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 Welcome back to a short time of worship with us here in Becluse.

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 We continue to look through Luke's Gospel, see Jesus meeting a variety of different women

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 and considering how Jesus, by his grace, changes everything.

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 So we'll be there in just a couple of minutes, but let's begin hearing from Psalm 130,

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 a couple of verses there, verses 6 and 7.

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 Though the Lord is exalted, he looks kindly on the lowly.

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 Though lofty, he sees them from afar.

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 Though I walk in the midst of trouble, you preserve my life.

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 You stretch out your hand against the anger of my foes.

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 With your right hand, you save me.

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 Let's pray to the God who sees us now.

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 Lord, we praise you that you are the high and the exalted one, the glorious one,

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 the God who deserves all praise and honour.

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 We thank you too that you are so full of kindness,

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 that you look down on those who are low, those who are struggling, those who are weary.

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 We thank you that you are the God who sees us.

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 Just as Hagar, way back in the book of Genesis, when she was struggling and feeling alone,

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 and you came to help her.

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 She could confess, truly, you are the God who sees me.

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 Lord, we thank you for that reality.

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 We thank you that in your mercy, as you saw the misery that sin would bring,

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 you established that plan to save us in and through the sending of your son, Jesus.

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 We thank you that you have stretched out your hand to save us.

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 And so we pray that we would take comfort and hope that we would look to you as the one who sees us.

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 That we would recognise more of your character and more of your love,

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 that we might be drawn to you.

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 And so we pray that you would work through your word today to soften our hearts,

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 to cause us to praise and worship you.

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 We ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Now, let's read together a short reading from Luke chapter 13.

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 We're going to read from verse 10 to verse 17.

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 Let's hear God's word together.

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 On a Sabbath, Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues,

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 and a woman was there who'd been crippled by a spirit for 18 years.

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 She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

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 When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said,

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 To her, woman, you are set free from your infirmity.

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 Then he put his hands on her, and immediately she straightened up and praised God.

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 Indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath,

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 the synagogue leader said to the people,

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 There are six days for work.

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 So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath.

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 The Lord answered him,

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 You hypocrites!

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 Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie your ox or donkey from the stall and lead it out to give it water?

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 Then should not this woman, a daughter of Abraham,

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 whom Satan has kept bound for 18 long years,

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 be set free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?

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 When he said this,

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 all his opponents were humiliated,

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 but the people were delighted with all the wonderful things he was doing.

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 So today, let's see how Jesus changes everything for a disabled woman.

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 One of the highlights, I guess, for me during lockdown

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 was the chance that I had to talk about the church

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 and to talk about Christianity with our school's primary fours.

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 As they were doing their religion topic,

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 I got to be part of a rather chaotic Zoom call

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 across three different classes to about 100 P4s.

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 And they were so enthusiastic and they had so many questions.

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 Questions about what I did,

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 questions about what was the church like,

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 what do we do in church,

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 do we have a holy book.

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 It was really interesting to talk with the P4s.

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 There was a sense that they were understanding

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 that faith has a set of beliefs

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 and that those beliefs then influence practice

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 on how a person lives,

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 in our case, Christianity.

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 Those practices, those beliefs should shape how we live.

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 The focus of today's encounter for us

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 is on the one hand,

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 that this synagogue ruler who we meet,

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 who should have known

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 what God and his word is all about,

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 but he didn't.

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 And as a result, he was cold and he was indifferent

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 to the needs of this woman

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 and no doubt other sufferers do.

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 But then there's Jesus,

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 whose actions and words stand as a reminder

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 that God is merciful.

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 He is the son of God

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 and he is expressing the mercy of God.

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 He shows mercy and he cares

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 and he heals the woman who was crippled,

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 who was disabled.

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 I was thinking about this,

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 strangely enough,

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 this Wednesday morning.

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 I don't know, boys and girls,

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 if you remember walking to school

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 on Wednesday morning,

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 but I was absolutely chucking it down,

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 wasn't it?

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 And so I'd done the drop-off

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 and I was walking,

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 I was almost home

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 and I was soaked to the skin.

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 And then I realised,

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 I actually had an umbrella with me.

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 I just never thought to use it.

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 In a sense, it's a picture of the religious life

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 with no heart.

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 The synagogue ruler,

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 he had what he needed.

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 He had God's day, the Sabbath.

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 He had God's word being taught to him,

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 but he wasn't using it.

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 He did not have God's love

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 and God's mercy.

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 And so in these two figures,

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 Jesus and the synagogue ruler,

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 we get portraits,

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 we get the beauty of mercy

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 as we see it in Christ.

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 And we see sort of the ugliness

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 of indifference,

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 of a loveless religion,

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 of loveless Christianity on the other.

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 And so my prayer for each one of us

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 is that we would be drawn to Jesus

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 to find mercy from him

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 and that having been drawn in to receive mercy,

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 we would then be merciful as people.

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 That we would see the warning of the synagogue ruler,

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 that we might repent of our coldness,

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 of our lack of mercy,

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 and that we would together celebrate the power,

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 the power of transforming grace

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 that we see occur in this disabled woman.

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 Let's begin, first of all,

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 with our setting.

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 Now, setting matters.

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 We know that certain settings

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 go with particular qualities in a story.

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 So if you're, for example,

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 if you're watching a war movie,

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 some certain themes will be courage and brotherhood.

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 If a story is set on the sports field,

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 you are going to almost certainly encounter

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 the determination of the underdogs.

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 If your setting is a galaxy far, far away,

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 you're going to be dealing with good versus evil

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 and the saving of the universe.

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 So what's our setting?

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 What's our context here?

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 On a Sabbath,

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 Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues.

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 Okay, so two things to notice.

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 One, it's on the Sabbath.

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 Two, it's in the synagogue

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 and the word of God is being taught

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 and taught by none other than Jesus.

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 So the question then is,

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 what should we expect?

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 If that's the setting,

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 what should we expect of this story?

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 Well, for the synagogue ruler,

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 Sabbath and synagogue mean laws and rules.

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 For Jesus,

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 Sabbath and synagogue mean the promise of rest,

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 the hope of rescue

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 and the reality of rejoicing.

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 And even just in that,

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 we can see, can't we,

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 good news.

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 Good news that Jesus would save you and me

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 from dull, lifeless, loveless religion.

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 He brings the beating heart of God's love and mercy

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 to bear in this situation

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 and for this woman.

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 And it's wonderful to see.

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 So let's think about setting just again.

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 Sabbath, what was that about?

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 There's, I think, at least two truths

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 that we need to recognise

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 when we think about the Sabbath.

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 First, we can go to Exodus 20,

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 where we read the Ten Commandments.

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 Exodus 20 at verse 8.

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 Remember the Sabbath day

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 by keeping it holy.

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 Six days you shall labour

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 and do all your work,

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 but the seventh day

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 is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

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 On it you shall not do any work.

