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 Worship of God singing in Psalm 145, Psalm 145, the second version on page 444.

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 We're singing verses 1 to 6.

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 The tune is Warrington.

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 O Lord, thou art my God and King, thee will I magnify and praise.

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 I will thee bless and gladly sing unto thy holy name always.

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 Each day I rise, I will thee bless and praise thy name time without end.

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 Much to be praised and great God is.

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 His greatness none can comprehend.

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 We're singing verses 1 to 6 to God's praise.

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 We stand to sing.

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 Until my heart will fly and praise.

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 I will thee bless and gladly sing unto thy holy name always.

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 Each day I rise, I will thee bless and praise thy name time without end.

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 But surely grace and great God is.

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 His greatness none can comprehend.

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 His will ever miss and goodbye.

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 The mighty act.

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 I will sing of the glorious grace

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 The mighty act so done by thee

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 I will sing all the glorious grace

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 And honour all thy majesty

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 To thy wondrous works I will report

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 By them the might shall be extolled

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 Of all thy dreadful hearts, O Lord

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 And I thy goodness will unfold

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 Please be seated.

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 Well, we now come to what's a very pleasant baptism, an adult baptism.

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 We don't very often see that in our own context, but we still believe, of course, in the baptism of adults as well.

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 And Ian Don Campbell has come forward asking to take communion for the first time, and that's a wonderful privilege for us to have him come forward in that way with that desire.

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 But not having been baptized previously, it's necessary that baptism precedes taking communion in the order of things spiritually.

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 And so we've come to this point, and you yourselves today are witnesses, and also not just witnesses, but participants in the sense that you will be pledging silently your support for Ian Don as he comes now to be baptized.

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 So first of all, I'm going to ask you all to stand, and please remain standing until the baptism is over.

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 Ian Don, if you come forward, please.

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 I'll ask you some questions, and then I'll ask you to kneel there after the questions.

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 Right.

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 Do you believe in God, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, revealed in Scripture as the only true God and your God?

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 Do you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, the only mediator between God and men?

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 Do you now pledge to live a holy life as God will enable you by His grace to His glory?

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 Thank you.

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 Just be a thank you.

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 First of all, we're going to engage in a word of prayer, asking the Lord to bless the ordinance.

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 Lord our God, we thank you for the sacraments you have given your church.

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 We know it's our privilege, Lord, always to participate and to be observers of baptism and of the Lord's Supper.

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 And we thank you today for the privilege that we are here to witness both and to participate in that appropriate way in the support we give to Ian Don,

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 and also in the way we participate in the Lord's Supper.

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 Bless these two as we pray, and bless now this water to its own sacred use as we use it in baptism.

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 We pray, O Lord, that Ian Don will know your blessing as he comes to offer himself to be baptized.

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 We thank you for the way that you have led him and the way you have brought him to know yourself.

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 And we thank you for the way that that encourages us as a congregation, that your Holy Spirit is active and at work in our midst.

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 We pray for him in the days to come, as he now comes to be baptized and as he will take communion with the rest of your people here today.

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 Lord, bless it to his own soul and bless it to ours also, that we may reflect upon it in days to come

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 and give our thanks to the God of all grace and comfort.

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 Receive our thanks now, we pray, and cleanse us from all our sin, for Jesus' sake. Amen.

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 I am Don Campbell, I baptize you in the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, one God.

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 May God bless you and keep you. May God make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you.

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 May God lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.

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 Another word of prayer just to finish off.

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 Lord, bless what we have done now in your name,

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 and grant that you would continue to bless us through the remainder of this service.

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 We ask that you would forgive our sins as we confess them.

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 And in relation to what we see in baptism, Lord, we confess our need of being cleansed and washed

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 in the blood of Christ by the power of your Holy Spirit.

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 And so, receive our thanks now, and all we ask is in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 Bevan Calum Orlis-Smith will now read the word of God from Matthew 27, beginning at verse 27.

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 Well, we turn to God's word as we have it in the Gospel of Matthew, chapter 27, taking up our reading there at verse 27.

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 You find it around page 1005, Matthew 27 at verse 27.

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 And then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him.

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 And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand.

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 And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews.

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 And they spat on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.

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 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him, and led him away to crucify him.

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 As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name.

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 They compelled this man to carry his cross.

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 And when they came to a place called Golgotha, which means place of a skull, they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall.

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 But when he tasted it, he would not drink it.

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 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots.

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 Then they sat down and kept watch over him there.

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 And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.

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 Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.

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 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying,

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 You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself.

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 If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.

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 So also the chief priests, so the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying,

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 He saved others, he cannot save himself.

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 He is the King of Israel.

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 Let him come down from the cross, and we will believe in him.

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 He trusts in God.

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 Let God deliver him now if he desires him.

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 For he said, I am the Son of God.

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 And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way.

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 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.

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 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice saying,

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 Eli, Eli, Lema, Sapatani.

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 And some of the bystanders hearing it said, This man is calling Elijah.

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 And one of them at once ran and took a sponge, filled it with sour wine,

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 and put it on a reed and gave it to him to drink.

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 But the other said, Wait, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him.

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 And Jesus cried out again with a loud voice and yielded up his spirit.

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 And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom,

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 and the earth shook and the rocks were split.

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 The tombs also were opened,

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 and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised.

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 And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection,

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 they went into the holy city and appeared to many.

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 When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus,

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 saw the earthquake and what took place,

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 they were filled with awe and said,

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 Truly, this was the Son of God.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless that reading from his word.

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 Let's engage now in prayer.

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 We'll call upon the Lord in prayer.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Almighty God, we thank you for this day and for all that takes place in it,

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 here in our witness,

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 both in the sacraments and in the word being preached.

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 Help us in our worship, we pray,

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 to know that we draw near to God

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 with the promise that he will draw near to us.

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 We thank you again for this day that you have set apart from the beginning of the creation,

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 a day that is set apart to be holy to the Lord,

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 and a day in which we find so many ordinances and privileges given to us.

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 We thank you for the gospel that draws us to you.

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 And we thank you for the way that you use it in bringing people to know yourself.

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 And we ask, O Lord, that today we will know your blessing

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 as we come once more around your word and under your word.

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 Help us to know that the things that we confess about you are truly sealed to our souls.

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 And bless us each one as we appear before you.

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 You know our thoughts, you know our hearts,

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 you know everything about us already,

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 and yet you would have us to come and pray to you and confess our sin and seek your cleansing.

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 Lord, bless us, we pray, as a congregation of your people.

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 And may this time of celebrating the Lord's Supper be used to our strengthening

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 and to our confirmation as a congregation,

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 that you take us as your people and that we take you as our God.

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 We ask, Lord, that your blessing will follow us

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 in all that we seek to do in your name in this community.

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 And we do ask, O Lord, that you would accompany your word especially

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 and the witness of your people with the power of your Holy Spirit.

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 We thank you, Lord, for that Spirit that you take,

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 where you take the things of Christ and show them to us.

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 We thank you that you have your Holy Spirit to dwell in the hearts of your people,

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 that they are united together in the bonds of fellowship through him.

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 And we thank you today that we can come and expect that the Lord will take those things of his word and sacrament

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 and make them precious to us and make them effective in our experience

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 to bless us and to sanctify us further in the things of God.

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 We pray your blessing for all gatherings of your people today,

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 wherever they gather throughout the world.

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 Lord, we pray for them again and ask that you would make us conscious

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 that we belong to such a great number that no one can number but the Lord himself.

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 We thank you that we are members of that church that extends even to the heaven itself,

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 to those who have gone to be home with the Lord,

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 and yet who are bound in spirit by that same Spirit of God,

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 with those of us here who remain in this world.

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 We ask now your blessing to follow all that is being done in your name

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 and to guide us and to keep us in mind and body through these things.

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 Uphold us, we pray, with your Spirit and enable us to rejoice in your presence,

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 enable us to know more of that joy that you give to your people,

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 that joy that is truly, even in this life, filled with an anticipation of glory.

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 We ask your blessing, Lord, to be with those who can't be here today with us.

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 We know that there are some who used to be here

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 and who used to partake of the Lord's Supper

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 and now no longer can do so through ill health or other reasons.

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 We pray for them, and we pray, Lord, that you would bless to them

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 all that they have already partaken of in the course of their life.

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 And we ask that you would be pleased to draw near to them,

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 to assure them at this time that they are your people indeed, that you remember them.

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 We ask your blessing now to continue with us here,

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 and as we turn again to your word, to hear its teaching and to sing your praises,

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 Lord, help us to do so with the joy of the Lord in our hearts,

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 and seeking his glory and his praise in all that we do.

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 Hear us, we pray now, for Jesus' sake. Amen.

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 Well, our next singing is going to be in Gaelic.

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 It's customary for us to have a Gaelic singing when we come together for the Lord's Communion.

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 And the singing is from Psalm 146.

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 You'll find it on the back page of the bulletin.

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 Verses 5 and 6, and the English equivalent there as well.

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 These two verses, we remain seated for the Gaelic singing.

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 The Gaelic singing is from Psalm 146.

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 The Gaelic singing is from Psalm 146.

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 The Gaelic singing is from Psalm 146.

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 They pleasured to have a great creative Werk of Peace.

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 For this verse, we sing famous music beginning to make slow rap,

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 Thank you.

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 What is the

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 of that parish of that

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 care?

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 record that? What did it mean to them? What would you have thought? Here you are, one of those

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 sitting down and watching him there. What would this have felt like? What would your mind have

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 actually thought of what was happening? You'd be asking, what's happening? This is midday and

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 it's getting dark. And it lasted for three hours. Why? What's it about? What's remarkable

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 about the event that this has to take place? Well, it's symbolic, isn't it? It's symbolic of

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 the spiritual darkness that Jesus is experiencing in his heart, in his soul, as he carries the sin

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 of his people, as he bears the punishment, as he bears what is due to them for their sins, as he

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 enters into the darkness of soul. We'll see it in a minute when we come to the expression of

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 Jesus on the cross.

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 Ila, Ila, lama sabachthani, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? But that is what

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 this is symbolic of, as the creation itself actually comes to darkness. Remember what

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 Jesus, how he described himself in John's gospel, I am the light of the world.

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 And whoever walks after me shall not abide in darkness. And here he is, the light of the world,

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 experiencing darkness, as it were being turned into darkness. The darkness of his soul,

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 as it's symbolized by the darkness of the creation. It's as somebody put it,

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 the creation itself cannot bear to look upon its creator in the state that he is in, in the

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 sufferings that he's enduring. He's the creator. He's the one who created light. He's the one who

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 said, let there be light as it was in the beginning. And yet here is that creator himself

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 entering into the darkness of his soul, about to expire on the cross. And the creation hides its face.

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 Jesus cannot bear to look upon such a terrible thing, such a mysterious thing, such an awful thing,

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 as the darkness being experienced by Jesus.

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 You cast your mind back to the time when Israel were slaves in Egypt. And when the plagues, as they

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 recorded for us there in Exodus, when the plagues came upon the land one after another, one of these

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 plagues was the plague of darkness. And we read in Genesis there that there was darkness over the

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 whole of the land of Egypt. But Israel had light in their dwellings. They lived in that part of the

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 land called Goshen, which itself is the Hebrew word for light. And while there was darkness over all of

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 the land of Egypt, the people of Israel had light in their dwellings. They were set apart from the

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:25.500
 Egyptians. The Lord was looking after them when it was dark elsewhere. They had the fullness of light

00:31:25.500 --> 00:31:31.859
 in God's own miraculous way of providing that for them. There is no such thing at Calvary.

