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The Cross of Christ and Message of Deliverance · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Let's start together to the letter to Hebrews and chapter 2, and we can read at verse number 14.
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! Hebrews chapter 2 at verse 14.
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Since, therefore, the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things,
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! that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to life long.
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Slavery, and so on.
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Now, once this evening to continue the study that we're doing and looking at the benefits of the cross of Jesus Christ,
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and we are doing so because unless we understand what the cross means, then we're not going to appreciate the importance of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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And as we read this letter itself, it reminds us of the way in which people were losing their way,
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some were close to losing their faith, some were close to abandoning their faith because of what they were suffering,
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and when the writer reads to them to address these difficulties,
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he focuses primarily in the first half of the letter on the passion and work of the Lord Jesus.
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So, in focusing on the passion and work of the Lord Jesus as the answer to our problems,
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it's following the pattern that we see from time to time in the Word of God.
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And as we look at this chapter itself, it reminds us that there is a context and that there is a goal,
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and we see from verse 5 of this chapter that the writer is talking about the world to come,
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and it's important for us to grasp that at the very outset.
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We are in this world, but there is a world to come,
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and the significance of Jesus is to be found in understanding this world and understanding the world to come,
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and the only connection that we have between the two or the only way from this world into the world to come
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that's described here is through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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We read on further in the letter, and we understand something else about this people.
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They were immature, and as we read at the end of chapter 5 and into chapter 6,
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we understand that the writer could not speak to them of the depths and the riches of the Lord Jesus
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because they were immature in their faith.
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They were struggling with their faith because of the world around them,
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and they were struggling also in their faith because they hadn't reached a mature understanding of the Lord Jesus.
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And that again is instructive for us as we look this evening at this passage
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and continue to think of the benefits of the cross of the Lord Jesus.
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And we have seen the benefit of reconciliation.
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We have seen the benefit of redemption.
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We have seen the benefit of propitiation.
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And tonight we want to look at the cross of Christ and the message of deliverance.
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First of all, I want us to see that there is a reality we must learn to fear.
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And in verse 14 we have that reality that through death,
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it's a solemn thing to speak about death.
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We have it throughout the Word of God.
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Death is the end of our lives in this world.
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It's when our hearts start, stops beating.
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It's when our organs fail.
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It's when there appears to be nothing.
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And the writer in Ecclesiastes speaks of the way in which
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the dust returns to the earth as it was,
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and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
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Death is the end of our visible lives here in this world.
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And at the beginning of our service this evening,
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I wanted to think for some time on the solemn issue of our death.
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And if we're going to think about death in a biblical way,
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we want to see there are three elements to death as the Bible brings it before us.
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And the first of these is that death is physical.
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There is that separation of body and soul.
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It is physical in the sense that there is a tearing apart of the creation of God
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in the sense in which body and soul are separated.
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And such is the awfulness of death, physical,
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that it is tearing apart the very thing that God has created in all of its beauty.
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Death is physical.
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We know that.
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We see that.
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And we need to remember the reality of death as physical.
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Death is also penal.
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The wages of sin is death.
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Why is there death in the world?
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Because of Adam's sin,
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described by Paul in Romans 5.
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Sin came into the world,
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and death entered because of sin,
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and death came upon all because all have sinned.
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Death is penal.
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It's a penalty of our covenant breaking.
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And thirdly,
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death is eternal.
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It's described in the book of Revelation as the second death.
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death.
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It's described as the second death in the lake of fire.
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We saw in the chapter we read this morning
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the way in which Jesus himself speaks about eternal death.
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The fiery furnace
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where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.
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It's eternal.
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It's permanent.
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And when the Bible speaks about death,
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the focus on death
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is on the eternal aspect of it.
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That it's a death that goes on
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forever beyond the scene of time.
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It's a reality.
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And we know it's there.
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And it's so easy for us to live our lives
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as if this awful reality of death
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did not exist.
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It comes close to us in our homes.
