WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.700 Let's turn again to Psalm 26. 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:09.800 And we read verse 8 and the beginning of verse 9. 00:00:12.280 --> 00:00:14.280 ! Psalm 26, verse 8. 00:00:14.280 --> 00:00:21.160 O Lord, I love the habitation of your house and the place where your glory dwells. 00:00:21.679 --> 00:00:25.580 Do not sweep my soul away with sinners. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:40.560 Now this psalm is very much a psalm of devotion where David is making very clear where his heart lies. 00:00:41.679 --> 00:00:46.079 David shows very clearly what he loves and what he hates. 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:54.980 He hates the congregation, the gathering of evil people, of sinners, of those who don't know the Lord, don't want the Lord. 00:00:54.979 --> 00:01:05.259 And he shows very clearly that he loves to be in God's house with those who worship the Lord, those who are like-minded with himself. 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:10.920 And our choices will very often reveal where our heart lies. 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:21.079 The choices that we make in life as we go about life very often will indicate to us just what our heart is really about. 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:33.620 And so we find that in Psalm 26, 27 and 28, David is really highlighting, it's a theme that runs through the three psalms, his love of God's sanctuary. 00:01:34.379 --> 00:01:40.079 Now as we know, God's house at this time, in David's time, was still the tabernacle. 00:01:40.980 --> 00:01:46.420 And you remember how David had, he was saying, it's not right that I'm living in this beautiful palace. 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:51.040 And God's, it's being worshipped in a tent. 00:01:52.140 --> 00:01:56.200 And so it was in his heart and his mind to build a temple for the Lord. 00:01:57.019 --> 00:02:00.740 Now the Lord was very pleased with David's desire. 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:08.120 But he communicated to David, while your desire is a good one, I'm not going to let you build it. 00:02:08.539 --> 00:02:10.340 Because you've been a man of blood. 00:02:11.159 --> 00:02:13.340 Because your hands are red with blood. 00:02:13.340 --> 00:02:16.159 But David had been a warrior most of his days. 00:02:17.259 --> 00:02:27.780 But God said to him, though the desire is right, your son, who will be a man of peace, and that was Solomon, your son will build a temple for me. 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:34.780 So David devoted so much of his time after that towards planning as much as he could, 00:02:35.140 --> 00:02:40.819 and of gathering as much wealth as he could for the building of the temple. 00:02:40.819 --> 00:02:47.359 Now David is very aware in this psalm that God is the one who proves us and tests us. 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:48.859 He tells us that in verse 2. 00:02:49.780 --> 00:02:51.759 That God is the one who searches our heart. 00:02:51.859 --> 00:02:54.659 He knows absolutely everything about us. 00:02:55.379 --> 00:02:58.840 Our motives, our desires, our inclinations. 00:02:59.500 --> 00:03:01.019 Why we do what we do. 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.639 Our every thought, our every word, our every action. 00:03:04.639 --> 00:03:15.559 And David is, knowing that God knows that about him, is pleading before God his integrity of life and heart. 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:21.119 Now we know that David was an incredibly faithful servant of God. 00:03:21.119 --> 00:03:28.679 The life of David, as you read it, is a life that was devoted to God and served God and praised God. 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.719 Of course, David fell spectacularly. 00:03:33.460 --> 00:03:34.360 He fell terribly. 00:03:35.719 --> 00:03:37.680 And we know about that. 00:03:38.540 --> 00:03:44.099 But the main thrust of David's life, the main way his life was guided, 00:03:44.439 --> 00:03:49.860 was in order to serve the Lord and to follow the Lord all his days. 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.480 That is very, very clear in David's life. 00:03:52.479 --> 00:04:01.039 Now David is aware that not everybody that comes to God's house comes to worship God in spirit and in truth. 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:02.659 That there are hypocrites. 00:04:03.259 --> 00:04:11.379 That there are those who use religion, as it were, as a cloak to hide, to cover their evil doings. 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:12.539 They're hypocrites. 00:04:12.699 --> 00:04:17.860 And David was wise enough and discerning enough to know who they were. 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:19.719 And he didn't want to keep company with them. 00:04:19.720 --> 00:04:24.460 He wanted to keep company with God's people, not with the hypocrites. 00:04:25.540 --> 00:04:28.160 And that's why he says in verse 4, 00:04:28.280 --> 00:04:33.040 I do not sit with men of falsehood, nor do I consort with hypocrites. 00:04:33.380 --> 00:04:38.560 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and I will not sit with the wicked. 00:04:39.840 --> 00:04:46.100 So David's life was a life that tried to keep from the evil company 00:04:46.100 --> 00:04:52.820 and a life that enjoyed being with the fellowship of God's people. 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:59.500 And we find that in David, in fact, his walking, we find that in verses 1 and 3. 00:05:00.280 --> 00:05:02.879 He says, I have walked in my integrity. 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:07.020 And he says, I walk in your faithfulness. 00:05:07.019 --> 00:05:13.560 And then again, we find, as we saw in verse 4, that he does not sit with the hypocrites. 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:20.120 And we find that his foot stands on level ground in verse 13. 00:05:20.719 --> 00:05:25.339 So we see that whether David is sitting or standing or walking, 00:05:26.219 --> 00:05:29.399 that his life is a life of dedication to the Lord. 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:31.759 And what an example to you and to me as well, 00:05:32.599 --> 00:05:37.959 that in all that we're about, in our getting up, in our sitting, in our standing, and in our walking, 00:05:38.339 --> 00:05:41.759 God was always at the forefront of everything that he did. 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:48.379 And I'm sure we can all identify when David says that he loves God's house. 00:05:49.459 --> 00:05:52.519 And I'm sure most of you here would say the same. 00:05:52.939 --> 00:05:54.979 I love God's house. 00:05:54.980 --> 00:06:02.140 I'm sure many of you would have to say there was a day when you didn't particularly love God's house. 00:06:02.900 --> 00:06:05.500 There might be some of you here, I don't know, 00:06:06.200 --> 00:06:10.740 that it wasn't your practice for a long time to go to God's house. 00:06:11.900 --> 00:06:15.860 There might be others of you, and you've been in God's house all your life, 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:18.300 from the time you were a little child. 00:06:18.300 --> 00:06:25.100 And often, thinking back before coming to faith, 00:06:26.300 --> 00:06:29.319 sometimes we went grudgingly to church. 00:06:30.280 --> 00:06:32.680 Sometimes we went out of a sense of duty, 00:06:33.379 --> 00:06:34.519 because we thought we'd better. 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:41.040 Sometimes we went because maybe we enjoyed to a certain extent. 00:06:42.100 --> 00:06:43.819 But it wasn't our real heart. 00:06:43.819 --> 00:06:47.879 And sometimes we went thinking that God owed us something. 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:50.199 You know, there were times, maybe way back, 00:06:50.819 --> 00:06:52.460 when you thought, you know, if I go to church, 00:06:52.900 --> 00:06:54.720 maybe God will do something for me. 00:06:55.199 --> 00:06:57.420 We're trying to bargain with God a wee bit. 00:06:57.980 --> 00:07:02.080 So there were various reasons why we might have gone to church. 00:07:03.120 --> 00:07:05.580 But then a day came when that changed. 00:07:06.540 --> 00:07:09.580 Because that day came when we began to see 00:07:09.580 --> 00:07:13.360 that we were sinners in the hand of an angry God. 00:07:13.360 --> 00:07:19.420 But the wonderful thing was that side by side with this discovery 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:24.060 was the fact that this angry God had actually made provision 00:07:24.060 --> 00:07:29.040 for us as sinners in his Son, Jesus Christ. 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:32.720 And God enabled us, by his grace, 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:36.720 to come to Jesus and to receive Jesus as Savior. 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.040 And everything changed. 00:07:40.760 --> 00:07:44.340 And tonight, if it's possible that you're still here 00:07:44.340 --> 00:07:47.800 and you haven't come to accept Jesus as Savior, 00:07:48.020 --> 00:07:50.280 I would plead with you to do so. 00:07:50.940 --> 00:07:52.420 Because time is running out. 00:07:53.260 --> 00:07:56.720 And we've got to remember, as we sang or read here, 00:07:57.080 --> 00:07:58.800 I love the habitation of your house, 00:07:59.140 --> 00:08:01.340 the place where your glory dwells. 00:08:01.339 --> 00:08:03.179 It's an amazing thought. 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:07.039 That the person of Jesus Christ in the Spirit 00:08:07.039 --> 00:08:08.919 that is glorious here, 00:08:09.039 --> 00:08:11.759 he has promised to be where his people gather together. 00:08:12.979 --> 00:08:14.179 It's a wonderful privilege. 00:08:14.399 --> 00:08:17.719 And it's a place above all places in the face of the earth 00:08:17.719 --> 00:08:20.319 where we're able to meet with the Lord 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:21.739 and to call upon the Lord. 00:08:22.159 --> 00:08:23.839 And every time we gather like this, 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:26.439 it's another opportunity to seek the Lord. 00:08:26.599 --> 00:08:29.500 Please do, if you've never done so before, 00:08:29.500 --> 00:08:31.540 and ask him to open your eyes 00:08:31.540 --> 00:08:34.600 and to open your ears to hear, 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:35.799 your eyes to see, 00:08:36.139 --> 00:08:38.200 and your heart to believe. 00:08:40.620 --> 00:08:43.659 But the thing is that when we come to faith, 00:08:44.940 --> 00:08:48.220 our love is born in our heart right away. 00:08:48.899 --> 00:08:49.740 You think back. 00:08:50.100 --> 00:08:51.320 Remember when you were converted? 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:53.940 Our love for God 00:08:53.940 --> 00:08:56.399 and for all the things of God, 00:08:56.940 --> 00:08:58.700 his house, his day, his people, 00:08:58.700 --> 00:09:00.100 his word, everything. 