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English Communion Service · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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  Good morning, friends. It's a joy and a privilege to gather together here this Lord's Day-Around
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  Word and Sacrament, and we pray that together we'll know something of the Lord blessing
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  us as we join in His name. We're going to worship God then, and we're going to sing
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  to His praise from Psalm 34, sing Psalms 34, on page 40 of the Blue Psalm books, reading
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  at the beginning of the psalm.
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  At all times I will bless the Lord, I'll praise Him with my voice, because I glory in the Lord,
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  let troubled souls rejoice. Together let us praise the Lord, exalt His name with me. I
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  sought the Lord, whose answer came from fears, He set me free. We'll sing down to the end
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  of the verse Mark 10, standing to sing, I've got the tunes somewhere here, to the tune
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  martyrdom, and to the praise of God.
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  Amen.
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  At all times I will bless the Lord, I'll praise Him with my voice, because Thy glory is
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  to the Lord, let troubled souls rejoice. Together let us praise the Lord, exalt His name with me. I
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  the Lord, His answer came from fear, from fear He set me free. We look to Him, but I will join. We are not good to see the Lord, but I will join.
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  Our answer came from fear, tacos Him
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  sing from fear
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  and same.
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  The angel
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  of
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  the Lord
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  surrounds
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  and
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  hearts continually
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  all those
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  who fear
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  and honor
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  him
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  he sets
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  his people
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  free.
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  Come
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  taste
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  and see
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  the Lord
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  is good
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  who
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  trust in
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  him
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  is blessed
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  O
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  fear the
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  Lord
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  you
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  saints
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  will meet
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  you
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  will not
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  be
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  oppressed
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  young
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  lions
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  may
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  grow
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  weep
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  and
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  faint
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  and
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  hunger
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  and hunger
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  for
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  their
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  good
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  for those
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  who
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  wait
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  upon
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  the
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  Lord
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  will
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  hold
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  like any
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  good
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  let's
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  unite our
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  hearts in
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  prayer
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  let us
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  pray
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  Lord our
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  God we
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  come and we
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  give thanks
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  this day for
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  the promises
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  that we have
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  just joined
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  together and
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  sung one with
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  another
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  that those
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  who seek the
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  Lord shall
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  not
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  lack
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  any good
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  need
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  we pray
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  O Lord
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  that our
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  gathering here
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  this day
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  would be
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  born out of
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  that desire
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  in our
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  hearts
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  to seek
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  afresh
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  the Lord
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  that as we
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  come around
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  your word
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  and sacrament
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  this day
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  that we
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  might have
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  a longing
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  a thirst
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  and a hunger
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  after righteousness
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  and that in
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  having this
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  we might
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  be filled
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  filled
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  by your
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  Holy Spirit
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  your Holy
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  Spirit
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  who makes
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  plain to
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  us
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  who reveals
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  to us
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  the things
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  of the
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  Lord Jesus
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  Christ
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  and as we
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  think upon
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  these things
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  we cannot
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  but marvel
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  and wonder
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  as we
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  think upon
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  that
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  sacrificial
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  act of
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  love
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  that was
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  wrought
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  for sinners
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  just like
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  us
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  on Calvary's
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  hill
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  we come
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  and we
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  worship
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  the
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  just
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  dying
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  for
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  the
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  unjust
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  the
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  one
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  who
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  took
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  to
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  himself
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  hell
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  so that
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  we
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  might
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  have
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  life
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  and
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  life
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  everlasting
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  the
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  one
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  who
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  stooped
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  to
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  such
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  depths
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  of
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  darkness
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  and
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  depravity
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  so that
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  we
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  might
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  have
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  opened
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  unto
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  us
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  that
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  new
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  and
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  that
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  living
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  way
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  behold
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  what
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  manner
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  of
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  love
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  is
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  this
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  that
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  the
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  father
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  has
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  bestowed
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  upon
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  us
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  that
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  we
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  should
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  be
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  called
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  the
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  children
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  of
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  God
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  and
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  it's
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  as
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  children
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  we
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  come
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  humbly
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  today
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  before
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  our
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  father
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  our
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  loving
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  heavenly
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  father
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  the
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  one
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  who
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  saw
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  fit
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  to
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  come
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  into
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  this
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  world
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  through
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  the
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  portion
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  and
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  work
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  of
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  his
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  son
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  to
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  accommodate
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  us
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  by
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  dying
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  on
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  that
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  cross
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  and
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  giving
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  unto
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  us
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  a
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  hope
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  that
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  hope
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  of
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  glory
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  that
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  is
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  as
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  a
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  result
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  of
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  Christ
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  dwelling
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  in
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  us
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  and
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  so we
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  pray
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  oh
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  lord
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  for
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  your
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  blessing
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  this
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  day
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  we
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  are
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  so
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  aware
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  of
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  the
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  world
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  that
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  we
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  live
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  in
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  a
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  world
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  that
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  so
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  often
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  is
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  characterized
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  by
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  pain
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  and
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  by
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  suffering
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  even
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  as
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  we
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  reflect
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  upon
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  that
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  which
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  is
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  taking
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  place
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  in
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  Turkey
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  and
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  Syria
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  the
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  earthquakes
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  that
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  have
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  in
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  many
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  ways
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  turned
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  the
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  lives
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  of
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  those
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  there
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  upside
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  down
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  a
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  reminder
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  of
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  the
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  fragility
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  of
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  life
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  a
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  reminder
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  of
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  how
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  temporary
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  all
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  around
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  us
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  is
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  and
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  so
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  help
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  them
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  we
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  pray
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  help
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  them
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  in
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  their
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  temporal
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  needs
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  but
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  help
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  them
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  especially
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  in
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  their
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  spiritual
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  needs
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  even
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  through
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  this
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  time
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  of
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  atrocity
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  that
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  your
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  voice
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  would
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  speak
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  to
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  them
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  in
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  love
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  and
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  that
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  they
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  might
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  come
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  to
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  know
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  something
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  of
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  the
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  wonder
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  of
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  what
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  it
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  is
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  to
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  call
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  you
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  their
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  father
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  and
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  their
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  friend
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  oh
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  Lord
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  we
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  know
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  that
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  for all
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  of us
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  it
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  is
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  a
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  time
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  to
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  be
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  born
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  and
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  a
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  time
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  to
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  die
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  but
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  yet
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  we
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  praise
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  you
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  oh
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  Lord
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  that
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  you
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  have
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  conquered
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  the
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  grave
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  that
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  you
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  have
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  cried
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  out
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  it
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  is
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  finished
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  so
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  that
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  for
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  those
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  of
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  us
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  who
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  are
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  in
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  Christ
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  the
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  reality
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  is
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  today
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  that
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  the
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  best
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  is
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  yet
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  to
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  come
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  but
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  until
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  then
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  we
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  join
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  together
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  in a
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  manner
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  such
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  as
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  this
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  and
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  we
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  remember
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  we
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  remember
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  your
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  death
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  and
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  resurrection
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  until
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  you
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  come
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  again
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  we
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  come
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  in
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  humble
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  obedience
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  and we
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  reflect
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  upon
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  who
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  you
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  are