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And we become more aware of
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its destructive power
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as it affects us emotionally.
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But it's too easy for us
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to forget
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and to go on living.
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How should we respond?
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How should we react?
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To this reality of death.
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Here the writer makes that clear.
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That
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those who
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fear death
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were subject to lifelong
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slavery.
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There is
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a fear
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and a phobia
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that there is
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a sense in which
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all our emotions
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and the whole of our beings
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are in a sense to be
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terror stricken
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with
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an awful thought
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of what death means.
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A heart full of
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a sense of
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wanting to distance ourselves
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from the reality of death.
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death.
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And wanting if it were
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possible to
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remove the whole
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idea of death
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from the whole
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perspective of life
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and from the experience
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of humankind.
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But the Bible
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tells us
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that a response
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to the reality
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of death
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is to
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fear it.
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death.
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And the writer
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in this letter itself
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reminds us
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why we should
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fear death.
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In chapter 10
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of verse 31
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it is a fearful
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thing
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to fall into the hands
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of
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the living
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God.
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The fear
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of death.
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death.
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death.
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death.
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And the more
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you and I
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in the
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secularized
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society in which
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we live
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the more
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we're
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sucked in
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by its way
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of thinking.
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The more
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the fear
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of death
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will be
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lost to us.
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And the more
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we will remove
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it from our
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thinking.
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And the more
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we will
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promote
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things like
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assisted
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dying.
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because we
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fail to
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appreciate
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what death
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is.
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And we
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initiate
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we bring
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a proposal
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that's to be
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brought into
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the law of
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the land
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that is
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aimed at
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reducing the
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suffering
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of those
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who are
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dying.
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And losing
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sight of
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the fact
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that the
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eternity
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of suffering
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in the
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fire of
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hell that
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Jesus speaks
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of is
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unthinkable.
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And we
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need to
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remind
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ourselves
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and remind
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the society
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in which
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we live
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that this
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is the
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reality of
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death.
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And that
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without
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faith in
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the Lord
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Jesus Christ
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there is
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eternal
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suffering
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beyond
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life in
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this world.
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And that
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is why
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we ought
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to fear.
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And the
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writer here
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goes even
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further than
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that
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through
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because of
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the fear
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of death
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they were
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subject to
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lifelong
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slavery.
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Death is
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powerful.
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Death
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works like
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a master.
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Death
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comes to
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our door
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and we
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have no
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control.
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We cannot
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resist.
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We cannot
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stop its
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progress.
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Subject
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to
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lifelong
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slavery.
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All the
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days of
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our lives.
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This
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should be
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our
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reaction,
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our
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response
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to what
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the Bible
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describes
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as death
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and as
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eternal
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death.
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And
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sometimes
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the whole
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concept of
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death is
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like an
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overcast
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on
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our
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communities
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because of
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the solemnity
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of it and
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of the
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tragedy of
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it.
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And we
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want to
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speak of
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the reality
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of death
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sensitive to
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all of
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these things.
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But the
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Bible, and
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God wants
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us from
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the Bible
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to
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understand
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that
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the
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overcast
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of the
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skies
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around us
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is nothing
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less
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than
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eternal
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death
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because of
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our sin
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and because
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of our
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lostness.
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The
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reality
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that we
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must learn
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to fear.
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Secondly,
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there is
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a relationship
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that we
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must learn
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to appreciate.
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And the
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relationship
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that we
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must learn
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to appreciate
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is,
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again in
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verse 14,
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since
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there were
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children
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share in
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flesh and
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blood,
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he himself
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likewise
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partook of
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the same
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things.
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people
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and the
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picture that
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we have
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here is
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oppression
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outside of
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the human
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race,
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looking down
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on the
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predicament of
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the human
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race,
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and looking
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down on the
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predicament and
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seeing that
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humankind is
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lost and
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trapped in
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death and
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in sin
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because of
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rebellion
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against God.
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And that
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external
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passion that
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is looking
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down on
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humankind in
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that way is
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no one less
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than God
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himself and
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is here no
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one less
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than the
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Lord Jesus
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himself.
