Latest / Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons / Nuggets in Habakkuk Part 4 - O Lord Revive Your Work

Transcript

Nuggets in Habakkuk Part 4 - O Lord Revive Your Work · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

0:00
Well, we're going to begin our worship by singing to God's praise.
0:04
We're going to sing in Psalm 90, in the Scottish Psalter version, Psalm 90, page 350.
0:12
We're singing from verse 13 down to the end of the psalm.
0:19
Turn yet again to us, O Lord, how long thus shall it be?
0:23
Let it repent thee now for those that servants are to thee.
0:26
O with thy tender mercies, Lord, as early satisfy.
0:30
So we rejoice shall all our days and still be glad in thee.
0:34
We'll sing from verse 13 down to the end of the psalm.
0:37
To God's praise.
0:56
Let it repent thee now for those that servants are to thee.
1:14
O with thy tender mercies, Lord, as early satisfy.
1:31
So we rejoice shall all our days and still be glad in thee.
1:49
According to the days of the day, when we leave our heart,
2:08
And years when we leave our sin, So you have made us not.
2:25
O let thy word and fire appear, Thy servants face before,
2:42
And show unto their children here, Thy glory evermore.
3:00
And let thy beauty of the Lord, Our God, the earths of home,
3:18
Our heavenly holy world, Our holy world, Our holy world,
3:35
Our holy world, our holy world, Our holy world, our holy world,
3:40
Let's bow our heads in a word of prayer.
3:42
Let us pray.
3:42
Lord our gracious God as we come to you we thank you for the assurance that you will meet with us
3:52
as we seek to meet with you that as we come in your name as we come with praise on our lips as
4:00
we come with that desire to know you and to understand you more we pray that you will help
4:06
us oh Lord and we thank you for these words that we have sung together they remind us of what we
4:12
need even today that you would turn again towards us Lord that you would remember us that you would
4:18
revive your work in our midst and especially these words that we sung at the end of the psalm
4:25
that you would let the beauty of the Lord our God be us upon we pray that today as we worship you as
4:32
we praise your name that your beauty would be upon us that we would know your presence and your favor
4:38
with us we ask that for all of us together here from the youngest to the oldest we pray for all
4:44
our families and our loved ones as we commit them to you we pray oh Lord for our young people
4:50
thankful for this time of holiday now that they might enjoy a time of refreshment and rest both
4:57
the children and teachers from the Sunday school and the day school alike Lord that your beauty would
5:02
be upon each of them throughout these days keep them safe and watch over them and continue to bless
5:08
the young ones as they meet in the creche and the tweenies as well that we would know Lord your favor
5:14
upon them there as well so continue with us at this time bless us as we go on in your name
5:19
guide us and keep us and pardon all our sin as we ask it all in Jesus name and for his sake amen
5:27
but just a word to the young ones before someone will leave for the tweenies just thinking about
5:37
the holiday times just now it's always good to be on holiday and I'm sure some of you may be
5:42
traveling around different places over these coming weeks I'm sure many have already gone away from the
5:48
island traveling to holiday destinations in different parts and as you travel around maybe you're traveling on
5:56
the roads and you're traveling to different places maybe you're traveling from Ullapool to Inverness
6:02
or perhaps you're going further than that you're traveling down the A9 maybe heading towards Glasgow or
6:09
Edinburgh or maybe even if you're lucky enough you're making your way over to the sunny side of the island
6:14
to the west side to Shawbust to enjoy the sunshine over there on the roads you'll often find something that
6:22
can be frustrating and something that can be quite annoying and that is roadworks everywhere you travel
6:31
doesn't matter what time of year you seem to come across roadworks and you start to think to yourself
6:36
well surely they finished the A9 by now surely they've fixed all the potholes between Ullapool and
6:42
Inverness surely they've tired all these spots that we're breaking up but it's always ongoing there's
6:50
always works going on and it can be frustrating for us but it's a reminder to us that roads always need
7:00
repairing there's always work to be done and in the bible that we're going to look at this morning
7:08
together in the church we're going to be looking at a book called Habakkuk we've been looking at this
7:12
book a few times now and we're looking at a verse that speaks of the work of the Lord and it speaks in
7:21
a way that's a bit like roadworks it's always ongoing and there might be times when we think surely
7:28
God's work is done surely God's repair work in us is done but it's never done because we live in a
7:38
broken world and we know in our own hearts that we always do the wrong things or say the wrong things
7:44
so God is always having to do a work in us
7:48
and like that we just have to be patient in it we have to be patient when we're stuck in roadworks on the
7:56
road but we have to be patient with God as well whether we're looking at the work he's doing around us
8:02
or the work he's doing in ourselves we need to be patient with him remember that as he is working
8:09
he is doing a good work in our midst and our prayer is that just as we sang there together
8:16
that we think of holiday times as a time when we enjoy rest and refreshment in the midst of every
8:24
part of our busy lives that today we would think too of the work that God is doing to give us rest
8:31
in him that he would do his work and that we would know the beauty of the Lord as the psalmist said there
8:38
the beauty of the Lord our God to be us upon so remember that over these holiday times wherever you go
8:47
whatever you do that the beauty of the Lord would be upon you that he would do his work in us and
8:55
around us to know that beauty and to establish it and may the Lord bless these thoughts to us we're
9:02
going to say the Lord's prayer together now our father which art in heaven hallowed be thy name
9:11
thy kingdom come thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven give us this day our daily bread
9:18
and forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from
9:27
evil for thine is the kingdom the power and the glory forever amen
9:33
we're going to sing again to God's praise in psalm 61 again this is in the Scottish Psalter version page 293
9:45
psalm 61 we'll sing from verse 1 down to verse 5
9:52
oh God give ear unto my cry unto my prayer attend from the utmost corner of the land my cry to thee I'll send
10:01
what time my heart is overwhelmed and in perplexity do thou me lead unto the rock that higher is than I
10:09
we'll sing from verse 1 to verse 5 to God's praise
10:13
oh God give ear unto my cry unto my prayer
10:31
what time my heart is overwhelmed and in perplexity do thou me lead unto the rock that higher is the
11:01
what time my heart is bound unto the rock that higher is the night for thou me lead unto the rock that higher is the night
11:11
unto the Lord,
11:16
the higher is the night.
11:24
For Thou hast borne my remedy,
11:32
a shelter by Thy blood.
11:41
And for defense against Thy foes,
11:51
the lasting last of time.
11:58
Within Thy tower I lie
12:07
forever in the light.
12:15
And under cover of Thy wings,
12:23
with confidence behind.
12:32
For Thou, the Lord,
12:36
the Lord,
12:37
the Lord,
12:38
the Lord,
12:39
the Lord,
12:41
the Lord,
12:43
my God,
12:45
this year,
12:47
Thou hast given me the heritage
12:56
of those Thy name that fear.
13:04
Well, let's turn to read God's Word together now.
13:13
We're reading in the book of Habakkuk.
13:15
I'm reading in chapter 2,
13:17
taking up our reading at verse 18.
13:20
You'll find this around page 950 in the Bibles.
13:26
Habakkuk chapter 2 at verse 18,
13:28
and we read into chapter 3 down to verse 10.
13:31
What prophet is an idol when its maker has shaped it,
13:43
a metal image,
13:44
a teacher of lies?
13:46
For its maker trusts in his own creation
13:49
when he makes speechless idols.
13:53
Woe to him who says to a wooden thing,
13:56
awake,
13:57
to a silent stone,
13:59
arise.
14:00
Can this teach?
14:02
Behold,
14:03
it is overlaid with gold and silver,
14:06
and there is no breath at all in it.
14:09
But the Lord is in his holy temple.
14:12
Let all the earth keep silence before him.
14:17
A prayer of Habakkuk,
14:18
the prophet according to Shigonoth.
14:21
O Lord,
14:22
I have heard the report of you,
14:24
and your work,
14:26
O Lord,
14:27
do I fear.
14:28
In the midst of the years,
14:30
revive it.
14:31
In the midst of the years,
14:33
make it known.
14:34
In wrath,
14:35
remember mercy.
14:37
God came from Taman,
14:39
and the Holy One from Mount Paran.
14:42
His splendor covered the heavens,
14:44
and the earth was full of his praise.
14:47
His brightness was like the light.
14:50
Rays flashed from his hand,
14:52
and there he veiled his power.
14:55
Before him went pestilence,
14:57
and plague followed at his heels.
15:00
He stood and measured the earth.
