WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:20.980 We can turn back together to our reading in Romans chapter 15. Romans chapter 15. 00:00:20.980 --> 00:00:21.000 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:46.000 Hope for a time and try and whet your appetite to either come along yourself or to invite others to come along to encourage us to learn more just about how precious a thing this hope is that we find in the scriptures. 00:00:47.019 --> 00:00:51.019 What do you think of when you think of the word hope? 00:00:51.020 --> 00:00:56.020 We use it in many different ways, many different contexts. 00:00:57.080 --> 00:01:01.420 But when we use it, so often there's an element of doubt. 00:01:01.420 --> 00:01:09.760 We say, for example, I hope it doesn't rain or I hope the ferry sails. 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:23.040 But when we use it in that kind of context, we've always got an element of doubt in the back of our mind because we know the reality is that it's going to rain or there will be days that the ferry doesn't sail. 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:25.420 So that hope isn't always certain. 00:01:26.280 --> 00:01:28.500 It's not always guaranteed. 00:01:28.500 --> 00:01:34.019 But that is not the kind of hope that the Bible speaks about. 00:01:34.019 --> 00:01:54.260 When the word hope is used as it is here in Romans 15, it's a very certain hope and a hope that is secure because it's got a foundation that is Jesus Christ and God who has given us this great hope. 00:01:54.260 --> 00:02:01.960 If you read, for example, in Hebrews 11, verse 1, it speaks there of hope. 00:02:02.520 --> 00:02:09.560 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:16.140 That hope is not maybe it will come to be, but it is a certainty. 00:02:16.140 --> 00:02:21.860 It is a hope, an assurance, even in the things that we do not see just now. 00:02:21.960 --> 00:02:36.900 It is still a certain and a sure hope that we have through faith because that hope is fixed on an object, on a person, on Jesus and what will come through him. 00:02:36.900 --> 00:02:41.460 And that's the hope that the Bible speaks to us about. 00:02:41.640 --> 00:02:50.840 As one writer put it, hope puts something glorious on the far horizon that is worth striving for. 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:55.020 Something glorious on the far horizon. 00:02:55.819 --> 00:03:00.840 We know it's there and we find it through Jesus Christ. 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:02.980 And let's read verse 13 together. 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:04.219 See what it says there. 00:03:04.219 --> 00:03:16.079 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. 00:03:16.800 --> 00:03:21.719 It's just a short verse, but it says so much to us. 00:03:22.219 --> 00:03:29.400 But when you read a verse like this, you ask yourself, does that verse come close to describing me? 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:34.840 Does it come close to describing what my life is like just now? 00:03:34.920 --> 00:03:40.719 Can I say that my life is filled with all joy and peace in believing? 00:03:41.500 --> 00:03:46.900 And that I am abounding in hope, overflowing with hope. 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:50.780 We would love to be able to describe ourselves like that. 00:03:50.860 --> 00:03:54.040 And to varying degrees, we want to be able to. 00:03:54.060 --> 00:03:55.140 And sometimes we do. 00:03:55.139 --> 00:03:58.799 We can say, yeah, I've got joy, I've got peace, I've got hope. 00:04:00.519 --> 00:04:05.659 But there's always a time when we all fall short of experiencing what this verse speaks about. 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:14.159 And it's not just speaking to those who haven't come to believe in Jesus yet or who aren't members in the church as yet. 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.339 It's speaking to every one of us. 00:04:16.339 --> 00:04:23.779 Even those who have been Christians for many, many years, this verse speaks to every one of us. 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:29.039 Asking that question, are we filled with joy and peace in believing? 00:04:29.159 --> 00:04:32.219 Are we abounding in this hope? 00:04:33.359 --> 00:04:35.299 We should be when we look to Jesus. 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:40.759 But there's things that rob us of that joy and peace and hope. 00:04:40.759 --> 00:04:46.779 And so it's important for us to always come back and look, well, where is this hope found? 00:04:47.599 --> 00:04:54.300 I can't imagine anybody here, anybody in life really saying, I'm not interested in having joy and peace. 00:04:54.740 --> 00:04:57.259 I don't want to abound in hope. 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:01.039 We all want, we all need these things. 00:05:01.219 --> 00:05:05.719 Everybody is looking for it in this world, that joy, that peace, that hope. 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:10.680 But the question is, where is it found? 00:05:11.540 --> 00:05:13.620 How can we know it? 00:05:14.720 --> 00:05:16.680 There's a hymn that starts with a question. 00:05:18.180 --> 00:05:21.460 What is your hope in life and death? 00:05:22.720 --> 00:05:23.820 It's a great question. 00:05:24.560 --> 00:05:28.460 It's an important question for us as we come to look at this word. 00:05:28.620 --> 00:05:32.600 What is your hope in life and death? 00:05:33.460 --> 00:05:34.900 How do you answer that? 00:05:34.899 --> 00:05:38.060 What is your hope in both these scenarios? 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:44.519 As we live our lives and as we know the reality of death, what is your hope? 00:05:45.219 --> 00:05:48.599 Well, the hymn answers the question for us. 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:50.979 But do we know it? 00:05:52.039 --> 00:05:54.979 What is your hope in life and death? 00:05:55.699 --> 00:05:57.219 Christ alone. 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:00.359 Christ alone, the hymn says. 00:06:00.360 --> 00:06:04.840 Is that your hope in life and death? 00:06:05.360 --> 00:06:10.120 Well, as Paul concludes this section in Romans 15 at verse 13, 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:14.860 he is doing so in this verse with what is really a prayer. 