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 It's my pleasure to welcome to the pulpit this evening Reverend Joe Hall who is Minister in Bon Accord Free Church in Aberdeen.

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! It's delighted to welcome him here with us this evening. He's been preaching in Kalanish already today this morning and now he's preaching with ourselves.

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 This evening he's been to the island before but just spending time visiting the place as a tourist.

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 So this is his first time coming over to preach here in the island.

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 So we're delighted to have him with us.

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 I know he'll be familiar to some of you here with either being in Aberdeen or relatives in Aberdeen or if you've been out in Aberdeen he's maybe familiar to you.

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 So we look forward to his ministry with us this evening and I'm delighted just to hand over to him at this point.

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 Well thank you Kalan and thank you all for your invitation.

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 It's a delight to be with you this evening to worship God with you.

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 Bring warm greetings from the congregation at Bon Accord.

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 Some of whom have been known to some of you.

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 But just delighted to be here to partner with you and to worship with you here this evening.

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 Hear these words of Jesus that come from John chapter 8.

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 Jesus said,

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 As we come to the risen Lord Jesus Christ this morning, this evening, let us believe in him and we will never hunger.

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 We will not thirst.

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 We will not thirst.

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 We will be satisfied in him.

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 Let us come to him then with our praise this evening.

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 We're going to stand together to sing from the Scottish shelter Psalm 100.

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 All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.

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 Let us stand to sing God's praise.

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 Let us stand to sing God's praise.

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 Let us stand to sing God's praise.

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 Let us stand to sing God's praise.

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 Let us pray.

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 Why the Lord the God is good.

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 His mercy is forever sure.

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 His truth at all times turn thee to.

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 I shall promise to his vengeance.

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 Let's join our hearts in prayer to God.

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 Let us pray together.

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 Gracious God and loving Heavenly Father,

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 it's our joy and delight this evening

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 to join our hearts and our voices together

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 in praise of ye,

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 your goodness,

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 your glory,

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 your greatness.

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 Father, we delight to join our voices

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 with your church throughout the earth,

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 all peoples that on earth do dwell,

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 who call on the name of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 and gather in your presence this Lord's day.

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 It's our joy and our delight, Father,

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 to join our voices,

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 even with the angels in heaven,

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 gathered around your throne

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 to be in your presence,

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 exalted and majestic,

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 the holy God.

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 we come to you with praise and adoration,

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 for truly you are over all.

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 And yet, Father, we praise you,

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 we glorify you,

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 that you have drawn near to us

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 through your Son,

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 by your Holy Spirit.

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 Our Father, we praise you,

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 that you, by your grace,

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 have called a people to yourself in Christ.

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 Christ,

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 we thank you that you have set

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 your everlasting love upon us,

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 that you have put your triune name upon us,

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 the name of the Father

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 and of the Son

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 and of the Holy Spirit.

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 And you give us strength

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 and you bless us.

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 And our Father,

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 as we gather to you this evening,

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 we confess that it is only in your strength

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 and it is only with your blessing

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 that we can come.

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 Our Father,

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 it is only because you have sought

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 and called us

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 that we are gathered here.

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 Lord, we confess that if

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 our coming before you

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 depended on our own strength

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 or will,

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 our merit,

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 our works,

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 our own desire,

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 oh Lord,

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 we would not be before you.

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 We could not stand.

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 Our Father,

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 we have proved in countless ways

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 this past week

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 how our love for you

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 has not been with all our heart,

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 soul, mind, and strength.

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 Lord, we have not loved

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 our neighbor as ourselves.

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 And yet, as we gather to you,

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 our Father,

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 we rejoice that you have loved us

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 from eternity past,

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 that you have shown your love for us

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 in this,

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 that while we were still sinners,

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 Christ died for us.

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 And so, Father,

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 it is not for our own love

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 that we come,

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 but for yours.

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 Forgive us,

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 we pray,

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 for what we're not.

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 Lord,

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 make us like your Son.

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 And as we hear your word

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 and as your spirit

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 is at work in us tonight,

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 as we trust,

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 according to your promise,

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 that he will be,

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 that you would conform us

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 to his image

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 from one degree of glory

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 to the next.

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 Our Father,

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 be at work in us.

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 Renew our hearts

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 that we might love

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 and worship

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 and serve you

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 tonight

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 and as we go from here

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 into the coming week.

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 For we ask in the name

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 of the crucified

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 and risen Lord Jesus.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we are going to hear

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 the words of Jesus now

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 from Matthew's Gospel,

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 chapter 14,

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 and reading from page 13.

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 Matthew, chapter 14.

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 We're beginning from verse 13.

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 Just before this,

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 we hear of the death

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 of John the Baptist.

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 That is what Jesus

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 is hearing about

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 in verse 13.

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 Now, when Jesus heard this,

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 he withdrew from there

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 in a boat

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 to a desolate place

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 by himself.

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 But when the crowds heard it,

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 they followed him

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 on foot from the towns.

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 When he went ashore,

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 he saw a great crowd

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 and he had compassion on them

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 and healed their sick.

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 Now, when it was evening,

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 the disciples came to him

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 and said,

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 this is a desolate place

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 and the day is now over.

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 Send the crowds away

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 to go into the villages

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 and buy food for themselves.

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 But Jesus said,

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 they need not go away.

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 You give them something to eat.

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 They said to him,

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 we have only five loaves here

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 and two fish.

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 And he said,

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 bring them here to me.

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 Then he ordered the crowds

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 to sit down on the grass

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 and taking the five loaves

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 and the two fish,

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 he looked up to heaven

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 and said a blessing.

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 Then he broke the loaves

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 and gave them to the disciples

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 and the disciples

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 gave them to the crowds

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 and they all ate

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 and were satisfied.

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 And they took up 12 baskets

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 full of broken pieces left over

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 and those who ate

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 were about 5,000 men

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 besides women and children.

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 Immediately,

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 he made the disciples

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 get into the boat

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 and go before him

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 to the other side

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 while he dismissed the crowds.

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 And after he dismissed the crowds,

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 he went up on the mountain

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 by himself to pray.

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 When evening came,

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 he was there alone,

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 but the boat by this time

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 was a long way from the land,

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 beaten by the waves,

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 for the wind was against them.

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 And in the fourth watch of the night,

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 he came to them,

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 walking on the sea.

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 But when the disciples

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 saw him walking on the sea,

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 they were terrified

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 and said,

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 It is a ghost.

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 And they cried out in fear.

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 But immediately,

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 Jesus spoke to them,

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 saying,

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 Take heart.

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 It is I.

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 Do not be afraid.

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 And Peter answered him,

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 Lord, if it is you,

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 command me to come to you

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 on the water.

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 He said,

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 Come.

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 So Peter got out of the boat

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 and walked on the water

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 and came to Jesus.

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 But when he saw the wind,

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 he was afraid.

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 And beginning to sink,

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 he cried out,

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 Lord, save me.

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 Jesus immediately

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 reached out his hand

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 and took hold of him,

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 saying to him,

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 O you of little faith,

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 why did you doubt?

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 And when they got into the boat,

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 the wind ceased.

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 And those in the boat

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 worshipped him,

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 saying,

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 Truly,

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 you are the Son of God.

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 And when they crossed over,

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 they came to land

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 at Gennesaret.

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 And when the men of that place

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 recognized him,

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 they sent word around

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 to all that region

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 and brought to him

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 all who were sick

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 and implored him

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 that they might only touch

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 the fringe of his garment.

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 And as many as touched it

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 were made well.

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 Amen.

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 This is God's living

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 and holy word

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 and the words

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 of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 We'll come back to those verses

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 later in our service.

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 But now as we respond

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 to the reading of God's word,

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 we're going to sing

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 from Psalm 77

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 in Sing Psalms

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 and verses that speak

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 of a similar event

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 in the history of God's people

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 in the Exodus

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 and the crossing of the sea.

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 So we're singing

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 from Psalm 77

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 verses 13 to 16

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 and then 19 to 20.

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 That's on page 100

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 of the Psalter.

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 Sing Psalms

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 and the tune is Kilmarnock.

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 Let us stand

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 to sing together.

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 Amen.

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 Kikov's and Joseph's children

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 In the crown of mine

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 The waters of you, O my God

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 Is so unrightly pain

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 The Greatest, the King of the

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 The glass for the rain

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 The full earth's death of the land

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 The path of the sea

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 Your way to the mighty waters

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 And your good place now to see

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 Your people like God's long-doubts

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 Your guide in every day

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 My God's wisdom, my dear old son

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 You let them all go away

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 Let's come again in prayer to God together

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 Let us pray

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 Living God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

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 We bow before you as the God who alone saves

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 Lord, you are the God of miracles

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 Looked upon with awe by all the earth

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 And Lord, as we have just sung and reflected upon

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 Your mighty works of old

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 The history of your faithful love towards your people

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 The keeping of your promises

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 The rescuing of them

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 From sin and slavery and death

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 Our Father, we reflect on your great love for us

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 In the Lord Jesus Christ

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 Your Son, our Savior

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 Who has saved us from sin and darkness

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 And death through his cross

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 And his resurrection

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 Our Father, we thank you that in him

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 You have provided for us eternal life

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 The forgiveness of sins

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 The renewal of our hearts

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 And the hope of a new creation

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 Our Father, we thank you that you provide for us

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 All things that are needed for life and for godliness

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 Our Father, we thank you for every good gift that you have given us today

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 Lord, we thank you for every good thing that you grant to us in life

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 We thank you, Lord, for friendship and for family

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 For the food that you give us

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 For the homes that we live in

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 We thank you for the measure of health that you give us each day

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 Father, we pray for those among us this evening who are unwell

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 Perhaps, Lord, confined to their homes

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 Father, we continue to trust ye for health and wellness

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 We pray, Lord, that you would grant it to our brothers and sisters

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 Who struggle with ill health

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 But, Lord, above all, we pray, Lord, that their trust would be holy in ye

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 For your timing

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 For your timing

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 To know that you are good

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 That you are kind

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 And that you are in control

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 Father, we thank you that you have provided for us a church on earth

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 Your people, your body here

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 We thank you, Lord, for this congregation in Stornoway

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 Lord, we pray that you would continue to uphold your saints here

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 Lord, continue to strengthen their faith

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 To grow their love for you and for one another

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 We pray, Lord, that their witness to the surrounding world would be bright and clear

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 Father, we pray that you would uphold them particularly in a time of vacancy

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 Father, we thank you for Callum

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 And, Lord, we pray that you would continue to minister to your people through him

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 Lord, we thank you for the Kirk session

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 Lord, we thank you for the Kirk session, for the vacancy committee

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 And, Lord, we pray that you would grant wisdom

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 Lord, we trust that you would call the right man to come to minister here alongside Callum

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 Lord, we continue to seek you for that

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 And, Lord, we pray across the island and across our church

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 That you would continue to raise up workers for the harvest field

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 Lord, you told us on earth that the harvest is plentiful

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 But the workers are few

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 And you instructed us to continue to pray to the Lord of the harvest

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 To send out workers

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 And so we do, Lord, we implore you

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 And we pray, Lord, that you would raise up godly men

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 For ordained pastoral ministry

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 Godly men and women, Lord, to engage in evangelism

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 And pastoral care

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 And good works

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 Strengthen and equip your church, we pray

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 Father, we pray and thank you for the youth conference that has taken place, Lord, over these past few days

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 Lord, we thank you for the blessing that they have known

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 And pray that the teaching that the young people have received from Andy

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 And from others, Lord, would bear fruit in their young lives

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 Father, we pray that friendships would be formed and strengthened as a result of this past weekend

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 Among them that would support them in their walk with you through their lives

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 Father, we pray that you would raise up and strengthen a generation of Christians, Lord, in our land

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 Who are bold in their testimony

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 And in their living for you, Lord

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 In a world

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 That is so hostile to you and your Christ and your word

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 Lord, we pray for those who attended, Lord

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 And all those who didn't

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 Who were young

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 And that you would help them, Lord

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 To remember their Creator

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 In the days of their youth

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 Our Father, further afield, we pray for your people in parts of the world where they suffer

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 At persecution and hardship that we can barely imagine

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 Lord, we pray for your church this evening in Myanmar

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 Lord, we pray that you would strengthen your people there

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 Lord, we pray that in your infinite wisdom and justice and mercy

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 That you would bring an end to the conflict that is there

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 Father, we pray that you would relieve all the people of that land from war

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 But Lord, particularly we pray that you would keep your church and guard and protect your people

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 Lord, we pray that in a divided country that their unity and peace would shine

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 That their witness to the gospel would remain pure

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 And that your church there would grow in number and in maturity

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 Lord, keep your people there, we pray

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 Father, as your word instructs us to do, we remember this evening

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 Kings and all those in high places

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 Lord, we are so aware that our world is unstable

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 Lord, your word also tells us that the heart of a king is like water in your hands

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 That you turn whichever way you would

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 And so, our Father, we pray that you would turn the hearts of those whom you have set in authority over us

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 To wisdom and peace and justice

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 Father, we pray that as world leaders take great decisions

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 Great decisions

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 That they would be conscious of the importance, Lord, that they have and their standing before you

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 That they are accountable to you, the God of heaven

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 Lord, we trust that even in an uncertain time that you are unfolding your eternal plan

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 For the good of your people and for your glory

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 Lord, we pray that you would help us to set our hope on the coming again of Jesus

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 Lord, in your mercy, we pray that there would be peace in our time

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 But more than that, Lord, we know that there will be peace and renewal

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 And an end of sickness and suffering and death with the return of the Lord Jesus

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 And so we pray with your people throughout the ages and across the world

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 Come, Lord Jesus

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 Come soon

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 For we pray and ask in your name

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 Well, as we prepare to come back to Matthew's Gospel

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 We're going to sing from Psalm 93

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 From Sing Psalms

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 And the whole psalm

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 Again, reflecting in God's almighty power over the chaotic waters of darkness

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 Let us stand again to sing God's praise

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 Let us pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray and pray pray and pray and pray pray and pray pray and pray and pray pray and pray pray and pray pray and pray pray and pray pray and pray

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 To royal statues, Lord, stand firm, and changing is your word.

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 And holiness adores your love, our endless creation, Lord.

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 Wonderful. Well, if you would please have that passage of Matthew's Gospel open, that would be most helpful as we work our way through it this evening.

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 And more helpful even than that will be to pray for the Lord's help and that he would speak to us. Let's do that together.

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 Our Father, we thank you for your precious word. It is unchanging, it is sure, the very word by which you created the earth and the stars and the heavens.

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 Lord, humble our hearts this evening, we pray, as we bow before you and listen to your word.

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 Speak, O Lord, for your servants are listening. In Jesus' name, amen.

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 Well, I wonder, what kind of rescue do you think we need?

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 What comes to mind when I say the word rescue?

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 Now, at home, we have toddlers, a three-year-old and a two-year-old.

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 So, I won't lie, what comes to mind when I say the word rescue?

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 For me, in our house is Paw Patrol.

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 Perhaps some of you have watched an episode or two or three or four or five of Paw Patrol.

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 If you haven't seen it, no worries.

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 Every episode is exactly the same.

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 All is well in Adventure Bay.

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 And then mild peril strikes.

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 Ryder summons the pups to the pup tower.

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 They get a breakdown of what has gone wrong.

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 And once they have worked out what kind of problem it is that they have to solve,

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 they then need to work out which pups with which special skills, special tools will be needed

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 to save the day.

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 Who will do the rescue?

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 Now, I won't spoil it.

