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 Let's begin our worship now, beginning first of all today by singing to God's praise from Psalm 105.

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 Psalm 105, that's in the Scottish Psalter version. The page number is 374.

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 We're singing verses 1 to 6.

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 Give thanks to God, call on his name to men his deeds make known.

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 Sing ye to him, sing psalms, proclaim his wondrous works, each one.

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 See that ye in his holy name to glory do accord, and let the heart of everyone rejoice that seeks the Lord.

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 If you're able to stand, please stand. We'll sing verses 1 to 6.

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 Give thanks to God, call on his name.

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 Sing ye to him, sing psalms, proclaim his wondrous works, each one.

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 See that ye in his holy name to glory do accord,

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 And let the heart of everyone rejoice that seeks the Lord.

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 The Lord almighty and his strength with steadfast hearts seek ye.

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 His blessed and his gracious face seek ye continually.

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 Think on the works that he hath done, which admiration breathe.

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 His wonders and the judgments of which from his mouth proceed.

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 For ye that are of Abraham's race, his servant will approve.

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 And he that is of Jacob's children, whom he chose for his own.

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 Let us join again now briefly in prayer.

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 We're going to pray particularly for the children and the young folks.

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 Lord, our God, we thank you that these words you have given us to sing,

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 That we have sung in your praise, do remind us again of the many benefits we receive from you.

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 And among the many benefits we receive, Lord, we place so high the benefit of the gospel.

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 The benefit of that teaching we have in your word that comes to instruct our mind of whatever age we're at,

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 In regard to God and his ways, in regard to ourselves and our need.

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 We pray today, Lord, for our young people.

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 We pray for the younger ones.

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 We pray for the Sunday school.

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 We pray for the creche.

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 We pray for the youth fellowship.

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 We pray for the Bible class.

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 We pray for our young folks, Lord, of all ages.

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 And we pray that you would bless them today, whether here or not.

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 We crave your blessing for them.

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 And we ask, Lord, again, that you would bless your word to them.

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 And make them today, O Lord, to think upon those things that are taught.

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 So that they may receive them into their hearts.

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 That they may live by them.

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 That they may glorify your great name.

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 And live in such a way as seeks to love you with all their heart and with all their soul.

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 Bless them then, we pray today.

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 Bless their teachers as well.

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 Bless those who look after them in creche and also in the tweenies.

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 We pray that you would bless them.

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 And bless the Sunday school teachers and the Bible class teachers themselves.

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 Be with them, Lord, we pray.

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 As they come to the end of this current term, we give thanks for their contribution.

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 We give thanks for the encouragement it gives us as a congregation to see so many of them.

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 And to see the dedication of those who give of their time and of their talents to teach the young folk.

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 Bless them, we pray.

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 And be with us today as we further wait upon you now.

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 We pray this in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Hands up.

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 How many would like a Roscoe story today?

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 Oh, how many of the older ones would like a Roscoe story today?

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 Wow, what a popular lad he is.

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 Okay, well, I've got a Roscoe story for you today.

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 I haven't had one for quite a long time.

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 Nothing much has happened other than what I've been telling you previously in Roscoe stories.

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 But I've got another one for you today.

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 About two weeks ago, guess what?

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 He managed to escape again.

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 And I'll tell you a bit about the background of it.

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 I had a Zoom meeting with some other ministers throughout the country that were involved in training.

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 Training ministers such as Scott, a trainee minister.

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 So we had a meeting on Zoom.

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 And I said quickly to Donna, when I was going up to the meeting, quickly said to her,

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 I'm going to start a Zoom meeting.

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 I'll be there for a wee while.

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 Roscoe's in the garage.

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 So like I said, I'd rushed off to the meeting.

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 What I meant was Roscoe's in the garage and the door is open.

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 So I can get in and out the back garden.

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 Be safe there.

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 The side gates were closed.

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 Donna had to go out.

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 Her car was in the back.

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 And she thought that I'd said he was in the cage.

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 So off she went with the car.

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 Left the gates open.

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 She was only going to be away a few minutes.

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 And she came back.

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 Closed the gates.

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 Thinking Roscoe was either with me or in the cage.

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 Got a chair out.

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 Sat out in the nice sunshine.

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 And I was busy at the Zoom meeting.

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 And then a phone call came through.

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 And I picked up the phone so as not to disturb the meeting.

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 And a lovely young lady said, hello, this is the vet.

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 Are you missing a dog?

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 I said, I don't think so, but let me go and check.

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 So I went downstairs quickly, rushed off, opened the back door.

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 And there's Donna sunning herself in the sun, oblivious to any emergencies.

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 And I said, where's the dog?

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 She said, is he not with you?

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 No, I said, he's not.

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 The vet have just phoned.

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 You've got to go and pick him up because they've still got a meeting.

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 So off she went.

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 And once she got to the vet, there was Roscoe.

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 And the girls in the vet's office there in the vet's reception area, absolutely enthralled with him.

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 They said, oh, he's just so lovely.

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 And saying that he'd just been wagging his tail all the time since he arrived.

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 Anyway, he got back home.

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 So what's the message in Roscoe's story today?

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 Well, it's about communication.

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 Communication is important.

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 Speaking and listening, in other words.

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 When I rushed off to my meeting, I should have taken a bit more time to explain to Donna where Roscoe actually was.

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 And I'll maybe get around for it afterwards, but she should have taken a wee bit more time to ask more details as to where he was.

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 So the communication works both ways.

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 And if it's not the way it should be, if it's not really detailed enough, then something's going to go wrong.

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 Now, that's important for you yourselves as young people.

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 When you come to speak to God, take time in telling God what you see your needs to be, asking for his forgiveness, asking for his guidance, asking for his help.

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 And you can bring anything to God that you feel you need to have help with.

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 God will always listen to our prayers.

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 And we don't need to be afraid that somehow it's just too trivial or not important enough.

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 God knows everything about us already, but he wants us to come and tell us what's on our heart.

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 And to do that, we need to take time.

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 Sometimes we do have to rush about, but we need to try at all times, as far as possible, make time to speak with God, to pray to God, to set out your heart before the Lord.

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 That's what I didn't do.

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 And that's why Roscoe escaped.

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 But on the other hand, you have to make time as well to listen to God.

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 How do we listen to God?

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 Well, you listen to God, especially when you read his word, when you hear his word preached.

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 That is God speaking to you and to the older ones as well.

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 Every time we come to the Bible, we're coming to the word of God.

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 We call it the word of God because that's what it is.

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 And we should think every time I come to read my Bible, I'm hearing God's voice because this is God's word.

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 And I need to prepare to listen to it properly.

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 And to listen carefully, to listen in such a way as seize this message that God has for me as so important.

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 So there you go, Roscoe still teaching us things.

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 And today I want you to think about speaking to God, taking time to pray, and listening to God, taking time to read your Bible, to listen to what he's saying there, and then try and apply that in your own lives as well.

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 Okay, so may God bless these thoughts to us.

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 Let's say the Lord's Prayer now together.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing again to God's praise this time.

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 We're singing Psalm 61.

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 Psalm number 61.

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 That's in the Sing Psalms version on page 78.

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 We're going to sing verses 1 to 5.

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 O hear my urgent cry, my God, and listen to my plea.

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 From earth's remotest bounds I call when my heart faints in me.

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 O God, conduct me to the rock that's higher far than I.

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 For you're my refuge from the foe, my tower of strength on high.

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 Here is the psalmist speaking to God and taking time to ask God for these important things that he's asking in prayer.

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 So, we'll sing verses 1 to 5 to his praise.

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 O hear my urgent cry, my God, and listen to my plea.

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 From earth's remotest bounds I call when my heart faints in me.

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 O God, conduct me to the rock that's higher far than I.

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 For you're my refuge from the foe, my tower of strength on high.

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 O let me dwell within your tent, forever there to live.

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 O for the shelter of your wings, the refuge which they give.

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 For you have heard my verse, O God.

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 And you have given me the heritage of those who fear.

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 Your name continually.

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 Let's turn now to read God's Word.

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 Reading today is from Mark's Gospel.

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 Gospel according to Mark and chapter 11.

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 Reading from the beginning down as far as verse 26.

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 Matthew 11, from Mark 11 at the beginning.

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 Now they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives.

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 Jesus sent two of his disciples and said to them,

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 Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it, you will find a colt tied,

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 on which no one has ever sat.

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 Untie it and bring it.

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 If anyone says to you, Why are you doing this?

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 Say, The Lord has need of it, and will send it back here immediately.

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 And they went away and found a colt tied at the door outside in the street, and they untied it.

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 And some of those standing there said to them, What are you doing, untying the colt?

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 And they told them what Jesus had said, and they let them go.

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 And they brought the colt to Jesus, and threw their cloaks on it, and he sat on it.

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 And many spread their cloaks on the road, and others spread leafy branches

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 that they had cut from the fields.

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 And those who went before, and those who followed, were shouting,

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 Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!

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 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest!

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 And he entered Jerusalem, and went into the temple.

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 And when he had looked round at everything, as it was already late,

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 he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

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 On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.

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 And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it.

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 When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.

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 And he said to them,

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 He said to it, May no one ever eat fruit from you again.

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 And his disciples heard it.

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 And they came to Jerusalem, and he entered the temple,

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 and began to drive out those who sold and those who bought in the temple.

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 And he overturned the tables of the money changers,

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 and the seats of those who sold pigeons.

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 And he would not allow anyone to carry anything through the temple.

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 And he was teaching them, and saying to them,

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 Is it not written,

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 My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations?

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 But you have made it a den of robbers.

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 And the chief priests and the scribes heard it,

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 and were seeking a way to destroy him.

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 For they feared him, because all the crowd was astonished at his teaching.

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 And when evening was come, they went out of the city.

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 As they passed by in the morning,

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 they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.

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 And Peter remembered and said to him,

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 Rabbi, look, the fig tree that you cursed has withered.

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 And Jesus answered them,

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 Have faith in God.

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 Truly I say to you,

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 Whoever says to this mountain,

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 Be taken up and thrown into the sea,

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 And does not doubt in his heart,

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 But believes that what he says will come to pass,

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 It will be done for him.

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 Therefore I tell you,

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 Whatever you ask in prayer,

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 Believe that you have received it,

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 And it will be yours.

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 And whenever you stand praying,

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 Forgive,

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 If you have anything against anyone,

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 So that your Father,

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 Who is in heaven,

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 Your Father also,

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 Who is in heaven,

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 May forgive you your trespasses.

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 Amen.

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 May God follow with this blessing our reading of his word.

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 Let's again call upon his name in prayer.

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 Lord, our gracious God,

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 We thank you for the privilege of being gathered here today in your name.

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 The privilege of having your word open before us.

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 The privilege of being able to speak to you in prayer,

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 And call upon you for your blessing.

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 We have so many privileges,

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 O Lord,

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 In the course of life,

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 And we acknowledge,

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 That today we experience one of the greatest you give us.

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 The privilege of the gospel,

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 And our relationship with the gospel,

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 And with you through it.

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 We thank you,

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 Lord,

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 Today for every prospect of your blessing.

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 You promise your blessing to your people,

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 As they gather together in your name.

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 You tell us that even where two or three are gathered together,

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 In your name you are there in the midst.

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 And we bless you,

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 O Lord,

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 Today that we know your blessing,

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 That we have known your blessing in the past.

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 And we pray that from that,

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 Lord,

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 We may confidently ask that your blessing will be with us today.

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 That you would take up your word and show us,

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 Lord,

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 Its meaning,

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 Its importance,

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 Its relevance to our own lives.

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 We ask,

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 Gracious one,

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 That your blessing may truly give us the desire to hold forth your word,

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 As the word of life,

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 Before the world in which we live.

