WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.639 We can turn back to our reading in Mark's Gospel, chapter 7. 00:00:05.639 --> 00:00:09.000 We can read again at verse 26. 00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:38.980 Verse 25. 00:00:39.000 --> 00:01:01.700 When you come to the Gospels in particular as you find Jesus' ministry ongoing, how many times do you see him challenged and facing opposition? 00:01:02.500 --> 00:01:09.600 You may expect it to be the other way around that Jesus has come and he's declared why he's come. 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:18.140 He's declared throughout the Gospels that he's come to seek and to save the lost, that he's come to give his life as a ransom for many. 00:01:18.140 --> 00:01:48.140 00:01:48.140 --> 00:01:48.760 You see the mix. 00:01:50.000 --> 00:01:55.400 You see that there are those, there are many who look at him and despise him and reject him and put him away. 00:01:56.340 --> 00:01:59.540 But that there are those who will see him for who he is. 00:02:00.340 --> 00:02:06.260 And here in the beginning of chapter 7, you see the opposition of the Pharisees once more. 00:02:06.260 --> 00:02:07.940 In verse 1. 00:02:07.940 --> 00:02:17.020 Now when the Pharisees gathered to him with some of the scribes, they saw that some of his disciples ate with hands that were defiled, that is unwashed. 00:02:17.140 --> 00:02:19.659 So they immediately found fault. 00:02:19.759 --> 00:02:22.900 They immediately found problems with him. 00:02:22.900 --> 00:02:25.700 But Jesus knows their heart. 00:02:26.280 --> 00:02:30.300 And that's what he says to them there in verse 6 and verse 7. 00:02:30.379 --> 00:02:33.280 Well, as Isaiah, the prophet written, 00:02:33.920 --> 00:02:38.480 This people honour me with their lips, but their heart is far from me. 00:02:38.659 --> 00:02:40.180 So he's getting at them. 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:43.439 He's challenging them even as they are challenging him. 00:02:44.340 --> 00:02:47.680 But do you ever see Jesus think, what's the point? 00:02:48.500 --> 00:02:49.620 Why do I bother? 00:02:49.620 --> 00:02:52.900 Is it really worth going on with this? 00:02:53.460 --> 00:02:58.819 Is it worth going from place to place and proclaiming this good news that I have? 00:02:59.620 --> 00:03:00.680 Nobody's listening. 00:03:01.780 --> 00:03:04.580 You never see him with that kind of attitude. 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:12.719 Everywhere he goes, every place you see him, there are always those who will come to him and who will listen. 00:03:13.340 --> 00:03:16.240 And there's always a point to his ministry. 00:03:16.439 --> 00:03:19.580 There's always a purpose in his ministry. 00:03:19.620 --> 00:03:23.640 Even those who are rejecting him, they are being challenged. 00:03:24.240 --> 00:03:27.740 But behind it all, you see the many who come. 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:34.039 And the many who come from all different places and backgrounds and experiences in life. 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:38.159 And yet who come to see who Jesus is. 00:03:39.099 --> 00:03:43.780 Jesus came to seek and to save the lost. 00:03:44.460 --> 00:03:48.040 There's that statement in Luke's Gospel, chapter 19. 00:03:48.039 --> 00:03:53.079 He came to those who would realize their great need. 00:03:53.599 --> 00:04:01.579 He came to people, no matter who they were, no matter where they were, and no matter when. 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:06.959 So we're not just looking at Jesus saving people in the Gospel days. 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:12.260 We are here this evening remembering that this is a Jesus who still saves. 00:04:12.780 --> 00:04:16.259 Who still calls his people to himself. 00:04:16.259 --> 00:04:20.300 And so what you see as you go through this chapter. 00:04:21.420 --> 00:04:26.019 It's even in the face of the opposition from the Pharisees and the scribes. 00:04:26.740 --> 00:04:29.219 Opposition that would go on and on. 00:04:29.740 --> 00:04:33.019 What you see is the work goes on as well. 00:04:33.620 --> 00:04:35.519 His purpose goes on. 00:04:35.579 --> 00:04:37.599 His ministry goes on. 00:04:37.600 --> 00:04:40.460 And it goes on in amazing ways. 00:04:40.900 --> 00:04:41.939 Spectacular ways. 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:51.540 Ways that leave people amazed and astonished beyond measure, as it says in verse 37 at the end of this section. 00:04:51.660 --> 00:04:54.100 His ministry leaves people marveling. 00:04:54.700 --> 00:04:57.379 Just like the psalm that we sang at the start. 00:04:57.780 --> 00:05:00.100 When there's a psalmist with all these questions. 00:05:00.340 --> 00:05:01.240 Where are you, Lord? 00:05:01.300 --> 00:05:02.180 Have you left us? 00:05:02.500 --> 00:05:03.939 Have you abandoned us? 00:05:03.939 --> 00:05:09.100 But then the psalmist comes and says, then to me came these thoughts. 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:10.639 And on this I will rely. 00:05:11.259 --> 00:05:13.779 And how he goes on to say, you are the God of miracles. 00:05:14.500 --> 00:05:16.860 Whose power the nations view. 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:19.839 That he is a God who is working. 00:05:20.740 --> 00:05:24.000 And so in these verses that we've read together this evening. 00:05:24.100 --> 00:05:25.120 You see the challenge. 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:29.060 But then when you come to verse 24 down to the end of the chapter. 00:05:29.060 --> 00:05:36.519 You have these two different accounts of Jesus meeting with people and in their different needs. 00:05:37.780 --> 00:05:40.339 And they're remarkable encounters. 00:05:40.540 --> 00:05:42.560 They're amazing encounters. 00:05:42.899 --> 00:05:44.800 First with the Syrophoenician woman. 00:05:45.360 --> 00:05:48.399 And then with the man who was deaf and mute. 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:52.340 They're both remarkable encounters. 00:05:52.459 --> 00:05:57.459 And quite beautiful in the way that Jesus comes into the midst of this situation. 00:05:57.459 --> 00:06:01.659 Having just been challenged by the scribes and Pharisees. 00:06:02.299 --> 00:06:07.319 And we've really got an illustration of what John tells us in his first chapter. 