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 Our first item of worship is Psalm 65. We sing to his praise in Psalm 65, and that's on page 82.

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 And Zion praise awaits you, Lord, to you our vows will pay. To you all people will come near,

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 do you hear us when we pray? When we were overwhelmed by sins and guilt upon us lay,

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 you pardoned all our trespasses and washed our guilt away. Psalm 65, these verses 1 to 5,

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 the tune is done firmly to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 In Zion praise awaits you, Lord, to you our vows will pay.

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 To you all people will come near, you hear us when we pray.

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 When we were overwhelmed by sins and guilt upon us lay, you pardoned all our trespasses and washed our guilt away.

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 We are blessed, our love, to you to the rain, with a new force of grace.

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 We're filled with blessings in your heart, in your most holy place.

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 With awesome deeds of righteousness, you answered us, O God, our Savior, hope of earth's ease, and of the earth abroad.

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 Amen.

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 Once again, let's join together in prayer to God.

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 O Lord, our God, our gracious and eternal God, we thank you again that we can gather here this

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 evening as worshipers around your Word, and that we can engage in these aspects of worship

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 that we are so familiar with. We pray, Lord, that you would keep us from a mere familiarity

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 or a mere sense of routine. Give us, we pray, Lord, when we call upon your name that we may do so,

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 conscious that we are speaking with the God of whom we have been singing,

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 and conscious that you have reminded us in these words of your readiness to answer us.

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 We ask, O Lord, that you would help us as we study your Word and as we come to sing your praises,

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 that we will do so with a thinking heart, the mind ready to receive these aspects of your truth,

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 and to use your Word as we sing your praise. We give thanks, Lord, tonight that we are reminded

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 once again of your greatness, of your claim over the whole of your creation,

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 for you are the God of the whole universe, the God who has reminded us that you uphold all things by

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 the Word of your power, and that it is to you that all human beings are answerable ultimately.

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 Help us, Lord, we pray, to come in that holy fear by which we would, with awe and reverence and love

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 for you, fall down before you now in the quiet of our hearts, and come, Lord, to give ourselves anew to you

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 in a willing service. We thank you that your Word has already guided us today

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 to those issues to do with the death of our Lord Jesus Christ, to that which he accomplished

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 by his death at Calvary. And we do give thanks, O Lord, for your presence with us, for the way in which

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 you use both word and sacrament to edify your people. We pray that we may carry these things

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 with us from this Lord's day, both then and now, so that they may indeed form in our minds throughout

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 this coming week, the basis of our thoughts. We thank you, O Lord, for all the goodness we receive

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 from you. Lord, we come before you each Lord's day at the beginning of each week, reflecting upon the

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 many aspects of your goodness, and yet we confess that throughout each week we fail to take account

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 properly and tellingly of these aspects of your goodness that meet us in our daily living.

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 For your goodness extends to us not only in the gospel, but in the course of life that you provide

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 us with so much that we are given to enjoy and benefit from throughout each day. And we thank you

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 that you remember us with plenty for our bodily needs, that you remember us in such a favorable

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 situation as you've placed us in, so that we have access to medical resources, access to good

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 education, access to so many things down through the years, O Lord, that you have provided us with

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 in your providence and kindness. And we give thanks for that, and we pray that these may continue with

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 us. For by our own neglect, O Lord, it would be all too easy for you to withdraw them and to teach us

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 of our dependability, of our dependence upon yourself and on your dependability as our God.

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 We pray tonight, Lord, as we consider aspects of your Word anew, that you might draw us to yourself

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 as we do so, and that we may be conscious that you are here. Lord, we remember Solomon's great

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 declaration as the dedication of the temple took place, that the heavens of heavens could not contain

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 you, much less this building that he had erected. And so it is, O Lord, with this building, this place of

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 worship, this place we are so familiar with and so precious to us. We confess that it is but small,

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 tiny in your own presence compared to your greatness. Yet we thank you that you're pleased

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 at times to fill it with your presence, that you're pleased to use it in such a way as to gather us

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 together so that we experience more of your blessing. We pray that you would enable us to speak and to

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 hear in a way that we truly be aware that you are speaking to us, that you are giving us the ability

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 to speak and to hear. We ask your blessing to be with us as a congregation following our communion this

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 morning. We thank you, Lord, for every occasion when the death of the Lord is remembered by us,

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 and when you enable us to gather in such a fashion. We pray for all today who were at your table.

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 We ask that you would bless us as we seek your strengthening for that journey of life through

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 which you take us. And we pray that you would strengthen us to be your own living and consistent

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 disciples in the world. We pray that you would protect us and keep us, that you would direct our

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 steps each day in the ways of your truth. We pray especially, Lord, for Anna, who was there at the

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 table for the first time today. We pray for Anna, and we ask that you would bless her as she begins

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 her life as a professing Christian. We thank you for her presence with us. We pray that you would

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 encourage her, O Lord, as she has taken this step. We pray for any who may have been at your table today

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 for the last time. We know not, Lord, what a day or a week or months may actually bring to us.

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 We have already, Lord, come through years when things happened that we were not expectant of,

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 and yet you brought us safely through, and you enabled us, Lord, to look to you. We pray that that

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 will be the case in these days and weeks and months to come. We pray that you bless again our children,

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 those who are witnesses of the sacrament today, and those who are not, or those who were at home.

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 We pray that you bless them, bless those, and bless them as they receive the teaching of your word and

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 those who teach them. We thank you, Lord, for every encouragement you give us with regard to our

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 young people. Bless us in the fellowship again this evening. Help us, Lord, as we take an interest in

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 the work of camps, that you would enable us, Lord, to do so prayerfully and meaningfully as we remember

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 the young people that anticipate being at camps this coming summer. And we pray for those who have

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 given of themselves to help with camps as leaders, those who are giving practical help as cooks,

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 those who are helping with transport. In every way, Lord, those who help with the running of our camps.

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 We thank you for the encouragement it gives us to see so many children and young people coming

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 to attend the summer camps. We pray that they will return much blessed in their souls,

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 and that you would encourage, oh, Lord, those who seek to teach them and to give them guidance

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 during that time. We ask your blessing, Lord, to be with us in all the activities that are listed for

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 this week in our bulletin. We pray that you would bless these, whether they be formal times of worship

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 or fellowships or times when we meet with others informally. Bless everything that's done in your

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 name, we pray, and help us as we seek to go on serving you as a congregation, that you would continue,

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 Lord, to encourage us and to provide us with further evidence that you are blessing your word amongst us

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 and that you are taking us as your people as we take you as our God. Bless the world in which we live.

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 Lord, we are so conscious of so many different aspects of need in our own society and throughout

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 the world. We pray, Lord, for those who are seeking to uphold your truth in different contexts

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 in our own land, whether it be in our schools, other aspects of our community life.

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 We pray that you would bless every effort made to show the love of God and the authority of God

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 and the gospel of God in our society. We pray for those who rule over us in Parliament.

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 We ask that you would bless them, and we pray that our prayer and our remembrance of them may not

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 simply be a matter of form, but that in our hearts we will sincerely seek their good and seek for them

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 the wisdom that you alone are able to impart. We pray that that may be their portion during such

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 difficult times as we face. We pray tonight for those who are ill, those of our own number especially,

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 and commend them to you again, as well as those who mourn the passing of loved ones who are always with

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 us from week to week. Grant them your comfort. Grant them your upholding and your strengthening.

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 And graciously bless throughout the world, O Lord, people in such diversity and sometimes in such great

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 need. We pray tonight again for those facing the terror of war and terrorism of different kinds,

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 those who are fearful for their lives as they declare their faith in the Lord, those who face such

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 opposition for having turned to the Lord and left whatever religions or lack of religion they had.

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 We ask, Lord, that you would be pleased to bless them and encourage them in the way.

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 We pray too for those who have come to face the difficulties of disaster. We pray again for those

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 in India who have lost loved ones in this terrible train crash. O Lord God, we commend them to you and to

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 your grace and to your own compassion. And we pray that you would remember them from your throne on high

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 and give to them the way with all that they need to deal with such a calamity. And so, Lord, we ask that

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 you'd continue to bless us as we live out our lives in this world. And Lord, whatever we may think of

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 ourselves, help us at all times to be concerned to present you to the world as a God who is faithful,

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 a God who is just, a God who is loving and kind, but will by no means clear the guilty.

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 Hear us, we pray, forgiving your sin for Jesus' sake. Amen.

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 We'll sing again to God's praise this time, Psalm 63. Once again, let's sing Psalms in Psalm 63.

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 Tune is Cresselius, verses 1-8. That's on page 80.

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 So, verses 1-8.

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 O God, you are my God alone. I seek your face with eagerness.

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 My soul and body thirst for you in this dry, weary wilderness.

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 Psalm 63, and verses 1-8.

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 O God, you are my God alone. I seek your face with eagerness.

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 My soul and body thirst for you in this dry, weary wilderness.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 I seek your face with eagerness.

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 Upon my bed I lie away, and in my thoughts remember you.

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 I meditated throughout the night, and he knew constant love in view.

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 Because you are my help alone, in shadow of your wings I'll sing.

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 You hold me up with your bright hand, to you, O God, my soul will gain.

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 Amen.

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 Son of David, have mercy on me.

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 And Jesus stopped and commanded him to be brought to him.

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 And when he came near, he asked him, What do you want me to do for you?

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 He said, Lord, let me recover my sight.

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 And Jesus said to him, Recover your sight.

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 Your faith has made you well.

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 And immediately he recovered his sight and followed him, glorifying God.

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 And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

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 He entered Jericho and was passing through, and there was a man named Zacchaeus.

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 He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.

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 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was.

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 But on account of the crowd, he could not, because he was small of stature.

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 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him,

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 for he was about to pass that way.

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 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him,

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 Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.

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 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully.

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 And when they saw it, they all grumbled,

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 He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.

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 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord,

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 Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor.

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 And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.

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 Jesus said to him, Today salvation has come to this house,

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 since he also is a son of Abraham.

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 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.

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 Amen. May God bless again a reading of his word.

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 Once again, we'll praise him this time from Psalm 51.

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 Psalm number 51 in the Scottish Psalter,

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 and singing verses 6 to 10.

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 And the tune is St. Kilda.

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 Behold thou in the inward parts, with truth delighted art.

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 In wisdom thou shalt make me know within the hidden part.

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 Do thou with hyssop sprinkle me, I shall be cleansed so.

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 Yea, wash thou me, and then I shall be whiter than the snow.

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 Of gladness and of joyfulness make me to hear the voice,

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 that so these very bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

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 All mine iniquities blot out.

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 Thy face hide from my sin.

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 Create a clean heart.

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 Lord, renew a right spirit.

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 Me within.

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 Singing these verses 6 to 10 on page 281,

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 and the tune is St. Kilda.

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 Behold thou in the inward parts.

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 With truth delighted art.

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 Behold thou in the inward parts, with truth delighted art.

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 And wisdom thou shalt make me know within the hidden part.

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 Do thou with hyssop.

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 Do thou with hyssop.

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 Hear ye may know within the inside.

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 and of joyfulness

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 make me to hear

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 the voice

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 that's all these

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 very poems

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 which thou

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 hast broken

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 Mary

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 rejoice

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 all my

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 iniquities

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 slaughter

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 thy face

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 I

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 from my

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 shame

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 in

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 our

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 for

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 you

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 arise

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 me

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 with

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 him

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 now please turn with me to Luke chapter 19

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 Luke chapter 19 the first part of the chapter there that we read a minute ago

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 where we find the account here of change in the life of Zacchaeus

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 a very well known Bible incident I'm sure to most of us but one of continuing interest

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 as we look to ourselves and our relationship to the Lord

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 well we're told here that Zacchaeus was small of stature he was a little man and I'm sure as would have been the case in most of these instances and still the case as a little man and he was obviously quite small he couldn't see over the crowd

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 that he would have been

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 Zacchaeus would have been the case in the case in the case in the case in the case in the case in the case of the Lord and Zacchaeus would have met with that sort of comment many times in the history in his own history in his own experience

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 but we're told here not only was he small in stature

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 but he was big in terms of

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 his riches

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 he was rich he had plenty

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 of money

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 he was a chief

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 tax collector

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 and Jericho

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 was a very lucrative place for tax collectors especially for the chief tax collector

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 because I'm sure you know that chief tax collectors especially

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 not only could gather in the taxes that were set by the government of the time

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 but they very very often extorted extra money

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 from the people just to fill their own pockets

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 and for many reasons but that especially was a reason why they were hated by the public

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 because that's the kind of ruthless attitude they had to people's lives

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 and to people's money

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 they were there to just make a packet

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 they were there to fill their own pockets to make themselves rich

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 and undoubtedly

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 Zacchaeus fell into that sort of thinking

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 and practice in his own life

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 because as we'll see after the change

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 that had come on him

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 was made obvious

00:25:34.699 --> 00:25:36.099
 he said to the Lord

00:25:36.099 --> 00:25:39.379
 if I've defrauded anyone of anything I restored it

00:25:39.379 --> 00:25:40.339
 fourfold

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 and you certainly get the impression from that

00:25:42.740 --> 00:25:44.539
 that Zacchaeus knew very well

00:25:44.539 --> 00:25:46.879
 that he had defrauded people previously

00:25:46.879 --> 00:25:49.019
 and was now making restitution

00:25:49.019 --> 00:25:51.460
 as something that followed on

00:25:51.460 --> 00:25:53.720
 from the change in his life

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:58.619
 but however rich he was in monetary terms

00:25:58.619 --> 00:26:03.059
 this was a day that made him rich beyond measure

00:26:03.059 --> 00:26:05.619
 made him rich spiritually

00:26:05.619 --> 00:26:09.039
 a day that he could look back upon and say

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:11.660
 that's the day that I came really to possess

00:26:11.660 --> 00:26:13.619
 true and lasting treasure

00:26:13.619 --> 00:26:16.379
 that's the day I came to know Jesus

00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:18.339
 that's the day I met him

00:26:18.339 --> 00:26:20.159
 that's the day he changed my life

00:26:20.159 --> 00:26:21.899
 that's the day when I realized

00:26:21.899 --> 00:26:23.299
 that all my riches

00:26:23.299 --> 00:26:24.799
 were of no avail to me

00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:27.179
 if I didn't have the treasure of eternal life

00:26:27.179 --> 00:26:32.099
 and that's where he was made rich beyond measure

00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:34.299
 through what happened to him

00:26:34.299 --> 00:26:35.740
 on this occasion

00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:38.240
 and I want to just take the fact

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.419
 that he was a little man

00:26:39.419 --> 00:26:41.000
 small of stature

00:26:41.000 --> 00:26:43.699
 and just use that in our headings tonight

00:26:43.699 --> 00:26:46.199
 to just work our way through this passage

00:26:46.200 --> 00:26:47.779
 and we'll look first of all

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:50.759
 at the little man's big effort

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:52.940
 the effort he went to

00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:56.720
 in order to come to see Jesus for himself

00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:00.580
 secondly the little man's big change