00:31:32.980 --> 00:31:38.980
 You don't read here, there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour, but there was light

00:31:38.980 --> 00:31:45.180
 where Jesus was. There was light at Calvary. There was light around the cross. There wasn't.

00:31:45.180 --> 00:31:52.299
 light at Calvary. It was enveloped in darkness just like the rest of the land.

00:31:55.660 --> 00:32:07.539
 What a Savior. What a love. What an event. What an experience for you sitting there with the rest of

00:32:07.539 --> 00:32:14.660
 those who kept watch. And all of a sudden it gets dark and the gloom sets in. And you think to yourself,

00:32:14.660 --> 00:32:20.240
 why is this happening? There must be something remarkable here for this to happen at the height

00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:29.100
 of noonday, for this to become dark. And so it is remarkable. It's nothing less than the Son of God

00:32:29.100 --> 00:32:39.660
 having taken our human nature, expiring on the cross, coming towards that time of his death on the cross.

00:32:39.660 --> 00:32:47.259
 Now that's what you remember in the Lord's Supper today. That's what you remember as you remember Christ

00:32:47.259 --> 00:32:58.180
 in his death. You remember how the pain of his soul and the pain in his body was pain to the maximum,

00:32:59.519 --> 00:33:06.620
 the pain due to you for your sins. And you also experience the creation in darkness

00:33:06.619 --> 00:33:18.679
 when you expect it to be light. And you know that that is symbolic of his agony and darkness of soul.

00:33:19.519 --> 00:33:24.839
 That's what you would see. Other things as well, but we'll confine it to those two for the moment.

00:33:24.839 --> 00:33:32.240
 And then secondly, what would you hear? What things would you actually hear spoken up or in conversation

00:33:32.240 --> 00:33:38.839
 during those times, during that time that you sat here watching Jesus? Well, the first thing you would

00:33:38.839 --> 00:33:48.079
 hear would be mocking words, words of mockery and derision. Verses 39 to 44. You can see there how

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:54.839
 those who were passed by derided him, wagging their heads and saying, you who would destroy the temple

00:33:54.839 --> 00:34:01.759
 and rebuild it in three days, save yourself. If you are the son of God, come down from the cross.

00:34:02.439 --> 00:34:08.079
 So also the chief priests with the scribes and elders mocked him saying, he saved others. He cannot

00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:14.500
 save himself. He is the king of Israel. Let him come down now from the cross and we will believe in him.

00:34:14.500 --> 00:34:21.039
 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now if he desires him. For he said, I am the son of God.

00:34:22.260 --> 00:34:28.760
 This is what you would hear. Derision and mocking thrown in the face of Jesus by those here who

00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:35.199
 actually made mockery of him at that time. But you see, as we said last night, sometimes the gospel

00:34:35.199 --> 00:34:43.380
 writers present the truth to us by way of even the mocking of Christ's enemies. Everything they're

00:34:43.380 --> 00:34:51.559
 saying there is actually true of him. He is the king. He is the king of the universe. He is the one

00:34:51.559 --> 00:35:00.619
 who holds all things in the power of his own hands. And just like it is in Luke chapter 15,

00:35:02.019 --> 00:35:07.980
 the scribes and Pharisees then mocked him saying, this man receives sinners and eats with them.

00:35:07.980 --> 00:35:14.440
 What a great testimony to the truth of who Jesus is. That's exactly who he is. He receives sinners and

00:35:14.440 --> 00:35:19.940
 eats with them. He enters into fellowship with them. That's what you're experiencing here today

00:35:19.940 --> 00:35:27.079
 at the Lord's Supper. This man, this Jesus, he's derided here. He's mocked here. But the words of

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:35.360
 mocking that mock him as the king, as the son of God, actually convey the truth about him. And as you read

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:40.640
 these, as we said last night, you realize that everything being said here is actually true of

00:35:40.640 --> 00:35:46.280
 him, though they're used as terms of mocking on the occasion in which they were spoken.

00:35:47.579 --> 00:35:56.160
 And of course, in verse 42, he saved others. He cannot save himself. What remarkable words these are.

00:35:57.420 --> 00:36:04.380
 He saved others. Yes, he saved others. They're using that by way of mocking, but it's the truth about him.

00:36:04.380 --> 00:36:13.099
 He is the Savior. He cannot save himself. Now think about that. Could he have saved himself?

00:36:15.280 --> 00:36:19.700
 Well, there's a sense in which you might say yes if he came down from the cross, but what would that

00:36:19.700 --> 00:36:24.860
 mean? Even if it had been possible, it would have meant that you and I would not have been saved.

00:36:25.660 --> 00:36:30.700
 So from that point of view, he could not save himself. He would not save himself. He would not

00:36:30.699 --> 00:36:36.939
 actually bypass the sufferings involved in the cross because that's what he came to do. That's what he

00:36:36.939 --> 00:36:41.579
 came to finish. That's what he came to accomplish. This was the devil, as we saw last night. This was the

00:36:41.579 --> 00:36:48.039
 devil's attempt to deflect Jesus and divert him from the path of obedience to the Father that he was on.

00:36:48.039 --> 00:36:49.259
 He said,

00:36:49.259 --> 00:36:55.639
 "'If you are the Son of God, all of these kingdoms of the world and their glory I will give you.

00:36:55.800 --> 00:37:01.279
 All you have to do is fall down and worship me.'" And Jesus says, "'Get hence Satan.'"

00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:06.780
 and the same when Peter tried to take him aside

00:37:06.780 --> 00:37:10.080
 and say this shall not happen to you

00:37:10.080 --> 00:37:14.640
 Jesus responded get behind me Satan

00:37:14.640 --> 00:37:19.640
 an attempt to deflect Jesus to divert him

00:37:19.640 --> 00:37:21.940
 from the path that he was on

00:37:21.940 --> 00:37:25.400
 yes he is the king of Israel

00:37:25.400 --> 00:37:30.220
 but for our sake he cannot come down from the cross

00:37:30.219 --> 00:37:34.439
 for our sake he will not come down from the cross

00:37:34.439 --> 00:37:37.559
 for our sake he will not save himself

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:40.059
 so that we can be saved

00:37:40.059 --> 00:37:45.980
 and he remained true to his obedient self

00:37:45.980 --> 00:37:50.019
 all the way through his agonies on the cross

00:37:50.019 --> 00:37:51.699
 until it was accomplished

00:37:51.699 --> 00:37:53.279
 until it was done

00:37:53.279 --> 00:37:57.459
 you can see Matthew 26

00:37:57.460 --> 00:38:01.079
 chapter 26 and verse 53 there

00:38:01.079 --> 00:38:05.740
 26 and verse 53

00:38:05.740 --> 00:38:08.619
 where Peter had drawn his sword

00:38:08.619 --> 00:38:12.260
 and tried to defend Jesus from those who had come

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:14.800
 with Judas Iscariot to apprehend him

00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:15.840
 and take him into custody

00:38:15.840 --> 00:38:18.860
 put your sword back into its place

00:38:18.860 --> 00:38:22.280
 for all who take the sword will perish by the sword

00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:25.700
 do you think that I cannot appeal now to my father

00:38:25.700 --> 00:38:29.720
 and he will at once send me more than 12 legions of angels

00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:33.340
 but how then would the scriptures be fulfilled

00:38:33.340 --> 00:38:35.360
 that it must be so

00:38:35.360 --> 00:38:37.080
 you see there is Jesus saying

00:38:37.080 --> 00:38:39.920
 I could call on multitudes of angels

00:38:39.920 --> 00:38:41.580
 to come to my rescue

00:38:41.580 --> 00:38:42.740
 to come to help me

00:38:42.740 --> 00:38:46.180
 but how then would the scripture be fulfilled

00:38:46.180 --> 00:38:48.980
 the scripture that prophesied

00:38:48.980 --> 00:38:51.199
 that he would come and die for his people

00:38:51.199 --> 00:38:53.740
 that's what he was committed to

00:38:53.740 --> 00:38:55.559
 and if you go to John's gospel

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:58.599
 you'll find that in the garden of Gethsemane

00:38:58.599 --> 00:39:01.119
 as he was coming out of the garden

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:04.300
 and this incident took place

00:39:04.300 --> 00:39:06.099
 Jesus said

00:39:06.099 --> 00:39:09.599
 the cup which my father has given me to drink

00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:12.240
 shall I not drink it

00:39:12.240 --> 00:39:14.940
 what was that cup?

00:39:14.940 --> 00:39:17.679
 that was the cup of his agony

00:39:17.679 --> 00:39:20.059
 the cup of damnation

00:39:20.059 --> 00:39:24.159
 the cup of what is due to you and I for our sins

00:39:24.159 --> 00:39:26.559
 and what he's saying now is

00:39:26.559 --> 00:39:28.220
 I will drink it

00:39:28.220 --> 00:39:31.460
 I'll take it to the very last drop

00:39:31.460 --> 00:39:33.820
 whatever suffering it means for me

00:39:33.820 --> 00:39:36.119
 shall I not drink it

00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:38.139
 that's what he did

00:39:38.139 --> 00:39:41.079
 you would have heard mocking words

00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:44.059
 but words that conveyed

00:39:44.059 --> 00:39:46.860
 the truth about Jesus

00:39:46.860 --> 00:39:50.239
 and the commitment of Jesus to die

00:39:50.239 --> 00:39:52.480
 the death he came to die

00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:54.699
 you would have heard mocking words

00:39:54.699 --> 00:39:57.239
 you would have heard also pleading words

00:39:57.239 --> 00:39:58.699
 for that you need to go to

00:39:58.699 --> 00:40:00.799
 Luke's account of the crucifixion

00:40:00.799 --> 00:40:03.639
 chapter 23 verses 40 to 43

00:40:03.639 --> 00:40:04.659
 and of course that means

00:40:04.659 --> 00:40:07.059
 the cry of the thief from the cross

00:40:07.059 --> 00:40:10.500
 both of these robbers, malefactors

00:40:10.500 --> 00:40:12.019
 we read here in Matthew

00:40:12.019 --> 00:40:14.119
 Matthew actually were involved

00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:16.059
 first of all in deriding him

00:40:16.059 --> 00:40:18.619
 but as you listened on to what was happening

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:21.400
 as you sit there with those who are observing the cross

00:40:21.400 --> 00:40:23.059
 you'd have heard something happening

00:40:23.059 --> 00:40:24.159
 you'd have heard some words

00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:26.320
 that really filled you with amazement

00:40:26.320 --> 00:40:28.679
 here is one of those two thieves

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:30.460
 and he has stopped deriding

00:40:30.460 --> 00:40:31.400
 has stopped mocking

00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:34.019
 he has stopped casting things against Jesus