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 For in six days the Lord

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 made the heavens and the earth,

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 the sea and all that's in them,

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 but he rested on the seventh day.

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 Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day

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 and made it holy.

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 So Sabbath is a chance for us

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 to enjoy the gift of rest,

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 to rest from work,

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 to remember one's creator

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 and to worship.

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 But then again,

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 in Deuteronomy chapter 5,

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 as Moses again,

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 he rehearses the Ten Commandments

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 before the people,

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 there's a different emphasis.

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 As he says in verse 12,

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 observe the Sabbath day

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 by keeping it holy.

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 Six days you shall labour

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 and do all your work,

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 but the seventh day

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 is a Sabbath to the Lord your God.

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 And so there's the emphasis

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 on resting.

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 But then in verse 15,

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 remember that you were slaves in Egypt

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 and that the Lord your God

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 brought you out of there

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 with a mighty hand

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 and an outstretched arm.

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 Therefore the Lord your God

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 has commanded you

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 to observe the Sabbath day.

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 So what's new there?

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 Not just the gift of rest,

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 but the gift of rescue.

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 Every Sabbath they were to remember

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 that God their creator

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 was also God their saviour.

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 And so that's what should have been happening

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 on this Sabbath.

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 And then what about the synagogue?

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 You went to a first century,

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 what happened there in the synagogue?

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 Well, there was worship.

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 The people of God would gather

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 to worship before God.

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 God's word would be read.

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 The Old Testament was what they had.

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 God's word was read and taught

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 and there would be prayers being made.

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 The intention was, therefore,

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 that there would be a reminder

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 of their creator.

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 A reminder of the God

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 who had entered into covenant with them,

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 who had made promises to them.

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 A reminder that God

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 had been and would be

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 their redeemer.

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 Of course,

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 the synagogue,

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 and as the word of God

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 was read,

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 would also be a reminder to them

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 of God's holiness,

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 that he is perfect

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 and he is without sin

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 and he is holy.

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 It would also be a reminder,

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 therefore,

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 of human sin.

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 But then also,

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 they'd be reminded

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 of God's mercy

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 in his forgiveness

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 and in making a way.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 it was through the sacrifices

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 that would come to be,

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 seem to be,

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 about Jesus

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 and his perfect sacrifice.

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 But there's our setting,

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 Sabbath and synagogue.

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 And when you think about that,

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 it's perfect

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 for Jesus then to,

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 as it were,

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 to recreate

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 this woman,

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 to give her rest

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 from her suffering,

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 to bring rescue

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 from her spiritual bondage

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 so that she might rejoice

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 in God's salvation

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 and God's mercy.

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 Just before we move on,

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 I think this matters

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 for our Sunday,

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 the Lord's Day

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 for the people of God,

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 changing from a Saturday

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 to a Sunday

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 because on the Sunday,

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 Jesus rose from the dead

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 and everything became new.

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 So God, in his kindness,

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 gives us this weekly rhythm,

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 a weekly rhythm,

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 to rest,

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 to say,

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 do you know what,

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 I'm going to trust God.

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 I'm going to rest.

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 It's a chance for us

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 to remember

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 the gospel.

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 As we gather

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 every week

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 in the name

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 of the Lord Jesus

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 who died for us

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 and rose again,

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 we remember

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 God's gift of salvation.

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 And this weekly rhythm

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 is a chance for us

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 to refocus

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 on our God,

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 to be drawn back to him

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 as we recognise

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 how quickly we're drawn away

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 from him

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 and can grow cold

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 to his love.

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 It also matters

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 for our Sunday,

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 for our Lord's Day

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 and for every day,

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 really,

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 when we think about

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 our Bible teaching.

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 Now, remember,

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 in this story,

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 Jesus was the teacher

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 and we get indications

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 through the Gospels

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 of how Jesus read

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 and taught

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 the Old Testament.

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 He would say,

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 all of these

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 testify about me.

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 He would say,

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 these are fulfilled

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 in me.

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 All those great promises,

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 they are about me.

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 So as we read

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 the big story

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 of God

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 creating a world

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 to know and enjoy

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 his love,

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 but of people

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 turning to sin

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 and falling

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 and things becoming

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 broken,

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 and as we read

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 of God's

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 redeeming love

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 and his covenant

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 and his commitment

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 to save a people

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 for himself

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 by his grace,

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 and as we see

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 that fulfilled

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 in the sending

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 of Jesus

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 to come into

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 our world,

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 to die in our place

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 and to rise

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 for our salvation,

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 and with the promise

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 that Jesus will

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 one day return

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 from heaven

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 to make everything new,

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 to bring his people

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 to be with him,

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 we recognise

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 in the big story

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 of the Bible,

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 Jesus stands

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 at the centre.

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 And we are drawn

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 into

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 that story.

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 There is

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 to,

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 and we'll see it

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 throughout,

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 I think this

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 conversation

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 that Jesus has

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 with the synagogue

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 leader,

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 there's a warning

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 about what

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 Michael Wilcock

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 calls fossilised

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 worship,

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 that it's

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 very possible

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 to have

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 our Lord's

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 Day

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 or our

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 reading of

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 God's Word

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 made

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 lifeless

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 by burying

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 it under

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 layers of

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 rules and

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 traditions.

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 It's what the

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 Pharisees did.

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 it's what

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 man-made

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 religion

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 would

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 seek

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 to do.

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 We want

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 to hear

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 God

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 and allow

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 him to

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 speak

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 in his

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 word.

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 That we

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 would ask

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 God

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 to make

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 Sunday

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 in a very

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 real sense

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 the highlight

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 of our

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 week.

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 To know

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 that he

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 would meet

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 us

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 in our

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 gathering,

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 that he

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 would meet

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 us by

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 the Spirit

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 in his

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 word and

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 that he

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 would give

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 us fresh

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 mercy and

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 grace for

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 our journey

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 of faith

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 for our

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 coming week.

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 So that's

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 our setting.

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 Now the

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 woman is

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 introduced in

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 verse 11 and

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 I want us to

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 notice the

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 response of

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 Jesus.

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 Just read

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 verse 11

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 again.

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 A woman

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 was there

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 who'd been

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 crippled by

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 a spirit

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 for 18

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 years.

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 She was

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 bent over

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 and could

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 not straighten

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 up at

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 all.

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 Can we

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 picture this

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 woman?

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 Life

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 being

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 agonising,

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 this crippling

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 illness.

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 Imagine the

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 effort it

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 would have

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 taken her,

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 hunched as

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 she was,

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 to get to

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 the synagogue.

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 She obviously

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 wanted to

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 worship with

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 the people

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 of God.

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 18 years

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 of suffering,

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 feeling

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 most likely

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 like an

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 outsider,

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 perhaps with

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 nothing much

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 to offer.

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 I came

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 across a

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 writer this

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 week by

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 the name

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 of Stephanie

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 Hubach.