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  and
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  indeed
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  who
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  we
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  are
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  in
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  you
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  and
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  so
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  we
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  pray
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  oh
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  Lord
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  that
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  you
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  might
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  be
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  pleased
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  by
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  your
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  Holy
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  Spirit
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  truly
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  to
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  be
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  in
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  our
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  midst
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  this
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  day
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  that
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  hearts
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  and
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  minds
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  would
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  be
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  attuned
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  to
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  your
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  voice
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  and
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  that
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  we
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  might
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  know
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  in
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  a
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  very
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  real
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  way
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  the
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  presence
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  of
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  the
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  Lord
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  Jesus
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  Christ
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  sitting
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  at
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  the
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  head
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  of
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  the
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  table
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  be
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  with
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  our
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  brothers
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  as
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  they
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  lead
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  us
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  in
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  the
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  singing
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  of
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  your
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  praises
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  those
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  who
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  will
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  distribute
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  the
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  elements
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  we
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  give
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  thanks
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  for
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  those
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  who
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  are
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  so
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  willing
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  to
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  serve
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  in
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  such
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  a
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  way
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  but
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  we
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  pray
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  oh
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  Lord
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  also
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  for
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  those
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  who
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  cannot
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  be
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  with
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  us
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  those
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  who
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  perhaps
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  have
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  a
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  longing
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  a
• 9:37
  desire
• 9:37
  to
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  be
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  here
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  with
• 9:39
  us
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  as
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  they
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  have
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  been
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  perhaps
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  in
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  years
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  gone
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  by
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  that
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  you
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  would
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  be
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  with
• 9:43
  them
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  where
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  they
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  are
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  we
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  give
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  thanks
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  oh
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  Lord
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  that
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  you
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  are
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  not
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  a
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  God
• 9:48
  who
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  is
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  confined
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  to
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  a
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  building
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  but
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  rather
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  you
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  are
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  omnipresent
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  so
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  we
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  pray
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  that
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  your
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  Holy
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  Spirit
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  perhaps
• 9:56
  would
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  touch
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  them
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  at
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  their
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  very
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  point
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  of
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  need
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  so
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  that
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  even
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  if
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  they
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  are
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  joining
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  us
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  online
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  they
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  might
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  feel
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  that
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  they
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  are
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  here
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  with
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  us
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  in
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  spirit
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  and
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  so
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  we
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  pray
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  now
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  that
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  you
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  would
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  be
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  with
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  us
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  as
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  we
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  continue
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  in
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  all
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  that
• 10:12
  we
• 10:13
  seek
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  to
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  do
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  that
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  you
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  would
• 10:14
  lead
• 10:14
  us
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  and
• 10:15
  guide
• 10:15
  us
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  to
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  do
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  all
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  decently
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  and
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  in
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  order
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  to
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  the
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  glory
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  of
• 10:19
  your
• 10:19
  name
• 10:19
  seeking
• 10:20
  forgiveness
• 10:21
  for
• 10:22
  all our
• 10:22
  many
• 10:22
  sins
• 10:23
  in
• 10:23
  Jesus
• 10:24
  name
• 10:24
  we
• 10:24
  pray
• 10:25
  Amen
• 10:25
  it's
• 10:28
  lovely
• 10:28
  to
• 10:31
  with
• 10:31
  us
• 10:31
  today
• 10:32
  and
• 10:32
  I
• 10:32
  don't
• 10:32
  want
• 10:32
  you
• 10:32
  to
• 10:33
  think
• 10:33
  for
• 10:33
  one
• 10:33
  moment
• 10:34
  that
• 10:34
  none
• 10:35
  of
• 10:35
  this
• 10:36
  is
• 10:36
  for
• 10:36
  you
• 10:37
  you
• 10:37
  might
• 10:37
  look
• 10:37
  down
• 10:38
  and
• 10:38
  you
• 10:38
  might
• 10:39
  wonder
• 10:39
  what
• 10:40
  is
• 10:40
  happening
• 10:40
  here
• 10:41
  what
• 10:41
  is
• 10:41
  going
• 10:42
  on
• 10:42
  what
• 10:43
  are
• 10:43
  we
• 10:43
  about
• 10:44
  to
• 10:44
  do
• 10:44
  why
• 10:45
  are
• 10:45
  there
• 10:45
  these
• 10:45
  white
• 10:45
  cloths
• 10:46
  there
• 10:46
  why
• 10:47
  is
• 10:47
  there
• 10:48
  bread
• 10:48
  and
• 10:49
  why
• 10:49
  is
• 10:50
  there
• 10:50
  wine
• 10:50
  there
• 10:51
  a
• 10:52
  simple
• 10:52
  answer
• 10:52
  to
• 10:53
  that
• 10:53
  question
• 10:54
  we
• 10:55
  are
• 10:55
  here
• 10:55
  today
• 10:56
  because
• 10:57
  we
• 10:58
  love
• 10:59
  Jesus
• 11:00
  and
• 11:01
  not
• 11:02
  only
• 11:02
  do
• 11:02
  we
• 11:02
  love
• 11:03
  Jesus
• 11:03
  but
• 11:05
  we
• 11:05
  know
• 11:06
  Jesus
• 11:07
  he
• 11:07
  is
• 11:07
  our
• 11:07
  father
• 11:08
  and
• 11:09
  he
• 11:09
  is
• 11:09
  our
• 11:10
  friend
• 11:11
  but
• 11:12
  my
• 11:12
  question
• 11:13
  friends
• 11:13
  is
• 11:13
  how
• 11:14
  can
• 11:15
  we
• 11:15
  know
• 11:16
  Jesus
• 11:16
  you
• 11:16
  might
• 11:17
  have
• 11:17
  seen
• 11:17
  this
• 11:17
  before
• 11:18
  but
• 11:18
  bear
• 11:18
  with
• 11:18
  me
• 11:19
  I'm
• 11:19
  going
• 11:19
  to
• 11:19
  show
• 11:19
  you
• 11:19
  how
• 11:20
  we
• 11:20
  can
• 11:20
  know
• 11:21
  Jesus
• 11:21
  through
• 11:22
  a
• 11:22
  piece
• 11:23
  of
• 11:23
  paper
• 11:23
  now
• 11:25
  we
• 11:25
  might
• 11:25
  think
• 11:26
  well
• 11:26
  I
• 11:28
  can
• 11:28
  know
• 11:28
  Jesus
• 11:29
  if
• 11:30
  I
• 11:32
  come
• 11:32
  to
• 11:33
  something
• 11:33
  like
• 11:34
  this
• 11:34
  any
• 11:34
  idea
• 11:34
  what
• 11:35
  this
• 11:35
  is
• 11:35
  what
• 11:37
  does
• 11:37
  this
• 11:37
  look
• 11:38
  like
• 11:38
  well
• 11:40
  it's
• 11:40
  meant
• 11:40
  to
• 11:40
  be
• 11:40
  a
• 11:40
  building
• 11:41
  a
• 11:43
  very
• 11:43
  poor
• 11:44
  building
• 11:44
  your
• 11:45
  building
• 11:45
  is
• 11:45
  far
• 11:45
  nicer
• 11:46
  here
• 11:46
  but
• 11:46
  it's
• 11:46
  meant
• 11:46
  to
• 11:46
  be
• 11:47
  a
• 11:47
  building
• 11:47
  and
• 11:48
  we
• 11:48
  might
• 11:48
  say
• 11:48
  well
• 11:48
  I
• 11:48
  can
• 11:49
  come
• 11:49
  to
• 11:49
  know
• 11:50
  Jesus
• 11:50
  if
• 11:51
  I
• 11:52
  come
• 11:52
  to
• 11:53
  church
• 11:53
  and
• 11:53
  all
• 11:53
  we
• 11:54
  need
• 11:54
  to
• 11:54
  do
• 11:54
  is
• 11:54
  to
• 11:54
  come
• 11:55
  to
• 11:55
  a
• 11:55
  building
• 11:55
  and
• 11:56
  then
• 11:56
  we'll
• 11:57
  know
• 11:57
  Jesus
• 12:00
  by
• 12:00
  coming
• 12:00
  to
• 12:00
  church
• 12:01
  but
• 12:02
  we
• 12:02
  need
• 12:02
  more
• 12:02
  than
• 12:03
  that
• 12:03
  now
• 12:04
  some
• 12:04
  people
• 12:05
  bear
• 12:15
  with
• 12:16
  me
• 12:16
  just
• 12:16
  a
• 12:16
  second
• 12:17
  some
• 12:19
  people
• 12:20
  think
• 12:20
  they
• 12:24
  can
• 12:24
  come
• 12:24
  to
• 12:24
  know
• 12:25
  Jesus
• 12:25
  by
• 12:29
  doing
• 12:29
  what
• 12:30
  do
• 12:33
  we
• 12:33
  think
• 12:33
  that
• 12:33
  we
• 12:33
  can
• 12:33
  go
• 12:34
  down
• 12:34
  to
• 12:34
  the
• 12:34
  airport
• 12:35
  and
• 12:35
  get
• 12:36
  on
• 12:36
  a
• 12:36
  plane
• 12:36
  and
• 12:36
  that
• 12:37
  somehow
• 12:37
  a
• 12:37
  plane
• 12:38
  can
• 12:38
  take
• 12:38
  us
• 12:38
  all
• 12:39
  the
• 12:39
  way
• 12:39
  up
• 12:39
  to
• 12:39
  heaven
• 12:40
  and
• 12:40
  then
• 12:40
  we'll
• 12:40
  get
• 12:41
  to
• 12:41
  know
• 12:41
  Jesus
• 12:41
  well
• 12:42
  of
• 12:42
  course
• 12:42
  not
• 12:42
  that's
• 12:42
  ridiculous
• 12:43
  but
• 12:43
  you
• 12:44
  know
• 12:44
  in
• 12:44
  the
• 12:44
  Bible
• 12:44
  there
• 12:45
  were
• 12:45
  those
• 12:45
  who
• 12:45
  thought
• 12:46
  they
• 12:46
  could
• 12:46
  come
• 12:46
  close
• 12:47
  to
• 12:47
  God
• 12:47
  by
• 12:48
  building
• 12:49
  a
• 12:49
  really
• 12:50
  really
• 12:50
  high
• 12:51
  tower
• 12:52
  but
• 12:52
  of
• 12:52
  course
• 12:52
  we
• 12:53
  can't
• 12:59
  we
• 13:01
  need
• 13:01
  to
• 13:01
  get
• 13:02
  to
• 13:02
  know
• 13:02
  God
• 13:03
  that's
• 13:03
  for
• 13:03
  sure
• 13:04
  let's
• 13:06
  hope
• 13:07
  this
• 13:07
  works
• 13:07
  we
• 13:13
  need
• 13:14
  to
• 13:14
  get
• 13:14
  to
• 13:14
  know
• 13:14
  God
• 13:15
  why
• 13:15
  because
• 13:16
  we
• 13:17
  live
• 13:17
  in a
• 13:18
  world
• 13:18
  that is
• 13:19
  so
• 13:19
  torn
• 13:20
  it's
• 13:21
  so
• 13:22
  affected
• 13:23
  by
• 13:24
  what's
• 13:24
  that
• 13:24
  word
• 13:25
  sin
• 13:26
  what's
• 13:27
  the
• 13:27
  middle
• 13:27
  letter
• 13:28
  of
• 13:28
  sin
• 13:28
  I
• 13:29
  me
• 13:30
  myself
• 13:30
  and
• 13:31
  I
• 13:31
  it's
• 13:31
  so
• 13:31
  affected
• 13:32
  by
• 13:33
  sin
• 13:33
  we
• 13:33
  need
• 13:33
  to
• 13:34
  know
• 13:34
  Jesus
• 13:34
  how
• 13:35
  do
• 13:36
  we
• 13:36
  know
• 13:36
  Jesus
• 13:37
  well
• 13:37
  we
• 13:38
  know
• 13:38
  Jesus
• 13:38
  and
• 13:39
  that's
• 13:39
  why
• 13:39
  we're
• 13:39
  here
• 13:40
  today
• 13:40
  by
• 13:41
  coming
• 13:42
  to
• 13:43
  the
• 13:43
  cross
• 13:43
  nowhere
• 13:45
  else
• 13:45
  can
• 13:45
  we
• 13:45
  know
• 13:45
  Jesus
• 13:46
  by
• 13:46
  coming
• 13:47
  to
• 13:47
  the
• 13:47
  cross
• 13:47
  and
• 13:48
  looking
• 13:48
  upon
• 13:48
  Jesus
• 13:49
  on
• 13:49
  that
• 13:49
  cross
• 13:50
  where
• 13:50
  he
• 13:51
  died
• 13:51
  for
• 13:52
  boys
• 13:52
  and
• 13:53
  girls
• 13:53
  like
• 13:53
  you
• 13:54
  for
• 13:54
  mums
• 13:54
  and
• 13:54
  dads
• 13:55
  for
• 13:55
  grannies
• 13:56
  and
• 13:56
  grandpas
• 13:57
  and
• 13:57
  that's
• 13:57
  why
• 13:57
  we're
• 13:58
  here
• 13:58
  today
• 13:58
  drinking
• 13:59
  the
• 13:59
  wine
• 14:00
  which
• 14:01
  symbolises
• 14:02
  his
• 14:03
  blood
• 14:03
  and
• 14:04
  eating
• 14:04
  the
• 14:04
  bread
• 14:05
  which
• 14:05
  symbolises
• 14:06
  his
• 14:06
  broken
• 14:07
  flesh
• 14:07
  he
• 14:07
  died
• 14:08
  on
• 14:08
  that
• 14:09
  cross
• 14:09
  so
• 14:10
  that
• 14:10
  we
• 14:10
  might
• 14:11
  live
• 14:12
  and
• 14:12
  so
• 14:12
  yes
• 14:13
  come
• 14:13
  to
• 14:13
  church
• 14:14
  but
• 14:14
  more
• 14:14
  than
• 14:14
  that
• 14:15
  come
• 14:16
  to
• 14:16
  the
• 14:16
  cross
• 14:16
  all
• 14:17
  of
• 14:17
  us
• 14:17
  here
• 14:18
  even
• 14:18
  if
• 14:18
  we're
• 14:18
  not
• 14:19
  so
• 14:19
  young
• 14:19
  come
• 14:20
  to
• 14:20
  the
• 14:20
  cross
• 14:20
  and
• 14:21
  that's
• 14:21
  where
• 14:22
  we
• 14:22
  will
• 14:22
  come
• 14:22
  to
• 14:23
  know
• 14:23
  Jesus
• 14:24
  well
• 14:26
  friends
• 14:26
  we're
• 14:26
  going to
• 14:26
  read
• 14:27
  together
• 14:27
  and
• 14:28
  we're
• 14:28
  going
• 14:28
  to
• 14:28
  read
• 14:28
  from
• 14:29
  the
• 14:29
  gospel
• 14:29
  of
• 14:29
  Matthew
• 14:30
  chapter
• 14:32
  27
• 14:33
  and
• 14:41
  we're
• 14:41
  going to
• 14:41
  pick up
• 14:41
  our reading
• 14:42
  at
• 14:42
  verse
• 14:42
  15
• 14:44
  15
• 14:49
  through
• 14:50
  to
• 14:50
  55
• 14:51
  let
• 15:01
  us
• 15:02
  hear
• 15:02
  the
• 15:03
  word
• 15:03
  of
• 15:03
  God
• 15:04
  now
• 15:11
  at
• 15:11
  the
• 15:12
  feast
• 15:12
  of the
• 15:13
  governor
• 15:13
  was
• 15:13
  now at
• 15:14
  the
• 15:15
  feast
• 15:15
  the
• 15:15
  governor
• 15:15
  was
• 15:16
  accustomed
• 15:16
  to
• 15:16
  release
• 15:17
  for
• 15:17
  the
• 15:18
  crowd
• 15:18
  any
• 15:19
  one
• 15:19
  prisoner
• 15:20
  whom
• 15:20
  they
• 15:21
  wanted
• 15:21
  and
• 15:23
  they
• 15:23
  had
• 15:23
  then
• 15:23
  a
• 15:23
  notorious
• 15:24
  prisoner
• 15:25
  called
• 15:25
  Barabbas
• 15:26
  so when
• 15:28
  they had
• 15:28
  gathered
• 15:29
  Pilate
• 15:29
  said to
• 15:30
  them
• 15:30
  who do
• 15:32
  you want
• 15:32
  me to
• 15:33
  release
• 15:33
  for you
• 15:34
  Barabbas
• 15:35
  or
• 15:36
  Jesus
• 15:37
  who is
• 15:38
  called
• 15:38
  Christ
• 15:39
  but he
• 15:41
  knew
• 15:41
  that it
• 15:42
  was out
• 15:42
  of envy
• 15:43
  that they
• 15:44
  had
• 15:44
  delivered
• 15:44
  him
• 15:45
  up
• 15:45
  besides
• 15:46
  while he
• 15:47
  was sitting
• 15:48
  on the
• 15:48
  judgment
• 15:49
  seat
• 15:49
  his wife
• 15:50
  sent
• 15:50
  word
• 15:51
  to
• 15:51
  him
• 15:51
  have
• 15:52
  nothing
• 15:52
  to do
• 15:53
  with
• 15:53
  to do
• 15:56
  with
• 15:56
  that
• 15:56
  righteous
• 15:56
  man
• 15:57
  for I
• 15:58
  have
• 15:58
  suffered
• 15:58
  much
• 15:59
  because
• 16:00
  of him
• 16:00
  today
• 16:00
  in a
• 16:02
  dream
• 16:02
  now the
• 16:03
  chief
• 16:03
  priest
• 16:04
  and the
• 16:04
  elders
• 16:04
  persuaded
• 16:05
  the
• 16:05
  crowd
• 16:06
  to ask
• 16:06
  for
• 16:06
  Barabbas
• 16:07
  and destroy
• 16:08
  Jesus
• 16:09
  the governor
• 16:10
  again
• 16:11
  said to
• 16:11
  them
• 16:12
  which of
• 16:13
  the two
• 16:14
  do you
• 16:14
  want me
• 16:15
  to release
• 16:15
  for you
• 16:16
  and they
• 16:17
  said
• 16:17
  Barabbas
• 16:18
  Pilate
• 16:20
  said to
• 16:20
  them
• 16:21
  then what
• 16:22
  shall I
• 16:23
  do
• 16:23
  with
• 16:24
  Jesus
• 16:24
  who is
• 16:25
  called
• 16:26
  Christ
• 16:26
  they all
• 16:28
  said
• 16:29
  let him
• 16:30
  be
• 16:31
  crucified
• 16:31
  and he
• 16:33
  said why
• 16:33
  what evil
• 16:35
  has he
• 16:35
  done
• 16:36
  but they
• 16:37
  shouted
• 16:37
  all the
• 16:38
  more
• 16:38
  let him
• 16:39
  be
• 16:39
  crucified
• 16:40
  so when
• 16:42
  Pilate
• 16:42
  saw that
• 16:43
  he was
• 16:44
  gaining
• 16:44
  nothing
• 16:44
  but rather
• 16:45
  that a
• 16:45
  riot was
• 16:46
  beginning
• 16:46
  he took
• 16:47
  water
• 16:48
  and washed
• 16:48
  his hands
• 16:49
  before the
• 16:50
  crowd
• 16:50
  saying
• 16:50
  I am
• 16:51
  innocent
• 16:52
  of this
• 16:53
  man's
• 16:53
  blood
• 16:54
  see to
• 16:56
  it
• 16:56
  yourselves
• 16:57
  and all
• 16:58
  the people
• 16:59
  answered
• 16:59
  his blood
• 17:00
  be on us
• 17:01
  and on our
• 17:02
  children
• 17:02
  and he
• 17:04
  released
• 17:04
  for them
• 17:05
  Barabbas
• 17:06
  having
• 17:07
  scourged
• 17:08
  Jesus
• 17:08
  delivered
• 17:09
  him
• 17:10
  to be
• 17:11
  crucified
• 17:11
  then the
• 17:13
  soldiers of
• 17:14
  the governor
• 17:14
  took Jesus
• 17:15
  into the
• 17:15
  governor's
• 17:16
  headquarters
• 17:16
  and they
• 17:17
  gathered the
• 17:18
  whole battalion
• 17:19
  before him
• 17:19
  and they
• 17:20
  stripped him
• 17:21
  and put a
• 17:22
  scarlet robe
• 17:23
  on him
• 17:23
  and twisting
• 17:25
  together a
• 17:26
  crown of
• 17:26
  thorns
• 17:27
  they put it
• 17:27
  on his
• 17:28
  head
• 17:28
  and put a
• 17:29
  reed
• 17:29
  in his
• 17:30
  right hand
• 17:30
  and kneeling
• 17:32
  before him
• 17:33
  they mocked
• 17:33
  him saying
• 17:34
  hail
• 17:34
  king of
• 17:35
  the Jews
• 17:36
  and they
• 17:37
  spat on
• 17:37
  him
• 17:38
  and took
• 17:39
  the reed
• 17:39
  and struck
• 17:40
  him on
• 17:40
  the head
• 17:41
  and when
• 17:42
  they had
• 17:42
  mocked him
• 17:43
  they stripped
• 17:44
  him of
• 17:44
  the robe
• 17:44
  and put
• 17:45
  his own
• 17:46
  clothes
• 17:46
  on him
• 17:47
  and led
• 17:48
  him
• 17:49
  away
• 17:49
  to crucify
• 17:51
  him
• 17:51
  as they
• 17:52
  went out
• 17:53
  they found
• 17:53
  a man
• 17:54
  of Cyrene
• 17:54
  Simon
• 17:55
  by name
• 17:56
  they compelled
• 17:57
  this man
• 17:58
  to carry
• 17:58
  the cross
• 17:59
  and when
• 18:00
  they came
• 18:00
  to a place
• 18:01
  called
• 18:01
  Golgotha
• 18:02
  which means
• 18:02
  place of
• 18:03
  the skull
• 18:03
  of a skull
• 18:05
  they offered
• 18:05
  him wine
• 18:06
  to drink
• 18:07
  mixed with
• 18:07
  gall
• 18:08
  but when
• 18:09
  he tasted
• 18:09
  it
• 18:10
  he would
• 18:11
  not
• 18:11
  drink it
• 18:12
  and when
• 18:13
  they had
• 18:14
  crucified
• 18:14
  him
• 18:14
  they divided
• 18:15
  his garments
• 18:16
  among them
• 18:17
  by casting
• 18:18
  lots
• 18:19
  then he sat
• 18:20
  down and
• 18:21
  kept watch
• 18:22
  over him
• 18:22
  there
• 18:23
  and over
• 18:24
  his head
• 18:24
  they put
• 18:25
  the charge
• 18:26
  against him
• 18:26
  which read
• 18:27
  this is
• 18:28
  Jesus
• 18:28
  the king
• 18:29
  of the
• 18:29
  Jews
• 18:30
  then two
• 18:31
  robbers
• 18:32
  were crucified
• 18:33
  with him
• 18:33
  one on the
• 18:34
  right
• 18:35
  and one
• 18:36
  on the
• 18:36
  left
• 18:37
  and those
• 18:38
  who passed
• 18:39
  by derided
• 18:39
  him
• 18:40
  wagging
• 18:41
  their heads
• 18:41
  and saying
• 18:42
  you who
• 18:43
  would destroy
• 18:43
  the temple
• 18:44
  and rebuild
• 18:45
  it in
• 18:45
  three days
• 18:46
  save
• 18:47
  yourself
• 18:47
  if you
• 18:49
  are the
• 18:49
  son of
• 18:50
  God
• 18:50
  come down
• 18:51
  from the
• 18:51
  cross
• 18:52
  so also
• 18:54
  the chief
• 18:54
  priest
• 18:55
  through the
• 18:55
  scribes
• 18:56
  and elders
• 18:56
  mocked him
• 18:57
  saying
• 18:57
  he saved
• 18:58
  others
• 18:59
  he cannot
• 19:00
  save
• 19:01
  himself
• 19:01
  he is
• 19:03
  the king
• 19:03
  of Israel
• 19:04
  let him
• 19:04
  come down
• 19:05
  now from
• 19:05
  the cross
• 19:06
  and we
• 19:06
  will believe
• 19:07
  him
• 19:07
  he trusts
• 19:09
  in God
• 19:10
  let God
• 19:11
  deliver him
• 19:11
  now
• 19:12
  if he
• 19:12
  desires
• 19:13
  him
• 19:13
  for he
• 19:14
  said
• 19:14
  I am
• 19:15
  the son
• 19:16
  of God
• 19:16
  and the
• 19:18
  robbers
• 19:18
  who were
• 19:18
  crucified
• 19:19
  with him
• 19:19
  also
• 19:20
  reviled
• 19:20
  him
• 19:21
  in the
• 19:22
  same
• 19:22
  way
• 19:22
  now from
• 19:24
  the sixth
• 19:24
  hour
• 19:25
  there was
• 19:25
  darkness
• 19:26
  over all
• 19:26
  the land
• 19:27
  until the
• 19:27
  ninth
• 19:28
  hour
• 19:28
  and about
• 19:30
  the ninth
• 19:30
  hour
• 19:30
  Jesus
• 19:31
  cried out
• 19:32
  with a
• 19:32
  loud voice
• 19:33
  saying
• 19:33
  Eli
• 19:34
  Eli
• 19:35
  Lema
• 19:36
  Sabachthani
• 19:37
  that is
• 19:38
  my God
• 19:39
  my God
• 19:40
  why have
• 19:41
  you forsaken
• 19:42
  me
• 19:43
  and some
• 19:44
  of the
• 19:44
  bystanders
• 19:45
  hearing it
• 19:46
  said
• 19:46
  this man
• 19:47
  is called
• 19:47
  Elijah
• 19:48
  and one
• 19:49
  of them
• 19:50
  at once
• 19:51
  ran
• 19:51
  and took
• 19:52
  a sponge
• 19:53
  filled it
• 19:53
  with sour
• 19:54
  wine
• 19:54
  and put
• 19:55
  it on
• 19:55
  a reed
• 19:56
  and gave
• 19:56
  it to
• 19:56
  him
• 19:56
  to drink
• 19:57
  but others
• 19:59
  said
• 19:59
  wait
• 20:00
  let us
• 20:01
  see
• 20:01
  whether
• 20:01
  Elijah
• 20:02
  will come
• 20:03
  and save
• 20:03
  him
• 20:03
  and Jesus
• 20:05
  cried out
• 20:06
  again
• 20:06
  with a
• 20:06
  loud voice
• 20:07
  and yielded
• 20:09
  up his
• 20:10
  spirit
• 20:10
  and behold
• 20:12
  the curtain
• 20:13
  of the
• 20:13
  temple
• 20:13
  was torn
• 20:14
  in two
• 20:15
  from top
• 20:16
  to bottom
• 20:17
  and the earth
• 20:19
  shook
• 20:19
  and the rocks
• 20:20
  were split
• 20:20
  the tombs
• 20:21
  also were
• 20:22
  opened
• 20:22
  and many
• 20:23
  bodies
• 20:24
  of the
• 20:24
  saints
• 20:24
  who had
• 20:25
  fallen asleep
• 20:25
  were raised
• 20:26
  and coming
• 20:27
  out of the
• 20:28
  tombs
• 20:28
  after his
• 20:29
  resurrection
• 20:30
  they went
• 20:30
  into
• 20:31
  the holy
• 20:32
  city
• 20:32
  and appeared
• 20:33
  to many
• 20:34
  when the
• 20:36
  centurion
• 20:36
  and those
• 20:37
  who were
• 20:37
  with him
• 20:37
  when the
• 20:39
  centurion
• 20:39
  and those
• 20:40
  who were
• 20:40
  with him
• 20:41
  keeping watch
• 20:41
  over Jesus
• 20:42
  saw the
• 20:43
  earthquake
• 20:43
  and what
• 20:44
  had taken
• 20:44
  place
• 20:45
  they were
• 20:46
  filled
• 20:46
  with awe
• 20:47
  and said
• 20:47
  truly
• 20:48
  this was
• 20:50
  the son
• 20:50
  of God
• 20:51
  there were
• 20:52
  also many
• 20:53
  women there
• 20:54
  looking on
• 20:55
  from a
• 20:55
  distance
• 20:56
  who had
• 20:57
  followed
• 20:57
  Jesus
• 20:58
  from Galilee
• 20:59
  ministering
• 21:00
  to him
• 21:00
  among
• 21:01
  whom
• 21:02
  were
• 21:03
  Mary
• 21:03
  Magdalene
• 21:04
  and Mary
• 21:05
  the mother
• 21:06
  of James
• 21:07
  and Joseph
• 21:07
  and the
• 21:08
  mothers
• 21:09
  of the
• 21:10
  sons
• 21:10
  of
• 21:11
  Zebedee
• 21:12
  Amen
• 21:13
  we pray
• 21:13
  God's
• 21:14
  blessing
• 21:14
  on that
• 21:15
  reading
• 21:15
  of his
• 21:16
  own
• 21:16
  holy
• 21:17
  word
• 21:18
  now friends
• 21:20
  we're going
• 21:20
  to sing
• 21:21
  once more
• 21:21
  to God's
• 21:22
  praise
• 21:22
  this time
• 21:23
  from Psalm
• 21:23
  103
• 21:24
  in the
• 21:24
  Scottish
• 21:25
  Psalter
• 21:25
  Psalm
• 21:27
  103
• 21:28
  reading at
• 21:32
  the beginning
• 21:33
  of the
• 21:33
  Psalm
• 21:34
  O thou
• 21:36
  my soul
• 21:37
  bless
• 21:37
  God the
• 21:38
  Lord
• 21:38
  and all
• 21:39
  that in
• 21:39
  me is
• 21:39
  be
• 21:40
  stirred up
• 21:41
  his holy
• 21:42
  name
• 21:42
  to magnify
• 21:43
  and bless
• 21:44
  bless O
• 21:45
  my soul
• 21:45
  the Lord
• 21:46
  thy God
• 21:47
  and not
• 21:47
  forgetful
• 21:48
  be
• 21:48
  of all
• 21:49
  his
• 21:49
  gracious
• 21:50
  benefits
• 21:50
  he hath
• 21:52
  bestowed
• 21:53
  on
• 21:54
  thee
• 21:55
  we're going
• 21:55
  to sing
• 21:55
  down to
• 21:56
  the end
• 21:56
  of the
• 21:56
  verse
• 21:56
  mark
• 21:57
  five
• 21:57
  to the
• 21:58
  praise
• 21:58
  of God
• 21:58
  standing
• 21:59
  to sing
• 21:59
  and to
• 22:00
  the tune
• 22:01
  St.
