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 We'll begin our worship this evening. We're going to sing to God's praise.

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 We're singing in Psalm 119 in the Scottish Psalter version, page 413.

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 We're going to sing from verse 153.

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 Psalm 119, the 20th section of the psalm, at verse 153.

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 Psalm 119 is a psalm that speaks about the centrality, the importance of God's Word,

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 how when we turn away from it, we go astray, but the blessing of always seeking to listen to the Word of God and live out the Word of God.

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 So Psalm 119 at verse 153.

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 Consider mine affliction. In safety do me set. Deliver me, O Lord, for I thy law do not forget.

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 After thy word, revive thou me. Save me and plead my cause.

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 Salvation is from sinners far, for they seek not thy laws.

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 We'll sing this section down to verse 160, and the tune is Martyrdom.

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 Consider mine affliction.

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 Consider mine affliction.

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 Salvation is from sinners far, for they seek not thy law do not forget.

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 For they seek not thy law do not forget.

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 God forbid.

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 After

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 thy word

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 they

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 hide

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 thou me.

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 Save me

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 and lead

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 my cause.

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 Salvation

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 seek not

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 Your righteous God, is there the one forevermore endure?

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

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 Amen.

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 The regular routines of the rest of the week, whether it be the busyness of work or just generally life,

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 or the many other things that go on around us from a day-to-day basis,

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 we thank you that there is a day where the purpose is to rest and to refresh ourselves in your presence and with your people.

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 And we thank you that the activity of worship, as it is aware, is to be something that is alive and something that blesses us in our hearts.

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 for we come to meet with you as our Lord and as our God.

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 We come to see that you are one who is alive,

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 one whose words are alive,

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 one who gives life and who gives life abundantly.

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 And we thank you for every blessing that is ours.

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 We have them all around us, Lord.

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 We have them within us.

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 We have the ones that we see around us,

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 but we have so many that are even unseen to us.

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 But as your word reminds us that there are blessings that are ours through Christ.

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 And we thank you that he is the cornerstone for all our hope,

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 that he is the one who we look to,

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 the one who we long for,

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 to know him more, to serve him more,

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 to honour him more.

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 For he has done all for us.

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 As we remembered even last weekend,

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 as we gathered around the Lord's table,

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 as we took part in the sacrament of the Lord's supper,

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 as we were around your word,

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 we were reminded of what has been done for us by him,

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 that you sent your son into this world

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 to seek and to save sinners.

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 We were reminded of his coming this morning,

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 as we heard of the name that was given.

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 You shall call his name Jesus,

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 for he will save his people from their sins.

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 And so we thank you for your great purpose

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 in sending your son.

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 And even as he gave,

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 and gave ultimately his life,

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 we thank you too that this is a day that reminds us

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 that he is risen.

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 And that even as we pray,

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 we pray in his name and for his sake,

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 that we come knowing that he ever lives,

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 as your word says,

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 and that he will return

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 to take his people to himself.

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 We thank you too for the promise

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 of your Holy Spirit,

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 the Comforter,

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 the one who was promised in your word

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 that would come alongside,

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 and the one who is still that promise

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 to us all today,

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 that we have one who is not just alongside,

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 but within,

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 that we can know the power of the Holy Spirit

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 leading us into your word

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 and into your truth,

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 showing us ourselves,

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 but above all,

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 showing us you,

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 as the God who is a God of great compassion

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 and a great love towards his people.

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 And we thank you that we have your word

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 to show us just how precious it is,

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 the word we have before us

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 in a world that seeks after its own truth,

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 even makes up its own truth.

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 We thank you that your word is truth,

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 that we have sung of it even in this psalm.

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 We are reminded of the dangers

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 of not keeping your word,

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 but we thank you too

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 that there is power in your word,

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 and we pray that for every one of us

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 we may be able to say,

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 as the psalmist said,

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 see how I love thy law,

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 see how I love your word

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 and how rich it is to us,

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 and we pray that we will always be hungry

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 for your word,

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 to learn more from it,

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 and not just learn it,

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 but to apply it to our lives,

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 to live the truths that we find in it,

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 that we would live them out.

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 As we see your promises,

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 as we see your challenges to us,

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 Lord, help us to have listening ears

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 to understand what you are saying to us.

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 But we thank you that your word

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 does indeed endure forever,

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 that from the beginning

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 all your word has been most true and sure,

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 as we have sung,

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 and that we can come to it anew this evening,

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 and that your people all over the world today,

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 and whatever hour of day it is

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 where your people meet even now,

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 that your people hear your word,

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 that it is true and sure

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 in a world that is so often filled

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 with so much chaos.

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 And we pray that throughout the world

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 your word will bear much fruit,

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 that people will hear it

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 and rejoice in it,

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 that it will be the salvation

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 of sinners throughout all ends of the earth.

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 And that for ourselves here tonight

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 and for all who are at home and listening

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 and for all who may be tuning in

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 at a later point,

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 O Lord,

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 that your word will be blessed to each of us,

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 that as we read it and share from it,

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 your voice will be truly heard,

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 that you would speak into our hearts,

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 reminding us, Lord,

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 that you are the God of truth

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 and a God of hope.

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 So bless us together, we pray, Lord,

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 and remember us in our different needs,

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 in our homes, in our families,

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 in our communities at this time.

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 We know for so many, O Lord,

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 that going through different trials in life

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 just now is hard for so many,

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 that there are people who are struggling

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 in different ways.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that you will always help us

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 to have our eyes open,

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 not to be like those

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 who walked past

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 the one who had been robbed on the way

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 as Jesus spoke the parable

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 of the good Samaritan.

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 They rushed by the one who was beaten

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 and bruised at the side of the road

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 because they had other things

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 that were seemingly more important,

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 but help us to have

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 the heart of the good neighbor,

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 the good Samaritan.

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 although he saw one

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 who was perhaps foreign to him,

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 yet he showed compassion

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 and he loved him.

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 And we pray, Lord,

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 that that's how we would see

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 people all around us as well,

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 that we would see them

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 as those made in your image,

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 those who are made by you

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 and who all have the need,

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 everyone does,

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 the need of a Savior,

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 Christ Jesus.

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 And so, Lord,

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 give us that heart

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 to reach out,

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 to reach out with the good news,

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 to reach out in compassion,

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 to reach out in love,

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 and to share with all around us

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 the hope that is Jesus Christ.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 that in every endeavor we have,

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 even in this coming week,

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 that we will be seeking

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 to do just that,

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 to share a hope like no other,

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 to share the one

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 who is a friend

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 that stays closer

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 than any brother,

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 to share the good news

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 of the gospel.

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 And so we pray

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 that as we join together,

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 even in different times

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 throughout this week,

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 whether it's in times

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 of prayer and worship,

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 whether it's at the 55 plus

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 on Friday,

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 whether it's through

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 the work among our young people

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 at Explorers or Toddlers

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 or the Christmas Club,

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 that in every endeavor, Lord,

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 we would seek

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 to share the gospel,

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 the good news,

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 with all we see around us.

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 But may you bless us, Lord,

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 in all of these things,

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 that as we prayerfully prepare

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 for the week ahead,

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 that you would go before us in it,

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 that you would give strength,

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 that you would help us

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 in every task,

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 in every duty,

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 to do all as unto the Lord.

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 That everywhere we go

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 and whatever place

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 we represent you,

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 whether it's before

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 brothers and sisters in Christ

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 or whether it's before

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 people in our workplaces

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 or homes

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 or even the strangers

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 we see around us,

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 that we would seek

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 to reflect the beauty of Christ

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 and to show him.

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 So, Lord, we pray

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 all these things,

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 acknowledging our dependence

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 upon you

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 and our need of you.

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 We pray, too, Lord,

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 for the seminary

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 in Edinburgh at this time

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 as well

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 and all the students.

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 Remember this period

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 of exams

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 just now

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 in our seminary.

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 We pray that all the students

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 who are sitting exams

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 and finishing coursework

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 just now for this session,

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 that they will be

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 upheld by you

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 and strengthened by you

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 in it.

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 We pray for Scott

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 as he will go away

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 tomorrow for the week.

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 We pray for safety

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 and travel.

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 We pray for him

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 as he sits his exams

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 in this coming week,

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 that you will give him

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 clarity of thought

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 and mind,

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 that you would uphold him

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 and strengthen him for it,

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 that you would guide him

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 throughout this week

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 to know that you are with him,

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 that you will uphold him,

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 that you will keep him.

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 We pray for Fiona

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 and the girls, too,

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 in the busyness of a week

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 without him at home.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 that you will bless them

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 and all the family together

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 at this time, Lord,

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 that you will be near to them.

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 And as we pray that for them,

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 we pray it for ourselves

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 as families, too, Lord,

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 that together we would

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 encourage one another,

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 strengthen one another,

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 and remember one another.

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 Remember those who are

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 grieving at this time, too, Lord.

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 We know that throughout

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 our communities,

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 week by week

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 and even sometimes

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 day by day,

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 the pain of grief

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 comes into our midst

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 and it's a pain

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 like no other.

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 It is unnatural for us

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 because it is an enemy

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 in this world.

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 And yet we pray

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 for you to comfort,

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 for you to give help,

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 and as your word says

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 that you will bind up

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 the brokenhearted,

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 we pray that many people

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 will know the real truth

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 of that,

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 that you are a God

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 who is able to comfort,

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 to strengthen,

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 and to uphold.

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 So surround us, Lord,

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 we pray,

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 and go before us

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 tonight and in all

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 the days ahead.

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 We commit ourselves

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 into your hands

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 asking for your help,

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 for your blessing,

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 for your peace

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 to be with us,

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 asking forgiveness

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 for all our sins

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 as we confess them anew.

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 In the name of our Lord

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 and Savior,

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 we ask all these things

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 and for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 Well, let's sing again

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 to God's praise.

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 This time in the Sing Psalms

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 version of Psalm 14.

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 We'll find this on page 15

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 of the Psalm books.

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 Psalm 14.

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 We'll sing the whole

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 of this Psalm

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 on page 15.

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 Psalm 14.

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 This is a Psalm

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 that speaks about

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 the one who says

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 in his heart

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 that there is no God

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 and the Word describes

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 this person

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 as the fool

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 and we do want

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 to be foolish

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 to say

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 there is no God

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 because the Word

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 of God,

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 the truth of God

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 makes it clear

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 that he has made

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 all things

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 and that we are

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 accountable to him.

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 So the fool

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 speaks in his heart.

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 There is no God,

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 he says.

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 They are corrupt,

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 but their deeds

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 are vile,

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 none walk

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 in godly ways.

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 But then we sing

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 at the end of the Psalm,

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 may help from Sion come,

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 the Lord

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 his captive spring,

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 and then let Jacob's

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 tribes rejoice,

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 let Israel

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 gladly sing.

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 We'll sing the whole

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 of this Psalm

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 the tune of Selma

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 and we sing

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 to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 O heaven, of all the human race,

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 to see him may he understand

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 if may he see all things.

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 We all have turned aside,

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 all of them have become.

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 Not one of them does any good,

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 no, not a single one.

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 Will sinners never learn,

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 my people get deeper,

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 as if they were once to be laid,

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 they may not seek the Lord.

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 Strong doubt they are with them,

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 our God is without us.

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 Purely, the loomer,

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 in the blue,

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 but in the Lord they trust.

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 We have from Zion come,

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 the Lord is now dead free,

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 and let let the hope's right rejoice,

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 let Israel have we sing.

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 We'll turn to read together now

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 in the book of Nehemiah

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 and the Old Testament.

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 The book of Nehemiah,

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 we're reading in chapter 6 together this evening.

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 You'll find it around page 479

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 in the church Bibles.

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 Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Job.

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 So Nehemiah chapter 6,

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 as we continue our study in this book,

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 where we've seen it's not just

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 about the work of building the wall of Jerusalem,

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 that's going on,

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 but that's not really the major lesson

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 that we're taking from it,

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 because it's a reminder to us

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 that in the work of the Lord

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 that there are many challenges for us,

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 as Nehemiah faced up

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 to so many challenges along the way.

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 And we see again more challenges

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 that he faces here in chapter 6,

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 and just how he deals with these challenges

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 is really what we want to focus on.

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 So we'll read together in Nehemiah chapter 6

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 from the beginning of the chapter,

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 reading down into chapter 7.

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 Now when Simballat and Tobiah and Geshem,

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 the Arab and the rest of our enemies,

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 heard that I had built the wall

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 and that there was no breach left in it,

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 although up to that time

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 I had not set up the doors in the gates.

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 Sanballat and Geshem sent to me,

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 saying,

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 Come, and let us meet together

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 at HaKepharim in the plain of Ono.

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 But they intended to do me harm,

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 and I sent messengers to them,

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 saying,

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 I am doing a great work,

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 and I cannot come down.

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 Why should the work stop

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 while I have it,

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 while I leave it,

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 and come down to you?

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 And they sent to me four times

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 in the same manner.

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 In the same way,

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 Simballat for the fifth time

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 sent his servant to me

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 with an open letter in his hand.

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 In it was written,

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 it is reported among the nations,

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 and Geshem also says it,

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 that you and the Jews intend to rebel.

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 That is why you are building the wall.

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 And according to these reports,

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 you wish to become their king.

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 And you have also set up prophets

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 to proclaim concerning you in Jerusalem,

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 there is a king in Judah.

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 And now the king will hear of these reports.

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 So now come and let us take counsel together.

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 Then I sent to him, saying,

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 No such things as you say have been done,

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 for you are inventing them

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 out of your own mind.

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 For they all wanted to frighten us,

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 thinking their hands will drop from the work,

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 and it will not be done.

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 But now, O God, strengthen my hands.

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 Now when I went into the house of Shemaiah,

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 the son of Deliah,

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 son of Methabal,

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 who was confined to his home,

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 he said,

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 Let us meet together in the house of God,

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 within the temple.

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 Let us close the doors of the temple,

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 for they are coming to kill you.

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 They are coming to kill you by night.

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 But I said,

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 Should such a man as I run away,

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 and what man such as I

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 could go into the temple and live?

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 I will not go in.

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 And I understood and saw

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 that God had not sent him,

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 but he had pronounced the prophecy against me,

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 because Tobiah and Sanballat had hired him.

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 For this purpose he was hired,

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 that I should be afraid

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 and act in this way and sin,

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 and so they could give me a bad name

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 in order to taunt me.

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 Remember Tobiah and Sanballat,

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 O my God,

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 according to these things that they did,

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 and also the prophetess Nadiah

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 and the rest of the prophets

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 who wanted to make me afraid.

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 So the wall was finished

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 on the twenty-fifth day

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 of the month Elul,

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 in fifty-two days.

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 And when all our enemies heard of it,

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 all the nations around us

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 were afraid and fell greatly

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 in their own esteem,

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 for they perceived that this work

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 had been accomplished

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 with the help of our God.

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 Moreover, in those days,

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 the nobles of Judah

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 sent many letters to Tobiah,

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 and Tobiah's letters came to them.

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 For many in Judah

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 were bound by oath to him,

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 because he was the son-in-law

00:24:28.539 --> 00:24:29.519
 of Shekaniah,

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.899
 the son of Ara.

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:33.359
 And his son Jehonanan

00:24:33.359 --> 00:24:35.079
 had taken the daughter

00:24:35.079 --> 00:24:36.180
 of Mesushalim,

00:24:36.680 --> 00:24:37.879
 the son of Berchiah,

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:39.259
 as his wife.

00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:42.700
 Also they spoke of his good deeds

00:24:42.700 --> 00:24:44.099
 in my presence

00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:46.059
 and reported my words to him.

00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:48.379
 And Tobiah sent letters

00:24:48.379 --> 00:24:49.700
 to make me afraid.

00:24:50.299 --> 00:24:51.680
 Now when the wall had been built

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:53.259
 and I had set up the doors

00:24:53.259 --> 00:24:54.700
 and the gatekeepers,

00:24:54.840 --> 00:24:55.340
 the singers,

00:24:55.539 --> 00:24:56.200
 and the Levites

00:24:56.200 --> 00:24:57.279
 had been appointed,

00:24:57.820 --> 00:24:59.259
 I gave my brother Hanani

00:24:59.259 --> 00:25:00.600
 and Hananiah,

00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:02.240
 the governor of the castle,

00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:03.840
 charge over Jerusalem,

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:05.980
 for he was a more faithful

00:25:05.980 --> 00:25:07.480
 and God-fearing man

00:25:07.480 --> 00:25:08.019
 than many.

00:25:08.539 --> 00:25:09.840
 And I said to them,

00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:11.899
 let not the gates of Jerusalem

00:25:11.899 --> 00:25:13.959
 be opened until the sun is hot.

00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.619
 And while they are still

00:25:15.619 --> 00:25:16.659
 standing guard,

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:19.139
 let them shut and bar the doors.

00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:20.779
 Appoint the guards

00:25:20.779 --> 00:25:21.939
 from among the inhabitants

00:25:21.939 --> 00:25:22.759
 of Jerusalem,

00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:25.240
 some at their guard posts

00:25:25.240 --> 00:25:26.500
 and some in front

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:27.500
 of their own homes.

00:25:28.279 --> 00:25:30.059
 The city was wide and large,

00:25:30.579 --> 00:25:31.779
 but the people within it

00:25:31.779 --> 00:25:32.439
 were few

00:25:32.439 --> 00:25:34.019
 and no houses

00:25:34.019 --> 00:25:35.379
 had been rebuilt.

00:25:36.199 --> 00:25:36.699
 And so on.

00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:38.000
 And may God bless that reading

00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:39.720
 from his word.

00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:41.839
 Before we turn back

00:25:41.839 --> 00:25:43.019
 to look at this passage,

00:25:43.119 --> 00:25:44.859
 we'll again sing together

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:45.900
 to God's praise.

00:25:46.039 --> 00:25:47.460
 Again in Psalm 119,

00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.079
 but this time

00:25:48.079 --> 00:25:49.519
 in the Sing Psalms version,

00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:52.920
 page 157.

00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.500
 We're singing the section

00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.400
 from verse 9

00:25:58.400 --> 00:26:00.180
 down to verse 16.

00:26:00.380 --> 00:26:01.200
 Four stanzas.

00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:01.839
 The tune is

00:26:01.839 --> 00:26:02.900
 Head and Gate.

00:26:03.660 --> 00:26:04.779
 Again, this psalm,

00:26:04.839 --> 00:26:05.220
 as I said,

00:26:05.299 --> 00:26:06.539
 reminds us of the importance

00:26:06.539 --> 00:26:08.099
 of God's word.

00:26:08.180 --> 00:26:09.259
 And here this section

00:26:09.259 --> 00:26:10.259
 speaks of

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:13.460
 the young ones,

00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:13.759
 really.

00:26:13.819 --> 00:26:14.559
 How can the young

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:16.000
 keep their life pure?

00:26:16.599 --> 00:26:17.619
 So as we think of this,

00:26:17.700 --> 00:26:19.000
 we see the word of God

00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:20.119
 is for everyone,

00:26:20.339 --> 00:26:21.759
 young and old alike.

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.960
 And the command

00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:23.839
 is there for us,

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:25.000
 even from our young days,

00:26:25.159 --> 00:26:27.319
 to keep the word of God

00:26:27.319 --> 00:26:27.960
 by listening

00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:29.720
 to what the word does

00:26:29.720 --> 00:26:30.379
 and not to be

00:26:30.379 --> 00:26:31.500
 led astray,

00:26:32.019 --> 00:26:32.639
 as it were,

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.980
 by so many of the lies

00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:34.940
 and temptations

00:26:34.940 --> 00:26:36.420
 of this world.

00:26:36.559 --> 00:26:37.680
 So we'll sing this section,

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:39.120
 verse 9 to 16,

00:26:39.860 --> 00:26:41.120
 to God's praise.

00:26:41.120 --> 00:26:41.559
 Amen.

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:41.779
 Amen.

00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:52.059
 How can the young

00:26:52.059 --> 00:26:56.180
 keep their life pure?

00:26:56.180 --> 00:27:00.619
 By doing what

00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:04.799
 you're working must,

00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:13.619
 I see you with my heart and soul,

00:27:13.619 --> 00:27:21.619
 let me not stray from your command.

00:27:21.619 --> 00:27:32.000
 Your word I've laid in my heart

00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:36.439
 To keep me from

00:27:36.439 --> 00:27:40.759
 hope and in you

00:27:40.759 --> 00:27:45.559
 Praise be to you,

00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:49.879
 O Lord my God,

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:53.060
 teach me your

00:27:53.060 --> 00:27:55.420
 Sagittarius,

00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:58.960
 learn my truth,

00:27:58.960 --> 00:28:04.580
 each love proceeding

00:28:04.580 --> 00:28:08.480
 from your heart,

00:28:08.780 --> 00:28:15.580
 I gladly with my lips

00:28:15.580 --> 00:28:17.540
 have told,

00:28:17.539 --> 00:28:24.079
 I love to follow you

00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:26.619
 from us,

00:28:26.619 --> 00:28:29.500
 as others

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:35.819
 love to count their gold.

