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 Reverend David McLeod. And it's my pleasure to welcome David to the pulpit this evening and over this weekend.

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! It's good to have him with us. We look forward to his ministry and his fellowship with us over these days.

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 And we do pray the Lord's blessing on him now as he comes to minister to us.

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 So I'll hand over to David to lead us in worship.

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 Thank you, Callum. It's good to be with you over this weekend.

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 We're going to begin this time of worship as we hear the words that we will come back to a number of times over the course of this weekend from Matthew chapter 11.

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 The words of Jesus. He says,

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 Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

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 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.

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 We'll worship God and we'll sing together to his praise from Psalm 95, the Scottish Psalter, page 357 of the books.

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 357 in the book, and we sing Psalm 95 from verses 1 to verse 6 of the psalm.

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 O come, let us sing to the Lord.

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 Come, let us, everyone, a joyful noise make to the rock of our salvation.

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 We'll sing down to the end of verse 6 to God's praise.

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 O come, let us sing to the Lord.

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 Come, let us, everyone, a joyful noise make to the rock of our salvation.

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 Let us sing to the Lord.

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 A joyful noise.

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 For God, a great God and great King, above all gods he is.

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 There's love, the earth, and in his hand, the strength of hell's distance.

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 To him the spacious seat belongs.

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 To him the spacious seat belongs.

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 For he the same did make.

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 The cry of God, the cry of God, so from his hand, his form and first did take.

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 O come, let us worship him.

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 Let us bow down with all.

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 And on our knees before the Lord, our maker, let us fall.

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 Let us unite our hearts in prayer together.

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 Let's pray.

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 Our heavenly Father, we thank you that we are able to gather together in this place this evening.

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 And we are able to call you our Father because we come in the name of Jesus Christ, your Son, our Savior.

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 And we thank you that it's through his name and through his finished work that we have a way through into the presence of the God who is almighty.

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 We praise you for who you are, even as you have revealed yourself to us in the psalm that we have sang.

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 We thank you that as we reflect on the words that we have taken upon our lips, we are reminded of the fact that you are the God who is the Lord, the God who is over all.

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 You are our creator, the one who has brought everything that we see in this world and everything that we are in our being.

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 You have brought that into being with a word from nothing.

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 Such is the power of your creative word.

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 And we thank you, Lord, for the majesty of your creation.

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 Even as we look around in the place that we come from, we see the vastness and the beauty of creation, which points us to the wonder and the majesty of who you are.

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 And we ask, Lord, that as we lift our eyes to see the hills, as we are aware of the power of the sea, as we look up and see the stars which you have placed in space, we pray that our eyes would be opened to see that you are the God who has brought everything into being.

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 And we pray that day by day, we would worship you for who you are as our creator.

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 We thank you that you are our sustainer.

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 We have breath in our lungs.

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 We have the measure of health and strength that enables us to be here because you are the God who sustains us.

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 And we praise you, Lord, for your sustaining grace.

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 We thank you that morning by morning, you grant to us new mercies.

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 Even the food that we eat and the water that we drink.

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 The health and strength that we enjoy.

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 We confess that often we take it for granted.

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 But we pray that you would forgive us for doing so.

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 Help us to remember with every day that you give to us that this is the day that the Lord has made.

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 Enable us to rejoice and to be glad in it and to redeem the time.

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 To remember that our days in this world are short.

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 So help us, we pray, whilst we have opportunity in this world to look to you, to trust you.

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 And as your people, we pray that we would serve you.

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 That we would live not for self.

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 But that we would remember, as the catechum says to us, that man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him forever.

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 We thank you also, Lord, as we think about the words that we have sang that you are our Savior.

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 We hear the phrase, the rock of our salvation.

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 And we are pointed to Jesus.

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 And we ask, Lord, that over this weekend, we would have our eyes fixed upon Jesus.

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 We thank you, Father, for the vastness of your love.

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 That you would send your only begotten Son into this world to be our Savior, to be the Good Shepherd.

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 The one who would lay down his life for the sheep.

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 We thank you for the cross that we are called to gather around over these days.

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 We thank you for the institution of the Sacrament of Communion.

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 Where we gather around the Lord's table to remember his death until he comes.

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 We pray, Lord, you've forgiven us that we would be so distracted by the things of this world that we would forget.

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 And yet we confess that often our minds drift.

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 Often our lives are so taken up with the things of this world that we lose focus on the cross.

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 But as we drift from the cross, we are in all manner of danger.

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 And so we pray, Lord, that over these days that we would remember the death of Jesus.

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 And as we do so, we would do so with great reverence.

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 Remembering the greatness of who you are.

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 We pray that we would do so with that sense of contrition.

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 That we would be confessing our sin.

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 That we would have that posture of continual repentance.

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 Turning away from sin.

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 Confessing our falls and failures.

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 And seeking fresh cleansing in the blood of Jesus.

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 And we pray that as we remember the Lord Jesus over this weekend, we would do so with joy in our hearts.

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 Remembering that because he died, we are forgiven if we are trusting in him.

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 And remembering that on the third day, just as he promised, he rose from the dead.

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 He reigns, he lives.

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 And he has promised that one day he will return.

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 And until that day, we remember his death until he comes.

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 And we pray that these days would be a time for us where we wait upon the Lord.

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 And we know renewed strength.

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 And we know the blessing of meeting together as your people and your presence.

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 We pray that we would have fresh perspective.

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 That we would see with even more wonder the depths of your grace.

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 The wonder of all that you have done for us to make us your children.

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 And we pray that we would respond in worship.

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 Not just as we gather here in the building for an hour or two each day.

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 We pray that over these days, as we go about the different things that we have to do,

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 our minds would come back to remember all that you have done for us.

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 That we would be in the spirit of worship over these days.

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 We ask, Lord, that you would be with those who are absent tonight from this place who would desire to be here.

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 We are conscious always of those who are struggling with ill health.

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 And as we think of them, Lord, whether they are in hospital or at home,

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 we pray that you would draw near to them.

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 That you would lay your hands of healing upon them where that is your will.

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 And that they would know your grace, which is sufficient for each day that you give to them in time.

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 We pray for those who are sorrowing.

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 Those who struggle with grief.

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 Those who may be bewildered even at the perplexing things that often happen in this world.

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 And as we think of them, we pray for your comfort.

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 We pray that you, the God of all comfort, would draw near to them.

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 And give to them that peace that comes not from this world, but that comes from heaven.

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 We pray for any who may be struggling in grief and who may feel distant from you at this time.

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 And we ask, Father, that they would know your loving touch upon them.

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 That they would know the comfort of God, the Holy Spirit drawing near to them.

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 We think especially of the Mitchell family in Braggar.

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 And with the tragedy of all that we have heard of, we pray that they would know your peace.

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 That they would know your presence.

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 That you would uphold them.

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 That you would strengthen them.

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 That you would be in that community in a special way over these days.

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 We pray for those who may struggle with darkness that affects their minds.

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 Those who may feel cast down in their souls.

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 Who may battle with depression.

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 And we ask, Lord, that you would minister to them where often we cannot get through with words.

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 We thank you that you are able to minister in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 And as we think of those who may feel that darkness engulfing them.

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 We pray that the light of Christ would break through.

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 And that they would know that you are God and that you are with them.

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 We pray for those who battle with addictions.

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 Those who may come here week by week for road to recovery.

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 And many others who may not.

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 And as our minds go to such, we ask, Lord, that you would help them.

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 And that they would desire the help, the strength that comes from calling upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

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 And we pray for those who may be healthy and who may be comfortable.

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 And who may be at ease in their minds.

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 And may have everything that they need in this world.

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 But have no sense of a need of Christ.

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 We pray for those who do not realize the danger that there is in remaining in sin.

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 We can think of family members and friends and people we work with.

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 Who may be interested in many things, but have no desire for the things of God.

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 And we know that without the moving of your spirit, there is nothing that we can do to change that.

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 And so we know that we can carry them to you in prayer.

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 And as we think of names and as we think of faces.

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 And we ask, Lord, that you would awaken souls in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 That they may feel the weight of sin.

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 And that they may look to Jesus, who is the Savior.

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 The one who is able to give rest.

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 True rest and eternal rest.

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 To all who will come to him.

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 So hear our prayers.

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 Bless our time together.

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 Help us, we pray.

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 As we read your word.

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 As we meditate upon your word.

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 As we sing.

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 We know, Lord, that we can do nothing apart from you.

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 And so we ask that you would draw near to us.

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 And as we sing, we would sing from our hearts.

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 As we read, we would recognize that this is the word of God.

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 And not the word of man.

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 And as we meditate upon the word, we pray, Lord.

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 That you would illuminate our minds.

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 That you would help us in speaking and listening and responding.

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 So that all we do would be to the glory of God.

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 Hear our prayers.

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 Cleanse us from our sin as we confess it.

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 And lead us in the power of the Holy Spirit.

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 And we pray these things in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 We'll sing again to God's praise.

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 We'll sing this time from Psalm 42.

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 Sing Psalms 42.

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 Found on page 53.

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 Sing Psalms 42.

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 And we sing from verse 1 to verse 5.

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 As pants the deer for flowing streams, so longs my soul, O God, for you.

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 I thirst for God, the living God.

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 When can I meet with God and you?

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 And we'll sing down to verse 5 to God's praise.

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 And we sing down to verse 5 to God's praise.

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 singing voyque

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 For God, the living God, when can I meet with God anew?

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 My tears have been my constant hurt, both in the night and in the day.

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 While all day long insistently, where is this God of new to sing?

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 As I pour out my soul in grief, these things I do remember still.

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 And with the multitude I went up to God's hands on Zion Hill.

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 In their procession I would lead, as we approach with cheerful song.

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 And shouts of joy and thankfulness, rejoicing with the festive throng.

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 Why are you downcast, O my soul?

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 Why are you so disturbed in me?

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 Just thought, for I will praise him yet.

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 My Saviour and my God is he.

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 If you could turn with me now in your Bibles, please, to Matthew chapter 11.

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 Matthew chapter 11, it's on page 983 of the Bible in the pulpit.

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 I don't know if that corresponds with Bibles in the pew.

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 Matthew chapter 11, and we'll read from verse 1 to verse 24.

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 This is God's Word.

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 When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

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 Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him,

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 Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?

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 And Jesus answered them, Go and tell John what you hear and see.

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 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk.

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 Lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear.

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 And the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

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 And blessed is the one who is not offended by me.

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 As they went away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds concerning John.

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 What did you go out into the wilderness to see?

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 A reed shaken by the wind?

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 What then did you go out to see?

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 A man dressed in soft clothing?

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 Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.

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 What then did you go out to see?

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 A prophet?

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 Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

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 This is he of whom it is written,

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 Behold, I send my messenger before your face,

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 who will prepare your way before you.

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 Truly I say to you, among those born of woman,

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 there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist.

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 Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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 From the days of John the Baptist until now,

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 the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence,

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 and the violent take it by force.

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 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

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 And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah who is to come.

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 He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

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 But to what shall I compare this generation?

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 It is like children sitting in marketplaces and calling to their playmates.

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 We played the flute for you, and you did not dance.

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 We sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.

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 For John came neither eating nor drinking,

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 and they say he is a demon.

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 The Son of Man came eating and drinking,

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 and they say, look at him, a glutton and a drunkard,

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 a friend of tax collectors and sinners.

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 Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.

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 Then he began to denounce the cities where most of his mighty works had been done,

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 because they did not repent.

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 Woe to you, Kerasim!

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 Woe to you, Bethsaida!

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 For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,

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 they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

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 But I tell you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you.

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 And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven?

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 You will be brought down to Hades.

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 For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Sodom,

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 it would have remained until this day.

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 But I tell you that it will be more tolerable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom than for you.

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 And I'm going to read on just to the end of the chapter.

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 At that time, Jesus declared,

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 Come to me,

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 All who labor and are heavy laden,

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 And I will give you rest.

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 Take my yoke upon you,

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 And learn from me,

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 For I am gentle and lowly in heart,

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 And you will find rest for your souls.

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 For my yoke is easy,

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 And my burden is light.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless that reading of his word to us.

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 We're going to sing again now to God's praise

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 From Psalm 43,

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 The Scottish Psalter,

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 Page 264.

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 Psalm 43,

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 And we'll sing from verses 3

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 To verse 5 of the psalm.

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 O send thy light forth,

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 And thy truth,

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 Let them be guides to me,

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 And bring me to thine holy hill,

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 Even where thy dwellings be.

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 Then will I to God's altar go,

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 To God my chiefest joy,

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 Yea,

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 God my God,

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 Thy name to praise,

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 My harp I will employ.

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 Down to the end of the psalm,

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 To God's praise.

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 O send thy light,

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 For time thy truth,

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 Let them be guides to me,

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 And bring me to thy holy hill,

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 In where thy dwellings be.

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 Then will I to God's altar go,

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 To God my chiefest joy,

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 In where thy dwellings be.

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 In where thy dwellings be.

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 In where thy dwellings be.

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 My heart I will employ.

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 Why art thou then,

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 Hast thou my soul,

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 What should discourage thee,

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 And why with vexing thoughts,

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 Are thou disquieted in me,

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 Still trust in God,

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 For him to praise,

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 Good thoughts I yet shall bow,

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 Be all my voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy

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 chapter 11.

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 And as we do so, let's pray again.

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 Our Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word, and we thank you for the opportunity

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 and for the desire that you've given us to come to this place in worship.

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 We pray once more that you would help us, that we would know the help of the Holy Spirit

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 in all that we do at this time.

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 We ask that you would open blind eyes, that you would unblock our ears, that you would

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 stir our hearts, that we would be like those on the road to Emmaus, whose hearts burned

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 within them, because we know that we have the promise that you are here with us.

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 So we ask, Lord, for your help at this time.

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 And we're conscious also, as we meet together, that there are many other congregations, different

00:30:02.439 --> 00:30:07.179
 denominations in this time, who meet, as we do, around your word.

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 And what we pray for ourselves, we pray for them.

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 We ask that whatever Christ crucified is preached, that you would be working, Lord God, in the

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 power of the Holy Spirit, that Jesus would be lifted up.

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 And over this weekend, many would be drawn in worship to him, perhaps some for the first

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 time.

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 We have heard of stories, and some may have even tasted something of the experience of

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 awakening and revivals in the past.