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 I don't

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 know if

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 that's how

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 you say

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 her second

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 name.

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 So she's

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 an author

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 but she's

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 also the

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 mother of

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 a child

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 with Down

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 syndrome.

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 And she

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 said this

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 as she was

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 thinking about

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 the impact

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 of the fall

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 into sin

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 from Adam

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 and Eve

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 back in

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 Genesis

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 18.

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 because of

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 sin,

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 our world

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 became an

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 abnormal

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 world.

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 This world

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 is not the

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 way it was

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 meant to

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 be.

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 Disability

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 is simply

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 a more

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 noticeable

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 form of

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 the brokenness

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 that is

00:17:45.299 --> 00:17:46.720
 common to

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 human

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 experience.

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 A normal

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 part of

00:17:50.200 --> 00:17:52.000
 life in

00:17:52.000 --> 00:17:53.000
 an abnormal

00:17:53.000 --> 00:17:54.000
 world.

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 Now what

00:17:57.259 --> 00:17:57.839
 will Jesus

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 do as

00:17:59.059 --> 00:18:00.200
 he, the

00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:00.680
 perfectly

00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:01.559
 holy one,

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 comes into

00:18:02.200 --> 00:18:03.319
 this now

00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:04.140
 abnormal

00:18:04.140 --> 00:18:04.900
 world because

00:18:04.900 --> 00:18:05.339
 of sin?

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 As he

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 comes to

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:08.079
 establish his

00:18:08.079 --> 00:18:09.000
 kingdom, as

00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:09.619
 he comes to

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 go to war

00:18:10.420 --> 00:18:11.200
 against Satan

00:18:11.200 --> 00:18:11.460
 and the

00:18:11.460 --> 00:18:11.960
 forces of

00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:12.380
 evil to

00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:13.279
 defeat sin

00:18:13.279 --> 00:18:13.519
 and to

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 give signposts

00:18:14.400 --> 00:18:14.799
 of what his

00:18:14.799 --> 00:18:15.500
 future kingdom

00:18:15.500 --> 00:18:16.099
 will be like,

00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:17.240
 what will

00:18:17.240 --> 00:18:17.880
 Jesus do?

00:18:19.660 --> 00:18:20.759
 Verse 12.

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 Jesus saw

00:18:23.440 --> 00:18:23.819
 her.

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 Jesus is

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 the God

00:18:26.160 --> 00:18:27.180
 who sees.

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 Isn't that

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 beautiful?

00:18:30.619 --> 00:18:31.500
 This lady

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 stooped so

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 low as she

00:18:33.339 --> 00:18:33.900
 suffers, she's

00:18:33.900 --> 00:18:34.619
 not overlooked.

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 And it's

00:18:36.500 --> 00:18:37.279
 noticeable that

00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:37.960
 Jesus is the

00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:38.619
 one who takes

00:18:38.619 --> 00:18:39.240
 the initiative.

00:18:40.019 --> 00:18:40.660
 He sees and

00:18:40.660 --> 00:18:41.200
 he calls.

00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:42.519
 Here is

00:18:42.519 --> 00:18:43.099
 Jesus' heart

00:18:43.099 --> 00:18:43.740
 of compassion

00:18:43.740 --> 00:18:44.279
 and mercy

00:18:44.279 --> 00:18:44.859
 going out

00:18:44.859 --> 00:18:45.319
 again.

00:18:45.740 --> 00:18:46.160
 So Jesus

00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:46.819
 sees her

00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:47.400
 and then

00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:48.059
 Jesus spoke

00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.420
 to her.

00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:49.220
 So again

00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:50.039
 Jesus called

00:18:50.039 --> 00:18:50.720
 her forward.

00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:51.920
 It's as if

00:18:51.920 --> 00:18:52.400
 he wants his

00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:52.880
 power and

00:18:52.880 --> 00:18:53.400
 mercy to be

00:18:53.400 --> 00:18:53.700
 on full

00:18:53.700 --> 00:18:54.259
 display and

00:18:54.259 --> 00:18:54.900
 neon lights

00:18:54.900 --> 00:18:55.980
 highlighted.

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 And again

00:18:57.640 --> 00:18:58.440
 knowing the

00:18:58.440 --> 00:18:58.880
 heart of the

00:18:58.880 --> 00:18:59.600
 synagogue ruler

00:18:59.600 --> 00:19:00.320
 and his

00:19:00.320 --> 00:19:01.460
 legalising

00:19:01.460 --> 00:19:02.080
 tendencies,

00:19:02.820 --> 00:19:03.320
 you'll be

00:19:03.320 --> 00:19:04.160
 about mercy

00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:05.360
 like God

00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:05.620
 is.

00:19:06.440 --> 00:19:06.660
 And then

00:19:06.660 --> 00:19:07.300
 verse 12.

00:19:08.580 --> 00:19:09.200
 As he

00:19:09.200 --> 00:19:09.720
 speaks,

00:19:09.980 --> 00:19:10.220
 women,

00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:11.320
 you are set

00:19:11.320 --> 00:19:12.680
 free from

00:19:12.680 --> 00:19:13.280
 your infirmity.

00:19:13.280 --> 00:19:13.600
 He uses

00:19:13.600 --> 00:19:14.300
 freedom,

00:19:14.740 --> 00:19:15.380
 language.

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:15.840
 And of course

00:19:15.840 --> 00:19:16.580
 what we see

00:19:16.580 --> 00:19:17.420
 is that her

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 healing,

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 her cure,

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 her freedom

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 isn't just

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 physical,

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 though it

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 is physical

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 because immediately

00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:22.500
 she's

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 straightened

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 up.

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 But it's

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 also spiritual

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 because in

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 verse 11

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 she's crippled

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 by a spirit.

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 In verse 16

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 we discover

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 Satan has

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 kept her

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 bound.

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 So Jesus

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 sees her,

00:19:34.980 --> 00:19:35.359
 Jesus spoke

00:19:35.359 --> 00:19:35.660
 to her and

00:19:35.660 --> 00:19:36.200
 Jesus in a

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 very real

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 sense saved

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 her.

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 Here is one

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 of the themes

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 of Luke

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 in this section

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 of particular.

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 Jesus is going

00:19:42.620 --> 00:19:43.480
 into battle

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 against Satan,

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 against the

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 forces of evil

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 and here in

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 this woman's

00:19:46.759 --> 00:19:47.380
 life he wins

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 a victory.

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 A victory

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 that anticipates

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 the cross.

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 There Jesus

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 will strike

00:19:54.860 --> 00:19:55.200
 at the very

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 heart of

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 darkness

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 as he takes

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 sin on himself

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 and as he

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 defeats the

00:20:01.840 --> 00:20:02.640
 power of sin.

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 As he conquers

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 it in his

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 rising from

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 the dead.

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 So her cure

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 is both

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 physical and

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 spiritual.

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 And the woman's

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 response,

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 immediately

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 she straightened

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 up.

