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The Blind Beggar · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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  just now or in the days to come.
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  Let's worship God.
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  Worship his name by singing to his praise
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  from the Scottish Psalter in Psalm 67.
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  Scottish Psalter in Psalm 67.
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  All our worship is from the Psalter this evening.
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  Psalm 67, the first version of the psalm.
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  Lord, bless and pity us,
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  shine on us with thy face,
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  that the earth thy way and nations all
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  may know thy saving grace.
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  Let people praise thee, Lord.
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  Let people all thee praise.
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  Or let the nations be glad
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  in songs of their voices raise.
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  Psalm 67, the whole psalm to God's praise.
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  Lord, bless and pity us,
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  shine on us with thy face,
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  that the earth thy way and nations all
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  may know thy saving grace.
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  Let people praise thee, Lord.
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  O let the nations be glad,
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  in songs their voices raise.
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  Christ, the Lord, bless and pity us,
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  let the nations be glad,
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  and may not be glad,
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  in songs their voices raise.
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  Thou justly people judge,
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  on earth rule nations all.
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  Let people praise thee, Lord.
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  Let people praise thee, Lord.
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  Lord, let them praise thee, O great and small.
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  The earth, her fruit shall yield,
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  our God shall blessings send.
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  God shall us bless,
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  and shall him fear,
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  unto earth's utmost end.
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  Let's join together in a word of prayer.
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  Let's pray.
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  Lord God, we come before you again this evening
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  and give you praise,
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  the privilege we have of being in this place gathered together.
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  Gather together, not out of habit,
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  not out of sheer pattern of our weekly schedule, Lord.
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  We're here to worship you.
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  We're here to glorify and to praise your name.
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  Help us for a short time together this evening
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  to know that you are here with us,
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  that your presence is very much present,
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  not because of anything special of this building,
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  not because of anything special in us, Lord,
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  but your presence is here because your word tells us
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  that you have made your home in and with your people.
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  You have chosen to dwell in your people,
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  to make your home in us,
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  to work through us.
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  And because we're here this evening as your people,
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  and you are here with us,
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  we're here just now before the presence of you,
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  the holy God,
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  the only one who is the only truly living God.
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  You deserve all power,
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  all praises,
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  all glory,
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  one who is holy,
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  holy,
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  holy.
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  And at this very moment,
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  this very evening,
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  as we gather together,
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  we admit and we confess
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  that we are creatures made from the dust.
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  And in our bodies,
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  in our minds,
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  perhaps even in our spirits just now,
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  we are so aware
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  of that creatureliness.
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  We are so aware
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  of that dust
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  we are made from.
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  We are so aware
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  of our frailty,
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  so aware of our infirmity,
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  even just now.
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  We are so aware
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  that we come before you
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  a holy God
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  who can behold no sin,
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  who can behold no evil,
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  a holy God
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  who must
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  and who does
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  and who will perform justice,
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  a holy God
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  who is perfect
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  in all you do
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  and all you say,
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  a holy God
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  who right now
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  sustains
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  all of your creation,
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  that nothing is beyond your power,
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  nothing is beyond your understanding,
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  you are the God
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  who your word tells us
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  who not only created
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  but also as it were named
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  and numbered
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  the very stars of heaven.
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  Your word also tells us
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  that this evening
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  you are the God
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  who has numbered
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  the very hairs
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  on the heads of your people.
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  Yes, you are great
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  and lifted up.
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  Yes, you are highly exalted.
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  Yes, you are worthy
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  of honour and praise
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  for all eternity.
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  Out of your love,
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  out of your care,
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  out of your mercy,
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  you have
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  the person of your son.
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  You have made yourself
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  knowable to your people.
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  That you,
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  out of your glory,
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  out of your love,
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  you for your own glory,
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  you, Lord,
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  for the sake of your son
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  having a people
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  for his own possession,
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  you,
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  out of love for your people,
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  so we would have a saviour
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  and a means of access to you
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  that you sent your son.
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  That you showed
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  in so many glorious ways
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  you're a God
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  who is willing
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  to come down
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  to our level.
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  Help us never
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  to grow tired
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  or to grow weary
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  or feel wonder,
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  but we have a saviour
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  who's at your right hand,
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  a saviour
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  who stepped down.
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  To come down
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  for the eternal glory
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  of heaven,
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  the eternal glory
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  of his name,
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  his person being praised
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  by the angelic host
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  for all eternity,
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  he stepped down
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  from that privileged position.
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  Born.
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  Born into this world.
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  Made like us
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  in all ways
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  apart from sin.
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  Who felt every emotion
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  we feel.
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  Who saw
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  and who experienced
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  the full reality
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  of being one of his creatures.
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  Who saw the destruction
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  and the pain
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  and the misery
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  that sin brought
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  into his created world.
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  Who lived every day
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  stepping closer
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  and closer
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  to his death
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  on the cross.
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  Knowing what it was
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  he was heading towards.
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  Knowing he would hang
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  on that cross
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  out of obedience
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  to the Father.
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  Out of love
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  for his people.
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  For the joy
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  that was set before him.
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  He endured that
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  for us
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  as his people.
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  Lord, help us not
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  to lose sight
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  of the glory
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  and the beauty
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  and the wonder of that.
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  Help us not
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  to grow tired
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  of meeting together
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  as brothers and sisters
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  to think
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  on these things.
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  Would you pray
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  for this gathering,
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  for this fellowship,
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  the brothers and sisters
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  gathered here
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  this evening.
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  We thank you for them.
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  We ask you to bless them.
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  Bless us as we come
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  around your word
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  just now.
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  To lay aside
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  the various
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  many anxieties
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  and worries
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  and concerns.
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  The burdens
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  that we have
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  outside this place.
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  For a short time,
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  Lord,
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  to listen to your word.
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  To listen to you
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  as you speak to us
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  through it.
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  We pray for those
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  here this evening
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  who are yours,
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  who know you
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  and who love you.
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  We ask, Lord,
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  you would open our ears
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  and open our hearts.
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  Help this evening
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  to be a day of,
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  an evening of blessing
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  for us.
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  Help this day
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  to be a day
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  where we have spent
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  time together,
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  time around your word.
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  We would leave this place
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  having grown in our love
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  and in our knowledge
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  of you.
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  We pray also
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  for those here
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  this evening
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  who are yours
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  but who,
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  for whatever reason,
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  are feeling far away
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  from you.
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  Those who have wondered
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  or those who feel
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  as if they're wondering.
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  Lord,
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  we ask you
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  bring them back
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  to yourself.
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  You would show them
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  that you have not changed
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  that you have not moved.
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  We pray for those
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  who long to be here.
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  Brothers and sisters
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  who would wish
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  nothing more
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  than to gather
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  together with their
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  fellow saints
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  but who,
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  through reasons of age
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  and infirmity
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  and for other
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  various reasons,
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  cannot gather
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  as often as you wish.
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  Lord,
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  we ask you to be with them.
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  They're alongside them
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  and if it's your will,
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  Lord,
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  you would afford them
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  even just now
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  a certain special
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  sense of your presence
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  with them
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  that they would know
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  that we are praying
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  for them.
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  We pray for those
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  who mourn,
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  even those who mourn
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  of recent
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  in this congregation,
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  Lord.
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  You know
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  their exact situations.
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  You know
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  the exact pain
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  they're in.
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  Lord,
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  you alone
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  can come alongside
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  and comfort them.
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  Your Holy Spirit,
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  he alone
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  is the ultimate comforter.
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  We ask you
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  give us wisdom
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  as we seek
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  to comfort them.
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  Help us in ways
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  practical
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  to be of assistance.
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  Help us to spiritually
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  and practically
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  and in love
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  to come alongside
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  those who are mourning
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  just now.
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  We pray for those
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  also who are mourning
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  perhaps of a death
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  of many months,
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  indeed many years ago,
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  as anniversaries come
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  and go,
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  Lord,
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  at this time of year.
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  We pray for them
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  that you be with them
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  also.
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  We pray, Lord,
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  for those here
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  this evening
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  who don't wish
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  to be here.
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  Those here
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  this evening
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  who perhaps
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  have been taken out
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  by a loved one,
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  by a wife,
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  by a husband,
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  who are here
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  just to take off
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  a box for the week.
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  Lord,
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  first of all,
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  we thank you for them.
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  We thank you
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  they are here.
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  We thank you
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  they find themselves
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  in this place
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  hearing your word.
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  We ask that even
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  this evening,
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  even though they
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  have no desire
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  to be here,
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  that you would,
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  through your word,
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  impact them.
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  Through your word,
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  you would open
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  their eyes.
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  You would turn
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  their heart of stone
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  to a heart of flesh.
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  Likewise,
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  we pray for those
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  who have no interest
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  in this place,
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  for those
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  who have no idea
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  and no care
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  for you
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  or for your word.
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  We pray even
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  for those
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  who we love,
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  those who we care
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  for deeply,
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  those who are
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  our family members
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  and our friends,
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  our colleagues
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  and our neighbours,
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  those who we long
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  to know you,
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  those who we long
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  to see transformed,
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  those who,
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  as it stands,
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  are facing
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  a lost eternity.
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  Lord,
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  we ask you
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  would use us,
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  use us as bold witnesses,
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  gentle,
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  loving,
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  careful.
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  Give us opportunity,
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  we ask,
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  to share the gospel
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  with those around us
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  who desperately
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  need to hear it.
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  Lord,
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  forgive us
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  for the many times
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  that we shy away
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  from sharing the gospel,
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  the many times
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  we find ourselves
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  lost for words
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  and to our shame
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  we find ourselves
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  embarrassed,
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  if we're honest,
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  embarrassed as how
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  we say things
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  or how we do things.
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  Lord,
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  give us,
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  we ask,
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  wisdom.
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  Give us,
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  we ask,
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  opportunity.
