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 We begin our worship by singing to God's praise in Psalm 25.

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 Psalm 29 of the Psalm books.

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 Psalm 25.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 7.

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 To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.

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 I trust in you continually.

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 Do not let me be put to shame, nor let my foes gloat over me.

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 Verse 1 to 7, we stand to sing to God's praise.

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 To you, O Lord, I lift my soul.

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 I trust in you continually.

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 Do not let me be put to shame,

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 nor let my foes gloat over me.

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 No one who sets his hope in you will ever suffer such disgrace.

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 But those who act with treachery, humiliating shame will face.

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 O Lord, reveal to me your ways, and all your paths help me to know.

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 Direct and guide me in your truth.

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 Instruct me in the way to go.

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 You are my Savior and my God.

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 All day, I hope in you alone.

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 Remember, Lord, your love and grace,

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 which from past ages you have shown.

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 Do not recall my sins of youth,

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 or my rebellious evil ways.

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 Remember me in your great love.

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 For you, O Lord, are good always.

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

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 Let us pray.

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 Our Father in heaven, as we gather in your name today,

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 we are thankful for the reminder in these words that we have sung,

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 that you are a God who is good always,

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 and you are the one who is worth remembering in your great love.

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 And we pray, Lord, that as we worship you today,

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 that we will have you in mind in all things,

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 that we will be able to put away other distractions

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 that so easily come in,

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 that we will be able to just focus on you,

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 upon your word, upon your truth to us,

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 upon your mercy that is new each day,

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 and thankful for all the gracious thoughts that you have towards us.

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 We thank you for this day and a time to gather in worship.

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 We thank you for even this morning,

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 seeing the snow having cleared and the ice having cleared so much,

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 and thankful to be able to be out and about more safely as well.

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 And we just pray that you will continue to watch over us in the week ahead

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 and keep us safe and guide us in it.

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 We thank you for the Sunday school resuming today and the Bible class,

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 and just pray your blessing on all our young people and the teachers to us well,

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 Lord, that you will just be with us in these days

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 and help us together to grow in our knowledge of you,

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 to grow in the wonder of Jesus,

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 the one who came for us,

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 the one who is a savior for his people,

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 and the one who will come again,

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 the one who is with you even now,

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 and we await his coming,

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 not knowing when that will be, Lord,

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 but making ourselves ready for it.

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 Help us to do so.

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 Bless us, Lord, we pray,

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 as homes and families and as a community as a whole,

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 look down upon us today

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 and upon all your people who gather in this way,

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 and far and wide, Lord,

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 that your spirit would be poured out upon us.

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 So, look, be with us now.

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 Go before us.

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 Pardon our sins.

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 And all we ask, we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Just a word to the young folks before we go out to Sunday school,

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 Bible class and tweenies.

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 It's good to be back together after a holiday time.

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 I hope you all enjoyed a good holiday.

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 It's nice to be back together.

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 But it's been quite a strange week for us this week

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 when all of a sudden it turned so cold

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 and the snow and ice came.

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 So we don't see it very often,

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 but it was there pretty much all of this week.

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 And it can be beautiful to look at in many ways,

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 but it can also be very dangerous.

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 People slip, cars slide in it,

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 so it can be very dangerous as well.

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 And that makes us thankful

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 when there are those who go out

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 to help us in these conditions.

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 And especially this past week,

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 thankful for gritters going out

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 and putting salt on the road

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 to try and keep the ice away.

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 And I don't know if you've ever seen it,

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 but in the last couple of years,

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 everything seems to go online.

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 And you get this map now that you can see of Scotland.

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 And you can follow gritters around.

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 You can see where different gritters are,

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 the lorries are,

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 and many of them now have names.

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 I don't know if you've seen this,

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 but many of the gritters have names.

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 I don't think they do it in our own island here

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 in terms of tracking them,

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 but maybe they've given them names as well.

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 But I was looking at some of the names that you see.

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 And here's a few of them

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 and see what you make of this.

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 And these are all names that you see

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 written on the lorry,

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 on the side or on the front of the lorry.

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 There was one that was called Control Salt Delete.

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 Another was called Grit and Bear It.

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 Ready Salted was another one.

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 Snowmer Simpson.

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 That was one of them.

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 Salt Disney.

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 Again, you can see how they're just playing on words.

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 Another one had I Want to Break Freeze.

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 And the last one I saw was Ready Spready Go.

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 And what you see is they're giving them these names.

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 And you see the whole idea behind it

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 isn't just that we have a laugh about it,

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 but what it does is it makes us aware of them.

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 It sort of shows us the important work that they're doing.

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 And it just makes us show an interest in it

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 because maybe before we just thought nothing of it.

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 The lorries were going out and doing their work

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 and that was it.

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 But it kind of highlights what they're doing

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 and the importance of it.

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 And it's all for our safety.

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 All the names that you see there,

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 they've got in mind that the work that they're doing

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 is to clear the way for us.

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 And it got me to thinking as well

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 how many names we see of Jesus.

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 Jesus has many different names in the Bible.

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 And they're all associated with what he's doing for us.

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 Just like the gritters go out and prepare the way

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 for us to go about safely,

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 Jesus came to go ahead of us

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 and to prepare the way for us.

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 And he was given more than one name.

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 He was given many names.

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 And I've just written down a few of the names

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 that Jesus has as well.

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 And they all speak to us about his power

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 and his authority.

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 Christ is one name that he's given.

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 That is the anointed one,

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 the one sent by God.

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 He's given the name Jesus

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 because that means he will save his people

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 from their sins.

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 He was called Emmanuel,

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 which means God with us.

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 He was called the rock

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 because he's the foundation of the church,

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 of our salvation.

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 He was called Redeemer

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 because he came paying a price for us.

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 He was called Shepherd

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 because he guides and watches over his people.

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 He was called the Lamb

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 because he came to give himself

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 as a perfect sacrifice.

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 So you see,

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 gritters are given all these different names

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 just to remind us of what they're doing,

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 the importance of them going before us.

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 But Jesus too is given many names.

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 But they are all reminding us

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 of the importance of remembering him

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 and what he has done for us.

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 That he is the one who goes before us all,

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 preparing a way for his people,

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 keeping his people safe,

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 and ultimately bringing them safely home.

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 So we're thankful that in conditions

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 like we had this week,

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 that there are so many people

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 who help to keep us safe and well.

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 We give thanks to God

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 for everyone who helps in these times.

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 But we thank God too

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 for the reminder that he is the one

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 who goes before us

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 and prepares a way for us.

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 Well, thank you for listening.

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 May God bless these thoughts too.

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 We're going to say the Lord's Prayer together now.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing again to God's praise

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 this time in Psalm 119

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 in the Scottish Psalter,

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 page 407 of the psalm books.

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 Psalm 119.

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 We're singing at verse 89,

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 page 407.

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 Singing the whole of this section together.

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 Psalm 119 at verse 89.

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 We'll sing from verse 89

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 down to the end of that section

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 to God's praise.

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 We stand to sing.

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 Thy word forever is, O Lord,

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 in heaven settled fast,

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 unto all generations.

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 Thy faithfulness at last.

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 The earth thou hast established,

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 and it abides by thee.

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 This day they stand,

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 as thou ordainst

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 for all thy servants be.

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 Unless in thy most perfect law

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 my soul's delight

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 have found,

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 I should have perished

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 when as my troubles did abound.

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 Thy precepts I will ne'er forget,

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 they quickening to me brought.

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 Lord, I am thine,

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 O save thou me,

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 thy precepts I have sought.

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 For me the wicked have laid weight,

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 me seeking to destroy.

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 But as I test him all he's true,

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 consider will with joy.

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 an end of all perfection,

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 here have I seen, O God,

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 O God.

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 But as for thy commandment,

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 it is exceeding broad.

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 We'll turn together to read God's word

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 in 1st Thessalonians chapter 5.

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 1st Thessalonians chapter 5.

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 You'll find it around page 1189.

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 We read the whole of this chapter together.

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 1st Thessalonians chapter 5 at verse 1.

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 Now concerning the times and the seasons,

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 brothers,

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 you have no need to have anything written to you.

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 For you yourselves are fully aware

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 that the day of the Lord will come

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 like a thief in the night.

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 While people are saying,

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 there is peace and security,

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 then sudden destruction will come upon them

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 as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman,

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 and they will not escape.

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 But you are not in darkness, brothers,

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 for that day to surprise you like a thief.

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 For you are all children of light,

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 children of the day.

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 We are not of the night or of the darkness.

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 So then let us not sleep as others do,

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 but let us keep awake and be sober.

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 For those who sleep, sleep at night,

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 and those who get drunk are drunk at night.

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 But since we belong to the day,

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 let us be sober,

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 having put on the breastplate of faith and love,

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 and for a helmet the hope of salvation.

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 For God has not destined us for wrath,

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 but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

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 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep,

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 we might live with him.

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 Therefore, encourage one another

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 and build one another up just as you are doing.

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 We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labor among you

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 and are over you in the Lord,

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 and admonish you,

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 and to esteem them very highly in love because of their work.

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 Be at peace among yourselves.

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 And we urge you, brothers,

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 admonish the idle,

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 encourage the faint-hearted,

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 help the weak,

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 be patient with them all.

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 See that no one repays anyone evil for evil,

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 but always seek to do good to one another and to everyone.

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 Rejoice always.

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 Pray without ceasing.

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 Give thanks in all circumstances,

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 for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

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 Do not quench the spirit.

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 Do not despise prophecies,

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 but test everything.

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 Hold fast what is good.

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 Abstain from every form of evil.

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 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely,

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 and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless

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 at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 He who calls you is faithful.

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 He will surely do it.

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 Brothers, pray for us.

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 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

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 I put you under oath before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

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 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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 Amen.

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 And may God add his blessing to that reading of his word.

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 We'll again engage in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Father, we do thank you for your word,

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 and we thank you for all the instruction it gives.

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 There is instruction there to discipline in the sense of admonish one another.

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 But there is also the sense of encouraging one another,

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 of being patient with one another.

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 And we thank you for all the variety that your word reminds us of,

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 that life isn't just a simple black and white in so many ways,

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 but that we have so many differences in life.

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 We are all made in your image, and yet we are all so different in ourselves.

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 We live in parts of the world which are so different in many different ways,

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 when we think of the extreme weathers that we see,

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 and we see the surroundings that we see around us.

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 And yet, Lord, we know that you are God and Lord of all.

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 And so we thank you for the variety in life,

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 but we thank you for the constancy that there is too,

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 that you are one who does not change,

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 that you are one God, and that there is one Saviour, Christ Jesus,

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 and that there is one Spirit who you have poured out upon your people.

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 And we thank you that in those we have that unchangeable Trinity.

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 We have God who is one and yet three persons.

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 And we pray, Lord, that we would know your power with us in that way,

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 the power that you are as God and Lord of all,

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 that as you speak, Lord, that you would give us ears to hear.

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 The Saviour who is Christ Jesus, that we would see him more and more,

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 that we would know him and love him and serve him.

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 And the Holy Spirit who you have given,

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 that we would seek not to quench that Spirit or to grieve it in any way,

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 but indeed to be stirred up by that Spirit, to love and to good works.

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 And we thank you for all the encouragement that you give us,

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 for every blessing that is ours in Christ,

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 and for your faithfulness towards us, that you are a God who remembers.

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 And we thank you for that each day, Lord, that you are promised to be with us,

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 that you meet us in all our different needs,

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 and that you are one who is faithful always towards us.

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 And help us, Lord, to live in light of your truth,

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 the truth that we have just read of, that you are a,

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 that the Lord Jesus will come again.

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 And the truth that we have read, that we are to be prepared for that time.

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 And that you would indeed bless us by your word and by your Spirit today,

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 that we would be encouraged all the more to seek the Lord while he may be found,

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 and to call upon him while he is near.

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 And we do thank you, Lord, for your church that you are building.

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 Even as we have reflected on the names given to Jesus, the one who prepares the way for us,

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 the rock was there, the one who is the cornerstone upon which the church is built.

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 And we thank you that you are indeed building your church.

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 And we pray for your kingdom to come in power.

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 For the church that you are building here in our own midst and in our town, Lord,

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 that you will continue to be the one who guides and who helps,

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 and who builds it to your glory.

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 That you would call people to yourself.

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 That sinners should be saved.

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 That your people will be built up here.

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 And we do pray, Lord, even in the week ahead,

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 that you will show us your Spirit and your will for us.

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 And we do pray for the meeting of the Vacancy Committee to that end

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 and this coming week on Tuesday evening as they gather.

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 And for all of us as a congregation that we would have that prayerfully in our minds at all times.

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 Seeking your will for us, Lord.

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 Seeking one who would come and minister, who would be called by you and shown to us by you.

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 That you would give us a united spirit to that end.

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 And that we would know the will of God in all of these things.

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 We do thank you, Lord, for all who help with preaching.

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 Not just here, but throughout our islands at this time.

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 Especially with the many vacancies that we are experiencing just now.

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 We thank you for all who are out proclaiming the gospel even at this time.

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 Many who have served you over many years in congregations

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 and who are now retired and yet still so willing to serve you.

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 We thank you for each one.

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 We thank you for those who are lay preachers too.

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 For those who have other work during the week

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 and who give time to prepare and to preach on the Lord's Day.

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 We thank you for everyone who you equip to that.

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 And we pray, Lord, that you will indeed build up others.

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 Call others to come and proclaim the glorious riches of Christ.

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 And to serve you even in the ministry, whether it be part-time or full-time.

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 That we would see your hand upon us, Lord, providing for us.

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 So remember our congregations.

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 Remember our people.

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 Remember our land at this time.

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 We do commit all our ways to you.

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 And just pray guidance and help and wisdom towards us as a people.

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 Remember all ends of the earth.

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 We see so much going on around us.

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 We see the wildfires in America and Los Angeles there just now.

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 And the devastation that's brought.

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 So many lives lost there as well.

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 And, Lord, it's hard for us just to imagine these circumstances

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 and how quickly it changes.

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 Lord, we pray for the fires to be quenched there and for lives to be rebuilt in the midst of it all.

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 We think too of lands where there is war in the Middle East and the Ukraine.

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 In many parts of the world, Lord, we know there are tensions and conflicts.

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 So many even hidden from us.

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 So many losing their lives day by day in the midst of it.

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 Not just those who are soldiers, but innocent people too.

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 Young people.

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 We do pray for peace in our world.

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 Thankful that you are a God who is able to do so much more than all that we ask or imagine.

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 Thankful that we have that power in prayer to come to you.

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 And to know that you are one who is able.

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 So, Lord, we pray that as your church, as your people, far and wide,

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 that you would hear our pleas towards you and have mercy upon us.

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 Remember us as a people here in our homes, in our families.

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 Remember those who are mourning and grieving at this time, whose hearts are sore.

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 Remember those who are unwell.

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 Remember those who are going through all kinds of trials and difficulties.

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 Lord, we know the needs are so many around us.

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 And we just pray, Lord, for your spirit, for your grace upon us, for your mercy to be with us.

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 And we do thank you, Lord, that in all things we can look to you.

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 For we know that if we look to ourselves that we are so weak and frail.

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 But in you we have one who is Lord and God of all.

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 Even as we think of Thomas of old, as he said,

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 unless he would see your hands and your side, that he would not believe.

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 And yet when he saw, he was so humbled.

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 And all he could say was, my Lord and my God.

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 We pray, Lord, that we would have these days when we, in all our doubts and fears and worries,

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 are able to see your power at work and just come humbly before you, saying, in all glory to you, my Lord and my God.

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 So may your will be done in all things.

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 And may you hear our prayers.

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 And may you pardon us for all our sins.

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 That's all we ask.

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 We ask in the precious name of Jesus and for his glory.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to sing again to God's praise.

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 This time in Psalm 52.

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 We sing Psalm's version, page 69 of the Psalm books.

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 Psalm 52, page 69.

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 The tune is Wetherby.

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 We're singing from verse 5 down to verse 9, the end of the Psalm.

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 But God will surely bring you down to ruin and disgrace.

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 He will uproot you from your tent and from your dwelling place.

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 There's a sense here of the judgment of God.

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 And yet at the end of the Psalm, we see the Psalm is able to give praise and glory to God.

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 But I am like an olive plant in God's house growing free.

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 I trust in God's unfailing love to all eternity.

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 We'll sing from verse 5 down to the end of the Psalm to God's praise.

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 Psalm 52, verse 5, verse 10, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing, singing singing

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 from your dead and from your dwelling place.

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 He'll snatch you from the land of life

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 and carry you away.

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 The righteous seeing this will fear,

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 then they will huff and sing.

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 This is the man who for his strength

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 on God did not rely.

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 He trusted in his wealth and power

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 to raise himself on high.

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 But I am like an olive plant

00:29:57.500 --> 00:30:04.640
 in God's house growing free.

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 I trust in God's unfailing love

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 to all eternity.

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 I'll praise you ever for your deeds.

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 My hope is in your name

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 And in the presence of your saints

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 I will extol your fame

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 Well, we can turn back to our reading

00:31:06.579 --> 00:31:09.500
 in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5.

00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:11.460
 We can read again at verse 19.

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 We're going to look at really verse 12

00:31:17.339 --> 00:31:20.119
 down to verse 22.

00:31:20.339 --> 00:31:21.779
 We can read again at verse 19.

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 Do not quench the spirit.

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 Do not despise prophecies.

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 But test everything.

00:31:30.160 --> 00:31:32.299
 Hold fast to what is good.

00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:36.180
 Abstain from every form of evil.

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 We looked at the first part of this chapter

00:31:41.619 --> 00:31:42.859
 a couple of weeks ago,

00:31:42.940 --> 00:31:43.960
 just before Christmas,

00:31:44.119 --> 00:31:44.859
 and we were looking at

00:31:44.859 --> 00:31:46.440
 how it speaks of

00:31:46.440 --> 00:31:48.859
 the coming of the Lord.

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 It was a time when so many

00:31:50.919 --> 00:31:52.559
 were thinking of counting down

00:31:52.559 --> 00:31:54.599
 to something significant.

00:31:55.059 --> 00:31:56.299
 Counting down how we often do

00:31:56.299 --> 00:31:57.479
 to different events

00:31:57.479 --> 00:31:58.500
 that go on in our life.

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.699
 Whether we're thinking of Christmas

00:31:59.699 --> 00:32:01.659
 or something else in life,

00:32:01.719 --> 00:32:03.939
 we have a countdown towards that day.

00:32:04.819 --> 00:32:06.459
 But as we think of what it speaks of

00:32:06.459 --> 00:32:07.819
 in the beginning of this chapter

00:32:07.819 --> 00:32:09.319
 and the second coming of the Lord,

00:32:09.399 --> 00:32:11.779
 it's not a day we can just count down to

00:32:11.779 --> 00:32:13.039
 in that way

00:32:13.039 --> 00:32:14.919
 because it's not a day we know

00:32:14.919 --> 00:32:16.559
 when it will be.

00:32:17.319 --> 00:32:18.559
 And so there was the importance

00:32:18.559 --> 00:32:20.099
 of preparing ourselves

00:32:20.099 --> 00:32:22.099
 each day for that coming

00:32:22.099 --> 00:32:23.259
 of the Lord.

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 And we looked at it under three headings.

00:32:24.899 --> 00:32:25.799
 We had the awareness,

00:32:26.159 --> 00:32:28.019
 I think of being aware of the situation,

00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:29.899
 aware of the seasons,

00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:32.079
 and aware of the solution

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:35.240
 in terms of making ourselves ready.

00:32:35.940 --> 00:32:37.440
 But it leads on to that,

00:32:37.779 --> 00:32:39.099
 another question,

00:32:39.480 --> 00:32:40.259
 in light of that,

00:32:40.299 --> 00:32:41.440
 when we think of the coming

00:32:41.440 --> 00:32:42.720
 of the Lord

00:32:42.720 --> 00:32:44.179
 and not knowing

00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:45.899
 when that day will be.

00:32:46.580 --> 00:32:47.420
 And the question would be,

00:32:47.500 --> 00:32:48.860
 well, what do we do in the meantime?

00:32:49.060 --> 00:32:49.960
 How do we live

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:51.180
 in the meantime?