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 She praised

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 God.

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 She's rejoicing.

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 That rest

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 promised in

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 God's day,

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 that rescue

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 promised in

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 God's day

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 and in God's

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 word has

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 now become

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 real in

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 her life

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 and so her

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 instinct is

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 to praise

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 God.

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 By way of

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 applying this

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 to ourselves,

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 let's take

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 this first of

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 all as a

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 message of

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 hope for

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 us today.

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 Maybe we're

00:20:45.059 --> 00:20:46.039
 feeling small,

00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:48.279
 feeling weak,

00:20:48.279 --> 00:20:48.299
 feeling weak,

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 feeling weak,

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 feeling weak,

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 feeling weak,

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 feeling weak,

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 in the middle of

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 struggling and

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 suffering,

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 and perhaps that's

00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.879
 long term,

00:20:57.879 --> 00:20:58.980
 maybe overlooked

00:20:58.980 --> 00:21:00.079
 by others,

00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:02.299
 feeling like an

00:21:02.299 --> 00:21:02.920
 outsider,

00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:05.440
 recognise

00:21:05.440 --> 00:21:06.899
 Jesus

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 sees you.

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 And who is

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:10.899
 Jesus?

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:11.940
 He is the

00:21:11.940 --> 00:21:12.800
 Son of God,

00:21:13.200 --> 00:21:13.800
 the one who

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 is all

00:21:14.420 --> 00:21:16.480
 powerful and

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 also full of

00:21:17.540 --> 00:21:17.980
 love and

00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.400
 mercy.

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 This is the

00:21:19.620 --> 00:21:20.200
 Jesus who

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 invites us,

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 come to me

00:21:22.140 --> 00:21:23.060
 all you who

00:21:23.060 --> 00:21:23.720
 are weary and

00:21:23.720 --> 00:21:24.280
 burdened and I

00:21:24.280 --> 00:21:25.060
 will give you

00:21:25.060 --> 00:21:25.660
 rest.

00:21:27.580 --> 00:21:28.519
 Jesus sees

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:30.280
 and he knows

00:21:30.280 --> 00:21:31.480
 and he can

00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.780
 help and he

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 will be with

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 you if we

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 trust him.

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 It's also a

00:21:36.480 --> 00:21:36.960
 picture of the

00:21:36.960 --> 00:21:37.920
 gospel for us,

00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:38.460
 that's part of the

00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.080
 hope I think,

00:21:39.079 --> 00:21:40.279
 Jesus who

00:21:40.279 --> 00:21:40.919
 sees,

00:21:41.259 --> 00:21:42.039
 who saw

00:21:42.039 --> 00:21:43.299
 the misery

00:21:43.299 --> 00:21:43.799
 that sin

00:21:43.799 --> 00:21:44.359
 would bring,

00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.980
 recognising that

00:21:45.980 --> 00:21:46.500
 we would be

00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.799
 hopeless and

00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:49.000
 helpless without

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.639
 him,

00:21:50.199 --> 00:21:51.759
 came to be

00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:52.619
 one of us,

00:21:52.980 --> 00:21:53.879
 to live in our

00:21:53.879 --> 00:21:54.480
 place and to

00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:55.279
 die for our

00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:55.579
 sin,

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.339
 so that we

00:21:57.339 --> 00:21:57.699
 might be

00:21:57.699 --> 00:21:58.079
 forgiven,

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:58.559
 so that we

00:21:58.559 --> 00:21:58.960
 might have

00:21:58.960 --> 00:21:59.399
 peace with

00:21:59.399 --> 00:21:59.599
 God,

00:21:59.679 --> 00:21:59.859
 that we

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 might have

00:22:00.240 --> 00:22:00.879
 eternal life.

00:22:00.919 --> 00:22:01.599
 He extends

00:22:01.599 --> 00:22:03.059
 mercy to

00:22:03.059 --> 00:22:03.679
 you and to

00:22:03.679 --> 00:22:04.240
 me and for

00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:04.659
 us.

00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:06.939
 Our response

00:22:06.939 --> 00:22:07.619
 is to hear

00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:08.319
 that call,

00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.879
 is to be

00:22:09.879 --> 00:22:11.500
 obedient to

00:22:11.500 --> 00:22:11.859
 the Lord

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.259
 Jesus,

00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.899
 to put our

00:22:13.899 --> 00:22:14.839
 trust in

00:22:14.839 --> 00:22:16.379
 him and

00:22:16.379 --> 00:22:16.859
 then as we

00:22:16.859 --> 00:22:17.599
 come to

00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:17.879
 him and

00:22:17.879 --> 00:22:18.899
 find forgiveness

00:22:18.899 --> 00:22:19.259
 and we

00:22:19.259 --> 00:22:19.619
 come to

00:22:19.619 --> 00:22:20.259
 find life

00:22:20.259 --> 00:22:21.019
 from him

00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.960
 and healing

00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.579
 then we

00:22:22.579 --> 00:22:23.659
 praise him.

00:22:26.859 --> 00:22:27.460
 So it's a

00:22:27.460 --> 00:22:27.859
 message of

00:22:27.859 --> 00:22:28.279
 hope but it's

00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:28.819
 also I think

00:22:28.819 --> 00:22:29.879
 a call to

00:22:29.879 --> 00:22:30.859
 action in a

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 couple of

00:22:31.159 --> 00:22:31.500
 ways.

00:22:32.659 --> 00:22:33.019
 So some of

00:22:33.019 --> 00:22:33.799
 the primary

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.359
 four, their

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.859
 questions,

00:22:35.059 --> 00:22:35.679
 what is the

00:22:35.679 --> 00:22:36.279
 church like?

00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:37.539
 What is it

00:22:37.539 --> 00:22:38.259
 that you do

00:22:38.259 --> 00:22:39.200
 in the

00:22:39.200 --> 00:22:39.440
 church?

00:22:39.519 --> 00:22:40.079
 Well, here

00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:40.579
 are two

00:22:40.579 --> 00:22:42.059
 answers from

00:22:42.059 --> 00:22:42.680
 this text.

00:22:42.859 --> 00:22:43.700
 We as the

00:22:43.700 --> 00:22:44.259
 church, we

00:22:44.259 --> 00:22:45.019
 should be

00:22:45.019 --> 00:22:45.599
 merciful,

00:22:45.859 --> 00:22:46.019
 shouldn't

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.279
 we?

00:22:47.819 --> 00:22:49.559
 Jesus sees

00:22:49.559 --> 00:22:50.920
 the unseen,

00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:52.920
 the overlooked,

00:22:53.700 --> 00:22:54.859
 Jesus sees

00:22:54.859 --> 00:22:55.980
 us and extends

00:22:55.980 --> 00:22:57.240
 mercy to us

00:22:57.240 --> 00:22:58.140
 in the gospel

00:22:58.140 --> 00:23:00.079
 and so

00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.579
 should we.

