WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.459 in our Bibles again. We're going to have two readings this morning. 00:00:03.540 --> 00:00:06.219 First one, we're going to go back to the Psalms. 00:00:07.379 --> 00:00:10.160 And not too far. We start on page 602. 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:12.099 We're going to go to page 603. 00:00:13.259 --> 00:00:15.099 So not too challenging this morning. 00:00:18.320 --> 00:00:21.460 We're going to look at Psalm 98. Sorry, Psalm 98. 00:00:22.039 --> 00:00:25.000 If you're using the Church Bible, it's page 603. 00:00:25.940 --> 00:00:27.600 So we're going to read Psalm 98, 00:00:27.600 --> 00:00:31.880 and then we're going to turn to 1 Thessalonians. 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:39.600 So again, two readings this morning before 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:44.140 Johnny comes to preach from God's Word for us. 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:50.100 So Psalm 98 and reading from verse 1. 00:00:50.859 --> 00:00:52.980 Sing to the Lord a new song, 00:00:53.500 --> 00:00:56.160 for he has done marvelous things. 00:00:57.600 --> 00:01:02.600 His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. 00:01:03.140 --> 00:01:07.219 The Lord has made known, has made his salvation known, 00:01:07.579 --> 00:01:10.620 and revealed his righteousness to the nations. 00:01:11.460 --> 00:01:15.359 He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to Israel. 00:01:16.159 --> 00:01:21.079 All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:23.659 Shout for joy to the Lord. 00:01:23.659 --> 00:01:27.179 All the earth burst into jubilant song with music. 00:01:27.819 --> 00:01:29.819 Make music to the Lord with the harp, 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:32.079 with the harp and the sound of singing, 00:01:32.239 --> 00:01:34.560 with trumpets and the blast of the ram's horn. 00:01:35.159 --> 00:01:38.259 Shout for joy before the Lord, the King. 00:01:38.879 --> 00:01:41.659 Let the sea resound and everything in it, 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.039 the world and all who live in it. 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:46.980 Let the rivers clap their hands. 00:01:47.100 --> 00:01:49.580 Let the mountains sing together for joy. 00:01:50.040 --> 00:01:51.960 Let them sing before the Lord, 00:01:52.080 --> 00:01:54.460 for he comes to judge the earth. 00:01:54.880 --> 00:01:57.140 He will judge the world in righteousness 00:01:57.140 --> 00:02:00.640 and the peoples with equity. 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:04.900 And now turn to 1 Thessalonians in the New Testament 00:02:04.900 --> 00:02:06.379 and chapter 1. 00:02:07.420 --> 00:02:09.719 So 1 Thessalonians chapter 1, 00:02:09.979 --> 00:02:12.500 the Red Church Bible is page 1186. 00:02:13.379 --> 00:02:15.159 We're going to read from verse 6, 00:02:15.920 --> 00:02:18.039 1 Thessalonians chapter 1. 00:02:24.759 --> 00:02:26.319 Reading from verse 6, 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:32.039 You became imitators of us and of the Lord, 00:02:32.699 --> 00:02:34.199 for you welcomed the message 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:36.180 in the midst of severe suffering 00:02:36.180 --> 00:02:39.500 with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:41.879 And so you became a model 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:45.280 to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. 00:02:45.819 --> 00:02:49.539 The Lord's message rang out from you, 00:02:49.659 --> 00:02:51.419 not only in Macedonia and Achaia. 00:02:51.939 --> 00:02:55.219 Your faith in God has become known everywhere. 00:02:55.219 --> 00:03:00.099 Therefore, we do not need to say anything about it, 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:02.699 for they themselves report 00:03:02.699 --> 00:03:05.599 what kind of reception you gave us. 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:09.919 They tell how you turned to God from idols 00:03:09.919 --> 00:03:13.740 to serve the living and true God 00:03:13.740 --> 00:03:16.840 and to wait for his Son from heaven, 00:03:17.400 --> 00:03:19.120 whom he raised from the dead, 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:24.419 Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath. 00:03:25.219 --> 00:03:28.280 We pray that the Lord will bless the reading of his word. 00:03:29.400 --> 00:03:33.120 And Johnny, we thank you for preaching for us this morning. 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:33.560 Thank you. 00:03:40.560 --> 00:03:43.319 And thank you, Ralph, for leading us this morning. 00:03:43.740 --> 00:03:45.240 Good to see you all today. 00:03:45.240 --> 00:03:49.020 Let's keep our Bibles open in Thessalonians. 00:03:49.219 --> 00:03:54.659 We've just started our new series in this letter. 00:03:55.800 --> 00:03:58.640 If you missed the talks, they're on the website, 00:03:58.780 --> 00:04:00.320 so I encourage you to go there. 00:04:01.080 --> 00:04:04.480 Thanks to Christopher, who puts that together for us. 00:04:05.020 --> 00:04:06.920 So before we look at God's word, 00:04:07.020 --> 00:04:09.660 let's pray and ask for his help. 00:04:09.659 --> 00:04:10.659 Let's do that now. 00:04:19.659 --> 00:04:23.100 Lord, help us by your Holy Spirit. 00:04:24.560 --> 00:04:27.379 May the word of God come to us 00:04:27.379 --> 00:04:29.319 with power 00:04:29.319 --> 00:04:33.060 so that it changes us 00:04:33.060 --> 00:04:36.600 and motivates us afresh 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:39.120 to honour you 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:40.620 and to serve you. 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:44.959 May this all be for your glory, 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:48.819 for the fame of the Lord Jesus Christ, 00:04:49.819 --> 00:04:52.180 and that his name would be known 00:04:52.180 --> 00:04:54.660 across this world. 00:04:56.340 --> 00:04:57.639 Help us, we pray. 00:04:58.500 --> 00:04:59.000 Amen. 00:04:59.000 --> 00:04:59.120 Amen. 00:04:59.120 --> 00:04:59.120 00:04:59.120 --> 00:04:59.120 00:04:59.120 --> 00:04:59.120 00:05:03.060 --> 00:05:07.139 Well, something very exciting is happening today. 00:05:08.579 --> 00:05:11.560 You won't hear about it on the 6-1 News, 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:15.579 but it is being celebrated in heaven. 00:05:17.100 --> 00:05:19.620 It's not going to be talked about in the Dáil, 00:05:20.620 --> 00:05:25.060 but it is literally being talked about around the world. 00:05:25.840 --> 00:05:29.379 As we alluded to in our announcements and prayer time, 00:05:29.379 --> 00:05:34.040 a church has started meeting in the town of Carrick Toole. 00:05:34.920 --> 00:05:38.199 From today and every Sunday going forward, 00:05:38.779 --> 00:05:40.879 you will find a gathering of people 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:44.040 who love the Lord Jesus Christ 00:05:44.040 --> 00:05:47.699 and who have committed themselves to one another. 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:51.620 How did this new church begin? 00:05:51.779 --> 00:05:52.779 Where did it come from? 00:05:52.779 --> 00:05:56.259 Well, another church in Middleton 00:05:56.259 --> 00:05:58.579 began to reach out 00:05:58.579 --> 00:06:00.799 and began to pray for the community 00:06:00.799 --> 00:06:03.479 and share the gospel with others. 00:06:04.559 --> 00:06:06.659 And as people heard and believed, 00:06:07.019 --> 00:06:08.739 they have joined with each other 00:06:08.739 --> 00:06:11.259 and so a church has started. 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:14.479 You see, the gospel 00:06:14.479 --> 00:06:17.219 forms the church 00:06:17.220 --> 00:06:21.720 and the church now spreads the gospel. 00:06:22.880 --> 00:06:24.900 The gospel forms the church 00:06:24.900 --> 00:06:28.460 and the church now spreads the gospel. 00:06:28.620 --> 00:06:30.940 That's what happened in Thessalonica. 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:32.200 Paul and his team 00:06:32.200 --> 00:06:35.300 spread the good news about Christ 00:06:35.300 --> 00:06:38.160 and so a church was formed 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:40.000 and that very church 00:06:40.000 --> 00:06:43.700 began to share the gospel with others. 00:06:43.700 --> 00:06:46.860 And it's no different for Carrick-A-Line Baptist Church. 00:06:47.220 --> 00:06:49.700 This is how we came into existence. 00:06:50.060 --> 00:06:51.620 The gospel, the good news, 00:06:51.960 --> 00:06:53.140 formed the church 00:06:53.140 --> 00:06:56.020 and we have the wonderful and awesome privilege 00:06:56.020 --> 00:06:59.840 of telling the gospel to others. 00:07:00.980 --> 00:07:05.140 In this way, we become a model church. 00:07:05.620 --> 00:07:06.820 So look at verse 6. 00:07:09.400 --> 00:07:10.260 Paul says, 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.260 you became imitators of us 00:07:13.260 --> 00:07:15.420 and of the Lord. 00:07:15.420 --> 00:07:19.180 So just as the Lord Jesus Christ 00:07:19.180 --> 00:07:21.540 came and preached the gospel 00:07:21.540 --> 00:07:24.040 and just as Paul and his team 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:25.580 preached the gospel, 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:27.540 verse 7, 00:07:28.180 --> 00:07:30.960 and so you became a model 00:07:30.960 --> 00:07:32.400 to all the believers 00:07:32.400 --> 00:07:35.360 in Macedonia and Achaia. 00:07:35.780 --> 00:07:38.319 They followed the example of Christ 00:07:38.319 --> 00:07:39.460 and of Paul. 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:40.580 They heard, 00:07:40.900 --> 00:07:41.759 they received, 00:07:41.759 --> 00:07:43.240 and they began 00:07:43.240 --> 00:07:44.539 to tell. 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:47.620 So what will it look like 00:07:47.620 --> 00:07:48.759 for us today 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:51.180 to be a model church? 00:07:52.819 --> 00:07:54.480 Well, there's nothing difficult 00:07:54.480 --> 00:07:56.139 about this morning 00:07:56.139 --> 00:07:57.699 in what we're going to look at. 00:07:58.379 --> 00:08:00.099 Two things we're going to see. 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:01.539 The gospel is heard 00:08:01.539 --> 00:08:03.339 and the gospel 00:08:03.339 --> 00:08:04.659 is seen. 00:08:04.659 --> 00:08:06.539 The gospel is heard 00:08:06.539 --> 00:08:08.639 and the gospel is seen. 00:08:08.639 --> 00:08:10.539 Look at verse 8. 00:08:12.039 --> 00:08:13.599 The Lord's message 00:08:13.599 --> 00:08:15.039 rang out from you 00:08:15.039 --> 00:08:17.120 not only in Macedonia and Achaia, 00:08:17.719 --> 00:08:19.360 your faith in God 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:21.339 has become known 00:08:21.339 --> 00:08:22.699 everywhere. 