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  Help us to be zealous
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  with that true zealousness
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  as we seek to share
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  the gospel
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  to those who need
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  to hear it.
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  Lord,
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  help us this evening
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  to find our minds
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  and our hearts
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  focused on your word.
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  Lord,
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  bless this congregation,
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  bless all that goes on
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  in this place.
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  Bless your word
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  that goes out
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  from this place
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  day after day
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  and week after week.
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  We pray especially
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  just now for
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  your pastor here,
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  Lord,
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  we do pray for
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  Reverend McKeever,
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  we thank you for him.
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  We pray, Lord,
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  you be a strength
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  just now
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  as he recovers
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  from the illness,
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  Lord,
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  that you be with him
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  and help him.
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  We do pray
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  for this congregation
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  as a whole
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  as they find themselves
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  in the process
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  of looking to have one
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  to serve alongside
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  Reverend McKeever
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  as their assistant minister.
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  Lord,
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  we ask for wisdom
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  for the congregation,
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  wisdom for those
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  involved in the process.
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  Also,
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  I do pray, Lord,
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  for the one
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  whom we have in mind.
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  Thank you for him
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  and thank you
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  for his ministry.
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  Pray for him
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  and pray for his family
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  in the days
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  and weeks,
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  indeed,
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  perhaps even months
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  to come.
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  Lord,
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  that your name
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  would be praised
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  whatever the outcome
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  may be,
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  that you would be glorified.
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  Your people
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  would be upbuilt
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  in you.
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  We come before you
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  this evening
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  and we are aware
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  of our sinfulness.
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  We are aware,
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  as we said,
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  of our frailty.
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  We are aware
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  that even this day
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  we have sinned
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  against you,
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  a holy God,
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  in our words,
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  in our actions,
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  that to our shame,
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  perhaps even willingly,
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  we have gone astray.
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  We ask you,
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  bring us back
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  to yourself.
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  Help us to cling
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  to the one source
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  of true salvation
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  that there is,
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  the Lord Jesus Christ,
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  to cling on to his promises,
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  to remind ourselves
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  of his finished work
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  and that alone.
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  We ask all these things
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  in and through
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  and for his name's sake.
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  Amen.
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  Well, let's now turn
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  to reading God's word
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  at the Gospel of Mark.
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  Gospel of Mark
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  in chapter 10
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  and we can read
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  from verse 32
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  of the chapter.
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  Mark chapter 10
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  in verse 32.
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  We'll read to the end
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  of the chapter.
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  Mark 10,
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  verse 32.
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  Let's hear the word
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  of God.
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  And they were on the road
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  going up to Jerusalem
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  and Jesus was walking
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  ahead of them
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  and they were amazed
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  and those who followed
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  were afraid.
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  Taking the twelve again,
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  he began to tell them
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  what was to happen to him,
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  saying,
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  See,
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  we're going up
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  to Jerusalem
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  and the Son of Man
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  will be delivered
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  over to the chief priests
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  and the scribes
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  and they will condemn him
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  to death
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  and deliver him
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  over to the Gentiles
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  and they will mock him
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  and spit on him
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  and flog him
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  and kill him.
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  After three days,
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  he will rise.
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  And James and John,
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  the sons of Zebedee,
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  came up to him
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  and said to him,
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  Teacher,
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  we want you to do for us
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  whatever we ask of you.
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  And he said to them,
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  What do you want me
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  to do for you?
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  And they said to him,
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  Grant us to sit,
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  one at your right hand
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  and one at your left
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  in your glory.
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  Jesus said to them,
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  You do not know
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  what you are asking.
• 14:44
  Are you able
• 14:45
  to drink the cup
• 14:45
  that I drink
• 14:46
  or to be baptized
• 14:48
  the baptism
• 14:48
  of which I am baptized?
• 14:50
  And they said to him,
• 14:51
  We are able.
• 14:53
  And Jesus said to them,
• 14:54
  The cup that I drink,
• 14:55
  you will drink.
• 14:57
  The baptism
• 14:57
  which I am baptized,
• 14:58
  you will be baptized.
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  But to sit
• 15:01
  at my right hand
• 15:02
  or at my left
• 15:03
  is not mine to grant,
• 15:05
  but it is for those
• 15:05
  for whom it has been prepared.
• 15:08
  When the ten heard it,
• 15:09
  they began to be indignant
• 15:10
  at James and John.
• 15:12
  And Jesus called them to him
• 15:13
  and said to them,
• 15:14
  You know that those
• 15:15
  who are considered rulers
• 15:17
  of the Gentiles
• 15:18
  lord it over them,
• 15:20
  and their great ones
• 15:21
  exercise authority over them.
• 15:23
  But it shall not be so among you.
• 15:25
  But whoever would be great among you
• 15:27
  must be your servant.
• 15:28
  And whoever would be first among you
• 15:30
  must be slave of all.
• 15:32
  For even a son of man
• 15:34
  came not to be served,
• 15:36
  but to serve,
• 15:36
  but to serve,
• 15:37
  and to give his life
• 15:38
  as a ransom for many.
• 15:41
  And they came to Jericho.
• 15:42
  And as he was leaving Jericho
• 15:43
  with his disciples
• 15:44
  and a great crowd,
• 15:45
  Bartimaeus,
• 15:47
  a blind beggar,
• 15:48
  the son of Timaeus,
• 15:49
  was sitting by the roadside.
• 15:51
  When he heard
• 15:52
  it was Jesus of Nazareth,
• 15:53
  he began to cry out
• 15:54
  and say,
• 15:55
  Jesus,
• 15:56
  son of David,
• 15:56
  have mercy on me.
• 15:59
  And many rebuked him,
• 16:00
  telling him to be silent.
• 16:01
  But he cried out all the more,
• 16:03
  son of David,
• 16:04
  have mercy on me.
• 16:06
  And Jesus stopped
• 16:07
  and said,
• 16:07
  call him.
• 16:09
  And they called the blind man,
• 16:11
  saying to him,
• 16:12
  take heart,
• 16:13
  get up,
• 16:14
  he is calling you.
• 16:16
  And throwing off his cloak,
• 16:18
  he sprang up
• 16:18
  and came to Jesus.
• 16:20
  And Jesus said to him,
• 16:21
  what do you want me
• 16:22
  to do for you?
• 16:24
  A blind man said to him,
• 16:26
  Rabbi,
• 16:27
  let me recover my sight.
• 16:30
  And Jesus said to him,
• 16:31
  go your way.
• 16:33
  Your faith has made you well.
• 16:36
  And immediately,
• 16:37
  he recovered his sight
• 16:38
  and followed him
• 16:40
  on the way.
• 16:42
  Good praise to God
• 16:43
  for his holy
• 16:43
  and his perfect word.
• 16:46
  Let's again sing
• 16:47
  to God's praise,
• 16:48
  this time singing
• 16:49
  from Psalm 40.
• 16:50
  Psalm 40,
• 16:56
  these great words,
• 16:57
  of course,
• 16:57
  of salvation.
• 16:59
  Psalm 40,
• 17:00
  we can sing
• 17:00
  verses 1 down to verse 5.
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  I waited for the Lord my God
• 17:05
  and patiently did bear.
• 17:07
  A length to me
• 17:08
  did incline my voice
• 17:09
  and cried to hear.
• 17:11
  He took me
• 17:11
  from a fearful pit
• 17:12
  and from the miry clay
• 17:14
  on a rocky set my feet
• 17:16
  establishing my way.
• 17:18
  Psalm 40,
• 17:18
  verses 1 to 5
• 17:19
  to God's praise.
• 17:26
  I waited for the Lord my God
• 17:35
  And this and he did bear
• 17:43
  A length to me he did incline
• 17:53
  My voice and cry to hear
• 18:02
  He took me from a fearful pit
• 18:12
  And from the mighty glade
• 18:21
  And on a rock he set my feet
• 18:30
  Establishing my way
• 18:39
  He put a new song in my mouth
• 18:49
  Her God to magnify
• 18:58
  Many shall see it and shall fear
• 19:08
  And on the Lord rely
• 19:17
  O blessed is the man whose trust
• 19:28
  Upon the Lord relies
• 19:37
  Respecting not the proud
• 19:45
  For such as turn aside to lies
• 19:56
  O Lord my God
• 20:01
  The wonderful many are
• 20:06
  The wonders
• 20:11
  Who has done
• 20:14
  Thy gracious thoughts
• 20:20
  To us were far
• 20:24
  Above all thoughts are gone
• 20:34
  In order none can reckon
• 20:42
  To thee if them declare
• 20:51
  And speak of them
• 20:57
  I would be more
• 21:02
  Than can be numbered
• 21:09
  Let's for a short time
• 21:17
  Come back to the chapter we had
• 21:19
  Mark chapter 10
• 21:20
  Mark chapter 10
• 21:23
  We can look this evening at the account we have
• 21:27
  From verse 46 to the end
• 21:29
  I can't we all know so well I'm sure
• 21:32
  For the healing of Bartimaeus
• 21:34
  For the sake of the text
• 21:36
  We can perhaps just take
• 21:39
  The last two verses
• 21:42
  Verse 51 and 52
• 21:44
  And Jesus said to him
• 21:46
  What do you want me to do for you?
