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 We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise.

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 We're singing in Psalm 1a, the Sing Psalms version, page 1 of the psalm books.

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 We sing the whole of this psalm.

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 The tune is creditin.

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 Psalm 1, blessed is the one who turns away from where the wicked walk,

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 who does not stand in sinner's paths or sit with those who mock.

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 We sing the whole of this psalm.

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 We stand to sing to God's praise.

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 Blessed is the one who turns away from where the wicked walk,

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 who does not stand in sinner's paths or sit with those who mock.

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 Hence, yet he finds the holy law, his joy and the delight.

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 He makes the presence of the Lord, his sunny day and night.

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 He prospered, ever like a tree, as mounted by a sea.

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 And in due season yields its fruit, his season always came.

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 He prospered, ever like a tree, as voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy voy

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 The Lord who sees and knows

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 The way the righteous go

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 But those who live and leave the light

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 The Lord will hold my throne

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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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 Lord our gracious God

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 We thank you for this day that you have made for us

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 A day that you have given

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 From the very foundation of time

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 A day that we are to come and rest

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 And worship and praise

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 You as our Lord and as our God

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 And that we are to do it together

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 All of us as a body of people

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 From the youngest to the oldest

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 We thank you for all who are here today

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 For all who are tuning in online

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 And for all who gather just like we do here

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 In so many different parts of our island

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 Our nation

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 And indeed throughout the world

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 We are reminded so often that you have your people

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 To all the ends of the earth

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 Boys and girls

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 Men and women

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 In different situations and circumstances

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 And yet with you as their Lord

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 And as their God

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 And so we thank that we belong to you

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 To your family

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 That we are your children

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 And that your children are near and far

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 Here in this world in which we live

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 And that we as we pray here today

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 That you have people praying

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 All over the world

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 For us as we worship

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 And for all your people

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 As they worship you this day

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 To know your blessing

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 And your goodness with us

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 And we do pray that for us all together here

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 For our Sunday school

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 Our creche

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 Our tweenies

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 And for our Bible class

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 We pray that

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 As they will shortly go out to the classes

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 That you will be with them

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 To help them

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 To understand your word

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 And to know

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 That you are their God

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 And that you are there for them

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 We do particularly pray

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 For the Bible class trip

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 This coming weekend as well

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 We thank you for all

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 Who have helped to organise it

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 And for all who will be there

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 Over this coming weekend

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 And we do ask for safety and blessing

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 In the midst of all that they do

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 That they would know

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 That you are with them in it

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 That they would know more of Jesus

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 Our Lord and our Saviour

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 We pray that we would all know that today

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 That we would learn more of

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 How precious you are

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 And your great grace and love towards us

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 As we ask it all

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 In your precious name

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 Amen

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 Before you go out to your classes

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 I just want to say a little word to you

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 And it's about a word today

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 A particular word

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 That we find quite often in the Bible

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 And we're going to be looking at this word

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 In our sermon this morning

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 As we look at Paul writing a letter

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 To a place called Thessalonica

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 The letter to the Thessalonians

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 And he speaks about this word there at the end

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 And at the beginning

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 He mentions it

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 And it's the word grace

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 Grace

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 It's a great word

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 Grace

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 But what does it mean?

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 What do you think of

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 When you think of the word grace?

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 There's maybe a few things

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 That come to mind

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 Maybe first of all

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 You think of a person

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 Because there's plenty

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 People

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 Girls especially

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 That have the name grace

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 It's a lovely name

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 Behind that name

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 Is a lot of meaning

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 And I'm sure that's why parents

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 Give the name grace

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 To a child

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 Because it means goodness

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 It means

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 Favor

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 It means blessing

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 It means generosity

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 But even the best grace

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 In this world

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 Can't always be generous

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 And kind

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 And all of these things

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 Because we all make mistakes

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 But grace

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 Is a wonderful name

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 So maybe you think of it

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 In that way

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 You think of someone

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 Who's called grace

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 I'm sure we all know

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 Someone who's called grace

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 Maybe you also think of grace

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 In this way though

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 Something that you say

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 Before you have a meal

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 Maybe when you sit down

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 To have your dinner today

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 You'll say grace

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 You might say it together

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 Or maybe someone

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 Just one person

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 Will say grace

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 And what does that mean?

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 Well

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 It means that we're

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 Not just saying a few words

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 To ourselves

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 But we're saying a few words

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 To God

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 We're giving grace

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 To God

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 We're giving thanks

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 To God

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 For his

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 Generosity to us

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 And providing for us

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 In our food

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 And for all that we enjoy

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 When we sit down

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 To enjoy that food together

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 The peace that we have

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 The homes that we have

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 The people that we have

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 Around us

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 And the food

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 That's on the table

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 So we think of grace

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 In that way

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 It's something that we enjoy

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 Together around a table

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 But when Paul

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 Is writing about this word

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 Grace

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 And when he's using this word

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 Grace

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 It has a much deeper meaning

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 Than all of these things

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 It has the meaning of

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 Knowing his gift

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 To us

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 When he writes

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 To another church

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 In Ephesus

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 He speaks of it

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 In this way

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 He speaks of grace

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 As a gift

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 From God

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 It is the gift

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 Of God

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 For by grace

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 You have been saved

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 Through faith

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 And this is not

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 Your own doing

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 It is the gift

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 Of God

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 Grace

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 Is a gift

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 Something that we cannot

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 Earn ourselves

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 Or get ourselves

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 It is the gift

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 That God gives

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 When someone has

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 A birthday

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 You receive a gift

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 And you don't expect

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 To pay something

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 For that gift

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 You don't expect

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 Someone to give you

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 Something

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 And you have to say

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 Oh how much do I owe you

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 For that

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 They say no

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 You take it

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 It's a gift

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 And that's what God

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 Has done for us

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 By his grace

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 He's given us

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 A gift

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 And we might think

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 Well what can I do

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 To pay you back

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 He says you can't

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 Pay for it

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 This is my gift

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 To you

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 All you have to do

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 Is believe

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 Have faith

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 In me

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 Because it is a gift

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 As Paul says

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 That you have been

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 Saved through faith

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 That is the gift

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 Of his grace

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 To us

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 So believe

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 That he has come

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 To save us

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 That Jesus came

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 To save us

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 And that his grace

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 Is his gift to us

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 So we might know

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 That is his goodness

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 His generosity to us

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 In all of these things

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 He has been so good

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 To us

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 So let us believe

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 In him

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 And trust him

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 That we might know

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 His grace

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 More and more

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 Well may God bless

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 These thoughts to us

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 We're going to say

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 The Lord's prayer

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 Together now

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 Our Father

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 Which art in heaven

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 Hallowed be thy name

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 Thy kingdom come

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 Thy will be done

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 On earth

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 As it is in heaven

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 Give us this day

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 Our daily bread

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 And forgive us

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 Our debts

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 As we forgive

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 Our debtors

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 And lead us

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 Not into temptation

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 But deliver us

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 From evil

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 For thine is the kingdom

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 The power

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 And the glory

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 Forever

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 Amen

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 Well we'll sing again

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 Of voy voy

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 The Lord so most entirely art

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 Hath waved with all my grace

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 For in my time before I see

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 Thought any word can be

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 But all together, O Lord

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 This is well known to Thee

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 Behind before the past be said

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 And laid on me Thy hand

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 Such knowledge is too strange for me

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 Too high to understand

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 From Thy split wither shall I go

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 Or from Thy presence I

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 Ascent I am, though Thou art there

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 And in heaven have I lie

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 If I in the morning wings can dwell

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 There that was parts of sea

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 In there, Lord, shall I hand me lead

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 Thy light and all shall be

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 We'll turn to read together now

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 In 1 Thessalonians chapter 5

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 We'll take up our reading at verse 12

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 And down to the end of the chapter

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 1 Thessalonians 5

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 Around page 1189 of the church Bibles

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 We'll take up our reading at verse 12

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 We've been looking at this chapter

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 Previously, twice previously

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 We've looked at

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 I just want to look at

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 The last few verses

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 In this chapter together today

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 So we take up our reading at verse 12

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 We ask you, brothers, to respect those who labour 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

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 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

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 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

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 Sanctify you completely

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 And may your whole spirit and soul and body

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 Be kept blameless 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

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 To have this letter read to all the brothers

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 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ

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 Be with you

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 Amen

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 And may God bless that reading from his word

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 We'll again engage in a word of prayer

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 Lord our God we do thank you for your word

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 And just pray that as we approach it anew today

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 That we would come with that encouragement

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 That joy and delight in knowing

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 That it is you who is speaking to us

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 That you have not left us in the darkness of this world

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 But that you have sent your light and your truth into this world

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 That we have it before us

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 That we have it with us

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 Not just for today

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 But each and every day of our lives

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 We have your word to lean upon

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 And not leaning on our own understanding

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 As we think of the memory verse that the children have just now

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 But to lean upon you for all wisdom and help

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 And we thank you that you give

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 That you are a God who abundantly gives

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 As we think of your grace towards us

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 Your riches towards us in Christ Jesus

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 That we have so much to be thankful for

