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The Peace and Presence of God · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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  Well, a very warm welcome to you all to the service this morning, which happens to be,
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  as you know, my last service as the Minister of the Congregation, so it's a very poignant
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  time for me. I hope it's not the last service altogether, but it is for the moment as Minister
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  of the Congregation at least. And you'll find the intimations as usual on the sheet, and
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  I'm not going to go through them today because we have a Sunday School Prize-giving in the
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  Hall after the service, so we'll keep things as short as possible. YF also meets tonight
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  in the MA Hall, that's after the evening service. All P7 children are also warmly invited tonight.
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  Cook session is due to meet tomorrow evening at 7pm, the Wednesday meeting and Thursday
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  meetings at the usual time, and the 55-plus fellowship will meet on Friday from 12 to 2,
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  and I hope to be present for that as well. Service is next Lord's Day there at the usual
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  times. And there is a service of thanksgiving and a reception to mark my retirement. That'll
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  be on Friday the 28th. I'm not going to read through the details there because it's a bit
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  emotional for me to do it. Thank you for arranging it. I greatly appreciate that, as does Donna
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  and my family as well. So please just read through that yourselves. There's the Lewis Christian
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  Conference, and there's a note for the record subscriptions for the magazine, the monthly record,
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  if you want to continue or begin receiving it. Just look at the details there as to how to pay for
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  that. And there's the Blights would appeal next Saturday, 9.30 to 12 noon.
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  Just before the benedictions, I'll actually say a few more things before we go through to the hall.
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  But meantime, let's just begin the worship of God. And we're going to begin from Psalm 34.
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  Psalm 34 on page 40. The tune is Bays of Haras. We're singing verses 1 to 9.
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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. That's Psalm 34. That's on page 40. We're singing the verses marked
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  1 to 9. At all times I will bless the Lord.
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  At all times I will bless the Lord.
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  At all times I will bless the Lord.
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  At all times I will bless the Lord.
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  I'll praise him with my voice.
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  Because I glory in the Lord.
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  Let's love the souls rejoice.
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  You ever met us, praise the Lord. I sought his name with me.
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  I sought the Lord.
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  I sought the Lord.
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  His answer came.
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  From years he set me free.
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  He loved her.
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  He sought the Lord.
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  He sent me free.
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  He said he was running to gloom.
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  I failed her.
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  He sought him with it.
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  This happy man cries to the Lord from his deliverance day.
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  The angel of the Lord serves and rise continually.
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  For those who give and honor him, he sets his people free.
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  Come, take some sea, the Lord is good, who trusts in him, his place.
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  Oh, hear the Lord, you saints with me, you will not be oppressed.
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  Let's unite now in prayer. Let's call upon the Lord in prayer.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  We pray for your blessing upon them.
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  We pray that they may continue to learn about you, and especially that they may come to follow you and worship you and serve you in this world.
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  Come before us and cleanse us from all our sin for Jesus' sake. Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Well, I thought I'd come down to your level today, or just about your level.
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  It's very hard for you to look up to that big pulpit up there, isn't it?
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  So high up.
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  I want to begin by telling you how you're such a special part of this congregation.
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  You're a special part of this congregation.
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  You are part of the congregation.
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  You don't just become part of the congregation when you grow up to be adults.
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  You're a part of it already.
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  And you're a very special part.
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  Because we look to you, we older ones look to you,
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  as those who will for yourselves come to follow the Lord one day.
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  And indeed, we hope you do that very early on in your life.
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  You learn about Him in Sunday school, in the Bible class.
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  And that's so important for you then to come and try and live by what you learn
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  as you go through the things of life.
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  Now, I want you to look behind me, or behind the pulpit, at the windows that you see there.
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  Maybe those who are working the camera, for those who are online, can actually zoom in
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  and focus on the window, and especially on the colors of those windows.
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  There are a number of colors in these windows.
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  And there are three, especially, that are important.
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  There's blue.
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  There's purple, even if it's a light purple.
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  And there's all the way around the edge, a very deep crimson red.
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  And these colors are colors that are mentioned for the Old Testament tabernacle.
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  The big tent that the people of God met in during the days of the Old Testament in the wilderness
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  until the temple was built instead of the tabernacle.
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  And the colors of the tabernacle, these three colors, were important and taught the people some very important things.
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  Blue reminds us of what?
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  What can you think of as light blue?
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  It's not light blue today.
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  You can't see it, but it is light blue.
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  So there's a clue for you there.
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  What is it?
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  Yeah.
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  Not water.
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  No.
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  Anything else that's light blue?
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  It's above your head.
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  Yeah.
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  The sky.
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  It's the color of the sky.
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  And that's really something that reminds us of God's heaven.
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  Heaven where God lives.
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  Heaven where God will bring all those He saves to be with Himself in heaven.
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  So whenever you see the color light blue, and when you think, looking at that window, when you see the blue color,
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  it reminds you of heaven, reminds you of the God of heaven,
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  and it reminds you of heaven being the place that God's saved people will be in throughout all eternity.
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  Then there's the color purple.
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  And purple is associated with royalty.
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  In the old days especially, those who were kings and queens wore purple.
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  Clothes of purple or cloaks of purple especially.
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  And when you see the color purple in the window and the color purple in the tabernacle,
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  it reminded the people that God was their king.
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  That royalty belonged to God.
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  But not only that, that they as God's people, as God's children, were royal children.
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  And all the people who belonged to God are His spiritual family, and they themselves are royalty as well.
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  Just like you find the royal family, King Charles and the royal family.
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  All of the royal family, you could say, have royalty.
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  They belong to that royal family.
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  And if you're a Christian today, and all you are Christians belong to the royal family of God.
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  And that's such an important thing for you to learn about, that God brings us into His family as we come to know Jesus as our Savior.
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  So there's blue for heaven.
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  There's purple for royalty.
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  There's one other color around the edge of these windows.
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  It's a deep crimson red color.
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  And in the Bible, it's always associated with blood.
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  And blood is always associated with the death of Jesus.
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  So all the way around these windows, you have a color that reminds you of the death of Jesus on the cross.
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  It's not that long ago since we had the Lord's Supper here, where we remember the Lord's death, as He Himself requires of us.
