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 Well, let's turn to that passage now that we read in John chapter 20.

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! John chapter 20. We can read once again from verse 24.

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 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called a twin, was not with them when Jesus came.

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 So the other disciples told him, We have seen the Lord.

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 But he said to them, Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails,

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 and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.

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 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them.

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 Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, Peace be with you.

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 Then he said to Thomas, Put your finger here and see my hands,

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 and put out your hand and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.

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 Thomas answered him, My Lord and my God.

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 Jesus said to him, Have you believed because you have seen me?

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 Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.

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 Isn't it telling sometimes we think of people by what we see as the negatives,

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 or the things that maybe appear wrong in their lives,

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 and we think of them in such a way as gives them names according to that.

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 Thomas has come to be known in history as Doubting Thomas.

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 Most people today would relate to that,

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 because of the way that he said here, as we read,

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 that he refused to believe the testimony of the other disciples,

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 and would not believe unless he saw Jesus for himself.

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 So he's called Doubting Thomas.

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 But then he's also confessing Thomas.

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 Why don't we refer to him as confessing Thomas?

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 Why don't we focus on that more positive element in his life?

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 Because as we'll see this evening, there is no other confession really in the New Testament,

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 or even in the entire Scripture quite like it.

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 It's a confession that includes not only a personal testimony to his relationship with Jesus,

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 but a confession of Jesus as Lord and God.

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 Within the one confession, you find that wonderful expression,

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 my Lord and my God.

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 That is who we should think of when we think about Thomas.

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 Not that his doubting is something we just push aside as irrelevant,

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 but here is somebody who came through the instruction and leading of Jesus himself

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 to make this wonderful personal confession

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 that is now forever for the whole process of time before us in the words of Scripture.

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 And as we look at that this evening,

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 we can see two things, especially just to focus on them.

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 First of all, Christ's correction of Thomas,

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 and then Thomas' confession of Christ.

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 Christ's, first of all, Christ's correction of Thomas,

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 and then Thomas' confession of Christ.

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 Now, we read the previous event here from verse 19,

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 where we find that the first time that Jesus came into the midst of the disciples,

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 it's almost exactly the same words, and we'll refer to that in a minute,

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 that Jesus came and stood amongst them,

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 even with the doors being locked.

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 We shouldn't wonder about that.

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 This is the Jesus who performs miracles that people cannot completely fathom or understand,

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 and the fact that he himself is the greatest miracle

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 through his coming into the world as the Son of God,

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 taking our human nature to himself and living a sinless life.

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 In many respects, that is the great miracle.

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 And where you see that great miracle,

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 and where you think of this Jesus and who he is,

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 and what he was able to do at other times,

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 we should not be at all surprised or disbelieving

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 that he actually came into the presence of the disciples here,

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 even when the doors were locked.

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 He is there with them and speaks to them in a way that we find recorded there.

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 But Thomas was absent at that previous event.

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 He didn't appear with them for whatever reason.

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 Maybe he was tied up with something else.

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 We're not told.

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 We're just told that Thomas was not with them.

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 And when Jesus came to reveal to them his hands and his side,

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 and spoke to them in a way that said,

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 Peace be with you.

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 As the Father has sent me, even so I'm sending you.

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 He breathed on them, said,

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 We receive the Holy Spirit, and so on.

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 Thomas was absent.

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 Maybe he had good reason to be absent.

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 We don't know.

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 But from the whole tenor of the passage,

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 it seems that he could have been there,

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 but for some reason wasn't.

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 And certainly when Jesus spoke to him on the second occasion,

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 he didn't speak to him roughly,

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 but he did speak to him critically

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 for not having believed the testimony of the disciples

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 who had seen him on that first occasion

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 of his appearing amongst them.

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 And you know, that's something that,

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 in simple terms,

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 but yet profoundly important,

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 that you and I can say of ourselves.

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 The fact that Christ has promised

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 to be present in the gatherings of his people,

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 the fact that Christ is present

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 in the preaching of the gospel,

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 the fact that faith comes by hearing,

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 as Roman 10 puts it,

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 and hearing by the word of God,

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 or the word of Christ,

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 that means that every gathering of God's people

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 where Christ has promised to be present

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 is important.

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 It's significant.

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 It's somewhere we should always intend to be.

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 It's something we should always approach

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 with the opinion,

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 with the view,

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 with the desire

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 to actually meet with Jesus

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 as he has promised to be

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 in the midst of his people.

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 That his Holy Spirit would bring us

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 by his blessing,

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 once again,

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 to meet with Jesus spiritually.

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 If we're not there,

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 it's not likely to happen.

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 And that's one of the sad things,

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 isn't it really?

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 In many ways,

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 it's a tragedy,

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 how few people around us

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 and how few people

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 even of our congregations

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 regularly come

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 to every occasion

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 where Christ is present,

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 where they can meet with Jesus,

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 where Jesus can speak to them

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 and show them the evidences

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 of his love,

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 of his death,

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 of his resurrection.

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 That's what the gospel

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 sets out for us.

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 That's why it's important

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 that you're here tonight.

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 Yes, you're here to worship

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 along with others,

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 and that worship includes

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 so many things

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 that are precious to us.

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 But we're here to listen to God.

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 You've not come here

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 to listen to me,

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 I hope.

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 You've come here to listen

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 to God speaking to you

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 through his word.

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 God taking the scriptures

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 and opening up your mind

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 and opening up the scriptures

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 for your mind

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 to receive them.

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 This is an important occasion.

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 And it's made important

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 by the fact

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 that you're coming into

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 the presence of the King.

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 that Jesus,

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 through the gospel,

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 is being presented

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 to you once again.

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 Whether it's the case

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 that we've not yet come

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 to trust in him,

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 or whether we've been

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 trusting in him

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 for many years,

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 we're still needy

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 of meeting with Christ tonight.

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 Meeting with him

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 as our Savior,

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 maybe for the first time,

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 hopefully,

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 if we've not done that yet.

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 But meeting with him

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 for the umpteenth time,

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 perhaps.

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 because we're always in need

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 of being nurtured

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 and guided

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 and taught

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 by Christ

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 through his presence,

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 through his Holy Spirit

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 in the gatherings

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 of his people.

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 So he was missing.

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 And he missed out

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 on what had happened

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 on that occasion.

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 But then you see

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 they come to see

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 the disciples' testimony,

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 verse 25,

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 when he came,

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 the other disciples

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 told Thomas,

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 who wasn't with them

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 when Jesus came

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 the first time,

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 the other disciples

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 told him,

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 we have seen the Lord.

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 But then he said

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 to them firmly,

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 unless I see

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 in his hands

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 the mark of the nails

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 and place my finger

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 into the mark of the nails

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 and place my hand

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 into his side,

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 I will never believe.

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 Now some people would say,

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 well, Thomas was quite right

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 surely to say that.

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 He wasn't prepared

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 to take anybody else's word

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 for it.

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 He wanted to see

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 Christ for himself.

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 And if Christ was really

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 risen from the dead,

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 was it all that wrong

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 for him to say

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 that he would not believe

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 unless and until

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 he saw him for himself?

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 Yes, it was wrong.

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 You can see that

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 from the rebuke

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 Jesus gave him.

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 Don't be disbelieving,

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 but believe.

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 In other words,

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 he should have listened

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 and accepted

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 the testimony

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 of his fellow disciples.

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 Why should they

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 be unreliable?

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 Why should they have

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 told him other

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 than the truth?

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 Why should he insist

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 unless he saw him

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 for himself,

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 he would not believe

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 their testimony

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 as to his resurrection

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 from the dead?

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 it was wrong of him

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 not to accept

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 their testimony.

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 And we should always

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 ourselves be open

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 to the testimony

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 of other people

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 who know the Lord.

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 Maybe they're from

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 very different backgrounds

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 to ours,

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 very different churches

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 to ours,

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 very different congregations

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 to ours.

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 But those who genuinely

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 sincerely know the Lord

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 and present the Lord

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 through their lives,

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 let's not doubt

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 the veracity

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 of their life.

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 Let's not doubt

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 the genuineness

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 of their testimony

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 unless there are other

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 things that make

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 that possible.

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 Here are people

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 who had seen the Lord,

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 who had heard the Lord,

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 who had been spoken

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 to by the Lord,

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 who came to Thomas

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 and said,

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 we have seen the Lord.

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 Now, I'm sure they said

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 more than what you find

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 there in verse 25.

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 That's just as the Bible

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 often does.

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 It really summarizes

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 what happened

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 in a few words.

