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The Hope of Christ In You · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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We're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise from Psalm 108.
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In the Sing Psalms version, Psalm 108, we're going to sing from verse 1 to verse 7.
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Page 146 of the psalm book.
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O Lord God, my heart is steadfast, and with all my soul I'll sing.
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Harp and lyre, I will awaken, and my song the dawn will bring.
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A psalm to lead us into worship and praise through singing to his name.
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So we'll stand to sing verse 1 to 7 to God's praise.
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O Lord God, my heart is steadfast, and with all my soul I'll sing.
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Harp and lyre, I will awaken, and my song the dawn will bring.
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Lord, my God of the nations, I will forgive you praise.
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In the midst of all the peoples, I will sing of you always.
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For your steadfast love is powerless, greater than the heavens high.
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And your faithfulness towards us reaches even to the sky.
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Far above the highest heaven, be exalted, O my God.
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And through all the earth around us, let your glory spread abroad.
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God has spoken from his temple, from his holy place above.
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God has spoken from his holy place above.
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I will distribute in trial, every part of Shacken's land.
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God has spoken from my Lord.
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And the whole of circled valley, I will measure with my hand.
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let's draw near to god in prayer let us pray
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lord our god our father in heaven we've come to bow before you to worship and praise your name
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we come oh lord this evening hour thankful for this your day thankful for every opportunity
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we have to worship and praise your name thank you that we can come and sing praise to you
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for you alone are worthy of all our praise and we thank you that even when we come
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we can feel oh lord the sense of the world in which we live being defeated by sin
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and yet as we are reminded in what we have been singing that you are the one who is victorious
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that you are the one whose steadfast love is boundless you are the one whose faithfulness
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towards us reaches even to the sky as the psalmist describes it and we thank you lord that that
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reminds us that the earth is yours the earth belongs unto the lord and all that it contains
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and we thank you that that is true to every day of our experience and that no matter what goes on
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around us no matter what goes on within us that we are assured that you are god and there is no other
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so help us that we will find our confidence in you that we'll be confident in all that you have done
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confident in our savior christ jesus confident in your spirit working in this world in which we live
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confident of your church being built up day by day i'm confident oh lord that the day will come
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when you will come in your triumphal procession you will come oh lord on that day that glorious day
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of the final resurrection the day of judgment a day of fear for many but a day of joy for your people
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a day oh lord when we will rejoice in you as the one who will make all things new and so we pray lord
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that you will fill our hearts with that confident assurance that through faith we have the hope of
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all these things the hope of the glory that is ours in christ jesus we pray lord for your church to be
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confident we pray that throughout the world as your people gather in your name no matter where it is or no
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matter what their experience what their circumstances are that they will all remain confident in you
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with that great assurance that great promise that where your people gather in your name that you are
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in the midst to bless and so we thank you for the assurance of your presence towards us and towards
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all your church this day and always for that is the promise that we have that you are with us always even
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to the end of the age and so lord we claim your promises we pray your promises we plead your promises to be
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ours in the midst of the generation in which we live that you will come in a day of your power
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that you will come with a great blessing for your people that you will come restoring lord so much that
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has been ruined by sin that you will come with healing in your wings that you will come oh lord to
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restore nations and people to yourself and as we look around us and as we see the miseries of this world
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as we see the sorrows and the sadness that's around us day by day we come praying lord for all the
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different needs we come again reminded of and thinking of all that's happened in turkey and syria
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and the great devastation there because of the earthquake and oh lord we cannot enter into that
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experience we cannot understand just what they are going through at this time in many ways
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but lord we pray for your mercy towards them we thank you that even after so many days survivors are
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still being found how amazing it is to see and hear of people being brought out alive but yet we know the
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reality for so many is the pain of death the loss of loved ones and so much of their lives just turned
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upside down and we pray lord for your mercy for your blessing over these lands and over these people
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and all who seek to help them we know so often lord even in the aid that's given it leads to
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dishonesty it leads to corruption and we just pray that those who need it will receive that the the aid that
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is given and that you will help people lord to build up from the ruins to build their lives once again
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but even in the midst of it all to recognize the need to build on christ as a foundation
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as the only security as the only certainty of salvation for this world
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and so we pray lord for all the nations of this world for we know that we do not need a natural disaster
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to recognize the the state of our world and the perishing nature of it
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but we are reminded day by day of all that sin has done in our world and the pain it brings but we
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thank you too as we have heard even this day already and as we hear so often that there is the wonderful
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light of the gospel and we thank you for it even here in our midst this evening and as it goes out to
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all ends of the earth today we thank you that there is a message of hope and that there is hope to be
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found in christ jesus and so we remember all who share your word today with so many different people
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in so many different places and through all the different languages of this world we thank you that
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your gospel is heard by so many tribes and tongues and nations and we pray again your promise for your
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word that it will not return to you empty or void but accomplish all for which you have sent it forth
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so may your word be blessed today lord and each and every day and as we go into this week lord that
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your blessing would go with us and as we anticipate god willing our communion season we do continue to
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pray as we prepare ourselves for that as we hear your word and as we prepare prayerfully for it
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that your word will be blessed to all of us that we bless lord to members and adherents
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and bless to all who come in to hear it we pray lord it'll be a time of rich blessing and fellowship
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around your gospel a time of encouragement a time of knowing god with us and so we ask lord that in all
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that we do in this coming week we will seek to do it for your glory so remember your servants who will
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come to be with us reverend kenny ferguson reverend carl mcdonald reverend dian mccritchie we remember
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them lord and pray that you will prepare them and that you will use them in their time here that you
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will bless every service of the gospel as we gather around your word we thank you too for the new ministry
