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 Psalm 34, the Sing Psalms version on page 40 of the psalm books. We're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 10.

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! Psalm 34, the tune is Peter's ham.

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 At all times I will bless the Lord, I will praise him with my voice.

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 Because I glory in the Lord, let troubled souls rejoice.

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 Together let us praise the Lord, exalt his name with me.

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 I sought the Lord, his answer came from fear, he set me free.

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 We'll sing from verse 1 to 10 to God's praise. We stand to sing.

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 Amen.

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 Together let us praise the Lord, exalt his name with me.

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 I sought the Lord, his answer came from fear, she set me free.

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 They look to him and shine with joy, they are not good to shame.

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 This suffering and cry to the Lord, from whom deliverance came.

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 The angel of the Lord, exalt his name with me.

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 All those who fear and honour him, he sets his people free.

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 The angel of the Lord, exalt his name with me.

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 And hunger for their good.

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 But those who wait upon the Lord will not lack any truth.

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

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 Lord, our gracious God, we come just seeking to worship you and thankful that at all times we can bless the Lord and praise you with our voice.

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 That we can come together with that joy in our singing just now, lifting our voices to you, raising up our praise to you.

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 For you alone are worthy of it.

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 And we thank you for this renewed opportunity.

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 We thank you for this time together where we can reflect on your word to us.

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 And above all, reflecting upon what has been done for us in your giving your Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, who came to take away the sin of the world.

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 And we thank you that we come to do this in remembrance of him.

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 And we come humbly before you.

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 We come just seeking to know your presence with us, to know your peace upon us.

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 We thank you that the psalm that we have sung has reminded us that we can come and taste and see that God is good who trusts.

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 And him is blessed.

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 And so we pray, Lord, that we would all come to taste of your goodness today, whether we are sitting at the table or whether we are looking on, that today our hearts would hunger for you, that we would long for you, that we would long for you in a way that maybe we haven't before, to see your goodness with us, to see your blessing upon us.

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 And we do thank you for your word that guides us.

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 We thank you for the word that we have before us today.

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 And as we open it up together, we pray that we would know your spirit guiding us in it, that we would know your voice speaking to us through your word.

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 For it's so precious, your word.

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 It is a word that gives life to our soul.

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 It's a word that became flesh and dwelt among us, as we read last evening.

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 And we thank you that it is a living and an active word, that it has power, even today as it has at all times.

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 It is still powerful today to convict and to convert.

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 And we pray that that power would be known with us today as well.

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 The conviction that we come under, when we realise how far short we fall of your glory, when we recognise the sin in our hearts, when we recognise who we have sinned against.

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 But yet we thank you that your word is able to convert, to turn us from our sin and to turn to you as our Lord and as our God.

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 And so we ask, Lord, that your power would be known with us today through your word and spirit.

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 And that as we come to the sacrament too, that, Lord, all that we do there would be giving glory to you.

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 For we are unworthy of it, Lord, but we thank you for the one who came to bear our sin on the cross.

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 The one who was silent before his accusers.

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 And the one who was led like a lamb to the slaughter.

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 The one who bore our sin on the tree.

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 But the one over whom death had no hold.

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 For even as he gave his life, he took it up again.

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 And we thank you for that reminder on the first day of the week as we meet.

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 That he is risen.

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 And that in Jesus Christ we have a risen Lord, a risen saviour.

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 We have one who is even now at your right hand.

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 And we offer our prayers in and through him.

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 Asking, Lord, forgiveness for all our sin.

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 So may you bless us together.

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 Thankful for the fact that you are building your church.

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 Not just here, but throughout the world.

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 That you are one who is active.

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 The one who is working.

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 The one who is mighty and sovereign over all lands and nations and people.

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 And we thank you that you have your people.

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 That you are calling them to yourself.

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 And that throughout the world today where your name is praised and glorified.

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 That you would be calling sinners to yourself.

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 That you would be calling people to turn to you.

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 And to weep over their sin.

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 But to rejoice in the joy of salvation.

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 And so we pray, Lord, for all who go out with your word today to all ends of the earth.

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 That the promise of your word will be fulfilled.

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 That it will not return empty or void.

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 But accomplish all that you have sent it forth for.

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 And so bless us together even here.

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 And all your people who gather in your name.

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 Remember us in our homes and in our families.

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 In our communities as a whole.

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 We know, Lord, that every need we have is known unto you.

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 Every burden that we carry.

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 Every prayer that we offer up.

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 You hear.

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 And are able to answer according to your will.

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 We do pray for our communities.

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 We pray for all our people.

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 We thank you for our young ones who are in Sunday school.

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 And tweenies and creche and Bible class.

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 We thank you for the many that we see coming.

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 Week by week.

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 And thank you for each home and family that they come from.

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 We pray your peace and your blessing over them.

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 And we thank you too, Lord, for those in different needs at this time.

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 We know that the needs around us are so many.

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 There are those who are grieving and mourning.

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 We thank you, Lord, for the comfort.

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 For the grace that sustains and keeps in these times.

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 We remember those who are unwell at home or in hospital.

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 We pray for them, Lord, that you would surround them with your loving arms.

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 That you would uphold them and keep them also.

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 And even maybe those who are tuning in online today from home or hospital.

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 We thank you for the ways that we can still communicate the gospel in that way.

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 And that they can feel part of our congregation here.

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 And we pray that they would know that union that is found in Christ.

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 That we are one in Christ Jesus.

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 And even though they may not take part in the Lord's Supper physically.

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 That they would feel and know your presence.

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 Even remembering their Lord and their Saviour where they are.

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 And so, Lord, we plead with you to be in our midst.

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 To do us good.

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 To guide us and to help us.

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 To encourage us and to strengthen us.

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 Through your word and through all that we do today in our fellowship with one another.

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 That you would bless us with your unity.

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 With your presence.

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 And that we would glory in the Lord.

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 So hear our prayers.

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 Continue with us.

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 And go before us, pardoning our sin.

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 That's all we ask.

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 We ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Amen.

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 We're going to read together now from the word of God.

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 Two readings we're going to have.

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 First of all, in the Old Testament.

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 In the book of Isaiah.

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 In chapter 53.

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 Isaiah chapter 53.

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 Just a few verses from this chapter.

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 From verse 4 to verse 7.

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 And then we'll turn.

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 And our second reading is in John chapter 19.

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 So our first reading in Isaiah chapter 53.

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 You'll find it around page 742 of the church Bibles.

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 And at verse 4.

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 Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.

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 Yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God and afflicted.

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 But he was wounded for our transgressions.

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 He was crushed for our iniquities.

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 Upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace.

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 And with his stripes we are healed.

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 All we like sheep have gone astray.

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 We have turned everyone to his own way.

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 And the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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 He was oppressed and he was afflicted.

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 Yet he opened not his mouth.

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 Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter.

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 And like a sheep that before its shearers is silent.

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 So he opened not his mouth.

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 Then we'll turn to our second reading in the Gospel of John chapter 19.

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 We're going to read from verse 14 down to verse 30.

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 We find this about page 1091 of the church Bibles.

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 Gospel of John chapter 19.

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 I'm reading from verse 14 to verse 30.

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 Here we find Jesus before Pilate in this chapter.

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 Pilate speaking to him and asking him questions.

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 And in verse 9 you see that he speaks there to him.

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 He entered his quarters again and said to Jesus,

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 Where are you from?

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 But Jesus gave him no answer.

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 He was silent as we see what we read in Isaiah 53.

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 But then we take up our reading at verse 14.

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 Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover.

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 It was about the sixth hour.

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 He said to the Jews, Behold your king.

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 They cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him.

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 Pilate said to them, Shall I crucify your king?

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 The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.

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 So he delivered him over to them to be crucified.

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 So they took Jesus and he went out, bearing his own cross,

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 to the place called the place of the skull,

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 which in Aramaic is called Golgotha.

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 There they crucified him, and with him two others,

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 one on either side, and Jesus between them.

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 Pilate, who wrote an inscription and put it on the cross,

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 it read, Jesus of Nazareth, the king of the Jews.

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 Many of the Jews read this inscription,

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 for the place where Jesus was crucified was near the city,

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 and it was written in Aramaic, in Latin, and in Greek.

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 So the chief priests of the Jews said to Pilate,

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 Do not write, The king of the Jews,

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 but rather this man said, I am the king of the Jews.

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 Pilate answered, What I have written, I have written.

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 When the soldiers had crucified Jesus,

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 they took his garments and divided them into four parts,

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 one part for each soldier, and also his tunic.

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 But the tunic was seamless, woven in one piece from top to bottom.

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 So they said to one another,

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 Let us not tear it, but cast lots for it,

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 to see whose it shall be.

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 This was to fulfill the scripture which says,

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 They divided my garments among them,

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 and for my clothing they cast lots.

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 So the soldiers did these things,

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 but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother,

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 and his mother's sister,

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 Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.

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 When Jesus saw his mother,

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 and the disciples whom he loved standing nearby,

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 he said to his mother,

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 Woman, behold your son.

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 Then he said to the disciple,

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 Behold your mother.

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 And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.

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 After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished,

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 said to fulfill the scripture,

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 I thirst.

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 A jar full of sour wine stood there,

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 So they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch,

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 and held it to his mouth.

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 When Jesus had received the sour wine,

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 he said,

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 It is finished.

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 And he bowed his head,

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 and gave up his spirit.

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 Amen.

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 And may God bless these readings from his word.

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 Before we come to consider these words together,

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 we're going to sing once again,

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 this time in Gaelic,

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 in Psalm 23.

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 We're singing two verses in Gaelic.

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 You'll find them on the front of the order of service.

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 The words are there on the bulletin sheet,

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 I should say.

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 The words are on the front of the bulletin sheet,

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 in both Gaelic and English.

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 We'll be singing this psalm.

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 We remain seated for the singing of the Gaelic psalm.

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 The Lord's my shepherd,

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 I'll not want these well-known words.

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 We remain seated and sing this psalm in Gaelic.

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 We remain seated.

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 We remain seated.

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 We remain seated.

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 We remain seated.

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 Thank you.

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 Thank you.

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 Isaiah 53 verse 7.

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 He was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet opened not his mouth.

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 Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter is really the text that we have this morning.

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 We began last evening with a theme of looking at the Lamb of God over this weekend.

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 And last night we were looking at the opening chapter in John's Gospel where John the Baptist

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 looked and saw Jesus coming towards him and said these well-known words,

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 Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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 And that is really what we're looking at over this weekend.

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 The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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 Last evening we thought of it under the heading, The Lamb of God Promised.

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 We saw how the Lamb of God was promised, seeing it from the Old Testament and fulfillment into the New.

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 And this morning we're considering the Lamb of God punished.

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 The purpose for which the Lamb of God came was that he would give his life.

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 And what we see in Isaiah here is Isaiah depicting it in that way.

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 The Lamb that is led to the slaughter, the Lamb who died for our sins.

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 It's amazing how often people use phrases without realizing where they come from.

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 How often do you hear people saying things like,

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 The blind leading the blind.

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 Or by the skin of our teeth.

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 Or no peace or no rest for the wicked.

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 They're almost everyday occurrences when you hear these kinds of phrases being used.

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 But what's amazing is that people don't realize the seriousness of them.

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 Because they are from the Word of God.

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 They are all words that we find in the Scriptures.

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 The blind leading the blind is found in Matthew and Luke's Gospel.

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 By the skin of our teeth is found in the book of Job, chapter 19.

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 Where he says,

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 I am nothing but skin and bones.

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 I have escaped with only the skin of my teeth.

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 And you also have no rest or no peace.

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 For the wicked, Isaiah uses that phrase twice.

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 In chapter 48 and chapter 57.

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 And so there are phrases, everyday phrases,

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 that are used.

