WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.879 Good morning. It's lovely to be with you again this morning as we gather together in worship. 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:10.140 So let us worship God this morning. We're going to sing to God's praise in Psalm 68. 00:00:11.080 --> 00:00:16.280 Psalm 68 is in the Scottish Psalter. It's on page 303 if you're using the blue psalm book. 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:18.600 Psalm 68. 00:00:24.560 --> 00:00:28.260 Psalm 68. We're singing from verse 18 down to the verse mark 20. 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:38.200 And the words that we're singing, they remind us this morning that as we gather together in worship on the Lord's day, 00:00:39.179 --> 00:00:41.719 we do not worship a saviour who is dead. 00:00:42.579 --> 00:00:46.340 We remember his death this morning, but he is not dead. 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:50.620 He has risen. He has ascended up on high. 00:00:51.420 --> 00:00:55.140 And that's what the psalmist reminds us. That's what we are to sing about. 00:00:55.140 --> 00:01:13.879 Down to the verse mark 20 where it says, 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:17.379 He of salvation is the God, who is our God most strong. 00:01:17.899 --> 00:01:22.039 And unto God the Lord from death the issues do belong. 00:01:22.619 --> 00:01:24.579 So we'll sing these verses of Psalm 68. 00:01:24.979 --> 00:01:27.640 And we'll stand to sing if you're able to God's praise. 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:31.420 口 must kenneth he shalle who is dead. 00:01:31.439 --> 00:01:32.960 He's God. 00:01:32.960 --> 00:01:38.140 Thou hast, O Lord, most glorious, 00:01:38.659 --> 00:01:42.420 Ascended upon high, 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:51.640 And in triumph victorious, 00:01:51.900 --> 00:01:56.400 Captive, Captivity, 00:01:56.400 --> 00:02:05.620 Thou hast received gifts for men 00:02:05.620 --> 00:02:11.700 For such as did repel 00:02:11.700 --> 00:02:18.879 Aim for them that God the Lord 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:25.379 In midst of them might dwell 00:02:25.379 --> 00:02:29.699 Blessed be the Lord 00:02:29.699 --> 00:02:39.139 Who is to us of our salvation God 00:02:39.139 --> 00:02:46.060 Who daily with his benefits 00:02:46.060 --> 00:02:52.939 As plentiously doth Lord 00:02:52.939 --> 00:02:57.259 He of salvation 00:02:57.259 --> 00:03:00.579 Is the God 00:03:00.579 --> 00:03:06.520 Who is our God most strong 00:03:06.520 --> 00:03:13.719 And unto God the Lord from death 00:03:13.719 --> 00:03:18.039 The itch is to belong 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:31.539 Well if I could just speak to the children for a few moments 00:03:31.539 --> 00:03:35.459 It's lovely to see some of the boys and girls here this morning 00:03:35.459 --> 00:03:37.299 It's great to be with you 00:03:37.299 --> 00:03:40.899 And it's lovely to be in your church this morning 00:03:40.899 --> 00:03:43.319 I was wanting to speak to you 00:03:43.319 --> 00:03:48.620 I usually in Barvis every morning I would speak to the children about things we see at home 00:03:48.620 --> 00:03:50.840 That remind us about Jesus 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:54.579 Things we see at home that remind us about Jesus 00:03:54.579 --> 00:03:59.840 And usually I would take something from home that I could show you 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:01.759 And remind you about Jesus 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:04.859 But this morning I've taken something that you probably won't find in your home 00:04:04.859 --> 00:04:07.299 You'd probably find it 00:04:07.299 --> 00:04:10.879 Well actually you'd probably find it when you go away on holiday to the mainland 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:14.859 And I'm sure you can work out what I've got with me this morning 00:04:14.859 --> 00:04:16.980 Maybe you've seen one of these before 00:04:16.980 --> 00:04:20.120 Do you know what it is? 00:04:21.620 --> 00:04:22.579 Have you seen one of them before? 00:04:23.539 --> 00:04:23.980 Yeah? 00:04:24.980 --> 00:04:25.420 No! 00:04:25.420 --> 00:04:25.480 No! 00:04:25.480 --> 00:04:25.560 No! 00:04:25.560 --> 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No! 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:36.019 No! 00:04:36.019 --> 00:04:36.120 No! 00:04:36.180 --> 00:04:36.519 No! 00:04:36.519 --> 00:04:36.719 No! 00:04:36.719 --> 00:04:36.759 No! 00:04:51.060 --> 00:04:51.360 No! 00:04:51.659 --> 00:04:52.539 No! 00:04:52.539 --> 00:04:53.659 No! 00:04:53.659 --> 00:04:54.279 No! 00:04:55.699 --> 00:04:56.099 No! 00:04:56.099 --> 00:04:56.620 No! 00:04:56.620 --> 00:04:57.099 No! 00:04:57.099 --> 00:04:58.019 No! 00:04:58.019 --> 00:04:58.079 No! 00:05:00.060 --> 00:05:00.159 No! 00:05:00.159 --> 00:05:00.560 No! 00:05:00.560 --> 00:05:00.759 No! 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:06.519 having a happy meal and inside it you maybe you choose chicken nuggets or you have burger and 00:05:06.519 --> 00:05:11.519 chips or you have fish fingers or maybe you're really healthy and you have carrot sticks and 00:05:11.519 --> 00:05:18.279 cucumber but always inside a happy meal you get a little toy I guess that's why they call it a 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:25.579 happy meal it's a great little box that's full of happiness and you know boys and girls every time 00:05:25.579 --> 00:05:30.039 I see a happy meal box so every time we go to McDonald's and we get a happy meal it always 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:36.660 reminds me of the happy meal that's mentioned in the Bible because the Bible speaks about a happy 00:05:36.660 --> 00:05:44.300 meal and it's a happy meal for those who love Jesus and follow Jesus and serve Jesus it's a happy meal 00:05:44.300 --> 00:05:53.360 for those who come together and sit together and remember the death of Jesus now as you know 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:59.120 remembering someone's death isn't often a happy occasion it's often a very sad occasion but when 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:05.660 it comes to the death of Jesus the death of Jesus is a happy occasion it's always a happy occasion 00:06:05.660 --> 00:06:12.259 because as we were just singing Jesus is not dead he is risen but it's so happy for us to remember 00:06:12.259 --> 00:06:17.840 that Jesus died because he died on the cross as you know I'm sure you've been told before he died on the 00:06:17.840 --> 00:06:25.220 cross to save us from our sins and he rose again from the dead to give to us the promise of eternal life 00:06:25.220 --> 00:06:31.600 and those who love Jesus those who follow Jesus they gather around this happy meal that's what 00:06:31.600 --> 00:06:36.940 you're seeing in front of you today this is a happy meal we're gathering to remember the death 00:06:36.940 --> 00:06:43.900 of Jesus and this happy meal it's called the Lord's Supper and we remember the Lord's Supper today 00:06:43.900 --> 00:06:49.640 we'll do that at the close of the morning service you might not be in to see it but we'll be remembering 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:54.759 the death of Jesus and those who love Jesus will be sitting at the Lord's table and they'll be eating 00:06:54.759 --> 00:07:00.240 this happy meal because the happy meal is the Lord's Supper and maybe you've seen it before 00:07:00.240 --> 00:07:06.000 you've seen what happens you've seen little things down at the front where they will take a little bit 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:13.959 of bread to remember the broken body of Jesus how he was crucified for our sins and they'll take a little 00:07:13.959 --> 00:07:22.120 bit of wine to remember the blood of Jesus and how the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin and 00:07:22.120 --> 00:07:29.139 although it's sad to think that Jesus died on the cross because of our sin it's happy it's wonderful to 00:07:29.139 --> 00:07:36.659 know that he is a savior who died for sinners such as we are and so I hope you'll remember that the Lord's 00:07:36.659 --> 00:07:43.299 Supper is a happy meal I hope that all of us as Christians remember that the Lord's Supper is a happy 00:07:43.300 --> 00:07:49.439 meal because for those who love Jesus and followed Jesus and trust in Jesus we are remembering this 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:55.900 morning that Jesus died on the cross to take away our sins so boys and girls I hope you remember that 00:07:55.900 --> 00:08:02.240 that every time you have a happy meal every time you go to McDonald's and I'm sure you'll go and you have 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:08.860 a happy meal remember that there's a happy meal for Christians for those who love Jesus and follow Jesus 00:08:08.860 --> 00:08:15.819 and trust in Jesus and the happy meal is the Lord's Supper so thank you for listening you're very very 00:08:15.819 --> 00:08:20.520 good at listening so we're going to say the Lord's Prayer together we're going to clasp our hands and 00:08:20.520 --> 00:08:27.199 we'll close our eyes and we'll say the Lord's Prayer together okay our Father which art in heaven 00:08:27.199 --> 00:08:35.860 hallowed be thy name thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day 00:08:35.860 --> 00:08:42.560 our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation 00:08:42.560 --> 00:08:51.659 but deliver us from evil for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever amen well thank you 00:08:51.659 --> 00:08:55.779 for listening so we're going to sing again we're going to sing this time in Psalm 121 00:08:55.779 --> 00:09:03.879 Psalm 121 it's in the Scottish Psalter page 416 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:16.539 Psalm 121 page 416 and as we're singing this psalm the children go out 00:09:16.539 --> 00:09:29.939 is it this door this door okay I'm just following my instructions okay Psalm 121 as I often remind the 00:09:29.939 --> 00:09:36.299 people in Barvis this is the keeper psalm we are reminded in this psalm that the Lord is our keeper 00:09:36.299 --> 00:09:44.839 we cannot keep ourselves but he promises to keep us when we look to him I to the hills will lift 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:51.100 mine eyes from whence doth come my need my safety cometh from the Lord who heaven and earth hath made 00:09:51.100 --> 00:09:58.600 thy foot he'll not let slide nor will he slumber that he keeps behold he that keeps Israel he slumbers 00:09:58.600 --> 00:10:05.759 not nor sleeps so we'll sing the whole psalm of Psalm 121 and we'll stand to sing if you're able to God's praise 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:33.759 I to the hills will lift mine eyes from whence doth come my need my safety cometh from the Lord who heaven and earth hath made 00:10:33.759 --> 00:11:00.759 thy foot he'll not let slide nor will he slumber that he keeps behold he that keeps Israel he slumbers not nor sleeps 00:11:00.759 --> 00:11:07.759 the Lord the Lord the Lord the Lord the Lord the Lord 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:09.939 the Lord 00:11:09.939 --> 00:11:11.759 on my right 00:11:11.759 --> 00:11:15.759 the Lord 00:11:15.759 --> 00:11:17.759 the Lord 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:19.759 by night 00:11:19.759 --> 00:11:20.759 they shall 00:11:20.759 --> 00:11:21.759 not 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:30.759 the Lord 00:11:30.759 --> 00:11:31.759 who 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:32.759 nor 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:56.000 forever well. 00:12:02.419 --> 00:12:06.980 We're now going to read the Word of God as we find it in the Gospel according to John 00:12:06.980 --> 00:12:10.100 and John chapter 17. 00:12:10.100 --> 00:12:24.340 The Gospel according to John and John chapter 17. 00:12:25.060 --> 00:12:29.639 We're going to read the whole chapter together. 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:39.060 John chapter 17, reading from the beginning. 00:12:40.100 --> 00:12:42.659 Let us hear the Word of God. 00:12:44.180 --> 00:12:48.440 When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, 00:12:49.360 --> 00:12:50.899 Father, the hour has come. 00:12:51.820 --> 00:12:54.680 Glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 00:12:55.340 --> 00:12:57.860 since you have given him authority over all flesh, 00:12:58.279 --> 00:13:01.120 to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 00:13:01.820 --> 00:13:04.800 And this is eternal life, that they know you, 00:13:05.379 --> 00:13:08.240 the only through God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 00:13:08.240 --> 00:13:13.320 I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:17.899 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence, 00:13:18.399 --> 00:13:22.399 with the glory that I had with you before the world existed. 00:13:22.399 --> 00:13:27.659 I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. 00:13:28.379 --> 00:13:32.860 Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 00:13:33.600 --> 00:13:36.480 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 00:13:37.019 --> 00:13:39.379 I have given them the words that you gave me, 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:41.079 and they have received them, 00:13:41.579 --> 00:13:44.939 and have come to know in truth that I came from you, 00:13:45.340 --> 00:13:47.220 and that they have believed that you sent me. 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:49.259 I am praying for them. 00:13:49.820 --> 00:13:51.259 I am not praying for the world, 00:13:51.399 --> 00:13:53.180 but for those whom you have given me, 00:13:53.600 --> 00:13:54.660 for they are yours. 00:13:55.399 --> 00:13:56.519 All mine are yours, 00:13:57.120 --> 00:13:58.139 and yours are mine, 00:13:58.460 --> 00:14:00.259 and I am glorified in them. 00:14:02.120 --> 00:14:04.019 I am no longer in the world, 00:14:04.120 --> 00:14:04.980 but they are in the world, 00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:06.779 and I am coming to you. 00:14:07.480 --> 00:14:09.860 Holy Father, keep them in your name, 00:14:10.279 --> 00:14:11.240 which you have given me, 00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:13.500 that they may be one, even as we are one. 00:14:14.160 --> 00:14:15.440 While I was with them in the world, 00:14:15.440 --> 00:14:16.520 I kept them in your name, 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:17.580 which you have given me. 00:14:18.140 --> 00:14:19.140 I have guarded them, 00:14:19.600 --> 00:14:21.300 and not one of them has been lost, 00:14:21.820 --> 00:14:23.140 except the son of destruction, 00:14:23.740 --> 00:14:25.380 that the scripture might be fulfilled. 00:14:26.380 --> 00:14:27.780 But now I am coming to you, 00:14:28.140 --> 00:14:30.320 and these things I speak in the world, 00:14:30.780 --> 00:14:33.300 that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 00:14:34.100 --> 00:14:35.460 I have given them your word, 00:14:35.940 --> 00:14:37.220 and the world has hated them, 00:14:37.640 --> 00:14:38.920 because they are not of the world, 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:40.840 just as I am not of the world. 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:44.100 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, 00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:46.720 but that you keep them from the evil one. 00:14:47.360 --> 00:14:48.519 They are not of the world, 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:50.540 just as I am not of the world. 00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:53.019 Sanctify them in the truth. 00:14:53.680 --> 00:14:54.639 Your word is truth. 00:14:55.500 --> 00:14:56.980 As you sent me into the world, 00:14:57.639 --> 00:15:00.300 so have I sent them into the world, 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:03.159 and for their sake I consecrate myself, 00:15:03.700 --> 00:15:05.820 that they also may be sanctified in truth. 00:15:06.779 --> 00:15:08.220 I do not ask for these only, 00:15:08.759 --> 00:15:11.440 but also for those who will believe in me 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:12.480 through their word, 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:14.040 that they may all be one, 00:15:14.160 --> 00:15:16.180 just as you, Father, are in me, 00:15:16.540 --> 00:15:17.440 and I in you, 00:15:17.880 --> 00:15:20.040 that they also may be in us, 00:15:20.140 --> 00:15:22.600 so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 00:15:23.240 --> 00:15:24.640 The glory that you have given me, 00:15:25.060 --> 00:15:26.140 I have given to them, 00:15:26.660 --> 00:15:27.700 that they may be one, 00:15:28.280 --> 00:15:29.340 even as we are one. 00:15:30.060 --> 00:15:30.800 I in them, 00:15:31.300 --> 00:15:32.120 and you in me, 00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:34.800 that they may become perfectly one, 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:37.660 so that the world may know that you sent me, 00:15:37.659 --> 00:15:40.159 and love them even as you loved me. 00:15:40.860 --> 00:15:42.579 Father, I desire that they also, 00:15:42.759 --> 00:15:43.740 whom you have given me, 00:15:44.240 --> 00:15:45.740 may be with me where I am, 00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:47.179 to see my glory, 00:15:47.779 --> 00:15:49.899 that you have given me because you loved me, 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:51.819 before the foundation of the world. 