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  So when you look at these windows and you see these colors, and you see how brilliantly bright red around the edge that crimson color is,
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  remember that it's about Jesus.
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  It's about Jesus that you're learning in Sunday school and Bible class.
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  And especially what Jesus did to save us from our sins.
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  He gave Himself to the death of the cross.
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  He gave Himself to die for our sins.
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  He took our sins to Himself.
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  And the death that He died is the death He died so that we might live forever.
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  Blue, purple, and crimson red.
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  Now let's say the Lord's Prayer together.
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  Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
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  Thy kingdom come.
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  Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
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  Give us this day our daily bread.
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  And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.
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  And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
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  For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever.
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  Amen.
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  I'm going to sing again to God's praise.
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  And this time we're singing in Gaelic.
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  Whenever we have a combined service, we have one of the singings in Gaelic.
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  This is from Psalm 85, verses 8 to 9.
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  You'll find it on your bulletin sheet.
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  Words which in English speak about giving a listening to God because He speaks peace to His own people.
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  These two verses.
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  This is from Psalm 85, verses 8 to 9.
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  And this is from Psalm 85, verses 8 to 9.
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  And this will THE maximum I hear is my've-
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  Will you turn with me now to read the Word of God, please, from the second letter of Paul to the Thessalonians, and chapter 3.
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  That's second Thessalonians, chapter 3. We'll read through the whole chapter.
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  It's page 1192, or thereabouts, if you're using the church Bibles.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Bless us, Lord, at this juncture in the congregation's experience.
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  We know that there have been many times before when ministries have come to an end in this congregation and been followed by others.
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  And we thank you for your faithfulness in regard to that as well, that it is in your appointment that congregations flourish, that congregations continue in their development.
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  And we thank you, O Lord, for your wisdom in the way in which you guide your people in such choices as need to be made.
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  And we pray for this congregation, Lord, in days to come.
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  We pray as we come to express our thankfulness and appreciation of their support in the gospel,
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  and of their commitment to the gospel and to promoting that gospel in our community.
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  And we pray that you would be with them, Lord, that they may know that you are that ready presence at all times,
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  that they can look to with confidence.
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  We pray that you would guide them as they seek your own guidance for the way ahead.
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  We ask that you would bless each and every home, each and every family, each and every individual connected to the congregation.
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  We pray that you would bless the eldership at this time.
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  We ask for them, that you would give them, Lord, the guidance and strength of your spirit,
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  so as to guide the congregation in the way ahead.
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  We pray for Calamurdo and his role as assistant.
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  We pray that you would bless him and Johan, as he will have more responsibilities in the days to come.
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  And we ask, O Lord, that together the congregation will continue to develop and continue to know the leading of your spirit
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  and the blessing of your word amongst them.
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  Lord, we pray for that work of your spirit to bring many more to a knowledge of Christ,
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  many more to a commitment to him as their savior,
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  and many more to come to show themselves to willingly be a people of the Lord
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  who will go forth into the world holding forth the word of life.
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  Bless, we pray, all who join us online from week to week.
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  We thank you for them.
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  We thank you for their support, sometimes shown even in material ways.
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  We pray that that aspect of the congregation's ministry will continue to be blessed as well.
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  We thank you for all who, from time to time, send words of encouragement
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  as they join the services of the congregation online.
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  We pray that you bless, Lord, all the other activities of the congregation from week to week.
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  Bless the work, we pray, especially amongst the children, amongst the young people and adults alike.
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  We ask that all the other activities connected with the weekly endeavors of the congregation may be blessed.
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  And may be blessed internally and externally to those around who see and hear of the work of the congregation from week to week.
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  Be pleased, we pray, O Lord, to continue to bestow the strength of your spirit
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  and the blessing of your spirit and the energy of your spirit
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  to win hearts to yourself and to expand the congregation even in numerical terms as well.
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  But especially, we pray that they may continue to deepen their roots spiritually
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  and that they may come to know of that growth in grace and in the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  Remember those who are unable to be with us today through illness or through other duties.
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  We pray that you would bless them, O Lord, and those away from home at this time.
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  Be pleased, we pray, to draw near to them.
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  And grant to us, O Lord, as we continue to wait upon you,
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  that in all our several responsibilities in the Church of Christ and in this congregation,
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  we may continue to depend upon the Lord and seek his blessing upon our lives from day to day.
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  Hear us now, we pray.
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  Continue with us and pardon and cleanse us from all our sins.
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  For Jesus' sake.
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  Amen.
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  We'll sing once more to God's praise.
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  We're singing Psalm 122.
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  Psalm 122.
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  That's in the Scottish Psalter version.
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  That's on page 416.
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  The tune is Free Church.
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  I joyed went to the house of God.
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  Go up, they said to me.
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  Jerusalem within thy gates, our feet shall standing be.
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  Jerusalem as a city is compactly built together.
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  And to that place the tribes go up.
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  The tribes of God go thither.
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  These verses, Psalm 122.
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  To God's praise.
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  I joyed went to the house of God.
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  Go up, they said to me.
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  Jerusalem within thy gates,
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  Our feet shall stand on him.
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  The exorcised calling people.
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  Hymn.
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  And we shall stand in me.
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  The hemos of all Broadcl Harona's support,
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  known for a city isenko Fank,
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  Israel within thyis.
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  Hymn.
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  Zumines should principles to while the earth are held together,
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  To the place that shines over, the times of God go thither.
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  In this church's testimony there, to God's name comes to me.
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  For crowns of judgment in the cross of the disciples' escape.
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  In the dead of seven will have peace and felicity.
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  Let them that love me and my peace have still prosperity.
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  For I wish that peace may still within thy bones remain.
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  And ever may thy promises prosperity retain.
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  For my friends and brethren sing, this day in me I'll sing.
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  And for the house of God our Lord I'll sing thy good only.
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  Amen.
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  Now if you turn with me please to 2 Thessalonians chapter 3.
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  I'd like us together to consider the words of verse 16 for a short time this morning.
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  2 Thessalonians chapter 3 verse 16.
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  Now may the God of peace himself give you peace at all times, in every way.
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  The Lord be with you all.
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  Well as you well know we live in a world that desperately needs peace.
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  In so many different ways as you look out over people's lives, whether locally, nationally or internationally,
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  you can see that people are in need of peace.
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  Though not necessarily looking for it in the right places.