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 We thank you,

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 Lord,

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 For every opportunity,

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 You give us,

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 To speak of you,

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 To the people that surround us.

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 And we thank you,

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 Thank you especially,

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 That you have promised that the witness of your people will not be in vain.

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 And today we pray that you would further prepare our hearts,

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 Prepare our minds,

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 Give us,

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 We pray,

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 That desire inwardly to make Christ known to the people around us.

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 We ask that we may know this individually for ourselves.

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 Lord,

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 Help us,

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 Help us,

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 Help us,

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 Help us,

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 Christ in our manner of life to the world in which you have placed us. Be merciful to us, Lord, we pray

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 as a generation. Once again, we bring before you the needs of our day. And while we cannot, Lord,

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 adequately describe them before you, we thank you that you know them in detail and in perfection.

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 And we bring before you especially, Lord, our concern over the way in which so many have turned

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 from your ways, the way in which so many have taken up teaching and opinions and ideologies

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 that are in conflict with your word, in conflict with the gospel. And we know, Lord, that this has

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 come to infiltrate our schools, our places of education, so many other avenues in our society,

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 Lord, that people frequent. We ask, O God, that you would turn us into your ways, that we may know

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 the breath and the spirit of revival and of power, coming to empower ourselves as a people, first of

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 all, and spreading out, Lord, into our districts and communities. We ask that your blessing today will

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 be with those who face challenges in the education of their children, challenges in the teaching of

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 children. We thank you for all, Lord, who teach in our schools that fear your name. We thank you for

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 all parents who desire to bring up their children in the ways of the Lord. We ask that you bless them

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 in their homes, bless them in the testimony they bear to their children. Bless our teachers, bless our

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 schools. Lord, our God, we pray that through all of these challenges and challenging times, we may know

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 the guidance of your spirit, the blessing of your word in our lives. We ask your blessing for our young

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 people themselves. And we ask that you would be with them today, Lord, those of them here in church,

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 those of them who are not able to be here, those of them who attend Sunday school, tweenies,

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 the other older age groups and youth fellowship and Bible class. Be with them all, we pray.

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 Encourage our hearts, Lord, we pray, and enable us today to further contribute to your cause in

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 whatever way we can. We thank you for the support that we receive, Lord, from your people here,

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 as those who preach the gospel, as those who are in the leadership of the congregation as elders and

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 as deacons. We thank you for the many prayers that are set up for us, Lord, from day to day.

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 We pray that you would hear us as we cry to you for your blessing further to be evident among us.

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 We pray today, Lord, for your people not only here but throughout the world. Remember those who face

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 real difficulty and trauma today, those who are seeking to recover from natural disasters,

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 from disease, from poverty, from war, from conflict, from persecution,

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 from many things, Lord, that blight human lives throughout the world.

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 O gracious one, have mercy upon us, we pray, as a generation. Deliver us, Lord, we pray,

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 from darkness, from the powers of darkness, from the ways in which the evil one seeks to

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 carry people's minds away from the gospel and persuade them that alternatives are equally valid.

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 O Lord God, be with those who carry your word into different parts of the world,

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 not only people in your churches throughout the world, but people also who serve in various agencies.

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 We pray for our own Muriel. We ask that you bless her, Lord, during these days. We thank you for her,

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 for her place in Cambodia. Pray that you'd continue to encourage her and all who are with her, Lord,

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 in the work there, and all the young ones that she has contact with. Lord, we pray that you would

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 protect her and keep her and be mindful of her during these times.

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 Bless those who mourn the passing of loved ones. Lord, we know that our bulletin sheet today bears

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 evidence of the passing of those that were well-known amongst us and those that came so faithfully to

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 church when they were able. Bless them, we pray, and bless those who mourn over their passing.

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 Be with those too who are seriously ill in the congregation. Lord, be with them and with their families

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 today. Lay your good hand upon them, and if it is not your will, that they be healed from whatever

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 is afflicting them at this time. Lord, prepare them, we pray, to take that step out of time into eternity

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 so they may do so safely in the Lord Jesus Christ. And so receive us now. Hear us in our prayer and

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 continue with us. For Jesus' sake. Amen.

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 Let's sing some more verses before we turn to Mark chapter 11. Singing the whole of Psalm 1 in the

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 Singed Psalms version on page 1.

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 Blessed is the one who turns away from where the wicked walk, who does not stand in sinners' paths

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 or sit with those who mock. Instead, he finds God's holy law, his joy and great delight. He makes the

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 precepts of the Lord his study day and night. The whole of Psalm 1a to God's praise.

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 Christ.

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 Paul's verse 2.

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 Blessed is the one who turns away from where the wicked walk, who does not stand in sinners'

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 paths

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 or sit

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 with those

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 who mope.

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 Instead

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 he

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 finds

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 God's holy

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 law,

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 his joy

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 and great

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 delight.

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 He

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 makes

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 the precepts

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 of

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 the Lord,

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 his study

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 day

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 and night.

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 He

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 prospers

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 ever

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 like

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 a tree

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 that's

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 planted

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 by a

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 stream.

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 And

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 in

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 due

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 season

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 yields

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 its fruit,

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 its leaves

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 are

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 always

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 green.

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 Not

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 so

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 the

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 wicked

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 they

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 are

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 like

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 the

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 chaff

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 that's

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 blown

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 away.

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 They

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 will

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 not

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 stand

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 when

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 judgment

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 comes

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 or

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 with

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 the

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 righteous

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 day.

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 the

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 righteous

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 day.

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 It

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 is

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 the

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 Lord

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 who

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 sees

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 and

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 knows

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 the

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 way

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 the

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 righteous

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 go.

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 but

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 those

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 who

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 live

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 an

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 evil

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 life

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 the

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 Lord

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 will

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 overthrow.

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 Now please turn with me to Mark chapter 11 where we read earlier.

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 And there are two sections of that chapter or the passage read I want to look at this morning with you.

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 First of all from verse 12 down to verse 14.

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 And then the related verses to that from verse 20 down to verse 26.

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 So verse 12 to 14 and then verses 20 to 26.

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 What you find really in these verses verses 12 to 14 is at one and the same time a miracle and a parable.

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 It's an unusual miracle because a lot of Jesus' miracles were to do with life and with giving life and with healing.

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 This is one that really cursed this fig tree. It's normally called the fig, the parable of the fig tree.

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 And when he Jesus cursed the fig tree so that it would not bear fruit again, it proves to be a most unusual parable.

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 And it's not the kind of thing you would expect Jesus normally to do.

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 But it's a miracle because the fig tree withered and died within a short time following the Lord's announcement to it.

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 So both things are important for us to bear in mind as we look at these two passages today.

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 There is both a miracle and a parable in what it represents and what Jesus taught by it we'll see in the second passage.

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 First of all, let's look at the promising appearance of the fig tree.

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 Here we have in verse 13a there,

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 So we'll look at the promising appearance of the fig tree.

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 And then from verse 20 to 26, the application which Jesus made of it, which really is in regard to two things especially that he mentions there.

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 First of all, have faith in God, which he then relates to prayer, but also the need to forgive others when there is a need to forgive them.

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 And that's also in relation to prayer, as you see from verse 25.

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 So faith and forgiveness following our view of the previous passage, the promising appearance of the fig tree.

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 Now you can see here in the following day, when they came from Bethany, following the story through as we did, Jesus was hungry.

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 And he saw in the distance a fig tree in leaf.

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 He went to see if he could find anything on it.

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 He found nothing but leaves.

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 And then it says, for it was not the season for figs.

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 Then why would Jesus expect to find figs on this fig tree if he knew it was not yet the season for figs?

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 And expositors and commentators take different views as to what is really meant by these references there.

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 Some will say that fig trees actually bear fruit before it comes to bear leaves.

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 Others disagree with that.

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 Some will say some fig trees are not fruit bearing anyway.

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 They just bear leaves.

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 Whatever you actually say of the actuality of that in terms of its agriculture and so on,

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 what is important is that despite it not being the season for figs,

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 this fig tree seemed to be an exception.

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 And it seemed to be an exception so that Jesus had every right to expect that he would find figs on it.

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 It was very promising in its appearance.

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 What he saw there from a distance really led him to expect and others to expect fruit on this tree,

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 given its situation, given its appearance.

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 That's an important point in the message that Jesus actually then brings from it.

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 It was very promising in appearance.

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 There was every reason to expect fruit from it.

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 And yet it only had leaves.

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 There was no fruit, just leaves.

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 And then look at the placement of that passage.

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 Because the placement is important to understand its meaning.

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 It's placed in between verses 9 and 10,

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 and I'm especially referring to the content of these verses rather than just these verses in number.

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 verses 9 and 10,

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 which have to do with the praises that were being wrung out,

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 the exclamations that were being made as Jesus came towards Jerusalem.

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 All of these hosannas.

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 Blessed be the one who comes in the name of the Lord.

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 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David.

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 Hosanna in the highest.

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 There, you might say,

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 is exclamations,

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 soundings of praise,

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 that look very promising.

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 But there's no fruit.

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 Because as he then comes to the temple,

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 Jesus proceeds to cleanse the temple,

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 to overturn the tables of the money changers,

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 to drive out those who are misusing the temple for profitable gain, financial gain.

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 That's not, he says,

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 the purpose of the temple.

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 My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations.

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 There's the evidence of the lack of fruit.

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 The hosannas are the very promising leaves.

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 The cleansing of the temple is the evidence of the lack of fruit.

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 Now, this was particularly something that referred to Israel at the time

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 and the disciples having heard it.

00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:07.759
 It's important that we see in verse 14,

00:34:07.840 --> 00:34:10.940
 his disciples heard this when he spoke to the fig tree.

00:34:11.900 --> 00:34:12.340
 In other words,

00:34:12.340 --> 00:34:17.320
 he's drawing our minds firstly to its application to the people of Israel,

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:18.800
 to the Jewish people at the time.

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 Because what it's saying is that these people were promising

00:34:23.039 --> 00:34:25.140
 because they had so many advantages,

00:34:25.620 --> 00:34:26.700
 they had so many benefits,

00:34:26.840 --> 00:34:27.740
 so many privileges.

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:32.100
 Here were the people to whom God had actually given himself

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 in his revelation down through the years of the Old Testament.

00:34:35.579 --> 00:34:38.519
 Here were the people to whom God had spoken so,

00:34:38.699 --> 00:34:39.319
 so frequently,

00:34:39.519 --> 00:34:40.679
 who had seen the miracles,

00:34:40.819 --> 00:34:42.639
 and indeed people who had seen the miracles

00:34:42.639 --> 00:34:45.639
 that Jesus himself had been doing up to this stage.

00:34:45.819 --> 00:34:49.079
 This was a people who had all the advantages

00:34:49.079 --> 00:34:50.400
 and you would expect them

00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:53.460
 as God had given them everything necessary

00:34:53.460 --> 00:34:55.319
 to produce spiritual fruit,

00:34:55.699 --> 00:34:57.819
 yet they were not of that caliber.

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.719
 Their history,

00:35:01.679 --> 00:35:03.699
 God's covenant promises to them,

00:35:03.699 --> 00:35:07.119
 the prophecies that God had given them

00:35:07.119 --> 00:35:08.339
 regarding their future,

00:35:08.759 --> 00:35:10.559
 regarding their relationship to himself,

00:35:10.939 --> 00:35:12.879
 regarding the intake of the Gentiles

00:35:12.879 --> 00:35:15.359
 into the kingdom of God.

