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Holiday Club Family Service · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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  Well, we're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise.
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  We're going to sing in Psalm 34, verse 7 to 11, the Sing Psalms version.
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  I'm going to sing from verse 7 to 11.
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  The angel of the Lord surrounds and guards continually all those who fear and honour him.
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  He sets his people free.
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  And then verse 11, it reminds us of what we come together for today.
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  Come here, my children, gather round and listen to my word, and I will help you understand how you may fear the Lord.
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  So we're going to sing, we'll stand to sing verse 7 to 11 to God's praise.
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  The angel of the Lord surrounds and guards continually
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  All those who fear and honour him, he sets his people free.
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  Come, taste and see the Lord is good, who trusts in him, is blessed.
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  Oh, fear the Lord, you saints with need, you will not be oppressed.
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  Young lions may grow weak and faint and hunger for their food,
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  But those who wait upon the Lord will not lack any good.
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  Come here, my children, gather round and listen to my word,
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  And I will help you understand how you may fear the Lord.
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  I will join together in prayer just now.
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  Let us pray.
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  Our Father in heaven, as we gather in your name today,
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  We are thankful for this great privilege that we have,
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  That we are able to come and sing praise to you,
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  That we are able to come and hear you and your words speaking to us.
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  And as we read and as we sing and as we do all of these things,
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  May we know your peace and your blessing over us,
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  And your help and your strength in all that we do.
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  We do thank you for this time of family service after a holiday club week.
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  We thank you for all that was done during the week,
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  And we have so much to be thankful for,
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  For all who helped, for all who came along,
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  For all that was done.
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  But above all, Lord, that you were with us,
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  That you were in the midst of it all.
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  And we pray that you will bless us,
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  Young and old alike,
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  To know that joy that you are able to give.
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  To know that as we see so many athletes in these weeks,
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  Just now of the Olympics in Paris,
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  Striving for a gold medal,
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  But so many are left disappointed.
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  We thank you that when we come and follow you,
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  That you never leave us disappointed,
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  But that you give us that sense of real joy,
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  Your real presence with us,
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  And that we are encouraged to look to Jesus,
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  And follow you with all of our hearts.
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  And so we give you thanks, O Lord,
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  For all your goodness to us,
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  And we ask that as we go on,
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  Even in this week ahead,
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  That you will be with us in our homes,
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  And in our families,
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  In our communities.
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  Bless every family here,
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  Present,
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  And also tuning in online.
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  We give you thanks for each one,
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  And know that there are many going through different needs,
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  And different challenges at this time.
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  And so we pray for each one who needs you in different ways,
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  Times of sadness and sorrow,
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  Times of sickness,
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  Times of worry and anxiety.
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  We do pray, Lord,
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  For so many who go through these times just now,
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  And pray that your blessing,
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  Your peace might be upon them.
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  And so we ask, Lord,
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  That as we continue to worship you just now,
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  That you will guide us in your word,
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  Guide us in your truth,
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  Help it to be a light for our lives,
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  That we would see you and your glory,
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  The beauty of Jesus,
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  And that we would come and follow him,
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  With all of our hearts.
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  So look down upon us,
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  Bless us throughout this day,
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  Be with us,
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  As we gather for worship this evening as well.
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  Remember, Kenny I,
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  As he comes to preach to us,
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  Pull them and strengthen him in that,
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  And that throughout this day and in all our days,
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  We would know your goodness and mercy following us.
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  So hear our prayers,
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  And continue with us at this time,
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  Pardoning all our sin,
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  As we ask all in Jesus' precious name.
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  Amen.
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  I want us to read a few verses together.
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  Now if you're at the holiday club,
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  You'll recognize these verses.
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  It's in Luke chapter 6,
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  And we're reading at verse 46 to verse 49.
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  You'll find this on page 3,
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  Of the little leaflets you have.
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  I'm just going to read these few verses together.
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  Why do you call me Lord, Lord,
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  And not do what I tell you?
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  Everyone who comes to me and hears my words and does them,
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  I will show you what he is like.
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  He is like a man building a house,
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  Who dug deep and laid the foundation on the rock.
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  And when a flood arose,
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  The stream broke against that house,
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  And could not shake it,
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  Because it had been well built.
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  But the one who hears and does not do them,
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  Is like a man who built a house on the ground without a foundation.
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  When the stream broke against it,
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  Immediately it fell,
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  And the ruin of that house was great.
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  There we read of the wise and the foolish builder.
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  And we're going to come back to that in a wee moment.
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  But I want to say just a few words as a way of introduction just now.
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  And after this we're going to have a singing.
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  And if any of the younger ones who maybe want to go to the holiday twinnies,
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  That's the point that they can go out then.
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  But we hope that being a family service,
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  That the majority will be able to stay in.
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  So who was following the Olympics this week?
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  Were you tuning in?
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  Following what was happening?
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  I don't mean the one in Paris.
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  I mean the Champions Challenge Olympic Holiday Club
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  That was taking place here.
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  With everything that was happening in the hall next door.
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  We had a great week together.
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  Doing so many different things.
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  We had many different events.
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  We had many different athletes on show.
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  Some looking more athletic than others.
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  But a great variety.
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  And we had crafts and games.
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  We had medal hunts and drama.
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  But above all we had,
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  The central thing was Jesus.
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  And hearing all about Jesus.
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  What he has done for us.
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  And what he does for us.
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  And every day the different theme was based on Jesus.
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  And Jesus as a coach.
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  Jesus as a first aider.
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  There was a teammate.
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  There was a substitute.
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  And then on the Friday we had the champion.
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  So we're looking at Jesus in all of these different ways.
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  Now the Paris Olympics, they're still going on.
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  But in another week they'll come to a close.
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  And when the Olympics come to a close,
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  They have a big closing ceremony.
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  And so today is a little like a closing ceremony.
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  For our Olympics.
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  For our week of Olympics.
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  But I don't want us to be sad.
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  As things come to an end this week.
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  I want us to be happy.
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  Happy about all that we did and all that we heard.
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  And there was a story we heard on Friday.
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  About a man called Eric Liddell.
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  Now he won Olympic gold in Paris.
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  But it wasn't this week.
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  It was a hundred years ago.
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  Back in 1924.
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  I'm sure many people here are familiar with the film
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  Chariots of Fire.
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  Based on the story of Eric Liddell.
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  And the amazing thing about him was,
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  He was a Christian who honoured God.