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 You can't believe

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 that it's all

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 that they said

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 was,

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 we have seen the Lord.

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 They would have undoubtedly

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 explained to Thomas

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 how it was

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 they had seen him,

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 what they had actually

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 witnessed,

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 what he had said

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 to them.

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 They wouldn't have just

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 left it at,

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 we have seen the Lord.

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 That's not their way.

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 But for all of that,

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 Thomas refused

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 their testimony.

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 Thomas did not believe.

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 Thomas insisted

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 that he would have

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 to prove this

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 for himself

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 despite the testimony

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 of his fellow believers.

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 And so what happened?

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 Well, verses 26 and 27,

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 what you find essentially

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 is Jesus recreating

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 the event.

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 It's the same emphasis

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 in different ways,

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 same emphasis in many ways,

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 though there are differences,

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 where you find

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 in verse 26

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 that they were again

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 together

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 eight days later

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 and Thomas

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 was with them.

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 That's emphasized.

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 And

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 though the doors

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 were locked,

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 same as previously,

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 Jesus came

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 and stood among them

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 and said,

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 peace be with you,

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 just as he had done before.

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 And then he turned

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 and spoke to Thomas.

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 And when he's saying here,

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 peace be with you,

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 we're not going to go

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 into that,

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 but it is important

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 and it's important

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 that Jesus re-emphasized that

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 as we'll see probably

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 for Thomas' benefit

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 as well as the others

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 because they had heard it before.

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 When he says,

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 peace be with you,

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 he's really speaking

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 about what he has himself

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 done in order to bring

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 peace between themselves

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 and God.

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 It's the peace

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 of reconciliation,

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 the peace that he has

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 effected through the cross

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 and through his resurrection

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 from the dead.

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 He has provided them

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 with the ground

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 of their acceptance

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 with God in himself.

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 And that's why he's able

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 to say,

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 peace be with you.

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 May this peace

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 be your experience.

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 And what an important point

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 that is for us tonight

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 as well.

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 Isn't that what

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 the Lord is saying

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 to you and to me

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 through the gospel tonight?

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 Isn't he addressing you

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 and addressing me

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 with these same terms,

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 with these same words,

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 peace be to you?

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 Isn't he emphasizing

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 through the gospel

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 what he has done,

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 why he has done it,

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 who it's for,

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 and how it's important

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 for us to receive it?

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 Peace be with you.

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 The peace of God,

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 the peace of Christ,

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 the peace that has come

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 to be given to his people

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 instead of condemnation.

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 There is therefore,

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 as Paul said to the Romans,

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 no condemnation

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 to those who are

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 in Christ Jesus

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 there is no condemnation

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 to them.

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 In other words,

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 there's peace for them.

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 They are at peace with God.

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 They're in a relationship

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 with God

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 where peace is the central

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 facet of it,

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 where the previous

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 relationship

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 has been replaced,

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 and where there is now

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 no condemnation.

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 They are forgiven their sins.

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 There's peace

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 between them

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 and their God.

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 But moving on from that,

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 it's important to notice

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 that this event

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 was recreated,

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 as we've put it,

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 specifically for the benefit

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 of Thomas.

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 The Lord came

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 into this gathering,

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 and it's emphasizing

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 that Thomas

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 was there at the time,

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 and then after Jesus

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 had said,

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 peace be to you,

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 peace be with you,

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 he turned to Thomas

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 and said,

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 put your finger here

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 and see my hands,

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 and put out your hand

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 and place it in my side,

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 and don't be disbelieving,

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 but believe.

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 In other words,

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 Jesus had specifically

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 arranged this meeting

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 for whatever benefit

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 the other disciples

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 got out of it,

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 I'm sure they did,

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 but it was specifically

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 for Thomas.

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 His target was Thomas.

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 He aimed his words

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 at Thomas.

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 It was for Thomas' benefit

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 especially

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 that he came to re-emphasize

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 his resurrection

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 from the dead

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 and the peace with God

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 that he mentioned.

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 Now, isn't that interesting?

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 Isn't that significant?

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 Jesus didn't say

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 about this Thomas

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 like we might have said,

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 well, you've had your chance, boy.

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 You've had your chance.

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 We were here before.

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 Jesus came here previously.

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 You missed out on it.

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 That was your fault.

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 No, Jesus didn't say to him,

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 you could have been here last time,

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 but you missed out

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 on a very important event.

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 And therefore,

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 I can't say anything more

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 to you at this point.

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 No, he didn't do that, did he?

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 Because this is

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 the loving, kind Jesus.

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 The Jesus who takes account

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 of his people's faults

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 and his people's failures.

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 The Jesus who's not content

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 to leave us

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 in our own reluctance.

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 The Jesus who comes before us

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 in the gospel

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 and addresses us

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 and says,

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 don't be disbelieving,

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 but believe.

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 He came here

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 for Thomas' benefit.

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 He didn't pass him off.

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 He didn't say to him,

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 you've had your chance.

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 And so there's nothing more

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 to be said about it.

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 No, he's following it up.

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 And that's the same

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 for everybody here tonight.

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 If you've not yet come

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 to accept Christ

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 and believe in him

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 and trust in him

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 for your salvation,

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 be thankful tonight

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 that he's not passed you off.

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 That he's not saying

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 to you tonight,

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 you've had previous chances,

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 so I'm not going to speak

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 to you again.

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 You should have done this

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 the last time,

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 so therefore this time

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 it's different.

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 I have nothing else for you.

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 That's not the Jesus

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 we meet with in the gospel.

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 Jesus has come

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 through the gospel tonight,

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 through his spirit

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 to this place tonight

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 to speak to you,

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 to speak to me.

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 You might have passed him away

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 reluctantly to believe in him,

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 reluctant to believe in him.

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 You might have many times

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 refused in the past

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 to give your life over to him,

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 to trust in him,

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 to deliver your life

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 over into his hands.

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 But he's not left you.

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 You're here tonight

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 and he's speaking to you.

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 And he has something

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 to say to you.

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 And the very fact

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 that you're here means

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 he's not abandoned you.

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 He's not saying to you,

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 your chance is gone.

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 Your opportunity is past.

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 Thanks be to God.

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 We are a patient God.

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 A patient Savior.

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 A long-suffering Redeemer.

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 A God who does not pass us off

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 despite our failures

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 or for our failures.

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 Now that,

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 no way does that actually

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 validate the kind of thought

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 that says,

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 well, I'll have many

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 other opportunities then.

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 That's not why we're saying this.

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 That's not why it's in the Bible.

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 It's not here so that we can conclude,

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 well, because he came back to Thomas,

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 he's bound to come back to me

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 if I refuse him tonight.

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 He's going to come back to me.

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 I'll be here next week.

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 You might not be.

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 And even if you are,

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 you might never hear his voice again.

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 Don't guarantee yourself

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 a hearing with Jesus

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 if you turn away from him

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 when he's speaking to you.

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 He came here for Thomas' benefit.

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 He's here in the Gospel tonight

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 for your benefit.

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 And he's addressing you

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 as he did Thomas.

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 Oh, the kindness of Jesus,

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 friends,

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 is so amazing, isn't it?

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 He is so much

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 above ourselves

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 and different to ourselves.

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 How patient are we

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 with our fellow human beings?

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 How patient are we

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 even with our pets?

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 We get annoyed.

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 We're easily put off.

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 But Christ comes back

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 for Thomas' benefit.

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 And that's what's emphasized

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 for you tonight as well

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 through the Gospel.

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 So what does he say?

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 Jesus, first of all,

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 you see, he knew

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 what Thomas had said

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 or thought.

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 Thomas had said

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 before Jesus came in

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 the second time,

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 there was Thomas

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 with the other disciples

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 and Thomas saying to him,

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 unless I actually see

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 for myself

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 the mark of the nails

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 in his hands

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 and so on,

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 I will never believe.

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 Now, Jesus wasn't

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 physically present with them.

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 He came moments after that

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 into their company,

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 but he knew

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 what he had said.

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 He knew what Thomas'

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 mind had thought.

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 And he addressed him

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 exactly in accordance

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 with Thomas'

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 own words.

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 It was Thomas'

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 reluctance and refusal

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 to accept the testimony

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 of the disciples.

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 This is what he said.

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 Thomas,

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 put your finger here

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 and see my hands

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 and put your hand out

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 and place it in my sight.

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 These were the terms

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 that Thomas had refused him on,

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 refused the testimony on.

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 He said,

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 unless I see in his hands

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 the mark of the nails,

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 put my finger

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 into the mark of the nails,

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 place my hand into his side,

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 I will never believe.