00:27:00.580 --> 00:27:04.259
 because the change that came over him

00:27:04.259 --> 00:27:06.779
 is obvious from the way that he then speaks

00:27:06.779 --> 00:27:07.660
 about himself

00:27:07.660 --> 00:27:10.380
 and the way that he now sees things

00:27:10.380 --> 00:27:12.600
 compared to how he once lived

00:27:12.599 --> 00:27:15.919
 the little man's big change

00:27:15.919 --> 00:27:20.059
 and thirdly the little man's big heart

00:27:20.059 --> 00:27:23.419
 because the change that Jesus brought about

00:27:23.419 --> 00:27:24.179
 in his life

00:27:24.179 --> 00:27:26.559
 meant that it opened his heart

00:27:26.559 --> 00:27:28.879
 to remember the needs of others

00:27:28.879 --> 00:27:31.439
 and instead of lining his pockets

00:27:31.439 --> 00:27:34.319
 he was actually opening up his pockets

00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:35.819
 and saying Lord

00:27:35.819 --> 00:27:38.379
 here is what I give

00:27:38.380 --> 00:27:41.440
 I give half of my goods to the poor

00:27:41.440 --> 00:27:44.000
 and if I have defrauded anyone

00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:47.680
 I restore it fourfold

00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:48.760
 in other words

00:27:48.760 --> 00:27:50.320
 he was going beyond

00:27:50.320 --> 00:27:53.200
 the accepted level of restitution

00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:55.120
 that was in society there at the time

00:27:55.120 --> 00:27:56.520
 and he was saying

00:27:56.520 --> 00:27:57.740
 yes I'm going beyond that

00:27:57.740 --> 00:27:59.760
 I want to restore it fourfold

00:27:59.760 --> 00:28:01.000
 not just twofold

00:28:01.000 --> 00:28:03.260
 so these are the three points

00:28:03.260 --> 00:28:05.200
 that we want to follow out briefly tonight

00:28:05.200 --> 00:28:07.060
 the little man's big effort

00:28:07.059 --> 00:28:08.619
 the little man's big change

00:28:08.619 --> 00:28:09.940
 and the little man's big heart

00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:12.619
 now the effort he made was

00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:15.019
 very clear from the passage

00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:17.179
 his interest in Jesus

00:28:17.179 --> 00:28:19.940
 is itself of significance to us

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:21.980
 there was a man named Zacchaeus

00:28:21.980 --> 00:28:23.480
 he was chief tax collector

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:24.119
 he was rich

00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:26.339
 and he was seeking to see

00:28:26.339 --> 00:28:27.819
 who Jesus was

00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:31.240
 he had a certain curiosity about Jesus

00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:33.940
 he'd heard about him no doubt

00:28:33.940 --> 00:28:35.820
 he maybe had seen him

00:28:35.820 --> 00:28:38.799
 or heard about his miracles

00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:40.380
 or his teaching beforehand

00:28:40.380 --> 00:28:42.220
 but for whatever reason

00:28:42.220 --> 00:28:44.240
 he was keen to see him

00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:45.700
 he was seeking to see

00:28:45.700 --> 00:28:47.220
 who Jesus was

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.620
 maybe he had heard about him

00:28:48.620 --> 00:28:50.799
 maybe he had heard some of the remarkable things

00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:52.220
 that Jesus had done

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:53.940
 and that had quickened his interest

00:28:53.940 --> 00:28:55.380
 and quickened his curiosity

00:28:55.380 --> 00:28:56.940
 so when he heard that

00:28:56.940 --> 00:28:58.620
 Jesus was on this journey

00:28:58.620 --> 00:29:00.820
 and that he came through Jericho

00:29:00.819 --> 00:29:02.939
 he actually made a point

00:29:02.939 --> 00:29:04.700
 of going to see who he was

00:29:04.700 --> 00:29:06.879
 despite the handicap

00:29:06.879 --> 00:29:09.500
 of his littleness of stature

00:29:09.500 --> 00:29:12.619
 and many people begin

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:14.779
 their spiritual journey

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:17.220
 from an interest in Jesus

00:29:17.220 --> 00:29:20.619
 because Jesus evokes your interest

00:29:20.619 --> 00:29:23.899
 you can hardly read the gospels

00:29:23.899 --> 00:29:24.460
 especially

00:29:24.460 --> 00:29:26.119
 without being taken up

00:29:26.119 --> 00:29:27.339
 in some way or other

00:29:27.339 --> 00:29:30.299
 by how remarkable this person is

00:29:30.299 --> 00:29:31.879
 and was at the time

00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:34.779
 when you actually read through the gospels

00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:36.379
 and you begin to realize

00:29:36.379 --> 00:29:39.819
 just what a unique person Jesus was then

00:29:39.819 --> 00:29:40.539
 and is

00:29:40.539 --> 00:29:43.319
 it surely piques your interest

00:29:43.319 --> 00:29:45.699
 to actually find out more about him

00:29:45.699 --> 00:29:47.639
 and to come to know him for yourself

00:29:47.639 --> 00:29:50.740
 it certainly was for this man Zacchaeus

00:29:50.740 --> 00:29:53.439
 he was seeking to see who he was

00:29:53.440 --> 00:29:56.140
 so he went to a great effort

00:29:56.140 --> 00:29:59.080
 to actually find a vantage point

00:29:59.080 --> 00:30:00.660
 where he could see him

00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:02.539
 and you see the description there

00:30:02.539 --> 00:30:04.680
 that Luke gives is quite detailed

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:07.840
 he was too small to look over the crowd

00:30:07.840 --> 00:30:08.920
 so what did he do

00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:10.640
 he ran on the head

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:13.100
 and climbed up into a sycamore tree

00:30:13.100 --> 00:30:13.880
 to see him

00:30:13.880 --> 00:30:16.039
 for he was about to pass that way

00:30:16.039 --> 00:30:17.920
 he made that sycamore tree

00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:19.299
 his vantage point

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:21.200
 that he could see over the crowd then

00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:22.240
 and see Jesus

00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:23.400
 and see who he was

00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.940
 and finally catch a glimpse

00:30:24.940 --> 00:30:26.039
 if he had not before

00:30:26.039 --> 00:30:27.900
 of this remarkable person

00:30:27.900 --> 00:30:32.580
 and that was a considerable effort

00:30:32.580 --> 00:30:34.240
 for a little man

00:30:34.240 --> 00:30:35.380
 to actually make his way

00:30:35.380 --> 00:30:36.940
 into a sycamore tree

00:30:36.940 --> 00:30:38.600
 to see Jesus

00:30:38.600 --> 00:30:43.200
 and he was not embarrassed

00:30:43.200 --> 00:30:45.200
 to read

00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:46.420
 to run on ahead

00:30:46.420 --> 00:30:47.620
 of the crowd

00:30:47.620 --> 00:30:49.620
 to climb up into this tree

00:30:49.619 --> 00:30:51.699
 not necessarily

00:30:51.699 --> 00:30:53.579
 the most dignified thing to do

00:30:53.579 --> 00:30:55.559
 but that's what he did

00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:57.139
 because he was determined

00:30:57.139 --> 00:30:59.339
 to see this Jesus for himself

00:30:59.339 --> 00:31:03.359
 and surely that

00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:05.299
 impresses us

00:31:05.299 --> 00:31:06.639
 with the question

00:31:06.639 --> 00:31:08.219
 that we have to put to ourselves

00:31:08.219 --> 00:31:11.539
 what sort of effort

00:31:11.539 --> 00:31:14.279
 are we making to see Jesus

00:31:14.279 --> 00:31:17.039
 because our vantage point

00:31:17.039 --> 00:31:18.299
 you really might say

00:31:18.299 --> 00:31:20.419
 is the gospel

00:31:20.419 --> 00:31:21.720
 the tree

00:31:21.720 --> 00:31:22.720
 if you like

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:24.779
 from which we see Jesus

00:31:24.779 --> 00:31:25.720
 is the gospel

00:31:25.720 --> 00:31:26.879
 and the accounts we have

00:31:26.879 --> 00:31:27.839
 in the gospel

00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:29.019
 about this Jesus

00:31:29.019 --> 00:31:31.180
 that's our vantage point

00:31:31.180 --> 00:31:31.819
 that's the point

00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:33.339
 from which we look down

00:31:33.339 --> 00:31:34.319
 and see Jesus

00:31:34.319 --> 00:31:34.940
 if you like

00:31:34.940 --> 00:31:36.460
 as he's described for us

00:31:36.460 --> 00:31:37.200
 in the gospel

00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:38.240
 in the Bible

00:31:38.240 --> 00:31:39.619
 the point is tonight

00:31:39.619 --> 00:31:40.919
 for you and for me

00:31:40.919 --> 00:31:43.099
 how much of an effort

00:31:43.099 --> 00:31:45.639
 how much of a concern

00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:47.180
 was it on our part

00:31:47.180 --> 00:31:48.540
 to come here tonight

00:31:48.540 --> 00:31:49.820
 and to see Jesus

00:31:49.820 --> 00:31:50.640
 for ourselves

00:31:50.640 --> 00:31:51.600
 to see him spiritually

00:31:51.600 --> 00:31:52.120
 I mean

00:31:52.120 --> 00:31:53.700
 to see him in the gospel

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:55.480
 to see him passing by us

00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:56.200
 in the gospel

00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:56.860
 as it were

00:31:56.860 --> 00:31:59.220
 has it been of such significance

00:31:59.220 --> 00:31:59.720
 to us

00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:00.720
 that we really

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:01.800
 like this man

00:32:01.800 --> 00:32:03.900
 would go to every possible effort

00:32:03.900 --> 00:32:05.800
 to see Jesus for ourselves

00:32:05.800 --> 00:32:07.140
 or are we just here

00:32:07.140 --> 00:32:08.740
 because it's something

00:32:08.740 --> 00:32:09.759
 we're used to be doing

00:32:09.759 --> 00:32:10.660
 we're used to doing

00:32:10.660 --> 00:32:12.800
 something that we're familiar with

00:32:12.800 --> 00:32:14.220
 something of a ritual for us

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.019
 something of a habit

00:32:15.019 --> 00:32:16.940
 well it's a very good habit

00:32:16.940 --> 00:32:19.019
 I don't want to decry that

00:32:19.019 --> 00:32:24.740
 but are we not here

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:26.880
 making every effort

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.940
 to see the Lord

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:31.259
 and concerned above everything else

00:32:31.259 --> 00:32:32.620
 to meet with Jesus

00:32:32.620 --> 00:32:33.460
 to see him

00:32:33.460 --> 00:32:34.980
 for ourselves

00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:38.799
 are we happy

00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:41.240
 tonight just to stay put

00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:42.620
 where we are in our lives

00:32:42.619 --> 00:32:44.979
 and not make an effort

00:32:44.979 --> 00:32:46.599
 to use every means

00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:48.119
 that God has given us

00:32:48.119 --> 00:32:49.779
 and made available to us

00:32:49.779 --> 00:32:51.199
 whether it's in the word preached

00:32:51.199 --> 00:32:52.459
 or in the sacrament

00:32:52.459 --> 00:32:53.839
 that we had this morning

00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:55.199
 which are themselves

00:32:55.199 --> 00:32:55.779
 as we say

00:32:55.779 --> 00:32:56.679
 vantage points

00:32:56.679 --> 00:32:58.479
 from which to see Jesus

00:32:58.479 --> 00:33:00.659
 I'm not suggesting

00:33:00.659 --> 00:33:02.319
 that it's by your effort

00:33:02.319 --> 00:33:03.279
 or by my effort

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:05.119
 that we come to be saved

00:33:05.119 --> 00:33:07.000
 that we somehow gain

00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:08.899
 or build up a store

00:33:08.899 --> 00:33:09.500
 of merit

00:33:09.500 --> 00:33:10.559
 by which God is then

00:33:10.559 --> 00:33:11.699
 obliged to bless us

00:33:11.700 --> 00:33:12.940
 that's not what I'm saying

00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.559
 but I'm saying

00:33:13.559 --> 00:33:15.059
 that it's so important

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:16.700
 to know Jesus

00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.680
 for yourself

00:33:17.680 --> 00:33:19.100
 to actually see him

00:33:19.100 --> 00:33:20.559
 with the eyes of your soul

00:33:20.559 --> 00:33:21.779
 with the eyes of faith

00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:22.740
 that's important

00:33:22.740 --> 00:33:23.220
 to see him

00:33:23.220 --> 00:33:24.440
 from the eyes of trust

00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:25.480
 to see him

00:33:25.480 --> 00:33:26.420
 from the vantage point

00:33:26.420 --> 00:33:27.019
 of the gospel

00:33:27.019 --> 00:33:27.960
 and say yes

00:33:27.960 --> 00:33:29.140
 now I see him

00:33:29.140 --> 00:33:30.840
 now I know who he is

00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:33.220
 is that your burden

00:33:33.220 --> 00:33:34.319
 is that your concern

00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:34.920
 tonight

00:33:34.920 --> 00:33:38.759
 to actually see Jesus

00:33:38.759 --> 00:33:39.759
 for yourself

00:33:39.759 --> 00:33:42.200
 Zacchaeus

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:44.380
 used this opportunity

00:33:44.380 --> 00:33:45.840
 and despite

00:33:45.840 --> 00:33:47.920
 the handicap he had

00:33:47.920 --> 00:33:49.620
 he made every effort

00:33:49.620 --> 00:33:50.800
 to overcome that

00:33:50.800 --> 00:33:52.640
 in order to come

00:33:52.640 --> 00:33:54.140
 to see Jesus

00:33:54.140 --> 00:33:55.800
 for himself

00:33:55.800 --> 00:33:57.560
 the little man's

00:33:57.560 --> 00:33:59.080
 big effort

00:33:59.080 --> 00:34:01.120
 secondly

00:34:01.120 --> 00:34:02.420
 the little man's

00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:03.640
 big change

00:34:03.640 --> 00:34:05.660
 and the first thing

00:34:05.660 --> 00:34:06.480
 you find in that

00:34:06.480 --> 00:34:07.860
 is the way that

00:34:07.860 --> 00:34:08.920
 he was addressed

00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:10.640
 by Jesus

00:34:10.640 --> 00:34:12.760
 and it's so significant

00:34:12.760 --> 00:34:13.980
 that when Jesus

00:34:13.980 --> 00:34:15.240
 came to the place

00:34:15.240 --> 00:34:15.840
 he looked up

00:34:15.840 --> 00:34:16.200
 and said

00:34:16.200 --> 00:34:17.260
 Zacchaeus

00:34:17.260 --> 00:34:18.260
 hurry and come down

00:34:18.260 --> 00:34:18.820
 for I must

00:34:18.820 --> 00:34:19.920
 I must stay

00:34:19.920 --> 00:34:21.420
 at your house today

00:34:21.420 --> 00:34:22.700
 it becomes obvious

00:34:22.700 --> 00:34:23.160
 straight away

00:34:23.160 --> 00:34:24.059
 as you read that

00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:25.519
 that the Lord

00:34:25.519 --> 00:34:26.160
 knew this

00:34:26.160 --> 00:34:26.960
 this man

00:34:26.960 --> 00:34:28.260
 and he knew his name

00:34:28.260 --> 00:34:29.340
 and he knew all about him

00:34:29.340 --> 00:34:30.039
 and he knew

00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:30.680
 what was going to