15:02
He looked and shook the nations.
15:05
Then the eternal mountains were scattered.
15:08
The everlasting hills sank low.
15:11
His were the everlasting ways.
15:14
I saw the tents of Cushion in affliction.
15:17
The curtains of the land of Midian did tremble.
15:20
Was your wrath against the rivers,
15:23
O Lord?
15:23
Was your anger against the rivers?
15:26
Or your indignation against the sea
15:28
when you rode on your horses,
15:31
on your chariot of salvation?
15:33
You stripped the sheath from your bow,
15:36
calling for many arrows.
15:38
You split the earth with rivers.
15:41
The mountains saw you and writhed.
15:43
The raging waters swept on.
15:47
The deep gave forth its voice.
15:49
It lifted its hands on high.
15:53
And so on.
15:54
And may God bless that reading from his word.
15:57
We'll again come to God in prayer.
15:59
Let us pray.
15:59
O Lord, our God, as we worship you,
16:06
we thank you that you remind us
16:08
that we are to come with boldness before you,
16:12
but yet humbly before you.
16:15
That we are to come before you
16:17
and lay all things in our prayers at your feet.
16:22
And yet we are to come with that right fear of the Lord.
16:26
And this passage reminds us of both of these elements
16:30
of our worship,
16:31
of how we can approach you as a God
16:34
who is able to do so much for us.
16:37
And yet it reminds us too of our own weakness
16:39
and our own frailties before you as a holy God.
16:44
But we thank you that you are a God of mercy
16:47
and that you remember us by mercy.
16:50
And even as we look at this passage today, O Lord,
16:53
we think of what our lives deserve,
16:57
what this world deserves,
16:58
what our sin deserves.
17:02
And yet we have this great cry of Habakkuk in wrath.
17:05
Remember mercy.
17:07
And that is our prayer today, O Lord,
17:09
for our nations,
17:11
for our world in these days.
17:13
That you would, although we deserve,
17:15
your wrath and indignation poured out upon us.
17:18
That in wrath, O Lord,
17:20
you might remember mercy.
17:22
And we thank you for the mercy that you have shown to us
17:25
and deserving as we are.
17:27
We thank you for the mercy we receive on a daily basis.
17:32
The mercies of your faithfulness new every morning.
17:36
Your mercies new every morning.
17:38
And we pray, Lord,
17:39
that we will come with thankfulness in our hearts.
17:42
Thankfulness that you do indeed remember us,
17:45
that you have not forgotten us,
17:47
but that you, O Lord,
17:49
are with us and with us each day
17:50
and each moment of each day.
17:53
We pray to know your strength
17:55
and your blessing with us.
17:56
We pray to know it even as you go on in this week
17:59
for all that lies ahead of us.
18:02
We pray, Lord,
18:02
that you will remember us in all our needs,
18:05
remember us as a people,
18:07
remember us in our homes
18:08
and in our families
18:09
and in our communities.
18:10
And far and wide, O Lord,
18:13
in all the needs of our land
18:14
and in the needs of the world,
18:17
O Lord,
18:17
that you would show us your goodness and mercy.
18:20
And we know, O Lord,
18:21
there can be so many things going on in our lives
18:24
that leave us feeling overwhelmed.
18:26
But yet we look to you, O Lord.
18:28
We look to you as the one who has the fuller picture,
18:32
the one who is the alpha and the omega,
18:35
the beginning and the end,
18:36
the one who has made all things well
18:39
and who has planned our very lives to every detail,
18:43
the one who is appointed each day and each moment,
18:47
the one who knows our every thought, word and deed.
18:51
And Lord, we come looking to you to guide us
18:55
and to help us.
18:56
As we think of families at this time
18:59
where there is grief and sorrow,
19:02
people are going through times of ill health,
19:04
people who are laid aside at home at this time.
19:08
Lord, we know the needs are many
19:09
and we just commit each one to you, O Lord.
19:13
Pray for your grace and your help,
19:14
your peace to be in the midst of all these things.
19:18
And we think of our land, our nation at this time
19:21
on a week that we will see a general election taking place.
19:27
O Lord, we pray for you to guide.
19:30
We pray for you to help.
19:31
We pray for you to give us spirit of the fear of the Lord
19:35
in our midst in these days,
19:37
that you would indeed in wrath remember mercy.
19:40
And Lord, be merciful to all who go into this week ahead
19:46
seeking to represent a people.
19:49
May you bring people forward who would be used by you
19:52
for your glory.
19:54
Do not just to represent a people,
19:57
but to represent you.
19:58
That your name would be praised.
20:00
That your name would be lifted up
20:02
even in our parliament buildings.
20:04
That in times when we have seen
20:06
so much ridicule and dishonor towards you,
20:10
we pray, O Lord, that you would turn that tide
20:13
and bring us to worship you,
20:15
to fear you,
20:16
and to praise your name.
20:18
We pray that for our world as well
20:20
and so much that's going on
20:22
with conflicts and fear and terror
20:25
all around us in so many ways.
20:26
And we pray, Lord,
20:28
that you would come in your power,
20:30
that you would revive your work in our midst,
20:33
that you would remember and make it known,
20:36
that your word would go out with power
20:37
to all ends of the earth.
20:39
That it would be that reviving word,
20:42
that word that gives life,
20:43
that brings people from darkness
20:45
into your wonderful light,
20:47
that brings them to know the power of Jesus,
20:50
the salvation that he offers,
20:52
the joy that he brings.
20:54
We pray, O Lord,
20:55
that you will hear our prayers
20:57
in all of these things.
21:00
And we give you thanks, O Lord,
21:01
for the ministry of your word.
21:03
We give you thanks for all that goes on
21:05
over these days.
21:07
We pray for the free church camps
21:10
as they have started already,
21:12
that your blessing will be upon all the children
21:14
and leaders and all involved
21:16
in the travel arrangements
21:17
and running the camps.
21:19
Lord, we ask that your spirit will be upon them,
21:22
that the beauty of the Lord would be upon them,
21:25
that we would see and hear
21:26
of days of your power in our midst.
21:29
We pray, O Lord,
21:30
that you would bless all that is done in your name.
21:33
We pray for our own holiday club
21:35
as continued preparation is made.
21:37
We pray again that your blessing would be upon it,
21:41
that you would see your hand upon us for good
21:43
in all of these things.
21:44
We pray for the busyness of summer,
21:47
although it's a time of holiday.
21:49
We thank you, too,
21:50
that the work of the gospel goes on
21:52
in so many different ways.
21:54
We thank you for the Fridays at the Free
21:56
and pray for these meetings going forward,
21:59
that we would see your hand upon us for good in that.
22:04
We thank you, too,
22:05
for the breakfast planned for later on in July
22:08
on the Sunday morning.
22:10
We thank you for all who have made preparation
22:12
already for it.
22:13
And we pray for willing volunteers to be involved
22:16
and to bless that work as well.
22:19
I think, too, are the open days for the cruise ships.
22:22
And thank you for the many people
22:24
who have already come through these doors
22:25
and pray for others who will come around our church
22:29
and meet with people here,
22:31
that they would come to meet with the living God,
22:34
that they would come to desire
22:36
and to know more of who this man Jesus is,
22:40
that they would hear of the salvation
22:42
that is offered in him.
22:44
And so we thank you, Lord,
22:46
for all the ways in which you help us
22:48
and which you guide us.
22:49
And we again thank you for the ministry
22:52
that has been taking place here
22:54
over these last number of years,
22:56
and especially remember James and Donna.
22:58
It's the day officially marks that retirement day.
23:01
We thank you for Friday evening
23:03
and for the blessing that there was in it
23:05
under your word and in our fellowship together.
23:09
And we pray, O Lord,
23:10
that we will be encouraged, as we heard,
23:12
to look to you going forward,
23:15
all of us together,
23:16
as a congregation here
23:18
and as Donna and James and the family
23:20
settle into their new home,
23:22
that they would know the blessing
23:23
and the beauty of the Lord upon them.
23:25
And so, Lord,
23:26
we commit ourselves into your hands.
23:29
We pray, Lord,
23:30
your blessing on us
23:30
as we turn to your words,
23:32
we sing your praise,
23:34
that in all that we do,
23:35
we would know your glory
23:37
and your presence.
23:38
So pardon all our sins
23:39
as we ask all these things
23:41
in Jesus' name.
23:42
Amen.
23:46
Let us sing again
23:47
before we turn back
23:48
to our passage in Habakkuk.