00:28:35.819 --> 00:28:45.339
 I meditate upon your ways,

00:28:45.339 --> 00:28:48.720
 And all your

00:28:48.720 --> 00:28:53.419
 precepts I repay,

00:28:53.419 --> 00:28:58.379
 I take delight

00:28:58.379 --> 00:29:03.319
 in your decrees,

00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:10.359
 Your word I never will

00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:12.419
 be paid.

00:29:12.420 --> 00:29:12.880
 Amen.

00:29:16.560 --> 00:29:18.200
 Let's turn back to our reading

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:20.019
 in Nehemiah chapter 6

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:22.100
 and study this passage

00:29:22.100 --> 00:29:23.100
 together for a time

00:29:23.100 --> 00:29:23.580
 this evening.

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:25.620
 We can read again

00:29:25.620 --> 00:29:26.920
 at verse 8 and 9.

00:29:28.700 --> 00:29:30.160
 Nehemiah chapter 6

00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.200
 at verse 8.

00:29:32.120 --> 00:29:32.720
 At this point,

00:29:32.900 --> 00:29:34.300
 the reports have been

00:29:34.300 --> 00:29:36.039
 sent to Nehemiah

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:39.259
 from Geshem

00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.700
 and Tobiah

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.759
 and Sambalat,

00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:42.640
 these three men

00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:43.359
 who came into

00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:45.039
 his life

00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:45.859
 in this way,

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:46.700
 and they're bringing

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:48.180
 false accusations

00:29:48.180 --> 00:29:49.119
 against him,

00:29:49.220 --> 00:29:49.420
 and then

00:29:49.420 --> 00:29:51.140
 Nehemiah's response

00:29:51.140 --> 00:29:51.960
 to them is this

00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:52.619
 in verse 8,

00:29:52.660 --> 00:29:53.720
 Then I sent to him

00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.140
 saying,

00:29:54.680 --> 00:29:55.940
 No such things

00:29:55.940 --> 00:29:56.819
 as you say

00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.680
 have been done,

00:29:58.220 --> 00:29:59.279
 for you are inventing

00:29:59.279 --> 00:30:01.299
 them out of your own mind,

00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:02.879
 for they all

00:30:02.879 --> 00:30:04.539
 wanted to frighten us,

00:30:04.660 --> 00:30:06.420
 thinking their hands

00:30:06.420 --> 00:30:07.960
 will drop from the work,

00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:09.259
 and it will not be done.

00:30:10.299 --> 00:30:10.980
 But now,

00:30:11.319 --> 00:30:11.819
 O God,

00:30:12.360 --> 00:30:12.940
 strengthen

00:30:12.940 --> 00:30:14.700
 my hands.

00:30:16.600 --> 00:30:17.460
 Well, as we've been

00:30:17.460 --> 00:30:18.180
 going through this

00:30:18.180 --> 00:30:19.120
 book of Nehemiah,

00:30:19.180 --> 00:30:20.100
 we've seen how

00:30:20.100 --> 00:30:21.680
 Nehemiah was given

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.840
 this real burden

00:30:22.840 --> 00:30:23.420
 and vision

00:30:23.420 --> 00:30:24.620
 for the work

00:30:24.620 --> 00:30:25.620
 that needed to be done

00:30:25.620 --> 00:30:26.539
 in Jerusalem.

00:30:27.420 --> 00:30:28.539
 Nehemiah was a Jew

00:30:28.539 --> 00:30:29.620
 who had been living

00:30:29.620 --> 00:30:30.779
 in a land

00:30:30.779 --> 00:30:32.279
 many miles away

00:30:32.279 --> 00:30:32.860
 from Jerusalem.

00:30:32.980 --> 00:30:33.960
 He'd never even been

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:35.180
 in Jerusalem.

00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.360
 His parents

00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:37.759
 had been taken captive,

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:38.220
 there,

00:30:38.619 --> 00:30:40.200
 many years prior to this

00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:41.220
 and been taken into

00:30:41.220 --> 00:30:43.700
 captivity in Persia

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.640
 and Babylon.

00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:47.240
 But Nehemiah had come

00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:48.619
 to be in an important

00:30:48.619 --> 00:30:49.400
 role there.

00:30:49.500 --> 00:30:50.599
 He was a cupbearer

00:30:50.599 --> 00:30:51.539
 of the king

00:30:51.539 --> 00:30:52.839
 in Persia,

00:30:52.900 --> 00:30:54.619
 a very important job.

00:30:55.700 --> 00:30:57.160
 But God came to him

00:30:57.160 --> 00:30:58.099
 through his brother

00:30:58.099 --> 00:30:59.079
 with a word

00:30:59.079 --> 00:30:59.779
 that gave him

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.819
 a real sense

00:31:00.819 --> 00:31:01.980
 of burden

00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.779
 for Jerusalem

00:31:02.779 --> 00:31:03.480
 and especially

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:05.460
 for God's people,

00:31:05.460 --> 00:31:07.059
 that they were suffering,

00:31:07.700 --> 00:31:08.380
 that the walls

00:31:08.380 --> 00:31:09.420
 had been burnt down,

00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:10.079
 that the city

00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:11.500
 was in ruin

00:31:11.500 --> 00:31:12.980
 and God gave him

00:31:12.980 --> 00:31:13.620
 this vision

00:31:13.620 --> 00:31:14.860
 to rebuild.

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:16.259
 And so he traveled

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.880
 back to the city

00:31:17.880 --> 00:31:18.480
 and began

00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.720
 this great work

00:31:19.720 --> 00:31:20.720
 of restoring

00:31:20.720 --> 00:31:21.799
 the wall

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.460
 of Jerusalem.

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:23.539
 But it was more

00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:24.880
 than just restoring

00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:25.880
 the walls.

00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:28.260
 It was about restoring

00:31:28.260 --> 00:31:29.500
 the people,

00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:31.100
 restoring them

00:31:31.100 --> 00:31:32.260
 to a right worship

00:31:32.260 --> 00:31:33.520
 of God,

00:31:34.060 --> 00:31:34.800
 restoring them

00:31:34.800 --> 00:31:35.680
 in their faith

00:31:35.680 --> 00:31:36.540
 and their desire

00:31:36.540 --> 00:31:38.600
 to serve the Lord.

00:31:39.400 --> 00:31:40.040
 And what we've seen

00:31:40.040 --> 00:31:40.860
 up to this point

00:31:40.860 --> 00:31:42.000
 is how faithful

00:31:42.000 --> 00:31:43.480
 Nehemiah was

00:31:43.480 --> 00:31:44.600
 to this call.

00:31:45.060 --> 00:31:46.000
 He had encountered,

00:31:46.480 --> 00:31:46.700
 yes,

00:31:46.800 --> 00:31:47.700
 many problems

00:31:47.700 --> 00:31:48.780
 and oppositions.

00:31:49.460 --> 00:31:50.260
 Every corner

00:31:50.260 --> 00:31:50.920
 seemed to have

00:31:50.920 --> 00:31:52.080
 someone or something

00:31:52.080 --> 00:31:52.880
 that would challenge

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:54.100
 this work

00:31:54.100 --> 00:31:54.560
 and seek

00:31:54.560 --> 00:31:56.000
 to stop this work.

00:31:56.480 --> 00:31:57.440
 But the work

00:31:57.440 --> 00:31:58.800
 has gone on.

00:31:59.600 --> 00:32:00.140
 He's leading

00:32:00.140 --> 00:32:00.840
 the people

00:32:00.840 --> 00:32:02.200
 with this vision

00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:02.980
 and this sense

00:32:02.980 --> 00:32:04.220
 of this is what God

00:32:04.220 --> 00:32:05.720
 has for us

00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.460
 to do.

00:32:07.260 --> 00:32:08.020
 His kingdom

00:32:08.020 --> 00:32:09.920
 is so important.

00:32:10.160 --> 00:32:10.880
 His people

00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:12.040
 are so

00:32:12.040 --> 00:32:13.220
 important.

00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.760
 And what we saw

00:32:14.760 --> 00:32:15.560
 the last time

00:32:15.560 --> 00:32:16.320
 was that

00:32:16.320 --> 00:32:17.560
 in chapter 5

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:19.280
 Nehemiah's work

00:32:19.280 --> 00:32:20.140
 was going on

00:32:20.140 --> 00:32:21.380
 he had to be open

00:32:21.380 --> 00:32:22.300
 to just everything

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.940
 that was taking

00:32:22.940 --> 00:32:24.059
 place all around.

00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:26.000
 And the point

00:32:26.000 --> 00:32:26.619
 really was

00:32:26.619 --> 00:32:27.480
 that we can become

00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.919
 so consumed

00:32:28.919 --> 00:32:30.139
 in just one aspect

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.899
 of the work

00:32:30.899 --> 00:32:32.919
 that we fail

00:32:32.919 --> 00:32:33.539
 to see

00:32:33.539 --> 00:32:34.220
 suffering

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:35.079
 that is going on

00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:35.940
 in other places

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:36.700
 and other ways.

00:32:37.180 --> 00:32:37.819
 What happened

00:32:37.819 --> 00:32:38.599
 with Nehemiah

00:32:38.599 --> 00:32:39.180
 in his day

00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:40.019
 was a famine

00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:40.619
 had come

00:32:40.619 --> 00:32:42.059
 that was affecting

00:32:42.059 --> 00:32:42.799
 the people

00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.700
 who were still living

00:32:43.700 --> 00:32:45.240
 outside Jerusalem

00:32:45.240 --> 00:32:45.799
 in villages

00:32:45.799 --> 00:32:46.460
 and towns

00:32:46.460 --> 00:32:47.159
 around it.

00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:48.440
 They were suffering

00:32:48.440 --> 00:32:49.980
 because many

00:32:49.980 --> 00:32:50.980
 or nearly all

00:32:50.980 --> 00:32:51.399
 of the men

00:32:51.399 --> 00:32:52.139
 were involved

00:32:52.140 --> 00:32:53.300
 in the building

00:32:53.300 --> 00:32:54.300
 work of the wall.

00:32:55.000 --> 00:32:55.480
 But those

00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:55.940
 who were still

00:32:55.940 --> 00:32:56.740
 left in the villages

00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.340
 and towns

00:32:57.340 --> 00:32:58.080
 were suffering.

00:32:58.940 --> 00:32:59.400
 They were in

00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.259
 great debt.

00:33:00.800 --> 00:33:01.780
 They were in famine.

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.759
 They were starving.

00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:04.340
 And so Nehemiah

00:33:04.340 --> 00:33:05.120
 was challenged

00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:06.600
 by men and women

00:33:06.600 --> 00:33:07.780
 from these towns

00:33:07.780 --> 00:33:09.020
 to remember them.

00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:10.259
 And we saw

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.820
 how every aspect

00:33:11.820 --> 00:33:12.660
 of the work

00:33:12.660 --> 00:33:13.720
 was covered.

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:14.240
 Nehemiah

00:33:14.240 --> 00:33:14.840
 was again

00:33:14.840 --> 00:33:15.980
 challenged

00:33:15.980 --> 00:33:16.860
 and burdened

00:33:16.860 --> 00:33:17.560
 by the word

00:33:17.560 --> 00:33:18.060
 of God

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:18.380
 to him

00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:19.020
 at that point

00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:19.839
 and led

00:33:19.839 --> 00:33:20.799
 by example.

00:33:21.799 --> 00:33:22.639
 He didn't

00:33:22.639 --> 00:33:23.299
 take things

00:33:23.299 --> 00:33:23.660
 that he had

00:33:23.660 --> 00:33:24.599
 the right to

00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:25.440
 but he made

00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:26.440
 sure that everyone

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.740
 was looked out

00:33:27.740 --> 00:33:28.539
 for and looked

00:33:28.539 --> 00:33:29.079
 after.

00:33:29.940 --> 00:33:30.359
 Nehemiah

00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:31.240
 was a wise

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:31.639
 leader,

00:33:32.139 --> 00:33:32.960
 a good leader.

00:33:33.359 --> 00:33:33.920
 And in leading

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:34.519
 the people

00:33:34.519 --> 00:33:35.119
 he made sure

00:33:35.119 --> 00:33:35.720
 that everyone

00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.879
 was looked

00:33:36.879 --> 00:33:37.940
 after and cared

00:33:37.940 --> 00:33:39.039
 for and that

00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:39.579
 everyone was

00:33:39.579 --> 00:33:40.279
 going in the

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.660
 same direction.

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.379
 But as with

00:33:43.379 --> 00:33:44.019
 any good leader

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:44.599
 they're always

00:33:44.599 --> 00:33:45.379
 going to face

00:33:45.380 --> 00:33:46.320
 opposition.

00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:48.140
 And for

00:33:48.140 --> 00:33:49.240
 Nehemiah

00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:49.820
 it just seemed

00:33:49.820 --> 00:33:50.560
 to come

00:33:50.560 --> 00:33:52.040
 again and

00:33:52.040 --> 00:33:52.440
 again.

00:33:53.500 --> 00:33:54.160
 As with any

00:33:54.160 --> 00:33:54.780
 good work

00:33:54.780 --> 00:33:55.380
 that's happening

00:33:55.380 --> 00:33:55.880
 in the work

00:33:55.880 --> 00:33:57.040
 of the kingdom

00:33:57.040 --> 00:33:57.680
 of God

00:33:57.680 --> 00:33:58.900
 there's always

00:33:58.900 --> 00:33:59.720
 going to be

00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:00.240
 challenges.

00:34:01.520 --> 00:34:02.400
 And we're

00:34:02.400 --> 00:34:03.040
 always going

00:34:03.040 --> 00:34:03.580
 to see that

00:34:03.580 --> 00:34:04.320
 there is one

00:34:04.320 --> 00:34:05.340
 who wants

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:06.600
 to spoil

00:34:06.600 --> 00:34:08.019
 and to hinder.

00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:09.360
 So when there's

00:34:09.360 --> 00:34:10.119
 something good

00:34:10.119 --> 00:34:10.680
 happening

00:34:10.680 --> 00:34:11.660
 there's another

00:34:11.660 --> 00:34:12.160
 one who wants

00:34:12.160 --> 00:34:12.800
 to come in

00:34:12.800 --> 00:34:14.039
 and spoil.

00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:15.320
 and this

00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:15.719
 one will

00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:17.039
 use any

00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:18.360
 means possible.

00:34:19.279 --> 00:34:19.920
 We are of

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.079
 course talking

00:34:21.079 --> 00:34:21.980
 about the

00:34:21.980 --> 00:34:23.059
 devil and

00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.699
 how he will

00:34:23.699 --> 00:34:24.380
 come in and

00:34:24.380 --> 00:34:25.139
 seek to

00:34:25.139 --> 00:34:26.460
 spoil so

00:34:26.460 --> 00:34:27.179
 many things.

00:34:27.300 --> 00:34:27.579
 And as we

00:34:27.579 --> 00:34:28.019
 come into

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:28.900
 chapter 6

00:34:28.900 --> 00:34:29.400
 we see

00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:30.340
 another

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:31.219
 challenge

00:34:31.219 --> 00:34:32.380
 arise for

00:34:32.380 --> 00:34:32.980
 Nehemiah.

00:34:33.659 --> 00:34:34.460
 We see a

00:34:34.460 --> 00:34:35.559
 familiar foe

00:34:35.559 --> 00:34:37.519
 return and

00:34:37.519 --> 00:34:38.119
 this time

00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:39.079
 they've got a

00:34:39.079 --> 00:34:40.320
 different kind

00:34:40.320 --> 00:34:41.039
 of attack

00:34:41.039 --> 00:34:42.259
 to bring to

00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:42.920
 Nehemiah.

00:34:44.039 --> 00:34:44.559
 They're going

00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:45.279
 to start

00:34:45.279 --> 00:34:47.119
 telling lies

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:48.779
 about Nehemiah

00:34:48.779 --> 00:34:49.699
 about the

00:34:49.699 --> 00:34:50.179
 work

00:34:50.179 --> 00:34:51.079
 about what

00:34:51.079 --> 00:34:51.800
 he's doing.

00:34:52.519 --> 00:34:52.880
 They're going

00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:53.420
 to try and

00:34:53.420 --> 00:34:54.300
 disgrace him

00:34:54.300 --> 00:34:55.440
 to make him

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.300
 stop the

00:34:56.300 --> 00:34:56.860
 work that he

00:34:56.860 --> 00:34:57.179
 has been

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:58.099
 involved in.

00:34:58.880 --> 00:34:59.860
 Lies are

00:34:59.860 --> 00:35:01.159
 central to

00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:01.599
 what they're

00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:02.139
 going to

00:35:02.139 --> 00:35:02.440
 do.

00:35:03.739 --> 00:35:04.179
 Have you

00:35:04.179 --> 00:35:05.719
 ever told

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.539
 a lie?

00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:08.500
 Have you

00:35:08.500 --> 00:35:08.860
 ever been

00:35:08.860 --> 00:35:09.739
 lied to?

00:35:09.739 --> 00:35:11.819
 I'm sure

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.139
 if we had

00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:12.579
 a show

00:35:12.579 --> 00:35:13.099
 of hands

00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.659
 for both

00:35:13.659 --> 00:35:13.919
 these

00:35:13.919 --> 00:35:14.500
 questions

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.659
 pretty much

00:35:15.659 --> 00:35:16.619
 every hand

00:35:16.619 --> 00:35:17.459
 would go

00:35:17.459 --> 00:35:17.739
 up.

00:35:18.419 --> 00:35:18.879
 Lying can

00:35:18.879 --> 00:35:19.479
 almost become

00:35:19.479 --> 00:35:20.479
 second nature

00:35:20.479 --> 00:35:21.139
 to us and

00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:21.519
 if we're

00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:22.539
 telling lies

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:22.839
 we know

00:35:22.839 --> 00:35:23.459
 there'll be

00:35:23.459 --> 00:35:24.059
 others around

00:35:24.059 --> 00:35:24.599
 us who are

00:35:24.599 --> 00:35:25.379
 telling lies

00:35:25.379 --> 00:35:26.159
 as well.

00:35:27.219 --> 00:35:27.959
 And as we

00:35:27.959 --> 00:35:28.799
 look around

00:35:28.799 --> 00:35:29.819
 us it's so

00:35:29.819 --> 00:35:30.699
 difficult for

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.299
 us sometimes

00:35:31.299 --> 00:35:32.259
 to tell what

00:35:32.259 --> 00:35:33.019
 is a lie

00:35:33.019 --> 00:35:34.119
 and what

00:35:34.119 --> 00:35:34.879
 is truth.

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.000
 truth.

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.619
 There's a

00:35:36.619 --> 00:35:37.280
 program on

00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:38.420
 television called

00:35:38.420 --> 00:35:39.160
 Would I

00:35:39.160 --> 00:35:39.880
 Lie to

00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.140
 You?

00:35:41.240 --> 00:35:41.700
 In many

00:35:41.700 --> 00:35:42.480
 ways it's a

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.640
 funny program

00:35:43.640 --> 00:35:44.180
 to watch.

00:35:44.300 --> 00:35:45.079
 You have two

00:35:45.079 --> 00:35:45.860
 different teams

00:35:45.860 --> 00:35:46.460
 two different

00:35:46.460 --> 00:35:47.720
 panels and

00:35:47.720 --> 00:35:48.500
 each team has

00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:49.019
 to try and

00:35:49.019 --> 00:35:50.300
 convince or

00:35:50.300 --> 00:35:50.820
 not the

00:35:50.820 --> 00:35:51.280
 other team

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.760
 whether what

00:35:51.760 --> 00:35:52.240
 they're saying

00:35:52.240 --> 00:35:53.000
 is a truth

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:54.300
 or a lie.

00:35:55.599 --> 00:35:56.079
 And it can

00:35:56.079 --> 00:35:56.940
 be very

00:35:56.940 --> 00:35:57.660
 amusing at

00:35:57.660 --> 00:35:57.980
 times.

00:35:58.280 --> 00:35:58.840
 They can be

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.720
 so convincing

00:35:59.720 --> 00:36:00.200
 whether it's

00:36:00.200 --> 00:36:00.880
 delivering something

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.500
 that is a

00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:01.920
 lie and

00:36:01.920 --> 00:36:02.260
 trying to

00:36:02.260 --> 00:36:02.579
 make it out

00:36:02.579 --> 00:36:03.160
 as truth

00:36:03.160 --> 00:36:04.079
 or something

00:36:04.079 --> 00:36:04.380
 that is

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:04.860
 true.

00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.460
 And they're

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:05.680
 trying to

00:36:05.680 --> 00:36:06.099
 make people

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:06.460
 think it

00:36:06.460 --> 00:36:06.760
 is a

00:36:06.760 --> 00:36:07.059
 lie.