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and if we
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look more
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closely at
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the way in
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which the
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Lord himself
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is looking
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down on
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the predicament
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of humankind,
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we notice
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something that's
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really important.
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And the
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important thing
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is that God
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is looking
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down on
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a particular
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people amongst
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the mass of
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humankind.
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And read
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through these
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verses.
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And time
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after time
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we are
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coming face
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to face
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with children.
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We are
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coming face
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to face
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with the
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offspring of
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Abraham.
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We are
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coming face
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to face
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with quotations
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from the
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Old Testament.
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I will
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tell your
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name to
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my
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brothers.
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I will
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put my
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trust in
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him.
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Behold,
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I and
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the
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children
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God has
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given to
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me.
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What does
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this tell
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us about
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God's
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relationship
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with
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humankind?
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These words
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remind us
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that as we
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read the
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words in
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verse number
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13 coming
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from Isaiah
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chapter 8,
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we understand
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that there is
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what the
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Bible calls
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a remnant,
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that there is
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a chosen
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people.
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And God
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in this
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image that we
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have here,
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external to
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the experience
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of humankind,
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God's
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looking down
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on children.
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He is
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looking down
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on his
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family.
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He is
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looking down
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on the
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offspring of
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Abraham.
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He is
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looking down
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on those
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whom he
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has chosen,
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not the
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physical
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descendants of
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Abraham,
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but those
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whom he
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has chosen
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from before
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the world
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was,
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and he
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sees that
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they have
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flesh and
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blood.
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There is
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frailty.
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He sees
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failing.
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He sees
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death.
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He sees
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hopelessness.
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The whole
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environment
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of humankind
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as God
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looks down
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upon it
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is one
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of doom
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and darkness
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and one
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that
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looms
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forward
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to
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eternal
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destruction.
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And that
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whole
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external
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assessment,
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if we can
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call it
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that,
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is where
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we see
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the wonder
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of the
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relationship
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into which
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God has
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come with
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his people,
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those whom
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he has
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come to
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save.
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And
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because
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children,
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she and
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flesh and
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bird,
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he
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himself,
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who is
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the he
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himself?
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Who is the
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writer referring
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to?
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No one
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less
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than
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himself.
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The center
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of the
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gospel,
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the center
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of our
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salvation,
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the one
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described at
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the beginning
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of this
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letter,
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as the one
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who is the
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radiance of
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the glory
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of God,
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who is the
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express image
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of his
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person,
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the exact
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imprint of
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his nature,
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the one
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whose throne
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is forever
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and ever.
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He
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himself,
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the son
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of God
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looking down
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on your
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lostness
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and mine,
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and because
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of the
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predicament in
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which we find
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ourselves in
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our lostness
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and under
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the shadow
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of death,
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he
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partook of
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the same
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things.
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the wonder
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of the
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son of
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God
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becoming
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man,
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the wonder
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of the
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son of
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God
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taking
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our
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human
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frailty
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and our
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human
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nature,
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taking it
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to himself,
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the wonder
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of the
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son of
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God
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entering
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into the
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experience
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of this
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world,
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to walk
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its path
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with us,
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to walk
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alongside
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us,
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to share
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our griefs
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and our
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sorrows,
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and in
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particular
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to come
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alongside
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us and
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to be
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able to
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suffer,
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to go
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through the
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death that
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is the
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penalty due
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to us
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for our
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sin.
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The
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relationship
18:23
that we
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must learn
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to appreciate.
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there is
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the sense
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through these
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verses
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of the
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importance
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and of
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the
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necessity.
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There is
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no salvation
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for lost
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humankind
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unless this
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great step
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takes place.
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and we
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may speak
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of the
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birth of
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Jesus.
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We may
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speak of
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Jesus in
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the manger,
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Jesus on
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the breast
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of his
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mother,
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Jesus growing
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up as a
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12-year-old
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in the
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temple.
