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 We're going to begin our worship now. We're singing firstly today from Psalm 122.

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 Psalm 122, that is in the Scottish Psalter version on page 416 of Tunis St. Paul.

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 I joyed when to the house of God go up, they said to me, Jerusalem within thy gates our feet

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 shall standing be. Words that people of Israel sang long ago when they made their way up to

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 the temple to worship the Lord and express their joy in going as well as in arriving.

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 And it's our great privilege as well to come together, together as they did, as we come

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 together today. Let's express our joy and thankfulness to God with these great words.

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 Tunis St. Paul, when we stand to sing, I joyed when to the house of God.

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 I joyed when to the house of God, O what is said to me?

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 Jerusalem within thy gates, how ye shall stand in thee?

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 Jerusalem within thy gates, how ye shall stand in thee?

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 Jerusalem within thy gates, how ye shall stand in thee?

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 Jerusalem within thy gates, how ye shall stand in thee?

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 Within thy walls remain

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 And never may thy promises

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 Prosperity retain

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 Thou, for my friends and brethren, say

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 Peace be heavy and safe

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 And for the hands of Father Lord

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 And seek thy good away

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 Let's now join together in prayer briefly

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 Praying especially for the children and the young folks at the moment

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 Lord our God, we give thanks again that we are able to gather as we have been singing

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 In this place of worship

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 A place that has been used for so many years

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 To seek to glorify the Lord and to give thanks for all his goodness

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 And we pray today, Lord, for our children, young folks

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 We pray for them whether they be in creche or tweenies or Sunday school or Bible class

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 We ask your blessing for them all

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 You know their circumstances

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 You know their different capacities of age

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 We commend them to you, O Lord

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 And we pray for them

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 For it is the desire of our hearts to see them following in the ways of the Lord

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 And we pray today that what they receive in teaching

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 And in ways in which your word is explained to them

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 We pray that that will continue to be beneficial to them

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 And a blessing to them

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 And indeed to their parents and loved ones as well

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 Bless the teachers, we pray

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 And the carers and all who look after

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 Our young folk in creche and tweenies

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 Who teach in the Sunday school and the Bible class

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 We thank you for them

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 And we pray that they may know your blessing

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 As they seek to impart that teaching to the young folk

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 And help us to be thankful as a congregation

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 When we have so many young families

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 And so many children and young people who belong to us

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 And Lord, we ask that your blessing will be with us

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 To provide for us in regard to all of these needs

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 Hear us now, we pray

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 And pardon our sin

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 For Jesus' sake

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 Amen

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 Well, today I'm following what the syllabus is for the Sunday school

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 And the Sunday school syllabus today

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 At least on the sheet that I've got

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 Has to do with Saul

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 King Saul in the Old Testament

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 Being rejected by God as king

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 There are two chapters in the Old Testament

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 In 1 Samuel chapter 13

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 And 1 Samuel 15

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 Where we find God saying that he had rejected Saul

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 From being king

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 Now something serious must have really happened

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 Before God would have rejected him

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 From being king

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 Having already had him anointed as king over the people

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 And that's true

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 When you read these two passages in 1 Samuel

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 You'll discover why it was that God rejected him

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 The first passage really was

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 God having said through Samuel

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 To Saul to wait in a certain place for seven days

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 Until Samuel had come back

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 And then he would actually go from there

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 To somewhere else

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 And Saul waited for the seven days

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 Samuel hadn't yet appeared

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 So Saul decided

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 I'll just do the sacrifice myself

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 And so that's what he did

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 And before he was finished

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 Samuel appeared

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 And Samuel told him

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 That he had done wrong

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 That he was actually disobeying the Lord

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 And the ways that the Lord

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 Had set out for his worship

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 And for sacrifice

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 He should have waited for Samuel

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 Even though he thought

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 Well he's late

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 So I'll just do it myself

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 That was the problem with Saul there

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 That's the problem with Saul also

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 In 1 Samuel 15

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 What Saul was really doing

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 In both cases

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 Was doing what he thought was best

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 Instead of following God's direction

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 He actually decided to do it his way

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 And to do it in a way that was different

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 To the way God had specified

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 And that means

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 In each of these cases

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 He was being disobedient to God

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 And that was really serious

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 And it's still a serious thing for us as well

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 Because obedience to God

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 Is one of the marks

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 Of a genuine Christian

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 Obedience to God is important

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 In the life of a Christian

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 It doesn't matter what age we're at

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 Even when we are actually older

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 We're still, as Christians

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 Required to obey God

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 To obey him in everything

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 That he sets out

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 We need to do and be for him

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 So it's an important mark

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 Of a Christian

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 To have obedience to God

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 And when Saul was being disobedient

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 God saw that as being very serious

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 Especially for a man

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 Who had been made king

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 Over Israel

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 And also that's why God

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 Rejected him

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 And afterwards

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 David took Saul's place

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 As king over Israel

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 So for you as young folk today

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 It's important for yourselves

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 That whenever we don't do

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 What God says we should do

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 We're being disobedient

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 And whenever we do

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 What God said we don't do

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 That's also being disobedient

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 And when we're disobedient to God

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 Well that is something that God

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 Is not pleased with

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 God is pleased with

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 Our obedience to him

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 And we show our obedience to him

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 When we accept him

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 When we love him

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 When we serve him

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 When we want him

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 To be the most important person

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 In our lives

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 This is what Jesus said

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 In John chapter 3

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 And verse 36

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 And I want you to notice

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 How Jesus combined together

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 Faith, believing

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 And also obeying

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 This is what he said

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 Whoever believes in the Son

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 That's Jesus himself

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 Whoever believes in the Son

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 Has eternal life

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 Whoever does not obey the Son

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 Shall not see life

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 But the wrath of God

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 Remains on him

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 You can see from that

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 That believing in Jesus

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 Involves obeying Jesus

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 And obeying Jesus

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 Involves believing in Jesus

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 You can't have the one

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 Without the other

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 So today

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 Our obedience

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 Is so important

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 Whatever age we are at

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 Okay so we'll say

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 The Lord's Prayer now together

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 Our Father

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 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

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 On earth

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 As it is in heaven

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 Give us this day

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 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 and the glory

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 Forever

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 Amen

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 I'm going to sing again now

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 To God's praise

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 In Psalm 119

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 Psalm 119

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 Again it's the Scottish Psalter

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 On page 407

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 407

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 June this time is Wiltshire

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 Thy word forever is

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 O Lord

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 In heaven settled fast

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 And to all generations

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 Thy faithfulness

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 Doth last

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 All our singings today

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 Refer to the word of God

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 Because our sermon's

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 Going to focus on

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 Our word

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 On the word

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 And our being doers

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 Of the word

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 From the epistle of James

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 Psalm 119

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 At verse 89

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 Thy word forever is

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 O Lord

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 In heaven settled fast

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 Fast

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 Thy word for him

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 But this O Lord

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 In heaven settled fast

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 Unto all generations

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 Thy faithfulness

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 Thy faithfulness

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 The past

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 The earth of us

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 Estublish it

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 And it applies by thee

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 This day they stand

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 As the Lord be

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 For all thy servants be

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 Unless in thy most perfect law

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 My soul delights are found

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 I should not perish

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 My soul delights are found

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 My soul delights are found

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 Thy peace and sight

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 Will never forget

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 Everything to be brought

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 Everything to be brought

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 Lord I am thine

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 For save thou me

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 Thine peace set thine out

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 Out

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 For all thy

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 Thine peace and soul

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 For all thy wicked

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 Thine peace and soul

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 For all thy wicked

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 Thine peace and soul

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 Thy dead

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 Thy dreams

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 with joy.

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 I can

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 know

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 all

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 perfection.

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 Here

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 have I

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 see thee

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 O Lord.

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 But

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 else for

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 I commanded

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 it

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 is

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 exceeding

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 cross.

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

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 We're reading from the epistle, the letter

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 of James

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 and chapter 1 from

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 the beginning. The letter of James

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 chapter 1

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 page 1215

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 or so in your church Bibles if you're

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 using these.

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 So James chapter 1

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 we'll read from the beginning.

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 James a servant of God

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 and of the Lord Jesus Christ

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 to the twelve tribes of the

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 dispersion

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 greetings.

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 Count it all joy my brothers

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 when you meet trials of various kinds

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 for you know that the testing

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 of your faith produces steadfastness

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 and let steadfastness

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 have its full effect

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 that you may be perfect and complete

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 lacking in nothing.

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 if any of you

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 lacks wisdom

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 let him ask God

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 who gives generously to all

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 without reproach

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 and it will be given him.

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 But let him ask in faith

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 with no doubting

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 for the one who doubts

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 is like a wave of the sea

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 that is driven and tossed

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 by the wind

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 for that person

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 must not suppose

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 that he will receive anything

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 from the Lord.

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 He is a double-minded man

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 unstable in all his ways.

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 Let the lowly brother boast

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 in his exaltation

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 and the rich in his humiliation

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 because like a flower of the grass

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 he will pass away

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 for the sun rises

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 with its scorching heat

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 and withers the grass

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 its flower falls

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 and its beauty perishes

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 so also will the rich man

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 fade away

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 in the midst of his pursuits.

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 Blessed is the man

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 who remains steadfast

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 under trial

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 for when he has stood the test

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 he will receive

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 the crown of life

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 which the Lord has promised

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 to those who love him.

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 Let no one say

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 when he is tempted

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 I am being tempted by God

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 for God cannot be tempted

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 with evil

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 and he himself

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 tempts no one.

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 But each person is tempted

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 when he is lured

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 and enticed

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 by his own desire.

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 Then desire

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 when it has conceived

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 gives birth to sin

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 and sin

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 when it is fully grown

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 brings forth death.

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 Do not be deceived

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 my beloved brothers

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 every good gift

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 and every perfect gift

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 is from above

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 coming down

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 from the Father of lights

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 with whom there is no variation

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 or shadow due to change.

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 Of his own will

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 he brought us forth

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 by the word of truth

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 that we should be

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 a kind of first fruits

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 of his creatures.

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 Know this

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 my beloved brothers

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 let every person

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 be quick to hear

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 slow to speak

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 slow to anger

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 for the anger of man

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 does not produce

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 the righteousness

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 that God requires.

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 Therefore put away

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 all filthiness

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 and rampant wickedness

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 and receive with meekness

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 the implanted word

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 which is able

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 to save your souls.

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 But be doers

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 of the word

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 and not hearers only

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 deceiving yourselves.

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 For if anyone

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 is a hearer

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 of the word

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 and not a doer

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 he is like a man

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 who looks intently

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 at his natural face

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 in a mirror

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 for he looks at himself

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 and goes away

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 and at once

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 forgets what he was like.

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 But the one

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 who looks into

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 the perfect law

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 the law of liberty

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 and perseveres

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 being no longer

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 one who forgets

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 but a doer

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 who acts

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 he will be blessed

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 in his doing.

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 If anyone

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 thinks he is religious

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 and does not

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 bridle his tongue

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 but deceives

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 his heart

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 this person's

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 religion is worthless

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 religion that is pure

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 and undefiled

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 before God

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 and the Father

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 is this

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 to visit orphans

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 and widows

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 in their affliction

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 and to keep oneself

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 unstained

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 from the world.

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 May the Lord

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 add his blessing

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 to our reading

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 that portion

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 of his word.

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 Let's join together

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 again once more

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 in prayer.

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 Lord we thank you

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 today for your word.

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 We thank you

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 for all that it

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 contains.

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 We thank you

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 for the way

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 that you took

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 account of our

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 needs

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 as you caused

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 your word

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 to be written

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 down over the

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 centuries.

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 We thank you

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 therefore that your

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 word is both

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 authoritative

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 and also relevant

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 to our needs

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 that it is backed

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 up by your

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 authority

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 and by your

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 knowledge of us.

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 And we ask

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 today that your

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 word will be

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 blessed to us

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 and prized by us.

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 Help us Lord

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 to be like the

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 psalmist who

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 could say that

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 he treasured

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 your word in

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 his heart

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 so that he

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 would not sin

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 against you.

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 As we come

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 before you Lord

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 and around your

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 word Lord we

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 pray today for

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 your Holy Spirit

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 to open our

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 minds to give

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 us an understanding

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 of your word

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 and to enable

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 us to carry it

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 forward in our

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 lives so that

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 we may be as

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 this passage says

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 to us a doers

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 of your word

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 and not hearers

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 only.

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 We give thanks

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 Lord for each

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 and every one

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 that comes today

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 to gather together

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 with your people

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 everywhere throughout

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 the world.

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 We know that we

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 belong to a

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 great volume of

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 people,

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 a great multitude

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 of people

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 most of whom

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 we don't know

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 and yet they are

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 all known to you

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 and all known

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 to you intimately

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 and personally.

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 We thank you

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 that your word

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 assures us that

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 you know even

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 the number of

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 the hairs on

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 our head

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 that you are

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 able to deal

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 with every aspect

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 of our need

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 however great

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 or however small

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 it may be.

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 Lord we pray

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 today that you

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 bless us here

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 as a people,

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 bless us as we

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 gather as a

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 congregation,

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 bless us with

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 our individual

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 concerns,

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 with our family

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 concerns,

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 with our concerns

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 in the wider

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 sense for our

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 community,

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 for our nation,

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 for the world

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 in which we live.

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 we give thanks

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 that we are able

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 to express these

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 to you in prayer

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 and that we are

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 able as we sing

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 your praises also

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 to take account

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 of the words

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 that we are

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 singing and

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 recognize that

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 in so many respects

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 the things that

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 we see in our

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 world and in our

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 society are not

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 new but have

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 been features of

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 the world at

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 different times

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 in the way in

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 which human

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 beings have lived

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 and interacted

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 together.

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 We ask today

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 oh God that

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 we here may be

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 thankful for all

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 the goodness that

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 you keep showing

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 to us for the

00:21:03.839 --> 00:21:04.680
 ways in which we

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 know your blessing

00:21:05.579 --> 00:21:07.039
 already to have

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 affected and

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 touched our lives.

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 We pray today

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 that that will be

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 added to as we

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 seek further

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 blessing here Lord

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 from you at this

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 time.

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 We give thanks

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 again for all

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 that we can reflect

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 on that you have

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 done for us and

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 you continue to do

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 for us as a

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 people.

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 We pray today Lord

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 that your work

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 amongst us will

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 continue that we

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 will see much

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 fruit for the

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 way in which the

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 gospel is presented

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 and your people

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 serve you that we

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 will see many

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 others coming to

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 be joined to you

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 and to walk in

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 your ways and to

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 give themselves to

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 the work of the

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 gospel in the

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 different ways in

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 which we would

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 seek oh Lord to

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 serve you and to

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 hold forth the

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 word of life in

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 our community.

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 Remember us in

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 all our activities.

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 Remember us in

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 everything Lord that

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 we seek to do in

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 conjunction with your

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 worship and the

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 preaching of your

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 word.