00:06:15.939 --> 00:06:23.439 A prayer that we would know this joy, this peace, this hope in Christ. 00:06:23.439 --> 00:06:29.660 So I want us to focus on the word hope. 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:34.199 What we're going to do is break it down into its individual letters. 00:06:34.379 --> 00:06:36.699 H-O-P-E. 00:06:37.100 --> 00:06:40.800 And look at hope from four different perspectives. 00:06:41.980 --> 00:06:44.519 And where we can find this hope. 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:48.819 So the first letter, H, help. 00:06:50.339 --> 00:06:53.759 The opposite of hope is hopeless. 00:06:55.060 --> 00:06:58.479 Like we're thinking of those who had leprosy in Jesus' day. 00:06:59.019 --> 00:07:00.120 They didn't have hope. 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:01.479 They felt hopeless. 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:05.040 Because there was nothing that could help them. 00:07:05.900 --> 00:07:07.939 And that's the way we are in our sin. 00:07:08.900 --> 00:07:10.240 We are hopeless. 00:07:11.740 --> 00:07:17.620 And so the word hope reminds us that we have a great need. 00:07:19.060 --> 00:07:22.720 Think of the question, what is my hope in life and death? 00:07:22.720 --> 00:07:30.000 Is your answer one where it's an uncertain hope that this world offers? 00:07:30.760 --> 00:07:35.400 Where you're not sure and certain of what lies ahead? 00:07:35.900 --> 00:07:39.120 Of what's going to help you in your time of need? 00:07:39.180 --> 00:07:45.100 Or is it the certain hope that the Bible speaks about found in Jesus Christ? 00:07:46.380 --> 00:07:48.060 We need help. 00:07:48.060 --> 00:07:52.600 And the word hope reminds us that there is help. 00:07:52.680 --> 00:07:55.879 Because God has come to help us. 00:07:56.720 --> 00:08:01.819 And so we see that help and hope has a history. 00:08:02.459 --> 00:08:03.720 It has a past. 00:08:04.279 --> 00:08:08.079 When you look at this chapter and verse 4, what does it say there? 00:08:09.160 --> 00:08:10.840 Romans 13 verse 4. 00:08:11.100 --> 00:08:15.639 For whatever was written in former days was written for you our instruction, 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:19.699 that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures, 00:08:20.039 --> 00:08:21.879 we might have hope. 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:25.539 So hope has a history. 00:08:26.099 --> 00:08:31.740 And it's a history that speaks to us of the help that God has given to us. 00:08:32.240 --> 00:08:36.360 That's what it was saying here as Paul was writing to them 00:08:36.360 --> 00:08:38.299 and saying to ourselves as well, 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:41.980 that the Scriptures, what was written in the past, 00:08:41.980 --> 00:08:45.659 was written for our instruction and our encouragement, 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.259 that we might have hope. 00:08:49.720 --> 00:08:55.000 And so God is one who has come to give us help, to give us hope. 00:08:55.440 --> 00:09:00.019 The foundation of our hope is God, 00:09:00.120 --> 00:09:02.580 as verse 13 makes very clear for us. 00:09:02.580 --> 00:09:05.279 May the God of hope. 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:08.680 He is the God of hope. 00:09:08.679 --> 00:09:13.519 And it is the God who has come to help us. 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:17.019 So there's a foundation to this hope. 00:09:17.099 --> 00:09:19.159 There's a history to this hope. 00:09:19.239 --> 00:09:22.079 And it is God who has made all things, 00:09:22.179 --> 00:09:24.839 who has created the heavens and the earth. 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:27.679 And although sin has come in, 00:09:28.019 --> 00:09:31.199 he came to give help to his people. 00:09:32.379 --> 00:09:34.719 And so, as verse 13 says, 00:09:34.799 --> 00:09:37.159 may the God of hope fill you. 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:39.919 Well, if you are to be filled with something, 00:09:39.980 --> 00:09:41.039 the obvious question is, 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.379 where is it going to come from? 00:09:44.039 --> 00:09:46.100 If you are to be fed when you're hungry, 00:09:46.339 --> 00:09:47.740 you need a source of food. 00:09:47.799 --> 00:09:48.719 You need to find food. 00:09:48.799 --> 00:09:51.120 If you are going to go on a journey in your car, 00:09:51.199 --> 00:09:52.039 you need fuel. 00:09:52.339 --> 00:09:55.620 So you have to go and fuel up before you go on that journey. 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:57.319 And so for ourselves, 00:09:57.459 --> 00:09:59.399 if we're asking this question, 00:09:59.500 --> 00:10:03.299 if I am going to be filled with joy and peace and hope, 00:10:03.500 --> 00:10:04.519 we have to ask, 00:10:04.600 --> 00:10:06.079 are we going to the source? 00:10:06.080 --> 00:10:10.240 Are we looking in the right place for it? 00:10:10.660 --> 00:10:12.280 Well, if we're looking around us, 00:10:12.340 --> 00:10:14.740 we see so many things that offer hope, 00:10:15.020 --> 00:10:16.920 but it's always temporary. 00:10:17.639 --> 00:10:19.259 It's always uncertain. 00:10:20.280 --> 00:10:21.879 But when we look to the scriptures, 00:10:22.060 --> 00:10:24.040 we find the God of hope 00:10:24.040 --> 00:10:26.680 who is able to fill you. 00:10:28.360 --> 00:10:30.680 God is already described in verse 5 00:10:30.680 --> 00:10:32.120 as the God of endurance 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:34.220 and the God of encouragement. 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.000 He is the source of all of these things. 00:10:37.100 --> 00:10:41.220 And here we see He is the source of joy and peace 00:10:41.220 --> 00:10:43.220 and hope abounding, 00:10:43.360 --> 00:10:45.340 the help that He gives. 00:10:46.560 --> 00:10:48.399 Because when you look through the Old Testament, 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:50.320 that verse 4 speaks about 00:10:50.320 --> 00:10:52.360 the scriptures that were written. 00:10:52.460 --> 00:10:54.980 You go to Isaiah 41, verse 10. 