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Jesus - Brother and Redeemer · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Well, we'll turn back to our reading in Hebrews chapter 2.
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We're going to look together this evening, verse 10 down to verse 15.
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That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.
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And then down at verse 15, he is, as it says here, the deliverer of all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
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He is a deliverer.
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We're looking this evening at Jesus as he's presented to us in this passage, and in particular in these two ways.
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As we see in verse 11, how he's not ashamed to call them brothers.
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We see Jesus as a brother here.
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And then in verse 15, we see Jesus as a deliverer or a redeemer there.
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But it's in the midst, too, of the one who is at work as well.
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Here we see the devil at work there in verse 14 as well.
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So we have Jesus there in the midst of this battle.
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And in many ways, that's the battle that Jesus has fought for us.
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As we think of coming to approach another time of communion in our midst.
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As we think of remembering the Lord's death until he come.
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We see here in this passage how he has come to conquer death itself.
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Death is a great fear for many people.
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And it certainly was in the case of the Hebrews, as the writer was here outlining for us.
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Verse 15 makes that clear for us that death was what they were subject to, lifelong slavery.
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It was a fear of death that they had.
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And that was because they were living in the midst.
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He was writing.
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These were mainly Jews.
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So they were people who understood who God was.
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They understood the Old Testament.
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But to come and put their trust in Jesus was a huge step for them.
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Because it would lead to persecution.
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It would lead to rejection.
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It could even lead to death.
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That's what that verse is making clear for us.
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They were living in that fear of death.
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And yet, in the midst of this, Jesus is seen as being the one who comes alongside them.
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The one who fulfills that promise to his people.
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That never will he leave them.
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Never will he forsake them.
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And we see that in a wonderful way, how he is a brother and a redeemer.
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So these people, they had a fear of living in a Christian way.
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What's our greatest fear today?
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What's your greatest fear in life?
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Or do you feel yourself as if you are free to live your life the way that you wanted?
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We can often think of other places in the world where freedom is not as prevalent as we have it.
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We think of places like North Korea, for example.
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One you often find on the World Watch list as it is, where persecution is prevalent.
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Where we see North Korea as very often that number one nation.
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Where persecution against the Christian faith is so intense.
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And therefore, there isn't that freedom to live the Christian life.
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And it's true in other places in the world as well.
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The World Watch list, as it's called, highlights the hundred most persecuted countries in the world.
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Places where to live as a Christian is a fearful thing.
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And especially that fear of your very life being taken from you.
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But it's something where we maybe feel, well, that's not our experience.
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We have that freedom to live.
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But there are still things in our life that have a sense of control over us.
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There are many things that we think that we're free to live.
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And yet, many things directing the way we go and the way we live.
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What we believe and what we do.
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For example, in our nation, materialism, secularism.
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These are two things that are very prevalent as well.
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They come through in all aspects of life.
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More and more, people would say, with that sense of a materialistic lifestyle is the goal for many.
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Or secularism taking over from the Christian faith.
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Where all forms of Christian faith are being pushed aside.
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Whether it's among our schools, our education system.
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Just our governments.
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The way we live.
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The way things are ordered.
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Everything is being pushed out.
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And so are we free to live?
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Or are we in some ways being controlled in that sense?
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Because behind all of these things, whether it's nations that are persecuting the Christian faith.
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Materialism, secularism.
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Behind all of these things is a desire to have God put out.
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God put away.
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And if we put God away, what replaces him?
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Well, it's our own ways, our own ideas, and our own thoughts.
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And so are we free to live?
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Well, in a spiritual sense, we have to think about that as well.
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Do we feel that freedom to be a Christian in our nation?
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Do we feel that freedom to be a Christian in our community?
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Do we feel that freedom to be a Christian in our home, among our friends, among our family?
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Because in the midst of that, there can also be a sense of fear.
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Because it's not the fear the same way as the Hebrews had it here.
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That fear of persecution and death.
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But it's a fear that we can often have that holds us back and leads us to live in the wrong way.
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To follow the ways of the world.
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The ideas of the people around us.
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Instead of faithfully following the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Fear cripples us so often.
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And we're afraid to live the Christian life.
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And when you think about it, the Hebrews here, they were afraid for a much more serious thing.
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Because they were afraid for their very lives.
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Now, we don't have that.
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But we have a fear ourselves.
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And right from the outset of this book, and as we look at it this evening,
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I want us to see that as we see Jesus,
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that he is the one who doesn't take these situations away.
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He doesn't take the situation away for the Hebrews here where that persecution was going to be no more.
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That fear of death was going to be no more.
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But he gives them an assurance that he is with them.
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And the same is true for us.
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That whatever our fears, whatever the things that are crippling us,
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and even is so paralyzed by fear,
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that the Lord is able to assure us that he is with us.
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That he will not leave his people.
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That's what we want to see this evening.
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This Jesus who is a brother.
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This Jesus who is a redeemer.
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Right from the outset of this book,
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there's a real sense of the reality of who Jesus is.
