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 We're going to worship this morning by singing to God's praise.

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 96 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 We're singing from verse 9 down to verse 13 to the end of the psalm.

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 Psalm 96 at verse 9.

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 In beauty of his holiness, so do the Lord adore.

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 Likewise, let all the earth throughout tremble his face before.

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 Among the heathens, say God reigns.

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 The world shall steadfastly be fixed from moving.

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 He shall judge the people righteously.

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 We're going to sing from verse 9 to 13 on the tune of Kilmarnock.

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 We stand to sing.

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 Let all the earth through a tremble his face before.

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 Among the heathens, say God reigns.

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 The world shall steadfastly be fixed from moving.

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 The world shall steadfastly be fixed from moving.

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 He shall judge the people righteously.

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 Let heaven take up before the Lord.

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 How may the earth rejoice?

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 Let Jesus across the voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voyque voy voyque voyque voy voyque voy voyque voy voy voy voyque voy

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 Before the Lord be caused to judge the earth of thee,

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 He'll judge the world with righteousness, that we will pray for thee.

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 We'll bow our heads in a word of prayer. Let us pray.

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 Our gracious Father in heaven, we thank you for this day.

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 We thank you for the joy of praise to you,

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 that we are able to gather here in this place or gather around at home as well on such a wild day.

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 We thank you that we can still join together in worship of you.

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 And we just pray for your peace over us.

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 Peace over us as we are sitting here in the pews or sitting at home.

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 Peace over us, Lord, in these days as we look for your blessing upon us.

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 Thankful for every remembrance of you that we have through your word and by your spirit,

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 by the seasons of the year in which we go through.

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 We are thankful for every reminder we are given that you are God and Lord of all,

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 the one who made the heavens and the earth and all that is in them,

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 and the one who, in the midst of all that is so sad in our world,

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 the sorrows that we suffer, the sadness that we see around us,

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 has reminded us that you gave your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ,

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 to come and save his people, to be a saviour for this world.

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 And so we pray that our thanks and our praise would be lifted up to you today

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 and in all the days ahead,

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 that we rejoice not just at this time of year in the celebrations of Christmas,

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 but that we will recognise that you are with us through all our days and all our seasons

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 when we put our trust in you.

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 So, Lord, may you help us in our hearts today to be glad and rejoice in you.

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 And may you bless us in our homes and in our families and our communities

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 with your peace and protection over us and your blessing with us.

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 As we thank you for one another, we thank you for all our young people,

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 we thank you for our schools and for the Sunday schools

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 and for all the work that they have been doing throughout this year.

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 And as they enjoy a time of holiday just now, Lord,

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 may your blessing and refreshment be upon all involved in that work.

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 And we thank you too, Lord, for the holiday tweenies and the creche that goes on.

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 And we just pray, Lord, that you will bless all these activities

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 that we are involved in for our young people, Lord.

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 We ask your blessing over each one of them.

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 So, Lord, be with us now.

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 Go before us throughout this day.

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 Keep us safe in it and help us to have our eyes towards you as our Lord and as our God.

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 As we ask all with forgiveness of our sins.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 But before some of the young ones go out to the holiday tweenies

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 and those who are staying in, just a wee word to you.

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 The last few weeks we've been thinking about Advent and what it means.

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 And at the holiday club last week,

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 the young people were making their Advent calendars.

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 And I don't know if you've been working your way through it.

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 But day by day, if you've got an Advent calendar,

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 it might not be the one you had at this holiday club.

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 Maybe you've got your own at home.

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 What you do is, as we heard from Alistair Macaulay when he was here as well,

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 you open up the wee doors and you find out what's inside it.

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 Now, hands up if you've been doing it one day at a time.

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 You've been doing it one day at a time.

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 Yeah, a few hands going up.

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 Hands up if you're just someone who just,

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 I'm just going to pop them all off.

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 I'll just have them all at once.

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 One day and it's all done.

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 Hands up if that's the way you do an Advent calendar.

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 Not hands going up.

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 That's good.

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 Because that would spoil it, wouldn't it?

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 It takes the fun away from the excitement of each day you're counting down towards Christmas one day at a time.

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 And then you open it up and you see what's in it.

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 This had a mixture of little gifts or little sweets.

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 And you use that or you eat that.

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 And other Advent calendars are full of chocolate.

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 And you're counting down the day to Christmas Day when you get the last one.

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 But also in the holiday club, we had this little book that we were working in.

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 Join the Adventure, as it was called.

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 So every day of the Advent calendar, there was also a few questions that went with it.

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 So I hope as well as eating the chocolate or looking at what's inside,

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 you look at what the questions say.

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 And inside each part of the Advent calendar, there was a verse or a scripture reference.

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 And today, the 22nd, the scripture reference was,

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 A Saviour has been born.

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 And it's great for us to come together today and remember that.

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 We remember that every week.

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 But we remind ourselves today, as we're going on into Christmas week,

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 remind ourselves each day a Saviour has been born.

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 And one of the questions says is,

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 it's speaking about the angels who came and appeared to the shepherds

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 and said there's good news of great joy.

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 A Saviour is born.

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 It says, who did the angels say the good news was for?

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 Who was the good news for?

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 Was it just certain people?

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 Was it just them?

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 No.

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 It was for the whole world.

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 And not just them, but every day of the year.

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 And all the years of this world,

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 that is the good news that this world hears.

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 A Saviour is born.

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 Now an Advent calendar, it doesn't last very long, does it?

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 It's only maybe a few days.

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 The ones we made were 12 days.

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 The ones maybe you get for December,

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 you have 25 days counting down to Christmas.

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 But there's other calendars that maybe aren't as exciting.

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 Here's a calendar from our house.

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 It's not as exciting, is it?

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 You can't pop open anything to get a chocolate.

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 And it lasts all the years,

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 starting from January last,

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 at the beginning of this year,

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 right through we're into December now.

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 It's not very exciting.

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 It's got little things written on it.

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 There it's telling me what day the bins go out.

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 Not very exciting.

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 It's at other parts of the calendar,

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 so maybe there's a dentist appointment

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 or a doctor's appointment.

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 Sometimes it'll be marked days of going back to school

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 or being off school,

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 days of particular things happening throughout the year.

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 And it's just the ordinary day-to-day things.

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 Maybe it doesn't seem as exciting as an Advent calendar.

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 But if we see what's exciting about the Advent calendar,

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 not the chocolates or the little treats you get,

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 but a reminder that a Saviour is born.

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 And if we see that in Advent,

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 counting down to Christmas,

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 then we enjoy every day of the year.

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 It doesn't seem as exciting putting out the bins,

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 but even that can be exciting if we're trusting Jesus.

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 Everything we do can be exciting

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 when we're trusting Jesus.

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 Whatever we're doing is exciting

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 when we know that God sent a Saviour to this world.

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 And when we trust in Him,

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 we look to Him, we believe in Him,

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 then we rejoice every day of the year,

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 no matter what is going on.

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 So may we remember today

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 and in all the days ahead,

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 a Saviour who is born,

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 who is Christ the Lord.

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 He has come that we might have life in Him

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 and enjoy life to the full.

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 So may you enjoy this week in the holiday times,

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 but may you enjoy every day

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 as we, God willing, go into a new year

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 as we start a new calendar

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 with all the ordinary things that are going on.

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 May we rejoice in the Lord who is good to us.

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

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 Our Father, which art in heaven,

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 hallowed be thy name.

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 Thy kingdom come.

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

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 Give us this day our daily bread

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 and forgive us our debts

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 as we forgive our debtors.

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 And lead us not into temptation,

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 but deliver us from evil.

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 For thine is the kingdom,

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 the power,

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 and the glory forever.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing again to God's praise

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 now in Psalm 46a.

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 Sing Psalm's version,

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 Psalm 46a.

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 And this is from verse 7

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 down to verse 11.

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 Psalm 46a, page 60 of the psalm books,

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 a tune is Evan.

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 We're going to sing from verse 7

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 down to the end of the psalm.

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 And these, the two verses

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 at the beginning and the end

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 that remind us of that great promise of God

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 that the Lord Almighty is with us

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 to strengthen and sustain.

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 For Jacob's God,

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 our strong defense and fortress,

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 will remain.

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 So we're going to sing from verse 7

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 down to the end of the psalm.

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 We stand to sing to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 For Jacob's God, our strong defense,

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 and fortress will remain.

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 Come, see the words the Lord has done,

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 the judgments He commands,

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 the desolations He has brought,

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 to pass in many lands.

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 In every land throughout the earth,

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 in the midst of all great seas,

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 He shatters,

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 The Lord's cross and spirit and shield and brings its great peace.

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 Be still and know that I am God on earth exalted high.

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 And all the nations of the world, my name will glorify.

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 The Lord Almighty is with us to strengthen and sustain.

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 For Jacob's God has strong defense and fortress will remain.

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 Amen.

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 I'm reading at verse 13, reading into chapter 5, down to verse 11.

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 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.

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 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.

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 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep.

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 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel and with the sound of the trumpet of God.

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 And the dead in Christ will rise first.

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 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air.

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 And so we will always be with the Lord.

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 Therefore, encourage one another with these words.

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 Now, concerning the times and the seasons, brothers, you have no need to have anything written to you.

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 For you yourselves are fully aware that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.

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 While people are saying there is peace and security, then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman.

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 And they will not escape.

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 But you are not in darkness, brothers, for that day to surprise you like a thief.

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 For you are all children of light, children of the day.

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 We are not of the night or of the darkness.

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 So then, let us not sleep as others do.

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 But let us keep awake and be sober.

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 For those who sleep, sleep at night.

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 And those who get drunk are drunk at night.

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 But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, having put on the breastplate of faith and love.

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 And for a helmet, the hope of salvation.

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 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we might live with him.

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 Therefore, encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.

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 And may the Lord bless that reading from his word.

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 We'll again just engage in a word of prayer.

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 Our gracious Father in heaven, we do thank you for your word.

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 And we thank you for the reminder in these readings that we have had from chapter 4 and into chapter 5

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 that both end with that word to encourage one another.

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 And we thank you that we can do so, basing that on the foundation of your truth,

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 the word of God, which is the foundation for life and for all that we do,

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 and for all that lies ahead of us, Lord, for all eternity.

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 Your word of truth is there to guide us and direct us into the paths of life and into the ways of salvation.

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 And we thank you for the great reminders that your word gives to us.

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 As we think of the verse that we were sharing with the children,

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 that to you is born this day in the city of David a saviour who is Christ the Lord.

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 We thank you that there is a saviour who has come,

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 that we have had that first advent where he came into this world to save his people.

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 And we were reminded through his names that he was given Emmanuel, which means God with us.

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 We are thankful for that promise that remains to this day.

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 The promise that we have sung about in Psalm 46,

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 as well, that the Lord Almighty is with us to strengthen and sustain.

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 We thank you that there is that promise for each day of our lives.

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 And we pray, Lord, that through faith you might bring us to lean upon you and to trust in you

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 and the one who you have given for our salvation.

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 And we do pray, Lord, that we would know what it is to have your light upon us.

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 There is so much evil, so much sin, so much going on around us, Lord,

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 that leaves the world in so much pain and anxiety and fear.

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 We see it day by day, O Lord, when we think of all the different things that are going on,

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 whether it's natural disasters or war or just individual situations that we see where grief and sorrow comes in.

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 And each and every day we hear of something new.

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 And, Lord, we know that in this world we will have troubles,

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 that the Lord Jesus himself reminded us of that.

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 But we thank you that there is hope in him,

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 that as he came into this world, as he was born as a man,

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 as he lived in this world among the people,

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 as he saw their great needs, as he saw their sorrows and sadness,

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 he was able to say that they could be of good courage and we could be of good courage

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 because he has overcome the world.

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 where not just he lived for his people and among his people,

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 but that he died for his people,

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 that he gave his life as a ransom for many.

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 we are reminded of another Advent,

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 another time when the Lord will return,

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 that he will come to take his people to himself.

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 And may we see that message today in the midst of everything else that's going on as well,

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 as we think of counting down to Christmas Day

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 and so much that takes our attention just now.

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 May we remind ourselves and be reminded through your word and by your spirit,

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 there is another great day of the Lord to come,

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 a day that we do not know when it will be,

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 and yet a day that we are instructed and guided to be ready for.

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 to help us to know that our lives,

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 which seem to maybe have such a distance ahead for us,

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 that we are so indebted to you for the life that you give,

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 but we are so aware too, Lord,

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 of how quickly circumstances can change.

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 to know your love towards us,

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 to know your warnings towards us,

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 and to know your grace that is able to save.

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 So may you bless us and keep us and watch over us,

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 watch over all who are so busy at this time,

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 traveling to and fro.

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 with the weather over these last few days.

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 or come home to family.

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 in all the aspects of traveling,

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 whether it's by plane or boat or train or car.

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 Whatever it might be, Lord,

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 we thank you for all who look after us

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 and look out for us in that way.

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 in all of these things for safety in the midst of it all.

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 for your peace and protection over us

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 as so many families come to enjoy a time together.

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 and encouragement to one another in that.

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 for you're the giver of every good and perfect gift.

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 will be in the midst of all that we do.

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 Remember those who are maybe lonely at this time,

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 those who have maybe no family or friends around them,

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 those who feel very isolated,

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 for those whom this time of year is a difficult

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 and even a painful time of year,

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 especially those who maybe come to a first Christmas

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 without loved ones.

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 when grief and sorrow comes,

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 maybe in an overwhelming way.

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 and for your blessing to be in the midst of it.

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 that are assured that to be absent from the body

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 is to be home with the Lord,

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 that there is that hope,

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 that we do not grieve without hope,

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 for there is hope in Christ.

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 and for your grace towards us.

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 for those who are struggling with ill health

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 in homes or hospitals or at their own homes,

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 for those who are concerned for loved ones,

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 for those whose hearts are heavy just now, Lord,

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 maybe with great burdens of loved ones upon them.

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 in the midst of these times.

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 we thank you for those who pray for us and with us.

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 and make your face to shine upon us

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 and upon your world,

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 upon all the nations at this time,

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 that we would bring peace in the midst of all

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 the troubles that we see surrounding us.

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 Guide us, then, we pray.

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 as we worship you,

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 as we fellowship with one another this morning

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 and also this evening too.

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 be with Kenny I as he leads it

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 and in our fellowship in the evening as well.

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 in the midst of all that we do

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 and to rejoice in your goodness to us

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 in the hope of the gospel

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 and the salvation that is in Christ.

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 Hear our prayers and continue with us now

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 as all we ask.

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 We ask the forgiveness of our sins

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 in Jesus' precious name.

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 We're going to worship God

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 by singing to his praise again

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 in Psalm 20

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 in the Scottish Psalter,

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 page 224.

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 Psalm 20.

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 Psalm 20 at verse 1, page 224.

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 and on his sanctuary.

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 let him give strength to lead.

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 accept thy sacrifice,

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 and may thy hearts wish and fulfill

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 thy thoughts and counsel wise.

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 in our God's name we will.

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 thy prayers all fulfill.

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 The Lord, thy God,

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 his kingdom say,

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 he from his holy hand,

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 will hear him with the saving strength,

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 by his own right can give.

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 Well, you can turn back with me to a reading,

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 in particular in chapter 5 of 1 Thessalonians.

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 1 Thessalonians chapter 5.

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 We're going to look at this section,

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 verse 1 to verse 11,

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 although it begins really at verse 13 of chapter 4,

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 but there's two separate sides to what the Thessalonians are looking for,

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 or asking for from Paul here.

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 In verse 13 to the end of chapter 4,

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 they're asking,

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 what's the coming of the Lord going to be like?

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 Paul speaks about the sound of the trumpet,

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 how he's going to come in this way.

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 He's not going to forget his people at all.

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 He's going to come for them.