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 And yet they don't realize where they come from.

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 And perhaps one of the most serious ones in that sense,

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 not recognizing that it's from the Word of God,

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 is people who say they were like lambs to the slaughter.

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 They were led like lambs to the slaughter.

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 Without thinking or realizing where it comes from,

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 without realizing the background to these words,

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 it can be used so flippantly.

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 They were just like lambs to the slaughter.

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 And in the passages we have read,

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 first of all in Isaiah,

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 here and then in the Gospel of John,

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 we see just how significant this phrase is.

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 Led like a lamb to the slaughter.

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 And how for all believers,

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 these words are such a key to the hope

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 that we have of salvation in Jesus Christ.

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 As John the Baptist said,

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 Behold the lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.

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 What Isaiah is saying here is,

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 Behold the lamb of God who was led,

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 the Savior who was led like a lamb to the slaughter.

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 And when we think of how this phrase is used today,

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 it's often applied to people being led somewhere

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 where unbeknown to them,

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 something terrible is going to happen.

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 And I remember I've read a number of books

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 from the Second World War

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 and especially about the suffering

00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:06.720
 of those who were in concentration camps.

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 And they were promised peace.

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 They were promised work.

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 They were given all these promises.

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 And yet the phrase that is often used of them

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 was they were led like lambs to the slaughter.

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 They didn't realize where they were going.

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 But when you look at the Lord Jesus

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 and when you see these words applied to him,

00:24:34.660 --> 00:24:37.200
 that he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,

00:24:37.920 --> 00:24:41.779
 it wasn't that he didn't know where he was going.

00:24:42.500 --> 00:24:45.160
 He knew what lay ahead of him.

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 He had given the prediction of his death

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 at least three times before it came to pass.

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 He had told his disciples,

00:24:54.919 --> 00:24:56.000
 he had told his people

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 that he was going to give his life.

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 And so he knew where he was going.

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 And yet he was led like a lamb to the slaughter

00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:09.839
 because he was going there

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 because it was required to save sinners,

00:25:13.960 --> 00:25:17.419
 to save you and to save me from our sins.

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 Behold, the lamb of God

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 who takes away the sins of the world

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 is this lamb who was led to the slaughter.

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 And it is this lamb that we remember together today.

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 It's this lamb that we see represented before us

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 in the bread and the wine.

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 And so I want us to think of the lamb again today,

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 the lamb who was led to the slaughter.

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 And we're going to think about it under three headings.

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 And the first one is the lamb who was silent.

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 The lamb who was silent.

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 And then we're going to think about the lamb who is Lord.

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 And then thirdly, the lamb who was led.

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 So the first thing we're going to think about

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 is the lamb who was silent.

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 What we have in our text there in verse 7 of Isaiah 53.

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 Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter

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 and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent.

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 So he opened not his mouth.

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 He opened not his mouth.

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 The silence of Christ is something

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 that leaves an impression in itself.

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 We know that there are words that he spoke

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 as we see in the Gospels,

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 but there are times when he does not answer.

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 There are times when he says nothing

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 in response to questions that are put to him.

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 We see it in the account that Luke gives

00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:47.059
 where he's before Herod

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 in all the questions that Herod was asking of him.

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 He said nothing.

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 And we see it here in the Gospel of John

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 as well in verse 9, as I mentioned earlier,

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 when he was asked, where are you from?

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 But Jesus gave him no answer.

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 You have it in the Gospel of Mark,

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 again with Pilate.

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 When he was before Pilate,

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 Pilate asked him again, saying,

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 do you answer nothing,

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 seeing how many things they testify against you,

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 but Jesus still answered nothing.

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 So that Pilate marveled, it says in the Gospel of Mark.

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 He marveled at the silence of Jesus before him.

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 Pilate was unable to find fault with him.

00:27:35.560 --> 00:27:38.279
 Herod couldn't find fault with him,

00:27:38.779 --> 00:27:42.539
 and yet they both see him innocent before him,

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 and yet silent, giving no response.

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 What would you do if you were falsely accused?

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 Would you stay silent?

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 Surely you would stand and defend yourself

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 to say all these accusations are false.

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 There is no truth in them.

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 Well, imagine having to stand before accusers,

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 and the punishment is death if you are found guilty.

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 Would you say nothing?

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 Would you remain silent?

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 Well, Jesus is here before his accusers,

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 and he knows the outcome of this trial,

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 that he is going to the cross,

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 and yet he opens not his mouth.

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 Why was he silent?

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 Well, he wasn't there to defend himself.

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 He was there as the Lamb of God

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 who had come to take away the sin of the world.

00:28:47.019 --> 00:28:51.259
 He was there not to defend himself,

00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:53.879
 but to defend us,

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 to defend you and to defend me.

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 And therefore he couldn't open his mouth and defend us,

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 because we are sinners.

00:29:04.619 --> 00:29:06.339
 He couldn't open his mouth and say,

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 my people are innocent,

00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:10.579
 because we are guilty.

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:14.240
 But here is the Lamb of God

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:17.379
 who takes away the sin of the world.

00:29:18.439 --> 00:29:21.099
 And so because he had come for his people,

00:29:21.319 --> 00:29:23.000
 he opened not his mouth.

00:29:23.659 --> 00:29:24.859
 He was silent.

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 He didn't defend himself.

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 Because as Isaiah makes clear for us

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 in our reading in the verses just before,

00:29:36.419 --> 00:29:38.339
 when he speaks of, in verse 6,

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 So we like sheep have gone astray,

00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:42.919
 we have turned everyone to his own way,

00:29:42.959 --> 00:29:44.500
 and the Lord has laid on him

00:29:44.500 --> 00:29:46.759
 the iniquity of us all.

00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:49.539
 We have gone astray,

00:29:50.539 --> 00:29:52.459
 but the Lamb of God has come

00:29:52.459 --> 00:29:55.059
 to take away the sin of the world.

00:29:56.199 --> 00:29:57.799
 The preacher Andrew Bonner,

00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:02.319
 he often spoke about an illustration about sheep.

00:30:02.319 --> 00:30:06.439
 And he used to reflect on how you would see sheep

00:30:06.439 --> 00:30:10.059
 often get themselves into situations of trouble.

00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:12.599
 And there was one particular story

00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.960
 often recounted was

00:30:13.960 --> 00:30:17.500
 how sheep would often jump down onto a ledge

00:30:17.500 --> 00:30:20.139
 where there was grass that looked so sweet.

00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:22.859
 But what they would find was

00:30:22.859 --> 00:30:24.099
 that where they had jumped down,

00:30:24.200 --> 00:30:25.079
 they couldn't get off.

00:30:25.759 --> 00:30:27.740
 They couldn't get back out of the situation

00:30:27.740 --> 00:30:29.939
 that they'd put themselves in.

00:30:29.940 --> 00:30:32.840
 And what caught his attention was this,

00:30:32.900 --> 00:30:33.759
 how the shepherd,

00:30:34.380 --> 00:30:36.799
 instead of immediately going down to the sheep

00:30:36.799 --> 00:30:37.640
 and rescuing it,

00:30:37.700 --> 00:30:38.440
 would leave it.

00:30:39.259 --> 00:30:41.240
 Would leave it for a few days even

00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:43.519
 until it had eaten all the grass,

00:30:44.420 --> 00:30:47.880
 until it was starting to get tired and weary.

00:30:49.220 --> 00:30:50.799
 And only then would the shepherd

00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:54.100
 at that point go down with a rope

00:30:54.100 --> 00:30:56.519
 to lift the sheep out from the ledge

00:30:56.519 --> 00:30:57.420
 it was stuck on.

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:59.380
 And he would ask,

00:30:59.820 --> 00:31:00.100
 why?

00:31:01.539 --> 00:31:03.000
 Why don't you just go down

00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:04.600
 and rescue the sheep immediately?

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.940
 And the shepherd would say,

00:31:07.039 --> 00:31:07.980
 well, if I did that,

00:31:08.120 --> 00:31:09.380
 the sheep are so foolish

00:31:09.380 --> 00:31:12.300
 that they would just dash off the edge of the cliff.

00:31:12.560 --> 00:31:13.460
 You have to wait

00:31:13.460 --> 00:31:15.880
 until they're tired and weary.

00:31:17.060 --> 00:31:18.080
 And only then

00:31:18.080 --> 00:31:20.740
 can you go down and rescue them

00:31:20.740 --> 00:31:22.120
 when they're helpless.

00:31:22.119 --> 00:31:26.039
 And he was making this illustration

00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:28.819
 to say that is the way with us.

00:31:29.179 --> 00:31:31.119
 All we like sheep have gone astray.

00:31:31.199 --> 00:31:32.779
 We've turned each to our own way.

00:31:33.119 --> 00:31:35.179
 But we're so busy in what we're doing,

00:31:35.239 --> 00:31:36.799
 we're not listening to God.

00:31:37.659 --> 00:31:40.459
 We're not listening to what his word is saying to us.

00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:42.399
 That we are in danger,

00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:44.479
 that we are in our sin lost.

00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:47.079
 We won't listen until that point

00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:49.099
 where we are made to feel helpless

00:31:49.099 --> 00:31:51.159
 and hopeless.

00:31:52.919 --> 00:31:55.659
 And only then is he able to save.

00:31:55.660 --> 00:32:00.759
 We are sheep who have gone astray.

00:32:01.900 --> 00:32:04.060
 But we have a shepherd who has come.

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:07.320
 But he has come as a lamb.

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:09.460
 He has come as a lamb.

00:32:09.560 --> 00:32:10.940
 He has come as one of us

00:32:10.940 --> 00:32:13.840
 to take away our sin.

00:32:15.220 --> 00:32:18.400
 In our action in coming to the Lord's table today,

00:32:18.540 --> 00:32:21.240
 we do so in silence.

00:32:22.019 --> 00:32:24.920
 And yet our actions speak loudly.

00:32:25.660 --> 00:32:27.259
 What we are doing,

00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:29.720
 we are showing that we are not

00:32:29.720 --> 00:32:32.279
 struggling and shouting anymore

00:32:32.279 --> 00:32:33.400
 against the Lord,

00:32:34.220 --> 00:32:37.600
 but that we are resting in Christ,

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.380
 our Saviour.

00:32:40.519 --> 00:32:43.300
 We are still before him.

00:32:44.660 --> 00:32:46.220
 But maybe you're sitting,

00:32:46.840 --> 00:32:48.380
 looking on today as well,

00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:52.440
 and you're still in that restless place.

00:32:53.140 --> 00:32:55.100
 You're still in that point in life

00:32:55.099 --> 00:32:57.159
 where you're still like the sheep

00:32:57.159 --> 00:32:58.879
 who has gone astray,

00:32:59.719 --> 00:33:01.159
 who turned to your own way.

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:05.240
 But the Lord is speaking to you as well.

00:33:06.319 --> 00:33:07.299
 And he is saying,

00:33:07.419 --> 00:33:08.019
 Be still,

00:33:08.879 --> 00:33:10.459
 and come to me.

00:33:11.699 --> 00:33:13.240
 The one who was silent,

00:33:13.939 --> 00:33:15.839
 the one who opened not his mouth,

00:33:15.919 --> 00:33:18.019
 the one who was led like a lamb

00:33:18.019 --> 00:33:19.399
 to the slaughter,

00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:22.060
 the lamb of God,

00:33:22.100 --> 00:33:25.500
 who came to take away the sin of the world.

00:33:25.620 --> 00:33:27.880
 It's the one that we are to behold

00:33:27.880 --> 00:33:30.519
 and to look at today.

00:33:31.800 --> 00:33:33.620
 So the first thing there we have

00:33:33.620 --> 00:33:37.740
 is the lamb who was silent.