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beginning in our presbytery today thank you for the induction of revendon mcleod on friday evening
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to the congregation in north tolstown for is being preached in this morning by around dian mccritchie
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and for his own ministry beginning there this evening even as we are gathered here just now and
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we do pray lord for him pray for emma as well we pray for the congregation that truly lord you will
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surround them that you will encourage them that you will bless them and use them for your glory
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we do pray lord that there'll be a time of encouragement a time of blessing not just for
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them but for our presbytery as a whole as we rejoice in this new ministry and we seek lord your blessing
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over every congregation belonging to us throughout our islands we remember each one lord praying for
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your ministers and for your people far and wide throughout our islands to be the lights of the
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gospel throughout our communities here we pray for those in need this evening as well and as we heard
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this morning of little lucy beth davis we continue to pray for her and uphold her in prayer we pray lord
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for our surgery today that everything would go well with her that you would restore her that you will help
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those who are caring for her and looking after her at this time we pray lord that you'll be with her
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and with her parents too with nick and laura jane and all the family at this time and we do thank you that
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in times such as this that there is a real blessing in praying people and that unity in prayer and help us to
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continue to pray for them all that they will be watched over that they will be kept by you and we pray lord for
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them to be home again soon so lord look over them and be with them we pray so we commit them to you and many others
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lord going through trials just now of ill health and infirmity people confined to their homes and in
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in homes just now as well lord we pray for your protection and keeping over us as a people
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we pray for comfort to those who mourn we pray lord for your blessing over our communities at large
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from young to old alike lord we pray for all our different needs we thank you lord for all who help us
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in our different times for the health service for the fire brigade for the police for the ambulance
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service for the coast guards lord we know that there are so many different people involved in
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in meeting and looking after all our different needs and we thank you for each one and pray your
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blessing on them your protection over them we thank you for our schools and our young people
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we pray your blessing on them as they go into a new week as they enjoy a time of holiday in this
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coming week as well lord may you look after teachers staff parents and children alike may you surround
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them and be with them in these days and then all the days ahead you will guide their steps and bless them
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lord that in the confusion of this world that they too would know the assurance the comfort the
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confidence that there is in christ jesus as our lord so bless us now as we continue in our worship
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guide us and keep us all we ask we ask the forgiveness of our sins in jesus name amen
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we'll continue to sing to god's praise this time in psalm 24 in the scottish psalter
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page 230 of the psalm books psalm 24 page 230
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and we'll sing from verse 6 down to the end of the psalm this is the generation that after him
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inquire o jacob who do seek thy face with their whole hearts desire he gates lift up your heads
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on high ye doors that last foray be lifted up that so the king of glory enter me we'll sing
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verse 6 to the end of the psalm to god's praise
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this is the generation
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the generation that after him inquire o jacob who do seek thy face o jacob who do seek thy face with their whole heart
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heart's desire he gets lift up your heads on high ye doors that last foray be lifted up that so the king
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lifted up that so the king of glory enter me but who of glory is the king the mighty lord is this
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in the sea
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in the sea
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in the sea
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in the sea lord that great in might
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in the sea lord that great in might
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and strong in the sea
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God bless you.
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God bless you.
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The Lord of hosts and amity.
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The Lord of hosts and amity.
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The King of glory is.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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I'll return to read God's word this evening in the letter of Paul to the Colossians.
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I'm reading in chapter 1.
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Paul's letter to Colossians chapter 1.
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You can read the whole of this chapter together.
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Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy, our brother.
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To the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae.
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Grace to you and peace from God, our Father.
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Father.
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We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, since we
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heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints because
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of the hope laid up for you in heaven.
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Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you,
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as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and growing, as it also does among you
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since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth.
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Just as you learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, he is a faithful minister
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of Christ on your behalf and has made known to us your love in the Spirit.
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And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may
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be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, so
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as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every
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good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.
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May you be strengthened with all power according to his glorious might, for all endurance and
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patience, with joy, giving thanks to the Father who has qualified you to share in the inheritance
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of the saints in light.
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He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved
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Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
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He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
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For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether
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thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities.
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All things were created through him and for him.
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And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
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And he is the head of the body, the church.
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He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent.
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For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself
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all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
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And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled
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in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above
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reproach before him.
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If indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of
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the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I,
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Paul, became a minister.
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Now I rejoice in my suffering for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking
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in Christ's afflictions.
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For the sake of his body, that is, the church, of which I became a minister according to the
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stewardship from God that was given to me for you, to make the word of God fully known.