23:49
We're going to sing in Psalm 85.
23:52
We'll sing Psalm's version,
23:54
page 113.
23:57
We'll sing from verse 1 to verse 7.
24:00
Psalm 85 at verse 1.
24:03
In times past, Lord,
24:05
you showed favor
24:06
to your own beloved land,
24:08
the prosperity of Jacob
24:09
you restored by your strong hand.
24:12
You forgave your people's trespass.
24:14
You were pleased their sins to hide.
24:16
You withdrew all your displeasure
24:18
from your wrath.
24:19
You turned aside.
24:22
We'll sing from verse 1 to 7
24:24
to God's praise.
24:25
Amen.
24:49
You restored by your strong hand.
24:55
You forgave your people's trespass.
25:01
You were pleased their sins to hide.
25:11
You went through all your displeasure.
25:18
From your wrath you turned aside.
25:24
God and Savior God and Savior for course studs.
25:35
Robe sec norv iT If thirteen lartesII 律 die àcost.
25:37
How they your age
25:41
Will you hang it burn
25:46
Against us
25:48
Will it last
25:51
From age to age
25:55
Will you not
25:59
Again revive us
26:03
That we may
26:06
Rejoice in you
26:09
Show us Lord
26:13
Your common mercy
26:16
Your salvation
26:20
And all you
26:24
Well we can turn back
26:31
to our reading in Habakkuk
26:33
We're going to be looking at
26:34
chapter 3 and verse 2
26:36
together this morning
26:38
There are times when we look
26:42
around and are blinded
26:44
to seeing things
26:45
especially to seeing things
26:47
from a bigger picture
26:48
or even an eternal perspective
26:50
because in front of our eyes
26:53
all that we're seeing
26:54
are challenges that seem to us
26:56
sometimes overwhelming
26:58
or sometimes they seem
26:59
like things that are unchangeable
27:01
that nothing can change
27:03
in what's going on around us
27:06
and we miss the potential
27:08
of what's around us
27:09
because our vision
27:11
is short-sighted
27:12
Here are these three examples
27:16
of a vision that didn't look
27:18
very far
27:19
In 1926
27:21
Lee Forrest invented
27:23
the cathode ray tube
27:25
What is used
27:27
or what used to be used
27:28
more commonly
27:29
in making televisions
27:30
For many years
27:32
that's the way
27:33
TV sets were made
27:34
and yet
27:34
at that time
27:36
in 1926
27:37
Lee Forrest said this
27:39
Theoretically
27:41
television may seem feasible
27:43
but I consider it
27:45
an impossibility
27:46
a development
27:48
which would waste
27:49
little time
27:52
dreaming about
27:53
It seemed like something
27:55
that was impossible
27:57
Well fast forward
27:58
a number of years later
27:59
and television is something
28:02
we know all around us
28:04
Another example
28:06
in 1943
28:07
Thomas J. Watson
28:09
was chairman
28:09
of the board of IBM
28:11
the computer manufacturers
28:12
and he said
28:13
I think there's a world market
28:15
for about five computers
28:17
You look around the world today
28:20
and there's billions
28:21
of computers
28:23
around the world
28:24
In 1962
28:26
a recording company
28:28
experts said
28:29
we don't think
28:30
the Beatles
28:31
will do anything
28:32
in their market
28:33
Guitar groups
28:34
are on the way out
28:36
How many years later
28:38
and the Beatles
28:39
are still a world
28:40
known brand
28:41
brand around the world
28:43
So you think of these
28:45
occasions
28:46
when vision
28:47
just looked
28:48
at the there
28:48
and then
28:49
instead of looking beyond
28:50
and looking to what
28:51
potential there was
28:53
that lay ahead
28:54
And we come
28:56
to look at Habakkuk
28:57
today
28:58
and we ask
28:58
well what kind of vision
28:59
did Habakkuk have
29:01
in his day
29:02
Was he short-sighted
29:04
and just looking
29:04
at the problems
29:06
and as we've seen
29:07
there was many problems
29:08
around both nationally
29:10
and internationally
29:11
there were problems
29:13
all around
29:14
in Habakkuk's day
29:15
but was he
29:16
short-sighted
29:17
or was he
29:19
looking up
29:20
and looking at things
29:22
eternally
29:24
and with a longer
29:25
vision
29:26
Yes he had
29:28
his questions
29:29
We've seen
29:30
that already
29:31
He has his questions
29:32
in verse 2
29:33
of the opening chapter
29:34
O Lord
29:35
how long
29:36
shall I cry for help
29:37
and you will not hear
29:38
There was this
29:39
wondering what was going on
29:41
but yet there was
29:42
this assurance
29:43
of knowing
29:44
where to come
29:45
We have seen already
29:47
the mysterious ways
29:49
in which God works
29:51
in verse 5
29:52
of chapter 1
29:53
We have seen
29:55
how God
29:56
tells his people
29:57
and Habakkuk
29:58
instructs his people
29:59
that they are to be
30:00
a people
30:00
who live
30:02
by faith
30:03
And then the last time
30:06
we were together
30:06
we were looking at
30:07
verse 14
30:09
of chapter 2
30:10
And there
30:12
they have these
30:12
wonderful words
30:14
of a vision
30:14
that looks way beyond
30:16
anything that's happening
30:17
in his day
30:18
but a day
30:18
when the earth
30:20
will be filled
30:20
with the knowledge
30:21
of the glory
30:22
of the Lord
30:22
as the waters
30:23
covers the sea
30:25
So Habakkuk
30:27
has this greater vision
30:29
of the potential
30:30
that there is
30:31
in looking
30:32
to God
30:33
in the darkness
30:34
of his day
30:35
he didn't see God
30:36
and think
30:37
he can't change this
30:39
he can't do anything
30:40
in this circumstance
30:42
He saw
30:44
a God
30:45
who can
30:46
change things
30:48
and that's the way
30:50
he came
30:51
to him
30:52
And so today
30:53
we come to another
30:54
of these nuggets
30:55
of gold
30:56
that we find
30:57
in this book
30:58
of Habakkuk
30:59
nuggets
31:00
that remind us
31:01
that God
31:02
is working
31:03
that God
31:05
is able
31:06
and so we're going
31:07
to look at
31:08
verse 2
31:08
of chapter 3
31:10
together today
31:11
and this is when
31:13
we come in
31:13
to Habakkuk's
31:14
prayer
31:15
as he approaches
31:17
God
31:18
in this wonderful
31:19
prayer
31:19
we're going to focus
31:20
on verse 2
31:21
today
31:21
and there it says
31:23
O Lord
31:24
I have heard
31:25
the report
31:26
of you
31:27
and your work
31:28
O Lord
31:30
do I fear
31:31
and your work
31:33
O Lord
31:33
do I fear
31:34
in the midst
31:36
of the years
31:36
revive it
31:37
in the midst
31:39
of the years
31:39
make it known
31:41
in wrath
31:42
remember
31:44
mercy
31:44
and you look
31:47
at the psalm
31:48
that we've just
31:48
sung together
31:50
there
31:50
Psalm 85
31:51
it's a psalm
31:54
that has so much
31:55
of what this
31:55
verse speaks
31:56
about
31:57
it speaks
31:58
about the anger
31:59
of God
32:00
his wrath
32:01
and yet the power
32:02
of God
32:03
to revive
32:04
and that is
32:05
what this verse
32:06
is all about
32:08
the way
32:09
the Lord
32:10
is able
32:10
to revive
32:11
his work
32:13