00:33:38.300 --> 00:33:39.560
 The second thing we have

00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:41.640
 is the lamb who is Lord.

00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:47.860
 And we notice this in Isaiah speaking about it as well,

00:33:48.200 --> 00:33:50.880
 how he was oppressed and afflicted,

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:52.320
 yet he opened not his mouth.

00:33:52.860 --> 00:33:53.880
 Why did he do that?

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:55.980
 Because he had authority,

00:33:56.180 --> 00:33:57.200
 because he had power.

00:33:58.340 --> 00:33:59.300
 He was Lord.

00:34:00.759 --> 00:34:02.960
 And we see it too in the Gospel of John.

00:34:03.500 --> 00:34:04.900
 Especially there we're going to reflect

00:34:04.900 --> 00:34:07.120
 for a few moments on this point,

00:34:07.200 --> 00:34:08.480
 the lamb who is Lord,

00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:11.199
 we see it here in different ways.

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:13.440
 We see it first with Pilate.

00:34:15.420 --> 00:34:17.340
 Pilate is an interesting character

00:34:17.340 --> 00:34:18.519
 as you look at him here

00:34:18.519 --> 00:34:20.740
 when he's got Jesus before him.

00:34:20.760 --> 00:34:22.900
 He finds no fault with him.

00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:27.420
 And it's so many of the things that Pilate says

00:34:27.420 --> 00:34:30.119
 that make you wonder just where he was.

00:34:31.679 --> 00:34:34.960
 Pilate said to him in verse 38 of chapter 18,

00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:36.659
 What is truth?

00:34:36.659 --> 00:34:39.420
 What a question to ask.

00:34:39.539 --> 00:34:40.440
 What is truth?

00:34:40.619 --> 00:34:42.099
 There's this kind of wondering

00:34:42.099 --> 00:34:44.239
 and looking and seeing this Jesus.

00:34:44.379 --> 00:34:44.619
 And he's saying,

00:34:44.719 --> 00:34:45.699
 What is truth?

00:34:46.799 --> 00:34:49.099
 And in the whole encounter with Pilate and Jesus

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:51.799
 and the questions that are back and forth,

00:34:51.940 --> 00:34:53.319
 you see that there is an interest

00:34:53.319 --> 00:34:55.259
 being stirred up in him.

00:34:56.119 --> 00:34:56.779
 At one point,

00:34:56.839 --> 00:34:58.980
 he just wanted to give him away to Herod.

00:34:59.019 --> 00:35:00.420
 You make the decision almost.

00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:02.719
 Just take it out of my hands.

00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:06.339
 He doesn't want to make this decision

00:35:06.339 --> 00:35:07.959
 and yet he comes to the point,

00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:08.659
 as we all do,

00:35:08.699 --> 00:35:09.619
 where we have to decide,

00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:11.679
 What will you do with Christ?

00:35:14.539 --> 00:35:16.399
 And Pilate here,

00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:18.679
 he sees him as king.

00:35:20.359 --> 00:35:22.719
 He says in there in verse 14,

00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:25.239
 Now it was the day of preparation of the Passover.

00:35:25.399 --> 00:35:26.339
 It was about the sixth hour.

00:35:26.419 --> 00:35:27.359
 He said to the Jews,

00:35:27.360 --> 00:35:29.320
 Behold your king.

00:35:30.820 --> 00:35:32.220
 But they cried out,

00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:33.140
 Away with him,

00:35:33.180 --> 00:35:33.860
 away with him.

00:35:34.780 --> 00:35:36.480
 Shall I crucify your king?

00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:37.440
 He said.

00:35:37.500 --> 00:35:38.380
 We have no king,

00:35:38.500 --> 00:35:40.200
 but Caesar was their response.

00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:41.860
 So there's this debate going on.

00:35:42.059 --> 00:35:43.200
 Who is Lord?

00:35:44.099 --> 00:35:44.960
 And Pilate is always saying,

00:35:45.260 --> 00:35:46.360
 Here is your king.

00:35:47.019 --> 00:35:48.099
 Here is your Lord.

00:35:48.180 --> 00:35:48.860
 And they're saying,

00:35:49.180 --> 00:35:50.860
 He is no lord to us.

00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:52.680
 We have no lord.

00:35:52.740 --> 00:35:53.460
 We have no king,

00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:54.860
 but Caesar.

00:35:54.860 --> 00:35:54.960
 Caesar.

00:35:57.360 --> 00:36:00.099
 So there's this dilemma going on.

00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:03.300
 And that's the way we can often come as well.

00:36:03.720 --> 00:36:05.140
 We have this dilemma of,

00:36:05.260 --> 00:36:06.420
 Well, who is our Lord?

00:36:06.539 --> 00:36:07.680
 What is truth?

00:36:08.680 --> 00:36:11.500
 What can make me come to the Lord's table?

00:36:11.640 --> 00:36:13.700
 Can I come to the Lord's table?

00:36:13.740 --> 00:36:15.880
 We're being torn in different directions.

00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:20.599
 We can try and avoid the whole subject of Jesus ourselves as well.

00:36:21.099 --> 00:36:21.740
 We can say,

00:36:21.740 --> 00:36:22.900
 Well, it's not for me,

00:36:23.000 --> 00:36:25.320
 but there's no hiding from Jesus.

00:36:27.360 --> 00:36:30.700
 And as Jesus is taken away,

00:36:32.300 --> 00:36:35.840
 the chief priests came to him in verse 21,

00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:36.579
 Do not write,

00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:38.140
 The king of the Jews,

00:36:38.260 --> 00:36:38.760
 but rather,

00:36:39.260 --> 00:36:40.200
 This man said,

00:36:40.300 --> 00:36:41.360
 I am the king of the Jews.

00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:42.599
 But Pilate's answered,

00:36:43.160 --> 00:36:43.920
 What I have written,

00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.200
 I have written.

00:36:48.099 --> 00:36:49.400
 I am the king.

00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:52.740
 The king of the Jews is what he kept.

00:36:54.200 --> 00:36:55.960
 There was something he was seeing.

00:36:56.820 --> 00:36:58.220
 That this Jesus,

00:36:58.380 --> 00:36:58.960
 this Christ,

00:36:59.039 --> 00:36:59.700
 he was Lord.

00:37:01.680 --> 00:37:04.280
 And that's the question we have to answer today as well.

00:37:04.360 --> 00:37:05.700
 Who is he to us?

00:37:06.840 --> 00:37:08.380
 Is he your Lord?

00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:11.180
 Is he your king?

00:37:11.179 --> 00:37:13.239
 And if he is,

00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:14.199
 you come.

00:37:15.359 --> 00:37:16.639
 Because he is Lord.

00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:19.299
 He is God of all.

00:37:20.679 --> 00:37:23.000
 We are reminded too of how he is Lord

00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:28.000
 and the reaction of the soldiers as we see here.

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:30.239
 In verse 23,

00:37:30.239 --> 00:37:32.199
 when the soldiers had crucified Jesus,

00:37:32.779 --> 00:37:33.639
 they took his garments

00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:35.500
 and divided them into four parts,

00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:37.099
 one part for each soldier,

00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:38.699
 also his tunic.

00:37:39.199 --> 00:37:40.639
 But the tunic was seamless,

00:37:41.019 --> 00:37:43.479
 woven into one piece from top to bottom.

00:37:43.579 --> 00:37:44.659
 So they said to one another,

00:37:45.159 --> 00:37:46.559
 Let us not tear it,

00:37:46.599 --> 00:37:47.659
 but cast lots

00:37:47.659 --> 00:37:50.199
 to see whose it shall be.

00:37:50.619 --> 00:37:52.319
 And this was to fulfill scripture,

00:37:52.419 --> 00:37:52.899
 which says,

00:37:52.959 --> 00:37:54.879
 He divided my garments among them,

00:37:55.219 --> 00:37:56.419
 and for my clothing

00:37:56.419 --> 00:37:58.459
 they cast lots.

00:37:58.460 --> 00:38:00.039
 It's an interesting thing here

00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:02.280
 that what's the point here

00:38:02.280 --> 00:38:04.760
 that they cast lots for his garments.

00:38:05.619 --> 00:38:08.079
 One of the things that people speak about here

00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:09.420
 is the garment,

00:38:09.740 --> 00:38:10.880
 the tunic especially,

00:38:11.019 --> 00:38:12.800
 was woven in one piece

00:38:12.800 --> 00:38:15.139
 from top to bottom.

00:38:16.079 --> 00:38:19.139
 And that there's a significance in that.

00:38:20.420 --> 00:38:22.500
 And that there was a change

00:38:22.500 --> 00:38:24.340
 coming into the system now.

00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:26.740
 A change coming into the world.

00:38:27.199 --> 00:38:28.380
 Because as we were looking at

00:38:28.380 --> 00:38:29.300
 last night,

00:38:29.920 --> 00:38:31.519
 behold the Lamb of God.

00:38:31.599 --> 00:38:32.599
 The Lamb of God

00:38:32.599 --> 00:38:35.240
 was the Lamb that was slain

00:38:35.240 --> 00:38:35.880
 once a year

00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:37.500
 for the forgiveness of sin.

00:38:38.480 --> 00:38:39.800
 And there was a high priest

00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:41.000
 who would take the Lamb

00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:42.660
 into the Holy of Holies.

00:38:43.140 --> 00:38:45.240
 And only he could go in.

00:38:45.880 --> 00:38:46.920
 And the high priest,

00:38:47.059 --> 00:38:48.680
 we are told in Exodus 39,

00:38:48.880 --> 00:38:50.539
 would wear a tunic

00:38:50.539 --> 00:38:51.680
 that was seamless,

00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:53.360
 that was made in one piece,

00:38:53.579 --> 00:38:54.240
 representing,

00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:55.960
 going in without blemish

00:38:55.960 --> 00:38:56.980
 or without flaw.

00:38:56.980 --> 00:39:00.079
 And here we find

00:39:00.079 --> 00:39:00.960
 that the garment,

00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:03.039
 the tunic that Jesus was wearing,

00:39:03.500 --> 00:39:04.860
 it was in one piece,

00:39:05.159 --> 00:39:05.780
 seamless,

00:39:06.079 --> 00:39:08.340
 woven from top to bottom.

00:39:08.340 --> 00:39:12.980
 And there's significance in this.

00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:15.780
 In who Jesus is being seen as.

00:39:16.120 --> 00:39:17.000
 He is now going to be

00:39:17.000 --> 00:39:18.940
 the great high priest.

00:39:20.360 --> 00:39:22.480
 And the night before

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:24.480
 Jesus' crucifixion,

00:39:24.980 --> 00:39:27.000
 in Mark 14, verse 61,

00:39:28.039 --> 00:39:29.200
 again he was appearing

00:39:29.200 --> 00:39:31.019
 before the high priest.

00:39:31.140 --> 00:39:32.360
 And the high priest asked him,

00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:33.860
 Are you the Christ,

00:39:34.000 --> 00:39:35.000
 the Son of the Blessed?

00:39:35.079 --> 00:39:36.019
 And Jesus said,

00:39:36.440 --> 00:39:37.039
 I am.

00:39:38.059 --> 00:39:39.700
 You will see the Son of Man

00:39:39.700 --> 00:39:41.660
 seated at the right hand of power

00:39:41.660 --> 00:39:44.140
 and coming with clouds of heaven.

00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:46.320
 And then it goes on to say this,

00:39:46.380 --> 00:39:49.079
 the high priest tore his garments

00:39:49.079 --> 00:39:50.539
 and said,

00:39:50.660 --> 00:39:53.320
 What further witness do we need?

00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:56.039
 You have heard this blasphemy.

00:39:56.460 --> 00:39:57.599
 What is your decision?