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 That we have such blessings in Christ

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 And in our fellowship

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 And in our families

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 And in the world in which we live

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 A world that we so often see

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 In all its wickedness and cruelties

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 And hurts and pains

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 And yet we realise too Lord

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 That there is so much joy in this world too

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 That you have given us much to enjoy

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 Your creation

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 That we see the beauty of around us so much

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 That we see in so many different ways

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 And we see it in the people that you give us in life

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 We see it in the places that you put us in life

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 We see your glory in our midst Lord

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 And we thank you for that

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 That you have not abandoned us as a people

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 That you have not left us

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 And so we continue to pray to you as our Lord

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 And as our God

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 To help us to acknowledge you

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 To help us to commit our ways to you

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 And to trust in you with all our heart

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 And we thank you Lord

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 That it is by your grace that we are enabled

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 And we thank you that that grace that was given

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 Down through all the generations

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 We think of all your people

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 From the very beginning of the creation of the world

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 And we go back to our

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 The beginning there in the garden

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 With Adam and Eve

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 And how grace was shown to them

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 And how we see it Lord worked out

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 Through the Old Testament and the New

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 We see it fulfilled in Christ

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 And we see it offered to us through him

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 By faith

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 And so we ask Lord that you will help us

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 That you would give us that faith that is so necessary

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 That faith that we so often doubt

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 As we look to ourselves

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 Help us that we would not look within

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 But look to you

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 And to the one who is able

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 The one who is faithful

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 The one who will surely do it

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 As we have read in these words

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 And so we thank you Lord

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 For your constancy towards us in every way

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 And we pray that you will hear all our prayers together today

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 As we offer them up

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 For all the different issues of life

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 Whether it's personal

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 Whether it's in our own church or community

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 National or international

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 We thank you that we have in prayer

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 Such a wonderful gift

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 That we can pray not just selfishly

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 But we pray for all

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 We pray for all around the world today

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 And we think of our meeting last Wednesday

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 And how we were reminded of

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 The great poverty of this world

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 And South Sudan and Haiti

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 And other parts of the world that we saw

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 And your people there

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 And yet the joy of the Lord in them

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 And we thank you Lord for that joy

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 That is a strength to your people

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 And we pray that your people everywhere

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 Would know it today and always

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 Whether it's in times of great needs

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 Or in times of great rejoicing

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 That the joy of the Lord would be a strength to all

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 So we thank you Lord for all that you do for us

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 We thank you for every need that you meet for us as well

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 Whether it's practical needs of food

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 Or comforts practical in this world

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 Or whether it's our spiritual needs

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 Or all the different issues that go on in life

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 We thank you that as we sang in Psalm 139

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 There is nothing hidden from you

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 Not any words or concerns that we have

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 Not any place that we go

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 That you do not see us

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 That you do not uphold us

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 And so we pray that people all around our communities here

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 We would know your great upholding power and strength

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 Especially those who mourn

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 We know that there are many in our own congregation

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 And in our community just now

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 Whose hearts are heavy

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 We pray for comfort

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 We pray for help

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 We pray that your strength will be towards them

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 And the comfort of your spirit and your word

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 Would be so precious to them at this time

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 We pray for those who are going through times of ill health

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 Or concerns about health

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 Their own or others

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 We pray Lord for help and healing in that

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 We pray Lord for those who are anxious and fearful

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 For those who are lonely and isolated

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 For those who have many different troubles in this life

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 And yet we come Lord pleading with you

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 To meet with them

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 And that they will be able to lean upon you

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 So Lord we ask that you will continue to bless us

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 And watch over us this day

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 Give us refreshment in your word

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 As we turn to it now

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 And rest this afternoon

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 And the joy of worship again this evening as we gather

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 Remember Gordon as he ministers here this evening

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 Bless him and uphold him in that

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 And all others who preach your word today as well

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 Lord we pray that there will be a real sense of your presence

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 As your word is proclaimed

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 And our praise Lord that it will be to your glory as well

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 That you would hear us in all of these things

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 And receive our thanks and all our worship

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 And may glory be yours in all of it

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 As we ask it all with the forgiveness of our sins

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 In Jesus name

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 Amen

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 Again sing to God's place

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 Before we turn back to look at this passage

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 We're going to sing in Psalm 36

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 We're going to sing Psalms

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 Page 44

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 Of the psalm book

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 Psalm 36

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 We sing from verse 1 to 7

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 The tune is Huddersfield

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 My heart has heard an oracle about the wicked sin

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 There is no fear of God in him

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 He feels no dread within

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 He views himself with blind conceit

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 His sinful nest in eyes

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 He speaks with evil and deceit

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 No longer good or wise

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 7

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 To God's praise

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 His holy name is God's praise

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 He speaks within the land he seeks, no longer good or wise.

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 And that he calls his evil ways, he schemes throughout the night.

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 I'll see the Lord lift himself to sin, rejecting want is fine.

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 Your steadfast love is great, O Lord, it reaches heaven high.

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 Your faithfulness is wonderful, extending to the sky.

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 Your righteousness is very great, like mountains high and sea.

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 Your justice is like ocean dead, of man and peace to hear.

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 O precious is your steadfast love, what confidence it brings.

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 O high and low, my shelter in the shadow of your wings.

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 We can turn back together to our reading in 1 Thessalonians, chapter 5.

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 We look at the end of the chapter from verse 23 down to the end.

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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, the Lord Jesus Christ, and so on.

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 We've been looking at this chapter.

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 We looked at it, I think, first of all, in the light of Advent,

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 and the coming of the Lord, not just thinking of it as the first coming of the Lord,

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 but thinking of the Lord's second coming.

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 That's when we first started to look at this chapter.

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 And you find that throughout this letter that Paul writes,

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 the coming of the Lord is something that appears throughout.

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 We see it even here in this final conclusion that he has in verse 23,

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 where we read that you may be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 So that's a theme that runs right throughout.

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 That's a very practical letter as well in terms of how we are to live our lives.

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 Paul's writing to this young church where he's visited, he's preached the gospel.

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 The gospel has taken hold in many people's lives, but he's been torn away from them.

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 But he wants them to go on growing in the faith.

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 And the last time we looked at it, we looked at verse 12 down to verse 22.

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 We were seeing, in light of the coming of the Lord, how are we going to go on living?

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 How are we to live our lives?

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 But now we look at this last section, which we could easily just miss out, if you like,

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 just glance over it as not as important as the rest.

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 Maybe when you write a letter, or more so an email these days, or even as you're texting someone,

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 one of the questions you ask when you're finishing is,

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 how am I going to finish this off?

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 What am I going to write at the end?

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 And how are the people who are going to receive this,

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 how are they going to understand what I'm saying?

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 Does it sound cold?

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 Does it sound too warm?

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 You know, you think of writing a letter, it's usually yours sincerely or yours faithfully.

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 They have a different meaning.

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 One has more depth to it than the other.

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 But how do you write at the end of an email, or even just in a text?

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 What do you put?

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 And you think, well, I hope it's not misunderstood, whatever I put at the end.

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 Well, here Paul comes to the conclusion of this letter that he's writing to the people in Thessalonica.

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 And he leaves them in no doubt.

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 He leaves them in no doubt as to what his meaning behind it all is,

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 what he's looking to leave them with.

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 It's not about himself.

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 It's all about the Lord.

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 You see there in verse 23,

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 Now may the God of peace himself.

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 It's all about the Lord.

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 It's about all giving glory to the Lord.

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 And the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.

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 There's warmth, there's blessing, and there's concern in it.

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 So as he's saying almost like a goodbye to them for now, he's leaving them with that warmth.

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 And goodbyes can be a hard thing.

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 We all know that in life in different ways.

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 Saying goodbye to people in many different circumstances is hard.

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 It's emotional.

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 And here we find it's hard for Paul to write to them in this way and just knowing what to say to them.

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 Because you find throughout this letter that there is that warmth that you see between the people and Paul himself as well.

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 The verse that we're looking at today, Paul's closing remarks, are in many ways a hard goodbye for him.

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 But they're still full of confidence in God and looking for the people to know this confidence themselves.

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 And it's remarkable because he hadn't been with them very long.

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 And yet you see the bonds that the gospel brought between them.

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 He hadn't been there very long.

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 But when you go back to chapter 2, verse 17, it shows us there just the kind of parting that they had.

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 Since we were torn away from you, brothers.

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 For a short time, he's saying this hopefully, in person but not in heart.

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 We endeavored the more eagerly and with great desire to see you face to face.

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 You see there's so much in these words.

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 Torn away.

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 It wasn't something that they wanted to happen.

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 But something that they needed to do for a time.

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 For their own safety.

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 But he says only in person, not in heart.

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 You're still very much in our hearts because we're praying for you and remembering you.

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 And we're endeavoring the more eagerly with great desire to see you face to face.

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 So there's just warmth and there's just love there as well.

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 And again, it's seen in chapter 3, verse 5.

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 It's almost like he couldn't wait any longer to hear what was happening with them.

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 They weren't living in the days of communication that we have.

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 We can keep in touch with people instantly.

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 They had to wait for a time to hear what was happening.

