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 To be with you this evening for a time of worship as you prepare for your communion season.

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 And we'll begin our worship this evening beginning of singing from Psalm 33 in the Psalter.

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! Psalm 33, we're going to sing from the beginning to verse 6 to the tune Irish.

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 Ye righteous in the Lord rejoice.

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 It comely is unright that upright men with thankful voice should praise the Lord of might.

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 Praise God with harp and unto him sing with the psaltery.

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 Upon a ten-stringed instrument make ye sweet melody.

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 We'll sing to the end of verse 6 to the praise of God together.

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 Ye righteous in the Lord rejoice.

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 It comely is unright that upright.

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 And half a bright men with thankful voice should praise the Lord of might.

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 Praise God with harp and unto him sing with the psaltery.

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 A song of the psaltery.

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 Upon a ten-stringed instrument make ye sweet melody.

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 A new song to him sing with the psaltery.

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 A new song to him sing and play with loud noise skillfully.

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 For righteous God's word.

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 All his words are done in mercy.

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 To judgment unto righteousness.

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 To judgment unto righteousness.

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 How love he may rest still.

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 The loving kindness of the Lord.

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 The air throughout the field.

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 The heavens by the word of God.

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 The heavens by the word of God.

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 In their beginning day.

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 The heavens by the word of God.

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 The heavens by the word of God.

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 The heavens by the word of God.

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 Their frame did take.

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 Lord these words remind us this evening.

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 That we are coming before you.

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 Creator and sustainer.

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 Sovereign ruler.

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 Almighty God.

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 And so we bow Lord this evening.

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 We acknowledge you.

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 We ask that as we join together for this hour of worship.

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 As we open your word.

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 And as Lord we spend this time in worship.

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 We pray that you would draw near to us, Lord, and do us good.

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 That we pray, that you pray, that you pray,

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 That you pray, that you pray,

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 That you pray, that you pray,

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 That you pray, that you pray,

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 That you pray,

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 Lord we spend this time in worship we pray that you would draw near to us Lord and do us good

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 that we might know the presence of the Holy Spirit here this evening and that he would in our hearts

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 testify to the wonder and beauty and splendor and depth and richness of your provision toward us in

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 Christ who has said he will testify of me and so Lord we ask tonight at the outset of this communion

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 weekend for your blessing upon word and sacrament upon fellowship and singing that you would hear

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 the prayers of your people and as they offer Lord to you their petitions as they bring to you the

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 concerns of their heart as they seek the blessing of the Lord upon the cause of Christ here in Stornoway

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 and across our island Lord be near them bless them keep them we pray and as they spend this time around

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 your word together tomorrow with Callum and over the weekend with David we pray Lord God that you

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 would draw near and bless we pray that there would be a real encouragement and a an enriching of spiritual

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 vitality a depth and a deepening of grace and faith by both word and sacrament being received in faith

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 Lord we thank you that you deal with us in such a way that we have here in our midst the very word of

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 life and we bless you that you speak to us and that the word of God continues to do the work of God in

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 hearts around our island and in their nation across the world this very evening we pray tonight for all

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 the prayer meetings being held across our island we pray for our brothers and sisters in Christ who will

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 be meeting just as we are with their Bibles open singing praise to the living God seeking your blessing

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 the word as it is explained and broken down and Lord we pray that here and all these meetings across

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 the land it would be to the benefit and blessing of your people that there would be real encouragement

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 tonight through fellowship and preaching and prayer and praise that as your people worship they would

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 be prepared Lord to meet you in that place of stillness and then ready to meet the world and tomorrow

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 and in the next day at times we are so grateful for these Wednesday nights to come together to gather

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 around the word brothers and sisters in Christ to remind ourselves whose we are and who we are children

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 of the living God and so Lord as we reflect on these wonderful truths and the vitality of the gospel we

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 pray for your blessing on your cause in Stornoway be with Calamurdo the elders and deacons the Sunday

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 school teachers all the activities and groups and plans that go toward making this place a place that is

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 dedicated to your glory and your praise and honour and Lord may that work reap a great harvest may your

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 people be enriched and encouraged and built up in the faith and may those who as yet are unconvinced and

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 unconverted Lord draw them we pray by your grace and in your power may there be conviction of sin in hearts

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 may eyes be opened to the awfulness of our situation out with Jesus where we would remain under the wrath and

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 judgment of God and so Lord we pray for the reality of our precariousness to be blessed to many and that

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 Lord as that work begins may your people come alongside to share a word in season a word of hope a word of grace

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 and remind those who may seek you of the invitation and summons of Jesus come to me

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 we are reminded of Philip's example when he spoke to that Ethiopian official he told him the good news

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 about Jesus and what news it is the son of God who came into this world to seek and to save the lost

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 he paid a price that we could not pay he stood in a place so that we would not have to experience

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 separation and darkness and the awfulness of that forsakenness that he felt on that cross

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 for he tasted that death which was due to fallen sinners and so we pray Lord that that

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 atoning sacrifice would be ever more precious to us in the days ahead and that we would in our own way

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 in time figure out ways to share and explain and describe the finished work of Christ in truthfulness

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 in love with a sense of awe and wonder and that we Lord as people who have come to know the Lord as our

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 saviour may our commitment to him in your grace and mercy become convincing to those around us for we know

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 Lord they watch our lives they they read our decisions they watch our conduct may our conduct be

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 as we as we are called to be holy may our conduct be one a pattern of reverence and awe that we might

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 have within us and out with us and about us a fear of the Lord that would speak to those around we pray

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 Lord then your blessing on your word tonight on the upcoming communion services across our island

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 and those as they preach Lord may they be endowed with the spirit from on high to show forth the praises

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 of Christ to declare a risen saviour who was dead and now is alive Lord we commit to you the cares and

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 concerns of our hearts tonight we pray for the congregation at this time of vacancy may they Lord be blessed to

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 engage with the work may they be encouraged to engage with the work and may you bless Lord their endeavours

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 in the cause of Christ at this time we seek your leading in these things as in all things and we pray

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 Lord that you would make your way known to the congregation here and to each one who has such a

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 concern for the cause that this congregation has stood for all these years and generations Lord we

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 require and need and plead for your blessing for without the Lord the labour is in vain and so we

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 we express Lord and acknowledge our dependence and we seek your blessing and we ask the forgiveness of

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 our sin and everything we do we ask in Jesus name amen

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 we'll return to sing psalms this evening we'll sing from psalm 34 and the beginning of the psalm psalm 34 and

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 sing psalms we're going to sing to verse 9 to the tune Jackson at all times I will bless the Lord

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 I'll praise him with my voice because I glory in the Lord let troubled souls rejoice together let us

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 praise the Lord exalt his name with me I sought the Lord his answer came from fears he set me free

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 psalm 34 we'll sing to verse 9 to God's praise

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 praise the Lord

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 at all times I will bless the Lord I'll praise him with my voice because I glory in the Lord let troubled souls rejoice

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 praise the Lord let them rejoice

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 praise the Lord exalt his name with me I sought the Lord his answer came from fears he set me free

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 I sought the Lord his answer came from fears he set me free

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 From him deliver and save.

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 The angel of the Lord surrounds and guards continually.

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 All those who fear and honor him, he sets his feet.

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 The angel of the Lord is good, who just in him is blessed.

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 O fear the Lord, you saints with me, you will not be oppressed.

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 I will turn this evening together in our Bibles to the first letter of Peter.

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 1 Peter, reading in chapter 1.

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 1 Peter, chapter 1, where we find the apostle fulfilling the commission given by the Lord

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 to feed the Lord's people, to teach the Lord's people and encourage the Lord's people.

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 And he writes to the elect exiles of the dispersion scattered across the Roman Empire

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 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father.

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 And he writes and wishes grace and peace being multiplied to them.

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 He speaks then about our being born again to a living hope.

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 And having said something about that, we'll read from verse 13,

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 where he links into what he's just said about the living hope that belongs to every Christian.

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 Therefore, preparing your minds for action and being sober-minded,

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 set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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 1 Peter, chapter 1, verse 13.

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 1 Peter, chapter 1, verse 13.

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 Sincere, brotherly love.

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 Love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again,

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 not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.

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 For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of grass.

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 The grass withers and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remains forever.

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 And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

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 May the Lord bless his word to our hearts this evening.

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 We'll think about that passage in a few moments together.

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 First of all, we'll sing again from Sing Psalm, Psalm 25.

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 Psalm 25, singing from verse 8.

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 And we'll sing to verse 15, to the tune Rockingham.

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 Because the Lord is just and good, he shows his paths to all who stray.

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 He guides the meek in what is right and teaches them his holy way.

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 We'll sing to verse 15 together to God's praise.

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 Because the Lord is just and good, he shows his paths to all who stray.

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 He guides the meek in what is right and teaches them his holy way.

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 He guides the meek in what is right and teaches them his holy way.

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 My great iniquity.

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 But then I'm going to clear the Lord.

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 He'll teach to them the chosen way.

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 That thing, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you pray, if you

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 and deep will share.

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 My eyes are always on the Lord.

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 He'll be my feet from every stair.

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 Well, as we turn to 1 Peter again in chapter 1,

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 to think about something we've just sung about there

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 that speaks of there in verse 15,

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 my eyes are always on the Lord.

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 What a great description and definition that is of the Christian life.

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 My eyes are always on the Lord.

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 We'll bow in prayer for a few moments together.

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 Lord, that our eyes would always be fixed on you,

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 that we would heed the apostle's teaching

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 as he feeds the church through his apostolic writings

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 that have been blessed to our hearts down through the years.

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 We thank you, Lord, that the scriptures principally teach

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 what we are to believe concerning God

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 and the duty you require of us.

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 And so, Lord, as we take to heart your word,

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 we pray that your word would do its work in our hearts.

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 We ask, Lord, for understanding,

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 for insight, wisdom, patience, grace,

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 that we might apply to ourselves

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 what it is you would have us learn day by day

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 as we open our Bibles,

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 be it in public as it is this evening

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 or in private, Lord, we pray

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 that we might know your closeness

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 and have an eye to your glory

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 and have a desire,

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 a burning desire,

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 to serve and honour you.

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 Lord, take the glory to your name here this evening,

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 we pray in Jesus' precious name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, in 1 Peter in chapter 1,

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 precious words written with a very pastoral heart.

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 Peter fulfills the commission given by Jesus

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 that day on the beach when he said,

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 feed my lambs.

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 And here we find him doing just that,

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 wishing grace and peace

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 to be multiplied to his readers.

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 And as he goes on,

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 we'll find in the passage we read,

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 hopefully this evening,

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 that at the heart of what the New Testament

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 reveals to us all

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 is that when we come to Jesus

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 in repentance and faith,

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 when we respond as the Bible urges us to,

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 when we respond as the Spirit summons us to

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 and come to God's appointed means of salvation,

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 his Son, the Lord Jesus,

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 a change of heart is effected.

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 And that's where Peter is in verse 3.

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 According to his great mercy,

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 he has caused us to be born again

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 to a living hope.

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 He's immediately reminding these Christians,

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 many of whom were under the cosh,

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 struggling,

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 finding things hard,

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 that they needed to remember

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 or be reminded

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 who they were and whose they were.

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 And having mentioned that

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 at the beginning of the chapter,

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 we find him doing it again in verse 23.

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 Since you have been born again,

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 not of perishable seed,

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 but of imperishable

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 through the living word of God,

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 he's reminding us tonight

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 who we are and whose we are,

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 that there's been a change of heart.

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 This new birth has been effected

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 through the grace of God

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 and by the application of the Holy Spirit.

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 And now there's been a change of status.

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 Verse 4,

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 you have now been born again

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 to a living hope,

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 an inheritance

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 that is imperishable,

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 undefiled,

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 unfading,

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 being kept in heaven for you.

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 This is wonderful stuff

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 as Peter begins to draw out

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 the change of heart

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 and its implications.

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 It's not just a change of heart

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 because of the change of heart,

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 there's a change of status.

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 This inheritance is kept for you.

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 So brothers and sisters in Christ,

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 tonight we are being reminded

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 by the word

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 that our standing before God changes,

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 our focus on life changes,

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 our eternal destination changes

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 because of what the Lord has done

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 for us and in us

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 and through his son,

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 the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 It's a wonderful flow of language

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 that sets before us tonight,

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 this change of heart,

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 this eternal destination,

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 the standing.

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 It's ours

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 because of Christ Jesus,

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 our Lord and Saviour.

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 And that is made very clear

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 in verse 19

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 because all of this hinges on what?

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 the precious blood of Christ.

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 The precious blood of Christ.

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 As with Peter,

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 so Paul,

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 the two great teaching apostles

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 in their writing ministry

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 make the same emphasis.

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 You know well the words of Ephesians 2,

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 so famous and precious to Christians

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 down through the generations.

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 Once you were separated from Christ,

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 alienated,

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 strangers to the covenants of promise,

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 having no hope

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 and without God.

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 But now,

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 in Christ Jesus,

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 you who once were far off

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 have been brought near

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 by the blood of Christ.

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 And in his letter to the Colossians,

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 the same emphasis,

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 he has delivered us

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 from the domain of darkness

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 and transferred us

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 to the kingdom of his beloved son

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 in whom we have redemption,

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 the forgiveness of sins.

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 It's all about who Christ is

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 and what Christ has done.

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 And so Peter writes

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 to remind and encourage Christians

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 of this great reality

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 using the same powerful imagery

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 and language as Paul

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 and in so doing,

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 he places at the centre of it all

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 as Paul does

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 the precious blood of Christ.