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 And here is Jesus saying to him,

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 I heard you.

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 I heard what you said.

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 I know what you said.

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 And here I am.

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 And I am now commanding you

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 to do this.

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 You refuse to accept

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 the testimony

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 of your brother's disciples

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 on the previous occasion.

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 And you said,

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 well,

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 unless I happen to see his hand,

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 the mark of the nails,

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 I will never believe.

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 Well,

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 Thomas,

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 now you're seeing it.

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 What are you going to do now?

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 You see,

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 Jesus addresses exactly

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 the situation

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 Thomas himself

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 had brought about,

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 the words

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 that Thomas

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 had actually spoken of.

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 It's a marvelous thing

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 in the Bible,

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 isn't it,

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 to realize,

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 as it often says,

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 that nothing of our lives

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 is hidden from God.

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 None of our words

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 are hidden from God.

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 God,

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 whatever you're thinking

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 in your mind tonight

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 as this message goes forth,

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 God knows what you're thinking.

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 God knows your conclusions.

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 God knows what you're saying,

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 what you're thinking to yourself.

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 Nobody else knows it.

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 Nobody else sees

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 your words floating

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 above your head.

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 But God knows it.

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 Christ knows it.

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 He knows it exactly.

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 And while that,

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 in some ways,

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 might be disturbing to us,

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 and indeed,

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 there's a reason why

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 it should be disturbing to us

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 that God sees into our hearts

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 and sees the very processes

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 of our mind

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 and the words that we're using,

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 it's also immensely comforting,

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 isn't it,

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 when you come to actually

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 see your need

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 and express your need to God,

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 you're not coming to a God

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 who is ignorant

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 of your situation.

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 You're not coming to God

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 as one who has not read

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 your situation

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 and who needs to be told

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 by you what it's about.

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 He's ahead of you there.

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 And because He's ahead of you there,

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 He's more than able

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 to deal with the situation

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 you're in

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 and the condition of your soul.

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 Remember the woman

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 who had the hemorrhage of blood

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 in the Gospels,

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 Matthew chapter 5,

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 one version of it,

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 Matthew chapter 5,

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 verse 30.

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 She reached out

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 and she said to herself,

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 if I just touch the hem

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 of His garment,

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 I will be healed.

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 And so she reached out

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 and there was a huge crowd

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 jostling around

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 trying to see Jesus

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 and she reached out

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 amongst that crowd

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 and she touched

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 the hem of His garment

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 and immediately

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 she was cured

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 of the hemorrhage.

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 She knew in herself

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 that the hemorrhage of blood

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 had been cured,

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 had been stemmed.

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 And then remarkably,

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 Jesus said,

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 who touched me?

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 His disciples were amazed.

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 They saw the crowd around Him

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 and yet there He is asking,

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 who touched you?

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 Who touched me?

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 Well, the disciples

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 could have said to Him,

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 what do you mean

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 who touched you?

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 There are dozens of people

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 here who would have touched you.

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 Why do you want to know

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 who touched you?

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 Most of the people here

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 might have touched you,

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 those around you.

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 But Jesus, you see,

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 was thinking of

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 the one specific touch

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 that had touched Him

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 in a way no other touch

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 had at that moment.

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 the touch of faith,

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 the touch of trusting,

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 the touch of looking

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 for an answer

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 to her predicament.

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 And Jesus felt it.

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 Jesus knew it.

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 He knew it in Himself.

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 And that's still the case today.

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 But it's also the case

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 on the other side of the issue.

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 Your unbelief touches Him as well.

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 He's not unaware

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 of that unbelief,

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 as it were,

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 touching Him

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 as you express that unbelief,

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 as you live out

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 an unbelief in your life,

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 if that's the case.

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 Hopefully not.

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 But if it is,

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 that's registered with Jesus.

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 It's not hidden from Him.

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 And that's one of the reasons

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 you can be confident

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 in coming to Him.

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 Nothing is hidden from Him.

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 Every aspect of our life

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 is known to Him.

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 Every part of our need,

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 every element of our need,

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 from the smallest to the greatest,

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 registers with Him.

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 Whether it's faith

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 or unbelief,

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 but it touches the Savior.

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 He knows it.

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 He's aware of it.

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 And He speaks accordingly.

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 So Christ knew

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 what Thomas had said

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 and what he had thought.

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 And secondly,

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 in this recreation of the event,

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 Christ commanded Thomas

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 to touch Him

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 and to touch the evidences.

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 That's what He said,

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 as we read,

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 Reach out your hand.

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 Come and put your hand

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 into the mark of the nails.

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 And see my hands

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 and put your hand

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 and place it in my side.

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 Do not be disbelieving,

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 but believe.

00:24:50.259 --> 00:24:51.140
 He commands him

00:24:51.140 --> 00:24:54.140
 to touch the evidences

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 of Christ's own resurrection.

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 This is the very person,

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 the very Jesus who died

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 and was crucified on the cross

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 and whose body was buried.

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 And now He's saying to Thomas,

00:25:05.900 --> 00:25:06.980
 These are the evidences

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 of my death.

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 The evidences now

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 that I am risen from the dead

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 because they are the marks

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 of the death I died.

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 Now reach out and touch them.

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 And don't be disbelieving,

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 but believe.

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 It's a wonderful thing

00:25:23.779 --> 00:25:28.259
 that God provides us

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 with evidence

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 in order that we should believe.

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 Don't go by the ways

00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:35.759
 of the world

00:25:35.759 --> 00:25:37.940
 or the atheistic philosophies

00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.460
 of the world

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 that says,

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 you know,

00:25:39.440 --> 00:25:40.160
 you're telling us

00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:40.940
 you believe in Jesus.

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.980
 You've never seen Jesus.

00:25:42.140 --> 00:25:42.839
 How can you believe

00:25:42.839 --> 00:25:44.119
 in somebody you've never seen?

00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:45.980
 How can you speak to somebody

00:25:45.980 --> 00:25:47.299
 and yet you've never seen Him

00:25:47.299 --> 00:25:48.319
 with your own eyes?

00:25:50.460 --> 00:25:52.119
 How can you trust in somebody

00:25:52.119 --> 00:25:54.039
 and trust your life to somebody

00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:55.220
 when you don't even know

00:25:55.220 --> 00:25:56.319
 that He exists physically?

00:25:56.440 --> 00:25:57.279
 You've never seen Him.

00:25:57.279 --> 00:26:03.779
 Well, we do see Him.

00:26:05.359 --> 00:26:06.920
 We do see the evidences

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:09.559
 because the Bible

00:26:09.559 --> 00:26:11.240
 recreates them for us.

00:26:12.339 --> 00:26:13.460
 And because the Bible

00:26:13.460 --> 00:26:14.359
 is the Bible

00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:14.879
 and the Bible

00:26:14.879 --> 00:26:15.899
 is God's Word,

00:26:16.200 --> 00:26:17.779
 as you read this passage

00:26:17.779 --> 00:26:19.079
 and every other passage

00:26:19.079 --> 00:26:20.279
 in the Word of God

00:26:20.279 --> 00:26:21.579
 and every other passage

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:22.339
 that gives you

00:26:22.339 --> 00:26:23.480
 such details as this,

00:26:23.740 --> 00:26:24.639
 it's bringing you

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:25.619
 into that occasion

00:26:25.619 --> 00:26:27.039
 and is placing you there

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:28.519
 as surely as if you had been

00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:29.319
 physically there

00:26:29.319 --> 00:26:30.579
 on the first occasion.

00:26:32.079 --> 00:26:33.059
 And so you can see

00:26:33.059 --> 00:26:33.659
 that tonight

00:26:33.659 --> 00:26:35.139
 God is presenting you

00:26:35.139 --> 00:26:36.239
 with the evidences

00:26:36.239 --> 00:26:37.519
 because they are there

00:26:37.519 --> 00:26:38.179
 written for you

00:26:38.179 --> 00:26:38.939
 in His Word.

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:41.000
 And the evidences

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:41.679
 that are there

00:26:41.679 --> 00:26:42.899
 are there for our believing

00:26:42.899 --> 00:26:45.019
 so that we will reach out

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:46.199
 and touch the evidences

00:26:46.199 --> 00:26:46.899
 if you like

00:26:46.899 --> 00:26:48.699
 through receiving

00:26:48.699 --> 00:26:49.719
 the testimony

00:26:49.719 --> 00:26:51.339
 of the Word of God itself.

00:26:52.179 --> 00:26:53.239
 God doesn't lie.