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The first chapter is a wonderful chapter in terms of,
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if you look at the first heading in the ESV Bible,
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the supremacy of God's Son,
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the supremacy of Jesus Christ,
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how he is over all.
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And it's quoting there from the Old Testament,
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many different quotes.
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And he sent his Son
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that we might have that salvation
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as it comes to the end of chapter 1.
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But then into chapter 2,
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it's reminding us and all of God's people,
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we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard,
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lest we drift away from it.
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For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable,
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and every transgression and disobedience
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received a just retribution,
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how shall we escape
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if we neglect such a great salvation?
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There is this great salvation available to us,
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and we're almost afraid.
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In our fear, we're neglecting,
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we're rejecting this great salvation.
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So the writer to the Hebrews is writing
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to encourage the people and ourselves
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to put our trust in the Lord Jesus Christ
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and to know the salvation that he offers to his people
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and to see it in the midst of all the challenges
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that this world presents to us,
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the temptations,
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the powers of evil that are at work,
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as you see in verse 14,
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how the devil is mentioned there
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in the sense that he is prowling always around
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to tempt us away,
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to take us away from this salvation.
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But as we fix our eyes on Jesus,
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we can say,
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he is my Lord,
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he is my God,
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and he is the one who I will look to.
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And who do we have as we look to Jesus then?
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Well, the first thing we see here is
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Jesus as a brother.
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We see this in verse 11.
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For he who sanctifies
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and those who are sanctified
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all have one origin.
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That is why he is not ashamed
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to call them brothers.
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It's a wonderful thought that Jesus
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would call us brothers and sisters.
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Because there are a number of people in this world
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who we would find it very difficult
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to be comfortable in their presence.
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You think of people in positions of authority.
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You think of being with royalty.
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You think of being with politicians,
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presidents, billionaires,
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all kinds of people
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who we would be very uncomfortable
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in their presence.
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We wouldn't know what to say.
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We would be so out with our comforts.
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So how can we relate
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to these kinds of people?
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We know nothing of what they are like
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and they know nothing of what we are like.
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And so we're just not on the same page.
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And I guess the same could be said of them as well,
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that they are not comfortable
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as much in our presence either
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when they're dealing with us.
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They cannot relate to the normal human being,
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as it were,
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those who experience day-to-day trials
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that they've never experienced themselves.
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And you see it sometimes
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when these kinds of people,
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they try and mix in places
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that they're not used to
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and they're very uncomfortable.
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In the same way as we would be uncomfortable
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and afraid going into Buckingham Palace,
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for example,
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if we were ever invited there,
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if we invited royalty into our homes,
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how comfortable would they be?
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A fish out of water,
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there would be an awkwardness with it.
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And isn't it then remarkable
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how you read these words in verse 11 here?
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He's not ashamed to call them brothers.
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Who is this?
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This is Jesus.
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This is Jesus speaking to his people then
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and as he speaks to his people today.
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Not ashamed to call them brothers.
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The King of Kings.
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The Lord of Lords.
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And yet he is there to come
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alongside his people.
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And the amazing thing is
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that he calls his brothers here.
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And the very people
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who are the cause
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of his going to the cross.
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Because of our sin,
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he came into this world.
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Because of our sin,
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he died on the cross.
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And yet here he is saying,
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I'm not ashamed to be called
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to call them brothers.
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And when you look at verse 3,
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chapter 1, verse 3,
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you see a little there of who it is.
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He is the radiance of the glory of God
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and the exact imprint of his nature.
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And he upholds the universe
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by the word of his power.
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This is who it is.
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The exact radiance of the glory of God.
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The exact imprint of his nature.
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He upholds the universe
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by the word of his power.
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And yet at the same time,
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he says he is not ashamed
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to call them brothers.
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The wonder of who we have
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to come alongside us.
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The wonder of Jesus
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who came into this world
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to associate with all.
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The rich and the poor.
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The sick, the lame,
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the suffering.
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How he associated with them all.
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And he wasn't awkward in coming.
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He was very much at home
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among his people.
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You see it again and again
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throughout the scriptures.
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How he relates to people.
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How he comes alongside people.
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How he comes alongside
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the children,
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the women,
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the sick,
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the grieving,
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the sinners,
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as they were called,
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the tax collectors.
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All of these people.
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People who others would find
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it very awkward
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to be with.
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Jesus was alongside them
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all because he is not ashamed
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to call his own brothers.
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And yet he is in the radiance
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and the glory
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of God his Father.
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It's an amazing thing
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to think of that.
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He's not ashamed
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to call us brothers.
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And you get a little insight
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of this in the quotes
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that you see
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in verse 12 and 13.
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We'll come back to the one
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in verse 12 later on.
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But the quotes in verse 13
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are from Isaiah chapter 8,
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verse 17 and verse 18.
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And the quote in verse 12
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is from Psalm 22,
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verse 22.
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But there in verse 13,
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for example,
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the second one,
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Behold I
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and the children
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God has given me.