00:39:57.680 --> 00:39:59.059
 And they all condemned him

00:39:59.059 --> 00:40:01.019
 as deserving death.

00:40:01.019 --> 00:40:04.099
 The high priest tore his own garments.

00:40:05.059 --> 00:40:06.800
 What was forbidden by the law

00:40:06.800 --> 00:40:08.159
 in the Old Testament,

00:40:08.340 --> 00:40:08.759
 he did.

00:40:10.039 --> 00:40:11.619
 And people are saying

00:40:11.619 --> 00:40:13.219
 this was how it was being seen

00:40:13.219 --> 00:40:15.119
 as the old system was gone

00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:16.300
 and the new was coming.

00:40:17.519 --> 00:40:19.119
 Here is the Lamb of God

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:21.340
 fulfilled in Jesus Christ,

00:40:21.420 --> 00:40:22.380
 the one who came

00:40:22.380 --> 00:40:24.480
 to take away the sin of the world

00:40:24.480 --> 00:40:25.500
 so that no longer

00:40:25.500 --> 00:40:27.079
 was the system going to be

00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:28.980
 the high priest himself going in,

00:40:28.980 --> 00:40:31.260
 but Jesus as high priest.

00:40:32.320 --> 00:40:34.860
 Once and for all sacrificed.

00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:37.780
 So that now we have access to God

00:40:37.780 --> 00:40:39.099
 through our Lord

00:40:39.099 --> 00:40:40.619
 who is Jesus Christ.

00:40:42.099 --> 00:40:43.480
 He is Lord.

00:40:45.039 --> 00:40:46.159
 And you see it too

00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:48.440
 in the reaction of the people

00:40:48.440 --> 00:40:50.579
 in verse 15.

00:40:50.579 --> 00:40:53.659
 We have no king

00:40:53.659 --> 00:40:55.099
 but Caesar, they said.

00:40:55.519 --> 00:40:56.440
 But what were they saying

00:40:56.440 --> 00:40:57.319
 before that?

00:40:57.940 --> 00:40:58.940
 Crucify him.

00:40:59.719 --> 00:41:00.619
 Crucify him.

00:41:01.039 --> 00:41:02.819
 Away with him.

00:41:05.819 --> 00:41:08.900
 All these different responses.

00:41:09.900 --> 00:41:10.440
 Pilate,

00:41:10.960 --> 00:41:11.380
 Herod,

00:41:11.920 --> 00:41:12.860
 the soldiers,

00:41:13.799 --> 00:41:14.460
 the people,

00:41:14.599 --> 00:41:15.319
 the crowds,

00:41:16.099 --> 00:41:17.319
 they're all significant

00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:19.900
 because they're all

00:41:19.900 --> 00:41:20.800
 making the point

00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:22.880
 who is Lord

00:41:22.880 --> 00:41:25.300
 and what is

00:41:25.300 --> 00:41:26.600
 your verdict

00:41:26.600 --> 00:41:27.940
 of Christ.

00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:30.820
 Will you avoid him

00:41:30.820 --> 00:41:32.019
 or trying to push him away?

00:41:32.880 --> 00:41:33.960
 Will you mock him?

00:41:34.380 --> 00:41:36.080
 Will you shout his condemnation?

00:41:37.380 --> 00:41:38.680
 Or will you instead

00:41:38.680 --> 00:41:40.019
 take hold of him

00:41:40.019 --> 00:41:41.500
 as the one who is

00:41:41.500 --> 00:41:42.740
 the Lamb of God

00:41:42.740 --> 00:41:43.320
 who came

00:41:43.320 --> 00:41:44.580
 to take away

00:41:44.580 --> 00:41:45.200
 the sin

00:41:45.200 --> 00:41:46.440
 of the world?

00:41:46.440 --> 00:41:48.519
 We are shown

00:41:48.519 --> 00:41:49.619
 the Lamb

00:41:49.619 --> 00:41:51.039
 who was Lord.

00:41:52.300 --> 00:41:53.119
 But is he Lord

00:41:53.119 --> 00:41:54.519
 for you?

00:41:56.079 --> 00:41:57.619
 But before you answer that,

00:41:58.260 --> 00:41:59.119
 there's one other thing

00:41:59.119 --> 00:42:00.599
 we want to consider here.

00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:02.240
 And that is to see

00:42:02.240 --> 00:42:03.460
 what Jesus did

00:42:03.460 --> 00:42:05.099
 for his people.

00:42:06.139 --> 00:42:06.920
 And there we see

00:42:06.920 --> 00:42:07.599
 the Lamb

00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:09.039
 who was led

00:42:09.039 --> 00:42:09.860
 away.

00:42:10.920 --> 00:42:11.760
 As we see it

00:42:11.760 --> 00:42:13.500
 in Isaiah 53

00:42:13.500 --> 00:42:14.280
 verse 7,

00:42:14.360 --> 00:42:14.980
 he was led

00:42:14.980 --> 00:42:16.280
 like a lamb

00:42:16.280 --> 00:42:17.460
 to the slaughter.

00:42:18.579 --> 00:42:19.639
 We see it also

00:42:19.639 --> 00:42:20.340
 here

00:42:20.340 --> 00:42:22.079
 in verse 16

00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:22.780
 and 17

00:42:22.780 --> 00:42:23.880
 of John 19.

00:42:24.579 --> 00:42:25.699
 So he delivered him

00:42:25.699 --> 00:42:26.719
 over to them

00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:28.159
 to be crucified.

00:42:28.500 --> 00:42:29.599
 So they took Jesus

00:42:29.599 --> 00:42:31.420
 and he went out

00:42:31.420 --> 00:42:33.240
 bearing his own cross

00:42:33.240 --> 00:42:34.559
 to the place

00:42:34.559 --> 00:42:35.039
 called

00:42:35.039 --> 00:42:35.619
 the place

00:42:35.619 --> 00:42:36.420
 of the skull

00:42:36.420 --> 00:42:38.260
 which is in Aramaic,

00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:39.800
 which in Aramaic

00:42:39.800 --> 00:42:40.579
 is called

00:42:40.579 --> 00:42:42.139
 Golgotha.

00:42:42.139 --> 00:42:44.500
 He was led.

00:42:45.420 --> 00:42:46.099
 The Lamb

00:42:46.099 --> 00:42:46.719
 was led

00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:47.699
 away.

00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:49.559
 But all the time

00:42:49.559 --> 00:42:50.099
 the people

00:42:50.099 --> 00:42:50.779
 are leading him.

00:42:51.940 --> 00:42:53.199
 Or so it seems.

00:42:53.460 --> 00:42:54.079
 They were leading him

00:42:54.079 --> 00:42:55.659
 to Pilate,

00:42:55.839 --> 00:42:56.779
 to the high priest,

00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:57.779
 to Herod

00:42:57.779 --> 00:42:59.279
 and eventually

00:42:59.279 --> 00:43:00.099
 leading him out

00:43:00.099 --> 00:43:01.339
 to be crucified.

00:43:03.179 --> 00:43:04.199
 And it would seem

00:43:04.199 --> 00:43:05.079
 they get

00:43:05.079 --> 00:43:06.639
 what they want.

00:43:07.839 --> 00:43:08.819
 The Lamb

00:43:08.819 --> 00:43:09.500
 of God

00:43:09.500 --> 00:43:10.900
 was punished.

00:43:10.900 --> 00:43:11.079
 punished.

00:43:12.660 --> 00:43:13.539
 But when you look

00:43:13.539 --> 00:43:14.320
 at where he was

00:43:14.320 --> 00:43:15.340
 being led to,

00:43:16.619 --> 00:43:17.539
 as he was led

00:43:17.539 --> 00:43:18.160
 away

00:43:18.160 --> 00:43:19.240
 bearing his own

00:43:19.240 --> 00:43:19.720
 cross

00:43:19.720 --> 00:43:20.420
 to the place

00:43:20.420 --> 00:43:21.460
 called the skull

00:43:21.460 --> 00:43:22.460
 to Golgotha

00:43:22.460 --> 00:43:23.619
 to Calvary

00:43:23.619 --> 00:43:24.360
 as it's known,

00:43:25.160 --> 00:43:26.720
 we see he was

00:43:26.720 --> 00:43:27.360
 being led

00:43:27.360 --> 00:43:27.920
 away

00:43:27.920 --> 00:43:29.500
 to fulfill

00:43:29.500 --> 00:43:30.380
 scripture.

00:43:31.840 --> 00:43:32.740
 The scripture

00:43:32.740 --> 00:43:33.380
 that we have

00:43:33.380 --> 00:43:34.639
 in Isaiah 53

00:43:34.639 --> 00:43:35.360
 verse 7,

00:43:35.460 --> 00:43:35.960
 the Lamb

00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:37.019
 was led

00:43:37.019 --> 00:43:38.160
 to the slaughter.

00:43:38.159 --> 00:43:41.079
 He was wounded

00:43:41.079 --> 00:43:42.539
 for our transgressions,

00:43:42.619 --> 00:43:43.679
 it says in verse 5

00:43:43.679 --> 00:43:45.079
 of Isaiah 53.

00:43:45.299 --> 00:43:46.079
 He was bruised

00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:46.960
 for our iniquities.

00:43:47.379 --> 00:43:48.119
 The chastisement

00:43:48.119 --> 00:43:48.940
 of our peace

00:43:48.940 --> 00:43:49.839
 was upon him

00:43:49.839 --> 00:43:51.539
 and by his stripes

00:43:51.539 --> 00:43:52.899
 we are healed.

00:43:54.019 --> 00:43:54.699
 He was led

00:43:54.699 --> 00:43:55.799
 out to suffer

00:43:55.799 --> 00:43:57.519
 in our place.

00:43:58.920 --> 00:43:59.879
 He was led

00:43:59.879 --> 00:44:00.199
 out,

00:44:00.420 --> 00:44:01.039
 condemned,

00:44:02.420 --> 00:44:03.440
 a sinner.

00:44:03.440 --> 00:44:06.400
 but his sacrifice

00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:08.360
 was for us.

00:44:09.900 --> 00:44:11.400
 It is through him

00:44:11.400 --> 00:44:12.800
 we can say

00:44:12.800 --> 00:44:13.940
 in my place

00:44:13.940 --> 00:44:15.039
 condemned

00:44:15.039 --> 00:44:16.440
 he stood.

00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:18.539
 He didn't open

00:44:18.539 --> 00:44:19.200
 his mouth,

00:44:19.700 --> 00:44:20.500
 he was led

00:44:20.500 --> 00:44:21.519
 to the cross.

00:44:22.019 --> 00:44:23.300
 Because of the sin

00:44:23.300 --> 00:44:24.480
 in your heart

00:44:24.480 --> 00:44:25.059
 and mine,

00:44:25.780 --> 00:44:26.440
 he was led

00:44:26.440 --> 00:44:27.200
 like a lamb

00:44:27.200 --> 00:44:28.539
 to the slaughter.

00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:30.360
 Because we all

00:44:30.360 --> 00:44:31.000
 like sheep

00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:32.079
 have gone astray,

00:44:32.159 --> 00:44:32.720
 we have turned

00:44:32.719 --> 00:44:33.879
 each to our

00:44:33.879 --> 00:44:34.899
 own way.

00:44:37.419 --> 00:44:38.419
 The cost

00:44:38.419 --> 00:44:39.239
 of our sin

00:44:39.239 --> 00:44:40.239
 was this lamb

00:44:40.239 --> 00:44:41.899
 being led away

00:44:41.899 --> 00:44:43.739
 to die

00:44:43.739 --> 00:44:45.439
 on the cross.

00:44:47.039 --> 00:44:48.179
 And it is the cross

00:44:48.179 --> 00:44:49.299
 that we are

00:44:49.299 --> 00:44:50.379
 to look to today.