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:53.779 O righteous Father, 00:15:54.439 --> 00:15:56.039 even though the world does not know you, 00:15:56.600 --> 00:15:57.319 I know you, 00:15:57.819 --> 00:15:59.539 and these know that you have sent me. 00:16:00.100 --> 00:16:02.500 I made known to them your name, 00:16:02.919 --> 00:16:04.539 and will continue to make it known, 00:16:04.539 --> 00:16:07.039 that the love with which you have loved me, 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.319 may be in them, 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:10.860 and I in them. 00:16:11.819 --> 00:16:12.319 And so on, 00:16:12.339 --> 00:16:13.699 may the Lord bless that reading, 00:16:14.099 --> 00:16:17.000 of his own holy word. 00:16:18.099 --> 00:16:20.240 Well, before we consider a few verses, 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:21.740 from that passage, 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:23.459 we'll come before the Lord, 00:16:23.899 --> 00:16:24.639 in prayer. 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:25.699 Let's pray together. 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:31.199 Gracious God, 00:16:31.279 --> 00:16:33.000 and loving Heavenly Father, 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:35.320 we marvel this morning, 00:16:35.639 --> 00:16:37.320 at even reading those words, 00:16:38.320 --> 00:16:39.019 and knowing that, 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:41.220 as Jesus prayed to his Father, 00:16:42.059 --> 00:16:43.860 that we pray to the same Father, 00:16:44.139 --> 00:16:44.659 in heaven, 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:47.620 that Jesus today is our elder brother, 00:16:48.440 --> 00:16:49.500 that we are in Christ, 00:16:50.220 --> 00:16:51.299 united to him, 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:54.039 blessed with every spiritual blessing, 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:56.379 in heavenly places in Christ, 00:16:56.820 --> 00:16:58.340 and to know that we have received, 00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:59.559 that spirit of adoption, 00:17:00.259 --> 00:17:01.759 whereby we are able to cry, 00:17:01.759 --> 00:17:02.919 Abba Father, 00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:04.420 and that when we look, 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:05.500 at the cross of Calvary, 00:17:06.000 --> 00:17:07.660 the cruel cross of Calvary, 00:17:08.019 --> 00:17:09.200 that we are able to echo, 00:17:09.319 --> 00:17:10.359 the words of the apostle, 00:17:10.960 --> 00:17:11.480 and say, 00:17:11.559 --> 00:17:13.140 behold what manner of love, 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:15.700 the Father hath bestowed upon us, 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.480 that we should be called, 00:17:18.079 --> 00:17:19.160 the children of God. 00:17:19.879 --> 00:17:21.460 It is a wonder to know today, 00:17:22.039 --> 00:17:22.859 that we are united, 00:17:22.859 --> 00:17:24.220 to this wonderful Savior, 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:26.059 a Savior who promises, 00:17:26.059 --> 00:17:27.400 never to let us go, 00:17:28.099 --> 00:17:29.339 a Savior who assures us, 00:17:29.339 --> 00:17:30.519 that he will never leave us, 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:32.419 he will never forsake us, 00:17:32.879 --> 00:17:33.799 he will be with us, 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:35.319 every step of the way in life, 00:17:35.879 --> 00:17:37.379 and that even when we are confronted, 00:17:37.980 --> 00:17:38.759 with the reality, 00:17:38.919 --> 00:17:39.959 and even the finality, 00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:42.359 of the valley of the shadow of death, 00:17:42.879 --> 00:17:44.539 that he will be there with us then, 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:46.299 for that is his promise, 00:17:46.859 --> 00:17:47.879 that we are in him, 00:17:48.480 --> 00:17:49.259 and he in us, 00:17:49.819 --> 00:17:51.279 and we are united to him, 00:17:51.740 --> 00:17:52.799 we are loved by him, 00:17:52.799 --> 00:17:53.940 we are kept, 00:17:54.359 --> 00:17:55.599 by the power of God, 00:17:56.139 --> 00:17:57.039 through faith, 00:17:57.220 --> 00:17:58.039 unto salvation, 00:17:58.759 --> 00:17:59.740 ready to be revealed, 00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.659 in the last time. 00:18:01.379 --> 00:18:01.720 O Lord, 00:18:01.779 --> 00:18:02.960 we give thanks this morning, 00:18:03.480 --> 00:18:04.639 that however we feel, 00:18:04.740 --> 00:18:05.680 coming into church, 00:18:06.339 --> 00:18:07.519 however we feel, 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:08.440 in and of ourselves, 00:18:09.079 --> 00:18:10.779 or whatever is going on at home, 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:12.240 whatever is happening, 00:18:12.359 --> 00:18:13.180 in our providence, 00:18:13.779 --> 00:18:14.559 whatever pains, 00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:15.339 we are enduring, 00:18:15.859 --> 00:18:16.700 whatever suffering, 00:18:16.879 --> 00:18:17.659 we are going through, 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:19.500 that the Lord knows it all, 00:18:20.079 --> 00:18:21.759 and that even as we come together, 00:18:21.759 --> 00:18:23.359 around his table, 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:25.200 and around his word, 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:26.400 enable us, 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:26.940 we pray, 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:28.160 to see more and more, 00:18:28.220 --> 00:18:29.559 of this wonderful saviour, 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:31.839 who continues to pray for us, 00:18:32.379 --> 00:18:34.339 who continues to be faithful to us, 00:18:34.859 --> 00:18:35.680 that we thank thee, 00:18:35.700 --> 00:18:35.960 O Lord, 00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.400 today, 00:18:36.559 --> 00:18:37.879 that he ever lives, 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:39.640 to make intercession for us, 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.779 and it is a great wonder to us, 00:18:41.799 --> 00:18:42.539 as we were singing, 00:18:43.119 --> 00:18:43.879 that thou hast, 00:18:43.879 --> 00:18:44.359 O Lord, 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:45.279 most glorious, 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:47.259 ascended up on high, 00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:49.799 and in triumph victorious led, 00:18:50.400 --> 00:18:51.519 captive captivity, 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:53.299 to know that we were once, 00:18:53.339 --> 00:18:55.119 those who were in bondage to sin, 00:18:55.720 --> 00:18:57.799 once enslaved to sin, 00:18:58.420 --> 00:18:59.480 sitting in darkness, 00:18:59.859 --> 00:19:01.140 in the dungeon of death, 00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:04.319 and yet Jesus has set us free, 00:19:04.779 --> 00:19:06.059 by the power of his spirit, 00:19:06.599 --> 00:19:08.099 that he has brought us from darkness, 00:19:08.099 --> 00:19:09.900 into his most marvelous light, 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:11.740 he has brought us from death, 00:19:11.859 --> 00:19:12.400 to life, 00:19:12.819 --> 00:19:13.559 from the dungeon, 00:19:13.879 --> 00:19:14.400 to liberty, 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:16.339 and to freedom in Christ, 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:17.339 and Lord, 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:18.160 our longing is, 00:19:18.220 --> 00:19:19.140 that even as we gather, 00:19:19.140 --> 00:19:20.300 this morning in worship, 00:19:20.920 --> 00:19:22.180 and even as we sit around, 00:19:22.360 --> 00:19:23.560 the Lord's table together, 00:19:24.340 --> 00:19:24.640 Lord, 00:19:24.700 --> 00:19:25.500 our longing is, 00:19:25.560 --> 00:19:26.660 is to be more like him, 00:19:27.340 --> 00:19:28.080 to be more like, 00:19:28.259 --> 00:19:29.320 this wonderful saviour, 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:30.560 who loved us, 00:19:30.600 --> 00:19:31.840 and gave himself for us, 00:19:32.480 --> 00:19:33.120 we confess, 00:19:33.220 --> 00:19:33.560 O Lord, 00:19:33.620 --> 00:19:34.540 that we are often, 00:19:35.100 --> 00:19:36.160 so unlike him, 00:19:36.680 --> 00:19:37.540 in the way we think, 00:19:37.620 --> 00:19:38.700 and in the way we speak, 00:19:39.180 --> 00:19:39.560 and even, 00:19:39.800 --> 00:19:40.640 in the way we act, 00:19:40.640 --> 00:19:41.920 but Lord, 00:19:41.960 --> 00:19:42.700 our prayer is, 00:19:42.780 --> 00:19:43.620 that today would be, 00:19:43.680 --> 00:19:44.920 a means of grace for us, 00:19:45.520 --> 00:19:46.500 to conform us, 00:19:47.020 --> 00:19:47.720 to form us, 00:19:47.740 --> 00:19:48.580 and to fashion us, 00:19:48.660 --> 00:19:49.580 to be more and more, 00:19:49.580 --> 00:19:50.240 like Jesus, 00:19:51.080 --> 00:19:51.980 to see him more, 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:53.400 to love him better, 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.440 to walk with him more closely, 00:19:56.020 --> 00:19:56.660 and ultimately, 00:19:56.860 --> 00:19:57.480 to serve him, 00:19:57.820 --> 00:19:58.420 more faithfully, 00:19:59.060 --> 00:19:59.220 Lord, 00:19:59.280 --> 00:19:59.800 remember us, 00:19:59.880 --> 00:20:00.520 we pray then, 00:20:00.600 --> 00:20:01.120 we ask, 00:20:01.600 --> 00:20:02.220 remember Lord, 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:03.120 those who are unable, 00:20:03.120 --> 00:20:04.360 to be with us this morning, 00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:06.180 those who are at home, 00:20:06.720 --> 00:20:07.940 maybe with their children, 00:20:07.940 --> 00:20:10.320 or even due to illness, 00:20:10.519 --> 00:20:11.400 or old age, 00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.200 or infirmity, 00:20:12.799 --> 00:20:14.200 that whatever has kept them away, 00:20:14.299 --> 00:20:14.799 this morning, 00:20:15.320 --> 00:20:16.000 we pray Lord, 00:20:16.080 --> 00:20:17.460 that thou wouldest draw near to them, 00:20:17.940 --> 00:20:19.360 even those who are watching online, 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:20.160 we ask that, 00:20:20.700 --> 00:20:22.720 although they are not partaking physically, 00:20:23.340 --> 00:20:24.420 we pray that they would know, 00:20:24.539 --> 00:20:25.600 the spiritual blessing, 00:20:26.160 --> 00:20:26.840 that they would know, 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:27.940 the Lord's presence, 00:20:28.580 --> 00:20:29.480 that thou wouldest be, 00:20:29.480 --> 00:20:30.960 a wall of fire around them, 00:20:31.440 --> 00:20:32.440 that they may be assured, 00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:33.539 as the psalmist says, 00:20:33.620 --> 00:20:34.700 that the angel of the Lord, 00:20:34.779 --> 00:20:35.340 encamps, 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:37.340 and round encompass it, 00:20:37.339 --> 00:20:38.639 all those about, 00:20:38.779 --> 00:20:39.759 that do him fear, 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:41.419 and them delivereth, 00:20:41.939 --> 00:20:43.299 Lord be gracious to us, 00:20:43.359 --> 00:20:43.819 we pray, 00:20:44.379 --> 00:20:45.220 bless also those, 00:20:45.299 --> 00:20:46.179 who are watching on, 00:20:46.699 --> 00:20:47.879 those who are looking on, 00:20:47.980 --> 00:20:49.240 we pray that these things, 00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.159 would speak to them, 00:20:51.399 --> 00:20:51.759 that Lord, 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:52.720 the table itself, 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:53.559 would be a sermon, 00:20:54.319 --> 00:20:54.799 a sermon, 00:20:54.919 --> 00:20:56.000 that proclaims to them, 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:56.519 their need, 00:20:57.079 --> 00:20:58.099 their need of this, 00:20:58.099 --> 00:20:59.139 wonderful saviour, 00:20:59.639 --> 00:21:00.379 who was broken, 00:21:00.639 --> 00:21:01.259 who was wounded, 00:21:01.379 --> 00:21:02.619 for our transgressions, 00:21:03.099 --> 00:21:03.720 and bruised, 00:21:03.779 --> 00:21:04.699 for our iniquities, 00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.939 that they would see, 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:06.879 even in the symbols, 00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.960 and the signs, 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:09.720 pointers to this, 00:21:09.720 --> 00:21:10.800 wonderful saviour, 00:21:11.260 --> 00:21:12.160 whose blood is able, 00:21:12.280 --> 00:21:12.980 to cleanse us, 00:21:13.040 --> 00:21:13.760 from all sin, 00:21:14.380 --> 00:21:15.720 because that is his promise, 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.680 that if we confess our sin, 00:21:18.220 --> 00:21:19.060 he is faithful, 00:21:19.580 --> 00:21:20.480 and he is just, 00:21:21.040 --> 00:21:21.800 to cleanse us, 00:21:21.860 --> 00:21:23.040 from all unrighteousness, 00:21:23.520 --> 00:21:25.120 for the blood of Jesus Christ, 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:25.720 his son, 00:21:26.420 --> 00:21:27.100 cleanses us, 00:21:27.180 --> 00:21:27.920 from all sin, 00:21:28.500 --> 00:21:29.680 be gracious to us then, 00:21:29.760 --> 00:21:30.760 we pray our father, 00:21:31.240 --> 00:21:31.960 speak to us, 00:21:31.980 --> 00:21:32.720 as thy children, 00:21:33.300 --> 00:21:33.940 remind us, 00:21:33.940 --> 00:21:35.059 who we are, 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:36.460 and whose we are, 00:21:36.900 --> 00:21:37.559 that we belong, 00:21:37.740 --> 00:21:39.420 to this wonderful God, 00:21:39.920 --> 00:21:41.559 who has provided for us, 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:42.779 this new and living way, 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:44.140 that he has brought us, 00:21:44.200 --> 00:21:44.759 to himself, 00:21:45.320 --> 00:21:46.240 not of ourselves, 00:21:46.860 --> 00:21:47.880 it is all of grace, 00:21:48.380 --> 00:21:49.180 not of works, 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:50.680 lest any man should boast, 00:21:51.320 --> 00:21:51.759 and so Lord, 00:21:51.820 --> 00:21:52.220 help us, 00:21:52.299 --> 00:21:52.759 we pray, 00:21:53.220 --> 00:21:54.279 to worship today, 00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.360 in spirit, 00:21:55.920 --> 00:21:56.740 and in truth, 00:21:57.180 --> 00:21:58.100 go before us then, 00:21:58.140 --> 00:21:58.559 we ask, 00:21:58.620 --> 00:21:59.039 lead us, 00:21:59.120 --> 00:21:59.740 and guide us, 00:21:59.779 --> 00:22:00.620 into thy word, 00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:02.019 into thy truth, 00:22:02.459 --> 00:22:03.979 as Jesus prayed for us, 00:22:04.039 --> 00:22:05.139 that we might be sanctified, 00:22:05.139 --> 00:22:05.739 through it, 00:22:06.219 --> 00:22:07.159 that we might be made, 00:22:07.359 --> 00:22:08.159 more and more holy, 00:22:08.699 --> 00:22:09.319 but ultimately, 00:22:09.539 --> 00:22:11.039 that we might see Jesus in it, 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:11.679 Lord, 00:22:11.739 --> 00:22:12.379 remember us then, 00:22:12.419 --> 00:22:12.859 we pray, 00:22:13.339 --> 00:22:14.159 that Christ would have, 00:22:14.239 --> 00:22:14.939 the preeminence, 00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:16.259 that thou our father, 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:17.199 would have all the glory, 00:22:17.699 --> 00:22:18.879 and that we as thy children, 00:22:19.399 --> 00:22:19.939 that we would know, 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.899 blessing this morning, 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:22.699 not because we deserve it, 00:22:23.179 --> 00:22:23.899 because Lord, 00:22:24.019 --> 00:22:24.799 solely thou art one, 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.419 who is gracious, 00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.619 do us good, 00:22:26.659 --> 00:22:27.239 then we ask, 00:22:27.339 --> 00:22:28.339 take away our iniquity, 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:29.879 receive us graciously, 00:22:29.880 --> 00:22:31.080 for Jesus sake, 00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:32.160 Amen. 00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.820 Well if we could, 00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.860 with the Lord's help, 00:22:37.100 --> 00:22:37.880 and the Lord's enabling, 00:22:38.220 --> 00:22:38.780 this morning, 00:22:39.420 --> 00:22:40.200 if we could turn back, 00:22:40.260 --> 00:22:41.180 to that portion of scripture, 00:22:41.300 --> 00:22:41.740 that we read, 00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:44.080 the gospel according to John, 00:22:44.860 --> 00:22:46.240 John chapter 17, 00:22:51.040 --> 00:22:52.460 John chapter 17, 00:22:53.860 --> 00:22:58.980 and we'll just read again, 00:22:59.100 --> 00:22:59.580 from the beginning, 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:04.320 John 17, 00:23:04.400 --> 00:23:05.020 and verse 1, 00:23:05.940 --> 00:23:06.500 when Jesus, 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:07.720 had spoken these words, 00:23:07.820 --> 00:23:08.820 he lifted up his eyes, 00:23:08.900 --> 00:23:09.320 to heaven, 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.860 and said, 00:23:10.940 --> 00:23:11.220 Father, 00:23:11.380 --> 00:23:12.460 the hour has come, 00:23:13.400 --> 00:23:14.580 glorify your son, 00:23:15.280 --> 00:23:16.040 that the son, 00:23:16.520 --> 00:23:17.360 may glorify, 00:23:18.360 --> 00:23:18.560 you, 00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:20.380 Father, 00:23:20.500 --> 00:23:21.640 the hour has come, 00:23:22.520 --> 00:23:23.640 glorify your son, 00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.960 that the son, 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:26.000 may glorify, 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.500 may, 00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.359 you, 00:23:27.359 --> 00:23:27.380 may, 00:23:27.380 --> 00:23:27.420 you, 00:23:27.420 --> 00:23:27.500 you, 00:23:27.500 --> 00:23:33.500 as you know, 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.420 often, 00:23:34.559 --> 00:23:35.160 when we approach, 00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.119 the Lord's day morning, 00:23:36.119 --> 00:23:38.220 of a communion season, 00:23:38.880 --> 00:23:39.500 we gather, 00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:40.680 around the Lord's table, 00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:42.259 and we partake, 00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:43.259 of the Lord's supper, 00:23:43.259 --> 00:23:44.759 and we remember, 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:44.819 and we remember, 00:23:44.819 --> 00:23:46.319 the Lord's death, 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:47.640 we look back, 00:23:47.779 --> 00:23:48.980 to what Jesus did, 00:23:49.740 --> 00:23:50.500 and we look back, 00:23:50.539 --> 00:23:51.099 to what Jesus, 00:23:51.099 --> 00:23:51.839 has done, 00:23:52.099 --> 00:23:52.619 for us, 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.220 on the cruel, 00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:54.559 cross of Calvary, 00:23:55.059 --> 00:23:55.839 and in doing so, 00:23:55.900 --> 00:23:56.500 we recognize, 00:23:56.500 --> 00:23:57.700 our suffering Savior, 00:23:58.359 --> 00:23:59.379 and the sin he bore, 00:23:59.460 --> 00:24:00.180 and the salvation, 00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.420 he accomplished, 00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.320 and applied, 00:24:02.320 --> 00:24:02.340 and applied, 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.180 towards us, 00:24:03.380 --> 00:24:04.060 we reflect, 00:24:04.140 --> 00:24:05.160 upon how he was, 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:05.960 physically, 00:24:06.480 --> 00:24:07.580 and also spiritually, 00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:08.380 wounded, 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:09.620 for our transgressions, 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:10.300 and bruised, 00:24:10.480 --> 00:24:11.640 for our iniquities, 00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.620 we come, 00:24:12.700 --> 00:24:13.440 to the Lord's table, 00:24:13.539 --> 00:24:14.820 and we even repent, 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:16.500 that it was our sin, 00:24:16.620 --> 00:24:17.580 that held him there, 00:24:18.160 --> 00:24:19.420 until it was accomplished, 00:24:20.080 --> 00:24:20.420 and yet, 00:24:20.500 --> 00:24:20.980 we rejoice, 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:21.759 knowing that, 00:24:22.300 --> 00:24:23.460 he who knew no sin, 00:24:24.120 --> 00:24:25.140 he became sin, 00:24:25.300 --> 00:24:25.840 for us, 00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:27.340 also that we, 00:24:27.460 --> 00:24:28.060 might be made, 00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:28.700 the righteousness, 00:24:29.259 --> 00:24:29.840 of God, 00:24:30.200 --> 00:24:30.779 in him, 00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.839 my friend, 00:24:31.899 --> 00:24:32.460 when we approach, 00:24:32.559 --> 00:24:33.359 the Lord's day morning, 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:34.399 of a communion season, 00:24:34.500 --> 00:24:34.879 we often, 00:24:35.279 --> 00:24:35.680 think about, 00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:36.579 what Jesus did, 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:37.420 and what Jesus, 00:24:37.420 --> 00:24:38.759 has done for us, 00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.420 and rightly so, 00:24:41.160 --> 00:24:42.259 it's a means of grace, 00:24:42.359 --> 00:24:43.359 it's a means of strengthening, 00:24:43.599 --> 00:24:44.680 and sustaining us, 00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:46.299 in our walk with the Lord, 00:24:46.740 --> 00:24:47.639 and our growth, 00:24:47.879 --> 00:24:48.399 in grace, 00:24:48.839 --> 00:24:49.559 as a Christian, 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:51.480 and so it's good for us, 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:51.879 to remember, 00:24:52.019 --> 00:24:52.819 what Jesus did, 00:24:53.660 --> 00:24:54.299 and what Jesus, 00:24:54.539 --> 00:24:55.399 has done for us, 00:24:56.180 --> 00:24:57.319 but you know, 00:24:57.359 --> 00:24:58.559 as I was preparing, 00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:00.519 for this communion season, 00:25:01.779 --> 00:25:02.980 I was drawn to the question, 00:25:04.259 --> 00:25:05.559 well what is Jesus doing, 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.000 right now, 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:09.740 what is Jesus doing, 00:25:09.960 --> 00:25:10.639 right now, 00:25:11.559 --> 00:25:12.480 because we all know, 00:25:12.579 --> 00:25:13.039 that the cross, 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:14.139 isn't the end of the story, 00:25:14.680 --> 00:25:15.559 on the third day, 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:16.420 the Lord's day, 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:17.879 he rose again, 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:19.819 death couldn't hold him, 00:25:19.879 --> 00:25:21.139 the grave couldn't keep him, 00:25:21.539 --> 00:25:22.539 the angels proclaimed, 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:23.220 about him, 00:25:23.559 --> 00:25:24.420 he is not here, 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:25.839 for he is risen, 00:25:25.839 --> 00:25:27.399 and as we were singing, 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.759 he has gloriously, 00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:30.019 ascended up on high, 00:25:30.099 --> 00:25:30.599 he has led, 00:25:30.939 --> 00:25:31.859 the captives free, 00:25:31.959 --> 00:25:33.319 he has put all his enemies, 00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.419 under his feet, 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:35.599 and he has sat down, 00:25:35.679 --> 00:25:36.579 at the right hand, 00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.599 of the throne, 00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.559 of God, 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:40.740 and so what is Jesus, 00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.659 doing right now, 00:25:42.059 --> 00:25:43.959 what is Jesus doing, 00:25:43.959 --> 00:25:44.599 as the head, 00:25:44.919 --> 00:25:46.019 of the Lord's table, 00:25:46.919 --> 00:25:47.779 and as we prepare, 00:25:47.899 --> 00:25:49.220 to sit at his table, 00:25:49.279 --> 00:25:50.059 and to partake, 00:25:50.259 --> 00:25:50.899 of his supper, 00:25:50.900 --> 00:25:52.259 what is Jesus doing, 00:25:52.700 --> 00:25:53.420 right now, 00:25:54.820 --> 00:25:55.259 and as you know, 00:25:55.300 --> 00:25:55.700 our Bible, 00:25:55.840 --> 00:25:56.600 it reminds us, 00:25:56.700 --> 00:25:57.740 that our Savior, 00:25:57.940 --> 00:25:59.080 he ever lives, 00:25:59.940 --> 00:26:00.940 and he ever lives, 00:26:01.080 --> 00:26:02.620 to make intercession, 00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.340 for us, 00:26:04.840 --> 00:26:05.160 therefore, 00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.040 what is Jesus, 00:26:06.040 --> 00:26:07.040 doing right now, 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:09.740 my friend, 00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:11.040 Jesus is praying for you, 00:26:11.680 --> 00:26:13.040 right now, 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:15.920 Jesus is praying for you, 00:26:16.480 --> 00:26:17.440 right now, 00:26:17.920 --> 00:26:19.820 and I want to suggest, 00:26:20.100 --> 00:26:20.560 this morning, 00:26:20.900 --> 00:26:22.560 that this high priestly prayer, 00:26:22.700 --> 00:26:23.680 here in John 17, 00:26:24.820 --> 00:26:25.920 although it was prayed, 00:26:26.040 --> 00:26:26.580 on earth, 00:26:27.500 --> 00:26:28.540 it's also a prayer, 00:26:28.860 --> 00:26:29.660 in many ways, 00:26:29.700 --> 00:26:31.280 which is still being prayed, 00:26:31.800 --> 00:26:32.500 and presented, 00:26:32.700 --> 00:26:33.940 before the throne of God, 00:26:34.660 --> 00:26:35.220 in heaven, 00:26:36.060 --> 00:26:36.700 so now why Jesus, 00:26:36.860 --> 00:26:37.720 taught us to pray, 00:26:37.860 --> 00:26:38.720 thy will be done, 00:26:38.759 --> 00:26:39.340 as we were saying, 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:39.900 earlier on, 00:26:40.180 --> 00:26:40.780 with the children, 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:41.880 thy will be done, 00:26:42.060 --> 00:26:42.840 on earth, 00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.620 as it is, 00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:44.560 in heaven, 00:26:45.340 --> 00:26:46.080 and that's why I believe, 00:26:46.160 --> 00:26:47.400 that this high priestly prayer, 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:48.220 although it was prayed, 00:26:48.320 --> 00:26:48.580 on earth, 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.640 it's still being prayed, 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:50.600 and presented, 00:26:50.740 --> 00:26:52.020 before the throne of God, 00:26:52.480 --> 00:26:53.020 in heaven, 00:26:54.020 --> 00:26:55.080 and so for a few moments, 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.660 this morning, 00:26:55.740 --> 00:26:56.380 as we come, 00:26:56.880 --> 00:26:57.820 to the Lord's table, 00:26:57.880 --> 00:26:58.580 I want us to think, 00:26:58.680 --> 00:26:59.400 about this question, 00:26:59.540 --> 00:27:00.560 what is Jesus doing, 00:27:00.900 --> 00:27:01.540 right now, 00:27:02.560 --> 00:27:03.920 what is Jesus doing, 00:27:04.420 --> 00:27:05.420 right now, 00:27:05.420 --> 00:27:06.900 and the first thing we see, 00:27:06.980 --> 00:27:07.800 the first thing Jesus, 00:27:07.800 --> 00:27:08.460 prays about, 00:27:08.960 --> 00:27:10.039 is that he prays, 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.560 for your salvation, 00:27:12.400 --> 00:27:13.539 Jesus is praying, 00:27:14.120 --> 00:27:14.940 for your salvation, 00:27:15.060 --> 00:27:16.060 he says there in verse 1, 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.060 we're told, 00:27:17.539 --> 00:27:18.440 when Jesus had spoken, 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:18.960 these words, 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:19.900 he lifted up his eyes, 00:27:19.940 --> 00:27:20.740 to heaven and said, 00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:22.259 father the hour has come, 00:27:22.840 --> 00:27:23.880 glorify your son, 00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:24.440 that the son, 00:27:24.539 --> 00:27:25.539 may glorify you, 00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:27.100 since you have given him, 00:27:27.120 --> 00:27:28.480 authority over all flesh, 00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:29.860 to give eternal life, 00:27:29.940 --> 00:27:31.539 to all whom you have given him, 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:33.460 and this is eternal life, 00:27:33.460 --> 00:27:34.819 that they know you, 00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:36.279 the only true God, 00:27:36.640 --> 00:27:37.880 and Jesus Christ, 00:27:38.340 --> 00:27:40.059 whom you have sent, 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:42.700 now as you know, 00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:44.240 it's always encouraging, 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.220 to know that someone, 00:27:45.340 --> 00:27:46.160 is praying for you, 00:27:46.539 --> 00:27:48.460 and that you're upon their mind, 00:27:48.600 --> 00:27:50.380 and you're on their heart, 00:27:50.440 --> 00:27:51.740 and you're in their prayers, 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:52.620 it's always encouraging, 00:27:52.620 --> 00:27:53.960 to know that people, 00:27:54.319 --> 00:27:55.620 are praying for you, 00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.259 and you know my friend, 00:27:57.259 --> 00:27:58.900 if the Lord has put someone, 00:27:59.039 --> 00:27:59.519 on your heart, 00:27:59.620 --> 00:28:00.380 to pray for them, 00:28:01.360 --> 00:28:02.140 then tell them, 00:28:02.140 --> 00:28:04.020 tell them, 00:28:04.700 --> 00:28:05.100 because, 00:28:06.380 --> 00:28:07.520 do you know us islanders, 00:28:07.560 --> 00:28:08.680 I don't think we're very good, 00:28:08.740 --> 00:28:09.680 at telling people, 00:28:09.860 --> 00:28:11.180 that we're praying for them, 00:28:11.880 --> 00:28:12.900 and yet there's no greater, 00:28:12.900 --> 00:28:14.100 encouragement to know, 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:14.700 that someone, 00:28:15.300 --> 00:28:16.160 is bringing you, 00:28:16.340 --> 00:28:17.480 to the throne of grace, 00:28:18.080 --> 00:28:18.900 but what's so beautiful, 00:28:18.900 --> 00:28:19.880 about this chapter, 00:28:20.020 --> 00:28:20.680 John 17, 00:28:20.800 --> 00:28:22.400 and this high priestly prayer, 00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.440 is that Jesus, 00:28:23.660 --> 00:28:24.600 is telling you here, 00:28:25.200 --> 00:28:26.200 and he's telling you, 00:28:26.460 --> 00:28:27.740 that he's praying for you, 00:28:28.160 --> 00:28:28.900 he's telling you, 00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:30.340 that he's praying for you, 00:28:30.420 --> 00:28:31.140 you know it's one thing, 00:28:31.140 --> 00:28:32.640 to know that God's people, 00:28:32.860 --> 00:28:33.620 are praying for you, 00:28:33.660 --> 00:28:34.759 which is such an encouragement, 00:28:35.420 --> 00:28:36.200 but it's another thing, 00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.120 entirely to know, 00:28:37.220 --> 00:28:38.060 that God's son, 00:28:39.220 --> 00:28:41.100 God's only begotten son, 00:28:41.620 --> 00:28:42.759 is praying for you, 00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:44.400 especially because, 00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:46.100 well those around you, 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:46.900 they might not know, 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:47.880 what you're going through, 00:28:48.920 --> 00:28:49.720 but he knows, 00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.600 he knows exactly, 00:28:51.600 --> 00:28:52.540 what you're going through, 00:28:52.960 --> 00:28:54.500 and he's telling you this morning, 00:28:54.800 --> 00:28:56.259 I'm praying for you, 00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.040 I'm praying for you, 00:28:58.039 --> 00:28:59.619 now as you know, 00:28:59.680 --> 00:29:01.119 these words in John 17, 00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:02.899 they were first spoken, 00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.680 on earth, 00:29:04.159 --> 00:29:04.799 in the garden, 00:29:05.220 --> 00:29:06.019 of Gethsemane, 00:29:06.319 --> 00:29:07.039 they were spoken, 00:29:07.159 --> 00:29:07.899 only hours, 00:29:07.980 --> 00:29:08.639 before Jesus, 00:29:08.819 --> 00:29:09.399 was arrested, 00:29:09.879 --> 00:29:10.619 and then tried, 00:29:10.960 --> 00:29:11.639 and crucified, 00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:13.500 on a Roman cross, 00:29:13.960 --> 00:29:14.680 but when Jesus, 00:29:14.759 --> 00:29:15.539 uttered these words, 00:29:15.619 --> 00:29:16.180 we know that, 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:18.159 from the other gospel writers, 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:18.839 we know that, 00:29:18.980 --> 00:29:19.799 his soul, 00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:21.980 was exceedingly sorrowful, 00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:23.940 even unto death, 00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.579 the hour had come, 00:29:25.579 --> 00:29:26.579 as Jesus says, 00:29:26.939 --> 00:29:28.099 where Jesus would become, 00:29:28.439 --> 00:29:29.279 burdened with sin, 00:29:29.679 --> 00:29:30.419 and he would become, 00:29:30.419 --> 00:29:32.279 sorrowful in his soul, 00:29:32.460 --> 00:29:34.019 and instead of thinking, 00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:35.500 