00:26:54.579 --> 00:26:55.299
 Don't go along

00:26:55.299 --> 00:26:55.960
 with the idea

00:26:55.960 --> 00:26:57.220
 that the Bible

00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:58.139
 is just far,

00:26:58.299 --> 00:26:59.220
 far too old

00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:00.200
 for you nowadays

00:27:00.200 --> 00:27:01.059
 to believe in it

00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.839
 when the world

00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:03.500
 has moved on

00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.319
 in such a long way

00:27:04.319 --> 00:27:05.200
 so many ways

00:27:05.200 --> 00:27:06.440
 from the days

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:07.440
 of the disciples.

00:27:08.940 --> 00:27:09.359
 You know,

00:27:09.399 --> 00:27:10.379
 when you come to ask,

00:27:11.019 --> 00:27:11.240
 well,

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.000
 what does the Bible

00:27:12.000 --> 00:27:12.919
 say about this?

00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:13.740
 People say to you,

00:27:13.940 --> 00:27:14.619
 what does the Bible

00:27:14.619 --> 00:27:15.759
 have to say about this?

00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.319
 What does the Bible

00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:17.500
 have to say about that?

00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:19.339
 And before you actually

00:27:19.339 --> 00:27:20.899
 come to that question,

00:27:21.159 --> 00:27:22.259
 there's another question

00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:23.319
 that you need to ask

00:27:23.319 --> 00:27:24.180
 before that.

00:27:24.279 --> 00:27:24.759
 What is it?

00:27:24.759 --> 00:27:27.480
 What is the Bible?

00:27:29.059 --> 00:27:30.240
 Before you even ask,

00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:31.319
 what does the Bible say?

00:27:31.440 --> 00:27:32.500
 You have to begin

00:27:32.500 --> 00:27:33.000
 by saying,

00:27:33.220 --> 00:27:34.440
 what is the Bible?

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.400
 What's the nature

00:27:35.400 --> 00:27:36.099
 of this book?

00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:36.960
 Who's the author

00:27:36.960 --> 00:27:37.519
 of this book?

00:27:37.599 --> 00:27:38.379
 Who wrote it?

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:39.619
 Whose authority

00:27:39.619 --> 00:27:40.539
 is behind it?

00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:42.400
 Is it a reliable book?

00:27:42.680 --> 00:27:43.299
 Is it a book

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:44.200
 you can trust in?

00:27:45.500 --> 00:27:46.819
 What is the Bible?

00:27:46.819 --> 00:27:48.939
 It is the Word of God.

00:27:50.939 --> 00:27:52.259
 It is God's testimony

00:27:52.259 --> 00:27:53.000
 to himself.

00:27:54.599 --> 00:27:55.679
 Then you can ask,

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:56.240
 well,

00:27:56.299 --> 00:27:57.139
 what does it say?

00:27:57.799 --> 00:27:58.740
 And when you begin

00:27:58.740 --> 00:28:00.359
 with what the Bible is,

00:28:00.759 --> 00:28:01.639
 and then you go to

00:28:01.639 --> 00:28:02.559
 what does it say,

00:28:03.200 --> 00:28:04.299
 you're coming to a book

00:28:04.299 --> 00:28:05.759
 then that's authoritative

00:28:05.759 --> 00:28:07.619
 in what it says to you.

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:10.419
 And it remains authoritative.

00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:13.219
 It remains a reliable book

00:28:13.219 --> 00:28:14.619
 and always will be

00:28:14.619 --> 00:28:15.639
 to the end of time.

00:28:15.979 --> 00:28:17.359
 It is God's Word.

00:28:17.719 --> 00:28:18.679
 It's God's revelation

00:28:18.679 --> 00:28:19.359
 of himself.

00:28:19.939 --> 00:28:20.919
 And I think in this day

00:28:20.919 --> 00:28:21.559
 and generation

00:28:21.559 --> 00:28:22.419
 that we belong to,

00:28:22.659 --> 00:28:24.000
 that's where we have to begin

00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:25.439
 our testimony to the world,

00:28:25.619 --> 00:28:27.019
 not in what the Bible says

00:28:27.019 --> 00:28:28.779
 so much as what the Bible is.

00:28:29.279 --> 00:28:29.959
 And why the Bible?

00:28:30.039 --> 00:28:31.200
 Why we believe the Bible

00:28:31.200 --> 00:28:32.380
 to be what it is.

00:28:32.720 --> 00:28:33.600
 The world's not going to

00:28:33.600 --> 00:28:34.579
 accept that testimony

00:28:34.579 --> 00:28:36.299
 without the blessing of God,

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:37.360
 without hearts being open

00:28:37.360 --> 00:28:38.039
 to receive it,

00:28:38.180 --> 00:28:39.140
 but you can't leave that

00:28:39.140 --> 00:28:39.779
 out of it.

00:28:41.640 --> 00:28:43.620
 Well, here is tonight

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.519
 what we're looking at

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.759
 in this passage.

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:48.779
 It is recreating it for us

00:28:48.779 --> 00:28:50.660
 and the Bible is reliable

00:28:50.660 --> 00:28:51.460
 in doing that.

00:28:52.500 --> 00:28:53.600
 And it's just as if

00:28:53.600 --> 00:28:54.620
 you are standing there

00:28:54.620 --> 00:28:55.400
 with the disciples

00:28:55.400 --> 00:28:56.160
 and with Thomas,

00:28:56.960 --> 00:28:58.740
 with the Lord before you

00:28:58.740 --> 00:29:01.039
 and the Lord speaking to you

00:29:01.039 --> 00:29:03.359
 and the Lord addressing you

00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:05.220
 and taking you out

00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.500
 from amongst the other disciples

00:29:06.500 --> 00:29:06.960
 and saying,

00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:08.960
 this is what I have to say to you.

00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:12.799
 And what did he say to him?

00:29:14.279 --> 00:29:15.099
 He said,

00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:17.559
 don't be disbelieving,

00:29:18.059 --> 00:29:19.500
 but believe.

00:29:20.839 --> 00:29:21.579
 Now, literally,

00:29:22.319 --> 00:29:23.740
 in the language that's used

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.539
 in the New Testament,

00:29:25.380 --> 00:29:26.579
 literally we could translate

00:29:26.579 --> 00:29:28.579
 that as stop disbelieving

00:29:28.740 --> 00:29:31.180
 and believe.

00:29:32.039 --> 00:29:32.579
 In other words,

00:29:32.940 --> 00:29:35.180
 Jesus was instructing Thomas,

00:29:35.339 --> 00:29:36.160
 commanding Thomas,

00:29:36.420 --> 00:29:37.880
 to stop what he was doing,

00:29:37.980 --> 00:29:39.180
 which was disbelieving,

00:29:39.640 --> 00:29:41.140
 not accepting the truth

00:29:41.140 --> 00:29:42.420
 of what he had been presented

00:29:42.420 --> 00:29:43.400
 with by the disciples.

00:29:43.859 --> 00:29:45.259
 Stop disbelieving

00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:46.859
 and believe.

00:29:48.460 --> 00:29:49.120
 He said to him,

00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:50.359
 you have the testimony,

00:29:50.700 --> 00:29:51.700
 you see my side,

00:29:51.940 --> 00:29:53.480
 you've touched my side,

00:29:54.019 --> 00:29:54.839
 you see the marks

00:29:54.839 --> 00:29:55.680
 of my suffering,

00:29:56.000 --> 00:29:56.440
 my death,

00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.740
 the evidence of my resurrection,

00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:59.000
 I'm here myself.

00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:01.039
 Stop disbelieving.

00:30:01.039 --> 00:30:05.859
 are you here tonight unsaved?

00:30:08.619 --> 00:30:09.619
 Are you here tonight

00:30:09.619 --> 00:30:11.319
 and you've not yet accepted Christ?

00:30:13.240 --> 00:30:14.259
 Are you here tonight

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:15.359
 and you're still lost,

00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:17.879
 as you were

00:30:17.879 --> 00:30:19.000
 when you came into the world?

00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:21.940
 Are you here tonight saying,

00:30:21.940 --> 00:30:23.880
 if only I had more evidence?

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:27.259
 If only I had more to go on.

00:30:27.580 --> 00:30:28.640
 If only Jesus

00:30:28.640 --> 00:30:30.220
 were actually physically present

00:30:30.220 --> 00:30:31.220
 in front of me.

00:30:32.340 --> 00:30:33.120
 He is,

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:34.259
 in a sense,

00:30:35.200 --> 00:30:36.559
 in the words of the Bible.