00:40:34.019 --> 00:40:36.139
 and he's come to ask him now

00:40:36.139 --> 00:40:37.119
 something specific

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:39.319
 Lord remember me

00:40:39.319 --> 00:40:41.880
 when you come into your kingdom

00:40:41.880 --> 00:40:44.319
 and then you'd have heard

00:40:44.319 --> 00:40:46.659
 the response of Jesus to that

00:40:46.659 --> 00:40:49.500
 truly I say to you

00:40:49.500 --> 00:40:49.960
 today

00:40:49.960 --> 00:40:52.940
 you will be with me in paradise

00:40:52.940 --> 00:40:54.199
 what is happening

00:40:54.199 --> 00:40:55.119
 here you are

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:56.359
 with these people

00:40:56.359 --> 00:40:57.659
 listening to what's going on

00:40:57.659 --> 00:40:58.900
 hearing these words

00:40:58.900 --> 00:40:59.719
 and all of a sudden

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.980
 you hear this conversation

00:41:00.980 --> 00:41:02.420
 this thief breaking out

00:41:02.420 --> 00:41:03.539
 with a request to Jesus

00:41:03.539 --> 00:41:04.460
 to remember him

00:41:04.460 --> 00:41:06.099
 and Jesus not only hearing

00:41:06.099 --> 00:41:07.300
 but replying and saying

00:41:07.300 --> 00:41:09.639
 today you're going to be with me in paradise

00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:11.400
 this man's going to be in paradise

00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:13.280
 what do you mean this man's going to be in paradise

00:41:13.280 --> 00:41:14.880
 what's he being crucified for

00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:16.659
 he's being crucified for his crimes

00:41:16.659 --> 00:41:18.900
 he's being crucified as a malefactor

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.820
 as a robber

00:41:19.820 --> 00:41:21.360
 as somebody who deserves

00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:22.679
 actually to be dead

00:41:22.679 --> 00:41:24.300
 and to be put to death

00:41:24.300 --> 00:41:25.300
 for his crimes

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:27.159
 and instead you find Jesus saying

00:41:27.159 --> 00:41:28.940
 you're going to be with me today

00:41:28.940 --> 00:41:29.900
 in paradise

00:41:29.900 --> 00:41:34.200
 I hear you are today

00:41:34.200 --> 00:41:34.980
 at the Lord's table

00:41:34.980 --> 00:41:35.280
 and

00:41:35.280 --> 00:41:38.039
 you're imagining yourself

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:39.579
 sitting there with the rest of them

00:41:39.579 --> 00:41:41.880
 what would you have thought

00:41:41.880 --> 00:41:43.780
 what would you have thought

00:41:43.780 --> 00:41:45.180
 of Jesus himself

00:41:45.180 --> 00:41:47.200
 hearing these words

00:41:47.200 --> 00:41:47.900
 in response

00:41:47.900 --> 00:41:49.760
 to the thief's pleading

00:41:49.760 --> 00:41:51.680
 pleading words

00:41:51.680 --> 00:41:54.300
 responded to by Jesus

00:41:54.300 --> 00:41:55.680
 with comforting words

00:41:55.680 --> 00:41:56.119
 today

00:41:56.119 --> 00:41:58.180
 you'll be with me in paradise

00:41:58.180 --> 00:41:59.539
 you'll be in heaven with me

00:41:59.539 --> 00:42:03.539
 you see that's why

00:42:03.539 --> 00:42:05.279
 you find these things

00:42:05.279 --> 00:42:06.500
 that are spoken to be

00:42:06.500 --> 00:42:08.480
 so meaningful to yourself

00:42:08.480 --> 00:42:10.239
 because

00:42:10.239 --> 00:42:12.000
 you have asked the Lord

00:42:12.000 --> 00:42:12.820
 to remember you

00:42:12.820 --> 00:42:13.259
 haven't you

00:42:13.259 --> 00:42:16.279
 at some point

00:42:16.279 --> 00:42:17.539
 in your spiritual journey

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:19.480
 you've come to the Lord

00:42:19.480 --> 00:42:19.739
 and

00:42:19.739 --> 00:42:21.980
 sought that he would remember you

00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:23.199
 that he would bless you

00:42:23.199 --> 00:42:24.139
 that he would receive you

00:42:24.139 --> 00:42:26.259
 that he would forgive your sins

00:42:26.259 --> 00:42:27.659
 that he would have you

00:42:27.659 --> 00:42:29.139
 as one of his own disciples

00:42:29.139 --> 00:42:30.799
 that he would save you

00:42:30.799 --> 00:42:35.339
 and that change

00:42:35.339 --> 00:42:36.079
 that took place

00:42:36.079 --> 00:42:36.699
 in the thief

00:42:36.699 --> 00:42:38.879
 is the change

00:42:38.879 --> 00:42:39.960
 that has taken place

00:42:39.960 --> 00:42:40.460
 in you

00:42:40.460 --> 00:42:42.539
 as you remember the Lord

00:42:42.539 --> 00:42:44.239
 in his death today

00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:46.059
 Psalm 139

00:42:46.059 --> 00:42:48.159
 verses 17 to 18

00:42:48.159 --> 00:42:49.339
 remember the psalmist

00:42:49.339 --> 00:42:50.019
 and that psalmist

00:42:50.019 --> 00:42:51.359
 just taken up in awe

00:42:51.359 --> 00:42:52.539
 at the knowledge

00:42:52.539 --> 00:42:53.679
 that God has of him

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:54.460
 that he sees through

00:42:54.460 --> 00:42:55.699
 into the very depth

00:42:55.699 --> 00:42:56.500
 of his soul

00:42:56.500 --> 00:42:58.000
 the words that he speaks

00:42:58.000 --> 00:42:59.300
 even before he's spoken

00:42:59.300 --> 00:42:59.500
 them

00:42:59.500 --> 00:43:00.320
 God knows them

00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:02.539
 God is found everywhere

00:43:02.539 --> 00:43:03.440
 God's looking in

00:43:03.440 --> 00:43:03.900
 upon him

00:43:03.900 --> 00:43:04.719
 and measuring

00:43:04.719 --> 00:43:05.579
 and sifting

00:43:05.579 --> 00:43:07.019
 his thoughts even

00:43:07.019 --> 00:43:10.420
 then he comes

00:43:10.420 --> 00:43:11.480
 to say

00:43:11.480 --> 00:43:12.320
 how precious

00:43:12.320 --> 00:43:14.320
 are your thoughts

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:14.860
 to me

00:43:14.860 --> 00:43:15.760
 oh God

00:43:15.760 --> 00:43:18.420
 how precious

00:43:18.420 --> 00:43:20.179
 are your thoughts

00:43:20.179 --> 00:43:20.440
 to me

00:43:20.440 --> 00:43:21.159
 what did he mean

00:43:21.159 --> 00:43:22.780
 Lord thank you

00:43:22.780 --> 00:43:24.360
 that you are mindful

00:43:24.360 --> 00:43:25.019
 of me

00:43:25.019 --> 00:43:26.880
 that you are mindful

00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:28.019
 of me always

00:43:28.019 --> 00:43:29.760
 that you are mindful

00:43:29.760 --> 00:43:31.500
 of me when I forget you

00:43:31.500 --> 00:43:33.220
 that you are mindful

00:43:33.220 --> 00:43:34.300
 of you even when I

00:43:34.300 --> 00:43:35.420
 sometimes have questions

00:43:35.420 --> 00:43:36.680
 and even doubtings

00:43:36.680 --> 00:43:37.640
 you never

00:43:37.640 --> 00:43:38.940
 you never cease

00:43:38.940 --> 00:43:39.800
 to be mindful

00:43:39.800 --> 00:43:40.280
 of me

00:43:40.280 --> 00:43:41.519
 isn't that a precious

00:43:41.519 --> 00:43:42.280
 thing to you today

00:43:42.280 --> 00:43:43.519
 as you come to remember

00:43:43.519 --> 00:43:44.519
 the Lord and his death

00:43:44.519 --> 00:43:45.760
 at the Lord's supper

00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:47.040
 to know that God

00:43:47.040 --> 00:43:48.280
 is mindful of you

00:43:48.280 --> 00:43:49.180
 that he has you

00:43:49.180 --> 00:43:49.960
 in his mind

00:43:49.960 --> 00:43:51.180
 that he never lets you

00:43:51.180 --> 00:43:52.060
 out of his mind

00:43:52.059 --> 00:43:54.219
 that you are so

00:43:54.219 --> 00:43:55.079
 precious to him

00:43:55.079 --> 00:43:57.460
 that he never

00:43:57.460 --> 00:43:58.380
 forgets you

00:43:58.380 --> 00:44:00.699
 that not for a moment

00:44:00.699 --> 00:44:02.460
 does he stop

00:44:02.460 --> 00:44:03.099
 being mindful

00:44:03.099 --> 00:44:03.699
 of you

00:44:03.699 --> 00:44:06.099
 that's what you

00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:06.480
 heard

00:44:06.480 --> 00:44:07.799
 that's what you

00:44:07.799 --> 00:44:08.279
 would have heard

00:44:08.279 --> 00:44:08.860
 here this

00:44:08.860 --> 00:44:10.380
 interaction of the

00:44:10.380 --> 00:44:10.719
 thief

00:44:10.719 --> 00:44:11.920
 and Jesus

00:44:11.920 --> 00:44:13.440
 and that's

00:44:13.440 --> 00:44:13.920
 essentially

00:44:13.920 --> 00:44:15.519
 what's inside it

00:44:15.519 --> 00:44:17.960
 but thirdly

00:44:17.960 --> 00:44:18.340
 finally

00:44:18.340 --> 00:44:19.880
 not only

00:44:19.880 --> 00:44:20.559
 would you have

00:44:20.559 --> 00:44:21.440
 heard mocking

00:44:21.440 --> 00:44:22.000
 words

00:44:22.000 --> 00:44:23.320
 and you

00:44:23.320 --> 00:44:23.539
 would have

00:44:23.539 --> 00:44:24.420
 heard pleading

00:44:24.420 --> 00:44:25.500
 words answered

00:44:25.500 --> 00:44:26.199
 by Jesus

00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:27.639
 you would also

00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:28.380
 have heard

00:44:28.380 --> 00:44:29.480
 the Lord's

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:30.679
 own words

00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:33.280
 all the statements