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The mystery, hidden for ages and generations, but now revealed to his saints.
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To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this
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mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present
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everyone mature in Christ.
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For this I toil, struggling with all his energy, that he powerfully works within me.
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And so on.
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And may God bless that reading from his word.
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We'll again sing to God's praise, this time in Psalm 111, in the Scottish Psalter version,
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page 391.
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We can sing from verse 1 to verse 5.
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Psalm 111, page 391.
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From the beginning, praise ye the Lord with my whole heart.
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I will God's praise declare.
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We are the assemblies of the just and congregations.
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We'll sing from verse 1 to 5.
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We stand to sing to God's praise.
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Amen.
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Praise ye the Lord with my whole heart.
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I will God's praise declare.
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Where the assemblies of the just and congregations are.
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The home works of the Lord our God are great above all measure.
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So thirdly out of every one that took their hinting pleasure.
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His work most honor of the list, most glorious and pure.
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And his undated righteousness forever doth endure.
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His works most wonderful he hath may to be thought upon.
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The Lord is gracious and he is full of compassion.
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He give the need to be thought upon.
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He give the need unto all those that truly do him fear.
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And evermore his covenant he in his mind will bear.
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Amen.
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We can turn back together this evening to look at some of those verses in Colossians chapter 1.
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And we can read again at verse 27.
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Colossians chapter 1 and at verse 27.
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Here Paul is speaking about his ministry to the church at Colossians.
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Speaking in this way of the mystery that was hidden for generations but is now being revealed to them.
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How God has made known this great mystery among them.
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To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery.
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Which is Christ in you.
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The hope of glory.
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Him we proclaim.
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Warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom.
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That we may present everyone mature in Christ.
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Christ in you.
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The hope of glory.
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Why was Paul making this so clear to the people of Colossians at this time?
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That what they had was this need of Christ in them.
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The hope of glory.
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And as you turn back to the earlier part of this chapter at verse 15.
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Where Paul is teaching them of the preeminence of Christ.
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How superior Christ is in all things and over all things.
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What was the need that the church at Colossae had?
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Well as Paul was writing to them.
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He was writing to a relatively young church.
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Young in terms of their faith.
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Where Paul had proclaimed the gospel there before.
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And many had come to faith.
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But after Paul had gone away.
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Others had come into their midst.
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Other teachers.
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Telling them that they needed more than this gospel.
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That they needed to add other things to this gospel.
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In order to be assured of their salvation.
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And so Paul is writing to these people who are struggling as to whether or not the gospel is enough.
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The gospel as they received it is enough for their salvation.
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And so as Paul is doing so throughout this letter.
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That he's making it very clear to the people.
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And also to those who are coming in and teaching in this false way.
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That Christ was all that they needed.
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That Christ was all sufficient for salvation.
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He's saying to them.
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What could we possibly add to our salvation that would make it any better?
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And so as Paul is writing to them.
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The people then would be examining themselves.
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They would be looking at themselves.
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And wondering about their own lives.
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Asking the questions about what they're hearing.
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And what they're seeing around them.
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What they've heard from Paul on one hand.
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Christ is enough.
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And what they're hearing on the other hand.
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That well maybe Christ isn't enough.
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Or you don't even need Christ.
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Some would be saying as well.
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These false teachers would be coming in with all kinds of different teachings.
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So they're weighing up these two arguments.
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And what Paul is writing to them to encourage them.
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Is to come to know the riches of the mystery that he revealed to them.
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The riches of the gospel that he brought to them.
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And just the riches that this is able to bring to them.
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And satisfy everything that they need.
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Christ in you.
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The hope of glory.
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The hope of seeing and knowing God now.
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But also seeing him and knowing him for all eternity.
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So he is writing to them in this way.
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And again we think of ourselves here today.
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And how we come to this gospel.
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We come to it again this evening.
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But do we recognize that we have all that we need in this gospel.
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As we think of the week that lies ahead for us.
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As we look forward God willing.
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To all that the week will entail.
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Whether it's maybe coming to the Hope Explored course on the Tuesday.
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Coming to the prayer meeting on the Wednesday or the Thursday.
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Or coming to communion services over the weekend.
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Or coming or not to the Lord's table.
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As we look to ourselves.
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As we examine ourselves.
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We so often would think.
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I'm not worthy of any of this.
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I'm not worthy of the hope.
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That's being explored as this course is showing.
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Being explored.
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I'm not worthy of coming among God's people.
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At the prayer meeting.
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I'm not worthy to come to the communion table.
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All of these things we can feel so unworthy of.
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But sometimes that's not a bad thing.
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Because we have to recognize then.
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What makes us worthy.
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How we can be worthy.
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To come to any of these things.
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To approach God in any way.
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At any time.
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We don't approach Him because we are worthy.
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Or we are holy in and of ourselves.
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Or righteous in and of ourselves.
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We only come through Christ.
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That's the only way we can come to God.
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And so that is what Paul is writing to the church at Colossae about.
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And that's what he's sharing with us this evening as well.
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We're not worthy.
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But we don't need to add anything else into the mix.
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What we need is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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That He is all sufficient.