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 Our change of heart

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 and the resultant fellowship

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 and status

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 and the eternal destination,

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 all these changes

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 that we can think through

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 and reflect on,

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 it all flows from

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 and are guaranteed by

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 the precious blood of Christ.

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 That is what we have been ransomed with.

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 Knowing that you were ransomed

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 from the futile ways

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 in verse 18,

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 inherited from your forefathers,

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 not with perishable things

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 such as silver and gold.

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 The world didn't do this.

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 Religion didn't do this.

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 The apostles didn't do this.

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 The temple didn't do this.

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 The sacrificial system,

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 the Aaronic priesthood,

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 none of these things

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 have done this for you,

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 Christian friend.

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 But nothing other

00:24:25.819 --> 00:24:27.420
 than the precious blood of Christ,

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 like that of a lamb

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 without blemish or spot.

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 And so tonight,

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 as we think about these things,

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 I want to reflect on you

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 with the centrality

00:24:37.900 --> 00:24:39.180
 of the blood of Christ

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 and the resultant

00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:42.900
 Christian way of life

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 that flows from this.

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 Our fellowship,

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.120
 our worship,

00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:48.160
 the very character

00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:48.980
 that defines us,

00:24:49.180 --> 00:24:49.940
 our conduct,

00:24:50.059 --> 00:24:50.860
 which is mentioned here

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 twice in this passage,

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 all flows from

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 an acknowledgement

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 and a deep,

00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:57.819
 growing personal awareness

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 of our ransom price

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 being the blood of Jesus.

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 Many hymns have been written

00:25:05.419 --> 00:25:07.439
 to try and capture this.

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 One of the more famous ones.

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 What can wash away my sin?

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 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 What can make me whole again?

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 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 Oh, precious is the flow

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 that makes me white as snow.

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 No other fount I know.

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 Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

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 And this is the heartbeat

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 of the New Testament.

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 The very pulse of every congregation

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 that names the name of Jesus,

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 that holds forth his praises.

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 It's all about the blood of Jesus,

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 which cleanses us

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 from all unrighteousness.

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 We profess our faith

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 and hope to be in him

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 and in him alone.

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 And so we have this

00:25:50.040 --> 00:25:51.700
 born again to a living hope

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 flowing straight into a passage

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 that says called to be holy.

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 So here's the implications

00:25:56.800 --> 00:25:58.300
 of this wonderful reality.

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 The precious blood of Jesus Christ

00:26:00.500 --> 00:26:01.260
 that makes us,

00:26:01.660 --> 00:26:02.840
 washes away our sin

00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.900
 and makes us whole again.

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 There's consequences.

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 There's an impact.

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 There's a result.

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 The Christian way of life.

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 There's a few things

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 to say about it this evening

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 as we spend a little bit

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 of time together.

00:26:14.220 --> 00:26:15.200
 Verse 13 says,

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.640
 Therefore,

00:26:16.339 --> 00:26:18.299
 preparing your minds for action

00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.920
 and being sober-minded,

00:26:20.420 --> 00:26:22.400
 set your hope fully

00:26:22.400 --> 00:26:23.480
 on the grace

00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:24.940
 that will be brought to you

00:26:24.940 --> 00:26:26.000
 at the revelation

00:26:26.000 --> 00:26:27.539
 of Jesus Christ.

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:29.299
 This Christian way of life

00:26:29.299 --> 00:26:31.240
 has the characteristic

00:26:31.240 --> 00:26:32.640
 of preparation.

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 Preparing your minds

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 for action.

00:26:36.220 --> 00:26:36.900
 Now this is not a

00:26:36.900 --> 00:26:40.420
 dodgy, weak link

00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:42.640
 to try and force in the word

00:26:42.640 --> 00:26:43.880
 preparatory.

00:26:44.520 --> 00:26:45.460
 It's at the heart

00:26:45.460 --> 00:26:47.020
 of the characteristics

00:26:47.020 --> 00:26:48.220
 that are listed

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:50.240
 in the Christian way of life.

00:26:51.280 --> 00:26:51.759
 Preparation.

00:26:51.980 --> 00:26:53.000
 Preparing your minds

00:26:53.000 --> 00:26:53.500
 for action.

00:26:53.900 --> 00:26:54.660
 Being ready.

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.640
 This is a call

00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:57.120
 to be prepared

00:26:57.120 --> 00:26:58.360
 and set your minds

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 to exert yourself.

00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:01.380
 It's almost as if

00:27:01.380 --> 00:27:01.920
 the picture is

00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:02.560
 of the athlete

00:27:02.560 --> 00:27:04.400
 in the blocks

00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:06.240
 waiting for the starter's gun.

00:27:06.580 --> 00:27:07.259
 Or you're fixing

00:27:07.259 --> 00:27:08.040
 your seatbelt.

00:27:08.160 --> 00:27:08.900
 You're ready to

00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:09.620
 rev the engine

00:27:09.620 --> 00:27:10.040
 and go,

00:27:10.120 --> 00:27:10.940
 let the handbrake off.

00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:12.160
 It's about this being ready

00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.799
 to go.

00:27:12.900 --> 00:27:13.600
 But to go where?

00:27:13.680 --> 00:27:14.259
 To do what?

00:27:14.640 --> 00:27:16.100
 Preparing your minds

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:17.519
 for action

00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.039
 and being sober minded.

00:27:19.740 --> 00:27:20.500
 Clear the decks.

00:27:21.420 --> 00:27:22.220
 Clear the thoughts.

00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:23.120
 Clear the attention.

00:27:23.320 --> 00:27:24.140
 Clear the focus.

00:27:24.840 --> 00:27:26.400
 And set your hope fully

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:27.440
 on the grace

00:27:27.440 --> 00:27:28.620
 that will be brought to you

00:27:28.620 --> 00:27:29.600
 at the revelation

00:27:29.600 --> 00:27:30.680
 of Jesus Christ.

00:27:31.519 --> 00:27:32.360
 And so we reflect

00:27:32.360 --> 00:27:33.539
 on who Jesus is

00:27:33.539 --> 00:27:34.600
 and what he's done

00:27:34.600 --> 00:27:35.240
 for us.

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:36.980
 And the precious blood

00:27:36.980 --> 00:27:37.579
 of Jesus

00:27:37.579 --> 00:27:39.740
 that washes our sins away

00:27:39.740 --> 00:27:40.900
 and makes us

00:27:40.900 --> 00:27:42.700
 right and whole

00:27:42.700 --> 00:27:43.299
 again.

00:27:44.039 --> 00:27:45.140
 And as we commit ourselves

00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.880
 to the serious

00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:47.039
 sustained thinking,

00:27:47.539 --> 00:27:48.599
 this is how we begin

00:27:48.599 --> 00:27:49.319
 to achieve

00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:50.980
 a clearly committed

00:27:50.980 --> 00:27:52.259
 Christ-like

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.099
 manner

00:27:53.099 --> 00:27:54.140
 or Christ-like

00:27:54.140 --> 00:27:54.799
 living.

00:27:55.900 --> 00:27:57.059
 So as we apply it,

00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.319
 the more we know him,

00:27:58.880 --> 00:28:00.059
 the more we study,

00:28:00.519 --> 00:28:02.120
 the more we rely on him,

00:28:02.180 --> 00:28:03.339
 the more we learn about him,

00:28:03.339 --> 00:28:04.500
 the more we love him,

00:28:05.179 --> 00:28:06.579
 the more we trust him,

00:28:06.959 --> 00:28:08.000
 the more evident

00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:09.099
 it will become

00:28:09.099 --> 00:28:11.059
 that we belong to him.

00:28:12.339 --> 00:28:13.879
 That we are his

00:28:13.879 --> 00:28:15.819
 and he is ours.

00:28:16.679 --> 00:28:17.659
 And that will be made

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.500
 very evident

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:19.659
 this Sunday morning

00:28:19.659 --> 00:28:21.480
 as you take your place

00:28:21.480 --> 00:28:22.639
 at his table.

00:28:23.199 --> 00:28:24.179
 You go there

00:28:24.179 --> 00:28:26.319
 on his summons.

00:28:26.859 --> 00:28:27.679
 You go there

00:28:27.679 --> 00:28:28.480
 called.

00:28:29.299 --> 00:28:30.079
 You go there

00:28:30.079 --> 00:28:31.339
 because in his love

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:32.119
 he has prepared

00:28:32.119 --> 00:28:33.679
 a feast for you there.

00:28:34.720 --> 00:28:35.439
 And he sees

00:28:35.439 --> 00:28:36.559
 by his word

00:28:36.559 --> 00:28:37.839
 in his spirit

00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:39.519
 through grace

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:40.379
 come

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:42.339
 for all things

00:28:42.339 --> 00:28:43.079
 are now ready.

00:28:44.599 --> 00:28:45.659
 We've probably all

00:28:45.659 --> 00:28:46.379
 been in a position

00:28:46.379 --> 00:28:47.119
 where we've heard

00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:48.019
 that summons

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:49.259
 and our hearts

00:28:49.259 --> 00:28:50.419
 have almost burst

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:51.399
 with anticipation,

00:28:51.859 --> 00:28:53.099
 our love overflowing

00:28:53.099 --> 00:28:53.939
 and then suddenly

00:28:53.939 --> 00:28:55.379
 the focus shifts

00:28:55.379 --> 00:28:56.220
 and we come away

00:28:56.220 --> 00:28:57.019
 from our Lord's

00:28:57.019 --> 00:28:57.619
 finished work

00:28:57.619 --> 00:28:58.179
 and remember

00:28:58.179 --> 00:28:59.519
 our sin

00:28:59.519 --> 00:29:01.220
 and our weakness

00:29:01.220 --> 00:29:02.639
 and our failings

00:29:02.639 --> 00:29:03.379
 and our foibles

00:29:03.379 --> 00:29:05.200
 and our faults.

00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:06.660
 And we say

00:29:06.660 --> 00:29:07.500
 I can't go there.

00:29:08.559 --> 00:29:10.119
 That's for holy people.

00:29:10.819 --> 00:29:11.440
 Good people.

00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:13.019
 People better than me.

00:29:13.119 --> 00:29:14.079
 If they knew my heart,

00:29:14.180 --> 00:29:15.119
 if they knew my mind,

00:29:15.579 --> 00:29:16.000
 if they knew

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:17.740
 the way my imagination works,

00:29:18.339 --> 00:29:19.160
 they would never be,

00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.500
 they would never allow me

00:29:20.500 --> 00:29:21.539
 near that table.

00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:24.079
 But friend,

00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:26.200
 it's not your sense

00:29:26.200 --> 00:29:27.380
 of righteousness

00:29:27.380 --> 00:29:29.019
 that brings you

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:29.580
 to the table.

00:29:30.500 --> 00:29:31.019
 It is,

00:29:31.220 --> 00:29:32.559
 the words of verse 19,

00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:34.680
 your ransom price

00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:36.680
 is the precious blood

00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:38.120
 of Christ

00:29:38.120 --> 00:29:39.700
 shed

00:29:39.700 --> 00:29:41.220
 for you,

00:29:42.220 --> 00:29:42.980
 shed for me.

00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:45.059
 Because in and of ourselves,

00:29:45.900 --> 00:29:46.460
 lost,

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:47.920
 destitute,

00:29:48.980 --> 00:29:49.460
 hopeless,

00:29:50.120 --> 00:29:50.580
 helpless,

00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:51.580
 strangers

00:29:51.580 --> 00:29:52.539
 to the commonwealth

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:52.960
 of Israel,

00:29:53.100 --> 00:29:53.900
 go back to the language

00:29:53.900 --> 00:29:54.820
 of Ephesians 2,

00:29:54.960 --> 00:29:56.500
 once you were separated

00:29:56.500 --> 00:29:57.180
 from Christ,

00:29:57.500 --> 00:29:58.080
 alienated,

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:59.320
 strangers to the covenants

00:29:59.320 --> 00:29:59.759
 of promise,

00:30:00.040 --> 00:30:00.840
 having no hope

00:30:00.840 --> 00:30:02.000
 and without God.

00:30:02.759 --> 00:30:03.100
 But,

00:30:03.759 --> 00:30:04.220
 now,

00:30:04.800 --> 00:30:06.440
 in Christ Jesus,

00:30:07.320 --> 00:30:08.019
 you who once

00:30:08.019 --> 00:30:08.940
 were far off

00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:10.740
 have been brought near

00:30:10.740 --> 00:30:12.759
 by the blood of Christ.

00:30:12.900 --> 00:30:13.840
 And it's having been

00:30:13.840 --> 00:30:14.660
 brought near,

00:30:15.240 --> 00:30:16.259
 we hear him say,

00:30:16.960 --> 00:30:17.980
 having come to me

00:30:17.980 --> 00:30:18.600
 in faith,

00:30:19.540 --> 00:30:20.740
 sit at my table.

00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.220
 I have a feast

00:30:22.220 --> 00:30:23.480
 for you.

00:30:24.380 --> 00:30:24.720
 And so,

00:30:24.819 --> 00:30:25.920
 the Christian way of life

00:30:25.920 --> 00:30:27.180
 has about it

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:28.600
 a sense of preparation.

00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.500
 And as we prepare

00:30:30.500 --> 00:30:31.600
 and as we set our minds

00:30:31.600 --> 00:30:32.640
 on these things,

00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:33.460
 as we focus

00:30:33.460 --> 00:30:34.160
 and study

00:30:34.160 --> 00:30:34.740
 and reflect

00:30:34.740 --> 00:30:35.420
 and spend time

00:30:35.420 --> 00:30:36.019
 in fellowship

00:30:36.019 --> 00:30:37.480
 and listen to the word

00:30:37.480 --> 00:30:38.339
 and allow the word

00:30:38.339 --> 00:30:40.299
 to impact us

00:30:40.299 --> 00:30:40.980
 and change us

00:30:40.980 --> 00:30:41.920
 from the inside out,

00:30:42.180 --> 00:30:43.559
 and as we set our minds

00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:44.559
 on things that are above

00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:45.200
 and realise

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:45.799
 and understand,

00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:47.100
 we are hidden in Christ.