about his soul, 00:29:35.699 --> 00:29:36.699 or his sufferings, 00:29:36.939 --> 00:29:38.279 or his sorrows, 00:29:38.939 --> 00:29:40.240 what we see in this prayer, 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:42.339 is that this selfless, 00:29:42.899 --> 00:29:44.539 and sacrificial savior, 00:29:45.159 --> 00:29:47.019 he thinks about you, 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:49.779 he prays for you, 00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:52.799 he intercedes for you, 00:29:52.859 --> 00:29:54.059 he doesn't think about himself, 00:29:54.059 --> 00:29:56.259 he thinks about you, 00:29:57.000 --> 00:29:57.799 and he does it, 00:29:57.839 --> 00:29:58.779 with such intensity, 00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.299 we're told, 00:29:59.359 --> 00:30:00.379 and such earnestness, 00:30:00.379 --> 00:30:01.099 of heart, 00:30:01.200 --> 00:30:02.240 that the gospel writers, 00:30:02.460 --> 00:30:03.099 they're shocked, 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:04.619 at what Jesus is doing, 00:30:04.700 --> 00:30:05.720 that he's sweating, 00:30:05.919 --> 00:30:07.440 great drops of blood, 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:08.899 and this is the thing, 00:30:08.940 --> 00:30:09.839 it was all for you, 00:30:09.960 --> 00:30:10.879 Jesus is praying, 00:30:11.099 --> 00:30:11.599 for you, 00:30:11.700 --> 00:30:12.379 yes he's praying, 00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:13.460 for his bride, 00:30:13.700 --> 00:30:14.139 the church, 00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.879 yes he's praying, 00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:16.200 for us collectively, 00:30:16.539 --> 00:30:17.399 in that sense, 00:30:18.019 --> 00:30:18.440 but you know, 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:19.399 I want us to see, 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.559 that in many ways, 00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.839 this is a personal prayer, 00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:23.440 to you, 00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:24.880 he's praying, 00:30:25.019 --> 00:30:25.700 about you, 00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:26.259 he's praying, 00:30:26.580 --> 00:30:27.299 for you, 00:30:28.380 --> 00:30:29.420 because as you know, 00:30:29.680 --> 00:30:30.580 in our salvation, 00:30:30.820 --> 00:30:31.519 when Jesus, 00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.900 deals with us, 00:30:33.799 --> 00:30:35.360 when Jesus dealt with you, 00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:37.440 in coming to faith, 00:30:37.539 --> 00:30:38.720 he dealt with you personally, 00:30:39.380 --> 00:30:41.019 he dealt with you privately, 00:30:41.160 --> 00:30:42.600 just like he dealt with me personally, 00:30:43.019 --> 00:30:43.720 and privately, 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:46.400 is that not how he deals with us, 00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:47.960 he deals with us personally, 00:30:48.279 --> 00:30:49.160 and privately, 00:30:49.380 --> 00:30:50.559 even when no one else, 00:30:50.779 --> 00:30:51.920 knows what's going on, 00:30:51.920 --> 00:30:52.940 in our heart and soul, 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:54.500 not even those closest to us, 00:30:54.539 --> 00:30:55.400 not even our husband, 00:30:55.620 --> 00:30:56.300 or our wife, 00:30:56.360 --> 00:30:57.000 or our children, 00:30:57.279 --> 00:30:58.200 or our parents, 00:30:59.480 --> 00:31:01.140 but Jesus deals with us personally, 00:31:01.800 --> 00:31:02.420 and privately, 00:31:02.420 --> 00:31:04.300 and the amazing thing is, 00:31:04.360 --> 00:31:05.160 Jesus knew, 00:31:05.220 --> 00:31:06.620 and Jesus knew then, 00:31:06.680 --> 00:31:08.200 that he was praying for you, 00:31:08.320 --> 00:31:09.500 and he was praying for you then, 00:31:09.539 --> 00:31:11.160 and he's praying for you now, 00:31:11.440 --> 00:31:13.380 because he ever lives, 00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:15.259 to make intercession for us, 00:31:15.259 --> 00:31:16.740 my friend, 00:31:16.799 --> 00:31:17.759 what is Jesus doing, 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:19.740 what's he doing right now, 00:31:20.359 --> 00:31:22.180 he's praying for your salvation, 00:31:23.059 --> 00:31:24.319 because that's his priority, 00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:26.079 his priority, 00:31:26.279 --> 00:31:27.019 is your salvation, 00:31:27.680 --> 00:31:29.900 because as the angel said to Mary, 00:31:29.940 --> 00:31:31.220 that's why they called him Jesus, 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:33.740 the angel said to Mary, 00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.859 call his name Jesus, 00:31:35.039 --> 00:31:36.279 call him salvation, 00:31:36.440 --> 00:31:37.339 call him savior, 00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:40.319 because he shall save his people, 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:41.819 from their sins, 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.779 my friend, 00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:44.179 Jesus is praying for you, 00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:46.799 because his priority, 00:31:47.000 --> 00:31:47.759 is your salvation, 00:31:49.039 --> 00:31:50.019 his priority, 00:31:50.659 --> 00:31:51.639 is your salvation, 00:31:52.619 --> 00:31:53.559 now you might be thinking, 00:31:53.740 --> 00:31:54.039 this morning, 00:31:54.119 --> 00:31:54.299 Murdo, 00:31:54.379 --> 00:31:55.279 I'm already saved, 00:31:55.659 --> 00:31:56.859 I'm already a Christian, 00:31:57.259 --> 00:31:58.179 I'm already a follower, 00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.139 of Christ, 00:31:59.259 --> 00:32:00.599 I'm a member in this congregation, 00:32:00.919 --> 00:32:02.779 and I'm sitting this morning, 00:32:03.079 --> 00:32:04.079 at the Lord's table, 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:06.179 so why is Jesus praying, 00:32:06.259 --> 00:32:07.079 for my salvation, 00:32:07.339 --> 00:32:11.419 because your salvation, 00:32:11.599 --> 00:32:12.399 is not yet complete, 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.359 your salvation, 00:32:15.579 --> 00:32:16.500 is not yet complete, 00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:19.019 you know my Christian friend, 00:32:19.179 --> 00:32:20.059 it's wonderful to know, 00:32:20.199 --> 00:32:20.839 that we're saved, 00:32:21.220 --> 00:32:21.799 and we're sitting, 00:32:21.939 --> 00:32:22.659 at the Lord's table, 00:32:22.799 --> 00:32:23.919 but our salvation, 00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:25.500 is not yet complete, 00:32:25.500 --> 00:32:26.500 because the New Testament, 00:32:26.500 --> 00:32:27.220 teaches us, 00:32:27.480 --> 00:32:28.319 that our salvation, 00:32:28.559 --> 00:32:29.079 it involves, 00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:29.959 our past, 00:32:30.099 --> 00:32:30.619 our present, 00:32:31.220 --> 00:32:32.240 and also our future, 00:32:32.879 --> 00:32:33.699 where we're saved, 00:32:33.779 --> 00:32:34.599 we're being saved, 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:36.599 and we will be saved, 00:32:37.339 --> 00:32:38.199 we're saved, 00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:38.980 being saved, 00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:40.019 and we'll be saved, 00:32:40.359 --> 00:32:40.679 and you know, 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:41.879 this is the amazing thing, 00:32:41.879 --> 00:32:42.779 about your salvation, 00:32:42.779 --> 00:32:44.899 because Jesus was praying for you, 00:32:45.000 --> 00:32:46.000 in the past, 00:32:46.599 --> 00:32:48.039 before you were even born, 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:50.019 Jesus was praying for you, 00:32:50.139 --> 00:32:51.220 when you were still, 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:52.220 in your mother's womb, 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:53.019 being formed, 00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:53.779 and fashioned, 00:32:54.399 --> 00:32:55.319 he was praying for you, 00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:56.159 when you were still, 00:32:56.160 --> 00:32:57.660 in your sins, 00:32:57.720 --> 00:32:58.880 and faults of youth, 00:32:59.120 --> 00:33:00.140 he was praying for you, 00:33:00.180 --> 00:33:00.860 when you were still, 00:33:01.140 --> 00:33:02.440 a stranger to grace, 00:33:02.640 --> 00:33:03.500 and to God, 00:33:03.560 --> 00:33:04.900 out in the far country, 00:33:05.240 --> 00:33:06.040 like a prodigal, 00:33:06.100 --> 00:33:07.160 he was praying for you, 00:33:07.779 --> 00:33:09.080 even as he hung crucified, 00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.540 on a Roman cross, 00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:11.840 he was praying for you, 00:33:12.220 --> 00:33:12.580 Father, 00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.759 forgive them, 00:33:14.160 --> 00:33:15.180 for they know not, 00:33:15.259 --> 00:33:15.820 what they do, 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:17.840 Jesus was praying for you, 00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.000 that you would see, 00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:19.920 the display, 00:33:20.040 --> 00:33:20.700 and the demonstration, 00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.500 of his love, 00:33:21.580 --> 00:33:22.200 towards you, 00:33:22.300 --> 00:33:23.160 on the cross, 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:25.320 because he has displayed it, 00:33:25.940 --> 00:33:27.220 he has demonstrated it, 00:33:27.580 --> 00:33:29.140 and that whilst we were yet sinners, 00:33:29.320 --> 00:33:31.420 Christ died for us, 00:33:31.940 --> 00:33:33.600 and you know my friend, 00:33:33.660 --> 00:33:34.160 like it was, 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:35.440 in my own experience, 00:33:36.040 --> 00:33:38.160 I'm sure you can look back, 00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.800 over your life, 00:33:40.660 --> 00:33:41.759 and see how the Lord, 00:33:41.880 --> 00:33:42.420 graciously, 00:33:42.660 --> 00:33:44.060 preserved you, 00:33:45.000 --> 00:33:45.580 how the Lord, 00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.840 even protected you, 00:33:46.900 --> 00:33:47.560 he kept you, 00:33:47.560 --> 00:33:48.720 from certain things, 00:33:48.900 --> 00:33:49.160 because, 00:33:50.420 --> 00:33:51.240 there were people, 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:52.060 petitioning, 00:33:52.059 --> 00:33:54.599 and there were even parents, 00:33:54.779 --> 00:33:56.139 praying for your salvation, 00:33:57.059 --> 00:33:58.299 more than that, 00:33:58.359 --> 00:33:59.319 Jesus was praying, 00:33:59.879 --> 00:34:00.859 for your salvation, 00:34:01.859 --> 00:34:03.099 and now that the grace of God, 00:34:03.159 --> 00:34:04.559 has been at work in your life, 00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.779 by the spirit of God, 00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.559 your eyes have been opened, 00:34:08.139 --> 00:34:09.759 your heart has been transformed, 00:34:09.900 --> 00:34:11.139 your will has been renewed, 00:34:11.360 --> 00:34:12.779 your life has been changed, 00:34:12.860 --> 00:34:13.259 you're now, 00:34:13.500 --> 00:34:14.440 a new creation, 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:15.420 in Christ, 00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:16.059 where the old, 00:34:16.059 --> 00:34:17.159 has passed away, 00:34:17.279 --> 00:34:18.000 and all things, 00:34:18.320 --> 00:34:19.239 have become new, 00:34:19.799 --> 00:34:20.599 and it's all because, 00:34:20.779 --> 00:34:22.039 your great high priest, 00:34:22.059 --> 00:34:23.400 whoever lives, 00:34:23.500 --> 00:34:24.559 to make intercession, 00:34:24.920 --> 00:34:25.519 for you, 00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:27.480 he began that good work, 00:34:27.779 --> 00:34:28.239 in you, 00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:29.320 and he promises, 00:34:29.719 --> 00:34:30.539 and he prays, 00:34:30.699 --> 00:34:32.119 that it will be brought, 00:34:32.659 --> 00:34:33.599 to its completion, 00:34:34.500 --> 00:34:35.320 at the climax, 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:36.239 and culmination, 00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.779 of this world, 00:34:38.779 --> 00:34:40.880 he promises, 00:34:41.279 --> 00:34:42.199 that your salvation, 00:34:42.199 --> 00:34:42.980 will come, 00:34:43.480 --> 00:34:44.420 to its completion, 00:34:45.079 --> 00:34:46.519 when he comes again, 00:34:47.980 --> 00:34:49.219 but until that moment, 00:34:49.500 --> 00:34:50.559 we're not there yet, 00:34:51.019 --> 00:34:51.960 until that moment, 00:34:52.059 --> 00:34:53.059 Jesus is praying, 00:34:53.500 --> 00:34:54.500 this morning, 00:34:55.239 --> 00:34:56.159 that you will continue, 00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.820 to love him, 00:34:57.659 --> 00:34:58.519 and look to him, 00:34:59.159 --> 00:35:00.199 and lean upon him, 00:35:00.900 --> 00:35:02.019 and learn from him, 00:35:02.659 --> 00:35:03.799 and live for him, 00:35:03.880 --> 00:35:04.759 Jesus is praying, 00:35:04.900 --> 00:35:05.739 that you will continue, 00:35:05.980 --> 00:35:06.279 daily, 00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:07.699 to deny yourself, 00:35:07.940 --> 00:35:09.239 and take up your cross, 00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:10.420 and follow him, 00:35:10.679 --> 00:35:11.659 Jesus is praying, 00:35:11.659 --> 00:35:12.199 that you will, 00:35:12.299 --> 00:35:13.840 always seek first, 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:15.039 the kingdom of God, 00:35:15.340 --> 00:35:16.420 and his righteousness, 00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:18.019 Jesus is praying, 00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.440 my friend, 00:35:18.500 --> 00:35:19.159 that you will live, 00:35:19.220 --> 00:35:20.019 well for him, 00:35:20.360 --> 00:35:21.820 and die well, 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:23.000 in him, 00:35:23.360 --> 00:35:24.800 Jesus is praying, 00:35:25.059 --> 00:35:25.360 that you, 00:35:26.099 --> 00:35:27.180 will be saved, 00:35:27.559 --> 00:35:29.099 that you're being saved, 00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:31.099 and that you will be saved, 00:35:31.920 --> 00:35:32.280 why, 00:35:32.700 --> 00:35:34.960 because that's, 00:35:34.960 --> 00:35:36.000 what brings him glory, 00:35:36.539 --> 00:35:38.559 that's, 00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:39.820 what brings him glory, 00:35:40.440 --> 00:35:42.720 you might not think it, 00:35:42.719 --> 00:35:45.199 but your salvation, 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:48.259 brings him glory, 00:35:49.059 --> 00:35:50.579 your salvation, 00:35:50.819 --> 00:35:51.719 brings him glory, 00:35:51.799 --> 00:35:52.959 that's why he's praying here, 00:35:53.500 --> 00:35:54.759 and he's praying in heaven, 00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:55.980 father, 00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:58.219 glorify your son, 00:35:58.839 --> 00:35:59.559 that the son, 00:35:59.739 --> 00:36:00.599 may glorify, 00:36:01.459 --> 00:36:01.699 you, 00:36:02.980 --> 00:36:04.480 your salvation, 00:36:04.739 --> 00:36:05.219 brings, 00:36:06.019 --> 00:36:06.339 him, 00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.559 glory, 00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:10.000 what is Jesus doing, 00:36:10.000 --> 00:36:10.500 right now, 00:36:11.119 --> 00:36:11.839 he's praying, 00:36:11.919 --> 00:36:12.599 for your salvation, 00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:13.980 then secondly, 00:36:14.419 --> 00:36:15.279 he's praying, 00:36:15.359 --> 00:36:15.980 for your safety, 00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:17.419 he's praying, 00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.179 for your safety, 00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.959 look at verse nine, 00:36:21.000 --> 00:36:22.899 look at verse nine, 00:36:23.399 --> 00:36:24.099 I am praying, 00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:25.059 for them says Jesus, 00:36:25.239 --> 00:36:25.819 I'm not praying, 00:36:25.939 --> 00:36:26.439 for the world, 00:36:26.519 --> 00:36:27.119 but for those, 00:36:27.179 --> 00:36:28.159 whom you have given me, 00:36:28.519 --> 00:36:29.459 for they are yours, 00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:31.199 all mine are yours, 00:36:31.299 --> 00:36:32.199 and yours are mine, 00:36:32.659 --> 00:36:33.679 and I am glorified, 00:36:34.119 --> 00:36:34.639 in them, 00:36:35.019 --> 00:36:35.939 I am no longer, 00:36:36.039 --> 00:36:36.519 in the world, 00:36:36.599 --> 00:36:37.599 but they are in the world, 00:36:38.059 --> 00:36:39.119 and I am coming to you, 00:36:39.439 --> 00:36:40.379 holy father, 00:36:40.559 --> 00:36:41.119 keep them, 00:36:41.399 --> 00:36:41.939 in your name, 00:36:41.940 --> 00:36:43.260 which you have given me, 00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:44.460 that they may be one, 00:36:44.519 --> 00:36:45.400 even as we are