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 And when you look at chapter 3, verse 5, it says,

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 For this reason, when I could bear it no longer,

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 I sent to learn about your faith for the fear that somehow the tempter had tempted you and our labor would be in vain.

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 There was this concern.

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 He was longing to hear what was happening.

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 And as he heard a good report, as he heard back from Timothy who had gone to them,

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 he wrote then this letter to them, encouraged to hear of their faith,

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 but still concerned that they would keep going.

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 And so now as he comes to the conclusion of his letter,

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 to his goodbye in this section,

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 the benediction as it's called from verse 23 to the end,

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 it's a prayerful concern for them.

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 And the hope and security that God is with them,

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 and that that's what counts.

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 It's not just yours faithfully or yours sincerely.

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 It's the full blessing of God be with you.

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 And so for ourselves today, as we look at these concluding verses of this chapter,

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 we think of what Paul's longing for the church at Thessalonica was,

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 the longing that he would have for ourselves today as well.

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 The longing that we should have together to see what he's saying here is so important

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 for ourselves today too.

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 To know this great benediction,

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 this great blessing of God on us,

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 the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ with us today and always.

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 And there's three things that Paul gives in this benediction

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 that I want us to look at.

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 The first thing we see is godliness.

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 We see that in verse 23 and 24.

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 The power of God in our midst.

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 The godliness that we see here.

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 The second thing is the gifts.

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 The gifts that we see in verse 25 to 27.

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 There's gifts there.

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 And then finally we see the grace that we see in verse 28.

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 So we're going to look at these three things.

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 Godliness, gifts, and grace.

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 So first of all we see godliness.

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 Verse 23.

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 Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely.

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 And so he goes on there.

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 How well do you know God?

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 How well do you think the church at Thessalonica knew God?

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 They didn't have all the answers of faith,

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 but still they knew God in a powerful way.

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 And that knowledge of God is often the knowledge that we have ourselves as well.

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 We may not have all the answers.

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 We may not have all the understanding of every point that we find in Scripture.

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 But it doesn't mean that we don't know God.

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 God is known through his word.

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 God is known through his spirit at work in us.

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 God is known through Jesus Christ as our Lord.

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 And we see that when we know God in these ways,

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 we know God as a God who is steadfast towards us,

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 who is loving, who is gracious towards his people.

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 And as Paul concludes his letter here,

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 he concludes it not looking just to the people at Thessalonica

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 and saying,

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 you take care of yourselves,

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 look after yourselves,

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 I'll be remembering you.

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 He's not looking to himself as all important.

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 Don't worry, I'm still here for you,

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 although I'm at a distance.

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 They're looking first and foremost to God.

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 Now may the God of peace himself,

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 may he be with you.

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 He's written to them to believe in this God,

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 to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 And now he's reminding them in this conclusion,

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 in this benediction,

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 that this is all important

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 and it's all encompassing.

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 The gospel is at the heart of everything

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 that he's saying here,

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 the good news of Jesus Christ

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 and the God who makes all things possible,

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 the God of peace himself.

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 And then in verse 24, he says,

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 he who calls you is faithful,

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 he will surely do it.

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 There is godliness in this.

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 It's all about God.

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 And so his benediction here,

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 and we think of godliness,

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 it contains both a request and a reminder.

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 A request and a reminder.

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 And we see, first of all,

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 his request in two parts.

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 Now may the God of peace himself,

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 it's this prayer that the God of peace would be with them.

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 So do we know that it is only God that can give us peace?

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 The God of peace himself.

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 We are by nature a restless people.

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 We are by nature a people who don't always enjoy peace in our lives.

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 Sometimes it's because of ourselves.

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 Sometimes it's because of circumstances going on around us.

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 And when you think of what the church in Thessalonica was like,

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 they had experienced both sides of the coin.

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 They had experienced that restlessness,

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 that lack of peace,

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 that lack of assurance in their lives.

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 And yet, when the God of peace himself came to them,

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 they understood in a new way what peace really was.

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 It's not the absence of trouble,

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 but it's the presence of God in it.

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 And the God of peace himself was there for them.

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 And we as a people too,

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 we are restless without God.

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 We are restless.

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 We are anxious.

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 We are leaning on our own understanding, as it were.

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 We are doing all things and trying to do them all by ourselves.

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 And how do we cope?

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 How do we manage?

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 The reality, ultimately, is we don't and we can't.

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 If we're looking for peace outside of God,

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 that cannot be found.

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 And so as Paul concludes this letter,

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 he's saying,

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 now may the God of peace himself be there with you.

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 We are not in control of our lives.

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 He is.

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 And we have to look to him

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 in the midst of everything that goes on around us,

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 in the search for peace in our lives,

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 in our hearts,

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 or the lives of others.

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 It is found in God alone.

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 The God of peace himself.

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 Otherwise, we are pulled and tossed

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 in so many different directions,

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 going one way, then another,

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 searching for this peace.

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 And it's not there.

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 And so Paul's prayer, his benediction,

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 is the focus is on the God of peace himself.

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 We cannot have peace apart from God.

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 Then there's the second part of his request here.

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 The God of peace be with him,

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 but to sanctify you completely.

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 May your whole spirit and soul and body

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 be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 Do you know that it is only God that can save you?

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 Only God can give you peace

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 and only God can save you.

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 He is sanctifying his people completely.

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 It says, may he sanctify you completely

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 with your whole spirit and soul and body.

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 May he work in you to the completion of all things.

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 And sanctification is ongoing.

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 It is God at work in his people

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 to be more like him.

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 You see it mentioned in chapter 4, verse 3.

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 For this is the will of God, your sanctification.

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 This is the will of God, your sanctification.

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 That you would be kept going, learning, growing,

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 and more and more becoming like him.

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 Robert Murray McShane was a famous preacher.

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 And he died at the age of 29.

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 He preached in what is now the Free Church in Dundee,

00:38:48.739 --> 00:38:50.699
 St. Peter's Free Church in Dundee.

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 And he described sanctification in this way.

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 He said, it is God making us as holy

00:38:57.419 --> 00:39:00.859
 as a saved sinner can be.

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 God making us as holy as a saved sinner can be.

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 We're saved, but yet we're still sinners.

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 We're never perfect.

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 They were not complete Christians here in Thessalonica.

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 Neither was Paul as he was writing to them.

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 He knew himself his own failings.

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 But he trusted that God was able to work in him and them.

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 And we are not the finished product.

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 If you see yourself as the finished product,

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 as good enough, you're not.

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 But that is where grace comes in.

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 It is the gift of God that by faith,

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 we can know that he can make us right.

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 We can try and live a holy life as we should.

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 But it is not that we are trying to do it to save ourselves,

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 because that's impossible.

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 It is only God who can save us.

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 It is only God who can bring us blameless

00:40:03.660 --> 00:40:06.579
 at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:12.460
 So we have these two requests here in godliness,

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 that we would be knowing the peace of God

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 and the salvation that there is in God.

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 But there's also a reminder here in verse 24,

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 he who calls you is faithful.

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 He will surely do it.

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 So when we think, well, we cannot do it,

00:40:30.500 --> 00:40:32.179
 I cannot save myself.

00:40:32.179 --> 00:40:34.239
 I cannot have peace with God.

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 But he who calls you is faithful.

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 He will surely do it.

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 And isn't that a great reminder for ourselves today?

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 That in our own weakness and frailties,

00:40:47.859 --> 00:40:49.179
 in our own lack of godliness,

00:40:49.919 --> 00:40:51.179
 in our own lack of sanctification,

00:40:51.980 --> 00:40:53.179
 as we see ourselves,

00:40:54.059 --> 00:40:55.879
 he who calls you is faithful.

00:40:56.659 --> 00:40:59.440
 He will surely do it.

00:40:59.440 --> 00:41:02.440
 We can trust God

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 and seek to be sanctified in him,

00:41:06.340 --> 00:41:07.300
 by him.

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 So there is godliness first.

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 The second thing we see here is gifts.

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 We see that in verse 25,

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 down to verse 27.

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 We see three gifts here.

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 Brothers, pray for us.

00:41:21.119 --> 00:41:23.280
 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

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 I put you under oath

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 before the Lord to have this letter

00:41:27.000 --> 00:41:29.860
 read to all the brothers.

00:41:31.099 --> 00:41:32.079
 As we said,

00:41:32.179 --> 00:41:34.199
 when Paul is writing this letter,

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:36.519
 there's a sense of separation.

00:41:37.179 --> 00:41:39.679
 There's a sense of distance between them.

00:41:40.500 --> 00:41:41.539
 But in these verses,

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 he's showing the gifts that they share together,

00:41:44.099 --> 00:41:45.820
 even at a distance.

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 And the three things that we have here

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 is prayer, fellowship,

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 and the word of God.

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 Three things that distance doesn't matter in.

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 Distance kind of brings us even closer together.

00:42:00.820 --> 00:42:02.739
 As you think back to Wednesday evening

00:42:02.739 --> 00:42:04.320
 and Mission International

00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:06.059
 and the presentation Roddy gave,

00:42:06.619 --> 00:42:07.719
 when you're hearing about people

00:42:07.719 --> 00:42:09.880
 in different parts of the world

00:42:09.880 --> 00:42:12.639
 and yet realizing we can pray for them.