00:30:47.860 --> 00:30:48.339
 The language

00:30:48.339 --> 00:30:49.000
 of the New Testament

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.799
 is wonderful.

00:30:50.160 --> 00:30:50.839
 Set your hope

00:30:50.839 --> 00:30:51.819
 fully on the grace

00:30:51.819 --> 00:30:52.980
 that will be brought to you.

00:30:53.199 --> 00:30:53.959
 We are his.

00:30:54.179 --> 00:30:54.899
 And look what he says

00:30:54.899 --> 00:30:55.959
 as you think this through.

00:30:56.319 --> 00:30:57.839
 As obedient children,

00:30:58.459 --> 00:30:59.779
 do not be conformed

00:30:59.779 --> 00:31:00.459
 to the passions

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:01.799
 of your former ignorance

00:31:01.799 --> 00:31:03.359
 where the devil

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:04.139
 wants us looking,

00:31:05.000 --> 00:31:06.539
 especially at communion weekend.

00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:07.699
 He doesn't want us

00:31:07.699 --> 00:31:08.779
 focusing on the table

00:31:08.779 --> 00:31:09.399
 and the feast

00:31:09.399 --> 00:31:10.179
 and the preparation

00:31:10.179 --> 00:31:11.240
 and the lavishness

00:31:11.240 --> 00:31:12.339
 of the grace of our Lord.

00:31:13.099 --> 00:31:13.859
 He doesn't want us

00:31:13.859 --> 00:31:15.539
 thinking of his forsakenness

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.720
 for us,

00:31:17.019 --> 00:31:17.879
 paying our price

00:31:17.879 --> 00:31:18.879
 that we could not pay,

00:31:19.000 --> 00:31:20.159
 going to that cross,

00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:21.259
 that darkness,

00:31:21.560 --> 00:31:23.040
 that awful judgment

00:31:23.040 --> 00:31:23.880
 that he experienced

00:31:23.880 --> 00:31:25.300
 so that we might have life

00:31:25.300 --> 00:31:25.920
 and forgiveness.

00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.180
 He wants us thinking

00:31:27.180 --> 00:31:27.980
 about our weakness,

00:31:28.180 --> 00:31:28.660
 our sin.

00:31:28.779 --> 00:31:29.779
 He wants us on the edge

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.160
 of things.

00:31:30.259 --> 00:31:31.140
 He wants us fragile.

00:31:32.259 --> 00:31:33.500
 He wants us brittle.

00:31:34.560 --> 00:31:35.240
 He doesn't want us

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:35.740
 at the table

00:31:35.740 --> 00:31:37.640
 because there's a feast there.

00:31:38.340 --> 00:31:39.279
 There's grace there.

00:31:40.060 --> 00:31:41.160
 There's strength there.

00:31:42.320 --> 00:31:43.360
 And we go there

00:31:43.360 --> 00:31:46.060
 as obedient children.

00:31:46.759 --> 00:31:47.660
 Do not be conformed

00:31:47.660 --> 00:31:48.660
 to the passions

00:31:48.660 --> 00:31:49.840
 of your former ignorance.

00:31:50.060 --> 00:31:51.040
 But as he who called you

00:31:51.040 --> 00:31:51.480
 is holy,

00:31:51.740 --> 00:31:52.779
 you will also be holy

00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:55.060
 in all your conduct.

00:31:55.540 --> 00:31:57.519
 And so we are to be obedient

00:31:57.519 --> 00:31:59.620
 and we are to be clear-minded.

00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:02.080
 We are to fix our attention

00:32:02.080 --> 00:32:03.320
 on our Lord and Saviour.

00:32:03.660 --> 00:32:04.480
 I want to share with you

00:32:04.480 --> 00:32:05.940
 a wonderful saying,

00:32:06.279 --> 00:32:07.660
 part of the writings

00:32:07.660 --> 00:32:10.000
 of the famous Oswald Chambers.

00:32:10.120 --> 00:32:11.000
 It's a saying I come back

00:32:11.000 --> 00:32:12.360
 to a number of occasions,

00:32:12.500 --> 00:32:13.279
 especially recently,

00:32:13.279 --> 00:32:15.220
 because it does a lot

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:16.259
 in terms of clearing

00:32:16.259 --> 00:32:17.079
 the ground here,

00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:18.279
 making us just reflect

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:20.339
 on what Peter is saying here

00:32:20.339 --> 00:32:21.299
 as in many other passages.

00:32:21.480 --> 00:32:22.319
 Oswald Chambers,

00:32:22.700 --> 00:32:24.500
 who had such a remarkable life

00:32:24.500 --> 00:32:25.799
 and achieved so much

00:32:25.799 --> 00:32:27.279
 in a relatively short time,

00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:28.240
 he wrote this,

00:32:28.339 --> 00:32:31.200
 shut out every other consideration

00:32:31.200 --> 00:32:33.680
 and keep yourself before God

00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:35.220
 for this one thing only,

00:32:36.019 --> 00:32:38.339
 my utmost for his highest.

00:32:38.339 --> 00:32:40.259
 I am determined

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.859
 to be absolutely

00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:44.299
 and entirely for him

00:32:44.299 --> 00:32:46.159
 and for him alone.

00:32:47.819 --> 00:32:48.419
 That, friends,

00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:50.159
 is a wonderful summary

00:32:50.159 --> 00:32:52.459
 of the Christian way of life.

00:32:53.039 --> 00:32:53.939
 We've sung there

00:32:53.939 --> 00:32:55.679
 in Psalm 25,

00:32:57.579 --> 00:32:58.679
 For your name's sake,

00:32:58.740 --> 00:32:59.480
 O Lord my God,

00:32:59.559 --> 00:33:01.319
 forgive my great iniquity,

00:33:01.419 --> 00:33:03.639
 my eyes are always on the Lord.

00:33:04.000 --> 00:33:05.039
 He'll free my feet

00:33:05.039 --> 00:33:07.059
 from every snare.

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:09.159
 As we keep our eyes

00:33:09.159 --> 00:33:10.059
 fixed on the Lord.

00:33:10.859 --> 00:33:11.899
 So we take Chambers'

00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:13.379
 resolution to heart

00:33:13.379 --> 00:33:13.759
 and say,

00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:13.980
 well,

00:33:14.299 --> 00:33:15.819
 if Oswald Chambers,

00:33:16.679 --> 00:33:19.200
 in 1919 or so,

00:33:19.359 --> 00:33:20.720
 or 1915 perhaps,

00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:21.700
 when he wrote these words,

00:33:22.659 --> 00:33:23.480
 I am determined

00:33:23.480 --> 00:33:24.460
 to be absolutely

00:33:24.460 --> 00:33:25.619
 and entirely for him

00:33:25.619 --> 00:33:26.379
 and for him alone.

00:33:27.899 --> 00:33:29.299
 Go ye and do likewise.

00:33:30.039 --> 00:33:31.359
 Could very much apply there.

00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:32.700
 As we look at

00:33:32.700 --> 00:33:33.700
 the Christian way of life

00:33:33.700 --> 00:33:34.059
 and the preparation

00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:36.000
 that we're called

00:33:36.000 --> 00:33:36.799
 to engage in,

00:33:37.059 --> 00:33:38.579
 how do we apply it

00:33:38.579 --> 00:33:39.019
 ourselves?

00:33:39.220 --> 00:33:40.460
 The diligent use

00:33:40.460 --> 00:33:41.379
 of the outward means

00:33:41.379 --> 00:33:41.919
 of grace.

00:33:42.119 --> 00:33:43.299
 Famous phrase used

00:33:43.299 --> 00:33:45.220
 in the Shorter Catechism.

00:33:45.659 --> 00:33:46.179
 The word,

00:33:46.379 --> 00:33:47.559
 sacraments and prayer.

00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:48.980
 Being in fellowship,

00:33:49.179 --> 00:33:49.799
 being in worship,

00:33:50.159 --> 00:33:51.319
 being in the word,

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.339
 being in prayer,

00:33:53.240 --> 00:33:54.980
 communicating at the table

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:56.159
 with our Lord and Saviour,

00:33:56.419 --> 00:33:57.460
 receiving the grace

00:33:57.460 --> 00:33:58.079
 and nourishment

00:33:58.079 --> 00:33:58.679
 and blessing

00:33:58.679 --> 00:34:00.000
 from that feast.

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:01.059
 Obediently,

00:34:01.440 --> 00:34:02.779
 in humility

00:34:02.779 --> 00:34:04.079
 and dependence upon him,

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:05.779
 we make diligent use

00:34:05.779 --> 00:34:07.579
 of the outward means

00:34:07.579 --> 00:34:08.079
 of grace,

00:34:08.159 --> 00:34:09.059
 so foundational

00:34:09.059 --> 00:34:11.079
 to our Christian way

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:11.519
 of life.

00:34:11.599 --> 00:34:12.940
 So there's preparation here.

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.779
 Secondly,

00:34:14.139 --> 00:34:15.139
 we'll go through the passage

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:16.099
 in verse 15

00:34:16.099 --> 00:34:18.119
 and again in verse 17,

00:34:18.340 --> 00:34:19.019
 we'll see

00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:21.219
 there's progress here.

00:34:21.219 --> 00:34:24.139
 As ye who called you

00:34:24.139 --> 00:34:24.659
 as holy,

00:34:25.179 --> 00:34:26.379
 you also be holy

00:34:26.379 --> 00:34:27.799
 in all your conduct.

00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:28.779
 And then we go down

00:34:28.779 --> 00:34:30.179
 into verse 17 again

00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.619
 and we see the same emphasis.

00:34:32.139 --> 00:34:32.899
 If you call on him

00:34:32.899 --> 00:34:33.419
 as father,

00:34:33.480 --> 00:34:34.739
 who judges impartially

00:34:34.739 --> 00:34:36.419
 according to each one's deeds,

00:34:36.819 --> 00:34:38.019
 conduct yourselves

00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:39.000
 with fear

00:34:39.000 --> 00:34:39.699
 throughout

00:34:39.699 --> 00:34:41.659
 the time of your exile.

00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.419
 You see,

00:34:42.500 --> 00:34:42.919
 with Peter,

00:34:43.839 --> 00:34:45.359
 it's not all deep theology.

00:34:45.500 --> 00:34:46.139
 Same with Paul.

00:34:46.459 --> 00:34:47.239
 They don't just cram

00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:48.459
 theological realities

00:34:48.459 --> 00:34:49.000
 into a letter

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.860
 and hope for the best.

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:51.880
 They say there's an outlet

00:34:51.880 --> 00:34:53.579
 and there's a consequence

00:34:53.579 --> 00:34:54.320
 and a result

00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:55.460
 for all this theology.

00:34:55.840 --> 00:34:57.260
 It changes us

00:34:57.260 --> 00:34:58.639
 and it is seen

00:34:58.639 --> 00:35:00.039
 in our progress.

00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:01.400
 The word we have here

00:35:01.400 --> 00:35:02.239
 twice used is

00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:02.940
 conduct.

00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:04.699
 You also be holy

00:35:04.699 --> 00:35:06.260
 in all your conduct

00:35:06.260 --> 00:35:08.579
 and conduct yourselves

00:35:08.579 --> 00:35:09.659
 with fear

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:11.119
 throughout the time

00:35:11.119 --> 00:35:12.679
 of your exile.

00:35:13.860 --> 00:35:14.599
 And so that there's

00:35:14.599 --> 00:35:15.619
 progress here.

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:17.139
 We're to be holy.

00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:18.099
 There's to be something

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.940
 about the separateness

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:21.019
 of God himself

00:35:21.019 --> 00:35:22.819
 and his being holy,

00:35:23.159 --> 00:35:24.779
 his setting us apart.

00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:25.679
 We've been set apart

00:35:25.679 --> 00:35:26.460
 by God

00:35:26.460 --> 00:35:27.440
 and for God.

00:35:27.819 --> 00:35:28.279
 But also,

00:35:28.900 --> 00:35:29.920
 this separateness

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.699
 has to have

00:35:30.699 --> 00:35:31.759
 as its nature

00:35:31.759 --> 00:35:32.619
 or characteristic

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:34.059
 a fearfulness.

00:35:34.839 --> 00:35:35.059
 You see,

00:35:35.139 --> 00:35:36.440
 conduct yourself

00:35:36.440 --> 00:35:37.420
 with fear

00:35:37.420 --> 00:35:38.319
 throughout the time

00:35:38.319 --> 00:35:38.940
 of your exile.

00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:39.699
 That's a word

00:35:39.699 --> 00:35:40.259
 that speaks of

00:35:40.259 --> 00:35:41.440
 a sense of awe,

00:35:42.480 --> 00:35:43.659
 a sense of wonder,

00:35:44.759 --> 00:35:46.279
 a sense of adoration.

00:35:46.280 --> 00:35:48.460
 not timidity

00:35:48.460 --> 00:35:51.500
 and not being afraid

00:35:51.500 --> 00:35:54.260
 but a sense of joy

00:35:54.260 --> 00:35:54.760
 is here

00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:57.040
 that we would know

00:35:57.040 --> 00:35:57.760
 our God

00:35:57.760 --> 00:35:59.260
 and what he's done

00:35:59.260 --> 00:35:59.940
 for us

00:35:59.940 --> 00:36:01.620
 that would impact us

00:36:01.620 --> 00:36:02.500
 so powerfully

00:36:02.500 --> 00:36:03.960
 that our conduct

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:04.800
 would reflect

00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:05.800
 our understanding.