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 And we ask, Lord, that once more you would move in the power of the Holy Spirit, that

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 we would know showers of refreshing at this time.

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 Hear our prayers.

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 Help us, we ask.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Matthew chapter 11, and we're looking this evening at verses 1 to verse 24.

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 When Callum told me that the time of the service was at half past seven, it's later than I'm

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 usually used to when it comes to preaching.

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 I was wondering how you would manage to keep everybody awake at that time.

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 But I see that he's disabled the boiler.

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 So no one will sleep tonight, but hopefully nobody will get to a state of hypothermia.

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 We've got a doctor in the front row if that happens.

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 Just raise your hand.

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 Matthew chapter 11, and verses 1 to 24.

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 I don't need to tell any of you that in our lives, in our experience,

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 we are constantly being given offers.

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 So we get letters, and we get phone calls, cold calls.

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 We get text messages.

00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:09.559
 We get emails from companies who are making us offers.

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 Cheaper broadband, or new mobile phones, or a new bank account, or a new bank, or a new credit card.

00:32:20.299 --> 00:32:22.679
 There's no shortage of offers.

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 Fashion garments, new holidays when the weather is bad.

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 There's a continuous stream of offers that come into our inboxes, and every offer is looking for a response.

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 Now, the gospel is an offer.

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 God reaches out to us in the gospel with the most amazing offer that we can ever hear or receive.

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 Theologians talk about the free offer of the gospel, and the offer of the gospel is the offer of Jesus.

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 Yes, in the gospel, we are offered forgiveness of sin.

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 As we feel the weight of our sin, we are offered forgiveness as we hear the good news of the gospel.

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 We are offered eternal life.

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 But at the heart of the message of the gospel,

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 we have the offer of Jesus.

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 God's Son.

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 God the Son, our Savior.

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 John chapter 3, verse 16, probably the most well-known message in all of the Bible.

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 For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.

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 And the question I'd like to think about tonight in the time that we have is,

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 how are we responding to Jesus?

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 How are we responding to the offer of Jesus?

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 How are we responding to all that Jesus has done for us?

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 All that we are called this weekend to remember.

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 Now, in the passage that we read,

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 we can note at least four responses.

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 And I want to take time to go through each of the four responses to Jesus that we see in the verses.

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 The first response that we see to Jesus is the response of doubt.

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 So four points.

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 Number one is doubt.

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 We see John the Baptist wrestling with doubts as he speaks with Jesus.

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 The second response that we see is the response of disbelief.

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 Those who brazenly do not believe.

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 The third response we see is in those cities who dismiss Jesus.

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 They just don't respond to him.

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 And the final response that we finish with is to look at the disciples and see briefly how they are devoted to Jesus.

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 Their lives are devoted to Jesus.

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 So first of all, as we work through the verses, we see doubt on the part of John the Baptist.

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 Look at verses 1 and 2.

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 When Jesus had finished instructing his 12 disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.

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 Now, when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ,

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 he sent word by his disciples and said to him,

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 Are you the one who is to come or shall we look for another?

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 So what's going on here in these verses?

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 Well, what's going on is we see John.

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 That's John the Baptist.

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 And he's in prison.

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 Why is John in prison?

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 Well, John is in prison because he had been uncompromising in his preaching of the truth.

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 And as John preached the truth, he clashed with Herod.

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 He was an authority and he clashed with Herod's wife in particular,

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 who didn't like the message that John was bringing.

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 And you can read the story of that in Luke chapter 2 at the end of that chapter.

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 And what we see is that John, having clashed with Herod and his wife,

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 John ends up in prison.

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 So life is difficult for John, as we pick up at the beginning of chapter 11.

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 And if we think ourselves into John's experience,

00:36:58.019 --> 00:37:01.059
 not so long ago, there were vast crowds.

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 Whenever John preached, there were vast crowds that gathered to hear him preach.

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 He was the man of the moment.

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 And he was a man who was free.

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 And John the Baptist, we know, was a man who liked to settle out in the wilderness,

00:37:16.619 --> 00:37:17.960
 in the wide open spaces.

00:37:18.579 --> 00:37:21.799
 And yet here we see John, and he's isolated.

00:37:22.299 --> 00:37:24.360
 He's locked away in a prison cell.

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 And in this dark time, in John's experience,

00:37:33.239 --> 00:37:37.259
 it seems that he has a crisis of doubt.

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 One commentator, Green, says,

00:37:43.180 --> 00:37:45.180
 everything tends to get out of proportion

00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:50.840
 when you are suffering for a long time in a confined space alone.

00:37:52.300 --> 00:37:55.440
 Doubts grow in such a soil.

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 So if we pause there just for a moment

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 and try to draw some application.

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 The application is not complicated.

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 And I think the application that flows from this is,

00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:15.980
 if John the Baptist can struggle with doubts,

00:38:16.980 --> 00:38:22.179
 any of us can struggle with doubt.

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 Especially when we're suffering.

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 And we can't understand what's going on in life.

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 Especially when we're isolated.

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 And we're not much in Christian fellowship.

00:38:40.539 --> 00:38:41.699
 Doubts can creep in.

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 And that's what seems to be happening

00:38:46.259 --> 00:38:49.000
 in John's experience.

00:38:50.259 --> 00:38:52.480
 John is struggling with doubts.

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 Some of the commentators, if you read them,

00:38:54.679 --> 00:38:56.599
 will say, well, John didn't struggle with doubts.

00:38:56.719 --> 00:38:58.439
 It's his disciples that struggled with doubts.

00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:01.179
 John's just sending the disciples to Jesus

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:03.739
 so that they can have their doubts dealt with.

00:39:03.819 --> 00:39:05.659
 But I don't see that in the text.

00:39:07.919 --> 00:39:09.980
 That doesn't seem to me to be an assumption

00:39:09.980 --> 00:39:11.360
 that we have license to take.

00:39:12.860 --> 00:39:16.320
 I think the most obvious application here

00:39:16.320 --> 00:39:20.179
 is that John, in that dark prison cell,

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:23.260
 is wrestling with doubts.

00:39:23.900 --> 00:39:28.159
 But the question to consider as we move on

00:39:28.159 --> 00:39:31.019
 is how are John's doubts overcome?

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:44.619
 John's doubts are overcome

00:39:44.619 --> 00:39:46.599
 when he takes them to Jesus.

00:39:49.900 --> 00:39:51.360
 John doesn't do

00:39:51.360 --> 00:39:54.739
 the thing that lots of people do

00:39:54.739 --> 00:39:56.000
 when doubts crash in.

00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:58.679
 He doesn't withdraw

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 and turn away from Jesus

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:03.679
 and turn away from the Lord's people.

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:07.019
 John takes the doubts

00:40:07.019 --> 00:40:08.980
 that are plaguing him

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 and he takes them directly to Jesus.

00:40:13.699 --> 00:40:15.460
 And Jesus deals with the doubts

00:40:15.460 --> 00:40:20.900
 and lifts him from that place.

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 And how does Jesus do that?

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 Well, he does that

00:40:25.119 --> 00:40:28.380
 by reminding John

00:40:28.380 --> 00:40:30.740
 of what the Bible says

00:40:30.740 --> 00:40:31.599
 about the Messiah,

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:34.519
 about the one who was to come.

00:40:35.340 --> 00:40:36.519
 Jesus answered them,

00:40:36.579 --> 00:40:37.380
 that's the disciples

00:40:37.380 --> 00:40:38.820
 who've been sent as messengers.

00:40:39.480 --> 00:40:40.340
 Jesus answered them,

00:40:40.340 --> 00:40:41.519
 go and tell John

00:40:41.519 --> 00:40:42.720
 what you hear and see.

00:40:43.680 --> 00:40:45.220
 The blind receive their sight

00:40:45.220 --> 00:40:46.760
 and the lame walk.

00:40:47.280 --> 00:40:48.480
 Lepers are cleansed

00:40:48.480 --> 00:40:49.659
 and the deaf hear

00:40:49.659 --> 00:40:51.619
 and the dead are raised up

00:40:51.619 --> 00:40:53.400
 and the poor have good news

00:40:53.400 --> 00:40:54.179
 preached to them

00:40:54.179 --> 00:40:56.639
 and blessed is the one

00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:58.880
 who is not offended by me.

00:41:00.699 --> 00:41:02.800
 So what Jesus does here

00:41:02.800 --> 00:41:05.179
 is he quotes from

00:41:05.179 --> 00:41:07.519
 Isaiah chapter 35

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:09.900
 and Isaiah chapter 61

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:12.139
 and in the quotes

00:41:12.139 --> 00:41:13.280
 that Jesus lifts,

00:41:13.920 --> 00:41:15.760
 he reminds John

00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:17.680
 of what the one,

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:18.620
 what the Messiah

00:41:18.620 --> 00:41:20.780
 would do,

00:41:20.900 --> 00:41:22.560
 was prophesied to do.

00:41:23.180 --> 00:41:24.160
 He would heal,

00:41:24.540 --> 00:41:26.720
 he would preach good news.

00:41:29.560 --> 00:41:31.000
 And what was Jesus doing?

00:41:32.600 --> 00:41:34.580
 He was doing exactly

00:41:34.580 --> 00:41:37.540
 what had been prophesied.

00:41:37.760 --> 00:41:39.480
 Everything that was found

00:41:39.480 --> 00:41:40.760
 in Isaiah

00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:42.880
 that prophesied,

00:41:43.000 --> 00:41:44.080
 that painted this picture

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:45.699
 of who the Messiah would be.

00:41:46.039 --> 00:41:47.579
 Jesus was doing these things.

00:41:48.659 --> 00:41:51.519
 So Jesus says to the messengers

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.059
 who'd come,

00:41:52.299 --> 00:41:53.299
 go back to John

00:41:53.299 --> 00:41:57.079
 and tell him Isaiah 35,

00:41:57.380 --> 00:41:58.799
 tell him Isaiah 61.

00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:02.159
 And as they marry together

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:03.179
 with the accounts

00:42:03.179 --> 00:42:04.519
 of what Jesus was doing,

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:07.380
 he's able to see

00:42:07.380 --> 00:42:10.579
 with no doubt

00:42:10.579 --> 00:42:11.719
 but crystal clarity,

00:42:12.219 --> 00:42:13.940
 this is the Christ.

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:17.380
 this is the Savior.

00:42:19.340 --> 00:42:20.639
 So John's doubts

00:42:20.639 --> 00:42:21.719
 are overcome

00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:24.299
 by taking them to Jesus.

00:42:24.799 --> 00:42:25.519
 John's doubts

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:26.500
 are overcome

00:42:26.500 --> 00:42:27.440
 by being

00:42:27.440 --> 00:42:29.539
 in the Word of God.

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:36.840
 How are our doubts overcome?

00:42:36.840 --> 00:42:41.059
 exactly the same way.

00:42:43.100 --> 00:42:43.920
 I don't know

00:42:43.920 --> 00:42:44.680
 many of you

00:42:44.680 --> 00:42:46.019
 personally,

00:42:46.140 --> 00:42:46.720
 I don't know

00:42:46.720 --> 00:42:48.780
 the congregation here well,

00:42:48.900 --> 00:42:49.579
 but my,

00:42:50.120 --> 00:42:51.600
 I would be surprised

00:42:51.600 --> 00:42:53.920
 if there isn't

00:42:53.920 --> 00:42:54.780
 at least somebody

00:42:54.780 --> 00:42:57.059
 whether here

00:42:57.059 --> 00:42:57.900
 or watching

00:42:57.900 --> 00:42:58.740
 at a distance

00:42:58.740 --> 00:43:00.840
 who is wrestling

00:43:01.440 --> 00:43:04.039
 with some measure

00:43:04.039 --> 00:43:04.599
 of doubt.

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 And these doubts

00:43:08.559 --> 00:43:10.000
 are overcome

00:43:10.000 --> 00:43:12.900
 as we take them

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.739
 to Jesus

00:43:13.739 --> 00:43:14.860
 in prayer

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:17.340
 and tell him

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:18.119
 what's in our mind,

00:43:18.400 --> 00:43:18.960
 tell him what's

00:43:18.960 --> 00:43:19.980
 assaulting us.

00:43:22.059 --> 00:43:23.139
 And these doubts

00:43:23.139 --> 00:43:23.840
 are overcome

00:43:23.840 --> 00:43:25.120
 as we listen

00:43:25.120 --> 00:43:26.940
 to what God says

00:43:26.940 --> 00:43:29.800
 by being in the Bible.

00:43:33.100 --> 00:43:34.559
 So maybe this is a word

00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:35.220
 for a struggling

00:43:35.220 --> 00:43:36.380
 Christian tonight.

00:43:39.079 --> 00:43:40.000
 Maybe doubts

00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:41.240
 have been crashing in.

00:43:41.239 --> 00:43:44.859
 Maybe there's someone here

00:43:44.859 --> 00:43:46.679
 who's saying,

00:43:46.799 --> 00:43:46.899
 you know,

00:43:46.939 --> 00:43:47.739
 with all the thoughts

00:43:47.739 --> 00:43:48.439
 I've been having

00:43:48.439 --> 00:43:50.419
 and the battles

00:43:50.419 --> 00:43:51.819
 in my mind,

00:43:52.619 --> 00:43:54.119
 I wonder if I,

00:43:54.199 --> 00:43:55.079
 I should even come

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:55.679
 to the table

00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:59.000
 when I feel so,

00:43:59.099 --> 00:43:59.819
 so low

00:43:59.819 --> 00:44:00.679
 and unsettled,

00:44:00.919 --> 00:44:01.899
 do I have warrant

00:44:01.899 --> 00:44:02.439
 to come?

00:44:05.739 --> 00:44:06.479
 Now what does

00:44:06.479 --> 00:44:07.319
 the old hymn say?

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:10.339
 Just as I am,

00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:13.059
 though tossed about

00:44:13.059 --> 00:44:15.639
 with many a conflict,

00:44:16.019 --> 00:44:16.859
 many a doubt,

00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:19.799
 fightings within

00:44:19.799 --> 00:44:23.000
 and fears without,

00:44:24.359 --> 00:44:25.419
 O Lamb of God,

00:44:27.019 --> 00:44:27.759
 I come.

00:44:29.299 --> 00:44:30.099
 I come.

00:44:32.359 --> 00:44:33.539
 And that's what we see

00:44:33.539 --> 00:44:34.139
 John doing.