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 We pray that today

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 Lord we may follow

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 with our own

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 prayers everything

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 that's happening

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 already in regard to

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 our young people

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 in regard to the

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 various ways in

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 which we anticipate

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 this week meetings

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 to take place

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 associated with

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 your truth and

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 with the gospel and

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 with your people.

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 And grant Lord to

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 continue to remember

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 us and to provide

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 for us.

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 Remember us in

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 terms of the

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 practical and

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 financial needs of

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 the congregation

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 too.

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 Lord we recognize in

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 your providence that

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 we live in difficult

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 and testing times

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 even in regard to

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 these things even

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 though we know that

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 they are not as

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 hard and testing as

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 they are for many

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 others throughout the

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 nation and even

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 throughout the world.

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 Nevertheless Lord

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 give us we pray to

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 be dedicated to the

00:22:52.299 --> 00:22:53.259
 upholding of your

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 cause and we thank

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 you for the measure

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 in which this is

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 already the place

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 with us as a

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 people.

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 Remember now those

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 who are ill of our

00:23:01.839 --> 00:23:03.359
 number we pray for

00:23:03.359 --> 00:23:04.279
 them today oh Lord

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 and ask that you'd

00:23:05.180 --> 00:23:06.139
 bless them whether

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 at home or in

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 hospital or in

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 care homes receiving

00:23:10.159 --> 00:23:11.440
 treatment or looking

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 forward to such.

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 Lord we pray for

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 them and ask that

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 your healing hand

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 will be upon them

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 where that is

00:23:17.899 --> 00:23:18.839
 pleasing to you.

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 We pray for those

00:23:20.539 --> 00:23:21.819
 who mourn over

00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:22.799
 loved ones gone

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 and the death of

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.500
 loved ones Lord is

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 something that

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 features in our

00:23:27.339 --> 00:23:28.579
 congregational life

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 from week to week

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 and we commend to

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 you today those

00:23:32.339 --> 00:23:33.680
 families those

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 individuals who have

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 lost loved ones in

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 recent days in

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 recent weeks and

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 months and even in

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 past years we Lord

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 commend them to you

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 for we know that

00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:45.659
 bereavement and the

00:23:45.659 --> 00:23:47.079
 sorrow and the

00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:48.579
 absence of loved ones

00:23:48.579 --> 00:23:49.940
 is something that

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 remains with us all

00:23:51.019 --> 00:23:52.779
 our days and we

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 pray oh Lord as

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 you are the one who

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 promises to be a

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 father to the

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 fatherless and the

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 widow stay we pray

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 that you would prove

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 yourself oh Lord to be

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 for us one who is

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 dependable at all

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 times and consistent

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 in the way in which

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 you keep your

00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:07.920
 promises.

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 Remember the world

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 in which we live

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 we bring before you

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 today Lord all the

00:24:13.420 --> 00:24:14.640
 troubles of the

00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:15.160
 world and the

00:24:15.160 --> 00:24:16.340
 troubled parts of the

00:24:16.340 --> 00:24:18.039
 world and we pray

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:19.440
 that you would bless

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 where there is war and

00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:22.059
 conflict and we know

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 that there are many

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.980
 places Lord where this

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 is the case throughout

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 the world even in

00:24:27.000 --> 00:24:27.840
 addition to the ones

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 we regularly have

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 featured on our news

00:24:30.480 --> 00:24:31.059
 reports.

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 Be merciful to us

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 Lord we pray

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:36.500
 throughout our human

00:24:36.500 --> 00:24:38.640
 society and turn us

00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.880
 into your ways and be

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 pleased to bring the

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.840
 quickening effects of

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 the gospel to bear

00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:45.720
 upon our world as we

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 pray as we have

00:24:46.420 --> 00:24:48.460
 already read in the

00:24:48.460 --> 00:24:49.480
 Lord's prayer that

00:24:49.480 --> 00:24:50.560
 your will be done on

00:24:50.560 --> 00:24:52.279
 earth as it is in

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:52.560
 heaven.

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 And we ask Lord today

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 that you would also

00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:57.100
 be pleased to bless us

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 as a nation.

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 Lord we are so

00:24:59.880 --> 00:25:01.440
 concerned from week

00:25:01.440 --> 00:25:02.360
 to week at the

00:25:02.360 --> 00:25:04.800
 ways in which we

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 find violence and

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:09.440
 protest turned into

00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:11.539
 violence and ideologies

00:25:11.539 --> 00:25:13.200
 that are contrary to

00:25:13.200 --> 00:25:15.160
 the gospel upheld and

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:16.539
 exalted and praised.

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 Be merciful to us

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 Lord we pray as a

00:25:20.100 --> 00:25:21.660
 people and turn us

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 into your ways and

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 help us to value again

00:25:25.580 --> 00:25:26.680
 the gospel and its

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:28.319
 message and the

00:25:28.319 --> 00:25:29.200
 testimony of your

00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:30.080
 church throughout the

00:25:30.080 --> 00:25:31.900
 ages that there is no

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 other name given under

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 heaven but the name of

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 Jesus by which we must

00:25:36.819 --> 00:25:37.500
 be saved.

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 Be merciful to those

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 who are over us in

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 power and authority in

00:25:43.079 --> 00:25:44.299
 our governments and

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 with the king and all

00:25:45.919 --> 00:25:46.699
 others Lord who have

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 places of authority and

00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.779
 influence and importance

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 throughout our land.

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 You have called upon us

00:25:52.859 --> 00:25:54.079
 Lord to pray for those

00:25:54.079 --> 00:25:56.019
 in authority and to

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 pray that we may live

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 peaceable lives and that

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 we might have a society

00:26:00.339 --> 00:26:01.379
 where the gospel will

00:26:01.379 --> 00:26:01.819
 flourish.

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 And so we do pray for

00:26:04.339 --> 00:26:05.220
 these things today.

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 We ask now that you'd

00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:08.500
 bless us and further

00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.759
 guide us in our praise

00:26:09.759 --> 00:26:11.399
 and in our thoughts upon

00:26:11.400 --> 00:26:13.060
 your word and as we

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 seek to set it forth in

00:26:14.800 --> 00:26:15.600
 the preaching of your

00:26:15.600 --> 00:26:15.940
 word.

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 Be with us Lord we pray

00:26:17.820 --> 00:26:19.860
 in all aspects of this.

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 Forgive our sins and

00:26:21.780 --> 00:26:23.340
 cleanse us for Jesus'

00:26:23.580 --> 00:26:23.880
 sake.

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 Amen.

00:26:24.759 --> 00:26:24.900
 Amen.

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 Well we'll sing once again

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 before we turn to the

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 scriptures singing this

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 time in Psalm 19.

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 This time it's in the

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:37.599
 Sing Psalms version.

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 You'll find that on page

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:41.400
 23 of the psalm books.

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 Page 23 and we're singing

00:26:44.279 --> 00:26:46.220
 verses 7 to 11.

00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:47.140
 The tune is St.

00:26:47.200 --> 00:26:47.519
 John.

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 The perfect law of God

00:26:50.660 --> 00:26:52.279
 revives the soul of man.

00:26:52.279 --> 00:26:54.180
 The statutes which are

00:26:54.180 --> 00:26:55.420
 sure make wise the

00:26:55.420 --> 00:26:56.059
 simple one.

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 The precepts of the Lord

00:26:58.039 --> 00:26:59.920
 are right and fill the

00:26:59.920 --> 00:27:02.339
 heart with great delight.

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 Words again which

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 celebrate the word of God

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 and the effects of God's

00:27:08.579 --> 00:27:09.879
 word when it's blessed to

00:27:09.879 --> 00:27:11.720
 us and how it brings to

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:13.200
 our hearts such joy when

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 we rejoice in the Lord

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.200
 through it.

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:17.319
 These verses then 7 to 11.

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:19.160
 The perfect law of God

00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:21.339
 revives the soul of man.

00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:32.099
 The perfect law of God

00:27:32.099 --> 00:27:37.099
 revives the soul of man.

00:27:37.099 --> 00:27:42.179
 His statutes which are sure

00:27:42.179 --> 00:27:47.299
 make wise the simple one.

00:27:47.299 --> 00:27:48.299
 The perfect law of God.

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:49.299
 The perfect law of God.

00:27:49.299 --> 00:27:50.299
 The perfect law of God.

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 The perfect law of God.

00:27:52.059 --> 00:27:53.059
 The perfect law of God.

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 And fill the heart with great delight.

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 God with great delight.

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 Check light on what we see.

00:28:11.099 --> 00:28:16.539
 The fear of God is pure,

00:28:16.819 --> 00:28:20.899
 and lasts eternally.

00:28:22.099 --> 00:28:27.139
 The standards of the Lord express

00:28:27.139 --> 00:28:33.339
 His perfect truth and righteousness.

00:28:33.339 --> 00:28:40.539
 Of our worth and gold,

00:28:40.859 --> 00:28:45.339
 and what pure Lord they are,

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:50.220
 and our money from the gold,

00:28:50.480 --> 00:28:55.220
 and our money sweeter fine.

00:28:55.220 --> 00:29:00.539
 May or the servant of the Lord

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:06.680
 and keep in heaven's day reward.

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:12.759
 Now let's turn together, as we wait on the Lord,

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:16.259
 to James chapter 1.

00:29:17.440 --> 00:29:20.500
 Today we're looking at verses 22 to 25,

00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:22.519
 and I'm going to read again from verse 18,

00:29:23.379 --> 00:29:25.379
 because these verses really flow together.

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:31.300
 So we'll read from verse 19.

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:34.320
 Know this, my beloved brothers,

00:29:34.500 --> 00:29:36.400
 that let every person be quick to hear,

00:29:36.880 --> 00:29:38.560
 slow to speak, slow to anger,

00:29:39.060 --> 00:29:40.980
 for the anger of the man does not produce

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:42.840
 the righteousness that God requires.

00:29:43.600 --> 00:29:45.520
 Therefore put away all filthiness,

00:29:46.060 --> 00:29:47.320
 and rampant wickedness,

00:29:47.480 --> 00:29:49.520
 and receive with meekness

00:29:49.520 --> 00:29:51.380
 the implanted word,

00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:53.760
 which is able to save your souls.

00:29:54.080 --> 00:29:55.720
 But be doers of the word,

00:29:56.280 --> 00:29:57.680
 and not hearers only,

00:29:58.020 --> 00:29:59.060
 deceiving yourselves.

00:29:59.900 --> 00:30:01.700
 For if anyone is a hearer of the word,

00:30:01.760 --> 00:30:02.660
 and not a doer,

00:30:03.340 --> 00:30:04.940
 he's like a man who looks intently

00:30:04.940 --> 00:30:06.940
 at his natural face in a mirror,

00:30:07.580 --> 00:30:09.400
 for he looks at himself and goes away,

00:30:09.560 --> 00:30:11.600
 and at once forgets what he was like.

00:30:12.380 --> 00:30:14.460
 But the one who looks into the perfect law,

00:30:14.560 --> 00:30:15.360
 the law of liberty,

00:30:16.040 --> 00:30:17.160
 and perseveres,

00:30:17.760 --> 00:30:19.540
 being no hearer who forgets,

00:30:19.539 --> 00:30:20.799
 but a doer who acts,

00:30:21.420 --> 00:30:24.220
 he will be blessed in his doing.

00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:29.659
 Well, when you read through the epistle of James,

00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:31.359
 you very soon realize

00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:34.599
 that this is a very practical part of Scripture,

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.940
 a very practical letter.

00:30:36.079 --> 00:30:37.039
 Indeed, you could say that,

00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:39.299
 it would be true to say that James

00:30:39.299 --> 00:30:41.039
 is the most practical

00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:43.680
 of all the letters of the New Testament,

00:30:43.819 --> 00:30:46.059
 because it's more or less practiced

00:30:46.059 --> 00:30:47.759
 from beginning to end.

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:51.599
 And James is always to the point.

00:30:52.220 --> 00:30:54.259
 As you read through his letter,

00:30:54.400 --> 00:30:55.259
 you begin to realize,

00:30:55.400 --> 00:30:56.200
 well, here's somebody

00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:58.420
 who takes no prisoners

00:30:58.420 --> 00:30:59.500
 with what he says.

00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:01.059
 He's very often sharp.

00:31:01.940 --> 00:31:03.440
 He's very often denouncing

00:31:03.440 --> 00:31:04.920
 certain ways of life.

00:31:05.839 --> 00:31:06.900
 And therefore,

00:31:07.000 --> 00:31:09.259
 he confronts us with the truth of God,

00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:11.700
 not in an unloving way,

00:31:11.779 --> 00:31:13.240
 but in a very direct way.

00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:15.420
 And that's one thing we have to

00:31:15.420 --> 00:31:17.140
 bear in mind as a distinction

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:19.039
 that's important for ourselves

00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:20.599
 as well at all times.

00:31:21.099 --> 00:31:23.299
 For somebody to be non-compromising

00:31:23.299 --> 00:31:25.099
 in terms of the gospel,

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.519
 in terms of what God himself

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:29.099
 has set forth in his word,

00:31:29.500 --> 00:31:31.120
 to be non-compromising,

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:33.120
 to be steadfast in keeping

00:31:33.120 --> 00:31:34.160
 to the word of God,

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:35.400
 it's not the same thing

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:36.500
 as to be unloving.

00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:38.279
 Yes, there are ways

00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:40.460
 in which we can present the gospel

00:31:40.460 --> 00:31:42.579
 in a way that's not tactful,

00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:44.259
 in a way that's harsh,

00:31:44.819 --> 00:31:45.819
 in a way that seems

00:31:45.819 --> 00:31:47.100
 at least to be unloving.

00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:48.759
 But that's not what James is doing.

00:31:49.700 --> 00:31:50.940
 He's being direct

00:31:50.940 --> 00:31:53.579
 because what he wants to present

00:31:53.579 --> 00:31:55.539
 to his readers is so important

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:58.059
 in terms of their lives practically.

00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:01.440
 And I hope we come across that way

00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:02.840
 in the preaching of the gospel

00:32:02.840 --> 00:32:05.680
 because God lays that burden upon us

00:32:05.680 --> 00:32:06.960
 as preachers of the gospel

00:32:06.960 --> 00:32:09.240
 to be uncompromising

00:32:09.240 --> 00:32:10.880
 in presenting the truth

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:11.660
 of the gospel

00:32:11.660 --> 00:32:13.120
 to all who hear it.

00:32:13.600 --> 00:32:14.840
 But we never want to be

00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:16.440
 unloving in doing that.

00:32:16.860 --> 00:32:19.380
 Being at times direct

00:32:19.380 --> 00:32:21.059
 as the word is direct.

00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:22.539
 If we're true to the word,

00:32:22.620 --> 00:32:24.160
 then we present the word

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:25.920
 as directly speaking to us,

00:32:26.200 --> 00:32:27.039
 speaking to us

00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:28.600
 in an uncompromising way.

00:32:29.120 --> 00:32:30.620
 But we never want to do that

00:32:30.620 --> 00:32:31.539
 unlovingly.

