WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.839 Well, can we turn back to your reading in Philippians chapter 3? 00:00:07.679 --> 00:00:13.839 We're going to focus on verse 4 through to verse 11 this morning together. 00:00:19.280 --> 00:00:22.940 We can just read again there at verse 8. 00:00:22.940 --> 00:00:31.760 Indeed, I count everything as a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. 00:00:33.400 --> 00:00:42.640 Last Sunday morning when we had Scott preaching to us, he was preaching in the book of Acts and had Paul and Ananias there for us, 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:52.680 showing us the remarkable change that had taken place in the life of Paul and how he was to be an instrument in the hand of God. 00:00:53.739 --> 00:00:57.059 And his life was completely transformed. 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:04.000 And there's a number of different places that we see the power of that transformation that took place in his life. 00:01:04.039 --> 00:01:09.219 In the book of Acts chapter 9, you see there an account of his conversion experience. 00:01:09.219 --> 00:01:14.239 And as Paul is writing his letters to various churches throughout the New Testament, 00:01:15.000 --> 00:01:22.599 we see there him outlining his own experience in life, the wonderful work of grace in his life. 00:01:22.599 --> 00:01:28.619 And the question that it all boils down to is what he was looking at and trusting in. 00:01:29.280 --> 00:01:34.299 And how initially he was trusting in his own righteousness, in his own works. 00:01:34.299 --> 00:01:41.500 But how when the Lord changed his life and opened his eyes and showed him the grace that he had to offer, 00:01:41.500 --> 00:01:48.659 he realized that that counted for nothing compared to knowing Christ Jesus as his Lord. 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:53.920 And leaning not on himself, but on Christ's righteousness. 00:01:55.039 --> 00:01:58.920 And it's a question again and again we have to ask ourselves. 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:05.680 Paul was given a reality check as to what he was trusting in and leaning on. 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:08.580 And again and again we have to ask ourselves. 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:11.939 Give ourselves a reality check and examination. 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:17.219 And ask ourselves, well what is it that we are leaning on? 00:02:17.219 --> 00:02:20.680 Are we trusting in ourselves for our salvation? 00:02:21.219 --> 00:02:25.719 Or are we trusting in Christ Jesus as my Lord? 00:02:27.020 --> 00:02:36.919 And what we see here in chapter 3 in verse 4 to 11 is Paul outlining the real change that has taken place in his life. 00:02:37.079 --> 00:02:43.060 What standards he is looking at now and what standards he had previously. 00:02:43.060 --> 00:02:49.860 In the world of manufacturing, whenever something is being produced, 00:02:50.740 --> 00:03:01.379 it has to pass a quality control check to make sure that it's up to being used in certain circumstances or certain places. 00:03:02.140 --> 00:03:05.300 If you are looking for something that's going to be reliable, 00:03:05.640 --> 00:03:11.500 it has to be marked with a stamp that shows it's approved for that task. 00:03:11.500 --> 00:03:14.460 There's a standard to be met. 00:03:15.639 --> 00:03:19.180 In other parts of our lives, we ourselves come under examination. 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:21.120 We come under scrutiny. 00:03:21.740 --> 00:03:28.420 Whether it's going through school and sitting exams or university being challenged and tested along the way, 00:03:28.500 --> 00:03:31.319 we have to see what standard we are at. 00:03:32.039 --> 00:03:36.560 Sometimes it's in the workplace where we're having a review of how things are going. 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:39.060 Other times it's in a medical way. 00:03:39.159 --> 00:03:44.439 When we go to the doctor, we maybe have to answer questions about our lifestyle. 00:03:44.659 --> 00:03:50.140 And if we don't answer honestly, well, the doctor is still going to tell us the reality. 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:54.259 There are so many ways in life that we are examined. 00:03:54.259 --> 00:04:00.679 There are so many things in life that we use that need to be examined to make sure they meet a standard. 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:09.239 But what about when it comes to ourselves and this other examination that we need to face when we come under God's Word? 00:04:09.699 --> 00:04:15.359 And when that Word examines us, what standard are we at? 00:04:16.099 --> 00:04:19.680 And what standard should we be at? 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:26.840 Paul, as you see here writing to the Philippians, is going through this process of examination. 00:04:27.879 --> 00:04:32.860 And he's looking at himself and he's looking at what he used to put his confidence in. 00:04:33.699 --> 00:04:37.680 But now he's showing how the Lord has changed that. 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:44.460 And how the Word of God is so much more probing, so much more deeper than a doctor's examination. 00:04:44.459 --> 00:04:51.739 Not any other examination we sit in, it goes right into our hearts, right into our core, right into our being. 00:04:52.779 --> 00:04:58.180 And God's Word asks, well, what are we standing on when it comes to eternity? 00:04:58.620 --> 00:05:02.120 What are we standing on when it comes to our salvation? 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:04.299 Is it ourselves? 00:05:04.300 --> 00:05:11.819 Are we merely looking in the mirror and looking to ourselves and thinking how good we are? 00:05:12.920 --> 00:05:15.500 Or are we looking to Christ? 00:05:16.939 --> 00:05:24.060 So much of our examination of self highlights all that is wrong with us. 00:05:25.060 --> 00:05:31.879 We often look in the mirror and all we'll see is what we see as our faults and our weaknesses. 00:05:31.879 --> 00:05:35.779 And sometimes that is what Paul does. 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:40.759 He looks at his faults and he looks at his weaknesses, as we all have to do at times. 00:05:41.399 --> 00:05:43.540 But it goes further than that. 00:05:44.379 --> 00:05:48.199 This examination that he looks at here, it goes deeper. 00:05:49.159 --> 00:05:53.060 So it's not just looking at our faults and thinking there's nothing we can do. 00:05:53.740 --> 00:05:56.439 But it's looking, well, what can happen? 