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 Well, we begin our worship by singing to God's praise. We're going to sing in Psalm 139a.

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 It's page 180 of the psalm book, Psalm 139a. We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 10.

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 O Lord, you have examined me. You know me through and through, my sitting, rising.

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 All my thoughts afar are known to you. We'll sing from verse 1 to 10 to God's praise.

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 O Lord, you have examined me. You know me through and through, my sitting, rising.

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 All my thoughts afar are known to you.

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 My going out and lying down are plain before your youth.

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 Before I speak a word, O Lord, it is well known to you.

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 You have me in the highly fold. You lay on me in your hand.

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 Such knowledge is too wonderful, too high, too understand.

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 Where can I from your safety?

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 If I should be free, or from your presence go?

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 If to the heavens you are there, or in the depths below,

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 If I should take the wings of dawn, and fell beyond the sea,

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 Then also you would be my guide, Your right and holding me.

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 Let's bow our heads together in a word of prayer. Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, as we come to worship you today,

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 we thank you to be able to lift up our voices in singing to you and giving praise to you.

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 We are reminded of your goodness to us in these words that we have sung,

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 that you know us in every way, you know our every need,

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 that you are there for us, Lord, no matter where we go in this world,

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 that we have the promise of your presence.

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 And we thank you that there's so much comfort in that,

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 and that we would know, Lord, that whether we are here worshiping,

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 whether we are in our homes, in schools or workplaces,

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 wherever we go through the week, even when we travel to different places,

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 that you have promised, Lord, that you will be there for us,

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 that your right hand will hold us.

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 And we do thank you, Lord, for every way that you bless us day by day.

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 We thank you for all the things that we enjoy in life,

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 the friendships we have, the families, our Sunday school and creche,

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 and tweenies and explorers and toddler groups and all of these things that are there for our young people

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 and the YF and the youth club that starts this week again.

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 Lord, we pray for all our young people involved in these things,

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 that there will be a sense of togetherness in it, sharing with one another,

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 and above all knowing your goodness to us in it as well.

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 And we thank you, Lord, that your word speaks to us in all of these things.

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 And remind us of Jesus today, remind us of how much we need him

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 and how much we are to love him, for he has loved us.

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 And may your word be blessed to us in all that we do.

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 So we ask it all with forgiveness of sin in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Now, before the young ones go out, I just want to say a wee word to you today.

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 I'm sure many of you already know where I live.

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 I stay up in Plasterfield, and it's a lovely part of the town to stay in.

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 And we've got lovely neighbours up there.

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 And very often we engage with our neighbours.

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 Sometimes over the wall we'll speak to our neighbours,

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 just say something to them in the passing.

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 And on the whole, things are good.

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 But the last couple of weeks our neighbours have,

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 I don't know if it's the weather, or there's a hot sun or what it is,

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 but they've been going a little bit crazy.

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 They've been jumping our wall.

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 And there's one little one, short legs.

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 He's getting a little bit tubby as he gets a wee bit older,

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 and he got stuck in the fence this week.

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 And we had to go and help him.

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 Now, I think you're thinking I'm talking about somebody.

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 It's not.

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 It's something.

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 It's an animal.

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 It's the lambs and the sheep next door that I'm talking about.

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 Don't be mistaken that it's somebody else.

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 But these neighbours, we enjoy seeing them out the back window and over the wall.

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 But it's just they've been so lively the last wee while.

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 And they've been coming into our, jumping our wall.

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 It's amazing to think they're just little lambs,

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 and yet they're jumping the wall and coming into our garden.

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 Our sheepdog is hopeless.

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 He just looks at them as if what we're supposed to do.

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 But then we have to go and catch them and put them back over the fence,

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 so they go back to their mothers.

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 But they've also got a good shepherd who comes and checks on them as well.

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 And it's a full-time job because the older they get, the more lively they get,

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 and they get more adventurous.

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 And I'm sure many of you had this experience in the last few weeks

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 with lambing and keeping looking after lambs.

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 You find lambs just going to strange places.

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 They'll go and try and get into any situation.

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 They'll go and try and climb through anything

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 and find their way always into trouble so often.

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 And they have to be helped back.

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 They have to be rescued.

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 And there's a lovely verse in Scripture that speaks about this.

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 Last week we thought of how the good shepherd looks after his sheep.

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 And even if there's one missing, he goes to find them.

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 But here's another verse that reminds us of the care that the shepherd has,

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 especially for his lambs.

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 It says in Isaiah 40, verse 11, a chapter that speaks about God's comfort,

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 God's goodness to his people.

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 And he says this,

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 He tends his flock like a shepherd.

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 He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart.

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 He gently leads those that have young.

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 It's a beautiful verse that reminds us of the care that God gives to his people.

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 We are like sheep.

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 We're like lambs.

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 We're always doing the wrong thing, going into the wrong places,

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 and even getting stuck in stupid places.

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 But we thank God that we have a shepherd,

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 one who looks after us, who holds us in his arms, who carries us closely.

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 And it's a wonderful thing to see a shepherd doing that for his lambs,

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 picking them up, gathering them, helping them, taking them back to safety.

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 And that's what we have in Jesus.

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 One who looks after us all, and who cares for us in that wonderful way,

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 and who loves us in such a wonderful way.

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 So may we all know that tender care of the Lord as our shepherd.

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 And we're going to say the Lord's Prayer together now.

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 Amen.

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 Our Father, which art in heaven.

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 Hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come.

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 Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

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 Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.

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 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.

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 For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory forever. Amen.

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 We'll again sing now to God's praise.

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 115, in the Sing Psalms version, page 152.

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 Psalm 115, we'll sing from verse 1 to verse 9.

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 Lord, not to us, O not to us, to your name be the praise, because your love and faithfulness endure, O Lord, always.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 9 to God's praise.

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 For not to us, O not to us, to your name be the praise, because your love and faithfulness endure, O Lord.

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 Why do the nations question us?

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 Where is their God they say?

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 Her God, O Lord, always.

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 Our God, O Lord, always.

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 Their God, O Lord, always.

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 Their God in heaven high, and over all, O sweet.

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 Their gold and silver images are crafted carefully, but they have hearts which shall not speak,

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 And God's which shall not see.

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 Their noses have no sense of smell, Their ears can hear no sound.

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 They have no feeling in their hands, Nor can they hope around.

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 Although these idols do have throats, No word can they proclaim.

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 Their big curse, their worshipers will all become like them.

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 O house of Israel, place your trust, Upon the Lord alone.

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 He is the mighty help and shield of all who are his own.

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 Their jest small access,nai gives you the mel�is of the world.

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 It's if God is with angels.

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 Well, these two are the things that time they pray about.

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 We will see you in a while.

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 We will think that from this episode of the Old book for all.

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 chapter 2, taking up our reading at verse 6. Habakkuk chapter 2, and reading from verse 6.

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 We're following on from where we finished off last week, where we were thinking of

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 the righteous shall live by his faith, as we have in verse 4. Now we read on into verse 6.

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 Shall not all these take up their taunt against him with scoffing and riddles for him, and say,

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 Woe to him who heaps up what is not his own, for how long, and loads himself with pledges?

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 Will not your debtors suddenly arise, and those awake who will make you tremble? Then you will be

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 spoil for them, because you have plundered many nations. All the remnant of the peoples shall

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 plunder you, for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities, and all who dwell in them.

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 Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house, to set his nest on high, to be safe from the reach of harm.

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 You have devised shame for your house by cutting off many peoples. You have forfeited your life,

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 for the stone will cry out from the wall, and the beam from the woodwork respond.

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 Woe to him who builds a town with blood, and founds a city on iniquity. Behold, it is not from the Lord

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 of hosts, that people labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing. For the earth

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 will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.

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 Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink. You pour out your wrath, and make them drunk in order to gaze

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 at their nakedness. You will have your fill of shame instead of glory. Drink yourself, and show your

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 uncircumcision. The cup in the Lord's right hand will come round to you, and utter shame will come

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 upon your glory. The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, as will the destruction of the

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 beasts that terrify them. For the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities, and to all

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 who dwell in them. What prophet is an idol, when its maker has shaped it a metal image, a teacher of lies?

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 For its maker trusts in his own creation, when he makes speechless idols. Woe to him who says to a

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 wooden thing, awake, to a silent stone, arise. Can this teach? Behold, it is overlaid with gold and silver,

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 and there is no breath at all in it. But the Lord is in his holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence

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 before him. Amen. And may God bless that reading from his word. And again, unite your hearts in a word

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 of prayer. Let us pray. Lord, our gracious God, as we continue in our worship at this time,

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 we thank you for your word. And even in the challenges of reading it and trying to understand

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 what you are saying to us, we recognize our need of the help of your spirit to be with us.

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 As we open up your word, Lord, that you will give us understanding of how it applies to our own lives

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 today. When we read of these many woes in this passage, we see so many things that are,

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 we think maybe just for Habakkuk's day, but help us to see that your word is applicable

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 today as it ever was. And we pray, Lord, that you will come in your power, that you will come in your

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 glory, that your glory will fill the whole of this earth, that the world will be covered with the

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 knowledge of the glory of God as the waters cover the sea. And we thank you that your word goes out

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 with power. We thank you for every way that you are reminding us again and again how your word is

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 active and powerful to save. In the midst of all the chaos of our world, we thank you that as your

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 word is preached, it is powerful. It is able to convict and to convert, as the psalmist says.