• 22:02
  Paul
• 22:02
  O thou
• 22:08
  my soul
• 22:10
  bless
• 22:11
  God
• 22:11
  the
• 22:12
  Lord
• 22:13
  and
• 22:15
  all
• 22:16
  that
• 22:17
  there
• 22:17
  he
• 22:18
  is
• 22:19
  he
• 22:21
  he
• 22:21
  set
• 22:22
  up
• 22:23
  his
• 22:24
  holy
• 22:25
  name
• 22:27
  to
• 22:28
  magnify
• 22:30
  and
• 22:32
  bless
• 22:34
  bless
• 22:36
  O
• 22:36
  my soul
• 22:38
  the
• 22:39
  Lord
• 22:40
  thy
• 22:40
  God
• 22:42
  and
• 22:43
  not
• 22:44
  forget
• 22:46
  for
• 22:47
  me
• 22:48
  of
• 22:50
  all
• 22:50
  his
• 22:51
  gracious
• 22:53
  benefit
• 22:55
  he
• 22:57
  hath
• 22:58
  his
• 22:59
  good
• 23:00
  on
• 23:01
  thee
• 23:01
  all
• 23:04
  thy
• 23:05
  end
• 23:06
  in
• 23:07
  quent
• 23:08
  his
• 23:09
  future
• 23:10
  most
• 23:12
  gracious
• 23:13
  I
• 23:16
  yang
• 23:18
  le
• 23:35
  heart
• 23:36
  on
• 23:36
  the
• 23:37
  CHOIR SINGS
• 24:07
  CHOIR SINGS
• 24:37
  We're going to go back to the chapter that we read, but we're also going to have a second text that I'd like us to turn to.
• 24:43
  So first of all, from Matthew 27.
• 24:47
  And we're going to read verse 51.
• 24:52
  And behold, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
• 25:01
  And then if you could turn to Hebrews chapter 10.
• 25:05
  Hebrews chapter 10.
• 25:07
  We're going to read together verses 19 and 20.
• 25:20
  Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,
• 25:29
  by the new and living way that He opened for us through the curtain, that is, through His flesh.
• 25:41
  Through the curtain, that is, through His flesh.
• 25:48
  Well, friends, if you've not been here, we've been asking some questions over this communion weekend.
• 25:59
  We've thought on Friday night as to why we are here.
• 26:04
  We are here, of course, because our security is not in ourselves.
• 26:08
  Our security is in Christ.
• 26:13
  Last night, we thought about how this was made possible.
• 26:18
  This was, of course, made possible through the precious blood of Christ.
• 26:24
  So we are in Christ because of the blood of Christ.
• 26:30
  Today, friends, we're going to ask a third question.
• 26:34
  And we're going to seek to answer that from the text that we have before us here today.
• 26:41
  What is it that we gain from the why and the how?
• 26:49
  What is it, what is, if you like, the outcome of us being in Christ through the shed blood of Christ?
• 27:00
  What have we received from this?
• 27:04
  Well, the clue to the answer of that question is found in both of our texts this morning.
• 27:09
  And behold, Matthew 27, 51, the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.
• 27:17
  And then in Hebrews 10,
• 27:18
  Now, again, details like this detail can, perhaps at a first glance, seem to be quite obscure to us, quite strange.
• 27:46
  We've grown up again hearing about the curtain of the temple being rent in two, being torn in two.
• 27:53
  It's just part of the whole narrative of Calvary.
• 27:57
  But perhaps we haven't really thought too much about what it means.
• 28:01
  Or perhaps we think it's just because there was an earthquake.
• 28:04
  That's why it had been torn in two.
• 28:08
  But it's more than that.
• 28:11
  And we're going to ask the question today, why does this detail punctuate the Calvary narrative?
• 28:20
  What is its significance?
• 28:23
  Now, to unpack this just a little bit this morning, we're going to consider what we have before us under two very simple headings.
• 28:31
  Firstly, the curtain.
• 28:33
  And then secondly, the cross.
• 28:36
  The curtain and the cross.
• 28:39
  Now, an awful lot today could be said about Old Testament worship.
• 28:45
  Studying it in any measure reveals a myriad of details,
• 28:50
  so much so that when we look at the intricacies of expectations surrounding the worship of God in the Old Testament,
• 28:59
  there's a distinct temptation, friends, as there not,
• 29:01
  to conclude that much of what we have there is really not relevant to us any longer.
• 29:11
  Obsolete?
• 29:12
  Yes, it is.
• 29:14
  Irrelevant?
• 29:16
  By no means.
• 29:18
  And our text this morning reveals this to us.
• 29:22
  And so let's travel back 3,500 years.
• 29:25
  Let's go back to the era of the Exodus where we find detail of the tabernacle,
• 29:32
  the place of worship for the God of Israel.
• 29:37
  Now, of course, we don't have time to go into all the detail of the tabernacle.
• 29:41
  Don't worry, we're not going to do that.
• 29:42
  That could take a whole sermon series in itself.
• 29:46
  But what we are going to do, if you have your Bibles,
• 29:49
  is to turn to Exodus 26, 31,
• 29:52
  where we begin to pick up just some of the detail that's relevant to our text today,
• 29:58
  relevant to this curtain.
• 30:01
  Exodus 26, 31.
• 30:05
  And you shall make a veil of blue and purple and scarlet yarns.
• 30:29
  And just incidentally, correct me if I'm wrong on this,
• 30:32
  but I remember being told growing up that that's why the colors of this church building
• 30:35
  are the blue and the scarlet,
• 30:38
  to reflect the tabernacle here.
• 30:42
  You shall make a veil of blue and scarlet,
• 30:46
  purple and scarlet yarns,
• 30:47
  and fine twined linen.
• 30:50
  It shall be with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
• 30:54
  And you shall hang it on four pillars of acacia,
• 30:58
  overlaid with gold,
• 31:00
  with hooks of gold,
• 31:01
  on four bases of silver.
• 31:05
  And you shall hang the veil from the clasps
• 31:08
  and bring the Ark of the Testimony,
• 31:11
  that's the Ark of the Covenant,
• 31:13
  in there within the veil.
• 31:15
  And the veil shall separate you,
• 31:19
  for you,
• 31:21
  the holy place
• 31:22
  from the most
• 31:24
  holy.
• 31:26
  the holy place
• 31:28
  from
• 31:29
  the most
• 31:31
  holy.
• 31:33
  Now you might be sitting here and thinking,
• 31:35
  well that's all very interesting,
• 31:37
  it's good to look into these things,
• 31:38
  but here we are
• 31:39
  on a communion
• 31:40
  Lord's Day morning.
• 31:42
  I want to hear
• 31:43
  about the sufferings
• 31:44
  of my Savior.
• 31:46
  I want to go to Calvary,
• 31:48
  I want to see
• 31:49
  what He
• 31:49
  has done
• 31:50
  for me.
• 31:52
  Well friend,
• 31:52
  just bear with me for a moment,
• 31:54
  because here,
• 31:55
  in this very description,
• 31:57
  we see something
• 31:58
  of our Savior.
• 32:01
  Because what the pages
• 32:03
  of the New Testament
• 32:04
  do is,
• 32:05
  they shine,
• 32:06
  as it were,
• 32:06
  a bright light
• 32:08
  on the pages
• 32:09
  of the Old Testament.
• 32:11
  If we just have the Old Testament
• 32:13
  on its own,
• 32:14
  without the New Testament,
• 32:15
  it would be confusing to us.
• 32:17
  We would struggle to
• 32:18
  understand
• 32:19
  what a lot
• 32:19
  of it actually
• 32:21
  means.
• 32:22
  but the New Testament
• 32:24
  shines this
• 32:25
  bright light
• 32:26
  and it reveals
• 32:27
  to us
• 32:27
  how seemingly
• 32:29
  obscure details,
• 32:30
  like the one
• 32:31
  we've just read,
• 32:32
  fit so beautifully
• 32:34
  into that
• 32:35
  grand plan
• 32:37
  of redemption.
• 32:40
  Let me explain.
• 32:42
  What we have,
• 32:43
  what we've just read
• 32:44
  before us,
• 32:45
  it describes
• 32:46
  a curtain,
• 32:48
  or depending
• 32:48
  on what version
• 32:49
  you use,
• 32:50
  I think perhaps
• 32:50
  in some,
• 32:52
  the authorised version,
• 32:53
  it might call it
• 32:53
  a veil,
• 32:55
  a curtain,
• 32:56
  or a veil.
• 32:58
  And this curtain
• 32:59
  was found
• 33:00
  in the tabernacle
• 33:01
  of Moses.
• 33:03
  This was,
• 33:03
  of course,
• 33:04
  a portable place
• 33:05
  of worship
• 33:06
  that went
• 33:07
  with the children
• 33:08
  of Israel
• 33:09
  through their
• 33:10
  wilderness wanderings.
• 33:12
  What did it look like?
• 33:13
  Well,
• 33:14
  if you're in the session room
• 33:15
  at the minute,
• 33:16
  if you look
• 33:16
  at the wall
• 33:18
  just above the door
• 33:19
  there,
• 33:19
  or beside the door,
• 33:20
  you'll see a picture
• 33:21
  of the tabernacle.
• 33:23
  It's there.
• 33:24
  A picture of exactly
• 33:26
  what it looked like.
• 33:30
  It was a large,
• 33:31
  rectangular courtyard
• 33:33
  that surrounded it.
• 33:34
  If you imagine
• 33:35
  a football pitch
• 33:36
  with a high fence
• 33:38
  around it,
• 33:39
  but instead of wiring,
• 33:41
  there was curtains
• 33:42
  filling in
• 33:43
  each panel.
• 33:45
  And within this
• 33:45
  large,
• 33:46
  rectangular courtyard,
• 33:48
  there was
• 33:48
  the tabernacle
• 33:50
  or what's also known
• 33:51
  as the tent of meeting.
• 33:52
  Now,
• 33:52
  this wasn't big.
• 33:54
  It wasn't
• 33:54
  a very big building
• 33:56
  or structure.
• 33:58
  It was around
• 33:58
  14 meters long
• 34:00
  and four and a half
• 34:01
  meters wide.
• 34:04
  And at the end
• 34:05
  of this tent of meeting,
• 34:07
  this tabernacle,
• 34:08
  was this curtain.
• 34:12
  About three quarters
• 34:12
  of the way down,
• 34:14
  we had this veil,
• 34:15
  this curtain.
• 34:16
  What was it for?
• 34:18
  Why was it there?
• 34:20
  Well,
• 34:20
  this curtain was there
• 34:21
  to separate
• 34:23
  the holy place,
• 34:24
  that was the place
• 34:25
  of worship,
• 34:26
  from the most
• 34:28
  holy place,
• 34:30
  the holy
• 34:31
  of holies.
• 34:34
  And it was in this
• 34:35
  holy of holies
• 34:36
  that you had
• 34:37
  the Ark
• 34:38
  of the Covenant.
• 34:40
  covenant.
• 34:41
  And inside
• 34:42
  the Ark
• 34:42
  of the Covenant,
• 34:43
  amongst other things,
• 34:44
  we don't have time
• 34:44
  to go into this,
• 34:45
  was the law
• 34:47
  of God
• 34:48
  that was,
• 34:48
  of course,
• 34:49
  written on
• 34:50
  tablets of stone.
• 34:52
  And within this room,
• 34:53
  within this
• 34:54
  holy of holies,
• 34:55
  this was the
• 34:57
  meeting place
• 34:57
  of God
• 34:58
  with his people.
• 35:01
  He would come
• 35:02
  in that great cloud
• 35:03
  and this is where
• 35:05
  he would meet
• 35:06
  his people
• 35:07
  above the Ark
• 35:08
  of the Covenant.
• 35:10
  And we might think,
• 35:11
  well,
• 35:11
  what a wonderful thing.
• 35:13
  What a wonderful thing
• 35:14
  for the Old Testament
• 35:15
  church.
• 35:17
  Imagine having a room
• 35:18
  in our place
• 35:19
  of worship
• 35:19
  that we could just
• 35:20
  go in and meet
• 35:21
  with God.
• 35:24
  Well,
• 35:24
  it wasn't
• 35:25
  all that wonderful
• 35:26
  for them
• 35:27
  because,
• 35:28
  in reality,
• 35:29
  this room
• 35:29
  was completely
• 35:30
  out of bounds.
• 35:32
  The holy
• 35:33
  of holies
• 35:34
  was a no-go
• 35:36
  area.
• 35:37
  And there was
• 35:37
  a very good
• 35:37
  reason for this
• 35:39
  because
• 35:40
  if you were
• 35:42
  to go into
• 35:43
  this room,
• 35:44
  if you would
• 35:44
  go into
• 35:45
  the holy
• 35:46
  of holies,
• 35:47
  what would
• 35:48
  happen is
• 35:48
  you would die.
• 35:50
  You would die.
• 35:52
  Last night,
• 35:52
  we thought about
• 35:53
  the fact that
• 35:53
  there's a great
• 35:54
  gulf between
• 35:55
  us and God.
• 35:58
  God is holy.
• 35:59
  We are sinful.
• 36:01
  God is of
• 36:02
  pure eyes
• 36:03
  and to look
• 36:04
  upon our sin
• 36:05
  and so we
• 36:06
  need that
• 36:07
  gulf bridged.
• 36:08
  We thought
• 36:09
  about that
• 36:09
  last night.
• 36:10
  It's bridged
• 36:10
  by the blood,
• 36:11
  of course.
• 36:12
  But because
• 36:13
  of this,
• 36:14
  because God
• 36:14
  came into
• 36:15
  this room,
• 36:16
  people could
• 36:17
  not just
• 36:17
  go in
• 36:18
  into his
• 36:19
  presence
• 36:19
  and have
• 36:20
  fellowship
• 36:21
  and communion
• 36:22
  there with
• 36:23
  him.
• 36:23
  That was
• 36:24
  apart from
• 36:25
  one exception,
• 36:29
  the high
• 36:29
  priest.
• 36:31
  The high
• 36:31
  priest.
• 36:32
  priest.
• 36:33
  Now,
• 36:33
  we know that
• 36:34
  we talked
• 36:34
  about this
• 36:35
  last night,
• 36:35
  that God
• 36:35
  had ordained
• 36:36
  regular burnt
• 36:37
  offerings and
• 36:38
  sin offerings
• 36:40
  when they would
• 36:41
  place their
• 36:41
  hand upon
• 36:42
  the animal,
• 36:43
  the guilt
• 36:44
  would be
• 36:44
  transferred,
• 36:45
  the animal
• 36:45
  would be
• 36:46
  killed,
• 36:46
  and the
• 36:47
  blood would
• 36:47
  be sprinkled.