00:10:54.980 --> 00:10:58.580 And there in the midst of a people who felt hopeless, 00:10:58.779 --> 00:11:02.940 God's people who were captured by a foreign nation, 00:11:03.080 --> 00:11:04.440 taken into captivity, 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:06.899 God speaks to them and says, 00:11:07.180 --> 00:11:08.920 Fear not, for I am with you. 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:11.659 Be not dismayed, for I am your God. 00:11:11.740 --> 00:11:13.000 I will strengthen you. 00:11:13.139 --> 00:11:14.259 I will help you. 00:11:14.659 --> 00:11:19.159 I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:23.459 He is one who is able to help. 00:11:25.139 --> 00:11:27.480 And so He is the source of hope. 00:11:27.559 --> 00:11:29.519 And we are to come to that source. 00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:33.379 As Hebrews 4, verse 16 makes clear to us, 00:11:33.459 --> 00:11:35.039 Let us then with confidence 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:37.539 draw near to the throne of grace 00:11:37.539 --> 00:11:39.139 that we may receive mercy 00:11:39.139 --> 00:11:43.720 and find grace to help in time of need. 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:49.420 Hope reminds us that there is help for us. 00:11:50.460 --> 00:11:53.820 The second thing is the letter O. 00:11:54.620 --> 00:11:57.500 And this speaks to us of opportunity. 00:11:59.200 --> 00:12:01.840 And two ways we see opportunity here 00:12:01.840 --> 00:12:03.740 is that God is speaking 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:08.519 and He is speaking to all, to everybody. 00:12:09.500 --> 00:12:11.980 As you read through the book of Romans, 00:12:11.980 --> 00:12:14.080 you find, and as you read through the scriptures, 00:12:14.279 --> 00:12:18.800 you find very often that there are two groups of people mentioned 00:12:18.800 --> 00:12:21.320 that this world is made up of. 00:12:21.860 --> 00:12:24.779 There are Jews and there are Gentiles. 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:27.039 That's what the Bible makes very clear to us. 00:12:27.100 --> 00:12:29.539 There are Jews and there are Gentiles. 00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:31.980 Jews are directly descended from Israel, 00:12:32.820 --> 00:12:34.060 from the people of God, 00:12:34.300 --> 00:12:37.720 and all other nations, all other people are Gentiles. 00:12:37.860 --> 00:12:40.980 And so we therefore fall into the category of Gentiles, 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:43.180 Gentiles, at least most of us will anyway. 00:12:44.440 --> 00:12:46.820 And what God is saying to us 00:12:46.820 --> 00:12:49.480 is that it is for everyone. 00:12:50.360 --> 00:12:51.620 You look in the Old Testament, 00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:53.960 God was looking after His own people. 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:56.360 But here you see in the book of Romans 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:59.019 that the word is going out to all. 00:12:59.659 --> 00:13:02.420 And you see it in how often it is quoted 00:13:02.420 --> 00:13:06.340 in these verses from 9 through to verse 12 00:13:06.340 --> 00:13:07.899 where scripture is quoted. 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:12.559 You see the word Gentiles used in each of these verses. 00:13:12.899 --> 00:13:16.959 And it's reminding us that this is an opportunity for us all. 00:13:17.779 --> 00:13:20.759 So when you look at Romans 15 verse 12, 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:22.620 the root of Jesse will come, 00:13:23.439 --> 00:13:27.100 even he who arises to rule the Gentiles. 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:30.559 In him the Gentiles hope. 00:13:30.559 --> 00:13:33.139 It is speaking of Jesus, 00:13:33.859 --> 00:13:34.979 the root of Jesse, 00:13:35.599 --> 00:13:38.019 and it's speaking to us as a people, 00:13:38.139 --> 00:13:39.019 the Gentiles, 00:13:39.299 --> 00:13:43.079 that our hope is to be found in him. 00:13:43.239 --> 00:13:45.459 So God is speaking. 00:13:46.119 --> 00:13:48.019 And he is speaking to all. 00:13:48.479 --> 00:13:50.199 So that none of us need feel 00:13:50.199 --> 00:13:52.879 that we are far away from him, 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:53.559 that we are not 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:56.539 welcome to know this hope, 00:13:56.539 --> 00:13:58.120 that we are undeserving. 00:13:58.679 --> 00:14:00.779 There is no way we can have this hope. 00:14:00.980 --> 00:14:03.259 He is speaking to us all 00:14:03.259 --> 00:14:06.579 that we might find in him this hope. 00:14:08.039 --> 00:14:09.839 So there's an opportunity for all. 00:14:10.139 --> 00:14:13.099 But the opportunity also speaks about time. 00:14:14.379 --> 00:14:15.500 Everyone lives, 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:17.860 but only for a time. 00:14:17.860 --> 00:14:22.500 And it is this time to find this hope in Jesus. 00:14:23.000 --> 00:14:25.060 And now is our time. 00:14:25.220 --> 00:14:26.800 Now is our opportunity. 00:14:27.039 --> 00:14:29.279 Now is your opportunity. 00:14:30.279 --> 00:14:31.720 If you don't know this hope, 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:33.940 or you feel you've lost this hope, 00:14:34.000 --> 00:14:36.960 it is your opportunity to know it again, 00:14:37.019 --> 00:14:39.180 or to know it for the first time. 00:14:39.899 --> 00:14:42.860 Psalm 95 verse 7 to 8 says that to us. 00:14:42.860 --> 00:14:44.920 Today if you hear his voice, 00:14:45.060 --> 00:14:47.259 do not harden your hearts. 00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:47.700 Today. 00:14:49.480 --> 00:14:51.279 But so often we're living in view 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:52.179 that this life 00:14:52.179 --> 00:14:55.419 is just for us to live as we want. 00:14:55.460 --> 00:14:57.519 And there's nothing afterwards. 00:14:58.779 --> 00:15:00.080 Living day by day, 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:01.179 as the phrase goes, 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:03.000 you only live once. 00:15:04.740 --> 00:15:07.679 Or as 1 Corinthians 15, 32 puts it, 00:15:07.740 --> 00:15:08.980 let us eat and drink, 00:15:09.379 --> 00:15:10.679 for tomorrow we die. 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:13.379 But there's no thought of eternity. 00:15:13.580 --> 00:15:15.600 There's no concern for our soul. 00:15:15.600 --> 00:15:18.980 Our hope is just for this life. 