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 And we're going to begin our worship singing Psalm 122, Psalm 122 in the Scottish Psalter.

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 And that's from page 416, the tune is Free Church.

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

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 feet shall standing be. Jerusalem as a city is compactly built together, and to that place

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 the tribes go up, the tribes of God go thither. A psalm that celebrates, sings praise in regard to

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 coming to be together to worship the Lord, but also speaks of the unity that God's people enjoy

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 as represented there by Jerusalem, the city of the Old Testament times. So let's sing through

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 these verses, the whole psalm. We'll stand to sing, I Joyed Went to the House of God.

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 I Joyed Went to the House of God, O what they said to me. Jerusalem when in thy gates, our

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 peace shall stand outside me in thee.

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 Burst the Alejandro Magdalene Paulin and the Church of Jesus' fire to the Lord and the

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 arching is strong to swan out and be blessed.

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 We'll be right back.

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 To God's name thanks to him.

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 For thrones of judgment,

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 King the thrones of David's house,

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 The host does keep me selected,

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 roughest day.

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 Free,

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 but Jerusalem,

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 leah,

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 peace of

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 Happy City.

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 Let them that love me and my peace have still prosperity.

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 Therefore I wish that peace may still within thy woes remain.

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 And ever may thy policies prosperity retain.

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 Now for my friends and brethren saints,

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 Please be in me, I say.

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 And for the hearts of God our Lord,

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 I'll see thy good always.

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 Let's again join together in prayer.

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 Let's call upon the Lord now in prayer.

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 Almighty and gracious God,

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 help us, we pray, to draw near to you once again

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 as a gathered people.

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 And enable us to do so, O Lord, in due dependence upon you.

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 We know what it is, O Lord, to gather together so frequently.

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 We know what it is to read your word,

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 to sing these psalms of praise.

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 And yet again, O Lord, we confess

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 our need of your own application

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 of all of these privileges to us.

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 And we pray that you would help us, O Lord,

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 as we interact with your word once again this evening,

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 to receive it as your word,

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 to receive it in such a way

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 that we will hear your voice speaking to us through it.

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 We thank you, O Lord, for that privilege that we have

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 of gathering together once again

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 at the end of,

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 approaching the end of this Lord's day.

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 And we pray that it may always be our delight

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 to gather together in such a way as we do now.

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 We have been singing of these words of the psalmist

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 from so long ago.

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 And they are still redolent, O Lord,

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 in the experience of your people.

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 And they live with us as an expression

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 of the excitement and the joy

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 that was given to him and to his people

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 as he went with them to join with them

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 in the worship of God.

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 And Lord, we pray that it will always be

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 our joy to gather together as we do now

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 in order to praise the Lord,

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 in order to manifest his praises

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 to the world in which we live.

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 And we ask that you would make us conscious, O Lord,

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 of the privilege we have in doing so.

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 And we pray that as we gather here tonight,

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 your blessing will rest upon us.

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 We give thanks, O Lord, for the guidance

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 your word gives us in respect to our drawing near to you.

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 O you are God, and we know that we need to respect you

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 in every way.

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 And that as we draw near to you in worship,

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 so also we need to come with reverence,

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 with godly fear,

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 even along with our joy and rejoicing in you.

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 And we thank you, Lord, that you have combined

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 these elements in the experience of your people

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 in their hearts and minds,

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 so that they themselves are pleased, O Lord,

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 to come to seek to draw near to you in this way.

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 Help us to exalt you in our thoughts,

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 in our consideration this evening of your word.

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 Enable us, we pray, to lift up your holy name

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 as we worship you,

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 but to do so in a way that would willingly

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 and consciously ascribe all glory

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 and honor and praise to you.

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 And we pray, O Lord, that your blessing

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 will be with us as a congregation

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 of your people during these days.

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 We give thanks for the gospel amongst us.

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 We give thanks for the support of your people

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 of the gospel.

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 We give thanks, O Lord,

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 in times of difficulty,

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 financially and economically,

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 that your people still support your cause

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 financially as well as prayerfully.

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 We thank you for this,

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 and it encourages our hearts, O Lord,

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 when we see people committing themselves

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 to the further support of your cause in this way.

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 We thank you tonight for those who pray

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 for the advance of your cause,

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 for the advance of your cause in this congregation,

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 as well as in every other congregation of your people.

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 We thank you for the remembrance

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 that they have in prayer

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 of the preaching of your word

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 and of the preachers of your word,

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 and of those who are elected to leadership

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 in your church,

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 for those who rule in your church as elders,

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 for those who give of their time as deacons,

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 for those, Lord, who come to support the prayer meetings,

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 and for every way in which your people,

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 O Lord, show their support for your cause

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 and their concern that you be glorified,

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 that your cause be advanced.

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 We ask, Lord, tonight, too,

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 that you would bless us in all our activities

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 in relation to the gospel itself,

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 along with the services of worship.

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 We thank you for the many ways

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 in which people have come to commit themselves

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 to meetings that involve our young people

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 and our older age people as well.

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 And we ask, O Lord,

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 that you would bless every effort made

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 to the well-being of people to be advanced.

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 And we pray that especially under the gospel's teaching,

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 that we will come together as a people

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 to grow in the grace and in the knowledge of Christ,

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 and that it may be our concern daily

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 to see ourselves advancing in this way.

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 We pray your blessing for the forthcoming

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 Over 55 Club.

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 We pray for Duncan Norman

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 as he heads up the organizing of it.

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 We pray, Lord, that you would continue

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 to own and acknowledge the club

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 as it meets together.

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 We pray that there may be that

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 mutual support of each other

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 by those who attend.

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 We thank you for the encouragement

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 from the last meeting.

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 We pray that that will continue.

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 We ask your blessing for the anticipated

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 presbytery camp as well

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 for our young people.

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 Lord, remember them, Lord,

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 as we pray for them

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 and pray for their own further establishment

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 in the things of grace,

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 in the ways of the gospel,

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 in the ways of following the Lord.

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 Gracious Lord, protect them,

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 keep them, guide them in your ways.

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 I give them not to turn aside

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 through temptation from the world

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 to those things which would make them

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 depart from following the Lord

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 and following his teaching.

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 And remember,

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 any who have gone aside, O Lord,

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 in recent times or recent years

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 from the teachings of Christ.

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 Oh, remember them, Lord, we pray,

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 who once frequented the services

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 of your church and no longer do so.

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 Oh, gracious God, remember them,

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 we pray, in your pity and mercy.

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 And show to them, O Lord,

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 that they're still welcome

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 to come to join with your people

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 wherever that may be.

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 Grant that you would graciously

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 work in their hearts

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 so as to reignite and renew in them

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 that desire after yourself.

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 Remember, we pray to those tonight

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 who have various troubles in their lives,

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 socially and morally and in family life.

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 Oh, remember them, we pray as well.

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 We commit to you, too,

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 those who are mourning the loss of loved ones

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 during these days.

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 We ask that you would bless them

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 with your comfort

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 and grant to them, Lord,

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 that you would make them conscious

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 of how near you are

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 to those who call upon you in truth,

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 that you have made yourself available

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 through the gospel

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 so that we might come

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 and draw our strength

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 and our encouragement from you.

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 We ask, O Lord,

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 that your blessing will reach out

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 into the world in which we live,

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 that you would use ourselves

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 and give us the further desire

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 to be used by you

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 as a people who would communicate

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 the love of Christ

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 to this generation we belong to.

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 We pray, Lord,

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 that all who do serve you in this way

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 and seek to act as witnesses

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 to you in the world,

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 in their homes,

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 in their places of work,

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 wherever they may be.

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 We ask your blessing

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 to follow every instance

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 of witnessing to you

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 and of seeking to commend you

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 to this lost world

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 in which we live.

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 We thank you that

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 in saving ourselves,

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 your people always,

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 Lord, look to that as evidence

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 that you are able to do for others

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 what you have done for them.

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 And this is our prayer tonight,

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 O Lord.

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 Reach out your hand, we pray,

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 and take those

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 who are presently living

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 without a care for eternity

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 and without trust in the Lord.

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 Oh, bring them, we pray,

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 to realize their spiritual state

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 and grant that you would,

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 even tonight,

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 reach out and work in hearts

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 around us in our communities

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 so that they may come

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 to realize their need

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 of the Lord himself.

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 Remember any tonight

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 who hear the gospel

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 but are not yet saved,

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 whether it be in this building

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 or in other gatherings

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 of your church,

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 we pray, O Lord,

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 that your Holy Spirit

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 will tonight work creatively

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 in the hearts of those

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 who are still not saved.

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 We pray that their familiarity

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 with the gospel

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 may not itself prove

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 to be a barrier

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 to the reception of the Lord.

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 Grant that you would overcome

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 whatever obstacles

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 they themselves may place

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 in the way,

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 in the way of turning to Christ,

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 in the way of receiving him gladly,

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 in the way of turning

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 to follow him in this world.

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 We pray your blessing too

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 for those, Lord,

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 who are caught in various addictions,

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 also working with them.

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 We remember Davy

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 and his work with Road to Recovery

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 and every other related work

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 that deals with such social problems

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 during these days.

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 O Lord, remember them, we pray,

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 and grant that all efforts

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 made to be of help

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 to those who have such difficulties

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 and trials in life,

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 that you would be pleased

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 to bless them

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 and bless the efforts, O Lord,

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 that those who sincerely seek

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 to bring the power of the gospel

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 to bear upon such lives.

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 Remember us now,

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 we pray too,

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 as a nation.

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 Remember our government

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 here in Scotland.

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 Remember the government

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 in Westminster.

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 Remember them, Lord,

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 at this time

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 when there's so much uncertainty,

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 so much turmoil

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 in the political system.

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 We pray for our Prime Minister,

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 whatever people may think

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 of her election

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 or of herself.

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 We pray for her,

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 we pray for the new Chancellor.

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 We pray that there may be stability

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 in the days to come,

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 not only economically,

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 but what we would love to see,

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 O Lord,

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 would be stability

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 morally and spiritually.

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 And we ask that you would turn us

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 as a people to yourself,

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 that you would graciously

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 bless the witness

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 and testimony of your people,

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 especially those of them

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 who serve in the parliaments

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 of our nation

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 and who bear testimony

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 to Jesus,

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 to the Lord

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 and to his law,

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 before their fellow

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 members of Parliament.

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 O Lord,

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 bless them, we pray.

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 Hear their prayers

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 as they pray to you

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 for direction.

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 We ask that

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 in all of these ways

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 you would grant

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 to hear our prayers

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 this evening.

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 Do for us, Lord,

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 we pray more

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 than we can ask or think.

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 For this is how you describe yourself

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 as God

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 in your word.

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 We pray that it may be

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 our experience likewise

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 of the Lord's ways

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 with ourselves.

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 Hear us now,

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 we pray.

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 Cleanse us,

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 pardon us,

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 accept us.

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 For Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to praise

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 the Lord again this time.

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 We're praising him

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 from Psalm 25.

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 In Sing Psalms

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 this time

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 on page 29,

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 the tune is rocking him.

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 Psalm 25

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 and verses

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 8 to 15.

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 Because the Lord

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 is just and good,

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 he shows his path

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 to all who stray.

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 He guides the meek

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 in what is right

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 and teaches them

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 his holy way.

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 To those who keep

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 his covenant laws,

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 he shows his love

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 consistently.

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 For your name's sake,

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 O Lord my God,

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 forgive my great

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 iniquity.

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 Psalm 25

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 is verses 8 to 15

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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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 Because the Lord

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 is just and good,

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 he shows his path

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 to all who stray.

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 He guides the meek

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 in what is right

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 and teaches them

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 his holy way.

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 To those who keep

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 his crown and cross,

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 he shows his love,

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 consistently.

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 For your name's sake,

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 O Lord my God,

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 forgive my great

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 iniquity.

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 who then are those

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 who fear the Lord.

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 He'll teach to them

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 the chosen way,

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 God's praise.

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 The king may prosper

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 all their life,

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 their children in the land

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 will stay.

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 God's praise.

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 God's friends are those

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 to fear his name.

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 With them his

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 covenant he will share.

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 my eyes,

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 my eyes,

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 the only

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 saw the Lord.

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 He'll free

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 my feet

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 from

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 every

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 seer.

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 Let's turn now to read the Word

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 of God.

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 Tonight's reading is from Luke's Gospel,

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 chapter 10.

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 The Gospel of Luke,

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 chapter 10,

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 reading from verse 25.

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 Luke 10,

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 at verse 25.

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 And behold,

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 a lawyer stood up to put Jesus

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 to the test,

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 saying,

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 Teacher,

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 what shall I do to inherit

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 eternal life?

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 He said to him,

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 What is written in the law?

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 How do you read it?

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 And he answered,

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 You shall love the Lord your God

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 with all your heart

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 and with all your soul,

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 with all your strength

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 and with all your mind,

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 and your neighbor as yourself.

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 And he said to him,

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 You have answered correctly.

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 Do this,

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 and you will live.

