consider one

00:54:11.899 --> 00:54:14.439
 another let's

00:54:14.439 --> 00:54:14.879
 make it a

00:54:14.879 --> 00:54:16.279
 practice when

00:54:16.279 --> 00:54:17.039
 we come through

00:54:17.039 --> 00:54:18.259
 these doors to

00:54:18.259 --> 00:54:18.779
 worship the

00:54:18.780 --> 00:54:19.440
 Lord together

00:54:19.440 --> 00:54:21.580
 that we give

00:54:21.580 --> 00:54:22.680
 due prayerful

00:54:22.680 --> 00:54:23.560
 attention to

00:54:23.560 --> 00:54:24.080
 each other

00:54:24.080 --> 00:54:25.100
 as you look

00:54:25.100 --> 00:54:25.660
 around you and

00:54:25.660 --> 00:54:26.280
 you see people

00:54:26.280 --> 00:54:26.980
 and you know

00:54:26.980 --> 00:54:27.380
 that they have

00:54:27.380 --> 00:54:28.100
 different needs

00:54:28.100 --> 00:54:28.740
 maybe somebody

00:54:28.740 --> 00:54:29.240
 is recently

00:54:29.240 --> 00:54:29.880
 bereaved

00:54:29.880 --> 00:54:30.820
 maybe somebody

00:54:30.820 --> 00:54:31.100
 is going

00:54:31.100 --> 00:54:32.040
 through some

00:54:32.040 --> 00:54:32.780
 very difficult

00:54:32.780 --> 00:54:33.760
 challenges in

00:54:33.760 --> 00:54:34.420
 life that you

00:54:34.420 --> 00:54:35.420
 know are

00:54:35.420 --> 00:54:36.920
 already made

00:54:36.920 --> 00:54:37.420
 public

00:54:37.420 --> 00:54:38.700
 maybe somebody

00:54:38.700 --> 00:54:40.519
 you know has

00:54:40.519 --> 00:54:41.920
 a difficulty in

00:54:41.920 --> 00:54:42.640
 their family that

00:54:42.640 --> 00:54:43.160
 they are wrestling

00:54:43.160 --> 00:54:44.240
 with and that has

00:54:44.240 --> 00:54:44.960
 become known

00:54:44.960 --> 00:54:45.920
 it is not

00:54:45.920 --> 00:54:46.380
 something to be

00:54:46.380 --> 00:54:47.060
 ashamed of

00:54:47.059 --> 00:54:48.360
 but as you

00:54:48.360 --> 00:54:49.059
 sit there and

00:54:49.059 --> 00:54:49.519
 as you see

00:54:49.519 --> 00:54:50.059
 such people

00:54:50.059 --> 00:54:50.579
 around you

00:54:50.579 --> 00:54:51.179
 and me too

00:54:51.179 --> 00:54:54.420
 let's consider

00:54:54.420 --> 00:54:55.539
 one another

00:54:55.539 --> 00:54:57.719
 so as to

00:54:57.719 --> 00:54:58.539
 stir up you

00:54:58.539 --> 00:54:58.920
 see he's

00:54:58.920 --> 00:54:59.719
 saying to

00:54:59.719 --> 00:55:00.820
 love and

00:55:00.820 --> 00:55:01.139
 to good

00:55:01.139 --> 00:55:01.699
 works

00:55:01.699 --> 00:55:03.340
 and that's

00:55:03.340 --> 00:55:03.920
 tied up with

00:55:03.920 --> 00:55:04.599
 what he said

00:55:04.599 --> 00:55:05.559
 here encouraging

00:55:05.559 --> 00:55:06.059
 one another

00:55:06.059 --> 00:55:07.380
 not neglecting

00:55:07.380 --> 00:55:07.820
 to meet

00:55:07.820 --> 00:55:08.920
 together as

00:55:08.920 --> 00:55:09.559
 is the habit

00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:10.119
 of some

00:55:10.119 --> 00:55:11.440
 but encouraging

00:55:11.440 --> 00:55:12.059
 one another

00:55:12.059 --> 00:55:13.019
 and all the

00:55:13.019 --> 00:55:13.400
 more as you

00:55:13.400 --> 00:55:13.840
 see the day

00:55:13.840 --> 00:55:14.299
 approaching

00:55:14.299 --> 00:55:14.739
 as we said

00:55:14.739 --> 00:55:15.239
 at the beginning

00:55:15.239 --> 00:55:16.259
 here the two

00:55:16.259 --> 00:55:16.779
 sides are the

00:55:16.780 --> 00:55:17.280
 same issue

00:55:17.280 --> 00:55:17.680
 the same

00:55:17.680 --> 00:55:18.220
 coin if you

00:55:18.220 --> 00:55:18.440
 like

00:55:18.440 --> 00:55:19.740
 instead of

00:55:19.740 --> 00:55:20.680
 neglecting to

00:55:20.680 --> 00:55:21.260
 meet together

00:55:21.260 --> 00:55:22.320
 we are actually

00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:23.080
 meeting together

00:55:23.080 --> 00:55:23.680
 so as to

00:55:23.680 --> 00:55:24.680
 encourage one

00:55:24.680 --> 00:55:25.080
 another

00:55:25.080 --> 00:55:26.160
 so as to

00:55:26.160 --> 00:55:27.320
 give consideration

00:55:27.320 --> 00:55:28.400
 to one another

00:55:28.400 --> 00:55:30.060
 in order that

00:55:30.060 --> 00:55:31.019
 we will have

00:55:31.019 --> 00:55:31.980
 our own lives

00:55:31.980 --> 00:55:33.440
 as we pray

00:55:33.440 --> 00:55:34.100
 for one another

00:55:34.100 --> 00:55:34.660
 and consider

00:55:34.660 --> 00:55:35.240
 one another

00:55:35.240 --> 00:55:36.500
 so that we

00:55:36.500 --> 00:55:37.060
 will actually

00:55:37.060 --> 00:55:38.920
 be stirred up

00:55:38.920 --> 00:55:39.580
 by that

00:55:39.580 --> 00:55:40.660
 to love

00:55:40.660 --> 00:55:41.220
 and to good

00:55:41.220 --> 00:55:41.519