00:09:00.340 --> 00:09:02.240 You've got this love in your heart 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:04.759 for all that God is 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:06.940 and all the things of God. 00:09:07.740 --> 00:09:09.780 Because love, love was born there. 00:09:11.360 --> 00:09:14.420 When a baby is born into a family, 00:09:15.520 --> 00:09:18.220 there is an intense love in the heart of the parents 00:09:18.220 --> 00:09:19.879 for that little baby. 00:09:21.180 --> 00:09:22.340 But there is also, 00:09:22.520 --> 00:09:24.440 although the little baby cannot understand, 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:26.980 it's far too young to analyze or understand 00:09:26.980 --> 00:09:28.980 in any shape or form, 00:09:29.500 --> 00:09:31.360 there is also an intense love 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:34.000 in the heart of the baby for the parents. 00:09:35.260 --> 00:09:36.400 And as time goes on, 00:09:36.440 --> 00:09:39.500 they're able to discern the presence, 00:09:40.300 --> 00:09:40.940 the touch. 00:09:41.940 --> 00:09:43.700 They're able to discern 00:09:43.700 --> 00:09:45.780 that their parents are there 00:09:45.780 --> 00:09:47.360 and they nestle in and they love. 00:09:47.360 --> 00:09:50.120 And so it is in the Christian life. 00:09:50.320 --> 00:09:52.279 There is this growing love, 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:56.019 this growing persuasion 00:09:56.019 --> 00:09:57.740 of God's love towards us. 00:09:58.980 --> 00:10:01.740 And we love everything 00:10:01.740 --> 00:10:03.320 that belongs to him. 00:10:04.560 --> 00:10:06.820 And that's why the unbeliever 00:10:06.820 --> 00:10:09.460 cannot understand what happens 00:10:09.460 --> 00:10:11.379 when a person is converted. 00:10:11.379 --> 00:10:15.080 Because maybe, 00:10:15.399 --> 00:10:16.679 for some of you, 00:10:16.740 --> 00:10:17.539 you think back 00:10:17.539 --> 00:10:20.580 and the Christian life 00:10:20.580 --> 00:10:21.559 was not your way. 00:10:22.360 --> 00:10:23.980 You might have had respect for it, 00:10:24.360 --> 00:10:25.539 you might have thought about it, 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:26.779 but it wasn't your way. 00:10:27.659 --> 00:10:29.559 You lived for this world 00:10:29.559 --> 00:10:30.980 and what this world would give 00:10:30.980 --> 00:10:32.439 until this time 00:10:32.439 --> 00:10:34.279 that you came to faith. 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:36.460 And your friends 00:10:36.460 --> 00:10:38.000 couldn't understand 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:38.539 why 00:10:38.539 --> 00:10:40.919 you didn't join with him 00:10:40.919 --> 00:10:41.759 at the weekend 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:42.799 the way you used to. 00:10:43.839 --> 00:10:44.559 That the fun, 00:10:44.740 --> 00:10:45.399 the liveliness 00:10:45.399 --> 00:10:46.959 that was part and partial 00:10:46.959 --> 00:10:47.839 of your life 00:10:47.839 --> 00:10:48.539 over the weekend, 00:10:48.620 --> 00:10:49.279 you looked forward 00:10:49.279 --> 00:10:50.099 to the weekends, 00:10:50.179 --> 00:10:51.240 remember these days? 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.000 It shifted. 00:10:55.939 --> 00:10:58.099 Your heart shifted. 00:10:58.839 --> 00:11:00.159 And so they cannot understand 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:02.819 why you're caught up 00:11:02.819 --> 00:11:03.559 in this life, 00:11:03.819 --> 00:11:04.879 this church life, 00:11:04.879 --> 00:11:05.899 which to them 00:11:05.899 --> 00:11:07.799 is boring and dull. 00:11:09.199 --> 00:11:10.459 But the fact is, 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:12.199 it's where your heart is. 00:11:12.419 --> 00:11:13.419 It's not that somebody 00:11:13.419 --> 00:11:14.019 says to you, 00:11:14.199 --> 00:11:14.899 now this is what 00:11:14.899 --> 00:11:15.519 you've got to do. 00:11:15.679 --> 00:11:17.679 It's a natural response 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:18.419 in your heart. 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:20.039 It's what you want to do. 00:11:20.699 --> 00:11:21.879 It's where the Lord is 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:22.919 and you want to be 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:24.120 where the Lord is. 00:11:24.219 --> 00:11:25.360 So this is the way 00:11:25.360 --> 00:11:26.459 that it works. 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:28.959 And so 00:11:28.959 --> 00:11:30.719 we find that 00:11:30.719 --> 00:11:31.879 as Christians 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:33.339 you will stand up 00:11:33.339 --> 00:11:33.899 for the Lord. 00:11:33.980 --> 00:11:34.980 That's what David did. 00:11:35.079 --> 00:11:35.699 He was a kind, 00:11:35.759 --> 00:11:36.620 he always stood up 00:11:36.620 --> 00:11:37.120 for the Lord. 00:11:38.379 --> 00:11:39.759 If somebody was to trample 00:11:39.759 --> 00:11:41.320 on your father 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:42.279 or mother's name 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:44.440 and put it into the dirt 00:11:44.440 --> 00:11:46.299 and pour scorn on it, 00:11:46.299 --> 00:11:46.560 you would, 00:11:46.560 --> 00:11:46.899 you would, 00:11:46.899 --> 00:11:48.639 you would be so upset. 00:11:48.740 --> 00:11:49.539 You would stand up 00:11:49.539 --> 00:11:49.919 for your, 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:50.779 for your, 00:11:50.860 --> 00:11:51.700 for your father, 00:11:51.820 --> 00:11:52.799 for your mother's name. 00:11:52.960 --> 00:11:53.860 And so it is 00:11:53.860 --> 00:11:55.659 when we become Christians 00:11:55.659 --> 00:11:57.220 that we stand up 00:11:57.220 --> 00:11:57.899 for the things 00:11:57.899 --> 00:11:58.500 of the Lord. 00:11:58.500 --> 00:11:59.700 I'm not ashamed 00:11:59.700 --> 00:12:00.860 to own my Lord 00:12:00.860 --> 00:12:02.659 or to defend his cause. 00:12:03.120 --> 00:12:03.759 Stand up, 00:12:03.899 --> 00:12:04.820 stand up for Jesus. 00:12:05.259 --> 00:12:06.100 We know 00:12:06.100 --> 00:12:08.200 that that's the natural response 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:09.179 that goes on 00:12:09.179 --> 00:12:10.240 within our heart. 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:11.980 And so 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:12.799 it is all 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:13.799 because of love. 00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:15.600 And so 00:12:15.600 --> 00:12:16.740 we love God's house 00:12:16.740 --> 00:12:18.539 and that's what 00:12:18.539 --> 00:12:19.059 the psalmist 00:12:19.059 --> 00:12:19.940 is telling us 00:12:19.940 --> 00:12:20.940 because 00:12:20.940 --> 00:12:22.440 it's a place of worship. 00:12:23.480 --> 00:12:24.340 When you and I 00:12:24.340 --> 00:12:25.279 came here tonight, 00:12:25.379 --> 00:12:25.860 what was it 00:12:25.860 --> 00:12:26.759 that we came to do? 00:12:27.460 --> 00:12:28.080 Now I know 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:30.019 that we would say, 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:30.279 well, 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:31.399 I want to meet 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:32.000 with the Lord 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:33.899 and I want to get 00:12:33.899 --> 00:12:35.600 something for my soul. 00:12:36.120 --> 00:12:36.620 And that's quite 00:12:36.620 --> 00:12:37.139 a natural 00:12:37.139 --> 00:12:38.939 response 00:12:38.939 --> 00:12:39.759 and that's fine. 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:41.179 That's what 00:12:41.179 --> 00:12:41.840 we should do. 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:43.860 But if that's all 00:12:43.860 --> 00:12:44.500 that we do 00:12:44.500 --> 00:12:45.139 when we come 00:12:45.139 --> 00:12:46.100 to God's house, 00:12:46.419 --> 00:12:47.819 then we're coming 00:12:47.819 --> 00:12:48.600 missing 00:12:48.600 --> 00:12:50.000 what is integral 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:50.919 to being here. 00:12:52.139 --> 00:12:53.240 Because we've come 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:53.960 to the place 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:54.720 where the glory 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:55.960 of God dwells. 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:57.480 and as we heard 00:12:57.480 --> 00:12:58.139 this morning, 00:12:59.180 --> 00:12:59.800 praise 00:12:59.800 --> 00:13:01.100 is vital. 00:13:01.920 --> 00:13:02.620 It's not just 00:13:02.620 --> 00:13:03.440 about what we 00:13:03.440 --> 00:13:04.040 can get, 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:05.460 but it's what 00:13:05.460 --> 00:13:06.920 we can give. 00:13:08.180 --> 00:13:09.060 Because we've come 00:13:09.060 --> 00:13:09.780 to God's house 00:13:09.780 --> 00:13:10.360 to give Him 00:13:10.360 --> 00:13:10.740 worship, 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:12.259 to adore Him, 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:13.280 to reverence Him, 00:13:14.180 --> 00:13:15.180 to give to Him 00:13:15.180 --> 00:13:16.320 what is His due. 00:13:17.240 --> 00:13:17.980 And it's 00:13:17.980 --> 00:13:19.240 a wonderful 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:20.000 privilege 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:20.840 that we have. 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:20.879 love. 00:13:22.300 --> 00:13:22.800 And so if 00:13:22.800 --> 00:13:23.500 somebody comes 00:13:23.500 --> 00:13:24.500 away saying, 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:24.940 oh, you know, 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:25.600 I went to church 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:26.000 and I got 00:13:26.000 --> 00:13:26.980 absolutely nothing, 00:13:27.620 --> 00:13:28.300 then you have 00:13:28.300 --> 00:13:29.019 to see there's 00:13:29.019 --> 00:13:29.700 something wrong. 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:32.519 Because wherever 00:13:32.519 --> 00:13:34.500 we render 00:13:34.500 --> 00:13:35.620 praise and 00:13:35.620 --> 00:13:36.720 thanksgiving to 00:13:36.720 --> 00:13:37.139 God, 00:13:37.399 --> 00:13:38.420 it is inevitable 00:13:38.420 --> 00:13:39.200 that blessing 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:39.759 will follow 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:40.600 into our soul. 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:44.920 If it doesn't, 00:13:44.980 --> 00:13:45.399 we have to 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:45.940 question 00:13:45.940 --> 00:13:46.980 whether we've 00:13:46.980 --> 00:13:47.960 come in the 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:48.720 right spirit. 00:13:49.320 --> 00:13:49.800 Have we come 00:13:49.800 --> 00:13:50.340 with the right 00:13:50.340 --> 00:13:50.720 attitude? 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:51.899 Have we come 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:52.540 in order to 00:13:52.540 --> 00:13:52.940 praise? 