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  He put God first in everything he did.
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  So the event he wanted to be in, he wasn't.
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  And yet he still won gold in the 400 metres.
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  And it's amazing that a hundred years later,
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  We're still talking about him.
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  And thinking about what he did.
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  How he stood up for his faith.
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  And I hope that's what it will be like for ourselves
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  As we come away from our holiday club.
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  That in years to come,
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  We will speak about all that we've learned and heard and seen this week.
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  And go on giving praise and glory to God.
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  And sharing about the good news of Jesus.
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  And today we're going to look at some of the highlights of the week.
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  We're going to look at some of the things,
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  The passages that we were looking at.
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  And some of the themes that we were thinking about.
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  But they're all based around our memory verse.
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  Now, look up to me just now for a minute.
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  Who remembers the memory verse?
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  Do you want to say it with me?
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  Shall we say it together?
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  So everybody can hear what we were learning.
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  Right, let's go.
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  If anyone would come after me.
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  He will deny himself.
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  Take up his cross.
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  And follow me.
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  Excellent.
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  23.
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  Brilliant.
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  All remembered.
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  And there's no words up on the screen anywhere to help you there.
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  So, well remembered.
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  That's the verse that was our memory verse for the week.
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  And as we were going through the week,
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  the word of God was always central to everything that we were doing.
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  So we think of the Olympics,
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  and they have the Olympic flame burning for the whole time
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  that the Olympics is going on.
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  That's the way it was for us with God's word.
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  It was like the word of God was the light in the midst of everything that we were doing.
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  And there's a psalm that tells us about that.
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  It's Psalm 119 and verse 105.
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  It says,
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  Your word is a lamp to my feet and a lamp to my path.
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  Do you remember what the craft was on Monday, anybody?
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  What did we do on Monday?
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  The torch, wasn't it?
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  The Olympic torch.
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  Well, look what I've got here.
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  Do you remember seeing this during the week?
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  Yeah?
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  Well, the rest of people here who weren't at the holiday club wouldn't have seen this.
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  This is an Olympic torch.
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  And on the top of it is where the fire goes.
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  So this is a real Olympic torch.
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  And we think of that, it's the fire that keeps burning.
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  And we want to think of Jesus as that fire, that light to the world that keeps burning.
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  We were singing one of the songs, and it was,
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  Give me oil in my lamp, keep me burning.
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  And that's what we were looking at during the week.
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  And we were so thankful that as Jesus was with us during the week,
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  He was keeping us going and keeping us looking to His word and encouraging us through it.
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  All around that sense of following Jesus, denying ourselves, and following Him.
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  And so we're going to look at three different things to help us understand what that means.
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  But before we do, we're going to sing.
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  We're going to think about three things.
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  Listen, look, and live.
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  That's the three things we're going to look at today.
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  But before we come to the first one, we're going to sing Psalm 145.
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  Again, let's sing Psalm's version, Psalm 145.
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  And we'll sing from verse 15 to 21.
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  And as I say, during this singing, if any of the younger ones would like to go out to tweenies,
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  you can do so during this singing.
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  All eyes are raised expectantly to you, and in due season you supply their food.
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  You open wide your hand to all that live and satisfy their needs with what is good.
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  We'll sing from verse 15 to 21 to God's praise.
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  All eyes are raised expectantly to you, and in due season you supply their food.
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  You open wide your hand to all that live and satisfy their needs with what is good.
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  The Lord is just and good in all his ways.
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  He shows his love to all that he has made.
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  The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call in through to him for aid.
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  The hopes of those who fear him he fulfills.
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  He hears their cry, saves them from distress.
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  The Lord protects all those who love his name.
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  But slays all those who practice wickedness.
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  My lips will frame a psalm of thanks to God.
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  My mouth will speak forever in his praise.
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  Let every creature magnify the Lord.
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  And praise his holy name now and always.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Well, I want us to think about our first part this morning together.
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  We're thinking of listening.
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  Listening on Monday, we're thinking about the coach and how we have to listen to the coach.
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  That's the first part of what we're looking at together today, the idea of listening.
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  And this is based on that reading that we had together in Luke chapter 6, the one who built
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  his house upon the rock and the one who built his house upon the sand, the ground without
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  foundation.
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  Now, a good number of years ago in Glasgow, there was a preacher who was preaching at Glasgow
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  Green.
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  Glasgow Green is a big park in Glasgow and it's quite near to the river there, the river Clyde.
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  And he was preaching about the gospel, about Jesus.
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  And after he'd finished preaching, there was a man in the crowd who stood up and wanted to speak.
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  And so they let him speak.
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  And what he started to say was that he didn't believe anything that the preacher had said.
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  He was saying, I don't believe in heaven.
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  I don't believe in judgment.
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  I don't believe in anything of these things.
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  It's not true.
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  And I don't believe in God, he said.
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  I've never seen him.
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  I can't believe in God.
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  And then he sat down.
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  And then another man got up.
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  And he started to speak.
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  And he started to speak in a funny way.
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  He said, I don't believe that there's a river near here.
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  I've never seen it.
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  I don't believe that it's there.
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  And he said, you tell me that there are trees and grass all around us here.
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  I don't believe it.
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  I've never seen them.
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  And he said, you see that there are people all around me here.
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  There's a large crowd.
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  I said, I don't believe it.
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  And he said, you maybe wonder how I can say these things or why I'm saying these things.
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  You must think that I'm daft.
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  But then he went on to say, you know why I can say these things?
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  It's because I'm blind.
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  I can't see anything with my eyes.
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  But he said, but I know God.
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  And I know that God is real.
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  And looking at the first man who had spoken, he said to him, you cannot see him because you're spiritually blind.
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  But he said, there is a God.
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  And you need him.
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  Who of these two men would you listen to?
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  There was one who was wise.
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  And there was one who was foolish.
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  Well, that's exactly what Jesus is speaking about here as he speaks about these two men.
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  One who built his house upon the rock and one who built his house upon the ground with no foundation.
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  He was speaking to a large crowd here.
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  And as he was speaking, he was speaking to them in this way that they were to listen to what he was saying.
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  But he was saying, you call me Lord, Lord, and yet you don't listen.
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  And this week when we were thinking of Jesus as the coach, we needed to listen to Jesus as the coach.
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  But these people were saying like, yes, coach, yes, coach.
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  But they weren't doing anything that they were being told.