00:34:30.680 --> 00:34:31.700
 what was going to happen

00:34:31.699 --> 00:34:32.980
 to him that day

00:34:32.980 --> 00:34:35.039
 and he knew his situation

00:34:35.039 --> 00:34:36.539
 and he was calling him

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:38.179
 to do something about it

00:34:38.179 --> 00:34:41.779
 he gave him

00:34:41.779 --> 00:34:44.219
 his individual attention

00:34:44.219 --> 00:34:46.919
 and that's one of the most

00:34:46.919 --> 00:34:48.159
 remarkable things

00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.599
 about the Lord

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:52.219
 that through the gospel

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:54.679
 the Lord deals with us

00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:55.819
 so personally

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:57.899
 so individually

00:34:57.900 --> 00:34:59.760
 so much concern

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:00.780
 with our individual

00:35:00.780 --> 00:35:02.019
 personal needs

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:03.360
 that it's as if

00:35:03.360 --> 00:35:04.320
 nobody else exists

00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:04.840
 in the world

00:35:04.840 --> 00:35:05.660
 but ourselves

00:35:05.660 --> 00:35:08.019
 because when Jesus

00:35:08.019 --> 00:35:09.500
 speaks into your soul

00:35:09.500 --> 00:35:10.800
 you're very conscious

00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:12.039
 that he's focusing

00:35:12.039 --> 00:35:12.840
 on you

00:35:12.840 --> 00:35:13.900
 and he's focusing

00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.500
 on you

00:35:14.500 --> 00:35:15.440
 with an intent

00:35:15.440 --> 00:35:16.579
 and a concern

00:35:16.579 --> 00:35:18.039
 that really is all

00:35:18.039 --> 00:35:19.380
 about your well-being

00:35:19.380 --> 00:35:21.220
 it's not something

00:35:21.220 --> 00:35:22.200
 in which he takes

00:35:22.200 --> 00:35:23.340
 a passing interest

00:35:23.340 --> 00:35:24.760
 it's not something

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.539
 that he does

00:35:25.539 --> 00:35:26.779
 just because he thinks

00:35:26.779 --> 00:35:27.900
 there's a need to do it

00:35:27.900 --> 00:35:29.179
 he does it because

00:35:29.179 --> 00:35:30.619
 his concern is

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:32.059
 to do you good

00:35:32.059 --> 00:35:33.679
 to actually come

00:35:33.679 --> 00:35:34.980
 and bless you

00:35:34.980 --> 00:35:36.719
 and for you to come

00:35:36.719 --> 00:35:37.699
 and receive him

00:35:37.699 --> 00:35:38.880
 as this man did

00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:42.940
 it's interesting isn't it

00:35:42.940 --> 00:35:43.500
 the previous

00:35:43.500 --> 00:35:45.500
 incident as well

00:35:45.500 --> 00:35:47.659
 the blind beggar

00:35:47.659 --> 00:35:48.699
 Bartimaeus

00:35:48.699 --> 00:35:49.079
 we're told

00:35:49.079 --> 00:35:50.199
 his name is elsewhere

00:35:50.199 --> 00:35:52.399
 very similarly

00:35:52.399 --> 00:35:53.739
 to Zacchaeus

00:35:53.739 --> 00:35:54.679
 when Jesus came

00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:56.199
 and when he was told

00:35:56.199 --> 00:35:57.000
 that it was Jesus

00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:58.619
 who was passing by

00:35:58.619 --> 00:35:59.819
 he cried out

00:35:59.819 --> 00:36:00.919
 Jesus son of David

00:36:00.919 --> 00:36:02.799
 have mercy on me

00:36:02.799 --> 00:36:04.739
 and then you find

00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:06.539
 that Jesus

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:08.599
 stopped

00:36:08.599 --> 00:36:10.919
 and commanded him

00:36:10.919 --> 00:36:11.939
 to be brought to him

00:36:11.939 --> 00:36:13.099
 and so

00:36:13.099 --> 00:36:14.519
 he was brought to him

00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:16.500
 and there's so much

00:36:16.500 --> 00:36:17.219
 theology

00:36:17.219 --> 00:36:18.039
 and so much

00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.320
 spiritual importance

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:21.179
 attached to these words

00:36:21.179 --> 00:36:22.519
 Jesus stopped

00:36:22.519 --> 00:36:23.980
 he did the same

00:36:23.980 --> 00:36:25.039
 here with Zacchaeus

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.960
 he looked up

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:27.199
 into the sycamore tree

00:36:27.199 --> 00:36:28.119
 where Zacchaeus

00:36:28.119 --> 00:36:29.099
 had placed himself

00:36:29.099 --> 00:36:30.579
 in order to see Jesus

00:36:30.579 --> 00:36:31.719
 and as soon as Jesus

00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.599
 reached the spot

00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:33.679
 he actually stopped

00:36:33.679 --> 00:36:34.300
 and looked up

00:36:34.300 --> 00:36:34.920
 into that tree

00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:36.159
 and called Zacchaeus

00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:37.059
 where he was

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:40.639
 aren't you amazed

00:36:40.639 --> 00:36:43.099
 at these words

00:36:43.099 --> 00:36:43.880
 aren't you amazed

00:36:43.880 --> 00:36:45.779
 that the son of God

00:36:45.780 --> 00:36:48.180
 would actually make

00:36:48.180 --> 00:36:49.080
 the time

00:36:49.080 --> 00:36:50.519
 to stop over

00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:51.820
 a human life

00:36:51.820 --> 00:36:52.940
 in order to do

00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:53.840
 that life good

00:36:53.840 --> 00:36:54.820
 aren't you amazed

00:36:54.820 --> 00:36:55.820
 as you read that

00:36:55.820 --> 00:36:56.960
 that such a person

00:36:56.960 --> 00:36:57.920
 as you know yourself

00:36:57.920 --> 00:36:58.400
 to be

00:36:58.400 --> 00:36:59.500
 a needy sinner

00:36:59.500 --> 00:37:00.840
 who has rebelled

00:37:00.840 --> 00:37:01.840
 against God

00:37:01.840 --> 00:37:03.320
 who doesn't deserve

00:37:03.320 --> 00:37:04.420
 the eternal life

00:37:04.420 --> 00:37:05.340
 that Jesus died

00:37:05.340 --> 00:37:06.060
 to secure

00:37:06.060 --> 00:37:07.300
 that as he comes

00:37:07.300 --> 00:37:08.140
 to speak to you

00:37:08.140 --> 00:37:09.320
 through the gospel

00:37:09.320 --> 00:37:10.680
 not only does he speak

00:37:10.680 --> 00:37:10.960
 to you

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.980
 as if you're the only

00:37:11.980 --> 00:37:13.100
 person in the world

00:37:13.099 --> 00:37:15.339
 but he stops

00:37:15.339 --> 00:37:16.059
 over you

00:37:16.059 --> 00:37:18.779
 he makes it known

00:37:18.779 --> 00:37:19.099
 to you

00:37:19.099 --> 00:37:19.819
 and makes it clear

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:20.279
 to you

00:37:20.279 --> 00:37:22.380
 I am really

00:37:22.380 --> 00:37:23.579
 intensely interested

00:37:23.579 --> 00:37:24.239
 in you

00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:25.940
 and in your salvation

00:37:25.940 --> 00:37:27.360
 and in your well-being

00:37:27.360 --> 00:37:28.279
 and where you will

00:37:28.279 --> 00:37:29.299
 spend eternity

00:37:29.299 --> 00:37:34.739
 he stopped

00:37:34.739 --> 00:37:35.719
 and looked up

00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:37.239
 to where Zacchaeus

00:37:37.239 --> 00:37:37.719
 was

00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:39.599
 he gave him

00:37:39.599 --> 00:37:40.839
 his individual

00:37:40.840 --> 00:37:42.300
 attention

00:37:42.300 --> 00:37:43.059
 and divided

00:37:43.059 --> 00:37:43.539
 attention

00:37:43.539 --> 00:37:44.600
 as if nobody else

00:37:44.600 --> 00:37:46.460
 existed in the world

00:37:46.460 --> 00:37:48.220
 but then you see

00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:49.000
 he called him

00:37:49.000 --> 00:37:51.000
 he looked up

00:37:51.000 --> 00:37:51.960
 and said to him

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:53.019
 Zacchaeus

00:37:53.019 --> 00:37:53.960
 hurry

00:37:53.960 --> 00:37:55.079
 and come down

00:37:55.079 --> 00:37:57.140
 for I must stay

00:37:57.140 --> 00:37:58.000
 at your house

00:37:58.000 --> 00:37:59.019
 today

00:37:59.019 --> 00:38:00.840
 and you can see

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.780
 that that's in the form

00:38:01.780 --> 00:38:02.820
 of a summons

00:38:02.820 --> 00:38:05.600
 the authority

00:38:05.600 --> 00:38:06.280
 of Jesus

00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:07.500
 is packed

00:38:07.500 --> 00:38:08.720
 into these words

00:38:08.720 --> 00:38:09.600
 the way Luke

00:38:09.599 --> 00:38:10.279
 records them

00:38:10.279 --> 00:38:10.860
 for us

00:38:10.860 --> 00:38:12.239
 he didn't just

00:38:12.239 --> 00:38:13.219
 come to Zacchaeus

00:38:13.219 --> 00:38:13.699
 and look up

00:38:13.699 --> 00:38:14.000
 and say

00:38:14.000 --> 00:38:14.880
 would you like

00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:15.420
 to come

00:38:15.420 --> 00:38:16.719
 down from the tree

00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:17.239
 please

00:38:17.239 --> 00:38:18.019
 I've got something

00:38:18.019 --> 00:38:19.139
 to say to you

00:38:19.139 --> 00:38:20.860
 he said Zacchaeus

00:38:20.860 --> 00:38:22.400
 hurry and come down

00:38:22.400 --> 00:38:23.440
 it's a summons

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.460
 it's a command

00:38:24.460 --> 00:38:25.599
 it's an imperative

00:38:25.599 --> 00:38:28.219
 because when Jesus

00:38:28.219 --> 00:38:28.719
 speaks

00:38:28.719 --> 00:38:29.500
 he speaks

00:38:29.500 --> 00:38:30.179
 with the authority

00:38:30.179 --> 00:38:30.739
 of God

00:38:30.739 --> 00:38:31.179
 the God

00:38:31.179 --> 00:38:32.039
 he is

00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:34.299
 it's no ordinary

00:38:34.299 --> 00:38:34.880
 man

00:38:34.880 --> 00:38:36.980
 and when God

00:38:36.980 --> 00:38:37.819
 has a dealing

00:38:37.819 --> 00:38:38.599
 with your soul

00:38:38.599 --> 00:38:39.440
 and with mine

00:38:39.440 --> 00:38:41.099
 you very soon

00:38:41.099 --> 00:38:41.940
 become conscious

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.980
 that he's speaking

00:38:42.980 --> 00:38:43.700
 to you in a way

00:38:43.700 --> 00:38:44.539
 that no one else

00:38:44.539 --> 00:38:45.000
 can

00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:47.079
 and he's not

00:38:47.079 --> 00:38:47.599
 speaking here

00:38:47.599 --> 00:38:48.639
 to condemn him

00:38:48.639 --> 00:38:50.300
 he's speaking here

00:38:50.300 --> 00:38:51.940
 towards his salvation

00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:53.380
 but he's speaking

00:38:53.380 --> 00:38:54.480
 towards his salvation

00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:55.440
 to draw him

00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:56.420
 into that knowledge

00:38:56.420 --> 00:38:57.000
 of himself

00:38:57.000 --> 00:38:58.880
 by showing Zacchaeus

00:38:58.880 --> 00:39:00.900
 I am the king

00:39:00.900 --> 00:39:02.740
 I am the Lord

00:39:02.740 --> 00:39:04.000
 I'm the one

00:39:04.000 --> 00:39:04.639
 who has authority

00:39:04.639 --> 00:39:05.780
 over your life

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.800
 I'm the one

00:39:06.800 --> 00:39:07.860
 that's calling you

00:39:07.860 --> 00:39:08.200
 now

00:39:08.200 --> 00:39:09.100
 to come down

00:39:09.100 --> 00:39:10.019
 from where you are

00:39:10.019 --> 00:39:11.560
 and come and see me

00:39:11.560 --> 00:39:15.120
 and it's the same

00:39:15.120 --> 00:39:17.380
 exactly the same

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.260
 in the gospel

00:39:18.260 --> 00:39:21.480
 the call of Jesus

00:39:21.480 --> 00:39:22.440
 in the gospel

00:39:22.440 --> 00:39:23.280
 for you to come

00:39:23.280 --> 00:39:24.080
 and to know him

00:39:24.080 --> 00:39:25.660
 if you're here tonight

00:39:25.660 --> 00:39:26.540
 and you haven't yet

00:39:26.540 --> 00:39:27.560
 closed in

00:39:27.560 --> 00:39:28.140
 in your heart

00:39:28.140 --> 00:39:28.440
 with him

00:39:28.440 --> 00:39:29.320
 and received him

00:39:29.320 --> 00:39:30.660
 as Zacchaeus did

00:39:30.659 --> 00:39:33.699
 that call

00:39:33.699 --> 00:39:34.559
 is coming to you

00:39:34.559 --> 00:39:35.659
 with the full

00:39:35.659 --> 00:39:37.079
 authority of heaven

00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:39.259
 with all the authority

00:39:39.259 --> 00:39:40.899
 of the son of God

00:39:40.899 --> 00:39:43.099
 that's why it's such

00:39:43.099 --> 00:39:45.599
 a really serious thing

00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:48.239
 to actually not comply

00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:49.779
 with that summons

00:39:49.779 --> 00:39:50.599
 from God

00:39:50.599 --> 00:39:52.440
 that summons

00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:53.759
 where God is calling you

00:39:53.759 --> 00:39:55.159
 to himself

00:39:55.159 --> 00:39:58.779
 it's such a deep

00:39:58.780 --> 00:40:00.760
 and serious sin

00:40:00.760 --> 00:40:02.960
 just to bypass that

00:40:02.960 --> 00:40:03.780
 or let it go

00:40:03.780 --> 00:40:05.560
 and not reckon

00:40:05.560 --> 00:40:06.600
 with it seriously

00:40:06.600 --> 00:40:08.519
 because that's really

00:40:08.519 --> 00:40:09.100
 what's happening

00:40:09.100 --> 00:40:10.300
 in this building tonight

00:40:10.300 --> 00:40:12.120
 I'm being addressed

00:40:12.120 --> 00:40:12.860
 by God

00:40:12.860 --> 00:40:14.160
 you're being addressed

00:40:14.160 --> 00:40:14.860
 by God

00:40:14.860 --> 00:40:16.019
 I know you're hearing

00:40:16.019 --> 00:40:16.880
 a human voice

00:40:16.880 --> 00:40:17.920
 in this pulpit

00:40:17.920 --> 00:40:19.560
 but it's not the human voice

00:40:19.560 --> 00:40:20.680
 you're listening out for

00:40:20.680 --> 00:40:21.600
 though you're listening

00:40:21.600 --> 00:40:22.200
 to it

00:40:22.200 --> 00:40:24.180
 it's the voice

00:40:24.180 --> 00:40:25.180
 of God

00:40:25.180 --> 00:40:26.180
 in his word

00:40:26.180 --> 00:40:27.620
 the voice of God

00:40:27.619 --> 00:40:28.539
 in the exposition

00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:29.319
 of his word

00:40:29.319 --> 00:40:30.679
 the voice of Jesus

00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:31.460
 as he looks up

00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:32.859
 up to your vantage point