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:21.240 Nothing else. 00:15:22.940 --> 00:15:26.060 But the scripture hope is so different. 00:15:26.820 --> 00:15:28.700 Because the scriptures tell us 00:15:28.700 --> 00:15:29.980 that there is an eternity. 00:15:30.279 --> 00:15:32.200 That there is a day of judgment. 00:15:32.360 --> 00:15:34.279 That death is not the end. 00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:37.060 But that the Lord will come again. 00:15:37.059 --> 00:15:40.399 And so this life is our opportunity, 00:15:40.579 --> 00:15:42.479 our only opportunity, 00:15:42.959 --> 00:15:44.639 to prepare for eternity. 00:15:45.599 --> 00:15:46.939 As C.T. Studd said, 00:15:47.500 --> 00:15:48.319 only one life, 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:50.219 it will soon be past. 00:15:50.679 --> 00:15:51.819 Only what's done, 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:53.719 for Christ will last. 00:15:55.359 --> 00:15:57.419 So we have opportunity. 00:15:57.419 --> 00:15:59.139 And again, 00:15:59.299 --> 00:16:01.959 what is your hope 00:16:01.959 --> 00:16:03.099 in life 00:16:03.099 --> 00:16:04.559 and death? 00:16:06.719 --> 00:16:08.139 There was a man called 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:09.419 John Harper. 00:16:10.419 --> 00:16:12.039 He was a minister in Glasgow, 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:12.979 and then laterally 00:16:12.979 --> 00:16:14.740 in the city of London. 00:16:15.799 --> 00:16:17.039 He was a great evangelist. 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:19.339 He was known as a great evangelist. 00:16:19.419 --> 00:16:20.579 And he was invited to preach 00:16:20.579 --> 00:16:21.719 on a couple of occasions 00:16:21.719 --> 00:16:22.399 in America 00:16:22.399 --> 00:16:24.079 to go to Chicago, 00:16:24.299 --> 00:16:26.740 where Dwight Moody was ministering. 00:16:27.579 --> 00:16:29.240 And the second time he was going, 00:16:29.899 --> 00:16:31.759 he traveled to Southampton 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:32.679 to board a ship 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:34.199 to make his way to America. 00:16:34.339 --> 00:16:34.959 He was a widow, 00:16:35.419 --> 00:16:37.519 but he had his six-year-old daughter, 00:16:37.719 --> 00:16:38.639 Annie, with him. 00:16:39.559 --> 00:16:40.319 And so together, 00:16:40.599 --> 00:16:42.000 they boarded the ship 00:16:42.000 --> 00:16:43.279 to cross the Atlantic. 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:44.679 The name of the ship, 00:16:45.319 --> 00:16:45.779 Titanic. 00:16:45.779 --> 00:16:50.899 And it is recorded for us 00:16:50.899 --> 00:16:51.919 afterwards 00:16:51.919 --> 00:16:54.399 what happened in his life 00:16:54.399 --> 00:16:56.439 by others, 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:58.759 because he never survived. 00:16:59.699 --> 00:17:00.899 But his daughter did. 00:17:01.779 --> 00:17:03.139 And she was able to recall 00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:05.240 how she was woken urgently 00:17:05.240 --> 00:17:06.779 by her father at midnight 00:17:06.779 --> 00:17:09.299 and how he took her to a lifeboat 00:17:09.299 --> 00:17:11.759 to make sure that she was saved. 00:17:12.759 --> 00:17:14.500 But he went back on board. 00:17:14.500 --> 00:17:15.940 And what he did 00:17:15.940 --> 00:17:17.200 was speak to others 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:19.980 about their need of Christ. 00:17:22.240 --> 00:17:24.519 And several months 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:27.279 after the sinking of the Titanic, 00:17:27.460 --> 00:17:28.200 there was a man 00:17:28.200 --> 00:17:30.420 who stood in a prayer meeting 00:17:30.420 --> 00:17:32.960 in Ontario, in Canada. 00:17:33.960 --> 00:17:35.059 And in tears, 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:37.079 he recounted his story 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:38.960 because he had been on board 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:40.960 Titanic that night as well. 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:43.400 And he had ended up in the water 00:17:43.400 --> 00:17:46.200 clinging to a piece of the wreckage. 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:50.200 And he said that on two occasions, 00:17:50.420 --> 00:17:53.440 a wave brought a man close to him. 00:17:54.019 --> 00:17:55.980 And this man was John Harper. 00:17:56.819 --> 00:17:58.840 And the first thing he said, 00:17:58.980 --> 00:18:00.559 John Harper said to this man was, 00:18:00.700 --> 00:18:02.120 man, are you saved? 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:04.380 And the man replied, 00:18:04.500 --> 00:18:05.620 no, I am not. 00:18:06.620 --> 00:18:08.019 And John Harper said to him, 00:18:08.140 --> 00:18:10.180 believe in the Lord Jesus Christ 00:18:10.180 --> 00:18:11.560 and you shall be saved. 00:18:12.100 --> 00:18:13.060 And then the waves 00:18:13.060 --> 00:18:14.620 took him away again. 00:18:15.560 --> 00:18:16.500 Short time later, 00:18:16.580 --> 00:18:18.299 the waves brought him back 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:19.060 near this man. 00:18:19.100 --> 00:18:19.600 And he said to him, 00:18:19.640 --> 00:18:20.759 are you saved now? 00:18:22.019 --> 00:18:23.200 And he called out, 00:18:23.340 --> 00:18:23.600 no. 00:18:24.620 --> 00:18:26.240 And John Harper said to him, 00:18:26.320 --> 00:18:28.360 believe in the Lord Jesus Christ 00:18:28.360 --> 00:18:30.160 and you will be saved. 00:18:30.980 --> 00:18:32.620 And then just moments later, 00:18:32.619 --> 00:18:35.699 the cold got to John Harper. 00:18:35.939 --> 00:18:37.759 He let go of the piece of wreckage 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:39.899 and he slipped under the water. 00:18:41.459 --> 00:18:43.019 Well, in those moments, 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:46.159 this man looked to Christ 00:18:46.159 --> 00:18:47.819 and was saved. 00:18:48.619 --> 00:18:50.239 And a lifeboat came near, 00:18:50.739 --> 00:18:52.039 plucked him out of the water. 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:54.679 And not just was he saved physically, 00:18:55.119 --> 00:18:57.659 but he was saved eternally. 