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  And we ourselves need that peace so much.
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  We need the peace as we'll see of which Paul is here speaking of as he wrote to the Thessalonians.
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  We need that peace individually, deep within our hearts.
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  But without that peace life is not structured as it should be.
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  The peace that we'll see comes from the Lord Jesus Christ himself.
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  And of course peace in the Bible, we've seen this many times,
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  peace in the Bible means a lot more than just the absence of strife or of conflict or of war.
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  Peace actually in the Bible means a situation or a state of well-being,
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  of spiritual prosperity in the highest sense.
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  That overall well-being that God gives to his people spiritually and morally
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  through what he has done in the Lord Jesus Christ.
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  And it belongs to the highest blessing that we receive from God.
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  Includes and contains this peace of God.
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  This peace that has two dimensions to it really.
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  The peace the Bible speaks of as peace with God and also peace with one another.
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  And both of these are joined together in the Lord Jesus Christ and what he is and who he is
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  for his own believing people.
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  Through him we come to have peace with God.
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  Through him we have the privilege of having peace with one another.
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  And Paul's prayer for these Thessalonians who, like every other church you find mentioned in the New Testament,
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  had problems of their own.
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  Things that needed to be corrected by God, by Paul in his writings.
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  But here is Paul saying this especially is what he desires for and prays for them.
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  That the Lord of peace himself will give them peace at all times.
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  And that the Lord will be with them all.
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  And what was Paul's prayer for the Thessalonians is my prayer for you today.
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  As I lay down my congregational ministry with yourselves.
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  So I pray that this verse will be abundantly fulfilled in your experience in the days to come.
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  That the Lord of peace himself will give you peace at all times.
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  And that the Lord himself will indeed be with you.
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  So let's look at the source of peace first of all.
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  And then look at the outworking of peace very briefly.
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  Well the source of peace obviously is as he says there's the Lord of peace.
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  May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times.
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  Now usually in the Bible in the New Testament we find the God of peace being the phrase that's attached to spiritual peace from God or with God.
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  The God of peace is the God who made peace through the death of Jesus on the cross.
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  Colossians chapter 1 and verse 20 especially speaks there about the person of Jesus and his qualification to be the saviour of his people.
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  And how he was endowed and indeed possessed himself as he says in that great chapter.
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  That he is in fact the one in whom all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell.
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  God was pleased to make the fullness of God dwell in him as a person.
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  And therefore through him to reconcile to himself all things whether on earth or in heaven making peace by the blood of his cross.
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  Peace with God.
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  Peace involving reconciliation.
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  And peace by means of the cross.
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  The removal of enmity that had been brought in by our sin and rebellion against God.
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  So that's mostly the emphasis you find on peace and peace with God.
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  Peace that God has created through the cross.
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  But you notice here in Thessalonians in this text we're looking at it's actually the Lord of peace himself.
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  And that mostly in the New Testament refers to Jesus specifically.
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  It's a specific reference to the Lord of peace himself.
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  And wherever you find the word Lord like that most often it refers precisely or specially to Jesus himself.
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  So that's what he's really saying.
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  May the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times.
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  In other words it's reminding us that Jesus is also the bestower of peace.
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  It's not just peace from the Father through him.
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  The peace that you find as a property of salvation.
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  The peace between yourselves and God.
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  And created for peace with one another.
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  There is also peace from Jesus himself.
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  Jesus as the saviour of his people is the bestower of peace.
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  Just as much as the Father.
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  And you have these wonderful words in John's Gospel in chapter 14.
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  Where he taught the disciples as he prepared to go out to the cross.
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  And as he sought to allay their fears.
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  As he sought to calm their minds.
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  They knew he was going.
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  He had told them it was necessary for him to go.
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  They just couldn't think of the world being the same without him.
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  They couldn't think of how they were going to manage life without him.
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  And indeed they had a good point.
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  They didn't then understand of course that the Holy Spirit was going to come.
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  And that Jesus was going to be present with them through the Holy Spirit.
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  But you remember what he said.
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  Peace I leave with you.
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  My peace I give to you.
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  Peace I leave with you.
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  It's the kind of thing you find in somebody who's just drawn up a will.
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  And saying this is what I bequeath to you.
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  This is what I am laying down for you.
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  That you will come to possess after I am gone.
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  And that's what Jesus was saying.
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  My peace I give to you.
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  The peace that I specially have to give to you is what I'm going to give to you.
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  And you remember he actually then went and made a specific contrast with the world.
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  Not as the world gives do I give to you.
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  Not as the world gives do I give to you.
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  Because that's you see where most people actually look for peace isn't it.
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  You look out over the world today.
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  You look out all that's happening in the world outside of the worship of God.
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  Or outside of the gatherings of God's people or gospel ordinances.
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  Where do people look for peace?
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  They look for it in material things.
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  They look for it in the things of this world.
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  And you know better than that because you have the gospel.
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  And you know what Jesus is saying in the gospel about peace.
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  It's not a peace that you can create.
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  Not a peace that you manufacture for yourself.
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  It doesn't come by reason of anything that you're able to do yourself.
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  It's his peace.
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  He has done it for you.
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  He gives it to you.
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  My peace I give to you.
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  Not as the world gives give I to you.
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  Wherever you're looking for peace today.
• 38:02
  Jesus is saying to you categorically and precisely.
• 38:05
  You will not find it anywhere else but in me.
• 38:09
  You will not find the source of it in anything to do with the world.
• 38:13
  You will not find it in your own abilities.
• 38:16
  You will not find it in your worldly success.
• 38:19
  You will only find it in me.
• 38:22
  And if you don't have me you don't have this peace.
• 38:24
  And you see he said in that context too didn't he.
• 38:31
  Let not your hearts be troubled.
• 38:34
  Neither let it be afraid.
• 38:37
  Similar to what we saw last Lord's Day.
• 38:40
  In Genesis chapter 46.
• 38:43
  Where you find God as we saw.
• 38:46
  Reassuring Jacob.
• 38:47
  Don't be afraid to go down to Egypt.
• 38:52
  For there I will make you a great nation.
• 38:54
  I myself will go with you.
• 38:57
  And I myself will bring you back again.
• 39:01
  Very similar to what Paul was saying here to the Thessalonians isn't it?