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 But he,

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 desiring to justify himself,

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 said to Jesus,

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 And who is my neighbor?

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 Jesus answered,

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 A man was going down

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 from Jerusalem to Jericho,

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 and he fell among robbers

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 who stripped him

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 and beat him

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 and departed,

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 leaving him half dead.

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 Now by chance,

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 a priest was going down that road,

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 and when he saw him,

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 he passed by on the other side.

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 So likewise,

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 a Levite,

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 when he came to the place

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 and saw him,

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 passed by on the other side.

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 But a Samaritan,

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 as he journeyed,

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 came to where he was,

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 and when he saw him,

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 he had compassion.

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 He went to him

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 and bound up his wounds,

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 pouring on oil and wine.

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 Then he set him

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 on his own animal

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 and brought him to an inn

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 and took care of him.

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 And the next day

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 he took out two denarii

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 and gave them to the innkeeper,

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 saying,

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 Take care of him,

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 and whatever more you spend,

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 I will repay you

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 when I come back.

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 Which of these three

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 do you think

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 proved to be a neighbor

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 to the man

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 who fell among the robbers?

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 He said,

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 The one who showed him mercy.

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 And Jesus said to him,

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 You go

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 and do likewise.

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 Now as they went on their way,

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 Jesus entered a village,

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 and a woman named Martha

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 welcomed him into her house.

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 And she had a sister

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 called Mary

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 who sat at the Lord's feet

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 and listened to his teaching.

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 But Martha was distracted

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 with much serving.

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 And she went up to him

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 and said,

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 Lord,

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 do you not care

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 that my sister

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 has left me

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 to serve alone?

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 Tell her then to help me.

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 But the Lord answered her,

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 Martha,

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 Martha,

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 you are anxious

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 and troubled

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 about many things,

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 but one thing

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 is necessary.

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 Mary has chosen

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 the good portion

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 which will not

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 be taken away

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 from her.

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 Again,

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 we pray God

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 will bless to us

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 that reading

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 of his word

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 this evening.

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 Let's sing now

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 to his praise further

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 in Psalm 113.

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 Again,

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 it's from the Scottish Psalter.

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 Psalm 113.

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 We'll sing the whole psalm.

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 It's on page 393.

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 The tune this time

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 is Argyle.

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 Praise God,

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 ye servants of the Lord.

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 O praise,

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 the Lord's name praise.

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 Yea,

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 blessed be the name of God.

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 From this time

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 forth always.

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 From rising sun

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 to where it sets,

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 God's name

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 is to be praised.

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 Above all nations,

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 God is high.

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 Above heavens,

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 his glory raise.

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 Psalm 113.

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 To God's praise.

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 Praise God,

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 ye servants of the Lord.

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 O praise the Lord.

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 O praise the Lord.

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 Say praise.

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 Yea, blessed be the name of God.

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 From this time forth always.

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 From rising sun to where it is set,

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 God's name is to be praised.

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 upon upon nations,

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 upon nations,

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 God is high.

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 Upon nations,

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 God is high.

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 Of hence,

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 his glory raise.

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 unto the Lord.

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 unto the Lord,

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 the Lord,

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 the Lord,

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 that dwells,

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 on high,

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 who can't compare,

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 himself that come,

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 and the Lord.

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 He will be the name of God.

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 He will be the name of God.

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 He will be the name of God.

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 CHOIR SINGS

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 Singeth man to thee, of Sam's hammer, where full of joy, praise to the Lord give thee.

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 Let's turn for a short time this evening now again to Luke chapter 10. Luke chapter 10, and we're going to look at this passage from verse 25 down as far as verse 37. It's entitled there, The Parable of the Good Samaritan.

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 It's very obvious from reading the Gospels that Jesus was a very great observer of the world around him, an observer of the creation, an observer of the natural world.

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 You see how many times as you read the Gospels he drew from what he found in the natural world to illustrate his teaching.

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 But he was also a great observer of human beings, of human nature, of human tendencies, of human actions and human words.

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 And he wasn't just an observer. He was an observer that was able instantly to just weigh up what he was seeing and bring pronouncements in regard to it.

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 And as you find in this passage here, I think you can say that we could say that if it is a parable, it's entitled a parable, but there's nothing in the text itself that says it was a parable.

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 The characters and the characters and the actions and the thoughts as they were indeed set out here by Jesus were things which undoubtedly happened in the world of his day.

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 And it may very well be that he had seen something like this himself or been told of this as an actual event.

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 But in any case, it does show us that his observation of human nature, of human tendencies, was very much behind what he said here in regard to the way that he answered this lawyer and got this lawyer to think deeply about what he was really saying.

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 And you can see that verse 25 there,

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 And when that word appears in the text of Scripture, it's there as a kind of spotlight to just say, well, here's something really important coming.

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 But I think it's also indicative of how the Lord was constantly being sought by various people, how he didn't have much time to rest as he went about from place to place.

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 And here we find that it came soon after he had expressed his joy, having sent out the disciples.

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 The 72 returned with joy, and Jesus himself rejoiced in spirit as he heard the report of the blessing of God through them.

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 But he didn't have time to rest after that.

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 It's indicative of much of his life.

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 He really was hard-pressed so often by various needs, by things that were brought to him, people that were brought to him, descriptions made to him about people.

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 And tonight we can be greatly thankful that we have a Savior who appreciates what it is to hear about people's problems and to give his full attention to them,

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:58.380
 even when he was tired, even when he was tired, even when he didn't have time to rest.

00:29:59.019 --> 00:30:06.759
 It is the kind of Savior that he is, the kind of person he is, the kind of Redeemer God has provided for us,

00:30:07.460 --> 00:30:20.200
 one whose interest in our well-being is so tremendous that it really overtook anything that he had with regard to himself and his own peace.

00:30:20.200 --> 00:30:31.799
 And so tonight, as we look at these verses and see that they fit into that category of people just pressing Jesus for reactions to what they were going to say to him,

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:35.940
 look first of all at the lawyer as he questions Jesus.

00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:45.019
 I'll give some time to that, and then we'll look secondly at how Jesus reverses the lawyer's question in order to correct his thinking.

00:30:45.539 --> 00:30:46.960
 And in fact, he doesn't just correct it.

00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:52.120
 He turns it completely the other way around, and there's so much that we can learn from that as well.

00:30:53.180 --> 00:30:58.440
 But here is, first of all, this lawyer who stood up and put Jesus to the test saying,

00:30:58.900 --> 00:31:02.259
 Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:07.460
 Now, a lawyer here wasn't the kind of person that nowadays we describe as a lawyer,

00:31:08.000 --> 00:31:12.660
 not a solicitor or a defense lawyer or prosecutor or something like that.

00:31:12.660 --> 00:31:23.540
 This would have been probably a scribe, one of the scribes who belonged to the teaching element of God's people in those times,

00:31:24.040 --> 00:31:29.420
 who would teach the people regarding the laws of God, and very often, of course,

00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:32.840
 the laws that had been added to the law of God by the scribes, the Pharisees.

00:31:32.839 --> 00:31:42.480
 And here was somebody who was himself a religious man, a religious man as far as his own official place in the system was concerned.

00:31:43.119 --> 00:31:47.259
 And so he knew his Scripture, the Old Testament, of course, at that time.

00:31:47.740 --> 00:31:49.740
 And he came with this question to Jesus,

00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:52.720
 What shall I do to inherit eternal life?

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:58.319
 Now, as far as a reference to eternal life is concerned, this is an important question for him.

00:31:58.319 --> 00:32:01.339
 What shall I do to inherit eternal life?

00:32:01.439 --> 00:32:07.379
 Although, of course, the emphasis on his doing is something that we note just in passing,

00:32:07.579 --> 00:32:11.460
 that we don't do things in order to inherit eternal life,

00:32:11.700 --> 00:32:16.579
 and yet there are things that are required of us that we may come to possess eternal life.

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:22.599
 We need to have placed our trust in Jesus, to accept him, to receive him, as he's offered in the gospel,

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:29.039
 so that we come, therefore, to possess through the Lord's blessing that eternal life.

00:32:29.099 --> 00:32:31.959
 But anyway, here is this lawyer, this scribe.

00:32:32.039 --> 00:32:33.240
 Let's take it, he's a scribe.

00:32:33.659 --> 00:32:39.259
 But you can see he's not coming with a real desire and a thirst to learn.

00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:43.679
 He's come to Jesus to try and catch him out.

00:32:44.539 --> 00:32:47.839
 He's come to Jesus to see how he will answer this question.

00:32:47.839 --> 00:32:54.019
 He's come really, as we say, as it's put there in verse 25, he came to put him to the test.

00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:56.959
 You see, here is this crowd listening to Jesus.

00:32:57.399 --> 00:32:58.059
 Here is this man.

00:32:58.139 --> 00:32:59.659
 He stands up all of a sudden and he says,

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:02.240
 What shall I do to inherit eternal life?

00:33:03.259 --> 00:33:05.299
 And he thinks he's going to catch Jesus out.

00:33:05.639 --> 00:33:09.319
 He's really taken with how Jesus is going to answer this question,

00:33:09.480 --> 00:33:13.799
 and he's going to assess Jesus on the basis of how he answers his question.

00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:17.319
 Of course, Jesus knows that very well.

00:33:18.879 --> 00:33:25.599
 So, he's not sincere in the way that he puts the question or the reason he puts the question to the Lord.

00:33:27.059 --> 00:33:32.700
 Now, it's always a very dangerous thing to think that you can somehow get one over the Lord,

00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:39.379
 that somehow you can actually do things in a way that just overcomes his ability or his word.

00:33:40.079 --> 00:33:42.019
 Here's a man who's in a very dangerous position.

00:33:42.019 --> 00:33:43.559
 He's religious.

00:33:44.019 --> 00:33:45.160
 He knows his Old Testament.

00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:48.839
 He knows his Bible at the time.

00:33:49.900 --> 00:33:53.099
 But he doesn't love the Lord in his heart.

00:33:54.059 --> 00:33:55.480
 He has no love for Jesus.

00:33:56.339 --> 00:33:58.539
 He has no commitment whatsoever to him.

00:33:59.180 --> 00:34:00.799
 He's just come to test him.

00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:09.400
 There's always a very dangerous thing for us to have a lot of head knowledge which is good in itself.

00:34:09.400 --> 00:34:13.480
 But then to think somehow that we can arrange our own lives,

00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:20.119
 that we can somehow just sidestep the demands, the requirements that Jesus lays before us

00:34:20.119 --> 00:34:23.079
 and the things that he requires of us,

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:29.220
 and somehow think that, as it were, we're going to then manage by ourselves

00:34:29.220 --> 00:34:34.700
 or manage in a different way to the way that Christ's demands are set out before us.

00:34:34.699 --> 00:34:37.879
 You know tonight that that's not going to work.

00:34:38.439 --> 00:34:40.399
 And as you go through this passage tonight,

00:34:40.559 --> 00:34:44.799
 we'll see that more and more this man is being boxed into a corner

00:34:44.799 --> 00:34:49.139
 and eventually comes into a cul-de-sac, a theological cul-de-sac,

00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:56.059
 where Jesus actually forces him or brings him to just completely reverse his thinking.

00:34:56.619 --> 00:34:58.739
 We'll see that in a moment how he does it.

00:34:58.799 --> 00:34:59.879
 But you see what Jesus does.

00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:02.579
 He says, what is written in the law?

00:35:03.160 --> 00:35:04.360
 How do you read it?

00:35:04.680 --> 00:35:08.360
 And he answered, you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,

00:35:08.440 --> 00:35:10.760
 with all your soul, with all your strength,

00:35:10.860 --> 00:35:13.500
 with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:19.140
 And it's important to notice that Jesus actually sent him to the Word of God.

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.160
 Here was the man coming.

00:35:21.619 --> 00:35:23.840
 What must I do to inherit eternal life?

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.840
 What does Jesus say?

00:35:24.840 --> 00:35:26.519
 He says, go to the law.

00:35:26.780 --> 00:35:28.059
 Go to the Word of God.

00:35:28.320 --> 00:35:29.539
 Go to God's revelation.

00:35:29.940 --> 00:35:32.620
 That's where you'll find an answer to your question.

00:35:34.460 --> 00:35:38.120
 And that's again an important matter for ourselves.

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:42.280
 One of the things that distinguishes us as a Reformed church,

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:46.120
 a church that really prizes Reformed theology,

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:48.100
 that goes back to the Reformation,

00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:49.960
 that goes back beyond that,

00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:51.679
 to the apostles indeed,

00:35:51.780 --> 00:35:54.940
 and to the teaching that arises out of the New Testament.

00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:58.340
 And as a Reformed church,

00:35:58.420 --> 00:36:02.159
 one of the central planks of our well-being

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:03.639
 and our being as a church

00:36:03.639 --> 00:36:06.059
 is the truth of God

00:36:06.059 --> 00:36:08.760
 as we have it in a way that

00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:11.559
 here we're giving some,

00:36:12.139 --> 00:36:14.360
 the centrality to the gospel

00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:15.740
 that the gospel requires.