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And in this section that we're reading here in verse 24 down.
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Paul is, if you like, shifting his focus from the sufficiency of Christ.
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To now looking at how this applies to himself and to the people he's writing to.
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But if you look at it, he's speaking about himself and his own experience.
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But even as he does so, we're not seeing any less of Christ.
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And it's not that Paul's suddenly coming more to the fore in this situation.
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No, it's still all about Christ.
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Many of the false teachers, they would teach about Christ in one way.
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But then the folks would move away from Christ and onto something else.
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Or someone else.
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But not so as Paul is teaching.
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The focus is always on Christ.
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Christ shines through in all that he is doing.
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In all of his teaching.
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And we see that in just how he closes the section on the supremacy of Christ in verse 23.
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By explaining that he is now a minister of this message.
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And then he moves on to the fact that he is ministering this message to the people.
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But yet it's still all about Christ.
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Many people have seen Paul look at him and think of him as an arrogant man.
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A bossy man.
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And sometimes even a cruel man.
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And yet the more you look at Paul's writings in the New Testament.
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The more you see his humility.
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The more you see how he has been transformed by the grace of God.
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And that this is what he wants everyone else to know all about.
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He has been humbled before God.
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And now all he wants to do is that people would come and humble themselves before God.
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And recognize that in Christ Jesus they have all that they need.
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As James Parker the writer who once said.
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The healthy heart is one that bows down in humility.
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And rises in praise and adoration.
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Bows down in humility.
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And rises in praise and adoration.
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And the more you look at Paul's life and as his life goes on.
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The older he gets.
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It's almost like the lower he gets.
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He grows downward as one person described it.
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His own self-important diminishes.
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And it's all about Christ.
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He humbles himself.
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But he rises up praising the Lord.
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And so we want to just look at this Lord that he praised.
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This Lord that he knew.
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This Lord that he was serving and proclaiming to others.
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And think about it in this way.
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We want to look at Paul but also see how it applies to ourselves.
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And first of all we're thinking of this in light of the gospel that he's sharing.
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And the gospel that we're hearing.
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And we think first of all of his gospel heart.
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How all that he did was with his gospel heart.
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This gospel passion.
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Then we see his proclamation of this gospel.
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And then thirdly we see his desire from it.
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So the first thing we want to see is his gospel heart.
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What made him alive in Christ.
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What made him go about every day was this gospel heart.
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This gospel passion.
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Knowing Christ Jesus as his Lord.
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If you do any kind of online banking.
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Or have any kind of online accounts.
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And whether you're trying to phone to get into an account.
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Or if you're trying to get into it online.
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You always have to go through security checks.
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You have to answer certain questions.
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It'll be questions like.
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What was your mother's maiden name?
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What was your first school?
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What was your first pet's name?
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And often we have to struggle and try and remember.
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What was the answers to this list of questions?
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Because we have to try and remember so many security questions.
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But they all have a purpose.
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What's the reason for all of these questions.
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That you get asked when you're trying to get into important accounts.
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It's all about security.
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And it's all about your identification.
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Making sure that you are who you're saying that you are.
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Because we see so often.
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And hear so often.
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A fraud taking place.
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So you have to identify yourself.
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By answering all these questions.
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Well the false teachers who had come into Colossae.
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They were answering these questions on behalf of Paul.
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As to where his identity was.
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And they were denying Paul's identity as a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And in this they were leading people away from Paul's teaching.
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And down this wrong path.
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Where they felt they had to add something to their faith.
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Add something to their salvation.
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But all the time.
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As Paul is writing to them in this introduction here in chapter 1.
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Paul is speaking about his true identity.
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And he is saying his identity is in Christ.
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In who he is.
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And what he has done.
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It is all sufficient in Christ.
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And it pains him.
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That people are saying that he isn't who he says he is.
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That his faith isn't real.
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Or that his saviour isn't enough.
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It pains him.
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And so as he is writing to them.
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He is assuring them of where his identity is.
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And assuring them of who this Christ is.
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And he says to them here in verse 23.
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Which leads us into the next section.
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It says of which I Paul became a minister.
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And we often maybe think of this word minister.
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As some kind of status.
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And it would be easy maybe to slip into that mistake.
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But the word minister isn't a word that is higher than other Christians.
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The word minister.
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The word used here is servant.
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It is a word used for deacon.
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It is someone who serves.
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And that is how Paul is identifying himself.
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He is a servant of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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This is his identity.
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This is who he is.
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This is his passion.
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He is a minister of the gospel.
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He is a servant of the gospel.
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Anything else that he previously had.
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Anything else that he was identifying with.
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Before his conversion.
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Is gone.
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This is who he is.
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As he says elsewhere.
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For me to live is Christ.
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This is where my identity is.
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This is all that counts to him.
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And it leads us to the question for ourselves.
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Is that the kind of heart that we have?
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Do we have a minister's heart?
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A servant heart?
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A heart that comes in obedience and faith to the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Seeking to honor him.
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And do all things for him.
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Seeking to leave all things behind.
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And to go forward identifying with Christ Jesus.
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I belong to the Lord Jesus.