00:32:52.300 --> 00:32:53.920
 And that is what Paul addresses

00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:55.720
 as he goes on in this chapter.

00:32:56.280 --> 00:32:57.160
 He continues,

00:32:57.519 --> 00:32:59.540
 in light of the Lord's return,

00:32:59.780 --> 00:33:00.780
 as you see it,

00:33:00.820 --> 00:33:01.940
 as it goes on towards

00:33:01.940 --> 00:33:02.600
 the end

00:33:02.600 --> 00:33:04.180
 of the chapter,

00:33:04.280 --> 00:33:05.280
 in verse 23,

00:33:05.280 --> 00:33:05.900
 it says,

00:33:05.900 --> 00:33:07.860
 Now may the God of peace himself

00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:09.380
 sanctify you completely,

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:11.700
 and may your whole spirit

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.580
 and soul and body

00:33:12.580 --> 00:33:13.860
 be kept blameless

00:33:13.860 --> 00:33:15.160
 at the coming

00:33:15.160 --> 00:33:16.480
 of the Lord Jesus.

00:33:16.600 --> 00:33:16.800
 So,

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:17.860
 at the end

00:33:17.860 --> 00:33:18.780
 of what we're looking at today,

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:20.080
 it's speaking there

00:33:20.080 --> 00:33:20.640
 about the coming

00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:21.540
 of the Lord again.

00:33:22.180 --> 00:33:23.220
 And it's what we do

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:23.860
 in the meantime,

00:33:24.060 --> 00:33:25.940
 how we prepare ourselves.

00:33:26.400 --> 00:33:26.540
 So,

00:33:26.759 --> 00:33:28.120
 Paul gives instructions

00:33:28.120 --> 00:33:28.980
 to us

00:33:28.980 --> 00:33:30.160
 in this section

00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:30.780
 in between

00:33:30.780 --> 00:33:31.740
 verse 12

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:33.920
 down to verse 22,

00:33:33.920 --> 00:33:36.360
 how we are to live,

00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:37.820
 how we are to press on,

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:39.860
 how we are to go forward.

00:33:41.000 --> 00:33:41.259
 So,

00:33:41.320 --> 00:33:42.340
 there are instructions

00:33:42.340 --> 00:33:44.380
 for our lives now,

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:45.539
 but also instructions

00:33:45.539 --> 00:33:48.000
 in light of eternity.

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:50.580
 And I read somewhere

00:33:50.580 --> 00:33:51.180
 this week

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:52.759
 just how people

00:33:52.759 --> 00:33:53.900
 live their lives

00:33:53.900 --> 00:33:54.620
 differently

00:33:54.620 --> 00:33:55.700
 in light of life

00:33:55.700 --> 00:33:58.220
 and in light of eternity.

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.380
 Some people will live

00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:00.160
 with that,

00:34:00.259 --> 00:34:00.360
 well,

00:34:00.420 --> 00:34:01.560
 life is short,

00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:02.600
 enjoy it,

00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:03.860
 that kind of attitude

00:34:03.859 --> 00:34:04.779
 towards things.

00:34:04.899 --> 00:34:05.799
 Life is short,

00:34:06.299 --> 00:34:07.039
 enjoy it.

00:34:07.779 --> 00:34:08.099
 Whereas,

00:34:08.319 --> 00:34:09.079
 more importantly,

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.819
 we should look at it

00:34:09.819 --> 00:34:10.259
 this way,

00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:11.799
 eternity is long,

00:34:12.460 --> 00:34:13.519
 prepare for it.

00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:14.900
 It's not just a case

00:34:14.900 --> 00:34:15.819
 of life now.

00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:17.099
 Make the most of it,

00:34:17.179 --> 00:34:17.799
 enjoy it

00:34:17.799 --> 00:34:18.980
 as you want

00:34:18.980 --> 00:34:20.299
 to please yourself,

00:34:20.400 --> 00:34:21.719
 but in light of eternity,

00:34:22.199 --> 00:34:22.900
 which is long,

00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.679
 which is endless,

00:34:24.579 --> 00:34:25.900
 prepare for that.

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.299
 So,

00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.880
 live your life

00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:29.239
 in that way.

00:34:30.099 --> 00:34:30.239
 But,

00:34:30.319 --> 00:34:31.539
 these two ideas

00:34:31.539 --> 00:34:32.219
 remind us

00:34:32.219 --> 00:34:32.739
 how often

00:34:32.739 --> 00:34:33.479
 we are pulled

00:34:33.479 --> 00:34:35.479
 in different directions.

00:34:36.259 --> 00:34:36.799
 How often

00:34:36.799 --> 00:34:37.579
 we have so many

00:34:37.579 --> 00:34:39.339
 things affecting us

00:34:39.339 --> 00:34:40.339
 and speaking to us

00:34:40.339 --> 00:34:40.979
 around us

00:34:40.979 --> 00:34:41.959
 that are pulling us

00:34:41.959 --> 00:34:43.399
 in these two

00:34:43.399 --> 00:34:44.359
 different directions,

00:34:44.819 --> 00:34:45.399
 especially.

00:34:46.000 --> 00:34:47.279
 It is that sense

00:34:47.279 --> 00:34:47.559
 of

00:34:47.559 --> 00:34:50.119
 life is short,

00:34:50.219 --> 00:34:51.159
 just enjoy it.

00:34:51.519 --> 00:34:52.339
 One way we're being

00:34:52.339 --> 00:34:53.519
 pulled in that direction

00:34:53.519 --> 00:34:54.639
 or other times

00:34:54.639 --> 00:34:56.179
 we're thinking of

00:34:56.179 --> 00:34:57.079
 eternity,

00:34:57.079 --> 00:34:57.919
 it is long,

00:34:58.559 --> 00:34:58.839
 prepare

00:34:58.840 --> 00:35:00.360
 for that.

00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:01.559
 What's more

00:35:01.559 --> 00:35:02.180
 important

00:35:02.180 --> 00:35:03.079
 to us?

00:35:03.840 --> 00:35:04.140
 Surely,

00:35:04.400 --> 00:35:05.320
 it is

00:35:05.320 --> 00:35:06.360
 eternity,

00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:07.220
 but we're pulled

00:35:07.220 --> 00:35:08.820
 in different directions

00:35:08.820 --> 00:35:09.720
 so often.

00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:11.680
 Just look back

00:35:11.680 --> 00:35:12.680
 over the last week

00:35:12.680 --> 00:35:13.460
 for yourself.

00:35:14.380 --> 00:35:15.340
 Beginning on Monday,

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.579
 I'm sure we all

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:17.340
 had plans

00:35:17.340 --> 00:35:18.559
 for different things

00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.579
 that we were going

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.100
 to do.

00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.880
 But how did

00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:24.760
 these plans

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.700
 work out?

00:35:26.480 --> 00:35:27.079
 Maybe you had

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.939
 a list of things

00:35:27.939 --> 00:35:29.439
 you wanted to achieve

00:35:29.439 --> 00:35:30.579
 between Monday

00:35:30.579 --> 00:35:31.339
 and Saturday,

00:35:31.819 --> 00:35:32.519
 a to-do list

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:33.679
 as we so often have.

00:35:34.319 --> 00:35:34.480
 And yet,

00:35:34.539 --> 00:35:35.319
 if you look back,

00:35:35.439 --> 00:35:35.719
 I'm sure,

00:35:35.839 --> 00:35:36.179
 like me,

00:35:36.259 --> 00:35:36.819
 you find that there

00:35:36.819 --> 00:35:37.519
 were many things

00:35:37.519 --> 00:35:38.259
 that you'd planned

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:39.579
 to do at the start

00:35:39.579 --> 00:35:39.879
 of the week

00:35:39.879 --> 00:35:40.859
 that are still there

00:35:40.859 --> 00:35:41.480
 to be done

00:35:41.480 --> 00:35:43.179
 because something

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:44.239
 has taken you away.

00:35:44.739 --> 00:35:45.279
 Your attention

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:46.299
 has been taken away

00:35:46.299 --> 00:35:47.179
 to something else.

00:35:47.339 --> 00:35:48.259
 And sometimes

00:35:48.259 --> 00:35:49.359
 these things happen.

00:35:49.919 --> 00:35:50.759
 Interruptions come.

00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:52.359
 Distractions come.

00:35:52.439 --> 00:35:52.739
 There's nothing

00:35:52.739 --> 00:35:53.899
 we can do about them.

00:35:54.299 --> 00:35:54.859
 They're legitimate.

00:35:55.699 --> 00:35:56.739
 But other times,

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:58.039
 we're distracted

00:35:58.039 --> 00:35:59.739
 just for the wrong reasons.

00:36:00.359 --> 00:36:00.759
 We think,

00:36:00.899 --> 00:36:01.019
 well,

00:36:01.039 --> 00:36:01.879
 this is important,

00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:02.759
 but I can go

00:36:02.759 --> 00:36:04.379
 and just procrastinate

00:36:04.379 --> 00:36:05.480
 and do something else

00:36:05.480 --> 00:36:06.000
 in the meantime.

00:36:06.099 --> 00:36:07.599
 I'll just put that away.

00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:09.000
 It's often the case

00:36:09.000 --> 00:36:09.859
 for us.

00:36:11.079 --> 00:36:12.039
 It can be like that

00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:12.559
 for things

00:36:12.559 --> 00:36:13.339
 during the week,

00:36:13.460 --> 00:36:14.339
 but what about

00:36:14.339 --> 00:36:15.419
 when we think back

00:36:15.419 --> 00:36:16.719
 to the last Lord's Day?

00:36:17.500 --> 00:36:18.339
 What you heard

00:36:18.339 --> 00:36:19.539
 last Lord's Day

00:36:19.539 --> 00:36:20.299
 was in the morning

00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:21.000
 or the evening.

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.739
 Perhaps there was

00:36:21.739 --> 00:36:22.219
 something

00:36:22.219 --> 00:36:23.819
 that spoke to you,

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.319
 something that

00:36:24.319 --> 00:36:25.599
 pricked your conscience.

00:36:25.699 --> 00:36:26.719
 and made you think,

00:36:27.299 --> 00:36:27.739
 there's something

00:36:27.739 --> 00:36:28.759
 I need to address

00:36:28.759 --> 00:36:30.059
 here in my life.

00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:31.119
 I need to prayerfully

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:32.980
 look at this situation

00:36:32.980 --> 00:36:33.739
 in my life

00:36:33.739 --> 00:36:34.159
 and think,

00:36:34.559 --> 00:36:35.259
 how are things

00:36:35.259 --> 00:36:36.279
 going to change?

00:36:36.639 --> 00:36:37.659
 How are things

00:36:37.659 --> 00:36:39.079
 going to be different?

00:36:40.539 --> 00:36:41.779
 But did it happen?

00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:43.839
 Perhaps you're left here

00:36:43.839 --> 00:36:44.919
 with that sense of,

00:36:45.199 --> 00:36:46.419
 I need to look at this

00:36:46.419 --> 00:36:46.919
 seriously,

00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:47.639
 prayerfully.

00:36:48.460 --> 00:36:49.039
 But then there's

00:36:49.039 --> 00:36:49.719
 distractions.

00:36:49.919 --> 00:36:50.460
 You're pulled

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.980
 in different directions.

00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:53.260
 Interruptions come,

00:36:53.400 --> 00:36:54.599
 distractions come.

00:36:55.159 --> 00:36:56.119
 And so it goes on,

00:36:56.159 --> 00:36:57.440
 the important things

00:36:57.440 --> 00:36:58.940
 are left aside.

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.079
 And you become,

00:37:00.579 --> 00:37:00.719
 well,

00:37:00.740 --> 00:37:01.639
 life is short,

00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:02.699
 let me get this done.

00:37:03.179 --> 00:37:03.800
 And you forget,

00:37:04.139 --> 00:37:05.480
 eternity is long.

00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.800
 I need to prepare

00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:07.920
 for that.

00:37:08.880 --> 00:37:09.460
 The church

00:37:09.460 --> 00:37:10.280
 at Thessalonica

00:37:10.280 --> 00:37:11.900
 was a young church,

00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:13.400
 young believers,

00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.420
 young in the faith.

00:37:15.280 --> 00:37:16.099
 And as you read

00:37:16.099 --> 00:37:16.519
 through it,

00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:17.039
 you find

00:37:17.039 --> 00:37:18.199
 there were people

00:37:18.199 --> 00:37:18.920
 who were pulled

00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:20.460
 in different directions

00:37:20.460 --> 00:37:22.119
 themselves as well.

00:37:22.980 --> 00:37:23.619
 They knew

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:25.139
 what they needed

00:37:25.139 --> 00:37:26.480
 ultimately was Christ.

00:37:26.599 --> 00:37:27.720
 And yet at the same time,

00:37:27.780 --> 00:37:28.200
 there were those

00:37:28.200 --> 00:37:28.960
 around them

00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.059
 who were pulling them

00:37:30.059 --> 00:37:30.860
 away from that

00:37:30.860 --> 00:37:31.559
 and pulling them

00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:33.400
 in different directions.

00:37:34.700 --> 00:37:35.440
 And so as Paul

00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:36.740
 is writing to them,

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:37.880
 it's to encourage them

00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:40.320
 to have that focus.

00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:41.760
 And how to live

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:43.360
 in light of the Lord's return,

00:37:43.900 --> 00:37:44.639
 how to live

00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:45.940
 in light of eternity,

00:37:46.720 --> 00:37:47.940
 is to have a focus

00:37:47.940 --> 00:37:50.360
 always on Christ,

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:52.539
 to look to him,

00:37:53.260 --> 00:37:54.380
 because we're so easily

00:37:54.380 --> 00:37:56.639
 pulled in different directions.

00:37:57.740 --> 00:37:58.440
 And so I want us

00:37:58.440 --> 00:37:59.619
 to look at three things

00:37:59.619 --> 00:38:01.360
 from this passage today,

00:38:02.220 --> 00:38:03.119
 just to help us

00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:04.679
 to live in light

00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:06.119
 of the Lord's return,

00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:07.960
 enabling us to live

00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:08.559
 in light of

00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:09.780
 what our priorities

00:38:09.780 --> 00:38:10.880
 should be

00:38:10.880 --> 00:38:11.760
 with a focus

00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:14.119
 always on Christ.

00:38:14.760 --> 00:38:15.519
 The hymn

00:38:15.519 --> 00:38:17.380
 in Christ alone

00:38:17.380 --> 00:38:19.079
 it speaks at one point,

00:38:19.180 --> 00:38:19.519
 it says this,

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:20.400
 as he stands

00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:21.099
 in victory,

00:38:21.099 --> 00:38:21.960
 since curse

00:38:21.960 --> 00:38:22.800
 has lost

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:24.180
 its grip on me,

00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:25.860
 for I am his

00:38:25.860 --> 00:38:26.980
 and he is mine,

00:38:27.579 --> 00:38:28.320
 bought with the

00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:29.260
 precious blood

00:38:29.260 --> 00:38:30.420
 of Christ.

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.539
 It speaks here

00:38:31.539 --> 00:38:32.440
 of since curse

00:38:32.440 --> 00:38:33.119
 has lost

00:38:33.119 --> 00:38:34.280
 its grip on me

00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:35.000
 as we're trusting

00:38:35.000 --> 00:38:35.500
 in him.

00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:38.360
 But sin is still there.

00:38:39.420 --> 00:38:40.599
 And that's the challenge

00:38:40.599 --> 00:38:41.539
 for us as we live

00:38:41.539 --> 00:38:42.440
 our lives.

00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:44.400
 Sin is still there.

00:38:44.400 --> 00:38:46.019
 And how do we seek

00:38:46.019 --> 00:38:47.119
 to live a more

00:38:47.119 --> 00:38:49.619
 Christ-glorifying life?

00:38:49.780 --> 00:38:51.539
 Well, in verse 19

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:53.539
 into verse 21,

00:38:53.700 --> 00:38:55.099
 there's three things

00:38:55.099 --> 00:38:55.900
 there that we want

00:38:55.900 --> 00:38:58.000
 to see that helps us.

00:38:58.539 --> 00:38:58.960
 And Paul,

00:38:59.660 --> 00:39:01.019
 putting it in three I's,

00:39:01.099 --> 00:39:01.660
 if you like,

00:39:02.019 --> 00:39:03.160
 we have inflame,

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.539
 ingest,

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:06.000
 and inspect.

00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.619
 Three things

00:39:07.619 --> 00:39:08.440
 that we want to do

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.860
 in life that will help us

00:39:09.860 --> 00:39:11.280
 live a life

00:39:11.280 --> 00:39:12.360
 that's more focused

00:39:12.360 --> 00:39:13.680
 on Christ.

00:39:13.840 --> 00:39:14.360
 And the first

00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:15.820
 is this inflame.

00:39:16.940 --> 00:39:17.640
 In verse 19,

00:39:17.740 --> 00:39:18.160
 it says,

00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:19.440
 do not quench

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.720
 the Spirit.

00:39:21.740 --> 00:39:22.519
 So the opposite

00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:23.340
 in terms of

00:39:23.340 --> 00:39:24.539
 don't quench it

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:25.720
 would be to make sure

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.360
 that the Spirit

00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:27.320
 is giving life.

00:39:28.340 --> 00:39:29.660
 The Spirit is the fire

00:39:29.660 --> 00:39:30.980
 in your soul.

00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:32.180
 The one that is

00:39:32.180 --> 00:39:33.120
 guiding you

00:39:33.120 --> 00:39:34.140
 in life.

00:39:35.160 --> 00:39:35.640
 There is to be

00:39:35.640 --> 00:39:36.200
 obedience

00:39:36.200 --> 00:39:38.320
 to the Holy Spirit.

00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:38.820
 And that's

00:39:38.820 --> 00:39:39.740
 the first thing

00:39:39.740 --> 00:39:40.700
 that we want

00:39:40.700 --> 00:39:41.620
 to see here.

00:39:43.240 --> 00:39:44.320
 When we're pulled

00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:45.800
 in different directions,

00:39:46.099 --> 00:39:46.800
 it can be that

00:39:46.800 --> 00:39:47.920
 quenching effect

00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:48.480
 on the Spirit

00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:49.019
 because we know

00:39:49.019 --> 00:39:49.680
 the Spirit

00:39:49.680 --> 00:39:50.740
 is working.

00:39:50.880 --> 00:39:51.340
 When the Spirit

00:39:51.340 --> 00:39:52.800
 is speaking to us,

00:39:53.380 --> 00:39:54.019
 and yet we can

00:39:54.019 --> 00:39:55.160
 grieve the Spirit,

00:39:55.260 --> 00:39:56.059
 we can quench

00:39:56.059 --> 00:39:56.940
 the Spirit

00:39:56.940 --> 00:39:58.480
 by being disobedient.

00:39:59.860 --> 00:40:00.420
 And when you look

00:40:00.420 --> 00:40:01.519
 at how Paul

00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:02.740
 and Silvanus

00:40:02.740 --> 00:40:03.360
 or Silas

00:40:03.360 --> 00:40:04.440
 is another translation

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:05.120
 and Timothy,

00:40:05.640 --> 00:40:06.720
 how did they end up

00:40:06.720 --> 00:40:07.900
 in Thessalonica?

00:40:08.960 --> 00:40:09.740
 Was this where

00:40:09.740 --> 00:40:10.740
 they were going to?

00:40:10.739 --> 00:40:11.899
 Was this where

00:40:11.899 --> 00:40:13.059
 they were aiming for?

00:40:13.959 --> 00:40:14.379
 No.

00:40:15.259 --> 00:40:16.419
 But they were led there

00:40:16.419 --> 00:40:17.959
 by the Holy Spirit.

00:40:18.479 --> 00:40:19.179
 When you go back

00:40:19.179 --> 00:40:20.119
 to the book of Acts,

00:40:20.500 --> 00:40:21.839
 it shows us more

00:40:21.839 --> 00:40:22.639
 of how Paul

00:40:22.639 --> 00:40:24.279
 came to Thessalonica

00:40:24.279 --> 00:40:25.319
 and other places.