00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:17.359
 So when Jesus,

00:35:17.919 --> 00:35:18.619
 in verse 14,

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:20.379
 speaks so condemningly

00:35:20.379 --> 00:35:21.679
 to the fig tree,

00:35:22.000 --> 00:35:22.559
 he's really,

00:35:22.779 --> 00:35:23.259
 in a sense,

00:35:23.439 --> 00:35:25.659
 doing what the Old Testament itself

00:35:25.659 --> 00:35:26.579
 did at many times,

00:35:26.759 --> 00:35:27.379
 pronouncing

00:35:27.379 --> 00:35:30.299
 over the people who were fruitless,

00:35:30.399 --> 00:35:30.899
 pronouncing

00:35:30.899 --> 00:35:32.679
 God's condemnation.

00:35:33.699 --> 00:35:35.000
 Pronouncing over them,

00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:36.799
 why have you not produced fruit?

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 I mean,

00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:38.759
 there are two passages especially

00:35:38.759 --> 00:35:39.399
 that come to mind.

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 First of all,

00:35:40.379 --> 00:35:41.699
 Isaiah chapter 5,

00:35:41.759 --> 00:35:43.099
 which speaks about a vineyard.

00:35:43.460 --> 00:35:45.539
 And Israel is his vineyard,

00:35:45.759 --> 00:35:46.919
 and there's a lot of labor

00:35:46.919 --> 00:35:48.960
 being expended on that vineyard,

00:35:49.179 --> 00:35:50.239
 and yet it kept

00:35:50.239 --> 00:35:52.939
 on just being fruitless.

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:54.480
 It produced no fruit.

00:35:55.859 --> 00:35:56.619
 And Israel,

00:35:56.779 --> 00:35:58.119
 God says through the prophet Isaiah,

00:35:58.719 --> 00:36:00.299
 you are my vineyard.

00:36:00.300 --> 00:36:02.000
 I've taken such labor with you.

00:36:02.320 --> 00:36:04.060
 I've given you so many advantages.

00:36:04.420 --> 00:36:05.860
 Why are you still fruitless?

00:36:06.120 --> 00:36:06.440
 Why,

00:36:06.580 --> 00:36:08.539
 when I come looking for grapes,

00:36:08.620 --> 00:36:10.340
 do I find nothing but sour grapes?

00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:14.940
 The other chapter is Jeremiah chapter 24,

00:36:16.200 --> 00:36:19.320
 which speaks about two types of figs,

00:36:19.580 --> 00:36:21.000
 two baskets of figs.

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:23.480
 One is ripe and beautiful and luscious.

00:36:23.780 --> 00:36:24.760
 The other is rotten.

00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:28.820
 And God through Jeremiah is saying to the people,

00:36:29.340 --> 00:36:30.660
 the fruit that you're seeing,

00:36:30.920 --> 00:36:31.640
 the luscious fruit,

00:36:31.700 --> 00:36:33.520
 is what I would expect you to be like.

00:36:33.840 --> 00:36:34.980
 But instead I'm finding

00:36:34.980 --> 00:36:36.660
 you're like the rotten figs,

00:36:36.720 --> 00:36:37.620
 like the rotten fruit,

00:36:37.920 --> 00:36:39.880
 which really have not lived up

00:36:39.880 --> 00:36:40.920
 to the expectation

00:36:40.920 --> 00:36:42.080
 and the advantages

00:36:42.080 --> 00:36:43.640
 that I've given you.

00:36:44.780 --> 00:36:46.260
 So you can see that's why

00:36:46.260 --> 00:36:48.320
 this passage is so important

00:36:48.320 --> 00:36:49.440
 in its context

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.880
 to the people that Jesus

00:36:50.880 --> 00:36:52.160
 was speaking to directly

00:36:52.160 --> 00:36:53.360
 at that time,

00:36:53.420 --> 00:36:54.100
 to his own people,

00:36:54.099 --> 00:36:55.179
 to the Jewish people.

00:36:55.679 --> 00:36:56.579
 Here they were making

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:58.000
 all of these exclamations,

00:36:58.360 --> 00:36:59.179
 these hosannas

00:36:59.179 --> 00:37:01.119
 as he came riding on the colt,

00:37:01.139 --> 00:37:02.659
 as he came to enter Jerusalem.

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:04.639
 And all looked very promising.

00:37:04.799 --> 00:37:06.839
 It all looked very much

00:37:06.839 --> 00:37:08.659
 as if they were going to receive him gladly

00:37:08.659 --> 00:37:09.759
 and just welcome him

00:37:09.759 --> 00:37:11.480
 with open arms as their Messiah,

00:37:11.759 --> 00:37:13.079
 that this was indeed the case.

00:37:14.039 --> 00:37:15.199
 But then he came to the temple

00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:17.079
 and it was obvious then

00:37:17.079 --> 00:37:18.539
 that that's not what the case was.

00:37:18.619 --> 00:37:20.400
 They were fruitless by and large.

00:37:21.579 --> 00:37:22.759
 And so he drove out

00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:24.960
 in a condemning way

00:37:24.960 --> 00:37:26.980
 those who had misused

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:28.020
 their privileges.

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:31.400
 Now Jesus looks for fruit

00:37:31.400 --> 00:37:33.280
 on our lives today.

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:35.520
 There's no use leaving this

00:37:35.520 --> 00:37:36.460
 and just saying,

00:37:36.560 --> 00:37:37.840
 well, that was for that age.

00:37:38.000 --> 00:37:39.140
 That was for the context

00:37:39.140 --> 00:37:40.640
 Jesus was directly working in.

00:37:40.780 --> 00:37:41.940
 We have to actually remember

00:37:41.940 --> 00:37:42.900
 this is the word of God

00:37:42.900 --> 00:37:43.640
 to us today.

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:45.420
 We try and put these things together

00:37:45.420 --> 00:37:46.020
 in such a way

00:37:46.020 --> 00:37:47.540
 that draws from it

00:37:47.540 --> 00:37:49.220
 lessons for ourselves today.

00:37:49.219 --> 00:37:50.539
 Things which apply

00:37:50.539 --> 00:37:51.859
 in our own context

00:37:51.859 --> 00:37:52.459
 here today

00:37:52.459 --> 00:37:53.679
 in Stornway Free Church.

00:37:54.759 --> 00:37:56.659
 Jesus expects you

00:37:56.659 --> 00:37:58.319
 and I to bear fruit.

00:37:59.219 --> 00:38:00.480
 Why does he expect you

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:01.379
 and I to bear fruit?

00:38:01.599 --> 00:38:02.739
 Because he's placed us

00:38:02.739 --> 00:38:04.419
 in such a favorable environment,

00:38:05.419 --> 00:38:06.079
 hasn't he?

00:38:06.839 --> 00:38:07.959
 Where could you be placed

00:38:07.959 --> 00:38:08.419
 more favorably

00:38:08.959 --> 00:38:10.259
 than under the gospel

00:38:10.259 --> 00:38:11.480
 for your life

00:38:11.480 --> 00:38:12.799
 to develop spiritually

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.679
 and morally?

00:38:14.259 --> 00:38:16.419
 Where more advantageously

00:38:16.419 --> 00:38:17.980
 could Jesus have placed you,

00:38:17.980 --> 00:38:19.159
 could God have placed you

00:38:19.159 --> 00:38:20.679
 than where you are today

00:38:20.679 --> 00:38:21.679
 as you belong

00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:23.159
 to a gospel congregation,

00:38:23.619 --> 00:38:24.240
 as you belong

00:38:24.240 --> 00:38:25.500
 to a gospel fellowship?

00:38:26.019 --> 00:38:26.980
 You have his word,

00:38:27.280 --> 00:38:28.119
 you have his worship,

00:38:28.440 --> 00:38:29.360
 you have his teaching,

00:38:29.699 --> 00:38:30.619
 you have his encouragement,

00:38:31.139 --> 00:38:32.019
 you have prayer

00:38:32.019 --> 00:38:33.260
 and here is Jesus

00:38:33.260 --> 00:38:34.079
 coming today

00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:35.119
 to you and to me

00:38:35.119 --> 00:38:36.940
 and he's looking for fruit.

00:38:37.219 --> 00:38:39.320
 He's seeing the very promising lives

00:38:39.320 --> 00:38:40.900
 that we are outwardly

00:38:40.900 --> 00:38:42.260
 but he's coming to look

00:38:42.260 --> 00:38:45.719
 for ripe spiritual figs.

00:38:47.980 --> 00:38:51.400
 and he's looking for things

00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:52.159
 like faith

00:38:52.159 --> 00:38:53.619
 and love

00:38:53.619 --> 00:38:54.860
 and hope

00:38:54.860 --> 00:38:58.599
 but he's looking for real faith

00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:00.760
 and real love

00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:01.860
 and real hope.

00:39:03.000 --> 00:39:04.059
 He's not looking for

00:39:04.059 --> 00:39:05.699
 the kind of faith

00:39:05.699 --> 00:39:06.340
 in your life

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.880
 and my faith

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:08.240
 that might indeed be the case

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:09.760
 but it's not primarily

00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:11.500
 the greatest faith

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:12.179
 that exists,

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.240
 it's not primarily

00:39:13.240 --> 00:39:14.320
 the greatest love

00:39:14.320 --> 00:39:14.820
 that exists

00:39:14.820 --> 00:39:15.639
 that he looks for,

00:39:15.920 --> 00:39:16.559
 it's not that you

00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:17.340
 would be able to say

00:39:17.340 --> 00:39:18.480
 or he'd be able to say of you,

00:39:18.680 --> 00:39:19.660
 you're the best Christian

00:39:19.660 --> 00:39:20.600
 in the world today,

00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:21.640
 you're the best Christian

00:39:21.640 --> 00:39:22.340
 in the congregation,

00:39:22.780 --> 00:39:23.600
 you're the best Christian

00:39:23.600 --> 00:39:24.400
 in the district.

00:39:24.620 --> 00:39:25.500
 What he's looking for

00:39:25.500 --> 00:39:26.680
 is real faith,

00:39:26.900 --> 00:39:27.660
 real love,

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.820
 real grace.

00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:31.740
 And even if you think today

00:39:31.740 --> 00:39:33.120
 it's really such

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:34.720
 a small thing,

00:39:35.480 --> 00:39:36.600
 never mind is it real,

00:39:36.680 --> 00:39:37.860
 that's the important thing.

00:39:38.740 --> 00:39:39.480
 God is looking

00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:40.980
 for real fruit

00:39:40.980 --> 00:39:41.680
 in your life.

00:39:41.940 --> 00:39:42.579
 You might think

00:39:42.579 --> 00:39:44.120
 it's hardly worth noticing,

00:39:44.500 --> 00:39:45.620
 hardly worth mentioning.

00:39:45.619 --> 00:39:47.119
 You see it yourself

00:39:47.119 --> 00:39:47.940
 as so small

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.839
 when you compare yourself

00:39:48.839 --> 00:39:49.259
 to others

00:39:49.259 --> 00:39:50.819
 which really is not advisable

00:39:50.819 --> 00:39:51.900
 for us to do anyway.

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.259
 But you might say,

00:39:54.339 --> 00:39:55.440
 well my faith is tiny,

00:39:55.500 --> 00:39:56.559
 I can hardly see it

00:39:56.559 --> 00:39:58.179
 and I don't really believe

00:39:58.179 --> 00:40:00.079
 my love for other people

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:01.659
 is really to any extent

00:40:01.659 --> 00:40:02.920
 the way it should be.

00:40:04.480 --> 00:40:05.179
 And God is saying,

00:40:05.259 --> 00:40:05.420
 fine,

00:40:05.480 --> 00:40:06.159
 but is it real?

00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:07.380
 You see,

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:08.119
 a lot of people come

00:40:08.119 --> 00:40:09.480
 to this passage

00:40:09.480 --> 00:40:11.639
 and it scares them.