00:05:56.540 --> 00:05:58.000 What can change me? 00:05:58.000 --> 00:06:05.180 In the same way as we find a faulty device, we're going to look at some other alternative to it. 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:06.620 Something that's going to be more reliable. 00:06:07.079 --> 00:06:11.519 Or if we're looking to ourselves and we're under a doctor's examination and something's wrong, 00:06:11.620 --> 00:06:13.420 we ask, well, how can we make it right? 00:06:14.959 --> 00:06:19.480 Well, this examination that Paul shows is, yes, looking at what is wrong, 00:06:19.480 --> 00:06:23.879 but also looking at, well, how is it going to be made right? 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:29.120 How is our eternity going to be right? 00:06:30.180 --> 00:06:34.020 How is our life now going to be right with God? 00:06:34.900 --> 00:06:38.020 Well, it's not putting confidence in self, 00:06:39.020 --> 00:06:42.400 but putting our confidence in Christ. 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:50.539 The only way we can meet this standard of standing before God on the day of judgment, 00:06:50.639 --> 00:06:52.759 the only way we can meet his standard, 00:06:53.099 --> 00:06:56.039 is not to come with our own works and our own righteousness 00:06:56.039 --> 00:06:59.379 and say, Lord, here is what I have to offer you. 00:07:00.219 --> 00:07:01.560 We have nothing to give. 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:08.379 But what we have is to know Christ Jesus as my Lord. 00:07:09.780 --> 00:07:15.160 And when we come to God with that, we are stamped approved. 00:07:15.720 --> 00:07:22.319 We pass the quality test because it's not our own righteousness, but his. 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:28.819 And that's what Paul is examining in himself, but also for ourselves here today as well. 00:07:28.819 --> 00:07:32.719 What is our confidence in? 00:07:32.819 --> 00:07:35.199 And whom is our confidence? 00:07:36.099 --> 00:07:40.079 And Paul does this, first of all, by outlining what he had. 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:44.939 What he was looking in the mirror and so proud of in himself. 00:07:45.060 --> 00:07:47.399 That's where he begins, what he had. 00:07:48.319 --> 00:07:53.539 In verse 4, he speaks about confidence in the flesh. 00:07:53.540 --> 00:07:59.340 In light of what he had and what others were teaching in the midst of the people, 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:06.580 he speaks so strongly about what his previous confidence was in. 00:08:06.700 --> 00:08:07.020 He says, 00:08:07.140 --> 00:08:11.560 Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. 00:08:11.700 --> 00:08:15.560 If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:17.259 I have more. 00:08:17.759 --> 00:08:20.520 You almost see this as a proud boast. 00:08:20.519 --> 00:08:24.159 But yet that's not what he's using it for. 00:08:25.180 --> 00:08:25.879 But he's saying, 00:08:26.120 --> 00:08:28.479 This is what I used to have. 00:08:29.500 --> 00:08:32.679 What he previously put his confidence in. 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:34.579 And the list is long. 00:08:34.699 --> 00:08:36.840 One commentator puts it like this. 00:08:37.340 --> 00:08:41.519 Here we have the rags that Paul mistook for robes. 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:42.159 Robes. 00:08:43.100 --> 00:08:46.120 So as you read through this list, 00:08:46.620 --> 00:08:48.539 This confidence in the flesh he has. 00:08:49.419 --> 00:08:52.019 Circumcised on the eighth day of the people of Israel, 00:08:52.379 --> 00:08:53.559 Of the tribe of Benjamin, 00:08:53.679 --> 00:08:54.960 A Hebrew of Hebrews. 00:08:55.379 --> 00:08:57.179 As to the law, a Pharisee. 00:08:57.480 --> 00:09:00.360 As to seal, a persecutor of the church. 00:09:00.460 --> 00:09:02.240 As to righteousness under the law. 00:09:02.919 --> 00:09:03.399 Blameless. 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:05.279 He's got all of this to offer. 00:09:06.079 --> 00:09:08.480 This is how he would stand before God. 00:09:08.840 --> 00:09:09.100 And say, 00:09:09.240 --> 00:09:11.240 Look, this is my CV. 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:14.240 This is all that I have to present to you. 00:09:15.100 --> 00:09:17.980 Surely I am worthy through my righteousness. 00:09:19.700 --> 00:09:21.799 He was standing in front of the mirror, 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:25.039 Admiring himself in all of these things. 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:27.240 Thinking they were beautiful robes. 00:09:28.700 --> 00:09:31.320 When actually they're just rags. 00:09:31.320 --> 00:09:36.260 He could stand up to the best of them. 00:09:37.180 --> 00:09:41.060 He could put any of them to shame as he saw it in his own eyes. 00:09:41.160 --> 00:09:43.560 But at the heart of it all was pride. 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:46.780 Pride and self. 00:09:47.480 --> 00:09:49.240 And self-righteousness. 00:09:50.360 --> 00:09:50.980 You see, 00:09:51.520 --> 00:09:56.100 What he was doing was comparing himself to others. 00:09:56.100 --> 00:10:01.139 And aren't we all so guilty of that at times? 00:10:01.960 --> 00:10:04.720 Don't we all stand in the mirror and look to ourselves 00:10:04.720 --> 00:10:06.659 And look at what's good in us? 00:10:07.460 --> 00:10:08.700 Compared to others, 00:10:09.060 --> 00:10:10.240 I'm so much better. 00:10:10.240 --> 00:10:15.139 Like the rich young man who came to Jesus. 00:10:15.139 --> 00:10:19.220 We're putting our boast in everything that we've done for the Lord. 00:10:19.299 --> 00:10:19.840 I've given. 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:20.600 I've done this. 00:10:20.680 --> 00:10:21.500 I've done that. 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:24.460 But just like the rich young man, 00:10:24.580 --> 00:10:24.940 Paul, 00:10:25.159 --> 00:10:26.940 Here there was something missing. 00:10:26.940 --> 00:10:30.180 It was all about self. 00:10:31.260 --> 00:10:34.200 Pride and boasting in self. 00:10:35.320 --> 00:10:39.200 And when you look at the different things that he had confidence in, 00:10:39.300 --> 00:10:43.480 So much of it can resonate with ourselves as well. 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:47.560 Look at the teaching that he had learned. 