00:44:34.519 --> 00:44:35.279
 He comes,

00:44:35.419 --> 00:44:36.819
 he comes to Jesus

00:44:36.819 --> 00:44:38.639
 even with his doubts.

00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:41.920
 And Jesus does not

00:44:41.920 --> 00:44:42.879
 reject him,

00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:44.519
 Jesus receives him.

00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:48.400
 And in verses 7

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:50.420
 through to verse 15,

00:44:50.500 --> 00:44:51.699
 which I'm not going to

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:52.839
 drill down into,

00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:56.099
 Jesus speaks

00:44:56.099 --> 00:44:57.339
 in such a manner

00:44:57.339 --> 00:44:58.119
 about John

00:44:58.119 --> 00:44:59.219
 where John

00:44:59.219 --> 00:45:00.599
 is able to receive

00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:02.079
 the reassurance

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:04.559
 that he needs.

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:05.759
 There's such words

00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:06.860
 of commendation

00:45:06.860 --> 00:45:08.600
 about John

00:45:08.600 --> 00:45:10.800
 if we were to step

00:45:10.800 --> 00:45:11.620
 through these verses.

00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:13.940
 But this is always

00:45:13.940 --> 00:45:14.360
 the way.

00:45:16.680 --> 00:45:18.160
 As we trust Jesus,

00:45:18.420 --> 00:45:19.540
 as we obey Jesus,

00:45:19.860 --> 00:45:20.920
 as we come to him,

00:45:21.140 --> 00:45:22.460
 or as we come back

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:23.560
 to him if we've drifted,

00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:27.060
 he receives us.

00:45:29.500 --> 00:45:31.260
 He reassures us

00:45:31.260 --> 00:45:34.920
 as we come.

00:45:36.640 --> 00:45:37.960
 So the first thing

00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:38.460
 that we see

00:45:38.460 --> 00:45:39.500
 in terms of a response

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.000
 to Jesus

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:41.360
 is a doubt.

00:45:42.520 --> 00:45:42.940
 The second,

00:45:43.660 --> 00:45:44.420
 and that doubt

00:45:44.420 --> 00:45:45.060
 is overcome.

00:45:45.340 --> 00:45:46.380
 The second response

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:47.540
 as we move into

00:45:47.540 --> 00:45:48.180
 verse 16

00:45:48.180 --> 00:45:49.140
 is disbelief.

00:45:51.860 --> 00:45:52.960
 So more briefly,

00:45:54.240 --> 00:45:55.500
 Jesus says

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:56.220
 in verse 16,

00:45:56.320 --> 00:45:57.220
 but to what shall I

00:45:57.220 --> 00:45:58.320
 compare this generation?

00:45:58.820 --> 00:45:59.680
 It is like children

00:45:59.680 --> 00:46:01.100
 sitting in the marketplaces

00:46:01.099 --> 00:46:01.639
 and calling

00:46:01.639 --> 00:46:03.799
 to their playmates.

00:46:04.059 --> 00:46:04.900
 We played the flute

00:46:04.900 --> 00:46:05.400
 for you

00:46:05.400 --> 00:46:06.799
 and you did not dance.

00:46:07.219 --> 00:46:08.599
 We sang a dirge

00:46:08.599 --> 00:46:10.380
 and you did not mourn.

00:46:12.380 --> 00:46:12.980
 And what Jesus

00:46:12.980 --> 00:46:13.920
 is doing here

00:46:13.920 --> 00:46:15.500
 in these two verses

00:46:15.500 --> 00:46:16.699
 is he's doing

00:46:16.699 --> 00:46:17.579
 what he often did.

00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:18.420
 He would take

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:20.699
 an everyday illustration,

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.759
 the illustration

00:46:21.759 --> 00:46:22.400
 of the children

00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:23.319
 as they played,

00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:24.559
 and he makes

00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:25.519
 it a teaching point.

00:46:27.199 --> 00:46:28.940
 So in Jesus' day,

00:46:29.039 --> 00:46:30.519
 just as in our day,

00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:31.159
 the children

00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:31.780
 would play at

00:46:31.780 --> 00:46:32.519
 being grown-ups.

00:46:33.759 --> 00:46:34.340
 And the children

00:46:34.340 --> 00:46:35.059
 would do what they

00:46:35.059 --> 00:46:36.219
 saw the grown-ups

00:46:36.219 --> 00:46:36.639
 doing.

00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:38.360
 And as the grown-ups

00:46:38.360 --> 00:46:39.179
 came together,

00:46:39.579 --> 00:46:40.139
 the children

00:46:40.139 --> 00:46:40.980
 would see them

00:46:40.980 --> 00:46:42.420
 sometimes dancing

00:46:42.420 --> 00:46:43.900
 at weddings

00:46:43.900 --> 00:46:46.699
 and sometimes mourning

00:46:46.699 --> 00:46:48.860
 as they came together

00:46:48.860 --> 00:46:50.239
 at funerals.

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:51.559
 That's what they saw

00:46:51.559 --> 00:46:52.500
 in everyday life.

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:53.980
 And so that's

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:54.619
 what the children,

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:56.159
 maybe to us

00:46:56.159 --> 00:46:56.940
 seems strange,

00:46:56.940 --> 00:46:57.400
 but that's what

00:46:57.400 --> 00:46:58.079
 they would play at.

00:46:59.619 --> 00:47:00.519
 I suppose it's no more

00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:01.099
 strange than

00:47:01.099 --> 00:47:02.280
 what we used to play at,

00:47:02.360 --> 00:47:03.320
 playing housework

00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:04.240
 and playing schools

00:47:04.240 --> 00:47:04.679
 when we were

00:47:04.679 --> 00:47:05.960
 six and seven years old.

00:47:06.139 --> 00:47:06.920
 You'd be the teacher,

00:47:07.059 --> 00:47:07.740
 you'd be the mum,

00:47:07.780 --> 00:47:08.539
 you'd be the dad.

00:47:08.760 --> 00:47:09.599
 That's the kind of thing

00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:10.659
 that was going on here.

00:47:11.820 --> 00:47:12.519
 The children

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:13.360
 would play at

00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:14.179
 being grown-ups.

00:47:14.760 --> 00:47:14.960
 But

00:47:14.960 --> 00:47:17.840
 just as it

00:47:17.840 --> 00:47:19.039
 is with us,

00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:20.840
 it was back then

00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:21.619
 that there was

00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:22.539
 always one

00:47:22.539 --> 00:47:23.659
 disgruntled child

00:47:23.659 --> 00:47:25.460
 that didn't want

00:47:25.460 --> 00:47:25.839
 to play.

00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:28.719
 We played

00:47:28.719 --> 00:47:29.699
 the flute for you,

00:47:30.440 --> 00:47:31.039
 say the children,

00:47:31.339 --> 00:47:32.899
 and you didn't dance.

00:47:34.279 --> 00:47:35.339
 We played a dirge

00:47:35.339 --> 00:47:36.619
 that you didn't mourn.

00:47:37.319 --> 00:47:38.000
 There's always one

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:38.619
 child that could

00:47:38.619 --> 00:47:39.279
 never be pleased.

00:47:39.379 --> 00:47:40.579
 I was thinking back

00:47:40.579 --> 00:47:42.019
 to school days

00:47:42.019 --> 00:47:42.599
 in Aberdeen.

00:47:42.679 --> 00:47:43.119
 I remember

00:47:43.119 --> 00:47:44.000
 a boy

00:47:44.000 --> 00:47:45.579
 in my class

00:47:45.579 --> 00:47:46.659
 called Brian.

00:47:48.139 --> 00:47:49.179
 He always had

00:47:49.179 --> 00:47:49.639
 the best

00:47:49.639 --> 00:47:50.379
 of the greatest trainers.

00:47:50.879 --> 00:47:51.819
 I always wanted them.

00:47:51.820 --> 00:47:53.940
 He always brought

00:47:53.940 --> 00:47:54.720
 the leather football

00:47:54.720 --> 00:47:55.320
 to school.

00:47:55.460 --> 00:47:56.640
 He had the most money

00:47:56.640 --> 00:47:57.600
 or his family did.

00:47:57.720 --> 00:47:58.019
 And so

00:47:58.019 --> 00:47:58.780
 we would play

00:47:58.780 --> 00:47:59.500
 with the mitre

00:47:59.500 --> 00:48:00.519
 leather football

00:48:00.519 --> 00:48:01.760
 or the umbral leather football

00:48:01.760 --> 00:48:02.920
 that Brian would bring.

00:48:03.220 --> 00:48:04.180
 But invariably

00:48:04.180 --> 00:48:04.880
 we'd be halfway

00:48:04.880 --> 00:48:05.660
 through a game

00:48:05.660 --> 00:48:06.559
 and if somebody

00:48:06.559 --> 00:48:07.880
 tackled Brian hard

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:08.740
 or his team

00:48:08.740 --> 00:48:09.780
 started to lose,

00:48:10.340 --> 00:48:11.100
 he would take a huff.

00:48:12.220 --> 00:48:12.860
 And he would take

00:48:12.860 --> 00:48:13.660
 hold of the ball

00:48:13.660 --> 00:48:14.780
 and go off on a huff

00:48:14.780 --> 00:48:15.480
 and that was the game

00:48:15.480 --> 00:48:15.980
 all over.

00:48:16.940 --> 00:48:18.180
 Acting like a

00:48:18.180 --> 00:48:19.000
 spoiled child.

00:48:19.140 --> 00:48:19.440
 And Jesus

00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:20.660
 is saying to the people

00:48:20.660 --> 00:48:21.200
 who are listening,

00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:22.579
 that's like you.

00:48:23.299 --> 00:48:23.879
 You're like

00:48:23.879 --> 00:48:24.719
 spoiled children.

00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:26.699
 You can never

00:48:26.699 --> 00:48:27.559
 be pleased.

00:48:28.659 --> 00:48:29.259
 Verse 18,

00:48:29.579 --> 00:48:30.460
 For John came

00:48:30.460 --> 00:48:31.179
 neither eating

00:48:31.179 --> 00:48:31.759
 or drinking

00:48:31.759 --> 00:48:32.839
 and they say

00:48:32.839 --> 00:48:33.819
 he has a demon.

00:48:35.419 --> 00:48:35.899
 They don't want

00:48:35.899 --> 00:48:36.679
 to listen to John.

00:48:37.960 --> 00:48:39.059
 The son of man

00:48:39.059 --> 00:48:39.639
 came eating

00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:40.159
 and drinking

00:48:40.159 --> 00:48:40.899
 and they say

00:48:40.899 --> 00:48:41.419
 look at him

00:48:41.419 --> 00:48:42.059
 a glutton

00:48:42.059 --> 00:48:43.259
 and a drunkard

00:48:43.259 --> 00:48:45.219
 a friend of tax collectors

00:48:45.219 --> 00:48:45.839
 and sinners

00:48:45.839 --> 00:48:47.079
 yet wisdom

00:48:47.079 --> 00:48:48.179
 is justified

00:48:48.179 --> 00:48:50.079
 by her deeds.

00:48:50.079 --> 00:48:54.860
 didn't matter

00:48:54.860 --> 00:48:56.000
 what was done.

00:48:59.380 --> 00:49:00.779
 They wouldn't believe.

00:49:01.400 --> 00:49:02.559
 That was the picture

00:49:02.559 --> 00:49:04.019
 that Jesus was painting.

00:49:05.500 --> 00:49:06.480
 And it was a word

00:49:06.480 --> 00:49:07.980
 for that generation

00:49:07.980 --> 00:49:09.699
 in verse 16.

00:49:10.860 --> 00:49:11.799
 But it's a word

00:49:11.799 --> 00:49:12.759
 for every generation.

00:49:12.760 --> 00:49:16.120
 there are always

00:49:16.120 --> 00:49:16.580
 people

00:49:16.580 --> 00:49:18.780
 who will find

00:49:18.780 --> 00:49:19.320
 reasons

00:49:19.320 --> 00:49:20.460
 not to believe

00:49:20.460 --> 00:49:22.040
 in Jesus.

00:49:23.780 --> 00:49:24.720
 They exist

00:49:24.720 --> 00:49:25.280
 in Harris.

00:49:26.540 --> 00:49:27.580
 I expect

00:49:27.580 --> 00:49:28.480
 they exist

00:49:28.480 --> 00:49:29.000
 in Lewis

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:29.780
 as well.

00:49:31.440 --> 00:49:32.360
 People who say

00:49:32.360 --> 00:49:33.700
 I don't feel enough.

00:49:34.560 --> 00:49:35.220
 If I could just

00:49:35.220 --> 00:49:36.140
 feel a bit more.

00:49:38.140 --> 00:49:39.260
 If I had more feelings

00:49:39.260 --> 00:49:40.660
 a bit more conviction

00:49:40.660 --> 00:49:42.000
 then I could believe.

00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:44.940
 or I don't know

00:49:44.940 --> 00:49:45.920
 enough to believe.

00:49:47.019 --> 00:49:48.360
 I need to do more study

00:49:48.360 --> 00:49:49.460
 I need to read more books

00:49:49.460 --> 00:49:50.900
 and maybe when I get

00:49:50.900 --> 00:49:52.039
 to a higher

00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:52.719
 academic

00:49:52.719 --> 00:49:53.699
 grasp

00:49:53.699 --> 00:49:54.880
 of the things

00:49:54.880 --> 00:49:55.179
 of God

00:49:55.179 --> 00:49:56.079
 then I can believe

00:49:56.079 --> 00:49:56.880
 but not yet.

00:50:01.059 --> 00:50:01.739
 Then there's so many

00:50:01.739 --> 00:50:02.519
 people who say

00:50:02.519 --> 00:50:02.920
 you know

00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:03.940
 I'm not good enough.

00:50:06.380 --> 00:50:07.320
 I'm not good enough

00:50:07.320 --> 00:50:08.059
 to be a believer.

00:50:08.059 --> 00:50:13.739
 And the list

00:50:13.739 --> 00:50:14.420
 can go on.