00:40:26.339 --> 00:40:27.059
 And when he came

00:40:27.059 --> 00:40:28.219
 to Thessalonica,

00:40:28.339 --> 00:40:29.519
 it was in this way,

00:40:29.939 --> 00:40:30.879
 in Acts 16,

00:40:30.979 --> 00:40:31.739
 verse 7.

00:40:32.539 --> 00:40:33.119
 They were on

00:40:33.119 --> 00:40:33.719
 their journey,

00:40:33.799 --> 00:40:34.299
 they were making

00:40:34.299 --> 00:40:34.839
 their way,

00:40:35.399 --> 00:40:35.899
 but it says,

00:40:35.900 --> 00:40:36.700
 when they had come

00:40:36.700 --> 00:40:37.400
 to Mysia,

00:40:37.800 --> 00:40:38.519
 they attempted

00:40:38.519 --> 00:40:39.840
 to go to Bithynia,

00:40:40.320 --> 00:40:41.280
 but the Spirit

00:40:41.280 --> 00:40:42.000
 of Jesus

00:40:42.000 --> 00:40:43.240
 did not allow them.

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.220
 You see,

00:40:44.320 --> 00:40:45.360
 the Spirit of Jesus

00:40:45.360 --> 00:40:47.160
 did not allow them.

00:40:48.160 --> 00:40:49.519
 So passing by Mysia,

00:40:49.599 --> 00:40:50.180
 they went down

00:40:50.180 --> 00:40:51.039
 to throw us.

00:40:51.780 --> 00:40:52.340
 And a vision

00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:53.320
 appeared to Paul

00:40:53.320 --> 00:40:53.900
 in the night.

00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:55.880
 A man of Macedonia

00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:56.820
 was standing there,

00:40:56.900 --> 00:40:57.460
 urging him

00:40:57.460 --> 00:40:57.940
 and saying,

00:40:58.400 --> 00:40:59.980
 come over to Macedonia

00:40:59.980 --> 00:41:01.460
 and help us.

00:41:02.360 --> 00:41:03.119
 The Spirit

00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:04.559
 was prompting.

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.619
 The Spirit

00:41:05.619 --> 00:41:06.139
 was moving.

00:41:06.219 --> 00:41:06.599
 And they could have

00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:06.880
 just said,

00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:07.319
 well, no,

00:41:07.940 --> 00:41:09.159
 we're going this way.

00:41:09.799 --> 00:41:10.500
 But they knew

00:41:10.500 --> 00:41:11.359
 that would be

00:41:11.359 --> 00:41:13.019
 quenching the Spirit,

00:41:13.239 --> 00:41:14.239
 being disobedient

00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:15.779
 to the will of God.

00:41:16.539 --> 00:41:17.259
 And so they put

00:41:17.259 --> 00:41:17.739
 themselves

00:41:17.739 --> 00:41:19.179
 into the Lord's hands.

00:41:19.619 --> 00:41:20.119
 They followed

00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:20.980
 the prompting

00:41:20.980 --> 00:41:22.460
 of the Spirit.

00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:23.839
 Otherwise,

00:41:24.019 --> 00:41:24.239
 they would have

00:41:24.239 --> 00:41:25.579
 been disobedient.

00:41:26.539 --> 00:41:26.799
 They would have

00:41:26.799 --> 00:41:27.400
 been grieving

00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:29.000
 the Holy Spirit.

00:41:30.199 --> 00:41:30.819
 And so we,

00:41:30.960 --> 00:41:31.759
 in our own lives,

00:41:31.839 --> 00:41:32.639
 we so often

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:34.239
 quench the Spirit,

00:41:34.379 --> 00:41:34.839
 I'm sure.

00:41:35.019 --> 00:41:36.179
 We all do it

00:41:36.179 --> 00:41:37.279
 at some point.

00:41:37.779 --> 00:41:38.739
 Because the Spirit

00:41:38.739 --> 00:41:39.460
 is working,

00:41:39.599 --> 00:41:39.980
 and yet we're

00:41:39.980 --> 00:41:40.699
 disobedient.

00:41:41.119 --> 00:41:41.819
 We go in a

00:41:41.819 --> 00:41:42.879
 different direction.

00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:43.639
 We're pulled

00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:45.000
 in different directions.

00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:45.659
 And we follow

00:41:45.659 --> 00:41:46.960
 our own feelings.

00:41:47.179 --> 00:41:47.500
 We follow

00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:48.440
 our own emotions.

00:41:48.679 --> 00:41:49.099
 We follow

00:41:49.099 --> 00:41:50.379
 our own desires.

00:41:50.480 --> 00:41:51.420
 All of these things.

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:52.940
 And we're quenching

00:41:52.940 --> 00:41:54.219
 the Spirit.

00:41:54.879 --> 00:41:55.579
 Because the work

00:41:55.579 --> 00:41:56.219
 of the Spirit

00:41:56.219 --> 00:41:58.039
 is to fan

00:41:58.039 --> 00:41:58.900
 into flame

00:41:58.900 --> 00:41:59.739
 the life

00:41:59.739 --> 00:42:00.539
 that is in us.

00:42:00.539 --> 00:42:01.860
 the Spirit

00:42:01.860 --> 00:42:03.000
 was poured out

00:42:03.000 --> 00:42:04.039
 on the day of Pentecost,

00:42:04.099 --> 00:42:04.639
 as you see

00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:06.159
 in the book of Acts.

00:42:06.739 --> 00:42:07.679
 It's the power

00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:09.079
 of the church.

00:42:10.079 --> 00:42:11.300
 We are alive

00:42:11.300 --> 00:42:12.079
 in Christ

00:42:12.079 --> 00:42:13.719
 through the Spirit.

00:42:14.719 --> 00:42:14.980
 It is

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:16.059
 the fire

00:42:16.059 --> 00:42:16.279
 that

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:17.880
 is not there

00:42:17.880 --> 00:42:18.659
 when we are dead

00:42:18.659 --> 00:42:19.579
 in our trespasses

00:42:19.579 --> 00:42:20.139
 and sins,

00:42:20.219 --> 00:42:20.920
 as Ephesians

00:42:20.920 --> 00:42:21.779
 speaks about.

00:42:22.139 --> 00:42:23.059
 But by grace

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:24.119
 we are made alive.

00:42:24.500 --> 00:42:25.179
 That fire

00:42:25.179 --> 00:42:26.300
 comes into

00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:27.639
 our soul.

00:42:27.639 --> 00:42:29.519
 And the Lord

00:42:29.519 --> 00:42:30.759
 puts this fire

00:42:30.759 --> 00:42:31.079
 in us.

00:42:31.839 --> 00:42:32.659
 But we are not

00:42:32.659 --> 00:42:33.519
 to quench

00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:34.279
 that Spirit.

00:42:34.779 --> 00:42:35.559
 We are to keep

00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:36.900
 it alive

00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:37.920
 and flame it

00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:39.039
 in our lives

00:42:39.039 --> 00:42:39.980
 and our hearts.

00:42:41.460 --> 00:42:42.259
 Somebody spoke

00:42:42.259 --> 00:42:42.719
 of it as

00:42:42.719 --> 00:42:44.699
 the wick

00:42:44.699 --> 00:42:45.460
 that burns

00:42:45.460 --> 00:42:46.079
 in oil

00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:46.980
 in this way.

00:42:47.480 --> 00:42:48.119
 Imagine a wick

00:42:48.119 --> 00:42:48.839
 that is placed

00:42:48.839 --> 00:42:49.279
 in oil

00:42:49.279 --> 00:42:49.900
 and then lit.

00:42:50.000 --> 00:42:50.519
 If the oil

00:42:50.519 --> 00:42:51.199
 runs out

00:42:51.199 --> 00:42:51.799
 the wick

00:42:51.799 --> 00:42:52.379
 burns.

00:42:53.699 --> 00:42:54.239
 But as long

00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:55.059
 as there is oil

00:42:55.059 --> 00:42:55.599
 the wick

00:42:55.599 --> 00:42:57.039
 doesn't burn.

00:42:58.199 --> 00:42:58.619
 See,

00:42:58.719 --> 00:42:59.179
 when you watch

00:42:59.179 --> 00:42:59.859
 the wick

00:42:59.859 --> 00:43:00.339
 in the oil,

00:43:01.039 --> 00:43:01.799
 it's the oil

00:43:01.799 --> 00:43:02.279
 that's burning.

00:43:02.400 --> 00:43:03.199
 It's not the wick.

00:43:04.299 --> 00:43:04.759
 But as soon

00:43:04.759 --> 00:43:05.199
 as the oil

00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:05.559
 is gone,

00:43:05.639 --> 00:43:05.980
 the wick

00:43:05.980 --> 00:43:06.579
 will soon

00:43:06.579 --> 00:43:07.699
 burn out.

00:43:07.879 --> 00:43:08.359
 So the person

00:43:08.359 --> 00:43:08.539
 said,

00:43:08.659 --> 00:43:09.219
 as long as

00:43:09.219 --> 00:43:09.579
 we are living

00:43:09.579 --> 00:43:10.279
 in dependence

00:43:10.279 --> 00:43:10.940
 on the power

00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:12.279
 of the Holy Spirit,

00:43:12.379 --> 00:43:12.879
 we do not

00:43:12.879 --> 00:43:13.539
 burn out.

00:43:15.279 --> 00:43:16.079
 But the question

00:43:16.079 --> 00:43:16.519
 is,

00:43:16.920 --> 00:43:18.179
 what's burning?

00:43:19.480 --> 00:43:20.420
 What's burning?

00:43:22.000 --> 00:43:22.679
 And that's

00:43:22.679 --> 00:43:23.179
 the question

00:43:23.179 --> 00:43:23.719
 that the people

00:43:23.719 --> 00:43:24.559
 in Thessalonica

00:43:24.559 --> 00:43:25.739
 had to face up to.

00:43:26.079 --> 00:43:27.000
 What was burning

00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:28.260
 in their lives?

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:28.820
 What were they

00:43:28.820 --> 00:43:30.000
 feeding into

00:43:30.000 --> 00:43:30.860
 their souls?

00:43:31.780 --> 00:43:32.440
 What fire

00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:32.780
 were they

00:43:32.780 --> 00:43:33.139
 feeding?

00:43:34.039 --> 00:43:35.000
 In terms of

00:43:35.000 --> 00:43:35.900
 what direction

00:43:35.900 --> 00:43:36.480
 they were being

00:43:36.480 --> 00:43:37.820
 pulled in.

00:43:38.780 --> 00:43:39.559
 And being pulled

00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:40.940
 in different ways,

00:43:41.380 --> 00:43:42.260
 different directions.

00:43:43.360 --> 00:43:44.760
 It's pulled away

00:43:44.760 --> 00:43:45.679
 from the Word of God

00:43:45.679 --> 00:43:46.480
 just like pouring

00:43:46.480 --> 00:43:47.599
 cold water

00:43:47.599 --> 00:43:48.280
 on the fire

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:49.420
 and it goes out.

00:43:50.539 --> 00:43:51.000
 And we can

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:52.199
 experience that.

00:43:52.559 --> 00:43:53.719
 We can experience it

00:43:53.719 --> 00:43:54.539
 in our own lives.

00:43:54.539 --> 00:43:55.000
 We go away

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:55.719
 from church.

00:43:55.820 --> 00:43:56.199
 We go away

00:43:56.199 --> 00:43:56.900
 from a place

00:43:56.900 --> 00:43:58.039
 where we enjoyed

00:43:58.039 --> 00:43:58.940
 good fellowship

00:43:58.940 --> 00:43:59.980
 or good preaching

00:43:59.980 --> 00:44:01.719
 or just a good spirit.

00:44:01.860 --> 00:44:02.380
 We go away

00:44:02.380 --> 00:44:03.579
 and yet so soon

00:44:03.579 --> 00:44:04.159
 afterwards

00:44:04.159 --> 00:44:05.699
 we quench that.

00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:06.619
 The fire just

00:44:06.619 --> 00:44:07.739
 seems to go out.

00:44:09.119 --> 00:44:09.619
 And sometimes

00:44:09.619 --> 00:44:10.420
 it's by our own

00:44:10.420 --> 00:44:10.920
 choosing,

00:44:11.039 --> 00:44:11.579
 our own making

00:44:11.579 --> 00:44:12.980
 the wrong decisions.

00:44:13.820 --> 00:44:14.980
 We don't feed

00:44:14.980 --> 00:44:15.900
 that flame

00:44:15.900 --> 00:44:16.960
 the way that we

00:44:16.960 --> 00:44:17.400
 should.

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:18.119
 See,

00:44:18.219 --> 00:44:19.380
 there's two types

00:44:19.380 --> 00:44:20.660
 of fires

00:44:20.660 --> 00:44:21.660
 in life.

00:44:22.599 --> 00:44:23.360
 There's one

00:44:23.360 --> 00:44:24.019
 we could say

00:44:24.019 --> 00:44:24.960
 it's the essential

00:44:24.960 --> 00:44:25.500
 fire.

00:44:26.340 --> 00:44:26.940
 The fire

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:27.880
 for our boilers.

00:44:28.460 --> 00:44:28.960
 The fire

00:44:28.960 --> 00:44:30.579
 in our fireplace.

00:44:30.720 --> 00:44:30.980
 The one that

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:31.920
 gives off warmth

00:44:31.920 --> 00:44:32.579
 and heat

00:44:32.579 --> 00:44:33.320
 and keeps us

00:44:33.320 --> 00:44:35.140
 well and happy

00:44:35.140 --> 00:44:35.720
 at home

00:44:35.720 --> 00:44:36.420
 in that sense

00:44:36.420 --> 00:44:37.059
 and keeps things

00:44:37.059 --> 00:44:37.920
 moving along.

00:44:39.260 --> 00:44:39.800
 But there's another

00:44:39.800 --> 00:44:40.680
 fire that we see

00:44:40.680 --> 00:44:41.840
 that's destruction.

00:44:42.960 --> 00:44:43.480
 It's full of

00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:44.119
 destruction.

00:44:44.280 --> 00:44:44.880
 And we see it

00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:46.240
 in this past week

00:44:46.240 --> 00:44:47.320
 in Los Angeles,

00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:48.480
 the devastation

00:44:48.480 --> 00:44:49.840
 that a wildfire

00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:50.519
 can bring.

00:44:51.639 --> 00:44:52.679
 How these homes,

00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:53.960
 it's a horrendous

00:44:53.960 --> 00:44:54.980
 picture to see.

00:44:55.320 --> 00:44:56.340
 Hard to comprehend

00:44:56.340 --> 00:44:57.240
 the destruction,

00:44:57.840 --> 00:44:58.699
 the devastation.

00:44:59.159 --> 00:44:59.840
 Places just

00:44:59.840 --> 00:45:00.599
 wiped out

00:45:00.599 --> 00:45:01.420
 in no time.

00:45:03.460 --> 00:45:04.059
 And that's

00:45:04.059 --> 00:45:04.780
 the danger

00:45:04.780 --> 00:45:05.480
 with the fires

00:45:05.480 --> 00:45:06.000
 that we have

00:45:06.000 --> 00:45:07.139
 in life as well.

00:45:07.659 --> 00:45:08.900
 The fire of sin

00:45:08.900 --> 00:45:09.559
 that can so easily

00:45:09.559 --> 00:45:10.860
 just devastate

00:45:10.860 --> 00:45:11.599
 our lives.

00:45:12.240 --> 00:45:13.099
 Or the fire

00:45:13.099 --> 00:45:13.760
 of the spirit

00:45:13.760 --> 00:45:14.639
 that just keeps

00:45:14.639 --> 00:45:15.179
 us going.

00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:16.380
 But which one

00:45:16.380 --> 00:45:16.980
 is it that we're

00:45:16.980 --> 00:45:17.400
 feeding?

00:45:17.400 --> 00:45:18.960
 And which one

00:45:18.960 --> 00:45:19.220
 are you

00:45:19.220 --> 00:45:20.079
 extinguishing?

00:45:21.139 --> 00:45:22.119
 So Paul is

00:45:22.119 --> 00:45:22.559
 saying here,

00:45:22.660 --> 00:45:23.579
 do not quench

00:45:23.579 --> 00:45:24.800
 the spirit.

00:45:26.000 --> 00:45:26.880
 When the spirit

00:45:26.880 --> 00:45:27.599
 is working,

00:45:28.099 --> 00:45:29.119
 you know yourself

00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:29.820
 when it is.

00:45:30.200 --> 00:45:31.300
 Don't quench it.

00:45:31.619 --> 00:45:32.639
 Don't turn away

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:32.880
 from it.

00:45:32.920 --> 00:45:33.360
 Don't let yourself

00:45:33.360 --> 00:45:34.360
 be pulled away

00:45:34.360 --> 00:45:35.400
 in a different

00:45:35.400 --> 00:45:35.800
 direction.

00:45:36.039 --> 00:45:36.980
 Seek the Lord.

00:45:37.680 --> 00:45:38.519
 Pour out your heart

00:45:38.519 --> 00:45:38.760
 to him.

00:45:38.880 --> 00:45:39.579
 Pray to him

00:45:39.579 --> 00:45:40.340
 to help you

00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:41.420
 along the way

00:45:41.420 --> 00:45:42.059
 and to keep

00:45:42.059 --> 00:45:42.840
 that fire

00:45:42.840 --> 00:45:43.780
 aflame.

00:45:43.780 --> 00:45:44.980
 to keep

00:45:44.980 --> 00:45:45.600
 that fire

00:45:45.600 --> 00:45:46.400
 burning

00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:48.040
 in your heart.

00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:49.240
 So do not

00:45:49.240 --> 00:45:49.820
 quench

00:45:49.820 --> 00:45:51.000
 the spirit.

00:45:52.160 --> 00:45:52.500
 You see

00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:53.019
 then in verse

00:45:53.019 --> 00:45:53.740
 20,

00:45:54.540 --> 00:45:55.000
 immediately

00:45:55.000 --> 00:45:55.920
 Paul says

00:45:55.920 --> 00:45:56.220
 then,

00:45:56.340 --> 00:45:56.620
 do not

00:45:56.620 --> 00:45:57.519
 despise

00:45:57.519 --> 00:45:58.780
 prophecies.

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:01.320
 So again

00:46:01.320 --> 00:46:01.840
 we think

00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:02.200
 here,

00:46:02.340 --> 00:46:02.760
 what's he

00:46:02.760 --> 00:46:03.480
 saying to us?

00:46:03.519 --> 00:46:04.220
 Do not quench

00:46:04.220 --> 00:46:04.800
 the spirit.

00:46:05.000 --> 00:46:05.480
 Keep that

00:46:05.480 --> 00:46:06.220
 fire going.

00:46:07.160 --> 00:46:07.660
 But here

00:46:07.660 --> 00:46:08.160
 we think

00:46:08.160 --> 00:46:09.140
 of what we

00:46:09.140 --> 00:46:09.720
 ingest,

00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:10.100
 how we

00:46:10.099 --> 00:46:11.000
 ingest

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:11.519
 something.

00:46:11.619 --> 00:46:11.960
 Do not

00:46:11.960 --> 00:46:13.199
 despise

00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:14.860
 the prophecies.

00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:16.519
 How do we

00:46:16.519 --> 00:46:17.339
 feed the fire?

00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:18.880
 Well we

00:46:18.880 --> 00:46:19.299
 feed it

00:46:19.299 --> 00:46:19.759
 by giving

00:46:19.759 --> 00:46:20.380
 it fuel.

00:46:21.139 --> 00:46:21.500
 If you

00:46:21.500 --> 00:46:22.019
 cut the

00:46:22.019 --> 00:46:22.299
 fuel,

00:46:22.420 --> 00:46:22.779
 the fire

00:46:22.779 --> 00:46:23.519
 goes out.

00:46:23.880 --> 00:46:24.539
 Simple as

00:46:24.539 --> 00:46:24.940
 that.

00:46:26.059 --> 00:46:26.360
 And so

00:46:26.360 --> 00:46:26.739
 we need

00:46:26.739 --> 00:46:27.239
 to

00:46:27.239 --> 00:46:29.000
 fuel

00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:29.659
 the fire

00:46:29.659 --> 00:46:30.259
 of our

00:46:30.259 --> 00:46:30.739
 souls

00:46:30.739 --> 00:46:31.440
 as well.