00:30:37.420 --> 00:30:39.320
 Because they're recreating for you

00:30:39.320 --> 00:30:40.720
 the very occasion

00:30:40.720 --> 00:30:42.120
 in which he spoke

00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:43.320
 these words to Thomas.

00:30:43.319 --> 00:30:46.720
 you have the evidences.

00:30:48.220 --> 00:30:49.439
 You have the evidence

00:30:49.439 --> 00:30:50.240
 of his resurrection.

00:30:50.439 --> 00:30:50.819
 The Bible

00:30:50.819 --> 00:30:52.500
 produces it for you.

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:56.279
 And if you haven't come

00:30:56.279 --> 00:30:56.980
 to believe,

00:30:57.839 --> 00:30:59.220
 to believe trustingly

00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:00.559
 and savingly in Christ,

00:31:01.899 --> 00:31:02.740
 he is gently

00:31:02.740 --> 00:31:03.399
 but firmly

00:31:03.399 --> 00:31:04.500
 saying to you tonight,

00:31:05.500 --> 00:31:07.079
 stop disbelieving.

00:31:08.980 --> 00:31:10.339
 Stop what you're doing.

00:31:10.339 --> 00:31:13.000
 The evidence is there.

00:31:13.220 --> 00:31:14.519
 Why should you go on

00:31:14.519 --> 00:31:15.659
 disbelieving?

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:17.159
 Why should you go on

00:31:17.159 --> 00:31:18.980
 not trusting in me?

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:21.359
 Why should you not come

00:31:21.359 --> 00:31:23.439
 to give yourself over to me?

00:31:24.439 --> 00:31:25.539
 To be your Savior?

00:31:29.379 --> 00:31:30.859
 That's how he spoke to Thomas.

00:31:31.919 --> 00:31:32.679
 And for us,

00:31:32.740 --> 00:31:33.899
 the evidence is all laid out

00:31:33.899 --> 00:31:34.659
 for us in Scripture,

00:31:34.759 --> 00:31:35.399
 as we've said.

00:31:37.099 --> 00:31:37.799
 And so here is

00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:39.599
 his wonderful instruction

00:31:39.599 --> 00:31:40.819
 to us tonight as well.

00:31:41.859 --> 00:31:42.219
 And

00:31:42.219 --> 00:31:44.519
 he's not just speaking

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.339
 to people who have not

00:31:45.339 --> 00:31:46.639
 yet come to trust in him

00:31:46.639 --> 00:31:48.159
 who are still unsaved.

00:31:48.219 --> 00:31:49.000
 He's speaking to you

00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:49.539
 and to me

00:31:49.539 --> 00:31:51.219
 as Christian believers.

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:53.179
 Because there are many times

00:31:53.179 --> 00:31:54.119
 in our life

00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.659
 when we're guilty

00:31:54.659 --> 00:31:55.539
 of disbelieving

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.459
 or reluctantly

00:31:56.459 --> 00:31:58.099
 accepting his word.

00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.639
 And he's saying to us as well,

00:32:01.419 --> 00:32:03.019
 stop disbelieving.

00:32:03.199 --> 00:32:03.699
 Trust me.

00:32:04.439 --> 00:32:05.439
 Trust in my word.

00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:07.699
 Trust what I'm saying to you.

00:32:07.700 --> 00:32:10.059
 And move on.

00:32:11.460 --> 00:32:12.840
 Don't stop where you are.

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:16.100
 Don't stop as if there's nothing else

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:18.059
 but just to stand there

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:18.900
 questioning

00:32:18.900 --> 00:32:21.140
 and wondering.

00:32:23.080 --> 00:32:23.960
 Stop disbelieving

00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:26.160
 and believe.

00:32:26.299 --> 00:32:26.920
 And it's the same.

00:32:27.080 --> 00:32:27.720
 You're coming to have

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:28.980
 another communion.

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.059
 God willing,

00:32:30.180 --> 00:32:30.880
 next Lord's Day.

00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:34.760
 And as I've mentioned

00:32:34.760 --> 00:32:35.440
 many times

00:32:35.440 --> 00:32:36.200
 from this pulpit

00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:36.640
 and elsewhere,

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:39.200
 we find many people saying,

00:32:39.320 --> 00:32:40.220
 as I said myself

00:32:40.220 --> 00:32:40.920
 at one time,

00:32:41.860 --> 00:32:43.420
 if only I had more evidence.

00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:45.800
 If only I had more

00:32:45.800 --> 00:32:46.700
 to go on.

00:32:47.760 --> 00:32:49.020
 If only I were living

00:32:49.020 --> 00:32:49.700
 back in the days

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.580
 of the disciples,

00:32:51.560 --> 00:32:53.120
 it'd be much easier for me.

00:32:53.160 --> 00:32:53.960
 I could be much more

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.860
 persuaded then

00:32:54.860 --> 00:32:55.240
 to come

00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:56.580
 and take my place

00:32:56.580 --> 00:32:57.500
 at the Lord's table.

00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.940
 It's not that I denounce him.

00:32:58.940 --> 00:33:01.000
 It's not that I don't believe

00:33:01.000 --> 00:33:01.720
 that he existed.

00:33:01.840 --> 00:33:03.820
 It's not that I refuse his word

00:33:03.820 --> 00:33:04.559
 or anything like that.

00:33:04.600 --> 00:33:05.640
 But I just wish

00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:06.779
 there was something else.

00:33:09.740 --> 00:33:11.200
 Well, what more do you want?

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.039
 Don't you have him

00:33:15.039 --> 00:33:16.160
 speaking to you tonight

00:33:16.160 --> 00:33:16.860
 in the Bible?

00:33:18.460 --> 00:33:20.140
 Is that not word of Christ

00:33:20.140 --> 00:33:20.900
 in the Bible

00:33:20.900 --> 00:33:22.279
 as sure

00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:23.400
 as if he stood here

00:33:23.400 --> 00:33:24.100
 and you saw him

00:33:24.100 --> 00:33:25.380
 physically speaking to you

00:33:25.380 --> 00:33:26.920
 as he was with these disciples?

00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:29.160
 If the Bible is,

00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:29.940
 as we say it is,

00:33:29.960 --> 00:33:30.840
 the word of God,

00:33:31.340 --> 00:33:32.680
 he is speaking to you

00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:33.740
 and the word that he's

00:33:33.740 --> 00:33:34.360
 giving to you

00:33:34.360 --> 00:33:35.940
 to come and take communion

00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:37.440
 if you haven't done that before.

00:33:37.980 --> 00:33:39.360
 And I hope I'm presenting this

00:33:39.360 --> 00:33:41.039
 lovingly and not harshly.

00:33:42.100 --> 00:33:43.320
 But Jesus is saying,

00:33:43.620 --> 00:33:45.000
 here is my word to you.

00:33:46.200 --> 00:33:47.140
 Do this

00:33:47.140 --> 00:33:50.000
 in remembrance of me.

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.920
 Do it.

00:33:53.120 --> 00:33:54.840
 Stop being disbelieving

00:33:54.839 --> 00:33:56.919
 and believe.

00:33:57.859 --> 00:33:58.480
 Do it

00:33:58.480 --> 00:33:59.839
 on the basis

00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:00.539
 of the truth

00:34:00.539 --> 00:34:02.379
 of my word.

00:34:05.039 --> 00:34:06.459
 So Christ knew him

00:34:06.459 --> 00:34:07.439
 and Christ commanded

00:34:07.439 --> 00:34:08.900
 and the time is gone.

00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:09.519
 But we're going to

00:34:09.519 --> 00:34:11.039
 just briefly look at

00:34:11.039 --> 00:34:12.759
 Thomas' confession of Christ.

00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.420
 My Lord

00:34:13.420 --> 00:34:15.099
 and my God

00:34:15.099 --> 00:34:16.179
 was his response.

00:34:17.139 --> 00:34:17.719
 Where you find

00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:19.579
 the deity of Christ

00:34:19.579 --> 00:34:21.019
 so clearly set out

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.739
 and it's the clearest

00:34:21.739 --> 00:34:22.319
 as we said

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:23.960
 really in the New Testament.

00:34:23.960 --> 00:34:25.220
 The lordship

00:34:25.220 --> 00:34:26.039
 that's confessed

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.059
 there by Thomas

00:34:27.059 --> 00:34:28.220
 is a lordship

00:34:28.220 --> 00:34:29.599
 using these two words

00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:30.720
 my Lord

00:34:30.720 --> 00:34:32.539
 and my God.