one, 00:36:45.800 --> 00:36:46.700 while I was with them, 00:36:46.900 --> 00:36:48.019 I kept them in your name, 00:36:48.380 --> 00:36:49.260 which you have given me, 00:36:49.460 --> 00:36:50.559 I have guarded them, 00:36:50.920 --> 00:36:51.820 and not one of them, 00:36:51.880 --> 00:36:52.619 has been lost, 00:36:53.059 --> 00:36:54.460 except the son of destruction, 00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:55.740 that the scripture, 00:36:56.360 --> 00:36:57.380 might be fulfilled, 00:36:57.380 --> 00:37:00.059 I think I mentioned, 00:37:00.059 --> 00:37:00.660 I mentioned the other night, 00:37:00.760 --> 00:37:01.519 that one of our elders, 00:37:01.599 --> 00:37:02.079 in Barvis, 00:37:02.160 --> 00:37:03.200 he often says, 00:37:03.340 --> 00:37:04.260 that the first step, 00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.660 after being saved, 00:37:06.059 --> 00:37:07.059 is being kept, 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:08.599 the first step, 00:37:08.640 --> 00:37:09.539 after being saved, 00:37:09.599 --> 00:37:10.320 is being kept, 00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:11.140 which is so true, 00:37:11.800 --> 00:37:12.160 but you know, 00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:12.800 what we see here, 00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:13.780 is that the first prayer, 00:37:13.840 --> 00:37:14.200 of Jesus, 00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:15.280 after you've been saved, 00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:16.200 is that you'll be kept, 00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:18.799 the first prayer, 00:37:18.799 --> 00:37:19.279 of Jesus, 00:37:19.279 --> 00:37:20.639 after you've been saved, 00:37:21.139 --> 00:37:22.199 is that you'll be kept, 00:37:22.259 --> 00:37:23.599 because Jesus prays, 00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:24.839 Holy Father, 00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:27.419 verse 11 there, 00:37:27.679 --> 00:37:28.460 Holy Father, 00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.199 keep them, 00:37:29.819 --> 00:37:30.539 in your name, 00:37:31.379 --> 00:37:31.939 which means, 00:37:32.000 --> 00:37:32.299 that Jesus, 00:37:32.480 --> 00:37:33.199 is not only praying, 00:37:33.299 --> 00:37:34.119 for your salvation, 00:37:34.939 --> 00:37:35.599 he's praying, 00:37:35.659 --> 00:37:36.279 for your safety, 00:37:36.879 --> 00:37:37.379 he's praying, 00:37:37.439 --> 00:37:38.139 that you'll be kept, 00:37:38.799 --> 00:37:39.859 because the first step, 00:37:39.899 --> 00:37:40.859 after being saved, 00:37:41.719 --> 00:37:42.519 is being kept, 00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:43.759 and you know, 00:37:43.780 --> 00:37:44.579 we forget this, 00:37:44.679 --> 00:37:45.320 so often, 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.780 because we often, 00:37:46.780 --> 00:37:48.380 focus upon our feelings, 00:37:48.840 --> 00:37:49.199 don't we, 00:37:49.719 --> 00:37:51.119 we focus upon our feelings, 00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:52.199 and often we're focusing, 00:37:52.420 --> 00:37:53.280 upon our feelings, 00:37:53.280 --> 00:37:54.179 of failure, 00:37:55.059 --> 00:37:55.759 that we're not, 00:37:56.139 --> 00:37:56.679 good enough, 00:37:57.519 --> 00:37:58.500 or worthy enough, 00:37:58.800 --> 00:37:59.599 or fit enough, 00:37:59.739 --> 00:38:00.639 or faithful enough, 00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.679 to be a Christian, 00:38:01.800 --> 00:38:02.699 let alone to sit, 00:38:02.920 --> 00:38:03.920 at the Lord's table, 00:38:04.920 --> 00:38:06.019 that's why so many people, 00:38:06.099 --> 00:38:06.860 don't commit, 00:38:07.380 --> 00:38:08.519 their life to Jesus, 00:38:08.719 --> 00:38:09.880 or confess him, 00:38:10.440 --> 00:38:11.579 as their Lord and Savior, 00:38:11.579 --> 00:38:14.159 maybe that's why, 00:38:14.239 --> 00:38:15.179 some of you this morning, 00:38:16.319 --> 00:38:17.920 haven't yet made a profession, 00:38:18.920 --> 00:38:19.519 of faith, 00:38:19.900 --> 00:38:21.219 because you think, 00:38:21.340 --> 00:38:21.460 well, 00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:23.699 what if I start, 00:38:24.219 --> 00:38:26.159 but I don't finish, 00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:28.139 what if I start, 00:38:28.259 --> 00:38:29.179 but I don't finish, 00:38:29.279 --> 00:38:30.299 what if I become a Christian, 00:38:30.420 --> 00:38:31.119 and make a commitment, 00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.539 and I make a confession, 00:38:32.880 --> 00:38:34.259 and I come to the Lord's table, 00:38:34.639 --> 00:38:35.599 but then I fall away, 00:38:36.319 --> 00:38:37.299 what if I start, 00:38:37.340 --> 00:38:37.860 and I don't finish, 00:38:37.900 --> 00:38:38.960 I don't want to let the Lord down, 00:38:39.019 --> 00:38:40.319 I don't want to let the Lord's people down, 00:38:40.380 --> 00:38:41.079 I don't want to let the, 00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:42.340 the church down, 00:38:43.819 --> 00:38:44.779 what if I start, 00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:46.579 but I can't finish, 00:38:47.759 --> 00:38:48.779 but this is when we need, 00:38:48.779 --> 00:38:50.340 to forget about our feelings, 00:38:51.159 --> 00:38:52.319 and our feelings of failure, 00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:53.960 and focus, 00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:56.139 focus upon not ourselves, 00:38:56.319 --> 00:38:57.779 but the faithfulness of Jesus, 00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:00.079 the faithfulness of Jesus, 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:02.500 and commit ourselves to him, 00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:03.420 because the prayer, 00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.759 and promise of Jesus here, 00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:06.039 is that you'll be kept, 00:39:06.920 --> 00:39:08.039 you'll be kept, 00:39:08.039 --> 00:39:09.340 if he begins the work, 00:39:09.779 --> 00:39:11.079 he'll bring it to completion, 00:39:11.779 --> 00:39:13.460 he'll bring it to its end, 00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:14.519 if he starts, 00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:15.840 he will take you, 00:39:16.500 --> 00:39:17.259 to the finish, 00:39:17.659 --> 00:39:18.599 because the truth is, 00:39:18.599 --> 00:39:19.800 you will never get, 00:39:19.980 --> 00:39:20.739 to the finish line, 00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.259 my friend, 00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.659 and all of us know this, 00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.400 we'll never get, 00:39:23.460 --> 00:39:24.219 to the finish line, 00:39:24.360 --> 00:39:25.480 by our own efforts, 00:39:25.679 --> 00:39:26.840 or our own good works, 00:39:27.000 --> 00:39:27.920 or our own ability, 00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:29.400 to grow in grace, 00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:29.679 no, 00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.480 we will reach, 00:39:30.579 --> 00:39:31.460 the finish line, 00:39:31.880 --> 00:39:33.380 all because we're being kept, 00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:35.980 we're being kept, 00:39:36.740 --> 00:39:38.340 and as the apostle Peter learned, 00:39:38.460 --> 00:39:39.360 and as he lets us know, 00:39:39.400 --> 00:39:39.940 in his letter, 00:39:40.280 --> 00:39:41.619 he says we're being kept, 00:39:42.140 --> 00:39:43.099 not by ourselves, 00:39:43.440 --> 00:39:44.900 but by the power of God, 00:39:45.660 --> 00:39:46.519 through faith, 00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:48.260 unto salvation, 00:39:48.480 --> 00:39:49.420 unto the end, 00:39:49.599 --> 00:39:51.200 of our salvation, 00:39:51.579 --> 00:39:52.860 you're being kept safe, 00:39:53.000 --> 00:39:54.260 until your salvation, 00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:55.480 is complete, 00:39:56.760 --> 00:39:57.880 what a wonderful promise, 00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:00.019 what a wonderful prayer, 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:01.700 your salvation, 00:40:01.700 --> 00:40:03.039 is being kept safe, 00:40:03.039 --> 00:40:04.500 until your salvation, 00:40:05.380 --> 00:40:06.179 is complete, 00:40:07.400 --> 00:40:07.820 but you know, 00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:08.779 just because Jesus, 00:40:08.779 --> 00:40:09.759 is praying for, 00:40:09.920 --> 00:40:10.880 for our safety, 00:40:11.860 --> 00:40:12.320 as you know, 00:40:12.380 --> 00:40:12.920 that doesn't mean, 00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:14.019 that your Christian life, 00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:16.219 will come with all the promises, 00:40:16.219 --> 00:40:17.000 of promotion, 00:40:17.259 --> 00:40:18.179 and prosperity, 00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:20.320 and just because Jesus, 00:40:20.480 --> 00:40:21.320 prays that we'll be kept, 00:40:21.380 --> 00:40:21.840 that doesn't mean, 00:40:21.960 --> 00:40:22.880 that you'll be kept free, 00:40:23.239 --> 00:40:23.940 from trouble, 00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:24.639 or trials, 00:40:24.880 --> 00:40:26.059 or tribulation, 00:40:26.739 --> 00:40:28.739 no, 00:40:28.800 --> 00:40:29.400 because our Bible, 00:40:29.400 --> 00:40:30.480 never teaches us, 00:40:30.539 --> 00:40:31.380 that the Christian life, 00:40:31.460 --> 00:40:32.559 is a trouble free life, 00:40:33.039 --> 00:40:33.900 in fact, 00:40:33.940 --> 00:40:34.860 our Bible teaches us, 00:40:34.900 --> 00:40:35.360 the opposite, 00:40:36.219 --> 00:40:37.239 it tells us the truth, 00:40:37.360 --> 00:40:38.000 about life, 00:40:38.639 --> 00:40:39.559 that the Christian life, 00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:40.300 it's full of trouble, 00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:41.920 it's full of trials, 00:40:42.739 --> 00:40:43.679 and that it will be, 00:40:43.820 --> 00:40:44.940 through much tribulation, 00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.659 that we enter, 00:40:45.820 --> 00:40:46.420 the kingdom, 00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.300 of heaven, 00:40:48.139 --> 00:40:48.599 and my friend, 00:40:48.679 --> 00:40:48.900 maybe, 00:40:49.099 --> 00:40:50.300 you know this, 00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:51.440 maybe only too well, 00:40:52.880 --> 00:40:53.679 that the Christian life, 00:40:53.779 --> 00:40:54.400 it's full of hurt, 00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:56.159 full of heartache, 00:40:56.639 --> 00:40:57.539 full of heartbreak, 00:40:58.059 --> 00:40:58.940 the Christian life, 00:40:58.940 --> 00:40:59.920 is often a struggle, 00:41:00.000 --> 00:41:00.900 a struggle with sin, 00:41:00.900 --> 00:41:01.440 and sickness, 00:41:01.599 --> 00:41:02.059 and suffering, 00:41:02.440 --> 00:41:02.980 and stress, 00:41:03.180 --> 00:41:03.700 and sorrow, 00:41:04.360 --> 00:41:04.980 it's a struggle, 00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:05.619 with Satan, 00:41:07.059 --> 00:41:08.119 I wonder what he was saying, 00:41:08.200 --> 00:41:08.920 to you this morning, 00:41:09.099 --> 00:41:09.920 before you came, 00:41:10.579 --> 00:41:11.300 into church, 00:41:12.300 --> 00:41:13.400 and yet here is Jesus, 00:41:13.619 --> 00:41:14.960 our great high priest, 00:41:16.340 --> 00:41:16.720 praying, 00:41:17.680 --> 00:41:18.720 and petitioning, 00:41:19.500 --> 00:41:20.680 and pleading, 00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:21.519 before the throne, 00:41:21.579 --> 00:41:22.039 of heaven, 00:41:23.039 --> 00:41:23.680 and what does he say, 00:41:23.760 --> 00:41:24.400 verse 15, 00:41:25.320 --> 00:41:25.700 look down, 00:41:25.699 --> 00:41:26.359 and verse 15, 00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.259 I do not ask, 00:41:27.419 --> 00:41:28.000 that you take them, 00:41:28.179 --> 00:41:28.839 out of the world, 00:41:29.579 --> 00:41:30.980 but that you keep them, 00:41:31.559 --> 00:41:32.879 you keep them, 00:41:33.379 --> 00:41:34.319 from the evil one, 00:41:36.159 --> 00:41:36.559 you know, 00:41:36.699 --> 00:41:37.299 in all your, 00:41:37.859 --> 00:41:38.299 trouble, 00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:38.919 and trials, 00:41:39.019 --> 00:41:39.699 and tribulation, 00:41:40.579 --> 00:41:41.480 in all your hurt, 00:41:41.579 --> 00:41:42.159 and heartache, 00:41:42.199 --> 00:41:42.779 and heartbreak, 00:41:42.839 --> 00:41:43.159 in life, 00:41:43.219 --> 00:41:44.019 and all the struggles, 00:41:44.259 --> 00:41:44.919 that we face, 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:45.419 with sin, 00:41:45.500 --> 00:41:45.919 and sickness, 00:41:46.059 --> 00:41:46.539 and suffering, 00:41:46.859 --> 00:41:47.379 and sorrow, 00:41:47.500 --> 00:41:47.939 and Satan, 00:41:48.259 --> 00:41:48.399 you know, 00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:49.519 are you so thankful, 00:41:49.739 --> 00:41:50.059 today, 00:41:50.139 --> 00:41:50.639 my friend, 00:41:51.159 --> 00:41:51.939 that you can say, 00:41:52.039 --> 00:41:52.779 with a hymn writer, 00:41:52.780 --> 00:41:54.900 what a friend, 00:41:55.100 --> 00:41:55.920 we have in Jesus, 00:41:56.780 --> 00:41:58.340 all our sins, 00:41:58.420 --> 00:41:59.320 and griefs to bear, 00:42:00.340 --> 00:42:01.220 what a privilege, 00:42:01.380 --> 00:42:01.820 it is, 00:42:02.380 --> 00:42:03.360 to carry everything, 00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:04.460 to God, 00:42:04.540 --> 00:42:04.980 and prayer, 00:42:05.580 --> 00:42:06.519 and this is the glory, 00:42:06.640 --> 00:42:07.300 of the gospel, 00:42:08.040 --> 00:42:09.460 that our great high priest, 00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:10.200 has been touched, 00:42:10.420 --> 00:42:11.040 with a feeling, 00:42:11.140 --> 00:42:12.000 of our infirmities, 00:42:12.100 --> 00:42:12.620 he knows, 00:42:12.960 --> 00:42:13.580 what we're like, 00:42:13.580 --> 00:42:13.900 he knows, 00:42:13.960 --> 00:42:14.640 what we go through, 00:42:14.740 --> 00:42:15.060 he was, 00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:16.019 in all points, 00:42:16.120 --> 00:42:17.019 tempted as we are, 00:42:17.100 --> 00:42:17.320 yet, 00:42:17.580 --> 00:42:18.420 without sin, 00:42:19.420 --> 00:42:20.440 and so he invites us, 00:42:20.500 --> 00:42:21.320 he entreats us, 00:42:21.380 --> 00:42:21.880 to come, 00:42:22.019 --> 00:42:22.640 with all our burdens, 00:42:23.720 --> 00:42:24.780 and all our baggage, 00:42:25.580 --> 00:42:26.260 and to come, 00:42:26.400 --> 00:42:26.820 boldly, 00:42:26.900 --> 00:42:28.000 to the throne of grace, 00:42:28.300 --> 00:42:30.019 because when we come to it, 00:42:30.700 --> 00:42:31.800 we will receive mercy, 00:42:32.220 --> 00:42:33.880 and find that grace, 00:42:33.900 --> 00:42:34.480 to help, 00:42:34.560 --> 00:42:35.120 in time, 00:42:35.680 --> 00:42:36.240 of need, 00:42:37.200 --> 00:42:37.900 and I'm sure, 00:42:38.019 --> 00:42:38.400 my friend, 00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.460 through the providences, 00:42:40.060 --> 00:42:40.800 of life, 00:42:41.200 --> 00:42:42.200 you have found, 00:42:42.200 --> 00:42:42.980 that grace, 00:42:43.100 --> 00:42:43.600 to help, 00:42:44.820 --> 00:42:45.380 in time, 00:42:45.440 --> 00:42:45.800 of need, 00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:46.960 not when you didn't need it, 00:42:47.000 --> 00:42:47.640 but it was always, 00:42:47.820 --> 00:42:48.400 in time, 00:42:48.820 --> 00:42:49.420 of need, 00:42:50.180 --> 00:42:50.960 and that's what, 00:42:51.019 --> 00:42:51.400 the psalmist, 00:42:51.519 --> 00:42:52.180 was praying about, 00:42:52.179 --> 00:42:53.559 in Psalm 121, 00:42:54.199 --> 00:42:56.059 we were singing it earlier, 00:42:56.199 --> 00:42:57.480 the keeper psalm, 00:42:58.239 --> 00:42:59.480 Psalm 121, 00:42:59.579 --> 00:42:59.940 a psalm, 00:43:00.019 --> 00:43:00.879 we often sing, 00:43:02.299 --> 00:43:02.980 where the psalmist, 00:43:03.079 --> 00:43:04.059 he asks the question, 00:43:04.779 --> 00:43:05.639 where does my help, 00:43:05.719 --> 00:43:06.199 come from, 00:43:06.919 --> 00:43:08.219 where does my safety, 00:43:08.219 --> 00:43:08.960 come from, 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:10.920 and he confesses, 00:43:10.920 --> 00:43:10.940 and he confesses, 00:43:10.940 --> 00:43:11.900 that his help, 00:43:11.960 --> 00:43:12.619 and his safety, 00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.800 it comes from, 00:43:13.940 --> 00:43:15.000 no other than, 00:43:15.179 --> 00:43:15.539 the Lord, 00:43:15.619 --> 00:43:16.500 the maker of heaven, 00:43:16.579 --> 00:43:17.099 and earth, 00:43:17.639 --> 00:43:18.240 because the Lord, 00:43:18.300 --> 00:43:18.940 is his keeper, 00:43:20.079 --> 00:43:20.460 he says, 00:43:20.539 --> 00:43:21.360 I to the hills, 00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:22.940 will lift mine eyes, 00:43:23.019 --> 00:43:23.539 from whence, 00:43:23.579 --> 00:43:24.440 doth come mine aid, 00:43:24.480 --> 00:43:25.440 my safety, 00:43:25.579 --> 00:43:26.639 cometh from the Lord, 00:43:27.099 --> 00:43:27.760 who heaven, 00:43:27.820 --> 00:43:28.380 