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When you look at that
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in the Old Testament
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in Isaiah chapter 8,
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verse 18,
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it's talking about
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Isaiah himself
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and the children
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that he has
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alongside him.
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And Isaiah is writing
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there in the time
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of great suffering
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ahead for the people.
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And yet he is writing
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with that confidence
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that God will be with them.
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The children
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that he has given him
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in that day
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are those reminders to him
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that God
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is going to be faithful.
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If you look up Isaiah 8
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later on,
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you'll see it
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for yourselves.
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So there's that idea
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of the nature of family
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and God being with Isaiah
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and the family there.
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But here's applying
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to Jesus.
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And so what is it saying?
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Behold I and the children
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God has given me.
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He is saying here
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that God has given
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to him his people.
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And that he is the one
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who is looking after
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his people.
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That he is the one
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who is not ashamed
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to call them brothers.
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Here I am
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and the children
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that you have given me.
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The people
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that you have given
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to me.
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Tolstoy,
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the great Russian writer,
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said of him,
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he was once passing
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through a street
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one day
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and a beggar
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stopped him
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and pleaded with him
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for some money.
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And Tolstoy put his
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hands in his pockets
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and wasn't able
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to find any money.
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And so he said to him,
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please don't be angry
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with me on my brother,
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but I have nothing
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with me.
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If I did,
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I would give you
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something.
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And the beggar
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looked up
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with a face
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that was suddenly
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beaming.
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And he said,
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you've given me
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more than I asked
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for.
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You have called me
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brother.
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That sense of
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connection
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was there.
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That sense of
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not just being
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looked down
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upon,
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not just being
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thought as
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nothing
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in this world,
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just a poor beggar,
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but to be
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acknowledged
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as a brother
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made all the difference.
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And what a difference
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this makes to us
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as we think of
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everything that we
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have to face up
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to in this life.
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All the fears
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that we have.
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Imagine it to the
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people that
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the Hebrews
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that we're being
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written to
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in the fear
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of persecution
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and even death.
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Here is Jesus
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saying,
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I'm not ashamed
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to call you
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brothers.
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And for you
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and for me
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the same
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is true.
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But are we
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ashamed
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of him?
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Are you
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ashamed
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of him
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tonight?
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That's the
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other side
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of the coin
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here.
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We looked
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at this
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last week
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in Mark
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chapter 8
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in verse 38.
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Whoever is
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ashamed of me
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and of my
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words
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in this
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adulterous
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and sinful
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generation,
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of him
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will the
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Son of Man
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also be ashamed
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when he comes
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in the glory
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of his Father
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with the holy
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angels.
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We were
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looking at it
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last week,
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that sense
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of just
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disassociating
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ourselves
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with him.
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He is
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not ashamed
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to call
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us
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brothers.
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The one
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who,
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as we see
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there in
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verse 3
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of chapter 1,
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is the
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radiance
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of the
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glory
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of God.
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Are we
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ashamed
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of him?
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What fear
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do we have
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most
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in this
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world?
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Well,
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the fear
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of the
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Lord
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is the
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beginning
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of wisdom,
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as it
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says.
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And that
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is a
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right
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reverence
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towards
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God.
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A
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right
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reverence
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towards
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Jesus,
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the one
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who is
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not
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ashamed
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to
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call
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us
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brothers.
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The second
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thing we
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see here
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is this
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is written
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in the
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midst
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of the
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fear
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of death
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and the
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one
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who has
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the power
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of death,
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as verse
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14 says,
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that is
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the devil.
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The
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reality
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of that
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fear
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in this
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life
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is seen
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here.
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And
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since
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therefore,
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in verse
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14,
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since
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therefore the
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children share
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in flesh
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and blood,
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he himself
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likewise
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partook of
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the same
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things,
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that through
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death he
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might destroy
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the one
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who has
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power of
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death,
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that is
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the devil,
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and deliver
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all those
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who through
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fear of
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death
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were subject
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to lifelong
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slavery.
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fear of
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fear.
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There is
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this sense
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of
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acknowledgement,
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what is
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ahead
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for us?
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Who is
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in control
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in this
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world?
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In many
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ways,
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because of
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the situation
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that these
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people were
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finding themselves
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in,
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they couldn't
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see that
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God was
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in control.
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It was
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almost like
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evil was
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in control.
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And as we
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look at our
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own world
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today,
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that is
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the fear
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that we
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can have
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us
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well,
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that everywhere
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we look,
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there is
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evil on
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all corners
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of the
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globe.
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There is
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wickedness,
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there is
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so many
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things that
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are wrong,
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there is
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people dying,
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there is
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people suffering
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all around
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us.
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And we
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see that in
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so many
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ways,
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but we see
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it in our
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own lives
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too.
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Do you see
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it in your
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own life?
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Do you see
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it in the
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way that
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your life
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is going?