• 36:48
  That would
• 36:48
  be a regular
• 36:49
  occurrence.
• 36:51
  But that
• 36:51
  wasn't enough
• 36:52
  because it
• 36:54
  was the job
• 36:54
  of the great
• 36:55
  high priest
• 36:56
  once a year
• 36:57
  on the day
• 36:58
  of atonement
• 36:59
  to pass
• 37:00
  through this
• 37:01
  curtain
• 37:01
  into the
• 37:02
  holy of
• 37:03
  holies
• 37:03
  to take
• 37:05
  with him
• 37:06
  the blood
• 37:07
  of a
• 37:07
  freshly
• 37:08
  sacrificed
• 37:09
  animal
• 37:11
  and then
• 37:12
  sprinkle it
• 37:13
  all over
• 37:14
  the lid
• 37:15
  of the
• 37:17
  ark.
• 37:18
  This was
• 37:18
  known as
• 37:19
  the mercy
• 37:20
  seat.
• 37:22
  Why did
• 37:22
  he do
• 37:23
  this?
• 37:23
  Well,
• 37:23
  the wages
• 37:24
  of sin,
• 37:25
  as we know,
• 37:26
  is death.
• 37:27
  Someone
• 37:28
  had to
• 37:29
  die for
• 37:29
  the sins
• 37:30
  of the
• 37:30
  people.
• 37:31
  In the
• 37:31
  case of
• 37:31
  the Old
• 37:32
  Testament
• 37:32
  believers,
• 37:33
  symbolically
• 37:34
  it was
• 37:35
  the animals.
• 37:37
  And so
• 37:37
  there we
• 37:38
  have in
• 37:38
  the holy
• 37:39
  of holies
• 37:39
  we have
• 37:40
  God
• 37:40
  coming,
• 37:41
  meeting
• 37:42
  with his
• 37:43
  people
• 37:43
  in the
• 37:45
  form of
• 37:46
  the high
• 37:46
  priest,
• 37:46
  representing
• 37:47
  the people
• 37:48
  coming into
• 37:49
  the holy
• 37:49
  of holies.
• 37:50
  Here we
• 37:51
  have the
• 37:51
  great high
• 37:52
  priest coming
• 37:53
  and putting
• 37:53
  the blood
• 37:54
  on the
• 37:56
  mercy seat,
• 37:57
  as it
• 37:57
  were.
• 37:58
  Why was
• 37:59
  he doing
• 38:00
  this?
• 38:01
  Well,
• 38:01
  think about
• 38:02
  what was
• 38:02
  under the
• 38:04
  mercy seat,
• 38:05
  the law.
• 38:07
  What have
• 38:08
  you and
• 38:08
  I done?
• 38:09
  We've
• 38:10
  broken the
• 38:11
  law.
• 38:12
  And so
• 38:12
  the only
• 38:13
  thing that
• 38:14
  could bridge
• 38:16
  that gulf
• 38:17
  between us
• 38:18
  and God
• 38:19
  was the
• 38:21
  blood.
• 38:23
  So why did
• 38:24
  the priest
• 38:24
  not die?
• 38:25
  Well,
• 38:25
  of course,
• 38:26
  the Lord
• 38:27
  accommodated
• 38:28
  his presence
• 38:29
  by coming
• 38:30
  in,
• 38:30
  but it's
• 38:31
  said that
• 38:31
  he had a
• 38:33
  rope tied
• 38:34
  around him.
• 38:34
  I don't know
• 38:34
  if this is
• 38:35
  true or not,
• 38:36
  but he had a
• 38:37
  rope tied
• 38:37
  around him
• 38:38
  that was so
• 38:38
  long so
• 38:39
  that just in
• 38:40
  case for any
• 38:40
  reason he
• 38:42
  did die in
• 38:42
  the holy of
• 38:43
  holies,
• 38:43
  he could
• 38:44
  then be
• 38:45
  pulled
• 38:46
  out.
• 38:48
  And so this
• 38:48
  was the way
• 38:48
  of God's
• 38:49
  people.
• 38:49
  If you
• 38:50
  were an
• 38:50
  Old Testament
• 38:51
  believer,
• 38:52
  this would
• 38:52
  be very
• 38:53
  much at
• 38:54
  the center,
• 38:55
  the fabric
• 38:56
  of who you
• 38:56
  were as a
• 38:57
  believer.
• 38:58
  You would
• 38:58
  be used to
• 38:59
  all of
• 38:59
  this ritual,
• 39:01
  this routine.
• 39:03
  And in
• 39:04
  fact,
• 39:04
  this went
• 39:04
  on for
• 39:05
  over
• 39:05
  1500 years,
• 39:08
  year after
• 39:09
  year after
• 39:11
  year.
• 39:14
  And all
• 39:15
  the while,
• 39:15
  what was
• 39:15
  happening?
• 39:17
  Well,
• 39:17
  the people
• 39:18
  were never
• 39:18
  really wanting
• 39:21
  to get
• 39:22
  close to
• 39:23
  God.
• 39:23
  There was
• 39:23
  a fear
• 39:24
  of getting
• 39:25
  close to
• 39:26
  God.
• 39:26
  God was
• 39:27
  so holy,
• 39:28
  God is
• 39:29
  holy,
• 39:30
  and they
• 39:30
  couldn't
• 39:30
  come into
• 39:32
  his nearer
• 39:33
  presence.
• 39:35
  They lived
• 39:36
  lives that
• 39:37
  were saturated
• 39:38
  in perpetual
• 39:40
  ritual.
• 39:44
  But today,
• 39:45
  friends,
• 39:45
  we are not
• 39:46
  Old Testament
• 39:46
  believers.
• 39:47
  we're New
• 39:49
  Testament
• 39:50
  believers.
• 39:52
  And that
• 39:52
  brings us
• 39:53
  to our
• 39:53
  second point,
• 39:55
  the cross.
• 39:56
  We have
• 39:57
  the curtain
• 39:58
  and all
• 39:59
  it symbolizes
• 40:00
  there in
• 40:01
  the Old
• 40:01
  Testament.
• 40:03
  But today,
• 40:03
  friends,
• 40:04
  we have
• 40:04
  the cross.
• 40:07
  And we
• 40:08
  know that
• 40:08
  all that
• 40:09
  we read
• 40:09
  of and
• 40:10
  just thought
• 40:10
  of there
• 40:11
  in the Old
• 40:11
  Testament,
• 40:12
  it was
• 40:13
  wholly
• 40:13
  inadequate.
• 40:15
  It was a
• 40:16
  shadow of
• 40:17
  what was
• 40:17
  to come.
• 40:18
  It was
• 40:18
  inadequate
• 40:18
  because it
• 40:20
  couldn't deal
• 40:20
  with the
• 40:21
  sins of
• 40:21
  the people
• 40:22
  fundamentally,
• 40:23
  but it was
• 40:24
  inadequate
• 40:25
  because the
• 40:26
  people couldn't
• 40:27
  have that
• 40:28
  communion
• 40:29
  with their
• 40:31
  Lord.
• 40:33
  We're reminded
• 40:34
  of this
• 40:34
  in Hebrews
• 40:36
  10.
• 40:38
  We read
• 40:38
  that,
• 40:39
  for since
• 40:39
  the law
• 40:40
  was but
• 40:40
  a shadow
• 40:41
  of the
• 40:41
  good things
• 40:42
  to come
• 40:42
  instead of
• 40:43
  the true
• 40:43
  form of
• 40:44
  these
• 40:45
  realities,
• 40:46
  it can
• 40:47
  never by
• 40:47
  the same
• 40:48
  sacrifices
• 40:48
  that are
• 40:49
  continually
• 40:49
  offered
• 40:50
  every year
• 40:52
  make perfect
• 40:53
  those who
• 40:53
  draw near.
• 40:55
  Otherwise,
• 40:55
  they would
• 40:55
  not have
• 40:56
  ceased
• 40:56
  to be
• 40:57
  offered,
• 40:57
  since the
• 40:58
  worshippers
• 40:58
  having once
• 40:59
  been cleansed
• 41:00
  would no
• 41:01
  longer have
• 41:02
  any
• 41:03
  consciousness
• 41:04
  of sins.
• 41:06
  But in
• 41:07
  these
• 41:07
  sacrifices,
• 41:08
  there is
• 41:09
  a reminder
• 41:09
  of sins
• 41:10
  every year,
• 41:13
  for it is
• 41:13
  impossible,
• 41:15
  impossible,
• 41:16
  for the
• 41:17
  blood of
• 41:17
  bulls
• 41:18
  and goats
• 41:19
  to take
• 41:20
  away
• 41:21
  sins.
• 41:23
  And so
• 41:23
  all that
• 41:23
  happened in
• 41:24
  the tabernacle
• 41:25
  was but
• 41:26
  a shadow,
• 41:27
  a symbol
• 41:28
  of what
• 41:29
  was still
• 41:29
  to come
• 41:30
  pointing
• 41:31
  towards
• 41:32
  the shedding
• 41:33
  of the
• 41:33
  blood of
• 41:34
  the
• 41:34
  sacrificial
• 41:35
  lamb,
• 41:36
  who would
• 41:36
  cover the
• 41:37
  law,
• 41:38
  who would
• 41:38
  fulfill the
• 41:39
  law by
• 41:39
  coming in
• 41:40
  between
• 41:40
  sinners like
• 41:41
  you and
• 41:42
  me and
• 41:43
  God.
• 41:46
  This was
• 41:47
  then the
• 41:47
  testimony of
• 41:48
  the Old
• 41:49
  Testament
• 41:50
  believers.
• 41:53
  By faith
• 41:54
  laying hold
• 41:55
  of the
• 41:55
  reality,
• 41:56
  how much
• 41:56
  of it
• 41:56
  they understood,
• 41:57
  we don't
• 41:58
  really know,
• 41:58
  laying hold
• 41:59
  of the
• 41:59
  reality that
• 42:00
  all that
• 42:01
  they were
• 42:02
  doing would
• 42:03
  be fulfilled
• 42:04
  one day
• 42:05
  on that
• 42:07
  cross,
• 42:08
  on that
• 42:09
  cross.
• 42:10
  And you
• 42:10
  know,
• 42:10
  friends,
• 42:11
  today we
• 42:11
  look back,
• 42:12
  but they
• 42:13
  looked forward.
• 42:15
  We look
• 42:15
  back by
• 42:16
  faith to
• 42:17
  the cross,
• 42:18
  they looked
• 42:18
  forward by
• 42:20
  faith to
• 42:21
  the Messiah
• 42:21
  coming.
• 42:23
  And as we
• 42:24
  today look
• 42:25
  back,
• 42:25
  we begin
• 42:26
  to make
• 42:27
  sense of
• 42:28
  the relevance
• 42:28
  of this
• 42:30
  curtain.
• 42:31
  What do
• 42:32
  we read
• 42:32
  in verse
• 42:33
  50 of
• 42:34
  that chapter
• 42:35
  in Matthew?
• 42:37
  Jesus
• 42:37
  cried
• 42:37
  again with
• 42:39
  a loud
• 42:40
  voice and
• 42:40
  yielded up
• 42:41
  his spirit
• 42:42
  and behold
• 42:43
  the curtain
• 42:43
  of the
• 42:44
  temple was
• 42:44
  torn in
• 42:45
  two from
• 42:46
  top to
• 42:48
  bottom.
• 42:49
  And so
• 42:49
  while Christ
• 42:50
  was being
• 42:51
  crucified,
• 42:52
  this curtain
• 42:53
  elsewhere in
• 42:54
  the temple,
• 42:54
  the temple of
• 42:55
  course superseded,
• 42:56
  the tabernacle,
• 42:58
  the same
• 42:58
  rituals took
• 42:59
  place,
• 43:00
  the curtain
• 43:01
  in the
• 43:02
  temple was
• 43:03
  torn in
• 43:04
  two.
• 43:04
  Now Josephus,
• 43:05
  the Jewish
• 43:06
  historian,
• 43:07
  writes that
• 43:08
  this curtain
• 43:09
  was so
• 43:10
  thick that
• 43:11
  supposing you
• 43:12
  tied one
• 43:13
  horse on
• 43:13
  one side
• 43:14
  and one
• 43:15
  horse on
• 43:15
  the other
• 43:16
  and they
• 43:16
  went in
• 43:16
  opposite
• 43:17
  directions,
• 43:18
  you still
• 43:18
  couldn't
• 43:19
  tear this
• 43:20
  curtain.
• 43:21
  It was a
• 43:22
  curtain that
• 43:23
  was so
• 43:24
  thick.
• 43:26
  almost
• 43:27
  indestructible.
• 43:31
  Yet now
• 43:32
  at the
• 43:32
  crucifixion
• 43:33
  it's torn.
• 43:36
  This
• 43:36
  curtain that
• 43:37
  shielded the
• 43:38
  presence of
• 43:39
  God in
• 43:39
  the Holy
• 43:40
  of Holies
• 43:41
  from the
• 43:42
  eyes of
• 43:43
  sinful
• 43:43
  mankind
• 43:44
  it is
• 43:45
  torn
• 43:45
  in two.
• 43:47
  Picture the
• 43:48
  scene,
• 43:48
  friends,
• 43:48
  it's 3pm.
• 43:50
  The
• 43:51
  priests
• 43:52
  are
• 43:52
  preparing
• 43:53
  for the
• 43:54
  evening
• 43:54
  sacrifice
• 43:55
  and as
• 43:56
  they
• 43:56
  prepare
• 43:57
  for the
• 43:57
  evening
• 43:57
  sacrifice
• 43:58
  this
• 43:58
  curtain
• 43:59
  to the
• 43:59
  Holy
• 44:00
  of Holies
• 44:00
  it's
• 44:01
  torn in
• 44:01
  two.
• 44:02
  So that
• 44:02
  which they
• 44:03
  should never
• 44:04
  have been
• 44:04
  able to
• 44:05
  see is
• 44:05
  laid
• 44:06
  before
• 44:06
  their
• 44:07
  eyes.
• 44:09
  And what
• 44:09
  happens?
• 44:11
  Do they
• 44:12
  die?
• 44:13
  No they
• 44:14
  don't.
• 44:16
  They're very
• 44:17
  much alive
• 44:18
  standing there
• 44:19
  no doubt
• 44:19
  in wonder
• 44:20
  and in
• 44:21
  awe
• 44:21
  at what
• 44:22
  has just
• 44:23
  happened
• 44:24
  seeing
• 44:24
  that
• 44:25
  which
• 44:26
  they
• 44:26
  had
• 44:26
  never
• 44:26
  seen
• 44:27
  before.
• 44:30
  Why
• 44:30
  was this?
• 44:32
  Because of
• 44:33
  the cross.
• 44:36
  Because
• 44:36
  elsewhere
• 44:36
  nearby
• 44:37
  those words
• 44:38
  had been
• 44:38
  uttered
• 44:39
  it is
• 44:40
  finished.
• 44:43
  This was a
• 44:44
  curtain
• 44:44
  friends that
• 44:45
  preached
• 44:45
  the sermon
• 44:46
  of all
• 44:47
  sermons.
• 44:48
  A curtain
• 44:49
  that preached
• 44:50
  a sermon
• 44:51
  that spoke
• 44:52
  of greater
• 44:53
  things.
• 44:54
  That now
• 44:55
  there was
• 44:55
  no need
• 44:56
  for any
• 44:56
  of these
• 44:56
  types
• 44:57
  and shadows
• 44:58
  rituals
• 44:59
  or routines
• 45:01
  animal
• 45:01
  sacrifices.
• 45:02
  They were
• 45:03
  all gone
• 45:03
  or they
• 45:04
  should
• 45:05
  have been
• 45:05
  all gone.
• 45:07
  That these
• 45:08
  religious
• 45:08
  activities
• 45:09
  that were
• 45:10
  so
• 45:10
  ingrained
• 45:12
  in the
• 45:12
  Jewish
• 45:12
  people
• 45:13
  now
• 45:13
  they were
• 45:14
  redundant.
• 45:15
  Why?
• 45:16
  Because
• 45:16
  the
• 45:17
  curtain
• 45:18
  of the
• 45:18
  temple
• 45:18
  was
• 45:19
  torn.
• 45:19
  Is that
• 45:20
  why?
• 45:20
  No.
• 45:21
  That's
• 45:21
  not why.
• 45:24
  But because
• 45:24
  the flesh
• 45:25
  of Jesus
• 45:27
  was torn.
• 45:32
  That's
• 45:33
  why.
• 45:35
  You see
• 45:35
  the curtain
• 45:35
  symbolizes
• 45:36
  something
• 45:37
  far greater.
• 45:40
  It symbolizes
• 45:41
  the fact
• 45:42
  that the
• 45:42
  flesh
• 45:43
  of our
• 45:44
  Saviour
• 45:44
  was torn
• 45:45
  into
• 45:46
  so that
• 45:47
  we would
• 45:47
  have
• 45:47
  access
• 45:48
  to that
• 45:49
  new
• 45:49
  and living
• 45:50
  way.
• 45:52
  It symbolizes
• 45:53
  the fact
• 45:53
  that the
• 45:54
  communion
• 45:54
  of God
• 45:55
  the Son
• 45:56
  with God
• 45:56
  the Father
• 45:57
  it was
• 45:58
  torn
• 45:59
  into.