00:44:33.280 --> 00:44:34.000
 that he made

00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:35.099
 while he was

00:44:35.099 --> 00:44:35.980
 on the cross

00:44:35.980 --> 00:44:38.280
 but there's one

00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:38.840
 really that

00:44:38.840 --> 00:44:39.820
 stands out

00:44:39.820 --> 00:44:40.719
 above the rest

00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:41.940
 and it's there

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:43.039
 in verse 46

00:44:43.039 --> 00:44:45.059
 about the ninth

00:44:45.059 --> 00:44:45.380
 hour

00:44:45.380 --> 00:44:46.380
 Jesus cried out

00:44:46.380 --> 00:44:46.880
 with a loud

00:44:46.880 --> 00:44:47.360
 voice

00:44:47.360 --> 00:44:51.739
 that is my

00:44:51.739 --> 00:44:52.079
 God

00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:52.679
 my God

00:44:52.679 --> 00:44:54.219
 why have you

00:44:54.219 --> 00:44:55.699
 forsaken me

00:44:55.699 --> 00:44:59.460
 I think we can

00:44:59.460 --> 00:45:00.039
 safely say

00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:00.500
 these are the

00:45:00.500 --> 00:45:01.320
 most amazing

00:45:01.320 --> 00:45:01.940
 words

00:45:01.940 --> 00:45:04.039
 ever uttered

00:45:04.039 --> 00:45:06.400
 they are what

00:45:06.400 --> 00:45:07.039
 Martin Luther

00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:07.599
 calls

00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:09.039
 behold

00:45:09.039 --> 00:45:09.059
 behold

00:45:09.059 --> 00:45:09.619
 God

00:45:09.619 --> 00:45:11.039
 forsaken

00:45:11.039 --> 00:45:11.799
 by God

00:45:11.799 --> 00:45:14.779
 why

00:45:14.779 --> 00:45:15.119
 hast

00:45:15.119 --> 00:45:15.339
 thou

00:45:15.339 --> 00:45:15.940
 forsaken

00:45:15.940 --> 00:45:16.239
 me

00:45:16.239 --> 00:45:17.880
 and if you

00:45:17.880 --> 00:45:18.279
 imagine

00:45:18.279 --> 00:45:19.819
 an exclamation

00:45:19.819 --> 00:45:20.460
 mark there

00:45:20.460 --> 00:45:21.059
 at the end

00:45:21.059 --> 00:45:22.099
 rather than a

00:45:22.099 --> 00:45:22.599
 question

00:45:22.599 --> 00:45:24.000
 you'll have

00:45:24.000 --> 00:45:24.980
 a better idea

00:45:24.980 --> 00:45:25.719
 then of just

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:26.480
 the depth

00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:28.139
 of these words

00:45:28.139 --> 00:45:28.980
 but we cannot

00:45:28.980 --> 00:45:29.699
 measure them

00:45:29.699 --> 00:45:30.679
 we cannot

00:45:30.679 --> 00:45:31.839
 properly enter

00:45:31.839 --> 00:45:32.500
 into the depths

00:45:32.500 --> 00:45:32.639
 of them

00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:33.319
 he alone

00:45:33.319 --> 00:45:33.920
 knows

00:45:33.920 --> 00:45:35.059
 the depth

00:45:35.059 --> 00:45:35.559
 of meaning

00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:36.280
 in these words

00:45:36.280 --> 00:45:36.820
 my God

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.320
 my God

00:45:37.320 --> 00:45:38.440
 why have you

00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:39.500
 forsaken me

00:45:39.500 --> 00:45:44.559
 forsakenness

00:45:44.559 --> 00:45:45.240
 by God

00:45:45.240 --> 00:45:47.240
 is the essence

00:45:47.240 --> 00:45:47.880
 of death

00:45:47.880 --> 00:45:50.619
 we think of death

00:45:50.619 --> 00:45:51.280
 perhaps more

00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:52.340
 in physical terms