00:10:47.700 --> 00:10:47.840 You know, 00:10:47.880 --> 00:10:52.600 He describes himself here as confident in so much. 00:10:52.980 --> 00:10:54.420 Circumcised on the eighth day. 00:10:54.420 --> 00:10:55.700 The people of Israel, 00:10:55.820 --> 00:10:56.820 The tribe of Benjamin, 00:10:57.220 --> 00:10:58.600 A Hebrew of Hebrews. 00:10:58.760 --> 00:10:58.880 You see, 00:10:58.920 --> 00:11:04.340 Like at the heart of it all is a people he sees as he belongs to. 00:11:04.400 --> 00:11:05.660 And this is what counts. 00:11:09.040 --> 00:11:12.140 He sees this teaching that he's been under. 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:13.400 He's learned so much. 00:11:13.480 --> 00:11:15.580 He's done so much for the Lord. 00:11:15.680 --> 00:11:17.180 And this is what counts. 00:11:18.460 --> 00:11:20.020 But what was missing? 00:11:21.420 --> 00:11:22.940 He didn't know Christ. 00:11:23.940 --> 00:11:25.940 He didn't know Christ Jesus. 00:11:25.940 --> 00:11:27.660 Jesus as his Lord. 00:11:28.820 --> 00:11:30.080 And for ourselves, 00:11:30.220 --> 00:11:32.000 Maybe we know so much of the Bible. 00:11:33.020 --> 00:11:34.980 Maybe we know so much about church. 00:11:35.080 --> 00:11:36.260 We know how things operate. 00:11:36.380 --> 00:11:37.740 We know how things work. 00:11:38.260 --> 00:11:39.440 Or we think we do. 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:45.220 We read our Bibles maybe every day and think we've learned so much from it. 00:11:45.820 --> 00:11:47.140 We can quote the Psalms. 00:11:47.220 --> 00:11:49.260 We can repeat their catechisms. 00:11:49.360 --> 00:11:50.600 We can do all of that. 00:11:50.600 --> 00:11:51.600 But do you know Christ? 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:52.600 Do you know him as your Lord? 00:11:52.600 --> 00:12:03.899 Do you know him as the one who died on the cross for you? 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:09.600 What he had was all this wonderful teaching. 00:12:10.179 --> 00:12:11.679 But with no wisdom. 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:16.159 No application of it as to what does it actually mean. 00:12:17.159 --> 00:12:19.339 He speaks about his family line. 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:24.419 How he belongs to this proud family with a long tradition. 00:12:25.259 --> 00:12:28.319 And again, it's something we can fall into a trap of. 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:30.819 Well, I belong to a Christian family. 00:12:30.820 --> 00:12:34.060 We've been brought up in a Christian home. 00:12:34.180 --> 00:12:36.780 And these are things to be thankful for. 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:39.940 But is our confidence in that? 00:12:40.800 --> 00:12:42.180 Or is it in Christ? 00:12:44.780 --> 00:12:47.620 Our works, as Paul is outlining here. 00:12:48.100 --> 00:12:49.800 He's done so much. 00:12:50.180 --> 00:12:53.340 Sell us for the Lord as he sees it in his own heart. 00:12:56.000 --> 00:12:59.960 But being busy and sell us is fine in and of itself. 00:12:59.960 --> 00:13:02.519 But not when it's not for Christ. 00:13:03.580 --> 00:13:07.960 And not for when it's not knowing Christ in the middle of it all. 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.639 But it's his final boast. 00:13:13.060 --> 00:13:16.180 As to righteousness under the law. 00:13:17.180 --> 00:13:17.820 Blameless. 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:26.320 His own self-righteousness is what's his greatest downfall of all. 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:28.400 He was sincere. 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:29.660 Totally committed. 00:13:29.980 --> 00:13:31.180 Sell us faithful. 00:13:31.820 --> 00:13:33.020 Outwardly righteous. 00:13:34.300 --> 00:13:36.220 And yet utterly wrong. 00:13:37.620 --> 00:13:39.720 So far from God. 00:13:40.120 --> 00:13:42.140 And so far from Christ. 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:50.540 He was like the fake counterfeit products that will flood our markets at this time of year coming up to Christmas. 00:13:50.539 --> 00:13:54.299 Things that seem like a great deal at the time. 00:13:54.299 --> 00:13:55.759 So much cheaper. 00:13:56.879 --> 00:13:59.279 And yet they maybe last a week. 00:14:00.259 --> 00:14:02.679 Or turn out faulty after a few days. 00:14:02.839 --> 00:14:03.559 They'll fail. 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:05.179 Buy cheap. 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.459 Pay dear. 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.439 And that's what self-righteousness is like. 00:14:11.019 --> 00:14:12.199 It's counterfeit. 00:14:12.939 --> 00:14:14.799 It's not fit for purpose. 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:18.219 And it's not going to stand the test of judgment. 00:14:20.039 --> 00:14:22.099 What he thought he had. 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:24.779 And it was also worth so much. 00:14:25.599 --> 00:14:26.479 It was nothing. 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:30.579 His own self-righteousness. 00:14:30.779 --> 00:14:33.899 It was what he thought counted for everything. 00:14:35.379 --> 00:14:36.699 So that's what he had. 00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:38.639 Perhaps it's what you have today. 00:14:38.679 --> 00:14:41.240 And what you're putting your confidence in. 00:14:41.240 --> 00:14:44.740 But the second thing we see is what's it worth. 00:14:46.060 --> 00:14:49.820 Paul outlines again for us here what it's worth. 00:14:51.060 --> 00:14:56.740 But whatever gain I had I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. 00:14:56.899 --> 00:14:58.879 It says in verse 7. 00:14:59.019 --> 00:15:02.399 What happened in the life of Paul to change things? 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:04.960 The Lord spoke. 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:08.019 The Lord convicted him. 00:15:08.120 --> 00:15:10.000 The Lord challenged him. 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:17.039 And so often what we need ourselves is the word of God just to speak into our hearts and tell us, 00:15:17.559 --> 00:15:18.980 You are so far wrong. 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:26.620 When you go right back to the beginning with God's question to Adam in the Garden of Eden, 00:15:27.139 --> 00:15:28.000 after they had sinned, 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.840 the Lord asked him, 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:31.320 Where are you? 00:15:33.299 --> 00:15:35.139 The Lord knew where he was. 00:15:36.200 --> 00:15:37.919 But the question was going deeper. 