00:34:33.099 --> 00:34:34.119
 Words that express

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:35.320
 the way in which

00:34:35.320 --> 00:34:36.079
 God is

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.840
 God,

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:37.480
 the creator,

00:34:37.659 --> 00:34:38.519
 the sustainer

00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:39.860
 of the whole universe

00:34:39.860 --> 00:34:40.900
 but also the Lord,

00:34:41.000 --> 00:34:41.900
 the covenant Lord

00:34:41.900 --> 00:34:42.559
 of his people.

00:34:43.099 --> 00:34:43.659
 My Lord

00:34:43.659 --> 00:34:45.440
 and my God.

00:34:47.599 --> 00:34:49.199
 It is the complete

00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:50.960
 absolute lordship

00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:52.559
 lordship of Christ.

00:34:54.699 --> 00:34:56.139
 And how thankful

00:34:56.139 --> 00:34:56.940
 you and I should be

00:34:56.940 --> 00:34:57.740
 for that tonight.

00:34:59.000 --> 00:34:59.980
 That our saviour

00:34:59.980 --> 00:35:00.940
 is the master

00:35:00.940 --> 00:35:02.380
 of the whole universe.

00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.159
 That our saviour

00:35:03.159 --> 00:35:04.240
 is the Lord,

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:05.920
 the God of his people,

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:07.099
 the Lord of his people.

00:35:08.000 --> 00:35:08.720
 What does that mean?

00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:09.099
 It means

00:35:09.099 --> 00:35:10.380
 that there's no one else

00:35:10.380 --> 00:35:11.179
 that can look after

00:35:11.179 --> 00:35:11.619
 your life

00:35:11.619 --> 00:35:12.460
 the way he does.

00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:15.119
 And that's

00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:16.559
 for example

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:17.720
 how Samuel Rutherford

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:18.500
 put it at one time

00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:20.519
 one of Scotland's

00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:21.440
 greatest theologians.

00:35:22.639 --> 00:35:23.579
 When he was answering

00:35:23.579 --> 00:35:24.639
 in so many of his letters

00:35:24.639 --> 00:35:27.480
 the ways in which

00:35:27.480 --> 00:35:28.280
 people were asking

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.960
 for advice

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.559
 and so on

00:35:29.559 --> 00:35:31.019
 and confounded

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.500
 sometimes

00:35:31.500 --> 00:35:32.619
 by what was happening

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:33.239
 in the country.

00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:34.179
 He said

00:35:34.179 --> 00:35:35.820
 my faith

00:35:35.820 --> 00:35:37.780
 has no other bed

00:35:37.780 --> 00:35:38.760
 to rest upon

00:35:38.760 --> 00:35:41.579
 than omnipotence.

00:35:42.980 --> 00:35:44.280
 God the almighty,

00:35:44.420 --> 00:35:44.920
 the power,

00:35:45.559 --> 00:35:46.579
 the authority of God.

00:35:46.579 --> 00:35:47.420
 my faith

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.900
 has no other bed

00:35:48.900 --> 00:35:50.000
 to rest upon

00:35:50.000 --> 00:35:55.059
 than omnipotence.

00:35:56.840 --> 00:35:57.440
 And isn't that

00:35:57.440 --> 00:35:58.019
 how it is

00:35:58.019 --> 00:35:59.840
 for you and I tonight?

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.659
 Where is your faith

00:36:00.659 --> 00:36:01.400
 going to rest?

00:36:02.779 --> 00:36:04.199
 In omnipotence.

00:36:04.900 --> 00:36:05.679
 In the mastery

00:36:05.679 --> 00:36:06.400
 of Christ.

00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:08.239
 In the lordship

00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:08.819
 of Christ.

00:36:09.119 --> 00:36:09.659
 In the person

00:36:09.659 --> 00:36:10.179
 of Jesus

00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:11.679
 as Lord

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:12.360
 and God.

00:36:12.360 --> 00:36:14.420
 and

00:36:14.420 --> 00:36:15.559
 you see

00:36:15.559 --> 00:36:16.099
 how personal

00:36:16.099 --> 00:36:17.000
 this is as well

00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:17.559
 to Thomas.

00:36:18.079 --> 00:36:18.980
 My lord

00:36:18.980 --> 00:36:20.640
 and my God.

00:36:21.680 --> 00:36:22.660
 It's personal

00:36:22.660 --> 00:36:23.280
 because

00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:24.340
 this Jesus

00:36:24.340 --> 00:36:25.280
 belongs

00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:26.280
 to Thomas

00:36:26.280 --> 00:36:27.400
 through the faith

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.840
 that Thomas

00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:29.220
 is placing in him

00:36:29.220 --> 00:36:30.220
 and has placed

00:36:30.220 --> 00:36:31.140
 in him before now

00:36:31.140 --> 00:36:31.940
 but is now

00:36:31.940 --> 00:36:33.420
 being once again

00:36:33.420 --> 00:36:35.220
 registering with him

00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:35.960
 as a believer

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:38.320
 where he says

00:36:38.320 --> 00:36:38.960
 my lord

00:36:38.960 --> 00:36:39.860
 and my God.

00:36:39.860 --> 00:36:42.140
 that possessive

00:36:42.140 --> 00:36:42.500
 pronoun

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:43.500
 is so important.

00:36:44.220 --> 00:36:44.900
 My lord

00:36:44.900 --> 00:36:45.780
 and my God.

00:36:47.039 --> 00:36:47.820
 And how important

00:36:47.820 --> 00:36:48.260
 that is

00:36:48.260 --> 00:36:49.019
 for you

00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:49.420
 as well

00:36:49.420 --> 00:36:50.220
 as for me

00:36:50.220 --> 00:36:50.660
 tonight.

00:36:51.640 --> 00:36:52.360
 It's not just

00:36:52.360 --> 00:36:52.940
 that we believe

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.640
 in the lordship

00:36:53.640 --> 00:36:54.019
 of Christ

00:36:54.019 --> 00:36:55.079
 in a general sense.

00:36:55.539 --> 00:36:56.059
 It's not just

00:36:56.059 --> 00:36:56.840
 that we believe

00:36:56.840 --> 00:36:57.539
 that Jesus

00:36:57.539 --> 00:36:58.280
 is lord

00:36:58.280 --> 00:36:59.260
 over the whole

00:36:59.260 --> 00:36:59.760
 universe

00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:00.700
 because that's

00:37:00.700 --> 00:37:01.240
 what the bible

00:37:01.240 --> 00:37:02.000
 says.

00:37:02.420 --> 00:37:03.120
 That's going

00:37:03.120 --> 00:37:04.500
 quite far

00:37:04.500 --> 00:37:05.500
 in the extent

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.680
 of what you believe.

00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:09.980
 but it's further

00:37:09.980 --> 00:37:10.539
 and it's more

00:37:10.539 --> 00:37:11.500
 precious to say

00:37:11.500 --> 00:37:13.559
 my lord

00:37:13.559 --> 00:37:16.339
 and my God.

00:37:18.339 --> 00:37:19.359
 Can you say

00:37:19.359 --> 00:37:20.000
 that tonight?

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:23.079
 Is he your lord?

00:37:24.359 --> 00:37:25.819
 Is he your god?

00:37:26.819 --> 00:37:28.079
 Does he belong

00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:28.779
 to you

00:37:28.779 --> 00:37:30.599
 as god

00:37:30.599 --> 00:37:31.079
 and lord

00:37:31.079 --> 00:37:31.899
 in your life?

00:37:31.900 --> 00:37:34.260
 Can you use

00:37:34.260 --> 00:37:35.059
 this expression

00:37:35.059 --> 00:37:36.460
 meaningfully

00:37:36.460 --> 00:37:37.360
 tonight of him?

00:37:38.980 --> 00:37:39.820
 My lord

00:37:39.820 --> 00:37:42.340
 and my God.