00:36:06.200 --> 00:36:06.700
 Now we're okay

00:36:06.700 --> 00:36:07.180
 in the minds

00:36:07.180 --> 00:36:08.060
 because we've followed

00:36:08.060 --> 00:36:09.040
 the first example,

00:36:09.140 --> 00:36:09.700
 we've prepared

00:36:09.700 --> 00:36:10.620
 our minds for action,

00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:11.840
 we're sober-minded,

00:36:12.120 --> 00:36:13.060
 we're setting our hope

00:36:13.060 --> 00:36:13.880
 fully in the grace

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:14.560
 that will be revealed

00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:15.539
 to us when Christ says

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:15.860
 come,

00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:17.739
 come to me.

00:36:18.519 --> 00:36:19.219
 Well done,

00:36:19.480 --> 00:36:20.659
 good and faithful servant.

00:36:20.799 --> 00:36:21.739
 That is to come.

00:36:22.779 --> 00:36:23.539
 But God willing

00:36:23.539 --> 00:36:24.619
 and unless he comes back

00:36:24.619 --> 00:36:25.340
 before Sunday,

00:36:26.099 --> 00:36:26.900
 the next summons

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:27.519
 you're going to have

00:36:27.519 --> 00:36:27.799
 from him

00:36:27.799 --> 00:36:28.980
 is to come to his table

00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:30.360
 and where we go

00:36:30.360 --> 00:36:32.460
 as obedient children.

00:36:33.199 --> 00:36:34.980
 And so we're making progress.

00:36:35.299 --> 00:36:35.900
 It's all about

00:36:35.900 --> 00:36:36.779
 their conduct

00:36:36.779 --> 00:36:37.820
 becoming more and more

00:36:37.820 --> 00:36:38.679
 Christ-like

00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:39.980
 and less and less

00:36:39.980 --> 00:36:41.059
 worldly.

00:36:41.059 --> 00:36:42.259
 and the more

00:36:42.259 --> 00:36:43.340
 we die to self

00:36:43.340 --> 00:36:44.239
 and die to sin

00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:45.259
 and die to the world,

00:36:45.480 --> 00:36:46.320
 the more our conduct

00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:47.119
 will reflect

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:48.920
 the light of the gospel

00:36:48.920 --> 00:36:50.460
 and the nature

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.139
 and character

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:52.059
 of our loving

00:36:52.059 --> 00:36:52.960
 Heavenly Father

00:36:52.960 --> 00:36:54.579
 and the impact

00:36:54.579 --> 00:36:55.559
 of faith

00:36:55.559 --> 00:36:56.299
 in his Son.

00:36:56.759 --> 00:36:57.559
 That's what people

00:36:57.559 --> 00:36:58.380
 see in us.

00:36:58.739 --> 00:36:59.500
 That's what they hear.

00:37:00.340 --> 00:37:01.019
 That's what the world

00:37:01.019 --> 00:37:01.759
 is watching for

00:37:01.759 --> 00:37:02.159
 and you know

00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.759
 they're watching.

00:37:03.079 --> 00:37:03.900
 Go to the workplace,

00:37:04.179 --> 00:37:04.960
 you know they're watching.

00:37:05.380 --> 00:37:06.159
 You know they're listening.

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:07.500
 They want to see you

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:08.239
 trip and fall

00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:08.820
 and make mistakes

00:37:08.820 --> 00:37:09.639
 and they'll be on you

00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:10.199
 like a rash.

00:37:10.199 --> 00:37:11.480
 Lots of them are like that

00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:12.359
 wanting to see

00:37:12.359 --> 00:37:14.219
 how serious you are

00:37:14.219 --> 00:37:15.659
 about your commitment,

00:37:15.839 --> 00:37:16.559
 your conviction,

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.699
 your confession.

00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:20.099
 Well let them see.

00:37:21.119 --> 00:37:21.919
 Let them hear.

00:37:22.619 --> 00:37:23.859
 Let them understand

00:37:23.859 --> 00:37:25.919
 through your being prepared,

00:37:26.619 --> 00:37:27.239
 through your mind

00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:28.559
 being ready

00:37:28.559 --> 00:37:29.919
 and set

00:37:29.919 --> 00:37:30.939
 for action,

00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:32.739
 being prepared

00:37:32.739 --> 00:37:33.960
 to always give a reason

00:37:33.960 --> 00:37:34.480
 for the hope

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:35.359
 you have within you

00:37:35.359 --> 00:37:36.859
 and then

00:37:36.859 --> 00:37:38.379
 let your hope

00:37:38.379 --> 00:37:39.000
 be seen

00:37:39.000 --> 00:37:40.320
 in how you conduct

00:37:40.320 --> 00:37:40.760
 yourself.

00:37:41.880 --> 00:37:43.420
 So this passage,

00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:44.360
 this section,

00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:45.019
 this language,

00:37:45.360 --> 00:37:46.260
 it's about growth

00:37:46.260 --> 00:37:47.059
 in the Lord,

00:37:47.179 --> 00:37:48.079
 growth in the Gospel,

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.480
 how we nurture

00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:50.280
 and develop.

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:52.099
 It's a dominant theme,

00:37:52.219 --> 00:37:52.800
 developing

00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:53.880
 or growing up

00:37:53.880 --> 00:37:54.400
 with the nurture

00:37:54.400 --> 00:37:55.039
 and admonition

00:37:55.039 --> 00:37:55.659
 of the Lord.

00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:57.159
 We've all at one point

00:37:57.159 --> 00:37:57.579
 in our lives

00:37:57.579 --> 00:37:58.760
 been babes in Christ.

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.699
 Maybe we still are

00:38:00.699 --> 00:38:01.880
 babes in Christ.

00:38:02.400 --> 00:38:03.340
 Maybe the progress

00:38:03.340 --> 00:38:04.360
 isn't what it could be.

00:38:04.480 --> 00:38:04.940
 Maybe it isn't

00:38:04.940 --> 00:38:05.639
 what it should be.

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:07.199
 All the more reason

00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:09.420
 to be at that table

00:38:09.420 --> 00:38:10.319
 on the Lord's day

00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:11.900
 where the nourishment

00:38:11.900 --> 00:38:13.460
 and provision

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.619
 and blessing

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.279
 and grace

00:38:15.279 --> 00:38:16.359
 and strength

00:38:16.359 --> 00:38:17.839
 is there provided

00:38:17.839 --> 00:38:19.039
 by Jesus,

00:38:19.279 --> 00:38:19.920
 our Saviour.

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:22.099
 So this dominant theme

00:38:22.099 --> 00:38:22.920
 of progressing

00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:24.179
 is a thing

00:38:24.179 --> 00:38:26.139
 that helps us

00:38:26.139 --> 00:38:27.239
 to get things right.

00:38:27.639 --> 00:38:28.460
 Verse 14 again,

00:38:28.819 --> 00:38:29.639
 do not be conformed.

00:38:31.420 --> 00:38:33.179
 That's where you used to be.

00:38:33.179 --> 00:38:35.599
 That's the darkness.

00:38:35.899 --> 00:38:36.940
 That's the world.

00:38:37.339 --> 00:38:38.519
 That's worldliness.

00:38:39.579 --> 00:38:40.239
 Worldly wise,

00:38:40.379 --> 00:38:40.779
 if you like,

00:38:40.859 --> 00:38:41.839
 to use Bunyan's

00:38:41.839 --> 00:38:43.259
 famous character.

00:38:44.059 --> 00:38:44.719
 Worldly wise

00:38:44.719 --> 00:38:45.319
 will tell us

00:38:45.319 --> 00:38:46.339
 all day and all night,

00:38:46.460 --> 00:38:47.079
 well, you know,

00:38:47.159 --> 00:38:47.659
 that's nice

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:48.440
 that you're in the seminary.

00:38:48.699 --> 00:38:49.500
 Nice to have the Bible.

00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:50.500
 Nice to have Psalms.

00:38:50.559 --> 00:38:51.259
 But you know what?

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:52.039
 Really?

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:53.919
 Commitment?

00:38:54.079 --> 00:38:54.399
 Really?

00:38:54.759 --> 00:38:56.059
 Do you have to go that far?

00:38:56.579 --> 00:38:57.099
 Do you need to?

00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:57.899
 You know,

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:58.839
 there's other ways

00:38:58.839 --> 00:38:59.279
 and means.

00:38:59.419 --> 00:38:59.839
 And listen,

00:38:59.960 --> 00:39:01.179
 he'll talk to us all night

00:39:01.179 --> 00:39:02.239
 about the other ways

00:39:02.239 --> 00:39:02.619
 and means.

00:39:02.699 --> 00:39:03.039
 Anything.

00:39:03.739 --> 00:39:04.379
 But Christ.

00:39:05.899 --> 00:39:06.759
 And the finished work

00:39:06.759 --> 00:39:08.019
 of Christ upon the cross.

00:39:08.679 --> 00:39:09.399
 Which is what

00:39:09.399 --> 00:39:10.719
 the table speaks of

00:39:10.719 --> 00:39:12.279
 and reminds us of

00:39:12.279 --> 00:39:13.119
 so powerfully.

00:39:13.639 --> 00:39:15.919
 Do not be conformed.

00:39:16.799 --> 00:39:18.039
 And you'll be aware

00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:18.919
 of the ministry,

00:39:19.019 --> 00:39:19.739
 the writings of

00:39:19.739 --> 00:39:20.799
 Dale Ralph Davis,

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:22.059
 a tremendous American

00:39:22.059 --> 00:39:22.879
 commentator,

00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:24.079
 very much focuses

00:39:24.079 --> 00:39:25.559
 on Old Testament scriptures.

00:39:26.039 --> 00:39:26.779
 But he said this,

00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:27.980
 he was looking at

00:39:27.980 --> 00:39:29.199
 a particular time

00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:30.779
 in Israel's history

00:39:30.779 --> 00:39:31.819
 and he was applying it

00:39:31.820 --> 00:39:33.120
 to our day and age

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:33.880
 and this is what he said

00:39:33.880 --> 00:39:34.620
 and it's something

00:39:34.620 --> 00:39:36.059
 for us to take on board

00:39:36.059 --> 00:39:36.740
 and apply

00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:38.660
 if it applies.

00:39:38.980 --> 00:39:40.160
 The church in the West

00:39:40.160 --> 00:39:41.320
 needs to recover

00:39:41.320 --> 00:39:43.200
 doctrinal purity,

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:44.920
 vital worship,

00:39:45.680 --> 00:39:46.640
 a bold witness

00:39:46.639 --> 00:39:47.139
 holiness.

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:49.139
 And personal holiness.

00:39:49.139 --> 00:39:50.139
 holiness.

00:39:50.139 --> 00:39:52.400
 That one right at the end there.

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:53.200
 There's the key.

00:39:54.400 --> 00:39:55.500
 Personal holiness.

00:39:56.820 --> 00:39:57.740
 And so that keeps us

00:39:57.740 --> 00:39:58.960
 from burrowing away

00:39:58.960 --> 00:39:59.619
 into books

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.240
 and becoming

00:40:00.240 --> 00:40:01.619
 if you like

00:40:01.619 --> 00:40:03.200
 professional theologians.

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.400
 That doesn't cut it

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:04.880
 with the Lord.

00:40:05.019 --> 00:40:05.780
 That's not what we're about.

00:40:05.780 --> 00:40:08.740
 This vital worship

00:40:08.740 --> 00:40:09.840
 and bold witness

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.820
 will be fed

00:40:10.820 --> 00:40:12.760
 by a personal holiness

00:40:12.760 --> 00:40:13.340
 and that's where

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.960
 we're going here

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:15.140
 in this progression

00:40:15.140 --> 00:40:16.140
 we're called to make.

00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:17.900
 Guided by our conscience

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:19.019
 that is tender

00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:19.900
 toward Christ,

00:40:19.980 --> 00:40:20.760
 we press on

00:40:20.760 --> 00:40:21.500
 toward the goal.

00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:22.480
 Here we are called

00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:23.880
 twice to consider

00:40:23.880 --> 00:40:24.920
 and reflect upon

00:40:24.920 --> 00:40:25.840
 that we're not

00:40:25.840 --> 00:40:27.140
 conforming to the passions

00:40:27.140 --> 00:40:28.240
 of our former ignorance

00:40:28.240 --> 00:40:29.820
 but in our conduct

00:40:29.820 --> 00:40:30.920
 we are being holy

00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:32.220
 and in our conduct

00:40:32.220 --> 00:40:33.840
 we are being fearful.

00:40:34.160 --> 00:40:34.760
 We have a sense

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.600
 of awe and wonder

00:40:35.600 --> 00:40:36.840
 living to the glory

00:40:36.840 --> 00:40:37.480
 and honour

00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:39.420
 of our Lord and Saviour

00:40:39.420 --> 00:40:41.040
 Jesus Christ.

00:40:41.740 --> 00:40:42.260
 I mentioned

00:40:42.260 --> 00:40:43.100
 Pilgrim's Progress.

00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:44.020
 I wonder tonight

00:40:44.020 --> 00:40:45.620
 if when we begin

00:40:45.620 --> 00:40:46.620
 to think of progress

00:40:46.620 --> 00:40:47.200
 we can think

00:40:47.200 --> 00:40:48.880
 we're not

00:40:48.880 --> 00:40:50.880
 we're not where we want to be.