00:45:52.340 --> 00:45:54.260
 when people die

00:45:54.260 --> 00:45:54.820
 when we leave

00:45:54.820 --> 00:45:55.360
 this world

00:45:55.360 --> 00:45:57.200
 separation of our

00:45:57.200 --> 00:45:58.159
 soul from body

00:45:58.159 --> 00:45:59.480
 and that is an

00:45:59.480 --> 00:46:00.460
 aspect of death

00:46:00.460 --> 00:46:01.019
 undoubtedly

00:46:01.019 --> 00:46:02.860
 but the essence

00:46:02.860 --> 00:46:03.700
 of death

00:46:03.699 --> 00:46:05.559
 as was shown

00:46:05.559 --> 00:46:06.159
 even by the

00:46:06.159 --> 00:46:06.939
 exclusion of

00:46:06.939 --> 00:46:07.599
 Adam and Eve

00:46:07.599 --> 00:46:08.239
 from the garden

00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:09.139
 as they were

00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:09.819
 driven out

00:46:09.819 --> 00:46:10.480
 by God

00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:11.239
 as the gates

00:46:11.239 --> 00:46:11.799
 were closed

00:46:11.799 --> 00:46:12.480
 behind them

00:46:12.480 --> 00:46:13.379
 the essence

00:46:13.379 --> 00:46:14.019
 of death

00:46:14.019 --> 00:46:14.839
 is nothing

00:46:14.839 --> 00:46:15.379
 less than

00:46:15.379 --> 00:46:16.299
 separation

00:46:16.299 --> 00:46:17.179
 from God

00:46:17.179 --> 00:46:18.339
 and that's why

00:46:18.339 --> 00:46:19.299
 eternal death

00:46:19.299 --> 00:46:19.759
 the death

00:46:19.759 --> 00:46:20.599
 that is in hell

00:46:20.599 --> 00:46:22.159
 is separation

00:46:22.159 --> 00:46:22.819
 from God

00:46:22.819 --> 00:46:23.519
 forever

00:46:23.519 --> 00:46:25.899
 without

00:46:25.899 --> 00:46:27.719
 ever ending

00:46:27.719 --> 00:46:31.500
 and that's

00:46:31.500 --> 00:46:32.139
 not a neutral

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:32.659
 thing

00:46:32.659 --> 00:46:36.039
 to experience

00:46:36.039 --> 00:46:36.559
 separation

00:46:36.559 --> 00:46:37.440
 from God

00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:39.279
 in the wrath

00:46:39.279 --> 00:46:39.779
 of God

00:46:39.779 --> 00:46:40.759
 being inflicted

00:46:40.759 --> 00:46:41.559
 upon any

00:46:41.559 --> 00:46:42.019
 person

00:46:42.019 --> 00:46:44.319
 is the most

00:46:44.319 --> 00:46:45.139
 painful thing

00:46:45.139 --> 00:46:45.859
 imaginable

00:46:45.859 --> 00:46:48.019
 to be cut off

00:46:48.019 --> 00:46:48.739
 from life

00:46:48.739 --> 00:46:51.000
 to experience

00:46:51.000 --> 00:46:51.639
 everlasting

00:46:51.639 --> 00:46:52.399
 death

00:46:52.399 --> 00:46:54.279
 with no

00:46:54.279 --> 00:46:55.000
 prospect of

00:46:55.000 --> 00:46:55.359
 hope

00:46:55.359 --> 00:46:57.219
 or mitigation

00:46:57.219 --> 00:46:57.399
 salvation

00:46:57.399 --> 00:46:59.539
 now Jesus

00:46:59.539 --> 00:47:00.239
 didn't die

00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:00.819
 for his own

00:47:00.819 --> 00:47:01.279
 sins

00:47:01.279 --> 00:47:03.500
 but the

00:47:03.500 --> 00:47:04.179
 people whose

00:47:04.179 --> 00:47:04.779
 sins were

00:47:04.779 --> 00:47:05.339
 laid upon

00:47:05.339 --> 00:47:05.619
 him

00:47:05.619 --> 00:47:06.559
 deserved

00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:07.599
 this death

00:47:07.599 --> 00:47:09.099
 and he

00:47:09.099 --> 00:47:09.739
 took that

00:47:09.739 --> 00:47:10.119
 death

00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:10.639
 in their

00:47:10.639 --> 00:47:11.119
 place

00:47:11.119 --> 00:47:12.659
 and you

00:47:12.659 --> 00:47:13.279
 remember him

00:47:13.279 --> 00:47:13.799
 today as

00:47:13.799 --> 00:47:14.480
 one who

00:47:14.480 --> 00:47:15.139
 took that

00:47:15.139 --> 00:47:15.399
 death

00:47:15.399 --> 00:47:16.019
 instead of

00:47:16.019 --> 00:47:16.279
 you

00:47:16.279 --> 00:47:17.599
 who willingly

00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:18.099
 went to

00:47:18.099 --> 00:47:18.500
 the cross

00:47:18.500 --> 00:47:19.099
 and died

00:47:19.099 --> 00:47:20.219
 this death

00:47:20.219 --> 00:47:21.039
 that involved

00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:21.759
 separation

00:47:21.759 --> 00:47:22.619
 from God

00:47:22.619 --> 00:47:25.480
 nothing less

00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:25.779
 than

00:47:25.779 --> 00:47:27.139
 actual

00:47:27.139 --> 00:47:27.940
 damnation

00:47:27.940 --> 00:47:28.619
 experienced

00:47:28.619 --> 00:47:29.179
 by him

00:47:29.179 --> 00:47:30.480
 in his

00:47:30.480 --> 00:47:31.139
 own soul

00:47:31.139 --> 00:47:33.920
 now we

00:47:33.920 --> 00:47:34.679
 can't

00:47:34.679 --> 00:47:36.159
 really go

00:47:36.159 --> 00:47:36.920
 beyond saying

00:47:36.920 --> 00:47:37.480
 this is just

00:47:37.480 --> 00:47:38.000
 a mystery

00:47:38.000 --> 00:47:40.179
 how can we

00:47:40.179 --> 00:47:40.839
 possibly try

00:47:40.839 --> 00:47:41.460
 to begin

00:47:41.460 --> 00:47:42.159
 explaining

00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:43.480
 what was

00:47:43.480 --> 00:47:44.400
 actually involved

00:47:44.400 --> 00:47:44.960
 in the son

00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:45.500
 of God

00:47:45.500 --> 00:47:46.099
 in our

00:47:46.099 --> 00:47:46.460
 nature

00:47:46.460 --> 00:47:47.259
 experiencing

00:47:47.259 --> 00:47:48.739
 the hell

00:47:48.739 --> 00:47:49.119
 that we

00:47:49.119 --> 00:47:49.539
 deserved

00:47:49.539 --> 00:47:50.019
 in his own

00:47:50.019 --> 00:47:50.559
 experience

00:47:50.559 --> 00:47:50.880
 in his

00:47:50.880 --> 00:47:51.420
 own soul

00:47:51.420 --> 00:47:51.940
 let's

00:47:51.940 --> 00:47:52.159
 just

00:47:52.159 --> 00:47:52.599
 leave it

00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:52.940
 there

00:47:52.940 --> 00:47:55.880
 but think

00:47:55.880 --> 00:47:56.460
 about it

00:47:56.460 --> 00:47:57.739
 and the

00:47:57.739 --> 00:47:58.159
 reality

00:47:58.159 --> 00:47:58.799
 of it

00:47:58.799 --> 00:48:01.039
 think about

00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:01.400
 it as you

00:48:01.400 --> 00:48:01.920
 watch him

00:48:01.920 --> 00:48:02.360
 there as you

00:48:02.360 --> 00:48:02.940
 hear these

00:48:02.940 --> 00:48:03.440
 words

00:48:03.440 --> 00:48:04.619
 why have

00:48:04.619 --> 00:48:05.579
 you forsaken

00:48:05.579 --> 00:48:06.139
 my God

00:48:06.139 --> 00:48:06.579
 my God

00:48:06.579 --> 00:48:07.420
 why have

00:48:07.420 --> 00:48:08.139
 you forsaken

00:48:08.139 --> 00:48:08.460
 me

00:48:08.460 --> 00:48:09.860
 well of course

00:48:09.860 --> 00:48:10.279
 they didn't

00:48:10.279 --> 00:48:10.920
 understand

00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:11.900
 they thought

00:48:11.900 --> 00:48:12.259
 this man

00:48:12.259 --> 00:48:12.679
 was calling

00:48:12.679 --> 00:48:13.279
 for Elijah

00:48:13.279 --> 00:48:15.719
 some said

00:48:15.719 --> 00:48:16.139
 well let's

00:48:16.139 --> 00:48:16.659
 wait and see

00:48:16.659 --> 00:48:17.639
 whether Elijah

00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:18.119
 will come

00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:18.659
 and save

00:48:18.659 --> 00:48:18.980
 him

00:48:18.980 --> 00:48:20.420
 then Jesus

00:48:20.420 --> 00:48:21.000
 cried out

00:48:21.000 --> 00:48:21.400
 again with

00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:21.720
 a loud

00:48:21.720 --> 00:48:22.139
 voice

00:48:22.139 --> 00:48:23.159
 and yielded

00:48:23.159 --> 00:48:23.559
 up his

00:48:23.559 --> 00:48:24.059
 spirit

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:25.460
 that itself

00:48:25.460 --> 00:48:26.420
 is something

00:48:26.420 --> 00:48:27.180
 amazing to

00:48:27.180 --> 00:48:27.639
 hear

00:48:27.639 --> 00:48:28.920
 not only the

00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:29.680
 cry my God

00:48:29.680 --> 00:48:30.159
 my God

00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:30.820
 why have

00:48:30.820 --> 00:48:31.519
 you forsaken

00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:31.860
 me

00:48:31.860 --> 00:48:33.180
 but then it

00:48:33.180 --> 00:48:33.579
 comes to

00:48:33.579 --> 00:48:33.920
 this

00:48:33.920 --> 00:48:35.300
 he yields

00:48:35.300 --> 00:48:35.920
 up his

00:48:35.920 --> 00:48:36.240
 spirit

00:48:36.240 --> 00:48:37.099
 he breathes

00:48:37.099 --> 00:48:37.700
 his last

00:48:37.700 --> 00:48:38.500
 as it puts

00:48:38.500 --> 00:48:39.000
 elsewhere

00:48:39.000 --> 00:48:40.079
 he hands

00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:40.619
 over his

00:48:40.619 --> 00:48:41.039
 spirit

00:48:41.039 --> 00:48:41.860
 his soul

00:48:41.860 --> 00:48:42.340
 to his

00:48:42.340 --> 00:48:42.740
 father

00:48:42.740 --> 00:48:43.599
 for keeping

00:48:43.599 --> 00:48:44.139
 for safe

00:48:44.139 --> 00:48:44.639
 custody

00:48:44.639 --> 00:48:45.619
 how does he

00:48:45.619 --> 00:48:45.980
 do it

00:48:45.980 --> 00:48:46.680
 he does it

00:48:46.680 --> 00:48:47.260
 in a loud

00:48:47.260 --> 00:48:48.000
 voice

00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:49.220
 what is that

00:48:49.220 --> 00:48:49.820
 saying to you

00:48:49.820 --> 00:48:50.600
 it's saying

00:48:50.600 --> 00:48:51.300
 that here

00:48:51.300 --> 00:48:51.680
 is the

00:48:51.680 --> 00:48:52.100
 champion

00:48:52.100 --> 00:48:52.940
 of death

00:48:52.940 --> 00:48:53.860
 here is

00:48:53.860 --> 00:48:54.160
 somebody

00:48:54.160 --> 00:48:54.539
 who has

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:55.440
 power over

00:48:55.440 --> 00:48:55.960
 death

00:48:55.960 --> 00:48:56.720
 here is

00:48:56.720 --> 00:48:57.019
 somebody

00:48:57.019 --> 00:48:57.760
 who comes

00:48:57.760 --> 00:48:58.320
 to die

00:48:58.320 --> 00:48:59.260
 not in

00:48:59.260 --> 00:48:59.840
 the weakness

00:48:59.840 --> 00:49:00.220
 that we

00:49:00.220 --> 00:49:01.059
 usually associate

00:49:01.059 --> 00:49:01.980
 with death

00:49:01.980 --> 00:49:03.420
 but with a

00:49:03.420 --> 00:49:04.380
 loud voice

00:49:04.380 --> 00:49:05.600
 showing that

00:49:05.600 --> 00:49:06.360
 he is still

00:49:06.360 --> 00:49:07.480
 the powerful

00:49:07.480 --> 00:49:07.960
 one

00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:09.360
 the son

00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:09.940
 of God

00:49:09.940 --> 00:49:12.420
 he comes

00:49:12.420 --> 00:49:14.780
 to yield

00:49:14.780 --> 00:49:15.240
 up his

00:49:15.240 --> 00:49:15.760
 spirit

00:49:15.760 --> 00:49:18.120
 remarkable

00:49:18.120 --> 00:49:18.720
 things

00:49:18.720 --> 00:49:19.820
 that you

00:49:19.820 --> 00:49:20.320
 have seen

00:49:20.320 --> 00:49:21.280
 as you

00:49:21.280 --> 00:49:21.840
 sit there

00:49:21.840 --> 00:49:22.100
 at the

00:49:22.100 --> 00:49:22.520
 cross

00:49:22.520 --> 00:49:24.200
 you've

00:49:24.200 --> 00:49:24.540
 seen

00:49:24.540 --> 00:49:25.280
 Jesus

00:49:25.280 --> 00:49:25.920
 refusing

00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:26.580
 this

00:49:26.580 --> 00:49:26.940
 drink

00:49:26.940 --> 00:49:27.260
 you've

00:49:27.260 --> 00:49:27.520
 seen

00:49:27.520 --> 00:49:28.560
 the day

00:49:28.560 --> 00:49:29.000
 turned

00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:29.260
 to

00:49:29.260 --> 00:49:29.700
 darkness

00:49:29.700 --> 00:49:31.780
 and you've

00:49:31.780 --> 00:49:32.020
 heard

00:49:32.020 --> 00:49:32.520
 remarkable

00:49:32.520 --> 00:49:33.280
 things

00:49:33.280 --> 00:49:34.340
 you've

00:49:34.340 --> 00:49:34.520
 heard

00:49:34.520 --> 00:49:34.880
 words

00:49:34.880 --> 00:49:35.080
 of

00:49:35.080 --> 00:49:35.500
 mocking

00:49:35.500 --> 00:49:36.580
 that

00:49:36.580 --> 00:49:36.900
 actually

00:49:36.900 --> 00:49:37.320
 convey

00:49:37.320 --> 00:49:37.840
 the truth

00:49:37.840 --> 00:49:38.200
 about

00:49:38.200 --> 00:49:38.640
 Jesus

00:49:38.640 --> 00:49:40.440
 you've

00:49:40.440 --> 00:49:40.640
 heard

00:49:40.640 --> 00:49:41.040
 pleading

00:49:41.040 --> 00:49:41.440
 words

00:49:41.440 --> 00:49:41.820
 from one

00:49:41.820 --> 00:49:42.060
 of the

00:49:42.060 --> 00:49:42.540
 thieves

00:49:42.539 --> 00:49:43.739
 and the

00:49:43.739 --> 00:49:44.139
 words of

00:49:44.139 --> 00:49:44.420
 Jesus

00:49:44.420 --> 00:49:45.179
 in reply

00:49:45.179 --> 00:49:47.199
 and you've

00:49:47.199 --> 00:49:47.579
 heard

00:49:47.579 --> 00:49:49.219
 this cry

00:49:49.219 --> 00:49:50.179
 of Jesus

00:49:50.179 --> 00:49:50.840
 himself

00:49:50.840 --> 00:49:53.940
 and all

00:49:53.940 --> 00:49:54.460
 of that

00:49:54.460 --> 00:49:56.099
 is precious

00:49:56.099 --> 00:49:56.599
 to you

00:49:56.599 --> 00:49:57.000
 today

00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:59.079
 because it's

00:49:59.079 --> 00:49:59.679
 part of what

00:49:59.679 --> 00:50:00.380
 you remember

00:50:00.380 --> 00:50:01.920
 as you

00:50:01.920 --> 00:50:02.420
 remember

00:50:02.420 --> 00:50:03.159
 the Lord's

00:50:03.159 --> 00:50:03.539
 death

00:50:03.539 --> 00:50:05.460
 until he

00:50:05.460 --> 00:50:06.000
 comes

00:50:06.000 --> 00:50:07.579
 amen

00:50:07.579 --> 00:50:07.900
 let's

00:50:07.900 --> 00:50:08.179
 pray

00:50:08.179 --> 00:50:12.139
 gracious

00:50:12.139 --> 00:50:12.579
 father

00:50:12.579 --> 00:50:12.919
 we

00:50:12.919 --> 00:50:13.460
 thank you

00:50:13.460 --> 00:50:13.799
 today

00:50:13.799 --> 00:50:15.379
 that your

00:50:15.379 --> 00:50:15.619
 word

00:50:15.619 --> 00:50:16.319
 conveys to

00:50:16.319 --> 00:50:16.719
 us the

00:50:16.719 --> 00:50:17.079
 truth

00:50:17.079 --> 00:50:18.940
 that is so

00:50:18.940 --> 00:50:19.460
 much greater

00:50:19.460 --> 00:50:19.719
 than

00:50:19.719 --> 00:50:20.219
 ourselves

00:50:20.219 --> 00:50:22.019
 truth

00:50:22.019 --> 00:50:22.460
 that our

00:50:22.460 --> 00:50:23.199
 puny minds

00:50:23.199 --> 00:50:23.839
 cannot fully

00:50:23.839 --> 00:50:24.399
 take in

00:50:24.399 --> 00:50:25.819
 but we

00:50:25.819 --> 00:50:26.159
 thank you

00:50:26.159 --> 00:50:26.519
 that it is

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 the truth

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 nevertheless

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 that you

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 came into

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 this world

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 to give

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 yourself a

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 ransom for

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 your people

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 we thank you

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 for the

00:50:35.139 --> 00:50:35.679
 truth of

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 your death

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 and for

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 the way

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 that it

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 brought about

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 the salvation

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 of your

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 people

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 we thank

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 you Lord

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 for all

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 that is

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 entailed

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 in your

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 death on

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 the cross

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 and make

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 it more

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 and more

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 precious to

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 us as

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 time goes

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 by

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 Lord

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 enable us

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 today as

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 we remember

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 you in

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 the Lord's

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 supper

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 to do so

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 with

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 gratefulness

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 thankfulness

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 dependence

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 all that we

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 should be

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 in ourselves

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 as we

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 relate to

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 that death

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 of our

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 Lord

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 receive our

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 thanks we

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 pray now

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 and pardon

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 our sin

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 for Jesus

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 sake

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 Amen

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 now we're

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 going to sing

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 some verses

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 during the

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 singing

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 the young

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 ones will

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 come in

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 they'll take

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 their place

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 up on the

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 gallery

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 so we're

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 singing

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 from Psalm

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 22

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 and page

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 25

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 the tune is

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 Saldo

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 page 25

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 verses 1

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 to 8

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 my God

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 my God

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 oh why

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 have you

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 forsaken

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 and abandoned

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 me

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 why are you

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 far from

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 giving help

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 from listening

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 to my

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 anguished

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 plea

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 so on

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 through

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 Psalm 22

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 verses 1

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 to 8

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 so on

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 Rod

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Now, at this point in our service, we come to give directions to those who come to

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 the Lord's table, those who have the privilege and the responsibility and the right indeed

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 to come to take communion at this time.