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The way
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things come
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across your
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path from
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a day-to-day
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experience,
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you see it
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in the
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struggles that
20:47
you have
20:48
on a
20:48
daily basis,
20:49
the things
20:50
that you
20:50
hear,
20:51
the news
20:51
that comes
20:52
your way,
20:53
there is a
20:54
sense of
20:54
dismay so
20:55
often,
20:57
disarray in
20:58
all our
20:58
lives,
20:59
and it
20:59
seems like
21:00
evil is
21:01
just winning.
21:03
Satan is
21:04
the adversary
21:05
here,
21:05
but Jesus
21:07
has power
21:08
over him
21:09
as well.
21:11
Because he
21:12
came to
21:14
deliver all
21:15
those who
21:17
through fear
21:17
of death
21:18
were subject
21:18
to lifelong
21:20
slavery.
21:21
He came
21:22
to deliver.
21:25
We see
21:25
here our
21:26
weakness as
21:27
he speaks
21:28
of flesh
21:28
and blood
21:29
in verse
21:30
14.
21:31
When we
21:31
think of
21:32
that,
21:32
we often
21:32
think of
21:33
our own
21:35
lives.
21:35
we are
21:37
flesh and
21:38
blood.
21:39
Yes,
21:39
we are
21:39
made in
21:40
the image
21:41
of God,
21:42
but we
21:42
are still
21:43
a sinful
21:44
people.
21:45
We are
21:46
still sinners
21:47
in our
21:48
hearts.
21:49
And we
21:50
see that
21:50
in our
21:51
day-to-day
21:52
experience.
21:53
We know
21:53
it in how
21:54
we live,
21:55
in how
21:55
we behave,
21:56
in how
21:56
we act.
21:57
We know
21:58
it in so
21:58
many different
21:59
ways.
22:00
And we
22:01
see that
22:01
sin because
22:02
there's a
22:03
weakness
22:03
in us
22:04
all.
22:05
And we
22:06
may be
22:06
asked,
22:07
well,
22:07
but Jesus
22:08
knows
22:08
nothing of
22:09
this.
22:11
Jesus
22:11
doesn't
22:12
understand
22:12
my
22:13
sufferings.
22:14
Jesus
22:14
doesn't
22:14
understand
22:15
my
22:16
temptations.
22:18
But yet
22:19
here we
22:20
see that
22:20
he does.
22:22
We share
22:22
in flesh
22:23
and blood.
22:23
He himself,
22:24
in verse
22:24
14,
22:25
likewise,
22:26
partook of
22:27
the same
22:27
things,
22:29
that through
22:29
death he
22:30
might destroy
22:31
the one who
22:31
has power
22:32
of death.
22:32
he partook,
22:33
he took
22:34
on flesh
22:35
and blood
22:35
just as
22:36
we are.
22:38
He was
22:38
tempted
22:39
beyond
22:40
anything that
22:40
we've been
22:41
tempted
22:41
ourselves.
22:43
He knows
22:44
out every
22:45
experience,
22:46
he knows
22:46
how hard
22:47
it is.
22:50
And that
22:50
is how
22:50
he can
22:51
relate to
22:51
us as
22:52
brothers,
22:54
as sisters
22:55
in the
22:56
Lord.
22:56
You may
22:56
say to
22:57
yourself,
22:57
but he
22:57
knows
22:58
nothing
22:58
of my
22:59
struggle,
22:59
he knows
23:00
nothing of
23:00
my sin,
23:02
he knows
23:02
nothing of
23:03
the experiences
23:04
I've had
23:05
in my
23:05
life,
23:07
but he
23:08
knows it
23:08
all.
23:09
Psalm
23:10
139,
23:11
as we
23:12
sang together,
23:12
reminds us
23:13
of that,
23:14
there is
23:14
nothing
23:15
hidden
23:15
from him.
23:19
And so
23:19
in our
23:19
experience,
23:20
he knows.
23:22
He knows
23:23
our
23:24
temptations,
23:25
he knows
23:25
our weakness,
23:27
he knows
23:27
our suffering,
23:29
he knows
23:29
all of
23:30
these things,
23:31
and he
23:32
knows how
23:32
the devil
23:33
is the
23:34
one who
23:34
is active.
23:37
Thomas
23:37
Brooks,
23:38
a famous
23:38
writer,
23:39
once said,
23:40
Satan
23:40
promises
23:41
the best,
23:42
but pays
23:43
the worst.
23:44
He
23:45
promises
23:45
honor and
23:46
pays with
23:47
disgrace.
23:48
He
23:48
promises
23:49
pleasure and
23:50
pays with
23:50
pain.
23:52
He
23:52
promises
23:52
profit and
23:53
pays with
23:55
loss.
23:56
He
23:56
promises
23:57
life and
23:58
pays
23:59
with
24:00
death.
24:02
That's
24:02
the
24:03
promises
24:03
of
24:04
Satan.
24:06
But the
24:06
promises
24:07
of
24:07
Jesus
24:08
is that
24:09
he is
24:09
able to
24:10
deliver
24:10
those who
24:12
through
24:12
fear of
24:13
death
24:13
were
24:13
subject
24:14
to
24:14
lifelong
24:15
slavery.