• 46:00
  What does
• 46:00
  he cry out?
• 46:01
  My God
• 46:01
  my God
• 46:02
  why have
• 46:03
  you forsaken
• 46:04
  me?
• 46:04
  Not my
• 46:05
  father
• 46:06
  my father.
• 46:08
  That
• 46:08
  relationship
• 46:09
  that intimacy
• 46:10
  torn
• 46:11
  in
• 46:12
  two.
• 46:13
  because
• 46:14
  the
• 46:14
  dignity
• 46:15
  of a
• 46:16
  most
• 46:16
  holy
• 46:16
  God
• 46:17
  in
• 46:17
  the
• 46:17
  person
• 46:18
  of
• 46:18
  Jesus
• 46:19
  Christ
• 46:19
  in
• 46:20
  taking
• 46:20
  to
• 46:21
  himself
• 46:21
  the
• 46:21
  darkness
• 46:22
  and
• 46:23
  depravity
• 46:23
  of the
• 46:24
  hell
• 46:24
  that
• 46:24
  should
• 46:24
  have
• 46:25
  been
• 46:25
  yours
• 46:25
  and
• 46:26
  should
• 46:26
  have
• 46:27
  been
• 46:27
  mine.
• 46:27
  His
• 46:28
  dignity
• 46:29
  completely
• 46:30
  and utterly
• 46:31
  ripped
• 46:32
  in half.
• 46:33
  Torn
• 46:34
  in two.
• 46:35
  And it's
• 46:39
  because of
• 46:39
  all of
• 46:40
  this
• 46:40
  friends
• 46:41
  that this
• 46:42
  new
• 46:42
  and living
• 46:44
  way has
• 46:44
  been opened
• 46:45
  up to
• 46:45
  you
• 46:46
  and to
• 46:47
  me.
• 46:48
  This
• 46:48
  access
• 46:48
  direct
• 46:49
  access
• 46:50
  to the
• 46:51
  holy
• 46:51
  of
• 46:52
  holies
• 46:52
  that you
• 46:53
  and I
• 46:53
  have
• 46:53
  through
• 46:54
  that
• 46:54
  torn
• 46:54
  curtain
• 46:55
  through
• 46:55
  that
• 46:56
  torn
• 46:56
  veil
• 46:57
  through
• 46:57
  that
• 46:58
  torn
• 46:59
  Christ.
• 47:04
  You know
• 47:05
  friends
• 47:05
  there's
• 47:05
  one
• 47:05
  thing
• 47:06
  that
• 47:06
  wasn't
• 47:07
  torn
• 47:07
  throughout
• 47:08
  all of
• 47:08
  this.
• 47:11
  There's
• 47:11
  one
• 47:11
  thing
• 47:12
  that
• 47:12
  remained
• 47:12
  completely
• 47:13
  and
• 47:13
  remains
• 47:14
  today
• 47:14
  completely
• 47:15
  intact.
• 47:18
  What
• 47:19
  is it?
• 47:21
  The
• 47:21
  love
• 47:22
  of
• 47:23
  Christ
• 47:23
  for
• 47:25
  you.
• 47:27
  A
• 47:27
  love
• 47:27
  that
• 47:28
  tore
• 47:28
  the
• 47:29
  curtain
• 47:29
  of
• 47:29
  separation
• 47:30
  through
• 47:32
  the
• 47:32
  cross
• 47:32
  of
• 47:33
  reconciliation.
• 47:35
  What
• 47:37
  are we
• 47:37
  here for
• 47:38
  this
• 47:38
  weekend
• 47:38
  friends?
• 47:40
  We're
• 47:41
  here to
• 47:41
  remember
• 47:41
  that
• 47:42
  like
• 47:42
  Peter
• 47:43
  we are
• 47:43
  safe
• 47:44
  and
• 47:45
  secure
• 47:46
  in
• 47:46
  Christ.
• 47:47
  How
• 47:47
  is this
• 47:47
  made
• 47:48
  possible
• 47:48
  through
• 47:48
  the
• 47:49
  shed
• 47:49
  blood
• 47:50
  of
• 47:51
  our
• 47:51
  Savior?
• 47:51
  And
• 47:51
  what
• 47:52
  do
• 47:52
  we
• 47:52
  gain
• 47:53
  from
• 47:53
  this?
• 47:54
  The
• 47:55
  curtain
• 47:55
  of the
• 47:56
  temple
• 47:57
  being
• 47:57
  torn
• 47:58
  into
• 47:58
  the
• 47:58
  veil
• 47:59
  of
• 47:59
  separation
• 48:00
  being
• 48:01
  opened
• 48:01
  up,
• 48:02
  the
• 48:02
  flesh
• 48:02
  of
• 48:03
  Jesus
• 48:04
  being
• 48:04
  prized
• 48:05
  apart
• 48:05
  allowing
• 48:06
  us
• 48:06
  to
• 48:07
  come
• 48:07
  what?
• 48:09
  Come
• 48:09
  boldly
• 48:10
  to a
• 48:12
  throne
• 48:12
  of
• 48:13
  grace.
• 48:13
  This is
• 48:14
  where we
• 48:14
  get our
• 48:14
  boldness.
• 48:16
  Come
• 48:16
  boldly
• 48:17
  to a
• 48:17
  throne
• 48:18
  of
• 48:18
  grace
• 48:18
  to seek
• 48:19
  forgiveness,
• 48:20
  to seek
• 48:21
  his face,
• 48:22
  to seek
• 48:22
  his
• 48:23
  favor,
• 48:23
  to be
• 48:24
  recipients
• 48:25
  of
• 48:25
  live
• 48:26
  and
• 48:27
  living
• 48:27
  communion
• 48:28
  with
• 48:28
  God
• 48:29
  through
• 48:29
  Christ.
• 48:29
  It's
• 48:30
  not
• 48:30
  presumption
• 48:30
  friends
• 48:31
  to come
• 48:31
  to the
• 48:32
  Lord.
• 48:36
  It is
• 48:37
  finished
• 48:37
  so that
• 48:39
  we can
• 48:40
  come not
• 48:40
  once a
• 48:41
  year with
• 48:41
  fear
• 48:42
  and
• 48:43
  trembling
• 48:44
  through
• 48:44
  a
• 48:45
  priest,
• 48:45
  through
• 48:45
  a
• 48:46
  sinful
• 48:46
  man
• 48:47
  by
• 48:47
  offering
• 48:47
  the
• 48:48
  blood
• 48:48
  of a
• 48:49
  bull.
• 48:50
  Not
• 48:50
  by that
• 48:50
  and we
• 48:51
  praise
• 48:51
  God
• 48:51
  that it's
• 48:52
  not
• 48:52
  by that
• 48:53
  but
• 48:53
  by
• 48:54
  continually
• 48:54
  and
• 48:55
  constantly
• 48:56
  through
• 48:56
  the
• 48:56
  great
• 48:57
  high
• 48:57
  priest
• 48:58
  who
• 48:58
  is
• 48:58
  interceding
• 48:59
  on
• 49:00
  our
• 49:00
  behalf
• 49:01
  the
• 49:01
  Lord
• 49:02
  Jesus
• 49:02
  Christ
• 49:03
  by
• 49:04
  coming
• 49:04
  in
• 49:04
  and
• 49:05
  through
• 49:05
  him
• 49:05
  and
• 49:06
  no
• 49:06
  one
• 49:06
  and
• 49:07
  nothing
• 49:07
  else.
• 49:11
  A lot
• 49:12
  more
• 49:12
  friends could
• 49:13
  be said
• 49:13
  about that,
• 49:14
  an awful
• 49:14
  lot more,
• 49:16
  but in a
• 49:17
  nutshell,
• 49:17
  there you
• 49:18
  have it,
• 49:18
  the curtain
• 49:19
  and
• 49:20
  the cross,
• 49:23
  or should I
• 49:23
  say the
• 49:24
  cross
• 49:24
  that tore
• 49:26
  the curtain,
• 49:29
  the cross
• 49:29
  that's given
• 49:31
  to us
• 49:31
  today,
• 49:32
  that boldness
• 49:33
  that we
• 49:34
  can come
• 49:34
  and sit
• 49:36
  at the
• 49:36
  table of
• 49:37
  the king
• 49:38
  with that
• 49:39
  joy
• 49:40
  in our
• 49:41
  hearts
• 49:41
  that now
• 49:43
  we have
• 49:43
  access
• 49:44
  to the
• 49:45
  holy
• 49:45
  of
• 49:46
  holies.
• 49:48
  Let's
• 49:48
  pray.
• 49:50
  Lord,
• 49:51
  we bless
• 49:52
  and we
• 49:52
  thank you
• 49:52
  for that
• 49:53
  great plan
• 49:54
  of
• 49:54
  redemption,
• 49:57
  that there
• 49:57
  is not
• 49:58
  a detail
• 49:59
  that is
• 50:01
  irrelevant,
• 50:03
  that all
• 50:04
  is there
• 50:04
  to point
• 50:05
  us
• 50:05
  to Jesus.
• 50:08
  And so
• 50:08
  we pray,
• 50:09
  O Lord,
• 50:10
  this day
• 50:10
  that indeed
• 50:11
  our hearts
• 50:11
  and our
• 50:12
  minds
• 50:13
  might be
• 50:13
  set
• 50:14
  upon you
• 50:15
  and you
• 50:16
  alone
• 50:17
  with that
• 50:17
  spirit of
• 50:18
  thanksgiving
• 50:19
  that we
• 50:20
  can come
• 50:21
  boldly
• 50:21
  and that we
• 50:22
  can have
• 50:23
  that union
• 50:24
  and communion
• 50:25
  with you
• 50:26
  in and
• 50:27
  through the
• 50:28
  Lord Jesus
• 50:29
  Christ.
• 50:30
  Forgive us
• 50:30
  then we pray
• 50:31
  in his name.
• 50:32
  Amen.
• 50:35
  Well friends,
• 50:36
  at this point
• 50:36
  we might ask
• 50:38
  that question
• 50:39
  in light of
• 50:41
  all that we've
• 50:42
  just been
• 50:42
  thinking about,
• 50:43
  who is
• 50:45
  the Lord's
• 50:46
  table
• 50:46
  for?
• 50:49
  It's a
• 50:49
  question
• 50:50
  that's been
• 50:51
  asked,
• 50:52
  communion,
• 50:53
  after communion,
• 50:54
  year
• 50:54
  after year,
• 50:57
  who is the
• 50:58
  Lord's table
• 50:58
  for?
• 50:59
  Who should
• 51:00
  be sitting
• 51:01
  at the
• 51:01
  Lord's table?
• 51:02
  Well we find
• 51:03
  a clue
• 51:03
  in Matthew
• 51:04
  27,
• 51:04
  the chapter
• 51:05
  we read,
• 51:06
  verse 55,
• 51:08
  just at the
• 51:09
  end of that
• 51:09
  section we
• 51:10
  read,
• 51:11
  there were
• 51:12
  also many
• 51:13
  women there
• 51:13
  looking on
• 51:15
  from a
• 51:16
  distance,
• 51:17
  who had
• 51:18
  followed
• 51:18
  Jesus from
• 51:19
  Galilee,
• 51:21
  ministering to
• 51:22
  him,
• 51:23
  among whom
• 51:23
  were Mary
• 51:24
  Magdalene
• 51:24
  and Mary,
• 51:25
  the mother
• 51:26
  of James
• 51:26
  and Joseph
• 51:27
  and the
• 51:28
  mother of
• 51:29
  the sons
• 51:30
  of
• 51:31
  Zebedee.
• 51:32
  What do we
• 51:33
  find here?
• 51:33
  What we find
• 51:34
  here,
• 51:34
  Mary Magdalene,
• 51:36
  Mary the
• 51:36
  mother of
• 51:36
  James and
• 51:37
  others,
• 51:37
  we find
• 51:38
  them at
• 51:39
  the cross.
• 51:41
  Now picture
• 51:41
  the scene
• 51:42
  there at
• 51:44
  the cross,
• 51:45
  the Lord
• 51:45
  Jesus Christ,
• 51:46
  the one
• 51:47
  whom they
• 51:48
  have loved
• 51:48
  so much,
• 51:49
  the one
• 51:49
  whom they
• 51:50
  have given
• 51:51
  so much
• 51:51
  to,
• 51:52
  there he
• 51:52
  is being
• 51:53
  crucified.
• 51:55
  And what
• 51:55
  can they
• 51:56
  do?
• 51:57
  Nothing.
• 51:59
  We see
• 51:59
  that not
• 52:00
  only can
• 52:01
  they do
• 52:01
  nothing,
• 52:02
  but they
• 52:02
  are standing
• 52:03
  at a
• 52:04
  distance.
• 52:05
  We saw
• 52:05
  Peter walking
• 52:07
  at a distance
• 52:07
  from the
• 52:08
  Lord in
• 52:08
  different
• 52:09
  circumstances.
• 52:11
  Now we
• 52:11
  have the
• 52:12
  close followers
• 52:13
  of Jesus
• 52:14
  standing at
• 52:15
  a distance
• 52:16
  and a
• 52:16
  new set
• 52:18
  of
• 52:18
  circumstances.
• 52:20
  And I
• 52:20
  wonder how
• 52:21
  they felt
• 52:21
  as they
• 52:22
  stood there,
• 52:23
  as they
• 52:23
  gazed upon
• 52:24
  the Lord
• 52:25
  Jesus,
• 52:26
  whom they
• 52:26
  had
• 52:26
  fellowshiped
• 52:27
  with,
• 52:28
  whom they
• 52:28
  had meals
• 52:29
  with,
• 52:29
  whom they
• 52:30
  had spent
• 52:30
  time with,
• 52:31
  and they
• 52:31
  see him
• 52:32
  there dying
• 52:33
  on that
• 52:34
  cross.
• 52:34
  How did
• 52:35
  they feel?
• 52:39
  Well,
• 52:40
  no doubt
• 52:40
  they felt
• 52:42
  useless,
• 52:45
  helpless,
• 52:45
  and you
• 52:48
  know,
• 52:48
  friend,
• 52:48
  perhaps that's
• 52:49
  how you
• 52:49
  feel today
• 52:50
  as a
• 52:50
  Christian,
• 52:52
  useless,
• 52:55
  helpless.
• 52:57
  You're
• 52:58
  looking upon
• 52:58
  the Lord
• 52:59
  Jesus,
• 52:59
  even as
• 53:00
  we've
• 53:00
  considered
• 53:01
  him in
• 53:01
  the word
• 53:02
  today,
• 53:02
  and you
• 53:03
  feel like
• 53:04
  a fraud.
• 53:04
  There's
• 53:05
  nothing you
• 53:06
  can do.
• 53:08
  Deep down
• 53:08
  you would
• 53:09
  like to,
• 53:10
  but for
• 53:10
  one reason
• 53:11
  or another,
• 53:12
  time and
• 53:12
  time again,
• 53:14
  you're not
• 53:14
  saving him
• 53:15
  in the way
• 53:15
  that you
• 53:16
  would like,
• 53:17
  or perhaps
• 53:18
  you're even
• 53:19
  doing that,
• 53:21
  but you
• 53:21
  wish you
• 53:23
  wouldn't
• 53:23
  do.
• 53:25
  That at
• 53:26
  times,
• 53:26
  just like
• 53:27
  these women,
• 53:28
  you're looking
• 53:29
  on from
• 53:31
  a distance.
• 53:32
  But notice
• 53:32
  these words.
• 53:34
  There were
• 53:34
  also many
• 53:35
  women there
• 53:36
  looking on
• 53:37
  from a
• 53:38
  distance who
• 53:39
  had followed
• 53:40
  Jesus from
• 53:42
  Galilee.
• 53:44
  They had
• 53:44
  followed Jesus
• 53:45
  from Galilee.
• 53:46
  And it's
• 53:46
  true at this
• 53:47
  point.
• 53:47
  These women,
• 53:48
  they weren't
• 53:48
  able to do
• 53:49
  much for
• 53:49
  their Lord
• 53:50
  and their
• 53:50
  Savior,
• 53:51
  but still,
• 53:52
  but still
• 53:53
  they were
• 53:54
  there.
• 53:55
  There they
• 53:56
  were.
• 53:56
  They had
• 53:56
  followed
• 53:57
  Jesus from
• 53:58
  Galilee to
• 54:00
  the cross.
• 54:02
  And you
• 54:02
  know,
• 54:02
  yes,
• 54:03
  undoubtedly
• 54:03
  it's true
• 54:04
  for all of
• 54:05
  us here
• 54:05
  today.
• 54:07
  We feel like
• 54:08
  we would like
• 54:08
  to be doing
• 54:09
  more for
• 54:10
  our Savior,
• 54:10
  myself included.
• 54:13
  And we're
• 54:13
  despairing almost
• 54:15
  at times at
• 54:16
  how little we
• 54:17
  do for the
• 54:18
  cause of
• 54:18
  Christ.
• 54:18
  There's souls
• 54:19
  around us
• 54:20
  perishing.
• 54:21
  We want to
• 54:21
  help, we
• 54:22
  want to do
• 54:22
  something, but
• 54:23
  we feel so
• 54:24
  inadequate.
• 54:25
  And of course,
• 54:26
  we ought to
• 54:26
  strive to
• 54:27
  serve the
• 54:28
  Lord as
• 54:28
  best we
• 54:29
  can in
• 54:29
  his
• 54:30
  strength.
• 54:32
  But friend,
• 54:33
  don't be
• 54:34
  dismayed.