00:50:16.380 --> 00:50:16.900
 Every

00:50:16.900 --> 00:50:17.779
 generation

00:50:17.779 --> 00:50:18.900
 every congregation

00:50:18.900 --> 00:50:21.239
 will have

00:50:21.239 --> 00:50:22.279
 some people

00:50:22.279 --> 00:50:22.659
 who are

00:50:22.659 --> 00:50:23.619
 experts

00:50:23.619 --> 00:50:25.639
 in giving

00:50:25.639 --> 00:50:26.159
 reason

00:50:26.159 --> 00:50:27.199
 after reason

00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:30.239
 for disbelief.

00:50:30.239 --> 00:50:30.299
 unbelief.

00:50:32.179 --> 00:50:32.879
 And Jesus

00:50:32.879 --> 00:50:33.919
 saw it back then

00:50:33.919 --> 00:50:34.599
 and he called

00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:35.259
 them out on it

00:50:35.259 --> 00:50:38.599
 and he sees

00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:39.319
 it still today.

00:50:42.359 --> 00:50:43.179
 And I wonder

00:50:43.179 --> 00:50:43.899
 does he see

00:50:43.899 --> 00:50:44.679
 any

00:50:44.679 --> 00:50:45.659
 of that

00:50:45.659 --> 00:50:46.699
 in you

00:50:46.699 --> 00:50:48.859
 or in me?

00:50:53.359 --> 00:50:53.879
 Disbelief

00:50:53.879 --> 00:50:54.299
 is a

00:50:54.299 --> 00:50:55.779
 serious thing.

00:50:55.780 --> 00:50:56.420
 unbelief

00:50:56.420 --> 00:50:58.420
 is a

00:50:58.420 --> 00:50:58.740
 serious

00:50:58.740 --> 00:50:59.140
 thing

00:50:59.140 --> 00:51:02.360
 because

00:51:02.360 --> 00:51:03.660
 it leads

00:51:03.660 --> 00:51:04.220
 to eternal

00:51:04.220 --> 00:51:04.700
 death

00:51:04.700 --> 00:51:07.860
 and Jesus

00:51:07.860 --> 00:51:08.280
 will make

00:51:08.280 --> 00:51:08.820
 that crystal

00:51:08.820 --> 00:51:09.380
 clear in the

00:51:09.380 --> 00:51:09.980
 next section.

00:51:11.400 --> 00:51:12.060
 That's the

00:51:12.060 --> 00:51:12.800
 bad news.

00:51:15.620 --> 00:51:16.420
 But the

00:51:16.420 --> 00:51:17.100
 good news

00:51:17.100 --> 00:51:19.320
 is that

00:51:19.320 --> 00:51:19.700
 whoever

00:51:19.700 --> 00:51:20.480
 believes

00:51:20.480 --> 00:51:22.840
 in Jesus

00:51:22.840 --> 00:51:24.500
 John 3

00:51:24.500 --> 00:51:24.900
 16

00:51:24.900 --> 00:51:27.019
 shall

00:51:27.019 --> 00:51:27.680
 not

00:51:27.680 --> 00:51:28.440
 perish

00:51:28.440 --> 00:51:29.980
 but

00:51:29.980 --> 00:51:30.280
 shall

00:51:30.280 --> 00:51:30.900
 have

00:51:30.900 --> 00:51:31.820
 eternal

00:51:31.820 --> 00:51:32.559
 life.

00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:36.360
 What do

00:51:36.360 --> 00:51:36.660
 we come

00:51:36.660 --> 00:51:36.960
 to the

00:51:36.960 --> 00:51:37.220
 table

00:51:37.220 --> 00:51:37.800
 to say?

00:51:39.559 --> 00:51:40.500
 We come

00:51:40.500 --> 00:51:41.059
 to the

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:41.360
 table

00:51:41.360 --> 00:51:42.200
 to say

00:51:42.200 --> 00:51:43.039
 that we

00:51:43.039 --> 00:51:44.139
 believe

00:51:44.139 --> 00:51:45.280
 in Jesus.

00:51:46.980 --> 00:51:47.780
 We're not

00:51:47.780 --> 00:51:48.200
 coming to

00:51:48.200 --> 00:51:48.660
 speak about

00:51:48.660 --> 00:51:49.220
 ourselves.

00:51:50.559 --> 00:51:51.360
 We're not

00:51:51.360 --> 00:51:52.039
 coming because

00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:52.900
 of the

00:51:52.900 --> 00:51:54.220
 feelings

00:51:54.219 --> 00:51:54.659
 that we

00:51:54.659 --> 00:51:55.099
 have.

00:51:56.239 --> 00:51:56.839
 We're not

00:51:56.839 --> 00:51:57.619
 coming because

00:51:57.619 --> 00:51:58.159
 we've reached

00:51:58.159 --> 00:51:58.980
 a certain

00:51:58.980 --> 00:51:59.799
 level of

00:51:59.799 --> 00:52:00.519
 intellectual

00:52:00.519 --> 00:52:01.739
 stature.

00:52:04.679 --> 00:52:05.759
 We come

00:52:05.759 --> 00:52:06.500
 in that

00:52:06.500 --> 00:52:06.959
 simple

00:52:06.959 --> 00:52:07.799
 childlike

00:52:07.799 --> 00:52:08.179
 way

00:52:08.179 --> 00:52:09.839
 to say

00:52:09.839 --> 00:52:10.079
 that we

00:52:10.079 --> 00:52:10.759
 believe

00:52:10.759 --> 00:52:11.719
 in Jesus.

00:52:13.199 --> 00:52:14.279
 That he is

00:52:14.279 --> 00:52:14.599
 our

00:52:14.599 --> 00:52:15.039
 savior.

00:52:15.419 --> 00:52:15.899
 That he is

00:52:15.899 --> 00:52:16.399
 our

00:52:16.399 --> 00:52:16.839
 Lord.

00:52:17.959 --> 00:52:19.000
 That we are

00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:19.439
 trusting

00:52:19.439 --> 00:52:20.699
 in his

00:52:20.699 --> 00:52:21.339
 finished

00:52:21.339 --> 00:52:21.679
 work.

00:52:21.679 --> 00:52:22.139
 that we

00:52:22.139 --> 00:52:22.259
 are

00:52:22.259 --> 00:52:22.839
 remembering

00:52:22.839 --> 00:52:23.399
 him.

00:52:27.699 --> 00:52:28.259
 Doubt

00:52:28.259 --> 00:52:30.299
 that has

00:52:30.299 --> 00:52:30.859
 overcome

00:52:30.859 --> 00:52:31.719
 disbelief

00:52:31.719 --> 00:52:32.919
 that Jesus

00:52:32.919 --> 00:52:33.619
 identifies

00:52:33.619 --> 00:52:35.000
 and calls

00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:35.359
 out.

00:52:35.819 --> 00:52:36.399
 The third

00:52:36.399 --> 00:52:37.059
 response that

00:52:37.059 --> 00:52:37.379
 we see

00:52:37.379 --> 00:52:37.940
 here is to

00:52:37.940 --> 00:52:38.359
 dismiss

00:52:38.359 --> 00:52:38.859
 Jesus.

00:52:40.940 --> 00:52:41.419
 And we

00:52:41.419 --> 00:52:41.919
 see that

00:52:41.919 --> 00:52:42.940
 in verse

00:52:42.940 --> 00:52:44.480
 20 down

00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:44.879
 to verse

00:52:44.879 --> 00:52:45.480
 24.

00:52:45.480 --> 00:52:47.019
 Jesus

00:52:47.019 --> 00:52:47.619
 addresses

00:52:47.619 --> 00:52:48.960
 cities that

00:52:48.960 --> 00:52:49.199
 were

00:52:49.199 --> 00:52:50.400
 unrepentant,

00:52:50.519 --> 00:52:51.019
 cities that

00:52:51.019 --> 00:52:51.719
 had dismissed

00:52:51.719 --> 00:52:51.980
 them.

00:52:52.840 --> 00:52:53.240
 Then he

00:52:53.240 --> 00:52:53.800
 began to

00:52:53.800 --> 00:52:54.400
 denounce the

00:52:54.400 --> 00:52:54.900
 cities where

00:52:54.900 --> 00:52:55.460
 most of his

00:52:55.460 --> 00:52:56.099
 mighty works

00:52:56.099 --> 00:52:56.400
 had been

00:52:56.400 --> 00:52:56.760
 done,

00:52:56.960 --> 00:52:57.559
 because they

00:52:57.559 --> 00:52:58.039
 did not

00:52:58.039 --> 00:52:58.619
 repent.

00:52:59.280 --> 00:52:59.659
 Woe to

00:52:59.659 --> 00:52:59.880
 you,

00:52:59.980 --> 00:53:00.400
 Chorazin.

00:53:00.420 --> 00:53:00.699
 This is

00:53:00.699 --> 00:53:01.320
 verse 21.

00:53:01.539 --> 00:53:01.920
 Woe to

00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:02.079
 you,

00:53:02.159 --> 00:53:02.659
 Bethsaida,

00:53:03.139 --> 00:53:03.579
 for if the

00:53:03.579 --> 00:53:04.219
 mighty works

00:53:04.219 --> 00:53:04.820
 done in you

00:53:04.820 --> 00:53:05.159
 had been

00:53:05.159 --> 00:53:05.740
 done in Tyre

00:53:05.740 --> 00:53:06.219
 and Sidon,

00:53:06.320 --> 00:53:06.820
 they would

00:53:06.820 --> 00:53:07.480
 have repented

00:53:07.480 --> 00:53:08.280
 long ago

00:53:08.280 --> 00:53:09.000
 in sackcloth

00:53:09.000 --> 00:53:09.480
 and ashes.

00:53:09.480 --> 00:53:10.400
 But I tell

00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:10.780
 you it would

00:53:10.780 --> 00:53:11.099
 be more

00:53:11.099 --> 00:53:12.039
 bearable in

00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:12.440
 the day of

00:53:12.440 --> 00:53:13.079
 judgment for

00:53:13.079 --> 00:53:13.639
 Tyre and

00:53:13.639 --> 00:53:14.139
 Sidon than

00:53:14.139 --> 00:53:14.599
 for you.

00:53:14.599 --> 00:53:16.460
 And so

00:53:16.460 --> 00:53:17.059
 the words

00:53:17.059 --> 00:53:17.599
 go on.

00:53:20.059 --> 00:53:20.819
 And I

00:53:20.819 --> 00:53:22.019
 think that

00:53:22.019 --> 00:53:22.920
 these words

00:53:22.920 --> 00:53:23.420
 that Jesus

00:53:23.420 --> 00:53:25.420
 speaks in

00:53:25.420 --> 00:53:26.539
 this section

00:53:26.539 --> 00:53:28.000
 are some of

00:53:28.000 --> 00:53:28.559
 the strongest

00:53:28.559 --> 00:53:29.360
 words that

00:53:29.360 --> 00:53:29.819
 are recorded

00:53:29.819 --> 00:53:30.980
 anywhere in

00:53:30.980 --> 00:53:31.519
 the Bible

00:53:31.519 --> 00:53:32.199
 that we

00:53:32.199 --> 00:53:32.679
 hear Jesus

00:53:32.679 --> 00:53:33.119
 speak.

00:53:34.440 --> 00:53:35.339
 He speaks

00:53:35.339 --> 00:53:35.900
 words of

00:53:35.900 --> 00:53:36.299
 woe,

00:53:36.599 --> 00:53:37.019
 he speaks

00:53:37.019 --> 00:53:37.619
 words of

00:53:37.619 --> 00:53:38.400
 judgment,

00:53:38.839 --> 00:53:39.339
 he speaks

00:53:39.339 --> 00:53:40.079
 words that

00:53:40.079 --> 00:53:41.219
 warn of

00:53:41.219 --> 00:53:41.799
 being brought

00:53:41.799 --> 00:53:42.360
 down to

00:53:42.360 --> 00:53:42.759
 Hades,

00:53:43.000 --> 00:53:43.420
 brought down

00:53:43.420 --> 00:53:43.880
 to hell.

00:53:44.599 --> 00:53:48.880
 Jesus talks

00:53:48.880 --> 00:53:49.679
 about

00:53:49.679 --> 00:53:50.199
 Sodom

00:53:50.199 --> 00:53:52.679
 in verse

00:53:52.679 --> 00:53:53.799
 23.

00:53:56.099 --> 00:53:57.039
 And we're

00:53:57.039 --> 00:53:57.440
 not going

00:53:57.440 --> 00:53:57.960
 there tonight

00:53:57.960 --> 00:53:58.559
 but you can

00:53:58.559 --> 00:53:59.460
 take a tour

00:53:59.460 --> 00:53:59.940
 back to

00:53:59.940 --> 00:54:01.239
 Genesis 19

00:54:01.239 --> 00:54:02.199
 in your own

00:54:02.199 --> 00:54:03.960
 time and

00:54:03.960 --> 00:54:04.380
 see the

00:54:04.380 --> 00:54:05.619
 darkness and

00:54:05.619 --> 00:54:06.400
 the immorality

00:54:06.400 --> 00:54:07.519
 of that

00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:08.699
 place Sodom

00:54:08.699 --> 00:54:09.960
 and we can

00:54:09.960 --> 00:54:10.279
 read about

00:54:10.279 --> 00:54:10.900
 the judgment

00:54:10.900 --> 00:54:12.000
 of God

00:54:12.000 --> 00:54:12.559
 that fell

00:54:12.559 --> 00:54:13.420
 upon that

00:54:13.420 --> 00:54:13.880
 city.

00:54:14.200 --> 00:54:14.599
 And yet

00:54:14.599 --> 00:54:15.960
 alarmingly

00:54:15.960 --> 00:54:17.220
 Jesus says

00:54:17.220 --> 00:54:17.720
 in verse

00:54:17.720 --> 00:54:18.440
 24,

00:54:19.440 --> 00:54:19.760
 it will be

00:54:19.760 --> 00:54:20.860
 more tolerable

00:54:20.860 --> 00:54:21.599
 on the

00:54:21.599 --> 00:54:21.920
 day of

00:54:21.920 --> 00:54:22.360
 judgment

00:54:22.360 --> 00:54:23.200
 for the

00:54:23.200 --> 00:54:23.680
 land of

00:54:23.680 --> 00:54:24.139
 Sodom

00:54:24.139 --> 00:54:25.900
 than for

00:54:25.900 --> 00:54:26.320
 you,

00:54:26.820 --> 00:54:27.360
 Capernaum.