• 21:49
  A blind man said to him
• 21:51
  Rabbi let me recover my sight
• 21:54
  And Jesus said to him
• 21:55
  Go your way
• 21:57
  Your faith has made you well
• 21:59
  And immediately
• 22:00
  He recovered his sight
• 22:02
  And followed him
• 22:03
  On the way
• 22:05
  The last time
• 22:09
  We were together
• 22:10
  We were looking
• 22:11
  I believe
• 22:12
  In the Psalms
• 22:13
  We were looking at some of the
• 22:14
  The pilgrim Psalms
• 22:16
  The Psalms about journeying
• 22:17
  About how
• 22:19
  We saw that the Christian life
• 22:21
  Is one of travel
• 22:22
  One of journey
• 22:23
  Even before that
• 22:24
  A few years ago
• 22:25
  We looked together already
• 22:27
  In Psalm 84
• 22:28
  And seeing that great Psalm
• 22:30
  Speaking of the Christian's journey
• 22:31
  This evening
• 22:33
  In these few
• 22:34
  Short verses
• 22:35
  We also have a journey
• 22:36
  Of sorts
• 22:37
  It's a much shorter journey
• 22:39
  In some ways
• 22:39
  But also
• 22:40
  It's an eternal journey
• 22:42
  We follow the journey
• 22:44
  Of this man
• 22:45
  Bartimaeus
• 22:46
  This poor blind man
• 22:47
  And we see his journey
• 22:49
  Not just from
• 22:51
  Blindness
• 22:52
  To receiving sight
• 22:53
  But also from death
• 22:54
  To life
• 22:55
  We also see his journey
• 22:56
  To eternal life
• 22:59
  As we go on
• 23:00
  Through these verses
• 23:01
  Together this evening
• 23:03
  As we go through them
• 23:05
  We'll look just very simply
• 23:07
  Following the verses
• 23:08
  Under four very
• 23:09
  General headings
• 23:11
  First of all
• 23:13
  Looking
• 23:13
  Verses 46
• 23:15
  Down to verse 48
• 23:16
  We see the condition
• 23:17
  Of Bartimaeus
• 23:19
  His condition
• 23:20
  Then in verse 48
• 23:22
  Again we see the crowd
• 23:23
  Around
• 23:24
  Bartimaeus
• 23:25
  Then verses 49
• 23:27
  To verse 50
• 23:28
  We see
• 23:29
  Or we hear
• 23:30
  Of the call
• 23:31
  And also the care
• 23:32
  Of Jesus
• 23:33
  Towards
• 23:34
  Bartimaeus
• 23:35
  And finally
• 23:36
  In the last few verses
• 23:38
  We see the conversion
• 23:39
  So his condition
• 23:40
  The crowd around him
• 23:42
  The call of Jesus
• 23:43
  Towards him
• 23:43
  And finally
• 23:45
  His glorious
• 23:46
  Conversion
• 23:47
  Conversion
• 23:47
  As we spend
• 23:49
  A short time
• 23:50
  Looking
• 23:50
  At this wonderful
• 23:52
  Section of scripture
• 23:53
  Those of us here
• 23:55
  This evening
• 23:55
  Who know the Lord
• 23:57
  Those of us
• 23:57
  Who love the Lord
• 23:58
  As we go through
• 23:59
  These verses
• 24:00
  What a chance
• 24:02
  Is for us
• 24:02
  To be reminded
• 24:03
  Us to the wonder
• 24:04
  And the care
• 24:05
  And the love
• 24:07
  Of our saviour
• 24:08
  His tenderness
• 24:09
  Towards this man
• 24:10
  His care
• 24:11
  Towards this man
• 24:13
  And each one of us
• 24:15
  Here this evening
• 24:15
  Who are Christians
• 24:16
  That's all true
• 24:17
  I'm sure
• 24:18
  We can all say
• 24:19
  We find ourselves
• 24:20
  Somewhere
• 24:20
  In the story
• 24:21
  Of Bartimaeus
• 24:22
  Each one of us
• 24:23
  Who know the Lord
• 24:25
  Who love the Lord
• 24:25
  We can all say
• 24:27
  Can't we
• 24:27
  But once
• 24:27
  Yes we were blind
• 24:28
  Once we were
• 24:30
  Nothing more
• 24:31
  Than a beggar
• 24:32
  Spiritually a beggar
• 24:33
  But now
• 24:34
  We've been given sight
• 24:35
  Now we've been given
• 24:36
  All the riches
• 24:37
  And more riches
• 24:38
  Could it ever
• 24:39
  Have begun
• 24:40
  To ask for
• 24:40
  For any here
• 24:42
  This evening
• 24:43
  Perhaps even
• 24:45
  Those online
• 24:45
  Who as of yet
• 24:47
  Don't know Jesus
• 24:48
  You as of yet
• 24:49
  Cannot say
• 24:50
  That you know him
• 24:51
  That you love him
• 24:52
  That you follow him
• 24:53
  Please listen
• 24:55
  To God's word
• 24:56
  This evening
• 24:56
  You've probably
• 24:57
  Heard this account
• 24:58
  Many many times
• 25:00
  I'm sure you have
• 25:01
  But listen
• 25:02
  Just once more
• 25:03
  This evening
• 25:03
  To God's word
• 25:04
  And hear
• 25:05
  As to the journey
• 25:06
  Of this man
• 25:07
  As to his journey
• 25:09
  From blindness
• 25:10
  To sight
• 25:11
  His journey
• 25:12
  From being lost
• 25:14
  To being found
• 25:14
  By the saviour
• 25:15
  And just as the Christians
• 25:17
  We can find ourselves
• 25:18
  In this account
• 25:20
  Our hope
• 25:21
  And our prayer
• 25:22
  Is
• 25:23
  You'd find yourself
• 25:24
  In this story
• 25:25
  This account
• 25:26
  Even this evening
• 25:27
  You come into this place
• 25:30
  Yes you are
• 25:30
  Spiritually blind
• 25:31
  We'll see that later on
• 25:32
  But our prayer is
• 25:34
  God through his word
• 25:36
  Would work
• 25:36
  Even this evening
• 25:37
  You'd leave this place
• 25:39
  Like Bartimaeus
• 25:40
  With your eyes opened
• 25:42
  Following Jesus
• 25:44
  Let's begin
• 25:46
  With our section here
• 25:47
  Looking at the condition
• 25:48
  Of this blind man
• 25:49
  Verses 46 down
• 25:51
  To verse 48
• 25:53
  We find a few things
• 25:54
  Actually about
• 25:55
  Bartimaeus
• 25:56
  Scripture tells us
• 25:57
  A good few details
• 25:59
  Of course Jesus
• 26:02
  We said Jesus
• 26:02
  The disciples
• 26:03
  They've just
• 26:03
  Walked out of Jericho
• 26:05
  They've left
• 26:05
  Jericho
• 26:06
  As he passed Jericho
• 26:08
  As a crowd
• 26:09
  Passes Jericho
• 26:10
  Our attention is drawn
• 26:12
  Away from the crowd
• 26:13
  To the city walls
• 26:15
  To outside city walls
• 26:16
  Our eyes are drawn
• 26:18
  Down on the ground
• 26:19
  And here we find
• 26:20
  This man
• 26:21
  Bartimaeus
• 26:23
  A blind beggar
• 26:24
  The son of Timaeus
• 26:26
  He's sitting
• 26:27
  By the roadside
• 26:29
  A blind man
• 26:31
  A beggar
• 26:32
  A man
• 26:33
  Who had no hope
• 26:35
  In this society
• 26:36
  We of course
• 26:38
  Read this account
• 26:39
  And we do of course
• 26:40
  Feel sorry
• 26:41
  I'm sure
• 26:41
  For Bartimaeus
• 26:42
  We think
• 26:42
  Well that's a hard life
• 26:43
  He had
• 26:44
  But perhaps we forget
• 26:45
  That even in our culture
• 26:47
  We are so privileged
• 26:48
  In many ways
• 26:48
  We have a health service
• 26:50
  We have charities
• 26:51
  We have all these
• 26:52
  Different groups
• 26:53
  Of course there are many
• 26:55
  We know ourselves
• 26:56
  Who are still beggars
• 26:57
  In our towns
• 26:58
  In our cities
• 26:59
  But there's help
• 27:01
  For them
• 27:01
  There's at least some
• 27:02
  Help for them
• 27:03
  In some way
• 27:04
  Not true for Bartimaeus
• 27:08
  Not true for the beggars
• 27:09
  Of his day
• 27:10
  There's no health service
• 27:12
  There are no charities
• 27:14
  This man is useless
• 27:16
  He is worthless
• 27:17
  He's uncared for
• 27:18
  He is here
• 27:19
  Outside the walls
• 27:21
  On the ground
• 27:21
  The crowd's just
• 27:23
  Passing him by
• 27:24
  No care for him
• 27:26
  No time for him
• 27:27
  Not giving him
• 27:28
  A second look
• 27:29
  We could say
• 27:30
  He has no use
• 27:33
  To society
• 27:33
  No purpose
• 27:35
  Towards society
• 27:36
  He has no use
• 27:37
  Or purpose in life
• 27:38
  We could say
• 27:38
  As far as the crowd
• 27:40
  Around him
• 27:40
  Sees him
• 27:41
  A useless
• 27:43
  Pointless
• 27:45
  Worthless
• 27:46
  Blind beggar
• 27:47
  Who they pass by
• 27:49
  Day
• 27:49
  After day
• 27:50
  Scripture tells us more
• 27:56
  About this blind man
• 27:57
  We see
• 28:00
  As we read on
• 28:00
  In verse 47
• 28:01
  This blind beggar
• 28:03
  As uncared for
• 28:04
  As he was
• 28:05
  We're sure
• 28:05
  We find three more
• 28:07
  Things out about him