00:15:38.539 --> 00:15:39.659 What have you done? 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:42.759 Where are you now with me? 00:15:43.820 --> 00:15:46.299 And that is what happens when we meet with Christ. 00:15:47.259 --> 00:15:48.360 Where are you? 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:54.580 When Paul met with the Lord on the road to Damascus. 00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:57.120 He said to him, 00:15:57.340 --> 00:15:59.919 Why are you persecuting me? 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:05.719 Are you persecuting Christ today? 00:16:05.719 --> 00:16:07.979 Are you failing him? 00:16:08.459 --> 00:16:12.399 In thinking that you can stand in your own righteousness and your own works, 00:16:12.519 --> 00:16:15.219 when actually that is worth nothing. 00:16:15.819 --> 00:16:19.459 Everything that Paul was doing to find favor with God, 00:16:20.139 --> 00:16:20.360 you know, 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:22.979 it was actually making him an enemy with God. 00:16:22.980 --> 00:16:27.980 And that's what we are like too, 00:16:27.980 --> 00:16:32.460 if we think that we can find favor with God through our own works, 00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:33.600 our own righteousness. 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:38.220 We're just making ourselves enemies with God. 00:16:38.220 --> 00:16:42.180 Is that where you want to be? 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:47.540 Is that where you want to stand before God as an enemy? 00:16:48.980 --> 00:16:50.040 Surely not. 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:54.439 And that's what Paul highlights for us here. 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.799 Whatever else we have, 00:16:56.480 --> 00:16:58.059 as we count as gain, 00:16:58.159 --> 00:17:01.059 is actually loss before God 00:17:01.059 --> 00:17:05.240 compared to the surpassing worth 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:07.420 of knowing Christ Jesus, 00:17:07.859 --> 00:17:08.720 my Lord. 00:17:08.720 --> 00:17:12.440 There is nothing else that counts. 00:17:16.440 --> 00:17:18.819 We are always warned about that, 00:17:18.900 --> 00:17:23.220 about laying up for ourselves treasures in this world. 00:17:23.360 --> 00:17:26.420 Jesus warns us so clearly about it 00:17:26.420 --> 00:17:28.680 in the Gospel of Matthew chapter 6, 00:17:29.200 --> 00:17:29.480 where he says, 00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:32.380 Do not lay up for yourselves treasure on earth 00:17:32.380 --> 00:17:34.700 where moth and rust destroy, 00:17:35.059 --> 00:17:36.680 where thieves break in and steal, 00:17:36.680 --> 00:17:39.160 but lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:42.180 where neither moth nor rust destroys 00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:45.120 and where thieves do not break in and steal. 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:47.100 For where your treasure is, 00:17:47.779 --> 00:17:49.880 there your heart will be also. 00:17:50.680 --> 00:17:54.240 Where was Paul's heart away from Christ? 00:17:55.340 --> 00:17:57.299 It was in the flesh, in the world, 00:17:57.660 --> 00:17:59.240 and in everything it had to offer, 00:17:59.360 --> 00:18:03.060 in self and in pride and in self-righteousness. 00:18:03.900 --> 00:18:05.180 But at the end of the day, 00:18:05.180 --> 00:18:07.340 it's worth nothing. 00:18:08.940 --> 00:18:12.000 And that's the warning to ourselves too. 00:18:13.039 --> 00:18:16.920 Are there things that through pride in our own hearts 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:19.340 are keeping us from God, 00:18:19.860 --> 00:18:22.140 keeping us from salvation? 00:18:22.840 --> 00:18:24.700 We're not right with God. 00:18:25.380 --> 00:18:26.500 We wonder why, 00:18:27.140 --> 00:18:30.140 but it's because of our confidence in ourselves, 00:18:30.140 --> 00:18:35.100 our lack of confidence in Christ. 00:18:37.400 --> 00:18:40.480 When zoos became popular, 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:43.540 and when they were trying to attract animals 00:18:43.540 --> 00:18:44.700 that they could display, 00:18:45.160 --> 00:18:46.740 put on display for people, 00:18:46.800 --> 00:18:48.160 it meant that there was a market 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:50.000 where money could be made. 00:18:50.080 --> 00:18:52.440 And many people would travel to different parts 00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:54.840 of the world to catch animals 00:18:54.840 --> 00:18:57.300 so that they could be sold to the zoo. 00:18:57.299 --> 00:18:59.960 And one of the most popular animals 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:02.059 that people would often try and capture 00:19:02.059 --> 00:19:02.980 were monkeys, 00:19:03.639 --> 00:19:05.159 and all kinds of monkeys 00:19:05.159 --> 00:19:08.500 that could be caught and put on display in zoos. 00:19:09.119 --> 00:19:11.220 But there was one particular monkey 00:19:11.220 --> 00:19:13.639 that people would try and catch. 00:19:13.700 --> 00:19:15.419 It was called a ring-tailed monkey. 00:19:15.859 --> 00:19:18.619 And they proved really hard to catch 00:19:18.619 --> 00:19:22.119 until they found the secret, 00:19:22.119 --> 00:19:26.759 until they found the weakness of the monkey. 00:19:27.899 --> 00:19:31.139 They found that in just a simple way, 00:19:31.639 --> 00:19:33.059 they could trap the monkey 00:19:33.059 --> 00:19:34.159 and get a hold of him 00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:35.739 and then sell him on. 00:19:36.479 --> 00:19:38.259 And all they needed was to have 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:40.659 a melon on a vine. 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:43.639 And what they did was 00:19:43.639 --> 00:19:45.819 they cut a little hole in the melon 00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:48.879 so that the monkey could get his hand 00:19:48.879 --> 00:19:49.819 inside the melon 00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:52.000 because the seed inside the melon 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.539 was one of the monkey's favourite food. 00:19:55.939 --> 00:19:57.819 But as the monkey would put his hand in, 00:19:58.299 --> 00:19:59.579 the hole was just big enough 00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:01.619 to get his hand in through the hole. 00:20:02.019 --> 00:20:03.000 But as soon as the monkey 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:05.339 would take a good bunch of the seeds 00:20:05.339 --> 00:20:07.000 and try and pull his hand out, 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:09.299 he couldn't get his hand back out. 00:20:10.259 --> 00:20:12.319 Because it was bald enough fist now, 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:15.079 it was too big to come back out the hole. 00:20:15.079 --> 00:20:18.299 And the monkey would stay there. 