00:44:51.019 --> 00:44:51.879
 It is the cross

00:44:51.879 --> 00:44:52.459
 that we see

00:44:52.459 --> 00:44:53.219
 before us

00:44:53.219 --> 00:44:54.139
 when we think

00:44:54.139 --> 00:44:55.000
 of the blood

00:44:55.000 --> 00:44:56.559
 and the body

00:44:56.559 --> 00:44:57.819
 that was shed

00:44:57.819 --> 00:44:58.419
 and broken

00:44:58.419 --> 00:44:59.899
 for his people.

00:44:59.900 --> 00:45:01.960
 There is a story

00:45:01.960 --> 00:45:02.740
 told of

00:45:02.740 --> 00:45:04.240
 a long time

00:45:04.240 --> 00:45:05.139
 ago in London

00:45:05.139 --> 00:45:06.599
 when London

00:45:06.599 --> 00:45:07.280
 wasn't as

00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:08.079
 enormous

00:45:08.079 --> 00:45:08.660
 as it is

00:45:08.660 --> 00:45:09.079
 today.

00:45:09.720 --> 00:45:10.340
 And the heart

00:45:10.340 --> 00:45:11.039
 of London,

00:45:11.420 --> 00:45:11.840
 the centre

00:45:11.840 --> 00:45:12.420
 of London

00:45:12.420 --> 00:45:12.880
 from which

00:45:12.880 --> 00:45:14.260
 all other points

00:45:14.260 --> 00:45:15.660
 took its distance

00:45:15.660 --> 00:45:17.000
 was Charing Cross.

00:45:18.099 --> 00:45:18.720
 And the place

00:45:18.720 --> 00:45:19.200
 was often

00:45:19.200 --> 00:45:20.180
 just referred to

00:45:20.180 --> 00:45:21.519
 as the cross.

00:45:21.920 --> 00:45:22.660
 People knew it

00:45:22.660 --> 00:45:23.960
 in that way.

00:45:25.200 --> 00:45:25.800
 There was one day

00:45:25.800 --> 00:45:26.740
 when a policeman

00:45:26.740 --> 00:45:28.019
 was out on duty

00:45:28.019 --> 00:45:29.320
 and he came

00:45:29.320 --> 00:45:30.280
 across a little

00:45:30.280 --> 00:45:31.639
 boy who was

00:45:31.639 --> 00:45:32.380
 distressed.

00:45:33.599 --> 00:45:34.460
 He was lost.

00:45:34.699 --> 00:45:35.460
 He was weeping.

00:45:36.219 --> 00:45:37.019
 And the policeman

00:45:37.019 --> 00:45:38.440
 was trying to ask him

00:45:38.440 --> 00:45:39.960
 where are you from?

00:45:40.460 --> 00:45:41.480
 Where do you live?

00:45:42.579 --> 00:45:43.500
 And the wee boy

00:45:43.500 --> 00:45:44.639
 just couldn't

00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:45.800
 explain to him

00:45:45.800 --> 00:45:47.099
 where his house

00:45:47.099 --> 00:45:47.679
 was.

00:45:48.019 --> 00:45:48.759
 And this was going

00:45:48.759 --> 00:45:49.980
 on for a little while.

00:45:50.300 --> 00:45:51.300
 Policeman just trying

00:45:51.300 --> 00:45:52.699
 to get this information

00:45:52.699 --> 00:45:53.539
 out of the boy.

00:45:53.659 --> 00:45:54.539
 Can you just tell me

00:45:54.539 --> 00:45:54.960
 something?

00:45:55.300 --> 00:45:55.960
 Can you tell me

00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:56.579
 something about

00:45:56.579 --> 00:45:57.300
 where you live?

00:45:57.300 --> 00:45:58.200
 And eventually

00:45:58.200 --> 00:45:58.900
 the little boy

00:45:58.900 --> 00:45:59.220
 said,

00:45:59.320 --> 00:46:00.060
 well if you take

00:46:00.060 --> 00:46:01.100
 me to the cross

00:46:01.100 --> 00:46:02.840
 I can find

00:46:02.840 --> 00:46:04.060
 my way from there.

00:46:05.360 --> 00:46:06.120
 Because he knew

00:46:06.120 --> 00:46:07.060
 Charing Cross.

00:46:07.539 --> 00:46:08.480
 He knew that point

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:08.980
 and from there

00:46:08.980 --> 00:46:10.220
 he knew where to go.

00:46:11.400 --> 00:46:12.100
 But the illustration

00:46:12.100 --> 00:46:13.400
 is there for us

00:46:13.400 --> 00:46:14.080
 as well.

00:46:14.620 --> 00:46:15.840
 When we are lost

00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:17.640
 we are struggling

00:46:17.640 --> 00:46:18.840
 to find our way

00:46:18.840 --> 00:46:19.340
 to know

00:46:19.340 --> 00:46:20.420
 what direction

00:46:20.420 --> 00:46:21.260
 to go in.

00:46:21.880 --> 00:46:22.980
 Where can we go?

00:46:24.640 --> 00:46:25.100
 Well

00:46:25.099 --> 00:46:26.019
 we pray

00:46:26.019 --> 00:46:26.559
 take us

00:46:26.559 --> 00:46:27.420
 to the cross.

00:46:28.940 --> 00:46:29.539
 Take us

00:46:29.539 --> 00:46:30.159
 to the cross

00:46:30.159 --> 00:46:30.960
 because there

00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:31.960
 we see

00:46:31.960 --> 00:46:32.599
 all that's been

00:46:32.599 --> 00:46:33.599
 done for us.

00:46:34.519 --> 00:46:35.099
 And from there

00:46:35.099 --> 00:46:35.920
 we can find

00:46:35.920 --> 00:46:36.360
 our way

00:46:36.360 --> 00:46:36.980
 because there

00:46:36.980 --> 00:46:37.719
 we see

00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:38.920
 our Lord

00:46:38.920 --> 00:46:41.119
 the Lamb of God

00:46:41.119 --> 00:46:41.659
 who came

00:46:41.659 --> 00:46:42.880
 to take away

00:46:42.880 --> 00:46:43.519
 the sin

00:46:43.519 --> 00:46:44.659
 of the world.

00:46:46.059 --> 00:46:46.920
 And from there

00:46:46.920 --> 00:46:48.059
 we can follow him

00:46:48.059 --> 00:46:50.119
 and walk

00:46:50.119 --> 00:46:50.539
 with him

00:46:50.539 --> 00:46:51.159
 knowing that

00:46:51.159 --> 00:46:52.219
 he is the way

00:46:52.219 --> 00:46:52.940
 the truth

00:46:52.940 --> 00:46:54.239
 and the life.

00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:55.779
 Knowing that

00:46:55.779 --> 00:46:56.199
 in him

00:46:56.199 --> 00:46:56.739
 we have a

00:46:56.739 --> 00:46:57.179
 saviour

00:46:57.179 --> 00:46:58.099
 who is faithful

00:46:58.099 --> 00:46:59.420
 to us.

00:47:01.239 --> 00:47:01.960
 And he has

00:47:01.960 --> 00:47:02.500
 shown it

00:47:02.500 --> 00:47:03.139
 in his love

00:47:03.139 --> 00:47:03.759
 for us

00:47:03.759 --> 00:47:04.920
 in giving

00:47:04.920 --> 00:47:06.320
 his life.

00:47:07.059 --> 00:47:08.119
 Today we come

00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:09.480
 to the cross

00:47:09.480 --> 00:47:10.259
 in remembrance

00:47:10.259 --> 00:47:11.860
 of the Lamb

00:47:11.860 --> 00:47:13.019
 who was punished.

00:47:14.099 --> 00:47:15.199
 To remember

00:47:15.199 --> 00:47:16.000
 what Christ

00:47:16.000 --> 00:47:16.739
 has done

00:47:16.739 --> 00:47:17.939
 for us.

00:47:20.159 --> 00:47:20.779
 And when you

00:47:20.779 --> 00:47:21.619
 see that

00:47:21.619 --> 00:47:23.519
 when you

00:47:23.519 --> 00:47:24.199
 behold

00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:24.799
 the Lamb

00:47:24.799 --> 00:47:25.419
 of God

00:47:25.419 --> 00:47:26.579
 who takes

00:47:26.579 --> 00:47:26.899
 away

00:47:26.899 --> 00:47:27.439
 the sin

00:47:27.439 --> 00:47:28.099
 of the world

00:47:28.099 --> 00:47:30.139
 what is

00:47:30.139 --> 00:47:30.859
 your verdict

00:47:30.859 --> 00:47:32.019
 on Christ

00:47:32.019 --> 00:47:32.359
 then?

00:47:34.239 --> 00:47:35.079
 When you

00:47:35.079 --> 00:47:35.619
 see what

00:47:35.619 --> 00:47:36.359
 he has done

00:47:36.359 --> 00:47:38.299
 the price

00:47:38.299 --> 00:47:38.959
 that he

00:47:38.959 --> 00:47:39.559
 paid

00:47:39.559 --> 00:47:41.459
 in giving

00:47:41.459 --> 00:47:42.359
 his life

00:47:42.359 --> 00:47:43.979
 as a ransom

00:47:43.979 --> 00:47:45.259
 for many

00:47:45.260 --> 00:47:47.180
 what is

00:47:47.180 --> 00:47:47.900
 your verdict?

00:47:49.180 --> 00:47:49.900
 Do you

00:47:49.900 --> 00:47:50.560
 ignore him?

00:47:51.720 --> 00:47:52.660
 Do you

00:47:52.660 --> 00:47:53.260
 mock him?

00:47:54.340 --> 00:47:55.240
 Do you

00:47:55.240 --> 00:47:55.880
 cry out

00:47:55.880 --> 00:47:56.920
 crucify him

00:47:56.920 --> 00:47:57.860
 crucify him?

00:47:58.720 --> 00:47:59.760
 Or do you

00:47:59.760 --> 00:48:00.420
 say as

00:48:00.420 --> 00:48:00.960
 John the

00:48:00.960 --> 00:48:01.460
 Baptist

00:48:01.460 --> 00:48:03.260
 behold

00:48:03.260 --> 00:48:04.360
 the Lamb

00:48:04.360 --> 00:48:05.000
 of God

00:48:05.000 --> 00:48:06.340
 who takes

00:48:06.340 --> 00:48:06.900
 away the

00:48:06.900 --> 00:48:07.220
 sin

00:48:07.220 --> 00:48:08.260
 of the

00:48:08.260 --> 00:48:08.620
 world?

00:48:08.619 --> 00:48:11.019
 As we

00:48:11.019 --> 00:48:12.039
 come to

00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:12.619
 the Lord's

00:48:12.619 --> 00:48:13.039
 table

00:48:13.039 --> 00:48:13.500
 today

00:48:13.500 --> 00:48:15.159
 may we

00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:15.799
 behold

00:48:15.799 --> 00:48:17.119
 the Lamb

00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:18.779
 the Lamb

00:48:18.779 --> 00:48:19.359
 who was

00:48:19.359 --> 00:48:20.119
 led away

00:48:20.119 --> 00:48:22.679
 the Lamb

00:48:22.679 --> 00:48:24.059
 who died

00:48:24.059 --> 00:48:25.319
 for your

00:48:25.319 --> 00:48:25.779
 sin

00:48:25.779 --> 00:48:27.139
 and mine.