• 54:36
  Don't be
• 54:36
  dismayed.
• 54:37
  Why?
• 54:39
  Because you
• 54:40
  are here.
• 54:42
  And in
• 54:42
  spite of
• 54:43
  everything
• 54:44
  else, where
• 54:44
  are you?
• 54:45
  You are at
• 54:46
  the cross
• 54:47
  of Jesus
• 54:48
  Christ.
• 54:49
  That's what
• 54:49
  this table
• 54:50
  is for.
• 54:51
  It's for
• 54:51
  those people
• 54:52
  who say,
• 54:53
  I can't,
• 54:54
  Lord, but
• 54:55
  you can.
• 54:57
  You're here.
• 54:58
  Maybe you're
• 54:59
  looking from
• 54:59
  a distance,
• 55:01
  but you're
• 55:02
  here.
• 55:03
  John Newton
• 55:04
  wrote a poem
• 55:05
  entitled,
• 55:06
  Tis a Point
• 55:07
  I Long
• 55:07
  to Know,
• 55:08
  which dealt,
• 55:09
  of course,
• 55:09
  with that
• 55:09
  issue of
• 55:10
  doubt.
• 55:11
  But his
• 55:12
  friend Daniel
• 55:12
  Herbert wrote
• 55:13
  a response.
• 55:15
  Forgive me if I
• 55:15
  read this to
• 55:16
  you before,
• 55:16
  having preached
• 55:17
  here, but it
• 55:18
  illustrates this
• 55:19
  perfectly.
• 55:21
  Is this the
• 55:22
  point you
• 55:23
  long to
• 55:23
  know?
• 55:24
  The point
• 55:25
  is settled
• 55:25
  in my view.
• 55:27
  For if you
• 55:28
  want to love
• 55:29
  your God,
• 55:29
  if that's your
• 55:30
  desire, it
• 55:31
  proves that
• 55:32
  he first
• 55:34
  loved you.
• 55:35
  I want to
• 55:37
  know Christ
• 55:38
  died for
• 55:39
  me.
• 55:40
  I want to
• 55:40
  feel the
• 55:41
  zeal within.
• 55:43
  I want to
• 55:43
  know Christ's
• 55:44
  precious blood
• 55:45
  was shed to
• 55:46
  wash away
• 55:47
  my sin.
• 55:48
  I want to
• 55:48
  feel more
• 55:49
  love to
• 55:50
  Christ.
• 55:51
  I want more
• 55:51
  liberty and
• 55:52
  prayer.
• 55:54
  But when I
• 55:54
  looked within
• 55:55
  my heart,
• 55:56
  it almost
• 55:57
  drives me
• 55:58
  to despair.
• 55:59
  So where I
• 56:01
  want like this
• 56:02
  is found, I
• 56:03
  think it may
• 56:04
  be bold to
• 56:04
  say that God
• 56:06
  has fixed
• 56:06
  within my
• 56:07
  heart what
• 56:08
  hell can
• 56:09
  never take
• 56:10
  away.
• 56:11
  However
• 56:11
  small thy
• 56:12
  grace appears,
• 56:13
  there's plenty
• 56:14
  in thy living
• 56:16
  head.
• 56:17
  These wants
• 56:17
  you feel, my
• 56:19
  Christian friend,
• 56:21
  were never
• 56:22
  found amongst
• 56:24
  the dead.
• 56:27
  So although
• 56:27
  we're here
• 56:28
  today and
• 56:28
  we're looking
• 56:29
  on and
• 56:29
  we feel so
• 56:31
  inadequate, the
• 56:33
  very fact that
• 56:34
  you have a
• 56:34
  desire to
• 56:35
  serve more
• 56:36
  shows that
• 56:37
  you are alive
• 56:38
  in Christ.
• 56:41
  Who is the
• 56:42
  table for
• 56:42
  perfect sinless
• 56:43
  saints?
• 56:44
  No, they
• 56:45
  don't exist,
• 56:46
  at least not
• 56:46
  this side of
• 56:47
  eternity.
• 56:49
  The table
• 56:50
  is for
• 56:51
  sinners who
• 56:52
  have been
• 56:52
  saved by
• 56:54
  grace, who
• 56:55
  look today,
• 56:55
  albeit from a
• 56:56
  distance, as we
• 56:57
  look back at
• 56:59
  Christ on
• 57:01
  the cross
• 57:01
  of Calvary.
• 57:05
  We're going
• 57:05
  to sing now,
• 57:06
  friends, from
• 57:07
  Psalm 116.
• 57:16
  Psalm 116
• 57:18
  we're going to
• 57:31
  read from verse
• 57:31
  7.
• 57:32
  rest, O my
• 57:36
  soul, God
• 57:37
  has been good
• 57:38
  to you, for
• 57:40
  you, O Lord,
• 57:41
  have saved my
• 57:42
  soul from
• 57:42
  death, my
• 57:44
  feet from
• 57:45
  stumbling, and
• 57:46
  my eyes from
• 57:47
  tears, that I
• 57:49
  may live for
• 57:50
  you while I
• 57:52
  have breath.
• 57:53
  Down to verse
• 57:54
  19, before his
• 57:55
  people I will
• 57:56
  keep my vows
• 57:57
  within the
• 57:58
  courts of
• 57:59
  our God's
• 58:00
  holy place
• 58:01
  within the
• 58:02
  city of
• 58:03
  Jerusalem, and
• 58:04
  to the Lord
• 58:05
  alone be
• 58:07
  all the
• 58:09
  praise.
• 58:09
  We'll sing
• 58:10
  these verses
• 58:10
  standing to
• 58:11
  sing to the
• 58:12
  tune Eventide,
• 58:13
  rest, O my
• 58:15
  soul, God
• 58:16
  has been good
• 58:17
  to you.
• 58:18
  Amen.
• 58:24
  Rest, O my
• 58:26
  soul, God
• 58:28
  sing to you
• 58:29
  to you.
• 58:31
  For you, O
• 58:34
  Lord, have
• 58:36
  saved my
• 58:37
  soul from
• 58:39
  death, my
• 58:41
  feet from
• 58:43
  stumbling, and
• 58:46
  my eyes from
• 58:48
  tears, that I
• 58:51
  will live for
• 58:53
  you while I
• 58:56
  love
• 58:57
  death.
• 58:59
  I
• 59:00
  trusted in
• 59:03
  the Lord,
• 59:04
  and then I
• 59:06
  spoke.
• 59:08
  I said in
• 59:11
  anguish, I
• 59:13
  am sore
• 59:15
  he died,
• 59:17
  and in
• 59:19
  the
• 59:20
  heavy depths
• 59:23
  of my
• 59:24
  dismay.
• 59:26
  O
• 59:27
  let our
• 59:29
  liars
• 59:30
  share
• 59:30
  me
• 59:31
  warm
• 59:32
  my
• 59:33
  cry.
• 59:36
  I
• 59:37
  can, I
• 59:38
  can,
• 59:39
  the
• 59:40
  Lord for all
• 59:43
  he's done,
• 59:45
  with
• 59:46
  gratitude,
• 59:49
  salvation,
• 59:50
  help I
• 59:52
  raise.
• 59:54
  I
• 59:55
  call upon
• 59:57
  his
• 59:59
  name
• 1:00:00
  and will
• 1:00:01
  fulfill
• 1:00:02
  my
• 1:00:04
  eyes to
• 1:00:06
  him
• 1:00:06
  before
• 1:00:07
  his
• 1:00:08
  meek
• 1:00:09
  of
• 1:00:10
  space.
• 1:00:13
  The
• 1:00:14
  Lord
• 1:00:15
  holds
• 1:00:15
  near,
• 1:00:16
  the
• 1:00:17
  death
• 1:00:18
  of all
• 1:00:19
  the
• 1:00:20
  saints.
• 1:00:22
  Hear
• 1:00:22
  thee, O
• 1:00:24
  Lord,
• 1:00:25
  I
• 1:00:26
  am
• 1:00:27
  your
• 1:00:27
  servant
• 1:00:28
  too.
• 1:00:30
  I
• 1:00:31
  am
• 1:00:32
  your
• 1:00:33
  servant
• 1:00:34
  and
• 1:00:36
  your
• 1:00:36
  handed
• 1:00:37
  son,
• 1:00:39
  and
• 1:00:40
  from
• 1:00:41
  my
• 1:00:42
  chains
• 1:00:42
  I
• 1:00:43
  have
• 1:00:43
  been
• 1:00:44
  breathed
• 1:00:45
  by
• 1:00:46
  you.
• 1:00:48
  Thine
• 1:00:50
  of
• 1:00:50
  praise
• 1:00:51
  I
• 1:00:52
  will
• 1:00:53
  sacrifice
• 1:00:54
  to
• 1:00:55
  you
• 1:00:57
  and
• 1:00:58
  call
• 1:00:59
  upon
• 1:01:01
  the
• 1:01:01
  name
• 1:01:03
  of
• 1:01:03
  God
• 1:01:04
  the
• 1:01:04
  Lord.
• 1:01:06
  When
• 1:01:08
  all
• 1:01:08
  his
• 1:01:09
  people
• 1:01:10
  in
• 1:01:12
  assembly
• 1:01:13
  meet,
• 1:01:14
  with
• 1:01:16
  joy
• 1:01:17
  I
• 1:01:17
  will
• 1:01:18
  fulfill
• 1:01:19
  my
• 1:01:20
  solemn
• 1:01:21
  word.
• 1:01:23
  For
• 1:01:26
  his
• 1:01:26
  people
• 1:01:28
  I
• 1:01:29
  will
• 1:01:30
  keep
• 1:01:30
  my
• 1:01:31
  vows
• 1:01:32
  within
• 1:01:34
  the
• 1:01:35
  courts
• 1:01:36
  of
• 1:01:38
  our
• 1:01:38
  God's
• 1:01:39
  holy
• 1:01:40
  place,
• 1:01:41
  within
• 1:01:43
  the
• 1:01:44
  city
• 1:01:46
  of
• 1:01:47
  Jerusalem,
• 1:01:50
  and
• 1:01:51
  to
• 1:01:52
  the
• 1:01:53
  Lord
• 1:01:53
  alone
• 1:01:54
  be
• 1:01:55
  all
• 1:01:56
  the
• 1:01:57
  praise.
• 1:02:04
  Friends,
• 1:02:05
  here we are
• 1:02:06
  at the
• 1:02:07
  Lord's
• 1:02:08
  table.
• 1:02:09
  we are
• 1:02:10
  not what
• 1:02:11
  we would
• 1:02:11
  like to
• 1:02:12
  be,
• 1:02:12
  that is
• 1:02:13
  true.
• 1:02:14
  But it's
• 1:02:15
  also true
• 1:02:15
  that we are
• 1:02:15
  not what
• 1:02:17
  we once
• 1:02:17
  were.
• 1:02:18
  It's by
• 1:02:18
  the grace
• 1:02:18
  of God
• 1:02:19
  that we
• 1:02:20
  are what
• 1:02:22
  we are.
• 1:02:25
  But friends,
• 1:02:25
  as we sit at
• 1:02:26
  the table
• 1:02:26
  today,
• 1:02:27
  our focus
• 1:02:27
  is in no
• 1:02:28
  way to
• 1:02:29
  be upon
• 1:02:30
  ourselves.
• 1:02:32
  If we
• 1:02:33
  turn back
• 1:02:34
  to
• 1:02:34
  Hebrews
• 1:02:35
  10,
• 1:02:35
  reading the
• 1:02:36
  next
• 1:02:36
  verses
• 1:02:37
  after our
• 1:02:37
  text,
• 1:02:38
  we read
• 1:02:38
  this,
• 1:02:40
  Therefore,
• 1:02:40
  brothers,
• 1:02:41
  since we
• 1:02:42
  have confidence
• 1:02:42
  to enter
• 1:02:43
  the holy
• 1:02:43
  places by
• 1:02:44
  the blood
• 1:02:45
  of Jesus,
• 1:02:46
  by the
• 1:02:46
  new and
• 1:02:46
  living way
• 1:02:47
  that is
• 1:02:47
  opened for
• 1:02:48
  us through
• 1:02:49
  the curtain,
• 1:02:50
  that is
• 1:02:51
  through
• 1:02:52
  His flesh.
• 1:02:54
  And since
• 1:02:54
  we have a
• 1:02:55
  great high
• 1:02:56
  priest over
• 1:02:57
  the house
• 1:02:59
  of God,
• 1:02:59
  particularly
• 1:03:00
  these words,
• 1:03:01
  let us
• 1:03:02
  draw near
• 1:03:03
  with a
• 1:03:04
  true heart
• 1:03:05
  and in
• 1:03:06
  full
• 1:03:07
  assurance
• 1:03:09
  of faith.
• 1:03:11
  We are
• 1:03:12
  called to
• 1:03:13
  draw near
• 1:03:14
  to our
• 1:03:15
  Lord
• 1:03:16
  today.
• 1:03:18
  How do we
• 1:03:18
  do that?
• 1:03:19
  We do it
• 1:03:19
  with a
• 1:03:20
  true heart
• 1:03:20
  and with
• 1:03:21
  full
• 1:03:22
  assurance
• 1:03:23
  of faith.
• 1:03:24
  How do
• 1:03:24
  we do
• 1:03:24
  that?
• 1:03:26
  By
• 1:03:26
  looking
• 1:03:26
  within?
• 1:03:28
  Certainly
• 1:03:29
  not.
• 1:03:30
  By
• 1:03:30
  looking to
• 1:03:31
  our
• 1:03:31
  great
• 1:03:32
  high
• 1:03:33
  priest,
• 1:03:34
  acknowledging
• 1:03:34
  today in
• 1:03:35
  our hearts
• 1:03:36
  the complete
• 1:03:37
  and utter
• 1:03:38
  sufficiency
• 1:03:39
  of His
• 1:03:40
  sacrifice
• 1:03:40
  for us,
• 1:03:42
  that our
• 1:03:42
  righteousness
• 1:03:43
  today as
• 1:03:44
  we sit
• 1:03:44
  at this
• 1:03:45
  table is
• 1:03:46
  not found
• 1:03:46
  in ourselves
• 1:03:47
  but in
• 1:03:48
  found in
• 1:03:50
  our
• 1:03:50
  Savior.
• 1:03:53
  That's how
• 1:03:54
  we draw
• 1:03:54
  near to
• 1:03:54
  Him.
• 1:03:56
  We're
• 1:03:56
  confident,
• 1:03:57
  are we
• 1:03:57
  not?
• 1:03:57
  confident
• 1:03:59
  in the
• 1:04:00
  cross,
• 1:04:02
  confident
• 1:04:02
  in the
• 1:04:04
  power
• 1:04:05
  of
• 1:04:05
  the
• 1:04:06
  blood.
• 1:04:07
  But make
• 1:04:09
  no mistake,
• 1:04:10
  because although
• 1:04:11
  we are called
• 1:04:12
  to draw near
• 1:04:13
  to our
• 1:04:13
  Lord and
• 1:04:14
  Savior
• 1:04:14
  today,
• 1:04:15
  this
• 1:04:16
  drawing near
• 1:04:17
  is by
• 1:04:17
  no means
• 1:04:18
  one-sided.
• 1:04:19
  What do we
• 1:04:19
  read in
• 1:04:20
  James 4,
• 1:04:21
  8?
• 1:04:22
  draw near
• 1:04:23
  to God
• 1:04:24
  and He
• 1:04:26
  will draw
• 1:04:27
  near
• 1:04:28
  to you.
• 1:04:29
  That's a
• 1:04:29
  promise.
• 1:04:31
  That's our
• 1:04:31
  promise today.
• 1:04:33
  So we might
• 1:04:34
  ask,
• 1:04:34
  well how does
• 1:04:35
  God draw
• 1:04:36
  near to us
• 1:04:37
  today?
• 1:04:38
  At this
• 1:04:39
  table,
• 1:04:39
  how do we
• 1:04:40
  know He's
• 1:04:41
  drawing near
• 1:04:42
  to us?
• 1:04:42
  Well there's
• 1:04:42
  a few ways.
• 1:04:44
  Firstly and
• 1:04:45
  primarily
• 1:04:45
  through His
• 1:04:47
  Word.
• 1:04:47
  His Word is
• 1:04:48
  a special
• 1:04:49
  revelation to
• 1:04:50
  us,
• 1:04:50
  it speaks
• 1:04:51
  to us,
• 1:04:52
  it tells
• 1:04:52
  us of
• 1:04:53
  that great
• 1:04:55
  narrative of
• 1:04:56
  redemption.
• 1:04:57
  Yes we know
• 1:04:58
  the bread
• 1:04:58
  and the wine
• 1:04:59
  they speak
• 1:05:00
  in their own
• 1:05:01
  way,
• 1:05:02
  but the bread
• 1:05:03
  and the wine
• 1:05:03
  without the
• 1:05:04
  Word,
• 1:05:05
  they remain
• 1:05:06
  silent.
• 1:05:08
  We need
• 1:05:08
  to have
• 1:05:08
  Word and
• 1:05:10
  sacrament
• 1:05:11
  together,
• 1:05:13
  they're silent
• 1:05:13
  because they
• 1:05:14
  are symbols.
• 1:05:17
  So He speaks
• 1:05:17
  to us
• 1:05:18
  through His
• 1:05:19
  Word.