00:40:32.859 --> 00:40:34.079
 and as you look down

00:40:34.079 --> 00:40:34.440
 on him

00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:35.539
 as it were in the gospel

00:40:35.539 --> 00:40:37.920
 with the authority

00:40:37.920 --> 00:40:39.699
 of God himself

00:40:39.699 --> 00:40:40.279
 he is saying

00:40:40.279 --> 00:40:41.400
 hurry up

00:40:41.400 --> 00:40:43.219
 and come down

00:40:43.219 --> 00:40:44.559
 respond

00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:46.099
 to the fact

00:40:46.099 --> 00:40:46.779
 that I'm here

00:40:46.779 --> 00:40:48.980
 and you see

00:40:48.980 --> 00:40:49.440
 he's saying

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:50.539
 hurry

00:40:50.539 --> 00:40:51.880
 go to it now

00:40:51.880 --> 00:40:52.900
 he's saying to Zacchaeus

00:40:52.900 --> 00:40:53.579
 Zacchaeus

00:40:53.579 --> 00:40:55.179
 hurry and come down

00:40:55.179 --> 00:40:56.980
 Jesus didn't come

00:40:56.980 --> 00:40:58.319
 to this sycamore tree

00:40:58.319 --> 00:40:58.819
 and look up

00:40:58.819 --> 00:41:01.539
 at Zacchaeus

00:41:01.539 --> 00:41:02.059
 and say there

00:41:02.059 --> 00:41:03.099
 look Zacchaeus

00:41:03.099 --> 00:41:03.839
 you really ought to

00:41:03.839 --> 00:41:04.940
 come down from there

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:06.799
 and if you want to do that

00:41:06.799 --> 00:41:07.259
 that's fine

00:41:07.259 --> 00:41:07.879
 but you can leave it

00:41:07.879 --> 00:41:08.839
 until tomorrow

00:41:08.839 --> 00:41:10.039
 if you like

00:41:10.039 --> 00:41:12.519
 Zacchaeus

00:41:12.519 --> 00:41:13.219
 hurry

00:41:13.219 --> 00:41:14.480
 and come down

00:41:14.480 --> 00:41:15.679
 for today

00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:17.339
 I must abide

00:41:17.339 --> 00:41:18.839
 at your house

00:41:18.839 --> 00:41:22.919
 Jesus is saying

00:41:22.920 --> 00:41:24.980
 I must abide

00:41:24.980 --> 00:41:25.840
 at your house

00:41:25.840 --> 00:41:27.119
 not just saying

00:41:27.119 --> 00:41:28.820
 I'd like to do it

00:41:28.820 --> 00:41:30.280
 if you actually

00:41:30.280 --> 00:41:31.059
 will have me

00:41:31.059 --> 00:41:33.079
 I'd like to do it

00:41:33.079 --> 00:41:34.440
 if you feel

00:41:34.440 --> 00:41:34.960
 it's right

00:41:34.960 --> 00:41:35.740
 for me to come

00:41:35.740 --> 00:41:37.019
 and spend time

00:41:37.019 --> 00:41:37.680
 in your house

00:41:37.680 --> 00:41:38.220
 no this is

00:41:38.220 --> 00:41:39.220
 the same Jesus

00:41:39.220 --> 00:41:40.079
 the same authority

00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:41.200
 the same summons

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:42.380
 the same voice

00:41:42.380 --> 00:41:42.820
 saying

00:41:42.820 --> 00:41:44.300
 I must abide

00:41:44.300 --> 00:41:45.019
 at your house

00:41:45.019 --> 00:41:46.220
 and because I must

00:41:46.220 --> 00:41:47.200
 abide at your house

00:41:47.200 --> 00:41:48.920
 hurry and come down

00:41:48.920 --> 00:41:49.960
 because I must do it

00:41:49.960 --> 00:41:50.340
 today

00:41:50.340 --> 00:41:56.740
 and so it is

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:59.140
 the way he's addressing

00:41:59.140 --> 00:42:00.220
 you and I tonight

00:42:00.220 --> 00:42:05.160
 and especially

00:42:05.160 --> 00:42:05.960
 those of you

00:42:05.960 --> 00:42:07.539
 who have not yet

00:42:07.539 --> 00:42:08.720
 responded positively

00:42:08.720 --> 00:42:09.600
 to his call

00:42:09.600 --> 00:42:10.260
 on the gospel

00:42:10.260 --> 00:42:12.579
 who are still not saved

00:42:12.579 --> 00:42:14.700
 who have still not come

00:42:14.700 --> 00:42:16.320
 to yield obedience

00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:17.300
 to Christ

00:42:17.300 --> 00:42:20.340
 and he's saying

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:21.200
 to you tonight

00:42:21.200 --> 00:42:23.140
 today

00:42:23.140 --> 00:42:26.019
 I require of you

00:42:26.019 --> 00:42:26.820
 to do this

00:42:26.820 --> 00:42:29.160
 today I need

00:42:29.160 --> 00:42:29.680
 to spend

00:42:29.680 --> 00:42:31.480
 time in your house

00:42:31.480 --> 00:42:33.960
 today I must

00:42:33.960 --> 00:42:35.019
 stay at your house

00:42:35.019 --> 00:42:38.080
 really rich again

00:42:38.080 --> 00:42:39.860
 in spiritual imagery

00:42:39.860 --> 00:42:40.600
 that isn't it

00:42:40.600 --> 00:42:41.960
 because

00:42:41.960 --> 00:42:43.300
 when he says here

00:42:43.300 --> 00:42:44.700
 I must stay

00:42:44.700 --> 00:42:45.640
 at your house

00:42:45.640 --> 00:42:46.000
 today

00:42:46.000 --> 00:42:46.820
 as you turn that

00:42:46.820 --> 00:42:48.159
 into what the gospel

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:48.780
 is saying to you

00:42:48.780 --> 00:42:49.619
 what Jesus is saying

00:42:49.619 --> 00:42:50.639
 through the gospel

00:42:50.639 --> 00:42:51.480
 what he's really saying

00:42:51.480 --> 00:42:52.500
 amounts to the same thing

00:42:52.500 --> 00:42:54.760
 I actually need

00:42:54.760 --> 00:42:55.820
 I am

00:42:55.820 --> 00:42:57.099
 I'm calling on you

00:42:57.099 --> 00:42:57.800
 to respond

00:42:57.800 --> 00:42:59.079
 so that I can make

00:42:59.079 --> 00:43:00.199
 a home for myself

00:43:00.199 --> 00:43:01.480
 in your soul

00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:05.219
 Jesus is not asking us

00:43:05.219 --> 00:43:06.739
 to actually give ourselves

00:43:06.739 --> 00:43:07.300
 to him

00:43:07.300 --> 00:43:09.000
 in a part time fashion

00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:10.119
 as if

00:43:10.119 --> 00:43:11.440
 his living in your life

00:43:11.440 --> 00:43:12.219
 was just on a

00:43:12.219 --> 00:43:13.420
 B&B basis

00:43:13.420 --> 00:43:16.180
 Jesus doesn't do

00:43:16.180 --> 00:43:17.260
 B&B

00:43:17.260 --> 00:43:19.260
 in a spiritual sense

00:43:19.260 --> 00:43:20.579
 when he comes to

00:43:20.579 --> 00:43:22.159
 call us in the gospel

00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:24.099
 to open up our heart to him

00:43:24.099 --> 00:43:24.960
 to give him a home

00:43:24.960 --> 00:43:25.800
 in our hearts

00:43:25.800 --> 00:43:27.180
 he's saying

00:43:27.180 --> 00:43:28.420
 that's where I want to be

00:43:28.420 --> 00:43:30.680
 that's where I want to live

00:43:30.680 --> 00:43:32.680
 that's where I want you

00:43:32.680 --> 00:43:33.400
 to know me

00:43:33.400 --> 00:43:34.800
 as the occupant

00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:35.639
 of your soul

00:43:35.639 --> 00:43:36.960
 not just now and again

00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:38.059
 not just part time

00:43:38.059 --> 00:43:39.680
 but all the time

00:43:39.680 --> 00:43:40.860
 and forevermore

00:43:40.860 --> 00:43:42.980
 today

00:43:42.980 --> 00:43:45.599
 I must abide

00:43:45.599 --> 00:43:46.880
 I must stay

00:43:46.880 --> 00:43:48.980
 at your house

00:43:48.980 --> 00:43:51.240
 and what's the next thing

00:43:51.240 --> 00:43:51.620
 you read

00:43:51.620 --> 00:43:53.680
 so he hurried

00:43:53.680 --> 00:43:55.340
 and came down

00:43:55.340 --> 00:43:57.180
 and received him

00:43:57.180 --> 00:43:57.840
 joyfully

00:43:57.840 --> 00:43:59.800
 see the correspondence

00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:01.320
 with the manner

00:44:01.320 --> 00:44:02.420
 in which Zacchaeus

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:03.039
 responded

00:44:03.039 --> 00:44:04.880
 and the call

00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:05.400
 of Jesus

00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:06.320
 the summons

00:44:06.320 --> 00:44:07.500
 that Jesus gave him

00:44:07.500 --> 00:44:08.920
 the summons said

00:44:08.920 --> 00:44:10.480
 hurry and come down

00:44:10.480 --> 00:44:11.679
 the response was

00:44:11.679 --> 00:44:12.480
 he hurried

00:44:12.480 --> 00:44:13.500
 and came down

00:44:13.500 --> 00:44:15.380
 he didn't say to Jesus

00:44:15.380 --> 00:44:16.420
 I'd like to

00:44:16.420 --> 00:44:17.300
 but can I leave it

00:44:17.300 --> 00:44:17.920
 till tomorrow

00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:18.900
 can I leave it

00:44:18.900 --> 00:44:19.820
 until I feel better

00:44:19.820 --> 00:44:20.340
 about it

00:44:20.340 --> 00:44:21.139
 can I feel

00:44:21.139 --> 00:44:21.980
 can I leave it

00:44:21.980 --> 00:44:23.039
 until I feel sure

00:44:23.039 --> 00:44:24.139
 about my bearings

00:44:24.139 --> 00:44:27.219
 he said

00:44:27.219 --> 00:44:29.260
 he hurried

00:44:29.260 --> 00:44:30.059
 and came down

00:44:30.059 --> 00:44:31.679
 and received him

00:44:31.679 --> 00:44:32.280
 joyfully

00:44:32.280 --> 00:44:36.579
 there is no delay

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:37.199
 on the part

00:44:37.199 --> 00:44:38.000
 of Zacchaeus

00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:40.960
 the kind of delay

00:44:40.960 --> 00:44:41.679
 that you and I

00:44:41.679 --> 00:44:42.980
 know of in our own lives

00:44:42.980 --> 00:44:45.319
 the kind of delay

00:44:45.319 --> 00:44:46.279
 that perhaps is

00:44:46.279 --> 00:44:47.119
 right now

00:44:47.119 --> 00:44:47.859
 in your mind

00:44:47.859 --> 00:44:48.960
 in your exercise

00:44:48.960 --> 00:44:51.259
 where you're saying

00:44:51.259 --> 00:44:52.919
 well I hear the call

00:44:52.919 --> 00:44:53.339
 of Jesus

00:44:53.339 --> 00:44:54.099
 in the gospel

00:44:54.099 --> 00:44:55.480
 I know what he's saying

00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:55.839
 to me

00:44:55.839 --> 00:44:57.460
 but I'm not ready yet

00:44:57.460 --> 00:44:59.339
 no Jesus is saying

00:44:59.339 --> 00:44:59.939
 today

00:44:59.939 --> 00:45:02.379
 it's so important

00:45:02.380 --> 00:45:03.960
 that you don't say

00:45:03.960 --> 00:45:05.300
 tomorrow about it

00:45:05.300 --> 00:45:07.140
 it's so important

00:45:07.140 --> 00:45:08.320
 that you don't put it off

00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:10.200
 it's so important