00:08:24.019 --> 00:08:25.399 So three things, 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:26.139 very simply, 00:08:26.259 --> 00:08:26.979 we're going to learn 00:08:26.979 --> 00:08:28.740 from this verse. 00:08:29.680 --> 00:08:30.379 And first, 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:31.159 the gospel 00:08:31.159 --> 00:08:32.779 is a word 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:34.419 about Jesus. 00:08:35.179 --> 00:08:36.399 Look at verse 8 again. 00:08:36.399 --> 00:08:39.199 the Lord's message 00:08:39.199 --> 00:08:40.799 rang out. 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:42.039 You see, 00:08:42.120 --> 00:08:42.659 the gospel 00:08:42.659 --> 00:08:44.939 is a message. 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:46.399 It's a word 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:47.759 about Jesus. 00:08:48.199 --> 00:08:48.939 Have a look back 00:08:48.939 --> 00:08:49.959 at verse 5. 00:08:51.579 --> 00:08:52.039 He says, 00:08:52.100 --> 00:08:53.000 our gospel 00:08:53.000 --> 00:08:54.439 came to you 00:08:54.439 --> 00:08:55.299 not simply 00:08:55.299 --> 00:08:56.399 with words 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:57.699 but also 00:08:57.699 --> 00:08:58.220 with power. 00:08:58.220 --> 00:08:58.879 Yes, 00:08:59.100 --> 00:08:59.879 with power 00:08:59.879 --> 00:09:01.220 but not 00:09:01.220 --> 00:09:01.879 without 00:09:01.879 --> 00:09:03.059 words. 00:09:03.059 --> 00:09:05.879 the word 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:06.679 had to be 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:07.439 told. 00:09:08.139 --> 00:09:08.639 So look at 00:09:08.639 --> 00:09:09.379 chapter 2, 00:09:09.899 --> 00:09:11.319 the end of verse 2. 00:09:11.419 --> 00:09:12.219 Chapter 2, 00:09:12.339 --> 00:09:13.199 end of verse 2. 00:09:13.319 --> 00:09:13.819 He says, 00:09:14.359 --> 00:09:15.119 with the help 00:09:15.119 --> 00:09:15.799 of our God 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:16.819 we dare to 00:09:16.819 --> 00:09:18.519 tell you 00:09:18.519 --> 00:09:19.359 his gospel 00:09:19.359 --> 00:09:20.819 in the face 00:09:20.819 --> 00:09:21.899 of strong opposition. 00:09:22.979 --> 00:09:23.659 Or go down 00:09:23.659 --> 00:09:24.739 to verse 9, 00:09:25.339 --> 00:09:26.679 the end of verse 9. 00:09:28.179 --> 00:09:28.959 We work 00:09:28.959 --> 00:09:29.939 tonight and day 00:09:29.939 --> 00:09:30.379 in order 00:09:30.379 --> 00:09:31.379 not to be a burden 00:09:31.379 --> 00:09:32.000 to anyone 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:33.059 while we 00:09:33.059 --> 00:09:34.159 preached 00:09:34.159 --> 00:09:35.500 the gospel 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:36.059 of God 00:09:36.059 --> 00:09:36.679 to you. 00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:38.139 So what's 00:09:38.139 --> 00:09:39.340 this word 00:09:39.340 --> 00:09:40.860 that is being 00:09:40.860 --> 00:09:41.639 told 00:09:41.639 --> 00:09:42.259 and being 00:09:42.259 --> 00:09:43.480 preached? 00:09:44.139 --> 00:09:44.399 Well, 00:09:44.439 --> 00:09:44.740 look at 00:09:44.740 --> 00:09:45.519 chapter 3, 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:46.320 verse 2. 00:09:48.259 --> 00:09:49.120 We send 00:09:49.120 --> 00:09:49.559 Timothy, 00:09:49.740 --> 00:09:50.139 who is our 00:09:50.139 --> 00:09:50.700 brother and 00:09:50.700 --> 00:09:51.179 co-worker 00:09:51.179 --> 00:09:51.740 in God's 00:09:51.740 --> 00:09:52.019 service, 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:53.639 in spreading 00:09:53.639 --> 00:09:55.480 the gospel 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:56.399 of Christ. 00:09:57.779 --> 00:09:58.159 You see, 00:09:58.259 --> 00:09:59.039 the gospel 00:09:59.039 --> 00:09:59.740 word 00:09:59.740 --> 00:10:01.180 is a good 00:10:01.180 --> 00:10:02.200 news announcement 00:10:02.200 --> 00:10:03.360 about 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:04.440 Christ. 00:10:05.220 --> 00:10:06.120 A declaration 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:07.360 of what God 00:10:07.360 --> 00:10:08.000 has done 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:09.220 for us. 00:10:09.500 --> 00:10:10.299 It's a message 00:10:10.299 --> 00:10:11.220 about Jesus 00:10:11.220 --> 00:10:12.159 who is the 00:10:12.159 --> 00:10:12.860 Christ, 00:10:13.659 --> 00:10:14.600 God's King, 00:10:15.139 --> 00:10:15.539 come to 00:10:15.539 --> 00:10:16.180 restore 00:10:16.180 --> 00:10:17.279 and renew 00:10:17.279 --> 00:10:18.440 this broken 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:19.180 world 00:10:19.180 --> 00:10:20.019 and our 00:10:20.019 --> 00:10:20.659 disordered 00:10:20.659 --> 00:10:21.279 lives. 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:23.279 It's a word 00:10:23.279 --> 00:10:23.919 about how 00:10:23.919 --> 00:10:24.440 Jesus, 00:10:25.220 --> 00:10:25.899 the King, 00:10:26.279 --> 00:10:26.799 has given 00:10:26.799 --> 00:10:27.600 his life 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:28.200 for you 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:28.980 and has 00:10:28.980 --> 00:10:29.500 defeated 00:10:29.500 --> 00:10:30.139 death 00:10:30.139 --> 00:10:30.720 for you 00:10:30.720 --> 00:10:31.480 so that 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:32.259 people like 00:10:32.259 --> 00:10:33.259 us might 00:10:33.259 --> 00:10:34.340 share in 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:35.340 his eternal 00:10:35.340 --> 00:10:35.879 kingdom. 00:10:36.920 --> 00:10:37.259 You see, 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:38.000 the gospel 00:10:38.000 --> 00:10:40.040 is communicated 00:10:40.040 --> 00:10:41.340 in word 00:10:41.340 --> 00:10:42.139 and we 00:10:42.139 --> 00:10:42.960 have that 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:44.139 good news 00:10:44.139 --> 00:10:45.580 message to 00:10:45.580 --> 00:10:46.920 tell about 00:10:46.920 --> 00:10:47.420 Jesus. 00:10:49.920 --> 00:10:51.139 So it's a 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:53.180 word about 00:10:53.180 --> 00:10:53.820 Jesus, 00:10:54.759 --> 00:10:55.600 which is 00:10:55.600 --> 00:10:56.080 second, 00:10:57.480 --> 00:10:58.220 declared 00:10:58.220 --> 00:10:59.759 to all 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:00.279 people. 00:11:00.980 --> 00:11:01.680 A message 00:11:01.680 --> 00:11:02.399 about Jesus 00:11:02.399 --> 00:11:03.180 declared to 00:11:03.180 --> 00:11:03.759 all people. 00:11:04.040 --> 00:11:04.379 Look at 00:11:04.379 --> 00:11:04.920 verse 8. 00:11:05.639 --> 00:11:06.360 The Lord's 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:06.940 message 00:11:06.940 --> 00:11:08.600 rang out. 00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:10.360 Literally, 00:11:10.639 --> 00:11:11.440 it echo, 00:11:11.659 --> 00:11:12.060 echo, 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:12.580 echo. 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:14.519 It 00:11:14.519 --> 00:11:15.800 reverberated 00:11:15.800 --> 00:11:16.759 all around. 00:11:17.240 --> 00:11:17.740 In verse 00:11:17.740 --> 00:11:17.980 8, 00:11:18.120 --> 00:11:18.820 Macedonia, 00:11:19.019 --> 00:11:19.720 which was in 00:11:19.720 --> 00:11:20.540 northern Greece, 00:11:20.639 --> 00:11:21.200 and Achaia, 00:11:21.460 --> 00:11:21.920 which is 00:11:21.920 --> 00:11:22.860 southern Greece, 00:11:22.860 --> 00:11:25.940 your faith, 00:11:26.480 --> 00:11:27.139 verse 8, 00:11:28.180 --> 00:11:28.860 in God 00:11:28.860 --> 00:11:29.820 became known 00:11:29.820 --> 00:11:30.480 everywhere. 00:11:31.300 --> 00:11:31.940 It was like 00:11:31.940 --> 00:11:33.019 a foghorn. 00:11:33.539 --> 00:11:34.360 The sound, 00:11:34.740 --> 00:11:35.360 the message 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:36.080 of the gospel, 00:11:36.300 --> 00:11:37.340 it just kept 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:38.080 on traveling 00:11:38.080 --> 00:11:39.180 from one place 00:11:39.180 --> 00:11:39.820 to another. 00:11:41.899 --> 00:11:42.860 It's like 00:11:42.860 --> 00:11:43.580 what scientists 00:11:43.580 --> 00:11:44.200 call the 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:45.240 butterfly effect. 00:11:46.419 --> 00:11:47.039 A butterfly 00:11:47.039 --> 00:11:47.940 supposedly 00:11:47.940 --> 00:11:49.340 flaps its 00:11:49.340 --> 00:11:50.080 wings in 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:50.980 South China, 00:11:50.980 --> 00:11:52.539 sets off 00:11:52.539 --> 00:11:53.039 a current 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:53.500 of air, 00:11:54.180 --> 00:11:54.700 which in 00:11:54.700 --> 00:11:55.460 turn becomes 00:11:55.460 --> 00:11:56.019 a hurricane 00:11:56.019 --> 00:11:56.560 in the 00:11:56.560 --> 00:11:57.279 Indian Ocean. 00:11:58.560 --> 00:11:58.879 Don't know 00:11:58.879 --> 00:11:59.220 if that's 00:11:59.220 --> 00:11:59.680 true or 00:11:59.680 --> 00:11:59.980 if it's 00:11:59.980 --> 00:12:00.420 made up, 00:12:00.539 --> 00:12:00.840 but it's 00:12:00.840 --> 00:12:01.220 a good 00:12:01.220 --> 00:12:01.800 illustration, 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:02.340 isn't it? 00:12:02.920 --> 00:12:03.399 And that's 00:12:03.399 --> 00:12:04.019 what happens 00:12:04.019 --> 00:12:04.480 when the 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:05.080 gospel is 00:12:05.080 --> 00:12:05.480 declared. 00:12:05.940 --> 00:12:06.220 It's 00:12:06.220 --> 00:12:06.840 impact. 00:12:06.960 --> 00:12:07.159 It's 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:07.399 just 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:07.899 spoken, 00:12:08.180 --> 00:12:08.560 and it 00:12:08.560 --> 00:12:09.159 goes on 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:09.620 and on. 00:12:09.800 --> 00:12:11.220 It reverberates 00:12:11.220 --> 00:12:12.200 all around. 00:12:12.720 --> 00:12:13.600 The message, 00:12:13.800 --> 00:12:14.300 the good 00:12:14.300 --> 00:12:15.100 news about 00:12:15.100 --> 00:12:15.700 Jesus 00:12:15.700 --> 00:12:17.100 rang out. 00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:17.100 00:12:17.100 --> 00:12:17.100 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:21.920 So a word 00:12:21.920 --> 00:12:22.680 about Jesus 00:12:22.680 --> 00:12:23.779 to all 00:12:23.779 --> 00:12:24.420 people 00:12:24.420 --> 00:12:26.759 through 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:28.680 the church. 00:12:29.580 --> 00:12:29.960 Again, 00:12:30.060 --> 00:12:30.340 look at 00:12:30.340 --> 00:12:30.899 verse 8. 00:12:31.340 --> 00:12:32.080 The Lord's 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:33.019 message rang 00:12:33.019 --> 00:12:35.159 out from 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:35.740 you. 00:12:36.860 --> 00:12:37.800 The means 00:12:37.800 --> 00:12:38.460 that God 00:12:38.460 --> 00:12:39.580 uses to 00:12:39.580 --> 00:12:40.259 announce the 00:12:40.259 --> 00:12:40.840 good news 00:12:40.840 --> 00:12:41.639 is the 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:42.399 church. 