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:13.199
 And there's an element

00:40:13.199 --> 00:40:15.239
 of why understandably

00:40:15.239 --> 00:40:16.420
 that should be the case

00:40:16.420 --> 00:40:18.859
 because it is a very solemn thing

00:40:18.859 --> 00:40:19.719
 to have people

00:40:19.719 --> 00:40:21.159
 with so many advantages,

00:40:21.500 --> 00:40:22.440
 to have the leaves

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.239
 that are promising

00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:24.199
 about their lives

00:40:24.199 --> 00:40:25.219
 and yet there's no fruit.

00:40:25.339 --> 00:40:26.319
 And you might be saying

00:40:26.319 --> 00:40:26.940
 today of yourself,

00:40:27.019 --> 00:40:28.079
 well I think that's me.

00:40:29.739 --> 00:40:30.920
 If it is you

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:32.099
 and if this is me,

00:40:32.199 --> 00:40:33.619
 then God is kindly

00:40:33.619 --> 00:40:34.440
 showing us today,

00:40:34.539 --> 00:40:35.859
 well I'm showing you this

00:40:35.859 --> 00:40:36.759
 so that you can actually

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:38.339
 do something about it.

00:40:38.340 --> 00:40:40.120
 so that you will not be

00:40:40.120 --> 00:40:41.860
 just a pile of leaves

00:40:41.860 --> 00:40:42.519
 but you'll have

00:40:42.519 --> 00:40:43.340
 the real fruit

00:40:43.340 --> 00:40:45.559
 that I desire to see

00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:46.800
 in your life.

00:40:48.059 --> 00:40:49.120
 But if you're saying today,

00:40:49.820 --> 00:40:50.380
 well I'm just,

00:40:50.620 --> 00:40:52.019
 I just don't see myself

00:40:52.019 --> 00:40:53.800
 hardly as a Christian at all.

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.600
 Do you pray?

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.300
 Yes.

00:40:57.620 --> 00:40:58.660
 Well you're a believer then.

00:40:59.660 --> 00:41:00.640
 Do you read your Bible

00:41:00.640 --> 00:41:01.340
 faithfully,

00:41:02.220 --> 00:41:02.980
 knowing it to be

00:41:02.980 --> 00:41:03.820
 the word of God?

00:41:03.900 --> 00:41:04.100
 Yes.

00:41:04.220 --> 00:41:04.380
 Well,

00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:05.600
 will a believer,

00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:06.600
 will an unbeliever

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:08.699
 just do that regularly?

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.860
 Do you love the gospel?

00:41:12.699 --> 00:41:12.940
 Yes,

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.980
 of course I love the gospel.

00:41:14.079 --> 00:41:14.960
 That's why I'm here today,

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.420
 you're saying.

00:41:15.839 --> 00:41:16.559
 Well isn't that

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.559
 itself

00:41:17.559 --> 00:41:18.980
 an evidence of fruit

00:41:18.980 --> 00:41:19.799
 in your life?

00:41:20.400 --> 00:41:21.159
 Isn't it more than

00:41:21.159 --> 00:41:22.019
 just leaves

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:23.079
 that you actually

00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:24.420
 have a love for the Lord,

00:41:24.659 --> 00:41:25.579
 that you would never

00:41:25.579 --> 00:41:27.139
 speak disparagingly of Him,

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:28.159
 that you love to be

00:41:28.159 --> 00:41:28.799
 with His people,

00:41:28.900 --> 00:41:29.500
 that you love to be

00:41:29.500 --> 00:41:30.279
 under the gospel,

00:41:30.659 --> 00:41:31.739
 that you pray to God

00:41:31.739 --> 00:41:32.579
 for yourself,

00:41:32.819 --> 00:41:34.079
 that you seek His forgiveness,

00:41:34.339 --> 00:41:35.360
 that you want His guidance

00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.159
 in your life,

00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.799
 that you bring

00:41:36.799 --> 00:41:37.920
 these concerns to Him,

00:41:38.059 --> 00:41:38.940
 that maybe you can't

00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:40.039
 put into words adequately,

00:41:40.139 --> 00:41:41.399
 but you still actually

00:41:41.399 --> 00:41:42.960
 say them as the desire

00:41:42.960 --> 00:41:43.519
 of your heart?

00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:44.599
 Isn't that fruit?

00:41:46.619 --> 00:41:47.279
 Don't actually

00:41:47.279 --> 00:41:49.039
 dismiss things like that

00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:49.799
 as if that's not

00:41:49.799 --> 00:41:51.059
 really fruit at all.

00:41:51.839 --> 00:41:52.779
 But whatever fruit

00:41:52.779 --> 00:41:53.239
 there is,

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:55.639
 seek the Lord's help

00:41:55.639 --> 00:41:56.899
 for it to increase.

00:41:58.659 --> 00:41:59.480
 It's not that long

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:00.039
 since we had

00:42:00.039 --> 00:42:01.699
 the Lord's Supper,

00:42:02.199 --> 00:42:03.159
 and the Lord's Supper

00:42:03.159 --> 00:42:05.000
 is one of the primary ways

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:06.119
 by which God

00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:07.719
 provides for us

00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:08.460
 a situation

00:42:08.460 --> 00:42:10.219
 by which we will come

00:42:10.219 --> 00:42:11.800
 to bear more fruit.

00:42:12.519 --> 00:42:12.960
 Sadly,

00:42:13.059 --> 00:42:13.480
 some people,

00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.380
 maybe you're one of them,

00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:16.800
 and our heart is with you.

00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:17.800
 We want to see

00:42:17.800 --> 00:42:18.780
 as many people

00:42:18.780 --> 00:42:19.239
 as possible,

00:42:19.320 --> 00:42:19.980
 all of you indeed,

00:42:20.079 --> 00:42:21.519
 coming to the Lord's Supper

00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:22.480
 to benefit from

00:42:22.480 --> 00:42:23.320
 the Lord's Table,

00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:24.840
 to profess your faith,

00:42:24.900 --> 00:42:26.059
 but it's not primarily

00:42:26.059 --> 00:42:27.199
 a means of professing

00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:27.739
 your faith,

00:42:27.900 --> 00:42:29.199
 it's primarily a means

00:42:29.199 --> 00:42:29.860
 of advancing

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:31.400
 your life spiritually.

00:42:34.300 --> 00:42:36.500
 And so many people

00:42:36.500 --> 00:42:37.840
 come and say

00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:39.559
 about the Lord's Supper,

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:41.720
 however much we encourage

00:42:41.720 --> 00:42:42.400
 people to come

00:42:42.400 --> 00:42:43.500
 that are real believers,

00:42:44.200 --> 00:42:44.660
 well, I'm not,

00:42:44.900 --> 00:42:45.720
 my faith is not

00:42:45.720 --> 00:42:46.680
 at that stage yet.

00:42:47.720 --> 00:42:48.559
 I've not reached

00:42:48.559 --> 00:42:50.079
 that level of fruit yet

00:42:50.079 --> 00:42:51.260
 that I see in other people,

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:52.140
 so I can't go

00:42:52.140 --> 00:42:52.960
 to the Lord's Supper,

00:42:53.200 --> 00:42:53.820
 I can't go

00:42:53.820 --> 00:42:54.640
 to the Lord's Table,

00:42:54.960 --> 00:42:56.780
 I've not yet reached

00:42:56.780 --> 00:42:57.500
 that level.

00:42:58.280 --> 00:42:58.559
 Well, you see,

00:42:58.559 --> 00:42:59.659
 the Lord is saying

00:42:59.659 --> 00:43:00.159
 to you today,

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:02.059
 if that's your situation,

00:43:02.219 --> 00:43:03.099
 if that's your conviction,

00:43:03.460 --> 00:43:04.059
 the Lord is saying,

00:43:04.579 --> 00:43:05.360
 but that's what

00:43:05.360 --> 00:43:06.059
 the Lord's Supper

00:43:06.059 --> 00:43:06.940
 is for.

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:09.299
 It's not so that

00:43:09.299 --> 00:43:10.699
 you can conclude now,

00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:12.599
 I don't have enough fruit

00:43:12.599 --> 00:43:14.000
 to warrant my going

00:43:14.000 --> 00:43:14.960
 to take communion,

00:43:15.340 --> 00:43:16.320
 it's so that you'll say,

00:43:16.539 --> 00:43:17.719
 well, my fruit is so small,

00:43:17.860 --> 00:43:19.199
 I need the Lord's Supper

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:20.239
 to bring it on.

00:43:21.719 --> 00:43:23.039
 Isn't that how it is?

00:43:26.019 --> 00:43:27.079
 We're all reluctant

00:43:27.079 --> 00:43:29.179
 to speak of ourselves,

00:43:30.179 --> 00:43:32.920
 to acknowledge truthfully,

00:43:33.299 --> 00:43:33.779
 openly,

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:35.299
 the work that God

00:43:35.299 --> 00:43:36.759
 has done in our lives,

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:38.599
 the fact that there are

00:43:38.599 --> 00:43:39.699
 elements of fruit

00:43:39.699 --> 00:43:40.619
 in our lives,

00:43:40.659 --> 00:43:41.679
 and sometimes we feel

00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:42.719
 that if we were just

00:43:42.719 --> 00:43:43.779
 going to confess that,

00:43:43.940 --> 00:43:44.619
 well, you know,

00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:45.840
 we're just getting

00:43:45.840 --> 00:43:47.239
 into a situation of pride,

00:43:47.239 --> 00:43:48.420
 and we're just afraid

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:49.619
 to elevate ourselves.

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:51.279
 Never be afraid

00:43:51.279 --> 00:43:52.179
 to confess

00:43:52.179 --> 00:43:53.279
 to yourself

00:43:53.279 --> 00:43:54.000
 or to others

00:43:54.000 --> 00:43:54.940
 what you see

00:43:54.940 --> 00:43:56.039
 as a real work

00:43:56.039 --> 00:43:57.360
 of grace in your life.

00:43:57.960 --> 00:43:59.559
 It's dishonoring to God

00:43:59.559 --> 00:44:00.739
 if we're reluctant

00:44:00.739 --> 00:44:02.099
 to confess that,

00:44:02.320 --> 00:44:03.639
 to follow that through.

00:44:05.099 --> 00:44:05.840
 So lovingly,

00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:06.719
 I say to you today,

00:44:07.519 --> 00:44:08.599
 don't be afraid

00:44:08.599 --> 00:44:09.219
 of using

00:44:09.219 --> 00:44:10.880
 the means God

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:11.639
 has given you

00:44:11.639 --> 00:44:14.039
 to produce more fruit

00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:14.699
 in your life

00:44:14.699 --> 00:44:16.039
 compared to what

00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:16.920
 you may see now.

00:44:16.920 --> 00:44:19.460
 That's what

00:44:19.460 --> 00:44:20.780
 this passage

00:44:20.780 --> 00:44:21.900
 is really about too.

00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:23.500
 It's not there

00:44:23.500 --> 00:44:24.980
 to discourage anyone.

00:44:25.900 --> 00:44:26.659
 It's not there

00:44:26.659 --> 00:44:28.000
 to reach wrong conclusions

00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:29.519
 about yourself.

00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:31.760
 It's there so that

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:32.220
 you'll say,

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:32.820
 well,

00:44:33.180 --> 00:44:34.860
 God has been good to me.

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:36.380
 God has placed me

00:44:36.380 --> 00:44:37.680
 so advantageously

00:44:37.680 --> 00:44:38.380
 in the gospel.