00:36:15.739 --> 00:36:18.939
 The Word of God is basic in our understanding,

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.719
 basic in our thinking,

00:36:21.219 --> 00:36:23.339
 basic in our application to what life is

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:24.459
 and what life is about.

00:36:25.459 --> 00:36:29.139
 That's how you must always think about yourself

00:36:29.139 --> 00:36:31.359
 and answering questions regarding yourself

00:36:31.359 --> 00:36:32.839
 or questions from others.

00:36:33.259 --> 00:36:33.759
 What do you think?

00:36:33.799 --> 00:36:34.939
 The first thing you think of is,

00:36:35.179 --> 00:36:36.359
 now how am I going to deal with this?

00:36:36.419 --> 00:36:37.379
 The first thing you think of is,

00:36:37.619 --> 00:36:38.819
 what does the Bible say?

00:36:40.159 --> 00:36:41.539
 Not what does the minister say?

00:36:41.619 --> 00:36:43.179
 What does the kirk session say?

00:36:43.339 --> 00:36:45.279
 Or what does such and such a church say?

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:50.800
 What does any of those say?

00:36:50.980 --> 00:36:52.660
 Even if they're very sound

00:36:52.660 --> 00:36:54.040
 in what their thinking is about.

00:36:54.280 --> 00:36:55.120
 First thing you say is,

00:36:55.300 --> 00:36:56.140
 what does God say?

00:36:56.700 --> 00:36:57.880
 What does the Bible say?

00:36:59.480 --> 00:37:01.519
 And that means,

00:37:01.700 --> 00:37:02.640
 how is it written?

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.460
 What is it written?

00:37:03.600 --> 00:37:04.380
 What is written there?

00:37:04.780 --> 00:37:05.420
 Jesus is saying,

00:37:05.540 --> 00:37:07.180
 what is written in the law?

00:37:07.240 --> 00:37:09.300
 And His response is correct.

00:37:09.940 --> 00:37:11.180
 His response is correct

00:37:11.180 --> 00:37:14.000
 up to the point of answering the question.

00:37:14.000 --> 00:37:14.480
 He says,

00:37:14.579 --> 00:37:16.000
 you shall love the Lord your God

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:17.300
 with all your heart,

00:37:17.420 --> 00:37:18.219
 with all your soul,

00:37:18.320 --> 00:37:19.199
 with all your strength,

00:37:19.420 --> 00:37:20.400
 with all your mind,

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:22.820
 and your neighbor as yourself.

00:37:23.340 --> 00:37:23.780
 In other words,

00:37:23.820 --> 00:37:25.280
 He went back to the law,

00:37:25.380 --> 00:37:27.420
 to the likes of Deuteronomy chapter 6,

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:29.480
 where God had said to Israel,

00:37:29.659 --> 00:37:30.699
 hear, O Israel,

00:37:31.099 --> 00:37:32.780
 the Lord your God is one.

00:37:32.780 --> 00:37:34.480
 You shall love Him with all your heart,

00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:35.460
 with all your soul,

00:37:35.540 --> 00:37:36.360
 with all your might.

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:37.780
 And you could add to that

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:40.200
 the likes of Leviticus chapter 19,

00:37:40.380 --> 00:37:42.519
 where responsibility to your neighbor

00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:44.120
 is in different categories

00:37:44.120 --> 00:37:45.940
 set out there in Leviticus 16.

00:37:46.080 --> 00:37:48.180
 So, you could say that this man,

00:37:48.260 --> 00:37:48.820
 the scribe,

00:37:48.880 --> 00:37:50.960
 was really answering very accurately

00:37:50.960 --> 00:37:51.940
 and very knowledgeably

00:37:51.940 --> 00:37:53.340
 from the Scriptures

00:37:53.340 --> 00:37:55.980
 that he knew probably so well.

00:37:56.680 --> 00:37:58.320
 And Jesus is saying to him,

00:37:58.320 --> 00:38:00.559
 you have answered correctly,

00:38:01.420 --> 00:38:04.360
 do this and you will live.

00:38:05.640 --> 00:38:07.420
 Is Jesus saying to this man,

00:38:08.600 --> 00:38:09.800
 you've asked about how,

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:11.440
 what you will do

00:38:11.440 --> 00:38:13.080
 to inherit eternal life,

00:38:13.600 --> 00:38:14.519
 and now I'm saying to you,

00:38:14.940 --> 00:38:16.220
 do what is written in the law

00:38:16.220 --> 00:38:17.800
 and you will have eternal life,

00:38:17.840 --> 00:38:18.460
 you will live.

00:38:18.820 --> 00:38:20.800
 Well, Jesus is not actually commending

00:38:20.800 --> 00:38:23.380
 salvation by works.

00:38:23.559 --> 00:38:25.200
 Jesus knew very, very well

00:38:25.200 --> 00:38:26.780
 that this man was not able

00:38:26.780 --> 00:38:27.580
 to keep the law

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.799
 any more than anybody else,

00:38:29.000 --> 00:38:30.079
 apart from Jesus himself,

00:38:30.239 --> 00:38:32.219
 to the perfection that was required

00:38:32.219 --> 00:38:33.239
 if he was going to be saved

00:38:33.239 --> 00:38:34.259
 by his own works.

00:38:34.900 --> 00:38:35.559
 There's nothing wrong

00:38:35.559 --> 00:38:37.840
 in the principle that says,

00:38:38.440 --> 00:38:39.619
 if I was able to actually

00:38:39.619 --> 00:38:41.380
 observe the law of God

00:38:41.380 --> 00:38:42.960
 in all its requirements,

00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:44.119
 all the time,

00:38:44.239 --> 00:38:45.599
 every moment of my life,

00:38:45.719 --> 00:38:47.219
 for as long as I live,

00:38:47.579 --> 00:38:48.739
 then salvation would be

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:50.059
 on that basis.

00:38:51.759 --> 00:38:52.739
 But we can't.

00:38:53.179 --> 00:38:54.179
 We're disqualified.

00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:57.440
 We're disqualified very obviously.

00:38:57.579 --> 00:39:00.279
 because it don't take long

00:39:00.279 --> 00:39:01.219
 from the time you get up

00:39:01.219 --> 00:39:01.739
 in the morning

00:39:01.739 --> 00:39:03.980
 to realize that you haven't

00:39:03.980 --> 00:39:05.239
 gone very far into the day

00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:07.000
 before you've sinned

00:39:07.000 --> 00:39:08.480
 in your thoughts

00:39:08.480 --> 00:39:09.360
 or in your actions,

00:39:09.500 --> 00:39:10.139
 in your speech.

00:39:10.840 --> 00:39:12.239
 And we confess our sins,

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:12.539
 therefore,

00:39:12.639 --> 00:39:13.460
 on a daily basis,

00:39:13.460 --> 00:39:14.420
 as Jesus taught

00:39:14.420 --> 00:39:16.059
 in the Lord's Prayer.

00:39:16.900 --> 00:39:19.539
 Forgive us our trespasses,

00:39:19.960 --> 00:39:20.579
 our debts,

00:39:20.639 --> 00:39:23.239
 as we forgive our debtors.

00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:24.000
 In any case,

00:39:24.279 --> 00:39:25.559
 this is what Jesus said to him.

00:39:25.779 --> 00:39:27.639
 You have spoken correctly.

00:39:28.239 --> 00:39:29.299
 Do this,

00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:31.279
 and you will live.

00:39:32.979 --> 00:39:34.500
 And then the next thing you find is

00:39:34.500 --> 00:39:37.000
 the man actually replies,

00:39:37.939 --> 00:39:40.059
 desiring to justify himself.

00:39:40.319 --> 00:39:40.539
 You see,

00:39:40.939 --> 00:39:41.859
 you can see a lot about

00:39:41.859 --> 00:39:43.419
 the character of this man,

00:39:43.899 --> 00:39:44.519
 first of all,

00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.979
 from the fact that he's putting

00:39:45.979 --> 00:39:47.199
 Jesus to the test,

00:39:47.619 --> 00:39:48.619
 that he thinks he's going to

00:39:48.619 --> 00:39:49.719
 outsmart Jesus

00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:51.179
 or catch him out.

00:39:51.799 --> 00:39:52.759
 And then you can see more

00:39:52.759 --> 00:39:53.539
 about his character

00:39:53.539 --> 00:39:54.759
 in verse 29,

00:39:54.879 --> 00:39:55.259
 but he,

00:39:55.699 --> 00:39:58.199
 desiring to justify himself,

00:40:00.000 --> 00:40:01.739
 desiring to justify himself,

00:40:02.039 --> 00:40:03.139
 standing in the presence

00:40:03.139 --> 00:40:04.059
 of the Son of God,

00:40:04.299 --> 00:40:05.019
 thinking he's going to

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:06.239
 catch Jesus out.

00:40:07.319 --> 00:40:07.939
 So he says,

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.159
 well,

00:40:08.259 --> 00:40:10.199
 who is my neighbor?

00:40:12.980 --> 00:40:13.459
 Well,

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:16.079
 none of us

00:40:16.079 --> 00:40:16.959
 is going to be able

00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:19.059
 to justify ourselves

00:40:19.059 --> 00:40:19.720
 in the presence

00:40:19.720 --> 00:40:20.460
 of the Lord.

00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:23.260
 And this man

00:40:23.260 --> 00:40:24.280
 is a telling example

00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:24.920
 to us of

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:26.480
 how we are not

00:40:26.480 --> 00:40:27.500
 to conduct ourselves

00:40:27.500 --> 00:40:28.159
 in the presence

00:40:28.159 --> 00:40:28.860
 of God.

00:40:29.699 --> 00:40:30.460
 You're not going

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:31.699
 to outsmart the Lord.

00:40:32.260 --> 00:40:32.780
 You're not going

00:40:32.780 --> 00:40:33.740
 to catch him out.

00:40:34.240 --> 00:40:34.679
 You're not going

00:40:34.679 --> 00:40:35.940
 to box him into a corner.

00:40:36.059 --> 00:40:37.059
 It'll be the other way about,

00:40:37.320 --> 00:40:37.900
 as we'll see

00:40:37.900 --> 00:40:38.659
 with this man.

00:40:40.220 --> 00:40:40.960
 So tonight,

00:40:41.760 --> 00:40:43.000
 don't argue

00:40:43.000 --> 00:40:44.420
 in your own heart

00:40:44.420 --> 00:40:45.360
 against the Word

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:45.980
 of God.

00:40:45.980 --> 00:40:47.860
 Don't argue

00:40:47.860 --> 00:40:48.440
 against it

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:49.219
 when it tells you

00:40:49.219 --> 00:40:50.659
 things that you need

00:40:50.659 --> 00:40:51.240
 to know

00:40:51.240 --> 00:40:52.260
 and are required

00:40:52.260 --> 00:40:52.900
 to do

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:54.139
 in order to come

00:40:54.139 --> 00:40:55.599
 to possess life.

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.460
 Even though it is true

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:58.380
 that you're not

00:40:58.380 --> 00:40:58.980
 going to be able

00:40:58.980 --> 00:41:00.059
 to produce

00:41:00.059 --> 00:41:01.139
 that eternal life

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:02.219
 by your own

00:41:02.219 --> 00:41:02.920
 obedience

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:04.119
 to the Word of God,

00:41:04.159 --> 00:41:05.240
 to the law of God,

00:41:05.360 --> 00:41:06.159
 there are many,

00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:06.840
 many things,

00:41:06.920 --> 00:41:07.240
 of course,

00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:07.760
 that Jesus,

00:41:07.920 --> 00:41:09.019
 as the Lord says to you,

00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:10.719
 are required of you

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:12.519
 that require you

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:14.240
 to alter your thinking,

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:15.639
 that require you

00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:16.859
 to alter your way

00:41:16.859 --> 00:41:17.480
 of life,

00:41:18.299 --> 00:41:19.039
 the way that you go

00:41:19.039 --> 00:41:20.299
 about seeing yourself

00:41:20.299 --> 00:41:21.420
 and seeing the world

00:41:21.420 --> 00:41:22.460
 and seeing eternity.

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:23.460
 And you know,

00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:24.059
 sometimes,

00:41:24.460 --> 00:41:24.859
 indeed,

00:41:25.139 --> 00:41:26.219
 until the Lord Himself

00:41:26.219 --> 00:41:27.219
 changes us,

00:41:27.259 --> 00:41:28.480
 until we have our minds

00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:29.199
 changed,

00:41:29.519 --> 00:41:30.420
 we're going to argue

00:41:30.420 --> 00:41:31.279
 against that.

00:41:31.920 --> 00:41:32.519
 We're going to argue

00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:33.799
 against the Scripture

00:41:33.799 --> 00:41:34.980
 that tells us,

00:41:35.239 --> 00:41:35.819
 that insists,

00:41:35.960 --> 00:41:37.299
 that today is the day

00:41:37.299 --> 00:41:38.019
 of salvation.

00:41:38.379 --> 00:41:38.799
 Today,

00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.940
 if you hear His voice,

00:41:40.199 --> 00:41:41.960
 don't harden your heart.