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:43.820 People just 00:12:43.820 --> 00:12:44.420 like you 00:12:44.420 --> 00:12:44.800 and me. 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:45.920 Now I find 00:12:45.920 --> 00:12:47.100 that extraordinary. 00:12:48.500 --> 00:12:48.920 Gospel 00:12:48.920 --> 00:12:50.039 telling is 00:12:50.039 --> 00:12:50.699 done through 00:12:50.699 --> 00:12:51.559 ordinary 00:12:51.559 --> 00:12:52.379 people, 00:12:53.360 --> 00:12:53.899 ordinary 00:12:53.899 --> 00:12:54.939 sinful, 00:12:55.439 --> 00:12:56.360 suffering, 00:12:56.919 --> 00:12:57.480 struggling 00:12:57.480 --> 00:12:58.959 people like 00:12:58.959 --> 00:12:59.439 us. 00:12:59.879 --> 00:13:00.639 God could 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:01.379 have used 00:13:01.379 --> 00:13:02.259 mighty 00:13:02.259 --> 00:13:02.860 angels. 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:04.879 He could 00:13:04.879 --> 00:13:05.339 have used 00:13:05.339 --> 00:13:05.899 special 00:13:05.899 --> 00:13:06.419 prophets. 00:13:07.899 --> 00:13:08.279 He could 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:08.719 have said, 00:13:09.099 --> 00:13:09.519 I want you 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:10.019 to hire 00:13:10.019 --> 00:13:10.779 professionals, 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:11.959 but none 00:13:11.959 --> 00:13:12.379 of that. 00:13:12.539 --> 00:13:12.839 Instead, 00:13:13.079 --> 00:13:13.899 God chose 00:13:13.899 --> 00:13:15.379 you and 00:13:15.379 --> 00:13:15.759 me, 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:17.039 this 00:13:17.039 --> 00:13:17.719 church, 00:13:18.379 --> 00:13:19.259 to share 00:13:19.259 --> 00:13:20.120 and to 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:21.340 tell the 00:13:21.340 --> 00:13:21.799 gospel. 00:13:25.039 --> 00:13:25.620 Maybe 00:13:25.620 --> 00:13:25.939 you've 00:13:25.939 --> 00:13:26.299 heard 00:13:26.299 --> 00:13:28.860 someone say 00:13:28.860 --> 00:13:29.439 or you've 00:13:29.439 --> 00:13:29.700 read 00:13:29.700 --> 00:13:30.259 somewhere, 00:13:30.919 --> 00:13:31.659 maybe you 00:13:31.659 --> 00:13:32.039 think it's 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:32.539 a verse in 00:13:32.539 --> 00:13:33.019 the Bible. 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:34.399 Preach the 00:13:34.399 --> 00:13:35.019 gospel at 00:13:35.019 --> 00:13:35.879 all times 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:37.220 and if 00:13:37.220 --> 00:13:37.879 necessary, 00:13:38.679 --> 00:13:39.620 use words. 00:13:41.059 --> 00:13:41.500 Well, 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:42.080 it's not a 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:42.819 Bible verse 00:13:42.819 --> 00:13:43.840 and it's 00:13:43.840 --> 00:13:44.939 very unhelpful. 00:13:45.740 --> 00:13:46.740 Words are 00:13:46.740 --> 00:13:47.700 essential. 00:13:48.740 --> 00:13:48.940 Without 00:13:48.940 --> 00:13:49.680 words, 00:13:49.779 --> 00:13:50.419 we cannot 00:13:50.419 --> 00:13:51.340 communicate 00:13:51.340 --> 00:13:52.519 the amazing 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:53.139 love of 00:13:53.139 --> 00:13:53.680 God who 00:13:53.680 --> 00:13:54.259 redeems 00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:54.759 us from 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:55.740 sin and 00:13:55.740 --> 00:13:56.620 reconciles 00:13:56.620 --> 00:13:57.139 us to 00:13:57.139 --> 00:13:57.700 himself. 00:13:58.639 --> 00:13:59.200 But the 00:13:59.200 --> 00:14:00.100 word is 00:14:00.100 --> 00:14:01.279 also necessary 00:14:01.279 --> 00:14:02.440 because the 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:03.419 gospel word, 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:03.879 the good 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:04.419 news about 00:14:04.419 --> 00:14:05.500 Jesus in 00:14:05.500 --> 00:14:05.799 and of 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:06.639 itself as 00:14:06.639 --> 00:14:06.980 it is 00:14:06.980 --> 00:14:08.899 spoken is 00:14:08.899 --> 00:14:09.940 a powerful 00:14:09.940 --> 00:14:10.519 word. 00:14:11.120 --> 00:14:11.919 It changes 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:12.680 and transforms 00:14:12.680 --> 00:14:13.440 lives. 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:14.139 Look at 00:14:14.139 --> 00:14:14.779 chapter 2 00:14:14.779 --> 00:14:15.679 verse 13. 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:20.580 Chapter 2 00:14:20.580 --> 00:14:21.159 verse 13. 00:14:21.220 --> 00:14:21.699 We also 00:14:21.699 --> 00:14:22.399 thank God 00:14:22.399 --> 00:14:23.199 continually 00:14:23.199 --> 00:14:24.720 because when 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:25.840 you received 00:14:25.840 --> 00:14:26.840 the word 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:27.720 of God 00:14:27.720 --> 00:14:29.159 which you 00:14:29.159 --> 00:14:30.019 heard 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:31.039 from us, 00:14:31.720 --> 00:14:32.679 you accepted 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:33.559 it not as a 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:34.360 human word 00:14:34.360 --> 00:14:35.319 but as it 00:14:35.319 --> 00:14:36.340 is the 00:14:36.340 --> 00:14:36.980 word of 00:14:36.980 --> 00:14:37.460 God 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:40.039 which is 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:41.039 indeed at 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:42.539 work in 00:14:42.539 --> 00:14:43.599 you who 00:14:43.599 --> 00:14:44.259 believe. 00:14:45.659 --> 00:14:46.419 It's not 00:14:46.419 --> 00:14:47.000 just a 00:14:47.000 --> 00:14:47.439 made up 00:14:47.439 --> 00:14:47.719 word, 00:14:47.899 --> 00:14:48.379 it's not 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:48.879 just an 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:49.319 ordinary 00:14:49.319 --> 00:14:49.740 word, 00:14:50.099 --> 00:14:51.219 it's a 00:14:51.219 --> 00:14:51.779 God 00:14:51.779 --> 00:14:53.719 word and 00:14:53.719 --> 00:14:54.279 God's 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:54.759 word has 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:55.299 power, 00:14:55.819 --> 00:14:56.719 it works 00:14:56.719 --> 00:14:57.579 in people's 00:14:57.579 --> 00:14:58.019 lives, 00:14:58.139 --> 00:14:59.159 it's living 00:14:59.159 --> 00:15:00.179 and effective, 00:15:01.099 --> 00:15:01.779 it's like a 00:15:01.779 --> 00:15:02.579 seed planted 00:15:02.579 --> 00:15:03.259 in the ground 00:15:03.259 --> 00:15:03.939 that grows 00:15:03.939 --> 00:15:04.919 and produces 00:15:04.919 --> 00:15:06.099 a fruitful 00:15:06.099 --> 00:15:06.939 harvest. 00:15:08.459 --> 00:15:08.679 Now 00:15:08.679 --> 00:15:09.159 amazingly 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:10.319 this gospel 00:15:10.319 --> 00:15:11.039 word is 00:15:11.039 --> 00:15:11.679 is not 00:15:11.679 --> 00:15:12.199 just for 00:15:12.199 --> 00:15:12.699 you and 00:15:12.699 --> 00:15:13.019 I, 00:15:13.740 --> 00:15:14.259 it's for 00:15:14.259 --> 00:15:14.959 the community 00:15:14.959 --> 00:15:16.099 of Carragalline, 00:15:16.419 --> 00:15:17.159 the county 00:15:17.159 --> 00:15:18.039 of Cork, 00:15:18.419 --> 00:15:19.159 the island 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:19.899 of Ireland, 00:15:20.439 --> 00:15:21.199 for asylum 00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:22.039 seekers in 00:15:22.039 --> 00:15:22.579 Sheffield, 00:15:22.799 --> 00:15:23.279 for the 00:15:23.279 --> 00:15:23.799 unreached 00:15:23.799 --> 00:15:24.659 people in 00:15:24.659 --> 00:15:25.379 Kashmir. 00:15:26.379 --> 00:15:26.959 It's a 00:15:26.959 --> 00:15:27.579 message for 00:15:27.579 --> 00:15:28.620 all because 00:15:28.620 --> 00:15:29.919 God's heart 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:30.719 is for 00:15:30.719 --> 00:15:32.399 all the 00:15:32.399 --> 00:15:32.860 nations. 00:15:34.799 --> 00:15:35.860 And it's 00:15:35.860 --> 00:15:36.579 not just a 00:15:36.579 --> 00:15:37.379 responsibility 00:15:37.379 --> 00:15:39.139 but it's 00:15:39.139 --> 00:15:39.720 a privilege 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:40.460 for us 00:15:40.460 --> 00:15:40.860 to be 00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:41.360 involved. 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:42.320 God has 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:43.679 formed us. 00:15:44.139 --> 00:15:44.460 This is 00:15:44.460 --> 00:15:45.480 no mistake. 00:15:46.419 --> 00:15:47.039 He's formed 00:15:47.039 --> 00:15:47.639 us together 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:48.320 from different 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:49.039 places and 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:49.360 different 00:15:49.360 --> 00:15:49.899 backgrounds, 00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:51.179 united us 00:15:51.179 --> 00:15:52.179 together in 00:15:52.179 --> 00:15:53.220 Christ and 00:15:53.220 --> 00:15:54.100 to each 00:15:54.100 --> 00:15:55.059 other for 00:15:55.059 --> 00:15:55.759 the purpose, 00:15:55.939 --> 00:15:56.399 verse 8, 00:15:56.659 --> 00:15:57.259 that the 00:15:57.259 --> 00:15:57.899 Lord's 00:15:57.899 --> 00:15:59.080 message would 00:15:59.080 --> 00:15:59.820 ring out 00:15:59.820 --> 00:16:01.659 from you. 00:16:01.659 --> 00:16:05.059 And that's 00:16:05.059 --> 00:16:05.699 what happens 00:16:05.699 --> 00:16:06.799 every week 00:16:06.799 --> 00:16:08.120 in this 00:16:08.120 --> 00:16:08.659 church. 00:16:09.620 --> 00:16:10.639 On Thursday 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:11.159 morning, 00:16:11.299 --> 00:16:12.000 this hall is 00:16:12.000 --> 00:16:12.679 transformed 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:14.159 into polo. 00:16:15.719 --> 00:16:16.959 On Friday, 00:16:17.959 --> 00:16:18.679 the rock 00:16:18.679 --> 00:16:19.679 and rooted 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:21.439 and Sunday 00:16:21.439 --> 00:16:22.000 evening, 00:16:22.219 --> 00:16:22.639 core. 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:24.559 God's 00:16:24.559 --> 00:16:25.659 word about 00:16:25.659 --> 00:16:26.799 Jesus is 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:27.559 faithfully 00:16:27.559 --> 00:16:29.419 declared by 00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:30.839 you to 00:16:30.839 --> 00:16:31.559 others. 00:16:31.659 --> 00:16:33.159 But it's 00:16:33.159 --> 00:16:33.759 not limited 00:16:33.759 --> 00:16:34.459 to just 00:16:34.459 --> 00:16:35.480 these events. 