00:32:32.460 --> 00:32:33.960
 We never want to present things

00:32:33.960 --> 00:32:36.240
 harshly or in a way

00:32:36.240 --> 00:32:37.220
 that comes across

00:32:37.220 --> 00:32:39.079
 as if we didn't really care

00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:41.220
 about those we're preaching to.

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.420
 So if we come across

00:32:43.420 --> 00:32:46.400
 at times as seeming to be harsh

00:32:46.400 --> 00:32:47.640
 or overly direct,

00:32:48.100 --> 00:32:49.140
 I hope it's because

00:32:49.140 --> 00:32:49.900
 we're being true

00:32:49.900 --> 00:32:51.160
 to the word of God

00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:53.559
 and not because we're unfeeling

00:32:53.559 --> 00:32:56.420
 or unloving towards yourselves.

00:32:57.640 --> 00:32:59.279
 And so here in this passage

00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.860
 from chapter 1, verse 21,

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:04.379
 we read there in verse 21,

00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:05.419
 he finishes that verse

00:33:05.419 --> 00:33:09.639
 by referring to the word of God,

00:33:09.699 --> 00:33:10.799
 the implanted word,

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.500
 he calls it there,

00:33:11.559 --> 00:33:13.179
 using an agricultural term.

00:33:13.659 --> 00:33:15.539
 Or verse 18 even says

00:33:15.539 --> 00:33:16.379
 that of his own will,

00:33:16.500 --> 00:33:17.619
 God has brought us forth,

00:33:17.719 --> 00:33:18.740
 given birth to us

00:33:18.740 --> 00:33:20.599
 by the word of truth.

00:33:20.659 --> 00:33:21.939
 And he carries on that theme

00:33:21.939 --> 00:33:23.279
 of the word of God,

00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:25.000
 the word of truth that we have,

00:33:25.279 --> 00:33:25.740
 when he says,

00:33:25.859 --> 00:33:27.759
 now but be doers of the word

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:29.680
 and not hearers only,

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:31.519
 deceiving ourselves.

00:33:32.460 --> 00:33:33.339
 And so in verse 19,

00:33:33.420 --> 00:33:34.019
 you could say

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:35.359
 what he's dealing with is

00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:37.359
 how we hear the word.

00:33:37.640 --> 00:33:39.299
 We have to receive the word

00:33:39.299 --> 00:33:43.039
 in a way that's quick to hear it.

00:33:44.160 --> 00:33:45.059
 Somebody has said,

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:46.240
 God has given us

00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:47.579
 two ears and one mouth.

00:33:48.859 --> 00:33:50.079
 Just to follow what

00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:52.200
 James is saying there,

00:33:52.779 --> 00:33:53.599
 quick to hear,

00:33:54.619 --> 00:33:55.700
 slow to speak.

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:59.100
 And that's how we find ourselves

00:33:59.100 --> 00:34:00.660
 confronted with God's word,

00:34:00.819 --> 00:34:02.180
 to be quick to hear it,

00:34:02.200 --> 00:34:03.799
 to be anxious to hear it,

00:34:04.180 --> 00:34:05.259
 but to be slow

00:34:05.259 --> 00:34:06.960
 in using our tongues.

00:34:07.059 --> 00:34:07.580
 He has a chapter

00:34:07.580 --> 00:34:09.000
 that deals with the tongue

00:34:09.000 --> 00:34:09.920
 in chapter three

00:34:09.920 --> 00:34:11.400
 and that's an important passage.

00:34:12.000 --> 00:34:12.800
 But that's taking us away

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:15.059
 from the main passage

00:34:15.059 --> 00:34:16.159
 that we're looking at today.

00:34:16.480 --> 00:34:17.420
 How we hear the word

00:34:17.420 --> 00:34:19.800
 and then in verses 21 to 25,

00:34:19.980 --> 00:34:20.920
 you could say he's looking at

00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:22.760
 how we live out the word.

00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:24.139
 That's what we've called

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:25.799
 our study today.

00:34:26.019 --> 00:34:27.699
 The Bible lived out.

00:34:28.679 --> 00:34:30.079
 The Bible as it's seen

00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:32.099
 in the lives of people

00:34:32.099 --> 00:34:34.000
 practically that want

00:34:34.000 --> 00:34:35.079
 to be true to God,

00:34:35.139 --> 00:34:36.699
 that live out the word

00:34:36.699 --> 00:34:38.379
 of God in their lives.

00:34:38.420 --> 00:34:39.059
 And that's really what

00:34:39.059 --> 00:34:40.159
 James is saying.

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:42.359
 Be doers of the word

00:34:42.359 --> 00:34:44.900
 and not hearers only.

00:34:46.179 --> 00:34:47.319
 And he follows on

00:34:47.319 --> 00:34:49.400
 by giving us an illustration

00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:51.119
 as well of the mirror.

00:34:51.579 --> 00:34:52.559
 So two things he's looking.

00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:53.599
 He's giving us firstly

00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:54.739
 the imperative.

00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:56.000
 It's really in the form

00:34:56.000 --> 00:34:56.719
 of an imperative

00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:57.739
 or a command.

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:59.739
 Be doers of the word

00:34:59.739 --> 00:35:01.400
 and not hearers only.

00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:02.480
 And he's following

00:35:02.480 --> 00:35:03.579
 that imperative

00:35:03.579 --> 00:35:05.739
 by the illustrative,

00:35:05.840 --> 00:35:06.719
 by the illustration.

00:35:07.579 --> 00:35:08.519
 If anyone is a hearer

00:35:08.519 --> 00:35:08.960
 of the word

00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:10.219
 and not a doer,

00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:11.460
 he's like a man

00:35:11.460 --> 00:35:12.639
 who looks intently

00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:14.019
 at his natural face

00:35:14.019 --> 00:35:15.000
 in a mirror

00:35:15.000 --> 00:35:15.940
 and so on.

00:35:16.960 --> 00:35:18.219
 So following that pattern,

00:35:18.279 --> 00:35:18.799
 let's look at

00:35:18.799 --> 00:35:21.159
 the points he gives us

00:35:21.159 --> 00:35:22.279
 there under these two headings.

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:22.880
 First of all,

00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:24.320
 there's this imperative.

00:35:24.960 --> 00:35:26.320
 Be doers of the word

00:35:26.320 --> 00:35:28.380
 and not hearers only,

00:35:28.800 --> 00:35:29.860
 deceiving yourselves.

00:35:30.300 --> 00:35:30.900
 Now it's clear

00:35:30.900 --> 00:35:32.460
 from what James is saying there

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.920
 that hearing the word

00:35:33.920 --> 00:35:35.340
 is not unimportant.

00:35:36.180 --> 00:35:37.280
 And how we hear the word

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:39.000
 is not unimportant.

00:35:39.460 --> 00:35:40.140
 That's what we said

00:35:40.140 --> 00:35:41.320
 in verse 18,

00:35:41.400 --> 00:35:42.600
 going back to being quick

00:35:42.600 --> 00:35:44.040
 to hear the word.

00:35:44.920 --> 00:35:45.440
 In other words,

00:35:45.540 --> 00:35:46.900
 to hear the word

00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:48.160
 in such a way

00:35:48.160 --> 00:35:48.920
 as realizes

00:35:48.920 --> 00:35:49.659
 is the importance

00:35:49.659 --> 00:35:50.920
 of taking account

00:35:50.920 --> 00:35:51.800
 of what this word

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.659
 is saying to us,

00:35:53.139 --> 00:35:54.559
 seriously reckoning with it

00:35:54.559 --> 00:35:55.420
 and what it's saying,

00:35:55.820 --> 00:35:56.980
 taking it into our minds,

00:35:57.159 --> 00:35:57.920
 thinking it through,

00:35:58.240 --> 00:35:59.420
 applying it to life,

00:35:59.599 --> 00:36:00.720
 to our behavior,

00:36:00.900 --> 00:36:01.780
 to our way of life

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:02.840
 and all aspects of it.

00:36:03.059 --> 00:36:04.619
 We are to hear the word

00:36:04.619 --> 00:36:05.659
 in such a way

00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:07.320
 that really hears it intently,

00:36:07.980 --> 00:36:09.059
 that hears it seriously,

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:10.400
 that regards it

00:36:10.400 --> 00:36:12.240
 as God speaking to us

00:36:12.240 --> 00:36:13.700
 through the written word

00:36:13.700 --> 00:36:14.740
 that he's given us.

00:36:15.599 --> 00:36:16.939
 Romans chapter 10,

00:36:17.019 --> 00:36:17.599
 verse 17,

00:36:17.699 --> 00:36:18.239
 you remember that

00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:19.699
 that context has to do

00:36:19.699 --> 00:36:20.399
 with preaching

00:36:20.399 --> 00:36:23.279
 and how God has sent people

00:36:23.279 --> 00:36:24.579
 to preach the word,

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:26.099
 but he also says

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:29.679
 that faith comes by hearing

00:36:29.679 --> 00:36:32.739
 and hearing the word of God

00:36:32.739 --> 00:36:33.939
 or the word of Christ.

00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:34.559
 In other words,

00:36:34.779 --> 00:36:36.539
 the faith that we want to have

00:36:36.539 --> 00:36:38.339
 as a feature of our lives

00:36:38.339 --> 00:36:39.479
 by which we live,

00:36:39.939 --> 00:36:40.719
 faith in God,

00:36:40.859 --> 00:36:41.659
 trust in God,

00:36:41.779 --> 00:36:43.139
 how does that come about?

00:36:43.139 --> 00:36:45.139
 Well, it comes about largely,

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:46.799
 Paul was saying in Romans 10,

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.879
 by the hearing of the gospel,

00:36:49.219 --> 00:36:51.079
 by the hearing of the word preached.

00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:53.039
 And that has its own implications,

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:55.559
 which I'm not going to spend time on

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:57.359
 at the moment to add to that,

00:36:57.420 --> 00:36:58.539
 to amplify that,

00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:00.400
 but the word preached,

00:37:00.859 --> 00:37:02.719
 seeing it's such an important feature

00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:04.819
 of how faith is produced

00:37:04.819 --> 00:37:07.099
 and how faith is fed by God,

00:37:07.480 --> 00:37:08.759
 it's so vital to us

00:37:08.759 --> 00:37:10.859
 to be under the preaching of the word

00:37:10.860 --> 00:37:12.300
 as you are here today,

00:37:12.620 --> 00:37:13.480
 whether you're online

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:14.559
 or here in person.

00:37:15.140 --> 00:37:17.140
 We're under the word preached,

00:37:17.240 --> 00:37:17.980
 and the word preached,

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.440
 God has specified,

00:37:20.539 --> 00:37:21.620
 is his way,

00:37:22.059 --> 00:37:23.220
 one of his main ways

00:37:23.220 --> 00:37:25.079
 of dealing with our needs

00:37:25.079 --> 00:37:26.579
 as human beings.

00:37:28.160 --> 00:37:30.539
 Preaching is an agency

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:32.220
 that God has set up.

00:37:33.059 --> 00:37:34.880
 Agency in the sense of a means

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:36.300
 or a method,

00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:37.400
 but you could say

00:37:37.400 --> 00:37:39.640
 preaching is the agency

00:37:39.640 --> 00:37:41.559
 for person building,

00:37:42.640 --> 00:37:43.780
 for building us up

00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.720
 in our person.

00:37:44.820 --> 00:37:45.720
 So that fits into

00:37:45.720 --> 00:37:47.860
 what James is actually saying

00:37:47.860 --> 00:37:49.440
 in being doers of the word

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:51.200
 and not hearers only.

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:53.760
 When he says not hearers only,

00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:54.539
 obviously means

00:37:54.539 --> 00:37:56.920
 but you are still hearers also.

00:37:57.680 --> 00:37:58.680
 And the hearing comes

00:37:58.680 --> 00:38:00.140
 ahead of the doing.

00:38:00.480 --> 00:38:02.820
 We can only be doers of the word,

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:04.380
 put it into practice

00:38:04.380 --> 00:38:05.220
 in our lives

00:38:05.220 --> 00:38:07.019
 by first of all hearing it

00:38:07.019 --> 00:38:07.800
 and hearing it

00:38:07.800 --> 00:38:09.240
 in a way that intends

00:38:09.240 --> 00:38:10.039
 the doing of it,

00:38:10.300 --> 00:38:11.539
 in a way that regards it

00:38:11.539 --> 00:38:13.220
 as an important feature

00:38:13.220 --> 00:38:15.700
 of what God's gifts to us are,

00:38:16.160 --> 00:38:17.420
 the preaching of the word

00:38:17.420 --> 00:38:19.100
 being a primary means

00:38:19.100 --> 00:38:20.280
 of faith

00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:21.600
 and of producing faith.

00:38:22.080 --> 00:38:23.820
 So James has emphasis

00:38:24.480 --> 00:38:28.220
 on being not hearers only,

00:38:29.140 --> 00:38:29.960
 being doers

00:38:29.960 --> 00:38:32.720
 as well as hearers.

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:33.960
 In other words,

00:38:34.059 --> 00:38:35.480
 we really have to be careful

00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:37.460
 that we come to be doers

00:38:37.460 --> 00:38:38.320
 of God's word

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:39.519
 and not be satisfied

00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:41.400
 with simply hearing it.

00:38:41.720 --> 00:38:42.840
 It's a great thing

00:38:42.840 --> 00:38:44.800
 to be hearers of God's word

00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:45.360
 and we've said

00:38:45.360 --> 00:38:46.880
 how important a feature it is

00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:47.720
 in the method

00:38:47.720 --> 00:38:48.639
 that God uses

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:49.860
 to feed our souls.

00:38:50.800 --> 00:38:51.320
 But you know,

00:38:51.380 --> 00:38:51.960
 we could go away

00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:52.820
 from here today,

00:38:53.460 --> 00:38:54.159
 I could be away

00:38:54.159 --> 00:38:55.039
 from here today

00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:56.400
 and congratulate myself

00:38:56.400 --> 00:38:57.559
 that I had preached

00:38:57.559 --> 00:38:58.500
 the word of God,

00:38:58.500 --> 00:39:00.059
 that I had kept to the text

00:39:00.059 --> 00:39:00.900
 that I had chosen

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:02.239
 or God had laid on my heart

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:03.079
 to preach from.

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.199
 You could go away

00:39:04.199 --> 00:39:04.940
 from here today

00:39:04.940 --> 00:39:05.300
 and say,

00:39:05.400 --> 00:39:06.659
 well, I heard the word of God,

00:39:06.780 --> 00:39:07.699
 I really listened

00:39:07.699 --> 00:39:08.679
 while I was there

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.820
 and then go away

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:11.099
 and congratulate yourself

00:39:11.099 --> 00:39:12.360
 and congratulate myself

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:13.079
 in doing that.

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:14.360
 But have I put it

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:15.179
 into practice?

00:39:16.280 --> 00:39:17.500
 Have I become

00:39:17.500 --> 00:39:18.599
 the things

00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:20.119
 that God itself

00:39:20.119 --> 00:39:21.159
 in his word

00:39:21.159 --> 00:39:22.739
 tells me I need to be?