 works

00:55:41.519 --> 00:55:41.940
 a wonderful

00:55:41.940 --> 00:55:42.440
 thing isn't

00:55:42.440 --> 00:55:42.740
 it when

00:55:42.740 --> 00:55:43.720
 when you think

00:55:43.720 --> 00:55:44.100
 of how

00:55:44.100 --> 00:55:45.380
 love for God

00:55:45.380 --> 00:55:45.840
 and love

00:55:45.840 --> 00:55:46.440
 for God's

00:55:46.440 --> 00:55:46.740
 people

00:55:46.740 --> 00:55:47.240
 and love

00:55:47.240 --> 00:55:47.900
 for God's

00:55:47.900 --> 00:55:48.320
 church

00:55:48.320 --> 00:55:50.000
 brings us

00:55:50.000 --> 00:55:50.840
 and persuades

00:55:50.840 --> 00:55:51.280
 us and

00:55:51.280 --> 00:55:52.059
 constrains us

00:55:52.059 --> 00:55:52.780
 to come

00:55:52.780 --> 00:55:53.220
 together

00:55:53.220 --> 00:55:53.800
 and worship

00:55:53.800 --> 00:55:55.039
 then you

00:55:55.039 --> 00:55:55.740
 find the

00:55:55.740 --> 00:55:56.380
 cycle going

00:55:56.380 --> 00:55:56.780
 around the

00:55:56.780 --> 00:55:57.440
 other direction

00:55:57.440 --> 00:55:57.980
 if you like

00:55:57.980 --> 00:55:58.920
 that gathering

00:55:58.920 --> 00:55:59.380
 together

00:55:59.380 --> 00:56:00.400
 actually adds

00:56:00.400 --> 00:56:01.200
 to your love

00:56:01.200 --> 00:56:02.119
 for one another

00:56:02.119 --> 00:56:03.000
 and for God

00:56:03.000 --> 00:56:04.720
 it's a complete

00:56:04.720 --> 00:56:05.260
 cycle

00:56:05.260 --> 00:56:06.500
 love brings you

00:56:06.500 --> 00:56:07.400
 to be with

00:56:07.400 --> 00:56:08.200
 others who are

00:56:08.200 --> 00:56:08.619
 worshipping

00:56:08.619 --> 00:56:09.140
 and being with

00:56:09.140 --> 00:56:09.599
 others who are

00:56:09.599 --> 00:56:10.039
 worshipping

00:56:10.039 --> 00:56:11.140
 increases your

00:56:11.140 --> 00:56:11.840
 own love

00:56:11.840 --> 00:56:12.500
 and your appetite

00:56:12.500 --> 00:56:13.260
 for them

00:56:13.260 --> 00:56:15.079
 let's consider

00:56:15.079 --> 00:56:16.380
 one another

00:56:16.380 --> 00:56:18.079
 not neglecting

00:56:18.079 --> 00:56:19.119
 to do this

00:56:19.119 --> 00:56:19.880
 as he says

00:56:19.880 --> 00:56:20.780
 is the habit

00:56:20.780 --> 00:56:21.360
 of some

00:56:21.360 --> 00:56:23.099
 even in his

00:56:23.099 --> 00:56:23.460
 day

00:56:23.460 --> 00:56:25.039
 during this

00:56:25.039 --> 00:56:25.880
 early time

00:56:25.880 --> 00:56:26.500
 in the church

00:56:26.500 --> 00:56:28.400
 at the time

00:56:28.400 --> 00:56:28.880
 even of the

00:56:28.880 --> 00:56:29.300
 apostles

00:56:29.300 --> 00:56:30.739
 he was already

00:56:30.739 --> 00:56:31.440
 aware that

00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:32.440
 some people

00:56:32.440 --> 00:56:32.840
 were making

00:56:32.840 --> 00:56:33.639
 a habit

00:56:33.639 --> 00:56:36.559
 of not

00:56:36.559 --> 00:56:37.079
 gathering

00:56:37.079 --> 00:56:37.679
 with the

00:56:37.679 --> 00:56:38.139
 others who

00:56:38.139 --> 00:56:38.679
 came to

00:56:38.679 --> 00:56:39.139
 worship

00:56:39.139 --> 00:56:41.420
 not neglecting

00:56:41.420 --> 00:56:41.840
 to meet

00:56:41.840 --> 00:56:42.240
 together

00:56:42.240 --> 00:56:43.340
 as is

00:56:43.340 --> 00:56:43.820
 the habit

00:56:43.820 --> 00:56:44.460
 of some

00:56:44.460 --> 00:56:45.760
 I'm sure

00:56:45.760 --> 00:56:46.120
 it was

00:56:46.120 --> 00:56:47.380
 in some ways

00:56:47.380 --> 00:56:48.079
 understandable

00:56:48.079 --> 00:56:49.079
 because these

00:56:49.079 --> 00:56:49.579
 Hebrews were

00:56:49.579 --> 00:56:50.360
 obviously

00:56:50.360 --> 00:56:51.920
 suffering for

00:56:51.920 --> 00:56:52.579
 their faith

00:56:52.579 --> 00:56:53.800
 and they were

00:56:53.800 --> 00:56:54.180
 going through

00:56:54.180 --> 00:56:54.559
 some very

00:56:54.559 --> 00:56:55.720
 testing times

00:56:55.720 --> 00:56:57.500
 and you'll

00:56:57.500 --> 00:56:57.960
 find here

00:56:57.960 --> 00:56:58.380
 in the likes

00:56:58.380 --> 00:56:59.440
 of this

00:56:59.440 --> 00:57:00.160
 chapter itself

00:57:00.160 --> 00:57:00.559
 at verses

00:57:00.559 --> 00:57:01.380
 32 there

00:57:01.380 --> 00:57:02.140
 to 39

00:57:02.140 --> 00:57:03.000
 where he says

00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:04.000
 recall the

00:57:04.000 --> 00:57:04.700
 former days

00:57:04.700 --> 00:57:05.200
 when after

00:57:05.200 --> 00:57:05.500
 you were

00:57:05.500 --> 00:57:05.920
 enlightened

00:57:05.920 --> 00:57:07.059
 you endured

00:57:07.059 --> 00:57:07.519
 a hard

00:57:07.519 --> 00:57:07.880
