WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.960 Let's start together to the letter to Hebrews and chapter 2, and we can read at verse number 14. 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:10.740 ! Hebrews chapter 2 at verse 14. 00:00:12.960 --> 00:00:19.839 Since, therefore, the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, 00:00:20.460 --> 00:00:29.480 ! that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to life long. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:32.320 Slavery, and so on. 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:42.100 Now, once this evening to continue the study that we're doing and looking at the benefits of the cross of Jesus Christ, 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:51.920 and we are doing so because unless we understand what the cross means, then we're not going to appreciate the importance of the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:00:51.920 --> 00:00:59.320 And as we read this letter itself, it reminds us of the way in which people were losing their way, 00:00:59.939 --> 00:01:06.240 some were close to losing their faith, some were close to abandoning their faith because of what they were suffering, 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:10.659 and when the writer reads to them to address these difficulties, 00:01:11.339 --> 00:01:17.939 he focuses primarily in the first half of the letter on the passion and work of the Lord Jesus. 00:01:18.659 --> 00:01:24.899 So, in focusing on the passion and work of the Lord Jesus as the answer to our problems, 00:01:24.900 --> 00:01:31.480 it's following the pattern that we see from time to time in the Word of God. 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:39.340 And as we look at this chapter itself, it reminds us that there is a context and that there is a goal, 00:01:39.980 --> 00:01:46.600 and we see from verse 5 of this chapter that the writer is talking about the world to come, 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:51.640 and it's important for us to grasp that at the very outset. 00:01:52.199 --> 00:01:56.759 We are in this world, but there is a world to come, 00:01:57.659 --> 00:02:06.639 and the significance of Jesus is to be found in understanding this world and understanding the world to come, 00:02:07.259 --> 00:02:13.879 and the only connection that we have between the two or the only way from this world into the world to come 00:02:13.879 --> 00:02:18.939 that's described here is through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:02:20.120 --> 00:02:26.079 We read on further in the letter, and we understand something else about this people. 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:32.960 They were immature, and as we read at the end of chapter 5 and into chapter 6, 00:02:33.060 --> 00:02:40.759 we understand that the writer could not speak to them of the depths and the riches of the Lord Jesus 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:44.159 because they were immature in their faith. 00:02:45.079 --> 00:02:49.060 They were struggling with their faith because of the world around them, 00:02:49.719 --> 00:02:57.539 and they were struggling also in their faith because they hadn't reached a mature understanding of the Lord Jesus. 00:02:58.139 --> 00:03:02.599 And that again is instructive for us as we look this evening at this passage 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:07.859 and continue to think of the benefits of the cross of the Lord Jesus. 00:03:07.860 --> 00:03:12.180 And we have seen the benefit of reconciliation. 00:03:12.760 --> 00:03:15.100 We have seen the benefit of redemption. 00:03:15.780 --> 00:03:18.180 We have seen the benefit of propitiation. 00:03:19.140 --> 00:03:25.180 And tonight we want to look at the cross of Christ and the message of deliverance. 00:03:26.360 --> 00:03:34.920 First of all, I want us to see that there is a reality we must learn to fear. 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:42.539 And in verse 14 we have that reality that through death, 00:03:43.539 --> 00:03:49.439 it's a solemn thing to speak about death. 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:53.839 We have it throughout the Word of God. 00:03:55.379 --> 00:03:59.759 Death is the end of our lives in this world. 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:04.319 It's when our hearts start, stops beating. 00:04:05.419 --> 00:04:07.079 It's when our organs fail. 00:04:08.099 --> 00:04:10.259 It's when there appears to be nothing. 00:04:12.259 --> 00:04:15.060 And the writer in Ecclesiastes speaks of the way in which 00:04:15.060 --> 00:04:20.699 the dust returns to the earth as it was, 00:04:21.159 --> 00:04:25.879 and the spirit returns to God who gave it. 00:04:25.879 --> 00:04:33.500 Death is the end of our visible lives here in this world. 00:04:34.819 --> 00:04:37.019 And at the beginning of our service this evening, 00:04:37.740 --> 00:04:43.699 I wanted to think for some time on the solemn issue of our death. 00:04:43.699 --> 00:04:47.879 And if we're going to think about death in a biblical way, 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:54.180 we want to see there are three elements to death as the Bible brings it before us. 00:04:55.159 --> 00:04:58.699 And the first of these is that death is physical. 00:05:00.539 --> 00:05:05.159 There is that separation of body and soul. 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:14.560 It is physical in the sense that there is a tearing apart of the creation of God 00:05:14.560 --> 00:05:19.080 in the sense in which body and soul are separated. 00:05:21.220 --> 00:05:27.120 And such is the awfulness of death, physical, 00:05:27.120 --> 00:05:36.160 that it is tearing apart the very thing that God has created in all of its beauty. 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:39.819 Death is physical. 00:05:40.899 --> 00:05:42.340 We know that. 00:05:43.060 --> 00:05:44.240 We see that. 00:05:45.319 --> 00:05:49.800 And we need to remember the reality of death as physical. 00:05:49.800 --> 00:05:56.759 Death is also penal. 00:05:58.100 --> 00:06:02.000 The wages of sin is death. 00:06:03.240 --> 00:06:05.020 Why is there death in the world? 00:06:06.840 --> 00:06:08.420 Because of Adam's sin, 00:06:09.439 --> 00:06:11.199 described by Paul in Romans 5. 00:06:11.740 --> 00:06:12.939 Sin came into the world, 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:15.040 and death entered because of sin, 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:20.240 and death came upon all because all have sinned. 00:06:21.640 --> 00:06:24.520 Death is penal. 00:06:25.660 --> 00:06:29.060 It's a penalty of our covenant breaking. 00:06:30.820 --> 00:06:31.460 And thirdly, 00:06:33.000 --> 00:06:35.720 death is eternal. 00:06:37.620 --> 00:06:42.520 It's described in the book of Revelation as the second death. 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:42.919 death. 00:06:44.120 --> 00:06:49.079 It's described as the second death in the lake of fire. 00:06:50.299 --> 00:06:52.419 We saw in the chapter we read this morning 00:06:52.419 --> 00:06:56.539 the way in which Jesus himself speaks about eternal death. 00:06:57.699 --> 00:06:59.599 The fiery furnace 00:06:59.599 --> 00:07:04.120 where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. 00:07:05.299 --> 00:07:06.519 It's eternal. 00:07:07.479 --> 00:07:08.719 It's permanent. 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:12.400 And when the Bible speaks about death, 00:07:13.180 --> 00:07:14.720 the focus on death 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:17.480 is on the eternal aspect of it. 00:07:19.080 --> 00:07:21.180 That it's a death that goes on 00:07:21.180 --> 00:07:24.900 forever beyond the scene of time. 00:07:26.640 --> 00:07:27.820 It's a reality. 00:07:28.940 --> 00:07:30.540 And we know it's there. 00:07:31.420 --> 00:07:35.580 And it's so easy for us to live our lives 00:07:35.579 --> 00:07:38.279 as if this awful reality of death 00:07:38.279 --> 00:07:39.979 did not exist. 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:43.879 It comes close to us in our homes. 00:07:44.779 --> 00:07:46.620 And we become more aware of 00:07:46.620 --> 00:07:49.019 its destructive power 00:07:49.019 --> 00:07:51.539 as it affects us emotionally. 00:07:52.699 --> 00:07:54.659 But it's too easy for us 00:07:54.659 --> 00:07:56.319 to forget 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:58.060 and to go on living. 00:08:00.939 --> 00:08:02.599 How should we respond? 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:04.139 How should we react? 00:08:04.139 --> 00:08:07.319 To this reality of death. 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:10.639 Here the writer makes that clear. 00:08:12.539 --> 00:08:13.139 That 00:08:13.139 --> 00:08:15.319 those who 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:17.199 fear death 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:20.139 were subject to lifelong 00:08:20.139 --> 00:08:22.339 slavery. 