00:36:07.380 --> 00:36:07.820
 And it's

00:36:07.820 --> 00:36:08.480
 so hard

00:36:08.480 --> 00:36:09.220
 sometimes just

00:36:09.220 --> 00:36:09.980
 to tell the

00:36:09.980 --> 00:36:10.579
 difference.

00:36:11.900 --> 00:36:12.579
 But there's a

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:13.880
 serious side to

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.519
 that kind of

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:15.400
 thing as well

00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:16.480
 because of the

00:36:16.480 --> 00:36:17.460
 kind of world

00:36:17.460 --> 00:36:18.640
 that we live

00:36:18.640 --> 00:36:19.079
 in.

00:36:19.900 --> 00:36:20.640
 Where we're

00:36:20.640 --> 00:36:21.140
 trying to

00:36:21.140 --> 00:36:21.780
 work out

00:36:21.780 --> 00:36:22.720
 well who

00:36:22.720 --> 00:36:23.519
 is telling

00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.240
 the truth

00:36:24.240 --> 00:36:25.240
 and who

00:36:25.240 --> 00:36:26.480
 is lying.

00:36:27.460 --> 00:36:27.900
 It's a

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.599
 challenge for

00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:29.559
 us on a

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.240
 daily basis

00:36:30.240 --> 00:36:30.760
 when we're

00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:31.579
 hearing from

00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:31.920
 others,

00:36:32.039 --> 00:36:32.360
 when we're

00:36:32.360 --> 00:36:33.220
 reading things,

00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:33.640
 when we're

00:36:33.640 --> 00:36:34.160
 listening to

00:36:34.160 --> 00:36:34.740
 the news,

00:36:34.880 --> 00:36:36.280
 what is

00:36:36.280 --> 00:36:37.000
 truth

00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:38.960
 and what

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:40.160
 is a

00:36:40.160 --> 00:36:40.480
 lie?

00:36:41.559 --> 00:36:42.039
 And how

00:36:42.039 --> 00:36:42.320
 do we

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.880
 tell the

00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:43.500
 difference?

00:36:44.300 --> 00:36:44.760
 We can so

00:36:44.760 --> 00:36:45.180
 easily get

00:36:45.180 --> 00:36:46.019
 pulled in

00:36:46.019 --> 00:36:47.360
 by what we

00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:48.220
 believe is

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.860
 truth but it's

00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.460
 actually a

00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.539
 lie and vice

00:36:50.539 --> 00:36:51.039
 versa.

00:36:52.099 --> 00:36:53.039
 Is it fact

00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.140
 or is it

00:36:54.140 --> 00:36:54.660
 fiction?

00:36:55.099 --> 00:36:55.519
 It's a

00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:56.280
 challenge to

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.640
 us.

00:36:57.640 --> 00:36:57.960
 And that

00:36:57.960 --> 00:36:58.300
 was a

00:36:58.300 --> 00:36:59.320
 challenge in

00:36:59.320 --> 00:37:00.019
 Nehemiah.

00:37:00.019 --> 00:37:02.099
 his day

00:37:02.099 --> 00:37:02.559
 as well

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:02.860
 and for

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.579
 his people

00:37:03.579 --> 00:37:04.099
 there as

00:37:04.099 --> 00:37:04.559
 well.

00:37:05.420 --> 00:37:05.980
 Samballet,

00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:06.920
 Tobiah and

00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:08.079
 Geshem came

00:37:08.079 --> 00:37:08.780
 on the attack

00:37:08.780 --> 00:37:09.320
 to try and

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.179
 bring fear

00:37:10.179 --> 00:37:11.320
 among them

00:37:11.320 --> 00:37:12.440
 because that

00:37:12.440 --> 00:37:13.199
 is so often

00:37:13.199 --> 00:37:14.539
 what trying to

00:37:14.539 --> 00:37:15.239
 suss out what

00:37:15.239 --> 00:37:16.099
 is lie and

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.840
 truth does

00:37:16.840 --> 00:37:17.239
 for us.

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.139
 It leaves us

00:37:18.139 --> 00:37:18.759
 confused.

00:37:18.759 --> 00:37:19.679
 It leaves us

00:37:19.679 --> 00:37:20.440
 afraid.

00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:23.039
 And so we

00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:23.720
 need to try

00:37:23.720 --> 00:37:24.119
 and work

00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:24.760
 out what

00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:26.260
 is truth.

00:37:27.240 --> 00:37:28.059
 Truth is

00:37:28.059 --> 00:37:28.440
 what we

00:37:28.440 --> 00:37:28.800
 should be

00:37:28.800 --> 00:37:29.840
 seek but

00:37:29.840 --> 00:37:30.360
 our world

00:37:30.360 --> 00:37:31.200
 has turned

00:37:31.200 --> 00:37:32.019
 away from

00:37:32.019 --> 00:37:33.559
 truth because

00:37:33.559 --> 00:37:34.059
 we've turned

00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:34.740
 away from

00:37:34.740 --> 00:37:35.720
 the word of

00:37:35.720 --> 00:37:36.019
 God.

00:37:36.159 --> 00:37:36.440
 Therefore

00:37:36.440 --> 00:37:37.740
 truth is so

00:37:37.740 --> 00:37:38.619
 difficult to

00:37:38.619 --> 00:37:39.099
 find.

00:37:40.000 --> 00:37:40.420
 But this

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:40.800
 is not

00:37:40.800 --> 00:37:41.159
 new.

00:37:42.260 --> 00:37:42.820
 In Romans

00:37:42.820 --> 00:37:43.860
 chapter 1

00:37:43.860 --> 00:37:44.980
 verse 24

00:37:44.980 --> 00:37:45.840
 it tells us

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:46.119
 there,

00:37:46.480 --> 00:37:47.039
 therefore God

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.720
 gave them up

00:37:47.720 --> 00:37:48.400
 in the lusts

00:37:48.400 --> 00:37:48.679
 of their

00:37:48.679 --> 00:37:49.780
 hearts to

00:37:49.780 --> 00:37:50.380
 impurity.

00:37:50.440 --> 00:37:51.220
 to the

00:37:51.220 --> 00:37:51.880
 dishonoring of

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:52.340
 their bodies

00:37:52.340 --> 00:37:53.179
 among themselves

00:37:53.179 --> 00:37:54.760
 because they

00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:55.679
 exchanged the

00:37:55.679 --> 00:37:56.559
 truth about

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:58.139
 God for a

00:37:58.139 --> 00:37:58.460
 lie.

00:37:59.740 --> 00:38:01.260
 They exchanged

00:38:01.260 --> 00:38:01.980
 the truth

00:38:01.980 --> 00:38:03.019
 about God

00:38:03.019 --> 00:38:04.159
 for a

00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:04.480
 lie.

00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:06.599
 And that's

00:38:06.599 --> 00:38:07.440
 the recurring

00:38:07.440 --> 00:38:09.179
 problem of

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.920
 a sinful

00:38:09.920 --> 00:38:11.039
 heart, a

00:38:11.039 --> 00:38:12.119
 sinful people.

00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:13.659
 We replace

00:38:13.659 --> 00:38:14.500
 the truth

00:38:14.500 --> 00:38:15.559
 about God

00:38:15.559 --> 00:38:16.780
 for a

00:38:16.780 --> 00:38:17.099
 lie.

00:38:18.460 --> 00:38:18.679
 And

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.280
 therefore it's

00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:20.099
 so hard for

00:38:20.099 --> 00:38:20.639
 us then

00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:21.219
 to see

00:38:21.219 --> 00:38:22.279
 what is

00:38:22.279 --> 00:38:22.860
 truth

00:38:22.860 --> 00:38:24.079
 and what

00:38:24.079 --> 00:38:25.119
 is a

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:25.440
 lie.

00:38:25.880 --> 00:38:26.179
 Wouldn't it

00:38:26.179 --> 00:38:26.839
 be great to

00:38:26.839 --> 00:38:27.460
 have somewhere

00:38:27.460 --> 00:38:28.679
 to go to

00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:29.839
 find truth?

00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:32.380
 Well we

00:38:32.380 --> 00:38:32.639
 do.

00:38:33.920 --> 00:38:34.559
 We have

00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:35.219
 God's

00:38:35.219 --> 00:38:35.799
 word.

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:37.559
 Jesus

00:38:37.559 --> 00:38:38.400
 himself as

00:38:38.400 --> 00:38:38.980
 he prayed

00:38:38.980 --> 00:38:40.079
 for his

00:38:40.079 --> 00:38:40.839
 people in

00:38:40.839 --> 00:38:41.659
 John 17

00:38:41.659 --> 00:38:42.299
 he said

00:38:42.299 --> 00:38:42.599
 this,

00:38:43.099 --> 00:38:44.279
 sanctify them

00:38:44.280 --> 00:38:44.700
 in the

00:38:44.700 --> 00:38:45.260
 truth.

00:38:46.300 --> 00:38:46.640
 Your

00:38:46.640 --> 00:38:48.200
 word is

00:38:48.200 --> 00:38:48.780
 truth.

00:38:50.200 --> 00:38:51.019
 We have

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:51.680
 truth.

00:38:53.160 --> 00:38:53.600
 And what we

00:38:53.600 --> 00:38:54.080
 have to do

00:38:54.080 --> 00:38:55.340
 is replace

00:38:55.340 --> 00:38:56.660
 a lie

00:38:56.660 --> 00:38:58.400
 for the

00:38:58.400 --> 00:38:59.019
 truth

00:38:59.019 --> 00:39:00.360
 about God.

00:39:00.820 --> 00:39:01.320
 We need to

00:39:01.320 --> 00:39:02.460
 reverse the

00:39:02.460 --> 00:39:03.280
 situation that

00:39:03.280 --> 00:39:03.760
 we read of

00:39:03.760 --> 00:39:04.340
 in Romans,

00:39:04.740 --> 00:39:05.420
 the situation

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.060
 that is so

00:39:06.060 --> 00:39:07.180
 common in

00:39:07.180 --> 00:39:08.300
 every generation

00:39:08.300 --> 00:39:09.380
 and every

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:10.040
 people.

00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:11.619
 exchanging the

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.119
 truth about

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.880
 God for a

00:39:12.880 --> 00:39:13.219
 lie.

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.360
 We need to

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:15.079
 replace the

00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:15.840
 lies of this

00:39:15.840 --> 00:39:16.960
 world for the

00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:17.599
 truth about

00:39:17.599 --> 00:39:18.820
 God and his

00:39:18.820 --> 00:39:20.059
 word is

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:20.579
 truth.

00:39:20.579 --> 00:39:20.699
 truth.

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.659
 We have

00:39:23.659 --> 00:39:25.380
 it but do

00:39:25.380 --> 00:39:26.059
 we believe

00:39:26.059 --> 00:39:27.500
 it and do

00:39:27.500 --> 00:39:27.960
 we live

00:39:27.960 --> 00:39:28.219
 it?

00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:29.920
 That is a

00:39:29.920 --> 00:39:30.559
 challenge that

00:39:30.559 --> 00:39:31.139
 Nehemiah

00:39:31.139 --> 00:39:31.799
 faced.

00:39:32.819 --> 00:39:33.279
 That is a

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.960
 challenge that

00:39:33.960 --> 00:39:34.960
 he stood up

00:39:34.960 --> 00:39:36.259
 to in a

00:39:36.259 --> 00:39:37.019
 world full of

00:39:37.019 --> 00:39:37.319
 lies.

00:39:37.460 --> 00:39:38.179
 He shows us

00:39:38.179 --> 00:39:38.840
 how to

00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:39.759
 respond by

00:39:39.759 --> 00:39:40.639
 standing on

00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:42.239
 truth and

00:39:42.239 --> 00:39:42.980
 surrounding

00:39:42.980 --> 00:39:44.719
 ourselves with

00:39:44.719 --> 00:39:44.960
 it.

00:39:45.219 --> 00:39:45.779
 So tonight I

00:39:45.779 --> 00:39:46.099
 want us to

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.539
 take three

00:39:46.539 --> 00:39:47.519
 lessons again

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.920
 from Nehemiah's

00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:49.420
 life and

00:39:49.420 --> 00:39:50.239
 experience so

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:50.539
 we can

00:39:50.539 --> 00:39:51.579
 apply to

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.239
 ourselves.

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.059
 Three things

00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:54.579
 that we see

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:55.179
 here are

00:39:55.179 --> 00:39:56.079
 first of all

00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:56.900
 fear or

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.539
 faith.

00:39:58.300 --> 00:39:59.099
 What is

00:39:59.099 --> 00:40:00.320
 our dependence

00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:00.779
 in?

00:40:01.099 --> 00:40:01.679
 How are we

00:40:01.679 --> 00:40:02.179
 living in

00:40:02.179 --> 00:40:02.679
 that sense?

00:40:02.759 --> 00:40:02.900
 Are we

00:40:02.900 --> 00:40:03.599
 living in

00:40:03.599 --> 00:40:04.619
 fear or

00:40:04.619 --> 00:40:04.860
 are we

00:40:04.860 --> 00:40:05.440
 living in

00:40:05.440 --> 00:40:05.940
 faith?

00:40:07.039 --> 00:40:07.639
 And secondly

00:40:07.639 --> 00:40:08.099
 we will see

00:40:08.099 --> 00:40:08.659
 here the

00:40:08.659 --> 00:40:09.860
 false friends

00:40:09.860 --> 00:40:10.920
 that can so

00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:11.639
 often lead us

00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:12.279
 astray.

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:13.460
 And then

00:40:13.460 --> 00:40:14.119
 thirdly we are

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:14.679
 going to think

00:40:14.679 --> 00:40:15.800
 about what is

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.719
 our defense

00:40:16.719 --> 00:40:18.079
 in the midst

00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:19.159
 of all of

00:40:19.159 --> 00:40:19.539
 this.

00:40:19.539 --> 00:40:19.679
 faith.

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.360
 So the

00:40:22.360 --> 00:40:22.759
 first thing

00:40:22.759 --> 00:40:23.199
 we want to

00:40:23.199 --> 00:40:23.840
 consider is

00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:25.300
 fear or

00:40:25.300 --> 00:40:26.000
 faith.

00:40:26.860 --> 00:40:27.539
 How are we

00:40:27.539 --> 00:40:28.019
 going to

00:40:28.019 --> 00:40:28.199
 live?

00:40:28.259 --> 00:40:28.619
 What kind

00:40:28.619 --> 00:40:29.480
 of people

00:40:29.480 --> 00:40:29.800
 are we

00:40:29.800 --> 00:40:30.179
 going to

00:40:30.179 --> 00:40:30.400
 be?

00:40:31.300 --> 00:40:32.219
 How important

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:33.739
 is truth

00:40:33.739 --> 00:40:34.759
 to you?

00:40:36.759 --> 00:40:37.420
 Does every

00:40:37.420 --> 00:40:37.940
 word that

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.500
 come out of

00:40:38.500 --> 00:40:39.000
 your mouth

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.380
 do you make

00:40:39.380 --> 00:40:40.320
 sure I

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:40.920
 want that

00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:42.199
 word to

00:40:42.199 --> 00:40:42.900
 be truth?

00:40:42.900 --> 00:40:43.019
 truth?

00:40:44.019 --> 00:40:44.760
 I want

00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:45.500
 every word

00:40:45.500 --> 00:40:46.119
 that I

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:47.039
 say to

00:40:47.039 --> 00:40:47.740
 be truth.

00:40:48.900 --> 00:40:49.400
 Do you

00:40:49.400 --> 00:40:50.019
 listen to

00:40:50.019 --> 00:40:50.660
 every word

00:40:50.660 --> 00:40:51.079
 and think

00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:51.960
 I want to

00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:53.019
 hear every

00:40:53.019 --> 00:40:53.639
 word that

00:40:53.639 --> 00:40:54.360
 is truth?

00:40:55.360 --> 00:40:56.200
 Or are there

00:40:56.200 --> 00:40:56.840
 times where

00:40:56.840 --> 00:40:57.660
 you twist

00:40:57.660 --> 00:40:58.420
 the truth

00:40:58.420 --> 00:40:59.720
 or twist

00:40:59.720 --> 00:41:00.079
 what you

00:41:00.079 --> 00:41:00.700
 hear or

00:41:00.700 --> 00:41:01.780
 enjoy hearing

00:41:01.780 --> 00:41:02.320
 something that

00:41:02.320 --> 00:41:02.720
 maybe is

00:41:02.720 --> 00:41:03.420
 only a half

00:41:03.420 --> 00:41:03.920
 truth?

00:41:04.920 --> 00:41:05.780
 It's so

00:41:05.780 --> 00:41:06.680
 hard for us

00:41:06.680 --> 00:41:07.380
 at times.

00:41:08.240 --> 00:41:09.019
 But truth

00:41:09.019 --> 00:41:09.519
 should be

00:41:09.519 --> 00:41:10.179
 essential

00:41:10.179 --> 00:41:11.539
 to us.

00:41:12.780 --> 00:41:13.019
 Truth

00:41:13.019 --> 00:41:13.360
 should be

00:41:13.360 --> 00:41:13.719
 what we

00:41:13.719 --> 00:41:14.679
 live by.

00:41:14.780 --> 00:41:15.039
 If we

00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:15.500
 live by

00:41:15.500 --> 00:41:15.920
 God's

00:41:15.920 --> 00:41:16.300
 word we

00:41:16.300 --> 00:41:16.559
 are to

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.579
 live by

00:41:17.579 --> 00:41:18.519
 truth because

00:41:18.519 --> 00:41:19.259
 his word

00:41:19.259 --> 00:41:20.940
 is truth.

00:41:22.019 --> 00:41:22.940
 But what

00:41:22.940 --> 00:41:23.759
 is true?

00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:25.380
 That is so

00:41:25.380 --> 00:41:26.119
 often the

00:41:26.119 --> 00:41:26.739
 challenge.

00:41:28.980 --> 00:41:29.820
 One group

00:41:29.820 --> 00:41:30.780
 of musicians,

00:41:30.980 --> 00:41:31.519
 one band,

00:41:31.639 --> 00:41:32.259
 they wrote

00:41:32.259 --> 00:41:32.980
 an album and

00:41:32.980 --> 00:41:33.679
 the title of

00:41:33.679 --> 00:41:34.179
 the album

00:41:34.179 --> 00:41:35.199
 was This

00:41:35.199 --> 00:41:35.699
 is my

00:41:35.699 --> 00:41:36.239
 truth,

00:41:36.659 --> 00:41:37.360
 now tell

00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:38.039
 me yours.

00:41:39.519 --> 00:41:41.360
 Can we

00:41:41.360 --> 00:41:42.519
 all have

00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:43.639
 a different

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:44.219
 truth?

00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:45.539
 Can we

00:41:45.539 --> 00:41:46.300
 all believe

00:41:46.300 --> 00:41:47.539
 something that's

00:41:47.539 --> 00:41:48.119
 different in

00:41:48.119 --> 00:41:49.079
 every part of

00:41:49.079 --> 00:41:49.739
 our life or

00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:50.480
 society or

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.099
 our world and

00:41:51.099 --> 00:41:51.960
 think that's

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.460
 okay, we

00:41:52.460 --> 00:41:53.280
 can all have

00:41:53.280 --> 00:41:54.219
 our different

00:41:54.219 --> 00:41:54.719
 truth?

00:41:56.139 --> 00:41:56.900
 No, because

00:41:56.900 --> 00:41:58.219
 everything cannot

00:41:58.219 --> 00:41:59.059
 be true.

00:42:00.940 --> 00:42:01.900
 That is not

00:42:01.900 --> 00:42:02.539
 possible.

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.460
 There are

00:42:04.460 --> 00:42:05.000
 things that are

00:42:05.000 --> 00:42:06.380
 fact and

00:42:06.380 --> 00:42:06.699
 there are

00:42:06.699 --> 00:42:07.780
 things that

00:42:07.780 --> 00:42:08.440
 are fiction.

00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.259
 And if we

00:42:10.259 --> 00:42:10.860
 listen to

00:42:10.860 --> 00:42:12.360
 the lies of

00:42:12.360 --> 00:42:13.300
 this world,

00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:14.360
 listening to

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:14.980
 lies is what

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:15.420
 so often

00:42:15.420 --> 00:42:16.119
 leaves us in

00:42:16.119 --> 00:42:17.280
 a state of

00:42:17.280 --> 00:42:19.059
 fear because

00:42:19.059 --> 00:42:19.559
 we're not

00:42:19.559 --> 00:42:20.480
 leaning upon

00:42:20.480 --> 00:42:21.059
 truth.

00:42:21.500 --> 00:42:22.059
 We're not

00:42:22.059 --> 00:42:23.719
 depending upon

00:42:23.719 --> 00:42:24.340
 truth.

00:42:25.300 --> 00:42:25.679
 And so this

00:42:25.679 --> 00:42:26.099
 is a very

00:42:26.099 --> 00:42:27.360
 challenge that

00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:28.400
 Nehemiah faced

00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:29.099
 here when these

00:42:29.099 --> 00:42:30.719
 three familiar

00:42:30.719 --> 00:42:31.559
 people came

00:42:31.559 --> 00:42:32.000
 into his

00:42:32.000 --> 00:42:32.980
 experience again.