 struggle

00:57:07.880 --> 00:57:08.760
 with sufferings

00:57:08.760 --> 00:57:09.360
 sometimes

00:57:09.360 --> 00:57:10.220
 being publicly

00:57:10.220 --> 00:57:10.960
 exposed to

00:57:10.960 --> 00:57:11.400
 reproach

00:57:11.400 --> 00:57:12.019
 and affliction

00:57:12.019 --> 00:57:13.000
 and so on

00:57:13.000 --> 00:57:13.280
 and he's

00:57:13.280 --> 00:57:13.460
 saying

00:57:13.460 --> 00:57:15.019
 recall these

00:57:15.019 --> 00:57:15.559
 things

00:57:15.559 --> 00:57:16.400
 go back

00:57:16.400 --> 00:57:16.660
 in your

00:57:16.660 --> 00:57:16.960
 mind

00:57:16.960 --> 00:57:17.340
 and think

00:57:17.340 --> 00:57:17.900
 well this

00:57:17.900 --> 00:57:18.240
 is really

00:57:18.240 --> 00:57:18.740
 the life

00:57:18.740 --> 00:57:19.059
 that I

00:57:19.059 --> 00:57:19.380
 entered

00:57:19.380 --> 00:57:20.019
 on willingly

00:57:20.019 --> 00:57:21.000
 so why

00:57:21.000 --> 00:57:21.280
 should I

00:57:21.280 --> 00:57:21.440
 think

00:57:21.440 --> 00:57:21.900
 differently

00:57:21.900 --> 00:57:22.400
 now

00:57:22.400 --> 00:57:24.519
 he's

00:57:24.519 --> 00:57:24.780
 saying

00:57:24.780 --> 00:57:26.039
 don't

00:57:26.039 --> 00:57:26.420
 neglect

00:57:26.420 --> 00:57:26.880
 don't let

00:57:26.880 --> 00:57:27.480
 us neglect

00:57:27.480 --> 00:57:28.420
 gathering

00:57:28.420 --> 00:57:28.820
 together

00:57:28.820 --> 00:57:29.639
 but it

00:57:29.639 --> 00:57:30.000
 may very

00:57:30.000 --> 00:57:30.420
 well be

00:57:30.420 --> 00:57:30.740
 that it

00:57:30.740 --> 00:57:31.519
 wasn't

00:57:31.519 --> 00:57:31.940
 it certainly

00:57:31.940 --> 00:57:32.380
 isn't the

00:57:32.380 --> 00:57:32.760
 case in

00:57:32.760 --> 00:57:33.340
 our day

00:57:33.340 --> 00:57:33.619
 and in

00:57:33.619 --> 00:57:34.440
 our context

00:57:34.440 --> 00:57:35.360
 that you

00:57:35.360 --> 00:57:35.740
 have

00:57:35.740 --> 00:57:36.880
 persecution

00:57:36.880 --> 00:57:37.380
 in the way

00:57:37.380 --> 00:57:37.860
 you have

00:57:37.860 --> 00:57:38.320
 it in

00:57:38.320 --> 00:57:38.840
 other parts

00:57:38.840 --> 00:57:39.099
 of the

00:57:39.099 --> 00:57:39.400
 world

00:57:39.400 --> 00:57:40.000
 and in

00:57:40.000 --> 00:57:40.200
 the way

00:57:40.200 --> 00:57:41.139
 you find

00:57:41.139 --> 00:57:41.740
 it described

00:57:41.740 --> 00:57:42.400
 in some

00:57:42.400 --> 00:57:42.660
 of these

00:57:42.660 --> 00:57:43.200
 New Testament

00:57:43.200 --> 00:57:43.700
 letters

00:57:43.700 --> 00:57:44.180
 it's not

00:57:44.180 --> 00:57:45.320
 however

00:57:45.320 --> 00:57:46.079
 difficult it

00:57:46.079 --> 00:57:46.500
 may be

00:57:46.500 --> 00:57:47.079
 for us

00:57:47.079 --> 00:57:47.599
 whatever

00:57:47.599 --> 00:57:48.160
 opposition

00:57:48.160 --> 00:57:48.820
 you meet

00:57:48.820 --> 00:57:49.119
 with

00:57:49.119 --> 00:57:50.720
 you can't

00:57:50.720 --> 00:57:51.240
 really say

00:57:51.240 --> 00:57:51.660
 that it

00:57:51.660 --> 00:57:52.440
 equates to

00:57:52.440 --> 00:57:53.180
 persecution

00:57:53.180 --> 00:57:54.380
 such as you

00:57:54.380 --> 00:57:54.780
 found in

00:57:54.780 --> 00:57:55.280
 those days

00:57:55.280 --> 00:57:55.700
 or still

00:57:55.700 --> 00:57:56.680
 find in

00:57:56.680 --> 00:57:56.960
 places

00:57:56.960 --> 00:57:57.260
 throughout

00:57:57.260 --> 00:57:57.860
 the world

00:57:57.860 --> 00:58:00.519
 here is

00:58:00.519 --> 00:58:01.400
 what one

00:58:01.400 --> 00:58:01.880
 commentator

00:58:01.880 --> 00:58:02.240
 said

00:58:02.240 --> 00:58:03.720
 William Lane

00:58:03.720 --> 00:58:04.039
 in his

00:58:04.039 --> 00:58:04.400
 commentary

00:58:04.400 --> 00:58:05.280
 on Hebrews

00:58:05.280 --> 00:58:06.660
 it is

00:58:06.660 --> 00:58:07.500
 natural to

00:58:07.500 --> 00:58:07.900
 think

00:58:07.900 --> 00:58:08.720
 that the

00:58:08.720 --> 00:58:09.080
 neglect

00:58:09.080 --> 00:58:09.580
 of the

00:58:09.580 --> 00:58:10.019
 meetings

00:58:10.019 --> 00:58:10.680
 was

00:58:10.680 --> 00:58:11.320
 motivated

00:58:11.320 --> 00:58:12.160
 by fear

00:58:12.160 --> 00:58:12.360
 of

00:58:12.360 --> 00:58:12.920
 recognition

00:58:12.920 --> 00:58:14.440
 by outsiders

00:58:14.440 --> 00:58:15.240
 in a

00:58:15.240 --> 00:58:15.920
 time of

00:58:15.920 --> 00:58:16.460
 persecution

00:58:16.460 --> 00:58:17.460
 or by

00:58:17.460 --> 00:58:18.180
 some other

00:58:18.180 --> 00:58:18.880
 acute

00:58:18.880 --> 00:58:19.640
 concern

00:58:19.640 --> 00:58:20.780
