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 You may have noticed that David's voice was nearly giving in this morning.

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! My own's not much better, so that's why there's three of us in the pulpit this evening.

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 If I fail, David will take over. If he fails, we can call on Roddy John.

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 But we are going to share out the load this evening, so I'll be doing the first part, just introducing the singings,

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 and then David will take over when it comes to the reading and the sermon part.

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 So we just pray for David as he leads us this evening, as his voice will hold out, and also as we go into the fellowship too.

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 So we're going to begin our worship, and I just want to think of the words of, we're not going to sing these words,

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 but the words of Psalm 126. We're going to sing in Psalm 100, but the words of 126 remind us that as we come this evening,

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 we come just thankful to the Lord's goodness to us. The psalmist says,

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 When Sion's bondage God turned back, as men that dreamed were we, then filled with laughter was our mouth, our tongue with melody.

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 As we reflect on this weekend, as we reflect on new members coming in, as we reflect on being under God's word,

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 we thank God who is the one who is able to turn his people back to himself, to bring his people home, as it were.

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 And we pray that this evening, as the word of God goes out, the call to come will be heard,

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 and that there will be much rejoicing in our midst again this evening.

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 And so we're going to begin by singing in Psalm 100, the Scottish Psalter, the first version.

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 You find it on page 362.

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 We'll sing the whole of this psalm, Psalm 100, the first version.

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 Again, the psalm just reflects the theme of coming to the Lord with praise.

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 All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice,

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 and say with mouth his praise forth tell,

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 Come ye before him and rejoice.

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 We'll stand to sing the whole of this psalm to God's praise.

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 Amen.

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 All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice,

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 and say with mouth his praise forth tell,

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 Come ye before him and rejoice.

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 Come ye before him and rejoice.

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 Show that the Lord is God indeed.

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 With the giant he in the spring,

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 We are his hope he doth us see,

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 And for his sheep he doth us take.

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 O enter then his gates with praise,

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 Approach with joy his course and doom,

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 Praise God and bless his name always,

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 All of his mercy be upon him and glory his name always,

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 All of his mercy be upon him and glory his name always,

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 For why the Lord our God is good,

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 His mercy is forever sure,

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 His mercy is forever sure,

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 His mercy is forever sure,

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 And shall promise to his mercy endure.

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 Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer.

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 Let us pray.

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 Let us pray.

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 Lord our gracious God, as we gather in your name this evening, we thank you for these words of praise that we have sung,

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 That we are reminded of how we enter into your presence,

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 How we come before you in all our different needs and in all our different circumstances,

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 Yet able to come,

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 Because you have prepared a way for us,

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 That you are the one who has invited us into your very presence,

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 Indeed who calls us to come.

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 And we pray that we would have the joy of this psalm even in our hearts this evening,

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 That we would be able to sing to the Lord with that cheerful voice,

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 The one who has heard us,

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 The one who knows us,

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 That we would come to know that you are the Lord indeed,

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 That you are God over all,

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 That without you, Lord, we are nothing,

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 That you are the one who has made us,

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 Created us,

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 Formed us,

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 The one who has kept us,

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 The one who has prepared a way for us,

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 In all your providence towards us as a people, Lord.

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 So often there are times of joy, but also times of sorrow,

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 And yet, O Lord, we can look to you as the one who has plans and purposes in them all.

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 And so we do come leaning upon you.

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 We come in our own weaknesses, our own frailties.

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 And yet, Lord, we thank you that the joy of the Lord is our strength.

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 And we pray to know you with us this evening.

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 We thank you for every way that you have reminded us that you are God in these days.

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 That as we have come into this communion season,

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 We have come praying to know your blessing.

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 And we thank you that as we come to the close of this season,

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 That we can look back in these days and truly rejoice and give thanks that you are one who has answered prayer.

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 That you have given us so many reasons to rejoice.

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 You have given it in individual situations and homes and families.

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 You have given it to us as a congregation.

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 You have given it to us even as a community, a wider community even than our own town here.

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 For we thank you that in every way, Lord, that we have been encouraged.

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 That we have been built up and even challenged and convicted by your word.

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 For your word is truth and your word is powerful.

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 And, oh Lord, in every way that we have been reminded of that.

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 From the outset of our services, Lord, even to this evening hour,

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 We thank you for your word that shall always endure.

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 That your truth is what stands firm and endures from age to age.

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 And we thank you that that truth is what we so need this evening.

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 What we all need is a people.

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 And we pray that through the ministry of your word and by your power of your spirit,

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 That you would meet us in all our needs.

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 We thank you for all who are here this evening.

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 We thank you for every home and family represented here.

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 We pray that we would just know your peace, your presence over us again here tonight.

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 That we would know what it is to be still.

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 And to know that you are indeed God.

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 And we just ask that, Lord, for all of us here, from the youngest to the oldest together.

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 That your voice which we have heard and which we continue to hear would resonate in our hearts.

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 That it would be a word that leaves us, doesn't leave us unchanged as we go from here this evening.

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 For we thank you that as we gather in this place tonight, when we know a place of peace,

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 When we know the stillness of your word ministering to us.

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 We know that power.

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 But we know too, as we look to our week ahead, that there will be the many challenges that come our way.

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 That as we go home this evening, as we go into the week ahead, with all that it might entail to us.

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 Many of the plans that we have made, Lord, they may come to fruition.

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 We may go about our daily ways, whether it's school or work or whatever we are doing.

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 We can do all these things, Lord, thinking that we have plans in place and we know what is ahead of us.

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 But we know too, Lord, that there are so often reminders that circumstances change.

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 That things change in our lives or the lives around us, in our communities, even in our nation and the world.

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 There are so many things that come that we do not see.

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 And we, at times, Lord, we do not even understand.

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 And we know that for individuals in this week ahead, there will be maybe many challenges that we have to face up to.

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 News that will come as a shock to us, whether it's personal or something around us.

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 And we know that things can leave us, Lord, in that state of looking to try to understand and many questions being asked.

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 And we just pray for your wisdom and for your help, for your grace to be with us.

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 We think that even looking back over this last week, as we have prayed so often over these days for the family in Braga.

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 We continue to remember them this evening, Lord, and especially in these days ahead with the funeral to take place on Tuesday.

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 We see a community, O Lord, that has been so impacted by that tragedy.

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 But we especially remember the family, Lord, and we just commit them to you.

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 That they would know, Lord, that you are near.

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 That they would know that, as a people, there are many praying for them.

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 And that they would know the power of your grace and your help towards them.

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 And we just pray, Lord, that as we see so much happening in our world, that may it leave us with questions.

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 That we would come to the one who has the answers for us.

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 Even the ones that are difficult to understand and believe at times.

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 Even the words that we read so often in Scripture, that all things work together for good.

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 For those who believe.

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 We can see, Lord, how difficult these words are at times.

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 And yet they remind us that you are a Lord and God who is able to bring good out of all things.

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 And so we do pray, Lord, for your goodness and mercy to be with us.

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 We pray, Lord, for us all together this evening.

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 Thankful for the ministry we've enjoyed over this weekend.

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 Thankful for David and Roddy John who have been with us.

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 Thankful for their preaching to us.

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 And for the fellowship we've enjoyed.

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 And for all that we've heard.

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 We pray, Lord, that these words that have ministered powerfully to us.

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 Would be ministering to us even in the days, weeks, months and even years ahead.

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 That we'd be able to reflect on what we have heard.

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 And to remember the words that spoke to us.

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 It may be that in many years time we are able to testify that God was good to us.

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 Even in these days.

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 And so we pray, Lord, that you will open hearts.

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 And ears this evening to hear what you have to say to us.

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 Bless us together and bless the ministry of your word far and wide.

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 Even as we think of our town just now as this communion weekend.

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 We pray for all the congregations of your people gathered together.

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 And we pray for the communions to come as well in different parts of our island.

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 That we would see and hear great and wondrous things that the Lord is doing.

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 And that we would rejoice and say this is the doing of the Lord and wondrous in our eyes.

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 So may, Lord, you fill us with that hope that you are to your people.

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 That you would fill us with that prayerful spirit.

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 To know you leading us as our Lord, as our shepherd.

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 Hear our prayers. Continue with us.

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 Pardoning all our sin is all we ask.

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 We ask in Jesus' name. Amen.

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 We'll sing again to God's praise.

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 This time we're singing in Psalm 103.

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 And let's sing Psalm's version.

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 Psalm 103.

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 We're going to sing from verse 1 down to verse 11.

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 Praise God, my soul, with all my heart.

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 Let me exalt his holy name.

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 Forget not all his benefits.

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 His praise, my soul, in song proclaim.

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 The Lord forgives you all your sins and heals your sickness and distress.

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 Your life he rescues from the grave and crowns you in his tenderness.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 11.

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 And then at that point, David will lead us in the rest of the service.

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 Jesus says.

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 He satisfies you all your sins and heals your sickness and distress.

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 Your life he rescues from the grave and crowns you in his tenderness.

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 Unkind to end his tenderness.

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 He satisfies your deep desires.

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 From his unending stores all good.

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 So not just like the eagle's strength.

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 Your youthful name of his renewed.

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 The Lord is known for righteousness.

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 And justice to them, God and once.

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 Till Moses he may know his ways.

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 His mighty deeds to Israel's sons.

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 His mighty deeds to Israel's sons.

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 The Lord is merciful and kind.

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 To anger slow and full of praise.

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 He will not constantly reprove.

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 All in his anger hide his grace.

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 He does not punish our misdeeds.

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 For give our sins.

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 For give our sins their just reward.

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 Our greatest love must hide at heaven.

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 To watch all those who fear the Lord.

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 To watch all those who fear the Lord.

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 To watch all those who fear the Lord.

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 If I could ask you now please to turn in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 12.

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 Page 983 of the Bible that I have here.

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 Matthew chapter 12.

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 And we will read this section from verse 22 to verse 32.

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 Verse 32.

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 Then a demon oppressed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus.

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 And he healed him so that the man spoke and saw.

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 And all the people were amazed and said,

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 Can this be the son of David?

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 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said,

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 It is only by Beelzebul, the prince of demons, that this man casts out demons.

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 Knowing their thoughts, he said to them,

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 Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste.

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 And no city or house divided against itself will stand.

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 And if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself.

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 How then will his kingdom stand?

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 And if I cast out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons cast them out?

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 Therefore they will be your judges.

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 But if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons,

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 Then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

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 Or how can someone enter a strong man's house and plunder his goods?

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 Unless he first binds the strong man, then indeed he may plunder his house.

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 Whoever is not with me is against me.

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 And whoever does not gather with me scatters.

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 Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people.

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 But the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

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 And whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven.

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 But whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.

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 Either in this age or in the age to come.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless that reading of his word to us.

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 We'll sing again now from the Scottish altar,

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 The traditional version of Psalm 119 on page number 407.

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 Psalm 119.

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 And we will sing from verses 89 down to the end of verse 94.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 Psalm 139.

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 when, as my troubles did abound,

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 thy precepts I will ne'er forget,

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 thy quickening to me brought.

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 Lord, I am thine, O save thou me,

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 thy precepts I have sought.

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 These verses we stand to sing to God's praise.

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 The Lord, I am thine, O save thou me,

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 thy best, and as my mortgings,

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 on all thy servants be.

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 Unless in thy most perfect law

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 my soul delights have found,

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 I should have perished yet

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 when, as my troubles did abound,

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 thy precepts I will ne'er forget,

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 they quickening to me brought.

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 Lord, I am thine, O save thou me,

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 thy precepts I have sought.

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 If you could turn back with me, please,

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 to Matthew chapter 12.

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 And as we go there, let's again

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 unite our hearts in prayer.

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 Our Heavenly Father, we thank you for your word.

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 We thank you that your word is truth.

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 Your word is reliable.

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 Your word is enduring.

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 We thank you that your word is life-giving.

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 We thank you that eternal life is found only

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 in turning to your word

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 and looking to the Lord Jesus.

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 We thank you that that eternal life is promised

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 to all who will come

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 in response to the call of Christ,

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 to all who will call upon the name of the Lord Jesus.

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 We thank you that you are the Savior.

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 We thank you for all that we have remembered today

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 that he did on our behalf

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 to make it possible for us to be saved.

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 We praise you for the fact, Lord Jesus,

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 that the work of salvation is done.

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 It is finished.

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 And we pray that you would enable us to see that,

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 each one of us,

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 and enable us to come

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 with empty hands,

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 with humble hearts,

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 asking for the grace

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 that we can never work to earn,

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 but you have promised

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 that you will freely give to all who ask.

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 So be at work, Lord, amongst us, we pray.

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 We pray especially for anyone here

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 who does not yet know Jesus

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 in that personal, saving way.

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 We pray for any who may be here

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 who have heard the message of the gospel many times,

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 who have heard time after time

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 the call of Jesus to come,

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 and who have hesitated,

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 and who have reflected,

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 and who have made up excuses,

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 and who have sometimes been so busy

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 and distracted

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 that they have said,

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 well, maybe another day,

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 maybe another week.

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 You have promised, Lord,

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 that you will not always strive with us.

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 The Spirit will not always strive with man.

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 And we see that even in the passage

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 that's before us this evening.

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 We pray that you would strive, Holy Spirit,

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 with each one of us here,

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 and that tonight,

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 there may be some

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 who even for the first time

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 respond by

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 asking Christ to be their Savior

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 and their Lord.

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 So help us, Lord, we pray,

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 in preaching,

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 in listening,

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 in responding,

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 that you would speak

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 into our lives,

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 and that you would give us the faith

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 to respond in a way

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 that brings salvation,

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 rest, peace,

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 to our souls,

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 and glory to your name.

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 Hear our prayers.

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 Continue with us,

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 we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 It's good to see quite a number

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 of young people

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 here this evening,

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 and I'm conscious

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 with the young people

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 that this is the time of year

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 where exams loom large.

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 I've got teenage girls

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 in my house back in Harris,

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 and they've just finished

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 their prelims,

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 and now there's the prospect

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 of other exams coming,

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 and so there's studying

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 that's done,

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 and there is preparations

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 that are made

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 because there are questions

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 that are set,

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 and students,

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 in each of the subjects

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 that they study,

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 they have to think carefully

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 about how they answer

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 these questions that are set

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 because the way they answer

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 the questions

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 determines how they will be judged

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 by examiners,

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 and sometimes it can even

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 determine the direction

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 that life takes.

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 So questions are important,

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 and how we answer questions

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 are important.

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 And with Matthew chapter 12 open,

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 I want to zoom in

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 on a question

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 that is at the heart

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 of this chapter,

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 a question that all the people

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 were asking about Jesus.

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 and it's a question

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 that was being asked

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 all these years ago,

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 and yet this is a question

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 that not just them,

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 but every one of us

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 will have to answer.

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 And the way that we answer

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 this question

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 will impact

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 not just how we live

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 in this world,

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 although it will impact

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 how we live in this world,

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 but how we answer

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 this question

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 will have an impact

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 that will determine

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 where we spend

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 eternity,

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 whether it's heaven

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 or hell,

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 with Jesus

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 or apart from him.

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 The question is found

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 in verse 23.

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 We hear

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 the people asking,

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 can this,

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 as they look at Jesus,

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 say, listen to what he's saying,

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 as they see these signs

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 and miracles,

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 they ask the question,

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 can this be

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 the son of David?

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 Or if we were to put it

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 into modern day language,

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 they're asking the question,

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 who is Jesus?

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 Can this be the saviour?

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 Can this be

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 the son of God?

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 Three points in the time

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 that we have

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 this evening.

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 The first point

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 is

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 the blind man.

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 We're introduced here

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 to a blind man.

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 And we learn

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 in this passage

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 that the blind man

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 sees Jesus.

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 It's the first point.

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 The blind man

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 sees Jesus.