00:44:38.880 --> 00:44:39.940
 I must make sure

00:44:39.940 --> 00:44:40.639
 now that I go

00:44:40.639 --> 00:44:41.840
 and produce more fruit

00:44:41.840 --> 00:44:42.579
 than I've got,

00:44:43.139 --> 00:44:44.280
 and I must use

00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:45.519
 every advantage

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:46.460
 God gives me

00:44:46.460 --> 00:44:47.720
 so that that

00:44:47.720 --> 00:44:48.619
 will be the case.

00:44:50.179 --> 00:44:50.800
 There's the

00:44:50.800 --> 00:44:52.019
 promising appearance

00:44:52.019 --> 00:44:53.559
 of the fig tree.

00:44:55.260 --> 00:44:56.559
 But you might be here today

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:57.119
 and genuinely

00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:57.880
 not be bearing

00:44:57.880 --> 00:44:58.720
 any fruit yet.

00:45:00.179 --> 00:45:01.019
 And we mustn't

00:45:01.019 --> 00:45:02.079
 just pass over this

00:45:02.079 --> 00:45:03.860
 as if everybody here

00:45:03.860 --> 00:45:04.679
 was bearing

00:45:04.679 --> 00:45:05.500
 so much fruit

00:45:05.500 --> 00:45:06.159
 that just needed

00:45:06.159 --> 00:45:06.740
 to be

00:45:06.740 --> 00:45:10.400
 multiplied.

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:13.159
 There are some people

00:45:13.159 --> 00:45:14.500
 who are familiar

00:45:14.500 --> 00:45:15.260
 with the gospel,

00:45:15.260 --> 00:45:16.980
 who know the gospel,

00:45:17.300 --> 00:45:18.140
 who are planted,

00:45:18.280 --> 00:45:18.740
 if you like,

00:45:19.180 --> 00:45:20.820
 in the ground

00:45:20.820 --> 00:45:22.420
 in which God

00:45:22.420 --> 00:45:23.320
 places people

00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:24.640
 advantageously

00:45:24.640 --> 00:45:25.440
 under the gospel,

00:45:26.140 --> 00:45:26.720
 but who don't

00:45:26.720 --> 00:45:27.220
 bear fruit,

00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:27.940
 who have not yet

00:45:27.940 --> 00:45:28.800
 come to repent

00:45:28.800 --> 00:45:29.520
 of their sin,

00:45:30.140 --> 00:45:31.240
 who have not yet

00:45:31.240 --> 00:45:32.620
 come to embrace

00:45:32.620 --> 00:45:33.800
 Christ by faith

00:45:33.800 --> 00:45:34.500
 and thankfully.

00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:36.440
 Please,

00:45:36.520 --> 00:45:37.480
 if that is you today,

00:45:37.540 --> 00:45:38.060
 if you know that

00:45:38.060 --> 00:45:38.780
 that is the case

00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:39.420
 with you today,

00:45:40.420 --> 00:45:41.820
 you have the advantage

00:45:41.820 --> 00:45:43.380
 today of doing

00:45:43.380 --> 00:45:44.039
 something about

00:45:44.039 --> 00:45:44.740
 that too,

00:45:45.280 --> 00:45:47.280
 of coming to say

00:45:47.280 --> 00:45:47.840
 to God,

00:45:48.539 --> 00:45:48.760
 Lord,

00:45:49.760 --> 00:45:51.039
 whatever's gone

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:52.680
 past in my life,

00:45:53.680 --> 00:45:55.579
 I would like

00:45:55.579 --> 00:45:56.440
 to start today

00:45:56.440 --> 00:45:58.440
 in a way that

00:45:58.440 --> 00:45:59.140
 would bear fruit

00:45:59.140 --> 00:45:59.900
 to your glory,

00:46:01.260 --> 00:46:02.360
 in a way that

00:46:02.360 --> 00:46:03.019
 would actually bring

00:46:03.019 --> 00:46:03.960
 honor to your name.

00:46:04.820 --> 00:46:05.340
 In other words,

00:46:05.380 --> 00:46:06.119
 you would come to God

00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:06.380
 and say,

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:06.579
 Lord,

00:46:06.660 --> 00:46:07.000
 please,

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:08.140
 please don't leave

00:46:08.140 --> 00:46:08.860
 me fruitless.

00:46:08.860 --> 00:46:10.760
 don't leave me

00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:11.720
 just at a show

00:46:11.720 --> 00:46:12.420
 of leaves.

00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:13.400
 Don't leave it

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:14.260
 just as an outward

00:46:14.260 --> 00:46:15.559
 promising life.

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:17.680
 Give me fruit.

00:46:18.579 --> 00:46:19.539
 Give me real life.

00:46:19.640 --> 00:46:20.539
 Give me real faith.

00:46:22.120 --> 00:46:22.900
 Give me the hope

00:46:22.900 --> 00:46:23.920
 of eternal life

00:46:23.920 --> 00:46:26.079
 in Jesus Christ.

00:46:27.380 --> 00:46:27.920
 But then you see

00:46:27.920 --> 00:46:28.539
 the application

00:46:28.539 --> 00:46:29.260
 which followed.

00:46:29.920 --> 00:46:30.700
 We'll just finish

00:46:30.700 --> 00:46:31.760
 with the second point

00:46:31.760 --> 00:46:32.640
 which is the application

00:46:32.640 --> 00:46:33.800
 followed from

00:46:33.800 --> 00:46:35.120
 verse 20 to 26.

00:46:35.200 --> 00:46:35.960
 As they passed by

00:46:35.960 --> 00:46:36.440
 in the morning,

00:46:36.440 --> 00:46:38.220
 they saw the fig tree

00:46:38.220 --> 00:46:38.820
 withered away

00:46:38.820 --> 00:46:39.539
 to its roots.

00:46:40.420 --> 00:46:41.980
 And Peter remembered

00:46:41.980 --> 00:46:43.159
 and said,

00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:43.599
 Rabbi,

00:46:43.820 --> 00:46:44.119
 look,

00:46:44.200 --> 00:46:44.820
 the fig tree

00:46:44.820 --> 00:46:45.519
 that you cursed

00:46:45.519 --> 00:46:46.099
 has withered.

00:46:46.579 --> 00:46:47.860
 And Jesus answered them,

00:46:48.320 --> 00:46:50.280
 Have faith in God.

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.920
 Truly I say to you,

00:46:52.039 --> 00:46:53.519
 whoever says

00:46:53.519 --> 00:46:54.179
 to this mountain

00:46:54.179 --> 00:46:55.340
 be taken up

00:46:55.340 --> 00:46:56.360
 and thrown into the sea

00:46:56.360 --> 00:46:57.559
 and does not doubt

00:46:57.559 --> 00:46:58.179
 in his heart

00:46:58.179 --> 00:46:59.360
 but believes

00:46:59.360 --> 00:47:00.000
 that what he says

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:00.800
 will come to pass,

00:47:00.840 --> 00:47:01.480
 it will be done

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:02.119
 for him.

00:47:02.860 --> 00:47:04.539
 Then he mentions that

00:47:04.539 --> 00:47:05.460
 in relation to prayer.

00:47:05.460 --> 00:47:06.920
 Whatever you ask

00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:07.260
 in prayer,

00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:08.059
 believe that you have

00:47:08.059 --> 00:47:08.740
 received or that

00:47:08.740 --> 00:47:09.860
 you are receiving it

00:47:09.860 --> 00:47:11.760
 and it will be yours.

00:47:11.880 --> 00:47:12.699
 Whatever you stand

00:47:12.699 --> 00:47:13.119
 praying,

00:47:13.300 --> 00:47:13.679
 forgive

00:47:13.679 --> 00:47:15.079
 if you have anything

00:47:15.079 --> 00:47:16.119
 against anyone.

00:47:16.199 --> 00:47:16.940
 So two things in that.

00:47:17.220 --> 00:47:18.559
 Have faith in God.

00:47:19.699 --> 00:47:20.639
 Peter is amazed.

00:47:21.280 --> 00:47:21.800
 He's obviously

00:47:21.800 --> 00:47:22.800
 taken up with the fact

00:47:22.800 --> 00:47:23.740
 that this fig tree

00:47:23.740 --> 00:47:24.559
 has withered away

00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:25.220
 to its roots.

00:47:25.380 --> 00:47:25.840
 It's died

00:47:25.840 --> 00:47:27.559
 virtually overnight.

00:47:28.420 --> 00:47:29.619
 And that's really striking

00:47:29.619 --> 00:47:30.840
 as far as Peter is concerned

00:47:30.840 --> 00:47:31.840
 and he remembers

00:47:31.840 --> 00:47:33.139
 the words the Lord spoke.

00:47:33.139 --> 00:47:35.539
 But the Lord turns

00:47:35.539 --> 00:47:36.519
 what you might say

00:47:36.519 --> 00:47:38.119
 is that negative

00:47:38.119 --> 00:47:39.920
 comment of Peter

00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:41.739
 into a very positive one.

00:47:43.119 --> 00:47:43.739
 He is saying

00:47:43.739 --> 00:47:45.799
 effectively

00:47:45.799 --> 00:47:47.000
 whoever says

00:47:47.000 --> 00:47:47.559
 to this mountain

00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:48.299
 be taken up

00:47:48.299 --> 00:47:49.659
 and does not doubt

00:47:49.659 --> 00:47:50.259
 in his heart

00:47:50.259 --> 00:47:51.759
 it will be done for him.

00:47:51.799 --> 00:47:52.599
 Now what is he saying

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:53.219
 really there?

00:47:53.299 --> 00:47:54.440
 Because this is a perplexing

00:47:54.440 --> 00:47:55.599
 thing for many people

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.039
 as well

00:47:56.039 --> 00:47:57.219
 and a lot of people

00:47:57.219 --> 00:47:58.519
 face this

00:47:58.519 --> 00:47:59.900
 false teaching

00:47:59.900 --> 00:48:00.659
 in the world today

00:48:00.659 --> 00:48:01.339
 in the church today

00:48:01.340 --> 00:48:01.740
 that says

00:48:01.740 --> 00:48:02.400
 you know

00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:03.180
 if things are not

00:48:03.180 --> 00:48:04.019
 really advancing

00:48:04.019 --> 00:48:04.740
 as they should

00:48:04.740 --> 00:48:05.680
 in your life

00:48:05.680 --> 00:48:06.280
 if you're not able

00:48:06.280 --> 00:48:06.760
 to do this

00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:07.380
 or to do that

00:48:07.380 --> 00:48:08.220
 it's your fault

00:48:08.220 --> 00:48:09.360
 you don't have enough faith.

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:13.559
 What Jesus is saying

00:48:13.559 --> 00:48:14.039
 here is

00:48:14.039 --> 00:48:16.000
 look at this mountain

00:48:16.000 --> 00:48:18.320
 think of it being

00:48:18.320 --> 00:48:19.360
 moved from here

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:20.519
 to the depth of the sea.

00:48:20.980 --> 00:48:21.300
 In other words

00:48:21.300 --> 00:48:21.940
 Jesus is saying

00:48:21.940 --> 00:48:23.280
 think of what appears

00:48:23.280 --> 00:48:23.800
 to you

00:48:23.800 --> 00:48:24.880
 to be impossible

00:48:24.880 --> 00:48:27.460
 and then think of God

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:29.400
 and for God

00:48:29.400 --> 00:48:30.639
 it's possible.

00:48:31.680 --> 00:48:32.559
 What appears

00:48:32.559 --> 00:48:33.720
 impossible to us

00:48:33.720 --> 00:48:35.380
 it's not impossible

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:36.099
 with God.

00:48:37.680 --> 00:48:38.720
 It's not about

00:48:38.720 --> 00:48:40.579
 what to pray

00:48:40.579 --> 00:48:42.619
 but the mindset

00:48:42.619 --> 00:48:43.619
 that we need

00:48:43.619 --> 00:48:44.720
 to have in prayer.