00:06:07.979 --> 00:06:10.620 In John chapter 1 verse 11 and 12. 00:06:11.359 --> 00:06:12.939 John gave these words. 00:06:13.120 --> 00:06:14.199 It says about Jesus. 00:06:15.159 --> 00:06:16.779 He came to his own. 00:06:17.819 --> 00:06:20.519 But his own did not receive him. 00:06:21.179 --> 00:06:22.959 That's the very thing that we see here. 00:06:23.419 --> 00:06:25.139 With these scribes and with these Pharisees. 00:06:25.139 --> 00:06:26.199 He came to his own. 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:29.199 But his own did not receive him. 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:32.240 But then John goes on to say. 00:06:32.459 --> 00:06:33.939 Yet to all who received him. 00:06:34.199 --> 00:06:36.439 To those who believed in his name. 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:40.439 He gave the right to become the children of God. 00:06:41.919 --> 00:06:44.599 And that's to all who would come. 00:06:45.360 --> 00:06:47.599 To those who believed in his name. 00:06:47.939 --> 00:06:52.339 He gave the right to become children of God. 00:06:52.339 --> 00:06:56.819 And that's the remarkable thing that we see in this passage. 00:06:57.359 --> 00:07:01.319 The remarkable way that this woman and this man who was deaf. 00:07:01.739 --> 00:07:04.899 The way they are able to become the children of God. 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:07.859 Despite everything that's going on in their lives. 00:07:07.979 --> 00:07:10.019 Despite everything about them. 00:07:10.859 --> 00:07:12.120 As we will see in a moment. 00:07:12.620 --> 00:07:17.459 They're really people who we wouldn't expect to come to Jesus in this way. 00:07:17.459 --> 00:07:22.039 People who wouldn't expect to be classed children of God. 00:07:23.259 --> 00:07:24.799 And yet he has given them the right. 00:07:25.500 --> 00:07:26.159 By coming. 00:07:26.519 --> 00:07:27.500 By faith. 00:07:28.680 --> 00:07:33.740 The Jews reject him so often as we see in these gospels. 00:07:33.740 --> 00:07:38.240 But those who are not his own in that sense. 00:07:38.780 --> 00:07:39.579 The Gentiles. 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:42.180 The two kinds of people you had in these days. 00:07:42.259 --> 00:07:46.000 Were the Jews as one group of people. 00:07:46.259 --> 00:07:48.680 And the rest were classed as Gentiles. 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:52.480 And the Jews were of course special to the Lord. 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:55.519 And the Gentiles were very often looked down upon. 00:07:55.519 --> 00:08:01.740 And yet he gave the right for them to become the children of God. 00:08:01.859 --> 00:08:04.120 To come by faith. 00:08:05.419 --> 00:08:09.359 And what we find here is that there is help for the hopeless. 00:08:10.259 --> 00:08:12.899 For those that seem to be a hopeless case. 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:15.899 That things seem beyond the reach of God. 00:08:15.959 --> 00:08:18.039 That there is help available. 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:21.120 There's a hymn, I'm sure many of you know it, 00:08:21.159 --> 00:08:22.159 Abide With Me. 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:25.500 It's a very commonly sung hymn. 00:08:25.600 --> 00:08:27.660 It was written by Henry Francis Light. 00:08:28.580 --> 00:08:30.200 And he wrote this hymn. 00:08:31.020 --> 00:08:32.220 He was a Scotsman. 00:08:32.420 --> 00:08:34.240 Who ministered in Ireland and in England. 00:08:34.940 --> 00:08:37.200 But he suffered with tuberculosis. 00:08:37.899 --> 00:08:40.160 And he died in his early 50s. 00:08:40.899 --> 00:08:43.680 And it was just a matter of weeks before he died. 00:08:43.779 --> 00:08:46.879 That he penned this hymn, Abide With Me. 00:08:47.820 --> 00:08:51.460 His longing was for the Lord to be with him. 00:08:52.159 --> 00:08:56.600 And it's actually a hymn that's sung every year at Wembley. 00:08:57.519 --> 00:09:01.079 And thousands are gathered there for the FA Cup final every year. 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:06.019 And this hymn has been sung just before the FA Cup final since 1927. 00:09:06.019 --> 00:09:08.079 Every year it gets sung. 00:09:08.919 --> 00:09:11.539 And you hear this great chorus of people singing. 00:09:11.939 --> 00:09:15.699 And you wonder, do they realize, do they know what they are singing? 00:09:15.700 --> 00:09:19.120 And the words are there so wonderfully. 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:21.780 And it's one line that speaks of, 00:09:21.940 --> 00:09:24.720 When other helpers fail and comforts flee, 00:09:25.280 --> 00:09:29.740 Help of the helpless, O abide with me. 00:09:31.020 --> 00:09:35.420 Powerful words when you think of the situation the hymn writer was in as he wrote them. 00:09:35.440 --> 00:09:38.520 On his deathbed, just weeks before he passed away. 00:09:38.519 --> 00:09:43.579 But help of the helpless, the one who would abide with him. 00:09:44.179 --> 00:09:50.139 And this passage shows us that Jesus is that help of the helpless. 00:09:50.860 --> 00:09:56.259 That he is the one who will abide with his own, that comes to his own. 00:09:56.259 --> 00:10:02.460 And so this evening as we gather, we can come without our own questions. 00:10:03.539 --> 00:10:10.840 We can come seeking to understand things ourselves in the midst of maybe feeling that sense of hopelessness. 00:10:12.299 --> 00:10:16.600 We can maybe feel it in our own helplessness in different ways. 00:10:17.340 --> 00:10:23.480 We can have times when we feel helpless in the midst of family trials, times of illness. 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:26.100 There can be many things going on in our lives. 00:10:26.259 --> 00:10:30.559 We can feel helpless in the midst of financial difficulties. 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:35.580 We can feel helpless in the midst of decisions that we're trying to make going forward. 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:41.919 And above all, we can feel helpless when it comes to our own mortality and our own eternity. 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:45.299 Where can we go for help in that? 00:10:45.559 --> 00:10:46.539 Where can we turn? 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:50.000 Well, it's to the help of the helpless. 