00:23:02.180 --> 00:23:02.980
 Churches then

00:23:02.980 --> 00:23:03.500
 should be the

00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:04.319
 most inclusive

00:23:04.319 --> 00:23:05.519
 of places.

00:23:07.679 --> 00:23:08.179
 That we

00:23:08.179 --> 00:23:08.619
 should be

00:23:08.619 --> 00:23:09.259
 eager to

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.759
 open our

00:23:09.759 --> 00:23:10.240
 door and

00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:10.740
 open our

00:23:10.740 --> 00:23:11.240
 hearts and

00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:11.679
 open our

00:23:11.679 --> 00:23:12.399
 lives to

00:23:12.399 --> 00:23:12.939
 share with

00:23:12.939 --> 00:23:13.439
 others the

00:23:13.439 --> 00:23:14.059
 mercy that

00:23:14.059 --> 00:23:14.659
 God shows

00:23:14.659 --> 00:23:16.179
 us in

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.960
 the gospel.

00:23:18.579 --> 00:23:19.240
 So we

00:23:19.240 --> 00:23:19.679
 should be

00:23:19.679 --> 00:23:20.419
 merciful in

00:23:20.419 --> 00:23:20.919
 light of the

00:23:20.919 --> 00:23:21.359
 mercy that

00:23:21.359 --> 00:23:21.639
 we have

00:23:21.639 --> 00:23:23.079
 received and

00:23:23.079 --> 00:23:25.299
 we should

00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.819
 worship.

00:23:26.919 --> 00:23:27.519
 Romans 12

00:23:27.519 --> 00:23:28.159
 verse 1,

00:23:28.299 --> 00:23:28.919
 in view of

00:23:28.919 --> 00:23:29.299
 God's

00:23:29.299 --> 00:23:30.299
 mercies,

00:23:31.439 --> 00:23:32.000
 present your

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.579
 bodies as

00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:32.819
 living

00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.500
 sacrifices.

00:23:36.000 --> 00:23:36.799
 So we

00:23:36.799 --> 00:23:37.279
 can let

00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:37.720
 God's

00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:38.099
 day and

00:23:38.099 --> 00:23:38.700
 let God's

00:23:38.700 --> 00:23:39.659
 word keep

00:23:39.659 --> 00:23:40.379
 calling us

00:23:40.379 --> 00:23:41.099
 back to

00:23:41.099 --> 00:23:41.980
 that reminder

00:23:41.980 --> 00:23:42.799
 that we

00:23:42.799 --> 00:23:43.399
 are called

00:23:43.399 --> 00:23:44.220
 to live

00:23:44.220 --> 00:23:45.879
 every day

00:23:45.879 --> 00:23:46.779
 in every

00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:48.460
 situation to

00:23:48.460 --> 00:23:49.099
 the glory

00:23:49.099 --> 00:23:49.720
 of God.

00:23:50.220 --> 00:23:51.319
 To present

00:23:51.319 --> 00:23:52.200
 our bodies as

00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.879
 living sacrifice,

00:23:53.019 --> 00:23:53.539
 to deny

00:23:53.539 --> 00:23:54.139
 ourselves, to

00:23:54.139 --> 00:23:54.919
 say Jesus is

00:23:54.919 --> 00:23:55.419
 Lord and to

00:23:55.419 --> 00:23:56.319
 live for him

00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:57.960
 to be

00:23:57.960 --> 00:23:59.980
 somebody who

00:23:59.980 --> 00:24:00.559
 would pass

00:24:00.559 --> 00:24:01.359
 that mercy

00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:02.679
 forward.

00:24:02.819 --> 00:24:02.879
 God.

00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:05.099
 So that's

00:24:05.099 --> 00:24:05.679
 the response

00:24:05.679 --> 00:24:06.220
 of Jesus

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.579
 but we

00:24:06.579 --> 00:24:06.980
 also need

00:24:06.980 --> 00:24:07.279
 to look

00:24:07.279 --> 00:24:07.539
 in verse

00:24:07.539 --> 00:24:08.039
 14 to

00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.659
 17 at

00:24:08.659 --> 00:24:09.500
 the rebuke

00:24:09.500 --> 00:24:10.359
 of Jesus.

00:24:10.559 --> 00:24:12.359
 Now, for

00:24:12.359 --> 00:24:13.240
 those of us

00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.399
 who are

00:24:13.399 --> 00:24:13.839
 listening who

00:24:13.839 --> 00:24:14.679
 are parents

00:24:14.679 --> 00:24:16.220
 and for

00:24:16.220 --> 00:24:16.559
 you, if

00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:16.759
 you're

00:24:16.759 --> 00:24:18.599
 children, I

00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:19.200
 wonder how

00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.879
 often have

00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.599
 you said

00:24:20.599 --> 00:24:21.899
 or have

00:24:21.899 --> 00:24:22.859
 you heard

00:24:22.859 --> 00:24:24.799
 you really

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.599
 should know

00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:26.299
 better.

00:24:27.059 --> 00:24:27.720
 You really

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.099
 should know

00:24:28.099 --> 00:24:28.720
 better by

00:24:28.720 --> 00:24:29.179
 now.

00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:32.140
 Jesus

00:24:32.140 --> 00:24:33.299
 would be

00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:33.600
 very

00:24:33.600 --> 00:24:34.120
 entitled

00:24:34.120 --> 00:24:35.500
 to say

00:24:35.500 --> 00:24:35.860
 this to

00:24:35.860 --> 00:24:36.000
 the

00:24:36.000 --> 00:24:36.240
 synagogue

00:24:36.240 --> 00:24:36.700
 ruler.

00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:38.680
 So, so

00:24:38.680 --> 00:24:39.259
 Jesus has

00:24:39.259 --> 00:24:40.500
 just healed

00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:40.940
 the woman

00:24:40.940 --> 00:24:41.600
 and he's

00:24:41.600 --> 00:24:42.180
 rescued her,

00:24:42.259 --> 00:24:42.580
 given her

00:24:42.580 --> 00:24:43.140
 rest.

00:24:44.019 --> 00:24:44.380
 What do we

00:24:44.380 --> 00:24:45.400
 find from

00:24:45.400 --> 00:24:46.279
 verse 14?

00:24:47.240 --> 00:24:47.400
 Intignant.

00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:48.940
 He's so

00:24:48.940 --> 00:24:49.580
 annoyed because

00:24:49.580 --> 00:24:50.019
 Jesus had

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.460
 healed on the

00:24:50.460 --> 00:24:50.680
 Sabbath.

00:24:50.820 --> 00:24:51.060
 The synagogue

00:24:51.060 --> 00:24:52.080
 leader said

00:24:52.080 --> 00:24:52.480
 to the people

00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:52.980
 there are six

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.680
 days for work

00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:54.680
 so come and be

00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.240
 healed on those

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:55.759
 days, not on the

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:55.900
 Sabbath.