00:08:24.339 --> 00:08:25.139 There is 00:08:25.139 --> 00:08:26.699 a fear 00:08:26.699 --> 00:08:28.459 and a phobia 00:08:28.459 --> 00:08:29.300 that there is 00:08:29.300 --> 00:08:32.120 a sense in which 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:33.720 all our emotions 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:36.500 and the whole of our beings 00:08:36.500 --> 00:08:38.779 are in a sense to be 00:08:38.779 --> 00:08:40.680 terror stricken 00:08:40.680 --> 00:08:41.159 with 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:43.419 an awful thought 00:08:43.419 --> 00:08:45.180 of what death means. 00:08:47.680 --> 00:08:50.580 A heart full of 00:08:50.580 --> 00:08:53.279 a sense of 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:55.360 wanting to distance ourselves 00:08:55.360 --> 00:08:57.259 from the reality of death. 00:08:57.259 --> 00:08:57.319 death. 00:08:58.279 --> 00:08:59.139 And wanting if it were 00:08:59.139 --> 00:08:59.840 possible to 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:01.659 remove the whole 00:09:01.659 --> 00:09:02.720 idea of death 00:09:02.720 --> 00:09:03.919 from the whole 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:05.340 perspective of life 00:09:05.340 --> 00:09:06.340 and from the experience 00:09:06.340 --> 00:09:07.059 of humankind. 00:09:08.120 --> 00:09:08.960 But the Bible 00:09:08.960 --> 00:09:09.840 tells us 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:12.200 that a response 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:13.200 to the reality 00:09:13.200 --> 00:09:13.759 of death 00:09:13.759 --> 00:09:15.679 is to 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:16.620 fear it. 00:09:16.620 --> 00:09:17.620 death. 00:09:17.620 --> 00:09:20.639 And the writer 00:09:20.639 --> 00:09:22.200 in this letter itself 00:09:22.200 --> 00:09:24.299 reminds us 00:09:24.299 --> 00:09:25.279 why we should 00:09:25.279 --> 00:09:26.259 fear death. 00:09:27.220 --> 00:09:28.419 In chapter 10 00:09:28.419 --> 00:09:29.080 of verse 31 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:30.799 it is a fearful 00:09:30.799 --> 00:09:31.460 thing 00:09:31.460 --> 00:09:34.019 to fall into the hands 00:09:34.019 --> 00:09:34.279 of 00:09:34.279 --> 00:09:35.560 the living 00:09:35.560 --> 00:09:36.560 God. 00:09:37.759 --> 00:09:39.019 The fear 00:09:39.019 --> 00:09:40.680 of death. 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:40.739 death. 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:40.799 death. 00:09:40.799 --> 00:09:40.859 death. 00:09:42.740 --> 00:09:43.259 And the more 00:09:43.259 --> 00:09:44.059 you and I 00:09:44.059 --> 00:09:45.839 in the 00:09:45.839 --> 00:09:47.399 secularized 00:09:47.399 --> 00:09:48.319 society in which 00:09:48.319 --> 00:09:48.819 we live 00:09:48.819 --> 00:09:50.099 the more 00:09:50.099 --> 00:09:50.500 we're 00:09:50.500 --> 00:09:51.539 sucked in 00:09:51.539 --> 00:09:52.319 by its way 00:09:52.319 --> 00:09:52.939 of thinking. 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:54.479 The more 00:09:54.479 --> 00:09:55.559 the fear 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:55.979 of death 00:09:55.979 --> 00:09:56.299 will be 00:09:56.299 --> 00:09:57.259 lost to us. 00:09:58.259 --> 00:09:59.059 And the more 00:09:59.059 --> 00:09:59.639 we will remove 00:09:59.639 --> 00:10:00.139 it from our 00:10:00.139 --> 00:10:00.620 thinking. 00:10:01.899 --> 00:10:02.659 And the more 00:10:02.659 --> 00:10:03.120 we will 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:04.179 promote 00:10:04.179 --> 00:10:06.599 things like 00:10:06.599 --> 00:10:07.299 assisted 00:10:07.299 --> 00:10:07.899 dying. 00:10:07.899 --> 00:10:09.679 because we 00:10:09.679 --> 00:10:10.399 fail to 00:10:10.399 --> 00:10:11.039 appreciate 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:11.980 what death 00:10:11.980 --> 00:10:12.419 is. 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:14.179 And we 00:10:14.179 --> 00:10:15.120 initiate 00:10:15.120 --> 00:10:15.959 we bring 00:10:15.959 --> 00:10:16.759 a proposal 00:10:16.759 --> 00:10:18.319 that's to be 00:10:18.319 --> 00:10:19.179 brought into 00:10:19.179 --> 00:10:20.279 the law of 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:20.840 the land 00:10:20.840 --> 00:10:23.259 that is 00:10:23.259 --> 00:10:23.899 aimed at 00:10:23.899 --> 00:10:24.980 reducing the 00:10:24.980 --> 00:10:25.459 suffering 00:10:25.459 --> 00:10:26.779 of those 00:10:26.779 --> 00:10:27.059 who are 00:10:27.059 --> 00:10:27.459 dying. 00:10:28.620 --> 00:10:29.220 And losing 00:10:29.220 --> 00:10:29.959 sight of 00:10:29.959 --> 00:10:30.459 the fact 00:10:30.459 --> 00:10:32.419 that the 00:10:32.419 --> 00:10:33.399 eternity 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:34.879 of suffering 00:10:34.879 --> 00:10:36.319 in the 00:10:36.319 --> 00:10:37.240 fire of 00:10:37.240 --> 00:10:37.699 hell that 00:10:37.700 --> 00:10:38.620 Jesus speaks 00:10:38.620 --> 00:10:40.100 of is 00:10:40.100 --> 00:10:41.120 unthinkable. 00:10:43.300 --> 00:10:44.080 And we 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:44.560 need to 00:10:44.560 --> 00:10:45.520 remind 00:10:45.520 --> 00:10:46.060 ourselves 00:10:46.060 --> 00:10:47.379 and remind 00:10:47.379 --> 00:10:48.020 the society 00:10:48.020 --> 00:10:48.340 in which 00:10:48.340 --> 00:10:48.740 we live 00:10:48.740 --> 00:10:50.080 that this 00:10:50.080 --> 00:10:50.580 is the 00:10:50.580 --> 00:10:51.400 reality of 00:10:51.400 --> 00:10:51.720 death. 00:10:52.980 --> 00:10:53.560 And that 00:10:53.560 --> 00:10:53.960 without 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:55.240 faith in 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:55.640 the Lord 00:10:55.640 --> 00:10:56.540 Jesus Christ 00:10:56.540 --> 00:10:58.120 there is 00:10:58.120 --> 00:10:58.720 eternal 00:10:58.720 --> 00:10:59.580 suffering 00:10:59.580 --> 00:11:00.860 beyond 00:11:00.860 --> 00:11:02.220 life in 00:11:02.220 --> 00:11:02.740 this world. 00:11:03.440 --> 00:11:03.940 And that 00:11:03.940 --> 00:11:05.220 is why 00:11:05.220 --> 00:11:05.820 we ought 00:11:05.820 --> 00:11:06.500 to fear. 00:11:08.420 --> 00:11:08.700 And the 00:11:08.700 --> 00:11:09.220 writer here 00:11:09.220 --> 00:11:09.820 goes even 00:11:09.820 --> 00:11:10.399 further than 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:10.620 that 00:11:10.620 --> 00:11:11.600 through 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:12.420 because of 00:11:12.420 --> 00:11:13.180 the fear 00:11:13.180 --> 00:11:13.660 of death 00:11:13.660 --> 00:11:15.940 they were 00:11:15.940 --> 00:11:16.759 subject to 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:17.580 lifelong 00:11:17.580 --> 00:11:18.580 slavery. 00:11:20.180 --> 00:11:20.940 Death is 00:11:20.940 --> 00:11:21.500 powerful. 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:23.700 Death 00:11:23.700 --> 00:11:24.160 works like 00:11:24.160 --> 00:11:24.779 a master. 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:27.540 Death 00:11:27.540 --> 00:11:28.800 comes to 00:11:28.800 --> 00:11:29.399 our door 00:11:29.399 --> 00:11:30.579 and we 00:11:30.579 --> 00:11:30.819 have no 00:11:30.819 --> 00:11:31.340 control. 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:32.379 We cannot 00:11:32.379 --> 00:11:32.860 resist. 00:11:33.139 --> 00:11:33.419 We cannot 00:11:33.419 --> 00:11:34.000 stop its 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:34.539 progress. 00:11:36.659 --> 00:11:37.340 Subject 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:37.759 to 00:11:37.759 --> 00:11:38.620 lifelong 00:11:38.620 --> 00:11:39.659 slavery. 00:11:40.259 --> 00:11:40.899 All the 00:11:40.899 --> 00:11:41.679 days of 00:11:41.679 --> 00:11:42.399 our lives. 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:43.939 This 00:11:43.939 --> 00:11:44.519 should be 00:11:44.519 --> 00:11:44.919 our 00:11:44.919 --> 00:11:46.000 reaction, 00:11:46.139 --> 00:11:46.279 our 00:11:46.279 --> 00:11:47.019 response 00:11:47.019 --> 00:11:48.279 to what 00:11:48.279 --> 00:11:48.779 the Bible 00:11:48.779 --> 00:11:49.679 describes 00:11:49.679 --> 00:11:51.259 as death 00:11:51.259 --> 00:11:52.399 and as 00:11:52.399 --> 00:11:54.720 eternal 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:55.700 death. 