00:18:57.660 --> 00:19:00.300 And this was him months later, 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:02.200 recalling this night. 00:19:02.320 --> 00:19:02.700 And he said, 00:19:02.779 --> 00:19:05.940 I am John Harper's last convert. 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:08.380 With his last breath, 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:10.259 this man was pleading with others 00:19:10.259 --> 00:19:11.560 to be saved 00:19:11.560 --> 00:19:14.680 because the opportunity was then. 00:19:15.880 --> 00:19:18.140 Today is your opportunity. 00:19:19.180 --> 00:19:22.000 Today is the time that you are given. 00:19:22.700 --> 00:19:25.420 But are you making the opportunity count? 00:19:26.100 --> 00:19:26.960 Are you listening? 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:29.600 Are you finding this God of hope 00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:31.740 who will fill you with joy and peace 00:19:31.740 --> 00:19:33.460 in believing? 00:19:34.759 --> 00:19:36.140 In believing in him 00:19:36.140 --> 00:19:39.299 that you might abound in hope. 00:19:39.600 --> 00:19:40.740 There is opportunity. 00:19:41.900 --> 00:19:44.039 There is thirdly, peace. 00:19:45.000 --> 00:19:47.160 P is for peace. 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:49.980 If you don't have this hope, 00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:52.000 you cannot have peace 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.200 because there is no peace 00:19:54.200 --> 00:19:56.360 apart from Jesus Christ. 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:58.359 And you will find in this life 00:19:58.359 --> 00:19:59.399 when you maybe feel 00:19:59.399 --> 00:20:00.459 that you have peace, 00:20:00.979 --> 00:20:02.079 that you are going on 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:02.939 and everything is fine, 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:04.859 that your peace will be interrupted. 00:20:05.899 --> 00:20:07.679 It will be interrupted by things 00:20:07.679 --> 00:20:09.159 that will come your way. 00:20:09.419 --> 00:20:11.379 Sadness and sorrow and illness 00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:13.119 and uncertainty and fears. 00:20:13.579 --> 00:20:14.819 All of these things. 00:20:14.819 --> 00:20:17.460 And then you have to face up to death. 00:20:19.279 --> 00:20:20.179 And what then? 00:20:20.279 --> 00:20:24.099 What is your hope in life and death? 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:32.460 We have to know the source of hope and peace. 00:20:32.460 --> 00:20:35.079 As G.K. Chesserton once said, 00:20:35.140 --> 00:20:37.039 it's only when everything is hopeless 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:40.960 that hope begins to be a strength. 00:20:41.860 --> 00:20:43.759 And it's so often true for us. 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:46.259 Sometimes God has to bring us down 00:20:46.259 --> 00:20:47.880 to our lowest point, 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:49.660 to feel that hopelessness. 00:20:49.900 --> 00:20:52.120 When we've tried everything else in this world, 00:20:52.200 --> 00:20:55.000 but to see that hope and peace 00:20:55.000 --> 00:20:57.980 is not found apart from Christ. 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:03.680 So is your hope today in finding peace 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:05.940 based on your own thoughts, 00:21:06.059 --> 00:21:06.980 your own ways, 00:21:07.640 --> 00:21:11.880 or is it based on Christ alone? 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:15.240 If we are to be filled, 00:21:16.040 --> 00:21:17.440 we think of it in this way, 00:21:17.640 --> 00:21:20.380 as we may be filled with joy and peace 00:21:20.380 --> 00:21:21.680 and hope and believing. 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:24.220 When does it end? 00:21:25.540 --> 00:21:27.320 The hope of this world, 00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:30.660 it may make us feel full for a time, 00:21:31.540 --> 00:21:34.740 but ultimately it leaves us empty. 00:21:36.260 --> 00:21:38.460 When you're thinking of eating food 00:21:38.460 --> 00:21:39.620 or filling the car, 00:21:39.619 --> 00:21:42.039 there's always a point where you're saying, 00:21:42.119 --> 00:21:43.000 oh, I'm just full. 00:21:43.099 --> 00:21:45.059 I can't eat anything else. 00:21:45.459 --> 00:21:47.519 Or when you're filling your fuel tank, 00:21:47.579 --> 00:21:48.779 it will always stop. 00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:50.099 It won't overflow. 00:21:51.899 --> 00:21:54.199 But when we see Paul's prayer here, 00:21:54.279 --> 00:21:55.339 it's not just that we will have 00:21:55.339 --> 00:21:57.539 a little joy and peace, 00:21:57.559 --> 00:22:00.159 like a little trickle into our life. 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:02.679 It's that we will be filled. 00:22:03.539 --> 00:22:06.939 May he fill you with all joy and peace, 00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:09.660 abounding in hope. 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:11.440 This is overflowing. 00:22:13.440 --> 00:22:15.539 And this is the kind of peace 00:22:15.539 --> 00:22:17.320 that God is able to give 00:22:17.320 --> 00:22:18.500 through hope, 00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:22.480 and hope that is found in him. 00:22:24.140 --> 00:22:26.920 God is the God of hope. 00:22:28.059 --> 00:22:31.360 But do you have peace in him today? 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.859 So often we fall short. 00:22:32.979 --> 00:22:35.979 We settle for the little things in this world, 00:22:36.099 --> 00:22:38.099 just a partially full life. 00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:42.479 But God offers a peace 00:22:42.479 --> 00:22:43.919 that abounds, 00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:47.699 that overflows in hope 00:22:47.699 --> 00:22:50.199 by believing in him. 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:56.680 The fourth letter is E. 00:22:58.180 --> 00:23:02.759 And E speaks of the eternal nature 00:23:02.759 --> 00:23:04.380 of this hope. 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:07.779 There is an eternity before us, 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:11.080 but this hope is eternal. 