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  And so he describes it in this way.
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  He uses the illustration of these two builders.
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  And the question behind it all is, are we listening to Jesus today?
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  Are we listening to what he says?
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  One of these builders was wise.
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  Where did he build his house?
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  What did he build it on?
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  Do you remember what we were thinking about during the week?
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  Where did the wise man build his house?
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  Upon the rock, wasn't it?
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  And where did the foolish man, silly Billy as we was called, where did he build his house?
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  On the sand.
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  So who was wise?
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  Who was foolish?
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  He was wise, wasn't he?
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  One built upon the rock.
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  He was wise.
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  Because as Jesus describes here, when the flood came, the only house that stood was the one that was built on the rock.
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  The one that was built on the sand just got washed away.
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  And the Bible often speaks about wise and foolish people.
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  In Psalm 14, for example, in verse 1, it says there,
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  The fool says in his heart, what?
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  There is no God.
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  Like that man at Glasgow Green who stood up to say that, I can't believe in God.
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  I've never seen him.
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  He's a fool.
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  That's what the Bible says.
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  The fool says in his heart, there is no God.
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  But the wise, we build our house upon the rock.
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  The rock, that is Jesus.
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  We listen to the coach.
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  And in Ephesians chapter 5, it says,
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  Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, making the best use of the time.
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  That's encouraging us to listen to Jesus, make the best use of the time.
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  So it's so important for us that as we come to worship God and to learn about him,
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  that we do that first and foremost, that we listen to what he is saying.
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  As Jesus says here,
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  You call me Lord, Lord, and do not do what I tell you.
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  It's like listening to the coach and just going and doing your own thing.
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  It's foolish.
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  But let's be wise and listen to the coach.
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  Listen to Jesus.
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  Listen to what he's saying to us as he says,
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  Come and follow me.
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  Deny yourself.
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  Take up your cross and follow me.
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  So are we listening to the coach?
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  Are we listening to Jesus today?
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  That's the first thing that we're thinking about, that we were thinking about during the week.
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  Well, to help us further look at this, we want to think about what he does for us.
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  And we want to read again.
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  We're going to read our next reading, which is in Luke chapter 23.
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  And this is at verse 39 to verse 47.
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  There's so many different parts that we could read for what Jesus has done for us.
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  So many things that we thought about during the week.
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  But I think the best place to read about Jesus and what he has done for us
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  is to think about Jesus at the cross.
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  And so we're thinking of him here in verse 39.
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  Here Jesus has been put on the cross to die for his people.
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  And either side of them, there's two criminals who are also being put to death.
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  And in verse 39, it says,
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  One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him, saying,
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  Are you not the Christ?
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  Save yourself and us.
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  But the other rebuked him, saying,
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  Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation?
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  And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds.
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  But this man has done nothing wrong.
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  And he said,
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  Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
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  And he said to him,
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  Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.
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  And we read on,
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  It was now about the sixth hour,
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  and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour,
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  while the sun's light failed.
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  And the curtain of the temple was torn in two.
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  Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said,
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  Father, into your hands I commit my spirit.
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  And having said this, he breathed his last.
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  Now, when the centurion saw what had taken place,
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  he praised God, saying,
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  Certainly, this man was innocent.
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  Well, we want to think about Jesus now and what he has done for us.
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  And in this way, we're thinking about looking to Jesus.
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  We want to listen to him first of all,
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  but now we want to look and see what he has done for us.
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  When Jesus was in this world,
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  so many people saw him.
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  So many people saw him doing amazing things.
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  And during the week, we were thinking of some of them.
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  As we look through the Bible,
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  you see many different things that Jesus did for his people.
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  As we had the sporting theme this week,
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  we were thinking of people who get injured in sport,
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  and they need the first aider to come on and to help them.
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  And we saw a story of how Jesus healed a Roman centurion's servant
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  who was unwell.
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  Jesus did amazing things.
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  We heard how Jesus fed more than 5,000 people in one sitting.
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  And it was an amazing miracle that happened there.
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  And there are so many other accounts of what Jesus did for people
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  in different places, how he healed, how he helped,
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  how he did amazing things.
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  But what so often amazed people was the things that he said.
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  His teaching, his preaching.
• 25:54
  People marveled at it.
• 25:56
  They saw these words that he was saying.
• 25:59
  They were thinking, this is astonishing.
• 26:01
  This is amazing, the things that he is telling us.
• 26:04
  And he was telling them about what he had come to do to help them.
• 26:08
  We see us all as sinners as we are,
• 26:10
  but he came to help us.
• 26:12
  Our greatest injury is sin.
• 26:16
  But he has come to help us.
• 26:20
  And the most amazing place to look and see what Jesus has done for us
• 26:26
  and how much he loved us is this place where we read of Jesus on the cross
• 26:32
  as he died for our sins.
• 26:36
  And so many people were looking on and seeing Jesus on the cross.
• 26:41
  And on either side of him were these two criminals.
• 26:45
  And one looked at him and mocked.
• 26:49
  He was joking at Jesus, saying things like,
• 26:52
  if you are the Christ, save yourself and us.
• 26:56
  He didn't realize who he was.
• 26:58
  He didn't understand who he was.
• 27:01
  But the other looked and pleaded with him.
• 27:06
  He saw that this man was innocent.
• 27:09
  He's done nothing wrong.
• 27:10
  And then he said these amazing words.
• 27:12
  Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.
• 27:16
  Amazing words from that criminal.
• 27:21
  Remember me.
• 27:23
  And even more amazing is what Jesus said to him.
• 27:26
  Truly I say to you today,
• 27:29
  you will be with me in paradise.
• 27:33
  In the midst of the darkness of the cross,
• 27:36
  we are reminded of why Jesus came.
• 27:39
  He came to save.
• 27:41
  He is our substitute.
• 27:44
  He went in our place.
• 27:47
  What we couldn't do ourselves,
• 27:49
  he did for us.
• 27:51
  He died on the cross.
• 27:52
  That for all who believe in him,
• 27:56
  we might have life through him.
• 28:00
  A little boy once came to his father
• 28:03
  and jumped up on his knee and sat on his knee.
• 28:07
  And he asked him a question.
• 28:09
  He said to him,
• 28:10
  Dad, is your soul insured?
• 28:15
  Now, what's your soul, first of all?
• 28:18
  Well, your soul is our life,
• 28:21
  our very being.