00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:42.280
 But,

00:41:42.280 --> 00:41:43.380
 and yet,

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.980
 we'll still say,

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:44.260
 no,

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:46.360
 I'll leave it tonight.

00:41:47.260 --> 00:41:48.260
 There'll be other times.

00:41:49.539 --> 00:41:51.099
 That's arguing against God.

00:41:51.179 --> 00:41:52.059
 That's arguing against

00:41:52.059 --> 00:41:53.500
 the wisdom of God.

00:41:53.980 --> 00:41:55.400
 That's taking the mind

00:41:55.400 --> 00:41:55.980
 of Jesus

00:41:55.980 --> 00:41:56.659
 and saying,

00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:56.860
 no,

00:41:56.920 --> 00:41:58.079
 that's fine,

00:41:58.179 --> 00:41:58.659
 that's okay,

00:41:58.740 --> 00:41:59.699
 that's you saying that,

00:41:59.780 --> 00:42:00.940
 but at the moment,

00:42:01.059 --> 00:42:02.240
 I'll do it this way.

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:04.519
 I'll do it my way.

00:42:05.179 --> 00:42:06.360
 I'll follow the path

00:42:06.360 --> 00:42:06.860
 I'm on.

00:42:06.860 --> 00:42:06.980
 And,

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:10.140
 please look at yourself

00:42:10.140 --> 00:42:12.019
 tonight if you're here

00:42:12.019 --> 00:42:12.800
 and you're not yet

00:42:12.800 --> 00:42:13.640
 in Christ,

00:42:13.740 --> 00:42:14.480
 you're not saved.

00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:17.260
 I'm not saying this

00:42:17.260 --> 00:42:19.079
 accusingly to you.

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:19.980
 I'm not,

00:42:20.120 --> 00:42:20.360
 I hope,

00:42:20.780 --> 00:42:21.840
 presenting the truth

00:42:21.840 --> 00:42:22.340
 to you tonight

00:42:22.340 --> 00:42:23.000
 in a way that

00:42:23.000 --> 00:42:24.900
 seeks to be judgmental.

00:42:24.940 --> 00:42:26.640
 That's not my business.

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:27.660
 That's not my place.

00:42:27.740 --> 00:42:28.599
 That's not my right.

00:42:28.780 --> 00:42:29.980
 That's the Lord's business.

00:42:31.840 --> 00:42:33.380
 But I am seriously saying,

00:42:33.860 --> 00:42:35.320
 if you find yourself tonight

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:36.820
 in your own heart,

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.320
 secretly,

00:42:37.440 --> 00:42:38.580
 just arguing against

00:42:38.580 --> 00:42:40.200
 the argument of God Himself,

00:42:41.380 --> 00:42:42.820
 the requirements of Scripture,

00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:44.100
 the requirements of Jesus,

00:42:44.580 --> 00:42:45.500
 just think about

00:42:45.500 --> 00:42:46.539
 what that is saying.

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:48.440
 It's really effectively

00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:51.280
 trying to justify yourself

00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:53.420
 against what the Lord

00:42:53.420 --> 00:42:54.260
 is telling you.

00:42:55.460 --> 00:42:56.059
 And that's really

00:42:56.059 --> 00:42:57.120
 what this man was doing.

00:42:57.600 --> 00:42:57.920
 He,

00:42:58.300 --> 00:43:00.080
 desiring to justify himself,

00:43:00.200 --> 00:43:00.820
 said to Jesus,

00:43:00.820 --> 00:43:03.580
 and who is my neighbor?

00:43:04.140 --> 00:43:04.460
 You see,

00:43:04.460 --> 00:43:05.940
 he's walking into

00:43:05.940 --> 00:43:07.920
 a theological cul-de-sac.

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:08.980
 There's only going to be

00:43:08.980 --> 00:43:09.820
 one winner here

00:43:09.820 --> 00:43:11.360
 in this confrontation,

00:43:11.760 --> 00:43:12.500
 and it's not going to be

00:43:12.500 --> 00:43:13.039
 this man.

00:43:14.220 --> 00:43:15.119
 It never is.

00:43:15.599 --> 00:43:16.360
 Whenever you have

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:17.519
 a contest

00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:18.079
 between

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:19.199
 any of us

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:20.500
 and Jesus Himself,

00:43:20.639 --> 00:43:21.400
 there's only going to be

00:43:21.400 --> 00:43:21.940
 one winner.

00:43:22.900 --> 00:43:23.940
 And it won't be you,

00:43:23.980 --> 00:43:24.820
 and it won't be me.

00:43:25.699 --> 00:43:27.059
 It will always be Him.

00:43:28.260 --> 00:43:29.119
 He's the Master.

00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:30.579
 He will always

00:43:30.579 --> 00:43:31.599
 come out on top.

00:43:31.599 --> 00:43:33.380
 He will always

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:34.480
 have the last word.

00:43:35.299 --> 00:43:36.559
 His word will always

00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:38.259
 prove to be true.

00:43:39.659 --> 00:43:40.839
 So, there's the lawyer

00:43:40.839 --> 00:43:42.259
 questioning Jesus.

00:43:44.139 --> 00:43:45.500
 He's sent to the Bible.

00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:46.579
 He's sent to the Scripture.

00:43:47.119 --> 00:43:47.900
 He comes back

00:43:47.900 --> 00:43:49.559
 seeking to justify himself

00:43:49.559 --> 00:43:50.599
 with another question,

00:43:51.119 --> 00:43:53.380
 and who is my neighbor?

00:43:54.420 --> 00:43:55.299
 So, how does Jesus

00:43:55.299 --> 00:43:56.199
 then deal with that?

00:43:56.500 --> 00:43:57.519
 How does He answer

00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:58.779
 the second question

00:43:58.779 --> 00:43:59.360
 of the man?

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:00.880
 Well, He does so

00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:02.120
 by effectively

00:44:02.120 --> 00:44:03.280
 reversing

00:44:03.280 --> 00:44:04.840
 the lawyer's question

00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:05.599
 and turning it

00:44:05.599 --> 00:44:06.680
 against Himself.

00:44:07.420 --> 00:44:08.300
 See how He does that.

00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:09.280
 He told them,

00:44:09.440 --> 00:44:09.800
 first of all,

00:44:09.860 --> 00:44:12.220
 about these three men.

00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:13.660
 Jesus said

00:44:13.660 --> 00:44:15.940
 about a man,

00:44:16.180 --> 00:44:16.559
 rather,

00:44:16.740 --> 00:44:17.980
 and three others

00:44:17.980 --> 00:44:19.200
 in the story as well.

00:44:19.240 --> 00:44:20.200
 A man went down

00:44:20.200 --> 00:44:20.800
 to Jericho

00:44:20.800 --> 00:44:22.160
 from Jerusalem,

00:44:22.280 --> 00:44:23.400
 and he fell among robbers.

00:44:23.880 --> 00:44:24.539
 He stripped him.

00:44:24.620 --> 00:44:25.160
 They beat him.

00:44:25.260 --> 00:44:25.780
 They departed,

00:44:25.780 --> 00:44:26.900
 leaving him half dead.

00:44:27.900 --> 00:44:28.460
 And then along

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:29.139
 came a priest.

00:44:29.720 --> 00:44:30.320
 He was going down

00:44:30.320 --> 00:44:30.760
 that road.

00:44:30.840 --> 00:44:31.400
 When he saw him,

00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:32.420
 he passed by

00:44:32.420 --> 00:44:33.260
 on the other side.

00:44:34.039 --> 00:44:34.659
 So likewise,

00:44:34.740 --> 00:44:35.260
 a Levite,

00:44:35.300 --> 00:44:35.900
 when he came,

00:44:36.400 --> 00:44:36.980
 he saw him,

00:44:37.340 --> 00:44:38.460
 passed by on the other side.

00:44:38.539 --> 00:44:38.860
 It wasn't that

00:44:38.860 --> 00:44:39.780
 they didn't notice him,

00:44:40.260 --> 00:44:41.240
 but they just decided,

00:44:41.400 --> 00:44:42.300
 that's not for me.

00:44:42.360 --> 00:44:43.539
 I'm going to just pretend

00:44:43.539 --> 00:44:44.340
 I didn't see that.

00:44:44.400 --> 00:44:45.099
 I'll walk past,

00:44:45.400 --> 00:44:46.039
 go to the other side

00:44:46.039 --> 00:44:46.400
 of the road

00:44:46.400 --> 00:44:47.340
 and just make my way

00:44:47.340 --> 00:44:47.820
 that way.

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:49.280
 And isn't it interesting

00:44:49.280 --> 00:44:51.699
 how language

00:44:51.699 --> 00:44:53.940
 that the Bible uses

00:44:53.940 --> 00:44:55.199
 has made its way

00:44:55.199 --> 00:44:56.059
 into our ordinary

00:44:56.059 --> 00:44:58.099
 everyday language

00:44:58.099 --> 00:44:59.019
 and expressions.

00:44:59.659 --> 00:45:00.500
 You know the expression

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:01.799
 to pass by

00:45:01.799 --> 00:45:02.659
 on the other side.

00:45:02.739 --> 00:45:02.819
 Well,

00:45:02.839 --> 00:45:03.859
 this is where it comes from.

00:45:04.500 --> 00:45:05.139
 You pass by

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:05.899
 on the other side,

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:06.980
 you notice something

00:45:06.980 --> 00:45:08.059
 that really requires

00:45:08.059 --> 00:45:08.699
 your attention,

00:45:09.079 --> 00:45:09.679
 and you pretend

00:45:09.679 --> 00:45:10.379
 you didn't see it

00:45:10.379 --> 00:45:11.239
 unless you've seen it,

00:45:11.480 --> 00:45:11.839
 and you say,

00:45:11.899 --> 00:45:12.000
 well,

00:45:12.019 --> 00:45:13.159
 that's somebody else's business.

00:45:13.259 --> 00:45:14.299
 I'll just keep going.

00:45:14.899 --> 00:45:15.639
 I'll just mind

00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:16.399
 my own business.

00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:18.119
 I won't stop over that.

00:45:18.759 --> 00:45:19.919
 That's where it came from.

00:45:20.939 --> 00:45:22.199
 And it's here

00:45:22.199 --> 00:45:23.299
 given by Jesus

00:45:23.300 --> 00:45:24.940
 these three passers-by,

00:45:26.140 --> 00:45:27.700
 and the first two

00:45:27.700 --> 00:45:28.519
 very deliberately

00:45:28.519 --> 00:45:29.320
 by Jesus,

00:45:29.740 --> 00:45:30.640
 described in the way

00:45:30.640 --> 00:45:31.100
 He does,

00:45:31.440 --> 00:45:32.280
 you'd expect

00:45:32.280 --> 00:45:33.200
 the first two,

00:45:33.580 --> 00:45:34.140
 one of them

00:45:34.140 --> 00:45:35.440
 or other of both of them,

00:45:36.019 --> 00:45:36.780
 to have stopped

00:45:36.780 --> 00:45:37.420
 and attended

00:45:37.420 --> 00:45:38.140
 to this man.

00:45:38.220 --> 00:45:38.740
 After all,

00:45:39.080 --> 00:45:39.700
 the first person

00:45:39.700 --> 00:45:40.340
 going by

00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:41.840
 was a priest,

00:45:42.720 --> 00:45:43.820
 a religious man,

00:45:44.519 --> 00:45:45.420
 somebody who actually

00:45:45.420 --> 00:45:46.400
 had business

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:47.860
 with the temple of God,

00:45:48.220 --> 00:45:49.519
 with the worship of God,

00:45:49.620 --> 00:45:50.980
 with the sacrificial system

00:45:50.980 --> 00:45:51.500
 of God.

00:45:51.500 --> 00:45:53.139
 He passed by

00:45:53.139 --> 00:45:54.019
 on the other side.

00:45:54.900 --> 00:45:56.000
 And then there's a Levite,

00:45:57.380 --> 00:45:58.639
 the tribe that were given

00:45:58.639 --> 00:46:00.539
 particular authority

00:46:00.539 --> 00:46:01.980
 to be in charge

00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:03.820
 of the worship system

00:46:03.820 --> 00:46:05.099
 of the temple,

00:46:06.260 --> 00:46:06.940
 passed by

00:46:06.940 --> 00:46:07.840
 on the other side.

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:09.440
 Didn't stop,

00:46:09.579 --> 00:46:10.639
 pretended he didn't see.

00:46:11.940 --> 00:46:12.500
 And then

00:46:12.500 --> 00:46:14.420
 came a Samaritan.

00:46:16.119 --> 00:46:16.579
 Of course,

00:46:16.679 --> 00:46:18.099
 Jesus knows very well

00:46:18.099 --> 00:46:20.460
 that many of His listeners,

00:46:20.460 --> 00:46:21.320
 many of the Jews

00:46:21.320 --> 00:46:21.960
 of the time,

00:46:22.619 --> 00:46:24.460
 despised Samaritans.