and earth, 00:43:28.740 --> 00:43:29.420 hath made, 00:43:29.420 --> 00:43:30.280 the psalmist, 00:43:30.380 --> 00:43:31.619 he lifts his eyes, 00:43:31.700 --> 00:43:32.760 and he looks beyond, 00:43:33.039 --> 00:43:33.740 the hills, 00:43:33.880 --> 00:43:34.480 and all the, 00:43:34.480 --> 00:43:35.539 the high places, 00:43:35.539 --> 00:43:37.119 of idolatry, 00:43:37.220 --> 00:43:38.000 and immorality, 00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:39.980 and he focuses attention, 00:43:39.980 --> 00:43:42.059 and he fixes his mind, 00:43:42.440 --> 00:43:44.159 on the high priest of heaven, 00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:46.840 because the high priest of heaven, 00:43:46.920 --> 00:43:47.420 he promises, 00:43:47.820 --> 00:43:48.519 and he prays, 00:43:48.559 --> 00:43:49.200 that his people, 00:43:49.360 --> 00:43:50.619 will be kept from slipping, 00:43:50.820 --> 00:43:51.599 and sliding, 00:43:51.960 --> 00:43:53.559 because he neither slumbers, 00:43:53.940 --> 00:43:54.840 nor sleeps, 00:43:54.840 --> 00:43:56.860 but not only that, 00:43:58.000 --> 00:43:59.860 I love Psalm 121, 00:44:00.680 --> 00:44:01.800 because the psalmist, 00:44:01.880 --> 00:44:02.780 he asserts to us, 00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:03.660 and he affirms to us, 00:44:03.680 --> 00:44:05.100 that all of the Lord's people, 00:44:05.860 --> 00:44:06.600 he says to us, 00:44:06.620 --> 00:44:07.000 that the Lord, 00:44:07.079 --> 00:44:07.680 is your keeper, 00:44:08.300 --> 00:44:10.340 remember that the Lord, 00:44:10.460 --> 00:44:11.140 is your keeper, 00:44:12.340 --> 00:44:12.920 and that us, 00:44:13.380 --> 00:44:14.539 Jesus prays here, 00:44:14.579 --> 00:44:15.800 in his high priestly prayer, 00:44:17.120 --> 00:44:17.960 he prays, 00:44:18.000 --> 00:44:18.680 that you'll be kept, 00:44:20.200 --> 00:44:21.700 he will keep you, 00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:24.120 he will keep you, 00:44:24.119 --> 00:44:24.859 from all evil, 00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:27.319 he will keep your life, 00:44:28.239 --> 00:44:29.779 he will keep your going out, 00:44:30.179 --> 00:44:31.299 and your coming in, 00:44:31.799 --> 00:44:33.099 from this time forth, 00:44:33.159 --> 00:44:34.579 and even forever more, 00:44:36.900 --> 00:44:37.500 isn't it amazing, 00:44:37.659 --> 00:44:38.579 that Jesus is praying, 00:44:38.759 --> 00:44:39.460 Holy Father, 00:44:40.599 --> 00:44:41.420 keep them, 00:44:42.679 --> 00:44:43.380 keep them, 00:44:43.940 --> 00:44:44.679 in your name, 00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:46.440 I do not ask, 00:44:46.559 --> 00:44:47.059 that you take them, 00:44:47.259 --> 00:44:47.880 out of the world, 00:44:48.539 --> 00:44:49.679 but that you keep them, 00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:51.239 from the evil one, 00:44:52.619 --> 00:44:52.960 my friend, 00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:53.980 what is Jesus doing, 00:44:53.980 --> 00:44:54.579 right now, 00:44:56.000 --> 00:44:56.840 Jesus is praying, 00:44:56.980 --> 00:44:57.840 for your salvation, 00:44:59.559 --> 00:45:00.619 that it will ultimately, 00:45:00.760 --> 00:45:02.019 come to its conclusion, 00:45:02.639 --> 00:45:04.639 at the day of Jesus Christ, 00:45:05.300 --> 00:45:06.820 Jesus is praying, 00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:08.740 for your safety, 00:45:09.460 --> 00:45:09.960 he's praying, 00:45:10.039 --> 00:45:11.219 that you'll be kept safe, 00:45:11.619 --> 00:45:13.119 until your salvation, 00:45:13.579 --> 00:45:14.900 comes to its conclusion, 00:45:15.460 --> 00:45:16.240 and completion, 00:45:16.579 --> 00:45:17.159 he's praying, 00:45:17.240 --> 00:45:17.920 that you'll be kept, 00:45:18.019 --> 00:45:19.039 by the power of God, 00:45:19.340 --> 00:45:20.260 through faith, 00:45:20.639 --> 00:45:21.579 unto salvation, 00:45:21.579 --> 00:45:22.579 salvation, 00:45:22.579 --> 00:45:24.159 that's what Jesus, 00:45:24.360 --> 00:45:24.759 is doing, 00:45:25.059 --> 00:45:27.039 right now, 00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:30.159 and you know, 00:45:30.199 --> 00:45:30.500 with this, 00:45:30.699 --> 00:45:31.460 I'll conclude, 00:45:31.739 --> 00:45:32.480 at this point, 00:45:33.480 --> 00:45:35.860 because in the 19th century, 00:45:35.980 --> 00:45:36.759 there was a well-known, 00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:38.880 and well-established, 00:45:38.960 --> 00:45:39.400 hymn writer, 00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:40.400 from Northern Ireland, 00:45:41.079 --> 00:45:41.699 she was called, 00:45:41.860 --> 00:45:43.420 Charity Lees Bancroft, 00:45:43.420 --> 00:45:45.200 maybe you've heard of her before, 00:45:45.920 --> 00:45:47.400 Charity Lees Bancroft, 00:45:48.579 --> 00:45:50.019 she composed many hymns, 00:45:50.159 --> 00:45:50.659 contributed, 00:45:51.740 --> 00:45:52.800 get these things, 00:45:52.860 --> 00:45:53.340 out of the way, 00:45:53.860 --> 00:45:54.579 she contributed, 00:45:54.579 --> 00:45:55.940 to many hymn books, 00:45:55.940 --> 00:45:57.820 of some of the great preachers, 00:45:58.380 --> 00:45:59.099 of the time, 00:45:59.720 --> 00:46:00.559 some of the great preachers, 00:46:00.680 --> 00:46:01.260 like Spurgeon, 00:46:01.760 --> 00:46:03.059 or even my good friend, 00:46:03.500 --> 00:46:04.180 JC Ryle, 00:46:04.639 --> 00:46:05.920 but Bancroft's well-known, 00:46:06.019 --> 00:46:07.180 or best-known hymn, 00:46:07.619 --> 00:46:08.840 was originally called, 00:46:09.360 --> 00:46:10.039 The Advocate, 00:46:10.039 --> 00:46:11.900 but in recent years, 00:46:12.019 --> 00:46:14.400 we've all come to know it, 00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:15.099 affectionately, 00:46:16.019 --> 00:46:16.759 as the hymn, 00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:17.800 Before the Throne, 00:46:18.659 --> 00:46:20.440 and it's a hymn that reminds us, 00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:21.500 and reassures us, 00:46:21.860 --> 00:46:23.300 just as Jesus is doing here, 00:46:23.340 --> 00:46:24.079 in John 17, 00:46:24.920 --> 00:46:26.759 it tells us of what Jesus is doing, 00:46:27.019 --> 00:46:28.239 right now, 00:46:28.779 --> 00:46:31.079 what is Jesus doing right now, 00:46:32.000 --> 00:46:33.079 and Bancroft writes, 00:46:33.940 --> 00:46:35.719 before the throne of God above, 00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:38.420 I have a strong and perfect plea, 00:46:38.420 --> 00:46:40.280 a great high priest, 00:46:40.360 --> 00:46:41.240 whose name is love, 00:46:41.880 --> 00:46:42.720 whoever lives, 00:46:43.340 --> 00:46:44.280 and pleads for me, 00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:46.680 my name is graven on his hands, 00:46:47.260 --> 00:46:49.119 my name is written on his heart, 00:46:49.680 --> 00:46:51.960 I know that while in heaven he stands, 00:46:52.500 --> 00:46:54.039 no tongue can bid me, 00:46:54.680 --> 00:46:55.360 thence depart, 00:46:55.860 --> 00:46:57.619 when Satan tempts me to despair, 00:46:57.720 --> 00:46:59.780 and tells me of all the guilt within, 00:47:00.440 --> 00:47:01.260 upward I look, 00:47:01.860 --> 00:47:02.900 and see him there, 00:47:03.300 --> 00:47:05.079 who made an end of all my sin, 00:47:05.539 --> 00:47:07.360 because the sinless Savior died, 00:47:07.360 --> 00:47:09.860 my sinful soul is counted free, 00:47:10.280 --> 00:47:12.059 for God the just is satisfied, 00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:13.280 to look on him, 00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:14.579 and pardon me, 00:47:15.440 --> 00:47:16.440 behold him there, 00:47:17.300 --> 00:47:18.180 the risen lamb, 00:47:18.720 --> 00:47:19.620 my perfect, 00:47:20.019 --> 00:47:21.700 spotless righteousness, 00:47:22.420 --> 00:47:24.420 the great unchangeable I am, 00:47:24.900 --> 00:47:25.860 the king of glory, 00:47:26.280 --> 00:47:27.140 and of grace, 00:47:27.440 --> 00:47:29.440 one with himself I cannot die, 00:47:29.720 --> 00:47:30.940 my soul is purchased, 00:47:31.240 --> 00:47:32.120 with his blood, 00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:33.400 my life is hid, 00:47:33.559 --> 00:47:34.900 with Christ on high, 00:47:34.900 --> 00:47:36.920 with Christ my Savior, 00:47:37.820 --> 00:47:38.920 and my God, 00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:42.000 with Christ my Savior, 00:47:42.700 --> 00:47:44.220 and my God, 00:47:44.880 --> 00:47:47.139 and you know that's our testimony, 00:47:47.800 --> 00:47:49.660 as we come to the Lord's table, 00:47:50.200 --> 00:47:50.820 this morning, 00:47:51.500 --> 00:47:52.940 what is Jesus doing, 00:47:53.280 --> 00:47:53.940 right now, 00:47:54.900 --> 00:47:56.099 my life is hid, 00:47:56.740 --> 00:47:58.019 with Christ on high, 00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:00.119 with Christ my Savior, 00:48:00.119 --> 00:48:03.079 and my God, 00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:03.099 and my God. 00:48:03.980 --> 00:48:04.519 Well, 00:48:04.539 --> 00:48:06.279 may the Lord bless these thoughts to us. 00:48:06.639 --> 00:48:07.400 Let us pray. 00:48:10.400 --> 00:48:11.819 Our Father in heaven, 00:48:12.759 --> 00:48:17.420 we give thanks this morning for reminding us of what Jesus is doing, 00:48:17.420 --> 00:48:20.559 of what he has done for us on the cross, 00:48:21.019 --> 00:48:23.440 that he was wounded for our transgressions, 00:48:23.519 --> 00:48:25.059 and bruised for our iniquities, 00:48:25.539 --> 00:48:27.240 but to know that today, 00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:30.659 he is continually making intercession for us, 00:48:31.139 --> 00:48:33.460 still praying for us as his people, 00:48:34.260 --> 00:48:36.079 still bringing us before the throne, 00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:37.599 and Lord, 00:48:37.619 --> 00:48:38.900 it is a wonder to us that, 00:48:39.559 --> 00:48:42.300 our salvation will come to its final conclusion, 00:48:42.920 --> 00:48:43.639 and completion, 00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:45.840 at the day of Jesus Christ, 00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:47.660 but until that moment, 00:48:47.820 --> 00:48:49.800 Jesus is praying that we would be kept, 00:48:50.620 --> 00:48:52.140 kept by the power of God, 00:48:52.900 --> 00:48:53.920 kept through faith, 00:48:54.600 --> 00:48:56.220 and that he would keep our going out, 00:48:56.260 --> 00:48:57.140 and our coming in, 00:48:57.720 --> 00:48:58.880 from this time forth, 00:48:58.940 --> 00:49:00.019 and even forevermore. 00:49:00.840 --> 00:49:01.100 Lord, 00:49:01.160 --> 00:49:02.539 bless thy truth to us, 00:49:02.600 --> 00:49:03.059 we pray, 00:49:03.760 --> 00:49:04.340 uphold us, 00:49:04.400 --> 00:49:04.880 we ask, 00:49:05.340 --> 00:49:06.160 and enable us, 00:49:06.280 --> 00:49:06.740 we ask, 00:49:06.860 --> 00:49:08.100 to see Jesus in it, 00:49:08.539 --> 00:49:09.280 more and more. 00:49:09.900 --> 00:49:11.260 Take away then our iniquities, 00:49:11.720 --> 00:49:12.780 receive us graciously, 00:49:12.940 --> 00:49:13.960 for Jesus' sake. 00:49:14.519 --> 00:49:15.000 Amen. 00:49:16.660 --> 00:49:17.800 We're going to sing again, 00:49:17.980 --> 00:49:18.880 we're going to sing this time, 00:49:18.960 --> 00:49:19.980 in Psalm 103. 00:49:23.700 --> 00:49:24.579 Psalm 103, 00:49:24.780 --> 00:49:26.039 it's in the Sing Psalms version. 00:49:35.260 --> 00:49:37.019 It's on page 135. 00:49:37.019 --> 00:49:43.759 Psalm 103, 00:49:43.759 --> 00:49:46.579 I was singing from the beginning, 00:49:46.739 --> 00:49:47.699 down to the verse, 00:49:47.800 --> 00:49:48.320 Mark 11. 00:49:50.460 --> 00:49:51.199 In Psalm 103, 00:49:51.440 --> 00:49:52.679 it's a psalm that reminds us, 00:49:52.739 --> 00:49:53.539 of all the blessings, 00:49:53.719 --> 00:49:54.539 and all the benefits, 00:49:54.840 --> 00:49:56.139 that we have received, 00:49:56.719 --> 00:49:58.059 through Jesus Christ. 00:49:58.559 --> 00:49:59.679 He has blessed us. 00:50:00.940 --> 00:50:01.519 He says there, 00:50:01.519 --> 00:50:02.639 praise God my soul, 00:50:02.699 --> 00:50:03.519 with all my heart, 00:50:03.579 --> 00:50:05.079 let me exalt his holy name, 00:50:05.639 --> 00:50:07.119 forget not all his benefits, 00:50:07.259 --> 00:50:08.440 his praise my soul, 00:50:08.880 --> 00:50:09.840 in song proclaim. 00:50:10.360 --> 00:50:11.300 The Lord forgives you, 00:50:11.380 --> 00:50:11.980 all your sins, 00:50:12.199 --> 00:50:13.300 and heals your sickness, 00:50:13.460 --> 00:50:13.920 and distress. 00:50:14.699 --> 00:50:15.239 Your life, 00:50:15.300 --> 00:50:16.739 he rescues from the grave, 00:50:17.159 --> 00:50:18.079 and crowns you, 00:50:18.519 --> 00:50:19.460 in his tenderness. 00:50:19.820 --> 00:50:20.980 So we'll sing Psalm 103, 00:50:20.980 --> 00:50:21.679 from the beginning, 00:50:21.820 --> 00:50:22.480 down to the verse, 00:50:22.579 --> 00:50:23.119 Mark 11, 00:50:23.119 --> 00:50:24.380 and we'll stand to sing, 00:50:24.460 --> 00:50:24.880 if you're able, 00:50:25.199 --> 00:50:26.219 to God's praise. 00:50:30.859 --> 00:50:34.059 Praise God my soul, 00:50:34.239 --> 00:50:37.299 with all my heart, 00:50:37.699 --> 00:50:42.859 let me exalt his holy name, 00:50:42.859 --> 00:50:47.859 forget not all his benefits, 00:50:48.859 --> 00:50:50.900 his praise my soul, 00:50:50.900 --> 00:50:53.260 and song proclaim. 00:50:54.740 --> 00:50:57.860 The Lord forgives you, 00:50:57.860 --> 00:51:00.200 all your sins, 00:51:00.619 --> 00:51:03.160 and heals your sickness, 00:51:03.980 --> 00:51:05.180 and distress. 00:51:06.460 --> 00:51:07.519 Your life, 00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:09.700 he rescues, 00:51:09.700 --> 00:51:11.980 from the grave, 00:51:11.980 --> 00:51:13.820 and crowns you, 00:51:13.820 --> 00:51:16.700 in his tenderness, 00:51:17.820 --> 00:51:19.599 and crowns you, 00:51:19.599 --> 00:51:22.440 in his tenderness. 00:51:24.960 --> 00:51:30.460 He satisfies your deep desires, 00:51:30.900 --> 00:51:36.000 from his unending storage of good, 00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:41.579 so that just like the eagles' trend, 00:51:41.960 --> 00:51:46.380 your info later is renewed. 00:51:46.380 --> 00:51:53.119 The Lord is known for righteous acts, 00:51:53.440 --> 00:51:58.660 and justice to the unthrodened ones, 00:51:59.039 --> 00:52:04.300 to Moses he made known his ways, 00:52:04.300 --> 00:52:09.960 his mighty deeds to his well sons, 00:52:10.220 --> 00:52:16.000 his mighty deeds to his well sons. 00:52:16.000 --> 00:52:22.360 The Lord is merciful and kind, 00:52:22.360 --> 00:52:27.800 to anger slow and full of grace, 00:52:27.800 --> 00:52:33.440 he will not constantly reprove, 00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:34.440 or in his hand, 00:52:34.440 --> 00:52:38.440 or in his hand behind his face. 00:52:38.440 --> 00:52:44.820 He does not punish our misdeeds, 00:52:44.820 --> 00:52:50.519 or give our sins their just reward, 00:52:50.519 --> 00:52:56.380 my greatest love as I have said, 00:52:56.380 --> 00:53:01.840 towards all those who fear the Lord. 00:53:01.840 --> 00:53:07.780 towards all those who fear the Lord. 00:53:07.780 --> 00:53:08.220 Amen. 00:53:17.220 --> 00:53:17.780 Well, 00:53:17.820 --> 00:53:19.780 we now come to the part of the service, 00:53:19.780 --> 00:53:22.019 that we often refer to as the fencing, 00:53:22.019 --> 00:53:23.800 of the Lord's table. 00:53:25.500 --> 00:53:27.580 And fencing the Lord's table is a practice, 00:53:27.920 --> 00:53:29.900 that some have wanted to neglect, 00:53:30.040 --> 00:53:30.840 in recent years. 00:53:30.840 --> 00:53:35.100 And yet fencing the Lord's table is important. 00:53:37.200 --> 00:53:38.740 But I want to be clear, 00:53:39.140 --> 00:53:41.340 I don't fence the Lord's table. 00:53:42.340 --> 00:53:45.160 The Lord fences the Lord's table. 00:53:45.920 --> 00:53:46.600 In fact, 00:53:46.660 --> 00:53:50.460 the Lord fences his table every time the gospel is preached. 00:53:50.460 --> 00:53:54.380 And the Lord fences his table, 00:53:54.380 --> 00:53:55.659 because it's his table. 00:53:56.260 --> 00:53:57.360 It's not my table. 00:53:58.159 --> 00:53:58.940 It's not your table. 00:53:59.400 --> 00:54:00.720 It's not a free church table. 00:54:01.360 --> 00:54:02.559 It's the Lord's table. 00:54:03.720 --> 00:54:05.240 And when the Lord fences his table, 00:54:05.340 --> 00:54:07.139 he does so always from his word. 00:54:08.019 --> 00:54:09.260 And he tells us who should, 00:54:09.340 --> 00:54:11.679 and who shouldn't sit at his table, 00:54:12.179 --> 00:54:14.079 and partake of his supper. 00:54:15.300 --> 00:54:17.860 And we see that even in Jesus' high priestly prayer, 00:54:18.579 --> 00:54:19.599 there in John 17. 00:54:20.460 --> 00:54:21.199 We've been asking, 00:54:21.400 --> 00:54:23.380 what is Jesus doing right now? 00:54:24.019 --> 00:54:25.360 What is Jesus doing right now? 00:54:25.500 --> 00:54:27.840 And we've seen that Jesus is praying for your salvation. 00:54:28.400 --> 00:54:29.659 He's praying for your safety. 00:54:31.019 --> 00:54:33.519 But Jesus is also praying for your sanctification. 00:54:35.280 --> 00:54:37.720 Jesus is praying for your sanctification. 00:54:38.460 --> 00:54:40.199 He prays there in verse 17. 00:54:41.159 --> 00:54:42.860 Sanctify them in the truth. 00:54:43.579 --> 00:54:44.740 Your word is truth. 00:54:45.320 --> 00:54:46.980 As you send me into the world, 00:54:47.460 --> 00:54:49.280 so have I sent them into the world. 