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We may
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speak about
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the boy
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Jesus and
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the man
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Jesus and
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the preacher
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Jesus,
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but who
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is he?
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He is
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himself.
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He is
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the son
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of God.
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come down
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into
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our world.
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The son
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of God
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described
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for us
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by Paul
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in Philippians
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chapter 2.
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The person
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who was
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in the
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form of
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God
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did not
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count
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equality
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with God
19:36
a thing
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to be
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grasped.
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He
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emptied
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himself.
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He
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took the
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form of
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a servant
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and being
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found in
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human form.
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He humbled
19:49
himself
19:49
and became
19:51
obedient
19:52
to death.
19:56
How much
19:57
do you
19:59
and I
20:00
tonight
20:00
appreciate
20:01
who Jesus
20:03
is?
20:05
It's the
20:05
greatest wonder
20:06
that we have
20:07
in the
20:07
Bible.
20:09
It's the
20:10
greatest wonder
20:10
that we
20:11
can hear
20:11
over in
20:12
this world
20:12
God.
20:14
The son
20:14
of God
20:15
who sits
20:16
on the
20:16
throne
20:17
of the
20:17
universe
20:17
came to
20:19
be an
20:20
infant
20:21
in his
20:22
mother's
20:22
arms
20:23
in
20:24
Bethlehem.
20:26
Learning
20:26
to appreciate.
20:30
And as we
20:30
read through
20:31
the Gospels
20:32
we have a
20:33
story
20:33
and it's
20:35
so easy
20:35
for us
20:36
to hear
20:37
the story
20:38
to hear
20:40
about his
20:40
miracles
20:40
to hear
20:42
about the
20:42
things that
20:42
he said
20:43
and to
20:45
lose sight
20:46
of who
20:47
he
20:48
actually
20:48
is.
20:52
And
20:52
tonight as we
20:53
think of the
20:55
reality of
20:56
death
20:56
which we
20:58
must fear
20:59
if there is
21:01
hope for us
21:02
we need to
21:03
think of
21:04
the relationship
21:06
of the
21:06
son of
21:07
God
21:07
with us
21:08
and learn
21:10
to appreciate
21:11
the marvel
21:13
of his
21:14
coming into
21:14
the world
21:15
and walking
21:16
the face
21:17
of this
21:18
earth
21:19
with us.
21:23
There's the
21:24
reality
21:25
there's the
21:26
relationship
21:27
and thirdly
21:30
there's the
21:32
rescue
21:32
that we
21:34
must not
21:34
fail
21:35
to embrace
21:36
and in the
21:39
rescue that
21:40
we have
21:40
in these
21:41
words
21:41
there are
21:42
two elements
21:43
to it
21:43
and the
21:45
first part
21:46
of the
21:46
rescue
21:47
is that
21:48
there is
21:48
a great
21:49
overthrow