00:42:13.619 --> 00:42:15.000
 We have fellowship with them.

00:42:15.099 --> 00:42:16.519
 We don't even know them.

00:42:16.900 --> 00:42:18.440
 Yet we can have fellowship with them

00:42:18.440 --> 00:42:19.699
 as we pray for them

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 and as we are around the word of God,

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 that we are brothers and sisters in Christ.

00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:27.179
 And there's this great distance

00:42:27.179 --> 00:42:29.440
 between Paul and the church at Thessalonica.

00:42:29.860 --> 00:42:31.019
 Pray for us.

00:42:33.019 --> 00:42:35.199
 And there we have that first gift.

00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:36.900
 That first gift is prayer.

00:42:37.880 --> 00:42:39.279
 They prayed for them

00:42:39.279 --> 00:42:41.179
 and they were praying for each other

00:42:41.179 --> 00:42:44.900
 and prayer for the gospel to flourish.

00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:47.340
 Is there any greater request

00:42:47.340 --> 00:42:48.500
 that you could make to someone

00:42:48.500 --> 00:42:49.880
 than will you pray for me?

00:42:49.880 --> 00:42:55.480
 Or to know that somebody is praying for you.

00:42:56.340 --> 00:42:59.220
 What a powerful gift there is in that.

00:42:59.300 --> 00:43:00.360
 Just a simple message.

00:43:00.720 --> 00:43:01.720
 I'm praying for you.

00:43:01.760 --> 00:43:02.820
 But what it means.

00:43:04.320 --> 00:43:07.360
 And what it meant for the church at Thessalonica

00:43:07.360 --> 00:43:09.340
 to know Paul was praying for them

00:43:09.340 --> 00:43:10.840
 as he outlines at the beginning.

00:43:11.240 --> 00:43:11.900
 And now he's saying,

00:43:12.019 --> 00:43:13.619
 brothers, pray for us.

00:43:13.619 --> 00:43:16.900
 It brings us close to God.

00:43:18.079 --> 00:43:19.599
 I had a Sunday school teacher

00:43:19.599 --> 00:43:21.920
 who when I was leaving Sunday school,

00:43:22.019 --> 00:43:23.359
 he gave me a piece of paper

00:43:23.359 --> 00:43:26.179
 with a few words of a hymn on it.

00:43:26.239 --> 00:43:28.359
 And he promised that he would pray.

00:43:29.739 --> 00:43:31.679
 And the words of the hymn that he gave me

00:43:31.679 --> 00:43:32.179
 were this.

00:43:32.339 --> 00:43:34.819
 It was very much setting out on life.

00:43:34.859 --> 00:43:36.039
 And that's the theme of the hymn.

00:43:36.099 --> 00:43:38.159
 You're starting my boy on life's journey

00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:40.839
 along the grand highway of life.

00:43:40.840 --> 00:43:43.760
 You'll meet with a thousand temptations.

00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:46.440
 Each city with evil is rife.

00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:49.059
 This world is a stage of excitement.

00:43:49.240 --> 00:43:51.039
 There's danger wherever you go.

00:43:51.600 --> 00:43:54.260
 But if you are tempted to weakness,

00:43:54.400 --> 00:43:56.820
 have courage, my boy, to say no.

00:43:57.800 --> 00:44:00.600
 And those words remained with me.

00:44:01.600 --> 00:44:03.760
 And his prayers remained with me.

00:44:03.780 --> 00:44:05.079
 And they still do to this day.

00:44:05.120 --> 00:44:07.200
 I still know that he prays for me

00:44:07.200 --> 00:44:08.660
 because he often reminds me.

00:44:08.659 --> 00:44:11.699
 And what a wonderful blessing that was.

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:15.019
 And having gone through life away from home

00:44:15.019 --> 00:44:16.299
 in so many different places

00:44:16.299 --> 00:44:18.319
 to know that he was praying.

00:44:19.079 --> 00:44:21.460
 And the power that there was in that.

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:23.059
 And if I was to say today,

00:44:23.159 --> 00:44:26.139
 is there anyone here who does not need prayer?

00:44:26.239 --> 00:44:27.139
 Put your hand up.

00:44:28.639 --> 00:44:29.879
 No hand should go up.

00:44:30.940 --> 00:44:33.059
 Because we all need prayer.

00:44:33.420 --> 00:44:34.799
 And is there anyone here

00:44:34.799 --> 00:44:37.679
 who has asked someone to pray for them?

00:44:37.679 --> 00:44:38.379
 Hands up?

00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:41.000
 Well, probably not many hands will go up

00:44:41.000 --> 00:44:42.859
 because it's not something we do naturally.

00:44:44.940 --> 00:44:48.699
 Are we afraid sometimes to ask for prayer?

00:44:50.099 --> 00:44:50.659
 Yes.

00:44:51.719 --> 00:44:53.579
 Because we almost feel that maybe it's just

00:44:53.579 --> 00:44:55.299
 a sense of weakness or shame

00:44:55.299 --> 00:44:56.919
 to ask someone to pray.

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:59.739
 And yet it's the greatest gift that we have

00:44:59.739 --> 00:45:02.379
 to pray for one another.

00:45:02.500 --> 00:45:05.079
 Brothers, pray for us.

00:45:05.079 --> 00:45:07.559
 And so you see that leads then

00:45:07.559 --> 00:45:08.920
 into the second gift.

00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:11.000
 That gift of fellowship.

00:45:11.179 --> 00:45:12.900
 Because this is what encourages prayer.

00:45:13.779 --> 00:45:16.799
 Greet all the brothers with a holy kiss.

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:20.380
 This is something we're going to introduce.

00:45:21.319 --> 00:45:22.079
 Don't panic.

00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:23.960
 We might not go right down the path

00:45:23.960 --> 00:45:26.239
 of greeting each other with a holy kiss.

00:45:26.299 --> 00:45:27.559
 We're not going to ask the people on the door

00:45:27.559 --> 00:45:28.940
 to greet you in that way.

00:45:28.940 --> 00:45:31.260
 But what's behind it?

00:45:31.300 --> 00:45:32.860
 We have to ask, what's behind it?

00:45:32.900 --> 00:45:35.420
 Well, it was the custom of the time.

00:45:35.800 --> 00:45:37.500
 It was the way many people,

00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:39.159
 even in different cultures today,

00:45:39.559 --> 00:45:41.340
 this is the way they greet one another,

00:45:41.500 --> 00:45:42.500
 with a kiss.

00:45:43.220 --> 00:45:44.280
 Sometimes on the forehead.

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:45.980
 Sometimes on the cheek.

00:45:46.099 --> 00:45:48.019
 It's what different cultures do.

00:45:48.840 --> 00:45:50.500
 It may not be in our culture,

00:45:50.500 --> 00:45:53.460
 but what's behind it should be.

00:45:54.000 --> 00:45:55.119
 It is this greeting,

00:45:55.760 --> 00:45:56.659
 this welcoming,

00:45:57.280 --> 00:45:58.079
 this fellowship,

00:45:58.239 --> 00:45:59.119
 this warmth,

00:45:59.639 --> 00:46:01.059
 this sense of belonging.

00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:04.019
 We don't have a kiss,

00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:05.699
 although with some we may well do

00:46:05.699 --> 00:46:07.119
 in different circumstances.

00:46:07.820 --> 00:46:08.739
 But at other times,

00:46:08.800 --> 00:46:10.300
 it's a warm handshake.

00:46:10.780 --> 00:46:12.860
 You're welcoming people in.

00:46:13.639 --> 00:46:14.519
 Other times,

00:46:14.719 --> 00:46:16.159
 it's with words.

00:46:16.420 --> 00:46:17.519
 That's so powerful.

00:46:17.519 --> 00:46:19.400
 powerful words that we have

00:46:19.400 --> 00:46:20.400
 to say welcome.

00:46:21.340 --> 00:46:22.920
 You're here among friends.

00:46:23.059 --> 00:46:25.159
 You're here around God's word.

00:46:25.259 --> 00:46:27.639
 That you feel a part of this place

00:46:27.639 --> 00:46:28.759
 and this people.

00:46:29.619 --> 00:46:30.559
 Because there are times

00:46:30.559 --> 00:46:32.119
 when you hear of people

00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:33.780
 coming and going from church

00:46:33.780 --> 00:46:34.460
 and they'll say,

00:46:34.900 --> 00:46:36.579
 nobody even spoke to me.

00:46:37.099 --> 00:46:38.880
 Nobody said a word to me.

00:46:39.300 --> 00:46:41.519
 And what impression does that leave with them?

00:46:41.739 --> 00:46:43.940
 It's a sense of nobody was interested.

00:46:44.800 --> 00:46:47.500
 Nobody cared to say anything to me.

00:46:47.519 --> 00:46:51.920
 And so we have this powerful gift as well

00:46:51.920 --> 00:46:55.059
 of being warm greeters to each other.