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:44.460
 How precious

00:37:44.460 --> 00:37:45.139
 that is

00:37:45.139 --> 00:37:46.700
 that we can

00:37:46.700 --> 00:37:47.079
 see

00:37:47.079 --> 00:37:48.200
 of this

00:37:48.200 --> 00:37:48.720
 great

00:37:48.720 --> 00:37:49.440
 gigantic

00:37:49.440 --> 00:37:50.300
 enormous

00:37:50.300 --> 00:37:53.059
 authoritative

00:37:53.059 --> 00:37:55.079
 omniscient

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:56.019
 all knowing

00:37:56.019 --> 00:37:56.800
 all powerful

00:37:56.800 --> 00:37:57.380
 God

00:37:57.380 --> 00:37:58.660
 lord

00:37:58.660 --> 00:37:59.539
 tonight

00:37:59.539 --> 00:38:00.440
 I'm thankful

00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:01.559
 I can say

00:38:01.559 --> 00:38:02.619
 you are

00:38:02.619 --> 00:38:03.639
 my god

00:38:03.639 --> 00:38:05.639
 you are

00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:06.420
 my lord

00:38:06.420 --> 00:38:09.179
 I possess

00:38:09.179 --> 00:38:09.900
 you by

00:38:09.900 --> 00:38:10.559
 faith

00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:13.159
 I've availed

00:38:13.159 --> 00:38:13.940
 myself of all

00:38:13.940 --> 00:38:14.619
 that is in you

00:38:14.619 --> 00:38:15.440
 and brought it

00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:16.400
 home to myself

00:38:16.400 --> 00:38:17.259
 it belongs

00:38:17.259 --> 00:38:17.679
 to me

00:38:17.679 --> 00:38:18.679
 as the song

00:38:18.679 --> 00:38:19.079
 of Solomon

00:38:19.079 --> 00:38:19.599
 puts it

00:38:19.599 --> 00:38:21.320
 where the

00:38:21.320 --> 00:38:22.039
 expression is

00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:22.800
 so often used

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.860
 or was used

00:38:23.860 --> 00:38:24.420
 certainly in the

00:38:24.420 --> 00:38:24.820
 past

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:26.380
 my beloved

00:38:26.380 --> 00:38:27.820
 is mine

00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:29.539
 and I

00:38:29.539 --> 00:38:31.059
 am his

00:38:31.059 --> 00:38:33.019
 and every

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.380
 believer

00:38:33.380 --> 00:38:33.720
 tonight

00:38:33.720 --> 00:38:34.140
 can say

00:38:34.140 --> 00:38:34.460
 that

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:36.140
 my beloved

00:38:36.140 --> 00:38:37.400
 is mine

00:38:37.400 --> 00:38:37.760
 Jesus

00:38:37.760 --> 00:38:38.320
 belongs

00:38:38.320 --> 00:38:38.880
 to me

00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:41.900
 and I

00:38:41.900 --> 00:38:42.539
 am his

00:38:42.539 --> 00:38:44.500
 I belong

00:38:44.500 --> 00:38:45.720
 to him

00:38:45.720 --> 00:38:48.260
 and

00:38:48.260 --> 00:38:49.300
 the passage

00:38:49.300 --> 00:38:50.160
 ends by

00:38:50.160 --> 00:38:51.680
 Thomas saying

00:38:51.680 --> 00:38:52.019
 my lord

00:38:52.019 --> 00:38:52.500
 my god

00:38:52.500 --> 00:38:52.960
 Jesus said

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:53.260
 have you

00:38:53.260 --> 00:38:53.539
 believed

00:38:53.539 --> 00:38:54.039
 because you

00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:54.400
 have seen

00:38:54.400 --> 00:38:54.640
 me

00:38:54.640 --> 00:38:55.780
 blessed

00:38:55.780 --> 00:38:56.220
 are those

00:38:56.220 --> 00:38:56.460
 who have

00:38:56.460 --> 00:38:56.980
 not seen

00:38:56.980 --> 00:38:57.400
 and yet

00:38:57.400 --> 00:38:58.099
 believed

00:38:58.099 --> 00:39:00.139
 who are

00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.380
 they

00:39:00.380 --> 00:39:01.980
 who are

00:39:01.980 --> 00:39:02.559
 these people

00:39:02.559 --> 00:39:03.840
 Jesus refers

00:39:03.840 --> 00:39:04.380
 to as

00:39:04.380 --> 00:39:05.420
 those who

00:39:05.420 --> 00:39:06.619
 have not

00:39:06.619 --> 00:39:06.940
 seen

00:39:06.940 --> 00:39:07.340
 and yet

00:39:07.340 --> 00:39:08.079
 have believed

00:39:08.079 --> 00:39:08.619
 and so

00:39:08.619 --> 00:39:09.119
 are blessed

00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:09.880
 well they

00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:10.219
 are

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:11.119
 everybody

00:39:11.119 --> 00:39:11.619
 who's

00:39:11.619 --> 00:39:12.119
 come to

00:39:12.119 --> 00:39:12.579
 believe

00:39:12.579 --> 00:39:13.099
 and trust

00:39:13.099 --> 00:39:13.420
 in him

00:39:13.420 --> 00:39:14.219
 from the

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.659
 time that

00:39:14.659 --> 00:39:15.000
 he went

00:39:15.000 --> 00:39:15.480
 back to

00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:15.699
 heaven

00:39:15.699 --> 00:39:16.179
 to this

00:39:16.179 --> 00:39:16.539
 present

00:39:16.539 --> 00:39:16.980
 day

00:39:16.980 --> 00:39:19.519
 blessed

00:39:19.519 --> 00:39:19.980
 are those

00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.300
 who have

00:39:20.300 --> 00:39:21.000
 not seen

00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:22.420
 who have

00:39:22.420 --> 00:39:22.980
 not laid

00:39:22.980 --> 00:39:23.599
 physical

00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:24.179
 eyes

00:39:24.179 --> 00:39:24.539
 upon

00:39:24.539 --> 00:39:25.099
 Christ

00:39:25.099 --> 00:39:26.319
 but yet

00:39:26.319 --> 00:39:26.980
 believe

00:39:26.980 --> 00:39:28.319
 and Jesus

00:39:28.319 --> 00:39:28.739
 says

00:39:28.739 --> 00:39:29.739
 blessed

00:39:29.739 --> 00:39:30.339
 are they

00:39:30.339 --> 00:39:32.239
 they're

00:39:32.239 --> 00:39:32.659
 blessed

00:39:32.659 --> 00:39:33.039
 because

00:39:33.039 --> 00:39:33.279
 they've

00:39:33.279 --> 00:39:33.599
 come

00:39:33.599 --> 00:39:34.339
 to

00:39:34.339 --> 00:39:34.739
 trust

00:39:34.739 --> 00:39:35.259
 in me

00:39:35.259 --> 00:39:36.519
 they've

00:39:36.519 --> 00:39:36.739
 never

00:39:36.739 --> 00:39:37.079
 seen

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:37.400
 me

00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:38.599
 physically

00:39:38.599 --> 00:39:39.920
 but they

00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:40.299
 know me

00:39:40.299 --> 00:39:40.619
 and I

00:39:40.619 --> 00:39:41.199
 know them

00:39:41.199 --> 00:39:42.099
 they are

00:39:42.099 --> 00:39:42.779
 my sheep

00:39:42.779 --> 00:39:43.480
 I am

00:39:43.480 --> 00:39:44.059
 their shepherd

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:47.699
 and there's

00:39:47.699 --> 00:39:48.099
 a sense

00:39:48.099 --> 00:39:48.579
 in which

00:39:48.579 --> 00:39:49.799
 that's being

00:39:49.799 --> 00:39:50.400
 recreated

00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:50.960
 now here

00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:51.279
 in this

00:39:51.279 --> 00:39:51.579
 building

00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.019
 tonight

00:39:52.019 --> 00:39:54.199
 where

00:39:54.199 --> 00:39:54.480
 through

00:39:54.480 --> 00:39:55.099
 the gospel

00:39:55.099 --> 00:39:56.219
 Jesus

00:39:56.219 --> 00:39:56.900
 is addressing

00:39:56.900 --> 00:39:57.400
 us of

00:39:57.400 --> 00:39:58.039
 our need

00:39:58.039 --> 00:39:59.139
 to trust

00:39:59.139 --> 00:39:59.599
 in him

00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:01.380
 and

00:40:01.380 --> 00:40:02.059
 emphasizing

00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:03.500
 his own

00:40:03.500 --> 00:40:03.980
 qualities

00:40:03.980 --> 00:40:04.440
 for us

00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:04.759
 to do

00:40:04.759 --> 00:40:05.139
 that

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:08.500
 and where

00:40:08.500 --> 00:40:08.820
 we are

00:40:08.820 --> 00:40:09.119
 here

00:40:09.119 --> 00:40:10.099
 in this

00:40:10.099 --> 00:40:10.460
 room

00:40:10.460 --> 00:40:11.400
 with

00:40:11.400 --> 00:40:11.920
 Thomas

00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:13.340
 as this

00:40:13.340 --> 00:40:13.800
 scene is

00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:14.199
 created

00:40:14.199 --> 00:40:14.960
 for us

00:40:14.960 --> 00:40:17.440
 the risen

00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:18.019