00:24:55.900 --> 00:24:56.180
 So he

00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:56.759
 interrupts

00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:58.740
 Jesus, totally

00:24:58.740 --> 00:24:59.440
 changes the

00:24:59.440 --> 00:25:00.180
 mood to

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.720
 rebuke the

00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:01.540
 women who

00:25:01.540 --> 00:25:02.080
 actually didn't

00:25:02.080 --> 00:25:02.700
 come for

00:25:02.700 --> 00:25:03.280
 healing in the

00:25:03.280 --> 00:25:03.940
 first place.

00:25:04.040 --> 00:25:04.560
 Jesus took

00:25:04.560 --> 00:25:05.060
 the initiative

00:25:05.060 --> 00:25:06.060
 and he's

00:25:06.060 --> 00:25:06.540
 certainly

00:25:06.540 --> 00:25:07.140
 rebuking

00:25:07.140 --> 00:25:07.560
 Jesus.

00:25:08.940 --> 00:25:09.440
 Why are you

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:09.820
 working?

00:25:10.640 --> 00:25:11.120
 This is a

00:25:11.120 --> 00:25:11.480
 day for

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.080
 resting.

00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:12.480
 We shouldn't

00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:12.820
 do any

00:25:12.820 --> 00:25:13.220
 work.

00:25:14.900 --> 00:25:15.380
 Jesus

00:25:15.380 --> 00:25:16.280
 responds with

00:25:16.280 --> 00:25:16.840
 rebuke.

00:25:17.880 --> 00:25:18.500
 He calls

00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:18.960
 out his

00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:19.600
 hypocrisy.

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 Verses 15

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:21.380
 and 16.

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 Listen, you

00:25:22.220 --> 00:25:23.000
 care for an

00:25:23.000 --> 00:25:23.600
 animal if it's

00:25:23.600 --> 00:25:24.019
 thirsty, you

00:25:24.019 --> 00:25:24.340
 give it a

00:25:24.340 --> 00:25:24.480
 drink.

00:25:24.820 --> 00:25:25.480
 How much

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.980
 more should

00:25:26.980 --> 00:25:27.360
 you want

00:25:27.360 --> 00:25:28.019
 mercy for

00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:28.380
 this woman?

00:25:28.640 --> 00:25:29.839
 This person

00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:30.440
 made in the

00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:31.099
 image of

00:25:31.099 --> 00:25:31.539
 God with

00:25:31.539 --> 00:25:32.519
 dignity and

00:25:32.519 --> 00:25:34.360
 value, you

00:25:34.360 --> 00:25:34.819
 should know

00:25:34.819 --> 00:25:35.339
 better.

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:37.599
 As a leader

00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:37.940
 of the

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.480
 synagogue, you

00:25:38.480 --> 00:25:39.019
 should be a

00:25:39.019 --> 00:25:39.539
 leader in

00:25:39.539 --> 00:25:40.799
 extending mercy

00:25:40.799 --> 00:25:41.240
 as a

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.900
 representative.

00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.640
 God, you

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.000
 should know

00:25:43.000 --> 00:25:43.480
 better.

00:25:44.140 --> 00:25:44.380
 It's the

00:25:44.380 --> 00:25:44.660
 Sabbath.

00:25:47.200 --> 00:25:47.660
 It's a day

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.160
 of remembering

00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:49.120
 God's mercy

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 and giving

00:25:50.039 --> 00:25:51.599
 rest from

00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:53.079
 work, and

00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:54.019
 giving rescue

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.940
 from slavery.

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:55.920
 mercy.

00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.299
 It's not

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 a

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.640
 lot, it's

00:25:57.640 --> 00:25:57.720
 a

00:25:57.720 --> 00:25:58.120
 mercy.

00:25:59.259 --> 00:25:59.640
 And you're

00:25:59.640 --> 00:25:59.900
 in the

00:25:59.900 --> 00:26:00.240
 synagogue.

00:26:01.579 --> 00:26:01.779
 You're

00:26:01.779 --> 00:26:02.200
 listening to

00:26:02.200 --> 00:26:02.660
 God's word,

00:26:02.700 --> 00:26:02.819
 you're

00:26:02.819 --> 00:26:03.180
 listening to

00:26:03.180 --> 00:26:03.740
 Jesus, the

00:26:03.740 --> 00:26:04.039
 word made

00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.480
 flesh, who's

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.539
 now teaching

00:26:05.539 --> 00:26:06.079
 that word, and

00:26:06.079 --> 00:26:06.740
 it's all about

00:26:06.740 --> 00:26:07.640
 salvation and

00:26:07.640 --> 00:26:08.079
 renewal.

00:26:08.720 --> 00:26:09.360
 This guy, he's

00:26:09.360 --> 00:26:12.500
 big on law, but

00:26:12.500 --> 00:26:14.240
 he's not big on

00:26:14.240 --> 00:26:14.720
 mercy.

00:26:16.099 --> 00:26:16.620
 And Jesus

00:26:16.620 --> 00:26:17.360
 rebukes him.

00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:19.440
 Verse 17, we

00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:20.180
 discover that this

00:26:20.180 --> 00:26:21.180
 synagogue ruler, he

00:26:21.180 --> 00:26:23.059
 failed to read the

00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.680
 room, didn't he?

00:26:23.680 --> 00:26:24.140
 When he said

00:26:24.140 --> 00:26:24.680
 this, all his

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.200
 opponents were

00:26:25.200 --> 00:26:25.900
 humiliated, but

00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.580
 the people were

00:26:26.580 --> 00:26:27.500
 delighted with all

00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.220
 wonderful things

00:26:28.220 --> 00:26:29.000
 Jesus was doing.

00:26:29.120 --> 00:26:29.960
 Public opinion is

00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:31.519
 with Jesus, because

00:26:31.519 --> 00:26:32.580
 they can recognise

00:26:32.580 --> 00:26:33.460
 cold, loveless

00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:35.860
 religion is ugly, but

00:26:35.860 --> 00:26:37.000
 mercy and love in

00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:37.600
 Jesus, they're

00:26:37.600 --> 00:26:38.360
 beautiful, and

00:26:38.360 --> 00:26:39.400
 they see it, and

00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.600
 they're drawn to

00:26:40.600 --> 00:26:41.140
 that.

00:26:43.140 --> 00:26:44.400
 Here again is a

00:26:44.400 --> 00:26:46.460
 warning to

00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.779
 religious folks.

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:52.740
 we can be in

00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:55.980
 God's word, on

00:26:55.980 --> 00:26:58.420
 God's day, doing

00:26:58.420 --> 00:26:59.180
 all kinds of

00:26:59.180 --> 00:27:00.240
 religious duties

00:27:00.240 --> 00:27:02.200
 and activities, and

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:03.200
 yet still be

00:27:03.200 --> 00:27:06.059
 hard-hearted, still

00:27:06.059 --> 00:27:06.920
 be missing the

00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:07.639
 point, making it

00:27:07.639 --> 00:27:08.879
 about us, or

00:27:08.879 --> 00:27:09.440
 making it about

00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:11.059
 rule-keeping, rather

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.960
 than celebrating

00:27:11.960 --> 00:27:12.940
 God's grace and

00:27:12.940 --> 00:27:13.680
 mercy and his

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.200
 salvation.