in the midst
32:14
of Habakkuk's
32:15
day
32:15
in the same
32:17
way that he
32:17
is able
32:17
to revive
32:18
his work
32:19
in the midst
32:20
of our day
32:21
and so there's
32:22
three things
32:23
I want us to
32:23
take from
32:24
verse 2
32:25
here
32:25
we're going
32:26
to look at
32:26
first of all
32:27
the blindness
32:28
that there was
32:29
and then the
32:31
boldness
32:32
that he had
32:33
and then the
32:34
blessing
32:34
that was
32:36
promised
32:36
so we're going
32:38
to begin
32:38
with the
32:39
blindness
32:40
you see
32:42
in Habakkuk's
32:43
day
32:43
there was
32:44
a problem
32:45
and it was
32:46
not a new
32:47
problem
32:47
and it's
32:49
not a problem
32:49
that has gone
32:50
away since
32:51
that day
32:52
it's a problem
32:53
that is still
32:54
all around
32:55
us
32:56
and what is
32:57
that problem
32:58
well it is
32:59
spiritual
33:00
blindness
33:02
the people
33:04
as we see
33:04
in Habakkuk's
33:05
day and even
33:05
as we think
33:06
of our own
33:06
day to day
33:07
are people
33:07
who have
33:08
lost sight
33:09
of God
33:11
and when we
33:12
lose sight
33:14
of God
33:15
this leads
33:15
us to
33:16
look elsewhere
33:17
and that's
33:18
what we see
33:19
at the end
33:19
of chapter 2
33:21
here in
33:21
Habakkuk
33:22
we see
33:22
the blindness
33:23
of the people
33:24
has led them
33:25
to look
33:26
elsewhere
33:27
and what we
33:28
read in
33:28
verse 18
33:29
there
33:30
what profit
33:31
is an idol
33:32
which its
33:33
maker
33:34
has shaped
33:35
what profit
33:38
is an idol
33:40
they are
33:41
looking
33:41
to something
33:42
that they
33:43
can make
33:44
something
33:44
they can
33:45
touch
33:45
something
33:47
that they
33:47
can see
33:48
whether it's
33:49
made of
33:49
metal
33:49
or wood
33:50
because their
33:52
eyes of
33:53
faith
33:53
have been
33:53
dimmed
33:54
their focus
33:56
on God
33:56
has gone
33:57
and they are
33:58
looking around
33:59
them in the
34:00
midst of the
34:00
Babylonian
34:01
armies
34:02
and they've
34:03
been devastated
34:04
by what's
34:04
happened
34:05
they've been
34:06
taken captive
34:07
and they're
34:08
looking around
34:09
and they're
34:09
saying God
34:10
is gone
34:10
God is not
34:13
with us
34:13
we need
34:14
something else
34:15
to put our
34:15
trust in
34:16
and they are
34:16
blinded to
34:17
God
34:18
and they fix
34:19
their eyes
34:19
now on
34:20
idols
34:21
idols
34:22
that cannot
34:24
help
34:25
and as
34:26
verse 19
34:27
there goes
34:28
on to say
34:28
woe to him
34:29
who says to
34:30
a wooden
34:30
thing awake
34:31
to a silent
34:33
stone arise
34:34
there's just
34:35
foolishness
34:36
there's this
34:36
blindness
34:37
in turning
34:38
to idols
34:39
God
34:41
seemed
34:42
far
34:43
away
34:44
God
34:44
seemed
34:45
to have
34:46
forgotten
34:46
all
34:47
about
34:48
them
34:48
and as
34:49
we saw
34:50
before
34:50
in verse
34:51
1
34:51
verse 2
34:53
of chapter
34:54
1
34:54
it was
34:55
something that
34:56
Habakkuk
34:56
himself
34:57
struggled
34:57
with
34:58
how long
34:58
shall I
34:58
cry for
34:59
help
34:59
and you
35:00
will not
35:01
hear
35:01
but Habakkuk
35:02
knew
35:03
where to
35:04
go
35:04
he knew
35:05
that idols
35:06
weren't
35:07
going to
35:07
help
35:08
his eyes
35:09
were still
35:09
open
35:10
to the
35:10
God
35:11
who was
35:11
there
35:12
for them
35:12
and we
35:14
were reminded
35:14
of this
35:15
on Friday
35:15
evening
35:16
as Kenny
35:16
I was
35:17
preaching
35:17
to us
35:18
from Joshua
35:19
that
35:20
as he spoke
35:21
of the
35:21
Ark of the
35:22
Covenant
35:22
going ahead
35:23
of the
35:24
people
35:24
it was
35:24
with a
35:25
purpose
35:25
that they
35:26
would
35:26
see ahead
35:27
of them
35:27
that God
35:28
was with
35:29
them
35:29
that their
35:29
focus
35:30
would be
35:31
on God
35:31
because
35:33
when we
35:33
just look
35:34
down
35:34
we don't
35:34
see him
35:35
and it's
35:37
the same
35:37
here
35:38
the people
35:39
aren't
35:39
looking
35:40
to God
35:41
they're
35:41
blind
35:41
to see
35:42
him
35:42
and so
35:43
they're
35:43
looking
35:43
to
35:44
themselves
35:44
to what
35:45
they can
35:45
make
35:46
and how
35:46
they can
35:47
help
35:48
themselves
35:48
but they
35:50
have been
35:50
blinded
35:51
we need
35:54
to keep
35:55
God
35:56
in view
35:57
and that's
35:59
what Habakkuk
35:59
is saying
36:00
to us
36:01
here
36:01
we need
36:02
to keep
36:03
God
36:03
in view
36:04
but we
36:04
need to
36:05
have a
36:05
vision
36:05
of what's
36:06
going on
36:06
around us
36:07
as well
36:08
because Habakkuk
36:10
he understood
36:11
what was
36:12
happening
36:12
around him
36:13
he saw
36:14
what was
36:15
happening
36:15
around him
36:16
and he saw
36:17
how the
36:17
people were
36:17
blinded
36:18
by the
36:19
gods
36:20
of this
36:20
world
36:21
he realised
36:22
the problem
36:23
it wasn't
36:24
just with
36:25
the people
36:25
but the
36:27
way this
36:28
world
36:28
blinds us
36:29
to God
36:30
and this
36:31
happens
36:32
in every
36:33
generation
36:34
when we
36:36
start to
36:36
forget about
36:37
God
36:38
we look
36:38
elsewhere
36:39
and so
36:40
as we
36:41
know God
36:42
ourselves
36:42
we have to
36:43
ask ourselves
36:44
the question
36:44
do we
36:45
understand
36:46
the people
36:47
around us
36:47
do we
36:48
understand
36:48
the situation
36:50
that is
36:50
all around
36:51
us
36:51
do we
36:53
just look
36:53
and condemn
36:54
without
36:56
thinking
36:56
do we
36:58
look
36:58
and judge
36:59
without
37:00
realising
37:00
the problem
37:01
is not
37:02
just with
37:02
the people
37:03
but the
37:04
problem
37:05
is more
37:06
powerful
37:06
than that
37:07
the problem
37:08
is sin
37:08
and the
37:09
evil one
37:10
who works
37:10
in this
37:11
world
37:11
and the
37:12
blindness
37:12
that sin
37:13
brings
37:14
and Habakkuk
37:16
as he looked
37:17
around could
37:18
see the
37:19
blindness
37:19
of the
37:20
people
37:20
he was
37:21
seeing
37:22
these idols
37:23
all around
37:24
them
37:24
and seeing
37:24
that they
37:25
had lost
37:25
their focus
37:26
on God
37:27
they had
37:28
lost their
37:28
focus
37:29
on looking
37:29
eternally
37:30
into eternal
37:31
matters
37:32
and he
37:33
understood
37:34
what was
37:35
needed
37:35
and there
37:37
is blindness
37:38
all around
37:39
us
37:39
and do we
37:41
understand
37:41
what is
37:42
needed
37:43
among our
37:44
people around
37:45
us
37:45
do we
37:45
understand
37:46
the needs
37:47
of the
37:47
people around
37:48
us
37:48
do we
37:48
understand
37:49
how sin
37:49
blinds a
37:51
people from
37:51
seeing
37:52
God
37:53
Habakkuk
37:55
did
37:55
and you
37:56
look
37:56
elsewhere
37:56
in
37:57
scripture
37:57
you find
37:58
someone like
37:59
Paul
37:59
who understood
38:00