• 28:22
  It's something we can't see,
• 28:24
  but it's what keeps us alive.
• 28:26
  What God has given to us all,
• 28:27
  the breath of life,
• 28:29
  is like our soul.
• 28:31
  It makes us understand and think
• 28:34
  and live and breathe.
• 28:36
  God has given us a soul.
• 28:38
  And insurance is something you put in place
• 28:42
  so that if anything happens,
• 28:44
  you're not left without.
• 28:46
  So if you crash your car,
• 28:48
  for example,
• 28:49
  you don't lose out if you're insured.
• 28:51
  You get your money back
• 28:52
  because it's insured.
• 28:54
  And so this is what was troubling this little boy.
• 28:56
  He came to his father and says,
• 28:57
  Dad, is your soul insured?
• 29:01
  And his father asked,
• 29:04
  Where's this question come from?
• 29:06
  Why do you ask that question?
• 29:09
  And the boy said,
• 29:10
  Well, I heard Uncle John speaking
• 29:12
  and he was saying that you have your house insured,
• 29:14
  that you have all your barns insured,
• 29:17
  that you have your life insured,
• 29:18
  but he was worried
• 29:19
  that you didn't have your soul insured.
• 29:22
  And he was afraid that you would lose it.
• 29:28
  And the father was shocked
• 29:31
  because he had a big house.
• 29:34
  He had lots of land and barns.
• 29:37
  He had all of these things.
• 29:38
  He had insurance to look after his family
• 29:40
  if anything happened to him.
• 29:42
  But the one thing that was most needed
• 29:46
  was his soul to be insured.
• 29:50
  And it wasn't
• 29:51
  because he didn't trust in Jesus.
• 29:56
  And through that little boy asking that question,
• 29:59
  he began to think about this.
• 30:01
  What was important in life?
• 30:04
  What was the most precious thing?
• 30:06
  It wasn't his barns and his land and his house.
• 30:09
  It was his soul.
• 30:11
  And he began to realize,
• 30:13
  Jesus is the only insurance I need.
• 30:17
  And so he put his trust in Jesus.
• 30:21
  And as we look at the cross,
• 30:24
  we see how Jesus is our insurance,
• 30:28
  how he is our guarantee,
• 30:31
  how because he died on the cross,
• 30:34
  he was our substitute there.
• 30:36
  And if we put our trust in him,
• 30:39
  our soul,
• 30:40
  our life is safe
• 30:42
  for now
• 30:43
  and for eternity.
• 30:47
  Another little story.
• 30:48
  There was a little girl
• 30:49
  who was very unwell.
• 30:52
  And she had a very serious illness
• 30:54
  that meant that she needed to get
• 30:56
  a blood transfusion.
• 30:57
  That's her own blood wasn't healthy,
• 30:59
  so she needed other blood
• 31:01
  put into her body.
• 31:02
  But it couldn't just be any blood.
• 31:05
  It needed to be a particular kind of blood.
• 31:09
  It needed to be from someone
• 31:10
  who had had this illness before
• 31:12
  and who had recovered.
• 31:14
  And it needed to be the same type of blood
• 31:16
  as hers.
• 31:17
  And she had a little brother.
• 31:20
  A brother who had had the same illness
• 31:23
  and who had the same blood as her.
• 31:27
  And so the doctor came and sat with the little boy
• 31:29
  and said,
• 31:30
  your sister's not well
• 31:31
  and we need your blood to help her.
• 31:35
  And he asked,
• 31:36
  will you give her your blood?
• 31:38
  And the little boy nearly started crying.
• 31:42
  He was sitting there
• 31:43
  thinking about this question.
• 31:45
  Will you give your sister your blood?
• 31:49
  And then he said,
• 31:50
  yes.
• 31:51
  I'll give my sister my blood
• 31:54
  if it'll make her better.
• 31:57
  And so they were taken into the operating room
• 31:59
  and they were both put on beds
• 32:01
  beside each other.
• 32:03
  And they looked at each other.
• 32:04
  The little girl was weak and frail.
• 32:07
  The boy was strong and healthy.
• 32:09
  And the boy smiled at his sister.
• 32:12
  And as the nurse then started to take blood
• 32:16
  from the little boy,
• 32:17
  his smile started to disappear.
• 32:20
  And he started to look quite sad.
• 32:23
  And after a little while,
• 32:24
  when it was nearly done,
• 32:26
  he asked the doctor a question.
• 32:29
  He said,
• 32:29
  Doctor,
• 32:30
  when do I die?
• 32:33
  And the doctor realized then
• 32:35
  that he hadn't explained fully
• 32:37
  what giving blood meant.
• 32:39
  It was only to give blood
• 32:41
  to help his sister.
• 32:43
  Not that he would die.
• 32:46
  But he thought
• 32:46
  by giving his blood to his sister,
• 32:49
  he would die himself.
• 32:50
  And the amazing thing is,
• 32:52
  he was willing to do it.
• 32:55
  Because his sister
• 32:56
  was so precious to him.
• 33:00
  Well, the little boy
• 33:01
  didn't die.
• 33:03
  They both survived
• 33:05
  and lived.
• 33:07
  But when we look
• 33:08
  at the cross,
• 33:09
  when we think of Jesus
• 33:11
  there on the cross,
• 33:13
  he gave
• 33:13
  his blood
• 33:15
  for us.
• 33:16
  He died
• 33:17
  for us.
• 33:19
  We needed
• 33:20
  a substitute.
• 33:22
  And he was the only one
• 33:24
  who could come
• 33:24
  in our place.
• 33:27
  And he gave
• 33:28
  his life
• 33:29
  for us.
• 33:31
  Isn't that amazing?
• 33:32
  That he would do that
• 33:34
  for you
• 33:35
  and for me.
• 33:37
  So there was
• 33:38
  the sad bit.
• 33:40
  When we think of
• 33:41
  Jesus
• 33:41
  dying
• 33:43
  on the cross.
• 33:45
  But
• 33:46
  it doesn't
• 33:47
  end there.
• 33:48
  And we want
• 33:49
  to just think about
• 33:50
  one more thing.
• 33:51
  And we want to read
• 33:52
  again
• 33:52
  together
• 33:53
  in Luke
• 33:54
  chapter 24.
• 33:56
  The next
• 33:57
  chapter along.
• 33:58
  you find
• 34:01
  this on
• 34:01
  page 6
• 34:02
  and 7.
