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Turning Against a Godly Upbringing · Stornoway Free Church of Scotland - Sermons

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Let's begin our worship now singing in Psalm 100.
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Psalm 100, that's from the Scottish Psalter, the first version of it on page 362.
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This is one of the great rousing psalms that calls upon us, along with all mankind, to give thanks to the Lord and to come before him with cheerful voice.
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All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
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Him serve with mirth, his praise foretell, come ye before him and rejoice.
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Sing to tune Old 100. We'll sing the whole psalm.
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And if you're able to stand, please stand to sing.
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All people that on earth do dwell.
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All people that on earth do dwell, sing to the Lord with cheerful voice.
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Him serve with mirth, his praise foretell, come ye before him and rejoice.
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Know that the Lord is God indeed.
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With God, I will be.
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With God, I will be.
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He did us make.
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We are heads for, he doth us beat.
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And for his sheep he doth us pay.
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Oh, when turn in his gates with praise,
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Approach with joy, his courts unto praise,
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Lord and bless his name always.
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For it is, for it is, for it is, for it is, for it is, for it did seemly so, to do.
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For why the Lord our God is could, his mercy is, for ever should.
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sure
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his
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truth that all
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times firm
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leads to
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and shall
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from age
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to age
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endure
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Let's call upon the Lord now
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in prayer. Let's join together
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as we pray to God.
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O Lord,
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how gracious God,
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we give thanks for these great
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words that have encouraged
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us to come before you with
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thanksgiving and even
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come before you with rejoicing.
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And we give thanks, Lord,
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for the many truths contained
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in these few verses of this psalm.
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And we bless you
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for the many people down through
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the years that have found their consolation
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and guidance and support
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from such great words
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as these.
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And we thank you for the relevance
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to our own circumstances
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today,
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for the way that your word
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retains that relevance,
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however many changes
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may take place
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in ourselves
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and in our own lives
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immediately
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or in the environment
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of the
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nation in which we live
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or even in our local communities.
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Lord, help us,
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we pray,
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to prize your word
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again this evening,
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enable us to come
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before you
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knowing that your word
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is given to us
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so that we may learn
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more of yourself,
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that we may indeed
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appreciate
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the extent to which
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you have revealed
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yourself to us
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and the glorious
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truths that you have
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set out before us.
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Lord,
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you know each one of us
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here tonight.
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you know what is lying
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deep within our hearts,
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you know the thoughts
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that are on our mind,
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you know each and every
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aspect of the life
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we live,
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and so we come to you
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and ask that you
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would meet with us
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as we seek to draw
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near to you.
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And we thank you,
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Lord,
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whatever variety
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of need
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is evident
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in this congregation
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tonight,
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that your word
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is adequate
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and always ready
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to meet us
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at the depth
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of that need.
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and at the detail
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of that need.
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And we pray
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that we may come,
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Lord,
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to this place
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each time we come
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with that conviction
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about your own
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word of truth
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and about the privilege
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that is ours
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in drawing near to you.
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We have sung about you
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as our creator,
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the creator of heaven
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and earth.
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We sing about you
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as the redeemer
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of your people.
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And we ask,
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Lord,
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tonight that this may be
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our experience of you,
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that we may marvel
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once again
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that our great God
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and creator
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has come to draw near
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to us
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in the person of Christ,
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the person of your son
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by which you have come
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to reveal yourself
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supremely to us
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in a way that causes us
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to marvel at the extent
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of your love
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to your people.
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Help us,
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Lord,
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we pray,
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to learn from
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every aspect
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of your word.
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Give us,
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we pray,
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to delight
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and to have a relish
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and to have an appetite
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for your word
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and all that it comes
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to us with
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to teach us.
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Help us to love
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the history
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that your word
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brings to us
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even though
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we may not readily
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have such a subject
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foremost in our thoughts
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or in our likings.
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We thank you
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for the way
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that your word
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brings to us
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the history
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of your people
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and for the way
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that your people
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have been encouraged
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down through the years
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from that history
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that records
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from the earliest times
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how you spoke
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to your people,
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how you guided them,
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how you rebuked them,
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how you led them
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even through difficult
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and dangerous times
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and how your promises
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were fulfilled
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as the years went by.
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We thank you too,
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O Lord,
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for the many passages
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in your word
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that form such wonderful
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poetic teaching
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in regard to the love
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of God
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and we thank you
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for the great epistles
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that we find
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in terms of our
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New Testament times
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and of the way
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in which
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you gave such apostles
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to write these
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under the direction
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of your word
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and we thank you
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for the psalms
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from which we sing
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your praise.
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We thank you,
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Lord,
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for the breadth
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and the depth
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and the height
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of experience in them
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and we thank you
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that whatever things
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we do experience
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in this life,
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your psalms always
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go before us.
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This book always
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comes to us
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with a ready experience
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already lived
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by those who went
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before us
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and so that we can gain
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from their experience
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and their conclusions
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as they were guided
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by the Lord.
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We thank you
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for the presence
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of the Lord Jesus Christ
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in your word
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and we thank you
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for the way
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that from the very
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beginning of time
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since you began
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to reveal yourself
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to people.
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They were always
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directed to think
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of the coming one,
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the Messiah,
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the King,
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who would come
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to be in God's time,
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the one who would
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fulfill the many
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prophecies about him
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and who would come
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to take our human nature
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and be in our place
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as our substitute.
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O Lord,
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we thank you
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for the rich variety
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of teaching
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that your word brings us.
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Bless us then,
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we pray,
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here before you
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this evening.
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We pray for the
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power of your Spirit
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to open our minds
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and our understanding
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to give us
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a further appetite
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for your truth.
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Remember us,
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we pray,
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with relevance
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to our own place
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in the society
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we occupy.
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Help us to be
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a faithful living
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witness and light
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to the world around us.
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Enable us,
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Lord,
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to show that we
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are your people
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and enable us
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to be burdened
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to show
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that this is indeed
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so with us.
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We ask that you
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would bless us
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as a congregation.
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Thank you for all
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that takes place
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in this congregation
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from week to week.
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We thank you,
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O Lord,
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for the services
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of worship
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that we hold
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and we pray
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that these will
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continue to be
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blessed to us.
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Bless the preaching
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of your word,
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the testimony
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of your people.
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Bless every activity,
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Lord,
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that's designed
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to further
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our knowledge of you
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and to appreciate
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the gospel
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and the ways
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of Christ.
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We pray for the
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forthcoming
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holiday club.
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We give thanks
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for the effort
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that has gone
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into all the preparations
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and we bless you
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for the dedication
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of those
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who will lead the club
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and we pray for them.
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We pray for all
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the children
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who are expected.
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Lord,
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we pray that it
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will be of
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lasting benefit
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to them
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and that it
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will be a means
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by which they
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themselves
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will be brought
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up further
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in the knowledge
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of the Lord
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and will be
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garrisoned
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against the many
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efforts that
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are made
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around us
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to draw us
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away from the gospel,
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away from your truth,
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away from those
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basic matters
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to do
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with our
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spiritual integrity
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and morality.
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gracious Lord,
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bless,
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we pray,
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these coming
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days to the
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children
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and enable us
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to be truly
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thankful
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that there has
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been such a
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positive,
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encouraging
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response
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to the
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invitations
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to come.
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And so we ask
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that your blessing
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now will be
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with those in
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need.
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Lord,
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again we think
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of those
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belonging to us
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who are ill
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at this time,
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those with
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serious illness,
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those who have
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issues of
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mental health,
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whether it be
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in old age
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or middle years
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or even
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in young days
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as well.
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We commend
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them to you.
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We ask for
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every effort
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made,
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O Lord,
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to help them
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that they will
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prove successful.
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And we do pray
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for thankful
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hearts when we
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have so many
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agencies that
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are able
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to attend
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to our needs
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from time
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to time.
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So we pray
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your blessing
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upon our
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community,
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upon our
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schools,
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upon our
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teachers,
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upon the
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staff,
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and all
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the ways
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in which
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we are
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helped,
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both in
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the health
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service and
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other ways,
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Lord,
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each day we
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live.
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Make us
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thankful,
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we pray,
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that you
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have provided
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us with
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such rich
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blessings and
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enable us
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to return
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to you
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not only
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a verbal
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thanksgiving,
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but also a
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dedication of
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life.
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So we pray
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these things
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and seek
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your blessing
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in forgiving
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our sins.
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For Jesus'
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sake,
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Amen.
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Now we're
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going to sing
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again to
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God's praise.
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This time we're
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singing Psalm
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119.
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Psalm 119,
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page 163,
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from verse
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97 to
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verse 104.
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The tune this
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time is
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even tied.
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O Lord,
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how much I
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love your
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holy law.
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I meditate
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upon it all
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the day.
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It makes me
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wiser than
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my enemies,
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for your
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commandments
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ever with
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me stay.
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To verse 104,
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how pleasing
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to my taste
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are all your
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words.
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More sweet
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they are than
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honey on my
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tongue.
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From your
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commands I
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gain enlightenment,
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so I reject
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and hate each
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path that's
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wrong.
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These verses
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to God's
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praise.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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O Lord,
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how much I
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love your
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holy law.
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I meditate
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upon it
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all the day.
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It makes me
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wiser than
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my enemies.
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For your
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commandments
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ever with
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me stay.
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I have
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more in sight
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than my
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teacher's
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have.
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But on
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your
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laws I
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meditated
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each
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day.
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I
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for
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discernment
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than the
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elders
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have.
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because
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your
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righteous
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respects
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I
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obey.