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:56.139 But I think it's important too that not just that maybe some of us have these questions, 00:10:56.259 --> 00:11:02.200 but that even if we don't have these questions, that we must realize that there are many who do. 00:11:03.000 --> 00:11:07.580 That there are many people out there who have all of these kinds of questions. 00:11:09.139 --> 00:11:13.559 When they are feeling helpless, when they are feeling unworthy, 00:11:13.559 --> 00:11:19.659 when they are feeling there's nowhere to turn, that we realize that there are people like that. 00:11:20.199 --> 00:11:23.239 And that we have one that we can direct them to. 00:11:23.879 --> 00:11:26.859 The one who is this help for the helpless. 00:11:27.659 --> 00:11:30.019 We can come to Jesus. 00:11:30.859 --> 00:11:33.259 And we can point others to Jesus. 00:11:33.259 --> 00:11:37.519 We find here this help for the helpless. 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:44.759 We're going to focus mainly on the woman who had this daughter who was demon-possessed. 00:11:44.860 --> 00:11:49.279 But we'll see too how it ties into with a man who was deaf. 00:11:50.220 --> 00:11:52.019 The help for the helpless. 00:11:53.299 --> 00:11:58.600 And the first thing we see here is how Jesus' ministry is ongoing. 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:08.279 It's just after he's had these challenges with the scribes and the Pharisees that we come to verse 24. 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:14.700 And from there, he arose and went away to the region of Tyre and Sidon. 00:12:15.519 --> 00:12:17.100 So he went away. 00:12:17.180 --> 00:12:19.759 His ministry spreads out further. 00:12:20.500 --> 00:12:23.080 First to Tyre and then to Sidon. 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:27.320 And when you look at these kinds of places that he was going, 00:12:27.320 --> 00:12:30.160 there weren't easy places to go. 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:32.980 There were very difficult places to go. 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:37.280 There were places that were full of false gods. 00:12:37.420 --> 00:12:39.100 Different kinds of gods. 00:12:39.500 --> 00:12:42.140 There were very much a pagan society. 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:47.240 But even there we find that Jesus was being spoken of. 00:12:47.980 --> 00:12:49.820 That word of him was spreading. 00:12:50.500 --> 00:12:52.700 That people were hearing about him. 00:12:53.140 --> 00:12:56.640 And you see it there in verse 24 as it goes on to say. 00:12:56.639 --> 00:13:00.120 He entered a house and did not want anyone to know. 00:13:00.779 --> 00:13:02.600 Yet he could not be hidden. 00:13:03.500 --> 00:13:05.419 The news of him was out there. 00:13:06.240 --> 00:13:07.279 People were hearing. 00:13:07.819 --> 00:13:08.759 People were curious. 00:13:08.960 --> 00:13:11.960 People were wondering who this man was. 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:17.059 And he was seen as perhaps one who could help. 00:13:17.059 --> 00:13:22.099 And that is true of this woman that we meet here in this passage. 00:13:22.279 --> 00:13:23.599 She had heard of him. 00:13:25.079 --> 00:13:36.759 It says in verse 25 that immediately a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an unclean spirit heard of him and came and fell at his feet. 00:13:37.299 --> 00:13:39.039 News was spreading. 00:13:39.039 --> 00:13:43.879 And she came and fell at his feet. 00:13:44.959 --> 00:13:47.259 Her daughter was ill. 00:13:47.959 --> 00:13:49.599 Possessed by a demon. 00:13:49.779 --> 00:13:51.539 She was desperate for help. 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.839 Here is someone who is helpless. 00:13:54.840 --> 00:13:57.680 But when you look at her. 00:13:58.300 --> 00:14:00.019 And when you look at this situation. 00:14:00.019 --> 00:14:04.780 You find that there are a number of different challenges to be overcome. 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:10.000 Even just to come to this point of being with Jesus. 00:14:10.540 --> 00:14:13.100 There were challenges that had to be overcome. 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:19.900 And yet you see the wonder of the grace of God working in this. 00:14:19.899 --> 00:14:26.299 And the first challenge she had to overcome was being seen as an outsider. 00:14:27.659 --> 00:14:29.240 Being seen as an outsider. 00:14:31.019 --> 00:14:33.179 It says then in verse 26. 00:14:33.379 --> 00:14:35.679 Now this woman was a Gentile. 00:14:36.299 --> 00:14:38.679 A Syrophoenician by birth. 00:14:39.399 --> 00:14:43.100 So immediately there was this barrier that was up. 00:14:43.100 --> 00:14:50.580 The last person you read about in this gospel of coming to the feet of Jesus. 00:14:50.899 --> 00:14:53.240 Begging for help was Jairus. 00:14:53.720 --> 00:14:56.120 Whose daughter was unwell. 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:00.060 But Jairus was a Jewish leader. 00:15:01.139 --> 00:15:04.840 You could almost say that Jairus had a right to come. 00:15:05.379 --> 00:15:06.779 That he knew where to go. 00:15:06.860 --> 00:15:09.540 And that the way was open for him to come. 00:15:09.539 --> 00:15:14.559 It wouldn't have been a surprise for anybody to see Jairus come and plead with Jesus. 00:15:16.099 --> 00:15:19.679 But it's so different for this woman. 00:15:20.480 --> 00:15:21.319 A Gentile. 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:23.779 A Syrophoenician by birth. 00:15:24.919 --> 00:15:27.539 She was a woman for a start. 00:15:28.360 --> 00:15:31.019 To come begging of Jesus. 00:15:31.439 --> 00:15:33.980 It would have been frowned upon by so many. 00:15:34.620 --> 00:15:37.219 You see it throughout the gospel so often. 00:15:37.220 --> 00:15:39.899 As a woman comes to Jesus. 00:15:40.580 --> 00:15:43.500 You think of the woman at the well in the gospel of John. 00:15:45.259 --> 00:15:46.920 The woman was there at the well. 00:15:47.000 --> 00:15:48.340 And the disciples came back. 00:15:48.779 --> 00:15:50.340 And saw a woman with Jesus. 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:51.840 And they were questioning in their head. 00:15:52.340 --> 00:15:53.500 Why is she here? 00:15:55.600 --> 00:15:57.000 And you see it so often. 00:15:57.139 --> 00:15:59.120 That these women coming to Jesus. 00:15:59.360 --> 00:16:00.220 It was difficult. 