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:21.039 It wouldn't dare let go of the seeds 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:23.179 because they were so precious to him. 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:27.939 And this made it easy for people to catch them. 00:20:30.079 --> 00:20:33.000 And doesn't that ring through for ourselves? 00:20:33.639 --> 00:20:35.579 The sins in this world 00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:37.559 that seem so appealing to us 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:40.000 are just like the seeds inside the melon. 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:42.539 And we'll just go and we'll hold on to them, 00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:44.420 not realising the trouble 00:20:44.420 --> 00:20:45.759 that it brings our way. 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:50.599 They're too much, too precious to us 00:20:50.599 --> 00:20:53.259 these things of this world to let go. 00:20:54.259 --> 00:20:55.859 But they'll be your downfall. 00:20:55.859 --> 00:21:00.859 But we have to let go. 00:21:02.439 --> 00:21:04.259 In order to be saved, 00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:06.079 we have to let go. 00:21:07.839 --> 00:21:09.639 And there are things in this world 00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:11.199 that we are holding on to, 00:21:11.599 --> 00:21:13.659 the things that we see as gain, 00:21:14.079 --> 00:21:15.659 but that are really loss. 00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:20.839 What do you need to let go in your heart today? 00:21:21.859 --> 00:21:23.119 What is keeping you 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:25.099 and what are you putting your confidence in 00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:27.459 that you believe is gain for you 00:21:27.459 --> 00:21:28.939 but is actually loss? 00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:31.159 And what compares 00:21:31.159 --> 00:21:33.980 to the surpassing worth 00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:37.899 of knowing Christ Jesus as Lord? 00:21:39.579 --> 00:21:41.059 It is that alone 00:21:41.059 --> 00:21:42.919 that will save you. 00:21:44.099 --> 00:21:46.599 And that's what Paul shows us. 00:21:47.679 --> 00:21:50.079 He shows us what these things were worth. 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:52.639 Everything that he has confidence in, 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:53.840 he counted as a loss 00:21:53.840 --> 00:21:55.259 for the sake of Christ. 00:21:55.259 --> 00:21:57.220 I count everything as a loss 00:21:57.220 --> 00:21:59.400 because of the surpassing worth 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:02.860 of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord. 00:22:02.940 --> 00:22:03.540 And he's saying, 00:22:04.120 --> 00:22:05.460 this is what I needed. 00:22:06.080 --> 00:22:07.920 This is what you need. 00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:10.860 Again and again, 00:22:11.540 --> 00:22:13.960 he repeats himself in these verses, 00:22:14.120 --> 00:22:16.259 in verse 7, 8, and 9. 00:22:17.060 --> 00:22:18.360 And look at the way he puts it. 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:19.359 Whatever gain I had, 00:22:19.439 --> 00:22:20.399 I counted as loss 00:22:20.399 --> 00:22:22.759 for the sake of Christ. 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:25.139 Indeed, I count everything as loss 00:22:25.139 --> 00:22:26.679 because of the surpassing worth 00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:29.819 of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord. 00:22:30.679 --> 00:22:31.439 For his sake, 00:22:31.479 --> 00:22:33.579 I have suffered the loss of all things 00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:35.419 and count them as rubbish 00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:38.219 in order that I may gain Christ 00:22:38.219 --> 00:22:41.479 and be found in him, 00:22:42.099 --> 00:22:44.259 not having a righteousness of my own 00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.740 that comes from the law, 00:22:45.740 --> 00:22:48.240 but that which comes through faith 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:49.640 in Christ. 00:22:51.019 --> 00:22:52.279 Again and again, 00:22:52.380 --> 00:22:54.359 he's repeating there what we need. 00:22:55.940 --> 00:22:57.759 What every one of us needs 00:22:57.759 --> 00:22:59.240 is Christ. 00:23:00.640 --> 00:23:02.420 Gaining the Lord Jesus. 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:06.019 Being found in Christ Jesus. 00:23:06.480 --> 00:23:09.019 Standing in his righteousness. 00:23:09.859 --> 00:23:11.299 That is what you need. 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:13.000 That is what I need. 00:23:13.000 --> 00:23:17.460 That is what Paul comes to see for himself 00:23:17.460 --> 00:23:19.839 and is showing to the church at Philippi 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:21.480 and all believers since. 00:23:22.299 --> 00:23:26.539 Nothing compares to knowing Christ Jesus, 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.859 my Lord. 00:23:29.859 --> 00:23:31.799 But the question often is, 00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.680 do you know him? 00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:37.880 Are you standing there 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:39.460 in front of the mirror 00:23:39.460 --> 00:23:42.220 looking at yourself and saying, 00:23:42.220 --> 00:23:44.400 oh the good that I've done? 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:47.299 I'm nothing like that person 00:23:47.299 --> 00:23:48.519 down the road. 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.880 I'm nothing like him 00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:53.319 who goes here and there and everywhere 00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:55.339 doing all these wicked things. 