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 But then in the second part,

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 we're looking at this morning in chapter 5,

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 it's more when is it going to be?

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 When is it going to take place?

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 Advent is the season that we've been hearing about so much just now.

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 Advent is a countdown,

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 but today we're thinking of Advent with a twist,

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 if you like.

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 We've been thinking very much about the Advent

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 of the first coming of Christ.

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 This time of year,

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 when that's what's being remembered by so many people

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 around the world,

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 that God sent his Son into this world,

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 that a Savior would be born into this world,

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 that that was a countdown to remembering

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 that God has sent his Son.

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 But Advent is all about counting down.

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 Counting down to an event,

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 to something.

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 And it's something that we're often doing.

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 All of us are doing it.

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 Maybe every day of the year,

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 we're counting down to something.

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 We're counting down to maybe when holidays will come.

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 I'm sure many teachers and pupils

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 are counting down the days

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 till the Christmas holidays would come,

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 and they've arrived.

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 And there's a sense of relief in that,

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 a sense of joy,

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 a time to relax,

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 and to enjoy a time of holiday.

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 Work,

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 closing down for this period of Christmas

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 and into the new year,

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 it's a sense of counting down towards that,

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 and that time comes,

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 and you're able to relax a bit more.

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 And all throughout the year,

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 there's a sense of counting down

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 to different things that might be going on

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 in our lives,

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 counting down to birthdays,

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 counting down to weddings,

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 just counting down to different times

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 and events in our life.

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 And if we're counting down,

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 it means that we're looking forward

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 to something.

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 The Advent calendars

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 that we've been thinking about,

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 they're counting down to Christmas Day,

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 and when we remember

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 that God sent His Son.

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 So we're counting down

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 to a particular thing.

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 We're counting down to the holidays.

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 We're counting down to that last day

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 when we come out of school

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 or the workplace for a time

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 and enjoy a time of holiday.

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 We're looking forward to something.

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 Advent is about counting down

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 to a particular situation.

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 Well, another Advent situation

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 is what we have here

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 in 1 Thessalonians.

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 And as I say,

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 particularly the end of chapter 4

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 and into chapter 5 here,

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 we have an Advent

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 of something else

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 that is going to happen.

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 Not looking to the coming of the Lord

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 in the first place

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 where God sent His Son into the world.

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 That has happened.

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 But we're looking to another Advent,

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 to another time

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 when the Lord will return.

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 The day of the Lord

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 as the heading is there

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 in your ESV Bible of chapter 5.

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 The day when the Lord will return.

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 And the church at Thessalonica

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 was like,

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 it was an early church.

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 It was a church that was young in the faith

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 and therefore it had many questions.

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 Many things that they'd maybe known

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 or learned before

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 that were very different now

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 to the gospel that they were hearing.

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 The good news of Jesus

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 and the salvation that He brought.

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 So there was a very different teaching

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 that they were hearing.

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 And you see it especially there

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 in chapter 4

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 when it's speaking about those

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 who have already passed away.

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 Their understanding before this

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 would maybe,

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 well, that's it.

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 They're gone.

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 They're forgotten about.

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 But Paul says,

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 no, they're not forgotten about.

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 They've gone,

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 but they will come.

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 Again, they will return.

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 The Lord will return

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 and take them to Himself.

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 And so there's this wonder

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 of the gospel

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 that God

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 not just sent His Son

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 into this world,

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 but they sent them

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 with a purpose

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 to save His people.

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 And that this salvation

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 is not just for this life,

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 but it's for eternity.

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 And that He is going

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 to come again.

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 And this then leads into

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 the second question

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 that they have.

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 And that is the question,

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 well,

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 if this is to be so,

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 when?

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 When will it be?

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 Can we count down the days

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 until this will happen?

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 When we think of Advent

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 counting down,

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 it's with a particular day in mind.

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 We have a particular number of days

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 we're counting down towards.

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 But is that something

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 that we can have

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 in this situation,

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 the coming of the Lord?

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 That's the question

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 that they have.

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 When will this be?

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 Is it a question

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 you have today?

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 In the midst of everything,

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 all the preparation

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 for Christmas just now

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 and coming together

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 as families,

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 all being well

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 on Christmas Day

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 and enjoying this season

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 of holiday,

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 is the question you have,

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 when will the Lord

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 come again?

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 Or is that just pushed

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 to the back

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 of your minds?

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 How often do you ask

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 the question,

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 or do you ever

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 ask the question,

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 I wonder,

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 when will the Lord

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 come again?

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 Or even maybe the question is,

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 will he come again?

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 So many people

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 have that kind of attitude

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 where they think,

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 well, we're seeing the world

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 in so much chaos,

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 so much pain,

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 so much grief

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 and heartache

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 for so many people.

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 Surely if the Lord

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 was going to come,

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 he would have come by now,

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 but he would write

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 all of these things.

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 And so the coming

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 of the Lord

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 is dismissed

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 as it will not happen.

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 As we think

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 of counting down

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 the days,

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 these days

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 towards Christmas,

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 as we think

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 of counting down

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 towards the coming

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 of the Lord,

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 may we see

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 that we are to remember

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 not just that

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 he has come,

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 but that he will come

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 again.

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 And this is not

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 to take the joy

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 out of Christmas,

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 because the more

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 we understand

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 that he came

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 in the first place

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 as a saviour

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 for the world,

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 and the more

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 that we understand

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 that he will come again,

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 the more we are able

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 to rejoice

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 in the praise

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 that he has come

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 to remember us,

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 and that he will come

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 to take us

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 to himself.

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 To enjoy Christmas

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 is not to have

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 everything ready

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 for this Wednesday,

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 but it's to have

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 everything ready

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 for each day of life,

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 living in light

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 of the fact

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 that the Lord

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 will return.

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 It's not about

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 one day,

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 but every day.

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 And so there's

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 three things

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 in this passage

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 I want us

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 to be aware

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 of at this time.

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 Three things

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 that Paul

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 answers in light

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 of the questions

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 that they have.

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 And he puts it

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 in this way,

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 the first thing

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 is to be aware

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 of the seasons.

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 He speaks there

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 in verse 1

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 of,

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 now concerning

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 the times

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 of the seasons,

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 brothers.

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 So he wants them

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 to be aware

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 of the seasons.

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 The second thing

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 is to be aware

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 of the situation.

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 In verse 4

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 he says,

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 but you are not

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 in darkness.

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 To be aware

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 of the situation.

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 And then the third

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 thing is

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 to be aware

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 of the solution.

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 In verse 8

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 he says,

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 but since we belong

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 to the day,

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 let us be sober,

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 having put on

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 the breastplate

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 of faith

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 and love

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 and for a helmet

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 the hope

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 of salvation.

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 So there is

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 to be aware

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 of the seasons,

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 to be aware

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 of the situation

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 and to be aware

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 of the solution.

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 And so the first

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 thing we want to see

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 is to be aware

00:37:10.259 --> 00:37:12.000
 of the seasons.

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 The people

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 in Thessalonica

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 they had questions.

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 Questions are

00:37:17.339 --> 00:37:18.019
 quite natural

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 for every one

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 of us to have.

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 We all have

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 questions of

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 different things.

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 And when it comes

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 to questions

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 about faith,

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 when it comes

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 to questions

00:37:26.339 --> 00:37:27.239
 about eternity,

00:37:27.379 --> 00:37:27.920
 we're so often

00:37:27.920 --> 00:37:29.220
 looking for answers,

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 but where are we

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 going to find

00:37:30.740 --> 00:37:31.860
 the answers?

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 Well the people

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 in Thessalonica

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 they had already

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 been taught

00:37:35.800 --> 00:37:36.639
 different things,

00:37:36.720 --> 00:37:37.079
 but now they're

00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:37.700
 hearing a new

00:37:37.700 --> 00:37:38.480
 teaching about

00:37:38.480 --> 00:37:39.780
 Christ who has

00:37:39.780 --> 00:37:40.139
 come.

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 And they want

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 to know more.

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 And so they bring

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.539
 their questions

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:45.380
 to Paul.

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 They bring their

00:37:46.800 --> 00:37:47.720
 questions to him

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.220
 in the hope

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:49.079
 that he will be

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 able to answer

00:37:49.900 --> 00:37:50.960
 the questions

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.760
 that they have.

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 And there are

00:37:52.980 --> 00:37:53.700
 some questions

00:37:53.700 --> 00:37:54.159
 as you see

00:37:54.159 --> 00:37:54.639
 as you read

00:37:54.639 --> 00:37:55.680
 through Paul's letters,

00:37:55.840 --> 00:37:56.860
 not just this one,

00:37:56.860 --> 00:37:57.860
 that he answers

00:37:57.860 --> 00:37:58.620
 many of the

00:37:58.620 --> 00:37:59.360
 questions that

00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:00.120
 people have

00:38:00.120 --> 00:38:00.740
 about faith.

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:02.079
 People still

00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:02.800
 have to this

00:38:02.800 --> 00:38:03.820
 day about faith

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.240
 and what it

00:38:04.240 --> 00:38:04.559
 means.

00:38:05.240 --> 00:38:05.800
 But there's

00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:06.920
 one question

00:38:06.920 --> 00:38:07.340
 that almost

00:38:07.340 --> 00:38:08.160
 just seems

00:38:08.160 --> 00:38:09.620
 unanswerable.

00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:11.720
 They're trying

00:38:11.720 --> 00:38:13.360
 to pinpoint

00:38:13.360 --> 00:38:14.960
 something here.

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.340
 The end of

00:38:16.340 --> 00:38:17.039
 chapter 4

00:38:17.039 --> 00:38:17.599
 they've heard

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:18.559
 what the day

00:38:18.559 --> 00:38:19.240
 of the Lord's

00:38:19.240 --> 00:38:20.140
 return is going

00:38:20.140 --> 00:38:20.599
 to be like.

00:38:20.640 --> 00:38:20.880
 It's going

00:38:20.880 --> 00:38:21.680
 to be amazing

00:38:21.680 --> 00:38:22.900
 in so many

00:38:22.900 --> 00:38:23.880
 different ways.

00:38:23.880 --> 00:38:25.320
 But now

00:38:25.320 --> 00:38:25.640
 they've got

00:38:25.640 --> 00:38:26.240
 this question

00:38:26.240 --> 00:38:27.099
 when?

00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:29.880
 When will

00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:30.440
 this be?

00:38:30.640 --> 00:38:31.320
 When will

00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:32.860
 God return?

00:38:33.820 --> 00:38:34.280
 Now why

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:34.680
 would they be

00:38:34.680 --> 00:38:35.360
 asking this

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:35.760
 question?

00:38:36.380 --> 00:38:37.260
 Well surely

00:38:37.260 --> 00:38:37.940
 it would help

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.860
 them to prepare

00:38:38.860 --> 00:38:40.079
 for his return

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.760
 if they knew

00:38:40.760 --> 00:38:41.660
 when he was

00:38:41.660 --> 00:38:42.119
 coming.

00:38:42.880 --> 00:38:43.340
 If we're

00:38:43.340 --> 00:38:44.480
 looking ahead

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:45.140
 to something,

00:38:45.220 --> 00:38:45.460
 if we're

00:38:45.460 --> 00:38:46.700
 preparing for

00:38:46.700 --> 00:38:47.019
 something,

00:38:47.099 --> 00:38:47.559
 whatever it

00:38:47.559 --> 00:38:47.880
 might be,

00:38:47.940 --> 00:38:48.260
 whether it's

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:49.180
 Christmas or

00:38:49.180 --> 00:38:50.019
 holidays or

00:38:50.019 --> 00:38:50.780
 weddings,

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.519
 whatever it

00:38:51.519 --> 00:38:51.820
 might be,

00:38:51.860 --> 00:38:52.240
 if we've got

00:38:52.239 --> 00:38:52.979
 a date in

00:38:52.979 --> 00:38:53.379
 mind,

00:38:53.799 --> 00:38:54.219
 we're able

00:38:54.219 --> 00:38:54.859
 to work

00:38:54.859 --> 00:38:56.359
 towards that

00:38:56.359 --> 00:38:56.899
 date.

00:38:57.439 --> 00:38:57.919
 We're able

00:38:57.919 --> 00:38:58.259
 to make

00:38:58.259 --> 00:38:58.959
 preparations

00:38:58.959 --> 00:38:59.639
 in light

00:38:59.639 --> 00:39:00.519
 of the

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.079
 moment of

00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:01.799
 time and

00:39:01.799 --> 00:39:02.119
 how much

00:39:02.119 --> 00:39:02.659
 time we

00:39:02.659 --> 00:39:03.219
 have left

00:39:03.219 --> 00:39:04.359
 to prepare.

00:39:04.500 --> 00:39:04.779
 So they're

00:39:04.779 --> 00:39:05.239
 saying to

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:05.899
 Paul here,

00:39:05.959 --> 00:39:06.259
 wouldn't it

00:39:06.259 --> 00:39:06.919
 help us to

00:39:06.919 --> 00:39:07.839
 know when

00:39:07.839 --> 00:39:08.399
 Jesus is

00:39:08.399 --> 00:39:08.759
 going to

00:39:08.759 --> 00:39:09.399
 come again?

00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:11.099
 So therefore

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:11.500
 we will be

00:39:11.500 --> 00:39:11.959
 able to

00:39:11.959 --> 00:39:13.059
 prepare ourselves

00:39:13.059 --> 00:39:13.979
 in the right

00:39:13.979 --> 00:39:14.519
 manner for

00:39:14.519 --> 00:39:15.399
 his coming,

00:39:15.859 --> 00:39:16.399
 his second

00:39:16.399 --> 00:39:16.719
 coming,

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:17.459
 his second

00:39:17.459 --> 00:39:18.319
 advent.

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.099
 Think to

00:39:21.099 --> 00:39:21.739
 yourself just

00:39:21.739 --> 00:39:21.979
 now,

00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:22.940
 what difference

00:39:22.940 --> 00:39:23.260
 would it

00:39:23.260 --> 00:39:23.699
 make if

00:39:23.699 --> 00:39:24.320
 you knew

00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:25.240
 what day

00:39:25.240 --> 00:39:25.619
 the Lord

00:39:25.619 --> 00:39:26.199
 was coming

00:39:26.199 --> 00:39:27.619
 again for

00:39:27.619 --> 00:39:28.000
 the second

00:39:28.000 --> 00:39:28.380
 time?

00:39:29.659 --> 00:39:30.019
 What would

00:39:30.019 --> 00:39:30.300
 you do

00:39:30.300 --> 00:39:30.860
 differently

00:39:30.860 --> 00:39:31.880
 in your

00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:32.360
 life if

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:32.740
 you knew,

00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:33.260
 for example,

00:39:33.280 --> 00:39:33.559
 that he was

00:39:33.559 --> 00:39:34.760
 coming two

00:39:34.760 --> 00:39:35.659
 years today?

00:39:36.960 --> 00:39:37.440
 What would

00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:38.199
 you change?

00:39:38.900 --> 00:39:39.380
 What would

00:39:39.380 --> 00:39:40.039
 you alter in

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.320
 your life?

00:39:40.380 --> 00:39:40.579
 Would you

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:40.940
 think, no,

00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:41.360
 I don't have

00:39:41.360 --> 00:39:41.880
 to change

00:39:41.880 --> 00:39:42.219
 anything,

00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:43.300
 I'm quite

00:39:43.300 --> 00:39:43.960
 happy the way

00:39:43.960 --> 00:39:44.480
 things are,

00:39:44.519 --> 00:39:44.719
 I'll be

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:45.139
 ready when

00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:45.880
 he comes?

00:39:46.760 --> 00:39:47.400
 If you're a

00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:47.760
 Christian,

00:39:47.940 --> 00:39:48.119
 you would

00:39:48.119 --> 00:39:49.280
 hopefully have

00:39:49.280 --> 00:39:49.840
 that hope.