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I've
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kept
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my feet
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from
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every
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world
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path
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that
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I may
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be
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obedient
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into
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your
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heart
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and
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I
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have
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not
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departed
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from
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your
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laws
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for
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you
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yourself
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have
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taught me
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this
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O
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Lord
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how
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pleasing
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to
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my
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taste
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God
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all
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your
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words
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more
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sweet
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they
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are
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than
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honey
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on
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my
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tongue
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from
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your
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commands
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I
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gain
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enlightenment
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so
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I
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reject
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and
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hate
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each
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heart
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that
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all
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now we
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turn to
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read God's
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word as we
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find that in
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the second
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book of
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the
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chronicles
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the
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old
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testament
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the
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second
15:54
book of
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the
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chronicles
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and
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chapter
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24
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we'll
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read
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verses
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1 to
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22
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should
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be
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around
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page
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448
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or
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thereabouts
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in your
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pew
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bibles
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second
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chronicles
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and
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chapter
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24
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joash
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was
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seven
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years
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old
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when
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he
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began
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to
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reign
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and
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he
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reigned
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for
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forty
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years
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in
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jerusalem
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his
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mother's
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name
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was
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zubiah
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of
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be
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she
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and
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joash
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did
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what
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was
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right
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in
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the
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eyes
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of
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the
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lord
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all
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the
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days
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of
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jehoiada
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the
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priest
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jehoiada
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got
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for him
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two
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wives
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and yet
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sons
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and
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daughters
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after
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this
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joash
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decided
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to
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restore
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the
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house
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of
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the
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lord
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and
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he
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gathered
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the
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priests
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and
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the
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levites