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Making that stand.
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As we were hearing this morning.
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Letting our light shine before others.
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Is that our identity?
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Are we a servant like Paul?
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And a suffering servant at that.
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You see as Paul goes into verse 24.
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For I rejoice in my sufferings.
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He knows that this ministering.
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This servant heart of Christ.
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It leads to suffering.
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In so many different ways.
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Physically.
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We know Paul as you read through his letters.
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He was beaten.
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He was imprisoned.
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He suffered so much.
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But one of his greatest sufferings.
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Was the pain of seeing people.
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Led away from Christ.
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The pain of seeing those believers at Colossae.
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Being listening to these false teachers coming in.
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And being led away.
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His greatest pain was seeing others suffering.
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Not his own pains.
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But seeing people being lost to Christ.
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Seeing people lost in their sin.
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And that's what you see with the servant heart.
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That Paul has.
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It's a heart for people.
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It's a heart for people who are perishing.
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A heart for people who are lost.
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And the more we come to know the Lord Jesus ourselves.
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The more we experience of his grace.
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And his love towards us.
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The more we feel that pain.
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Towards others who are lost.
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You know I'm sure you've been watching.
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The television these last few days.
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With the pictures from Syria.
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And Turkey.
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And the suffering of the people there.
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And you can't be but moved.
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Tears will come.
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Just looking at these people.
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These little children suffering.
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Whatever age.
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People suffering in so many ways.
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You can't be but moved by it.
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But when we think.
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We just look around ourselves.
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And there's suffering people everywhere.
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There are people who are perishing.
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Without Christ all around us.
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And the question is.
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Do we have that servant heart.
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That suffering heart for them.
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Are we moved by that.
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That people are perishing.
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Do we weep over them.
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Do weep over them.
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Dwight L. Moody.
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Was a famous evangelist in his time.
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And he was in London once.
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During one of his evangelistic tours.
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Many preachers.
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Many ministers in England.
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Wanted to hear from him.
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They wanted to hear what he had to say.
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How this man.
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Who wasn't well educated.
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In so many ways.
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But how this man was able to.
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Have such a winsome ministry.
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Many came to meet with him.
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And one day.
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There was a meeting in his hotel room.
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And three other ministers.
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Were in this room with him.
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And they were asking him.
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You know.
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What is it.
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In your life.
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In your ministry.
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That makes such.
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A difference.
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And he asked the other ministers.
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To come.
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To the window with him.
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And they went up to the window.
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And the window of the hotel.
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Looked down.
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On a park.
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And Dwight Moody asked the other ministers.
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What do you see.
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As you look out the window.
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And outside.
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There was people.
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Buzzing back and forth.
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And the other ministers.
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Started answering this question.
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I'm seeing young people.
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I'm seeing old people.
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I'm seeing lots of people.
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Just dashing to and fro.
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All kinds of answers.
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As to what.
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They were seeing.
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Then as.
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Dwight L. Moody.
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Was looking out the window.
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Tears.
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Started to roll down.
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His cheeks.
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And one of the ministers.
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Asked him.
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What do you see.
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Mr. Moody.
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His answer was.
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I see.
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Countless.
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Thousands.
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Of souls.
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That are perishing.
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Without Christ.
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That is what he saw.
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And he was saying to them.
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This is the heart.
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That you need.
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For your ministry.
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A heart.
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That goes out.
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To those.
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Who are perishing.
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A heart.
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Of compassion.
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A heart.
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Like Christ's heart.
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When you think of Christ.
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In the gospels.
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One time.
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When in Matthew 9.
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Verse 36.
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It says there.
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He was seeing the crowds.
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And what does it say?
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He had compassion.
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For them.
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Because they were harassed.
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And helpless.
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Like sheep.
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Without a shepherd.
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As Jesus saw.
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Mary and Martha.
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Having lost their brother.
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And many people mourning.
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Jesus wept.
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As Jesus was crucified.
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On the cross.
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As he saw the crowds.
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Around him there.
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In their lost state.
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What did he say?
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Father.
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Forgive them.
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They know not.
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What they're doing.
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There is this heart.
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Of compassion.
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That's the heart.
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That Paul was showing.
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For his people.
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Because that's the heart.
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That Christ has.
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For his people.
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He doesn't want any.
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To be lost.
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But that all would come.
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To Christ.
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And find in him.
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The hope.
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Of glory.
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So Paul here.
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He is ministering.
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With this heart.
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Of a servant.
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The second thing we see here.
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Is his proclamation.
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Of this gospel.
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He preaches.
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This gospel.
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To them.
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He has become.
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A minister.
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A steward.
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Of this gospel.
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So often when people.
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Ask about the work.
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Of a minister.
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It's often the joke.
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That he works.
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One day a week.
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Well this week.
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I was in.
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Lachsdale school.
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A school assembly.
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And there was some great questions.
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From the children there.
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I spent some time.
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In one of the classes.
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And they were asking questions.
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About what was involved.
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In the ministry.
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And many of them.
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Already saying.
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The kind of things.
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That the minister.
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Was involved in.
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Whether it's.
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Leading worship service.