00:48:28.819 --> 00:48:29.559
 Quoted

00:48:29.559 --> 00:48:30.019
 from

00:48:30.019 --> 00:48:31.679
 the hymn

00:48:31.679 --> 00:48:32.159
 How Deep

00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:32.920
 the Father's

00:48:32.920 --> 00:48:33.239
 Love

00:48:33.239 --> 00:48:33.880
 Last Night

00:48:33.880 --> 00:48:34.319
 I'll quote

00:48:34.319 --> 00:48:34.839
 the last

00:48:34.839 --> 00:48:35.420
 verse of it

00:48:35.420 --> 00:48:35.980
 just now

00:48:35.980 --> 00:48:37.000
 where it

00:48:37.000 --> 00:48:37.320
 says

00:48:37.320 --> 00:48:37.719
 I will

00:48:37.719 --> 00:48:38.460
 not boast

00:48:38.460 --> 00:48:39.639
 in anything

00:48:39.639 --> 00:48:40.460
 no gifts

00:48:40.460 --> 00:48:41.240
 no power

00:48:41.240 --> 00:48:41.940
 no wisdom

00:48:41.940 --> 00:48:43.019
 but I

00:48:43.019 --> 00:48:43.639
 will boast

00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:44.400
 in Jesus

00:48:44.400 --> 00:48:45.019
 Christ

00:48:45.019 --> 00:48:45.760
 his death

00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:47.179
 and resurrection

00:48:47.179 --> 00:48:48.960
 why should I

00:48:48.960 --> 00:48:49.639
 gain from

00:48:49.639 --> 00:48:50.599
 his reward

00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:51.880
 I cannot

00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:52.639
 give an

00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:53.039
 answer

00:48:53.039 --> 00:48:54.539
 but this

00:48:54.539 --> 00:48:55.059
 I know

00:48:55.059 --> 00:48:56.079
 with all

00:48:56.079 --> 00:48:56.800
 my heart

00:48:56.800 --> 00:48:58.400
 his wounds

00:48:58.400 --> 00:48:59.760
 have paid

00:48:59.760 --> 00:49:01.079
 my ransom

00:49:01.079 --> 00:49:03.099
 by his

00:49:03.099 --> 00:49:03.719
 stripes

00:49:03.719 --> 00:49:05.259
 we are

00:49:05.259 --> 00:49:05.639
 healed

00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:07.299
 why

00:49:07.299 --> 00:49:09.199
 because the

00:49:09.199 --> 00:49:09.579
 Lamb

00:49:09.579 --> 00:49:10.539
 was

00:49:10.539 --> 00:49:11.119
 punished

00:49:11.119 --> 00:49:12.899
 the Lamb

00:49:12.899 --> 00:49:14.079
 was led

00:49:14.079 --> 00:49:14.699
 away to

00:49:14.699 --> 00:49:15.139
 die

00:49:15.139 --> 00:49:16.239
 for the

00:49:16.239 --> 00:49:16.819
 sins

00:49:16.819 --> 00:49:17.659
 of this

00:49:17.659 --> 00:49:18.079
 world

00:49:18.079 --> 00:49:19.819
 so today

00:49:19.819 --> 00:49:21.019
 may we

00:49:21.019 --> 00:49:21.739
 behold

00:49:21.739 --> 00:49:23.219
 the Lamb

00:49:23.219 --> 00:49:23.859
 of God

00:49:23.859 --> 00:49:25.119
 who takes

00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:25.559
 away

00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:26.819
 the sin

00:49:26.819 --> 00:49:27.899
 of the

00:49:27.899 --> 00:49:28.299
 world

00:49:28.299 --> 00:49:29.839
 let us

00:49:29.839 --> 00:49:30.119
 pray

00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:33.900
 our

00:49:33.900 --> 00:49:34.380
 Father

00:49:34.380 --> 00:49:35.219
 in heaven

00:49:35.219 --> 00:49:35.859
 we come

00:49:35.859 --> 00:49:36.639
 before you

00:49:36.639 --> 00:49:38.219
 just as

00:49:38.219 --> 00:49:38.819
 we are

00:49:38.819 --> 00:49:40.299
 with nothing

00:49:40.299 --> 00:49:41.039
 in our

00:49:41.039 --> 00:49:41.719
 hands to

00:49:41.719 --> 00:49:42.259
 bring to

00:49:42.259 --> 00:49:42.599
 you

00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:43.980
 but simply

00:49:43.980 --> 00:49:44.900
 to your

00:49:44.900 --> 00:49:45.639
 cross to

00:49:45.639 --> 00:49:45.960
 cling

00:49:45.960 --> 00:49:47.159
 and we

00:49:47.159 --> 00:49:47.619
 pray

00:49:47.619 --> 00:49:48.339
 today

00:49:48.339 --> 00:49:48.619
 Lord

00:49:48.619 --> 00:49:49.079
 that as

00:49:49.079 --> 00:49:49.759
 we come

00:49:49.759 --> 00:49:51.480
 to behold

00:49:51.480 --> 00:49:52.339
 the Lamb

00:49:52.339 --> 00:49:52.920
 of God

00:49:52.920 --> 00:49:54.279
 to remember

00:49:54.279 --> 00:49:55.000
 all that

00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:55.420
 he has

00:49:55.420 --> 00:49:55.759
 done

00:49:55.759 --> 00:49:56.420
 for us

00:49:56.420 --> 00:49:57.579
 to see

00:49:57.579 --> 00:49:58.199
 even the

00:49:58.199 --> 00:49:58.719
 elements

00:49:58.719 --> 00:49:59.639
 before us

00:49:59.639 --> 00:50:00.859
 the Lamb

00:50:00.859 --> 00:50:01.259
 that was

00:50:01.259 --> 00:50:01.799
 slain

00:50:01.799 --> 00:50:03.359
 to remember

00:50:03.359 --> 00:50:03.879
 what they

00:50:03.879 --> 00:50:04.519
 represent

00:50:04.519 --> 00:50:05.239
 the blood

00:50:05.239 --> 00:50:06.119
 represented

00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:06.519
 by the

00:50:06.519 --> 00:50:06.819
 wine

00:50:06.819 --> 00:50:07.139
 and the

00:50:07.139 --> 00:50:07.500
 bread

00:50:07.500 --> 00:50:08.199
 representing

00:50:08.199 --> 00:50:08.819
 the body

00:50:08.819 --> 00:50:10.000
 may you

00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:10.779
 enable us

00:50:10.779 --> 00:50:11.439
 to look

00:50:11.439 --> 00:50:11.819
 and to

00:50:11.819 --> 00:50:12.259
 see

00:50:12.259 --> 00:50:13.219
 and to

00:50:13.219 --> 00:50:13.799
 rejoice

00:50:13.799 --> 00:50:14.699
 in the

00:50:14.699 --> 00:50:15.259
 Saviour

00:50:15.259 --> 00:50:16.339
 of the

00:50:16.339 --> 00:50:16.819
 world

00:50:16.819 --> 00:50:18.119
 Jesus

00:50:18.119 --> 00:50:18.879
 Christ

00:50:18.879 --> 00:50:19.699
 our

00:50:19.699 --> 00:50:20.179
 Lord

00:50:20.179 --> 00:50:20.899
 our

00:50:20.899 --> 00:50:21.359
 King

00:50:21.359 --> 00:50:22.659
 may you

00:50:22.659 --> 00:50:23.099
 continue

00:50:23.099 --> 00:50:23.679
 with us

00:50:23.679 --> 00:50:23.980
 Lord

00:50:23.980 --> 00:50:24.339
 may you

00:50:24.339 --> 00:50:24.980
 hear our

00:50:24.980 --> 00:50:25.579
 prayers

00:50:25.579 --> 00:50:26.500
 may you

00:50:26.500 --> 00:50:27.199
 guide us

00:50:27.199 --> 00:50:27.659
 in all

00:50:27.659 --> 00:50:27.920
 that we

00:50:27.920 --> 00:50:28.179
 do

00:50:28.179 --> 00:50:28.739
 and all

00:50:28.739 --> 00:50:29.019
 that we

00:50:29.019 --> 00:50:29.440
 see

00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:30.420
 as we

00:50:30.420 --> 00:50:31.119
 ask all

00:50:31.119 --> 00:50:31.420
 with the

00:50:31.420 --> 00:50:31.819
 forgiveness

00:50:31.819 --> 00:50:32.460
 of our

00:50:32.460 --> 00:50:32.799
 sin

00:50:32.799 --> 00:50:34.099
 in Jesus

00:50:34.099 --> 00:50:34.579
 name

00:50:34.579 --> 00:50:35.639
 Amen

00:50:35.639 --> 00:50:43.480
 well before

00:50:43.480 --> 00:50:44.159
 we come

00:50:44.159 --> 00:50:45.239
 to the

00:50:45.239 --> 00:50:45.719
 Lord's

00:50:45.719 --> 00:50:46.119
 table

00:50:46.119 --> 00:50:46.440
 it's

00:50:46.440 --> 00:50:46.900
 customary

00:50:46.900 --> 00:50:47.119
 that we

00:50:47.119 --> 00:50:47.340
 would

00:50:47.340 --> 00:50:48.119
 just make

00:50:48.119 --> 00:50:48.619
 clear

00:50:48.619 --> 00:50:49.440
 who the

00:50:49.440 --> 00:50:49.860
 Lord's

00:50:49.860 --> 00:50:50.259
 table

00:50:50.259 --> 00:50:51.400
 is for

00:50:51.400 --> 00:50:53.619
 and it's

00:50:53.619 --> 00:50:53.860
 what's

00:50:53.860 --> 00:50:54.799
 often called

00:50:54.800 --> 00:50:55.780
 the fencing

00:50:55.780 --> 00:50:57.260
 of the

00:50:57.260 --> 00:50:57.620
 table

00:50:57.620 --> 00:50:58.200
 and maybe

00:50:58.200 --> 00:50:58.700
 seems a

00:50:58.700 --> 00:50:58.980
 little bit

00:50:58.980 --> 00:50:59.220
 of a

00:50:59.220 --> 00:50:59.640
 strange

00:50:59.640 --> 00:50:59.960
 thing

00:50:59.960 --> 00:51:00.500
 to call

00:51:00.500 --> 00:51:00.660
 it

00:51:00.660 --> 00:51:01.160
 fencing

00:51:01.160 --> 00:51:01.640
 what does

00:51:01.640 --> 00:51:02.320
 that

00:51:02.320 --> 00:51:02.860
 actually

00:51:02.860 --> 00:51:03.240
 mean

00:51:03.240 --> 00:51:04.400
 it's not

00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:04.680
 that we're

00:51:04.680 --> 00:51:05.260
 putting up

00:51:05.260 --> 00:51:06.080
 a great

00:51:06.080 --> 00:51:06.620
 barrier

00:51:06.620 --> 00:51:07.420
 to those

00:51:07.420 --> 00:51:08.039
 who should

00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:08.900
 and shouldn't

00:51:08.900 --> 00:51:09.300
 come

00:51:09.300 --> 00:51:10.420
 it's not

00:51:10.420 --> 00:51:11.000
 about putting

00:51:11.000 --> 00:51:11.860
 up a wall

00:51:11.860 --> 00:51:12.700
 in that sense

00:51:12.700 --> 00:51:13.400
 of you

00:51:13.400 --> 00:51:14.140
 can't come

00:51:14.140 --> 00:51:14.700
 past

00:51:14.700 --> 00:51:15.980
 but it's

00:51:15.980 --> 00:51:16.280
 just to

00:51:16.280 --> 00:51:16.620
 make it

00:51:16.620 --> 00:51:17.220