00:54:49.280 --> 00:54:50.740 And for their sake, 00:54:50.820 --> 00:54:52.140 I consecrate myself, 00:54:52.440 --> 00:54:56.240 that they also may be sanctified in truth. 00:54:57.240 --> 00:54:58.940 You know, don't you find it so humbling 00:54:58.940 --> 00:55:01.480 that in heaven right now, 00:55:01.580 --> 00:55:04.860 Jesus is praying that you will be prepared for heaven. 00:55:04.860 --> 00:55:08.500 In heaven right now, 00:55:09.440 --> 00:55:14.320 Jesus is praying that you will be prepared for heaven. 00:55:15.079 --> 00:55:18.180 Because is that not the purpose of sanctification? 00:55:18.760 --> 00:55:19.720 To set apart, 00:55:20.220 --> 00:55:20.980 to separate, 00:55:21.559 --> 00:55:23.700 and to sanctify you for heaven. 00:55:24.099 --> 00:55:26.039 Sanctification is to make you holy, 00:55:26.559 --> 00:55:29.660 and ultimately to make you fit for heaven. 00:55:29.659 --> 00:55:31.119 But of course, 00:55:31.199 --> 00:55:31.960 your sanctification, 00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:33.980 the amazing thing about sanctification is, 00:55:34.059 --> 00:55:34.719 it's twofold. 00:55:35.359 --> 00:55:36.960 It's positional and progressive. 00:55:37.920 --> 00:55:39.179 Positional and progressive. 00:55:39.339 --> 00:55:43.019 Positional sanctification is that your position before a holy God 00:55:43.019 --> 00:55:44.440 has now changed. 00:55:45.079 --> 00:55:46.099 Where you've been saved, 00:55:46.199 --> 00:55:47.139 you've been set apart, 00:55:47.259 --> 00:55:48.739 you've been separated from the world, 00:55:48.879 --> 00:55:51.179 and you're sanctified by the Spirit. 00:55:51.179 --> 00:55:53.059 And your position has changed, 00:55:53.379 --> 00:55:55.779 because you were once unsaved, 00:55:56.460 --> 00:55:57.440 but now you're saved. 00:55:57.960 --> 00:55:58.480 Unholy, 00:55:59.019 --> 00:56:00.000 but now you're holy, 00:56:00.399 --> 00:56:01.379 or called holy. 00:56:01.879 --> 00:56:03.419 You were once unclean, 00:56:03.500 --> 00:56:05.139 but now you've been presented clean. 00:56:05.259 --> 00:56:05.839 You were lost, 00:56:05.940 --> 00:56:07.119 and now you're found. 00:56:07.719 --> 00:56:08.559 You were in darkness, 00:56:08.859 --> 00:56:10.500 but now you're in the light. 00:56:10.599 --> 00:56:12.500 You've been brought from death to life, 00:56:12.559 --> 00:56:14.059 from the dungeon to liberty, 00:56:14.440 --> 00:56:16.719 from being an Adam to being in Christ, 00:56:16.839 --> 00:56:18.019 from being hell-bound. 00:56:19.159 --> 00:56:20.460 Now you're heaven-bound. 00:56:21.179 --> 00:56:23.059 You've been brought from being a sinner to, 00:56:23.559 --> 00:56:24.859 as the Bible describes you, 00:56:25.159 --> 00:56:25.779 as a saint. 00:56:25.919 --> 00:56:26.219 My friend, 00:56:26.299 --> 00:56:27.980 your position has changed. 00:56:28.139 --> 00:56:29.839 And if your position has changed, 00:56:30.359 --> 00:56:33.440 then your place is at the Lord's table. 00:56:34.940 --> 00:56:36.699 If your position has changed, 00:56:37.119 --> 00:56:39.299 then your place is at the Lord's table. 00:56:41.159 --> 00:56:41.940 Because Jesus, 00:56:42.079 --> 00:56:43.379 he's praying for our sanctification. 00:56:43.899 --> 00:56:45.639 But not just our positional sanctification, 00:56:45.639 --> 00:56:47.639 he's also praying for our progressive sanctification, 00:56:48.399 --> 00:56:50.199 because he prays there in verse 17, 00:56:50.199 --> 00:56:52.179 sanctify them in the truth. 00:56:52.839 --> 00:56:54.839 Your word is truth. 00:56:55.799 --> 00:56:58.119 And so whether we're conscious of it or not, 00:56:58.179 --> 00:57:01.239 we are being sanctified through the truth of God's word. 00:57:02.039 --> 00:57:02.839 Even this morning, 00:57:02.939 --> 00:57:06.079 we're being sanctified through the truth of both word 00:57:06.079 --> 00:57:07.819 and sacrament. 00:57:08.579 --> 00:57:09.379 Because as we said, 00:57:09.439 --> 00:57:10.379 this is a means of grace. 00:57:10.460 --> 00:57:12.099 This is a means of strengthening 00:57:12.099 --> 00:57:13.679 and sustaining our faith. 00:57:14.079 --> 00:57:16.880 It's a means of our progressive sanctification, 00:57:17.139 --> 00:57:18.539 where we're being made more holy. 00:57:19.819 --> 00:57:21.119 And I hope more happy. 00:57:21.779 --> 00:57:23.380 And ultimately more humble. 00:57:23.940 --> 00:57:26.360 Because we're being progressively prepared 00:57:26.360 --> 00:57:27.659 for glory. 00:57:28.400 --> 00:57:29.779 It might not feel like it. 00:57:30.579 --> 00:57:32.619 We might not think anything's really going on. 00:57:33.380 --> 00:57:35.259 But this is what Jesus tells us. 00:57:35.299 --> 00:57:35.779 And as you know, 00:57:35.839 --> 00:57:37.900 what Jesus tells us is always true. 00:57:37.900 --> 00:57:39.900 And you know, 00:57:39.920 --> 00:57:41.340 this progressive sanctification 00:57:41.340 --> 00:57:43.320 always reminds me of a story 00:57:43.320 --> 00:57:45.039 Sinclair Ferguson once told. 00:57:45.139 --> 00:57:46.519 I love listening to Sinclair Ferguson. 00:57:47.380 --> 00:57:49.660 He told the story of his visit one day 00:57:49.660 --> 00:57:51.000 to a potter's workshop. 00:57:51.740 --> 00:57:52.160 And he said, 00:57:52.240 --> 00:57:53.599 on walking through the main entrance 00:57:53.599 --> 00:57:55.260 into the reception area, 00:57:55.820 --> 00:57:58.160 there was this large sign in front of him. 00:57:58.780 --> 00:58:00.280 And the large sign read, 00:58:00.900 --> 00:58:02.000 workshop downstairs, 00:58:02.660 --> 00:58:03.800 showroom upstairs. 00:58:04.960 --> 00:58:06.260 Workshop downstairs, 00:58:06.260 --> 00:58:08.580 showroom upstairs. 00:58:08.980 --> 00:58:10.200 And in the workshop downstairs, 00:58:10.360 --> 00:58:11.500 that's where he went to visit first. 00:58:11.960 --> 00:58:12.260 He said, 00:58:12.300 --> 00:58:13.400 you could watch and witness 00:58:13.400 --> 00:58:15.920 the process and the progression 00:58:15.920 --> 00:58:17.060 of the pot 00:58:17.060 --> 00:58:18.820 in the hands of the potter. 00:58:18.820 --> 00:58:20.800 As he was skillfully spinning 00:58:20.800 --> 00:58:22.840 and shaping and sculpting 00:58:22.840 --> 00:58:25.060 and sanding something into 00:58:25.060 --> 00:58:26.700 something beautiful. 00:58:27.720 --> 00:58:28.760 And it was only on completion 00:58:28.760 --> 00:58:29.900 that the finished article 00:58:29.900 --> 00:58:30.960 would be taken from 00:58:30.960 --> 00:58:32.440 the workshop downstairs 00:58:32.440 --> 00:58:35.820 up to the showroom upstairs. 00:58:36.260 --> 00:58:37.780 And needless to say, 00:58:37.860 --> 00:58:38.680 my Christian friend, 00:58:39.200 --> 00:58:41.320 we are in the workshop downstairs. 00:58:42.220 --> 00:58:43.140 Because here, 00:58:43.860 --> 00:58:45.200 Jesus is shaping us. 00:58:45.880 --> 00:58:46.920 He's sculpting us. 00:58:47.420 --> 00:58:48.480 He's sanding us. 00:58:49.000 --> 00:58:50.340 And sometimes it's painful. 00:58:51.200 --> 00:58:52.220 Sometimes it's difficult. 00:58:52.980 --> 00:58:54.160 But it's also that 00:58:54.160 --> 00:58:56.120 when we are the finished article, 00:58:56.520 --> 00:58:58.080 we will be put on display 00:58:58.080 --> 00:59:00.480 in the showroom of heaven. 00:59:00.480 --> 00:59:01.800 And we will be there 00:59:01.800 --> 00:59:04.320 as a trophy of grace. 00:59:04.940 --> 00:59:05.820 That's what you are. 00:59:06.039 --> 00:59:07.780 You're a trophy of grace. 00:59:07.940 --> 00:59:08.699 And that's why you're 00:59:08.699 --> 00:59:10.059 at the Lord's table today. 00:59:10.320 --> 00:59:11.300 And that's why you need 00:59:11.300 --> 00:59:13.199 the Lord's table today. 00:59:13.199 --> 00:59:14.460 Not because you're perfect. 00:59:15.599 --> 00:59:15.880 My friend, 00:59:15.940 --> 00:59:16.840 don't ever think that anybody 00:59:16.840 --> 00:59:17.980 sitting at the Lord's table 00:59:17.980 --> 00:59:18.900 is perfect. 00:59:19.019 --> 00:59:20.099 They're far from perfect. 00:59:21.099 --> 00:59:21.920 But we are here 00:59:21.920 --> 00:59:22.460 because 00:59:22.460 --> 00:59:26.639 the Lord has worked in our life. 00:59:26.639 --> 00:59:28.059 And we are here 00:59:28.059 --> 00:59:29.000 as an evidence 00:59:29.000 --> 00:59:30.239 of that outworking 00:59:30.239 --> 00:59:31.279 in our life. 00:59:31.339 --> 00:59:31.799 That Jesus 00:59:31.799 --> 00:59:33.579 is working in our heart. 00:59:33.659 --> 00:59:35.139 He's saved us. 00:59:35.679 --> 00:59:36.639 We're being saved. 00:59:37.159 --> 00:59:38.519 And we're going to be saved. 00:59:38.619 --> 00:59:40.199 We are being prepared 00:59:40.199 --> 00:59:40.859 for heaven. 00:59:42.319 --> 00:59:43.179 That's why we're here 00:59:43.179 --> 00:59:43.619 this morning. 00:59:44.519 --> 00:59:45.759 Not because we're perfect. 00:59:45.920 --> 00:59:46.619 Not because we're good. 00:59:46.699 --> 00:59:47.599 Not because we're worthy. 00:59:49.460 --> 00:59:50.500 But because Jesus 00:59:50.500 --> 00:59:51.859 has begun that good work 00:59:51.859 --> 00:59:52.299 in us. 00:59:53.139 --> 00:59:54.400 And he will bring it on 00:59:54.400 --> 00:59:55.179 to completion. 00:59:55.179 --> 00:59:57.639 at the day of Jesus Christ. 00:59:59.659 --> 01:00:00.419 And so my friend, 01:00:00.460 --> 01:00:01.480 if that describes you, 01:00:02.980 --> 01:00:04.139 you should be sitting 01:00:04.139 --> 01:00:04.899 at the Lord's table 01:00:04.899 --> 01:00:05.399 this morning. 01:00:06.899 --> 01:00:07.559 Because Jesus 01:00:07.559 --> 01:00:08.399 is praying for you. 01:00:09.419 --> 01:00:09.980 He's praying 01:00:09.980 --> 01:00:10.779 for your salvation. 01:00:11.460 --> 01:00:12.019 He's praying 01:00:12.019 --> 01:00:12.719 for your safety. 01:00:13.379 --> 01:00:14.079 And he's praying 01:00:14.079 --> 01:00:15.139 for your sanctification. 01:00:16.359 --> 01:00:16.799 He says, 01:00:16.940 --> 01:00:17.239 Father, 01:00:18.199 --> 01:00:18.940 sanctify them 01:00:18.940 --> 01:00:20.179 in the truth. 01:00:21.019 --> 01:00:21.639 Your word 01:00:21.639 --> 01:00:23.460 is truth. 01:00:23.460 --> 01:00:25.420 we've been asking 01:00:25.420 --> 01:00:26.039 the question, 01:00:27.280 --> 01:00:28.500 what is Jesus doing 01:00:28.500 --> 01:00:29.980 right now? 01:00:31.360 --> 01:00:32.840 What is Jesus doing 01:00:32.840 --> 01:00:34.519 right now? 01:00:35.340 --> 01:00:35.820 And we've said 01:00:35.820 --> 01:00:36.820 that Jesus is praying 01:00:36.820 --> 01:00:37.760 for your salvation. 01:00:38.760 --> 01:00:39.240 He's praying 01:00:39.240 --> 01:00:39.940 for your safety. 01:00:40.740 --> 01:00:41.500 He's praying 01:00:41.500 --> 01:00:42.659 for your sanctification. 01:00:44.019 --> 01:00:44.320 But you know, 01:00:44.360 --> 01:00:45.720 as we come to participate 01:00:45.720 --> 01:00:47.000 in the Lord's Supper 01:00:47.000 --> 01:00:48.559 and partake 01:00:48.559 --> 01:00:50.099 of this sacrament, 01:00:50.820 --> 01:00:51.659 we have to ask, 01:00:51.739 --> 01:00:51.840 well, 01:00:51.880 --> 01:00:52.900 what is Jesus doing 01:00:52.900 --> 01:00:53.599 now? 01:00:54.980 --> 01:00:56.300 What is Jesus doing 01:00:56.300 --> 01:00:57.900 right now? 01:00:58.840 --> 01:00:59.920 What is Jesus doing 01:00:59.920 --> 01:01:00.940 as we sit around 01:01:00.940 --> 01:01:01.679 his table? 01:01:02.460 --> 01:01:03.559 What is Jesus doing 01:01:03.559 --> 01:01:04.420 as we see him 01:01:04.420 --> 01:01:05.840 in his supper? 01:01:05.840 --> 01:01:08.140 What is Jesus doing 01:01:08.140 --> 01:01:08.840 as we witness 01:01:08.840 --> 01:01:09.660 the signs 01:01:09.660 --> 01:01:10.980 and the symbols 01:01:10.980 --> 01:01:12.640 of this sacrament? 01:01:13.640 --> 01:01:14.940 What is Jesus doing 01:01:14.940 --> 01:01:16.980 right now? 01:01:18.280 --> 01:01:19.680 And Jesus tells us. 01:01:20.320 --> 01:01:21.140 He tells us 01:01:21.140 --> 01:01:21.900 in John 17. 01:01:22.840 --> 01:01:24.320 He says in verse 24, 01:01:24.660 --> 01:01:24.940 Father, 01:01:25.260 --> 01:01:26.920 I desire that they also 01:01:26.920 --> 01:01:28.180 whom you have given me 01:01:28.180 --> 01:01:29.740 may be with me 01:01:29.740 --> 01:01:30.460 where I am 01:01:30.460 --> 01:01:32.220 to see my glory 01:01:32.220 --> 01:01:34.480 that you have given me 01:01:34.480 --> 01:01:35.600 because you loved me. 01:01:35.840 --> 01:01:37.019 before the foundation 01:01:37.019 --> 01:01:38.480 of the world. 01:01:40.200 --> 01:01:40.780 You know, 01:01:40.820 --> 01:01:41.280 there's so much 01:01:41.280 --> 01:01:42.539 in this high priestly prayer 01:01:42.539 --> 01:01:43.440 that I feel 01:01:43.440 --> 01:01:44.320 I'm only scratching 01:01:44.320 --> 01:01:45.059 the surface. 01:01:46.180 --> 01:01:46.920 And maybe you'll 01:01:46.920 --> 01:01:47.800 look into it more 01:01:47.800 --> 01:01:48.440 in the afternoon. 01:01:49.420 --> 01:01:50.019 But what I love 01:01:50.019 --> 01:01:50.780 about this prayer 01:01:50.780 --> 01:01:51.880 is that it covers 01:01:51.880 --> 01:01:52.720 every area 01:01:52.720 --> 01:01:54.340 of the Christian life. 01:01:55.360 --> 01:01:56.380 That Jesus is praying 01:01:56.380 --> 01:01:57.300 for your salvation, 01:01:58.079 --> 01:01:58.660 your safety, 01:01:59.700 --> 01:02:00.700 your sanctification, 01:02:01.460 --> 01:02:02.500 and he's also praying 01:02:02.500 --> 01:02:04.180 for your security. 01:02:04.179 --> 01:02:05.659 He's praying 01:02:05.659 --> 01:02:06.539 for your security. 01:02:07.259 --> 01:02:08.219 Jesus is praying 01:02:08.219 --> 01:02:09.579 that you'll be with him 01:02:09.579 --> 01:02:10.539 where he is 01:02:10.539 --> 01:02:13.079 and that you'll see 01:02:13.079 --> 01:02:13.659 his glory. 01:02:15.359 --> 01:02:16.679 Jesus is praying 01:02:16.679 --> 01:02:18.480 that you will be with him 01:02:18.480 --> 01:02:20.179 where he is 01:02:20.179 --> 01:02:21.759 and that one day 01:02:21.759 --> 01:02:22.679 you'll see his glory. 01:02:23.819 --> 01:02:25.119 But until that day, 01:02:25.199 --> 01:02:26.000 Jesus is praying 01:02:26.000 --> 01:02:27.059 that you'd know security 01:02:27.059 --> 01:02:28.299 in your salvation 01:02:28.300 --> 01:02:29.900 and that as you sit 01:02:29.900 --> 01:02:31.019 around the Lord's table 01:02:31.019 --> 01:02:33.039 today with your brothers 01:02:33.039 --> 01:02:34.660 and your sisters 01:02:34.660 --> 01:02:35.640 in Christ 01:02:35.640 --> 01:02:37.240 and as you partake 01:02:37.240 --> 01:02:38.260 of the Lord's supper 01:02:38.260 --> 01:02:39.320 together, 01:02:40.600 --> 01:02:41.019 that it will be 01:02:41.019 --> 01:02:41.780 a means of grace 01:02:41.780 --> 01:02:42.240 to you. 01:02:42.880 --> 01:02:44.080 That it will affirm 01:02:44.080 --> 01:02:44.600 to you 01:02:44.600 --> 01:02:46.019 and assure you 01:02:46.019 --> 01:02:46.820 that you belong 01:02:46.820 --> 01:02:47.539 to Jesus. 01:02:48.560 --> 01:02:49.780 That it will remind you 01:02:49.780 --> 01:02:51.680 and even reassure you 01:02:51.680 --> 01:02:53.480 that you are his 01:02:53.480 --> 01:02:55.400 and his for all eternity. 01:02:55.400 --> 01:02:57.300 that it will strengthen 01:02:57.300 --> 01:02:58.139 and sustain you 01:02:58.139 --> 01:02:58.800 in your faith 01:02:58.800 --> 01:03:01.059 to keep going, 01:03:01.680 --> 01:03:02.740 to encourage you 01:03:02.740 --> 01:03:03.599 and enable you 01:03:03.599 --> 01:03:05.099 to keep serving, 01:03:06.059 --> 01:03:07.660 to keep pointing others 01:03:07.660 --> 01:03:08.900 to this wonderful Savior. 01:03:10.039 --> 01:03:10.260 You know, 01:03:10.360 --> 01:03:10.680 Jesus, 01:03:10.980 --> 01:03:11.920 he's praying for you 01:03:11.920 --> 01:03:12.960 right now 01:03:12.960 --> 01:03:14.320 that you will remember 01:03:14.320 --> 01:03:15.059 and realize 01:03:15.059 --> 01:03:16.039 that this table, 01:03:17.400 --> 01:03:19.619 it is only a foreshadowing. 01:03:19.619 --> 01:03:22.019 it is only a foretaste 01:03:22.019 --> 01:03:23.719 of what's to come. 01:03:24.940 --> 01:03:25.339 Father, 01:03:25.599 --> 01:03:27.019 I desire that they also 01:03:27.019 --> 01:03:28.179 whom you have given me 01:03:28.179 --> 01:03:29.259 may be with me 01:03:29.259 --> 01:03:29.920 where I am 01:03:29.920 --> 01:03:31.139 to see my glory 01:03:31.139 --> 01:03:32.539 that you have given me 01:03:32.539 --> 01:03:33.659 because you loved me 01:03:33.659 --> 01:03:35.279 before the foundation 01:03:35.279 --> 01:03:36.759 of the world. 01:03:37.900 --> 01:03:39.059 What is Jesus doing 01:03:39.059 --> 01:03:39.559 right now? 01:03:41.420 --> 01:03:42.079 He's praying 01:03:42.079 --> 01:03:42.859 for your salvation, 01:03:43.839 --> 01:03:44.400 your safety, 01:03:44.839 --> 01:03:45.759 your sanctification 01:03:45.760 --> 01:03:47.500 and ultimately 01:03:47.500 --> 01:03:49.740 your eternal security. 01:03:50.940 --> 01:03:52.080 And so as we sit together 01:03:52.080 --> 01:03:53.860 with Jesus 01:03:53.860 --> 01:03:56.020 and eat together 01:03:56.020 --> 01:03:58.140 because he's present 01:03:58.140 --> 01:03:59.120 at his table, 01:04:00.140 --> 01:04:00.880 let us think 01:04:00.880 --> 01:04:02.660 on these things. 01:04:04.360 --> 01:04:05.300 We now read 01:04:05.300 --> 01:04:06.220 the scriptural warrant 01:04:06.220 --> 01:04:07.120 for the sacrament 01:04:07.120 --> 01:04:07.960 of the Lord's Supper. 01:04:08.440 --> 01:04:09.320 It's found in 01:04:09.320 --> 01:04:10.640 1 Corinthians 11 01:04:10.640 --> 01:04:12.740 and verse 23. 