• 28:08
  First of all
• 28:11
  He knew something
• 28:13
  About
• 28:14
  Jesus
• 28:16
  Verse 47
• 28:19
  He heard Jesus
• 28:21
  What's passing by
• 28:22
  When he heard
• 28:23
  It was Jesus of Nazareth
• 28:24
  He began to cry out
• 28:25
  And say
• 28:25
  Jesus son of David
• 28:26
  Have mercy on me
• 28:28
  At some time
• 28:30
  In some way
• 28:31
  This blind man
• 28:32
  As he sat
• 28:33
  And begged
• 28:34
  And listened to the crowds
• 28:35
  Passing him by
• 28:36
  He's heard something
• 28:38
  About Jesus
• 28:39
  Something about this man
• 28:41
  Who they say
• 28:42
  Is doing miracles
• 28:43
  This man
• 28:44
  Who they call
• 28:44
  Perhaps the Messiah
• 28:45
  The Saviour
• 28:46
  This man
• 28:47
  Who they've called
• 28:48
  The son of David
• 28:49
  The one who's been
• 28:50
  Promised to come
• 28:51
  And to save his people
• 28:52
  Bartimaeus has heard
• 28:54
  Something about Jesus
• 28:55
  How much
• 28:58
  Or how
• 28:58
  Of course we don't know
• 28:59
  But he's heard something
• 29:00
  He's heard enough
• 29:01
  About Jesus
• 29:02
  To know
• 29:02
  That Jesus
• 29:04
  Might just be able
• 29:05
  To help him
• 29:06
  He might just be able
• 29:10
  To help him
• 29:10
  Somehow
• 29:11
  This man
• 29:13
  Who's healed
• 29:13
  Other people
• 29:14
  This man
• 29:14
  Who's saved
• 29:15
  Other people
• 29:16
  This man
• 29:16
  Who's perhaps
• 29:17
  Even given
• 29:18
  Other blind people's sight
• 29:19
  Maybe
• 29:20
  Just maybe
• 29:21
  He might help me
• 29:22
  Too
• 29:23
  He knew
• 29:27
  Something about Jesus
• 29:27
  But also this blind man
• 29:29
  He also
• 29:30
  He knew
• 29:31
  His need
• 29:31
  We'll see that
• 29:32
  More later on
• 29:33
  He knew
• 29:34
  He needed help
• 29:36
  He knew
• 29:37
  That no one
• 29:38
  And nothing else
• 29:39
  Could help him
• 29:39
  And he knew
• 29:40
  He needed Jesus
• 29:41
  To stop
• 29:42
  He knew
• 29:44
  He needed Jesus
• 29:45
  To come
• 29:45
  And to come
• 29:46
  Alongside him
• 29:47
  And to help him
• 29:49
  And to heal him
• 29:49
  We'll see that
• 29:50
  Of course
• 29:50
  As we go on
• 29:52
  As we look
• 29:54
  And remind ourselves
• 29:56
  As to the condition
• 29:56
  Of Bartimaeus
• 29:58
  We find ourselves
• 29:59
  I'm sure
• 29:59
  Thinking
• 29:59
  This is a poor soul
• 30:01
  And he was a poor soul
• 30:02
  In all definitions
• 30:03
  Of that word
• 30:04
  Of course he was
• 30:04
  But the truth is
• 30:10
  That there are some
• 30:12
  Here this evening
• 30:13
  Who are
• 30:14
  Just as bad
• 30:16
  And perhaps
• 30:18
  We could say
• 30:18
  Even in a worse
• 30:19
  Condition
• 30:20
  A worse state
• 30:21
  Than this poor
• 30:22
  Blind beggar
• 30:23
  By the side
• 30:24
  Of a road
• 30:24
  How can you say that
• 30:27
  Who are you
• 30:28
  Who are you
• 30:29
  To come up there
• 30:29
  To tell me
• 30:30
  That somehow
• 30:31
  My life is worse
• 30:32
  Than a poor
• 30:32
  Useless beggar
• 30:33
  A few thousand
• 30:35
  Years ago
• 30:35
  And perhaps
• 30:37
  You have all
• 30:38
  You want in life
• 30:39
  You've had a good life
• 30:41
  You're successful
• 30:41
  Perhaps
• 30:42
  Good job
• 30:42
  Happy family
• 30:43
  And so on
• 30:44
  And so on
• 30:44
  And we praise the Lord
• 30:46
  For that
• 30:46
  Always good gifts
• 30:47
  Come from him
• 30:48
  But scripture tells us
• 30:51
  That without Jesus
• 30:53
  Spiritually
• 30:55
  You are blind
• 30:56
  Spiritually
• 30:58
  You are blind
• 31:00
  You have no hope
• 31:03
  Of seeing
• 31:04
  No hope of healing
• 31:05
  Yourself
• 31:06
  Even more than that
• 31:09
  And perhaps even more
• 31:10
  Offensive
• 31:10
  To our egos
• 31:11
  More offensive
• 31:12
  To our personality
• 31:13
  Scripture tells us
• 31:15
  But without Jesus
• 31:16
  We're also beggars
• 31:18
  You think
• 31:20
  Well yeah
• 31:20
  I'm not
• 31:22
  I'm really not
• 31:24
  I provide for myself
• 31:26
  I provide for my family
• 31:27
  And so on
• 31:28
  I'm sure you do
• 31:29
  I'm sure you do
• 31:32
  But spiritually
• 31:33
  Dear friend
• 31:34
  You are a beggar
• 31:35
  Like Bartimaeus
• 31:37
  You're just waiting
• 31:38
  For the world
• 31:38
  To throw you scraps
• 31:40
  As it passes you by
• 31:41
  Nothing for yourself
• 31:45
  Can't really help yourself
• 31:47
  You just sit there
• 31:48
  Waiting as the world
• 31:49
  Passes you by
• 31:50
  As it throws you
• 31:51
  A few pennies
• 31:52
  And a few scraps
• 31:53
  Here and there
• 31:54
  It's perhaps
• 32:01
  Even worse than that
• 32:02
  There are some here
• 32:06
  Perhaps even this evening
• 32:07
  And you're actually
• 32:09
  Much
• 32:10
  Much
• 32:11
  Worse
• 32:12
  Than this poor
• 32:13
  Blind beggar
• 32:14
  Your situation
• 32:15
  Is perhaps
• 32:15
  Much more dire
• 32:16
  Than his ever was
• 32:17
  Because for all
• 32:19
  His infirmity
• 32:19
  For all his
• 32:20
  Many issues
• 32:21
  And problems
• 32:22
  He knew his need
• 32:24
  He knew his need
• 32:26
  And more than that
• 32:27
  He knew only Jesus
• 32:28
  Could help him
• 32:29
  In that need
• 32:30
  This poor blind beggar
• 32:32
  For all the issues
• 32:33
  And problems he had
• 32:34
  He knew
• 32:35
  He had
• 32:36
  To call out to Jesus
• 32:38
  To save him
• 32:38
  To help him
• 32:39
  If you're here this evening
• 32:41
  And we love
• 32:42
  That you are
• 32:43
  And we praise God
• 32:43
  That you are
• 32:44
  And we love to see you
• 32:46
  With us
• 32:46
  Of course we do
• 32:47
  Perhaps even those online
• 32:48
  We love
• 32:49
  We praise God
• 32:50
  That you're listening in
• 32:51
  If you're here
• 32:52
  Or listening this evening
• 32:54
  And if as of yet
• 32:55
  You have no interest
• 32:57
  In Jesus
• 32:57
  If as of yet
• 32:59
  You can't say
• 33:00
  You've called out
• 33:01
  To him
• 33:01
  To save you
• 33:02
  And you find yourself
• 33:04
  In a worse place
• 33:05
  Than this man
• 33:07
  By the roadside
• 33:07
  These few thousand years ago
• 33:10
  These few thousand miles away
• 33:11
  He knew
• 33:12
  His need
• 33:14
  He knew Jesus alone
• 33:15
  Could help him
• 33:16
  Jesus alone
• 33:17
  Could save him
• 33:19
  So what happens
• 33:21
  He hears Jesus
• 33:23
  Is coming by
• 33:24
  And Bartimaeus
• 33:26
  We see in verse 48
• 33:27
  What does he do
• 33:28
  Go in verse 47
• 33:30
  We see he cries out
• 33:31
  Jesus son of David
• 33:32
  Have mercy on me
• 33:34
  What happens
• 33:37
  What happens
• 33:38
  The second Bartimaeus
• 33:39
  Opens his mouth
• 33:40
  To call out to Jesus
• 33:42
  In verse 48
• 33:44
  And many rebuked him
• 33:46
  Telling him
• 33:46
  To be silent
• 33:48
  To be silent
• 33:50
  We praise God
• 33:53
  For our Bible translations
• 33:54
  And we have
• 33:55
  The blessing
• 33:56
  In our country
• 33:56
  Of many
• 33:57
  Many good translations
• 33:59
  And we trust
• 34:01
  These translations
• 34:01
  Well
• 34:02
  But there's something
• 34:03
  In verse 48
• 34:04
  The wording here
• 34:06
  It's good
• 34:06
  It's correct
• 34:07
  Of course it's correct
• 34:07
  But it's much more strong
• 34:09
  And even from a pulpit
• 34:11
  Perhaps
• 34:12
  You'd be quite uncomfortable
• 34:13
  Saying
• 34:13
  The strength
• 34:15
  Of the words
• 34:15
  Of verse 48
• 34:16
  The crowd rebuked him
• 34:18
  Telling him to be quiet
• 34:19
  To be silent
• 34:20
  It's
• 34:22
  Sit down
• 34:23
  And shut up
• 34:24
  Bartimaeus
• 34:24
  Keep your mouth shut
• 34:26
  That's what we're saying
• 34:27
  The stronger words
• 34:28
  Being used here
• 34:29
  Bartimaeus
• 34:30
  Sit down
• 34:30
  Keep your mouth shut
• 34:32
  Shush
• 34:33
  Know your place
• 34:36