that as
38:01
well
38:02
because he
38:02
looked around
38:03
him and saw
38:04
the way the
38:05
people lived
38:05
the way they
38:06
conducted
38:07
themselves
38:07
for example
38:09
when he was
38:10
in Corinth
38:10
as he spoke
38:12
to them
38:12
there
38:12
it says
38:13
in 2
38:13
Corinthians
38:14
4
38:14
in their
38:15
case
38:16
the God
38:16
of this
38:17
world
38:17
has blinded
38:18
the minds
38:19
of the
38:19
unbelievers
38:20
to keep
38:21
them from
38:21
seeing the
38:22
light of
38:22
the gospel
38:23
of the
38:23
glory of
38:24
Christ
38:24
who is
38:25
the image
38:25
of God
38:26
the God
38:28
of this
38:28
world
38:29
has blinded
38:30
the minds
38:31
of unbelievers
38:32
there is a
38:33
blindness in
38:34
this world
38:35
to this day
38:36
that is not
38:37
just from the
38:38
people we see
38:38
around us
38:39
the ones we
38:39
can so easily
38:40
judge
38:41
but the
38:42
blindness
38:43
that comes
38:44
from the
38:44
God of
38:45
this world
38:46
and he's
38:47
talking there
38:47
about Satan
38:48
the devil
38:49
who is
38:50
active
38:51
actively
38:52
blinding
38:53
people
38:53
from seeing
38:54
the glory
38:55
the gospel
38:56
of the glory
38:57
of Christ
38:58
and so
39:01
there is
39:01
blindness
39:02
all around
39:03
us
39:04
and this
39:05
understanding
39:06
that Habakkuk
39:07
has
39:07
this understanding
39:09
that Paul
39:10
has
39:10
this understanding
39:11
that we should
39:12
begin to see
39:13
more and more
39:13
of
39:14
should
39:15
then shape
39:16
our lives
39:17
and how
39:17
we live
39:18
and how
39:19
we pray
39:20
and how
39:20
we witness
39:21
and in
39:22
everything
39:22
that we
39:23
do
39:23
understanding
39:25
what is
39:26
going on
39:26
around us
39:27
is so
39:27
important
39:28
to that
39:30
and so
39:31
as you
39:32
come into
39:32
verse 2
39:33
in the
39:34
beginning
39:34
of verse
39:35
2
39:35
Habakkuk
39:36
says there
39:37
O Lord
39:38
I have
39:38
heard
39:39
the report
39:40
of you
39:40
and your
39:41
work
39:42
O Lord
39:43
do I
39:44
fear
39:44
now the
39:46
work of
39:46
the Lord
39:47
as we
39:48
have seen
39:48
before here
39:49
is in
39:50
verse 5
39:51
of chapter
39:52
1
39:52
I am
39:53
doing a
39:53
work
39:54
in your
39:54
days
39:55
that you
39:55
would not
39:56
believe
39:56
if I
39:57
told
39:58
there were
39:59
things that
40:00
left
40:00
Habakkuk
40:01
afraid
40:02
taking into
40:04
captivity
40:04
by the
40:05
Babylonians
40:06
that God
40:07
would use
40:07
this powerful
40:08
nation
40:08
ungodly
40:09
nation
40:10
to fulfill
40:11
his work
40:12
and this
40:13
work
40:14
leaves
40:14
him
40:15
fearful
40:15
and leaves
40:17
him
40:17
fearful
40:17
not just
40:18
for himself
40:18
but for
40:19
those who
40:19
are blind
40:20
around him
40:21
and so
40:24
as he
40:24
begins his
40:25
prayer here
40:26
he says
40:26
I have
40:27
heard
40:27
the report
40:28
of you
40:28
and your
40:29
works
40:29
O Lord
40:30
do I
40:31
fear
40:31
he's
40:33
looking
40:33
to the
40:34
past
40:35
he's
40:35
looking
40:36
back
40:36
and he's
40:37
seeing the
40:38
things that
40:38
God has
40:39
done
40:39
and this
40:40
is what
40:41
shapes
40:41
his
40:42
prayer
40:42
this is
40:43
what
40:43
leads
40:44
him
40:44
to pray
40:44
to God
40:45
to make
40:46
a difference
40:46
to make
40:47
a change
40:48
because of
40:49
the blindness
40:50
that there is
40:51
he wants
40:51
them to see
40:52
God
40:52
and so
40:54
for ourselves
40:55
today we should
40:56
long for that
40:57
as well
40:57
that our
40:58
people
40:59
would see
41:00
Jesus
41:01
there's a
41:03
version
41:03
Job
41:04
in the last
41:05
chapter of
41:06
Job
41:06
chapter 42
41:08
and it's
41:09
coming to
41:10
the conclusion
41:10
of all
41:11
that he's
41:12
experienced
41:13
in life
41:13
Job
41:14
who lost
41:15
so much
41:15
whose life
41:17
was just
41:17
turned upside
41:18
down
41:19
who suffered
41:20
in so many
41:21
ways
41:21
and yet in
41:23
chapter 42
41:24
just before
41:25
you see
41:25
the Lord
41:26
restore so
41:27
much to
41:28
him
41:28
what you
41:29
hear Job
41:29
saying is
41:30
as he
41:30
comes in
41:31
repentance
41:31
he says
41:33
in verse
41:33
5 of
41:34
chapter 42
41:34
I had
41:35
heard of
41:35
you
41:36
by the
41:37
hearing of
41:37
the
41:37
ear
41:38
but now
41:39
my eyes
41:41
see
41:42
you
41:42
I had
41:45
heard about
41:46
you
41:46
but now
41:47
I see
41:49
you
41:49
and there's a
41:51
wonderful power
41:52
in that for
41:53
us as well
41:54
we have
41:54
heard
41:55
of God
41:56
we have
41:57
heard of
41:58
God
41:58
through his
41:59
word again
41:59
and again
42:00
but our
42:01
prayer is
42:02
to see
42:03
to see
42:04
him
42:05
and that
42:06
is where
42:07
this prayer
42:07
begins
42:09
Habakkuk
42:10
is one
42:11
whose eyes
42:12
have been
42:13
opened
42:13
he is not
42:15
blind but he
42:16
is seeing a
42:17
people around
42:18
him who are
42:19
blind and
42:20
his longing
42:21
is that
42:22
these people
42:23
will be led
42:24
to see the
42:25
glory of
42:26
God
42:26
once again
42:27
and so
42:29
for ourselves
42:30
too
42:31
as we
42:32
think of
42:33
where we
42:33
begin
42:34
looking at
42:35
this verse
42:36
a prayer of
42:37
Habakkuk
42:37
to God
42:38
is that
42:39
our longing
42:40
is that
42:42
our desire
42:42
to see the
42:44
people around
42:45
us blinded
42:46
by the God
42:47
of this
42:47
world
42:48
but our
42:49
longing
42:50
that they
42:51
would see
42:52
Jesus
42:53
a
42:55
realization
42:56
and understanding
42:57
of the
42:58
situation
42:58
secondly
43:00
is what
43:00
gives Habakkuk
43:01
this boldness
43:03
as he
43:04
approaches
43:04
God
43:05
there is
43:06
both
43:06
boldness
43:07
and urgency
43:09
in his
43:09
approaching
43:10
God
43:10
and you
43:13
see that
43:13
in the
43:14
middle of
43:14
verse 2
43:15
where he
43:15
says
43:15
in the
43:16
midst
43:16
of the
43:17
years
43:17
revive it
43:19
in the
43:19
midst
43:19
of the
43:20
years
43:21
make it
43:22
known
43:22
he is
43:23
talking
43:24
here
43:24
about
43:25
his
43:25
work
43:26
the
43:26
work
43:27
of
43:28
God
43:28
and again
43:29
when you
43:30
think of
43:30
verse 5
43:31
in chapter
43:32
1
43:32
it says
43:34
therefore
43:34
I am
43:35
doing a
43:35
work
43:35
in your
43:36
days
43:37
that you
43:38
would not
43:39
believe
43:39
if told
43:40
so there's
43:41
a short
43:42
nature to
43:43
this
43:43
the work
43:44
in his
43:45
days
43:46
but now
43:48
Habakkuk's
43:49
prayer is
43:50
looking beyond
43:50
this
43:51
there is
43:52
this work
43:53
that is
43:53
necessary
43:54
in their
43:54
day
43:54
to bring
43:55
them to
43:56
repentance
43:56
but now
43:58
he is
43:58
looking
43:58
further
43:59
ahead
43:59
and he
43:59
says
44:00
in the
44:00
midst
44:00
of the
44:01
years
44:01