00:46:31.839 --> 00:46:32.159
 And what

00:46:32.159 --> 00:46:32.480
 he says

00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:32.799
 here is

00:46:32.799 --> 00:46:33.319
 do not

00:46:33.319 --> 00:46:34.219
 despise

00:46:34.219 --> 00:46:34.980
 the

00:46:34.980 --> 00:46:35.799
 prophecies.

00:46:37.339 --> 00:46:37.699
 What

00:46:37.699 --> 00:46:37.980
 were the

00:46:37.980 --> 00:46:38.779
 prophecies

00:46:38.779 --> 00:46:39.139
 that he

00:46:39.139 --> 00:46:39.719
 was speaking

00:46:39.719 --> 00:46:40.079
 about

00:46:40.079 --> 00:46:40.539
 here?

00:46:41.419 --> 00:46:41.719
 Well the

00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:42.019
 people would

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:42.539
 be familiar

00:46:42.539 --> 00:46:42.899
 with the

00:46:42.899 --> 00:46:43.279
 prophets

00:46:43.279 --> 00:46:44.239
 of the

00:46:44.239 --> 00:46:44.919
 Old Testament

00:46:44.919 --> 00:46:45.559
 such as

00:46:45.559 --> 00:46:45.980
 we are

00:46:45.980 --> 00:46:46.359
 too.

00:46:47.019 --> 00:46:47.480
 Prophets

00:46:47.480 --> 00:46:48.019
 role was

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.719
 to proclaim

00:46:48.719 --> 00:46:49.739
 the word

00:46:49.739 --> 00:46:50.199
 of God

00:46:50.199 --> 00:46:50.480
 that was

00:46:50.480 --> 00:46:51.019
 given to

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.279
 them.

00:46:52.139 --> 00:46:52.399
 And it

00:46:52.399 --> 00:46:52.559
 didn't

00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:52.919
 matter

00:46:52.919 --> 00:46:53.819
 what was

00:46:53.819 --> 00:46:54.079
 given,

00:46:54.239 --> 00:46:54.699
 they had

00:46:54.699 --> 00:46:55.219
 to tell

00:46:55.219 --> 00:46:55.819
 the people

00:46:55.819 --> 00:46:56.539
 what they

00:46:56.539 --> 00:46:57.000
 needed to

00:46:57.000 --> 00:46:57.399
 hear.

00:46:58.339 --> 00:46:58.799
 But what

00:46:58.799 --> 00:46:59.299
 so often

00:46:59.299 --> 00:46:59.739
 happened

00:46:59.739 --> 00:47:00.239
 was as

00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:00.379
 they

00:47:00.379 --> 00:47:00.959
 proclaimed

00:47:00.959 --> 00:47:01.339
 these

00:47:01.339 --> 00:47:01.819
 words,

00:47:02.259 --> 00:47:02.480
 they were

00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:03.259
 hard words

00:47:03.259 --> 00:47:03.579
 for the

00:47:03.579 --> 00:47:04.119
 people and

00:47:04.119 --> 00:47:04.579
 the people

00:47:04.579 --> 00:47:05.619
 just pushed

00:47:05.619 --> 00:47:05.959
 it away.

00:47:06.179 --> 00:47:06.319
 They

00:47:06.319 --> 00:47:07.379
 despised

00:47:07.379 --> 00:47:07.980
 the

00:47:07.980 --> 00:47:08.559
 prophecies,

00:47:08.679 --> 00:47:08.759
 they

00:47:08.759 --> 00:47:09.579
 despised

00:47:09.579 --> 00:47:10.099
 the word

00:47:10.099 --> 00:47:10.679
 of God,

00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:11.880
 they despised

00:47:11.880 --> 00:47:12.519
 the prophets

00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:13.480
 themselves for

00:47:13.480 --> 00:47:14.480
 bringing this

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:15.239
 word to

00:47:15.239 --> 00:47:15.519
 them.

00:47:17.380 --> 00:47:18.319
 And again

00:47:18.319 --> 00:47:19.219
 we see what

00:47:19.219 --> 00:47:19.779
 Paul is

00:47:19.779 --> 00:47:20.500
 saying here,

00:47:20.579 --> 00:47:20.940
 he's saying

00:47:20.940 --> 00:47:21.299
 do not

00:47:21.299 --> 00:47:22.279
 despise

00:47:22.279 --> 00:47:23.360
 prophecies,

00:47:23.460 --> 00:47:23.719
 do not

00:47:23.719 --> 00:47:24.579
 despise

00:47:24.579 --> 00:47:25.860
 the word

00:47:25.860 --> 00:47:27.039
 of God

00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:28.579
 because it's

00:47:28.579 --> 00:47:29.639
 so important

00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:30.759
 for you.

00:47:31.440 --> 00:47:32.400
 God spoke

00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:32.920
 in the Old

00:47:32.920 --> 00:47:33.400
 Testament

00:47:33.400 --> 00:47:34.579
 through his

00:47:34.579 --> 00:47:35.179
 prophets.

00:47:35.179 --> 00:47:35.919
 as we

00:47:35.919 --> 00:47:36.460
 come into

00:47:36.460 --> 00:47:36.859
 the New

00:47:36.859 --> 00:47:37.339
 Testament

00:47:37.339 --> 00:47:38.179
 we see

00:47:38.179 --> 00:47:38.779
 that in

00:47:38.779 --> 00:47:39.299
 the days

00:47:39.299 --> 00:47:39.539
 gone

00:47:39.539 --> 00:47:39.940
 past

00:47:39.940 --> 00:47:40.379
 he spoke

00:47:40.379 --> 00:47:40.599
 through

00:47:40.599 --> 00:47:40.779
 the

00:47:40.779 --> 00:47:41.119
 prophets

00:47:41.119 --> 00:47:41.719
 but now

00:47:41.719 --> 00:47:42.059
 he has

00:47:42.059 --> 00:47:42.539
 spoken

00:47:42.539 --> 00:47:43.199
 through

00:47:43.199 --> 00:47:43.500
 his

00:47:43.500 --> 00:47:43.859
 son

00:47:43.859 --> 00:47:44.599
 Jesus

00:47:44.599 --> 00:47:45.279
 Christ.

00:47:46.799 --> 00:47:47.159
 And so

00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:47.559
 as he's

00:47:47.559 --> 00:47:47.759
 saying

00:47:47.759 --> 00:47:48.099
 do not

00:47:48.099 --> 00:47:48.859
 despise

00:47:48.859 --> 00:47:49.759
 prophecies,

00:47:49.980 --> 00:47:50.659
 he's talking

00:47:50.659 --> 00:47:51.039
 here not

00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:51.339
 just about

00:47:51.339 --> 00:47:52.379
 the prophets

00:47:52.379 --> 00:47:52.879
 of old

00:47:52.879 --> 00:47:53.179
 but he's

00:47:53.179 --> 00:47:53.639
 talking about

00:47:53.639 --> 00:47:53.940
 Jesus

00:47:53.940 --> 00:47:54.559
 Christ

00:47:54.559 --> 00:47:55.319
 as well.

00:47:55.859 --> 00:47:56.179
 Do not

00:47:56.179 --> 00:47:56.899
 despise

00:47:56.899 --> 00:47:57.559
 his word,

00:47:57.699 --> 00:47:57.980
 do not

00:47:57.980 --> 00:47:58.779
 despise

00:47:58.779 --> 00:47:59.619
 him.

00:47:59.619 --> 00:48:01.420
 this is

00:48:01.420 --> 00:48:02.079
 the word

00:48:02.079 --> 00:48:02.900
 that has

00:48:02.900 --> 00:48:03.480
 been given

00:48:03.480 --> 00:48:04.380
 for you.

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:05.759
 This is

00:48:05.759 --> 00:48:06.159
 the word

00:48:06.159 --> 00:48:06.420
 that has

00:48:06.420 --> 00:48:06.839
 been given

00:48:06.839 --> 00:48:07.579
 to the

00:48:07.579 --> 00:48:08.139
 church,

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:08.679
 to the

00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:09.259
 people of

00:48:09.259 --> 00:48:09.679
 God.

00:48:10.759 --> 00:48:11.099
 And we

00:48:11.099 --> 00:48:11.359
 are to

00:48:11.359 --> 00:48:11.920
 hear

00:48:11.920 --> 00:48:12.940
 what the

00:48:12.940 --> 00:48:13.500
 word of

00:48:13.500 --> 00:48:13.900
 God

00:48:13.900 --> 00:48:14.599
 says.

00:48:15.980 --> 00:48:16.619
 But so

00:48:16.619 --> 00:48:17.319
 many people

00:48:17.319 --> 00:48:17.739
 just want

00:48:17.739 --> 00:48:18.400
 to push

00:48:18.400 --> 00:48:19.039
 this word

00:48:19.039 --> 00:48:19.460
 away,

00:48:20.139 --> 00:48:20.900
 despise

00:48:20.900 --> 00:48:21.619
 the word,

00:48:21.859 --> 00:48:22.519
 despise

00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:23.099
 Jesus

00:48:23.099 --> 00:48:24.159
 who is

00:48:24.159 --> 00:48:24.960
 the word

00:48:24.960 --> 00:48:25.480
 that became

00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:26.119
 flesh.

00:48:27.119 --> 00:48:27.339
 Push

00:48:27.339 --> 00:48:27.859
 him away.

00:48:29.619 --> 00:48:30.339
 But there's

00:48:30.339 --> 00:48:30.880
 a warning,

00:48:31.659 --> 00:48:32.059
 do not

00:48:32.059 --> 00:48:32.819
 despise

00:48:32.819 --> 00:48:33.119
 it.

00:48:33.960 --> 00:48:34.319
 Don't

00:48:34.319 --> 00:48:34.859
 live your

00:48:34.859 --> 00:48:35.380
 life in

00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:35.699
 that way.

00:48:35.799 --> 00:48:36.259
 Life is

00:48:36.259 --> 00:48:36.619
 short,

00:48:36.739 --> 00:48:37.179
 enjoy it.

00:48:37.579 --> 00:48:37.839
 Push

00:48:37.839 --> 00:48:38.559
 this away

00:48:38.559 --> 00:48:40.299
 because God

00:48:40.299 --> 00:48:40.779
 has given

00:48:40.779 --> 00:48:41.299
 his word

00:48:41.299 --> 00:48:41.739
 to us

00:48:41.739 --> 00:48:41.920
 that we

00:48:41.920 --> 00:48:42.079
 might

00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:42.639
 prepare

00:48:42.639 --> 00:48:43.299
 for

00:48:43.299 --> 00:48:43.940
 eternity.

00:48:45.539 --> 00:48:46.059
 We

00:48:46.059 --> 00:48:46.420
 have

00:48:46.420 --> 00:48:47.500
 the word

00:48:47.500 --> 00:48:48.519
 of God

00:48:48.519 --> 00:48:49.519
 but so

00:48:49.519 --> 00:48:50.159
 many people

00:48:50.159 --> 00:48:50.859
 only hear

00:48:50.859 --> 00:48:52.239
 part of

00:48:52.239 --> 00:48:53.079
 this word.

00:48:53.339 --> 00:48:53.920
 They focus

00:48:53.920 --> 00:48:54.259
 on just

00:48:54.259 --> 00:48:55.420
 maybe parts

00:48:55.420 --> 00:48:55.960
 of the

00:48:55.960 --> 00:48:56.400
 text.

00:48:57.480 --> 00:48:57.699
 What

00:48:57.699 --> 00:48:57.900
 does

00:48:57.900 --> 00:48:58.480
 Jesus

00:48:58.480 --> 00:48:59.079
 say

00:48:59.079 --> 00:48:59.900
 to his

00:48:59.900 --> 00:49:00.460
 people?

00:49:00.539 --> 00:49:00.659
 What

00:49:00.659 --> 00:49:01.099
 did people

00:49:01.099 --> 00:49:01.719
 so often

00:49:01.719 --> 00:49:02.759
 hear from

00:49:02.759 --> 00:49:03.000
 him?

00:49:04.000 --> 00:49:04.480
 Words

00:49:04.480 --> 00:49:04.819
 like,

00:49:05.219 --> 00:49:05.599
 in this

00:49:05.599 --> 00:49:06.019
 world

00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:06.400
 you will

00:49:06.400 --> 00:49:06.579
 have

00:49:06.579 --> 00:49:07.059
 troubles

00:49:07.059 --> 00:49:08.639
 and they

00:49:08.639 --> 00:49:08.980
 stop

00:49:08.980 --> 00:49:09.460
 listening.

00:49:11.139 --> 00:49:11.679
 Stop

00:49:11.679 --> 00:49:12.219
 listening at

00:49:12.219 --> 00:49:12.880
 that point.

00:49:13.759 --> 00:49:14.319
 Troubles.

00:49:15.000 --> 00:49:15.460
 I don't

00:49:15.460 --> 00:49:15.739
 want

00:49:15.739 --> 00:49:16.199
 troubles.

00:49:16.719 --> 00:49:17.059
 I just

00:49:17.059 --> 00:49:17.259
 want to

00:49:17.259 --> 00:49:17.699
 do things

00:49:17.699 --> 00:49:18.099
 my own

00:49:18.099 --> 00:49:18.360
 way.

00:49:19.819 --> 00:49:20.159
 Blessed

00:49:20.159 --> 00:49:20.460
 are the

00:49:20.460 --> 00:49:21.199
 persecuted.

00:49:21.920 --> 00:49:22.199
 Again,

00:49:22.299 --> 00:49:22.639
 stop

00:49:22.639 --> 00:49:23.239
 listening at

00:49:23.239 --> 00:49:23.920
 that point.

00:49:25.059 --> 00:49:25.579
 Persecution.

00:49:26.539 --> 00:49:26.900
 I'm going

00:49:26.900 --> 00:49:27.259
 to have to

00:49:27.259 --> 00:49:27.819
 suffer that

00:49:27.820 --> 00:49:28.240
 to follow

00:49:28.240 --> 00:49:28.580
 Jesus.

00:49:28.720 --> 00:49:29.039
 I want

00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:29.740
 nothing of

00:49:29.740 --> 00:49:30.019
 that.

00:49:30.460 --> 00:49:30.840
 Push it

00:49:30.840 --> 00:49:31.100
 away.

00:49:31.480 --> 00:49:31.920
 Despise

00:49:31.920 --> 00:49:32.180
 it.

00:49:33.240 --> 00:49:33.700
 Take up

00:49:33.700 --> 00:49:33.940
 your

00:49:33.940 --> 00:49:34.559
 cross.

00:49:36.260 --> 00:49:36.580
 Again,

00:49:36.740 --> 00:49:37.019
 it's just

00:49:37.019 --> 00:49:37.480
 like stop

00:49:37.480 --> 00:49:37.960
 listening at

00:49:37.960 --> 00:49:38.400
 that point.

00:49:38.480 --> 00:49:38.620
 There's

00:49:38.620 --> 00:49:38.780
 going to

00:49:38.780 --> 00:49:38.940
 be

00:49:38.940 --> 00:49:39.440
 hardship.

00:49:39.600 --> 00:49:39.720
 There's

00:49:39.720 --> 00:49:39.900
 going to

00:49:39.900 --> 00:49:40.300
 be

00:49:40.300 --> 00:49:40.900
 trials.

00:49:41.280 --> 00:49:41.580
 That's

00:49:41.580 --> 00:49:41.780
 not

00:49:41.780 --> 00:49:42.180
 for me.

00:49:42.280 --> 00:49:42.320
 I

00:49:42.320 --> 00:49:43.120
 despise

00:49:43.120 --> 00:49:43.960
 these

00:49:43.960 --> 00:49:44.559
 things.

00:49:45.840 --> 00:49:46.080
 So

00:49:46.080 --> 00:49:46.420
 instead

00:49:46.420 --> 00:49:46.760
 of

00:49:46.760 --> 00:49:47.800
 ingesting

00:49:47.800 --> 00:49:47.960
 it,

00:49:48.019 --> 00:49:48.180
 instead

00:49:48.180 --> 00:49:48.300
 of

00:49:48.300 --> 00:49:48.640
 taking

00:49:48.640 --> 00:49:48.820
 it

00:49:48.820 --> 00:49:48.940
 in,

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:49.100
 they're

00:49:49.100 --> 00:49:49.300
 just

00:49:49.300 --> 00:49:50.019
 pushing

00:49:50.019 --> 00:49:50.320
 it

00:49:50.320 --> 00:49:51.120
 away.

00:49:52.120 --> 00:49:52.320
 But

00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:52.840
 by doing

00:49:52.840 --> 00:49:53.240
 this,

00:49:54.300 --> 00:49:54.660
 they're

00:49:54.660 --> 00:49:54.900
 not

00:49:54.900 --> 00:49:55.400
 seeing

00:49:55.400 --> 00:49:55.940
 what

00:49:55.940 --> 00:49:56.300
 God

00:49:56.300 --> 00:49:56.519
 has

00:49:56.519 --> 00:49:56.800
 given

00:49:56.800 --> 00:49:57.180
 to

00:49:57.180 --> 00:49:57.559
 us.

00:49:57.920 --> 00:49:58.140
 The

00:49:58.140 --> 00:49:58.500
 full

00:49:58.500 --> 00:49:59.300
 word

00:49:59.300 --> 00:49:59.559
 of

00:49:59.559 --> 00:49:59.780
 God,

00:49:59.840 --> 00:49:59.980
 the

00:49:59.980 --> 00:50:00.200
 full

00:50:00.200 --> 00:50:00.940
 prophecy

00:50:00.940 --> 00:50:01.880
 as it

00:50:01.880 --> 00:50:02.120
 were,

00:50:02.200 --> 00:50:02.480
 because

00:50:02.480 --> 00:50:02.800
 we

00:50:02.800 --> 00:50:03.120
 stop

00:50:03.120 --> 00:50:03.500
 listening

00:50:03.500 --> 00:50:03.680
 when

00:50:03.680 --> 00:50:03.820
 we

00:50:03.820 --> 00:50:04.079
 hear

00:50:04.079 --> 00:50:04.280
 the

00:50:04.280 --> 00:50:04.660
 hard

00:50:04.660 --> 00:50:05.039
 bits.

00:50:06.579 --> 00:50:06.760
 But

00:50:06.760 --> 00:50:06.940
 when

00:50:06.940 --> 00:50:07.240
 Jesus

00:50:07.240 --> 00:50:07.640
 says,

00:50:07.640 --> 00:50:08.100
 blessed

00:50:08.100 --> 00:50:08.620
 are those

00:50:08.620 --> 00:50:08.920
 who are

00:50:08.920 --> 00:50:09.539
 persecuted,

00:50:09.780 --> 00:50:10.440
 it doesn't

00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:10.960
 stop

00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:11.300
 there.

00:50:12.680 --> 00:50:13.180
 Blessed

00:50:13.180 --> 00:50:13.500
 are those

00:50:13.500 --> 00:50:13.740
 who are

00:50:13.740 --> 00:50:14.280
 persecuted

00:50:14.280 --> 00:50:14.519
 for

00:50:14.519 --> 00:50:15.240
 righteousness

00:50:15.240 --> 00:50:15.860
 sake,

00:50:15.940 --> 00:50:16.079
 for

00:50:16.079 --> 00:50:16.380
 my

00:50:16.380 --> 00:50:16.880
 sake.

00:50:17.700 --> 00:50:17.880
 And

00:50:17.880 --> 00:50:18.019
 he

00:50:18.019 --> 00:50:18.180
 says,

00:50:18.260 --> 00:50:18.360
 for

00:50:18.360 --> 00:50:18.760
 theirs

00:50:18.760 --> 00:50:19.140
 is the

00:50:19.140 --> 00:50:19.519
 kingdom

00:50:19.519 --> 00:50:19.820
 of

00:50:19.820 --> 00:50:20.140
 heaven.

00:50:20.139 --> 00:50:21.299
 And

00:50:21.299 --> 00:50:21.420
 you

00:50:21.420 --> 00:50:21.699
 miss

00:50:21.699 --> 00:50:22.119
 out.