21:50
that a
21:52
kingdom is
21:53
being demolished
21:54
and dismantled
21:55
and the
21:57
writer tells
21:58
us that
21:58
again in
21:59
verse number
21:59
14
22:00
that through
22:01
death he
22:01
might
22:01
destroy the
22:02
one who
22:03
has the
22:04
power of
22:04
death
22:05
that is
22:07
the devil
22:09
there is
22:12
someone with
22:12
power
22:13
and we
22:15
need to
22:16
reckon with
22:17
the power
22:18
of Satan
22:19
the power
22:19
of the
22:20
devil
22:20
and the
22:22
way in
22:22
which he
22:23
is organized
22:24
in his
22:24
kingdom
22:25
and standing
22:27
up against
22:28
the kingdom
22:29
of God
22:29
he has
22:31
a controlling
22:32
influence
22:33
and power
22:33
in his
22:34
own
22:34
kingdom
22:35
and determines
22:36
what happens
22:37
in his
22:38
own
22:38
kingdom
22:39
he is not
22:41
outside the
22:42
authority and
22:43
the sovereignty
22:44
of God
22:44
of course
22:45
but he
22:46
has
22:46
the power
22:48
of
22:49
death
22:50
and we
22:53
might well
22:54
ask
22:54
how does
22:56
he have
22:57
that power
22:57
what does
22:58
that mean
22:59
that the
22:59
son
23:00
that Satan
23:01
has the
23:02
power of
23:02
death
23:02
he has it
23:05
because in the
23:06
words of
23:07
Jesus
23:07
he was a
23:08
murderer from
23:09
the beginning
23:09
he tempted
23:11
Adam and
23:12
Eve into
23:13
sin
23:13
and through
23:15
that temptation
23:16
which they
23:17
embraced sin
23:19
death entered
23:19
into the
23:20
world
23:20
and all of
23:22
the controlling
23:23
influence
23:24
of the
23:25
devil
23:25
is with
23:26
regard to
23:27
sin and
23:27
death
23:28
and his
23:30
influence is
23:31
such that
23:32
eternal
23:33
death is
23:34
also under
23:35
his control
23:36
and influence
23:37
and power
23:38
in that sense
23:39
that he
23:41
dominates
23:42
and domineers
23:43
all those
23:45
who live
23:46
in separation
23:47
from God
23:49
the one
23:52
who has
23:52
the power
23:54
of death
23:55
and so
23:57
if we're
23:57
thinking about
23:58
the reality
23:58
of death
23:59
the death
24:01
that we
24:01
the reality
24:01
that we
24:02
must fear
24:02
then here
24:05
is something
24:06
else that we
24:07
must fear
24:07
with regard
24:08
to the reality
24:09
of death
24:09
that the
24:11
devil
24:12
the serpent
24:13
the deceiver
24:14
the accuser
24:15
of the
24:15
brethren
24:16
the person
24:17
who is the
24:18
enemy of
24:18
God
24:19
and the
24:19
enemy of
24:20
the people
24:20
of God
24:21
that he
24:22
is the
24:23
one
24:23
who has
24:25
the dominion
24:26
of death
24:27
in his
24:28
hands
24:28
under
24:30
the oversight
24:33
of God
24:34
himself
24:34
and it
24:37
is
24:37
that power
24:39
and that
24:39
dominion
24:40
that is
24:41
overthrown
24:42
that he
24:43
might
24:44
destroy
24:45
the one
24:46
who has
24:46
the power
24:46
of death
24:47
it's
24:51
robbing
24:51
someone
24:53
of power
24:54
and of
24:55
influence
24:56
we can
24:57
think of
24:57
dismantling
24:58
of taking
24:59
something
25:00
apart
25:00
systematically
25:02
the son
25:04
of God
25:04
has taken
25:05
apart
25:06
the kingdom
25:06
of Satan
25:07
he has
25:08
done that
25:08
systematically
25:09
he has
25:10
dismantled
25:11
everything
25:11
that Satan
25:12
builds
25:13
and that
25:13
Satan
25:14
controls
25:14
we can
25:17
think of
25:18
him
25:19
disempowering
25:20
Satan
25:20
and that's
25:22
what the
25:22
son of
25:22
God
25:22
has done
25:23
he has
25:24
worked in
25:25
such a
25:25
way as
25:26
to prevent
25:27
Satan
25:27
from having
25:28
the power
25:29
and the
25:29
influence
25:30
that he
25:30
had
25:31
previously
25:31
we can
25:34
think of
25:35
him
25:35
deactivating
25:36
the very
25:37
power of
25:37
the kingdom
25:38
of Satan
25:38
and that's
25:39
so important
25:39
for us to
25:40
come to
25:41
the gospel
25:42
and to
25:42
understand
25:43
that the
25:44
power that
25:45
Satan has
25:45
over death
25:46
is deactivated
25:48
it's removed
25:49
or its
25:49
effectiveness
25:50
is now
25:51
removed
25:52
and
25:56
ultimately
25:57
he is
25:59
overthrown
26:00
he is
26:02
removed
26:03
forcibly
26:04
from power
26:05
by the
26:06
person
26:07
more
26:07
powerful
26:08
than
26:08
himself
26:09
and how
26:11
has the
26:11
son of
26:12
God
26:12
achieved
26:12
this
26:13
he has
26:13
achieved
26:14
this
26:14
through
26:15
the
26:15
cross
26:15
itself
26:16
that
26:19
through
26:19
death
26:20
he might
26:21
destroy
26:21
the one
26:21
who has
26:22
the power
26:23
of death
26:24
the
26:26
son of
26:26
God
26:27
the
26:27
Lord
26:27
Jesus
26:28
as he
26:28
is suspended
26:29
on
26:29
Calvary's
26:30
cross
26:30
dying
26:32
for the