00:16:00.420 --> 00:16:02.160 Because there was barriers up. 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:03.340 There was challenges up. 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.440 Straight away. 00:16:04.440 --> 00:16:06.440 And this was a Greek. 00:16:06.940 --> 00:16:08.640 A complete outsider. 00:16:09.180 --> 00:16:12.500 Someone who would have been seen with no right to come to Jesus. 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:16.320 And yet here she comes. 00:16:17.820 --> 00:16:25.740 You see Jesus is not looking on the human status here of where she's from or who she is in that sense. 00:16:25.740 --> 00:16:28.600 But she's looking on the human need. 00:16:30.180 --> 00:16:34.399 Although it's not at first appear just as obvious as you read on. 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:39.659 There is a concern for this woman that works itself out as we go through. 00:16:40.220 --> 00:16:45.820 But the first thing we see is the sense of an outsider coming to Jesus. 00:16:45.820 --> 00:16:55.800 But again it's a reminder that he has given a right to all who come by faith to be called the children of God. 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:04.240 And it is so often the case that we can feel a little of an outsider ourselves when we come to church. 00:17:05.220 --> 00:17:07.940 How can we possibly come to Jesus? 00:17:07.940 --> 00:17:13.180 How can I come without a church background or a church family? 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:17.340 How can I come as someone who's never darkened the door of a church? 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:22.240 Well the gospels remind us that it's for all. 00:17:22.820 --> 00:17:24.160 For all to come. 00:17:25.759 --> 00:17:29.779 Or people will come and say but I have no idea how to approach the Lord in prayer. 00:17:29.900 --> 00:17:32.759 I have no idea what words to use. 00:17:33.660 --> 00:17:35.519 Or I don't know what I should wear. 00:17:35.519 --> 00:17:39.059 There can be so many questions and doubts. 00:17:39.639 --> 00:17:44.680 And we come work out our own conclusions and say I can't go. 00:17:46.400 --> 00:17:50.259 Well this woman although she could have had all these doubts and fears. 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:53.480 She never comes to that conclusion that I cannot go. 00:17:53.940 --> 00:17:55.680 Instead she comes begging. 00:17:58.379 --> 00:18:03.960 And there are so many people around us who will automatically come to their own conclusion. 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.519 That I cannot go to church. 00:18:07.640 --> 00:18:09.240 I will not be received. 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:11.019 I will not be welcomed. 00:18:12.160 --> 00:18:14.319 It's a bit like a story I read. 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.420 And it sounds a silly story in many ways. 00:18:17.500 --> 00:18:19.640 But it's a way our minds can work. 00:18:20.519 --> 00:18:23.720 It's about a man who was out in his car one night. 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.740 And he got a puncture. 00:18:25.700 --> 00:18:27.059 And he had a spare wheel. 00:18:27.059 --> 00:18:28.779 But he didn't have a wheel spanner. 00:18:28.899 --> 00:18:31.539 So he couldn't get the nuts opened on the wheel. 00:18:32.399 --> 00:18:35.740 And he saw a farmhouse way up the road. 00:18:36.599 --> 00:18:39.159 And so he thought well there's bound to be help there. 00:18:39.759 --> 00:18:42.359 And he started walking towards it. 00:18:42.740 --> 00:18:45.759 But automatically his mind started working in a different way. 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:47.139 He started questioning. 00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:49.700 Maybe they won't have the right spanner. 00:18:49.700 --> 00:18:52.779 And then he started thinking well it's late at night. 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:57.420 They're probably going to be angry with me for knocking at the door so late at night. 00:18:57.740 --> 00:18:59.000 And disturbing me. 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:00.120 It's disturbing them. 00:19:01.180 --> 00:19:03.140 And he started getting angry in his own mind. 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:05.779 And so that when he came to the house. 00:19:06.120 --> 00:19:07.059 And knocked on the door. 00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:08.580 And the owner came to the door. 00:19:08.920 --> 00:19:11.100 He automatically had a reply. 00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.960 He says you can keep the wheel spanner. 00:19:14.559 --> 00:19:16.779 I wouldn't take it even if you offered it to me. 00:19:16.779 --> 00:19:19.539 And the man was stunned. 00:19:20.019 --> 00:19:22.000 He thought I've never met this man before. 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:24.639 But it's just the way the mind can work. 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:28.019 It automatically comes to conclusions about things. 00:19:28.160 --> 00:19:30.079 That work things out in their own mind. 00:19:30.899 --> 00:19:34.819 And how many people around us have already worked out in their own minds. 00:19:34.920 --> 00:19:37.440 What to expect if they come to church. 00:19:37.539 --> 00:19:39.160 Or to come to Jesus. 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:44.220 And it can often maybe leave them feeling that sense of anger. 00:19:44.220 --> 00:19:46.920 Because they've come to their own conclusions. 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:48.980 That God is not fair. 00:19:49.180 --> 00:19:50.360 God is not just. 00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:55.259 Why would he allow so many things to happen in this world that are so unfair? 00:19:55.759 --> 00:20:00.420 And immediately they're coming with a sense of anger towards God. 00:20:01.039 --> 00:20:03.620 Because that's what's worked in their own head. 00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:10.179 But the gospel helps us to break down these barriers. 00:20:11.199 --> 00:20:13.799 And to show that the door is open for all. 00:20:14.659 --> 00:20:18.619 That Jesus welcomes all on the same level. 00:20:19.559 --> 00:20:26.019 To all who come by faith he has given the right to be called the children of God. 