00:50:23.259 --> 00:50:23.420
 You

00:50:23.420 --> 00:50:23.679
 listen

00:50:23.679 --> 00:50:23.799
 to

00:50:23.799 --> 00:50:23.940
 the

00:50:23.940 --> 00:50:24.259
 first

00:50:24.259 --> 00:50:24.400
 part

00:50:24.400 --> 00:50:24.460
 and

00:50:24.460 --> 00:50:24.599
 think,

00:50:24.659 --> 00:50:24.719
 I

00:50:24.719 --> 00:50:24.859
 don't

00:50:24.859 --> 00:50:25.159
 want

00:50:25.159 --> 00:50:25.440
 that,

00:50:26.159 --> 00:50:26.299
 but

00:50:26.299 --> 00:50:26.400
 then

00:50:26.400 --> 00:50:26.519
 you

00:50:26.519 --> 00:50:26.719
 miss

00:50:26.719 --> 00:50:26.900
 out

00:50:26.900 --> 00:50:27.019
 on

00:50:27.019 --> 00:50:27.159
 the

00:50:27.159 --> 00:50:27.460
 second

00:50:27.460 --> 00:50:27.980
 part.

00:50:28.759 --> 00:50:28.960
 Miss

00:50:28.960 --> 00:50:29.159
 out

00:50:29.159 --> 00:50:29.279
 on

00:50:29.279 --> 00:50:29.440
 the

00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:29.839
 kingdom

00:50:29.839 --> 00:50:30.659
 of

00:50:30.659 --> 00:50:31.099
 God.

00:50:33.699 --> 00:50:34.179
 In

00:50:34.179 --> 00:50:34.400
 this

00:50:34.400 --> 00:50:34.759
 world

00:50:34.759 --> 00:50:34.920
 you

00:50:34.920 --> 00:50:35.039
 will

00:50:35.039 --> 00:50:35.179
 have

00:50:35.179 --> 00:50:35.440
 many

00:50:35.440 --> 00:50:36.000
 troubles,

00:50:36.599 --> 00:50:36.920
 Jesus

00:50:36.920 --> 00:50:37.460
 said.

00:50:38.019 --> 00:50:38.460
 Oh,

00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:38.559
 I

00:50:38.559 --> 00:50:38.679
 don't

00:50:38.679 --> 00:50:38.819
 want

00:50:38.819 --> 00:50:38.920
 to

00:50:38.920 --> 00:50:39.159
 know

00:50:39.159 --> 00:50:39.440
 that,

00:50:39.480 --> 00:50:39.539
 I

00:50:39.539 --> 00:50:39.619
 don't

00:50:39.619 --> 00:50:39.719
 want

00:50:39.719 --> 00:50:39.819
 to

00:50:39.819 --> 00:50:40.119
 hear

00:50:40.119 --> 00:50:40.519
 that.

00:50:41.139 --> 00:50:41.339
 But

00:50:41.339 --> 00:50:41.599
 Jesus

00:50:41.599 --> 00:50:41.900
 says,

00:50:42.059 --> 00:50:42.079
 but

00:50:42.079 --> 00:50:42.359
 be

00:50:42.359 --> 00:50:42.559
 of

00:50:42.559 --> 00:50:42.799
 good

00:50:42.799 --> 00:50:43.400
 courage,

00:50:43.960 --> 00:50:44.199
 for

00:50:44.199 --> 00:50:44.599
 I

00:50:44.599 --> 00:50:44.839
 have

00:50:44.839 --> 00:50:45.619
 overcome

00:50:45.619 --> 00:50:45.900
 the

00:50:45.900 --> 00:50:46.260
 world.

00:50:47.800 --> 00:50:48.300
 So by

00:50:48.300 --> 00:50:48.519
 just

00:50:48.519 --> 00:50:48.900
 listening

00:50:48.900 --> 00:50:49.119
 to

00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:49.559
 parts,

00:50:49.660 --> 00:50:49.760
 by

00:50:49.760 --> 00:50:50.160
 pushing

00:50:50.160 --> 00:50:50.340
 it

00:50:50.340 --> 00:50:50.680
 away,

00:50:51.039 --> 00:50:51.260
 by

00:50:51.260 --> 00:50:51.539
 not

00:50:51.539 --> 00:50:52.139
 ingesting

00:50:52.139 --> 00:50:52.300
 it,

00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:52.539
 we are

00:50:52.539 --> 00:50:52.980
 seeing

00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:53.840
 just

00:50:53.840 --> 00:50:54.220
 half

00:50:54.220 --> 00:50:54.460
 the

00:50:54.460 --> 00:50:54.940
 story,

00:50:55.559 --> 00:50:55.960
 half

00:50:55.960 --> 00:50:56.200
 the

00:50:56.200 --> 00:50:56.639
 truth.

00:50:57.680 --> 00:50:58.039
 And

00:50:58.039 --> 00:50:58.139
 we're

00:50:58.139 --> 00:50:58.340
 not

00:50:58.340 --> 00:50:58.740
 listening,

00:50:58.840 --> 00:50:58.960
 we're

00:50:58.960 --> 00:50:59.700
 despising

00:50:59.700 --> 00:50:59.920
 the

00:50:59.920 --> 00:51:00.680
 prophecies,

00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:01.639
 and

00:51:01.639 --> 00:51:02.420
 despising

00:51:02.420 --> 00:51:03.220
 the

00:51:03.220 --> 00:51:03.519
 one who

00:51:03.519 --> 00:51:03.840
 is the

00:51:03.840 --> 00:51:04.280
 word

00:51:04.280 --> 00:51:05.180
 himself.

00:51:07.260 --> 00:51:07.780
 But

00:51:07.780 --> 00:51:08.200
 when it's

00:51:08.200 --> 00:51:08.860
 proclaimed,

00:51:09.500 --> 00:51:09.780
 we need

00:51:09.780 --> 00:51:10.240
 to hear

00:51:10.240 --> 00:51:10.480
 it in

00:51:10.480 --> 00:51:10.840
 all its

00:51:10.840 --> 00:51:11.260
 fullness.

00:51:12.660 --> 00:51:13.019
 When

00:51:13.019 --> 00:51:13.280
 you think

00:51:13.280 --> 00:51:13.840
 of Romans

00:51:13.840 --> 00:51:14.180
 8,

00:51:14.240 --> 00:51:14.400
 that

00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:14.980
 wonderful

00:51:14.980 --> 00:51:15.660
 passage,

00:51:15.900 --> 00:51:16.260
 it

00:51:16.260 --> 00:51:16.559
 speaks

00:51:16.559 --> 00:51:16.720
 of

00:51:16.720 --> 00:51:16.920
 so

00:51:16.920 --> 00:51:17.200
 many

00:51:17.200 --> 00:51:17.340
 of

00:51:17.340 --> 00:51:17.480
 the

00:51:17.480 --> 00:51:17.980
 trials

00:51:17.980 --> 00:51:18.260
 of

00:51:18.260 --> 00:51:18.680
 life,

00:51:19.099 --> 00:51:19.519
 but

00:51:19.519 --> 00:51:19.700
 yet

00:51:19.700 --> 00:51:20.340
 nothing

00:51:20.340 --> 00:51:21.099
 shall

00:51:21.099 --> 00:51:21.619
 separate

00:51:21.619 --> 00:51:21.980
 us

00:51:21.980 --> 00:51:22.139
 from

00:51:22.139 --> 00:51:22.300
 the

00:51:22.300 --> 00:51:22.519
 love

00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:22.720
 of

00:51:22.720 --> 00:51:23.079
 God

00:51:23.079 --> 00:51:23.720
 that

00:51:23.720 --> 00:51:23.880
 is

00:51:23.880 --> 00:51:24.079
 in

00:51:24.079 --> 00:51:24.420
 Christ

00:51:24.420 --> 00:51:25.019
 Jesus.

00:51:26.220 --> 00:51:26.460
 There

00:51:26.460 --> 00:51:26.720
 are

00:51:26.720 --> 00:51:27.599
 difficulties

00:51:27.599 --> 00:51:28.240
 along

00:51:28.240 --> 00:51:28.700
 the

00:51:28.700 --> 00:51:29.039
 way,

00:51:30.220 --> 00:51:30.420
 and

00:51:30.420 --> 00:51:30.519
 do

00:51:30.519 --> 00:51:30.720
 not

00:51:30.720 --> 00:51:31.559
 despise

00:51:31.559 --> 00:51:31.780
 the

00:51:31.780 --> 00:51:32.119
 fact

00:51:32.119 --> 00:51:32.300
 that

00:51:32.300 --> 00:51:32.460
 there

00:51:32.460 --> 00:51:32.700
 is,

00:51:32.780 --> 00:51:32.860
 do

00:51:32.860 --> 00:51:33.039
 not

00:51:33.039 --> 00:51:33.720
 despise

00:51:33.720 --> 00:51:33.900
 the

00:51:33.900 --> 00:51:34.160
 word

00:51:34.160 --> 00:51:34.340
 of

00:51:34.340 --> 00:51:34.619
 God

00:51:34.619 --> 00:51:34.820
 that

00:51:34.820 --> 00:51:35.260
 says

00:51:35.260 --> 00:51:35.880
 there

00:51:35.880 --> 00:51:36.320
 is,

00:51:37.539 --> 00:51:37.900
 but

00:51:37.900 --> 00:51:38.519
 instead

00:51:38.519 --> 00:51:39.240
 ingest

00:51:39.240 --> 00:51:39.400
 it,

00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:39.980
 receive

00:51:39.980 --> 00:51:40.280
 it,

00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:41.079
 be

00:51:41.079 --> 00:51:41.519
 thankful

00:51:41.519 --> 00:51:42.340
 to

00:51:42.340 --> 00:51:42.740
 God

00:51:42.740 --> 00:51:43.160
 for

00:51:43.160 --> 00:51:43.400
 it,

00:51:43.559 --> 00:51:43.960
 because

00:51:43.960 --> 00:51:44.119
 it

00:51:44.119 --> 00:51:44.240
 is

00:51:44.240 --> 00:51:44.420
 a

00:51:44.420 --> 00:51:44.780
 wider,

00:51:44.780 --> 00:51:45.100
 a

00:51:45.100 --> 00:51:45.420
 whole

00:51:45.420 --> 00:51:45.980
 truth

00:51:45.980 --> 00:51:46.180
 to

00:51:46.180 --> 00:51:46.360
 be

00:51:46.360 --> 00:51:46.700
 seen,

00:51:47.700 --> 00:51:47.940
 that

00:51:47.940 --> 00:51:48.200
 he

00:51:48.200 --> 00:51:49.040
 has

00:51:49.040 --> 00:51:49.880
 overcome,

00:51:50.580 --> 00:51:50.820
 that

00:51:50.820 --> 00:51:51.220
 nothing

00:51:51.220 --> 00:51:51.540
 shall

00:51:51.540 --> 00:51:52.080
 separate

00:51:52.080 --> 00:51:52.519
 us

00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:52.720
 from

00:51:52.720 --> 00:51:52.920
 that

00:51:52.920 --> 00:51:53.200
 love

00:51:53.200 --> 00:51:53.420
 of

00:51:53.420 --> 00:51:53.800
 God

00:51:53.800 --> 00:51:54.519
 in

00:51:54.519 --> 00:51:54.920
 Christ

00:51:54.920 --> 00:51:55.360
 Jesus.

00:51:55.360 --> 00:51:55.740
 So we

00:51:55.740 --> 00:51:56.160
 need to

00:51:56.160 --> 00:51:56.620
 hear

00:51:56.620 --> 00:51:57.360
 the

00:51:57.360 --> 00:51:57.820
 word

00:51:57.820 --> 00:51:58.540
 of

00:51:58.540 --> 00:51:58.840
 God.

00:51:58.920 --> 00:51:59.060
 That

00:51:59.060 --> 00:51:59.180
 is

00:51:59.180 --> 00:51:59.340
 what

00:51:59.340 --> 00:52:00.019
 prepares

00:52:00.019 --> 00:52:00.380
 us

00:52:00.380 --> 00:52:01.140
 for

00:52:01.140 --> 00:52:01.800
 eternity.

00:52:01.800 --> 00:52:03.620
 God

00:52:03.620 --> 00:52:03.900
 the

00:52:03.900 --> 00:52:04.220
 third

00:52:04.220 --> 00:52:04.380
 and

00:52:04.380 --> 00:52:04.760
 final

00:52:04.760 --> 00:52:05.019
 thing

00:52:05.019 --> 00:52:05.120
 I

00:52:05.120 --> 00:52:05.240
 want

00:52:05.240 --> 00:52:05.360
 us

00:52:05.360 --> 00:52:05.480
 to

00:52:05.480 --> 00:52:05.760
 see

00:52:05.760 --> 00:52:06.080
 here

00:52:06.080 --> 00:52:06.220
 is

00:52:06.220 --> 00:52:06.380
 it

00:52:06.380 --> 00:52:06.720
 says

00:52:06.720 --> 00:52:07.580
 in

00:52:07.580 --> 00:52:07.880
 verse

00:52:07.880 --> 00:52:08.600
 21,

00:52:09.200 --> 00:52:09.480
 but

00:52:09.480 --> 00:52:10.060
 test

00:52:10.060 --> 00:52:11.320
 everything.

00:52:12.460 --> 00:52:12.960
 Inspect,

00:52:13.640 --> 00:52:14.180
 look for

00:52:14.180 --> 00:52:14.800
 yourself

00:52:14.800 --> 00:52:15.820
 at this

00:52:15.820 --> 00:52:16.360
 truth.

00:52:17.620 --> 00:52:18.220
 As with

00:52:18.220 --> 00:52:18.600
 the Old

00:52:18.600 --> 00:52:19.000
 Testament

00:52:19.000 --> 00:52:19.480
 into the

00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:19.620
 New,

00:52:19.680 --> 00:52:19.900
 there was

00:52:19.900 --> 00:52:20.060
 a

00:52:20.060 --> 00:52:20.620
 problem,

00:52:21.100 --> 00:52:21.460
 same

00:52:21.460 --> 00:52:21.820
 problem

00:52:21.820 --> 00:52:22.000
 that

00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:22.560
 exists

00:52:22.560 --> 00:52:23.220
 today.

00:52:23.300 --> 00:52:23.440
 How

00:52:23.440 --> 00:52:23.600
 do

00:52:23.600 --> 00:52:23.740
 we

00:52:23.740 --> 00:52:24.160
 know

00:52:24.160 --> 00:52:24.800
 what

00:52:24.800 --> 00:52:24.940
 to

00:52:24.940 --> 00:52:25.280
 believe?

00:52:25.380 --> 00:52:25.480
 How

00:52:25.480 --> 00:52:25.640
 do

00:52:25.640 --> 00:52:25.760
 we

00:52:25.760 --> 00:52:26.100
 know

00:52:26.100 --> 00:52:26.880
 what

00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:27.080
 is

00:52:27.080 --> 00:52:27.400
 right?

00:52:27.440 --> 00:52:27.680
 Because

00:52:27.680 --> 00:52:27.880
 we

00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:28.060
 are

00:52:28.060 --> 00:52:28.300
 indeed

00:52:28.300 --> 00:52:28.820
 pulled

00:52:28.820 --> 00:52:29.420
 in

00:52:29.420 --> 00:52:29.660
 all

00:52:29.660 --> 00:52:30.060
 kinds

00:52:30.060 --> 00:52:30.280
 of

00:52:30.280 --> 00:52:30.780
 different

00:52:30.780 --> 00:52:31.440
 directions.

00:52:31.440 --> 00:52:32.800
 But

00:52:32.800 --> 00:52:33.119
 Paul

00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:33.420
 says

00:52:33.420 --> 00:52:33.659
 but

00:52:33.659 --> 00:52:34.119
 test

00:52:34.119 --> 00:52:34.659
 everything

00:52:34.659 --> 00:52:35.320
 and

00:52:35.320 --> 00:52:35.679
 hold

00:52:35.679 --> 00:52:36.280
 fast

00:52:36.280 --> 00:52:36.860
 to

00:52:36.860 --> 00:52:37.159
 what

00:52:37.159 --> 00:52:37.360
 is

00:52:37.360 --> 00:52:37.700
 good.

00:52:38.240 --> 00:52:38.960
 Abstain

00:52:38.960 --> 00:52:39.539
 from

00:52:39.539 --> 00:52:39.940
 every

00:52:39.940 --> 00:52:40.480
 form

00:52:40.480 --> 00:52:41.320
 of

00:52:41.320 --> 00:52:41.820
 evil.

00:52:43.460 --> 00:52:43.700
 In

00:52:43.700 --> 00:52:44.400
 Thessalonica,

00:52:45.099 --> 00:52:45.519
 as in

00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:45.780
 many

00:52:45.780 --> 00:52:46.179
 cities

00:52:46.179 --> 00:52:46.440
 of

00:52:46.440 --> 00:52:47.039
 Paul's

00:52:47.039 --> 00:52:47.260
 day,

00:52:47.380 --> 00:52:47.460
 there

00:52:47.460 --> 00:52:47.659
 was

00:52:47.659 --> 00:52:48.300
 the

00:52:48.300 --> 00:52:48.760
 place

00:52:48.760 --> 00:52:49.000
 at

00:52:49.000 --> 00:52:49.159
 the

00:52:49.159 --> 00:52:49.599
 gate

00:52:49.599 --> 00:52:50.340
 or

00:52:50.340 --> 00:52:50.539
 the

00:52:50.539 --> 00:52:51.139
 marketplace

00:52:51.139 --> 00:52:51.619
 where

00:52:51.619 --> 00:52:52.599
 information

00:52:52.599 --> 00:52:52.960
 was

00:52:52.960 --> 00:52:53.500
 shared,

00:52:53.920 --> 00:52:54.039
 where

00:52:54.039 --> 00:52:54.519
 people

00:52:54.519 --> 00:52:55.340
 gathered

00:52:55.340 --> 00:52:56.019
 and

00:52:56.019 --> 00:52:56.340
 everybody

00:52:56.340 --> 00:52:56.579
 had

00:52:56.579 --> 00:52:57.860
 all

00:52:57.860 --> 00:52:58.179
 kinds

00:52:58.179 --> 00:52:58.300
 of

00:52:58.300 --> 00:52:58.559
 different

00:52:58.559 --> 00:52:59.179
 opinions

00:52:59.179 --> 00:52:59.800
 that

00:52:59.800 --> 00:52:59.900
 they

00:52:59.900 --> 00:53:00.079
 would

00:53:00.079 --> 00:53:00.539
 hear

00:53:00.539 --> 00:53:01.500
 this

00:53:01.500 --> 00:53:01.639
 is

00:53:01.639 --> 00:53:01.820
 what

00:53:01.820 --> 00:53:01.920
 you

00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:02.019
 are

00:53:02.019 --> 00:53:02.159
 to

00:53:02.159 --> 00:53:02.579
 believe.

00:53:03.019 --> 00:53:03.159
 No,

00:53:03.239 --> 00:53:03.400
 this

00:53:03.400 --> 00:53:03.559
 is

00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:03.719
 what

00:53:03.719 --> 00:53:03.840
 you

00:53:03.840 --> 00:53:03.960
 are

00:53:03.960 --> 00:53:04.119
 to

00:53:04.119 --> 00:53:04.619
 believe.

00:53:05.400 --> 00:53:05.559
 And

00:53:05.559 --> 00:53:05.719
 that's

00:53:05.719 --> 00:53:05.900
 very

00:53:05.900 --> 00:53:06.119
 often

00:53:06.119 --> 00:53:06.259
 where

00:53:06.259 --> 00:53:06.340
 you

00:53:06.340 --> 00:53:06.480
 would

00:53:06.480 --> 00:53:06.820
 find

00:53:06.820 --> 00:53:07.259
 Paul

00:53:07.259 --> 00:53:07.759
 himself

00:53:07.759 --> 00:53:08.139
 going

00:53:08.139 --> 00:53:08.320
 to

00:53:08.320 --> 00:53:08.480
 the

00:53:08.480 --> 00:53:08.820
 midst

00:53:08.820 --> 00:53:09.480
 of

00:53:09.480 --> 00:53:09.639
 the

00:53:09.639 --> 00:53:10.239
 marketplace,

00:53:10.599 --> 00:53:10.679
 to

00:53:10.679 --> 00:53:10.820
 the

00:53:10.820 --> 00:53:11.639
 city

00:53:11.639 --> 00:53:12.039
 gate

00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:12.219
 where

00:53:12.219 --> 00:53:12.360
 the

00:53:12.360 --> 00:53:12.779
 people

00:53:12.779 --> 00:53:13.420
 were

00:53:13.420 --> 00:53:13.820
 gathered.