 Jesus

00:40:18.019 --> 00:40:19.559
 is standing

00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:20.199
 before us

00:40:20.199 --> 00:40:20.659
 in the words

00:40:20.659 --> 00:40:21.159
 of scripture

00:40:21.159 --> 00:40:23.440
 he's real

00:40:23.440 --> 00:40:26.379
 what is

00:40:26.379 --> 00:40:27.279
 our response

00:40:27.279 --> 00:40:29.399
 are you

00:40:29.399 --> 00:40:29.779
 tonight

00:40:29.779 --> 00:40:30.259
 saying

00:40:30.259 --> 00:40:31.779
 my

00:40:31.779 --> 00:40:32.279
 Lord

00:40:32.279 --> 00:40:34.239
 and my

00:40:34.239 --> 00:40:34.719
 God

00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:36.259
 let's

00:40:36.259 --> 00:40:36.519
 pray

00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:39.000
 Lord our

00:40:39.000 --> 00:40:39.319
 God

00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:39.899
 we give

00:40:39.899 --> 00:40:40.440
 thanks for

00:40:40.440 --> 00:40:40.980
 the gospel

00:40:40.980 --> 00:40:42.559
 and we give

00:40:42.559 --> 00:40:43.019
 thanks for

00:40:43.019 --> 00:40:43.460
 the gospel

00:40:43.460 --> 00:40:43.839
 and its

00:40:43.839 --> 00:40:44.480
 contents

00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:45.879
 and we

00:40:45.879 --> 00:40:46.219
 thank you

00:40:46.219 --> 00:40:46.799
 for especially

00:40:46.799 --> 00:40:47.259
 the way

00:40:47.259 --> 00:40:48.019
 it provides

00:40:48.019 --> 00:40:48.319
 us

00:40:48.319 --> 00:40:49.299
 with these

00:40:49.299 --> 00:40:49.679
 wonderful

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.139
 truths

00:40:50.139 --> 00:40:50.500
 about

00:40:50.500 --> 00:40:51.059
 yourself

00:40:51.059 --> 00:40:52.340
 about

00:40:52.340 --> 00:40:52.539
 your

00:40:52.539 --> 00:40:53.079
 relationship

00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:53.539
 with your

00:40:53.539 --> 00:40:53.940
 people

00:40:53.940 --> 00:40:55.480
 the privileges

00:40:55.480 --> 00:40:56.019
 that they

00:40:56.019 --> 00:40:56.420
 have

00:40:56.420 --> 00:40:57.920
 the blessing

00:40:57.920 --> 00:40:58.320
 that is

00:40:58.320 --> 00:40:58.639
 theirs

00:40:58.639 --> 00:40:59.320
 even now

00:40:59.320 --> 00:41:00.440
 and the

00:41:00.440 --> 00:41:00.799
 blessings

00:41:00.799 --> 00:41:01.139
 that are

00:41:01.139 --> 00:41:01.559
 laid up

00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:02.059
 in store

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:02.599
 for them

00:41:02.599 --> 00:41:03.559
 in the

00:41:03.559 --> 00:41:03.779
 heaven

00:41:03.779 --> 00:41:04.119
 that is

00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:04.519
 awaiting

00:41:04.519 --> 00:41:04.880
 them

00:41:04.880 --> 00:41:06.299
 we thank

00:41:06.299 --> 00:41:06.619
 you Lord

00:41:06.619 --> 00:41:06.980
 tonight

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:07.500
 for all

00:41:07.500 --> 00:41:08.219
 that that

00:41:08.219 --> 00:41:08.500
 means

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:08.840
 to your

00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:09.219
 people

00:41:09.219 --> 00:41:10.279
 we pray

00:41:10.279 --> 00:41:10.279


00:41:10.279 --> 00:41:10.719
 for everyone

00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:11.079
 in this

00:41:11.079 --> 00:41:11.399
 building

00:41:11.399 --> 00:41:11.819
 tonight

00:41:11.819 --> 00:41:12.359
 oh Lord

00:41:12.359 --> 00:41:13.319
 you know

00:41:13.319 --> 00:41:13.879
 every heart

00:41:13.879 --> 00:41:14.179
 here

00:41:14.179 --> 00:41:14.459
 you know

00:41:14.459 --> 00:41:15.019
 the thoughts

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:16.099
 of every

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:16.559
 soul

00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:17.679
 you know

00:41:17.679 --> 00:41:18.399
 our relationship

00:41:18.399 --> 00:41:19.000
 with you

00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:19.419
 you know

00:41:19.419 --> 00:41:19.879
 our need

00:41:19.879 --> 00:41:21.459
 and we pray

00:41:21.459 --> 00:41:22.159
 that each of us

00:41:22.159 --> 00:41:22.859
 may come to

00:41:22.859 --> 00:41:24.059
 leave this place

00:41:24.059 --> 00:41:24.459
 tonight

00:41:24.459 --> 00:41:26.259
 trusting in the

00:41:26.259 --> 00:41:26.719
 Lord and

00:41:26.719 --> 00:41:27.079
 thankful

00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:28.539
 for the trust

00:41:28.539 --> 00:41:28.959
 that you have

00:41:28.959 --> 00:41:29.639
 given us

00:41:29.639 --> 00:41:30.899
 receive us

00:41:30.899 --> 00:41:31.419
 in our worship

00:41:31.419 --> 00:41:31.959
 cleanse us

00:41:31.959 --> 00:41:32.639
 from our sin

00:41:32.639 --> 00:41:33.659
 for Jesus

00:41:33.659 --> 00:41:34.119
 sake

00:41:34.119 --> 00:41:34.599
 Amen

00:41:34.599 --> 00:41:40.259
 our closing

00:41:40.259 --> 00:41:40.819
 psalm tonight

00:41:40.819 --> 00:41:41.359
 is psalm

00:41:41.359 --> 00:41:42.599
 145

00:41:42.599 --> 00:41:43.559
 the second

00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:44.059
 version of

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:45.279
 psalm 145

00:41:45.279 --> 00:41:46.960
 page

00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:48.259
 444

00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:51.960
 we'll sing

00:41:51.960 --> 00:41:52.579
 verses 1

00:41:52.579 --> 00:41:53.099
 to 6

00:41:53.099 --> 00:41:55.679
 O Lord

00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:56.179
 thou art

00:41:56.179 --> 00:41:56.799
 my God

00:41:56.799 --> 00:41:57.319
 and King

00:41:57.319 --> 00:41:58.420
 thee will

00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.159
 I magnify

00:41:59.159 --> 00:41:59.920
 and praise

00:41:59.920 --> 00:42:01.139
 I will

00:42:01.139 --> 00:42:01.619
 they bless

00:42:01.619 --> 00:42:02.159
 and gladly

00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:02.559
 sing

00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:03.519
 unto

00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:04.079
 thy holy

00:42:04.079 --> 00:42:04.480
 name

00:42:04.480 --> 00:42:05.739
 always

00:42:05.739 --> 00:42:07.099
 psalm 145

00:42:07.099 --> 00:42:08.619
 on page

00:42:08.619 --> 00:42:09.340
 444

00:42:09.340 --> 00:42:10.539
 and these

00:42:10.539 --> 00:42:11.199
 verses 1

00:42:11.199 --> 00:42:11.759
 to 6

00:42:11.759 --> 00:42:12.320
 O Lord

00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:13.460
 thou art

00:42:13.460 --> 00:42:14.119
 my God

00:42:14.119 --> 00:42:14.800
 and King

00:42:14.800 --> 00:42:20.519
 O Lord

00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:21.559
 thou art

00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:23.059
 my God

00:42:23.059 --> 00:42:24.699
 and King

00:42:24.699 --> 00:42:26.780
 they will

00:42:26.780 --> 00:42:29.059
 magnify

00:42:29.059 --> 00:42:32.119
 and praise

00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:33.779
 who have

00:42:33.779 --> 00:42:33.779


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!

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!

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!

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 Each day I rise, I will be blessed, and praise thy name, thy will come, dare to be praised, and great for this.

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 His greatness, dark and complete end.

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 Great shall thy words face unto race, the mighty act sure done by thee.

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 I will speak of thy glorious grace, and honor of thy majesty.

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 Thy wondrous works I will report, I let the light shall be extol.

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 Of all thy dreadful acts, O Lord, and I thy greatness will unfold.

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 If you could kindly let me get to the main door, please, after the benediction.

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 Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and evermore.

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 Amen.

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