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 The second thing,

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 the second point

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 that we come to

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 is

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 we once more

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 encounter

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 these religious leaders

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 in this passage

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 and we can observe

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 that the seeing men

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 or the so-called

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 seeing men,

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 they're blind to Jesus.

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 So the blind man

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 sees Jesus,

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 but the so-called

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 theologically educated

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 seeing men,

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 they're blind to Jesus.

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 They can't see Jesus.

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 And the final point

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 that we come to

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 is

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 it's not the most concise

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 heading I've got here,

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 but it's

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 dealing with the teaching

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 that Jesus

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 expounds here

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 and it's to

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 say that

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 blasphemy against

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 the Holy Spirit

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 is to refuse

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 to believe

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 in Jesus.

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 So that's the structure.

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 That's where we're going

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 in the time

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 that we have.

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 So we begin

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 with this

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 blind man

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 who sees Jesus.

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 Look at verse 22.

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 Then a demon

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 oppressed man

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 who was blind

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 and mute

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 was brought to Jesus

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 and Jesus

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 healed him

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 so that the man

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 spoke

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 and saw.

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 So what Matthew

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 does here

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 is he shares

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 with us

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 a very short

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 testimony.

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 He tells us

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 about a man

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 who was both

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 blind

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 and mute.

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 He couldn't see

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 and he couldn't speak.

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 But Matthew

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 tells us

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 not just about

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 the symptoms

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 the struggles

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 that this man

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 had.

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 He tells us

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 also the reason

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 behind the struggles.

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 He tells us

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 in verse 22

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 that he was

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 demon oppressed.

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 That's what was

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 going on

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 in this man's

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 life.

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 He was under attack.

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 One of Satan's

00:30:07.419 --> 00:30:07.980
 agents

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 had this man

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 under a

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 dark oppression

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 and so he's

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 suffering.

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 Who is the man?

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 Well we don't

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 know much about

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 the man.

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 We're not told

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 his name.

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 We're not told

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 anything much

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 about him.

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 But maybe that's

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 a purposeful

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 thing.

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 because as we

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 look in at

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 this man

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 spiritually

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 speaking

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 we're looking

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 into the mirror

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 and we're

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 seeing a

00:30:45.159 --> 00:30:45.619
 reflection

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 of ourselves.

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 Spiritually

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 speaking

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 we are

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 this man.

00:30:53.139 --> 00:30:53.899
 Psalm 51

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 verse 6

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 we sang

00:30:55.199 --> 00:30:56.459
 from Psalm 51

00:30:56.459 --> 00:30:57.199
 this morning

00:30:57.199 --> 00:30:57.980
 and that

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:58.679
 psalm makes

00:30:58.679 --> 00:30:59.699
 it clear to

00:30:59.699 --> 00:31:00.259
 us that

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 we are

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 each one

00:31:02.220 --> 00:31:02.839
 of us

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 born with

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 a condition

00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:05.940
 called

00:31:05.940 --> 00:31:06.339
 sin.

00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.339
 And sin

00:31:09.339 --> 00:31:09.799
 makes us

00:31:09.799 --> 00:31:10.220
 blind.

00:31:12.420 --> 00:31:13.379
 We can't

00:31:13.379 --> 00:31:14.059
 see God.

00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:16.599
 We can't

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:16.940
 see our

00:31:16.940 --> 00:31:17.279
 need of

00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:17.680
 God.

00:31:17.980 --> 00:31:18.200
 That's what

00:31:18.200 --> 00:31:18.940
 sin does.

00:31:19.740 --> 00:31:20.420
 We can see

00:31:20.420 --> 00:31:21.259
 everything else.

00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:22.740
 Our eyes

00:31:22.740 --> 00:31:24.099
 are distracted

00:31:24.099 --> 00:31:24.859
 and drawn to

00:31:24.859 --> 00:31:25.680
 lots of

00:31:25.680 --> 00:31:26.379
 shiny things

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:26.680
 in this

00:31:26.680 --> 00:31:27.180
 world.

00:31:29.240 --> 00:31:29.720
 Our eyes

00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:30.579
 focus in

00:31:30.579 --> 00:31:31.240
 on ourselves

00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:34.240
 but sin

00:31:34.240 --> 00:31:34.559
 is like

00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:35.160
 scales

00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:35.599
 that

00:31:35.599 --> 00:31:36.680
 cluster

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.180
 around

00:31:37.180 --> 00:31:38.079
 our eyes

00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:38.420
 and we

00:31:38.420 --> 00:31:39.720
 can't

00:31:39.720 --> 00:31:40.339
 see God

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:42.380
 and our

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.680
 need of

00:31:42.680 --> 00:31:42.920
 him.

00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:45.579
 And sin

00:31:45.579 --> 00:31:46.059
 makes us

00:31:46.059 --> 00:31:46.400
 mute.

00:31:49.019 --> 00:31:49.620
 It's sin

00:31:49.620 --> 00:31:50.680
 that causes

00:31:50.680 --> 00:31:51.839
 us not

00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:52.500
 to want to

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:53.000
 speak to

00:31:53.000 --> 00:31:53.339
 God.

00:31:55.539 --> 00:31:56.420
 It's sin

00:31:56.420 --> 00:31:57.599
 that causes

00:31:57.599 --> 00:31:58.160
 us to

00:31:58.160 --> 00:31:59.259
 be speaking

00:31:59.259 --> 00:31:59.880
 to everybody

00:31:59.880 --> 00:32:00.559
 else

00:32:00.559 --> 00:32:03.220
 whether

00:32:03.220 --> 00:32:04.039
 it's in

00:32:04.039 --> 00:32:04.740
 conversation

00:32:04.740 --> 00:32:05.519
 or these

00:32:05.519 --> 00:32:06.179
 days it's

00:32:06.179 --> 00:32:07.259
 in message

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.839
 form

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:10.220
 and yet

00:32:10.220 --> 00:32:10.480
 never

00:32:10.480 --> 00:32:10.859
 praying,

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:12.740
 never

00:32:12.740 --> 00:32:13.339
 speaking to

00:32:13.339 --> 00:32:13.639
 God.

00:32:14.379 --> 00:32:15.000
 So spiritually

00:32:15.000 --> 00:32:15.559
 speaking,

00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:16.859
 as we look

00:32:16.859 --> 00:32:17.359
 in on this

00:32:17.359 --> 00:32:17.879
 man, we

00:32:17.879 --> 00:32:18.720
 are with

00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.259
 this man.

00:32:21.319 --> 00:32:22.039
 So what

00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:22.339
 happened

00:32:22.339 --> 00:32:22.799
 next?

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.940
 Well, what we

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:25.960
 see here is

00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:26.819
 that this man

00:32:26.819 --> 00:32:27.740
 was brought

00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:28.419
 to Jesus

00:32:28.419 --> 00:32:31.119
 and Jesus

00:32:31.119 --> 00:32:31.740
 healed him.

00:32:33.740 --> 00:32:34.279
 We're not

00:32:34.279 --> 00:32:35.339
 given the

00:32:35.339 --> 00:32:35.839
 details.

00:32:36.759 --> 00:32:37.279
 We're not

00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.879
 given much

00:32:37.879 --> 00:32:38.639
 in terms of

00:32:38.639 --> 00:32:39.779
 the details

00:32:39.779 --> 00:32:40.500
 of how that

00:32:40.500 --> 00:32:41.259
 healing happened.

00:32:41.419 --> 00:32:41.740
 We're just

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.539
 told that

00:32:42.539 --> 00:32:44.559
 Jesus healed

00:32:44.559 --> 00:32:45.220
 this man.

00:32:45.220 --> 00:32:45.299
 man.

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.100
 And the

00:32:49.100 --> 00:32:49.579
 good news

00:32:49.579 --> 00:32:50.120
 is that

00:32:50.120 --> 00:32:50.640
 what Jesus

00:32:50.640 --> 00:32:51.700
 did for

00:32:51.700 --> 00:32:52.600
 this man

00:32:52.600 --> 00:32:53.180
 in the

00:32:53.180 --> 00:32:53.759
 passage,

00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:56.240
 he can

00:32:56.240 --> 00:32:56.579
 do for

00:32:56.579 --> 00:32:58.680
 us by

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.319
 his power

00:32:59.319 --> 00:32:59.839
 and by

00:32:59.839 --> 00:33:00.839
 his grace.

00:33:03.079 --> 00:33:03.579
 You

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.259
 know the

00:33:04.259 --> 00:33:05.819
 hymn that

00:33:05.819 --> 00:33:06.940
 is often

00:33:06.940 --> 00:33:07.380
 sung,

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:08.200
 Amazing

00:33:08.200 --> 00:33:08.839
 Grace,

00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:10.759
 how sweet

00:33:10.759 --> 00:33:11.400
 the sound

00:33:11.400 --> 00:33:12.960
 that saved

00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:13.880
 a wretch

00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:14.539
 like me.

00:33:15.220 --> 00:33:17.299
 I once

00:33:17.299 --> 00:33:18.079
 was lost

00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:19.620
 but now

00:33:19.620 --> 00:33:20.600
 I'm found,

00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:22.559
 was blind

00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:24.200
 but now

00:33:24.200 --> 00:33:25.019
 I see

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.779
 the testimony

00:33:26.779 --> 00:33:28.380
 in song

00:33:28.380 --> 00:33:28.960
 form of

00:33:28.960 --> 00:33:30.420
 this man.

00:33:31.740 --> 00:33:32.160
 Jesus

00:33:32.160 --> 00:33:32.920
 made this

00:33:32.920 --> 00:33:34.019
 blind man

00:33:34.019 --> 00:33:34.680
 see and

00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:35.559
 Jesus can

00:33:35.559 --> 00:33:36.559
 still make

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.680
 spiritually blind

00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:38.440
 people see.

00:33:40.380 --> 00:33:41.100
 Jesus can

00:33:41.100 --> 00:33:42.240
 still take

00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:42.759
 us from

00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:43.759
 that state

00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:44.039
 of

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:45.639
 darkness

00:33:45.639 --> 00:33:46.960
 into light.

00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:48.899
 He can

00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:49.319
 take us

00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:49.579
 from

00:33:49.579 --> 00:33:50.519
 death

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:53.639
 into life.

00:33:58.440 --> 00:33:59.440
 So come

00:33:59.440 --> 00:33:59.899
 to him

00:33:59.899 --> 00:34:02.039
 says Matthew

00:34:02.039 --> 00:34:02.859
 repeatedly.

00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:04.000
 We've been

00:34:04.000 --> 00:34:04.319
 in this

00:34:04.319 --> 00:34:04.960
 all weekend.

00:34:06.019 --> 00:34:06.599
 There's that

00:34:06.599 --> 00:34:07.099
 recurring

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.659
 call,

00:34:08.659 --> 00:34:09.320
 the gospel

00:34:09.320 --> 00:34:09.800
 call.

00:34:10.179 --> 00:34:10.500
 It's

00:34:10.500 --> 00:34:11.579
 come to

00:34:11.579 --> 00:34:12.139
 Jesus.

00:34:13.319 --> 00:34:13.940
 It's

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.279
 great that

00:34:14.279 --> 00:34:14.420
 you're

00:34:14.420 --> 00:34:14.819
 coming to

00:34:14.819 --> 00:34:15.259
 church

00:34:15.259 --> 00:34:17.460
 but it's

00:34:17.460 --> 00:34:18.360
 possible to

00:34:18.360 --> 00:34:18.759
 come to

00:34:18.759 --> 00:34:19.639
 church and

00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:20.199
 never come

00:34:20.199 --> 00:34:20.699
 to Jesus.

00:34:21.019 --> 00:34:21.299
 It's

00:34:21.299 --> 00:34:21.940
 possible to

00:34:21.940 --> 00:34:22.319
 come to

00:34:22.319 --> 00:34:22.619
 Sunday

00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:22.980
 school,

00:34:23.319 --> 00:34:23.619
 Sunday

00:34:23.619 --> 00:34:24.440
 after Sunday

00:34:24.440 --> 00:34:25.019
 and come

00:34:25.019 --> 00:34:25.840
 to YF

00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:28.059
 and go to

00:34:28.059 --> 00:34:29.279
 fellowships

00:34:29.279 --> 00:34:31.920
 and never

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.340
 come to

00:34:32.340 --> 00:34:32.759
 Jesus.

00:34:35.400 --> 00:34:36.460
 So come to

00:34:36.460 --> 00:34:36.599
 him,

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:37.139
 says Matthew.

00:34:37.139 --> 00:34:40.039
 Jesus can

00:34:40.039 --> 00:34:41.179
 take our

00:34:41.179 --> 00:34:41.759
 sin away.

00:34:41.859 --> 00:34:42.159
 He can

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:43.059
 break the

00:34:43.059 --> 00:34:43.960
 hold that

00:34:43.960 --> 00:34:45.000
 Satan has

00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:45.339
 in us.

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:45.839
 He can

00:34:45.839 --> 00:34:46.279
 make our

00:34:46.279 --> 00:34:46.559
 hearts

00:34:46.559 --> 00:34:47.000
 well.

00:34:48.839 --> 00:34:49.119
 He can

00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:49.599
 heal our

00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:50.079
 hearts.

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.960
 So come

00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:54.379
 to him,

00:34:55.539 --> 00:34:56.379
 says Matthew,

00:34:56.380 --> 00:35:03.099
 as he

00:35:03.099 --> 00:35:04.200
 tells us

00:35:04.200 --> 00:35:05.000
 about this

00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:06.019
 account here

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.920
 because notice

00:35:06.920 --> 00:35:07.820
 that's what

00:35:07.820 --> 00:35:08.579
 happened here.

00:35:09.740 --> 00:35:10.180
 In verse

00:35:10.180 --> 00:35:10.640
 22,

00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:12.240
 we can

00:35:12.240 --> 00:35:12.720
 see that

00:35:12.720 --> 00:35:13.579
 the demon

00:35:13.579 --> 00:35:14.119
 oppressed

00:35:14.119 --> 00:35:14.680
 man,

00:35:15.900 --> 00:35:16.760
 he was

00:35:16.760 --> 00:35:17.400
 brought to

00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:17.900
 Jesus.

00:35:22.300 --> 00:35:22.980
 He

00:35:22.980 --> 00:35:23.500
 himself

00:35:23.500 --> 00:35:23.920
 couldn't

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.820
 see Jesus.

00:35:26.380 --> 00:35:26.840
 And he

00:35:26.840 --> 00:35:27.079
 couldn't

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.460
 see his

00:35:27.460 --> 00:35:27.880
 need of

00:35:27.880 --> 00:35:28.240
 Jesus,

00:35:28.539 --> 00:35:28.960
 but he

00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:29.740
 had friends

00:35:29.740 --> 00:35:30.119
 who could

00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:31.460
 see that

00:35:31.460 --> 00:35:32.019
 he needed

00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.619
 Jesus.

00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:35.140
 And this

00:35:35.140 --> 00:35:35.500
 man, he

00:35:35.500 --> 00:35:35.780
 couldn't

00:35:35.780 --> 00:35:36.340
 speak to

00:35:36.340 --> 00:35:36.880
 Jesus,

00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:39.760
 but his

00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:40.480
 friends could

00:35:40.480 --> 00:35:41.019
 speak to

00:35:41.019 --> 00:35:41.860
 Jesus on

00:35:41.860 --> 00:35:42.579
 his behalf.

00:35:45.539 --> 00:35:46.160
 And so

00:35:46.160 --> 00:35:46.500
 they brought

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.720
 him.

00:35:48.480 --> 00:35:48.940
 I don't

00:35:48.940 --> 00:35:49.200
 know how

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:49.700
 he felt.

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.880
 Maybe he

00:35:51.880 --> 00:35:52.440
 was reluctant.