00:13:53.120 --> 00:13:54.060 Not just to get, 00:13:54.420 --> 00:13:55.120 but to give. 00:13:56.060 --> 00:13:56.920 That's always 00:13:56.920 --> 00:14:00.100 how we come 00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:01.279 to God's house. 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:03.759 And again, 00:14:03.839 --> 00:14:04.299 we come to 00:14:04.299 --> 00:14:04.879 God's house 00:14:04.879 --> 00:14:05.399 because it's 00:14:05.399 --> 00:14:05.939 a place of 00:14:05.939 --> 00:14:06.299 prayer. 00:14:09.720 --> 00:14:10.519 As Scripture 00:14:10.519 --> 00:14:11.240 tells us, 00:14:11.339 --> 00:14:11.879 my house 00:14:11.879 --> 00:14:12.220 shall be 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:12.639 called a 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:13.100 house of 00:14:13.100 --> 00:14:13.379 prayer. 00:14:14.819 --> 00:14:15.459 And of 00:14:15.459 --> 00:14:15.620 course, 00:14:15.699 --> 00:14:15.959 we know 00:14:15.959 --> 00:14:16.559 prayer is 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:17.379 the heartbeat 00:14:17.379 --> 00:14:17.899 of the 00:14:17.899 --> 00:14:19.259 Christian life. 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:20.379 As we heard 00:14:20.379 --> 00:14:20.779 today, 00:14:20.939 --> 00:14:21.519 so much 00:14:21.519 --> 00:14:21.959 eloquently 00:14:21.959 --> 00:14:22.779 about prayer, 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:23.279 but we know 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:23.779 we pray 00:14:23.779 --> 00:14:24.899 for ourselves, 00:14:25.100 --> 00:14:25.379 we pray 00:14:25.379 --> 00:14:25.779 for our 00:14:25.779 --> 00:14:26.179 families, 00:14:26.419 --> 00:14:26.799 we pray 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:27.759 for our 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:28.120 neighbors, 00:14:28.399 --> 00:14:28.740 we pray 00:14:28.740 --> 00:14:29.179 for the 00:14:29.179 --> 00:14:29.679 congregation, 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:30.959 we pray 00:14:30.960 --> 00:14:31.440 for the 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:31.940 church at 00:14:31.940 --> 00:14:32.320 large, 00:14:32.460 --> 00:14:32.840 we pray 00:14:32.840 --> 00:14:33.220 for the 00:14:33.220 --> 00:14:33.600 global 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:34.220 spread of 00:14:34.220 --> 00:14:34.700 the gospel, 00:14:35.080 --> 00:14:35.420 we pray 00:14:35.420 --> 00:14:36.180 for our 00:14:36.180 --> 00:14:36.840 rulers and 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:37.200 all in 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:38.000 authority over 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:38.139 us, 00:14:38.340 --> 00:14:38.820 we pray 00:14:38.820 --> 00:14:39.300 for all 00:14:39.300 --> 00:14:39.580 these 00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:40.040 things. 00:14:41.800 --> 00:14:42.080 And 00:14:42.080 --> 00:14:43.080 surely we 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:43.639 should love 00:14:43.639 --> 00:14:44.120 God's 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:44.420 house, 00:14:45.019 --> 00:14:45.519 because as 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:46.160 it says in 00:14:46.160 --> 00:14:46.519 Scripture, 00:14:46.680 --> 00:14:47.180 it's a place 00:14:47.180 --> 00:14:47.920 where prayer 00:14:47.920 --> 00:14:48.820 is want 00:14:48.820 --> 00:14:49.560 to be made. 00:14:50.700 --> 00:14:51.500 Surely we 00:14:51.500 --> 00:14:52.280 want to be 00:14:52.280 --> 00:14:53.259 where prayer 00:14:53.259 --> 00:14:54.000 is being 00:14:54.000 --> 00:14:54.300 made. 00:14:55.820 --> 00:14:56.620 And again, 00:14:56.720 --> 00:14:57.019 we love 00:14:57.019 --> 00:14:57.639 God's house 00:14:57.639 --> 00:14:58.300 because we 00:14:58.300 --> 00:14:58.900 come to the 00:14:58.900 --> 00:14:59.460 place where 00:14:59.460 --> 00:15:00.460 we meet 00:15:00.460 --> 00:15:01.080 with family, 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:03.100 with new 00:15:03.100 --> 00:15:04.019 brothers and 00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:04.700 new sisters 00:15:04.700 --> 00:15:05.560 in the 00:15:05.560 --> 00:15:05.860 Lord. 00:15:06.200 --> 00:15:06.580 It's one of 00:15:06.580 --> 00:15:06.940 the things 00:15:06.940 --> 00:15:07.220 when you 00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:07.700 become a 00:15:07.700 --> 00:15:08.000 Christian, 00:15:08.139 --> 00:15:08.840 you realize 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:09.820 you're entering 00:15:09.820 --> 00:15:10.480 into a big 00:15:10.480 --> 00:15:10.940 family, 00:15:12.019 --> 00:15:12.720 a family of 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:14.180 new brothers 00:15:14.180 --> 00:15:14.660 and new 00:15:14.660 --> 00:15:15.019 sisters, 00:15:15.400 --> 00:15:15.820 and we 00:15:15.820 --> 00:15:16.440 learn from 00:15:16.440 --> 00:15:16.940 one another. 00:15:17.780 --> 00:15:18.060 We're 00:15:18.060 --> 00:15:18.920 encouraged by 00:15:18.920 --> 00:15:19.519 one another, 00:15:20.160 --> 00:15:21.379 sometimes even 00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:22.259 rebuked by 00:15:22.259 --> 00:15:22.860 one another, 00:15:23.379 --> 00:15:23.900 but it's 00:15:23.900 --> 00:15:24.379 always, 00:15:25.240 --> 00:15:25.980 or should 00:15:25.980 --> 00:15:26.320 be, 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:26.920 in love. 00:15:26.919 --> 00:15:28.899 And again, 00:15:29.000 --> 00:15:30.120 God's house 00:15:30.120 --> 00:15:30.719 is a place 00:15:30.719 --> 00:15:31.279 of God's 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:31.620 word. 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:33.000 And great 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:33.559 things are 00:15:33.559 --> 00:15:34.039 done through 00:15:34.039 --> 00:15:34.699 God's word. 00:15:34.779 --> 00:15:35.039 When we 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:35.399 come to 00:15:35.399 --> 00:15:35.779 God's 00:15:35.779 --> 00:15:36.079 house, 00:15:36.579 --> 00:15:36.819 as we 00:15:36.819 --> 00:15:37.120 said, 00:15:37.959 --> 00:15:38.360 we want 00:15:38.360 --> 00:15:38.620 to be 00:15:38.620 --> 00:15:39.039 nourished, 00:15:39.279 --> 00:15:39.599 we want 00:15:39.599 --> 00:15:39.879 to be 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:40.240 fed, 00:15:40.719 --> 00:15:41.120 we want 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:41.379 to be 00:15:41.379 --> 00:15:41.939 built up. 00:15:42.819 --> 00:15:43.599 It is a 00:15:43.599 --> 00:15:44.000 place, 00:15:44.339 --> 00:15:44.899 as I said 00:15:44.899 --> 00:15:45.579 earlier on, 00:15:45.659 --> 00:15:46.500 where faith 00:15:46.500 --> 00:15:47.639 begins. 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:49.059 Faith, 00:15:49.199 --> 00:15:49.519 we're told, 00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.120 comes by 00:15:50.120 --> 00:15:50.579 hearing, 00:15:50.980 --> 00:15:51.559 and hearing 00:15:51.559 --> 00:15:51.959 by the 00:15:51.959 --> 00:15:52.299 word of 00:15:52.299 --> 00:15:52.620 God. 00:15:53.539 --> 00:15:53.779 And 00:15:53.779 --> 00:15:54.019 wherever 00:15:54.019 --> 00:15:54.459 the word 00:15:54.459 --> 00:15:55.099 is preached, 00:15:55.100 --> 00:15:55.960 wherever 00:15:55.960 --> 00:15:56.399 the word 00:15:56.399 --> 00:15:56.960 is read, 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.620 then it's 00:15:58.620 --> 00:15:59.139 always an 00:15:59.139 --> 00:15:59.680 opportunity 00:15:59.680 --> 00:16:00.500 for God 00:16:00.500 --> 00:16:01.639 to speak 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:02.340 through that 00:16:02.340 --> 00:16:03.700 word into 00:16:03.700 --> 00:16:04.220 a patient 00:16:04.220 --> 00:16:04.740 soul. 00:16:05.060 --> 00:16:05.460 It could 00:16:05.460 --> 00:16:05.759 be the 00:16:05.759 --> 00:16:06.159 reading of 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:06.659 the psalm, 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:07.240 the singing 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:07.620 of the 00:16:07.620 --> 00:16:07.920 psalm, 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:08.540 the reading 00:16:08.540 --> 00:16:09.180 of scripture, 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:10.080 the preaching 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:10.440 of the 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:10.700 word, 00:16:10.980 --> 00:16:11.420 but it's 00:16:11.420 --> 00:16:11.840 a word, 00:16:11.920 --> 00:16:12.220 it's a 00:16:12.220 --> 00:16:12.440 word, 00:16:12.560 --> 00:16:13.159 and we 00:16:13.159 --> 00:16:13.620 pray that 00:16:13.620 --> 00:16:14.019 the word 00:16:14.019 --> 00:16:14.460 will do 00:16:14.460 --> 00:16:15.000 its good. 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:16.100 God 00:16:16.100 --> 00:16:16.420 said, 00:16:16.620 --> 00:16:17.259 my word 00:16:17.259 --> 00:16:18.060 will not 00:16:18.060 --> 00:16:19.680 return to 00:16:19.680 --> 00:16:20.720 me void. 00:16:21.940 --> 00:16:22.340 And so, 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:23.240 this is a 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:23.800 place where 00:16:23.800 --> 00:16:24.500 God's word 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:24.840 is at 00:16:24.840 --> 00:16:25.160 work. 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:26.920 It's a 00:16:26.920 --> 00:16:27.420 place where 00:16:27.420 --> 00:16:28.100 God's word 00:16:28.100 --> 00:16:29.580 affects our 00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:30.120 souls. 00:16:31.560 --> 00:16:31.840 We're 00:16:31.840 --> 00:16:32.320 taught, 00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:33.200 you look 00:16:33.200 --> 00:16:33.680 back over 00:16:33.680 --> 00:16:34.160 your life, 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:34.759 you were 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:35.320 taught many 00:16:35.320 --> 00:16:36.399 things in 00:16:36.399 --> 00:16:36.720 here. 00:16:38.259 --> 00:16:38.840 You were 00:16:38.840 --> 00:16:40.120 reminded of 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:40.860 many things 00:16:40.860 --> 00:16:41.440 in here. 00:16:42.840 --> 00:16:43.240 As we 00:16:43.240 --> 00:16:43.480 know, 00:16:43.940 --> 00:16:44.360 teaching, 00:16:45.320 --> 00:16:45.860 a teacher 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:47.259 knows that 00:16:47.259 --> 00:16:48.220 teaching isn't 00:16:48.220 --> 00:16:49.500 simply about 00:16:49.500 --> 00:16:50.540 teaching something 00:16:50.540 --> 00:16:51.460 new all the 00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:51.759 time. 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:51.799 time. 00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:53.819 If you 00:16:53.819 --> 00:16:54.740 start to 00:16:54.740 --> 00:16:55.039 teach 00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.559 something, 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:57.240 there is 00:16:57.240 --> 00:16:57.759 no way 00:16:57.759 --> 00:16:58.240 the whole 00:16:58.240 --> 00:16:59.399 class are 00:16:59.399 --> 00:16:59.740 going to 00:16:59.740 --> 00:17:00.620 grasp right 00:17:00.620 --> 00:17:01.240 away what 00:17:01.240 --> 00:17:01.759 you've taught 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.500 in one 00:17:02.500 --> 00:17:02.759 go. 