00:45:10.200 --> 00:45:11.539
 that you respond now

00:45:11.539 --> 00:45:12.519
 while you hear

00:45:12.519 --> 00:45:13.119
 his voice

00:45:13.119 --> 00:45:14.559
 echoing in your heart

00:45:14.559 --> 00:45:15.579
 while you're aware

00:45:15.579 --> 00:45:16.260
 of his summons

00:45:16.260 --> 00:45:17.119
 calling you

00:45:17.119 --> 00:45:17.900
 to himself

00:45:17.900 --> 00:45:20.019
 you may not hear

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.740
 that tomorrow

00:45:20.740 --> 00:45:22.840
 you may find

00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:23.260
 tomorrow

00:45:23.260 --> 00:45:23.980
 that it's gone

00:45:23.980 --> 00:45:26.160
 you may find

00:45:26.160 --> 00:45:26.519
 tomorrow

00:45:26.519 --> 00:45:27.380
 that there is

00:45:27.380 --> 00:45:28.000
 no sense

00:45:28.000 --> 00:45:28.700
 of his summons

00:45:28.700 --> 00:45:29.840
 left in your soul

00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:30.740
 and you go on

00:45:30.740 --> 00:45:31.400
 with your life

00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:32.019
 and you die

00:45:32.019 --> 00:45:32.960
 without him

00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:36.380
 today I must

00:45:36.380 --> 00:45:38.240
 so he hurried

00:45:38.240 --> 00:45:39.780
 and came down

00:45:39.780 --> 00:45:40.320
 and you see

00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:42.320
 he received him

00:45:42.320 --> 00:45:43.840
 joyfully

00:45:43.840 --> 00:45:48.780
 if you are delaying

00:45:48.780 --> 00:45:49.160
 tonight

00:45:49.160 --> 00:45:49.700
 and coming

00:45:49.700 --> 00:45:50.940
 to know the Lord

00:45:50.940 --> 00:45:52.500
 and you're saying

00:45:52.500 --> 00:45:53.760
 well it's

00:45:53.760 --> 00:45:54.860
 it's my intention

00:45:54.860 --> 00:45:55.500
 to come

00:45:55.500 --> 00:45:58.240
 I do want to come

00:45:58.240 --> 00:45:59.880
 it is my intention

00:45:59.880 --> 00:46:00.960
 I will do it

00:46:00.960 --> 00:46:03.300
 well it's not

00:46:03.300 --> 00:46:03.900
 just the case

00:46:03.900 --> 00:46:05.059
 that you may

00:46:05.059 --> 00:46:05.659
 never have

00:46:05.659 --> 00:46:06.320
 the opportunity

00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:07.340
 again to do it

00:46:07.340 --> 00:46:07.940
 but just think

00:46:07.940 --> 00:46:08.960
 of what you're

00:46:08.960 --> 00:46:09.820
 doing in that

00:46:09.820 --> 00:46:11.000
 very moment

00:46:11.000 --> 00:46:12.199
 of saying

00:46:12.199 --> 00:46:13.400
 yes I intend

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:13.880
 to do it

00:46:13.880 --> 00:46:14.940
 because intention

00:46:14.940 --> 00:46:16.280
 by itself

00:46:16.280 --> 00:46:17.740
 means present

00:46:17.740 --> 00:46:18.420
 delay

00:46:18.420 --> 00:46:19.840
 and present

00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:20.480
 delay

00:46:20.480 --> 00:46:21.480
 equals

00:46:21.480 --> 00:46:22.679
 refusal

00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:25.059
 have you

00:46:25.059 --> 00:46:25.239
 have you ever

00:46:25.239 --> 00:46:25.879
 thought about

00:46:25.879 --> 00:46:27.219
 delaying

00:46:27.219 --> 00:46:27.619
 and coming

00:46:27.619 --> 00:46:28.199
 to Christ

00:46:28.199 --> 00:46:29.119
 is actually

00:46:29.119 --> 00:46:30.659
 a refusal

00:46:30.659 --> 00:46:31.219
 of him

00:46:31.219 --> 00:46:32.960
 of his summons

00:46:32.960 --> 00:46:34.079
 on your life

00:46:34.079 --> 00:46:36.119
 but that's

00:46:36.119 --> 00:46:36.899
 what it is

00:46:36.899 --> 00:46:40.500
 what is

00:46:40.500 --> 00:46:41.179
 your reason

00:46:41.179 --> 00:46:42.699
 if you're

00:46:42.699 --> 00:46:43.219
 delaying

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:43.559
 tonight

00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:44.079
 coming to

00:46:44.079 --> 00:46:44.559
 the Lord

00:46:44.559 --> 00:46:46.859
 what is

00:46:46.859 --> 00:46:47.500
 your reason

00:46:47.500 --> 00:46:50.820
 why are you

00:46:50.820 --> 00:46:51.480
 doing that

00:46:51.480 --> 00:46:54.900
 would you go

00:46:54.900 --> 00:46:55.480
 to himself

00:46:55.480 --> 00:46:55.880
 tonight

00:46:55.880 --> 00:46:56.320
 and say

00:46:56.320 --> 00:46:56.619
 Lord

00:46:56.619 --> 00:46:58.000
 I hear

00:46:58.000 --> 00:46:58.900
 your summons

00:46:58.900 --> 00:47:00.320
 I know

00:47:00.320 --> 00:47:01.480
 that I

00:47:01.480 --> 00:47:02.079
 ought to do

00:47:02.079 --> 00:47:02.219
 it

00:47:02.219 --> 00:47:02.480
 that it's

00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:03.079
 my intention

00:47:03.079 --> 00:47:03.619
 to do it

00:47:03.619 --> 00:47:04.639
 but here is

00:47:04.639 --> 00:47:05.500
 why I cannot

00:47:05.500 --> 00:47:06.079
 do it now

00:47:06.079 --> 00:47:06.699
 though you're

00:47:06.699 --> 00:47:07.179
 calling me

00:47:07.179 --> 00:47:07.679
 to do it

00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:08.000
 now

00:47:08.000 --> 00:47:08.360
 can you

00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:08.739
 say that

00:47:08.739 --> 00:47:09.320
 to the Lord

00:47:09.320 --> 00:47:10.840
 of course

00:47:10.840 --> 00:47:11.840
 you can't

00:47:11.840 --> 00:47:13.000
 because you

00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:13.320
 know he

00:47:13.320 --> 00:47:13.920
 knows better

00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:14.539
 than that

00:47:14.539 --> 00:47:16.219
 and that as

00:47:16.219 --> 00:47:16.739
 he's calling

00:47:16.739 --> 00:47:17.099
 you to

00:47:17.099 --> 00:47:17.659
 himself

00:47:17.659 --> 00:47:18.779
 and as

00:47:18.779 --> 00:47:19.159
 he's calling

00:47:19.159 --> 00:47:19.440
 you to

00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:19.800
 himself

00:47:19.800 --> 00:47:20.440
 today

00:47:20.440 --> 00:47:21.320
 here and

00:47:21.320 --> 00:47:21.739
 now

00:47:21.739 --> 00:47:23.500
 so he's

00:47:23.500 --> 00:47:24.059
 impressing

00:47:24.059 --> 00:47:24.619
 upon you

00:47:24.619 --> 00:47:25.779
 you cannot

00:47:25.779 --> 00:47:27.300
 afford to

00:47:27.300 --> 00:47:27.779
 leave this

00:47:27.779 --> 00:47:28.940
 beyond today

00:47:28.940 --> 00:47:30.900
 because the

00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:32.440
 delay is

00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:33.079
 equal to

00:47:33.079 --> 00:47:33.719
 a refusal

00:47:33.719 --> 00:47:35.579
 and a

00:47:35.579 --> 00:47:36.059
 refusal

00:47:36.059 --> 00:47:38.759
 to the

00:47:38.759 --> 00:47:39.279
 offer of

00:47:39.279 --> 00:47:39.679
 the king

00:47:39.679 --> 00:47:40.039
 to the

00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:40.639
 claim of

00:47:40.639 --> 00:47:41.139
 the king

00:47:41.139 --> 00:47:42.239
 to the

00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:42.860
 summons of

00:47:42.860 --> 00:47:43.320
 the king

00:47:43.320 --> 00:47:44.480
 is the

00:47:44.480 --> 00:47:45.019
 most serious

00:47:45.019 --> 00:47:45.500
 thing you

00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:46.059
 can do

00:47:46.059 --> 00:47:48.260
 it's the

00:47:48.260 --> 00:47:48.780
 most serious

00:47:48.780 --> 00:47:50.080
 thing you

00:47:50.080 --> 00:47:50.620
 can do

00:47:50.620 --> 00:47:51.700
 in your

00:47:51.700 --> 00:47:52.200
 life

00:47:52.200 --> 00:47:54.100
 and you

00:47:54.100 --> 00:47:54.980
 see he

00:47:54.980 --> 00:47:55.760
 received him

00:47:55.760 --> 00:47:57.660
 joyfully

00:47:57.660 --> 00:47:59.420
 I love that

00:47:59.420 --> 00:48:00.480
 word and

00:48:00.480 --> 00:48:00.800
 you love

00:48:00.800 --> 00:48:01.940
 that those

00:48:01.940 --> 00:48:02.360
 of us who

00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:02.640
 know the

00:48:02.640 --> 00:48:03.180
 Lord love

00:48:03.180 --> 00:48:04.039
 that emphasis

00:48:04.039 --> 00:48:04.600
 there we

00:48:04.600 --> 00:48:05.140
 can relate

00:48:05.140 --> 00:48:05.640
 to it

00:48:05.640 --> 00:48:06.960
 he received

00:48:06.960 --> 00:48:08.360
 him joyfully

00:48:08.360 --> 00:48:08.940
 Zacchaeus

00:48:08.940 --> 00:48:09.440
 didn't climb

00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:09.900
 down from

00:48:09.900 --> 00:48:10.480
 that tree

00:48:10.480 --> 00:48:11.240
 and hurry

00:48:11.240 --> 00:48:11.760
 down to

00:48:11.760 --> 00:48:12.519
 meet Jesus

00:48:12.519 --> 00:48:13.300
 reluctantly

00:48:13.300 --> 00:48:14.000
 he didn't

00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:14.380
 come down

00:48:14.380 --> 00:48:14.840
 from that

00:48:14.840 --> 00:48:15.220
 tree and

00:48:15.220 --> 00:48:15.539
 said well

00:48:15.539 --> 00:48:15.940
 I have

00:48:15.940 --> 00:48:16.200
 to do

00:48:16.200 --> 00:48:16.400
 it I

00:48:16.400 --> 00:48:16.880
 suppose I

00:48:16.880 --> 00:48:17.280
 have to

00:48:17.280 --> 00:48:17.620
 do it

00:48:17.620 --> 00:48:18.060
 so I'll

00:48:18.060 --> 00:48:18.420
 just go

00:48:18.420 --> 00:48:18.900
 through with

00:48:18.900 --> 00:48:19.340
 it he

00:48:19.340 --> 00:48:19.820
 came down

00:48:19.820 --> 00:48:20.240
 from that

00:48:20.240 --> 00:48:21.180
 tree and

00:48:21.180 --> 00:48:22.200
 received

00:48:22.200 --> 00:48:22.760
 Jesus you

00:48:22.760 --> 00:48:23.100
 see that's

00:48:23.100 --> 00:48:23.380
 what it's

00:48:23.380 --> 00:48:24.000
 saying he

00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:24.460
 came down

00:48:24.460 --> 00:48:25.580
 and received

00:48:25.580 --> 00:48:26.500
 him joyfully

00:48:26.500 --> 00:48:27.740
 there's such

00:48:27.740 --> 00:48:28.860
 an emphasis

00:48:28.860 --> 00:48:29.640
 there on an

00:48:29.640 --> 00:48:30.640
 embrace by

00:48:30.640 --> 00:48:31.640
 Zacchaeus of

00:48:31.640 --> 00:48:32.260
 Jesus the

00:48:32.260 --> 00:48:32.900
 person of

00:48:32.900 --> 00:48:33.640
 Jesus and

00:48:33.640 --> 00:48:34.260
 all that came

00:48:34.260 --> 00:48:34.820
 to him in

00:48:34.820 --> 00:48:35.519
 Jesus he

00:48:35.519 --> 00:48:36.320
 received

00:48:36.320 --> 00:48:38.539
 Jesus the

00:48:38.539 --> 00:48:39.140
 summons was

00:48:39.140 --> 00:48:39.640
 really a

00:48:39.640 --> 00:48:40.480
 call to

00:48:40.480 --> 00:48:41.320
 receive Jesus

00:48:41.320 --> 00:48:42.140
 as his

00:48:42.140 --> 00:48:42.940
 savior and

00:48:42.940 --> 00:48:43.220
 he came

00:48:43.220 --> 00:48:43.680
 down and

00:48:43.680 --> 00:48:44.120
 he hurried

00:48:44.120 --> 00:48:44.440
 and came

00:48:44.440 --> 00:48:45.140
 down and

00:48:45.140 --> 00:48:45.820
 he received

00:48:45.820 --> 00:48:46.880
 him joyfully

00:48:46.880 --> 00:48:49.500
 you had

00:48:49.500 --> 00:48:50.519
 asked Zacchaeus

00:48:50.519 --> 00:48:52.100
 years after

00:48:52.100 --> 00:48:52.620
 this if he

00:48:52.620 --> 00:48:52.960
 was still

00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:53.300
 living

00:48:53.300 --> 00:48:56.360
 Zacchaeus if

00:48:56.360 --> 00:48:56.780
 you look back

00:48:56.780 --> 00:48:57.180
 over your

00:48:57.180 --> 00:48:58.860
 life what

00:48:58.860 --> 00:48:59.340
 was the most

00:48:59.340 --> 00:49:00.059
 important day

00:49:00.059 --> 00:49:00.760
 in your life

00:49:00.760 --> 00:49:02.760
 what was the

00:49:02.760 --> 00:49:03.380
 thing that gave

00:49:03.380 --> 00:49:03.940
 you the greatest

00:49:03.940 --> 00:49:06.160
 joy there

00:49:06.160 --> 00:49:06.360
 might have

00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:06.680
 been many

00:49:06.680 --> 00:49:07.180
 things that

00:49:07.180 --> 00:49:07.960
 gave Zacchaeus

00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:09.320
 great joy in

00:49:09.320 --> 00:49:09.960
 his life

00:49:09.960 --> 00:49:11.260
 much satisfaction

00:49:11.260 --> 00:49:12.119
 but he would

00:49:12.119 --> 00:49:12.920
 undoubtedly have

00:49:12.920 --> 00:49:13.519
 said oh I

00:49:13.519 --> 00:49:14.079
 can tell you

00:49:14.079 --> 00:49:16.000
 easily what

00:49:16.000 --> 00:49:16.519
 day is the

00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:17.119
 most important

00:49:17.119 --> 00:49:17.840
 in my life

00:49:17.840 --> 00:49:18.460
 and I can

00:49:18.460 --> 00:49:18.880
 tell you

00:49:18.880 --> 00:49:19.960
 equally easily

00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:20.900
 what it is

00:49:20.900 --> 00:49:21.500
 that gives me

00:49:21.500 --> 00:49:22.079
 and gave me

00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:23.320
 the most joy

00:49:23.320 --> 00:49:24.019
 and it is this

00:49:24.019 --> 00:49:25.000
 to have Jesus

00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:25.940
 as my savior

00:49:25.940 --> 00:49:29.179
 to have come

00:49:29.179 --> 00:49:30.099
 to receive him

00:49:30.099 --> 00:49:30.940
 as he offered

00:49:30.940 --> 00:49:32.019
 himself to me

00:49:32.019 --> 00:49:34.099
 the most joyful

00:49:34.099 --> 00:49:34.840
 day for me

00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:35.440
 Zacchaeus would

00:49:35.440 --> 00:49:36.400
 say is the

00:49:36.400 --> 00:49:36.940
 day I did

00:49:36.940 --> 00:49:37.760
 not let Jesus

00:49:37.760 --> 00:49:39.179
 stand and

00:49:39.179 --> 00:49:40.039
 just go away

00:49:40.039 --> 00:49:40.679
 without me

00:49:40.679 --> 00:49:41.300
 responding

00:49:41.300 --> 00:49:42.820
 the most joyful

00:49:42.820 --> 00:49:43.500
 day for me

00:49:43.500 --> 00:49:44.460
 was the day

00:49:44.460 --> 00:49:44.940
 that Jesus

00:49:44.940 --> 00:49:45.720
 summoned me

00:49:45.720 --> 00:49:46.860
 and I responded

00:49:46.860 --> 00:49:48.260
 and gladly came

00:49:48.260 --> 00:49:49.260
 to receive him

00:49:49.260 --> 00:49:53.360
 and surely

00:49:53.360 --> 00:49:53.940
 that's how it

00:49:53.940 --> 00:49:54.480
 will be for

00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:54.940
 yourself

00:49:54.940 --> 00:49:55.360
 surely

00:49:55.360 --> 00:49:58.800
 to look back