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 And we pray, Lord, for your power of your spirit and your word to bring life, bring life to people and

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 nations and this world as a whole, that we would see your restoring power, that we would see your

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 power in bringing peace where there is war and peace where there is tragedy, peace into the hearts of

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 this world and in the large-scale things. But also, Lord, when we think of our individual lives and

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 our individual circumstances, that you are able to bring peace to us. The psalm that we sang in,

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 Psalm 139 reminded us of that knowledge of us. It is so intimate and personal that we cannot sit or

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 rise without your knowledge of us. And may we take comfort in that, even as we pray for others,

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 that you are able to be with them where they are, that you are able to meet their needs more than we

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 can, and that you are able to provide the grace that is always sufficient. And we do pray,

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 Lord, in this day for those particularly who mourn and grieve at this time in our own congregation,

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 Lord, in our own community. And far and wide, Lord, we pray for the comfort of your spirit to be with us.

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 You are the great comforter who comes alongside. And Lord, we remember that in the midst of the world

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 in which we live, that there are always these trials that will come our way. That there are always

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 these days when we can, like Habakkuk, ask, how long, O Lord? But yet, O Lord, help us to live by faith.

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 Help us to trust in you. Help us to lean upon you for all understanding and wisdom, for we do not have

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 it of ourselves. And help us to be, O Lord, a people who pray your will be done, even when your will is

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 hard and difficult for us to go through or to understand. We thank you, Lord, that in all things

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 that you have a plan and a purpose. So, Lord, help us this day to commit ourselves into your care and

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 into your keeping, and help us as we commit others to your care and keeping as well, that they would know

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 your nearness. We think of servants of the church who have been called home even in this past week,

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 and the families who mourn their passing. We remember the ministry of Neil Shaw, the various

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 congregations he was ministered of, and so many sermons he preached. So many times we even hear his

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 voice presenting the Psalms and marvel at the beauty of it. And we thank you, Lord, for your help,

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 and strength to him over the years. And we thank you, Lord, for the great comfort and assurance

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 that he has now come to rest in the Lord. We pray your blessing on his family at this time,

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 that you will comfort and uphold and strengthen them. We remember, too, O Lord, the family of Reverend

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 Ian Morrison. It seems just such a short time he was in ministry, and sometimes it is hard to

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 understand these things. And yet, O Lord, we thank you for his love of Christ and his love of people.

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 And we pray that even in his short ministry that there will still be a blessing from it,

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 that people who heard and knew him, Lord, would be blessed by his ministry and continue to be blessed

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 going on. We pray for the congregation there in Oban in their loss and that sense of dismay maybe at this

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 time. We pray, Lord, that you will surround them and uphold them and be with them, journey with them

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 through these days, Lord, and remind them that you are the Lord who is shepherd to his people.

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 So, Lord, we commit families and friends of these men to you. And we pray, Lord, for your comfort over

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 us as a people in these days ahead as well, Lord, to know your goodness to us. As we even think of

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 the General Assembly starting tomorrow, we pray for the week ahead for all your people who gather there for

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 the meetings in these coming days, Lord, we pray that it will be for your glory and your good, that we will

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 not get distracted by different things, but that we will keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, that we will look to him

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 who is the author, the perfecter of faith. We pray for Bob Ackroyd as he comes to conclude his time as

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 moderator and Reverend Carl McLeod as he takes up that role. We pray for them and pray your blessing on

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 them and your strength towards them. And we thank you in all things that we have you as our Lord and as

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 our God, the one to call upon, the one who is near to help, the one who is able to bless. And we just

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 commit ourselves into your hands now, O Lord, that you will draw near to us as we seek to draw near

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 to you, as we ask all things confessing our sins anew. May you pardon us, Lord, for all our iniquities

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 and cleanse us as we ask it in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Saviour, and for his glory. Amen.

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 We'll again sing to God's praise, this time in Psalm 135 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 Page 425.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 6.

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 Psalm 135, page 425 at verse 1.

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 Praise ye the Lord, the Lord's name praise his servants. Praise ye God, who stand in God's house

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 and still

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 Lord's name praise his servants.

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 In the courts of our God, make abode. We'll sing from verse 1 to 6 to God's praise.

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 Praise ye the Lord, the Lord's name praise his servants. Praise ye God, who stand in God's house,

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 in the courts of our God, make abode. Praise ye the Lord, for he is good, and to him praise his servants sing.

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 Sing praises to his King, because it is a pleasant thing.

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 For Jacob to himself the Lord, give choose of his good pleasure,

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 and he hath chosen Israel for his peculiar pleasure.

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 Because I know as you in thee, the Lord is very great,

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 and that our Lord above all gods in glory hath his seat.

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 What thing so ever pleased the Lord, but in the heaven did he,

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 and in the earth, the seas and all the places he had been.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Well, we can turn back to our reading in Habakkuk chapter 2, and we're going to look at this

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 section from verse 6 down to verse 20.

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 We come to our third part of our study in this book of Habakkuk, where we've been looking at

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 different verses that we find throughout it that we can really call the nuggets of gold

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 that you find in the midst of a challenging day for Habakkuk, and even in the midst of our own day,

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 we see the relevance of these nuggets today as well.

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 And so far, we've looked at two different verses as we found them.

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 First of all, in chapter 1, we were looking at how, excuse me, we see God has a plan,

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 even as Habakkuk was crying out, how long, O Lord, will you not hear me?

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 Yet we see in verse 5 where he says, for I am doing a work in your days that you would

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 not believe if told.

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 We saw how there was this mysterious way that God was working, ways that we could not understand,

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 even if he was to tell us.

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 And Habakkuk was seeing this in his own day.

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 He was going to see how God was going to work in a way that would seem to go completely

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 against the way Habakkuk would want it to work, or the way the people would want it to

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 work.

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 And yet God is saying, I have a work.

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 And this work was to bring a nation upon them, a nation of wicked people, the Chaldeans, or

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 the Babylonians, as they're also known, a nation that was against God and against God's people,

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 and who would bring much devastation.

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 And yet how God was bringing them upon them with a purpose to judge and to restore.

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 So then last week we were looking at, well, how are the people to live in those days and

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 at that time when things were so difficult?

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 Well, in the midst of the attack they were going to come under, they were to be a people

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 who were to live by faith, as we saw in verse 4 of chapter 2.

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 But the righteous shall live by his faith.

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 Live by faith, waiting and watching for God in the midst of everything that was happening,

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 and with a warning of a choice of how to live, either like the puffed up, as it says in verse

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 4, with no thought of God, or to live by faith.

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 Well, today we come into another section here as Habakkuk and God are interacting with one

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 another.

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 And it's this section where you see this passage full of woes.

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 And what makes a difference in our lives when we are to live by faith?

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 When we think of the mysterious providence of God in different ways of life, what gives

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 us hope in the midst of it all?

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 Well, we come to this nugget that we're going to look at today, which is verse 14 of chapter

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 2.

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 For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover

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 the sea.

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 This is the nugget that we're looking at today.

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 This is the hope that we can have in the midst of all the chaos that's around us.

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 It wasn't just a hope for Habakkuk and his day.

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 It's a hope for ourselves today as well.

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 That the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover

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 the sea.

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 But in order to see the wonder of this hope, we need to see it in the midst of the darkness

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 of the day.

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 And what we see is Habakkuk here telling us of these woes.

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 Woe to him, it says throughout this section.

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 And there's five of these woes.

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 Imagine reading your own obituary.

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 You say to yourself, that's not possible.

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 In order to have an obituary, the person must have passed away.

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 So how is it possible to read your own?

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 Well, in 1867, it's said that the Swedish chemist, Alfred Noble, he awoke one morning,

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 and as he opened up the newspaper, there he saw his own obituary.

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 It's obviously shocked to see it.

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 And as he read it, it just shook him.

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 It said, Alfred Noble, the inventor of dynamite, who died yesterday, devised a way for more people

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 to be killed in a war than ever before.

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 And he died a rich man.

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 There's different versions of maybe what was said.

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 But it shook him.

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 And what had happened was the newspaper reporter had made a mistake.

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 It was Alfred's older brother who had passed away.

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 But the reporter had heard it was Alfred, and he knew about Alfred.

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 He was famous for the invention of dynamite.

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 He'd obviously made a lot of money out of it.

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 And this was the obituary that was written for him.

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 And it got Alfred to think, is this the way that he would want to be remembered?

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 Alfred, as developing a means of killing people and making a lot of money out of it.

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 And so he sought to do good in the world.

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 And he set up what is known as the Nobel Peace Prize,

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 which gave a prize to people who were able to come up with ways of helping people

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 instead of causing chaos and destruction.

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 Well, what does an obituary have to do with what we're looking at today?

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 Well, what you see as you go through this section, verse 6 down to verse 20,

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 is this word, woe.

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 And these five woes that are spoken of here,

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 the word woe can also be translated alas.

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 And what the word is used for so often is speaking of someone who is dead.

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 For example, in 1 Kings chapter 13 and verse 30,

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 there there is an account of a man of God who died.

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 And a friend came to bury him.

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 And it says in verse 30,

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 he laid the body in his own grave.

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 And they mourned over him saying,

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 alas, my brother.

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 So that is the same word as we have here.

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 Alas and woe are the same word.

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 And the same word that we have here.

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 Alas, my brother, his brother who had died.

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 And so woe would normally be used in that sense of someone who had died.

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 But the prophets like Habakkuk and others,

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 they used these words, woe or alas,

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 speaking to people who were alive.

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 But because of their sin,

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 because of the way that they were living their lives,

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 as one writer says,

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 they are already as good as dead

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 because God has given his verdict against them.

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 And so as we read these woes in this passage,

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 yes, it is speaking to people who are alive,

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 but it's almost like an obituary.

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 Woe to you in the midst of all that you have done.

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 You have died in your sin.

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 And it reminds us of the way Paul writes to the church

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 at Ephesus in Ephesians chapter 2.

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 Look at the way he speaks to the people there.

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 It's like an obituary.

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 You were dead in the trespasses and sins.

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 You are dead in your trespasses and sins.

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 You are dead without Christ.

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 And so there is an obituary for us.

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 But as Paul goes on to say,

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 but God, being rich and mercy,

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 because of the great love with which he loved us,

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 even when we were dead in our trespasses,

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 made us alive together with Christ.