• 39:05
  Where he is assuring them that their peace is in and from the Lord himself.
• 39:14
  That they need not be troubled for whatever lies ahead.
• 39:17
  As we'll see in a minute he says.
• 39:18
  That he may give you peace at all times in every way.
• 39:21
  And we thought last week of how not to be afraid of the future.
• 39:27
  Whether for the congregation that you are.
• 39:29
  Or for yourself as an individual.
• 39:32
  As you go on trusting in Christ and looking to Jesus.
• 39:36
  And looking for him as the head of his church.
• 39:39
  To guide you through whatever lies ahead.
• 39:41
  This is what he said.
• 39:42
  Don't be afraid.
• 39:44
  Because you have my peace.
• 39:45
  And my peace pacifies your heart.
• 39:48
  My peace occupies your mind.
• 39:51
  My peace goes with you.
• 39:54
  As you keep looking to me.
• 39:56
  There's the source of our peace in Jesus himself.
• 40:00
  And you notice how emphatically Paul actually mentioned this.
• 40:04
  He said,
• 40:04
  Now may the Lord of peace himself.
• 40:08
  You see he's adding that word himself.
• 40:11
  Just to actually reinforce the point that he's making.
• 40:14
  This is where your peace is from.
• 40:16
  This is where your peace actually is found and lies.
• 40:19
  In Jesus himself.
• 40:20
  And may the Lord himself.
• 40:22
  May he himself give you his peace.
• 40:25
  May the Lord himself give you peace.
• 40:28
  Don't look anywhere else.
• 40:31
  For your peace today.
• 40:32
  I don't know how you've come to this building.
• 40:36
  With what sort of heart you've come to this building.
• 40:42
  I know you've come sincerely.
• 40:45
  I know you've come as a congregation.
• 40:48
  Who it's been my privilege to preach to for eight years.
• 40:52
  I know you know the gospel.
• 40:55
  I know you know everything the gospel says.
• 40:59
  About Christ and his death.
• 41:00
  And the creation of peace by God through the cross.
• 41:05
  But today don't look for your peace.
• 41:08
  Outwith of that Jesus.
• 41:11
  You have all the peace you need.
• 41:13
  In himself.
• 41:15
  And this is the prayer.
• 41:17
  May the Lord of peace himself.
• 41:22
  Give you that peace.
• 41:23
  Whatever happens in the days.
• 41:26
  Months or even years to come.
• 41:28
  Don't let your eyes be deflected.
• 41:31
  Don't let your mind be taken aside from.
• 41:36
  Focusing on Jesus himself.
• 41:39
  As you serve him.
• 41:40
  As the Lord of peace.
• 41:42
  Look always to him.
• 41:45
  And find your peace in him.
• 41:46
  And enjoy the peace.
• 41:49
  That is in him.
• 41:50
  And that he gives.
• 41:52
  To all who trust in him.
• 41:55
  And you see he's saying.
• 41:56
  May the Lord of peace himself.
• 41:58
  Give you peace.
• 41:59
  At all times.
• 42:01
  In every way.
• 42:03
  And he's adding that.
• 42:04
  So that the Thessalonians will say.
• 42:06
  Well maybe we can look to the Lord.
• 42:09
  At some times.
• 42:10
  In some situations of crisis.
• 42:12
  And then look for peace then.
• 42:14
  And find our peace then.
• 42:16
  In him.
• 42:16
  And he be the source.
• 42:17
  Of our peace then.
• 42:18
  No no.
• 42:19
  Paul is saying.
• 42:19
  At all times.
• 42:21
  And in every way.
• 42:22
  In other words.
• 42:23
  Constantly.
• 42:24
  Continuously.
• 42:25
  Look to the Lord.
• 42:27
  And may he constantly.
• 42:29
  Continually.
• 42:29
  Give you this peace.
• 42:31
  Pour this peace into your hearts.
• 42:33
  And when he says.
• 42:34
  In every way.
• 42:35
  That literally means.
• 42:36
  At every turn.
• 42:39
  Because life has lots of turns.
• 42:42
  There are lots of turnings already.
• 42:44
  In your lives.
• 42:45
  In your human experience.
• 42:47
  Turnings that you anticipated.
• 42:49
  And some you very much didn't.
• 42:52
  Unexpected events.
• 42:55
  Challenging events.
• 42:56
  Painful events.
• 42:59
  Events that you wouldn't have.
• 43:01
  Created for yourself.
• 43:03
  That in one sense.
• 43:05
  You would rather.
• 43:05
  It never happened.
• 43:07
  But here is something.
• 43:09
  That's always true.
• 43:10
  The Lord himself.
• 43:12
  May he give you peace.
• 43:13
  At all times.
• 43:15
  At every turn.
• 43:17
  What an advantage.
• 43:18
  It is to an individual.
• 43:20
  And indeed.
• 43:21
  To a congregation.
• 43:22
  As well.
• 43:23
  To know.
• 43:24
  The Lord's peace.
• 43:26
  At every turn.
• 43:28
  Whatever the turns.
• 43:29
  May bring about.
• 43:31
  Whatever the circumstances.
• 43:32
  May be in.
• 43:33
  God's peace.
• 43:34
  God's peace doesn't change.
• 43:35
  The source of peace.
• 43:36
  Doesn't change.
• 43:38
  The quality of the peace.
• 43:39
  Doesn't change.
• 43:40
  The purpose of the peace.
• 43:42
  Doesn't change.
• 43:43
  And that's why he's saying to them.
• 43:45
  May the Lord of peace.
• 43:46
  Himself.
• 43:48
  Give you this peace.
• 43:51
  At all times.
• 43:53
  At every turn.
• 43:54
  And then secondly.
• 43:57
  The outworking of this peace.
• 43:59
  How does this peace.
• 44:00
  How is it outworked.
• 44:01
  In our experience.
• 44:03
  What sort of role.
• 44:03
  Do we have.
• 44:05
  In the experience.
• 44:06
  Of this peace.
• 44:07
  And then.
• 44:09
  Enjoying this peace.
• 44:10
  One with another.
• 44:12
  Well for a start.
• 44:13
  It's a peace.
• 44:14
  Which we experience.
• 44:16
  Together.
• 44:18
  The word you hear.
• 44:19
  May the God.