26:32
sins
26:32
of the
26:33
world
26:33
as he
26:35
endures
26:35
the penalty
26:35
due to
26:36
us
26:36
for our
26:36
sins
26:37
and that
26:38
penalty
26:38
is exhausted
26:39
and removed
26:40
as he
26:42
turns away
26:43
the wrath
26:43
of God
26:44
and our
26:44
sins
26:45
are forgiven
26:45
the
26:47
pillars
26:48
on which
26:48
the
26:48
kingdom
26:49
of
26:50
Satan
26:50
stand
26:51
and is
26:51
built
26:51
they are
26:52
vanished
26:53
and they
26:53
are removed
26:54
and there
26:55
is nothing
26:55
left but
26:56
the
26:56
tumbling
26:57
ruin
26:57
of his
26:57
kingdom
26:58
destroying
27:01
his
27:01
power
27:02
doesn't
27:02
mean to
27:02
say
27:03
destroying
27:04
himself
27:04
he
27:05
still
27:06
remains
27:06
there
27:07
but
27:09
his
27:09
power
27:10
his
27:10
kingdom
27:11
is
27:12
overthrown
27:14
and
27:16
that's
27:17
the
27:18
good
27:18
news
27:19
of
27:19
the
27:20
rescue
27:20
that
27:21
we
27:21
have
27:22
from
27:22
the
27:22
cross
27:22
that
27:24
the
27:25
death
27:25
which
27:26
we
27:26
fear
27:27
in
27:28
its
27:28
physical
27:28
aspect
27:29
in
27:29
its
27:29
penal
27:30
aspect
27:30
in
27:31
its
27:32
eternal
27:32
aspect
27:33
and
27:34
that
27:34
we
27:35
find
27:35
ourselves
27:36
subject
27:36
to
27:37
lifelong
27:38
slavery
27:38
because
27:39
of it
27:39
that
27:41
fear
27:41
is
27:42
taken
27:43
away
27:43
through
27:44
the
27:45
cross
27:45
of
27:45
the
27:47
Lord
27:47
Jesus
27:48
as the
27:51
late
27:51
principal
27:51
Don McLeod
27:52
said
27:52
in his
27:53
book
27:53
Christ
27:54
crucified
27:54
the
27:55
paradox
27:56
here
27:57
is
27:57
that
27:58
Christ
27:58
destroyed
27:59
the
27:59
devil
28:00
with
28:01
his
28:01
own
28:01
weapon
28:02
that
28:04
in
28:04
the
28:04
death
28:05
of
28:05
Christ
28:05
where
28:06
Satan
28:07
thought
28:07
he
28:07
was
28:07
having
28:08
the
28:08
victory
28:08
that
28:10
where
28:11
he
28:11
thought
28:12
he
28:12
had
28:12
victory
28:12
turned
28:13
out to
28:14
be
28:14
his
28:14
defeat
28:15
and
28:15
his
28:15
overthrow
28:16
who
28:18
rejoice
28:18
in
28:20
the
28:20
cross
28:20
of
28:21
Jesus
28:21
Christ
28:22
because
28:24
he
28:24
has
28:24
overthrown
28:25
Satan
28:26
he
28:28
has
28:28
crushed
28:28
his
28:29
head
28:29
he
28:30
has
28:31
defeated
28:31
him
28:31
and
28:32
he
28:32
has
28:33
emerged
28:34
victorious
28:35
the
28:37
rescue
28:37
and
28:38
the
28:38
overthrow
28:39
of
28:39
Satan
28:40
and
28:42
there
28:42
is
28:42
the
28:42
rescue
28:43
and
28:43
our
28:44
deliverance
28:46
and
28:48
deliver
28:48
verse 15
28:49
and
28:49
deliver
28:50
all
28:50
those
28:50
who
28:50
through
28:51
fear
28:51
of
28:51
death
28:51
were
28:52
subject
28:53
to
28:53
lifelong
28:54
slavery
28:55
a
28:59
change
29:00
that
29:00
comes
29:01
about
29:01
because
29:02
of what
29:03
Jesus
29:03
has
29:03
done
29:04
on
29:04
the
29:04
cross
29:05
taking
29:07
us
29:07
from
29:07
one
29:08
place
29:08
transferring
29:09
us
29:10
into
29:10
another
29:10
place
29:11
it's
29:12
breaking
29:13
our
29:13
existing
29:13
relationships
29:14
with
29:15
sin
29:15
and
29:15
with
29:16
death
29:16
and
29:18
it's
29:19
giving
29:19
us
29:19
a
29:20
new
29:20
relationship
29:20
with
29:21
the
29:22
God
29:22
against
29:22
whom
29:22
we
29:23
have
29:23
rebelled
29:23
it's
29:25
taking
29:25
us
29:25
from
29:25
the
29:25
kingdom
29:26
of
29:26
darkness
29:26
into
29:27
the
29:27
kingdom
29:28
of
29:28
God
29:28
it's
29:30
removing
29:30
that
29:31
fear
29:31
of
29:31
death
29:32
it's
29:33
setting
29:33
us
29:33
free
30:04
!
30:05
love
30:06
love
30:06
love
30:37
time
30:37
time
30:38
time
30:38
!
30:38
death
30:39
means
30:39
and
30:41
for
30:41
the
30:41
people
30:41
of
30:41
God
30:42
it
30:42
means
30:43
entrance
30:43
into
30:44
the
30:44
paradise
30:45
of
30:45
God
30:46
and
30:48
that
30:48
deliverance
30:49
ultimately
30:49
is
30:51
referred
30:51
to
30:51
in
30:52
verse
30:53
10
30:53
of
30:53
this
30:53
chapter
30:53
as
30:54
we
30:54
close
30:54
that in bringing many sons to glory
30:58
he is making
31:01
their saviour perfect through suffering
31:05
the founder of their salvation
31:07
perfect through suffering
31:09
that's the deliverance
31:12
taking
31:14
those whom he has chosen from
31:18
lost humankind
31:19
and bringing them into the paradise of God
31:23
taking many sons
31:26
many children
31:27
many
31:28
taking God's family
31:30
into the glory
31:33
the world to come in verse 5
31:35
the glory in verse 10
31:37
and the new heavens
31:40
and the new earth
31:41
that Revelation 21 speaks of
31:45
and that paradise
31:48
where we read that people will come out of great tribulation