00:49:58.800 --> 00:49:59.260
 over your

00:49:59.260 --> 00:49:59.599
 life

00:49:59.599 --> 00:50:01.200
 and even

00:50:01.200 --> 00:50:01.860
 tomorrow to

00:50:01.860 --> 00:50:02.320
 look back

00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:02.960
 and say well

00:50:02.960 --> 00:50:04.679
 I know now

00:50:04.679 --> 00:50:06.879
 what happiness

00:50:06.879 --> 00:50:07.819
 really is

00:50:07.819 --> 00:50:09.739
 because I

00:50:09.739 --> 00:50:10.799
 received Jesus

00:50:10.799 --> 00:50:14.339
 I responded

00:50:14.339 --> 00:50:15.679
 as he called

00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:16.559
 upon me to do

00:50:16.559 --> 00:50:17.619
 and hurried

00:50:17.619 --> 00:50:18.899
 to take him

00:50:18.899 --> 00:50:19.579
 to myself

00:50:19.579 --> 00:50:22.679
 I received

00:50:22.679 --> 00:50:23.000
 him

00:50:23.000 --> 00:50:25.199
 joyfully

00:50:25.199 --> 00:50:26.299
 gladly

00:50:26.299 --> 00:50:28.039
 with relief

00:50:28.039 --> 00:50:30.340
 that's what

00:50:30.340 --> 00:50:30.880
 this teaches

00:50:30.880 --> 00:50:31.619
 us friends

00:50:31.619 --> 00:50:33.800
 the little

00:50:33.800 --> 00:50:34.599
 man's big

00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:34.980
 effort

00:50:34.980 --> 00:50:36.639
 and the

00:50:36.639 --> 00:50:37.340
 little man's

00:50:37.340 --> 00:50:38.239
 big change

00:50:38.239 --> 00:50:39.940
 he was addressed

00:50:39.940 --> 00:50:40.659
 by Jesus

00:50:40.659 --> 00:50:42.199
 and he

00:50:42.199 --> 00:50:43.279
 accepted Jesus

00:50:43.279 --> 00:50:44.980
 and you can

00:50:44.980 --> 00:50:45.519
 see before

00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:46.279
 your eyes

00:50:46.279 --> 00:50:47.739
 the change

00:50:47.739 --> 00:50:48.619
 taking place

00:50:48.619 --> 00:50:50.480
 Jesus

00:50:50.480 --> 00:50:51.779
 is addressing

00:50:51.779 --> 00:50:52.279
 you and

00:50:52.279 --> 00:50:52.980
 addressing me

00:50:52.980 --> 00:50:53.420
 tonight

00:50:53.420 --> 00:50:55.280
 will we

00:50:55.280 --> 00:50:56.000
 also add

00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:56.940
 the sub

00:50:56.940 --> 00:50:57.380
 paragraph

00:50:57.380 --> 00:50:58.139
 subheading

00:50:58.139 --> 00:50:59.579
 that's true

00:50:59.579 --> 00:51:00.420
 of Zacchaeus

00:51:00.420 --> 00:51:01.360
 not only was

00:51:01.360 --> 00:51:02.119
 addressed by

00:51:02.119 --> 00:51:02.480
 Jesus

00:51:02.480 --> 00:51:03.900
 but he

00:51:03.900 --> 00:51:04.639
 accepted

00:51:04.639 --> 00:51:05.360
 Jesus

00:51:05.360 --> 00:51:07.360
 he received

00:51:07.360 --> 00:51:07.720
 him

00:51:07.720 --> 00:51:09.240
 joyfully

00:51:09.240 --> 00:51:10.820
 and so

00:51:10.820 --> 00:51:11.300
 thirdly

00:51:11.300 --> 00:51:12.280
 you see

00:51:12.280 --> 00:51:12.639
 the little

00:51:12.639 --> 00:51:13.559
 man's

00:51:13.559 --> 00:51:14.820
 big heart

00:51:14.820 --> 00:51:16.579
 now it's

00:51:16.579 --> 00:51:16.940
 important

00:51:16.940 --> 00:51:17.940
 that you

00:51:17.940 --> 00:51:18.539
 actually see

00:51:18.539 --> 00:51:19.180
 that as soon

00:51:19.180 --> 00:51:20.240
 as he received

00:51:20.240 --> 00:51:20.639
 Jesus

00:51:20.639 --> 00:51:21.340
 joyfully

00:51:21.340 --> 00:51:22.539
 they all

00:51:22.539 --> 00:51:23.139
 saw it

00:51:23.139 --> 00:51:24.199
 and grumbled

00:51:24.199 --> 00:51:24.599
 he has

00:51:24.599 --> 00:51:25.079
 gone in

00:51:25.079 --> 00:51:25.380
 to be

00:51:25.380 --> 00:51:25.920
 the guest

00:51:25.920 --> 00:51:26.519
 of a man

00:51:26.519 --> 00:51:26.960
 who is a

00:51:26.960 --> 00:51:27.219
 sinner

00:51:27.219 --> 00:51:28.300
 because

00:51:28.300 --> 00:51:28.940
 receiving

00:51:28.940 --> 00:51:29.400
 Jesus

00:51:29.400 --> 00:51:30.460
 doesn't

00:51:30.460 --> 00:51:30.940
 make for

00:51:30.940 --> 00:51:31.440
 an easy

00:51:31.440 --> 00:51:32.019
 life

00:51:32.019 --> 00:51:33.400
 and the

00:51:33.400 --> 00:51:33.779
 Lord is

00:51:33.779 --> 00:51:34.380
 not saying

00:51:34.380 --> 00:51:35.159
 this to

00:51:35.159 --> 00:51:35.440
 us so

00:51:35.440 --> 00:51:35.639
 that it

00:51:35.639 --> 00:51:35.980
 will put

00:51:35.980 --> 00:51:36.380
 you off

00:51:36.380 --> 00:51:36.880
 receiving

00:51:36.880 --> 00:51:37.179
 him

00:51:37.179 --> 00:51:38.400
 or responding

00:51:38.400 --> 00:51:38.860
 gladly

00:51:38.860 --> 00:51:39.539
 to his

00:51:39.539 --> 00:51:40.380
 call

00:51:40.380 --> 00:51:41.059
 his summons

00:51:41.059 --> 00:51:41.800
 to come

00:51:41.800 --> 00:51:42.579
 to receive

00:51:42.579 --> 00:51:42.759
 him

00:51:42.759 --> 00:51:43.380
 to accept

00:51:43.380 --> 00:51:43.739
 him

00:51:43.739 --> 00:51:46.920
 but he's

00:51:46.920 --> 00:51:47.739
 putting this

00:51:47.739 --> 00:51:48.139
 in here

00:51:48.139 --> 00:51:48.519
 for us

00:51:48.519 --> 00:51:48.880
 so that

00:51:48.880 --> 00:51:50.079
 we will

00:51:50.079 --> 00:51:50.579
 have that

00:51:50.579 --> 00:51:51.079
 realism

00:51:51.079 --> 00:51:52.039
 that realizes

00:51:52.039 --> 00:51:55.559
 that the

00:51:55.559 --> 00:51:56.079
 world is

00:51:56.079 --> 00:51:56.340
 going to

00:51:56.340 --> 00:51:56.559
 be in

00:51:56.559 --> 00:51:56.920
 many ways

00:51:56.920 --> 00:51:57.400
 a different

00:51:57.400 --> 00:51:58.079
 place for

00:51:58.079 --> 00:51:58.380
 us

00:51:58.380 --> 00:52:00.279
 when we've

00:52:00.279 --> 00:52:00.639
 come to

00:52:00.639 --> 00:52:01.400
 receive Jesus

00:52:01.400 --> 00:52:01.960
 and people

00:52:01.960 --> 00:52:03.119
 have come to

00:52:03.119 --> 00:52:03.860
 realize that

00:52:03.860 --> 00:52:04.139
 he has

00:52:04.139 --> 00:52:04.779
 changed our

00:52:04.779 --> 00:52:05.179
 lives

00:52:05.179 --> 00:52:05.940
 that we've

00:52:05.940 --> 00:52:06.460
 become his

00:52:06.460 --> 00:52:07.000
 disciples

00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:07.880
 his followers

00:52:07.880 --> 00:52:09.000
 that we've

00:52:09.000 --> 00:52:09.759
 become people

00:52:09.759 --> 00:52:10.340
 who love

00:52:10.340 --> 00:52:11.079
 him and

00:52:11.079 --> 00:52:11.739
 follow him

00:52:11.739 --> 00:52:12.320
 and want

00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:12.800
 to obey

00:52:12.800 --> 00:52:13.460
 him and

00:52:13.460 --> 00:52:14.079
 commend him

00:52:14.079 --> 00:52:14.340
 to the

00:52:14.340 --> 00:52:14.960
 world around

00:52:14.960 --> 00:52:15.460
 us

00:52:15.460 --> 00:52:18.559
 but then you

00:52:18.559 --> 00:52:18.980
 see you have

00:52:18.980 --> 00:52:19.480
 to say well

00:52:19.480 --> 00:52:20.759
 yes that

00:52:20.759 --> 00:52:21.159
 makes me

00:52:21.159 --> 00:52:21.839
 question whether

00:52:21.839 --> 00:52:22.199
 I should

00:52:22.199 --> 00:52:22.639
 do it or

00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:22.879
 not

00:52:22.879 --> 00:52:23.259
 that's going

00:52:23.259 --> 00:52:23.940
 to be a

00:52:23.940 --> 00:52:24.619
 real challenge

00:52:24.619 --> 00:52:24.960
 for you

00:52:24.960 --> 00:52:25.719
 yes of course

00:52:25.719 --> 00:52:26.139
 it's going to

00:52:26.139 --> 00:52:26.599
 be a real

00:52:26.599 --> 00:52:27.000
 challenge

00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:27.539
 but who's

00:52:27.539 --> 00:52:27.899
 going to be

00:52:27.899 --> 00:52:28.659
 beside you

00:52:28.659 --> 00:52:30.319
 who's going

00:52:30.319 --> 00:52:30.879
 to strengthen

00:52:30.879 --> 00:52:31.279
 you

00:52:31.279 --> 00:52:32.299
 who's going

00:52:32.299 --> 00:52:32.859
 to assure

00:52:32.859 --> 00:52:33.420
 you as you

00:52:33.420 --> 00:52:33.819
 go through

00:52:33.819 --> 00:52:34.359
 with life

00:52:34.359 --> 00:52:34.739
 from that

00:52:34.739 --> 00:52:35.359
 point on

00:52:35.359 --> 00:52:35.899
 that you

00:52:35.899 --> 00:52:36.799
 receive Jesus

00:52:36.799 --> 00:52:37.879
 that all is

00:52:37.879 --> 00:52:38.319
 well with

00:52:38.319 --> 00:52:38.859
 your soul

00:52:38.859 --> 00:52:39.759
 he is

00:52:39.759 --> 00:52:42.059
 he's going

00:52:42.059 --> 00:52:42.440
 to be the

00:52:42.440 --> 00:52:43.000
 one beside

00:52:43.000 --> 00:52:43.460
 you

00:52:43.460 --> 00:52:44.500
 and you

00:52:44.500 --> 00:52:44.739
 can have

00:52:44.739 --> 00:52:45.119
 the whole

00:52:45.119 --> 00:52:45.399
 of the

00:52:45.399 --> 00:52:46.079
 world beside

00:52:46.079 --> 00:52:46.519
 you

00:52:46.519 --> 00:52:47.239
 and in

00:52:47.239 --> 00:52:47.940
 your support

00:52:47.940 --> 00:52:48.599
 but if

00:52:48.599 --> 00:52:49.079
 Jesus is

00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:49.639
 against you

00:52:49.639 --> 00:52:50.219
 what good

00:52:50.219 --> 00:52:50.859
 will it do

00:52:50.859 --> 00:52:52.139
 and if

00:52:52.139 --> 00:52:52.399
 you have

00:52:52.399 --> 00:52:52.719
 Jesus

00:52:52.719 --> 00:52:53.439
 with you

00:52:53.439 --> 00:52:54.619
 what harm

00:52:54.619 --> 00:52:54.879
 is it

00:52:54.879 --> 00:52:55.179
 going to

00:52:55.179 --> 00:52:55.459
 do

00:52:55.459 --> 00:52:56.019
 if the

00:52:56.019 --> 00:52:56.519
 whole world

00:52:56.519 --> 00:52:57.079
 is against

00:52:57.079 --> 00:52:57.579
 you

00:52:57.579 --> 00:53:00.019
 because it's

00:53:00.019 --> 00:53:00.480
 all about

00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:01.039
 being true

00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:01.519
 to him

00:53:01.519 --> 00:53:03.719
 and coming

00:53:03.719 --> 00:53:04.259
 to know

00:53:04.259 --> 00:53:05.039
 that he

00:53:05.039 --> 00:53:05.500
 will never

00:53:05.500 --> 00:53:06.039
 leave you

00:53:06.039 --> 00:53:06.719
 he will

00:53:06.719 --> 00:53:07.500
 never forsake

00:53:07.500 --> 00:53:07.679
 you

00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:08.359
 he'll never

00:53:08.359 --> 00:53:09.139
 be untrue

00:53:09.139 --> 00:53:09.539
 to his

00:53:09.539 --> 00:53:10.039
 promises

00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:11.079
 he'll never

00:53:11.079 --> 00:53:11.579
 do anything

00:53:11.579 --> 00:53:12.199
 other than

00:53:12.199 --> 00:53:12.559
 what he's

00:53:12.559 --> 00:53:13.179
 promised to

00:53:13.179 --> 00:53:13.639
 do and to

00:53:13.639 --> 00:53:14.159
 be for

00:53:14.159 --> 00:53:14.459
 you

00:53:14.460 --> 00:53:16.500
 so as

00:53:16.500 --> 00:53:17.019
 he received

00:53:17.019 --> 00:53:17.500
 him gladly

00:53:17.500 --> 00:53:18.699
 he met

00:53:18.699 --> 00:53:19.119
 with this

00:53:19.119 --> 00:53:19.639
 opposition

00:53:19.639 --> 00:53:21.019
 but he

00:53:21.019 --> 00:53:21.480
 was not

00:53:21.480 --> 00:53:22.019
 diverted

00:53:22.019 --> 00:53:22.940
 and he

00:53:22.940 --> 00:53:23.320
 was not

00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:24.019
 intimidated

00:53:24.019 --> 00:53:26.139
 into undoing

00:53:26.139 --> 00:53:26.420
 what he

00:53:26.420 --> 00:53:26.800
 had just

00:53:26.800 --> 00:53:27.220
 done

00:53:27.220 --> 00:53:29.599
 he came

00:53:29.599 --> 00:53:30.480
 and the

00:53:30.480 --> 00:53:31.039
 proof of

00:53:31.039 --> 00:53:31.619
 change

00:53:31.619 --> 00:53:32.400
 is in

00:53:32.400 --> 00:53:32.780
 the words

00:53:32.780 --> 00:53:33.119
 that he

00:53:33.119 --> 00:53:33.500
 said

00:53:33.500 --> 00:53:35.079
 Lord

00:53:35.079 --> 00:53:37.320
 Lord

00:53:37.320 --> 00:53:38.420
 behold

00:53:38.420 --> 00:53:38.900
 Lord

00:53:38.900 --> 00:53:39.179
 I

00:53:39.179 --> 00:53:40.280
 half of

00:53:40.280 --> 00:53:40.860
 my goods

00:53:40.860 --> 00:53:41.360
 I give

00:53:41.360 --> 00:53:41.720
 to the

00:53:41.720 --> 00:53:42.099
 poor

00:53:42.099 --> 00:53:43.239
 and if

00:53:43.239 --> 00:53:43.539
 I have

00:53:43.539 --> 00:53:44.039
 defrauded

00:53:44.039 --> 00:53:44.599
 anyone of

00:53:44.599 --> 00:53:44.980
 anything

00:53:44.980 --> 00:53:46.440
 I restore

00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:46.719
 it

00:53:46.719 --> 00:53:48.079
 fourfold

00:53:48.079 --> 00:53:49.860
 there's the

00:53:49.860 --> 00:53:50.319
 proof of

00:53:50.319 --> 00:53:50.860
 the change

00:53:50.860 --> 00:53:52.039
 just see

00:53:52.039 --> 00:53:52.319
 the way

00:53:52.319 --> 00:53:52.839
 the passage

00:53:52.839 --> 00:53:53.360
 began

00:53:53.360 --> 00:53:54.839
 he was a

00:53:54.839 --> 00:53:55.599
 tax collector

00:53:55.599 --> 00:53:56.400
 he was

00:53:56.400 --> 00:53:56.860
 rich

00:53:56.860 --> 00:53:59.539
 he gleaned

00:53:59.539 --> 00:54:00.019
 from people

00:54:00.019 --> 00:54:00.579
 as much as

00:54:00.579 --> 00:54:01.000
 he could

00:54:01.000 --> 00:54:01.339
 for his

00:54:01.339 --> 00:54:02.259
 own benefit

00:54:02.259 --> 00:54:04.179
 but he's

00:54:04.179 --> 00:54:04.599
 a different

00:54:04.599 --> 00:54:05.279
 man now

00:54:05.279 --> 00:54:07.339
 Christ has

00:54:07.339 --> 00:54:07.900
 changed him

00:54:07.900 --> 00:54:08.559
 inwardly

00:54:08.559 --> 00:54:10.339
 and what

00:54:10.339 --> 00:54:10.799
 he's saying

00:54:10.799 --> 00:54:11.339
 here about

00:54:11.339 --> 00:54:11.839
 what he's

00:54:11.839 --> 00:54:12.079
 going to

00:54:12.079 --> 00:54:12.239
 do

00:54:12.239 --> 00:54:12.980
 outwardly

00:54:12.980 --> 00:54:13.559
 in giving

00:54:13.559 --> 00:54:13.900
 away

00:54:13.900 --> 00:54:14.460
 half of

00:54:14.460 --> 00:54:14.900
 his goods

00:54:14.900 --> 00:54:16.319
 to feed

00:54:16.319 --> 00:54:16.840
 the poor

00:54:16.840 --> 00:54:18.940
 and

00:54:18.940 --> 00:54:20.019
 restoring

00:54:20.019 --> 00:54:20.880
 fourfold

00:54:20.880 --> 00:54:21.739
 to anyone

00:54:21.739 --> 00:54:22.179
 that he has

00:54:22.179 --> 00:54:22.840
 defrauded

00:54:22.840 --> 00:54:23.819
 he would

00:54:23.819 --> 00:54:24.380
 never have

00:54:24.380 --> 00:54:24.900
 said that

00:54:24.900 --> 00:54:25.579
 before he

00:54:25.579 --> 00:54:25.940
 ran up

00:54:25.940 --> 00:54:26.500
 the sycamore

00:54:26.500 --> 00:54:26.819