00:54:29.500 --> 00:54:30.280
 And for

00:54:30.280 --> 00:54:30.980
 Chorazin

00:54:30.980 --> 00:54:32.740
 and Bethsaida,

00:54:32.739 --> 00:54:34.979
 Jesus warns

00:54:34.979 --> 00:54:35.339
 them of

00:54:35.339 --> 00:54:37.959
 incoming woe,

00:54:38.779 --> 00:54:39.939
 literally grief.

00:54:42.539 --> 00:54:43.639
 So we have

00:54:43.639 --> 00:54:44.079
 to ask the

00:54:44.079 --> 00:54:44.500
 question,

00:54:44.959 --> 00:54:45.899
 what did

00:54:45.899 --> 00:54:46.459
 these cities

00:54:46.459 --> 00:54:46.839
 do?

00:54:49.179 --> 00:54:49.899
 What is it

00:54:49.899 --> 00:54:50.819
 that Chorazin

00:54:50.819 --> 00:54:52.059
 and Bethsaida

00:54:52.059 --> 00:54:53.559
 and Capernaum

00:54:53.559 --> 00:54:55.539
 did that

00:54:55.539 --> 00:54:56.699
 prompted such

00:54:56.699 --> 00:54:57.519
 serious

00:54:57.519 --> 00:54:59.440
 words

00:54:59.440 --> 00:55:00.460
 from Jesus?

00:55:03.159 --> 00:55:03.860
 How did

00:55:03.860 --> 00:55:04.500
 they respond

00:55:04.500 --> 00:55:05.199
 to Jesus

00:55:05.199 --> 00:55:06.320
 that caused

00:55:06.320 --> 00:55:06.900
 Jesus to

00:55:06.900 --> 00:55:07.340
 speak to

00:55:07.340 --> 00:55:07.679
 them in

00:55:07.679 --> 00:55:08.840
 such terms?

00:55:09.380 --> 00:55:10.360
 And the

00:55:10.360 --> 00:55:10.840
 answer to

00:55:10.840 --> 00:55:11.559
 that question

00:55:11.559 --> 00:55:12.619
 is their

00:55:12.619 --> 00:55:13.800
 response to

00:55:13.800 --> 00:55:14.039
 Jesus,

00:55:14.139 --> 00:55:14.519
 what they

00:55:14.519 --> 00:55:15.860
 did in

00:55:15.860 --> 00:55:16.259
 terms of

00:55:16.259 --> 00:55:16.900
 responding to

00:55:16.900 --> 00:55:17.619
 Jesus is

00:55:17.619 --> 00:55:17.920
 they did

00:55:17.920 --> 00:55:18.239
 nothing.

00:55:24.239 --> 00:55:24.940
 They

00:55:24.940 --> 00:55:25.380
 dismissed

00:55:25.380 --> 00:55:25.880
 Jesus.

00:55:27.519 --> 00:55:30.679
 they just

00:55:30.679 --> 00:55:31.019
 ignored

00:55:31.019 --> 00:55:31.280
 him.

00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:34.920
 Jesus

00:55:34.920 --> 00:55:36.159
 performed

00:55:36.159 --> 00:55:37.460
 mighty

00:55:37.460 --> 00:55:38.099
 works

00:55:38.099 --> 00:55:39.380
 in these

00:55:39.380 --> 00:55:39.840
 cities

00:55:39.840 --> 00:55:42.199
 and he

00:55:42.199 --> 00:55:42.900
 preached

00:55:42.900 --> 00:55:44.039
 the most

00:55:44.039 --> 00:55:44.500
 amazing

00:55:44.500 --> 00:55:45.039
 sermons

00:55:45.039 --> 00:55:45.679
 that have

00:55:45.679 --> 00:55:46.119
 ever been

00:55:46.119 --> 00:55:46.539
 preached

00:55:46.539 --> 00:55:47.940
 and he

00:55:47.940 --> 00:55:48.599
 pled with

00:55:48.599 --> 00:55:48.900
 them

00:55:48.900 --> 00:55:50.780
 to repent

00:55:50.780 --> 00:55:54.599
 and yet

00:55:54.599 --> 00:55:54.920
 they would

00:55:54.920 --> 00:55:55.519
 not repent

00:55:55.519 --> 00:55:58.579
 they walked

00:55:58.579 --> 00:55:58.900
 out the

00:55:58.900 --> 00:55:59.179
 door

00:55:59.179 --> 00:56:02.559
 unrepentant

00:56:02.559 --> 00:56:03.440
 unmoved

00:56:03.440 --> 00:56:06.059
 they'd

00:56:06.059 --> 00:56:06.599
 heard the

00:56:06.599 --> 00:56:07.019
 gospel

00:56:07.019 --> 00:56:07.500
 plea

00:56:07.500 --> 00:56:09.860
 they'd

00:56:09.860 --> 00:56:10.300
 heard the

00:56:10.300 --> 00:56:10.739
 voice of

00:56:10.739 --> 00:56:10.900
 the

00:56:10.900 --> 00:56:11.360
 saviour

00:56:11.360 --> 00:56:15.480
 and they

00:56:15.480 --> 00:56:15.780
 looked at

00:56:15.780 --> 00:56:16.259
 their watches

00:56:16.259 --> 00:56:18.039
 and they

00:56:18.039 --> 00:56:18.699
 headed home

00:56:18.699 --> 00:56:20.500
 and they

00:56:20.500 --> 00:56:20.639
 did

00:56:20.639 --> 00:56:20.960
 nothing.

00:56:24.339 --> 00:56:25.079
 And Jesus

00:56:25.079 --> 00:56:26.119
 mentions Tyre

00:56:26.119 --> 00:56:27.359
 and Sidon.

00:56:29.219 --> 00:56:29.819
 Now the

00:56:29.819 --> 00:56:30.299
 people in

00:56:30.299 --> 00:56:30.879
 Chorazin

00:56:30.879 --> 00:56:31.980
 and Bethsaida

00:56:31.980 --> 00:56:33.199
 and Capernaum

00:56:33.199 --> 00:56:34.659
 they would

00:56:34.659 --> 00:56:34.980
 have looked

00:56:34.980 --> 00:56:35.439
 down their

00:56:35.439 --> 00:56:36.000
 noses

00:56:36.000 --> 00:56:37.980
 at Tyre

00:56:37.980 --> 00:56:38.859
 and Sidon

00:56:38.859 --> 00:56:40.259
 because they

00:56:40.259 --> 00:56:41.039
 were Gentiles.

00:56:42.439 --> 00:56:43.439
 They were

00:56:43.439 --> 00:56:44.359
 non-Jews.

00:56:44.759 --> 00:56:45.460
 They hadn't

00:56:45.460 --> 00:56:46.099
 had the

00:56:46.099 --> 00:56:46.399
 kind of

00:56:46.399 --> 00:56:46.899
 background

00:56:46.900 --> 00:56:47.240
 and the

00:56:47.240 --> 00:56:47.619
 upbringing

00:56:47.619 --> 00:56:48.760
 that these

00:56:48.760 --> 00:56:49.340
 cities had

00:56:49.340 --> 00:56:49.720
 had.

00:56:51.940 --> 00:56:52.700
 But Jesus

00:56:52.700 --> 00:56:55.260
 says if

00:56:55.260 --> 00:56:56.220
 they in

00:56:56.220 --> 00:56:56.780
 Tyre and

00:56:56.780 --> 00:56:57.280
 Sidon

00:56:57.280 --> 00:56:59.720
 had seen

00:56:59.720 --> 00:57:00.380
 and heard

00:57:00.380 --> 00:57:01.599
 what you've

00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:01.980
 seen and

00:57:01.980 --> 00:57:02.360
 heard

00:57:02.360 --> 00:57:05.000
 they would

00:57:05.000 --> 00:57:05.360
 have taken

00:57:05.360 --> 00:57:05.920
 notice.

00:57:07.860 --> 00:57:08.720
 They would

00:57:08.720 --> 00:57:09.380
 have repented

00:57:09.380 --> 00:57:10.860
 but not

00:57:10.860 --> 00:57:11.079
 you.

00:57:11.079 --> 00:57:16.719
 there were

00:57:16.719 --> 00:57:17.699
 so many

00:57:17.699 --> 00:57:19.719
 in these

00:57:19.719 --> 00:57:20.279
 privileged

00:57:20.279 --> 00:57:20.960
 cities

00:57:20.960 --> 00:57:22.539
 who

00:57:22.539 --> 00:57:23.059
 ignored

00:57:23.059 --> 00:57:23.699
 Jesus.

00:57:26.179 --> 00:57:27.099
 They

00:57:27.099 --> 00:57:27.599
 rejected

00:57:27.599 --> 00:57:28.199
 Jesus.

00:57:28.579 --> 00:57:29.059
 Not with

00:57:29.059 --> 00:57:29.460
 any kind

00:57:29.460 --> 00:57:30.139
 of violence.

00:57:31.199 --> 00:57:31.599
 There was

00:57:31.599 --> 00:57:32.259
 no heat

00:57:32.259 --> 00:57:33.840
 and violence

00:57:33.840 --> 00:57:34.360
 in their

00:57:34.360 --> 00:57:35.319
 rejection.

00:57:36.759 --> 00:57:37.960
 They just

00:57:37.960 --> 00:57:38.259
 seemed to

00:57:38.259 --> 00:57:38.559
 be too

00:57:38.559 --> 00:57:38.840
 busy.

00:57:38.840 --> 00:57:42.400
 that they

00:57:42.400 --> 00:57:42.720
 weren't

00:57:42.720 --> 00:57:43.280
 that

00:57:43.280 --> 00:57:43.740
 interested.

00:57:47.660 --> 00:57:48.420
 Their

00:57:48.420 --> 00:57:48.900
 lives were

00:57:48.900 --> 00:57:49.680
 cluttered.

00:57:50.800 --> 00:57:51.340
 Lots of

00:57:51.340 --> 00:57:51.920
 conflicting

00:57:51.920 --> 00:57:52.960
 priorities.

00:57:56.180 --> 00:57:57.140
 So they

00:57:57.140 --> 00:57:57.579
 dismissed

00:57:57.579 --> 00:57:58.059
 Jesus

00:57:58.059 --> 00:58:01.079
 and his

00:58:01.079 --> 00:58:01.519
 gospel.

00:58:01.519 --> 00:58:04.500
 and to

00:58:04.500 --> 00:58:04.920
 treat

00:58:04.920 --> 00:58:05.860
 Jesus

00:58:05.860 --> 00:58:06.820
 that way

00:58:06.820 --> 00:58:09.320
 causes

00:58:09.320 --> 00:58:09.780
 woe.

00:58:12.380 --> 00:58:13.019
 Jesus

00:58:13.019 --> 00:58:13.420
 teaches

00:58:13.420 --> 00:58:13.840
 us

00:58:13.840 --> 00:58:14.980
 that to

00:58:14.980 --> 00:58:15.300
 treat

00:58:15.300 --> 00:58:15.659
 Jesus

00:58:15.659 --> 00:58:16.199
 that way

00:58:16.199 --> 00:58:16.639
 by

00:58:16.639 --> 00:58:17.659
 dismissing

00:58:17.659 --> 00:58:17.900
 him

00:58:17.900 --> 00:58:20.940
 it

00:58:20.940 --> 00:58:21.199
 leads

00:58:21.199 --> 00:58:21.420
 down

00:58:21.420 --> 00:58:21.619
 to

00:58:21.619 --> 00:58:21.900
 hell.

00:58:21.900 --> 00:58:29.160
 Charles

00:58:29.160 --> 00:58:29.599
 Price

00:58:29.599 --> 00:58:31.680
 says

00:58:31.680 --> 00:58:31.840
 the

00:58:31.840 --> 00:58:32.180
 more

00:58:32.180 --> 00:58:32.579
 we

00:58:32.579 --> 00:58:32.920
 know

00:58:32.920 --> 00:58:33.619
 of

00:58:33.619 --> 00:58:34.119
 Christ

00:58:34.119 --> 00:58:36.340
 the

00:58:36.340 --> 00:58:36.740
 more

00:58:36.740 --> 00:58:37.880
 responsible

00:58:37.880 --> 00:58:38.480
 we

00:58:38.480 --> 00:58:38.940
 become.

00:58:44.260 --> 00:58:45.320
 So how

00:58:45.320 --> 00:58:45.700
 much do

00:58:45.700 --> 00:58:46.099
 we know

00:58:46.099 --> 00:58:47.700
 of

00:58:47.700 --> 00:58:48.160
 Jesus?

00:58:48.160 --> 00:58:48.240
 Jesus

00:58:48.239 --> 00:58:53.279
 well we

00:58:53.279 --> 00:58:53.619
 know

00:58:53.619 --> 00:58:54.679
 significantly

00:58:54.679 --> 00:58:55.239
 more

00:58:55.239 --> 00:58:57.259
 than

00:58:57.259 --> 00:58:58.019
 Chorazin

00:58:58.019 --> 00:58:59.519
 and

00:58:59.519 --> 00:59:00.219
 Bethsaida

00:59:00.219 --> 00:59:01.839
 and

00:59:01.839 --> 00:59:02.459
 Capernaum

00:59:02.459 --> 00:59:02.719
 did

00:59:02.719 --> 00:59:05.979
 because we

00:59:05.979 --> 00:59:06.199
 have a

00:59:06.199 --> 00:59:06.319
 New

00:59:06.319 --> 00:59:06.739
 Testament

00:59:06.739 --> 00:59:08.679
 and they

00:59:08.679 --> 00:59:09.099
 didn't.

00:59:12.599 --> 00:59:13.399
 And we

00:59:13.399 --> 00:59:13.779
 know about

00:59:13.779 --> 00:59:14.359
 the cross.

00:59:14.360 --> 00:59:16.760
 we

00:59:16.760 --> 00:59:17.680
 remember

00:59:17.680 --> 00:59:18.820
 that

00:59:18.820 --> 00:59:19.140
 Jesus

00:59:19.140 --> 00:59:19.860
 went to

00:59:19.860 --> 00:59:20.360
 the cross

00:59:20.360 --> 00:59:21.000
 to die

00:59:21.000 --> 00:59:21.820
 to pay

00:59:21.820 --> 00:59:22.599
 for our

00:59:22.599 --> 00:59:23.079
 sin

00:59:23.079 --> 00:59:24.120
 and they

00:59:24.120 --> 00:59:24.680
 didn't have

00:59:24.680 --> 00:59:25.360
 that knowledge.