00:23:12.640 --> 00:23:14.299 This hope has a history, 00:23:14.440 --> 00:23:16.000 as we see in the beginning. 00:23:16.140 --> 00:23:16.860 It goes back, 00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:19.580 the foundations of God speaking to us. 00:23:19.579 --> 00:23:20.980 It has a present 00:23:20.980 --> 00:23:22.139 where it speaks to us 00:23:22.139 --> 00:23:23.399 for this life, 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:25.019 what is our hope in life. 00:23:25.839 --> 00:23:27.379 But what is our hope in death 00:23:27.379 --> 00:23:28.779 and beyond? 00:23:30.220 --> 00:23:31.419 The phrase is used, 00:23:31.599 --> 00:23:33.139 hope springs eternal. 00:23:34.099 --> 00:23:35.179 People use that 00:23:35.179 --> 00:23:36.619 because they want to have 00:23:36.619 --> 00:23:38.720 an optimistic outlook in life. 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:40.519 There's always a hope 00:23:40.519 --> 00:23:42.480 that things will be better. 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:44.799 But this worldly hope 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:47.119 is always uncertain. 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:49.799 But this hope, 00:23:50.359 --> 00:23:51.379 the biblical hope, 00:23:51.459 --> 00:23:52.419 abounding in hope, 00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.419 is eternal. 00:23:54.199 --> 00:23:56.199 There's no end to it. 00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:59.539 There is this hope 00:23:59.539 --> 00:24:00.699 on the horizon, 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:02.539 as one writer puts it 00:24:02.539 --> 00:24:04.819 when he's looking at the Bible 00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.679 and how it concludes. 00:24:05.779 --> 00:24:07.039 The Bible concludes 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:08.639 with a stunning vision 00:24:08.639 --> 00:24:10.479 of a far horizon 00:24:10.479 --> 00:24:12.239 that lies ahead of us. 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:14.880 is that where our hope 00:24:14.880 --> 00:24:16.099 is focused, 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:18.599 on the eternal nature of it 00:24:18.599 --> 00:24:20.380 through faith in Jesus. 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:21.259 And he's speaking there 00:24:21.259 --> 00:24:22.640 about the book of Revelation 00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:24.380 and how it speaks 00:24:24.380 --> 00:24:25.980 about this hope fulfilled. 00:24:26.660 --> 00:24:28.539 And especially the last two chapters 00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.880 of the book of Revelation 00:24:29.880 --> 00:24:32.299 where all things are made new. 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.819 Where everything is, 00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:36.220 that was wrong and hurtful 00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:37.740 and painful in this world 00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:38.440 is gone. 00:24:38.440 --> 00:24:41.120 And where Jesus makes 00:24:41.120 --> 00:24:43.080 all things new. 00:24:43.900 --> 00:24:45.059 Peter puts it 00:24:45.059 --> 00:24:46.140 so wonderfully 00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:47.380 in his first letter, 00:24:47.539 --> 00:24:49.000 1 Peter chapter 1, 00:24:49.380 --> 00:24:50.120 where it speaks 00:24:50.120 --> 00:24:51.640 of this eternal nature 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:52.259 of hope. 00:24:52.820 --> 00:24:53.820 Blessed be the God 00:24:53.820 --> 00:24:54.360 and Father 00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:56.000 of our Lord Jesus Christ. 00:24:56.120 --> 00:24:58.559 According to his great mercy, 00:24:59.039 --> 00:25:00.100 he has caused us 00:25:00.100 --> 00:25:01.240 to be born again 00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.900 to a living hope. 00:25:03.500 --> 00:25:04.940 It's a living hope. 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:07.279 through the resurrection 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:08.740 of Jesus Christ 00:25:08.740 --> 00:25:09.400 from the dead 00:25:09.400 --> 00:25:10.759 to an inheritance 00:25:10.759 --> 00:25:12.340 that is imperishable, 00:25:12.860 --> 00:25:13.700 undefiled, 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:14.759 unfading, 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:16.420 kept in heaven 00:25:16.420 --> 00:25:17.580 for you. 00:25:17.700 --> 00:25:18.500 This hope 00:25:18.500 --> 00:25:19.940 is eternal. 00:25:20.940 --> 00:25:21.580 This hope 00:25:21.580 --> 00:25:22.820 will not let you down. 00:25:23.360 --> 00:25:23.940 This hope 00:25:23.940 --> 00:25:25.220 will not fail you 00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.840 because it is secure 00:25:26.840 --> 00:25:28.779 in Jesus Christ. 00:25:30.100 --> 00:25:31.740 But what horizon 00:25:31.740 --> 00:25:33.759 are you looking to? 00:25:34.940 --> 00:25:37.039 There was a question 00:25:37.039 --> 00:25:38.059 asked of people 00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.900 in Scotland. 00:25:40.140 --> 00:25:41.799 What is closer to us, 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:42.820 America 00:25:42.820 --> 00:25:44.559 or the moon? 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:47.480 And the answer 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:48.320 is obvious 00:25:48.320 --> 00:25:49.100 to most, 00:25:49.380 --> 00:25:50.200 but one person 00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:50.860 replied 00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:52.360 and answered, 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:53.120 the moon. 00:25:54.840 --> 00:25:55.600 And so the person 00:25:55.600 --> 00:25:56.039 asked, 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:56.299 well, 00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.880 how do you conclude 00:25:57.880 --> 00:25:58.140 that? 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.900 How can you say 00:25:58.900 --> 00:25:59.360 the moon 00:25:59.360 --> 00:26:01.160 is closer than America? 