00:39:49.920 --> 00:39:50.079
 You would

00:39:50.079 --> 00:39:50.519
 say, well,

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.480
 I know I

00:39:51.480 --> 00:39:51.880
 am ready

00:39:51.880 --> 00:39:52.260
 for his

00:39:52.260 --> 00:39:52.679
 coming.

00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:54.920
 But if

00:39:54.920 --> 00:39:55.340
 not, if

00:39:55.340 --> 00:39:55.519
 you had

00:39:55.519 --> 00:39:56.059
 said, well,

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.639
 two years

00:39:56.639 --> 00:39:57.099
 today is

00:39:57.099 --> 00:39:57.380
 going to

00:39:57.380 --> 00:39:57.760
 come, how

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.059
 would that

00:39:58.059 --> 00:39:58.780
 change your

00:39:58.780 --> 00:39:59.199
 life?

00:40:00.260 --> 00:40:00.599
 Would you

00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:01.039
 think, well,

00:40:01.179 --> 00:40:02.179
 I've got

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.960
 more time to

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.480
 do my own

00:40:03.480 --> 00:40:03.940
 things now

00:40:03.940 --> 00:40:04.159
 because I

00:40:04.159 --> 00:40:04.760
 know exactly

00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:05.219
 when he's

00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:05.579
 coming.

00:40:06.300 --> 00:40:07.039
 I'll spend

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.900
 maybe 18

00:40:07.900 --> 00:40:09.559
 months just

00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:10.099
 doing what I

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.599
 want to do,

00:40:10.719 --> 00:40:11.320
 fulfilling my

00:40:11.320 --> 00:40:12.099
 own desires,

00:40:12.240 --> 00:40:12.519
 and then maybe

00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:13.320
 the last six

00:40:13.320 --> 00:40:14.639
 months, then

00:40:14.639 --> 00:40:15.199
 I'll start

00:40:15.199 --> 00:40:15.780
 getting ready

00:40:15.780 --> 00:40:16.099
 for the

00:40:16.099 --> 00:40:16.440
 Lord's

00:40:16.440 --> 00:40:16.880
 return.

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:18.619
 then I'll

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.180
 start making

00:40:19.180 --> 00:40:19.880
 things right

00:40:19.880 --> 00:40:20.300
 in that

00:40:20.300 --> 00:40:20.840
 sense.

00:40:22.200 --> 00:40:22.559
 Is that

00:40:22.559 --> 00:40:22.900
 the way

00:40:22.900 --> 00:40:23.220
 you would

00:40:23.220 --> 00:40:23.640
 live if

00:40:23.640 --> 00:40:24.039
 you knew

00:40:24.039 --> 00:40:25.019
 a date

00:40:25.019 --> 00:40:25.320
 when he

00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:25.980
 was coming?

00:40:27.180 --> 00:40:27.559
 It's

00:40:27.559 --> 00:40:27.780
 certainly

00:40:27.780 --> 00:40:28.180
 not the

00:40:28.180 --> 00:40:28.539
 way you

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:28.880
 should

00:40:28.880 --> 00:40:29.240
 live.

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:31.800
 Because even

00:40:31.800 --> 00:40:32.099
 if we were

00:40:32.099 --> 00:40:32.820
 told and we

00:40:32.820 --> 00:40:33.180
 knew and we

00:40:33.180 --> 00:40:34.920
 don't, we

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.360
 had two

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:37.019
 years till

00:40:37.019 --> 00:40:37.579
 he came.

00:40:38.820 --> 00:40:39.240
 The reality

00:40:39.240 --> 00:40:39.720
 is we

00:40:39.720 --> 00:40:40.240
 might not

00:40:40.240 --> 00:40:40.640
 have two

00:40:40.640 --> 00:40:41.099
 years.

00:40:41.780 --> 00:40:42.440
 We might

00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:42.980
 not have two

00:40:42.980 --> 00:40:43.660
 weeks, two

00:40:43.660 --> 00:40:44.360
 days, two

00:40:44.360 --> 00:40:46.260
 hours, because

00:40:46.260 --> 00:40:46.640
 we don't

00:40:46.640 --> 00:40:47.059
 know what

00:40:47.059 --> 00:40:47.539
 will happen

00:40:47.539 --> 00:40:47.920
 in our

00:40:47.920 --> 00:40:48.360
 lives.

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:50.280
 And so

00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:50.400
 it would

00:40:50.400 --> 00:40:51.079
 be foolish

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.760
 to live

00:40:51.760 --> 00:40:52.519
 in a

00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:52.980
 sense of

00:40:52.980 --> 00:40:53.440
 Advent,

00:40:53.620 --> 00:40:54.059
 counting

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:54.660
 down with

00:40:54.660 --> 00:40:55.440
 that mindset.

00:40:55.940 --> 00:40:56.500
 That would

00:40:56.500 --> 00:40:57.039
 be wrong.

00:40:57.860 --> 00:40:58.140
 And so

00:40:58.140 --> 00:40:58.660
 what Paul

00:40:58.660 --> 00:40:59.340
 says here

00:40:59.340 --> 00:40:59.599
 is he

00:40:59.599 --> 00:41:00.680
 answers the

00:41:00.680 --> 00:41:01.760
 question about

00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:02.260
 well when

00:41:02.260 --> 00:41:02.720
 is this

00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:03.120
 going to

00:41:03.120 --> 00:41:03.320
 be?

00:41:03.519 --> 00:41:03.680
 He says

00:41:03.680 --> 00:41:04.519
 now concerning

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:05.500
 the times

00:41:05.500 --> 00:41:05.820
 and the

00:41:05.820 --> 00:41:06.180
 seasons,

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:06.559
 brothers,

00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:07.519
 you have

00:41:07.519 --> 00:41:08.099
 no need

00:41:08.099 --> 00:41:08.519
 to have

00:41:08.519 --> 00:41:08.820
 anything

00:41:08.820 --> 00:41:09.360
 written to

00:41:09.360 --> 00:41:09.519
 you,

00:41:09.579 --> 00:41:09.880
 for you

00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:10.380
 yourselves

00:41:10.380 --> 00:41:11.059
 are fully

00:41:11.059 --> 00:41:11.480
 aware.

00:41:12.039 --> 00:41:12.640
 You already

00:41:12.640 --> 00:41:13.180
 know the

00:41:13.180 --> 00:41:13.900
 answer he's

00:41:13.900 --> 00:41:14.440
 saying here.

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.320
 And so

00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:15.800
 do many

00:41:15.800 --> 00:41:16.139
 of you,

00:41:16.180 --> 00:41:16.500
 I'm sure

00:41:16.500 --> 00:41:17.039
 you know

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.860
 the answer

00:41:17.860 --> 00:41:18.260
 to this

00:41:18.260 --> 00:41:18.599
 question.

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.460
 When will

00:41:19.460 --> 00:41:19.860
 the Lord

00:41:19.860 --> 00:41:20.340
 come?

00:41:22.139 --> 00:41:22.619
 Well, we

00:41:22.619 --> 00:41:23.639
 realize it's

00:41:23.639 --> 00:41:24.360
 not a date.

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:26.000
 It's not a

00:41:26.000 --> 00:41:26.480
 day that we

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.039
 can count

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:28.160
 down towards.

00:41:29.059 --> 00:41:29.460
 He says

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:29.860
 for you

00:41:29.860 --> 00:41:30.579
 yourself are

00:41:30.579 --> 00:41:31.220
 fully aware

00:41:31.220 --> 00:41:32.180
 that the

00:41:32.180 --> 00:41:32.599
 day of the

00:41:32.599 --> 00:41:33.039
 Lord will

00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:34.180
 come like

00:41:34.180 --> 00:41:34.780
 a thief

00:41:34.780 --> 00:41:35.579
 in the

00:41:35.579 --> 00:41:35.920
 night.

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:37.920
 It's going

00:41:37.920 --> 00:41:38.619
 to come

00:41:38.619 --> 00:41:39.720
 suddenly.

00:41:41.220 --> 00:41:42.039
 The reason

00:41:42.039 --> 00:41:42.760
 that he's

00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:43.340
 not able to

00:41:43.340 --> 00:41:43.800
 answer it

00:41:43.800 --> 00:41:44.120
 is the

00:41:44.120 --> 00:41:44.640
 same reason

00:41:44.640 --> 00:41:44.940
 that it's

00:41:44.940 --> 00:41:45.400
 never been

00:41:45.400 --> 00:41:45.800
 able to

00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:46.380
 be answered.

00:41:46.680 --> 00:41:47.120
 In the

00:41:47.120 --> 00:41:47.840
 Old Testament,

00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:48.320
 even in the

00:41:48.320 --> 00:41:48.880
 teaching of

00:41:48.880 --> 00:41:49.420
 Christ in

00:41:49.420 --> 00:41:49.740
 the New

00:41:49.740 --> 00:41:50.220
 Testament,

00:41:50.640 --> 00:41:51.060
 it's not

00:41:51.060 --> 00:41:51.640
 a day that

00:41:51.640 --> 00:41:52.000
 can be

00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:52.760
 pinpointed

00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:53.120
 with a

00:41:53.120 --> 00:41:53.640
 date and

00:41:53.640 --> 00:41:54.240
 a time

00:41:54.240 --> 00:41:55.140
 and a

00:41:55.140 --> 00:41:55.460
 year.

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.900
 It's a

00:41:57.900 --> 00:41:58.320
 day that's

00:41:58.320 --> 00:41:59.080
 described in

00:41:59.080 --> 00:41:59.519
 this way

00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:00.140
 suddenly,

00:42:00.780 --> 00:42:01.420
 like a

00:42:01.420 --> 00:42:01.740
 thief in

00:42:01.740 --> 00:42:02.000
 the night

00:42:02.000 --> 00:42:02.280
 when you

00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:03.140
 least expect

00:42:03.140 --> 00:42:03.340
 it.

00:42:03.640 --> 00:42:04.160
 That's the

00:42:04.160 --> 00:42:04.560
 way it's

00:42:04.560 --> 00:42:05.160
 described.

00:42:05.900 --> 00:42:06.180
 You go

00:42:06.180 --> 00:42:06.600
 back to

00:42:06.600 --> 00:42:07.140
 Joel in

00:42:07.140 --> 00:42:07.539
 the Old

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.000
 Testament,

00:42:08.140 --> 00:42:08.620
 and especially

00:42:08.620 --> 00:42:09.580
 chapter 2,

00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:10.840
 and you read

00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:11.460
 through that

00:42:11.460 --> 00:42:11.840
 chapter,

00:42:11.960 --> 00:42:12.180
 and it's

00:42:12.180 --> 00:42:12.840
 talking about

00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:13.480
 this day

00:42:13.480 --> 00:42:14.160
 of the

00:42:14.160 --> 00:42:14.539
 Lord's

00:42:14.539 --> 00:42:15.120
 return.

00:42:15.840 --> 00:42:16.059
 It's

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:16.660
 amazing the

00:42:16.660 --> 00:42:17.019
 kind of

00:42:17.019 --> 00:42:18.559
 picture it

00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.220
 gives of

00:42:19.220 --> 00:42:20.160
 the way it's

00:42:20.160 --> 00:42:20.680
 going to be.

00:42:20.740 --> 00:42:21.079
 It's going to be

00:42:21.079 --> 00:42:22.039
 an awesome day,

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:23.000
 an amazing day,

00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:23.880
 a terrifying

00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:24.500
 day,

00:42:25.660 --> 00:42:26.539
 a day where the

00:42:26.539 --> 00:42:27.300
 people of God

00:42:27.300 --> 00:42:28.640
 can rejoice in.

00:42:28.639 --> 00:42:29.139
 happen.

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:30.059
 But it's going to

00:42:30.059 --> 00:42:31.379
 happen suddenly

00:42:31.379 --> 00:42:32.679
 and quickly.

00:42:33.239 --> 00:42:33.659
 That's the

00:42:33.659 --> 00:42:34.139
 point that

00:42:34.139 --> 00:42:34.819
 Joel makes

00:42:34.819 --> 00:42:35.599
 very clear in

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:35.980
 the Old

00:42:35.980 --> 00:42:36.460
 Testament.

00:42:37.759 --> 00:42:38.679
 Jesus himself

00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:39.480
 was asked this

00:42:39.480 --> 00:42:39.799
 question.

00:42:39.900 --> 00:42:40.179
 You think,

00:42:40.279 --> 00:42:40.359
 well,

00:42:40.440 --> 00:42:41.639
 surely Jesus

00:42:41.639 --> 00:42:42.179
 had the

00:42:42.179 --> 00:42:42.559
 answer.

00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:43.920
 Well,

00:42:43.940 --> 00:42:44.359
 you read in

00:42:44.359 --> 00:42:45.199
 Mark 13,

00:42:45.279 --> 00:42:46.039
 verse 32,

00:42:46.199 --> 00:42:46.960
 but concerning

00:42:46.960 --> 00:42:47.739
 that day,

00:42:48.239 --> 00:42:48.679
 the day of

00:42:48.679 --> 00:42:49.279
 the Lord's

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:49.940
 second coming,

00:42:50.059 --> 00:42:50.400
 the day of

00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:50.859
 his second

00:42:50.859 --> 00:42:51.299
 advent,

00:42:51.779 --> 00:42:52.539
 or that hour,

00:42:52.679 --> 00:42:53.539
 no one knows,

00:42:53.599 --> 00:42:54.019
 he says,

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:54.779
 not even the

00:42:54.779 --> 00:42:55.480
 angels in

00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:55.779
 heaven,

00:42:56.139 --> 00:42:56.639
 nor the

00:42:56.639 --> 00:42:57.079
 son,

00:42:57.659 --> 00:42:58.239
 but only

00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:58.920
 the father.

00:42:59.960 --> 00:43:00.299
 And so he

00:43:00.299 --> 00:43:00.539
 says,

00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:01.139
 be on your

00:43:01.139 --> 00:43:01.579
 guard,

00:43:01.759 --> 00:43:02.519
 keep awake,

00:43:02.940 --> 00:43:03.480
 for you do

00:43:03.480 --> 00:43:03.960
 not know

00:43:03.960 --> 00:43:04.339
 when the

00:43:04.339 --> 00:43:05.420
 time will

00:43:05.420 --> 00:43:05.940
 come.

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.299
 He says

00:43:07.299 --> 00:43:07.779
 the same

00:43:07.779 --> 00:43:08.039
 in the

00:43:08.039 --> 00:43:08.699
 gospel of

00:43:08.699 --> 00:43:09.019
 Luke,

00:43:09.400 --> 00:43:10.199
 chapter 12,

00:43:10.319 --> 00:43:10.900
 verse 40,

00:43:10.980 --> 00:43:11.519
 you also

00:43:11.519 --> 00:43:12.039
 must be

00:43:12.039 --> 00:43:12.480
 ready for

00:43:12.480 --> 00:43:12.900
 the son

00:43:12.900 --> 00:43:13.420
 of man

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:14.259
 is coming

00:43:14.259 --> 00:43:14.579
 at an

00:43:14.579 --> 00:43:14.940
 hour you

00:43:14.940 --> 00:43:15.259
 do not

00:43:15.259 --> 00:43:16.039
 expect.

00:43:17.759 --> 00:43:18.319
 We don't

00:43:18.319 --> 00:43:19.599
 know when

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:20.099
 it's going

00:43:20.099 --> 00:43:20.579
 to be,

00:43:22.099 --> 00:43:23.039
 but we are

00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:23.599
 to live in

00:43:23.599 --> 00:43:24.099
 light of what

00:43:24.099 --> 00:43:24.659
 the scripture

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:25.699
 tells us,

00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:26.639
 and what

00:43:26.639 --> 00:43:27.000
 the scripture

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:27.779
 tells us

00:43:27.779 --> 00:43:28.719
 is to be

00:43:28.719 --> 00:43:28.960
 ready,

00:43:29.059 --> 00:43:29.259
 to be

00:43:29.259 --> 00:43:29.779
 aware of

00:43:29.779 --> 00:43:30.359
 the seasons,

00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:30.739
 he might

00:43:30.739 --> 00:43:31.839
 come like

00:43:31.839 --> 00:43:32.359
 a thief

00:43:32.359 --> 00:43:32.659
 in the

00:43:32.659 --> 00:43:32.980
 night.