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 Every episode is the same.

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 They succeed in the rescue.

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 But what do we think of when we think of the word rescue?

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 What kind of rescue do you think that we need?

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 Of course, we face far more serious situations in life than ever visit the people of Adventure Bay.

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 Wars.

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 Terminal illness.

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 Natural disasters.

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 Relationship breakdown.

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 Sexual violence.

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 We could go on.

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 What kind of rescue do you think we need?

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 And what do we need to do about it?

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 We're coming to a section of Matthew's Gospel this evening where Matthew wants us as learners of Jesus

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 to learn what kind of rescue King Jesus came to bring and how we need to respond.

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 So far in the Gospel, if we'd read up to this point, we have seen something of what King Jesus came to do.

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 He has been bringing God's kingdom into the world.

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 That is God's good and loving rule to bear on people's lives.

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 We've seen that through the countless healings that he's performed.

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 Our reading tonight is topped and tailed with even more as King Jesus brings, restores something of the wholeness to people

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 that God created us for in the beginning.

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 But he has brought God's kingdom all the more through his word, through his teaching.

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 And so in this Gospel, we have had up to this point three big sermons, three teaching blocks,

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 where Jesus has set his people, and to some extent the wider crowd, straight on what God's kingdom is and how we live in it.

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 And we've seen different responses.

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 Some have heard Jesus' message of God's kingdom, and they have bowed before him.

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 They've taken the crown off their own heads.

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 They've given it to him.

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 They have recognized him as Lord and Christ and Savior.

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 And they have turned and begun to live in God's kingdom.

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 They have followed King Jesus.

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 Many, though, have heard him and have either misunderstood what he has said,

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 or they've only partly got what he has said.

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 And of those who have only got part of what he said, some even then haven't liked what Jesus has said.

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 So the religious leaders, the Pharisees, the scribes, have called him, no less, the prince of demons,

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 and begun already to plot his death.

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 So now we've had a chance to see and to respond to something of what King Jesus has come to do.

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 It's time to see more.

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 This is a new chapter in the gospel, a new chapter in Jesus' ministry,

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 because now Jesus decides it's the time to reveal the rescue plan to his people.

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 Jesus to the rescue.

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 So what kind of rescue is it?

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 And what do we need to do about it?

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 Two points this evening.

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 Firstly, then, let us see that King Jesus has come to Exodus rescue us.

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 Now, our reading from Matthew, it's one of these chapters, isn't it,

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 that shows that we know our Bibles both too well and not well enough.

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 Right?

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 We heard that chapter, didn't we?

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 And we thought together, we know this.

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 I reckon we could go out on the street this evening,

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 we could ask people about Jesus walking on the water, feeding the 5,000,

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 and they would know what we were talking about.

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 We know these chapters of the Bible, don't we, too well.

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 But like so many things in the Bible, we think we don't need to hear again.

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 It turns out that's because actually, perhaps, perhaps,

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 we don't know our Bibles well enough.

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 See, how many of us, I wonder, as we read, thought,

00:33:40.560 --> 00:33:42.240
 well, this is a big chapter.

00:33:42.640 --> 00:33:43.980
 Why don't we break it down?

00:33:44.740 --> 00:33:44.880
 Right?

00:33:44.940 --> 00:33:46.060
 Can't he see the headings?

00:33:46.060 --> 00:33:48.779
 It says, doesn't it, Jesus feeds the 5,000,

00:33:49.160 --> 00:33:50.480
 Jesus walks on the water.

00:33:50.779 --> 00:33:51.740
 Slow down!

00:33:53.100 --> 00:33:54.400
 Why are we going so quickly?

00:33:56.340 --> 00:33:58.240
 But it's only when we put it together

00:33:58.240 --> 00:34:01.620
 that we begin to see what is going on.

00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:04.740
 So, let me tell you this story

00:34:04.740 --> 00:34:06.560
 in a different way

00:34:06.560 --> 00:34:08.880
 and see if we can see.

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:10.460
 Let me tell you from the end,

00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:11.500
 working backwards,

00:34:12.019 --> 00:34:13.220
 and tell me what you see.

00:34:13.219 --> 00:34:15.179
 The Lord's people worship him.

00:34:16.119 --> 00:34:18.139
 They cry out to him to save them.

00:34:18.399 --> 00:34:19.079
 They are terrified,

00:34:19.379 --> 00:34:21.819
 but he brings them safely through the sea.

00:34:22.639 --> 00:34:24.219
 He goes up on a mountain.

00:34:25.299 --> 00:34:27.139
 In the wilderness, they are hungry.

00:34:27.799 --> 00:34:28.739
 In his compassion,

00:34:29.319 --> 00:34:32.339
 he feeds them with bread from heaven.

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:36.079
 Now, if I asked you,

00:34:36.320 --> 00:34:38.440
 what part of the Bible does that come from,

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.380
 what would you say?

00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:40.360
 Where would you take me?

00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:41.160
 Through the sea,

00:34:41.640 --> 00:34:42.360
 up a mountain,

00:34:42.559 --> 00:34:43.260
 in the wilderness,

00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:45.340
 where they eat miracle bread.

00:34:47.100 --> 00:34:49.000
 That is the Exodus, isn't it?

00:34:49.100 --> 00:34:49.800
 It's the Exodus.

00:34:51.500 --> 00:34:53.780
 Specifically, it's the Exodus rescue.

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:57.140
 God hits Egypt with 10 plagues,

00:34:57.240 --> 00:34:58.420
 10 strikes.

00:34:58.420 --> 00:34:59.720
 After the tent,

00:34:59.820 --> 00:35:01.019
 his people are set free.

00:35:01.340 --> 00:35:02.800
 He brings them safely out.

00:35:03.200 --> 00:35:04.280
 Across the sea,

00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:06.139
 he gathers them to himself,

00:35:06.340 --> 00:35:08.380
 makes them his own,

00:35:08.659 --> 00:35:10.200
 and lovingly feeds them

00:35:10.200 --> 00:35:12.240
 with bread from heaven on the way.

00:35:13.760 --> 00:35:15.920
 Now, what Jesus does here,

00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:18.940
 and what Matthew wants us to see,

00:35:19.800 --> 00:35:22.740
 is that Jesus is recreating

00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:25.280
 the Exodus rescue.

00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:28.760
 Just see that with me in the text.

00:35:28.880 --> 00:35:29.660
 Verse 13,

00:35:29.960 --> 00:35:32.060
 Jesus goes out to the wilderness,

00:35:32.560 --> 00:35:33.840
 and a crowd comes to him.

00:35:34.140 --> 00:35:36.240
 Soon, the question of food comes up.

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.780
 His disciples say,

00:35:37.900 --> 00:35:39.040
 literally, the word they use,

00:35:39.120 --> 00:35:40.280
 this is a wilderness.

00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:42.500
 Send the crowds away

00:35:42.500 --> 00:35:44.040
 to go and buy food for themselves.

00:35:44.640 --> 00:35:45.840
 What are we going to eat, Lord?

00:35:47.620 --> 00:35:49.480
 Now, the target audience here

00:35:49.480 --> 00:35:50.660
 is the disciples.

00:35:51.900 --> 00:35:52.960
 Okay, we've seen this before

00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:54.220
 in Matthew,

00:35:54.360 --> 00:35:55.360
 the Sermon on the Mount.

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.119
 For example,

00:35:56.240 --> 00:35:58.079
 the crowds are all around him,

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:59.720
 but before him,

00:35:59.880 --> 00:36:00.460
 close up,

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.519
 he's got the 12,

00:36:01.659 --> 00:36:02.440
 the disciples.

00:36:03.679 --> 00:36:04.920
 Jesus wants them,

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:06.159
 particularly,

00:36:06.659 --> 00:36:08.139
 to see what he's going to do.

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:11.099
 So he says to the disciples,

00:36:11.340 --> 00:36:12.059
 verse 16,

00:36:12.340 --> 00:36:13.380
 they need not go away,

00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.119
 you give them something to eat.

00:36:15.119 --> 00:36:17.739
 And straight away,

00:36:17.819 --> 00:36:18.519
 this has all become

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:20.599
 a lot more personal,

00:36:20.759 --> 00:36:21.339
 hasn't it?

00:36:22.299 --> 00:36:22.799
 It's a bit like,

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:23.099
 perhaps,

00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:23.960
 you've said,

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:25.440
 oh, so-and-so's here,

00:36:25.559 --> 00:36:26.339
 they need a lift.

00:36:26.659 --> 00:36:27.579
 And somebody said,

00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:29.639
 well, can't you take them?

00:36:30.799 --> 00:36:31.359
 Right, suddenly,

00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:32.339
 the problem has become

00:36:32.339 --> 00:36:33.460
 your problem.

00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:36.319
 Jesus does that

00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:37.179
 to the disciples,

00:36:37.460 --> 00:36:38.199
 I think not because

00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:39.739
 he's really expecting them

00:36:39.739 --> 00:36:41.239
 to feed the crowds,

00:36:41.500 --> 00:36:43.179
 but so that they'll recognize

00:36:43.179 --> 00:36:45.159
 that he is going to do something

00:36:45.159 --> 00:36:47.919
 that they have no power to do.

00:36:49.319 --> 00:36:49.779
 Hence,

00:36:49.960 --> 00:36:51.199
 when they say,

00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:52.699
 when we have five loaves

00:36:52.699 --> 00:36:53.339
 and two fish,

00:36:53.460 --> 00:36:54.299
 Jesus says not,

00:36:54.659 --> 00:36:55.199
 he doesn't say,

00:36:55.259 --> 00:36:55.980
 does he just start

00:36:55.980 --> 00:36:56.799
 giving them out?

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.299
 He says,

00:36:58.399 --> 00:36:59.199
 bring them here

00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:00.579
 to me.

00:37:02.739 --> 00:37:03.219
 Significantly,

00:37:03.299 --> 00:37:03.919
 he looks up

00:37:03.919 --> 00:37:04.879
 to heaven,

00:37:05.419 --> 00:37:06.799
 where the manna came from,

00:37:06.859 --> 00:37:08.159
 the bread from heaven.

00:37:08.299 --> 00:37:09.099
 He says a blessing

00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:10.059
 and gives it back

00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.839
 to the disciples

00:37:10.839 --> 00:37:11.739
 to distribute.

00:37:13.179 --> 00:37:13.940
 Then we read,

00:37:14.019 --> 00:37:14.919
 the disciples gave it

00:37:14.919 --> 00:37:15.559
 to the crowds

00:37:15.559 --> 00:37:17.759
 and they all ate

00:37:17.759 --> 00:37:19.739
 and were satisfied.

00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.940
 Not only that,

00:37:22.000 --> 00:37:22.539
 they took up

00:37:22.539 --> 00:37:24.000
 twelve baskets

00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:25.039
 full of broken pieces

00:37:25.039 --> 00:37:25.619
 left over,

00:37:25.679 --> 00:37:26.019
 that is,

00:37:26.460 --> 00:37:27.619
 the number of tribes

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.299
 in the wilderness,

00:37:29.039 --> 00:37:30.159
 and those who ate

00:37:30.159 --> 00:37:31.879
 were about five thousand men

00:37:31.879 --> 00:37:33.960
 besides women

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.639
 and children.

00:37:36.259 --> 00:37:36.579
 So,

00:37:37.099 --> 00:37:38.239
 the heading in your Bible,

00:37:38.399 --> 00:37:39.339
 which is not inspired,

00:37:39.559 --> 00:37:40.500
 says Jesus feeds

00:37:40.500 --> 00:37:41.359
 the five thousand,

00:37:41.500 --> 00:37:42.079
 which is wrong,

00:37:42.139 --> 00:37:42.599
 isn't it?

00:37:42.599 --> 00:37:44.420
 Jesus feeds

00:37:44.420 --> 00:37:46.639
 the fifteen to twenty thousand,

00:37:46.819 --> 00:37:48.099
 five thousand men plus,

00:37:48.179 --> 00:37:49.539
 women and children.

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:52.199
 Now,

00:37:52.279 --> 00:37:53.460
 if you were those disciples,

00:37:53.739 --> 00:37:54.839
 what would you be thinking

00:37:54.839 --> 00:37:55.659
 at this point?

00:37:57.759 --> 00:38:00.159
 Who can do stuff like this?

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:02.559
 Feed thousands of people

00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.259
 in a desert

00:38:03.259 --> 00:38:05.299
 where there is no food?

00:38:05.300 --> 00:38:05.360
 food.

00:38:06.240 --> 00:38:07.340
 And this wasn't just like

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.620
 passing around the loaf

00:38:08.620 --> 00:38:09.820
 at communion

00:38:09.820 --> 00:38:11.140
 or taking the wee

00:38:11.140 --> 00:38:13.140
 bits of bread.

00:38:13.340 --> 00:38:13.519
 No,

00:38:13.600 --> 00:38:14.280
 these people

00:38:14.280 --> 00:38:15.840
 ate to the full.

00:38:16.080 --> 00:38:17.120
 They were satisfied.

00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:18.039
 They were filled

00:38:18.039 --> 00:38:19.280
 and then some.

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:23.200
 With our own hands,

00:38:23.300 --> 00:38:23.780
 we gave him

00:38:23.780 --> 00:38:24.680
 five loaves

00:38:24.680 --> 00:38:25.680
 and two fish.

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:28.260
 And with our own hands,

00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:28.860
 we gave out

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:29.460
 enough food

00:38:29.460 --> 00:38:29.980
 to feed

00:38:29.980 --> 00:38:31.420
 five thousand

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:32.659
 men plus

00:38:32.659 --> 00:38:33.659
 women and children

00:38:33.659 --> 00:38:34.760
 and then some.

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:36.159
 What happened

00:38:36.159 --> 00:38:36.780
 in between?

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:39.559
 Well,

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.159
 he did.

00:38:40.420 --> 00:38:41.300
 Jesus happened.

00:38:43.300 --> 00:38:44.539
 We tell the story

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.559
 of the bread from heaven

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.119
 every year,

00:38:46.199 --> 00:38:46.800
 they would say,

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:48.219
 but now we're living it

00:38:48.219 --> 00:38:49.920
 because of Jesus.

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:53.960
 Then once everyone's eaten,

00:38:54.220 --> 00:38:55.200
 Jesus sends them away

00:38:55.200 --> 00:38:55.619
 on a boat

00:38:55.619 --> 00:38:56.300
 while the crowds

00:38:56.300 --> 00:38:57.340
 trickle away.

00:38:57.500 --> 00:38:58.480
 And at verse 23,

00:38:58.579 --> 00:38:59.460
 after he's dismissed

00:38:59.460 --> 00:38:59.900
 the crowds,

00:38:59.980 --> 00:39:01.320
 he went up on a mountain

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:02.200
 by himself

00:39:02.200 --> 00:39:03.360
 to pray.

00:39:04.900 --> 00:39:05.119
 Now,

00:39:05.180 --> 00:39:06.059
 given the disciples

00:39:06.059 --> 00:39:06.800
 aren't there

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.519
 at this point,

00:39:08.700 --> 00:39:10.139
 this is for Jesus

00:39:10.139 --> 00:39:12.139
 and for us,

00:39:12.180 --> 00:39:12.740
 isn't it?

00:39:13.440 --> 00:39:14.159
 It's for Jesus.

00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:15.200
 That's why he went

00:39:15.200 --> 00:39:15.880
 into the wilderness

00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:16.880
 in the first place,

00:39:16.880 --> 00:39:18.579
 to have that time

00:39:18.579 --> 00:39:19.599
 by himself

00:39:19.599 --> 00:39:21.079
 with his father.