00:11:58.519 --> 00:11:58.720 And 00:11:58.720 --> 00:11:59.139 sometimes 00:11:59.139 --> 00:12:00.819 the whole 00:12:00.819 --> 00:12:02.299 concept of 00:12:02.299 --> 00:12:02.919 death is 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:04.620 like an 00:12:04.620 --> 00:12:05.439 overcast 00:12:05.439 --> 00:12:06.120 on 00:12:06.120 --> 00:12:08.319 our 00:12:08.319 --> 00:12:08.919 communities 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:09.819 because of 00:12:09.819 --> 00:12:11.319 the solemnity 00:12:11.319 --> 00:12:11.919 of it and 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:12.200 of the 00:12:12.200 --> 00:12:13.120 tragedy of 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:13.319 it. 00:12:14.639 --> 00:12:15.139 And we 00:12:15.139 --> 00:12:15.539 want to 00:12:15.539 --> 00:12:16.819 speak of 00:12:16.819 --> 00:12:17.720 the reality 00:12:17.720 --> 00:12:18.340 of death 00:12:18.340 --> 00:12:19.740 sensitive to 00:12:19.740 --> 00:12:20.299 all of 00:12:20.299 --> 00:12:20.939 these things. 00:12:21.259 --> 00:12:22.899 But the 00:12:22.899 --> 00:12:23.539 Bible, and 00:12:23.539 --> 00:12:24.120 God wants 00:12:24.120 --> 00:12:24.600 us from 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:25.080 the Bible 00:12:25.080 --> 00:12:25.960 to 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:26.899 understand 00:12:26.899 --> 00:12:28.779 that 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:29.500 the 00:12:29.500 --> 00:12:30.379 overcast 00:12:30.379 --> 00:12:31.519 of the 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:32.000 skies 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:33.000 around us 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:34.379 is nothing 00:12:34.379 --> 00:12:34.899 less 00:12:34.899 --> 00:12:36.179 than 00:12:36.179 --> 00:12:36.799 eternal 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:37.299 death 00:12:37.299 --> 00:12:38.519 because of 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:39.019 our sin 00:12:39.019 --> 00:12:40.279 and because 00:12:40.279 --> 00:12:40.779 of our 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:42.019 lostness. 00:12:42.939 --> 00:12:43.759 The 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.340 reality 00:12:44.340 --> 00:12:45.700 that we 00:12:45.700 --> 00:12:46.559 must learn 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:47.740 to fear. 00:12:50.179 --> 00:12:51.059 Secondly, 00:12:51.259 --> 00:12:53.480 there is 00:12:53.480 --> 00:12:54.340 a relationship 00:12:54.340 --> 00:12:55.759 that we 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:56.500 must learn 00:12:56.500 --> 00:12:57.620 to appreciate. 00:12:59.379 --> 00:13:00.019 And the 00:13:00.019 --> 00:13:00.460 relationship 00:13:00.460 --> 00:13:00.700 that we 00:13:00.700 --> 00:13:01.059 must learn 00:13:01.059 --> 00:13:01.879 to appreciate 00:13:01.879 --> 00:13:03.559 is, 00:13:04.120 --> 00:13:04.399 again in 00:13:04.399 --> 00:13:04.899 verse 14, 00:13:04.899 --> 00:13:05.200 since 00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:05.500 there were 00:13:05.500 --> 00:13:05.819 children 00:13:05.819 --> 00:13:06.360 share in 00:13:06.360 --> 00:13:06.879 flesh and 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:07.100 blood, 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:08.159 he himself 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:08.740 likewise 00:13:08.740 --> 00:13:09.659 partook of 00:13:09.659 --> 00:13:10.279 the same 00:13:10.279 --> 00:13:10.939 things. 00:13:10.940 --> 00:13:12.940 people 00:13:12.940 --> 00:13:13.220 and the 00:13:13.220 --> 00:13:13.760 picture that 00:13:13.760 --> 00:13:14.180 we have 00:13:14.180 --> 00:13:16.140 here is 00:13:16.140 --> 00:13:17.620 oppression 00:13:17.620 --> 00:13:18.620 outside of 00:13:18.620 --> 00:13:19.020 the human 00:13:19.020 --> 00:13:19.400 race, 00:13:20.180 --> 00:13:22.100 looking down 00:13:22.100 --> 00:13:22.580 on the 00:13:22.580 --> 00:13:23.400 predicament of 00:13:23.400 --> 00:13:23.760 the human 00:13:23.760 --> 00:13:24.120 race, 00:13:25.800 --> 00:13:26.340 and looking 00:13:26.340 --> 00:13:27.020 down on the 00:13:27.020 --> 00:13:27.880 predicament and 00:13:27.880 --> 00:13:28.640 seeing that 00:13:28.640 --> 00:13:31.020 humankind is 00:13:31.020 --> 00:13:31.760 lost and 00:13:31.760 --> 00:13:33.000 trapped in 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:33.760 death and 00:13:33.760 --> 00:13:34.380 in sin 00:13:34.379 --> 00:13:35.379 because of 00:13:35.379 --> 00:13:35.840 rebellion 00:13:35.840 --> 00:13:36.840 against God. 00:13:39.200 --> 00:13:40.000 And that 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:41.200 external 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:42.460 passion that 00:13:42.460 --> 00:13:42.840 is looking 00:13:42.840 --> 00:13:43.259 down on 00:13:43.259 --> 00:13:44.159 humankind in 00:13:44.159 --> 00:13:45.340 that way is 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:46.080 no one less 00:13:46.080 --> 00:13:46.679 than God 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:47.620 himself and 00:13:47.620 --> 00:13:48.379 is here no 00:13:48.379 --> 00:13:48.779 one less 00:13:48.779 --> 00:13:49.799 than the 00:13:49.799 --> 00:13:50.460 Lord Jesus 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:51.360 himself. 00:13:51.360 --> 00:13:54.639 and if we 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:55.080 look more 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:55.840 closely at 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:56.240 the way in 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:57.879 which the 00:13:57.879 --> 00:13:58.680 Lord himself 00:13:58.680 --> 00:13:59.700 is looking 00:13:59.700 --> 00:14:00.700 down on 00:14:00.700 --> 00:14:01.399 the predicament 00:14:01.399 --> 00:14:02.639 of humankind, 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:04.080 we notice 00:14:04.080 --> 00:14:05.379 something that's 00:14:05.379 --> 00:14:06.300 really important. 00:14:07.600 --> 00:14:08.600 And the 00:14:08.600 --> 00:14:09.259 important thing 00:14:09.259 --> 00:14:11.200 is that God 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:11.899 is looking 00:14:11.899 --> 00:14:14.080 down on 00:14:14.080 --> 00:14:14.840 a particular 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:16.860 people amongst 00:14:16.860 --> 00:14:17.840 the mass of 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:18.639 humankind. 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:20.200 And read 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:20.659 through these 00:14:20.659 --> 00:14:20.980 verses. 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:22.879 And time 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:23.440 after time 00:14:23.440 --> 00:14:23.740 we are 00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:24.680 coming face 00:14:24.680 --> 00:14:25.080 to face 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:26.220 with children. 00:14:26.960 --> 00:14:27.519 We are 00:14:27.519 --> 00:14:28.240 coming face 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:28.620 to face 00:14:28.620 --> 00:14:28.960 with the 00:14:28.960 --> 00:14:29.779 offspring of 00:14:29.779 --> 00:14:30.320 Abraham. 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:31.639 We are 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:32.220 coming face 00:14:32.220 --> 00:14:32.639 to face 00:14:32.639 --> 00:14:33.440 with quotations 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:33.779 from the 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:34.440 Old Testament. 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:35.639 I will 00:14:35.639 --> 00:14:36.080 tell your 00:14:36.080 --> 00:14:36.440 name to 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:36.639 my 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:37.019 brothers. 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:40.000 I will 00:14:40.000 --> 00:14:40.320 put my 00:14:40.320 --> 00:14:40.740 trust in 00:14:40.740 --> 00:14:40.879 him. 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:41.360 Behold, 00:14:41.460 --> 00:14:41.840 I and 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:41.980 the 00:14:41.980 --> 00:14:42.300 children 00:14:42.300 --> 00:14:43.019 God has 00:14:43.019 --> 00:14:43.700 given to 00:14:43.700 --> 00:14:44.039 me. 00:14:45.860 --> 00:14:46.399 What does 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:46.980 this tell 00:14:46.980 --> 00:14:47.519 us about 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:48.480 God's 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:49.200 relationship 00:14:49.200 --> 00:14:49.560 with 00:14:49.560 --> 00:14:50.200 humankind? 00:14:51.360 --> 00:14:52.500 These words 00:14:52.500 --> 00:14:53.480 remind us 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:54.360 that as we 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:54.700 read the 00:14:54.700 --> 00:14:55.419 words in 00:14:55.419 --> 00:14:56.240 verse number 00:14:56.240 --> 00:14:56.919 13 coming 00:14:56.919 --> 00:14:57.779 from Isaiah 00:14:57.779 --> 00:14:58.419 chapter 8, 00:14:58.860 --> 00:14:59.860 we understand 00:14:59.860 --> 00:15:02.279 that there is 00:15:02.279 --> 00:15:03.139 what the 00:15:03.139 --> 00:15:03.840 Bible calls 00:15:03.840 --> 00:15:04.740 a remnant, 00:15:05.740 --> 00:15:06.419 that there is 00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:07.100 a chosen 00:15:07.100 --> 00:15:07.820 people. 