00:40:50.980 --> 00:40:51.320
 I'm not

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:53.060
 where I thought I would be.

00:40:53.260 --> 00:40:54.880
 I haven't made the progress

00:40:54.880 --> 00:40:56.120
 that I really should have.

00:40:56.180 --> 00:40:57.180
 We could probably all

00:40:57.180 --> 00:40:58.660
 think about that

00:40:58.660 --> 00:40:59.860
 and take that on board

00:40:59.860 --> 00:41:01.260
 but let me remind you

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:02.440
 and I hope to encourage you

00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:03.200
 by doing so

00:41:03.199 --> 00:41:05.059
 of the first chapter

00:41:05.059 --> 00:41:06.379
 and Pilgrim's Progress

00:41:06.379 --> 00:41:09.359
 as Pilgrim leaves

00:41:09.359 --> 00:41:12.500
 the city of destruction

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.839
 under the guidance

00:41:13.839 --> 00:41:15.759
 of the evangelist.

00:41:15.859 --> 00:41:16.799
 What happens next?

00:41:17.039 --> 00:41:17.519
 Pliable.

00:41:17.899 --> 00:41:18.419
 An obstinate

00:41:18.419 --> 00:41:19.199
 get a hold of him

00:41:19.199 --> 00:41:20.359
 slow him down

00:41:20.359 --> 00:41:21.179
 distract him

00:41:21.179 --> 00:41:21.799
 trip him up

00:41:21.799 --> 00:41:22.299
 next thing

00:41:22.299 --> 00:41:23.179
 he's in the swamp

00:41:23.179 --> 00:41:23.980
 of despond

00:41:23.980 --> 00:41:25.199
 he manages to get out

00:41:25.199 --> 00:41:26.139
 of that in a right mess

00:41:26.139 --> 00:41:27.039
 and worldly wise

00:41:27.039 --> 00:41:27.639
 comes along

00:41:27.639 --> 00:41:28.460
 gets a hold of him

00:41:28.460 --> 00:41:29.659
 points him to the village

00:41:29.659 --> 00:41:30.219
 of morality

00:41:30.219 --> 00:41:30.839
 in the house

00:41:30.839 --> 00:41:31.799
 of Mr. Legality

00:41:31.799 --> 00:41:33.500
 he's in all sorts

00:41:33.500 --> 00:41:34.519
 of bother and trouble

00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:36.059
 and then the evangelist

00:41:36.059 --> 00:41:36.779
 comes along

00:41:36.779 --> 00:41:37.339
 and says

00:41:37.339 --> 00:41:38.859
 in a repeated conversation

00:41:38.859 --> 00:41:40.739
 what are you doing here?

00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:43.619
 What are you doing here?

00:41:44.579 --> 00:41:45.480
 There's the path

00:41:45.480 --> 00:41:47.039
 I told you

00:41:47.039 --> 00:41:48.459
 look for the light

00:41:48.459 --> 00:41:50.119
 walk toward the light

00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:50.699
 and you'll find

00:41:50.699 --> 00:41:51.519
 the narrow gate

00:41:51.519 --> 00:41:52.619
 and that's just

00:41:52.619 --> 00:41:53.599
 the first chapter

00:41:53.599 --> 00:41:55.239
 so maybe we could

00:41:55.239 --> 00:41:56.239
 having read that chapter

00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:56.759
 we could look at

00:41:56.759 --> 00:41:57.339
 the front cover

00:41:57.340 --> 00:41:57.640
 and think

00:41:57.640 --> 00:41:58.559
 pilgrim's progress

00:41:58.559 --> 00:41:59.519
 it's more like

00:41:59.519 --> 00:42:00.300
 pilgrim's lack

00:42:00.300 --> 00:42:00.880
 of progress

00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:02.400
 and that's what

00:42:02.400 --> 00:42:03.240
 makes the book

00:42:03.240 --> 00:42:04.480
 so timeless

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:06.059
 so appealing

00:42:06.059 --> 00:42:06.840
 so real

00:42:06.840 --> 00:42:08.079
 because we're all

00:42:08.079 --> 00:42:08.860
 that pilgrim

00:42:08.860 --> 00:42:11.079
 the slough of despond

00:42:11.079 --> 00:42:12.620
 being distracted

00:42:12.620 --> 00:42:13.800
 by obstinate

00:42:13.800 --> 00:42:14.880
 and pliable

00:42:14.880 --> 00:42:16.100
 ending up

00:42:16.100 --> 00:42:16.720
 in the village

00:42:16.720 --> 00:42:17.440
 of morality

00:42:17.440 --> 00:42:18.420
 knocking on the door

00:42:18.420 --> 00:42:18.940
 of the house

00:42:18.940 --> 00:42:20.120
 of Mr. Legality

00:42:20.120 --> 00:42:21.900
 instead of sticking

00:42:21.900 --> 00:42:23.079
 to the king's highway

00:42:23.079 --> 00:42:24.920
 and pressing on

00:42:24.920 --> 00:42:26.400
 and that's what

00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:28.220
 Peter is calling us

00:42:28.220 --> 00:42:28.680
 here to do

00:42:28.680 --> 00:42:29.400
 in this passage

00:42:29.400 --> 00:42:30.720
 that we are to seek

00:42:30.720 --> 00:42:31.940
 a personal holiness

00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:34.760
 and a conduct

00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:36.119
 that reflects

00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:37.300
 progression

00:42:37.300 --> 00:42:38.660
 growth

00:42:38.660 --> 00:42:40.500
 on a personal basis

00:42:40.500 --> 00:42:41.559
 and so we look in

00:42:41.559 --> 00:42:42.480
 here

00:42:42.480 --> 00:42:44.139
 to get this right

00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:45.300
 and we say

00:42:45.300 --> 00:42:46.380
 Lord show me

00:42:46.380 --> 00:42:47.480
 your ways

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.420
 that's where 25

00:42:48.420 --> 00:42:49.320
 the Psalm 25

00:42:49.320 --> 00:42:49.960
 starts

00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:50.920
 to you

00:42:50.920 --> 00:42:51.340
 oh Lord

00:42:51.340 --> 00:42:52.340
 I lift my soul

00:42:52.340 --> 00:42:53.980
 I trust in you

00:42:53.980 --> 00:42:54.760
 continually

00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:56.460
 do not let me

00:42:56.460 --> 00:42:57.340
 be put to shame

00:42:57.340 --> 00:42:58.619
 nor let my foes

00:42:58.619 --> 00:42:59.619
 gloat over me

00:42:59.619 --> 00:42:59.940
 Lord

00:42:59.940 --> 00:43:01.179
 reveal to me

00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:01.920
 your ways

00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:03.360
 and all your paths

00:43:03.360 --> 00:43:04.679
 help me to know

00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:06.320
 direct and guide me

00:43:06.320 --> 00:43:07.019
 in your truth

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:08.380
 instruct me

00:43:08.380 --> 00:43:10.199
 in the way to go

00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:12.220
 with our Bibles

00:43:12.220 --> 00:43:12.679
 open

00:43:12.679 --> 00:43:13.940
 with our hearts

00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:14.400
 humble

00:43:14.400 --> 00:43:16.079
 the Lord

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:17.780
 instructs us

00:43:17.780 --> 00:43:19.380
 on the way to go

00:43:19.380 --> 00:43:20.240
 and here tonight

00:43:20.240 --> 00:43:20.780
 that instruction

00:43:20.780 --> 00:43:21.660
 comes through Peter

00:43:21.660 --> 00:43:22.000
 saying

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:23.580
 set your mind

00:43:23.580 --> 00:43:25.019
 on things that are above

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:26.360
 look at this

00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:27.560
 work of preparation

00:43:27.560 --> 00:43:28.460
 be prepared

00:43:28.460 --> 00:43:29.860
 to exert yourself

00:43:29.860 --> 00:43:30.640
 to learn

00:43:30.640 --> 00:43:31.840
 and study

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:32.600
 and get in about

00:43:32.600 --> 00:43:33.240
 the word

00:43:33.240 --> 00:43:34.580
 to feed your soul

00:43:34.580 --> 00:43:35.200
 your heart

00:43:35.200 --> 00:43:37.540
 and arm your mind

00:43:37.540 --> 00:43:38.680
 by being rooted

00:43:38.680 --> 00:43:39.320
 in the word

00:43:39.320 --> 00:43:40.380
 and then

00:43:40.380 --> 00:43:41.560
 with that preparation

00:43:41.560 --> 00:43:42.420
 there's progress

00:43:42.420 --> 00:43:43.980
 and that progress

00:43:43.980 --> 00:43:44.500
 is to be

00:43:44.500 --> 00:43:46.019
 you are holy

00:43:46.019 --> 00:43:46.980
 and you are to be

00:43:46.980 --> 00:43:47.420
 fearful

00:43:47.420 --> 00:43:48.420
 and we're to

00:43:48.420 --> 00:43:49.320
 press on

00:43:49.320 --> 00:43:50.740
 with our conscience

00:43:50.740 --> 00:43:51.920
 tendered toward Christ

00:43:51.920 --> 00:43:52.500
 last thing

00:43:52.500 --> 00:43:54.440
 in verse 17

00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:56.599
 if you call on him

00:43:56.599 --> 00:43:58.880
 as father

00:43:58.880 --> 00:44:00.240
 there's preparation

00:44:00.240 --> 00:44:02.180
 there's progress

00:44:02.180 --> 00:44:03.820
 there's prayer

00:44:03.820 --> 00:44:06.440
 perhaps there's nothing

00:44:06.440 --> 00:44:08.800
 that marks the Christian life

00:44:08.800 --> 00:44:11.019
 or the Christian way of life

00:44:11.019 --> 00:44:12.719
 quite as much

00:44:12.719 --> 00:44:14.139
 as prayer

00:44:14.139 --> 00:44:15.440
 I love the Lord

00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:16.659
 because my voice

00:44:16.659 --> 00:44:17.519
 and prayers

00:44:17.519 --> 00:44:18.259
 heeded here

00:44:18.259 --> 00:44:19.199
 I while I live

00:44:19.199 --> 00:44:19.900
 will call on him

00:44:19.900 --> 00:44:21.039
 who bowed to me

00:44:21.039 --> 00:44:21.519
 his ear

00:44:21.519 --> 00:44:24.739
 what a great

00:44:24.739 --> 00:44:25.679
 and glorious thing

00:44:25.679 --> 00:44:26.059
 it is

00:44:26.059 --> 00:44:27.079
 to be in prayer

00:44:27.079 --> 00:44:28.559
 to converse

00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:30.079
 with the living God

00:44:30.079 --> 00:44:31.539
 and right in here

00:44:31.539 --> 00:44:31.920
 in the midst

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.780
 of this section

00:44:32.780 --> 00:44:33.119
 about

00:44:33.119 --> 00:44:34.920
 the Christian way

00:44:34.920 --> 00:44:35.360
 of life

00:44:35.360 --> 00:44:36.000
 here it is

00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:38.039
 if you call

00:44:38.039 --> 00:44:38.619
 on him

00:44:38.619 --> 00:44:39.460
 as father

00:44:39.460 --> 00:44:41.179
 who judges

00:44:41.179 --> 00:44:42.039
 impartially

00:44:42.039 --> 00:44:42.639
 according to

00:44:42.639 --> 00:44:43.579
 each one's deeds

00:44:43.579 --> 00:44:46.179
 Peter wants him

00:44:46.179 --> 00:44:46.820
 to be

00:44:46.820 --> 00:44:48.179
 a praying people

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:50.179
 praying congregations

00:44:50.179 --> 00:44:51.940
 praying individuals

00:44:51.940 --> 00:44:52.960
 praying families

00:44:52.960 --> 00:44:53.619
 praying

00:44:53.619 --> 00:44:54.820
 calling on

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.519
 the name

00:44:55.519 --> 00:44:56.539
 of the Lord

00:44:56.539 --> 00:44:56.940
 calling

00:44:56.940 --> 00:44:57.820
 it's a rich word

00:44:57.820 --> 00:44:58.539
 it's used here

00:44:58.539 --> 00:44:59.760
 it has a sense

00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:00.500
 to rely

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:01.340
 on the one

00:45:01.340 --> 00:45:02.000
 that is named

00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:02.820
 and who is named

00:45:02.820 --> 00:45:04.780
 our loving

00:45:04.780 --> 00:45:05.539
 heavenly father

00:45:05.539 --> 00:45:07.500
 and we call

00:45:07.500 --> 00:45:07.840
 on him

00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:08.660
 we rely on him

00:45:08.660 --> 00:45:09.440
 we pray on him

00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:10.400
 we pray to him

00:45:10.400 --> 00:45:11.900
 we call out

00:45:11.900 --> 00:45:12.780
 to him

00:45:12.780 --> 00:45:14.300
 in Genesis 12

00:45:14.300 --> 00:45:15.220
 we have a very

00:45:15.220 --> 00:45:16.240
 similar phrase

00:45:16.240 --> 00:45:16.800
 used of

00:45:16.800 --> 00:45:17.460
 Abraham

00:45:17.460 --> 00:45:18.519
 and in fact

00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:19.660
 I think it might be

00:45:19.660 --> 00:45:21.079
 Genesis 4 or 5

00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:22.840
 the first description

00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:25.519
 of human beings

00:45:25.519 --> 00:45:26.120
 praying

00:45:26.120 --> 00:45:27.760
 uses this phrase

00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:29.260
 men called upon

00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:30.240
 the name of the Lord