 tree

00:54:26.819 --> 00:54:28.599
 what's

00:54:28.599 --> 00:54:28.900
 happened

00:54:28.900 --> 00:54:29.279
 to this

00:54:29.279 --> 00:54:29.639
 man

00:54:29.639 --> 00:54:31.380
 well

00:54:31.380 --> 00:54:31.759
 Jesus

00:54:31.759 --> 00:54:33.059
 has given

00:54:33.059 --> 00:54:33.440
 him the

00:54:33.440 --> 00:54:33.840
 kind of

00:54:33.840 --> 00:54:34.099
 heart

00:54:34.099 --> 00:54:34.400
 we were

00:54:34.400 --> 00:54:34.679
 singing

00:54:34.679 --> 00:54:35.099
 about

00:54:35.099 --> 00:54:36.199
 and praying

00:54:36.199 --> 00:54:36.559
 for in

00:54:36.559 --> 00:54:36.920
 the prayer

00:54:36.920 --> 00:54:37.099
 of

00:54:37.099 --> 00:54:37.420
 Psalm

00:54:37.420 --> 00:54:38.259
 51

00:54:38.260 --> 00:54:40.520
 create

00:54:40.520 --> 00:54:41.240
 Lord

00:54:41.240 --> 00:54:41.960
 in me

00:54:41.960 --> 00:54:43.320
 a clean

00:54:43.320 --> 00:54:43.780
 heart

00:54:43.780 --> 00:54:45.480
 change

00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:46.120
 my heart

00:54:46.120 --> 00:54:48.000
 make it a

00:54:48.000 --> 00:54:48.360
 generous

00:54:48.360 --> 00:54:48.880
 heart

00:54:48.880 --> 00:54:50.460
 make it a

00:54:50.460 --> 00:54:50.840
 heart that

00:54:50.840 --> 00:54:51.640
 reflects your

00:54:51.640 --> 00:54:52.200
 generosity

00:54:52.200 --> 00:54:53.000
 to me

00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:55.860
 he showed

00:54:55.860 --> 00:54:56.940
 that the

00:54:56.940 --> 00:54:57.500
 change was

00:54:57.500 --> 00:54:57.940
 real

00:54:57.940 --> 00:54:59.519
 because of

00:54:59.519 --> 00:55:00.059
 his vow

00:55:00.059 --> 00:55:00.440
 to be

00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:01.000
 generous to

00:55:01.000 --> 00:55:01.460
 the poor

00:55:01.460 --> 00:55:02.579
 and make

00:55:02.579 --> 00:55:03.579
 restoration

00:55:03.579 --> 00:55:05.619
 the change

00:55:05.619 --> 00:55:06.460
 that Jesus

00:55:06.460 --> 00:55:07.019
 brings

00:55:07.019 --> 00:55:08.059
 is a

00:55:08.059 --> 00:55:08.340
 total

00:55:08.340 --> 00:55:09.000
 change

00:55:09.000 --> 00:55:10.440
 not just

00:55:10.440 --> 00:55:10.900
 a change

00:55:10.900 --> 00:55:11.639
 of mind

00:55:11.639 --> 00:55:12.599
 not just

00:55:12.599 --> 00:55:13.099
 a change

00:55:13.099 --> 00:55:13.980
 in the

00:55:13.980 --> 00:55:14.480
 resolutions

00:55:14.480 --> 00:55:15.039
 you make

00:55:15.039 --> 00:55:15.599
 to yourself

00:55:15.599 --> 00:55:16.400
 it's a

00:55:16.400 --> 00:55:16.719
 change

00:55:16.719 --> 00:55:17.199
 of heart

00:55:17.199 --> 00:55:17.639
 it's a

00:55:17.639 --> 00:55:17.920
 new

00:55:17.920 --> 00:55:18.420
 view

00:55:18.420 --> 00:55:19.019
 of life

00:55:19.019 --> 00:55:19.719
 it's a

00:55:19.719 --> 00:55:19.940
 new

00:55:19.940 --> 00:55:20.219
 way

00:55:20.219 --> 00:55:20.639
 of living

00:55:20.639 --> 00:55:21.019
 it's a

00:55:21.019 --> 00:55:21.159
 new

00:55:21.159 --> 00:55:21.340
 way

00:55:21.340 --> 00:55:21.460
 of

00:55:21.460 --> 00:55:21.799
 ordering

00:55:21.799 --> 00:55:22.039
 your

00:55:22.039 --> 00:55:22.299
 life

00:55:22.299 --> 00:55:22.659
 it's

00:55:22.659 --> 00:55:22.779
 an

00:55:22.779 --> 00:55:23.119
 entirely

00:55:23.119 --> 00:55:23.559
 new

00:55:23.559 --> 00:55:24.159
 behavior

00:55:24.159 --> 00:55:26.539
 because

00:55:26.539 --> 00:55:26.980
 even if

00:55:26.980 --> 00:55:27.219
 we were

00:55:27.219 --> 00:55:27.460
 very

00:55:27.460 --> 00:55:27.940
 civil

00:55:27.940 --> 00:55:28.619
 and

00:55:28.619 --> 00:55:29.039
 decent

00:55:29.039 --> 00:55:29.579
 people

00:55:29.579 --> 00:55:30.799
 all the

00:55:30.799 --> 00:55:30.940
 way

00:55:30.940 --> 00:55:31.139
 through

00:55:31.139 --> 00:55:31.340
 our

00:55:31.340 --> 00:55:31.900
 lives

00:55:31.900 --> 00:55:33.559
 that

00:55:33.559 --> 00:55:33.860
 doesn't

00:55:33.860 --> 00:55:34.039
 mean

00:55:34.039 --> 00:55:34.200
 we

00:55:34.200 --> 00:55:34.380
 don't

00:55:34.380 --> 00:55:34.559
 need

00:55:34.559 --> 00:55:34.680
 a

00:55:34.680 --> 00:55:34.860
 new

00:55:34.860 --> 00:55:35.260
 heart

00:55:35.260 --> 00:55:36.860
 when

00:55:36.860 --> 00:55:37.160
 God

00:55:37.160 --> 00:55:37.480
 gives

00:55:37.480 --> 00:55:37.800
 us

00:55:37.800 --> 00:55:38.500
 that

00:55:38.500 --> 00:55:38.780
 new

00:55:38.780 --> 00:55:39.200
 heart

00:55:39.200 --> 00:55:40.360
 takes

00:55:40.360 --> 00:55:40.660
 on a

00:55:40.660 --> 00:55:40.860
 whole

00:55:40.860 --> 00:55:41.119
 new

00:55:41.119 --> 00:55:41.720
 perspective

00:55:41.720 --> 00:55:42.059
 the way

00:55:42.059 --> 00:55:42.180
 it

00:55:42.180 --> 00:55:42.360
 looks

00:55:42.360 --> 00:55:42.500
 at

00:55:42.500 --> 00:55:42.619
 the

00:55:42.619 --> 00:55:42.980
 world

00:55:42.980 --> 00:55:44.000
 the

00:55:44.000 --> 00:55:44.099
 way

00:55:44.099 --> 00:55:44.200
 it

00:55:44.200 --> 00:55:44.360
 looks

00:55:44.360 --> 00:55:44.500
 at

00:55:44.500 --> 00:55:44.639
 the

00:55:44.639 --> 00:55:45.039
 poor

00:55:45.039 --> 00:55:46.059
 the

00:55:46.059 --> 00:55:46.180
 way

00:55:46.180 --> 00:55:46.300
 it

00:55:46.300 --> 00:55:46.460
 looks

00:55:46.460 --> 00:55:46.579
 at

00:55:46.579 --> 00:55:46.700
 the

00:55:46.700 --> 00:55:47.400
 disadvantaged

00:55:47.400 --> 00:55:48.840
 the

00:55:48.840 --> 00:55:48.960
 way

00:55:48.960 --> 00:55:49.079
 it

00:55:49.079 --> 00:55:49.240
 looks

00:55:49.240 --> 00:55:49.400
 at

00:55:49.400 --> 00:55:49.760
 people

00:55:49.760 --> 00:55:50.420
 with

00:55:50.420 --> 00:55:50.539
 a

00:55:50.539 --> 00:55:50.920
 desire

00:55:50.920 --> 00:55:51.160
 to

00:55:51.160 --> 00:55:51.680
 support

00:55:51.680 --> 00:55:52.019
 them

00:55:52.019 --> 00:55:52.900
 the

00:55:52.900 --> 00:55:53.039
 way

00:55:53.039 --> 00:55:53.180
 it

00:55:53.180 --> 00:55:53.539
 doesn't

00:55:53.539 --> 00:55:54.059
 belittle

00:55:54.059 --> 00:55:54.619
 people

00:55:54.619 --> 00:55:55.340
 the

00:55:55.340 --> 00:55:55.480
 way

00:55:55.480 --> 00:55:55.599
 it

00:55:55.599 --> 00:55:55.880
 doesn't

00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:56.619
 disparage

00:55:56.619 --> 00:55:56.920
 people

00:55:56.920 --> 00:55:57.059
 who

00:55:57.059 --> 00:55:57.180
 are

00:55:57.180 --> 00:55:57.380
 not

00:55:57.380 --> 00:55:57.559
 so

00:55:57.559 --> 00:55:57.740
 well

00:55:57.740 --> 00:55:57.900
 off

00:55:57.900 --> 00:55:58.059
 us

00:55:58.059 --> 00:55:58.680
 ourselves

00:55:58.680 --> 00:56:00.200
 the

00:56:00.200 --> 00:56:00.360
 way

00:56:00.360 --> 00:56:00.460
 it

00:56:00.460 --> 00:56:00.840
 refuses

00:56:00.840 --> 00:56:01.460
 to

00:56:01.460 --> 00:56:02.000
 look

00:56:02.000 --> 00:56:02.440
 down

00:56:02.440 --> 00:56:02.780
 upon

00:56:02.780 --> 00:56:03.260
 people

00:56:03.260 --> 00:56:03.840
 thinking

00:56:03.840 --> 00:56:04.039
 that

00:56:04.039 --> 00:56:04.200
 we

00:56:04.200 --> 00:56:04.500
 somehow

00:56:04.500 --> 00:56:04.760
 are

00:56:04.760 --> 00:56:05.300
 best

00:56:05.300 --> 00:56:07.200
 these

00:56:07.200 --> 00:56:07.340
 are

00:56:07.340 --> 00:56:07.480
 the

00:56:07.480 --> 00:56:07.900
 evidences

00:56:07.900 --> 00:56:08.180
 of

00:56:08.180 --> 00:56:08.340
 a

00:56:08.340 --> 00:56:08.539
 new

00:56:08.539 --> 00:56:08.980
 heart

00:56:08.980 --> 00:56:10.539
 that

00:56:10.539 --> 00:56:10.920
 shows

00:56:10.920 --> 00:56:11.440
 itself

00:56:11.440 --> 00:56:12.220
 outwardly

00:56:12.220 --> 00:56:13.039
 in

00:56:13.039 --> 00:56:13.619
 behavior

00:56:13.619 --> 00:56:15.039
 the

00:56:15.039 --> 00:56:15.500
 faith

00:56:15.500 --> 00:56:17.200
 that

00:56:17.200 --> 00:56:17.460
 does

00:56:17.460 --> 00:56:17.740
 not

00:56:17.740 --> 00:56:18.059
 lead

00:56:18.059 --> 00:56:18.260
 to

00:56:18.260 --> 00:56:18.440
 our

00:56:18.440 --> 00:56:18.740
 doing

00:56:18.740 --> 00:56:19.200
 good

00:56:19.200 --> 00:56:20.539
 really

00:56:20.539 --> 00:56:20.940
 isn't

00:56:20.940 --> 00:56:21.500
 faith

00:56:21.500 --> 00:56:22.740
 the

00:56:22.740 --> 00:56:22.940
 whole

00:56:22.940 --> 00:56:23.300
 epistle

00:56:23.300 --> 00:56:23.519
 of

00:56:23.519 --> 00:56:23.960
 James

00:56:23.960 --> 00:56:25.260
 is

00:56:25.260 --> 00:56:25.420
 an

00:56:25.420 --> 00:56:25.900
 exposition

00:56:25.900 --> 00:56:26.160
 of

00:56:26.160 --> 00:56:26.380
 that

00:56:26.380 --> 00:56:26.660
 great

00:56:26.660 --> 00:56:27.099
 principle

00:56:27.099 --> 00:56:27.360
 that

00:56:27.360 --> 00:56:27.760
 point

00:56:27.760 --> 00:56:29.400
 faith

00:56:29.400 --> 00:56:30.480
 without

00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:31.080
 works

00:56:31.080 --> 00:56:32.200
 is

00:56:32.200 --> 00:56:32.680
 dead

00:56:32.680 --> 00:56:34.080
 if

00:56:34.080 --> 00:56:34.520
 Zacchaeus

00:56:34.520 --> 00:56:34.640
 had

00:56:34.640 --> 00:56:34.800
 come

00:56:34.800 --> 00:56:35.020
 down

00:56:35.020 --> 00:56:35.240
 from

00:56:35.240 --> 00:56:35.460
 that

00:56:35.460 --> 00:56:35.820
 tree

00:56:35.820 --> 00:56:37.300
 gone

00:56:37.300 --> 00:56:37.560
 back

00:56:37.560 --> 00:56:37.780
 into

00:56:37.780 --> 00:56:37.940
 the

00:56:37.940 --> 00:56:38.160
 house

00:56:38.160 --> 00:56:38.340
 and

00:56:38.340 --> 00:56:38.900
 entertained

00:56:38.900 --> 00:56:39.380
 Jesus

00:56:39.380 --> 00:56:40.180
 and

00:56:40.180 --> 00:56:40.580
 said

00:56:40.580 --> 00:56:41.200
 well

00:56:41.200 --> 00:56:41.740
 it's

00:56:41.740 --> 00:56:41.900
 been

00:56:41.900 --> 00:56:42.120
 good

00:56:42.120 --> 00:56:42.460
 having

00:56:42.460 --> 00:56:42.700
 you

00:56:42.700 --> 00:56:43.300
 thank

00:56:43.300 --> 00:56:43.420
 you

00:56:43.420 --> 00:56:43.600
 for

00:56:43.600 --> 00:56:43.780
 your

00:56:43.780 --> 00:56:44.260
 attention

00:56:44.260 --> 00:56:45.360
 but

00:56:45.360 --> 00:56:45.500
 I'm

00:56:45.500 --> 00:56:45.660
 just

00:56:45.660 --> 00:56:45.840
 going

00:56:45.840 --> 00:56:45.940
 to

00:56:45.940 --> 00:56:46.260
 go

00:56:46.260 --> 00:56:46.420
 on

00:56:46.420 --> 00:56:46.520
 the

00:56:46.520 --> 00:56:46.800
 way

00:56:46.800 --> 00:56:47.320
 that

00:56:47.320 --> 00:56:47.480
 I've

00:56:47.480 --> 00:56:47.800
 always

00:56:47.800 --> 00:56:48.300
 lived

00:56:48.300 --> 00:56:49.240
 I'm

00:56:49.240 --> 00:56:49.420
 still

00:56:49.420 --> 00:56:49.620
 going

00:56:49.620 --> 00:56:49.740
 to

00:56:49.740 --> 00:56:49.980
 rake

00:56:49.980 --> 00:56:50.120
 in

00:56:50.120 --> 00:56:50.260
 the

00:56:50.260 --> 00:56:50.620
 taxes

00:56:50.620 --> 00:56:51.720
 I'm

00:56:51.720 --> 00:56:51.860
 going

00:56:51.860 --> 00:56:51.980
 to

00:56:51.980 --> 00:56:52.100
 be

00:56:52.100 --> 00:56:52.280
 an

00:56:52.280 --> 00:56:53.060
 extortioner

00:56:53.060 --> 00:56:53.900
 I'm

00:56:53.900 --> 00:56:54.060
 going

00:56:54.060 --> 00:56:54.180
 to

00:56:54.180 --> 00:56:54.340
 take

00:56:54.340 --> 00:56:54.460
 as

00:56:54.460 --> 00:56:54.660
 much

00:56:54.660 --> 00:56:54.800
 as

00:56:54.800 --> 00:56:54.940
 I

00:56:54.940 --> 00:56:55.160
 can

00:56:55.159 --> 00:56:55.339
 for

00:56:55.339 --> 00:56:55.759
 myself

00:56:55.759 --> 00:56:56.579
 it's

00:56:56.579 --> 00:56:56.699
 a

00:56:56.699 --> 00:56:57.059
 complete

00:56:57.059 --> 00:56:57.480
 opposite

00:56:57.480 --> 00:56:57.739
 it's

00:56:57.739 --> 00:56:57.899
 a

00:56:57.899 --> 00:56:58.259
 turnaround

00:56:58.259 --> 00:56:58.699
 isn't

00:56:58.699 --> 00:56:59.259
 it

00:56:59.259 --> 00:57:00.179
 if

00:57:00.179 --> 00:57:00.259
 he

00:57:00.259 --> 00:57:00.399
 had

00:57:00.399 --> 00:57:00.699
 come

00:57:00.699 --> 00:57:00.980
 and

00:57:00.980 --> 00:57:02.299
 still

00:57:02.299 --> 00:57:02.559
 been

00:57:02.559 --> 00:57:03.000
 determined

00:57:03.000 --> 00:57:03.299
 to

00:57:03.299 --> 00:57:03.559
 live

00:57:03.559 --> 00:57:03.839
 as

00:57:03.839 --> 00:57:03.960
 he

00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:04.339
 lived

00:57:04.339 --> 00:57:05.839
 it

00:57:05.839 --> 00:57:06.000
 was

00:57:06.000 --> 00:57:06.179
 a

00:57:06.179 --> 00:57:06.420
 sign

00:57:06.420 --> 00:57:06.599
 that

00:57:06.599 --> 00:57:06.679
 he

00:57:06.679 --> 00:57:06.799
 had

00:57:06.799 --> 00:57:06.980
 never

00:57:06.980 --> 00:57:07.279
 given

00:57:07.279 --> 00:57:07.480
 his

00:57:07.480 --> 00:57:07.739
 heart

00:57:07.739 --> 00:57:07.899
 to

00:57:07.899 --> 00:57:08.039
 the

00:57:08.039 --> 00:57:08.359
 Lord

00:57:08.359 --> 00:57:09.779
 but

00:57:09.779 --> 00:57:09.899
 he

00:57:09.899 --> 00:57:10.199
 did

00:57:10.199 --> 00:57:11.599
 the

00:57:11.599 --> 00:57:11.819
 little

00:57:11.819 --> 00:57:12.159
 man

00:57:12.159 --> 00:57:13.379
 who

00:57:13.379 --> 00:57:13.559
 made

00:57:13.559 --> 00:57:13.699
 the

00:57:13.699 --> 00:57:13.879
 big

00:57:13.879 --> 00:57:14.239
 effort

00:57:14.239 --> 00:57:15.719
 the

00:57:15.719 --> 00:57:15.940
 little

00:57:15.940 --> 00:57:16.319
 man

00:57:16.319 --> 00:57:17.759
 who

00:57:17.759 --> 00:57:18.299
 experienced

00:57:18.299 --> 00:57:18.539
 the

00:57:18.539 --> 00:57:18.799
 big

00:57:18.799 --> 00:57:19.519
 change

00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:20.980
 and

00:57:20.980 --> 00:57:21.099
 the

00:57:21.099 --> 00:57:21.319
 little

00:57:21.319 --> 00:57:21.759
 man

00:57:21.759 --> 00:57:22.759
 who

00:57:22.759 --> 00:57:22.899
 had

00:57:22.899 --> 00:57:23.119
 come

00:57:23.119 --> 00:57:23.480
 now

00:57:23.480 --> 00:57:24.619
 to

00:57:24.619 --> 00:57:24.859
 have

00:57:24.859 --> 00:57:25.019
 the

00:57:25.019 --> 00:57:25.359
 big

00:57:25.359 --> 00:57:26.279
 heart

00:57:26.279 --> 00:57:28.219
 today

00:57:28.219 --> 00:57:30.099
 Jesus

00:57:30.099 --> 00:57:30.380
 is

00:57:30.380 --> 00:57:30.719
 saying

00:57:30.719 --> 00:57:31.980
 today

00:57:31.980 --> 00:57:32.500
 I

00:57:32.500 --> 00:57:32.739
 must

00:57:32.739 --> 00:57:33.199
 abide

00:57:33.199 --> 00:57:34.380
 at