• 44:20
  The Lord of peace.
• 44:21
  Himself.
• 44:21
  Give you peace.
• 44:23
  You.
• 44:24
  Plural.
• 44:25
  Peace.
• 44:26
  And so often.
• 44:27
  In Paul's writings.
• 44:28
  In the New Testament.
• 44:29
  Keeping with others as well.
• 44:31
  The plural is used.
• 44:32
  Just to remind.
• 44:33
  Those he's writing to.
• 44:35
  This is not just.
• 44:36
  For individuals.
• 44:37
  To enjoy on their own.
• 44:38
  This is something.
• 44:39
  For congregations.
• 44:40
  For churches.
• 44:41
  To experience.
• 44:42
  And to enjoy.
• 44:44
  Together.
• 44:45
  It's not so long ago.
• 44:46
  We looked at a.
• 44:47
  Short series of study.
• 44:48
  Of the church.
• 44:49
  Gathered.
• 44:49
  The church.
• 44:50
  Together.
• 44:50
  The church.
• 44:51
  Engaged.
• 44:52
  Together.
• 44:53
  As a body of people.
• 44:54
  Built together.
• 44:55
  Joined together.
• 44:56
  And here is another word.
• 44:57
  Here's Paul again.
• 44:58
  Using the plural.
• 45:00
  May he give you.
• 45:01
  Plural peace.
• 45:02
  At all times.
• 45:05
  Absolutely crucial.
• 45:06
  That we know.
• 45:07
  God's peace for ourselves.
• 45:09
  Individually.
• 45:10
  That you yourself.
• 45:11
  Today.
• 45:12
  Know what it is.
• 45:13
  To have peace.
• 45:13
  In your heart.
• 45:14
  Through faith.
• 45:15
  In the Lord.
• 45:16
  Jesus Christ.
• 45:17
  That you experience.
• 45:18
  That peace.
• 45:19
  That you know.
• 45:19
  Things are right.
• 45:20
  Between yourself.
• 45:21
  And God.
• 45:23
  But it's also crucial.
• 45:25
  That we know this peace.
• 45:28
  Because.
• 45:29
  That we know this peace.
• 45:30
  Corporately.
• 45:31
  Or congregational.
• 45:32
  Every time.
• 45:33
  Somebody comes to know the Lord.
• 45:35
  And know that peace.
• 45:36
  In their hearts.
• 45:37
  God.
• 45:38
  Even if they don't understand it.
• 45:40
  At the time.
• 45:41
  Or something that is.
• 45:42
  Going to grow with them.
• 45:43
  From then on.
• 45:44
  What the Lord always does.
• 45:46
  Is place that individual.
• 45:48
  In connection.
• 45:49
  With a body of people.
• 45:51
  Who also know that peace too.
• 45:55
  And today.
• 45:56
  You and I are thankful.
• 45:57
  Surely.
• 45:59
  That God has not saved us.
• 46:00
  For life on our own.
• 46:03
  That God has saved us.
• 46:04
  And placed us in a fellowship.
• 46:07
  In a communion of people.
• 46:09
  That God has given us.
• 46:11
  His peace.
• 46:11
  Not just to be enjoyed.
• 46:13
  Personally.
• 46:13
  Though very much it is that.
• 46:16
  But to be enjoyed.
• 46:17
  Along with others.
• 46:18
  And in connection with others.
• 46:20
  And indeed.
• 46:21
  For the well-being of others.
• 46:24
  Along with ourselves.
• 46:25
  See there is the great thing.
• 46:28
  About God's salvation.
• 46:30
  Our sin.
• 46:32
  Created.
• 46:33
  An individualism.
• 46:36
  By which.
• 46:37
  Which is expressed.
• 46:38
  In so many different ways.
• 46:39
  In the life of.
• 46:41
  Every one of us.
• 46:41
  As sinners.
• 46:43
  That individualism.
• 46:44
  That is expressed.
• 46:45
  In pride.
• 46:47
  And arrogance.
• 46:47
  And self-esteem.
• 46:50
  All the ways.
• 46:51
  In which the Bible.
• 46:52
  Shows us.
• 46:52
  What's deep in our heart.
• 46:54
  As sinners.
• 46:54
  That expresses itself.
• 46:56
  Then in our behavior.
• 46:58
  Conversation.
• 46:58
  And otherwise.
• 47:00
  And what God does.
• 47:01
  In his work of grace.
• 47:03
  What God does.
• 47:04
  By his spirit.
• 47:04
  In our hearts.
• 47:05
  What God does.
• 47:06
  In saving us individually.
• 47:08
  And placing us.
• 47:09
  In the fellowship.
• 47:09
  Of God's people.
• 47:11
  He undoes.
• 47:12
  What sin.
• 47:13
  Has brought about.
• 47:13
  But he replaces that.
• 47:15
  With its opposite.
• 47:17
  Instead of the individualism.
• 47:19
  The self-pleasing.
• 47:20
  And all that goes along with that.
• 47:22
  As a product of sin.
• 47:23
  He actually replaces that.
• 47:25
  With a desire.
• 47:27
  For the well-being of others.
• 47:29
  For a unity.
• 47:31
  That moves.
• 47:32
  And grows.
• 47:33
  By the spirit of God.
• 47:36
  And what a great privilege.
• 47:37
  It is to know that.
• 47:39
  To know today.
• 47:41
  That God has placed us.
• 47:43
  In that community of people.
• 47:46
  That express their faith in God.
• 47:48
  By seeking the well-being.
• 47:51
  Of one another.
• 47:53
  That's why so often.
• 47:54
  In the Bible.
• 47:56
  And the New Testament.
• 47:57
  Especially.
• 47:58
  And more especially.
• 47:59
  In the writings of John.
• 48:01
  You find.
• 48:02
  It emphasized again.
• 48:04
  And again.
• 48:04
  Beloved.
• 48:05
  Let us.
• 48:06
  Love one another.
• 48:08
  For love.
• 48:10
  Is of God.
• 48:12
  Let us love.
• 48:14
  One another.
• 48:14
  How does that express itself?
• 48:16
  Love expresses itself practically.
• 48:19
  You don't just say.
• 48:20
  To your fellow Christians.
• 48:21
  I do love you.
• 48:23
  I do love the fact.