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Or praying with his people.
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Or looking after.
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The people.
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In the congregation.
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They had a great idea.
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Of what the work.
46:54
Of the minister was.
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And what was fascinating.
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Was.
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Every answer they were giving.
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Revolved around.
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People.
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Whether it was.
47:02
Preaching the word.
47:03
Whether it was visiting.
47:04
Or all the things.
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It revolved around.
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People.
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And I think that's.
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The key thing here.
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With Paul as well.
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He's proclaiming the gospel.
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But he's always.
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Proclaiming it.
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As one who is.
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Proclaiming it.
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To a people.
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So his proclamation here.
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He describes it.
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As a stewardship.
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In verse 25.
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I became.
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A minister.
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According to the stewardship.
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From God.
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That was given to me.
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For you.
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To make the word of God.
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Fully known.
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It was making the word.
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Of God.
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Fully known.
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Preaching.
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Proclaiming.
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The gospel.
47:41
To the people.
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Around him.
47:44
And when we think of.
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Of stewards.
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Today.
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Very often.
47:49
We think of situations.
47:50
Where we find.
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Stewards.
47:52
Are in a place.
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To control.
47:54
Crowds.
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Whether it's at.
47:57
Festivals.
47:57
Or stadiums.
47:59
There are always.
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Stewards on hand.
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To guide people.
48:03
And help.
48:04
Anyone who's in need.
48:06
In many ways.
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That's the way a steward was.
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In Paul's day as well.
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Stewards were those.
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Who very often.
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Were working.
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In the households.
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They were entrusted.
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With the daily needs.
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Of the household.
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That they were working for.
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Ensuring.
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All the family.
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Had every provision.
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That they needed.
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Day after day.
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Excuse me.
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They were.
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Involved.
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In looking after everyone.
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Within the house.
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But the stewards.
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They were never.
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The master.
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They were never.
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The ones.
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Who were in complete.
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Charge.
48:45
They were always.
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Working.
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Under their master's.
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Orders.
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They were never.
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They were never.
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Free.
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They were never.
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Free.
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They were never.
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Free.
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To just decide.
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For themselves.
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What could be done.
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Or not be done.
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Orders.
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Were given to them.
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And they were to follow.
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Those orders.
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And that's what you see.
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With Paul.
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Here as well.
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He is describing himself.
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As a steward.
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As well.
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As a servant.
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So he is one.
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Who is ministering.
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Under his master's.
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Authority.
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He has been given.
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The stewardship.
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From God.
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God is the one.
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Who is in complete.
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Control.
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But God has given him.
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This ministry.
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This ministry.
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This gospel.
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To proclaim.
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To proclaim the word of God.
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Fully known.
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To make the word of God.
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Fully known.
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And what does that mean?
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Well it means.
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As you see.
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In verse 28.
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Him we proclaim.
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Warning everyone.
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And teaching everyone.
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With all wisdom.
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There's two sides.
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To this message.
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There is warning.
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And there is teaching.
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And that's so much.
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Of what the gospel.
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Is about.
50:01
Every day.
50:03
And everywhere.
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There is warning.
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And there is teaching.
50:08
There is warning.
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To turn to Christ.
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In a day.
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When he is.
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When we are able.
50:15
And there is teaching.
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To be built up.
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In our faith.
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In the Lord Jesus Christ.
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There was a great storm.
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In the north of England.
50:28
In the year.
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1881.
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And a minister.
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Was telling the story.
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Of how.
50:34
Many of the fishermen.
50:35
In his congregation.
50:36
Had gone out.
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To sea.
50:38
On the morning.
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Of the day.
50:39
This storm came.
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The weather.
50:42
Had been stormy.
50:43
For about a week.
50:45
Beforehand.
50:46
And then.
50:47
All of a sudden.
50:47
This day.
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Of calm.
50:50
Had come.
50:51
And then.
50:52
The fishermen.
50:53
All gathered together.
50:55
In the harbour.
50:55
That day.
50:56
And they were determined.
50:57
To go out.
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And they started.
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Loading up their fishing boats.
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Getting the crew.
51:02
All together.
51:03
And ready to go out.
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To sea.
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To the fishing grounds.
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41 boats.
51:08
Left the harbour.
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This one day.
51:11
But before they went out.
51:13
The harbour master.
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Had put up a signal.
51:16
A storm signal.
51:18
The warning that a storm.
51:20
Was coming.
51:22
The harbour master.
51:23
Although he'd seen this.
51:24
Calm.
51:25
Come.
51:26
He'd seen the same thing.
51:27
Before.
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Knowing.
51:28
It was just a lull.
51:30
In the storm.
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But the fishermen.
51:33
Were so desperate.
51:33
To get out.
51:34
To the fishing grounds.
51:35
Even just.
51:36
For a short time.
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They'd lost.
51:38
So much time.
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And so off they went.
51:41
They ignored.
51:43
The warning.
51:44
And within a few hours.
51:46
The fierce storm.
51:47
Arrived.
51:49
While they were still out.
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At sea.
51:51
Even though the harbour master.
51:53
Had begged them.
51:53
Not to go out.