00:59:28.120 --> 00:59:28.760
 They

00:59:28.760 --> 00:59:29.200
 couldn't yet

00:59:29.200 --> 00:59:29.720
 see that.

00:59:33.059 --> 00:59:33.820
 We know

00:59:33.820 --> 00:59:34.140
 about the

00:59:34.140 --> 00:59:34.640
 resurrection.

00:59:37.140 --> 00:59:37.900
 Of course

00:59:37.900 --> 00:59:38.800
 they didn't.

00:59:41.579 --> 00:59:42.340
 And we

00:59:42.340 --> 00:59:42.780
 have had

00:59:42.780 --> 00:59:43.539
 generations

00:59:43.539 --> 00:59:45.900
 of our

00:59:45.900 --> 00:59:46.639
 forefathers

00:59:46.639 --> 00:59:47.619
 teaching us

00:59:47.619 --> 00:59:48.460
 the good

00:59:48.460 --> 00:59:48.900
 news

00:59:48.900 --> 00:59:49.199
 about

00:59:49.199 --> 00:59:49.539
 Jesus.

00:59:53.400 --> 00:59:53.960
 We

00:59:53.960 --> 00:59:54.219
 have

00:59:54.219 --> 00:59:55.360
 enjoyed

00:59:55.360 --> 00:59:57.840
 great

00:59:57.840 --> 00:59:58.460
 privilege.

01:00:00.139 --> 01:00:00.679
 The

01:00:00.679 --> 01:00:00.960
 vast

01:00:00.960 --> 01:00:01.380
 majority

01:00:01.380 --> 01:00:01.840
 of us

01:00:01.840 --> 01:00:02.039
 although

01:00:02.039 --> 01:00:02.619
 I don't

01:00:02.619 --> 01:00:03.079
 know many

01:00:03.079 --> 01:00:03.420
 of you

01:00:03.420 --> 01:00:04.079
 the vast

01:00:04.079 --> 01:00:04.460
 majority

01:00:04.460 --> 01:00:04.940
 of us

01:00:04.940 --> 01:00:05.139
 here

01:00:05.139 --> 01:00:05.880
 I assume

01:00:05.880 --> 01:00:08.679
 we have

01:00:08.679 --> 01:00:09.059
 known

01:00:09.059 --> 01:00:09.460
 great

01:00:09.460 --> 01:00:10.079
 privilege.

01:00:10.079 --> 01:00:10.179
 privilege.

01:00:15.619 --> 01:00:16.579
 So let

01:00:16.579 --> 01:00:16.719
 me

01:00:16.719 --> 01:00:17.440
 leave the

01:00:17.440 --> 01:00:17.940
 application

01:00:17.940 --> 01:00:18.440
 with one

01:00:18.440 --> 01:00:18.639
 of the

01:00:18.639 --> 01:00:19.380
 commentators

01:00:19.380 --> 01:00:20.779
 leg.

01:00:21.940 --> 01:00:22.440
 He

01:00:22.440 --> 01:00:23.019
 says this

01:00:23.019 --> 01:00:23.319
 great

01:00:23.319 --> 01:00:23.960
 privilege

01:00:23.960 --> 01:00:25.340
 brings

01:00:25.340 --> 01:00:25.819
 great

01:00:25.819 --> 01:00:27.159
 responsibility.

01:00:28.619 --> 01:00:29.679
 Hearing the

01:00:29.679 --> 01:00:30.099
 gospel

01:00:30.099 --> 01:00:30.659
 week in

01:00:30.659 --> 01:00:31.299
 week out

01:00:31.299 --> 01:00:32.659
 knowing

01:00:32.659 --> 01:00:33.119
 the word

01:00:33.119 --> 01:00:33.759
 of God

01:00:33.759 --> 01:00:34.920
 being taught

01:00:34.920 --> 01:00:35.420
 the truth

01:00:35.420 --> 01:00:35.779
 from my

01:00:35.779 --> 01:00:36.159
 youth

01:00:36.159 --> 01:00:37.399
 or hearing

01:00:37.399 --> 01:00:38.039
 it regularly

01:00:38.039 --> 01:00:38.779
 in church

01:00:38.779 --> 01:00:39.679
 these are

01:00:39.679 --> 01:00:40.000
 great

01:00:40.000 --> 01:00:40.619
 privileges

01:00:40.619 --> 01:00:42.679
 but salvation

01:00:42.679 --> 01:00:43.440
 cannot be

01:00:43.440 --> 01:00:43.940
 taken for

01:00:43.940 --> 01:00:44.359
 granted.

01:00:46.299 --> 01:00:46.899
 Here is a

01:00:46.899 --> 01:00:47.659
 warning says

01:00:47.659 --> 01:00:49.259
 leg to

01:00:49.259 --> 01:00:50.460
 children brought

01:00:50.460 --> 01:00:50.859
 up in

01:00:50.859 --> 01:00:51.519
 Christian

01:00:51.519 --> 01:00:53.139
 homes to

01:00:53.139 --> 01:00:53.539
 those who

01:00:53.539 --> 01:00:54.539
 attend church

01:00:54.539 --> 01:00:55.480
 and who are

01:00:55.480 --> 01:00:56.159
 members of the

01:00:56.159 --> 01:00:56.599
 congregation

01:00:56.599 --> 01:00:57.859
 they must not

01:00:57.859 --> 01:00:58.719
 despise their

01:00:58.719 --> 01:01:00.219
 privileges but

01:01:00.219 --> 01:01:01.319
 must make sure

01:01:01.319 --> 01:01:02.679
 that they respond

01:01:02.679 --> 01:01:03.619
 in repentance

01:01:03.619 --> 01:01:05.239
 and faith.

01:01:07.380 --> 01:01:07.759
 Otherwise

01:01:07.759 --> 01:01:09.299
 there will

01:01:09.299 --> 01:01:10.039
 simply be a

01:01:10.039 --> 01:01:11.420
 greater and

01:01:11.420 --> 01:01:12.900
 more unbearable

01:01:12.900 --> 01:01:14.500
 punishment on

01:01:14.500 --> 01:01:15.739
 the day of

01:01:15.739 --> 01:01:16.420
 judgment.

01:01:24.420 --> 01:01:25.719
 Let none of

01:01:25.719 --> 01:01:27.940
 us this

01:01:27.940 --> 01:01:28.519
 evening walk

01:01:28.519 --> 01:01:28.819
 out the

01:01:28.819 --> 01:01:31.619
 door dismissing

01:01:31.619 --> 01:01:32.759
 Jesus.

01:01:34.699 --> 01:01:36.099
 Too busy.

01:01:37.440 --> 01:01:38.139
 Too

01:01:38.139 --> 01:01:38.779
 distracted.

01:01:40.279 --> 01:01:41.619
 Too much

01:01:41.619 --> 01:01:42.299
 going on.

01:01:45.559 --> 01:01:46.539
 Let none

01:01:46.539 --> 01:01:47.179
 of us

01:01:47.179 --> 01:01:49.219
 follow the

01:01:49.219 --> 01:01:51.299
 example of

01:01:51.299 --> 01:01:53.039
 these cities

01:01:53.039 --> 01:01:53.579
 that Jesus

01:01:53.579 --> 01:01:54.279
 warned

01:01:54.279 --> 01:01:57.119
 who heard

01:01:57.119 --> 01:01:57.759
 the gospel

01:01:57.759 --> 01:02:00.719
 who experienced

01:02:00.719 --> 01:02:01.779
 great privileges

01:02:01.779 --> 01:02:04.599
 but failed

01:02:04.599 --> 01:02:05.259
 to repent

01:02:05.259 --> 01:02:07.239
 and to

01:02:07.239 --> 01:02:07.659
 believe.

01:02:09.139 --> 01:02:09.719
 Maybe

01:02:09.719 --> 01:02:10.000
 there is

01:02:10.000 --> 01:02:10.579
 someone here

01:02:10.579 --> 01:02:13.239
 who knows

01:02:13.239 --> 01:02:13.919
 so much

01:02:13.919 --> 01:02:16.599
 who sat

01:02:16.599 --> 01:02:16.879
 in the

01:02:16.879 --> 01:02:17.439
 pews for

01:02:17.439 --> 01:02:18.359
 year after

01:02:18.359 --> 01:02:18.879
 year

01:02:18.879 --> 01:02:20.019
 who has

01:02:20.019 --> 01:02:20.439
 been through

01:02:20.439 --> 01:02:20.779
 Sunday

01:02:20.779 --> 01:02:21.239
 school and

01:02:21.239 --> 01:02:22.199
 YF and

01:02:22.199 --> 01:02:22.679
 all these

01:02:22.679 --> 01:02:23.259
 things but

01:02:23.259 --> 01:02:23.899
 hasn't yet

01:02:23.899 --> 01:02:24.459
 repented.

01:02:27.899 --> 01:02:28.539
 Don't

01:02:28.539 --> 01:02:29.079
 delay another

01:02:29.079 --> 01:02:29.599
 moment.

01:02:30.719 --> 01:02:31.519
 do not

01:02:31.519 --> 01:02:32.239
 dismiss

01:02:32.239 --> 01:02:33.059
 Jesus.

01:02:33.399 --> 01:02:33.959
 Repent.

01:02:36.319 --> 01:02:36.919
 Ask for

01:02:36.919 --> 01:02:37.399
 forgiveness.

01:02:39.579 --> 01:02:40.159
 Ask for

01:02:40.159 --> 01:02:40.639
 him to be

01:02:40.639 --> 01:02:42.219
 Savior and

01:02:42.219 --> 01:02:43.039
 Lord of

01:02:43.039 --> 01:02:43.559
 your life.

01:02:45.359 --> 01:02:45.719
 Everyone

01:02:45.719 --> 01:02:46.779
 who calls

01:02:46.779 --> 01:02:47.399
 on the

01:02:47.399 --> 01:02:48.099
 name of

01:02:48.099 --> 01:02:48.379
 the Lord

01:02:48.379 --> 01:02:48.699
 Jesus

01:02:48.699 --> 01:02:50.619
 will be

01:02:50.619 --> 01:02:50.980
 saved.

01:02:50.980 --> 01:02:55.719
 God

01:02:55.719 --> 01:02:55.900
 So we

01:02:55.900 --> 01:02:56.300
 see John

01:02:56.300 --> 01:02:56.780
 the Baptist

01:02:56.780 --> 01:02:58.340
 who

01:02:58.340 --> 01:02:58.760
 wrestles

01:02:58.760 --> 01:02:58.940
 with

01:02:58.940 --> 01:02:59.260
 doubts

01:02:59.260 --> 01:02:59.400
 and

01:02:59.400 --> 01:02:59.519
 they're

01:02:59.519 --> 01:02:59.980
 overcome.

01:03:01.699 --> 01:03:02.519
 We see

01:03:02.519 --> 01:03:03.000
 those that

01:03:03.000 --> 01:03:03.260
 Jesus

01:03:03.260 --> 01:03:04.440
 identifies

01:03:04.440 --> 01:03:05.820
 almost like

01:03:05.820 --> 01:03:06.159
 spoiled

01:03:06.159 --> 01:03:06.840
 children who

01:03:06.840 --> 01:03:07.340
 have every

01:03:07.340 --> 01:03:07.940
 reason not

01:03:07.940 --> 01:03:08.659
 to believe.

01:03:09.820 --> 01:03:10.119
 They're

01:03:10.119 --> 01:03:11.039
 disbelievers.

01:03:12.880 --> 01:03:13.099
 Jesus

01:03:13.099 --> 01:03:13.639
 challenges

01:03:13.639 --> 01:03:13.920
 them.

01:03:14.940 --> 01:03:15.619
 We see

01:03:15.619 --> 01:03:16.280
 cities who

01:03:16.280 --> 01:03:16.800
 are warned

01:03:16.800 --> 01:03:18.219
 of incoming

01:03:18.219 --> 01:03:18.800
 judgment

01:03:18.800 --> 01:03:20.460
 because of

01:03:20.460 --> 01:03:20.820
 the great

01:03:20.820 --> 01:03:21.820
 privileges that

01:03:21.820 --> 01:03:22.039
 they've

01:03:22.039 --> 01:03:22.840
 enjoyed and

01:03:22.840 --> 01:03:23.140
 yet they

01:03:23.140 --> 01:03:23.660
 dismiss

01:03:23.660 --> 01:03:24.060
 Jesus.

01:03:24.200 --> 01:03:24.280
 They're

01:03:24.280 --> 01:03:24.800
 too busy.

01:03:27.539 --> 01:03:28.220
 And the

01:03:28.220 --> 01:03:29.019
 final thing

01:03:29.019 --> 01:03:29.400
 we see

01:03:29.400 --> 01:03:31.160
 here is a

01:03:31.160 --> 01:03:31.780
 small group

01:03:31.780 --> 01:03:32.720
 of disciples

01:03:32.720 --> 01:03:35.440
 who are

01:03:35.440 --> 01:03:35.920
 devoted

01:03:35.920 --> 01:03:37.880
 to Jesus.

01:03:39.060 --> 01:03:39.380
 And just

01:03:39.380 --> 01:03:39.640
 as we

01:03:39.640 --> 01:03:40.019
 finish,

01:03:40.019 --> 01:03:44.099
 this is

01:03:44.099 --> 01:03:44.460
 what we're

01:03:44.460 --> 01:03:44.920
 taught

01:03:44.920 --> 01:03:46.239
 right running

01:03:46.239 --> 01:03:46.659
 through the

01:03:46.659 --> 01:03:47.079
 gospel.

01:03:48.280 --> 01:03:48.619
 This is

01:03:48.619 --> 01:03:49.000
 how we're

01:03:49.000 --> 01:03:49.320
 taught

01:03:49.320 --> 01:03:51.820
 how to

01:03:51.820 --> 01:03:52.400
 respond to

01:03:52.400 --> 01:03:52.800
 Jesus.

01:03:53.159 --> 01:03:53.599
 How are we

01:03:53.599 --> 01:03:54.039
 to respond

01:03:54.039 --> 01:03:54.480
 to Jesus?