00:43:33.739 --> 00:43:34.159
 December

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:34.980
 the 7th,

00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:36.039
 1941,

00:43:37.259 --> 00:43:38.099
 was a

00:43:38.099 --> 00:43:38.379
 day,

00:43:38.480 --> 00:43:38.779
 the day

00:43:38.779 --> 00:43:39.119
 when a

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:39.659
 devastating

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.279
 attack

00:43:40.279 --> 00:43:40.719
 happened

00:43:40.719 --> 00:43:41.259
 in Pearl

00:43:41.259 --> 00:43:41.699
 Harbor,

00:43:42.219 --> 00:43:42.739
 in Hawaii.

00:43:43.779 --> 00:43:44.079
 A day

00:43:44.079 --> 00:43:44.839
 started like

00:43:44.839 --> 00:43:45.359
 an ordinary

00:43:45.359 --> 00:43:45.819
 day,

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:46.799
 a sense

00:43:46.799 --> 00:43:47.500
 of peace,

00:43:48.460 --> 00:43:48.739
 but a

00:43:48.739 --> 00:43:49.039
 day that

00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:49.579
 ended in

00:43:49.579 --> 00:43:50.019
 complete

00:43:50.019 --> 00:43:50.839
 devastation

00:43:50.839 --> 00:43:51.299
 for so

00:43:51.299 --> 00:43:51.639
 many,

00:43:52.099 --> 00:43:53.019
 2,300

00:43:53.019 --> 00:43:53.779
 people,

00:43:53.879 --> 00:43:54.239
 or nearly

00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:55.259
 that number

00:43:55.260 --> 00:43:55.880
 lost their

00:43:55.880 --> 00:43:56.640
 lives that

00:43:56.640 --> 00:43:56.960
 day.

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:58.040
 And yet

00:43:58.040 --> 00:43:58.560
 just a few

00:43:58.560 --> 00:43:59.200
 months earlier

00:43:59.200 --> 00:43:59.940
 in September,

00:44:00.140 --> 00:44:00.600
 someone had

00:44:00.600 --> 00:44:00.940
 said,

00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:01.900
 a Japanese

00:44:01.900 --> 00:44:02.600
 attack on

00:44:02.600 --> 00:44:03.320
 Hawaii is

00:44:03.320 --> 00:44:03.920
 regarded as

00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:04.240
 the most

00:44:04.240 --> 00:44:05.660
 unlikely thing

00:44:05.660 --> 00:44:06.360
 in the

00:44:06.360 --> 00:44:06.820
 world,

00:44:07.620 --> 00:44:08.440
 with one

00:44:08.440 --> 00:44:09.080
 chance in

00:44:09.080 --> 00:44:09.700
 a million

00:44:09.700 --> 00:44:10.720
 of being

00:44:10.720 --> 00:44:11.560
 successful.

00:44:12.700 --> 00:44:13.640
 But what

00:44:13.640 --> 00:44:14.120
 happened?

00:44:15.560 --> 00:44:16.260
 Devastation

00:44:16.260 --> 00:44:16.960
 came.

00:44:18.180 --> 00:44:18.580
 Are we

00:44:18.580 --> 00:44:19.480
 living in

00:44:19.480 --> 00:44:20.260
 a prepared

00:44:20.260 --> 00:44:21.560
 state or

00:44:21.560 --> 00:44:22.280
 a state of

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:22.960
 denial where

00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:23.620
 there's false

00:44:23.620 --> 00:44:24.400
 comfort?

00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:24.920
 there's two

00:44:24.920 --> 00:44:25.860
 ways you

00:44:25.860 --> 00:44:26.200
 could look

00:44:26.200 --> 00:44:26.579
 at that

00:44:26.579 --> 00:44:27.200
 text which

00:44:27.200 --> 00:44:27.780
 says the

00:44:27.780 --> 00:44:28.059
 day of

00:44:28.059 --> 00:44:28.420
 the Lord

00:44:28.420 --> 00:44:29.039
 will come

00:44:29.039 --> 00:44:29.780
 like a

00:44:29.780 --> 00:44:30.200
 thief in

00:44:30.200 --> 00:44:30.660
 the night.

00:44:31.320 --> 00:44:31.700
 You can

00:44:31.700 --> 00:44:32.619
 live like

00:44:32.619 --> 00:44:33.240
 that thought

00:44:33.240 --> 00:44:33.660
 well a

00:44:33.660 --> 00:44:34.079
 thief in

00:44:34.079 --> 00:44:34.480
 the night.

00:44:35.180 --> 00:44:35.760
 Not every

00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:36.400
 house is

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:36.900
 bargained.

00:44:37.660 --> 00:44:38.139
 It won't

00:44:38.139 --> 00:44:38.860
 happen to

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:39.160
 me.

00:44:40.200 --> 00:44:40.579
 And so you

00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:41.000
 live in

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:41.400
 denial,

00:44:41.519 --> 00:44:41.880
 it's no

00:44:41.880 --> 00:44:42.539
 concern.

00:44:43.740 --> 00:44:44.460
 But that's

00:44:44.460 --> 00:44:44.820
 not the

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.260
 way to

00:44:45.260 --> 00:44:45.559
 live.

00:44:46.019 --> 00:44:46.519
 The way

00:44:46.519 --> 00:44:47.099
 to live

00:44:47.099 --> 00:44:47.500
 is to

00:44:47.500 --> 00:44:48.360
 think the

00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:49.340
 Lord will

00:44:49.340 --> 00:44:49.820
 come.

00:44:51.079 --> 00:44:51.360
 Without

00:44:51.360 --> 00:44:52.079
 focus on

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:52.280
 that,

00:44:52.360 --> 00:44:52.840
 the Lord

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:54.059
 will come.

00:44:54.579 --> 00:44:54.960
 He will

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:55.559
 come to

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:55.780
 you,

00:44:55.860 --> 00:44:56.079
 he will

00:44:56.079 --> 00:44:56.579
 come to

00:44:56.579 --> 00:44:56.820
 me,

00:44:57.160 --> 00:44:57.460
 he will

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:58.019
 come to

00:44:58.019 --> 00:44:58.640
 us all.

00:44:59.539 --> 00:45:00.240
 The Lord

00:45:00.240 --> 00:45:01.360
 will come.

00:45:01.920 --> 00:45:02.380
 Just like

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:02.760
 he did in

00:45:02.760 --> 00:45:03.200
 the first

00:45:03.200 --> 00:45:04.240
 time when

00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:04.900
 God sent

00:45:04.900 --> 00:45:05.380
 his son

00:45:05.380 --> 00:45:05.920
 into this

00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:07.000
 world and

00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:07.539
 people didn't

00:45:07.539 --> 00:45:08.240
 expect him,

00:45:08.300 --> 00:45:09.360
 didn't receive

00:45:09.360 --> 00:45:09.960
 him, didn't

00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:10.420
 look at him

00:45:10.420 --> 00:45:10.940
 the way they

00:45:10.940 --> 00:45:11.840
 should, as

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:12.400
 the saviour

00:45:12.400 --> 00:45:12.720
 of the

00:45:12.720 --> 00:45:13.079
 world.

00:45:13.500 --> 00:45:14.000
 He's going

00:45:14.000 --> 00:45:14.320
 to come

00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:14.800
 again as

00:45:14.800 --> 00:45:15.380
 the judge

00:45:15.380 --> 00:45:16.260
 of the

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:16.660
 world.

00:45:17.620 --> 00:45:18.720
 Advent is

00:45:18.720 --> 00:45:19.340
 about looking

00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:20.760
 back, but

00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:21.019
 it's about

00:45:21.019 --> 00:45:21.860
 looking ahead.

00:45:21.860 --> 00:45:23.300
 as well.

00:45:23.340 --> 00:45:23.579
 He will

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.980
 come like

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.880
 a thief in

00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:26.200
 the night.

00:45:26.300 --> 00:45:26.820
 Be aware

00:45:26.820 --> 00:45:28.039
 of the

00:45:28.039 --> 00:45:28.660
 seasons.

00:45:30.059 --> 00:45:30.420
 But the

00:45:30.420 --> 00:45:30.760
 second thing

00:45:30.760 --> 00:45:31.140
 we see is

00:45:31.140 --> 00:45:31.780
 to be aware

00:45:31.780 --> 00:45:32.820
 of the

00:45:32.820 --> 00:45:33.579
 situation.

00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:35.120
 And we

00:45:35.120 --> 00:45:35.579
 see that as

00:45:35.579 --> 00:45:35.940
 we move

00:45:35.940 --> 00:45:37.280
 on in

00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:37.860
 verse 4.

00:45:37.940 --> 00:45:38.300
 But you

00:45:38.300 --> 00:45:38.780
 are not

00:45:38.780 --> 00:45:39.380
 in darkness,

00:45:39.539 --> 00:45:39.820
 brothers,

00:45:40.500 --> 00:45:40.960
 for that

00:45:40.960 --> 00:45:41.460
 day to

00:45:41.460 --> 00:45:42.400
 surprise you

00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:43.480
 like a

00:45:43.480 --> 00:45:43.800
 thief.

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:45.220
 You are

00:45:45.220 --> 00:45:46.440
 not in

00:45:46.440 --> 00:45:46.860
 darkness.

00:45:48.360 --> 00:45:49.079
 This is the

00:45:49.079 --> 00:45:50.200
 blessing the

00:45:50.200 --> 00:45:51.160
 church at

00:45:51.159 --> 00:45:51.759
 Thessalonica

00:45:51.759 --> 00:45:52.199
 had.

00:45:52.899 --> 00:45:53.259
 And this

00:45:53.259 --> 00:45:53.519
 is the

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:54.059
 blessing that

00:45:54.059 --> 00:45:54.619
 we have

00:45:54.619 --> 00:45:55.299
 today.

00:45:55.399 --> 00:45:55.619
 We have

00:45:55.619 --> 00:45:56.179
 the word

00:45:56.179 --> 00:45:57.319
 of God.

00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:58.539
 We have

00:45:58.539 --> 00:45:59.099
 the guidance

00:45:59.099 --> 00:45:59.460
 of the

00:45:59.460 --> 00:45:59.980
 word of

00:45:59.980 --> 00:46:00.199
 God.

00:46:00.259 --> 00:46:00.699
 The Lord

00:46:00.699 --> 00:46:01.899
 has spoken.

00:46:02.019 --> 00:46:02.299
 We have

00:46:02.299 --> 00:46:02.980
 the gospel.

00:46:03.899 --> 00:46:04.699
 The gospel

00:46:04.699 --> 00:46:05.099
 that is

00:46:05.099 --> 00:46:06.139
 good news

00:46:06.139 --> 00:46:07.599
 as we

00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:08.399
 hear so

00:46:08.399 --> 00:46:08.839
 often at

00:46:08.839 --> 00:46:09.319
 this time

00:46:09.319 --> 00:46:09.679
 of year

00:46:09.679 --> 00:46:09.980
 when the

00:46:09.980 --> 00:46:10.399
 angels

00:46:10.399 --> 00:46:10.920
 sang

00:46:10.920 --> 00:46:11.980
 good news

00:46:11.980 --> 00:46:12.500
 of great

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:13.199
 joy as

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:13.759
 saviour

00:46:13.759 --> 00:46:14.480
 who is

00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:15.019
 Christ

00:46:15.019 --> 00:46:15.759
 the Lord.

00:46:16.819 --> 00:46:17.099
 That is

00:46:17.099 --> 00:46:17.440
 the good

00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:17.659
 news.

00:46:17.659 --> 00:46:17.940
 But there

00:46:17.940 --> 00:46:18.500
 is also

00:46:18.500 --> 00:46:19.619
 the warnings

00:46:19.619 --> 00:46:20.599
 in the

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:21.299
 scriptures as

00:46:21.299 --> 00:46:21.699
 well.

00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:23.259
 The warnings

00:46:23.259 --> 00:46:23.639
 that we

00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:25.099
 have here

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:26.579
 in Thessalonians

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:27.440
 chapter 4.

00:46:29.059 --> 00:46:29.699
 For the

00:46:29.699 --> 00:46:30.420
 Lord himself

00:46:30.420 --> 00:46:31.039
 will descend

00:46:31.039 --> 00:46:31.639
 it says in

00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:32.259
 verse 16

00:46:32.259 --> 00:46:32.819
 from heaven

00:46:32.819 --> 00:46:33.559
 with a

00:46:33.559 --> 00:46:34.099
 cry of

00:46:34.099 --> 00:46:34.539
 command

00:46:34.539 --> 00:46:34.859
 with the

00:46:34.859 --> 00:46:35.420
 voice of

00:46:35.420 --> 00:46:36.159
 an archangel

00:46:36.159 --> 00:46:36.519
 and with

00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:37.099
 the sound

00:46:37.099 --> 00:46:37.839
 of the

00:46:37.839 --> 00:46:38.299
 trumpet

00:46:38.299 --> 00:46:39.639
 of God.

00:46:40.480 --> 00:46:40.879
 It's the

00:46:40.879 --> 00:46:42.179
 same message

00:46:42.179 --> 00:46:42.759
 that Joel

00:46:42.759 --> 00:46:43.179
 had.

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:43.960
 The blessing

00:46:43.960 --> 00:46:44.639
 that he was

00:46:44.639 --> 00:46:45.000
 to his

00:46:45.000 --> 00:46:45.940
 people in

00:46:45.940 --> 00:46:46.319
 the Old

00:46:46.320 --> 00:46:46.780
 Testament

00:46:46.780 --> 00:46:47.500
 when Joel

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:47.960
 in chapter

00:46:47.960 --> 00:46:48.760
 2 says

00:46:48.760 --> 00:46:49.820
 verse 1

00:46:49.820 --> 00:46:50.260
 blow a

00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:50.640
 trumpet

00:46:50.640 --> 00:46:51.220
 and sound

00:46:51.220 --> 00:46:52.220
 an alarm

00:46:52.220 --> 00:46:52.559
 on my

00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:52.880
 holy

00:46:52.880 --> 00:46:53.340
 mountain.

00:46:53.860 --> 00:46:54.280
 Let all

00:46:54.280 --> 00:46:54.900
 the inhabitants

00:46:54.900 --> 00:46:55.320
 of the

00:46:55.320 --> 00:46:55.580
 land

00:46:55.580 --> 00:46:56.120
 tremble

00:46:56.120 --> 00:46:56.460
 for the

00:46:56.460 --> 00:46:56.780
 day of

00:46:56.780 --> 00:46:56.900
 the

00:46:56.900 --> 00:46:57.140
 Lord

00:46:57.140 --> 00:46:57.340
 is

00:46:57.340 --> 00:46:57.800
 coming.

00:46:58.460 --> 00:46:58.660
 It

00:46:58.660 --> 00:46:58.860
 is

00:46:58.860 --> 00:46:59.200
 near.

00:47:00.200 --> 00:47:00.420
 There

00:47:00.420 --> 00:47:00.559
 is

00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:01.059
 warning.