 clear

00:51:17.220 --> 00:51:18.120
 for whom

00:51:18.120 --> 00:51:18.720
 the

00:51:18.720 --> 00:51:19.160
 Lord's

00:51:19.160 --> 00:51:19.600
 table

00:51:19.600 --> 00:51:20.240
 is

00:51:20.240 --> 00:51:21.180
 it is

00:51:21.180 --> 00:51:21.680
 for those

00:51:21.680 --> 00:51:21.980
 who have

00:51:21.980 --> 00:51:22.460
 come

00:51:22.460 --> 00:51:23.260
 to

00:51:23.260 --> 00:51:23.940
 trust

00:51:23.940 --> 00:51:25.119
 in the

00:51:25.119 --> 00:51:25.619
 Lamb of

00:51:25.619 --> 00:51:25.980
 God

00:51:25.980 --> 00:51:26.519
 Jesus

00:51:26.519 --> 00:51:27.280
 Christ

00:51:27.280 --> 00:51:29.440
 I want

00:51:29.440 --> 00:51:30.280
 to highlight

00:51:30.280 --> 00:51:31.000
 just three

00:51:31.000 --> 00:51:31.720
 things

00:51:31.720 --> 00:51:32.400
 from the

00:51:32.400 --> 00:51:32.840
 word

00:51:32.840 --> 00:51:33.840
 fence

00:51:33.840 --> 00:51:35.559
 when we

00:51:35.559 --> 00:51:36.179
 think of

00:51:36.179 --> 00:51:36.800
 fence

00:51:36.800 --> 00:51:37.519
 we maybe

00:51:37.519 --> 00:51:38.039
 just think

00:51:38.039 --> 00:51:38.300
 of

00:51:38.300 --> 00:51:38.639
 of

00:51:38.639 --> 00:51:39.760
 crofts

00:51:39.760 --> 00:51:40.679
 and we

00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:40.880
 think of

00:51:40.880 --> 00:51:41.480
 the fences

00:51:41.480 --> 00:51:42.220
 we see

00:51:42.220 --> 00:51:43.360
 all around

00:51:43.360 --> 00:51:43.740
 our

00:51:43.740 --> 00:51:44.179
 islands

00:51:44.179 --> 00:51:45.300
 and what

00:51:45.300 --> 00:51:45.639
 are they

00:51:45.639 --> 00:51:46.139
 used

00:51:46.139 --> 00:51:46.480
 for

00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:46.840
 well they're

00:51:46.840 --> 00:51:47.220
 used

00:51:47.220 --> 00:51:47.860
 to either

00:51:47.860 --> 00:51:48.280
 keep

00:51:48.280 --> 00:51:49.240
 people

00:51:49.240 --> 00:51:49.880
 or animals

00:51:49.880 --> 00:51:50.340
 out

00:51:50.340 --> 00:51:51.440
 or in

00:51:51.440 --> 00:51:53.139
 and that's

00:51:53.139 --> 00:51:53.519
 certainly

00:51:53.519 --> 00:51:54.700
 one element

00:51:54.700 --> 00:51:55.960
 of fence

00:51:55.960 --> 00:51:56.920
 and there's

00:51:56.920 --> 00:51:57.380
 three I want

00:51:57.380 --> 00:51:58.000
 to highlight

00:51:58.000 --> 00:51:59.159
 as we come

00:51:59.159 --> 00:51:59.519
 to the

00:51:59.519 --> 00:51:59.900
 Lord's

00:51:59.900 --> 00:52:00.400
 table

00:52:00.400 --> 00:52:01.880
 from the

00:52:01.880 --> 00:52:02.200
 word

00:52:02.200 --> 00:52:02.760
 fence

00:52:02.760 --> 00:52:03.240
 the first

00:52:03.240 --> 00:52:03.720
 it means

00:52:03.720 --> 00:52:04.900
 to shield

00:52:04.900 --> 00:52:06.700
 or protect

00:52:06.700 --> 00:52:08.599
 so there is

00:52:08.599 --> 00:52:09.220
 a sense

00:52:09.220 --> 00:52:09.800
 when we come

00:52:09.800 --> 00:52:10.200
 to the

00:52:10.200 --> 00:52:10.619
 Lord's

00:52:10.619 --> 00:52:11.159
 table

00:52:11.159 --> 00:52:12.559
 it is

00:52:12.559 --> 00:52:12.900
 for a

00:52:12.900 --> 00:52:13.519
 particular

00:52:13.519 --> 00:52:14.559
 people

00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:16.420
 that is

00:52:16.420 --> 00:52:16.820
 why there

00:52:16.820 --> 00:52:17.760
 are white

00:52:17.760 --> 00:52:19.260
 tablecloths

00:52:19.260 --> 00:52:19.599
 on some

00:52:19.599 --> 00:52:19.819
 of the

00:52:19.819 --> 00:52:20.259
 pews

00:52:20.259 --> 00:52:21.079
 there is

00:52:21.079 --> 00:52:22.059
 an indication

00:52:22.059 --> 00:52:22.880
 of a

00:52:22.880 --> 00:52:23.539
 separation

00:52:23.539 --> 00:52:25.360
 there's a

00:52:25.360 --> 00:52:25.920
 divide

00:52:25.920 --> 00:52:27.980
 but it's

00:52:27.980 --> 00:52:28.559
 not in the

00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:29.380
 sense of

00:52:29.380 --> 00:52:29.900
 being

00:52:29.900 --> 00:52:31.000
 exclusive

00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:31.719
 in that

00:52:31.719 --> 00:52:32.199
 sense

00:52:32.199 --> 00:52:33.819
 but it's

00:52:33.819 --> 00:52:34.519
 just marking

00:52:34.519 --> 00:52:35.799
 the difference

00:52:35.799 --> 00:52:37.539
 there are

00:52:37.539 --> 00:52:38.039
 those who

00:52:38.039 --> 00:52:38.519
 sit on

00:52:38.519 --> 00:52:39.279
 one side

00:52:39.279 --> 00:52:39.579
 of the

00:52:39.579 --> 00:52:40.039
 fence

00:52:40.039 --> 00:52:41.480
 those who

00:52:41.480 --> 00:52:41.799
 have

00:52:41.799 --> 00:52:42.900
 professed

00:52:42.900 --> 00:52:43.519
 the

00:52:43.519 --> 00:52:43.960
 Lord

00:52:43.960 --> 00:52:45.420
 those who

00:52:45.420 --> 00:52:46.119
 have said

00:52:46.119 --> 00:52:47.000
 the Lord

00:52:47.000 --> 00:52:48.199
 is my

00:52:48.199 --> 00:52:48.900
 shepherd

00:52:48.900 --> 00:52:51.119
 but as

00:52:51.119 --> 00:52:51.519
 we see

00:52:51.519 --> 00:52:51.860
 there are

00:52:51.860 --> 00:52:52.260
 others

00:52:52.260 --> 00:52:52.599
 on the

00:52:52.599 --> 00:52:52.820
 other

00:52:52.820 --> 00:52:53.240
 side

00:52:53.240 --> 00:52:53.539
 of the

00:52:53.539 --> 00:52:54.019
 fence

00:52:54.019 --> 00:52:55.500
 where you

00:52:55.500 --> 00:52:56.000
 have not

00:52:56.000 --> 00:52:56.420
 come

00:52:56.420 --> 00:52:57.680
 to confess

00:52:57.680 --> 00:52:58.460
 the Lord

00:52:58.460 --> 00:52:59.720
 as your

00:52:59.720 --> 00:53:00.260
 shepherd

00:53:00.260 --> 00:53:02.039
 and it's

00:53:02.039 --> 00:53:02.660
 not there

00:53:02.660 --> 00:53:03.680
 to keep

00:53:03.680 --> 00:53:04.800
 you out

00:53:04.800 --> 00:53:06.240
 don't see

00:53:06.240 --> 00:53:06.780
 it like

00:53:06.780 --> 00:53:07.180
 that

00:53:07.180 --> 00:53:08.280
 it's not

00:53:08.280 --> 00:53:08.639
 the sense

00:53:08.639 --> 00:53:09.139
 of stay

00:53:09.139 --> 00:53:09.539
 away

00:53:09.539 --> 00:53:10.340
 for good

00:53:10.340 --> 00:53:11.920
 but it's

00:53:11.920 --> 00:53:12.360
 to show

00:53:12.360 --> 00:53:13.119
 that there

00:53:13.119 --> 00:53:13.519
 is another

00:53:13.519 --> 00:53:14.380
 place that

00:53:14.380 --> 00:53:14.639
 you can

00:53:14.639 --> 00:53:15.280
 come to

00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:17.540
 to come

00:53:17.540 --> 00:53:18.660
 and find

00:53:18.660 --> 00:53:19.200
 yourself

00:53:19.200 --> 00:53:19.620
 on the

00:53:19.620 --> 00:53:20.320
 right side

00:53:20.320 --> 00:53:20.640
 of the

00:53:20.640 --> 00:53:21.140
 fence

00:53:21.140 --> 00:53:23.180
 not halting

00:53:23.180 --> 00:53:23.600
 between

00:53:23.600 --> 00:53:24.160
 different

00:53:24.160 --> 00:53:24.740
 opinions

00:53:24.740 --> 00:53:25.640
 what side

00:53:25.640 --> 00:53:25.900
 of the

00:53:25.900 --> 00:53:26.240
 fence

00:53:26.240 --> 00:53:26.600
 are you

00:53:26.600 --> 00:53:26.840
 on

00:53:26.840 --> 00:53:27.500
 but to

00:53:27.500 --> 00:53:27.760
 come

00:53:27.760 --> 00:53:28.280
 to this

00:53:28.280 --> 00:53:28.720
 side

00:53:28.720 --> 00:53:30.780
 the side

00:53:30.780 --> 00:53:31.100
 where we

00:53:31.100 --> 00:53:31.700
 find

00:53:31.700 --> 00:53:32.860
 the protection

00:53:32.860 --> 00:53:33.900
 of the

00:53:33.900 --> 00:53:34.300
 Lord

00:53:34.300 --> 00:53:36.820
 because

00:53:36.820 --> 00:53:37.480
 coming to

00:53:37.480 --> 00:53:38.040
 take the

00:53:38.040 --> 00:53:38.540
 Lord's

00:53:38.540 --> 00:53:38.780
 supper

00:53:38.780 --> 00:53:39.720
 by faith

00:53:39.720 --> 00:53:40.960
 if you

00:53:40.960 --> 00:53:41.620
 believe

00:53:41.620 --> 00:53:43.000
 it will

00:53:43.000 --> 00:53:43.580
 do you

00:53:43.580 --> 00:53:44.000
 good

00:53:44.000 --> 00:53:47.000
 the second

00:53:47.000 --> 00:53:47.320
 thing we

00:53:47.320 --> 00:53:47.760
 see about

00:53:47.760 --> 00:53:48.500
 a fence

00:53:48.500 --> 00:53:49.019
 is

00:53:49.019 --> 00:53:50.300
 it

00:53:50.300 --> 00:53:51.340
 encloses

00:53:51.340 --> 00:53:54.320
 for those

00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:55.000
 who come

00:53:55.000 --> 00:53:56.500
 confessing

00:53:56.500 --> 00:53:57.360
 and professing

00:53:57.360 --> 00:53:58.460
 Jesus Christ

00:53:58.460 --> 00:53:59.699
 as Lord

00:53:59.699 --> 00:54:00.920
 there is a

00:54:00.920 --> 00:54:01.500
 sense of

00:54:01.500 --> 00:54:01.760
 being

00:54:01.760 --> 00:54:02.880
 enclosed

00:54:02.880 --> 00:54:03.739
 together

00:54:03.739 --> 00:54:05.420
 strengthened

00:54:05.420 --> 00:54:06.739
 together

00:54:06.739 --> 00:54:08.619
 we are

00:54:08.619 --> 00:54:09.980
 no longer

00:54:09.980 --> 00:54:10.840
 the sheep

00:54:10.840 --> 00:54:11.119
 who have

00:54:11.119 --> 00:54:11.940
 gone astray

00:54:11.940 --> 00:54:13.139
 we are not

00:54:13.139 --> 00:54:13.579
 out

00:54:13.579 --> 00:54:14.199