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:36.439 Think about 00:16:36.439 --> 00:16:36.959 where you 00:16:36.959 --> 00:16:37.459 live. 00:16:38.279 --> 00:16:39.039 God has 00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.679 you where 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:40.360 you are 00:16:40.360 --> 00:16:41.059 in the 00:16:41.059 --> 00:16:41.559 community 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:42.519 with the 00:16:42.519 --> 00:16:42.899 people. 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:43.480 He's 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:43.899 given you 00:16:43.899 --> 00:16:44.620 the friends 00:16:44.620 --> 00:16:45.019 and the 00:16:45.019 --> 00:16:45.659 family that 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.379 you have 00:16:46.379 --> 00:16:47.659 so that 00:16:47.659 --> 00:16:50.059 the gospel 00:16:50.059 --> 00:16:50.779 message, 00:16:50.939 --> 00:16:51.819 the Lord's 00:16:51.819 --> 00:16:52.360 message, 00:16:52.679 --> 00:16:53.459 would ring 00:16:53.459 --> 00:16:54.839 out from 00:16:54.839 --> 00:16:55.219 you. 00:16:56.559 --> 00:16:57.579 That they 00:16:57.579 --> 00:16:58.419 might turn 00:16:58.419 --> 00:16:59.179 and see the 00:16:59.179 --> 00:16:59.819 wonder and 00:16:59.819 --> 00:17:00.399 the beauty 00:17:00.399 --> 00:17:01.379 of who 00:17:01.379 --> 00:17:02.399 Jesus is 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:03.720 and come 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:04.180 to know 00:17:04.180 --> 00:17:04.500 him. 00:17:06.099 --> 00:17:06.980 It's very 00:17:06.980 --> 00:17:07.460 simple, 00:17:07.579 --> 00:17:08.079 isn't it? 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:09.980 The gospel 00:17:09.980 --> 00:17:12.079 is heard. 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.519 Second, 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:16.000 the gospel 00:17:16.000 --> 00:17:17.660 is seen. 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:19.480 Look at the 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:19.960 end of verse 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:20.240 eight. 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:20.700 He says, 00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:21.700 your faith 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.779 in God 00:17:22.779 --> 00:17:23.620 has become 00:17:23.620 --> 00:17:24.299 known 00:17:24.299 --> 00:17:25.620 everywhere. 00:17:26.960 --> 00:17:27.240 This 00:17:27.240 --> 00:17:28.440 people had 00:17:28.440 --> 00:17:29.500 heard the 00:17:29.500 --> 00:17:29.900 gospel, 00:17:30.279 --> 00:17:30.680 it had 00:17:30.680 --> 00:17:31.779 taken effect 00:17:31.779 --> 00:17:32.180 in their 00:17:32.180 --> 00:17:32.600 lives, 00:17:32.860 --> 00:17:33.799 and as they 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:34.380 came to 00:17:34.380 --> 00:17:35.000 believe it, 00:17:35.299 --> 00:17:35.860 they were 00:17:35.860 --> 00:17:37.319 being transformed, 00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:37.840 they were 00:17:37.840 --> 00:17:38.640 being changed. 00:17:38.640 --> 00:17:39.500 but what I 00:17:39.500 --> 00:17:40.080 want us to 00:17:40.080 --> 00:17:40.800 notice is 00:17:40.800 --> 00:17:42.880 how their 00:17:42.880 --> 00:17:43.820 faith became 00:17:43.820 --> 00:17:44.160 known 00:17:44.160 --> 00:17:44.620 everywhere. 00:17:45.280 --> 00:17:46.080 How did 00:17:46.080 --> 00:17:46.540 their faith 00:17:46.540 --> 00:17:47.160 become known 00:17:47.160 --> 00:17:47.500 everywhere? 00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.300 Yes, 00:17:48.360 --> 00:17:49.140 it rang out 00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:49.540 from them 00:17:49.540 --> 00:17:50.480 by word, 00:17:51.860 --> 00:17:52.320 but look 00:17:52.320 --> 00:17:54.040 at verse 00:17:54.040 --> 00:17:54.500 nine. 00:17:56.540 --> 00:17:57.440 For they 00:17:57.440 --> 00:17:58.280 themselves 00:17:58.280 --> 00:17:59.880 report what 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:00.420 kind of 00:18:00.420 --> 00:18:01.300 reception you 00:18:01.300 --> 00:18:01.820 gave us. 00:18:02.420 --> 00:18:03.520 They tell. 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:06.700 you see, 00:18:06.819 --> 00:18:07.400 this wasn't 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:08.339 self-promotion 00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:09.000 on behalf 00:18:09.000 --> 00:18:09.379 of the 00:18:09.379 --> 00:18:09.779 church. 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:11.220 The change 00:18:11.220 --> 00:18:11.720 in their 00:18:11.720 --> 00:18:13.400 lives had 00:18:13.400 --> 00:18:14.240 been observed 00:18:14.240 --> 00:18:15.039 by others 00:18:15.039 --> 00:18:15.660 within their 00:18:15.660 --> 00:18:16.259 community, 00:18:16.920 --> 00:18:17.440 and it 00:18:17.440 --> 00:18:18.240 was them, 00:18:19.099 --> 00:18:20.039 unbelievers, 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:21.279 that began 00:18:21.279 --> 00:18:21.839 to tell 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:23.259 others about 00:18:23.259 --> 00:18:23.900 these new 00:18:23.900 --> 00:18:24.720 Christians and 00:18:24.720 --> 00:18:25.379 the transformation 00:18:25.379 --> 00:18:26.019 in their 00:18:26.019 --> 00:18:26.559 lives. 00:18:28.319 --> 00:18:29.019 Verse 00:18:29.019 --> 00:18:29.400 nine, 00:18:29.539 --> 00:18:30.119 for they 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:30.920 themselves 00:18:30.920 --> 00:18:31.819 report what 00:18:31.819 --> 00:18:32.240 kind of 00:18:32.240 --> 00:18:32.980 reception you 00:18:32.980 --> 00:18:33.500 gave us. 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:35.139 they had 00:18:35.139 --> 00:18:35.700 become the 00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:36.279 gossip of 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:36.839 the town. 00:18:37.700 --> 00:18:38.379 Did you 00:18:38.379 --> 00:18:39.059 hear about 00:18:39.059 --> 00:18:39.700 that group 00:18:39.700 --> 00:18:40.139 who meet 00:18:40.139 --> 00:18:40.500 in the 00:18:40.500 --> 00:18:41.019 Carragoline 00:18:41.019 --> 00:18:41.639 Community 00:18:41.639 --> 00:18:42.099 Centre? 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:43.759 I know 00:18:43.759 --> 00:18:44.240 some of 00:18:44.240 --> 00:18:44.539 them. 00:18:45.619 --> 00:18:45.900 They're 00:18:45.900 --> 00:18:46.379 different 00:18:46.379 --> 00:18:46.940 folk. 00:18:48.059 --> 00:18:48.240 They 00:18:48.240 --> 00:18:49.440 take this 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:49.960 Jesus 00:18:49.960 --> 00:18:51.019 seriously. 00:18:52.539 --> 00:18:53.039 And their 00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:53.639 lives, 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.160 they're kind 00:18:55.160 --> 00:18:55.819 of different. 00:18:58.400 --> 00:18:59.480 So what 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:00.220 changes 00:19:00.220 --> 00:19:01.779 and effects 00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:03.059 should we 00:19:03.059 --> 00:19:04.579 see as 00:19:04.579 --> 00:19:05.099 the gospel 00:19:05.099 --> 00:19:06.599 takes root 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:07.379 in our 00:19:07.379 --> 00:19:07.919 lives? 00:19:09.339 --> 00:19:10.019 Well, 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:11.879 very 00:19:11.879 --> 00:19:12.379 simply, 00:19:13.379 --> 00:19:14.440 first, 00:19:14.679 --> 00:19:15.059 we have 00:19:15.059 --> 00:19:16.519 turned from 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.139 idols. 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.119 We've 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:18.779 turned from 00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.159 idols. 00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.359 Let's read 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:20.919 again verse 00:19:20.919 --> 00:19:21.259 nine. 00:19:21.799 --> 00:19:22.339 For they 00:19:22.339 --> 00:19:23.000 themselves 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:23.879 report what 00:19:23.879 --> 00:19:24.299 kind of 00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:24.960 reception you 00:19:24.960 --> 00:19:25.440 gave us. 00:19:25.819 --> 00:19:26.720 They tell 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:27.799 how you 00:19:27.799 --> 00:19:28.460 turned to 00:19:28.460 --> 00:19:28.960 God 00:19:28.960 --> 00:19:30.539 from idols. 00:19:30.539 --> 00:19:30.740 idols. 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.059 Now, 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.379 idols 00:19:32.379 --> 00:19:32.740 aren't 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.099 just 00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.879 figures 00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:34.319 that are 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:34.700 carved 00:19:34.700 --> 00:19:35.299 out of 00:19:35.299 --> 00:19:35.839 wood or 00:19:35.839 --> 00:19:36.339 stone. 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:36.940 An 00:19:36.940 --> 00:19:37.420 idol 00:19:37.420 --> 00:19:38.500 can be 00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.019 anything 00:19:39.019 --> 00:19:40.319 or anyone 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.779 that is 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.159 more 00:19:41.159 --> 00:19:41.680 important 00:19:41.680 --> 00:19:42.359 to you 00:19:42.359 --> 00:19:43.379 than 00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:43.879 God. 00:19:44.879 --> 00:19:45.339 So an 00:19:45.339 --> 00:19:45.539 idol 00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:46.980 can be 00:19:46.980 --> 00:19:47.700 a good 00:19:47.700 --> 00:19:48.079 thing, 00:19:48.200 --> 00:19:49.039 like a 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:49.700 job or 00:19:49.700 --> 00:19:50.299 a hobby 00:19:50.299 --> 00:19:50.759 or a 00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.000 loved 00:19:51.000 --> 00:19:51.359 one or 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:52.079 a desire. 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:53.919 But we 00:19:53.919 --> 00:19:54.899 take those 00:19:54.899 --> 00:19:56.919 things and 00:19:56.919 --> 00:19:57.419 they become 00:19:57.419 --> 00:19:58.019 a God 00:19:58.019 --> 00:19:58.720 replacement 00:19:58.720 --> 00:19:59.259 or a 00:19:59.259 --> 00:19:59.579 God 00:19:59.579 --> 00:20:00.299 substitute. 