24:16
To
24:17
deliver
24:17
and to
24:19
give
24:19
life.
24:20
That is
24:21
a promise
24:22
he gives
24:22
to us
24:23
through
24:23
scripture.
24:24
I
24:26
have
24:26
come
24:26
that
24:27
they
24:27
might
24:27
have
24:27
life
24:28
and
24:29
have
24:29
it
24:29
to
24:30
the
24:30
full
24:30
as
24:30
the
24:30
promise
24:31
of
24:32
Jesus.
24:34
So he
24:34
is the
24:35
destroyer
24:36
of the
24:36
one who
24:37
has
24:37
power of
24:38
death.
24:38
He
24:38
is the
24:38
destroyer
24:39
of
24:40
death
24:40
itself.
24:43
And that
24:44
is where
24:44
we have
24:45
hope as
24:45
well.
24:46
Again,
24:46
you think
24:47
of the
24:47
Hebrews
24:47
he was
24:48
writing
24:48
to.
24:49
When
24:49
they hear
24:50
these
24:50
things,
24:50
he has
24:51
come
24:51
to
24:51
destroy
24:52
the
24:53
one
24:53
who
24:53
has
24:53
power
24:54
over
24:54
death.
24:55
What
24:56
relief,
24:56
what
24:57
hope
24:57
they
24:57
had.
24:58
Do
24:58
you
24:59
have
24:59
that
24:59
hope
25:00
for
25:00
yourself?
25:02
Do
25:02
you
25:02
have
25:02
that
25:02
hope
25:03
and
25:03
the
25:04
fear
25:04
of
25:04
death
25:04
in
25:04
your
25:05
own
25:05
life?
25:06
We
25:06
know
25:07
it's
25:07
coming.
25:08
We
25:08
don't
25:08
know
25:09
when.
25:10
And
25:10
what
25:10
can
25:11
help
25:11
us
25:11
in
25:11
it
25:11
is
25:12
to
25:12
know
25:12
the
25:12
one
25:13
who
25:13
is
25:13
the
25:13
destroyer
25:14
of
25:14
death.
25:16
Jesus
25:16
who
25:17
came.
25:20
The
25:21
third
25:21
and
25:21
final
25:22
thing
25:22
we
25:22
see
25:22
here
25:23
is
25:23
Jesus
25:23
as
25:25
redeemer.
25:27
And
25:27
that
25:27
is
25:27
in
25:28
verse
25:28
15.
25:30
Deliverer.
25:32
That
25:32
is a
25:32
word
25:33
there
25:33
we
25:33
can
25:33
take
25:33
as
25:34
redeemer.
25:36
And
25:36
deliver
25:36
all
25:37
those
25:38
who
25:39
through
25:39
fear
25:39
of
25:39
death
25:40
were
25:40
subject
25:40
to
25:41
lifelong
25:42
slavery.
25:44
There's
25:45
never
25:45
a
25:45
time
25:46
when
25:47
Jesus
25:47
is
25:48
not
25:49
enough.
25:50
And
25:53
yet
25:53
the
25:54
world
25:54
will
25:54
tell
25:55
us
25:55
you
25:56
don't
25:56
need
25:56
him.
25:57
You
25:58
can
25:58
manage
25:59
without
26:00
him.
26:01
You
26:01
can
26:01
live
26:02
your
26:02
life
26:02
as
26:02
you
26:03
want.
26:04
You
26:05
don't
26:05
need
26:05
Jesus.
26:08
But
26:09
we
26:09
do.
26:10
Because
26:11
he
26:11
is the
26:12
only
26:12
way
26:12
to
26:13
salvation.
26:15
He
26:15
is
26:16
the
26:16
one
26:16
who
26:16
has
26:16
all
26:18
supremacy
26:19
as
26:20
chapter
26:20
one
26:20
makes
26:21
clear
26:22
for
26:22
us.
26:23
The
26:23
exact
26:24
imprint
26:24
of
26:24
the
26:24
nature
26:25
of
26:25
God,
26:26
the
26:26
one
26:26
who
26:26
upholds
26:27
the
26:27
universe
26:28
by
26:28
the
26:28
word
26:28
of
26:29
his
26:29
power.
26:31
He
26:31
is
26:31
the
26:31
one
26:31
who
26:32
came
26:32
to
26:33
save
26:33
us
26:33
from
26:34
our
26:34
sins,
26:35
to
26:35
deliver
26:35
us
26:35
from
26:36
the
26:36
power
26:36
of
26:37
death.
26:37
He
26:38
is
26:38
a
26:39
redeemer.
26:40
And
26:41
he
26:41
is
26:42
the
26:42
one
26:43
who
26:43
we
26:43
need.
26:44
And
26:45
Jesus
26:45
came.
26:46
He
26:46
came
26:46
like
26:47
us
26:48
in
26:48
every
26:49
way.
26:50
And
26:50
yet
26:51
was
26:51
without
26:51
sin.
26:53
But
26:54
he
26:54
gave
26:54
his
26:55
life.