• 1:05:21
  And I
• 1:05:21
  often marvel
• 1:05:22
  at the
• 1:05:22
  wonder of
• 1:05:23
  the fact
• 1:05:23
  that an
• 1:05:24
  infinite
• 1:05:25
  God,
• 1:05:25
  a God
• 1:05:26
  who inhabits
• 1:05:27
  eternity,
• 1:05:28
  who is so
• 1:05:29
  vast beyond
• 1:05:30
  measure,
• 1:05:32
  He would
• 1:05:32
  accommodate
• 1:05:33
  our weakness
• 1:05:34
  by revealing
• 1:05:36
  Himself to
• 1:05:37
  us in a
• 1:05:38
  way that we
• 1:05:39
  can understand
• 1:05:40
  through
• 1:05:41
  words.
• 1:05:44
  And so
• 1:05:44
  never
• 1:05:44
  underestimate
• 1:05:45
  His presence,
• 1:05:46
  His drawing
• 1:05:47
  near to us
• 1:05:48
  by His
• 1:05:50
  Word.
• 1:05:51
  But He also
• 1:05:52
  draws near to
• 1:05:53
  His friend
• 1:05:53
  by His
• 1:05:54
  Spirit,
• 1:05:56
  by His
• 1:05:57
  Spirit.
• 1:05:57
  He makes
• 1:05:58
  that promise
• 1:05:58
  where two
• 1:05:59
  or three
• 1:06:00
  are gathered
• 1:06:01
  in His
• 1:06:02
  name,
• 1:06:03
  He is
• 1:06:03
  there in
• 1:06:04
  their
• 1:06:05
  midst.
• 1:06:07
  We are here,
• 1:06:08
  are we not,
• 1:06:09
  in His
• 1:06:11
  name.
• 1:06:12
  We don't
• 1:06:12
  come out of
• 1:06:13
  routine or
• 1:06:15
  ritual,
• 1:06:16
  out of
• 1:06:16
  formality,
• 1:06:17
  or at least
• 1:06:18
  we ought not
• 1:06:18
  to do that.
• 1:06:19
  We come
• 1:06:21
  to the table
• 1:06:22
  not with
• 1:06:23
  our eyes
• 1:06:24
  upon ourselves,
• 1:06:25
  so submerged
• 1:06:26
  in how
• 1:06:27
  sinful we
• 1:06:28
  are.
• 1:06:29
  Of course,
• 1:06:29
  we're called
• 1:06:29
  to examine
• 1:06:30
  ourselves,
• 1:06:31
  but then
• 1:06:32
  eat and
• 1:06:33
  drink.
• 1:06:33
  We don't
• 1:06:34
  keep our
• 1:06:35
  eyes to
• 1:06:36
  ourselves.
• 1:06:37
  As we
• 1:06:37
  reflect,
• 1:06:38
  as we have
• 1:06:38
  that passing
• 1:06:39
  glance of
• 1:06:40
  the darkness
• 1:06:41
  of our own
• 1:06:42
  hearts by
• 1:06:42
  nature,
• 1:06:43
  our eyes
• 1:06:44
  are then
• 1:06:44
  taken
• 1:06:45
  where?
• 1:06:46
  To
• 1:06:46
  Calvary's
• 1:06:47
  hill.
• 1:06:49
  We come
• 1:06:50
  in praise
• 1:06:51
  and in
• 1:06:52
  worship
• 1:06:52
  with our
• 1:06:52
  eyes
• 1:06:53
  firmly
• 1:06:54
  fixed
• 1:06:54
  on the
• 1:06:55
  crucified,
• 1:06:56
  the
• 1:06:57
  resurrected,
• 1:06:58
  and the
• 1:06:59
  ascended
• 1:06:59
  Savior.
• 1:07:01
  And when
• 1:07:01
  we do
• 1:07:02
  that,
• 1:07:02
  if we
• 1:07:02
  do that,
• 1:07:04
  God
• 1:07:04
  promises
• 1:07:05
  to be
• 1:07:06
  here
• 1:07:07
  in our
• 1:07:08
  midst
• 1:07:09
  by His
• 1:07:10
  Spirit.
• 1:07:11
  What does
• 1:07:11
  His Spirit
• 1:07:11
  do?
• 1:07:13
  It reveals
• 1:07:14
  to us
• 1:07:14
  the things
• 1:07:15
  of Christ.
• 1:07:16
  We need
• 1:07:16
  the Spirit.
• 1:07:18
  I've given
• 1:07:18
  the illustration
• 1:07:19
  many times
• 1:07:19
  of Edinburgh
• 1:07:20
  Castle on
• 1:07:21
  a dark
• 1:07:21
  night.
• 1:07:22
  You would
• 1:07:22
  never see
• 1:07:22
  the beauty
• 1:07:23
  of the
• 1:07:24
  castle
• 1:07:24
  if it
• 1:07:25
  weren't
• 1:07:25
  for the
• 1:07:25
  spotlights
• 1:07:26
  that
• 1:07:26
  illuminated.
• 1:07:27
  That's
• 1:07:27
  what the
• 1:07:28
  Holy Spirit
• 1:07:28
  today does
• 1:07:29
  for us,
• 1:07:31
  for the
• 1:07:31
  Lord Jesus
• 1:07:32
  Christ.
• 1:07:33
  And so
• 1:07:33
  the Lord
• 1:07:34
  draws near
• 1:07:35
  to us
• 1:07:35
  by His
• 1:07:37
  Spirit.
• 1:07:38
  Spirit.
• 1:07:39
  But He's
• 1:07:40
  also the
• 1:07:40
  one,
• 1:07:41
  and this
• 1:07:41
  is relevant
• 1:07:41
  to what
• 1:07:42
  we've been
• 1:07:42
  thinking
• 1:07:42
  about today,
• 1:07:44
  He's also
• 1:07:44
  the one
• 1:07:45
  who tabernacles
• 1:07:47
  within His
• 1:07:49
  people.
• 1:07:50
  We've thought
• 1:07:50
  about how
• 1:07:51
  the Holy of
• 1:07:51
  Holies could
• 1:07:54
  have been a
• 1:07:54
  wonderful place
• 1:07:55
  to go in
• 1:07:56
  and to be in
• 1:07:56
  the presence
• 1:07:57
  of the
• 1:07:58
  Lord,
• 1:07:58
  were it not
• 1:07:59
  that we
• 1:08:00
  would be
• 1:08:00
  killed if
• 1:08:01
  we would
• 1:08:02
  do so.
• 1:08:03
  But we
• 1:08:03
  have no
• 1:08:04
  need of
• 1:08:04
  any of
• 1:08:04
  that now.
• 1:08:06
  That is
• 1:08:06
  all past.
• 1:08:08
  Why?
• 1:08:10
  Because He
• 1:08:10
  dwells in
• 1:08:12
  His people.
• 1:08:14
  He tabernacles
• 1:08:15
  in His
• 1:08:16
  people.
• 1:08:16
  He lives
• 1:08:17
  in you.
• 1:08:19
  We are
• 1:08:20
  the room.
• 1:08:21
  We are
• 1:08:22
  the tabernacle.
• 1:08:24
  This building
• 1:08:24
  isn't God's
• 1:08:25
  house.
• 1:08:26
  This is
• 1:08:27
  God's house.
• 1:08:29
  We have
• 1:08:29
  no need
• 1:08:30
  for the
• 1:08:31
  old.
• 1:08:32
  Out
• 1:08:32
  with the
• 1:08:33
  old and
• 1:08:34
  in
• 1:08:35
  with
• 1:08:36
  the
• 1:08:37
  new.
• 1:08:37
  Christ
• 1:08:38
  in us.
• 1:08:38
  Christ
• 1:08:39
  in us.
• 1:08:41
  The hope
• 1:08:41
  of glory.
• 1:08:43
  And so
• 1:08:44
  make no
• 1:08:44
  mistake,
• 1:08:45
  friends,
• 1:08:45
  today we
• 1:08:46
  believe by
• 1:08:47
  faith that
• 1:08:49
  Christ is
• 1:08:50
  here at
• 1:08:50
  the head
• 1:08:50
  of the
• 1:08:51
  table.
• 1:08:52
  And He
• 1:08:52
  delights to
• 1:08:53
  be here.
• 1:08:54
  Why does
• 1:08:54
  He delight
• 1:08:55
  to be here?
• 1:08:56
  Well, He
• 1:08:56
  delights to
• 1:08:57
  be here because
• 1:08:58
  once more He
• 1:08:59
  is able to
• 1:09:00
  witness
• 1:09:00
  something.
• 1:09:01
  What does
• 1:09:02
  He witness?
• 1:09:02
  Well, He
• 1:09:03
  witnesses His
• 1:09:05
  precious
• 1:09:05
  redeemed
• 1:09:06
  each and
• 1:09:07
  every soul
• 1:09:08
  gathering at
• 1:09:09
  this table
• 1:09:10
  today.
• 1:09:10
  He witnesses
• 1:09:11
  you once
• 1:09:12
  again nailing
• 1:09:13
  your colors
• 1:09:14
  to the
• 1:09:15
  mast for
• 1:09:15
  everyone to
• 1:09:16
  see,
• 1:09:17
  identifying
• 1:09:17
  as being
• 1:09:19
  as one
• 1:09:19
  who is
• 1:09:20
  in
• 1:09:21
  Christ,
• 1:09:22
  as one
• 1:09:23
  who is
• 1:09:23
  able to
• 1:09:24
  say with
• 1:09:24
  all your
• 1:09:25
  heart,
• 1:09:27
  Jehovah
• 1:09:28
  St.
• 1:09:29
  Kenya,
• 1:09:31
  the Lord
• 1:09:31
  our
• 1:09:33
  righteousness.
• 1:09:36
  Today, He's
• 1:09:37
  able to
• 1:09:37
  see the
• 1:09:38
  fruit, the
• 1:09:40
  fruit of
• 1:09:40
  His
• 1:09:41
  sacrificial
• 1:09:42
  labor on
• 1:09:43
  Calvary's
• 1:09:44
  Hill.
• 1:09:45
  And that,
• 1:09:46
  dear friend,
• 1:09:46
  delights the
• 1:09:48
  Lord so
• 1:09:49
  that He
• 1:09:49
  cannot
• 1:09:50
  stay
• 1:09:51
  away.
• 1:09:52
  We're going
• 1:09:54
  to read
• 1:09:55
  our
• 1:09:55
  warrant now
• 1:09:56
  for what
• 1:09:56
  we're doing
• 1:09:57
  from the
• 1:09:57
  Word of
• 1:09:58
  God.
• 1:10:00
  This comes
• 1:10:00
  from 1 Corinthians
• 1:10:01
  11,
• 1:10:03
  verse 23
• 1:10:05
  to 29.
• 1:10:06
  But I
• 1:10:09
  received from
• 1:10:10
  the Lord
• 1:10:10
  what I
• 1:10:11
  also
• 1:10:11
  believed
• 1:10:12
  to you,
• 1:10:13
  delivered
• 1:10:13
  to you
• 1:10:14
  rather,
• 1:10:15
  that the
• 1:10:15
  Lord Jesus
• 1:10:16
  on the
• 1:10:16
  night when
• 1:10:17
  He was
• 1:10:17
  betrayed
• 1:10:17
  took bread.
• 1:10:20
  And when
• 1:10:20
  He had
• 1:10:20
  given
• 1:10:20
  thanks,
• 1:10:21
  He broke
• 1:10:21
  it and
• 1:10:22
  said,
• 1:10:22
  This is
• 1:10:22
  my body
• 1:10:23
  which is
• 1:10:23
  for you.
• 1:10:25
  Do this
• 1:10:25
  in remembrance
• 1:10:26
  of me.
• 1:10:28
  In the
• 1:10:28
  same way
• 1:10:28
  also He
• 1:10:29
  took the
• 1:10:29
  cup after
• 1:10:30
  supper,
• 1:10:30
  saying,
• 1:10:31
  This cup
• 1:10:31
  is the
• 1:10:32
  new covenant
• 1:10:33
  in my
• 1:10:33
  blood.
• 1:10:35
  Do this
• 1:10:35
  as often
• 1:10:36
  as you
• 1:10:36
  drink it
• 1:10:37
  in remembrance
• 1:10:38
  of me.
• 1:10:40
  For as
• 1:10:40
  often as
• 1:10:41
  you eat
• 1:10:42
  this bread
• 1:10:42
  and drink
• 1:10:43
  the cup,
• 1:10:44
  you proclaim
• 1:10:45
  the Lord's
• 1:10:46
  death
• 1:10:46
  until
• 1:10:47
  He
• 1:10:48
  comes.
• 1:10:50
  Whoever
• 1:10:50
  therefore
• 1:10:51
  eats the
• 1:10:52
  bread or
• 1:10:52
  drinks the
• 1:10:53
  cup of
• 1:10:53
  the Lord
• 1:10:53
  in an
• 1:10:54
  unworthy
• 1:10:54
  manner
• 1:10:55
  will be
• 1:10:56
  guilty
• 1:10:56
  concerning
• 1:10:57
  the body
• 1:10:57
  and blood
• 1:10:58
  of the
• 1:10:58
  Lord.
• 1:10:59
  Let a
• 1:11:00
  person
• 1:11:00
  examine
• 1:11:01
  himself
• 1:11:01
  then
• 1:11:02
  and so
• 1:11:03
  eat of
• 1:11:04
  the bread
• 1:11:05
  and drink
• 1:11:06
  of the
• 1:11:07
  cup.
• 1:11:08
  For
• 1:11:08
  anyone
• 1:11:08
  who eats
• 1:11:10
  and drinks
• 1:11:11
  without
• 1:11:11
  discerning
• 1:11:12
  the body
• 1:11:13
  eats
• 1:11:14
  and drinks
• 1:11:15
  judgment
• 1:11:16
  on
• 1:11:17
  himself.
• 1:11:19
  We're
• 1:11:20
  going to
• 1:11:20
  now follow
• 1:11:20
  the example
• 1:11:21
  of our
• 1:11:21
  Lord and
• 1:11:22
  our Savior
• 1:11:22
  and we're
• 1:11:23
  going to
• 1:11:24
  give thanks.