01:03:54.840 --> 01:03:55.099
 We're to

01:03:55.099 --> 01:03:56.079
 respond to

01:03:56.079 --> 01:03:56.619
 Jesus

01:03:56.619 --> 01:03:59.699
 by devoting

01:03:59.699 --> 01:04:00.199
 our lives

01:04:00.199 --> 01:04:00.599
 to Him.

01:04:03.380 --> 01:04:03.940
 Not

01:04:03.940 --> 01:04:04.519
 dismissing

01:04:04.519 --> 01:04:04.699
 Him,

01:04:05.139 --> 01:04:05.739
 not doubting

01:04:05.739 --> 01:04:06.300
 His words,

01:04:06.599 --> 01:04:07.500
 not disbelieving,

01:04:07.500 --> 01:04:10.260
 but repenting

01:04:10.260 --> 01:04:11.099
 and believing

01:04:11.099 --> 01:04:12.539
 and devoting

01:04:12.539 --> 01:04:14.719
 our lives

01:04:14.719 --> 01:04:15.619
 to Him,

01:04:17.340 --> 01:04:18.300
 to the

01:04:18.300 --> 01:04:18.900
 one who

01:04:18.900 --> 01:04:19.460
 paid for

01:04:19.460 --> 01:04:20.260
 our salvation

01:04:20.260 --> 01:04:22.059
 with His

01:04:22.059 --> 01:04:22.559
 blood at

01:04:22.559 --> 01:04:23.039
 Calvary.

01:04:24.460 --> 01:04:25.219
 We are to

01:04:25.219 --> 01:04:25.980
 devote our

01:04:25.980 --> 01:04:26.400
 lives to

01:04:26.400 --> 01:04:26.539
 Him.

01:04:26.619 --> 01:04:27.019
 We see

01:04:27.019 --> 01:04:27.599
 at the

01:04:27.599 --> 01:04:28.059
 beginning of

01:04:28.059 --> 01:04:28.539
 the chapter

01:04:28.539 --> 01:04:29.400
 just a

01:04:29.400 --> 01:04:31.139
 small note.

01:04:32.059 --> 01:04:32.380
 At the

01:04:32.380 --> 01:04:32.800
 beginning of

01:04:32.800 --> 01:04:33.360
 this chapter

01:04:33.360 --> 01:04:34.039
 we see

01:04:34.039 --> 01:04:35.239
 the disciples

01:04:35.239 --> 01:04:37.619
 and we

01:04:37.619 --> 01:04:38.019
 can see

01:04:38.019 --> 01:04:38.299
 them in

01:04:38.299 --> 01:04:39.219
 our mind's

01:04:39.219 --> 01:04:39.500
 eye.

01:04:39.879 --> 01:04:40.219
 Jesus,

01:04:40.539 --> 01:04:40.979
 He's

01:04:40.979 --> 01:04:41.639
 instructing

01:04:41.639 --> 01:04:42.139
 these 12

01:04:42.139 --> 01:04:42.619
 disciples,

01:04:42.859 --> 01:04:43.239
 they're

01:04:43.239 --> 01:04:43.619
 gathered

01:04:43.619 --> 01:04:44.359
 around Him.

01:04:45.439 --> 01:04:45.799
 And what

01:04:45.799 --> 01:04:46.039
 were the

01:04:46.039 --> 01:04:46.539
 disciples

01:04:46.539 --> 01:04:47.099
 called to?

01:04:47.339 --> 01:04:47.619
 They were

01:04:47.619 --> 01:04:48.139
 called to

01:04:48.139 --> 01:04:49.239
 a life

01:04:49.239 --> 01:04:49.979
 of being

01:04:49.979 --> 01:04:50.319
 with

01:04:50.319 --> 01:04:50.899
 Jesus,

01:04:51.819 --> 01:04:54.019
 of being

01:04:54.019 --> 01:04:54.579
 instructed

01:04:54.579 --> 01:04:55.419
 by Jesus,

01:04:56.699 --> 01:04:58.159
 of being

01:04:58.159 --> 01:04:58.879
 devoted

01:04:58.879 --> 01:04:59.979
 to Jesus.

01:05:02.979 --> 01:05:03.859
 And that's

01:05:03.859 --> 01:05:04.099
 what we're

01:05:04.099 --> 01:05:04.559
 called to.

01:05:05.239 --> 01:05:08.059
 the gospel

01:05:08.059 --> 01:05:08.739
 went out

01:05:08.739 --> 01:05:12.599
 so that

01:05:12.599 --> 01:05:13.719
 all who

01:05:13.719 --> 01:05:14.799
 hear and

01:05:14.799 --> 01:05:15.379
 believe

01:05:15.379 --> 01:05:17.659
 will be

01:05:17.659 --> 01:05:18.399
 disciples,

01:05:19.219 --> 01:05:20.759
 those whose

01:05:20.759 --> 01:05:21.359
 lives are

01:05:21.359 --> 01:05:22.579
 devoted to

01:05:22.579 --> 01:05:23.059
 Jesus.

01:05:24.000 --> 01:05:24.299
 Mark

01:05:24.299 --> 01:05:24.939
 chapter 3

01:05:24.939 --> 01:05:26.179
 verse 14.

01:05:27.099 --> 01:05:27.459
 It's one of

01:05:27.459 --> 01:05:27.839
 my favorite

01:05:27.839 --> 01:05:28.359
 verses and

01:05:28.359 --> 01:05:28.719
 it's so

01:05:28.719 --> 01:05:29.159
 simple.

01:05:31.799 --> 01:05:32.039
 Jesus

01:05:32.039 --> 01:05:32.639
 appointed

01:05:32.639 --> 01:05:33.539
 12,

01:05:34.279 --> 01:05:34.699
 whom He

01:05:34.699 --> 01:05:35.519
 named also

01:05:35.519 --> 01:05:36.119
 apostles,

01:05:36.639 --> 01:05:37.139
 that they

01:05:37.139 --> 01:05:37.759
 might be

01:05:37.759 --> 01:05:38.779
 with Him.

01:05:41.179 --> 01:05:41.980
 And that

01:05:41.980 --> 01:05:42.679
 is our

01:05:42.679 --> 01:05:43.159
 calling

01:05:43.159 --> 01:05:44.759
 tonight.

01:05:46.659 --> 01:05:47.399
 That's the

01:05:47.399 --> 01:05:47.939
 calling of a

01:05:47.939 --> 01:05:48.319
 disciple.

01:05:50.879 --> 01:05:51.559
 If I was to

01:05:51.559 --> 01:05:51.899
 ask you,

01:05:52.119 --> 01:05:53.019
 tell me about a

01:05:53.019 --> 01:05:53.339
 disciple,

01:05:53.460 --> 01:05:54.559
 what's a

01:05:54.559 --> 01:05:54.980
 disciple?

01:05:54.980 --> 01:05:56.199
 I think the

01:05:56.199 --> 01:05:56.740
 majority of

01:05:56.740 --> 01:05:57.039
 us would

01:05:57.039 --> 01:05:57.480
 probably say,

01:05:57.539 --> 01:05:57.619
 well,

01:05:57.840 --> 01:05:58.300
 a disciple

01:05:58.300 --> 01:05:58.719
 is someone

01:05:58.719 --> 01:05:59.500
 who does

01:05:59.500 --> 01:05:59.940
 this and

01:05:59.940 --> 01:06:00.360
 does that

01:06:00.360 --> 01:06:00.619
 and does

01:06:00.619 --> 01:06:00.980
 the next

01:06:00.980 --> 01:06:01.219
 thing.

01:06:03.519 --> 01:06:03.940
 They're

01:06:03.940 --> 01:06:04.320
 called to

01:06:04.320 --> 01:06:04.940
 serve Jesus

01:06:04.940 --> 01:06:05.340
 and they're

01:06:05.340 --> 01:06:05.659
 called to

01:06:05.659 --> 01:06:06.039
 do this

01:06:06.039 --> 01:06:06.300
 and all

01:06:06.300 --> 01:06:06.460
 that,

01:06:06.740 --> 01:06:07.099
 and all

01:06:07.099 --> 01:06:07.380
 that's

01:06:07.380 --> 01:06:07.719
 true.

01:06:09.099 --> 01:06:09.699
 But the

01:06:09.699 --> 01:06:10.559
 primary call

01:06:10.559 --> 01:06:10.860
 for the

01:06:10.860 --> 01:06:11.740
 disciples back

01:06:11.740 --> 01:06:12.139
 then,

01:06:12.300 --> 01:06:12.760
 and the

01:06:12.760 --> 01:06:13.480
 primary call

01:06:13.480 --> 01:06:14.199
 for disciples

01:06:14.199 --> 01:06:14.840
 here and

01:06:14.840 --> 01:06:15.199
 now,

01:06:15.880 --> 01:06:16.320
 is a

01:06:16.320 --> 01:06:17.280
 call to

01:06:17.280 --> 01:06:18.019
 be with

01:06:18.019 --> 01:06:19.159
 Jesus.

01:06:25.320 --> 01:06:26.099
 So are

01:06:26.099 --> 01:06:26.460
 we with

01:06:26.460 --> 01:06:26.659
 Him?

01:06:27.860 --> 01:06:28.119
 That's how

01:06:28.119 --> 01:06:28.619
 we finish.

01:06:30.559 --> 01:06:31.360
 Are we

01:06:31.360 --> 01:06:31.800
 with Him?

01:06:33.179 --> 01:06:33.679
 Are we

01:06:33.679 --> 01:06:34.219
 trusting

01:06:34.219 --> 01:06:35.599
 Jesus as

01:06:35.599 --> 01:06:36.320
 our Savior?

01:06:38.480 --> 01:06:39.320
 Are we

01:06:39.320 --> 01:06:39.780
 following

01:06:39.780 --> 01:06:40.739
 Jesus as

01:06:40.739 --> 01:06:41.559
 our Lord

01:06:41.559 --> 01:06:43.719
 and our

01:06:43.719 --> 01:06:44.000
 King?

01:06:44.000 --> 01:06:48.480
 if not,

01:06:49.880 --> 01:06:50.639
 that's

01:06:50.639 --> 01:06:51.199
 what He

01:06:51.199 --> 01:06:51.719
 calls us

01:06:51.719 --> 01:06:52.239
 to tonight,

01:06:53.039 --> 01:06:54.860
 to devote

01:06:54.860 --> 01:06:55.780
 our lives

01:06:55.780 --> 01:06:56.420
 to Him.

01:06:58.760 --> 01:06:59.539
 And if

01:06:59.539 --> 01:07:00.099
 there are

01:07:00.099 --> 01:07:00.840
 any of us

01:07:00.840 --> 01:07:01.659
 this evening

01:07:01.659 --> 01:07:02.239
 who are

01:07:02.239 --> 01:07:02.940
 Christians but

01:07:02.940 --> 01:07:03.280
 we are

01:07:03.280 --> 01:07:03.820
 drifting,

01:07:05.300 --> 01:07:06.559
 as we

01:07:06.559 --> 01:07:07.059
 are prone

01:07:07.059 --> 01:07:07.360
 to,

01:07:09.719 --> 01:07:10.460
 then as

01:07:10.460 --> 01:07:11.280
 we approach

01:07:11.280 --> 01:07:11.860
 the table,

01:07:11.860 --> 01:07:14.840
 let us

01:07:14.840 --> 01:07:16.240
 take this

01:07:16.240 --> 01:07:16.920
 opportunity

01:07:16.920 --> 01:07:17.760
 once more

01:07:17.760 --> 01:07:20.640
 to confess

01:07:20.640 --> 01:07:21.400
 the distance

01:07:21.400 --> 01:07:22.980
 if there's

01:07:22.980 --> 01:07:23.360
 drift

01:07:23.360 --> 01:07:26.700
 and to

01:07:26.700 --> 01:07:27.160
 devote

01:07:27.160 --> 01:07:28.480
 our lives

01:07:28.480 --> 01:07:29.700
 to Christ

01:07:29.700 --> 01:07:30.500
 afresh.

01:07:32.260 --> 01:07:33.260
 That we

01:07:33.260 --> 01:07:33.700
 may be

01:07:33.700 --> 01:07:34.380
 with Him,

01:07:34.539 --> 01:07:34.900
 that we

01:07:34.900 --> 01:07:36.019
 may abide

01:07:36.019 --> 01:07:36.960
 in Him,

01:07:37.559 --> 01:07:38.539
 that we

01:07:38.539 --> 01:07:39.660
 may remain

01:07:39.660 --> 01:07:40.599
 in Him.

01:07:41.860 --> 01:07:42.880
 and know

01:07:42.880 --> 01:07:43.420
 the blessing

01:07:43.420 --> 01:07:44.160
 and the

01:07:44.160 --> 01:07:45.099
 fruit that

01:07:45.099 --> 01:07:46.120
 comes from

01:07:46.120 --> 01:07:46.980
 being in

01:07:46.980 --> 01:07:47.500
 that place.

01:07:47.720 --> 01:07:48.039
 And if

01:07:48.039 --> 01:07:48.300
 we are

01:07:48.300 --> 01:07:48.800
 with Him,

01:07:50.840 --> 01:07:51.760
 then what

01:07:51.760 --> 01:07:52.000
 does He

01:07:52.000 --> 01:07:52.400
 call us

01:07:52.400 --> 01:07:52.800
 to do?

01:07:52.980 --> 01:07:53.380
 Where does

01:07:53.380 --> 01:07:53.700
 He call

01:07:53.700 --> 01:07:54.300
 us to be

01:07:54.300 --> 01:07:54.820
 this

01:07:54.820 --> 01:07:55.200
 Lord's

01:07:55.200 --> 01:07:55.440
 day?

01:07:56.760 --> 01:07:57.680
 He calls

01:07:57.680 --> 01:07:58.460
 us to

01:07:58.460 --> 01:07:59.200
 be at

01:07:59.200 --> 01:07:59.640
 the table.

01:08:03.280 --> 01:08:03.820
 Maybe

01:08:03.820 --> 01:08:04.079
 there's

01:08:04.079 --> 01:08:04.880
 someone here

01:08:04.880 --> 01:08:05.700
 tonight who

01:08:05.700 --> 01:08:06.039
 is a

01:08:06.039 --> 01:08:06.360
 secret

01:08:06.360 --> 01:08:06.840
 believer.

01:08:09.840 --> 01:08:10.360
 You've

01:08:10.360 --> 01:08:10.800
 asked for

01:08:10.800 --> 01:08:11.260
 forgiveness.