revive
44:02
it
44:03
in the
44:04
midst
44:04
of the
44:04
years
44:05
make it
44:06
known
44:06
so he's
44:07
saying
44:07
Lord
44:08
as we
44:08
go
44:08
forward
44:09
from
44:10
here
44:10
as we
44:11
look
44:11
ahead
44:12
from
44:12
here
44:13
in these
44:13
years
44:14
revive
44:15
your
44:15
work
44:16
and not
44:18
just
44:18
the work
44:19
of bringing
44:20
them into
44:21
captivity
44:22
as we
44:22
see in
44:23
chapter 1
44:24
verse 5
44:24
but more
44:26
bringing them
44:27
into freedom
44:28
bringing them
44:30
into the
44:30
presence of
44:31
God
44:32
in a more
44:32
blessed
44:33
way
44:34
in the
44:35
midst
44:35
of the
44:36
years
44:37
revive it
44:38
what do
44:40
you think
44:40
of
44:41
when you
44:41
think
44:41
of
44:41
revival
44:43
it's
44:43
the word
44:44
that we
44:44
hear
44:44
and pray
44:46
so often
44:46
that the
44:47
Lord would
44:48
bring
44:48
revival
44:49
but do
44:49
we really
44:50
know
44:50
what that
44:51
would look
44:51
like
44:52
our
44:52
expectations
44:53
of it
44:54
may be
44:54
better
44:55
days
44:56
blessed
44:57
days
44:57
easier
44:59
days
44:59
to be
44:59
a
45:00
Christian
45:00
but the
45:02
reality
45:02
of revival
45:03
is so
45:04
often
45:04
something
45:05
else
45:06
it may
45:07
be
45:08
many
45:08
of
45:08
these
45:09
things
45:09
it may
45:10
be
45:10
that our
45:11
prayer
45:11
is
45:11
that we
45:12
would
45:12
have
45:12
days
45:13
like
45:13
that
45:14
but
45:15
revival
45:15
begins
45:16
with a
45:16
realization
45:17
a
45:19
realization
45:20
that there
45:21
is decay
45:21
and even
45:23
death
45:23
spiritually
45:24
at a
45:25
time
45:25
and that's
45:27
what Habakkuk
45:28
is seeing
45:28
in his
45:29
day
45:29
there is
45:30
decay
45:31
there is
45:32
death
45:32
all around
45:33
him
45:33
we saw
45:35
in chapter
45:35
2 as we
45:36
looked through
45:37
it that there
45:37
were five
45:38
woes
45:39
and woe
45:40
was a
45:41
word for
45:41
death
45:42
and there
45:43
are five
45:43
things
45:44
that brought
45:45
death
45:45
into their
45:46
midst
45:46
because they
45:47
had lost
45:47
sight
45:48
of God
45:49
and so
45:51
as
45:51
Habakkuk
45:52
is praying
45:53
now he is
45:53
praying in
45:54
the midst
45:54
of this
45:55
decay
45:55
in the
45:56
midst
45:57
of this
45:57
death
45:58
that in
45:58
the midst
45:58
of all
45:59
of this
45:59
that the
46:00
Lord would
46:01
revive
46:01
his work
46:03
and the
46:04
word revive
46:05
has that
46:06
very sense
46:07
about it
46:08
it's
46:10
linked
46:10
to death
46:11
and you
46:12
think of
46:13
the defibrillators
46:14
we have
46:15
around our
46:16
communities
46:16
they've been
46:17
placed there
46:18
because of
46:19
a need
46:20
a need
46:21
if an
46:22
emergency
46:22
arises
46:23
that someone
46:24
will be
46:25
brought back
46:25
to life
46:26
using that
46:28
and that
46:29
is the
46:30
very urgency
46:31
of this
46:31
prayer
46:32
as well
46:33
revive
46:33
is so
46:34
closely
46:35
linked
46:35
to death
46:36
a people
46:38
who are
46:39
perishing
46:39
a people
46:40
as Paul
46:41
describes
46:42
in the
46:42
New Testament
46:42
as those
46:43
who are
46:44
dead
46:44
in their
46:45
trespasses
46:46
and sins
46:47
the people
46:48
here were
46:49
under severe
46:50
oppression
46:50
from the
46:51
Babylonians
46:52
one commentator
46:54
puts it
46:55
like this
46:55
he says
46:56
the people
46:56
are either
46:57
dead
46:57
or under
46:58
the threat
46:58
of extinction
46:59
this is how
47:01
close they
47:02
are to
47:02
the end
47:03
and in
47:04
this he
47:05
pleads with
47:05
God to
47:06
act to
47:07
save
47:08
and deliver
47:09
this is the
47:11
revival that
47:11
Habakkuk is
47:12
looking for
47:13
this is the
47:14
revival that
47:15
Psalm 85
47:15
is speaking
47:16
about
47:17
this is the
47:17
revival that
47:18
we need
47:19
today
47:19
is to see
47:21
the death
47:21
and decay
47:22
that is all
47:23
around us
47:24
and that the
47:24
Lord would
47:25
come and
47:26
work in his
47:27
power to
47:28
bring life
47:29
that what
47:32
is the
47:32
work of
47:33
God that
47:33
Habakkuk is
47:34
speaking of
47:35
here
47:35
what do we
47:36
pray for when
47:37
we think of
47:38
praying for
47:39
revival
47:39
is it that
47:40
our praise
47:41
would be more
47:42
loud and
47:43
full
47:44
is it that
47:45
our prayers
47:46
would be more
47:46
powerful and
47:47
urgent
47:48
is it that
47:50
our lives
47:50
would be less
47:51
tainted by
47:52
sin
47:52
we can have
47:54
all of these
47:54
things
47:55
but the
47:57
greatest work
47:58
in view
47:59
here is to
48:00
bring life
48:01
to the dead
48:02
for God's
48:05
saving work
48:06
to be known
48:07
in their
48:08
midst
48:09
so that
48:11
people will be
48:11
made alive
48:12
in Christ
48:13
in our day
48:15
so that as we
48:15
look around
48:16
we would see
48:17
many being
48:17
born again
48:18
to a living
48:19
hope
48:20
see a day
48:21
of salvation
48:23
not an easier
48:25
day to live
48:26
as a Christian
48:27
but a day
48:28
when we will
48:29
be bold
48:29
when we will
48:30
be courageous
48:31
when we will
48:32
be strengthened
48:32
in the Lord
48:33
in the midst
48:34
of all the
48:35
challenges
48:35
to be bold
48:37
towards God
48:39
and to be bold
48:40
for God
48:41
that is what
48:44
Habakkuk is
48:45
praying here
48:46
in the midst
48:46
of the years
48:47
revive it
48:48
bring life
48:50
into our midst
48:51
when there are
48:52
people perishing
48:53
all around
48:55
us
48:55
and then he
48:57
says secondly
48:58
there
48:58
in the midst
48:59
of the years
49:00
make it known
49:01
make it known
49:04
so that it's
49:05
not just
49:05
the knowledge
49:06
of something
49:07
that could
49:08
potentially happen
49:09
not just
49:11
that knowledge
49:12
that God
49:12
may be there
49:13
for us
49:14
but make it
49:16
known
49:16
make it
49:17
a reality
49:18
for us
49:19
make us
49:21
see the
49:22
power of
49:23
your word
49:23
throughout
49:24
hearing of
49:25
it
49:25
through our
49:26
witnessing
49:26
to it
49:27
make yourself
49:28
known
49:29
and the
49:29
power that
49:30
you give
49:30
to your
49:31
people
49:31
to be
49:32
bold
49:32
and courageous
49:33
for you
49:34
that is what
49:37
Joshua had
49:38
to as he
49:38
took up
49:39
from Moses
49:40
the Lord
49:41
said to him
49:41
be strong
49:42
and courageous
49:43
be bold
49:45
for the
49:46
Lord
49:47
there was a
49:49
preacher by
49:49
the name
49:50
Hugh Latimer
49:51
he was a
49:52
minister in
49:52
the 16th
49:53
century
49:53
and he
49:54
sometimes had
49:54
occasion to
49:56
preach to
49:56
King Henry
49:57
VIII
49:57
and I'm sure
49:59
if you heard
49:59
anything of
50:00
King Henry
50:00
VIII
50:01
it would be
50:02
a terrifying
50:03
thought to
50:03
go and maybe
50:04
preach in
50:05