00:23:56.299 --> 00:23:57.819 I'm a good person. 00:23:58.360 --> 00:23:59.400 I do right. 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.740 God will accept me 00:24:01.740 --> 00:24:03.279 for what I've done. 00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:06.460 If you're looking in the mirror, 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:08.920 you're looking in the wrong place. 00:24:09.759 --> 00:24:11.000 If you're looking to self, 00:24:11.500 --> 00:24:13.660 you're looking in the wrong place. 00:24:14.680 --> 00:24:16.799 You need to look at the gospel. 00:24:17.940 --> 00:24:20.039 You need to look to the word of God. 00:24:20.420 --> 00:24:22.059 You need to look to Christ. 00:24:23.059 --> 00:24:24.980 Because there and there alone 00:24:24.980 --> 00:24:26.460 you can stand. 00:24:26.460 --> 00:24:29.920 The offer of the gospel 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:31.620 is before us all. 00:24:32.880 --> 00:24:33.860 It's a worthy, 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:36.640 it's worth more than anything else 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:38.880 this world can offer us. 00:24:39.900 --> 00:24:41.160 And yet we put it away. 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:44.000 We put it away so often. 00:24:44.000 --> 00:24:46.200 We don't count it 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:47.940 everything else as loss 00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:48.940 because it seems 00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:51.259 what we need is before us 00:24:51.259 --> 00:24:52.140 in this world. 00:24:53.220 --> 00:24:54.619 To be comfortable. 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.859 To be well off. 00:24:57.619 --> 00:24:58.599 To have food. 00:24:59.380 --> 00:25:00.359 To have cars. 00:25:00.480 --> 00:25:01.220 To have homes. 00:25:01.900 --> 00:25:02.900 All of these things 00:25:02.900 --> 00:25:03.900 have their place. 00:25:05.140 --> 00:25:06.299 But they're worth nothing 00:25:06.299 --> 00:25:07.980 compared to knowing 00:25:07.980 --> 00:25:08.980 Christ Jesus 00:25:08.980 --> 00:25:10.900 as my Lord. 00:25:10.900 --> 00:25:13.980 And that's the challenge 00:25:13.980 --> 00:25:16.320 that Paul puts before us. 00:25:16.600 --> 00:25:17.920 That's the reality check 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:20.360 that he puts before us today. 00:25:21.200 --> 00:25:23.060 Are we standing confident 00:25:23.060 --> 00:25:25.320 in our own righteousness 00:25:25.320 --> 00:25:28.080 or Christ's? 00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:31.960 In one we will fall. 00:25:33.140 --> 00:25:35.360 In the other we will stand. 00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:38.100 And stand secure 00:25:38.100 --> 00:25:40.240 in the righteousness 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:41.920 of Christ. 00:25:43.900 --> 00:25:44.839 Are you trying 00:25:44.839 --> 00:25:46.539 to do it yourself 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:47.319 and failing? 00:25:48.700 --> 00:25:49.579 Well he says 00:25:49.579 --> 00:25:50.940 to come. 00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.640 To come 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:53.819 to Christ. 00:25:54.759 --> 00:25:55.539 And to find 00:25:55.539 --> 00:25:56.539 your rest 00:25:56.539 --> 00:25:57.680 in him. 00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.920 There was a story 00:25:59.920 --> 00:26:00.740 from a pastor 00:26:00.740 --> 00:26:02.359 in the Philippines 00:26:02.359 --> 00:26:04.599 who said 00:26:04.599 --> 00:26:05.960 that he once heard 00:26:05.960 --> 00:26:06.640 this story 00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:07.380 about a man 00:26:07.380 --> 00:26:08.599 who was driving 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.539 along the road 00:26:09.539 --> 00:26:10.440 in his wagon. 00:26:11.700 --> 00:26:12.879 A flat bed 00:26:12.879 --> 00:26:13.500 in the back. 00:26:13.639 --> 00:26:14.059 So when he was 00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.759 driving along 00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.299 and he saw 00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.359 this man walking 00:26:16.359 --> 00:26:17.159 along the road 00:26:17.159 --> 00:26:18.619 with a big weight 00:26:18.619 --> 00:26:19.200 on his back 00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.000 a big basket 00:26:20.000 --> 00:26:20.579 on his back 00:26:20.579 --> 00:26:21.599 going to the market 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.659 he thought 00:26:22.659 --> 00:26:23.599 he'd be kind 00:26:23.599 --> 00:26:24.099 to him 00:26:24.099 --> 00:26:24.639 and offer him 00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.119 a lift. 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:26.980 So he came 00:26:26.980 --> 00:26:27.819 alongside him 00:26:27.819 --> 00:26:28.379 and he stopped 00:26:28.379 --> 00:26:28.759 and he says 00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.019 look 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.339 jump in the back 00:26:30.339 --> 00:26:30.879 of the wagon 00:26:30.879 --> 00:26:31.980 I'll give you 00:26:31.980 --> 00:26:32.399 a lift 00:26:32.399 --> 00:26:33.180 into the town 00:26:33.180 --> 00:26:33.759 save you 00:26:33.759 --> 00:26:34.200 carrying 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:35.539 that heavy load 00:26:35.539 --> 00:26:36.339 by yourself. 00:26:36.339 --> 00:26:38.019 And the man 00:26:38.019 --> 00:26:38.740 was delighted 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.419 so he jumped 00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:39.939 in the back 00:26:39.939 --> 00:26:40.500 of the wagon 00:26:40.500 --> 00:26:41.919 and the driver 00:26:41.919 --> 00:26:42.819 drove on 00:26:42.819 --> 00:26:43.579 but after a few 00:26:43.579 --> 00:26:43.919 moments 00:26:43.919 --> 00:26:44.339 he looked 00:26:44.339 --> 00:26:44.899 in the back 00:26:44.899 --> 00:26:46.099 to see if his 00:26:46.099 --> 00:26:47.339 passenger was okay 00:26:47.339 --> 00:26:49.299 and what he saw 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:50.119 stunned him. 00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:52.099 The man who had 00:26:52.099 --> 00:26:52.819 come on board 00:26:52.819 --> 00:26:53.419 his wagon 00:26:53.419 --> 00:26:54.819 instead of putting 00:26:54.819 --> 00:26:55.919 his basket down 00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.559 and resting 00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:57.839 was standing 00:26:57.839 --> 00:26:58.379 in the back 00:26:58.379 --> 00:26:58.879 of the wagon 00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.519 with his weight 00:26:59.519 --> 00:27:00.599 still on his back 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:02.220 and he thought 00:27:02.220 --> 00:27:03.579 what was the point 00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.019 in that? 00:27:04.079 --> 00:27:05.019 He doesn't get it. 