  Stay where you are
• 34:37
  The second
• 34:39
  Bartimaeus
• 34:40
  Calls out to Jesus
• 34:41
  The crowd
• 34:41
  Fires up
• 34:43
  And they keep
• 34:44
  Or try at least
• 34:45
  To keep him
• 34:46
  Quiet
• 34:46
  To keep him silent
• 34:47
  To keep him down
• 34:48
  Dear friends
• 34:51
  The Christians here
• 34:53
  The brothers and sisters here
• 34:54
  Will tell you
• 34:55
  That our testimonies
• 34:57
  I'm sure
• 34:57
  Will all match
• 34:58
  In some way
• 34:58
  That the second
• 34:59
  We began
• 35:00
  To show a saving interest
• 35:01
  In Jesus
• 35:02
  Either the crowd
• 35:03
  Around us
• 35:04
  Or even ourselves
• 35:05
  Internally
• 35:07
  We find
• 35:08
  The opposition
• 35:09
  Beginning straight away
• 35:10
  Don't we
• 35:11
  Even as Christians
• 35:12
  If we're honest
• 35:12
  How many days
• 35:14
  Have you woken up
• 35:15
  And had a good plan
• 35:16
  Of praying
• 35:17
  And reading scripture
• 35:18
  Phone goes
• 35:20
  Something else happens
• 35:22
  Chores get done
• 35:23
  And if we're honest
• 35:24
  Evening comes
• 35:26
  Bible is there
• 35:27
  Still closed
• 35:28
  Prayers are unsaid
• 35:30
  And the day has gone by
• 35:31
  And we've said and done nothing
• 35:32
  Dear friends
• 35:35
  The second you show us
• 35:37
  A saving interest in Christ
• 35:38
  You will face opposition
• 35:39
  You will
• 35:41
  It will come again
• 35:42
  Internally
• 35:43
  Because naturally
• 35:45
  We know from scripture
• 35:45
  Naturally
• 35:46
  We hate God
• 35:48
  Naturally
• 35:49
  We despise him
• 35:50
  Naturally
• 35:50
  We do anything
• 35:51
  To go away from him
• 35:53
  But also you'll face
• 35:55
  Opposition from those
• 35:56
  Around you
• 35:56
  Those who love you
• 35:57
  And those
• 35:58
  Who mean well
• 35:59
  As they see you
• 36:00
  Perhaps come out
• 36:01
  To church more often
• 36:02
  As they see you
• 36:03
  Reading your Bible
• 36:04
  More often
• 36:04
  As they see you
• 36:05
  Perhaps wanting to pray
• 36:07
  Or wanting to come
• 36:07
  To the prayer meetings
• 36:08
  And so on and so on
• 36:09
  They'll begin to worry
• 36:11
  For you
• 36:12
  That family member
• 36:14
  That friend
• 36:14
  Who cares for you
• 36:16
  Will think
• 36:17
  What's happened to them
• 36:18
  I mean
• 36:20
  They're okay with you
• 36:21
  Coming to church
• 36:21
  But once you think
• 36:22
  Well now they're actually
• 36:23
  Believing this stuff
• 36:24
  They believe this
• 36:26
  Ancient book
• 36:26
  They actually believe
• 36:28
  What's being said
• 36:29
  From the pulpits
• 36:30
  And it worries them
• 36:33
  Because naturally
• 36:33
  Of course
• 36:34
  They want nothing
• 36:34
  To do the gospel either
• 36:35
  You will face
• 36:37
  Almost immediate
• 36:38
  Opposition
• 36:39
  We give praise to God
• 36:42
  That in our culture
• 36:43
  In our country
• 36:43
  Our opposition
• 36:44
  We face
• 36:45
  It's not
• 36:46
  Hardly ever violent
• 36:47
  It's hardly ever vicious
• 36:48
  But at times
• 36:50
  And for some people
• 36:51
  That is the case
• 36:52
  We know that sadly
• 36:53
  There are some
• 36:53
  Who face awful
• 36:54
  Opposition from
• 36:55
  Family members
• 36:56
  And friends
• 36:56
  But you will face
• 36:57
  Vitriol
• 36:59
  You will face
• 36:59
  Mocking
• 37:00
  You will face
• 37:00
  All manner
• 37:02
  Of opposition
• 37:02
  The second you show
• 37:04
  A saving interest
• 37:04
  Or any interest at all
• 37:06
  In wanting to know
• 37:07
  More about Jesus
• 37:08
  And following him
• 37:09
  If this evening
• 37:12
  You find yourself
• 37:12
  Even just now
• 37:13
  Wanting to know more
• 37:15
  Wanting to examine
• 37:17
  Wanting to read more
• 37:18
  Wanting to find out more
• 37:19
  About who Jesus is
• 37:21
  Just be prepared
• 37:23
  For opposition
• 37:24
  What happens here
• 37:27
  In the face
• 37:28
  Of opposition
• 37:29
  What happens
• 37:30
  Once a crowd
• 37:32
  In verse 48
• 37:33
  Tells Bartimaeus
• 37:34
  To keep his mouth shut
• 37:35
  And to sit down
• 37:36
  Does he follow them
• 37:38
  Does he listen to them
• 37:38
  What happens
• 37:40
  Verse 48
• 37:45
  The second half
• 37:46
  He cried out
• 37:47
  All the more
• 37:48
  Son of David
• 37:49
  Have mercy on me
• 37:50
  Bit Helen
• 37:51
  Bartimaeus
• 37:52
  Shush
• 37:52
  And he just shouts
• 37:54
  Even louder
• 37:55
  Dear friends
• 37:58
  When the opposition
• 37:59
  Begins to ring in your ears
• 38:01
  Don't give up
• 38:02
  Don't give up
• 38:04
  When the devil
• 38:06
  Himself
• 38:07
  Feels as if it's
• 38:09
  Dragging you away
• 38:10
  From your
• 38:10
  Bibles
• 38:11
  And from prayer
• 38:12
  And from
• 38:13
  Finding out more
• 38:13
  About who Jesus is
• 38:15
  Don't give up
• 38:16
  Follow
• 38:17
  Bartimaeus
• 38:18
  You just
• 38:19
  Keep your ground
• 38:20
  And you cry out
• 38:21
  All the more
• 38:21
  Towards Jesus
• 38:22
  What would have happened
• 38:27
  If Bartimaeus
• 38:28
  Had listened
• 38:29
  To the crowd
• 38:30
  Around him
• 38:31
  What would have happened
• 38:33
  If he had
• 38:34
  Kept his mouth
• 38:35
  Shut
• 38:35
  He shouts out
• 38:39
  To Jesus
• 38:39
  The crowd
• 38:40
  Says
• 38:40
  Shush
• 38:41
  He listens to them
• 38:42
  He sits
• 38:42
  As a way back down
• 38:43
  Quietly
• 38:44
  And he lets Jesus
• 38:47
  And the crowd
• 38:47
  Pass him by
• 38:49
  What we know
• 38:52
  From scripture
• 38:53
  And we in fact
• 38:54
  Even read together
• 38:55
  In verse 32 onwards
• 38:56
  In that section
• 38:57
  That Jesus
• 38:58
  Would not
• 39:00
  Pass this way again
• 39:01
  Simple as that
• 39:03
  Jesus is heading
• 39:04
  Of course
• 39:05
  Slowly at this point
• 39:06
  Towards
• 39:07
  The cross
• 39:08
  Jesus would no longer
• 39:10
  Would ever again
• 39:11
  Pass by
• 39:12
  Where Bartimaeus
• 39:14
  Was
• 39:14
  And if Bartimaeus
• 39:16
  Had kept his mouth
• 39:17
  Quiet
• 39:17
  Had sat down
• 39:18
  And said nothing
• 39:19
  And if he had
• 39:20
  Listened to the crowd
• 39:21
  Jesus
• 39:22
  Would have
• 39:23
  We see here
• 39:24
  Quite literally
• 39:25
  Passed him by
• 39:26
  His chance
• 39:28
  Would have
• 39:29
  Passed him by
• 39:30
  He lived out
• 39:33
  The rest of his days
• 39:34
  As that blind
• 39:35
  Beggar
• 39:36
  Dear friends
• 39:39
  The illustration
• 39:40
  Here is clear
• 39:40
  Isn't it
• 39:41
  It's not complicated
• 39:42
  You've heard this
• 39:43
  Before
• 39:43
  And we've said this
• 39:45
  Before
• 39:46
  Even from this
• 39:46
  Poupet
• 39:46
  I've said it
• 39:47
  Before
• 39:47
  But we get
• 39:47
  So comfortable
• 39:48
  Don't we
• 39:48
  We get so comfortable
• 39:49
  In our
• 39:50
  Procedures
• 39:51
  We're comfortable
• 39:51
  In our process
• 39:52
  We get so comfortable
• 39:53
  In our weekly
• 39:54
  Patterns
• 39:54
  Why does anyone
• 39:56
  Stand up here
• 39:57
  Why are we here
• 39:58
  We're here
• 40:01
  Because this is
• 40:02
  Real
• 40:02
  This is serious
• 40:04
  The gospel
• 40:05
  Is real
• 40:05
  The gospel
• 40:07
  Is for all
• 40:07
  Who listen to it
• 40:08
  But also the
• 40:09
  Consequences of
• 40:10
  Ignoring the gospel
• 40:11
  Are real
• 40:12
  Just like
• 40:15
  Bartimaeus
• 40:16
  If you
• 40:17
  Let this
• 40:17
  Gospel chance
• 40:18
  Pass you by
• 40:19
  And we know
• 40:20
  This ourselves
• 40:21
  So well
• 40:21
  And we see it
• 40:23
  In our own lives
• 40:23
  I'm sure many of
• 40:24
  Us have known
• 40:25
  This in our lives
• 40:26
  Of how quickly
• 40:27
  Life can change
• 40:28
  That one phone call
• 40:30
  That one wrong
• 40:31
  Turn on the road
• 40:32
  And so on
• 40:33
  And so on
• 40:33
  And life is destroyed