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:31.740 And so this woman overcomes that barrier of being an outsider. 00:20:32.779 --> 00:20:36.579 And we have to help people overcome that barrier too. 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:41.379 Because there are so many who feel outside of this church. 00:20:41.859 --> 00:20:43.660 Outside of the gospel reach. 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:45.879 Outside of faith in Christ. 00:20:45.980 --> 00:20:49.519 That it's almost impossible to come over these barriers. 00:20:49.519 --> 00:20:56.099 But the gospel is there to show that Jesus is there for them. 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:02.559 The second thing she has to overcome is the reality of her hopeless situation. 00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:06.299 In the middle of verse 6 it says, 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:09.920 She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 00:21:11.119 --> 00:21:14.240 It was a hopeless situation. 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:17.879 Her daughter was possessed by a demon. 00:21:17.880 --> 00:21:24.560 And it's very likely that this was not the first person that she had come to for help. 00:21:25.260 --> 00:21:28.060 That others had not been able to help her. 00:21:28.380 --> 00:21:30.600 Like the woman who had the issue of blood. 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:32.920 That we read of in the gospels as well. 00:21:32.980 --> 00:21:38.400 How she came to Jesus having spent everything that she had trying to find a cure. 00:21:38.560 --> 00:21:42.400 She had been trying for years, 12 years to find a cure. 00:21:43.620 --> 00:21:46.540 And there was none until she came to Jesus. 00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:49.579 It was likely this woman would have been doing the same. 00:21:50.359 --> 00:21:52.639 Begging with others for help for her daughter. 00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:55.720 And yet nothing was working. 00:21:56.960 --> 00:21:58.859 But she doesn't give up. 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:02.619 She had heard about Jesus. 00:22:03.720 --> 00:22:09.019 She had heard about him and she came and fell at his feet as it says in verse 25. 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:14.940 In what was seemingly a hopeless situation, she comes begging. 00:22:16.200 --> 00:22:20.240 And the same is true with the man who was deaf. 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:22.660 It says in verse 32, 00:22:22.799 --> 00:22:27.259 They brought to him a man who was deaf and had a speech impediment. 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:31.339 And they begged him to lay his hand on him. 00:22:31.339 --> 00:22:36.379 This idea of begging is there in both situations. 00:22:36.659 --> 00:22:38.339 Pleading with the Lord. 00:22:38.599 --> 00:22:41.179 Desperate before the Lord. 00:22:42.379 --> 00:22:46.039 And what a reminder to us of our need to come. 00:22:46.899 --> 00:22:48.839 And to encourage others to come. 00:22:49.159 --> 00:22:54.759 And to beg and to plead at the throne of grace for ourselves and for others. 00:22:54.759 --> 00:23:01.900 To see that Jesus is the one who is able to help in a hopeless situation. 00:23:02.819 --> 00:23:04.539 And there are so many of them. 00:23:05.460 --> 00:23:08.839 And yet Jesus is the one who is able to help. 00:23:10.119 --> 00:23:11.359 There was someone who once said, 00:23:12.000 --> 00:23:17.539 Between the great things that we cannot do and the small things we will not do, 00:23:17.940 --> 00:23:20.299 the danger is that we shall do nothing. 00:23:20.299 --> 00:23:24.259 And that's so often where we find ourselves. 00:23:24.419 --> 00:23:29.379 Between the great things we cannot do and the little things we will not do, 00:23:29.819 --> 00:23:31.500 we end up doing nothing. 00:23:33.180 --> 00:23:36.039 And that's the way we can be with the Lord. 00:23:36.500 --> 00:23:39.059 When our situation feels hopeless. 00:23:39.980 --> 00:23:42.680 It's like the little things are so unimportant there's no point. 00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:45.740 And the big things are impossible so there's no point. 00:23:46.119 --> 00:23:47.039 And we do nothing. 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:53.259 And the devil would like nothing better than for us to be inactive in that sense. 00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:55.819 But when you look at this woman, 00:23:56.240 --> 00:24:00.159 and when you look at the friends who brought the man who was deaf and with a speech and pigment, 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:01.980 they came begging. 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:04.639 They came pleading. 00:24:06.279 --> 00:24:11.980 They didn't see their situation, hopeless as it was, as impossible for him. 00:24:11.980 --> 00:24:17.799 It's not impossible for Jesus. 00:24:18.920 --> 00:24:20.839 And that's what we have to remember. 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:25.559 What by all accounts was impossible for the natural person, 00:24:25.980 --> 00:24:28.980 we see Jesus here who's able to help. 00:24:30.039 --> 00:24:33.740 That's something for us to remember, for ourselves and for others too. 00:24:34.559 --> 00:24:37.480 That however impossible a situation seems, 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:41.799 we are to bring it to the Lord and he is able. 00:24:43.440 --> 00:24:46.299 Again, you see it in the Gospel of Luke chapter 18, 00:24:46.700 --> 00:24:48.240 where the question is asked, 00:24:48.339 --> 00:24:50.380 who then can be saved? 00:24:51.460 --> 00:24:53.339 And the answer Jesus gives is, 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:57.740 what is impossible with men is possible with God. 00:24:57.740 --> 00:25:02.160 And something for us to remember. 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:09.019 To remember for ourselves or to remember for others around us. 00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:12.620 Whether you feel like the Gospel has passed you by. 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:17.519 Whether you feel the burden of your sin is too much. 