00:39:23.619 --> 00:39:25.599
 Have I done the things

00:39:25.599 --> 00:39:26.840
 or have I avoided

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.920
 doing the things

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:29.240
 that God's word

00:39:29.240 --> 00:39:30.180
 sets before me

00:39:30.180 --> 00:39:31.360
 I should be doing

00:39:31.360 --> 00:39:32.559
 or not be doing?

00:39:34.920 --> 00:39:35.840
 Remember John

00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:37.400
 in chapter 5

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:40.160
 and verses 39 to 40,

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.680
 Jesus speaking there

00:39:41.680 --> 00:39:43.600
 to the crowd there,

00:39:43.660 --> 00:39:44.800
 he's speaking to those people

00:39:44.800 --> 00:39:46.260
 that were at that time

00:39:46.260 --> 00:39:47.140
 gathered around him

00:39:47.140 --> 00:39:48.900
 and he's finding fault

00:39:48.900 --> 00:39:49.320
 with them

00:39:49.320 --> 00:39:50.519
 for one thing especially,

00:39:50.940 --> 00:39:51.660
 he's finding fault

00:39:51.660 --> 00:39:51.920
 with them

00:39:51.920 --> 00:39:52.860
 not for searching

00:39:52.860 --> 00:39:53.480
 the scriptures

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:54.140
 because that's what

00:39:54.140 --> 00:39:54.840
 they were doing.

00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:56.579
 You are searching

00:39:56.579 --> 00:39:57.220
 the scriptures,

00:39:57.360 --> 00:39:57.660
 he said,

00:39:57.740 --> 00:39:58.500
 for they are they

00:39:58.500 --> 00:40:00.500
 which testify about me

00:40:00.500 --> 00:40:01.600
 and in them

00:40:01.600 --> 00:40:02.880
 you do think

00:40:02.880 --> 00:40:04.140
 you have eternal life

00:40:04.140 --> 00:40:04.900
 and they weren't wrong

00:40:04.900 --> 00:40:05.400
 in that.

00:40:06.100 --> 00:40:07.400
 But you will not

00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:08.380
 come to me

00:40:08.380 --> 00:40:10.700
 that you might have life.

00:40:12.160 --> 00:40:12.360
 See,

00:40:12.420 --> 00:40:13.360
 you can be a hearer

00:40:13.360 --> 00:40:14.660
 of the word,

00:40:15.059 --> 00:40:15.800
 I have never come

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.420
 to Christ.

00:40:17.380 --> 00:40:19.240
 You can be a hearer

00:40:19.240 --> 00:40:20.160
 of the word today

00:40:20.160 --> 00:40:21.780
 and satisfy yourself

00:40:21.780 --> 00:40:22.680
 that you've heard

00:40:22.679 --> 00:40:23.179
 the word,

00:40:23.399 --> 00:40:23.919
 that you've been

00:40:23.919 --> 00:40:25.059
 attentive to the word,

00:40:25.239 --> 00:40:25.839
 that you've gone

00:40:25.839 --> 00:40:26.500
 to where the word

00:40:26.500 --> 00:40:27.179
 is preached

00:40:27.179 --> 00:40:28.319
 and then you go home

00:40:28.319 --> 00:40:28.960
 unsaved.

00:40:30.319 --> 00:40:30.919
 And that means

00:40:30.919 --> 00:40:31.579
 you haven't really

00:40:31.579 --> 00:40:32.440
 done the word.

00:40:33.500 --> 00:40:34.480
 You haven't been through

00:40:34.480 --> 00:40:35.460
 to what God is saying

00:40:35.460 --> 00:40:35.699
 to you,

00:40:35.719 --> 00:40:36.619
 to come to Jesus,

00:40:37.539 --> 00:40:38.799
 to repent of sin,

00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:40.419
 to place your trust

00:40:40.419 --> 00:40:40.819
 in Christ,

00:40:40.960 --> 00:40:41.859
 to give your life

00:40:41.859 --> 00:40:42.599
 over to him.

00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:44.339
 So many ways

00:40:44.339 --> 00:40:45.079
 in which we can

00:40:45.079 --> 00:40:46.980
 be hearers of the word

00:40:46.980 --> 00:40:49.079
 and be hearers only.

00:40:49.079 --> 00:40:51.199
 And then James

00:40:51.199 --> 00:40:51.920
 adds something

00:40:51.920 --> 00:40:53.219
 very significantly

00:40:53.219 --> 00:40:53.799
 to that.

00:40:53.880 --> 00:40:54.119
 He said,

00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:56.079
 Be doers of the word

00:40:56.079 --> 00:40:57.179
 and not hearers only,

00:40:57.639 --> 00:40:59.619
 deceiving yourselves.

00:41:00.219 --> 00:41:01.279
 Now this is something

00:41:01.279 --> 00:41:02.519
 that James frequently

00:41:02.519 --> 00:41:03.319
 mentions,

00:41:03.480 --> 00:41:04.440
 deceiving yourselves.

00:41:04.679 --> 00:41:05.719
 We saw it earlier

00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:06.380
 in the chapter

00:41:06.380 --> 00:41:08.199
 where he mentioned

00:41:08.199 --> 00:41:08.719
 deceiving,

00:41:09.400 --> 00:41:10.599
 being deceived

00:41:10.599 --> 00:41:11.480
 in verse 16.

00:41:11.679 --> 00:41:13.079
 Do not be deceived,

00:41:13.460 --> 00:41:14.480
 my beloved brothers.

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.860
 Every good gift,

00:41:16.219 --> 00:41:17.239
 every perfect gift

00:41:17.239 --> 00:41:18.319
 is from above.

00:41:19.059 --> 00:41:19.959
 And he mentions

00:41:19.959 --> 00:41:20.659
 throughout the letter

00:41:20.659 --> 00:41:21.599
 different times

00:41:21.599 --> 00:41:24.319
 that we can deceive ourselves.

00:41:24.459 --> 00:41:24.859
 And the word

00:41:24.859 --> 00:41:25.519
 that's used here

00:41:25.519 --> 00:41:26.839
 is very interesting.

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.739
 It really means

00:41:27.739 --> 00:41:29.719
 to be led astray

00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:31.500
 by false reasoning.

00:41:32.500 --> 00:41:33.519
 To be led away

00:41:33.519 --> 00:41:35.699
 by false reasoning.

00:41:36.539 --> 00:41:37.079
 In other words,

00:41:37.139 --> 00:41:38.339
 you can hear the word,

00:41:39.119 --> 00:41:40.059
 you can in a measure

00:41:40.059 --> 00:41:41.979
 accept what it's saying

00:41:41.979 --> 00:41:42.979
 and listen to it

00:41:42.979 --> 00:41:44.079
 in such a way

00:41:44.079 --> 00:41:46.199
 that you're actually

00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:47.319
 careful at the time.

00:41:47.399 --> 00:41:47.879
 And we'll see that

00:41:47.879 --> 00:41:48.319
 in a minute

00:41:48.319 --> 00:41:49.859
 in the illustration used.

00:41:50.460 --> 00:41:51.659
 But then you don't do

00:41:51.659 --> 00:41:52.960
 what the word is saying.

00:41:54.239 --> 00:41:54.919
 And you know,

00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:56.219
 you can end up

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:57.439
 very easily

00:41:57.439 --> 00:41:59.079
 persuading yourself,

00:41:59.199 --> 00:41:59.279
 well,

00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:00.399
 I don't really need

00:42:00.399 --> 00:42:01.159
 that part of

00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:02.599
 a Christian character.

00:42:02.859 --> 00:42:03.679
 I can leave that out.

00:42:03.739 --> 00:42:04.359
 I can be happy

00:42:04.359 --> 00:42:05.299
 with what I've got.

00:42:05.639 --> 00:42:06.879
 I don't really need

00:42:06.879 --> 00:42:08.139
 actually seriously

00:42:08.139 --> 00:42:09.559
 to take communion,

00:42:09.779 --> 00:42:10.919
 to go to the Lord's table,

00:42:11.019 --> 00:42:11.639
 though I know

00:42:11.639 --> 00:42:12.559
 God's word

00:42:12.559 --> 00:42:13.519
 is telling me that.

00:42:13.579 --> 00:42:14.899
 But I can just leave that.

00:42:14.900 --> 00:42:16.200
 I'm not really thinking

00:42:16.200 --> 00:42:17.760
 of that as so important.

00:42:18.360 --> 00:42:19.900
 You can deceive yourself

00:42:19.900 --> 00:42:20.720
 so easily.

00:42:20.820 --> 00:42:21.960
 I can deceive myself

00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:23.180
 so easily

00:42:23.180 --> 00:42:25.599
 by persuading ourselves,

00:42:25.740 --> 00:42:26.780
 by false reasoning,

00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:29.240
 that there are certain features

00:42:29.240 --> 00:42:31.740
 of what the Bible describes

00:42:31.740 --> 00:42:32.840
 as a Christian life

00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:34.260
 that are not applicable to me.

00:42:35.860 --> 00:42:36.639
 That are not applicable

00:42:36.639 --> 00:42:37.920
 or necessary for me

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:38.920
 to follow out.

00:42:38.960 --> 00:42:39.760
 That's for other folks.

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:41.400
 Other folks who want to

00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:42.440
 go that far

00:42:42.440 --> 00:42:43.880
 with their religious life

00:42:43.880 --> 00:42:45.019
 or their spiritual life,

00:42:45.059 --> 00:42:45.680
 their Christian life,

00:42:45.740 --> 00:42:45.940
 that's fine,

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:46.559
 that's for them,

00:42:46.660 --> 00:42:48.320
 but I'm quite happy with them.

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:49.780
 I'm a hearer of the word.

00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:51.220
 I go to church.

00:42:51.320 --> 00:42:51.980
 I do that.

00:42:52.599 --> 00:42:53.480
 That'll do for me.

00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:55.460
 Well, James is saying,

00:42:55.539 --> 00:42:56.099
 be careful.

00:42:57.300 --> 00:42:58.880
 You could be deceiving yourself.

00:43:01.460 --> 00:43:03.000
 Be a doer of the word

00:43:03.000 --> 00:43:05.119
 and not a hearer only,

00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:06.940
 deceiving yourself.

00:43:06.940 --> 00:43:09.099
 People tell us that

00:43:09.099 --> 00:43:11.539
 if you have a stretch of water

00:43:11.539 --> 00:43:13.480
 or an area of water

00:43:13.480 --> 00:43:17.320
 that has a stream flowing into it

00:43:17.320 --> 00:43:18.659
 but no outlet,

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:21.480
 what happens to that stretch of water

00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:22.599
 or to that area of water?

00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:24.079
 Something like the Dead Sea,

00:43:24.780 --> 00:43:26.240
 for example.

00:43:26.820 --> 00:43:28.220
 Other areas as well you can see.

00:43:28.579 --> 00:43:31.179
 But what happens to that area of water

00:43:31.179 --> 00:43:32.780
 if there's a lovely,

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:34.860
 fresh, flowing stream

00:43:34.860 --> 00:43:35.579
 going into it

00:43:35.579 --> 00:43:37.019
 but nothing coming out of it?

00:43:37.059 --> 00:43:39.019
 Well, it becomes stagnant.

00:43:40.099 --> 00:43:41.460
 It putrefies.

00:43:42.119 --> 00:43:43.360
 It becomes stinking.

00:43:44.279 --> 00:43:45.219
 And it becomes useless.

00:43:47.079 --> 00:43:48.159
 You know, a human life

00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:49.139
 can be like that.

00:43:50.239 --> 00:43:50.980
 And if we're through

00:43:50.980 --> 00:43:52.059
 to what James is saying

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:54.099
 and giving place

00:43:54.099 --> 00:43:55.440
 to his pointedness

00:43:55.440 --> 00:43:56.779
 and to his directness,

00:43:57.319 --> 00:43:58.619
 your life and my life

00:43:58.619 --> 00:44:00.119
 could very easily be that

00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:01.880
 if we're deceiving ourselves

00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:03.719
 that being a hearer of the word

00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:04.400
 is sufficient,

00:44:04.400 --> 00:44:06.800
 if you like,

00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:08.380
 the water of the gospel

00:44:08.380 --> 00:44:09.720
 is going into us.

00:44:10.680 --> 00:44:11.980
 But there's no outflow

00:44:11.980 --> 00:44:14.639
 and our life becomes

00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:15.880
 like stagnant water

00:44:15.880 --> 00:44:20.019
 if we take the hearer's only approach.

00:44:20.840 --> 00:44:23.920
 So, be a doer of the word

00:44:23.920 --> 00:44:27.079
 and not a hearer only.

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:28.279
 That's the imperative

00:44:28.279 --> 00:44:30.619
 that James is beginning with.

00:44:31.119 --> 00:44:32.079
 But he moves on

00:44:32.079 --> 00:44:33.159
 to the illustrative

00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:35.039
 because he wants to illustrate that

00:44:35.039 --> 00:44:36.500
 to give us something

00:44:36.500 --> 00:44:37.519
 by which we can

00:44:37.519 --> 00:44:39.519
 have that

00:44:39.519 --> 00:44:41.239
 greater focus

00:44:41.239 --> 00:44:42.259
 upon what he's saying.

00:44:42.260 --> 00:44:43.980
 And when he says

00:44:43.980 --> 00:44:45.740
 in the illustration here,

00:44:46.180 --> 00:44:47.220
 he is using

00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:48.500
 the illustration

00:44:48.500 --> 00:44:49.280
 of a mirror.

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:51.040
 If anyone is a hearer

00:44:51.040 --> 00:44:51.660
 of the word

00:44:51.660 --> 00:44:53.620
 and not a doer,

00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:54.280
 in other words,

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:55.100
 a hearer only,

00:44:55.560 --> 00:44:56.360
 he's like a man

00:44:56.360 --> 00:44:57.520
 who looks intently

00:44:57.520 --> 00:44:59.100
 at his natural face

00:44:59.100 --> 00:44:59.740
 in a mirror.

00:45:00.380 --> 00:45:01.540
 For he looks at himself

00:45:01.540 --> 00:45:02.540
 and goes away

00:45:02.540 --> 00:45:03.760
 and at once

00:45:03.760 --> 00:45:05.240
 forgets what he was like.

00:45:05.880 --> 00:45:06.440
 But the one

00:45:06.440 --> 00:45:07.040
 who looks into

00:45:07.040 --> 00:45:08.200
 the perfect law,

00:45:08.380 --> 00:45:09.140
 the law of liberty,

00:45:09.140 --> 00:45:10.040
 we'll see what that means

00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:10.460
 in a minute.

00:45:10.900 --> 00:45:11.400
 It means really

00:45:11.400 --> 00:45:13.320
 the whole of the word of God,

00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:15.259
 not just the law part of it.

00:45:16.279 --> 00:45:17.699
 If he looks into that,

00:45:18.019 --> 00:45:19.559
 he being not a hearer

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:20.119
 who forgets

00:45:20.119 --> 00:45:21.079
 but a doer who acts,

00:45:21.659 --> 00:45:22.519
 he will be blessed

00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:23.119
 in his doing.