51:55
Still.
51:56
They went out.
51:56
They ignored.
51:57
The warning.
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And of the.
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All the boats.
52:02
That went out.
52:02
With nearly six.
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Five or six men.
52:05
In each.
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Most were lost.
52:08
Only three boats.
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Returned.
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It was a tragedy.
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But they had been warned.
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And that's what Paul.
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Is doing here now.
52:19
He is proclaiming.
52:20
This gospel.
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He is holding up.
52:24
This warning.
52:24
Before the people.
52:26
Then.
52:26
And to ourselves.
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As well.
52:29
The warning.
52:30
Of the storm.
52:31
Of judgment.
52:33
Paul's ministry.
52:34
Is a servant's ministry.
52:36
But it's a ministry.
52:37
Of proclamation.
52:38
And teaching.
52:40
Instruction.
52:41
Is given.
52:43
And that's the instruction.
52:44
For ourselves.
52:45
Today as well.
52:47
To see.
52:49
This day.
52:49
In which we're living in.
52:51
To see.
52:53
Our need.
52:53
Of the Lord.
52:54
Jesus Christ.
52:55
To make God.
52:57
The word of God.
52:59
Fully known.
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That there is eternity.
53:03
Before us all.
53:05
To make God.
53:06
The word of God.
53:07
Fully known.
53:08
That we have all sinned.
53:11
Against God.
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To make the word of God.
53:15
Fully known.
53:16
That without him.
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We will perish.
53:20
But to make the word of God.
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Knowing.
53:22
That there is a way.
53:24
To salvation.
53:26
The riches.
53:27
Of the glory of Christ.
53:30
This gospel.
53:31
That he preached.
53:33
This gospel.
53:34
As he spoke of.
53:36
Earlier in this chapter.
53:37
In verse 19.
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For in him.
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All the fullness of God.
53:41
Was pleased to dwell.
53:43
And through him.
53:44
To reconcile to himself.
53:46
All things.
53:47
Whether on earth.
53:48
Or in heaven.
53:49
Making peace.
53:50
By the blood.
53:51
Of his cross.
53:54
Showing that there is hope.
53:56
And that this hope.
53:57
Is the glory.
53:58
Of God.
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The riches.
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Of the glory.
54:02
Of the mystery.
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Which is Christ.
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In you.
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The hope.
54:06
Of glory.
54:07
This is what he proclaims.
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Christ.
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In you.
54:13
The hope.
54:14
Of glory.
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So there is warning.
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And there is teaching.
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In this.
54:20
The final thing we want to see here is.
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His desire.
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From this gospel.
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We've seen Paul.
54:29
With his servant heart.
54:30
For the gospel.
54:31
His proclaiming the gospel.
54:33
Now we ask.
54:33
What's his desire.
54:35
From this gospel.
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Well.
54:38
Well it's that sinners.
54:39
Will repent.
54:41
And that sinners.
54:42
Will grow.
54:43
In the knowledge.
54:44
Of Christ.
54:46
Remember.
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As we said at the start.
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This was a people.
54:49
Who are being led.
54:50
Astray.
54:51
A people who are being told.
54:53
You need to add.
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X.
54:55
Y.
54:55
And said.
54:56
For your salvation.
54:57
To be secure.
54:58
But Paul is saying.
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No.
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All you need.
55:05
Is Christ.
55:07
And faith.
55:08
In the Lord.
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Jesus.
55:10
Christ.
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So he's warning.
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And he's teaching.
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He's suffering.
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For this gospel.
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He's weeping over.
55:18
A perishing people.
55:20
But what he wants is.
55:21
That the people.
55:23
Will come and know.
55:24
Christ.
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For themselves.
55:26
He has been challenged.
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In his identity.
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Who he is.
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It's been said of him.
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He's not.
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A teacher.
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He's not.
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A prophet.
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He's not.
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A servant.
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He's an imposter.
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That's what they've been saying.
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Of him.
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But how does he respond?
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He says.
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I'm none of these things.
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My identity.
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Is in Christ.
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I am a servant.
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Because of.
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What he has done.
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For me.
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And I have this hope.
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Of the glory.
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That is a mystery.
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Which is Christ.
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In you.
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The hope.
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In glory.
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So who or what.
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Defines you.
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What is your.
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Identity.
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It's such a.
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An issue.
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Today in the world.
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In which we live.
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We can identify.
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Identify us.
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Whatever we want.
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But what do you.
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Identify in.
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Or where is your.
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Identity.
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We can identify.
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In different ways.
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We can call ourselves.
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Different things.
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I'm a member.
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I'm an adherent.
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I'm a worker.
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I'm retired.
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We have all of these ways.
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Of identifying ourselves.
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But is it more important.
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That we would say.
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I'm a sinner.
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Who needs the grace.
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Of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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That's how Paul.
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Identifies himself.
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Initially.
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But then he says.
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His identity.
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Is in Christ.
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His salvation.
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Is secure.
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In the Lord Jesus Christ.
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This mystery.
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Revealed.
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Christ in you.
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The hope.
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Of glory.
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The hope.
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Of everything.