00:53:13.960 --> 00:53:14.000
 He

00:53:14.000 --> 00:53:14.159
 would

00:53:14.159 --> 00:53:14.480
 hear

00:53:14.480 --> 00:53:14.659
 what

00:53:14.659 --> 00:53:14.759
 they

00:53:14.759 --> 00:53:14.900
 were

00:53:14.900 --> 00:53:15.400
 thinking

00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:16.420
 but

00:53:16.420 --> 00:53:16.800
 also

00:53:16.800 --> 00:53:17.380
 speak

00:53:17.380 --> 00:53:17.579
 to

00:53:17.579 --> 00:53:17.820
 them

00:53:17.820 --> 00:53:18.539
 the

00:53:18.539 --> 00:53:18.900
 truth

00:53:18.900 --> 00:53:19.099
 of

00:53:19.099 --> 00:53:19.539
 God's

00:53:19.539 --> 00:53:19.840
 word.

00:53:19.960 --> 00:53:19.980
 And

00:53:19.980 --> 00:53:20.099
 the

00:53:20.099 --> 00:53:20.440
 people

00:53:20.440 --> 00:53:20.699
 then

00:53:20.699 --> 00:53:20.860
 had

00:53:20.860 --> 00:53:21.039
 to

00:53:21.039 --> 00:53:21.699
 test

00:53:21.699 --> 00:53:21.880
 for

00:53:21.880 --> 00:53:22.340
 themselves

00:53:22.340 --> 00:53:22.960
 inspect

00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:22.960


00:53:30.539 --> 00:53:30.940
 messages

00:53:30.940 --> 00:53:31.199
 that

00:53:31.199 --> 00:53:31.320
 we

00:53:31.320 --> 00:53:31.800
 hear.

00:53:32.639 --> 00:53:32.840
 An

00:53:32.840 --> 00:53:33.380
 abundance

00:53:33.380 --> 00:53:33.739
 of

00:53:33.739 --> 00:53:34.559
 voices

00:53:34.559 --> 00:53:35.179
 speaking

00:53:35.179 --> 00:53:35.619
 to us

00:53:35.619 --> 00:53:36.159
 opinions

00:53:36.159 --> 00:53:36.519
 being

00:53:36.519 --> 00:53:36.800
 put

00:53:36.800 --> 00:53:37.460
 across.

00:53:38.340 --> 00:53:38.719
 Said

00:53:38.719 --> 00:53:39.079
 last

00:53:39.079 --> 00:53:39.279
 week,

00:53:39.340 --> 00:53:39.500
 we're

00:53:39.500 --> 00:53:39.920
 drowning

00:53:39.920 --> 00:53:40.139
 in

00:53:40.139 --> 00:53:40.800
 information

00:53:40.800 --> 00:53:41.099
 but

00:53:41.099 --> 00:53:41.619
 lacking

00:53:41.619 --> 00:53:42.500
 in

00:53:42.500 --> 00:53:42.960
 wisdom.

00:53:44.059 --> 00:53:44.259
 And

00:53:44.259 --> 00:53:44.460
 if you

00:53:44.460 --> 00:53:44.779
 want to

00:53:44.779 --> 00:53:45.219
 believe

00:53:45.219 --> 00:53:45.779
 something

00:53:45.779 --> 00:53:46.099
 from

00:53:46.099 --> 00:53:46.659
 God's

00:53:46.659 --> 00:53:46.940
 word

00:53:46.940 --> 00:53:47.179
 that

00:53:47.179 --> 00:53:47.579
 suits

00:53:47.579 --> 00:53:47.860
 any

00:53:47.860 --> 00:53:48.440
 position

00:53:48.440 --> 00:53:49.119
 in

00:53:49.119 --> 00:53:49.360
 this

00:53:49.360 --> 00:53:49.739
 world,

00:53:49.739 --> 00:53:50.259
 you

00:53:50.259 --> 00:53:50.420
 will

00:53:50.420 --> 00:53:50.719
 find

00:53:50.719 --> 00:53:51.099
 someone

00:53:51.099 --> 00:53:51.300
 who

00:53:51.300 --> 00:53:51.460
 will

00:53:51.460 --> 00:53:51.739
 tell

00:53:51.739 --> 00:53:51.840
 you,

00:53:51.960 --> 00:53:52.219
 here's

00:53:52.219 --> 00:53:52.380
 a

00:53:52.380 --> 00:53:52.840
 text.

00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:55.480
 But

00:53:55.480 --> 00:53:55.960
 so often

00:53:55.960 --> 00:53:56.279
 it's

00:53:56.279 --> 00:53:56.980
 twisted.

00:53:57.639 --> 00:53:58.380
 So often

00:53:58.380 --> 00:53:58.759
 it's not

00:53:58.759 --> 00:53:59.239
 truth.

00:53:59.239 --> 00:53:59.639
 It's

00:53:59.639 --> 00:53:59.799
 just

00:53:59.799 --> 00:54:00.000
 something

00:54:00.000 --> 00:54:00.539
 that's

00:54:00.539 --> 00:54:00.799
 a

00:54:00.799 --> 00:54:01.139
 truth

00:54:01.139 --> 00:54:01.279
 that

00:54:01.279 --> 00:54:01.439
 is

00:54:01.439 --> 00:54:01.719
 a

00:54:01.719 --> 00:54:02.059
 half

00:54:02.059 --> 00:54:02.559
 truth.

00:54:03.099 --> 00:54:03.319
 And

00:54:03.319 --> 00:54:03.439
 it's

00:54:03.439 --> 00:54:03.579
 not

00:54:03.579 --> 00:54:03.779
 the

00:54:03.779 --> 00:54:04.139
 full

00:54:04.139 --> 00:54:04.819
 word

00:54:04.819 --> 00:54:05.019
 of

00:54:05.019 --> 00:54:05.239
 God.

00:54:05.339 --> 00:54:05.439
 So

00:54:05.439 --> 00:54:05.699
 what

00:54:05.699 --> 00:54:05.799
 are

00:54:05.799 --> 00:54:05.919
 we

00:54:05.919 --> 00:54:06.099
 to

00:54:06.099 --> 00:54:06.439
 do?

00:54:07.319 --> 00:54:07.559
 Well

00:54:07.559 --> 00:54:08.059
 Paul's

00:54:08.059 --> 00:54:08.500
 advice

00:54:08.500 --> 00:54:08.919
 for us

00:54:08.919 --> 00:54:09.099
 here

00:54:09.099 --> 00:54:09.259
 is

00:54:09.259 --> 00:54:09.839
 test

00:54:09.839 --> 00:54:10.959
 everything.

00:54:11.979 --> 00:54:12.359
 What

00:54:12.359 --> 00:54:12.579
 do we

00:54:12.579 --> 00:54:13.000
 test

00:54:13.000 --> 00:54:13.179
 it

00:54:13.179 --> 00:54:13.519
 against?

00:54:13.899 --> 00:54:14.179
 We

00:54:14.179 --> 00:54:14.539
 test

00:54:14.539 --> 00:54:14.699
 it

00:54:14.699 --> 00:54:14.959
 against

00:54:14.959 --> 00:54:15.199
 the

00:54:15.199 --> 00:54:15.719
 whole

00:54:15.719 --> 00:54:16.559
 word

00:54:16.559 --> 00:54:17.039
 of

00:54:17.039 --> 00:54:17.479
 God.

00:54:18.779 --> 00:54:19.000
 What

00:54:19.000 --> 00:54:19.119
 does

00:54:19.119 --> 00:54:19.279
 the

00:54:19.279 --> 00:54:19.619
 Bible

00:54:19.619 --> 00:54:20.199
 say

00:54:20.199 --> 00:54:20.699
 in

00:54:20.699 --> 00:54:20.899
 its

00:54:20.899 --> 00:54:21.619
 entirety?

00:54:23.319 --> 00:54:23.879
 Thessalonica

00:54:23.879 --> 00:54:24.239
 was a

00:54:24.239 --> 00:54:24.659
 place

00:54:24.659 --> 00:54:24.859
 that

00:54:24.859 --> 00:54:25.039
 was

00:54:25.039 --> 00:54:25.719
 pulled

00:54:25.719 --> 00:54:25.939
 in

00:54:25.939 --> 00:54:26.279
 different

00:54:26.279 --> 00:54:26.839
 directions.

00:54:26.839 --> 00:54:26.839


00:54:27.099 --> 00:54:27.199
 But

00:54:27.199 --> 00:54:27.719
 in

00:54:27.719 --> 00:54:27.799
 the

00:54:29.239 --> 00:54:29.659
 place

00:54:29.659 --> 00:54:30.079
 where

00:54:30.079 --> 00:54:30.759
 Paul

00:54:30.759 --> 00:54:31.000
 and

00:54:31.000 --> 00:54:31.479
 Silas

00:54:31.479 --> 00:54:31.779
 went

00:54:31.779 --> 00:54:31.979
 to

00:54:31.979 --> 00:54:32.259
 after

00:54:32.259 --> 00:54:32.699
 being

00:54:32.699 --> 00:54:33.339
 in

00:54:33.339 --> 00:54:33.979
 Thessalonica

00:54:33.979 --> 00:54:34.519
 a

00:54:34.519 --> 00:54:34.779
 place

00:54:34.779 --> 00:54:35.199
 called

00:54:35.199 --> 00:54:35.779
 Berea.

00:54:36.779 --> 00:54:37.219
 You

00:54:37.219 --> 00:54:37.559
 read of

00:54:37.559 --> 00:54:37.799
 this

00:54:37.799 --> 00:54:38.000
 in

00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:38.319
 Acts

00:54:38.319 --> 00:54:38.759
 chapter

00:54:38.759 --> 00:54:39.459
 17.