00:45:23.259 --> 00:45:23.559
 In other words,

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:24.820
 he's still focusing

00:45:24.820 --> 00:45:25.579
 on the difference

00:45:25.579 --> 00:45:27.539
 between being a hearer only

00:45:27.539 --> 00:45:29.380
 and somebody

00:45:29.380 --> 00:45:30.179
 who's a hearer

00:45:30.179 --> 00:45:31.019
 and a doer.

00:45:31.119 --> 00:45:32.039
 Now look at the illustration.

00:45:32.699 --> 00:45:33.380
 Somebody who looks

00:45:33.380 --> 00:45:33.900
 at himself

00:45:33.900 --> 00:45:35.099
 in a mirror

00:45:35.099 --> 00:45:35.779
 and then goes away

00:45:35.779 --> 00:45:36.400
 and forgets.

00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:37.019
 Now the difference,

00:45:37.300 --> 00:45:37.820
 the distinction

00:45:37.820 --> 00:45:38.639
 James is making

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:39.119
 is not

00:45:39.119 --> 00:45:40.699
 between somebody

00:45:40.699 --> 00:45:41.599
 who just glances

00:45:41.599 --> 00:45:43.119
 casually at himself

00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:44.239
 and somebody

00:45:44.239 --> 00:45:44.719
 who really,

00:45:45.219 --> 00:45:45.940
 in looking into

00:45:45.940 --> 00:45:46.940
 the law of liberty,

00:45:47.339 --> 00:45:48.039
 looks seriously

00:45:48.039 --> 00:45:48.839
 at himself.

00:45:49.500 --> 00:45:50.279
 Because you'll notice

00:45:50.279 --> 00:45:51.039
 that both

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:52.359
 use words

00:45:52.359 --> 00:45:53.019
 that show

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:54.019
 the looking

00:45:54.019 --> 00:45:55.400
 as that looking intently.

00:45:55.719 --> 00:45:56.219
 Here's a man

00:45:56.219 --> 00:45:57.719
 who's looking intently

00:45:57.719 --> 00:45:59.339
 at his natural face

00:45:59.339 --> 00:45:59.719
 in a mirror.

00:45:59.940 --> 00:46:00.920
 He doesn't just go out

00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:01.559
 in the morning,

00:46:02.119 --> 00:46:02.859
 have a look at his

00:46:02.859 --> 00:46:03.960
 face in the mirror

00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:04.579
 before he goes,

00:46:04.659 --> 00:46:05.839
 just a casual glance

00:46:05.839 --> 00:46:06.239
 and he says,

00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:06.619
 okay,

00:46:06.739 --> 00:46:07.440
 my hair's okay

00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:08.679
 and I don't need

00:46:08.679 --> 00:46:09.340
 to shave today

00:46:09.340 --> 00:46:10.139
 so off I'll go.

00:46:11.019 --> 00:46:11.720
 It's not that kind

00:46:11.720 --> 00:46:12.740
 of casual glance

00:46:12.740 --> 00:46:13.820
 he's talking about

00:46:13.820 --> 00:46:14.360
 at all.

00:46:14.780 --> 00:46:15.700
 He looks at himself

00:46:15.700 --> 00:46:16.920
 intently

00:46:16.920 --> 00:46:18.280
 in this mirror.

00:46:18.539 --> 00:46:19.039
 He looks at

00:46:19.039 --> 00:46:20.159
 what his face

00:46:20.159 --> 00:46:20.519
 is like

00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.519
 as he sees himself

00:46:21.519 --> 00:46:22.019
 in the mirror

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:23.380
 but then he goes away

00:46:23.380 --> 00:46:24.300
 and at once

00:46:24.300 --> 00:46:25.780
 forgets what he was like.

00:46:26.579 --> 00:46:27.119
 In other words,

00:46:27.599 --> 00:46:28.539
 James is telling us

00:46:28.539 --> 00:46:29.280
 that it's so,

00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:30.320
 so possible

00:46:30.320 --> 00:46:31.880
 to look at yourself

00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:32.960
 in the word of God

00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:33.760
 as the mirror

00:46:33.760 --> 00:46:35.440
 by which it tells you

00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:36.260
 about yourself

00:46:36.260 --> 00:46:37.480
 and what you're like

00:46:37.480 --> 00:46:38.760
 and then all too soon

00:46:38.760 --> 00:46:39.619
 be distracted.

00:46:39.820 --> 00:46:40.460
 Something happens

00:46:40.460 --> 00:46:41.059
 in your life

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:41.880
 and you actually

00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:43.360
 don't find that image

00:46:43.360 --> 00:46:44.360
 of what the mirror

00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:44.860
 gave you,

00:46:44.920 --> 00:46:45.619
 the word of God

00:46:45.619 --> 00:46:46.159
 gave you,

00:46:46.380 --> 00:46:47.340
 abiding with you

00:46:47.340 --> 00:46:48.260
 so you forget it

00:46:48.260 --> 00:46:50.440
 and you just carry on

00:46:50.440 --> 00:46:51.240
 as things were.

00:46:54.840 --> 00:46:56.019
 He looks at himself

00:46:56.019 --> 00:46:56.599
 intently

00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:58.480
 and he forgets

00:46:58.480 --> 00:46:59.280
 what he's like.

00:47:00.599 --> 00:47:01.700
 We're so very easily

00:47:01.700 --> 00:47:02.940
 distracted,

00:47:03.179 --> 00:47:03.599
 aren't we,

00:47:03.599 --> 00:47:04.900
 from the image

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:05.599
 of ourselves

00:47:05.599 --> 00:47:06.259
 that the Bible

00:47:06.259 --> 00:47:06.960
 gives us

00:47:06.960 --> 00:47:08.699
 and we allow

00:47:08.699 --> 00:47:09.599
 so many things

00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:10.739
 to interfere

00:47:10.739 --> 00:47:12.079
 with that image

00:47:12.079 --> 00:47:12.799
 of ourselves

00:47:12.799 --> 00:47:14.179
 as God shows us

00:47:14.179 --> 00:47:14.900
 what we're like

00:47:14.900 --> 00:47:16.339
 and what our needs are

00:47:16.339 --> 00:47:18.360
 and whether

00:47:18.360 --> 00:47:20.360
 we're unsaved still

00:47:20.360 --> 00:47:21.339
 and the Bible

00:47:21.339 --> 00:47:22.039
 tells us

00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:22.980
 you need to repent

00:47:22.980 --> 00:47:24.299
 and to place your trust

00:47:24.299 --> 00:47:25.299
 in Jesus

00:47:25.299 --> 00:47:26.559
 and then something happens

00:47:26.559 --> 00:47:27.920
 as you leave church

00:47:27.920 --> 00:47:29.019
 and interacts

00:47:29.019 --> 00:47:30.059
 and interferes

00:47:30.059 --> 00:47:30.819
 with your thinking

00:47:30.819 --> 00:47:31.960
 and you go the rest

00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:32.360
 of the week

00:47:32.360 --> 00:47:32.780
 and there's all

00:47:32.780 --> 00:47:33.900
 of these distractions

00:47:33.900 --> 00:47:35.099
 and before the next

00:47:35.099 --> 00:47:35.980
 Lord's Day comes

00:47:35.980 --> 00:47:36.680
 you've lost

00:47:36.680 --> 00:47:38.820
 the image of yourself

00:47:38.820 --> 00:47:39.960
 the Bible gave you

00:47:39.960 --> 00:47:41.460
 or you might be

00:47:41.460 --> 00:47:42.300
 a Christian today

00:47:42.300 --> 00:47:44.360
 and you might say

00:47:44.360 --> 00:47:45.200
 well the Bible

00:47:45.200 --> 00:47:46.000
 showed me today

00:47:46.000 --> 00:47:47.019
 what I need to do

00:47:47.019 --> 00:47:48.220
 I need to attend

00:47:48.220 --> 00:47:48.920
 to my life

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:49.960
 in a way that

00:47:49.960 --> 00:47:50.920
 prays regularly

00:47:50.920 --> 00:47:52.079
 in a way that

00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:53.220
 values company

00:47:53.220 --> 00:47:54.240
 with other Christians

00:47:54.240 --> 00:47:55.519
 I need to attend

00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:55.940
 to my life

00:47:55.940 --> 00:47:57.280
 by regular reading

00:47:57.280 --> 00:47:58.460
 of the word of God

00:47:58.460 --> 00:48:00.320
 so that I do

00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:01.320
 that aspect of it

00:48:01.320 --> 00:48:02.380
 faithfully as well

00:48:02.380 --> 00:48:03.740
 but then throughout

00:48:03.740 --> 00:48:04.059
 the week

00:48:04.059 --> 00:48:04.720
 so many things

00:48:04.720 --> 00:48:05.480
 happen don't they

00:48:05.480 --> 00:48:06.460
 that distract us

00:48:06.460 --> 00:48:07.400
 myself included

00:48:07.400 --> 00:48:08.820
 from all of these

00:48:08.820 --> 00:48:09.600
 aspects of

00:48:09.600 --> 00:48:10.700
 what's essential

00:48:10.700 --> 00:48:11.960
 to a Christian life

00:48:11.960 --> 00:48:13.100
 and a Christian character

00:48:13.100 --> 00:48:14.860
 and he's saying

00:48:14.860 --> 00:48:16.100
 don't

00:48:16.100 --> 00:48:18.240
 be like that

00:48:18.240 --> 00:48:20.400
 otherwise we're like

00:48:20.400 --> 00:48:20.800
 somebody

00:48:20.800 --> 00:48:22.240
 looks intently

00:48:22.240 --> 00:48:22.740
 at himself

00:48:22.740 --> 00:48:23.360
 in a mirror

00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:24.740
 sees there

00:48:24.740 --> 00:48:25.480
 what he sees

00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:27.039
 takes stock of it

00:48:27.039 --> 00:48:27.559
 but then just

00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:28.219
 forgets it

00:48:28.219 --> 00:48:30.000
 and goes on his way

00:48:30.000 --> 00:48:30.679
 as if he'd seen

00:48:30.679 --> 00:48:31.460
 nothing at all

00:48:31.460 --> 00:48:32.460
 and then maybe

00:48:32.460 --> 00:48:33.960
 a good long time

00:48:33.960 --> 00:48:34.519
 after that

00:48:34.519 --> 00:48:35.559
 he realizes

00:48:35.559 --> 00:48:37.400
 that's not good enough

00:48:37.400 --> 00:48:38.219
 I need to go back

00:48:38.219 --> 00:48:39.239
 to the mirror

00:48:39.239 --> 00:48:42.279
 but he contrasts that

00:48:42.279 --> 00:48:43.559
 with the one

00:48:43.559 --> 00:48:44.519
 who looks into

00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:45.639
 the perfect law

00:48:45.639 --> 00:48:46.579
 the law

00:48:46.579 --> 00:48:47.539
 of liberty

00:48:47.539 --> 00:48:49.219
 the perfect law

00:48:49.219 --> 00:48:50.539
 the law of liberty

00:48:50.539 --> 00:48:52.219
 is a reference

00:48:52.219 --> 00:48:53.099
 to the whole

00:48:53.099 --> 00:48:53.920
 word of God

00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:54.380
 I'll come to

00:48:54.380 --> 00:48:56.000
 the actual phrase

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:56.460
 in a minute

00:48:56.460 --> 00:48:57.139
 but just keep

00:48:57.139 --> 00:48:59.000
 the contrast here

00:48:59.000 --> 00:48:59.800
 and the way

00:48:59.800 --> 00:49:00.280
 in which they're

00:49:00.280 --> 00:49:00.780
 compared

00:49:00.780 --> 00:49:01.880
 the person

00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:02.280
 who looks

00:49:02.280 --> 00:49:02.920
 at himself

00:49:02.920 --> 00:49:03.860
 intently

00:49:03.860 --> 00:49:05.000
 but then forgets

00:49:05.000 --> 00:49:06.219
 and here's the person

00:49:06.219 --> 00:49:07.780
 who looks into

00:49:07.780 --> 00:49:09.239
 and it really means

00:49:09.239 --> 00:49:10.880
 to stoop down

00:49:10.880 --> 00:49:11.579
 to look into

00:49:11.579 --> 00:49:12.659
 so it's the same idea

00:49:12.659 --> 00:49:12.900
 of

00:49:12.900 --> 00:49:14.139
 well it's a different word

00:49:14.139 --> 00:49:14.760
 James uses

00:49:14.760 --> 00:49:16.099
 the same idea

00:49:16.099 --> 00:49:16.739
 of looking

00:49:16.739 --> 00:49:17.780
 seriously

00:49:17.780 --> 00:49:18.599
 into the word

00:49:18.599 --> 00:49:19.159
 of God

00:49:19.159 --> 00:49:21.039
 who looks into

00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:22.199
 the perfect law

00:49:22.199 --> 00:49:23.079
 the law of liberty

00:49:23.079 --> 00:49:25.079
 but being no hearer

00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:25.699
 who forgets

00:49:25.699 --> 00:49:26.420
 but a doer

00:49:26.420 --> 00:49:27.579
 who acts

00:49:27.579 --> 00:49:28.940
 in other words

00:49:28.940 --> 00:49:30.139
 this person

00:49:30.139 --> 00:49:32.119
 unlike the one

00:49:32.119 --> 00:49:32.960
 who looked in the mirror

00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:34.239
 and then went away

00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:35.039
 and was distracted

00:49:35.039 --> 00:49:36.000
 this person

00:49:36.000 --> 00:49:36.960
 looked into the mirror

00:49:36.960 --> 00:49:37.920
 of God's word

00:49:37.920 --> 00:49:39.099
 saw himself

00:49:39.099 --> 00:49:39.759
 or herself

00:49:39.759 --> 00:49:40.559
 in God's word

00:49:40.559 --> 00:49:41.039
 and then what

00:49:41.039 --> 00:49:42.000
 well they went away

00:49:42.000 --> 00:49:42.920
 and carried that mirror

00:49:42.920 --> 00:49:43.420
 with them

00:49:43.420 --> 00:49:45.480
 they remained

00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:46.239
 in the company

00:49:46.239 --> 00:49:48.039
 of the word of God

00:49:48.039 --> 00:49:49.239
 they let the word

00:49:49.239 --> 00:49:49.699
 of God

00:49:49.699 --> 00:49:50.980
 actually travel

00:49:50.980 --> 00:49:51.659
 with them

00:49:51.659 --> 00:49:53.199
 into the various

00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:54.420
 aspects of the day

00:49:54.420 --> 00:49:55.259
 that they were

00:49:55.259 --> 00:49:55.699
 involved with

00:49:55.699 --> 00:49:56.679
 and I know that's

00:49:56.679 --> 00:49:57.539
 hugely challenging

00:49:57.539 --> 00:49:58.239
 to myself

00:49:58.239 --> 00:49:58.899
 and it's challenging

00:49:58.899 --> 00:49:59.960
 to you as well

00:49:59.960 --> 00:50:00.859
 because I'm sure

00:50:00.859 --> 00:50:01.779
 if you're like me

00:50:01.779 --> 00:50:02.679
 there are times

00:50:02.679 --> 00:50:03.679
 throughout each day

00:50:03.679 --> 00:50:04.440
 when you realize

00:50:04.440 --> 00:50:05.559
 I haven't really

00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:07.359
 let the word of God