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and
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said
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to
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them
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go
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out
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to
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the
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cities
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of
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judah
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and
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gather
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from
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all
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israel
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money
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to
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repair
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the
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house
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of
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your
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god
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from
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year
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to
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year
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and
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see
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that
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you
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act
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quickly
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but
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the
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levites
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did
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not
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act
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quickly
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so
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the
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king
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summoned
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jehoiada
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the
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chief
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and
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said
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to
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him
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why
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have
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you
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not
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required
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the
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levites
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to
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bring
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in
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from
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judah
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and
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jerusalem
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the
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tax
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levied
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by
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moses
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the
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servant
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of
17:09
the
17:09
lord
17:10
and
17:10
the
17:10
congregation
17:11
of
17:11
israel
17:12
for
17:12
the
17:12
tent
17:13
of
17:13
testimony
17:13
for
17:14
the
17:14
sons
17:15
of
17:15
athaliah
17:16
that
17:16
wicked
17:17
woman
17:17
had
17:17
broken
17:17
into
17:18
the
17:18
house
17:18
of
17:18
god
17:19
and
17:19
had
17:20
also
17:20
used
17:20
all
17:21
the
17:21
dedicated
17:21
things
17:22
of
17:22
the
17:22
house
17:22
of
17:23
the
17:23
lord
17:23
for
17:23
the
17:24
bales
17:24
so
17:25
the
17:26
lord
17:26
the
17:26
king
17:26
commanded
17:27
and
17:28
they
17:28
made
17:28
a
17:28
chest
17:28
and
17:29
set
17:29
it
17:29
outside
17:29
the
17:30
gate
17:30
of
17:30
the
17:30
house
17:30
of
17:30
the
17:31
lord
17:31
and
17:32
proclamation
17:32
was
17:33
made
17:33
throughout
17:33
judah
17:34
and
17:34
jerusalem
17:34
to
17:35
bring
17:35
in
17:35
for
17:36
the
17:36
lord
17:36
the
17:36
tax
17:37
that
17:37
moses
17:37
the
17:38
servant
17:38
of
17:38
god
17:39
laid
17:39
on
17:39
israel
17:40
in
17:40
the
17:40
wilderness
17:48
until
17:48
they
17:48
had
17:48
finished
17:49
and
17:50
whenever
17:50
the
17:50
chest
17:51
was
17:51
brought
17:51
to
17:52
the
17:52
king's
17:52
officers
17:53
by
17:53
the
17:53
levites
17:53
when
17:54
they
17:54
saw
17:55
that
17:55
there
17:55
was
17:55
much
17:55
money
17:56
in
17:56
it
17:56
the
17:57
king's
17:57
secretary
17:58
and
17:58
the
17:58
officer
17:59
of
17:59
the
17:59
chief
17:59
priest
18:00
would
18:00
come
18:01
and
18:01
empty
18:01
the
18:01
chest
18:02
and
18:02
take
18:03
it
18:03
and
18:03
return
18:03
it
18:03
to
18:04
its
18:04
place
18:04
thus
18:05
they
18:06
did
18:06
day
18:06
after
18:06
day
18:07
and
18:08
collected
18:08
money
18:08
in
18:09
abundance
18:09
and
18:10
the
18:10
king
18:11
and
18:11
Jehoiada
18:11
gave
18:12
it
18:12
to
18:12
those
18:12
who
18:12
had
18:12
charge
18:13
of
18:13
the
18:13
work
18:13
of
18:14
the
18:14
house
18:14
of
18:14
the
18:15
lord
18:15
and
18:16
they
18:16
hired
18:16
masons
18:17
and
18:17
carpenters
18:18
to
18:18
restore
18:19
the
18:19
house
18:19
of
18:19
the
18:19
lord
18:20
and
18:20
also
18:21
workers
18:21
of
18:21
iron
18:22
and
18:22
bronze
18:23
to
18:23
repair
18:23
the
18:24
house
18:24
of
18:24
the
18:24
lord
18:24
so
18:26
those
18:26
who
18:26
were
18:26
engaged
18:27
in
18:27
the
18:27
work
18:28
labored
18:28
and
18:29
the
18:29
repairing
18:29
went
18:29
forward
18:30
in
18:30
their
18:30
hands
18:31
and
18:32
they
18:32
restored
18:32
the
18:33
house
18:33
of
18:33
God
18:33
to
18:34
its
18:34
proper
18:34
condition
18:35
and
18:36
strengthened
18:36
it
18:36
and
18:37
when
18:37
they
18:38
had
18:38
finished
18:38
they
18:39
brought
18:39
the
18:39
rest
18:39
of
18:39
the
18:40
money
18:40
before
18:40
the
18:40
king
18:41
and
18:41
Jehoiada
18:42
and
18:43
with
18:43
it
18:43
were
18:43
made
18:44
utensils
18:44
for
18:45
the
18:45
house
18:45
of
18:45
the
18:45
lord
18:46
both
18:46
for
18:47
the
18:47
service
18:47
and
18:47
for
18:47
the
18:48
burnt
18:48
offerings
18:48
and
18:49
dishes
18:50
for
18:50
incense
18:50
and
18:51
vessels
18:51
of
18:52
gold
18:52
and
18:52
silver
18:53
and
18:54
they
18:54
offered
18:54
burnt
18:54
offerings
18:55
in
18:56
the
18:56
house
18:56
of
18:56
the
18:56
lord
18:56
regularly
18:57
all
18:58
the
18:58
days
18:58
of
18:59
Jehoiada
18:59
but
19:01
Jehoiada
19:01
grew
19:02
old
19:02
and
19:03
full
19:03
of
19:03
days
19:04
and
19:04
died
19:05
he
19:06
was
19:06
a hundred
19:06
and
19:07
thirty
19:07
years
19:07
old
19:08
at
19:08
his
19:08
death
19:08
and
19:09
they
19:09
buried
19:09
him
19:10
in
19:10
the
19:10
city
19:10
of
19:10
David
19:11
among
19:11
the
19:11
kings
19:12
because
19:13
he
19:13
had
19:13
done
19:13
good
19:14
in
19:14
Israel
19:14
and
19:15
towards
19:15
God
19:16
and
19:16
his
19:16
house
19:17
now
19:18
after
19:18
the
19:18
death
19:19
of
19:19
Jehoiada
19:19
the
19:20
princes
19:21
of
19:21
Judah
19:21
came
19:22
and
19:22
paid
19:22
homage
19:23
to
19:23
the
19:23
king
19:23
then
19:24
the
19:25
king
19:25
listened
19:25
to
19:25
them
19:26
and
19:26
they
19:27
abandoned
19:27
the
19:27
house
19:28
of
19:28
the
19:28
lord
19:28
the
19:29
god
19:29
of
19:29
their
19:29
fathers
19:34
came
19:34
upon
19:35
Judah
19:35
and
19:35
Jerusalem
19:36
for
19:36
this
19:37
guilt
19:37
of
19:37
theirs
19:38
yet
19:39
he
19:39
sent
19:39
prophets
19:40
among
19:40
them
19:40
to
19:41
bring
19:41
them
19:41
back
19:42
to
19:42
the
19:42
lord
19:42
these
19:44
testified
19:44
against
19:45
them
19:45
but
19:46
they
19:46
would
19:46
not
19:47
pay
19:47
attention
19:48
then
19:49
the
19:49
spirit
19:49
of
19:50
the
19:50
lord
19:50
clothed
19:51
Zechariah
19:51
the son
19:52
of
19:52
Jehoiada
19:53
the
19:53
priest
19:53
and
19:54
he
19:54
stood
19:54
above
19:55
the
19:55
people
19:55
and
19:55
said
19:55
to
19:55
them
19:56
thus
19:57
says
19:57
God
19:57
why
19:58
do
19:58
you
19:58
break
19:58
the
19:59
commandments
19:59
of
19:59
the
20:00
Lord
20:00
so
20:01
that
20:01
you
20:01
cannot
20:01
prosper
20:02
because
20:03
you
20:03
have
20:04
forsaken
20:04
the
20:04
lord
20:05
he
20:05
has
20:06
forsaken
20:06
you
20:07
but
20:08
they
20:08
conspired
20:09
against
20:09
him
20:09
and
20:10
by
20:10
command
20:11
of
20:11
the
20:11
king
20:11
they
20:12
stoned
20:13
him
20:13
with
20:13
stones
20:13
in
20:14
the
20:14
court
20:14
of
20:15
the
20:15
house
20:15
of
20:15
the
20:16
lord
20:16
thus
20:17
Joash
20:18
the
20:18
king
20:18
did
20:18
not
20:19
remember
20:19
the
20:20
kindness
20:20
that
20:20
Jehoiada
20:21
Zechariah's
20:22
father
20:23
had shown
20:23
him
20:24
but
20:24
killed
20:25
his
20:25
son
20:26
and
20:27
when
20:27
he
20:27
was
20:27
dying
20:28
he
20:28
said
20:28
may
20:29
the
20:30
Lord
20:30
see
20:30
and
20:32
avenge
20:32
and
20:34
may
20:35
God
20:35
follow
20:35
again
20:35
with
20:36
this
20:36
blessing
20:36
this
20:37