00:42:33.119 --> 00:42:33.940
 We'd seen

00:42:33.940 --> 00:42:34.759
 them before in

00:42:34.759 --> 00:42:35.500
 chapter 2,

00:42:35.599 --> 00:42:36.059
 how they had

00:42:36.059 --> 00:42:37.739
 come to try

00:42:37.739 --> 00:42:38.500
 and stop

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.119
 the work.

00:42:39.479 --> 00:42:39.799
 They had

00:42:39.799 --> 00:42:40.239
 come on the

00:42:40.239 --> 00:42:40.899
 attack and

00:42:40.899 --> 00:42:41.500
 here they are

00:42:41.500 --> 00:42:42.419
 returning again

00:42:42.419 --> 00:42:43.859
 in chapter 6

00:42:43.859 --> 00:42:45.039
 just before the

00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:46.239
 work of building

00:42:46.239 --> 00:42:46.899
 the wall is

00:42:46.899 --> 00:42:47.739
 nearly complete.

00:42:47.939 --> 00:42:48.319
 So you maybe

00:42:48.319 --> 00:42:48.839
 think to

00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:49.919
 yourself, the

00:42:49.919 --> 00:42:50.759
 reappearance of

00:42:50.759 --> 00:42:51.399
 Sanballat,

00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.079
 Tobiah and

00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:53.299
 Gershom, they're

00:42:53.299 --> 00:42:53.839
 going to maybe

00:42:53.839 --> 00:42:54.219
 come and

00:42:54.219 --> 00:42:55.839
 apologize for

00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:56.319
 their poor

00:42:56.319 --> 00:42:57.599
 behavior previous.

00:42:59.059 --> 00:42:59.699
 They're going

00:42:59.699 --> 00:43:00.519
 to look around

00:43:00.519 --> 00:43:01.639
 and see actually,

00:43:02.039 --> 00:43:02.559
 Nehemiah, you

00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:03.299
 were right in

00:43:03.299 --> 00:43:03.919
 what you've done

00:43:03.919 --> 00:43:04.639
 in rebuilding

00:43:04.639 --> 00:43:05.719
 this wall.

00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:06.500
 they've come to

00:43:06.500 --> 00:43:07.559
 congratulate him

00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:08.539
 in this work.

00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:10.099
 No.

00:43:11.619 --> 00:43:12.319
 Even though the

00:43:12.319 --> 00:43:13.099
 work is nearly

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:14.059
 complete in terms

00:43:14.059 --> 00:43:14.739
 of the outside

00:43:14.739 --> 00:43:15.539
 of the wall

00:43:15.539 --> 00:43:16.659
 of Jerusalem,

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.359
 they come to

00:43:18.359 --> 00:43:19.099
 intimidate

00:43:19.099 --> 00:43:19.719
 Nehemiah,

00:43:20.119 --> 00:43:20.879
 attempting to

00:43:20.879 --> 00:43:22.179
 make him fear.

00:43:22.859 --> 00:43:23.339
 And attempting

00:43:23.339 --> 00:43:24.159
 to make him fear

00:43:24.159 --> 00:43:24.759
 in order that the

00:43:24.759 --> 00:43:25.559
 work will come

00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:26.719
 to a standstill

00:43:26.719 --> 00:43:28.039
 once again.

00:43:29.459 --> 00:43:30.919
 And fear is

00:43:30.919 --> 00:43:32.259
 central to

00:43:32.259 --> 00:43:33.319
 their plans.

00:43:34.279 --> 00:43:35.019
 You see this

00:43:35.019 --> 00:43:35.440
 as you go

00:43:35.440 --> 00:43:36.000
 through this

00:43:36.000 --> 00:43:36.420
 chapter,

00:43:36.579 --> 00:43:37.280
 verse 9,

00:43:37.659 --> 00:43:38.119
 11,

00:43:38.360 --> 00:43:38.820
 13,

00:43:38.980 --> 00:43:39.380
 14,

00:43:39.639 --> 00:43:40.179
 19.

00:43:41.619 --> 00:43:42.079
 Each of

00:43:42.079 --> 00:43:42.739
 these verses,

00:43:43.259 --> 00:43:44.099
 it says,

00:43:44.340 --> 00:43:44.860
 they wanted

00:43:44.860 --> 00:43:46.360
 him to be

00:43:46.360 --> 00:43:47.119
 afraid.

00:43:48.400 --> 00:43:49.239
 In verse 9,

00:43:49.340 --> 00:43:49.739
 it says,

00:43:49.820 --> 00:43:50.400
 for they wanted

00:43:50.400 --> 00:43:51.619
 to frighten

00:43:51.619 --> 00:43:51.940
 us.

00:43:52.519 --> 00:43:53.519
 In verse 11,

00:43:53.759 --> 00:43:54.159
 he said,

00:43:54.239 --> 00:43:55.019
 a false prophet

00:43:55.019 --> 00:43:56.940
 was hired to

00:43:56.940 --> 00:43:57.460
 make him

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:57.940
 afraid.

00:43:59.039 --> 00:43:59.360
 Again,

00:43:59.400 --> 00:43:59.980
 he reiterates

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:00.239
 that.

00:44:00.320 --> 00:44:00.900
 In verse 13,

00:44:00.900 --> 00:44:01.500
 he was hired

00:44:01.500 --> 00:44:02.039
 that I should

00:44:02.039 --> 00:44:02.940
 be afraid.

00:44:03.539 --> 00:44:04.239
 Verse 14,

00:44:04.239 --> 00:44:04.939
 he prays

00:44:04.939 --> 00:44:05.339
 and asks

00:44:05.339 --> 00:44:05.819
 God to

00:44:05.819 --> 00:44:06.159
 remember

00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:06.959
 these people,

00:44:07.459 --> 00:44:07.779
 Tobiah,

00:44:07.939 --> 00:44:08.379
 Sambalat,

00:44:08.419 --> 00:44:08.679
 and these

00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:09.099
 prophets,

00:44:09.299 --> 00:44:09.919
 who wanted

00:44:09.919 --> 00:44:10.419
 to make

00:44:10.419 --> 00:44:11.239
 me afraid.

00:44:12.179 --> 00:44:13.019
 In verse 19,

00:44:13.439 --> 00:44:14.079
 Tobiah sent

00:44:14.079 --> 00:44:14.759
 letters to

00:44:14.759 --> 00:44:15.559
 make Nehemiah

00:44:15.559 --> 00:44:16.339
 afraid.

00:44:17.399 --> 00:44:18.000
 Fear.

00:44:18.199 --> 00:44:18.759
 They're trying

00:44:18.759 --> 00:44:19.419
 to plant

00:44:19.419 --> 00:44:20.179
 this fear

00:44:20.179 --> 00:44:21.219
 in Nehemiah

00:44:21.219 --> 00:44:21.619
 and the

00:44:21.619 --> 00:44:22.699
 people so

00:44:22.699 --> 00:44:23.000
 that the

00:44:23.000 --> 00:44:24.019
 work will

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:24.779
 stop.

00:44:25.579 --> 00:44:26.979
 Because fear

00:44:26.979 --> 00:44:28.319
 paralyzes.

00:44:29.539 --> 00:44:30.319
 And especially

00:44:30.319 --> 00:44:31.179
 when it comes

00:44:31.179 --> 00:44:32.299
 to doing the

00:44:32.299 --> 00:44:32.899
 work of the

00:44:32.900 --> 00:44:33.139
 Lord,

00:44:33.260 --> 00:44:33.780
 so often

00:44:33.780 --> 00:44:34.840
 it is fear

00:44:34.840 --> 00:44:35.760
 that will

00:44:35.760 --> 00:44:37.119
 paralyze

00:44:37.119 --> 00:44:38.539
 and stop

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:39.059
 the work

00:44:39.059 --> 00:44:39.360
 of the

00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:40.579
 Lord going

00:44:40.579 --> 00:44:41.099
 on.

00:44:42.000 --> 00:44:42.400
 But how

00:44:42.400 --> 00:44:42.639
 are they

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.099
 going to

00:44:43.099 --> 00:44:43.599
 implement

00:44:43.599 --> 00:44:44.740
 this plan?

00:44:44.820 --> 00:44:45.160
 How are they

00:44:45.160 --> 00:44:45.519
 going to

00:44:45.519 --> 00:44:46.039
 get this

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:47.180
 to work?

00:44:48.039 --> 00:44:48.320
 Well,

00:44:48.400 --> 00:44:48.820
 first,

00:44:49.039 --> 00:44:49.360
 they're going

00:44:49.360 --> 00:44:49.960
 to use

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.940
 flattery.

00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:52.960
 In verse

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.599
 4,

00:44:54.960 --> 00:44:55.320
 well,

00:44:55.400 --> 00:44:55.660
 between

00:44:55.660 --> 00:44:57.740
 verse 2

00:44:57.740 --> 00:44:58.240
 and verse

00:44:58.240 --> 00:44:59.139
 4,

00:44:59.220 --> 00:44:59.680
 they start

00:44:59.679 --> 00:45:00.460
 to invite

00:45:00.460 --> 00:45:02.199
 Nehemiah

00:45:02.199 --> 00:45:02.759
 to meet

00:45:02.759 --> 00:45:03.440
 together in

00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:03.980
 this place

00:45:03.980 --> 00:45:04.399
 called

00:45:04.399 --> 00:45:04.779
 Olo.

00:45:06.299 --> 00:45:07.319
 Four times

00:45:07.319 --> 00:45:07.940
 they invited

00:45:07.940 --> 00:45:08.239
 him.

00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:09.940
 They're trying

00:45:09.940 --> 00:45:10.539
 to flatter

00:45:10.539 --> 00:45:10.739
 him.

00:45:10.819 --> 00:45:11.079
 Come,

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:11.539
 let us

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:12.500
 come together

00:45:12.500 --> 00:45:13.079
 and let's

00:45:13.079 --> 00:45:13.839
 talk about

00:45:13.839 --> 00:45:14.079
 this.

00:45:14.179 --> 00:45:14.559
 Surely we

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:15.079
 can come

00:45:15.079 --> 00:45:15.899
 to some

00:45:15.899 --> 00:45:16.359
 kind of

00:45:16.359 --> 00:45:17.179
 compromise.

00:45:19.559 --> 00:45:19.940
 But you

00:45:19.940 --> 00:45:20.279
 read in

00:45:20.279 --> 00:45:20.859
 verse 3,

00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:22.460
 he knows

00:45:22.460 --> 00:45:22.779
 that their

00:45:22.779 --> 00:45:23.599
 intention was

00:45:23.599 --> 00:45:24.219
 not right.

00:45:24.219 --> 00:45:24.799
 it says

00:45:24.799 --> 00:45:26.319
 in the end

00:45:26.319 --> 00:45:27.079
 of verse 2

00:45:27.079 --> 00:45:28.419
 and into

00:45:28.419 --> 00:45:29.000
 verse 3,

00:45:29.539 --> 00:45:29.779
 he said,

00:45:29.899 --> 00:45:30.159
 but they

00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:31.279
 intended to

00:45:31.279 --> 00:45:31.839
 do me

00:45:31.839 --> 00:45:32.480
 harm.

00:45:34.239 --> 00:45:34.799
 You see,

00:45:35.119 --> 00:45:35.719
 he knew

00:45:35.719 --> 00:45:36.779
 them too

00:45:36.779 --> 00:45:37.199
 well.

00:45:38.139 --> 00:45:38.639
 He knew

00:45:38.639 --> 00:45:38.859
 their

00:45:38.859 --> 00:45:39.459
 intentions,

00:45:39.939 --> 00:45:40.539
 but he

00:45:40.539 --> 00:45:41.219
 knew God

00:45:41.219 --> 00:45:41.739
 better.

00:45:43.159 --> 00:45:43.559
 And when

00:45:43.559 --> 00:45:43.859
 you look

00:45:43.859 --> 00:45:44.159
 at it,

00:45:44.339 --> 00:45:44.579
 what they

00:45:44.579 --> 00:45:45.039
 were trying

00:45:45.039 --> 00:45:45.619
 to do

00:45:45.619 --> 00:45:47.259
 is take

00:45:47.259 --> 00:45:47.919
 him away

00:45:47.919 --> 00:45:48.959
 from the

00:45:48.959 --> 00:45:49.439
 work.

00:45:51.519 --> 00:45:52.199
 But he

00:45:52.199 --> 00:45:52.639
 says in

00:45:52.639 --> 00:45:53.119
 verse 3,

00:45:53.219 --> 00:45:53.519
 I am

00:45:53.519 --> 00:45:53.919
 doing

00:45:53.920 --> 00:45:54.940
 a great

00:45:54.940 --> 00:45:55.500
 work and

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:55.920
 I cannot

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:56.639
 come down.

00:45:56.960 --> 00:45:57.599
 Why should

00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:58.079
 the work

00:45:58.079 --> 00:45:59.180
 stop while

00:45:59.180 --> 00:46:00.900
 I leave

00:46:00.900 --> 00:46:01.200
 it and

00:46:01.200 --> 00:46:02.460
 come down

00:46:02.460 --> 00:46:03.519
 to you?

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:07.139
 Now,

00:46:07.180 --> 00:46:07.519
 he's not

00:46:07.519 --> 00:46:08.099
 saying that

00:46:08.099 --> 00:46:09.099
 his work

00:46:09.099 --> 00:46:09.960
 is what

00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:10.519
 he's proud

00:46:10.519 --> 00:46:10.720
 of,

00:46:10.740 --> 00:46:11.220
 his own

00:46:11.220 --> 00:46:12.039
 handwork.

00:46:12.780 --> 00:46:13.280
 What he's

00:46:13.280 --> 00:46:13.780
 saying is

00:46:13.780 --> 00:46:14.639
 the work

00:46:14.639 --> 00:46:14.960
 that he

00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:15.680
 is involved

00:46:15.680 --> 00:46:15.960
 in,

00:46:16.260 --> 00:46:16.720
 God's

00:46:16.720 --> 00:46:17.200
 work,

00:46:17.619 --> 00:46:18.079
 is a

00:46:18.079 --> 00:46:18.920
 great work.

00:46:19.720 --> 00:46:20.099
 It's the

00:46:20.099 --> 00:46:20.900
 most important

00:46:20.900 --> 00:46:21.400
 work.

00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:22.800
 To him,

00:46:22.860 --> 00:46:23.320
 this is the

00:46:23.320 --> 00:46:24.160
 chief work.

00:46:24.400 --> 00:46:24.860
 To be

00:46:24.860 --> 00:46:25.539
 involved in

00:46:25.539 --> 00:46:26.059
 doing what

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:26.660
 God is

00:46:26.660 --> 00:46:27.600
 wanting him

00:46:27.600 --> 00:46:28.019
 to do and

00:46:28.019 --> 00:46:28.420
 giving him

00:46:28.420 --> 00:46:28.840
 a vision

00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:29.760
 to do.

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:32.059
 So their

00:46:32.059 --> 00:46:33.000
 flattery isn't

00:46:33.000 --> 00:46:33.440
 going to

00:46:33.440 --> 00:46:33.960
 work.

00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:35.080
 He puts

00:46:35.080 --> 00:46:35.680
 them off.

00:46:36.340 --> 00:46:36.960
 He puts

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.539
 them away.

00:46:38.480 --> 00:46:39.039
 But then

00:46:39.039 --> 00:46:39.559
 there's another

00:46:39.559 --> 00:46:40.100
 plan.

00:46:41.059 --> 00:46:41.760
 This doesn't

00:46:41.760 --> 00:46:42.300
 work, so

00:46:42.300 --> 00:46:42.940
 they have

00:46:42.940 --> 00:46:43.539
 another plan.

00:46:43.620 --> 00:46:43.980
 This is when

00:46:43.980 --> 00:46:44.680
 the lies

00:46:44.680 --> 00:46:45.559
 come in.

00:46:46.280 --> 00:46:46.860
 In verse

00:46:46.860 --> 00:46:47.380
 6,

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.740
 they sent him

00:46:48.740 --> 00:46:49.260
 a letter,

00:46:49.260 --> 00:46:49.400
 that.

00:46:50.060 --> 00:46:50.260
 And in

00:46:50.260 --> 00:46:50.600
 it is

00:46:50.600 --> 00:46:50.860
 said,

00:46:51.080 --> 00:46:51.340
 it is

00:46:51.340 --> 00:46:52.020
 reported

00:46:52.020 --> 00:46:52.760
 among the

00:46:52.760 --> 00:46:53.200
 nations,

00:46:53.360 --> 00:46:53.980
 and Geshem

00:46:53.980 --> 00:46:55.240
 also says

00:46:55.240 --> 00:46:55.940
 that you

00:46:55.940 --> 00:46:57.100
 and the

00:46:57.100 --> 00:46:58.000
 Jews intend

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.820
 to rebel.

00:47:00.160 --> 00:47:00.940
 So this

00:47:00.940 --> 00:47:01.340
 is their

00:47:01.340 --> 00:47:02.440
 new plan.

00:47:02.980 --> 00:47:03.780
 It is

00:47:03.780 --> 00:47:04.900
 reported.

00:47:06.900 --> 00:47:07.700
 This is

00:47:07.700 --> 00:47:08.280
 their way

00:47:08.280 --> 00:47:08.700
 to get

00:47:08.700 --> 00:47:08.920
 him.

00:47:09.660 --> 00:47:10.220
 Lies.

00:47:11.900 --> 00:47:12.280
 Let's

00:47:12.280 --> 00:47:13.140
 just make

00:47:13.140 --> 00:47:14.320
 up stories

00:47:14.320 --> 00:47:15.220
 about.

00:47:16.059 --> 00:47:16.480
 Fake

00:47:16.480 --> 00:47:17.580
 news is

00:47:17.580 --> 00:47:18.140
 something that

00:47:18.140 --> 00:47:18.600
 seems to

00:47:18.600 --> 00:47:19.120
 be a new

00:47:19.120 --> 00:47:19.660
 phenomenon,

00:47:20.300 --> 00:47:21.100
 especially over

00:47:21.100 --> 00:47:21.700
 the years of

00:47:21.700 --> 00:47:22.500
 President Trump

00:47:22.500 --> 00:47:22.780
 when it

00:47:22.780 --> 00:47:23.120
 seemed to

00:47:23.120 --> 00:47:24.019
 just come

00:47:24.019 --> 00:47:24.400
 to the

00:47:24.400 --> 00:47:24.760
 fore.

00:47:25.300 --> 00:47:25.600
 Fake

00:47:25.600 --> 00:47:26.180
 news was

00:47:26.180 --> 00:47:27.000
 spoken about

00:47:27.000 --> 00:47:28.120
 every week.

00:47:28.780 --> 00:47:29.200
 Everything

00:47:29.200 --> 00:47:29.539
 that was

00:47:29.539 --> 00:47:30.640
 said against

00:47:30.640 --> 00:47:31.300
 certain people,

00:47:31.380 --> 00:47:31.900
 that's just

00:47:31.900 --> 00:47:32.780
 fake news.

00:47:32.960 --> 00:47:33.580
 And again,

00:47:33.640 --> 00:47:34.180
 it just adds

00:47:34.180 --> 00:47:34.480
 to the

00:47:34.480 --> 00:47:35.080
 confusion.

00:47:35.620 --> 00:47:36.580
 What do

00:47:36.580 --> 00:47:37.280
 we believe?

00:47:37.440 --> 00:47:37.780
 And it's

00:47:37.780 --> 00:47:38.420
 based around

00:47:38.420 --> 00:47:38.860
 really what

00:47:38.860 --> 00:47:39.240
 we read

00:47:39.240 --> 00:47:39.559
 here.

00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:40.519
 It is

00:47:40.519 --> 00:47:41.220
 reported.

00:47:42.460 --> 00:47:42.880
 Let's

00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:43.480
 just make

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:44.180
 up something

00:47:44.179 --> 00:47:44.719
 that's

00:47:44.719 --> 00:47:45.019
 going to

00:47:45.019 --> 00:47:45.199
 get

00:47:45.199 --> 00:47:45.759
 Nehemiah

00:47:45.759 --> 00:47:46.299
 in trouble

00:47:46.299 --> 00:47:47.440
 and disgrace

00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:47.699
 him.

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.319
 This

00:47:49.319 --> 00:47:50.039
 still goes

00:47:50.039 --> 00:47:50.419
 on.

00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:51.179
 The

00:47:51.179 --> 00:47:51.679
 intention

00:47:51.679 --> 00:47:52.259
 behind

00:47:52.259 --> 00:47:52.639
 these

00:47:52.639 --> 00:47:53.079
 lies

00:47:53.079 --> 00:47:53.719
 is to

00:47:53.719 --> 00:47:54.239
 disgrace

00:47:54.239 --> 00:47:54.639
 and to

00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:55.179
 bring a

00:47:55.179 --> 00:47:55.399
 leader

00:47:55.399 --> 00:47:55.919
 down.