00:48:45.200 --> 00:48:46.019
 The mindset

00:48:46.019 --> 00:48:47.639
 that is absolutely

00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:48.680
 convinced

00:48:48.680 --> 00:48:49.660
 that God

00:48:49.660 --> 00:48:50.780
 is able to do

00:48:50.780 --> 00:48:51.639
 what we will bring

00:48:51.639 --> 00:48:52.380
 before him

00:48:52.380 --> 00:48:55.139
 and even sometimes

00:48:55.139 --> 00:48:56.380
 that he will do

00:48:56.380 --> 00:48:57.019
 when he gives us

00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:57.760
 that conviction

00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:59.840
 that he will do

00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:00.960
 what we're asking

00:49:00.960 --> 00:49:01.740
 him to do.

00:49:02.860 --> 00:49:03.860
 It's really all

00:49:03.860 --> 00:49:05.140
 about himself

00:49:05.140 --> 00:49:05.900
 and your view

00:49:05.900 --> 00:49:06.540
 of himself.

00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:08.900
 It's about his

00:49:08.900 --> 00:49:09.780
 capability

00:49:09.780 --> 00:49:11.020
 and his power

00:49:11.020 --> 00:49:13.140
 that he is able

00:49:13.140 --> 00:49:13.920
 to do the things

00:49:13.920 --> 00:49:14.680
 which we think

00:49:14.680 --> 00:49:16.000
 are impossible.

00:49:17.300 --> 00:49:17.880
 You're praying

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:18.760
 for someone today.

00:49:19.980 --> 00:49:20.640
 You've been praying

00:49:20.640 --> 00:49:21.800
 for them for a long time.

00:49:23.040 --> 00:49:24.100
 They're still not converted

00:49:24.100 --> 00:49:25.020
 as far as you know.

00:49:26.020 --> 00:49:26.740
 You may be saying

00:49:26.739 --> 00:49:27.259
 in your heart

00:49:27.259 --> 00:49:28.679
 when you go to pray

00:49:28.679 --> 00:49:29.099
 for them

00:49:29.099 --> 00:49:30.279
 time after time

00:49:30.279 --> 00:49:31.599
 and think this is

00:49:31.599 --> 00:49:32.339
 just impossible.

00:49:32.519 --> 00:49:33.339
 It's not going to happen.

00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:35.679
 Well here is God

00:49:35.679 --> 00:49:36.159
 saying to you

00:49:36.159 --> 00:49:37.000
 that's your opinion.

00:49:37.939 --> 00:49:39.159
 How do you see me?

00:49:40.500 --> 00:49:41.079
 What do you think

00:49:41.079 --> 00:49:41.899
 I'm able to do

00:49:41.899 --> 00:49:42.359
 for them?

00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:43.819
 Have you lost

00:49:43.819 --> 00:49:44.239
 your vision

00:49:44.239 --> 00:49:45.359
 of what I can do?

00:49:45.899 --> 00:49:46.599
 Are you just looking

00:49:46.599 --> 00:49:47.659
 at it from your own

00:49:47.659 --> 00:49:48.279
 perspective?

00:49:48.979 --> 00:49:49.619
 Friends, today

00:49:49.619 --> 00:49:50.859
 whatever we're praying

00:49:50.859 --> 00:49:51.839
 for and we're praying

00:49:51.839 --> 00:49:52.979
 for the congregation

00:49:52.979 --> 00:49:53.699
 and we're praying

00:49:53.699 --> 00:49:54.619
 for the blessing

00:49:54.619 --> 00:49:55.139
 of the Lord

00:49:55.139 --> 00:49:55.739
 and the congregation

00:49:55.739 --> 00:49:56.239
 and we pray

00:49:56.239 --> 00:49:57.159
 for the individuals.

00:49:57.599 --> 00:49:57.879
 We're praying

00:49:57.879 --> 00:49:58.400
 for the work

00:49:58.400 --> 00:49:59.119
 with the young folks.

00:49:59.219 --> 00:49:59.519
 We're praying

00:49:59.519 --> 00:50:00.879
 for so many things.

00:50:01.259 --> 00:50:02.239
 Catch this vision

00:50:02.239 --> 00:50:02.940
 of God

00:50:02.940 --> 00:50:03.879
 that is before you

00:50:03.879 --> 00:50:04.500
 in the passage

00:50:04.500 --> 00:50:05.619
 and say

00:50:05.619 --> 00:50:08.480
 don't doubt God.

00:50:08.859 --> 00:50:11.779
 Have faith in God.

00:50:12.859 --> 00:50:15.000
 Have faith in God.

00:50:15.739 --> 00:50:16.879
 But when we're praying

00:50:16.879 --> 00:50:18.920
 he says in verse 25

00:50:18.920 --> 00:50:20.759
 whenever you stand

00:50:20.759 --> 00:50:21.519
 praying forgive.

00:50:22.539 --> 00:50:23.259
 If you have anything

00:50:23.260 --> 00:50:24.020
 against anyone

00:50:24.020 --> 00:50:25.300
 so that your Father

00:50:25.300 --> 00:50:26.220
 who is in heaven

00:50:26.220 --> 00:50:27.080
 may forgive you

00:50:27.080 --> 00:50:28.580
 your trespasses.

00:50:28.700 --> 00:50:30.580
 Very like what you find

00:50:30.580 --> 00:50:31.420
 in the Sermon on the Mount

00:50:31.420 --> 00:50:32.860
 in Matthew's Gospel.

00:50:33.360 --> 00:50:35.260
 Remember there in chapter 6

00:50:35.260 --> 00:50:36.180
 of Matthew's Gospel

00:50:36.180 --> 00:50:37.140
 at verse 14

00:50:37.140 --> 00:50:39.060
 where Jesus said

00:50:39.060 --> 00:50:44.320
 if you forgive others

00:50:44.320 --> 00:50:46.340
 this is after the Lord's Prayer

00:50:46.340 --> 00:50:48.280
 which we've said together earlier

00:50:48.280 --> 00:50:50.020
 if you forgive others

00:50:50.020 --> 00:50:50.980
 their trespasses

00:50:50.980 --> 00:50:52.760
 your heavenly Father

00:50:52.760 --> 00:50:54.039
 will also forgive you.

00:50:54.559 --> 00:50:55.360
 But if you do not

00:50:55.360 --> 00:50:56.000
 forgive others

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:56.960
 their trespasses

00:50:56.960 --> 00:50:58.300
 neither will your Father

00:50:58.300 --> 00:50:59.820
 forgive your trespasses.

00:51:00.079 --> 00:51:00.679
 If you take that

00:51:00.679 --> 00:51:01.440
 along with Mark

00:51:01.440 --> 00:51:02.940
 he's not saying

00:51:02.940 --> 00:51:04.500
 that God's forgiveness

00:51:04.500 --> 00:51:05.780
 is conditional

00:51:05.780 --> 00:51:07.820
 or that the ground

00:51:07.820 --> 00:51:09.719
 of God forgiving us

00:51:09.719 --> 00:51:11.139
 is our forgiving others.

00:51:11.760 --> 00:51:12.260
 In other words

00:51:12.260 --> 00:51:14.579
 that we constrain God

00:51:14.579 --> 00:51:16.440
 or persuade God

00:51:16.440 --> 00:51:17.820
 to forgive others

00:51:17.820 --> 00:51:19.280
 by our forgiveness

00:51:19.280 --> 00:51:20.940
 of them

00:51:20.940 --> 00:51:22.740
 or forgive ourselves.

00:51:23.120 --> 00:51:24.200
 What he's saying is

00:51:24.200 --> 00:51:25.760
 when you come to pray

00:51:25.760 --> 00:51:27.019
 and ask God's forgiveness

00:51:27.019 --> 00:51:28.160
 search your heart.

00:51:29.700 --> 00:51:31.440
 And if you have

00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:31.980
 in your heart

00:51:31.980 --> 00:51:32.700
 something there

00:51:32.700 --> 00:51:33.600
 and then against

00:51:33.600 --> 00:51:34.680
 someone that you're

00:51:34.680 --> 00:51:35.320
 conscious of

00:51:35.320 --> 00:51:36.360
 in your heart

00:51:36.360 --> 00:51:39.480
 then deal with that.

00:51:40.519 --> 00:51:41.120
 Because

00:51:41.120 --> 00:51:42.780
 that will actually

00:51:42.780 --> 00:51:44.200
 blight your prayer.

00:51:44.199 --> 00:51:46.179
 it will

00:51:46.179 --> 00:51:46.699
 if you like

00:51:46.699 --> 00:51:47.819
 shrivel your prayer.

00:51:49.039 --> 00:51:50.799
 If you come before God

00:51:50.799 --> 00:51:51.679
 and you know

00:51:51.679 --> 00:51:52.159
 that there's

00:51:52.159 --> 00:51:53.379
 something you need

00:51:53.379 --> 00:51:54.699
 to forgive someone about.

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:56.659
 If you have anything

00:51:56.659 --> 00:51:57.539
 against anyone

00:51:57.539 --> 00:51:59.399
 just stop.

00:52:00.179 --> 00:52:01.179
 Before you ask

00:52:01.179 --> 00:52:02.199
 anything of God

00:52:02.199 --> 00:52:05.079
 come and

00:52:05.079 --> 00:52:06.839
 forgive that person

00:52:06.839 --> 00:52:07.359
 first.

00:52:07.980 --> 00:52:08.639
 That person

00:52:08.639 --> 00:52:10.799
 may not be willing

00:52:10.799 --> 00:52:11.480
 to confess

00:52:11.480 --> 00:52:12.019
 their fault

00:52:12.019 --> 00:52:12.659
 between you

00:52:12.659 --> 00:52:13.719
 and themselves.

00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:15.940
 And forgiveness

00:52:15.940 --> 00:52:17.119
 in a sense

00:52:17.119 --> 00:52:17.699
 is always

00:52:17.699 --> 00:52:18.500
 consequent

00:52:18.500 --> 00:52:18.859
 upon

00:52:18.859 --> 00:52:20.019
 confession.

00:52:20.759 --> 00:52:21.079
 It's the same

00:52:21.079 --> 00:52:21.619
 for ourselves.

00:52:21.739 --> 00:52:22.539
 We come to God

00:52:22.539 --> 00:52:23.980
 and don't automatically

00:52:23.980 --> 00:52:25.339
 receive forgiveness.

00:52:25.539 --> 00:52:26.139
 We need to come

00:52:26.139 --> 00:52:26.619
 and confess

00:52:26.619 --> 00:52:27.319
 our sins

00:52:27.319 --> 00:52:28.000
 and then we

00:52:28.000 --> 00:52:29.159
 have the warrant

00:52:29.159 --> 00:52:29.859
 of God's word

00:52:29.859 --> 00:52:30.420
 that he will

00:52:30.420 --> 00:52:31.339
 hear our prayer

00:52:31.339 --> 00:52:32.679
 and forgive our sins.

00:52:34.199 --> 00:52:34.960
 But sometimes

00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:35.639
 you'll find someone

00:52:35.639 --> 00:52:36.279
 not prepared

00:52:36.279 --> 00:52:36.859
 to confess

00:52:36.859 --> 00:52:37.579
 that they've done

00:52:37.579 --> 00:52:38.139
 anything wrong

00:52:38.139 --> 00:52:38.899
 even if in

00:52:38.899 --> 00:52:39.859
 your heart of hearts

00:52:39.859 --> 00:52:40.639
 and maybe in theirs

00:52:40.639 --> 00:52:41.500
 they know they have.

00:52:42.659 --> 00:52:43.619
 It might be the other way

00:52:43.619 --> 00:52:44.019
 about it.