 it is

00:58:20.780 --> 00:58:21.380
 sobering

00:58:21.380 --> 00:58:22.000
 to discover

00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:22.860
 that in

00:58:22.860 --> 00:58:23.420
 the early

00:58:23.420 --> 00:58:23.900
 second

00:58:23.900 --> 00:58:24.500
 century

00:58:24.500 --> 00:58:25.340
 in Rome

00:58:25.340 --> 00:58:26.820
 it was

00:58:26.820 --> 00:58:27.320
 simply

00:58:27.320 --> 00:58:28.840
 preoccupation

00:58:28.840 --> 00:58:29.620
 with business

00:58:29.620 --> 00:58:30.200
 affairs

00:58:30.200 --> 00:58:31.420
 that accounted

00:58:31.420 --> 00:58:31.840
 for the

00:58:31.840 --> 00:58:32.240
 neglect

00:58:32.240 --> 00:58:33.440
 of the

00:58:33.440 --> 00:58:33.960
 meetings

00:58:33.960 --> 00:58:35.260
 of a

00:58:35.260 --> 00:58:35.659
 church

00:58:35.659 --> 00:58:37.679
 that is

00:58:37.679 --> 00:58:38.619
 sobering

00:58:38.619 --> 00:58:39.440
 but then

00:58:39.440 --> 00:58:39.659
 you see

00:58:39.659 --> 00:58:40.119
 you go back

00:58:40.119 --> 00:58:40.380
 to the

00:58:40.380 --> 00:58:40.699
 Lord's

00:58:40.699 --> 00:58:40.880
 own

00:58:40.880 --> 00:58:41.280
 teaching

00:58:41.280 --> 00:58:42.159
 in the

00:58:42.159 --> 00:58:42.480
 parable

00:58:42.480 --> 00:58:42.840
 of the

00:58:42.840 --> 00:58:43.119
 sower

00:58:43.119 --> 00:58:44.019
 what do

00:58:44.019 --> 00:58:44.360
 you find

00:58:44.360 --> 00:58:44.619
 in the

00:58:44.619 --> 00:58:44.900
 parable

00:58:44.900 --> 00:58:45.220
 of the

00:58:45.220 --> 00:58:45.500
 sower

00:58:45.500 --> 00:58:46.760
 well you

00:58:46.760 --> 00:58:47.139
 find him

00:58:47.139 --> 00:58:47.440
 saying

00:58:47.440 --> 00:58:48.039
 that there

00:58:48.039 --> 00:58:48.340
 were all

00:58:48.340 --> 00:58:48.480
 these

00:58:48.480 --> 00:58:48.840
 different

00:58:48.840 --> 00:58:49.220
 types

00:58:49.220 --> 00:58:49.780
 of soil

00:58:49.780 --> 00:58:50.119
 four

00:58:50.119 --> 00:58:50.460
 different

00:58:50.460 --> 00:58:50.820
 types

00:58:50.820 --> 00:58:51.400
 of soil

00:58:51.400 --> 00:58:52.159
 into

00:58:52.159 --> 00:58:52.659
 which the

00:58:52.659 --> 00:58:52.920
 seed

00:58:52.920 --> 00:58:53.380
 fell

00:58:53.380 --> 00:58:54.340
 the seed

00:58:54.340 --> 00:58:54.699
 of the

00:58:54.699 --> 00:58:55.079
 gospel

00:58:55.079 --> 00:58:56.099
 represented

00:58:56.099 --> 00:58:57.500
 in its

00:58:57.500 --> 00:58:58.760
 reception

00:58:58.760 --> 00:58:59.360
 or lack

00:58:59.360 --> 00:58:59.619
 of it

00:58:59.619 --> 00:59:00.059
 by these

00:59:00.059 --> 00:59:00.840
 four soils

00:59:00.840 --> 00:59:01.480
 what were

00:59:01.480 --> 00:59:01.920
 they like

00:59:01.920 --> 00:59:02.720
 well the

00:59:02.720 --> 00:59:03.059
 one that

00:59:03.059 --> 00:59:03.220
 was

00:59:03.219 --> 00:59:04.219
 by the

00:59:04.219 --> 00:59:04.759
 roadside

00:59:04.759 --> 00:59:06.239
 the devil

00:59:06.239 --> 00:59:07.339
 came and

00:59:07.339 --> 00:59:08.039
 picked away

00:59:08.039 --> 00:59:10.699
 what was

00:59:10.699 --> 00:59:11.079
 sown in

00:59:11.079 --> 00:59:11.500
 the heart

00:59:11.500 --> 00:59:13.099
 and then he

00:59:13.099 --> 00:59:13.480
 says what

00:59:13.480 --> 00:59:14.019
 was sown on

00:59:14.019 --> 00:59:14.359
 the rocky

00:59:14.359 --> 00:59:14.799
 ground

00:59:14.799 --> 00:59:15.959
 is one who

00:59:15.959 --> 00:59:16.399
 hears the

00:59:16.399 --> 00:59:16.839
 word and

00:59:16.839 --> 00:59:17.219
 immediately

00:59:17.219 --> 00:59:17.879
 receives it

00:59:17.879 --> 00:59:18.459
 with joy

00:59:18.459 --> 00:59:19.980
 yet he has

00:59:19.980 --> 00:59:20.599
 no root in

00:59:20.599 --> 00:59:21.219
 himself but

00:59:21.219 --> 00:59:21.899
 endures for a

00:59:21.899 --> 00:59:23.000
 while and

00:59:23.000 --> 00:59:23.719
 when tribulation

00:59:23.719 --> 00:59:24.480
 or persecution

00:59:24.480 --> 00:59:25.199
 arises on

00:59:25.199 --> 00:59:25.699
 account of

00:59:25.699 --> 00:59:26.099
 the word

00:59:26.099 --> 00:59:27.179
 immediately he

00:59:27.179 --> 00:59:27.799
 falls away

00:59:27.799 --> 00:59:29.059
 well we've

00:59:29.059 --> 00:59:29.500
 said already

00:59:29.500 --> 00:59:30.099
 that's not a

00:59:30.099 --> 00:59:30.699
 category that

00:59:30.699 --> 00:59:31.980
 we can easily

00:59:31.980 --> 00:59:32.539
 fit into

00:59:32.539 --> 00:59:33.119
 because the

00:59:33.119 --> 00:59:33.519
 level of

00:59:33.519 --> 00:59:34.019
 persecution

00:59:34.019 --> 00:59:36.320
 we face

00:59:36.320 --> 00:59:36.759