• 48:24
  That you're part of this congregation.
• 48:25
  I belong to.
• 48:27
  You show your love.
• 48:28
  Practically.
• 48:29
  You do things in love.
• 48:31
  You exercise that love.
• 48:32
  As Paul says.
• 48:33
  As John says.
• 48:35
  Not in word.
• 48:37
  Only.
• 48:38
  But also.
• 48:38
  In action.
• 48:40
  And indeed.
• 48:40
  In sincerity.
• 48:41
  God undoes.
• 48:46
  What sin has caused.
• 48:49
  And replaces it with.
• 48:51
  That wonderful corporate unity.
• 48:55
  And.
• 48:55
  Together then.
• 48:57
  As the Lord will give you peace at all times as we pray.
• 49:02
  So it will be that you.
• 49:04
  Together.
• 49:05
  Grow.
• 49:06
  In spiritual.
• 49:07
  Stature.
• 49:09
  You worship together.
• 49:10
  Together.
• 49:10
  You learn together.
• 49:12
  You serve together.
• 49:14
  You wait for each other.
• 49:16
  You look after each other.
• 49:19
  You do everything that God himself.
• 49:21
  Sets before you in the gospel.
• 49:24
  To be a people.
• 49:26
  Who know his peace.
• 49:28
  And who want that peace disseminated.
• 49:31
  Not only amongst yourselves.
• 49:32
  But to that world out there.
• 49:34
  You want to be a congregation.
• 49:36
  That are known to the world.
• 49:38
  As a people of peace.
• 49:40
  Because one of the most destructive things.
• 49:43
  Is division in the church.
• 49:45
  And Paul wrote.
• 49:46
  To all of these.
• 49:48
  Congregations.
• 49:48
  Churches that he wrote to.
• 49:50
  And in some way or other.
• 49:51
  They all had problems.
• 49:53
  And he always advocated peace for them.
• 49:56
  To love one another.
• 49:57
  To be at peace with each other.
• 49:59
  To look after.
• 50:00
  The well-being of others.
• 50:01
  Besides themselves.
• 50:03
  And to the Philippians.
• 50:04
  For example.
• 50:05
  He gave the great example of Christ.
• 50:07
  Who came not to please himself.
• 50:09
  But to give himself.
• 50:11
  To the death of the cross.
• 50:15
  So.
• 50:15
  It's experienced together.
• 50:18
  And secondly.
• 50:19
  The outworking of peace.
• 50:20
  It requires.
• 50:21
  Our commitment.
• 50:23
  To unity.
• 50:24
  If I can take you just briefly.
• 50:26
  To what he wrote to the Ephesian church.
• 50:29
  And chapter four.
• 50:31
  A very powerful passage.
• 50:32
  That has to do with.
• 50:34
  With unity.
• 50:35
  And with our responsibilities.
• 50:38
  In regard to unity.
• 50:40
  Not only the outworking of peace.
• 50:42
  Experienced together.
• 50:43
  But it requires.
• 50:44
  Our commitment.
• 50:46
  Individually.
• 50:46
  To that unity.
• 50:48
  Notice what he says there.
• 50:49
  The beginning of Ephesians four.
• 50:50
  I therefore.
• 50:51
  A prisoner for the Lord.
• 50:52
  Urge you.
• 50:54
  To walk in a manner worthy.
• 50:55
  Of the calling.
• 50:56
  To which you have been called.
• 50:58
  With all humility.
• 51:00
  And gentleness.
• 51:01
  With patience.
• 51:02
  Baring with one another.
• 51:04
  In love.
• 51:05
  Eager to maintain.
• 51:06
  The unity of the spirit.
• 51:08
  In the bond of peace.
• 51:11
  Speaking there about peace.
• 51:13
  The bond of peace.
• 51:14
  That ties people together.
• 51:15
  Who love the Lord.
• 51:17
  But you see what he's saying.
• 51:19
  God has created that unity.
• 51:20
  By his spirit.
• 51:21
  It's the unity of the spirit.
• 51:23
  We don't create it.
• 51:25
  God creates it for us.
• 51:27
  But he gives us the responsibility.
• 51:28
  To look after it.
• 51:30
  To make sure that we value it.
• 51:32
  That we follow it through.
• 51:34
  In our relationships.
• 51:34
  One with another.
• 51:36
  So maintain.
• 51:37
  He says.
• 51:38
  That unity of the spirit.
• 51:40
  And how?
• 51:41
  In the bond.
• 51:42
  Of peace.
• 51:43
  Nowhere.
• 51:44
  Is the unity of God's people.
• 51:46
  Best seen and expressed.
• 51:48
  Than in showing them.
• 51:50
  At peace.
• 51:50
  With one another.
• 51:52
  At peace with God.
• 51:54
  At peace.
• 51:54
  Peace with God's providence.
• 51:57
  At peace with one another.
• 51:59
  At peace.
• 52:00
  In the gospel.
• 52:02
  And that's why you find these terms.
• 52:04
  As well mentioned.
• 52:06
  To the Ephesians.
• 52:07
  As well as to the Thessalonians.
• 52:08
  And Philippians.
• 52:09
  As we read there.
• 52:10
  At the beginning.
• 52:11
  Of chapter four.
• 52:12
  Of Ephesians.
• 52:14
  Where Paul mentioned those things.
• 52:16
  Humility.
• 52:16
  And gentleness.
• 52:18
  And patience.
• 52:19
  And patience.
• 52:20
  Bearing with one another.
• 52:21
  In love.
• 52:22
  Because that's all part.
• 52:24
  Of what he next says.
• 52:25
  Of maintaining the unity.
• 52:26
  Of the spirit.
• 52:28
  In the bond of peace.
• 52:29
  It all goes together.
• 52:31
  And back to Thessalonians.
• 52:32
  May the Lord of peace himself.
• 52:35
  Give you peace at all times.
• 52:37
  In every way.
• 52:38
  The Lord.
• 52:39
  Be with you.
• 52:40
  All.
• 52:40
  I was going to.
• 52:43
  Just mention.
• 52:44
  Philippians chapter four.
• 52:45
  I don't want to mention.
• 52:46
  Too many texts.
• 52:47
  Because it crowds it.
• 52:48
  And it's important to focus.
• 52:49
  Just on the main point.