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 I'm going to read some verses, just a verses of a poem.

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 I think it might actually be a hymn, although I couldn't find any writer for it, so I'm

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 not sure if you know who it is.

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 You can please let me know.

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 But the poem, the verses are as follows.

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 I sought thee, weeping high and low.

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 I found thee not.

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 I did not know.

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 I was a sinner.

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 Even so, I missed thee for my Savior.

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 Until upon the cross I saw my Lord, who died to meet the law.

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 That man had broken.

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 Then I saw my sin, and then my Savior.

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 Be thou to me, my Lord, my guide, my friend, yea, everything beside.

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 But first, last, best, whate'er betide, be thou to me, my Savior.

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 And I think these verses, each of them, encapsulate something of our experience as we come to know

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 the Lord, because more often than not, we're like those in the first verse, they're seeking

00:56:41.659 --> 00:56:43.579
 answers to life's questions.

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 I did not know I was a sinner.

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 I sought thee, weeping high and low, distressed about his own life, but not necessarily knowing

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 where the answer lay.

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 And I'm sure for some of us, at least, that's how it was.

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 And so you come to the Lord's table today knowing that you did seek answers to life's big

00:57:06.579 --> 00:57:14.119
 questions, but maybe for some time you didn't find an answer until you came to know the answer

00:57:14.119 --> 00:57:16.319
 in Jesus himself.

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 And as he says there, I do not know, did not know I was a sinner, even so I miss thee for

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 my Savior.

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 There's something deep within the heart of each one of us that knows we lack something

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 that we can't provide ourselves.

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 And that makes us ask questions.

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 Where do I get this?

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 Where can I get satisfaction?

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 And you have come.

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 The Lord's table is for those who have come to know satisfaction in Christ.

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 Not an answer to every question, but certainly an answer to the most important ones.

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 What must I do to be saved?

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 The second verse there, until upon the cross I saw my Lord who died to meet the law that

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 man had broken.

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 Then I saw my sin and then my Savior.

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 They come to the Lord's table today because you've come to know the Lord.

00:58:11.880 --> 00:58:13.659
 You've moved on from the questions.

00:58:14.539 --> 00:58:19.000
 You've come to know the Lord himself as the great answer to all of life's questions.

00:58:19.000 --> 00:58:24.699
 And it's when you came to know the Lord and the kind of death that he died as you came

00:58:24.699 --> 00:58:30.639
 to know the scriptures, that he died to meet the law, the demands of the law, the death

00:58:30.639 --> 00:58:31.880
 as we saw that he died.

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 Then I saw my sin and then my Savior.

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 The people who come to the Lord's table don't think they're very good in themselves.

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 They're very opposite.

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 And as they look at Jesus, and as you look at Jesus today portrayed in the Lord's Supper,

00:58:47.320 --> 00:58:52.860
 as you see him portrayed in the death that he died as these elements of bread and wine

00:58:52.860 --> 00:58:59.960
 set out for us, so you came to see your sin in the light of Christ's sufferings.

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 And I'm sure it's the case for most of us that the place where we most clearly see our

00:59:09.820 --> 00:59:16.200
 sin and know our sin for what it is, is as you look to the cross.

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 And as you see, that's what my sin did.

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 That's what my sin deserved.

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 As you see your Savior, so you see your sin.

00:59:29.680 --> 00:59:32.920
 As you see your sin, so you see your Savior.

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 And you come today to express your trust in him by taking communion and being with his people

00:59:41.240 --> 00:59:42.760
 at the Lord's Supper.

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 They sought answers.

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 They came to know Jesus.

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 Thirdly, they value Jesus above all else.

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 Be thou to me, my Lord, my guide, my friend, yea, everything beside.

01:00:00.760 --> 01:00:08.640
 But first, last, best, whatever betide, be thou to me, my Savior.

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 They are the people who come and have the right to come to the Lord's table.

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 They can say about their lives they're far from perfect.

01:00:19.639 --> 01:00:24.359
 They can say there's many things about them they still actually wish were not true about them.

01:00:24.360 --> 01:00:30.000
 But the one thing they will not deny is that Jesus is special.

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 And that he's special above everyone else.

01:00:33.880 --> 01:00:44.039
 Whate'er betide, my first, last, best, be thou to me, my Savior.

01:00:45.480 --> 01:00:47.140
 And that's what you're saying of him today.

01:00:47.200 --> 01:00:48.160
 That's why you're here.

01:00:49.099 --> 01:00:50.519
 Because he is the best.

01:00:51.519 --> 01:00:52.500
 He's the very best.

01:00:54.559 --> 01:00:56.519
 He's one you know you can't improve on.

01:00:56.760 --> 01:00:57.920
 Nor would you want to.

01:00:57.920 --> 01:01:00.159
 Because there's no need for it.

01:01:01.280 --> 01:01:03.039
 And that's what's leaving you here today.

01:01:04.079 --> 01:01:07.880
 You've found your answer to life's big questions in Jesus.

01:01:09.099 --> 01:01:10.180
 And now you love him.

01:01:11.000 --> 01:01:12.240
 With all your heart.

01:01:13.059 --> 01:01:15.519
 And you want to love him even more.

01:01:16.119 --> 01:01:17.480
 As time goes on.

01:01:17.480 --> 01:01:25.059
 So now we come to sing once more from Psalm 118.

01:01:27.059 --> 01:01:29.400
 And then we'll come to administer the Lord's Supper.

01:01:31.519 --> 01:01:33.980
 Psalm 118, page 398.

01:01:35.099 --> 01:01:36.320
 And at verse 15.

01:01:36.920 --> 01:01:40.240
 Singing to a tune, Coleshill, verses 15 to 19.

01:01:41.840 --> 01:01:45.980
 In dwellings of the righteous is heard the melody of joy and health.

01:01:45.980 --> 01:01:48.800
 The Lord's right hand doth ever valiantly.

01:01:49.460 --> 01:01:52.519
 The right hand of the mighty Lord exalted is on high.

01:01:53.119 --> 01:01:57.179
 The right hand of the mighty Lord doth ever valiantly.

01:01:57.699 --> 01:02:00.159
 And so on to the end of verse 19 to God's praise.

01:02:00.159 --> 01:02:24.159
 In dwellings of the righteous is heard the melody of joy and death.

01:02:24.159 --> 01:02:52.039
 The right hand of the mighty Lord exalted is on high.

01:02:52.039 --> 01:03:07.039
 The right hand of the mighty Lord doth ever valiantly.

01:03:07.039 --> 01:03:24.920
 I shall not die but live and shall the words or not discover.

01:03:24.920 --> 01:03:42.920
 The Lord of the just I said so, but not to death give no word.

01:03:42.920 --> 01:03:59.920
 O set ye open unto me the gates of righteousness,

01:03:59.920 --> 01:04:16.920
 then will I enter into them, and I the Lord will bless.

01:04:20.920 --> 01:04:29.840
 We now read from 1 Corinthians chapter 11, what we refer to as the warrant for our celebration of the Lord's Supper.

01:04:30.760 --> 01:04:32.960
 1 Corinthians 11 at verse 23,

01:04:32.960 --> 01:04:36.780
 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you,

01:04:37.420 --> 01:04:40.119
 that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread.

01:04:40.960 --> 01:04:43.180
 And when he had given thanks, he broke it and said,

01:04:43.860 --> 01:04:48.599
 This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.

01:04:49.579 --> 01:04:52.579
 In the same way also he took the cup after supper, saying,

01:04:53.260 --> 01:04:59.840
 This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this as often as you drink it in remembrance of me.

01:05:00.720 --> 01:05:04.139
 For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup,

01:05:04.539 --> 01:05:09.019
 you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes, and so on.

01:05:09.960 --> 01:05:13.119
 And we follow that example, the Lord himself set us,

01:05:13.780 --> 01:05:15.240
 by giving thanks to the Lord.

01:05:15.340 --> 01:05:15.960
 So let's pray.

01:05:15.960 --> 01:05:21.460
 Lord, our gracious God,

01:05:21.460 --> 01:05:26.840
 we know it is our privilege once again to be here at the Lord's Supper.

01:05:26.840 --> 01:05:32.120
 We know it is our privilege once again to remember the Lord and his death.

01:05:33.460 --> 01:05:37.140
 We know it is our privilege to call upon you and give you thanks, which we do,

01:05:38.220 --> 01:05:40.260
 for all that is set out before us here,

01:05:40.860 --> 01:05:42.240
 representing your death,

01:05:43.200 --> 01:05:47.039
 and being a sign and seal to your people of your love for them.

01:05:47.039 --> 01:05:50.500
 We bless you today, Lord, for this opportunity.

01:05:51.820 --> 01:05:54.079
 Help us to maximize it for ourselves.

01:05:55.079 --> 01:05:57.460
 Help us to come believing, trusting,

01:05:58.659 --> 01:06:01.320
 being sure, O Lord, that you will do as you have promised,

01:06:02.239 --> 01:06:04.360
 and that your word will not return to you void,

01:06:05.159 --> 01:06:09.000
 that you will bless the ordinances that you yourself have set forth

01:06:09.000 --> 01:06:11.279
 and have sanctified for your people.

01:06:11.280 --> 01:06:16.240
 We pray, O Lord, as we take this bread and this cup today,

01:06:17.019 --> 01:06:19.019
 that you would sanctify these elements,

01:06:19.519 --> 01:06:22.519
 so that they be means by which we ourselves

01:06:22.519 --> 01:06:27.140
 can feed upon Christ crucified and the benefits of his death.

01:06:28.220 --> 01:06:31.460
 We give thanks, Lord, that they represent to us

01:06:31.460 --> 01:06:33.500
 what we cannot put into words.

01:06:34.420 --> 01:06:37.840
 And we pray that as we partake of them once again,

01:06:38.360 --> 01:06:40.280
 that we would be conscious, O Lord,

01:06:40.280 --> 01:06:43.000
 of how undeserving we are

01:06:43.000 --> 01:06:46.000
 of anything that is represented here,

01:06:46.680 --> 01:06:49.840
 how deserving we are of the very opposite.

01:06:51.340 --> 01:06:54.900
 And we pray that our love for you might be increased,

01:06:55.240 --> 01:06:56.680
 that our faith may be deepened,

01:06:57.519 --> 01:06:59.580
 that our hope of eternal life in heaven

01:06:59.580 --> 01:07:01.940
 might itself be enlarged.

01:07:03.120 --> 01:07:04.820
 Bless us, Lord, we pray now,

01:07:05.820 --> 01:07:08.960
 and grant that your blessing will be with us throughout this day

01:07:08.960 --> 01:07:12.159
 and in all of these things receive our thanks,

01:07:13.079 --> 01:07:14.280
 cleanse us from our sin.

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 For Jesus' sake.

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 Amen.

01:07:20.320 --> 01:07:22.280
 Just before we take the Lord's Supper,

01:07:22.840 --> 01:07:24.639
 just a few words very briefly,

01:07:25.440 --> 01:07:28.380
 because I want to focus upon you taking the supper

01:07:28.380 --> 01:07:30.079
 and us taking it together.

01:07:30.079 --> 01:07:34.319
 It's called the Lord's Supper.

01:07:35.679 --> 01:07:38.119
 It is a supper spiritually.