00:46:55.699 --> 00:46:56.759
 To be concerned,

00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:59.800
 to be caring towards one another.

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:03.320
 So we have that gift.

00:47:03.420 --> 00:47:04.900
 We also have this gift

00:47:04.900 --> 00:47:07.400
 of the word of God

00:47:07.400 --> 00:47:10.420
 that we should never take for granted.

00:47:11.039 --> 00:47:13.159
 Look at what he says in verse 27.

00:47:13.159 --> 00:47:15.960
 I put you under oath

00:47:15.960 --> 00:47:17.480
 before the Lord

00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:19.399
 to have this letter read

00:47:19.399 --> 00:47:21.440
 to all the brothers.

00:47:23.539 --> 00:47:24.659
 It's powerful.

00:47:25.719 --> 00:47:26.500
 He's not just saying,

00:47:26.639 --> 00:47:27.539
 well, read this letter

00:47:27.539 --> 00:47:28.500
 in your own time.

00:47:29.319 --> 00:47:29.920
 He's saying,

00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:31.339
 I put you under oath.

00:47:32.339 --> 00:47:33.980
 I want you to take this vow

00:47:33.980 --> 00:47:35.739
 before God

00:47:35.739 --> 00:47:38.259
 that you will read this letter.

00:47:38.859 --> 00:47:40.539
 And not just to one or two,

00:47:40.539 --> 00:47:42.759
 but to all the brothers.

00:47:44.099 --> 00:47:45.920
 Because what binds us together

00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:46.539
 in prayer,

00:47:46.679 --> 00:47:48.119
 what binds us together

00:47:48.119 --> 00:47:48.920
 in fellowship

00:47:48.920 --> 00:47:50.759
 is the word of God.

00:47:51.539 --> 00:47:52.800
 The word of God

00:47:52.800 --> 00:47:53.900
 that instructs us,

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.820
 that guides us.

00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:56.259
 And you notice here,

00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:56.960
 he's saying,

00:47:57.119 --> 00:47:58.259
 make this promise.

00:47:59.259 --> 00:48:00.019
 Take this vow,

00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:00.639
 this oath

00:48:00.639 --> 00:48:02.099
 before the Lord

00:48:02.099 --> 00:48:04.139
 that this is your duty.

00:48:05.099 --> 00:48:06.420
 This is your calling.

00:48:06.539 --> 00:48:07.619
 This is what you are to do

00:48:07.619 --> 00:48:09.079
 as a people together.

00:48:09.179 --> 00:48:10.299
 Not just with some,

00:48:10.639 --> 00:48:11.619
 but with all.

00:48:12.619 --> 00:48:14.460
 Read it to all the brothers.

00:48:14.880 --> 00:48:16.440
 Why does he make this point?

00:48:18.059 --> 00:48:18.699
 Well, it's because

00:48:18.699 --> 00:48:19.960
 as you read through the letter,

00:48:20.059 --> 00:48:21.619
 you see there are different points

00:48:21.619 --> 00:48:22.400
 that are hints

00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:24.079
 that there were some divisions.

00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:27.239
 That there were some disagreements

00:48:27.239 --> 00:48:28.539
 along the way.

00:48:29.420 --> 00:48:30.079
 But he's saying,

00:48:30.319 --> 00:48:32.159
 don't let these divide you.

00:48:33.039 --> 00:48:34.539
 Let the word of God

00:48:34.539 --> 00:48:36.039
 bring you together.

00:48:36.039 --> 00:48:37.880
 Make this vow

00:48:37.880 --> 00:48:39.139
 before God

00:48:39.139 --> 00:48:40.380
 to have this letter read

00:48:40.380 --> 00:48:42.579
 among all the brothers.

00:48:43.800 --> 00:48:44.699
 And so for us,

00:48:44.779 --> 00:48:45.860
 it's that responsibility

00:48:45.860 --> 00:48:47.239
 in all of these things,

00:48:47.340 --> 00:48:48.159
 these gifts,

00:48:48.820 --> 00:48:50.519
 to pray for one another,

00:48:51.159 --> 00:48:52.519
 to greet and welcome

00:48:52.519 --> 00:48:53.579
 one another,

00:48:54.079 --> 00:48:56.039
 and to share the word of God

00:48:56.039 --> 00:48:57.139
 with one another.

00:48:57.259 --> 00:48:58.599
 This should be our oath

00:48:58.599 --> 00:48:59.940
 before the Lord,

00:49:00.739 --> 00:49:01.900
 that we will honor him

00:49:01.900 --> 00:49:03.219
 who has honored us

00:49:03.219 --> 00:49:05.619
 by being faithful to him

00:49:05.619 --> 00:49:07.399
 in all of these things

00:49:07.399 --> 00:49:08.299
 and to all

00:49:08.299 --> 00:49:10.399
 of our brothers and sisters

00:49:10.399 --> 00:49:12.139
 and all who we come

00:49:12.139 --> 00:49:13.219
 into contact with.

00:49:13.379 --> 00:49:13.759
 Pray,

00:49:14.319 --> 00:49:14.759
 greet,

00:49:15.299 --> 00:49:16.579
 and the word of God

00:49:16.579 --> 00:49:17.719
 is at the heart

00:49:17.719 --> 00:49:18.539
 of the gifts

00:49:18.539 --> 00:49:20.559
 that the church has today.

00:49:21.679 --> 00:49:22.959
 The final thing

00:49:22.959 --> 00:49:24.139
 I want us to see here

00:49:24.139 --> 00:49:25.699
 is the grace

00:49:25.699 --> 00:49:28.259
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:49:28.260 --> 00:49:30.440
 The last verse there,

00:49:30.540 --> 00:49:31.320
 verse 28,

00:49:31.420 --> 00:49:31.960
 the grace

00:49:31.960 --> 00:49:34.200
 of our Lord Jesus Christ

00:49:34.200 --> 00:49:35.680
 be with you.

00:49:36.800 --> 00:49:37.820
 In many ways,

00:49:37.980 --> 00:49:39.440
 Paul is concluding

00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:40.240
 and saying,

00:49:40.720 --> 00:49:41.800
 as I started,

00:49:42.040 --> 00:49:43.360
 so I'll finish.

00:49:44.440 --> 00:49:44.760
 You see,

00:49:44.800 --> 00:49:45.320
 when you go back

00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:46.360
 to the opening verses

00:49:46.360 --> 00:49:47.940
 in chapter one,

00:49:48.180 --> 00:49:48.980
 what does it say?

00:49:50.260 --> 00:49:51.380
 To the church

00:49:51.380 --> 00:49:52.560
 of the Thessalonians

00:49:52.560 --> 00:49:53.720
 in God the Father

00:49:53.720 --> 00:49:55.480
 and the Lord Jesus Christ,

00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:57.039
 grace to you

00:49:57.039 --> 00:49:58.219
 and peace.

00:49:58.500 --> 00:50:00.059
 Grace to you

00:50:00.059 --> 00:50:01.260
 and peace.

00:50:01.380 --> 00:50:02.260
 Now he has said

00:50:02.260 --> 00:50:03.260
 in verse 23,

00:50:03.380 --> 00:50:03.960
 may the God

00:50:03.960 --> 00:50:05.219
 of peace himself,

00:50:05.960 --> 00:50:07.400
 and then in verse 28,

00:50:07.539 --> 00:50:08.240
 the grace

00:50:08.240 --> 00:50:10.440
 of our Lord Jesus Christ

00:50:10.440 --> 00:50:11.940
 be with you.

00:50:13.360 --> 00:50:14.740
 The close

00:50:14.740 --> 00:50:15.900
 is the same

00:50:15.900 --> 00:50:17.039
 as the opening.

00:50:17.699 --> 00:50:18.280
 He begins

00:50:18.280 --> 00:50:19.059
 and ends

00:50:19.059 --> 00:50:19.719
 with grace.

00:50:19.940 --> 00:50:20.219
 Why?

00:50:21.320 --> 00:50:22.599
 Because grace

00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:24.420
 underguards it all.

00:50:24.420 --> 00:50:26.400
 grace is what is needed

00:50:26.400 --> 00:50:27.659
 in everything

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:28.360
 that we do.

00:50:28.460 --> 00:50:29.119
 The grace

00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:31.619
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:50:32.760 --> 00:50:33.260
 You see,

00:50:33.360 --> 00:50:33.860
 it's not just

00:50:33.860 --> 00:50:35.059
 I'm remembering you

00:50:35.059 --> 00:50:36.320
 warmly,

00:50:36.579 --> 00:50:37.159
 faithfully,

00:50:37.740 --> 00:50:38.380
 sincerely.

00:50:39.059 --> 00:50:40.579
 I'm remembering you

00:50:40.579 --> 00:50:41.980
 in the Lord.

00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:43.360
 The grace

00:50:43.360 --> 00:50:45.460
 of our Lord Jesus Christ

00:50:45.460 --> 00:50:47.019
 be with you.

00:50:47.599 --> 00:50:48.760
 Because grace

00:50:48.760 --> 00:50:50.420
 is powerful.