00:50:07.359 --> 00:50:09.139
 influence how I see that

00:50:09.139 --> 00:50:10.299
 or how I spoke

00:50:10.299 --> 00:50:11.500
 or how I related

00:50:11.500 --> 00:50:12.359
 to such and such

00:50:12.359 --> 00:50:12.920
 a person

00:50:12.920 --> 00:50:15.019
 we're all guilty

00:50:15.019 --> 00:50:15.559
 of that

00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:16.359
 but here is

00:50:16.359 --> 00:50:17.940
 the way that James

00:50:17.940 --> 00:50:18.519
 reminds us

00:50:18.519 --> 00:50:19.859
 how important it is

00:50:19.860 --> 00:50:21.160
 to look into

00:50:21.160 --> 00:50:22.120
 the perfect law

00:50:22.120 --> 00:50:22.480
 of liberty

00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:23.019
 the mirror

00:50:23.019 --> 00:50:24.059
 of God's word

00:50:24.059 --> 00:50:26.780
 but actually

00:50:26.780 --> 00:50:28.059
 carry that with us

00:50:28.059 --> 00:50:30.099
 he being not

00:50:30.099 --> 00:50:32.340
 a forgetful hearer

00:50:32.340 --> 00:50:33.720
 but a doer

00:50:33.720 --> 00:50:34.559
 who acts

00:50:34.559 --> 00:50:37.519
 he will be blessed

00:50:37.519 --> 00:50:39.220
 in his doing

00:50:39.220 --> 00:50:39.620
 in other words

00:50:39.620 --> 00:50:40.780
 he perseveres

00:50:40.780 --> 00:50:42.280
 in the company

00:50:42.280 --> 00:50:43.720
 of the word

00:50:43.720 --> 00:50:44.340
 of God

00:50:44.340 --> 00:50:45.620
 that he looked into

00:50:45.620 --> 00:50:46.860
 and saw himself in

00:50:46.860 --> 00:50:49.320
 so if you carry that

00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:51.780
 contrast with you

00:50:51.780 --> 00:50:52.860
 you can see that

00:50:52.860 --> 00:50:53.700
 this is how he puts

00:50:53.700 --> 00:50:54.740
 it into practice

00:50:54.740 --> 00:50:56.340
 now that means that

00:50:56.340 --> 00:50:58.740
 we today need to give

00:50:58.740 --> 00:51:00.660
 not just a hearing

00:51:00.660 --> 00:51:01.800
 to this word of God

00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:02.620
 but to be hearing

00:51:02.620 --> 00:51:03.600
 in such a way

00:51:03.600 --> 00:51:04.019
 that says

00:51:04.019 --> 00:51:05.260
 I must let this word

00:51:05.260 --> 00:51:06.740
 remain with me

00:51:06.740 --> 00:51:07.620
 throughout this week

00:51:07.620 --> 00:51:08.640
 I've begun this week

00:51:08.640 --> 00:51:09.380
 in a good way

00:51:09.380 --> 00:51:10.720
 I've been in church

00:51:10.720 --> 00:51:12.080
 I've heard the word of God

00:51:12.080 --> 00:51:13.039
 I've heard it preached

00:51:13.039 --> 00:51:14.660
 I've been under the word

00:51:14.660 --> 00:51:16.380
 by which faith comes

00:51:16.380 --> 00:51:18.140
 so now I must attend

00:51:18.140 --> 00:51:19.420
 every day to this

00:51:19.420 --> 00:51:21.059
 that I keep that word

00:51:21.059 --> 00:51:21.780
 in my company

00:51:21.780 --> 00:51:23.200
 and keep company with it

00:51:23.200 --> 00:51:25.119
 that I'm not a forgetful

00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:26.660
 person who just looked

00:51:26.660 --> 00:51:27.840
 on one occasion

00:51:27.840 --> 00:51:28.860
 and then forget

00:51:28.860 --> 00:51:29.840
 for the rest of the week

00:51:29.840 --> 00:51:31.460
 I must carry it with me

00:51:31.460 --> 00:51:33.039
 I must be in its companionship

00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:35.059
 it must be my constant companion

00:51:35.059 --> 00:51:36.400
 must feed my mind

00:51:36.400 --> 00:51:37.019
 my thinking

00:51:37.019 --> 00:51:37.840
 my reactions

00:51:37.840 --> 00:51:39.019
 my speech

00:51:39.019 --> 00:51:41.240
 that's what we

00:51:41.240 --> 00:51:43.000
 need to put to ourselves

00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:44.000
 today friends

00:51:44.000 --> 00:51:44.519
 isn't it

00:51:44.519 --> 00:51:46.059
 because we want to be

00:51:46.059 --> 00:51:46.760
 productive

00:51:46.760 --> 00:51:48.699
 fruitful Christians

00:51:48.699 --> 00:51:51.559
 we want to be people

00:51:51.559 --> 00:51:53.159
 who have some sort of

00:51:53.159 --> 00:51:54.179
 impact or influence

00:51:54.179 --> 00:51:54.920
 in the society

00:51:54.920 --> 00:51:55.659
 in which we live

00:51:55.659 --> 00:51:56.940
 we will not do that

00:51:56.940 --> 00:51:58.460
 by being hearers

00:51:58.460 --> 00:51:58.960
 only

00:51:58.960 --> 00:52:00.400
 of the word of God

00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:01.440
 we must be hearers

00:52:01.440 --> 00:52:02.739
 and doers

00:52:02.739 --> 00:52:03.539
 some people think

00:52:03.539 --> 00:52:03.800
 that

00:52:03.800 --> 00:52:05.079
 this passage

00:52:05.079 --> 00:52:06.260
 really has to do

00:52:06.260 --> 00:52:06.820
 with us

00:52:06.820 --> 00:52:08.420
 practically being

00:52:08.420 --> 00:52:09.519
 as fully involved

00:52:09.519 --> 00:52:10.119
 as possible

00:52:10.119 --> 00:52:10.940
 with things like

00:52:10.940 --> 00:52:12.519
 the church's outreach

00:52:12.519 --> 00:52:13.840
 evangelism

00:52:13.840 --> 00:52:15.360
 evangelistic activities

00:52:15.360 --> 00:52:17.059
 whatever they might be

00:52:17.059 --> 00:52:17.660
 and of course

00:52:17.660 --> 00:52:19.160
 that's included in it

00:52:19.160 --> 00:52:19.760
 absolutely

00:52:19.760 --> 00:52:22.519
 but you mustn't think

00:52:22.519 --> 00:52:24.320
 that being a doer

00:52:24.320 --> 00:52:24.880
 of the word

00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:25.780
 is just those

00:52:25.780 --> 00:52:26.780
 sort of things

00:52:26.780 --> 00:52:28.700
 where you're seen

00:52:28.700 --> 00:52:30.079
 practically to be

00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:31.900
 active Christians