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:21.480 Whether you feel that your heart is so hard and cold, 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:23.539 the Lord would never receive you. 00:25:23.539 --> 00:25:28.819 It's to remember that what is impossible with us is possible with God. 00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:34.200 And that in a moment, in a blink, the Lord can change us. 00:25:35.700 --> 00:25:39.019 And that's what you see with both these situations. 00:25:39.960 --> 00:25:44.819 In a moment, in an instant, the Lord brings change. 00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:51.539 She had to overcome the hopeless situation. 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:53.439 The same as the deaf man. 00:25:54.599 --> 00:25:56.879 But they came to Jesus. 00:25:58.659 --> 00:26:02.879 The third thing we see with this woman is she had to overcome rejection. 00:26:04.679 --> 00:26:09.019 And like I said earlier, when Jesus looks at the human heart, 00:26:09.119 --> 00:26:10.980 when he looks at the human situation, 00:26:11.119 --> 00:26:14.439 it's interesting the way he handles this situation. 00:26:15.559 --> 00:26:20.059 And in Matthew's Gospel, it's recorded a little bit more about this encounter. 00:26:20.439 --> 00:26:24.039 In Matthew 15, verse 21 to verse 28, 00:26:24.119 --> 00:26:28.279 it's the same encounter, but it goes into a little more detail. 00:26:29.879 --> 00:26:33.279 And in Matthew's Gospel, it says that the woman came to Jesus, 00:26:33.460 --> 00:26:35.200 fell at his feet, and she was in tears. 00:26:36.480 --> 00:26:37.419 She's crying. 00:26:38.220 --> 00:26:41.039 She's begging for help for her daughter. 00:26:41.039 --> 00:26:48.819 And in Matthew's Gospel, the first thing it tells us of Jesus' response is in verse 23, 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:52.639 and it says that Jesus said to her not a word. 00:26:54.399 --> 00:26:56.579 He didn't open his mouth. 00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:58.139 He said nothing. 00:27:00.319 --> 00:27:02.440 It's almost like he ignored her. 00:27:02.440 --> 00:27:08.180 And then when you see him finally speak, as we see here in verse 28, 00:27:08.820 --> 00:27:10.860 sorry, verse 27, 00:27:11.860 --> 00:27:13.700 what does he say to her? 00:27:15.360 --> 00:27:16.279 He says, 00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:34.039 It's almost like he's belittling her in front of everybody. 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:37.740 that he has come first for his own, 00:27:38.879 --> 00:27:42.619 and that the others can be left until last. 00:27:44.779 --> 00:27:48.460 To take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs. 00:27:48.519 --> 00:27:51.680 He's almost calling her, in this case, that she's that dog. 00:27:51.680 --> 00:27:55.960 But he doesn't send her away. 00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:58.880 And in many ways, as you look at this, 00:27:58.940 --> 00:28:01.080 although it sounds so cruel, 00:28:02.160 --> 00:28:04.980 there's almost a challenge in these words. 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:08.019 How much do you want me? 00:28:09.380 --> 00:28:11.259 How much do you need me? 00:28:12.240 --> 00:28:15.680 And when you look at the answer that she gives, 00:28:16.840 --> 00:28:18.880 it's so beautiful. 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:22.300 She says in verse 28, 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:23.400 Yes, Lord. 00:28:24.920 --> 00:28:26.660 It's almost like she's agreeing with him. 00:28:27.800 --> 00:28:28.940 I agree with you. 00:28:30.680 --> 00:28:32.340 But then she goes on to say, 00:28:32.520 --> 00:28:37.280 Yet even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs. 00:28:38.640 --> 00:28:39.180 She's saying, 00:28:39.280 --> 00:28:44.160 Even a crumb from the master's table can help me. 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:48.880 That is how much she recognizes her need. 00:28:49.920 --> 00:28:55.200 That is how much she recognizes that Jesus is able to help. 00:28:56.779 --> 00:28:59.700 Do we have that view of Jesus? 00:29:00.980 --> 00:29:06.860 Even a crumb from the master's table can help me in my situation. 00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:10.099 Jesus is testing her here. 00:29:10.879 --> 00:29:14.219 But when you look at the longing that she has, 00:29:15.219 --> 00:29:18.039 you see that being tested, she still comes. 00:29:19.359 --> 00:29:21.240 And Jesus then says to her, 00:29:21.879 --> 00:29:24.839 For this statement, you may go your way. 00:29:24.919 --> 00:29:26.399 The demon has left your daughter. 00:29:26.400 --> 00:29:30.340 He's looking for this statement of faith. 00:29:31.580 --> 00:29:33.460 Because all who come by faith 00:29:33.460 --> 00:29:37.440 have been given the right to be called the children of God. 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:41.160 And here is a child of God coming, 00:29:42.000 --> 00:29:45.620 recognizing that even just a crumb from the master's table 00:29:45.620 --> 00:29:47.220 is able to help. 00:29:47.980 --> 00:29:50.400 She doesn't throw her arms up and say, 00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:52.380 How dare you call me a dog? 00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:55.940 She doesn't throw a fit and just go out in a rage. 00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:59.200 She shows him how much she needs him. 00:30:00.180 --> 00:30:03.500 She shows him how much she is depending on him. 00:30:04.820 --> 00:30:07.860 And today, people so easily take offense 00:30:07.860 --> 00:30:10.680 that if you were to say to someone, 00:30:10.800 --> 00:30:13.380 As you come here, you come as a sinner. 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:14.900 People would say, 00:30:14.960 --> 00:30:16.960 How dare you call me a sinner? 00:30:17.480 --> 00:30:19.600 How dare you say that to me? 00:30:20.360 --> 00:30:21.500 I'm a good person. 00:30:21.500 --> 00:30:23.420 You know nothing about me. 00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:26.200 We don't need to know anything about anybody 00:30:26.200 --> 00:30:28.839 because the Bible tells us that we are all sinners. 00:30:29.420 --> 00:30:30.599 Every one of us. 00:30:31.660 --> 00:30:33.200 We are all like that. 00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.740 And it's not to take offense 00:30:35.740 --> 00:30:38.259 and to say, How dare you? 00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:40.579 But to say, Well, where can we go for help? 