• 40:35
  And life is changed
• 40:36
  And opportunity
• 40:37
  Is gone
• 40:38
  It's gone
• 40:39
  Be like
• 40:44
  Bartimaeus
• 40:45
  Be like Bartimaeus
• 40:47
  Even this evening
• 40:48
  What's keeping you away
• 40:52
  From calling out to Jesus
• 40:53
  Just now
• 40:53
  Generally
• 40:56
  What is keeping you away
• 40:57
  How do you answer
• 40:58
  That question
• 40:59
  Dear friends
• 40:59
  Is it pride
• 41:01
  Is it pride
• 41:04
  Is it what others
• 41:06
  Would say
• 41:07
  About you
• 41:08
  Think
• 41:09
  About you
• 41:10
  And to our shame
• 41:12
  That's often the case
• 41:14
  Isn't it
• 41:15
  Is it perhaps
• 41:17
  You think
• 41:17
  You aren't good enough
• 41:18
  Aren't holy enough
• 41:19
  Aren't well versed
• 41:21
  Enough in your scriptures
• 41:22
  Aren't living a good
• 41:26
  Enough life
• 41:27
  Dear friends
• 41:30
  For how many
• 41:30
  Have gone before you
• 41:31
  Who live a better life
• 41:33
  Than you lived
• 41:33
  Who know their
• 41:34
  Bible's better
• 41:35
  Than you know them
• 41:35
  But who die
• 41:37
  Not knowing Jesus
• 41:38
  Be like Bartimaeus
• 41:43
  Call out
• 41:45
  Even just now
• 41:46
  In your minds
• 41:46
  Call out
• 41:47
  Take this chance
• 41:50
  As the Lord
• 41:50
  Has given it to you
• 41:51
  Once more
• 41:52
  This evening
• 41:53
  He calls out
• 41:57
  He ignores
• 41:58
  The crowd
• 41:59
  And he calls
• 42:00
  Out
• 42:01
  To
• 42:02
  Jesus
• 42:03
  Don't be dismayed
• 42:05
  Don't be disheartened
• 42:07
  As you face opposition
• 42:07
  Cry out
• 42:08
  All the louder
• 42:09
  So what happens
• 42:12
  He calls out
• 42:13
  He cries out
• 42:14
  What does he
• 42:16
  Take in place
• 42:17
  In verse 49
• 42:20
  And Jesus stopped
• 42:22
  And said
• 42:23
  Call him
• 42:25
  And Jesus
• 42:27
  Stopped
• 42:28
  Professor John Angus
• 42:33
  Always reminded us
• 42:34
  In college
• 42:34
  That there's no
• 42:35
  Wasted words
• 42:36
  In scripture
• 42:36
  How true that is
• 42:38
  The start
• 42:41
  Of verse
• 42:42
  49
• 42:43
  Doesn't need to be there
• 42:44
  Really does it
• 42:45
  It doesn't add
• 42:45
  To the story
• 42:47
  Because it doesn't add
• 42:48
  To the account
• 42:48
  Jesus stopped
• 42:49
  But actually of course
• 42:50
  It does
• 42:51
  It adds so much
• 42:52
  Here we see
• 42:54
  Jesus
• 42:55
  The son of God
• 42:56
  We read of course
• 42:58
  In verse 32
• 42:59
  Here he is
• 43:00
  His mind on the cross
• 43:02
  Heading that way
• 43:04
  Slowly
• 43:04
  Every day
• 43:06
  It passes
• 43:06
  He is one
• 43:07
  Step closer
• 43:08
  To bearing on his shoulders
• 43:10
  The full wrath
• 43:11
  Of all the sins
• 43:12
  Of all his people
• 43:13
  He is about to face
• 43:15
  A hell
• 43:16
  A literal hell
• 43:17
  We can't begin
• 43:18
  To imagine
• 43:18
  He is about to face
• 43:20
  An eternity worth
• 43:21
  Of wrath
• 43:22
  Poured out onto him
• 43:23
  For the sake of his people
• 43:24
  All the time
• 43:26
  Being mocked
• 43:27
  All the time
• 43:28
  Being derided
• 43:29
  All the time
• 43:30
  Living his every day
• 43:31
  As fully man
• 43:33
  Fully God
• 43:34
  But fully man
• 43:35
  Seeing the disaster
• 43:37
  That sin
• 43:37
  Has created
• 43:38
  And caused
• 43:39
  In his created world
• 43:41
  All that weight
• 43:43
  All that pressure
• 43:44
  Pushing down
• 43:45
  On our saviour
• 43:46
  As he makes way
• 43:47
  To the cross
• 43:48
  And he hears
• 43:51
  The cries
• 43:52
  And the calls
• 43:53
  Of that one
• 43:54
  Useless
• 43:55
  Pointless
• 43:55
  Worthless beggar
• 43:56
  Who was sitting
• 43:57
  By the roadside
• 43:58
  Jesus
• 44:00
  Son of David
• 44:01
  Have mercy on me
• 44:02
  Jesus
• 44:03
  Have mercy on me
• 44:05
  Again
• 44:06
  The words
• 44:07
  Of Bartimaeus here
• 44:09
  They're
• 44:09
  The grammar of it
• 44:11
  Is repeated
• 44:12
  He's not crying out
• 44:13
  Once
• 44:13
  He's crying out
• 44:13
  Again and again
• 44:14
  And again
• 44:14
  Bartimaeus is crying out
• 44:16
  Again and again
• 44:16
  Again
• 44:17
  The eternal
• 44:19
  Son of God
• 44:20
  Our great and glorious
• 44:22
  Saviour
• 44:22
  He stops
• 44:24
  He stops
• 44:27
  To hear
• 44:27
  The cry
• 44:28
  Of this man
• 44:29
  A man who is
• 44:30
  Worthless to the world
• 44:31
  But who is not
• 44:32
  Worthless to Jesus
• 44:33
  Jesus stops
• 44:35
  To listen to
• 44:36
  What happens then
• 44:40
  Jesus stopped
• 44:42
  And said
• 44:43
  Call him
• 44:43
  And they
• 44:45
  That's the disciples
• 44:46
  And the followers
• 44:47
  Of Jesus
• 44:47
  And they called
• 44:49
  The blind man
• 44:49
  Saying to him
• 44:50
  Take heart
• 44:51
  Get up
• 44:52
  He is
• 44:54
  Calling
• 44:54
  You
• 44:55
  Take heart
• 44:56
  Get up
• 44:58
  He is
• 44:58
  Calling
• 44:59
  You
• 45:00
  Dear Christians
• 45:02
  This is where we
• 45:03
  Again find ourselves
• 45:04
  Coming into this story
• 45:06
  Isn't it
• 45:06
  This account
• 45:06
  Here is
• 45:08
  The great
• 45:09
  And glorious
• 45:11
  Privilege
• 45:11
  That we have
• 45:12
  As Christians
• 45:12
  This is the duty
• 45:14
  It's given to us
• 45:15
  Isn't it
• 45:15
  As those who follow
• 45:17
  Jesus
• 45:17
  Jesus gives us
• 45:19
  This duty
• 45:20
  To tell
• 45:22
  Those around us
• 45:24
  To share
• 45:25
  With those around us
• 45:26
  The great
• 45:27
  Glorious
• 45:28
  Gospel call
• 45:29
  Of this verse
• 45:30
  What is the gospel
• 45:31
  We share
• 45:32
  What is the gospel
• 45:34
  We as Christians
• 45:34
  Have been entrusted with
• 45:36
  To tell
• 45:38
  Those around us
• 45:39
  Take heart
• 45:40
  Get up
• 45:41
  He is calling you
• 45:43
  We can't save anyone
• 45:46
  We know that
• 45:48
  We can't save anyone
• 45:50
  We could sit here
• 45:53
  And stand here
• 45:53
  And go through
• 45:53
  Every sermon
• 45:54
  I could think of
• 45:55
  And your minister
• 45:56
  Could come back
• 45:57
  Tomorrow
• 45:57
  And he can go
• 45:58
  Through all his
• 45:58
  Archive of sermons
• 46:00
  We can go down the road
• 46:00
  And go through their archive
• 46:01
  And go through every church
• 46:02
  On the island
• 46:02
  We can't save anyone
• 46:06
  What is our job
• 46:07
  As Christians
• 46:07
  Is to point them
• 46:09
  To someone
• 46:10
  Who will save them
• 46:11
  Who can save them
• 46:12
  Our job is to echo
• 46:14
  The cry
• 46:14
  Of this gospel call
• 46:16
  To tell
• 46:17
  Those around us
• 46:18
  To tell those
• 46:19
  Who are lost
• 46:20
  Who are blind
• 46:21
  Who are dead spiritually
• 46:22
  Tell them
• 46:23
  Take heart
• 46:24
  Get up
• 46:25
  He is calling you
• 46:27
  Christians
• 46:28
  This is our duty
• 46:29
  This is our privilege
• 46:29
  Even this new week
• 46:31
  What a joy it is for us
• 46:32
  What a joy it should be
• 46:34
  For us at least
• 46:34
  That we as believers
• 46:37
  Have this great
• 46:39
  Gospel commission
• 46:40
  Given to us
• 46:40
  Not dependent
• 46:42
  On our experience
• 46:43
  Our ability
• 46:44
  And so on and so on
• 46:45
  Each one of us
• 46:46
  Has been placed
• 46:46
  In our own mission field
• 46:47
  Haven't we
• 46:47
  In your own home
• 46:48
  A place of work
• 46:50
  A place of study perhaps
• 46:52
  To your neighbours
• 46:53
  Day by day
• 46:54
  Whatever your life
• 46:55
  Looks like
• 46:56
  That is where God
• 46:57
  Has placed you
• 46:58
  To serve him
• 46:58
  To take out
• 47:00
  This gospel call
• 47:01
  Again for those
• 47:05
  Here this evening
• 47:06
  This is the gospel call
• 47:07
  Once more being said
• 47:08
  To you
• 47:09
  Once more
• 47:11
  This is it being
• 47:11
  Shared to you
• 47:12
  The words of Jesus