• 52:51
  Being made.
• 52:52
  This Lord of peace.
• 52:53
  Giving peace.
• 52:54
  But in Philippians four.
• 52:56
  You remember very well.
• 52:57
  How.
• 52:57
  Paul there.
• 52:58
  In writing to the Philippians.
• 52:59
  Who themselves.
• 53:00
  Had some problems.
• 53:02
  But in a wonderful passage.
• 53:03
  In chapter four.
• 53:04
  And verses six to seven.
• 53:06
  He says this.
• 53:07
  Do not be anxious.
• 53:08
  About anything.
• 53:09
  But in everything.
• 53:10
  By prayer.
• 53:11
  And supplication.
• 53:13
  With thanksgiving.
• 53:14
  Let your requests.
• 53:15
  Be made known to God.
• 53:16
  And the peace of God.
• 53:18
  Which surpasses all understanding.
• 53:21
  Will guard your hearts.
• 53:22
  And minds.
• 53:23
  In Christ Jesus.
• 53:24
  Finally brothers.
• 53:25
  Whatever is true.
• 53:26
  Whatever is honorable.
• 53:28
  Whatever is just.
• 53:29
  Whatever is pure.
• 53:30
  Whatever is lovely.
• 53:32
  Whatever is commendable.
• 53:33
  If there is any excellence.
• 53:34
  If there is any worthy.
• 53:35
  Anything worthy of praise.
• 53:37
  Think about these things.
• 53:40
  And the God of peace.
• 53:42
  Will be with you.
• 53:44
  You see what he's saying.
• 53:46
  He's saying that.
• 53:47
  Through prayer.
• 53:49
  We come to experience.
• 53:51
  The peace of God.
• 53:52
  Garrisoning and guarding.
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  Our hearts and minds.
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  Again it's together.
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  It's plural.
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  And appreciation.
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  For those things.
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  That are lovely.
• 54:02
  That are like God himself.
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  Leads to God of peace.
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  Himself.
• 54:07
  Himself.
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  Being with you.
• 54:09
  In other words.
• 54:10
  A prayerful mind.
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  And a holy mind.
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  In that exercise.
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  Together.
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  Lead to experiencing.
• 54:17
  The Lord of peace himself.
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  Giving peace.
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  To his people.
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  And it's connected finally.
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  With God's presence.
• 54:27
  The Lord of peace.
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  Himself.
• 54:29
  Give you peace.
• 54:30
  At all times.
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  In every way.
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  The Lord.
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  Be with you all.
• 54:35
  All these words.
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  Are really just an extension.
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  In a sense.
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  Of what he's saying there.
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  At the beginning.
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  The Lord of peace himself.
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  Give you peace.
• 54:43
  Because you can't separate.
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  The Lord.
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  Giving peace.
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  To his people.
• 54:47
  From the Lord.
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  Being with his people.
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  The presence.
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  Of Jesus.
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  As well as the.
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  Bestowing.
• 54:55
  Bestowing.
• 54:55
  The bestowing.
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  By Jesus.
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  Of this peace.
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  The peace.
• 55:00
  And the presence.
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  Of God.
• 55:03
  All built into this.
• 55:04
  One wonderful text.
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  The Lord.
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  Be with you all.
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  This is the peace.
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  That Paul sought.
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  For the Thessalonians.
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  This is the peace.
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  The peace.
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  That you seek.
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  For yourselves.
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  As a congregation.
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  That you set before God.
• 55:24
  Prayerfully.
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  And practically.
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  Demonstrate.
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  In your relationships.
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  One with another.
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  This is the peace.
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  That you value.
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  The peace.
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  That you appreciate.
• 55:35
  The peace.
• 55:35
  That you give thanks.
• 55:36
  To God for.
• 55:38
  The peace.
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  That you pray.
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  Will be continued.
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  And expanded.
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  And enlarged.
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  In your own experience.
• 55:44
  And appreciation.
• 55:44
  Of it.
• 55:46
  The peace.
• 55:46
  That only Jesus.
• 55:47
  Can give.
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  The Lord of peace.
• 55:50
  Himself.
• 55:51
  Is the one.
• 55:52
  You're looking to.
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  For that peace.
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  To be experienced.
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  And enjoyed.
• 55:57
  By you together.
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  And that is the peace.
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  I pray.
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  Will be with you.
• 56:04
  And remain with you.
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  And I do sincerely pray.
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  These words.
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  Of this verse.
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  For you.
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  As I take my leave.
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  Of active ministry.
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  With you.
• 56:14
  I pray.
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  The Lord of peace.
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  Himself.
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  Give you peace.
• 56:20
  At all times.
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  In every way.
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  The Lord.
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  Be.
• 56:25
  With you all.
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  Let's pray.
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  We give thanks.
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  Oh Lord.
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  That you are.
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  The Lord of peace.
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  You preside.
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  Over peace.
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  Like you do.
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  Everything else.
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  And we know.
• 56:41
  Lord.
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  That the peace.
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  That we need.
• 56:43
  And the peace.
• 56:44
  That we enjoy.
• 56:44
  As your people.
• 56:46
  Is a peace.
• 56:47
  That you have created.
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  For us.
• 56:49
  A peace.
• 56:50
  That issues.
• 56:50
  From yourself.
• 56:52
  A peace.
• 56:53
  Oh Lord.
• 56:53
  That we crave.
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  As we seek.
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  Your peace.
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  From day to day.
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  And we.
• 56:59
  Oh Lord.
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  Ask that.
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  You would continue.
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  To bestow.
• 57:02
  That peace.
• 57:02
  Upon us.
• 57:03
  Day by day.
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  Even as the apostle.
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  Your servant.
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  Sought for these.
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  Thessalonian believers.
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  And we pray.
• 57:10
  That the Lord of peace.
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  Himself.
• 57:12
  Will continue.
• 57:13
  To give this congregation.
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  Peace.
• 57:15
  And all our congregations.
• 57:17
  And enable us Lord.
• 57:18
  We pray to thrive.
• 57:20
  Under the experience.
• 57:21
  Of you bestowing.
• 57:22
  That peace upon us.
• 57:24
  We pray that your presence.
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  Will go with us.
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  Into every area of life.
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  Receive our thanks.
• 57:30
  We pray now.