00:35:52.720 --> 00:35:53.099
 Maybe there's

00:35:53.099 --> 00:35:53.460
 people here

00:35:53.460 --> 00:35:53.820
 tonight.

00:35:55.160 --> 00:35:55.559
 You've been

00:35:55.559 --> 00:35:56.139
 brought to

00:35:56.139 --> 00:35:56.579
 church.

00:35:58.179 --> 00:35:58.699
 You

00:35:58.699 --> 00:35:59.000
 wouldn't have

00:35:59.000 --> 00:35:59.519
 chosen to

00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.739
 come,

00:35:59.820 --> 00:36:00.019
 maybe.

00:36:01.519 --> 00:36:01.739
 You'd

00:36:01.739 --> 00:36:02.159
 maybe be

00:36:02.159 --> 00:36:02.659
 rather

00:36:02.659 --> 00:36:03.159
 watching the

00:36:03.159 --> 00:36:03.440
 football.

00:36:04.699 --> 00:36:05.099
 But you've

00:36:05.099 --> 00:36:05.719
 been brought

00:36:05.719 --> 00:36:06.820
 to church

00:36:06.820 --> 00:36:07.699
 by parents

00:36:07.699 --> 00:36:08.259
 who know

00:36:08.259 --> 00:36:08.860
 that you

00:36:08.860 --> 00:36:09.320
 need

00:36:09.320 --> 00:36:10.079
 Jesus.

00:36:12.019 --> 00:36:12.579
 And you

00:36:12.579 --> 00:36:12.659
 know,

00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:13.340
 that's our

00:36:13.340 --> 00:36:13.659
 calling,

00:36:13.759 --> 00:36:14.259
 not just as

00:36:14.259 --> 00:36:14.719
 parents,

00:36:15.139 --> 00:36:15.539
 but if we

00:36:15.539 --> 00:36:16.119
 are Christians,

00:36:16.420 --> 00:36:16.960
 we are to

00:36:16.960 --> 00:36:17.880
 bring people

00:36:17.880 --> 00:36:18.659
 to Jesus.

00:36:21.159 --> 00:36:21.779
 We're to

00:36:21.779 --> 00:36:22.480
 tell people

00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:23.440
 about Jesus,

00:36:23.719 --> 00:36:24.199
 but then

00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:26.320
 before we

00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:26.800
 speak to

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.400
 people about

00:36:27.400 --> 00:36:27.719
 Jesus,

00:36:27.900 --> 00:36:28.860
 we first

00:36:28.860 --> 00:36:29.199
 have to

00:36:29.199 --> 00:36:29.559
 speak to

00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:30.099
 Jesus about

00:36:30.099 --> 00:36:30.500
 them.

00:36:33.260 --> 00:36:33.940
 We have

00:36:33.940 --> 00:36:34.240
 to pray

00:36:34.240 --> 00:36:34.599
 for them.

00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:38.300
 We have

00:36:38.300 --> 00:36:38.659
 to tell

00:36:38.659 --> 00:36:39.460
 Jesus about

00:36:39.460 --> 00:36:40.820
 the friends

00:36:40.820 --> 00:36:41.280
 that we

00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:42.980
 love,

00:36:43.079 --> 00:36:43.300
 that we

00:36:43.300 --> 00:36:43.900
 have concern

00:36:43.900 --> 00:36:44.280
 for,

00:36:45.699 --> 00:36:47.099
 and ask

00:36:47.099 --> 00:36:47.420
 him

00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:49.519
 to heal

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.320
 their hearts,

00:36:50.400 --> 00:36:50.800
 to open

00:36:50.800 --> 00:36:51.440
 their eyes,

00:36:51.440 --> 00:36:54.039
 to unblock

00:36:54.039 --> 00:36:54.679
 their ears,

00:36:55.280 --> 00:36:55.740
 to loosen

00:36:55.740 --> 00:36:56.280
 their tongues

00:36:56.280 --> 00:36:56.579
 that they

00:36:56.579 --> 00:36:57.599
 would come

00:36:57.599 --> 00:36:58.480
 to Jesus.

00:37:00.639 --> 00:37:01.159
 So,

00:37:01.659 --> 00:37:02.820
 just before

00:37:02.820 --> 00:37:03.159
 we move

00:37:03.159 --> 00:37:03.440
 on,

00:37:03.860 --> 00:37:04.200
 maybe I

00:37:04.200 --> 00:37:04.619
 could just

00:37:04.619 --> 00:37:05.280
 pause to

00:37:05.280 --> 00:37:07.179
 ask those

00:37:07.179 --> 00:37:07.440
 who are

00:37:07.440 --> 00:37:07.860
 Christians

00:37:07.860 --> 00:37:09.039
 here tonight,

00:37:10.039 --> 00:37:12.059
 a very

00:37:12.059 --> 00:37:12.480
 practical

00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:13.039
 question.

00:37:14.760 --> 00:37:15.380
 Who are

00:37:15.380 --> 00:37:15.720
 you praying

00:37:15.720 --> 00:37:16.000
 for?

00:37:16.000 --> 00:37:16.099
 for?

00:37:20.400 --> 00:37:21.159
 I want you

00:37:21.159 --> 00:37:21.480
 to think

00:37:21.480 --> 00:37:21.820
 about that

00:37:21.820 --> 00:37:22.039
 for a

00:37:22.039 --> 00:37:22.380
 moment.

00:37:26.300 --> 00:37:27.019
 And in

00:37:27.019 --> 00:37:27.900
 your minds,

00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:28.300
 in your

00:37:28.300 --> 00:37:28.800
 hearts,

00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:29.300
 in the

00:37:29.300 --> 00:37:29.840
 silence,

00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:32.300
 bring the

00:37:32.300 --> 00:37:32.679
 names.

00:37:35.179 --> 00:37:35.519
 What

00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:36.059
 friends,

00:37:36.719 --> 00:37:37.340
 what family

00:37:37.340 --> 00:37:37.800
 members,

00:37:38.199 --> 00:37:38.420
 what

00:37:38.420 --> 00:37:38.940
 colleagues

00:37:38.940 --> 00:37:39.519
 are you

00:37:39.519 --> 00:37:40.079
 praying for?

00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:43.960
 hear the

00:37:43.960 --> 00:37:44.380
 names,

00:37:45.380 --> 00:37:46.980
 as you

00:37:46.980 --> 00:37:47.239
 think

00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:47.880
 through in

00:37:47.880 --> 00:37:48.500
 your minds.

00:37:49.279 --> 00:37:49.639
 We should

00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:49.980
 all be

00:37:49.980 --> 00:37:50.659
 praying for

00:37:50.659 --> 00:37:51.039
 two or

00:37:51.039 --> 00:37:51.380
 three or

00:37:51.380 --> 00:37:51.779
 four or

00:37:51.779 --> 00:37:52.199
 five or

00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:52.799
 ten people.

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.480
 Who are

00:37:56.480 --> 00:37:57.079
 you burdened

00:37:57.079 --> 00:37:57.299
 for?

00:37:59.299 --> 00:37:59.920
 Who do

00:37:59.920 --> 00:38:00.360
 you want

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:00.920
 to bring

00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:01.819
 to Jesus?

00:38:01.819 --> 00:38:02.059
 Jesus,

00:38:02.059 --> 00:38:02.099
 Jesus,

00:38:02.099 --> 00:38:06.900
 let's

00:38:06.900 --> 00:38:07.860
 ensure

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.780
 that we

00:38:08.780 --> 00:38:09.180
 are

00:38:09.180 --> 00:38:10.160
 specific,

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:12.260
 that we

00:38:12.260 --> 00:38:12.980
 are personal,

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:15.400
 that we

00:38:15.400 --> 00:38:16.000
 are praying

00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:16.640
 day by

00:38:16.640 --> 00:38:17.460
 day for

00:38:17.460 --> 00:38:18.140
 these people

00:38:18.140 --> 00:38:19.980
 and asking

00:38:19.980 --> 00:38:20.579
 the Lord

00:38:20.579 --> 00:38:22.880
 to give

00:38:22.880 --> 00:38:23.039
 us

00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:23.640
 opportunities

00:38:23.640 --> 00:38:24.360
 to tell

00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:24.660
 them

00:38:24.660 --> 00:38:25.840
 about

00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:26.260
 Jesus.

00:38:29.780 --> 00:38:30.360
 The

00:38:30.360 --> 00:38:30.660
 blind

00:38:30.660 --> 00:38:31.160
 man

00:38:31.160 --> 00:38:33.019
 sees

00:38:33.019 --> 00:38:33.740
 Jesus,

00:38:33.900 --> 00:38:34.099
 that's

00:38:34.099 --> 00:38:34.460
 the first

00:38:34.460 --> 00:38:34.780
 point.

00:38:35.620 --> 00:38:35.820
 The

00:38:35.820 --> 00:38:36.079
 second

00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:36.640
 point is

00:38:36.640 --> 00:38:36.800
 the

00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:37.200
 seeing

00:38:37.200 --> 00:38:37.579
 men or

00:38:37.579 --> 00:38:37.940
 the so

00:38:37.940 --> 00:38:38.360
 called

00:38:38.360 --> 00:38:38.739
 seeing

00:38:38.739 --> 00:38:39.139
 men.

00:38:40.219 --> 00:38:40.739
 They're

00:38:40.739 --> 00:38:41.259
 blind to

00:38:41.259 --> 00:38:41.639
 Jesus.

00:38:43.000 --> 00:38:43.380
 We saw

00:38:43.380 --> 00:38:43.920
 something of

00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:44.319
 this on

00:38:44.319 --> 00:38:45.179
 Friday night.

00:38:45.259 --> 00:38:45.559
 We see

00:38:45.559 --> 00:38:46.420
 it again

00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:46.920
 in verse

00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:48.579
 23 and

00:38:48.579 --> 00:38:48.980
 following.

00:38:49.759 --> 00:38:50.159
 We see

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.599
 first of

00:38:50.599 --> 00:38:50.880
 all in

00:38:50.880 --> 00:38:51.920
 verse 23

00:38:51.920 --> 00:38:53.519
 we overhear

00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:53.960
 all the

00:38:53.960 --> 00:38:54.259
 people.

00:38:54.340 --> 00:38:54.639
 All the

00:38:54.639 --> 00:38:55.119
 people were

00:38:55.119 --> 00:38:55.719
 amazed.

00:38:56.599 --> 00:38:56.819
 They've

00:38:56.819 --> 00:38:57.259
 just witnessed

00:38:57.259 --> 00:38:57.239
!

00:38:57.239 --> 00:38:57.519
 This

00:38:57.519 --> 00:38:58.199
 healing!

00:39:00.519 --> 00:39:01.119
 And the

00:39:01.119 --> 00:39:01.500
 people are

00:39:01.500 --> 00:39:02.139
 amazed and

00:39:02.139 --> 00:39:02.559
 they said,

00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.360
 can this

00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:03.759
 be the

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.119
 son of

00:39:04.119 --> 00:39:04.420
 David?

00:39:05.000 --> 00:39:05.380
 So the

00:39:05.380 --> 00:39:06.340
 people were

00:39:06.340 --> 00:39:06.960
 the crowds.

00:39:07.579 --> 00:39:08.420
 The

00:39:08.420 --> 00:39:09.019
 people were

00:39:09.019 --> 00:39:10.319
 the ordinary

00:39:10.319 --> 00:39:10.819
 people.

00:39:11.059 --> 00:39:11.860
 They're just

00:39:11.860 --> 00:39:12.460
 like us.

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:16.440
 They knew a

00:39:16.440 --> 00:39:16.759
 bit of the

00:39:16.759 --> 00:39:17.079
 Bible,

00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:19.440
 but the

00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:20.219
 people,

00:39:20.539 --> 00:39:21.079
 the crowds,

00:39:21.259 --> 00:39:22.019
 they didn't

00:39:22.019 --> 00:39:22.340
 have a

00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:22.779
 theological

00:39:22.779 --> 00:39:23.579
 education.

00:39:25.819 --> 00:39:26.179
 And yet

00:39:26.179 --> 00:39:26.960
 they know

00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:28.039
 enough of

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:28.380
 the Old

00:39:28.380 --> 00:39:29.519
 Testament to

00:39:29.519 --> 00:39:30.059
 be starting

00:39:30.059 --> 00:39:30.400
 to get

00:39:30.400 --> 00:39:32.159
 excited about

00:39:32.159 --> 00:39:32.500
 Jesus.

00:39:32.500 --> 00:39:32.679
 Jesus.

00:39:34.460 --> 00:39:34.719
 And so

00:39:34.719 --> 00:39:35.719
 they say,

00:39:35.800 --> 00:39:36.239
 can this

00:39:36.239 --> 00:39:36.559
 be the

00:39:36.559 --> 00:39:36.860
 son of

00:39:36.860 --> 00:39:37.119
 David?

00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:40.480
 The

00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:40.780
 son of

00:39:40.780 --> 00:39:41.260
 David was

00:39:41.260 --> 00:39:42.079
 a title

00:39:42.079 --> 00:39:43.699
 that was

00:39:43.699 --> 00:39:44.579
 reserved for

00:39:44.579 --> 00:39:45.460
 the Messiah.

00:39:47.820 --> 00:39:48.460
 So they're

00:39:48.460 --> 00:39:48.860
 asking,

00:39:49.260 --> 00:39:49.800
 could this

00:39:49.800 --> 00:39:51.619
 Jesus be

00:39:51.619 --> 00:39:52.239
 the Messiah?

00:39:52.880 --> 00:39:53.360
 Could he be

00:39:53.360 --> 00:39:53.960
 the promised

00:39:53.960 --> 00:39:54.360
 one of

00:39:54.360 --> 00:39:54.719
 God?

00:39:55.059 --> 00:39:55.380
 Could he

00:39:55.380 --> 00:39:55.760
 be the

00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:56.079
 Savior?

00:39:57.760 --> 00:39:58.360
 Could he

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:59.019
 be the one

00:39:59.019 --> 00:39:59.619
 that we've

00:39:59.619 --> 00:40:00.079
 been pointed

00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:00.679
 forward to,

00:40:00.739 --> 00:40:01.000
 that we're

00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:01.699
 looking for?

00:40:02.500 --> 00:40:03.179
 Could this

00:40:03.179 --> 00:40:05.079
 be the

00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:05.380
 Savior?

00:40:07.659 --> 00:40:08.179
 Isaiah

00:40:08.179 --> 00:40:09.619
 chapter 35

00:40:09.619 --> 00:40:10.380
 verse 6

00:40:10.380 --> 00:40:11.599
 made clear

00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:12.360
 that the

00:40:12.360 --> 00:40:13.420
 Messiah would

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:14.019
 open the

00:40:14.019 --> 00:40:14.559
 eyes of the

00:40:14.559 --> 00:40:14.960
 blind,

00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:16.380
 that he

00:40:16.380 --> 00:40:16.920
 would open

00:40:16.920 --> 00:40:17.599
 the ears of

00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:18.119
 the deaf,

00:40:18.280 --> 00:40:18.639
 that he

00:40:18.639 --> 00:40:19.139
 would loosen

00:40:19.139 --> 00:40:19.699
 the tongue

00:40:19.699 --> 00:40:20.280
 of the

00:40:20.280 --> 00:40:20.559
 mute,

00:40:20.699 --> 00:40:21.199
 that he

00:40:21.199 --> 00:40:21.900
 would heal

00:40:21.900 --> 00:40:22.920
 those who

00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:23.579
 were crippled.

00:40:23.920 --> 00:40:24.440
 And this

00:40:24.440 --> 00:40:25.360
 is exactly

00:40:25.360 --> 00:40:26.760
 what Jesus

00:40:26.760 --> 00:40:27.300
 had been

00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:27.679
 doing.