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:09.899 And God 00:15:09.899 --> 00:15:10.539 in this 00:15:10.539 --> 00:15:11.560 image that we 00:15:11.560 --> 00:15:12.180 have here, 00:15:13.019 --> 00:15:14.039 external to 00:15:14.039 --> 00:15:15.180 the experience 00:15:15.180 --> 00:15:16.019 of humankind, 00:15:16.019 --> 00:15:18.019 God's 00:15:18.019 --> 00:15:18.639 looking down 00:15:18.639 --> 00:15:19.319 on children. 00:15:20.259 --> 00:15:20.659 He is 00:15:20.659 --> 00:15:21.199 looking down 00:15:21.199 --> 00:15:21.559 on his 00:15:21.559 --> 00:15:22.159 family. 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:23.240 He is 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:23.720 looking down 00:15:23.720 --> 00:15:24.019 on the 00:15:24.019 --> 00:15:24.720 offspring of 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:25.079 Abraham. 00:15:26.019 --> 00:15:26.360 He is 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:26.819 looking down 00:15:26.819 --> 00:15:27.199 on those 00:15:27.199 --> 00:15:27.480 whom he 00:15:27.480 --> 00:15:28.439 has chosen, 00:15:29.059 --> 00:15:29.600 not the 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:29.960 physical 00:15:29.960 --> 00:15:30.639 descendants of 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:30.960 Abraham, 00:15:31.419 --> 00:15:31.939 but those 00:15:31.939 --> 00:15:32.279 whom he 00:15:32.279 --> 00:15:32.879 has chosen 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:33.720 from before 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:34.259 the world 00:15:34.259 --> 00:15:34.659 was, 00:15:35.079 --> 00:15:35.559 and he 00:15:35.559 --> 00:15:36.879 sees that 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:37.240 they have 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:39.500 flesh and 00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.480 blood. 00:15:41.879 --> 00:15:42.500 There is 00:15:42.500 --> 00:15:43.199 frailty. 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:45.019 He sees 00:15:45.019 --> 00:15:45.579 failing. 00:15:46.620 --> 00:15:47.100 He sees 00:15:47.100 --> 00:15:47.620 death. 00:15:48.620 --> 00:15:49.039 He sees 00:15:49.039 --> 00:15:50.100 hopelessness. 00:15:51.079 --> 00:15:51.620 The whole 00:15:51.620 --> 00:15:52.460 environment 00:15:52.460 --> 00:15:54.279 of humankind 00:15:54.279 --> 00:15:55.139 as God 00:15:55.139 --> 00:15:55.779 looks down 00:15:55.779 --> 00:15:56.600 upon it 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:58.100 is one 00:15:58.100 --> 00:15:58.659 of doom 00:15:58.659 --> 00:15:59.740 and darkness 00:15:59.740 --> 00:16:01.679 and one 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:02.419 that 00:16:02.419 --> 00:16:04.259 looms 00:16:04.259 --> 00:16:04.899 forward 00:16:04.899 --> 00:16:06.100 to 00:16:06.100 --> 00:16:06.720 eternal 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:08.159 destruction. 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:11.579 And that 00:16:11.579 --> 00:16:12.100 whole 00:16:12.100 --> 00:16:13.340 external 00:16:13.340 --> 00:16:13.980 assessment, 00:16:14.139 --> 00:16:14.439 if we can 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:15.040 call it 00:16:15.040 --> 00:16:15.340 that, 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:17.400 is where 00:16:17.400 --> 00:16:17.980 we see 00:16:17.980 --> 00:16:19.480 the wonder 00:16:19.480 --> 00:16:20.140 of the 00:16:20.140 --> 00:16:20.840 relationship 00:16:20.840 --> 00:16:22.120 into which 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:22.840 God has 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:24.620 come with 00:16:24.620 --> 00:16:25.200 his people, 00:16:25.560 --> 00:16:26.340 those whom 00:16:26.340 --> 00:16:26.600 he has 00:16:26.600 --> 00:16:27.120 come to 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:27.440 save. 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:29.480 And 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:30.160 because 00:16:30.160 --> 00:16:32.640 children, 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:33.060 she and 00:16:33.060 --> 00:16:33.660 flesh and 00:16:33.660 --> 00:16:33.860 bird, 00:16:34.820 --> 00:16:35.120 he 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.960 himself, 00:16:37.540 --> 00:16:38.620 who is 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.000 the he 00:16:39.000 --> 00:16:39.480 himself? 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:41.440 Who is the 00:16:41.440 --> 00:16:42.260 writer referring 00:16:42.259 --> 00:16:42.600 to? 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:45.200 No one 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:45.659 less 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.779 than 00:16:46.779 --> 00:16:47.480 himself. 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.360 The center 00:16:49.360 --> 00:16:49.759 of the 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:50.240 gospel, 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:51.179 the center 00:16:51.179 --> 00:16:51.639 of our 00:16:51.639 --> 00:16:52.299 salvation, 00:16:53.299 --> 00:16:53.580 the one 00:16:53.580 --> 00:16:54.299 described at 00:16:54.299 --> 00:16:54.759 the beginning 00:16:54.759 --> 00:16:55.200 of this 00:16:55.200 --> 00:16:55.559 letter, 00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.720 as the one 00:16:56.720 --> 00:16:57.600 who is the 00:16:57.600 --> 00:16:58.299 radiance of 00:16:58.299 --> 00:16:58.799 the glory 00:16:58.799 --> 00:16:59.299 of God, 00:16:59.580 --> 00:17:00.059 who is the 00:17:00.059 --> 00:17:00.879 express image 00:17:00.879 --> 00:17:01.340 of his 00:17:01.340 --> 00:17:01.720 person, 00:17:02.179 --> 00:17:02.799 the exact 00:17:02.799 --> 00:17:03.600 imprint of 00:17:03.600 --> 00:17:04.119 his nature, 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:05.660 the one 00:17:05.660 --> 00:17:06.839 whose throne 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:09.759 is forever 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:11.159 and ever. 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:12.720 He 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:13.619 himself, 00:17:14.980 --> 00:17:15.759 the son 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:16.299 of God 00:17:16.299 --> 00:17:17.299 looking down 00:17:17.299 --> 00:17:17.939 on your 00:17:17.939 --> 00:17:18.639 lostness 00:17:18.639 --> 00:17:19.359 and mine, 00:17:20.619 --> 00:17:21.240 and because 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:22.299 of the 00:17:22.299 --> 00:17:23.139 predicament in 00:17:23.139 --> 00:17:23.959 which we find 00:17:23.959 --> 00:17:24.599 ourselves in 00:17:24.599 --> 00:17:25.299 our lostness 00:17:25.299 --> 00:17:26.220 and under 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:26.859 the shadow 00:17:26.859 --> 00:17:27.379 of death, 00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:29.439 he 00:17:29.439 --> 00:17:31.759 partook of 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:33.559 the same 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:34.039 things. 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:36.759 the wonder 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:38.059 of the 00:17:38.059 --> 00:17:38.659 son of 00:17:38.659 --> 00:17:39.039 God 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:40.480 becoming 00:17:40.480 --> 00:17:41.019 man, 00:17:42.119 --> 00:17:42.779 the wonder 00:17:42.779 --> 00:17:43.139 of the 00:17:43.139 --> 00:17:43.460 son of 00:17:43.460 --> 00:17:43.700 God 00:17:43.700 --> 00:17:44.440 taking 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:44.680 our 00:17:44.680 --> 00:17:45.039 human 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.680 frailty 00:17:45.680 --> 00:17:46.379 and our 00:17:46.379 --> 00:17:46.639 human 00:17:46.639 --> 00:17:47.200 nature, 00:17:47.740 --> 00:17:48.200 taking it 00:17:48.200 --> 00:17:48.819 to himself, 00:17:49.859 --> 00:17:50.440 the wonder 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:50.899 of the 00:17:50.899 --> 00:17:51.240 son of 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:51.480 God 00:17:51.480 --> 00:17:52.139 entering 00:17:52.139 --> 00:17:52.599 into the 00:17:52.599 --> 00:17:53.299 experience 00:17:53.299 --> 00:17:53.740 of this 00:17:53.740 --> 00:17:54.220 world, 00:17:55.159 --> 00:17:55.839 to walk 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:56.440 its path 00:17:56.440 --> 00:17:57.000 with us, 00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.299 to walk 00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:58.779 alongside 00:17:58.779 --> 00:17:59.379 us, 00:17:59.920 --> 00:18:00.740 to share 00:18:00.740 --> 00:18:01.319 our griefs 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:01.700 and our 00:18:01.700 --> 00:18:02.139 sorrows, 00:18:02.140 --> 00:18:06.800 and in 00:18:06.800 --> 00:18:07.300 particular 00:18:07.300 --> 00:18:10.080 to come 00:18:10.080 --> 00:18:10.560 alongside 00:18:10.560 --> 00:18:12.480 us and 00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:12.800 to be 00:18:12.800 --> 00:18:13.700 able to 00:18:13.700 --> 00:18:14.400 suffer, 00:18:14.700 --> 00:18:15.280 to go 00:18:15.280 --> 00:18:15.900 through the 00:18:15.900 --> 00:18:17.860 death that 00:18:17.860 --> 00:18:18.700 is the 00:18:18.700 --> 00:18:19.480 penalty due 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:19.980 to us 00:18:19.980 --> 00:18:20.740 for our 00:18:20.740 --> 00:18:20.960 sin. 