reading
20:37
of
20:38
his
20:38
own
20:38
word
20:38
let's
20:40
sing
20:40
once
20:40
again
20:41
in
20:41
Psalm
20:41
106
20:42
this
20:42
time
20:42
Psalm
20:43
106
20:44
from
20:44
the
20:45
sing
20:45
Psalms
20:45
page
20:46
142
20:47
verse
20:54
verse
20:55
34
20:56
to
20:56
43
20:57
and
21:00
the
21:00
tune
21:00
this
21:00
time
21:01
is
21:01
Ottawa
21:01
they
21:03
they
21:03
did
21:03
not
21:03
destroy
21:04
the
21:04
peoples
21:05
in
21:05
accords
21:06
with
21:06
God's
21:06
command
21:07
but
21:07
they
21:07
mixed
21:08
with
21:08
them
21:08
and
21:08
followed
21:09
all
21:09
the
21:09
customs
21:10
of
21:10
the
21:10
land
21:10
worshipping
21:12
the
21:12
idols
21:12
there
21:13
which
21:13
to
21:14
them
21:14
became
21:14
a
21:15
snare
21:15
sons
21:17
they
21:17
sacrificed
21:17
and
21:18
daughters
21:18
to
21:19
a
21:19
Canaanitish
21:20
god
21:20
thus
21:21
the
21:21
land
21:22
was
21:22
desecrated
21:23
by the
21:23
stain
21:24
of
21:24
guiltless
21:24
blood
21:25
by their
21:26
acts
21:26
they were
21:27
defiled
21:27
into
21:28
filthiness
21:29
beguiled
21:30
so
21:31
the
21:31
lord
21:31
was
21:31
angry
21:32
with
21:32
them
21:32
and
21:33
his
21:33
people
21:33
he
21:33
abhorred
21:34
gave
21:35
them
21:35
over
21:35
to
21:35
the
21:35
nations
21:36
and
21:36
their
21:37
foe
21:37
became
21:37
their
21:38
lord
21:38
subject
21:39
to
21:39
their
21:39
enemy
21:40
they
21:40
were
21:41
treated
21:41
cruelly
21:43
many
21:44
times
21:44
he
21:45
showed
21:45
his
21:46
power
21:46
by
21:47
delivering
21:47
his
21:48
own
21:48
but
21:49
they
21:49
set
21:50
their
21:50
heart
21:50
on
21:50
sinning
21:51
and
21:51
rebelled
21:52
against
21:52
his
21:53
throne
21:53
in
21:54
their
21:54
sin
21:54
they
21:55
chose
21:56
to
21:56
stay
21:56
and
21:57
they
21:58
wasted
21:58
quite
21:59
away
22:00
these
22:01
very
22:01
solemn
22:02
words
22:02
going
22:03
over
22:03
part
22:04
of
22:04
the
22:04
history
22:04
of
22:05
Israel
22:06
and
22:06
rebelling
22:06
against
22:07
the
22:07
lord
22:07
and
22:08
choosing
22:08
for
22:09
themselves
22:09
the
22:09
ways
22:09
of
22:10
the
22:11
nations
22:11
around
22:11
them
22:11
the
22:12
ways
22:12
of
22:12
idolatry
22:13
so
22:14
to
22:14
Tsunotawa
22:15
from
22:15
34
22:16
they
22:16
did
22:17
not
22:17
destroy
22:17
the
22:18
peoples
22:18
in
22:18
accord
22:19
with
22:19
God's
22:20
command
22:20
they
22:25
did
22:26
not
22:28
destroy
22:28
the
22:29
peoples
22:32
in
22:33
accord
22:34
with
22:34
God's
22:36
command
22:37
but
22:39
they
22:41
mixed
22:42
with
22:43
them
22:43
and
22:44
followed
22:45
all
22:47
the
22:47
customs
22:49
of
22:50
the
22:51
land
22:53
worshipping
22:55
the
22:57
idols
23:00
there
23:01
which
23:03
to
23:03
them
23:04
became
23:05
a
23:07
snare
23:08
sons
23:11
they
23:12
sacrificed
23:14
and
23:15
daughters
23:16
to
23:17
our
23:18
king
23:19
and
23:20
knighted
23:21
God
23:23
thus
23:25
their
23:26
blood
23:27
was
23:28
desecrated
23:30
by
23:32
their
23:33
sting
23:33
of
23:34
guiltless
23:36
blood
23:37
by
23:39
their
23:40
hearts
23:41
they
23:43
were
23:44
defiled
23:46
into
23:48
filthiness
23:50
they
23:52
killed
23:53
so
23:56
the
23:57
lord
23:58
was
23:59
angry
24:00
with
24:01
them
24:02
and
24:03
his
24:04
people
24:05
he
24:06
abhorred
24:07
gave
24:09
them
24:10
over
24:11
to
24:12
the
24:14
nations
24:15
and
24:17
therefore
24:18
became
24:19
their
24:20
lord
24:21
subject
24:22
to
24:23
their
24:24
enemy
24:25
they
24:26
were
24:27
treated
24:28
cruelly
24:29
they
24:30
were
24:31
treated
24:32
cruelly
24:33
cruelly
24:35
many
24:36
times he
24:40
showed his
24:41
power
24:42
by
24:43
delivering
24:44
his
24:45
own
24:46
but
24:47
they
24:48
set
24:49
their
24:50
heart
24:51
on
24:52
sinning
24:53
and
25:03
repelt
25:04
against
25:05
his
25:06
throne
25:07
in
25:08
their
25:09
sin
25:10
they
25:11
chose
25:12
to
25:13
stay
25:14
they
25:15
chose
25:16
to
25:17
stay
25:18
and
25:19
they
25:20
wasted
25:21
quite
25:22
away
25:24
please
25:28
turn with me now to 2nd
25:30
chronicles
25:31
chapter 24
25:32
and we'll read again at verse 15
25:37
but Jehoiada grew old and full of days and died
25:40
he was a hundred and thirty years old at his death and they buried him in the city of David among the kings because he had done good in Israel and towards God and his house
25:52
after the death of Jehoiada the princes of Judah came and paid homage to the king
25:57
then the king listened to them and they abandoned the house of the Lord the God of their fathers and served the Asherim and the idols and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord these testified against them but they would not pay attention.
26:22
following the death of Jehoshaphat
26:27
following the death of Jehoshaphat where you find a reference to that in chapter 20
26:32
the following years after that were very turbulent years in Israel
26:37
turbulent because they were
26:39
years when
26:41
relatively short rains
26:43
and bad rains
26:45
bad kings
26:46
followed Jehoshaphat
26:48
and indeed that was
26:50
generally true of this northern kingdom
26:52
that had been set up
26:54
after the death
26:55
of Solomon
26:56
when
26:57
Rehoboam
26:58
took over
26:59
and caused the division of the kingdoms
27:01
into the north
27:02
and the south
27:03
that remained like that with
27:05
the south
27:06
the tribe of Judah especially prominent
27:09
in that
27:10
and as you come to
27:12
these references here
27:13
in these chapters
27:14
you'll find a reference there to Jehoram
27:16
that he reigned for eight years
27:18
they were bad years
27:19
if you go back to chapter 21
27:21
and verse 20 there
27:23
describes
27:24
in very short compass
27:26
what
27:27
he was 32 years
27:29
when he began to reign
27:30
he reigned for eight years
27:31
in Jerusalem
27:32
and he departed
27:33
with no one's regret
27:35
they buried him
27:37
in the city of David
27:38
but not
27:39
in the tombs
27:40
of the kings
27:42
well that's
27:43
telling its own story
27:44
isn't it
27:45
the kind of king
27:46
that he turned out to be
27:48
and then you have
27:49
Ahaziah for a year
27:50
he was then killed by Jehu
27:53
and following that
27:55
Athaliah for six years
27:57
who ended up killing
27:59
most of the Davidic family
28:01
as you find there apart from
28:03
Joash
28:04
who was hidden
28:05
in the temple of the Lord
28:07
who was hidden
28:08
so as he was
28:11
he was actually saved
28:13
from the slaughter that happened
28:16
at that particular moment
28:19
you find that at
28:21
the previous chapters there
28:24
especially
28:25
when you find a reference there
28:27
in chapter 22
28:28
where Jehoshabeath
28:30
the daughter of King Jehoram
28:32
and wife of Jehoiada
28:34
the priest
28:35
because she was a sister
28:36
of Ahaziah
28:37
she hid him
28:38
from Athaliah
28:39
Ahaziah the mother of Ahaziah
28:41
all these names
28:42
are a bit confusing
28:44
but she hid him
28:45
from Athaliah
28:46
so that she did not
28:47
put him to death
28:48
and he remained with them
28:49
for six years
28:50
hidden in the house of God
28:53
while Athaliah reigned
28:55
over the land
28:56
so he was spared
28:57
he was not just spared
28:59
but he was brought up
29:00
in such a way
29:01
as to be brought up
29:02
in the ways of the Lord
29:03
brought up by this
29:05
by this couple
29:07
but particularly
29:08
under the teaching
29:09
of Jehoiada
29:10
the priest
29:11
who while he was priest
29:13
remained as a priest
29:14
down through these
29:15
turbulent years
29:16
until as we read there
29:17
in chapter 24
29:18
and verse 15
29:19
at 130 years old
29:21
he died
29:22
and then after he died
29:25
as we'll see tonight
29:26
the nation basically returned
29:30
to what it had been beforehand
29:33
and it's a very sad story
29:35
because under the care
29:37
of Jehoiashabeath
29:39
and Jehoiada
29:41
Joash was brought up
29:43
in these ways of the Lord
29:45
and gave his time
29:46
and attention to them
29:47
and in fact
29:49
as he was hidden there
29:50
by them
29:52
he came to know
29:54
something of the ways
29:55
of the Lord
29:55
so that's going to be
29:56
our first point tonight
29:57
that Joash was brought up
29:59
in the way
30:00
of the Lord
30:01
and then secondly
30:03
our second point
30:04
is that Joash abandoned
30:06
the ways of the Lord
30:08
especially following
30:09
Jehoiada's death
30:11
if you turn your mind
30:12
back to
30:13
chapter 22
30:15
and verse 12
30:16
he was brought up
30:18
in the way
30:19
of the Lord
30:19
you can see in verse 12
30:21
there of chapter 22
30:23
how he remained with them
30:27
for six years
30:28
hidden in the house of God
30:30
while Athaliah reigned
30:32
over the land
30:33
in other words
30:33
this really effectively
30:35
was six years
30:36
of good teaching
30:37
and good training
30:38
given by Jehoiashabeath
30:40
and the priest Jehoiada
30:42
to this young man Joash
30:45
who was destined
30:46
to take over the throne
30:47
so this was his grounding
30:49
in the teaching
30:50
of the ways of the Lord
30:52
they obviously taught him
30:53
the ways of the Lord
30:54
they would have gone over
30:55
many of the ways
30:56
in which the Lord
30:57
had dealt with his people
30:58
had given his people
31:00
the privilege
31:00
of a covenant with them
31:01
how they had abandoned that
31:03
how they had left
31:04
in previous times
31:05
the ways of the Lord
31:07
and so on
31:08
and you can see from that
31:10
that this in fact
31:10
itself is an example
31:12
of God actually overcoming
31:14
the attempts of those
31:17
who wanted to take
31:18
the nation away
31:19
altogether from their roots
31:20
in covenant theology
31:22
and in covenant teaching
31:24
and in covenant relationship
31:26
with God
31:27
but God here provided
31:29
this measure for Joash
31:31
so that he would be brought up
31:33
in the ways of the Lord
31:35
when he began to reign
31:37
we're thankful for that
31:40
whenever you find attempts made
31:42
to wipe out the church
31:43
whenever you find
31:44
attempts made
31:45
such as in the
31:46
New Testament itself
31:47
to the days of the apostle
31:49
or the days of Jesus
31:50
you'll find that
31:52
so often
31:52
you'll find the Lord