 in whatever

00:59:36.759 --> 00:59:37.460
 opposition we

00:59:37.460 --> 00:59:37.719
 have it

00:59:37.719 --> 00:59:38.320
 doesn't really

00:59:38.320 --> 00:59:38.960
 amount much

00:59:38.960 --> 00:59:39.980
 to opposition

00:59:39.980 --> 00:59:40.380
 though it

00:59:40.380 --> 00:59:40.820
 might be very

00:59:40.820 --> 00:59:41.460
 difficult and

00:59:41.460 --> 00:59:41.800
 I don't want

00:59:41.800 --> 00:59:42.199
 to minimize

00:59:42.199 --> 00:59:43.500
 it but then

00:59:43.500 --> 00:59:44.079
 the next one

00:59:44.079 --> 00:59:45.779
 as for what

00:59:45.779 --> 00:59:46.239
 was sown

00:59:46.239 --> 00:59:47.699
 among thorns

00:59:47.699 --> 00:59:49.239
 this is the

00:59:49.239 --> 00:59:49.679
 one who

00:59:49.679 --> 00:59:50.300
 hears the

00:59:50.300 --> 00:59:51.840
 word but

00:59:51.840 --> 00:59:52.659
 the cares

00:59:52.659 --> 00:59:53.460
 of the world

00:59:53.460 --> 00:59:54.420
 and the

00:59:54.420 --> 00:59:55.159
 deceitfulness

00:59:55.159 --> 00:59:56.019
 of riches

00:59:56.019 --> 00:59:57.360
 choke the

00:59:57.360 --> 00:59:58.719
 word and

00:59:58.719 --> 00:59:59.559
 it becomes

00:59:59.559 --> 01:00:00.860
 it proves

01:00:00.860 --> 01:00:02.519
 unfruitful

01:00:02.519 --> 01:00:04.259
 you see

01:00:04.259 --> 01:00:04.599
 there it

01:00:04.599 --> 01:00:04.980
 is the

01:00:04.980 --> 01:00:06.019
 cares of

01:00:06.019 --> 01:00:06.639
 this life

01:00:06.639 --> 01:00:07.159
 the cares

01:00:07.159 --> 01:00:07.539
 of this

01:00:07.539 --> 01:00:08.739
 world and

01:00:08.739 --> 01:00:09.420
 the deceitfulness

01:00:09.420 --> 01:00:10.039
 of riches

01:00:10.039 --> 01:00:11.380
 the materialistic

01:00:11.380 --> 01:00:12.500
 bent of our

01:00:12.500 --> 01:00:14.039
 hearts will

01:00:14.039 --> 01:00:14.699
 draw us very

01:00:14.699 --> 01:00:15.500
 quickly away

01:00:15.500 --> 01:00:16.960
 from profiting

01:00:16.960 --> 01:00:17.619
 from the word

01:00:17.619 --> 01:00:18.159
 of the gospel

01:00:18.159 --> 01:00:18.980
 planted in our

01:00:18.980 --> 01:00:19.440
 hearts

01:00:19.440 --> 01:00:21.559
 that's why we

01:00:21.559 --> 01:00:22.139
 need each other

01:00:22.139 --> 01:00:23.079
 that's why we

01:00:23.079 --> 01:00:24.599
 need to gather

01:00:24.599 --> 01:00:25.299
 together in a

01:00:25.299 --> 01:00:25.980
 way that doesn't

01:00:25.980 --> 01:00:27.000
 neglect the meeting

01:00:27.000 --> 01:00:27.860
 together to

01:00:27.860 --> 01:00:28.599
 encourage one

01:00:28.599 --> 01:00:28.860
 another

01:00:28.860 --> 01:00:30.579
 encouraging one

01:00:30.579 --> 01:00:31.739
 another instead

01:00:31.739 --> 01:00:33.099
 of neglecting

01:00:33.099 --> 01:00:33.719
 of one another

01:00:33.719 --> 01:00:34.179
 and he's

01:00:34.179 --> 01:00:34.599
 saying it's to

01:00:34.599 --> 01:00:35.780
 love and to

01:00:35.780 --> 01:00:36.539
 good works

01:00:36.539 --> 01:00:38.199
 because that's

01:00:38.199 --> 01:00:39.059
 really outwardly

01:00:39.059 --> 01:00:40.280
 what a Christian

01:00:40.280 --> 01:00:41.519
 life is known

01:00:41.519 --> 01:00:42.280
 as in the

01:00:42.280 --> 01:00:42.679
 world

01:00:42.679 --> 01:00:44.099
 not people

01:00:44.099 --> 01:00:44.940
 who keep

01:00:44.940 --> 01:00:45.739
 themselves entirely

01:00:45.739 --> 01:00:46.599
 apart from

01:00:46.599 --> 01:00:47.280
 contact with

01:00:47.280 --> 01:00:47.719
 the world

01:00:47.719 --> 01:00:49.139
 but people

01:00:49.139 --> 01:00:50.139
 hopefully of

01:00:50.139 --> 01:00:50.960
 which the

01:00:50.960 --> 01:00:51.579
 world could

01:00:51.579 --> 01:00:53.260
 say these

01:00:53.260 --> 01:00:53.800
 are people

01:00:53.800 --> 01:00:54.679
 who are

01:00:54.679 --> 01:00:55.519
 dedicated to

01:00:55.519 --> 01:00:55.980
 love

01:00:55.980 --> 01:00:57.559
 and to

01:00:57.559 --> 01:00:58.179
 good works

01:00:58.179 --> 01:00:58.719
 to helping

01:00:58.719 --> 01:00:59.260
 people

01:00:59.260 --> 01:01:01.240
 and he says

01:01:01.240 --> 01:01:01.900
 all the more

01:01:01.900 --> 01:01:03.240
 as you see

01:01:03.240 --> 01:01:03.599
 the day

01:01:03.599 --> 01:01:04.139
 drawing near

01:01:04.139 --> 01:01:04.679
 just finally

01:01:04.679 --> 01:01:05.059
 with these

01:01:05.059 --> 01:01:05.460
 words

01:01:05.460 --> 01:01:07.039
 all the more

01:01:07.039 --> 01:01:08.079
 as you see

01:01:08.079 --> 01:01:08.679
 the day

01:01:08.679 --> 01:01:10.300
 drawing near

01:01:10.300 --> 01:01:13.960
 what is the