00:47:01.940 --> 00:47:02.080
 The

00:47:02.080 --> 00:47:02.500
 trumpet

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:03.120
 sound

00:47:03.120 --> 00:47:03.480
 is a

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:03.900
 warning

00:47:03.900 --> 00:47:04.440
 sound

00:47:04.440 --> 00:47:05.120
 that there

00:47:05.120 --> 00:47:05.300
 is

00:47:05.300 --> 00:47:05.840
 danger

00:47:05.840 --> 00:47:06.180
 that there

00:47:06.180 --> 00:47:06.340
 is

00:47:06.340 --> 00:47:06.940
 a

00:47:06.940 --> 00:47:07.360
 major

00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:07.780
 event

00:47:07.780 --> 00:47:08.280
 coming

00:47:08.280 --> 00:47:10.039
 and so

00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:10.240
 the

00:47:10.240 --> 00:47:10.680
 trumpet

00:47:10.680 --> 00:47:11.460
 will

00:47:11.460 --> 00:47:12.000
 sound.

00:47:13.400 --> 00:47:14.080
 But who

00:47:14.080 --> 00:47:14.780
 was blessed

00:47:14.780 --> 00:47:15.660
 in Joel's

00:47:15.660 --> 00:47:15.860
 day?

00:47:17.019 --> 00:47:17.400
 Was it

00:47:17.400 --> 00:47:17.880
 everyone who

00:47:17.880 --> 00:47:18.600
 heard that

00:47:18.600 --> 00:47:19.039
 sound?

00:47:19.800 --> 00:47:20.160
 No.

00:47:21.440 --> 00:47:22.059
 It was

00:47:22.059 --> 00:47:22.500
 those who

00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:23.120
 took action

00:47:23.120 --> 00:47:23.440
 in the

00:47:23.440 --> 00:47:24.559
 midst of

00:47:24.559 --> 00:47:24.820
 that

00:47:24.820 --> 00:47:25.300
 sound.

00:47:26.160 --> 00:47:26.620
 Those who

00:47:26.620 --> 00:47:27.720
 are blessed

00:47:27.720 --> 00:47:28.000
 are the

00:47:28.000 --> 00:47:28.440
 ones who

00:47:28.440 --> 00:47:29.380
 heed the

00:47:29.380 --> 00:47:29.780
 warning.

00:47:30.600 --> 00:47:31.100
 And the

00:47:31.100 --> 00:47:31.559
 same is

00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:32.519
 true for

00:47:32.519 --> 00:47:33.059
 ourselves

00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.580
 today.

00:47:34.160 --> 00:47:34.480
 We need

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:34.940
 to heed

00:47:34.940 --> 00:47:35.980
 the warning

00:47:35.980 --> 00:47:37.140
 of Scripture

00:47:37.140 --> 00:47:39.000
 to enjoy

00:47:39.000 --> 00:47:40.160
 this season

00:47:40.160 --> 00:47:40.780
 and the

00:47:40.780 --> 00:47:41.420
 joy of

00:47:41.420 --> 00:47:41.680
 it,

00:47:42.620 --> 00:47:43.100
 but to

00:47:43.100 --> 00:47:43.620
 realize

00:47:43.620 --> 00:47:44.420
 too that

00:47:44.420 --> 00:47:44.620
 it's

00:47:44.619 --> 00:47:45.000
 pointing

00:47:45.000 --> 00:47:45.539
 ahead

00:47:45.539 --> 00:47:46.079
 to

00:47:46.079 --> 00:47:46.400
 another

00:47:46.400 --> 00:47:46.699
 day,

00:47:46.819 --> 00:47:47.079
 another

00:47:47.079 --> 00:47:47.539
 advent,

00:47:48.219 --> 00:47:48.599
 another

00:47:48.599 --> 00:47:49.159
 coming

00:47:49.159 --> 00:47:50.000
 of the

00:47:50.000 --> 00:47:50.400
 Lord.

00:47:52.779 --> 00:47:53.079
 There

00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:53.239
 are

00:47:53.239 --> 00:47:53.559
 those

00:47:53.559 --> 00:47:53.699
 who

00:47:53.699 --> 00:47:53.839
 are

00:47:53.839 --> 00:47:54.039
 in

00:47:54.039 --> 00:47:54.460
 darkness

00:47:54.460 --> 00:47:54.799
 and

00:47:54.799 --> 00:47:54.960
 there

00:47:54.960 --> 00:47:55.139
 are

00:47:55.139 --> 00:47:55.599
 those

00:47:55.599 --> 00:47:56.219
 who

00:47:56.219 --> 00:47:56.400
 are

00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:56.579
 in

00:47:56.579 --> 00:47:57.039
 light.

00:47:57.799 --> 00:47:58.299
 And it's

00:47:58.299 --> 00:47:58.599
 to be

00:47:58.599 --> 00:47:58.839
 in

00:47:58.839 --> 00:47:59.900
 light,

00:47:59.900 --> 00:48:00.279
 that is

00:48:00.279 --> 00:48:00.539
 where we

00:48:00.539 --> 00:48:00.819
 need to

00:48:00.819 --> 00:48:01.179
 find

00:48:01.179 --> 00:48:01.759
 ourselves.

00:48:01.900 --> 00:48:02.099
 And that's

00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:02.299
 what he

00:48:02.299 --> 00:48:02.739
 says here,

00:48:02.819 --> 00:48:03.019
 you are

00:48:03.019 --> 00:48:03.500
 not in

00:48:03.500 --> 00:48:03.880
 darkness,

00:48:04.079 --> 00:48:04.380
 brothers,

00:48:04.799 --> 00:48:05.219
 for this

00:48:05.219 --> 00:48:05.699
 day to

00:48:05.699 --> 00:48:06.519
 surprise you.

00:48:06.559 --> 00:48:07.079
 You know

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:07.699
 it's

00:48:07.699 --> 00:48:08.059
 coming,

00:48:08.139 --> 00:48:08.639
 he says.

00:48:08.759 --> 00:48:09.299
 You know

00:48:09.299 --> 00:48:10.000
 he is

00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:10.400
 coming.

00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:11.960
 So prepare,

00:48:12.380 --> 00:48:12.980
 be ready.

00:48:15.220 --> 00:48:15.980
 Don't have

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.559
 a false

00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:17.099
 peace.

00:48:17.539 --> 00:48:17.980
 The peace

00:48:17.980 --> 00:48:18.519
 that Jeremiah

00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:19.420
 spoke of

00:48:19.420 --> 00:48:19.720
 in the

00:48:19.720 --> 00:48:20.660
 Old Testament

00:48:20.660 --> 00:48:21.000
 when he

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:21.639
 said peace,

00:48:21.800 --> 00:48:22.039
 peace,

00:48:22.099 --> 00:48:22.400
 when there

00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:23.420
 is no

00:48:23.420 --> 00:48:23.980
 peace.

00:48:25.980 --> 00:48:26.660
 We can

00:48:26.660 --> 00:48:27.320
 easily think

00:48:27.320 --> 00:48:27.619
 we have

00:48:27.619 --> 00:48:28.220
 peace,

00:48:28.940 --> 00:48:30.019
 but all

00:48:30.019 --> 00:48:30.680
 around is

00:48:30.680 --> 00:48:31.220
 the trouble

00:48:31.220 --> 00:48:31.480
 that we

00:48:31.480 --> 00:48:32.139
 don't see

00:48:32.139 --> 00:48:32.660
 because we're

00:48:32.660 --> 00:48:33.480
 in darkness.

00:48:34.660 --> 00:48:34.820
 There's

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:36.780
 a waterfall,

00:48:37.139 --> 00:48:38.119
 famous waterfall

00:48:38.119 --> 00:48:38.760
 in Africa,

00:48:38.900 --> 00:48:40.160
 Victoria Falls.

00:48:40.960 --> 00:48:41.599
 It's on the

00:48:41.599 --> 00:48:42.139
 border of

00:48:42.139 --> 00:48:42.940
 Sambia and

00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:43.700
 Zimbabwe.

00:48:44.579 --> 00:48:45.000
 A bit like

00:48:45.000 --> 00:48:45.500
 the Niagara

00:48:45.500 --> 00:48:45.960
 Falls,

00:48:46.280 --> 00:48:47.160
 they're world

00:48:47.160 --> 00:48:47.740
 famous and

00:48:47.740 --> 00:48:48.400
 many people

00:48:48.400 --> 00:48:48.780
 go to

00:48:48.780 --> 00:48:49.380
 visit them.

00:48:50.639 --> 00:48:51.500
 But they

00:48:51.500 --> 00:48:52.079
 both have a

00:48:52.079 --> 00:48:52.960
 similar thing

00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:53.579
 that happens

00:48:53.579 --> 00:48:53.900
 as well.

00:48:53.960 --> 00:48:54.200
 When there's

00:48:54.200 --> 00:48:54.820
 a raging

00:48:54.820 --> 00:48:55.660
 torrent of

00:48:55.660 --> 00:48:56.360
 water coming

00:48:56.360 --> 00:48:56.800
 down the

00:48:56.800 --> 00:48:57.079
 falls,

00:48:57.180 --> 00:48:57.680
 it creates

00:48:57.680 --> 00:48:58.440
 a mist,

00:48:58.940 --> 00:48:59.240
 almost like

00:48:59.240 --> 00:49:00.460
 a fog that

00:49:00.460 --> 00:49:00.800
 we would

00:49:00.800 --> 00:49:01.300
 see on a

00:49:01.300 --> 00:49:01.780
 calm day,

00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:02.240
 and you

00:49:02.240 --> 00:49:02.980
 can't see

00:49:02.980 --> 00:49:03.639
 properly.

00:49:04.519 --> 00:49:04.920
 But people

00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:05.440
 often want to

00:49:05.440 --> 00:49:05.860
 go and visit

00:49:05.860 --> 00:49:06.280
 these because

00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:06.720
 it's so

00:49:06.720 --> 00:49:07.519
 spectacular.

00:49:08.260 --> 00:49:08.500
 And one

00:49:08.500 --> 00:49:08.740
 day there

00:49:08.740 --> 00:49:09.039
 was this

00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:09.420
 man who

00:49:09.420 --> 00:49:09.960
 was visiting

00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:11.860
 Victoria Falls.

00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:13.059
 And he

00:49:13.059 --> 00:49:13.559
 was walking

00:49:13.559 --> 00:49:14.940
 around a

00:49:14.940 --> 00:49:15.679
 pathway that

00:49:15.679 --> 00:49:16.420
 skirts the

00:49:16.420 --> 00:49:16.960
 gorge.

00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:18.420
 And he

00:49:18.420 --> 00:49:19.380
 saw a sign

00:49:19.380 --> 00:49:20.340
 just towards

00:49:20.340 --> 00:49:21.019
 the edge

00:49:21.019 --> 00:49:21.440
 of the

00:49:21.440 --> 00:49:21.900
 gorge.

00:49:22.019 --> 00:49:22.199
 And he

00:49:22.199 --> 00:49:23.159
 couldn't see

00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:23.599
 it through

00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:24.079
 the mist

00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:24.440
 that the

00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:24.940
 water was

00:49:24.940 --> 00:49:25.519
 creating.

00:49:26.240 --> 00:49:26.599
 And so he

00:49:26.599 --> 00:49:26.860
 decided,

00:49:27.139 --> 00:49:27.900
 I need to

00:49:27.900 --> 00:49:28.539
 go and see

00:49:28.539 --> 00:49:29.159
 that sign,

00:49:29.300 --> 00:49:29.760
 see what it

00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:30.139
 says in

00:49:30.139 --> 00:49:30.579
 case I'm

00:49:30.579 --> 00:49:30.920
 missing

00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:31.780
 something

00:49:31.780 --> 00:49:32.400
 important

00:49:32.400 --> 00:49:32.699
 here.

00:49:32.740 --> 00:49:32.980
 And so he

00:49:32.980 --> 00:49:33.539
 started just

00:49:33.539 --> 00:49:34.260
 walking

00:49:34.260 --> 00:49:35.039
 towards it.

00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:35.780
 It was

00:49:35.780 --> 00:49:36.480
 quite muddy,

00:49:36.579 --> 00:49:36.760
 it was

00:49:36.760 --> 00:49:37.539
 quite slippery,

00:49:37.539 --> 00:49:37.800
 but he

00:49:37.800 --> 00:49:38.300
 just knew

00:49:38.300 --> 00:49:38.619
 he had

00:49:38.619 --> 00:49:39.039
 to see

00:49:39.039 --> 00:49:39.719
 the sign.

00:49:39.840 --> 00:49:40.079
 But as

00:49:40.079 --> 00:49:40.420
 he came

00:49:40.420 --> 00:49:41.019
 closer to

00:49:41.019 --> 00:49:41.559
 the sign,

00:49:42.059 --> 00:49:42.320
 as he

00:49:42.320 --> 00:49:42.599
 was just

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:43.500
 about at

00:49:43.500 --> 00:49:43.860
 it, he

00:49:43.860 --> 00:49:44.619
 realised what

00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:45.159
 it said.

00:49:46.019 --> 00:49:46.340
 And on

00:49:46.340 --> 00:49:46.779
 the sign

00:49:46.779 --> 00:49:47.099
 it said

00:49:47.099 --> 00:49:47.759
 danger,

00:49:48.579 --> 00:49:49.179
 crumbling

00:49:49.179 --> 00:49:50.079
 edge.

00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:51.920
 So the

00:49:51.920 --> 00:49:52.179
 more he

00:49:52.179 --> 00:49:52.539
 was going

00:49:52.539 --> 00:49:53.360
 towards the

00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:53.699
 sign,

00:49:54.099 --> 00:49:54.659
 the more

00:49:54.659 --> 00:49:54.880
 he was

00:49:54.880 --> 00:49:55.079
 putting

00:49:55.079 --> 00:49:56.039
 himself in

00:49:56.039 --> 00:49:56.460
 danger.

00:49:56.840 --> 00:49:57.579
 The edge

00:49:57.579 --> 00:49:57.900
 of the

00:49:57.900 --> 00:49:58.400
 cliffs there

00:49:58.400 --> 00:49:58.779
 could just

00:49:58.779 --> 00:49:59.519
 collapse.

00:50:02.059 --> 00:50:02.500
 And that's

00:50:02.500 --> 00:50:03.000
 what it is

00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:03.480
 to be in

00:50:03.480 --> 00:50:04.219
 darkness.

00:50:04.219 --> 00:50:04.339
 darkness.

00:50:05.959 --> 00:50:06.399
 We're

00:50:06.399 --> 00:50:07.359
 blinded to

00:50:07.359 --> 00:50:08.000
 the warnings

00:50:08.000 --> 00:50:08.419
 of this

00:50:08.419 --> 00:50:08.879
 world and

00:50:08.879 --> 00:50:09.139
 we're just

00:50:09.139 --> 00:50:09.899
 walking into

00:50:09.899 --> 00:50:10.659
 trouble as

00:50:10.659 --> 00:50:11.099
 it were.

00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:13.019
 But he

00:50:13.019 --> 00:50:13.480
 says here,

00:50:13.539 --> 00:50:13.819
 but you

00:50:13.819 --> 00:50:14.339
 are not

00:50:14.339 --> 00:50:14.980
 in darkness.

00:50:16.619 --> 00:50:16.899
 And so

00:50:16.899 --> 00:50:17.319
 the word

00:50:17.319 --> 00:50:17.899
 of God

00:50:17.899 --> 00:50:19.039
 guides us

00:50:19.039 --> 00:50:20.000
 away from

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:20.279
 the edge

00:50:20.279 --> 00:50:20.500
 of the

00:50:20.500 --> 00:50:20.799
 cliff and

00:50:20.799 --> 00:50:21.279
 it guides

00:50:21.279 --> 00:50:21.899
 us towards

00:50:21.899 --> 00:50:22.719
 the safety

00:50:22.719 --> 00:50:23.439
 that is

00:50:23.439 --> 00:50:23.879
 the rock

00:50:23.879 --> 00:50:24.219
 that is

00:50:24.219 --> 00:50:24.639
 Jesus

00:50:24.639 --> 00:50:25.299
 Christ.