00:46:25.519 --> 00:46:26.639
 And to actually hear

00:46:26.639 --> 00:46:27.519
 Jesus saying,

00:46:28.220 --> 00:46:29.320
 a priest passed by

00:46:29.320 --> 00:46:30.119
 without stopping,

00:46:30.480 --> 00:46:31.679
 a Levite passed by

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:32.400
 without stopping,

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:33.659
 but a Samaritan

00:46:33.659 --> 00:46:34.380
 passed by

00:46:34.380 --> 00:46:35.360
 and he stopped

00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:36.059
 and he looked

00:46:36.059 --> 00:46:36.639
 to this man

00:46:36.639 --> 00:46:37.420
 and he attended

00:46:37.420 --> 00:46:38.480
 to him in his need.

00:46:38.940 --> 00:46:39.599
 That would have been

00:46:39.599 --> 00:46:40.820
 grossly offensive,

00:46:41.940 --> 00:46:42.599
 speaking about

00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:43.380
 a Samaritan

00:46:43.380 --> 00:46:44.420
 in that way

00:46:44.420 --> 00:46:45.360
 to the Jews

00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:46.280
 of Christ's day.

00:46:46.280 --> 00:46:49.620
 And so,

00:46:49.700 --> 00:46:51.360
 Jesus is aiming

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:52.500
 at the prejudice

00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:54.920
 against the Samaritans,

00:46:55.140 --> 00:46:56.880
 but He's using this,

00:46:57.160 --> 00:46:58.080
 He's observed this

00:46:58.080 --> 00:46:59.240
 obviously many times,

00:46:59.300 --> 00:46:59.640
 I'm sure,

00:47:00.100 --> 00:47:01.700
 in His own daily experience.

00:47:01.780 --> 00:47:02.880
 So, He's using this

00:47:02.880 --> 00:47:04.100
 in order to get

00:47:04.100 --> 00:47:05.260
 to the point

00:47:05.260 --> 00:47:05.880
 that this man,

00:47:05.960 --> 00:47:06.440
 this lawyer,

00:47:06.540 --> 00:47:07.820
 was asking this question

00:47:07.820 --> 00:47:09.440
 and to respond

00:47:09.440 --> 00:47:10.620
 to the question,

00:47:10.740 --> 00:47:11.220
 who then

00:47:11.220 --> 00:47:12.440
 is my neighbor?

00:47:12.440 --> 00:47:14.700
 And when Jesus

00:47:14.700 --> 00:47:15.900
 responded after

00:47:15.900 --> 00:47:16.460
 telling him

00:47:16.460 --> 00:47:17.420
 the story about

00:47:17.420 --> 00:47:19.500
 these three men,

00:47:19.599 --> 00:47:20.639
 these three different people,

00:47:21.659 --> 00:47:23.420
 this is what He describes.

00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:24.760
 He describes a Samaritan

00:47:24.760 --> 00:47:26.720
 as giving of his time,

00:47:26.980 --> 00:47:27.619
 of his money,

00:47:28.300 --> 00:47:29.519
 in order to care

00:47:29.519 --> 00:47:30.579
 for this poor man

00:47:30.579 --> 00:47:32.139
 who had been left

00:47:32.139 --> 00:47:32.820
 half dead

00:47:32.820 --> 00:47:33.679
 by the roadside,

00:47:34.380 --> 00:47:35.460
 having been mugged

00:47:35.460 --> 00:47:36.539
 on the way

00:47:36.539 --> 00:47:37.179
 as he went

00:47:37.179 --> 00:47:39.360
 towards Jericho.

00:47:40.420 --> 00:47:41.079
 Then Jesus,

00:47:41.220 --> 00:47:41.420
 you see,

00:47:41.420 --> 00:47:42.980
 comes and says,

00:47:43.900 --> 00:47:44.480
 Now then,

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:46.119
 which of these three

00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:48.380
 do you think

00:47:48.380 --> 00:47:50.720
 proved to be a neighbor

00:47:50.720 --> 00:47:52.079
 to the man

00:47:52.079 --> 00:47:52.559
 who fell

00:47:52.559 --> 00:47:53.740
 among the robbers?

00:47:54.940 --> 00:47:55.340
 Now,

00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:55.639
 there are a number

00:47:55.639 --> 00:47:56.500
 of things in that

00:47:56.500 --> 00:47:57.639
 that I can just try

00:47:57.639 --> 00:47:59.099
 and highlight briefly.

00:48:00.180 --> 00:48:00.579
 There is,

00:48:00.760 --> 00:48:01.079
 first of all,

00:48:01.099 --> 00:48:02.000
 very much an emphasis

00:48:02.000 --> 00:48:04.139
 on you think.

00:48:05.180 --> 00:48:06.480
 Which of these

00:48:06.480 --> 00:48:08.240
 do you think

00:48:08.240 --> 00:48:10.780
 proved to be a neighbor

00:48:10.780 --> 00:48:11.500
 to the man

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:11.840
 who fell

00:48:11.840 --> 00:48:12.740
 among the robbers?

00:48:13.340 --> 00:48:13.580
 And you see,

00:48:13.620 --> 00:48:14.720
 what Jesus is saying there

00:48:14.720 --> 00:48:14.860
 is,

00:48:15.240 --> 00:48:15.920
 never mind what

00:48:15.920 --> 00:48:17.160
 your contemporaries think,

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:18.100
 never mind what

00:48:18.100 --> 00:48:19.180
 your peers think,

00:48:19.580 --> 00:48:20.360
 never mind for

00:48:20.360 --> 00:48:21.500
 those who actually

00:48:21.500 --> 00:48:23.120
 share your present views,

00:48:23.220 --> 00:48:23.920
 what they think,

00:48:24.160 --> 00:48:25.240
 and how much you may be

00:48:25.240 --> 00:48:25.900
 in the majority

00:48:25.900 --> 00:48:27.340
 with regard to these things.

00:48:27.660 --> 00:48:28.240
 Jesus is saying,

00:48:28.460 --> 00:48:29.240
 I'm asking you,

00:48:29.340 --> 00:48:30.540
 what do you think?

00:48:30.539 --> 00:48:32.400
 And you see,

00:48:32.460 --> 00:48:33.159
 that's so important

00:48:33.159 --> 00:48:34.639
 too under the gospel,

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:35.279
 isn't it?

00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:36.380
 Because we're often

00:48:36.380 --> 00:48:37.259
 carried along

00:48:37.259 --> 00:48:39.099
 by what our peers think,

00:48:39.179 --> 00:48:43.079
 what our fellow age group think.

00:48:45.099 --> 00:48:46.199
 And of course,

00:48:46.279 --> 00:48:47.500
 that's true of all ages,

00:48:48.500 --> 00:48:49.940
 but our concern particularly

00:48:49.940 --> 00:48:51.119
 is for our young people,

00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:53.340
 the pressure that our young people

00:48:53.340 --> 00:48:54.659
 are under to conform

00:48:54.659 --> 00:48:56.659
 to worldly teaching,

00:48:56.659 --> 00:48:58.199
 to immoral teaching,

00:48:59.460 --> 00:49:00.839
 the peer group pressure,

00:49:01.399 --> 00:49:03.000
 the social media presence,

00:49:03.500 --> 00:49:04.199
 and pressure

00:49:04.199 --> 00:49:05.779
 that they're put under,

00:49:06.399 --> 00:49:07.199
 all of that,

00:49:07.279 --> 00:49:07.500
 you see,

00:49:07.539 --> 00:49:08.339
 has an effect.

00:49:08.980 --> 00:49:09.819
 And our prayer for them

00:49:09.819 --> 00:49:10.659
 to be established

00:49:10.659 --> 00:49:11.599
 in the ways of God

00:49:11.599 --> 00:49:13.359
 is taking account of that,

00:49:13.619 --> 00:49:15.139
 is for that very reason.

00:49:16.059 --> 00:49:18.339
 Because so many of them,

00:49:18.719 --> 00:49:19.000
 sadly,

00:49:19.139 --> 00:49:20.019
 are carried along

00:49:20.019 --> 00:49:20.639
 by whatever

00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:22.079
 the present thinking is

00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:23.339
 with regard to

00:49:23.339 --> 00:49:24.399
 how you treat people,

00:49:25.019 --> 00:49:25.579
 what you say

00:49:25.579 --> 00:49:27.159
 about people's condition,

00:49:27.659 --> 00:49:28.599
 people's illnesses,

00:49:29.380 --> 00:49:30.799
 people's mental health,

00:49:30.900 --> 00:49:31.559
 whatever else,

00:49:32.199 --> 00:49:32.960
 are carried along

00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:33.920
 in the tide of

00:49:33.920 --> 00:49:35.380
 peer opinion

00:49:35.380 --> 00:49:36.420
 and peer pressure.

00:49:37.940 --> 00:49:39.420
 But for us as Christians,

00:49:40.559 --> 00:49:41.920
 for all who are God's people,

00:49:42.639 --> 00:49:44.079
 it really comes down to this.

00:49:45.019 --> 00:49:46.380
 What is your thought?

00:49:46.960 --> 00:49:47.980
 What do you think?

00:49:49.039 --> 00:49:50.659
 What's your mind on this?

00:49:51.840 --> 00:49:53.000
 You can cast your mind

00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:53.900
 back over history

00:49:53.900 --> 00:49:55.559
 and right through

00:49:55.559 --> 00:49:56.360
 in the Middle Ages

00:49:56.360 --> 00:49:57.160
 from the earliest,

00:49:58.579 --> 00:49:58.760
 well,

00:49:58.840 --> 00:49:59.579
 from way back

00:49:59.579 --> 00:50:00.500
 before the Middle Ages

00:50:00.500 --> 00:50:00.900
 themselves,

00:50:01.099 --> 00:50:01.619
 right through to

00:50:01.619 --> 00:50:03.340
 the 1500s.

00:50:03.380 --> 00:50:03.940
 What did you find?

00:50:04.000 --> 00:50:04.740
 You found the church

00:50:04.740 --> 00:50:05.539
 throughout Europe

00:50:05.539 --> 00:50:07.059
 and the peer pressure

00:50:07.059 --> 00:50:08.700
 of Roman Catholic theology

00:50:08.700 --> 00:50:10.300
 and the Pope especially

00:50:10.300 --> 00:50:11.559
 heading up the system

00:50:11.559 --> 00:50:13.480
 where the pressure was

00:50:13.480 --> 00:50:15.139
 for people just to conform

00:50:15.139 --> 00:50:15.800
 to that

00:50:15.800 --> 00:50:16.920
 and just to accept that.

00:50:17.180 --> 00:50:18.420
 That's what the kind of life

00:50:18.420 --> 00:50:19.599
 that you're required to live.

00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:21.160
 That's what God is doing,

00:50:21.260 --> 00:50:22.400
 speaking through the church.

00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:23.579
 The church is saying this,

00:50:23.800 --> 00:50:24.960
 therefore it must be true.

00:50:26.480 --> 00:50:27.519
 Until you find

00:50:27.519 --> 00:50:29.160
 Reformers standing up

00:50:29.160 --> 00:50:29.740
 here and there,

00:50:29.880 --> 00:50:31.180
 culminating, I'm sure,

00:50:31.280 --> 00:50:32.220
 with Martin Luther

00:50:32.220 --> 00:50:33.940
 who stood up

00:50:33.940 --> 00:50:35.579
 and very bravely said,

00:50:35.660 --> 00:50:36.539
 no, that's not true.

00:50:37.880 --> 00:50:38.980
 People are not saved

00:50:38.980 --> 00:50:40.220
 by indulgences,

00:50:40.920 --> 00:50:41.780
 by the prayers

00:50:41.780 --> 00:50:43.539
 of priests

00:50:43.539 --> 00:50:44.160
 or whoever.

00:50:44.519 --> 00:50:45.119
 People are saved

00:50:45.119 --> 00:50:46.240
 through faith in Christ.

00:50:46.660 --> 00:50:47.559
 People are justified

00:50:47.559 --> 00:50:48.680
 in receiving,

00:50:48.800 --> 00:50:49.940
 by receiving Christ

00:50:49.940 --> 00:50:50.679
 as their Savior.

00:50:51.220 --> 00:50:51.800
 They are justified

00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:53.159
 by the grace of God,

00:50:53.300 --> 00:50:55.059
 not by the excellence

00:50:55.059 --> 00:50:56.280
 of human works.

00:50:58.539 --> 00:50:59.460
 Peer pressure

00:50:59.460 --> 00:51:01.300
 is shattered

00:51:01.300 --> 00:51:02.139
 once the truth

00:51:02.139 --> 00:51:02.900
 really comes

00:51:02.900 --> 00:51:03.820
 to engage

00:51:03.820 --> 00:51:04.900
 with people's minds.

00:51:06.840 --> 00:51:07.760
 Here's this man

00:51:07.760 --> 00:51:09.679
 and Jesus is saying to him,

00:51:09.679 --> 00:51:10.860
 which of these three

00:51:10.860 --> 00:51:12.539
 do you think

00:51:12.539 --> 00:51:14.619
 prove to be a neighbor?