00:40:30.340 --> 00:40:31.039
 So they

00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:31.440
 joined the

00:40:31.440 --> 00:40:31.840
 dots.

00:40:32.500 --> 00:40:33.059
 In their

00:40:33.059 --> 00:40:33.420
 minds,

00:40:33.519 --> 00:40:34.360
 they say,

00:40:34.519 --> 00:40:35.119
 this must

00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:35.440
 be the

00:40:35.440 --> 00:40:35.840
 Messiah.

00:40:37.639 --> 00:40:37.840
 There's

00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:38.559
 that tangible

00:40:38.559 --> 00:40:39.900
 excitement that

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.800
 is moving

00:40:40.800 --> 00:40:41.500
 through these

00:40:41.500 --> 00:40:42.019
 crowds.

00:40:45.219 --> 00:40:46.000
 But then

00:40:46.000 --> 00:40:46.639
 the so-called

00:40:46.639 --> 00:40:47.800
 seeing men,

00:40:48.179 --> 00:40:48.719
 then the

00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:49.360
 theological

00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:50.179
 heavyweights

00:40:50.179 --> 00:40:50.679
 come in,

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:53.179
 the Pharisees,

00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:53.559
 and they

00:40:53.559 --> 00:40:54.699
 step in.

00:40:55.539 --> 00:40:56.300
 Verse 24.

00:40:56.300 --> 00:40:58.519
 But when

00:40:58.519 --> 00:40:59.180
 the Pharisees

00:40:59.180 --> 00:40:59.800
 heard it,

00:41:00.560 --> 00:41:01.200
 they said,

00:41:01.300 --> 00:41:01.620
 it is only

00:41:01.620 --> 00:41:02.740
 by Beelzebul,

00:41:02.820 --> 00:41:03.360
 the prince of

00:41:03.360 --> 00:41:03.720
 demons,

00:41:03.840 --> 00:41:04.200
 that this

00:41:04.200 --> 00:41:04.940
 man casts

00:41:04.940 --> 00:41:05.500
 out demons.

00:41:11.180 --> 00:41:11.620
 Now,

00:41:11.620 --> 00:41:12.140
 stop for a

00:41:12.140 --> 00:41:12.500
 moment and

00:41:12.500 --> 00:41:13.700
 think about

00:41:13.700 --> 00:41:14.060
 this.

00:41:14.200 --> 00:41:15.300
 These men

00:41:15.300 --> 00:41:16.800
 who say

00:41:16.800 --> 00:41:18.580
 that,

00:41:19.720 --> 00:41:21.060
 they are the

00:41:21.060 --> 00:41:21.900
 most qualified

00:41:21.900 --> 00:41:24.860
 people to be

00:41:24.860 --> 00:41:25.400
 able to see

00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:25.900
 the Messiah.

00:41:28.160 --> 00:41:28.760
 These are

00:41:28.760 --> 00:41:29.340
 the theology

00:41:29.340 --> 00:41:29.920
 professors.

00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:31.500
 These are the

00:41:31.500 --> 00:41:32.059
 Old Testament

00:41:32.059 --> 00:41:32.920
 experts.

00:41:36.200 --> 00:41:36.880
 And yet,

00:41:37.039 --> 00:41:37.880
 here is the

00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:38.300
 son of

00:41:38.300 --> 00:41:38.599
 David.

00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:40.700
 Here is the

00:41:40.700 --> 00:41:41.180
 Messiah.

00:41:41.559 --> 00:41:42.140
 Here is the

00:41:42.140 --> 00:41:43.260
 son of God.

00:41:43.420 --> 00:41:43.820
 And he's

00:41:43.820 --> 00:41:44.420
 looking them

00:41:44.420 --> 00:41:45.039
 in the eye.

00:41:47.820 --> 00:41:48.340
 And they

00:41:48.340 --> 00:41:49.039
 can't see him.

00:41:51.039 --> 00:41:51.579
 Or they

00:41:51.579 --> 00:41:52.260
 won't see him.

00:41:52.260 --> 00:41:55.520
 They're

00:41:55.520 --> 00:41:56.740
 willfully

00:41:56.740 --> 00:41:57.300
 blind.

00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:00.060
 They don't

00:42:00.060 --> 00:42:00.500
 want to see

00:42:00.500 --> 00:42:00.940
 Jesus.

00:42:03.860 --> 00:42:04.500
 And there's

00:42:04.500 --> 00:42:04.940
 a warning

00:42:04.940 --> 00:42:05.660
 here that we

00:42:05.660 --> 00:42:07.000
 must take

00:42:07.000 --> 00:42:07.620
 note of.

00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:09.980
 And the

00:42:09.980 --> 00:42:10.780
 application is

00:42:10.780 --> 00:42:11.340
 straightforward.

00:42:11.620 --> 00:42:11.780
 You know,

00:42:11.820 --> 00:42:12.600
 it is possible

00:42:12.600 --> 00:42:14.300
 for us

00:42:14.300 --> 00:42:16.300
 to know

00:42:16.300 --> 00:42:16.780
 the Bible

00:42:16.780 --> 00:42:18.720
 and to

00:42:18.720 --> 00:42:19.500
 attend church

00:42:19.500 --> 00:42:19.920
 week by

00:42:19.920 --> 00:42:20.260
 week.

00:42:20.260 --> 00:42:22.500
 and to

00:42:22.500 --> 00:42:24.320
 be members

00:42:24.320 --> 00:42:25.260
 of the

00:42:25.260 --> 00:42:25.520
 Sunday

00:42:25.520 --> 00:42:26.340
 school and

00:42:26.340 --> 00:42:27.020
 the YF.

00:42:27.120 --> 00:42:27.260
 It's

00:42:27.260 --> 00:42:27.940
 possible for

00:42:27.940 --> 00:42:28.460
 us to be

00:42:28.460 --> 00:42:29.440
 active in

00:42:29.440 --> 00:42:29.880
 the life of

00:42:29.880 --> 00:42:30.300
 the church.

00:42:30.400 --> 00:42:30.500
 It's

00:42:30.500 --> 00:42:31.100
 possible to

00:42:31.100 --> 00:42:31.700
 be a

00:42:31.700 --> 00:42:32.420
 minister or

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.080
 a bishop or

00:42:33.080 --> 00:42:34.100
 an archbishop

00:42:34.100 --> 00:42:36.620
 and be

00:42:36.620 --> 00:42:37.100
 lost.

00:42:39.500 --> 00:42:40.220
 Actually be

00:42:40.220 --> 00:42:40.660
 an enemy

00:42:40.660 --> 00:42:41.540
 of Christ.

00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:44.460
 Like the

00:42:44.460 --> 00:42:44.920
 Pharisees

00:42:44.920 --> 00:42:45.140
 were.

00:42:45.139 --> 00:42:49.900
 your salvation

00:42:49.900 --> 00:42:50.480
 and mine

00:42:50.480 --> 00:42:53.079
 is not

00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:53.679
 dependent

00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:55.519
 upon how

00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:56.099
 much we

00:42:56.099 --> 00:42:57.159
 know about

00:42:57.159 --> 00:42:57.519
 Jesus.

00:42:59.519 --> 00:43:00.559
 Our

00:43:00.559 --> 00:43:01.179
 salvation

00:43:01.179 --> 00:43:02.279
 is dependent

00:43:02.279 --> 00:43:04.219
 on knowing

00:43:04.219 --> 00:43:05.079
 Jesus

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:06.099
 personally.

00:43:09.779 --> 00:43:10.779
 Trusting

00:43:10.779 --> 00:43:11.059
 him

00:43:11.059 --> 00:43:13.099
 as our

00:43:13.099 --> 00:43:13.500
 saviour.

00:43:13.500 --> 00:43:16.360
 following

00:43:16.360 --> 00:43:17.340
 him as

00:43:17.340 --> 00:43:17.940
 our

00:43:17.940 --> 00:43:18.659
 lord and

00:43:18.659 --> 00:43:18.940
 king.

00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:19.739
 Having a

00:43:19.739 --> 00:43:20.460
 relationship,

00:43:20.659 --> 00:43:21.119
 a living

00:43:21.119 --> 00:43:22.139
 relationship

00:43:22.139 --> 00:43:22.800
 with him

00:43:22.800 --> 00:43:24.659
 where we

00:43:24.659 --> 00:43:25.239
 walk with

00:43:25.239 --> 00:43:25.760
 him and

00:43:25.760 --> 00:43:26.260
 we talk

00:43:26.260 --> 00:43:26.780
 with him.

00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:30.460
 We spend

00:43:30.460 --> 00:43:31.860
 time day

00:43:31.860 --> 00:43:32.380
 by day

00:43:32.380 --> 00:43:34.159
 in his

00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:34.699
 presence.

00:43:37.820 --> 00:43:38.380
 The

00:43:38.380 --> 00:43:39.000
 Pharisees,

00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:39.559
 as we see

00:43:39.559 --> 00:43:39.960
 them here,

00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:40.340
 they were

00:43:40.340 --> 00:43:41.539
 resisting

00:43:41.539 --> 00:43:42.159
 Jesus.

00:43:45.259 --> 00:43:45.940
 They were

00:43:45.940 --> 00:43:46.559
 rebels

00:43:46.559 --> 00:43:48.179
 against

00:43:48.179 --> 00:43:48.920
 Jesus.

00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:49.539
 They had

00:43:49.539 --> 00:43:50.099
 no

00:43:50.099 --> 00:43:50.679
 relationship

00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:51.000
 with

00:43:51.000 --> 00:43:51.400
 Jesus.

00:43:54.820 --> 00:43:55.480
 So what

00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:55.860
 about you

00:43:55.860 --> 00:43:56.099
 and what

00:43:56.099 --> 00:43:56.500
 about me?

00:44:00.400 --> 00:44:01.000
 Do we

00:44:01.000 --> 00:44:01.239
 know

00:44:01.239 --> 00:44:01.759
 Jesus?

00:44:04.860 --> 00:44:05.480
 Are we

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:06.219
 in relationship

00:44:06.219 --> 00:44:06.759
 with him?

00:44:06.760 --> 00:44:11.340
 have we

00:44:11.340 --> 00:44:11.820
 come to

00:44:11.820 --> 00:44:12.040
 him?

00:44:13.580 --> 00:44:14.060
 We've

00:44:14.060 --> 00:44:14.500
 heard the

00:44:14.500 --> 00:44:14.880
 call

00:44:14.880 --> 00:44:17.240
 repeatedly

00:44:17.240 --> 00:44:17.840
 even over

00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:18.560
 these days.

00:44:19.260 --> 00:44:19.720
 Come to

00:44:19.720 --> 00:44:19.900
 me,

00:44:20.100 --> 00:44:20.400
 those who

00:44:20.400 --> 00:44:20.860
 are weary,

00:44:21.120 --> 00:44:21.420
 those who

00:44:21.420 --> 00:44:22.140
 are burdened,

00:44:22.300 --> 00:44:22.560
 those who

00:44:22.560 --> 00:44:23.180
 are sinners.

00:44:26.180 --> 00:44:26.700
 Ask

00:44:26.700 --> 00:44:26.940
 for

00:44:26.940 --> 00:44:27.480
 forgiveness.

00:44:28.700 --> 00:44:29.180
 Ask

00:44:29.180 --> 00:44:29.440
 for

00:44:29.440 --> 00:44:29.920
 cleansing.

00:44:30.500 --> 00:44:30.980
 Receive

00:44:30.980 --> 00:44:31.640
 rest.

00:44:32.120 --> 00:44:32.380
 Call

00:44:32.380 --> 00:44:32.680
 upon

00:44:32.680 --> 00:44:32.960
 my

00:44:32.960 --> 00:44:33.380
 name.

00:44:33.380 --> 00:44:36.579
 have we

00:44:36.579 --> 00:44:36.980
 done it?

00:44:40.920 --> 00:44:41.539
 Have we

00:44:41.539 --> 00:44:41.940
 come to

00:44:41.940 --> 00:44:42.119
 him?

00:44:49.960 --> 00:44:50.420
 The

00:44:50.420 --> 00:44:50.980
 seeing men

00:44:50.980 --> 00:44:51.420
 are blind

00:44:51.420 --> 00:44:52.059
 to Jesus.

00:44:54.340 --> 00:44:54.820
 The

00:44:54.820 --> 00:44:55.559
 blind man

00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:55.980
 sees

00:44:55.980 --> 00:44:56.380
 Jesus.

00:44:57.579 --> 00:44:57.960
 And the

00:44:57.960 --> 00:44:58.480
 final thing

00:44:58.480 --> 00:44:58.960
 this evening

00:44:58.960 --> 00:45:01.760
 is the

00:45:01.760 --> 00:45:02.220
 whole

00:45:02.219 --> 00:45:03.439
 teaching

00:45:03.439 --> 00:45:03.739
 that

00:45:03.739 --> 00:45:04.219
 Jesus

00:45:04.219 --> 00:45:05.319
 presses

00:45:05.319 --> 00:45:05.739
 home

00:45:05.739 --> 00:45:06.099
 at this

00:45:06.099 --> 00:45:06.500
 point

00:45:06.500 --> 00:45:07.519
 that

00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:09.459
 blasphemy

00:45:09.459 --> 00:45:09.899
 against

00:45:09.899 --> 00:45:10.079
 the

00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:10.299
 Holy

00:45:10.299 --> 00:45:10.679
 Spirit.

00:45:10.879 --> 00:45:11.079
 This

00:45:11.079 --> 00:45:12.959
 term,

00:45:13.139 --> 00:45:13.279
 this

00:45:13.279 --> 00:45:13.719
 teaching,

00:45:13.859 --> 00:45:14.039
 this

00:45:14.039 --> 00:45:14.399
 sin

00:45:14.399 --> 00:45:15.679
 that

00:45:15.679 --> 00:45:16.859
 so

00:45:16.859 --> 00:45:17.279
 troubles

00:45:17.279 --> 00:45:17.779
 us.

00:45:19.039 --> 00:45:19.579
 Blasphemy

00:45:19.579 --> 00:45:20.019
 against

00:45:20.019 --> 00:45:20.199
 the

00:45:20.199 --> 00:45:20.419
 Holy

00:45:20.419 --> 00:45:20.819
 Spirit.

00:45:21.539 --> 00:45:21.959
 What is

00:45:21.959 --> 00:45:22.119
 it?

00:45:22.219 --> 00:45:22.500
 It's

00:45:22.500 --> 00:45:23.000
 refusing

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:24.859
 to

00:45:24.859 --> 00:45:25.299
 believe

00:45:25.299 --> 00:45:25.719
 in

00:45:25.719 --> 00:45:25.959
 Jesus.

00:45:29.219 --> 00:45:29.859
 There

00:45:29.859 --> 00:45:29.919
 are

00:45:29.919 --> 00:45:30.099
 some

00:45:30.099 --> 00:45:30.419
 places

00:45:30.419 --> 00:45:31.819
 that

00:45:31.820 --> 00:45:32.059
 we

00:45:32.059 --> 00:45:33.140
 would

00:45:33.140 --> 00:45:33.340
 just

00:45:33.340 --> 00:45:33.640
 rather

00:45:33.640 --> 00:45:33.940
 not

00:45:33.940 --> 00:45:34.260
 go

00:45:34.260 --> 00:45:36.120
 because

00:45:36.120 --> 00:45:36.320
 they

00:45:36.320 --> 00:45:36.820
 unsettle

00:45:36.820 --> 00:45:37.220
 us.