00:26:01.680 --> 00:26:02.140 And he said, 00:26:02.180 --> 00:26:02.320 well, 00:26:02.320 --> 00:26:03.440 I can see the moon 00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:04.000 from here. 00:26:04.559 --> 00:26:06.820 I can't see America. 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:09.340 But the moon 00:26:09.340 --> 00:26:13.080 is 240,000 miles away. 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.820 America 00:26:14.820 --> 00:26:17.420 is 4,000 miles away. 00:26:18.259 --> 00:26:18.980 The difference 00:26:18.980 --> 00:26:19.640 in his mind 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:19.980 was, 00:26:20.220 --> 00:26:21.400 I cannot see it. 00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:24.340 And for many, 00:26:24.580 --> 00:26:25.620 that's the way 00:26:25.620 --> 00:26:26.279 they live 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.680 in looking for hope 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:29.019 in this world. 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:30.559 the things 00:26:30.559 --> 00:26:31.819 that we can see 00:26:31.819 --> 00:26:33.279 are what our hope 00:26:33.279 --> 00:26:34.379 is based on. 00:26:35.599 --> 00:26:36.740 But Hebrews 11, 00:26:36.980 --> 00:26:37.819 verse 1, 00:26:38.000 --> 00:26:38.639 says to us, 00:26:38.700 --> 00:26:39.319 now faith 00:26:39.319 --> 00:26:40.740 is the assurance 00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:42.079 of things hoped for, 00:26:42.440 --> 00:26:43.200 the conviction 00:26:43.200 --> 00:26:44.119 of things 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:45.559 not seen. 00:26:46.579 --> 00:26:47.379 Just because 00:26:47.379 --> 00:26:48.759 we can't see America 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:50.200 doesn't mean 00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:51.119 it's not there. 00:26:52.299 --> 00:26:52.740 Ships 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:53.579 and planes 00:26:53.579 --> 00:26:54.160 set off 00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:54.960 every day 00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.460 knowing 00:26:55.460 --> 00:26:56.779 it is there 00:26:56.779 --> 00:26:57.879 over the horizon. 00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:59.880 and knowing 00:26:59.880 --> 00:27:00.320 that they can 00:27:00.320 --> 00:27:01.000 reach it. 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:03.420 And that's the life 00:27:03.420 --> 00:27:04.120 of faith. 00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:06.220 It is knowing 00:27:06.220 --> 00:27:07.780 that the hope 00:27:07.780 --> 00:27:08.380 is there, 00:27:09.160 --> 00:27:10.240 that eternity 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:11.520 is before us, 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.380 that blessings 00:27:12.380 --> 00:27:12.960 are ours 00:27:12.960 --> 00:27:13.660 from Christ. 00:27:13.660 --> 00:27:14.940 We don't fully 00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.800 see it, 00:27:16.480 --> 00:27:17.520 but faith 00:27:17.520 --> 00:27:18.580 is the assurance 00:27:18.580 --> 00:27:19.960 of things 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:21.020 hoped for. 00:27:21.019 --> 00:27:24.019 So what horizon 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:25.180 are you looking 00:27:25.180 --> 00:27:25.879 to today? 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:27.500 The things 00:27:27.500 --> 00:27:28.079 of this world 00:27:28.079 --> 00:27:29.059 that you can see 00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.700 are the hope 00:27:30.700 --> 00:27:31.680 that is on 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:33.000 a glorious horizon 00:27:33.000 --> 00:27:33.799 for all 00:27:33.799 --> 00:27:35.559 of God's people. 00:27:36.940 --> 00:27:38.339 This hope 00:27:38.339 --> 00:27:40.579 is what reminds us 00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:41.339 of the help 00:27:41.339 --> 00:27:41.940 that God 00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:42.480 has given. 00:27:43.279 --> 00:27:44.379 It reminds us 00:27:44.379 --> 00:27:45.240 of the opportunity 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:46.500 that we have today. 00:27:46.920 --> 00:27:47.879 It reminds us 00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.779 of the peace 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:50.460 that he can give 00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.700 and it reminds us 00:27:51.700 --> 00:27:53.160 that this hope 00:27:53.160 --> 00:27:54.579 is eternal. 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.000 So again I ask, 00:27:57.899 --> 00:27:59.519 what is your hope 00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.899 in life 00:28:00.899 --> 00:28:02.480 and death? 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.940 The answer 00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:07.740 is Christ 00:28:07.740 --> 00:28:09.079 alone. 00:28:10.119 --> 00:28:11.180 Do you have 00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:12.799 him as your hope? 00:28:13.680 --> 00:28:14.420 Let us pray. 00:28:14.420 --> 00:28:18.460 Lord, 00:28:18.560 --> 00:28:19.140 our gracious 00:28:19.140 --> 00:28:19.620 God, 00:28:19.680 --> 00:28:20.279 we thank you 00:28:20.279 --> 00:28:20.740 for all 00:28:20.740 --> 00:28:21.519 that you reveal 00:28:21.519 --> 00:28:22.180 to us 00:28:22.180 --> 00:28:23.080 through your word, 00:28:23.160 --> 00:28:24.019 even the things 00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:25.480 that are at times 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.620 hidden from us 00:28:26.620 --> 00:28:27.720 that we cannot see, 00:28:28.320 --> 00:28:29.100 even as we think 00:28:29.100 --> 00:28:29.720 of Jesus 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:30.900 in our lives 00:28:30.900 --> 00:28:32.080 and how at times 00:28:32.080 --> 00:28:33.259 or in times 00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.380 in our own experience 00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.000 where he has 00:28:35.000 --> 00:28:36.340 been unseen 00:28:36.340 --> 00:28:37.519 and unthought of, 00:28:38.080 --> 00:28:38.720 we thank you 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:39.700 for your spirit 00:28:39.700 --> 