00:51:14.619 --> 00:51:15.819
 And that's really

00:51:15.819 --> 00:51:16.619
 addressing me

00:51:16.619 --> 00:51:18.339
 and is addressing you tonight.

00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:19.859
 Because the Bible

00:51:19.859 --> 00:51:20.739
 and the Lord

00:51:20.739 --> 00:51:21.799
 through the Scripture

00:51:21.799 --> 00:51:22.500
 and through the preaching

00:51:22.500 --> 00:51:23.119
 of the Gospel

00:51:23.119 --> 00:51:24.500
 is not really asking tonight

00:51:24.500 --> 00:51:25.579
 about you,

00:51:25.839 --> 00:51:27.199
 asking you about

00:51:27.199 --> 00:51:29.059
 what does your

00:51:29.059 --> 00:51:30.480
 peer group think,

00:51:30.579 --> 00:51:31.699
 what does your neighbor think,

00:51:31.779 --> 00:51:32.880
 what does your family think,

00:51:33.480 --> 00:51:34.519
 what does the majority

00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:35.819
 of people in our society

00:51:35.819 --> 00:51:37.199
 think about these issues.

00:51:37.759 --> 00:51:38.460
 The Lord is concerned

00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:39.839
 to know what do I think.

00:51:40.619 --> 00:51:41.420
 What am I making

00:51:41.420 --> 00:51:42.159
 of his Gospel?

00:51:43.099 --> 00:51:44.039
 What are my opinions

00:51:44.039 --> 00:51:45.500
 about who Jesus is

00:51:45.500 --> 00:51:47.839
 and what a good,

00:51:48.099 --> 00:51:48.500
 sound,

00:51:48.679 --> 00:51:48.960
 moral,

00:51:49.099 --> 00:51:49.819
 believing life

00:51:49.819 --> 00:51:50.739
 should look like?

00:51:52.199 --> 00:51:53.099
 That's what he's saying

00:51:53.099 --> 00:51:53.659
 to us tonight.

00:51:53.699 --> 00:51:54.519
 What do you think?

00:51:55.980 --> 00:51:56.679
 You give me,

00:51:57.019 --> 00:51:57.639
 God is saying,

00:51:58.079 --> 00:51:58.799
 your opinion.

00:52:00.199 --> 00:52:01.379
 How are you using

00:52:01.379 --> 00:52:02.639
 my truth?

00:52:03.739 --> 00:52:04.259
 But you see

00:52:04.259 --> 00:52:05.079
 what he's doing.

00:52:05.199 --> 00:52:05.480
 Secondly,

00:52:05.579 --> 00:52:06.239
 he's not just saying,

00:52:06.799 --> 00:52:07.579
 what do you think?

00:52:08.779 --> 00:52:09.539
 But you see the way

00:52:09.539 --> 00:52:10.559
 he's reversed the question.

00:52:10.679 --> 00:52:11.519
 Here's the man who came,

00:52:11.519 --> 00:52:13.380
 who is my neighbor?

00:52:13.480 --> 00:52:13.960
 In other words,

00:52:14.219 --> 00:52:15.019
 he's saying to Jesus,

00:52:15.239 --> 00:52:16.960
 you tell me who my neighbor is.

00:52:17.219 --> 00:52:18.960
 You tell me who I should love.

00:52:19.340 --> 00:52:20.980
 You tell me who I should not love.

00:52:21.300 --> 00:52:22.340
 You make the differentiation.

00:52:22.759 --> 00:52:23.800
 You make the distinctions.

00:52:24.219 --> 00:52:25.539
 Then leave me to choose

00:52:25.539 --> 00:52:26.500
 who my neighbor is.

00:52:26.719 --> 00:52:27.539
 Then I will know

00:52:27.539 --> 00:52:29.139
 who I should regard as my neighbor

00:52:29.139 --> 00:52:30.360
 and who I should regard

00:52:30.360 --> 00:52:31.280
 as not my neighbor.

00:52:31.539 --> 00:52:31.860
 And therefore,

00:52:31.920 --> 00:52:33.219
 I don't need to bother with them.

00:52:33.579 --> 00:52:34.219
 That's his mind.

00:52:34.320 --> 00:52:35.000
 That's his thinking.

00:52:35.619 --> 00:52:36.539
 And what Jesus is doing

00:52:36.539 --> 00:52:38.259
 is completely reversing that

00:52:38.259 --> 00:52:38.719
 and is saying,

00:52:38.980 --> 00:52:40.159
 it's not a matter of working out

00:52:40.159 --> 00:52:41.339
 who your neighbor is,

00:52:41.420 --> 00:52:43.079
 but who you are going

00:52:43.079 --> 00:52:44.219
 to be a neighbor to.

00:52:46.699 --> 00:52:47.699
 He's not saying to,

00:52:47.899 --> 00:52:49.099
 Jesus is not saying to him,

00:52:49.399 --> 00:52:49.599
 look,

00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:50.599
 you've got to just pick

00:52:50.599 --> 00:52:51.179
 and choose

00:52:51.179 --> 00:52:52.619
 who your neighbor's going to be.

00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:54.659
 That's not the primary point at all.

00:52:55.019 --> 00:52:56.000
 Before you start thinking

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:57.519
 of who your neighbor is,

00:52:57.659 --> 00:52:58.739
 you have to start thinking

00:52:58.739 --> 00:52:59.279
 of yourself,

00:52:59.559 --> 00:53:00.739
 who am I going to be

00:53:00.739 --> 00:53:01.539
 a neighbor to?

00:53:02.379 --> 00:53:04.119
 Wherever I find need

00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:04.799
 in the world,

00:53:05.059 --> 00:53:06.379
 how can I be a neighbor

00:53:06.379 --> 00:53:07.299
 to that person?

00:53:07.300 --> 00:53:09.060
 How can I be a help

00:53:09.060 --> 00:53:09.860
 to that person?

00:53:10.420 --> 00:53:11.720
 How can I come alongside

00:53:11.720 --> 00:53:12.720
 that person,

00:53:13.120 --> 00:53:14.120
 get down alongside

00:53:14.120 --> 00:53:15.480
 to where he or she is

00:53:15.480 --> 00:53:16.740
 and try to help them

00:53:16.740 --> 00:53:17.680
 in their predicament?

00:53:18.160 --> 00:53:19.080
 That's essentially

00:53:19.080 --> 00:53:20.240
 what Jesus is saying.

00:53:20.620 --> 00:53:21.080
 And you see how

00:53:21.080 --> 00:53:22.620
 that's completely changed

00:53:22.620 --> 00:53:23.500
 the tenor,

00:53:23.600 --> 00:53:24.120
 the thinking,

00:53:24.480 --> 00:53:25.019
 the direction

00:53:25.019 --> 00:53:26.420
 of this man's thoughts.

00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:29.700
 Who do you think

00:53:29.700 --> 00:53:32.380
 proved to be a neighbor

00:53:32.380 --> 00:53:34.460
 to the man who fell

00:53:34.460 --> 00:53:36.300
 among the robbers?

00:53:38.140 --> 00:53:39.019
 Jesus, you see,

00:53:39.079 --> 00:53:39.920
 is not allowing us

00:53:39.920 --> 00:53:40.360
 to think,

00:53:41.160 --> 00:53:42.300
 let me just think

00:53:42.300 --> 00:53:42.980
 for a moment,

00:53:43.559 --> 00:53:43.840
 Lord,

00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:45.160
 and work out

00:53:45.160 --> 00:53:46.220
 who my neighbor is,

00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:47.820
 who there is

00:53:47.820 --> 00:53:49.860
 that I need to attend to

00:53:49.860 --> 00:53:50.900
 and who it is

00:53:50.900 --> 00:53:51.640
 I need not.

00:53:52.740 --> 00:53:53.660
 The Lord is saying

00:53:53.660 --> 00:53:54.000
 to you,

00:53:54.079 --> 00:53:54.660
 to me tonight,

00:53:55.140 --> 00:53:56.400
 I need you

00:53:56.400 --> 00:53:57.340
 to be a neighbor,

00:53:58.160 --> 00:53:59.220
 to be a helper,

00:53:59.219 --> 00:54:01.279
 to be somebody

00:54:01.279 --> 00:54:02.039
 who ministers

00:54:02.039 --> 00:54:03.279
 to the need of others

00:54:03.279 --> 00:54:05.119
 irrespective of

00:54:05.119 --> 00:54:06.000
 who they are.

00:54:06.879 --> 00:54:07.439
 It doesn't matter

00:54:07.439 --> 00:54:08.599
 the color of their skin,

00:54:09.259 --> 00:54:09.819
 it doesn't matter

00:54:09.819 --> 00:54:10.599
 their background,

00:54:11.199 --> 00:54:11.719
 it doesn't matter

00:54:11.719 --> 00:54:12.739
 where they've come from

00:54:12.739 --> 00:54:14.219
 or what they've fallen into

00:54:14.219 --> 00:54:16.059
 by way of lapses

00:54:16.059 --> 00:54:16.939
 in their life.

00:54:18.039 --> 00:54:19.039
 To be a neighbor

00:54:19.039 --> 00:54:21.139
 means to take account

00:54:21.139 --> 00:54:22.139
 of human need

00:54:22.139 --> 00:54:24.179
 and to do everything

00:54:24.179 --> 00:54:26.059
 that we have open to us

00:54:26.059 --> 00:54:28.319
 to actually seek to help

00:54:28.320 --> 00:54:30.059
 in that situation.

00:54:30.660 --> 00:54:31.200
 Of course,

00:54:31.600 --> 00:54:33.680
 that is a massive challenge.

00:54:35.480 --> 00:54:36.519
 But the church's,

00:54:37.120 --> 00:54:39.100
 the application to that,

00:54:39.160 --> 00:54:40.160
 well, let's look at the,

00:54:40.500 --> 00:54:41.600
 before we come to the application,

00:54:41.760 --> 00:54:43.160
 let's look at the response

00:54:43.160 --> 00:54:44.580
 of the lawyer himself.

00:54:45.620 --> 00:54:46.240
 He said,

00:54:47.200 --> 00:54:49.220
 the one who showed him mercy.

00:54:49.420 --> 00:54:49.640
 In fact,

00:54:49.720 --> 00:54:50.760
 the older translation

00:54:50.760 --> 00:54:50.940
 is,

00:54:51.160 --> 00:54:51.860
 I suppose,

00:54:52.220 --> 00:54:53.740
 the one who showed him mercy

00:54:53.740 --> 00:54:55.380
 as if it's very reluctantly

00:54:55.380 --> 00:54:57.180
 coming to the acknowledgement

00:54:57.179 --> 00:54:59.440
 that Christ has caught him out

00:54:59.440 --> 00:55:00.659
 instead of him

00:55:00.659 --> 00:55:02.299
 catching Jesus out.

00:55:04.139 --> 00:55:05.539
 The one who showed him mercy.

00:55:05.679 --> 00:55:06.480
 Isn't it interesting?

00:55:07.279 --> 00:55:08.179
 Jesus had mentioned

00:55:08.179 --> 00:55:09.319
 the priest,

00:55:09.639 --> 00:55:10.319
 the Levite,

00:55:11.319 --> 00:55:11.879
 Samaritan.

00:55:12.059 --> 00:55:13.099
 He mentioned the Samaritan

00:55:13.099 --> 00:55:13.839
 by name,

00:55:13.919 --> 00:55:14.559
 the Samaritan,

00:55:14.960 --> 00:55:15.839
 gave him that label.

00:55:17.239 --> 00:55:18.019
 But interestingly,

00:55:18.179 --> 00:55:19.739
 when the lawyer replied,

00:55:20.159 --> 00:55:20.779
 he didn't say,

00:55:20.919 --> 00:55:21.039
 well,

00:55:21.119 --> 00:55:21.679
 it must have been

00:55:21.679 --> 00:55:22.379
 the Samaritan.

00:55:22.380 --> 00:55:25.039
 He just can't bring himself

00:55:25.039 --> 00:55:26.280
 to use the word.

00:55:27.380 --> 00:55:28.559
 He's got that much prejudice

00:55:28.559 --> 00:55:29.460
 in his mind

00:55:29.460 --> 00:55:30.619
 against the idea

00:55:30.619 --> 00:55:31.480
 of a Samaritan

00:55:31.480 --> 00:55:33.119
 actually coming to outdo

00:55:33.119 --> 00:55:34.460
 a priest and a Levite.

00:55:35.220 --> 00:55:35.880
 So he just says,

00:55:35.980 --> 00:55:36.119
 well,

00:55:36.680 --> 00:55:38.260
 the one who showed him mercy.

00:55:38.660 --> 00:55:38.820
 No,

00:55:38.860 --> 00:55:39.960
 Jesus didn't take him up

00:55:39.960 --> 00:55:40.820
 on the fact that he didn't

00:55:40.820 --> 00:55:41.900
 use the word Samaritan.