31:52
in Revelation 7
31:54
and they will
31:55
enter into the new heavens
31:58
and the new earth
31:59
God himself will be present with them
32:02
as their God
32:04
they shall be his people
32:06
God will wipe away all tears
32:08
and death
32:11
shall be
32:12
no more
32:14
what a place
32:16
what a paradise
32:17
what a promise
32:19
and as we close this evening
32:24
what do you think yourself
32:28
what do you think of the rescue
32:32
of humankind by Jesus on the cross
32:35
what do you think of
32:37
the relationship of the son of God
32:40
with humankind
32:42
with yourself
32:43
what do you think of the reality of death
32:47
and can you
32:50
go home tonight
32:52
and say that you don't need to embrace
32:56
the Lord Jesus
32:57
say that you don't need the salvation that he offers
33:00
that you don't need the rescue
33:01
that he offers to you in the gospel
33:04
can you
33:06
possibly
33:07
go home
33:09
and say that
33:10
and I close with reading
33:12
the verses
33:12
at the beginning of
33:14
of this chapter
33:15
for since the message
33:16
declared by angels
33:18
proved to be reliable
33:19
and every transgression
33:21
or disobedience
33:23
received a just retribution
33:24
how shall we escape
33:27
if we neglect
33:28
such a great
33:30
salvation
33:32
there is no other
33:34
salvation
33:35
there is no escape
33:37
and the necessity tonight
33:40
is for you
33:40
and for me
33:41
to embrace this
33:43
founder of salvation
33:45
this deliverer of sinners
33:47
this victorious conqueror
33:49
on the cross
33:50
and to embrace him
33:52
and
33:53
to look
33:54
at death itself
33:55
and see it as
33:57
our gateway
33:58
to the paradise of God
34:00
and to the full enjoyment
34:02
of the blessing of God
34:03
throughout the endless ages
34:05
of eternity
34:06
to come
34:07
may God bless his word to us
34:09
we'll bow our heads in prayer
34:10
most gracious God
34:13
we seek to humble ourselves
34:16
before your word
34:17
the solemn nature of the truths
34:20
that you bring before us
34:21
in it
34:22
the solemn way in which
34:24
these
34:25
truths are impressed
34:28
upon our minds
34:29
help us
34:31
to receive them
34:32
as they are
34:32
help us not to
34:34
cloud over
34:35
their solemnity
34:36
help us
34:38
so we will not
34:39
forget the truths
34:41
that have been brought
34:43
before us
34:43
from my word
34:44
this evening
34:44
but give to us
34:46
a sense of our need
34:48
a sense of the
34:49
necessity of
34:51
embracing the salvation
34:52
that is ours
34:53
through faith
34:55
in
34:55
the Lord Jesus Christ
34:57
who loved us
34:59
and gave himself
35:00
for us
35:00
bless your word
35:02
to our hearts
35:03
we do pray
35:03
and watch over us
35:05
as we close this service
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and as we go into
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the remainder of this
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your day
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bless your word
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and keep us
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and may it be
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the means of
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informing your paths
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each step that we take
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in the week that is to come
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as we
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commit ourselves
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to your care
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hear our prayer
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and accept us
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we pray these things
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for Jesus sake
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Amen
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the closing psalm is
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psalm number 68
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the Scottish Psalter
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is on page 303
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and at verse number 18
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verses that describe to us
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in a fitting way
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something of what
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we have been