front of him
50:06
and this time
50:07
when he was
50:07
going to
50:08
preach before
50:09
him he said
50:09
he thought
50:11
about the
50:11
great responsibility
50:12
he had in
50:13
bringing
50:13
the message
50:14
before the
50:15
king
50:15
and as he
50:17
was preparing
50:17
he realised
50:18
it would be
50:19
a message
50:20
that the
50:20
king
50:21
would not
50:22
like
50:22
and yet
50:23
he began
50:24
to preach
50:25
before him
50:26
with these
50:26
words
50:27
he said
50:27
Latimer
50:28
Latimer
50:28
do you
50:29
remember
50:30
you are
50:30
speaking
50:31
before the
50:31
high and
50:32
mighty
50:32
King
50:33
Henry VIII
50:34
who has
50:35
power
50:35
to send
50:36
you to
50:36
prison
50:37
and who
50:38
can even
50:38
have your
50:39
head cut
50:39
off if it
50:40
please him
50:41
will you
50:43
not take
50:43
care
50:44
to say
50:45
nothing
50:45
that will
50:46
offend
50:47
him
50:47
and he
50:48
paused
50:49
for a
50:49
minute
50:49
and he
50:50
continued
50:51
Latimer
50:51
Latimer
50:52
do you
50:53
not
50:53
remember
50:53
that you
50:54
are
50:54
speaking
50:54
before the
50:55
King of
50:55
Kings
50:56
and the
50:56
Lord of
50:57
Lords
50:57
before him
50:59
at whose
50:59
throne
51:00
Henry VIII
51:01
will stand
51:02
before him
51:04
whom one day
51:05
you will have to
51:05
give account
51:06
for yourself
51:08
Latimer
51:10
Latimer
51:10
be faithful
51:11
to your
51:12
master
51:12
and declare
51:13
all the
51:14
words
51:14
of God
51:16
he faced
51:18
a choice
51:19
would he
51:20
preach
51:21
to please
51:22
King Henry
51:23
or would he
51:24
preach
51:25
to please
51:26
the King
51:27
of Kings
51:27
and the
51:28
Lord
51:29
of Lords
51:30
he chose
51:32
to preach
51:33
for Christ
51:34
and later
51:36
on in his
51:36
life
51:37
he lost
51:38
his life
51:39
as one
51:39
of the
51:39
martyrs
51:40
for being
51:41
faithful
51:41
to his
51:42
Lord
51:43
but he
51:44
was bold
51:45
he was
51:46
courageous
51:47
and may
51:48
God give
51:49
us the
51:50
boldness
51:50
to make
51:51
him known
51:52
in the
51:53
midst of
51:54
the years
51:54
revive it
51:55
in the
51:56
midst of
51:56
the years
51:57
make it
51:58
known
51:59
because this
52:00
is of
52:01
eternal
52:01
importance
52:03
I read
52:05
this quote
52:06
this week
52:07
it's one
52:08
of these
52:08
ones where
52:09
you just
52:09
it may not
52:11
be the
52:11
reality
52:12
but it's
52:12
just something
52:12
to think
52:13
about
52:13
and it
52:14
said
52:14
imagine
52:15
in heaven
52:16
one day
52:17
some person
52:18
walks up
52:19
to you
52:19
and says
52:20
I am
52:22
here because
52:23
you weren't
52:23
ashamed
52:24
and told
52:25
me of
52:26
Jesus
52:26
thank you
52:28
it's a
52:30
powerful
52:31
thought
52:31
because
52:33
there are
52:33
people
52:34
perishing
52:34
around us
52:35
because
52:36
they hear
52:36
nothing
52:37
of Jesus
52:38
they are
52:39
blinded
52:40
by the
52:41
God
52:41
of this
52:42
world
52:43
that is
52:44
the situation
52:45
of Habakkuk
52:46
states
52:46
our own
52:47
day too
52:48
there are
52:49
people
52:49
who are
52:50
blind
52:50
so we
52:51
pray
52:51
in the
52:52
midst of
52:52
the years
52:53
revive it
52:54
in the
52:54
midst of
52:55
the years
52:55
make it
52:57
known
52:57
thirdly
53:01
and finally
53:01
we see
53:02
here
53:02
the
53:04
blessing
53:05
that
53:07
Habakkuk
53:07
was looking
53:08
for
53:08
as God
53:10
saw the
53:11
world
53:11
in
53:11
Habakkuk's
53:12
day
53:12
it would
53:13
have been
53:13
easy
53:14
for his
53:14
wrath
53:15
to be
53:15
poured
53:16
out
53:16
because
53:17
of the
53:18
sin
53:18
of this
53:19
world
53:20
the same
53:20
as our
53:21
own
53:21
day
53:21
but look
53:22
at the
53:23
wonderful
53:23
prayer
53:24
that
53:25
Habakkuk
53:25
has
53:26
these
53:27
words
53:28
in
53:28
wrath
53:29
remember
53:30
mercy
53:32
remember
53:34
mercy
53:35
Habakkuk
53:37
knows
53:37
that any
53:38
wrath
53:38
that God
53:39
could pour
53:39
out on
53:40
his people
53:40
here
53:41
it would
53:42
be
53:42
justified
53:42
because
53:45
sin
53:45
deserves
53:46
it
53:46
but
53:48
he is
53:50
pleading
53:50
with God
53:51
pleading
53:52
one of
53:52
his
53:52
amazing
53:53
attributes
53:53
that he
53:55
would
53:55
show
53:56
mercy
53:56
go back
54:00
to the
54:00
days
54:00
of Noah
54:01
and the
54:01
flood
54:01
when the
54:02
Lord saw
54:02
the wickedness
54:04
of man
54:04
and he
54:05
would have
54:05
been justified
54:06
to destroy
54:07
the whole
54:08
earth
54:08
but in
54:10
Genesis 6
54:11
verse 8
54:11
it says
54:12
but Noah
54:12
found favour
54:14
in the eyes
54:15
of the
54:15
Lord
54:15
there was
54:17
mercy
54:17
from God
54:18
go back
54:20
to the
54:20
days of
54:21
Moses
54:21
when God's
54:23
people were
54:24
suffering
54:24
in Egypt
54:25
he could
54:26
have said
54:26
they deserve
54:27
it
54:27
for their
54:28
sin
54:28
they can
54:30
be left
54:30
there to
54:31
suffer
54:31
but in
54:33
Exodus
54:33
chapter 2
54:34
verse 24
54:35
it says
54:35
God heard
54:36
their groaning
54:37
and God
54:39
remembered
54:40
his covenant
54:40
with Abraham
54:41
with Isaac
54:42
and with
54:43
Jacob
54:43
God saw
54:45
the people
54:45
of Israel
54:46
and God
54:47
knew
54:47
what did
54:49
he know
54:49
he knew
54:51
he knew
54:52
that they
54:52
needed
54:53
mercy
54:54
and he
54:55
gave them
54:56
mercy
54:57
and so
54:58
Habakkuk
54:59
is pleading
54:59
with God
55:00
to show
55:01
his mercy
55:02
once again
55:03
even though
55:04
he could
55:05
justifiably
55:06
pour out
55:07
even more
55:07
wrath upon
55:08
them
55:08
he says
55:09
in wrath
55:10
Lord
55:10
remember
55:12
your mercy
55:13
have mercy
55:14
upon us
55:15
mercy
55:17
is a
55:17
powerful
55:18
thing
55:18
a mother
55:20
once
55:21
approached
55:23
Napoleon
55:24
the great
55:25
leader
55:26
of his
55:26
day
55:26
and she
55:28
approached
55:28
him
55:28
seeking
55:29
pardon
55:30
for her
55:31
son
55:31
Napoleon
55:34
replied
55:34
that
55:35
the young
55:36
man
55:36
had committed
55:37
an offense
55:37
not just
55:38
once
55:38
but twice
55:39
and just
55:41
as he
55:41
said
55:42
demanded
55:42
death
55:43
but
55:46
the mother
55:46
said
55:47
I don't
55:47
ask
55:48
for
55:48
justice
55:49
the mother
55:50
said
55:51
I plead
55:51
for mercy
55:52
and Napoleon's
55:55
reply was
55:56
but your
55:56
son does
55:57
not
55:57
deserve
55:58
mercy
55:59
and the
56:02
woman
56:03
replied
56:03
sir
56:04
it would
56:05
not be
56:06
mercy
56:06
if he
56:07
deserved
56:08
it
56:08
and mercy
56:10
is all
56:10
I ask
56:12
for
56:12
Napoleon
56:14
saw
56:15
this
56:15
woman
56:15
pleading
56:16
in this
56:16
way
56:17
and after
56:18
pausing
56:18
for a
56:19
moment
56:19
he said
56:20
well then
56:21
I will
56:22
have
56:22
mercy
56:22
mercy