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:23.280 The 00:18:23.280 --> 00:18:23.920 relationship 00:18:23.920 --> 00:18:25.640 that we 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:27.340 must learn 00:18:27.340 --> 00:18:29.420 to appreciate. 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:31.519 there is 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:33.220 the sense 00:18:33.220 --> 00:18:33.920 through these 00:18:33.920 --> 00:18:34.380 verses 00:18:34.380 --> 00:18:35.860 of the 00:18:35.860 --> 00:18:36.420 importance 00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:36.960 and of 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:37.600 the 00:18:37.600 --> 00:18:38.360 necessity. 00:18:40.039 --> 00:18:40.940 There is 00:18:40.940 --> 00:18:41.900 no salvation 00:18:41.900 --> 00:18:43.100 for lost 00:18:43.100 --> 00:18:43.960 humankind 00:18:43.960 --> 00:18:46.460 unless this 00:18:46.460 --> 00:18:47.519 great step 00:18:47.519 --> 00:18:48.480 takes place. 00:18:48.480 --> 00:18:51.240 and we 00:18:51.240 --> 00:18:52.319 may speak 00:18:52.319 --> 00:18:53.240 of the 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:53.720 birth of 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:54.240 Jesus. 00:18:54.920 --> 00:18:55.360 We may 00:18:55.360 --> 00:18:56.039 speak of 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:56.720 Jesus in 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:57.220 the manger, 00:18:58.500 --> 00:18:58.920 Jesus on 00:18:58.920 --> 00:18:59.299 the breast 00:18:59.299 --> 00:18:59.660 of his 00:18:59.660 --> 00:18:59.980 mother, 00:19:00.660 --> 00:19:01.220 Jesus growing 00:19:01.220 --> 00:19:01.700 up as a 00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.319 12-year-old 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:02.559 in the 00:19:02.559 --> 00:19:02.920 temple. 00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:03.680 We may 00:19:03.680 --> 00:19:04.259 speak about 00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.660 the boy 00:19:04.660 --> 00:19:05.279 Jesus and 00:19:05.279 --> 00:19:05.660 the man 00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:06.759 Jesus and 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:07.200 the preacher 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:07.799 Jesus, 00:19:08.860 --> 00:19:09.819 but who 00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.279 is he? 00:19:11.480 --> 00:19:11.920 He is 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:12.440 himself. 00:19:13.940 --> 00:19:14.500 He is 00:19:14.500 --> 00:19:15.500 the son 00:19:15.500 --> 00:19:16.120 of God. 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:18.219 come down 00:19:18.219 --> 00:19:18.579 into 00:19:18.579 --> 00:19:20.039 our world. 00:19:22.479 --> 00:19:23.279 The son 00:19:23.279 --> 00:19:23.779 of God 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:25.279 described 00:19:25.279 --> 00:19:26.139 for us 00:19:26.139 --> 00:19:27.819 by Paul 00:19:27.819 --> 00:19:28.519 in Philippians 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:29.359 chapter 2. 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:30.979 The person 00:19:30.979 --> 00:19:31.599 who was 00:19:31.599 --> 00:19:32.399 in the 00:19:32.399 --> 00:19:33.199 form of 00:19:33.199 --> 00:19:33.539 God 00:19:33.539 --> 00:19:35.119 did not 00:19:35.119 --> 00:19:35.479 count 00:19:35.479 --> 00:19:36.000 equality 00:19:36.000 --> 00:19:36.379 with God 00:19:36.379 --> 00:19:36.779 a thing 00:19:36.779 --> 00:19:37.139 to be 00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.759 grasped. 00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.199 He 00:19:40.199 --> 00:19:40.779 emptied 00:19:40.779 --> 00:19:41.199 himself. 00:19:42.239 --> 00:19:42.339 He 00:19:42.339 --> 00:19:42.739 took the 00:19:42.739 --> 00:19:43.479 form of 00:19:43.479 --> 00:19:44.019 a servant 00:19:44.019 --> 00:19:45.659 and being 00:19:45.660 --> 00:19:47.040 found in 00:19:47.040 --> 00:19:47.860 human form. 00:19:48.740 --> 00:19:49.380 He humbled 00:19:49.380 --> 00:19:49.940 himself 00:19:49.940 --> 00:19:51.620 and became 00:19:51.620 --> 00:19:52.620 obedient 00:19:52.620 --> 00:19:53.880 to death. 00:19:56.580 --> 00:19:57.759 How much 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:59.820 do you 00:19:59.820 --> 00:20:00.100 and I 00:20:00.100 --> 00:20:00.440 tonight 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:01.300 appreciate 00:20:01.300 --> 00:20:03.000 who Jesus 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:03.420 is? 00:20:05.200 --> 00:20:05.800 It's the 00:20:05.800 --> 00:20:06.880 greatest wonder 00:20:06.880 --> 00:20:07.779 that we have 00:20:07.779 --> 00:20:07.980 in the 00:20:07.980 --> 00:20:08.300 Bible. 00:20:09.759 --> 00:20:10.080 It's the 00:20:10.080 --> 00:20:10.660 greatest wonder 00:20:10.660 --> 00:20:11.140 that we 00:20:11.140 --> 00:20:11.920 can hear 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:12.220 over in 00:20:12.220 --> 00:20:12.759 this world 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:12.819 God. 00:20:14.180 --> 00:20:14.740 The son 00:20:14.740 --> 00:20:15.279 of God 00:20:15.279 --> 00:20:16.420 who sits 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:16.799 on the 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.119 throne 00:20:17.119 --> 00:20:17.480 of the 00:20:17.480 --> 00:20:17.980 universe 00:20:17.980 --> 00:20:19.680 came to 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:20.599 be an 00:20:20.599 --> 00:20:21.099 infant 00:20:21.099 --> 00:20:22.359 in his 00:20:22.359 --> 00:20:22.859 mother's 00:20:22.859 --> 00:20:23.339 arms 00:20:23.339 --> 00:20:24.160 in 00:20:24.160 --> 00:20:24.839 Bethlehem. 00:20:26.200 --> 00:20:26.920 Learning 00:20:26.920 --> 00:20:28.019 to appreciate. 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.819 And as we 00:20:30.819 --> 00:20:31.799 read through 00:20:31.799 --> 00:20:32.680 the Gospels 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:33.279 we have a 00:20:33.279 --> 00:20:33.920 story 00:20:33.920 --> 00:20:35.559 and it's 00:20:35.559 --> 00:20:35.980 so easy 00:20:35.980 --> 00:20:36.559 for us 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.740 to hear 00:20:37.740 --> 00:20:38.400 the story 00:20:38.400 --> 00:20:40.140 to hear 00:20:40.140 --> 00:20:40.580 about his 00:20:40.580 --> 00:20:40.920 miracles 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:42.120 to hear 00:20:42.120 --> 00:20:42.460 about the 00:20:42.460 --> 00:20:42.880 things that 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:43.320 he said 00:20:43.320 --> 00:20:45.500 and to 00:20:45.500 --> 00:20:46.200 lose sight 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.740 of who 00:20:47.740 --> 00:20:48.100 he 00:20:48.100 --> 00:20:48.980 actually 00:20:48.980 --> 00:20:49.940 is. 