01:01:13.960 --> 01:01:14.320
 day

01:01:14.320 --> 01:01:16.019
 that's drawing

01:01:16.019 --> 01:01:16.280
 near

01:01:16.280 --> 01:01:16.840
 it's the day

01:01:16.840 --> 01:01:17.500
 of Christ's

01:01:17.500 --> 01:01:17.920
 return

01:01:17.920 --> 01:01:19.920
 the day of

01:01:19.920 --> 01:01:20.679
 his judgment

01:01:20.679 --> 01:01:21.519
 of the world

01:01:21.519 --> 01:01:23.240
 what he's saying

01:01:23.240 --> 01:01:23.760
 to us here

01:01:23.760 --> 01:01:25.280
 is the more

01:01:25.280 --> 01:01:25.960
 we realize

01:01:25.960 --> 01:01:26.620
 as we surely

01:01:26.620 --> 01:01:27.560
 do every day

01:01:27.560 --> 01:01:28.300
 that we're

01:01:28.300 --> 01:01:28.980
 another day

01:01:28.980 --> 01:01:29.820
 nearer to

01:01:29.820 --> 01:01:30.280
 the coming

01:01:30.280 --> 01:01:30.980
 of Christ

01:01:30.980 --> 01:01:32.400
 that we're

01:01:32.400 --> 01:01:33.800
 another day

01:01:33.800 --> 01:01:34.580
 nearer to

01:01:34.580 --> 01:01:36.300
 the judgment

01:01:36.300 --> 01:01:37.540
 of the world

01:01:37.540 --> 01:01:37.980
 and of us

01:01:37.980 --> 01:01:38.860
 all by Jesus

01:01:38.860 --> 01:01:39.340
 what should

01:01:39.340 --> 01:01:39.960
 that be doing

01:01:39.960 --> 01:01:40.480
 for us

01:01:40.480 --> 01:01:42.140
 what should

01:01:42.140 --> 01:01:42.740
 our response

01:01:42.740 --> 01:01:43.740
 be to that

01:01:43.740 --> 01:01:44.920
 well it's this

01:01:44.920 --> 01:01:46.400
 that we do

01:01:46.400 --> 01:01:46.860
 this

01:01:46.860 --> 01:01:48.120
 that we do

01:01:48.120 --> 01:01:48.940
 this meeting

01:01:48.940 --> 01:01:49.400
 together

01:01:49.400 --> 01:01:50.300
 and encouraging

01:01:50.300 --> 01:01:50.800
 one another

01:01:50.800 --> 01:01:52.040
 all the more

01:01:52.040 --> 01:01:52.580
 as you see

01:01:52.580 --> 01:01:53.140
 the day

01:01:53.140 --> 01:01:53.760
 drawing near

01:01:53.760 --> 01:01:54.220
 in other words

01:01:54.220 --> 01:01:54.840
 he's saying

01:01:54.840 --> 01:01:56.240
 the more

01:01:56.240 --> 01:01:56.800
 you think

01:01:56.800 --> 01:01:57.540
 about the

01:01:57.540 --> 01:01:58.280
 return of

01:01:58.280 --> 01:01:58.580
 Jesus

01:01:58.580 --> 01:01:59.020
 and the

01:01:59.020 --> 01:01:59.480
 day of

01:01:59.480 --> 01:01:59.900
 judgment

01:01:59.900 --> 01:02:00.820
 the more

01:02:00.820 --> 01:02:01.160
 we should

01:02:01.160 --> 01:02:02.000
 be concerned

01:02:02.000 --> 01:02:03.220
 never to

01:02:03.220 --> 01:02:03.900
 neglect the

01:02:03.900 --> 01:02:04.800
 meeting of

01:02:04.800 --> 01:02:05.160
 ourselves

01:02:05.160 --> 01:02:05.680
 together

01:02:05.680 --> 01:02:07.540
 but rather

01:02:07.540 --> 01:02:08.440
 encouraging

01:02:08.440 --> 01:02:09.520
 one another

01:02:09.520 --> 01:02:10.720
 as the

01:02:10.720 --> 01:02:11.120
 gathered

01:02:11.120 --> 01:02:11.980
 church

01:02:11.980 --> 01:02:13.160
 of God

01:02:13.160 --> 01:02:14.120
 now all

01:02:14.120 --> 01:02:14.400
 of that

01:02:14.400 --> 01:02:14.880
 fits in

01:02:14.880 --> 01:02:16.100
 with what

01:02:16.100 --> 01:02:16.660
 we're beginning

01:02:16.660 --> 01:02:17.180
 to do

01:02:17.180 --> 01:02:18.040
 monthly

01:02:18.040 --> 01:02:18.580
 at our

01:02:18.580 --> 01:02:19.280
 Wednesday

01:02:19.280 --> 01:02:19.940
 first Wednesday

01:02:19.940 --> 01:02:20.440
 of the month

01:02:20.440 --> 01:02:21.639
 where we

01:02:21.639 --> 01:02:22.179
 began looking

01:02:22.179 --> 01:02:22.720
 at six

01:02:22.720 --> 01:02:23.599
 studies

01:02:23.599 --> 01:02:24.119
 of what

01:02:24.119 --> 01:02:24.460
 are called

01:02:24.460 --> 01:02:25.220
 six steps

01:02:25.220 --> 01:02:25.679
 to loving

01:02:25.679 --> 01:02:26.420
 your church

01:02:26.420 --> 01:02:27.860
 very practical

01:02:27.860 --> 01:02:28.500
 way of looking

01:02:28.500 --> 01:02:28.960
 at things

01:02:28.960 --> 01:02:29.800
 but it's

01:02:29.800 --> 01:02:30.440
 designed so

01:02:30.440 --> 01:02:30.700
 that we

01:02:30.700 --> 01:02:31.300
 will think

01:02:31.300 --> 01:02:32.340
 of a

01:02:32.340 --> 01:02:33.480
 relationship

01:02:33.480 --> 01:02:34.280
 with each

01:02:34.280 --> 01:02:34.579
 other

01:02:34.579 --> 01:02:35.579
 that we

01:02:35.579 --> 01:02:36.019
 will actually

01:02:36.019 --> 01:02:36.579
 think of

01:02:36.579 --> 01:02:37.500
 as this

01:02:37.500 --> 01:02:37.840
 passage

01:02:37.840 --> 01:02:38.200
 tonight

01:02:38.200 --> 01:02:38.559
 says

01:02:38.559 --> 01:02:39.599
 not neglecting

01:02:39.599 --> 01:02:40.340