00:55:42.640 --> 00:55:43.619
 He simply said to him,

00:55:43.660 --> 00:55:43.840
 well,

00:55:44.380 --> 00:55:45.280
 you go

00:55:45.280 --> 00:55:47.380
 and do likewise.

00:55:47.380 --> 00:55:51.440
 Now you can trace

00:55:51.440 --> 00:55:53.500
 the thought patterns

00:55:53.500 --> 00:55:54.360
 of the Lord

00:55:54.360 --> 00:55:56.559
 and of this lawyer

00:55:56.559 --> 00:55:57.260
 all the way

00:55:57.260 --> 00:55:58.220
 through the passage.

00:55:59.559 --> 00:56:00.480
 And as you reach

00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:01.680
 the conclusion of it,

00:56:02.160 --> 00:56:02.820
 it's obvious,

00:56:03.000 --> 00:56:03.420
 isn't it,

00:56:03.440 --> 00:56:05.340
 that Christ is the master

00:56:05.340 --> 00:56:06.340
 of the situation.

00:56:07.660 --> 00:56:08.599
 That this man,

00:56:08.740 --> 00:56:09.700
 for all that he tried

00:56:09.700 --> 00:56:11.539
 his best to outdo Jesus

00:56:11.539 --> 00:56:13.280
 and to try and box him

00:56:13.280 --> 00:56:14.039
 into a corner,

00:56:15.360 --> 00:56:16.960
 he must actually come

00:56:16.960 --> 00:56:18.019
 to acknowledge

00:56:18.019 --> 00:56:19.260
 that Christ was right

00:56:19.260 --> 00:56:21.519
 and he was wrong.

00:56:22.599 --> 00:56:23.699
 And Jesus says to him,

00:56:23.760 --> 00:56:23.920
 well,

00:56:24.260 --> 00:56:25.380
 now you've said that,

00:56:26.179 --> 00:56:26.940
 you go

00:56:26.940 --> 00:56:29.340
 and do likewise.

00:56:31.139 --> 00:56:32.800
 He has to actually become,

00:56:33.760 --> 00:56:34.380
 if you like,

00:56:34.559 --> 00:56:36.099
 a Samaritan in practice

00:56:36.099 --> 00:56:37.740
 as described

00:56:37.740 --> 00:56:38.400
 in what Jesus

00:56:38.400 --> 00:56:39.760
 had said to him.

00:56:40.980 --> 00:56:41.720
 Now the application

00:56:41.720 --> 00:56:42.659
 of that is obviously

00:56:42.659 --> 00:56:44.900
 to us individually,

00:56:45.079 --> 00:56:46.119
 but it's also important

00:56:46.119 --> 00:56:47.299
 to us

00:56:47.299 --> 00:56:48.480
 in terms of

00:56:48.480 --> 00:56:49.420
 the church's

00:56:49.420 --> 00:56:51.039
 ministry of mercy,

00:56:51.639 --> 00:56:52.380
 ministry of doing

00:56:52.380 --> 00:56:53.759
 practical good

00:56:53.759 --> 00:56:54.940
 wherever the Lord

00:56:54.940 --> 00:56:55.960
 has set us.

00:56:56.699 --> 00:56:57.539
 And it's certainly

00:56:57.539 --> 00:56:59.000
 something we need

00:56:59.000 --> 00:57:00.039
 constantly to be

00:57:00.039 --> 00:57:00.819
 bearing in mind

00:57:00.819 --> 00:57:01.539
 and reviewing

00:57:01.539 --> 00:57:03.279
 as a congregation.

00:57:04.239 --> 00:57:05.440
 That we give ourselves

00:57:05.440 --> 00:57:08.039
 to mercy ministries

00:57:08.039 --> 00:57:09.239
 to help in every way

00:57:09.239 --> 00:57:10.599
 in which we find

00:57:10.599 --> 00:57:11.559
 people in need,

00:57:11.599 --> 00:57:12.659
 in need of our help.

00:57:12.659 --> 00:57:12.699
 God,

00:57:13.019 --> 00:57:14.799
 and whatever that help

00:57:14.799 --> 00:57:15.179
 will be

00:57:15.179 --> 00:57:15.779
 and however we

00:57:15.779 --> 00:57:17.159
 can contribute to it

00:57:17.159 --> 00:57:18.139
 practically,

00:57:18.359 --> 00:57:18.779
 financially,

00:57:19.059 --> 00:57:19.579
 prayerfully,

00:57:20.399 --> 00:57:21.699
 the Lord is saying to us,

00:57:21.759 --> 00:57:21.839
 well,

00:57:21.899 --> 00:57:22.420
 you go

00:57:22.420 --> 00:57:24.399
 and do likewise.

00:57:24.639 --> 00:57:25.579
 Don't leave it to others.

00:57:26.219 --> 00:57:26.980
 Don't pass by

00:57:26.980 --> 00:57:27.719
 on the other side.

00:57:27.839 --> 00:57:28.480
 Don't let us be

00:57:28.480 --> 00:57:29.519
 a congregation

00:57:29.519 --> 00:57:30.639
 that I know we're not,

00:57:30.719 --> 00:57:31.739
 but we have to remind

00:57:31.739 --> 00:57:32.480
 ourselves of how

00:57:32.480 --> 00:57:33.480
 important it is

00:57:33.480 --> 00:57:35.039
 that we don't

00:57:35.039 --> 00:57:36.379
 pass by on the other

00:57:36.379 --> 00:57:37.519
 side and simply say,

00:57:37.960 --> 00:57:38.059
 well,

00:57:38.079 --> 00:57:39.139
 it's a large congregation,

00:57:39.139 --> 00:57:40.039
 I'll just leave that

00:57:40.039 --> 00:57:40.779
 to somebody else

00:57:40.779 --> 00:57:41.759
 or somebody else

00:57:41.759 --> 00:57:42.719
 is more qualified.

00:57:44.400 --> 00:57:44.639
 No,

00:57:44.719 --> 00:57:46.079
 we should say,

00:57:46.219 --> 00:57:46.379
 well,

00:57:46.920 --> 00:57:48.159
 this is what my Lord

00:57:48.159 --> 00:57:49.900
 requires of me.

00:57:51.039 --> 00:57:52.219
 How can I actually

00:57:52.219 --> 00:57:53.079
 help with this?

00:57:54.659 --> 00:57:56.259
 How can I contribute

00:57:56.259 --> 00:57:58.159
 to meeting the need

00:57:58.159 --> 00:57:58.960
 that I see,

00:57:59.819 --> 00:58:00.559
 whether it's in my

00:58:00.559 --> 00:58:01.159
 congregation

00:58:01.159 --> 00:58:02.339
 or in my community,

00:58:02.859 --> 00:58:03.839
 wherever it is?

00:58:06.259 --> 00:58:07.739
 Mercy ministry

00:58:07.739 --> 00:58:09.519
 is part of the church's

00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:13.179
 work and witness

00:58:13.179 --> 00:58:14.000
 in the world.

00:58:15.279 --> 00:58:15.959
 Somebody once

00:58:15.959 --> 00:58:17.879
 went to Africa

00:58:17.879 --> 00:58:18.899
 as a missionary

00:58:18.899 --> 00:58:21.459
 and kept stressing

00:58:21.459 --> 00:58:23.319
 theology all the time.

00:58:23.399 --> 00:58:23.639
 Of course,

00:58:23.679 --> 00:58:24.519
 nothing at all wrong

00:58:24.519 --> 00:58:25.099
 with that.

00:58:25.959 --> 00:58:27.000
 Theology is a great thing

00:58:27.000 --> 00:58:27.579
 and we can't do

00:58:27.579 --> 00:58:28.119
 without it.

00:58:28.959 --> 00:58:29.939
 But one of the people

00:58:29.939 --> 00:58:30.359
 said,

00:58:31.079 --> 00:58:31.299
 well,

00:58:31.339 --> 00:58:31.619
 you know,

00:58:32.299 --> 00:58:32.799
 actually,

00:58:33.279 --> 00:58:33.619
 sir,

00:58:34.659 --> 00:58:35.539
 our people

00:58:35.539 --> 00:58:37.579
 listen with their stomach.

00:58:37.739 --> 00:58:40.439
 Our people

00:58:40.439 --> 00:58:40.959
 listen

00:58:40.959 --> 00:58:42.739
 with their stomachs.

00:58:43.739 --> 00:58:44.419
 In other words,

00:58:44.500 --> 00:58:45.179
 he was saying to them,

00:58:45.859 --> 00:58:46.879
 he was saying to the

00:58:46.879 --> 00:58:47.139
 missionary,

00:58:47.339 --> 00:58:47.519
 look,

00:58:48.159 --> 00:58:49.399
 it's fine to give us

00:58:49.399 --> 00:58:50.979
 this fine theological

00:58:50.979 --> 00:58:51.579
 teaching

00:58:51.579 --> 00:58:52.639
 and all that you're

00:58:52.639 --> 00:58:53.119
 setting out

00:58:53.119 --> 00:58:53.919
 by way of teaching,

00:58:54.459 --> 00:58:55.919
 but the practicalities

00:58:55.919 --> 00:58:57.159
 must not be neglected.

00:58:58.219 --> 00:58:58.919
 Give our people

00:58:58.919 --> 00:58:59.559
 the food.

00:59:00.359 --> 00:59:01.059
 Try and actually

00:59:01.059 --> 00:59:02.339
 arrange food for them.

00:59:02.759 --> 00:59:03.599
 Then they'll listen

00:59:03.599 --> 00:59:04.039
 better.

00:59:04.399 --> 00:59:05.059
 They listen with

00:59:05.059 --> 00:59:05.679
 their stomachs.

00:59:05.679 --> 00:59:06.299
 And that's

00:59:06.299 --> 00:59:07.000
 practically

00:59:07.000 --> 00:59:07.859
 how we have to

00:59:07.859 --> 00:59:08.579
 regard the world

00:59:08.579 --> 00:59:08.879
 out there.

00:59:08.940 --> 00:59:09.699
 The world out there

00:59:09.699 --> 00:59:10.399
 is not going to

00:59:10.399 --> 00:59:11.299
 listen to you

00:59:11.299 --> 00:59:11.759
 and to me

00:59:11.759 --> 00:59:12.679
 spouting theology,

00:59:12.799 --> 00:59:13.259
 not at least

00:59:13.259 --> 00:59:14.000
 for a start.

00:59:15.279 --> 00:59:16.179
 But they listen

00:59:16.179 --> 00:59:18.519
 to acts of mercy,

00:59:18.699 --> 00:59:19.639
 acts of kindness,

00:59:21.440 --> 00:59:22.359
 acts where we see

00:59:22.359 --> 00:59:23.099
 people in need

00:59:23.099 --> 00:59:24.019
 and that whatever

00:59:24.019 --> 00:59:24.960
 we open to us,

00:59:25.339 --> 00:59:26.139
 we actually then

00:59:26.139 --> 00:59:27.879
 seek to alleviate

00:59:27.879 --> 00:59:28.599
 that need

00:59:28.599 --> 00:59:29.440
 for that person.

00:59:29.779 --> 00:59:30.379
 There are many ways,

00:59:30.519 --> 00:59:30.719
 of course,

00:59:31.319 --> 00:59:32.359
 that we can do that.

00:59:32.500 --> 00:59:33.339
 I was just going to mention

00:59:33.340 --> 00:59:35.059
 one thing you're going

00:59:35.059 --> 00:59:35.700
 to hear about

00:59:35.700 --> 00:59:37.660
 more in days to come

00:59:37.660 --> 00:59:39.240
 and that is that

00:59:39.240 --> 00:59:40.900
 the charity

00:59:40.900 --> 00:59:43.059
 called Safe Families UK

00:59:43.059 --> 00:59:44.920
 are now established

00:59:44.920 --> 00:59:45.820
 in Stornoway.

00:59:46.900 --> 00:59:47.880
 Safe Families UK

00:59:47.880 --> 00:59:50.039
 do a tremendous work

00:59:50.039 --> 00:59:50.880
 throughout the whole

00:59:50.880 --> 00:59:51.920
 of the UK.

00:59:53.320 --> 00:59:54.160
 We have some

00:59:54.160 --> 00:59:54.960
 personal knowledge

00:59:54.960 --> 00:59:56.000
 of their work

00:59:56.000 --> 00:59:56.440
 in Scotland

00:59:56.440 --> 00:59:57.740
 through our son-in-law,

00:59:58.120 --> 00:59:58.640
 Andy Murray,

00:59:58.639 --> 01:00:00.779
 who is a manager

01:00:00.779 --> 01:00:02.559
 in the Lothian area

01:00:02.559 --> 01:00:04.400
 of Safe Families UK.

01:00:04.839 --> 01:00:05.719
 I'm not mentioning it

01:00:05.719 --> 01:00:06.460
 for that reason.