00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:21.980
 Only at this point

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.659
 does he actually

00:39:22.659 --> 00:39:23.739
 get that time.

00:39:24.839 --> 00:39:25.900
 But it's written here

00:39:25.900 --> 00:39:26.480
 for us

00:39:26.480 --> 00:39:27.199
 so that we get

00:39:27.199 --> 00:39:27.779
 another piece

00:39:27.779 --> 00:39:28.679
 of the big picture

00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:30.299
 because after they've

00:39:30.299 --> 00:39:31.339
 been fed in the wilderness,

00:39:31.519 --> 00:39:32.980
 where do the people go?

00:39:34.219 --> 00:39:34.460
 Well,

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:35.460
 to the mountain

00:39:35.460 --> 00:39:37.960
 where Moses goes up

00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:38.839
 by himself

00:39:38.839 --> 00:39:40.599
 to pray to God

00:39:40.599 --> 00:39:41.500
 and meet with him

00:39:41.500 --> 00:39:42.420
 on the mountain

00:39:42.420 --> 00:39:45.819
 before coming down

00:39:45.819 --> 00:39:48.279
 and Jesus crosses

00:39:48.279 --> 00:39:48.920
 the sea

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:50.039
 to meet his disciples

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:51.039
 in the boats,

00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:53.000
 which was a long way

00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:53.539
 from the land

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.500
 beaten by the waves

00:39:54.500 --> 00:39:55.000
 so the wind

00:39:55.000 --> 00:39:56.000
 was against them.

00:39:57.500 --> 00:39:57.780
 Now,

00:39:57.860 --> 00:39:58.800
 perhaps you're thinking

00:39:58.800 --> 00:40:00.240
 the sea does not,

00:40:00.360 --> 00:40:00.599
 does it,

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.200
 at this point,

00:40:01.300 --> 00:40:02.760
 split open for him

00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:03.480
 to walk through

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:04.619
 on dry land,

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.820
 okay?

00:40:06.820 --> 00:40:07.920
 But when Moses

00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:08.980
 raised his staff

00:40:08.980 --> 00:40:09.900
 over the sea,

00:40:09.900 --> 00:40:10.659
 it says,

00:40:11.200 --> 00:40:11.700
 all that night

00:40:11.700 --> 00:40:12.420
 the Lord drove

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:13.220
 the sea back

00:40:13.220 --> 00:40:14.420
 with a strong

00:40:14.420 --> 00:40:15.260
 east wind

00:40:15.260 --> 00:40:16.580
 and turned it

00:40:16.580 --> 00:40:17.460
 into dry land

00:40:17.460 --> 00:40:17.980
 and the people

00:40:17.980 --> 00:40:18.960
 walked through the sea.

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.320
 Well,

00:40:21.360 --> 00:40:21.560
 now,

00:40:21.640 --> 00:40:23.100
 on another windy night,

00:40:24.020 --> 00:40:25.560
 Jesus walks

00:40:25.560 --> 00:40:27.040
 through the sea,

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:28.180
 across the water,

00:40:28.280 --> 00:40:29.640
 as if on dry land,

00:40:29.720 --> 00:40:30.560
 he came to them

00:40:30.560 --> 00:40:31.180
 walking

00:40:31.180 --> 00:40:32.920
 on the sea.

00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:35.900
 and then his people

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.740
 do too.

00:40:38.180 --> 00:40:38.599
 Lord,

00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.360
 if it is you,

00:40:39.460 --> 00:40:40.240
 asks Peter,

00:40:40.380 --> 00:40:41.119
 command me

00:40:41.119 --> 00:40:41.880
 to come to you

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:42.539
 on the water.

00:40:43.220 --> 00:40:43.900
 Come on,

00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:44.240
 Peter.

00:40:45.320 --> 00:40:46.039
 So Peter

00:40:46.039 --> 00:40:46.920
 got out of the boat

00:40:46.920 --> 00:40:47.940
 and walked on the water

00:40:47.940 --> 00:40:49.079
 and came to Jesus.

00:40:49.420 --> 00:40:50.400
 I take it like

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:51.300
 giving them the bread

00:40:51.300 --> 00:40:52.579
 and the fish.

00:40:53.420 --> 00:40:54.200
 This is because

00:40:54.200 --> 00:40:55.059
 Jesus wants

00:40:55.059 --> 00:40:55.840
 the disciples

00:40:55.840 --> 00:40:57.800
 to experience

00:40:57.800 --> 00:40:58.880
 his power

00:40:58.880 --> 00:40:59.720
 up close

00:40:59.720 --> 00:41:01.240
 and personal.

00:41:02.579 --> 00:41:03.320
 Their need,

00:41:03.620 --> 00:41:04.480
 his power

00:41:04.480 --> 00:41:05.079
 at work.

00:41:05.300 --> 00:41:06.460
 And right on key,

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:08.059
 as he begins

00:41:08.059 --> 00:41:08.539
 to sing,

00:41:08.660 --> 00:41:09.640
 Peter cried out,

00:41:09.740 --> 00:41:10.420
 verse 30,

00:41:11.200 --> 00:41:11.640
 Lord,

00:41:12.220 --> 00:41:13.260
 save me.

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:14.980
 Lord,

00:41:15.100 --> 00:41:15.980
 save me.

00:41:17.700 --> 00:41:18.140
 Immediately,

00:41:18.420 --> 00:41:18.720
 we read,

00:41:18.800 --> 00:41:19.340
 the Lord Jesus

00:41:19.340 --> 00:41:20.360
 reached out his hand,

00:41:20.500 --> 00:41:21.420
 took hold of Peter,

00:41:22.220 --> 00:41:22.980
 and when they got

00:41:22.980 --> 00:41:23.519
 into the boat,

00:41:23.600 --> 00:41:24.460
 the wind ceased.

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:26.620
 The Lord

00:41:26.620 --> 00:41:27.740
 saves his people

00:41:27.740 --> 00:41:28.660
 by bringing them

00:41:28.660 --> 00:41:29.800
 safely through

00:41:29.800 --> 00:41:31.300
 the sea.

00:41:32.680 --> 00:41:33.720
 And the final

00:41:33.720 --> 00:41:34.539
 piece of the puzzle,

00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:35.340
 if we need it,

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.600
 is there in verse 33,

00:41:36.780 --> 00:41:37.620
 those in the boat

00:41:37.620 --> 00:41:38.960
 worshipped him,

00:41:39.780 --> 00:41:40.120
 saying,

00:41:40.380 --> 00:41:41.340
 truly you are

00:41:41.340 --> 00:41:42.460
 the Son of God.

00:41:43.960 --> 00:41:44.500
 Again,

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:46.059
 who can do this?

00:41:47.220 --> 00:41:47.460
 Right?

00:41:47.519 --> 00:41:48.380
 Only one who's

00:41:48.380 --> 00:41:49.880
 worthy of praise

00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:51.120
 and worship,

00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:52.160
 the Lord,

00:41:52.320 --> 00:41:52.660
 Jesus,

00:41:53.480 --> 00:41:54.579
 the Son of God,

00:41:54.660 --> 00:41:55.460
 the Christ,

00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:56.840
 the Son of God.

00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:57.480
 Now,

00:41:57.600 --> 00:41:59.100
 each bit of that story

00:41:59.100 --> 00:42:01.500
 is an amazing miracle

00:42:01.500 --> 00:42:02.340
 in its own right,

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:02.940
 isn't it?

00:42:03.820 --> 00:42:04.600
 But I think,

00:42:04.720 --> 00:42:05.620
 put it together,

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:07.820
 and the point

00:42:07.820 --> 00:42:09.660
 is simply incredible.

00:42:11.280 --> 00:42:13.280
 That Jesus is the God

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:14.039
 of the Exodus,

00:42:15.180 --> 00:42:16.140
 and,

00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:17.440
 still better,

00:42:18.320 --> 00:42:19.140
 that he has come

00:42:19.140 --> 00:42:20.400
 to do another

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.940
 Exodus rescue.

00:42:21.940 --> 00:42:24.880
 I take it that

00:42:24.880 --> 00:42:25.519
 these miracles

00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:26.539
 are not recorded

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.300
 for us in this

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:28.280
 chapter of Matthew

00:42:28.280 --> 00:42:30.300
 simply to reinforce

00:42:30.300 --> 00:42:32.079
 that Jesus is God.

00:42:32.519 --> 00:42:33.579
 He is God.

00:42:34.360 --> 00:42:35.159
 But Matthew

00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:36.220
 has made that point

00:42:36.220 --> 00:42:36.599
 before.

00:42:36.700 --> 00:42:37.639
 He's shown us that.

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:38.800
 We know that.

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.619
 Why show us

00:42:40.619 --> 00:42:41.119
 that Jesus

00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:42.079
 can recreate

00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:42.720
 the Exodus

00:42:42.720 --> 00:42:43.880
 rescue?

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:47.039
 well,

00:42:47.099 --> 00:42:47.420
 because,

00:42:47.559 --> 00:42:47.720
 friends,

00:42:47.800 --> 00:42:48.960
 that is the kind

00:42:48.960 --> 00:42:49.559
 of rescue

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.660
 that we need,

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:52.559
 and so it is

00:42:52.559 --> 00:42:53.539
 the kind of rescue

00:42:53.539 --> 00:42:54.559
 that he has come

00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:55.800
 to bring.

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:58.860
 Think about it.

00:42:58.880 --> 00:42:59.800
 What would be the problem

00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:00.519
 with Jesus

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:02.260
 simply bringing

00:43:02.260 --> 00:43:03.000
 God's kingdom

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:03.880
 into the world

00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:05.360
 and calling us

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:06.099
 into it?

00:43:07.940 --> 00:43:08.920
 What would still

00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:09.660
 not happen?

00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:10.700
 What could we

00:43:10.700 --> 00:43:11.400
 not do?

00:43:11.400 --> 00:43:12.900
 Why would we

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.639
 not come?

00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:15.200
 Well,

00:43:15.240 --> 00:43:15.760
 what's holding

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:16.460
 us back?

00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:18.500
 It's that we

00:43:18.500 --> 00:43:20.000
 are captives

00:43:20.000 --> 00:43:20.900
 in a kingdom

00:43:20.900 --> 00:43:22.099
 of darkness.

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:24.400
 It's that we

00:43:24.400 --> 00:43:25.160
 are slaves

00:43:25.160 --> 00:43:25.800
 of sin

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:26.880
 and death.

00:43:27.019 --> 00:43:27.519
 We live out

00:43:27.519 --> 00:43:28.039
 our days

00:43:28.039 --> 00:43:28.880
 under the shadow

00:43:28.880 --> 00:43:29.860
 of death,

00:43:29.900 --> 00:43:30.599
 and like the

00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:31.340
 Israelites in

00:43:31.340 --> 00:43:31.579
 Egypt,

00:43:31.579 --> 00:43:32.680
 we cannot just

00:43:32.680 --> 00:43:33.539
 go when we

00:43:33.539 --> 00:43:34.160
 please.

00:43:34.980 --> 00:43:35.400
 The kingdom

00:43:35.400 --> 00:43:36.019
 of darkness

00:43:36.019 --> 00:43:36.619
 will fight

00:43:36.619 --> 00:43:37.920
 tooth and nail

00:43:37.920 --> 00:43:38.480
 to hold

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:39.500
 onto us.

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:40.619
 The devil

00:43:40.619 --> 00:43:41.200
 will work

00:43:41.199 --> 00:43:41.879
 us to death

00:43:41.879 --> 00:43:42.939
 in his service,

00:43:43.059 --> 00:43:43.539
 and like

00:43:43.539 --> 00:43:44.059
 Pharaoh,

00:43:45.319 --> 00:43:46.059
 the actual

00:43:46.059 --> 00:43:46.659
 prince of

00:43:46.659 --> 00:43:47.359
 this world

00:43:47.359 --> 00:43:48.339
 will not

00:43:48.339 --> 00:43:49.000
 let his

00:43:49.000 --> 00:43:50.500
 people go.

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:53.319
 So what

00:43:53.319 --> 00:43:53.919
 point would

00:43:53.919 --> 00:43:54.259
 there be

00:43:54.259 --> 00:43:54.679
 in Jesus

00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:55.319
 calling us

00:43:55.319 --> 00:43:55.779
 into his

00:43:55.779 --> 00:43:56.099
 kingdom

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:56.839
 if we

00:43:56.839 --> 00:43:57.259
 can't

00:43:57.259 --> 00:43:57.639
 come?

00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:00.619
 Friends,

00:44:00.699 --> 00:44:01.119
 this chapter

00:44:01.119 --> 00:44:01.539
 of Matthew

00:44:01.539 --> 00:44:02.199
 reminds us

00:44:02.199 --> 00:44:02.639
 that Jesus

00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:03.179
 is not

00:44:03.179 --> 00:44:04.000
 a helpless

00:44:04.000 --> 00:44:05.039
 salesman

00:44:05.039 --> 00:44:07.079
 pitching us

00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.739
 his wares,

00:44:07.899 --> 00:44:08.480
 selling us

00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:09.299
 his stuff,

00:44:09.300 --> 00:44:10.840
 hoping

00:44:10.840 --> 00:44:10.860
 hoping

00:44:10.860 --> 00:44:12.100
 that we

00:44:12.100 --> 00:44:13.039
 will buy.

00:44:14.320 --> 00:44:14.760
 And we

00:44:14.760 --> 00:44:15.140
 are not

00:44:15.140 --> 00:44:15.620
 smart

00:44:15.620 --> 00:44:16.260
 consumers

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:16.660
 weighing

00:44:16.660 --> 00:44:17.140
 up our

00:44:17.140 --> 00:44:17.600
 options.

00:44:18.580 --> 00:44:18.960
 What's

00:44:18.960 --> 00:44:19.519
 best for

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:19.900
 me?

00:44:20.600 --> 00:44:20.980
 What's

00:44:20.980 --> 00:44:21.400
 the best

00:44:21.400 --> 00:44:21.880
 deal

00:44:21.880 --> 00:44:23.060
 in life?

00:44:24.720 --> 00:44:25.260
 No,

00:44:25.320 --> 00:44:25.600
 we are

00:44:25.600 --> 00:44:26.300
 slaves in

00:44:26.300 --> 00:44:26.620
 a kingdom

00:44:26.620 --> 00:44:27.280
 of darkness.

00:44:27.280 --> 00:44:27.580
 darkness.

00:44:29.200 --> 00:44:30.060
 And here

00:44:30.060 --> 00:44:30.300
 is the

00:44:30.300 --> 00:44:30.700
 good news

00:44:30.700 --> 00:44:30.980
 of the

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:31.340
 gospel,

00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:31.860
 that King

00:44:31.860 --> 00:44:32.280
 Jesus

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:33.519
 has come

00:44:33.519 --> 00:44:34.220
 to pound

00:44:34.220 --> 00:44:34.820
 the kingdom

00:44:34.820 --> 00:44:35.460
 of darkness

00:44:35.460 --> 00:44:36.140
 until it

00:44:36.140 --> 00:44:36.680
 lets us

00:44:36.680 --> 00:44:37.140
 go,

00:44:37.940 --> 00:44:38.400
 to set

00:44:38.400 --> 00:44:38.940
 our hearts

00:44:38.940 --> 00:44:39.500
 free,

00:44:39.860 --> 00:44:40.440
 to live

00:44:40.440 --> 00:44:40.920
 under his

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:41.640
 wise and

00:44:41.640 --> 00:44:42.780
 loving and

00:44:42.780 --> 00:44:43.360
 compassionate

00:44:43.360 --> 00:44:44.300
 rule in

00:44:44.300 --> 00:44:45.060
 his kingdom.