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 By grace you have been saved.

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 And so in this passage,

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 what we're going to see is these woes,

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 the woes of condemnation.

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 But in the midst of that,

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 we're going to see a confirmation.

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 Confirmation that God is one who still gives hope.

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 And then thirdly,

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 and just very briefly at the end,

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 we'll see the comfort that that gives.

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 And so the first thing we want to see is,

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 as we think of the wonder of that verse 14,

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 the earth being filled with the knowledge

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 of the glory of the Lord

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 as the waters covers the sea,

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 we think first of the condemnation

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 and these woes.

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 Because in order to see the beauty of the gospel,

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 we have to see the darkness of sin.

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 And as we've noted already in Habakkuk's day,

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 it was a dark time.

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 That is where Habakkuk's cry came from in verse two.

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 O Lord, how long shall I cry for help

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 and you will not hear?

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 Or cry to you violence

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 and you will not save?

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 There was devastation around him.

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 Devastation nationally and internationally

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 as we've seen.

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 That is where the cry for help came from.

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 And what makes ourselves feel a sense of injustice today?

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 What makes you feel a sense of anger

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 and long for God to change things?

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 What makes you come to God with that cry of Habakkuk?

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 How long will I cry for help?

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 And you will not hear.

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 It's likely that the things that make us angry

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 and feel a sense of injustice

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 are the very things that Habakkuk is telling us of here

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 in these five woes.

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 And what we are reading here is these woes,

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 this word of condemnation,

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 that we are dead in our sin,

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 but that God is going to deal with these sins

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 and the sinners behind them.

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 The five ways,

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 the five ways of condemnation that will come.

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 It's about seeing the judgment of God

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 on those who feel confident in their ways,

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 confident in their sin,

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 like the Babylonians would be,

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 like other nations in the Old Testament

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 who you read of,

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 the Assyrians who came

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 and tried to destroy God's people.

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 But God is saying,

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 I am at work,

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 as we have seen earlier in chapter one,

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 in ways that you would not believe

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 if I was to tell you

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 that God is still at work.

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 And the condemnations that we see here

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 are just like the ones

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 that we can think of today

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 in our own world.

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 We think of the things that make us angry,

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 the sin that we see around us,

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 and we just want God to take action

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 while he is saying,

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 I will.

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 Unless these people change their ways,

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 then they are dead

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 in their trespasses and sins.

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 And what do you see?

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 We see these five woes,

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 and I just want to touch on them

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 just briefly so we see what they are.

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 In Habakkuk 2, verse 6 to 8,

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 Woe to him who heaps up

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 what is not his own.

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 There's this woe against aggression.

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 Habakkuk saw it in his day

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 with all these nations invading

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 and taking what was not their own.

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 And they did it in a devastating way.

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 And we think of the world

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 in which we live today.

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 And you think of the way people

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 live their lives with no thought of God

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 and who just take what is not their own

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 and by any means.

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 You see it in so many different ways,

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 whether it's through times of war

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 and invasion,

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 or see it in just corporate greed.

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 You see it in people,

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 what we call modern-day slavery.

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 We think slavery is something in the past.

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 It's not.

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 It is still there today.

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 People who are modern-day slaves,

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 they've paid pennies or nothing at all,

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 led captive,

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 away from families,

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 away from friends,

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 and put to use.

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 Why?

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 Because of people's way of aggression.

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 People who want to heap up

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 what is not their own.

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 But God is saying,

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 Woe to them.

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 I will deal with them.

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 Then in verse 9 to verse 11,

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 Woe to him who gets evil gain for his house

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 to set his nest on high.

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 There is this woe against covetousness.

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 People who just want to get richer.

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 And again, just forget about anybody else.

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 Just look after number one.

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 No care or concern for others.

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 It's just,

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 How much can I amass in this world?

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 Whether it's houses or cars or money,

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 whatever it is.

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 Well, God is saying,

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 Woe.

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 Woe to him who gets evil gain

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 for his house to set his nest on high.

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 Again, there's no thought for God.

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 Verse 12 to verse 14.

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 Woe to him who builds a town with blood

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 and founds a city on iniquity.

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 Again, you see here just this wicked way,

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 this way of violence,

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 this way of bloodshed,

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 this way of gain

00:41:57.540 --> 00:42:00.880
 by this acts of war and terror.

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:03.480
 The things that Habakkuk saw on his day

00:42:03.480 --> 00:42:05.960
 that we see in our own day as well.

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:07.960
 And we can cry like Habakkuk,

00:42:08.099 --> 00:42:09.180
 How long, O Lord?

00:42:09.700 --> 00:42:12.240
 How long are you going to allow this to go on?

00:42:13.860 --> 00:42:16.480
 But again, it's by living by faith

00:42:16.480 --> 00:42:19.200
 in the God who works in mysterious ways

00:42:19.200 --> 00:42:21.420
 that we see they will be judged.

00:42:22.680 --> 00:42:25.760
 Woe to him who builds a town with blood.

00:42:27.059 --> 00:42:30.200
 The wickedness of man's heart will be judged.

00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:32.059
 They are as good as dead

00:42:32.059 --> 00:42:34.739
 unless they repent and turn.

00:42:36.579 --> 00:42:39.519
 And you see in verse 15 to verse 17,

00:42:40.659 --> 00:42:46.000
 Woe to him who makes his neighbors drink.

00:42:46.359 --> 00:42:49.419
 You pour out your wrath and make them drunk

00:42:49.419 --> 00:42:52.000
 in order to gaze at their nakedness.

00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:55.619
 Again, there's woe against humanity.

00:42:56.419 --> 00:42:59.539
 The way people deal with other people.

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:02.259
 It's prevalent in Habakkuk's day

00:43:02.259 --> 00:43:05.179
 and you think of it in our own day as well.

00:43:05.239 --> 00:43:07.159
 You think of human trafficking.

00:43:08.279 --> 00:43:10.679
 You think of people being put into lives

00:43:10.679 --> 00:43:11.819
 of prostitution.

00:43:12.000 --> 00:43:14.460
 You think of all these wicked things

00:43:14.460 --> 00:43:18.399
 in our world where life is not precious.

00:43:19.219 --> 00:43:22.319
 Where people are just a commodity to be used.

00:43:22.320 --> 00:43:25.059
 But God is saying,

00:43:25.380 --> 00:43:25.700
 Woe.

00:43:26.240 --> 00:43:27.400
 Woe to them.

00:43:28.320 --> 00:43:31.260
 I will not allow this to go undealt with.

00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:34.700
 The Lord will deal with it.

00:43:36.440 --> 00:43:38.120
 And then the fifth one.

00:43:38.800 --> 00:43:40.880
 And you see in verse 19,

00:43:41.980 --> 00:43:44.580
 Woe to him who says to a wooden thing,

00:43:44.640 --> 00:43:45.160
 Awake!

00:43:45.580 --> 00:43:46.940
 To a silent stone,

00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:48.059
 Arise!

00:43:48.320 --> 00:43:49.660
 Woe to idolatry!

00:43:49.659 --> 00:43:52.420
 Woe to those who worship anything

00:43:52.420 --> 00:43:53.779
 apart from God!

00:43:55.619 --> 00:43:57.480
 Now you think of the first four

00:43:57.480 --> 00:43:57.920
 and you say,

00:43:58.039 --> 00:44:00.579
 Well, I don't fall into that category.

00:44:00.980 --> 00:44:02.159
 That's not something

00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:04.940
 that my heart is inclined to.

00:44:06.239 --> 00:44:07.799
 But you can almost guarantee

00:44:07.799 --> 00:44:10.359
 that we all fall into the trap

00:44:10.359 --> 00:44:12.879
 of idolatry in different ways.

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:16.859
 Idols were common in Habakkuk's day.

00:44:16.860 --> 00:44:19.519
 Every nation had their gods

00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:22.620
 made of silver and gold

00:44:22.620 --> 00:44:25.039
 and wood and stone and all sorts.

00:44:25.599 --> 00:44:26.740
 And they were worshipped

00:44:26.740 --> 00:44:28.400
 in the place of God.

00:44:29.760 --> 00:44:31.800
 You think of when Moses

00:44:31.800 --> 00:44:34.120
 was receiving the Ten Commandments

00:44:34.120 --> 00:44:35.840
 on Mount Sinai.

00:44:36.240 --> 00:44:37.120
 And the people were saying,

00:44:37.200 --> 00:44:38.019
 Where is Moses?

00:44:38.680 --> 00:44:39.519
 He's left us.

00:44:39.559 --> 00:44:39.920
 He's gone.

00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:42.120
 Let us make an idol to worship.

00:44:42.240 --> 00:44:43.920
 And they made a golden calf.

00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:46.380
 How quickly they changed.

00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:48.960
 And how easy it is for us

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:49.840
 to put something

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:52.320
 in the place of God.

00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:55.360
 Idolatry is worshipping

00:44:55.360 --> 00:44:56.619
 or being more devoted

00:44:56.619 --> 00:44:58.840
 to anything other than God,

00:44:58.920 --> 00:44:59.920
 as someone put it.

00:45:01.059 --> 00:45:03.260
 And we can have to guard

00:45:03.260 --> 00:45:04.820
 our hearts against this.

00:45:04.820 --> 00:45:08.300
 John Calvin once said,

00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:09.280
 The human heart

00:45:09.280 --> 00:45:12.140
 is a perpetual idol factory.

00:45:13.080 --> 00:45:15.580
 We are making idols all the time.

00:45:16.019 --> 00:45:16.960
 Things that we put

00:45:16.960 --> 00:45:18.400
 in the place of God

00:45:18.400 --> 00:45:20.539
 and worship more than God.

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:23.120
 But the Lord says,

00:45:23.660 --> 00:45:23.980
 Woe.