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  Pardoning our sin.
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  For Christ's sake.
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  Amen.
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  We are going to conclude.
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  Our service.
• 57:39
  This morning.
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  By singing in Psalm 72.
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  72.
• 57:44
  In the singed Psalms version.
• 57:45
  That is on page 92.
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  And we are singing to the tune.
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  Before the throne.
• 57:50
  And verses 1 to 7.
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  Words again.
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  That bring our minds.
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  To Jesus.
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  As the king of his people.
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  And how he is the one.
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  Who bestows.
• 58:02
  Peace upon them.
• 58:03
  Endow the king.
• 58:04
  With justice Lord.
• 58:06
  The royal son.
• 58:07
  With righteousness.
• 58:07
  Your people.
• 58:08
  Your afflicted ones.
• 58:11
  He will judge.
• 58:12
  With truth.
• 58:12
  And uprightness.
• 58:14
  The mountains.
• 58:14
  Will bring peace to them.
• 58:16
  The hills.
• 58:17
  The fruit.
• 58:18
  Of righteousness.
• 58:19
  And so on.
• 58:20
  Verses 1 to 7.
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  To his praise.
• 58:22
  Amen.
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  To our hearts.
• 58:24
  Amen.
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  Amen.
• 58:25
  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  Amen.
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  If you just please take your seats for a moment.
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  Well I hope as many as possible will manage to go through to the hall to the prize giving.
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  To show our support for the children.
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  And to be with them at the time of the end of session prize giving.
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  I will hopefully God willing be saying much more on the 28th at the time of the farewell.
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  But I'd like to say at this point how much these eight years have meant to me and to Donna as we've saved the Lord amongst you.
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  I could not have wished to end my ministry in a better congregation than yourselves.
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  As I mentioned at the Gaelic prayer meeting.
• 1:01:09
  The last Gaelic prayer meeting.
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  The quality of reception to the word of God in this congregation.
• 1:01:16
  Matches anywhere else that I've ever known.
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  And that's a great privilege.
• 1:01:23
  And a great honour indeed.
• 1:01:26
  For anyone who ministers to you.
• 1:01:29
  Thank you for calling me.
• 1:01:32
  To be your minister.
• 1:01:33
  Thank you.
• 1:01:34
  It's been my privilege these past eight years.
• 1:01:44
  To have preached the gospel to you.
• 1:01:48
  To have as far as possible gone in and out amongst you.
• 1:01:51
  To have shared with you.
• 1:01:52
  In your times of joy and times of sorrow.
• 1:01:56
  Which are always features of every congregation's life.
• 1:01:59
  I can say I have sought at all times.
• 1:02:04
  To be faithful to the Lord.
• 1:02:07
  And to his word.
• 1:02:09
  But I do sincerely thank you.
• 1:02:12
  It has been my honour indeed.
• 1:02:14
  To have been your minister.
• 1:02:17
  During these years.
• 1:02:20
  And I pray as we saw this morning.
• 1:02:23
  That the Lord of Peace will indeed.
• 1:02:25
  Give you peace.
• 1:02:27
  In everything and at every turn.
• 1:02:29
  In these days to come.
• 1:02:32
  I'm sure that you will give.
• 1:02:34
  Whoever comes to.
• 1:02:37
  Be your minister in the future.
• 1:02:40
  The same.
• 1:02:41
  Attentive.
• 1:02:43
  Careful.
• 1:02:44
  And valuable support.
• 1:02:47
  That you have given to me.
• 1:02:50
  I thank you for your support.
• 1:02:52
  Of every endeavour we've had.
• 1:02:54
  Together in the gospel.
• 1:02:56
  Some of these initiatives.
• 1:02:58
  Have come from yourselves.
• 1:03:00
  And I and the Kirk Session have been pleased to support them.
• 1:03:04
  And to encourage you in them.
• 1:03:07
  And whatever initiatives have come.
• 1:03:09
  From myself.
• 1:03:10
  From time to time.
• 1:03:11
  I thank you for your cooperation and willingness.
• 1:03:15
  To follow through with them.
• 1:03:17
  In the conviction that they were indeed.
• 1:03:20
  Activities which would benefit.
• 1:03:21
  The congregation.
• 1:03:22
  And serve the gospel.
• 1:03:25
  And be pleasing to God.
• 1:03:26
  And I pray that.
• 1:03:30
  You will continue to grow in the grace.
• 1:03:32
  And in the knowledge.
• 1:03:34
  Of our Lord and Saviour.
• 1:03:36
  Jesus Christ.
• 1:03:37
  Now if you allow me to get to the main door.
• 1:03:40
  I'm not sure if all of you can come through the main door.
• 1:03:42
  I'd like it if you could.
• 1:03:43
  Some will have to go through I suppose.
• 1:03:45
  That don't use the steps.
• 1:03:46
  But as many as possible.
• 1:03:48
  I'd like to just greet you.
• 1:03:49
  On the way out today.
• 1:03:50
  Saying this is my final service as minister.
• 1:03:52
  Father.
• 1:03:53
  And if you could.
• 1:03:54
  Let me get to the main door please.
• 1:03:56
  I'll be happy to do that.
• 1:03:57
  Let's stand now for the benediction.
• 1:04:02
  Now may the peace of God.
• 1:04:04
  That passes all understanding.
• 1:04:07
  Keep your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
• 1:04:10
  May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1:04:13
  And the love of God the Father.
• 1:04:15
  And the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
• 1:04:18
  Be with you now and evermore.
• 1:04:21
  Amen.
• 1:04:22
  Amen.
• 1:04:23
  Amen.
• 1:04:24
  Amen.
• 1:04:25
  Amen.
• 1:04:37
  Amen.
• 1:04:38
  Amen.
• 1:04:38
  Amen.
• 1:04:38
  Amen.
• 1:04:38
  Amen.
• 1:04:39
  Amen.
• 1:04:40
  Amen.
• 1:04:40
  Amen.
• 1:04:41
  Amen.
• 1:04:41
  Amen.
• 1:04:42
  Amen.
• 1:04:45
  Amen.
• 1:04:46
  Amen.
• 1:04:48
  Amen.
• 1:04:49
  Amen.
• 1:04:51
  Amen.
• 1:04:51
  Amen.
• 1:04:51
  Amen.