• 47:16
  To Bartimaeus
• 47:17
  Are being repeated
• 47:18
  Again this evening
• 47:19
  And they're being said
• 47:21
  To you
• 47:21
  Take heart
• 47:24
  Get up
• 47:25
  He is calling you
• 47:27
  Dear friends
• 47:31
  As we said
• 47:33
  We can't save you
• 47:34
  If we could
• 47:36
  We would
• 47:36
  We would
• 47:38
  We would
• 47:40
  We would come
• 47:40
  And shake you
• 47:41
  And make you believe
• 47:42
  Make you cry
• 47:43
  To Jesus yourself
• 47:44
  That doesn't work
• 47:45
  The gospel call
• 47:46
  That works
• 47:47
  Because it's God's word
• 47:48
  This is the call
• 47:50
  To you
• 47:50
  Once more
• 47:51
  If nothing else
• 47:52
  This evening
• 47:52
  Listen again to this
• 47:53
  This is the gospel call
• 47:55
  To you
• 47:55
  As you search
• 47:56
  For meaning
• 47:57
  Search for purpose
• 47:58
  Search for answers
• 47:59
  As you see
• 48:00
  That there's something else
• 48:02
  In life
• 48:02
  Surely there's more
• 48:03
  To life
• 48:04
  Than I've experienced
• 48:05
  So far
• 48:05
  Surely there's a reason
• 48:06
  And a purpose
• 48:07
  Surely there's a way
• 48:08
  Of salvation
• 48:09
  The call of Jesus
• 48:12
  Comes out to you
• 48:12
  And he says
• 48:13
  Take heart
• 48:15
  Get up
• 48:16
  He is calling you
• 48:18
  Dear friends
• 48:20
  That's a call
• 48:21
  To you just now
• 48:21
  Take heart
• 48:24
  Get up
• 48:25
  He is calling you
• 48:28
  What's the response
• 48:33
  Of this gospel call
• 48:35
  To finally come
• 48:37
  To the response
• 48:39
  The conversion
• 48:40
  We could say
• 48:40
  Of Bartimaeus
• 48:41
  Let's see us
• 48:43
  In verse 50
• 48:43
  To the end
• 48:44
  So Bartimaeus
• 48:46
  Hears this gospel call
• 48:48
  And throwing off
• 48:50
  His cloak
• 48:50
  He sprang up
• 48:51
  And came to Jesus
• 48:52
  Just the same way
• 48:54
  That the words
• 48:55
  We see in verse 48
• 48:56
  To describe the
• 48:57
  The rebuke
• 48:58
  And the
• 48:59
  Vitriol
• 49:00
  Of the crowd
• 49:01
  Are quite
• 49:03
  Carefully worded
• 49:03
  Here we have the same again
• 49:04
  In verse 50
• 49:05
  This throwing off
• 49:07
  And the springing up
• 49:07
  Strong words
• 49:10
  That cloak is gone
• 49:11
  He chucks it off
• 49:13
  And he springs up
• 49:14
  He's gone
• 49:15
  The second he hears
• 49:17
  The call of Bartimaeus
• 49:17
  Is somehow
• 49:18
  Clawing his way
• 49:19
  Towards where Jesus is
• 49:21
  Or being helped
• 49:21
  We hope
• 49:21
  Again
• 49:24
  No wasted words
• 49:25
  In scripture
• 49:25
  Why are we told
• 49:27
  His cloak
• 49:28
  Has been thrown off
• 49:29
  Why do we care
• 49:30
  Why is it important to us
• 49:31
  What is this
• 49:33
  Cloak
• 49:34
  What was his cloak
• 49:36
  To him
• 49:36
  It was his world
• 49:38
  Wasn't it
• 49:39
  It was his world
• 49:40
  It was all that he had
• 49:41
  Was his cloak
• 49:42
  At this time
• 49:42
  It was what he used
• 49:44
  To gather
• 49:46
  And to collect
• 49:47
  The scraps
• 49:48
  Of food
• 49:49
  And the pennies
• 49:50
  And whatever else
• 49:51
  Was thrown at him
• 49:52
  From the world
• 49:52
  This cloak
• 49:54
  Which represented
• 49:55
  All that he once was
• 49:56
  All that he once did
• 49:57
  It's gone
• 49:59
  It's thrown off
• 50:01
  Spartimaeus
• 50:02
  Is about to be
• 50:03
  Cloaked
• 50:03
  About to be covered
• 50:04
  By something
• 50:05
  Much more glorious
• 50:06
  Than his cloak
• 50:07
  He's now about to be
• 50:09
  Covered by the
• 50:10
  Finished work
• 50:11
  By the
• 50:11
  By the righteousness
• 50:12
  Of a saviour
• 50:13
  Who has called him
• 50:15
  Who has shown love
• 50:17
  To him
• 50:18
  And he springs up
• 50:20
  He springs up
• 50:21
  He makes his way
• 50:22
  Straight to Jesus
• 50:23
  The old life
• 50:24
  Has been thrown off him
• 50:25
  And when Jesus
• 50:28
  Asks this
• 50:28
  Almost strange question
• 50:30
  You can say
• 50:30
  Jesus said to him
• 50:31
  What do you want me
• 50:33
  To do for you?
• 50:37
  Jesus knew
• 50:38
  Jesus knew
• 50:39
  What Bartimaeus needed
• 50:40
  Of course he did
• 50:42
  He knew
• 50:45
  That he was about
• 50:46
  To heal this blind man
• 50:47
  And give him life
• 50:49
  And give him sight
• 50:50
  But still we see
• 50:52
  The care
• 50:53
  Of Jesus
• 50:54
  Jesus' respect
• 50:56
  This man
• 50:57
  As a created creature
• 50:58
  And he asked
• 51:00
  Bartimaeus
• 51:01
  What
• 51:01
  Will I do for you?
• 51:04
  What do you want
• 51:05
  To do for you?
• 51:07
  The blind man says
• 51:08
  Rabbi
• 51:08
  Let me recover
• 51:10
  My sight
• 51:11
  Rabbi
• 51:13
  Let me recover
• 51:14
  My sight
• 51:15
  Rabbi
• 51:16
  Let me see
• 51:16
  Let me see
• 51:18
  And this is the cry
• 51:20
  Isn't it
• 51:20
  Every Christian
• 51:21
  Here this evening
• 51:21
  This has been our cry
• 51:22
  At some point
• 51:23
  Rabbi
• 51:24
  Teacher
• 51:25
  Jesus
• 51:26
  Open my eyes
• 51:27
  Please open my eyes
• 51:29
  The Christians here
• 51:30
  As we once felt
• 51:31
  That darkness
• 51:32
  And we once realised
• 51:33
  That we've been
• 51:33
  Spending our whole life
• 51:35
  Walking with our eyes shut
• 51:36
  Walking in darkness
• 51:37
  And our cry
• 51:38
  One day was
• 51:39
  Jesus
• 51:39
  Open my eyes
• 51:41
  Let me see
• 51:42
  And we see the world
• 51:45
  Didn't we?
• 51:45
  We saw the world
• 51:46
  As it really was
• 51:47
  We saw him
• 51:48
  As he really was
• 51:49
  He opened our eyes
• 51:51
  And we're no longer
• 51:52
  Scared of him
• 51:53
  He opened our eyes
• 51:55
  And we're no longer
• 51:55
  At the weight
• 51:56
  Of the burden
• 51:57
  Of our sin
• 51:58
  Hanging over us
• 51:59
  He opened our eyes
• 52:00
  And like Bartimaeus
• 52:01
  We were able to
• 52:02
  Spring up
• 52:02
  And go straight to him
• 52:03
  Rabbi
• 52:09
  Let me see
• 52:10
  Let me recover
• 52:11
  My sight
• 52:12
  And Jesus said to him
• 52:14
  Go your way
• 52:15
  Your faith has made you well
• 52:17
  And immediately
• 52:19
  Immediately
• 52:20
  He recovered his sight
• 52:22
  And followed him
• 52:23
  On the way
• 52:23
  Dear friends
• 52:27
  Perhaps as Christians
• 52:30
  And we do take blame
• 52:31
  For us as Christians
• 52:32
  And we must
• 52:33
  As Christians take blame
• 52:33
  We add sometimes
• 52:35
  We add to salvation
• 52:36
  We add layers
• 52:38
  And we add parts
• 52:40
  What scripture does not give us
• 52:42
  And we're wrong in doing that
• 52:43
  And we know that
• 52:44
  And we confess that
• 52:45
  But salvation
• 52:47
  Is expensive
• 52:48
  It costs our saviour
• 52:50
  All
• 52:51
  We know that
• 52:52
  But to receive salvation
• 52:54
  To receive salvation
• 52:56
  If we receive it
• 52:57
  Like Bartimaeus
• 52:58
  It doesn't require
• 53:00
  Any great performance
• 53:01
  There's no special ceremony
• 53:03
  There's no song
• 53:04
  No dance
• 53:04
  No special handshake
• 53:06
  What is required in salvation?
• 53:09
  To cry out to Christ for it
• 53:11
  To cry to Jesus
• 53:12
  That he would save you
• 53:13
  He would open your eyes
• 53:14
  There's no performance here
• 53:17
  There's no ceremony
• 53:18
  Immediately
• 53:19
  He recovered his sight
• 53:21
  Christ's ability
• 53:24
  His power
• 53:25
  His infinite wisdom
• 53:27
  And power
• 53:27
  And love
• 53:28
  And care as such
• 53:29
  But this is the reality
• 53:31
  Isn't it?
• 53:32
  Immediately
• 53:32
  You come this evening to Jesus
• 53:35
  And you gently cry out
• 53:36
  That he would save you
• 53:37
  He opened your eyes
• 53:38
  This month
• 53:40
  This week
• 53:40
  This day
• 53:41
  Come and cry out
• 53:42
  That he would open your eyes
• 53:43
  What does Bartimaeus bring?