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:04.420 A lot of 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:04.839 teaching 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:05.579 involves 00:17:05.579 --> 00:17:07.019 repetition 00:17:07.019 --> 00:17:08.259 and reminding. 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:10.160 And so it 00:17:10.160 --> 00:17:10.900 is under 00:17:10.900 --> 00:17:11.779 God's word. 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:13.099 We don't 00:17:13.099 --> 00:17:13.660 remember 00:17:13.660 --> 00:17:14.660 everything we've 00:17:14.660 --> 00:17:15.200 been taught. 00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.359 And even 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:17.140 things we do 00:17:17.140 --> 00:17:17.619 remember, 00:17:17.859 --> 00:17:18.700 often we need 00:17:18.700 --> 00:17:19.259 to be told 00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:19.759 it again 00:17:19.759 --> 00:17:20.240 and again 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.900 because while 00:17:20.900 --> 00:17:21.460 it's there, 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.220 it's not 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:22.840 having any 00:17:22.840 --> 00:17:23.500 impact on 00:17:23.500 --> 00:17:23.900 our lives. 00:17:24.000 --> 00:17:24.380 We're living 00:17:24.380 --> 00:17:24.819 as if we 00:17:24.819 --> 00:17:25.299 never heard 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:25.900 it at all. 00:17:27.100 --> 00:17:27.539 And so it's 00:17:27.539 --> 00:17:28.360 important for 00:17:28.360 --> 00:17:29.100 us to be 00:17:29.100 --> 00:17:29.759 under the 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:30.019 word, 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:31.160 to be taught 00:17:31.160 --> 00:17:31.580 from the 00:17:31.580 --> 00:17:31.799 word, 00:17:32.019 --> 00:17:32.580 and to be 00:17:32.580 --> 00:17:33.140 reminded 00:17:33.140 --> 00:17:33.860 again and 00:17:33.860 --> 00:17:35.080 again of 00:17:35.080 --> 00:17:35.380 what the 00:17:35.380 --> 00:17:35.779 word is 00:17:35.779 --> 00:17:36.200 actually 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:37.160 saying to 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:37.400 us. 00:17:39.120 --> 00:17:40.000 And God's 00:17:40.000 --> 00:17:40.559 house is a 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:40.980 place of 00:17:40.980 --> 00:17:41.460 comfort. 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:42.720 Many a 00:17:42.720 --> 00:17:43.059 time, 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:44.120 I'm sure 00:17:44.120 --> 00:17:44.559 we've come 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:45.279 in here and 00:17:45.279 --> 00:17:46.580 we felt 00:17:46.580 --> 00:17:47.840 very low, 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:49.099 broken, 00:17:49.980 --> 00:17:50.459 grieved, 00:17:51.439 --> 00:17:51.859 sad. 00:17:53.399 --> 00:17:53.819 And yet, 00:17:54.099 --> 00:17:54.579 when we've 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:55.099 come in, 00:17:55.740 --> 00:17:56.299 a change 00:17:56.299 --> 00:17:56.740 has taken 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:58.379 place because 00:17:58.379 --> 00:17:59.119 God is at 00:17:59.119 --> 00:17:59.500 work. 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:00.599 And through 00:18:00.599 --> 00:18:01.159 his spirit, 00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:01.500 he's, 00:18:02.199 --> 00:18:02.539 through the 00:18:02.539 --> 00:18:02.899 word, 00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:03.899 it's reaching 00:18:03.899 --> 00:18:04.500 into our 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:04.819 hearts, 00:18:04.919 --> 00:18:05.480 it's touching 00:18:05.480 --> 00:18:05.839 us. 00:18:06.559 --> 00:18:07.079 And so a 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:08.299 healing begins, 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:08.879 a healing 00:18:08.879 --> 00:18:09.679 process has 00:18:09.679 --> 00:18:10.099 started. 00:18:11.379 --> 00:18:12.299 It's also a 00:18:12.299 --> 00:18:12.699 place of 00:18:12.699 --> 00:18:13.179 refuge. 00:18:14.399 --> 00:18:14.899 Many a 00:18:14.899 --> 00:18:15.339 time we've 00:18:15.339 --> 00:18:15.679 come in 00:18:15.679 --> 00:18:16.039 here and 00:18:16.039 --> 00:18:16.359 we might 00:18:16.359 --> 00:18:17.519 feel anxious, 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:19.240 are vulnerable, 00:18:19.779 --> 00:18:20.679 are unsure. 00:18:22.059 --> 00:18:22.599 And we're 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:23.119 looking out 00:18:23.119 --> 00:18:23.559 into a 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:24.179 future that 00:18:24.179 --> 00:18:25.759 we're filled 00:18:25.759 --> 00:18:26.480 with anxiety 00:18:26.480 --> 00:18:27.039 about it, 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:27.299 but we 00:18:27.299 --> 00:18:27.740 come into 00:18:27.740 --> 00:18:28.179 God's 00:18:28.179 --> 00:18:28.539 house. 00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:29.919 And through 00:18:29.919 --> 00:18:30.399 the reading 00:18:30.399 --> 00:18:30.779 or the 00:18:30.779 --> 00:18:31.099 singing, 00:18:32.179 --> 00:18:32.779 God brings 00:18:32.779 --> 00:18:33.500 his word to 00:18:33.500 --> 00:18:34.019 bear upon 00:18:34.019 --> 00:18:34.899 your situation 00:18:34.899 --> 00:18:35.519 and you're 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:36.359 strengthened by 00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:36.619 it. 00:18:38.980 --> 00:18:39.539 Sometimes 00:18:39.539 --> 00:18:40.179 when we 00:18:40.179 --> 00:18:40.539 come to 00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:40.939 God's 00:18:40.939 --> 00:18:41.240 house, 00:18:41.619 --> 00:18:41.799 we're 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.399 rebuked 00:18:42.399 --> 00:18:42.959 by the 00:18:42.959 --> 00:18:43.240 word. 00:18:44.539 --> 00:18:44.859 God 00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.259 brings 00:18:45.259 --> 00:18:46.099 before us 00:18:46.099 --> 00:18:46.740 through his 00:18:46.740 --> 00:18:47.119 word. 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.220 What we 00:18:48.220 --> 00:18:48.599 need to 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:49.379 hear brings 00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:50.079 before us 00:18:50.079 --> 00:18:50.859 our sin. 00:18:51.639 --> 00:18:52.279 Sin that 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:53.699 we know 00:18:53.699 --> 00:18:54.639 about but 00:18:54.639 --> 00:18:54.839 have 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:55.379 dismissed. 00:18:56.099 --> 00:18:56.500 Sin that 00:18:56.500 --> 00:18:56.679 is 00:18:56.679 --> 00:18:57.679 unconfessed. 00:18:58.319 --> 00:18:58.919 Sin we're 00:18:58.919 --> 00:18:59.859 ignorant of. 00:19:00.839 --> 00:19:01.500 Many a 00:19:01.500 --> 00:19:02.459 time under 00:19:02.459 --> 00:19:02.959 God's 00:19:02.959 --> 00:19:03.919 word we've 00:19:03.919 --> 00:19:04.339 been brought 00:19:04.339 --> 00:19:04.899 face to 00:19:04.899 --> 00:19:05.939 face with 00:19:05.939 --> 00:19:06.259 this. 00:19:07.279 --> 00:19:07.759 And God 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:08.959 rebukes us. 00:19:09.199 --> 00:19:09.459 That's 00:19:09.459 --> 00:19:09.980 necessary. 00:19:11.179 --> 00:19:11.539 Now there's 00:19:11.539 --> 00:19:12.039 many other 00:19:12.039 --> 00:19:12.699 things we could 00:19:12.699 --> 00:19:13.199 say about 00:19:13.199 --> 00:19:13.899 God's house 00:19:13.899 --> 00:19:14.720 and love for 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:15.299 God's house, 00:19:15.379 --> 00:19:15.639 but there's 00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.019 one other 00:19:16.019 --> 00:19:16.400 thing I'm 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:16.639 going to 00:19:16.639 --> 00:19:16.920 say. 00:19:17.379 --> 00:19:17.700 It's 00:19:17.700 --> 00:19:18.139 not just 00:19:18.139 --> 00:19:18.900 David who 00:19:18.900 --> 00:19:19.599 loves God's 00:19:19.599 --> 00:19:19.839 house, 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:20.639 not just 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.440 us who 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:22.139 loves God's 00:19:22.139 --> 00:19:22.440 house. 00:19:23.359 --> 00:19:25.259 God loves 00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.379 his house. 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:30.779 God loves 00:19:30.779 --> 00:19:31.759 this house 00:19:31.759 --> 00:19:33.660 and all the 00:19:33.660 --> 00:19:34.460 other places 00:19:34.460 --> 00:19:35.960 of worship, 00:19:36.059 --> 00:19:36.480 of worship 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.019 in spirit 00:19:37.019 --> 00:19:37.700 and in truth 00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:39.420 in Stornoway 00:19:39.420 --> 00:19:40.240 far more than 00:19:40.240 --> 00:19:41.059 any other 00:19:41.059 --> 00:19:42.019 home in 00:19:42.019 --> 00:19:42.519 Stornoway. 00:19:42.519 --> 00:19:44.559 God loves 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:47.279 the gates 00:19:47.279 --> 00:19:47.940 of Zion. 00:19:47.940 --> 00:19:48.700 We sang it. 00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:50.779 God loves 00:19:50.779 --> 00:19:51.299 the gates 00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.879 of Zion. 00:19:52.139 --> 00:19:52.559 That is 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:53.279 speaking about 00:19:53.279 --> 00:19:54.200 his dwelling 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:54.920 place, his 00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:56.619 sanctuary, more 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:57.859 than all the 00:19:57.859 --> 00:19:58.559 dwellings of 00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.779 Jacob, all 00:19:59.779 --> 00:20:00.559 the houses of 00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.559 Israel that 00:20:01.559 --> 00:20:02.139 were dotted 00:20:02.139 --> 00:20:02.819 all over. 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:04.559 The one 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:05.180 place that 00:20:05.180 --> 00:20:05.720 God loved 00:20:05.720 --> 00:20:06.460 above all 00:20:06.460 --> 00:20:07.839 was his 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:08.240 place. 