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:43.180 Where can we find even a crumb 00:30:43.180 --> 00:30:46.039 from the master's table that is able to help? 00:30:46.940 --> 00:30:48.819 Well, it's to come to Christ. 00:30:48.819 --> 00:30:50.700 It's to come to Jesus. 00:30:51.500 --> 00:30:55.680 To come acknowledging our dependence upon him 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:58.700 and to see the abundance of the grace of God 00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:01.200 that is sufficient for all things. 00:31:02.099 --> 00:31:05.900 The crumb from the master's table was enough for her 00:31:05.900 --> 00:31:09.059 because she came by faith. 00:31:09.059 --> 00:31:15.440 And maybe we come at times with that sense of rejection. 00:31:16.240 --> 00:31:18.539 Maybe we feel the Lord isn't interested 00:31:18.539 --> 00:31:20.639 or ignoring us and our needs. 00:31:21.919 --> 00:31:23.279 Just like the psalmist, 00:31:23.500 --> 00:31:25.759 will you forget for all time? 00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:29.559 But do we have faith to keep begging? 00:31:30.220 --> 00:31:32.779 To keep pleading with the Lord? 00:31:32.879 --> 00:31:34.519 This woman begged him. 00:31:35.180 --> 00:31:38.480 This deaf man begged him for help. 00:31:39.059 --> 00:31:40.240 And he answered. 00:31:40.240 --> 00:31:45.339 And so we too must plead with him. 00:31:46.160 --> 00:31:49.599 We must see that we depend on him. 00:31:51.140 --> 00:31:53.839 That he is able to help. 00:31:54.400 --> 00:31:56.720 That he is able to see our need. 00:31:57.120 --> 00:31:58.779 That he knows our need. 00:31:59.519 --> 00:32:01.440 Hebrews 4 verse 15 says, 00:32:01.440 --> 00:32:09.680 Jesus knows our weakness. 00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:12.759 Jesus knows our helplessness, 00:32:12.840 --> 00:32:15.559 our hopelessness in so many situations 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:17.799 that we find ourselves in. 00:32:18.220 --> 00:32:19.180 But the question is, 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:21.360 do we believe that he is there? 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:25.599 Do we believe that he is able to help? 00:32:26.959 --> 00:32:28.959 This woman came begging. 00:32:29.719 --> 00:32:30.879 And it says in verse 30, 00:32:30.979 --> 00:32:33.959 she went home and found the child lying in bed 00:32:33.959 --> 00:32:35.479 and the demon gone. 00:32:36.779 --> 00:32:38.879 The Lord had helped. 00:32:40.019 --> 00:32:42.079 This man who came with his friends, 00:32:42.179 --> 00:32:44.379 who was deaf and speech impediment, 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:48.019 his ears were opened, it says in verse 35, 00:32:48.019 --> 00:32:49.799 and his tongue was released 00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:51.700 and he spoke plainly. 00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:53.059 He was helped. 00:32:54.259 --> 00:32:56.819 Because there is help for the helpless. 00:32:57.899 --> 00:33:00.180 That we see that he is there. 00:33:00.940 --> 00:33:03.579 And that we show others that he is there. 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:07.200 There was a woman called Florence Chadwick. 00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:11.259 She was the first woman to swim the English Channel 00:33:11.259 --> 00:33:12.779 in both directions. 00:33:14.220 --> 00:33:16.339 And she loved to swim. 00:33:16.599 --> 00:33:18.200 And she loved to take on a challenge. 00:33:18.200 --> 00:33:20.519 And in the early 50s, 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:22.360 she went over to America 00:33:22.360 --> 00:33:24.819 and off the coast of California, 00:33:25.059 --> 00:33:26.620 swam from an island, 00:33:26.799 --> 00:33:28.420 the Catalina Island it's called, 00:33:28.580 --> 00:33:30.700 to the coast of California. 00:33:30.840 --> 00:33:32.160 It's about 26 miles. 00:33:33.600 --> 00:33:35.440 First time she attempted it, 00:33:35.940 --> 00:33:38.620 it wasn't the distance that was the big challenge to her. 00:33:38.640 --> 00:33:40.360 It was the temperature of the water. 00:33:40.980 --> 00:33:42.600 Freezing cold water. 00:33:42.599 --> 00:33:43.719 And then, 00:33:44.079 --> 00:33:45.459 after a time of swimming, 00:33:45.939 --> 00:33:47.799 a dense fog came down. 00:33:49.159 --> 00:33:51.480 She'd been 15 hours in the water. 00:33:52.439 --> 00:33:55.099 And she was only a mile from the coastline, 00:33:55.159 --> 00:33:56.000 where she would finish, 00:33:56.619 --> 00:33:58.199 when she had to give up. 00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:00.240 And she said, 00:34:00.339 --> 00:34:02.519 I couldn't see the coast. 00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:04.399 I was exhausted, 00:34:04.879 --> 00:34:06.579 and I couldn't see the land. 00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:09.799 But it didn't put her off. 00:34:10.880 --> 00:34:11.960 And a few months later, 00:34:11.960 --> 00:34:13.000 she tried it again. 00:34:14.199 --> 00:34:16.019 And she swam again. 00:34:16.299 --> 00:34:18.019 And then as she was doing the swim, 00:34:18.099 --> 00:34:18.699 once again, 00:34:19.159 --> 00:34:20.579 this fog came down. 00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:24.099 But instead of panicking this time, 00:34:24.960 --> 00:34:26.319 she assured herself, 00:34:27.039 --> 00:34:29.659 by just saying to herself again and again, 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.360 the coast is there. 00:34:32.000 --> 00:34:32.960 Just keep going. 00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:35.559 And she made it to land. 00:34:36.159 --> 00:34:37.500 And she broke the record 00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:39.740 for swimming that distance by two hours. 00:34:41.920 --> 00:34:44.099 And it's a reminder to ourselves, 00:34:45.720 --> 00:34:48.579 just like the coast can seem to disappear in the fog, 00:34:49.380 --> 00:34:52.340 God can seem to disappear in the fog as well. 00:34:53.400 --> 00:34:54.579 And we can get to that stage 00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:56.519 where we feel he's not there. 