00:47:57.940 --> 00:47:58.219
 And

00:47:58.219 --> 00:47:58.440
 well,

00:47:58.500 --> 00:47:58.679
 it's

00:47:58.679 --> 00:47:59.039
 nothing

00:47:59.039 --> 00:47:59.500
 new.

00:48:00.399 --> 00:48:00.699
 Telling

00:48:00.699 --> 00:48:01.299
 lies is

00:48:01.299 --> 00:48:01.960
 not a

00:48:01.960 --> 00:48:02.159
 new

00:48:02.159 --> 00:48:02.559
 thing.

00:48:03.379 --> 00:48:03.639
 When

00:48:03.639 --> 00:48:03.980
 was the

00:48:03.980 --> 00:48:04.699
 first lie

00:48:04.699 --> 00:48:05.239
 told?

00:48:06.559 --> 00:48:06.899
 All you

00:48:06.899 --> 00:48:07.079
 have to

00:48:07.079 --> 00:48:07.279
 do is

00:48:07.279 --> 00:48:07.639
 go back

00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:07.819
 to

00:48:07.819 --> 00:48:08.179
 Genesis

00:48:08.179 --> 00:48:09.159
 and there

00:48:09.159 --> 00:48:09.619
 you see

00:48:09.619 --> 00:48:09.779
 it.

00:48:10.259 --> 00:48:10.440
 Did

00:48:10.440 --> 00:48:10.940
 God

00:48:10.940 --> 00:48:11.799
 actually

00:48:11.799 --> 00:48:12.399
 say?

00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:14.380
 Satan

00:48:14.380 --> 00:48:14.760
 comes

00:48:14.760 --> 00:48:15.320
 into the

00:48:15.320 --> 00:48:15.660
 garden

00:48:15.660 --> 00:48:16.340
 and it's

00:48:16.340 --> 00:48:16.579
 almost

00:48:16.579 --> 00:48:17.380
 like he's

00:48:17.380 --> 00:48:17.539
 saying,

00:48:17.660 --> 00:48:17.720
 well,

00:48:17.760 --> 00:48:18.000
 it is

00:48:18.000 --> 00:48:18.680
 reported

00:48:18.680 --> 00:48:19.760
 that God

00:48:19.760 --> 00:48:20.380
 has said,

00:48:20.500 --> 00:48:20.820
 but did

00:48:20.820 --> 00:48:21.420
 he really

00:48:21.420 --> 00:48:21.900
 say,

00:48:22.360 --> 00:48:22.619
 you shall

00:48:22.619 --> 00:48:23.099
 not eat

00:48:23.099 --> 00:48:23.480
 of any

00:48:23.480 --> 00:48:23.920
 tree in

00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:24.460
 the garden?

00:48:25.780 --> 00:48:26.420
 What did

00:48:26.420 --> 00:48:26.800
 it lead

00:48:26.800 --> 00:48:27.059
 to?

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:27.460
 It led

00:48:27.460 --> 00:48:28.320
 to fear

00:48:28.320 --> 00:48:29.880
 because you

00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:30.360
 read just

00:48:30.360 --> 00:48:31.340
 further on

00:48:31.340 --> 00:48:32.460
 that they're

00:48:32.460 --> 00:48:32.900
 trying to

00:48:32.900 --> 00:48:33.559
 hide then

00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:33.820
 in the

00:48:33.820 --> 00:48:34.340
 garden and

00:48:34.340 --> 00:48:34.700
 they're

00:48:34.700 --> 00:48:35.000
 trying to

00:48:35.000 --> 00:48:35.420
 defend

00:48:35.420 --> 00:48:35.860
 themselves

00:48:35.860 --> 00:48:36.579
 before God

00:48:36.579 --> 00:48:36.800
 saying,

00:48:36.940 --> 00:48:37.360
 I heard

00:48:37.360 --> 00:48:37.860
 the sound

00:48:37.860 --> 00:48:38.139
 of you

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:38.719
 in the

00:48:38.719 --> 00:48:39.119
 garden and

00:48:39.119 --> 00:48:39.359
 I was

00:48:39.359 --> 00:48:40.019
 afraid.

00:48:40.839 --> 00:48:41.559
 So they

00:48:41.559 --> 00:48:42.219
 hid from

00:48:42.219 --> 00:48:42.659
 God.

00:48:44.099 --> 00:48:44.339
 And that

00:48:44.339 --> 00:48:44.639
 is what

00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:45.359
 lies

00:48:45.359 --> 00:48:46.000
 seeks to

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:46.440
 lead us

00:48:46.440 --> 00:48:46.779
 to.

00:48:47.139 --> 00:48:47.639
 We end

00:48:47.639 --> 00:48:48.420
 up replacing

00:48:48.420 --> 00:48:50.059
 fact for

00:48:50.059 --> 00:48:51.699
 fiction and

00:48:51.699 --> 00:48:52.019
 it only

00:48:52.019 --> 00:48:52.500
 leaves us

00:48:52.500 --> 00:48:53.299
 afraid and

00:48:53.299 --> 00:48:54.299
 hiding from

00:48:54.299 --> 00:48:54.639
 God.

00:48:54.739 --> 00:48:55.619
 That's the

00:48:55.619 --> 00:48:56.579
 intention of

00:48:56.579 --> 00:48:57.819
 Sanballat and

00:48:57.819 --> 00:48:58.619
 Tobiah and

00:48:58.619 --> 00:48:59.400
 Geshem here

00:48:59.400 --> 00:49:00.000
 to get

00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:01.559
 Nehemiah away

00:49:01.559 --> 00:49:01.920
 from the

00:49:01.920 --> 00:49:02.420
 work of

00:49:02.420 --> 00:49:04.259
 God and

00:49:04.259 --> 00:49:04.579
 get him

00:49:04.579 --> 00:49:05.920
 hiding from

00:49:05.920 --> 00:49:06.400
 God.

00:49:08.139 --> 00:49:10.059
 And it's

00:49:10.059 --> 00:49:11.099
 still the

00:49:11.099 --> 00:49:11.920
 tactic of

00:49:11.920 --> 00:49:12.619
 Satan to

00:49:12.619 --> 00:49:13.259
 this day.

00:49:14.359 --> 00:49:14.879
 You read of

00:49:14.879 --> 00:49:15.699
 Jesus in the

00:49:15.699 --> 00:49:16.339
 New Testament

00:49:16.339 --> 00:49:16.639
 in the

00:49:16.639 --> 00:49:17.239
 Gospel of

00:49:17.239 --> 00:49:17.619
 John.

00:49:18.259 --> 00:49:18.739
 There he's

00:49:18.739 --> 00:49:19.379
 speaking in

00:49:19.379 --> 00:49:20.299
 chapter 8 to

00:49:20.299 --> 00:49:20.960
 Jews who

00:49:20.960 --> 00:49:21.599
 are, some

00:49:21.599 --> 00:49:22.179
 are believing,

00:49:22.420 --> 00:49:23.139
 some aren't.

00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:25.759
 But what he

00:49:25.759 --> 00:49:26.659
 says is as he

00:49:26.659 --> 00:49:27.259
 speaks in

00:49:27.259 --> 00:49:27.879
 chapter 8

00:49:27.879 --> 00:49:28.719
 verse 44,

00:49:28.879 --> 00:49:29.279
 he's speaking

00:49:29.279 --> 00:49:29.679
 about the

00:49:29.679 --> 00:49:30.299
 father of

00:49:30.299 --> 00:49:30.960
 lies, the

00:49:30.960 --> 00:49:31.279
 devil.

00:49:31.839 --> 00:49:32.420
 He says he

00:49:32.420 --> 00:49:32.779
 was a

00:49:32.779 --> 00:49:33.480
 murderer from

00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:34.000
 the beginning

00:49:34.000 --> 00:49:34.699
 and has

00:49:34.699 --> 00:49:35.179
 nothing to

00:49:35.179 --> 00:49:35.619
 do with

00:49:35.619 --> 00:49:36.159
 the truth

00:49:36.159 --> 00:49:37.139
 because there

00:49:37.139 --> 00:49:37.500
 is no

00:49:37.500 --> 00:49:38.119
 truth in

00:49:38.119 --> 00:49:38.400
 him.

00:49:39.359 --> 00:49:39.779
 When he

00:49:39.779 --> 00:49:40.480
 lies he

00:49:40.480 --> 00:49:41.179
 speaks out

00:49:41.179 --> 00:49:41.460
 of his

00:49:41.460 --> 00:49:41.839
 own

00:49:41.839 --> 00:49:42.460
 character

00:49:42.460 --> 00:49:43.219
 for he

00:49:43.219 --> 00:49:43.539
 is a

00:49:43.539 --> 00:49:44.000
 liar and

00:49:44.000 --> 00:49:44.219
 the

00:49:44.219 --> 00:49:45.279
 father of

00:49:45.279 --> 00:49:45.839
 lies.

00:49:46.920 --> 00:49:47.500
 This is

00:49:47.500 --> 00:49:48.000
 the enemy

00:49:48.000 --> 00:49:49.139
 that prowls,

00:49:49.199 --> 00:49:49.619
 this is the

00:49:49.619 --> 00:49:50.059
 enemy that's

00:49:50.059 --> 00:49:50.759
 at work in

00:49:50.759 --> 00:49:52.719
 Tobiah and

00:49:52.719 --> 00:49:54.239
 Sanballat and

00:49:54.239 --> 00:49:54.699
 Geshem.

00:49:55.400 --> 00:49:56.099
 He's at work

00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:56.719
 in them to

00:49:56.719 --> 00:49:57.940
 disgrace Nehemiah,

00:49:58.019 --> 00:49:58.819
 the father of

00:49:58.819 --> 00:49:59.319
 lies.

00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:01.059
 And he's

00:50:01.059 --> 00:50:01.719
 still at work

00:50:01.719 --> 00:50:02.179
 to this

00:50:02.179 --> 00:50:04.400
 day to

00:50:04.400 --> 00:50:06.019
 discourage all

00:50:06.019 --> 00:50:06.699
 of God's

00:50:06.699 --> 00:50:07.119
 children,

00:50:07.239 --> 00:50:07.779
 all of

00:50:07.779 --> 00:50:08.159
 God's

00:50:08.159 --> 00:50:08.519
 people,

00:50:08.579 --> 00:50:09.460
 away from

00:50:09.460 --> 00:50:09.939
 the work

00:50:09.939 --> 00:50:10.259
 of the

00:50:10.259 --> 00:50:10.519
 Lord,

00:50:10.579 --> 00:50:11.179
 of trusting

00:50:11.179 --> 00:50:11.739
 the Lord.

00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:12.480
 This is

00:50:12.480 --> 00:50:13.219
 his tactic.

00:50:14.519 --> 00:50:15.119
 Replace

00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:16.439
 the truth

00:50:16.439 --> 00:50:17.359
 for a

00:50:17.359 --> 00:50:17.679
 lie.

00:50:18.980 --> 00:50:19.239
 Make

00:50:19.239 --> 00:50:20.000
 them afraid

00:50:20.000 --> 00:50:20.799
 and hide

00:50:20.799 --> 00:50:22.099
 from God.

00:50:23.259 --> 00:50:23.639
 But as

00:50:23.639 --> 00:50:24.419
 somebody once

00:50:24.419 --> 00:50:24.759
 said,

00:50:25.319 --> 00:50:25.980
 we were not

00:50:25.980 --> 00:50:26.960
 made for

00:50:26.960 --> 00:50:27.579
 fear,

00:50:27.980 --> 00:50:28.599
 we were

00:50:28.599 --> 00:50:29.239
 made for

00:50:29.239 --> 00:50:29.859
 faith.

00:50:30.980 --> 00:50:31.799
 Fear is

00:50:31.799 --> 00:50:32.339
 not my

00:50:32.339 --> 00:50:33.279
 native land,

00:50:33.500 --> 00:50:34.439
 faith is.

00:50:34.440 --> 00:50:36.019
 I am so

00:50:36.019 --> 00:50:36.539
 made that

00:50:36.539 --> 00:50:37.019
 worry and

00:50:37.019 --> 00:50:37.840
 anxiety are

00:50:37.840 --> 00:50:38.940
 sand in

00:50:38.940 --> 00:50:39.440
 the machinery

00:50:39.440 --> 00:50:40.059
 of life.

00:50:40.260 --> 00:50:41.220
 Faith is

00:50:41.220 --> 00:50:41.700
 oil.

00:50:42.980 --> 00:50:43.599
 Sand will

00:50:43.599 --> 00:50:44.340
 destroy

00:50:44.340 --> 00:50:44.980
 machinery,

00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:46.099
 oil will

00:50:46.099 --> 00:50:46.599
 keep it

00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:46.960
 going.

00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:48.840
 I live

00:50:48.840 --> 00:50:49.400
 better by

00:50:49.400 --> 00:50:50.039
 faith and

00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:50.860
 confidence and

00:50:50.860 --> 00:50:51.619
 by fear,

00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:52.539
 doubt and

00:50:52.539 --> 00:50:53.240
 anxiety.

00:50:55.300 --> 00:50:55.940
 And so he

00:50:55.940 --> 00:50:56.639
 went on to

00:50:56.639 --> 00:50:57.220
 say that

00:50:57.220 --> 00:50:58.260
 this is what

00:50:58.260 --> 00:50:58.900
 we are made

00:50:58.900 --> 00:50:59.460
 for.

00:51:00.360 --> 00:51:01.119
 To live by

00:51:01.119 --> 00:51:02.280
 worry is to

00:51:02.280 --> 00:51:03.139
 live against

00:51:03.139 --> 00:51:03.799
 reality,

00:51:04.299 --> 00:51:05.039
 but to

00:51:05.039 --> 00:51:06.219
 live by

00:51:06.219 --> 00:51:06.619
 the way

00:51:06.619 --> 00:51:07.379
 God made

00:51:07.379 --> 00:51:09.019
 us is to

00:51:09.019 --> 00:51:10.199
 live by

00:51:10.199 --> 00:51:10.920
 faith.

00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:14.139
 Fear or

00:51:14.139 --> 00:51:14.779
 faith,

00:51:15.079 --> 00:51:16.400
 how are we

00:51:16.400 --> 00:51:16.719
 living?

00:51:17.379 --> 00:51:18.019
 They came

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:18.579
 to make

00:51:18.579 --> 00:51:19.519
 Nehemiah

00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:20.379
 afraid,

00:51:20.779 --> 00:51:21.400
 discouraged,

00:51:21.879 --> 00:51:22.500
 fall away

00:51:22.500 --> 00:51:22.920
 from the

00:51:22.920 --> 00:51:23.359
 work.

00:51:24.559 --> 00:51:25.619
 But Nehemiah

00:51:25.619 --> 00:51:26.259
 was a man

00:51:26.259 --> 00:51:26.960
 of faith.

00:51:27.879 --> 00:51:28.699
 He trusted

00:51:28.699 --> 00:51:29.400
 God, he

00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:29.940
 listened to

00:51:29.940 --> 00:51:31.239
 him, and

00:51:31.239 --> 00:51:32.539
 so should

00:51:32.539 --> 00:51:32.840
 we.

00:51:34.840 --> 00:51:35.380
 The second

00:51:35.380 --> 00:51:35.900
 thing we see

00:51:35.900 --> 00:51:36.920
 here is the

00:51:36.920 --> 00:51:38.320
 false friends

00:51:38.320 --> 00:51:39.279
 that we can

00:51:39.279 --> 00:51:39.980
 see around

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:40.279
 him.

00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:41.880
 They tried to

00:51:41.880 --> 00:51:42.820
 get him with

00:51:42.820 --> 00:51:43.480
 fake news,

00:51:43.579 --> 00:51:44.059
 they tried to

00:51:44.059 --> 00:51:44.559
 get at him

00:51:44.559 --> 00:51:45.219
 with lies,

00:51:45.840 --> 00:51:46.139
 but the

00:51:46.139 --> 00:51:46.619
 second thing

00:51:46.619 --> 00:51:47.119
 we see here

00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:47.360
 is they

00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:47.779
 tried to

00:51:47.779 --> 00:51:48.199
 come at

00:51:48.199 --> 00:51:48.599
 him through

00:51:48.599 --> 00:51:49.219
 a prophet

00:51:49.219 --> 00:51:50.800
 in verse

00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:51.440
 10.

00:51:52.000 --> 00:51:52.320
 Now when

00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:52.519
 I went

00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:52.900
 into the

00:51:52.900 --> 00:51:53.480
 house of

00:51:53.480 --> 00:51:54.139
 Shemiah,

00:51:54.559 --> 00:51:55.099
 the son of

00:51:55.099 --> 00:51:55.539
 Deliah,

00:51:55.719 --> 00:51:56.199
 son of

00:51:56.199 --> 00:51:56.920
 Methabel,

00:51:57.659 --> 00:51:58.079
 who was

00:51:58.079 --> 00:51:58.860
 confined to

00:51:58.860 --> 00:51:59.300
 his home,

00:51:59.380 --> 00:51:59.599
 he said,

00:51:59.699 --> 00:52:00.360
 let us meet

00:52:00.360 --> 00:52:01.039
 together in

00:52:01.039 --> 00:52:01.659
 the house

00:52:01.659 --> 00:52:02.420
 of God

00:52:02.420 --> 00:52:03.359
 within the

00:52:03.359 --> 00:52:03.879
 temple.

00:52:04.539 --> 00:52:05.139
 So again,

00:52:05.239 --> 00:52:05.699
 there's this

00:52:05.699 --> 00:52:06.879
 subtle way

00:52:06.879 --> 00:52:07.940
 where this

00:52:07.940 --> 00:52:08.519
 man,

00:52:08.619 --> 00:52:09.019
 Shemiah,

00:52:09.339 --> 00:52:09.759
 was a

00:52:09.759 --> 00:52:10.319
 prophet who

00:52:10.319 --> 00:52:10.899
 was one

00:52:10.899 --> 00:52:11.299
 who should

00:52:11.299 --> 00:52:13.299
 be able to

00:52:13.299 --> 00:52:13.920
 trust and

00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:14.299
 to listen

00:52:14.299 --> 00:52:14.559
 to.

00:52:14.920 --> 00:52:15.440
 And if he

00:52:15.440 --> 00:52:15.899
 is saying

00:52:15.899 --> 00:52:16.460
 something,

00:52:16.659 --> 00:52:17.019
 Nehemiah

00:52:17.019 --> 00:52:17.759
 should listen

00:52:17.759 --> 00:52:18.199
 to him

00:52:18.199 --> 00:52:19.379
 because a

00:52:19.379 --> 00:52:20.000
 prophet should

00:52:20.000 --> 00:52:20.759
 speak from

00:52:20.759 --> 00:52:21.379
 the Lord.

00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:23.879
 So it

00:52:23.879 --> 00:52:24.399
 should be a

00:52:24.399 --> 00:52:25.000
 safe place,

00:52:25.059 --> 00:52:25.619
 a secure

00:52:25.619 --> 00:52:26.099
 place.

00:52:26.259 --> 00:52:27.019
 But Shemiah,

00:52:27.420 --> 00:52:28.379
 he falsely

00:52:28.379 --> 00:52:29.219
 led Nehemiah

00:52:29.219 --> 00:52:30.019
 to think that

00:52:30.019 --> 00:52:30.539
 people were

00:52:30.539 --> 00:52:31.119
 going to

00:52:31.119 --> 00:52:31.559
 kill him.

00:52:32.639 --> 00:52:33.299
 And he

00:52:33.299 --> 00:52:33.839
 encouraged

00:52:33.839 --> 00:52:34.319
 Nehemiah

00:52:34.319 --> 00:52:35.019
 to flee.

00:52:36.279 --> 00:52:36.539
 And not

00:52:36.539 --> 00:52:36.880
 only to

00:52:36.880 --> 00:52:37.119
 flee,

00:52:37.219 --> 00:52:37.500
 but to

00:52:37.500 --> 00:52:38.099
 run into

00:52:38.099 --> 00:52:38.699
 the place,

00:52:38.980 --> 00:52:39.579
 the temple.

00:52:40.940 --> 00:52:41.460
 And you

00:52:41.460 --> 00:52:41.759
 see it in

00:52:41.759 --> 00:52:42.339
 verse 10,

00:52:42.819 --> 00:52:43.299
 the house

00:52:43.299 --> 00:52:43.839
 of God

00:52:43.839 --> 00:52:44.259
 within the

00:52:44.259 --> 00:52:44.460
 temple.

00:52:44.559 --> 00:52:44.779
 And it is,

00:52:45.099 --> 00:52:45.719
 close the

00:52:45.719 --> 00:52:46.219
 doors within

00:52:46.219 --> 00:52:46.739
 the temple

00:52:46.739 --> 00:52:47.159
 so that

00:52:47.159 --> 00:52:47.420
 you can

00:52:47.420 --> 00:52:48.420
 be safe.