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.039 So we've 00:20:10.039 --> 00:20:10.559 always got to 00:20:10.559 --> 00:20:11.639 remember that 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:12.340 God puts a 00:20:12.340 --> 00:20:13.600 high place 00:20:13.600 --> 00:20:15.600 upon the 00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.180 place where 00:20:16.180 --> 00:20:16.620 we gather 00:20:16.620 --> 00:20:17.840 together, the 00:20:17.840 --> 00:20:18.380 place where 00:20:18.380 --> 00:20:19.000 his honor 00:20:19.000 --> 00:20:19.900 and the 00:20:19.900 --> 00:20:20.400 place where 00:20:20.400 --> 00:20:21.000 his glory 00:20:21.000 --> 00:20:21.440 is. 00:20:23.160 --> 00:20:24.060 But then 00:20:24.060 --> 00:20:25.380 we find the 00:20:25.380 --> 00:20:26.080 psalmist taking 00:20:26.080 --> 00:20:26.820 a complete 00:20:26.820 --> 00:20:27.400 change of 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:29.140 direction and 00:20:29.140 --> 00:20:29.780 he says, 00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:31.580 do not sweep 00:20:31.580 --> 00:20:32.480 my soul 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:33.740 away with 00:20:33.740 --> 00:20:34.140 sinners. 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:35.740 Do not sweep 00:20:35.740 --> 00:20:36.380 my soul 00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:37.460 away with 00:20:37.460 --> 00:20:37.820 sinners. 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:38.960 That is kind 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.460 of gathering 00:20:39.460 --> 00:20:40.480 up what is 00:20:40.480 --> 00:20:41.040 to be thrown 00:20:41.040 --> 00:20:41.420 away. 00:20:41.640 --> 00:20:42.640 gathering away 00:20:42.640 --> 00:20:43.180 what is to 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:44.040 be just 00:20:44.040 --> 00:20:44.580 got rid 00:20:44.580 --> 00:20:44.840 of. 00:20:46.100 --> 00:20:46.520 Now you 00:20:46.520 --> 00:20:46.759 and I 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:47.100 know that 00:20:47.100 --> 00:20:47.420 there's a 00:20:47.420 --> 00:20:48.020 gathering of 00:20:48.020 --> 00:20:48.720 souls going 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:49.460 on all 00:20:49.460 --> 00:20:50.040 the time, 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.480 every day 00:20:51.480 --> 00:20:52.500 and every 00:20:52.500 --> 00:20:52.900 night. 00:20:54.280 --> 00:20:54.840 Death is 00:20:54.840 --> 00:20:55.740 never silent. 00:20:56.780 --> 00:20:57.940 One after 00:20:57.940 --> 00:20:58.420 another, 00:20:58.740 --> 00:20:59.500 after another, 00:20:59.860 --> 00:21:00.560 after another 00:21:00.560 --> 00:21:01.640 is being taken 00:21:01.640 --> 00:21:02.280 out of this 00:21:02.280 --> 00:21:02.620 world. 00:21:02.740 --> 00:21:03.140 There's this 00:21:03.140 --> 00:21:03.880 constant 00:21:03.880 --> 00:21:05.980 movement from 00:21:05.980 --> 00:21:07.040 time into 00:21:07.040 --> 00:21:07.640 eternity. 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:07.700 eternity. 00:21:09.580 --> 00:21:11.140 And it's 00:21:11.140 --> 00:21:12.820 a very, 00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:13.420 very solemn 00:21:13.420 --> 00:21:13.820 thing. 00:21:14.820 --> 00:21:16.580 But we 00:21:16.580 --> 00:21:17.040 know that 00:21:17.040 --> 00:21:17.320 there are 00:21:17.320 --> 00:21:17.860 only two 00:21:17.860 --> 00:21:18.520 destinies. 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.060 The Bible 00:21:19.060 --> 00:21:19.500 makes it 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.120 very clear 00:21:20.120 --> 00:21:21.020 that every 00:21:21.020 --> 00:21:21.600 soul that 00:21:21.600 --> 00:21:22.320 departs this 00:21:22.320 --> 00:21:23.700 world will 00:21:23.700 --> 00:21:24.300 either go to 00:21:24.300 --> 00:21:25.640 heaven or 00:21:25.640 --> 00:21:25.980 go to 00:21:25.980 --> 00:21:26.259 hell. 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.980 Nowhere else. 00:21:28.840 --> 00:21:29.340 There's no 00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:30.680 total annihilation, 00:21:30.840 --> 00:21:31.200 there's no 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:31.680 purgatory, 00:21:31.840 --> 00:21:32.200 there's nothing 00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:32.560 else. 00:21:32.559 --> 00:21:33.519 either to 00:21:33.519 --> 00:21:34.619 heaven or 00:21:34.619 --> 00:21:35.059 to hell. 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.379 And each 00:21:36.379 --> 00:21:36.940 is gathered 00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:38.139 to his own 00:21:38.139 --> 00:21:38.579 place. 00:21:39.639 --> 00:21:40.059 And the 00:21:40.059 --> 00:21:40.720 Lord is in 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:42.059 complete control 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:43.119 of that 00:21:43.119 --> 00:21:43.539 gathering. 00:21:44.359 --> 00:21:44.700 He makes 00:21:44.700 --> 00:21:45.500 no mistakes. 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.460 God knows 00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:48.339 who are 00:21:48.339 --> 00:21:48.700 his. 00:21:49.159 --> 00:21:49.619 He says 00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:49.980 that in 00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:50.379 his word, 00:21:50.799 --> 00:21:51.720 I know 00:21:51.720 --> 00:21:52.619 my own. 00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:53.980 He knows 00:21:53.980 --> 00:21:55.179 everyone that 00:21:55.179 --> 00:21:55.899 belongs to 00:21:55.899 --> 00:21:56.059 him. 00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:57.299 But he also 00:21:57.299 --> 00:21:58.179 knows everyone 00:21:58.179 --> 00:21:59.279 that doesn't. 00:22:00.399 --> 00:22:00.839 There are 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:01.339 no errors 00:22:01.339 --> 00:22:01.819 with the 00:22:01.819 --> 00:22:02.079 Lord. 00:22:02.079 --> 00:22:02.779 This is 00:22:02.779 --> 00:22:03.279 the Lord's 00:22:03.279 --> 00:22:03.899 prerogative. 00:22:04.439 --> 00:22:04.779 He's in 00:22:04.779 --> 00:22:05.480 control of 00:22:05.480 --> 00:22:05.699 this. 00:22:06.139 --> 00:22:06.579 The church 00:22:06.579 --> 00:22:07.159 has no 00:22:07.159 --> 00:22:09.139 say in 00:22:09.139 --> 00:22:10.919 where a 00:22:10.919 --> 00:22:11.639 soul goes. 00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:13.000 The 00:22:13.000 --> 00:22:13.220 Kirk 00:22:13.220 --> 00:22:14.199 session can 00:22:14.199 --> 00:22:14.899 admit into 00:22:14.899 --> 00:22:15.399 membership, 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:15.960 that's what 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.319 the Kirk 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.039 session does, 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:18.119 but the 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.319 Kirk 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.359 session can 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.740 never admit 00:22:20.740 --> 00:22:21.740 any soul 00:22:21.740 --> 00:22:22.659 into glory. 00:22:23.379 --> 00:22:23.859 That is 00:22:23.859 --> 00:22:24.339 the Lord's 00:22:24.339 --> 00:22:24.679 work. 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:26.559 And that 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.000 is why 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.919 David is 00:22:27.919 --> 00:22:28.619 here saying, 00:22:29.419 --> 00:22:29.819 sweep 00:22:29.819 --> 00:22:30.839 not my 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:31.419 soul 00:22:31.420 --> 00:22:32.620 away with 00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:32.920 sinners. 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:34.300 Because 00:22:34.300 --> 00:22:34.880 David has 00:22:34.880 --> 00:22:36.640 a full 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:37.640 knowledge 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.800 of what 00:22:38.800 --> 00:22:39.620 sin is, 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:40.640 how sinners 00:22:40.640 --> 00:22:41.039 live, 00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.700 and what 00:22:41.700 --> 00:22:42.120 their end 00:22:42.120 --> 00:22:42.460 is going 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:42.880 to be. 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:45.080 And so 00:22:45.080 --> 00:22:45.779 David is 00:22:45.779 --> 00:22:47.240 coming there 00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:48.019 from God's 00:22:48.019 --> 00:22:49.300 house and 00:22:49.300 --> 00:22:50.220 enjoying the 00:22:50.220 --> 00:22:50.800 fullness of 00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:51.440 his sanctuary, 00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.759 having seen, 00:22:53.160 --> 00:22:53.360 yes, 00:22:53.460 --> 00:22:54.100 the hypocrites, 00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.360 and he's 00:22:55.360 --> 00:22:55.600 saying, 00:22:55.920 --> 00:22:56.120 Lord, 00:22:56.120 --> 00:22:57.080 do not sweep 00:22:57.080 --> 00:22:58.019 away my 00:22:58.019 --> 00:22:58.940 soul with 00:22:58.940 --> 00:22:59.320 sinners. 00:22:59.319 --> 00:22:59.379 church. 00:23:00.279 --> 00:23:00.559 Now, 00:23:00.599 --> 00:23:00.980 some people 00:23:00.980 --> 00:23:01.819 are surprised 00:23:01.819 --> 00:23:02.279 at this 00:23:02.279 --> 00:23:02.619 prayer, 00:23:02.700 --> 00:23:02.899 and they 00:23:02.899 --> 00:23:03.019 say, 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.179 well, 00:23:04.099 --> 00:23:04.659 why is 00:23:04.659 --> 00:23:05.259 David making 00:23:05.259 --> 00:23:05.679 a prayer 00:23:05.679 --> 00:23:06.379 like this? 00:23:07.759 --> 00:23:08.179 But you 00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.579 know what? 00:23:09.099 --> 00:23:09.899 I'm sure 00:23:09.899 --> 00:23:12.240 everyone who 00:23:12.240 --> 00:23:12.740 loves the 00:23:12.740 --> 00:23:13.779 Lord has 00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:14.419 prayed this 00:23:14.419 --> 00:23:14.919 prayer or 00:23:14.919 --> 00:23:15.519 something very 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:16.139 similar to 00:23:16.139 --> 00:23:16.319 it. 00:23:16.980 --> 00:23:17.399 If you're a 00:23:17.399 --> 00:23:17.740 Christian, 00:23:18.179 --> 00:23:19.019 I'm perfectly 00:23:19.019 --> 00:23:20.439 sure that 00:23:20.439 --> 00:23:20.740 you have 00:23:20.740 --> 00:23:21.099 prayed, 00:23:21.619 --> 00:23:21.899 if you 00:23:21.899 --> 00:23:22.319 didn't pray 00:23:22.319 --> 00:23:23.039 these exact 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:23.460 words, 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:24.359 you prayed 00:23:24.359 --> 00:23:25.339 words which 00:23:25.339 --> 00:23:25.859 were very, 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.519 very similar 00:23:26.519 --> 00:23:27.079 to it. 00:23:27.079 --> 00:23:28.879 So why 00:23:28.879 --> 00:23:30.079 does David 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:30.699 pray this? 00:23:30.799 --> 00:23:31.179 Why do 00:23:31.179 --> 00:23:31.539 you and 00:23:31.539 --> 00:23:32.939 I pray 00:23:32.939 --> 00:23:33.759 something like 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.099 this? 00:23:36.059 --> 00:23:36.299 Well, 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.819 is it not 00:23:36.819 --> 00:23:37.240 for the 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.639 fear that 00:23:38.639 --> 00:23:39.039 we've been 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:39.519 deceived? 