00:45:39.100 --> 00:45:39.620
 I

00:45:39.620 --> 00:45:39.860
 lived

00:45:39.860 --> 00:45:40.180
 for a

00:45:40.180 --> 00:45:40.340
 few

00:45:40.340 --> 00:45:40.720
 years

00:45:40.720 --> 00:45:41.019
 over

00:45:41.019 --> 00:45:41.740
 in

00:45:41.740 --> 00:45:42.140
 Skye

00:45:42.140 --> 00:45:42.340
 when

00:45:42.340 --> 00:45:42.519
 my

00:45:42.519 --> 00:45:42.720
 dad

00:45:42.720 --> 00:45:43.000
 was

00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:43.580
 a

00:45:43.580 --> 00:45:43.880
 minister

00:45:43.880 --> 00:45:44.180
 and

00:45:44.180 --> 00:45:44.320
 we

00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:44.500
 lived

00:45:44.500 --> 00:45:44.580
 in

00:45:44.580 --> 00:45:44.700
 a

00:45:44.700 --> 00:45:44.900
 place

00:45:44.900 --> 00:45:45.160
 called

00:45:45.160 --> 00:45:45.559
 Kensel

00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:45.840
 Eyre.

00:45:48.559 --> 00:45:49.059
 There

00:45:49.059 --> 00:45:49.260
 was a

00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:49.420
 wee

00:45:49.420 --> 00:45:49.900
 burn

00:45:49.900 --> 00:45:50.519
 in the

00:45:50.519 --> 00:45:50.740
 back

00:45:50.740 --> 00:45:51.039
 of our

00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:51.400
 house

00:45:51.400 --> 00:45:52.700
 just

00:45:52.700 --> 00:45:52.900
 up

00:45:52.900 --> 00:45:53.039
 on

00:45:53.039 --> 00:45:53.220
 the

00:45:53.220 --> 00:45:54.860
 man's

00:45:54.860 --> 00:45:55.180
 croft

00:45:55.180 --> 00:45:55.340
 of

00:45:55.340 --> 00:45:55.660
 Glebe.

00:45:56.519 --> 00:45:56.700
 And

00:45:56.700 --> 00:45:57.800
 apparently

00:45:57.800 --> 00:45:58.140
 over

00:45:58.140 --> 00:45:58.380
 the

00:45:58.380 --> 00:45:58.940
 years,

00:45:59.720 --> 00:46:00.019
 over

00:46:00.019 --> 00:46:00.200
 the

00:46:00.200 --> 00:46:00.519
 decades,

00:46:00.519 --> 00:46:00.820
 even

00:46:00.820 --> 00:46:01.119
 over

00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:02.259
 centuries,

00:46:03.179 --> 00:46:03.480
 there

00:46:03.480 --> 00:46:03.619
 was

00:46:03.619 --> 00:46:03.980
 books

00:46:03.980 --> 00:46:04.559
 written

00:46:04.559 --> 00:46:04.800
 and

00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:05.079
 stories

00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:05.500
 told

00:46:05.500 --> 00:46:06.099
 that

00:46:06.099 --> 00:46:06.440
 people

00:46:06.440 --> 00:46:07.179
 saw

00:46:07.179 --> 00:46:08.380
 ghostly

00:46:08.380 --> 00:46:08.900
 things.

00:46:09.059 --> 00:46:09.139
 They

00:46:09.139 --> 00:46:09.440
 saw

00:46:09.440 --> 00:46:10.340
 disturbing

00:46:10.340 --> 00:46:11.079
 things

00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:11.719
 around

00:46:11.719 --> 00:46:12.059
 this

00:46:12.059 --> 00:46:12.920
 burn.

00:46:16.579 --> 00:46:16.860
 And I

00:46:16.860 --> 00:46:17.099
 used to

00:46:17.099 --> 00:46:17.480
 walk the

00:46:17.480 --> 00:46:17.880
 dog

00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:18.840
 out the

00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:19.119
 back

00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:19.539
 of this

00:46:19.539 --> 00:46:20.980
 croft.

00:46:22.059 --> 00:46:22.360
 And I

00:46:22.360 --> 00:46:22.639
 have to

00:46:22.639 --> 00:46:22.820
 say,

00:46:23.019 --> 00:46:23.500
 I never

00:46:23.500 --> 00:46:24.159
 saw any

00:46:24.159 --> 00:46:24.599
 ghostly

00:46:24.599 --> 00:46:25.059
 things.

00:46:25.059 --> 00:46:28.119
 but

00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:28.299
 when I

00:46:28.299 --> 00:46:28.440
 was

00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:28.719
 walking

00:46:28.719 --> 00:46:28.900
 the

00:46:28.900 --> 00:46:29.099
 dog

00:46:29.099 --> 00:46:29.420
 after

00:46:29.420 --> 00:46:29.920
 dark,

00:46:31.340 --> 00:46:31.679
 I

00:46:31.679 --> 00:46:31.900
 tended

00:46:31.900 --> 00:46:32.139
 to

00:46:32.139 --> 00:46:32.400
 avoid

00:46:32.400 --> 00:46:32.559
 the

00:46:32.559 --> 00:46:32.820
 burn

00:46:32.820 --> 00:46:34.759
 because

00:46:34.759 --> 00:46:34.940
 it

00:46:34.940 --> 00:46:35.159
 just

00:46:35.159 --> 00:46:35.759
 unsettled

00:46:35.759 --> 00:46:36.000
 me.

00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:38.699
 And

00:46:38.699 --> 00:46:38.920
 this

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:39.739
 next

00:46:39.739 --> 00:46:40.440
 passage,

00:46:40.799 --> 00:46:41.119
 the

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.440
 verses,

00:46:42.079 --> 00:46:42.279
 if you've

00:46:42.279 --> 00:46:42.599
 got them

00:46:42.599 --> 00:46:42.820
 open

00:46:42.820 --> 00:46:43.219
 between

00:46:43.219 --> 00:46:43.980
 25

00:46:43.980 --> 00:46:45.199
 and

00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:45.759
 32,

00:46:46.219 --> 00:46:46.500
 it's

00:46:46.500 --> 00:46:46.679
 an

00:46:46.679 --> 00:46:47.079
 area

00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:50.719
 that

00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:51.019
 many

00:46:51.019 --> 00:46:51.360
 people

00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:51.659
 tend

00:46:51.659 --> 00:46:51.840
 to

00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:52.400
 avoid

00:46:52.400 --> 00:46:54.139
 because

00:46:54.139 --> 00:46:54.380
 it's

00:46:54.380 --> 00:46:55.019
 unsettling.

00:46:57.420 --> 00:46:57.780
 Jesus

00:46:57.780 --> 00:46:58.420
 talks

00:46:58.420 --> 00:46:59.460
 in these

00:46:59.460 --> 00:46:59.900
 verses

00:46:59.900 --> 00:47:01.180
 about

00:47:01.180 --> 00:47:01.920
 an

00:47:01.920 --> 00:47:03.260
 unforgivable

00:47:03.260 --> 00:47:03.700
 sin.

00:47:06.880 --> 00:47:07.559
 And

00:47:07.559 --> 00:47:08.039
 he calls

00:47:08.039 --> 00:47:08.400
 that

00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:09.760
 blasphemy

00:47:09.760 --> 00:47:10.160
 against

00:47:10.160 --> 00:47:10.360
 the

00:47:10.360 --> 00:47:10.539
 Holy

00:47:10.539 --> 00:47:10.900
 Spirit.

00:47:13.079 --> 00:47:13.559
 Don't

00:47:13.559 --> 00:47:13.820
 want to

00:47:13.820 --> 00:47:14.220
 think about

00:47:14.220 --> 00:47:14.619
 this for

00:47:14.619 --> 00:47:15.280
 just a

00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:15.420
 few

00:47:15.420 --> 00:47:15.840
 moments,

00:47:15.980 --> 00:47:16.099
 but

00:47:16.099 --> 00:47:16.440
 just

00:47:16.440 --> 00:47:16.880
 before we

00:47:16.880 --> 00:47:17.220
 consider

00:47:17.220 --> 00:47:17.460
 what

00:47:17.460 --> 00:47:17.660
 Jesus

00:47:17.660 --> 00:47:18.300
 says

00:47:18.300 --> 00:47:19.360
 specifically

00:47:19.360 --> 00:47:19.860
 about

00:47:19.860 --> 00:47:20.700
 this

00:47:20.700 --> 00:47:21.000
 sin,

00:47:21.300 --> 00:47:21.920
 let's

00:47:21.920 --> 00:47:22.400
 just

00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:23.300
 recap

00:47:23.300 --> 00:47:23.740
 and

00:47:23.740 --> 00:47:24.139
 remind

00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:24.860
 ourselves

00:47:24.860 --> 00:47:25.740
 of

00:47:25.740 --> 00:47:26.260
 what

00:47:26.260 --> 00:47:26.460
 has

00:47:26.460 --> 00:47:26.740
 just

00:47:26.740 --> 00:47:27.280
 happened

00:47:27.280 --> 00:47:27.840
 because

00:47:27.840 --> 00:47:28.059
 the

00:47:28.059 --> 00:47:28.559
 context

00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:28.980
 is always

00:47:28.980 --> 00:47:29.460
 important

00:47:29.460 --> 00:47:29.840
 for us

00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:29.960
 to

00:47:29.960 --> 00:47:30.559
 understand

00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:30.960
 the

00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:31.300
 teaching.

00:47:32.659 --> 00:47:32.880
 So

00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:33.059
 what

00:47:33.059 --> 00:47:33.180
 has

00:47:33.180 --> 00:47:33.380
 just

00:47:33.380 --> 00:47:33.800
 happened?

00:47:34.659 --> 00:47:34.880
 Jesus

00:47:34.880 --> 00:47:35.300
 goes on,

00:47:35.440 --> 00:47:36.059
 he teaches

00:47:36.059 --> 00:47:37.099
 this about

00:47:37.099 --> 00:47:37.579
 the

00:47:37.579 --> 00:47:38.280
 unforgivable

00:47:38.280 --> 00:47:38.280


00:47:38.280 --> 00:47:38.599
 sin,

00:47:38.760 --> 00:47:39.079
 but what

00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:39.320
 has he

00:47:39.320 --> 00:47:40.440
 just

00:47:40.440 --> 00:47:40.840
 encountered?

00:47:40.940 --> 00:47:41.139
 What has

00:47:41.139 --> 00:47:41.500
 he just

00:47:41.500 --> 00:47:41.860
 faced?

00:47:41.920 --> 00:47:42.159
 What has

00:47:42.159 --> 00:47:42.360
 just

00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:42.740
 happened

00:47:42.740 --> 00:47:43.079
 here?

00:47:43.400 --> 00:47:43.599
 Well,

00:47:44.039 --> 00:47:44.300
 he's

00:47:44.300 --> 00:47:44.539
 just

00:47:44.539 --> 00:47:44.960
 clashed

00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:45.099
 with

00:47:45.099 --> 00:47:45.260
 the

00:47:45.260 --> 00:47:45.920
 Pharisees.

00:47:48.079 --> 00:47:48.579
 The

00:47:48.579 --> 00:47:49.079
 Pharisees

00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:49.400
 just

00:47:49.400 --> 00:47:49.840
 watch

00:47:49.840 --> 00:47:50.460
 Jesus

00:47:50.460 --> 00:47:51.039
 heal

00:47:51.039 --> 00:47:52.659
 this

00:47:52.659 --> 00:47:53.179
 blind

00:47:53.179 --> 00:47:53.679
 and

00:47:53.679 --> 00:47:53.960
 mute

00:47:53.960 --> 00:47:54.400
 man.

00:47:54.719 --> 00:47:54.820
 They

00:47:54.820 --> 00:47:55.000
 had

00:47:55.000 --> 00:47:55.420
 seen

00:47:55.420 --> 00:47:55.920
 the

00:47:55.920 --> 00:47:56.480
 supernatural

00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:57.820
 power

00:47:57.820 --> 00:47:58.659
 of God

00:47:58.659 --> 00:47:58.840
 the

00:47:58.840 --> 00:47:59.079
 Holy

00:47:59.079 --> 00:47:59.699
 Spirit

00:47:59.699 --> 00:48:01.739
 working

00:48:01.739 --> 00:48:02.239
 with

00:48:02.239 --> 00:48:02.699
 and

00:48:02.699 --> 00:48:03.099
 working

00:48:03.099 --> 00:48:03.759
 through

00:48:03.759 --> 00:48:04.400
 God

00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:04.599
 the

00:48:04.599 --> 00:48:04.900
 Son.

00:48:05.420 --> 00:48:05.679
 They'd

00:48:05.679 --> 00:48:05.980
 witnessed

00:48:05.980 --> 00:48:06.480
 a miracle.

00:48:07.539 --> 00:48:07.759
 They'd

00:48:07.759 --> 00:48:08.019
 seen

00:48:08.019 --> 00:48:08.300
 God

00:48:08.300 --> 00:48:08.440
 at

00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:08.860
 action.

00:48:10.739 --> 00:48:10.920
 And

00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:11.099
 how

00:48:11.099 --> 00:48:11.400
 do they

00:48:11.400 --> 00:48:11.980
 respond?

00:48:12.400 --> 00:48:12.519
 Well,

00:48:12.559 --> 00:48:13.219
 they respond

00:48:13.219 --> 00:48:13.940
 in verse

00:48:13.940 --> 00:48:14.480
 24

00:48:14.480 --> 00:48:15.619
 by calling

00:48:15.619 --> 00:48:16.380
 the Holy

00:48:16.380 --> 00:48:17.000
 Spirit

00:48:17.000 --> 00:48:17.480
 and

00:48:17.480 --> 00:48:17.599
 the

00:48:17.599 --> 00:48:17.860
 work

00:48:17.860 --> 00:48:18.019
 of

00:48:18.019 --> 00:48:18.119
 the

00:48:18.119 --> 00:48:18.320
 Holy

00:48:18.320 --> 00:48:18.679
 Spirit

00:48:18.679 --> 00:48:19.380
 they

00:48:19.380 --> 00:48:19.860
 call

00:48:19.860 --> 00:48:21.980
 they

00:48:21.980 --> 00:48:22.280
 attribute

00:48:22.280 --> 00:48:22.519
 that

00:48:22.519 --> 00:48:22.739
 work

00:48:22.739 --> 00:48:22.900
 to

00:48:22.900 --> 00:48:23.659
 Beelzebul

00:48:23.659 --> 00:48:25.679
 the

00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:26.019
 devil.

00:48:28.780 --> 00:48:29.679
 So we

00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:30.159
 have here

00:48:30.159 --> 00:48:30.960
 the most

00:48:30.960 --> 00:48:31.659
 crass

00:48:31.659 --> 00:48:32.760
 sinful

00:48:32.760 --> 00:48:33.340
 case

00:48:33.340 --> 00:48:33.579
 of

00:48:33.579 --> 00:48:34.460
 mistaken

00:48:34.460 --> 00:48:35.500
 identity.

00:48:36.639 --> 00:48:37.760
 They point

00:48:37.760 --> 00:48:38.139
 the finger

00:48:38.139 --> 00:48:38.780
 at Jesus

00:48:38.780 --> 00:48:42.539
 and talk

00:48:42.539 --> 00:48:42.679
 about

00:48:42.679 --> 00:48:43.099
 the devil.

00:48:43.099 --> 00:48:45.579
 And so

00:48:45.579 --> 00:48:45.960
 Jesus

00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:46.400
 just

00:48:46.400 --> 00:48:46.779
 using

00:48:46.779 --> 00:48:47.539
 very

00:48:47.539 --> 00:48:48.039
 basic

00:48:48.039 --> 00:48:48.599
 reason

00:48:48.599 --> 00:48:50.179
 he

00:48:50.179 --> 00:48:50.559
 shows

00:48:50.559 --> 00:48:50.819
 how

00:48:50.819 --> 00:48:51.259
 flawed

00:48:51.259 --> 00:48:51.440
 their

00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:51.779
 thinking

00:48:51.779 --> 00:48:52.360
 was.