00:54:40.139 --> 00:54:40.379
 Again

00:54:40.379 --> 00:54:40.519
 you

00:54:40.519 --> 00:54:40.679
 see

00:54:40.679 --> 00:54:40.899
 just

00:54:40.899 --> 00:54:41.139
 that

00:54:41.139 --> 00:54:41.619
 missionary

00:54:41.619 --> 00:54:42.219
 journey

00:54:42.219 --> 00:54:43.279
 continuing

00:54:43.279 --> 00:54:43.579
 and what

00:54:43.579 --> 00:54:43.939
 it says

00:54:43.939 --> 00:54:44.199
 of the

00:54:44.199 --> 00:54:44.500
 people

00:54:44.500 --> 00:54:44.699
 in

00:54:44.699 --> 00:54:45.039
 Berea

00:54:45.039 --> 00:54:45.259
 was

00:54:45.259 --> 00:54:45.639
 this

00:54:45.639 --> 00:54:46.500
 now

00:54:46.500 --> 00:54:46.739
 these

00:54:46.739 --> 00:54:47.159
 Jews

00:54:47.159 --> 00:54:47.400
 were

00:54:47.400 --> 00:54:47.659
 more

00:54:47.659 --> 00:54:48.059
 noble

00:54:48.059 --> 00:54:48.359
 than

00:54:48.359 --> 00:54:48.619
 those

00:54:48.619 --> 00:54:48.819
 in

00:54:48.819 --> 00:54:49.519
 Thessalonica

00:54:49.519 --> 00:54:50.319
 they

00:54:50.319 --> 00:54:50.960
 received

00:54:50.960 --> 00:54:51.199
 the

00:54:51.199 --> 00:54:51.500
 word

00:54:51.500 --> 00:54:51.719
 with

00:54:51.719 --> 00:54:52.199
 all

00:54:52.199 --> 00:54:53.099
 eagerness

00:54:53.099 --> 00:54:54.440
 examining

00:54:54.440 --> 00:54:54.739
 the

00:54:54.739 --> 00:54:55.179
 scriptures

00:54:55.179 --> 00:54:55.739
 daily

00:54:55.739 --> 00:54:56.299
 to see

00:54:56.299 --> 00:54:56.480
 if

00:54:56.480 --> 00:54:56.699
 these

00:54:56.699 --> 00:54:57.139
 things

00:54:57.139 --> 00:54:57.400
 were

00:54:57.400 --> 00:54:57.879
 so

00:54:57.879 --> 00:54:59.539
 it's

00:54:59.539 --> 00:54:59.719
 what

00:54:59.719 --> 00:55:00.139
 Paul

00:55:00.139 --> 00:55:00.319
 is

00:55:00.319 --> 00:55:00.500
 saying

00:55:00.500 --> 00:55:00.719
 here

00:55:00.719 --> 00:55:00.879
 to

00:55:00.879 --> 00:55:01.460
 Thessalonica

00:55:01.460 --> 00:55:02.079
 they

00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:02.219
 were

00:55:02.219 --> 00:55:02.539
 doing

00:55:02.539 --> 00:55:02.739
 in

00:55:02.739 --> 00:55:03.279
 Berea

00:55:03.279 --> 00:55:04.079
 test

00:55:04.079 --> 00:55:05.059
 everything

00:55:05.059 --> 00:55:06.259
 so

00:55:06.259 --> 00:55:06.400
 they

00:55:06.400 --> 00:55:07.199
 received

00:55:07.199 --> 00:55:07.440
 the

00:55:07.440 --> 00:55:07.779
 word

00:55:07.779 --> 00:55:08.000
 with

00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:08.679
 eagerness

00:55:08.679 --> 00:55:09.900
 examining

00:55:09.900 --> 00:55:10.179
 the

00:55:10.179 --> 00:55:10.619
 scriptures

00:55:10.619 --> 00:55:11.099
 daily

00:55:11.099 --> 00:55:11.559
 to see

00:55:11.559 --> 00:55:11.719
 if

00:55:11.719 --> 00:55:11.920
 these

00:55:11.920 --> 00:55:12.299
 things

00:55:12.299 --> 00:55:12.519
 were

00:55:12.519 --> 00:55:12.980
 so

00:55:12.980 --> 00:55:13.780
 so

00:55:13.780 --> 00:55:13.960
 it's

00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:14.119
 a

00:55:14.119 --> 00:55:14.420
 case

00:55:14.420 --> 00:55:14.659
 of

00:55:14.659 --> 00:55:15.119
 being

00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:16.880
 immersed

00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:17.099
 in

00:55:17.099 --> 00:55:17.239
 the

00:55:17.239 --> 00:55:17.519
 word

00:55:17.519 --> 00:55:17.759
 of

00:55:17.759 --> 00:55:18.099
 God

00:55:18.099 --> 00:55:19.280
 testing

00:55:19.280 --> 00:55:19.599
 the

00:55:19.599 --> 00:55:20.059
 truth

00:55:20.059 --> 00:55:20.960
 inspecting

00:55:20.960 --> 00:55:21.119
 it

00:55:21.119 --> 00:55:21.719
 for

00:55:21.719 --> 00:55:22.480
 ourselves

00:55:22.480 --> 00:55:23.980
 we

00:55:23.980 --> 00:55:24.300
 see

00:55:24.300 --> 00:55:24.719
 so

00:55:24.719 --> 00:55:25.019
 many

00:55:25.019 --> 00:55:25.860
 fake

00:55:25.860 --> 00:55:26.639
 products

00:55:26.639 --> 00:55:26.800
 in

00:55:26.800 --> 00:55:26.940
 the

00:55:26.940 --> 00:55:27.380
 markets

00:55:27.380 --> 00:55:27.860
 today

00:55:27.860 --> 00:55:29.400
 something

00:55:29.400 --> 00:55:29.579
 that

00:55:29.579 --> 00:55:29.900
 looks

00:55:29.900 --> 00:55:30.519
 so

00:55:30.519 --> 00:55:31.000
 good

00:55:31.000 --> 00:55:32.019
 and

00:55:32.019 --> 00:55:32.219
 so

00:55:32.219 --> 00:55:32.519
 like

00:55:32.519 --> 00:55:32.719
 the

00:55:32.719 --> 00:55:33.179
 real

00:55:33.179 --> 00:55:33.579
 thing

00:55:33.579 --> 00:55:33.820
 but

00:55:33.820 --> 00:55:34.280
 the

00:55:34.280 --> 00:55:34.739
 price

00:55:34.739 --> 00:55:34.960
 is

00:55:34.960 --> 00:55:35.159
 so

00:55:35.159 --> 00:55:35.440
 much

00:55:35.440 --> 00:55:35.940
 cheaper

00:55:35.940 --> 00:55:36.099
 you

00:55:36.099 --> 00:55:36.280
 think

00:55:36.280 --> 00:55:36.759
 well

00:55:36.759 --> 00:55:37.019
 I'll

00:55:37.019 --> 00:55:37.420
 take

00:55:37.420 --> 00:55:37.739
 it

00:55:37.739 --> 00:55:39.059
 but

00:55:39.059 --> 00:55:39.300
 it's

00:55:39.300 --> 00:55:39.860
 fake

00:55:39.860 --> 00:55:40.940
 and

00:55:40.940 --> 00:55:41.179
 it's

00:55:41.179 --> 00:55:41.860
 dangerous

00:55:41.860 --> 00:55:43.400
 and

00:55:43.400 --> 00:55:43.640
 so

00:55:43.640 --> 00:55:43.840
 it

00:55:43.840 --> 00:55:44.200
 is

00:55:44.200 --> 00:55:44.880
 with

00:55:44.880 --> 00:55:45.019
 the

00:55:45.019 --> 00:55:45.320
 word

00:55:45.320 --> 00:55:45.559
 of

00:55:45.559 --> 00:55:45.980
 God

00:55:45.980 --> 00:55:47.220
 we

00:55:47.220 --> 00:55:47.820
 inspect

00:55:47.820 --> 00:55:48.260
 it

00:55:48.260 --> 00:55:48.400
 to

00:55:48.400 --> 00:55:48.579
 make

00:55:48.579 --> 00:55:48.860
 sure

00:55:48.860 --> 00:55:49.019
 it

00:55:49.019 --> 00:55:49.320
 meets

00:55:49.320 --> 00:55:49.559
 the

00:55:49.559 --> 00:55:50.120
 standard

00:55:50.120 --> 00:55:51.120
 and

00:55:51.120 --> 00:55:51.300
 what

00:55:51.300 --> 00:55:51.480
 we

00:55:51.480 --> 00:55:52.059
 hear

00:55:52.059 --> 00:55:52.599
 we

00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:52.720
 are

00:55:52.720 --> 00:55:52.860
 to

00:55:52.860 --> 00:55:53.320
 hear

00:55:53.320 --> 00:55:53.519
 and

00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:54.039
 examine

00:55:54.039 --> 00:55:54.400
 for

00:55:54.400 --> 00:55:54.940
 ourselves

00:55:54.940 --> 00:55:55.260
 and

00:55:55.260 --> 00:55:55.599
 see

00:55:55.599 --> 00:55:56.180
 if

00:55:56.180 --> 00:55:56.480
 these

00:55:56.480 --> 00:55:57.039
 things

00:55:57.039 --> 00:55:57.559
 are

00:55:57.559 --> 00:55:58.019
 so

00:55:58.019 --> 00:55:58.820
 and

00:55:58.820 --> 00:55:58.980
 we

00:55:58.980 --> 00:55:59.500
 thank

00:55:59.500 --> 00:55:59.900
 God

00:55:59.900 --> 00:56:00.019
 that

00:56:00.019 --> 00:56:00.140
 we

00:56:00.140 --> 00:56:00.579
 have

00:56:00.579 --> 00:56:01.180
 the

00:56:01.180 --> 00:56:01.559
 whole

00:56:01.559 --> 00:56:02.059
 word

00:56:02.059 --> 00:56:02.680
 of

00:56:02.680 --> 00:56:03.220
 truth

00:56:03.220 --> 00:56:03.740
 for

00:56:03.740 --> 00:56:04.180
 this

00:56:04.180 --> 00:56:05.380
 and

00:56:05.380 --> 00:56:05.480
 that

00:56:05.480 --> 00:56:05.599
 we

00:56:05.599 --> 00:56:05.820
 have

00:56:05.820 --> 00:56:06.039
 the

00:56:06.039 --> 00:56:06.720
 spirit

00:56:06.720 --> 00:56:07.300
 who

00:56:07.300 --> 00:56:07.780
 prompts

00:56:07.780 --> 00:56:08.180
 us

00:56:08.180 --> 00:56:08.860
 in

00:56:08.860 --> 00:56:09.200
 this

00:56:09.200 --> 00:56:09.599
 way

00:56:09.599 --> 00:56:10.880
 and

00:56:10.880 --> 00:56:11.079
 it's

00:56:11.079 --> 00:56:11.280
 this

00:56:11.280 --> 00:56:11.740
 word

00:56:11.739 --> 00:56:12.339
 that

00:56:12.339 --> 00:56:12.819
 tells

00:56:12.819 --> 00:56:13.059
 us

00:56:13.059 --> 00:56:13.339
 the

00:56:13.339 --> 00:56:13.679
 need

00:56:13.679 --> 00:56:14.279
 to

00:56:14.279 --> 00:56:14.519
 be

00:56:14.519 --> 00:56:15.119
 together

00:56:15.119 --> 00:56:15.599
 in

00:56:15.599 --> 00:56:15.879
 this

00:56:15.879 --> 00:56:16.119
 you

00:56:16.119 --> 00:56:16.439
 see

00:56:16.439 --> 00:56:16.799
 back

00:56:16.799 --> 00:56:16.959
 in

00:56:16.959 --> 00:56:17.159
 verse

00:56:17.159 --> 00:56:17.799
 12

00:56:17.799 --> 00:56:18.439
 he

00:56:18.439 --> 00:56:19.000
 begins

00:56:19.000 --> 00:56:19.319
 this

00:56:19.319 --> 00:56:19.599
 section

00:56:19.599 --> 00:56:19.939
 by saying

00:56:19.939 --> 00:56:20.079
 we

00:56:20.079 --> 00:56:20.659
 ask

00:56:20.659 --> 00:56:20.879
 you

00:56:20.879 --> 00:56:21.559
 brothers

00:56:21.559 --> 00:56:22.519
 there's

00:56:22.519 --> 00:56:22.739
 this

00:56:22.739 --> 00:56:23.659
 togetherness

00:56:23.659 --> 00:56:24.219
 in

00:56:24.219 --> 00:56:24.619
 all of

00:56:24.619 --> 00:56:24.779
 it

00:56:24.779 --> 00:56:25.139
 and as

00:56:25.139 --> 00:56:25.259
 he

00:56:25.259 --> 00:56:25.479
 goes

00:56:25.479 --> 00:56:25.819
 on

00:56:25.819 --> 00:56:26.759
 you

00:56:26.759 --> 00:56:26.979
 see

00:56:26.979 --> 00:56:27.119
 in

00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:27.319
 verse

00:56:27.319 --> 00:56:27.799
 13

00:56:27.799 --> 00:56:28.000
 and

00:56:28.000 --> 00:56:28.539
 14

00:56:28.539 --> 00:56:29.339
 how

00:56:29.339 --> 00:56:29.539
 he

00:56:29.539 --> 00:56:30.079
 speaks

00:56:30.079 --> 00:56:30.759
 of

00:56:30.759 --> 00:56:31.399
 being

00:56:31.399 --> 00:56:31.619
 at

00:56:31.619 --> 00:56:32.079
 peace

00:56:32.079 --> 00:56:32.799
 among

00:56:32.799 --> 00:56:33.419
 yourselves

00:56:33.419 --> 00:56:33.699
 and

00:56:33.699 --> 00:56:33.799
 then

00:56:33.799 --> 00:56:33.919
 he

00:56:33.919 --> 00:56:34.099
 says

00:56:34.099 --> 00:56:34.259
 we

00:56:34.259 --> 00:56:34.659
 urge

00:56:34.659 --> 00:56:35.339
 you

00:56:35.339 --> 00:56:35.859
 brothers

00:56:35.859 --> 00:56:36.519
 admonish

00:56:36.519 --> 00:56:36.739
 the

00:56:36.739 --> 00:56:37.099
 idle

00:56:37.099 --> 00:56:38.199
 encourage

00:56:38.199 --> 00:56:38.459
 the

00:56:38.459 --> 00:56:38.739
 faint

00:56:38.739 --> 00:56:39.299
 hearted

00:56:39.299 --> 00:56:39.979
 help

00:56:39.979 --> 00:56:40.219
 the

00:56:40.219 --> 00:56:40.579
 weak

00:56:40.579 --> 00:56:41.299
 be

00:56:41.299 --> 00:56:41.840
 patient

00:56:41.840 --> 00:56:42.900
 with

00:56:42.900 --> 00:56:43.099
 them

00:56:43.099 --> 00:56:43.500
 all

00:56:43.500 --> 00:56:45.559
 as you

00:56:45.559 --> 00:56:45.819
 read

00:56:45.819 --> 00:56:46.099
 through

00:56:46.099 --> 00:56:46.380
 this

00:56:46.380 --> 00:56:46.759
 passage

00:56:46.759 --> 00:56:47.099
 and read

00:56:47.099 --> 00:56:47.299
 through

00:56:47.299 --> 00:56:47.519
 it in

00:56:47.519 --> 00:56:47.699
 its

00:56:47.699 --> 00:56:48.179
 whole

00:56:48.179 --> 00:56:49.119
 in this

00:56:49.119 --> 00:56:49.440
 whole

00:56:49.440 --> 00:56:49.940
 section

00:56:49.940 --> 00:56:50.259
 and just

00:56:50.259 --> 00:56:50.639
 see

00:56:50.639 --> 00:56:51.679
 how we are to

00:56:51.679 --> 00:56:52.159
 live our

00:56:52.159 --> 00:56:53.119
 lives in light

00:56:53.119 --> 00:56:53.400
 of the

00:56:53.400 --> 00:56:53.779
 Lord's

00:56:53.779 --> 00:56:54.179
 coming

00:56:54.179 --> 00:56:54.980
 it's

00:56:54.980 --> 00:56:55.639
 in this

00:56:55.639 --> 00:56:56.539
 togetherness

00:56:56.539 --> 00:56:57.599
 inflaming

00:56:57.599 --> 00:56:58.319
 the

00:56:58.319 --> 00:56:58.719
 spirit

00:56:58.719 --> 00:56:58.879
 and

00:56:58.879 --> 00:56:59.219
 not

00:56:59.219 --> 00:56:59.779
 quenching

00:56:59.779 --> 00:57:00.039
 us

00:57:00.039 --> 00:57:01.460
 ingesting

00:57:01.460 --> 00:57:01.819
 taking

00:57:01.819 --> 00:57:02.219
 in the

00:57:02.219 --> 00:57:02.519
 word

00:57:02.519 --> 00:57:02.759
 of

00:57:02.759 --> 00:57:03.139
 God

00:57:03.139 --> 00:57:03.779
 and

00:57:03.779 --> 00:57:04.639
 inspecting

00:57:04.639 --> 00:57:04.759
 it

00:57:04.759 --> 00:57:04.919
 in

00:57:04.919 --> 00:57:05.139
 that

00:57:05.139 --> 00:57:05.399
 way

00:57:05.399 --> 00:57:05.599
 where

00:57:05.599 --> 00:57:05.739
 it

00:57:05.739 --> 00:57:06.000
 leads

00:57:06.000 --> 00:57:06.219
 to

00:57:06.219 --> 00:57:06.359
 a

00:57:06.359 --> 00:57:06.519
 more

00:57:06.519 --> 00:57:07.279
 God

00:57:07.279 --> 00:57:08.079
 glorifying

00:57:08.079 --> 00:57:08.480
 life

00:57:08.480 --> 00:57:09.159
 not

00:57:09.159 --> 00:57:09.419
 just

00:57:09.419 --> 00:57:10.219
 individually

00:57:10.219 --> 00:57:11.199
 but

00:57:11.199 --> 00:57:12.000
 collectively

00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:14.239
 so

00:57:14.239 --> 00:57:14.559
 when it

00:57:14.559 --> 00:57:14.860
 says

00:57:14.860 --> 00:57:16.119
 admonish

00:57:16.119 --> 00:57:17.559
 discipline

00:57:17.559 --> 00:57:17.800
 it's

00:57:17.800 --> 00:57:18.119
 always

00:57:18.119 --> 00:57:18.679
 with

00:57:18.679 --> 00:57:18.800
 the

00:57:18.800 --> 00:57:18.980
 love

00:57:18.980 --> 00:57:19.179
 of

00:57:19.179 --> 00:57:19.579
 Christ

00:57:19.579 --> 00:57:19.780
 in

00:57:19.780 --> 00:57:20.019
 mind

00:57:20.019 --> 00:57:20.219
 for

00:57:20.219 --> 00:57:20.860
 people's

00:57:20.860 --> 00:57:21.199
 good

00:57:21.199 --> 00:57:22.260
 and

00:57:22.260 --> 00:57:22.519
 when it

00:57:22.519 --> 00:57:22.840
 speaks

00:57:22.840 --> 00:57:23.219
 about

00:57:23.219 --> 00:57:24.920
 encourage

00:57:24.920 --> 00:57:25.239
 the

00:57:25.239 --> 00:57:25.500
 faint

00:57:25.500 --> 00:57:26.099
 hearted

00:57:26.099 --> 00:57:27.199
 again

00:57:27.199 --> 00:57:27.800
 it's

00:57:27.800 --> 00:57:27.980
 that

00:57:27.980 --> 00:57:28.380
 sense

00:57:28.380 --> 00:57:28.579
 of

00:57:28.579 --> 00:57:28.920
 doing

00:57:28.920 --> 00:57:29.159
 it

00:57:29.159 --> 00:57:29.420
 for

00:57:29.420 --> 00:57:29.599
 the

00:57:29.599 --> 00:57:29.980
 glory

00:57:29.980 --> 00:57:30.219
 of

00:57:30.219 --> 00:57:30.679
 God

00:57:30.679 --> 00:57:31.599
 not

00:57:31.599 --> 00:57:31.880
 looking

00:57:31.880 --> 00:57:32.239
 down

00:57:32.239 --> 00:57:32.460
 on

00:57:32.460 --> 00:57:32.719
 people

00:57:32.719 --> 00:57:32.880
 but

00:57:32.880 --> 00:57:33.539
 encouraging

00:57:33.539 --> 00:57:34.559
 people

00:57:34.559 --> 00:57:35.840
 help

00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:36.380
 the

00:57:36.380 --> 00:57:36.840
 weak

00:57:36.840 --> 00:57:38.600
 again

00:57:38.600 --> 00:57:38.780
 it

00:57:38.780 --> 00:57:38.940
 just

00:57:38.940 --> 00:57:39.100
 goes

00:57:39.100 --> 00:57:39.320
 on

00:57:39.320 --> 00:57:39.500
 be

00:57:39.500 --> 00:57:40.140
 patient

00:57:40.140 --> 00:57:40.920
 with

00:57:40.920 --> 00:57:41.140
 them

00:57:41.140 --> 00:57:41.539
 all

00:57:41.539 --> 00:57:42.880
 we're

00:57:42.880 --> 00:57:43.300
 pulled

00:57:43.300 --> 00:57:44.160
 in

00:57:44.160 --> 00:57:44.660
 different

00:57:44.660 --> 00:57:45.380
 directions

00:57:45.380 --> 00:57:46.780
 we go

00:57:46.780 --> 00:57:47.059
 away

00:57:47.059 --> 00:57:47.280
 from

00:57:47.280 --> 00:57:47.579
 here

00:57:47.579 --> 00:57:47.800
 with

00:57:47.800 --> 00:57:48.000
 the

00:57:48.000 --> 00:57:48.380
 spirit

00:57:48.380 --> 00:57:48.880
 stirring

00:57:48.880 --> 00:57:49.019
 in

00:57:49.019 --> 00:57:49.180
 our

00:57:49.180 --> 00:57:49.460
 heart

00:57:49.460 --> 00:57:49.640
 but

00:57:49.640 --> 00:57:49.820
 no

00:57:49.820 --> 00:57:50.079
 sooner

00:57:50.079 --> 00:57:50.240
 are

00:57:50.240 --> 00:57:50.360
 we

00:57:50.360 --> 00:57:50.559
 out

00:57:50.559 --> 00:57:50.740
 the

00:57:50.740 --> 00:57:51.019
 door

00:57:51.019 --> 00:57:51.680
 and

00:57:51.680 --> 00:57:52.019
 something

00:57:52.019 --> 00:57:52.460
 takes

00:57:52.460 --> 00:57:52.600
 us

00:57:52.600 --> 00:57:52.860
 away

00:57:52.860 --> 00:57:52.980
 and

00:57:52.980 --> 00:57:53.280
 instead

00:57:53.280 --> 00:57:53.440
 of

00:57:53.440 --> 00:57:54.079
 encouraging

00:57:54.079 --> 00:57:55.100
 we're

00:57:55.100 --> 00:57:55.380
 putting

00:57:55.380 --> 00:57:55.800
 down

00:57:55.800 --> 00:57:56.980
 instead

00:57:56.980 --> 00:57:57.140
 of

00:57:57.140 --> 00:57:57.300
 being

00:57:57.300 --> 00:57:57.960
 patient

00:57:57.960 --> 00:57:59.059
 we're

00:57:59.059 --> 00:57:59.700
 impatient

00:57:59.700 --> 00:57:59.780
!