00:45:26.559 --> 00:45:29.260
 Now, Habakkuk, in his day,

00:45:29.680 --> 00:45:31.380
 as the people were hearing this,

00:45:31.380 --> 00:45:32.580
 they should have stopped

00:45:32.579 --> 00:45:33.659
 in their tracks

00:45:33.659 --> 00:45:36.000
 and started to think,

00:45:36.099 --> 00:45:37.860
 What does this mean for me?

00:45:39.279 --> 00:45:41.519
 And the same is true

00:45:41.519 --> 00:45:43.539
 for ourselves as well.

00:45:44.679 --> 00:45:45.920
 It should make us stop

00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:46.759
 in our tracks

00:45:46.759 --> 00:45:47.719
 and look at the world

00:45:47.719 --> 00:45:48.619
 in which we live,

00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:51.299
 but also look in our own hearts

00:45:51.299 --> 00:45:52.400
 and ask,

00:45:52.480 --> 00:45:55.019
 Are we part of the problem here?

00:45:55.759 --> 00:45:58.679
 Is my heart away from God?

00:45:58.679 --> 00:46:01.079
 Am I not trusting in God?

00:46:01.079 --> 00:46:03.199
 As we saw the last time

00:46:03.199 --> 00:46:05.920
 in chapter 2 there

00:46:05.920 --> 00:46:06.480
 when we were thinking

00:46:06.480 --> 00:46:07.239
 of the righteous

00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:08.840
 shall live by faith.

00:46:08.900 --> 00:46:09.519
 The other way was

00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:10.759
 to go away from God

00:46:10.759 --> 00:46:11.380
 and just to live

00:46:11.380 --> 00:46:13.139
 puffed up in self.

00:46:15.599 --> 00:46:16.840
 Is that the way

00:46:16.840 --> 00:46:18.400
 that we are living?

00:46:18.599 --> 00:46:20.659
 We have to guard ourselves

00:46:20.659 --> 00:46:22.299
 because there is condemnation.

00:46:23.900 --> 00:46:25.079
 There is death

00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:28.019
 if we continue in sin.

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:31.699
 But what of hope then?

00:46:33.019 --> 00:46:34.460
 Where does hope come

00:46:34.460 --> 00:46:37.179
 in the midst of these woes?

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:39.280
 Well, that's the nugget

00:46:39.280 --> 00:46:41.380
 that we see in verse 14.

00:46:42.280 --> 00:46:43.219
 And that's the wonder

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:45.139
 of God to us,

00:46:45.179 --> 00:46:45.920
 as his people.

00:46:46.039 --> 00:46:47.300
 For the earth will be filled

00:46:47.300 --> 00:46:48.019
 with the knowledge

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:49.699
 of the glory of the Lord

00:46:49.699 --> 00:46:52.699
 as the waters cover the sea.

00:46:52.699 --> 00:46:55.139
 In all that is wrong

00:46:55.139 --> 00:46:56.419
 in the world,

00:46:57.039 --> 00:46:58.219
 we are reminded here

00:46:58.219 --> 00:46:59.859
 that God's great purpose

00:46:59.859 --> 00:47:02.239
 is to make his glory known

00:47:02.239 --> 00:47:05.679
 throughout the whole of creation.

00:47:06.819 --> 00:47:08.779
 And we have to see this verse

00:47:08.779 --> 00:47:11.599
 not just as one stand-alone verse here,

00:47:11.679 --> 00:47:12.819
 but a confirmation

00:47:12.819 --> 00:47:15.539
 of God's redemptive work

00:47:15.539 --> 00:47:17.079
 throughout the Scriptures.

00:47:17.079 --> 00:47:19.980
 because it's not the only place

00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:21.719
 we read these words

00:47:21.719 --> 00:47:23.759
 or words very similar to it.

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:28.799
 Numbers 14, verse 21.

00:47:29.900 --> 00:47:31.360
 But truly, as I live,

00:47:31.500 --> 00:47:32.500
 and as all the earth

00:47:32.500 --> 00:47:33.360
 shall be filled

00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:35.980
 with the glory of the Lord.

00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:38.460
 God speaking there

00:47:38.460 --> 00:47:39.940
 to his people.

00:47:40.340 --> 00:47:41.500
 Again, there's the people

00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:43.039
 in Moses' day

00:47:43.039 --> 00:47:43.940
 who were in the wilderness

00:47:43.940 --> 00:47:45.119
 and they were grumbling

00:47:45.119 --> 00:47:46.179
 against God.

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:48.099
 They were moaning at him

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:48.840
 for taking them

00:47:48.840 --> 00:47:50.000
 out of Egypt

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:51.139
 and into this wilderness

00:47:51.139 --> 00:47:52.319
 where they saw it

00:47:52.319 --> 00:47:52.940
 in their own eyes

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:53.719
 as suffering,

00:47:54.319 --> 00:47:56.259
 almost like Habakkuk's cry,

00:47:56.360 --> 00:47:57.239
 How long are we going

00:47:57.239 --> 00:47:58.219
 to be here, Lord?

00:47:59.840 --> 00:48:01.119
 But God is reminding them,

00:48:01.139 --> 00:48:02.099
 I've got a purpose.

00:48:02.259 --> 00:48:03.079
 I am taking you

00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:04.299
 to a better place.

00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:05.159
 I am leading you

00:48:05.159 --> 00:48:06.139
 along the way.

00:48:06.239 --> 00:48:07.219
 And he gives them

00:48:07.219 --> 00:48:07.880
 this assurance

00:48:07.880 --> 00:48:09.239
 as the earth shall be filled

00:48:09.239 --> 00:48:11.159
 with the glory of the Lord.

00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:14.299
 And then later on

00:48:14.299 --> 00:48:15.000
 in Isaiah,

00:48:15.000 --> 00:48:16.579
 Isaiah 11,

00:48:16.679 --> 00:48:17.679
 verse 1 and 2,

00:48:17.820 --> 00:48:18.420
 there it says,

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:19.619
 There shall come forth

00:48:19.619 --> 00:48:21.280
 a shoot from the stump

00:48:21.280 --> 00:48:21.900
 of Jesse,

00:48:22.159 --> 00:48:23.800
 and a branch from whose root

00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:24.820
 shall bear fruit,

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:26.139
 and the Spirit of the Lord

00:48:26.139 --> 00:48:27.440
 shall rest upon him,

00:48:27.800 --> 00:48:29.019
 the Spirit of wisdom

00:48:29.019 --> 00:48:30.719
 and understanding.

00:48:32.320 --> 00:48:33.699
 And then later in verse 9,

00:48:33.820 --> 00:48:34.019
 it says,

00:48:34.079 --> 00:48:35.280
 They shall not hurt

00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:36.460
 or destroy

00:48:36.460 --> 00:48:37.840
 in all my holy mountain,

00:48:38.099 --> 00:48:38.840
 for the earth

00:48:38.840 --> 00:48:39.659
 shall be full

00:48:39.659 --> 00:48:40.300
 of the knowledge

00:48:40.300 --> 00:48:40.860
 of the Lord

00:48:40.860 --> 00:48:41.639
 as the waters

00:48:41.639 --> 00:48:43.019
 cover the sea.

00:48:43.019 --> 00:48:44.599
 So again,

00:48:44.699 --> 00:48:46.759
 Isaiah is speaking there

00:48:46.759 --> 00:48:48.000
 of the wonder of this,

00:48:48.219 --> 00:48:49.280
 the wonder of God

00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:50.000
 and his glory.

00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:51.280
 And who is Isaiah

00:48:51.280 --> 00:48:52.599
 speaking about there

00:48:52.599 --> 00:48:53.699
 in verse 1 and 2?

00:48:53.699 --> 00:48:55.280
 There shall come forth

00:48:55.280 --> 00:48:56.840
 a shoot from the stump

00:48:56.840 --> 00:48:57.380
 of Jesse.

00:48:57.579 --> 00:48:58.800
 He is speaking about

00:48:58.800 --> 00:48:59.480
 the Messiah,

00:48:59.619 --> 00:49:00.420
 the Lord Jesus,

00:49:00.599 --> 00:49:01.280
 who is coming

00:49:01.280 --> 00:49:02.880
 into this world.

00:49:03.880 --> 00:49:04.559
 The only way

00:49:04.559 --> 00:49:05.699
 our condemnation

00:49:05.699 --> 00:49:07.199
 could be dealt with

00:49:07.199 --> 00:49:09.159
 was for him

00:49:09.159 --> 00:49:11.199
 to take it for us.

00:49:11.199 --> 00:49:13.879
 As the hymn writer says,

00:49:14.000 --> 00:49:15.099
 In man of sorrows,

00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:16.519
 bearing shame

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:17.699
 and scoffing rude,

00:49:18.119 --> 00:49:19.219
 in my place

00:49:19.219 --> 00:49:20.019
 condemned,

00:49:20.460 --> 00:49:21.319
 he stood,

00:49:21.859 --> 00:49:22.919
 sealed my pardon

00:49:22.919 --> 00:49:23.919
 with his blood.

00:49:24.439 --> 00:49:24.899
 Hallelujah!

00:49:25.619 --> 00:49:26.539
 What a Savior!

00:49:28.519 --> 00:49:29.559
 So there is woe,

00:49:29.659 --> 00:49:30.279
 there is death,

00:49:30.359 --> 00:49:31.500
 there is condemnation,

00:49:31.919 --> 00:49:33.319
 but then the glory

00:49:33.319 --> 00:49:33.919
 of the Lord

00:49:33.919 --> 00:49:35.179
 that will fill the earth

00:49:35.179 --> 00:49:37.219
 is Christ himself.

00:49:37.219 --> 00:49:39.619
 in my place

00:49:39.619 --> 00:49:40.799
 condemned,

00:49:41.219 --> 00:49:42.199
 he stood.