00:27:14.200 --> 00:27:14.340
 salvation.

00:27:16.660 --> 00:27:17.559
 It's a reminder

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.340
 that we must be

00:27:18.340 --> 00:27:19.660
 both hearers and

00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:21.160
 doers.

00:27:24.080 --> 00:27:24.960
 There's also

00:27:24.960 --> 00:27:25.680
 here, though, the

00:27:25.680 --> 00:27:26.460
 promise of the

00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:26.900
 gospel.

00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:27.440
 Look at verse

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:27.980
 16.

00:27:30.059 --> 00:27:30.900
 Should not this

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.680
 woman, a

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:32.539
 daughter of

00:27:32.539 --> 00:27:34.000
 Abraham, whom

00:27:34.000 --> 00:27:34.620
 Satan has kept

00:27:34.620 --> 00:27:35.340
 bound for 18

00:27:35.340 --> 00:27:36.720
 long years, be set

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:37.519
 free on the

00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:38.440
 Sabbath day from

00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:38.980
 what bound

00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.180
 her?

00:27:39.900 --> 00:27:40.620
 What does

00:27:40.620 --> 00:27:41.559
 faith in Jesus

00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:42.080
 bring?

00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:43.279
 It brings

00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.079
 freedom.

00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:44.720
 Just as this

00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:45.480
 woman was set

00:27:45.480 --> 00:27:46.799
 free, faith in

00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.939
 Jesus sets us

00:27:47.939 --> 00:27:49.339
 free from the

00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:50.819
 power of sin, from

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.879
 the reality of

00:27:51.879 --> 00:27:52.539
 guilt and

00:27:52.539 --> 00:27:53.980
 condemnation, from

00:27:53.980 --> 00:27:55.439
 the certainty of

00:27:55.439 --> 00:27:57.980
 eternal separation

00:27:57.980 --> 00:27:59.139
 from God in

00:27:59.139 --> 00:28:00.019
 hell.

00:28:01.859 --> 00:28:02.699
 Freedom to

00:28:02.699 --> 00:28:04.399
 become a

00:28:04.399 --> 00:28:06.079
 child of God, to

00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.839
 enjoy life and

00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:07.599
 peace with God, to

00:28:07.599 --> 00:28:08.519
 have the hope of

00:28:08.519 --> 00:28:10.119
 eternity with God.

00:28:10.199 --> 00:28:10.819
 So faith brings

00:28:10.819 --> 00:28:11.879
 freedom and faith

00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.680
 brings family.

00:28:13.120 --> 00:28:13.720
 She's a daughter

00:28:13.720 --> 00:28:14.300
 of Abraham.

00:28:14.820 --> 00:28:15.640
 She's part of the

00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:16.500
 people of God.

00:28:17.080 --> 00:28:17.820
 And that's all,

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.680
 again, because of

00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:20.180
 God's mercy to

00:28:20.180 --> 00:28:21.840
 us in sending

00:28:21.840 --> 00:28:23.500
 Jesus our

00:28:23.500 --> 00:28:24.280
 Saviour.

00:28:26.040 --> 00:28:27.820
 And so, as we

00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:29.160
 leave this story,

00:28:30.280 --> 00:28:31.780
 let's leave it in

00:28:31.780 --> 00:28:32.560
 that sense with a

00:28:32.560 --> 00:28:34.220
 call to us as the

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.680
 church.

00:28:35.140 --> 00:28:35.880
 If you belong to

00:28:35.880 --> 00:28:36.460
 Becluia, it's a

00:28:36.460 --> 00:28:37.380
 call to Becluia if

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.340
 you're from another

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:39.240
 church, that we

00:28:39.240 --> 00:28:41.380
 would be a place

00:28:41.380 --> 00:28:45.039
 of mercy for

00:28:45.039 --> 00:28:45.620
 those who are

00:28:45.620 --> 00:28:46.480
 suffering, for

00:28:46.480 --> 00:28:47.000
 those who are

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.900
 needy, for those

00:28:47.900 --> 00:28:48.759
 who are lost and

00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:49.339
 helpless, and that

00:28:49.339 --> 00:28:50.299
 we would each play

00:28:50.299 --> 00:28:51.220
 our part in

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.920
 extending that

00:28:51.920 --> 00:28:52.279
 mercy.

00:28:52.920 --> 00:28:53.599
 That we would

00:28:53.599 --> 00:28:55.120
 take heed of

00:28:55.120 --> 00:28:55.740
 the needs of

00:28:55.740 --> 00:28:57.859
 others and the

00:28:57.859 --> 00:28:58.559
 needs of one

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.980
 another.

00:29:00.339 --> 00:29:01.240
 That we wouldn't

00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:02.160
 let laws and

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.039
 traditions come

00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:05.480
 ahead of mercy

00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.819
 and showing

00:29:06.819 --> 00:29:07.360
 the love of

00:29:07.360 --> 00:29:07.759
 God to

00:29:07.759 --> 00:29:08.240
 others.

00:29:09.759 --> 00:29:10.360
 And that

00:29:10.360 --> 00:29:11.000
 positively we

00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:11.579
 would enjoy

00:29:11.579 --> 00:29:12.140
 what God's

00:29:12.140 --> 00:29:12.599
 day and what

00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.180
 God's word

00:29:13.180 --> 00:29:14.099
 calls us to.

00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:15.039
 To enjoy

00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.759
 rest.

00:29:16.299 --> 00:29:16.880
 Resting from

00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:17.660
 our work

00:29:17.660 --> 00:29:18.819
 whenever that's

00:29:18.819 --> 00:29:19.720
 possible and

00:29:19.720 --> 00:29:20.759
 resting in

00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:21.539
 Christ.

00:29:21.920 --> 00:29:22.799
 Not working

00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:23.539
 for our own

00:29:23.539 --> 00:29:24.339
 salvation but

00:29:24.339 --> 00:29:25.299
 recognising he

00:29:25.299 --> 00:29:26.299
 has accomplished

00:29:26.299 --> 00:29:27.339
 our salvation so

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:28.420
 we're resting and

00:29:28.420 --> 00:29:29.059
 we're trusting in

00:29:29.059 --> 00:29:30.779
 him alone for

00:29:30.779 --> 00:29:31.339
 salvation.

00:29:31.339 --> 00:29:34.799
 that we would

00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:36.539
 enjoy that

00:29:36.539 --> 00:29:37.740
 rescue that we

00:29:37.740 --> 00:29:38.119
 have received.