31:53
providing a means
31:55
by which his church
31:57
if they're not altogether
31:57
preserved
31:58
then they're certainly
31:59
protected in a measure
32:01
against them being
32:02
completely
32:03
annihilated
32:05
and he was hidden
32:08
therefore
32:08
in the house
32:09
of the Lord
32:10
and you know
32:10
that's a reminder
32:11
to us
32:12
just in passing
32:13
it's not going to be
32:14
the main point
32:15
this evening
32:15
but it is a reminder
32:16
to us
32:17
because it's
32:18
we're going to see
32:19
how they abandoned
32:21
again the ways
32:22
of the Lord
32:23
and how Joash
32:24
abandoned the ways
32:25
of the Lord
32:25
despite his upbringing
32:27
but here he was
32:28
for these six years
32:29
brought up
32:30
in the ways
32:30
of the Lord
32:31
being taught
32:31
by Jehoiada
32:33
the faithful priest
32:34
of the Lord
32:34
and in Ephesians
32:36
chapter 6
32:38
as you know
32:38
verse 4
32:39
fathers especially
32:41
are given instruction
32:42
as to how to bring up
32:43
their children
32:44
and not to cause them
32:46
to rebel against the Lord
32:48
by treating them
32:49
harshly or whatever
32:50
they are to actually
32:51
bring them up
32:52
in what's called
32:53
the nurture
32:55
and discipline
32:56
of the Lord
32:57
or to put it another way
32:58
in the training
32:59
and discipline
33:00
of the Lord
33:01
because that's what
33:02
the word means
33:02
it's really
33:03
a training
33:04
it's a shaping
33:05
and it was the same
33:06
for Joash
33:07
as he was brought up
33:08
by Jehoiada
33:09
for these years
33:10
these early years
33:11
of his life
33:12
he was being trained
33:13
in the ways of the Lord
33:14
his life was being shaped
33:15
by the truth of God
33:17
by the ways of the Lord
33:19
by the word of the Lord
33:20
and that's why
33:21
in our own setting
33:23
especially
33:23
and many others
33:24
like us as well
33:25
are concerned
33:26
to actually have
33:27
our children
33:28
under the teaching
33:29
of the word of God
33:31
under the teaching
33:32
of God's word
33:33
in our homes
33:34
in church
33:35
in Sunday school
33:37
and brought
33:38
under the way
33:40
in which the word
33:41
of God
33:41
can shape
33:43
their lives positively
33:44
because there's
33:45
so many influences
33:46
out there
33:47
that will shape
33:48
their lives
33:48
in the wrong way
33:49
and for you young people
33:50
tonight
33:51
be thankful
33:52
that you have
33:52
tonight
33:53
not us just here
33:54
in church
33:54
but wherever you come
33:55
under the word
33:56
of the Lord
33:56
if you're taught
33:57
the word of the Lord
33:58
at home
33:59
if you're brought
34:00
by your parents
34:01
or grandparents
34:02
or whoever
34:02
to be familiar
34:04
with the gospel
34:05
with the Bible
34:05
with the teachings
34:06
of the Bible
34:07
all that is designed
34:08
to shape your life
34:10
in a good way
34:11
to bring about
34:13
the kind of shape
34:14
to your life
34:14
and lifestyle
34:15
and your thinking
34:16
and your behavior
34:17
and your way of life
34:18
that will be approved
34:20
of by God
34:20
that will itself
34:21
be a means
34:22
by which you will
34:23
honor the Lord
34:24
and find in turn
34:26
that he will honor you
34:27
the training
34:30
the shaping
34:31
by the word of God
34:33
of our lives
34:34
and of course
34:34
that's happening
34:35
not just in terms
34:36
of our Sunday school
34:37
and church services
34:39
such as these
34:39
and in our homes
34:40
as well
34:41
all the other things
34:42
that we engage in as well
34:43
with our young folks
34:44
with our children
34:45
even the youngest children
34:46
take for example
34:47
the holiday club
34:48
this coming week
34:50
God willing
34:50
that's going to be
34:51
all built around
34:52
the teaching of
34:53
Mark's gospel
34:55
about the Lord
34:56
himself
34:57
and the life
34:59
of Christ
34:59
as Mark's gospel
35:01
presents that to us
35:02
and our prayer is
35:04
that these young folks
35:05
will add that
35:06
to whatever else
35:07
they receive
35:07
of teaching
35:08
in their lives
35:09
and even if there are
35:09
some as there will be
35:10
that aren't familiar
35:12
with a church setting
35:13
aren't familiar
35:14
with coming to church
35:15
or to Sunday school
35:16
that they will actually
35:17
themselves see
35:18
something of the
35:19
importance
35:20
of Jesus
35:21
the importance
35:22
of living
35:23
by faith in Christ
35:25
and coming to
35:26
dedicate their life
35:27
to the Lord
35:28
all of that
35:29
is really together
35:31
how we try
35:33
and in all that
35:34
amalgamation
35:35
of means
35:36
and of efforts
35:37
to have our young
35:39
children
35:39
and our older
35:40
children shaped
35:41
like ourselves
35:43
as adults
35:44
in the ways
35:44
of the Lord
35:45
shaped by
35:46
the truth
35:47
of God
35:48
so there is
35:50
Joash
35:50
he was hidden
35:52
and brought up
35:53
in the ways
35:54
of the Lord
35:55
hidden in the temple
35:55
for these years
35:56
and we're applying
35:58
that to the importance
35:59
of training up
36:00
our children
36:01
as well as we're able
36:02
to in the ways
36:03
of the Lord
36:04
in the nurture
36:05
and training
36:06
and discipline
36:07
of the Lord
36:07
but then secondly
36:09
Joash came to
36:11
abandon the ways
36:12
of the Lord
36:12
and this is from
36:14
chapter 24
36:15
and verse 17
36:16
also
36:17
you'll find
36:18
first of all
36:19
it mentions
36:19
that from verse 15
36:21
after Jehoiada died
36:23
he was 130 years old
36:25
and they buried him
36:26
in the city of David
36:28
among the kings
36:29
now Joash
36:31
followed the ways
36:32
of the Lord
36:33
while Jehoiada
36:35
lived
36:36
and as soon as
36:38
Jehoiada had died
36:39
the princes
36:40
of the nation
36:41
came
36:41
and influenced
36:43
Joash
36:44
in a bad way
36:45
but you notice
36:46
what it says
36:48
there in verses 24
36:49
chapter 24
36:50
all the way through
36:51
from verse 1
36:52
onwards
36:53
Joash did what was right
36:54
in the days of the Lord
36:56
in the eyes of the Lord
36:57
all the days
36:58
of Jehoiada the priest
36:59
and then it goes on
37:01
to describe
37:01
how Joash
37:03
dedicated himself
37:04
to restore
37:05
the house of the Lord
37:06
the temple of the Lord
37:07
that had fallen
37:08
into serious disrepair
37:10
and you can see
37:10
all the way through there
37:11
that he is actually
37:12
engaged in obedience
37:14
to the Lord
37:15
outwardly
37:15
he is following
37:16
the ways of the Lord
37:17
in his own life
37:18
he is engaged in
37:19
following the teaching
37:20
that he was given
37:21
by Jehoiada
37:22
to the extent
37:23
even of
37:24
arranging the repair
37:26
and setting up again
37:27
of the temple
37:28
and the ways
37:28
of the temple
37:29
of the Lord
37:30
that had fallen
37:30
into neglect
37:32
why had it fallen
37:35
into neglect
37:36
well it had fallen
37:38
into neglect
37:39
not just because
37:40
people had just
37:42
forgotten about
37:44
its influence
37:44
or somehow or other
37:46
just ambled in
37:47
or casually drifted away
37:49
into that sort of
37:51
neglect of the temple
37:53
of the Lord
37:53
the neglect of the temple
37:55
of the Lord
37:56
is an indication
37:57
of their spiritual
37:59
neglect
38:00
of their spiritual
38:01
abandonment
38:02
of the ways
38:02
of the Lord
38:03
they neglected
38:04
the temple
38:04
of the Lord
38:05
because they lost
38:06
interest in the Lord
38:07
they lost interest
38:09
in the Lord
38:09
because they replaced
38:10
the Lord
38:11
with these idols
38:12
the Baals
38:12
as they are called
38:13
the gods of the Canaanites
38:15
the idols
38:15
of the Canaanites
38:16
these people
38:18
who had come to know
38:19
the Lord's ways
38:20
who had come to know
38:21
so much
38:21
of the benefit
38:22
of being rescued
38:23
by the Lord
38:24
from Egypt
38:24
led by the Lord
38:26
through years
38:26
in the wilderness
38:27
established by the Lord
38:29
in the land of Canaan
38:30
and here they are
38:31
and what are they doing
38:32
they're saying
38:33
let's just follow
38:34
the Baals
38:35
let's just follow
38:37
the ways of the idolaters
38:38
the Canaanites
38:39
and let's just leave
38:41
the temple
38:41
it's no use to us
38:42
anymore
38:42
and the neglect
38:45
came from
38:47
spiritual decline
38:48
but in the days
38:50
of Joash
38:51
there was gladness
38:53
there was actually
38:53
rejoicing
38:54
in the repairing
38:55
of the temple
38:56
as you find it there
38:57
described
38:58
those who were engaged
39:00
in the work
39:00
labored
39:01
repairing
39:01
what went forward
39:03
in their hands
39:05
and they were actually
39:06
glad to be able
39:07
to contribute
39:08
to the repair
39:09
of the temple
39:10
of the house
39:11
of the Lord
39:12
now you remember
39:13
that the books
39:15
of the Chronicles
39:16
are very late
39:18
composition
39:18
in the history
39:21
of Judah
39:22
they're actually
39:23
books written
39:24
for the encouragement
39:25
of those who came
39:27
back from Babylon
39:28
having been there
39:30
for many years
39:30
in captivity
39:31
under the Babylonians
39:32
and the many references
39:34
to the temple
39:35
that you find
39:36
in the books
39:37
of the Chronicles
39:38
are themselves
39:39
a way of
39:40
encouraging the people
39:42
as they come back
39:44
to Jerusalem
39:44
having been in Babylon
39:46
to get on with
39:47
rebuilding the temple
39:48
and rebuilding the ways
39:50
and the worship
39:50
of the Lord there
39:51
that's by the way
39:52
but that's important
39:53
to remember
39:54
that that's the message
39:55
of the Chronicler
39:56
of the books
39:58
of the Chronicles
39:59
the people were glad
40:00
to be able
40:01
to restore the temple
40:02
in the days
40:03
of Joash
40:04
because they read
40:06
about things
40:07
that had happened
40:08
in the past
40:10
and in the future
40:12
the same thing happened
40:14
with those who came back
40:15
from Babylon
40:16
so it's important
40:17
for us
40:17
always to frequent
40:19
ourselves
40:19
with the history
40:20
of God's people
40:21
especially the history
40:23
of God's people
40:23
that you find
40:24
written in the Bible
40:25
itself
40:26
maybe for some of us
40:28
history is not really