• 53:47
  He brings nothing other than
• 53:48
  The knowledge
• 53:49
  That only Jesus can help him
• 53:51
  You this evening
• 53:54
  Have so much more
• 53:55
  Biblical knowledge
• 53:56
  And understanding
• 53:57
  I'm sure
• 53:57
  Than Bartimaeus had
• 53:58
  Of course you do
• 54:00
  You have the privilege
• 54:03
  Of how many years
• 54:04
  In this building
• 54:04
  How many years
• 54:05
  Under the gospel
• 54:06
  Take all that
• 54:08
  Bully to Bartimaeus
• 54:09
  And go straight to Jesus
• 54:10
  This evening
• 54:10
  Ask Jesus
• 54:12
  The same thing
• 54:13
  That he asks
• 54:13
  Rabbi
• 54:15
  Lord
• 54:16
  Teacher
• 54:17
  Jesus
• 54:18
  Let me see
• 54:19
  Let me recover my sight
• 54:21
  Immediately
• 54:28
  He recovered his sight
• 54:30
  And followed him
• 54:31
  On the way
• 54:32
  See Jesus tells him
• 54:33
  To go your way
• 54:34
  Go your way
• 54:35
  Your faith has made you well
• 54:37
  But Bartimaeus
• 54:39
  Could have of course
• 54:39
  Gone back
• 54:40
  To the life
• 54:41
  He had known
• 54:41
  The only life
• 54:42
  He had known
• 54:42
  Backed and
• 54:43
  Grabbed his cloak again
• 54:45
  And sat down again
• 54:46
  And started begging
• 54:47
  After all
• 54:48
  That's his job
• 54:49
  Because that's
• 54:49
  His life
• 54:50
  Jesus says
• 54:52
  Go your way
• 54:52
  Of course
• 54:54
  Bartimaeus does
• 54:55
  Go his way
• 54:56
  Doesn't he
• 54:57
  His way
• 54:58
  Is now the way
• 54:59
  Of his saviour
• 55:01
  He immediately
• 55:02
  Recovered his sight
• 55:03
  And followed him
• 55:05
  On the way
• 55:07
  What have we said
• 55:09
  Of you
• 55:10
  This evening
• 55:10
  What have we said
• 55:13
  Of you
• 55:13
  Perhaps even this week
• 55:14
  You cried out
• 55:16
  To Jesus
• 55:16
  That he would
• 55:17
  Give you sight
• 55:17
  That he gave you
• 55:19
  That sight
• 55:20
  He gave you
• 55:21
  That new life
• 55:21
  That he saved you
• 55:23
  That you
• 55:24
  Like Bartimaeus
• 55:24
  Are now following him
• 55:25
  On the way
• 55:27
  That's our hope
• 55:30
  That's our prayer
• 55:31
  That's what we desperately
• 55:33
  Long to see
• 55:33
  True for everyone
• 55:35
  In this place
• 55:36
  This evening
• 55:36
  Like Bartimaeus
• 55:37
  You would know
• 55:38
  Jesus for yourself
• 55:39
  You would see him
• 55:40
  For yourself
• 55:41
  You would follow him
• 55:42
  For yourself
• 55:44
  Let's bow our heads
• 55:45
  Now
• 55:45
  A word of prayer
• 55:46
  Lord God
• 55:49
  We again
• 55:49
  Thank you for your word
• 55:50
  Thank you Lord
• 55:50
  For the gift of it
• 55:51
  We ask that
• 55:53
  As we have read
• 55:53
  Now the account
• 55:54
  Of blind Bartimaeus
• 55:56
  Of the care
• 55:57
  And the love
• 55:58
  And the
• 55:59
  Compassion
• 56:01
  And mercy
• 56:01
  Of your son
• 56:02
  Towards that
• 56:02
  Blind man
• 56:03
  We do ask
• 56:03
  That would be
• 56:04
  The same testimony
• 56:05
  For many here
• 56:06
  This evening
• 56:06
  They find themselves
• 56:09
  Blind now
• 56:09
  But they would come
• 56:10
  To know
• 56:11
  For themselves
• 56:12
  What it is
• 56:12
  To see
• 56:13
  To see truly
• 56:15
  To see eternally
• 56:16
  To have their eyes
• 56:17
  Opened
• 56:18
  For the one
• 56:19
  Who has done all
• 56:19
  That needs to be done
• 56:20
  For their salvation
• 56:21
  Lord you forgive
• 56:22
  Anything that was said
• 56:23
  Not in accordance
• 56:24
  To your word
• 56:25
  To give you praise
• 56:25
  That the power
• 56:26
  Is not
• 56:26
  In the one who
• 56:27
  Preaches the Lord
• 56:28
  The power is in
• 56:29
  Your living word
• 56:29
  I ask you
• 56:31
  Bless your people
• 56:32
  Here this evening
• 56:32
  Encourage us
• 56:33
  Also as we seek
• 56:34
  To be reminded
• 56:35
  Of the wonder
• 56:35
  Of our salvation
• 56:36
  You are a God
• 56:37
  Who saves
• 56:37
  All that comes to you
• 56:39
  You are a God
• 56:40
  Who saves all
• 56:40
  Who cry out
• 56:41
  For that salvation
• 56:42
  You are a God
• 56:43
  Who has saved
• 56:44
  Your people
• 56:44
  Here this evening
• 56:44
  You gave us
• 56:45
  These new eyes
• 56:46
  That new heart
• 56:47
  And our way
• 56:49
  Is also now
• 56:49
  The way of our saviour
• 56:50
  Help us
• 56:51
  As we come to sing
• 56:52
  Our final item of praise
• 56:54
  To do so
• 56:55
  Of hearts and minds
• 56:55
  Focused on you
• 56:56
  Giving you praise
• 56:57
  It's got all these things
• 56:58
  In and through
• 57:00
  And for Christ's
• 57:01
  Precious name's sake
• 57:02
  Amen
• 57:02
  Let's conclude
• 57:05
  By singing to God's praise
• 57:06
  I'm seeing the
• 57:13
  One of the words
• 57:13
  Of course is
• 57:14
  Psalm 46
• 57:15
  Scottish Psalter
• 57:19
  And Psalm 46
• 57:20
  Singing verses 1
• 57:28
  Down to verse 6
• 57:30
  God is our refuge
• 57:31
  And our strength
• 57:32
  And streets are present
• 57:34
  In streets are present
• 58:02
  In
• 58:04
  Therefore
• 58:06
  Although
• 58:08
  The earth
• 58:12
  Remove
• 58:13
  We will
• 58:16
  Not be
• 58:19
  Afraid
• 58:21
  Though
• 58:24
  Hills
• 58:26
  Amidst
• 58:29
  The seas
• 58:30
  Be cast
• 58:32
  Though
• 58:34
  Waters
• 58:36
  Roaring
• 58:38
  May
• 58:40
  And
• 58:42
  Troubled
• 58:44
  Be
• 58:45
  In
• 58:47
  O'er
• 58:49
  The hills
• 58:50
  Thy
• 58:52
  Swelling
• 58:54
  Seas
• 58:56
  To
• 58:58
  Shade
• 59:00
  A river
• 59:02
  A river
• 59:03
  Is
• 59:04
  Who
• 59:06
  Steams
• 59:07
  To
• 59:08
  Glide
• 59:09
  The city
• 59:12
  Of
• 59:13
  Our God
• 59:14
  The city
• 59:15
  Of
• 59:16
  Our God
• 59:17
  The holy
• 59:18
  The holy
• 59:20
  The holy
• 59:22
  Place
• 59:24
  Wherein
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  The Lord
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  Most high
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  Hath
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  His abode
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  God
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  God
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  In the midst
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  Of
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  Her
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  Doth
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  Dwell
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  Nothing
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  Shall
• 59:50
  Her
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  Remove
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  The Lord
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  The Lord
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  To
• 1:00:00
  Her
• 1:00:01
  Unhelper
• 1:00:04
  Will
• 1:00:06
  And
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  That
• 1:00:09
  Right
• 1:00:10
  Early
• 1:00:12
  Proof
• 1:00:14
  The
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  Heathen
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  He
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  Then
• 1:00:20
  Raged
• 1:00:21
  To
• 1:00:22
  Mouth
• 1:00:24
  O
• 1:00:25
  Sleep
• 1:00:26
  The
• 1:00:27
  Kingdoms
• 1:00:29
  New
• 1:00:31
  Bed
• 1:00:32
  Where
• 1:00:33
  The
• 1:00:35
  Lord
• 1:00:36
  God
• 1:00:38
  Utter
• 1:00:40
  In
• 1:00:41
  His
• 1:00:43
  Voice
• 1:00:44
  The
• 1:00:45
  Earth
• 1:00:47
  Did
• 1:00:48
  Melt
• 1:00:49
  For
• 1:00:50
  Fear
• 1:00:51
  Let's
• 1:00:53
  close in
• 1:00:54
  prayer
• 1:00:55
  Let's pray
• 1:00:56
  Lord
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  our God
• 1:00:59
  Go before us
• 1:01:00
  We ask the rest of this evening
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  God bless us and keep us
• 1:01:03
  Help our eyes to be opened toward the glory and the wonder of who you are
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  The glory and wonder of salvation for the Lord Jesus Christ
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  The only Saviour
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  We ask this evening and indeed this new week
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  We would need a week of salvation for even some here this evening
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  You would open their eyes and show them their need of Jesus
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  We call it to him
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  And like Bartimaeus they would follow him in the way
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  We leave that Lord in your sovereign hands we give you praise for that
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  Ask all these things in and through and for Christ's prayer's name's sake
• 1:01:40
  Amen