00:20:02.439 --> 00:20:03.339 So what I 00:20:03.339 --> 00:20:03.879 want us to 00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.399 do is to 00:20:04.399 --> 00:20:04.960 think about 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:05.579 this morning, 00:20:05.939 --> 00:20:06.500 what is 00:20:06.500 --> 00:20:07.379 your idol? 00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:08.740 What is 00:20:08.740 --> 00:20:09.839 my idol? 00:20:11.199 --> 00:20:11.879 Tim Keller, 00:20:12.079 --> 00:20:13.019 a pastor 00:20:13.019 --> 00:20:13.559 and writer 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:14.279 now with 00:20:14.279 --> 00:20:14.899 the Lord, 00:20:15.679 --> 00:20:16.279 wrote a lot 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:16.799 about this 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.460 and he 00:20:17.460 --> 00:20:18.059 spoke about 00:20:18.059 --> 00:20:18.919 two questions 00:20:18.919 --> 00:20:19.240 that are 00:20:19.240 --> 00:20:21.059 helpful to 00:20:21.059 --> 00:20:21.980 identify 00:20:21.980 --> 00:20:22.819 your idol. 00:20:23.039 --> 00:20:23.399 And here's 00:20:23.399 --> 00:20:23.779 the first 00:20:23.779 --> 00:20:24.419 question and 00:20:24.419 --> 00:20:24.879 I want us 00:20:24.879 --> 00:20:25.859 to think 00:20:25.859 --> 00:20:26.480 through what 00:20:26.480 --> 00:20:26.980 the answer 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.480 might be 00:20:27.480 --> 00:20:28.480 for ourselves. 00:20:30.500 --> 00:20:31.279 What do 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:31.960 you think 00:20:31.960 --> 00:20:33.519 about most 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:34.099 of all? 00:20:34.919 --> 00:20:35.419 What do 00:20:35.419 --> 00:20:35.839 you think 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:36.460 about most 00:20:36.460 --> 00:20:36.859 of all? 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:37.599 When you 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.319 daydream, 00:20:39.419 --> 00:20:40.000 like when 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.740 I'm speaking 00:20:40.740 --> 00:20:41.679 for example, 00:20:42.279 --> 00:20:43.559 where do 00:20:43.559 --> 00:20:44.259 your thoughts 00:20:44.259 --> 00:20:44.940 go to? 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.659 Where do 00:20:46.659 --> 00:20:47.179 your thoughts 00:20:47.179 --> 00:20:47.759 go to? 00:20:48.159 --> 00:20:48.599 When you 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.099 wake up 00:20:49.099 --> 00:20:49.579 first thing 00:20:49.579 --> 00:20:49.799 in the 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:50.319 morning or 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:50.960 go to 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.279 bed at 00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:51.500 night, 00:20:51.819 --> 00:20:52.379 what's 00:20:52.379 --> 00:20:52.700 ticking 00:20:52.700 --> 00:20:53.220 over in 00:20:53.220 --> 00:20:53.619 your mind? 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:54.299 What's 00:20:54.299 --> 00:20:54.960 consuming 00:20:54.960 --> 00:20:55.759 your thoughts? 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.119 Maybe it's 00:20:58.119 --> 00:20:58.819 the job, 00:20:59.299 --> 00:20:59.740 maybe it's 00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.179 the longing 00:21:00.179 --> 00:21:00.619 for the 00:21:00.619 --> 00:21:00.980 holiday, 00:21:01.980 --> 00:21:02.500 maybe it's 00:21:02.500 --> 00:21:03.559 for a 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:03.919 friend. 00:21:05.879 --> 00:21:06.359 Here's the 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:07.099 second question, 00:21:07.679 --> 00:21:08.339 what do you 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:09.299 most fear 00:21:09.299 --> 00:21:10.159 losing? 00:21:12.619 --> 00:21:13.319 What do 00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:13.700 you most 00:21:13.700 --> 00:21:14.559 fear losing? 00:21:14.559 --> 00:21:15.480 If it was 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:16.419 taken away 00:21:16.419 --> 00:21:17.139 from you, 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:18.759 it would 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:19.279 leave you 00:21:19.279 --> 00:21:19.960 absolutely 00:21:19.960 --> 00:21:21.019 devastated 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.740 and broken. 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:23.960 So maybe 00:21:23.960 --> 00:21:24.599 it's your 00:21:24.599 --> 00:21:25.740 health you 00:21:25.740 --> 00:21:26.559 fear losing 00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.940 or a 00:21:27.940 --> 00:21:28.559 loved one. 00:21:29.819 --> 00:21:30.160 You see, 00:21:30.240 --> 00:21:30.740 the answer 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.220 to these 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.839 questions 00:21:31.839 --> 00:21:33.180 reveal our 00:21:33.180 --> 00:21:33.940 idols. 00:21:34.440 --> 00:21:34.980 Instead of 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.519 looking to 00:21:35.519 --> 00:21:36.119 God for 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:36.720 our joy 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:37.079 and our 00:21:37.079 --> 00:21:37.460 happiness 00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:37.920 and our 00:21:37.920 --> 00:21:38.519 security 00:21:38.519 --> 00:21:38.920 and our 00:21:38.920 --> 00:21:39.220 hope, 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.099 we look 00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.859 to other 00:21:40.859 --> 00:21:42.220 things that 00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.779 take the 00:21:42.779 --> 00:21:43.339 place of 00:21:43.339 --> 00:21:43.759 God. 00:21:46.240 --> 00:21:46.920 As I 00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:47.519 thought about 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:48.019 this, 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:50.519 I thought 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.000 about an 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:52.539 idol that 00:21:52.539 --> 00:21:53.859 certainly is 00:21:53.859 --> 00:21:54.420 in my 00:21:54.420 --> 00:21:55.759 camp and 00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.319 maybe in 00:21:56.319 --> 00:21:56.920 yours as 00:21:56.920 --> 00:21:57.180 well. 00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:59.259 We carry 00:21:59.259 --> 00:21:59.779 it with 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.759 us every 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:01.740 single day. 00:22:02.539 --> 00:22:03.259 If we 00:22:03.259 --> 00:22:04.099 can't find 00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:05.599 it, we 00:22:05.599 --> 00:22:06.359 panic and 00:22:06.359 --> 00:22:07.220 we stress. 00:22:08.359 --> 00:22:09.079 When we 00:22:09.079 --> 00:22:09.980 want comfort, 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:12.279 we watch 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.639 it. 00:22:13.259 --> 00:22:13.799 When we 00:22:13.799 --> 00:22:14.779 want advice, 00:22:14.779 --> 00:22:16.079 we listen 00:22:16.079 --> 00:22:16.720 to it. 00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.099 It has 00:22:18.099 --> 00:22:18.799 our attention 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:19.480 first thing 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.720 in the 00:22:19.720 --> 00:22:20.039 morning, 00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:21.019 last thing 00:22:21.019 --> 00:22:21.539 at night. 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:22.299 It is, 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:22.899 of course, 00:22:23.039 --> 00:22:26.359 our mobile 00:22:26.359 --> 00:22:27.039 phones. 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.779 It consumes 00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.619 our every 00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.019 day. 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:31.299 We wait 00:22:31.299 --> 00:22:32.039 listening for 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:32.879 that ping. 00:22:33.579 --> 00:22:34.200 Somebody sent 00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:34.759 me a message. 00:22:35.240 --> 00:22:35.579 We are 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:36.200 waiting for 00:22:36.200 --> 00:22:37.119 those two 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:37.819 blue ticks. 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:38.740 They've read 00:22:38.740 --> 00:22:39.519 my message. 00:22:39.899 --> 00:22:40.420 They're longing 00:22:40.420 --> 00:22:41.099 for a happy 00:22:41.099 --> 00:22:41.579 emoji. 00:22:41.980 --> 00:22:42.700 They love 00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:43.119 me. 00:22:43.119 --> 00:22:45.579 We can't 00:22:45.579 --> 00:22:46.139 live without 00:22:46.139 --> 00:22:46.639 it. 00:22:47.419 --> 00:22:48.500 We serve 00:22:48.500 --> 00:22:49.199 it daily, 00:22:49.439 --> 00:22:49.919 scrolling, 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:51.039 flicking, 00:22:51.679 --> 00:22:52.339 downloading, 00:22:52.899 --> 00:22:53.439 playing. 00:22:55.119 --> 00:22:55.879 Don't 00:22:55.879 --> 00:22:56.500 believe me? 00:22:57.619 --> 00:22:58.319 Turn off 00:22:58.319 --> 00:22:58.819 your phone 00:22:58.819 --> 00:23:00.239 now and 00:23:00.239 --> 00:23:00.879 don't touch 00:23:00.879 --> 00:23:01.679 it for 24 00:23:01.679 --> 00:23:02.319 hours. 00:23:03.459 --> 00:23:04.459 You can't. 00:23:05.399 --> 00:23:06.019 It's an 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:06.419 idol. 00:23:07.379 --> 00:23:07.979 It's got a 00:23:07.979 --> 00:23:08.699 hold of you. 00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.439 But look 00:23:10.439 --> 00:23:11.000 what happens 00:23:11.000 --> 00:23:11.399 when the 00:23:11.399 --> 00:23:12.139 gospel takes 00:23:12.139 --> 00:23:12.719 effect in 00:23:12.720 --> 00:23:13.259 our life. 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.339 Verse 9, 00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.420 they turned 00:23:17.420 --> 00:23:18.120 to God 00:23:18.120 --> 00:23:20.120 from idols. 00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:22.380 They turned. 00:23:23.480 --> 00:23:24.420 They repented. 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:26.559 They reordered 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:27.319 their lives 00:23:27.319 --> 00:23:28.079 around God. 00:23:28.380 --> 00:23:28.900 Not that 00:23:28.900 --> 00:23:29.779 phones are 00:23:29.779 --> 00:23:30.720 all terribly 00:23:30.720 --> 00:23:31.500 bad. 00:23:32.579 --> 00:23:33.259 But what 00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.079 people see 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:34.620 is when the 00:23:34.620 --> 00:23:35.360 gospel takes 00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:35.779 effect, 00:23:36.180 --> 00:23:36.720 people can 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.160 see a 00:23:37.160 --> 00:23:37.620 difference. 