40:29
our favorite subject
40:30
it's maybe something
40:31
that we found boring
40:33
while we were in school
40:34
maybe the teaching
40:36
of history
40:36
was just something
40:37
that went through
40:38
a whole series of dates
40:39
and important events
40:40
in our own nation
40:42
or whatever
40:42
but the history
40:43
you find in the Bible
40:44
is crucially important
40:45
it sets out for you
40:47
the way that God
40:48
dealt with his people
40:49
the way that God
40:50
actually came
40:51
to rescue his people
40:52
the way that God
40:53
dealt them
40:53
as they turned
40:54
their back on him
40:55
all of these things
40:56
are so important
40:57
as the years went by
40:58
and the people
40:59
through the prophets
41:00
were reminded
41:01
again and again
41:02
of the importance
41:03
of their history
41:04
as God's covenant people
41:06
by the way
41:07
so Jehoiada
41:08
while Jehoiada lived
41:10
Joash was faithful
41:12
to the Lord
41:13
once he died
41:14
he actually
41:16
abandoned the ways
41:17
of the Lord
41:19
Jehoiada was a great
41:20
leader
41:20
and when you see
41:21
what's spoken about him
41:23
here in verse 15
41:24
he grew old
41:26
and was full of days
41:27
and died
41:27
he was 130
41:28
when he died
41:29
and they buried him
41:30
in the city of David
41:31
among the kings
41:32
very unusual
41:34
for a priest
41:34
to be buried
41:36
among the kings
41:37
but they did that
41:38
as it says
41:39
because he had done
41:39
so much good
41:40
in Israel
41:41
and towards God
41:42
and his house
41:44
Jehoiada's
41:48
lifespan
41:48
130 years
41:50
was the longest
41:51
recorded lifespan
41:52
since the life
41:54
of Jacob
41:55
many many many
41:57
years before
41:58
and that itself
41:59
is an indicator
42:00
of his faithfulness
42:02
to the Lord
42:02
and how vital
42:04
he was
42:04
in his own place
42:05
in the nation
42:07
at the time
42:07
but here
42:09
the people
42:10
after the death
42:11
of Jehoiada
42:12
the princes
42:12
came
42:13
and paid homage
42:14
to the king
42:15
and the king
42:16
listened to them
42:17
and they abandoned
42:18
the house of the Lord
42:19
the God
42:20
of their fathers
42:21
in other words
42:25
they followed
42:25
bad advice
42:27
they followed
42:29
the advice
42:30
of the princes
42:30
rather than
42:32
just give heed
42:33
to the teaching
42:34
that Jehoiada
42:35
and the example
42:36
that he had left them
42:37
and Jehoash
42:39
especially
42:40
was involved
42:41
in leading
42:42
that abandonment
42:43
of the ways
42:44
of the Lord
42:44
now that is a serious
42:45
and solemn point
42:47
just imagine
42:47
remember what
42:49
is spoken of
42:50
in the earlier
42:51
part of the chapter
42:52
about Jehoash's
42:53
leadership
42:53
in repairing
42:55
the temple
42:55
the house
42:56
of the Lord
42:56
and how that
42:57
in fact was something
42:58
that he made
42:59
provision for
43:00
and yet here he is
43:01
and what's he doing
43:02
he's now in the leadership
43:04
of abandoning
43:05
the house of the Lord
43:06
of leaving
43:07
the house of the Lord
43:07
the God of their fathers
43:09
why did that happen
43:12
how could such a thing
43:14
take place
43:15
a young man
43:17
in his youth
43:18
brought up
43:18
in the ways
43:19
of the Lord
43:20
and here he is
43:21
now that he's
43:21
gone on in years
43:23
and he's coming
43:23
to abandon
43:24
the ways of the Lord
43:25
because he followed
43:25
the bad advice
43:27
given by the princes
43:28
of the nation
43:29
well it seems
43:30
that one thing
43:31
that you can read
43:32
into that
43:32
is that
43:33
Jehoash had not
43:34
really learned
43:35
to apply his own mind
43:37
to his life
43:39
and to his leadership
43:40
and it's always important
43:41
for you and for me
43:42
even if we follow
43:44
the teaching of others
43:45
like Jehoiada was
43:46
to Jehoash
43:47
that we don't just
43:48
follow what Jehoiada
43:50
or anybody else says
43:51
just for the sake of it
43:52
you don't follow
43:53
the Lord
43:54
just out of your respect
43:55
for human beings
43:56
you don't follow
43:57
the Lord
43:57
just automatically
43:58
giving a place
44:00
to whatever teaching
44:01
you've been given
44:01
good though it might have been
44:03
on the part of whoever it is
44:05
gives you that teaching
44:06
if you're following
44:07
the ways of the Lord
44:08
tonight
44:09
during the different ministries
44:11
in this congregation
44:11
and in the ministries
44:13
God willing
44:14
that may follow
44:14
our ministry here
44:16
you don't follow
44:17
the ways of the Lord
44:18
for the sake of those
44:19
that have taught you
44:20
the word of God
44:21
you do it
44:21
by applying your own mind
44:23
to the truth of God
44:24
as revealed to you
44:26
in the Bible
44:26
you learn to think
44:27
for yourself
44:28
you learn to think
44:29
your way through
44:29
the teaching of the Bible
44:30
you learn to ask yourself
44:32
what does Jesus mean
44:33
to me
44:33
why did Jesus
44:34
come into the world
44:35
why did Jesus
44:36
die the death he did
44:38
why was he resurrected
44:39
from the dead
44:40
why does the Bible
44:41
tell me
44:41
he's at the right hand
44:42
of God
44:43
why does the Bible
44:44
tell me he's coming again
44:45
you learn to think
44:47
through the teaching
44:48
of the Bible
44:49
about the church of Christ
44:50
all the way through
44:51
from the Old Testament
44:52
into the New Testament church
44:54
learning about how
44:55
in fact the church
44:56
in the days of the apostles
44:57
came to multiply
44:59
why did they multiply
45:00
what is at work there
45:01
what sort of power
45:02
was at work
45:03
you see you apply
45:04
your own minds to it
45:06
you don't just rely
45:07
on somebody else's thinking
45:09
similar to what Joash did
45:11
he relied upon Jehoiada
45:13
and as long as Jehoiada lived
45:15
he went by the word
45:16
of Jehoiada
45:17
who gave him
45:17
the word of the Lord
45:18
he had never really
45:20
considered the word
45:21
of the Lord
45:22
really deep in his own
45:23
heart and mind
45:24
for himself
45:25
so when these princes
45:27
came
45:27
he was very quickly
45:29
turned aside
45:30
and led
45:32
this abandonment
45:33
of the house
45:35
of the Lord
45:36
you know it's important
45:39
for you tonight
45:40
to think
45:41
for yourself
45:42
because the Christian faith
45:45
is not an
45:46
unthinking faith
45:47
it's not by any means
45:49
a faith
45:50
void of emotion
45:51
void of that sort of thing
45:53
there's plenty of that
45:54
but you have to use
45:56
your own mind
45:56
you have to use a mind
45:58
that is fueled
45:59
by the word
46:00
and by the spirit of God
46:01
you have to ask the Lord
46:02
as your life goes on
46:04
Lord
46:04
teach me your laws
46:06
teach me your ways
46:07
lead me into the avenues
46:09
of your truth
46:10
help me to exercise
46:11
my mind
46:12
for my own sake
46:13
whatever else
46:15
anybody says
46:16
help me to use
46:17
my mind
46:18
as it's designed
46:19
to be
46:20
to come to a right
46:21
conclusion
46:22
so that they are
46:23
my conclusions
46:24
not the conclusions
46:25
of somebody
46:25
who's taught me things
46:26
I remember
46:28
the people of
46:29
the woman of Samaria
46:31
the place there
46:33
Saichar
46:34
where she lived
46:34
when she went back
46:36
to speak of
46:37
having come to know
46:38
the Lord
46:39
that she met
46:39
at the well
46:40
and inviting them
46:41
to come
46:42
and hear this man
46:43
who had told her
46:44
all things
46:44
that she ever did
46:46
can this not be
46:47
must this not be
46:48
the Christ
46:49
what does it say
46:49
later in the chapter
46:50
they were going out
46:52
to him in streams
46:52
from the city
46:53
they were going out
46:54
to him
46:54
in hordes
46:55
multitudes
46:56
to hear him
46:57
and what did they
46:57
then say
46:58
now we believe
47:00
not for your word
47:02
for we have heard
47:04
him
47:05
ourselves
47:06
and know that
47:08
this is indeed
47:08
the Christ
47:09
why do you believe
47:10
in Christ
47:11
tonight
47:11
not because some
47:12
minister told you
47:13
even though some
47:14
minister
47:14
whoever individual
47:15
might have led you
47:17
to Christ
47:17
might have
47:17
persuaded you
47:18
to think seriously
47:19
about Christ
47:20
you believe in Christ
47:21
because you exercise
47:22
your own mind
47:23
in regard to what
47:25
you were taught
47:25
what the Bible
47:26
itself presented
47:27
to you
47:27
what the person
47:28
that led you
47:29
to Christ
47:29
was saying to you
47:30
you don't do it
47:31
for their sake
47:32
you're doing it
47:33
because your mind
47:34
was occupied
47:35
in thinking
47:36
through the truth
47:38
of God
47:38
I know if you want
47:40
and if you and I
47:41
want to remain
47:42
in the ways
47:43
of being faithful
47:44
to the Lord
47:44
the way to do it
47:46
is to exercise
47:47
your own mind
47:49
constantly
47:49
as your life
47:50
goes on
47:50
ask yourself
47:52
the proper questions
47:53
put the truth
47:54
of God
47:55
to your own
47:55
situation
47:56
and don't be
47:58
like Joash
48:00
who was led
48:01
away
48:02
by the
48:05
princes
48:05
of Israel
48:06
and
48:08
I want to say
48:10
this to the
48:10
young folk
48:11
especially
48:11
because many
48:14
of you will
48:14
be leaving
48:15
home
48:15
some of you
48:17
have already
48:17
left home
48:18
and are
48:18
expecting to
48:19
go back
48:20
either to
48:20
work or
48:20
to college
48:21
or university
48:22
and there's
48:23
a lot of
48:24
benefit in
48:25
doing that
48:26
but as you
48:28
know very well
48:28
I'm sure
48:29
there's a lot
48:29
of danger
48:31
attached to it
48:31
as well
48:32
because
48:33
they're not
48:34
necessarily
48:35
different influences
48:36
that you're
48:37
going to meet
48:37
compared to
48:38
the influences
48:38
you have
48:39
here in the
48:39
town
48:40
or on the
48:40
island
48:40
but it'll
48:42
be a
48:42
different
48:43
setting
48:43
you are
48:45
brought up
48:45
in the ways
48:46
of the Lord
48:46
that's what
48:47
leaving you
48:47
here
48:48
that's why
48:48
you went
48:49
through Sunday
48:49
school
48:49
that's why
48:50
you went
48:50
to youth
48:50
fellowship
48:51
that's why
48:52
all of
48:52