00:23:40.419 --> 00:23:40.960 Not that 00:23:40.960 --> 00:23:41.460 God has 00:23:41.460 --> 00:23:42.240 deceived us. 00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.259 Not that 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:43.579 the offer 00:23:43.579 --> 00:23:44.419 of salvation 00:23:44.419 --> 00:23:45.599 deceives us. 00:23:46.019 --> 00:23:46.439 Not that 00:23:46.439 --> 00:23:47.000 the work of 00:23:47.000 --> 00:23:48.059 Christ deceives 00:23:48.059 --> 00:23:48.439 us. 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:50.079 But that 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:50.539 we have 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.079 deceived 00:23:51.079 --> 00:23:51.679 ourselves 00:23:51.679 --> 00:23:52.779 into thinking 00:23:52.779 --> 00:23:53.720 that we're 00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:54.379 something we're 00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:54.679 not. 00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:56.799 Christians 00:23:56.799 --> 00:24:02.299 when actually 00:24:02.299 --> 00:24:02.940 we aren't. 00:24:04.560 --> 00:24:05.360 And that's 00:24:05.360 --> 00:24:05.799 why we 00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.320 would pray 00:24:06.320 --> 00:24:06.980 a prayer 00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.600 like that. 00:24:07.860 --> 00:24:08.200 So what 00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:08.920 causes us 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.340 to think 00:24:09.340 --> 00:24:09.920 like that? 00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:10.740 How is it 00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:12.100 that if you've 00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.519 been following 00:24:12.519 --> 00:24:12.940 the Lord 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:13.440 for many, 00:24:13.580 --> 00:24:14.160 many years 00:24:14.160 --> 00:24:15.039 that you 00:24:15.039 --> 00:24:15.840 find yourself 00:24:15.840 --> 00:24:16.940 exactly 00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.820 here? 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:20.220 Well, 00:24:20.340 --> 00:24:20.600 there are 00:24:20.600 --> 00:24:21.160 many things 00:24:21.160 --> 00:24:21.480 I'm just 00:24:21.480 --> 00:24:21.759 going to 00:24:21.759 --> 00:24:22.460 suggest to. 00:24:22.580 --> 00:24:23.100 One is 00:24:23.099 --> 00:24:24.419 the discovery 00:24:24.419 --> 00:24:24.899 of our 00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.539 own heart 00:24:25.539 --> 00:24:27.599 where all 00:24:27.599 --> 00:24:28.439 we get 00:24:28.439 --> 00:24:29.299 glimpses of 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.839 the sheer 00:24:29.839 --> 00:24:30.439 corruption 00:24:30.439 --> 00:24:31.679 and the 00:24:31.679 --> 00:24:32.179 vile 00:24:32.179 --> 00:24:33.939 thoughts, 00:24:34.259 --> 00:24:35.039 everything that 00:24:35.039 --> 00:24:35.439 goes on 00:24:35.439 --> 00:24:35.859 within our 00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.179 heart. 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.159 And we 00:24:37.159 --> 00:24:37.699 thought 00:24:37.699 --> 00:24:39.279 years ago 00:24:39.279 --> 00:24:39.879 that by the 00:24:39.879 --> 00:24:40.299 time we 00:24:40.299 --> 00:24:40.899 reached this 00:24:40.899 --> 00:24:41.399 stage 00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:42.619 that we 00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:42.939 would be 00:24:42.939 --> 00:24:43.759 so holy 00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.459 in lifestyle, 00:24:44.719 --> 00:24:46.000 so Christ-like 00:24:46.000 --> 00:24:47.639 that we 00:24:47.639 --> 00:24:47.980 would have 00:24:47.980 --> 00:24:48.879 grown so 00:24:48.879 --> 00:24:49.259 much. 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:51.219 And yet 00:24:51.219 --> 00:24:51.699 we get a 00:24:51.699 --> 00:24:52.480 glimpse in 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:54.180 and we 00:24:54.180 --> 00:24:54.440 say, 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:54.680 oh, 00:24:54.740 --> 00:24:55.099 woe is 00:24:55.099 --> 00:24:55.360 me, 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:55.880 for I'm 00:24:55.880 --> 00:24:56.319 undone. 00:24:56.839 --> 00:24:57.039 Oh, 00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.779 wretched man 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.120 that I 00:24:58.120 --> 00:24:58.400 am. 00:24:59.559 --> 00:24:59.839 And so 00:24:59.839 --> 00:25:00.240 there is 00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:00.720 this 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:02.740 ongoing 00:25:02.740 --> 00:25:03.519 discovery 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:04.980 of what 00:25:04.980 --> 00:25:05.220 we're 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.500 really 00:25:05.500 --> 00:25:05.839 like. 00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.960 But side 00:25:07.960 --> 00:25:08.500 by side 00:25:08.500 --> 00:25:08.900 with that, 00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.259 there is 00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:10.420 also the 00:25:10.420 --> 00:25:11.120 temptations 00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.779 from Satan. 00:25:12.720 --> 00:25:12.940 Now, 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.299 it's very 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.900 hard to 00:25:13.900 --> 00:25:14.400 distinguish 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:15.099 sometimes 00:25:15.099 --> 00:25:16.759 the 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.480 difference 00:25:17.480 --> 00:25:17.920 between 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:18.559 our sin 00:25:18.559 --> 00:25:19.839 and Satan's 00:25:19.839 --> 00:25:20.360 temptation. 00:25:20.359 --> 00:25:20.459 temptation. 00:25:21.659 --> 00:25:22.019 But there 00:25:22.019 --> 00:25:22.339 is a 00:25:22.339 --> 00:25:22.779 difference. 00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:24.419 Because all 00:25:24.419 --> 00:25:24.939 of a sudden 00:25:24.939 --> 00:25:25.500 Satan will 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.979 come to 00:25:25.979 --> 00:25:26.279 us and 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:26.719 he'll try 00:25:26.719 --> 00:25:27.259 and deceive 00:25:27.259 --> 00:25:27.619 us. 00:25:28.379 --> 00:25:28.719 And he'll 00:25:28.719 --> 00:25:28.879 say, 00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:29.539 you're not 00:25:29.539 --> 00:25:29.979 really a 00:25:29.979 --> 00:25:30.319 Christian. 00:25:31.039 --> 00:25:31.359 You're not 00:25:31.359 --> 00:25:31.759 a Christian 00:25:31.759 --> 00:25:32.500 because of 00:25:32.500 --> 00:25:33.240 this or 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:33.859 because of 00:25:33.859 --> 00:25:34.179 that. 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.379 And sometimes 00:25:35.379 --> 00:25:35.859 he'll get 00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.359 us for a 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:36.659 while. 00:25:37.099 --> 00:25:37.399 And we 00:25:37.399 --> 00:25:37.919 believe it 00:25:37.919 --> 00:25:38.679 and it 00:25:38.679 --> 00:25:39.519 disturbs us. 00:25:39.519 --> 00:25:40.059 It really 00:25:40.059 --> 00:25:40.799 affects us 00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.199 deeply. 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:44.579 And so we 00:25:44.579 --> 00:25:45.000 have this 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.459 fear. 00:25:45.819 --> 00:25:46.359 What if I 00:25:46.359 --> 00:25:46.959 come short? 00:25:46.960 --> 00:25:48.980 I'm sure 00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.460 there aren't 00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.860 too many. 00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:50.160 I know 00:25:50.160 --> 00:25:50.460 some 00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:50.900 Christians 00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:51.240 who have 00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.819 been blessed 00:25:51.819 --> 00:25:52.500 with wonderful 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.380 assurance all 00:25:53.380 --> 00:25:53.920 their days. 00:25:56.360 --> 00:25:57.140 But a lot 00:25:57.140 --> 00:25:57.880 of Christians 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:59.700 sometimes fear, 00:25:59.819 --> 00:26:00.200 what if I 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:00.819 come short? 00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.700 What if 00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:03.420 at the end 00:26:03.420 --> 00:26:04.000 of the day 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:05.840 I don't 00:26:05.840 --> 00:26:06.340 make it? 00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:08.160 Well, 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.620 see this 00:26:08.620 --> 00:26:08.980 prayer. 00:26:09.600 --> 00:26:10.360 I believe 00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:10.819 that this 00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:11.460 prayer can 00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:12.039 only be 00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:13.700 prayed by 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:14.940 the godly, 00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:15.660 by the 00:26:15.660 --> 00:26:16.039 Christian. 00:26:17.400 --> 00:26:17.880 It's 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:18.340 prayed by 00:26:18.340 --> 00:26:18.720 David 00:26:18.720 --> 00:26:19.480 genuinely, 00:26:19.700 --> 00:26:20.160 sincerely. 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:21.720 This is a 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:22.319 Christian's 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:22.600 prayer. 00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:24.539 You see, 00:26:24.600 --> 00:26:24.920 the world 00:26:24.920 --> 00:26:25.440 lives its 00:26:25.440 --> 00:26:25.799 own and 00:26:25.799 --> 00:26:26.120 the world 00:26:26.120 --> 00:26:26.680 lives its 00:26:26.680 --> 00:26:27.180 own way. 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:28.559 The Christian 00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:29.059 lives their 00:26:29.059 --> 00:26:29.940 own and 00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.400 the Christian 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:31.120 lives his 00:26:31.120 --> 00:26:31.559 and her 00:26:31.559 --> 00:26:32.400 own way. 00:26:32.920 --> 00:26:33.220 The Lord 00:26:33.220 --> 00:26:33.740 is building 00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.140 up his 00:26:34.140 --> 00:26:34.519 church. 