00:23:37.620 --> 00:23:38.539 Instead of 00:23:38.539 --> 00:23:39.279 people being 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.339 consumed with 00:23:40.339 --> 00:23:41.299 social media 00:23:41.299 --> 00:23:42.119 and living 00:23:42.119 --> 00:23:42.899 your life 00:23:42.899 --> 00:23:43.639 according to 00:23:43.639 --> 00:23:44.139 what others 00:23:44.139 --> 00:23:44.960 say and 00:23:44.960 --> 00:23:45.720 becoming and 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.339 looking like 00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:46.899 what everybody 00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.639 else say you 00:23:47.639 --> 00:23:48.019 should look 00:23:48.019 --> 00:23:48.299 like. 00:23:48.299 --> 00:23:49.240 Our hearts 00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:49.700 are now 00:23:49.700 --> 00:23:50.500 consumed with 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:51.159 the God 00:23:51.159 --> 00:23:52.200 who made 00:23:52.200 --> 00:23:52.619 us, 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.579 who loves 00:23:53.579 --> 00:23:54.119 us, 00:23:54.240 --> 00:23:55.779 and speaks 00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.700 to us. 00:23:56.700 --> 00:24:00.299 you see, 00:24:00.380 --> 00:24:00.680 when the 00:24:00.680 --> 00:24:01.519 gospel takes 00:24:01.519 --> 00:24:02.080 effect, 00:24:02.799 --> 00:24:03.799 we turn 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:04.720 from idols. 00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:06.980 Second, 00:24:07.980 --> 00:24:09.360 to serve 00:24:09.360 --> 00:24:09.880 God. 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:11.580 Look at 00:24:11.580 --> 00:24:12.200 verse 9. 00:24:12.900 --> 00:24:13.660 They tell how 00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.500 you turn to 00:24:14.500 --> 00:24:15.360 God from 00:24:15.360 --> 00:24:16.660 idols to 00:24:16.660 --> 00:24:18.120 serve the 00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:19.220 living and 00:24:19.220 --> 00:24:20.019 true God. 00:24:20.019 --> 00:24:20.019 00:24:21.220 --> 00:24:21.680 When the 00:24:21.680 --> 00:24:22.420 gospel takes 00:24:22.420 --> 00:24:22.839 effect, 00:24:22.980 --> 00:24:23.660 we realise 00:24:23.660 --> 00:24:24.200 that the 00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:24.900 idols that 00:24:24.900 --> 00:24:25.400 we cling 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:25.960 on to, 00:24:26.579 --> 00:24:26.759 well, 00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.220 what they 00:24:27.220 --> 00:24:27.759 really are 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:28.119 like. 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.940 My idols, 00:24:29.119 --> 00:24:29.559 the things 00:24:29.559 --> 00:24:30.279 that consume 00:24:30.279 --> 00:24:30.740 me, 00:24:31.059 --> 00:24:31.900 are ultimately 00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.839 dead and 00:24:32.839 --> 00:24:33.359 false. 00:24:34.420 --> 00:24:35.059 They can't 00:24:35.059 --> 00:24:35.460 give you 00:24:35.460 --> 00:24:35.940 life, 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:36.940 and they 00:24:36.940 --> 00:24:37.519 only tell 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.379 you lies. 00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.099 In its 00:24:40.099 --> 00:24:40.539 place, 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.220 verse 9, 00:24:41.519 --> 00:24:42.079 instead of 00:24:42.079 --> 00:24:43.599 an idol 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.639 that is 00:24:44.639 --> 00:24:45.759 dead and 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:46.500 false, 00:24:47.180 --> 00:24:48.139 we have 00:24:48.139 --> 00:24:49.079 the living 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:50.679 and true 00:24:50.679 --> 00:24:51.240 God. 00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.759 God is 00:24:52.759 --> 00:24:53.359 the living 00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:53.799 one. 00:24:54.179 --> 00:24:54.559 He's the 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.500 creator and 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.439 sustainer and 00:24:56.439 --> 00:24:57.259 provider of 00:24:57.259 --> 00:24:57.679 your life. 00:24:58.000 --> 00:24:58.659 He rules 00:24:58.659 --> 00:24:59.359 over you, 00:24:59.659 --> 00:25:00.519 which means 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:02.359 I can 00:25:02.359 --> 00:25:03.279 trust him. 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:05.220 And God 00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.879 is true. 00:25:06.259 --> 00:25:06.579 He not 00:25:06.579 --> 00:25:07.159 only does 00:25:07.159 --> 00:25:07.579 what is 00:25:07.579 --> 00:25:07.960 right, 00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:08.679 he only 00:25:08.679 --> 00:25:09.279 does what 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:09.899 is best 00:25:09.899 --> 00:25:10.539 for us. 00:25:10.819 --> 00:25:11.359 He knows 00:25:11.359 --> 00:25:11.639 me 00:25:11.639 --> 00:25:12.399 intimately, 00:25:13.480 --> 00:25:13.799 therefore 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.619 I can 00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.599 trust 00:25:15.599 --> 00:25:16.000 him. 00:25:17.599 --> 00:25:18.220 This is 00:25:18.220 --> 00:25:18.759 a God 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.379 who I 00:25:19.379 --> 00:25:19.799 can give 00:25:19.799 --> 00:25:20.640 my life 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:21.000 to. 00:25:22.140 --> 00:25:22.519 You see, 00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.279 God alone 00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:24.079 is worthy 00:25:24.079 --> 00:25:24.539 of our 00:25:24.539 --> 00:25:25.680 service and 00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.379 is deserving 00:25:26.379 --> 00:25:27.039 of our 00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.460 worship. 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:29.640 And that's 00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:30.240 what happens 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:30.680 when the 00:25:30.680 --> 00:25:31.460 gospel takes 00:25:31.460 --> 00:25:31.879 effect. 00:25:32.299 --> 00:25:33.140 People see, 00:25:33.619 --> 00:25:34.619 people noticed. 00:25:35.740 --> 00:25:36.359 Instead of 00:25:36.359 --> 00:25:37.200 pursuing my 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:38.220 own desires 00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.660 and my 00:25:38.660 --> 00:25:39.480 own wants, 00:25:40.019 --> 00:25:40.700 we become 00:25:40.700 --> 00:25:41.379 a people who 00:25:41.379 --> 00:25:42.160 seek God's 00:25:42.160 --> 00:25:42.900 desires and 00:25:42.900 --> 00:25:43.299 what he 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:43.839 wants. 00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.339 No longer 00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.059 driven by 00:25:46.059 --> 00:25:47.440 selfish desires, 00:25:47.440 --> 00:25:48.559 but serving 00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.880 the living 00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:52.140 and true 00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:53.220 God. 00:25:57.220 --> 00:25:58.240 So we 00:25:58.240 --> 00:25:58.820 turn from 00:25:58.820 --> 00:25:59.420 our idols 00:25:59.420 --> 00:26:01.160 to serve 00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:01.720 God. 00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.559 Third, 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:04.960 as we 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:06.360 wait for 00:26:06.360 --> 00:26:07.080 Jesus. 00:26:07.700 --> 00:26:08.580 Verse 10. 00:26:11.059 --> 00:26:12.100 Turning from 00:26:12.100 --> 00:26:12.600 idols, 00:26:13.259 --> 00:26:14.100 serving God, 00:26:14.099 --> 00:26:15.859 and to 00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:16.740 wait for 00:26:16.740 --> 00:26:17.439 his son 00:26:17.439 --> 00:26:18.219 from heaven 00:26:18.219 --> 00:26:19.379 whom he's 00:26:19.379 --> 00:26:19.939 raised from 00:26:19.939 --> 00:26:20.519 the dead, 00:26:21.519 --> 00:26:22.279 Jesus who 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.119 rescues us 00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.480 from the 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.240 coming wrath. 00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:25.959 You see, 00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:26.500 if you're a 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:26.919 Christian, 00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.859 this world 00:26:28.859 --> 00:26:29.919 and the 00:26:29.919 --> 00:26:30.399 home that 00:26:30.399 --> 00:26:30.740 we're going 00:26:30.740 --> 00:26:31.319 to go back 00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:32.679 to is not 00:26:32.679 --> 00:26:33.459 our real 00:26:33.459 --> 00:26:33.959 home. 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:35.859 We're waiting 00:26:35.859 --> 00:26:37.639 for a true 00:26:37.639 --> 00:26:38.359 and eternal 00:26:38.359 --> 00:26:38.819 home, 00:26:39.259 --> 00:26:40.259 God's eternal 00:26:40.259 --> 00:26:41.019 kingdom to 00:26:41.019 --> 00:26:41.419 come. 00:26:41.420 --> 00:26:42.700 You see, 00:26:42.820 --> 00:26:43.380 one day, 00:26:44.060 --> 00:26:44.640 the risen 00:26:44.640 --> 00:26:45.519 Lord Jesus 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:47.440 is going 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:47.880 to come 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:48.620 back again 00:26:48.620 --> 00:26:50.500 and he's 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:50.740 going to 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:51.380 put everything 00:26:51.380 --> 00:26:51.740 right. 00:26:51.840 --> 00:26:52.140 He's going 00:26:52.140 --> 00:26:52.660 to fix 00:26:52.660 --> 00:26:53.279 things. 00:26:54.140 --> 00:26:54.580 How do 00:26:54.580 --> 00:26:54.920 we know 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.519 it's true? 00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:56.880 Well, 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.160 look at 00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.640 verse 10. 00:26:59.800 --> 00:27:00.360 The son 00:27:00.360 --> 00:27:00.759 whom he 00:27:00.759 --> 00:27:01.340 sent from 00:27:01.340 --> 00:27:01.720 heaven, 00:27:02.400 --> 00:27:02.980 whom he 00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.759 raised 00:27:03.759 --> 00:27:04.759 from the 00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:05.180 dead. 00:27:06.320 --> 00:27:06.880 There's the 00:27:06.880 --> 00:27:07.220 proof. 00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.100 There's the 00:27:08.100 --> 00:27:08.820 evidence that 00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:09.400 Jesus is 00:27:09.400 --> 00:27:09.720 coming. 