56:25
is not
56:25
something
56:26
we
56:27
deserve
56:27
and yet
56:29
it is
56:29
something
56:29
that God
56:30
graciously
56:31
gives
56:31
what do
56:33
we deserve
56:34
in our
56:34
life
56:35
when we
56:37
read a
56:37
text like
56:38
Romans 6
56:39
verse 23
56:39
it tells us
56:40
what we
56:41
deserve
56:42
for the
56:42
wages of
56:43
sin
56:44
is death
56:45
that is
56:46
what we
56:46
deserve
56:47
that is
56:47
what our
56:48
sin
56:48
deserves
56:49
but that
56:51
verse goes
56:51
on to say
56:52
but the
56:52
free gift
56:53
of God
56:54
is eternal
56:55
life in
56:56
Christ
56:56
Jesus
56:57
our
56:58
Lord
56:58
that is
57:01
the mercy
57:01
that we
57:02
need
57:03
and where
57:04
can we
57:04
find that
57:05
mercy
57:05
today
57:06
well the
57:08
supreme
57:08
display of
57:09
that mercy
57:10
is at
57:10
the cross
57:11
at the
57:12
cross
57:13
of Christ
57:14
there we
57:16
see
57:17
mercy
57:17
mercy
57:19
that we
57:19
don't just
57:20
hear about
57:21
God did
57:23
not just
57:23
talk about
57:24
forgiving
57:25
our sin
57:25
or healing
57:26
a broken
57:27
people
57:28
he did
57:28
it
57:29
his
57:30
mercy
57:31
is seen
57:32
in Christ
57:33
and do
57:36
you know
57:36
this
57:37
mercy
57:38
have you
57:40
come
57:40
pleading
57:41
for this
57:42
mercy
57:43
in wrath
57:43
remember
57:45
mercy
57:45
I know
57:46
my sin
57:47
deserve
57:48
your
57:49
justice
57:49
Lord
57:50
but remember
57:52
your mercy
57:53
there's two
57:55
wonderful
57:55
examples
57:56
for us
57:56
in the
57:57
New Testament
57:57
one is
57:59
the tax
58:00
collector
58:00
who went
58:01
up to the
58:01
temple
58:02
to pray
58:02
what did
58:04
he cry
58:04
to God
58:05
even as
58:06
he was
58:06
hearing
58:07
another
58:07
who was
58:08
so boastful
58:09
beside him
58:09
praying
58:10
his prayer
58:10
was simple
58:11
God
58:12
be merciful
58:13
to me
58:14
a sinner
58:15
another
58:17
example
58:18
is
58:18
Bartimaeus
58:19
blind
58:20
Bartimaeus
58:21
who people
58:21
just looked
58:22
down upon
58:23
what did
58:24
he cry
58:24
out
58:25
he said
58:25
Jesus
58:26
son of
58:27
David
58:27
have
58:28
mercy
58:29
on me
58:29
two
58:32
simple
58:32
prayers
58:33
and yet
58:34
two
58:35
powerful
58:36
prayers
58:36
be
58:38
merciful
58:38
to me
58:39
a sinner
58:39
have
58:40
mercy
58:41
on me
58:42
and the
58:43
wonderful
58:44
thing is
58:45
that God
58:46
has mercy
58:47
to give
58:48
he has
58:50
mercy
58:50
to forgive
58:51
as the hymn
58:53
says
58:54
what patience
58:55
would wait
58:56
as we
58:56
constantly
58:57
roam
58:57
what father
58:58
so tender
58:59
is calling
59:00
us home
59:01
he welcomes
59:02
the weakest
59:03
the vilest
59:03
the poor
59:04
our sins
59:06
they are
59:06
many
59:06
his mercy
59:08
is more
59:09
what riches
59:10
of kindness
59:11
he lavished
59:12
on us
59:12
his blood
59:13
was a payment
59:14
his life
59:15
was the cost
59:16
we stood
59:17
neath the dead
59:17
we could
59:18
never afford
59:19
our sins
59:21
they are
59:21
many
59:22
his mercy
59:23
is more
59:25
our sins
59:27
are many
59:28
and they
59:29
deserve
59:30
the wrath
59:31
of God
59:32
but praise
59:33
God
59:34
his mercy
59:35
is more
59:36
and perhaps
59:38
our vision
59:38
is short
59:39
sighted
59:40
today
59:40
in the
59:40
here and
59:41
now
59:41
we look
59:43
around us
59:43
and all
59:44
around us
59:44
is a
59:45
blindness
59:45
of a
59:46
people
59:46
who are
59:47
blinded
59:47
by the
59:48
God
59:48
of this
59:49
world
59:50
but let
59:51
us approach
59:52
a great
59:53
God
59:53
a God
59:55
who is
59:56
able
59:56
and to
59:57
come boldly
59:58
that we
59:59
might know
1:00:00
the blessing
1:00:01
of God
1:00:01
reviving
1:00:03
his work
1:00:04
in our
1:00:04
midst
1:00:05
a work
1:00:06
that brings
1:00:07
life
1:00:08
to the
1:00:09
dead
1:00:09
a revival
1:00:11
not just
1:00:12
that fills
1:00:13
our praise
1:00:14
and our
1:00:14
prayers
1:00:15
that brings
1:00:17
people
1:00:18
to be
1:00:19
born again
1:00:20
to a
1:00:21
living hope
1:00:22
in Christ
1:00:23
and that
1:00:25
we would
1:00:25
know
1:00:25
his mercy
1:00:27
not as
1:00:28
our sin
1:00:29
deserves
1:00:30
but that
1:00:31
in wrath
1:00:32
he would
1:00:33
remember
1:00:34
mercy
1:00:35
and that
1:00:36
goodness
1:00:37
and mercy
1:00:38
would follow
1:00:39
us
1:00:40
all of our
1:00:41
days
1:00:41
let us
1:00:42
pray
1:00:43
our
1:00:46
gracious
1:00:46
Lord in
1:00:47
heaven
1:00:47
we do
1:00:48
thank you
1:00:48
for every
1:00:49
way
1:00:49
that you
1:00:50
remember
1:00:50
us
1:00:51
you know
1:00:51
our sins
1:00:52
they are
1:00:53
laid before
1:00:53
you
1:00:54
you know
1:00:55
that they
1:00:55
are many
1:00:55
but we
1:00:56
thank you
1:00:57
that your
1:00:57
mercy is
1:00:58
more
1:00:58
and we
1:00:59
pray Lord
1:01:00
that today
1:01:01
and in
1:01:02
our years
1:01:03
and our
1:01:03
days
1:01:04
Lord that
1:01:05
you would
1:01:05
remember
1:01:05
remember
1:01:07
our needs
1:01:07
that you
1:01:08
would revive
1:01:08
your work
1:01:10
in our
1:01:10
midst
1:01:10
that you
1:01:11
would revive
1:01:12
it in a
1:01:12
way that
1:01:13
it is made
1:01:14
known
1:01:14
and that in
1:01:15
wrath
1:01:15
you would
1:01:16
remember
1:01:17
mercy
1:01:17
we thank
1:01:18
you for
1:01:19
it as
1:01:19
we see
1:01:20
it at
1:01:20
the cross
1:01:21
as we
1:01:21
see it
1:01:22
in Christ
1:01:23
who took
1:01:23
our sin
1:01:24
and we
1:01:25
pray to
1:01:25
know that
1:01:26
wonderful
1:01:26
forgiveness
1:01:27
as we
1:01:27
ask it
1:01:28
in his
1:01:28
name
1:01:28
amen
1:01:29
we're
1:01:35
going to
1:01:35
conclude
1:01:35
by singing
1:01:36
again
1:01:37
in
1:01:37
psalm
1:01:37
85
1:01:38
on page
1:01:40
113
1:01:41
and we
1:01:43
sing from
1:01:43
verse 8
1:01:43
to the end
1:01:44
of the
1:01:44
psalm
1:01:45
to god's
1:02:05
to the end
1:02:06
of the psalm
1:02:06
to god's
1:02:07
praise
1:02:08
time
1:02:08
hinapp
1:02:22
to
1:02:23
father
1:02:24
g Versa
1:02:25
the good
1:02:27
And return to foolishness.
1:02:34
Surely for all those who feel him, his salvation is at hand,
1:02:44
So that one sack in his glory may be seen within our land.
1:02:55
Love and truth are met together, Righteousness and peace and grace.
1:03:08
Righteousness looks down from heaven, From the earth springs faithfulness.
1:03:18
What is good the Lord will give us, And our land its fruit will bear.
1:03:31
Righteousness will go before him, And his royal way prepare.
1:03:39
After the benediction, I'll go to the door to my left.
1:03:45
We'll close with the benediction.
1:03:47
Now may grace, mercy and peace from God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
1:03:52
Rest upon and abide with you all now and forevermore.
1:03:57
Amen.
1:03:57
Amen.
1:04:07
Amen.
1:04:09
Thank you.