00:52:49.440 --> 00:52:50.019
 But notice

00:52:50.019 --> 00:52:51.259
 how Nehemiah

00:52:51.259 --> 00:52:51.920
 responds.

00:52:52.960 --> 00:52:53.380
 But I

00:52:53.380 --> 00:52:53.759
 said,

00:52:53.980 --> 00:52:54.679
 should such

00:52:54.679 --> 00:52:55.159
 a man

00:52:55.159 --> 00:52:55.679
 as I

00:52:55.679 --> 00:52:56.359
 run away?

00:52:56.940 --> 00:52:57.319
 And what

00:52:57.319 --> 00:52:58.000
 man such

00:52:58.000 --> 00:52:58.440
 as I

00:52:58.440 --> 00:52:58.880
 could go

00:52:58.880 --> 00:52:59.339
 into the

00:52:59.339 --> 00:53:00.019
 temple and

00:53:00.019 --> 00:53:00.500
 live?

00:53:01.119 --> 00:53:01.539
 I

00:53:01.539 --> 00:53:02.159
 will not

00:53:02.159 --> 00:53:02.880
 go in.

00:53:04.739 --> 00:53:05.279
 What's he

00:53:05.279 --> 00:53:06.179
 saying here?

00:53:06.900 --> 00:53:07.539
 How could

00:53:07.539 --> 00:53:08.239
 he go into

00:53:08.239 --> 00:53:08.819
 the temple

00:53:08.819 --> 00:53:09.219
 and live?

00:53:09.299 --> 00:53:09.420
 Well,

00:53:09.659 --> 00:53:10.139
 if this

00:53:10.139 --> 00:53:10.659
 prophet,

00:53:10.900 --> 00:53:11.639
 this message

00:53:11.639 --> 00:53:12.179
 from God

00:53:12.179 --> 00:53:12.460
 is saying

00:53:12.460 --> 00:53:12.779
 this is

00:53:12.779 --> 00:53:13.199
 the place

00:53:13.199 --> 00:53:13.460
 you are

00:53:13.460 --> 00:53:13.739
 to go

00:53:13.739 --> 00:53:14.259
 and live,

00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:15.420
 why wouldn't

00:53:15.420 --> 00:53:15.960
 you listen?

00:53:17.380 --> 00:53:18.079
 But Nehemiah

00:53:18.079 --> 00:53:18.679
 is close

00:53:18.679 --> 00:53:19.259
 to God

00:53:19.259 --> 00:53:19.539
 and he

00:53:19.539 --> 00:53:20.420
 knows God's

00:53:20.420 --> 00:53:20.659
 law,

00:53:20.759 --> 00:53:21.119
 he knows

00:53:21.119 --> 00:53:22.059
 God's

00:53:22.059 --> 00:53:22.460
 word,

00:53:22.679 --> 00:53:23.099
 and he

00:53:23.099 --> 00:53:23.559
 knows that

00:53:23.559 --> 00:53:23.880
 he has

00:53:23.880 --> 00:53:24.639
 no right

00:53:24.639 --> 00:53:25.619
 to go

00:53:25.619 --> 00:53:26.000
 into the

00:53:26.000 --> 00:53:26.460
 heart of

00:53:26.460 --> 00:53:27.099
 the temple.

00:53:27.099 --> 00:53:28.659
 Because

00:53:28.659 --> 00:53:28.920
 when you

00:53:28.920 --> 00:53:29.199
 look in

00:53:29.199 --> 00:53:29.960
 the Old

00:53:29.960 --> 00:53:30.559
 Testament,

00:53:31.460 --> 00:53:31.779
 the inner

00:53:31.779 --> 00:53:32.539
 sanctuary of

00:53:32.539 --> 00:53:33.139
 the temple

00:53:33.139 --> 00:53:33.619
 was the

00:53:33.619 --> 00:53:34.139
 Holy of

00:53:34.139 --> 00:53:34.759
 Holies.

00:53:35.880 --> 00:53:36.239
 And that

00:53:36.239 --> 00:53:36.539
 was a

00:53:36.539 --> 00:53:36.980
 place where

00:53:36.980 --> 00:53:37.339
 only the

00:53:37.339 --> 00:53:38.099
 high priest

00:53:38.099 --> 00:53:39.039
 could go.

00:53:41.099 --> 00:53:41.360
 And so

00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:41.960
 Nehemiah

00:53:41.960 --> 00:53:42.880
 had no

00:53:42.880 --> 00:53:43.839
 right to

00:53:43.839 --> 00:53:44.279
 go in

00:53:44.279 --> 00:53:44.519
 there.

00:53:45.119 --> 00:53:45.579
 And if

00:53:45.579 --> 00:53:46.000
 he did

00:53:46.000 --> 00:53:46.599
 go in

00:53:46.599 --> 00:53:46.900
 there,

00:53:46.900 --> 00:53:47.779
 he was

00:53:47.779 --> 00:53:48.819
 likely to

00:53:48.819 --> 00:53:49.219
 be put

00:53:49.219 --> 00:53:49.940
 to death.

00:53:51.339 --> 00:53:52.119
 But what

00:53:52.119 --> 00:53:52.619
 he begins

00:53:52.619 --> 00:53:53.519
 to see is

00:53:53.519 --> 00:53:53.980
 this is

00:53:53.980 --> 00:53:54.500
 not of

00:53:54.500 --> 00:53:55.019
 God.

00:53:55.019 --> 00:53:56.440
 this is

00:53:56.440 --> 00:53:56.840
 further

00:53:56.840 --> 00:53:57.460
 lies.

00:53:58.360 --> 00:53:58.460
 In

00:53:58.460 --> 00:53:59.019
 verse 12,

00:53:59.099 --> 00:53:59.679
 I understood

00:53:59.679 --> 00:54:00.340
 and saw

00:54:00.340 --> 00:54:01.280
 that God

00:54:01.280 --> 00:54:01.659
 had not

00:54:01.659 --> 00:54:02.219
 sent him,

00:54:02.280 --> 00:54:02.480
 but he

00:54:02.480 --> 00:54:03.340
 had pronounced

00:54:03.340 --> 00:54:04.039
 the prophecy

00:54:04.039 --> 00:54:04.679
 against me

00:54:04.679 --> 00:54:05.659
 because Tobiah

00:54:05.659 --> 00:54:06.099
 and son

00:54:06.099 --> 00:54:07.099
 Ballant had

00:54:07.099 --> 00:54:07.940
 hired him.

00:54:09.780 --> 00:54:10.300
 Again,

00:54:10.400 --> 00:54:10.920
 you're just

00:54:10.920 --> 00:54:11.480
 buying

00:54:11.480 --> 00:54:13.980
 lies for

00:54:13.980 --> 00:54:14.739
 a price.

00:54:17.739 --> 00:54:18.480
 And how

00:54:18.480 --> 00:54:19.159
 difficult it

00:54:19.159 --> 00:54:19.920
 is sometimes

00:54:19.920 --> 00:54:20.800
 to understand,

00:54:20.940 --> 00:54:21.019
 well,

00:54:21.119 --> 00:54:21.659
 what is

00:54:21.659 --> 00:54:23.000
 truth and

00:54:23.000 --> 00:54:23.500
 what is

00:54:23.500 --> 00:54:24.119
 lies?

00:54:25.019 --> 00:54:26.059
 one

00:54:26.059 --> 00:54:26.719
 commentator

00:54:26.719 --> 00:54:27.360
 said of

00:54:27.360 --> 00:54:28.340
 Nehemiah

00:54:28.340 --> 00:54:28.860
 here,

00:54:29.539 --> 00:54:29.960
 had he

00:54:29.960 --> 00:54:30.599
 tried to

00:54:30.599 --> 00:54:31.400
 save himself

00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:31.880
 in such

00:54:31.880 --> 00:54:32.179
 a way,

00:54:32.239 --> 00:54:32.460
 that is

00:54:32.460 --> 00:54:33.119
 going into

00:54:33.119 --> 00:54:33.780
 the temple,

00:54:34.300 --> 00:54:34.639
 he would

00:54:34.639 --> 00:54:35.199
 have lost

00:54:35.199 --> 00:54:36.019
 possibly his

00:54:36.019 --> 00:54:36.480
 life,

00:54:37.000 --> 00:54:37.860
 certainly his

00:54:37.860 --> 00:54:38.239
 honor,

00:54:38.800 --> 00:54:39.139
 and would

00:54:39.139 --> 00:54:40.119
 have jeopardized

00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:40.559
 the very

00:54:40.559 --> 00:54:41.300
 cause,

00:54:41.420 --> 00:54:41.719
 the very

00:54:41.719 --> 00:54:42.360
 work that

00:54:42.360 --> 00:54:42.599
 he had

00:54:42.599 --> 00:54:43.420
 at heart.

00:54:43.960 --> 00:54:44.259
 It would

00:54:44.259 --> 00:54:44.820
 have brought

00:54:44.820 --> 00:54:46.039
 disgrace.

00:54:47.420 --> 00:54:47.880
 And that

00:54:47.880 --> 00:54:48.159
 is what

00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:48.400
 they were

00:54:48.400 --> 00:54:49.539
 trying to

00:54:49.539 --> 00:54:50.280
 achieve.

00:54:51.420 --> 00:54:51.759
 And this

00:54:51.759 --> 00:54:52.199
 is beginning

00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:52.940
 to sound

00:54:52.940 --> 00:54:54.199
 a familiar

00:54:54.199 --> 00:54:54.840
 picture.

00:54:55.019 --> 00:54:56.880
 telling lies

00:54:56.880 --> 00:54:57.320
 against

00:54:57.320 --> 00:54:57.820
 someone,

00:54:58.519 --> 00:54:58.880
 seeking

00:54:58.880 --> 00:54:59.940
 for him

00:54:59.940 --> 00:55:00.539
 to break

00:55:00.539 --> 00:55:01.239
 God's

00:55:01.239 --> 00:55:01.619
 law.

00:55:01.719 --> 00:55:02.139
 Who else

00:55:02.139 --> 00:55:02.460
 did they

00:55:02.460 --> 00:55:02.980
 do this

00:55:02.980 --> 00:55:03.340
 with?

00:55:04.219 --> 00:55:05.000
 The Lord

00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:05.880
 Jesus in

00:55:05.880 --> 00:55:06.159
 the New

00:55:06.159 --> 00:55:06.719
 Testament.

00:55:08.639 --> 00:55:09.239
 They

00:55:09.239 --> 00:55:10.239
 sought to

00:55:10.239 --> 00:55:11.300
 get at

00:55:11.300 --> 00:55:12.619
 him in

00:55:12.619 --> 00:55:13.599
 these ways,

00:55:13.980 --> 00:55:14.579
 to make

00:55:14.579 --> 00:55:15.539
 up stories

00:55:15.539 --> 00:55:16.059
 about him,

00:55:16.119 --> 00:55:16.500
 to tell

00:55:16.500 --> 00:55:17.880
 lies about

00:55:17.880 --> 00:55:18.179
 him,

00:55:18.360 --> 00:55:19.079
 to try and

00:55:19.079 --> 00:55:19.440
 get him

00:55:19.440 --> 00:55:20.159
 to break

00:55:20.159 --> 00:55:20.699
 the law

00:55:20.699 --> 00:55:21.239
 of God

00:55:21.239 --> 00:55:21.659
 as they

00:55:21.659 --> 00:55:22.280
 saw it.

00:55:22.280 --> 00:55:23.320
 but he

00:55:23.320 --> 00:55:23.720
 stood

00:55:23.720 --> 00:55:24.840
 firm in

00:55:24.840 --> 00:55:25.440
 the truth

00:55:25.440 --> 00:55:26.160
 of God,

00:55:27.280 --> 00:55:27.580
 his

00:55:27.580 --> 00:55:28.100
 father.

00:55:29.400 --> 00:55:30.100
 And Nehemiah

00:55:30.100 --> 00:55:31.120
 too is

00:55:31.120 --> 00:55:32.040
 strong in

00:55:32.040 --> 00:55:32.500
 the Lord.

00:55:32.600 --> 00:55:32.920
 And it's a

00:55:32.920 --> 00:55:33.620
 reminder for

00:55:33.620 --> 00:55:34.840
 us not to

00:55:34.840 --> 00:55:36.440
 be afraid to

00:55:36.440 --> 00:55:37.260
 have confidence

00:55:37.260 --> 00:55:38.019
 in the word

00:55:38.019 --> 00:55:38.420
 of God,

00:55:38.480 --> 00:55:38.820
 not to be

00:55:38.820 --> 00:55:39.660
 embarrassed or

00:55:39.660 --> 00:55:40.960
 ashamed about

00:55:40.960 --> 00:55:41.800
 the word of

00:55:41.800 --> 00:55:42.060
 God,

00:55:42.140 --> 00:55:42.880
 but to see it

00:55:42.880 --> 00:55:43.660
 as truth

00:55:43.660 --> 00:55:45.160
 and to

00:55:45.160 --> 00:55:45.560
 surround

00:55:45.560 --> 00:55:46.519
 ourselves with

00:55:46.519 --> 00:55:47.519
 people who

00:55:47.519 --> 00:55:48.320
 see it as

00:55:48.320 --> 00:55:48.900
 truth.

00:55:48.900 --> 00:55:50.360
 the book

00:55:50.360 --> 00:55:51.160
 of Proverbs

00:55:51.160 --> 00:55:52.180
 speaks about

00:55:52.180 --> 00:55:53.139
 surrounding

00:55:53.139 --> 00:55:54.139
 ourselves with

00:55:54.139 --> 00:55:54.860
 people who

00:55:54.860 --> 00:55:55.619
 are wise.

00:55:56.460 --> 00:55:57.440
 Proverbs 13

00:55:57.440 --> 00:55:58.039
 verse 20,

00:55:58.139 --> 00:55:59.000
 whoever walks

00:55:59.000 --> 00:56:00.559
 with the wise

00:56:00.559 --> 00:56:01.780
 becomes wise,

00:56:02.360 --> 00:56:02.700
 but the

00:56:02.700 --> 00:56:03.519
 companion of

00:56:03.519 --> 00:56:04.220
 fools will

00:56:04.220 --> 00:56:05.440
 suffer harm.

00:56:06.660 --> 00:56:07.360
 Surround

00:56:07.360 --> 00:56:09.160
 ourselves with

00:56:09.160 --> 00:56:10.660
 people who

00:56:10.660 --> 00:56:11.460
 love the

00:56:11.460 --> 00:56:12.099
 Lord, who

00:56:12.099 --> 00:56:12.960
 trust the

00:56:12.960 --> 00:56:13.700
 Lord, who

00:56:13.700 --> 00:56:14.220
 keep us

00:56:14.220 --> 00:56:15.059
 right in

00:56:15.059 --> 00:56:15.599
 the Lord.

00:56:16.599 --> 00:56:17.200
 We live in

00:56:17.200 --> 00:56:17.920
 a world where

00:56:17.920 --> 00:56:18.480
 so many

00:56:18.480 --> 00:56:19.699
 friendships,

00:56:20.019 --> 00:56:20.539
 as it were,

00:56:20.639 --> 00:56:21.000
 can be

00:56:21.000 --> 00:56:21.740
 superficial.

00:56:22.900 --> 00:56:23.400
 They're just

00:56:23.400 --> 00:56:23.880
 on the

00:56:23.880 --> 00:56:24.440
 surface,

00:56:24.559 --> 00:56:25.760
 especially in

00:56:25.760 --> 00:56:26.440
 a world of

00:56:26.440 --> 00:56:27.380
 social media.

00:56:28.240 --> 00:56:28.699
 We have to

00:56:28.699 --> 00:56:30.219
 be careful

00:56:30.219 --> 00:56:30.619
 what we

00:56:30.619 --> 00:56:31.320
 believe and

00:56:31.320 --> 00:56:32.019
 who we

00:56:32.019 --> 00:56:32.820
 listen to.

00:56:33.820 --> 00:56:34.240
 When you

00:56:34.240 --> 00:56:34.639
 look at

00:56:34.639 --> 00:56:35.719
 social media

00:56:35.719 --> 00:56:36.059
 today,

00:56:36.199 --> 00:56:36.639
 Facebook,

00:56:36.920 --> 00:56:37.240
 TikTok,

00:56:37.460 --> 00:56:37.920
 all these

00:56:37.920 --> 00:56:38.360
 things is

00:56:38.360 --> 00:56:39.119
 about friends

00:56:39.119 --> 00:56:39.880
 and followers,

00:56:40.740 --> 00:56:41.260
 listening to

00:56:41.260 --> 00:56:41.619
 what they

00:56:41.619 --> 00:56:42.039
 have to

00:56:42.039 --> 00:56:42.559
 say, but

00:56:42.559 --> 00:56:43.360
 can we

00:56:43.360 --> 00:56:43.860
 believe

00:56:43.860 --> 00:56:44.559
 everything?

00:56:45.619 --> 00:56:46.139
 Even when

00:56:46.139 --> 00:56:46.840
 it's intended

00:56:46.840 --> 00:56:47.539
 for good

00:56:47.539 --> 00:56:48.019
 sometimes,

00:56:48.019 --> 00:56:48.699
 we have

00:56:48.699 --> 00:56:49.099
 to ask

00:56:49.099 --> 00:56:49.820
 questions

00:56:49.820 --> 00:56:50.920
 about it.

00:56:51.360 --> 00:56:52.000
 For example,

00:56:52.539 --> 00:56:53.239
 just now in

00:56:53.239 --> 00:56:53.739
 these days,

00:56:53.800 --> 00:56:54.300
 there's been a

00:56:54.300 --> 00:56:54.900
 story going

00:56:54.900 --> 00:56:55.800
 around Facebook

00:56:55.800 --> 00:56:56.980
 about the

00:56:56.980 --> 00:56:57.739
 Lord's Prayer

00:56:57.739 --> 00:56:58.619
 being banned

00:56:58.619 --> 00:56:59.920
 on Facebook,

00:57:00.940 --> 00:57:01.559
 that the

00:57:01.559 --> 00:57:03.239
 CEO of

00:57:03.239 --> 00:57:03.679
 Facebook,

00:57:03.840 --> 00:57:04.719
 Mark Zuckerberg,

00:57:04.800 --> 00:57:05.980
 has put this

00:57:05.980 --> 00:57:06.519
 down as

00:57:06.519 --> 00:57:06.960
 something that

00:57:06.960 --> 00:57:07.599
 is not

00:57:07.599 --> 00:57:08.139
 allowed,

00:57:08.599 --> 00:57:09.119
 that it goes

00:57:09.119 --> 00:57:09.719
 against their

00:57:09.719 --> 00:57:10.259
 policy.

00:57:10.759 --> 00:57:11.059
 They're not

00:57:11.059 --> 00:57:11.679
 allowed to

00:57:11.679 --> 00:57:12.619
 post the

00:57:12.619 --> 00:57:13.280
 Lord's Prayer.

00:57:13.400 --> 00:57:13.820
 And so many

00:57:13.820 --> 00:57:14.400
 people are

00:57:14.400 --> 00:57:15.199
 posting this and

00:57:15.199 --> 00:57:15.719
 saying this is

00:57:15.719 --> 00:57:16.099
 wrong,

00:57:16.519 --> 00:57:16.859
 and they

00:57:16.859 --> 00:57:17.419
 post the

00:57:17.419 --> 00:57:18.000
 Lord's Prayer

00:57:18.000 --> 00:57:18.980
 up just to

00:57:18.980 --> 00:57:19.399
 make that

00:57:19.399 --> 00:57:19.959
 point.

00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:21.559
 They think to

00:57:21.559 --> 00:57:21.779
 themselves,

00:57:21.899 --> 00:57:22.500
 this is good,

00:57:22.599 --> 00:57:23.239
 this is right,

00:57:23.319 --> 00:57:23.579
 we should

00:57:23.579 --> 00:57:24.919
 stand up on

00:57:24.919 --> 00:57:25.459
 the Lord's

00:57:25.459 --> 00:57:26.259
 side here.

00:57:28.299 --> 00:57:29.099
 It's not a

00:57:29.099 --> 00:57:29.739
 bad thing,

00:57:29.839 --> 00:57:30.759
 and of course

00:57:30.759 --> 00:57:31.139
 there is a

00:57:31.139 --> 00:57:31.899
 time for it,

00:57:31.939 --> 00:57:33.039
 but it's

00:57:33.039 --> 00:57:33.779
 not true.

00:57:35.379 --> 00:57:36.099
 The Lord's Prayer

00:57:36.099 --> 00:57:36.939
 has not been

00:57:36.939 --> 00:57:38.019
 banned from

00:57:38.019 --> 00:57:38.619
 Facebook.

00:57:39.059 --> 00:57:39.879
 Mark Zuckerberg

00:57:39.879 --> 00:57:40.679
 has not

00:57:40.679 --> 00:57:41.339
 banned it.