 to meet

01:02:40.340 --> 01:02:40.700
 together

01:02:40.700 --> 01:02:41.800
 but encouraging

01:02:41.800 --> 01:02:42.800
 one another

01:02:42.800 --> 01:02:44.139
 and thinking

01:02:44.139 --> 01:02:44.559
 of what it

01:02:44.559 --> 01:02:44.900
 is we're

01:02:44.900 --> 01:02:45.220
 doing

01:02:45.220 --> 01:02:45.760
 when we're

01:02:45.760 --> 01:02:46.559
 part of

01:02:46.559 --> 01:02:47.000
 the church

01:02:47.000 --> 01:02:47.559
 of God

01:02:47.559 --> 01:02:48.340
 and our

01:02:48.340 --> 01:02:49.119
 privilege

01:02:49.119 --> 01:02:49.820
 to love

01:02:49.820 --> 01:02:50.340
 the church

01:02:50.340 --> 01:02:50.760
 to love

01:02:50.760 --> 01:02:51.200
 the people

01:02:51.200 --> 01:02:51.580
 of God

01:02:51.580 --> 01:02:52.039
 to love

01:02:52.039 --> 01:02:53.000
 the gathered

01:02:53.000 --> 01:02:53.620
 worshipping

01:02:53.620 --> 01:02:54.180
 people of

01:02:54.180 --> 01:02:54.620
 God

01:02:54.620 --> 01:02:56.240
 let us

01:02:56.240 --> 01:02:56.680
 not he

01:02:56.680 --> 01:02:57.000
 says

01:02:57.000 --> 01:02:58.940
 neglect

01:02:58.940 --> 01:02:59.519
 the gathering

01:02:59.519 --> 01:03:00.120
 of ourselves

01:03:00.120 --> 01:03:00.620
 together

01:03:00.620 --> 01:03:01.840
 let us

01:03:01.840 --> 01:03:02.420
 draw near

01:03:02.420 --> 01:03:03.700
 let us

01:03:03.700 --> 01:03:04.440
 hold fast

01:03:04.440 --> 01:03:06.000
 let us

01:03:06.000 --> 01:03:06.539
 consider

01:03:06.539 --> 01:03:08.280
 one another

01:03:08.280 --> 01:03:09.840
 may God

01:03:09.840 --> 01:03:10.140
 bless

01:03:10.140 --> 01:03:11.160
 these thoughts

01:03:11.160 --> 01:03:12.539
 on his

01:03:12.539 --> 01:03:13.280
 word to us

01:03:13.280 --> 01:03:13.600
 we're going

01:03:13.600 --> 01:03:14.059
 to conclude

01:03:14.059 --> 01:03:14.539
 this evening

01:03:14.539 --> 01:03:16.000
 singing in

01:03:16.000 --> 01:03:17.019
 Psalm 65

01:03:17.019 --> 01:03:19.940
 Psalm 65

01:03:19.940 --> 01:03:20.539
 that's on

01:03:20.539 --> 01:03:21.320
 page 82

01:03:21.320 --> 01:03:26.579
 and verses

01:03:26.579 --> 01:03:27.099
 1 to

01:03:27.099 --> 01:03:27.699
 5

01:03:27.699 --> 01:03:36.259
 so on

01:03:36.259 --> 01:03:36.920
 page 82

01:03:36.920 --> 01:03:37.860
 Psalm 65

01:03:37.860 --> 01:03:38.619
 and Zion

01:03:38.619 --> 01:03:39.619
 praise awaits

01:03:39.619 --> 01:03:40.159
 you Lord

01:03:40.159 --> 01:03:41.159
 to you our

01:03:41.159 --> 01:03:41.679
 vows will

01:03:41.679 --> 01:03:42.059
 pay

01:03:42.059 --> 01:03:43.320
 to you all

01:03:43.320 --> 01:03:43.960
 people will

01:03:43.960 --> 01:03:44.559
 come near

01:03:44.559 --> 01:03:45.579
 you hear us

01:03:45.579 --> 01:03:45.980
 when we

01:03:45.980 --> 01:03:46.340
 pray

01:03:46.340 --> 01:03:47.340
 when we

01:03:47.340 --> 01:03:47.940
 were overwhelmed

01:03:47.940 --> 01:03:48.559
 by sins

01:03:48.559 --> 01:03:49.019
 and guilt

01:03:49.019 --> 01:03:49.519
 upon us

01:03:49.519 --> 01:03:49.780
 lay

01:03:49.780 --> 01:03:51.280
 you pardoned

01:03:51.280 --> 01:03:51.900
 all our

01:03:51.900 --> 01:03:52.620
 trespasses

01:03:52.620 --> 01:03:53.980
 and washed

01:03:53.980 --> 01:03:54.500
 our guilt

01:03:54.500 --> 01:03:54.860
 away

01:03:54.860 --> 01:03:56.360
 how blessed

01:03:56.360 --> 01:03:56.900
 are those

01:03:56.900 --> 01:03:57.480
 you choose

01:03:57.480 --> 01:03:58.019
 and bring

01:03:58.019 --> 01:03:59.260
 within your

01:03:59.260 --> 01:03:59.880
 courts of

01:03:59.880 --> 01:04:00.260
 grace

01:04:00.260 --> 01:04:01.579
 we're filled

01:04:01.579 --> 01:04:02.300
 with blessings

01:04:02.300 --> 01:04:03.059
 in your house

01:04:03.059 --> 01:04:04.440
 and your most

01:04:04.440 --> 01:04:05.260
 holy place

01:04:05.260 --> 01:04:06.360
 with awesome

01:04:06.360 --> 01:04:06.980
 deeds of

01:04:06.980 --> 01:04:07.480
 righteousness

01:04:07.480 --> 01:04:09.019
 you answer

01:04:09.019 --> 01:04:09.660
 us oh

01:04:09.660 --> 01:04:10.079
 God

01:04:10.079 --> 01:04:11.420
 our savior

01:04:11.420 --> 01:04:12.920
 hope of

01:04:12.920 --> 01:04:13.860
 further seas

01:04:13.860 --> 01:04:15.160
 and all

01:04:15.160 --> 01:04:16.160
 the earth

01:04:16.160 --> 01:04:17.039
 abroad

01:04:17.039 --> 01:04:17.620
 so let's

01:04:17.620 --> 01:04:18.360
 sing these

01:04:18.360 --> 01:04:18.980
 verses to

01:04:18.980 --> 01:04:19.380
 God's

01:04:19.380 --> 01:04:19.960
 praise

01:04:19.960 --> 01:04:21.960
 amen

01:04:21.960 --> 01:04:23.920
 to you

01:04:23.920 --> 01:04:25.119