00:34:57.500 --> 00:34:59.760 And it's easy to see we give up. 00:35:00.639 --> 00:35:02.619 We give up praying for someone. 00:35:03.720 --> 00:35:06.159 We give up pushing on in this situation 00:35:06.159 --> 00:35:07.539 that we find ourselves in. 00:35:07.760 --> 00:35:09.699 We give up in all kinds of ways. 00:35:11.240 --> 00:35:14.119 But what we see here is this woman and this man. 00:35:15.139 --> 00:35:16.380 No one gave up on them. 00:35:17.699 --> 00:35:18.960 And neither did Jesus. 00:35:20.720 --> 00:35:22.159 Hopeless situation. 00:35:23.179 --> 00:35:24.039 Help was there. 00:35:25.179 --> 00:35:28.420 Help of the helpless was there. 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:31.699 He was there to abide with them. 00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:36.619 When you look at the end of this section in verse 37, 00:35:36.739 --> 00:35:37.219 it says, 00:35:37.879 --> 00:35:39.779 the people were astonished beyond measure, 00:35:39.980 --> 00:35:40.279 saying, 00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:42.460 he has done all things well. 00:35:44.460 --> 00:35:47.279 That is what Jesus is able to do. 00:35:47.280 --> 00:35:51.080 When we put our trust in him, 00:35:52.080 --> 00:35:55.480 there are still crumbs from the master's table 00:35:55.480 --> 00:35:58.800 for all who will come by faith. 00:35:59.600 --> 00:36:04.180 Crumbs that will help us to be called the children of God. 00:36:05.120 --> 00:36:07.040 When we come by faith, 00:36:07.700 --> 00:36:11.800 in the most impossible and helpless and hopeless situations, 00:36:11.800 --> 00:36:16.820 there is help for the helpless in Christ. 00:36:18.320 --> 00:36:20.200 Remember that for ourselves. 00:36:20.940 --> 00:36:23.620 And remember it for those around us too. 00:36:23.619 --> 00:36:26.839 For the many who seem helpless and hopeless, 00:36:27.839 --> 00:36:30.319 that there is help in Christ. 00:36:31.460 --> 00:36:32.699 Come to him. 00:36:33.599 --> 00:36:35.460 Point others to him. 00:36:36.139 --> 00:36:37.599 Even in the midst of the fog, 00:36:37.900 --> 00:36:40.420 when he seems to have disappeared in many ways, 00:36:41.339 --> 00:36:44.880 he is there as help for the helpless. 00:36:44.880 --> 00:36:46.640 Let us pray. 00:36:49.320 --> 00:36:50.900 Lord, our gracious God, 00:36:50.940 --> 00:36:51.619 as we come, 00:36:51.780 --> 00:36:54.260 we thank you that you are indeed there for us. 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:57.340 That even when our vision is impaired, 00:36:58.000 --> 00:36:59.599 when our faith may be dim, 00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:01.240 we thank you, Lord, 00:37:01.320 --> 00:37:03.539 that you are indeed that help for the helpless. 00:37:04.260 --> 00:37:05.079 And we pray, Lord, 00:37:05.140 --> 00:37:06.140 abide with us. 00:37:06.260 --> 00:37:07.420 Be with us, we pray. 00:37:07.880 --> 00:37:09.579 As we ask it in Jesus' name. 00:37:10.059 --> 00:37:10.420 Amen. 00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.559 Amen. 00:37:14.880 --> 00:37:18.180 We'll conclude by singing to God's praise 00:37:18.180 --> 00:37:21.059 in Psalm 86 in the Scottish Psalter, 00:37:21.180 --> 00:37:23.320 page 340. 00:37:26.700 --> 00:37:30.240 Psalm 86, page 340. 00:37:30.500 --> 00:37:33.420 We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5. 00:37:33.539 --> 00:37:35.340 O Lord, do thou bow down thine ear 00:37:35.340 --> 00:37:37.240 and hear me graciously, 00:37:37.440 --> 00:37:39.340 because I sore afflicted am, 00:37:39.740 --> 00:37:40.900 and am in poverty. 00:37:41.119 --> 00:37:42.320 Because I am holy, 00:37:42.320 --> 00:37:44.320 let my soul by thee preserve it, 00:37:44.880 --> 00:37:46.640 O thou my God, 00:37:46.920 --> 00:37:48.160 thy servant save, 00:37:48.220 --> 00:37:50.860 that puts his trust in thee. 00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:53.039 We'll sing from verse 1 to 5 00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:54.360 to God's praise. 00:37:54.360 --> 00:38:05.559 O Lord, do thou bow down thine ear 00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:12.559 and hear me graciously, 00:38:12.559 --> 00:38:22.559 because I sore afflicted am, 00:38:22.559 --> 00:38:29.659 and am with poverty. 00:38:29.659 --> 00:38:36.659 because I am holy, 00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:36.659 00:38:36.659 --> 00:38:41.480 O Lord, do thou bless my soul, 00:38:41.480 --> 00:38:48.659 by thee preserve me. 00:38:48.659 --> 00:38:54.579 O God, my God, 00:38:54.579 --> 00:38:59.579 thy servant save, 00:38:59.579 --> 00:39:03.579 thy good's trust in thee. 00:39:03.579 --> 00:39:08.579 trust in thee. 00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:13.579 Say thine unto thee, 00:39:13.579 --> 00:39:18.460 I daily high, 00:39:18.460 --> 00:39:26.460 be merciful to me. 00:39:26.460 --> 00:39:28.460 rejoice, 00:39:28.460 --> 00:39:33.460 rejoice, thy servant soul, 00:39:33.460 --> 00:39:36.460 for Lord, 00:39:36.460 --> 00:39:44.460 I lift my soul to thee. 00:39:44.460 --> 00:39:51.460 for thou art, 00:39:51.460 --> 00:39:54.460 O Lord, 00:39:54.460 --> 00:39:59.460 and ready to forgive, 00:39:59.460 --> 00:40:01.460 for him. 00:40:01.460 --> 00:40:02.460 For thou art, 00:40:02.460 --> 00:40:08.460 and rich in mercy, 00:40:08.460 --> 00:40:16.460 all that call upon thee 00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:20.460 to relieve. 00:40:20.460 --> 00:40:23.940 After the benediction, 00:40:23.940 --> 00:40:25.199 I'll go to the main door 00:40:25.199 --> 00:40:26.460 and close with the benediction. 00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:28.780 Now may grace, mercy, 00:40:28.960 --> 00:40:30.199 and peace from God, 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:31.179 Father, Son, 00:40:31.260 --> 00:40:32.240 and Holy Spirit 00:40:32.240 --> 00:40:34.740 rest upon and abide with you all 00:40:34.740 --> 00:40:36.059 now and forevermore. 00:40:36.460 --> 00:40:36.880 Amen. 00:40:50.460 --> 00:40:53.039 Yes, 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.039 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.039 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.039 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.039 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.039 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.039 00:40:53.039 --> 00:40:53.039 00:40:53.039 --> 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