00:50:51.260 --> 00:50:52.240
 Grace is not just

00:50:52.240 --> 00:50:53.240
 something that we need

00:50:53.240 --> 00:50:53.900
 at the beginning.

00:50:53.900 --> 00:50:55.700
 of our Christian life.

00:50:55.760 --> 00:50:56.160
 To see

00:50:56.160 --> 00:50:57.039
 our sins

00:50:57.039 --> 00:50:57.680
 are forgiven

00:50:57.680 --> 00:50:58.480
 by grace.

00:50:58.619 --> 00:50:59.599
 It's something we need

00:50:59.599 --> 00:51:00.960
 all through

00:51:00.960 --> 00:51:02.639
 the Christian life.

00:51:03.460 --> 00:51:03.980
 And so are there

00:51:03.980 --> 00:51:05.300
 any better words

00:51:05.300 --> 00:51:06.139
 that he could

00:51:06.139 --> 00:51:06.960
 leave them with

00:51:06.960 --> 00:51:07.360
 than this?

00:51:07.440 --> 00:51:08.019
 The grace

00:51:08.019 --> 00:51:09.740
 of our Lord Jesus Christ

00:51:09.740 --> 00:51:11.099
 be with you.

00:51:11.599 --> 00:51:12.539
 The generosity,

00:51:13.500 --> 00:51:14.300
 the favor

00:51:14.300 --> 00:51:16.380
 of our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:51:16.380 --> 00:51:18.019
 All of these things

00:51:18.019 --> 00:51:19.200
 that they would be

00:51:19.200 --> 00:51:19.880
 with you

00:51:19.880 --> 00:51:21.160
 through our Lord

00:51:21.159 --> 00:51:22.799
 Jesus Christ.

00:51:23.920 --> 00:51:24.739
 This is

00:51:24.739 --> 00:51:26.279
 the benediction

00:51:26.279 --> 00:51:27.759
 at the end.

00:51:29.359 --> 00:51:30.679
 And it's no less

00:51:30.679 --> 00:51:31.399
 important

00:51:31.399 --> 00:51:33.500
 than anything else

00:51:33.500 --> 00:51:34.179
 that you read

00:51:34.179 --> 00:51:35.659
 through the word

00:51:35.659 --> 00:51:36.739
 of this letter.

00:51:37.619 --> 00:51:38.219
 Someone put it,

00:51:38.259 --> 00:51:38.739
 it's not just

00:51:38.739 --> 00:51:39.739
 hollow words

00:51:39.739 --> 00:51:40.759
 to conclude

00:51:40.759 --> 00:51:41.739
 a letter.

00:51:41.799 --> 00:51:42.299
 It's not like

00:51:42.299 --> 00:51:43.239
 a story book

00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:43.920
 that says

00:51:43.920 --> 00:51:45.139
 the end.

00:51:45.139 --> 00:51:47.379
 It is not

00:51:47.379 --> 00:51:48.159
 a standard

00:51:48.159 --> 00:51:49.199
 yours faithfully

00:51:49.199 --> 00:51:50.400
 or yours sincerely.

00:51:51.480 --> 00:51:52.339
 This is the heart

00:51:52.339 --> 00:51:53.199
 of the gospel.

00:51:54.299 --> 00:51:54.699
 Grace

00:51:54.699 --> 00:51:56.279
 be with you.

00:51:57.299 --> 00:51:57.900
 And what is

00:51:57.900 --> 00:51:58.400
 grace?

00:51:59.779 --> 00:52:00.259
 Grace

00:52:00.259 --> 00:52:01.159
 is the gift

00:52:01.159 --> 00:52:01.839
 that we have

00:52:01.839 --> 00:52:03.119
 through faith

00:52:03.119 --> 00:52:04.400
 in Jesus Christ.

00:52:05.559 --> 00:52:06.119
 The one

00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:06.859
 who lived

00:52:06.859 --> 00:52:08.199
 a life

00:52:08.199 --> 00:52:09.179
 that we couldn't.

00:52:09.819 --> 00:52:10.539
 The one

00:52:10.539 --> 00:52:11.000
 who died

00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:11.679
 a death

00:52:11.679 --> 00:52:13.519
 that we couldn't.

00:52:13.519 --> 00:52:14.519
 the one

00:52:14.519 --> 00:52:14.880
 who died

00:52:14.880 --> 00:52:15.380
 a death

00:52:15.380 --> 00:52:15.840
 he never

00:52:15.840 --> 00:52:16.639
 deserved

00:52:16.639 --> 00:52:17.599
 that we might

00:52:17.599 --> 00:52:18.719
 receive forgiveness

00:52:18.719 --> 00:52:19.940
 of sin.

00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:21.340
 The one

00:52:21.340 --> 00:52:22.039
 who rose

00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:23.539
 from the grave

00:52:23.539 --> 00:52:24.759
 that we might

00:52:24.759 --> 00:52:25.280
 know him

00:52:25.280 --> 00:52:26.079
 as the resurrection

00:52:26.079 --> 00:52:27.759
 and the life.

00:52:28.619 --> 00:52:29.699
 All at his

00:52:29.699 --> 00:52:30.400
 expense

00:52:30.400 --> 00:52:31.099
 freely

00:52:31.099 --> 00:52:31.900
 given.

00:52:32.659 --> 00:52:33.340
 It is the

00:52:33.340 --> 00:52:33.880
 gift

00:52:33.880 --> 00:52:35.119
 of God

00:52:35.119 --> 00:52:36.480
 in which

00:52:36.480 --> 00:52:36.800
 there is

00:52:36.800 --> 00:52:37.400
 forgiveness

00:52:37.400 --> 00:52:38.679
 and which

00:52:38.679 --> 00:52:39.019
 there is

00:52:39.019 --> 00:52:39.539
 power.

00:52:40.920 --> 00:52:41.300
 Grace

00:52:41.300 --> 00:52:42.119
 empowers

00:52:42.119 --> 00:52:42.659
 and makes

00:52:42.659 --> 00:52:43.239
 us willing

00:52:43.239 --> 00:52:44.459
 and without

00:52:44.459 --> 00:52:45.000
 grace

00:52:45.000 --> 00:52:45.959
 we are

00:52:45.959 --> 00:52:46.439
 lost.

00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:48.139
 And so

00:52:48.139 --> 00:52:49.079
 Paul is

00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:49.759
 leaving us

00:52:49.759 --> 00:52:50.419
 with these

00:52:50.419 --> 00:52:51.000
 words.

00:52:51.599 --> 00:52:52.219
 The grace

00:52:52.219 --> 00:52:52.659
 of our

00:52:52.659 --> 00:52:53.379
 Lord Jesus

00:52:53.379 --> 00:52:54.119
 Christ

00:52:54.119 --> 00:52:55.459
 be with

00:52:55.459 --> 00:52:55.699
 you.

00:52:56.819 --> 00:52:57.479
 I read

00:52:57.479 --> 00:52:57.859
 in one

00:52:57.859 --> 00:52:58.379
 commentary

00:52:58.379 --> 00:52:59.119
 and I

00:52:59.119 --> 00:52:59.419
 want to

00:52:59.419 --> 00:52:59.959
 quote it

00:52:59.959 --> 00:53:00.379
 in full

00:53:00.379 --> 00:53:00.919
 because it's

00:53:00.919 --> 00:53:01.559
 so powerful

00:53:01.559 --> 00:53:01.919
 what was

00:53:01.919 --> 00:53:02.539
 being said.

00:53:03.179 --> 00:53:03.399
 One

00:53:03.399 --> 00:53:03.859
 commentator

00:53:03.859 --> 00:53:04.359
 puts it

00:53:04.359 --> 00:53:04.899
 like this.

00:53:05.619 --> 00:53:06.159
 Paul does

00:53:06.159 --> 00:53:06.859
 not simply

00:53:06.859 --> 00:53:07.279
 wish

00:53:07.279 --> 00:53:08.199
 strength

00:53:08.199 --> 00:53:09.579
 or prosperity

00:53:09.579 --> 00:53:10.319
 on them

00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:11.640
 but rather

00:53:11.640 --> 00:53:12.160
 invokes

00:53:12.160 --> 00:53:12.860
 a blessing

00:53:12.860 --> 00:53:13.420
 on them

00:53:13.420 --> 00:53:14.120
 for what

00:53:14.120 --> 00:53:14.539
 they needed

00:53:14.539 --> 00:53:15.080
 most.

00:53:15.840 --> 00:53:16.480
 The grace

00:53:16.480 --> 00:53:17.160
 that comes

00:53:17.160 --> 00:53:17.500
 from the

00:53:17.500 --> 00:53:18.180
 Lord Jesus

00:53:18.180 --> 00:53:18.880
 Christ.

00:53:19.840 --> 00:53:20.640
 This letter

00:53:20.640 --> 00:53:21.519
 began with

00:53:21.519 --> 00:53:22.260
 this desire

00:53:22.260 --> 00:53:22.940
 for grace

00:53:22.940 --> 00:53:23.680
 and peace

00:53:23.680 --> 00:53:24.920
 and here

00:53:24.920 --> 00:53:25.600
 as there

00:53:25.600 --> 00:53:27.019
 it summarizes

00:53:27.019 --> 00:53:27.680
 the essence

00:53:27.680 --> 00:53:28.440
 of the faith

00:53:28.440 --> 00:53:28.740
 they have

00:53:28.740 --> 00:53:29.380
 received.