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:38.559
 That we would

00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.480
 celebrate the

00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:40.839
 gospel and that

00:29:40.839 --> 00:29:41.639
 we would share

00:29:41.639 --> 00:29:42.699
 the good news

00:29:42.699 --> 00:29:43.299
 that God has

00:29:43.299 --> 00:29:43.939
 loved us and

00:29:43.939 --> 00:29:44.980
 sent his son

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:47.559
 Jesus to pay

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:48.399
 the price and

00:29:48.399 --> 00:29:49.839
 the penalty for

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.500
 our sin.

00:29:50.859 --> 00:29:51.199
 And that we

00:29:51.199 --> 00:29:52.159
 would rejoice.

00:29:52.659 --> 00:29:53.099
 That if we have

00:29:53.099 --> 00:29:54.299
 received mercy

00:29:54.299 --> 00:29:55.559
 that we would

00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:56.720
 praise him today

00:29:56.720 --> 00:29:58.019
 and every day.

00:29:58.099 --> 00:29:58.559
 That that would

00:29:58.559 --> 00:29:59.659
 be our story.

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.519
 That would be the

00:30:00.519 --> 00:30:01.420
 tone of our

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:02.119
 story that that's

00:30:02.119 --> 00:30:02.579
 what we would

00:30:02.579 --> 00:30:04.279
 be about as a

00:30:04.279 --> 00:30:04.639
 church.

00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:05.339
 What is it that

00:30:05.339 --> 00:30:06.059
 we're about as a

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:06.379
 church?

00:30:06.599 --> 00:30:07.099
 What is it that

00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.619
 you do?

00:30:09.099 --> 00:30:09.759
 If someone asked

00:30:09.759 --> 00:30:10.299
 us that question

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:11.200
 a P4 or anyone

00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:12.940
 else we'd be

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:13.759
 about worship.

00:30:14.500 --> 00:30:15.099
 We'd be about

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.819
 mercy.

00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.220
 We'd be about

00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:18.900
 enjoying God's

00:30:18.900 --> 00:30:19.799
 rescue.

00:30:20.660 --> 00:30:21.619
 God's kindness

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:23.099
 and passing that

00:30:23.099 --> 00:30:23.819
 on to others.

00:30:24.740 --> 00:30:25.519
 Let's pray

00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.680
 about that

00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:26.940
 now.

00:30:27.240 --> 00:30:27.740
 Let's pray.

00:30:29.799 --> 00:30:30.240
 Lord,

00:30:30.519 --> 00:30:32.799
 thank you so

00:30:32.799 --> 00:30:34.200
 much for the

00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:35.579
 freedom that

00:30:35.579 --> 00:30:36.660
 Jesus came to

00:30:36.660 --> 00:30:37.180
 secure.

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:40.339
 That he gave

00:30:40.339 --> 00:30:41.740
 his life on

00:30:41.740 --> 00:30:42.460
 the cross.

00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:44.259
 That we might

00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:45.500
 be set free.

00:30:46.839 --> 00:30:47.920
 Thank you that

00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.839
 Jesus, the

00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:49.839
 son of God,

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:51.920
 loved us and

00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.599
 gave himself

00:30:52.599 --> 00:30:53.799
 for us.

00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.339
 That we might

00:30:55.339 --> 00:30:57.460
 become children

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:58.099
 of God.

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.619
 thank you that

00:30:59.619 --> 00:31:01.459
 we can rest in

00:31:01.459 --> 00:31:02.279
 knowing Jesus.

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.480
 That we can

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.519
 rest and take

00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:05.500
 our burdens to

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:05.819
 Jesus.

00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:07.319
 Thank you that

00:31:07.319 --> 00:31:08.599
 we can receive

00:31:08.599 --> 00:31:09.799
 and enjoy

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:12.319
 rescue,

00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:13.219
 redemption,

00:31:13.539 --> 00:31:14.500
 deliverance.

00:31:15.819 --> 00:31:16.679
 Lord, make us a

00:31:16.679 --> 00:31:17.480
 people who rejoice

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.319
 in those realities.

00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:21.200
 and that we

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.559
 would share that

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:23.000
 mercy.

00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:23.759
 That we would be a

00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:24.419
 place and a

00:31:24.419 --> 00:31:25.819
 people marked by

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:28.119
 mercy towards

00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:29.579
 one another and

00:31:29.579 --> 00:31:31.299
 towards those who

00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:32.879
 are not part of

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:33.500
 the church.

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:35.799
 We pray it for the

00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.519
 glory of Jesus,

00:31:36.659 --> 00:31:37.259
 our Saviour.

00:31:37.859 --> 00:31:38.200
 Amen.

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 Now, as we

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 close, we

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 will sing.

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 First of all,

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 Glorious Things of

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 Thee Are Spoken

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 and then the

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 first seven

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 verses of

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 Psalm 46.

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 Glorious Things of

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 Thee Are Spoken

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 Zion, city of our

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 God, He whose

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 word cannot be broken,

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 form thee for His

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 own abode.

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 On the rock of

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 ages founded,

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 what can shake

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 thy sure repose?

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 With salvation's

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 walls surrounded,

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 thou may smile at

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 all thy foes.

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 See the streams

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 of living waters,

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 springing from

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 eternal love.

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 Well, supply thy

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 sons and daughters,

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 and all fear of

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 want remove.

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 Who can faint while

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 such a river ever

00:33:11.139 --> 00:33:12.319
 flows?

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 Their thirst to

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 swage grace,

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 which, like the

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 Lord the Giver,

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 never fails from

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 age to age.

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 round each habitation

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 hovering, see the cloud

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 and fire appear, for a glory

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 and a covering, showing that the Lord is near.

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 thus deriving from their banner,

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 light by night and shade by day.

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 safe they feed upon the manna,

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 which He gives them when they pray.

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 Savior of Zion's city, I, through grace,

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 remember, I'll let the world

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 deride our pity.

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 I will glory in thy name.

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 Fading is the worldlings' pleasure,

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 all his boasted palm-baths show,

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 solid joys and lasting treasure,

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 none but Zion's children know.

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 God is our refuge and our strength,

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 our ever-present aid,

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 and therefore, though the earth gives way,

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 we will not be afraid.

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 Though mountains fall into the sea,

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 though waters foam and roar,

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 we will not fear, though mountains quake,

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 as waves engulf the shore.

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 A river flows through streams delight

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 the city of our God,

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 the holy place in which the Lord

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 most high has his abode.

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 God is within his holy place,

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 the city will not yield,

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 for God will come at break of day

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 to be her help and shield.

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 The nations are in disarray,

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 the kingdoms disappear.

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 God speaks, and at his mighty voice

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 the whole earth melts with fear.

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 The Lord Almighty is with us

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 to strengthen and sustain,

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 for Jacob's God,

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 our strong defense and fortress

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 will remain.

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 God сказал,

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 shuk pen켓