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:07.440 But isn't that 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.180 how we are 00:27:08.180 --> 00:27:09.139 so often 00:27:09.139 --> 00:27:09.799 ourselves? 00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:12.099 Christ has come 00:27:12.099 --> 00:27:13.460 and he's come 00:27:13.460 --> 00:27:14.539 to take the burden 00:27:14.539 --> 00:27:15.099 of sin 00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.700 from us 00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.519 to take it 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.099 all away 00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:17.799 from us 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:19.240 and yet 00:27:19.240 --> 00:27:20.200 we go along 00:27:20.200 --> 00:27:20.859 and we just say 00:27:20.859 --> 00:27:21.740 well I can carry 00:27:21.740 --> 00:27:22.460 it myself. 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:24.259 I'll manage fine. 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:25.639 I'll try and have 00:27:25.639 --> 00:27:26.599 a little bit of Christ 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:27.319 in my life 00:27:27.319 --> 00:27:28.559 but the rest 00:27:28.559 --> 00:27:29.299 I'll take care 00:27:29.299 --> 00:27:30.000 of myself. 00:27:31.119 --> 00:27:31.660 And we're not 00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.299 resting 00:27:32.299 --> 00:27:33.700 in Christ. 00:27:35.019 --> 00:27:36.559 Friends 00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:38.039 it's worth 00:27:38.039 --> 00:27:38.440 nothing 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.960 at the end 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.420 of the day. 00:27:40.619 --> 00:27:41.680 What you need 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.879 is that burden 00:27:42.879 --> 00:27:43.519 of sin 00:27:43.519 --> 00:27:44.480 removed 00:27:44.480 --> 00:27:46.000 and the only 00:27:46.000 --> 00:27:46.779 way is not 00:27:46.779 --> 00:27:47.359 through your 00:27:47.359 --> 00:27:47.980 righteousness 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:50.200 but Christ's. 00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.960 And that's 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.660 what Paul 00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.619 is showing 00:27:53.619 --> 00:27:54.299 us here 00:27:54.299 --> 00:27:55.740 to know 00:27:55.740 --> 00:27:57.139 Christ Jesus 00:27:57.139 --> 00:27:58.900 as my Lord. 00:27:58.900 --> 00:28:00.840 is he 00:28:00.840 --> 00:28:01.680 your Lord 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:02.660 today? 00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:04.640 Are you 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:05.280 looking in the 00:28:05.280 --> 00:28:05.580 mirror 00:28:05.580 --> 00:28:06.900 and proud 00:28:06.900 --> 00:28:07.660 of yourself 00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.380 and your own 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:08.920 righteousness 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:10.640 or are you 00:28:10.640 --> 00:28:11.240 looking to the 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:11.880 light of the 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.400 world 00:28:12.400 --> 00:28:14.019 Christ Jesus 00:28:14.019 --> 00:28:15.680 who to know 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.840 is worth 00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:17.860 so much more 00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.820 and the 00:28:18.820 --> 00:28:19.440 difference 00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:21.120 between life 00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:22.460 and death. 00:28:23.600 --> 00:28:24.740 Don't stand 00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:26.000 in your own 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.540 righteousness 00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:27.079 righteousness. 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:27.859 It's worthless. 00:28:29.180 --> 00:28:29.659 Come to 00:28:29.659 --> 00:28:30.159 Christ 00:28:30.159 --> 00:28:31.619 and stand 00:28:31.619 --> 00:28:32.220 in his. 00:28:32.779 --> 00:28:33.299 Let us 00:28:33.299 --> 00:28:33.559 pray. 00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.740 Our 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.440 Father in 00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:36.980 heaven we 00:28:36.980 --> 00:28:37.559 thank you 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:38.639 for the 00:28:38.639 --> 00:28:39.259 gospel and 00:28:39.259 --> 00:28:39.639 for its 00:28:39.639 --> 00:28:40.299 offer to 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:40.599 us. 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:41.180 That offer 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.980 of rest 00:28:41.980 --> 00:28:42.720 in Christ. 00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:43.879 The offer 00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.399 of rest 00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:44.879 that we so 00:28:44.879 --> 00:28:45.659 often fail 00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.359 to grasp 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:47.579 or to think 00:28:47.579 --> 00:28:47.940 that we can 00:28:47.940 --> 00:28:48.639 manage without 00:28:48.639 --> 00:28:49.440 we can manage 00:28:49.440 --> 00:28:50.299 by ourselves 00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:52.039 but teach us 00:28:52.039 --> 00:28:52.839 Lord not to 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:54.039 be so proud 00:28:54.039 --> 00:28:55.319 in ourselves 00:28:55.319 --> 00:28:56.639 but to see 00:28:56.639 --> 00:28:57.299 our weakness 00:28:57.299 --> 00:28:58.019 to see our 00:28:58.019 --> 00:28:58.639 faults 00:28:58.639 --> 00:28:59.779 but to see 00:28:59.779 --> 00:29:00.700 Christ who is 00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.920 able to take 00:29:01.920 --> 00:29:02.639 them all for 00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:02.960 us. 