• 1:11:24
  gracious
• 1:11:30
  and
• 1:11:30
  ever
• 1:11:31
  blessed
• 1:11:31
  God
• 1:11:32
  we
• 1:11:32
  praise
• 1:11:34
  you
• 1:11:34
  this
• 1:11:34
  day
• 1:11:35
  that you
• 1:11:37
  are food
• 1:11:37
  for our
• 1:11:38
  souls
• 1:11:38
  that you
• 1:11:40
  are the
• 1:11:41
  God
• 1:11:41
  who
• 1:11:42
  has died
• 1:11:43
  and
• 1:11:43
  given
• 1:11:44
  himself
• 1:11:45
  to us
• 1:11:46
  the
• 1:11:47
  God
• 1:11:48
  who
• 1:11:48
  tells
• 1:11:49
  us
• 1:11:49
  today
• 1:11:50
  come
• 1:11:51
  and
• 1:11:51
  eat
• 1:11:51
  come
• 1:11:53
  and
• 1:11:53
  eat
• 1:11:53
  and
• 1:11:53
  be
• 1:11:54
  strengthened
• 1:11:54
  by
• 1:11:55
  my
• 1:11:56
  promises
• 1:11:56
  come
• 1:11:58
  and
• 1:11:58
  eat
• 1:11:58
  and
• 1:11:58
  be
• 1:11:58
  strengthened
• 1:11:59
  by
• 1:12:00
  one
• 1:12:01
  another
• 1:12:02
  and
• 1:12:03
  oh
• 1:12:03
  Lord
• 1:12:03
  we
• 1:12:03
  pray
• 1:12:04
  that
• 1:12:04
  indeed
• 1:12:04
  this
• 1:12:05
  would
• 1:12:05
  be
• 1:12:05
  the
• 1:12:05
  case
• 1:12:06
  that
• 1:12:06
  your
• 1:12:06
  Holy
• 1:12:06
  Spirit
• 1:12:07
  would
• 1:12:07
  be
• 1:12:07
  with
• 1:12:08
  us
• 1:12:08
  as
• 1:12:09
  once
• 1:12:09
  more
• 1:12:10
  we
• 1:12:10
  remember
• 1:12:11
  your
• 1:12:11
  death
• 1:12:12
  until
• 1:12:13
  you
• 1:12:14
  come
• 1:12:14
  again
• 1:12:15
  and
• 1:12:15
  how
• 1:12:15
  we
• 1:12:15
  praise
• 1:12:16
  you
• 1:12:16
  Lord
• 1:12:17
  that
• 1:12:17
  this
• 1:12:17
  is
• 1:12:18
  but
• 1:12:18
  a
• 1:12:18
  temporary
• 1:12:18
  arrangement
• 1:12:19
  that
• 1:12:20
  we
• 1:12:20
  have
• 1:12:21
  to
• 1:12:21
  look
• 1:12:21
  forward
• 1:12:21
  to
• 1:12:22
  that
• 1:12:22
  great
• 1:12:22
  marriage
• 1:12:23
  supper
• 1:12:23
  of
• 1:12:24
  the
• 1:12:24
  Lamb
• 1:12:24
  where
• 1:12:25
  we
• 1:12:25
  will
• 1:12:25
  never
• 1:12:25
  rise
• 1:12:26
  again
• 1:12:27
  in
• 1:12:27
  eternal
• 1:12:28
  unbroken
• 1:12:29
  fellowship
• 1:12:30
  with
• 1:12:31
  the
• 1:12:31
  King
• 1:12:31
  and
• 1:12:32
  with
• 1:12:33
  one
• 1:12:34
  another
• 1:12:34
  lead us
• 1:12:35
  now we
• 1:12:36
  pray
• 1:12:36
  and forgive
• 1:12:36
  us for
• 1:12:37
  Jesus
• 1:12:37
  Amen
• 1:12:38
  the night
• 1:12:42
  when the
• 1:12:43
  Lord
• 1:12:43
  Jesus
• 1:12:44
  was
• 1:12:45
  betrayed
• 1:12:45
  he took
• 1:12:46
  bread
• 1:12:46
  and when
• 1:12:48
  he had
• 1:12:48
  given
• 1:12:49
  thanks
• 1:12:50
  he broke
• 1:12:51
  it
• 1:12:51
  and he
• 1:12:52
  said
• 1:12:52
  this
• 1:12:52
  is
• 1:12:53
  my
• 1:12:54
  body
• 1:12:54
  which
• 1:12:55
  is
• 1:12:55
  for
• 1:12:56
  you
• 1:12:56
  do
• 1:12:57
  this
• 1:12:57
  in
• 1:12:58
  remembrance
• 1:12:59
  of
• 1:13:00
  me
• 1:13:01
  in the
• 1:13:02
  same
• 1:13:02
  way
• 1:13:03
  he also
• 1:13:03
  took
• 1:13:03
  the cup
• 1:13:04
  after
• 1:13:04
  supper
• 1:13:05
  saying
• 1:13:05
  this
• 1:13:05
  cup
• 1:13:06
  is a
• 1:13:07
  new
• 1:13:07
  covenant
• 1:13:07
  in
• 1:13:08
  my
• 1:13:08
  blood
• 1:13:09
  do
• 1:13:09
  this
• 1:13:10
  as
• 1:13:10
  often
• 1:13:11
  as
• 1:13:11
  you
• 1:13:11
  drink
• 1:13:12
  it
• 1:13:12
  in
• 1:13:12
  remembrance
• 1:13:13
  of
• 1:13:13
  me
• 1:13:14
  for
• 1:13:14
  as
• 1:13:14
  often
• 1:13:14
  as
• 1:13:15
  you
• 1:13:15
  eat
• 1:13:15
  this
• 1:13:16
  bread
• 1:13:16
  and
• 1:13:17
  drink
• 1:13:17
  this
• 1:13:17
  cup
• 1:13:18
  you
• 1:13:19
  proclaim
• 1:13:19
  the
• 1:13:20
  Lord's
• 1:13:20
  death
• 1:13:21
  until
• 1:13:22
  he
• 1:13:23
  comes
• 1:13:23
  again
• 1:13:24
  this
• 1:13:30
  is
• 1:13:31
  but a
• 1:13:32
  temporary
• 1:13:32
  arrangement
• 1:13:33
  and so
• 1:13:34
  it is
• 1:13:34
  there will
• 1:13:36
  be a
• 1:13:36
  day when
• 1:13:37
  we will
• 1:13:38
  not need
• 1:13:39
  to remember
• 1:13:40
  the death
• 1:13:41
  of the
• 1:13:41
  Lord
• 1:13:41
  when we
• 1:13:42
  come
• 1:13:42
  into the
• 1:13:43
  nearest
• 1:13:44
  of his
• 1:13:46
  presence
• 1:13:46
  we
• 1:13:48
  will
• 1:13:48
  never
• 1:13:48
  ever
• 1:13:49
  forget
• 1:13:50
  but until
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  then we
• 1:13:53
  must rise
• 1:13:54
  we must
• 1:13:54
  go back
• 1:13:56
  out
• 1:13:56
  into the
• 1:13:56
  world
• 1:13:57
  we must
• 1:13:57
  carry on
• 1:13:59
  with the
• 1:13:59
  ordinary
• 1:13:59
  every day
• 1:14:01
  friends don't
• 1:14:03
  take heart
• 1:14:04
  don't lose
• 1:14:04
  heart
• 1:14:05
  rather
• 1:14:05
  because it's
• 1:14:07
  through that
• 1:14:08
  is it not
• 1:14:08
  that we don't
• 1:14:09
  go out
• 1:14:10
  on
• 1:14:11
  our
• 1:14:12
  own
• 1:14:12
  we've
• 1:14:13
  just
• 1:14:14
  professed
• 1:14:14
  that
• 1:14:14
  he is
• 1:14:15
  ours
• 1:14:16
  and we
• 1:14:17
  are
• 1:14:17
  his
• 1:14:18
  my
• 1:14:20
  counsel
• 1:14:21
  to
• 1:14:21
  yourself
• 1:14:22
  and to
• 1:14:22
  me
• 1:14:22
  with
• 1:14:23
  you
• 1:14:23
  is to
• 1:14:24
  make
• 1:14:24
  use
• 1:14:25
  of that
• 1:14:26
  profession
• 1:14:27
  how do
• 1:14:28
  we do
• 1:14:28
  that
• 1:14:28
  well again
• 1:14:29
  the clues
• 1:14:30
  in the
• 1:14:30
  chapter
• 1:14:30
  that we
• 1:14:31
  read
• 1:14:31
  Hebrews
• 1:14:32
  10
• 1:14:33
  let us
• 1:14:34
  hold
• 1:14:35
  fast
• 1:14:35
  the
• 1:14:36
  confession
• 1:14:37
  of
• 1:14:38
  our
• 1:14:38
  hope
• 1:14:39
  without
• 1:14:40
  wavering
• 1:14:41
  how do
• 1:14:42
  we do
• 1:14:42
  that
• 1:14:42
  let us
• 1:14:43
  hold fast
• 1:14:44
  the confession
• 1:14:45
  of our
• 1:14:45
  hope
• 1:14:45
  without
• 1:14:46
  wavering
• 1:14:47
  these are
• 1:14:47
  the following
• 1:14:48
  verses
• 1:14:48
  in Hebrew
• 1:14:49
  for he
• 1:14:50
  who
• 1:14:51
  promised
• 1:14:51
  is
• 1:14:53
  faithful
• 1:14:55
  he's always
• 1:14:56
  faithful to
• 1:14:57
  his promises
• 1:14:58
  no matter
• 1:14:58
  what tomorrow
• 1:14:59
  throws in
• 1:15:00
  our path
• 1:15:01
  he is
• 1:15:02
  faithful
• 1:15:03
  come
• 1:15:04
  unto me
• 1:15:05
  all you
• 1:15:06
  who labor
• 1:15:07
  and are
• 1:15:08
  heavy laden
• 1:15:09
  and I
• 1:15:09
  will
• 1:15:10
  not I
• 1:15:11
  might
• 1:15:11
  I
• 1:15:12
  will
• 1:15:13
  give
• 1:15:14
  you
• 1:15:15
  rest
• 1:15:17
  that's
• 1:15:17
  how we
• 1:15:18
  hold fast
• 1:15:19
  out
• 1:15:19
  confession
• 1:15:20
  without
• 1:15:21
  wavering
• 1:15:23
  that's
• 1:15:23
  what faith
• 1:15:24
  is
• 1:15:25
  friends
• 1:15:25
  laying
• 1:15:27
  hold
• 1:15:27
  of the
• 1:15:29
  impossible
• 1:15:29
  trusting
• 1:15:31
  that it
• 1:15:33
  can be
• 1:15:33
  made
• 1:15:33
  possible
• 1:15:34
  because
• 1:15:35
  God in
• 1:15:36
  Christ
• 1:15:37
  has made
• 1:15:38
  the way
• 1:15:39
  possible
• 1:15:39
  that
• 1:15:40
  new
• 1:15:41
  and that
• 1:15:42
  living
• 1:15:43
  way
• 1:15:44
  that he's
• 1:15:45
  with us
• 1:15:45
  every
• 1:15:46
  single
• 1:15:47
  step
• 1:15:47
  but before
• 1:15:48
  we leave
• 1:15:49
  today let's
• 1:15:49
  just remember
• 1:15:50
  one thing
• 1:15:51
  yes we need
• 1:15:53
  the Lord
• 1:15:53
  as we go
• 1:15:54
  out into
• 1:15:55
  the world
• 1:15:55
  as it were
• 1:15:57
  this is perhaps
• 1:15:58
  something that
• 1:15:59
  we're inclined
• 1:16:00
  to forget
• 1:16:01
  we also
• 1:16:03
  need
• 1:16:03
  each other
• 1:16:05
  who are you at
• 1:16:07
  the table with
• 1:16:08
  today are you on
• 1:16:08
  your own
• 1:16:09
  no you're not
• 1:16:11
  you're with your
• 1:16:13
  brothers your
• 1:16:14
  sisters in the
• 1:16:15
  Lord you're with
• 1:16:16
  your family
• 1:16:18
  you have all been
• 1:16:20
  bought and me
• 1:16:21
  with you by the
• 1:16:22
  precious blood
• 1:16:23
  of Christ you
• 1:16:24
  are all
• 1:16:25
  one
• 1:16:26
  in
• 1:16:27
  Christ
• 1:16:28
  so let's
• 1:16:29
  make use
• 1:16:30
  of one
• 1:16:30
  another
• 1:16:31
  the writer
• 1:16:32
  of the
• 1:16:32
  Hebrews
• 1:16:33
  goes on
• 1:16:33
  to suggest
• 1:16:35
  this himself
• 1:16:36
  in verse
• 1:16:36
  23
• 1:16:38
  let us hold
• 1:16:39
  fast the
• 1:16:40
  confession of
• 1:16:40
  our hope
• 1:16:41
  we read
• 1:16:41
  without wavering
• 1:16:43
  for he who
• 1:16:44
  promised
• 1:16:44
  is faithful
• 1:16:46
  and let
• 1:16:47
  us consider
• 1:16:48
  how to
• 1:16:49
  stir up
• 1:16:50
  one another
• 1:16:51
  to love
• 1:16:52
  and good
• 1:16:53
  works
• 1:16:54
  not break
• 1:16:54
  one another
• 1:16:55
  not tear
• 1:16:56
  one another
• 1:16:56
  down
• 1:16:57
  to stir up
• 1:16:58
  one another
• 1:16:58
  to love
• 1:16:59
  and good
• 1:17:00
  works
• 1:17:01
  not neglecting
• 1:17:02
  to meet
• 1:17:02
  together
• 1:17:03
  that's important
• 1:17:04
  we don't come
• 1:17:05
  to church
• 1:17:06
  just out of
• 1:17:06
  form or
• 1:17:07
  ritual
• 1:17:07
  we come to
• 1:17:08
  church because
• 1:17:09
  it's good
• 1:17:09
  it's good
• 1:17:10
  for us
• 1:17:11
  to meet
• 1:17:12
  with our
• 1:17:12
  saviour
• 1:17:13
  but also
• 1:17:14
  with
• 1:17:14
  our
• 1:17:15
  family
• 1:17:16
  don't neglect
• 1:17:18
  to meet
• 1:17:18
  together
• 1:17:19
  as is the
• 1:17:19
  habit of
• 1:17:20
  some
• 1:17:20
  but encouraging
• 1:17:22
  one another
• 1:17:23
  and all
• 1:17:24
  the more
• 1:17:25
  as you
• 1:17:26
  see
• 1:17:27
  the day
• 1:17:28
  drawing
• 1:17:29
  near
• 1:17:30
  so dear
• 1:17:31
  friends
• 1:17:32
  our
• 1:17:32
  profession
• 1:17:33
  is not
• 1:17:33
  purely
• 1:17:34
  by sitting
• 1:17:35
  with one
• 1:17:36
  another
• 1:17:36
  at the
• 1:17:37
  Lord's
• 1:17:37
  table
• 1:17:37
  but by
• 1:17:39
  being there
• 1:17:39
  for one
• 1:17:40
  another
• 1:17:41
  life is
• 1:17:42
  hard
• 1:17:42
  the Christian
• 1:17:43
  life is
• 1:17:44
  especially
• 1:17:44
  hard
• 1:17:45
  let's look
• 1:17:46
  out for
• 1:17:47
  one another
• 1:17:47
  between now
• 1:17:48
  and the
• 1:17:48
  next
• 1:17:48
  communion
• 1:17:49
  let's let
• 1:17:50
  this not be
• 1:17:51
  the only
• 1:17:52
  time when
• 1:17:52
  we're
• 1:17:53
  together
• 1:17:53
  let's
• 1:17:55
  seek to
• 1:17:55
  build up
• 1:17:57
  one another
• 1:17:58
  when the
• 1:17:59
  opportunity
• 1:17:59
  arises
• 1:18:01
  why
• 1:18:01
  because we
• 1:18:02
  need each
• 1:18:02
  other
• 1:18:03
  we identify
• 1:18:04
  with one
• 1:18:05
  another
• 1:18:05
  as we
• 1:18:06
  walk in
• 1:18:07
  this
• 1:18:07
  wilderness
• 1:18:08
  until
• 1:18:09
  and he
• 1:18:09
  will
• 1:18:10
  until
• 1:18:11
  he comes
• 1:18:12
  again
• 1:18:13
  amen
• 1:18:15
  we're
• 1:18:18
  going to
• 1:18:18
  close
• 1:18:18
  singing
• 1:18:19
  to God's
• 1:18:20
  praise
• 1:18:20
  from
• 1:18:22
  psalm
• 1:18:22
  72
• 1:18:23
  familiar
• 1:18:25
  words
• 1:18:25
  from the
• 1:18:25
  Scottish
• 1:18:26
  Psalter
• 1:18:26
  on page
• 1:18:27
  314
• 1:18:27
  his name
• 1:18:29
  forever
• 1:18:30
  shall
• 1:18:30
  endure
• 1:18:31
  last
• 1:18:31
  like
• 1:18:32
  the
• 1:18:32
  sun
• 1:18:33
  it
• 1:18:33
  shall
• 1:18:33
  men
• 1:18:34
  shall
• 1:18:34
  be
• 1:18:35
  blessed
• 1:18:35
  in
• 1:18:35
  him
• 1:18:36
  and
• 1:18:36
  blessed
• 1:18:36
  all
• 1:18:37
  nations
• 1:18:38
  shall
• 1:18:39
  him
• 1:18:39
  call
• 1:18:39
  standing
• 1:18:40
  to sing
• 1:18:40
  to the
• 1:18:41
  end
• 1:18:41
  of
• 1:18:42
  psalm
• 1:18:43
  and to
• 1:18:43
  the
• 1:18:43
  praise
• 1:18:43
  of
• 1:18:44
  God
• 1:18:44
  his name
• 1:18:50
  forever
• 1:18:51
  shall
• 1:18:53
  endure
• 1:18:55
  thus
• 1:18:57
  like
• 1:18:58
  the
• 1:18:59
  sun
• 1:19:00
  it
• 1:19:01
  shall
• 1:19:02
  it
• 1:19:04
  shall
• 1:19:05
  be
• 1:19:06
  blessed
• 1:19:07
  in
• 1:19:08
  the
• 1:19:09
  blessed
• 1:19:11
  all
• 1:19:12
  nations
• 1:19:13
  shine
• 1:19:14
  shine
• 1:19:15
  for
• 1:19:16
  thy
• 1:19:18
  blessed
• 1:19:21
  be
• 1:19:22
  the
• 1:19:23
  Lord
• 1:19:24
  and God
• 1:19:26
  and God
• 1:19:27
  of Israel
• 1:19:32
  shall
• 1:19:34
  for
• 1:19:35
  for
• 1:19:36
  he
• 1:19:36
  the
• 1:19:37
  Lord
• 1:19:38
  the
• 1:19:39
  wondrous
• 1:19:41
  world
• 1:19:43
  in
• 1:19:44
  glory
• 1:19:45
  of
• 1:19:46
  their
• 1:19:47
  and
• 1:19:48
  blessed
• 1:19:49
  and
• 1:19:50
  blessed
• 1:19:53
  be
• 1:19:55
  his
• 1:19:56
  glorious
• 1:19:58
  name
• 1:19:59
  to
• 1:20:01
  to
• 1:20:01
  all
• 1:20:02
  to
• 1:20:03
  all
• 1:20:04
  eternity
• 1:20:05
  the
• 1:20:08
  whole
• 1:20:09
  earth
• 1:20:10
  is
• 1:20:12
  glorified
• 1:20:13
  and
• 1:20:14
  his
• 1:20:15
  glory
• 1:20:16
  fill
• 1:20:17
  a
• 1:20:18
  man
• 1:20:18
  so
• 1:20:19
  let
• 1:20:20
  it
• 1:20:21
  be
• 1:20:22
  may
• 1:20:25
  may
• 1:20:25
  the
• 1:20:25
  grace
• 1:20:26
  of
• 1:20:26
  the
• 1:20:26
  Lord
• 1:20:26
  Jesus
• 1:20:26
  Christ
• 1:20:27
  the
• 1:20:27
  love
• 1:20:27
  of
• 1:20:28
  God
• 1:20:28
  the
• 1:20:28
  Father
• 1:20:28
  and
• 1:20:29
  the
• 1:20:29
  communion
• 1:20:29
  of
• 1:20:30
  the
• 1:20:30
  Holy
• 1:20:30
  Spirit
• 1:20:31
  rest
• 1:20:31
  on
• 1:20:32
  and
• 1:20:32
  abide
• 1:20:32
  with
• 1:20:32
  you
• 1:20:33
  now
• 1:20:33
  and
• 1:20:34
  forever
• 1:20:34
  more
• 1:20:35
  amen
• 1:20:36
  you