00:49:43.659 --> 00:49:44.279
 And the earth

00:49:44.279 --> 00:49:44.980
 will be filled

00:49:44.980 --> 00:49:45.679
 with the knowledge

00:49:45.679 --> 00:49:46.879
 of the glory

00:49:46.879 --> 00:49:47.619
 of the Lord.

00:49:48.839 --> 00:49:49.799
 Isn't it a marvelous

00:49:49.799 --> 00:49:50.559
 thought that

00:49:50.559 --> 00:49:51.259
 when you think of

00:49:51.259 --> 00:49:52.919
 just what that means

00:49:52.919 --> 00:49:53.519
 for us,

00:49:53.959 --> 00:49:55.199
 Psalm 19 says,

00:49:55.339 --> 00:49:56.599
 The heavens declare

00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:58.279
 the glory of God.

00:49:58.739 --> 00:50:00.239
 But there is so much more.

00:50:01.359 --> 00:50:02.539
 The glory of God

00:50:02.539 --> 00:50:03.399
 is so linked

00:50:03.399 --> 00:50:04.559
 with the presence

00:50:04.559 --> 00:50:05.940
 of God.

00:50:07.199 --> 00:50:08.539
 And God's sending

00:50:08.539 --> 00:50:09.659
 his word out

00:50:09.659 --> 00:50:11.179
 across the lands,

00:50:11.320 --> 00:50:12.320
 across the world,

00:50:12.659 --> 00:50:13.519
 that it might bring

00:50:13.519 --> 00:50:15.199
 healing to nations.

00:50:17.139 --> 00:50:18.239
 And the wonder

00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:19.599
 of how God did it.

00:50:21.440 --> 00:50:23.179
 As Jesus himself

00:50:23.179 --> 00:50:24.500
 came into this world

00:50:24.500 --> 00:50:25.980
 in John 1, 14,

00:50:26.340 --> 00:50:27.400
 what does it say there?

00:50:27.480 --> 00:50:29.039
 The word became flesh

00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:30.099
 and dwelt among us,

00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:31.380
 and we have seen

00:50:31.380 --> 00:50:32.400
 his glory.

00:50:32.400 --> 00:50:34.619
 Glory as the only son

00:50:34.619 --> 00:50:35.420
 from the Father,

00:50:35.619 --> 00:50:36.579
 full of grace

00:50:36.579 --> 00:50:37.380
 and truth.

00:50:37.880 --> 00:50:38.840
 We have seen

00:50:38.840 --> 00:50:40.220
 his glory.

00:50:41.519 --> 00:50:42.740
 The glory of God

00:50:42.740 --> 00:50:43.639
 filling

00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:45.019
 the world

00:50:45.019 --> 00:50:46.900
 with the knowledge

00:50:46.900 --> 00:50:48.099
 of God.

00:50:49.480 --> 00:50:50.180
 And Habakkuk

00:50:50.180 --> 00:50:51.420
 was given a message

00:50:51.420 --> 00:50:52.180
 for his people

00:50:52.180 --> 00:50:53.059
 in those days,

00:50:53.500 --> 00:50:54.240
 and it's the same

00:50:54.240 --> 00:50:54.980
 in our ministry

00:50:54.980 --> 00:50:56.099
 today as well,

00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:57.039
 to make the glory

00:50:57.039 --> 00:50:58.079
 of God known

00:50:58.079 --> 00:50:59.200
 to the people

00:50:59.200 --> 00:51:00.019
 around us.

00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:01.519
 To know it ourselves

00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:03.360
 first and foremost.

00:51:04.820 --> 00:51:05.739
 And his word

00:51:05.739 --> 00:51:06.539
 gives us

00:51:06.539 --> 00:51:07.840
 this confirmation.

00:51:09.639 --> 00:51:10.380
 That the glory

00:51:10.380 --> 00:51:11.059
 of the Lord

00:51:11.059 --> 00:51:11.820
 will fill

00:51:11.820 --> 00:51:13.119
 this world

00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:13.960
 as the waters

00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:15.579
 cover the sea.

00:51:16.139 --> 00:51:16.960
 There's a depth

00:51:16.960 --> 00:51:18.460
 and a breadth

00:51:18.460 --> 00:51:19.239
 to it.

00:51:20.099 --> 00:51:21.119
 The knowledge

00:51:21.119 --> 00:51:22.539
 of the glory

00:51:22.539 --> 00:51:23.880
 of the Lord.

00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:26.179
 We don't know

00:51:26.179 --> 00:51:27.699
 but just a taste

00:51:27.699 --> 00:51:28.500
 of it just now.

00:51:28.500 --> 00:51:30.000
 but God

00:51:30.000 --> 00:51:30.539
 is filling

00:51:30.539 --> 00:51:31.119
 the world

00:51:31.119 --> 00:51:32.139
 with more

00:51:32.139 --> 00:51:32.579
 and more

00:51:32.579 --> 00:51:33.099
 of it.

00:51:35.000 --> 00:51:36.059
 It's amazing

00:51:36.059 --> 00:51:36.739
 when you think

00:51:36.739 --> 00:51:38.300
 of this image

00:51:38.300 --> 00:51:39.260
 of just the whole

00:51:39.260 --> 00:51:39.780
 world

00:51:39.780 --> 00:51:40.940
 being filled

00:51:40.940 --> 00:51:41.760
 with the glory

00:51:41.760 --> 00:51:42.900
 of God.

00:51:44.059 --> 00:51:44.739
 I was over

00:51:44.739 --> 00:51:45.599
 on the west side

00:51:45.599 --> 00:51:46.820
 on Thursday evening

00:51:46.820 --> 00:51:48.460
 and as I was

00:51:48.460 --> 00:51:49.199
 going over the mirror

00:51:49.199 --> 00:51:49.940
 you could see

00:51:49.940 --> 00:51:50.880
 that there was

00:51:50.880 --> 00:51:51.900
 a thick mist,

00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:52.739
 a thick fog

00:51:52.739 --> 00:51:54.219
 on the west side.

00:51:54.300 --> 00:51:54.840
 You could see it

00:51:54.840 --> 00:51:55.480
 and then all of a sudden

00:51:55.480 --> 00:51:56.679
 you're coming into it.

00:51:56.679 --> 00:51:58.839
 And I was over there

00:51:58.839 --> 00:51:59.899
 for a time outside

00:51:59.899 --> 00:52:01.179
 and there was no

00:52:01.179 --> 00:52:02.419
 getting away from it.

00:52:02.480 --> 00:52:03.599
 It just surrounds you.

00:52:03.699 --> 00:52:04.819
 It's all around you.

00:52:05.259 --> 00:52:06.259
 And you can almost see it

00:52:06.259 --> 00:52:07.739
 just rising on the ground

00:52:07.739 --> 00:52:08.739
 and off the lochs.

00:52:10.639 --> 00:52:11.519
 And you think just

00:52:11.519 --> 00:52:12.500
 of that image

00:52:12.500 --> 00:52:13.739
 in a sense

00:52:13.739 --> 00:52:15.039
 of the whole world

00:52:15.039 --> 00:52:16.219
 being filled

00:52:16.219 --> 00:52:17.039
 with the glory,

00:52:17.159 --> 00:52:17.500
 the knowledge

00:52:17.500 --> 00:52:18.799
 of the glory of God.

00:52:19.539 --> 00:52:20.519
 The Spirit of God

00:52:20.519 --> 00:52:21.039
 moving

00:52:21.039 --> 00:52:22.679
 throughout this world.

00:52:23.619 --> 00:52:24.659
 The Spirit of God

00:52:24.659 --> 00:52:25.460
 bringing life

00:52:25.460 --> 00:52:26.139
 to people

00:52:26.139 --> 00:52:26.860
 who are dead

00:52:26.860 --> 00:52:28.340
 in a way

00:52:28.340 --> 00:52:29.340
 that we're surrounded

00:52:29.340 --> 00:52:30.220
 by this glory.

00:52:30.320 --> 00:52:31.260
 There's no getting away

00:52:31.260 --> 00:52:32.440
 from this glory.

00:52:32.619 --> 00:52:33.099
 Romans,

00:52:33.519 --> 00:52:34.260
 as Paul writes

00:52:34.260 --> 00:52:34.880
 and he speaks

00:52:34.880 --> 00:52:36.039
 of being left

00:52:36.039 --> 00:52:37.519
 without excuse

00:52:37.519 --> 00:52:40.240
 because the glory

00:52:40.240 --> 00:52:40.860
 of God

00:52:40.860 --> 00:52:41.480
 is seen

00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:43.440
 all around us.

00:52:44.019 --> 00:52:45.740
 No hiding place.

00:52:49.019 --> 00:52:50.199
 It's awesome

00:52:50.199 --> 00:52:51.940
 to behold that.

00:52:52.639 --> 00:52:53.420
 That God

00:52:53.420 --> 00:52:54.559
 is speaking

00:52:54.559 --> 00:52:55.519
 to us.

00:52:56.260 --> 00:52:57.800
 As we are dead

00:52:57.800 --> 00:52:58.880
 in our trespasses

00:52:58.880 --> 00:52:59.700
 and sins

00:52:59.700 --> 00:53:02.039
 that we might be alive.

00:53:03.519 --> 00:53:04.619
 How blessed

00:53:04.619 --> 00:53:05.820
 Habakkuk was

00:53:05.820 --> 00:53:07.380
 to have these nuggets

00:53:07.380 --> 00:53:08.460
 of gold

00:53:08.460 --> 00:53:09.059
 in the midst

00:53:09.059 --> 00:53:10.300
 of everything going on.