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:52.660 And 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.540 tonight as we 00:20:53.540 --> 00:20:55.440 think of the 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.360 reality of 00:20:56.360 --> 00:20:56.940 death 00:20:56.940 --> 00:20:58.580 which we 00:20:58.580 --> 00:20:59.540 must fear 00:20:59.540 --> 00:21:01.519 if there is 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:02.420 hope for us 00:21:02.420 --> 00:21:03.480 we need to 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.819 think of 00:21:04.819 --> 00:21:06.140 the relationship 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:06.779 of the 00:21:06.779 --> 00:21:07.259 son of 00:21:07.259 --> 00:21:07.599 God 00:21:07.599 --> 00:21:08.740 with us 00:21:08.740 --> 00:21:10.500 and learn 00:21:10.500 --> 00:21:11.579 to appreciate 00:21:11.579 --> 00:21:13.140 the marvel 00:21:13.140 --> 00:21:14.180 of his 00:21:14.180 --> 00:21:14.720 coming into 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:15.279 the world 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:16.940 and walking 00:21:16.940 --> 00:21:17.980 the face 00:21:17.980 --> 00:21:18.680 of this 00:21:18.680 --> 00:21:19.720 earth 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:21.599 with us. 00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.579 There's the 00:21:24.579 --> 00:21:25.099 reality 00:21:25.099 --> 00:21:26.779 there's the 00:21:26.779 --> 00:21:27.559 relationship 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:30.180 and thirdly 00:21:30.180 --> 00:21:32.360 there's the 00:21:32.359 --> 00:21:32.839 rescue 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:34.259 that we 00:21:34.259 --> 00:21:34.939 must not 00:21:34.939 --> 00:21:35.319 fail 00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:36.959 to embrace 00:21:36.959 --> 00:21:39.539 and in the 00:21:39.539 --> 00:21:40.179 rescue that 00:21:40.179 --> 00:21:40.639 we have 00:21:40.639 --> 00:21:41.099 in these 00:21:41.099 --> 00:21:41.479 words 00:21:41.479 --> 00:21:42.479 there are 00:21:42.479 --> 00:21:43.059 two elements 00:21:43.059 --> 00:21:43.479 to it 00:21:43.479 --> 00:21:45.619 and the 00:21:45.619 --> 00:21:46.279 first part 00:21:46.279 --> 00:21:46.819 of the 00:21:46.819 --> 00:21:47.299 rescue 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.379 is that 00:21:48.379 --> 00:21:48.839 there is 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:49.619 a great 00:21:49.619 --> 00:21:50.659 overthrow 00:21:50.659 --> 00:21:52.459 that a 00:21:52.459 --> 00:21:53.139 kingdom is 00:21:53.139 --> 00:21:54.240 being demolished 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:55.279 and dismantled 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:57.579 and the 00:21:57.579 --> 00:21:58.119 writer tells 00:21:58.119 --> 00:21:58.459 us that 00:21:58.459 --> 00:21:59.240 again in 00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.619 verse number 00:21:59.619 --> 00:22:00.019 14 00:22:00.019 --> 00:22:01.139 that through 00:22:01.139 --> 00:22:01.639 death he 00:22:01.639 --> 00:22:01.859 might 00:22:01.859 --> 00:22:02.639 destroy the 00:22:02.639 --> 00:22:03.419 one who 00:22:03.419 --> 00:22:04.099 has the 00:22:04.099 --> 00:22:04.959 power of 00:22:04.959 --> 00:22:05.259 death 00:22:05.259 --> 00:22:07.179 that is 00:22:07.179 --> 00:22:09.659 the devil 00:22:09.659 --> 00:22:12.279 there is 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:12.899 someone with 00:22:12.899 --> 00:22:13.419 power 00:22:13.419 --> 00:22:15.740 and we 00:22:15.740 --> 00:22:16.119 need to 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:17.119 reckon with 00:22:17.119 --> 00:22:18.319 the power 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:19.119 of Satan 00:22:19.119 --> 00:22:19.759 the power 00:22:19.759 --> 00:22:20.359 of the 00:22:20.359 --> 00:22:20.819 devil 00:22:20.819 --> 00:22:22.659 and the 00:22:22.659 --> 00:22:22.979 way in 00:22:22.979 --> 00:22:23.719 which he 00:22:23.719 --> 00:22:24.399 is organized 00:22:24.399 --> 00:22:24.979 in his 00:22:24.979 --> 00:22:25.579 kingdom 00:22:25.579 --> 00:22:27.659 and standing 00:22:27.659 --> 00:22:28.219 up against 00:22:28.219 --> 00:22:29.219 the kingdom 00:22:29.219 --> 00:22:29.839 of God 00:22:29.839 --> 00:22:31.639 he has 00:22:31.639 --> 00:22:32.359 a controlling 00:22:32.359 --> 00:22:33.039 influence 00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.699 and power 00:22:33.699 --> 00:22:34.579 in his 00:22:34.579 --> 00:22:34.879 own 00:22:34.879 --> 00:22:35.419 kingdom 00:22:35.419 --> 00:22:36.819 and determines 00:22:36.819 --> 00:22:37.659 what happens 00:22:37.659 --> 00:22:38.439 in his 00:22:38.439 --> 00:22:38.839 own 00:22:38.839 --> 00:22:39.480 kingdom 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:41.879 he is not 00:22:41.879 --> 00:22:42.599 outside the 00:22:42.599 --> 00:22:43.799 authority and 00:22:43.799 --> 00:22:44.240 the sovereignty 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:44.720 of God 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:45.099 of course 00:22:45.099 --> 00:22:46.119 but he 00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:46.740 has 00:22:46.740 --> 00:22:48.480 the power 00:22:48.480 --> 00:22:49.220 of 00:22:49.220 --> 00:22:50.379 death 00:22:50.380 --> 00:22:53.500 and we 00:22:53.500 --> 00:22:54.340 might well 00:22:54.340 --> 00:22:54.780 ask 00:22:54.780 --> 00:22:56.820 how does 00:22:56.820 --> 00:22:57.220 he have 00:22:57.220 --> 00:22:57.820 that power 00:22:57.820 --> 00:22:58.680 what does 00:22:58.680 --> 00:22:59.140 that mean 00:22:59.140 --> 00:22:59.860 that the 00:22:59.860 --> 00:23:00.160 son 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:01.280 that Satan 00:23:01.280 --> 00:23:02.120 has the 00:23:02.120 --> 00:23:02.580 power of 00:23:02.580 --> 00:23:02.900 death 00:23:02.900 --> 00:23:05.000 he has it 00:23:05.000 --> 00:23:06.680 because in the 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.080 words of 00:23:07.080 --> 00:23:07.340 Jesus 00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:08.560 he was a 00:23:08.560 --> 00:23:09.220 murderer from 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.780 the beginning 00:23:09.780 --> 00:23:11.880 he tempted 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.620 Adam and 00:23:12.620 --> 00:23:13.060 Eve into 00:23:13.060 --> 00:23:13.440 sin 00:23:13.440 --> 00:23:15.160 and through 00:23:15.160 --> 00:23:16.300 that temptation 00:23:16.300 --> 00:23:17.500 which they 00:23:17.500 --> 00:23:19.000 embraced sin 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:19.759 death entered 00:23:19.759 --> 00:23:20.140 into the 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:20.519 world 00:23:20.519 --> 00:23:22.640 and all of 00:23:22.640 --> 00:23:23.339 the controlling 00:23:23.339 --> 00:23:24.059 influence 00:23:24.059 --> 00:23:25.259 of the 00:23:25.259 --> 00:23:25.700 devil 00:23:25.700 --> 00:23:26.400 is with 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:27.119 regard to 00:23:27.119 --> 00:23:27.900 sin and 00:23:27.900 --> 00:23:28.259 death 00:23:28.259 --> 00:23:30.940 and his 00:23:30.940 --> 00:23:31.839 influence is 00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:32.440 such that 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:33.759 eternal 00:23:33.759 --> 00:23:34.759 death is 00:23:34.759 --> 00:23:35.980 also under 00:23:35.980 --> 00:23:36.980 his control 00:23:36.980 --> 00:23:37.859 and influence 00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.400 and power 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:39.700 in that sense 00:23:39.700 --> 00:23:41.799 that he 00:23:41.799 --> 00:23:42.579 dominates 00:23:42.579 --> 00:23:43.740 and domineers 00:23:43.740 --> 00:23:45.680 all those 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.720 who live 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:47.799 in separation 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:49.539 from God 00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:52.059 the one 00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.599 who has 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:54.859 the power 00:23:54.859 --> 00:23:55.460 of death 00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:57.640 and so 00:23:57.640 --> 00:23:57.859 if we're 00:23:57.859 --> 00:23:58.279 thinking about 00:23:58.279 --> 00:23:58.839 the reality 00:23:58.839 --> 00:23:59.400 of death 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:01.059 the death 00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.299 that we 00:24:01.299 --> 00:24:01.900 the reality 00:24:01.900 --> 00:24:02.140 that we 00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.759 must fear 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:05.120 then here 00:24:05.120 --> 00:24:06.640 is something 00:24:06.640 --> 00:24:07.200 else that we 00:24:07.200 --> 00:24:07.700 must fear 00:24:07.700 --> 00:24:08.380 with regard 00:24:08.380 --> 00:24:09.120 to the reality 00:24:09.120 --> 00:24:09.680 of death 00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:11.880 that the 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:12.240 devil 00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.319 the serpent 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:14.439 the deceiver 00:24:14.439 --> 00:24:15.639 the accuser 00:24:15.639 --> 00:24:15.859 of the 00:24:15.859 --> 00:24:16.200 brethren 00:24:16.200 --> 00:24:17.899 the person 00:24:17.899 --> 00:24:18.279 who is the 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:18.720 enemy of 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:19.000 God 00:24:19.000 --> 00:24:19.879 and the 00:24:19.879 --> 00:24:20.240 enemy of 00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:20.639 the people 00:24:20.639 --> 00:24:21.019 of God 00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:22.799 