these ways
48:52
the ways
48:53
of the Lord
48:54
came to
48:55
be lodged
48:56
in your
48:57
heart
48:57
well I say
48:59
this to you
49:00
tonight
49:00
don't
49:02
be taken
49:03
in
49:03
by those
49:04
who want
49:05
you to
49:05
abandon
49:05
the ways
49:07
of the
49:07
Lord
49:08
look what
49:10
happened
49:11
in the days
49:12
of Joash
49:13
he listened
49:14
to these
49:15
princes
49:15
of Judah
49:16
and they
49:18
led him
49:18
away
49:19
from a
49:20
life that
49:21
would be
49:21
good and
49:22
beneficial
49:22
to him
49:23
into the
49:25
ways of
49:25
the Canaanites
49:26
that world
49:28
out there
49:29
friends
49:29
is waiting
49:30
for you
49:31
to embrace
49:31
it
49:32
it will do
49:33
everything
49:34
possible
49:34
to persuade
49:35
you that
49:35
that's the
49:36
way of life
49:37
really that's
49:37
best for
49:38
you
49:38
the way
49:39
of life
49:39
that lives
49:40
by the
49:40
ways of
49:41
the world
49:41
by what
49:42
the world
49:43
calls its
49:43
own values
49:44
not the
49:45
ways of
49:45
God's
49:46
truth
49:46
not the
49:46
ways you
49:47
learn
49:47
as you're
49:48
brought up
49:48
in the
49:48
church of
49:49
God
49:49
not the
49:49
ways that
49:50
you learn
49:50
under the
49:51
gospel
49:51
but the
49:52
ways of
49:52
sin
49:53
the ways
49:53
of sinful
49:54
behavior
49:54
the ways
49:55
of turning
49:55
against the
49:56
Lord
49:56
the ways
49:57
of being
49:57
opposed
49:58
to God
49:59
and what
49:59
he's saying
49:59
to you
50:00
don't listen
50:01
to any
50:02
of those
50:03
influences
50:03
because their
50:04
design is
50:05
that you
50:06
will leave
50:07
the ways
50:07
of the
50:08
Lord
50:08
and follow
50:09
the ways
50:10
of the
50:10
world
50:10
don't
50:12
let
50:13
Satan
50:14
persuade
50:15
you to
50:15
do that
50:16
follow
50:18
the God
50:18
of your
50:19
fathers
50:20
of your
50:20
mothers
50:21
of your
50:21
grandfathers
50:22
the God
50:24
of this
50:24
Bible
50:24
the God
50:25
of this
50:25
church
50:26
the God
50:26
and Father
50:28
of our
50:28
Lord
50:29
Jesus
50:29
Christ
50:29
so he
50:31
left
50:32
the Lord
50:33
after the
50:33
ways of
50:33
the Lord
50:34
because he
50:34
followed
50:35
bad advice
50:35
and along
50:37
with that
50:37
he rejected
50:38
God's
50:39
word
50:39
look at
50:40
verse 19
50:40
because it's a very
50:41
interesting verse
50:42
yet as it says
50:45
their wrath
50:45
came upon
50:46
Judah and
50:46
Jerusalem
50:47
for this guilt
50:48
of theirs
50:48
yet he sent
50:49
prophets among
50:50
them to bring
50:52
them back
50:53
to the Lord
50:53
he sent
50:55
prophets among
50:56
them
50:56
even though it
50:58
says their wrath
50:59
came upon
50:59
Judah
51:00
whose wrath
51:00
God's wrath
51:01
came upon
51:02
them yet
51:03
he sent
51:04
prophets
51:04
among them
51:05
to bring
51:05
them back
51:06
to the
51:06
Lord
51:06
now that
51:07
tells you
51:07
a lot
51:08
tonight
51:08
about the
51:09
Lord
51:09
about this
51:10
God
51:11
whom we
51:11
worship
51:12
because despite
51:14
all that he
51:15
knew had
51:15
happened
51:16
and all that
51:17
he saw
51:17
that he
51:18
detested
51:18
and the
51:19
idolatry
51:19
to which
51:20
they had
51:20
turned
51:20
and despite
51:21
the fact
51:22
that wrath
51:22
came upon
51:23
them
51:23
he didn't
51:24
stop
51:24
speaking
51:25
to them
51:25
he didn't
51:27
say to
51:27
them
51:28
go your
51:29
own way
51:29
have it
51:30
your way
51:30
see how
51:31
you get
51:31
on
51:32
he could
51:33
have done
51:34
that
51:34
they
51:36
deserved
51:36
that
51:37
but that's
51:39
not how
51:39
this God
51:40
operates
51:40
instead of
51:43
doing that
51:43
what did
51:43
he do
51:44
he sent
51:44
prophets
51:45
to them
51:45
he sent
51:48
prophets
51:49
among them
51:49
why
51:50
to bring
51:50
them
51:50
back
51:51
to the
51:52
Lord
51:52
and that
51:55
says so
51:55
much
51:56
about
51:57
God
51:57
you know
52:00
if you want
52:00
to abandon
52:01
the ways
52:01
of the
52:02
Lord
52:02
the Lord
52:04
will tell
52:04
you
52:04
that's
52:04
not
52:05
what I
52:05
want
52:05
you
52:05
to do
52:06
but if
52:07
you do
52:07
that my
52:08
word is
52:08
still going
52:09
to chase
52:09
you
52:10
because I
52:10
want you
52:11
to come
52:11
back to
52:12
the Lord
52:12
and tonight
52:14
let's think
52:15
and pray
52:15
for those
52:16
who once
52:16
used to be
52:17
here
52:17
or once
52:18
used to
52:19
be in
52:19
other
52:19
churches
52:20
but are
52:20
not there
52:20
tonight
52:21
who are
52:22
brought up
52:22
in the
52:22
ways of
52:23
the Lord
52:23
who are
52:24
persuaded
52:24
for whatever
52:25
reason
52:25
to turn
52:26
away from
52:26
the ways
52:26
of the
52:27
Lord
52:27
to go
52:28
back into
52:28
the ways
52:28
of the
52:29
world
52:29
have we
52:30
neglected
52:31
them
52:31
perhaps
52:31
sadly
52:32
we have
52:33
have we
52:33
been faithful
52:34
in trying
52:34
to persuade
52:35
them back
52:36
perhaps not
52:37
but one
52:37
thing's for
52:38
sure
52:38
God
52:39
has not
52:40
let them
52:40
out of
52:40
his sight
52:41
and this
52:42
really encourages
52:43
you and
52:44
I tonight
52:44
that even
52:45
as you
52:46
find people
52:46
turning away
52:47
from the
52:48
Lord
52:48
turning their
52:49
back upon
52:50
the Lord
52:50
you can
52:51
come to
52:52
this God
52:52
and say
52:53
Lord
52:53
were you
52:54
not the
52:54
God
52:55
in the
52:55
day of
52:55
Joash
52:56
that still
52:57
sent your
52:58
word
52:58
and sent
52:59
your word
52:59
with a
53:00
specific
53:00
purpose
53:01
of bringing
53:02
them back
53:03
to the
53:03
Lord
53:03
Lord
53:04
will you
53:04
not speak
53:05
to them
53:05
will you
53:06
not bring
53:06
them back
53:07
will you
53:08
not bring
53:09
them into
53:10
the ways
53:11
of the
53:11
Lord
53:11
again
53:12
here is
53:14
a great
53:15
encouragement
53:16
that God
53:18
did not
53:19
abandon
53:20
these people
53:20
and allow
53:22
them just
53:22
to go
53:23
their own
53:23
way
53:23
he sent
53:24
prophets
53:25
they
53:27
testified
53:27
against
53:28
them
53:29
they brought
53:30
the mind
53:31
of the
53:31
Lord
53:32
to them
53:32
and then
53:34
what does
53:34
it say
53:35
but they
53:37
would not
53:37
pay attention
53:38
do you
53:41
not find
53:41
these among
53:42
the saddest
53:43
words you
53:44
could read
53:44
even in
53:45
the Bible
53:45
that here
53:47
was God
53:48
burdened to
53:48
bring them
53:49
back if you
53:49
like and
53:50
sent prophets
53:51
specifically to
53:52
preach his
53:53
word to
53:54
them to
53:54
bring his
53:55
judgment to
53:56
them to
53:57
testify against
53:58
them as to
53:58
the seriousness
53:59
of what they
54:00
had done
54:00
but they
54:02
would not
54:02
pay attention
54:03
you see
54:05
when you
54:06
leave the
54:06
ways of
54:06
the Lord
54:07
you're
54:08
entering a
54:08
very very
54:09
dangerous
54:10
path
54:10
when anyone
54:12
leaves the
54:13
ways of
54:13
the Lord
54:14
they ought
54:15
never to
54:15
persuade
54:16
themselves
54:16
I can
54:17
come back
54:17
in the
54:18
future
54:18
when I
54:19
choose to
54:19
that may
54:21
never happen
54:22
because when
54:24
you come to
54:25
harden your
54:26
heart against
54:27
the Lord
54:27
to close
54:28
your mind
54:28
against the
54:28
Lord
54:29
you have
54:29
absolutely
54:30
no guarantee
54:31
even if the
54:31
Lord keeps
54:32
speaking to
54:33
you
54:33
and keeps
54:34
speaking into
54:35
your conscience
54:35
you have
54:36
no guarantee
54:37
that you
54:39
will pay
54:40
attention
54:40
that you
54:42
will listen
54:42
seriously to
54:43
God
54:44
please
54:45
whatever you
54:46
do
54:46
listen
54:47
seriously
54:48
whenever God
54:49
is speaking
54:50
to you
54:51
don't be like
54:53
these people
54:53
who would not
54:54
pay attention
54:55
even though
54:56
God went to
54:57
such effort
54:58
as to bring
54:58
these prophets
54:59
to them
54:59
to bring his
55:01
word to bring
55:02
his will to
55:02
them
55:02
and tonight
55:05
we pray
55:05
that those
55:07
who have
55:07
gone away
55:08
from the
55:08
Lord for
55:09
whatever
55:09
reason
55:09
and especially
55:11
those who
55:12
maybe were
55:13
following the
55:14
Lord before
55:15
the dreadful
55:16
days of
55:17
COVID and
55:18
all that's
55:18
associated
55:19
with COVID
55:20
and the
55:21
complications
55:22
that that
55:23
caused in
55:24
people's lives
55:24
and undoubtedly
55:25
many people
55:26
did fall
55:27
away
55:27
spiritually
55:28
but let's
55:29
pray
55:29
friends
55:30
that God
55:31
will keep
55:31
sending his
55:32
word
55:32
and that he
55:33
will keep
55:34
sending us
55:34
as well
55:35
to bring his
55:36
word to them
55:37
to persuade
55:37
them
55:38
that God
55:39
has not
55:40
changed
55:40
that God
55:41
is still
55:42
willing to
55:43
have them
55:43
back
55:43
that the
55:44
reason God
55:45
still speaks
55:46
to them
55:46
through his
55:46
word
55:47
is because
55:48
they will
55:49
not have
55:49
him
55:49
to be
55:51
abandoned
55:51
altogether
55:52
they
55:54
rejected
55:56
God's
55:57
word
55:57
and so
55:58
they brought
55:59
destruction
56:00
upon
56:00
themselves
56:01
I'm not
56:01
going to
56:01
go into
56:02
it tonight
56:02
because
56:02
our time
56:03
is largely
56:04
gone
56:04
but from
56:05
verse 20
56:05
there
56:06
you find
56:07
how
56:07
the Lord
56:09
used
56:10
Zechariah
56:11
interesting
56:11
words
56:12
the spirit
56:12
of the
56:13
Lord
56:13
clothed
56:14
Zechariah
56:14
the son
56:15
of Jehoiada
56:16
here is
56:17
Jehoiada
56:18
present as
56:19
it were
56:19
through his
56:20
son
56:20
and the
56:21
Lord is
56:22
using
56:22
Zechariah
56:23
the son
56:23
of Jehoiada
56:24
to speak
56:25
to the
56:26
people
56:26
to appeal
56:27
to them
56:27
why do
56:27
you break
56:28
the commandments
56:29
of the
56:29
Lord
56:30
so that
56:31
you cannot
56:31
prosper
56:32
because you
56:32
have forsaken
56:33
the Lord
56:33
he has
56:35
forsaken
56:35
you
56:36
this is not
56:38
a call
56:38
to vengeance
56:40
even though
56:42
it finishes
56:42
there
56:43
may the
56:43
Lord
56:43
see and
56:44
avenge
56:44
the words
56:45
there really
56:46
literally mean
56:47
may the
56:47
Lord
56:47
see and
56:48
seek
56:49
it doesn't
56:50
necessarily
56:50
mean
56:51
God's