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.359 So Lord lead 00:29:04.359 --> 00:29:05.079 us to him 00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:06.159 and to his 00:29:06.159 --> 00:29:06.799 righteousness 00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:07.379 that we may 00:29:07.379 --> 00:29:08.440 stand in him 00:29:08.440 --> 00:29:09.740 to be presented 00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:11.039 blameless in that 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:12.259 day of the 00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.279 Lord's return. 00:29:14.059 --> 00:29:14.639 Lord we pray 00:29:14.639 --> 00:29:15.500 these things 00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.940 confessing our 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:18.240 sins but thankful 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:18.940 for the mercy 00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.819 that there is in 00:29:19.819 --> 00:29:21.039 Christ as we 00:29:21.039 --> 00:29:21.839 ask it in his 00:29:21.839 --> 00:29:22.299 sake. 00:29:22.759 --> 00:29:23.119 Amen. 00:29:24.039 --> 00:29:26.579 We're going 00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:27.519 to sing in 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:28.460 conclusion in 00:29:28.460 --> 00:29:29.700 Psalm 36 00:29:29.700 --> 00:29:30.319 in the Sing 00:29:30.319 --> 00:29:30.980 Psalms 00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:33.180 page 44 00:29:33.180 --> 00:29:33.539 of the 00:29:33.539 --> 00:29:34.139 Psalm books. 00:29:37.180 --> 00:29:38.819 Psalm 36 00:29:38.819 --> 00:29:40.460 we'll sing 00:29:40.460 --> 00:29:41.099 from verse 00:29:41.099 --> 00:29:42.279 7 to 00:29:42.279 --> 00:29:43.000 verse 10 00:29:43.000 --> 00:29:44.079 three stanzas 00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:46.440 the tune 00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:46.879 of Prince 00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.700 Edward Island 00:29:47.700 --> 00:29:49.200 Psalm 36 00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:49.819 verse 7 00:29:49.819 --> 00:29:50.399 how precious 00:29:50.399 --> 00:29:51.000 is your 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:52.000 steadfast love 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:53.200 what confidence 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:54.019 it brings 00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:55.160 both high and 00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:56.299 low find shelter 00:29:56.299 --> 00:29:57.700 in the shadow 00:29:57.700 --> 00:29:59.019 of your wings. 00:29:59.019 --> 00:29:59.519 We'll sing from 00:29:59.519 --> 00:30:00.700 verse 7 to 10 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.579 to God's 00:30:01.579 --> 00:30:01.980 praise. 00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:08.200 How precious 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:09.920 is your 00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:12.359 steadfast love 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:15.119 what confidence 00:30:15.119 --> 00:30:32.639 that 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:33.399 before 00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:35.219 know 00:30:35.219 --> 00:30:39.319 what 00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:39.539 is your 00:30:39.539 --> 00:30:41.279 way 00:30:41.279 --> 00:30:43.719 large Watch 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:53.559 and go find shelter in the shadow of your way. 00:30:53.559 --> 00:31:06.039 A feast within your house and drink from streams of your delight. 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:17.339 For with you is the source of life and your life is delight. 00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:23.339 And your life is delight. 00:31:25.480 --> 00:31:30.339 And your life is delight. 00:31:30.339 --> 00:31:42.639 For with you is the source of life and your life is delight. 00:31:44.240 --> 00:31:55.339 To those who know you as their God, your steadfast love impart. 00:31:55.339 --> 00:32:08.559 Maintain your righteousness to those of you and of my heart. 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:14.559 Of pure and upright heart. 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:21.000 Of pure and upright heart. 00:32:21.679 --> 00:32:32.940 Maintain your righteousness to those of you and of my heart. 00:32:32.940 --> 00:32:37.960 After the benediction I'll go to the door to my left. 00:32:38.100 --> 00:32:39.440 We'll close with the benediction. 00:32:40.000 --> 00:32:43.000 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, 00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:46.340 Father, Son and Holy Spirit rest upon 00:32:46.340 --> 00:32:49.340 and abide with you all now and forevermore. 00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.120 Amen. 00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.220 Amen. 00:32:50.220 --> 00:32:50.259 Amen. 00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:05.059 Amen. 00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:14.120 Amen. 00:33:14.120 --> 00:33:14.620 Amen. 00:33:16.559 --> 00:33:17.860 Amen. 00:33:18.779 --> 00:33:19.039 Amen. 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:19.960 Amen. 00:33:19.960 --> 00:33:20.320 Amen. 00:33:20.320 --> 00:33:22.000 Amen. 00:33:22.000 --> 00:33:23.940 Amen. 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:25.519 Amen. 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:26.019 Amen. 00:33:26.019 --> 00:33:27.960 Amen. 00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:28.559 Amen. 00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:28.779 Amen. 00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:28.900 Amen. 00:33:28.900 --> 00:33:29.120 Amen. 00:33:29.120 --> 00:33:29.640 Amen. 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:29.980 Amen. 00:33:29.980 --> 00:33:30.740 Amen. 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:31.940 Amen. 00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:32.039 Amen. 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.600 Amen. 00:33:32.599 --> 00:34:02.579 Thank you.