• 34:03
  We're reading
• 34:04
  two different
• 34:04
  parts
• 34:05
  of it.
• 34:08
  It's all
• 34:09
  about the
• 34:09
  story of
• 34:10
  the two
• 34:10
  on the road
• 34:10
  to Emmaus.
• 34:12
  An amazing
• 34:13
  story.
• 34:14
  But we'll just
• 34:14
  read a part
• 34:15
  of it.
• 34:18
  So this is
• 34:18
  after
• 34:19
  Jesus
• 34:19
  had been
• 34:20
  put to
• 34:20
  death.
• 34:21
  It's the
• 34:22
  third day.
• 34:23
  And people
• 34:24
  have started
• 34:24
  talking about
• 34:25
  Jesus.
• 34:25
  That he
• 34:26
  is risen.
• 34:26
  But then
• 34:28
  we come
• 34:29
  alongside
• 34:29
  these two
• 34:30
  on the road
• 34:30
  to Emmaus.
• 34:31
  That very
• 34:31
  day two
• 34:32
  of them
• 34:32
  were going
• 34:32
  to a
• 34:33
  village
• 34:33
  named
• 34:33
  Emmaus
• 34:34
  about
• 34:34
  seven
• 34:35
  miles
• 34:35
  from
• 34:35
  Jerusalem.
• 34:37
  And they
• 34:37
  were talking
• 34:38
  with each
• 34:38
  other about
• 34:38
  all these
• 34:39
  things that
• 34:40
  had happened.
• 34:41
  While they
• 34:42
  were talking
• 34:42
  and discussing
• 34:43
  together
• 34:44
  Jesus himself
• 34:45
  drew near
• 34:46
  and went
• 34:46
  with them.
• 34:48
  But their
• 34:48
  eyes were
• 34:49
  kept from
• 34:50
  recognizing him.
• 34:51
  Then we
• 34:52
  jump to
• 34:52
  verse 28.
• 34:54
  So they
• 34:55
  drew near
• 34:55
  to the
• 34:56
  village to
• 34:56
  which they
• 34:57
  were going.
• 34:58
  He acted
• 34:58
  as if he
• 34:59
  was going
• 34:59
  further.
• 35:00
  But they
• 35:01
  urged him
• 35:01
  strongly saying
• 35:02
  stay with
• 35:03
  us for
• 35:04
  it is
• 35:04
  toward evening
• 35:05
  and the
• 35:05
  day is
• 35:06
  now far
• 35:07
  spent.
• 35:08
  So he
• 35:08
  went in
• 35:09
  to stay
• 35:09
  with them.
• 35:10
  When he
• 35:11
  was at
• 35:11
  the table
• 35:12
  with them
• 35:12
  he took
• 35:13
  the bread
• 35:13
  and blessed
• 35:14
  and broke
• 35:14
  it and gave
• 35:15
  it to
• 35:15
  them.
• 35:16
  And their
• 35:17
  eyes were
• 35:17
  opened and
• 35:19
  they recognized
• 35:19
  him and he
• 35:21
  vanished from
• 35:22
  their sight.
• 35:23
  They said
• 35:24
  to each
• 35:24
  other,
• 35:25
  did not
• 35:26
  our hearts
• 35:26
  burn within
• 35:27
  us while
• 35:27
  he talked
• 35:28
  to us on
• 35:29
  the road,
• 35:29
  while he
• 35:30
  opened to
• 35:30
  us the
• 35:31
  scriptures?
• 35:32
  And they
• 35:33
  rose that
• 35:33
  same hour
• 35:34
  and returned
• 35:34
  to Jerusalem.
• 35:36
  And they
• 35:36
  found the
• 35:37
  eleven and
• 35:37
  those who
• 35:38
  were with
• 35:38
  them gathered
• 35:39
  together saying
• 35:40
  the Lord
• 35:41
  has risen
• 35:41
  indeed and
• 35:42
  he has
• 35:43
  appeared to
• 35:44
  Simon.
• 35:45
  Then they
• 35:46
  told what
• 35:46
  had happened
• 35:47
  on the road
• 35:47
  and how
• 35:48
  he was
• 35:49
  known to
• 35:50
  them in
• 35:51
  the breaking
• 35:51
  of bread.
• 35:54
  An amazing
• 35:55
  story of
• 35:56
  how Jesus
• 35:57
  came and
• 35:57
  appeared to
• 35:58
  these two
• 35:59
  on the road
• 36:00
  to Emmaus.
• 36:02
  Now after
• 36:02
  the cross,
• 36:03
  after Jesus
• 36:03
  died, his
• 36:04
  body was
• 36:05
  placed in
• 36:06
  a tomb.
• 36:07
  But on the
• 36:08
  third day,
• 36:09
  there was no
• 36:09
  sign of
• 36:10
  his body.
• 36:12
  Those who
• 36:12
  had followed
• 36:13
  Jesus, they
• 36:14
  were heart
• 36:14
  broken.
• 36:16
  Jesus died
• 36:17
  on the
• 36:18
  cross.
• 36:18
  cross.
• 36:19
  But that
• 36:20
  wasn't the
• 36:21
  end.
• 36:21
  You see, they
• 36:22
  hadn't listened
• 36:23
  properly to
• 36:24
  all that
• 36:25
  Jesus had
• 36:25
  said.
• 36:27
  If they
• 36:27
  had listened,
• 36:27
  they would
• 36:28
  have known
• 36:28
  that he
• 36:29
  died, we
• 36:30
  would die,
• 36:31
  but that on
• 36:31
  the third
• 36:31
  day, he
• 36:32
  would rise
• 36:33
  again.
• 36:35
  What's the
• 36:35
  biggest surprise
• 36:37
  you've ever
• 36:38
  had?
• 36:39
  Maybe you
• 36:40
  walk into a
• 36:41
  room and you
• 36:41
  see a
• 36:42
  spider.
• 36:43
  You get a
• 36:43
  surprise, you're
• 36:44
  frightened, you
• 36:45
  get a shock.
• 36:47
  It could be
• 36:48
  a shock
• 36:48
  result in
• 36:49
  athletics or
• 36:51
  football or
• 36:51
  something like
• 36:52
  that.
• 36:52
  It leaves you
• 36:53
  surprised.
• 36:55
  Does anybody
• 36:55
  remember this
• 36:56
  from Friday?