00:52:31.900 --> 00:52:34.039
 to be a doer

00:52:34.039 --> 00:52:34.480
 of the word

00:52:34.480 --> 00:52:35.220
 means you pray

00:52:35.220 --> 00:52:35.860
 faithfully

00:52:35.860 --> 00:52:37.480
 it means you read

00:52:37.480 --> 00:52:37.980
 your Bible

00:52:37.980 --> 00:52:38.640
 faithfully

00:52:38.640 --> 00:52:40.539
 it means you take

00:52:40.539 --> 00:52:41.320
 your relationships

00:52:41.320 --> 00:52:42.039
 faithfully

00:52:42.039 --> 00:52:44.220
 it means every

00:52:44.220 --> 00:52:44.760
 single thing

00:52:44.760 --> 00:52:45.539
 of a practical

00:52:45.539 --> 00:52:46.480
 Christian life

00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:47.280
 that you put

00:52:47.280 --> 00:52:48.039
 into action

00:52:48.039 --> 00:52:49.280
 as a doing

00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:50.100
 of the word

00:52:50.100 --> 00:52:50.880
 of God

00:52:50.880 --> 00:52:52.880
 so every aspect

00:52:52.880 --> 00:52:54.120
 of life

00:52:54.120 --> 00:52:55.100
 privately

00:52:55.100 --> 00:52:56.780
 relationships

00:52:56.780 --> 00:52:57.820
 publicly

00:52:57.820 --> 00:52:59.460
 whatever they are

00:52:59.460 --> 00:53:00.700
 they have to be

00:53:00.700 --> 00:53:01.100
 by the

00:53:01.100 --> 00:53:02.440
 they have to be

00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:03.140
 in a way

00:53:03.140 --> 00:53:03.740
 that's fed

00:53:03.740 --> 00:53:04.300
 by the word

00:53:04.300 --> 00:53:04.660
 of God

00:53:04.660 --> 00:53:05.300
 so become

00:53:05.300 --> 00:53:05.940
 doers

00:53:05.940 --> 00:53:07.080
 of the word

00:53:07.079 --> 00:53:07.699
 of God

00:53:07.699 --> 00:53:09.639
 and being

00:53:09.639 --> 00:53:10.059
 faithful

00:53:10.059 --> 00:53:11.000
 to God

00:53:11.000 --> 00:53:12.840
 involves being

00:53:12.840 --> 00:53:13.559
 a doer

00:53:13.559 --> 00:53:14.139
 of the word

00:53:14.139 --> 00:53:15.639
 of God

00:53:15.639 --> 00:53:17.440
 but let's look

00:53:17.440 --> 00:53:18.739
 at why he calls

00:53:18.739 --> 00:53:19.619
 this the perfect

00:53:19.619 --> 00:53:20.019
 law

00:53:20.019 --> 00:53:20.639
 the law

00:53:20.639 --> 00:53:21.139
 of liberty

00:53:21.139 --> 00:53:21.860
 whoever

00:53:21.860 --> 00:53:23.259
 looks into

00:53:23.259 --> 00:53:23.920
 the perfect

00:53:23.920 --> 00:53:24.380
 law

00:53:24.380 --> 00:53:25.079
 the law

00:53:25.079 --> 00:53:25.659
 of liberty

00:53:25.659 --> 00:53:27.440
 and perseveres

00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:29.299
 well you carry

00:53:29.299 --> 00:53:30.039
 the imagery

00:53:30.039 --> 00:53:30.579
 with you

00:53:30.579 --> 00:53:31.340
 of the word

00:53:31.340 --> 00:53:31.719
 of God

00:53:31.719 --> 00:53:32.639
 being a mirror

00:53:32.639 --> 00:53:34.159
 in which you

00:53:34.159 --> 00:53:34.960
 see yourself

00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:36.179
 and you're

00:53:36.179 --> 00:53:37.079
 looking into it

00:53:37.079 --> 00:53:38.920
 into peering

00:53:38.920 --> 00:53:39.579
 into it

00:53:39.579 --> 00:53:40.679
 as he says

00:53:40.679 --> 00:53:41.400
 in verse 25

00:53:41.400 --> 00:53:42.380
 looking into it

00:53:42.380 --> 00:53:42.880
 in terms of

00:53:42.880 --> 00:53:44.220
 stooping down

00:53:44.220 --> 00:53:45.740
 humbling yourself

00:53:45.740 --> 00:53:46.280
 to say

00:53:46.280 --> 00:53:47.199
 this word

00:53:47.199 --> 00:53:48.220
 is the word

00:53:48.220 --> 00:53:48.920
 that must direct

00:53:48.920 --> 00:53:49.460
 my mind

00:53:49.460 --> 00:53:49.960
 not the other

00:53:49.960 --> 00:53:50.539
 way about

00:53:50.539 --> 00:53:52.260
 and as you do

00:53:52.260 --> 00:53:52.619
 that

00:53:52.619 --> 00:53:54.760
 it is the

00:53:54.760 --> 00:53:55.400
 perfect law

00:53:55.400 --> 00:53:55.820
 the law

00:53:55.820 --> 00:53:56.300
 of liberty

00:53:56.300 --> 00:53:57.240
 sometimes we think

00:53:57.240 --> 00:53:58.500
 that God's

00:53:58.500 --> 00:53:58.980
 law

00:53:58.980 --> 00:54:01.760
 is at odds

00:54:01.760 --> 00:54:02.659
 with the gospel

00:54:02.659 --> 00:54:05.299
 sometimes we think

00:54:05.299 --> 00:54:06.379
 that God's law

00:54:06.379 --> 00:54:07.339
 is something

00:54:07.339 --> 00:54:08.000
 very rigid

00:54:08.000 --> 00:54:09.519
 and it is

00:54:09.519 --> 00:54:10.239
 something of course

00:54:10.239 --> 00:54:10.679
 which is

00:54:10.679 --> 00:54:11.899
 itself set

00:54:11.899 --> 00:54:12.619
 by God

00:54:12.619 --> 00:54:13.139
 in which the

00:54:13.139 --> 00:54:14.139
 character of God

00:54:14.139 --> 00:54:15.500
 is set forth

00:54:15.500 --> 00:54:16.279
 and that remains

00:54:16.279 --> 00:54:17.000
 the case

00:54:17.000 --> 00:54:17.920
 whatever we make

00:54:17.920 --> 00:54:18.359
 of it

00:54:18.359 --> 00:54:20.179
 but

00:54:20.179 --> 00:54:22.179
 James is actually

00:54:22.179 --> 00:54:23.059
 here describing

00:54:23.059 --> 00:54:23.960
 the whole

00:54:23.960 --> 00:54:25.259
 of scripture

00:54:25.259 --> 00:54:25.960
 the whole of

00:54:25.960 --> 00:54:27.079
 the word of God

00:54:27.079 --> 00:54:28.239
 and describing it

00:54:28.239 --> 00:54:29.059
 as the law

00:54:29.059 --> 00:54:30.039
 of liberty

00:54:30.039 --> 00:54:30.779
 why does he do

00:54:30.779 --> 00:54:31.059
 that

00:54:31.059 --> 00:54:32.179
 how can he link

00:54:32.179 --> 00:54:33.139
 the idea of

00:54:33.139 --> 00:54:33.619
 law

00:54:33.619 --> 00:54:34.539
 with liberty

00:54:34.539 --> 00:54:35.279
 or with freedom

00:54:35.279 --> 00:54:35.980
 because sometimes

00:54:35.980 --> 00:54:36.980
 the Bible does

00:54:36.980 --> 00:54:37.559
 speak about

00:54:37.559 --> 00:54:38.819
 the works of the

00:54:38.819 --> 00:54:39.219
 law

00:54:39.219 --> 00:54:40.559
 being bondage

00:54:40.559 --> 00:54:41.099
 if we're trying

00:54:41.099 --> 00:54:42.139
 to please God

00:54:42.139 --> 00:54:42.899
 by keeping the

00:54:42.899 --> 00:54:43.639
 law ourselves

00:54:43.639 --> 00:54:44.440
 instead of

00:54:44.440 --> 00:54:45.419
 turning to Jesus

00:54:45.419 --> 00:54:46.440
 and accepting

00:54:46.440 --> 00:54:47.359
 Jesus as one

00:54:47.359 --> 00:54:47.899
 who kept the

00:54:47.899 --> 00:54:48.679
 law perfectly

00:54:48.679 --> 00:54:49.899
 then we're in

00:54:49.899 --> 00:54:51.399
 the position

00:54:51.399 --> 00:54:52.399
 of legalism

00:54:52.399 --> 00:54:53.079
 and trying to

00:54:53.079 --> 00:54:53.659
 do something

00:54:53.659 --> 00:54:54.359
 ourselves

00:54:54.359 --> 00:54:54.940
 which has been

00:54:54.940 --> 00:54:55.699
 done for us

00:54:55.699 --> 00:54:56.199
 in Jesus

00:54:56.199 --> 00:54:57.779
 that's not the

00:54:57.779 --> 00:54:59.019
 idea that's

00:54:59.019 --> 00:54:59.679
 behind this at

00:54:59.679 --> 00:54:59.839
 all

00:54:59.839 --> 00:55:00.299
 the law

00:55:00.299 --> 00:55:01.119
 the perfect

00:55:01.119 --> 00:55:01.319
 law

00:55:01.319 --> 00:55:01.699
 the law

00:55:01.699 --> 00:55:02.159
 of liberty

00:55:02.159 --> 00:55:02.739
 let me just

00:55:02.739 --> 00:55:04.699
 think about

00:55:04.699 --> 00:55:05.759
 Israel for a

00:55:05.759 --> 00:55:06.500
 moment as they

00:55:06.500 --> 00:55:07.039
 came out of

00:55:07.039 --> 00:55:07.419
 Egypt

00:55:07.419 --> 00:55:08.539
 came through

00:55:08.539 --> 00:55:09.059
 the wilderness

00:55:09.059 --> 00:55:09.980
 and a part

00:55:09.980 --> 00:55:10.460
 of the journey

00:55:10.460 --> 00:55:10.899
 and then they

00:55:10.899 --> 00:55:11.379
 arrived at

00:55:11.379 --> 00:55:12.179
 Mount Sinai

00:55:12.179 --> 00:55:13.639
 well what

00:55:13.639 --> 00:55:14.279
 happened at

00:55:14.279 --> 00:55:15.059
 Mount Sinai

00:55:15.059 --> 00:55:16.239
 why was

00:55:16.239 --> 00:55:16.879
 Mount Sinai

00:55:16.879 --> 00:55:17.679
 so important

00:55:17.679 --> 00:55:18.119
 to them

00:55:18.119 --> 00:55:19.139
 and so much

00:55:19.139 --> 00:55:19.699
 a feature

00:55:19.699 --> 00:55:20.559
 of their life

00:55:20.559 --> 00:55:21.000
 afterwards

00:55:21.000 --> 00:55:23.159
 because what

00:55:23.159 --> 00:55:23.639
 happened at

00:55:23.639 --> 00:55:24.599
 Mount Sinai

00:55:24.599 --> 00:55:25.419
 was that God

00:55:25.419 --> 00:55:26.319
 gave them

00:55:26.319 --> 00:55:27.219
 his law

00:55:27.219 --> 00:55:29.059
 he gave them

00:55:29.059 --> 00:55:29.839
 not just the

00:55:29.839 --> 00:55:30.639
 Ten Commandments

00:55:30.639 --> 00:55:31.039
 but other

00:55:31.039 --> 00:55:31.659
 laws as well

00:55:31.659 --> 00:55:32.159
 but the Ten

00:55:32.159 --> 00:55:32.739
 Commandments

00:55:32.739 --> 00:55:33.319
 especially

00:55:33.319 --> 00:55:34.359
 he gave them

00:55:34.359 --> 00:55:34.960
 that as their

00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:36.199
 moral code

00:55:36.199 --> 00:55:38.759
 as the way

00:55:38.759 --> 00:55:39.679
 by which their

00:55:39.679 --> 00:55:40.559
 life was to be

00:55:40.559 --> 00:55:41.019
 directed

00:55:41.019 --> 00:55:41.500
 and their

00:55:41.500 --> 00:55:42.000
 lifestyle

00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:42.940
 was to be

00:55:42.940 --> 00:55:43.460
 directed

00:55:43.460 --> 00:55:44.759
 he gave them

00:55:44.759 --> 00:55:45.859
 that law

00:55:45.859 --> 00:55:46.980
 as the

00:55:46.980 --> 00:55:48.099
 lifestyle required

00:55:48.099 --> 00:55:48.619
 by God

00:55:48.619 --> 00:55:49.440
 was set forth

00:55:49.440 --> 00:55:49.879
 in it

00:55:49.879 --> 00:55:52.059
 but who

00:55:52.059 --> 00:55:52.559
 were they

00:55:52.559 --> 00:55:54.420
 what was their

00:55:54.420 --> 00:55:55.299
 position on

00:55:55.299 --> 00:55:56.039
 Mount Sinai

00:55:56.039 --> 00:55:57.880
 he didn't

00:55:57.880 --> 00:55:58.259
 bring them

00:55:58.259 --> 00:55:58.619
 to Mount

00:55:58.619 --> 00:55:59.119
 Sinai

00:55:59.119 --> 00:55:59.820
 so as to

00:55:59.820 --> 00:56:00.019
 say

00:56:00.019 --> 00:56:00.579
 if you

00:56:00.579 --> 00:56:00.900
 keep

00:56:00.900 --> 00:56:01.159
 this

00:56:01.159 --> 00:56:01.679
 law

00:56:01.679 --> 00:56:02.320
 then

00:56:02.320 --> 00:56:02.679
 I'll

00:56:02.679 --> 00:56:04.059
 treat

00:56:04.059 --> 00:56:04.239
 you

00:56:04.239 --> 00:56:05.159
 as

00:56:05.159 --> 00:56:06.000
 deserving

00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:06.480
 of my

00:56:06.480 --> 00:56:07.019
 redemption

00:56:07.019 --> 00:56:08.539
 he had

00:56:08.539 --> 00:56:08.880
 already

00:56:08.880 --> 00:56:09.400
 redeemed

00:56:09.400 --> 00:56:09.739
 them

00:56:09.739 --> 00:56:10.579
 they had

00:56:10.579 --> 00:56:11.000
 come out

00:56:11.000 --> 00:56:11.440
 of Egypt

00:56:11.440 --> 00:56:11.980
 by the

00:56:11.980 --> 00:56:12.880
 power

00:56:12.880 --> 00:56:13.679
 of God

00:56:13.679 --> 00:56:14.380
 they were

00:56:14.380 --> 00:56:14.820
 God's

00:56:14.820 --> 00:56:15.279
 redeemed

00:56:15.279 --> 00:56:15.739
 covenant

00:56:15.739 --> 00:56:16.199
 people

00:56:16.199 --> 00:56:16.579
 in that

00:56:16.579 --> 00:56:17.039
 sense

00:56:17.039 --> 00:56:18.019
 and they

00:56:18.019 --> 00:56:18.360
 had come

00:56:18.360 --> 00:56:18.659
 out of

00:56:18.659 --> 00:56:19.539
 that bondage

00:56:19.539 --> 00:56:20.079
 of Egypt

00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:21.000
 the slavery

00:56:21.000 --> 00:56:21.719
 of Egypt

00:56:21.719 --> 00:56:22.219
 they had

00:56:22.219 --> 00:56:22.719
 been kept

00:56:22.719 --> 00:56:23.019
 in that

00:56:23.019 --> 00:56:23.400
 for many

00:56:23.400 --> 00:56:23.960
 years

00:56:23.960 --> 00:56:24.460
 hundreds

00:56:24.460 --> 00:56:25.240
 of years

00:56:25.240 --> 00:56:26.179
 and here

00:56:26.179 --> 00:56:26.500
 they were

00:56:26.500 --> 00:56:27.099
 released

00:56:27.099 --> 00:56:28.280
 by God's

00:56:28.280 --> 00:56:28.619
 power

00:56:28.619 --> 00:56:29.220
 by God's

00:56:29.220 --> 00:56:29.539
 grace

00:56:29.539 --> 00:56:30.119
 by God's

00:56:30.119 --> 00:56:30.519
 love

00:56:30.519 --> 00:56:31.340
 from that

00:56:31.340 --> 00:56:31.860
 bondage

00:56:31.860 --> 00:56:32.380
 of Egypt

00:56:32.380 --> 00:56:32.960
 and here

00:56:32.960 --> 00:56:33.280
 they were

00:56:33.280 --> 00:56:33.800
 as a

00:56:33.800 --> 00:56:34.340
 redeemed

00:56:34.340 --> 00:56:35.320
 freed

00:56:35.320 --> 00:56:35.820
 people

00:56:35.820 --> 00:56:36.619
 given

00:56:36.619 --> 00:56:37.199
 the law

00:56:37.199 --> 00:56:37.720
 of God

00:56:37.720 --> 00:56:38.240
 for their

00:56:38.240 --> 00:56:38.800
 direction

00:56:38.800 --> 00:56:40.800
 that's

00:56:40.800 --> 00:56:41.360
 really what

00:56:41.360 --> 00:56:42.460
 the Christian

00:56:42.460 --> 00:56:42.920
 life

00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:44.019
 is about

00:56:44.019 --> 00:56:45.980
 God

00:56:45.980 --> 00:56:46.659
 has

00:56:46.659 --> 00:56:47.079
 released

00:56:47.079 --> 00:56:47.360
 you

00:56:47.360 --> 00:56:48.320
 has given

00:56:48.320 --> 00:56:48.940
 you liberty

00:56:48.940 --> 00:56:49.639
 from sin

00:56:49.639 --> 00:56:50.119
 from the

00:56:50.119 --> 00:56:50.860
 guilt of sin

00:56:50.860 --> 00:56:51.400
 from the

00:56:51.400 --> 00:56:51.960
 grip of

00:56:51.960 --> 00:56:52.340
 Satan

00:56:52.340 --> 00:56:54.179
 and he's

00:56:54.179 --> 00:56:54.699
 brought you

00:56:54.699 --> 00:56:56.099
 to present

00:56:56.099 --> 00:56:56.480
 you with

00:56:56.480 --> 00:56:57.199
 his word

00:56:57.199 --> 00:56:58.579
 as your

00:56:58.579 --> 00:56:59.559
 safeguard

00:56:59.559 --> 00:57:00.379
 if you like

00:57:00.379 --> 00:57:00.819
 as your

00:57:00.819 --> 00:57:01.659
 directions

00:57:01.659 --> 00:57:02.539
 for life

00:57:02.539 --> 00:57:04.739
 and as

00:57:04.739 --> 00:57:05.139
 he's done

00:57:05.139 --> 00:57:05.500
 that

00:57:05.500 --> 00:57:06.619
 you come

00:57:06.619 --> 00:57:07.019
 to this

00:57:07.019 --> 00:57:07.539
 word of

00:57:07.539 --> 00:57:07.980
 God

00:57:07.980 --> 00:57:08.919
 even the

00:57:08.919 --> 00:57:09.399
 parts of

00:57:09.399 --> 00:57:09.619
 it that

00:57:09.619 --> 00:57:10.139
 are actually

00:57:10.139 --> 00:57:10.839
 laws

00:57:10.839 --> 00:57:12.960
 and you

00:57:12.960 --> 00:57:13.539
 don't regard

00:57:13.539 --> 00:57:13.919
 them as

00:57:13.919 --> 00:57:14.219
 being

00:57:14.219 --> 00:57:15.339
 burdensome

00:57:15.339 --> 00:57:16.779
 as somehow

00:57:16.779 --> 00:57:17.099
 or other

00:57:17.099 --> 00:57:17.319
 being

00:57:17.319 --> 00:57:18.039
 inappropriate

00:57:18.039 --> 00:57:18.940
 for a

00:57:18.940 --> 00:57:19.259
 Christian

00:57:19.259 --> 00:57:19.819
 life

00:57:19.819 --> 00:57:21.659
 you rejoice

00:57:21.659 --> 00:57:23.019
 that

00:57:23.019 --> 00:57:23.519
 they keep

00:57:23.519 --> 00:57:24.139
 you safe

00:57:24.139 --> 00:57:25.579
 that

00:57:25.579 --> 00:57:25.940
 they tell

00:57:25.940 --> 00:57:26.259
 you what

00:57:26.259 --> 00:57:26.539
 God

00:57:26.539 --> 00:57:27.199
 is like

00:57:27.199 --> 00:57:28.759
 as well

00:57:28.759 --> 00:57:29.119
 as other

00:57:29.119 --> 00:57:29.559
 aspects

00:57:29.559 --> 00:57:30.239
 of his

00:57:30.239 --> 00:57:30.480
 word

00:57:30.480 --> 00:57:30.719
 let me

00:57:30.719 --> 00:57:31.019
 just

00:57:31.019 --> 00:57:32.819
 read

00:57:32.819 --> 00:57:33.420
 from one

00:57:33.420 --> 00:57:34.059
 of the

00:57:34.059 --> 00:57:34.420
 Psalms

00:57:34.420 --> 00:57:35.519
 Psalm 119

00:57:35.519 --> 00:57:36.039
 which is

00:57:36.039 --> 00:57:36.519
 all about

00:57:36.519 --> 00:57:37.559
 the word

00:57:37.559 --> 00:57:38.139
 of God

00:57:38.139 --> 00:57:38.960
 sometimes

00:57:38.960 --> 00:57:39.399
 called

00:57:39.399 --> 00:57:40.279
 statutes

00:57:40.279 --> 00:57:41.539
 testimonies

00:57:41.539 --> 00:57:43.139
 precepts

00:57:43.139 --> 00:57:43.639
 word

00:57:43.639 --> 00:57:44.940
 but this

00:57:44.940 --> 00:57:45.179
 is what

00:57:45.179 --> 00:57:45.559
 he says

00:57:45.559 --> 00:57:45.799
 in

00:57:45.799 --> 00:57:46.879
 verse 97

00:57:46.880 --> 00:57:49.220
 oh how

00:57:49.220 --> 00:57:49.960
 I love

00:57:49.960 --> 00:57:51.440