00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:11.420 Jesus has 00:27:11.420 --> 00:27:12.600 risen from 00:27:12.600 --> 00:27:13.039 the dead. 00:27:13.400 --> 00:27:14.059 His power 00:27:14.059 --> 00:27:14.700 to crush 00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:15.240 and defeat 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:16.220 death means 00:27:16.220 --> 00:27:16.700 that one 00:27:16.700 --> 00:27:17.480 day he 00:27:17.480 --> 00:27:18.019 is going 00:27:18.019 --> 00:27:18.460 to come 00:27:18.460 --> 00:27:19.160 in awesome 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:19.660 power. 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:21.339 And when 00:27:21.339 --> 00:27:21.900 he comes, 00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.519 verse 10, 00:27:22.700 --> 00:27:23.299 he's going 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.019 to rescue 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:25.039 us from 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:25.579 the coming 00:27:25.579 --> 00:27:26.120 wrath. 00:27:28.039 --> 00:27:28.640 Yes, 00:27:29.120 --> 00:27:29.539 judgment 00:27:29.539 --> 00:27:30.940 will fall. 00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.559 One day 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.460 we will all 00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.339 stand before 00:27:34.339 --> 00:27:34.900 God and 00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.480 have to give 00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:35.980 an account. 00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.120 This world 00:27:37.120 --> 00:27:38.079 is not going 00:27:38.079 --> 00:27:38.779 on forever. 00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:39.740 It's not a 00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.319 cycle that 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:40.720 just goes 00:27:40.720 --> 00:27:41.240 on and 00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.619 on and 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:41.839 on. 00:27:42.139 --> 00:27:42.599 A day 00:27:42.599 --> 00:27:43.299 is coming 00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.319 when Jesus 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:45.119 will come 00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:47.240 and God's 00:27:47.240 --> 00:27:48.579 wrath will 00:27:48.579 --> 00:27:49.059 fall. 00:27:50.500 --> 00:27:51.299 Not his 00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.599 anger in 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:53.119 terms of 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:53.859 his temper, 00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.460 but his 00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:56.200 just, 00:27:56.879 --> 00:27:57.240 fair, 00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.500 and right 00:27:58.500 --> 00:28:00.319 response to 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:01.139 a world in 00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.700 rebellion who 00:28:02.700 --> 00:28:03.500 have rejected 00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:04.519 Jesus, 00:28:05.339 --> 00:28:05.879 the King. 00:28:05.880 --> 00:28:07.900 but for 00:28:07.900 --> 00:28:08.380 those who 00:28:08.380 --> 00:28:09.860 trust Jesus, 00:28:10.940 --> 00:28:11.640 for those 00:28:11.640 --> 00:28:12.820 who turn 00:28:12.820 --> 00:28:13.960 continually on 00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.760 a day-by-day 00:28:14.760 --> 00:28:15.260 basis, 00:28:15.680 --> 00:28:16.240 turn from 00:28:16.240 --> 00:28:17.160 idols and 00:28:17.160 --> 00:28:17.740 seek to 00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.700 serve the 00:28:18.700 --> 00:28:19.200 living and 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:19.860 true God 00:28:19.860 --> 00:28:21.100 who love 00:28:21.100 --> 00:28:21.820 Jesus, 00:28:22.540 --> 00:28:23.820 we will be 00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:26.000 rescued from 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.700 that coming 00:28:26.700 --> 00:28:27.160 wrath. 00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:29.020 Look at 00:28:29.020 --> 00:28:29.860 chapter 4, 00:28:30.560 --> 00:28:31.880 verse 16, 00:28:31.880 --> 00:28:33.520 to get a 00:28:33.520 --> 00:28:34.500 sneak peek 00:28:34.500 --> 00:28:35.980 at what it 00:28:35.980 --> 00:28:36.760 will be like 00:28:36.760 --> 00:28:38.520 when Jesus 00:28:38.520 --> 00:28:40.320 comes for 00:28:40.320 --> 00:28:40.980 the believer. 00:28:43.220 --> 00:28:44.220 Here's how he 00:28:44.220 --> 00:28:44.840 puts it, 00:28:44.840 --> 00:28:45.820 chapter 4, 00:28:45.900 --> 00:28:46.720 verse 16, 00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:48.400 for the 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:49.539 Lord himself 00:28:49.539 --> 00:28:51.600 will come 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.339 down from 00:28:52.339 --> 00:28:53.960 heaven with 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:54.640 a loud 00:28:54.640 --> 00:28:55.279 command, 00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:56.839 with the 00:28:56.839 --> 00:28:57.480 voice of 00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.380 the archangel, 00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.140 and with the 00:29:00.140 --> 00:29:01.380 trumpet call 00:29:01.380 --> 00:29:02.180 of God, 00:29:02.799 --> 00:29:03.180 and the 00:29:03.180 --> 00:29:03.860 dead in 00:29:03.860 --> 00:29:04.220 Christ, 00:29:04.360 --> 00:29:04.940 the Christians 00:29:04.940 --> 00:29:05.680 who have 00:29:05.680 --> 00:29:06.039 died, 00:29:06.460 --> 00:29:07.519 will rise 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:08.319 first, 00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:09.640 and after 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:10.360 that we, 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.339 and those 00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.960 who are still 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:12.579 alive when 00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.420 Christ returns, 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:15.120 and are 00:29:15.120 --> 00:29:15.640 left, 00:29:15.640 --> 00:29:16.220 will be 00:29:16.220 --> 00:29:17.240 caught up 00:29:17.240 --> 00:29:18.140 together with 00:29:18.140 --> 00:29:18.680 them in the 00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.320 clouds to 00:29:19.320 --> 00:29:20.000 meet the 00:29:20.000 --> 00:29:20.720 Lord in 00:29:20.720 --> 00:29:21.280 the air, 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:23.340 and so we 00:29:23.340 --> 00:29:24.100 will be with 00:29:24.100 --> 00:29:24.880 the Lord 00:29:24.880 --> 00:29:26.380 forever. 00:29:27.840 --> 00:29:28.540 Is that 00:29:28.540 --> 00:29:29.340 good news, 00:29:29.759 --> 00:29:30.640 or is that 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:31.480 good news? 00:29:32.540 --> 00:29:33.240 You see, 00:29:33.320 --> 00:29:33.759 that's what 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:34.480 happens when 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:34.960 the gospel 00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.740 takes effect. 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:36.780 People will 00:29:36.780 --> 00:29:38.200 see and 00:29:38.200 --> 00:29:40.280 notice that 00:29:40.280 --> 00:29:41.480 this world 00:29:41.480 --> 00:29:42.080 does not 00:29:42.080 --> 00:29:42.860 dictate how 00:29:42.860 --> 00:29:43.360 we live, 00:29:43.620 --> 00:29:44.060 but the 00:29:44.060 --> 00:29:44.720 world to 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.220 come, 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:46.400 will show 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:46.860 us how 00:29:46.860 --> 00:29:47.440 we live. 00:29:47.800 --> 00:29:48.440 Rather than 00:29:48.440 --> 00:29:48.920 a people 00:29:48.920 --> 00:29:49.759 without hope, 00:29:49.980 --> 00:29:50.640 we live as 00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:51.259 people with 00:29:51.259 --> 00:29:52.259 eternal hope. 00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:53.180 No longer 00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.759 do we live 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.560 in fear and 00:29:54.560 --> 00:29:55.120 despair, 00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.100 but we live 00:29:56.100 --> 00:29:56.700 with joy 00:29:56.700 --> 00:29:57.560 and peace. 00:29:58.920 --> 00:29:59.560 An idol 00:29:59.560 --> 00:30:00.220 isn't going 00:30:00.220 --> 00:30:00.960 to do that 00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.440 for you, 00:30:01.700 --> 00:30:02.180 but the 00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.740 living and 00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.480 true God 00:30:03.480 --> 00:30:04.560 does. 00:30:07.360 --> 00:30:08.120 You see, 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:08.840 a church 00:30:08.840 --> 00:30:09.880 changed by 00:30:09.880 --> 00:30:10.500 the gospel 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:11.880 is a 00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:12.220 beautiful 00:30:12.220 --> 00:30:12.720 thing. 00:30:12.720 --> 00:30:14.079 in fact, 00:30:14.200 --> 00:30:15.000 this church 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.000 is God's 00:30:16.000 --> 00:30:17.120 display piece, 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:19.220 his treasured 00:30:19.220 --> 00:30:20.480 new creation 00:30:20.480 --> 00:30:21.960 that he 00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:22.779 sends out 00:30:22.779 --> 00:30:23.360 into a 00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:24.360 watching world 00:30:24.360 --> 00:30:25.180 and it's 00:30:25.180 --> 00:30:25.700 as if the 00:30:25.700 --> 00:30:26.259 world is 00:30:26.259 --> 00:30:26.680 there to 00:30:26.680 --> 00:30:27.319 watch and 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.519 see who 00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.200 we are. 00:30:30.039 --> 00:30:30.819 Because as 00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.579 the good news 00:30:31.579 --> 00:30:32.380 takes a hold 00:30:32.380 --> 00:30:32.960 of our life, 00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:34.039 it begins to 00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:35.039 change us 00:30:35.039 --> 00:30:36.480 and transform 00:30:36.480 --> 00:30:37.259 us day 00:30:37.259 --> 00:30:37.900 by day. 00:30:37.900 --> 00:30:40.240 people will 00:30:40.240 --> 00:30:41.019 talk about 00:30:41.019 --> 00:30:41.720 that bunch 00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:42.320 of Jesus 00:30:42.320 --> 00:30:43.720 people rattling 00:30:43.720 --> 00:30:44.600 around in the 00:30:44.600 --> 00:30:45.620 community centre. 