00:45:30.240 --> 00:45:31.500
 and here it is

00:45:31.500 --> 00:45:32.660
 in 1 Peter

00:45:32.660 --> 00:45:33.720
 it's been well said

00:45:33.720 --> 00:45:34.760
 that if you pull a thread

00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:35.380
 in Genesis

00:45:35.380 --> 00:45:36.420
 the Bible

00:45:36.420 --> 00:45:37.740
 wrinkles in Revelation

00:45:37.740 --> 00:45:39.400
 calling upon

00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:40.380
 the name of the Lord

00:45:40.380 --> 00:45:41.660
 is a fundamental

00:45:41.660 --> 00:45:42.840
 of the Christian

00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:43.740
 way of life

00:45:43.740 --> 00:45:45.500
 we must rely

00:45:45.500 --> 00:45:46.380
 upon the one

00:45:46.380 --> 00:45:47.880
 that is named

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:48.300
 here

00:45:48.300 --> 00:45:50.220
 as Abraham did

00:45:50.220 --> 00:45:51.320
 as he built

00:45:51.320 --> 00:45:52.440
 his third altar

00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:53.720
 at Bethel

00:45:53.720 --> 00:45:55.400
 he called upon

00:45:55.400 --> 00:45:56.039
 the name

00:45:56.039 --> 00:45:57.440
 of the Lord

00:45:57.440 --> 00:45:59.019
 it also

00:45:59.019 --> 00:45:59.940
 in that sense

00:45:59.940 --> 00:46:00.660
 it's interesting

00:46:00.660 --> 00:46:02.220
 in Abraham's

00:46:02.220 --> 00:46:02.680
 sense

00:46:02.680 --> 00:46:03.960
 it has the impact

00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:04.480
 of a word

00:46:04.480 --> 00:46:05.300
 that has a sense

00:46:05.300 --> 00:46:06.559
 of proclamation

00:46:06.559 --> 00:46:07.420
 and there's a bit

00:46:07.420 --> 00:46:07.820
 of thinking

00:46:07.820 --> 00:46:08.340
 that maybe

00:46:08.340 --> 00:46:09.360
 he wasn't just

00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:09.760
 praying

00:46:09.760 --> 00:46:10.639
 he was preaching

00:46:10.639 --> 00:46:11.240
 well maybe

00:46:11.240 --> 00:46:12.099
 we can't be

00:46:12.099 --> 00:46:12.920
 entirely sure

00:46:12.920 --> 00:46:14.780
 let's keep the focus

00:46:14.780 --> 00:46:15.420
 on prayer

00:46:15.420 --> 00:46:17.840
 call on him

00:46:17.840 --> 00:46:18.420
 as father

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:20.199
 what's our father

00:46:20.199 --> 00:46:21.079
 done for us

00:46:21.079 --> 00:46:21.420
 tonight

00:46:21.420 --> 00:46:23.039
 for God

00:46:23.039 --> 00:46:24.059
 so loved the world

00:46:24.059 --> 00:46:25.220
 that he gave

00:46:25.220 --> 00:46:26.599
 it's not precious

00:46:26.599 --> 00:46:27.440
 to us this evening

00:46:27.440 --> 00:46:28.920
 do you know

00:46:28.920 --> 00:46:29.380
 what tomorrow

00:46:29.380 --> 00:46:29.820
 will bring

00:46:29.820 --> 00:46:30.360
 the weekend

00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:30.820
 will bring

00:46:30.820 --> 00:46:32.599
 there's challenges

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:33.360
 difficulties

00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:34.860
 there's darkness

00:46:34.860 --> 00:46:35.819
 there's heartache

00:46:35.819 --> 00:46:36.960
 there's sadness

00:46:36.960 --> 00:46:37.679
 around us

00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:38.259
 quite often

00:46:38.259 --> 00:46:38.679
 isn't there

00:46:38.679 --> 00:46:40.739
 how do we deal

00:46:40.739 --> 00:46:40.960
 with it

00:46:40.960 --> 00:46:41.920
 how do we focus

00:46:41.920 --> 00:46:43.219
 we clear the mind

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:44.679
 we make preparation

00:46:44.679 --> 00:46:46.920
 we make progress

00:46:46.920 --> 00:46:48.099
 but above all

00:46:48.099 --> 00:46:48.539
 we pray

00:46:48.539 --> 00:46:50.079
 we pray for wisdom

00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:51.159
 tact

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:52.440
 patience

00:46:52.440 --> 00:46:53.500
 insight

00:46:53.500 --> 00:46:54.519
 understanding

00:46:54.519 --> 00:46:55.619
 we call upon

00:46:55.619 --> 00:46:56.259
 our father

00:46:56.259 --> 00:46:57.159
 in faith

00:46:57.159 --> 00:46:58.059
 and humility

00:46:58.059 --> 00:46:59.159
 and we do so

00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:00.000
 conscious of his

00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:00.940
 lavish provision

00:47:00.940 --> 00:47:01.480
 toward us

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:02.340
 let me just read

00:47:02.340 --> 00:47:02.720
 to you these

00:47:02.720 --> 00:47:03.480
 wonderful words

00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:04.139
 in philippians

00:47:04.139 --> 00:47:05.000
 in chapter 4

00:47:05.000 --> 00:47:07.000
 do not be anxious

00:47:07.000 --> 00:47:07.659
 about anything

00:47:07.659 --> 00:47:09.519
 isn't that often

00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:10.119
 our undoing

00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:12.240
 we get so anxious

00:47:12.240 --> 00:47:13.260
 we forget to pray

00:47:13.260 --> 00:47:15.099
 or we pray

00:47:15.099 --> 00:47:16.619
 but our prayers

00:47:16.619 --> 00:47:18.500
 are skin deep

00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:19.539
 they don't go

00:47:19.539 --> 00:47:20.139
 through the ceiling

00:47:20.139 --> 00:47:21.360
 we don't lift up

00:47:21.360 --> 00:47:22.119
 holy hands

00:47:22.119 --> 00:47:22.880
 to our father

00:47:22.880 --> 00:47:24.019
 we hold on

00:47:24.019 --> 00:47:24.599
 to our worries

00:47:24.599 --> 00:47:25.220
 because we get

00:47:25.220 --> 00:47:25.740
 so anxious

00:47:25.740 --> 00:47:26.220
 don't we

00:47:26.220 --> 00:47:27.639
 do not be anxious

00:47:27.639 --> 00:47:28.119
 about anything

00:47:28.119 --> 00:47:29.079
 but in everything

00:47:29.079 --> 00:47:29.780
 by prayer

00:47:29.780 --> 00:47:30.740
 and supplication

00:47:30.739 --> 00:47:31.859
 with thanksgiving

00:47:31.859 --> 00:47:32.879
 let your requests

00:47:32.879 --> 00:47:33.639
 be made known

00:47:33.639 --> 00:47:34.399
 to God

00:47:34.399 --> 00:47:35.659
 and what happens

00:47:35.659 --> 00:47:37.719
 the peace of God

00:47:37.719 --> 00:47:39.079
 which surpasses

00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:40.199
 all understanding

00:47:40.199 --> 00:47:41.559
 will guard

00:47:41.559 --> 00:47:42.439
 your hearts

00:47:42.439 --> 00:47:43.419
 and your minds

00:47:43.419 --> 00:47:44.799
 in Christ Jesus

00:47:44.799 --> 00:47:46.019
 the promise of God

00:47:46.019 --> 00:47:47.399
 as we call on

00:47:47.399 --> 00:47:47.919
 our father

00:47:47.919 --> 00:47:49.459
 he pours out

00:47:49.459 --> 00:47:50.339
 to us

00:47:50.339 --> 00:47:52.059
 this peace

00:47:52.059 --> 00:47:54.139
 the peace of God

00:47:54.139 --> 00:47:55.419
 that passes

00:47:55.419 --> 00:47:56.500
 all understanding

00:47:56.500 --> 00:47:58.139
 Paul was so

00:47:58.139 --> 00:47:59.000
 determined

00:47:59.000 --> 00:47:59.479
 in that letter

00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:00.280
 the Philippians

00:48:00.280 --> 00:48:01.119
 that these ancient

00:48:01.119 --> 00:48:01.639
 Christians

00:48:01.639 --> 00:48:02.360
 and us tonight

00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:03.119
 would be reminded

00:48:03.119 --> 00:48:04.539
 of what God

00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:05.780
 longs to do

00:48:05.780 --> 00:48:06.320
 in our hearts

00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:07.199
 to pour out

00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:07.860
 his peace

00:48:07.860 --> 00:48:08.699
 his blessing

00:48:08.699 --> 00:48:09.539
 his joy

00:48:09.539 --> 00:48:10.460
 and communion

00:48:10.460 --> 00:48:11.500
 with the living God

00:48:11.500 --> 00:48:13.199
 and prayer

00:48:13.199 --> 00:48:14.500
 is right at the

00:48:14.500 --> 00:48:15.300
 centre of it all

00:48:15.300 --> 00:48:17.240
 you know well

00:48:17.240 --> 00:48:18.300
 the name of John Calvin

00:48:18.300 --> 00:48:19.360
 he was a great hero

00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:20.619
 of the Reformation

00:48:20.619 --> 00:48:21.659
 experienced

00:48:21.659 --> 00:48:23.840
 a vastly experienced

00:48:23.840 --> 00:48:24.559
 and capable

00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:26.099
 able church leader

00:48:26.099 --> 00:48:26.900
 and theologian

00:48:26.900 --> 00:48:27.400
 my goodness

00:48:27.400 --> 00:48:28.220
 wasn't he just

00:48:28.220 --> 00:48:29.660
 that man though

00:48:29.660 --> 00:48:30.980
 went through many trials

00:48:30.980 --> 00:48:32.480
 great heartache

00:48:32.480 --> 00:48:33.639
 in his life

00:48:33.639 --> 00:48:34.900
 he did not operate

00:48:34.900 --> 00:48:35.519
 in a vacuum

00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:36.240
 he didn't live

00:48:36.240 --> 00:48:37.119
 in an ivory tower

00:48:37.119 --> 00:48:38.400
 he knew

00:48:38.400 --> 00:48:39.639
 life often

00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:40.500
 inflicted

00:48:40.500 --> 00:48:41.340
 what he called

00:48:41.340 --> 00:48:43.059
 the ravages

00:48:43.059 --> 00:48:43.880
 of anxiety

00:48:43.880 --> 00:48:45.240
 and he said

00:48:45.240 --> 00:48:46.940
 it is by such

00:48:46.940 --> 00:48:47.720
 anxiety

00:48:47.720 --> 00:48:48.980
 that the

00:48:48.980 --> 00:48:49.619
 fervour

00:48:49.619 --> 00:48:50.780
 of prayer

00:48:50.780 --> 00:48:52.340
 is inflamed

00:48:52.340 --> 00:48:54.160
 you see

00:48:54.160 --> 00:48:54.660
 what the world

00:48:54.660 --> 00:48:55.440
 thinks we should do

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:55.940
 and what anxious

00:48:55.940 --> 00:48:56.880
 is go to the world

00:48:56.880 --> 00:48:57.640
 for solutions

00:48:57.640 --> 00:48:59.200
 go to counsellors

00:48:59.200 --> 00:48:59.860
 for solutions

00:48:59.860 --> 00:49:01.100
 run a programme

00:49:01.100 --> 00:49:03.240
 don't go to the

00:49:03.240 --> 00:49:03.980
 throne of grace

00:49:03.980 --> 00:49:05.320
 why would you do that

00:49:05.320 --> 00:49:06.860
 and the Christian

00:49:06.860 --> 00:49:07.420
 says

00:49:07.420 --> 00:49:08.200
 but that's where

00:49:08.200 --> 00:49:08.700
 I'm going

00:49:08.700 --> 00:49:10.140
 I'm going to call

00:49:10.140 --> 00:49:11.160
 upon my loving

00:49:11.160 --> 00:49:12.059
 heavenly father

00:49:12.059 --> 00:49:14.100
 for he sent

00:49:14.100 --> 00:49:15.320
 his only begotten

00:49:15.320 --> 00:49:16.380
 son into this world

00:49:16.380 --> 00:49:17.300
 so that through him

00:49:17.300 --> 00:49:17.960
 we might be

00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:19.160
 born again

00:49:19.160 --> 00:49:19.600
 and given

00:49:19.600 --> 00:49:20.740
 a living hope

00:49:20.739 --> 00:49:22.099
 cleansed

00:49:22.099 --> 00:49:22.779
 and made right

00:49:22.779 --> 00:49:23.399
 by being

00:49:23.399 --> 00:49:25.000
 made new

00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:27.379
 and our understanding

00:49:27.379 --> 00:49:28.339
 our prayer life

00:49:28.339 --> 00:49:29.559
 our Christian conduct

00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:31.239
 what's the motivation

00:49:31.239 --> 00:49:33.359
 our ransom price

00:49:33.359 --> 00:49:35.199
 the precious

00:49:35.199 --> 00:49:36.339
 blood

00:49:36.339 --> 00:49:38.159
 of Christ

00:49:38.159 --> 00:49:40.359
 that's what the world

00:49:40.359 --> 00:49:41.359
 doesn't understand

00:49:41.359 --> 00:49:42.779
 that's what the world

00:49:42.779 --> 00:49:43.639
 doesn't get

00:49:43.639 --> 00:49:44.619
 out there

00:49:44.619 --> 00:49:46.319
 the world out there

00:49:46.319 --> 00:49:46.719
 thinks

00:49:46.719 --> 00:49:48.019
 we're engaged

00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:49.159
 in something religious