00:53:10.639 --> 00:53:11.559
 And how blessed

00:53:11.559 --> 00:53:12.240
 we are

00:53:12.240 --> 00:53:13.960
 that there is

00:53:13.960 --> 00:53:15.800
 God's mysterious ways

00:53:15.800 --> 00:53:17.079
 that we are to live

00:53:17.079 --> 00:53:17.840
 by faith

00:53:17.840 --> 00:53:19.320
 and that there is hope

00:53:19.320 --> 00:53:21.240
 that the earth

00:53:21.240 --> 00:53:22.000
 will be filled

00:53:22.000 --> 00:53:22.660
 with the knowledge

00:53:22.660 --> 00:53:23.840
 of the glory

00:53:23.840 --> 00:53:24.420
 of the Lord.

00:53:26.280 --> 00:53:26.700
 Again,

00:53:26.800 --> 00:53:27.559
 Paul writing

00:53:27.559 --> 00:53:28.380
 to the Corinthians

00:53:28.380 --> 00:53:29.440
 says this,

00:53:29.539 --> 00:53:30.700
 For God who said,

00:53:31.360 --> 00:53:32.280
 Let light shine

00:53:32.280 --> 00:53:33.080
 out of darkness

00:53:33.080 --> 00:53:33.780
 has shone

00:53:33.780 --> 00:53:34.960
 in our hearts

00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:35.760
 to give the light

00:53:35.760 --> 00:53:36.500
 of the knowledge

00:53:36.500 --> 00:53:37.660
 of the glory

00:53:37.660 --> 00:53:38.280
 of God

00:53:38.280 --> 00:53:39.400
 in the face

00:53:39.400 --> 00:53:40.840
 of Jesus Christ.

00:53:42.200 --> 00:53:43.240
 He has made

00:53:43.240 --> 00:53:44.440
 his glory known

00:53:44.440 --> 00:53:44.960
 to us

00:53:44.960 --> 00:53:46.320
 in the face

00:53:46.320 --> 00:53:48.340
 of Jesus Christ.

00:53:49.559 --> 00:53:50.639
 What a precious

00:53:50.639 --> 00:53:52.320
 Savior we have.

00:53:53.699 --> 00:53:54.440
 John Newton

00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:56.340
 in his old age

00:53:56.340 --> 00:53:58.340
 he loved his Savior

00:53:58.340 --> 00:53:59.619
 and he loved

00:53:59.619 --> 00:54:00.340
 to preach

00:54:00.340 --> 00:54:01.500
 about his Savior.

00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:03.240
 And he was

00:54:03.240 --> 00:54:05.159
 old and frail

00:54:05.159 --> 00:54:06.179
 and going blind

00:54:06.179 --> 00:54:07.099
 but he still

00:54:07.099 --> 00:54:08.619
 loved to preach.

00:54:08.820 --> 00:54:09.760
 But he had an assistant

00:54:09.760 --> 00:54:10.500
 who would come up

00:54:10.500 --> 00:54:11.320
 with him

00:54:11.320 --> 00:54:13.119
 to support him

00:54:13.119 --> 00:54:14.260
 and to help him.

00:54:14.260 --> 00:54:15.620
 And as he was

00:54:15.620 --> 00:54:16.120
 preaching

00:54:16.120 --> 00:54:17.680
 one Lord's Day

00:54:17.680 --> 00:54:18.920
 he said

00:54:18.920 --> 00:54:20.000
 to the congregation

00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:21.320
 Jesus Christ

00:54:21.320 --> 00:54:22.120
 is precious.

00:54:24.040 --> 00:54:24.780
 And then he

00:54:24.780 --> 00:54:25.780
 repeated it again

00:54:25.780 --> 00:54:27.020
 Jesus Christ

00:54:27.020 --> 00:54:28.180
 is precious.

00:54:29.940 --> 00:54:31.120
 And the man

00:54:31.120 --> 00:54:31.640
 who was with him

00:54:31.640 --> 00:54:32.400
 supporting him

00:54:32.400 --> 00:54:33.080
 he said

00:54:33.080 --> 00:54:33.580
 you've already

00:54:33.580 --> 00:54:34.560
 said that

00:54:34.560 --> 00:54:35.880
 thinking he was

00:54:35.880 --> 00:54:36.460
 just losing

00:54:36.460 --> 00:54:37.200
 his way.

00:54:38.460 --> 00:54:38.880
 And he said

00:54:38.880 --> 00:54:39.360
 yes

00:54:39.360 --> 00:54:40.900
 I've said it twice

00:54:40.900 --> 00:54:41.400
 and I'm going

00:54:41.400 --> 00:54:42.240
 to say it again

00:54:42.240 --> 00:54:43.000
 and he lifted

00:54:43.000 --> 00:54:43.960
 up his voice

00:54:43.960 --> 00:54:45.280
 and bellowed out

00:54:45.280 --> 00:54:46.380
 as loud as he could

00:54:46.380 --> 00:54:47.619
 Jesus Christ

00:54:47.619 --> 00:54:48.920
 is precious.

00:54:51.220 --> 00:54:52.599
 That is the knowledge

00:54:52.599 --> 00:54:53.699
 of the glory

00:54:53.699 --> 00:54:54.400
 of God

00:54:54.400 --> 00:54:56.380
 that Jesus Christ

00:54:56.380 --> 00:54:57.760
 is precious.

00:54:59.320 --> 00:55:00.579
 And is he precious

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:01.860
 to you?

00:55:03.199 --> 00:55:04.720
 You when you realize

00:55:04.720 --> 00:55:06.139
 that your obituary

00:55:06.139 --> 00:55:07.440
 is here before you.

00:55:08.340 --> 00:55:09.559
 You when you think

00:55:09.559 --> 00:55:10.240
 you are dead

00:55:10.239 --> 00:55:11.939
 in your trespasses

00:55:11.939 --> 00:55:12.799
 and sins

00:55:12.799 --> 00:55:15.000
 but by the grace

00:55:15.000 --> 00:55:15.759
 of God

00:55:15.759 --> 00:55:17.179
 you can be made

00:55:17.179 --> 00:55:18.339
 alive.

00:55:20.879 --> 00:55:21.879
 And isn't there

00:55:21.879 --> 00:55:22.500
 comfort

00:55:22.500 --> 00:55:23.979
 in that?

00:55:24.979 --> 00:55:25.639
 When we think

00:55:25.639 --> 00:55:26.539
 of the confirmation

00:55:26.539 --> 00:55:27.639
 that Habakkuk

00:55:27.639 --> 00:55:28.599
 has in the midst

00:55:28.599 --> 00:55:30.559
 of all of the woes

00:55:30.559 --> 00:55:31.839
 that there is

00:55:31.839 --> 00:55:32.619
 this confirmation

00:55:32.619 --> 00:55:33.979
 that the earth

00:55:33.979 --> 00:55:34.719
 will be filled

00:55:34.719 --> 00:55:35.379
 with the knowledge

00:55:35.379 --> 00:55:36.659
 of the glory

00:55:36.659 --> 00:55:37.879
 of God.

00:55:37.880 --> 00:55:40.500
 Habakkuk

00:55:40.500 --> 00:55:41.019
 writes

00:55:41.019 --> 00:55:42.099
 with challenges

00:55:42.099 --> 00:55:43.019
 to the people

00:55:43.019 --> 00:55:45.320
 but these nuggets

00:55:45.320 --> 00:55:47.240
 they give comfort.

00:55:48.200 --> 00:55:49.200
 When you think

00:55:49.200 --> 00:55:50.280
 of sorrow

00:55:50.280 --> 00:55:51.619
 and sadness

00:55:51.619 --> 00:55:52.400
 when you think

00:55:52.400 --> 00:55:53.420
 of these woes

00:55:53.420 --> 00:55:55.619
 what better blessing

00:55:55.619 --> 00:55:56.320
 than to know

00:55:56.320 --> 00:55:58.099
 the great comfort

00:55:58.099 --> 00:55:59.740
 and comforter

00:55:59.740 --> 00:56:00.740
 that is God

00:56:00.740 --> 00:56:02.240
 and his word.

00:56:02.239 --> 00:56:05.039
 and when we think

00:56:05.039 --> 00:56:06.099
 of what his word

00:56:06.099 --> 00:56:06.759
 says

00:56:06.759 --> 00:56:08.339
 when we think

00:56:08.339 --> 00:56:09.579
 of the condemnation

00:56:09.579 --> 00:56:11.119
 that we are under

00:56:11.119 --> 00:56:11.819
 ourselves

00:56:11.819 --> 00:56:13.119
 because of sin

00:56:13.119 --> 00:56:15.000
 what does the glory

00:56:15.000 --> 00:56:15.679
 of God

00:56:15.679 --> 00:56:17.199
 mean for us?

00:56:18.619 --> 00:56:19.779
 I want to finish

00:56:19.779 --> 00:56:20.579
 with these words

00:56:20.579 --> 00:56:21.759
 of Romans 8.

00:56:22.699 --> 00:56:23.839
 What does it say

00:56:23.839 --> 00:56:24.639
 in verse 1?

00:56:24.639 --> 00:56:26.699
 There is therefore

00:56:26.699 --> 00:56:27.359
 now

00:56:27.359 --> 00:56:29.539
 no condemnation

00:56:29.539 --> 00:56:31.000
 for those

00:56:31.000 --> 00:56:32.339
 who are in

00:56:32.339 --> 00:56:33.619
 Christ Jesus.

00:56:34.500 --> 00:56:36.000
 There is no

00:56:36.000 --> 00:56:37.539
 condemnation

00:56:37.539 --> 00:56:38.639
 when you are

00:56:38.639 --> 00:56:40.219
 in Christ Jesus.

00:56:40.940 --> 00:56:41.879
 The woe

00:56:41.879 --> 00:56:43.480
 has been dealt

00:56:43.480 --> 00:56:43.859
 with

00:56:43.859 --> 00:56:45.699
 because in my

00:56:45.699 --> 00:56:46.339
 place

00:56:46.339 --> 00:56:47.579
 condemned

00:56:47.579 --> 00:56:49.019
 he stood.