00:48:53.779 --> 00:48:54.019
 Verse

00:48:54.019 --> 00:48:54.659
 25

00:48:54.659 --> 00:48:56.000
 Knowing

00:48:56.000 --> 00:48:56.259
 their

00:48:56.259 --> 00:48:56.839
 thoughts

00:48:56.839 --> 00:48:57.259
 Jesus

00:48:57.259 --> 00:48:57.839
 said to

00:48:57.839 --> 00:48:58.099
 them

00:48:58.099 --> 00:48:58.739
 every

00:48:58.739 --> 00:48:59.199
 kingdom

00:48:59.199 --> 00:48:59.699
 divided

00:48:59.699 --> 00:49:00.099
 against

00:49:00.099 --> 00:49:00.559
 itself

00:49:00.559 --> 00:49:00.759
 is

00:49:00.759 --> 00:49:01.019
 laid

00:49:01.019 --> 00:49:01.480
 waste

00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:02.099
 no

00:49:02.099 --> 00:49:02.539
 sithier

00:49:02.539 --> 00:49:02.819
 house

00:49:02.819 --> 00:49:03.199
 divided

00:49:03.199 --> 00:49:03.599
 against

00:49:03.599 --> 00:49:04.039
 itself

00:49:04.039 --> 00:49:04.259
 will

00:49:04.259 --> 00:49:04.739
 stand.

00:49:05.659 --> 00:49:05.839
 If

00:49:05.839 --> 00:49:06.239
 Satan

00:49:06.239 --> 00:49:06.679
 casts

00:49:06.679 --> 00:49:06.920
 out

00:49:06.920 --> 00:49:07.420
 Satan

00:49:07.420 --> 00:49:08.460
 he's

00:49:08.460 --> 00:49:08.819
 divided

00:49:08.819 --> 00:49:09.199
 against

00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:09.739
 himself

00:49:09.739 --> 00:49:10.259
 how

00:49:10.259 --> 00:49:10.519
 then

00:49:10.519 --> 00:49:10.679
 will

00:49:10.679 --> 00:49:10.839
 his

00:49:10.839 --> 00:49:11.139
 kingdom

00:49:11.139 --> 00:49:11.719
 stand?

00:49:13.099 --> 00:49:14.099
 And if

00:49:14.099 --> 00:49:14.659
 I cast

00:49:14.659 --> 00:49:14.900
 out

00:49:14.900 --> 00:49:15.199
 demons

00:49:15.199 --> 00:49:15.460
 by

00:49:15.460 --> 00:49:16.259
 Beelzebul

00:49:16.259 --> 00:49:16.679
 by

00:49:16.679 --> 00:49:16.900
 whom

00:49:16.900 --> 00:49:17.039
 do

00:49:17.039 --> 00:49:17.259
 your

00:49:17.259 --> 00:49:17.519
 sons

00:49:17.519 --> 00:49:17.880
 cast

00:49:17.880 --> 00:49:18.039
 them

00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:18.319
 out?

00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:19.839
 Therefore

00:49:19.839 --> 00:49:20.039
 they

00:49:20.039 --> 00:49:20.159
 will

00:49:20.159 --> 00:49:20.279
 be

00:49:20.279 --> 00:49:20.440
 your

00:49:20.440 --> 00:49:20.799
 judges.

00:49:22.299 --> 00:49:22.519
 But

00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:22.679
 if

00:49:22.679 --> 00:49:22.860
 it's

00:49:22.860 --> 00:49:23.019
 by

00:49:23.019 --> 00:49:23.219
 the

00:49:23.219 --> 00:49:23.519
 spirit

00:49:23.519 --> 00:49:23.759
 of

00:49:23.759 --> 00:49:24.199
 God

00:49:24.199 --> 00:49:25.039
 that

00:49:25.039 --> 00:49:25.199
 I

00:49:25.199 --> 00:49:25.539
 cast

00:49:25.539 --> 00:49:25.759
 out

00:49:25.759 --> 00:49:26.279
 demons

00:49:26.279 --> 00:49:27.400
 then

00:49:27.400 --> 00:49:27.559
 the

00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:27.779
 kingdom

00:49:27.779 --> 00:49:28.000
 of

00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:28.239
 God

00:49:28.239 --> 00:49:28.420
 has

00:49:28.420 --> 00:49:28.599
 come

00:49:28.599 --> 00:49:28.880
 upon

00:49:28.880 --> 00:49:29.159
 you.

00:49:31.159 --> 00:49:31.279
 How

00:49:31.279 --> 00:49:31.539
 can

00:49:31.539 --> 00:49:31.839
 someone

00:49:31.839 --> 00:49:32.119
 enter

00:49:32.119 --> 00:49:32.299
 a

00:49:32.299 --> 00:49:32.619
 strong

00:49:32.619 --> 00:49:33.019
 man's

00:49:33.019 --> 00:49:33.420
 house

00:49:33.420 --> 00:49:34.480
 and

00:49:34.480 --> 00:49:34.799
 plunder

00:49:34.799 --> 00:49:35.019
 his

00:49:35.019 --> 00:49:35.339
 goods

00:49:35.339 --> 00:49:35.799
 unless

00:49:35.799 --> 00:49:36.279
 he

00:49:36.279 --> 00:49:36.579
 first

00:49:36.579 --> 00:49:36.920
 binds

00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:36.940
!

00:49:43.099 --> 00:49:44.019
 So

00:49:44.019 --> 00:49:44.279
 Jesus

00:49:44.279 --> 00:49:44.579
 he

00:49:44.579 --> 00:49:45.779
 just

00:49:45.779 --> 00:49:46.619
 shows

00:49:46.619 --> 00:49:46.779
 in

00:49:46.779 --> 00:49:47.299
 a

00:49:47.299 --> 00:49:47.519
 very

00:49:47.519 --> 00:49:47.960
 few

00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:49.000
 words

00:49:49.000 --> 00:49:49.699
 how

00:49:49.699 --> 00:49:51.259
 flawed

00:49:51.259 --> 00:49:52.219
 and

00:49:52.219 --> 00:49:52.940
 irrational

00:49:52.940 --> 00:49:54.400
 their

00:49:54.400 --> 00:49:54.759
 reasoning

00:49:54.759 --> 00:49:55.299
 was.

00:49:56.380 --> 00:49:56.719
 J.C.

00:49:56.799 --> 00:49:57.079
 Ryle

00:49:57.079 --> 00:49:57.779
 says it

00:49:57.779 --> 00:49:58.159
 quicker than

00:49:58.159 --> 00:49:58.579
 I can

00:49:58.579 --> 00:49:59.019
 he says

00:49:59.019 --> 00:50:00.039
 this was

00:50:00.039 --> 00:50:00.279
 an

00:50:00.279 --> 00:50:00.940
 absurd

00:50:00.940 --> 00:50:01.779
 charge.

00:50:03.059 --> 00:50:03.259
 Our

00:50:03.259 --> 00:50:03.559
 Lord

00:50:03.559 --> 00:50:04.239
 shows

00:50:04.239 --> 00:50:04.860
 that it

00:50:04.860 --> 00:50:05.019
 was

00:50:05.019 --> 00:50:05.719
 unreasonable

00:50:05.719 --> 00:50:06.539
 to suppose

00:50:06.539 --> 00:50:06.880
 that the

00:50:06.880 --> 00:50:07.159
 devil

00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:07.880
 would help

00:50:07.880 --> 00:50:08.279
 to pull

00:50:08.279 --> 00:50:08.519
 down

00:50:08.519 --> 00:50:08.880
 his own

00:50:08.880 --> 00:50:09.299
 kingdom

00:50:09.299 --> 00:50:09.779
 and

00:50:09.779 --> 00:50:10.219
 Satan

00:50:10.219 --> 00:50:10.639
 cast

00:50:10.639 --> 00:50:10.900
 out

00:50:10.900 --> 00:50:11.360
 Satan

00:50:11.360 --> 00:50:12.360
 but

00:50:12.360 --> 00:50:12.519
 there

00:50:12.519 --> 00:50:12.660
 is

00:50:12.660 --> 00:50:13.120
 nothing

00:50:13.120 --> 00:50:13.660
 says

00:50:13.660 --> 00:50:14.000
 Ryle

00:50:14.000 --> 00:50:15.480
 too

00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:16.280
 absurd

00:50:16.280 --> 00:50:17.039
 and

00:50:17.039 --> 00:50:17.579
 unreasonable

00:50:17.579 --> 00:50:18.180
 for men

00:50:18.180 --> 00:50:18.740
 to say

00:50:18.740 --> 00:50:20.240
 when they

00:50:20.240 --> 00:50:20.400
 are

00:50:20.400 --> 00:50:20.780
 thoroughly

00:50:20.780 --> 00:50:21.360
 set

00:50:21.360 --> 00:50:22.480
 against

00:50:22.480 --> 00:50:23.500
 Christ.

00:50:27.099 --> 00:50:28.079
 And

00:50:28.079 --> 00:50:28.360
 that was

00:50:28.360 --> 00:50:28.940
 the position

00:50:28.940 --> 00:50:30.780
 that the

00:50:30.780 --> 00:50:31.240
 Pharisees

00:50:31.240 --> 00:50:31.620
 held.

00:50:34.180 --> 00:50:35.180
 They

00:50:35.180 --> 00:50:35.340
 were

00:50:35.340 --> 00:50:35.780
 thoroughly

00:50:35.780 --> 00:50:36.400
 set

00:50:36.400 --> 00:50:37.720
 against

00:50:37.720 --> 00:50:38.539
 Christ

00:50:38.539 --> 00:50:39.780
 and

00:50:39.780 --> 00:50:40.140
 even

00:50:40.140 --> 00:50:40.900
 though

00:50:40.900 --> 00:50:41.380
 their

00:50:41.380 --> 00:50:42.980
 reasoning

00:50:42.980 --> 00:50:44.599
 as they

00:50:44.599 --> 00:50:45.079
 attacked

00:50:45.079 --> 00:50:45.579
 Jesus

00:50:45.579 --> 00:50:46.119
 even

00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:46.340
 though

00:50:46.340 --> 00:50:46.460
 it

00:50:46.460 --> 00:50:46.599
 was

00:50:46.599 --> 00:50:47.539
 illogical

00:50:47.539 --> 00:50:48.119
 and

00:50:48.119 --> 00:50:48.960
 unreasonable

00:50:48.960 --> 00:50:49.500
 they

00:50:49.500 --> 00:50:49.820
 held

00:50:49.820 --> 00:50:50.119
 it

00:50:50.119 --> 00:50:52.019
 because

00:50:52.019 --> 00:50:52.200
 they

00:50:52.200 --> 00:50:52.320
 were

00:50:52.320 --> 00:50:52.880
 against

00:50:52.880 --> 00:50:53.700
 Christ.

00:50:56.579 --> 00:50:57.220
 And

00:50:57.220 --> 00:50:57.519
 Jesus

00:50:57.519 --> 00:50:58.099
 underlines

00:50:58.099 --> 00:50:58.599
 that and

00:50:58.599 --> 00:50:59.039
 he shows

00:50:59.039 --> 00:50:59.360
 them that

00:50:59.360 --> 00:50:59.579
 they were

00:50:59.579 --> 00:51:00.119
 against

00:51:00.119 --> 00:51:00.660
 him.

00:51:01.559 --> 00:51:01.660
 In

00:51:01.660 --> 00:51:01.940
 verse

00:51:01.940 --> 00:51:02.720
 13

00:51:02.720 --> 00:51:04.180
 Jesus

00:51:04.180 --> 00:51:04.800
 says

00:51:04.800 --> 00:51:05.340
 to

00:51:05.340 --> 00:51:05.639
 them

00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:06.000
 and

00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:06.240
 he's

00:51:06.240 --> 00:51:06.380
 saying

00:51:06.380 --> 00:51:06.559
 to

00:51:06.559 --> 00:51:06.960
 us

00:51:06.960 --> 00:51:09.340
 because

00:51:09.340 --> 00:51:09.619
 this is

00:51:09.619 --> 00:51:09.900
 a word

00:51:09.900 --> 00:51:10.260
 for us

00:51:10.260 --> 00:51:10.619
 tonight

00:51:10.619 --> 00:51:12.619
 Jesus

00:51:12.619 --> 00:51:13.119
 says

00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:13.739
 whoever

00:51:13.739 --> 00:51:14.219
 is not

00:51:14.219 --> 00:51:14.579
 with

00:51:14.579 --> 00:51:14.940
 me

00:51:14.940 --> 00:51:17.239
 is

00:51:17.239 --> 00:51:17.579
 against

00:51:17.579 --> 00:51:17.900
 me

00:51:17.900 --> 00:51:20.619
 and

00:51:20.619 --> 00:51:20.960
 whoever

00:51:20.960 --> 00:51:21.299
 does

00:51:21.299 --> 00:51:21.659
 not

00:51:21.659 --> 00:51:22.359
 gather

00:51:22.359 --> 00:51:23.779
 with

00:51:23.779 --> 00:51:24.079
 me

00:51:24.079 --> 00:51:24.940
 scatters.

00:51:28.359 --> 00:51:28.940
 It's

00:51:28.940 --> 00:51:29.420
 very black

00:51:29.420 --> 00:51:29.779
 and white

00:51:29.779 --> 00:51:30.019
 isn't

00:51:30.019 --> 00:51:30.239
 it?

00:51:32.960 --> 00:51:33.519
 Jesus

00:51:33.519 --> 00:51:34.500
 says

00:51:34.500 --> 00:51:35.079
 clearly

00:51:35.079 --> 00:51:37.000
 that there

00:51:37.000 --> 00:51:37.380
 is no

00:51:37.380 --> 00:51:37.659
 middle

00:51:37.659 --> 00:51:38.099
 ground

00:51:38.099 --> 00:51:38.339
 when

00:51:38.339 --> 00:51:38.339


00:51:38.339 --> 00:51:38.460
 it

00:51:38.460 --> 00:51:38.719
 comes

00:51:38.719 --> 00:51:38.900
 to

00:51:38.900 --> 00:51:39.139
 him.

00:51:41.900 --> 00:51:42.360
 We

00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:42.599
 had

00:51:42.599 --> 00:51:42.759
 an

00:51:42.759 --> 00:51:43.079
 illustration

00:51:43.079 --> 00:51:43.420
 of

00:51:43.420 --> 00:51:43.579
 that

00:51:43.579 --> 00:51:43.799
 even

00:51:43.799 --> 00:51:44.039
 this

00:51:44.039 --> 00:51:44.400
 morning.

00:51:47.119 --> 00:51:47.599
 There

00:51:47.599 --> 00:51:47.719
 are

00:51:47.719 --> 00:51:47.860
 those

00:51:47.860 --> 00:51:47.980
 at

00:51:47.980 --> 00:51:48.119
 the

00:51:48.119 --> 00:51:48.440
 table

00:51:48.440 --> 00:51:50.779
 there

00:51:50.779 --> 00:51:50.900
 are

00:51:50.900 --> 00:51:51.079
 those

00:51:51.079 --> 00:51:51.179
 who

00:51:51.179 --> 00:51:51.259
 are

00:51:51.259 --> 00:51:51.460
 not

00:51:51.460 --> 00:51:51.599
 at

00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:51.699
 the

00:51:51.699 --> 00:51:51.940
 table.

00:51:53.279 --> 00:51:53.759
 There's

00:51:53.759 --> 00:51:53.900
 no

00:51:53.900 --> 00:51:54.039
 in

00:51:54.039 --> 00:51:54.259
 between

00:51:54.259 --> 00:51:54.799
 state.