26:56
He
26:56
laid
26:57
down
26:57
his
26:58
life.
26:58
That
26:58
is what
26:58
we
26:58
will
26:59
come
26:59
to
27:00
remember
27:00
in a
27:01
few
27:01
weeks
27:01
time.
27:02
That
27:02
he
27:02
gave
27:02
his
27:02
life
27:03
for
27:04
our
27:04
sins.
27:05
That
27:06
he
27:06
rose
27:06
again
27:06
on the
27:07
third
27:07
day
27:07
that
27:08
we
27:08
might
27:09
have
27:09
life
27:09
through
27:11
him.
27:11
And
27:13
you
27:13
look
27:13
at
27:13
that
27:14
as
27:14
I
27:15
said
27:15
in
27:15
verse
27:15
12
27:16
the
27:16
quote
27:17
from
27:17
Psalm
27:17
22.
27:19
Psalm
27:19
22
27:19
is
27:20
one
27:20
we
27:20
often
27:20
associate
27:21
with
27:21
the
27:22
death
27:22
of
27:22
Jesus.
27:23
It
27:23
outlines
27:24
it
27:24
to
27:24
us
27:25
how
27:25
he
27:26
suffered,
27:26
how
27:26
he
27:27
was
27:27
forsaken,
27:27
all
27:28
of
27:28
these
27:29
things.
27:30
But
27:30
in
27:31
verse
27:31
12
27:31
there's
27:31
a
27:31
quote
27:32
from
27:32
verse
27:32
22
27:33
of
27:33
that
27:33
psalm.
27:34
I
27:34
will
27:34
tell
27:35
of
27:35
your
27:35
name
27:36
to
27:36
my
27:36
brothers
27:37
in the
27:37
midst
27:38
of the
27:38
congregation.
27:39
I
27:39
will
27:40
sing
27:40
your
27:41
praise.
27:43
What
27:43
do we
27:43
see
27:44
here?
27:45
We
27:46
see
27:46
here
27:46
Jesus
27:47
who
27:47
is
27:47
victorious
27:48
at
27:48
the
27:48
cross.
27:50
We
27:50
see
27:50
Jesus
27:51
here
27:51
who
27:51
as
27:52
Isaiah
27:52
says
27:53
he
27:53
will
27:53
see
27:53
of
27:54
the
27:54
travel
27:54
of
27:54
his
27:55
soul
27:55
and
27:55
be
27:55
satisfied.
27:57
He
27:57
will
27:57
look
27:58
on
27:58
his
27:58
people.
28:00
He
28:00
will
28:00
look
28:00
on
28:01
his
28:01
brothers
28:01
as
28:01
it
28:02
says
28:02
here
28:02
in
28:03
the
28:03
midst
28:03
of
28:04
the
28:04
congregation
28:04
and
28:04
he
28:05
will
28:05
sing
28:05
praise
28:06
because
28:08
he
28:08
is
28:08
victorious
28:09
at
28:10
the
28:10
cross.
28:11
He
28:12
is
28:12
the
28:13
redeemer
28:13
of
28:14
his
28:15
people.
28:17
You
28:17
think
28:17
of
28:18
that
28:18
and
28:18
all
28:18
that
28:19
Jesus
28:19
has
28:19
done.
28:20
Psalm
28:20
22
28:21
takes
28:21
us
28:21
all
28:22
the
28:22
way
28:22
through
28:22
that
28:23
experience.
28:24
My
28:24
God,
28:24
my
28:25
God,
28:25
why
28:25
have
28:26
you
28:26
forsaken
28:27
me?
28:28
All
28:28
of
28:28
his
28:28
suffering,
28:30
all
28:30
of
28:30
his
28:30
experiences
28:31
that
28:31
he
28:31
went
28:31
through
28:32
and
28:32
yet
28:32
he
28:33
is
28:33
able
28:33
to
28:33
come
28:33
to
28:34
that
28:34
point
28:34
where
28:34
in
28:34
the
28:35
midst
28:35
of
28:35
the
28:35
congregation,
28:36
he
28:37
will
28:37
sing
28:37
your
28:38
praise.
28:40
The
28:40
praises
28:40
of
28:40
his
28:41
people,
28:41
the
28:41
praises
28:42
of
28:42
those
28:43
who
28:43
are
28:43
his
28:44
brothers
28:44
and
28:45
sisters.
28:48
He
28:48
came
28:49
for
28:50
his
28:50
people.