00:57:41.340 --> 00:57:43.160
 So it's

00:57:43.160 --> 00:57:43.460
 just a

00:57:43.460 --> 00:57:44.320
 reminder to

00:57:44.320 --> 00:57:45.079
 us that we

00:57:45.079 --> 00:57:45.440
 should be

00:57:45.440 --> 00:57:46.079
 looking into

00:57:46.079 --> 00:57:46.760
 everything that

00:57:46.760 --> 00:57:47.559
 we're hearing

00:57:47.559 --> 00:57:48.200
 and seeing

00:57:48.200 --> 00:57:48.760
 and reading

00:57:48.760 --> 00:57:50.140
 and asking,

00:57:50.340 --> 00:57:50.539
 is it

00:57:50.539 --> 00:57:51.019
 true?

00:57:52.680 --> 00:57:53.340
 And especially

00:57:53.340 --> 00:57:53.980
 when it comes

00:57:53.980 --> 00:57:54.420
 to dealing

00:57:54.420 --> 00:57:55.160
 with people,

00:57:55.600 --> 00:57:55.960
 are we

00:57:55.960 --> 00:57:56.400
 dealing with

00:57:56.400 --> 00:57:57.480
 facts or

00:57:57.480 --> 00:57:58.000
 fiction?

00:57:59.760 --> 00:58:00.100
 Are we

00:58:00.100 --> 00:58:00.579
 listening to

00:58:00.579 --> 00:58:00.900
 what is

00:58:00.900 --> 00:58:01.880
 true or

00:58:01.880 --> 00:58:02.480
 what is a

00:58:02.480 --> 00:58:02.820
 lie?

00:58:04.340 --> 00:58:04.700
 When it

00:58:04.700 --> 00:58:05.160
 comes to

00:58:05.160 --> 00:58:06.079
 speaking about

00:58:06.079 --> 00:58:06.559
 people,

00:58:06.620 --> 00:58:07.079
 how do we

00:58:07.079 --> 00:58:07.820
 speak about

00:58:07.820 --> 00:58:08.120
 them?

00:58:08.519 --> 00:58:08.840
 Do we

00:58:08.840 --> 00:58:09.519
 hear something

00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:09.820
 and just

00:58:09.820 --> 00:58:10.440
 pass it on?

00:58:10.500 --> 00:58:10.600
 Well,

00:58:10.599 --> 00:58:11.319
 we've heard

00:58:11.319 --> 00:58:11.440
 it,

00:58:11.460 --> 00:58:11.779
 it must

00:58:11.779 --> 00:58:12.400
 be true.

00:58:13.619 --> 00:58:14.299
 Or do we

00:58:14.299 --> 00:58:14.759
 check,

00:58:14.839 --> 00:58:15.039
 do we

00:58:15.039 --> 00:58:15.500
 listen and

00:58:15.500 --> 00:58:15.719
 do we

00:58:15.719 --> 00:58:16.000
 think,

00:58:16.360 --> 00:58:16.759
 is that

00:58:16.759 --> 00:58:17.179
 actually

00:58:17.179 --> 00:58:17.759
 right?

00:58:18.420 --> 00:58:18.759
 Is what

00:58:18.759 --> 00:58:19.319
 I'm saying

00:58:19.319 --> 00:58:19.679
 to my

00:58:19.679 --> 00:58:20.139
 neighbor or

00:58:20.139 --> 00:58:20.739
 my friend

00:58:20.739 --> 00:58:21.739
 true about

00:58:21.739 --> 00:58:22.559
 that person?

00:58:23.639 --> 00:58:24.319
 Young and

00:58:24.319 --> 00:58:25.179
 old alike,

00:58:25.279 --> 00:58:25.819
 we need to

00:58:25.819 --> 00:58:26.500
 think about

00:58:26.500 --> 00:58:27.400
 these things.

00:58:27.960 --> 00:58:28.639
 As Christians,

00:58:28.779 --> 00:58:29.059
 we should

00:58:29.059 --> 00:58:29.539
 set an

00:58:29.539 --> 00:58:30.659
 example for

00:58:30.659 --> 00:58:31.519
 truth and

00:58:31.519 --> 00:58:31.960
 not for

00:58:31.960 --> 00:58:32.960
 lies in

00:58:32.960 --> 00:58:33.779
 everything that

00:58:33.779 --> 00:58:34.199
 we do,

00:58:35.099 --> 00:58:35.739
 in every

00:58:35.739 --> 00:58:36.579
 aspect of

00:58:36.579 --> 00:58:37.079
 our lives

00:58:37.079 --> 00:58:37.380
 when we're

00:58:37.380 --> 00:58:37.860
 dealing with

00:58:37.860 --> 00:58:38.339
 people.

00:58:38.619 --> 00:58:39.000
 Let us

00:58:39.000 --> 00:58:39.519
 deal with

00:58:39.519 --> 00:58:40.119
 truth.

00:58:40.599 --> 00:58:43.960
 And let

00:58:43.960 --> 00:58:44.559
 us surround

00:58:44.559 --> 00:58:45.440
 ourselves with

00:58:45.440 --> 00:58:46.460
 people who

00:58:46.460 --> 00:58:46.920
 will be

00:58:46.920 --> 00:58:47.880
 truthful to

00:58:47.880 --> 00:58:48.319
 us and

00:58:48.319 --> 00:58:48.779
 tell us

00:58:48.779 --> 00:58:49.319
 truth.

00:58:50.319 --> 00:58:50.980
 Not

00:58:50.980 --> 00:58:51.659
 superficial

00:58:51.659 --> 00:58:52.279
 friends,

00:58:52.420 --> 00:58:52.920
 but deep

00:58:52.920 --> 00:58:53.519
 friendships.

00:58:54.900 --> 00:58:55.480
 People we

00:58:55.480 --> 00:58:56.339
 can trust.

00:58:57.839 --> 00:58:58.259
 Like one

00:58:58.259 --> 00:58:58.940
 person said,

00:58:59.000 --> 00:59:00.099
 a friend is

00:59:00.099 --> 00:59:00.539
 the first

00:59:00.539 --> 00:59:01.139
 person who

00:59:01.139 --> 00:59:01.819
 comes in

00:59:01.819 --> 00:59:02.460
 when the

00:59:02.460 --> 00:59:03.380
 whole world

00:59:03.380 --> 00:59:04.299
 has gone

00:59:04.299 --> 00:59:04.699
 out.

00:59:04.699 --> 00:59:05.699
 friends.

00:59:05.699 --> 00:59:07.480
 What kind

00:59:07.480 --> 00:59:08.219
 of friends

00:59:08.219 --> 00:59:09.199
 do we

00:59:09.199 --> 00:59:09.719
 surround

00:59:09.719 --> 00:59:10.699
 ourselves

00:59:10.699 --> 00:59:11.439
 with?

00:59:13.079 --> 00:59:13.559
 Nehemiah

00:59:13.559 --> 00:59:14.259
 had enemies,

00:59:14.779 --> 00:59:15.679
 but he

00:59:15.679 --> 00:59:16.219
 also had

00:59:16.219 --> 00:59:17.279
 people he

00:59:17.279 --> 00:59:18.319
 could trust.

00:59:19.319 --> 00:59:19.879
 It says in

00:59:19.879 --> 00:59:20.519
 verse 2 of

00:59:20.519 --> 00:59:21.379
 chapter 7,

00:59:21.380 --> 00:59:21.840
 I gave

00:59:21.840 --> 00:59:22.380
 my brother

00:59:22.380 --> 00:59:23.000
 Hananiah

00:59:23.000 --> 00:59:24.300
 and Hananiah

00:59:24.300 --> 00:59:25.300
 the governor

00:59:25.300 --> 00:59:25.980
 of the

00:59:25.980 --> 00:59:26.340
 castle,

00:59:26.519 --> 00:59:27.300
 charge over

00:59:27.300 --> 00:59:27.900
 Jerusalem,

00:59:28.559 --> 00:59:29.140
 for he was

00:59:29.140 --> 00:59:31.160
 a more

00:59:31.160 --> 00:59:32.039
 faithful and

00:59:32.039 --> 00:59:32.860
 God-fearing

00:59:32.860 --> 00:59:34.079
 man than

00:59:34.079 --> 00:59:34.480
 many.

00:59:35.579 --> 00:59:36.119
 He had

00:59:36.119 --> 00:59:36.840
 people he

00:59:36.840 --> 00:59:37.840
 could trust

00:59:37.840 --> 00:59:38.920
 around him.

00:59:38.920 --> 00:59:39.420
 I'm not saying

00:59:39.420 --> 00:59:40.300
 here we

00:59:40.300 --> 00:59:41.700
 abandon all

00:59:41.700 --> 00:59:42.300
 our friends

00:59:42.300 --> 00:59:42.940
 just because

00:59:42.940 --> 00:59:43.400
 they don't

00:59:43.400 --> 00:59:44.099
 believe in

00:59:44.099 --> 00:59:44.800
 God's word.

00:59:44.860 --> 00:59:45.140
 We are to

00:59:45.140 --> 00:59:46.140
 be witnesses

00:59:46.140 --> 00:59:46.700
 to our

00:59:46.700 --> 00:59:47.380
 friends and

00:59:47.380 --> 00:59:48.300
 our families

00:59:48.300 --> 00:59:48.680
 and our

00:59:48.680 --> 00:59:49.480
 neighbors about

00:59:49.480 --> 00:59:50.440
 God's word.

00:59:51.760 --> 00:59:52.219
 But what we

00:59:52.219 --> 00:59:52.659
 don't allow

00:59:52.659 --> 00:59:53.460
 to happen is

00:59:53.460 --> 00:59:54.480
 to let

00:59:54.480 --> 00:59:55.460
 them take

00:59:55.460 --> 00:59:56.039
 us away

00:59:56.039 --> 00:59:56.559
 from the

00:59:56.559 --> 00:59:57.039
 truth,

00:59:57.940 --> 00:59:58.719
 misrepresent

00:59:58.719 --> 00:59:59.619
 the truth

00:59:59.619 --> 01:00:00.719
 of God,

01:00:01.619 --> 01:00:02.000
 but to

01:00:02.000 --> 01:00:02.440
 see for

01:00:02.440 --> 01:00:03.039
 ourselves

01:00:03.039 --> 01:00:03.820
 especially

01:00:03.820 --> 01:00:05.340
 the friend

01:00:05.340 --> 01:00:06.240
 who is

01:00:06.240 --> 01:00:06.900
 our Lord

01:00:06.900 --> 01:00:08.059
 Jesus Christ,

01:00:08.940 --> 01:00:09.599
 the friend

01:00:09.599 --> 01:00:10.099
 that the

01:00:10.099 --> 01:00:10.440
 book of

01:00:10.440 --> 01:00:10.960
 Proverbs

01:00:10.960 --> 01:00:11.860
 describes as

01:00:11.860 --> 01:00:12.500
 a friend

01:00:12.500 --> 01:00:13.420
 who stays

01:00:13.420 --> 01:00:14.219
 closer than

01:00:14.219 --> 01:00:15.039
 any brother,

01:00:16.119 --> 01:00:16.460
 that we

01:00:16.460 --> 01:00:17.300
 stay close

01:00:17.300 --> 01:00:18.199
 to the

01:00:18.199 --> 01:00:18.599
 Lord.

01:00:19.480 --> 01:00:20.500
 Because that's

01:00:20.500 --> 01:00:21.119
 our final

01:00:21.119 --> 01:00:21.699
 thing we

01:00:21.699 --> 01:00:22.380
 see here,

01:00:22.960 --> 01:00:24.260
 our defense.

01:00:25.719 --> 01:00:26.219
 What could

01:00:26.219 --> 01:00:27.199
 Nehemiah do?

01:00:27.820 --> 01:00:28.480
 What can

01:00:28.480 --> 01:00:29.119
 we do?

01:00:30.500 --> 01:00:30.900
 When we

01:00:30.900 --> 01:00:31.340
 live in a

01:00:31.340 --> 01:00:31.920
 world where

01:00:31.920 --> 01:00:32.699
 truth and

01:00:32.699 --> 01:00:33.780
 lies are

01:00:33.780 --> 01:00:34.860
 so interwined

01:00:34.860 --> 01:00:35.260
 and so

01:00:35.260 --> 01:00:36.039
 difficult to

01:00:36.039 --> 01:00:36.800
 separate at

01:00:36.800 --> 01:00:37.260
 times,

01:00:37.500 --> 01:00:38.380
 what can

01:00:38.380 --> 01:00:38.920
 we do?

01:00:39.639 --> 01:00:39.860
 Well,

01:00:39.880 --> 01:00:40.300
 the answer

01:00:40.300 --> 01:00:41.019
 is found

01:00:41.019 --> 01:00:42.000
 in verse

01:00:42.000 --> 01:00:42.500
 9.

01:00:44.079 --> 01:00:44.460
 For they

01:00:44.460 --> 01:00:45.219
 all wanted

01:00:45.219 --> 01:00:46.280
 to frighten

01:00:46.280 --> 01:00:47.000
 us thinking

01:00:47.000 --> 01:00:48.219
 their hands

01:00:48.219 --> 01:00:48.899
 will drop

01:00:48.899 --> 01:00:49.319
 from the

01:00:49.319 --> 01:00:50.339
 work and

01:00:50.339 --> 01:00:50.599
 it will

01:00:50.599 --> 01:00:51.139
 not be

01:00:51.139 --> 01:00:51.500
 done.

01:00:52.439 --> 01:00:52.859
 So this

01:00:52.859 --> 01:00:53.099
 is what

01:00:53.099 --> 01:00:53.599
 they wanted,

01:00:53.699 --> 01:00:53.939
 but look

01:00:53.939 --> 01:00:55.039
 at Nehemiah's

01:00:55.039 --> 01:00:55.759
 response.

01:00:56.679 --> 01:00:57.419
 But now,

01:00:57.839 --> 01:00:58.519
 O God,

01:00:59.119 --> 01:00:59.759
 strengthen

01:00:59.759 --> 01:01:01.500
 my hands.

01:01:02.799 --> 01:01:03.679
 That is the

01:01:03.679 --> 01:01:04.379
 answer for

01:01:04.379 --> 01:01:05.039
 us too.

01:01:06.099 --> 01:01:06.619
 Now,

01:01:07.139 --> 01:01:07.959
 O God,

01:01:08.279 --> 01:01:08.959
 strengthen

01:01:08.959 --> 01:01:10.359
 our hands.

01:01:11.500 --> 01:01:12.059
 Strengthen

01:01:12.059 --> 01:01:12.639
 our hands

01:01:12.639 --> 01:01:12.959
 that the

01:01:12.959 --> 01:01:13.980
 work will

01:01:13.980 --> 01:01:14.519
 go on.

01:01:15.139 --> 01:01:15.659
 Strengthen

01:01:15.659 --> 01:01:16.299
 our hands

01:01:16.300 --> 01:01:16.560
 so we

01:01:16.560 --> 01:01:17.060
 will know

01:01:17.060 --> 01:01:17.620
 the

01:01:17.620 --> 01:01:18.120
 difference

01:01:18.120 --> 01:01:18.519
 between

01:01:18.519 --> 01:01:19.820
 truth and

01:01:19.820 --> 01:01:20.240
 lie.

01:01:21.180 --> 01:01:21.500
 That we

01:01:21.500 --> 01:01:22.140
 will stand

01:01:22.140 --> 01:01:23.340
 firm in

01:01:23.340 --> 01:01:23.760
 the truth

01:01:23.760 --> 01:01:24.620
 because God

01:01:24.620 --> 01:01:25.340
 is sufficient

01:01:25.340 --> 01:01:26.640
 for all

01:01:26.640 --> 01:01:27.080
 things.

01:01:27.180 --> 01:01:27.620
 He is the

01:01:27.620 --> 01:01:28.519
 one who

01:01:28.519 --> 01:01:29.440
 strengthens.

01:01:30.400 --> 01:01:30.680
 You know,

01:01:30.720 --> 01:01:31.340
 as Christians,

01:01:31.500 --> 01:01:31.720
 there are

01:01:31.720 --> 01:01:32.140
 those who

01:01:32.140 --> 01:01:32.680
 will cast

01:01:32.680 --> 01:01:33.760
 stories claiming

01:01:33.760 --> 01:01:34.960
 everything we

01:01:34.960 --> 01:01:35.780
 believe is

01:01:35.780 --> 01:01:36.220
 fiction.

01:01:37.300 --> 01:01:37.720
 It will be

01:01:37.720 --> 01:01:38.880
 one big joke

01:01:38.880 --> 01:01:39.600
 to so many

01:01:39.600 --> 01:01:40.300
 in this world.

01:01:40.360 --> 01:01:40.760
 There is no

01:01:40.760 --> 01:01:41.960
 truth in

01:01:41.960 --> 01:01:42.620
 God's word,

01:01:42.680 --> 01:01:43.120
 it is just

01:01:43.120 --> 01:01:44.039
 fairy tales.

01:01:44.039 --> 01:01:44.779
 That's what

01:01:44.779 --> 01:01:45.960
 we hear so

01:01:45.960 --> 01:01:46.559
 regularly,

01:01:46.820 --> 01:01:47.539
 just fairy

01:01:47.539 --> 01:01:48.119
 tales.

01:01:50.219 --> 01:01:50.940
 And yet

01:01:50.940 --> 01:01:51.759
 God's word

01:01:51.759 --> 01:01:52.719
 says this

01:01:52.719 --> 01:01:53.719
 is truth.

01:01:55.460 --> 01:01:56.360
 Who do you

01:01:56.360 --> 01:01:56.840
 believe?

01:01:58.940 --> 01:01:59.699
 Who will

01:01:59.699 --> 01:02:00.179
 you listen

01:02:00.179 --> 01:02:00.480
 to?

01:02:01.860 --> 01:02:02.679
 Do you just

01:02:02.679 --> 01:02:03.279
 listen to your

01:02:03.279 --> 01:02:04.880
 friends or

01:02:04.880 --> 01:02:05.559
 those who claim

01:02:05.559 --> 01:02:06.079
 this is just

01:02:06.079 --> 01:02:06.820
 fairy tales

01:02:06.820 --> 01:02:07.380
 without any

01:02:07.380 --> 01:02:08.199
 real knowledge

01:02:08.199 --> 01:02:09.159
 of the word

01:02:09.159 --> 01:02:09.719
 or God

01:02:09.719 --> 01:02:10.300
 or God

01:02:10.300 --> 01:02:10.800
 himself?

01:02:12.519 --> 01:02:12.940
 Or will you

01:02:12.940 --> 01:02:13.599
 believe the

01:02:13.599 --> 01:02:14.719
 living word

01:02:14.719 --> 01:02:15.380
 of God?

01:02:16.079 --> 01:02:16.559
 The one

01:02:16.559 --> 01:02:17.219
 who says,

01:02:17.420 --> 01:02:17.599
 I have

01:02:17.599 --> 01:02:18.559
 made the

01:02:18.559 --> 01:02:19.159
 heavens and

01:02:19.159 --> 01:02:19.699
 the earth.

01:02:20.480 --> 01:02:21.099
 I have

01:02:21.099 --> 01:02:21.679
 formed you

01:02:21.679 --> 01:02:22.079
 in my

01:02:22.079 --> 01:02:22.539
 image.

01:02:23.179 --> 01:02:23.519
 I have

01:02:23.519 --> 01:02:24.199
 breathed into

01:02:24.199 --> 01:02:24.739
 your life.

01:02:24.819 --> 01:02:25.059
 I am the

01:02:25.059 --> 01:02:25.380
 one who

01:02:25.380 --> 01:02:26.119
 keeps you.

01:02:26.639 --> 01:02:27.039
 I am the

01:02:27.039 --> 01:02:27.380
 one who

01:02:27.380 --> 01:02:27.759
 has sent

01:02:27.759 --> 01:02:28.299
 my son

01:02:28.299 --> 01:02:28.579
 that you

01:02:28.579 --> 01:02:28.900
 will have

01:02:28.900 --> 01:02:29.839
 life and

01:02:29.839 --> 01:02:30.199
 have it

01:02:30.199 --> 01:02:30.719
 abundantly.

01:02:30.799 --> 01:02:31.119
 I am the

01:02:31.119 --> 01:02:31.960
 one who

01:02:31.960 --> 01:02:32.460
 will take

01:02:32.460 --> 01:02:32.860
 you through

01:02:32.860 --> 01:02:33.659
 life and

01:02:33.659 --> 01:02:34.279
 through death

01:02:34.279 --> 01:02:35.299
 into eternity

01:02:35.299 --> 01:02:36.139
 if you

01:02:36.139 --> 01:02:36.759
 will believe

01:02:36.759 --> 01:02:37.279
 in me.

01:02:39.179 --> 01:02:39.819
 Who do

01:02:39.819 --> 01:02:40.480
 we believe

01:02:40.480 --> 01:02:40.860
 in?