01:04:12.739 --> 01:04:14.739 For I received 01:04:14.739 --> 01:04:15.299 from the Lord 01:04:15.299 --> 01:04:16.179 what I also delivered 01:04:16.179 --> 01:04:16.659 to you, 01:04:17.299 --> 01:04:18.099 that the Lord Jesus 01:04:18.099 --> 01:04:18.719 on the night 01:04:18.719 --> 01:04:19.579 when he was betrayed 01:04:19.579 --> 01:04:20.419 took bread 01:04:20.419 --> 01:04:22.399 and when he had given thanks 01:04:22.399 --> 01:04:23.079 he broke it 01:04:23.079 --> 01:04:23.579 and said, 01:04:24.079 --> 01:04:25.259 This is my body 01:04:25.259 --> 01:04:26.119 which is for you. 01:04:27.019 --> 01:04:27.959 Do this in remembrance 01:04:27.959 --> 01:04:28.519 of me. 01:04:29.539 --> 01:04:30.539 In the same way also 01:04:30.539 --> 01:04:31.379 he took the cup 01:04:31.379 --> 01:04:32.419 after supper saying, 01:04:33.319 --> 01:04:34.659 This cup is the new covenant 01:04:34.659 --> 01:04:35.379 in my blood. 01:04:36.179 --> 01:04:37.099 Do this as often 01:04:37.099 --> 01:04:37.899 as you drink it 01:04:37.899 --> 01:04:39.699 in remembrance of me. 01:04:40.579 --> 01:04:41.199 For as often 01:04:41.199 --> 01:04:42.319 as you eat this bread, 01:04:42.739 --> 01:04:44.019 and drink the cup, 01:04:44.639 --> 01:04:45.319 you proclaim 01:04:45.319 --> 01:04:46.339 the Lord's death 01:04:46.339 --> 01:04:48.079 until he comes. 01:04:49.679 --> 01:04:50.319 And so friends, 01:04:50.459 --> 01:04:51.119 according to 01:04:51.119 --> 01:04:52.019 the institution 01:04:52.019 --> 01:04:53.039 and the command 01:04:53.039 --> 01:04:54.419 and the example 01:04:54.419 --> 01:04:55.139 of our Savior, 01:04:56.059 --> 01:04:56.839 we'll give thanks 01:04:56.839 --> 01:04:57.219 together. 01:05:01.219 --> 01:05:02.619 Our Father in Heaven, 01:05:03.559 --> 01:05:04.459 we give thanks 01:05:04.459 --> 01:05:05.359 for these precious 01:05:05.359 --> 01:05:06.299 moments in life 01:05:06.299 --> 01:05:08.099 where we are able 01:05:08.099 --> 01:05:08.639 to come 01:05:08.639 --> 01:05:09.719 to the Lord's table 01:05:09.719 --> 01:05:11.279 and to know 01:05:11.279 --> 01:05:12.099 that it is a table 01:05:12.099 --> 01:05:12.859 for sinners. 01:05:13.699 --> 01:05:14.639 It is a table 01:05:14.639 --> 01:05:15.259 for those 01:05:15.259 --> 01:05:16.319 who have fallen short 01:05:16.319 --> 01:05:17.439 of the glory of God. 01:05:18.239 --> 01:05:19.119 It is a table 01:05:19.119 --> 01:05:19.759 for those 01:05:19.759 --> 01:05:21.059 who realize 01:05:21.059 --> 01:05:22.439 and have come 01:05:22.439 --> 01:05:22.959 to see 01:05:22.959 --> 01:05:24.939 not anything 01:05:24.939 --> 01:05:25.799 good in themselves 01:05:25.799 --> 01:05:27.359 but the beauty 01:05:27.359 --> 01:05:27.879 of Jesus, 01:05:28.599 --> 01:05:29.279 the wonder 01:05:29.279 --> 01:05:29.959 of the gospel 01:05:29.959 --> 01:05:31.259 and the glory 01:05:31.259 --> 01:05:31.919 of salvation. 01:05:32.799 --> 01:05:33.719 We give thanks 01:05:33.719 --> 01:05:34.239 this morning 01:05:34.239 --> 01:05:35.500 that Jesus promises 01:05:35.500 --> 01:05:37.059 to be present 01:05:37.059 --> 01:05:37.719 at his table, 01:05:38.239 --> 01:05:39.300 to meet us 01:05:39.300 --> 01:05:40.880 and to assure us 01:05:40.880 --> 01:05:42.300 that he is here 01:05:42.300 --> 01:05:43.579 and he is with us 01:05:43.579 --> 01:05:44.340 in this sacrament, 01:05:45.159 --> 01:05:46.139 that he reminds us 01:05:46.139 --> 01:05:46.599 through these 01:05:46.599 --> 01:05:47.559 wonderful symbols 01:05:47.559 --> 01:05:49.139 of bread and wine, 01:05:49.739 --> 01:05:50.800 of his broken body 01:05:50.800 --> 01:05:51.679 and his shed blood 01:05:51.679 --> 01:05:53.119 and help us then 01:05:53.119 --> 01:05:53.780 to see him, 01:05:54.420 --> 01:05:55.079 to see him, 01:05:55.179 --> 01:05:55.820 to be reminded 01:05:55.820 --> 01:05:57.000 how he was wounded 01:05:57.000 --> 01:05:58.940 for our transgressions, 01:05:59.420 --> 01:06:00.679 how he was bruised 01:06:00.679 --> 01:06:01.679 for our iniquities, 01:06:02.380 --> 01:06:03.500 how his chastisement 01:06:03.500 --> 01:06:05.340 brought us peace. 01:06:06.239 --> 01:06:06.500 But Lord, 01:06:06.539 --> 01:06:07.139 we give thanks 01:06:07.139 --> 01:06:07.880 for this table 01:06:07.880 --> 01:06:09.219 that it is a means 01:06:09.219 --> 01:06:10.119 of grace to us 01:06:10.119 --> 01:06:11.039 to strengthen us, 01:06:11.500 --> 01:06:12.559 to sustain us, 01:06:12.739 --> 01:06:13.460 to enable us, 01:06:13.619 --> 01:06:13.840 Lord, 01:06:14.059 --> 01:06:15.280 to keep looking 01:06:15.280 --> 01:06:15.880 to Jesus 01:06:15.880 --> 01:06:17.519 and to know him 01:06:17.519 --> 01:06:18.159 and to love him 01:06:18.159 --> 01:06:18.980 and to follow him 01:06:18.980 --> 01:06:20.179 as the author 01:06:20.179 --> 01:06:20.840 and the finisher 01:06:20.840 --> 01:06:22.219 of our faith. 01:06:23.000 --> 01:06:23.559 Bless us, Lord, 01:06:23.639 --> 01:06:24.179 together then 01:06:24.179 --> 01:06:25.179 as we eat together, 01:06:25.860 --> 01:06:26.900 as we share together 01:06:26.900 --> 01:06:27.579 in this supper. 01:06:28.460 --> 01:06:29.320 May it be, Lord, 01:06:29.659 --> 01:06:31.760 a time of fellowship, 01:06:31.760 --> 01:06:33.080 of koinonia, 01:06:33.320 --> 01:06:34.060 one with another, 01:06:34.640 --> 01:06:35.240 but ultimately 01:06:35.240 --> 01:06:36.360 to have that communion 01:06:36.360 --> 01:06:37.360 with our Savior, 01:06:38.020 --> 01:06:38.860 to have communion 01:06:38.860 --> 01:06:39.680 with the saints, 01:06:40.360 --> 01:06:41.460 but to know communion 01:06:41.460 --> 01:06:42.340 with our Savior 01:06:42.340 --> 01:06:43.880 who loved us 01:06:43.880 --> 01:06:45.680 and gave himself for us. 01:06:46.340 --> 01:06:46.840 Do us good, 01:06:46.920 --> 01:06:47.480 then we pray. 01:06:47.660 --> 01:06:48.340 Go before us, 01:06:48.400 --> 01:06:48.860 we ask, 01:06:49.340 --> 01:06:49.960 for we ask it 01:06:49.960 --> 01:06:50.760 in Jesus' name 01:06:50.760 --> 01:06:52.260 and for his sake. 01:06:54.760 --> 01:06:55.460 This morning, 01:06:55.540 --> 01:06:56.040 we've been asking 01:06:56.040 --> 01:06:56.660 the question, 01:06:57.220 --> 01:06:58.940 what is Jesus doing 01:06:58.940 --> 01:07:00.580 right now? 01:07:00.579 --> 01:07:03.019 And from John 17, 01:07:04.019 --> 01:07:04.960 we've discovered 01:07:04.960 --> 01:07:05.500 that Jesus 01:07:05.500 --> 01:07:07.079 is praying 01:07:07.079 --> 01:07:08.420 for your salvation, 01:07:09.380 --> 01:07:10.019 he's praying 01:07:10.019 --> 01:07:10.699 for your safety, 01:07:11.400 --> 01:07:11.819 he's praying 01:07:11.819 --> 01:07:12.880 for your sanctification, 01:07:13.719 --> 01:07:14.900 and he's praying 01:07:14.900 --> 01:07:15.719 for your security. 01:07:17.039 --> 01:07:17.940 And my Christian friend, 01:07:18.039 --> 01:07:18.799 your security 01:07:18.799 --> 01:07:20.840 is important 01:07:20.840 --> 01:07:21.599 to Jesus. 01:07:22.699 --> 01:07:23.500 And it's important 01:07:23.500 --> 01:07:24.199 to him because 01:07:24.199 --> 01:07:25.259 he wants you to know 01:07:25.259 --> 01:07:26.659 and to remember 01:07:26.659 --> 01:07:27.400 that nothing 01:07:27.400 --> 01:07:29.460 and no one 01:07:29.460 --> 01:07:34.000 is able to 01:07:34.000 --> 01:07:34.740 separate you 01:07:34.740 --> 01:07:36.280 from him. 01:07:37.720 --> 01:07:38.420 Is that not why 01:07:38.420 --> 01:07:39.780 Paul asked that question 01:07:39.780 --> 01:07:41.260 in Romans 8? 01:07:42.139 --> 01:07:42.460 Who? 01:07:43.340 --> 01:07:44.860 Who shall separate us 01:07:44.860 --> 01:07:45.840 from the love of Christ? 01:07:46.840 --> 01:07:47.840 Shall tribulation? 01:07:48.840 --> 01:07:49.380 No. 01:07:50.240 --> 01:07:50.760 Distress? 01:07:51.760 --> 01:07:52.179 No. 01:07:52.960 --> 01:07:53.579 Persecution? 01:07:54.519 --> 01:07:54.800 No. 01:07:55.519 --> 01:07:55.840 Famine? 01:07:55.840 --> 01:07:57.160 No. 01:07:57.160 --> 01:07:57.220 No. 01:07:58.220 --> 01:07:58.740 Nakedness? 01:07:58.880 --> 01:07:59.059 No. 01:07:59.200 --> 01:07:59.519 Peril? 01:07:59.700 --> 01:07:59.900 No. 01:08:00.200 --> 01:08:00.700 The sword? 01:08:01.300 --> 01:08:01.579 No. 01:08:02.140 --> 01:08:02.280 No. 01:08:02.280 --> 01:08:03.019 In all these things, 01:08:03.100 --> 01:08:03.420 says Paul, 01:08:03.500 --> 01:08:04.059 we are more 01:08:04.059 --> 01:08:05.300 than conquerors 01:08:05.300 --> 01:08:05.820 through him 01:08:05.820 --> 01:08:06.780 that loved us. 01:08:07.360 --> 01:08:08.440 For I am persuaded 01:08:08.440 --> 01:08:10.420 that neither death, 01:08:10.700 --> 01:08:11.280 nor life, 01:08:11.440 --> 01:08:12.100 nor angels, 01:08:12.579 --> 01:08:13.700 nor principalities, 01:08:13.820 --> 01:08:14.519 nor powers, 01:08:15.000 --> 01:08:15.760 nor things present, 01:08:15.860 --> 01:08:16.659 nor even the things 01:08:16.659 --> 01:08:17.180 to come, 01:08:17.720 --> 01:08:18.340 neither height, 01:08:18.440 --> 01:08:18.880 nor depth, 01:08:18.960 --> 01:08:20.119 nor any other creature 01:08:20.119 --> 01:08:22.640 is able to separate us 01:08:22.640 --> 01:08:24.160 from the love of God 01:08:24.160 --> 01:08:26.260 that is in Christ Jesus, 01:08:26.880 --> 01:08:27.480 our Lord. 01:08:28.360 --> 01:08:28.700 My friend, 01:08:28.760 --> 01:08:29.579 isn't it remarkable 01:08:29.579 --> 01:08:31.760 that the one at the head 01:08:31.760 --> 01:08:32.400 of this table 01:08:32.400 --> 01:08:35.140 is praying for all those 01:08:35.140 --> 01:08:36.060 sitting at his table 01:08:36.060 --> 01:08:38.260 and he's praying 01:08:38.260 --> 01:08:39.140 for your salvation, 01:08:40.079 --> 01:08:40.660 your safety, 01:08:41.560 --> 01:08:42.440 your sanctification, 01:08:43.300 --> 01:08:44.180 and your security. 01:08:45.740 --> 01:08:46.660 But as we leave 01:08:46.660 --> 01:08:47.400 the Lord's table 01:08:47.400 --> 01:08:49.060 today, 01:08:49.480 --> 01:08:50.920 let's leave 01:08:50.920 --> 01:08:51.900 with a renewed commitment 01:08:51.899 --> 01:08:54.099 a renewed commitment 01:08:54.099 --> 01:08:54.719 to him. 01:08:55.879 --> 01:08:56.939 We might have felt 01:08:56.939 --> 01:08:57.819 we weren't what 01:08:57.819 --> 01:08:58.420 we should be. 01:08:58.739 --> 01:08:59.599 We always feel that. 01:09:00.599 --> 01:09:01.420 But let's leave 01:09:01.420 --> 01:09:02.379 with a renewed commitment 01:09:02.379 --> 01:09:03.139 to love the Lord 01:09:03.139 --> 01:09:03.719 more deeply, 01:09:04.619 --> 01:09:05.839 to walk with the Lord 01:09:05.839 --> 01:09:06.479 more closely, 01:09:07.359 --> 01:09:08.839 to listen to the Lord 01:09:08.839 --> 01:09:09.779 more earnestly, 01:09:10.379 --> 01:09:11.399 to serve the Lord 01:09:11.399 --> 01:09:12.299 more faithfully, 01:09:13.039 --> 01:09:14.659 and to sing to the Lord 01:09:14.659 --> 01:09:16.139 more heartily 01:09:16.139 --> 01:09:18.299 that before the throne 01:09:18.299 --> 01:09:19.559 of God above 01:09:19.559 --> 01:09:21.239 I have a strong 01:09:21.239 --> 01:09:22.340 and perfect plea, 01:09:23.300 --> 01:09:24.500 a great high priest 01:09:24.500 --> 01:09:26.179 whose name is love, 01:09:27.139 --> 01:09:27.899 who ever lives 01:09:27.899 --> 01:09:29.260 and pleads 01:09:29.260 --> 01:09:30.659 for me. 01:09:31.920 --> 01:09:32.460 And may the Lord 01:09:32.460 --> 01:09:33.059 bless us. 01:09:33.179 --> 01:09:33.579 And may the Lord 01:09:33.579 --> 01:09:34.439 bless these thoughts 01:09:34.439 --> 01:09:34.899 to us. 01:09:35.500 --> 01:09:36.239 Let us pray. 01:09:36.239 --> 01:09:40.359 our Father in heaven, 01:09:41.000 --> 01:09:41.760 we give thanks 01:09:41.760 --> 01:09:42.719 that as thy children 01:09:42.719 --> 01:09:44.479 that thou hast fed us 01:09:44.479 --> 01:09:45.039 this morning, 01:09:45.840 --> 01:09:47.099 not only from thy word, 01:09:47.239 --> 01:09:48.899 but also from the sacrament 01:09:48.899 --> 01:09:49.760 of the Lord's Supper, 01:09:50.179 --> 01:09:51.899 and that our prayer is 01:09:51.899 --> 01:09:53.000 that in seeing Jesus 01:09:53.000 --> 01:09:53.679 in the supper, 01:09:54.399 --> 01:09:55.599 we would leave knowing 01:09:55.599 --> 01:09:56.420 that this Jesus, 01:09:57.380 --> 01:09:58.779 he is one who strengthens us 01:09:58.779 --> 01:10:00.579 for the week that lies ahead. 01:10:01.319 --> 01:10:02.399 He sustains us 01:10:02.399 --> 01:10:03.380 in our pilgrimage 01:10:03.380 --> 01:10:04.399 in this world, 01:10:04.399 --> 01:10:05.939 and that he promises 01:10:05.939 --> 01:10:07.059 that he will bring 01:10:07.059 --> 01:10:08.920 it all to its completion, 01:10:09.719 --> 01:10:10.539 that when the souls 01:10:10.539 --> 01:10:11.119 of believers 01:10:11.119 --> 01:10:12.719 are at their death, 01:10:13.399 --> 01:10:15.019 they are made perfect 01:10:15.019 --> 01:10:15.659 in holiness, 01:10:16.159 --> 01:10:17.339 and they do immediately 01:10:17.339 --> 01:10:18.420 pass into glory, 01:10:19.079 --> 01:10:19.719 and their bodies 01:10:19.719 --> 01:10:20.699 still being united 01:10:20.699 --> 01:10:21.539 to Christ 01:10:21.539 --> 01:10:23.739 to rest in the graves 01:10:23.739 --> 01:10:24.679 until the resurrection. 01:10:25.679 --> 01:10:26.599 And at the resurrection, 01:10:26.939 --> 01:10:27.679 believers will be 01:10:27.679 --> 01:10:28.699 raised up in glory. 01:10:29.399 --> 01:10:30.179 They will be openly 01:10:30.179 --> 01:10:31.379 acknowledged and acquitted 01:10:31.380 --> 01:10:32.880 on the day of judgment, 01:10:33.560 --> 01:10:34.779 made perfectly blessed, 01:10:34.980 --> 01:10:36.199 and go into the full, 01:10:36.699 --> 01:10:38.400 the full enjoying of God 01:10:38.400 --> 01:10:40.180 to all eternity. 01:10:41.039 --> 01:10:41.940 Give to us, Lord, 01:10:42.020 --> 01:10:42.460 we pray, 01:10:42.600 --> 01:10:43.680 to walk by faith 01:10:43.680 --> 01:10:45.380 and not by sight, 01:10:45.960 --> 01:10:47.119 and to keep ever looking 01:10:47.119 --> 01:10:48.020 to this Jesus 01:10:48.020 --> 01:10:49.619 who loved us 01:10:49.619 --> 01:10:51.440 and gave himself for us. 01:10:52.140 --> 01:10:53.260 Take away our iniquities. 01:10:53.840 --> 01:10:54.859 Receive us graciously 01:10:54.859 --> 01:10:56.060 for Jesus' sake. 01:10:56.779 --> 01:10:57.140 Amen. 01:10:57.140 --> 01:10:57.260 Amen. 01:10:59.740 --> 01:11:00.660 Well, we're going to bring 01:11:00.660 --> 01:11:01.700 our service to a conclusion 01:11:01.700 --> 01:11:02.760 this morning. 01:11:02.880 --> 01:11:03.440 We're going to sing 01:11:03.440 --> 01:11:05.860 the words of Psalm 72, 01:11:07.360 --> 01:11:08.380 the well-known words 01:11:08.380 --> 01:11:09.619 of the last verses 01:11:09.619 --> 01:11:10.740 of this psalm, 01:11:11.860 --> 01:11:14.180 page 314 in the Scottish Psalter, 01:11:15.200 --> 01:11:17.700 verses 17 to 19. 01:11:21.539 --> 01:11:22.619 This is a psalm 01:11:22.619 --> 01:11:23.320 that was written 01:11:23.320 --> 01:11:25.240 by Solomon. 01:11:25.239 --> 01:11:27.340 But as you know 01:11:27.340 --> 01:11:28.699 by singing it so often, 01:11:29.420 --> 01:11:30.179 it speaks about 01:11:30.179 --> 01:11:31.439 the greater than Solomon. 01:11:32.260 --> 01:11:33.019 It speaks about 01:11:33.019 --> 01:11:33.899 the greater king, 01:11:34.899 --> 01:11:35.519 the Lord Jesus. 01:11:36.359 --> 01:11:37.819 Because Solomon's name 01:11:37.819 --> 01:11:40.460 doesn't endure forever. 01:11:41.599 --> 01:11:43.399 But the name of Jesus does. 01:11:44.699 --> 01:11:45.719 The name of Jesus 01:11:45.719 --> 01:11:47.899 has stood the test of time. 01:11:49.059 --> 01:11:50.579 And that's what Solomon tells us. 01:11:51.359 --> 01:11:53.119 His name forever shall endure. 01:11:53.119 --> 01:11:55.340 Last like the sun it shall. 01:11:56.079 --> 01:11:57.039 Men shall be blessed 01:11:57.039 --> 01:11:58.019 in him and blessed. 01:11:58.140 --> 01:11:58.859 All nations 01:11:58.859 --> 01:12:00.239 shall to him call. 01:12:00.899 --> 01:12:02.300 Now blessed be the Lord our God, 01:12:02.359 --> 01:12:03.079 the God of Israel. 01:12:03.659 --> 01:12:05.239 For he alone doth wondrous works 01:12:05.239 --> 01:12:06.479 in glory that excel. 01:12:07.239 --> 01:12:08.859 And blessed be his glorious name 01:12:08.859 --> 01:12:10.319 to all eternity. 01:12:10.960 --> 01:12:12.819 The whole earth let his glory fill. 01:12:13.619 --> 01:12:14.019 Amen. 01:12:14.680 --> 01:12:15.559 So let it be. 01:12:16.000 --> 01:12:16.640 These verses, 01:12:17.220 --> 01:12:17.899 and we'll stand to sing 01:12:17.899 --> 01:12:18.399 if you're able, 01:12:18.659 --> 01:12:19.659 to God's praise. 01:12:19.659 --> 01:12:19.760 Amen. 01:12:19.760 --> 01:12:19.800 Amen. 01:12:23.119 --> 01:12:30.119 This name forever shall endure, 01:12:30.119 --> 01:12:37.119 last like the sun it shall. 01:12:37.119 --> 01:12:44.399 Men shall be blessed in heaven, 01:12:44.399 --> 01:12:50.800 and blessed all nations shall 01:12:50.800 --> 01:12:53.119 them call. 01:12:53.119 --> 01:13:03.619 Now blessed be the Lord our God, 01:13:03.619 --> 01:13:09.119 the God of Israel. 01:13:09.119 --> 01:13:26.119 For he alone doth works in glory that excel. 01:13:26.119 --> 01:13:37.260 And blessed be his glorious name 01:13:37.260 --> 01:13:42.859 to all eternity. 01:13:42.859 --> 01:13:53.119 The whole earth let his glory be. 01:13:53.119 --> 01:13:55.500 Amen. 01:13:56.640 --> 01:14:01.119 So let it be. 01:14:03.519 --> 01:14:05.659 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, 01:14:05.800 --> 01:14:07.019 the love of God the Father, 01:14:07.260 --> 01:14:08.899 and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit 01:14:08.899 --> 01:14:09.819 be with you all, 01:14:10.300 --> 01:14:11.239 now and forevermore. 01:14:11.899 --> 01:14:12.220 Amen. 01:14:12.220 --> 01:14:12.400 Amen. 01:14:22.460 --> 01:14:24.400 Amen. 01:14:24.400 --> 01:14:26.060 Amen. 01:14:26.060 --> 01:14:56.039 Thank you. 01:14:56.060 --> 01:15:26.039 Thank you.