00:53:30.160 --> 00:53:30.800
 The person

00:53:30.800 --> 00:53:32.039
 of Jesus

00:53:32.039 --> 00:53:33.380
 the Lord

00:53:33.380 --> 00:53:34.260
 and Christ

00:53:34.260 --> 00:53:35.200
 is the

00:53:35.200 --> 00:53:35.620
 fountain

00:53:35.620 --> 00:53:36.460
 from which

00:53:36.460 --> 00:53:37.039
 the grace

00:53:37.039 --> 00:53:37.640
 of God

00:53:37.640 --> 00:53:38.660
 flows out

00:53:38.659 --> 00:53:39.299
 to them.

00:53:40.339 --> 00:53:40.639
 This

00:53:40.639 --> 00:53:41.299
 benediction

00:53:41.299 --> 00:53:41.980
 is far

00:53:41.980 --> 00:53:42.539
 from being

00:53:42.539 --> 00:53:43.460
 a formality

00:53:43.460 --> 00:53:44.420
 tacked at

00:53:44.420 --> 00:53:44.839
 the end

00:53:44.839 --> 00:53:45.460
 of the letter.

00:53:46.319 --> 00:53:46.960
 The blessing

00:53:46.960 --> 00:53:47.619
 of grace

00:53:47.619 --> 00:53:47.960
 from the

00:53:47.960 --> 00:53:48.579
 Lord Jesus

00:53:48.579 --> 00:53:49.199
 Christ

00:53:49.199 --> 00:53:50.239
 embraces

00:53:50.239 --> 00:53:50.920
 the fullness

00:53:50.920 --> 00:53:51.940
 of salvation

00:53:51.940 --> 00:53:53.219
 that comes

00:53:53.219 --> 00:53:53.940
 from one

00:53:53.940 --> 00:53:54.440
 who is

00:53:54.440 --> 00:53:55.219
 the soul

00:53:55.219 --> 00:53:56.539
 and sovereign

00:53:56.539 --> 00:53:57.699
 saviour.

00:53:59.799 --> 00:54:01.119
 The grace

00:54:01.119 --> 00:54:02.119
 of our

00:54:02.119 --> 00:54:02.879
 Lord Jesus

00:54:02.879 --> 00:54:03.559
 Christ

00:54:03.559 --> 00:54:05.319
 who is

00:54:05.319 --> 00:54:06.099
 our soul

00:54:06.099 --> 00:54:07.460
 and sovereign

00:54:07.460 --> 00:54:08.420
 saviour.

00:54:08.659 --> 00:54:09.779
 it is

00:54:09.779 --> 00:54:10.519
 not just

00:54:10.519 --> 00:54:11.259
 a few

00:54:11.259 --> 00:54:11.759
 words

00:54:11.759 --> 00:54:12.399
 tacked

00:54:12.399 --> 00:54:12.799
 to the

00:54:12.799 --> 00:54:13.139
 end.

00:54:14.139 --> 00:54:14.679
 It is

00:54:14.679 --> 00:54:15.259
 the power

00:54:15.259 --> 00:54:15.920
 of God

00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:17.219
 to salvation

00:54:17.219 --> 00:54:18.339
 to know

00:54:18.339 --> 00:54:19.599
 the grace

00:54:19.599 --> 00:54:20.179
 of our

00:54:20.179 --> 00:54:20.899
 Lord Jesus

00:54:20.899 --> 00:54:21.539
 Christ

00:54:21.539 --> 00:54:22.259
 with us.

00:54:23.339 --> 00:54:24.179
 Why do I

00:54:24.179 --> 00:54:24.559
 say a

00:54:24.559 --> 00:54:25.039
 benediction?

00:54:25.159 --> 00:54:25.399
 Why does

00:54:25.399 --> 00:54:26.059
 every minister

00:54:26.059 --> 00:54:26.519
 say a

00:54:26.519 --> 00:54:27.099
 benediction

00:54:27.099 --> 00:54:27.920
 at the

00:54:27.920 --> 00:54:28.339
 end of

00:54:28.339 --> 00:54:28.980
 a service?

00:54:29.739 --> 00:54:30.279
 It's not

00:54:30.279 --> 00:54:30.920
 just something

00:54:30.920 --> 00:54:31.819
 tacked on.

00:54:32.579 --> 00:54:33.079
 It's not

00:54:33.079 --> 00:54:33.699
 just something

00:54:33.699 --> 00:54:34.199
 just before

00:54:34.199 --> 00:54:34.739
 we go out

00:54:34.739 --> 00:54:35.199
 the door.

00:54:35.619 --> 00:54:36.039
 It is

00:54:36.039 --> 00:54:36.799
 pronouncing

00:54:36.799 --> 00:54:37.480
 a blessing

00:54:37.480 --> 00:54:38.920
 and a

00:54:38.920 --> 00:54:39.260
 longing

00:54:39.260 --> 00:54:40.400
 that the

00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:41.000
 grace of

00:54:41.000 --> 00:54:41.440
 our Lord

00:54:41.440 --> 00:54:41.800
 Jesus

00:54:41.800 --> 00:54:42.360
 Christ

00:54:42.360 --> 00:54:42.920
 be with

00:54:42.920 --> 00:54:43.219
 you

00:54:43.219 --> 00:54:44.280
 until we

00:54:44.280 --> 00:54:44.599
 meet

00:54:44.599 --> 00:54:45.000
 again.

00:54:46.480 --> 00:54:47.300
 So Paul's

00:54:47.300 --> 00:54:48.219
 last words

00:54:48.219 --> 00:54:49.440
 are grace

00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:50.320
 to you

00:54:50.320 --> 00:54:51.719
 until we

00:54:51.719 --> 00:54:52.599
 meet again.

00:54:53.539 --> 00:54:54.019
 He doesn't

00:54:54.019 --> 00:54:54.500
 know when

00:54:54.500 --> 00:54:54.940
 that will

00:54:54.940 --> 00:54:55.219
 be.

00:54:56.019 --> 00:54:56.539
 He has a

00:54:56.539 --> 00:54:57.039
 longing to

00:54:57.039 --> 00:54:57.460
 meet them

00:54:57.460 --> 00:54:58.039
 face to

00:54:58.039 --> 00:54:58.500
 face.

00:54:59.320 --> 00:54:59.780
 But he

00:54:59.780 --> 00:55:00.420
 knows one

00:55:00.420 --> 00:55:01.619
 day that

00:55:01.619 --> 00:55:02.460
 through grace

00:55:02.460 --> 00:55:04.159
 he will be

00:55:04.159 --> 00:55:05.279
 with them

00:55:05.279 --> 00:55:06.920
 again and

00:55:06.920 --> 00:55:08.199
 forever and

00:55:08.199 --> 00:55:08.899
 eternally.

00:55:09.659 --> 00:55:10.259
 And that's

00:55:10.259 --> 00:55:11.099
 the power of

00:55:11.099 --> 00:55:11.819
 the gospel in

00:55:11.819 --> 00:55:12.339
 the midst of

00:55:12.339 --> 00:55:13.319
 all that we

00:55:13.319 --> 00:55:14.299
 experience in

00:55:14.299 --> 00:55:14.920
 this life.

00:55:15.460 --> 00:55:15.920
 That we

00:55:15.920 --> 00:55:16.239
 would know

00:55:16.239 --> 00:55:17.279
 the grace of

00:55:17.279 --> 00:55:17.719
 our Lord

00:55:17.719 --> 00:55:18.759
 Jesus Christ

00:55:18.759 --> 00:55:20.259
 with us.

00:55:21.359 --> 00:55:22.239
 With us

00:55:22.239 --> 00:55:23.079
 every day

00:55:23.079 --> 00:55:24.940
 but with that

00:55:24.940 --> 00:55:26.079
 powerful reminder

00:55:26.079 --> 00:55:27.239
 that it is

00:55:27.239 --> 00:55:28.139
 this grace

00:55:28.139 --> 00:55:29.559
 that will bring

00:55:29.559 --> 00:55:30.219
 us together

00:55:30.219 --> 00:55:31.239
 at the

00:55:31.239 --> 00:55:32.339
 coming of

00:55:32.339 --> 00:55:32.859
 the Lord.

00:55:33.639 --> 00:55:34.159
 The coming

00:55:34.159 --> 00:55:34.659
 of the Lord

00:55:34.659 --> 00:55:36.179
 runs throughout

00:55:36.179 --> 00:55:37.139
 this letter.

00:55:38.099 --> 00:55:38.559
 And it is

00:55:38.559 --> 00:55:39.339
 this grace

00:55:39.339 --> 00:55:40.359
 the gift of

00:55:40.359 --> 00:55:40.959
 God in

00:55:40.959 --> 00:55:42.579
 Christ that

00:55:42.579 --> 00:55:43.319
 will help us

00:55:43.319 --> 00:55:44.179
 in that day

00:55:44.179 --> 00:55:45.459
 and for all

00:55:45.459 --> 00:55:46.299
 eternity to

00:55:46.299 --> 00:55:47.039
 be safe

00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:48.119
 with him

00:55:48.119 --> 00:55:49.439
 and with

00:55:49.439 --> 00:55:50.519
 all his

00:55:50.519 --> 00:55:51.039
 people.