01:00:06.900 --> 01:00:07.279
 I'm mentioning it

01:00:07.279 --> 01:00:08.000
 because I met

01:00:08.000 --> 01:00:09.079
 just the other day

01:00:09.079 --> 01:00:11.279
 with the volunteer manager,

01:00:11.639 --> 01:00:12.420
 Catherine MacDonald,

01:00:12.799 --> 01:00:13.819
 who's been appointed

01:00:13.819 --> 01:00:14.759
 a volunteer manager

01:00:14.759 --> 01:00:16.839
 here in Stornoway

01:00:16.839 --> 01:00:19.159
 of Safe Families UK,

01:00:19.420 --> 01:00:20.699
 the Scottish branch of it.

01:00:20.699 --> 01:00:24.779
 And what is very obvious

01:00:24.779 --> 01:00:25.619
 is that

01:00:25.619 --> 01:00:27.599
 by and large,

01:00:27.719 --> 01:00:28.879
 people like myself,

01:00:29.399 --> 01:00:29.859
 and I'm sure

01:00:29.859 --> 01:00:30.960
 maybe many of yourselves,

01:00:31.799 --> 01:00:32.960
 are sheltered

01:00:32.960 --> 01:00:33.739
 in some way

01:00:33.739 --> 01:00:35.960
 from the plight

01:00:35.960 --> 01:00:36.519
 of people

01:00:36.519 --> 01:00:37.719
 who are indeed

01:00:37.719 --> 01:00:39.319
 in dire straits

01:00:39.319 --> 01:00:39.960
 financially

01:00:39.960 --> 01:00:41.199
 or materially

01:00:41.199 --> 01:00:42.439
 in our community,

01:00:42.980 --> 01:00:44.939
 who have

01:00:44.939 --> 01:00:46.659
 and do experience

01:00:46.659 --> 01:00:47.279
 poverty,

01:00:48.439 --> 01:00:49.299
 lack of resources,

01:00:49.300 --> 01:00:50.860
 lack of help,

01:00:51.860 --> 01:00:54.360
 lack of encouragement,

01:00:55.260 --> 01:00:56.140
 lack of support

01:00:56.140 --> 01:00:58.340
 even in a physical way.

01:00:59.100 --> 01:00:59.900
 And Safe Families

01:00:59.900 --> 01:01:01.820
 are concerned,

01:01:01.920 --> 01:01:03.019
 there'll be more publicity

01:01:03.019 --> 01:01:04.000
 given to this

01:01:04.000 --> 01:01:04.800
 in these weeks ahead,

01:01:04.840 --> 01:01:05.140
 I'm sure,

01:01:05.620 --> 01:01:06.280
 but Safe Families

01:01:06.280 --> 01:01:06.900
 are concerned

01:01:06.900 --> 01:01:08.900
 to engage volunteers

01:01:08.900 --> 01:01:10.660
 to come alongside,

01:01:10.860 --> 01:01:11.860
 to be trained by them.

01:01:11.980 --> 01:01:12.900
 It doesn't cost anything.

01:01:13.380 --> 01:01:13.900
 It doesn't cost

01:01:13.900 --> 01:01:14.880
 a congregation anything

01:01:14.880 --> 01:01:16.000
 or an individual anything,

01:01:16.300 --> 01:01:17.460
 just some time.

01:01:17.460 --> 01:01:19.300
 And some time

01:01:19.300 --> 01:01:20.740
 to get alongside

01:01:20.740 --> 01:01:21.500
 people

01:01:21.500 --> 01:01:22.960
 who maybe don't see

01:01:22.960 --> 01:01:23.519
 anybody else

01:01:23.519 --> 01:01:24.280
 from day to day.

01:01:25.039 --> 01:01:26.000
 Young single mothers

01:01:26.000 --> 01:01:27.820
 struggling with children

01:01:27.820 --> 01:01:29.480
 or people with other

01:01:29.480 --> 01:01:31.099
 different needs

01:01:31.099 --> 01:01:31.900
 to them,

01:01:32.019 --> 01:01:32.820
 but that's the kind

01:01:32.820 --> 01:01:33.599
 of world we live in.

01:01:33.679 --> 01:01:34.300
 That's the kind of

01:01:34.300 --> 01:01:36.420
 community difficulties

01:01:37.159 --> 01:01:38.099
 that we have.

01:01:39.599 --> 01:01:41.579
 And I'll just mention

01:01:41.579 --> 01:01:42.240
 it just now,

01:01:42.340 --> 01:01:44.119
 but if you're in a position

01:01:44.119 --> 01:01:45.480
 to be a volunteer

01:01:45.480 --> 01:01:47.099
 for Safe Families,

01:01:47.619 --> 01:01:48.880
 I really would commend

01:01:48.880 --> 01:01:49.699
 that to you.

01:01:50.500 --> 01:01:51.460
 And please don't think

01:01:51.460 --> 01:01:52.460
 that this is

01:01:52.460 --> 01:01:53.739
 in some way

01:01:53.739 --> 01:01:55.679
 contrary to the preaching

01:01:55.679 --> 01:01:56.420
 of the gospel

01:01:56.420 --> 01:01:57.739
 because the passage

01:01:57.739 --> 01:01:58.880
 we've got before us

01:01:58.880 --> 01:02:00.819
 lends itself very much

01:02:00.819 --> 01:02:02.420
 to me asking myself

01:02:02.420 --> 01:02:03.659
 and you asking yourself,

01:02:04.099 --> 01:02:05.500
 well, how can I fit into that?

01:02:06.139 --> 01:02:07.519
 How can I actually help

01:02:07.519 --> 01:02:08.579
 in my own community

01:02:08.579 --> 01:02:10.000
 with those people

01:02:10.000 --> 01:02:10.460
 who are in need

01:02:10.460 --> 01:02:11.339
 if I don't have access

01:02:11.340 --> 01:02:12.160
 to them personally,

01:02:12.620 --> 01:02:13.780
 myself through my own

01:02:13.780 --> 01:02:15.680
 personal direct intervention?

01:02:16.160 --> 01:02:16.880
 Can I do it

01:02:16.880 --> 01:02:17.340
 through the likes

01:02:17.340 --> 01:02:18.200
 of Safe Families?

01:02:18.380 --> 01:02:19.600
 The answer to that is yes.

01:02:21.019 --> 01:02:22.200
 And so let's really regard

01:02:22.200 --> 01:02:24.000
 that as a great opportunity

01:02:24.000 --> 01:02:25.460
 as it opens up for us

01:02:25.460 --> 01:02:27.880
 and as it opens up for us

01:02:27.880 --> 01:02:29.760
 that we too can go

01:02:29.760 --> 01:02:31.680
 and do likewise

01:02:31.680 --> 01:02:33.460
 as Jesus said

01:02:33.460 --> 01:02:35.800
 to this individual.

01:02:36.579 --> 01:02:37.920
 And may God bless

01:02:37.920 --> 01:02:39.460
 his truth to us then

01:02:39.460 --> 01:02:40.420
 to that end.

01:02:41.340 --> 01:02:42.940
 We're going to conclude

01:02:42.940 --> 01:02:43.860
 this evening

01:02:43.860 --> 01:02:45.480
 by praising God.

01:02:45.960 --> 01:02:46.740
 Psalm 112.

01:02:48.079 --> 01:02:49.539
 112 in sing-sams.

01:02:49.680 --> 01:02:52.700
 That's from page 151.

01:02:53.200 --> 01:02:54.180
 And we're singing

01:02:54.180 --> 01:02:55.720
 verses 5 to 10.

01:02:58.160 --> 01:03:00.000
 A tune is Highland Cathedral.

01:03:01.160 --> 01:03:02.059
 Good is the man

01:03:02.059 --> 01:03:03.740
 who gives and freely lends

01:03:03.740 --> 01:03:05.180
 to his affairs

01:03:05.180 --> 01:03:06.519
 with justice he attends.

01:03:07.240 --> 01:03:08.280
 Surely a righteous man

01:03:08.280 --> 01:03:09.320
 will stand secure.

01:03:09.320 --> 01:03:10.840
 His memory forever

01:03:10.840 --> 01:03:11.580
 will endure.

01:03:12.080 --> 01:03:13.380
 Though bad news comes

01:03:13.380 --> 01:03:14.539
 he will not be afraid.

01:03:15.019 --> 01:03:15.880
 His heart is firm.

01:03:16.000 --> 01:03:17.440
 He trusts the Lord for aid.

01:03:17.860 --> 01:03:18.860
 He will not be alarmed.

01:03:18.940 --> 01:03:19.980
 His heart holds fast.

01:03:20.480 --> 01:03:21.280
 He'll view his force

01:03:21.280 --> 01:03:22.660
 in triumph at the last.

01:03:22.760 --> 01:03:24.260
 He freely shares

01:03:24.260 --> 01:03:26.000
 his riches with the poor.

01:03:26.640 --> 01:03:27.420
 His righteousness

01:03:27.420 --> 01:03:29.519
 forever will endure.

01:03:29.680 --> 01:03:30.200
 And so on.

01:03:30.580 --> 01:03:31.600
 Due to the end of the psalm,

01:03:31.660 --> 01:03:32.480
 these four stands.

01:03:32.600 --> 01:03:33.940
 As good is the man

01:03:33.940 --> 01:03:36.099
 who gives and freely lends.

01:03:36.099 --> 01:03:37.099
 Amen.

01:03:37.099 --> 01:03:43.700
 Good is the man

01:03:43.700 --> 01:03:48.940
 who gives and freely lends.

01:03:48.940 --> 01:03:52.099
 To his affairs

01:03:52.099 --> 01:03:53.579
 with justice

01:03:53.579 --> 01:03:57.380
 he attends.

01:03:57.380 --> 01:04:01.760
 Surely a righteous man

01:04:01.760 --> 01:04:05.420
 will stand secure.

01:04:05.420 --> 01:04:12.420
 His memory forever will endure.

01:04:12.420 --> 01:04:14.420
 His memory forever will endure.

01:04:15.940 --> 01:04:18.740
 Though bad news comes

01:04:18.740 --> 01:04:23.420
 he will not be proudly.

01:04:24.460 --> 01:04:27.440
 His heart is firm

01:04:27.440 --> 01:04:32.440
 He will not be alarmed.

01:04:32.440 --> 01:04:37.440
 He will not be alarmed.

01:04:37.440 --> 01:04:41.700
 His heart will fast.

01:04:41.700 --> 01:04:45.059
 He will be his force

01:04:45.059 --> 01:04:50.760
 in triumph at the last.

01:04:50.760 --> 01:04:54.380
 He freely shares

01:04:54.380 --> 01:04:59.700
 his riches with the poor.

01:04:59.700 --> 01:05:02.580
 His righteousness

01:05:02.580 --> 01:05:07.700
 forever will endure.

01:05:08.980 --> 01:05:11.720
 The Lord himself

01:05:11.720 --> 01:05:15.520
 makes all his ceremony

01:05:15.520 --> 01:05:20.520
 He gives the strength

01:05:20.519 --> 01:05:22.480
 and he pray

01:05:22.480 --> 01:05:22.500
 and he pray

01:05:22.500 --> 01:05:23.480
 and he pray

01:05:23.480 --> 01:05:24.559
 and he

01:05:24.559 --> 01:05:26.139
 and him

01:05:26.139 --> 01:05:29.920
 The wicked see

01:05:29.920 --> 01:05:31.659
 in this world

01:05:31.659 --> 01:05:35.219
 feel this pain

01:05:35.219 --> 01:05:38.099
 He'll majesty

01:05:38.099 --> 01:05:39.679
 thou soon

01:05:39.679 --> 01:05:41.719
 will waste

01:05:41.719 --> 01:05:43.559
 the way

01:05:43.559 --> 01:05:46.259
 The wicked

01:05:46.259 --> 01:05:48.079
 and their grace

01:05:48.079 --> 01:05:50.139
 will come

01:05:50.139 --> 01:05:52.379
 to turn off

01:05:52.379 --> 01:05:53.480
 They

01:05:53.480 --> 01:05:55.559
 ever will

01:05:55.559 --> 01:05:56.500
 enjoy

01:05:56.500 --> 01:05:58.099
 what they

01:05:58.099 --> 01:05:59.519
 have

01:05:59.519 --> 01:06:00.960
 sold

01:06:00.960 --> 01:06:03.579
 This evening I'll go to the door

01:06:03.579 --> 01:06:04.440
 to my right

01:06:04.440 --> 01:06:05.319
 after the benediction.

01:06:06.679 --> 01:06:07.420
 Now may grace

01:06:07.420 --> 01:06:07.819
 and mercy

01:06:07.819 --> 01:06:08.400
 and peace

01:06:08.400 --> 01:06:09.440
 from God the Father

01:06:09.440 --> 01:06:09.980
 the Son

01:06:09.980 --> 01:06:10.839
 and the Holy Spirit

01:06:10.839 --> 01:06:12.159
 be your portion

01:06:12.159 --> 01:06:13.599
 now and evermore.

01:06:14.139 --> 01:06:14.519
 Amen.

01:06:14.519 --> 01:06:14.619
 Amen.

01:06:14.619 --> 01:06:14.659
 Amen.

01:06:14.659 --> 01:06:14.679
 Amen.

01:06:20.139 --> 01:06:33.619
pers hal