00:28:40.880 that helps us 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:41.860 to have our eyes 00:28:41.860 --> 00:28:42.380 opened 00:28:42.380 --> 00:28:43.800 to understand 00:28:43.800 --> 00:28:44.640 our need of him 00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.880 and we thank you 00:28:45.880 --> 00:28:46.720 that he is there 00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.280 for us 00:28:47.280 --> 00:28:48.280 even in times 00:28:48.280 --> 00:28:49.400 where we feel 00:28:49.400 --> 00:28:50.000 he's not 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.700 or that he cannot 00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.380 be seen. 00:28:52.160 --> 00:28:53.420 Broaden our horizons, 00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:53.760 Lord, 00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:54.460 and help us 00:28:54.460 --> 00:28:54.980 to know 00:28:54.980 --> 00:28:56.180 through faith 00:28:56.180 --> 00:28:57.020 that hope 00:28:57.020 --> 00:28:58.480 of Christ alone. 00:28:59.080 --> 00:28:59.980 Hear our prayers 00:28:59.980 --> 00:29:01.360 and pardon our sins 00:29:01.360 --> 00:29:02.880 in Jesus' name. 00:29:03.220 --> 00:29:03.560 Amen. 00:29:03.559 --> 00:29:03.659 Amen. 00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.740 We're going to conclude 00:29:09.740 --> 00:29:10.399 by singing 00:29:10.399 --> 00:29:12.359 in Psalm 130, 00:29:12.599 --> 00:29:13.559 the Singed Psalms 00:29:13.559 --> 00:29:14.460 version of it. 00:29:15.220 --> 00:29:15.899 The tune is 00:29:15.899 --> 00:29:16.639 Martyrdom. 00:29:18.259 --> 00:29:19.839 Psalm 130, 00:29:21.579 --> 00:29:25.319 page 173. 00:29:26.419 --> 00:29:28.240 Psalm that reminds us 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:29.159 and speaks of 00:29:29.159 --> 00:29:30.139 the hope 00:29:30.139 --> 00:29:31.179 that we have in God. 00:29:31.180 --> 00:29:32.160 Lord, 00:29:32.220 --> 00:29:32.759 from the depths 00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.680 I call to you, 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:33.940 Lord, 00:29:34.019 --> 00:29:35.120 hear me from on high 00:29:35.120 --> 00:29:36.019 and give attention 00:29:36.019 --> 00:29:36.960 to my voice 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:38.660 when I for mercy 00:29:38.660 --> 00:29:39.299 cry. 00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.240 And then the last verse, 00:29:40.360 --> 00:29:40.980 O Israel, 00:29:41.440 --> 00:29:42.880 put your hope in God 00:29:42.880 --> 00:29:44.620 for mercy is with him 00:29:44.620 --> 00:29:45.580 and full redemption 00:29:45.580 --> 00:29:46.860 from their sins. 00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.120 His people 00:29:48.120 --> 00:29:49.100 he'll redeem. 00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.900 We'll sing the whole 00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.660 of this psalm 00:29:50.660 --> 00:29:51.759 to God's praise. 00:29:51.759 --> 00:29:52.039 Amen. 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:56.160 Lord, 00:29:56.320 --> 00:29:58.759 from the depths 00:29:58.759 --> 00:30:04.240 I call to you, 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:05.660 Lord, 00:30:05.819 --> 00:30:11.980 hear me from the night 00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:17.200 and give attention 00:30:17.200 --> 00:30:21.880 to thy voice 00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:27.340 when I for mercy 00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:29.680 cry. 00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:31.640 Lord, 00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:35.819 in your presence 00:30:35.819 --> 00:30:40.140 you have stopped 00:30:40.140 --> 00:30:43.840 if you are 00:30:43.840 --> 00:30:45.100 sinned 00:30:45.100 --> 00:30:47.720 to be part 00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:50.800 but yet 00:30:50.800 --> 00:30:53.040 forgiveness 00:30:53.040 --> 00:30:57.820 is with you 00:30:57.820 --> 00:31:04.280 that we may fear you, 00:31:04.280 --> 00:31:05.400 Lord. 00:31:05.400 --> 00:31:08.880 I wait, 00:31:08.880 --> 00:31:11.780 my soul 00:31:11.780 --> 00:31:16.660 waits for the Lord 00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:24.660 My hope is in his word 00:31:24.660 --> 00:31:29.780 More than the Lord 00:31:29.780 --> 00:31:34.680 I wait for God 00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:36.940 My soul 00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:42.940 waits for the Lord 00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:46.940 O Israel 00:31:46.940 --> 00:31:48.779 good 00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.799 your 00:31:49.799 --> 00:31:53.580 broken God 00:31:53.580 --> 00:31:56.640 For mercy 00:31:56.640 --> 00:32:01.060 is with him 00:32:01.059 --> 00:32:03.319 And full 00:32:03.319 --> 00:32:04.099 And full 00:32:04.099 --> 00:32:05.319 redemption 00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:09.019 From 00:32:09.019 --> 00:32:11.240 their sins 00:32:11.240 --> 00:32:12.740 Let 00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.319 be 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:14.500 the 00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:15.319 Lord 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:16.539 Heal 00:32:16.539 --> 00:32:18.319 Greetings 00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:21.859 After the benediction 00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.639 I'll go to the door 00:32:22.639 --> 00:32:23.259 to my right 00:32:23.259 --> 00:32:24.500 We'll close with the benediction 00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:26.160 Now may grace 00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:26.660 mercy 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.400 and peace 00:32:27.400 --> 00:32:28.180 from God 00:32:28.180 --> 00:32:28.759 Father 00:32:28.759 --> 00:32:29.220 Son 00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:30.259 and Holy Spirit 00:32:30.259 --> 00:32:31.319 rest upon 00:32:31.319 --> 00:32:33.099 and abide with you all 00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:33.759 now and forevermore 00:32:34.339 --> 00:32:35.140 Amen 00:32:35.140 --> 00:33:01.080 Amen 00:33:01.079 --> 00:33:31.059 Thank you.