00:44:46.200 --> 00:44:46.720
 In other

00:44:46.720 --> 00:44:47.080
 words,

00:44:47.180 --> 00:44:47.900
 he has come

00:44:47.900 --> 00:44:49.160
 to exodus,

00:44:50.220 --> 00:44:51.260
 rescue us,

00:44:52.100 --> 00:44:53.180
 because that

00:44:53.180 --> 00:44:54.000
 is the rescue

00:44:54.000 --> 00:44:54.500
 that we

00:44:54.500 --> 00:44:55.200
 need.

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:59.159
 there are

00:44:59.159 --> 00:44:59.699
 lots of

00:44:59.699 --> 00:45:00.460
 things wrong

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:00.759
 in the

00:45:00.759 --> 00:45:01.039
 world,

00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:01.279
 aren't

00:45:01.279 --> 00:45:01.639
 there?

00:45:03.879 --> 00:45:04.519
 In the

00:45:04.519 --> 00:45:05.019
 news this

00:45:05.019 --> 00:45:05.379
 week,

00:45:05.939 --> 00:45:06.500
 wars,

00:45:07.859 --> 00:45:08.359
 diplomatic

00:45:08.359 --> 00:45:09.099
 breakdown,

00:45:10.139 --> 00:45:10.719
 corruption,

00:45:13.799 --> 00:45:14.399
 rescues

00:45:14.399 --> 00:45:15.019
 are needed.

00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:17.319
 But what

00:45:17.319 --> 00:45:17.639
 is the

00:45:17.639 --> 00:45:18.419
 problem behind

00:45:18.419 --> 00:45:19.399
 those problems?

00:45:21.000 --> 00:45:21.599
 Well,

00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:22.039
 it is the

00:45:22.039 --> 00:45:22.679
 fact that by

00:45:22.679 --> 00:45:23.319
 nature we

00:45:23.319 --> 00:45:24.019
 belong to a

00:45:24.019 --> 00:45:24.480
 kingdom of

00:45:24.480 --> 00:45:24.919
 darkness,

00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:25.440
 and we

00:45:25.440 --> 00:45:26.099
 serve its

00:45:26.099 --> 00:45:26.700
 interests,

00:45:26.780 --> 00:45:27.079
 and we

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:27.740
 obey its

00:45:27.740 --> 00:45:28.260
 rules.

00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:28.920
 We are

00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:29.480
 born as

00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:30.280
 slaves in

00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:30.900
 an empire

00:45:30.900 --> 00:45:32.119
 of evil.

00:45:33.380 --> 00:45:33.840
 Friends,

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:34.460
 we suffer

00:45:34.460 --> 00:45:35.000
 from the

00:45:35.000 --> 00:45:35.519
 mother of

00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:36.240
 all problems.

00:45:38.119 --> 00:45:38.880
 But the

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:39.720
 gospel tells

00:45:39.720 --> 00:45:40.079
 us that

00:45:40.079 --> 00:45:40.980
 Jesus came

00:45:40.980 --> 00:45:42.220
 to rescue

00:45:42.220 --> 00:45:43.800
 us from

00:45:43.800 --> 00:45:44.300
 the mother

00:45:44.300 --> 00:45:44.740
 of all

00:45:44.740 --> 00:45:45.260
 problems.

00:45:46.260 --> 00:45:46.800
 He's come

00:45:46.800 --> 00:45:47.380
 to break

00:45:47.380 --> 00:45:48.340
 us out of

00:45:48.340 --> 00:45:49.180
 slavery to

00:45:49.180 --> 00:45:49.659
 darkness,

00:45:49.840 --> 00:45:50.180
 set our

00:45:50.180 --> 00:45:50.760
 hearts free

00:45:50.760 --> 00:45:51.380
 to serve a

00:45:51.380 --> 00:45:52.119
 better master,

00:45:52.240 --> 00:45:53.260
 the God who

00:45:53.260 --> 00:45:54.019
 created us,

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:54.599
 who knows

00:45:54.599 --> 00:45:55.059
 us,

00:45:55.059 --> 00:45:55.759
 who loves

00:45:55.759 --> 00:45:56.300
 us.

00:45:56.880 --> 00:45:57.559
 That is the

00:45:57.559 --> 00:45:58.199
 rescue that

00:45:58.199 --> 00:45:58.920
 we desperately

00:45:58.920 --> 00:46:00.719
 need, and

00:46:00.719 --> 00:46:01.380
 is what he

00:46:01.380 --> 00:46:02.039
 came to

00:46:02.039 --> 00:46:02.360
 do.

00:46:02.559 --> 00:46:02.800
 He has

00:46:02.800 --> 00:46:03.460
 come to

00:46:03.460 --> 00:46:04.259
 exodus,

00:46:04.880 --> 00:46:05.900
 rescue us.

00:46:05.900 --> 00:46:11.740
 what kind of

00:46:11.740 --> 00:46:12.680
 rescue do you

00:46:12.680 --> 00:46:13.400
 think you

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:13.920
 need?

00:46:16.400 --> 00:46:17.320
 What kind of

00:46:17.320 --> 00:46:18.000
 rescue do you

00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:18.460
 think our

00:46:18.460 --> 00:46:19.460
 world needs?

00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:23.280
 The story of

00:46:23.280 --> 00:46:23.940
 the Bible is

00:46:23.940 --> 00:46:25.099
 so much bigger

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:25.780
 than we think,

00:46:25.860 --> 00:46:26.260
 isn't it?

00:46:26.340 --> 00:46:27.119
 Jesus' work,

00:46:27.260 --> 00:46:27.900
 God's rescue,

00:46:27.980 --> 00:46:28.860
 it is so much

00:46:28.860 --> 00:46:29.720
 deeper,

00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:30.519
 better,

00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:32.519
 longer lasting

00:46:32.519 --> 00:46:33.360
 than we dare

00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:33.900
 even to

00:46:33.900 --> 00:46:34.340
 imagine.

00:46:36.920 --> 00:46:37.619
 And so what

00:46:37.619 --> 00:46:38.139
 do we need to

00:46:38.139 --> 00:46:39.000
 do about it?

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:39.820
 Friends, this is

00:46:39.820 --> 00:46:41.480
 the rescue Jesus

00:46:41.480 --> 00:46:42.139
 has come to

00:46:42.139 --> 00:46:42.420
 do.

00:46:43.199 --> 00:46:44.119
 So secondly,

00:46:44.400 --> 00:46:45.320
 trust him with

00:46:45.320 --> 00:46:45.940
 your rescue.

00:46:46.079 --> 00:46:46.519
 This is the

00:46:46.519 --> 00:46:47.079
 second of our

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:47.599
 two points

00:46:47.599 --> 00:46:47.940
 tonight.

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:48.759
 Trust him

00:46:48.759 --> 00:46:49.820
 with your

00:46:49.820 --> 00:46:50.239
 rescue.

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:52.400
 And now we're

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:52.920
 not told what

00:46:52.920 --> 00:46:53.440
 the disciples

00:46:53.440 --> 00:46:54.179
 talked about

00:46:54.179 --> 00:46:54.820
 after Jesus

00:46:54.820 --> 00:46:55.599
 had fed us

00:46:55.599 --> 00:46:56.420
 a small town

00:46:56.420 --> 00:46:56.860
 with bread

00:46:56.860 --> 00:46:57.500
 and fish,

00:46:58.900 --> 00:46:59.519
 but over the

00:46:59.519 --> 00:46:59.920
 page in

00:46:59.920 --> 00:47:00.639
 chapter 16,

00:47:00.739 --> 00:47:01.300
 we find out

00:47:01.300 --> 00:47:01.760
 they didn't

00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:02.780
 really get

00:47:02.780 --> 00:47:03.060
 it.

00:47:03.140 --> 00:47:03.539
 In another

00:47:03.539 --> 00:47:04.000
 boat,

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:05.480
 they find

00:47:05.480 --> 00:47:05.920
 they haven't

00:47:05.920 --> 00:47:06.420
 bought any

00:47:06.420 --> 00:47:06.840
 bread.

00:47:07.380 --> 00:47:08.120
 Jesus says

00:47:08.120 --> 00:47:08.660
 to them,

00:47:09.600 --> 00:47:10.039
 oh, you

00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:10.440
 of little

00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:10.820
 faith,

00:47:10.980 --> 00:47:11.380
 why are you

00:47:11.380 --> 00:47:11.840
 discussing

00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:12.720
 among yourselves

00:47:12.720 --> 00:47:13.200
 the fact

00:47:13.200 --> 00:47:13.460
 that you

00:47:13.460 --> 00:47:13.880
 have no

00:47:13.880 --> 00:47:14.240
 bread?

00:47:14.600 --> 00:47:14.980
 Do you

00:47:14.980 --> 00:47:15.500
 not yet

00:47:15.500 --> 00:47:16.100
 perceive?

00:47:17.640 --> 00:47:18.060
 Do you

00:47:18.060 --> 00:47:18.960
 not remember

00:47:18.960 --> 00:47:20.500
 the five

00:47:20.500 --> 00:47:21.280
 loaves for

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:22.100
 the 5,000

00:47:22.100 --> 00:47:22.840
 and how many

00:47:22.840 --> 00:47:23.920
 baskets you

00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:24.280
 gathered?

00:47:25.120 --> 00:47:25.820
 The miracle

00:47:25.820 --> 00:47:26.200
 has gone

00:47:26.200 --> 00:47:26.960
 straight over

00:47:26.960 --> 00:47:27.700
 their heads.

00:47:29.039 --> 00:47:29.420
 But the

00:47:29.420 --> 00:47:30.000
 drumbeat

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:30.660
 of these

00:47:30.660 --> 00:47:31.120
 chapters

00:47:31.119 --> 00:47:32.139
 is not,

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:33.480
 oh, you

00:47:33.480 --> 00:47:34.000
 of little

00:47:34.000 --> 00:47:35.199
 intelligence,

00:47:36.099 --> 00:47:37.019
 you of

00:47:37.019 --> 00:47:37.440
 little

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:38.679
 IQ,

00:47:39.299 --> 00:47:39.779
 it is

00:47:39.779 --> 00:47:40.579
 you of

00:47:40.579 --> 00:47:40.980
 little

00:47:40.980 --> 00:47:42.219
 faith.

00:47:43.639 --> 00:47:44.259
 He's going

00:47:44.259 --> 00:47:44.679
 to say that

00:47:44.679 --> 00:47:45.420
 three times

00:47:45.420 --> 00:47:45.839
 in the next

00:47:45.839 --> 00:47:46.519
 four chapters

00:47:46.519 --> 00:47:47.079
 because their

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:47.639
 problem is

00:47:47.639 --> 00:47:48.719
 not up here

00:47:48.719 --> 00:47:49.099
 that they're

00:47:49.099 --> 00:47:49.619
 not clever

00:47:49.619 --> 00:47:50.179
 enough to

00:47:50.179 --> 00:47:50.559
 piece the

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:51.259
 pieces together,

00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:51.799
 it is in

00:47:51.799 --> 00:47:53.819
 here that

00:47:53.819 --> 00:47:54.219
 they do

00:47:54.219 --> 00:47:55.259
 not trust

00:47:55.259 --> 00:47:55.739
 him to

00:47:55.739 --> 00:47:56.659
 properly be

00:47:56.659 --> 00:47:56.980
 their

00:47:56.980 --> 00:47:57.639
 rescuer.

00:47:57.639 --> 00:48:00.299
 that's

00:48:00.299 --> 00:48:00.599
 what the

00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:01.019
 scene with

00:48:01.019 --> 00:48:01.699
 Peter nearly

00:48:01.699 --> 00:48:02.179
 drowning

00:48:02.179 --> 00:48:03.480
 is about.

00:48:03.920 --> 00:48:04.400
 Again, it's

00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:04.779
 so well

00:48:04.779 --> 00:48:05.359
 known it's

00:48:05.359 --> 00:48:05.759
 lost its

00:48:05.759 --> 00:48:06.400
 impact on

00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:06.799
 many of

00:48:06.799 --> 00:48:07.259
 us.

00:48:08.719 --> 00:48:09.239
 We think

00:48:09.239 --> 00:48:09.659
 coming to

00:48:09.659 --> 00:48:10.480
 this passage

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:11.559
 that Jesus

00:48:11.559 --> 00:48:12.159
 perhaps is

00:48:12.159 --> 00:48:12.599
 being a bit

00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:13.519
 harsh on

00:48:13.519 --> 00:48:13.900
 Peter.

00:48:15.179 --> 00:48:15.779
 How many

00:48:15.779 --> 00:48:16.279
 of us have

00:48:16.279 --> 00:48:16.759
 walked on

00:48:16.759 --> 00:48:17.099
 water?

00:48:17.339 --> 00:48:17.819
 It was a

00:48:17.819 --> 00:48:18.239
 stormy

00:48:18.239 --> 00:48:18.619
 night.

00:48:19.379 --> 00:48:19.599
 Peter

00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:20.019
 probably

00:48:20.019 --> 00:48:20.400
 couldn't

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:20.859
 swim.

00:48:21.779 --> 00:48:22.219
 Is Jesus

00:48:22.219 --> 00:48:22.659
 just being

00:48:22.659 --> 00:48:23.379
 the strict

00:48:23.379 --> 00:48:24.359
 teacher

00:48:24.359 --> 00:48:25.259
 with a

00:48:25.259 --> 00:48:25.679
 standard

00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:26.000
 that's

00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:26.480
 impossible

00:48:26.480 --> 00:48:27.980
 to meet?

00:48:30.219 --> 00:48:31.119
 Well, no.

00:48:31.319 --> 00:48:31.779
 Think about

00:48:31.779 --> 00:48:32.399
 the rescue

00:48:32.399 --> 00:48:33.019
 Peter is

00:48:33.019 --> 00:48:33.699
 part of.

00:48:34.659 --> 00:48:35.079
 It's as if

00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:35.399
 he and the

00:48:35.399 --> 00:48:36.059
 other disciples

00:48:36.059 --> 00:48:36.460
 have been

00:48:36.460 --> 00:48:37.119
 taken back

00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:37.779
 in time.

00:48:38.000 --> 00:48:38.259
 They're

00:48:38.259 --> 00:48:38.759
 reliving

00:48:38.759 --> 00:48:39.619
 the greatest

00:48:39.619 --> 00:48:40.599
 rescue story

00:48:40.599 --> 00:48:40.980
 in the

00:48:40.980 --> 00:48:41.299
 world.

00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:42.179
 The Exodus

00:48:42.179 --> 00:48:42.980
 rescue was

00:48:42.980 --> 00:48:43.659
 their history

00:48:43.659 --> 00:48:44.639
 and heritage,

00:48:44.819 --> 00:48:45.179
 but that

00:48:45.179 --> 00:48:45.940
 day it

00:48:45.940 --> 00:48:46.639
 became their

00:48:46.639 --> 00:48:47.079
 lived

00:48:47.079 --> 00:48:48.440
 experience.