• 36:59
  Second place,
• 37:00
  that's what I
• 37:01
  got in a
• 37:01
  two-man race.
• 37:03
  Do you
• 37:04
  remember who
• 37:04
  beat me?
• 37:05
  Anybody
• 37:05
  remember who
• 37:06
  beat me?
• 37:10
  Kenny
• 37:11
  I.
• 37:14
  Embarrassing,
• 37:14
  isn't it?
• 37:15
  The right
• 37:15
  shock, that.
• 37:16
  Just the
• 37:17
  two of us
• 37:18
  in a race
• 37:18
  and he
• 37:18
  won.
• 37:19
  I mean, my
• 37:20
  goodness, come
• 37:21
  on.
• 37:23
  You get all
• 37:23
  kinds of
• 37:24
  surprises in
• 37:25
  life.
• 37:26
  But when we
• 37:27
  think about
• 37:27
  those who
• 37:28
  followed Jesus,
• 37:29
  those who
• 37:30
  loved Jesus,
• 37:31
  when they
• 37:32
  thought that
• 37:32
  he had died,
• 37:33
  the greatest
• 37:34
  surprise that
• 37:35
  they got was
• 37:36
  that Jesus
• 37:37
  was alive.
• 37:40
  They thought
• 37:41
  he had died,
• 37:42
  but he was
• 37:43
  risen.
• 37:44
  And so
• 37:45
  they met
• 37:45
  him in
• 37:45
  different
• 37:46
  places.
• 37:47
  And it's
• 37:48
  highlighted for
• 37:49
  us in this
• 37:49
  story of two
• 37:50
  people traveling
• 37:51
  on the road
• 37:52
  from Jerusalem
• 37:53
  to Emmaus.
• 37:55
  They were
• 37:55
  heartbroken.
• 37:57
  They were
• 37:57
  downcast.
• 37:58
  They thought
• 37:58
  their hope
• 37:59
  had gone.
• 38:00
  And they
• 38:00
  start speaking
• 38:01
  with a stranger
• 38:02
  as it was
• 38:03
  who came
• 38:03
  alongside them,
• 38:05
  telling him
• 38:05
  everything that
• 38:06
  had happened
• 38:07
  in Jerusalem
• 38:07
  and how it
• 38:09
  was the third
• 38:10
  day and how
• 38:10
  they had hoped
• 38:11
  that he had
• 38:12
  come to save
• 38:13
  his people.
• 38:14
  And their
• 38:15
  hope was
• 38:16
  gone.
• 38:16
  They were
• 38:16
  just so
• 38:17
  heartbroken.
• 38:20
  But then
• 38:21
  Jesus started
• 38:22
  to speak to
• 38:23
  them.
• 38:24
  He started
• 38:24
  to open up
• 38:25
  the word
• 38:26
  to them.
• 38:27
  And he
• 38:27
  showed them
• 38:28
  everything about
• 38:29
  the scriptures
• 38:29
  in the Old
• 38:30
  Testament that
• 38:31
  was telling
• 38:31
  them about
• 38:32
  Jesus and
• 38:33
  how he had
• 38:33
  to come.
• 38:35
  And what
• 38:35
  happened to
• 38:36
  them?
• 38:37
  Instead of
• 38:38
  being heartbroken,
• 38:40
  they come to
• 38:40
  the point where
• 38:41
  their heart is
• 38:42
  burning.
• 38:43
  within them.
• 38:44
  They're so
• 38:45
  excited.
• 38:45
  They're filled
• 38:46
  with joy.
• 38:47
  Jesus is
• 38:48
  alive.
• 38:50
  He is
• 38:50
  risen.
• 38:51
  And we
• 38:51
  need to
• 38:52
  tell others
• 38:53
  about this.
• 38:55
  It's an
• 38:55
  amazing thing.
• 38:57
  And so they
• 38:58
  run back.
• 38:59
  They run back
• 38:59
  to tell their
• 39:00
  friends,
• 39:01
  we have seen
• 39:02
  Jesus.
• 39:02
  He is alive.
• 39:04
  And they
• 39:04
  say, we
• 39:04
  know.
• 39:05
  He's up
• 39:06
  here to
• 39:06
  Simon as
• 39:07
  well.
• 39:08
  And they
• 39:08
  were rejoicing.
• 39:09
  They were so
• 39:10
  glad.
• 39:11
  They'd
• 39:12
  gone from
• 39:13
  being almost
• 39:14
  downcast,
• 39:15
  beaten,
• 39:16
  to being
• 39:17
  upbeat and
• 39:18
  full of
• 39:19
  joy.
• 39:21
  There's been
• 39:21
  so many
• 39:22
  amazing races
• 39:23
  in the
• 39:24
  Olympics this
• 39:25
  week, so
• 39:25
  many amazing
• 39:26
  events.
• 39:27
  Maybe you
• 39:27
  saw this
• 39:28
  week the
• 39:29
  winner of
• 39:29
  the men's
• 39:29
  triathlon.
• 39:31
  He was a
• 39:31
  British man
• 39:32
  called
• 39:32
  Alec E.
• 39:33
  And close
• 39:35
  to the end
• 39:35
  of the
• 39:36
  race, he'd
• 39:36
  done his
• 39:37
  swim, he'd
• 39:38
  done his
• 39:38
  cycle, and
• 39:40
  now he was
• 39:40
  doing the
• 39:40
  running part
• 39:41
  of the race.
• 39:42
  He was in
• 39:42
  second place
• 39:43
  and he was
• 39:43
  starting.
• 39:44
  He was
• 39:44
  really struggling.
• 39:46
  He was
• 39:46
  finding it
• 39:47
  hard going.
• 39:49
  And instead
• 39:49
  of thinking,
• 39:50
  could he get
• 39:50
  first, people
• 39:51
  started to
• 39:52
  wonder, would
• 39:52
  he even get
• 39:53
  second?
• 39:53
  Because he
• 39:54
  seemed to
• 39:54
  be just
• 39:54
  getting slower
• 39:55
  and people
• 39:56
  were catching
• 39:57
  up with him.
• 39:57
  But he
• 39:57
  didn't give
• 39:58
  up.
• 39:59
  And he
• 40:00
  was saying
• 40:00
  afterwards, I
• 40:01
  wanted to
• 40:01
  cross the
• 40:02
  finish line
• 40:02
  knowing I'd
• 40:04
  given a
• 40:04
  hundred
• 40:05
  percent.