that he 00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.240 is the 00:24:23.240 --> 00:24:23.599 one 00:24:23.599 --> 00:24:25.619 who has 00:24:25.619 --> 00:24:26.859 the dominion 00:24:26.859 --> 00:24:27.419 of death 00:24:27.419 --> 00:24:28.419 in his 00:24:28.419 --> 00:24:28.939 hands 00:24:28.939 --> 00:24:30.179 under 00:24:30.179 --> 00:24:33.240 the oversight 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:34.399 of God 00:24:34.399 --> 00:24:34.859 himself 00:24:34.859 --> 00:24:37.019 and it 00:24:37.019 --> 00:24:37.339 is 00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:39.079 that power 00:24:39.079 --> 00:24:39.980 and that 00:24:39.980 --> 00:24:40.460 dominion 00:24:40.460 --> 00:24:41.359 that is 00:24:41.359 --> 00:24:42.099 overthrown 00:24:42.099 --> 00:24:43.799 that he 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.119 might 00:24:44.119 --> 00:24:45.619 destroy 00:24:45.619 --> 00:24:46.199 the one 00:24:46.199 --> 00:24:46.419 who has 00:24:46.419 --> 00:24:46.799 the power 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.299 of death 00:24:47.299 --> 00:24:51.359 it's 00:24:51.359 --> 00:24:51.939 robbing 00:24:51.939 --> 00:24:53.459 someone 00:24:53.459 --> 00:24:54.259 of power 00:24:54.259 --> 00:24:55.139 and of 00:24:55.139 --> 00:24:56.139 influence 00:24:56.139 --> 00:24:57.359 we can 00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:57.779 think of 00:24:57.779 --> 00:24:58.980 dismantling 00:24:58.980 --> 00:24:59.879 of taking 00:24:59.879 --> 00:25:00.359 something 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:00.759 apart 00:25:00.759 --> 00:25:02.059 systematically 00:25:02.059 --> 00:25:04.139 the son 00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.639 of God 00:25:04.639 --> 00:25:05.599 has taken 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:06.059 apart 00:25:06.059 --> 00:25:06.939 the kingdom 00:25:06.939 --> 00:25:07.500 of Satan 00:25:07.500 --> 00:25:08.179 he has 00:25:08.179 --> 00:25:08.579 done that 00:25:08.579 --> 00:25:09.480 systematically 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:10.220 he has 00:25:10.220 --> 00:25:11.140 dismantled 00:25:11.140 --> 00:25:11.700 everything 00:25:11.700 --> 00:25:12.759 that Satan 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:13.299 builds 00:25:13.299 --> 00:25:13.799 and that 00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.120 Satan 00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.640 controls 00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:17.779 we can 00:25:17.779 --> 00:25:18.420 think of 00:25:18.420 --> 00:25:19.099 him 00:25:19.099 --> 00:25:20.180 disempowering 00:25:20.180 --> 00:25:20.539 Satan 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:22.120 and that's 00:25:22.120 --> 00:25:22.420 what the 00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:22.740 son of 00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:22.960 God 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:23.339 has done 00:25:23.339 --> 00:25:24.160 he has 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:25.500 worked in 00:25:25.500 --> 00:25:25.940 such a 00:25:25.940 --> 00:25:26.279 way as 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:27.059 to prevent 00:25:27.059 --> 00:25:27.620 Satan 00:25:27.620 --> 00:25:28.620 from having 00:25:28.620 --> 00:25:29.299 the power 00:25:29.299 --> 00:25:29.620 and the 00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.099 influence 00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.900 that he 00:25:30.900 --> 00:25:31.160 had 00:25:31.160 --> 00:25:31.900 previously 00:25:31.900 --> 00:25:34.519 we can 00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:35.000 think of 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.160 him 00:25:35.160 --> 00:25:36.640 deactivating 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.000 the very 00:25:37.000 --> 00:25:37.559 power of 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:38.039 the kingdom 00:25:38.039 --> 00:25:38.559 of Satan 00:25:38.559 --> 00:25:39.319 and that's 00:25:39.319 --> 00:25:39.919 so important 00:25:39.919 --> 00:25:40.960 for us to 00:25:40.960 --> 00:25:41.819 come to 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:42.359 the gospel 00:25:42.359 --> 00:25:42.659 and to 00:25:42.659 --> 00:25:43.299 understand 00:25:43.299 --> 00:25:44.159 that the 00:25:44.159 --> 00:25:45.200 power that 00:25:45.200 --> 00:25:45.960 Satan has 00:25:45.960 --> 00:25:46.500 over death 00:25:46.500 --> 00:25:48.159 is deactivated 00:25:48.159 --> 00:25:49.179 it's removed 00:25:49.179 --> 00:25:49.879 or its 00:25:49.879 --> 00:25:50.659 effectiveness 00:25:50.659 --> 00:25:51.599 is now 00:25:51.599 --> 00:25:52.899 removed 00:25:52.899 --> 00:25:56.759 and 00:25:56.759 --> 00:25:57.359 ultimately 00:25:57.359 --> 00:25:59.079 he is 00:25:59.079 --> 00:26:00.639 overthrown 00:26:00.639 --> 00:26:02.740 he is 00:26:02.740 --> 00:26:03.559 removed 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.279 forcibly 00:26:04.279 --> 00:26:05.099 from power 00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:06.859 by the 00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.240 person 00:26:07.240 --> 00:26:07.519 more 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:08.019 powerful 00:26:08.019 --> 00:26:08.839 than 00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.339 himself 00:26:09.339 --> 00:26:11.419 and how 00:26:11.419 --> 00:26:11.759 has the 00:26:11.759 --> 00:26:12.079 son of 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.279 God 00:26:12.279 --> 00:26:12.839 achieved 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:13.159 this 00:26:13.159 --> 00:26:13.839 he has 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.219 achieved 00:26:14.219 --> 00:26:14.459 this 00:26:14.459 --> 00:26:15.179 through 00:26:15.179 --> 00:26:15.459 the 00:26:15.459 --> 00:26:15.839 cross 00:26:15.839 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00:31:23.539 and bringing them into the paradise of God 00:31:23.539 --> 00:31:26.559 taking many sons 00:31:26.559 --> 00:31:27.960 many children 00:31:27.960 --> 00:31:28.639 many 00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:30.599 taking God's family 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:33.200 into the glory 00:31:33.200 --> 00:31:35.579 the world to come in verse 5 00:31:35.579 --> 00:31:37.359 the glory in verse 10 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:40.500 and the new heavens 00:31:40.500 --> 00:31:41.659 and the new earth 00:31:41.659 --> 00:31:45.720 that Revelation 21 speaks of 00:31:45.720 --> 00:31:48.159 and that paradise 00:31:48.159 --> 00:31:52.779 where we read that people will come out of great tribulation 00:31:52.779 --> 00:31:54.160 in Revelation 7 00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:55.799 and they will 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:58.259 enter into the new heavens 00:31:58.259 --> 00:31:59.240 and the new earth 00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:02.539 God himself will be present with them 00:32:02.539 --> 00:32:04.180 as their God 00:32:04.180 --> 00:32:06.180 they shall be his people 00:32:06.180 --> 00:32:08.879 God will wipe away all tears 00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:11.299 and death 00:32:11.299 --> 00:32:12.980 shall be 00:32:12.980 --> 00:32:14.599 no more 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:16.700 what a place 00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.700 what a paradise 00:32:17.700 --> 00:32:19.120 what a promise 00:32:19.120 --> 00:32:24.779 and as we close this evening 00:32:24.779 --> 00:32:28.019 what do you think yourself 00:32:28.019 --> 00:32:32.160 what do you think of the rescue 00:32:32.160 --> 00:32:35.340 of humankind by Jesus on the cross 00:32:35.340 --> 00:32:37.840 what do you think of 00:32:37.840 --> 00:32:40.259 the relationship of the son of God 00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:42.940 with humankind 00:32:42.940 --> 00:32:43.900 with yourself 00:32:43.900 --> 00:32:47.960 what do you think of the reality of death 00:32:47.960 --> 00:32:50.600 and can you 00:32:50.600 --> 00:32:52.840 go home tonight 00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:56.019 and say that you don't need to embrace 00:32:56.019 --> 00:32:57.340 the Lord Jesus 00:32:57.340 --> 00:33:00.100 say that you don't need the salvation that he offers 00:33:00.100 --> 00:33:01.680 that you don't need the rescue 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:04.900 that he offers to you in the gospel 00:33:04.900 --> 00:33:06.780 can you 00:33:06.780 --> 00:33:07.860 possibly 00:33:07.860 --> 00:33:09.420 go home 00:33:09.420 --> 00:33:10.640 and say that 00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:12.140 and I close with reading 