00:48:49.319 --> 00:48:49.599
 They'd

00:48:49.599 --> 00:48:49.940
 put a

00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:50.219
 small

00:48:50.219 --> 00:48:50.559
 lunch

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:50.779
 into

00:48:50.779 --> 00:48:51.119
 Jesus'

00:48:51.359 --> 00:48:51.699
 hands

00:48:51.699 --> 00:48:52.639
 and they

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:52.839
 have

00:48:52.839 --> 00:48:53.079
 given

00:48:53.079 --> 00:48:53.440
 back

00:48:53.440 --> 00:48:53.839
 out

00:48:53.839 --> 00:48:55.619
 supermarkets

00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:56.179
 worth of

00:48:56.179 --> 00:48:56.599
 food to

00:48:56.599 --> 00:48:57.019
 people.

00:48:58.199 --> 00:48:58.519
 They've

00:48:58.519 --> 00:48:58.679
 been

00:48:58.679 --> 00:48:59.059
 struggling

00:48:59.059 --> 00:48:59.699
 across the

00:48:59.699 --> 00:48:59.900
 sea.

00:49:00.059 --> 00:49:00.279
 Jesus

00:49:00.279 --> 00:49:00.659
 simply

00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:01.219
 walked up

00:49:01.219 --> 00:49:01.480
 to them

00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:01.719
 on the

00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:02.099
 water.

00:49:03.920 --> 00:49:04.159
 And

00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:04.440
 Peter

00:49:04.440 --> 00:49:04.799
 gets

00:49:04.799 --> 00:49:05.480
 something,

00:49:05.619 --> 00:49:05.799
 doesn't

00:49:05.799 --> 00:49:06.019
 he?

00:49:06.179 --> 00:49:06.559
 Something

00:49:06.559 --> 00:49:07.039
 of what's

00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:07.679
 going on.

00:49:08.199 --> 00:49:08.460
 Lord,

00:49:08.500 --> 00:49:08.699
 if it

00:49:08.699 --> 00:49:09.039
 is you,

00:49:09.119 --> 00:49:09.379
 he says,

00:49:09.579 --> 00:49:10.400
 command me

00:49:10.400 --> 00:49:10.799
 to come

00:49:10.799 --> 00:49:11.099
 to you

00:49:11.099 --> 00:49:11.359
 on the

00:49:11.359 --> 00:49:11.719
 water.

00:49:12.000 --> 00:49:12.199
 He

00:49:12.199 --> 00:49:12.619
 wants

00:49:12.619 --> 00:49:13.079
 to live

00:49:13.079 --> 00:49:13.279
 it.

00:49:13.379 --> 00:49:13.480
 He

00:49:13.480 --> 00:49:13.759
 wants

00:49:13.759 --> 00:49:14.460
 to grasp

00:49:14.460 --> 00:49:14.839
 it for

00:49:14.839 --> 00:49:15.099
 it all

00:49:15.099 --> 00:49:15.400
 to be

00:49:15.400 --> 00:49:15.819
 true

00:49:15.819 --> 00:49:16.379
 and real

00:49:16.379 --> 00:49:16.599
 for

00:49:16.599 --> 00:49:16.879
 him.

00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:19.679
 And

00:49:19.679 --> 00:49:20.920
 so he

00:49:20.920 --> 00:49:21.460
 gets out

00:49:21.460 --> 00:49:21.699
 of the

00:49:21.699 --> 00:49:22.119
 boat.

00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:23.819
 And he

00:49:23.819 --> 00:49:24.420
 rests his

00:49:24.420 --> 00:49:24.839
 feet on

00:49:24.839 --> 00:49:25.159
 the water

00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:26.000
 trusting that

00:49:26.000 --> 00:49:26.239
 it will

00:49:26.239 --> 00:49:26.679
 hold his

00:49:26.679 --> 00:49:27.619
 weight simply

00:49:27.619 --> 00:49:28.400
 because Jesus

00:49:28.400 --> 00:49:29.059
 has said

00:49:29.059 --> 00:49:29.519
 it will.

00:49:30.839 --> 00:49:31.299
 There is

00:49:31.299 --> 00:49:32.159
 real faith

00:49:32.159 --> 00:49:32.440
 there,

00:49:32.480 --> 00:49:33.019
 isn't there?

00:49:34.759 --> 00:49:35.440
 But what

00:49:35.440 --> 00:49:35.980
 kind of

00:49:35.980 --> 00:49:36.400
 faith is

00:49:36.400 --> 00:49:36.679
 it?

00:49:38.799 --> 00:49:39.539
 We asked

00:49:39.539 --> 00:49:39.839
 before,

00:49:39.920 --> 00:49:40.339
 what kind

00:49:40.339 --> 00:49:40.920
 of rescue?

00:49:41.019 --> 00:49:41.420
 Not all

00:49:41.420 --> 00:49:42.159
 rescues are

00:49:42.159 --> 00:49:42.579
 equal,

00:49:42.739 --> 00:49:43.119
 are they?

00:49:43.119 --> 00:49:44.859
 we

00:49:44.859 --> 00:49:45.579
 not only

00:49:45.579 --> 00:49:45.900
 have two

00:49:45.900 --> 00:49:46.179
 small

00:49:46.179 --> 00:49:46.500
 children,

00:49:46.599 --> 00:49:46.880
 we also

00:49:46.880 --> 00:49:47.179
 have a

00:49:47.179 --> 00:49:47.460
 small

00:49:47.460 --> 00:49:47.900
 dog.

00:49:48.819 --> 00:49:49.259
 One

00:49:49.259 --> 00:49:49.799
 very

00:49:49.799 --> 00:49:50.199
 stormy

00:49:50.199 --> 00:49:50.359
 night,

00:49:50.420 --> 00:49:50.679
 we took

00:49:50.679 --> 00:49:51.019
 the dog

00:49:51.019 --> 00:49:51.339
 for a

00:49:51.339 --> 00:49:51.559
 walk,

00:49:51.619 --> 00:49:51.859
 and a

00:49:51.859 --> 00:49:52.219
 different

00:49:52.219 --> 00:49:52.539
 dog

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:52.839
 actually

00:49:52.839 --> 00:49:53.159
 followed

00:49:53.159 --> 00:49:53.359
 us

00:49:53.359 --> 00:49:53.739
 home

00:49:53.739 --> 00:49:54.319
 that

00:49:54.319 --> 00:49:54.460
 had

00:49:54.460 --> 00:49:54.659
 lost

00:49:54.659 --> 00:49:54.880
 its

00:49:54.880 --> 00:49:55.159
 owner.

00:49:56.299 --> 00:49:56.619
 And

00:49:56.619 --> 00:49:57.699
 thankfully,

00:49:57.880 --> 00:49:58.159
 the dog

00:49:58.159 --> 00:49:58.579
 had a

00:49:58.579 --> 00:49:58.940
 tag,

00:49:59.059 --> 00:49:59.799
 we phoned

00:49:59.799 --> 00:50:00.179
 the number

00:50:00.179 --> 00:50:00.539
 on it,

00:50:00.619 --> 00:50:01.000
 the owner

00:50:01.000 --> 00:50:02.480
 came 20

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:02.819
 minutes

00:50:02.819 --> 00:50:03.199
 later,

00:50:03.380 --> 00:50:03.719
 he was

00:50:03.719 --> 00:50:04.039
 very

00:50:04.039 --> 00:50:04.539
 grateful,

00:50:05.219 --> 00:50:05.599
 he took

00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:06.000
 his dog

00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:06.380
 home,

00:50:07.659 --> 00:50:08.159
 but you

00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:08.440
 know what,

00:50:08.480 --> 00:50:08.799
 we've never

00:50:08.799 --> 00:50:09.199
 seen him

00:50:09.199 --> 00:50:09.559
 again,

00:50:09.559 --> 00:50:10.860
 we didn't

00:50:10.860 --> 00:50:11.219
 get a

00:50:11.219 --> 00:50:11.759
 card or

00:50:11.759 --> 00:50:12.519
 flowers or

00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:12.880
 anything,

00:50:13.179 --> 00:50:13.840
 because it's

00:50:13.840 --> 00:50:14.360
 not like

00:50:14.360 --> 00:50:15.380
 we performed

00:50:15.380 --> 00:50:16.380
 CPR on

00:50:16.380 --> 00:50:16.860
 somebody in

00:50:16.860 --> 00:50:17.480
 his family,

00:50:18.779 --> 00:50:19.840
 or saved

00:50:19.840 --> 00:50:20.239
 one of his

00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:20.820
 children from

00:50:20.820 --> 00:50:21.299
 being run

00:50:21.299 --> 00:50:21.659
 over,

00:50:22.500 --> 00:50:23.259
 the response

00:50:23.259 --> 00:50:24.559
 is proportionate

00:50:24.559 --> 00:50:24.980
 to the

00:50:24.980 --> 00:50:25.380
 rescue,

00:50:25.500 --> 00:50:25.920
 isn't it?

00:50:26.119 --> 00:50:26.679
 The bigger

00:50:26.679 --> 00:50:27.400
 the rescue,

00:50:28.599 --> 00:50:29.119
 the deeper

00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:30.059
 the response.

00:50:32.259 --> 00:50:33.279
 Jesus didn't

00:50:33.279 --> 00:50:34.059
 just tell

00:50:34.059 --> 00:50:34.699
 Peter to

00:50:34.699 --> 00:50:35.159
 walk on

00:50:35.159 --> 00:50:35.759
 the water,

00:50:35.960 --> 00:50:36.279
 did he?

00:50:36.360 --> 00:50:36.799
 He also

00:50:36.799 --> 00:50:37.980
 said as he

00:50:37.980 --> 00:50:38.400
 stood on

00:50:38.400 --> 00:50:38.820
 the water,

00:50:38.940 --> 00:50:39.539
 verse 27,

00:50:39.679 --> 00:50:40.519
 take heart,

00:50:40.639 --> 00:50:41.059
 it is I,

00:50:41.739 --> 00:50:42.559
 don't be

00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:43.159
 afraid,

00:50:43.980 --> 00:50:44.480
 don't be

00:50:44.480 --> 00:50:45.079
 afraid,

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.039
 but what

00:50:46.039 --> 00:50:46.460
 happens?

00:50:46.579 --> 00:50:46.980
 Peter got

00:50:46.980 --> 00:50:47.380
 out of the

00:50:47.380 --> 00:50:47.599
 boat,

00:50:47.759 --> 00:50:48.079
 walked on

00:50:48.079 --> 00:50:48.420
 the water

00:50:48.420 --> 00:50:48.779
 and came

00:50:48.779 --> 00:50:49.199
 to Jesus,

00:50:49.299 --> 00:50:49.579
 but when

00:50:49.579 --> 00:50:49.900
 he saw

00:50:49.900 --> 00:50:50.480
 the wind,

00:50:50.940 --> 00:50:51.360
 he was

00:50:51.360 --> 00:50:51.980
 afraid.

00:50:53.420 --> 00:50:54.059
 Is that

00:50:54.059 --> 00:50:55.179
 a proportionate

00:50:55.179 --> 00:50:57.039
 response to

00:50:57.039 --> 00:50:57.639
 the rescue

00:50:57.639 --> 00:50:58.199
 that Jesus

00:50:58.199 --> 00:50:58.840
 is doing?

00:51:00.599 --> 00:51:01.380
 What kind

00:51:01.380 --> 00:51:01.900
 of faith

00:51:01.900 --> 00:51:02.380
 does Peter

00:51:02.380 --> 00:51:03.059
 have here?

00:51:03.619 --> 00:51:04.199
 Half a

00:51:04.199 --> 00:51:04.659
 faith.

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:07.239
 Faith in

00:51:07.239 --> 00:51:07.719
 some of

00:51:07.719 --> 00:51:08.199
 what Jesus

00:51:08.199 --> 00:51:08.659
 has said

00:51:08.659 --> 00:51:09.119
 and done,

00:51:09.119 --> 00:51:10.599
 not faith

00:51:10.599 --> 00:51:10.920
 in the

00:51:10.920 --> 00:51:11.559
 rest.

00:51:12.699 --> 00:51:13.099
 And that

00:51:13.099 --> 00:51:13.420
 is not

00:51:13.420 --> 00:51:14.319
 a proportionate

00:51:14.319 --> 00:51:14.900
 response,

00:51:14.980 --> 00:51:15.219
 is it,

00:51:15.239 --> 00:51:15.779
 to someone

00:51:15.779 --> 00:51:17.000
 who is

00:51:17.000 --> 00:51:17.579
 doing what

00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:18.359
 Jesus is

00:51:18.359 --> 00:51:18.880
 doing.

00:51:19.199 --> 00:51:19.519
 It's not

00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:20.119
 a big enough

00:51:20.119 --> 00:51:20.859
 response to

00:51:20.859 --> 00:51:21.559
 the biggest

00:51:21.559 --> 00:51:22.460
 rescue that

00:51:22.460 --> 00:51:23.019
 Jesus is

00:51:23.019 --> 00:51:23.500
 showing that

00:51:23.500 --> 00:51:24.019
 he has come

00:51:24.019 --> 00:51:24.420
 to do.

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:26.720
 of course,

00:51:26.720 --> 00:51:26.720


00:51:26.780 --> 00:51:27.260
 the point of

00:51:27.260 --> 00:51:27.860
 the original

00:51:27.860 --> 00:51:28.740
 Exodus rescue

00:51:28.740 --> 00:51:29.119
 is that

00:51:29.119 --> 00:51:29.460
 God's

00:51:29.460 --> 00:51:30.780
 people did

00:51:30.780 --> 00:51:31.440
 cross the

00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:31.880
 sea to

00:51:31.880 --> 00:51:32.360
 safety,

00:51:33.260 --> 00:51:34.619
 but Peter

00:51:34.619 --> 00:51:35.400
 very nearly

00:51:35.400 --> 00:51:36.500
 suffers the

00:51:36.500 --> 00:51:38.059
 fate of

00:51:38.059 --> 00:51:38.840
 the Egyptians

00:51:38.840 --> 00:51:41.059
 being swallowed

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:41.700
 by the

00:51:41.700 --> 00:51:42.340
 waves.

00:51:43.340 --> 00:51:43.960
 Why?

00:51:45.099 --> 00:51:45.539
 Well,

00:51:45.579 --> 00:51:45.940
 because he

00:51:45.940 --> 00:51:46.740
 didn't trust

00:51:46.740 --> 00:51:47.880
 Jesus not

00:51:47.880 --> 00:51:48.740
 to be afraid

00:51:48.739 --> 00:51:50.000
 when Jesus

00:51:50.000 --> 00:51:50.879
 told him

00:51:50.879 --> 00:51:51.739
 there was

00:51:51.739 --> 00:51:52.419
 nothing to

00:51:52.419 --> 00:51:53.019
 be afraid

00:51:53.019 --> 00:51:53.479
 of.

00:51:54.539 --> 00:51:55.439
 He trusted

00:51:55.439 --> 00:51:56.299
 Jesus enough,

00:51:56.359 --> 00:51:56.879
 didn't he,

00:51:57.419 --> 00:51:58.359
 to obey some

00:51:58.359 --> 00:51:59.099
 of his words,

00:51:59.219 --> 00:52:00.000
 come to me,

00:52:01.119 --> 00:52:01.679
 but not the

00:52:01.679 --> 00:52:02.259
 rest of his

00:52:02.259 --> 00:52:02.759
 words,

00:52:02.959 --> 00:52:04.419
 have no fear.