00:57:34.380 --> 00:57:34.719
 your

00:57:34.719 --> 00:57:35.239
 house

00:57:35.239 --> 00:57:36.679
 hurry

00:57:36.679 --> 00:57:38.199
 don't

00:57:38.199 --> 00:57:38.440
 waste

00:57:38.440 --> 00:57:38.900
 time

00:57:38.900 --> 00:57:40.059
 come

00:57:40.059 --> 00:57:40.460
 down

00:57:40.460 --> 00:57:41.480
 let's

00:57:41.480 --> 00:57:41.739
 pray

00:57:41.739 --> 00:57:46.039
 Lord we

00:57:46.039 --> 00:57:46.500
 thank you

00:57:46.500 --> 00:57:47.079
 for the

00:57:47.079 --> 00:57:47.380
 way in

00:57:47.380 --> 00:57:47.679
 which you

00:57:47.679 --> 00:57:48.279
 address us

00:57:48.279 --> 00:57:48.559
 in your

00:57:48.559 --> 00:57:48.980
 word

00:57:48.980 --> 00:57:50.659
 forgive us

00:57:50.659 --> 00:57:51.099
 we pray

00:57:51.099 --> 00:57:52.139
 any

00:57:52.139 --> 00:57:52.920
 mishandling

00:57:52.920 --> 00:57:53.239
 of your

00:57:53.239 --> 00:57:53.739
 word that

00:57:53.739 --> 00:57:53.960
 takes

00:57:53.960 --> 00:57:54.380
 place

00:57:54.380 --> 00:57:55.480
 in our

00:57:55.480 --> 00:57:55.820
 attempt

00:57:55.820 --> 00:57:56.159
 to

00:57:56.159 --> 00:57:57.220
 give an

00:57:57.220 --> 00:57:57.820
 exposition

00:57:57.820 --> 00:57:58.240
 of its

00:57:58.240 --> 00:57:58.740
 teaching

00:57:58.740 --> 00:58:00.500
 forgive us

00:58:00.500 --> 00:58:00.860
 Lord we

00:58:00.860 --> 00:58:01.500
 pray for

00:58:01.500 --> 00:58:02.300
 the many

00:58:02.300 --> 00:58:02.860
 times that

00:58:02.860 --> 00:58:03.280
 we do

00:58:03.280 --> 00:58:04.019
 refuse to

00:58:04.019 --> 00:58:04.480
 hear your

00:58:04.480 --> 00:58:04.860
 voice

00:58:04.860 --> 00:58:06.000
 and although

00:58:06.000 --> 00:58:06.539
 we hear it

00:58:06.539 --> 00:58:07.079
 refuse to

00:58:07.079 --> 00:58:07.599
 comply

00:58:07.599 --> 00:58:09.440
 forgive us

00:58:09.440 --> 00:58:09.880
 Lord for

00:58:09.880 --> 00:58:10.659
 our delays

00:58:10.659 --> 00:58:12.280
 forgive us

00:58:12.280 --> 00:58:12.679
 for the many

00:58:12.679 --> 00:58:13.340
 times that

00:58:13.340 --> 00:58:13.760
 we have

00:58:13.760 --> 00:58:14.920
 heard your

00:58:14.920 --> 00:58:15.440
 voice and

00:58:15.440 --> 00:58:15.679
 not

00:58:15.679 --> 00:58:16.400
 complied

00:58:16.400 --> 00:58:18.320
 forgive us

00:58:18.320 --> 00:58:18.800
 Lord even

00:58:18.800 --> 00:58:19.320
 tonight

00:58:19.320 --> 00:58:20.599
 if we have

00:58:20.599 --> 00:58:21.220
 not been as

00:58:21.220 --> 00:58:21.880
 we should be

00:58:21.880 --> 00:58:22.780
 in your

00:58:22.780 --> 00:58:23.500
 presence and

00:58:23.500 --> 00:58:24.240
 responded as

00:58:24.240 --> 00:58:24.700
 we should

00:58:24.700 --> 00:58:25.820
 to your

00:58:25.820 --> 00:58:26.440
 claim upon

00:58:26.440 --> 00:58:26.840
 us

00:58:26.840 --> 00:58:28.059
 make us

00:58:28.059 --> 00:58:28.440
 thankful

00:58:28.440 --> 00:58:29.720
 Lord that

00:58:29.720 --> 00:58:30.119
 we heard

00:58:30.119 --> 00:58:30.700
 your voice

00:58:30.700 --> 00:58:31.920
 make us

00:58:31.920 --> 00:58:32.460
 thankful for

00:58:32.460 --> 00:58:33.039
 your promises

00:58:33.039 --> 00:58:33.480
 that are

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 true

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 make us

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 thankful for

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 the provision

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 you make

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 for us

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 in the

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 abundance of

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 life that

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 we have

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 in knowing

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 our Lord

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 Jesus Christ

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 and we

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 ask that you

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 would bless

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 this word

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 to us

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 and enable

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 us Lord

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 from this

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 day forth

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 to go

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 forth with

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 that new

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 resolve

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 to be

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 your people

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 to be

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 known as

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 your people

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 to make

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 you known

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 to those

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 around us

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 and to

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 walk

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 closely

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 with you

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 as our

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 God

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 hear us

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 we pray

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 for Jesus

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 sake

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 Amen

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 well our

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 final psalm

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 this evening

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 is Psalm

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 119

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 119

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 the Scottish

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 Psalter

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 version

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 that's on

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 page 404

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 we're singing

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 four verses

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 from verse 57

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 down to

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 verse 60

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 tune is

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 Belmont

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 now my

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 sure portion

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 art alone

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 which I

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 did choose

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 O Lord

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 I have

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 resolved

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 and said

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 that I

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 would keep

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 thy holy

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 word

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 with my

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 whole heart

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 I did

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 entreat

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 thy face

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 and favour

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 free

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 according

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 to thy

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 gracious

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 word

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 be

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 merciful

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 to me

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 I

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 thought

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 upon

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 my

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 former

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 ways

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 and

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 did

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 my

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 life

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 well

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 try

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 and

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 to

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 thy

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 testimonies

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 pure

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 my

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 feet

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 then

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 turned

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 I

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 I

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 did

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 not

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 stay

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 nor

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 linger

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 long

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 as

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 those

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 that

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 slothful

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 are

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 but

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 hastily

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 thy

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 laws

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 to

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 keep

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 myself

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 I

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 did

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 prepare

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 these

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 four

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 verses

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 in

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 conclusion

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 are

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 iph

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 oh

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 oh

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 The Lord is home, and set the time to give Thy holy word.

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 With my whole heart I descend thee, Thy grace and favor free.

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 According to Thy gracious word, He menscheeful to me.

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 I thought upon my former ways, And did my life well die?

01:01:39.619 --> 01:01:56.619
 Until Thy testimonies pure, My feet then turneth I.

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 I did not sin nor linger long, As those that sorrowful are.

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 But history I lost to keep, Myself I did prepare.

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 We'll give thanks for the food prepared at the fellowship,

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 and then after the benediction I'll go to the side door here to my left.

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 Lord our God, we give thanks for all the provision You make for us.

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 And at this time we thank You for the food prepared.

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 We thank You for those who have prepared it for us.

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 And we pray that You would bless it to us,

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 and help us, Lord, to wait upon You,

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 even for our ordinary course in this life,

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 that we may live and move and depend on You with our being.

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 We ask that Your blessing from the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, one God,

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 may be our portion now and evermore.

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 Amen.

01:03:13.099 --> 01:03:13.260
 Amen.

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 Amen.