00:26:35.600 --> 00:26:37.000 But despite 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.860 all the faults 00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.500 and failings 00:26:38.500 --> 00:26:39.120 that we have, 00:26:39.480 --> 00:26:40.160 we love each 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:40.700 other and we 00:26:40.700 --> 00:26:41.220 want to be 00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:42.500 part of each 00:26:42.500 --> 00:26:42.759 other. 00:26:44.559 --> 00:26:45.180 But you 00:26:45.180 --> 00:26:45.360 know, 00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.360 if you're 00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:46.879 tonight a 00:26:46.879 --> 00:26:47.299 Christian, 00:26:48.159 --> 00:26:48.679 there's 00:26:48.679 --> 00:26:49.299 nothing that 00:26:49.299 --> 00:26:49.879 fills you 00:26:49.879 --> 00:26:50.439 with more 00:26:50.439 --> 00:26:52.139 dread than 00:26:52.139 --> 00:26:52.419 that you 00:26:52.419 --> 00:26:53.059 be lost, 00:26:53.699 --> 00:26:54.119 that your 00:26:54.119 --> 00:26:54.719 soul would 00:26:54.719 --> 00:26:55.240 be swept 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.639 away. 00:26:56.719 --> 00:26:57.139 But there's 00:26:57.139 --> 00:26:57.579 more than 00:26:57.579 --> 00:26:57.899 that. 00:26:58.579 --> 00:26:59.159 There's a 00:26:59.159 --> 00:26:59.659 longing in 00:26:59.659 --> 00:27:00.179 your heart, 00:27:00.219 --> 00:27:00.699 isn't there? 00:27:01.839 --> 00:27:02.619 For when you 00:27:02.619 --> 00:27:03.479 will be rid 00:27:03.479 --> 00:27:04.579 of sin 00:27:04.579 --> 00:27:05.299 altogether. 00:27:06.579 --> 00:27:06.839 Now, 00:27:06.919 --> 00:27:07.399 there's the 00:27:07.399 --> 00:27:08.099 big difference 00:27:08.099 --> 00:27:08.619 between the 00:27:08.619 --> 00:27:09.379 Christian and 00:27:09.379 --> 00:27:10.119 the non-Christian. 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:12.239 the non-Christian 00:27:12.239 --> 00:27:14.819 doesn't long 00:27:14.819 --> 00:27:16.099 for sin to 00:27:16.099 --> 00:27:16.659 be removed. 00:27:16.939 --> 00:27:17.319 They might 00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:17.759 long for 00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.519 certain sins 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:19.139 to be removed. 00:27:19.239 --> 00:27:19.479 They might 00:27:19.479 --> 00:27:20.179 long for 00:27:20.179 --> 00:27:20.659 quite a lot 00:27:20.659 --> 00:27:21.059 of sins 00:27:21.059 --> 00:27:21.699 to be removed. 00:27:22.119 --> 00:27:22.879 But sin 00:27:22.879 --> 00:27:23.599 in general 00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:24.679 is more 00:27:24.679 --> 00:27:25.599 attractive to 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:27.079 them than 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:28.059 Jesus Christ. 00:27:29.119 --> 00:27:30.019 Because by 00:27:30.019 --> 00:27:30.879 living, 00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:32.339 by becoming 00:27:32.339 --> 00:27:33.019 a Christian, 00:27:34.059 --> 00:27:34.839 your whole 00:27:34.839 --> 00:27:35.379 future, 00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.019 as you see 00:27:36.019 --> 00:27:36.179 it, 00:27:36.219 --> 00:27:36.639 your whole 00:27:36.639 --> 00:27:37.039 longing, 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:37.899 is for 00:27:37.899 --> 00:27:38.440 the day 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.899 when you 00:27:38.899 --> 00:27:39.200 will be 00:27:39.200 --> 00:27:39.599 in a 00:27:39.599 --> 00:27:40.139 sinless 00:27:40.139 --> 00:27:41.039 environment, 00:27:41.700 --> 00:27:42.339 completely 00:27:42.339 --> 00:27:43.019 sinless 00:27:43.019 --> 00:27:43.500 yourself, 00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:44.740 serving a 00:27:44.740 --> 00:27:45.200 sinless 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.720 saviour 00:27:45.720 --> 00:27:46.379 forever and 00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:46.639 ever, 00:27:46.879 --> 00:27:47.319 in his 00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:47.700 immediate 00:27:47.700 --> 00:27:48.319 presence. 00:27:49.779 --> 00:27:50.639 And only 00:27:50.639 --> 00:27:52.079 the Christian 00:27:52.079 --> 00:27:52.779 wants that. 00:27:54.440 --> 00:27:54.839 Those who 00:27:54.839 --> 00:27:55.279 don't love 00:27:55.279 --> 00:27:55.700 the Lord 00:27:55.700 --> 00:27:56.940 cannot love 00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:57.259 that. 00:27:58.779 --> 00:27:59.079 And the 00:27:59.079 --> 00:27:59.480 reason I 00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.940 say that 00:27:59.940 --> 00:28:01.059 is because 00:28:01.059 --> 00:28:01.940 right here 00:28:01.940 --> 00:28:02.399 and right 00:28:02.399 --> 00:28:02.759 now, 00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:04.159 a person 00:28:04.159 --> 00:28:04.559 who isn't 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:05.200 a Christian 00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:06.440 would say, 00:28:06.440 --> 00:28:08.559 I don't 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:08.880 think I 00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:09.360 could live 00:28:09.360 --> 00:28:09.820 that kind 00:28:09.820 --> 00:28:10.160 of life 00:28:10.160 --> 00:28:10.980 where my 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.700 life is 00:28:11.700 --> 00:28:12.160 lived in 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.759 service to 00:28:12.759 --> 00:28:13.080 the Lord. 00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:13.799 I want to 00:28:13.799 --> 00:28:14.120 live my 00:28:14.120 --> 00:28:14.740 own life. 00:28:16.200 --> 00:28:16.420 Well, 00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.440 if that's 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:17.940 how it is 00:28:17.940 --> 00:28:18.240 here, 00:28:18.720 --> 00:28:19.160 how do you 00:28:19.160 --> 00:28:19.460 think it 00:28:19.460 --> 00:28:19.779 would be 00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.700 intensified 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:22.000 a thousand 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.140 fold in 00:28:23.140 --> 00:28:23.539 glory? 00:28:25.039 --> 00:28:25.380 You see, 00:28:25.440 --> 00:28:25.700 you can 00:28:25.700 --> 00:28:26.820 understand very 00:28:26.820 --> 00:28:27.779 clearly tonight 00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:29.640 where you 00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:30.400 really are. 00:28:31.120 --> 00:28:31.500 Where are 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:32.180 your desires? 00:28:32.840 --> 00:28:33.180 Where are 00:28:33.180 --> 00:28:33.820 your longings? 00:28:35.039 --> 00:28:35.340 Are you 00:28:35.340 --> 00:28:36.019 somebody who 00:28:36.019 --> 00:28:36.380 says, 00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.440 I long 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.380 for the 00:28:38.380 --> 00:28:38.980 return of 00:28:38.980 --> 00:28:39.299 Jesus? 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.180 I long 00:28:41.180 --> 00:28:41.860 for the 00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.840 day when 00:28:42.840 --> 00:28:43.360 I will be 00:28:43.360 --> 00:28:44.019 forever with 00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.220 him. 00:28:45.600 --> 00:28:46.080 Or are you 00:28:46.080 --> 00:28:46.640 saying tonight, 00:28:46.740 --> 00:28:47.039 oh, don't 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.620 come tonight, 00:28:47.720 --> 00:28:47.920 Lord. 00:28:48.600 --> 00:28:49.320 I'm not 00:28:49.320 --> 00:28:49.620 ready. 00:28:50.740 --> 00:28:51.140 Well, do 00:28:51.140 --> 00:28:51.259 you know, 00:28:51.320 --> 00:28:51.559 if you're 00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.259 actually saying 00:28:52.259 --> 00:28:53.680 that, you're 00:28:53.680 --> 00:28:54.019 not in a 00:28:54.019 --> 00:28:54.440 good place, 00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:54.759 but you 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:55.019 are. 00:28:55.340 --> 00:28:55.620 You're 00:28:55.620 --> 00:28:56.259 recognizing 00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:57.320 your need. 00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:58.759 And your 00:28:58.759 --> 00:28:59.200 need is 00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.820 such that 00:28:59.820 --> 00:29:01.039 you need 00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:01.740 Jesus right 00:29:01.740 --> 00:29:02.059 now. 00:29:03.200 --> 00:29:03.900 Because as 00:29:03.900 --> 00:29:04.279 we said, 00:29:04.340 --> 00:29:04.820 our days 00:29:04.820 --> 00:29:05.340 are flying 00:29:05.340 --> 00:29:05.740 by. 00:29:05.740 --> 00:29:07.279 There are 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:07.839 no second 00:29:07.839 --> 00:29:08.319 chances. 00:29:08.480 --> 00:29:08.880 Once we 00:29:08.880 --> 00:29:09.420 breathe or 00:29:09.420 --> 00:29:10.079 last, it's 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:10.380 over. 00:29:11.140 --> 00:29:12.140 The destiny 00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:13.279 is finalized. 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.799 So you 00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.480 make sure 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:16.880 that Jesus 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.559 tonight, 00:29:17.819 --> 00:29:18.319 before you 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.900 go to here, 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:20.460 ask him that 00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:21.700 Jesus will 00:29:21.700 --> 00:29:22.359 become your 00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:23.539 Lord and 00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.160 your Savior. 00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.500 And your 00:29:25.500 --> 00:29:26.000 heart will 00:29:26.000 --> 00:29:26.539 change, your 00:29:26.539 --> 00:29:27.259 desires will 00:29:27.259 --> 00:29:27.740 change. 00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:28.779 And you 00:29:28.779 --> 00:29:29.359 will also 00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:30.279 pray that 00:29:30.279 --> 00:29:30.599 prayer, 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:31.059 do not 00:29:31.059 --> 00:29:31.619 sweep me 00:29:31.619 --> 00:29:32.099 away with 00:29:32.099 --> 00:29:32.459 sinners, 00:29:33.299 --> 00:29:33.859 and long 00:29:33.859 --> 00:29:35.039 to be in 00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.539 the presence 00:29:35.539 --> 00:29:36.179 of Christ 00:29:36.179 --> 00:29:36.619 forever. 