00:52:06.219 --> 00:52:06.859
 And friends,

00:52:06.939 --> 00:52:07.500
 the rest of

00:52:07.500 --> 00:52:08.179
 these chapters

00:52:08.179 --> 00:52:08.899
 in this section,

00:52:08.979 --> 00:52:09.379
 they're here to

00:52:09.379 --> 00:52:10.599
 show us that

00:52:10.599 --> 00:52:11.079
 more than

00:52:11.079 --> 00:52:11.539
 anything,

00:52:11.739 --> 00:52:12.319
 that is what

00:52:12.319 --> 00:52:13.139
 we need to be

00:52:13.139 --> 00:52:14.119
 rescued from.

00:52:14.119 --> 00:52:17.279
 little faith,

00:52:18.079 --> 00:52:20.219
 little faith,

00:52:20.440 --> 00:52:21.339
 unbelief,

00:52:21.500 --> 00:52:22.339
 a heart that

00:52:22.339 --> 00:52:23.480
 has one foot

00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:24.059
 in the kingdom

00:52:24.059 --> 00:52:24.559
 of heaven,

00:52:24.659 --> 00:52:25.359
 but one foot

00:52:25.359 --> 00:52:25.980
 still trapped

00:52:25.980 --> 00:52:26.440
 in the kingdom

00:52:26.440 --> 00:52:27.079
 of darkness,

00:52:28.299 --> 00:52:29.139
 a heart that

00:52:29.139 --> 00:52:30.179
 on its own

00:52:30.179 --> 00:52:31.219
 cannot trust

00:52:31.219 --> 00:52:31.819
 Jesus all the

00:52:31.819 --> 00:52:31.960
 way,

00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:32.599
 even if we

00:52:32.599 --> 00:52:33.319
 wanted to,

00:52:34.779 --> 00:52:35.400
 which is why

00:52:35.400 --> 00:52:37.019
 Peter is

00:52:37.019 --> 00:52:38.500
 an uncomfortably

00:52:38.500 --> 00:52:39.839
 unclear mirror,

00:52:39.940 --> 00:52:40.239
 isn't he,

00:52:40.259 --> 00:52:40.659
 for us to

00:52:40.659 --> 00:52:41.099
 look into.

00:52:41.719 --> 00:52:42.779
 In some ways,

00:52:42.859 --> 00:52:43.339
 we should want

00:52:43.339 --> 00:52:43.900
 to be more

00:52:43.900 --> 00:52:44.519
 like him,

00:52:44.639 --> 00:52:45.220
 in other

00:52:45.220 --> 00:52:45.780
 ways,

00:52:46.780 --> 00:52:47.740
 we are far

00:52:47.740 --> 00:52:48.260
 too much

00:52:48.260 --> 00:52:48.920
 like him.

00:52:51.340 --> 00:52:52.039
 But when

00:52:52.039 --> 00:52:52.480
 he's really

00:52:52.480 --> 00:52:53.039
 pushed,

00:52:53.320 --> 00:52:53.780
 as he's

00:52:53.780 --> 00:52:54.280
 sinking and

00:52:54.280 --> 00:52:54.599
 he's going

00:52:54.599 --> 00:52:55.099
 to drown,

00:52:55.220 --> 00:52:55.740
 he cries

00:52:55.740 --> 00:52:56.019
 out,

00:52:56.079 --> 00:52:56.440
 doesn't he,

00:52:56.760 --> 00:52:57.280
 the most

00:52:57.280 --> 00:52:58.460
 important words

00:52:58.460 --> 00:52:59.139
 that anyone

00:52:59.139 --> 00:52:59.920
 could ever

00:52:59.920 --> 00:53:01.200
 say to

00:53:01.200 --> 00:53:01.639
 the Lord

00:53:01.639 --> 00:53:02.059
 Jesus,

00:53:03.480 --> 00:53:04.079
 Lord,

00:53:05.160 --> 00:53:06.139
 save me,

00:53:07.579 --> 00:53:08.180
 Lord,

00:53:08.579 --> 00:53:09.400
 save me.

00:53:10.860 --> 00:53:11.619
 If his

00:53:11.619 --> 00:53:12.579
 first stumbling

00:53:12.579 --> 00:53:13.559
 steps of

00:53:13.559 --> 00:53:14.079
 faith were

00:53:14.079 --> 00:53:14.539
 weak,

00:53:15.460 --> 00:53:16.019
 what he

00:53:16.019 --> 00:53:16.480
 says when

00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:17.219
 he stumbles

00:53:17.219 --> 00:53:18.699
 shows a

00:53:18.699 --> 00:53:19.239
 faith that

00:53:19.239 --> 00:53:19.719
 is big

00:53:19.719 --> 00:53:21.079
 enough for

00:53:21.079 --> 00:53:21.579
 the rescue

00:53:21.579 --> 00:53:22.119
 that Jesus

00:53:22.119 --> 00:53:22.639
 is bringing.

00:53:25.219 --> 00:53:25.860
 And that

00:53:25.860 --> 00:53:26.299
 can be true

00:53:26.299 --> 00:53:26.840
 for us as

00:53:26.840 --> 00:53:27.039
 well,

00:53:27.139 --> 00:53:27.639
 can't it?

00:53:27.679 --> 00:53:28.159
 Perhaps you

00:53:28.159 --> 00:53:28.860
 can relate to

00:53:28.860 --> 00:53:29.440
 Peter here.

00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:30.779
 If things

00:53:30.779 --> 00:53:31.159
 feel like

00:53:31.159 --> 00:53:31.599
 they're getting

00:53:31.599 --> 00:53:32.380
 harder for

00:53:32.380 --> 00:53:32.719
 you,

00:53:34.400 --> 00:53:35.380
 like temptation

00:53:35.380 --> 00:53:35.940
 is getting

00:53:35.940 --> 00:53:36.799
 worse,

00:53:36.800 --> 00:53:36.920
 doubts,

00:53:37.480 --> 00:53:39.019
 or doubts

00:53:39.019 --> 00:53:39.460
 are growing

00:53:39.460 --> 00:53:40.260
 stronger,

00:53:42.539 --> 00:53:43.600
 or perhaps

00:53:43.600 --> 00:53:43.940
 just the

00:53:43.940 --> 00:53:44.480
 pressure to

00:53:44.480 --> 00:53:45.220
 conform to

00:53:45.220 --> 00:53:46.019
 a worldly

00:53:46.019 --> 00:53:46.560
 lifestyle,

00:53:46.740 --> 00:53:47.039
 a way of

00:53:47.039 --> 00:53:47.380
 thinking,

00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:47.880
 is getting

00:53:47.880 --> 00:53:48.340
 tougher,

00:53:48.580 --> 00:53:48.980
 or just

00:53:48.980 --> 00:53:49.400
 generally

00:53:49.400 --> 00:53:50.600
 situations in

00:53:50.600 --> 00:53:51.060
 life that

00:53:51.060 --> 00:53:51.420
 are getting

00:53:51.420 --> 00:53:51.940
 harder,

00:53:52.700 --> 00:53:53.400
 or just not

00:53:53.400 --> 00:53:54.100
 getting better,

00:53:54.200 --> 00:53:54.680
 and the longer

00:53:54.680 --> 00:53:55.200
 we have to

00:53:55.200 --> 00:53:55.640
 carry it,

00:53:55.660 --> 00:53:56.060
 the tougher

00:53:56.060 --> 00:53:56.940
 it gets,

00:53:57.100 --> 00:53:57.800
 and you feel

00:53:57.800 --> 00:53:58.200
 like you're

00:53:58.200 --> 00:53:58.740
 sinking and

00:53:58.740 --> 00:53:59.200
 you're going

00:53:59.200 --> 00:54:00.060
 to drown,

00:54:00.360 --> 00:54:00.539
 well,

00:54:00.580 --> 00:54:01.160
 it's at that

00:54:01.160 --> 00:54:01.519
 point,

00:54:01.580 --> 00:54:02.000
 isn't it,

00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:02.380
 that our

00:54:02.380 --> 00:54:03.820
 need becomes

00:54:03.820 --> 00:54:04.639
 clearest,

00:54:05.880 --> 00:54:07.019
 and therefore

00:54:07.019 --> 00:54:08.800
 our faith in

00:54:08.800 --> 00:54:09.539
 Jesus grows

00:54:09.539 --> 00:54:10.219
 deepest.

00:54:12.320 --> 00:54:13.099
 Before we

00:54:13.099 --> 00:54:13.500
 could walk

00:54:13.500 --> 00:54:14.099
 on water,

00:54:14.719 --> 00:54:15.260
 now we're

00:54:15.260 --> 00:54:15.880
 sinking and

00:54:15.880 --> 00:54:16.440
 we can't

00:54:16.440 --> 00:54:17.019
 help but

00:54:17.019 --> 00:54:17.659
 cry out to

00:54:17.659 --> 00:54:17.920
 Jesus,

00:54:18.179 --> 00:54:18.579
 Lord,

00:54:19.539 --> 00:54:20.599
 save me.

00:54:23.139 --> 00:54:23.440
 Well,

00:54:23.480 --> 00:54:23.679
 friends,

00:54:23.739 --> 00:54:24.139
 let me say

00:54:24.139 --> 00:54:24.639
 that that is

00:54:24.639 --> 00:54:25.199
 where Jesus

00:54:25.199 --> 00:54:25.980
 would rather

00:54:25.980 --> 00:54:26.940
 have us

00:54:26.940 --> 00:54:27.860
 than going

00:54:27.860 --> 00:54:28.719
 through life

00:54:28.719 --> 00:54:30.480
 only half

00:54:30.480 --> 00:54:31.219
 trusting in

00:54:31.219 --> 00:54:31.599
 him,

00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:33.019
 but half

00:54:33.019 --> 00:54:33.699
 relying on

00:54:33.699 --> 00:54:34.420
 us.

00:54:35.739 --> 00:54:36.840
 A full-throated,

00:54:36.980 --> 00:54:37.760
 whole-hearted,

00:54:38.039 --> 00:54:38.800
 desperate trust

00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:39.280
 in him to

00:54:39.280 --> 00:54:39.840
 save us

00:54:39.840 --> 00:54:40.420
 rather than

00:54:40.420 --> 00:54:41.719
 a halfway

00:54:41.719 --> 00:54:42.340
 faith that

00:54:42.340 --> 00:54:43.219
 secretly fears

00:54:43.219 --> 00:54:43.559
 that we

00:54:43.559 --> 00:54:44.179
 won't make

00:54:44.179 --> 00:54:44.559
 it.

00:54:46.159 --> 00:54:46.860
 If you're

00:54:46.860 --> 00:54:47.360
 here tonight

00:54:47.360 --> 00:54:47.840
 and you

00:54:47.840 --> 00:54:48.280
 feel like

00:54:48.280 --> 00:54:48.880
 you're sinking

00:54:48.880 --> 00:54:49.960
 or going

00:54:49.960 --> 00:54:50.579
 to drown,

00:54:50.739 --> 00:54:51.340
 you only

00:54:51.340 --> 00:54:52.000
 need cry

00:54:52.000 --> 00:54:52.539
 to Jesus

00:54:52.539 --> 00:54:53.159
 to save

00:54:53.159 --> 00:54:53.460
 you,

00:54:53.880 --> 00:54:54.320
 and what

00:54:54.320 --> 00:54:54.659
 will he

00:54:54.659 --> 00:54:55.139
 do?

00:54:56.079 --> 00:54:56.539
 Just see

00:54:56.539 --> 00:54:56.920
 in verse

00:54:56.920 --> 00:54:57.519
 31,

00:54:59.460 --> 00:54:59.860
 Jesus

00:54:59.860 --> 00:55:00.619
 immediately

00:55:00.619 --> 00:55:01.460
 reached out

00:55:01.460 --> 00:55:01.920
 his hand

00:55:01.920 --> 00:55:02.260
 and took

00:55:02.260 --> 00:55:02.639
 hold of

00:55:02.639 --> 00:55:02.960
 him.

00:55:05.619 --> 00:55:06.320
 He was

00:55:06.320 --> 00:55:06.800
 waiting for

00:55:06.800 --> 00:55:07.280
 Peter to

00:55:07.280 --> 00:55:07.659
 say the

00:55:07.659 --> 00:55:07.940
 words,

00:55:08.059 --> 00:55:08.400
 but no

00:55:08.400 --> 00:55:08.940
 longer than

00:55:08.940 --> 00:55:09.320
 that,

00:55:09.420 --> 00:55:09.619
 right?

00:55:10.039 --> 00:55:10.559
 Immediately

00:55:10.559 --> 00:55:11.260
 he reached

00:55:11.260 --> 00:55:11.619
 out his

00:55:11.619 --> 00:55:12.880
 hand and

00:55:12.880 --> 00:55:13.860
 saved him.

00:55:14.720 --> 00:55:15.220
 Friends,

00:55:15.300 --> 00:55:15.800
 you say

00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:16.539
 the word

00:55:16.539 --> 00:55:18.019
 and Jesus

00:55:18.019 --> 00:55:18.940
 will immediately

00:55:18.940 --> 00:55:19.720
 reach out

00:55:19.720 --> 00:55:20.079
 and take

00:55:20.079 --> 00:55:20.500
 hold of

00:55:20.500 --> 00:55:20.800
 you in

00:55:20.800 --> 00:55:21.260
 all his

00:55:21.260 --> 00:55:21.820
 compassion

00:55:21.820 --> 00:55:22.440
 and power

00:55:22.440 --> 00:55:23.300
 to save

00:55:23.300 --> 00:55:23.740
 you from

00:55:23.740 --> 00:55:24.200
 sinking

00:55:24.200 --> 00:55:25.500
 and drowning

00:55:25.500 --> 00:55:26.420
 in fear,

00:55:26.659 --> 00:55:26.900
 judgment,

00:55:26.900 --> 00:55:27.619
 and death.

00:55:30.019 --> 00:55:30.860
 And perhaps

00:55:30.860 --> 00:55:31.320
 for some

00:55:31.320 --> 00:55:31.599
 of you,

00:55:31.639 --> 00:55:31.880
 you've

00:55:31.880 --> 00:55:32.420
 never done

00:55:32.420 --> 00:55:32.840
 that in

00:55:32.840 --> 00:55:33.340
 your life,

00:55:33.460 --> 00:55:33.760
 you've

00:55:33.760 --> 00:55:34.440
 never prayed

00:55:34.440 --> 00:55:35.000
 that prayer

00:55:35.000 --> 00:55:35.300
 in your

00:55:35.300 --> 00:55:36.019
 heart or

00:55:36.019 --> 00:55:36.579
 said those

00:55:36.579 --> 00:55:37.039
 words with

00:55:37.039 --> 00:55:37.599
 your mouth

00:55:37.599 --> 00:55:38.500
 to the

00:55:38.500 --> 00:55:39.079
 Lord Jesus.

00:55:40.440 --> 00:55:41.059
 Let me

00:55:41.059 --> 00:55:41.579
 say with all

00:55:41.579 --> 00:55:42.240
 the tenderness

00:55:42.240 --> 00:55:42.920
 in the world

00:55:42.920 --> 00:55:43.860
 that if that

00:55:43.860 --> 00:55:44.320
 is you,

00:55:44.500 --> 00:55:45.099
 this is where

00:55:45.099 --> 00:55:45.579
 you are

00:55:45.579 --> 00:55:46.139
 tonight,

00:55:47.820 --> 00:55:48.720
 sinking and

00:55:48.720 --> 00:55:49.119
 drowning,

00:55:49.680 --> 00:55:51.000
 not only in

00:55:51.000 --> 00:55:51.559
 life,

00:55:51.860 --> 00:55:52.500
 in busyness

00:55:52.500 --> 00:55:53.400
 and stress,

00:55:54.300 --> 00:55:55.659
 but one

00:55:55.659 --> 00:55:56.099
 day into

00:55:56.099 --> 00:55:56.760
 death and

00:55:56.760 --> 00:55:57.579
 condemnation

00:55:57.579 --> 00:55:58.300
 and hell.