00:56:50.019 --> 00:56:50.579
 And what does

00:56:50.579 --> 00:56:51.440
 Romans 8

00:56:51.440 --> 00:56:52.019
 go on

00:56:52.019 --> 00:56:53.159
 to conclude

00:56:53.159 --> 00:56:53.500
 with?

00:56:54.399 --> 00:56:55.639
 From verse 35

00:56:55.639 --> 00:56:56.399
 it says

00:56:56.399 --> 00:56:57.059
 who shall

00:56:57.059 --> 00:56:58.279
 separate us

00:56:58.279 --> 00:56:59.539
 from the love

00:56:59.539 --> 00:57:00.299
 of Christ?

00:57:01.279 --> 00:57:01.579
 Shall

00:57:01.579 --> 00:57:02.399
 tribulation

00:57:02.399 --> 00:57:03.739
 or distress

00:57:03.739 --> 00:57:05.399
 or persecution

00:57:05.399 --> 00:57:06.639
 or famine

00:57:06.639 --> 00:57:08.079
 or nakedness

00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:08.899
 or danger

00:57:08.899 --> 00:57:09.839
 or sword?

00:57:10.139 --> 00:57:10.899
 All of these

00:57:10.899 --> 00:57:11.839
 things that we see

00:57:11.839 --> 00:57:12.619
 in the woes

00:57:12.619 --> 00:57:13.679
 of this passage

00:57:13.679 --> 00:57:15.779
 as it is written

00:57:15.779 --> 00:57:17.139
 for your sake

00:57:17.139 --> 00:57:17.699
 we are being

00:57:17.699 --> 00:57:18.199
 killed

00:57:18.199 --> 00:57:19.239
 all the day

00:57:19.239 --> 00:57:19.579
 long.

00:57:20.000 --> 00:57:20.659
 We are regarded

00:57:20.659 --> 00:57:21.339
 as sheep

00:57:21.339 --> 00:57:22.980
 to be slaughtered.

00:57:23.159 --> 00:57:23.480
 No

00:57:23.480 --> 00:57:24.819
 in all

00:57:24.819 --> 00:57:25.500
 these things

00:57:25.500 --> 00:57:26.159
 we are more

00:57:26.159 --> 00:57:27.039
 than conquerors

00:57:27.039 --> 00:57:27.619
 through him

00:57:27.619 --> 00:57:28.859
 who loved us.

00:57:29.359 --> 00:57:30.319
 For I am sure

00:57:30.319 --> 00:57:30.779
 that neither

00:57:30.779 --> 00:57:31.299
 death

00:57:31.299 --> 00:57:32.039
 nor life

00:57:32.039 --> 00:57:33.319
 nor angels

00:57:33.319 --> 00:57:34.039
 nor rulers

00:57:34.039 --> 00:57:34.579
 nor things

00:57:34.579 --> 00:57:35.119
 present

00:57:35.119 --> 00:57:35.659
 nor things

00:57:35.659 --> 00:57:36.159
 to come

00:57:36.159 --> 00:57:37.000
 nor powers

00:57:37.000 --> 00:57:38.139
 nor height

00:57:38.139 --> 00:57:38.899
 nor depth

00:57:38.899 --> 00:57:40.139
 nor anything

00:57:40.139 --> 00:57:41.039
 else in all

00:57:41.039 --> 00:57:41.699
 creation

00:57:41.699 --> 00:57:42.759
 will be able

00:57:42.759 --> 00:57:43.940
 to separate us

00:57:43.940 --> 00:57:44.460
 from the love

00:57:44.460 --> 00:57:45.019
 of God

00:57:45.019 --> 00:57:46.039
 in Christ

00:57:46.039 --> 00:57:46.679
 Jesus

00:57:46.679 --> 00:57:47.599
 our Lord.

00:57:48.639 --> 00:57:49.159
 Nothing

00:57:49.159 --> 00:57:50.659
 can separate

00:57:50.659 --> 00:57:51.179
 us

00:57:51.179 --> 00:57:53.279
 when we know

00:57:53.279 --> 00:57:53.799
 that there is

00:57:53.799 --> 00:57:55.119
 no condemnation

00:57:55.119 --> 00:57:56.159
 when we are

00:57:56.159 --> 00:57:57.299
 in Christ

00:57:57.299 --> 00:57:57.980
 Jesus.

00:57:59.619 --> 00:58:00.219
 Christ

00:58:00.219 --> 00:58:00.699
 Jesus

00:58:00.699 --> 00:58:01.779
 is a

00:58:01.779 --> 00:58:02.339
 fulfillment

00:58:02.339 --> 00:58:03.619
 of this

00:58:03.619 --> 00:58:04.139
 verse.

00:58:05.739 --> 00:58:06.139
 The earth

00:58:06.139 --> 00:58:06.839
 will be filled

00:58:06.839 --> 00:58:07.639
 with the knowledge

00:58:07.639 --> 00:58:08.859
 of the glory

00:58:08.859 --> 00:58:09.460
 of the Lord

00:58:09.460 --> 00:58:10.319
 as the waters

00:58:10.319 --> 00:58:11.199
 covered

00:58:11.199 --> 00:58:12.099
 the sea.

00:58:13.099 --> 00:58:13.940
 The glory

00:58:13.940 --> 00:58:14.920
 that has been

00:58:14.920 --> 00:58:15.500
 made known

00:58:15.500 --> 00:58:16.259
 in the face

00:58:16.260 --> 00:58:17.540
 of Jesus

00:58:17.540 --> 00:58:18.240
 Christ.

00:58:19.500 --> 00:58:20.680
 We have

00:58:20.680 --> 00:58:22.220
 these woes

00:58:22.220 --> 00:58:23.700
 these words

00:58:23.700 --> 00:58:24.540
 of death

00:58:24.540 --> 00:58:24.960
 really

00:58:24.960 --> 00:58:26.920
 to make us

00:58:26.920 --> 00:58:27.960
 see the wonder

00:58:27.960 --> 00:58:29.140
 and the beauty

00:58:29.140 --> 00:58:30.000
 of the gospel

00:58:30.000 --> 00:58:31.760
 to see the

00:58:31.760 --> 00:58:32.200
 darkness

00:58:32.200 --> 00:58:33.060
 of sin

00:58:33.060 --> 00:58:34.540
 and to see

00:58:34.540 --> 00:58:35.320
 the only way

00:58:35.320 --> 00:58:35.740
 out

00:58:35.740 --> 00:58:36.960
 is to know

00:58:36.960 --> 00:58:37.640
 the glory

00:58:37.640 --> 00:58:39.100
 of the Lord

00:58:39.100 --> 00:58:40.820
 and the glory

00:58:40.820 --> 00:58:41.480
 that is

00:58:41.480 --> 00:58:43.220
 Jesus Christ

00:58:43.220 --> 00:58:45.040
 a precious

00:58:45.040 --> 00:58:45.920
 Savior.

00:58:46.260 --> 00:58:47.360
 Do you

00:58:47.360 --> 00:58:47.660
 know

00:58:47.660 --> 00:58:48.480
 this

00:58:48.480 --> 00:58:49.020
 comfort?

00:58:50.500 --> 00:58:51.180
 Well come

00:58:51.180 --> 00:58:52.200
 and put

00:58:52.200 --> 00:58:52.960
 your trust

00:58:52.960 --> 00:58:54.140
 in him.

00:58:55.120 --> 00:58:55.680
 Be in

00:58:55.680 --> 00:58:56.100
 Christ

00:58:56.100 --> 00:58:56.680
 Jesus

00:58:56.680 --> 00:58:58.300
 because then

00:58:58.300 --> 00:58:59.240
 there is

00:58:59.240 --> 00:58:59.680
 no

00:58:59.680 --> 00:59:00.960
 condemnation.

00:59:01.520 --> 00:59:01.920
 Let us

00:59:01.920 --> 00:59:02.180
 pray.

00:59:03.860 --> 00:59:04.660
 Our

00:59:04.660 --> 00:59:05.340
 Father in

00:59:05.340 --> 00:59:05.660
 heaven

00:59:05.660 --> 00:59:06.080
 we do

00:59:06.080 --> 00:59:06.940
 praise you

00:59:06.940 --> 00:59:07.440
 for your

00:59:07.440 --> 00:59:08.740
 wonders

00:59:08.740 --> 00:59:09.220
 of your

00:59:09.220 --> 00:59:09.600
 grace

00:59:09.600 --> 00:59:09.940
 and the

00:59:09.940 --> 00:59:10.260
 wonder

00:59:10.260 --> 00:59:10.680
 of your

00:59:10.680 --> 00:59:11.060
 word

00:59:11.060 --> 00:59:12.120
 and your

00:59:12.120 --> 00:59:12.520
 glory

00:59:12.520 --> 00:59:12.940
 that goes

00:59:12.940 --> 00:59:13.320
 throughout

00:59:13.320 --> 00:59:14.040
 the world

00:59:14.039 --> 00:59:15.039
 and we

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 pray

00:59:15.340 --> 00:59:15.619
 Lord

00:59:15.619 --> 00:59:15.980
 to know

00:59:15.980 --> 00:59:16.300
 more

00:59:16.300 --> 00:59:16.599
 of it

00:59:16.599 --> 00:59:16.880
 that we

00:59:16.880 --> 00:59:17.039
 will

00:59:17.039 --> 00:59:17.400
 see

00:59:17.400 --> 00:59:17.659
 your

00:59:17.659 --> 00:59:18.099
 glory

00:59:18.099 --> 00:59:18.900
 and

00:59:18.900 --> 00:59:19.099
 know

00:59:19.099 --> 00:59:19.300
 the

00:59:19.300 --> 00:59:19.639
 wonder

00:59:19.639 --> 00:59:19.900
 of

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 salvation

00:59:20.559 --> 00:59:21.460
 through

00:59:21.460 --> 00:59:21.719
 our

00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:22.239
 Lord

00:59:22.239 --> 00:59:22.639
 Jesus

00:59:22.639 --> 00:59:23.340
 Christ

00:59:23.340 --> 00:59:24.059
 and faith

00:59:24.059 --> 00:59:24.519
 in him.