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considering together
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from the letter
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to Hebrews
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psalm number 68
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at verse 18
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and we're singing down
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to the verse mark 20
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the tune is
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Lingham
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thou hast
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O Lord
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the most glorious
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ascended up on high
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and in triumph
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victorious led
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captive
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captivity
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we stand to sing
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these words
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to God's praise
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to verse number 20
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captive
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Up on high, ascended up on high,
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Handelschreier of Victorious Land.
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Captive, captivity, captive, captivity,
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captive, captivity, captive, captivity.
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Thou hast received gifts for men
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For such as did rebel
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For such as did rebel
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Yey, for them that caught the Lord
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In midst of them I dwell
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In midst of them I dwell
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In midst of them I dwell
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In midst of them I dwell
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Blessed be the Lord who is to us
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Of our salvation God
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Of our salvation God
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Who daily with his benefits
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As plenteously doth Lord
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As plenteously doth Lord
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As plenteously doth Lord
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As plenteously doth Lord
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He of salvation is the God
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Who is our God most strong
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Who is our God most strong
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And unto God
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The Lord from death
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The issues do belong
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The issues do belong
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The issues do belong
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If you'll let me to go to the main door
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After the benediction
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Thank you
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The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
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The love of God
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The Father
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And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit
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Be with you all
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Now and forevermore
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Amen
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Amen
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Amen
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Amen