00:50:27.179 --> 00:50:27.859
 We have

00:50:27.859 --> 00:50:28.399
 warnings

00:50:28.399 --> 00:50:29.500
 in

00:50:29.500 --> 00:50:29.980
 scripture

00:50:29.980 --> 00:50:30.719
 again and

00:50:30.719 --> 00:50:31.599
 again guiding

00:50:31.599 --> 00:50:32.319
 us away

00:50:32.319 --> 00:50:33.099
 from danger.

00:50:34.219 --> 00:50:35.059
 When you

00:50:35.059 --> 00:50:35.859
 look through

00:50:35.859 --> 00:50:36.579
 your Bibles,

00:50:36.799 --> 00:50:37.000
 do you

00:50:37.000 --> 00:50:37.279
 think it

00:50:37.279 --> 00:50:37.739
 says more

00:50:37.739 --> 00:50:38.059
 of the

00:50:38.059 --> 00:50:38.519
 first

00:50:38.519 --> 00:50:39.199
 coming

00:50:39.199 --> 00:50:39.439
 of

00:50:39.439 --> 00:50:39.959
 Christ

00:50:39.959 --> 00:50:41.399
 or the

00:50:41.399 --> 00:50:41.799
 second

00:50:41.799 --> 00:50:42.319
 coming

00:50:42.319 --> 00:50:42.559
 of

00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:42.939
 Christ?

00:50:43.079 --> 00:50:43.239
 I mean

00:50:43.239 --> 00:50:43.679
 the first

00:50:43.679 --> 00:50:43.939
 coming

00:50:43.939 --> 00:50:44.139
 of

00:50:44.139 --> 00:50:44.500
 Christ

00:50:44.500 --> 00:50:45.239
 was

00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:45.459
 such

00:50:45.459 --> 00:50:45.619
 a

00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:46.159
 monumental

00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:46.679
 occasion

00:50:46.679 --> 00:50:47.199
 when God

00:50:47.199 --> 00:50:47.719
 sent

00:50:47.719 --> 00:50:47.980
 his

00:50:47.980 --> 00:50:48.299
 son

00:50:48.299 --> 00:50:48.539
 into

00:50:48.539 --> 00:50:48.839
 this

00:50:48.839 --> 00:50:49.159
 world

00:50:49.159 --> 00:50:49.599
 as a

00:50:49.599 --> 00:50:50.019
 saviour

00:50:50.019 --> 00:50:50.379
 for the

00:50:50.379 --> 00:50:50.759
 world.

00:50:51.959 --> 00:50:52.159
 Do you

00:50:52.159 --> 00:50:52.419
 think it

00:50:52.419 --> 00:50:52.899
 says more

00:50:52.899 --> 00:50:53.459
 of that

00:50:53.459 --> 00:50:54.739
 or more

00:50:54.739 --> 00:50:55.099
 of the

00:50:55.099 --> 00:50:55.439
 second

00:50:55.439 --> 00:50:55.939
 coming

00:50:55.939 --> 00:50:56.179
 of

00:50:56.179 --> 00:50:56.599
 Christ?

00:50:57.599 --> 00:50:57.879
 Well

00:50:57.879 --> 00:50:58.439
 the ratio

00:50:58.439 --> 00:50:58.899
 is about

00:50:58.899 --> 00:50:59.559
 eight to

00:50:59.559 --> 00:50:59.959
 one.

00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:02.239
 But it

00:51:02.239 --> 00:51:02.699
 says eight

00:51:02.699 --> 00:51:03.459
 times more

00:51:03.460 --> 00:51:03.900
 about the

00:51:03.900 --> 00:51:04.240
 second

00:51:04.240 --> 00:51:04.720
 coming

00:51:04.720 --> 00:51:05.500
 of the

00:51:05.500 --> 00:51:05.800
 Lord

00:51:05.800 --> 00:51:06.820
 than the

00:51:06.820 --> 00:51:07.159
 first

00:51:07.159 --> 00:51:07.519
 coming

00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:07.820
 of the

00:51:07.820 --> 00:51:08.079
 Lord.

00:51:09.260 --> 00:51:09.599
 And that's

00:51:09.599 --> 00:51:10.199
 a reminder

00:51:10.199 --> 00:51:10.780
 to us

00:51:10.780 --> 00:51:11.880
 of Advent.

00:51:12.840 --> 00:51:13.280
 It's great

00:51:13.280 --> 00:51:13.760
 to count

00:51:13.760 --> 00:51:14.720
 down towards

00:51:14.720 --> 00:51:15.980
 Christmas time

00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:16.420
 and the

00:51:16.420 --> 00:51:17.079
 first coming,

00:51:17.179 --> 00:51:17.740
 remembering the

00:51:17.740 --> 00:51:18.360
 first coming

00:51:18.360 --> 00:51:18.639
 of the

00:51:18.639 --> 00:51:18.900
 Lord.

00:51:20.220 --> 00:51:20.599
 But it's

00:51:20.599 --> 00:51:20.860
 to be

00:51:20.860 --> 00:51:21.800
 prepared for

00:51:21.800 --> 00:51:22.260
 the second

00:51:22.260 --> 00:51:22.659
 coming.

00:51:24.539 --> 00:51:24.900
 We are

00:51:24.900 --> 00:51:25.900
 not in

00:51:25.900 --> 00:51:26.340
 darkness.

00:51:26.500 --> 00:51:26.740
 Another

00:51:26.740 --> 00:51:27.139
 day that

00:51:27.139 --> 00:51:27.740
 people often

00:51:27.740 --> 00:51:28.420
 count down

00:51:28.420 --> 00:51:29.260
 to was

00:51:29.260 --> 00:51:30.019
 that yesterday,

00:51:30.780 --> 00:51:31.420
 what was

00:51:31.420 --> 00:51:32.240
 significant about

00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:33.119
 yesterday was

00:51:33.119 --> 00:51:33.979
 the winter

00:51:33.979 --> 00:51:34.739
 solstice.

00:51:35.439 --> 00:51:36.099
 So as of

00:51:36.099 --> 00:51:36.559
 today,

00:51:36.699 --> 00:51:37.000
 now the

00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:37.459
 days are

00:51:37.459 --> 00:51:37.719
 getting

00:51:37.719 --> 00:51:38.199
 longer.

00:51:39.359 --> 00:51:39.679
 You may

00:51:39.679 --> 00:51:40.219
 not see

00:51:40.219 --> 00:51:40.599
 it for a

00:51:40.599 --> 00:51:40.839
 while,

00:51:40.959 --> 00:51:41.759
 but that

00:51:41.759 --> 00:51:42.059
 is the

00:51:42.059 --> 00:51:42.359
 case.

00:51:42.459 --> 00:51:42.679
 Somebody

00:51:42.679 --> 00:51:43.219
 said that

00:51:43.219 --> 00:51:44.459
 today we'll

00:51:44.459 --> 00:51:45.379
 have five

00:51:45.379 --> 00:51:46.679
 seconds more

00:51:46.679 --> 00:51:47.419
 daylight than

00:51:47.419 --> 00:51:47.699
 we did

00:51:47.699 --> 00:51:48.219
 yesterday.

00:51:49.399 --> 00:51:50.439
 It sounds

00:51:50.439 --> 00:51:51.439
 insignificant.

00:51:53.439 --> 00:51:53.919
 It sounds

00:51:53.919 --> 00:51:54.559
 so small,

00:51:54.679 --> 00:51:55.139
 so minute,

00:51:55.259 --> 00:51:55.519
 and yet there's

00:51:55.519 --> 00:51:56.179
 a difference

00:51:56.179 --> 00:51:56.979
 day by day.

00:51:57.059 --> 00:51:57.719
 But imagine

00:51:57.719 --> 00:51:59.319
 the difference

00:51:59.319 --> 00:52:00.079
 between darkness

00:52:00.079 --> 00:52:00.759
 and light

00:52:00.759 --> 00:52:02.019
 through faith

00:52:02.019 --> 00:52:02.659
 in Christ.

00:52:03.419 --> 00:52:03.899
 Just a

00:52:03.899 --> 00:52:05.319
 glimpse of

00:52:05.319 --> 00:52:05.899
 the glory

00:52:05.899 --> 00:52:06.699
 of Christ

00:52:06.699 --> 00:52:07.779
 and the

00:52:07.779 --> 00:52:08.279
 joy of

00:52:08.279 --> 00:52:09.019
 his salvation

00:52:09.019 --> 00:52:09.759
 makes all

00:52:09.759 --> 00:52:10.500
 the difference

00:52:10.500 --> 00:52:11.339
 in our

00:52:11.339 --> 00:52:11.859
 lives.

00:52:13.299 --> 00:52:14.079
 Be aware

00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:15.159
 of the

00:52:15.159 --> 00:52:15.819
 situation

00:52:15.819 --> 00:52:16.319
 that we're

00:52:16.319 --> 00:52:16.559
 in.

00:52:17.379 --> 00:52:17.699
 There is

00:52:17.699 --> 00:52:18.119
 a danger

00:52:18.119 --> 00:52:18.759
 of drifting

00:52:18.759 --> 00:52:19.339
 away in

00:52:19.339 --> 00:52:19.779
 darkness,

00:52:20.519 --> 00:52:21.199
 but there

00:52:21.199 --> 00:52:21.839
 is a joy

00:52:21.839 --> 00:52:22.500
 and hope

00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:23.299
 of the

00:52:23.299 --> 00:52:23.739
 light

00:52:23.739 --> 00:52:24.679
 of the

00:52:24.679 --> 00:52:25.159
 gospel.

00:52:25.159 --> 00:52:26.759
 We are

00:52:26.759 --> 00:52:27.339
 not in

00:52:27.339 --> 00:52:27.759
 darkness.

00:52:28.319 --> 00:52:28.859
 We have

00:52:28.859 --> 00:52:29.239
 light.

00:52:29.359 --> 00:52:29.579
 We have

00:52:29.579 --> 00:52:30.339
 the gospel

00:52:30.339 --> 00:52:31.879
 before us.

00:52:33.000 --> 00:52:33.199
 And so

00:52:33.199 --> 00:52:33.879
 thirdly and

00:52:33.879 --> 00:52:34.179
 finally,

00:52:34.219 --> 00:52:34.519
 I just want

00:52:34.519 --> 00:52:35.000
 us to see

00:52:35.000 --> 00:52:35.440
 here,

00:52:36.319 --> 00:52:36.779
 be aware

00:52:36.779 --> 00:52:37.420
 of the

00:52:37.420 --> 00:52:38.000
 solution.

00:52:39.119 --> 00:52:39.940
 Be aware

00:52:39.940 --> 00:52:40.579
 of the

00:52:40.579 --> 00:52:41.039
 solution.

00:52:42.460 --> 00:52:42.859
 And you

00:52:42.859 --> 00:52:43.559
 notice that

00:52:43.559 --> 00:52:44.299
 verse 4

00:52:44.299 --> 00:52:45.359
 has a

00:52:45.359 --> 00:52:45.960
 but there,

00:52:46.079 --> 00:52:46.379
 but you

00:52:46.379 --> 00:52:46.779
 are not

00:52:46.779 --> 00:52:47.399
 in darkness,

00:52:47.639 --> 00:52:48.500
 so you

00:52:48.500 --> 00:52:49.159
 can be

00:52:49.159 --> 00:52:49.659
 ready for

00:52:49.659 --> 00:52:50.059
 the day.

00:52:51.139 --> 00:52:51.779
 Then again

00:52:51.779 --> 00:52:52.359
 in verse 8

00:52:52.359 --> 00:52:52.940
 it says,

00:52:53.619 --> 00:52:53.859
 but,

00:52:53.860 --> 00:52:55.059
 but since

00:52:55.059 --> 00:52:55.720
 we belong

00:52:55.720 --> 00:52:56.480
 to the

00:52:56.480 --> 00:52:56.840
 day,

00:52:57.320 --> 00:52:57.720
 let us

00:52:57.720 --> 00:52:58.340
 be sober

00:52:58.340 --> 00:52:58.800
 having put

00:52:58.800 --> 00:52:59.099
 on the

00:52:59.099 --> 00:52:59.599
 breastplate

00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:00.140
 of faith

00:53:00.140 --> 00:53:00.680
 and love

00:53:00.680 --> 00:53:01.420
 and for

00:53:01.420 --> 00:53:02.420
 our helmet

00:53:02.420 --> 00:53:03.059
 the hope

00:53:03.059 --> 00:53:04.280
 of salvation.

00:53:04.400 --> 00:53:04.860
 For God

00:53:04.860 --> 00:53:05.240
 has not

00:53:05.240 --> 00:53:06.039
 destined us

00:53:06.039 --> 00:53:06.720
 for wrath,

00:53:07.340 --> 00:53:07.760
 but to

00:53:07.760 --> 00:53:08.160
 obtain

00:53:08.160 --> 00:53:08.920
 salvation

00:53:08.920 --> 00:53:09.900
 through

00:53:09.900 --> 00:53:11.000
 our Lord

00:53:11.000 --> 00:53:11.420
 Jesus

00:53:11.420 --> 00:53:12.140
 Christ.

00:53:13.039 --> 00:53:13.660
 So if

00:53:13.660 --> 00:53:13.880
 we are

00:53:13.880 --> 00:53:14.360
 aware

00:53:14.360 --> 00:53:15.900
 that the

00:53:15.900 --> 00:53:16.400
 coming of

00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:16.820
 the Lord

00:53:16.820 --> 00:53:17.240
 could be

00:53:17.240 --> 00:53:17.860
 any time,

00:53:18.500 --> 00:53:18.800
 and if

00:53:18.800 --> 00:53:19.000
 we are

00:53:19.000 --> 00:53:19.599
 aware of

00:53:19.599 --> 00:53:20.200
 the different

00:53:20.200 --> 00:53:20.960
 situations

00:53:20.960 --> 00:53:21.300
 that we

00:53:21.300 --> 00:53:21.800
 can find

00:53:21.800 --> 00:53:22.280
 ourselves

00:53:22.280 --> 00:53:22.519
 in,

00:53:22.579 --> 00:53:23.180
 the darkness

00:53:23.179 --> 00:53:23.619
 or the

00:53:23.619 --> 00:53:24.059
 light,

00:53:25.219 --> 00:53:25.539
 well the

00:53:25.539 --> 00:53:25.940
 final thing

00:53:25.940 --> 00:53:26.239
 we have

00:53:26.239 --> 00:53:26.699
 to ask

00:53:26.699 --> 00:53:26.940
 is,

00:53:27.159 --> 00:53:27.480
 what is

00:53:27.480 --> 00:53:27.659
 the

00:53:27.659 --> 00:53:28.079
 solution?

00:53:29.579 --> 00:53:30.179
 What can

00:53:30.179 --> 00:53:30.639
 we do?

00:53:31.819 --> 00:53:32.199
 How do

00:53:32.199 --> 00:53:32.879
 we prepare

00:53:32.879 --> 00:53:33.879
 for the

00:53:33.879 --> 00:53:34.440
 return

00:53:34.440 --> 00:53:35.759
 of Christ?

00:53:37.500 --> 00:53:38.159
 You make

00:53:38.159 --> 00:53:38.899
 your preparation

00:53:38.899 --> 00:53:39.839
 for Christmas

00:53:39.839 --> 00:53:40.139
 Day,

00:53:40.219 --> 00:53:40.639
 you have a

00:53:40.639 --> 00:53:41.319
 shopping list,

00:53:41.399 --> 00:53:41.619
 you have a

00:53:41.619 --> 00:53:41.960
 list of

00:53:41.960 --> 00:53:42.480
 presents,

00:53:42.940 --> 00:53:43.359
 a list of

00:53:43.359 --> 00:53:43.899
 people you

00:53:43.899 --> 00:53:44.299
 want to

00:53:44.299 --> 00:53:44.599
 invite,

00:53:45.159 --> 00:53:45.359
 you have

00:53:45.359 --> 00:53:46.440
 preparations,

00:53:46.980 --> 00:53:47.579
 everybody is

00:53:47.579 --> 00:53:48.659
 preparing for

00:53:48.659 --> 00:53:48.759
 it.