 in Zion

01:04:25.119 --> 01:04:27.139
 praise

01:04:27.139 --> 01:04:27.980
 I

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 wait

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 to

01:04:29.960 --> 01:04:31.159
 Lord

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 to

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 you

01:04:33.179 --> 01:04:34.840
 our

01:04:34.840 --> 01:04:36.280
 vows

01:04:36.280 --> 01:04:37.079
 we'll

01:04:37.079 --> 01:04:38.179
 pray

01:04:38.179 --> 01:04:39.559
 to

01:04:39.559 --> 01:04:40.920
 you

01:04:40.920 --> 01:04:42.139
 all

01:04:42.139 --> 01:04:43.639
 people

01:04:43.639 --> 01:04:45.519
 will

01:04:45.519 --> 01:04:46.639
 come

01:04:46.639 --> 01:04:47.500
 near

01:04:47.500 --> 01:04:48.500
 you

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 hear

01:04:49.500 --> 01:04:51.280
 us

01:04:51.280 --> 01:04:52.739
 when

01:04:52.739 --> 01:04:53.500
 we

01:04:53.500 --> 01:04:54.500
 pray

01:04:54.500 --> 01:04:56.739
 when

01:04:56.739 --> 01:04:57.500
 we

01:04:57.500 --> 01:04:58.500
 will

01:04:58.500 --> 01:05:02.500
 overwhelm

01:05:03.079 --> 01:05:03.880
 our

01:05:03.880 --> 01:05:04.940
 sins

01:05:04.940 --> 01:05:05.500
 and

01:05:06.119 --> 01:05:06.500
 guilt

01:05:06.500 --> 01:05:08.500
 upon

01:05:08.500 --> 01:05:10.679
 us

01:05:10.679 --> 01:05:11.500
 lay

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 you

01:05:13.500 --> 01:05:14.500
 pardon

01:05:14.500 --> 01:05:16.500
 all

01:05:16.500 --> 01:05:17.500
 our

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 trespasses

01:05:20.500 --> 01:05:21.500
 and

01:05:21.500 --> 01:05:22.500
 washed

01:05:22.500 --> 01:05:24.500
 our

01:05:24.500 --> 01:05:25.500
 guilt

01:05:25.500 --> 01:05:26.500
 away

01:05:26.500 --> 01:05:27.500
 how

01:05:27.500 --> 01:05:29.500
 blessed

01:05:29.500 --> 01:05:30.500
 are

01:05:30.500 --> 01:05:31.500
 those

01:05:31.500 --> 01:05:32.500
 you

01:05:32.500 --> 01:05:33.500
 choose

01:05:33.500 --> 01:05:34.500
 and

01:05:34.500 --> 01:05:35.500
 bring

01:05:35.500 --> 01:05:36.500
 within

01:05:36.500 --> 01:05:37.500
 your

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 courts

01:05:38.500 --> 01:05:39.500
 all

01:05:39.500 --> 01:05:40.500
 and

01:05:40.500 --> 01:05:41.500
 all

01:05:41.500 --> 01:05:42.500
 our

01:05:42.500 --> 01:05:44.500
 and

01:05:44.500 --> 01:05:45.500
 the

01:05:45.500 --> 01:05:46.500
 Lord

01:05:46.500 --> 01:05:47.500
 of

01:05:47.500 --> 01:05:48.500
 grace

01:05:48.500 --> 01:05:49.500
 we're

01:05:49.500 --> 01:05:50.500
 filled

01:05:50.500 --> 01:05:51.500
 with

01:05:51.500 --> 01:05:52.500
 blessings

01:05:52.500 --> 01:05:53.500
 in

01:05:53.500 --> 01:05:54.500
 your

01:05:54.500 --> 01:05:55.500
 eyes

01:05:55.500 --> 01:05:56.500
 in

01:05:56.500 --> 01:05:57.500
 your

01:05:57.500 --> 01:05:58.500
 hope's

01:05:58.500 --> 01:05:59.500
 holy

01:05:59.500 --> 01:06:00.500
 place

01:06:00.500 --> 01:06:01.500
 with

01:06:02.500 --> 01:06:03.500
 awesome

01:06:03.500 --> 01:06:04.500
 peace

01:06:04.500 --> 01:06:05.500
 of

01:06:05.500 --> 01:06:06.500
 righteousness

01:06:06.500 --> 01:06:08.500
 the

01:06:08.500 --> 01:06:09.500
 needs

01:06:09.500 --> 01:06:10.500
 of

01:06:10.500 --> 01:06:11.500
 righteousness

01:06:11.500 --> 01:06:12.500
 you

01:06:12.500 --> 01:06:14.500
 answered

01:06:14.500 --> 01:06:15.500
 us

01:06:15.500 --> 01:06:17.500
 O

01:06:17.500 --> 01:06:18.500
 God

01:06:18.500 --> 01:06:19.500
 our

01:06:19.500 --> 01:06:21.500
 Savior

01:06:21.500 --> 01:06:23.500
 hope

01:06:23.500 --> 01:06:24.500
 of

01:06:24.500 --> 01:06:25.500
 far

01:06:25.500 --> 01:06:26.500
 the

01:06:26.500 --> 01:06:27.500
 seas

01:06:27.500 --> 01:06:28.500
 and

01:06:28.500 --> 01:06:29.500
 all

01:06:29.500 --> 01:06:31.500
 the

01:06:31.500 --> 01:06:32.500
 earth

01:06:32.500 --> 01:06:33.500
 have

01:06:33.500 --> 01:06:34.500
 the

01:06:34.500 --> 01:06:35.500
 love

01:06:35.500 --> 01:06:36.500
 the

01:06:36.500 --> 01:06:37.500
 Lord

01:06:37.500 --> 01:06:38.500
 after

01:06:38.500 --> 01:06:39.500
 the

01:06:39.500 --> 01:06:40.500
 benediction

01:06:40.500 --> 01:06:41.500
 I'll go to the main door if you allow me to get to the door please

01:06:41.500 --> 01:06:46.500
 now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ the love of God the Father

01:06:46.500 --> 01:06:50.500
 and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and evermore

01:06:50.500 --> 01:06:52.500
 amen