00:52:44.079 --> 00:52:44.480
 It might be that

00:52:44.480 --> 00:52:45.839
 something we've done

00:52:45.839 --> 00:52:46.659
 has hurt others

00:52:46.659 --> 00:52:47.759
 and we're not

00:52:47.759 --> 00:52:48.839
 prepared to confess

00:52:48.839 --> 00:52:50.019
 that we're at fault

00:52:50.019 --> 00:52:50.480
 with it.

00:52:51.480 --> 00:52:52.379
 Either way

00:52:52.379 --> 00:52:56.019
 we need to be

00:52:56.019 --> 00:52:57.319
 seriously honest

00:52:57.319 --> 00:52:58.099
 with the issue.

00:52:58.719 --> 00:52:59.319
 And if the person

00:52:59.319 --> 00:53:00.079
 we go to says

00:53:00.079 --> 00:53:00.319
 look

00:53:00.319 --> 00:53:01.940
 if I've done anything

00:53:01.940 --> 00:53:02.819
 forgive me

00:53:02.819 --> 00:53:04.899
 and you go to them

00:53:04.899 --> 00:53:05.139
 and say

00:53:05.139 --> 00:53:05.500
 well look

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:06.799
 you've done this

00:53:06.799 --> 00:53:07.679
 and I think it's wrong

00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:09.739
 so we're here

00:53:09.739 --> 00:53:11.599
 to be reconciled

00:53:11.599 --> 00:53:11.919
 to each other

00:53:11.919 --> 00:53:12.460
 maybe the person

00:53:12.460 --> 00:53:12.779
 will say

00:53:12.779 --> 00:53:14.139
 I don't want to be

00:53:14.139 --> 00:53:15.379
 forget it

00:53:15.379 --> 00:53:15.819
 I don't want to speak

00:53:15.819 --> 00:53:16.239
 to you.

00:53:17.039 --> 00:53:17.899
 What do you then do?

00:53:18.440 --> 00:53:18.819
 Well you're still

00:53:18.819 --> 00:53:19.419
 in your heart

00:53:19.419 --> 00:53:20.940
 come say to the Lord

00:53:20.940 --> 00:53:21.239
 Lord

00:53:21.239 --> 00:53:22.299
 they're not prepared

00:53:22.299 --> 00:53:23.159
 to confess

00:53:23.159 --> 00:53:24.599
 I confess

00:53:24.599 --> 00:53:25.500
 if I've done wrong

00:53:25.500 --> 00:53:26.679
 that I need

00:53:26.679 --> 00:53:27.299
 your forgiveness

00:53:27.299 --> 00:53:27.739
 Lord

00:53:27.739 --> 00:53:29.139
 and even if they

00:53:29.139 --> 00:53:30.000
 never confess

00:53:30.000 --> 00:53:31.059
 to have done wrong

00:53:31.059 --> 00:53:32.639
 Lord help me

00:53:32.639 --> 00:53:33.099
 in my heart

00:53:33.099 --> 00:53:33.940
 to forgive them

00:53:33.940 --> 00:53:35.379
 in my thoughts

00:53:35.379 --> 00:53:36.460
 as if they had

00:53:36.460 --> 00:53:36.940
 confessed.

00:53:37.679 --> 00:53:38.599
 Because

00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:40.159
 it's so vital

00:53:40.159 --> 00:53:41.440
 to our ongoing

00:53:41.440 --> 00:53:42.819
 spiritual relationship

00:53:42.819 --> 00:53:43.480
 to God

00:53:43.480 --> 00:53:45.219
 that we don't

00:53:45.219 --> 00:53:45.940
 hold anything

00:53:45.940 --> 00:53:47.440
 against anyone

00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:48.099
 when we come

00:53:48.099 --> 00:53:48.919
 to prayer

00:53:48.919 --> 00:53:49.659
 at any time

00:53:49.659 --> 00:53:49.980
 indeed

00:53:49.980 --> 00:53:51.440
 but he's confining

00:53:51.440 --> 00:53:51.839
 it here

00:53:51.839 --> 00:53:52.819
 to the issue

00:53:52.819 --> 00:53:53.399
 of prayer.

00:53:55.099 --> 00:53:55.599
 And that's why

00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:57.059
 in Matthew 18

00:53:57.059 --> 00:53:58.399
 remember Matthew 18

00:53:58.399 --> 00:53:59.960
 where Peter said

00:53:59.960 --> 00:54:01.059
 to Jesus

00:54:01.059 --> 00:54:01.359
 Lord

00:54:01.359 --> 00:54:02.179
 how often

00:54:02.179 --> 00:54:03.159
 will my brother

00:54:03.159 --> 00:54:04.319
 sin against me

00:54:04.319 --> 00:54:05.359
 and I forgive him

00:54:05.359 --> 00:54:06.239
 will it be up to

00:54:06.239 --> 00:54:07.299
 seven times

00:54:07.300 --> 00:54:08.860
 and Peter thought

00:54:08.860 --> 00:54:09.720
 seven times

00:54:09.720 --> 00:54:10.640
 surely that's enough

00:54:10.640 --> 00:54:12.320
 because the law

00:54:12.320 --> 00:54:13.120
 of the rabbis

00:54:13.120 --> 00:54:13.760
 at that time

00:54:13.760 --> 00:54:14.420
 the regulation

00:54:14.420 --> 00:54:15.140
 of the rabbis

00:54:15.140 --> 00:54:16.600
 was well

00:54:16.600 --> 00:54:17.420
 four times

00:54:17.420 --> 00:54:18.740
 is quite sufficient

00:54:18.740 --> 00:54:21.440
 and Peter was thinking

00:54:21.440 --> 00:54:22.560
 well if I go to seven

00:54:22.560 --> 00:54:23.840
 surely that's going

00:54:23.840 --> 00:54:24.700
 to be enough.

00:54:25.280 --> 00:54:25.720
 What did the Lord

00:54:25.720 --> 00:54:26.160
 say to him?

00:54:26.200 --> 00:54:26.539
 No he said

00:54:26.539 --> 00:54:28.280
 I don't say to you

00:54:28.280 --> 00:54:29.080
 seven times

00:54:29.080 --> 00:54:29.860
 but I do say

00:54:29.860 --> 00:54:31.260
 seventy times seven.

00:54:31.380 --> 00:54:32.220
 What did Jesus mean?

00:54:32.219 --> 00:54:33.379
 He meant that

00:54:33.379 --> 00:54:35.439
 however many times

00:54:35.439 --> 00:54:36.559
 you have to forgive

00:54:36.559 --> 00:54:37.639
 then you forgive.

00:54:38.719 --> 00:54:39.959
 There are no limits

00:54:39.959 --> 00:54:40.299
 to it.

00:54:40.639 --> 00:54:41.139
 You don't actually

00:54:41.139 --> 00:54:41.699
 put something

00:54:41.699 --> 00:54:42.239
 around it

00:54:42.239 --> 00:54:43.179
 so that you say

00:54:43.179 --> 00:54:44.439
 within a certain time

00:54:44.439 --> 00:54:45.419
 or after a certain

00:54:45.419 --> 00:54:46.659
 number of times

00:54:46.659 --> 00:54:47.819
 we forgive somebody

00:54:47.819 --> 00:54:48.799
 then it's okay

00:54:48.799 --> 00:54:49.539
 not to forgive

00:54:49.539 --> 00:54:50.259
 and then hold it

00:54:50.259 --> 00:54:50.759
 against them.

00:54:50.879 --> 00:54:51.039
 No.

00:54:53.299 --> 00:54:54.359
 We always have

00:54:54.359 --> 00:54:54.939
 to forgive

00:54:54.939 --> 00:54:56.899
 whenever there's

00:54:56.899 --> 00:54:57.219
 something

00:54:57.219 --> 00:54:58.439
 that we know

00:54:58.439 --> 00:54:59.439
 needs to be forgiven.

00:54:59.440 --> 00:55:01.440
 something we need

00:55:01.440 --> 00:55:01.900
 to confess

00:55:01.900 --> 00:55:02.659
 that we've done

00:55:02.659 --> 00:55:04.099
 or that's been

00:55:04.099 --> 00:55:05.139
 done against us.

00:55:06.659 --> 00:55:07.840
 Jesus replied

00:55:07.840 --> 00:55:10.260
 you can't impose

00:55:10.260 --> 00:55:10.900
 limits

00:55:10.900 --> 00:55:13.260
 on confession

00:55:13.260 --> 00:55:14.019
 or forgiveness.

00:55:15.480 --> 00:55:16.760
 It's open ended.

00:55:17.980 --> 00:55:18.740
 It's there

00:55:18.740 --> 00:55:19.679
 throughout the whole

00:55:19.679 --> 00:55:20.280
 of life.

00:55:21.740 --> 00:55:22.400
 So many

00:55:22.400 --> 00:55:24.780
 personal relationships

00:55:24.780 --> 00:55:26.559
 and personal

00:55:26.559 --> 00:55:27.139
 relationships

00:55:27.139 --> 00:55:27.720
 developing

00:55:27.720 --> 00:55:28.679
 to spread

00:55:28.679 --> 00:55:29.360
 the influence

00:55:29.360 --> 00:55:30.680
 into a congregation

00:55:30.680 --> 00:55:31.579
 or community

00:55:31.579 --> 00:55:33.000
 or family

00:55:33.000 --> 00:55:34.760
 have all started

00:55:34.760 --> 00:55:36.599
 with a reluctance

00:55:36.599 --> 00:55:37.320
 to forgive.

00:55:38.340 --> 00:55:39.400
 A reluctance

00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:40.079
 to confess

00:55:40.079 --> 00:55:40.579
 faults

00:55:40.579 --> 00:55:42.160
 a reluctance

00:55:42.160 --> 00:55:42.960
 to forgive

00:55:42.960 --> 00:55:44.160
 when we're

00:55:44.160 --> 00:55:44.820
 asked to forgive.

00:55:46.700 --> 00:55:47.940
 Let's be

00:55:47.940 --> 00:55:49.740
 fruitful Christians.

00:55:51.340 --> 00:55:51.940
 Take from

00:55:51.940 --> 00:55:52.400
 today

00:55:52.400 --> 00:55:53.940
 three words

00:55:53.940 --> 00:55:55.800
 easy to remember

00:55:55.800 --> 00:55:56.380
 three words

00:55:56.380 --> 00:55:56.800
 that begin

00:55:56.800 --> 00:55:57.320
 with F.

00:55:57.320 --> 00:55:59.760
 fruit

00:55:59.760 --> 00:56:01.760
 faith

00:56:01.760 --> 00:56:03.640
 forgiveness

00:56:03.640 --> 00:56:05.720
 because

00:56:05.720 --> 00:56:06.580
 each of them

00:56:06.580 --> 00:56:07.120
 and together

00:56:07.120 --> 00:56:08.880
 are the essence

00:56:08.880 --> 00:56:10.940
 of the life

00:56:10.940 --> 00:56:13.080
 of Christ's people.

00:56:13.640 --> 00:56:14.380
 Let's pray.

00:56:14.380 --> 00:56:18.099
 Lord we thank you

00:56:18.099 --> 00:56:18.960
 that we can come

00:56:18.960 --> 00:56:19.260
 to you

00:56:19.260 --> 00:56:19.820
 and confess

00:56:19.820 --> 00:56:20.380
 our sins

00:56:20.380 --> 00:56:20.800
 to you

00:56:20.800 --> 00:56:22.380
 and that we

00:56:22.380 --> 00:56:23.160
 can be

00:56:23.160 --> 00:56:24.500
 people who

00:56:24.500 --> 00:56:25.119
 show that

00:56:25.119 --> 00:56:25.820
 our desire

00:56:25.820 --> 00:56:26.720
 is to forgive

00:56:26.720 --> 00:56:28.019
 whenever there

00:56:28.019 --> 00:56:28.460
 is a need

00:56:28.460 --> 00:56:29.079
 to forgive.