00:53:48.819 --> 00:53:49.079
 If you are

00:53:49.079 --> 00:53:49.779
 in the

00:53:49.779 --> 00:53:50.199
 town or

00:53:50.199 --> 00:53:50.659
 around the

00:53:50.659 --> 00:53:51.019
 town the

00:53:51.019 --> 00:53:51.460
 last few

00:53:51.460 --> 00:53:51.659
 days,

00:53:51.659 --> 00:53:52.119
 the place

00:53:52.119 --> 00:53:52.899
 is busy

00:53:52.899 --> 00:53:53.679
 with people

00:53:53.679 --> 00:53:55.139
 all getting

00:53:55.139 --> 00:53:56.819
 ready for

00:53:56.819 --> 00:53:57.440
 that one

00:53:57.440 --> 00:53:57.859
 day,

00:53:58.739 --> 00:53:59.819
 but you

00:53:59.819 --> 00:54:00.239
 wonder,

00:54:01.039 --> 00:54:01.359
 are we

00:54:01.359 --> 00:54:01.739
 putting as

00:54:01.739 --> 00:54:02.699
 much effort,

00:54:03.599 --> 00:54:04.079
 as much

00:54:04.079 --> 00:54:04.659
 focus and

00:54:04.659 --> 00:54:05.359
 much attention

00:54:05.359 --> 00:54:06.099
 into preparing

00:54:06.099 --> 00:54:06.699
 for this

00:54:06.699 --> 00:54:06.980
 day,

00:54:07.699 --> 00:54:08.539
 for the

00:54:08.539 --> 00:54:08.839
 day of

00:54:08.839 --> 00:54:09.559
 the Lord's

00:54:09.559 --> 00:54:10.500
 return?

00:54:11.500 --> 00:54:12.440
 The solution

00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:13.879
 is yes,

00:54:13.960 --> 00:54:14.279
 we can

00:54:14.279 --> 00:54:15.319
 enjoy life,

00:54:15.899 --> 00:54:16.339
 we can

00:54:16.339 --> 00:54:16.960
 enjoy the

00:54:16.960 --> 00:54:17.719
 blessings of

00:54:17.719 --> 00:54:18.500
 families and

00:54:18.500 --> 00:54:19.299
 friendships and

00:54:19.299 --> 00:54:20.059
 seasons in

00:54:20.059 --> 00:54:20.699
 this world,

00:54:21.360 --> 00:54:22.579
 but it's

00:54:22.579 --> 00:54:23.279
 to be all

00:54:23.279 --> 00:54:24.900
 in light of

00:54:24.900 --> 00:54:25.500
 the fact that

00:54:25.500 --> 00:54:25.980
 the Lord

00:54:25.980 --> 00:54:27.539
 will return.

00:54:28.400 --> 00:54:29.179
 As Joel

00:54:29.179 --> 00:54:29.900
 spoke in

00:54:29.900 --> 00:54:30.299
 the Old

00:54:30.299 --> 00:54:30.759
 Testament,

00:54:31.279 --> 00:54:31.639
 and as

00:54:31.639 --> 00:54:32.519
 Paul speaks

00:54:32.519 --> 00:54:32.799
 here,

00:54:32.860 --> 00:54:33.079
 and as

00:54:33.079 --> 00:54:33.480
 Christ

00:54:33.480 --> 00:54:34.480
 himself spoke

00:54:34.480 --> 00:54:35.079
 about this

00:54:35.079 --> 00:54:35.380
 day,

00:54:35.820 --> 00:54:36.179
 it was

00:54:36.179 --> 00:54:36.900
 always with

00:54:36.900 --> 00:54:37.239
 like a

00:54:37.239 --> 00:54:37.779
 two-edged

00:54:37.779 --> 00:54:38.320
 sword.

00:54:39.559 --> 00:54:40.019
 There is

00:54:40.019 --> 00:54:40.599
 the threat

00:54:40.599 --> 00:54:41.340
 of judgment,

00:54:42.219 --> 00:54:43.539
 but there

00:54:43.539 --> 00:54:44.279
 is the hope

00:54:44.279 --> 00:54:45.719
 of salvation.

00:54:47.719 --> 00:54:48.579
 Verse 9,

00:54:48.579 --> 00:54:49.019
 for God

00:54:49.019 --> 00:54:49.360
 has not

00:54:49.360 --> 00:54:50.119
 destined us

00:54:50.119 --> 00:54:50.860
 for wrath,

00:54:51.219 --> 00:54:52.199
 for judgment,

00:54:52.319 --> 00:54:52.699
 if we are

00:54:52.699 --> 00:54:53.119
 putting our

00:54:53.119 --> 00:54:53.699
 trust in

00:54:53.699 --> 00:54:53.940
 him,

00:54:54.799 --> 00:54:55.420
 but to

00:54:55.420 --> 00:54:56.559
 obtain salvation

00:54:56.559 --> 00:54:57.319
 through Jesus

00:54:57.319 --> 00:54:57.900
 Christ,

00:54:57.980 --> 00:54:58.480
 our Lord,

00:54:58.799 --> 00:54:59.519
 who died

00:54:59.519 --> 00:55:00.579
 for us.

00:55:01.920 --> 00:55:02.480
 And so it

00:55:02.480 --> 00:55:03.000
 takes us

00:55:03.000 --> 00:55:03.719
 not just

00:55:03.719 --> 00:55:04.579
 to the

00:55:04.579 --> 00:55:05.039
 cradle,

00:55:05.159 --> 00:55:05.400
 to the

00:55:05.400 --> 00:55:05.960
 place of

00:55:05.960 --> 00:55:06.579
 Christ's

00:55:06.579 --> 00:55:06.960
 birth,

00:55:07.039 --> 00:55:07.239
 and to

00:55:07.239 --> 00:55:07.880
 that first

00:55:07.880 --> 00:55:08.279
 advent,

00:55:09.500 --> 00:55:10.440
 but it

00:55:10.440 --> 00:55:10.860
 takes us

00:55:10.860 --> 00:55:11.219
 to the

00:55:11.219 --> 00:55:11.759
 cross,

00:55:13.440 --> 00:55:13.739
 and to

00:55:13.739 --> 00:55:14.279
 the cross

00:55:14.279 --> 00:55:14.559
 where we

00:55:14.559 --> 00:55:14.880
 are able

00:55:14.880 --> 00:55:15.659
 to prepare

00:55:15.659 --> 00:55:16.420
 for the

00:55:16.420 --> 00:55:16.759
 day of

00:55:16.759 --> 00:55:17.319
 the Lord's

00:55:17.319 --> 00:55:17.779
 return,

00:55:17.879 --> 00:55:18.379
 because there

00:55:18.379 --> 00:55:18.960
 we see

00:55:18.960 --> 00:55:20.279
 the reason

00:55:20.279 --> 00:55:20.960
 Christ came

00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:21.379
 into this

00:55:21.379 --> 00:55:21.839
 world to

00:55:21.839 --> 00:55:22.379
 save his

00:55:22.379 --> 00:55:23.039
 people from

00:55:23.039 --> 00:55:23.819
 their sins

00:55:23.819 --> 00:55:24.699
 was by

00:55:24.699 --> 00:55:25.299
 dying on

00:55:25.299 --> 00:55:25.799
 the cross

00:55:25.799 --> 00:55:26.339
 himself,

00:55:27.279 --> 00:55:27.879
 by taking

00:55:27.879 --> 00:55:28.539
 the sin

00:55:28.539 --> 00:55:29.519
 that we

00:55:29.519 --> 00:55:30.000
 have in

00:55:30.000 --> 00:55:30.839
 our hearts,

00:55:31.839 --> 00:55:32.199
 and by

00:55:32.199 --> 00:55:32.759
 giving us

00:55:32.759 --> 00:55:33.339
 the hope

00:55:33.339 --> 00:55:34.099
 of salvation

00:55:34.099 --> 00:55:35.519
 through faith

00:55:35.519 --> 00:55:36.519
 in him.

00:55:37.839 --> 00:55:38.539
 So there

00:55:38.539 --> 00:55:39.519
 is the

00:55:39.519 --> 00:55:39.960
 solution.

00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:41.379
 Do you

00:55:41.379 --> 00:55:41.719
 need to

00:55:41.719 --> 00:55:42.179
 hear it

00:55:42.179 --> 00:55:42.599
 again?

00:55:43.519 --> 00:55:43.819
 You've

00:55:43.819 --> 00:55:44.259
 heard it

00:55:44.260 --> 00:55:44.700
 how many

00:55:44.700 --> 00:55:46.180
 times you

00:55:46.180 --> 00:55:46.880
 come towards

00:55:46.880 --> 00:55:47.340
 the end

00:55:47.340 --> 00:55:47.860
 of another

00:55:47.860 --> 00:55:48.340
 year,

00:55:49.400 --> 00:55:50.080
 2024.

00:55:50.980 --> 00:55:51.500
 It's hard

00:55:51.500 --> 00:55:51.900
 to believe

00:55:51.900 --> 00:55:52.100
 you in

00:55:52.100 --> 00:55:52.640
 just saying

00:55:52.640 --> 00:55:52.900
 it.

00:55:53.420 --> 00:55:53.780
 It doesn't

00:55:53.780 --> 00:55:54.100
 seem that

00:55:54.100 --> 00:55:54.460
 long ago

00:55:54.460 --> 00:55:54.780
 since we

00:55:54.780 --> 00:55:54.980
 were in

00:55:54.980 --> 00:55:55.900
 19-something,

00:55:56.700 --> 00:55:56.980
 but here

00:55:56.980 --> 00:55:57.280
 we are,

00:55:57.380 --> 00:55:58.080
 2024,

00:55:58.520 --> 00:55:58.900
 the end

00:55:58.900 --> 00:55:59.180
 of the

00:55:59.180 --> 00:55:59.800
 year again,

00:56:00.540 --> 00:56:00.900
 and how

00:56:00.900 --> 00:56:01.460
 many times

00:56:01.460 --> 00:56:01.700
 have you

00:56:01.700 --> 00:56:02.520
 heard this?

00:56:03.560 --> 00:56:03.940
 How many

00:56:03.940 --> 00:56:04.400
 times have

00:56:04.400 --> 00:56:04.940
 you remembered

00:56:04.940 --> 00:56:05.960
 the first

00:56:05.960 --> 00:56:07.240
 coming of

00:56:07.240 --> 00:56:07.820
 the Lord

00:56:07.820 --> 00:56:08.780
 and his

00:56:08.780 --> 00:56:09.560
 birth into

00:56:09.560 --> 00:56:10.320
 this world?

00:56:11.820 --> 00:56:12.480
 But how

00:56:12.480 --> 00:56:13.120
 important is

00:56:13.120 --> 00:56:13.580
 the second

00:56:13.580 --> 00:56:14.020
 coming?

00:56:15.120 --> 00:56:16.060
 How important

00:56:16.060 --> 00:56:16.480
 is the

00:56:16.480 --> 00:56:16.800
 second

00:56:16.800 --> 00:56:18.300
 advent when

00:56:18.300 --> 00:56:18.840
 he comes

00:56:18.840 --> 00:56:19.620
 to judge

00:56:19.620 --> 00:56:20.620
 the world?

00:56:21.660 --> 00:56:22.180
 The Lord

00:56:22.180 --> 00:56:22.800
 is coming.

00:56:23.640 --> 00:56:24.360
 We remember

00:56:24.360 --> 00:56:24.800
 that he

00:56:24.800 --> 00:56:25.400
 has come

00:56:25.400 --> 00:56:26.260
 and the

00:56:26.260 --> 00:56:26.800
 amazement

00:56:26.800 --> 00:56:27.240
 of that

00:56:27.240 --> 00:56:27.760
 that God

00:56:27.760 --> 00:56:28.200
 would give

00:56:28.200 --> 00:56:28.720
 his son

00:56:28.720 --> 00:56:29.840
 for us.

00:56:31.280 --> 00:56:31.840
 But let's

00:56:31.840 --> 00:56:32.820
 not forget

00:56:32.820 --> 00:56:33.320
 that he is

00:56:33.320 --> 00:56:34.080
 coming again.

00:56:35.500 --> 00:56:36.100
 The countdown

00:56:36.100 --> 00:56:36.580
 is on,

00:56:36.640 --> 00:56:36.940
 but it's not

00:56:36.940 --> 00:56:37.460
 a date you

00:56:37.460 --> 00:56:37.960
 can mark

00:56:37.960 --> 00:56:38.260
 on your

00:56:38.260 --> 00:56:39.260
 diary or

00:56:39.260 --> 00:56:39.540
 on your

00:56:39.540 --> 00:56:39.980
 calendar.

00:56:40.980 --> 00:56:41.700
 We don't

00:56:41.700 --> 00:56:42.280
 know when.

00:56:43.300 --> 00:56:43.620
 He will

00:56:43.619 --> 00:56:44.819
 come like

00:56:44.819 --> 00:56:45.339
 a thief

00:56:45.339 --> 00:56:46.119
 in the

00:56:46.119 --> 00:56:46.440
 night.

00:56:47.799 --> 00:56:48.119
 What's

00:56:48.119 --> 00:56:48.519
 the biggest

00:56:48.519 --> 00:56:49.139
 stumbling

00:56:49.139 --> 00:56:49.719
 block for

00:56:49.719 --> 00:56:50.179
 you just

00:56:50.179 --> 00:56:50.500
 now?

00:56:51.099 --> 00:56:52.039
 To stop

00:56:52.039 --> 00:56:52.480
 you from

00:56:52.480 --> 00:56:53.079
 being ready

00:56:53.079 --> 00:56:54.119
 for this

00:56:54.119 --> 00:56:54.460
 day?

00:56:55.339 --> 00:56:56.000
 Is it a

00:56:56.000 --> 00:56:56.460
 doubt that

00:56:56.460 --> 00:56:57.199
 this day

00:56:57.199 --> 00:56:58.119
 is not

00:56:58.119 --> 00:56:58.559
 going to

00:56:58.559 --> 00:56:58.940
 come?

00:56:59.420 --> 00:56:59.900
 Or this

00:56:59.900 --> 00:57:00.460
 day is

00:57:00.460 --> 00:57:01.219
 far in

00:57:01.219 --> 00:57:01.759
 the distance?

00:57:03.119 --> 00:57:03.719
 This day

00:57:03.719 --> 00:57:04.259
 is a day

00:57:04.259 --> 00:57:05.279
 I'll prepare

00:57:05.279 --> 00:57:06.000
 for later.

00:57:06.000 --> 00:57:07.000
 time.

00:57:07.000 --> 00:57:08.320
 The biggest

00:57:08.320 --> 00:57:09.340
 obstacle is

00:57:09.340 --> 00:57:09.760
 this,

00:57:10.760 --> 00:57:11.400
 that you

00:57:11.400 --> 00:57:12.059
 have plenty

00:57:12.059 --> 00:57:12.780
 of time,

00:57:13.559 --> 00:57:14.139
 or so

00:57:14.139 --> 00:57:14.739
 you think.

00:57:17.219 --> 00:57:17.860
 Time

00:57:17.860 --> 00:57:19.320
 is not

00:57:19.320 --> 00:57:19.679
 in our

00:57:19.679 --> 00:57:20.119
 hands.

00:57:20.840 --> 00:57:21.579
 It is in

00:57:21.579 --> 00:57:22.179
 the Lord's

00:57:22.179 --> 00:57:22.599
 hands.