 wandering

00:54:14.199 --> 00:54:14.559
 away

00:54:14.559 --> 00:54:14.799
 by

00:54:14.799 --> 00:54:15.340
 ourselves

00:54:15.340 --> 00:54:15.799
 away

00:54:15.799 --> 00:54:16.159
 from

00:54:16.159 --> 00:54:16.539
 God

00:54:16.539 --> 00:54:17.239
 we are

00:54:17.239 --> 00:54:17.639
 gathered

00:54:17.639 --> 00:54:18.159
 together

00:54:18.159 --> 00:54:18.719
 as one

00:54:18.719 --> 00:54:19.039
 body

00:54:19.039 --> 00:54:19.279
 in

00:54:19.279 --> 00:54:19.759
 Christ

00:54:19.759 --> 00:54:21.159
 and we

00:54:21.159 --> 00:54:21.299
 are

00:54:21.299 --> 00:54:21.579
 seeking

00:54:21.579 --> 00:54:21.960
 to be

00:54:21.960 --> 00:54:22.639
 strengthened

00:54:22.639 --> 00:54:23.960
 together

00:54:23.960 --> 00:54:24.400
 to be

00:54:24.400 --> 00:54:24.980
 nourished

00:54:24.980 --> 00:54:25.900
 together

00:54:25.900 --> 00:54:26.420
 by the

00:54:26.420 --> 00:54:26.759
 shepherd

00:54:26.759 --> 00:54:27.799
 of the

00:54:27.799 --> 00:54:28.199
 sheep

00:54:28.199 --> 00:54:29.799
 so we

00:54:29.799 --> 00:54:29.940
 are

00:54:29.940 --> 00:54:30.840
 enclosed

00:54:30.840 --> 00:54:31.880
 together

00:54:31.880 --> 00:54:32.239
 we are

00:54:32.239 --> 00:54:32.420
 given

00:54:32.420 --> 00:54:33.119
 strength

00:54:33.119 --> 00:54:33.840
 and

00:54:33.840 --> 00:54:34.420
 encouragement

00:54:34.420 --> 00:54:34.819
 and we

00:54:34.819 --> 00:54:35.319
 rejoice

00:54:35.319 --> 00:54:35.860
 when the

00:54:35.860 --> 00:54:36.739
 number of

00:54:36.739 --> 00:54:37.400
 the flock

00:54:37.400 --> 00:54:38.159
 is added

00:54:38.159 --> 00:54:38.599
 to

00:54:38.599 --> 00:54:39.539
 when there

00:54:39.539 --> 00:54:39.980
 are those

00:54:39.980 --> 00:54:40.599
 who come

00:54:40.599 --> 00:54:41.699
 to profess

00:54:41.699 --> 00:54:42.319
 Christ

00:54:42.319 --> 00:54:43.559
 as Lord

00:54:43.559 --> 00:54:44.019
 and come

00:54:44.019 --> 00:54:44.299
 into

00:54:44.299 --> 00:54:44.860
 membership

00:54:44.860 --> 00:54:45.480
 with

00:54:45.480 --> 00:54:45.980
 ourselves

00:54:45.980 --> 00:54:46.779
 we are

00:54:46.779 --> 00:54:47.259
 encouraged

00:54:47.259 --> 00:54:47.739
 we are

00:54:47.739 --> 00:54:48.219
 blessed

00:54:48.219 --> 00:54:49.599
 as we

00:54:49.599 --> 00:54:50.259
 are enclosed

00:54:50.259 --> 00:54:50.719
 together

00:54:50.719 --> 00:54:51.179
 one

00:54:51.179 --> 00:54:52.039
 in

00:54:52.039 --> 00:54:52.579
 Christ

00:54:52.579 --> 00:54:54.480
 but the

00:54:54.480 --> 00:54:54.699
 word

00:54:54.699 --> 00:54:55.259
 fence

00:54:55.259 --> 00:54:56.139
 has another

00:54:56.139 --> 00:54:56.699
 quite

00:54:56.699 --> 00:54:57.519
 different

00:54:57.519 --> 00:54:58.000
 meaning

00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:00.360
 and it

00:55:00.360 --> 00:55:00.840
 means

00:55:00.840 --> 00:55:01.880
 fencing

00:55:01.880 --> 00:55:02.420
 or to

00:55:02.420 --> 00:55:03.019
 fence

00:55:03.019 --> 00:55:03.860
 to fight

00:55:03.860 --> 00:55:04.799
 with a

00:55:04.799 --> 00:55:05.319
 sword

00:55:05.320 --> 00:55:06.400
 I don't

00:55:06.400 --> 00:55:06.559
 know if

00:55:06.559 --> 00:55:06.820
 anybody

00:55:06.820 --> 00:55:07.160
 has ever

00:55:07.160 --> 00:55:07.720
 tried

00:55:07.720 --> 00:55:07.920
 it

00:55:07.920 --> 00:55:08.800
 you see

00:55:08.800 --> 00:55:09.000
 it

00:55:09.000 --> 00:55:09.360
 I think

00:55:09.360 --> 00:55:09.480
 it's

00:55:09.480 --> 00:55:09.880
 part of

00:55:09.880 --> 00:55:09.960
 the

00:55:09.960 --> 00:55:10.340
 Olympic

00:55:10.340 --> 00:55:10.780
 Games

00:55:10.780 --> 00:55:11.039
 they have

00:55:11.039 --> 00:55:11.260
 these

00:55:11.260 --> 00:55:11.880
 fencing

00:55:11.880 --> 00:55:12.720
 competitions

00:55:12.720 --> 00:55:13.960
 and they're

00:55:13.960 --> 00:55:15.840
 fighting each

00:55:15.840 --> 00:55:16.380
 other with a

00:55:16.380 --> 00:55:16.780
 sword

00:55:16.780 --> 00:55:18.420
 and in

00:55:18.420 --> 00:55:19.120
 some ways

00:55:19.120 --> 00:55:20.120
 that reminds

00:55:20.120 --> 00:55:20.519
 us what

00:55:20.519 --> 00:55:21.120
 the Lord's

00:55:21.120 --> 00:55:21.539
 table

00:55:21.539 --> 00:55:22.539
 is like

00:55:22.539 --> 00:55:23.220
 as well

00:55:23.220 --> 00:55:24.760
 because

00:55:24.760 --> 00:55:25.240
 there's often

00:55:25.240 --> 00:55:25.960
 a fight

00:55:25.960 --> 00:55:27.340
 going on

00:55:27.340 --> 00:55:29.280
 a fight

00:55:29.280 --> 00:55:29.940
 going on

00:55:29.940 --> 00:55:30.680
 of the

00:55:30.680 --> 00:55:31.120
 battle

00:55:31.120 --> 00:55:31.820
 of coming

00:55:31.820 --> 00:55:32.740
 to acknowledge

00:55:32.740 --> 00:55:33.580
 the Lord

00:55:33.580 --> 00:55:34.080
 and who

00:55:34.080 --> 00:55:34.580
 is

00:55:34.579 --> 00:55:35.480
 Lord

00:55:35.480 --> 00:55:37.259
 but as

00:55:37.259 --> 00:55:37.619
 we look

00:55:37.619 --> 00:55:37.940
 to the

00:55:37.940 --> 00:55:38.179
 Lord

00:55:38.179 --> 00:55:38.579
 Jesus

00:55:38.579 --> 00:55:39.179
 Christ

00:55:39.179 --> 00:55:39.880
 and trust

00:55:39.880 --> 00:55:40.380
 in him

00:55:40.380 --> 00:55:41.440
 we are

00:55:41.440 --> 00:55:41.920
 reminded

00:55:41.920 --> 00:55:42.500
 that he

00:55:42.500 --> 00:55:43.099
 has won

00:55:43.099 --> 00:55:44.319
 the victory

00:55:44.319 --> 00:55:46.599
 when you

00:55:46.599 --> 00:55:47.039
 go back

00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:47.319
 to the

00:55:47.319 --> 00:55:47.759
 book of

00:55:47.759 --> 00:55:48.239
 Genesis

00:55:48.239 --> 00:55:49.539
 when the

00:55:49.539 --> 00:55:49.880
 man and

00:55:49.880 --> 00:55:50.179
 the woman

00:55:50.179 --> 00:55:50.920
 were cast

00:55:50.920 --> 00:55:51.860
 out of

00:55:51.860 --> 00:55:52.420
 the garden

00:55:52.420 --> 00:55:53.079
 of Eden

00:55:53.079 --> 00:55:54.319
 there was

00:55:54.319 --> 00:55:54.960
 a flaming

00:55:54.960 --> 00:55:55.599
 sword

00:55:55.599 --> 00:55:56.519
 that was

00:55:56.519 --> 00:55:57.119
 to protect

00:55:57.119 --> 00:55:57.500
 them from

00:55:57.500 --> 00:55:58.219
 getting back

00:55:58.219 --> 00:55:58.440
 in

00:55:58.440 --> 00:55:59.980
 the axis

00:55:59.980 --> 00:56:01.559
 was denied

00:56:01.559 --> 00:56:03.860
 but when

00:56:03.860 --> 00:56:04.199
 we look

00:56:04.199 --> 00:56:04.899
 to Jesus

00:56:04.899 --> 00:56:05.599
 Christ

00:56:05.599 --> 00:56:07.219
 we find

00:56:07.219 --> 00:56:07.699
 in him

00:56:07.699 --> 00:56:08.619
 the victory

00:56:08.619 --> 00:56:10.179
 that he

00:56:10.179 --> 00:56:10.759
 has broken

00:56:10.759 --> 00:56:11.299
 down

00:56:11.299 --> 00:56:12.439
 that barrier

00:56:12.439 --> 00:56:13.419
 that he

00:56:13.419 --> 00:56:14.019
 has fought

00:56:14.019 --> 00:56:15.159
 that fight

00:56:15.159 --> 00:56:15.919
 for us

00:56:15.919 --> 00:56:17.239
 and that we

00:56:17.239 --> 00:56:17.779
 have access

00:56:17.779 --> 00:56:18.759
 once more

00:56:18.759 --> 00:56:19.960
 to God

00:56:19.960 --> 00:56:21.460
 we are to

00:56:21.460 --> 00:56:21.919
 come

00:56:21.919 --> 00:56:23.419
 victorious

00:56:23.419 --> 00:56:25.219
 in him

00:56:25.219 --> 00:56:26.619
 he has

00:56:26.619 --> 00:56:27.159
 opened

00:56:27.159 --> 00:56:28.039
 up

00:56:28.039 --> 00:56:29.159
 the way

00:56:29.159 --> 00:56:31.119
 so the

00:56:31.119 --> 00:56:31.500
 fencing

00:56:31.500 --> 00:56:32.500
 is important

00:56:32.500 --> 00:56:34.099
 it does

00:56:34.099 --> 00:56:34.639
 show that

00:56:34.639 --> 00:56:34.899
 there is

00:56:34.899 --> 00:56:35.440
 a division

00:56:35.440 --> 00:56:36.799
 but it's

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 not a divide

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 The bright hand of the mighty Lord, exalted is all night.

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 The bright hand of the mighty Lord, the faithful, valiantly.

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 I shall not die, but live and shall the works of God discover.

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 The Lord not be just eyes and sore, but not to death in over.

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 O set ye open unto me, the gates of righteousness.

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 Then will I enter into them, and I the Lord will bless.

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 This is the gate of God, I am, that I shall enter in.

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 The gate of God, I am, that I shall not be.

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 And so this make a cornerstone, which builders did despise.

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 This is the doing of the Lord, and wondrous in our eyes.