00:49:49.159 --> 00:49:50.419
 and we're engaged

00:49:50.420 --> 00:49:50.980
 in something

00:49:50.980 --> 00:49:51.860
 Presbyterian

00:49:51.860 --> 00:49:52.680
 we're engaged

00:49:52.680 --> 00:49:53.300
 in something

00:49:53.300 --> 00:49:54.139
 free church

00:49:54.139 --> 00:49:55.159
 but what we're doing

00:49:55.159 --> 00:49:55.920
 is we're engaged

00:49:55.920 --> 00:49:57.200
 in worship

00:49:57.200 --> 00:49:58.820
 gratitude

00:49:58.820 --> 00:49:59.940
 thanksgiving

00:49:59.940 --> 00:50:01.659
 for the ransom

00:50:01.659 --> 00:50:02.659
 price that's been

00:50:02.659 --> 00:50:04.019
 paid for our sins

00:50:04.019 --> 00:50:06.159
 a price we could

00:50:06.159 --> 00:50:06.740
 not pay

00:50:06.740 --> 00:50:08.760
 the things of this

00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:09.400
 world are

00:50:09.400 --> 00:50:10.300
 perishable

00:50:10.300 --> 00:50:11.539
 silver and gold

00:50:11.539 --> 00:50:13.420
 but the precious

00:50:13.420 --> 00:50:14.480
 blood of Christ

00:50:14.480 --> 00:50:15.539
 stands above

00:50:15.539 --> 00:50:16.039
 and beyond

00:50:16.039 --> 00:50:16.680
 all of it

00:50:16.679 --> 00:50:17.759
 and that is

00:50:17.759 --> 00:50:18.159
 a ransom

00:50:18.159 --> 00:50:18.759
 price

00:50:18.759 --> 00:50:20.039
 that was

00:50:20.039 --> 00:50:20.559
 paid

00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:21.299
 by our

00:50:21.299 --> 00:50:21.759
 saviour

00:50:21.759 --> 00:50:23.119
 for us

00:50:23.119 --> 00:50:24.779
 and so we

00:50:24.779 --> 00:50:25.219
 can

00:50:25.219 --> 00:50:26.299
 confess and

00:50:26.299 --> 00:50:26.819
 acknowledge our

00:50:26.819 --> 00:50:27.879
 lack of progress

00:50:27.879 --> 00:50:29.039
 our stumbles

00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:29.759
 and our falling

00:50:29.759 --> 00:50:32.079
 but we do so

00:50:32.079 --> 00:50:32.559
 in prayer

00:50:32.559 --> 00:50:33.839
 calling out to

00:50:33.839 --> 00:50:34.219
 our loving

00:50:34.219 --> 00:50:35.019
 heavenly father

00:50:35.019 --> 00:50:36.480
 we give thanks

00:50:36.480 --> 00:50:37.239
 to him for

00:50:37.239 --> 00:50:37.940
 the goodness

00:50:37.940 --> 00:50:38.639
 of his provision

00:50:38.639 --> 00:50:39.379
 toward us

00:50:39.380 --> 00:50:41.200
 and these

00:50:41.200 --> 00:50:41.900
 characteristics

00:50:41.900 --> 00:50:42.480
 flow

00:50:42.480 --> 00:50:43.660
 from our

00:50:43.660 --> 00:50:44.420
 deeper

00:50:44.420 --> 00:50:45.220
 the deeper

00:50:45.220 --> 00:50:45.700
 and more

00:50:45.700 --> 00:50:46.180
 clearer

00:50:46.180 --> 00:50:47.420
 our understanding

00:50:47.420 --> 00:50:48.500
 of the ransom

00:50:48.500 --> 00:50:49.079
 price

00:50:49.079 --> 00:50:49.760
 the more

00:50:49.760 --> 00:50:50.360
 preparation

00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:51.019
 will be seen

00:50:51.019 --> 00:50:51.320
 the more

00:50:51.320 --> 00:50:51.840
 progress

00:50:51.840 --> 00:50:52.400
 will occur

00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:53.360
 the more

00:50:53.360 --> 00:50:54.079
 prayer will

00:50:54.079 --> 00:50:54.920
 take place

00:50:54.920 --> 00:50:56.220
 what a thing

00:50:56.220 --> 00:50:56.760
 to be a

00:50:56.760 --> 00:50:57.800
 praying people

00:50:57.800 --> 00:51:00.940
 we have been

00:51:00.940 --> 00:51:01.420
 ransomed

00:51:01.420 --> 00:51:02.240
 friends from

00:51:02.240 --> 00:51:03.039
 the futile

00:51:03.039 --> 00:51:03.559
 ways

00:51:03.559 --> 00:51:05.059
 to the ways

00:51:05.059 --> 00:51:05.840
 of faith

00:51:05.840 --> 00:51:07.660
 and hope

00:51:07.659 --> 00:51:09.039
 our way

00:51:09.039 --> 00:51:09.619
 of life

00:51:09.619 --> 00:51:10.379
 is one

00:51:10.379 --> 00:51:11.619
 that is

00:51:11.619 --> 00:51:12.159
 infused

00:51:12.159 --> 00:51:12.759
 with our

00:51:12.759 --> 00:51:13.179
 saviour

00:51:13.179 --> 00:51:13.579
 Jesus

00:51:13.579 --> 00:51:14.940
 and it's

00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:15.639
 worth noting

00:51:15.639 --> 00:51:16.279
 just as we

00:51:16.279 --> 00:51:16.639
 close

00:51:16.639 --> 00:51:17.819
 that in this

00:51:17.819 --> 00:51:18.579
 passage alone

00:51:18.579 --> 00:51:19.079
 in 1st

00:51:19.079 --> 00:51:19.719
 Peter chapter

00:51:19.719 --> 00:51:20.279
 1 verses

00:51:20.279 --> 00:51:21.259
 1 to 20

00:51:21.259 --> 00:51:23.339
 8 times

00:51:23.339 --> 00:51:24.619
 the apostle

00:51:24.619 --> 00:51:25.639
 names

00:51:25.639 --> 00:51:27.119
 Jesus Christ

00:51:27.119 --> 00:51:29.079
 another 8

00:51:29.079 --> 00:51:29.799
 times

00:51:29.799 --> 00:51:30.659
 he refers

00:51:30.659 --> 00:51:31.079
 to him

00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:31.980
 as him

00:51:31.980 --> 00:51:32.639
 he refers

00:51:32.639 --> 00:51:32.859
 to him

00:51:32.859 --> 00:51:33.420
 directly

00:51:33.420 --> 00:51:33.899
 for instance

00:51:33.899 --> 00:51:34.259
 there in

00:51:34.259 --> 00:51:34.899
 verse 20

00:51:34.899 --> 00:51:35.599
 he was

00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:36.039
 foreknown

00:51:36.039 --> 00:51:36.480
 before the

00:51:36.480 --> 00:51:37.000
 foundation of

00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:37.359
 the world

00:51:37.360 --> 00:51:38.120
 but was

00:51:38.120 --> 00:51:38.780
 manifest in

00:51:38.780 --> 00:51:39.140
 the last

00:51:39.140 --> 00:51:39.599
 times for

00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:40.120
 your sake

00:51:40.120 --> 00:51:40.680
 who through

00:51:40.680 --> 00:51:41.599
 him are

00:51:41.599 --> 00:51:42.280
 believers in

00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:42.740
 God who

00:51:42.740 --> 00:51:43.440
 raised him

00:51:43.440 --> 00:51:44.140
 from the

00:51:44.140 --> 00:51:44.500
 dead and

00:51:44.500 --> 00:51:45.019
 gave him

00:51:45.019 --> 00:51:46.039
 glory so

00:51:46.039 --> 00:51:46.300
 that your

00:51:46.300 --> 00:51:47.019
 faith and

00:51:47.019 --> 00:51:47.440
 hope are

00:51:47.440 --> 00:51:47.780
 in God

00:51:47.780 --> 00:51:48.200
 by the time

00:51:48.200 --> 00:51:48.539
 we come

00:51:48.539 --> 00:51:48.900
 to verse

00:51:48.900 --> 00:51:49.480
 21

00:51:49.480 --> 00:51:50.620
 Jesus Christ

00:51:50.620 --> 00:51:50.900
 has been

00:51:50.900 --> 00:51:51.460
 named and

00:51:51.460 --> 00:51:52.180
 referred to

00:51:52.180 --> 00:51:54.039
 16 times

00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:55.780
 the church

00:51:55.780 --> 00:51:56.360
 of Christ

00:51:56.360 --> 00:51:56.840
 on earth

00:51:56.840 --> 00:51:58.180
 infused with

00:51:58.180 --> 00:51:58.740
 the name of

00:51:58.740 --> 00:51:59.300
 our saviour

00:51:59.300 --> 00:52:00.420
 and it's to

00:52:00.420 --> 00:52:01.059
 his glory

00:52:01.059 --> 00:52:02.280
 and his

00:52:02.280 --> 00:52:02.700
 honour and

00:52:02.700 --> 00:52:03.260
 his praise

00:52:03.260 --> 00:52:03.559
 that we

00:52:03.559 --> 00:52:04.280
 live out

00:52:04.280 --> 00:52:05.360
 our

00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:05.780
 Christian

00:52:05.780 --> 00:52:06.300
 lives

00:52:06.300 --> 00:52:07.300
 and may

00:52:07.300 --> 00:52:07.640
 the Lord

00:52:07.640 --> 00:52:08.560
 bless you

00:52:08.560 --> 00:52:09.080
 as you

00:52:09.080 --> 00:52:09.600
 do that

00:52:09.600 --> 00:52:10.060
 in these

00:52:10.060 --> 00:52:10.580
 days to

00:52:10.580 --> 00:52:10.880
 come

00:52:10.880 --> 00:52:11.600
 as you

00:52:11.600 --> 00:52:11.940
 gather

00:52:11.940 --> 00:52:12.500
 tomorrow

00:52:12.500 --> 00:52:13.160
 with

00:52:13.160 --> 00:52:13.580
 Callum

00:52:13.580 --> 00:52:13.900
 here in

00:52:13.900 --> 00:52:14.380
 the seminary

00:52:14.380 --> 00:52:14.940
 and David

00:52:14.940 --> 00:52:15.820
 at the

00:52:15.820 --> 00:52:16.960
 church services

00:52:16.960 --> 00:52:17.340
 over the

00:52:17.340 --> 00:52:17.760
 weekend

00:52:17.760 --> 00:52:18.700
 may the

00:52:18.700 --> 00:52:19.260
 Lord bless

00:52:19.260 --> 00:52:19.600
 you and

00:52:19.600 --> 00:52:20.039
 keep you

00:52:20.039 --> 00:52:20.519
 and feed

00:52:20.519 --> 00:52:20.800
 you and

00:52:20.800 --> 00:52:21.620
 encourage you

00:52:21.620 --> 00:52:22.500
 at this

00:52:22.500 --> 00:52:22.920
 time of

00:52:22.920 --> 00:52:23.340
 communion

00:52:23.340 --> 00:52:24.019
 through word

00:52:24.019 --> 00:52:24.680
 and sacrament

00:52:24.680 --> 00:52:25.720
 that God

00:52:25.720 --> 00:52:26.140
 would be

00:52:26.140 --> 00:52:26.980
 to you

00:52:26.980 --> 00:52:27.840
 your loving

00:52:27.840 --> 00:52:28.280
 heavenly

00:52:28.280 --> 00:52:28.720
 father

00:52:28.720 --> 00:52:29.920
 that you

00:52:29.920 --> 00:52:30.180
 would be

00:52:30.180 --> 00:52:30.500
 to him

00:52:30.500 --> 00:52:31.019
 an obedient

00:52:31.019 --> 00:52:31.620
 loving

00:52:31.620 --> 00:52:32.720
 child of

00:52:32.720 --> 00:52:33.120
 God

00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:33.920
 professing

00:52:33.920 --> 00:52:34.119
 your

00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:34.539
 faith

00:52:34.539 --> 00:52:35.579
 acknowledging

00:52:35.579 --> 00:52:36.079
 you need

00:52:36.079 --> 00:52:37.199
 to prepare

00:52:37.199 --> 00:52:37.699
 and make

00:52:37.699 --> 00:52:38.139
 progress

00:52:38.139 --> 00:52:38.920
 and pray

00:52:38.920 --> 00:52:39.619
 all the

00:52:39.619 --> 00:52:39.940
 time

00:52:39.940 --> 00:52:40.420
 we have

00:52:40.420 --> 00:52:41.159
 to increase

00:52:41.159 --> 00:52:41.859
 and improve

00:52:41.859 --> 00:52:42.579
 in these

00:52:42.579 --> 00:52:43.119
 characteristics

00:52:43.119 --> 00:52:44.079
 all of us

00:52:44.079 --> 00:52:44.839
 of course

00:52:44.839 --> 00:52:45.279
 we do

00:52:45.279 --> 00:52:46.380
 we're a

00:52:46.380 --> 00:52:46.799
 work in

00:52:46.799 --> 00:52:47.380
 progress

00:52:47.380 --> 00:52:48.239
 and may

00:52:48.239 --> 00:52:48.599
 God

00:52:48.599 --> 00:52:49.279
 bless

00:52:49.279 --> 00:52:50.559
 the progress

00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:51.139
 we make

00:52:51.139 --> 00:52:51.599
 tonight

00:52:51.599 --> 00:52:52.719
 to his

00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:53.119
 glory

00:52:53.119 --> 00:52:53.659
 to his

00:52:53.659 --> 00:52:53.880
 name

00:52:53.880 --> 00:52:54.119
 be

00:52:54.119 --> 00:52:54.940
 all the

00:52:54.940 --> 00:52:55.299
 praise

00:52:55.299 --> 00:52:55.659
 we'll bow

00:52:55.659 --> 00:52:56.059
 in prayer

00:52:56.059 --> 00:52:56.599
 for a moment

00:52:56.599 --> 00:52:57.059
 together

00:52:57.059 --> 00:52:59.119
 Lord our

00:52:59.119 --> 00:52:59.599
 God we

00:52:59.599 --> 00:53:00.099
 thank you

00:53:00.099 --> 00:53:00.719
 for your

00:53:00.719 --> 00:53:01.359
 goodness

00:53:01.360 --> 00:53:02.340
 toward us

00:53:02.340 --> 00:53:04.579
 we thank

00:53:04.579 --> 00:53:04.860
 you for

00:53:04.860 --> 00:53:05.039
 this

00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:05.720
 opportunity

00:53:05.720 --> 00:53:06.380
 the privilege

00:53:06.380 --> 00:53:06.840
 of

00:53:06.840 --> 00:53:08.420
 worshipping

00:53:08.420 --> 00:53:08.920
 together

00:53:08.920 --> 00:53:10.539
 Lord we

00:53:10.539 --> 00:53:11.480
 commit

00:53:11.480 --> 00:53:12.200
 to you

00:53:12.200 --> 00:53:13.820
 these days

00:53:13.820 --> 00:53:14.460
 to come

00:53:14.460 --> 00:53:14.800
 in this

00:53:14.800 --> 00:53:15.120
 communion

00:53:15.120 --> 00:53:15.599
 weekend

00:53:15.599 --> 00:53:16.220
 all the

00:53:16.220 --> 00:53:16.760