00:33:12.140 --> 00:33:12.940 the verses 00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:14.060 at the beginning of 00:33:14.060 --> 00:33:15.460 of this chapter 00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.960 for since the message 00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:18.440 declared by angels 00:33:18.440 --> 00:33:19.940 proved to be reliable 00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.540 and every transgression 00:33:21.540 --> 00:33:23.120 or disobedience 00:33:23.120 --> 00:33:24.759 received a just retribution 00:33:24.759 --> 00:33:27.240 how shall we escape 00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:28.960 if we neglect 00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:30.940 such a great 00:33:30.940 --> 00:33:32.300 salvation 00:33:32.299 --> 00:33:34.200 there is no other 00:33:34.200 --> 00:33:35.460 salvation 00:33:35.460 --> 00:33:37.159 there is no escape 00:33:37.159 --> 00:33:40.039 and the necessity tonight 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:40.879 is for you 00:33:40.879 --> 00:33:41.680 and for me 00:33:41.680 --> 00:33:43.659 to embrace this 00:33:43.659 --> 00:33:45.159 founder of salvation 00:33:45.159 --> 00:33:47.279 this deliverer of sinners 00:33:47.279 --> 00:33:49.680 this victorious conqueror 00:33:49.680 --> 00:33:50.240 on the cross 00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:52.740 and to embrace him 00:33:52.740 --> 00:33:53.000 and 00:33:53.000 --> 00:33:54.200 to look 00:33:54.200 --> 00:33:55.680 at death itself 00:33:55.680 --> 00:33:57.259 and see it as 00:33:57.259 --> 00:33:58.319 our gateway 00:33:58.319 --> 00:34:00.399 to the paradise of God 00:34:00.400 --> 00:34:02.220 and to the full enjoyment 00:34:02.220 --> 00:34:03.540 of the blessing of God 00:34:03.540 --> 00:34:05.440 throughout the endless ages 00:34:05.440 --> 00:34:06.880 of eternity 00:34:06.880 --> 00:34:07.660 to come 00:34:07.660 --> 00:34:09.760 may God bless his word to us 00:34:09.760 --> 00:34:10.780 we'll bow our heads in prayer 00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:13.720 most gracious God 00:34:13.720 --> 00:34:16.320 we seek to humble ourselves 00:34:16.320 --> 00:34:17.500 before your word 00:34:17.500 --> 00:34:20.420 the solemn nature of the truths 00:34:20.420 --> 00:34:21.660 that you bring before us 00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:22.059 in it 00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:24.860 the solemn way in which 00:34:24.860 --> 00:34:25.880 these 00:34:25.880 --> 00:34:28.300 truths are impressed 00:34:28.300 --> 00:34:29.420 upon our minds 00:34:29.420 --> 00:34:31.019 help us 00:34:31.019 --> 00:34:32.059 to receive them 00:34:32.059 --> 00:34:32.920 as they are 00:34:32.920 --> 00:34:34.820 help us not to 00:34:34.820 --> 00:34:35.800 cloud over 00:34:35.800 --> 00:34:36.820 their solemnity 00:34:36.820 --> 00:34:38.240 help us 00:34:38.240 --> 00:34:39.740 so we will not 00:34:39.740 --> 00:34:41.440 forget the truths 00:34:41.440 --> 00:34:43.240 that have been brought 00:34:43.240 --> 00:34:43.740 before us 00:34:43.740 --> 00:34:44.280 from my word 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:44.860 this evening 00:34:44.860 --> 00:34:46.639 but give to us 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:48.340 a sense of our need 00:34:48.340 --> 00:34:49.940 a sense of the 00:34:49.940 --> 00:34:51.000 necessity of 00:34:51.000 --> 00:34:52.659 embracing the salvation 00:34:52.659 --> 00:34:53.599 that is ours 00:34:53.599 --> 00:34:55.380 through faith 00:34:55.380 --> 00:34:55.619 in 00:34:55.619 --> 00:34:57.740 the Lord Jesus Christ 00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:59.379 who loved us 00:34:59.379 --> 00:35:00.259 and gave himself 00:35:00.259 --> 00:35:00.919 for us 00:35:00.919 --> 00:35:02.519 bless your word 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:03.039 to our hearts 00:35:03.039 --> 00:35:03.519 we do pray 00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:05.000 and watch over us 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:06.759 as we close this service 00:35:06.759 --> 00:35:07.399 and as we go into 00:35:07.399 --> 00:35:08.619 the remainder of this 00:35:08.619 --> 00:35:09.039 your day 00:35:09.039 --> 00:35:10.159 bless your word 00:35:10.159 --> 00:35:10.779 and keep us 00:35:10.779 --> 00:35:12.139 and may it be 00:35:12.139 --> 00:35:13.199 the means of 00:35:13.199 --> 00:35:14.419 informing your paths 00:35:14.419 --> 00:35:16.059 each step that we take 00:35:16.059 --> 00:35:17.679 in the week that is to come 00:35:17.679 --> 00:35:18.599 as we 00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:19.539 commit ourselves 00:35:19.539 --> 00:35:20.119 to your care 00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:20.859 hear our prayer 00:35:20.859 --> 00:35:22.239 and accept us 00:35:22.239 --> 00:35:23.000 we pray these things 00:35:23.000 --> 00:35:23.759 for Jesus sake 00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:24.880 Amen 00:35:24.880 --> 00:35:30.140 the closing psalm is 00:35:30.140 --> 00:35:32.100 psalm number 68 00:35:32.100 --> 00:35:34.680 the Scottish Psalter 00:35:34.680 --> 00:35:36.500 is on page 303 00:35:36.500 --> 00:35:38.980 and at verse number 18 00:35:38.980 --> 00:35:45.080 verses that describe to us 00:35:45.080 --> 00:35:45.940 in a fitting way 00:35:45.940 --> 00:35:46.580 something of what 00:35:46.580 --> 00:35:47.000 we have been 00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:48.340 considering together 00:35:48.340 --> 00:35:48.860 from the letter 00:35:48.860 --> 00:35:49.500 to Hebrews 00:35:49.500 --> 00:35:51.360 psalm number 68 00:35:51.360 --> 00:35:52.220 at verse 18 00:35:52.219 --> 00:35:52.879 and we're singing down 00:35:52.879 --> 00:35:54.079 to the verse mark 20 00:35:54.079 --> 00:35:55.579 the tune is 00:35:55.579 --> 00:35:56.159 Lingham 00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:57.739 thou hast 00:35:57.739 --> 00:35:58.319 O Lord 00:35:58.319 --> 00:35:59.059 the most glorious 00:35:59.059 --> 00:36:00.799 ascended up on high 00:36:00.799 --> 00:36:02.219 and in triumph 00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:03.279 victorious led 00:36:03.279 --> 00:36:04.339 captive 00:36:04.339 --> 00:36:05.419 captivity 00:36:05.419 --> 00:36:06.799 we stand to sing 00:36:06.799 --> 00:36:07.259 these words 00:36:07.259 --> 00:36:07.939 to God's praise 00:36:07.939 --> 00:36:09.099 to verse number 20 00:36:09.099 --> 00:36:21.199 captive 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 00:36:21.199 00:36:21.199 --> 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to us 00:37:31.799 --> 00:37:35.480 Of our salvation God 00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:40.940 Of our salvation God 00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:47.619 Who daily with his benefits 00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:51.420 As plenteously doth Lord 00:37:51.420 --> 00:37:54.960 As plenteously doth Lord 00:37:54.960 --> 00:37:57.559 As plenteously doth Lord 00:37:57.559 --> 00:38:02.299 As plenteously doth Lord 00:38:02.299 --> 00:38:09.239 He of salvation is the God 00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:12.779 Who is our God most strong 00:38:12.779 --> 00:38:18.159 Who is our God most strong 00:38:18.159 --> 00:38:21.779 And unto God 00:38:21.779 --> 00:38:24.839 The Lord from death 00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:27.839 The issues do belong 00:38:27.839 --> 00:38:31.359 The issues do belong 00:38:31.359 --> 00:38:34.839 The issues do belong 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:42.160 If you'll let me to go to the main door 00:38:42.160 --> 00:38:42.940 After the benediction 00:38:42.940 --> 00:38:43.500 Thank you 00:38:43.500 --> 00:38:46.440 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 00:38:46.440 --> 00:38:47.680 The love of God 00:38:47.680 --> 00:38:48.180 The Father 00:38:48.180 --> 00:38:49.660 And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 00:38:49.660 --> 00:38:50.880 Be with you all 00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.940 Now and forevermore 00:38:51.940 --> 00:38:53.059 Amen 00:38:53.059 --> 00:38:54.059 Amen 00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.059 00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.059 00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.059 00:38:54.059 --> 00:38:54.059 00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:24.059 Amen 00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.059 00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.059 00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.059 00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.059 00:39:24.059 --> 00:39:24.059 00:39:53.059 --> 00:39:54.059 Amen 00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:54.059 00:39:54.059 --> 00:39:54.059