00:56:29.940 --> 00:56:30.780
 We thank you

00:56:30.780 --> 00:56:31.660
 for the advantages

00:56:31.660 --> 00:56:32.460
 you give us

00:56:32.460 --> 00:56:33.500
 that are all

00:56:33.500 --> 00:56:33.920
 designed

00:56:33.920 --> 00:56:34.480
 that we should

00:56:34.480 --> 00:56:35.039
 bear fruit

00:56:35.039 --> 00:56:35.720
 to your glory

00:56:35.720 --> 00:56:37.099
 and we pray

00:56:37.099 --> 00:56:37.500
 especially

00:56:37.500 --> 00:56:38.300
 under the gospel

00:56:38.300 --> 00:56:39.619
 that our lives

00:56:39.619 --> 00:56:40.380
 may be such.

00:56:40.380 --> 00:56:42.119
 hear us we pray

00:56:42.119 --> 00:56:42.619
 and accept

00:56:42.619 --> 00:56:43.079
 our worship

00:56:43.079 --> 00:56:43.440
 now.

00:56:44.059 --> 00:56:44.740
 Continue with us

00:56:44.740 --> 00:56:45.680
 throughout this day

00:56:45.680 --> 00:56:46.260
 be with us

00:56:46.260 --> 00:56:46.840
 in the evening

00:56:46.840 --> 00:56:48.119
 bless Reverend

00:56:48.119 --> 00:56:48.619
 Calmurdo

00:56:48.619 --> 00:56:49.519
 as he preaches

00:56:49.519 --> 00:56:50.140
 this evening

00:56:50.140 --> 00:56:51.480
 and help us

00:56:51.480 --> 00:56:52.160
 Lord as we

00:56:52.160 --> 00:56:53.420
 spend this

00:56:53.420 --> 00:56:54.220
 Lord's day

00:56:54.220 --> 00:56:55.460
 in relation

00:56:55.460 --> 00:56:56.220
 to your word

00:56:56.220 --> 00:56:57.300
 and to your

00:56:57.300 --> 00:56:57.640
 worship

00:56:57.640 --> 00:56:58.840
 help us

00:56:58.840 --> 00:56:59.240
 we pray

00:56:59.240 --> 00:57:00.380
 to further

00:57:00.380 --> 00:57:00.920
 advance

00:57:00.920 --> 00:57:01.640
 our relationship

00:57:01.640 --> 00:57:02.220
 with you

00:57:02.220 --> 00:57:03.480
 all for Jesus

00:57:03.480 --> 00:57:03.920
 sake

00:57:03.920 --> 00:57:04.740
 Amen.

00:57:04.739 --> 00:57:07.339
 We're going

00:57:07.339 --> 00:57:07.599
 to now

00:57:07.599 --> 00:57:07.959
 conclude

00:57:07.959 --> 00:57:08.519
 our worship

00:57:08.519 --> 00:57:08.939
 today

00:57:08.939 --> 00:57:09.579
 this morning

00:57:09.579 --> 00:57:09.919
 singing

00:57:09.919 --> 00:57:10.839
 to God's

00:57:10.839 --> 00:57:11.039
 praise

00:57:11.039 --> 00:57:11.379
 in Psalm

00:57:11.379 --> 00:57:12.059
 92

00:57:12.059 --> 00:57:13.959
 and that's

00:57:13.959 --> 00:57:14.239
 from the

00:57:14.239 --> 00:57:14.519
 Scottish

00:57:14.519 --> 00:57:15.059
 Psalter

00:57:15.059 --> 00:57:19.619
 singing

00:57:19.619 --> 00:57:20.279
 verses 12

00:57:20.279 --> 00:57:20.939
 to 15

00:57:20.939 --> 00:57:21.739
 that's

00:57:21.739 --> 00:57:22.179
 on page

00:57:22.179 --> 00:57:24.239
 353

00:57:24.239 --> 00:57:27.539
 But like

00:57:27.539 --> 00:57:28.219
 the palm tree

00:57:28.219 --> 00:57:28.739
 flourishing

00:57:28.739 --> 00:57:29.219
 shall be

00:57:29.219 --> 00:57:29.739
 the righteous

00:57:29.739 --> 00:57:30.159
 one

00:57:30.159 --> 00:57:31.339
 he shall

00:57:31.339 --> 00:57:31.799
 like to

00:57:31.799 --> 00:57:32.279
 the cedar

00:57:32.279 --> 00:57:32.619
 grow

00:57:32.619 --> 00:57:33.000
 that is

00:57:33.000 --> 00:57:33.479
 in Lebanon

00:57:33.480 --> 00:57:34.699
 those that

00:57:34.699 --> 00:57:35.179
 within the

00:57:35.179 --> 00:57:35.619
 house of

00:57:35.619 --> 00:57:35.960
 God

00:57:35.960 --> 00:57:36.820
 are planted

00:57:36.820 --> 00:57:37.300
 by his

00:57:37.300 --> 00:57:37.639
 grace

00:57:37.639 --> 00:57:38.360
 they shall

00:57:38.360 --> 00:57:38.800
 grow up

00:57:38.800 --> 00:57:39.280
 and flourish

00:57:39.280 --> 00:57:39.820
 all in

00:57:39.820 --> 00:57:40.380
 our God's

00:57:40.380 --> 00:57:41.059
 holy place

00:57:41.059 --> 00:57:42.019
 and in

00:57:42.019 --> 00:57:42.539
 old age

00:57:42.539 --> 00:57:43.059
 when others

00:57:43.059 --> 00:57:43.480
 fade

00:57:43.480 --> 00:57:44.480
 they fruit

00:57:44.480 --> 00:57:45.139
 still forth

00:57:45.139 --> 00:57:45.639
 shall bring

00:57:45.639 --> 00:57:46.659
 they shall

00:57:46.659 --> 00:57:47.139
 be fat

00:57:47.139 --> 00:57:47.500
 and full

00:57:47.500 --> 00:57:48.059
 of sap

00:57:48.059 --> 00:57:49.079
 and a

00:57:49.079 --> 00:57:49.740
 be flourishing

00:57:49.740 --> 00:57:50.360
 to show

00:57:50.360 --> 00:57:51.340
 that upright

00:57:51.340 --> 00:57:52.219
 is the Lord

00:57:52.219 --> 00:57:53.000
 he is a rock

00:57:53.000 --> 00:57:53.519
 to me

00:57:53.519 --> 00:57:54.599
 and he

00:57:54.599 --> 00:57:55.079
 from all

00:57:55.079 --> 00:57:56.119
 unrighteousness

00:57:56.119 --> 00:57:57.400
 is altogether

00:57:57.400 --> 00:57:58.119
 free

00:57:58.119 --> 00:57:58.679
 these four

00:57:58.679 --> 00:57:58.960
 verses

00:57:58.960 --> 00:57:59.679
 in conclusion

00:57:59.679 --> 00:58:07.000
 but like

00:58:07.000 --> 00:58:09.259
 the palm tree

00:58:09.259 --> 00:58:11.899
 flourishing

00:58:11.899 --> 00:58:14.759
 shall be

00:58:14.759 --> 00:58:17.159
 the righteous

00:58:17.159 --> 00:58:19.500
 one

00:58:19.500 --> 00:58:22.099
 he shall

00:58:22.099 --> 00:58:24.019
 like to

00:58:24.019 --> 00:58:26.559
 the cedar

00:58:26.559 --> 00:58:28.779
 grow up

00:58:28.779 --> 00:58:30.840
 that is

00:58:30.840 --> 00:58:33.779
 in Lebanon

00:58:33.779 --> 00:58:38.199
 those that

00:58:38.199 --> 00:58:39.440
 within

00:58:39.440 --> 00:58:42.500
 the house

00:58:42.500 --> 00:58:44.219
 of God

00:58:44.219 --> 00:58:46.799
 are planted

00:58:46.799 --> 00:58:49.679
 by his

00:58:49.679 --> 00:58:51.199
 grace

00:58:51.199 --> 00:58:54.079
 they shall

00:58:54.079 --> 00:58:55.879
 grow up

00:58:55.879 --> 00:58:58.679
 and flourish

00:58:58.679 --> 00:59:01.599
 all in

00:59:01.599 --> 00:59:03.759
 our God's

00:59:03.759 --> 00:59:07.179
 holy place

00:59:07.179 --> 00:59:10.279
 and in

00:59:10.279 --> 00:59:12.359
 old age

00:59:12.359 --> 00:59:14.839
 when others

00:59:14.839 --> 00:59:16.339
 fade

00:59:16.339 --> 00:59:18.279
 they fruit

00:59:18.280 --> 00:59:21.019
 still forth

00:59:21.019 --> 00:59:22.019
 shall

00:59:22.019 --> 00:59:23.440
 bring

00:59:23.440 --> 00:59:24.820
 they

00:59:24.820 --> 00:59:26.300
 shall

00:59:26.300 --> 00:59:27.200
 be

00:59:27.200 --> 00:59:28.500
 fat

00:59:28.500 --> 00:59:30.220
 and full

00:59:30.220 --> 00:59:32.380
 of sap

00:59:32.380 --> 00:59:33.900
 and

00:59:33.900 --> 00:59:34.320
 they

00:59:34.320 --> 00:59:35.320
 be

00:59:35.320 --> 00:59:38.220
 flourishing

00:59:38.220 --> 00:59:40.760
 to

00:59:40.760 --> 00:59:41.820
 show

00:59:41.820 --> 00:59:43.600
 that

00:59:43.600 --> 00:59:44.880
 upright

00:59:44.880 --> 00:59:46.500
 is

00:59:46.500 --> 00:59:47.320
 the

00:59:47.320 --> 00:59:48.539
 Lord

00:59:48.539 --> 00:59:49.440
 he

00:59:49.440 --> 00:59:51.000
 is

00:59:51.000 --> 00:59:52.099
 a

00:59:52.099 --> 00:59:53.019
 rock

00:59:53.019 --> 00:59:53.640
 to

00:59:53.640 --> 00:59:55.320
 me

00:59:55.320 --> 00:59:57.280
 and

00:59:57.280 --> 00:59:58.039
 he

00:59:58.039 --> 00:59:58.539
 from

00:59:58.539 --> 01:00:00.119
 all

01:00:00.119 --> 01:00:04.380
 unrighteousness

01:00:04.380 --> 01:00:05.960
 is

01:00:05.960 --> 01:00:07.280
 altogether

01:00:07.280 --> 01:00:10.720
 free

01:00:10.720 --> 01:00:13.720
 I'll go to the door

01:00:13.720 --> 01:00:14.340
 to my left

01:00:14.340 --> 01:00:14.860
 this morning

01:00:14.860 --> 01:00:18.200
 now may grace

01:00:18.200 --> 01:00:18.780
 and mercy

01:00:18.780 --> 01:00:19.300
 and peace

01:00:19.300 --> 01:00:19.920
 from God

01:00:19.920 --> 01:00:20.480
 the Father

01:00:20.480 --> 01:00:20.980
 Son

01:00:20.980 --> 01:00:21.840
 and Holy Spirit

01:00:21.840 --> 01:00:23.200
 be your portion

01:00:23.200 --> 01:00:24.440
 now and evermore

01:00:24.440 --> 01:00:25.320
 Amen

01:00:25.320 --> 01:00:40.800
 her

01:00:55.320 --> 01:01:25.300
 Thank you.