28:51
He
28:52
took
28:52
on
28:52
flesh
28:52
and
28:53
blood
28:53
to be
28:54
like
28:55
us
28:55
and
28:57
he
28:57
partook
28:57
of
28:58
the
28:58
same
28:58
things
28:59
as
28:59
it
28:59
says
29:00
there
29:00
in
29:01
verse
29:01
14
29:01
the
29:02
same
29:02
experience
29:03
that
29:03
you
29:03
and
29:03
I
29:03
have
29:04
but
29:06
he
29:06
did
29:07
it
29:07
that
29:07
through
29:07
death
29:08
he
29:08
might
29:08
destroy
29:09
the
29:10
one
29:10
who
29:10
has
29:10
power
29:11
over
29:11
death
29:12
and
29:13
because
29:13
of
29:13
what
29:14
he
29:14
has
29:14
done
29:15
it
29:16
means
29:17
that
29:17
you
29:17
and
29:17
I
29:17
can
29:18
know
29:18
that
29:19
salvation
29:19
in
29:20
him
29:21
that
29:23
wonderful
29:23
passage
29:24
in
29:24
Romans
29:24
chapter
29:25
8
29:25
where
29:26
it
29:26
speaks
29:26
of
29:27
what
29:27
shall
29:27
separate
29:28
us
29:28
from
29:28
the
29:29
love
29:29
of
29:29
God
29:29
well
29:29
it
29:29
says
29:30
nothing
29:30
will
29:31
separate
29:31
us
29:32
from
29:32
the
29:32
love
29:32
of
29:32
God
29:33
that
29:33
is
29:33
in
29:33
Christ
29:34
Jesus
29:34
our
29:34
Lord
29:35
not
29:35
even
29:36
death
29:37
that
29:39
is
29:39
the
29:39
comfort
29:40
for
29:40
the
29:40
Hebrews
29:41
is
29:42
it
29:43
your
29:43
comfort
29:43
tonight
29:44
is
29:45
it
29:46
the
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comfort
29:46
that
29:46
you
29:46
lean
29:47
upon
29:47
in
29:48
the
29:48
midst
29:48
of
29:48
this
29:48
world
29:49
and
29:49
all
29:50
that
29:50
comes
29:50
our
29:51
way
29:51
when
29:52
we
29:52
are
29:53
afraid
29:53
of
29:53
so
29:54
many
29:54
things
29:55
do we
29:57
have
29:57
the
29:57
comfort
29:58
of
29:58
Jesus
29:58
our
30:00
brother
30:00
and our
30:01
redeemer
30:02
Richard
30:05
Baxter
30:05
he once
30:08
said
30:08
we paid
30:09
nothing
30:09
for God's
30:11
eternal
30:11
love
30:12
and nothing
30:13
for the
30:14
son
30:14
of his
30:15
love
30:15
and nothing
30:16
for his
30:17
spirit
30:18
and our
30:18
grace
30:19
and faith
30:20
and nothing
30:20
for our
30:21
eternal
30:22
rest
30:23
we paid
30:23
nothing
30:24
for any
30:25
of these
30:25
things
30:26
but he
30:27
goes on
30:27
to say
30:27
what an
30:28
astonishing
30:28
thought
30:29
it will
30:29
be
30:29
to think
30:30
of
30:30
the
30:30
unmeasurable
30:31
difference
30:32
between
30:32
our
30:33
deservings
30:34
and our
30:35
receivings
30:36
oh how
30:38
free was
30:39
all this
30:40
love
30:40
and how
30:41
free
30:42
is this
30:43
enjoyed
30:43
glory
30:44
we paid
30:47
nothing
30:47
for it
30:48
what a
30:50
difference
30:50
between
30:51
our
30:52
deservings
30:54
what do
30:55
we
30:55
deserve
30:56
we
30:57
deserve
30:57
nothing
30:58
and our
31:00
receivings
31:01
what do
31:01
we receive
31:02
by grace
31:03
the salvation
31:05
that is
31:05
offered
31:05
through him
31:07
the free
31:09
gift
31:10
through the
31:11
one who
31:12
came
31:12
as our
31:13
redeemer
31:14
Jonathan
31:16
Edwards
31:16
another famous
31:17
writer
31:17
speaking about
31:18
all that we
31:19
have
31:19
from God
31:20
he said
31:20
wisdom
31:21
we have
31:21
wisdom
31:22
the pardon
31:23
of sin
31:23
deliverance
31:24
acceptance
31:25
in God's
31:26
favor
31:26
grace
31:27
holiness
31:28
through
31:29
comfort
31:29
and happiness
31:30
eternal
31:31
life
31:31
and glory
31:33
and he
31:35
says yes
31:35
God is
31:36
both the
31:37
purchaser
31:37
and the
31:39
price for
31:39
all of
31:40
these things
31:41
for Christ
31:42
who is
31:43
God
31:43
purchased
31:44
these
31:44
blessings
31:45
by offering
31:46
himself
31:47
as the
31:48
price
31:48
of our
31:49
salvation
31:50
salvation
31:51
he
31:52
is
31:53
our
31:53
redeemer
31:54
but is
31:57
he
31:57
are you
32:00
afraid
32:01
this
32:01
evening
32:02
to give
32:03
yourself
32:03
to him
32:04
are you
32:06
afraid
32:06