01:08:11.860 --> 01:08:13.440
 you've

01:08:13.440 --> 01:08:14.079
 asked Jesus

01:08:14.079 --> 01:08:14.500
 to be

01:08:14.500 --> 01:08:14.920
 Lord.

01:08:19.440 --> 01:08:20.000
 But

01:08:20.000 --> 01:08:20.340
 communion

01:08:20.340 --> 01:08:20.960
 season by

01:08:20.960 --> 01:08:21.340
 communion

01:08:21.340 --> 01:08:21.779
 season,

01:08:22.520 --> 01:08:23.420
 the profession

01:08:23.420 --> 01:08:23.840
 that you

01:08:23.840 --> 01:08:24.279
 make from

01:08:24.279 --> 01:08:24.640
 the place

01:08:24.640 --> 01:08:24.940
 that you

01:08:24.940 --> 01:08:26.840
 sit is

01:08:26.840 --> 01:08:27.079
 that you

01:08:27.079 --> 01:08:27.440
 are not

01:08:27.440 --> 01:08:27.900
 with Him.

01:08:31.279 --> 01:08:31.800
 Hear the

01:08:31.800 --> 01:08:32.360
 call once

01:08:32.360 --> 01:08:32.680
 more,

01:08:33.300 --> 01:08:34.079
 the command

01:08:34.079 --> 01:08:34.840
 that comes

01:08:34.840 --> 01:08:35.500
 from Jesus.

01:08:35.500 --> 01:08:36.819
 if you

01:08:36.819 --> 01:08:37.399
 are trusting

01:08:37.399 --> 01:08:37.720
 Him,

01:08:38.720 --> 01:08:39.760
 if you

01:08:39.760 --> 01:08:40.500
 are saved

01:08:40.500 --> 01:08:41.600
 by His

01:08:41.600 --> 01:08:41.979
 blood.

01:08:44.720 --> 01:08:45.539
 And hear

01:08:45.539 --> 01:08:46.180
 His command

01:08:46.180 --> 01:08:46.779
 to do

01:08:46.779 --> 01:08:47.159
 this,

01:08:47.920 --> 01:08:49.539
 to come

01:08:49.539 --> 01:08:49.880
 to the

01:08:49.880 --> 01:08:50.180
 table,

01:08:50.979 --> 01:08:52.319
 to be

01:08:52.319 --> 01:08:53.199
 with Him

01:08:53.199 --> 01:08:53.939
 openly,

01:08:55.939 --> 01:08:56.880
 and to

01:08:56.880 --> 01:08:57.340
 remember

01:08:57.340 --> 01:08:58.699
 all that

01:08:58.699 --> 01:08:58.979
 He has

01:08:58.979 --> 01:09:00.260
 done for

01:09:00.260 --> 01:09:00.859
 our salvation.

01:09:00.859 --> 01:09:03.380
 let's

01:09:03.380 --> 01:09:03.920
 pray.

01:09:06.079 --> 01:09:06.619
 Heavenly

01:09:06.619 --> 01:09:07.019
 Father,

01:09:07.119 --> 01:09:07.559
 we thank

01:09:07.559 --> 01:09:07.960
 You for

01:09:07.960 --> 01:09:08.699
 Your Word.

01:09:09.119 --> 01:09:09.899
 We pray

01:09:09.899 --> 01:09:10.420
 that You

01:09:10.420 --> 01:09:10.920
 would help

01:09:10.920 --> 01:09:12.519
 us as

01:09:12.519 --> 01:09:14.859
 we face

01:09:14.859 --> 01:09:15.500
 the challenge

01:09:15.500 --> 01:09:15.939
 of it,

01:09:17.139 --> 01:09:18.039
 as we

01:09:18.039 --> 01:09:19.819
 take time

01:09:19.819 --> 01:09:20.380
 to meditate

01:09:20.380 --> 01:09:20.960
 upon it.

01:09:21.019 --> 01:09:21.339
 We thank

01:09:21.339 --> 01:09:21.559
 You for

01:09:21.559 --> 01:09:22.279
 the encouragement

01:09:22.279 --> 01:09:23.299
 that there

01:09:23.299 --> 01:09:24.960
 is as we

01:09:24.960 --> 01:09:26.079
 hear the

01:09:26.079 --> 01:09:26.539
 words of

01:09:26.539 --> 01:09:26.799
 Jesus.

01:09:26.800 --> 01:09:26.980
 us,

01:09:27.039 --> 01:09:27.300
 and we

01:09:27.300 --> 01:09:28.380
 pray that

01:09:28.380 --> 01:09:29.000
 as You

01:09:29.000 --> 01:09:29.600
 search our

01:09:29.600 --> 01:09:30.039
 hearts,

01:09:30.920 --> 01:09:31.460
 that You

01:09:31.460 --> 01:09:32.520
 would work

01:09:32.520 --> 01:09:33.000
 in each

01:09:33.000 --> 01:09:33.560
 one of our

01:09:33.560 --> 01:09:34.079
 hearts and

01:09:34.079 --> 01:09:34.480
 lives,

01:09:35.440 --> 01:09:36.039
 that we

01:09:36.039 --> 01:09:37.039
 may hear

01:09:37.039 --> 01:09:38.180
 the call

01:09:38.180 --> 01:09:38.960
 of Christ,

01:09:39.159 --> 01:09:39.539
 and that we

01:09:39.539 --> 01:09:40.079
 may come

01:09:40.079 --> 01:09:41.600
 in repentance,

01:09:42.060 --> 01:09:42.579
 in faith,

01:09:42.940 --> 01:09:43.720
 in obedience.

01:09:44.720 --> 01:09:45.199
 We pray this

01:09:45.199 --> 01:09:45.300
 in Jesus.

01:09:45.300 --> 01:09:46.440
 From Psalm

01:09:46.440 --> 01:09:47.180
 63,

01:09:48.039 --> 01:09:48.820
 sing Psalm

01:09:48.820 --> 01:09:49.440
 63,

01:09:49.600 --> 01:09:50.100
 page number

01:09:50.100 --> 01:09:50.500
 80.

01:09:56.800 --> 01:09:58.020
 Psalm 63,

01:09:58.560 --> 01:09:59.520
 verses 1

01:09:59.520 --> 01:10:00.960
 to verse

01:10:00.960 --> 01:10:01.480
 8.

01:10:02.699 --> 01:10:03.159
 O God,

01:10:03.239 --> 01:10:03.500
 You are

01:10:03.500 --> 01:10:04.020
 my God

01:10:04.020 --> 01:10:04.380
 alone.

01:10:04.460 --> 01:10:04.900
 I seek

01:10:04.900 --> 01:10:05.440
 Your face

01:10:05.440 --> 01:10:06.039
 with eagerness.

01:10:06.320 --> 01:10:06.840
 My soul

01:10:06.840 --> 01:10:07.340
 and body

01:10:07.340 --> 01:10:08.000
 thirst for

01:10:08.000 --> 01:10:08.800
 You in

01:10:08.800 --> 01:10:09.360
 this dry

01:10:09.360 --> 01:10:09.680
 weary

01:10:09.680 --> 01:10:10.220
 wilderness.

01:10:10.460 --> 01:10:10.880
 Down to

01:10:10.880 --> 01:10:11.460
 the end

01:10:11.460 --> 01:10:11.960
 of verse

01:10:11.960 --> 01:10:12.500
 8 to

01:10:12.500 --> 01:10:12.880
 God's

01:10:12.880 --> 01:10:13.199
 praise.

01:10:13.199 --> 01:10:19.079
 O God,

01:10:19.460 --> 01:10:21.140
 You are

01:10:21.140 --> 01:10:23.539
 my God

01:10:23.539 --> 01:10:25.300
 alone.

01:10:25.300 --> 01:10:27.960
 I seek

01:10:27.960 --> 01:10:29.900
 Your grace

01:10:29.900 --> 01:10:33.900
 with eagerness.

01:10:34.320 --> 01:10:36.079
 My soul

01:10:36.079 --> 01:10:38.140
 and body

01:10:38.140 --> 01:10:40.779
 thirst for

01:10:40.779 --> 01:10:41.900
 You

01:10:41.900 --> 01:10:44.239
 in this

01:10:44.239 --> 01:10:45.119
 Thy

01:10:45.119 --> 01:10:46.560
 weary

01:10:46.560 --> 01:10:49.520
 wilderness.

01:10:51.600 --> 01:10:53.320
 I've seen

01:10:53.319 --> 01:10:55.299
 you in

01:10:55.299 --> 01:10:57.699
 your holy

01:10:57.699 --> 01:10:59.299
 place,

01:10:59.299 --> 01:11:01.299
 your power

01:11:01.299 --> 01:11:03.299
 and glory

01:11:03.299 --> 01:11:07.299
 held my gaze.

01:11:08.399 --> 01:11:10.139
 Far better

01:11:10.139 --> 01:11:11.299
 is

01:11:11.979 --> 01:11:14.299
 your love

01:11:14.299 --> 01:11:15.299
 and life

01:11:15.300 --> 01:11:17.300
 and so

01:11:17.300 --> 01:11:20.380
 my lips

01:11:20.380 --> 01:11:22.279
 will sing

01:11:22.279 --> 01:11:25.520
 your praise.

01:11:25.520 --> 01:11:27.880
 I'll bless

01:11:27.880 --> 01:11:29.779
 you, Lord,

01:11:30.039 --> 01:11:30.960
 throughout

01:11:30.960 --> 01:11:33.960
 my life

01:11:33.960 --> 01:11:36.560
 and raise

01:11:36.560 --> 01:11:38.360
 my heart

01:11:38.360 --> 01:11:40.119
 to You

01:11:40.119 --> 01:11:42.279
 in prayer.

01:11:42.279 --> 01:11:44.719
 my joy

01:11:44.719 --> 01:11:46.659
 to live

01:11:46.659 --> 01:11:47.420
 with

01:11:47.420 --> 01:11:48.259
 senior

01:11:48.259 --> 01:11:50.259
 praise.

01:11:50.259 --> 01:11:52.259
 My soul

01:11:52.259 --> 01:11:54.099
 is

01:11:54.099 --> 01:11:55.219
 fed

01:11:55.219 --> 01:11:56.259
 with

01:11:56.259 --> 01:11:57.259
 riches

01:11:57.259 --> 01:11:59.259
 clear.

01:11:59.260 --> 01:12:01.260
 upon

01:12:01.260 --> 01:12:01.800
 upon

01:12:01.800 --> 01:12:04.699
 my bed

01:12:04.699 --> 01:12:05.400
 I

01:12:05.400 --> 01:12:06.960
 lie

01:12:06.960 --> 01:12:08.640
 awake

01:12:08.640 --> 01:12:09.900
 and

01:12:09.900 --> 01:12:11.199
 in

01:12:11.199 --> 01:12:11.840
 my

01:12:11.840 --> 01:12:13.140
 thoughts

01:12:13.140 --> 01:12:14.239
 remember

01:12:14.239 --> 01:12:16.239
 you.

01:12:16.239 --> 01:12:18.239
 I

01:12:18.239 --> 01:12:19.239
 meditate

01:12:20.039 --> 01:12:22.239
 throughout

01:12:22.239 --> 01:12:24.239
 the

01:12:24.239 --> 01:12:25.320
 night

01:12:25.319 --> 01:12:27.679
 and keep

01:12:27.679 --> 01:12:28.359
 your

01:12:28.359 --> 01:12:30.019
 constant

01:12:30.019 --> 01:12:32.119
 love

01:12:32.119 --> 01:12:32.859
 in

01:12:32.859 --> 01:12:34.699
 you.

01:12:34.699 --> 01:12:36.699
 Because

01:12:36.699 --> 01:12:37.539
 You

01:12:37.539 --> 01:12:38.739
 are

01:12:38.739 --> 01:12:39.579
 my

01:12:39.579 --> 01:12:41.099
 help

01:12:41.099 --> 01:12:42.799
 alone,

01:12:43.199 --> 01:12:43.939
 in

01:12:43.939 --> 01:12:45.579
 shadow

01:12:45.579 --> 01:12:47.380
 all

01:12:47.380 --> 01:12:48.219
 Your

01:12:48.219 --> 01:12:49.439
 wings

01:12:49.439 --> 01:12:50.139
 I

01:12:50.139 --> 01:12:51.239
 sing.

01:12:51.239 --> 01:12:52.319
 You

01:12:52.319 --> 01:12:53.300
 hold

01:12:53.300 --> 01:12:53.979
 me

01:12:53.979 --> 01:12:55.099
 up

01:12:55.099 --> 01:12:56.039
 with

01:12:56.039 --> 01:12:57.099
 Your

01:12:57.099 --> 01:12:58.260
 right

01:12:58.260 --> 01:12:59.420
 hand

01:12:59.420 --> 01:13:00.199
 to

01:13:00.199 --> 01:13:01.380
 You

01:13:01.380 --> 01:13:02.460
 O

01:13:02.460 --> 01:13:03.579
 God

01:13:03.579 --> 01:13:04.500
 my

01:13:04.500 --> 01:13:05.399
 soul

01:13:05.399 --> 01:13:06.960
 will

01:13:06.960 --> 01:13:08.000
 clean.

01:13:09.960 --> 01:13:10.579
 And now

01:13:10.579 --> 01:13:10.840
 may the

01:13:10.840 --> 01:13:11.420
 grace of

01:13:11.420 --> 01:13:11.719
 our Lord

01:13:11.719 --> 01:13:11.979
 Jesus

01:13:11.979 --> 01:13:12.500
 Christ,

01:13:12.599 --> 01:13:13.000
 the love

01:13:13.000 --> 01:13:13.579
 of God

01:13:13.579 --> 01:13:14.099
 the Father

01:13:14.099 --> 01:13:14.619
 and the

01:13:14.619 --> 01:13:14.939
 fellowship

01:13:14.939 --> 01:13:15.380
 of God

01:13:15.380 --> 01:13:15.739
 the Holy

01:13:15.739 --> 01:13:16.119
 Spirit

01:13:16.119 --> 01:13:16.719
 be with us

01:13:16.719 --> 01:13:17.359
 all now

01:13:17.359 --> 01:13:18.219
 and forever

01:13:18.219 --> 01:13:18.639
 more.

01:13:19.039 --> 01:13:19.340
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