01:02:40.860 --> 01:02:43.360
 Nehemiah

01:02:43.360 --> 01:02:43.900
 was feeling

01:02:43.900 --> 01:02:44.519
 the pressure

01:02:44.519 --> 01:02:45.340
 of attack

01:02:45.340 --> 01:02:46.539
 but he

01:02:46.539 --> 01:02:47.460
 knows where

01:02:47.460 --> 01:02:47.920
 to go.

01:02:48.079 --> 01:02:48.300
 He says,

01:02:48.500 --> 01:02:48.920
 but now

01:02:48.920 --> 01:02:49.519
 O God

01:02:49.519 --> 01:02:50.579
 strengthen

01:02:50.579 --> 01:02:52.019
 my hands.

01:02:52.820 --> 01:02:53.180
 Isn't it a

01:02:53.180 --> 01:02:54.099
 blessing to us

01:02:54.099 --> 01:02:54.620
 to be able

01:02:54.620 --> 01:02:55.380
 to have one

01:02:55.380 --> 01:02:56.440
 to call

01:02:56.440 --> 01:02:56.880
 upon,

01:02:57.500 --> 01:02:58.240
 to have the

01:02:58.240 --> 01:02:58.660
 Lord

01:02:58.660 --> 01:02:59.720
 himself?

01:03:01.000 --> 01:03:01.460
 Nehemiah

01:03:01.460 --> 01:03:01.740
 and the

01:03:01.740 --> 01:03:02.200
 word could

01:03:02.200 --> 01:03:02.940
 have crumbled

01:03:02.940 --> 01:03:04.720
 here but

01:03:04.720 --> 01:03:05.380
 instead what

01:03:05.380 --> 01:03:05.980
 you read is

01:03:05.980 --> 01:03:06.980
 in verse 15

01:03:06.980 --> 01:03:07.980
 the wall

01:03:07.980 --> 01:03:08.900
 was finished.

01:03:10.300 --> 01:03:11.039
 The work

01:03:11.039 --> 01:03:11.920
 was complete

01:03:11.920 --> 01:03:12.820
 on the

01:03:12.820 --> 01:03:13.340
 walls.

01:03:14.380 --> 01:03:14.679
 And look

01:03:14.679 --> 01:03:14.920
 at the

01:03:14.920 --> 01:03:15.559
 change that

01:03:15.559 --> 01:03:16.400
 this brings.

01:03:16.780 --> 01:03:17.059
 In verse

01:03:17.059 --> 01:03:17.579
 16,

01:03:18.059 --> 01:03:18.760
 when all

01:03:18.760 --> 01:03:19.260
 our enemies

01:03:19.260 --> 01:03:19.920
 heard of

01:03:19.920 --> 01:03:20.059
 it,

01:03:20.199 --> 01:03:20.639
 all the

01:03:20.639 --> 01:03:21.000
 nations

01:03:21.000 --> 01:03:21.900
 around us

01:03:21.900 --> 01:03:23.000
 were afraid

01:03:23.000 --> 01:03:24.460
 and fell

01:03:24.460 --> 01:03:25.320
 greatly in

01:03:25.320 --> 01:03:25.960
 their own

01:03:25.960 --> 01:03:26.599
 esteem.

01:03:26.960 --> 01:03:27.300
 For they

01:03:27.300 --> 01:03:27.980
 perceived

01:03:27.980 --> 01:03:28.420
 that this

01:03:28.420 --> 01:03:29.360
 work had

01:03:29.360 --> 01:03:30.119
 been accomplished

01:03:30.119 --> 01:03:30.619
 with the

01:03:30.619 --> 01:03:31.440
 help of

01:03:31.440 --> 01:03:32.219
 our God.

01:03:33.740 --> 01:03:34.820
 The tide

01:03:34.820 --> 01:03:35.539
 is turned.

01:03:35.539 --> 01:03:37.360
 the nations

01:03:37.360 --> 01:03:38.380
 are afraid

01:03:38.380 --> 01:03:39.659
 because they

01:03:39.659 --> 01:03:40.719
 see that

01:03:40.719 --> 01:03:41.400
 God has

01:03:41.400 --> 01:03:41.739
 been at

01:03:41.739 --> 01:03:42.239
 work.

01:03:44.059 --> 01:03:44.980
 A day

01:03:44.980 --> 01:03:45.679
 will come

01:03:45.679 --> 01:03:46.759
 when every

01:03:46.759 --> 01:03:47.320
 knee will

01:03:47.320 --> 01:03:48.340
 bow and

01:03:48.340 --> 01:03:49.079
 every tongue

01:03:49.079 --> 01:03:51.159
 confess that

01:03:51.159 --> 01:03:52.259
 Jesus Christ

01:03:52.259 --> 01:03:53.360
 is Lord.

01:03:54.679 --> 01:03:55.400
 But today

01:03:55.400 --> 01:03:56.179
 is the day

01:03:56.179 --> 01:03:57.259
 to find our

01:03:57.259 --> 01:03:58.860
 defense in

01:03:58.860 --> 01:03:59.179
 him.

01:04:00.119 --> 01:04:00.960
 God is the

01:04:00.960 --> 01:04:01.739
 only help

01:04:01.739 --> 01:04:02.179
 we need

01:04:02.179 --> 01:04:03.340
 for life

01:04:03.340 --> 01:04:03.840
 and for

01:04:03.840 --> 01:04:04.519
 eternity.

01:04:04.519 --> 01:04:05.539
 he is

01:04:05.539 --> 01:04:05.820
 not

01:04:05.820 --> 01:04:06.400
 fiction.

01:04:07.219 --> 01:04:07.619
 He is

01:04:07.619 --> 01:04:08.179
 fact.

01:04:09.039 --> 01:04:09.340
 And as we

01:04:09.340 --> 01:04:09.719
 heard this

01:04:09.719 --> 01:04:10.059
 morning,

01:04:10.380 --> 01:04:10.880
 he is the

01:04:10.880 --> 01:04:11.679
 only one

01:04:11.679 --> 01:04:12.480
 who can

01:04:12.480 --> 01:04:13.159
 save.

01:04:14.500 --> 01:04:14.759
 You know,

01:04:14.800 --> 01:04:15.320
 when Jesus

01:04:15.320 --> 01:04:15.920
 was speaking

01:04:15.920 --> 01:04:16.280
 to the

01:04:16.280 --> 01:04:16.820
 Jews in

01:04:16.820 --> 01:04:17.099
 John

01:04:17.099 --> 01:04:17.960
 chapter 8,

01:04:19.559 --> 01:04:19.960
 there were

01:04:19.960 --> 01:04:20.500
 those who

01:04:20.500 --> 01:04:21.539
 were just

01:04:21.539 --> 01:04:22.179
 putting him

01:04:22.179 --> 01:04:23.159
 away, but

01:04:23.159 --> 01:04:23.400
 he was

01:04:23.400 --> 01:04:23.739
 saying,

01:04:24.199 --> 01:04:24.840
 my word

01:04:24.840 --> 01:04:25.639
 is truth.

01:04:25.759 --> 01:04:26.039
 You have

01:04:26.039 --> 01:04:26.559
 to believe

01:04:26.559 --> 01:04:26.800
 it.

01:04:27.800 --> 01:04:28.099
 And he

01:04:28.099 --> 01:04:28.500
 says to

01:04:28.500 --> 01:04:28.900
 them in

01:04:28.900 --> 01:04:29.199
 verse

01:04:29.199 --> 01:04:30.340
 31 and

01:04:30.340 --> 01:04:30.860
 32,

01:04:31.360 --> 01:04:31.960
 if you

01:04:31.960 --> 01:04:32.679
 abide in

01:04:32.679 --> 01:04:33.380
 my word,

01:04:33.380 --> 01:04:34.099
 you are

01:04:34.099 --> 01:04:34.780
 truly my

01:04:34.780 --> 01:04:35.380
 disciples,

01:04:36.099 --> 01:04:36.740
 and you

01:04:36.740 --> 01:04:37.140
 will know

01:04:37.140 --> 01:04:37.840
 the truth,

01:04:38.440 --> 01:04:38.940
 and the

01:04:38.940 --> 01:04:39.579
 truth will

01:04:39.579 --> 01:04:40.240
 set you

01:04:40.240 --> 01:04:40.619
 free.

01:04:42.440 --> 01:04:42.940
 He was

01:04:42.940 --> 01:04:43.720
 speaking because

01:04:43.720 --> 01:04:44.019
 there was

01:04:44.019 --> 01:04:44.579
 one, the

01:04:44.579 --> 01:04:45.940
 devil, who

01:04:45.940 --> 01:04:46.680
 was the

01:04:46.680 --> 01:04:47.340
 father of

01:04:47.340 --> 01:04:47.980
 lies.

01:04:49.260 --> 01:04:49.640
 But he

01:04:49.640 --> 01:04:50.220
 is saying,

01:04:51.220 --> 01:04:51.519
 you will

01:04:51.519 --> 01:04:52.079
 know the

01:04:52.079 --> 01:04:52.780
 truth in

01:04:52.780 --> 01:04:54.200
 me, and

01:04:54.200 --> 01:04:54.880
 the truth

01:04:54.880 --> 01:04:55.960
 will set

01:04:55.960 --> 01:04:56.920
 you free.

01:04:57.920 --> 01:04:58.460
 Do you

01:04:58.460 --> 01:04:59.500
 have that

01:04:59.500 --> 01:04:59.940
 freedom?

01:04:59.940 --> 01:05:01.619
 Do you

01:05:01.619 --> 01:05:03.139
 doubt, or

01:05:03.139 --> 01:05:03.420
 do you

01:05:03.420 --> 01:05:04.200
 have faith?

01:05:05.159 --> 01:05:05.539
 Well, let

01:05:05.539 --> 01:05:05.920
 me leave

01:05:05.920 --> 01:05:06.280
 you with

01:05:06.280 --> 01:05:07.019
 these words,

01:05:07.119 --> 01:05:07.500
 a little

01:05:07.500 --> 01:05:08.480
 verse that

01:05:08.480 --> 01:05:09.320
 speaks about

01:05:09.320 --> 01:05:10.240
 doubt and

01:05:10.240 --> 01:05:10.840
 faith and

01:05:10.840 --> 01:05:11.380
 the difference

01:05:11.380 --> 01:05:12.139
 between them.

01:05:12.840 --> 01:05:13.320
 It says,

01:05:13.320 --> 01:05:14.180
 doubt sees

01:05:14.180 --> 01:05:15.059
 the obstacles,

01:05:16.100 --> 01:05:17.120
 faith sees

01:05:17.120 --> 01:05:17.640
 the way.

01:05:18.740 --> 01:05:19.600
 Doubt sees

01:05:19.600 --> 01:05:20.280
 the darkest

01:05:20.280 --> 01:05:22.019
 night, faith

01:05:22.019 --> 01:05:23.000
 sees the

01:05:23.000 --> 01:05:23.280
 day.

01:05:24.440 --> 01:05:24.880
 Doubt

01:05:24.880 --> 01:05:26.640
 dreads to

01:05:26.640 --> 01:05:27.300
 take a

01:05:27.300 --> 01:05:28.920
 step, faith

01:05:28.920 --> 01:05:29.980
 soars on

01:05:29.980 --> 01:05:30.500
 high.

01:05:31.800 --> 01:05:32.120
 Doubt

01:05:32.120 --> 01:05:32.860
 questions,

01:05:33.460 --> 01:05:33.800
 who

01:05:33.800 --> 01:05:34.480
 believes?

01:05:35.760 --> 01:05:36.140
 Faith

01:05:36.140 --> 01:05:36.920
 answers,

01:05:37.519 --> 01:05:37.780
 I.

01:05:37.780 --> 01:05:40.220
 are you

01:05:40.220 --> 01:05:40.860
 a man or

01:05:40.860 --> 01:05:41.400
 woman of

01:05:41.400 --> 01:05:43.240
 doubt, or

01:05:43.240 --> 01:05:43.620
 are you a

01:05:43.620 --> 01:05:43.980
 man or

01:05:43.980 --> 01:05:45.500
 woman of

01:05:45.500 --> 01:05:46.100
 faith?

01:05:47.080 --> 01:05:48.060
 The lies

01:05:48.060 --> 01:05:48.380
 of the

01:05:48.380 --> 01:05:49.580
 devil will

01:05:49.580 --> 01:05:50.040
 make us

01:05:50.040 --> 01:05:50.800
 fear and

01:05:50.800 --> 01:05:51.440
 turn away

01:05:51.440 --> 01:05:52.240
 from God.

01:05:53.260 --> 01:05:53.800
 But thank

01:05:53.800 --> 01:05:54.320
 God we

01:05:54.320 --> 01:05:54.780
 have his

01:05:54.780 --> 01:05:56.160
 word, his

01:05:56.160 --> 01:05:57.640
 truth, to

01:05:57.640 --> 01:05:58.420
 lead us to

01:05:58.420 --> 01:05:59.840
 the rock, to

01:05:59.840 --> 01:06:00.460
 lead us to

01:06:00.460 --> 01:06:01.000
 Christ.

01:06:01.760 --> 01:06:02.320
 And may we

01:06:02.320 --> 01:06:03.740
 cry with

01:06:03.740 --> 01:06:04.680
 Nehemiah, but

01:06:04.680 --> 01:06:05.480
 now, O

01:06:05.480 --> 01:06:07.300
 God, strengthen

01:06:07.300 --> 01:06:08.640
 my hands,

01:06:09.420 --> 01:06:10.880
 strengthen our

01:06:10.880 --> 01:06:12.360
 faith, that

01:06:12.360 --> 01:06:12.820
 we will go

01:06:12.820 --> 01:06:13.420
 on in your

01:06:13.420 --> 01:06:14.700
 strength and

01:06:14.700 --> 01:06:15.100
 in your

01:06:15.100 --> 01:06:15.560
 work.

01:06:16.140 --> 01:06:16.640
 May God

01:06:16.640 --> 01:06:17.720
 bless his

01:06:17.720 --> 01:06:18.440
 word to

01:06:18.440 --> 01:06:18.720
 us.

01:06:20.100 --> 01:06:20.800
 We'll

01:06:20.800 --> 01:06:21.480
 conclude by

01:06:21.480 --> 01:06:22.480
 singing to

01:06:22.480 --> 01:06:23.420
 God's praise

01:06:23.420 --> 01:06:24.000
 in Psalm

01:06:24.000 --> 01:06:24.880
 86,

01:06:25.980 --> 01:06:28.700
 in the

01:06:28.700 --> 01:06:29.120
 Scottish

01:06:29.120 --> 01:06:29.660
 Psalter,

01:06:29.780 --> 01:06:31.140
 page 341.

01:06:32.060 --> 01:06:33.019
 Psalm 86,

01:06:33.320 --> 01:06:33.820
 on page

01:06:33.820 --> 01:06:35.140
 341.

01:06:37.300 --> 01:06:38.600
 We'll

01:06:38.600 --> 01:06:39.260
 sing from

01:06:39.260 --> 01:06:40.280
 verse 10

01:06:40.280 --> 01:06:41.060
 down to

01:06:41.060 --> 01:06:41.880
 verse 12,

01:06:42.000 --> 01:06:42.920
 three stanzas,

01:06:43.500 --> 01:06:43.920
 and the tune

01:06:43.920 --> 01:06:44.620
 is St.

01:06:44.740 --> 01:06:45.120
 David.

01:06:46.039 --> 01:06:46.840
 Because thou

01:06:46.840 --> 01:06:47.720
 art exceeding

01:06:47.720 --> 01:06:48.180
 great, and

01:06:48.180 --> 01:06:48.860
 works by

01:06:48.860 --> 01:06:49.280
 thee are

01:06:49.280 --> 01:06:50.240
 done, which

01:06:50.240 --> 01:06:50.800
 are to be

01:06:50.800 --> 01:06:51.560
 admired, and

01:06:51.560 --> 01:06:52.320
 thou art God

01:06:52.320 --> 01:06:53.340
 thyself alone,

01:06:53.760 --> 01:06:54.539
 teach me thy

01:06:54.539 --> 01:06:55.240
 way and in

01:06:55.240 --> 01:06:55.840
 thy truth.

01:06:55.940 --> 01:06:56.800
 O Lord, then

01:06:56.800 --> 01:06:57.700
 walk will I,

01:06:58.280 --> 01:06:58.960
 unite my

01:06:58.960 --> 01:06:59.500
 heart, that

01:06:59.500 --> 01:07:00.260
 I thy name

01:07:00.260 --> 01:07:00.960
 may fear

01:07:00.960 --> 01:07:02.039
 continually.

01:07:02.200 --> 01:07:02.360
 We'll

01:07:02.360 --> 01:07:02.740
 sing from

01:07:02.740 --> 01:07:03.420
 verse 10

01:07:03.420 --> 01:07:04.240
 to 12,

01:07:04.599 --> 01:07:05.260
 to God's

01:07:05.260 --> 01:07:05.680
 praise.

01:07:05.680 --> 01:07:06.559
 Amen.

01:07:33.420 --> 01:07:34.880
 and the

01:07:34.880 --> 01:07:37.360
 heart of

01:07:37.360 --> 01:07:39.519
 thyself

01:07:39.519 --> 01:07:41.240
 alone.

01:07:41.240 --> 01:07:45.240
 Teach me

01:07:45.240 --> 01:07:46.240
 thine

01:07:46.240 --> 01:07:48.460
 ring and

01:07:48.460 --> 01:07:49.440
 in

01:07:49.440 --> 01:07:50.340
 thy

01:07:50.340 --> 01:07:51.159
 truth.

01:07:51.680 --> 01:07:53.599
 O Lord,

01:07:53.760 --> 01:07:54.680
 then

01:07:54.680 --> 01:07:56.800
 all will

01:07:56.800 --> 01:07:58.240
 I,

01:07:58.780 --> 01:08:01.039
 unite

01:08:01.039 --> 01:08:01.880
 my

01:08:01.880 --> 01:08:02.980
 heart,

01:08:03.239 --> 01:08:04.219
 thou

01:08:04.219 --> 01:08:05.340
 thy

01:08:05.340 --> 01:08:07.119
 name,

01:08:07.400 --> 01:08:08.579
 may

01:08:08.579 --> 01:08:09.519
 hear

01:08:09.519 --> 01:08:10.659
 of

01:08:10.659 --> 01:08:12.860
 genuinely.

01:08:15.300 --> 01:08:17.380
 O Lord,

01:08:17.500 --> 01:08:18.519
 my

01:08:18.519 --> 01:08:19.519
 God,

01:08:19.519 --> 01:08:20.819
 with

01:08:20.819 --> 01:08:21.800
 all

01:08:21.800 --> 01:08:22.859
 my

01:08:22.859 --> 01:08:23.779
 heart,

01:08:23.779 --> 01:08:24.479
 to

01:08:24.479 --> 01:08:25.779
 thee

01:08:25.779 --> 01:08:26.859
 I

01:08:26.859 --> 01:08:28.119
 will

01:08:28.119 --> 01:08:29.239
 give

01:08:29.239 --> 01:08:30.859
 praise.

01:08:31.039 --> 01:08:32.579
 and

01:08:32.579 --> 01:08:33.500
 thy

01:08:33.500 --> 01:08:34.720
 love,

01:08:34.720 --> 01:08:36.220
 glory,

01:08:36.640 --> 01:08:37.720
 will

01:08:37.720 --> 01:08:38.920
 ask

01:08:38.920 --> 01:08:39.680
 thy

01:08:39.680 --> 01:08:41.359
 unto

01:08:41.359 --> 01:08:43.119
 thy

01:08:43.119 --> 01:08:44.380
 name,

01:08:44.460 --> 01:08:45.399
 o

01:08:45.399 --> 01:08:46.500
 praise.

01:08:47.840 --> 01:08:48.479
 After the

01:08:48.479 --> 01:08:49.140
 benediction, I'll

01:08:49.140 --> 01:08:50.000
 go to the door to

01:08:50.000 --> 01:08:50.560
 my left.

01:08:50.680 --> 01:08:51.619
 We'll close with a

01:08:51.619 --> 01:08:52.100
 benediction.

01:08:52.699 --> 01:08:53.680
 Now may grace,

01:08:53.960 --> 01:08:54.539
 mercy, and

01:08:54.539 --> 01:08:55.180
 peace from

01:08:55.180 --> 01:08:55.619
 God,

01:08:56.000 --> 01:08:56.359
 Father,

01:08:56.600 --> 01:08:57.119
 Son, and

01:08:57.119 --> 01:08:57.920
 Holy Spirit,

01:08:58.119 --> 01:08:58.979
 rest upon

01:08:58.979 --> 01:09:00.019
 and abide

01:09:00.019 --> 01:09:00.739
 with you all.

01:09:00.739 --> 01:09:01.139
 No one

01:09:01.139 --> 01:09:01.899
 forevermore.

01:09:02.319 --> 01:09:02.659
 Amen.