that he
32:06
will not
32:07
be able
32:07
to keep
32:08
you
32:08
are you
32:09
afraid
32:10
that he
32:11
will not
32:11
be enough
32:12
the Hebrews
32:14
were
32:15
because they
32:16
didn't
32:16
understand
32:17
who Jesus
32:18
was
32:19
that is
32:20
what the
32:21
writer
32:21
is doing
32:22
for them
32:23
here
32:23
he is
32:24
showing them
32:25
his
32:25
supremacy
32:26
he is
32:27
showing them
32:27
his power
32:28
and he is
32:30
showing them
32:30
his love
32:31
he is
32:33
not ashamed
32:33
to call
32:35
them
32:35
brothers
32:35
because he
32:37
is a
32:38
redeemer
32:39
for his
32:40
people
32:41
is he
32:42
your
32:43
redeemer
32:43
is he
32:45
your
32:46
brother
32:46
do not
32:48
be ashamed
32:49
to call
32:50
him
32:50
brother
32:51
because he
32:52
is not
32:52
ashamed
32:53
to call
32:54
his people
32:55
my brothers
32:56
my sisters
32:58
who I
32:59
have
32:59
redeemed
33:00
who I
33:01
have
33:01
bought
33:01
with a
33:02
price
33:03
let us
33:04
pray
33:04
Lord our
33:08
gracious
33:08
God
33:09
we do
33:10
bless you
33:10
for your
33:11
mercies
33:11
to us
33:12
we deserve
33:13
nothing from
33:14
you and
33:15
yet we
33:16
receive
33:16
everything
33:17
through
33:17
Jesus
33:18
Christ
33:18
and we
33:19
thank you
33:20
for all
33:20
that he
33:21
has done
33:21
for us
33:22
for all
33:23
that we
33:23
could not
33:24
do or
33:25
achieve
33:25
for
33:26
ourselves
33:26
we thank
33:27
you that
33:27
he came
33:28
to destroy
33:29
and to
33:30
deliver
33:30
his people
33:31
and destroy
33:33
the one
33:34
who has
33:35
the power
33:35
of death
33:36
we thank
33:37
you Lord
33:37
that it
33:38
has been
33:39
done
33:39
for us
33:40
and may
33:41
we not
33:41
be ashamed
33:42
of him
33:43
who calls
33:44
us
33:44
brothers
33:45
Lord hear
33:46
our prayers
33:47
go before
33:47
us
33:48
pardon
33:49
our sins
33:49
in Jesus
33:50
name
33:50
Amen
33:51
Amen
33:51
we're going
33:57
to conclude
33:58
by singing
33:59
in Psalm
33:59
46
34:00
the Scottish
34:01
Psalter
34:02
version
34:02
Psalm 46
34:10
we'll sing
34:11
from verse
34:11
1 to
34:12
verse
34:13
5
34:13
page 271
34:17
of the
34:17
psalm books
34:18
God is
34:19
our refuge
34:20
and our
34:20
strength
34:21
and straits
34:22
of present
34:22
day
34:22
therefore
34:23
although the
34:24
earth we
34:25
move we
34:25
will not
34:26
be afraid
34:27
we'll sing
34:27
from verse
34:28
1 to 5
34:29
the tune
34:29
of Stroud
34:30
Water
34:30
we stand
34:31
to sing
34:32
to God's
34:32
praise
34:33
God is
34:40
our refuge
34:43
and our
34:46
strength
34:47
in
34:48
straits
34:50
of
34:50
present
34:52
day
34:54
therefore
34:56
although
34:58
the
35:00
earth
35:01
rain
35:02
we
35:04
will
35:05
not
35:07
be
35:08
afraid
35:10
though
35:12
hills
35:14
amidst
35:16
the
35:17
seas
35:18
be
35:19
cast
35:21
though
35:22
waters
35:24
roaring
35:26
make
35:28
and
35:29
tram
35:31
be
35:32
yet
35:34
though
35:35
the
35:36
hills
35:37
by
35:38
swelling
35:40
seas
35:41
to
35:42
shake
35:44
our
35:46
river
35:48
earth
35:49
streams
35:50
to
35:51
glad
35:52
city
35:53
of
35:54
!
35:55
city
35:57
of
35:58
our
35:59
God
36:00
the
36:02
holy
36:03
place
36:05
where
36:07
in
36:08
the
36:09
Lord
36:10
most
36:11
high
36:12
hath
36:13
is
36:15
abode
36:17
God
36:20
in
36:21
the
36:22
midst
36:23
of
36:25
her
36:26
doth
36:27
dwell
36:28
nothing
36:29
shall
36:31
her
36:33
remove
36:35
the
36:36
Lord
36:37
to
36:39
and
36:40
help
36:42
her
36:43
will
36:44
and
36:46
that
36:47
bright
36:48
early
36:50
blue
36:51
after the
36:54
benediction
36:55
I'll go to the
36:55
main door
36:56
we'll close
36:57
with the
36:57
benediction
36:57
now may
36:59
grace
36:59
mercy
37:00
and peace
37:00
from God
37:01
Father
37:02
Son
37:02
and Holy
37:03
Spirit
37:03
rest upon
37:04
and abide
37:05
with you
37:05
all
37:05
now and
37:06
forevermore
37:07
Amen
37:14
that
37:14
that