00:57:23.780 --> 00:57:24.079
 And the

00:57:24.079 --> 00:57:24.679
 Lord says

00:57:24.679 --> 00:57:25.239
 today to

00:57:25.239 --> 00:57:25.739
 be ready.

00:57:26.559 --> 00:57:27.440
 Not just

00:57:27.440 --> 00:57:28.139
 ready for

00:57:28.139 --> 00:57:28.900
 Christmas and

00:57:28.900 --> 00:57:29.400
 this week,

00:57:30.199 --> 00:57:31.480
 but ready for

00:57:31.480 --> 00:57:32.059
 every day.

00:57:32.860 --> 00:57:33.460
 Lived in

00:57:33.460 --> 00:57:34.000
 light of the

00:57:34.000 --> 00:57:35.179
 Lord could

00:57:35.179 --> 00:57:35.880
 return any

00:57:35.880 --> 00:57:36.260
 time,

00:57:37.099 --> 00:57:37.519
 like a

00:57:37.519 --> 00:57:37.900
 thief in

00:57:37.900 --> 00:57:38.340
 the night,

00:57:39.059 --> 00:57:39.380
 and to

00:57:39.380 --> 00:57:39.860
 be ready.

00:57:40.880 --> 00:57:41.539
 Not saying

00:57:41.539 --> 00:57:42.780
 this to

00:57:42.780 --> 00:57:43.139
 take the

00:57:43.139 --> 00:57:43.880
 joy out of

00:57:43.880 --> 00:57:44.300
 Christmas.

00:57:45.659 --> 00:57:46.059
 I'm not

00:57:46.059 --> 00:57:46.599
 saying this to

00:57:46.599 --> 00:57:46.920
 be the

00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:47.860
 scrooge who

00:57:47.860 --> 00:57:48.579
 would spoil

00:57:48.579 --> 00:57:49.639
 Christmas Day

00:57:49.639 --> 00:57:50.219
 for anyone.

00:57:51.079 --> 00:57:51.679
 Quite the

00:57:51.679 --> 00:57:52.000
 opposite.

00:57:53.239 --> 00:57:53.920
 I'm saying

00:57:53.920 --> 00:57:55.639
 this so

00:57:55.639 --> 00:57:55.840
 that you

00:57:55.840 --> 00:57:56.480
 will enjoy

00:57:56.480 --> 00:57:57.699
 Christmas on

00:57:57.699 --> 00:57:58.300
 every day

00:57:58.300 --> 00:57:59.400
 to the

00:57:59.400 --> 00:57:59.699
 full.

00:58:01.019 --> 00:58:01.679
 Because if

00:58:01.679 --> 00:58:02.059
 you live it

00:58:02.059 --> 00:58:02.460
 in light,

00:58:02.559 --> 00:58:02.920
 not just

00:58:02.920 --> 00:58:03.219
 of his

00:58:03.219 --> 00:58:03.900
 coming

00:58:03.900 --> 00:58:04.200
 in the

00:58:04.200 --> 00:58:04.960
 first place,

00:58:05.559 --> 00:58:06.700
 but remembering

00:58:06.700 --> 00:58:07.039
 he will

00:58:07.039 --> 00:58:07.760
 come again.

00:58:08.960 --> 00:58:09.300
 That he

00:58:09.300 --> 00:58:09.940
 came, as

00:58:09.940 --> 00:58:10.519
 he says in

00:58:10.519 --> 00:58:11.420
 John 15,

00:58:12.160 --> 00:58:12.579
 that we

00:58:12.579 --> 00:58:12.840
 would have

00:58:12.840 --> 00:58:13.579
 life to

00:58:13.579 --> 00:58:14.139
 the full.

00:58:15.800 --> 00:58:16.059
 And that

00:58:16.059 --> 00:58:16.260
 we would

00:58:16.260 --> 00:58:16.559
 see that

00:58:16.559 --> 00:58:17.139
 life is

00:58:17.139 --> 00:58:17.619
 in him.

00:58:18.619 --> 00:58:18.940
 And that

00:58:18.940 --> 00:58:19.139
 we would

00:58:19.139 --> 00:58:19.460
 put our

00:58:19.460 --> 00:58:20.160
 trust in

00:58:20.160 --> 00:58:21.380
 him today.

00:58:22.599 --> 00:58:23.019
 He is

00:58:23.019 --> 00:58:23.700
 the solution.

00:58:25.220 --> 00:58:25.840
 Because if

00:58:25.840 --> 00:58:26.260
 we put our

00:58:26.260 --> 00:58:26.860
 trust in

00:58:26.860 --> 00:58:28.200
 him, we

00:58:28.200 --> 00:58:28.740
 are ready

00:58:28.740 --> 00:58:29.780
 for that

00:58:29.780 --> 00:58:30.079
 day.

00:58:30.880 --> 00:58:32.360
 Prepare for

00:58:32.360 --> 00:58:32.960
 this week.

00:58:32.960 --> 00:58:34.460
 prepare for

00:58:34.460 --> 00:58:35.039
 time with

00:58:35.039 --> 00:58:35.679
 family and

00:58:35.679 --> 00:58:36.300
 loved ones.

00:58:36.920 --> 00:58:37.440
 Prepare to

00:58:37.440 --> 00:58:38.300
 enjoy all

00:58:38.300 --> 00:58:38.720
 of these

00:58:38.720 --> 00:58:39.220
 things.

00:58:40.300 --> 00:58:41.380
 But prepare

00:58:41.380 --> 00:58:42.019
 in light of

00:58:42.019 --> 00:58:42.559
 the fact

00:58:42.559 --> 00:58:43.639
 that he

00:58:43.639 --> 00:58:44.139
 will come

00:58:44.139 --> 00:58:44.559
 again.

00:58:45.559 --> 00:58:46.079
 And when you

00:58:46.079 --> 00:58:46.720
 know this,

00:58:46.780 --> 00:58:47.179
 and when you're

00:58:47.179 --> 00:58:47.500
 ready,

00:58:48.480 --> 00:58:49.019
 then you can

00:58:49.019 --> 00:58:49.639
 rejoice

00:58:49.639 --> 00:58:51.079
 and be

00:58:51.079 --> 00:58:51.539
 glad

00:58:51.539 --> 00:58:52.880
 in him.

00:58:53.860 --> 00:58:54.199
 May he

00:58:54.199 --> 00:58:54.880
 bless you,

00:58:54.960 --> 00:58:55.260
 may he

00:58:55.260 --> 00:58:55.820
 guide you,

00:58:56.440 --> 00:58:57.099
 may he help

00:58:57.099 --> 00:58:57.720
 you to know

00:58:57.720 --> 00:58:58.940
 and to be

00:58:58.940 --> 00:59:00.039
 ready for

00:59:00.039 --> 00:59:00.800
 his second

00:59:00.800 --> 00:59:01.420
 advent.

00:59:01.420 --> 00:59:02.480
 let us

00:59:02.480 --> 00:59:02.720
 pray.

00:59:04.659 --> 00:59:05.079
 Our

00:59:05.079 --> 00:59:05.700
 Father in

00:59:05.700 --> 00:59:06.180
 heaven, we

00:59:06.180 --> 00:59:07.340
 do praise

00:59:07.340 --> 00:59:07.860
 and thank

00:59:07.860 --> 00:59:08.320
 you for

00:59:08.320 --> 00:59:09.220
 the very

00:59:09.220 --> 00:59:09.760
 fact that

00:59:09.760 --> 00:59:10.320
 you remembered

00:59:10.320 --> 00:59:10.920
 your people,

00:59:11.019 --> 00:59:11.220
 that you

00:59:11.220 --> 00:59:11.720
 sent your

00:59:11.720 --> 00:59:12.880
 son into

00:59:12.880 --> 00:59:13.599
 this world.

00:59:13.720 --> 00:59:13.960
 But we

00:59:13.960 --> 00:59:14.380
 thank you

00:59:14.380 --> 00:59:14.960
 too for

00:59:14.960 --> 00:59:15.960
 the fact

00:59:15.960 --> 00:59:16.180
 that he

00:59:16.180 --> 00:59:16.619
 will come

00:59:16.619 --> 00:59:17.059
 again.

00:59:17.880 --> 00:59:18.200
 And we

00:59:18.200 --> 00:59:18.599
 thank you

00:59:18.599 --> 00:59:19.280
 for the

00:59:19.280 --> 00:59:19.840
 word that

00:59:19.840 --> 00:59:20.440
 guides us

00:59:20.440 --> 00:59:20.860
 to that

00:59:20.860 --> 00:59:21.220
 end.

00:59:21.700 --> 00:59:22.039
 That is

00:59:22.039 --> 00:59:22.360
 not a

00:59:22.360 --> 00:59:22.700
 day that

00:59:22.700 --> 00:59:22.920
 we are

00:59:22.920 --> 00:59:23.519
 aware when

00:59:23.519 --> 00:59:23.820
 it will

00:59:23.820 --> 00:59:24.099
 be,

00:59:24.740 --> 00:59:25.059
 but a

00:59:25.059 --> 00:59:25.300
 day that

00:59:25.300 --> 00:59:25.579
 we need

00:59:25.579 --> 00:59:25.800
 to be

00:59:25.800 --> 00:59:26.440
 ready for

00:59:26.440 --> 00:59:26.900
 and help

00:59:26.900 --> 00:59:27.260
 us to

00:59:27.260 --> 00:59:28.079
 prepare our

00:59:28.079 --> 00:59:28.460
 lives

00:59:28.460 --> 00:59:29.099
 accordingly,

00:59:29.099 --> 00:59:30.119
 to look

00:59:30.119 --> 00:59:30.539
 to you,

00:59:30.619 --> 00:59:31.199
 to trust

00:59:31.199 --> 00:59:31.659
 in you,

00:59:32.119 --> 00:59:32.380
 and to

00:59:32.380 --> 00:59:32.699
 know the

00:59:32.699 --> 00:59:33.259
 joy of

00:59:33.259 --> 00:59:34.139
 salvation to

00:59:34.139 --> 00:59:34.639
 the full,

00:59:35.199 --> 00:59:35.599
 not just

00:59:35.599 --> 00:59:35.779
 in the

00:59:35.779 --> 00:59:36.099
 one who

00:59:36.099 --> 00:59:36.659
 was born

00:59:36.659 --> 00:59:37.259
 into this

00:59:37.259 --> 00:59:37.639
 world,

00:59:38.279 --> 00:59:38.519
 but the

00:59:38.519 --> 00:59:38.819
 one who

00:59:38.819 --> 00:59:39.279
 died on

00:59:39.279 --> 00:59:39.779
 the cross

00:59:39.779 --> 00:59:40.259
 for our

00:59:40.259 --> 00:59:40.739
 sins,

00:59:41.019 --> 00:59:41.579
 the one

00:59:41.579 --> 00:59:42.079
 who rose

00:59:42.079 --> 00:59:42.460
 from the

00:59:42.460 --> 00:59:42.839
 grave,

00:59:43.299 --> 00:59:43.579
 the one

00:59:43.579 --> 00:59:44.219
 who ascended

00:59:44.219 --> 00:59:44.920
 into heaven,

00:59:45.519 --> 00:59:45.839
 and the

00:59:45.839 --> 00:59:46.860
 one who

00:59:46.860 --> 00:59:47.299
 will come

00:59:47.299 --> 00:59:47.699
 again.

00:59:48.519 --> 00:59:49.039
 Look to

00:59:49.039 --> 00:59:49.519
 us, we

00:59:49.519 --> 00:59:50.000
 pray, Lord,

00:59:50.039 --> 00:59:50.480
 look down

00:59:50.480 --> 00:59:51.019
 upon us,

00:59:51.119 --> 00:59:51.559
 bless us,

00:59:51.639 --> 00:59:52.139
 we ask,

00:59:52.480 --> 00:59:53.039
 in Jesus'

00:59:53.039 --> 00:59:53.500
 name,

00:59:53.839 --> 00:59:54.179
 Amen.

00:59:54.179 --> 00:59:54.279
 Amen.

00:59:54.280 --> 00:59:58.740
 We're

00:59:58.740 --> 00:59:59.080
 going to

00:59:59.080 --> 00:59:59.760
 conclude by

00:59:59.760 --> 01:00:00.500
 singing again

01:00:00.500 --> 01:00:01.080
 to God's

01:00:01.080 --> 01:00:01.580
 praise in

01:00:01.580 --> 01:00:02.620
 Psalm 43,

01:00:03.480 --> 01:00:03.900
 you'll find

01:00:03.900 --> 01:00:04.200
 this on

01:00:04.200 --> 01:00:05.240
 page 54

01:00:05.240 --> 01:00:05.600
 of the

01:00:05.600 --> 01:00:05.900
 psalm

01:00:05.900 --> 01:00:06.200
 books,

01:00:07.640 --> 01:00:11.680
 Psalm 43,

01:00:11.840 --> 01:00:12.180
 we'll sing

01:00:12.180 --> 01:00:12.620
 from verse

01:00:12.620 --> 01:00:13.180
 3 down

01:00:13.180 --> 01:00:13.460
 to the

01:00:13.460 --> 01:00:14.000
 end of

01:00:14.000 --> 01:00:14.200
 the

01:00:14.200 --> 01:00:14.519
 psalm,

01:00:14.580 --> 01:00:14.900
 the tune

01:00:14.900 --> 01:00:15.060
 is

01:00:15.060 --> 01:00:15.519
 Finart,

01:00:16.519 --> 01:00:19.720
 O send

01:00:19.720 --> 01:00:20.220
 your light

01:00:20.220 --> 01:00:20.780
 forth and

01:00:20.780 --> 01:00:21.360
 your truth,

01:00:21.460 --> 01:00:21.920
 let them

01:00:21.920 --> 01:00:22.600
 direct me

01:00:22.600 --> 01:00:23.460
 in your

01:00:23.460 --> 01:00:23.800
 grace,

01:00:23.800 --> 01:00:24.220
 and bring

01:00:24.220 --> 01:00:24.560
 me to

01:00:24.560 --> 01:00:24.780
 your

01:00:24.780 --> 01:00:25.200
 holy

01:00:25.200 --> 01:00:25.600
 hill,

01:00:26.120 --> 01:00:26.360
 and to

01:00:26.360 --> 01:00:26.580
 your

01:00:26.580 --> 01:00:27.240
 sacred

01:00:27.240 --> 01:00:27.780
 dwelling

01:00:27.780 --> 01:00:28.180
 place.

01:00:28.260 --> 01:00:28.380
 We'll

01:00:28.380 --> 01:00:28.700
 sing from

01:00:28.700 --> 01:00:29.180
 verse 3

01:00:29.180 --> 01:00:29.860
 to 5

01:00:29.860 --> 01:00:30.960
 to God's

01:00:30.960 --> 01:00:31.300
 praise,

01:00:31.400 --> 01:00:31.940
 we stand

01:00:31.940 --> 01:00:32.519
 to sing.

01:00:32.519 --> 01:00:34.519
 Amen.

01:00:53.800 --> 01:00:57.039
 singing,

01:00:57.039 --> 01:00:59.200
 singing,

01:00:59.200 --> 01:00:59.200


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 singing,

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01:01:23.800 --> 01:01:32.780
 To God my joy and my delight

01:01:32.780 --> 01:01:41.980
 And I will praise you with the heart

01:01:41.980 --> 01:01:50.800
 O God, you are my Lord of night

01:01:50.800 --> 01:02:01.039
 Why are you down as to my soul?

01:02:01.039 --> 01:02:10.180
 Why are you so disturbed in me?

01:02:10.519 --> 01:02:19.280
 Trust God, for I will praise you yet

01:02:19.280 --> 01:02:27.780
 I say you are my glorious King

01:02:27.780 --> 01:02:32.460
 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my left

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 To stop the drafts coming through the church

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 Now may grace, mercy and peace

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 From God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit

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 Rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore

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 Amen

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