56:51
vengeance
56:52
and judgment
56:53
brought upon
56:53
them
56:53
but may
56:54
the Lord
56:55
seek them
56:55
out
56:56
may the
56:57
Lord
56:57
seek them
56:57
to do
56:57
with them
56:58
as he
56:58
sees best
56:59
but obviously
57:00
burdened for
57:01
their return
57:02
as the Lord
57:03
himself is
57:04
and then
57:05
you find
57:06
the account
57:07
there of
57:07
the destruction
57:08
that came
57:09
upon them
57:10
the Syrians
57:11
came upon
57:11
them
57:12
all the
57:12
things that
57:13
happened
57:13
as you
57:13
read it
57:13
down
57:14
from that
57:14
point
57:15
onwards
57:15
in the
57:15
chapter
57:16
and then
57:17
you find
57:18
there in
57:18
verse 16
57:19
how the
57:21
burial of
57:22
Jehoiada
57:23
was amongst
57:24
the kings
57:25
of Israel
57:25
because he
57:27
had done
57:27
good in
57:27
Israel
57:28
and towards
57:28
God
57:29
and his
57:31
house
57:31
and what a
57:32
contrast that
57:33
is to
57:34
what you
57:36
find elsewhere
57:36
and the
57:38
burial and
57:38
the contrast
57:39
of others
57:41
before then
57:41
who were not
57:43
buried with
57:43
the kings
57:44
because they
57:45
had done
57:45
evil against
57:46
the Lord
57:46
even though
57:49
they had
57:49
been kings
57:50
so what is
57:51
this really
57:52
saying to us
57:52
if we can
57:53
conclude
57:53
briefly with
57:54
a word
57:55
about the
57:56
summary basically
57:56
of why do
57:58
we have all
57:58
these portraits
57:59
in this
58:01
gallery of
58:02
portraits of
58:03
kings that
58:04
you find in
58:04
the books of
58:05
the chronicles
58:06
what's the
58:07
reason for
58:07
this
58:08
how can we
58:09
actually use
58:10
the books of
58:10
the chronicles
58:11
tonight in
58:12
our own
58:13
situation
58:13
in your own
58:14
life
58:14
in our own
58:15
day
58:15
in our own
58:16
circumstances
58:17
well I like
58:17
to look at
58:19
the regard
58:20
the books of
58:20
the chronicles
58:21
as a gallery
58:22
of paintings
58:23
a gallery of
58:25
paintings of
58:26
these kings
58:26
because it's
58:27
largely taking
58:28
you through
58:28
the history
58:29
in a way
58:31
that specifies
58:33
the various
58:33
kings the
58:34
one that
58:34
followed on
58:35
from the
58:35
other all
58:36
the way
58:36
through right
58:37
through to
58:37
the end
58:38
when the
58:39
captivity
58:40
happened in
58:41
Judah in
58:42
Babylon
58:43
Babylon
58:44
why do you
58:46
have that
58:46
what is
58:47
there in
58:48
this gallery
58:48
well there's
58:50
one thing
58:50
that's missing
58:51
and I like
58:53
to think of
58:53
this as a
58:54
gallery of
58:55
pictures of
58:56
these kings
58:57
but there's
58:58
one at the
58:59
end of the
58:59
collection
59:00
that's blank
59:01
there's no
59:03
portrait in
59:04
it
59:04
why is that
59:06
because the
59:07
perfect king
59:08
is still
59:10
being awaited
59:11
the Messiah
59:12
is not yet
59:14
here as you
59:15
read these
59:15
verses
59:16
and the
59:18
perfect king
59:19
will come
59:20
and did
59:22
come
59:22
and was
59:24
revealed in
59:25
Jesus
59:25
who is the
59:27
king of kings
59:28
and the
59:28
lord of
59:30
lords
59:30
and the
59:32
last word
59:33
in the
59:34
scriptures of
59:35
the old
59:35
testament
59:36
I may have
59:37
mentioned this
59:38
on another
59:38
occasion
59:39
but 2nd
59:40
chronicles
59:41
if you have
59:42
a Hebrew
59:42
bible
59:43
Hebrew text
59:44
2nd
59:45
chronicles
59:45
is the
59:46
last book
59:47
in the
59:48
Hebrew
59:48
bible
59:48
and that's
59:50
interesting
59:50
because when
59:52
you read
59:52
the last
59:52
words of
59:53
2nd
59:54
chronicles
59:54
and think
59:55
of them
59:56
as the
59:56
very last
59:57
words of
59:57
the Hebrew
59:58
old testament
1:00:00
scriptures
1:00:00
it says
1:00:02
this
1:00:02
verse 23
1:00:05
thus says
1:00:06
Cyrus king
1:00:07
of Persia
1:00:07
the lord
1:00:08
the god
1:00:09
of heaven
1:00:09
has given
1:00:10
me all
1:00:10
the kingdoms
1:00:10
of the
1:00:11
earth
1:00:11
and he
1:00:12
has charged
1:00:12
me to
1:00:13
build him
1:00:13
a house
1:00:13
at Jerusalem
1:00:14
which is
1:00:15
in Judah
1:00:15
whoever is
1:00:17
among you
1:00:18
of all his
1:00:19
people
1:00:19
may the
1:00:21
lord his
1:00:21
god be
1:00:22
with him
1:00:22
let him
1:00:24
go up
1:00:25
now that was
1:00:26
spoken to
1:00:26
people still
1:00:27
in Babylon
1:00:27
by the
1:00:29
king
1:00:29
Cyrus of
1:00:31
Persia
1:00:31
to go
1:00:31
from
1:00:32
Babylonians
1:00:32
and opened
1:00:34
up the
1:00:35
way for
1:00:35
the Jews
1:00:35
to return
1:00:36
from
1:00:37
captivity
1:00:37
in Babylon
1:00:38
but think
1:00:40
of them
1:00:40
spiritually
1:00:41
here are
1:00:42
the last
1:00:42
words of
1:00:43
the old
1:00:44
testament
1:00:44
scriptures
1:00:45
in the
1:00:45
Hebrew
1:00:45
of the
1:00:46
text
1:00:47
and what's
1:00:49
the next
1:00:49
thing you
1:00:50
find
1:00:50
you find
1:00:51
the new
1:00:51
testament
1:00:52
and so
1:00:53
when you
1:00:53
find these
1:00:54
last words
1:00:55
let him
1:00:56
go up
1:00:56
it's really
1:00:58
in a sense
1:00:58
an anticipation
1:00:59
of that
1:01:00
king
1:01:00
that has
1:01:01
not arrived
1:01:02
by the
1:01:02
time
1:01:02
second
1:01:03
chronicles
1:01:03
closes
1:01:03
but came
1:01:06
to be
1:01:06
born in
1:01:06
Bethlehem
1:01:07
in the
1:01:08
city of
1:01:09
David
1:01:09
a savior
1:01:11
who is
1:01:11
Christ
1:01:12
the Lord
1:01:13
and tonight
1:01:16
this is
1:01:16
saying to
1:01:16
me
1:01:17
and it's
1:01:18
saying to
1:01:18
you
1:01:18
god is
1:01:21
saying
1:01:21
one reason
1:01:22
i've given
1:01:22
you
1:01:23
these
1:01:23
scriptures
1:01:24
in the
1:01:24
books of
1:01:24
chronicles
1:01:25
is that
1:01:26
you too
1:01:27
will go
1:01:27
up
1:01:28
that you
1:01:29
too
1:01:29
will examine
1:01:30
these kings
1:01:31
and say
1:01:31
now i
1:01:33
understand
1:01:33
why jesus
1:01:35
came
1:01:35
who jesus
1:01:36
is
1:01:37
why he
1:01:38
is perfect
1:01:38
why i need
1:01:40
him
1:01:41
and how i
1:01:42
must trust
1:01:43
in him
1:01:43
because i've
1:01:46
examined all
1:01:47
of these kings
1:01:47
you might say
1:01:48
and although
1:01:49
this is a
1:01:49
time of
1:01:50
preparation
1:01:50
obviously
1:01:52
the king
1:01:53
of kings
1:01:54
has not
1:01:54
yet arrived
1:01:55
but he
1:01:57
has now
1:01:57
so
1:01:59
go up
1:02:01
to him
1:02:01
ascend
1:02:03
to where
1:02:04
he is
1:02:04
in your
1:02:04
thoughts
1:02:05
in your
1:02:06
faith
1:02:07
in your
1:02:08
lifestyle
1:02:09
because that's
1:02:11
really what
1:02:11
this is
1:02:12
saying to
1:02:12
us
1:02:13
and if
1:02:14
you do
1:02:14
that you
1:02:15
arrive
1:02:15
at jesus
1:02:17
and when
1:02:19
you arrive
1:02:19
at jesus
1:02:20
you realize
1:02:20
that's what
1:02:22
this whole
1:02:23
bible is
1:02:23
intended
1:02:24
to bring
1:02:25
me to
1:02:25
to trust
1:02:27
in the
1:02:28
savior
1:02:29
for myself
1:02:31
let's pray
1:02:32
lord our
1:02:36
god
1:02:36
we thank
1:02:37
you for
1:02:38
these
1:02:38
scriptures
1:02:38
for the
1:02:40
way that
1:02:41
we find
1:02:41
them so
1:02:42
meaningful
1:02:43
in relation
1:02:43
to the
1:02:44
coming of
1:02:45
the messiah
1:02:46
the king
1:02:47
who is
1:02:47
himself
1:02:48
perfect
1:02:48
in contrast
1:02:50
to all
1:02:50
who came
1:02:51
before him
1:02:51
and all
1:02:52
who succeeded
1:02:53
him also
1:02:54
and we
1:02:55
thank you
1:02:55
that he
1:02:56
came into
1:02:57
this world
1:02:57
not in
1:02:58
the splendor
1:02:59
of kingly
1:02:59
majesty
1:03:00
but dressed
1:03:02
as a
1:03:02
servant
1:03:02
and came
1:03:04
to give
1:03:04
his life
1:03:05
a ransom
1:03:05
for many
1:03:06
and that
1:03:07
he came
1:03:08
to fulfill
1:03:08
those things
1:03:10
that were
1:03:10
predicted of
1:03:11
him over
1:03:11
many centuries
1:03:12
that he
1:03:14
would
1:03:14
indeed
1:03:14
come
1:03:14
to be
1:03:15
the
1:03:16
sacrifice
1:03:16
that
1:03:17
would
1:03:17
forever
1:03:18
deal
1:03:18
with
1:03:18
sin
1:03:19
lord we
1:03:20
confess
1:03:21
our
1:03:22
sins
1:03:22
to you
1:03:23
as the
1:03:24
one who
1:03:24
has come
1:03:25
to deal
1:03:26
with our
1:03:26
sin
1:03:26
and to
1:03:27
take them
1:03:28
to yourself
1:03:28
and so we
1:03:30
pray tonight
1:03:30
that our
1:03:31
heart may
1:03:31
know you
1:03:31
as this
1:03:33
king
1:03:33
as this
1:03:34
altogether
1:03:34
lovely
1:03:35
king
1:03:35
as this
1:03:37
great
1:03:37
king
1:03:37
the
1:03:38
saving
1:03:39
king
1:03:39
the
1:03:40
spiritual
1:03:40
warrior
1:03:41
bless us
1:03:42
we pray
1:03:43
in jesus name
1:03:44
amen
1:03:44
we're going
1:03:47
to conclude
1:03:48
our service
1:03:48
now singing
1:03:49
to god's
1:03:49
praise in
1:03:50
psalm 17
1:03:50
psalm 17
1:03:53
this is in
1:03:54
the scottish
1:03:55
psalter
1:03:56
page 217
1:03:57
and we're
1:04:01
singing
1:04:01
verses 5
1:04:02
to 9
1:04:03
tune this
1:04:04
time is
1:04:05
salzburg
1:04:06
hold up
1:04:08
my goings
1:04:09
lord me
1:04:09
guide
1:04:10
in those
1:04:11
thy paths
1:04:11
divine
1:04:12
so that
1:04:13
my footsteps
1:04:14
may not
1:04:15
slide
1:04:15
out of
1:04:16
those ways
1:04:17
of thine
1:04:18
psalm 17
1:04:19
verses 5
1:04:21
to 9
1:04:21
hold up
1:04:29
my
1:04:29
goings
1:04:32
lord
1:04:33
me
1:04:33
guide
1:04:35
in
1:04:36
and
1:04:36
those
1:04:38
thy
1:04:38
paths
1:04:40
divine
1:04:41
so that
1:04:45
my
1:04:46
footsteps
1:04:48
may
1:04:49
not
1:04:51
slide
1:04:52
out of
1:04:55
those
1:04:56
ways
1:04:57
of
1:04:58
thine
1:05:00
IZ
1:05:13
they
1:05:14
need
1:05:15
i call
1:05:15
in
1:05:16
�
1:05:19
May'st hearken to my speech, To me incline thy ear.
1:05:34
Thy wondrous loving kindness show, Thou that by thy bright hand
1:05:52
Saves them, Thou trust in thee, From those that up against them stand.
1:06:09
As the apple of the ivy keep, In thy wings shed me close,
1:06:26
From these oppressors compassing, May my heart have deadly foes.
1:06:44
I'll go to the door to my left after the benediction.
1:06:48
Now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father,
1:06:52
and the communion of the Holy Spirit be with you now and evermore.
1:06:56
Amen.
1:07:26
Amen.
1:07:29
Thank you.
1:07:31
Amen.
1:07:32
Amen.
1:07:35
Amen.
1:07:37
Amen.