00:29:36.719 --> 00:29:37.000 Let us 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:37.259 pray. 00:29:38.719 --> 00:29:39.419 O Lord, 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:39.919 our God, 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:40.659 we give 00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.339 thanks for 00:29:41.339 --> 00:29:42.419 what your 00:29:42.419 --> 00:29:43.139 word teaches 00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.519 us. 00:29:44.219 --> 00:29:44.879 We give 00:29:44.879 --> 00:29:45.500 thanks that 00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.379 your house 00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.779 is the 00:29:46.779 --> 00:29:48.059 house where 00:29:48.059 --> 00:29:48.639 your glory 00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:49.819 is displayed. 00:29:50.759 --> 00:29:51.279 Your house 00:29:51.279 --> 00:29:51.899 is the place 00:29:51.899 --> 00:29:52.299 that you 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.599 love. 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.779 We pray 00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.139 that we 00:29:54.139 --> 00:29:54.579 may love 00:29:54.579 --> 00:29:55.019 it too. 00:29:55.019 --> 00:29:56.500 and we 00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:56.740 pray, 00:29:57.019 --> 00:29:57.099 Lord, 00:29:57.180 --> 00:29:57.480 that you 00:29:57.480 --> 00:29:58.339 will not 00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:59.119 sweep away 00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:01.039 any here 00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:02.740 tonight into 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.920 the lostness 00:30:03.920 --> 00:30:05.359 of eternity, 00:30:05.799 --> 00:30:06.759 but that we 00:30:06.759 --> 00:30:07.359 will all be 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:07.740 gathered, 00:30:08.180 --> 00:30:09.000 gathered 00:30:09.000 --> 00:30:10.779 together in 00:30:10.779 --> 00:30:11.519 the glory of 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:12.599 Emmanuel's land. 00:30:13.519 --> 00:30:14.039 Have mercy 00:30:14.039 --> 00:30:14.680 upon us, 00:30:14.759 --> 00:30:15.160 we pray. 00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:16.099 Cleanse us 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.460 from our 00:30:16.460 --> 00:30:17.119 every sin. 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:17.900 In Jesus' 00:30:18.099 --> 00:30:18.440 name we 00:30:18.440 --> 00:30:19.039 ask all. 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:19.660 Amen. 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:27.139 We're going 00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:28.180 to conclude 00:30:28.180 --> 00:30:28.859 singing in 00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.539 Psalm 84. 00:30:30.420 --> 00:30:31.539 The 84th 00:30:31.539 --> 00:30:32.099 Psalm, 00:30:32.480 --> 00:30:32.980 this is from 00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.460 the Scottish 00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.019 Psalter, 00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:35.359 Psalm 84, 00:30:35.660 --> 00:30:35.879 I'm going 00:30:35.879 --> 00:30:36.259 to sing 00:30:36.259 --> 00:30:37.639 verses 1 00:30:37.639 --> 00:30:38.099 to 3, 00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:38.480 double 00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:39.139 verse 3. 00:30:42.480 --> 00:30:43.079 Page 00:30:43.079 --> 00:30:44.099 338, 00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.700 How lovely 00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:45.200 is thy 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.960 dwelling place, 00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:46.519 O Lord 00:30:46.519 --> 00:30:47.059 of hosts 00:30:47.059 --> 00:30:47.759 to me, 00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:49.160 the tabernacles 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:49.660 of thy 00:30:49.660 --> 00:30:50.079 grace, 00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:50.799 how pleasant 00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.599 Lord they 00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:51.920 be, 00:30:52.420 --> 00:30:53.099 my thirsty 00:30:53.099 --> 00:30:54.000 soul longs 00:30:54.000 --> 00:30:54.639 vehemently, 00:30:54.640 --> 00:30:54.900 yea, 00:30:55.000 --> 00:30:55.740 faints thy 00:30:55.740 --> 00:30:56.480 courts to 00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:56.780 see, 00:30:57.520 --> 00:30:58.020 my very 00:30:58.020 --> 00:30:58.640 heart and 00:30:58.640 --> 00:30:59.440 flesh cry 00:30:59.440 --> 00:30:59.759 out, 00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.240 O living 00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:00.700 God, 00:31:00.900 --> 00:31:01.440 for thee. 00:31:02.100 --> 00:31:02.500 Behold, 00:31:02.560 --> 00:31:03.060 the sparrow 00:31:03.060 --> 00:31:03.720 finds out 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:04.200 an house 00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.759 wherein to 00:31:04.759 --> 00:31:05.140 rest, 00:31:05.620 --> 00:31:06.200 the swallow 00:31:06.200 --> 00:31:06.920 also for 00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.620 herself hath 00:31:07.620 --> 00:31:08.340 purchased a 00:31:08.340 --> 00:31:08.700 nest, 00:31:09.360 --> 00:31:10.000 even thine 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.780 own altars 00:31:10.780 --> 00:31:11.259 where she 00:31:11.259 --> 00:31:11.860 save her 00:31:11.860 --> 00:31:12.460 young ones 00:31:12.460 --> 00:31:13.000 forth may 00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.380 bring, 00:31:14.160 --> 00:31:14.620 O thou 00:31:14.620 --> 00:31:15.240 almighty 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.900 Lord of 00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.360 hosts, 00:31:16.860 --> 00:31:17.320 who art 00:31:17.320 --> 00:31:18.060 my God 00:31:18.060 --> 00:31:18.620 and King. 00:31:18.740 --> 00:31:18.900 The 00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.040 June 00:31:19.040 --> 00:31:19.420 Thompson 00:31:19.420 --> 00:31:19.840 Hawker, 00:31:19.920 --> 00:31:20.640 Psalm 84, 00:31:21.380 --> 00:31:22.060 1 to 00:31:22.060 --> 00:31:22.440 the double 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:23.000 verse 3. 00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.560 How lovely 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:24.359 is thy 00:31:24.359 --> 00:31:24.659 dwelling 00:31:24.659 --> 00:31:25.059 place. 00:31:28.059 --> 00:31:29.940 How lovely 00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:31.299 is thy 00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.279 dwelling 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:33.799 place, 00:31:33.940 --> 00:31:35.359 O Lord, 00:31:35.480 --> 00:31:36.659 of those 00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:38.240 to me. 00:31:39.039 --> 00:31:39.859 The 00:31:39.859 --> 00:31:41.559 tabernacles 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:44.440 of thy 00:31:44.440 --> 00:31:45.159 gates, 00:31:45.519 --> 00:31:47.139 how pleasant 00:31:47.140 --> 00:31:49.040 Lord may 00:31:49.040 --> 00:31:49.820 be. 00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:51.400 My 00:31:51.400 --> 00:31:52.640 thirsty 00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:54.080 soul 00:31:54.080 --> 00:31:54.600 of 00:31:54.600 --> 00:31:55.680 swimming 00:31:55.680 --> 00:31:56.220 and 00:31:56.220 --> 00:31:56.800 live, 00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.720 it 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.620 pains 00:31:58.620 --> 00:31:59.240 like 00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:00.140 wars 00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:01.640 to see. 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:03.160 By 00:32:03.160 --> 00:32:04.520 many 00:32:04.520 --> 00:32:05.680 heart 00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.240 and 00:32:06.240 --> 00:32:07.140 flesh 00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:07.800 I 00:32:07.800 --> 00:32:08.380 am, 00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:10.460 O living 00:32:10.460 --> 00:32:11.520 God, 00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:12.940 for thee. 00:32:12.940 --> 00:32:14.940 behold, 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:14.940 00:32:14.940 --> 00:32:16.180 the 00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:17.259 shadow 00:32:17.259 --> 00:32:19.400 findeth 00:32:19.400 --> 00:32:20.259 out 00:32:20.259 --> 00:32:20.860 and 00:32:20.860 --> 00:32:21.700 knows 00:32:21.700 --> 00:32:23.480 when to 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:25.140 rest. 00:32:25.140 --> 00:32:26.200 The 00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:27.320 swallow 00:32:27.320 --> 00:32:29.039 also 00:32:29.039 --> 00:32:30.240 for 00:32:30.240 --> 00:32:31.380 herself 00:32:31.380 --> 00:32:32.320 hath 00:32:32.320 --> 00:32:33.740 purchased 00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:35.240 said and 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:36.500 rest. 00:32:36.980 --> 00:32:37.640 In 00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:38.539 thy 00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:39.380 known 00:32:39.380 --> 00:32:40.660 altars 00:32:40.660 --> 00:32:41.620 where 00:32:41.620 --> 00:32:42.059 she 00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.920 saved, 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:43.680 our 00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.660 young 00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:45.180 ones 00:32:45.180 --> 00:32:46.120 forth 00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.539 may 00:32:46.539 --> 00:32:47.380 bring. 00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.039 O 00:32:49.039 --> 00:32:49.940 thou 00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:51.539 almighty 00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:53.000 Lord 00:32:53.000 --> 00:32:53.519 of 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:54.140 hosts 00:32:54.140 --> 00:32:54.860 who 00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.860 art 00:32:55.860 --> 00:32:56.360 thy 00:32:56.360 --> 00:32:57.420 God 00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.039 and 00:32:58.039 --> 00:32:59.160 King. 00:33:00.600 --> 00:33:01.240 Now may 00:33:01.240 --> 00:33:01.680 the grace, 00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:02.299 mercy and 00:33:02.299 --> 00:33:02.740 peace of 00:33:02.740 --> 00:33:03.100 God the 00:33:03.100 --> 00:33:03.400 Father, 00:33:03.600 --> 00:33:04.000 Son and 00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:04.779 Holy Spirit 00:33:04.779 --> 00:33:05.660 rest and 00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.259 abide upon 00:33:06.259 --> 00:33:06.860 each one of 00:33:06.860 --> 00:33:07.240 you now 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:07.820 and forever 00:33:07.820 --> 00:33:08.259 more. 00:33:08.580 --> 00:33:08.960 Amen. 00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:20.759 Amen. 00:33:49.940 --> 00:34:19.920 Thank you.