00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:02.119
 Friend,

00:56:02.280 --> 00:56:02.739
 you need

00:56:02.739 --> 00:56:03.340
 only say

00:56:03.340 --> 00:56:03.820
 the word

00:56:03.820 --> 00:56:04.380
 to Jesus,

00:56:05.460 --> 00:56:06.000
 cry out

00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:06.480
 to him,

00:56:06.840 --> 00:56:07.579
 these three

00:56:07.579 --> 00:56:08.599
 simple words,

00:56:08.780 --> 00:56:09.179
 Lord,

00:56:09.820 --> 00:56:10.739
 save me,

00:56:11.519 --> 00:56:12.619
 and immediately

00:56:12.619 --> 00:56:13.500
 he will.

00:56:15.079 --> 00:56:15.719
 Immediately

00:56:15.719 --> 00:56:16.639
 he will.

00:56:17.480 --> 00:56:18.239
 Not before

00:56:18.239 --> 00:56:19.019
 you ask,

00:56:19.780 --> 00:56:20.280
 but at the

00:56:20.280 --> 00:56:21.079
 very moment

00:56:21.079 --> 00:56:21.539
 that you

00:56:21.539 --> 00:56:22.119
 ask,

00:56:22.500 --> 00:56:23.400
 he will

00:56:23.400 --> 00:56:24.099
 immediately

00:56:24.099 --> 00:56:24.860
 save you.

00:56:24.980 --> 00:56:25.420
 If that's

00:56:25.420 --> 00:56:25.599
 you,

00:56:25.719 --> 00:56:26.260
 don't hold

00:56:26.260 --> 00:56:26.659
 back,

00:56:26.960 --> 00:56:27.460
 cry out

00:56:27.460 --> 00:56:27.800
 to him,

00:56:27.960 --> 00:56:28.480
 pray that

00:56:28.480 --> 00:56:28.820
 prayer,

00:56:29.199 --> 00:56:29.659
 speak to

00:56:29.659 --> 00:56:30.000
 somebody

00:56:30.000 --> 00:56:30.579
 after the

00:56:30.579 --> 00:56:31.119
 service,

00:56:32.139 --> 00:56:32.559
 Lord,

00:56:32.719 --> 00:56:33.440
 save me.

00:56:35.900 --> 00:56:36.800
 But really

00:56:36.800 --> 00:56:37.500
 as we come

00:56:37.500 --> 00:56:38.460
 into close,

00:56:38.559 --> 00:56:39.219
 the challenge

00:56:39.219 --> 00:56:39.860
 of these

00:56:39.860 --> 00:56:40.760
 verses is

00:56:40.760 --> 00:56:41.139
 for those

00:56:41.139 --> 00:56:41.420
 of us

00:56:41.420 --> 00:56:42.800
 who are

00:56:42.800 --> 00:56:43.179
 Jesus'

00:56:43.400 --> 00:56:43.760
 disciples,

00:56:43.920 --> 00:56:44.360
 who are

00:56:44.360 --> 00:56:44.900
 Christians,

00:56:46.380 --> 00:56:46.940
 because even

00:56:46.940 --> 00:56:47.460
 if Jesus

00:56:47.460 --> 00:56:48.239
 were rather

00:56:48.239 --> 00:56:48.719
 that we

00:56:48.719 --> 00:56:49.119
 were at

00:56:49.119 --> 00:56:49.460
 the end

00:56:49.460 --> 00:56:50.059
 of ourselves

00:56:50.059 --> 00:56:51.119
 rather than

00:56:51.119 --> 00:56:52.280
 half trusting

00:56:52.280 --> 00:56:52.840
 in him,

00:56:53.800 --> 00:56:54.460
 he would

00:56:54.460 --> 00:56:55.220
 still rather,

00:56:55.340 --> 00:56:55.700
 wouldn't he,

00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:56.019
 that we

00:56:56.019 --> 00:56:56.920
 didn't have

00:56:56.920 --> 00:56:57.500
 to get to

00:56:57.500 --> 00:56:58.019
 that point

00:56:58.019 --> 00:56:58.840
 before we

00:56:58.840 --> 00:56:59.660
 trusted fully

00:56:59.660 --> 00:57:00.220
 in him.

00:57:01.340 --> 00:57:01.820
 Hence,

00:57:01.980 --> 00:57:02.440
 here's the

00:57:02.440 --> 00:57:02.800
 twist,

00:57:03.080 --> 00:57:03.880
 Jesus doesn't

00:57:03.880 --> 00:57:04.840
 commend Peter

00:57:04.840 --> 00:57:05.240
 for his

00:57:05.240 --> 00:57:05.519
 faith,

00:57:05.600 --> 00:57:06.100
 does he?

00:57:06.600 --> 00:57:07.240
 But actually

00:57:07.240 --> 00:57:07.740
 says,

00:57:07.880 --> 00:57:08.519
 verse 31,

00:57:09.800 --> 00:57:10.280
 oh you

00:57:10.280 --> 00:57:11.040
 of little

00:57:11.040 --> 00:57:11.700
 faith,

00:57:12.700 --> 00:57:13.840
 why did

00:57:13.840 --> 00:57:14.780
 you doubt?

00:57:14.780 --> 00:57:17.860
 think about

00:57:17.860 --> 00:57:17.980
 it,

00:57:18.019 --> 00:57:18.380
 it's a bit

00:57:18.380 --> 00:57:18.700
 of a

00:57:18.700 --> 00:57:19.200
 functional

00:57:19.200 --> 00:57:19.700
 faith,

00:57:19.740 --> 00:57:20.340
 isn't it?

00:57:21.120 --> 00:57:21.519
 That we

00:57:21.519 --> 00:57:22.380
 need to

00:57:22.380 --> 00:57:23.900
 sink before

00:57:23.900 --> 00:57:24.380
 we're ready

00:57:24.380 --> 00:57:25.060
 to cry out

00:57:25.060 --> 00:57:25.519
 to him.

00:57:27.060 --> 00:57:27.420
 Wouldn't

00:57:27.420 --> 00:57:28.200
 Jesus rather

00:57:28.200 --> 00:57:28.780
 that Peter

00:57:28.780 --> 00:57:29.300
 had kept

00:57:29.300 --> 00:57:29.820
 his eyes

00:57:29.820 --> 00:57:30.600
 upon him

00:57:30.600 --> 00:57:31.019
 the whole

00:57:31.019 --> 00:57:31.460
 way,

00:57:31.860 --> 00:57:32.560
 not let

00:57:32.560 --> 00:57:33.060
 him go,

00:57:33.420 --> 00:57:34.220
 not feared

00:57:34.220 --> 00:57:34.800
 the wind

00:57:34.800 --> 00:57:35.400
 and waves,

00:57:35.740 --> 00:57:36.519
 but stuck

00:57:36.519 --> 00:57:37.060
 to him

00:57:37.060 --> 00:57:37.820
 and got

00:57:37.820 --> 00:57:38.420
 across to

00:57:38.420 --> 00:57:38.740
 him?

00:57:40.720 --> 00:57:41.120
 Isn't

00:57:41.120 --> 00:57:41.720
 that the

00:57:41.720 --> 00:57:42.320
 doubt that

00:57:42.320 --> 00:57:43.120
 Jesus is

00:57:43.120 --> 00:57:43.800
 speaking about,

00:57:43.880 --> 00:57:44.380
 the little

00:57:44.380 --> 00:57:44.980
 faith?

00:57:47.220 --> 00:57:48.019
 The faith

00:57:48.019 --> 00:57:48.420
 that Jesus

00:57:48.420 --> 00:57:48.900
 is looking

00:57:48.900 --> 00:57:49.120
 for,

00:57:49.180 --> 00:57:50.039
 the proportionate

00:57:50.039 --> 00:57:50.680
 response to

00:57:50.680 --> 00:57:51.220
 his saving

00:57:51.220 --> 00:57:51.800
 work is a

00:57:51.800 --> 00:57:52.220
 trust that

00:57:52.220 --> 00:57:52.700
 doesn't let

00:57:52.700 --> 00:57:53.500
 go of him

00:57:53.500 --> 00:57:54.519
 on any

00:57:54.519 --> 00:57:55.160
 part of the

00:57:55.160 --> 00:57:55.539
 journey,

00:57:55.900 --> 00:57:56.519
 a trust that

00:57:56.519 --> 00:57:56.940
 when he

00:57:56.940 --> 00:57:57.539
 tells us

00:57:57.539 --> 00:57:57.940
 not to

00:57:57.940 --> 00:57:58.200
 fear,

00:57:58.340 --> 00:57:58.800
 therefore

00:57:58.800 --> 00:57:59.760
 doesn't

00:57:59.760 --> 00:58:00.220
 fear,

00:58:01.280 --> 00:58:01.800
 but keeps

00:58:01.800 --> 00:58:02.240
 its eyes

00:58:02.240 --> 00:58:03.260
 firmly fixed

00:58:03.260 --> 00:58:04.140
 upon him.

00:58:06.059 --> 00:58:06.559
 I trust

00:58:06.559 --> 00:58:07.039
 that most

00:58:07.039 --> 00:58:07.480
 of us in

00:58:07.480 --> 00:58:07.840
 this room

00:58:07.840 --> 00:58:08.360
 have seen

00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:08.820
 who this

00:58:08.820 --> 00:58:09.600
 man is,

00:58:10.640 --> 00:58:11.039
 and we

00:58:11.039 --> 00:58:11.400
 don't need

00:58:11.400 --> 00:58:11.700
 to be

00:58:11.700 --> 00:58:12.100
 convinced

00:58:12.099 --> 00:58:12.500
 that he

00:58:12.500 --> 00:58:12.900
 is the

00:58:12.900 --> 00:58:13.259
 son of

00:58:13.259 --> 00:58:13.500
 God,

00:58:13.599 --> 00:58:13.960
 he is

00:58:13.960 --> 00:58:14.159
 the

00:58:14.159 --> 00:58:14.699
 Christ.

00:58:15.420 --> 00:58:15.880
 We've

00:58:15.880 --> 00:58:16.420
 seen what

00:58:16.420 --> 00:58:16.699
 he can

00:58:16.699 --> 00:58:16.940
 do,

00:58:17.039 --> 00:58:17.219
 we've

00:58:17.219 --> 00:58:17.599
 seen the

00:58:17.599 --> 00:58:18.000
 rescue

00:58:18.000 --> 00:58:18.940
 that he

00:58:18.940 --> 00:58:19.440
 brings

00:58:19.440 --> 00:58:20.319
 from sin

00:58:20.319 --> 00:58:20.900
 and death

00:58:20.900 --> 00:58:21.659
 and unbelief,

00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:22.579
 what more

00:58:22.579 --> 00:58:23.000
 does he

00:58:23.000 --> 00:58:23.380
 need to

00:58:23.380 --> 00:58:23.860
 do to

00:58:23.860 --> 00:58:24.219
 convince

00:58:24.219 --> 00:58:24.900
 us

00:58:24.900 --> 00:58:26.440
 that we

00:58:26.440 --> 00:58:26.839
 therefore

00:58:26.839 --> 00:58:27.440
 do not

00:58:27.440 --> 00:58:27.920
 need to

00:58:27.920 --> 00:58:28.319
 fear

00:58:28.319 --> 00:58:29.659
 when he

00:58:29.659 --> 00:58:30.219
 tells us

00:58:30.219 --> 00:58:30.599
 we don't

00:58:30.599 --> 00:58:30.960
 need to

00:58:30.960 --> 00:58:31.319
 fear,

00:58:31.719 --> 00:58:32.819
 that he

00:58:32.819 --> 00:58:33.199
 is

00:58:33.199 --> 00:58:34.239
 trustworthy

00:58:34.239 --> 00:58:34.759
 and

00:58:34.759 --> 00:58:35.279
 reliable

00:58:35.279 --> 00:58:36.619
 to save,

00:58:36.900 --> 00:58:37.500
 to redeem,

00:58:37.759 --> 00:58:38.299
 to deliver.

00:58:40.059 --> 00:58:40.819
 Brothers and

00:58:40.819 --> 00:58:41.079
 sisters,

00:58:41.199 --> 00:58:41.659
 we still

00:58:41.659 --> 00:58:42.219
 need him

00:58:42.219 --> 00:58:42.599
 don't we

00:58:42.599 --> 00:58:43.099
 to save

00:58:43.099 --> 00:58:43.440
 us from

00:58:43.440 --> 00:58:43.659
 our

00:58:43.659 --> 00:58:44.199
 faithless

00:58:44.199 --> 00:58:44.859
 fears,

00:58:45.299 --> 00:58:47.779
 to pray

00:58:47.779 --> 00:58:48.339
 with that

00:58:48.339 --> 00:58:48.779
 man at

00:58:48.779 --> 00:58:49.199
 the bottom

00:58:49.199 --> 00:58:49.539
 of the

00:58:49.539 --> 00:58:49.859
 mountain,

00:58:50.059 --> 00:58:50.619
 Lord I

00:58:50.619 --> 00:58:51.179
 believe,

00:58:51.759 --> 00:58:52.440
 help my

00:58:52.440 --> 00:58:53.379
 unbelief,

00:58:53.980 --> 00:58:54.359
 that he

00:58:54.359 --> 00:58:55.559
 would free

00:58:55.559 --> 00:58:57.339
 us from

00:58:57.339 --> 00:58:58.039
 the stubborn,

00:58:58.159 --> 00:58:58.639
 the hard

00:58:58.639 --> 00:58:59.239
 parts of

00:58:59.239 --> 00:58:59.559
 us that

00:58:59.559 --> 00:59:00.739
 still resist

00:59:00.739 --> 00:59:01.679
 trusting him

00:59:01.679 --> 00:59:02.039
 with our

00:59:02.039 --> 00:59:02.460
 lives,

00:59:02.719 --> 00:59:03.079
 from the

00:59:03.079 --> 00:59:03.440
 bits of

00:59:03.440 --> 00:59:03.759
 us that

00:59:03.759 --> 00:59:04.420
 run back

00:59:04.420 --> 00:59:04.779
 to the

00:59:04.779 --> 00:59:05.179
 chains

00:59:05.179 --> 00:59:05.679
 that he's

00:59:05.679 --> 00:59:06.159
 freed us

00:59:06.159 --> 00:59:06.480
 from in

00:59:06.480 --> 00:59:07.139
 the past,

00:59:07.139 --> 00:59:08.400
 to put

00:59:08.400 --> 00:59:08.940
 them back

00:59:08.940 --> 00:59:09.159
 on

00:59:09.159 --> 00:59:09.699
 ourselves.