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That we need.
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Christ.
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Is all.
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Or Christ.
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Is nothing.
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So what is he.
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To you.
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Tonight.
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Where do you stand.
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With him.
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Paul speaks.
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Of this.
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Security.
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How do we know it.
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The warnings.
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Ring clear.
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For us.
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It is to call.
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Upon the name.
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Of the Lord.
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And how can you know.
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If you have.
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This Christ.
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In you.
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Well he has implanted.
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His love.
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In your heart.
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And this love.
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That you have.
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In your heart.
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It begins.
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To overflow.
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And you begin.
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To love him.
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Because.
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We love.
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Because he first.
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Loved us.
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And to know.
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This love.
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Of Christ.
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Is to know.
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Christ.
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In you.
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The hope.
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Of glory.
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Christ.
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And so the call is.
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To turn.
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To him.
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And to find.
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Your refuge.
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In him.
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The glory.
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Doesn't belong.
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To us.
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It's not about ourselves.
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Adding anything else.
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To our salvation.
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That will make us.
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Any more secure.
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In Christ.
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Christ.
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Is all.
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Sufficient.
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You may think.
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Of people.
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In life.
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And you think.
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Well.
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They're ones.
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Who are able.
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To say.
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That they have done.
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So much.
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For Christ.
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They've got something.
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More.
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To add.
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To what Christ.
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Has done.
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For them.
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Look at what they've done.
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For the church.
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In this world.
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Well.
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Listen to this.
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Of what Hudson Taylor.
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A missionary.
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To China.
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Who did.
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So much.
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For the cause.
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Of Christ.
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There.
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Listen to what he once said.
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He was to speak.
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At a large.
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Presbyterian.
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Church.
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In Melbourne.
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Australia.
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And the man.
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Who was in charge.
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Of the service.
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Started introducing.
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Hudson Taylor.
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The missionary.
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To China.
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And he was using.
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All kinds of.
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Eloquent.
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And glowing.
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Terms.
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And he spoke.
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To the congregation.
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Of all that Hudson Taylor.
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Had accomplished.
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In China.
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For the Lord.
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And then he introduced him.
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As our.
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Illustrious.
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Guest.
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Hudson Taylor.
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Taylor.
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Stood quietly.
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For a moment.
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And then he began.
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To speak.
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And he said.
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Dear friends.
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I am.
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The little servant.
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Of an.
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Illustrious.
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Master.
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And that's.
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A servant's.
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Heart.
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It's not.
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About us.
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It's about.
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An illustrious.
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Master.
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One.
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Who has done.
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All.
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For us.
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We don't.
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Add.
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Anything.
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To it.
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But we come.
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To do all.
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In remembrance.
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Of him.
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Who gave.
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Himself.
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For us.
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Christ.
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In you.
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The hope.
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Of glory.
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Pray.
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You will have.
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This hope.
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Today.
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And always.
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Let us pray.
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Our father.
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In heaven.
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We thank you.
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That.
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We are.
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But servants.
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Of such.
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An illustrious.
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Master.
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That we are.
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One.
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Who has done.
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All things.
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For us.
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And all things.
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Perfect.
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For we are.
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Failures.
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In so many ways.
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We fall.
1:01:19
Short.
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But we thank you.
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For the finished.
1:01:22
Work of Christ.
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That all is done.
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For his people.
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But there is nothing.
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That we need to bring.
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That will do any more.
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For us.
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But to come humbly.
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As servants.
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Of you.
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So Lord.
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We pray.
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That you will encourage us.
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That even as you warn us.
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That you will teach us.
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To find.
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Our security.
1:01:43
In Christ.
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And to know.
1:01:45
That great glory.
1:01:46
That is Christ.
1:01:47
In you.
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So bless your word.
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To us.
1:01:50
And go with us.
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In this week ahead.
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And pardon our sins.
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In Jesus name.
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Amen.
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We'll conclude.
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By singing.
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To his praise.
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In the same psalm.
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We had before.
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Psalm 111.
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In the Scottish Psalter.
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Psalm 111.
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We'll sing.
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From verse 6.
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To the end.
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Of the psalm.
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He did the power.
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Of his works.
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And to his people show.
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When he the heathen's heritage.
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Upon them did bestow.
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We'll sing from verse 6.
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To the end of the psalm.
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To God's praise.
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He did the power.
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Of his works.
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And to his people show.
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When he the heathen's heritage.
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Upon them did bestow.
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His handy works are truth and right.
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For his dominion.
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On his holy opponents are sure.
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Upkommen true.
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Up Safe is in Estonian.
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But he never bore and do.
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He sent redemption to his will.
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His covenant for him
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He did all and holy his name
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Have reverend his own way
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Wisdom's beginning is us here
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Good understanding day
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Of all that is from us fulfilled
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This place sent you forever
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After the benediction I'll go to the main door
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Now may grace, mercy and peace
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From God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit
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Rest upon and abide with us all
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Now and forevermore
1:04:37
Amen
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Thank you
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Thank you
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Thank you
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Thank you
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Thank you
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Godiorump
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And forever
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and forever
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Thank you.