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 We ask it

00:59:25.860 --> 00:59:26.099
 Lord

00:59:26.099 --> 00:59:26.840
 confessing

00:59:26.840 --> 00:59:27.599
 our sins

00:59:27.599 --> 00:59:35.360
 before you

00:59:35.360 --> 00:59:36.380
 that we

00:59:36.380 --> 00:59:36.839
 might not

00:59:36.839 --> 00:59:37.539
 be condemned

00:59:37.539 --> 00:59:38.599
 but know

00:59:38.599 --> 00:59:39.159
 the wonder

00:59:39.159 --> 00:59:40.000
 of no

00:59:40.000 --> 00:59:40.920
 condemnation

00:59:40.920 --> 00:59:42.039
 for those

00:59:42.039 --> 00:59:42.360
 who are

00:59:42.360 --> 00:59:43.019
 in Christ

00:59:43.019 --> 00:59:43.579
 Jesus

00:59:43.579 --> 00:59:44.400
 as we

00:59:44.400 --> 00:59:44.860
 ask it

00:59:44.860 --> 00:59:45.139
 in his

00:59:45.139 --> 00:59:45.440
 name.

00:59:45.940 --> 00:59:46.299
 Amen.

00:59:49.239 --> 00:59:49.900
 We'll

00:59:49.900 --> 00:59:50.659
 conclude by

00:59:50.659 --> 00:59:51.139
 singing

00:59:51.139 --> 00:59:51.980
 to God's

00:59:51.980 --> 00:59:52.539
 praise in

00:59:52.539 --> 00:59:53.819
 Psalm 57

00:59:53.820 --> 01:00:01.160
 Psalm 57

01:00:01.160 --> 01:00:01.440
 from

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 verse 9

01:00:02.120 --> 01:00:02.519
 down

01:00:02.519 --> 01:00:03.160
 to the

01:00:03.160 --> 01:00:03.500
 end.

01:00:04.500 --> 01:00:04.740
 Among

01:00:04.740 --> 01:00:05.019
 the

01:00:05.019 --> 01:00:05.440
 nations

01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:05.840
 Lord

01:00:05.840 --> 01:00:06.300
 to you

01:00:06.300 --> 01:00:06.700
 I will

01:00:06.700 --> 01:00:06.960
 give

01:00:06.960 --> 01:00:07.519
 praise

01:00:07.519 --> 01:00:07.780
 among

01:00:07.780 --> 01:00:08.019
 the

01:00:08.019 --> 01:00:08.500
 peoples

01:00:08.500 --> 01:00:09.300
 of

01:00:09.300 --> 01:00:09.500
 the

01:00:09.500 --> 01:00:09.780
 earth

01:00:09.780 --> 01:00:10.039
 my

01:00:10.039 --> 01:00:10.720
 songs

01:00:10.720 --> 01:00:11.420
 of

01:00:11.420 --> 01:00:11.740
 you

01:00:11.740 --> 01:00:12.120
 I'll

01:00:12.120 --> 01:00:12.559
 raise

01:00:12.559 --> 01:00:13.519
 great

01:00:13.519 --> 01:00:14.039
 is

01:00:14.039 --> 01:00:14.220
 your

01:00:14.220 --> 01:00:14.940
 steadfast

01:00:14.940 --> 01:00:15.300
 love

01:00:15.300 --> 01:00:15.480
 which

01:00:15.480 --> 01:00:15.960
 reaches

01:00:15.960 --> 01:00:16.260
 to

01:00:16.260 --> 01:00:16.460
 the

01:00:16.460 --> 01:00:16.880
 sky

01:00:16.880 --> 01:00:17.480
 your

01:00:17.480 --> 01:00:17.960
 constant

01:00:17.960 --> 01:00:18.460
 faith

01:00:18.460 --> 01:00:18.640
 on

01:00:18.640 --> 01:00:18.980
 S.O.

01:00:19.019 --> 01:00:19.240
 Lord

01:00:19.240 --> 01:00:19.840
 extends

01:00:19.840 --> 01:00:20.180
 to

01:00:20.180 --> 01:00:20.440
 heaven

01:00:20.440 --> 01:00:20.840
 high

01:00:20.840 --> 01:00:21.559
 above

01:00:21.559 --> 01:00:21.980
 the

01:00:21.980 --> 01:00:22.420
 highest

01:00:22.420 --> 01:00:22.820
 heaven

01:00:22.820 --> 01:00:23.059
 so

01:00:23.059 --> 01:00:23.460
 God

01:00:23.460 --> 01:00:24.079
 exalted

01:00:24.079 --> 01:00:24.460
 be

01:00:24.460 --> 01:00:25.159
 and

01:00:25.159 --> 01:00:25.480
 over

01:00:25.480 --> 01:00:25.780
 all

01:00:25.780 --> 01:00:25.960
 the

01:00:25.960 --> 01:00:26.240
 earth

01:00:26.240 --> 01:00:26.659
 below

01:00:26.659 --> 01:00:27.360
 display

01:00:27.360 --> 01:00:28.099
 your

01:00:28.099 --> 01:00:28.720
 majesty.

01:00:28.880 --> 01:00:29.019
 We'll

01:00:29.019 --> 01:00:29.179
 sing

01:00:29.179 --> 01:00:29.440
 these

01:00:29.440 --> 01:00:29.760
 three

01:00:29.760 --> 01:00:30.440
 stanzas

01:00:30.440 --> 01:00:30.800
 to

01:00:30.800 --> 01:00:31.260
 God's

01:00:31.260 --> 01:00:31.699
 praise.

01:00:35.699 --> 01:00:36.639
 Among

01:00:36.639 --> 01:00:37.820
 the

01:00:37.820 --> 01:00:39.139
 nations

01:00:39.139 --> 01:00:41.500
 Lord

01:00:41.500 --> 01:00:42.380
 to

01:00:42.380 --> 01:00:43.500
 you

01:00:43.500 --> 01:00:44.699
 I

01:00:44.699 --> 01:00:45.659
 will

01:00:45.659 --> 01:00:46.639
 give

01:00:46.639 --> 01:00:48.199
 praise

01:00:48.199 --> 01:00:49.860
 among

01:00:49.860 --> 01:00:51.400
 the

01:00:51.400 --> 01:00:52.699
 peoples

01:00:52.699 --> 01:00:53.699
 of

01:00:53.699 --> 01:00:54.699
 the

01:00:54.699 --> 01:00:55.699
 earth

01:00:55.699 --> 01:00:56.699
 my

01:00:56.699 --> 01:00:57.699
 songs

01:00:57.699 --> 01:00:58.699
 of

01:00:58.699 --> 01:00:59.699
 you

01:00:59.699 --> 01:01:01.079
 I

01:01:01.079 --> 01:01:02.699
 raise

01:01:02.699 --> 01:01:03.699
 great

01:01:03.699 --> 01:01:04.699
 is

01:01:04.699 --> 01:01:05.699
 your

01:01:05.699 --> 01:01:07.699
 steadfast

01:01:07.699 --> 01:01:08.699
 love

01:01:08.699 --> 01:01:10.699
 which

01:01:11.460 --> 01:01:12.699
 reaches

01:01:12.699 --> 01:01:13.699
 to

01:01:13.699 --> 01:01:14.699
 the

01:01:14.699 --> 01:01:15.699
 sky

01:01:15.699 --> 01:01:17.699
 your

01:01:17.699 --> 01:01:19.699
 constant

01:01:19.699 --> 01:01:20.699
 love

01:01:20.699 --> 01:01:21.699
 and

01:01:21.699 --> 01:01:22.699
 faithfulness

01:01:22.699 --> 01:01:23.699
 and

01:01:23.699 --> 01:01:24.699
 faithfulness

01:01:24.699 --> 01:01:26.699
 O

01:01:26.699 --> 01:01:27.699
 Lord

01:01:27.699 --> 01:01:28.699
 extends

01:01:28.699 --> 01:01:29.699
 to

01:01:29.699 --> 01:01:30.699
 heaven

01:01:30.699 --> 01:01:31.699
 high

01:01:31.699 --> 01:01:32.699
 above

01:01:32.699 --> 01:01:34.699
 the

01:01:34.699 --> 01:01:35.699
 highest

01:01:35.699 --> 01:01:36.699
 hands

01:01:36.699 --> 01:01:39.699
 O

01:01:39.699 --> 01:01:40.699
 God

01:01:40.699 --> 01:01:41.699
 exalted

01:01:41.699 --> 01:01:42.699
 thee

01:01:42.699 --> 01:01:44.699
 and

01:01:44.699 --> 01:01:48.699
 over

01:01:48.699 --> 01:01:49.699
 the

01:01:49.699 --> 01:01:50.699
 earth

01:01:50.699 --> 01:01:52.699
 may

01:01:52.699 --> 01:01:53.699
 know

01:01:53.699 --> 01:01:54.699
 display

01:01:55.699 --> 01:01:56.699
 your

01:01:56.699 --> 01:01:58.699
 majesty

01:01:58.699 --> 01:02:01.699
 after

01:02:01.699 --> 01:02:02.699
 the

01:02:02.699 --> 01:02:03.699
 benediction

01:02:03.699 --> 01:02:04.699
 i'll go to the main door

01:02:04.699 --> 01:02:05.699
 we'll close with the benediction

01:02:05.699 --> 01:02:15.699
 now may grace mercy and peace from God father son and Holy Spirit rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore

01:02:15.699 --> 01:02:17.699
 amen