00:51:57.059 --> 00:51:57.400
 There's

00:51:57.400 --> 00:51:57.579
 those

00:51:57.579 --> 00:51:57.679
 who

00:51:57.679 --> 00:51:57.779
 are

00:51:57.779 --> 00:51:58.139
 at

00:51:58.139 --> 00:51:58.339
 the

00:51:58.339 --> 00:51:58.699
 table

00:51:58.699 --> 00:52:00.539
 with

00:52:00.539 --> 00:52:00.739
 the

00:52:00.739 --> 00:52:01.179
 Lord

00:52:01.179 --> 00:52:03.759
 and

00:52:03.759 --> 00:52:03.900
 there

00:52:03.900 --> 00:52:04.000
 are

00:52:04.000 --> 00:52:04.219
 those

00:52:04.219 --> 00:52:04.319
 who

00:52:04.319 --> 00:52:04.420
 are

00:52:04.420 --> 00:52:04.599
 saying

00:52:04.599 --> 00:52:04.759
 I'm

00:52:04.759 --> 00:52:05.079
 not

00:52:05.079 --> 00:52:05.579
 sitting there.

00:52:06.779 --> 00:52:07.940
 That's not for me.

00:52:11.199 --> 00:52:12.079
 No neutral,

00:52:12.380 --> 00:52:13.579
 no neutral place,

00:52:13.699 --> 00:52:15.079
 no area that we can go

00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:15.619
 in the church

00:52:15.619 --> 00:52:16.579
 where there's,

00:52:16.799 --> 00:52:17.759
 there's no,

00:52:18.019 --> 00:52:19.059
 there's neutrality.

00:52:21.159 --> 00:52:21.900
 With him,

00:52:22.099 --> 00:52:22.739
 without him,

00:52:23.059 --> 00:52:23.639
 for him,

00:52:23.900 --> 00:52:24.579
 against him.

00:52:27.819 --> 00:52:29.179
 That's what Jesus is saying.

00:52:33.019 --> 00:52:34.179
 Eric Alexander,

00:52:34.179 --> 00:52:36.239
 the Reverend Eric Alexander,

00:52:36.799 --> 00:52:37.399
 said,

00:52:37.779 --> 00:52:39.079
 imagine Jesus coming

00:52:39.079 --> 00:52:40.940
 to each of us personally,

00:52:41.779 --> 00:52:43.980
 moving through the church,

00:52:45.299 --> 00:52:45.739
 saying,

00:52:46.379 --> 00:52:46.899
 for me,

00:52:47.919 --> 00:52:49.139
 or against me.

00:52:51.259 --> 00:52:53.059
 Can we visualize that even now?

00:52:55.699 --> 00:52:57.199
 Jesus taking time

00:52:57.199 --> 00:52:58.359
 to move amongst us,

00:52:59.759 --> 00:53:02.699
 going from pew to pew,

00:53:04.179 --> 00:53:06.440
 person to person,

00:53:07.239 --> 00:53:11.059
 saying,

00:53:11.179 --> 00:53:11.599
 for me,

00:53:12.500 --> 00:53:13.500
 or against me.

00:53:14.839 --> 00:53:15.839
 Give me an answer.

00:53:18.839 --> 00:53:19.960
 How would you answer?

00:53:19.960 --> 00:53:26.019
 And this is a question

00:53:26.019 --> 00:53:26.760
 that's an answer

00:53:26.760 --> 00:53:27.880
 that will have

00:53:27.880 --> 00:53:30.079
 eternal significance.

00:53:31.940 --> 00:53:33.400
 We will all answer it.

00:53:37.019 --> 00:53:38.500
 And then Jesus goes on

00:53:38.500 --> 00:53:40.519
 to say,

00:53:40.599 --> 00:53:41.679
 therefore I tell you,

00:53:42.539 --> 00:53:44.000
 every sin and blasphemy

00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:45.179
 will be forgiven people.

00:53:45.179 --> 00:53:49.359
 But the blasphemy

00:53:49.359 --> 00:53:50.500
 against the Spirit

00:53:50.500 --> 00:53:52.960
 will not be forgiven.

00:53:54.579 --> 00:53:55.839
 And whoever speaks

00:53:55.839 --> 00:53:56.559
 a word against

00:53:56.559 --> 00:53:57.259
 the Son of Man

00:53:57.259 --> 00:53:57.899
 will be forgiven.

00:53:59.579 --> 00:54:00.779
 But whoever speaks

00:54:00.779 --> 00:54:02.000
 against the Holy Spirit

00:54:02.000 --> 00:54:04.000
 will not be forgiven.

00:54:06.000 --> 00:54:07.519
 Either in this age

00:54:07.519 --> 00:54:10.239
 or in the age to come.

00:54:10.239 --> 00:54:14.219
 So as we conclude,

00:54:14.539 --> 00:54:15.479
 what does this mean?

00:54:17.739 --> 00:54:18.919
 What is

00:54:18.919 --> 00:54:20.899
 the unforgivable sin?

00:54:24.899 --> 00:54:26.039
 Well, it's to do

00:54:26.039 --> 00:54:26.779
 what the Pharisees

00:54:26.779 --> 00:54:27.199
 were doing.

00:54:29.879 --> 00:54:31.299
 It's to decide

00:54:31.299 --> 00:54:32.919
 in our wills

00:54:32.919 --> 00:54:35.459
 not to believe

00:54:35.459 --> 00:54:36.339
 in Jesus.

00:54:36.340 --> 00:54:38.300
 even when

00:54:38.300 --> 00:54:39.620
 the Spirit of God

00:54:39.620 --> 00:54:42.260
 is striving with us

00:54:42.260 --> 00:54:43.420
 and giving us

00:54:43.420 --> 00:54:44.980
 every reason

00:54:44.980 --> 00:54:46.019
 to believe.

00:54:49.620 --> 00:54:49.840
 I mean,

00:54:49.900 --> 00:54:50.559
 think back

00:54:50.559 --> 00:54:51.960
 into Matthew's

00:54:51.960 --> 00:54:53.300
 Gospel record

00:54:53.300 --> 00:54:54.400
 as we see

00:54:54.400 --> 00:54:55.500
 what was going on

00:54:55.500 --> 00:54:57.140
 in the context

00:54:57.140 --> 00:54:57.579
 that Jesus

00:54:57.579 --> 00:54:58.579
 was speaking into.

00:54:59.300 --> 00:55:00.579
 Matthew tells us

00:55:00.579 --> 00:55:01.280
 in these chapters

00:55:01.280 --> 00:55:01.880
 that Jesus,

00:55:02.180 --> 00:55:03.120
 when he preached,

00:55:04.100 --> 00:55:04.900
 he preached

00:55:04.900 --> 00:55:06.519
 with otherworldly

00:55:06.519 --> 00:55:07.099
 authority.

00:55:09.820 --> 00:55:10.660
 And these men,

00:55:10.700 --> 00:55:11.380
 they heard it.

00:55:13.660 --> 00:55:15.160
 And Jesus healed

00:55:15.160 --> 00:55:16.480
 supernaturally.

00:55:16.880 --> 00:55:17.400
 There was no

00:55:17.400 --> 00:55:18.559
 natural explanation

00:55:18.559 --> 00:55:20.519
 for the healings

00:55:20.519 --> 00:55:21.579
 that he performed.

00:55:22.920 --> 00:55:23.860
 He performed

00:55:23.860 --> 00:55:25.440
 miracle after miracle

00:55:25.440 --> 00:55:25.960
 as he went

00:55:25.960 --> 00:55:27.420
 from place to place.

00:55:27.420 --> 00:55:28.639
 He reached out

00:55:28.639 --> 00:55:29.599
 to these Pharisees

00:55:29.599 --> 00:55:31.019
 day after day.

00:55:34.900 --> 00:55:36.340
 But they refused

00:55:36.340 --> 00:55:36.880
 to believe

00:55:36.880 --> 00:55:37.519
 in him.

00:55:37.700 --> 00:55:38.500
 They resist him.

00:55:39.960 --> 00:55:40.800
 They speak

00:55:40.800 --> 00:55:41.460
 against him.

00:55:43.119 --> 00:55:44.280
 And they speak

00:55:44.280 --> 00:55:45.480
 against the Holy

00:55:45.480 --> 00:55:46.700
 Spirit who was

00:55:46.700 --> 00:55:48.300
 resting upon him.

00:55:50.280 --> 00:55:50.780
 Think back

00:55:50.780 --> 00:55:51.500
 to Matthew 3

00:55:51.500 --> 00:55:52.079
 at the beginning

00:55:52.079 --> 00:55:53.340
 of Jesus'

00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:53.880
 ministry.

00:55:54.099 --> 00:55:54.740
 We see the Holy

00:55:54.740 --> 00:55:55.360
 Spirit coming

00:55:55.360 --> 00:55:56.260
 to rest

00:55:56.260 --> 00:55:58.720
 upon Jesus.

00:55:58.719 --> 00:56:02.980
 And so as

00:56:02.980 --> 00:56:03.699
 Jesus preaches,

00:56:04.019 --> 00:56:04.759
 as Jesus reaches

00:56:04.759 --> 00:56:05.119
 out,

00:56:05.339 --> 00:56:06.459
 as Jesus heals,

00:56:08.239 --> 00:56:08.579
 the Spirit

00:56:08.579 --> 00:56:09.480
 strives

00:56:09.480 --> 00:56:12.139
 with these

00:56:12.139 --> 00:56:12.480
 people.

00:56:12.639 --> 00:56:12.819
 He is

00:56:12.819 --> 00:56:14.639
 with Jesus.

00:56:15.399 --> 00:56:15.739
 And yet,

00:56:15.839 --> 00:56:16.319
 no matter

00:56:16.319 --> 00:56:17.119
 what Jesus

00:56:17.119 --> 00:56:17.799
 says,

00:56:18.079 --> 00:56:18.899
 or what Jesus

00:56:18.899 --> 00:56:19.480
 does,

00:56:21.059 --> 00:56:22.419
 these Pharisees

00:56:22.419 --> 00:56:23.099
 in particular,

00:56:23.959 --> 00:56:25.759
 they will not

00:56:25.759 --> 00:56:26.219
 repent

00:56:26.219 --> 00:56:27.939
 of their sin.

00:56:28.719 --> 00:56:31.939
 and that's

00:56:31.939 --> 00:56:32.599
 what it means,

00:56:33.119 --> 00:56:33.939
 I believe,

00:56:35.139 --> 00:56:36.119
 to blaspheme

00:56:36.119 --> 00:56:37.179
 against the

00:56:37.179 --> 00:56:37.819
 Holy Spirit.

00:56:43.139 --> 00:56:44.099
 And if that's

00:56:44.099 --> 00:56:44.699
 how we live

00:56:44.699 --> 00:56:45.459
 in this age,

00:56:46.739 --> 00:56:48.139
 Jesus

00:56:48.139 --> 00:56:49.019
 says

00:56:49.019 --> 00:56:50.639
 that in the

00:56:50.639 --> 00:56:51.419
 age to come,

00:56:53.159 --> 00:56:54.359
 there will be

00:56:54.359 --> 00:56:54.939
 no forgiveness.

00:56:56.819 --> 00:56:57.559
 There will be

00:56:57.559 --> 00:56:58.259
 no healing

00:56:58.260 --> 00:56:59.700
 of our souls,

00:56:59.820 --> 00:57:00.140
 there will be

00:57:00.140 --> 00:57:00.660
 no heaven.

00:57:02.660 --> 00:57:03.440
 There will be

00:57:03.440 --> 00:57:04.000
 only hell.

00:57:06.800 --> 00:57:08.020
 The commentator

00:57:08.020 --> 00:57:09.040
 Warren Weerspey

00:57:09.040 --> 00:57:10.800
 says,

00:57:10.980 --> 00:57:11.560
 is there

00:57:11.560 --> 00:57:13.200
 an unpardonable

00:57:13.200 --> 00:57:13.960
 sin today?

00:57:15.660 --> 00:57:16.820
 Then he answers,

00:57:16.960 --> 00:57:17.280
 yes.

00:57:18.660 --> 00:57:19.680
 The final

00:57:19.680 --> 00:57:20.560
 rejection

00:57:20.560 --> 00:57:21.600
 of Jesus

00:57:21.600 --> 00:57:22.120
 Christ.

00:57:23.660 --> 00:57:24.720
 Jesus made it

00:57:24.720 --> 00:57:25.060
 clear,

00:57:25.200 --> 00:57:25.860
 says Weerspey,

00:57:25.860 --> 00:57:27.019
 that all sins

00:57:27.019 --> 00:57:27.860
 can be forgiven.

00:57:29.059 --> 00:57:29.660
 Adultery,

00:57:30.120 --> 00:57:30.519
 murder,

00:57:30.960 --> 00:57:31.620
 blasphemy,

00:57:31.880 --> 00:57:33.200
 and other sins

00:57:33.200 --> 00:57:33.860
 can all be

00:57:33.860 --> 00:57:34.220
 forgiven.

00:57:34.539 --> 00:57:35.220
 They are not

00:57:35.220 --> 00:57:36.220
 unpardonable.

00:57:37.660 --> 00:57:38.760
 But God

00:57:38.760 --> 00:57:39.800
 cannot forgive

00:57:39.800 --> 00:57:40.760
 the rejection

00:57:40.760 --> 00:57:41.900
 of his son.

00:57:43.579 --> 00:57:44.440
 It is the

00:57:44.440 --> 00:57:44.960
 spirit

00:57:44.960 --> 00:57:46.019
 who bears

00:57:46.019 --> 00:57:46.680
 witness to

00:57:46.680 --> 00:57:47.140
 Christ

00:57:47.140 --> 00:57:48.980
 and who

00:57:48.980 --> 00:57:49.620
 convicts

00:57:49.620 --> 00:57:50.500
 the lost

00:57:50.500 --> 00:57:50.860
 sinner.

00:57:50.860 --> 00:57:51.860
 sin.

00:57:51.860 --> 00:57:57.680
 So as we

00:57:57.680 --> 00:57:58.079
 finish,

00:58:00.019 --> 00:58:02.019
 we can think

00:58:02.019 --> 00:58:02.480
 back,

00:58:02.620 --> 00:58:03.460
 each one of us,

00:58:03.519 --> 00:58:04.900
 into our

00:58:04.900 --> 00:58:06.260
 lives

00:58:06.260 --> 00:58:07.820
 and we can

00:58:07.820 --> 00:58:08.380
 perhaps,

00:58:08.800 --> 00:58:09.579
 you know,

00:58:09.620 --> 00:58:10.640
 have sins

00:58:10.640 --> 00:58:12.640
 that are brought

00:58:12.640 --> 00:58:13.180
 back to our

00:58:13.180 --> 00:58:13.559
 memories

00:58:13.559 --> 00:58:14.940
 that haunt us,

00:58:14.940 --> 00:58:17.659
 that are so

00:58:17.659 --> 00:58:18.500
 vast

00:58:18.500 --> 00:58:19.280
 and so

00:58:19.280 --> 00:58:20.820
 dark

00:58:20.820 --> 00:58:23.200
 in our

00:58:23.200 --> 00:58:23.679
 memories

00:58:23.679 --> 00:58:24.039
 and

00:58:24.039 --> 00:58:25.720
 our minds

00:58:25.720 --> 00:58:26.400
 that we

00:58:26.400 --> 00:58:27.920
 wonder,

00:58:28.059 --> 00:58:28.400
 can they be

00:58:28.400 --> 00:58:28.740
 forgiven?

00:58:32.019 --> 00:58:32.780
 And the

00:58:32.780 --> 00:58:33.340
 truth is,

00:58:33.579 --> 00:58:34.480
 every one

00:58:34.480 --> 00:58:34.960
 of them

00:58:34.960 --> 00:58:36.960
 can be

00:58:36.960 --> 00:58:37.320
 forgiven.