• 40:07
  So he
• 40:07
  started to
• 40:07
  push himself.
• 40:09
  And then he
• 40:09
  heard somebody
• 40:10
  shouting in
• 40:11
  the crowd at
• 40:12
  the side, a
• 40:13
  man called
• 40:14
  Alan Brownlee.
• 40:16
  Alan Brownlee,
• 40:17
  when the Olympics
• 40:18
  were in London
• 40:19
  12 years ago,
• 40:20
  he won the
• 40:21
  gold in the
• 40:22
  very same
• 40:22
  event.
• 40:24
  And he
• 40:24
  heard this
• 40:25
  man, he
• 40:25
  saw this
• 40:26
  man shouting
• 40:26
  at him, and
• 40:28
  he was saying,
• 40:28
  keep going,
• 40:30
  anything can
• 40:31
  happen.
• 40:32
  And if
• 40:33
  you saw
• 40:33
  the race,
• 40:34
  you saw
• 40:34
  how suddenly
• 40:35
  he almost
• 40:36
  just started
• 40:37
  running faster
• 40:38
  and faster.
• 40:38
  He went
• 40:38
  past the
• 40:39
  man who
• 40:39
  was in
• 40:40
  first place
• 40:41
  at that
• 40:41
  point, and
• 40:42
  he just
• 40:42
  seemed to
• 40:42
  get ahead
• 40:43
  and ahead
• 40:43
  and ahead.
• 40:44
  And he
• 40:45
  went on
• 40:45
  to win
• 40:46
  gold.
• 40:48
  He was
• 40:49
  encouraged.
• 40:50
  He was
• 40:50
  strengthened.
• 40:53
  And that's
• 40:53
  what God's
• 40:54
  word does
• 40:55
  for us.
• 40:57
  It reminds
• 40:57
  us that yes,
• 40:58
  there is
• 40:58
  sadness and
• 40:59
  sorrow that
• 41:00
  Jesus had to
• 41:01
  die for
• 41:02
  our sin.
• 41:04
  But there
• 41:04
  is also
• 41:05
  great joy
• 41:06
  that he
• 41:07
  has risen.
• 41:09
  And in
• 41:09
  a book of
• 41:09
  the Bible
• 41:10
  called
• 41:10
  Hebrews,
• 41:11
  it says
• 41:12
  this,
• 41:13
  Hebrews
• 41:13
  chapter 12,
• 41:14
  verse 1,
• 41:14
  therefore,
• 41:15
  since we
• 41:16
  are surrounded
• 41:16
  by so
• 41:17
  great a
• 41:18
  cloud of
• 41:18
  witnesses,
• 41:19
  let us
• 41:20
  lay aside
• 41:20
  every weight
• 41:21
  and sin
• 41:22
  which clings
• 41:22
  so closely
• 41:23
  and let us
• 41:23
  run with
• 41:24
  endurance the
• 41:25
  race that
• 41:26
  is set
• 41:26
  before us,
• 41:28
  looking to
• 41:29
  Jesus,
• 41:30
  the founder
• 41:31
  and perfecter
• 41:32
  of our
• 41:32
  faith,
• 41:33
  who for
• 41:34
  the joy
• 41:35
  that was
• 41:35
  set before
• 41:36
  him endured
• 41:36
  the cross,
• 41:38
  despising the
• 41:39
  shame,
• 41:40
  and is
• 41:40
  seated at
• 41:40
  the right
• 41:41
  hand of
• 41:42
  the throne
• 41:43
  of God.
• 41:45
  Jesus
• 41:46
  encouraged
• 41:47
  these two
• 41:47
  on the road
• 41:49
  to Emmaus.
• 41:50
  And we
• 41:50
  are surrounded
• 41:51
  by people
• 41:52
  who encourage
• 41:53
  us along
• 41:54
  the way
• 41:55
  in this
• 41:56
  race.
• 41:56
  And so
• 41:58
  as we
• 41:58
  think about
• 41:59
  coming away
• 42:00
  from our
• 42:01
  Olympic week,
• 42:03
  let us
• 42:04
  encourage
• 42:05
  one another.
• 42:06
  Let us
• 42:07
  see Jesus
• 42:08
  as the
• 42:09
  champion,
• 42:11
  the one
• 42:11
  we need
• 42:12
  to believe
• 42:12
  in with
• 42:13
  all our
• 42:15
  hearts.
• 42:16
  Our memory
• 42:16
  verse said,
• 42:17
  if anyone
• 42:17
  would come
• 42:18
  after me,
• 42:19
  let him
• 42:20
  deny himself,
• 42:21
  take up
• 42:21
  his cross
• 42:22
  daily,
• 42:23
  and follow
• 42:24
  me.
• 42:26
  Wouldn't
• 42:26
  be great
• 42:27
  if all
• 42:28
  of us
• 42:29
  go away
• 42:29
  from this
• 42:31
  week
• 42:31
  following
• 42:32
  Jesus,
• 42:34
  rejoicing,
• 42:35
  not heartbroken,
• 42:36
  but with
• 42:37
  burning hearts,
• 42:39
  rejoicing in
• 42:40
  Jesus,
• 42:41
  and telling
• 42:41
  others about
• 42:42
  Jesus,
• 42:44
  so that the
• 42:44
  day will
• 42:45
  come when
• 42:46
  Jesus will
• 42:47
  reward us
• 42:47
  all with
• 42:49
  the gold
• 42:49
  medal,
• 42:50
  with the
• 42:51
  crown,
• 42:52
  for following
• 42:53
  him with
• 42:54
  all our
• 42:55
  heart.
• 42:56
  another of
• 42:58
  our songs
• 42:59
  that we
• 42:59
  sang
• 42:59
  reminded us
• 43:01
  that we
• 43:02
  are blessed.
• 43:03
  I'm so
• 43:04
  blessed,
• 43:05
  the song
• 43:06
  says,
• 43:06
  when I
• 43:07
  have you,
• 43:08
  Lord.
• 43:09
  So let's
• 43:10
  come away,
• 43:11
  let us
• 43:12
  close our
• 43:13
  ceremony
• 43:14
  today,
• 43:15
  let's close
• 43:16
  with joy,
• 43:17
  because
• 43:18
  Jesus is
• 43:20
  risen,
• 43:21
  he is
• 43:22
  our champion,
• 43:23
  let us
• 43:24
  listen to
• 43:25
  him,
• 43:26
  let us
• 43:27
  look at
• 43:28
  what he's
• 43:28
  done for
• 43:29
  us,
• 43:30
  and let
• 43:30
  us live
• 43:31
  for him
• 43:32
  every day.