00:30:46.800 --> 00:30:47.460 They will see 00:30:47.460 --> 00:30:48.160 that we're not 00:30:48.160 --> 00:30:49.800 consumed by a 00:30:49.800 --> 00:30:50.360 longing for 00:30:50.360 --> 00:30:51.080 success. 00:30:51.759 --> 00:30:52.200 They will 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:52.960 observe that 00:30:52.960 --> 00:30:53.400 we're not 00:30:53.400 --> 00:30:54.240 chasing that 00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.400 perfect dream. 00:30:56.240 --> 00:30:56.920 They'll watch 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:57.600 that we're not 00:30:57.600 --> 00:30:58.519 strangled by 00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.200 fear and 00:30:59.200 --> 00:30:59.860 crushed by 00:30:59.860 --> 00:31:00.480 despair. 00:31:01.980 --> 00:31:02.300 Instead, 00:31:02.460 --> 00:31:02.740 they will 00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.840 experience a 00:31:03.840 --> 00:31:04.780 people who 00:31:04.780 --> 00:31:05.540 are wonderfully 00:31:05.540 --> 00:31:06.920 secure because 00:31:06.920 --> 00:31:07.460 they have 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:08.259 everything in 00:31:08.259 --> 00:31:08.779 Christ. 00:31:10.060 --> 00:31:10.440 They will 00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:11.220 fill with 00:31:11.220 --> 00:31:13.060 joy because 00:31:13.060 --> 00:31:13.940 we know 00:31:13.940 --> 00:31:14.380 that we 00:31:14.380 --> 00:31:14.920 have the 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:15.560 living and 00:31:15.560 --> 00:31:16.400 true God 00:31:16.400 --> 00:31:18.519 and who 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:19.680 live peaceful 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:22.180 lives because 00:31:22.180 --> 00:31:22.860 they have the 00:31:22.860 --> 00:31:23.380 hope of 00:31:23.380 --> 00:31:23.720 Jesus' 00:31:24.019 --> 00:31:24.560 return. 00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.779 Isn't that 00:31:26.779 --> 00:31:27.300 amazing? 00:31:29.180 --> 00:31:30.480 This church 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:31.720 didn't 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:32.840 organise in 00:31:32.840 --> 00:31:33.660 Thessalonica 00:31:33.660 --> 00:31:34.700 a social 00:31:34.700 --> 00:31:35.900 media campaign. 00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.640 They didn't 00:31:37.640 --> 00:31:39.000 have special 00:31:39.000 --> 00:31:39.820 eye-catching 00:31:39.820 --> 00:31:41.759 websites or 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:43.140 great flyers to 00:31:43.140 --> 00:31:45.000 hand out or 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:45.539 tea and 00:31:45.539 --> 00:31:45.940 coffee. 00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.160 Maybe they 00:31:47.160 --> 00:31:47.779 did actually. 00:31:48.039 --> 00:31:48.340 I'm not 00:31:48.340 --> 00:31:48.640 sure. 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:50.640 No programmes 00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.440 or ministries 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.039 are listed 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:52.840 here and 00:31:52.840 --> 00:31:54.279 enticing people 00:31:54.279 --> 00:31:55.180 with games and 00:31:55.180 --> 00:31:55.660 food. 00:31:56.680 --> 00:31:57.120 Of course, 00:31:57.200 --> 00:31:57.580 they're all 00:31:57.580 --> 00:31:58.080 good and 00:31:58.080 --> 00:31:58.539 they're great 00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.060 things and 00:31:59.060 --> 00:31:59.860 we do them. 00:32:01.120 --> 00:32:01.860 But people 00:32:01.860 --> 00:32:03.340 simply taught. 00:32:04.060 --> 00:32:04.820 Go back to 00:32:04.820 --> 00:32:05.500 chapter 1 00:32:05.500 --> 00:32:06.519 verse 9. 00:32:08.059 --> 00:32:08.579 For they 00:32:08.579 --> 00:32:10.059 themselves report 00:32:10.059 --> 00:32:10.779 what kind of 00:32:10.779 --> 00:32:12.039 reception you 00:32:12.039 --> 00:32:12.599 gave us. 00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:15.500 They tell how 00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.299 you turn to 00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:16.880 God from 00:32:16.880 --> 00:32:17.500 idols to 00:32:17.500 --> 00:32:18.039 serve the 00:32:18.039 --> 00:32:18.480 living and 00:32:18.480 --> 00:32:19.039 true God 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:19.740 and to 00:32:19.740 --> 00:32:20.319 wait for 00:32:20.319 --> 00:32:20.980 his son 00:32:20.980 --> 00:32:22.180 from heaven. 00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:25.400 Unbelievers 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:27.319 saw the 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:28.160 effect the 00:32:28.160 --> 00:32:29.099 gospel took 00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:30.559 and they 00:32:30.559 --> 00:32:31.299 began to 00:32:31.299 --> 00:32:32.819 tell others 00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:34.619 that something 00:32:34.619 --> 00:32:35.980 has happened 00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.279 to them. 00:32:39.519 --> 00:32:40.639 My question 00:32:40.639 --> 00:32:41.579 to myself 00:32:41.579 --> 00:32:43.039 and to you 00:32:43.039 --> 00:32:43.699 this morning 00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:44.480 is this. 00:32:45.619 --> 00:32:46.339 As we've 00:32:46.339 --> 00:32:46.859 gone through 00:32:46.859 --> 00:32:47.480 our text, 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:47.919 we have 00:32:47.919 --> 00:32:49.439 heard the 00:32:49.439 --> 00:32:49.879 gospel. 00:32:51.259 --> 00:32:52.219 If you are 00:32:52.219 --> 00:32:52.779 not a 00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:53.779 Christian today, 00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.819 what is your 00:32:55.819 --> 00:32:57.419 response to 00:32:57.420 --> 00:32:58.180 this gospel? 00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.980 Are you 00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.580 ready to 00:33:01.580 --> 00:33:02.200 meet the 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.820 coming Lord 00:33:02.820 --> 00:33:03.259 Jesus? 00:33:06.380 --> 00:33:07.000 Have you 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:07.700 turned from 00:33:07.700 --> 00:33:08.340 your idols 00:33:08.340 --> 00:33:10.380 to serve 00:33:10.380 --> 00:33:10.920 the living 00:33:10.920 --> 00:33:11.420 and true 00:33:11.420 --> 00:33:11.880 God? 00:33:14.380 --> 00:33:15.039 That's a 00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:15.980 serious question. 00:33:16.120 --> 00:33:16.580 We need to 00:33:16.580 --> 00:33:17.680 be ready 00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:18.380 for the 00:33:18.380 --> 00:33:18.680 Lord. 00:33:20.560 --> 00:33:21.259 If you 00:33:21.259 --> 00:33:21.700 are a 00:33:21.700 --> 00:33:22.100 Christian, 00:33:22.980 --> 00:33:23.880 well, 00:33:23.960 --> 00:33:24.500 how is the 00:33:24.500 --> 00:33:25.380 gospel changing 00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:27.040 you and 00:33:27.040 --> 00:33:27.580 how is it 00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:28.000 changing 00:33:28.000 --> 00:33:28.380 me? 00:33:30.700 --> 00:33:31.460 Are we 00:33:31.460 --> 00:33:32.200 identifying 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:33.020 the idols 00:33:33.020 --> 00:33:33.540 in our 00:33:33.540 --> 00:33:34.060 lives? 00:33:35.060 --> 00:33:35.800 Are we 00:33:35.800 --> 00:33:36.340 putting them 00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:37.020 to death? 00:33:38.380 --> 00:33:39.120 Are we 00:33:39.120 --> 00:33:39.680 seeing the 00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:40.180 wonder and 00:33:40.180 --> 00:33:40.640 the beauty 00:33:40.640 --> 00:33:41.060 of the 00:33:41.060 --> 00:33:41.580 living and 00:33:41.580 --> 00:33:42.400 true God 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:44.120 and serving 00:33:44.120 --> 00:33:44.540 him? 00:33:47.820 --> 00:33:48.620 Let's just 00:33:48.620 --> 00:33:49.100 take a 00:33:49.100 --> 00:33:49.760 moment's 00:33:49.760 --> 00:33:50.440 quietness 00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.920 for each 00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.400 of us 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.760 to reflect 00:33:52.760 --> 00:33:53.280 and to 00:33:53.280 --> 00:33:53.860 respond. 00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:55.939 as God 00:33:55.939 --> 00:33:56.439 leads. 00:33:57.839 --> 00:33:58.359 Talk to 00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:58.779 God 00:33:58.779 --> 00:33:59.779 where you 00:33:59.779 --> 00:34:00.119 are 00:34:00.119 --> 00:34:02.240 and ask 00:34:02.240 --> 00:34:02.759 for his 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:03.199 help 00:34:03.199 --> 00:34:04.519 in your 00:34:04.519 --> 00:34:04.959 life. 00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:04.959 00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:04.959 00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:04.959 00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:04.959 00:34:04.959 --> 00:34:06.959 Amen. 00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:06.959 00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:06.959 00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:06.959 00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:06.959 00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:06.959 00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:06.959 00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:06.959 00:34:06.959 --> 00:34:06.959 00:34:23.860 --> 00:34:25.320 God 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:25.320 00:34:25.320 --> 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00:35:13.680 --> 00:35:16.880 that we would turn from that which is unhealthy, 00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:21.720 that we would listen to the true and living God 00:35:21.719 --> 00:35:27.359 and to know the hope afresh that Jesus is coming. 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:32.759 Please continue to change us and transform us, 00:35:33.339 --> 00:35:37.480 make us more beautiful, make us more like Christ. 00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:41.679 And we pray that through each one of us 00:35:41.679 --> 00:35:45.959 the gospel would ring out to this community 00:35:45.959 --> 00:35:48.319 to further afield, 00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:52.320 that many more churches will be planted 00:35:52.320 --> 00:35:55.980 across this island and across the world. 00:35:57.080 --> 00:35:58.340 Thank you, Father, 00:35:59.220 --> 00:36:01.860 that your will and your work will be done 00:36:01.860 --> 00:36:06.420 and nothing and no one can stop it. 00:36:07.240 --> 00:36:08.320 Praise God. 00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:09.860 Amen.