00:59:11.960 --> 00:59:12.440
 Friends,

00:59:12.519 --> 00:59:12.980
 when we

00:59:12.980 --> 00:59:13.559
 cry out

00:59:13.559 --> 00:59:13.920
 to him,

00:59:14.000 --> 00:59:14.279
 he has

00:59:14.279 --> 00:59:14.960
 proved that

00:59:14.960 --> 00:59:15.359
 he will

00:59:15.359 --> 00:59:15.819
 rescue,

00:59:16.699 --> 00:59:17.179
 that he

00:59:17.179 --> 00:59:17.960
 will deliver

00:59:17.960 --> 00:59:18.440
 us,

00:59:18.759 --> 00:59:19.539
 not only by

00:59:19.539 --> 00:59:20.239
 stretching out

00:59:20.239 --> 00:59:20.940
 his hand to

00:59:20.940 --> 00:59:21.519
 Peter to

00:59:21.519 --> 00:59:22.079
 pull him out

00:59:22.079 --> 00:59:22.739
 of the sea,

00:59:23.699 --> 00:59:24.719
 but by

00:59:24.719 --> 00:59:25.359
 stretching out

00:59:25.359 --> 00:59:25.839
 his hands

00:59:25.839 --> 00:59:26.119
 on a

00:59:26.119 --> 00:59:26.679
 cross

00:59:26.679 --> 00:59:28.799
 to pull

00:59:28.799 --> 00:59:29.279
 us out

00:59:29.279 --> 00:59:29.779
 of sin

00:59:29.779 --> 00:59:30.639
 and darkness

00:59:30.639 --> 00:59:32.359
 and death.

00:59:33.940 --> 00:59:34.559
 That is

00:59:34.559 --> 00:59:34.879
 where the

00:59:34.879 --> 00:59:35.759
 rescue of

00:59:35.759 --> 00:59:37.219
 Jesus took

00:59:37.219 --> 00:59:37.719
 him to

00:59:37.719 --> 00:59:38.460
 the cross

00:59:38.460 --> 00:59:39.519
 to suffer,

00:59:39.699 --> 00:59:40.940
 to die in

00:59:40.940 --> 00:59:41.460
 our place,

00:59:41.519 --> 00:59:42.079
 to set our

00:59:42.079 --> 00:59:42.719
 hearts free

00:59:42.719 --> 00:59:43.460
 from sin

00:59:43.460 --> 00:59:44.159
 and fear

00:59:44.159 --> 00:59:45.559
 and death,

00:59:45.779 --> 00:59:47.139
 so that as

00:59:47.139 --> 00:59:48.000
 we trust him

00:59:48.000 --> 00:59:48.339
 for that

00:59:48.339 --> 00:59:48.819
 rescue,

00:59:49.019 --> 00:59:49.259
 Lord,

00:59:49.420 --> 00:59:49.940
 save me,

00:59:50.039 --> 00:59:50.579
 we are

00:59:50.579 --> 00:59:51.259
 saved,

00:59:52.259 --> 00:59:52.719
 we are

00:59:52.719 --> 00:59:53.199
 rescued.

00:59:54.559 --> 00:59:54.940
 Friends,

00:59:55.039 --> 00:59:55.599
 Jesus has

00:59:55.599 --> 00:59:56.299
 come and he

00:59:56.299 --> 00:59:57.019
 has accomplished

00:59:57.019 --> 00:59:57.759
 his rescue.

00:59:58.239 --> 00:59:58.980
 He is mighty

00:59:58.980 --> 00:59:59.759
 to save,

00:59:59.760 --> 01:00:01.280
 so let us

01:00:01.280 --> 01:00:01.860
 trust him

01:00:01.860 --> 01:00:02.440
 fully with

01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:03.120
 that full

01:00:03.120 --> 01:00:04.240
 and free

01:00:04.240 --> 01:00:05.020
 rescue that

01:00:05.020 --> 01:00:05.420
 he holds

01:00:05.420 --> 01:00:06.200
 out to us

01:00:06.200 --> 01:00:06.920
 tonight.

01:00:07.820 --> 01:00:08.400
 And let's

01:00:08.400 --> 01:00:08.920
 pray as we

01:00:08.920 --> 01:00:09.420
 do that.

01:00:09.740 --> 01:00:10.120
 Let us

01:00:10.120 --> 01:00:10.440
 pray.

01:00:21.020 --> 01:00:21.580
 Lord,

01:00:21.680 --> 01:00:22.400
 we believe.

01:00:24.040 --> 01:00:24.840
 Help our

01:00:24.840 --> 01:00:25.560
 unbelief,

01:00:25.740 --> 01:00:26.180
 we pray.

01:00:27.880 --> 01:00:28.440
 Lord,

01:00:28.480 --> 01:00:28.740
 we have

01:00:28.740 --> 01:00:29.260
 seen that

01:00:29.260 --> 01:00:29.800
 you are

01:00:29.800 --> 01:00:30.220
 the Son

01:00:30.220 --> 01:00:30.580
 of God,

01:00:30.640 --> 01:00:30.860
 that you

01:00:30.860 --> 01:00:31.440
 are mighty

01:00:31.440 --> 01:00:32.260
 to save,

01:00:33.040 --> 01:00:33.840
 that you

01:00:33.840 --> 01:00:34.360
 are the

01:00:34.360 --> 01:00:34.960
 God of

01:00:34.960 --> 01:00:35.560
 miracles,

01:00:35.800 --> 01:00:36.080
 that you

01:00:36.080 --> 01:00:36.700
 give life

01:00:36.700 --> 01:00:37.100
 to the

01:00:37.100 --> 01:00:37.480
 dead,

01:00:38.340 --> 01:00:39.480
 and we

01:00:39.480 --> 01:00:40.480
 simply ask,

01:00:40.800 --> 01:00:41.300
 Lord Jesus,

01:00:42.140 --> 01:00:42.800
 that by your

01:00:42.800 --> 01:00:43.500
 Holy Spirit

01:00:43.500 --> 01:00:44.240
 you would set

01:00:44.240 --> 01:00:44.780
 our hearts

01:00:44.780 --> 01:00:45.360
 free from

01:00:45.360 --> 01:00:45.820
 fear,

01:00:46.820 --> 01:00:47.720
 that you

01:00:47.720 --> 01:00:48.220
 would fix

01:00:48.220 --> 01:00:48.840
 our eyes

01:00:48.840 --> 01:00:49.740
 firmly upon

01:00:49.740 --> 01:00:50.080
 you,

01:00:50.660 --> 01:00:51.420
 that we

01:00:51.420 --> 01:00:51.820
 would not

01:00:51.820 --> 01:00:52.340
 take our

01:00:52.340 --> 01:00:52.880
 eyes away

01:00:52.880 --> 01:00:53.380
 from you,

01:00:53.460 --> 01:00:53.660
 Lord,

01:00:53.700 --> 01:00:53.960
 when we

01:00:53.960 --> 01:00:54.660
 are battered

01:00:54.660 --> 01:00:55.980
 by winds

01:00:55.980 --> 01:00:56.620
 and waves

01:00:56.619 --> 01:00:57.400
 of life,

01:00:58.239 --> 01:00:58.779
 or indeed,

01:00:58.940 --> 01:00:59.059
 Lord,

01:00:59.119 --> 01:00:59.519
 the winds

01:00:59.519 --> 01:01:00.000
 and waves

01:01:00.000 --> 01:01:00.339
 that are in

01:01:00.339 --> 01:01:01.000
 our own

01:01:01.000 --> 01:01:01.339
 hearts,

01:01:01.420 --> 01:01:01.940
 the chaos

01:01:01.940 --> 01:01:02.359
 of our

01:01:02.359 --> 01:01:03.119
 own doubts

01:01:03.119 --> 01:01:03.900
 and sin.

01:01:05.079 --> 01:01:05.359
 Oh,

01:01:05.400 --> 01:01:05.599
 Lord,

01:01:05.679 --> 01:01:06.099
 hold us

01:01:06.099 --> 01:01:06.460
 close,

01:01:06.519 --> 01:01:06.960
 we pray.

01:01:07.599 --> 01:01:08.099
 We thank

01:01:08.099 --> 01:01:08.319
 you,

01:01:08.420 --> 01:01:08.519
 Lord,

01:01:08.559 --> 01:01:08.859
 that you

01:01:08.859 --> 01:01:09.500
 immediately

01:01:09.500 --> 01:01:10.380
 saved Peter,

01:01:10.500 --> 01:01:11.259
 and immediately,

01:01:11.539 --> 01:01:11.759
 Lord,

01:01:12.500 --> 01:01:13.039
 you do

01:01:13.039 --> 01:01:13.480
 deliver,

01:01:13.779 --> 01:01:14.219
 you do

01:01:14.219 --> 01:01:14.679
 rescue.

01:01:15.859 --> 01:01:16.380
 And so,

01:01:16.480 --> 01:01:16.779
 from our

01:01:16.779 --> 01:01:17.079
 hearts,

01:01:17.159 --> 01:01:17.539
 we pray,

01:01:17.679 --> 01:01:17.940
 Lord,

01:01:18.079 --> 01:01:18.799
 save us.

01:01:19.739 --> 01:01:20.059
 And,

01:01:20.119 --> 01:01:20.279
 Father,

01:01:20.359 --> 01:01:20.779
 we ask

01:01:20.779 --> 01:01:21.539
 particularly for

01:01:21.539 --> 01:01:22.099
 those who have

01:01:22.099 --> 01:01:22.639
 never said

01:01:22.639 --> 01:01:23.000
 that in

01:01:23.000 --> 01:01:23.539
 their heart,

01:01:24.299 --> 01:01:24.880
 and that by

01:01:24.880 --> 01:01:25.579
 your Holy Spirit

01:01:25.579 --> 01:01:26.159
 you would grant

01:01:26.159 --> 01:01:26.539
 them that

01:01:26.539 --> 01:01:28.039
 faith that

01:01:28.039 --> 01:01:28.699
 leads to

01:01:28.699 --> 01:01:29.759
 repentance and

01:01:29.759 --> 01:01:30.679
 eternal life,

01:01:31.259 --> 01:01:31.619
 that they

01:01:31.619 --> 01:01:32.279
 would pray to

01:01:32.279 --> 01:01:32.539
 you,

01:01:32.619 --> 01:01:32.960
 Lord,

01:01:33.599 --> 01:01:34.380
 save me.

01:01:34.779 --> 01:01:35.420
 This we ask

01:01:35.420 --> 01:01:35.880
 in Jesus'

01:01:36.079 --> 01:01:36.299
 name.

01:01:36.739 --> 01:01:37.079
 Amen.

01:01:39.779 --> 01:01:40.539
 As we

01:01:40.539 --> 01:01:41.920
 respond to

01:01:41.920 --> 01:01:43.279
 God's word,

01:01:43.360 --> 01:01:43.880
 we're going to

01:01:43.880 --> 01:01:44.599
 sing together

01:01:44.599 --> 01:01:45.739
 from Psalm

01:01:45.739 --> 01:01:47.360
 116,

01:01:47.480 --> 01:01:47.900
 from Sing

01:01:47.900 --> 01:01:48.380
 Psalms,

01:01:48.460 --> 01:01:48.920
 words that

01:01:48.920 --> 01:01:49.420
 echo

01:01:49.420 --> 01:01:51.059
 Peter's cry

01:01:51.059 --> 01:01:51.900
 to Jesus,

01:01:52.159 --> 01:01:52.460
 Lord,

01:01:53.259 --> 01:01:53.920
 save me.

01:01:54.059 --> 01:01:54.559
 We're singing

01:01:54.559 --> 01:01:55.119
 from verses

01:01:55.119 --> 01:01:56.619
 1 to 6,

01:01:56.779 --> 01:01:57.920
 and the tune

01:01:57.920 --> 01:01:58.440
 is

01:01:58.440 --> 01:01:59.679
 even tied.

01:02:01.119 --> 01:02:01.980
 Let's stand

01:02:01.980 --> 01:02:02.739
 to sing

01:02:02.739 --> 01:02:03.519
 God's praise.

01:02:10.519 --> 01:02:11.519
 I love

01:02:12.299 --> 01:02:13.739
 the Lord

01:02:13.739 --> 01:02:15.519
 because

01:02:15.519 --> 01:02:16.599
 he

01:02:16.599 --> 01:02:17.299
 heard

01:02:17.299 --> 01:02:18.019
 my

01:02:18.019 --> 01:02:18.519
 heart.

01:02:18.519 --> 01:02:19.659
 voice

01:02:19.659 --> 01:02:20.519
 he

01:02:20.519 --> 01:02:22.300
 listened

01:02:22.300 --> 01:02:23.820
 and

01:02:23.820 --> 01:02:25.219
 I

01:02:25.219 --> 01:02:26.099
 cried

01:02:26.099 --> 01:02:27.320
 to him

01:02:27.320 --> 01:02:28.159
 for

01:02:28.159 --> 01:02:29.619
 me.

01:02:29.619 --> 01:02:31.639
 I'll

01:02:31.639 --> 01:02:33.840
 call him

01:02:33.840 --> 01:02:35.639
 as

01:02:35.639 --> 01:02:36.440
 for

01:02:36.440 --> 01:02:37.099
 us

01:02:37.099 --> 01:02:37.900
 I

01:02:37.900 --> 01:02:38.579
 shall

01:02:38.579 --> 01:02:39.820
 live

01:02:39.820 --> 01:02:41.759
 because

01:02:41.759 --> 01:02:43.039
 he

01:02:43.039 --> 01:02:43.659
 turned

01:02:43.659 --> 01:02:44.960
 to hear

01:02:44.960 --> 01:02:45.800
 me

01:02:45.800 --> 01:02:47.160
 when

01:02:47.160 --> 01:02:48.200
 I

01:02:48.200 --> 01:02:48.200


01:02:48.200 --> 01:02:48.200


01:02:48.200 --> 01:02:48.200


01:02:48.200 --> 01:02:52.700
 force

01:02:52.700 --> 01:02:53.580
 of

01:02:53.580 --> 01:02:54.860
 death

01:02:54.860 --> 01:02:54.860


01:02:54.860 --> 01:02:54.860


01:02:54.860 --> 01:02:57.280
 the

01:02:57.280 --> 01:02:58.620
 manage

01:02:58.620 --> 01:02:59.180
 and

01:02:59.180 --> 01:03:00.080
 will

01:03:00.080 --> 01:03:00.300
 lead

01:03:00.300 --> 01:03:02.560
 upon

01:03:02.560 --> 01:03:04.780
 me

01:03:04.780 --> 01:03:05.260
 give

01:03:05.260 --> 01:03:06.700
 thee

01:03:06.700 --> 01:03:08.080
 and

01:03:08.080 --> 01:03:08.800
 wish

01:03:08.800 --> 01:03:09.500
 of

01:03:09.500 --> 01:03:10.240
 the

01:03:10.240 --> 01:03:11.820
 grave

01:03:11.820 --> 01:03:13.820
 with

01:03:13.820 --> 01:03:13.820


01:03:13.820 --> 01:03:21.920
 Grief and trouble I was overcome.

01:03:21.920 --> 01:03:31.940
 Then on the name of what I called, Lord, sing.

01:03:31.940 --> 01:03:43.840
 The Lord, our God, is high and full of praise.

01:03:43.840 --> 01:03:54.039
 O Christ, and come, God, sure is He.

01:03:54.039 --> 01:04:04.139
 The Lord protects all those of childlike faith.

01:04:04.139 --> 01:04:14.039
 When I was in great, He rescued me.

01:04:17.039 --> 01:04:21.619
 Now may the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God,

01:04:21.619 --> 01:04:26.019
 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be yours both now and forever.

01:04:26.900 --> 01:04:27.380
 Amen.

01:04:51.619 --> 01:04:54.859
 Amen.

01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:54.859


01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:54.859


01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:54.859


01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:54.859


01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:54.859


01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:54.859


01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:54.859


01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:54.859


01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:54.859


01:04:54.859 --> 01:04:54.859


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