01:07:38.940 --> 01:07:40.900
 The things that are here physically

01:07:40.900 --> 01:07:44.779
 are representations of what is true spiritually.

01:07:45.599 --> 01:07:48.619
 So as you take the bread and take the wine,

01:07:49.619 --> 01:07:52.679
 spiritually, you're actually feeding upon Christ.

01:07:52.679 --> 01:07:56.779
 And it's significant that the things Jesus chose

01:07:56.779 --> 01:07:59.119
 to represent Him in the Lord's Supper

01:07:59.119 --> 01:08:00.539
 are very simple things,

01:08:01.099 --> 01:08:02.859
 bread and wine,

01:08:04.179 --> 01:08:06.899
 common, ordinary things in everyday use.

01:08:08.279 --> 01:08:09.819
 But that's the Lord's choice

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 so that we would focus

01:08:10.940 --> 01:08:12.659
 not on the things themselves,

01:08:13.319 --> 01:08:14.879
 but on what they represent.

01:08:15.839 --> 01:08:17.399
 That they represent to us

01:08:17.399 --> 01:08:19.239
 Christ in His death.

01:08:19.239 --> 01:08:22.859
 Indeed, the confession of faith reminds us

01:08:22.859 --> 01:08:25.559
 in the passage that sets out

01:08:25.559 --> 01:08:27.619
 how these elements are not changed

01:08:27.619 --> 01:08:29.779
 in essence from what they are.

01:08:29.899 --> 01:08:31.679
 They don't become the body of Christ

01:08:31.679 --> 01:08:33.359
 or the blood of Christ.

01:08:33.779 --> 01:08:34.819
 They represent that.

01:08:35.039 --> 01:08:36.679
 They sign their signs and seals

01:08:36.679 --> 01:08:38.079
 of that to His people,

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 but they remain bread and wine.

01:08:42.159 --> 01:08:43.059
 Ordinary things

01:08:43.059 --> 01:08:46.920
 to convey a deep spiritual reality.

01:08:47.979 --> 01:08:49.059
 And what the confession says

01:08:49.060 --> 01:08:50.300
 is that by faith,

01:08:51.220 --> 01:08:54.180
 God's people feed upon Christ crucified

01:08:54.180 --> 01:08:57.880
 and all the benefits of His death.

01:08:58.840 --> 01:09:01.060
 That is what you feed upon.

01:09:01.760 --> 01:09:03.140
 That is what by faith,

01:09:04.039 --> 01:09:05.920
 today you're drawing into your soul.

01:09:07.060 --> 01:09:08.200
 And as the confession says,

01:09:08.460 --> 01:09:10.820
 as surely as you see outwardly

01:09:10.820 --> 01:09:12.500
 these elements of bread and wine,

01:09:13.140 --> 01:09:14.360
 so spiritually,

01:09:15.140 --> 01:09:17.300
 you see and feed upon Christ crucified

01:09:17.300 --> 01:09:19.900
 and all the benefits of His death.

01:09:21.579 --> 01:09:25.180
 What a marvelous point that is in itself,

01:09:25.320 --> 01:09:27.320
 that God would take something

01:09:27.320 --> 01:09:28.739
 that's of ordinary use

01:09:28.739 --> 01:09:31.460
 and make it extraordinary

01:09:31.460 --> 01:09:33.579
 for His people.

01:09:34.579 --> 01:09:36.579
 And it helps us in the simplicity

01:09:36.579 --> 01:09:37.960
 of the supper

01:09:37.960 --> 01:09:41.640
 to remember that its simplicity itself

01:09:41.640 --> 01:09:44.119
 conveys wonderful,

01:09:44.119 --> 01:09:44.760
 deep,

01:09:44.760 --> 01:09:44.779
 deep,

01:09:45.220 --> 01:09:45.779
 abiding,

01:09:46.239 --> 01:09:47.059
 spiritual truth.

01:09:48.220 --> 01:09:48.920
 And of course,

01:09:49.019 --> 01:09:50.220
 this passage also says

01:09:50.220 --> 01:09:51.619
 that we take it together.

01:09:52.960 --> 01:09:54.279
 The apostle was concerned

01:09:54.279 --> 01:09:55.939
 to teach the Corinthians

01:09:55.939 --> 01:09:58.260
 and to deliver them

01:09:58.260 --> 01:09:59.019
 from the abuses

01:09:59.019 --> 01:09:59.979
 of the Lord's Supper

01:09:59.979 --> 01:10:02.119
 that they had engaged in

01:10:02.119 --> 01:10:03.779
 in the city of Corinth,

01:10:03.859 --> 01:10:04.779
 in the church in Corinth.

01:10:05.260 --> 01:10:05.599
 So he says,

01:10:05.600 --> 01:10:06.039
 So then,

01:10:06.440 --> 01:10:07.039
 my brothers,

01:10:07.300 --> 01:10:09.100
 when you come together to eat,

01:10:09.720 --> 01:10:11.460
 wait for one another.

01:10:13.060 --> 01:10:13.660
 In other words,

01:10:13.740 --> 01:10:14.400
 the Lord's Supper

01:10:14.400 --> 01:10:15.800
 is a supper

01:10:15.800 --> 01:10:17.160
 we take together.

01:10:18.340 --> 01:10:19.420
 And our togetherness

01:10:19.420 --> 01:10:20.220
 is important.

01:10:21.260 --> 01:10:22.560
 It expresses the unity

01:10:22.560 --> 01:10:24.200
 we have in Christ.

01:10:24.760 --> 01:10:25.760
 It expresses

01:10:25.760 --> 01:10:27.300
 the wonderful bonds

01:10:27.300 --> 01:10:29.000
 that unite us together

01:10:29.000 --> 01:10:31.220
 as we are united to Christ.

01:10:32.100 --> 01:10:33.520
 You don't take the Lord's Supper

01:10:33.520 --> 01:10:34.400
 on your own,

01:10:35.100 --> 01:10:35.980
 though it's significant

01:10:35.980 --> 01:10:36.960
 for you individually.

01:10:37.820 --> 01:10:39.840
 We take it together.

01:10:40.500 --> 01:10:41.420
 We wait

01:10:41.420 --> 01:10:43.020
 for one another.

01:10:44.020 --> 01:10:44.900
 And that unity

01:10:44.900 --> 01:10:46.440
 is expressed

01:10:46.440 --> 01:10:48.820
 at the Lord's Supper

01:10:48.820 --> 01:10:51.320
 just as it is.

01:10:51.940 --> 01:10:52.720
 In reality,

01:10:52.900 --> 01:10:53.940
 a spiritual unity,

01:10:54.940 --> 01:10:56.120
 so it's outwardly expressed

01:10:56.120 --> 01:10:57.780
 by being together.

01:10:58.320 --> 01:10:59.220
 Wait, he says,

01:10:59.740 --> 01:11:01.520
 for one another.

01:11:01.520 --> 01:11:03.220
 We come

01:11:03.220 --> 01:11:04.640
 as believers

01:11:04.640 --> 01:11:05.800
 united together.

01:11:06.920 --> 01:11:08.060
 And it's our privilege

01:11:08.060 --> 01:11:08.740
 to be so.

01:11:12.120 --> 01:11:13.520
 This will be the last time

01:11:13.520 --> 01:11:14.220
 that I administer

01:11:14.220 --> 01:11:15.620
 the Lord's Supper

01:11:15.620 --> 01:11:16.560
 to you as your minister.

01:11:19.280 --> 01:11:19.920
 For me,

01:11:20.000 --> 01:11:20.580
 that's precious.

01:11:21.900 --> 01:11:23.220
 It's always been precious.

01:11:25.140 --> 01:11:26.160
 And as I today

01:11:26.160 --> 01:11:27.480
 am part of that unity

01:11:27.480 --> 01:11:29.180
 on the same level

01:11:29.180 --> 01:11:29.860
 as yourselves

01:11:29.860 --> 01:11:30.520
 spiritually

01:11:30.520 --> 01:11:33.000
 feeding on Christ crucified

01:11:33.000 --> 01:11:33.720
 and the benefits

01:11:33.720 --> 01:11:34.420
 of His death,

01:11:35.579 --> 01:11:36.720
 may the Lord bless

01:11:36.720 --> 01:11:37.800
 this moment to us.

01:11:39.240 --> 01:11:40.079
 And maybe a taste

01:11:40.079 --> 01:11:40.520
 of heaven.

01:11:42.159 --> 01:11:42.820
 And maybe it's something

01:11:42.820 --> 01:11:43.720
 that reminds us

01:11:43.720 --> 01:11:44.480
 of what we were thinking

01:11:44.480 --> 01:11:45.000
 of earlier,

01:11:45.960 --> 01:11:47.060
 of the commitment

01:11:47.060 --> 01:11:47.700
 of the Lord

01:11:47.700 --> 01:11:48.420
 and His love

01:11:48.420 --> 01:11:50.140
 to die

01:11:50.140 --> 01:11:51.800
 for His people.

01:11:53.480 --> 01:11:54.100
 Well, we read

01:11:54.100 --> 01:11:54.500
 that night

01:11:54.500 --> 01:11:55.079
 in which the Lord

01:11:55.079 --> 01:11:55.600
 was betrayed

01:11:55.600 --> 01:11:56.460
 that He took bread.

01:11:56.460 --> 01:11:58.119
 when He had given thanks,

01:11:58.220 --> 01:11:58.899
 He broke it

01:11:58.899 --> 01:11:59.480
 and said,

01:12:00.359 --> 01:12:01.319
 This is my body

01:12:01.319 --> 01:12:02.279
 which is for you.

01:12:03.359 --> 01:12:04.060
 This do

01:12:04.060 --> 01:12:05.119
 in remembrance

01:12:05.119 --> 01:12:05.720
 of me.

01:12:07.960 --> 01:12:08.720
 Like manner

01:12:08.720 --> 01:12:09.520
 after the supper,

01:12:10.300 --> 01:12:11.039
 He took the cup

01:12:11.039 --> 01:12:12.060
 saying,

01:12:12.180 --> 01:12:12.560
 This cup

01:12:12.560 --> 01:12:13.399
 is the new covenant

01:12:13.399 --> 01:12:14.220
 in my blood.

01:12:15.199 --> 01:12:15.739
 This do

01:12:15.739 --> 01:12:16.340
 in remembrance

01:12:16.340 --> 01:12:17.020
 of me.

01:12:18.199 --> 01:12:18.859
 For as often

01:12:18.859 --> 01:12:19.460
 as you eat

01:12:19.460 --> 01:12:19.960
 this bread

01:12:19.960 --> 01:12:21.420
 and drink

01:12:21.420 --> 01:12:22.039
 this cup,

01:12:23.039 --> 01:12:23.859
 you do show

01:12:23.859 --> 01:12:24.760
 the Lord's death.

01:12:24.760 --> 01:12:28.079
 For as often

01:12:28.079 --> 01:12:28.680
 as you eat

01:12:28.680 --> 01:12:29.199
 this bread

01:12:29.199 --> 01:12:29.900
 and drink

01:12:29.900 --> 01:12:30.440
 this cup,

01:12:31.180 --> 01:12:31.659
 you do show

01:12:31.659 --> 01:12:32.460
 the Lord's death

01:12:32.460 --> 01:12:33.280
 until He comes.