00:58:37.820 --> 00:58:38.300
 We often

00:58:38.300 --> 00:58:38.820
 sing the

00:58:38.820 --> 00:58:39.880
 lines from

00:58:39.880 --> 00:58:40.460
 the hymn,

00:58:40.679 --> 00:58:41.380
 the vilest

00:58:41.380 --> 00:58:42.039
 offender

00:58:42.039 --> 00:58:44.019
 who truly

00:58:44.019 --> 00:58:44.720
 believes,

00:58:44.940 --> 00:58:45.400
 that

00:58:45.400 --> 00:58:46.099
 moment

00:58:46.099 --> 00:58:47.579
 from

00:58:47.579 --> 00:58:48.119
 Jesus

00:58:48.119 --> 00:58:48.720
 a

00:58:48.720 --> 00:58:49.179
 pardon

00:58:49.179 --> 00:58:50.300
 receives.

00:58:56.039 --> 00:58:56.880
 The

00:58:56.880 --> 00:58:57.900
 unpardonable

00:58:57.900 --> 00:58:58.340
 sin,

00:58:59.460 --> 00:59:01.639
 the

00:59:01.639 --> 00:59:02.599
 unpardonable

00:59:02.599 --> 00:59:03.039
 sin

00:59:03.039 --> 00:59:05.119
 is to

00:59:05.119 --> 00:59:05.760
 resist the

00:59:05.760 --> 00:59:06.440
 Holy Spirit

00:59:06.440 --> 00:59:08.420
 as he

00:59:08.420 --> 00:59:08.800
 strives

00:59:08.800 --> 00:59:09.320
 with us.

00:59:12.179 --> 00:59:12.960
 And it's

00:59:12.960 --> 00:59:13.320
 to sit

00:59:13.320 --> 00:59:13.639
 in these

00:59:13.639 --> 00:59:14.099
 chairs

00:59:14.099 --> 00:59:16.880
 and to

00:59:16.880 --> 00:59:17.299
 go week

00:59:17.299 --> 00:59:18.099
 after week

00:59:18.099 --> 00:59:20.239
 and month

00:59:20.239 --> 00:59:21.179
 after month

00:59:21.179 --> 00:59:23.360
 and

00:59:23.360 --> 00:59:23.819
 communion

00:59:23.819 --> 00:59:24.380
 season

00:59:24.380 --> 00:59:25.099
 after

00:59:25.099 --> 00:59:25.579
 communion

00:59:25.579 --> 00:59:26.119
 season

00:59:26.119 --> 00:59:27.039
 refusing

00:59:27.039 --> 00:59:28.139
 to

00:59:28.139 --> 00:59:28.639
 believe

00:59:28.639 --> 00:59:31.779
 and

00:59:31.779 --> 00:59:32.199
 refusing

00:59:32.199 --> 00:59:32.559
 to

00:59:32.559 --> 00:59:33.099
 profess

00:59:33.099 --> 00:59:33.759
 faith

00:59:33.759 --> 00:59:36.179
 in

00:59:36.179 --> 00:59:36.539
 Christ.

00:59:36.539 --> 00:59:36.599
!

00:59:36.599 --> 00:59:42.739
 So how

00:59:42.739 --> 00:59:43.099
 can we

00:59:43.099 --> 00:59:43.639
 avoid

00:59:43.639 --> 00:59:45.179
 committing

00:59:45.179 --> 00:59:45.759
 the

00:59:45.759 --> 00:59:46.360
 unforgivable

00:59:46.360 --> 00:59:46.779
 sin?

00:59:49.360 --> 00:59:50.039
 Because I'm

00:59:50.039 --> 00:59:50.440
 quite sure

00:59:50.440 --> 00:59:50.920
 it's a

00:59:50.920 --> 00:59:51.500
 danger for

00:59:51.500 --> 00:59:51.800
 some,

00:59:52.039 --> 00:59:52.460
 even in

00:59:52.460 --> 00:59:52.719
 the room

00:59:52.719 --> 00:59:53.400
 here this

00:59:53.400 --> 00:59:53.679
 evening.

00:59:57.199 --> 00:59:57.900
 How can

00:59:57.900 --> 00:59:58.639
 we go

00:59:58.639 --> 00:59:58.980
 out from

00:59:58.980 --> 00:59:59.779
 this place

00:59:59.779 --> 01:00:00.159
 tonight

01:00:00.159 --> 01:00:01.539
 knowing that

01:00:01.539 --> 01:00:02.420
 we are

01:00:02.420 --> 01:00:03.039
 avoiding

01:00:03.039 --> 01:00:04.199
 committing

01:00:04.199 --> 01:00:04.719
 the

01:00:04.719 --> 01:00:05.299
 unforgivable

01:00:05.299 --> 01:00:05.599
 sin?

01:00:05.699 --> 01:00:05.899
 There's

01:00:05.899 --> 01:00:06.359
 only one

01:00:06.359 --> 01:00:06.639
 way

01:00:06.639 --> 01:00:09.099
 and it's

01:00:09.099 --> 01:00:09.759
 by coming

01:00:09.759 --> 01:00:10.879
 to Jesus

01:00:10.879 --> 01:00:13.239
 today.

01:00:17.239 --> 01:00:18.039
 It's

01:00:18.039 --> 01:00:18.739
 by believing

01:00:18.739 --> 01:00:20.859
 in Jesus

01:00:20.859 --> 01:00:22.259
 today.

01:00:26.619 --> 01:00:27.919
 Psalm 95

01:00:27.919 --> 01:00:30.039
 today,

01:00:30.039 --> 01:00:32.019
 if you

01:00:32.019 --> 01:00:32.579
 hear his

01:00:32.579 --> 01:00:33.119
 voice,

01:00:34.259 --> 01:00:36.759
 do not

01:00:36.759 --> 01:00:37.219
 harden your

01:00:37.219 --> 01:00:37.579
 heart.

01:00:41.579 --> 01:00:42.239
 2

01:00:42.239 --> 01:00:42.619
 Corinthians

01:00:42.619 --> 01:00:43.239
 6,

01:00:44.679 --> 01:00:45.360
 behold

01:00:45.360 --> 01:00:46.179
 now

01:00:46.179 --> 01:00:47.840
 is the

01:00:47.840 --> 01:00:48.880
 day of

01:00:48.880 --> 01:00:49.699
 salvation.

01:00:54.139 --> 01:00:54.739
 Let's

01:00:54.739 --> 01:00:54.980
 pray.

01:01:00.039 --> 01:01:01.099
 our

01:01:01.099 --> 01:01:01.380
 heavenly

01:01:01.380 --> 01:01:01.739
 father,

01:01:01.880 --> 01:01:02.360
 we pray

01:01:02.360 --> 01:01:03.500
 that

01:01:03.500 --> 01:01:05.300
 today,

01:01:05.500 --> 01:01:06.079
 that now,

01:01:06.940 --> 01:01:07.420
 would be

01:01:07.420 --> 01:01:07.900
 the day

01:01:07.900 --> 01:01:08.920
 of salvation

01:01:08.920 --> 01:01:10.380
 for

01:01:10.380 --> 01:01:11.440
 someone,

01:01:11.659 --> 01:01:12.079
 perhaps

01:01:12.079 --> 01:01:13.219
 many here

01:01:13.219 --> 01:01:13.460
 this

01:01:13.460 --> 01:01:13.699
 evening.

01:01:15.559 --> 01:01:16.360
 We thank

01:01:16.360 --> 01:01:16.519
 you,

01:01:16.619 --> 01:01:16.800
 father,

01:01:16.900 --> 01:01:17.460
 for sending

01:01:17.460 --> 01:01:18.480
 your son

01:01:18.480 --> 01:01:18.980
 into this

01:01:18.980 --> 01:01:19.320
 world.

01:01:19.480 --> 01:01:19.800
 We thank

01:01:19.800 --> 01:01:20.239
 you for

01:01:20.239 --> 01:01:21.800
 the gospel

01:01:21.800 --> 01:01:22.559
 accounts that

01:01:22.559 --> 01:01:23.119
 we have

01:01:23.119 --> 01:01:23.719
 that record

01:01:23.719 --> 01:01:24.179
 for us

01:01:24.179 --> 01:01:24.900
 the words

01:01:24.900 --> 01:01:25.599
 and the

01:01:25.599 --> 01:01:26.239
 works of

01:01:26.239 --> 01:01:26.539
 Jesus.

01:01:27.779 --> 01:01:28.559
 We thank

01:01:28.559 --> 01:01:29.000
 you that in

01:01:29.000 --> 01:01:29.559
 some ways

01:01:29.559 --> 01:01:30.340
 we are

01:01:30.340 --> 01:01:30.559
 more

01:01:30.559 --> 01:01:31.159
 privileged

01:01:31.159 --> 01:01:31.559
 than the

01:01:31.559 --> 01:01:32.059
 Pharisees

01:01:32.059 --> 01:01:32.739
 ever were

01:01:32.739 --> 01:01:34.559
 as we

01:01:34.559 --> 01:01:34.799
 have the

01:01:34.799 --> 01:01:35.179
 word of

01:01:35.179 --> 01:01:35.400
 God

01:01:35.400 --> 01:01:36.079
 open before

01:01:36.079 --> 01:01:36.519
 us,

01:01:36.860 --> 01:01:37.500
 as we

01:01:37.500 --> 01:01:38.519
 hear the

01:01:38.519 --> 01:01:39.460
 voice of

01:01:39.460 --> 01:01:39.799
 Jesus

01:01:39.799 --> 01:01:41.059
 calling out

01:01:41.059 --> 01:01:41.639
 to us

01:01:41.639 --> 01:01:42.219
 week by

01:01:42.219 --> 01:01:42.639
 week in

01:01:42.639 --> 01:01:43.199
 the gospel.

01:01:47.920 --> 01:01:48.900
 We ask

01:01:48.900 --> 01:01:49.279
 that none

01:01:49.279 --> 01:01:49.799
 of us

01:01:49.799 --> 01:01:50.980
 here

01:01:50.980 --> 01:01:51.840
 tonight

01:01:51.840 --> 01:01:52.559
 would find

01:01:52.559 --> 01:01:54.079
 that we

01:01:54.079 --> 01:01:54.779
 cross over

01:01:54.779 --> 01:01:55.599
 into the

01:01:55.599 --> 01:01:56.039
 territory

01:01:56.039 --> 01:01:56.559
 of the

01:01:56.559 --> 01:01:57.420
 unforgivable

01:01:57.420 --> 01:01:57.840
 sin.

01:01:59.559 --> 01:02:00.659
 we pray

01:02:00.659 --> 01:02:01.039
 that none

01:02:01.039 --> 01:02:01.539
 of us

01:02:01.539 --> 01:02:01.900
 would

01:02:01.900 --> 01:02:02.679
 resist

01:02:02.679 --> 01:02:03.460
 and resist

01:02:03.460 --> 01:02:04.219
 and resist

01:02:04.219 --> 01:02:05.179
 and resist

01:02:05.179 --> 01:02:08.199
 until we

01:02:08.199 --> 01:02:08.559
 can no

01:02:08.559 --> 01:02:09.380
 longer see

01:02:09.380 --> 01:02:10.360
 or hear

01:02:10.360 --> 01:02:12.380
 anything of

01:02:12.380 --> 01:02:12.900
 the gospel.

01:02:14.519 --> 01:02:15.579
 Holy Spirit,

01:02:15.699 --> 01:02:16.139
 we pray that

01:02:16.139 --> 01:02:16.480
 you would

01:02:16.480 --> 01:02:17.440
 continue to

01:02:17.440 --> 01:02:18.079
 strive

01:02:18.079 --> 01:02:20.259
 with each

01:02:20.259 --> 01:02:20.639
 one of

01:02:20.639 --> 01:02:21.000
 us.

01:02:21.000 --> 01:02:23.679
 and we

01:02:23.679 --> 01:02:24.000
 pray that

01:02:24.000 --> 01:02:24.440
 none of

01:02:24.440 --> 01:02:24.800
 us

01:02:24.800 --> 01:02:25.360
 tonight

01:02:25.360 --> 01:02:27.280
 would walk

01:02:27.280 --> 01:02:27.679
 out the

01:02:27.679 --> 01:02:27.960
 door

01:02:27.960 --> 01:02:30.699
 still

01:02:30.699 --> 01:02:31.719
 resisting

01:02:31.719 --> 01:02:33.679
 and turning

01:02:33.679 --> 01:02:34.119
 away

01:02:34.119 --> 01:02:35.059
 from Jesus.

01:02:35.059 --> 01:02:35.139
 us.

01:02:37.079 --> 01:02:37.460
 But as

01:02:37.460 --> 01:02:37.980
 we hear

01:02:37.980 --> 01:02:38.960
 his voice,

01:02:39.960 --> 01:02:40.639
 we pray

01:02:40.639 --> 01:02:40.920
 that we

01:02:40.920 --> 01:02:41.400
 would come

01:02:41.400 --> 01:02:43.079
 and that

01:02:43.079 --> 01:02:43.380
 we would

01:02:43.380 --> 01:02:44.159
 find rest

01:02:44.159 --> 01:02:44.539
 for our

01:02:44.539 --> 01:02:44.960
 souls.

01:02:46.920 --> 01:02:47.440
 Life

01:02:47.440 --> 01:02:47.779
 that is

01:02:47.779 --> 01:02:48.239
 eternal,

01:02:49.840 --> 01:02:50.139
 that is

01:02:50.139 --> 01:02:50.639
 salvation.

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 And we

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 pray this

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 in Jesus'

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 name.

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 Amen.

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 We'll sing

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 to conclude

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 from Psalm

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 67.

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 The

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 Scottish

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 shelter,

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 I think,

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 is where

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 we are

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 singing from

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 the

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 traditional

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 version

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 on page

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 300.

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 Lord,

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 bless and

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 pity us,

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 shine on us

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 with thy

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 face,

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 that the

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 earth thy

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 way and

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 nations all

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 may know

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 thy saving

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 grace.

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 We'll sing

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 the whole

01:03:21.900 --> 01:03:22.559
 of this

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 psalm to

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 God's

01:03:23.300 --> 01:03:23.620
 praise.

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 thy

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01:03:53.880 --> 01:03:59.539
 Let people praise thee, Lord.

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 Let people all thee praise.

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 Oh, let the nations be glad

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 in songs their voices raise.

01:04:19.539 --> 01:04:26.900
 Thou justly people shall

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 honor relations all.

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 Let people praise thee, Lord.

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 Praise thee, both great and small.

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 The earth, our God shall bless thee, send.

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 God shall us best, which shall end here,

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 and to earth at most end.

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 Amen.

01:05:12.460 --> 01:05:13.140
 Close in prayer.

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 Heavenly Father, we thank you for your saving grace,

01:05:17.340 --> 01:05:20.280
 and we pray that each one of us would receive it.

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 Work in us, we pray, and help us.

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 And as we go from here now,

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 we pray that we would part with your blessing.

01:05:28.000 --> 01:05:29.700
 We pray for the time of fellowship

01:05:29.700 --> 01:05:32.100
 that we look forward to just now.

01:05:32.180 --> 01:05:34.580
 We pray for the food and the drink

01:05:34.580 --> 01:05:36.060
 that has been prepared for us.

01:05:36.059 --> 01:05:38.380
 And we thank you for it, Lord.

01:05:38.460 --> 01:05:40.719
 We pray that you would bless it to our bodies

01:05:40.719 --> 01:05:44.420
 as you bless your word as food for our souls.

01:05:45.519 --> 01:05:48.179
 And now we pray that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,

01:05:48.299 --> 01:05:49.820
 the love of God the Father,

01:05:50.239 --> 01:05:52.119
 and the fellowship of God the Holy Spirit,

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 would be with us all now and forevermore.

01:05:55.159 --> 01:05:55.940
 Amen.

01:05:55.940 --> 01:05:56.039
 Amen.