• 43:34
  Let us
• 43:35
  pray.
• 43:37
  Our
• 43:38
  Father in
• 43:38
  heaven,
• 43:39
  we do give
• 43:39
  you thanks
• 43:40
  for all that
• 43:41
  you have
• 43:41
  done for
• 43:42
  us,
• 43:42
  and how
• 43:42
  you speak
• 43:43
  to us,
• 43:44
  and help
• 43:45
  us as we
• 43:45
  go from
• 43:46
  here today,
• 43:46
  to live
• 43:47
  for you
• 43:47
  with all
• 43:48
  our hearts,
• 43:50
  as we look
• 43:50
  for your
• 43:50
  help and
• 43:51
  your strength,
• 43:52
  your encouragement
• 43:52
  in all of
• 43:54
  these things,
• 43:55
  we ask in
• 43:55
  your precious
• 43:56
  name,
• 43:57
  Amen.
• 44:01
  We're going
• 44:02
  to conclude
• 44:03
  by singing
• 44:04
  to God's
• 44:05
  praise in
• 44:05
  Psalm 146,
• 44:12
  Psalm 146,
• 44:14
  we're going
• 44:23
  to sing from
• 44:24
  verse 1 to
• 44:25
  verse 6,
• 44:34
  it's the
• 44:35
  Scottish
• 44:36
  Psalter
• 44:36
  version,
• 44:37
  I'll just
• 44:37
  check with
• 44:38
  the percent,
• 44:38
  I've got two
• 44:38
  different,
• 44:39
  Scottish
• 44:39
  Psalter,
• 44:40
  you've got
• 44:40
  music,
• 44:41
  let's sing
• 44:42
  Psalms,
• 44:42
  so it's
• 44:43
  the Scottish
• 44:43
  Psalter on
• 44:44
  one thing
• 44:44
  and the
• 44:45
  sing
• 44:45
  Psalms on
• 44:45
  the other,
• 44:46
  I think
• 44:49
  we'd better
• 44:49
  go with
• 44:50
  what the
• 44:50
  presenter has,
• 44:51
  so the
• 44:51
  presenter has
• 44:52
  sing
• 44:52
  Psalms,
• 44:54
  sorry for
• 44:57
  that,
• 45:02
  so we'll
• 45:03
  sing,
• 45:03
  it's Psalm
• 45:04
  146,
• 45:05
  the sing
• 45:05
  Psalms,
• 45:06
  I think
• 45:06
  it's the
• 45:06
  Scottish
• 45:07
  Psalter that's
• 45:07
  on the
• 45:08
  booklet,
• 45:09
  but it's
• 45:09
  the sing
• 45:09
  Psalms the
• 45:10
  presenter has,
• 45:10
  so we'll
• 45:11
  use that,
• 45:12
  praise the
• 45:12
  Lord my
• 45:13
  soul,
• 45:13
  O praise
• 45:14
  him,
• 45:14
  I'll extol
• 45:14
  him all
• 45:15
  my days,
• 45:16
  while I
• 45:16
  live to
• 45:17
  God my
• 45:18
  Saviour from
• 45:18
  my heart,
• 45:19
  I will
• 45:20
  sing praise,
• 45:21
  we'll sing
• 45:21
  these verses
• 45:23
  to God's
• 45:24
  praise,
• 45:24
  praise the
• 45:29
  Lord my
• 45:30
  soul,
• 45:31
  O praise
• 45:33
  him,
• 45:34
  I'll
• 45:34
  extol
• 45:36
  him all
• 45:37
  my days,
• 45:39
  while I
• 45:41
  live to
• 45:42
  God my
• 45:44
  God my
• 45:44
  Saviour,
• 45:45
  from my
• 45:47
  heart I
• 45:48
  will sing
• 45:50
  praise,
• 45:52
  do not
• 45:53
  put your
• 45:54
  trust in
• 45:56
  princes,
• 45:58
  mortal men
• 46:00
  who cannot
• 46:02
  save,
• 46:03
  all their
• 46:05
  plans will
• 46:06
  come to
• 46:08
  nothing,
• 46:09
  when they
• 46:11
  perish in
• 46:13
  the grave,
• 46:15
  blessed is
• 46:18
  the one
• 46:20
  who truly
• 46:21
  looks for
• 46:23
  help to
• 46:25
  Jacob's
• 46:26
  God,
• 46:27
  blessed is
• 46:30
  the one
• 46:32
  who places
• 46:33
  all his
• 46:35
  hope upon
• 46:37
  the Lord,
• 46:40
  he who
• 46:41
  made the
• 46:43
  earth and
• 46:44
  heaven,
• 46:45
  and the
• 46:47
  seas with
• 46:49
  all their
• 46:50
  store,
• 46:52
  he who
• 46:53
  keeps his
• 46:55
  every promise,
• 46:58
  through his
• 46:59
  faithful
• 47:01
  evermore.
• 47:06
  After the
• 47:06
  benediction,
• 47:07
  I'll go to
• 47:07
  the main
• 47:08
  door,
• 47:09
  I think the
• 47:10
  children can
• 47:10
  go out this
• 47:11
  door to my
• 47:11
  left here,
• 47:12
  and hopefully
• 47:13
  as many as
• 47:13
  possible can
• 47:14
  come through
• 47:14
  next door for
• 47:16
  a cup of tea
• 47:16
  and to see
• 47:17
  and hear a
• 47:18
  little bit more
• 47:19
  from the
• 47:19
  children as
• 47:20
  to what was
• 47:20
  happening in
• 47:21
  the holiday
• 47:22
  club.
• 47:22
  We'll close
• 47:22
  just now with
• 47:23
  the benediction.
• 47:24
  now may
• 47:25
  grace,
• 47:26
  mercy,
• 47:26
  and peace
• 47:27
  from God,
• 47:28
  Father,
• 47:28
  Son,
• 47:29
  and Holy
• 47:29
  Spirit rest
• 47:30
  upon and
• 47:31
  abide with
• 47:32
  you all now
• 47:33
  and forever
• 47:33
  more.
• 47:34
  Amen.
• 47:54
  Amen.