00:55:51.839 --> 00:55:52.519
 The grace

00:55:52.519 --> 00:55:53.480
 of our

00:55:53.480 --> 00:55:54.179
 Lord Jesus

00:55:54.179 --> 00:55:55.839
 Christ be

00:55:55.839 --> 00:55:56.399
 with you.

00:55:56.819 --> 00:55:57.239
 Let us

00:55:57.239 --> 00:55:57.480
 pray.

00:56:00.219 --> 00:56:01.019
 Our

00:56:01.019 --> 00:56:01.679
 Father in

00:56:01.679 --> 00:56:02.179
 heaven we

00:56:02.179 --> 00:56:02.980
 do rejoice

00:56:02.980 --> 00:56:03.859
 in the

00:56:03.859 --> 00:56:04.759
 godliness of

00:56:04.759 --> 00:56:05.399
 your word.

00:56:06.000 --> 00:56:06.259
 How it

00:56:06.259 --> 00:56:07.299
 encourages us

00:56:07.299 --> 00:56:07.779
 that we

00:56:07.779 --> 00:56:08.199
 who are

00:56:08.199 --> 00:56:09.839
 imperfect are

00:56:09.839 --> 00:56:10.919
 sanctified through

00:56:10.919 --> 00:56:11.779
 your working

00:56:11.779 --> 00:56:12.739
 in us.

00:56:13.319 --> 00:56:13.919
 We thank you

00:56:13.919 --> 00:56:14.679
 how it reminds

00:56:14.679 --> 00:56:15.259
 us of the

00:56:15.259 --> 00:56:16.000
 gifts that we

00:56:16.000 --> 00:56:16.779
 have as a

00:56:16.779 --> 00:56:17.679
 church and

00:56:17.679 --> 00:56:18.399
 as a people.

00:56:18.519 --> 00:56:19.239
 The gifts of

00:56:19.239 --> 00:56:20.439
 prayer and

00:56:20.439 --> 00:56:21.179
 fellowship and

00:56:21.179 --> 00:56:21.759
 your word.

00:56:22.519 --> 00:56:23.079
 And we thank

00:56:23.079 --> 00:56:23.819
 you above all

00:56:23.819 --> 00:56:24.459
 Lord for the

00:56:24.459 --> 00:56:25.379
 gift of grace.

00:56:26.000 --> 00:56:26.859
 The grace of

00:56:26.859 --> 00:56:27.679
 our Lord Jesus

00:56:27.679 --> 00:56:28.799
 Christ poured

00:56:28.799 --> 00:56:29.679
 out upon us

00:56:29.679 --> 00:56:30.139
 freely.

00:56:30.219 --> 00:56:31.319
 By our

00:56:31.319 --> 00:56:32.139
 sovereign and

00:56:32.139 --> 00:56:33.179
 soul saviour.

00:56:33.719 --> 00:56:34.239
 And so we

00:56:34.239 --> 00:56:34.839
 thank you for

00:56:34.839 --> 00:56:35.539
 all of these

00:56:35.539 --> 00:56:36.079
 things and

00:56:36.079 --> 00:56:37.179
 pray that they

00:56:37.179 --> 00:56:37.579
 would become

00:56:37.579 --> 00:56:38.159
 more and more

00:56:38.159 --> 00:56:39.399
 precious to us

00:56:39.399 --> 00:56:40.639
 as we ask all

00:56:40.639 --> 00:56:40.939
 with the

00:56:40.939 --> 00:56:41.599
 forgiveness of

00:56:41.599 --> 00:56:42.099
 our sin.

00:56:42.219 --> 00:56:42.639
 In Jesus

00:56:42.639 --> 00:56:43.059
 name.

00:56:43.579 --> 00:56:43.879
 Amen.

00:56:49.759 --> 00:56:50.319
 We'll

00:56:50.319 --> 00:56:50.980
 conclude by

00:56:50.980 --> 00:56:51.619
 singing to

00:56:51.619 --> 00:56:52.500
 God's praise

00:56:52.500 --> 00:56:53.099
 in Psalm

00:56:53.099 --> 00:56:55.480
 28 in the

00:56:55.480 --> 00:56:55.939
 Scottish

00:56:55.939 --> 00:56:56.500
 Psalter.

00:56:56.500 --> 00:57:00.199
 page 238 of

00:57:00.199 --> 00:57:00.659
 the Psalm

00:57:00.659 --> 00:57:00.940
 books.

00:57:01.940 --> 00:57:02.739
 Psalm 28

00:57:02.739 --> 00:57:03.300
 sing from

00:57:03.300 --> 00:57:04.000
 verse 7

00:57:04.000 --> 00:57:04.940
 to verse 9.

00:57:04.940 --> 00:57:11.019
 The Lord's

00:57:11.019 --> 00:57:11.920
 my strength and

00:57:11.920 --> 00:57:12.300
 shield.

00:57:12.460 --> 00:57:12.980
 My heart

00:57:12.980 --> 00:57:13.539
 upon him

00:57:13.539 --> 00:57:14.300
 did rely

00:57:14.300 --> 00:57:15.300
 and I am

00:57:15.300 --> 00:57:15.900
 helped.

00:57:16.440 --> 00:57:17.519
 Hence my

00:57:17.519 --> 00:57:18.260
 heart doth

00:57:18.260 --> 00:57:20.119
 joy exceedingly.

00:57:20.200 --> 00:57:20.960
 We thank God

00:57:20.960 --> 00:57:21.940
 for the strength

00:57:21.940 --> 00:57:22.780
 and help that

00:57:22.780 --> 00:57:23.480
 he does give

00:57:23.480 --> 00:57:24.500
 us and the

00:57:24.500 --> 00:57:25.639
 joy that is

00:57:25.639 --> 00:57:26.720
 found in

00:57:26.720 --> 00:57:26.880
 him.

00:57:26.920 --> 00:57:27.220
 We're going to

00:57:27.220 --> 00:57:27.659
 sing verse

00:57:27.659 --> 00:57:28.659
 7 to 9.

00:57:28.720 --> 00:57:29.280
 The tune is

00:57:29.280 --> 00:57:29.820
 Arlington

00:57:29.820 --> 00:57:30.600
 and we

00:57:30.600 --> 00:57:31.200
 stand to

00:57:31.200 --> 00:57:31.780
 sing to

00:57:31.780 --> 00:57:32.120
 God's

00:57:32.120 --> 00:57:32.500
 praise.

00:57:34.980 --> 00:57:37.019
 The Lord

00:57:37.019 --> 00:57:37.620
 I

00:57:37.620 --> 00:57:39.260
 strength

00:57:39.260 --> 00:57:41.220
 and shield

00:57:41.220 --> 00:57:43.440
 my heart

00:57:43.440 --> 00:57:44.980
 upon

00:57:44.980 --> 00:57:46.480
 him

00:57:46.480 --> 00:57:47.240
 did

00:57:47.240 --> 00:57:49.060
 rely

00:57:49.060 --> 00:57:51.500
 and

00:57:51.500 --> 00:57:52.060
 I

00:57:52.060 --> 00:57:53.500
 am

00:57:53.500 --> 00:57:54.560
 there

00:57:54.560 --> 00:57:56.060
 against

00:57:56.060 --> 00:57:57.600
 my

00:57:57.600 --> 00:57:58.880
 heart

00:57:58.880 --> 00:58:00.019
 and

00:58:00.019 --> 00:58:01.340
 I

00:58:01.340 --> 00:58:02.059
 am

00:58:02.059 --> 00:58:03.460
 helped

00:58:03.460 --> 00:58:04.119
 with

00:58:04.119 --> 00:58:05.500
 hence

00:58:05.500 --> 00:58:06.240
 my

00:58:06.240 --> 00:58:07.320
 heart

00:58:07.320 --> 00:58:08.380
 of

00:58:08.380 --> 00:58:09.780
 joy

00:58:09.780 --> 00:58:12.780
 exceedingly.

00:58:14.780 --> 00:58:15.579
 And

00:58:15.579 --> 00:58:16.920
 with

00:58:16.920 --> 00:58:17.619
 my

00:58:17.619 --> 00:58:19.140
 song

00:58:19.140 --> 00:58:19.840
 I

00:58:19.840 --> 00:58:21.220
 will

00:58:21.220 --> 00:58:23.119
 embrace

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 and

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 voy

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!

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 voy

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!

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 voy

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 voy

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!

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 For people do our share,

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 Bless time and evidence,

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 And also do our kingdom,

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 And also do our kingdom,

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 Forevermore and grand.

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 After the benediction, I'll go to the main door.

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 We'll close with the benediction.

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 Now may grace, mercy and peace from God,

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 Father, Son and Holy Spirit,

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 Rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore.

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 Amen.

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