 services

00:53:16.760 --> 00:53:18.240
 all the

00:53:18.240 --> 00:53:18.740
 preaching

00:53:18.740 --> 00:53:19.940
 the serving

00:53:19.940 --> 00:53:20.420
 of the

00:53:20.420 --> 00:53:21.019
 sacrament

00:53:21.019 --> 00:53:22.539
 the

00:53:22.539 --> 00:53:23.140
 offer

00:53:23.140 --> 00:53:23.640
 the

00:53:23.640 --> 00:53:24.180
 remembering

00:53:24.180 --> 00:53:25.840
 of Jesus

00:53:25.840 --> 00:53:26.480
 offering

00:53:26.480 --> 00:53:27.140
 himself

00:53:27.140 --> 00:53:28.200
 which

00:53:28.200 --> 00:53:29.140
 the table

00:53:29.140 --> 00:53:29.800
 speaks to

00:53:29.800 --> 00:53:30.240
 us of

00:53:30.240 --> 00:53:31.079
 so clearly

00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:32.099
 so powerfully

00:53:32.099 --> 00:53:33.239
 hear us

00:53:33.239 --> 00:53:33.679
 Lord in

00:53:33.679 --> 00:53:34.219
 these things

00:53:34.219 --> 00:53:34.880
 grant us

00:53:34.880 --> 00:53:35.719
 grace to

00:53:35.719 --> 00:53:37.019
 prepare our

00:53:37.019 --> 00:53:37.880
 hearts and

00:53:37.880 --> 00:53:38.579
 minds for

00:53:38.579 --> 00:53:39.159
 action

00:53:39.159 --> 00:53:40.400
 grant us

00:53:40.400 --> 00:53:41.019
 Lord grace

00:53:41.019 --> 00:53:41.719
 and strength

00:53:41.719 --> 00:53:42.239
 to make the

00:53:42.239 --> 00:53:42.960
 progress we

00:53:42.960 --> 00:53:43.579
 need to run

00:53:43.579 --> 00:53:44.179
 the race

00:53:44.179 --> 00:53:45.139
 to set

00:53:45.139 --> 00:53:45.880
 before us

00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:47.360
 to fight

00:53:47.360 --> 00:53:47.699
 the good

00:53:47.699 --> 00:53:48.159
 fight

00:53:48.159 --> 00:53:49.840
 to look

00:53:49.840 --> 00:53:50.579
 unto Jesus

00:53:50.579 --> 00:53:52.440
 and that we

00:53:52.440 --> 00:53:53.019
 would at all

00:53:53.019 --> 00:53:53.639
 times be

00:53:53.639 --> 00:53:54.259
 people of

00:53:54.259 --> 00:53:54.639
 prayer

00:53:54.639 --> 00:53:56.139
 calling out

00:53:56.139 --> 00:53:56.579
 to our

00:53:56.579 --> 00:53:56.900
 Father

00:53:56.900 --> 00:53:58.219
 we thank

00:53:58.219 --> 00:53:58.519
 you that

00:53:58.519 --> 00:53:59.139
 you hear us

00:53:59.139 --> 00:53:59.679
 in Jesus

00:53:59.679 --> 00:54:00.639
 and we

00:54:00.639 --> 00:54:01.179
 pray for

00:54:01.179 --> 00:54:01.799
 your blessing

00:54:01.799 --> 00:54:02.339
 now this

00:54:02.339 --> 00:54:02.940
 evening upon

00:54:02.940 --> 00:54:03.199
 us

00:54:03.199 --> 00:54:03.739
 forgive our

00:54:03.739 --> 00:54:04.259
 sins Lord

00:54:04.259 --> 00:54:04.539
 and go

00:54:04.539 --> 00:54:05.299
 before us

00:54:05.299 --> 00:54:06.139
 in his

00:54:06.139 --> 00:54:06.759
 precious name

00:54:06.759 --> 00:54:07.219
 we ask

00:54:07.219 --> 00:54:07.519
 it

00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:08.319
 Amen

00:54:08.320 --> 00:54:12.820
 so we'll

00:54:12.820 --> 00:54:13.420
 turn to the

00:54:13.420 --> 00:54:14.039
 psalter this

00:54:14.039 --> 00:54:14.740
 evening to

00:54:14.740 --> 00:54:15.360
 close our

00:54:15.360 --> 00:54:15.900
 service

00:54:15.900 --> 00:54:16.440
 we'll sing

00:54:16.440 --> 00:54:17.100
 from Psalm

00:54:17.100 --> 00:54:18.420
 27

00:54:18.420 --> 00:54:19.460
 in the

00:54:19.460 --> 00:54:19.940
 psalter

00:54:19.940 --> 00:54:20.380
 Psalm

00:54:20.380 --> 00:54:21.820
 27

00:54:21.820 --> 00:54:23.640
 I don't

00:54:23.640 --> 00:54:24.280
 think we're

00:54:24.280 --> 00:54:24.800
 doing all

00:54:24.800 --> 00:54:25.580
 these verses

00:54:25.580 --> 00:54:26.960
 we're doing

00:54:26.960 --> 00:54:28.300
 verses 11

00:54:28.300 --> 00:54:29.059
 to 14

00:54:29.059 --> 00:54:29.820
 says here

00:54:29.820 --> 00:54:30.559
 1 to 14

00:54:30.559 --> 00:54:30.920
 that's the

00:54:30.920 --> 00:54:31.440
 whole psalm

00:54:31.440 --> 00:54:32.100
 that might be

00:54:32.100 --> 00:54:32.700
 a bit much

00:54:32.700 --> 00:54:33.680
 we'll go from

00:54:33.680 --> 00:54:34.420
 verse 11

00:54:34.420 --> 00:54:35.280
 O Lord

00:54:35.280 --> 00:54:36.099
 instruct me

00:54:36.099 --> 00:54:36.519
 in thy

00:54:36.519 --> 00:54:36.840
 way

00:54:36.840 --> 00:54:37.240
 to me

00:54:37.240 --> 00:54:37.639
 a leader

00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:37.980
 be

00:54:37.980 --> 00:54:38.599
 in a

00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:38.900
 plain

00:54:38.900 --> 00:54:39.400
 path

00:54:39.400 --> 00:54:39.720
 because

00:54:39.720 --> 00:54:40.099
 of

00:54:40.099 --> 00:54:40.400
 those

00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:40.579
 that

00:54:40.579 --> 00:54:40.980
 hatred

00:54:40.980 --> 00:54:41.639
 bear to

00:54:41.639 --> 00:54:41.840
 me

00:54:41.840 --> 00:54:42.280
 give me

00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:42.680
 not to

00:54:42.680 --> 00:54:43.139
 an enemy's

00:54:43.139 --> 00:54:43.340
 will

00:54:43.340 --> 00:54:44.200
 for witnesses

00:54:44.200 --> 00:54:44.680
 that lie

00:54:44.680 --> 00:54:45.180
 against me

00:54:45.180 --> 00:54:45.880
 risen are

00:54:45.880 --> 00:54:46.760
 and such

00:54:46.760 --> 00:54:47.300
 as breathe

00:54:47.300 --> 00:54:47.639
 out

00:54:47.639 --> 00:54:48.539
 cruelty

00:54:48.539 --> 00:54:49.440
 I fainted

00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:50.180
 had unless

00:54:50.180 --> 00:54:50.480
 it I

00:54:50.480 --> 00:54:51.159
 believed

00:54:51.159 --> 00:54:51.639
 had to

00:54:51.639 --> 00:54:51.980
 see

00:54:51.980 --> 00:54:52.639
 the

00:54:52.639 --> 00:54:52.980
 Lord's

00:54:52.980 --> 00:54:53.159
 own

00:54:53.159 --> 00:54:53.519
 goodness

00:54:53.519 --> 00:54:53.820
 in the

00:54:53.820 --> 00:54:54.180
 land

00:54:54.180 --> 00:54:54.680
 of them

00:54:54.680 --> 00:54:54.900
 that

00:54:54.900 --> 00:54:55.180
 living

00:54:55.180 --> 00:54:55.360
 being

00:54:55.360 --> 00:54:55.619
 in that

00:54:55.619 --> 00:54:56.119
 wonderful

00:54:56.119 --> 00:54:56.800
 phrase

00:54:56.800 --> 00:54:57.220
 wait

00:54:57.220 --> 00:54:57.680
 on the

00:54:57.680 --> 00:54:58.000
 Lord

00:54:58.000 --> 00:54:58.940
 and be

00:54:58.940 --> 00:54:59.200
 thou

00:54:59.200 --> 00:54:59.579
 strong

00:54:59.579 --> 00:54:59.740
 we'll

00:54:59.740 --> 00:55:00.119
 sing to

00:55:00.119 --> 00:55:00.500
 the end

00:55:00.500 --> 00:55:01.000
 to the tune

00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:01.579
 Calmarnock

00:55:01.579 --> 00:55:02.079
 we'll stand

00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:02.460
 together

00:55:02.460 --> 00:55:09.079
 O Lord

00:55:09.079 --> 00:55:11.280
 instruct me

00:55:11.280 --> 00:55:13.579
 in thy

00:55:13.579 --> 00:55:14.360
 way

00:55:14.360 --> 00:55:15.199
 to

00:55:15.199 --> 00:55:16.420
 me

00:55:16.420 --> 00:55:17.199
 the

00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:18.679
 leader

00:55:18.679 --> 00:55:20.420
 be

00:55:20.420 --> 00:55:23.860
 in a

00:55:23.860 --> 00:55:24.699
 plain

00:55:24.699 --> 00:55:25.760
 path

00:55:25.760 --> 00:55:27.000
 because

00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:28.800
 of

00:55:28.800 --> 00:55:29.340
 those

00:55:29.340 --> 00:55:30.720
 that

00:55:30.720 --> 00:55:31.840
 hatred

00:55:31.840 --> 00:55:32.680
 send

00:55:32.680 --> 00:55:33.660
 them

00:55:33.660 --> 00:55:34.220
 to

00:55:34.220 --> 00:55:35.660
 me

00:55:35.660 --> 00:55:37.840
 give

00:55:37.840 --> 00:55:38.840
 me

00:55:38.840 --> 00:55:39.900
 not

00:55:39.900 --> 00:55:40.800
 to

00:55:40.800 --> 00:55:41.960
 mine

00:55:41.960 --> 00:55:42.940
 and

00:55:42.940 --> 00:55:43.880
 his

00:55:43.880 --> 00:55:44.539
 will

00:55:44.539 --> 00:55:45.900
 for

00:55:45.900 --> 00:55:48.140
 witnesses

00:55:48.140 --> 00:55:49.960
 that

00:55:49.960 --> 00:55:52.019
 lie

00:55:52.019 --> 00:55:53.740
 against

00:55:53.740 --> 00:55:55.460
 me

00:55:55.460 --> 00:55:56.720
 risen

00:55:56.720 --> 00:55:57.800
 and

00:55:57.800 --> 00:55:59.660
 sons

00:55:59.659 --> 00:56:00.279
!

00:56:00.279 --> 00:56:00.659
 I

00:56:00.659 --> 00:56:01.539
 will

00:56:01.539 --> 00:56:01.659
 be

00:56:01.659 --> 00:56:02.659
 to

00:56:02.659 --> 00:56:06.659
 see

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!

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 fainted

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!

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 I

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 fainted

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 had

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 unless

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 that

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 I

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 will

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 him

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 have

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 to

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 Lord's

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 own

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 goodness

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!

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 have

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 to

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 of

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 blood

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 living

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 being

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 Wait

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 on

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 the

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 Lord

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 and

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 be

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 the

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 strong

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 that

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 he

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 shall

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 spread

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 spread

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 afford

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 and

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 to

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 thine

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 heart

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 give

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 to

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 the

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 which

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 say

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 upon

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 the

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 Lord

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 may

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 the

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 of the

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 Christ

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 love of

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 fellowship

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 Holy Spirit

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 you all

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 amen