00:58:00.920 --> 00:58:01.220
 All

00:58:01.220 --> 00:58:01.360
 of

00:58:01.360 --> 00:58:01.559
 these

00:58:01.559 --> 00:58:01.840
 things

00:58:01.840 --> 00:58:02.039
 can

00:58:02.039 --> 00:58:02.300
 so

00:58:02.300 --> 00:58:02.820
 quickly

00:58:02.820 --> 00:58:03.480
 be

00:58:03.480 --> 00:58:03.860
 taken

00:58:03.860 --> 00:58:03.860


00:58:03.860 --> 00:58:04.320
 from

00:58:04.320 --> 00:58:04.700
 us

00:58:04.700 --> 00:58:06.260
 and

00:58:06.260 --> 00:58:06.400
 so

00:58:06.400 --> 00:58:06.599
 as

00:58:06.599 --> 00:58:06.920
 Paul

00:58:06.920 --> 00:58:07.160
 is

00:58:07.160 --> 00:58:07.440
 saying

00:58:07.440 --> 00:58:07.860
 here

00:58:07.860 --> 00:58:08.800
 live

00:58:08.800 --> 00:58:09.059
 your

00:58:09.059 --> 00:58:09.519
 life

00:58:09.519 --> 00:58:10.519
 not

00:58:10.519 --> 00:58:10.880
 just

00:58:10.880 --> 00:58:11.180
 in

00:58:11.180 --> 00:58:11.360
 the

00:58:11.360 --> 00:58:11.780
 short

00:58:11.780 --> 00:58:12.099
 time

00:58:12.099 --> 00:58:13.200
 life

00:58:13.200 --> 00:58:13.460
 is

00:58:13.460 --> 00:58:13.900
 short

00:58:13.900 --> 00:58:14.860
 enjoy

00:58:14.860 --> 00:58:15.240
 it

00:58:15.240 --> 00:58:16.740
 but

00:58:16.740 --> 00:58:16.920
 in

00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:17.180
 light

00:58:17.180 --> 00:58:17.340
 of

00:58:17.340 --> 00:58:18.099
 eternity

00:58:18.099 --> 00:58:19.360
 preparing

00:58:19.360 --> 00:58:20.019
 for

00:58:20.019 --> 00:58:20.440
 that

00:58:20.440 --> 00:58:21.519
 and

00:58:21.519 --> 00:58:21.660
 to

00:58:21.660 --> 00:58:21.920
 do

00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:22.260
 so

00:58:22.260 --> 00:58:22.460
 is

00:58:22.460 --> 00:58:22.639
 to

00:58:22.639 --> 00:58:23.059
 take

00:58:23.059 --> 00:58:23.720
 heed

00:58:23.720 --> 00:58:23.920
 of

00:58:23.920 --> 00:58:24.079
 the

00:58:24.079 --> 00:58:24.400
 word

00:58:24.400 --> 00:58:24.660
 of

00:58:24.660 --> 00:58:25.059
 God

00:58:25.059 --> 00:58:26.000
 what

00:58:26.000 --> 00:58:26.119
 it

00:58:26.119 --> 00:58:26.320
 is

00:58:26.320 --> 00:58:26.639
 saying

00:58:26.639 --> 00:58:27.000
 to

00:58:27.000 --> 00:58:27.420
 us

00:58:27.420 --> 00:58:28.420
 do

00:58:28.420 --> 00:58:28.639
 not

00:58:28.639 --> 00:58:29.260
 quench

00:58:29.260 --> 00:58:30.059
 the

00:58:30.059 --> 00:58:30.579
 spirit

00:58:30.579 --> 00:58:32.579
 inflame

00:58:32.579 --> 00:58:32.840
 it

00:58:32.840 --> 00:58:33.440
 feed

00:58:33.440 --> 00:58:34.240
 that

00:58:34.240 --> 00:58:34.420
 in

00:58:34.420 --> 00:58:34.599
 your

00:58:34.599 --> 00:58:35.119
 soul

00:58:35.119 --> 00:58:36.339
 not

00:58:36.339 --> 00:58:37.319
 despise

00:58:37.319 --> 00:58:37.639
 the

00:58:37.639 --> 00:58:38.380
 prophecies

00:58:38.380 --> 00:58:38.719
 don't

00:58:38.719 --> 00:58:38.940
 turn

00:58:38.940 --> 00:58:39.339
 away

00:58:39.339 --> 00:58:40.159
 from

00:58:40.159 --> 00:58:40.299
 the

00:58:40.299 --> 00:58:40.639
 word

00:58:40.639 --> 00:58:40.839
 of

00:58:40.839 --> 00:58:41.119
 God

00:58:41.119 --> 00:58:41.380
 because

00:58:41.380 --> 00:58:41.619
 some

00:58:41.619 --> 00:58:41.719
 of

00:58:41.719 --> 00:58:41.859
 the

00:58:41.859 --> 00:58:42.159
 things

00:58:42.159 --> 00:58:42.359
 are

00:58:42.359 --> 00:58:42.739
 hard

00:58:42.739 --> 00:58:42.920
 for

00:58:42.920 --> 00:58:43.159
 us

00:58:43.159 --> 00:58:43.380
 to

00:58:43.380 --> 00:58:43.719
 see

00:58:43.719 --> 00:58:43.960
 or

00:58:43.960 --> 00:58:44.819
 hear

00:58:44.819 --> 00:58:46.519
 but

00:58:46.519 --> 00:58:46.759
 see

00:58:46.759 --> 00:58:46.980
 the

00:58:46.980 --> 00:58:47.400
 fullness

00:58:47.400 --> 00:58:47.940
 of

00:58:47.940 --> 00:58:48.119
 the

00:58:48.119 --> 00:58:48.559
 word

00:58:48.559 --> 00:58:49.819
 the

00:58:49.819 --> 00:58:50.019
 one

00:58:50.019 --> 00:58:50.119
 who

00:58:50.119 --> 00:58:50.279
 has

00:58:50.279 --> 00:58:50.759
 overcome

00:58:50.759 --> 00:58:51.679
 the

00:58:51.679 --> 00:58:52.159
 world

00:58:52.159 --> 00:58:53.359
 and

00:58:53.359 --> 00:58:53.900
 test

00:58:53.900 --> 00:58:55.279
 everything

00:58:55.279 --> 00:58:56.719
 look

00:58:56.719 --> 00:58:56.980
 to

00:58:56.980 --> 00:58:57.639
 yourself

00:58:57.639 --> 00:58:58.659
 but

00:58:58.659 --> 00:58:58.940
 look

00:58:58.940 --> 00:58:59.179
 to

00:58:59.179 --> 00:58:59.659
 God

00:58:59.659 --> 00:59:00.420
 and

00:59:00.420 --> 00:59:00.719
 see

00:59:00.719 --> 00:59:01.239
 Lord

00:59:01.239 --> 00:59:02.239
 your

00:59:02.239 --> 00:59:02.699
 word

00:59:02.699 --> 00:59:02.920
 is

00:59:02.920 --> 00:59:03.519
 truth

00:59:03.519 --> 00:59:04.340
 help

00:59:04.340 --> 00:59:04.619
 me

00:59:04.619 --> 00:59:05.380
 to

00:59:05.380 --> 00:59:06.259
 understand

00:59:06.259 --> 00:59:07.199
 and

00:59:07.199 --> 00:59:07.320
 to

00:59:07.320 --> 00:59:07.460
 know

00:59:07.460 --> 00:59:07.679
 you're

00:59:07.679 --> 00:59:07.880
 not

00:59:07.880 --> 00:59:08.340
 alone

00:59:08.340 --> 00:59:09.719
 but

00:59:09.719 --> 00:59:09.820
 that

00:59:09.820 --> 00:59:09.940
 we

00:59:09.940 --> 00:59:10.159
 do

00:59:10.159 --> 00:59:10.599
 this

00:59:10.599 --> 00:59:11.619
 together

00:59:11.619 --> 00:59:12.699
 even

00:59:12.699 --> 00:59:12.780
 when

00:59:12.780 --> 00:59:12.900
 we

00:59:12.900 --> 00:59:13.099
 think

00:59:13.099 --> 00:59:13.239
 of

00:59:13.239 --> 00:59:13.400
 our

00:59:13.400 --> 00:59:13.739
 Bible

00:59:13.739 --> 00:59:14.119
 study

00:59:14.119 --> 00:59:14.460
 once

00:59:14.460 --> 00:59:14.639
 a

00:59:14.639 --> 00:59:14.900
 month

00:59:14.900 --> 00:59:15.780
 these

00:59:15.780 --> 00:59:16.460
 truths

00:59:16.460 --> 00:59:17.099
 alone

00:59:17.099 --> 00:59:18.519
 it's

00:59:18.519 --> 00:59:18.739
 so

00:59:18.739 --> 00:59:19.099
 good

00:59:19.099 --> 00:59:19.440
 to

00:59:19.440 --> 00:59:19.860
 gather

00:59:19.860 --> 00:59:20.599
 and

00:59:20.599 --> 00:59:20.960
 share

00:59:20.960 --> 00:59:21.460
 together

00:59:21.460 --> 00:59:21.900
 around

00:59:21.900 --> 00:59:22.280
 these

00:59:22.280 --> 00:59:23.019
 important

00:59:23.019 --> 00:59:23.759
 truths

00:59:23.759 --> 00:59:25.139
 to

00:59:25.139 --> 00:59:25.759
 inspect

00:59:25.759 --> 00:59:26.019
 them

00:59:26.019 --> 00:59:26.219
 to

00:59:26.219 --> 00:59:26.800
 test

00:59:26.800 --> 00:59:27.139
 them

00:59:27.139 --> 00:59:28.019
 and

00:59:28.019 --> 00:59:28.159
 to

00:59:28.159 --> 00:59:28.579
 share

00:59:28.579 --> 00:59:28.820
 them

00:59:28.820 --> 00:59:29.280
 together

00:59:29.280 --> 00:59:29.500
 and

00:59:29.500 --> 00:59:29.880
 see

00:59:29.880 --> 00:59:30.639
 here

00:59:30.639 --> 00:59:30.820
 is

00:59:30.820 --> 00:59:31.000
 the

00:59:31.000 --> 00:59:31.320
 word

00:59:31.320 --> 00:59:31.539
 of

00:59:31.539 --> 00:59:31.960
 God

00:59:31.960 --> 00:59:32.980
 that

00:59:32.980 --> 00:59:33.500
 fans

00:59:33.500 --> 00:59:34.099
 the

00:59:34.099 --> 00:59:34.619
 flame

00:59:34.619 --> 00:59:34.840
 of

00:59:34.840 --> 00:59:35.260
 faith

00:59:35.260 --> 00:59:35.420
 in

00:59:35.420 --> 00:59:35.539
 our

00:59:35.539 --> 00:59:35.960
 life

00:59:35.960 --> 00:59:36.760
 that

00:59:36.760 --> 00:59:37.159
 feeds

00:59:37.159 --> 00:59:37.400
 our

00:59:37.400 --> 00:59:37.960
 soul

00:59:37.960 --> 00:59:38.740
 through

00:59:38.740 --> 00:59:39.000
 the

00:59:39.000 --> 00:59:39.340
 word

00:59:39.340 --> 00:59:39.539
 of

00:59:39.539 --> 00:59:39.820
 God

00:59:39.820 --> 00:59:40.019
 that

00:59:40.019 --> 00:59:40.519
 keeps

00:59:40.519 --> 00:59:40.780
 us

00:59:40.780 --> 00:59:41.220
 going

00:59:41.220 --> 00:59:42.079
 in

00:59:42.079 --> 00:59:42.599
 life

00:59:42.599 --> 00:59:43.699
 and

00:59:43.699 --> 00:59:44.280
 prepares

00:59:44.280 --> 00:59:44.699
 us

00:59:44.699 --> 00:59:45.460
 for

00:59:45.460 --> 00:59:46.139
 eternity

00:59:46.139 --> 00:59:47.500
 so

00:59:47.500 --> 00:59:47.679
 may

00:59:47.679 --> 00:59:47.840
 we

00:59:47.840 --> 00:59:48.320
 hear

00:59:48.320 --> 00:59:49.220
 God's

00:59:49.220 --> 00:59:49.500
 word

00:59:49.500 --> 00:59:49.820
 today

00:59:49.820 --> 00:59:49.940
 and

00:59:49.940 --> 00:59:50.079
 may

00:59:50.079 --> 00:59:50.139
 it

00:59:50.139 --> 00:59:50.280
 be

00:59:50.280 --> 00:59:50.760
 blessed

00:59:50.760 --> 00:59:51.199
 to

00:59:51.199 --> 00:59:51.579
 us

00:59:51.579 --> 00:59:52.240
 and

00:59:52.240 --> 00:59:52.599
 help

00:59:52.599 --> 00:59:52.780
 us

00:59:52.780 --> 00:59:52.980
 to

00:59:52.980 --> 00:59:53.360
 live

00:59:53.360 --> 00:59:54.059
 in

00:59:54.059 --> 00:59:54.360
 light

00:59:54.360 --> 00:59:54.519
 of

00:59:54.519 --> 00:59:54.659
 the

00:59:54.659 --> 00:59:55.059
 Lord's

00:59:55.059 --> 00:59:55.579
 return

00:59:55.579 --> 00:59:56.720
 preparing

00:59:56.720 --> 00:59:57.400
 ourselves

00:59:57.400 --> 00:59:58.260
 even

00:59:58.260 --> 00:59:58.599
 now

00:59:58.599 --> 00:59:59.460
 let

00:59:59.460 --> 00:59:59.619
 us

00:59:59.619 --> 00:59:59.920
 pray

00:59:59.920 --> 01:00:02.800
 our

01:00:02.800 --> 01:00:03.200
 father

01:00:03.200 --> 01:00:03.460
 in

01:00:03.460 --> 01:00:03.780
 heaven

01:00:03.780 --> 01:00:03.980
 we

01:00:03.980 --> 01:00:04.139
 do

01:00:04.139 --> 01:00:04.599
 thank

01:00:04.599 --> 01:00:04.820
 you

01:00:04.820 --> 01:00:05.240
 for

01:00:05.240 --> 01:00:05.440
 your

01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:05.780
 word

01:00:05.780 --> 01:00:05.960
 and

01:00:05.960 --> 01:00:06.300
 help

01:00:06.300 --> 01:00:06.460
 us

01:00:06.460 --> 01:00:06.659
 even

01:00:06.659 --> 01:00:07.019
 today

01:00:07.019 --> 01:00:07.380
 as we

01:00:07.380 --> 01:00:07.559
 go

01:00:07.559 --> 01:00:07.780
 out

01:00:07.780 --> 01:00:07.960
 of

01:00:07.960 --> 01:00:08.340
 here

01:00:08.340 --> 01:00:08.519
 that

01:00:08.519 --> 01:00:08.599
 we

01:00:08.599 --> 01:00:08.740
 would

01:00:08.740 --> 01:00:08.940
 not

01:00:08.940 --> 01:00:09.500
 quench

01:00:09.500 --> 01:00:09.780
 the

01:00:09.780 --> 01:00:10.180
 spirit

01:00:10.180 --> 01:00:10.980
 that

01:00:10.980 --> 01:00:11.079
 we

01:00:11.079 --> 01:00:11.180
 would

01:00:11.180 --> 01:00:11.340
 not

01:00:11.340 --> 01:00:12.200
 despise

01:00:12.200 --> 01:00:12.519
 the

01:00:12.519 --> 01:00:13.220
 prophecies

01:00:13.220 --> 01:00:14.059
 that

01:00:14.059 --> 01:00:14.159
 we

01:00:14.159 --> 01:00:14.280
 would

01:00:14.280 --> 01:00:14.480
 even

01:00:14.480 --> 01:00:14.720
 go

01:00:14.720 --> 01:00:15.059
 home

01:00:15.059 --> 01:00:15.260
 and

01:00:15.260 --> 01:00:16.180
 test

01:00:16.180 --> 01:00:17.559
 everything

01:00:17.559 --> 01:00:17.800
 that

01:00:17.800 --> 01:00:17.900
 we

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 have

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 heard

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 and

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 hold

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 fast

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 to

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 what

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 is

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 good

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 and

01:00:21.200 --> 01:00:21.860
 abstain

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 from

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 every

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 form

01:00:23.159 --> 01:00:23.360
 of

01:00:23.360 --> 01:00:23.760
 evil

01:00:23.760 --> 01:00:24.480
 Lord

01:00:24.480 --> 01:00:24.619
 we

01:00:24.619 --> 01:00:24.940
 thank

01:00:24.940 --> 01:00:25.079
 you

01:00:25.079 --> 01:00:25.260
 for

01:00:25.260 --> 01:00:25.460
 your

01:00:25.460 --> 01:00:25.900
 spirit

01:00:25.900 --> 01:00:26.139
 that

01:00:26.139 --> 01:00:26.579
 helps

01:00:26.579 --> 01:00:26.900
 us

01:00:26.900 --> 01:00:27.440
 and

01:00:27.440 --> 01:00:27.599
 we

01:00:27.599 --> 01:00:27.900
 pray

01:00:27.900 --> 01:00:28.139
 to

01:00:28.139 --> 01:00:28.340
 know

01:00:28.340 --> 01:00:28.559
 the

01:00:28.559 --> 01:00:29.000
 power

01:00:29.000 --> 01:00:29.740
 even

01:00:29.740 --> 01:00:29.880
 in

01:00:29.880 --> 01:00:30.059
 our

01:00:30.059 --> 01:00:30.320
 midst

01:00:30.320 --> 01:00:30.780
 today

01:00:30.780 --> 01:00:31.480
 of

01:00:31.480 --> 01:00:31.660
 you

01:00:31.660 --> 01:00:32.260
 ministering

01:00:32.260 --> 01:00:32.579
 to

01:00:32.579 --> 01:00:32.820
 us

01:00:32.820 --> 01:00:33.119
 as we

01:00:33.119 --> 01:00:33.420
 ask

01:00:33.420 --> 01:00:33.680
 all

01:00:33.680 --> 01:00:34.079
 seeking

01:00:34.079 --> 01:00:34.400
 your

01:00:34.400 --> 01:00:34.860
 glory

01:00:34.860 --> 01:00:35.820
 amen

01:00:35.820 --> 01:00:40.900
 we're

01:00:40.900 --> 01:00:41.320
 going to

01:00:41.320 --> 01:00:41.840
 conclude

01:00:41.840 --> 01:00:42.440
 by singing

01:00:42.440 --> 01:00:43.160
 to God's

01:00:43.160 --> 01:00:43.500
 praise

01:00:43.500 --> 01:00:43.700
 in

01:00:43.700 --> 01:00:44.000
 Psalm

01:00:44.000 --> 01:00:45.240
 146

01:00:45.240 --> 01:00:47.960
 verse 5

01:00:47.960 --> 01:00:49.240
 page

01:00:49.240 --> 01:00:50.220
 446

01:00:50.220 --> 01:00:50.820
 of the

01:00:50.820 --> 01:00:51.420
 psalm books

01:00:51.420 --> 01:00:55.980
 psalm 146

01:00:55.980 --> 01:00:56.180
 at

01:00:56.180 --> 01:00:56.880
 verse 5

01:00:56.880 --> 01:00:57.400
 oh happy

01:00:57.400 --> 01:00:57.940
 is that

01:00:57.940 --> 01:00:58.220
 man

01:00:58.220 --> 01:00:58.380
 and

01:00:58.380 --> 01:00:58.740
 blessed

01:00:58.740 --> 01:00:59.000
 whom

01:00:59.000 --> 01:00:59.639
 Jacob's

01:00:59.639 --> 01:00:59.960
 God

01:00:59.960 --> 01:01:00.200
 doth

01:01:00.200 --> 01:01:00.500
 aid

01:01:00.500 --> 01:01:01.280
 whose

01:01:01.280 --> 01:01:01.559
 hope

01:01:01.559 --> 01:01:01.960
 upon

01:01:01.960 --> 01:01:02.180
 the

01:01:02.180 --> 01:01:02.500
 Lord

01:01:02.500 --> 01:01:02.820
 doth

01:01:02.820 --> 01:01:03.260
 rest

01:01:03.260 --> 01:01:03.920
 and

01:01:03.920 --> 01:01:04.159
 on

01:01:04.159 --> 01:01:04.400
 his

01:01:04.400 --> 01:01:04.900
 God

01:01:04.900 --> 01:01:05.700
 is

01:01:05.700 --> 01:01:06.180
 stayed

01:01:06.180 --> 01:01:06.900
 we're

01:01:06.900 --> 01:01:07.139
 going to

01:01:07.139 --> 01:01:07.320
 sing

01:01:07.320 --> 01:01:07.880
 verse 5

01:01:07.880 --> 01:01:08.340
 to 7

01:01:08.340 --> 01:01:08.740
 the tune

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 of

01:01:08.900 --> 01:01:09.340
 Stroud

01:01:09.340 --> 01:01:09.680
 Water

01:01:09.680 --> 01:01:10.500
 and we

01:01:10.500 --> 01:01:10.980
 stand

01:01:10.980 --> 01:01:11.280
 to

01:01:11.280 --> 01:01:11.599
 sing

01:01:11.599 --> 01:01:18.420
 O

01:01:18.420 --> 01:01:20.059
 happy

01:01:20.059 --> 01:01:22.199
 is

01:01:22.199 --> 01:01:23.059
 that

01:01:23.059 --> 01:01:24.759
 man

01:01:24.759 --> 01:01:25.559
 and

01:01:25.559 --> 01:01:26.779
 blessed

01:01:26.779 --> 01:01:27.960
 whom

01:01:27.960 --> 01:01:30.339
 Jacob's

01:01:30.339 --> 01:01:31.579
 God

01:01:31.579 --> 01:01:32.779
 doth

01:01:32.779 --> 01:01:34.219
 hate

01:01:34.219 --> 01:01:35.599
 whose

01:01:35.599 --> 01:01:37.059
 hope

01:01:37.059 --> 01:01:38.179
 upon

01:01:38.179 --> 01:01:39.819
 the

01:01:39.820 --> 01:01:41.019
 heart

01:01:41.019 --> 01:01:42.200
 doth

01:01:42.200 --> 01:01:43.519
 rest

01:01:43.519 --> 01:01:44.880
 and

01:01:44.880 --> 01:01:46.360
 on

01:01:46.360 --> 01:01:47.100
 his

01:01:47.100 --> 01:01:48.800
 goddess

01:01:48.800 --> 01:01:50.360
 stay

01:01:50.360 --> 01:01:53.059
 who

01:01:53.059 --> 01:01:54.660
 made

01:01:54.660 --> 01:01:55.559
 the

01:01:55.559 --> 01:01:56.640
 earth

01:01:56.640 --> 01:01:57.860
 and

01:01:57.860 --> 01:01:59.519
 heaven

01:01:59.519 --> 01:02:01.320
 spy

01:02:01.320 --> 01:02:02.460
 who

01:02:02.460 --> 01:02:04.000
 made

01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:04.860
 the

01:02:04.860 --> 01:02:06.519
 swelling

01:02:06.519 --> 01:02:08.460
 deep

01:02:08.460 --> 01:02:09.460
 and

01:02:09.460 --> 01:02:10.460
 all

01:02:10.460 --> 01:02:11.460
 that

01:02:11.460 --> 01:02:13.380
 is

01:02:13.380 --> 01:02:14.460
 within

01:02:14.460 --> 01:02:15.460
 the

01:02:16.920 --> 01:02:17.460
 same

01:02:18.019 --> 01:02:18.460
 who

01:02:18.460 --> 01:02:19.460
 truth

01:02:20.880 --> 01:02:21.460
 doth

01:02:21.460 --> 01:02:23.460
 ever

01:02:23.460 --> 01:02:25.460
 keep

01:02:26.340 --> 01:02:27.460
 who

01:02:27.460 --> 01:02:29.460
 righteous

01:02:29.460 --> 01:02:31.460
 judgment

01:02:32.460 --> 01:02:33.460
 executes

01:02:33.460 --> 01:02:37.460
 for

01:02:37.460 --> 01:02:38.460
 those

01:02:39.740 --> 01:02:40.460
 oppressed

01:02:42.079 --> 01:02:42.460
 that

01:02:43.000 --> 01:02:44.460
 be

01:02:44.460 --> 01:02:45.460
 who

01:02:45.460 --> 01:02:46.460
 to

01:02:46.460 --> 01:02:47.460
 the

01:02:47.460 --> 01:02:49.460
 hungry

01:02:49.460 --> 01:02:51.460
 giveth

01:02:51.460 --> 01:02:53.460
 food

01:02:53.460 --> 01:02:54.460
 God

01:02:54.460 --> 01:02:55.460
 sets

01:02:55.460 --> 01:02:57.460
 the

01:02:57.460 --> 01:02:59.460
 prisoners

01:02:59.460 --> 01:03:00.460
 free

01:03:00.460 --> 01:03:01.460
 free

01:03:01.460 --> 01:03:03.460
 after

01:03:04.240 --> 01:03:04.400
 the

01:03:04.400 --> 01:03:04.760
 benediction

01:03:04.760 --> 01:03:05.099
 I'll go

01:03:05.099 --> 01:03:05.380
 to the

01:03:05.380 --> 01:03:05.579
 door

01:03:05.579 --> 01:03:05.940
 to my

01:03:05.940 --> 01:03:06.260
 right

01:03:06.260 --> 01:03:06.480
 we'll

01:03:06.480 --> 01:03:06.900
 close

01:03:06.900 --> 01:03:07.099
 with

01:03:07.099 --> 01:03:07.179
 the

01:03:07.179 --> 01:03:07.579
 benediction

01:03:07.579 --> 01:03:08.800
 now may

01:03:08.800 --> 01:03:09.260
 grace

01:03:09.260 --> 01:03:09.740
 mercy

01:03:09.740 --> 01:03:10.460
 and peace

01:03:10.460 --> 01:03:10.760
 from

01:03:10.760 --> 01:03:11.159
 God

01:03:11.159 --> 01:03:11.760
 Father

01:03:11.760 --> 01:03:12.240
 Son

01:03:12.240 --> 01:03:12.500
 and

01:03:12.500 --> 01:03:12.820
 Holy

01:03:12.820 --> 01:03:13.260
 Spirit

01:03:13.260 --> 01:03:14.220
 rest

01:03:14.220 --> 01:03:14.639
 upon

01:03:14.639 --> 01:03:14.800
 and

01:03:14.800 --> 01:03:15.179
 abide

01:03:15.179 --> 01:03:15.500
 with

01:03:15.500 --> 01:03:15.699
 you

01:03:15.699 --> 01:03:16.019
 all

01:03:16.019 --> 01:03:16.659
 now

01:03:16.659 --> 01:03:16.880
 and

01:03:16.880 --> 01:03:17.280
 forever

01:03:17.280 --> 01:03:17.659
 more

01:03:17.659 --> 01:03:18.599
 amen

01:03:30.460 --> 01:03:32.460
 to