 your law

00:57:51.440 --> 00:57:52.860
 it is my

00:57:52.860 --> 00:57:53.760
 meditation

00:57:53.760 --> 00:57:54.940
 all the

00:57:54.940 --> 00:57:55.220
 day

00:57:55.220 --> 00:57:55.880
 your

00:57:55.880 --> 00:57:56.500
 commandment

00:57:56.500 --> 00:57:57.000
 makes me

00:57:57.000 --> 00:57:57.380
 wiser

00:57:57.380 --> 00:57:57.860
 than my

00:57:57.860 --> 00:57:58.360
 enemies

00:57:58.360 --> 00:57:59.800
 for it

00:57:59.800 --> 00:58:00.300
 is ever

00:58:00.300 --> 00:58:00.940
 with me

00:58:00.940 --> 00:58:02.340
 verse 103

00:58:02.340 --> 00:58:03.400
 have a

00:58:03.400 --> 00:58:03.660
 similar

00:58:03.660 --> 00:58:04.780
 emphasis

00:58:04.780 --> 00:58:05.160
 there

00:58:05.160 --> 00:58:06.579
 how sweet

00:58:06.579 --> 00:58:07.180
 are your

00:58:07.180 --> 00:58:07.619
 words

00:58:07.619 --> 00:58:08.059
 to my

00:58:08.059 --> 00:58:08.539
 taste

00:58:08.539 --> 00:58:09.420
 sweeter

00:58:09.420 --> 00:58:10.059
 than honey

00:58:10.059 --> 00:58:10.480
 to my

00:58:10.480 --> 00:58:10.840
 mouth

00:58:10.840 --> 00:58:11.740
 through your

00:58:11.740 --> 00:58:12.840
 precepts

00:58:12.840 --> 00:58:13.320
 I get

00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:14.079
 understanding

00:58:14.079 --> 00:58:14.760
 therefore I

00:58:14.760 --> 00:58:15.119
 hate

00:58:15.119 --> 00:58:15.960
 every

00:58:15.960 --> 00:58:16.760
 false

00:58:16.760 --> 00:58:17.240
 way

00:58:17.240 --> 00:58:18.360
 and verse

00:58:18.360 --> 00:58:19.519
 162

00:58:19.519 --> 00:58:20.420
 just picking

00:58:20.420 --> 00:58:20.980
 up some

00:58:20.980 --> 00:58:21.980
 verses from

00:58:21.980 --> 00:58:22.340
 the whole

00:58:22.340 --> 00:58:22.880
 Psalm here

00:58:22.880 --> 00:58:23.860
 but 162

00:58:23.860 --> 00:58:25.199
 I rejoice

00:58:25.199 --> 00:58:25.820
 at your

00:58:25.820 --> 00:58:26.300
 word

00:58:26.300 --> 00:58:27.400
 like one

00:58:27.400 --> 00:58:28.079
 who finds

00:58:28.079 --> 00:58:28.900
 great spoil

00:58:28.900 --> 00:58:30.260
 I hate

00:58:30.260 --> 00:58:30.940
 and abhor

00:58:30.940 --> 00:58:31.699
 falsehood

00:58:31.699 --> 00:58:32.760
 but I

00:58:32.760 --> 00:58:33.220
 love

00:58:33.220 --> 00:58:34.179
 your law

00:58:34.179 --> 00:58:35.460
 seven times

00:58:35.460 --> 00:58:35.720
 a day

00:58:35.720 --> 00:58:36.340
 I praise

00:58:36.340 --> 00:58:37.039
 you for

00:58:37.039 --> 00:58:37.679
 your righteous

00:58:37.679 --> 00:58:38.320
 rules

00:58:38.320 --> 00:58:39.980
 great peace

00:58:39.980 --> 00:58:41.139
 have those

00:58:41.139 --> 00:58:42.099
 who love

00:58:42.099 --> 00:58:42.740
 your law

00:58:42.740 --> 00:58:43.840
 nothing can

00:58:43.840 --> 00:58:44.380
 make them

00:58:44.380 --> 00:58:44.900
 stumble

00:58:44.900 --> 00:58:45.780
 see how

00:58:45.780 --> 00:58:46.280
 important

00:58:46.280 --> 00:58:47.519
 how precious

00:58:47.519 --> 00:58:48.559
 how central

00:58:48.559 --> 00:58:49.700
 how foundational

00:58:49.700 --> 00:58:51.440
 how liberating

00:58:51.440 --> 00:58:52.039
 if you like

00:58:52.039 --> 00:58:52.860
 the word

00:58:52.860 --> 00:58:53.320
 of God

00:58:53.320 --> 00:58:53.980
 the law

00:58:53.980 --> 00:58:54.440
 of God

00:58:54.440 --> 00:58:54.940
 as he calls

00:58:54.940 --> 00:58:55.099
 it

00:58:55.099 --> 00:58:56.119
 was to

00:58:56.119 --> 00:58:56.440
 him

00:58:56.440 --> 00:58:58.260
 that's why

00:58:58.260 --> 00:58:58.940
 he relished

00:58:58.940 --> 00:58:59.200
 it

00:58:59.200 --> 00:59:00.720
 that's why

00:59:00.720 --> 00:59:01.099
 he wanted

00:59:01.099 --> 00:59:01.619
 to live

00:59:01.619 --> 00:59:02.059
 it out

00:59:02.059 --> 00:59:04.180
 to be

00:59:04.180 --> 00:59:04.960
 a doer

00:59:04.960 --> 00:59:05.400
 of that

00:59:05.400 --> 00:59:05.740
 law

00:59:05.740 --> 00:59:06.720
 of that

00:59:06.720 --> 00:59:07.119
 word

00:59:07.119 --> 00:59:08.160
 and not

00:59:08.160 --> 00:59:09.280
 a hearer

00:59:09.280 --> 00:59:09.599
 only

00:59:09.599 --> 00:59:10.619
 and this

00:59:10.619 --> 00:59:10.960
 is really

00:59:10.960 --> 00:59:11.320
 what

00:59:11.320 --> 00:59:12.820
 James is

00:59:12.820 --> 00:59:13.079
 setting

00:59:13.079 --> 00:59:13.619
 before us

00:59:13.619 --> 00:59:14.000
 today

00:59:14.000 --> 00:59:15.460
 the one

00:59:15.460 --> 00:59:15.840
 who looks

00:59:15.840 --> 00:59:16.299
 into the

00:59:16.299 --> 00:59:16.679
 perfect

00:59:16.679 --> 00:59:16.900
 law

00:59:16.900 --> 00:59:17.299
 the law

00:59:17.299 --> 00:59:17.860
 of liberty

00:59:17.860 --> 00:59:19.279
 we're taking

00:59:19.279 --> 00:59:19.779
 the whole

00:59:19.779 --> 00:59:20.319
 of scripture

00:59:20.319 --> 00:59:20.739
 and saying

00:59:20.739 --> 00:59:21.119
 this is

00:59:21.119 --> 00:59:21.639
 God's

00:59:21.639 --> 00:59:22.279
 regulating

00:59:22.279 --> 00:59:23.179
 word

00:59:23.179 --> 00:59:23.900
 for us

00:59:23.900 --> 00:59:25.739
 and it's

00:59:25.739 --> 00:59:26.819
 not burdensome

00:59:26.819 --> 00:59:27.719
 though it

00:59:27.719 --> 00:59:28.420
 places certain

00:59:28.420 --> 00:59:28.920
 restrictions

00:59:28.920 --> 00:59:29.659
 on us

00:59:29.659 --> 00:59:31.360
 whoever

00:59:31.360 --> 00:59:33.099
 looks into

00:59:33.099 --> 00:59:33.639
 the law

00:59:33.639 --> 00:59:34.619
 of liberty

00:59:34.619 --> 00:59:36.279
 and perseveres

00:59:36.279 --> 00:59:38.079
 who remains

00:59:38.079 --> 00:59:38.400
 in its

00:59:38.400 --> 00:59:38.880
 company

00:59:38.880 --> 00:59:40.659
 being no

00:59:40.659 --> 00:59:41.179
 hearer who

00:59:41.179 --> 00:59:41.699
 forgets

00:59:41.699 --> 00:59:42.039
 but a

00:59:42.039 --> 00:59:42.460
 doer who

00:59:42.460 --> 00:59:42.919
 acts

00:59:42.919 --> 00:59:44.119
 he will

00:59:44.119 --> 00:59:44.759
 be blessed

00:59:44.759 --> 00:59:46.159
 in his

00:59:46.159 --> 00:59:46.559
 doing

00:59:46.559 --> 00:59:48.579
 and when

00:59:48.579 --> 00:59:48.879
 James'

00:59:49.079 --> 00:59:50.480
 companion

00:59:50.480 --> 00:59:51.059
 John

00:59:51.059 --> 00:59:52.059
 wrote his

00:59:52.059 --> 00:59:53.519
 small but

00:59:53.519 --> 00:59:53.960
 important

00:59:53.960 --> 00:59:54.879
 third letter

00:59:54.879 --> 00:59:57.000
 this is what

00:59:57.000 --> 00:59:57.379
 he said

00:59:57.379 --> 00:59:57.739
 in verse

00:59:57.739 --> 00:59:58.159
 four

00:59:58.159 --> 01:00:00.059
 I have

01:00:00.059 --> 01:00:00.399
 no

01:00:00.399 --> 01:00:01.019
 greater

01:00:01.019 --> 01:00:01.579
 joy

01:00:01.579 --> 01:00:03.099
 and to

01:00:03.099 --> 01:00:03.599
 hear that

01:00:03.599 --> 01:00:04.319
 my children

01:00:04.319 --> 01:00:05.659
 walk

01:00:05.659 --> 01:00:06.699
 in the

01:00:06.699 --> 01:00:07.079
 truth

01:00:07.079 --> 01:00:08.139
 in the

01:00:08.139 --> 01:00:08.699
 ways of

01:00:08.699 --> 01:00:09.159
 truth

01:00:09.159 --> 01:00:10.379
 because friends

01:00:10.379 --> 01:00:10.779
 that's what

01:00:10.780 --> 01:00:11.220
 this word

01:00:11.220 --> 01:00:11.600
 is

01:00:11.600 --> 01:00:13.019
 it is

01:00:13.019 --> 01:00:13.420
 God's

01:00:13.420 --> 01:00:13.820
 truth

01:00:13.820 --> 01:00:15.519
 it's

01:00:15.519 --> 01:00:15.780
 God's

01:00:15.780 --> 01:00:16.300
 infallible

01:00:16.300 --> 01:00:16.800
 truth

01:00:16.800 --> 01:00:17.940
 God's

01:00:17.940 --> 01:00:18.560
 authoritative

01:00:18.560 --> 01:00:19.080
 truth

01:00:19.080 --> 01:00:20.820
 and it's

01:00:20.820 --> 01:00:21.080
 in his

01:00:21.080 --> 01:00:21.519
 kindness

01:00:21.519 --> 01:00:22.940
 that he

01:00:22.940 --> 01:00:23.300
 has given

01:00:23.300 --> 01:00:23.660
 it to

01:00:23.660 --> 01:00:24.080
 us

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 we are

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 not to be

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 hearers

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 only

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 though we

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 are to be

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 intent

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 hearers

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 we are

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 to be

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 doers of

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 the word

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 and not

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 hearers

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 only

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 we are

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 to let

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 the word

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 be our

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 constant

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 companion

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 so that

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 by living

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 fruitful

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 lives

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 and this

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 is James

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 O'er

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 writing

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 concern

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 as it

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 is

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 with

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 all

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 epistles

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 we will

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 bring

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 glory

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 and

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 honour

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 and

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 praise

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 to our

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 God

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 may these

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 words be

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 blessed to

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 us

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 we're going

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 to conclude

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 now by

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 singing

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 once again

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 to God's

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 praise

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 in Psalm

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 119

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 this time

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 it's from

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 the Scottish

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 Psalter

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 on page

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 167

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 verses

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 beginning

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 at 161

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 and that's

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 section 4

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 verses

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 to tune

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 Rockingham

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 though rulers

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 hound me

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 without cause

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 my heart

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 fears nothing

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 but your

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 word

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 for in your

01:01:24.480 --> 01:01:25.099
 promise I

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 rejoice

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 like one

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 who finds

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 great spoil

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 O Lord

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 all false

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 who die

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 a poor

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 and hate

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 with all

01:01:32.519 --> 01:01:33.159
 my heart

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 I love

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 your law

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 I praise

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 you seven

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 times a

01:01:36.539 --> 01:01:36.800
 day

01:01:36.800 --> 01:01:37.800
 for your

01:01:37.800 --> 01:01:38.260
 commands

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 I hold

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 in all

01:01:40.980 --> 01:01:42.039
 so these

01:01:42.039 --> 01:01:42.559
 four verses

01:01:42.559 --> 01:01:43.179
 from verse

01:01:43.179 --> 01:01:44.599
 161

01:01:44.599 --> 01:01:45.059
 on page

01:01:45.059 --> 01:01:46.079
 167

01:01:46.079 --> 01:01:47.199
 though rulers

01:01:47.199 --> 01:01:47.880
 hound me

01:01:47.880 --> 01:01:49.159
 without cause

01:01:49.159 --> 01:01:54.059
 for you

01:01:54.059 --> 01:01:56.059
 for you

01:01:56.059 --> 01:01:57.359
 that

01:01:57.359 --> 01:01:57.519
 have

01:01:57.519 --> 01:01:59.199
 me

01:01:59.199 --> 01:02:00.799
 with

01:02:00.799 --> 01:02:01.539
 that

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 thoughts

01:02:02.739 --> 01:02:05.019
 my heart

01:02:05.019 --> 01:02:05.759
 fears

01:02:05.759 --> 01:02:07.199
 nothing

01:02:07.199 --> 01:02:09.239
 but

01:02:09.239 --> 01:02:09.920
 your

01:02:09.920 --> 01:02:11.619
 word

01:02:11.619 --> 01:02:14.319
 for in

01:02:14.320 --> 01:02:15.000
 your

01:02:15.000 --> 01:02:16.500
 promise

01:02:16.500 --> 01:02:17.640
 I

01:02:17.640 --> 01:02:19.640
 rejoice

01:02:19.640 --> 01:02:21.700
 like

01:02:21.700 --> 01:02:23.080
 one

01:02:23.080 --> 01:02:23.780
 who

01:02:23.780 --> 01:02:24.860
 finds

01:02:24.860 --> 01:02:26.019
 this

01:02:26.019 --> 01:02:27.480
 spoil

01:02:27.480 --> 01:02:29.640
 O Lord

01:02:29.639 --> 01:02:31.339
 out

01:02:31.339 --> 01:02:31.960
 What

01:02:31.960 --> 01:02:34.239
 Ham

01:02:34.239 --> 01:02:48.699
 I am old and late, with all my heart I love you all.

01:02:48.699 --> 01:03:06.699
 I praise you seven times a day, for your commands I hold in all.

01:03:06.699 --> 01:03:24.699
 If he stands for those who love her, they will not stumble in the way.

01:03:24.699 --> 01:03:42.699
 I pray for you, salvation Lord, and you commands I will obey.

01:03:42.699 --> 01:04:01.699
 I will, old Savior's statue's heart, my love for them is great and true.

01:04:01.699 --> 01:04:19.699
 Through the lost and peace, I obey, for all my ways I hold to you.

01:04:21.159 --> 01:04:23.719
 I'll go to the main door after the benediction.

01:04:25.119 --> 01:04:28.859
 Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father,

01:04:28.860 --> 01:04:33.039
 and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and evermore.

01:04:33.519 --> 01:04:33.860
 Amen.