01:12:34.900 --> 01:12:36.119
 Until He comes.

01:12:38.060 --> 01:12:39.159
 This will only go on

01:12:39.159 --> 01:12:39.600
 as long

01:12:39.600 --> 01:12:40.720
 as the world exists

01:12:40.720 --> 01:12:42.340
 and it will end

01:12:42.340 --> 01:12:42.920
 with the Lord's

01:12:42.920 --> 01:12:43.500
 own return.

01:12:45.000 --> 01:12:45.560
 And today

01:12:45.560 --> 01:12:46.600
 at this table,

01:12:47.619 --> 01:12:48.820
 at this Lord's Supper,

01:12:49.820 --> 01:12:50.560
 you are joined

01:12:50.560 --> 01:12:52.300
 to the marriage supper

01:12:52.300 --> 01:12:53.079
 that will follow

01:12:53.079 --> 01:12:55.380
 throughout eternity.

01:12:56.399 --> 01:12:57.319
 The marriage supper

01:12:57.319 --> 01:12:58.760
 of the Lamb.

01:13:00.180 --> 01:13:00.779
 Somebody once

01:13:00.779 --> 01:13:01.899
 asked an Anglican bishop,

01:13:02.779 --> 01:13:03.059
 Bishop,

01:13:03.199 --> 01:13:04.199
 are you saved?

01:13:05.500 --> 01:13:06.579
 And his reply was,

01:13:07.140 --> 01:13:08.039
 I was saved,

01:13:08.779 --> 01:13:10.199
 I am being saved,

01:13:11.000 --> 01:13:12.319
 I shall be saved.

01:13:13.319 --> 01:13:14.180
 In other words,

01:13:14.779 --> 01:13:15.559
 salvation has all

01:13:15.559 --> 01:13:16.460
 of these dimensions.

01:13:17.500 --> 01:13:17.920
 He was saying,

01:13:18.000 --> 01:13:18.779
 I was saved,

01:13:19.119 --> 01:13:19.720
 the day came

01:13:19.720 --> 01:13:20.699
 when God saved me.

01:13:20.699 --> 01:13:23.500
 I am being saved.

01:13:25.899 --> 01:13:27.359
 The work of salvation

01:13:27.359 --> 01:13:28.380
 in our hearts

01:13:28.380 --> 01:13:29.059
 and our souls

01:13:29.059 --> 01:13:29.659
 goes on

01:13:29.659 --> 01:13:31.659
 through our sanctification,

01:13:31.819 --> 01:13:32.779
 that aspect of it.

01:13:34.260 --> 01:13:34.899
 And that will

01:13:34.899 --> 01:13:35.859
 be the case

01:13:35.859 --> 01:13:36.319
 until

01:13:36.319 --> 01:13:37.479
 the Lord

01:13:37.479 --> 01:13:38.319
 takes us home.

01:13:39.220 --> 01:13:40.179
 I was saved,

01:13:40.599 --> 01:13:41.639
 you can all see that.

01:13:42.479 --> 01:13:44.019
 I am being saved,

01:13:44.639 --> 01:13:45.819
 you're conscious of that.

01:13:46.639 --> 01:13:48.139
 I shall be saved.

01:13:48.140 --> 01:13:48.220
 Lord,

01:13:48.940 --> 01:13:50.820
 this world is not

01:13:50.820 --> 01:13:51.340
 our home.

01:13:52.780 --> 01:13:53.619
 Thank the Lord

01:13:53.619 --> 01:13:54.180
 for that.

01:13:55.539 --> 01:13:55.980
 Home

01:13:55.980 --> 01:13:57.780
 is in the better country,

01:13:58.660 --> 01:13:59.900
 the heavenly country,

01:14:00.900 --> 01:14:02.020
 the marriage supper

01:14:02.020 --> 01:14:02.680
 of the Lamb,

01:14:04.280 --> 01:14:05.380
 where we shall enjoy

01:14:05.380 --> 01:14:07.039
 not only fellowship

01:14:07.039 --> 01:14:07.740
 with one another,

01:14:07.860 --> 01:14:08.460
 but with Him

01:14:08.460 --> 01:14:10.700
 in a perfect world.

01:14:10.699 --> 01:14:13.239
 And that's what

01:14:13.239 --> 01:14:13.779
 our hope

01:14:13.779 --> 01:14:15.439
 is set upon today.

01:14:16.679 --> 01:14:17.179
 And that's why

01:14:17.179 --> 01:14:17.899
 the Lord's Supper

01:14:17.899 --> 01:14:19.420
 is such an important

01:14:19.420 --> 01:14:20.399
 feature of life

01:14:20.399 --> 01:14:21.199
 as it is now,

01:14:21.720 --> 01:14:23.319
 because it feeds

01:14:23.319 --> 01:14:23.939
 that hope.

01:14:25.039 --> 01:14:25.800
 God uses it

01:14:25.800 --> 01:14:27.059
 to draw our mind,

01:14:27.920 --> 01:14:28.619
 as Paul said

01:14:28.619 --> 01:14:29.559
 to the Corinthians,

01:14:29.939 --> 01:14:31.019
 to the Colossians,

01:14:31.979 --> 01:14:34.199
 seek those things

01:14:34.199 --> 01:14:34.960
 which are above

01:14:34.960 --> 01:14:37.359
 where Christ is,

01:14:37.859 --> 01:14:39.059
 if you be risen

01:14:39.059 --> 01:14:40.559
 with Christ.

01:14:40.699 --> 01:14:43.000
 seek those things

01:14:43.000 --> 01:14:44.500
 which are above.

01:14:45.519 --> 01:14:46.460
 Live your lives

01:14:46.460 --> 01:14:48.279
 in a way that shows

01:14:48.279 --> 01:14:51.000
 that you are being saved,

01:14:52.000 --> 01:14:53.380
 that you value

01:14:53.380 --> 01:14:54.079
 the process

01:14:54.079 --> 01:14:55.319
 of guidance

01:14:55.319 --> 01:14:56.359
 by the Holy Spirit,

01:14:57.439 --> 01:14:58.539
 and that your hope

01:14:58.539 --> 01:14:59.279
 is that you shall

01:14:59.279 --> 01:14:59.920
 be saved,

01:15:00.899 --> 01:15:01.579
 that there is

01:15:01.579 --> 01:15:02.159
 a future

01:15:02.159 --> 01:15:03.579
 waiting you in heaven,

01:15:04.659 --> 01:15:05.220
 brighter than

01:15:05.220 --> 01:15:05.920
 we can imagine.

01:15:06.920 --> 01:15:07.800
 And it's all

01:15:07.800 --> 01:15:08.519
 due to this.

01:15:08.520 --> 01:15:11.460
 The Lord loved us

01:15:11.460 --> 01:15:13.160
 and gave

01:15:13.160 --> 01:15:13.640
 Himself

01:15:13.640 --> 01:15:15.280
 for us.

01:15:16.680 --> 01:15:17.760
 May God bless to us

01:15:17.760 --> 01:15:18.920
 these thoughts

01:15:18.920 --> 01:15:19.620
 on His Word.

01:15:19.700 --> 01:15:20.400
 We're going to conclude

01:15:20.400 --> 01:15:20.940
 by singing

01:15:20.940 --> 01:15:23.820
 from Psalm 72,

01:15:25.820 --> 01:15:27.180
 the usual verses

01:15:27.180 --> 01:15:27.720
 that we sing,

01:15:27.820 --> 01:15:28.580
 Psalm 72,

01:15:28.980 --> 01:15:30.420
 from page 314,

01:15:30.420 --> 01:15:34.159
 and from verse 17,

01:15:34.239 --> 01:15:35.039
 His name forever

01:15:35.039 --> 01:15:35.840
 shall endure,

01:15:36.000 --> 01:15:36.899
 last like the sun

01:15:36.899 --> 01:15:37.380
 it shall.

01:15:38.220 --> 01:15:39.119
 Men shall be blessed

01:15:39.119 --> 01:15:39.619
 in Him,

01:15:40.180 --> 01:15:40.859
 and blessed

01:15:40.859 --> 01:15:41.720
 all nations

01:15:41.720 --> 01:15:43.180
 shall Him call.

01:15:43.520 --> 01:15:44.220
 Singing to the tune,

01:15:44.460 --> 01:15:44.940
 Ephingham,

01:15:45.460 --> 01:15:47.520
 these verses 17 to 19,

01:15:47.659 --> 01:15:48.680
 His name forever

01:15:48.680 --> 01:15:50.180
 shall endure.

01:15:50.180 --> 01:16:03.000
 forever shall endure,

01:16:03.500 --> 01:16:08.100
 cross by the sun

01:16:08.100 --> 01:16:10.440
 it shall,

01:16:10.840 --> 01:16:15.579
 men shall be blessed,

01:16:15.579 --> 01:16:19.920
 in Him our birth,

01:16:19.920 --> 01:16:21.520
 Lord shall everyone

01:16:21.520 --> 01:16:22.480
 love.

01:16:22.480 --> 01:16:23.079
 all nations

01:16:23.079 --> 01:16:24.420
 shall

01:16:24.420 --> 01:16:24.680
 trump

01:16:24.680 --> 01:16:25.899
 Him

01:16:25.899 --> 01:16:26.980
 call.

01:16:27.659 --> 01:16:29.239
 No,

01:16:29.720 --> 01:16:30.980
 blessed

01:16:30.980 --> 01:16:33.699
 be the Lord

01:16:35.840 --> 01:16:36.300
 God,

01:16:36.539 --> 01:16:39.359
 the Lord

01:16:39.359 --> 01:16:44.380
 of Israel.

01:16:44.380 --> 01:17:02.380
 On thee, thou Lord, the wondrous world, in glory of his Son.

01:17:02.380 --> 01:17:17.940
 And blessed be his glorious name to all eternity.

01:17:17.939 --> 01:17:29.339
 The whole and the wondrous world, in glory of his Son.

01:17:29.339 --> 01:17:30.739
 Amen.

01:17:30.739 --> 01:17:31.739
 Amen.

01:17:31.739 --> 01:17:32.739
 Amen.

01:17:32.739 --> 01:17:33.739
 Amen.

01:17:33.739 --> 01:17:34.739
 Amen.

01:17:38.739 --> 01:17:43.739
 After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my right, and the calendar will go to the door to my left.

01:17:45.539 --> 01:17:47.119
 Lord, bless to us, we pray.

01:17:47.939 --> 01:17:50.939
 All that we have partaken of today.

01:17:50.939 --> 01:17:57.539
 Help them to store, help us to store in our minds those things that we have experienced.

01:17:57.539 --> 01:18:00.539
 May we feed upon them in days to come.

01:18:00.539 --> 01:18:09.439
 And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, and the communion of the Holy Spirit, be with you now and evermore.

01:18:09.439 --> 01:18:11.439
 Amen.

01:18:17.939 --> 01:18:18.539
 Thank you.

01:18:18.539 --> 01:18:20.539
 Good to be very much.

01:18:20.539 --> 01:18:21.339
 Don't give it a greatиру rode.

01:18:21.339 --> 01:18:21.939
 Thank you.

01:18:21.939 --> 01:18:22.939
 — Why?